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Modern book burning….

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University of Northampton has put a trigger warning on George Orwell’s dystopian novel, 1984. The universty’s speakeasy department was concerned that the school’s delicate students might find Orwell’s description of a society dominated by a tyrannical elite who rewrote facts to suit their left-wing propaganda as ‘offensive’ or ‘upsetting. https://opentheword.org/2022/01/24/george-orwells-novel-1984-moves-from-fiction-to-non-fiction-at-northampton-university/

Inflation Winners and Losers

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by Charles Hugh-Smith The clear winners in inflation are those who require little from global supply chains, the frugal, and those who own their own labor, skills and enterprises. As the case for systemic inflation builds, the question arises: who wins and who loses in an up-cycle of inflation? The general view is that inflation is … Read more

How did Nancy Pelosi become so rich being a career public servant?

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Jesse Watters asks the question most are wondering How did a career public servant making six figures end up worth over $300 million dollars? Influence peddling and insider trading on the stock market using information and pending regulatory action derived from congress is how many politicians have amassed small fortunes with the Clintons and Pelosi … Read more

Biden Surgeon General Suggests Joe Rogan Podcast Should Be Censored: Big Tech ‘Has Important Role To Play

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Biden Surgeon General Suggests Joe Rogan Podcast Should Be Censored: Big Tech ‘Has Important Role To Play’ https://t.co/waejeaoxLL pic.twitter.com/DYwjan7Wgx — Daily Wire (@realDailyWire) January 26, 2022 The “surgeon general” @vivek_murthy: “Critical part of how we get through this pandemic” is “limiting the spread of misinformation” from shows like @joerogan pic.twitter.com/xexarsaNDN — Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) January … Read more

Coindesk.com “journalist” who is heavily invested in the Solana ecosystem, writes an anonymously sourced article about supposed insider information about upcoming exchange listings of Solana tokens. Totally nothing wrong here, right?

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by ShotBot https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/01/27/coinbase-close-to-listing-solana-ecosystem-tokens-sources/ I also checked their ethics policy, Coindesk has no restrictions on cryptocurrency trading habits of their journalists as long as they “honest” about their trades with management.

3 tax changes to know before filing

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Americans for Tax Reform President Grover Norquist argues people who have a side hustle and independent contractors are ‘being swept up’ by the administration’s latest IRS push. The 2022 tax season is underway and marks the third straight tax season disrupted by the pandemic. Before the first returns were even submitted to the Internal Revenue … Read more

EPIC FAILURE: Only 2 of 81 retired police officers express interest to return to Portland Police Bureau

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The Portland Police Bureau’s attempt to rehire police officers that recently retired to help with the departments disastrous staffing levels was an epic failure: only two out of the 81 officers that Chief Lovell reached out to expressed interest.In October, Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler had hoped to rehire 100 recently retired officers. Last month, Police … Read more

Investor sentiment is at historic pessimism. Worse than MARCH 2020. Worse than DECEMBER 2018. Even in 2008 – similar spikes led to violent Bear Market rallies.

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Investor sentiment is at historic pessimism. Worse than MARCH 2020. Worse than DECEMBER 2018. Even in 2008 – similar spikes led to violent Bear Market rallies. And lastly – when investors finally got this negative, the 2000-2002 Tech Crash was *over*. pic.twitter.com/o1fhONVIHC — Macro Charts (@MacroCharts) January 27, 2022 🇺🇸 Default Risks Surge Most Since … Read more

And there it is, a Chinese local government effectively encouraging systemic risk. All while the senior CCP leadership and President Xi himself attempt to reduce systemic risk…

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And there it is, a Chinese local government effectively encouraging systemic risk. All while the senior CCP leadership and President Xi himself attempt to….. *checks notes* reduce systemic risk… https://t.co/KCrBunqdZs — Tarric Brooker aka Avid Commentator 🇦🇺 (@AvidCommentator) January 27, 2022 https://twitter.com/PriapusIQ/status/1486584858764001280