Today's Headlines

Bloomberg:

• Russia’s Rosneft Calls Seizure of Its German Unit Illegal.
• Ukraine Latest: Biden Warns Russia; Atomic Plant Reconnected.  
• ECB’s Lane Sees ‘Several’ More Interest Rate Increases Ahead.
• A European Stock Trader’s Guide to an Era of Scorching Inflation.  
• Italy Mulls Ways to Offset any Drop in French Power Exports.  
• ECB Taps Amazon, Four Others to Pitch Digital Euro Prototype.   
• Puerto Rico Declares State of Emergency as Fiona Gathers Speed.
  
• Wall Street Rush Into Single-Stock ETFs Takes Risky Foreign Turn.
• Goldman Cuts US Growth Forecast for 2023 After Rate Path Change.
• Unrelenting Inflation, Tepid Sales Raise Curtain on Fed Meeting.
• Crypto Speculation Falls Out of Favor With Game Studios.  
• Bluebird’s Gene Therapy for Brain Disease Receives Accelerated Approval.  
• The Affordable Electric Vehicle Is Still Mostly Fantasy.  
• Markets Roiled by Inflation Leave Investors With Nowhere to Hide.
• Social Media Buzz: DeSantis v. Newsom, the Queen, Figma, Cardi B.    
• Your Saturday Briefing: From the Fed to FedEx.
• Charting the Global Economy: Inflation Winds Keep Blowing Strong. 
• Fed Leads 500-Basis Point Global Assault on Inflation: Eco Week.

Wall Street Journal:

• IRS Faces Tight Job Market as It Recruits Thousands.
• Climbing Interest Rates Fuel Fight for Stablecoin Market.
• Chinese Companies Alter Products, Strategies to Offset Rising Costs.
• The Man From Rivian Who Wants to Change How We Buy Cars.
• Democrats and Defunding Police. A U.S. Senate candidate tries to distance himself from the radical groups endorsing him.
• Russia’s Use of Iranian Drones Creates New Dangers.
• Marijuana Retail Licenses in New York Going First to Those Convicted of Drug Crimes.
• Biden Administration Quietly Steps Up Effort to Close Guantanamo.
• Abbott Heart Valve Device Faces Competition.
• What Happens When M.B.A. Students Don’t Tell Recruiters Their Grades?

Barron's:

• Had bullish commentary on (TTD), (MSFT), (ROKU), (WBD), (NEM), (HIW) and (UHAL).
• Had bearish commentary on (NFLX), (VNO) and (OPI).

Fox News:

• More migrants arrive at Jill Biden tries to bounce back from remarks that offended some Latinos.
• Kamala Harris' home after VP pitches citizenship as border 'solution'.
• NBC News deletes tweet comparing Martha's Vineyard migrants to ‘trash’.

CNBC:

• Meta shares plunged 14% this week, falling close to their pandemic low.
• This is why I’m quitting dating apps like Tinder and Hinge forever.
• China raises holdings of Treasurys for first time in 8 months.
• The 10 cities with the highest inflation rates in the U.S.

Zero Hedge:

• TikTok Won't Promise To Stop Transferring US Data To China: COO.
• The Growing Global Hunger For Meat. 
• Fauci "Misled Congress" About Gain-Of-Function Research, But 'Protected By Biden Admin'; Former CDC Chief Says.
• Sperry: Unpacking Apparent Trump-Hillary Double Standard.
• China Enjoys Energy Bonanza As NATO Sanctions Against Russia Fail.
• Martha's Vineyard Proves Leftist Hypocrisy On Illegal Immigration.
• Court Rules Against Social Media Companies In Free Speech Censorship Fight.
• Inflation Causing Hardship For Majority Of US Households.
• FBI Whistleblower Says Bureau Labeled Veteran-Led Group 'Domestic Terrorist' Organization: Rep. Jordan.
• DeSantis Crushes Gubernatorial Fundraising Record.
• "Ethically Unjustifiable": Study Finds COVID Boosters Cause Net Harm In Young Adults.
• Massive New $10BN US Aid Package To Make Jordan 3rd Largest Recipient.
• Central Planners Of The World, Unite!
• Angry Customers Demand Explanation As German Energy Bills Soar.
• Breaking Down UK's 'Cost Of Living' Crisis.
• German Takeover Talks Expand As Energy Crisis Contagion Spreads Across More Distressed NatGas Utilities.
• What Does The Right's Historic Victory In Sweden Mean For Europe?
• Facebook Spied On Private Messages Of "Conservative Right-Wing Individuals", Then Reported To FBI For Domestic Terrorism.
• Is The End Of COVID-19 In Sight?
• 'Toxic' Values Undermining US Ability To Tackle Beijing: Senator.
• 'Sharing' Economy Continues To Spread: Americans With STDs Jump 26% To Seven-Decade Highs.
• Nearly 50 Members Of Congress Call On Pentagon To End Military Vaccine Mandate.
• Pressure On China To Devalue Yuan Becoming More Acute.
• US Army's Recruiting Crisis Worsens As Test Scores Drop, Disqualifications Rates Surge.
• Violence In California Reaches "Epidemic" Levels As Our Society Rapidly Deteriorates All Around Us.

MarketWatch.com:          

• In rare sit-down, Nobel Prize–winning economist Peter Diamond sees ‘significant power shift from employers to workers’ underway.
  
• FTC sends a warning to Uber, Lyft, DoorDash and other ‘gig-work’ companies.

NewsMax:

• Appeals Court Rejects Big Tech's Censorship, Teeing Up Supreme Court.

TheGatewayPundit.com:

• SHOCK REPORT: Hundreds of Convicted Murderers and Child Rapists Given Early Parole by Wisconsin Democrat Governor Evers.
• Bi-Partisan Focus Group Agrees-Biden’s America Is a Disaster.
• 39-Year-Old Police Officer in Minnesota Dies Suddenly at Home.
• Rock Star! Next Italian PM Georgia Meloni: “The Leftists who Call us Fascists Used to be Bolshevists”.
• CNBC’s Joe Kernen Grills Pete Buttigieg On Biden’s ‘Tone-Deaf’ Inflation Celebration Despite ‘Horrific Inflation Report’ (VIDEO).
• Disney’s Latest Woke Remake Under Water as Public Weighs In, Over a Million Dislikes and Counting.
• Harvard Attorney and TikTok Influencer Says He was Offered $400 to Make Anti-Trump Propaganda Related to Jan 6 – Shows Receipts (VIDEO).
• WATCH LIVE NOW: Jack Posobiec’s ‘The Great Global Reset’ Episode 1 at Turning Point USA’s ‘Defeating the Great Reset’ Event in Arizona. 
• Lawmakers: During COVID Distance Learning ‘Disaster’, Leftists Blew Emergency Money on School Wokeness.
• Former Georgia Judge, Richard Jordan, Who Attempted to Submit a Complaint in June Election Is Under Investigation for Questioning the Legality of the Use of Dominion Machines in the State.
• China Now Owns Large Section of Land Near Pearl Harbor – Another Effort to Disrupt US Response to China Offensive?

The Epoch Times:

• Lithium Prices Surge to Record High, Threatening to Push Up Expensive EV Costs Even Higher.
• TikTok Executive Declined to Commit to Cut Off Americans’ Data to China.
• Health Viewpoints: Why Does the Omicron Booster Contain the Wuhan Strain? No, It's Not for Higher Protection.

Twitter:

• @IAPolls2022 - REUTERS:  household wealth fell by a RECORD $6.1 trillion in Q2 2022. In 2022: Nasdaq declined by 26.16%. S&P 500 declined by 18.15%. Bitcoin declined by 57.34%. 30 Year Fixed Mortgage Rate: Jan 2021: 2.65%. Sep 2022: 6.28%. Inflation Jan 2021: 1.4%. Sep 2022: 8.3%.
• @IGSquawk - Weekend markets update: #DAX 12790 -0.04% #DOW 30914 +0.04% #FTSE 7267 +0.07% #HANGSENG 18684 +0.03% #GBPUSD 11419 -0.02% #EURUSD 10016 +0.03% #USDJPY 14288 -0.04%

GETTR:

• @ConceptualJames - By year-end 50% of EU aluminum smelting capacity will be offline due to high energy prices. Looks like the "Science" behind ESG is working great!

OpenVAERS:

• VAERS US COVID Vaccine Adverse Event Reports. 863,663 Reports(+2,426 from prior week) Through September 2nd, 2022. 

SKirsch.com:

• Using the MGH numbers with our own VAERS queries, we have 247 cases per million doses from the MGH study divided by 5.97 cases per million doses from VAERS. 247/5.97 = 41. This suggests that the VAERS under-reporting factor (URF) is 41X.

Covid-19(Data, Maps, Graphs):

• Our World in Data:  New Global Covid-19 Cases(7-day rolling average graphs). New US Covid Hospital Admissions/ICU Admissions/Deaths
  
• FT.com:  Fully Vaccinated by Country(graph). Global Lockdown Stringency Index(map).
• Bloomberg.com:  International Travel Restrictions.  Case Graphs by State.
  
• NYTimes.com:  County Trends and Clusters. Local ICU Occupancy.
  
• Brown School of Public Health:  Covid Severity by State/County(map).  US Hospital Capacity(region).
  
• CovidActNow:  Covid Severity/Infection Rate by Metro Area.
  
• KFF:  US Vaccinations by Race/Ethnicity.
  
• Carnegie Mellon: Covid-Like Symptoms in Community. Covid Symptom Searches on Google. Covid-Related Dr.Visits.  Restaurant Visits. Wearing Masks. (graphs)
  
• Safegraph.com:  Commerce Patterns(graphs).