Today's Headlines

Bloomberg:                 

• Spain Is Canary in the Mine for Europe’s Emerging Energy Crisis.
• Just-in-Time Economy Becoming a Problem for Europe, Lagarde Says.
• Cars Get Stuck at U.S. Garages for Weeks in Spare-Parts Shortage.
• Math Quants Could Disrupt Process That Sways Power in Washington.
• Bond Traders Spy Opportunities in Big Supply-Demand Shift Ahead.
  
• Cars Get Stuck at U.S. Garages for Weeks in Spare-Parts Shortage.  
• Hollywood’s Powerful IATSE Union Says Long Hours Must Stop.
• Goldman Says China Won’t Cut Reserve Requirement Ratio This Year.  
• Silence Ordered for Chicago Police Union Head in Vaccine Fight.

Wall Street Journal:  

• Some Sell Children as Afghanistan Sinks Into Destitution.
• Facing Shortfalls, Pension Managers Turn to Risky Bets.
• No More Trillions.  
• Come to Miami for Sunshine, Low Taxes—and Normal Life.  
• Education Horror Show, Continued.
• Teen Girls Are Developing Tics. Doctors Say TikTok Could Be a Factor.
• California Races to Find Power to Offset Plant Closures.
• As Inflation Rises, Beware of the Money Illusion. It May Cost You.

IG:

• Weekend Markets Trading Live.

CNBC:

• Apple is poised to finish transforming its MacBook lineup on Monday.
• Inside TSMC, the Taiwanese chipmaking giant that’s building a new plant in Phoenix   Porsche Taycan, the company’s first fully electric model, outsells flagship 911 sports car. 
• Cramer’s week ahead: It’s time to be constructive as earnings season picks up.

MarketWatch.com:                  

• The Dow is on track for its best October in six years and third-quarter earnings are strong so far. What could go wrong?
• Brace for shortages of bikes, toys — and more —this holiday season.  
• Opinion: How to beat inflation: Favor stocks of companies that have the luxury of pricing power — but whose costs aren’t rising.  
• One more worry for stressed consumers: Global food prices hit a decade high.

Fox News: 

• Biden's pick to lead border security pushed far-left 'sanctuary city' policies as police chief, docs reveal.
• DeSantis predicts outcome of Biden's anticipated COVID vaccine mandate.

Newsmax: 

• Cities, Police Unions Clash as Vaccine Mandates Take Hold. 
• US Offers Unspecified Payments to Kin of Botched Kabul Drone Attack's Dead.

Reuters:

• South Africa has administered at least 19,899,964 doses of COVID vaccines so far. Assuming every person needs 2 doses, that’s enough to have vaccinated about 17.0% of the country’s population(one of world's lowest rates). COVID-19 infections are decreasing in South Africa, with 697 new infections reported on average each day(8 infections per 100K people reported last 7 days). That’s 3% of the peak — the highest daily average reported on July 7.
• Singapore has administered at least 9,787,176 doses of COVID vaccines so far. Assuming every person needs 2 doses, that's enough to have vaccinated about 85.8% of the country's population(3rd best rate in world). Singapore is reporting 3,045 new infections on average each day(373 infections per 100K people reported last 7 days), 92% of the peak - the highest daily average reported on Oct. 9.
  

Our World in Data:

• Singapore is seeing the number of COVID-19 patients in it's ICUs hit record levels despite the 3rd best vaccination rate in the world(85.8% fully vaxxed).

American Thinker:

• VAERS, our vaccine adverse effect reporting system, showed at the beginning of this week 16,000 deaths, 23,000 disabilities, 10,000 MI/myocarditis, 87,000 urgent care visits, 75,000 hospital stays, and 775,000 total adverse events. The VAERS system is widely known to under-report events by 1-10%.

WXYZ-TV Channel 7:

• After the vaccines were available to everyone, did you lose an unvaccinated loved one to COVID-19? Comment section:

Zero Hedge:   

• Aluminum Shortages Next As "Magnesium Supply Dries Up".
• China Coal Prices Soar To Record As Winter Freeze Spreads Cross The Country.
• China Releases Humiliating Footage Of Blindfolded Indian Troops Captured On Disputed Border.
• German State Allows Food Stores To Ban The Unvaccinated.
• UN Climate Change Conference Reportedly Using Diesel Generators To Charge Teslas Being Used As Shuttles.
• Distraction As Policy While Our Economic Rome Burns.
• Assistant To US House Sergeant-At-Arms Charged With 10 Child Pornography Felonies.
• Facial Recognition Apps For Home Quarantine A "Privacy Disaster": Report.
• Global Auto Names On Watch After Toyota Slashes November Production Estimate By (Another) 15%.
• Huge Dock Worker Protests In Italy, Fears Of Disruption, As Covid 'Green Pass' Takes Effect.
• Alabama School Districts Hit With Food Shortage, Warn Of Remote School Days.
• Japan's New Prime Minister Admits Abenomics Was A Failure.
• Luongo: "When You Buy Into Fear, You Sell Your Reason".
• Former Director Of National Intelligence Issues Warning Over Biden Buying Chinese Drones For Feds.
• The Science Of Propaganda Is Still Being Developed And Advanced.
• Islamic Terrorist Who Planned Kalashnikov Attack Arrived In Spain As Illegal Boat Migrant.

TheGatewayPundit.com:

• “I’m gonna fight for all of us out there, and I will continue to fight” – ICU Nurse Escorted Out of Her Job at UCLA For Not Taking the Vaccine (VIDEO).
• Key Part of Biden’s Climate Agenda – to Get Rid of Coal and Gas-Powered Plants – Likely to be Cut From Spending Bill Because of Manchin Opposition.
• Judge Orders Chicago’s Police Union President John Catanzara to STOP TALKING and Encouraging Members to Defy Mayor Lightfoot’s Vaccine Mandates.
• Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich: Facebook Admits to Aiding Human Smuggling.
• Democrats Repaying Anti-Trump Republican Adam Kinzinger With Redistricting That Will End His Career. 
• Terry McAuliffe Enters Packed Restaurant without a Mask Hugging People Just Days After He Called a Maskless Republican Operative “Dangerous” (VIDEO). 
• Conservatives Resign From Biden’s Supreme Court Commission. 
• US Navy Secretary under Lloyd Austin Threatens to Make Navy SEALs Pay Back the Cost of Their Training if They Don’t Get Vaxxed.
• Delta Airlines CEO Ditches Joe Biden’s ‘Divisive’ Covid Vaccine Mandate (VIDEO).
• ‘Illegal Religious Texts’ – Apple Removes Quran and Bible Apps in China at the Request of Govt Officials.
• Governors Ready To Sue Biden Over Vaccine Mandate …(But Mandate Doesn’t Yet Exist).
• Baltimore Police Union Fights Back – Tells Officers Not To Reveal Vaccine Status.
• WATCH: North Carolina Lt. Gov Responds Back To Controversy And Exposes The ‘Filth’ The Left Wants Taught In Public Schools (VIDEO). 
• QUIT YOUR COMPLAINING! White House Press Secretary Says Biden Inflation Is a “Good Thing” because “People are Buying Things”.
• Lt. Col. Scheller Who Scrutinized Biden’s Historic Disaster in Afghanistan Slapped with $5,000 Dock in Pay and Reprimand.

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).