Credit Bubble Bulletin – Doug Nolan
McAlvany Intelbrief
The McAlvany Intelbrief is a round-up of the day’s important news from a multitude of sectors that can and do impact the financial markets.
[FYI – Repetition of items is on purpose because the item fits into 2 or more categories, not a mistake by me.]
ANTS RISING
- Canadian MP: Trudeau should admit Emergencies Act was based on ‘false’ reports about truckers
- Watch Voters Turn on Biden Over High Gas Prices: “We Need Trump Back”
- Pro-Life Activist’s Lawsuit Against City of Charlotte Can Proceed, Judge Rules
- ‘People’s Convoy’ trucks exit DC after causing delays in SW
- Major delays reported as trucker convoy drives DC highways, police block roads
- Is the U.S. trucker convoy having any success?
- Trudeau faces “unprecedented” inquiry into using emergency powers against civil liberties protesters
- Cuban anti-government protesters get up to 30 years behind bars
CYBER
- Russian government sites facing unprecedented cyber attacks
- Hackers drop deepfake of Zelenskyy ordering troops to surrender on Ukrainian news site
ECONOMIC
- Oil Prices Surge Higher Again
- Oil surges amid warnings of supply shortages
- Flotilla of 12 Tankers Carrying Russian Oil Approaching the US
- World War III Has Already Started, And It’s An Economic War
- The Cashless Life Won’t Be Worth Living
- Biden’s Collapse of the Dollar Looms
- Soros Worries About Putin-Xi Partnership, Hopes They Can Be Stopped “Before They Destroy Our Civilization”
- Why it matters if Saudi Arabia sells oil in Chinese yuan instead of US dollars
- A Petroyuan Would Be A Kick In The Gut For The Dollar
- CEO Of Top Consumer Investment Firm Warns 1970s-Style Stagflation To Return
- Fed makes modest interest-rate hike, first in three years, plans for half-dozen more in 2022
- Fed Announces Hawkish 25bps Rate Hike, Signals Hikes At Every 2022 Meeting As Bullard Dissents
- Bidenflation: Philly Fed Survey Shows Cost Inflation at Worst Since 1979
- The Ruling Class’s Response to Inflation Lets Us Know It’s Only Going to Get Worse
- Biden Administration Negotiating With Venezuelan Terrorists for Oil After Destroying U.S. Energy Production
- After peaking in April 2021, drilling permits have plunged under Biden administration
- Top 25 Big Oil Companies Pulled in ‘Eye-Popping’ $205 Billion in Profits Last Year
- So Many Russians Are Buying Gold That Central Bank Halts Bank Purchases
- Blinken Planning Trip To Saudi Arabia Amid Ukraine-Induced Scramble For More Oil
- Poll: Nearly 80% of Americans want Biden to boost oil production
- Oil Slides To Session Lows After DOE Reports Unexpected Surge In Crude Inventories
- Shoppers Reach Limits on Price Increases
- Pittsburgh cheapest city to own property – Hong Kong, Sydney most expensive
- One of most basic hotel amenities disappearing
- US Housing Starts Rebound Sharply in Feb; Building Permits Fall
- Higher Gas Prices are Forcing Lifestyle Changes for Most Americans
- Russian central bank stops buying gold to accommodate consumer demand
- Younger Workers Believe ‘Remote Work Revolution’ Has Gone Too Far
EDUCATION(AL)
- People Are Seeing Through Holes In Woke Ideology: Critical Theory Expert
- Poll: Majority of Voters Support Florida Bill Banning Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity Classroom Discussions with Young Children
- Transgender Indoctrination at School and in Kids’ Movies
- BLM leader charged with pilfering funds from charity meant to feed children
- Oregon Department of Education Adopts “Woke” Standards for K-12
- NYC Education Dept Promotes Gay Pornography in Public Schools
- UPDATE: Black students sold in ‘slave auction’ at NC school
- CRT Deconstructed
- Insanity: Seattle Researchers Publish Study on “Whiteness” in Introductory Physics Class
ENVIRONMENT / CLIMATE
FOOD
- If the Ukraine conflict doesn’t end soon, the world will starve
- Ukraine’s Corn Harvest May Plunge By A Third, Estimates Show
- Sweden: Harvests Could Halve Due to Lack of Russian Fertilizers and Manure
- Record Amounts Of Illegal Meat From China Seized At Los Angeles Ports
- Argentina halts all soy exports as food protectionism escalates
- Brazil plans to reduce dependence on Russian fertilizer by 2050, but what are people supposed to eat for the next 30 years?
- ‘Bloody Secret:’ Lab-Grown Meat Made With Unborn Cow Blood
- GMOs Haven’t Gone Away. Here’s What’s Coming to a Grocery Store (and Town) Near You.
GEO-POLITICAL
- ‘Nuclear option’: Saudis in talks with China to pivot from U.S. dollar
- How China’s response to Ukraine could upend the world order
- New Iran Agreement Gives Russia Go-Ahead to Build New $10B Nuclear Power Plant in Iran
- Russians have up to $213 billion stashed offshore in Swiss banks
- Russia Avoids Default After $117 Million Eurobond Coupons Funds Sent To Citigroup
- Siege And Squeeze: The Mainstream Media In The West Doesn’t Understand Russian Military Tactics In Ukraine
- Brazil central bank raises rates by 100 bps, signals same in May
- Brazil hikes key interest rate ninth straight time, to 11.75%!
- Russia Ignores U.N. Court Ordering End of Ukraine War
- Biden Poised To Remove Iran’s IRGC From Terror List To Wrap Up Nuke Deal
- Biden Calls Vlad ‘War Criminal’
- Identifies 50 targets for asset seizure
- Pentagon Estimates Putin Has Committed 75% of Forces to Ukraine
- Putin Claims Ukraine Poses Nuclear Threat to Russia
- Ukraine Mounts Counteroffensive to Drive Russians Back From Kyiv, Key Cities
- How desperate Putin has just three moves left against Ukraine… and is running out of time: War expert JUSTIN BRONK says Russian ruler is in a ‘dangerous position’ but his BIGGEST difficulty is ‘selling his disastrous war as a victory to his own people’
- Russian soldiers warn Putin ‘we’ll RISE against you’ after they were made to carry out ‘terror acts’ in Ukraine and label Mariupol hospital bombing ‘a perverse neo-Nazism’
- Russian Soldiers Turn on Commanders, Reveal They’ve Been Deprived of Food, Used as ‘Cannon Fodder’
- American military expert explains ‘slow’ Russian advance in Ukraine
- “Soviet-Like Inflation” Returns As Sanctions Shock Russia Into Crisis
- Putin Vows to Rid Russia of ‘Traitors’ While Waging Ukraine War
- Ukraine’s Thriving Neo-Nazi Movement: What You’re Not Being Told
- So Many Russians Are Buying Gold That Central Bank Halts Bank Purchases
- Analysis of Nazi Movement in Ukraine
GLOBALIZATION
- Russia Ignores U.N. Court Ordering End of Ukraine War
- What You Need to Know About the Transhumanist Agenda
IMMIGRATION
- Biden Gives ‘Temporary’ Amnesty to 75K Afghans Despite Vetting Failures
- USA, Mexico Prepare for New Migrant Wave as Inflation Surges
- Cubans frantic to migrate as economy falters, new hurdles arise
- Nearly 700 Illegals Land in Britain in Two Days
- Communities paying the cost of invasion by illegal aliens
- ‘Dinghy Season Back in Full Swing’ as Nearly 1,000 Migrants Attempt English Channel Crossing in Day
- Boatload of Haitian Illegals Swarm Florida Keys Home
LEGAL / CRIMINAL
MEDIA
MEDICAL
- The big business of false positives in medicine
- As abortion pills take off, some states move to curb them
Coronavirus-19
- Covid surge in western Europe has USA bracing for another wave
- Germany considers vax mandate
- Two Cases Of An Unidentified COVID “Variant” Show Up In Israel
- Senate Rejects Measure To Eliminate Fauci’s Position
- Dirt-Cheap COVID Pill Strikes Back, Proof It Works Better
- MASKS OFF!! London Heathrow, UK airlines dropping mandates
- Isolated and vulnerable, Hong Kong elderly taking own lives
VACCINE
- Wall Street analyst: COVID vaccines ‘greatest fraud in history’
- VAX DEATH COVER-UP: One of Germany’s largest health insurance companies just fired its CEO for telling the truth about covid vaccine injuries; all data scrubbed from website
- COVID Vaccines and Neurodegenerative Disease
- Pfizer CEO Was SKEPTICAL of mRNA Vaccines
- Thailand Paid $45 Million in COVID Vaccine Injury Claims, While U.S. Has Paid $0
- Did the COVID Shot Lead to This Young Model’s Death?
- Children in China develop leukemia after getting injected with covid shots
NATIONAL SECURITY
- Secret Service Assesses Threat of … Incels?
- Retired Marine colonel warns: Biden’s ‘woke indoctrination will destroy our military’
- Biden May Remove Iran’s Revolutionary Guard From Terrorist List
POLITICAL
- The Ruling Class’s Response to Inflation Lets Us Know It’s Only Going to Get Worse
- Biden Calls Vlad ‘War Criminal’
- Identifies 50 targets for asset seizure
- Alaska Governor’s Perfect Response to Russian Demand to Give Back Alaska
- California Democrats Float $400 Checks to Taxpayers After Hiking Gas Taxes
- BLM leader charged with pilfering funds from charity meant to feed children
- BREAKING BOMBSHELL: RINO Speaker Robin Vos ADMITS Widespread Fraud Occurred In Wisconsin But Says Legislature Cannot Decertify [VIDEO]
- Senate Rejects Measure To Eliminate Fauci’s Position
- Five people charged with acting as Chinese government agents to spy on and harass U.S. residents critical of Beijing
- Sleep experts say Senate has it wrong: Standard time, not daylight saving, should be permanent!
- Biden May Remove Iran’s Revolutionary Guard From Terrorist List
- Marco Rubio Files Resolution to Overturn Biden’s Pro-Abortion Title X Family Planning Rule
PREPAREDNESS
- Selco & Toby: Is Strategic Relocation or Adaptation the Answer?
- GMOs Haven’t Gone Away. Here’s What’s Coming to a Grocery Store (and Town) Near You.
- Where To Hide In Case Of A Nuclear Attack
- You May Want To Figure Out Where You Want To Spend Your Days When World War 3 Fully Erupts
- Nuclear Fallout: The Inverse Square Law
- BMW convertible fitted with machine gun spotted in Mykolaiv, Ukraine amid Russian invasion
- Prioritizing your goals: 3 Steps for a successful garden
- DIY Potting Soil Mixes
- Potato Survival Food
- Urban gardening: How to grow lettuce in small spaces
- Advantages of Vegetable Container Gardening
- Growing Up Around Nature Lowers Risk Of Disease
- What Makes A Perfect Bug-Out Location
- How Savvy Preppers Can Leverage Solar Power
- 33 Ways to Reduce Waste in Your Home
- Are Tents Safe to Camp in During a Lightning Storm?
PRIVACY
SECOND AMENDMENT
SPACE
TECHNOLOGY
- Meet ElliQ, robot who wants to keep Grandma company
- Smart glasses, holograms, AI droids will change our jobs
TERRORISM
WEATHER