Archive for the 'Economy' Category
Ex-CIA Official Found with Gold Bars Admits to Sprawling Scheme, Agrees to Forfeit $194 Million
October 6th, 2026If the tens of thousands of posts on Cryptogon had metrics for weirdness, this would easily be far out in 3 sigma territory. At a minimum, this demonstrates that there is an existing infrastructure for CIA to funnel hundreds of millions of dollars of black budget money into real estate, gold bars and other valuables […]
Trump Allows Farm Diesel for Vehicles Used on Public Roads
October 6th, 2026Via: CNBC: President Donald Trump has allowed the use of cheaper red-dyed diesel, typically reserved for farm operations, to be used more broadly in an attempt to bring down record-high fuel costs. Trump signed an executive order Monday evening stateside to temporarily allow truckers and farmers to use red-dyed diesel — which is exempt from […]
BofA’s Urgent Warning to All Clients
October 5th, 2026Via: Steven Van Metre:
U.S. Sending Third Aircraft Carrier Towards Iran
October 2nd, 2026Via: Al Jazeera: The United States is deploying a third US aircraft carrier to the waters around Iran, a US official told Al Jazeera, as the war enters its eighth month and both sides weigh escalation and diplomatic engagement. The official told Al Jazeera that the USS Theodore Roosevelt carrier strike group left its San […]
Russia Extends Diesel Export Ban Through Oct. 31
October 1st, 2026Via: OilPrice: Russia’s government on Wednesday extended the ban on exports of diesel, marine fuel, and gasoil for all fuel producers by October 31, which effectively extends the period in which the tightening global market will have to cope without Russian diesel shipments for another month. The government took the decision to extend the ban, […]
Leaked Anthropic IPO Prospectus Shows $42BN Net Loss, $518BN In Unfunded Spending Commitments, And $20BN In Cash
September 30th, 2026Via: Reuters: When Anthropic confidentially submitted its draft S-1 to the SEC back in June, it was clear there were many shocking numbers in the IPO prospectus which the company did not want made public amid speculation of massive ongoing losses, but few were prepared for what was leaked today to Reuters. According to a […]
Meta Muse: “It’s Really Just Fun and Cute.”
September 26th, 2026Before looking at Muse, let’s take a brief walk down memory lane with Mark Zuckerberg. First of all, there’s Facebook’s proximity to DARPA LifeLog: LifeLog was a project of the Information Processing Techniques Office of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) of the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD). According to its bid solicitation pamphlet […]
U.S. CONSIDERING DIESEL EXPORT BAN
September 23rd, 2026Via: CNBC: The Trump administration is looking into whether implementing a diesel export ban would ease record high prices for the critical fuel, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Tuesday. “We’re examining whether it’s feasible in terms of the overall refining capacity and whether a full or partial ban would work,” Bessent said at a bilateral […]
Ukraine Pounds Major Moscow Refinery
September 20th, 2026Remember the one about Trump claiming that Ukraine and Russia have agreed to halt all attacks on energy targets? Here’s how that’s going… Via: ZeroHedge: Military conflicts, economic wars, and resource wars are converging ahead of the Northern Hemisphere winter. Export restrictions on critical materials and energy products are adding economic pressure worldwide, raising the […]
The One About Canada Becoming an “Associate Member” of the European Union
September 18th, 2026Mmm hmm. Via: Reuters: European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Wednesday she wanted to open the door for Canada to become the European Union’s first “associate ?member”. Earlier this week, Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney — who was in Strasbourg to listen to von der Leyen’s annual State of the Union address […]
