This week’s Golden Horseshoe goes to the Social Security Administration, which paid $125.2 million to more than 2,500 deceased beneficiaries because agency employees failed to add death dates to its records, according to a final audit report by the agency’s Office of Inspector General. The internal watchdog performed the audit to determine if the SSA … Read more
The ultimate winner of two decades of war in Afghanistan is likely China. The aircraft and armored vehicles left behind when U.S. forces withdrew will give China—through their eager partners, the Taliban—a broad window into how the U.S. military builds and uses some of its most important tools of war. Expect the Chinese military to … Read more
Millions of people have lost their unemployment benefits. The U.S. consumer is maxed out. They need more stimulus in order to continue this economy. And of course, stocks need their artificial boost as well. The U.S. consumer is maxed out. Consumer sentiment is down heavily. Real estate continues to increase in price right now as … Read more
https://t.co/qB8ZymnYH0 — Win Smart, CFA (@WinfieldSmart) September 12, 2021
It's happening… pic.twitter.com/JjDPuCkREw — Callum Thomas (@Callum_Thomas) February 11, 2021 !!!!! pic.twitter.com/CFbX75UFDR — Callum Thomas (@Callum_Thomas) February 19, 2021 Another rate hike. Started this thread as a sort of half-joke, but then did some work on smaller cbanks: yes they have their idiosyncratic issues, and if it was only 1 then that's one thing, an … Read more
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https://youtu.be/3sH_wt0uMXY Massie appears with the legend Tom Woods. It’s a long clip, and I’ve only watched the first 21 minutes — but it’s just fantastic so far. Great stories, including Pelosi docking $500 from his Congressional paycheck because he wouldn’t bow to the Great Deception and don a zombie mask on the House floor. https://citizenfreepress.com/breaking/thomas-massie-on-fire-telling-great-stories-ripping-on-pelosi/
Salesforce committed to helping employees and their families relocate if they’re concerned about the ability to seek reproductive care, after a Texas abortion law went into effect. Lyft and Uber previously offered to pay legal fees for drivers who face potential lawsuits related to the new law. Salesforce told thousands of employees in a Slack … Read more
(Bloomberg) — A tax on the richest private U.S. college endowments would be curtailed under a plan by House Democrats, provided the schools address tuition costs. The provision would reduce the tax through a calculation that weighs revenues from undergraduate tuition and fees against undergraduate financial aid, according to Liz Clark, a vice president at … Read more
After eighteen years of active duty service in the US Army, my lieutenant colonel husband has resigned He’s walking away from all he’s worked for and believed in since he was an ROTC kid at UGA He’s walking away from his retirement His resignation memo: pic.twitter.com/u1QU488fmI — Katie Phipps Hague (@AtTheHague) September 9, 2021 He … Read more
Trump lashed out at Facebook and other major tech companies in a Fox News interview. He said Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg “used to come to the White House to kiss my ass.” Legal experts say Trump’s lawsuits against the tech companies are flawed and doomed to fail. Former President Donald Trump lashed out at Facebook … Read more
https://youtu.be/hUJYWEpIwJg h/t Agent Smith 2014
Morgan Stanley’s Chief Investment Officer Mike Wilson says investors should always be positioned for a market correction of 10%, but warned that investors may not be ready for a harsher correction that could be coming soon. “You should always be expecting a 10% correction. If you’re investing in equities, you should be prepared for that … Read more
A third of U.S. consumers who used “buy now, pay later” services have fallen behind on one or more payments, and 72% of those said their credit score declined, a new study published by personal finance company Credit Karma showed. The study, conducted by software firm Qualtrics, surveyed 1,044 adult consumers in the United States … Read more
by David Brady via Sprott Money There are two primary scenarios that I’m seeing right now. Both ultimately resolve to the downside. The first is that Gold rallies from here to the resistance zone between 1920-1960 before falling again. The second is that we take the direct route down to lower lows by taking out support at 1675. … Read more
by Lance Roberts In this 09-10-21 issue of “‘Investors Hold Record Allocations Despite Rising Warnings.“ Market Starts Correction Right On Cue. Investors Record Allocations & Rising Warnings Beige Book Highlights Fed’s Biggest Problem Portfolio Positioning Sector & Market Analysis 401k Plan Manager Follow Us On: Twitter, Facebook, Linked-In, Sound Cloud, Seeking Alpha Market Starts A Correction Right On Cue As noted last … Read more
Today’s a day that ends in y, so, naturally, a push is underway in Washington, DC to bankrupt the country. But this push could be thwarted by the most unlikely of heroes. Here’s what’s going on. Progressive politicians like Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer are pushing a $1+ … Read more
This list will be documenting ten news stories and international events surrounding September 11, 2001. * Enron Scandal Revealed * Executive Order 13233 * Atlantic Hurricanes * Abnormal Stock Trading * Death of Ahmad Shah Massoud * US Government Exercises * Nimda Virus * Wave of Accidents * Anthrax Attacks * PATRIOT Act https://listverse.com/2010/08/27/10-events-surrounding-september-11/ Rumsfeld … Read more
