FedEx Driver Who Hit Girl With Truck Strangled Her After She Said She Was Going to Tell Her Dad

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“The FedEx driver accused of kidnapping and killing a 7-year-old girl says he strangled her after he accidentally backed into her with his truck. According to an arrest warrant affidavit obtained by NBC 5, Tanner Lynn Horner confessed to the crime and told police he accidentally hit 7-year-old Athena Strand while backing up in his … Read more

Hundreds Of Thousands Of U.S. Homeowners Are Now Underwater On Their Mortgages As The Housing Crash Accelerates

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by Michael Here we go again.  When the housing market crashed in 2008 and 2009, large numbers of U.S. homeowners ended up owing more on their mortgages than their homes were worth.  When the Federal Reserve started to aggressively hike interest rates earlier this year, I warned that it would happen again, and now that … Read more

A worldwide recession is just around the corner as global economy has exited a four-decade era of stable growth and inflation to enter a period of heightened instability.

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via businessinsider: The global economy has entered a period of elevated volatility, and previous investing approaches won’t work anymore, BlackRock said. A recession is imminent but central banks won’t be able to support markets this time by loosening policy, according to the money manager. “Recession is foretold as central banks race to try to tame inflation. … Read more

Google, Oracle, Amazon, and Microsoft awarded $9 billion Pentagon cloud deals

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The Pentagon said Wednesday that Amazon , Google , Microsoft and Oracle received a cloud-computing contract that can reach as high as $9 billion total through 2028. The outcome of the Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability, or JWCC, effort is in line with the U.S. Defense Department’s effort to rely on multiple providers of remotely operated … Read more

FTC Seeks to Block Microsoft Corp.’s $69 billion Acquisition of Activision Blizzard, Inc.

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The Federal Trade Commission is seeking to block technology giant Microsoft Corp. from acquiring leading video game developer Activision Blizzard, Inc. and its blockbuster gaming franchises such as Call of Duty, alleging that the $69 billion deal, Microsoft’s largest ever and the largest ever in the video gaming industry, would enable Microsoft to suppress competitors … Read more

The Tighten Up! US Treasury Yield Curve DOWN -206% In 2021, M2 Money DOWN -90%, S&P 500 DOWN -17.5%, Bitcoin DOWN -64.2% (Biden And NY Fed’s Project Cedar To Replace US Dollar)

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by confoundedinterest17 Unlike Archie Bell and the Drells, this tighten-up is about The Federal Reserve tightening-up its monetary policy. On December 31, 2021, the US Treasury yield curve (10Y-2Y) stood at +77.4 basis points, generally a good omen. Then markets woke up. And not in a woke way. As The Fed tightens to tamp down on inflation … Read more

MEN ON STRIKE: Men are dropping out of the labor force because they’re upset about their social status, according to a new study.

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Men without four-year college degrees, between the ages of 25 and 54, have left the workforce in higher numbers than other groups. And they’re leaving because of their perceived social status relative to better-educated men of similar age, according to a new study from the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston. Non-college-educated men have seen their … Read more

Egypt inflation jumps to five-year high of 18.7 pct in November: Latest data (thanks to our corrupt elites & criminal central bankers, soon we will all be Egypt)

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Egypt’s annual urban consumer inflation rate surged to a five-year high of 18.7 percent in November, closely matching analyst expectations, data from the statistics agency CAPMAS showed on Thursday. The inflation figure, up from 16.2 percent in October, was the highest since December 2017, when it hit 21.9 percent. The price rises followed a currency … Read more

UK weather: ‘Cause for concern’ – millions can’t afford to heat their homes as ‘dangerously cold’ weather arrives

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  Some people on the lowest incomes will receive a £25 cold weather payment due to the freezing conditions. The Met Office has warned of an Arctic blast hitting the UK, which could cause overnight temperatures as low as -10C by the end of the week. Motorists could face treacherous conditions on the roads, with … Read more

Iran carries out first execution over Mahsa Amini demonstrations: Protester is hanged for ‘injuring guard with a knife’

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Mohsen Shekari was charged with ‘waging war against God’ after riots in Tehran The execution comes as other detainees also face the death penalty for protests Germany condemned the regime but said the execution would not stop the riots Germany strongly condemned Iran on Thursday after the country announced its first public execution, hanging a … Read more

Amid inflation and market volatility, just 12% of adults — and 29% of millionaires — feel ‘wealthy’

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Inflation, geopolitical uncertainty and fears of a recession have undermined financial confidence across the board, according to a new report by Edelman Financial Engines. Less than one-quarter, or 23%, of more than 2,000 adults polled earlier this fall said they felt “very comfortable” about their finances. Fewer — just 12% — consider themselves wealthy, the … Read more

Schumer: We Can Now ‘Subpoena All Kinds of’ ‘Climate Bad Deeds, thanks to senate majority

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While discussing the advantages of Democrats having 51 seats in the Senate as opposed to 50, Schumer said, “The bottom line is 51 is so much better than 50 for a bunch of reasons.” Schumer explained that President Joe Biden’s nominees can be confirmed much quicker with 51 seats and that Democrats will have a majority … Read more

Maxine Waters’ team is hiding all replies showing her ties to SBF.

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Maxine Waters' team is hiding all replies showing her ties to SBF. pic.twitter.com/xlJWYOH76E — Financelot (@FinanceLancelot) December 8, 2022 Click on this pic.twitter.com/4AIuXSgjDC — Financelot (@FinanceLancelot) December 8, 2022 While @RepMaxineWaters checks the inbound wire transfers, Senators Sherrod Brown and Pat Toomey told @SBF_FTX they will issue a subpoena to compel him to appear on … Read more