Facebook goes full Big Brother with new “extremism” warnings

Via Off-Guardian Have you been reading things you shouldn’t online? Have you found yourself feeling frustrated and angry at the corruption of the ruling class, wealth inequality or the general state of the world? Well then, the chances are good you’ve accidentally been exposed to “misinformation” or “extremist content” spread by “violent groups” in order … Read more

The Psychological Trap that Leads to Bad Investing Decisions

Via Birch Gold When saving for retirement, there’s nothing wrong with feeling concerned about your financial future during your golden years. Today we’ll explore the issues most people are concerned about, and whether they’re the right things to be concerned about. Let’s start with a recent article in Barron’s that explored what clients weren’t telling their advisors about their … Read more

Unrealistic Stock Return Expectations

by UPFINA The June ADP report beat estimates and estimates for private sector job creation in the BLS reading. Let’s see if that matters. We expect it to be relevant because all signs point to a solid BLS reading. For now, we just have the ADP report. It showed there were 692,000 private sector jobs were … Read more

The most expensive White House in history…

The size of the @WhiteHouse staff under @POTUS @JoeBiden — and its payroll costs — are both, according to @open_the_books, the largest in American history. pic.twitter.com/RG5uszQ0sZ — James Rosen (@JamesRosenTV) July 2, 2021 Jen Psaki tops the most expensive White House payroll in HISTORY: Press secretary is one of 22 Biden staffers getting $180K a … Read more

Target closing San Fran stores early due to ‘rampant crime’…

Target says it's closing all six of its San Francisco stores early because of crime specifically thefts and shoplifting. https://t.co/Fmh9ffgrrg pic.twitter.com/sZgjlZGK2H — ABC7 News (@abc7newsbayarea) July 2, 2021 Target has now acknowledged that San Francisco is the only city in America where they have decided to close some stores early because of the escalating retail … Read more

Well done Jerome: On an annualized basis the flows into equity markets in the first 6 months are greater than the prior 20 years combined….CBO predicts severe inlfation…

This is a stunning chart from Bank of America On an annualized basis the flows into equity markets in the first 6 months are greater than the prior 20 years combined….. This really is something, well done Jerome pic.twitter.com/9z2OwT7hzY — Tarric Brooker aka Avid Commentator 🇦🇺 (@AvidCommentator) July 2, 2021   JUNE JOBS BOOM: +850K… … Read more

A CHINESE SPY PLATFORM? All of TikTok’s data is available to its Chinese parent company (and thus to the CCP).

https://hotair.com/john-s-2/2021/06/30/all-of-tiktoks-data-is-available-to-chinese-parent-company-and-thus-to-the-ccp-n399852 CNBC published this piece about TikTok last Friday. They spoke to a number of US-based former employees who say there is really no clear dividing line between the company’s US organization and ByteDance, the Chinese company that owns it. That means that any and all personal data on the sites 92 million US users … Read more

CDC issues warning about pooping in pools

Don’t swim or let your kids swim if sick with diarrhea. One person with diarrhea can contaminate the entire pool. Learn more ways to keep you and those you care about healthy. #HealthySwimming https://t.co/3ogS3ZlQX6 pic.twitter.com/lbN6uvvufu — CDC (@CDCgov) July 1, 2021

BC is now reporting 136 wildfires. Nine of them are of concern. There were 70 new fire starts yesterday…

#BREAKING: BC is now reporting 136 wildfires. Nine of them are of concern. There were 70 new fire starts yesterday alone. The BC Wildfire Service says we have already burned through 79,000 hectares this season and that number will likely go up 100,000 by the end of the weekend. pic.twitter.com/X6irX1iAic — John Ackermann 📻 (@jackermann) … Read more

Kamala Drama: Veep Office ’Sh*tshow’, More Leaks: Infighting, Sabotage Galore

Kamala Harris Has History of ‘Mistreatment of Employees and Dissent’ as White House Infighting and Sabotage Ensue Vice President Kamala Harris’s history of “mistreatment of employees and dissent” before entering the White House is spilling over Friday, as infighting and sabotage are impacting the office of the Vice President. During Harris’s Democrat primary run, the … Read more

Paramedic: This winter will be devastating.

10/ “Furlough ending will I feel almost certainly lead to more drinking, drug-taking + mental ill-health. The city in which I work is not a particularly happy one + obesity, drug + alcohol abuse and homelessness are serious problems + probably worse than when I lived in London. 11/ “I cannot see how any service … Read more