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For each additional spouse who is a member of the same household as the claimant and one or more of the members are State Pension age or over 121.60 127.35 If the claimant is a member of a polygamous marriage and all of the members of the marriage have attained pensionable age on or after 1 April …
We have now entered the rampant buffoonery phase of this war. However, it appears that both sides are looking for an offramp without admitting as much. Trump has punted the Strait of Hormuz crisis to the rest of the world and Iran has said they will allow the rest of the world to pass through …
Factcheck: Iran has publicly claimed to unveil or test a missile with a 10,000 km range, but these claims come only from Iranian state‑linked sources and media reporting on those claims. There is no independent verification from U.S. intelligence, the IAEA, or Western defense agencies confirming that Iran actually possesses a functional 10,000 km intercontinental …
This feels like controlled transparency, not truth. They dump a chunk, promise the rest later, and hope the public gets tired before the names that really matter show up. When 300,000 pages exist and only some see daylight, that is not disclosure, that is damage control. The photos are shocking enough to distract, but the …
Here is a brief overview of multiple signs that the economy is already in recession. by David Haggith While seven stocks have glowed brightly this year, keeping the stock exchange high, Main Street is a mess, covered over with garbage statistics. Economists and politicians like to stick to the one big number to indicate how …
https://www.newsnationnow.com/entertainment-news/food/food-banks-struggling-federal-support/ Wow. Seeing it all in a chart makes me speechless. We’ve gotten so good at hiding financial pain. Instead of bread lines like we saw in 1929 we have EBT cards. Food banks are seeing record numbers though too but no one talks about it. https://t.co/QtD9XdGLRQ — QE Infinity (@StealthQE4) September 27, 2025 The …
He is saying you had no problem giving me some information back in 09 but now you don’t want to help us out. As in why, what’s going on, why won’t you help? That’s not what he said though. Are you hoping people won’t listen to the clip? He is calling Trump out. — Stellar_Fox …
FLYING CARS ARE FINALLY TAKING OFF After decades of sci-fi hype and broken promises, flying cars are actually being built – and tested. The future we were promised might finally be getting off the ground. Source: Xpeng pic.twitter.com/XVhGe0ELvA — Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) August 21, 2025
AI startup Perplexity has offered to buy Google’s Chrome browser for $34.5 billion. The company said venture investors have proposed funding the deal. The Department of Justice proposed Google divest Chrome as part of the antitrust suit the company lost last year. Artificial intelligence startup Perplexity AI has made an unsolicited $34.5 billion bid for …
'A woman is an adult female – the court has made that clear'@Keir_Starmer is asked whether he thinks a trans woman is a woman, after a Supreme Court ruling on the issue last week https://t.co/WymKuGhhxj pic.twitter.com/wYuYl7SSSx — ITVPolitics (@ITVNewsPolitics) April 22, 2025 Easy question to answer? Not for Sir Keir Starmer….
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 …
They have been able to lie for so long without any form of recourse or accountability that they feel as though they can simply do as they please. — Klay Thompson (@Thompsonklay) September 28, 2024
I like @CaitlinClark22, and my daughters and I have enjoyed watching her positively impact the WNBA. I'm just not sure what she saw in Taylor Swift's post—maybe CC appreciated Swift speaking her mind after her “research” rather than supporting the actual endorsement itself? I'm… — UngaTheGreat (@UngaTheGreat) September 12, 2024
#Bidenomics Update: Ew. “Whatever wages workers are being paid are nowhere near what they need to keep up with the Biden-Harris inflation cycle, no matter how productive they are or what raises they’ve gotten. Or how often they’re told they should be grateful because things are really, really good.” Anybody who's been trying to look for …
It may look like good news and the media will slant it to a FJ Biden win – but the reality isn’t price reductions – its a complete slow down of the economy. I am in construction and I can say that bid activity – there are no bids going on. Its gone completely quiet …
Amazon shares rose in extended trading on Tuesday after the company reported better-than-expected revenue and earnings. Here’s how the company did: Earnings per share: 98 cents vs. 83 cents expected by LSEG Revenue: $143.3 billion vs. $142.5 billion expected by LSEG Wall Street is also watching several other numbers in the report: Amazon Web Services: …
For a second I thought the highlighted one was a follow up comment from the real account, then I realised the parody one and the real one aren’t so different if you remove “parody” from the name 🙈 https://t.co/Q4xExA7dA7 pic.twitter.com/OSfslgyn0K — JustDario 🏊♂️ (@DarioCpx) March 31, 2024 24 straight months of lying about payrolls. Philadelphia …
via redstate: We saw how the Jan. 6 Committee wasn’t particularly interested in the truth. Rather, their whole purpose seemed to be about how they could spin things to smear former President Donald Trump and the Republicans prior to the 2022 midterms. They didn’t care about things that might deviate from or blow up their …
In the current financial landscape, a palpable tension brews as markets lean towards anticipating an imminent Fed pivot, contrary to the central bank’s official stance. The prevailing sentiment suggests greed levels in the market are soaring to multi-year highs, as evidenced by the resilience of the S&P 500, even in the face of a pullback …
Why are we paying for their war? When will we start asking these questions. Give til it hurts you cattle… via RT: Israel’s war on Hamas will cost the country $53 billion and hamper economic growth into 2024, according to figures published by the Bank of Israel on Monday. Fighting has been paused since a …
The once prestigious Lancet medical journal has made the astounding claim the year 2023 saw “the highest global temperatures in over 100,000 years,” even though temperature data collection only began in the 19th century. According to NASA, three of the world’s most complete temperature tracking records, maintained by NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies, the National …
by confoundedinterest17 Even eating breakfast under Bidenomics is more expensive. Particularly if you like orange juice like I do. To save money, I am probably going to have to switch to nasty-tasting Tang. Food CPI is up 3.69% year-over-year. The rate of growth in food prices is slowing. But do I trust BLS data on …
by StatisticalMan Long bonds are not based solely on the current fed funds rate. They are based on projected short term rates over the duration of the long bond. They have a yield at a premium to short term rates due to the risk/lockup but not just the current short term rate that exists right now. They …
Default rate on credit card loans from small lenders is now higher than: Dot Com bubbleFinancial CrisisC-19 Buckle up. pic.twitter.com/1dBkzHOI1X — Bravos Research (@bravosresearch) September 7, 2023 Americans are defaulting on their credit cards and auto loans at levels not seen since the financial crisis. The current accumulation rate of credit card debt may lead …
via NYPOST: Bill Ackman in a tweet on Friday said Bank of America is going to acquire Signature Bank on Monday, without citing the source of the information. “I am hearing that @BankofAmerica is going to buy Signature Bank on Monday. Unless and until we can protect uninsured deposits, the cost of capital is going to rise for smaller banks …
