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by DCG From MSNBC: An Australian mum of four has attracted a lot of media attention after sharing her extensive household routine which has been slammed as living in the ’50s. Brisbane local Brooke Smith posted on the Mums Who Organise, Clean, Cook and Chat Facebook group on Monday, revealing her lengthy chore list, which can see her … Read more

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I remember the morning that everything fell apart in 2008. Nancy came out and made a statement that she had seen something that frightened her and that something had to be done ASAP because things were about to get really bad. I’ve never been able to find a clip of it since, but I remember … Read more

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_wkq4JVTNg The [DS] operatives are now being removed, there is a silent war that is being waged in the shadows. The [DS] corruption is now being exposed, documents have been delivered and the truth is about to be revealed to the public. The [DS] players are in a panic, they see their power structure being … Read more

Netflix finally lets users turn off annoying auto-playing previews. I feel like Winston Smith when he visits O’Brien’s Outer Party flat in 1984, and has his moment of awe when O’Brien switches the telescreen off: “You…you can turn it off!”   h/t ED

Requiring navigation centers to be built in all 11 supervisorial districts is a costly idea that will come at the expense of actually housing the homeless, according to a city official with the Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing. Da Lin reports. (2-7-20)   AC

by Dana Lyons Investor expectations for stocks have almost never been this high. Markets, it is said, like to climb a “wall of worry”. Of course, the theory is that an abundance of worry on the part of market participants suggests that there is ample money “on the sidelines” available to enter the market and perpetuate … Read more

by RV Reports of the numbers of illness by locals are much, much higher than what the China is actually reporting. 86 people die of coronavirus in a DAY in China as Beijing begins mass arrest of sufferers and videos shows hazmat suit-clad goons CORONAVIRUS UPDATE: Five Britons contract coronavirus in French ski resort. “Five British nationals … Read more

Watch @ 19 seconds, the one cop looks like he’s holding something like a pen or syringe and from that point on the woman slowly becomes quiet and eventually unconscious. Is she under arrest or what? I dont know what really happened here but one thing for sure this is worse situation #wuhan #CoronaOutbreak #china … Read more

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TY1zBhxGJ8s Is 2020 the year of economic collapse? The great fathers who founded our nation always referred to debt dependence as a way of stealing from our future generations. For several years, the United States has depended on debt and in 2020; the US is on its way to hit a new record of about … Read more

Democratic Party Is COLLAPSING, Chaos Erupts As Voters Quit, Turnout TANKS, And DNC CHEATS Bernie. James Carville appeared on MSNBC and in a now viral clip claims the Democrats are out of their minds, candidates are campaigning on fringe issues, and Trump’s approval is higher than its ever been. Panic erupted within the party due … Read more

by Charles Hugh-Smith When you’ve been lied to, you’ve been betrayed. Betrayal has consequences. Unsurprisingly, denying the pandemic is unstoppable and consequential is the order of the day: authorities everywhere are terrified these realities might leak through all their oh-so-obviously desperate firewalls and filters. Why are they terrified? Because they know the entire global economy, including … Read more

Repo-blowout solved, the Fed is stepping back as lender-of-first-resort. By Wolf Richter for WOLF STREET. Total repos on the Fed’s balance sheet of February 5, released Thursday afternoon, have plunged by $85 billion from the peak on January 1, to $170 billion, below where they’d first been on October 2: Under these “repurchase agreements,” the Fed buys Treasury securities and … Read more

Consumer credit rose to 19.3% of GDP, the highest ever. By Wolf Richter for WOLF STREET. Consumer debt – student loans, auto loans, and revolving credit such as credit cards and personal loans but excluding housing-related debts such as mortgages and HELOCs – jumped by $187 billion in the fourth quarter 2019, compared to a year earlier, or … Read more

Photo by Wikimedia.org | CC BY | Photoshopped   From Birch Gold Group Near the end of a bull run, it’s fairly common for “frothy” conditions to develop in the financial markets. This often occurs shortly before bubbles pop. According to Investopedia, “Froth refers to market conditions preceding an actual market bubble, where asset prices become detached from their underlying intrinsic … Read more