The average mortgage rate on a 30-year fixed mortgage hit 6.7 percent, according to a survey released Thursday by the mortgage giant Freddie Mac. “The uncertainty and volatility in financial markets is heavily impacting mortgage rates,” a statement read. “Our survey indicates that the range of weekly rate quotes for the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage has...
Remember Medea Benjamin, the Code Pink anti war protester? You wouldn’t know it from the lack of media coverage, but she’s still around. Benjamin has opposed the multiple rounds of military funding for Ukraine, in the Russia-Ukraine conflict. She can’t galvanize enough protesters to fill a lobby these days, though, let alone the National Mall...
There’s a new reason to cut your cable cord and ignore the corporate news propaganda machine. Researchers at Texas Tech University conducted a study that found consuming too much news can not only impact your mental health, but also affect your physical well-being. Texas Tech University conducted a study based on an online survey of...
President Joe Biden called on Big Tech to crack down on what he considers to be a “rising tide of hate-fueled violence” in the U.S., which was seen as an act of deputizing these companies to take further actions to suppress speech in the country. Biden’s speech was titled, “United We Stand,” and announced new...
Major cities across the U.S. are dealing with record crime waves that continue to escalate since the beginning of the COVID-19 War that was launched by politicians, which solidifies our trend forecast made some two-and-a-half years ago. We have long noted that lockdowns killed the human spirit, destroyed small businesses, and took their mental toll...
Dumber than shit? Is it because more than 60 percent of Americans gobble down ultra-processed food? Dr. Huiping Li, the author from China’s Tianjin Medical University on ultra-processed foods said eating these foods diminishes the quality of a person’s life because these foods contain food additives or molecules from “packaging or produced during heating,” which...
Well before the Russia-Ukraine War outbreak, and before it was on the national radar, The Trends Journal picked up on a story from Wisconsin farmers noting fertilizer supply problems (see “THE PRICE OF UREA IN CHINA” 12 Oct 2021). We suggested some enterprising American companies might want to get back into the fertilizer business, instead...
The National Institute on Drug Abuse found that marijuana and hallucinogen use in the U.S. among those 19 to 30 years old hit historic highs, according to a Monitoring the Future panel study. “As the drug landscape shifts over time, this data provides a window into the substances and patterns of use favored by young...
The Environmental Protection Agency announced last month that it wants to begin labeling so-called “forever chemicals” found in many household products “hazardous” so releases of a certain amount of these substances will have to be reported to the federal government. The approval of PFOA and PFOS, which are part of a class of perfluoroalkyl and...
Verisk Maplecroft, a U.K.-based consulting firm, released its Civil Unrest Index last week and found that there is an “unprecedented” level of risk for civil unrest in over 100 nations due to factors ranging from inflation to wars. RT reported that out of 198 nations around the world, just 42 saw their risk of civil...