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Gosh, democrats sure are good at enriching themselves at the expense of the American people. h/t LoneHelldiver
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Paul Craig Roberts: Putin faces the possibility of a second Ukraine in Georgia
by Paul Craig Roberts President Putin faces the possibility of a second Ukraine, a second war front that could result from Washington’s success in staging a coup d’etat in Georgia with a color revolution. Riots ongoing since the “Russian party” defeated the “Western party” by 54% to 34% have convinced the Prime Minister of Georgia …
Video footage released of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson being executed by a masked gunman… This is right out of a movie. Scary
JUST IN: Video footage released of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson being executed by a masked gunman. Video footage shows a man in the grey backpack pulling out a pistol with a silencer on it before opening fire. The man was seen firing multiple shots at Thompson who stumbled to the ground. According to The New …
During a city council meeting this week, residents in the sanctuary city of Chicago, Illinois, urged President-elect Donald Trump and his border
During a city council meeting this week, residents in the sanctuary city of Chicago, Illinois, urged President-elect Donald Trump and his border czar, Thomas Homan, to arrest Mayor Brandon Johnson should he try to stop their plan to deport illegal aliens. Soon after Trump’s victory last month, Johnson said he “will not bend” to the …
Buying BTC is like buying a company with no revenue that only has 21 million shares. Bitcoin is just one of 15,807 other cryptos. They’re a dime a dozen.
You know what grinds my gears? When Bitcoin fanatics say that Bitcoin isn't the same as crypto (and similar arguments). Just stop. Read the original white paper and you'll see that it is indeed crypto. Bitcoin is just one of 15,807 other cryptos. They're a dime a dozen. — Jesse Colombo (@TheBubbleBubble) December 3, 2024 …
Global Banking – A House of Cards Waiting to Fall
A banking crash in one part of the world doesn’t stay there; it’s a global game of dominoes where banks fall one after the other. The system is interconnected, fragile, and teetering on the edge. Here’s why. 2/10 Global banks are like a web – intertwined through lending, borrowing, and derivatives. When one node breaks, …
Russia has a long-term goal of ideologically subverting the U.S.
A former KGB agent named Yuri Alexandrovich Bezmenov claimed in 1984 that Russia has a long-term goal of ideologically subverting the U.S. He described the process as “a great brainwashing” that has four basic stages. The first stage, he said, is called “demoralization,” which would take about 20 years to achieve. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9Yv_AQPWVQ A former KGB …
The global economy has “unexpectedly” gone into a tailspin and US executives are selling stock at extreme levels
Trump won and the global economy has "unexpectedly" gone into a tailspin https://t.co/W5lAAGM06Q pic.twitter.com/af02CAdEnx — zerohedge (@zerohedge) December 4, 2024 US executives are selling stock at extreme levels: The ratio of insider sellers to buyers hit nearly 6x, the most in at least two decades. This is DOUBLE the average seen over the last 3 …
Oh, sure, another bull run sounds totally likely with sky-high stock prices and a crumbling economy. Santa comes to town or this house of cards explodes at all time highs?
I worry about this too. I don’t see how you have another stock market bull run given how overpriced equities are along with how bad the economy is. It’s going to get worse before it gets better. https://t.co/16VaPMt40N — QE Infinity (@StealthQE4) December 4, 2024 🇺🇸 S&P 500 Asset managers are buying US stock futures …
Buying a home right now at these elevated prices makes absolutely zero sense with rates this high. You can smell the desperation of the agents any house you walk into.
Yeah, I go to open houses every weekend, because I would like to buy a house but by the end of the day I’m just depressed. Rates double from a few years ago, sky high prices, and most houses need some work. People are pricing their houses higher than what they paid in 2022. 🙄 …
If this trend continues, it will turn out that August and October saw JOB LOSSES. Hiring fell sharply before summer and never came back, all of that leading up to the holidays. ADP October payrolls revised down.
⚠️BRACE FOR MORE US JOB MARKET DATA REVISIONS⚠️ Nonfarm payrolls will likely be revised DOWNWARD by another ~300,000 jobs for 2Q 2024. This is according to the QCEW data released by the BLS. If this trend continues, it will turn out that August and October saw JOB LOSSES. pic.twitter.com/rA3cgv6En6 — Global Markets Investor (@GlobalMktObserv) December …
Fix This or Nothing Else Matters
Authored by Charles Hugh-Smith via oftwominds, The top 10% are the dog sipping a drink as the cafe burns down, saying “this is fine.” What’s the one thing we need to fix or nothing else matters? There are plenty of potential candidates: immigration, healthcare, wokeism, hot war in Europe, inflation, draining The Swamp, etc. Human history …
Russia Raises Military Budget for Next Three Years
by Martin Armstrong What began as a special military operation has turned into the start of the next world war, and Russia is paying heavily. Russian President Vladimir Putin passed a new budget over the weekend that will allocate 32.5% of the total budget (13.5 trillion rubles) for FY25 to defense spending, which accounts for …
PSA: Don’t use a VPN to access Coinbase
Bank robbers always use a car, so our risk models take that as a negative sign even if you’re legitimately driving to the bank. Risk modeling like that is why I left infosec. h/t staymadphobes
Why Has The World Suddenly Gone Completely Nuts?
by Michael Chaos is starting to erupt all over the planet. Martial law was just declared in South Korea, civil unrest is raging in the streets of Georgia, and civil war threatens to topple the Assad regime in Syria. It is almost as if someone decided to flip a switch and now vast hordes of …
Ukraine the Largest Money Laundering Scam in Modern History
by Martin Armstrong The pardon Biden gave his son identified these two cases and any offenses that Hunter Biden “committed or may have committed or taken part in during the period from Jan. 1, 2014, through Dec. 1, 2024. However, reliable sources suggest that Hunter was involved with the bio-labs in Ukraine before 2014 to …
Tape a banana to it to boost its price to $7.5 million. Follow me for more art tips.
Tape a banana to it to boost its price to $7.5 million. Follow me for more art tips. — One Thousand Basis Points Of Light (@belize042) December 3, 2024 Seems like a bargain compared to $6.5M for a duct taped banana. Then again, groceries have really gone up under Biden. pic.twitter.com/2ugUdikxZc — Citizen Caller (@CitizenCaller) …
THEY HAVE THEIR PRIORITIES
To my fellow Californians who are struggling to make ends meet, who want better schools, better roads, and safer communities, this is what your democrat politicians are spending your money on. https://t.co/KEVls1mWPN — Senator Melissa Melendez (@senatormelendez) December 2, 2024 Biden announces $1 billion to help African nations rebuild homes hit by natural disaster It's …
Canada’s Migrant Crisis Costs Rise to $16 Billion Annually
by Martin Armstrong I have warned that there will be an exodus of migrants fleeing the United States for Canada in the wake of Trump’s presidency. The Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada said that the sheer volume of asylum seekers has spiked to the highest on record, with the number of cases rising from …
Commercial real estate crisis is getting worse
🚨Bloody hell: The delinquency rate on US commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) for offices SURGED to 10.7%, the highest in 11 YEARS. Office CMBS delinquencies have risen even faster than during the Great Financial Crisis. Commercial real estate crisis is getting worse. pic.twitter.com/YK0aIidJWJ — Global Markets Investor (@GlobalMktObserv) December 1, 2024 Sub-prime lenders: 70% DSCR loans …
JOLT! Job Opening Unexpectedly Surge With Biggest Increase in 14 Months (Quits Also Soar)
by confoundedinterest17 The Biden/Harris economy is a disaster. After last month’s catastrophic JOLTS report, which was a disaster across the board, and which was meant to give the Fed a green light to cut rates more after Biden won the election (which he didn’t, but the Fed still had to cut even if Trump is …
Record-high U.S. consumer confidence in the stock market often signals impending downturns.
Highest ever! Renowned contrarians! (Not a precise timing indicator BUT almost always ends badly) Go figure….. US Consumer confidence about the 12m outlook for the US stock market pic.twitter.com/hGtFPqlOWG — Chris Watling (@LongviewEcon) December 3, 2024 Positioning on S&P 500 Is Very Extended pic.twitter.com/ZleRSyP4j3 — Win Smart, CFA (@WinfieldSmart) December 3, 2024 Wall Street Short …
Biden screwed up… again!
He’s saying if you take a pardon the 5th no longer applies to you. Answer the question or go to jail. That’s what he’s saying. Lawyer explains the wrinkle in the Hunter Biden Pardon Everyone missed this… pic.twitter.com/CATzvrJYOX — TestDummy (@TestDummy04) December 2, 2024 Legal Precedents: In the 1915 case of Burdick v. United States, …
And people wonder why we’re all just one step away from living in a dystopia.
You’re left with little after taxes, while costs and foreign aid keep rising. Let this sink in. You pay 30% of your check as Federal Income Tax. You pay 10% in most States Income Tax. You pay another 7% in Sales Tax. You pay another 8% in Property Tax. 55% of your check is taken …
A rug pull happens when it’s least expected. This bull market is losing oxygen. Please don’t be dumb money…
https://twitter.com/NorthmanTrader/status/1863950494399443177 🚨 BREAKING: $TSLA 3rd largest shareholder Leo KoGuan sells his shares citing the need to hedge his portfolio against a possible market crash reminiscent of 1929 https://t.co/9SreLrWliw pic.twitter.com/dvOck3qyNI — Financelot (@FinanceLancelot) December 3, 2024 We have: Korea in collapse Japan in a currency crisis China in a depression France in near collapse Russia in …
Saylor profits by selling MSTR shares at a premium, capitalizing on Bitcoin hype. Fresh dumb money is available at the manic highs
https://twitter.com/WaltSanDiego/status/1863731174415171881 $MSTR was down over 75% from its peak in August 2021 to its low in Summer 2022. You’ll see the same price action in the next downturn which means there are a lot of newer investors that are going to take huge loses. Buckle up baby! — Ray Zalinsky (@RayZalinskyCAP) December 2, 2024 They …
Trump taps Kash Patel, Russiagate’s chief debunker, as FBI Director.
Trump Nominates Revealer of the Russiagate Psyop Kash Patel to be New Director of the FBI. Patel is a solid, sensible man who has been on the right side of every single Deep State op and hoax. That means they will stop at nothing to block him. * * * * * * * * Unfortunately, …
CNN: Hunter Biden Pardon Is Justified Because “Trump Is Considering Firing Squads!”
The BS gaslighting just never ends with these people…. They can’t justify Hunter’s corruption, so they resort to absurd fantasies about Trump. CNN panelist justifies Hunter’s pardon because Trump will order “firing squads” Literally what??? pic.twitter.com/5yQG0DFAsX — Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) December 3, 2024 https://twitter.com/_/status/1863965705646834116 h/t Flying Elvii
Are Stocks Poised to Crash 55% Soon?
by David Haggith One thing I have not predicted for 2024 is stock-market crash, and so far I haven’t predicted one for 2025 either. However, Adam Taggart’s guest in a video posted below says he anticipates a huge market crash is coming soon. You certainly wouldn’t know it to look at the market today, where both the …
A crash landing. The housing market is completely frozen.
Link:https://t.co/lHbaCra43b pic.twitter.com/2N52ECGZnI — QE Infinity (@StealthQE4) December 3, 2024 pic.twitter.com/7CgoDZFhhI — Darth Powell (@VladTheInflator) December 3, 2024