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Drivers should plan to spend more money at gas pumps in Pennsylvania when the new year begins. On Jan. 1, the state’s gas tax is set to increase from just under 58 cents per gallon to a little more than 61 cents per gallon, Penn Live reported. The diesel fuel tax will increase from about …
A South Korean court has given a life sentence to a true crime fan who told police she murdered a stranger “out of curiosity”. Jung Yoo-jung, 23, had been obsessed with crime shows and novels and scored highly on psychopath tests, police said. Fixated with the idea of “trying out a murder”, she used an …
Recent data from Redfin reveals a notable shift in the real estate landscape, indicating a decline of over $100 in the median monthly mortgage payment within the last month. This coincides with a drop in mortgage rates from 8% to 7.3%. Despite the potential benefit for homebuyers, Redfin emphasizes that high mortgage rates are contributing …
https://twitter.com/_/status/1727938504255242341 Turkeys are not vegetarians. Turkeys eat mice, lizards, frogs, and just about anything they can fit in their mouth. If turkeys were larger or had the technological means to farm and eat humans, their current diet reveals they likely would. https://ipm.ucanr.edu/home-and-landscape/wild-turkeys/pest-notes/ We’re lucky turkeys would never do this to us—you don’t have to do …
https://twitter.com/HSBC_UK/status/1727971038628020557 Thousands of HSBC customers in the UK have reported that they are unable to access mobile banking. Downdetector, which tracks websites, showed more than 3,900 people had reported the banking app on their device was not functioning. https://www.msn.com/en-xl/news/other/hsbc-mobile-banking-down-for-thousands-across-uk/ar-AA1ksiM7
⚠️BREAKING: *U.S. OCTOBER DURABLE GOODS ORDERS PLUNGE -5.4%; EST. -3.1%; PREV. +4.0% *BIGGEST MONTHLY DROP SINCE APRIL 2020 🇺🇸🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/40Veeh6hIc — Investing.com (@Investingcom) November 22, 2023 Breaking: Durable Goods: -5.4% vs -3.4% estimate. Ugly💀 10 year bond yields down to 4.38%. The economic data is getting hideous peeps. The market likes it now because it …
All 44,000 hours of footage from January 6th has been publicly released by House Speaker Mike Johnson. View the J6 tapes here: https://cha.house.gov/cha-subcommittee-reading-room-fe781e74-d577-4f64-93cc-fc3a8dd8df18 h/t Companion
“Interest on the federal debt is now so immense that it’s consuming 40% of all personal income taxes… If federal finances continue on their current path, we are only a few years from the entirety of income taxes being needed to finance the debt…” (Article republished from TheBurningPlatform.com) The government collects $2.6 trillion of …
via thegatewaypundit: Five people, including children, were stabbed near a school in Dublin, Ireland, on Thursday by a suspect whose identity has not yet been released. Three children and two adults were taken to a nearby hospital with stab wounds. Their condition is unknown. There are reports that the perpetrator is an Algerian immigrant. 🇮🇪 …
Elon Musk’s social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, issued a new warning Wednesday about the left-wing ratings company NewsGuard. In a post on the site, X said it was the latest organization to be targeted by NewsGuard, which has systematically targeted conservative media. “NewsGuard is about to publish a ‘report’ on misinformation on X. As …
For the second year in a row, the IRS has decided to postpone implementation of a rule change that would affect tax filers who receive business income for their goods and services via payment apps and online marketplaces like Venmo, CashApp, Etsy and Airbnb, among others. The change might have resulted in 44 million more …
The Thanksgiving weekend is one of the busiest shopping weekends of the year. As big box retailers get ready for Black Friday and Cyber Monday, many are reminding shoppers not to forget Small Business Saturday as a way to support smaller shops. The Thanksgiving weekend is one of the busiest shopping weekends of the year, …
by DAVID HAGGITH Statue of a REAL economist — Adam Smith. Photo by K. Mitch Hodge on Unsplash Can you believe the Treasury market is already unwinding its bets that the Fed is done fighting inflation, even as the Champaign is still bubbling in half-empty flutes left behind from everyone’s celebration of the Fed’s victory? Of all the …
https://twitter.com/FinanceLancelot/status/1727856133652558048 I'm waiting for the propaganda videos of people collapsing in the streets like 2020pic.twitter.com/0d9f7caqI8 — Financelot (@FinanceLancelot) November 24, 2023
Minnesota city to buy $1.8M electric vehicle fire truck St. Paul, Minn., plans to buy a $1.8 million electric vehicle fire truck ready by 2025, Mayor Melvin Carter and Fire Chief Butch Inks said. ..uh oh…mayor Melvin. “We’re excited to be the first in the state to invest in this state-of-the-art fire truck,” Carter said in a …
via bearingarms: A decade ago, Maryland lawmakers imposed a new burden on residents hoping to exercise their Second Amendment right to keep and bear a handgun by creating a “Handgun Qualification License.” Before any would-be gun owner can take possession of a pistol, they must first jump through several state-mandated hoops, from submitting fingerprints as …
via europeanconservative: The European Parliament will most likely approve a report on Wednesday, November 22nd, that seeks to amend the treaties of the European Union, liquidating member states’ veto rights, and giving more power to EU institutions in what conservative forces are describing as a dangerous power grab. As we previously reported, the proposals were …
via NYPOST: Bankman-Fried — who faces more than 100 years in prison when he is sentenced in March following last month’s conviction for fraud and money laundering in connection with the collapse of cryptocurrency exchange FTX — has been held at the Metropolitan Detention Center since August when a federal judge revoked his bail. The …
The wife of a candidate for office in Iowa was convicted on 52 federal charges of voter fraud after enlisting Vietnamese immigrants to fraudulently fill out absentee ballots, according to a press release from the U.S. Department of Justice. Kim Phuong Taylor is the wife of Jeremy Taylor, formerly a member of the Iowa House …
Always trust your gut. If you feel like they're lying to you, they are. pic.twitter.com/zkKYtRUbrf — Tucker Carlson (@TuckerCarlson) November 21, 2023
The Coney Island Guardian Angels are looking after Yolanda, 22 years old and 9 months pregnant. She was staying in a shelter In NYC, but removed to make room for more migrants. How can #NYC cut resources for Yolanda but add more services for the migrant crisis? #Shameful pic.twitter.com/MenVsHA8mH — Curtis Sliwa (@CurtisSliwa) November 21, …
A Missouri judge is expected to decide this week if voters in the state will be required to present photo identification in order to cast their ballots in upcoming 2024 elections. In October 2022, Cole County Presiding Judge Jon Beetem had already rejected a lawsuit brought by the Missouri League of Women Voters, NAACP and …
Alabama Ford dealer selling 700hp basic truck for $45,000 You get a single-cab F-150 XL for the money, fitted with a Roush TVS supercharger and your choice of cloth or vinyl seats. The whole idea is to make a lot of power on a relatively small budget. Each truck sports the 5.0-liter V8 and a …
Safety Shot Inc. is introducing a groundbreaking beverage to swiftly squash a buzz. The “Safety Shot” is crafted to accelerate alcohol detox and promptly plummet blood alcohol content (BAC) in record time. The company says the beverage, created by industry experts and patented, is slated for a direct-to-consumer launch in December 2023. According to Safety …
https://twitter.com/paik_michael/status/1727312704392794218?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw h/t dr0id
US Govt has 24/7 high resolution video from any location on earth…Lockheed-Martin global surveillance tech. Did you know that the US Govt has 24/7 high resolution video from any location on earth? They can select any date, time and location and see in fine detail what happened, even at night. It’s as if Google earth …
