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Bear market effect: Crypto miners face margin calls as debt mounts

July 06, 2022 - bear market as crypto mega hedge fund Three Arrows Capital filed a bankruptcy petition in New York last week. Chapter 15 bankruptcy filings stop creditors from seizing a company’s assets in the US. The said company fired 25 percent of its employees.

The collapse of Three Arrows Capital may have commenced a domino effect throughout the crypto lending market as various firms are now racking up significant losses due to their exposure to the fund.

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National poll finds 59% of voters support a federal ban on gender transition (mutilation) procedures for children

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The poll was commissioned by The Center Square and conducted by market research firm Noble Predictive Insights. It found that, if the federal government passed such a ban, it would have the support of 36 percent of Democrats, 56 percent of independents and 82 percent of Republicans.

The majority of both sexes also would also support a federal ban on transgender procedures for minors, with 63 percent of men and 56 percent of women backing it.

In terms of races, 63 percent ...

3 Easy meals-in-jars canning recipes

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Meals-in-jars are a great idea if you want to level up from simply canning excess harvest from your home garden.

Use a spoon or bubble remover to get the bubbles from inside the jar. Don't forget to clean jar rims with vinegar before placing the seals on them.

Add the rack to your canner before placing the jars in the canner. Add at least four to five inches of water to the canner after the jars are in the canner, or refer to your pressure canner for specific instructions....

Big Pharma makes HUGE payments to peer reviewers in major medical journals

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The payments, which are given to physicians who conduct peer reviews by drug and medical device makers, totaled $1.06 billion across the three years studied.

This is clearly a conflict of interest, and while journals often have conflict-of-interest policies that are applied to authors, very few hold peer reviewers to the same standard.

The researchers looked at the general and research payments that doctors serving as peer reviewers for major journals were given by ...

EPA retaliated against employees who raised concerns about deadly chemicals being commercially approved

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In a series of partially redacted reports, the EPA's inspector general office found that managers within the EPA's New Chemicals Division retaliated against employees who spoke out by passing them up for promotions, reassigning them to other divisions within the agency, and punished them with lower performance evaluations.

Many of the employees at the EPA who faced retaliation worked as chemists and toxicologists. Their job duties included evaluating chemical safety and determining ...

California police struggle with ELECTRIC police cars

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For the uninitiated, California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a law mandating that all vehicles in the Golden State be zero-emissions by 2035. Included in the mandate are police cars, with one city launching its all-electric fleet in July.

The Associated Press (AP) reported that the South Pasadena Police Department (SPPD) has replaced its gas-powered police cruisers with Tesla EVs. City officials added that the Teslas will use new EV chargers installed at the city hall. According ...

Drug companies begin producing “climate-friendly” inhalers to circumvent Biden’s price caps

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However, drug companies have found a way to exploit Medicare price caps by using the climate change narrative to their advantage. According to federal data, today’s inhalers produce carbon emissions equivalent to driving half a million cars for a year. Using this climate narrative to their advantage, drug companies that produce inhalers (AstraZeneca, GSK, Teva Pharmaceuticals and Boehringer) have begun to produce “climate friendly” inhalers to circumvent Biden’s price cap on inhalers....

EU plan to ban sales of gas, diesel vehicles by 2035 “no longer realistic,” warns BMW

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If the ban is allowed to persist, the European auto industry will see a "massive shrinking" as automakers will have nothing left to sell that anyone with practicality, longevity and economy in mind will ever want to buy for their families.

Even with heavy government subsidies, i.e., taxpayers being forced to foot the bill for their very existence, EVs are wildly unpopular, not to mention the fact that many such subsidies are coming to an end. Add to that the fact that communist ...

Electric vehicle fires making headlines around the world as fears grow over battery risks

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When electric vehicles are flooded by problems like storm surges, they can spontaneously combust. Florida State Fire Marshal Jimmy Patronis issued a statement about a string of fires that were seen following Helene’s landfall. At that time, at least 64 lithium battery fires had been recorded, with electric vehicles making up 17 of them and the remainder attributed to golf carts, hoverboards and scooters. In one case, an electric wheelchair sparked a fire.

The insurance company ...

34% of electric car owners in Germany switched back to combustion engine cars this year

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The data also shows that the number of EV owners in Germany who switch back to combustion engine cars each year is growing. In 2023, 28 percent switched back to vehicles with petrol or diesel engines. In 2022, the figure was 17.5 percent and the year before that, 14.2 percent. (Related: Germany's EV sales PLUMMET by almost half in first 6 months of 2024.)

This is despite the fact that the transition to greater EV use in Germany is supported by the country's federal government ...

Fake meat industry now demanding PUBLIC SUBSIDIES due to lack of customer interest

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Data from AgFunderNews cited by the National Pulse reveals that the industry is in dire straits due to dwindling money. Funding for the lab-grown meat sector peaked at $989 million in 2021 but dipped slightly to $807 million in 2022. This dropped by almost 80 percent to just a mere $177 million last year.

"Industry experts claim they need substantial government assistance to survive, with various sectors within agrifood tech seeing a steep decline in investments since early ...

Sermon 69: God already gave humanity the answers to pass the FINAL EXAM OF LIFE

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This matter served as the focus of his 69th sermon on the Health Ranger Report, part of his 100 Sermons series. God has created a simulation in this temporary world where humans live as a testing ground. This temporary testing ground also comes with all the things that people would need to pass the final test of life and join Him in Paradise.

According to Adams, the code has been broken and people have the ability to win the simulation and achieve eternity with Him. It can ...

Car buyers in Germany shifting back to gas-powered vehicles after trying out EVs

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Remix News reported on this finding, citing data from Huk-Coburg, Germany's largest auto insurance company. According to the firm's numbers, 34 percent of all EV owners switched back to an ICE vehicle when purchasing a new vehicle so far this year.

This number was 28 percent last year, while it was 17.5 percent in 2022. Only 14.2 percent of EV owners shifted back to an ICE car in 2021, as per Huk-Coburg.

The media outlet noted that while EVs are described as "the wave ...

Netanyahu will strike military sites within Iran before U.S. elections, source tells WaPo

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According to WaPo, the source said that Israel's waiting could be perceived as a weakness and that the planned strike "will be one in a series of responses" to the Iranian ballistic missile barrage that was fired at Israel on Oct. 1, which was also a response to a series of Israeli attacks.

It was also revealed that the Israeli leader said it wouldn't wait for a green light from the United States. "The person who will decide on the Israeli response to Iran will be [Netanyahu]," ...

Kamala Harris hopes to use marijuana to appeal to black voters

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Democrats typically fare well with black voters, but Harris is failing to inspire them and is poised to register the worst presidential election performance among this group in more than six decades.

The difference between Harris and Obama in this regard is dramatic. While Obama attracted the black vote by a margin of 85 points, Harris is up by only 54 points. When you look only at black men aged 18 to 45, the difference is even more apparent; Obama won this group by 81 points, ...

Big Food gets kids ADDICTED to food laced with ingredients banned by other countries

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During their interview at SiriusXM's "Megyn Kelly Show," author and blogger Vani Hari and investigative journalist and filmmaker Grace Price appealed to American food makers to produce foods with the same healthier ingredients the companies use in identical products they sell in other countries.

"We have an opportunity right now to let the American public know about unsafe ingredients in foods sold in the U.S.," Hari said during the interview. "We are under a massive experiment....

Food for the brain: Boost your cognitive function and memory with almonds

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Almonds are a rich source of several key nutrients that are essential for optimal brain health:Vitamin E

Almonds are packed with essential nutrients, particularly vitamin E. Just 28 grams of almonds, or about 43 nuts, can provide around 50 percent of your daily vitamin E requirement. This vitamin has been shown to have neuroprotective effects, particularly in slowing down the progression of mild cognitive impairment to dementia, in a 2021 study published in Healthcare.

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Trump vows to end Biden-Harris electric vehicle mandate and redirect “Green New Scam” funding

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Trump in a speech pledged to redirect money from the "Green New Scam," referring to the administration of President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris' policies funding renewable energy projects and supporting the growth of EV manufacturing. (Related: Report: Kamala Harris LIES about not supporting EV mandates despite backing them for years.)

"I will terminate lying Kamala's electric vehicle mandate and end immediately the Green New Scam," Trump declared. "I will end ...

Big Government vs. Big Tech: Justice Department outlines proposal to break up Google

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This move aims to dismantle what is described as an illegal monopoly held by Google in the online search sector. A judge had previously concluded in August that Google, which handles 90 percent of internet searches in the U.S., had established this monopoly unlawfully.

The Justice Department has outlined remedies that could dramatically alter the landscape of how information is accessed on the internet by Americans, potentially diminishing Google’s revenue and enabling competitors ...

McDonald’s will likely revamp value meal as Bidenomics continues to strain the wallets of lower-income customers

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In July, McDonald's reported a decline in same-store sales for the first time in nearly four years, a drop attributed to tightened consumer spending following prolonged periods of high inflation. In response, the fast-food giant introduced a $5 summer deal in June, designed to offer an affordable option for customers struggling amid inflation and high interest rates.

The limited-time meal deal, which includes a choice of a McDouble, McChicken sandwich or a 4-piece Chicken ...