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"It's Getting Worse": HSBC Warns Commodities Face Squeeze As Chokepoint Chaos Spreads
"It's Getting Worse": HSBC Warns Commodities Face Squeeze As Chokepoint Chaos Spreads
The key takeaway heading into the weekend is that maritime chokepoint chaos has spread from the Strait of Hormuz to the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, while fighting across the Black Sea has intensified between Russia and Ukraine. The widening disruptions have prompted several institutional desks this week to warn that a potential squeeze on physical commodity markets could send prices from energy to agricultural goods higher.
"The Middle East conflict has escalated, putting a substantial squeeze back into commodity markets,"...
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Apr 27, 2026 / Tyler Durden
"Let's Get Ruthless": Bulwark's Bill Kristol Suggests Illiberal Means Are Needed To Save Liberal Democracy
"Let's Get Ruthless": Bulwark's Bill Kristol Suggests Illiberal Means Are Needed To Save Liberal Democracy
Authored by Jonathan Turley,
“Let’s get ruthless.”
Those words are, unfortunately, nothing new in this age of rage.
In just the last few weeks, various liberal pundits and politicians have been calling for radical and even violent action.
Even comedian Margaret Cho publicly declared this week that “we need a feral, bloodthirsty, violent Democrat.”
However, these words were reposted by Bill Kristol, the founder of the Weekly Standard and the current editor-in-chief of The Bulwark. Kristol was a leading conservative figure in the Republican Party.
Kristol left...
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Aug 28, 2026 / Tyler Durden
Bessent's War On Left-Wing NGOs May Strip Soros Network, SPLC, And CAIR Of Tax-Exempt Status: Report
Bessent's War On Left-Wing NGOs May Strip Soros Network, SPLC, And CAIR Of Tax-Exempt Status: Report
A new report from the New York Post maps out a multi-agency Treasury task force that could soon pursue a broad review that could strip tax-exempt status from George Soros' far-left Open Society Foundations, the Southern Poverty Law Center and the Council on American-Islamic Relations.
Treasury officials are drafting a framework to audit NGOs suspected of exploiting their 501(c)(3) status for political activity, illegal conduct or support of radical groups, the Post reported, citing three...
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Mar 24, 2026 / Tyler Durden
"Awful News": Nintendo Shares Get 'Donkey Konged' After Switch 2 Production Cut
"Awful News": Nintendo Shares Get 'Donkey Konged' After Switch 2 Production Cut
Nintendo shares in Tokyo tumbled overnight after Bloomberg reported that the gaming company has slashed production of the Switch 2 handheld amid soft holiday-season demand and underwhelming U.S. sales.
*NINTENDO CUTS SWITCH 2 OUTPUT BY OVER 30% ON WEAK HOLIDAY SALES
wait, wasn't this thing supposed to be as popular as chatgpt?
— zerohedge (@zerohedge) March 24, 2026
Nintendo is expected to produce 4 million Switch 2 units instead of the originally planned 6 million, with the lower production rate expected to...
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