Property prices drop nationally again, with Sydney diving 6pc annually and regional Australia following suit

by Boo_Randy https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-10-03/property-prices-corelogic-rents-september-2022/101495078 Property prices are continuing to fall nationally as interest rates hit, with key capital city housing markets diving up to 6 per cent in the last three months alone. CoreLogic data shows that in September properties were sold …

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NeverTrump vs. NeverTrump, you love to see them beating each other up.

MUST’VE SOBERED UP! Adam Kinzinger tries deleting most embarrassing tweet of all in bizarre attack on pro-life “Baseball Crank”  Dan McLaughlin (we got it). https://twitter.com/Mellecon/status/1576555838390484992 https://twitter.com/mallen_2010/status/1576569467089211392 More here: Adam Kinzinger ‘Drunk-Tweets’ His Way Into Total Embarrassment. h/t Doomberg

Germany (and Europe) on the Brink- The bloom is off Europe’s former economic powerhouse Germany.It’s because of increasingly unaffordable energy, food and other essentials while disposable household income is declining.

via activeprep: The bloom is off Europe’s former economic powerhouse Germany. Last month, the German Retail Association (HDE) reported that consumer sentiment reached an all-time low in August — then declined further in September. It’s because of increasingly unaffordable energy, food …

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Jeff Bezos’ Washington Post is warning the American people that Biden’s Ukrainian policies have put the world ‘two or three steps away’ from all-out nuclear war. The mainstream media is starting to repeat concerns that were described as ‘Russian disinformation’ just a few months ago.

LONDON — President Vladimir Putin’s declaration of the annexation of four regions in eastern and southern Ukraine signals the onset of a new and highly dangerous phase in the seven-month war, one that Western officials and analysts fear could escalate …

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SEC Punishes Barclays for having offered and sold approximately $17.7 billion of securities in unregistered transactions. Buyers of the “unregistered securities” right to demand Barclays buy back the products at the original price plus interest. Barclays sets 1.3 billion aside to cover the costs.

Sept 29 (Reuters) – British bank Barclays (BARC.L) agreed to a $361 million penalty over internal control failures related to the unregistered offer and sale of “an unprecedented amount” of securities, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission said on Thursday. https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/barclays-pay-sec-361-million-over-issuance-securities-2022-09-29/ h/t ringingbells

Jeff Bezos’ Washington Post is warning the American people that Biden’s Ukrainian policies have put the world ‘two or three steps away’ from all-out nuclear war. The mainstream media is starting to repeat concerns that were described as ‘Russian disinformation’ just a few months ago.

LONDON — President Vladimir Putin’s declaration of the annexation of four regions in eastern and southern Ukraine signals the onset of a new and highly dangerous phase in the seven-month war, one that Western officials and analysts fear could escalate …

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Democrats have invested more money attempting to get Stacey Abrams and Beto O’Rourke elected than any other non-presidential candidates in American history. Despite outspending their GOP opponents by more than 5X they are both expected to lose.

Beto O’Rourke and Stacey Abrams shot into the political stratosphere four years ago when the fresh-faced Democrats electrified the party on their way to better-than-expected showings in statewide races in deep-red Texas and purple Georgia. This year, they are struggling …

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Lloyd Austin DOWNPLAYS Putin’s nuclear war threats: Biden’s Pentagon chief accuses Russia of ‘saber rattling’ and dismisses fears of ‘imminent invasion’ of Taiwan by China

by Boo_Randy Biden’s Secretary of Defense might be blasé about such threats, but I’m not taking any chances – this world has gotten too dangerous and unpredictable, and our adversaries won’t be deterred by “woke” militaries. Stacking and prepping are …

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US federal budget deficits since the US went off the gold standard… without gold keeping them honest, politicians in Washington DC have created huge budget deficits… we are now going into a recession/depression with debt/GDP 130%… with increasing interest rates and a Fed $8.8 trillion balance sheet…

by silvertomars   Inflation is transitory, will hit 2% in 2022 Recession is very unlikely Interest rates won’t rise until 2024 Inflation is actually good for you They literally supported buying bonds/ETFs Now, we are paying for these failures.  

PayPal goes full 1984 in November…

On the heels of its censorship spree in the UK – that received backlash so great it got the attention of lawmakers – PayPal is rolling out a new agreement that gives itself more censorship powers and the ability to …

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