US Households Lost Over $7,400 Under Biden, Debt Soars At Fastest Pace In 15 Years As Credit Card Use Surges

via Martin Armstrong: I reported in September that the Heritage Foundation estimated that the average American lost $4,200 since Biden became president. Within only a month, their analysis for October revealed that the average family had lost an average of $7,400. Around $6,100 of the loss came from annual income, while interest rates cost the average American $1,300 annually. … Read more

Iran Votes to Kill 14-15K Arrested Protestors

by Chris Black Anyone think this will work? Will they go through with it or sentence them to death and then reduce it to prison? One comparison would be Tiananmen square, which quickly squelched protests. Then again, Iran is a different country and they’ve been protesting for years now. If you look at the Wikipedia … Read more

BlockFi Prepares for Potential Bankruptcy

Cryptocurrency lender BlockFi Inc. is preparing a potential bankruptcy filing after halting withdrawals of customer deposits and acknowledging it has “significant exposure” to bankrupt exchange FTX, people familiar with the matter said. BlockFi paused withdrawals and limited activity on its platform last week, saying it couldn’t operate business as usual given the uncertainty about FTX. … Read more

Now Is The Time To Boot Failed GOP Leaders, Not Bicker About Trump Vs. DeSantis. After a colossal failure in the midterms, the Republican Party desperately needs to overhaul its leadership. We can worry about 2024 later.

via thefederalist: Anyone who cares about the Republican Party needs to understand that the ongoing campaign to blame the midterms on Donald Trump and throw support behind Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis for 2024 is a GOP establishment scheme to avoid responsibility for their own failures. Forget about the Trump versus DeSantis question for a minute. Right … Read more

These guys still looking for liquidity?

Credit Suisse on Tuesday announced that it would accelerate the restructure of its investment bank by selling a significant portion of its securitized products group (SPG) to Apollo Global Management. Credit Suisse said the transaction, along with the potential sale of other assets to third-party investors, is expected to reduce SPG assets from around $75 … Read more

Establishment Republicans Consider Working with Democrats to Pick House Speaker

This is the same establishment GOP getting chummy with Ron DeSantis. They will work with DemoKKKrats over the base of GOP supporters and those they elected to represent them. https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2022/11/15/establishment-republicans-consider-working-democrats-pick-house-speaker/ While the Republican Party will vote on a nominee for House Speaker on Tuesday for the projected GOP-led Congress next year, some establishment Republicans are … Read more

They aren’t protestors; they’re nihilists bent on making the world as ugly and pointless as they are.

ENEMIES OF CIVILIZATION: Protesters Pour Black Liquid On Klimt Painting In Vienna. Climate activists on Tuesday poured a black liquid over Austrian painter Gustav Klimt’s masterpiece “Death and Life” at Vienna’s Leopold Museum, a spokesman told AFP. “Restorers are working to determine whether the painting protected by glass has been damaged,” said Klaus Pokorny. A group … Read more

BIS Is Nearly Out Of Its Gold Swap Business

By Robert Lambourne via GATA After 12 years in the gold swap business, the Bank for International Settlements seems to have just about gotten out. The bank’s October statement of account, just published — https://www.bis.org/banking/balsheet/statofacc221031.pdf — shows that the bank’s gold swaps, which totaled 501 tonnes in January and have been falling sharply throughout the year, have crashed … Read more

FTX Digital Markets gave 2,500,000 USD to RINO McConnell

2.5 Million dollars given by FTX to RINO McConnell. Now we know why McConnell was influenced to not support the important candidates and throw the election. Here is a link to the opensecrets web page that keeps track of all political donations, see line 20: https://www.opensecrets.org/outside-spending/detail/2022?cmte=C00571703&tab=donors Here is a tweet with the sched A for … Read more

How a couple from New York make around $3,000 a month from their dumpster diving side hustle

Dave and Erin Sheffield work full-time but make around $3,000 a month from their dumpster diving side hustle. The couple from Buffalo, New York, has collected everything from metal scraps to a Prada purse. Over the years, and during the coronavirus pandemic, the popularity of dumpster diving has exploded. https://www.businessinsider.com/how-a-new-york-couple-makes-3000-month-dumpster-diving-2021-7