Salaries grew just 27% while home prices grew by over 90%!!! WTF is going on??

This is why… 2005 Median Salary: $44,3262005 Median Home Price: $220,000 2025 Median Salary: $56,2922025: Median Home Price: $420,000 Salaries grew just 27% while home prices grew by over 90%!!! WTF is going on?? https://t.co/o0AmBCMSEA — Just a Dude Who Invests (@DudeWhoInvests) February 16, 2026 U.S HOUSING STARTS (JAN) ACTUAL: 238.0K VS K 282.4K PREVIOUS; …

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“On hold” means “We’re going to do it; we’re just waiting for you to get distracted.”

via Stephen Green GRIFTING WILL WAIT: CA Bill creating LA fire rebuilding agency on hold over backlash. A controversial California bill that would have created a powerful “Resilient Rebuilding Authority” for the Los Angeles fires was put on temporary hold by state Sen. Ben Allen, D-Santa Monica, in response to widespread community concerns. “I appreciate the …

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The drain is on…

Yes — and how would the Fed have rolled off a chunk of its US Treasury holdings since 2022, if not for the drain of the RRP? And even more importantly, now that the RRP is drained… who or what is going to finance the massive issuance/refinancing of UST bond coming our way?? pic.twitter.com/B5RjRno403 — …

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The Purge is On: President Trump just fired All of Remaining Bidens U.S. Attorneys at the DOJ

pic.twitter.com/xcDIB8Pi30 — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 19, 2025 President Trump wasted no time, signing an executive order on February 18, 2025, directing the Justice Department to terminate all remaining U.S. attorneys appointed by Joe Biden. The move sent shockwaves through the legal system, as termination notices landed in the inboxes of top federal prosecutors …

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UPS Slashes Jobs, Losing Business to Amazon, What’s Going On?

by Mike Shedlock Amazon says no to UPS. Costs are too high. Union Reality Bites The Wall Street Journal comments Reality Bites UPS and the Teamsters Two years ago Teamsters boss Sean O’Brien touted a “historic” labor agreement with United Parcel Service. Now comes the rest of the story, and it isn’t pretty. UPS shares plunged …

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Here’s a list of U.S. products that Canada has placed tariffs on, based on the information available:

From Grok – **Dairy Products**: – Milk: 270% – Cheese: 245% – Butter: 298% – Yogurt: Included but percentage not specified – Sausages: 69.9% – **Poultry**: – Chicken: 238% – **Agricultural Products**: – Barley seed: 57.8% – Bovine/Meat: 26.5% – Eggs: 163% – Wheat: 94% – Sugar: 265% – Peanut butter: 295% – Rice: 150% …

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LA County cut fire budget while spending heavily on…

Woke items: ‘Midnight Stroll Transgender Cafe’ https://www.foxnews.com/politics/la-county-cut-fire-budget-while-spending-heavily-dei-woke-items-midnight-stroll-transgender-cafe First, the LA fire department’s budget actually increased by more than 7% compared to the previous fiscal year: https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-01-10/how-much-did-the-l-a-fire-department-really-cut-its-budget Second, LA county has a budget of $49.2 billion for the 2024-2025 fiscal year (source). The amount allocated to the Gay Men’s Chorus of Los Angeles ($14,010), for instance, …

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We’ve entered a new era where gold shines as the ultimate defensive asset and inflation hedge, though many institutions have yet to catch on.

Meanwhile:⁰⁰Gold keeps rising, even with the collapse in the Treasury market.⁰⁰We’ve entered a new era where gold stands out as the ultimate defensive asset and inflation hedge, in my view. Central banks are leading this transition, but I believe other institutions have yet… pic.twitter.com/pwi5TwGYaI — Otavio (Tavi) Costa (@TaviCosta) January 8, 2025 An entire generation is …

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It’s on. Panama wants the Canal and Trump just said NO.

View post on imgur.com View post on imgur.com We built it. Panama may have abused the relationship and broke the international law still in effect about the canal. If so, it’s ours again, if Trump wants it. Relevant parts still active. “Under the Treaty Concerning the Permanent Neutrality and Operation of the Panama Canal (the …

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Trump Presser on Drone Events: “ Something Strange is Going On”: Staying Away from his Golf Resort.

JUST IN: Trump says he’s staying away from his New Jersey golf club amid the drone sightings. “The government knows what is happening. Our military knows – where they took off from. They know where it came from and where it went.” “Something strange is going on.” “For some reason, they don’t want to comment.” …

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The housing market is frozen. No buyers, no sellers, as prices aren’t agreed on. Annual income needed to buy a house reaches a 125-year record high.

Yup. So the housing markets just sits here and does nothing. No buyers no sellers because they can’t agree on an affordable price https://t.co/UFEektfCKe — QE Infinity (@StealthQE4) December 12, 2024 Annual income needed to buy a house over last 125 years. pic.twitter.com/RD57b008BQ — Nick Gerli (@nickgerli1) December 12, 2024

19 Things People ARE WASTING THEIR MONEY ON!

Take it from the older generations, they have already wasted money on numerous things and are throwing a heads up to younger generations. We might want to pay attention and potentially save ourselves thousands of dollars that can be much better spent in other areas of our lives.

Skeletal Sharon Osbourne, 72, ‘On Irreversible Downward Spiral’ After Ozempic Use

Do Not use OZEMPIC. Period.Skeletal Sharon Osbourne, 72, 'On Irreversible Downward Spiral' After Ozempic Use: 'It's Totally Wrecked Her Metabolism and There Is No Going Back' via @radar_online https://t.co/9Atc2Ewe2W — BigSkyRambler (@BigSkyRambler) November 18, 2024 Sharon Osbourne has sparked health concerns once again due to her Ozempic use with one pal commenting: “It’s wrecked her …

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2007 similarities continue to pile on… This is now the weakest labor market conditions for job seekers since late 2007.

We’re really in a ‘holding pattern’ is it comes to the labor market – the data continues to worsen while the market has pulled down its pants and continues to moon the labor market. Unemployment will need to rise further for impacts to be realized in markets. — Don Johnson (@DonMiami3) September 24, 2024 07 …

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China is facing the US financial crisis ‘on steroids’ as the real estate market collapses, famed hedge fund boss says

China’s overreliance on real estate has sent its economy tumbling toward 2008-era financial conditions, Kyle Bass told CNBC on Tuesday. “This is just like the US financial crisis on steroids,” the Hayman Capital founder said. “They have three and a half times more banking leverage than we did going into the crisis. And they’ve only …

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The construction industry could be next to see employment fall off a cliff… and then the dominoes continue on…

With no materials being delivered, the construction industry could be next to see employment fall off a cliff. The projects that were keeping blue collar workers employed are finishing up and coming to an end with no new projects starting. And then the dominoes continue on… — Modern Day Jedi (@Modern_Day_Jedi) October 15, 2023 PAUL …

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There’s a bigger theft going on…

But wait there's a bigger theft going on pic.twitter.com/2uKoqGdYw1 — Darth Powell (@VladTheInflator) August 1, 2023 BREAKING: The average entry-level home in the US has hit a record $243,000. — unusual_whales (@unusual_whales) August 1, 2023

Why printer is back on… 2023 is worse than 2008 in terms of deposits held by failed banks.

Total deposits across all banks are much higher now, $17.6t now vs $6.7t in 2008. https://wolfstreet.com/2023/03/16/fed-loaned-160-billion-to-banks-and-142-billion-to-fdic-but-qt-related-roll-off-continued/ In 2008 banks had trouble because they were holding lots of mortgages and MBSs and their value went down a lot, losing them ton of money, forcing liquidation. In 2022, old TBills value went down a lot due to …

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