ASIA: China’s efforts to ramp up lithium extraction could see it accounting for nearly a third of the world’s supply by the middle of the decade, according to UBS AG. The bank expects Chinese-controlled mines, including projects in Africa, to raise output to 705,000 tons by 2025 from 194,000 tons in 2022. That would lift […]

When the House votes unanimously, there is usually a larger issue at play. It was announced on Friday that the US House of Representatives and the Senate unanimously agreed to declassify information regarding the origins of COVID. Let us recall that one side of the political spectrum effectively shut down the entire economy and used […]

ASIA:   Xi Jinping secured a precedent-breaking third term as president of China on Friday during a parliamentary session in which he tightened his control of the world’s second-largest economy as it emerges from a COVID slump and diplomatic challenges mount. Nearly 3,000 members of China’s rubber-stamp parliament, the National People’s Congress (NPC), voted unanimously […]

Fashion trends change to reflect new societal norms and self-expression. Today’s societal norm is constant government spying and mass data collection under the premise that we are all criminals who may defy our failing governments. One may first think of China and its vast array of CCTV cameras that are analyzed by Artificial Intelligence software […]

ASIA:   The major Asian stock markets had a mixed day today: NIKKEI 225 increased 178.96 points or 0.63% to 28,623.15 Shanghai decreased 7.15 points or -0.22% to 3,276.09 Hang Seng decreased 125.51 points or -0.63% to 19,925.74 ASX 200 increased 3.30 points or 0.05% to 7,311.10 Kospi decreased 12.82 points or -0.53% to 2,419.09 […]

ASIA:   India’s domestic economy is its primary engine of growth and the slowdown in economic activity late last year will only be temporary, said Moody’s Analytics on Tuesday. Citing that the private consumption lagging overall GDP for the first time since the Delta wave of Covid-19 struck the economy in the second quarter of 2021, […]

COMMENT: Marty, Zelinsky has tried to portray himself as a military leader, cloaked in the symbolism of a military strongman. Gaddafi, Hussein, Stalin, and even Hitler come to mind. All were seen as ardent nationalists. Zelinsky did this to attract enormous weapons and capital to this country, ensuring that his face becomes the symbol of the […]

COMMENT #1:  I have been watching Colonel Douglas MacGregor (ret), on alt news sites. He is a former tank commander in the Gulf war and has worked extensively with NATO, before retiring. I love his direct commentary – so in a nutshell he says the following: 1. Ukraine has lost up to 250k troops and […]

ASIA:   The major Asian stock markets had a green day today: NIKKEI 225 increased 428.60 points or 1.56% to 27,927.47 Shanghai increased 17.74 points or 0.54% to 3,328.39 Hang Seng increased 138.08 points or 0.68% to 20,567.54 ASX 200 increased 28.20 points or 0.39% to 7,283.60 Kospi increased 4.22 points or 0.17% to 2,432.07 […]

COMMENT: Marty; A lot of people are concerned that you may just say the hell with it all and move to your island in the Caribbean. A lot of us always stood by you and many more are joining the ranks. There are so many who claim to be brilliant analysts but it is just […]