The year was 1971 and the claims against dollar-based debt were pouring in from every country. The rumor was that the US did not really have the gold to pay. Foreign holders of US assets decided to test the promise, just in case.
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-By Paul A. Philips When it comes to giving a retrospective historical account on the subject of military “vaccines” there are a number of common patterns inextricably linking each different vaccination program. Each one has had the same recurring acts of gross deception tied into violations of humans rights.
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The tax preparation software industry relied on brand familiarity and long-standing features to retain customers for years. But a combination of shifting user expectations, new competitors offering free services, and economic headwinds has challenged even the most established players to rethink their approach. In a category where complexity can drive customers away, simplicity has become […]
I was going to share with you part two of my spring letter to IMA clients. What was supposed to be a few paragraphs turned into four pages. Consider yourself warned: This is going to read like a rant – because it is. I wrote it early this morning, as a stream of consciousness. I…
WASHINGTON — Beginning early next month, the roughly 5.3 million people who are currently in default on their federal student loans are going to be hearing from the Education Department. “The government can and will collect defaulted federal student loan debt by withholding … tax refunds, federal pensions and even their wages,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters during an afternoon briefing on Tuesday. She was reiterating an announcement by the Education Department that May 5 will be the official end of a period of leniency for those with federal student loan debt that began during the COVID-19 pandemic. President Donald Trump paused both loan payments and interest accrual on those loans in March 2020 in response to the then-spreading pandemic, and former President Joe Biden extended that policy through October 2024. In the interim, the Biden administration also tried to flat-out forgive many of those loans, only to see its efforts blocked by the courts. On Monday, Education Secretary
WASHINGTON — A pair of bills introduced in the Senate aim to permanently block oil and gas drilling in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. The combo package of legislations includes the West Coast Ocean Protection Act, introduced by Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Calif., and the Clean Ocean and Safe Tourism Anti-Drilling Act, introduced by Sens. Cory Booker, D-N.J. and Jack Reed, D-R.I. Padilla’s bill would permanently prohibit new oil and gas leases for offshore drilling off the coast of California, Oregon, and Washington state. The Booker and Reed bill would permanently bar the Interior Department or any of its agencies from issuing leases for the exploration, development, or production of oil and gas in the North Atlantic, Mid-Atlantic, South Atlantic, and Straits of Florida Planning Areas of the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf. Rep. Jared Huffman, D-Calif., ranking member of the House Natural Resources Committee, and Frank Pallone Jr., D-N.J., ranking member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, are leading compani
Warner Bros. Television Group has struck a first-look TV deal with writer/director/producer Paul Feig and his producing partner Laura Fischer. The agreement will see Feigco Entertainment develop and create original programming across all genres, including live-action scripted, unscripted and animation for all platforms, including HBO, Max, external streaming services and the broadcast networks. The multi-year pact marks Feig’s first with the studio. Other terms of the deal were not disclosed. “I’ve long been a fan of Warner Bros. Television Group because of their very diverse and far-reaching slate of quality TV programming,” Feig said in a statement. “So, it’s an absolute honor for Laura Fischer and me to be joining forces with Clancy [Collins White], Parul [Agrawal] and Adrienne [Turner] to create new and innovative shows to entertain viewers in a time when we all desperately need some great escapist fare. Long live WBTVG!” Feig is best known for creating “Freaks and Geeks,” which earned him two Emmy nomina
This is not investment advice. The author has no position in any of the stocks mentioned. Wccftech.com has a disclosure and ethics policy. NVIDIA’s Blackwell-related woes are well-known by now, though the GPU giant has done much in recent weeks to improve the production cadence of its latest cutting-edge offerings. One such change involves the…