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The Cruelest Tax Of All

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A “progressive” tax is one where the wealthier you are the higher percentage of tax you pay. On the other hand, I’ve said before that a tax on energy, the so-called “carbon tax”, is one of the most regressive taxes available. It is the reverse of progressive, it hits the poor the hardest. This is … Read more

School District Tried To Charge Parents $900k For Records

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A public school district in Minnesota told a law firm representing concerned parents that it could cost upwards of $901,121.15 to complete a government records request, according to communications obtained by the Daily Caller. An attorney at Mohrman, Kaardal, & Erickson in Minneapolis sent a Government Data Practices Act Request to the interim superintendent at … Read more

TWITTER JACK TO STEP DOWN STOCK SURGES

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Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey is expected to step down from his executive role, sources tell CNBC’s David Faber. Twitter stock jumped more than 11% on the news. Dorsey currently serves as both the CEO of Twitter and Square, his digital payments company. Twitter stakeholder Elliott Management had sought to replace Jack Dorsey as CEO in … Read more

Canada’s Indigenous Health Expert Fired After Pulling Liz Warren Pocahontas Act

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Canada’s top expert on indigenous health issues has been fired from her job and lost her professorship after suspicious colleagues revealed that her claims of Native American heritage were complete bullshit. Public health expert Carrie Bourassa, a total fraud, was the scientific director of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research’s Institute of Indigenous Peoples’ Health, She was suspended … Read more

This could explain “omicron”…

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Days before Omicron was announced S. Africa halted their vaccine orders from Pfizer due to lack of interest by its citizens. Suddenly there’s a new variant originating from the region and travel is banned. More punishment for “the unvaccinated”? https://t.co/DUFNtV9kPP — Kim Iversen 🇺🇸 (@KimIversenShow) November 27, 2021

Could The Fed Trigger The Next “Financial Crisis”

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By Lance Roberts Could the Fed trigger the next “financial crisis” as they begin to hike interest rates? Such is certainly a question worth asking as we look back at the Fed’s history of previous monetary actions. Such was a topic I discussed in “Investors Push Risk Bets.” To wit: “With the entirety of the financial ecosystem more … Read more

This Thanksgiving Weekend Proved That America Is Now Living In A Very Dark New Reality

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by Michael Snyder The entire narrative around “Black Friday” has completely changed.  In the old days, I would write a column every year about the chaos that we would see at major retailers all over America as crazed consumers fought over deeply discounted merchandise.  The fact that Americans would get so crazed over cheap trinkets … Read more

Shipping Crisis Goes From Bad To Worse As Ports Shut Down And Push Shortages To Soar By 400 Percent

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpYAY6as0rU If you think the markets had a bad reaction to the prospects of new lockdowns and an economic slowdown, sending some stocks to crash over the past few days, you probably have no idea of the chaos that has been installed across global supply chains. For several months, conditions have significantly worsened, but many … Read more

THE COUNTRY’S IN THE VERY BEST OF HANDS…

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Buttigieg responds to criticism over racist roads comment: ‘The point is not to make America feel guilty.’ Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg on Sunday responded to criticism over his recent comments about racist bridges and highways, saying “the point is not to make America feel guilty” but to fix what he believes are injustices in the … Read more

Big Drop in Black Friday Retails Store Traffic

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Preliminary data shows a drop of 28.3% in foot traffic at U.S. retails stores on Black Friday as compared to 2019 levels. Sensormatic Solutions found that the drop was even bigger for Thanksgiving Day, visits to brick-and-mortar stores plummeted by 90.4% compared to 2019. Retailers including Target Walmart and Best Buy chose to remain closed … Read more

Crime on trains, buses rises…

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As she waited for a Metro train in Hollywood, Maritza Mancilla shielded herself behind the escalator bringing passengers down into the fluorescent lit underground. She wanted to see the newcomers before they could see her. The 55-year-old, who relies on public transportation to get to her job as a house cleaner, has seen fights break … Read more