Orders for durable goods, items ranging from toasters to aircraft meant to last three years or more, jumped 9.2% last month after slightly downwardly revised 0.9% gain in February, the Commerce Department's Census Bureau said on Thursday. Economists polled by Reuters had forecast durable goods orders advancing 2.0% after a previously reported 1.0% gain in February. read more
Liberal learns to keep his hands off of other peoples' property in hilarious way. read more
"The Proximal Origin of SARS-CoV-2" publication " which was used repeatedly by public health officials and the media to discredit the lab leak theory " was prompted by Dr. Fauci to push the preferred narrative that COVID-19 originated naturally. Dr. Fauci's Senior Advisor, Dr. David Morens, deliberately obstructed the Select Subcommittee's investigation, likely lied to Congress on multiple occasions, unlawfully deleted federal COVID-19 records, and shared nonpublic information about NIH grant processes with EcoHealth President Dr. Peter Daszak. Public health officials often mislead the American people through conflicting messaging, knee-jerk reactions, and a lack of transparency. Most egregiously, the federal government demonized alternative treatments and disfavored narratives, such as the lab leak theory, in a shameful effort to coerce and control the American people's health decisions.
The first bit of hard tariff data just arrived, but not in the way you may have expected. Retail sales rose 1.4% in March, according to new Census Bureau data out Wednesday, posting the best reading in over two years. read more
Private payrolls increased by 155,000 jobs last month after an upwardly revised 84,000 rise in February. Economists polled by Reuters had forecast private employment advancing 115,000 following a previously reported 77,000 gain in February. read more
Ken Griffin is everything wrong with America today. He has a net worth of like $50B and never produced or invented an actual product. Instead, he got wealth as a middle man in the FIRE asset inflation that has sucked the productive life out the the US economy and turned it into paper pushing only.
Democrats and Republicans alike should be united in stating that the Wall Street-ization of America has been horrible. How many MIT and Stanford grads have wasted their lives writing financial algorithms rather than inventing actual products or curing diseases? How much money has been stolen by the fund managers from their middle class investors in fees?