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, …

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Housing market affordability index drops 10% below 2006 lows, making it the least affordable in US history.

This week, mortgage rates in the US hit their highest since 2001. We are well above the 2008 highs and rising. After the Fed minutes were released today, rate expectations increased. Bumpy road for homebuyers. Follow us @KobeissiLetter for real time analysis as this develops. — The Kobeissi Letter (@KobeissiLetter) …

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‘Seems we’re on the verge of history repeating’

The 2008 market crash began September 2nd with the complete collapse starting 30 days later on October 2nd. Seems we're on the verge of history repeating. https://t.co/yEVszRR80W pic.twitter.com/nmIV9Gllkz — Financelot (@FinanceLancelot) August 15, 2023 The FANG+ index almost perfectly re-tested its prior highs from late 2021, and recently formed what …

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No one is prepared: Money-market funds are offering the highest yields since 2007; NVDA can take down the entire stock market alone; Speculators are more short treasuries now than they ever have in history…

Markets are RED https://finviz.com/futures.ashx Money-market funds are offering the highest yields since **2007** The yield on 100 of the largest mm funds recently hovered at 5.13%, highest in 16 years –Crane Datahttps://t.co/5pmUpnhAae @WSJmarkets pic.twitter.com/eTNjZdcaod — Gunjan Banerji (@GunjanJS) August 8, 2023 https://twitter.com/leadlagreport/status/1688894857132085248 Speculators are more short treasuries now than they …

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“History will say the mainstream financial media were highly complicit in ONCE AGAIN stoking the speculative frenzy preceding global system meltdown.”

History will say the mainstream financial media were highly complicit in ONCE AGAIN stoking the speculative frenzy preceding global system meltdown. Note Nasdaq down volume on the left shoulder when Meme frenzy 1.0 ended. pic.twitter.com/JEhQWbnSWU — Mac10 (@SuburbanDrone) August 6, 2023 In 2008 and 2000 no one expected a crash. …

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The most resilient market in history…

Yes, it's extraordinarily resilient — supported now still by a Fed balance sheet that exploded. Despite their claims that they were going to reduce it, the Fed has made no real progress in QT in making it smaller. https://t.co/FeodVcuiPB — David Sommers (@dgsommersmkts) July 20, 2023

Biden claims we’ve got the best economy in history?

Washington, DC’s Union Station is a ghost town. But Biden claims we’ve got the best economy in history? pic.twitter.com/prfneiH0Xh — @amuse (@amuse) July 19, 2023 US business bankruptcies are at the fastest pace since 2010, per Bloomberg: pic.twitter.com/QeFJrI9hu8 — unusual_whales (@unusual_whales) July 19, 2023 probably nothing pic.twitter.com/mfr9bJlQoP — Hedgeye (@Hedgeye) …

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Death Valley just registered of the hottest nights in Earth’s recorded history. The low was 105 at 7am this morning.

Death Valley at 1 am this morning was a mind-boggling 120°F (49°C), before bottoming out at 105°F (40.6°C) at 7 am. One of the hottest nights in Earth's recorded history. pic.twitter.com/810DwdbExs — Colin McCarthy (@US_Stormwatch) July 17, 2023 Death Valley at 1 am this morning was a mind-boggling 120°F (49°C), …

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Possibly the largest child-trafficking op in history and nothing is being done about it

350k unaccompanied minors came across the border since 2021 85k of them have “gone missing” Possibly the largest child-trafficking op in history and nothing is being done about it — End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) July 17, 2023 Biden Regime is the largest child trafficking cartel in the world. Tim Ballard explains …

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Yahoo News: ‘The Flash’, Actor Ezra Miller, Is Now Worst Box Office Flop in Superhero Film History

View post on imgur.com Just three weeks after Warner Bros. Ezra Miller-starring DC film The Flash debuted in theaters, it has become the worst box office flop in superhero movie history. The Flash was a major disappointing at its debut box office, making only $55 million USD. https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/flash-now-worst-box-office-050739648.html h/t dr0id

DAVID HAGGITH: Fed talks “catastrophe.” JPMorgan talks “second wave” of banking collapses. History says the Fed NEVER makes it past the present depth of tightening — not ever!

via thedailydoom: San Francisco skyline | Photo by Patrick Perkins on Unsplash In the past, I’ve called this event the “Epocalypse” because it will be epic in scale and will eventually be seen as a new epoch in humanity’s economic history that will be apocalyptic in its level of economic destruction. That became the only thing Forbes ever quoted me on …

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The Most Unpopular Vice President in US History

by Martin Armstrong Kamala Harris made history yet again by becoming the least popular vice president in US history. “Harris’ net-negative rating (-17) is the lowest for any vice president in the poll’s history,” NBC News reported. I, for one, cannot think of one achievement she has accomplished while in …

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Modern History In a Nutshell

by Chris Black Check out this basic cycle and you’ll get it: -bankers print money to enrich themselves and destroy middle class -out of control inflation creates tense political environment -nation’s … Continue reading by subscribing. Username Password Remember Me     Forgot Password

Joe Biden is the worst president in US history, leading to a self-destructive path and loss of faith in the federal government.

by Michael The verdict is in.  Joe Biden is the worst president in the entire history of the United States, and that is really saying something because we have had some absolutely horrible presidents.  Just about everything that Biden has done since he entered the White House has turned out …

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History is repeating… Investors are piling into calls; Equity risk premium getting smoked

Spread between S&P 500's forward earnings yield and 10y U.S. Treasury yield has fallen to lowest since mid-2007 pic.twitter.com/n3yxB1MylX — Liz Ann Sonders (@LizAnnSonders) June 8, 2023 Investors are piling into calls Intraday put/call ratio reached levels not seen since July 2021 pic.twitter.com/ngjgLv8Gds — Bravos Research (@bravosresearch) June 8, 2023 …

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