Wage Increase – The Good, Bad, & Ugly

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By Lance Roberts Wage increases are undoubtedly good for workers. However, as we will explore, wage increases are a double-edged sword that often has more negative economic consequences. Importantly, wage increases are undoubtedly good for consumers. There is no arguing that point. After all, who doesn’t want to make more money for doing their job? … Read more

Blue State Citizens Are Buying Guns At A Record Pace

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National Instant Criminal Background Check (NICS) verifications weren’t just processed in Red, pro-Second Amendment leaning states, however. Some of the biggest figures in the previous 12 months came from Blue states, typically home of strict gun control laws. Of the seven states that processed more than one million NICS checks in the last year, two … Read more

IRS: Expect Tax Delays This Year

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by Martin Armstrong The Treasury Department has warned that the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) may face “enormous challenges” processing returns this year. The IRS usually enters tax season with one million outstanding returns from the year prior, according to the Washington Post. However, the IRS currently has 6 million outstanding individual returns and 2 million unprocessed … Read more

ECUADOR: An Entire Country Switched to Bitcoin and Now Its Economy Is Floundering.

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The country’s president Nayib Bukele made waves last year when he announced that the nation would accept the token for use at stores and banks. The self-described “CEO of El Salvador” even announced plans to build a “Bitcoin City“ to turn the country into “the financial center of the world.” However, it turns out that … Read more

12 Signs that food shortages are already here

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by: Arsenio Toledo (Natural News) America’s supply chains are already extremely fragile. Port congestions, labor shortages, rampant inflation and pandemic-related economic restrictions are all significantly increasing the likelihood of rampant food shortages in the near future. Here are the 12 signs that food shortages are already here. Shortage of potatoes and other potato-based products The world … Read more

‘War Is Coming’: Mysterious TikTok Videos Scaring Sweden’s Children

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Other videos tell their Swedish users that Russian forces will bomb their country or even invade. This weekend a question posted on Twitter turned into a gathering of adults concerned about things they’d been picking up from their nine-, ten-, eleven, twelve-year-old children and pupils. Is it true that information saying that war is coming … Read more

Massive Global Stock Market Correction In Progress

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Every sector is showing systemic weakness… The Russell 2000 is down -17.24% and the average drawdown for stocks within the index is -36%.$IWM pic.twitter.com/uF4KAzhNul — Andrew Thrasher, CMT (@AndrewThrasher) January 21, 2022 Quality matters among small caps: Russell 2000 (no profitability filter used) has plunged relative to S&P 600 (profitability filter used) over long term … Read more

Bidenflation: Highest Since 1984… Scalise: ‘Grading on Curve, Biden an F’

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Factory activity in the Philadelphia area rebounded as demand strengthened in January after a sharp slowdown in the previous month, according to a survey from the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia released Thursday. Inflationary expectations of manufacturers, however, jumped to the highest level in decades. The index for current general activity of the Business Outlook … Read more

WE’RE F*CKED – Jim Cramer says the stock market is getting closer to forming a bottom

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CNBC’s Jim Cramer said Thursday he believes the stock market is getting closer to an investable bottom after a challenging start to the new year. However, the “Mad Money” host said the market’s steep turnaround late in Thursday’s session “inspired a lot of terror.” That signals the market “still has some work to do” before … Read more

M&Ms melt into wokeism…

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The VP of M&Ms explains that they’re making the M&Ms characters more inclusive in order to “start a movement.” The girl M&Ms will be focused on “empowerment” while the orange M&M will “embrace his true self.” This is not a parody pic.twitter.com/Fo7km8XTSD — Matt Walsh (@MattWalshBlog) January 20, 2022 h/t CFP

Federal Reserve releases White Paper on creation of digital U.S. Dollar.

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Read it here… https://twitter.com/davidgura/status/1484243638485925893 “The Federal Reserve does not come to a conclusion on the digital dollar but has a long list of benefits of risks,” @Jenniferisms reports on the Fed’s white paper, noting that the Fed would need authorization from Congress to issue a central bank digital currency. pic.twitter.com/jMCNExMjxu — Yahoo Finance (@YahooFinance) January … Read more

You Know We Are In a Bubble When Financial News Is Pushing Retarded Options Plays Like WSB

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by TheRealJugger I literally spit my coffee out laughing at some of the straight retarded shit this article talks about, lets dive into the analysis. Source: The Stock Market Is on a Bumpy Ride. Try These 2 Stocks for Stability- https://www.barrons.com/articles/stock-market-volatility-tesla-nov-51642667402 To begin, it tells readers this little gem: “Stop trying to make sense of what’s happening … Read more

Choose One, But Only One: Defend the Billionaire’s Bubble or the U.S. Dollar and Empire

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by Charles Hugh-Smith The Empire is striking back, protecting what really counts, and the Billionaire Bubble sideshow is folding its tents. One of the most enduring conceits of the modern era is that the Federal Reserve acts to goose growth and therefore employment while keeping inflation moderate (whatever that means–the definition is adjustable). This conceit is extremely handy … Read more