More than half of Bay Area residents plan to leave permanently… WALGREENS closing more stores in San Fran due to organized theft…

More than half of the residents living in the San Francisco Bay Area say they are considering moving out of the area permanently, according to a poll from Joint Venture Silicon Valley released Monday. The survey of voters in five Bay Area Counties found that 56 percent of respondents said they were likely to leave … Read more

#JOURNALISM: Media Silent on Virginia School Board’s Alleged Coverup of Trans Bathroom Rape.

SHAME. How can one call itself a news organization when it blacks out coverage of a story like this, which has such broad impact on the safety of our children and education? And they wonder why ratings and trust of the media continue to tank. https://t.co/GIEY5Cw2s9 — Brent Bozell (@BrentBozell) October 13, 2021 https://freebeacon.com/campus/media-silent-on-virginia-school-boards-alleged-coverup-of-trans-bathroom-rape/

Fed’s Embarrassing Ethics Scandal Spurs Calls for More Oversight

The Federal Reserve’s most embarrassing ethics scandal in years has cast a harsh spotlight on the world’s most powerful central bank and the arm’s-length governance of its 12 regional branches. Their chiefs are among America’s most influential public officials, helping to set borrowing costs for the $23 trillion economy. But the process of picking them, … Read more

DOCS: AMAZON copied products, rigged search results to promote own brands…

A trove of internal Amazon documents reveals how the e-commerce giant ran a systematic campaign of creating knockoff goods and manipulating search results to boost its own product lines in India – practices it has denied engaging in. And at least two top Amazon executives reviewed the strategy. Amazon.com Inc has been repeatedly accused of … Read more

NYC Crime Wave: Police Open Fire On Suspects In $4 Million Jewelry Heist Fleeing Midtown Traffic Stop

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — A Manhattan police pursuit Monday ended with shots fired in Midtown. New video of the chase shows authorities trying to stop two men they said were wanted for at least a dozen robberies, including stealing $4 million worth of jewelry, CBS2’s John Dias reported. https://newyork.cbslocal.com/2021/10/11/nypd-shots-fired-midtown-traffic-stop-fleeing-vehicle/ h/t ST. FLOYD OF FENTANYL

About the whole Evergrande thing

by totallynot_human So this company has been racking up 300 billion dollars in debt for 2 decades right? Sure, houses/buildings that aren’t finished. Why isn’t Evergrande bigger news right now? Feds propping up the US economy, along with other countries doing the same (although England and New Zealand beginning tapering and rate hikes. How much … Read more

Cloudflare (NET) – up 50% in last 10 days. What’s going on?

by MarkusEF It’s on a massive 10 day win streak, up almost 50% from $110 to $160/share. Yet I couldn’t find any obvious news that would explain the parabolic move. In fact, it got 2 analyst downgrades: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.marketbeat.com/instant-alerts/nyse-net-analyst-earnings-estimates-2021-10-2-3/amp/ Its earnings aren’t scheduled until Nov 4, so it’s not a pre-earnings run-up. 4% short interest … not … Read more

There were only two previous periods where the top 10-stocks contributed more than 25% to the earnings of the entire index. Probably Nuttin’

There were only two previous periods where the top 10-stocks contributed more than 25% to the earnings of the entire index. Probably Nuttin' pic.twitter.com/qtmBvjLT3E — Lance Roberts (@LanceRoberts) October 14, 2021 A flattening Treasury yield curve signals a U.S. recession risk https://t.co/4dAHOiGHbE pic.twitter.com/9BW15rUyk2 — Bloomberg (@business) October 14, 2021 With friends in hospitality industry here … Read more

IT’S LIKE A ‘DDoS ATTACK” HAS HIT THE GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN SYSTEM

IT'S LIKE A 'DDoS ATTACK" HAS HIT THE GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN SYSTEM From today's @markets newsletter, I wrote about why global supply chains are getting even worse, based on our latest chat with Flexport CEO @typesfast Get the newsletter here:https://t.co/Pl5nZqsNJq pic.twitter.com/YsiMrJLHEL — Joe Weisenthal (@TheStalwart) October 14, 2021 Every year we get the EXACT same … Read more

Greg Mannarino: MELTDOWN? Inflation Is Skyrocketing, The Economy Cratering. Is The Fed About To Crash The Market?

Related: If it did get back to the 70's levels gas would be 200 bucks and interest rates would sky rocket!! pic.twitter.com/cunUp2XWXa — MrTopStep (@MrTopStep) October 14, 2021 I think the Fed is far behind the cure and this is going to get way worse. pic.twitter.com/7peU4EZhZO — MrTopStep (@MrTopStep) October 14, 2021 🇨🇳 #China’s Producer … Read more

Representative Cindy Axne filed 160 transactions two days ago Only 8 of those transactions are on-time in accordance with the STOCK Act.

Representative Cindy Axne filed 160 transactions two days ago Only 8 of those transactions are on-time in accordance with the STOCK Act. In total, it was $1.2M worth of trades. She is on the Finance Committee responsible for following rules.https://t.co/lodTLftEbF — unusual_whales (@unusual_whales) October 13, 2021

China Communist Party starts anti-corruption investigation into big banks, probly will cause property crash

China’s new corruption investigation could exacerbate property crisis Earlier this week China’s corruption watchdog launched an investigation into 25 of the country’s biggest financial institutions and their regulators. On past experience that could have convulsive consequences. On Monday, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection began a two-month audit of a number of big state-owned banks, … Read more

Speculation seems a bit high

Speculation seems a bit high 🤔 pic.twitter.com/Hcx3R0Wjy6 — Win Smart, CFA (@WinfieldSmart) October 13, 2021 The IMF has issued a warning about the growing risks in the expanding cryptocurrency space, including fraud, excess speculation, and potential "runs" on seemingly more stable assets like Stablecoins which are pegged to an underlying asset such as Dollar. https://t.co/72B1rVB4Va … Read more

This IRS Spying Thing is Just Nuts

by Chris Black The IRS will basically spy on all transactions over $600,  and everyone is going to accept it without question. This is a sign of extreme social change, and the not so curious thing is that no one pushed back against it. What does it mean? Well, there’s no complaints department apparently, so … Read more

Eat Your Bugs Peasant!

by Chris Black You will eat bugs. You will live in the pod. You will be tracked & numbered. You will own nothing. You will be a feudal peasant.  And you will be happy… The parasites pushing these policies? They will eat meat. Fly on private jets. Vacation in the finest areas. Live in palaces. … Read more