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.]
AI
ANTS RISING
- Biden Avoids March for Israel Rally
- Capitol Police prepares for large pro-Israel demo on National Mall
- Pro-Palestine march in Austin, TX.
- Ford Production Workers in Kentucky Vote No on UAW Deal. Why That’s Actually Good News.
- Massachusetts Teachers Union Goes on Strike – List of Demands Includes Longer Recess
COLLAPSE ITEMS
CYBER
- China’s biggest lender ICBC hit by ransomware attack
- Cyber Experts: Casino Hacking Gang Has Eluded FBI
ECONOMIC
- The Dow Jones has seen a dreaded ‘death cross.’ Here’s what it means.
- Wall Street Reacts To Today’s CPI Shocker Which Was The Biggest “Market Surprise” Of 2023
- The U.S. Just Recorded Its Highest Oil Production Month In History
- Chart: Out of Office: Global office space vacancies at record high
- The Middle Class Is Working Harder Than Ever, But It Is Being Absolutely Eviscerated By “Bidenomics”
- WeWork files for BANKRUPTCY, prepares to dump 40 NYC office tower leases
- US Consumers Trim Inflation Expectations, Turn Most Bearish On Stocks In One Year
- The Trucking Recession Is Here
- More insurance companies announce plans to leave California
- Stellantis offering buyouts to about half its US salaried employees
- Inflation Cooled to 3.2% Last Month, Likely Ending Fed Rate Hikes
- Billionaire Philanthropists Struggling to Give Away Fortunes
- ‘Absolute disaster’: Women’s health charity ripped for appointing trans as CEO
EDUCATION(AL)
- Watch: Buffalo Celebrates Nation’s First ‘Black Veterans Day’ – But Eyebrow-Raising Flag Spotted by Eagle-Eyed Viewers
- Sorority gals banished for objecting to membership of 260-pound male
- FEC Poised to Assert Itself as Ministry of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
- Grotesque Campus Antisemitism is Fueled by Woke Takeover of Higher Education
- Massachusetts Teachers Union Goes on Strike – List of Demands Includes Longer Recess
- School Choice Dies In Illinois, Congratulations Teachers As 35% Read At Grade Level
ELECTION
- Stop Drinking the Political Kool-Aid, America: Voting Will Not Save Us
- Biden Insiders Reportedly in ‘Despair,’ Realizing He ‘Does Not Have the Capacity’ to Campaign and Govern Simultaneously
- Major city doesn’t expect all votes counted until 3 WEEKS after Election Day!
ELECTRIC VEHICLES (EV)
- As NYC’s fleet of electric Uber, Lyft and Revel cars grows, fears rise charging network won’t meet demand
- Electric vehicles see value depreciate by nearly 50% in five-year span
- “We Might Need To Let It Burn”: Firefighting In The EV Era Is A Whole New Game
ENVIRONMENT / CLIMATE
- BOOK: Gates buying up land, threatening farms under guise of saving planet
- Hottest in 125,000 years say EU scientists — as if Cavemen could measure the temperature to a tenth of a degree
FIRES
GEO-POLITICAL
- Xi, in need of win, appears ready to engage with Biden
- Chinese Propaganda Embraces America
- China receives US equipment to make advanced chips despite new rules-report
- China Reverses Course on Population Planning
- Developing countries owe China at least $1.1 trillion – and the debts are due
- South Korea fears Hamas-style attack from the North
- Iranian Regime Expects $10 Billion Sanctions Waiver From Biden
- 20 Countries That Have the Largest Oil Reserves in the World Heading into 2024
- TikTok Banned in Nepal for “Disrupting Social Harmony”
- Western politicians know what is happening and why it is happening but refuse to tell the public
- California Finally Sets Up Security Barrier, But It’s Not to Protect Americans
- Polish Antifa member will be charged after recording himself burning country’s flag
- 143% inflation hits Argentina, spurring market in second hand clothes
- Mexico’s first openly non-binary magistrate found dead at home
- Cigarettes are to be banned for future generations in Britain. Should the U.S. follow?
ISRAEL
- Israel, Hamas Near Deal To Release 70 Women, Children Held Hostage For 5-Day Truce
- Hostages to be released for 5-day truce?
- 3-Year Old American Among US Hostages In Gaza, White House Confirms
- Report: Hamas Planned Much More Extensive October 7 Attack Than Previously Known
- Israel Confirms Death of Captive Soldier Shown in Hamas Terror Video
- IDF Continues to Defeat Hamas in Gaza; Palestinian Civilians Loot Abandoned Hamas Bases
- PHOTOS: Palestinian Women, Children Joined Hamas in Looting in October 7 Attack
- Israel seeks to appoint Tony Blair as Gaza ‘humanitarian coordinator.’
- GENOCIDE by STARVATION: Israel’s bombing operations have exhausted the food supply in Gaza
- Corporations like McDonald’s, Starbucks that support Israel are receiving massive backlash, boycotts over support for genocidal bombings of Gazans
- Israeli Invaders Fly LGBTQ+ Pride Flag in Gaza
UKRAINE
GLOBALIZATION
- ‘Terrorist’ economy: Washington is prepared to create a new financial disaster for the whole world
- Picture Of The Future If World Economic Forum Billionaires Are Not Stopped
IDENTITY
IMMIGRATION
- Biden Open Door To Terrorists Policy Is Completing Americas Destruction
- House GOP: Biden’s Migration Imposes Huge Costs on Ordinary Americans
- 26 State Attorneys General Urge Congress to Empower States to Enforce Federal Immigration Law
- House GOP Report: Illegals in U.S. Could Cost Taxpayers $451 Billion Per Year
- Chicago Job Fair Offers 400 Jobs for Migrants as Native Black Population Suffers Rising Unemployment
- Sanctuary City Denver Spends Millions Flying, Busing Illegals Elsewhere
LEGAL / CRIMINAL
- Supreme Court Adopts Code of Conduct
- Oregon Voters Suddenly Realize Legalizing Hard Drugs Was a Mistake
- Trump’s Truth Social hemorrhaging many millions of dollars
- 9 jailed over surrogacy-related child trafficking
- Disturbing Video: White Teenager Stomped To Death By 15 Black Teens
- Supreme Court to Adopt Code of Ethics Amid Scrutiny From Democrats
- In some drug cartels, women are violent new overlords
MEDIA
- New Hollywood Union Contracts to Cost Studios Up to $600 Million
- Comedians around the World Detest Political Correctness
- TikTok Banned in Nepal for “Disrupting Social Harmony”
MEDICAL
- Woke Lancet: ‘Climate Change Threatens to Reverse Decades of Health Gains’
- Online First for The Lancet Commission on Medicine – Preventing Healers From Becoming Killers.
- PHARMACY DESERTS: You May Not Be Able to Depend on Neighborhood Pharmacies When You Need Them the Most
Coronavirus-19
- Family of woman who DIED after being refused IVERMECTIN speaks out
- Two COVID Variants Spreading: HV.1 Is “Highly Contagious” & JN.1 Is “Immune Evasive”
VACCINE
NATIONAL SECURITY
- Retired Army Officer Claims Restrictions on Addressing ‘Woke’ Policies Impacting Recruitment
- MORGAN ZEGERS: After missing enlistment goals, US Air Force quietly raises age limit to 42
POLITICAL
- US Army clears historical convictions of 110 black soldiers
- Biden Avoids March for Israel Rally
- FCC Poised to Assert Itself as Ministry of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
- Iranian Regime Expects $10 Billion Sanctions Waiver From Biden
- Biden Insiders Reportedly in ‘Despair,’ Realizing He ‘Does Not Have the Capacity’ to Campaign and Govern Simultaneously
- FBI Whistleblower Calls House Republicans ‘Soulless Demons’ Voting for New FBI HQ
- Oregon Voters Suddenly Realize Legalizing Hard Drugs Was a Mistake
- ‘Terrorist’ economy: Washington is prepared to create a new financial disaster for the whole world
- Gov. Newsom Admits ‘It’s True’ San Francisco Only Cleared Out Homeless To Cater To Foreign Elites
- Texas Governor Signs Bill Banning COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates
- US plans to buy 1.2 million barrels of oil for Strategic Petroleum Reserve
POWER GRID
PREPAREDNESS
- Preparation needed for threats from pandemics, biological weapons
- How to Keep Your Generator Running in Silence
- PHARMACY DESERTS: You May Not Be Able to Depend on Neighborhood Pharmacies When You Need Them the Most
- The Trucking Recession Is Here
- Prepper Skills: Soapmaking 101
SECOND AMENDMENT
- Biden Admin’s Pistol Brace Ban Struck Down Nationwide
- ‘Grins & Glocks’: Orthodontist Promo Offering Free Gun with Invisalign Treatment Sparks Controversy
SOCIAL / CULTURE
SPACE
- Galaxies Dedicated to ‘Colonist’ Explorer Must be Renamed, Demand Academics.
- The Hubble and Webb Telescopes Join to Create Unprecedented Photo of Universe
- Big bang: Dutch firm eyes space baby
TECHNOLOGY
WEATHER
WOKE
- FCC Poised to Assert Itself as Ministry of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
- Female reproductive health charity sparks outrage for appointing trans woman as CEO: ‘Absolute disaster’
- Woke Lancet: ‘Climate Change Threatens to Reverse Decades of Health Gains’
- Grotesque Campus Antisemitism is Fueled by Woke Takeover of Higher Education
- Galaxies Dedicated to ‘Colonist’ Explorer Must be Renamed, Demand Academics.