by confoundedinterest17 Crooner Peggy Lee said it best: Is that all there is? Unfortunately, US GDP grew at a pathetic 1.1% QoQ. Official estimates from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) show that, since January 2021, legislation signed by President Biden has set in …
Kanye West just can’t quit Balenciaga — even though the brand ditched him over his antisemitism, he took his new wife for some retail therapy there … but their trip also included a subtle callback to Nazi Germany. Ye and …
via unionleader: THE DEMOCRATS’ new reconciliation bill isn’t just going to be the largest-ever expansion of a government agency. It’s going to be the largest expansion of the domestic police state in American history. Only a statist could believe that a …
https://twitter.com/ArtValley818_/status/1552708130760314880 Let me be clear. The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 would be the most significant legislation in history to tackle the climate crisis and to improve our energy security. — President Biden Archived (@POTUS46Archive) July 28, 2022 h/t Jwnlwplus4
by Martin Armstrong The Chinese are keen on investing in tangible assets, namely real estate. Canada implemented restrictions on foreign buyers after accusing them of the real estate shortage and sky-high prices. Chinese buyers are now targeting the American housing market. In …
Speaking to The Guardian, Black Lives Matter co-founder Patrisse Cullors, who went on a mansion-buying spree, claimed that she was the “fall guy” for the organization, “a movement,” she said, that is much bigger than her. It was in May 2021 …
Microsoft, Alphabet and Amazon all announced more acquisitions in 2021 than any other year in the past decade, according to Dealogic. The torrid pace suggests companies are either trying to do deals before an antitrust crackdown or challenging regulators to …
by confoundedinterest17 There was an interesting op-ed in The Wall Street Journal entitled “The Fed Is the Main Inflation Culprit”. If price stability is squandered, financial stability is put at risk. If financial stability is lost, the economy is imperiled and the …
AP Photo / Manuel Balce Ceneta From Birch Gold Group With Halloween right around the corner, things are already looking plenty scary. “Get ready for a New Recession in 2022.” That’s how Jim Rickards ended a recent article, and sums up …
Biden's social spending spree may unleash bigger inflation wave: JEC Republicanshttps://t.co/xiSC9lCfDt — FOX Business (@FoxBusiness) October 6, 2021 Are prices rising much faster than the data suggests? @Convertbond says the CPI would show 14%, if we measured it like we …
Several weeks ago, I wrote an article asking why the media in general, and Politico in particular, refuse to cover the irregularities in Joe Biden’s taxes. Turns out they have a lot of reasons not to do so. Approximately 1,269,000,000 reasons, in …
Democratic leaders in the House and Senate are hoping to pass a $1 trillion bill to fund infrastructure and a $3.5 trillion bill to fund new and expanded entitlement programs. The bills would entrench a substantial increase in the size and scope of …
Photo by Thomas Kinto From Birch Gold Group On top of the economic challenges the U.S. is facing while struggling to recover in the wake of the COVID pandemic and subsequent shutdowns, there’s the issue of our nation’s crumbling infrastructure. The Biden Administration …
At least one person is dead and a dozen hurt after 8 shootings in West Valley area of metro Phoenix (CNN)Four people were shot — one fatally — as a gunman went on a shooting spree in the northwest suburbs …
President Joe Biden‘s plan for a $6 trillion spending spree could risk overheating a US economy that is already rebounding from the COVID-19 pandemic and send inflation spiraling out of control. Biden has announced three major tax and spending proposals that he argues …
By Chris Black Motto: I bet Madison’s original wording was: “shall not be infringed, mofo”. CBS: Washington — President Biden unveiled his first attempts to curb gun violence on Thursday, announcing a set of modest moves designed to begin revamping …
https://www.reuters.com/article/japan-insurers-bonds-idUSL4N2LM10V Executives at Japan’s top four insurers, which manage more than $1.6 trillion in assets, told Reuters U.S. bonds are becoming attractive at yields near 2%. Japanese life insurers have been selling foreign bonds for eight months since July, their …
NORTH VANCOUVER (NEWS 1130) — North Vancouver RCMP are confirming that multiple people have been stabbed in an attack Saturday afternoon. Mounties say victims were stabbed within and outside the Lynn Valley Library. RCMP in North Van say ‘multiple’ victims …
Feds splurge on lobster, pianos, golf carts in race to spend ‘use it or lose it’ budget It turns out September, not April, may be federal taxpayers’ worst nightmare. The end of the government’s fiscal year usually brings an orgy …
As evidence, Bloomberg cites the same data that we highlighted last week, namely that industrial production across the 19-nation euro area is “falling at the fastest pace since the financial crisis, and deteriorating demand is evident as the region finds itself squeezed between …
‘Unprecedented’ Government Spending Spree Picks Up Speed The federal government is primed to spend as much as $300 billion in the final quarter of fiscal 2018 as agencies rush to obligate money appropriated by Congress before Sept. 30 or return …
from Zero Hedge The summer spending spree is officially over. In August, the US consumer hit the breaks on spending as retail sales tumbled from 0.7% to just 0.1%, well below the 0.5% expected, driven by a decline in auto sales, …
via nextgov: A combination of factors will see federal agencies trying to spend as much as 40 percent of their budgets in the final two months of the fiscal year. A government spending spree of potentially historic proportions will play out …
via WSJ: Financed and built by Chinese state-run companies, the soon-to-be-finished overhead railway through Lahore is among the first projects in China’s $62 billion plan for Pakistan. Beijing hoped the $2 billion air-conditioned metro, sweeping past crumbling relics of Mughal …
The Ink Is Almost Dry on Italy’s 15% Flat Tax Rate Five Star, League parties near completion of government plan Leaders to meet president Mattarella on Monday afternoon Italian Populists Ask for More Time to Plot …
by DCG From Daily Mirror: A man has become the fifth person to die during a weekend of Bank Holiday violence after suffering a knife wound in the street. Emergency crews were called to Becks Lane in Macclesfield, Cheshire, following reports a man had …
Well the conspiracy implication is that these men failed to do their job deliberately. Ben Shapiro reacts to the SHOCKING reports of police failure to act during the Florida high school shooting. Note: The correct name of the Broward County …
From Kitco News: While some have been shying away from the gold market, with prices seeing their biggest daily decline in two months Friday, one country is paying close attention to the precious metal – Russia. According to Shae Russell, lead editor …
