One in three Americans say their financial stability is dependent on receiving an inheritance.

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via Marketwatch: The key to your financial future may lie in your parents’ bank account. One in three Americans say their financial stability is dependent on receiving an inheritance, according to a survey released Thursday by Merrill Edge, an online discount brokerage service provided by Bank of America Merrill LynchBAC, -0.27% Some 36% of Generation X-ers and 32% of … Read more

Metrics of Mania: Nobody Can Predict a Bubble Market’s Near-Term Direction

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via Business Insider: Attempting to read the tea leaves and anticipate near-term market movement is nearly irresistible. Bold proclamations of just-around-the-corner seismic price movements reliably get a lot of attention, regardless of whether or not those making said predictions have been wrong about same a hundred times in a row. It is, far and away, … Read more

IRS sent CP14 letter stating 2017 taxes weren’t paid, but they were paid on time. This is our experience (a good one!) with getting it corrected.

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by smelling_the_roses I’m posting this in the hopes that it helps someone else. On Thursday, my husband and I received a CP14 letter from the IRS saying our full balance of 2017 taxes were due. Of course we immediately worried that someone else cashed our check, which was withdrawn from our account on 4/24. We … Read more

Preparing for market crash

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by Rutgeurr   So I realize that statistically speaking it’s generally a bad idea to time the market. Statistically speaking it’s a good idea to buy a few ETFs that are tracking some of the major indices and this was what I was doing up until recently. However, the more I study about history of … Read more

Seattle to help the homeless safely inject drugs with medical mobile unit

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by DCG King County’s medical mobile unit Seattle’s homeless crisis is exacerbated by the fact that the local area politicians and government officials believe that enabling an addiction is part of the solution. Taxpayers are coughing up MILLIONS of dollars to provide assistance to those in need. Yet many of the homeless don’t want help any help. The … Read more

Neoliberalism and the Rise of Corporate Globalism

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by Jesse Excerpted below is a recent book review of Globalists: The End of Empire and the Birth of Neoliberalism, by Quinn Slobodian, Harvard University Press. I have included a link to the entire article which I recommend reading if you wish to know more about how the rise of globalism, corporatism, and neoliberalism may go … Read more

Philly mayor blasted for celebrating sanctuary ruling, despite past crimes tied to illegal aliens

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by DCG From Fox News: The Philadelphia mayor, blasted by the White House after being filmed dancing in celebration after a judge ruled in favor of its sanctuary city status, was doing so because it was an “important moment for all Philadelphians,” his office said Friday, despite the city’s recent history of illegal immigrant alien-related crime. A video tweeted by … Read more

Speaking Of Wile E. Coyote Moments…

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via Global Macro Monitor The stimulus “is going to hit the economy in a big way this year and next year, and then in 2020 Wile E. Coyote is going to go off the cliff,” Bernanke said, referring to the hapless character in the Road Runner cartoon – Ben Bernanke,  former Fed Chairman, June 7 Stunning valuation … Read more

TSA Protecting The Sh*t Out Of You

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by Jim Quinn They spent 5 minutes inspecting my 81 yo mother w/ a broken leg. Obviously, earning their $ and keeping us safe. BTW, have they actually ever actually caught anyone? No. Because if they did, you know it would be trumpeted to the skies. https://youtu.be/WAuooUf5G6I

Why is Vatican secretary of state at 2018 Bilderberg Conference?

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by Dr. Eowyn The secretive and elitist Bilderberg group are meeting (June 7-10) as we speak at the NH Lingotto hotel in Turin, Italy. According to RT’s Adrian Salbuchi, Bilderberg is a key group within the Global Power Network — organizations, clubs, lobbies and groups sharing common economic, financial, social and (geo)political objectives in the Globalist Agenda. … Read more

Nevada’s Democratic Party could be pulled into a federal lawsuit that alleges the Hillary Clinton campaign and Democratic National Committee illegally funneled millions to state parties that sent the money back to the DNC to support Clinton.

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Nevada’s Democratic Party could be pulled into a federal lawsuit that alleges the Hillary Clinton campaign and Democratic National Committee illegally funneled millions to state parties that sent the money back to the DNC to support Clinton. The scheme was designed to circumvent campaign contribution limits, said Dan Backer, a Virginia campaign finance attorney who … Read more

Deerfield, IL passes an assault rifle ban, $1,000 per day fine if you don’t turn in your weapons.

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DEERFIELD, Ill.  — Members of the village board in the northern Chicago suburb of Deerfield have voted unanimously to ban certain semi-automatic firearms. The amendment to the village’s gun ordinance restricts firearms that village leaders define as assault weapons along with high-capacity magazines. That includes the AR-15, which has been used in mass shootings. The … Read more