Today's Headlines

Bloomberg:

• Kim Jong Un Pledges Nuclear Buildup to Take On US, South Korea.
• Canada Says Arrivals From China, HK Must Test Covid Negative.
• European Bond Markets Were Roiled This Year In Ways Few Imagined.
• South Korea Exports Extend Drop as Risks to Economy Escalate.
  
• 2023 Will Be the Year of the Electric SUV.
• Revelers Throng to New Year's Parties After Covid Hiatus.
• Cathie Wood’s Grim 2022 Is Over. Next Year Also Looks Bad.  
• Prominent Texas Family Has $29 Million Embezzled by Bookkeeper.  
• Treasuries Post Biggest Annual Loss Ever as Inflation Takes Toll.  
• Sam Bankman-Fried to Plead Not Guilty to Fraud at Jan. 3 Hearing.

Wall Street Journal: 

• Alameda’s Troubles Began Well Before Crypto Crash.
• The U.S. Government’s Woke Training. Read instructions from the Army, NASA, the VA, and more, obtained via open-records law.
• Democracy Dies in California. To impose a new burden on fast-food restaurants, the state plans to ignore the constitution’s right of voters to review laws.
• Jonathan Haidt on the ‘National Crisis’ of Gen Z. Warped by social media and a victimhood culture, today’s young people will imperil American culture and capitalism, the social psychologist warns.
• Your Co-Workers Are Less Ambitious; Bosses Adjust to New Order.
• Europe Goes on Blackout Watch as Winter Descends.
• Congress Boosts Funding to Stockpile Key Metals, Battery Ingredients.

Barron's:

• Had bullish commentary on (WMB), (KMI), (EPD), (ET), (AMLP), (JPM), (PNC), (C), (USB), (ON), (FLEX), (TEL), (TTWO) and (FWONK).

Fox News: 

• Authorities used crime scene DNA to track Idaho murder suspect and his vehicle, source says.
• Internet sensation dead at 27 after open heart surgery complications.

CNBC:

• Stocks fall to end Wall Street’s worst year since 2008, S&P 500 finishes 2022 down nearly 20%.
• China December manufacturing contracts at sharpest pace in almost 3 years.
• A highly immune evasive omicron variant is quickly becoming dominant in U.S. as it doubles weekly.
• Southwest Airlines says holiday meltdown will ‘certainly’ hit fourth-quarter results.

Zero Hedge:

• 2022 Greatest Hits: The Most Popular Articles Of The Past Year And A Look Ahead.
• 12 Questions For The End Of The Year.
• UK Announces COVID-19 Restrictions On China Arrivals.
• China Conducts Military Maneuvers Near US Bases At Guam, Okinawa.
• Laid-Off Silicon Valley Workers Panic Sell Start-Up Shares As Valuations Crash.
• Crypto 2022: A Disastrous Year That Saw Few Winners Among A Sea Of Losers. 
• Elon Musk Calls Out "Corporate Journalism" Over Twisted Coverage Of His 'Twitter Files'. 
• Here's A List Of Biden Tax Hikes Which Take Effect Jan. 1. 
• Home Depot Co-Founder Rails Against Socialism And "Woke People," Warns 'Capitalism In Dire Straits'. 
• 2022 Same Shit, Different Year: 55 Years Of Failed Eco-pocalyptic Predictions.
• 9 Controversial California Laws Taking Effect On Jan. 1.
• Former Pope Benedict, 1st Pontiff In 600 Years To Resign, Dies At 95.
• One Great Big Nasty Prediction For 2023.
• 2022's Danger Signs: From Totalitarian Paranoia To Authoritarian Madness.
• Suicide Among The Most Common Causes Of Death In The US. 
• Are You A "Thought Criminal"?
• The Twitter Files Have Confirmed (Again) That Conspiracy Theorists Are Not Crazy.
  
• 'I Also Orchestrated It': Uncharged J6 Witness Ray Epps Transcript Released.
• How Did EVs Handle America's Arctic Blast?
• Bovard: Liberals Learned Nothing In 2022.
• Researcher Reveals Google Home Speakers Could've Been Hijacked And Turned Into Wiretaps.
• Biden Family Disowns Hunter's 4-Year-Old Daughter, Remains "Estranged From The Child".
• 2022: The Year ESG Fell To Earth.
• Jim Quinn: It's Not A Lie If You Believe It.
• Pledging Deepened Military Ties With Putin, Xi To Visit Russia In Spring Against Backdrop Of War.
• Housing Supply Jumps Most On Record As Market Freezes.
• 'Worst Year Ever' For Stocks & Bonds - Global Inflation Fight Bursts 'Everything Bubble'.

MarketWatch.com:       

• These 20 stocks were the biggest losers of 2022.  
• Opinion: 11 predictions for money, technology, stocks and crypto for 2023.  
• Stock-market investors face 3 recession scenarios in 2023.   
• An interest rate shock wrecked stocks in 2022. Here’s what the pros say will drive the market in 2023.  
• Best stock picks for 2023: Here are Wall Street analysts’ most heavily favored choices.

NewsMax: 

• Rep. Van Drew: Biden, Democrats Purposefully Trying to Harm US. 

TheGatewayPundit.com:

• Here Are the First 12 Actions the GOP Should Take Once Taking Control of the US House.
• Court Finds Florida’s Transgender Bathroom Policies Are Not Discriminatory. 
• Sellin: Government-Weaponized Public Health: Disease Is Used to Control Populations Like Tear Gas Is Used to Control Crowds. 
• NC State Football Announcer Gary Hahn Suspended Indefinitely After Saying “Illegal Aliens” During Bowl Game. 
• Corrupt Actors in the Government, in Universities, and at the EIC Worked with Big Tech to Censor Americans. 
• Scotland Police Face Backlash After Report Renaming Pedophiles as ‘Minor-Attracted People’. 
• Family Doctor Who Faced Backlash for Vaccinating Children and Causing Adverse Reactions Dies Suddenly.
• Second ABC News Producer Dies Suddenly by Undisclosed Causes. 
• POLL: Voters Want Republicans To Release Tax Returns Of Democrats Who Voted To Release Trump’s. 
• HUGE: Wisconsin Township Votes to Process Votes in Polling Place Where Voter Resides – Denies Elites Opportunity to Manufacture Votes at Central Count Voting Center.
• Joe Biden Cheers Historic Year: Record Crime, Record Inflation, Record Illegal Immigration, Record Gas Prices, Worst Stock/Bond/Equity Losses Since 1871.
• 24-Year-Old Flight Attendant at Air Albania Collapses and Dies Suddenly from Heart Attack Shortly After Landing in London.
• HUGE: House Republicans Find Text and Email Evidence that Pelosi Staffers Secretly DECREASED Security at US Capitol for Jan 6 – While at Same Time Pelosi Was Organizing Film Crew that Day.
• WEIRD? Ray Epps J6 Committee Testimony Released: Admitted “I Was in the Front … I Also Orchestrated It” – Is Still a Free Man and Was Ignored in Final Report.
• Arizona House Member-Elect Casts Aside Her Own Race For Election Truth.
• “You Have Turned the Government Against the People, and I Think it’s Disgusting.” Christina Bobb to the “Inquisition” in Her Jan 6 Interview.
• Singer M.I.A. Says She Received ‘Biggest Backlash’ of Her Career For Saying ‘Jesus is Real’.
• BREAKING: President Trump Rips Democrats and Supreme Court Following the Release of his Personal Tax Returns – Warns of Dire Repercussions.
• 30-Year-Old Chicago West Side Arts Organization Leader Dies Suddenly from Complications Due to Cardiac Arrest.
• Andrew Tate Releases First Comment Since Arrest: “The Matrix Sent Their Agents”.
• MUST READ: Maricopa County 2022 Corruption and How Runbeck Used Spanish-Speaking Employees and Quit Running Counts on Election Day Ballots.
• Equity Investment Executive Ed Dowd: 1.7 Million Americans Placed on Disability – Directly Related to COVID Vaccine (VIDEO).

The Epoch Times: 

• Putin and Xi Hold Talks Against Mounting Crisis in the Backdrop.
• ‘Mind Dominance’: The CCP’s Disinformation War on US Social Media.

Twitter:

• @dockaurG - Stanford Prof Ioannidis et al Covid pre-vaccination Infection Fatality Rate paper is now peer-reviewed & published. Conclusions all same. Catastrophic societal harms imposed d/t irrational fear & mass hysteria of a virus with IFR lower than influenza.

OpenVAERS:

• VAERS US COVID Vaccine Adverse Event Reports. 912,074 Reports(+6,021 from prior week) Through December 16th, 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).