@Gethears I placed an order in good faith for a product that was advertised for sale, only to learn afterwards that it could not be fulfilled. Extremely frustrating.
@Bookingcom refused to release my pre-booked rental car in Milan because my valid EU credit card wasn’t “embossed”.
Embossed. In 2026.
Left stranded with kids. Forced to pay walk-up rental.
Offered €22 refund.
Is this really how customer protection works?
7 Key News That Tanked Crypto This Week
Trade wars, banking crisis, and institutional exodus trigger Bitcoin's brutal $19B wipeout amid macro chaos. All that 5 days before cycle top window opens:
1. Trump's Tariff Bomb: 100% China Levy Threat
President Trump threatened additional 100% tariffs on Chinese goods, escalating the trade war to critical levels and sparking mass panic selling across crypto markets on October 10.
2. China's Rare Earth Choke: Export Control Weapon
Beijing expanded rare earth export restrictions on October 9, weaponizing its near-monopoly over materials critical for tech manufacturing and triggering geopolitical risk-off sentiment.
3. Regional Banks Crisis: Bad Loans Everywhere
Zions Bank and Western Alliance disclosed major loan losses totaling hundreds of millions, reigniting 2023 banking crisis fears with JPMorgan CEO warning "one cockroach means more".
4. Gold Hits $4,300: Safe Haven Rotation Crushes BTC
Gold reached record highs above $4,300 as investors fled risk assets, completely debunking Bitcoin's "digital gold" narrative during the October 10-17 crisis period.
5. VIX Fear Gauge: Six-Month High Volatility Spike
The CBOE Volatility Index surged to 25.31, marking its highest level in nearly six months as stock market whiplash intensified and investors braced for chaos.
6. Government Shutdown: Economic Data Blackout
Federal agencies halted key economic reports including CPI and jobs data, leaving Fed policymakers and markets flying blind ahead of October 29 rate decision.
7. Bitcoin ETF Bloodbath: $1.2B Weekly Exodus
US spot Bitcoin ETFs hemorrhaged over $1.2 billion in outflows during the week, with BlackRock's IBIT alone losing $268.6 million as institutional confidence evaporated.
Overall, it seems macro chaos crushed crypto. Reduce leverage, stay liquid, and wait for stabilization before re-entering positions. Hope it helps.
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Irish government wages 'war' with citizenry over immigration
@EzraLevant provides more exclusive reporting on Ireland's migrant crisis.
Ireland, a land rich in history, has become a microcosm for the rest of the world on immigration.
In Newtownmountkennedy, a town not far from the capital of Dublin, stands 10-feet tall, corrugated metal fences protecting a migrant housing facility from the locals. These are pretty serious fences. There's no way through it unless you have access.
Residents previously mobilized against plans to move 100 migrants into the small Irish town. Sixty migrants, mostly military-aged men, reportedly arrived in May.
Locals have been protesting the government's plan for months, with tensions between demonstrators and police heating up.
Ireland, whether it likes it or not, has welcomed thousands upon thousands of migrants into their homes.
The Irish government plans to bring upwards of 20,000 migrants by the end of the year. By April 12, more than 6,000 people had applied for asylum.
Courtesy of the open-border U.K. Conservatives, 'bogus refugees' waltzed their way to Northern Ireland and where they reside at four star hotels.
If you came to Ireland for free stuff, as a military-age man, you're not a refugee — you just took advantage of the chaos elsewhere in the world.
Former justice minister, Helen McEntee, permitted 17,000 undocumented migrants and their families a pathway to Irish citizenship in 2022 under a "once-in-a-generation" government scheme. Applicants must have good character, with minor offences not the be-all-end-all, according to the department at the time.
It's an incredible statement of who the boss in Ireland is.
It's not the Irish, it's foreign migrants who lie their way into Ireland. Meanwhile, the Irish government wages a war with its own people.
For the course of the next half hour, you'll see our conversations with the people of Newtownmountkennedy.
CCTV rotating cameras recording #NewtownSaysNo group - what are the GDPR implications 🤔 this IPAS company is now a Data Controller - surely privacy issues
#NewtownMountKennedy
Credit: @ezralevant
📍Newtownmountkennedy
Extend coverage of the monstrous IPA Site in Newtownmountkennedy.
@ezralevant gives a voice to the voiceless who oppose population replacement across Ireland!
Migrants refuse to answer questions as locals protest outside housing facility
'Word has gone out that they're getting everything given to them here,' one Newtownmountkennedy local told @EzraLevant.
On Monday night's episode of The Ezra Levant Show, Ezra's continued his exclusive reporting from Ireland, where residents have been pushing back against migrant housing facilities being set up in the country.
Earlier this year, a riot erupted in the small town of Newtownmountkennedy as resistance to a proposal to house asylum seekers boiled over. Protests have continued, where Levant heard from demonstrators who gathered outside of the facility.
The protesters explained how in many circumstances, asylum seekers will first travel through France, then through the United Kingdom before eventually arriving in Ireland. Once there, European Union laws complicate the process for removal — if government officials even cared to bother deporting migrants.
Outside of the housing facility, a large metal wall blocks the view from outside. Masked individuals inside then threw a rock at our Rebel News camera while trying to capture footage through a gap under the gate.
“Word has gone out that they're getting everything given to them here,” one of the protesters told Levant. She continued:
Housing and food, benefits, everything. And they're getting more here than in the U.K., so naturally they're saying to themselves and their buddies, 'Let's go to Ireland, we'll have a good life there, we'll be given everything and not have to work.' And presto, here they are and they're with their London and Manchester accents pretending they're Palestinian and they're fleeing war.
At another point, a group of men were walking back to the facility. Levant caught up with the men, asking them about the facility and how they arrived in Ireland, only to be met with silence as the men then returned behind the large metal wall.
“I like the idea of a man with a gate and a fence,” Levant remarked. “I think the Irish should take inspiration from this guy with a gate and a fence. I think an Irish government should have a fence just like this, and hire a security guard just like that, and if anyone wants to come in the country, they should slam the door in their face just like that.”
📍Newtownmountkennedy
Thanks to @ezralevant and the team at @RebelNewsOnline for highlighting the RUC style barracks built within the peaceful rural community of Newtownmountkennedy.
Ezra was shocked to see the security cameras follow him as he reported and chat with concerned locals.
📍Newtownmountkennedy ~ PLEASE SHARE!!
A short while ago @ezralevant of @RebelNewsOnline attempted to interview some of the undocumented male migrants of Trudder House.
One of the gents simply replied in perfect English " I don't speak English".
🚨🚨🚨 Folks, if you do just one thing today, listen to the story of Lauren Spencer🚨🚨🚨
❌A young Irish woman who was kidnapped and brutally raped over a 7 hour period, by an undocumented migrant.
❌This psychotic scumbag was found to have been convicted of another sexual assault in France in 2011.
❌He also kidnapped and raped ANOTHER Irish woman too.
❌His DNA has also shown up on an Austrian database for a litany of serious crimes there.
The approx 9K views this post has is absolutely nowhere near good enough.
Do whatever you can to spread awareness of Laurens story, because lord knows the government (@SimonHarrisTD ), @RuthCoppingerSP nor @RosaSocFem or the media mouth pieces care an iota for Lauren nor her kids.
Weather you can donate to the GoFundMe or in a position to get this woman and her children a place to stay in even better.
In the very least please share the tweet and get her story out there!!
@Niall_Boylan @_mullally_el_ @DaithiM72@Ben_Scallan@fatima_gunning@john_mcguirk@ThoughtsToby@Mickbraz1@Mick_O_Keeffe@GerardDelaney39@BligheDerek
Watch: "I don't suffer from xenophobia. I don't suffer from racist thoughts. I don't suffer from racist impulses of any kind. But I am opposed to our ratification of this pact for a number of rational reasons...what is happening today is a huge mistake" https://t.co/Hy9OCsXGZH