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by Chris Black This is what a guy who works in retail told me yesterday: The problems are many, starting with the insane margin requirements of Big Retail.  Tell me why Target should get to make $65 on a $100 item? Amazon is the same. The average big box margin on most items is 55-60%. … Read more

by Chris Black Who even watches CNN anymore except people stuck in airports and dementia patients in care homes? I am actually shocked that Gupta went on the Joe Rogan show, and he really pushed Gupta to admit CNN was consciously lying. Joe Rogan asks Sanjay Gupta if it bothers him that CNN outright lied … Read more

by Chris Black There’s an old saying along the lines of: when a government fears their constituency, you have freedom. When people fear their government, you have tyranny. Truly tragic news. Sir David Amess, one of Parliament’s longest serving MPs has been killed at his constituency surgery, after being stabbed. He’s the third serving MP … Read more

by Chris Black I can’t even… These NRCC fundraising texts are getting intense pic.twitter.com/2Smm3NXCYy — Andrew Solender (@AndrewSolender) October 14, 2021 Is this even real? It certainly appears so, because the NRCC hasn’t come out and claimed it’s a hoax. If only the GOP were as harsh on their opposition as they are on their … Read more

Hillary Clinton and Huma Abedin were seen leaving a California hospital after visiting her husband Bill who is fighting “sepsis” in intensive care. The former president, 75, was admitted to the University of California Irvine Medical Center for an ‘infection’ on Tuesday, (INews) Bill Clinton entered the hospital on Tuesday and was diagnosed with a … Read more

Philadelphia has become the first city in the country to pass a driver equality bill. Police officers will soon be prohibited from pulling over drivers for low-level offenses like broken tail lights.https://t.co/hVVLfwoT8g — CBS Philadelphia (@CBSPhiladelphia) October 14, 2021 PHILLY INQUIRER   Philadelphia on Thursday approved legislation that will bar its police officers from pulling … Read more

https://twitter.com/PuffDragon11/status/1448895414850056194 https://twitter.com/PuffDragon11/status/1448899341981126659 PBOC take on Evergrande (not a soft one) pic.twitter.com/RZQI9YMsto — Jens Nordvig (@jnordvig) October 15, 2021 https://twitter.com/linzcom/status/1448881877524238337

Taiwan telling the truth. https://t.co/y7aWKVZfX3 — Dr. Lynn Fynn-derella🐭 (@Fynnderella1) October 15, 2021

https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/BTC-USD/ https://twitter.com/DocumentingBTC/status/1447570362783477778 https://twitter.com/DocumentingBTC/status/1445125857190846468 #Bitcoin ♥️🤑 #Bitcoin ♥️🤑#Bitcoin ♥️🤑 #Bitcoin ♥️🤑 pic.twitter.com/0ktiGCBRx4 — Dheerendra Kasana 🇮🇳 (@DheerendraDev1) October 11, 2021 h/t dr0id

Apple shares bounced back Thursday, but losses since its record highs remain sharp. The stock has fallen 9% since that September peak, shedding roughly $229 billion in market cap. That’s equivalent to the market cap of 94% of the S&P 500 companies. Most recently, the shares dropped on reports it would cut iPhone production in … Read more

On March 31st, the US Army reiterates announced a deal for $22 billion augmented reality contract with $MSFT Nancy Pelosi exercised 150 leaps calls (15,000 $MSFT shares) on March 19th, for millions. They are up 32%. Incredible. Link: https://t.co/IhgA0rTKxH pic.twitter.com/hUZY6cDN4a — unusual_whales (@unusual_whales) October 15, 2021 I want you to understand how wild this is. … Read more

https://twitter.com/NorthmanTrader/status/1448976922029998084 North America fertilizer prices YoY vs UN Food and Agri YoY… pic.twitter.com/Ahhm8W104v — Ivan (@IvanKrivicic) October 15, 2021 U.S. SMALL BUSINESS LABOR SHORTAGES, WAGE PRESSURES WORST IN 50 YEARS – BOFA — Michael Brown (@MrMBrown) October 15, 2021 https://twitter.com/MFHoz/status/1448954606885744640 Articles mentioning supply chain The situation is getting out of control pic.twitter.com/rvogCZ97GS — Alessio (@AlessioTMAD) … Read more

Dwindling populations of the American bumblebee and their complete disappearance from eight states has led to a call for the bee to be placed under the Endangered Species Act before they face extinction. Maine, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Vermont, Idaho, North Dakota, Wyoming, and Oregon each have zero or close to zero American bumblebees left, … Read more

Article content PARIS — French far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen said that if she is elected president next year she will end all subsidies for renewable energy and will take down France’s wind turbines. Le Pen, who will be the candidate of the Rassemblement National party in the April vote, made it to the … Read more

Longtime Democrat politician Mark Ridley-Thomas has been indicted on federal corruption charges. The 20-count indictment filed in Los Angeles federal court alleges that Ridley-Thomas and Marilyn Louise Flynn, the former dean of USC’s School of Social Work, are both being indicted in connection to a bribery scheme. The indictment alleges Ridley-Thomas conspired with Flynn to … Read more