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by Simon Black In 1958, Leonard E. Read wrote the book I, Pencil. As the book’s title suggests, this is the story about a pencil, told from the pencil’s perspective. The pencil traces his beginnings – from the cedar forests of Northern California and Oregon – to the mill in San Leandro, California, where specialized …
by SilbergleitJunior Hedge Funds Versus Asset Managers… If Hedge Funds Are Right We Are Screwed S&P 500 has entered its weakest 10-day period of the year – BofA By Investing.com
by Chris Black In Texas, the Uber driver who killed Garrett Foster for pointing a gun at him at a BLM protest during the Summer of Floyd got 25 years in prison. If Garrett Foster had lived, he might have been compensated for his services. These people were PAID to riot by the liberal establishment. …
by Chris Black This piece of news caught my attention because it has January 6th vibes. Very similar to the Trump situation, but America is not Brazil, or so they claim. We have free speech and individual rights and all that. Well. The Guardian: Brazil’s supreme court has sentenced a far-right fanatic to 17 years …
Well would you look at that!!!👇🏻 Look who it is on the house floor talking about Agenda21 30 FUCKING YEARS AGO!!!!! pic.twitter.com/hzpUoCYOIM — SaltyGoat (@SaltyGoat17) September 14, 2023
Hunter Biden could reportedly face up to 25 years in prison and a $750,000 fine following three gun-related charges by Special Counsel David Weiss. Weiss, who was nominated by two Democrat senators and gave Hunter Biden a sweetheart plea deal before it fell apart, indicted Hunter on three gun charges. Notably, Hunter Biden was not …
Justin Christopher Moore was sentenced on Wednesday after being convicted in a plot to burn down the Seattle Police Officers Guild during the BLM Antifa riots in the summer of 2020. Moore was sentenced to 41 months in prison for manufacture of homemade bombs with intent to burn down government property. “Moore’s offense was extremely …
NYC Mayor has estimated potential costs of up to $12 billion for the city over the next three years. Read more: https://t.co/vOFF0QtouY — unusual_whales (@unusual_whales) September 13, 2023 ⚠️ THIS NEWS CLIP NEEDS TO BE SHARED EVERYWHERE ⚠️ “The Migrant Crisis Now Forcing Deep Budget Cuts For New York City” “Today, Mayor Adams Officially Ordered …
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LOS ANGELES — “That ’70s Show” star Danny Masterson was sentenced Thursday to 30 years to life in prison for raping two women more than two decades ago at his Hollywood Hills home. Masterson, 47, showed no visible emotion after Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Charlaine Olmedo threw the book at him. “Mr. Masterson, I know …
by Chris Black This seems a bit excessive for a prolific confidential informant who wasn’t even in DC on January 6. Do you remember the time when Antifa rioted during the Trump inauguration, hundreds of them were arrested and every single one of them had their charges dropped? THE RULE OF LAW! BREAKING: Ex Proud …
by EuphoricTrilby The boomers have held onto power for much longer than any other generation. We now have a Senate whose median age is the retirement age. Where was the turning point in our political system that gave this particular generation a green light to rule forever?
Yesterday we reported that the price of oil jumped to the second highest level of 2023 amid plunging US inventories… … and news that Russia had agreed to further oil export cuts. Today, West Texas Intermediate extended its gain, surging another $2 to $85.55 and hitting the highest level of 2023 – just in time for headline inflation to surge again – …
by confoundedinterest17 The glories of Bidenomics is on fully display. Despite what Lyin’ Biden says, Bidenomics is only working for the elites (top 1%). How Soviet/CCP command economy of him! Here is an ugly chart showing Bidenomics in action! We all know that Covid unleashed a torrent of Fed monetary stimulus AND Federal spending on …
For walking through the Capitol, invited to come in by police and was only in there for 20 minutes. Wow! WASHINGTON — Joe Biggs, a Proud Boys leader convicted of seditious conspiracy who the government says “served as an instigator and leader” during the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, was sentenced to 17 …
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 they could potentially lead President …
‘.@RepRoKhanna misleadingly claims, “There is not a single shred of evidence that a single payment went to President Biden.” Hunter Biden paid his father’s phone bills, house repairs, and monthly expenses and told his daughter that he “paid for everything for this entire family for 30 years… But don’t worry unlike Pop I won’t make …
Delinquency Rate on Credit Card Loans, All Commercial Bank. The “resilient consumer” choochoo train is slowly but surely headed towards the cliff. We have been saying it almost forever, but the train is closing in slowly for the big crash. NORDSTROM: “.. we have seen delinquencies rising gradually and they are now above pre-pandemic levels, …
by Chris Black Following this tragic incident, they promised they would reform themselves to prevent unnecessary deaths. So far this month, they have killed four people in separate incidents during paramilitary style raids targeting people who either had no criminal record or were unarmed. The FBI, which investigates itself, says every shooting by its agents …
by Martin Armstrong It was hard to imagine a mayor WORSE than Lori Lightfoot, but Democratic Mayor Brandon Johnson managed to surpass her in corruption and crime as Chicago crumbles. Johnson’s first three months on the job, compared to Lightfoot’s, saw 4,321 more car thefts, 41 more murders, and 38 more deadly shootings. Crime in Chicago is up …
European business activity contracted once again during August, to its lowest level since November 2020. The euro zone’s flash composite purchasing managers’ index, released Wednesday, fell to 47.0 for August from 48.6 in July. This missed economists’ expectations for a figure of 48.8, according to Dow Jones. A reading above 50 marks an expansion in …
Rampant inflation has increased the price of a typical weekly family shop by more than a third in just two years, it was claimed today. Analysis of official statistics by the Liberal Democrats suggests prices of a host of staples have risen by 37 per cent since the summer of 2021. Leader Sir Ed Davey …
Five years ago, there were a dozen models of new cars that sold for less than $20,000. Today? There’s only one. Joe Biden’s America. https://t.co/v2GmoNffiV — Rep. Jim Jordan (@Jim_Jordan) August 22, 2023
Sales of previously owned homes dropped 2.2% in July from June to a seasonally adjusted, annualized rate of 4.07 million units, according to the National Association of Realtors. Sales were 16.6% lower compared with July of last year. Homes sold at the slowest July pace since 2010. This count is for closings, so contracts were …
2016: Sanctuary cities stand firm against Trump Municipal and police leaders from the following cities have publicly reaffirmed their sanctuary status…San Francisco https://www.politico.com/story/2016/12/sanctuary-cities-trump-immigration-232449 Fast forward, 2023: Council meeting in San Francisco’s overwhelmingly Democrat city of Millbrae descends into chaos as HUNDREDS of affluent locals rage at plan to house 100 homeless people in city center …
A man has revealed how he has lived off grid for 46 years in an isolated cabin in the woods, where he uses a homemade waterwheel to power his gadgets. Simply referred to as ‘Al,’ the 82-year-old outdoorsman from the state of Washington stars in a short film made by YouTuber DiegoTriesHard. In the documentary, …
