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US Economy Expands 2.1% In Q2, Less Than Advance Estimate . US 2Q Core PCE Price Index Rises At A 3.7% Annual Rate
“US ECONOMY EXPANDS 2.1% IN Q2, LESS THAN ADVANCE ESTIMATE”: This means that the U.S. economy’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) grew at an annualized rate of 2.1% during the second quarter (Q2) of the year. However, this growth rate was lower than what was initially estimated in the advance estimate. …
Bank of England faces significant losses on bond purchases….Could go bust
The Bank of England is facing major losses on its bond purchases — and it’s set to get much worse The Bank of England’s losses on bonds bought to shore up the U.K. economy will be “materially higher than projected,” according to Deutsche Bank. In late July, the Bank of …
Tucker is on point.
🚩 Tucker Carlson Says They Will Do Anything to Stop Trump From Being President Again "If you begin with criticism, then you go to protest, then you go to impeachment, now you go to indictment and none of them work…What's next? Graph it out. We are speeding towards… pic.twitter.com/U29a7vMiUe — …
Nick Giambruno: The Graveyard of Empires: The Top Investments as the World Order Collapses
Guest Post by Nick Giambruno via internationalman.com “You have the watches, but we have the time.” The Taliban often referred to this old Afghan saying when discussing their fight against the Americans. Ultimately, they were proven correct. After almost two decades of conflict, an insurgent army from one of the …
Breaking — Mitch McConnell freezes in public, again… Second incident this summer
The lead up: https://t.co/mOFVnTVsGn — Citizen Free Press (@CitizenFreePres) August 30, 2023 The highest positions of our government, on both sides of the aisle, are held by people who genuinely belong in a nursing home. How are we allowing this to happen? pic.twitter.com/wjIvkAOd2e — Chairman (@WSBChairman) August 30, 2023 Mitch …
Walmart-Linked Green Dot Freezes Accounts
via nbcnews: Green Dot banking group customers say they have gone days, and in some cases weeks, with holds on their accounts. Green Dot also operates under the name Go2Bank and furnishes deposit and debit card services to Walmart customers. Florida resident Mary Cannon said she’s still having trouble. Cannon …
FOOD SUPPLY ATTACK: U.S. government raided and shutdown Golden Valley Farms, an independent meat producer in Virginia
via naturalnews: Samuel Fisher, owner of Golden Valley Farms, is being persecuted by the U.S. government all because his family raises their own animals, slaughters the meat on the farm, and sells that meat to the community. Mr. Fisher is a mild-mannered, father of five who owns and operates a 100-acre cattle …
VIDEO: Leading Presidential Candidate of Argentina and Anti-Leftist, Javier Milei, Says He ‘Shoves Anything a Damn Socialist Says Up His A**’
https://twitter.com/_/status/1696633030457139295 Part 1 of 4: Javier Milei, a libertarian, is the current favorite to win the presidential election in Argentina. I can see why. pic.twitter.com/M7qBiP50gr — Count Dankula (@CountDankulaTV) August 17, 2023 Part 2 of 4: https://twitter.com/_/status/1692611081695367673 h/t dr0id
The European economy is collapsing right in front of our eyes.
.. with mortgage approvals being weaker than expected pic.twitter.com/9zKyHz017D — Longview Economics (@Lvieweconomics) August 30, 2023 This is bullish right? https://t.co/95DLsh0TDx — Financelot (@FinanceLancelot) August 30, 2023
Another military coup is taking place in Africa
Coup in Gabon… French puppet Ali Bongo, who had been in power for 14 years, was re-elected president of Gabon. However, a few minutes ago, the country's armed forces arrested members of governments and announced the dissolution of government institutions and annulled the… — Sprinter Press (@SprinterPress) August 30, 2023 …
CNN is insane, community notes is such a good feature
CNN left out important context? I am SHOCKED, I tell you: SHOCKED. h/t Cali_or-Bust
Bank fail Friday incoming? FDIC announces meeting that occurred yesterday to consider, among other things ‘resolution activities’. Last time this happened (7/27), Heartland Bank failed (7/28).
by Dismal-Jellyfish https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2023-18988.pdf Previous Instance: FDIC Alert! Sunshine meeting notice for meting that the public interest did not require consideration of & already occurred today at 11:16a.m., & considered supervision, corporate, and RESOLUTION activities, with the paperwork for the meeting that already occurred, filed today at 4:15p.m. Bank fail? Heartland Tri-State …
Biggest company of all time, Reminder that nothing lasts forever.
by Western_Giraffe9517 They reached their peak , then the bubble burst. The Dutch East India Company – Tulip mania bubble – 1637 Mississippi company – The Mississippi bubble – 1718 – 1720 South sea company – The south sea bubble – 1720
Burger King hit with class action for overstating size of Whopper by 35% (this is the way – hitting corporations with lawsuits for deceptive advertising)
Burger King is being sued in a proposed class action lawsuit by customers seeking at least $5 million each after the fast food giant is claimed to have portrayed their Whopper burgers as 35% larger in advertisements. Customers in the action have accused the fast food giant of showcasing the …
Vivek Ramaswamy’s fortune made on grifting investors
Perfect video illustrating how Vivek Ramaswamy made his fortune on grifting investors. People are catching on that he's a smooth talking psychopathic snake oil salesmanpic.twitter.com/z1pHEQmwet https://t.co/bx9de7XCOd — Financelot (@FinanceLancelot) August 30, 2023 He's "too busy" to testify in the lawsuit of the pension funds he destroyed 🤣https://t.co/plHxe9YmUI — Financelot (@FinanceLancelot) …
Police Officer Voicing His Outrage Of The Handling Of The Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii Fires
This police officer delivers a nice “rant”, what is otherwise known to us as The Truth…. Previously Removed Footage From A Real Police Officer Voicing His Outrage Of The Handling Of The Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii Fires DURING The Fires “What the f*** are we doing in Maui, I mean seriously. …
EVERY INSTITUTION HAS BEEN CORRUPTED:
These BLS downward revisions have become a bad habit — or something worse. “Worse, had the BLS not drastically slashed the May number from 9.582MM to a laughable 9.165MM, the drop would have been almost 800K job openings. And yes, today’s downward revision… continues the recent trend of every single data …
History: In 1947 Canada raised the price of chocolate bars from 5¢ to 8¢ without much notice. Children protested against this 62.5% increase throughout the country, and approximately 200 stormed the legislature building of British Columbia.
via wikipedia: The candy bar protest, also known as the 5 cent chocolate war, the 5 cent war and the chocolate candy bar strike,[1] was a short-lived 1947 protest by Canadian children over the increase in price of chocolate bars from five to eight cents.[2][3] The strike began in Ladysmith, …
London annual Caribbean carnival: Cop sexually assaulted and six others were bitten. 8 people stabbed, 275 arrests
A police officer was sexually assaulted and six others were bitten at the final day of Notting Hill Carnival. The Metropolitan Police Federation (MPF) have said 75 officers in total were assaulted at the festival. There were 275 arrests, with eight being stabbed. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/notting-hill-carnival-police-warfield-road-b2401089.html https://twitter.com/_/status/1696437805956710546 How do you feel when …
Jon Voight: The Biden administration is a corrupt mob
“This is now a war. A war against all of us. The Biden administration is a corrupt mob. This is a horror.” Jon Voight: "This is now a war. A war against all of us. The Biden administration is a corrupt mob. This is a horror." pic.twitter.com/JeLk66CYad — Citizen Free …
How does Tesla go up 7% after all the news about Elon Musk’s autopilot incident?
by –throwaway I guess I need to add this: I do not own any stocks or shorts or puts or whatever related to Tesla, because the way that Tesla works in the market confuses me. I just want to learn. Everybody also thinks this is an attack on Tesla and Musk. It …
San Francisco store clerk attacked by robber trying to steal beer has died after sustaining brain injury and going into coma trying to stop the thug
A San Francisco store clerk who was violently attacked by a robber trying to steal two beers has died from his traumatic brain injuries. Yowhannes ‘John’ Tewelde, 60, was beaten into a coma when a thief attacked him with a baseball bat while he was working at Richmond Market on …
War On Air Conditioning First, Now War On Ceiling Fans.
via washingtonexaminer: Republicans on the Small Business Committee are inquiring into the Biden administration’s newest proposed rule that would change the energy conservation standards for ceiling fans. In a letter sent to Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm on Thursday, Committee Chairman Roger Williams (R-TX) and other committee members questioned how the …
‘Gendering is a means of torturing us’
DON SURBER: Returning to nor/mal. Gendering is a means of torturing us. Remember the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode where the captain is tortured? His abductors shine four lights in his eyes. They ask how many lights he sees. He says four. They zap him and tell him the answer is five in …
MATT TAIBBI: YouTube Censors Us Again.
via racket.news: A year ago, this site had to throw a public fit to resolve a preposterous controversy involving videographer Matt Orfalea and YouTube. The issue centered around the above video, “‘Rigged’ Election Claims, Trump 2020 vs. Clinton 2016,” which despite total factual accuracy was cited under its “Elections Misinformation” …
Trump Wants a 10 Percent Tariff on Everything, It’s Really a $300 Billion Tax Hike
via Mike Shedlock: In a recent interview with Larry Kudlow on Fox news, Trump proposed a “ring around the collar” of the U.S. economy, “When companies come in and they dump their products in the United States, they should pay, automatically, let’s say a 10 percent tax. That money would be …
Has there been any problem the last few years of a lack of evidence?
Smoking Gun ‘Evidence of Joe Biden’s Corruption’ Will Be Released in Coming Weeks. Newsmax host Greg Kelly dropped a real bombshell on Tuesday, declaring the existence of an audio recording that contains “incontrovertible evidence of Joe Biden’s corruption.” According to Kelly, the contents of the recording are so incriminating that …
