New FDNY commissioner never fought a fire

Can someone who’s never fought a fire really run New York’s fire department? 🚨 NEW: Zohran Mamdani Appoints Lillian Bonsignore as New FDNY Commissioner “Although she never served as a firefighter, she's confident that won't matter … Bonsignore is a …

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Eunuch Stelter: “Fox is fear-mongering that Biden won’t debate Trump” Benson: “The Left is pushing that narrative” Eunuch Stelter: “Now it’s not the time to yak about it”

“Biden shouldn’t debate is a Fox News driven fantasy.” “Actually Brian, it’s not. Here’s proof from several outlets pushing that.” “Hey let’s not spend time yakking about it.” pic.twitter.com/0C1jjDCgwz — Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) August 4, 2020   Hypocrites…   …

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2020 Crash #2 Inevitable, so says new Algo

by Michael Markowski The US stock market will soon experience its second crash for 2020.  My continuing empirical research of market crashes resulted in two new metrics being discovered.  The combined two indicate that another violent market crash for 2020 is inevitable. These …

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Is A 12% Decline In Jobless Claims Good Enough?

by UPFINA There is some confusion with the jobless claims report from the week of July 25th. Seasonally adjusted initial claims rose, while unadjusted claims fell. This increase in seasonally adjusted claims was highly predictable because claims on average fall sharply …

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I wonder what folks think about the dollar right now?

I wonder what folks think about the dollar right now? pic.twitter.com/c6soHqwl76 — 𝐏𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐜𝐫𝐨 (@pineconemacro) August 3, 2020 Why the US dollar slide may be a sign of real danger this time https://t.co/9c5urRwx5J — Sunchartist (@sunchartist) August 3, 2020 The …

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One of the telling signs of a #liquidity #trap is when you lower #rates and increase #money #supply and don’t get much economic activity from it. Welcome to the #USofJapan

One of the telling signs of a #liquidity #trap is when you lower #rates and increase #money #supply and don't get much economic activity from it. Welcome to the #USofJapan pic.twitter.com/pW2vFWA3on — Lance Roberts (@LanceRoberts) August 3, 2020 Consumers Use …

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An excellent rundown on investing in gold/silver…

by dryam2000 First, here’s a visual representation of the strong correlation between real interest rates and gold prices.  We are currently in an extremely bullish environment with negative real interest rates. And, here’s a link to a fairly comprehensive nondogmatic assessment to investing in …

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Ranked: The Best and Worst Pension Plans, by Country

by visualcapitalist   The global population is aging—by 2050, one in six people will be over the age of 65. As our aging population nears retirement and gets closer to cashing in their pensions, countries need to ensure their pension systems can withstand the extra strain. …

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Oh France! Oh Spain! Oh Italy!

by Shaun Richards After yesterday’s update from Germany we move onto the second, third and fourth largest economies in the Euro area, who rather curiously have produced their figures in that order this morning. So as we mull the fact …

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