Biden Responds to Soaring Inflation, Orders Economic Council to ‘Reduce Energy Costs’

“Today’s report shows an increase over last month. Inflation hurts Americans pocketbooks [sic], and reversing this trend is a top priority for me,” Biden said in a statement on Nov. 10. “The largest share of the increase in prices in this report is due to rising energy costs.”

The president said he directed his top economic aides to attempt to “further reduce these costs,” regarding energy prices. He also asked the Federal Trade Commission to deal with “market manipulation or price gouging in this sector.”

High inflation is eroding wage gains, adding to the political risk facing Biden, whose approval rating has been falling, according to a number of recent polls, as Americans grow more anxious about the economy. Broadening inflationary pressures could also complicate the Federal Reserve’s communication, with top officials saying it’s “expected to be transitory” in recent public comments. [Article]

DC Snooped Through “Highly Sensitive” Phone Location Records to Track Covid Spread

Washington DC’s govt. reportedly utilized GPS data provided by a private information broker, Veraset, to track residents and study the spread of Covid-19 - public records show.

Veraset provided daily updates on the movements of thousands of people within the city, between April and September 2020.

Though the data was allegedly remained anonymous, a chief technologist told WaPo that indicators could still be used to identify specific individuals. [Source]

China Gets Half A Million Barrels Of Iranian Oil Every Day, Violating US Sanctions As Biden Looks The Other Way

For the past several years, Iran has been subject to "crippling" oil-export sanctions, but that is news to China whose imports of Iranian oil have held above half a million barrels per day on average for the last three months, traders and ship-tracking firms told Reuters as Chinese buyers judge that getting crude at cheap prices outweighs any risks from busting U.S. sanctions, especially when the US president is unlikely to wake up from his afternoon nap and do anything to punish China for violating the terms of the "draconian" embargo.

Indeed, as Reuters notes, Chinese purchases of Iranian crude have continued this year despite the sanctions that, if enforced, would allow Washington to cut off those who violate them from the U.S. economy. [Article]

“Climate czar” John Kerry invested in company tied to China forced labor, had shipment seized last week by CBP

The Washington Free Beacon reports that last week, U.S. Customs and Border Protections (CBP) seized imports from a Chinese company backed by an investment group backed with a $1 million stake from Lurch, otherwise known as John Forbes Kerry.

Yes, the same John Kerry who ran for president in 2004 and who currently serves as Biden’s “climate czar.”

The Beacon notes that Kerry and his wife Teresa are invested in a fund called the Hillhouse China Value Fund L.P., part of the Hillhouse investment group.

That group is heavily invested in a Chinese solar panel company which collaborates with other companies known to use forced labor. [Article]

DON'T MISS THE LONGEST PARTIAL LUNAR ECLIPSE OF THE CENTURY NEXT WEEK
It's due to take place next week between Nov. 18 and. 19, and the gorgeous phenomenon will be visible in all 50 U.S. states.

NASA forecasts that the almost-total eclipse of the Micro Beaver Full Moon will last around 3 hours, 28 minutes and 23 seconds — beginning at approximately 2:19 a.m. EST (7:19 a.m. UTC); reaching its maximum around 4 a.m. EST (9 a.m. UTC); and ending at 5:47 a.m. EST (10:47 a.m. UTC). The Micro Beaver moon is so named because it occurs when the moon is at the farthest point from Earth and in the lead-up to beaver-trapping season. [ Article ]

Spain’s La Palma Island Volcano Eruption Enters Eighth Week

The eruption of the Cumbre Vieja volcano on the Spanish island of La Palma entered its eighth week Monday, powerful as ever and showing no signs of stopping.

During the past 14 days, La Palma volcano was shaken by 4 quakes of magnitude 5.0 or above, 15 quakes between 4.0 and 5.0, 544 quakes between 3.0 and 4.0, and 918 quakes between 2.0 and 3.0. There were also 16 quakes below magnitude 2.0 which people don't normally feel.

Biggest quake: 5.0 quake La Palma Island, 12 km southeast of Los Llanos de Aridane, Spain, Nov 11, 2021 3:37 am (GMT +0) 1 hour 43 minutes ago

Most recent quake: 3.3 quake 27 km south of Los Llanos de Aridane, Spain, Nov 11, 2021 4:54 am (GMT +0) 26 minutes ago

BELGIUM: ‘All Covid ICU patients’ in Antwerpen GZA hospitals are vaccinated. [ Raw Video of Interview with English Subnoscripts ]

National Firearm Registry? Might Be Closer Than You Think

Before November of 2020, page one of Form 4473 asked for personal information but no information on the firearm associated. Prior to 2020, the firearm information was located on page 3. Why would the ATF move the firearm info and the personal info onto the same page?

To a person, the answer is obvious—data collection. There is absolutely no way the ATF is not preparing for the eventual digitization of their systems and then a fight for a searchable database that they are prohibited by law from having. Furthermore, if one is familiar with how the Federal Government operates, the moves they make now are setting up the push five or even ten years down the road.

This step towards tyranny is why gun owners must stay vigilant. When your personal friends that own firearms tell you that they “do not see an issue with universal background checks,” let them know that legitimate gun violence is not stopped by overregulation and government control. [Article]

246th Marine Corps Birthday Message

Thieves running WILD in Connecticut. Store employee warned not to intervene or they will be “fired.” [ Source ]

The judge has an interesting ringtone…