The Fed has more money on its balance sheet (8.9 trillion) then the total value of all 401ks in the United States (7.3 trillion as of 9/21).

by Jmeshareholder 5 trillion of that was added to the Fed’s balance sheet since Feb. 2020: https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/WALCL 401k balances: https://www.ici.org/401k —— But oh ya, inflation is only happening because the ships and ports and all that jazz. Definitely not also because of …

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Democrat control of school boards isn’t just bad because it gives them control of education, but because they use those elections to groom candidates for higher office.

CHANGE? Republicans Wallop Democrats in Spending on Tuesday’s Wisconsin School Board Races. Wisconsin voters are headed to the polls Tuesday to vote in critical local elections for mayors, school boards, and county executives in what may give an early preview of …

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JPMorgan (JPM) Stock Lost 25% in 5 Months – Dragging Major Indices Down – Yet Jaime Dimon’s Compensation More Than Doubles

JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM) CEO Jamie Dimon’s total compensation rose to $84.4 million for 2021, up from $31.7 million in 2020, according to the bank’s annual proxy statement filed Monday. https://www.morningstar.com/news/marketwatch/2022040471/jpmorgan-ceo-jamie-dimon-total-compensation-more-than-doubles   h/t  GroundbreakingLynx14

Protesters are gathering outside Disney’s Burbank, Calif. location. High level employees were recently seen in leaked meeting videos admitting to having a “gay agenda” to indoctrinate children.

Here is video obtained by @realchrisrufo of a recent meeting of Disney executives where Latoya Raveneau talks about her “gay agenda” and how that influences the programming she produces for children at the company. pic.twitter.com/KTJpr6PJvC — Andy Ngo (@MrAndyNgo) April …

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‘Pranksters’ have devised an easy method and have made a video showing exactly how to steal items from a ‘smart’ store.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10694163/YouTubes-Archie-Josh-trick-unmanned-Amazon-store-not-charging-food-worth-25.html The video says ‘legally’. There is nothing legal about what they did. It was clearly fraudulent however you look at it, replacing a real product with an identical one filled with sand.   h/t anonym0us coward

Macro Headwinds Abound

via Financial Sense: In the world of investing, twelve months can seem like an eternity. That is because it only takes a year to go from one extreme to another, from bullish to bearish or a bearish to bullish extreme. …

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