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
- Gaza protests grow at colleges, thousands demonstrate in Brooklyn
- Anti-Israel Protesters Gather Outside Sen. Schumer’s Home, Demand U.S. ‘Stop Arming Israel’
- Columbia extends protest deadline after students agree to dismantle some tents
- Huge protest in Argentina against education cuts
CYBER
- Russians hack Texas drinking water, flood town
- Texas Panhandle Drinking Water System Hacked by Russian Cyber Attackers
- FBI director again warns about terror attack on US soil: ‘Increasingly concerned’
ECONOMIC
- 2 more insurance companies announce plans to leave California
- Jamie Dimon Declares Economy Is Booming
- Biden Calls For 44.6% Capital Gains Tax, Highest Since 1922
- California’s New Electricity-Income Tax Is Weeks Away
- FlySafair Boeing 737’s Wheel Separates After Takeoff
- Solar firm SunPower to cut jobs, shut business segments
- Price of gas soars to $7.29 in California city, above federal minimum wage
- Americans now need a salary higher than $81K to take a new job — a new high
- The Real Debt Problem
- Small Businesses Are Fighting Back Against a New Set of Federal Regulations That Few Have Even Heard Of
- How Nvidia Uses Gold
- Chinese Have “Grabbed Gold By The Throat” As Capital Flight Accelerates
- What The Rising Gold Price Signals (Spoiler Alert: Nothing Good)
EDUCATION(AL)
- Scientific American Claims It Is “Misinformation” That There Are Just Two Sexes
- Tennessee House in Chaos After Passing Bill Allowing Teachers to Carry Concealed Guns: ‘Blood on Your Hands’
- Biden administration toughens school nutrition standards
- Middle School Girl Confronts School Board After They Ignore Warnings of Trans Student Assaulting Others
- Mississippi man finds fossilized remains of saber-toothed tiger dating back 10,000 years
- No more zeroes: Now it’s ‘grading for equity’ in schools
- Earth Day Education Head: Climate Education for Kids Builds Green “Muscle Memory”
- Flying Cars Are Becoming Reality In China
ELECTION
ENVIRONMENT / CLIMATE
- Bill Gates: AI Will Allow Us To Genetically Modify Beef Cows To Fight Climate Change
- Earth Day Education Head: Climate Education for Kids Builds Green “Muscle Memory”
GEO-POLITICAL
- USA, Russia set for showdown at UN over nukes in space
- Seoul, South Korea Considers Paying Couples $72,500 Bonus Per Baby
- Chinese Have “Grabbed Gold By The Throat” As Capital Flight Accelerates
- Europe’s largest gas field shuts down
- Global Military Spending Hits All-Time High Of $2.4 Trillion
- Meet the new Left, who think Hamas are good and Swastikas are woke
- Saudi Pro League suffers more embarrassment as only 560 fans turn up for game
- China Says US Aid to Taiwan Fuels ‘Dangerous Situation’
- Orange Sahara dust haze descends over Athens
- Australian Leaders Demand Platforms Curb Online “Misinformation,” Float Online ID and AI-Assisted Content Surveillance Ideas
ISRAEL
- Israel’s military spending surges more than 100 percent amid war on Gaza
- Iran Says It’s Not Seeking Nuclear Weapons After Tit-For-Tat Strikes With Israel
- Hezbollah deepens rocket, drones attacks
- Gaza could surpass famine thresholds in six weeks
UKRAINE
- $500 Russian drones destroying $10,000,000 American tanks – NYT
- Russian oil facility burns after reported drone attack
- Denmark Confirms Commitment to Send F-16 Fighter Jets to Ukraine
GLOBALIZATION
- WHO backs off on Pandemic Treaty, makes substantive changes to address tyranny concerns
- PROPAGANDA: Jobless numbers released by government are statistically impossible
- António Guterres calls for UN to have the power to declare a crisis and dictate the response worldwide
IDENTITY
- Transgender Middle Schooler Who Allegedly Beat Fellow Student Also Attacked Officers During Hearing
- ‘We Are Ashamed’ — UK Psychologists Apologize for Role in Promoting Transgender ‘Medicine’ to Children
IMMIGRATION
- Biden Considers Amnesty for Over 1 Million Illegals Married to U.S Citizens
- DHS Enlists Immigration Detention Official Who Doesn’t Want Illegals Behind Bars
- Rep. Grothman: DHS monitoring over 600,000 illegals with CRIMINAL RECORDS
- Mexican Diplomat in Oklahoma City Opposes Immigration Bill: ‘Undocumented Migrants Are Not Criminals’
- Catholic Charities of San Antonio Accused of Misappropriating Federal Funds to Buy Airfare for Migrants
- Illegal Migrants Commit Egregious Crimes That ‘Should Have Been Prevented’
- Judge dismisses riot charges for more than 100 migrants who rushed border
LEGAL / CRIMINAL
- Houston Police union sounds alarm as murder suspects walk the streets and HPD faces a staffing shortage
- Transgender Middle Schooler Who Allegedly Beat Fellow Student Also Attacked Officers During Hearing
- US Supreme Court weighs Idaho’s strict abortion ban in medical emergencies
- Someone fishing with a magnet dredged up new evidence in Georgia couple’s killing, officials say
MEDIA
- ‘CIVIL WAR’ More Real Than You Suspect
- TikTok Faces U.S. Ban as Bill Set to Be Signed by Biden
- Scientific American Claims It Is “Misinformation” That There Are Just Two Sexes
- As GOOGLE pulls news from search, fate of Journalism Preservation Act unclear
MEDICAL
- Prescription Drugs Are the Leading Cause of Death
- Bird Flu Outbreak in Cattle May Have Begun Months Earlier Than Thought
- Medicare beneficiaries could be eligible for Wegovy coverage, study shows
VACCINE
- A Canadian woman, once mocked by her father as a conspiracy theorist, now finds herself taking care of him after he became a victim of Pfizer
- Is There Already An Approved H5N1 (Avian Influenza) Vaccine?
- United States ‘Donates’ 100,000 Doses Of Anthrax Vaccines To African Country
NATIONAL SECURITY
- Biden’s Actions Have Allowed the Marine Corps to Become Irrelevant
- A $250 Million War Game And Its Shocking Outcome
POLITICAL
- Satanic Temple ‘invocation’ sparks chaos at county board meeting
- Meet the new Left, who think Hamas are good and Swastikas are woke
- Senate Approves $95 Billion Foreign Aid Package for Ukraine, Israel
- Tennessee House in Chaos After Passing Bill Allowing Teachers to Carry Concealed Guns: ‘Blood on Your Hands’
- Anti-Israel Protesters Gather Outside Sen. Schumer’s Home, Demand U.S. ‘Stop Arming Israel’
- Biden sets new target to protect vast US water sources
- AOC Thanks RNC for Posting Video of Her Praising Campus Rioters
PREPAREDNESS
- FBI director again warns about terror attack on US soil: ‘Increasingly concerned’
- A Green Beret’s Guide to EMP: Practical Steps to Prepare for a “Lights Out” Scenario
- Russians hack Texas drinking water, flood town
- Someone fishing with a magnet dredged up new evidence in Georgia couple’s killing, officials say
- How to Turn Your Basement into a Survival Shelter
- Cities’ “Doom Loops” Are Even Worse Than You Imagined
- Hormel Smoked Ham Emergency Survival Food
- Grey Man Secrets You Should Learn Before SHTF
- 24 Must-Have Items That Vanish First When Disaster Strikes
- 15 Safest States in the U.S. According to Latest FBI Data
SECOND AMMENDMENT
- CDC suppresses data on self-defense gun use after private meeting with GUN CONTROL advocates
- Tennessee House in Chaos After Passing Bill Allowing Teachers to Carry Concealed Guns: ‘Blood on Your Hands’
- These Are The Worst States To Be A Gun Owner In 2024
SOCIAL / CULTURE
- Two-thirds of parents feel lonely and burned out, survey finds
- Cities’ “Doom Loops” Are Even Worse Than You Imagined
SPACE
TECHNOLOGY
TERRORISM
- Texas Panhandle Drinking Water System Hacked by Russian Cyber Attackers
- FBI director again warns about terror attack on US soil: ‘Increasingly concerned’
- Meet the new Left, who think Hamas are good and Swastikas are woke
WATER
- Texas Panhandle Drinking Water System Hacked by Russian Cyber Attackers
- Biden sets new target to protect vast US water sources
WOKE
