Gold’s Gains Imply $644K Bitcoin In ‘Equivalent Value’; VanEck Authored by Jesse Coghlan via CoinTelegraph.com, Bitcoin could be worth half as much as gold by its next halving, slated for 2028, and the recent rise in gold prices would price the cryptocurrency at $644,000 in “equivalent value,” analysts say. “We’ve been saying Bitcoin should reach half of gold’s market cap after the next halving,” Matthew Sigel, head […]

Watch: Trump ‘Sort Of Made A Decision’ On Tomahawks To Ukraine President Donald Trump told reporters in the Oval Office that he has “sort of made a decision” concerning the ultra-controversial question of selling and transferring long-range Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine, via intermediary countries in NATO. But then he added the crucial caveat that he first wants to know what the Ukrainians plan to do with the Tomahawks. “Where […]

CDC Endorses Standalone Chickenpox Vaccination For Younger Children Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Oct. 6 stopped recommending a combination  vaccine that contains a varicella component, advising a standalone shot against the disease. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention headquarters in Atlanta on May 21, 2024. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch […]

Anaheim Man Shot After Charging Cop With Shovel Outside Elementary School Bodycam and dashcam footage show a fatal September 15 confrontation in Anaheim where 36-year-old Rudy Anthony Martinez II was shot after charging an officer with a shovel outside John Marshall Elementary School, according to the NY Post. Police say the officer responded around 12:45 p.m. to a 911 call about a man, possibly on drugs, wielding a shovel and a […]

If Mamdani Wins, The Gig (Work) Is Up Authored by Jonathan Wolfson via RealClearPolitics, One of Zohran Mamdani’s most harmful proposals is getting the least attention: his plan to restrict “gig” work – the freelancing that’s so popular across the Big Apple. Mamdani wants to wrap freelancing in so much red tape, it’ll be significantly harder for New Yorkers to work for themselves or get side income. New Jersey, too, […]

Jimmy Kimmel’s Suspension Viewership Bump Evaporates; Traditional TV Meltdown Continues As Advertisers Scramble Disney briefly suspended Jimmy Kimmel Live! in September after host Jimmy Kimmel falsely claimed that Tyler Robinson, the furry-obsessed suspect in the political assassination of Charlie Kirk, was affiliated with the “MAGA gang.” That claim was later debunked by court documents revealing Robinson’s radical left-wing views. […]

Israeli Families Express Optimism For Peace On 2nd Anniversary Of Oct. 7 Attack Authored by Travis Gillmore via The Epoch Times, Two years ago today, the lives of many Israelis were upended at 6:30 a.m. local time when a wave of terrorists invaded from the Gaza Strip, killing approximately 1,200 people and taking 251 hostages. Now, on the anniversary of the atrocities, all eyes are on Hamas—the terrorist group that launched […]

Trump Says He May Invoke The Insurrection Act Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, President Trump declared Monday that he may invoke the Insurrection Act in order to restore law and order to American cities in the face of violent riots and attacks against law enforcement officers, including ICE. During a press availability in the Oval Office, Trump addressed ongoing legal and political challenges to his […]

Tesla Unveils Cheaper Model Y Starting at $37,990 After Tax Credit Loss Tesla unveiled a cheaper Model Y today with prices starting at $37,990–$39,990, about 15% below the previous base model, as the company works to reverse slowing sales and lost U.S. tax incentives. Elon Musk has long promised a mass-market EV, though he scrapped a $25,000 car plan last year. Still, he argued in July: “The desire to buy the car is very high. […]

Furlough Backpay Not Automatic, Instead – Congress Must Authorize: Leaked WH Memo Democrats are in a panic today after Axios reported a leaked memo from the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) which challenges a 2019 law widely interpreted to guarantee back pay to furloughed employees during a government shutdown. According to OMB general counsel Mark Paoletta, the 2019 Government Employee Fair Treatment […]

CDC Says COVID-19 Vaccination Now Up To Each Individual Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention no longer broadly recommends COVID-19 vaccination. The agency now says that each person should take a range of factors into account, and consult with their doctor, before receiving a shot. A nurse holds a COVID-19 vaccine, in a file illustration photograph in Miami, […]

Subpar 3Y Auction Stops Through Despite Pullback In Foreign Buying The week’s first coupon auction just priced, and it was quite solid, taking advantage of the broader risk off mood.  At 1pm ET, the Treasury sold $58BN in 3Y paper, at a high yield of 3.576%, up from 3.485% last month but not that far off the lowest high yield in the past three years. The auction stopped 0.8bps through the 3.584% When Issued, the biggest stop since […]

Trump Calls Off Diplomacy With Maduro As Secret DOJ-Approved Kill List Revealed Several significant developments this week have paved the way for more likely US military escalation off the coast of and in Venezuela, at a moment of unprecedented numbers of Pentagon assets parked in the Caribbean. First, President Trump has called off diplomatic efforts to reach an agreement with Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, The New York […]

‘Bigger, Faster, More Permanent Than All Waves Combined’: No Sector Will Be Untouched By AI Via Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com, Hajnen Payson is a highly valued internet search and marketing expert.  He’s worked for companies such as Experian, UFC, LifeLock/Norton, international banks and big companies that hold government contracts that require top security clearances.  Governments and companies around the world are rushing […]

“Matters Of Corruption”: Biden Staff Blocked CIA From Distributing Hunter-Ukraine Concern Memo Newly declassified memoranda show then-Vice President Joe Biden’s staff intervened in February 2016 to block the Central Intelligence Agency from circulating an intelligence report to policymakers that summarized how senior Ukrainian officials perceived his son’s business dealings and his December 2015 trip to Kyiv. According to the […]

Rabobank: Gold Confirms The World Has Passed The Fiscal Event Horizon By Benjamin Picton, Senior Market Strategist at Rabobank France is once again engulfed in political crisis following the resignation of Prime Minister Lecornu just hours after his cabinet was sworn in. Lecornu lasted less than a month in the job, a tenure that makes Liz Truss look like Lord Liverpool. Jordan Bardella, President of the right-wing National Rally, […]

Ford Shares Hammered On Report Aluminum Plant Fire May Disrupt Ford F-150 Production A devastating fire at a major aluminum plant in New York in mid-September is set to roil the U.S. auto industry and could even disrupt production of Ford Motor’s F-150 pickup trucks, according to a new Wall Street Journal report.  The Novelis aluminum mill in Oswego, New York, suffered a fire on September 16 that destroyed the building housing […]

Tech, Crypto Dump On Report Exposing ORCL’s ‘Razor Thin’ Margins On AI Chips Is the ‘batshit insane’ delusion of AI/ORCL about to break? As a reminder, a month ago, ORCL stock soared after forecasting extraordinary growth:  “We signed four multi-billion-dollar contracts with three different customers in Q1,” said Oracle CEO, Safra Catz. “This resulted in RPO contract backlog increasing 359% to $455 billion. It was an […]

Burger Chain Installs ‘Tallest And Biggest’ American Flags At Restaurants Nationwide Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Fast food chain Steak ‘n Shake has started installing large American flags at its outlets across the country, the company said in an Oct. 5 post on X. The U.S. flag at the White House on June 30, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times “The flag installations have begun at Steak […]

German Mayor Stabbed By ‘Gang Of Men’ In Broad Daylight, Manhunt Underway A large-scale manhunt is underway after a newly elected mayor of a town in the western-central part of Germany was found critically injured in her apartment on Tuesday. Iris Stalzer, who a mere weeks ago became the mayor of Herdecke in North Rhine-Westphalia and is a center-left Social Democrat, sustained multiple stab wounds and is reported to be fighting […]

Legal Battles Rage Over National Guard Deployments To 5 States – What To Know Authored by Sam Dorman via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), President Donald Trump has announced his intent to send National Guard troops to major cities across the United States in an effort to combat criminal activity. Illustration by The Epoch Times, Shutterstock In response, some government officials have alleged that he’s exceeding his legal […]

 “Customers Are Hungry For AI “: Dell Upgrades Long-Term Outlook  Shares of Dell Technologies jumped in premarket trading in New York after executives are expected to unveil a sharply higher long-term financial outlook at the company’s Securities Analyst Meeting on Tuesday morning, boosting confidence in AI-driven demand across its data center and PC units. It seems that with each passing day, more AI-related headlines, from […]

US Airports Experience Delays Due To Staffing Issues Caused By Shutdown: Duffy Major U.S. airports reported widespread delays Monday as the federal shutdown strained an already short-staffed air-traffic system, prompting fresh warnings from industry and labor leaders that the impasse could ripple across the peak travel season. A plane docks on the tarmac after an air traffic control outage, bringing flights to a standstill at Newark […]

‘Best Is Yet To Come’: NYSE Parent Invests $2 Billion In Polymarket At $9 Billion Valuation Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), the parent company of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), has invested $2 billion in cryptocurrency-based prediction market Polymarket. According to a Tuesday Polymarket X post, the ICE invested $2 billion in the prediction market. The deal values Polymarket at a $9 billion post-money valuation. As […]

Futures Flat As AI Bubble Euphoria Takes A Break Futures are flat after the S&P, Nasdaq and Russell all made new ATHs yesterday, driven by the AI theme and a broad-based rally. As of 8:15am, S&P futures are unchanged while Nasdaq futures eke out a 0.1% gain as trader keep an eye on TSLA’s new car announcement with Mag7 names mixed pre-mkt but Semis seeing a bid led by AMD (+3.6%), MU (+2%). Bond yields are higher while the […]