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  • Oil Prices Dip On Report Of Another Potential OPEC+ Supply Boost 

    ZeroHedge - May 22nd 2025 9:25am EDT

    Oil Prices Dip On Report Of Another Potential OPEC+ Supply Boost  OPEC+ is considering a third straight monthly output hike, departing from the norm of stabilizing oil markets. According to Bloomberg, the group of 12 major oil-exporting nations, including Saudi Arabia, UAE, and others, is considering a July increase of 411,000 barrels per day (bpd)—roughly […]

  • Death Of The Dollar: An Eternal Tale

    ZeroHedge - May 22nd 2025 9:05am EDT

    Death Of The Dollar: An Eternal Tale Authored by Michael Lebowitz via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, The following paragraph, courtesy of Amazon, reviews the book Death of the Dollar by William Rickenbacker. Death of the Dollar by William F. Rickenbacker is a critical examination of the economic policies and monetary mismanagement that the author argues are eroding the […]

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  • DOGE Damage Deepens As ‘Deep TriState’ Continuing Jobless Claims Highest Since Dec 2021

    ZeroHedge - May 22nd 2025 8:51am EDT

    DOGE Damage Deepens As ‘Deep TriState’ Continuing Jobless Claims Highest Since Dec 2021 The number of Americans filing for jobless benefits for the first time fell modestly last week to 227k (below expectations) and is basically unchanged since December 2021… …despite the public sentiment panic by CEOs, layoffs refuse to rise (is all that whining […]

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  • Bitcoin Hits New Record High, Surpasses Amazon’s Market Cap On ‘Pizza Day’

    ZeroHedge - May 22nd 2025 8:30am EDT

    Bitcoin Hits New Record High, Surpasses Amazon’s Market Cap On ‘Pizza Day’ Today, May 22, is a special day for cryptocurrencies. It’s Bitcoin Pizza Day… and the cryptocurrency is making new record highs… Fifteen years ago, programmer Laszlo Hanyecz made the first documented purchase of goods using Bitcoin, paying 10,000 BTC for two Papa John’s […]

  • The Highest-Paying Industry In The US May Surprise You…

    ZeroHedge - May 22nd 2025 6:55am EDT

    The Highest-Paying Industry In The US May Surprise You… The U.S. is one of the highest-paying countries globally, but the average earnings differ significantly between industries. This infographic, via Visual Capitalist’s Niccolo Conte, ranks average annual salaries across major U.S. industries using data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics as of March 2025. The data covers private industries, […]

  • Almost All ‘Extreme’ UK Temperature Highs Recorded At Junk Sites with Massive Possible Errors

    ZeroHedge - May 22nd 2025 6:30am EDT

    Almost All ‘Extreme’ UK Temperature Highs Recorded At Junk Sites with Massive Possible Errors Authored by Chris Morrison via DailyScpetic.org, Over the last few days the UK has experienced balmy spring weather with temperatures often settling in the low 20s Celsius. The Met Office has been out in force colouring the maps orange and declaring […]

  • Which Nationalities Overstay Their US Visas The Most?

    ZeroHedge - May 22nd 2025 5:45am EDT

    Which Nationalities Overstay Their US Visas The Most? The Department of Homeland Security annually releases figures on people who overstay their visas and other legal forms of admissions in the United States.  Total overstays for the fiscal year of 2023 stood at 510,400 people.  As Statista’s Katharina Buchholkz reports, African nations led in terms of overstayers […]

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  • ‘Strategic Earthquake’ In Europe Signals Age Of Uncertainty

    ZeroHedge - May 22nd 2025 5:00am EDT

    ‘Strategic Earthquake’ In Europe Signals Age Of Uncertainty Authored by Alastair Paynter via OilPrice.com, A convergence of crises – geopolitical shifts, energy instability, and economic stagnation – marks the end of a historical era and the beginning of a more volatile multipolar world order. Challenges include mass immigration, a potential Ukraine settlement favoring Russia, reduced […]

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  • Norway Bets Big On Offshore Wind

    ZeroHedge - May 22nd 2025 3:30am EDT

    Norway Bets Big On Offshore Wind Authored by Michael Kern via OilPrice.com, Norway announced on Monday a tender for three project areas for floating offshore wind in a highly-anticipated first competition for this type of renewable energy in the Nordic country.  The Norwegian Energy Ministry, which said earlier this year that it would bet on floating wind […]

  • Spain’s Socialist Govt Pours Taxpayers’ Millions Into Equality Plan To Combat Nationalist Surge

    ZeroHedge - May 22nd 2025 2:45am EDT

    Spain’s Socialist Govt Pours Taxpayers’ Millions Into Equality Plan To Combat Nationalist Surge Authored by Thomas Brooke via Remix News, As nationalist parties surge across Europe, the Spanish Socialist-led government is doubling down on its ideological agenda — plowing over €140 million of taxpayer money into a nationwide equality plan aimed, in part, at combating […]

  • End Of An Era: Kurdish PKK Disbands After 4-Decade Fight Against Turkey

    ZeroHedge - May 22nd 2025 2:00am EDT

    End Of An Era: Kurdish PKK Disbands After 4-Decade Fight Against Turkey Authored by Christian Orr via The Epoch Times, Some rather surprising (perhaps even “shocking” would be an appropriate adjective?) news emerged from Turkey on May 12: the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) declared its decision to disband and disarm, thus ending an insurgency campaign […]

  • What Are The Most Popular Baby Names In The US?

    ZeroHedge - May 21st 2025 11:00pm EDT

    What Are The Most Popular Baby Names In The US? Olivia, Emma and Amelia have been announced as the three most popular baby names for girls in the U.S., while for boys, Liam, Noah and Oliver were parents’ favorites.  This is according to the U.S. Social Security Administration’s annual list of the most popular baby names in […]

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  • The KGB Spy Who Predicted Our Future

    ZeroHedge - May 21st 2025 10:35pm EDT

    The KGB Spy Who Predicted Our Future Authored by Adam Sharp via DailyReckoning.com, My dear friends, I think you are in very big trouble. Whether you believe it or not, YOU ARE AT WAR. And you may lose this war very soon together with all your affluence and freedoms unless you start defending yourselves. –Yuri […]

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  • Few Americans Enjoy Using AI

    ZeroHedge - May 21st 2025 10:10pm EDT

    Few Americans Enjoy Using AI Tools using artificial intelligence, such as ChatGPT, are only liked by 22 percent of Americans in their everyday lives. This places the country towards the bottom of the ranking when compared to other nations, reports Statista’s Katharina Buchholz according to a survey by Statista Consumer Insights shows.    You will find […]

  • Frugality Rules As Americans Start Making The Most In A Hand-Me-Down Market

    ZeroHedge - May 21st 2025 9:45pm EDT

    Frugality Rules As Americans Start Making The Most In A Hand-Me-Down Market Authored by Allan Stein via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), PHOENIX—While many retailers have struggled, business has thrived since Estefania Gasca and her husband, Cristobal Zepeda, established Thrift It Forward consignment store in Phoenix nearly two years ago. Deborah Locker, an employee at […]

  • Bibi Defiant, Unfazed: ‘All Of Gaza Will Be Under Israel’s Control’

    ZeroHedge - May 21st 2025 9:20pm EDT

    Bibi Defiant, Unfazed: ‘All Of Gaza Will Be Under Israel’s Control’ Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has remained defiant and came out swinging in a Wednesday press conference amid growing international isolation and pressure, even from allies. He declared at a press conference in Jerusalem that Israel will control all of Gaza when the military […]

  • John Stewart Is Right…

    ZeroHedge - May 21st 2025 8:55pm EDT

    John Stewart Is Right… Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, Every now and then John Stewart says something that undeniably hits the nail on the head, and he’s done it again while commenting on the renewed Biden cognitive decline and cancer saga. In a Daily Show segment Stewart said of the cancer diagnosis “Maybe it […]

  • Boys Targeted With Investigation After Complaining About Trans Student In School Locker Room

    ZeroHedge - May 21st 2025 8:30pm EDT

    Boys Targeted With Investigation After Complaining About Trans Student In School Locker Room In 2021 Loudon County Schools in Virginia were implementing DEI policies that allowed for trans students to use the bathrooms and locker rooms of their preferred gender.  The institutional decision to let trans students essentially do whatever they please regardless of safety […]

  • A Three Step Solution To Rebuild The Marine Corps

    ZeroHedge - May 21st 2025 8:05pm EDT

    A Three Step Solution To Rebuild The Marine Corps Authored by Gary Anderson via RealClearDefense, I recently received a call from an old Marine Corps acquaintance who now works for the Corps as a contractor. He has been heavily involved in the controversial Force Design (FD) project begun by former commandant, General David Berger, and […]

  • MAGA Think Tank Staffing Trump 2.0: America First Policy Institute

    ZeroHedge - May 21st 2025 6:25pm EDT

    MAGA Think Tank Staffing Trump 2.0: America First Policy Institute Authored by Philip Wegmann via RealClearPolitics, Dubbed a White House-in-waiting during his exile, the America First Policy Institute now seems nearly like another White House campus – almost half of President Trump’s Cabinet is expected to address the AFPI policy summit this week in Washington, […]

  • MAGA Think Tank Staffing Trump 2.0: America First Policy Institute

    ZeroHedge - May 21st 2025 6:25pm EDT

    MAGA Think Tank Staffing Trump 2.0: America First Policy Institute Authored by Philip Wegmann via RealClearPolitics, Dubbed a White House-in-waiting during his exile, the America First Policy Institute now seems nearly like another White House campus – almost half of President Trump’s Cabinet is expected to address the AFPI policy summit this week in Washington, […]

  • Watch: Tourists Scramble As Ancient Chinese Tower Partially Collapses 

    ZeroHedge - May 21st 2025 6:00pm EDT

    Watch: Tourists Scramble As Ancient Chinese Tower Partially Collapses  China’s largest remaining drum tower partially collapsed on Monday, and the entire incident was captured on camera.  NEW: The roof of a 650-year-old drum tower in Anhui, China, collapses. The incident happened at the Fengyang Drum Tower in eastern China. Officials have since launched an investigation. The […]

  • Watch: Tourists Scramble As Ancient Chinese Tower Partially Collapses 

    ZeroHedge - May 21st 2025 6:00pm EDT

    Watch: Tourists Scramble As Ancient Chinese Tower Partially Collapses  China’s largest remaining drum tower partially collapsed on Monday, and the entire incident was captured on camera.  NEW: The roof of a 650-year-old drum tower in Anhui, China, collapses. The incident happened at the Fengyang Drum Tower in eastern China. Officials have since launched an investigation. The […]

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  • Students Wearing Masks Need Not Apply

    ZeroHedge - May 21st 2025 5:40pm EDT

    Students Wearing Masks Need Not Apply Authored by Kenneth Tashjy via The Epoch Times, Enough already. It is time for colleges and universities to get tough on student protesters who hide behind masks while engaging in violent or unlawful campus demonstrations. Let’s be clear: The First Amendment protects the right of students at public colleges […]

  • Students Wearing Masks Need Not Apply

    ZeroHedge - May 21st 2025 5:40pm EDT

    Students Wearing Masks Need Not Apply Authored by Kenneth Tashjy via The Epoch Times, Enough already. It is time for colleges and universities to get tough on student protesters who hide behind masks while engaging in violent or unlawful campus demonstrations. Let’s be clear: The First Amendment protects the right of students at public colleges […]