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Chinese EVs receive 5 star Euro NCAP ratings in targeted push into Europe Rating requires active/passive safety features well above legal reqs Focus on Euro fleet sales; Sixt purchased 100,000 EVs from BYD in Oct Chinese firms on track to x2 2021 sales https://t.co/GmNEf9hosT https://t.co/btZSZLNT5v https://t.co/OxuAUkIOsN https://t.co/mqmZxEcqIR

— Prodigal ( @ProdigalThe3rd ) Nov 21, 2022

Chinese Automakers @SAICMotorMG & @BYDCompany Order Ships To Ensure Exports & Avoid Supply Chain Issues China recently overtook Germany as world’s 2nd largest auto exporter Exported 2.6 million vehicles in first 10 months of 2022 Oct. auto & chassis exports ⬆️60% from 2021 https://t.co/mgqi79nKhI https://t.co/yYWsPyNGEK

— Prodigal ( @ProdigalThe3rd ) Dec 05, 2022

Tesla Moves to Reduce Shanghai Plant Output By 20% This Month; Latest Sign of Sluggish Demand Marks 1st time Tesla voluntarily reduced production Plant capable of producing 85k EVs per month; China Dec. orders likely to hit 25k Recently cut prices & boosted incentives in China https://t.co/9q8FQwFneD https://t.co/3KgsUqRc12 https://t.co/6UA9Ee8Vhi

— Prodigal ( @ProdigalThe3rd ) Dec 05, 2022

Rising Battery Prices Threaten to Derail Affordable EVs BloombergNEF’s annual lithium-ion battery price survey shows a 7% increase in average pack prices in 2022 in real terms due to rising costs for cobalt, nickel, lithium & other materials First increase in survey’s history https://t.co/B2tBrew4M3

— Prodigal ( @ProdigalThe3rd ) Dec 06, 2022

Gold’s safe haven appeal grows after sanctions imposed on Russia’s central bank While penalties levied by the US & its allies cut off Russia’s access to about $300 billion of reserves held in foreign currencies such as dollars & euros, bullion remained largely beyond their reach https://t.co/mLRE6w1YIj https://t.co/4GCWErZeMw

— Prodigal ( @ProdigalThe3rd ) Nov 18, 2022

Gettr shenanigans exposed... https://t.co/xDAXs2qYYh

— The Federalist Press ( @FederalistPress ) Dec 12, 2022

China reports increase in gold reserves for first time in +3 years Raised holdings by 32 tons in November from the month before PBOC now holds 1,980 tons of bullion, the sixth largest central bank hoard in the world Move may be part of plans to diversify away from US dollar https://t.co/xQS8iPt4Ch https://t.co/KWAAvWCWnt https://t.co/jKUHbKuX3m

— Prodigal ( @ProdigalThe3rd ) Dec 08, 2022

@GalLuft: De-dollarization starting China & Saudi Arabia have vast bilateral trade & dollar reserves Both shocked by the West’s actions against Russia’s central bank ‘Today it’s Russia. Tomorrow it’s me.’ Little reason to increase trade in dollars & incur unnecessary costs https://t.co/VEjG06BFlh https://t.co/nkKsSlsmM5

— Prodigal ( @ProdigalThe3rd ) Dec 09, 2022

President Xi said in Riyadh on Friday that China & Gulf nations should make full use of the Shanghai Petroleum & National Gas Exchange to carry out yuan settlement of oil & gas trade. …willing to carry out financial regulatory cooperation, facilitate capital market entry, etc. https://t.co/NNezOL6vHg https://t.co/n5oIJbfCsO https://t.co/DwIYOW2Ofn

— Prodigal ( @ProdigalThe3rd ) Dec 09, 2022

The Russian Digital Financial Asset authority has approved the country’s first legal digital asset deal using Chinese Yuan. The 58m yuan ($8.3m) transaction took place on a platform developed by Lighthouse & became the biggest legal deal of its kind in Russia. https://t.co/v9KZRd79Yr https://t.co/bFrvo6ADQ5 https://t.co/GAdMAamG5X

— Prodigal ( @ProdigalThe3rd ) Dec 06, 2022

Yuan-ificafion of Russia: Yuan-rouble pair transactions on Moscow Exchange ballooned to average of 9B yuan a day in Oct, previously rarely exceeded 1B yuan Yuan-rouble trading totalled 185B yuan in Oct; Over 80x the level in Feb Yuan's % of currency market now 40-45% from <1% https://t.co/c1wik9zYPb https://t.co/HoxMsiQNFp https://t.co/itFLANqRww

— Prodigal ( @ProdigalThe3rd ) Nov 29, 2022

Elon Musk’s SpaceX Courts Military With New Starshield Project …posted +30 job openings for Starshield, a business aimed at Earth observation, communication & other services to government clients Pentagon increasingly turning to private sector for space capabilities https://t.co/0bBS12nn6Z https://t.co/XWiIoQnzbB https://t.co/QDhnO60ZoD

— Prodigal ( @ProdigalThe3rd ) Dec 09, 2022

Elon Musk-founded OpenAI’s ChatGPT stunned academics with writing ability, complex task proficiency & ease of use Results would receive full marks if submitted by an undergraduate Able to solve coding challenges in obscure programming languages in seconds Currently free to use https://t.co/h7RzPLbXWf https://t.co/sknCeEfx56 https://t.co/uAPjKfkRfI

— Prodigal ( @ProdigalThe3rd ) Dec 05, 2022

@pmarca & @elonmusk join forces (at least temporarily): “Andreessen Horowitz ‘Temporarily’ Helping Elon Musk With Twitter Binance isn’t the only pro-crypto company helping Musk improve Twitter—VC goliath a16z has joined the flock.” https://t.co/UQiJEBCgFM https://t.co/UPlT53WpZC https://t.co/OKR6mpxZvS

— Prodigal ( @ProdigalThe3rd ) Oct 31, 2022

1/2: Per Senator @marcorubio, CCP-linked real estate developer Evergrande donated $115 million to Harvard in exchange for access to prominent U.S. virology experts studying the origins of COVID-19 including, but not limited to Dr. Anthony Fauci. https://t.co/XEmEEzlkDg https://t.co/Y7SbBhWOpL https://t.co/nnPcbgPddi

— Prodigal ( @ProdigalThe3rd ) Sep 21, 2022

US farmers depend on short-term, variable-rate loans taken out after fall harvest to pay for spring planting Farmers struggling to pay debt at higher rates going into next planting season US farm sector's total interest expense ⬆️32% from prior year Gas/fertilizer costs also⬆️ https://t.co/GjCj9n1wTN https://t.co/02Fa1CIWrk

— Prodigal ( @ProdigalThe3rd ) Nov 22, 2022

Unsustainable November U.S. budget deficit ⬆️30% ($57B) from a year earlier to $249B, a record for the month ⬆️94%= Education costs ⬆️53%= Treasury's interest costs on U.S. public debt ⬆️18%= Medicare costs ⬇️98%= Federal Reserve earnings https://t.co/GVcniWtQdq https://t.co/D9TptfGzMF https://t.co/V7CzLXCYFB

— Prodigal ( @ProdigalThe3rd ) Dec 12, 2022

“Regulatory Capture 101” Today’s lesson: Biden pushes to require federal contractors to cut climate pollution Federal suppliers would also have to disclose their greenhouse gas emissions & the climate change risks they face under the proposed rule https://t.co/RisnSchIJI https://t.co/TWxHXcQWql https://t.co/lW9nrNV1Kd

— Prodigal ( @ProdigalThe3rd ) Nov 10, 2022

“Regulatory Capture 101” Today’s lesson is death via a thousand agency compliance regulations: The @EPA unveiled an updated proposal to regulate methane released by the U.S. oil & gas industry at the U.N. Climate Change Conference @COP27P on Friday https://t.co/kNa3K1bOgY https://t.co/d67MmCDsqF https://t.co/ofMBscbFLa https://t.co/jzLmLuj3EA

— Prodigal ( @ProdigalThe3rd ) Nov 11, 2022

“Regulatory Capture 101”: @FERC unanimously approves plan championed by “environmentalists” to demolish 4 Klamath River dams Eliminates a clean, renewable & reliable energy source for 70k CA households, along w/good-paying jobs & the largest private taxpayer for Siskiyou County https://t.co/QyT6HuuuKW https://t.co/xJKSBMMe0O

— Prodigal ( @ProdigalThe3rd ) Nov 17, 2022

Regulatory Capture 101: Massive 721-megawatt TX coal plant forced to shut down EPA’s coal combustion residuals rule was the main driver for shutdown Two environment groups filed a lawsuit against the EPA alleging failure to enforce regs on the TX plant https://t.co/OuSe1VSACd https://t.co/FiGXIhVfLR https://t.co/tUDODwUL8h https://t.co/G33NiDgMYg

— Prodigal ( @ProdigalThe3rd ) Nov 22, 2022

“Regulatory Capture 101”: A last-ditch effort to restart Michigan’s Palisades Nuclear Plant has failed after federal application denied The plant on the shores of Lake Michigan shut down its nuclear reactors for the last time May 20 https://t.co/R0A9auBeNJ https://t.co/43sqko1Df7 https://t.co/R6NYT3xVGf https://t.co/Q44paOcyhC

— Prodigal ( @ProdigalThe3rd ) Nov 22, 2022

Regulatory Capture 101: @EPA has denied the largest coal plant in Ohio a renewal permit for fly ash disposal threatening its continued operation Environmentalists praised the decision “just another example of the…crusade to close all coal-fired baseload generation” https://t.co/UsJqQmMPn6 https://t.co/PKj5N7Aw9L https://t.co/hqdhUO5Exv

— Prodigal ( @ProdigalThe3rd ) Nov 30, 2022

CIA venture capital arm In-Q-Tel partners with former Google “moderation” executive Tom Siegel’s startup Trust Lab to “safeguard the internet” by identifying online harmful content, including toxicity & misinfo Siegel has previously advocated for a federal internet safety agency https://t.co/lPwAjNXzTn https://t.co/LGMDyPUqxG https://t.co/r6Zu7tcMWY

— Prodigal ( @ProdigalThe3rd ) Dec 03, 2022

Legendary Dr. Masanori Fukushima (resume attached) to Japanese Health Ministry: COVID-19 jab harming immune systems & causing cardiovascular, heart, autoimmune & blood pressure issues Autopsies can’t be ignored There must be an investigation Billions of lives may be at risk https://t.co/0VFQZU45cO https://t.co/gowvHA08K8 https://t.co/12NBmEAowO

— Prodigal ( @ProdigalThe3rd ) Dec 01, 2022

China developing new nuclear system to power moon base that is expected to be up & running by 2028 Station’s basic configuration will include lander, hopper, orbiter & ride-on rover that will be charged with nuclear energy https://t.co/TrCbxu8D0o https://t.co/HCNWQDF8IK https://t.co/iWkaS8gcJ4 https://t.co/QvXsdufmEm

— Prodigal ( @ProdigalThe3rd ) Nov 23, 2022

Beware: China’s Tiangong space station starts controversial project to collect solar power from space & send it to Earth via a high-energy microwave beam Tiangong is the largest infrastructure in orbit & became fully operational this month …an escalation in the space race https://t.co/mYKFsUMCol https://t.co/r8Byq3EIvS https://t.co/TelvrzXn5K

— Prodigal ( @ProdigalThe3rd ) Nov 27, 2022

+154 Chinese scientists who worked at renown US scientific/nuclear research facility Los Alamos National Laboratory over last 20 years were recruited to do scientific work in China that helped advance CCP military tech & now threatens US national security https://t.co/WCLzo92nWF https://t.co/3lsogtxZ4M https://t.co/itFLANqRww

— Prodigal ( @ProdigalThe3rd ) Sep 23, 2022

+1,400 Chinese scientists switched affiliation last year from U.S. to Chinese institutions, according to academics from Harvard, Princeton & MIT 21.7% jump from last year AASF report found 65% expressed concern about their collaborations with China https://t.co/6OSWsh5Ps9 https://t.co/1CyMZNYzFT https://t.co/YJ0WnXsCLW

— Prodigal ( @ProdigalThe3rd ) Oct 20, 2022

US military rated as ‘weak,’ may not be able to win one war, as tensions grow with China, Russia “Weak” rating is first in index’s history 2023 US MILITARY STRENGTH INDEX: Marine Corps= Strong Army= Marginal Space Force & Navy= Weak Air Force= Very Weak https://t.co/CqrIeTixtq https://t.co/q0vcGBrZuo https://t.co/OQsOX7e7kI

— Prodigal ( @ProdigalThe3rd ) Oct 19, 2022

“As I assess our level of deterrence against China, the ship is slowly sinking. …fundamentally they are putting capability in the field faster than we are. We used to know how to move fast.” Navy Admiral Charles Richard Commander, US Strategic Command https://t.co/w8b00a7Ytx https://t.co/NQIeBlXJu8 https://t.co/6oGFEeqkdv

— Prodigal ( @ProdigalThe3rd ) Nov 06, 2022

7/ The “new normal” of US politics: 1. Corporate media blackout of GOP populist candidates/policies/ideas; 2. Smearing GOP populists as Nazis/extremists; 3. Leftists outright refuse or delay debates until the last minute as to not damage uniformed early vote totals; etc. https://t.co/7nyiBEDuYY https://t.co/xxjqUPtlqJ

— Prodigal ( @ProdigalThe3rd ) Nov 14, 2022

3/ These bad faith actors continue to ignore indisputable 2022 election integrity issues in TX, AZ, NV, PA, etc. The Globalist Uniparty’s messaging has shifted into overdrive to place all blame for the midterms onto Trump & pressure the former President not to run in 2024. https://t.co/MrZj7TVyNK https://t.co/sxNPOEeCg0

— Prodigal ( @ProdigalThe3rd ) Nov 14, 2022

2/ Many of these establishment sellouts are the same bad faith actors that smeared Americans concerned with 2020 election integrity/security as conspiracy theorists, election deniers & domestic threats. Now they’re eerily silent election as integrity issues reemerge in 2022. https://t.co/LXCY5BCOJU

— Prodigal ( @ProdigalThe3rd ) Nov 14, 2022

Instead of dismissing legitimate concerns regarding the integrity of the 2020 election, @GOPLeader, @LeaderMcConnell & @GOPChairwoman should have spent the last 2 years ensuring the midterms were “secure”. They did not & failed miserably in this task. Exhibit A: @HarrisCoJudge https://t.co/F9cfmAz8qC https://t.co/xrbvfzxXFz

— Prodigal ( @ProdigalThe3rd ) Nov 10, 2022

MUST WATCH: Laura Loomer circa 2018, calling out Jack Dorsey & Vijaya Gadde for censorship & trying to sway the 2020 election during their congressional hearing. I don’t care what you think of this woman, it’s prophetic. https://t.co/Sg8oAfxQj3

— Steven Steele ( @MrStevenSteele ) Dec 13, 2022

1/ Who is Milo Yiannopoulos (“Milo”)? A proud sexual degenerate that bragged to @joerogan that a pedo priest turned him into a catamite.   Milo refused to name this sex predator years later, even though this rapist donning holy robes may still be preying on innocent children. https://t.co/Cmkt8jMwdq

— Prodigal ( @ProdigalThe3rd ) Nov 26, 2022