Month: September 2023

Homes Are “Unaffordable” In 99 Percent Of U.S. Counties

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– Homes Are “Unaffordable” In 99 Percent Of U.S. Counties:

If you are looking to buy a home right now, I feel so sorry for you.  The other day when I wrote that “life in America has never been more unaffordable than it is right now”, some people thought that I was exaggerating.  But the truth is that I was not exaggerating one bit.  The cost of living has risen to extremely painful levels, and this is particularly true when it comes to housing.  Since 2019, the median price of a home in the United States has risen by more than $100,000.  And thanks to the Federal Reserve, we are now facing dramatically higher interest rates.  As a result, housing has become extraordinarily unaffordable.  In fact, a new report that was just released determined that homes are currently “unaffordable” in 99 percent of U.S. counties…

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BIG COOL-DOWN HEADED FOR AUSTRALIA; SNOWFALL WARNINGS IN PLACE FOR NEW ZEALAND’S DESERT ROAD; + EARLY-SEASON SNOW CLIPS MT RAINIER – Australia has been cooling since 2013 at a rate of -0.132C/decade (as per the satellite data).

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“47% of my income goes to rent currently”

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Satanic Pedophile Extortion Cult Uncovered By FBI After NY Arrest

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– Satanic Pedophile Extortion Cult Uncovered By FBI After NY Arrest:

A November 2021 arrest in Queens, New York led to the discovery of a satanic cult of pedophile extortionists known as 764, which has been linked to significant criminal activity around the globe. The organization, which goes byseveral aliases, was uncovered by the FBI while investigating alarming posts on social media made by 23-year-old Angel Almeida of Astoria, Queens, The Guardian reports.

Almeida was flagged to the FBI by an anonymous tipster who was concerned over his social media accounts, which contained images of violence against children and animals. In one post, he expressed support for Charleston mass-murderer Dylann Roof. Another post showed him talking around with a shotgun while wearing a “a skull mask and crossed bandoliers of rifle ammunition across his chest with a flag in the background featuring an Order of Nine Angles symbol.”

Almeida served 18 months in prison for third degree burglary in 2018, and was arrested for being a felon in possession of a firearm. He was detained in Brooklyn’s metropolitan detention center. In February 2023, federal prosecutors filed a superseding indictment on child pornography and exploitation charges related to his involvement in the cult, as well as hundreds of thousands of digital files recovered from his residence.

In new charges, Almeida is accused of coercing a teenage girl into having sex with an older man, and convincing another girl to cut herself on camera and send it to him.

In one post, Almeida posts “For the 2k pedophile haters,” showing his finger over the trigger guard of a Taurus handgun.

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Putin Signs Decree To Draft 130K Young Men In Fall Conscription

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– Putin Signs Decree To Draft 130K Young Men In Fall Conscription:

In a fall call-up, Russia is drafting 130,000 more young men for compulsory service, based on a decree signed by President Putin on Friday. Men aged 18-27 will be recruited for a one-year period from Oct.1 and Dec.31, however, this latest conscription drive will not involve sending this new batch to fight in Ukraine, the Kremlin said.

Deputy head of the military’s mobilization department, Rear Admiral Vladimir Tsimlyansky, sought to assure in a briefing, “There are no plans for additional mobilization measures.”

The defense ministry previously said they are taking long-term steps to reach Putin’s goal of increasing the national armed forces’ combat personnel from 1.15 million to 1.5 million.

The last draft came in the spring, which conscripted 147,00 men, and thus with this new fall drive a total of 277,000 will have been conscripted in 2023.

While new conscripts will not be sent to fight in Ukraine, for the first time they will be drawn from the newly “reunited” regions of the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics, and the Zaporozhye and Kherson oblasts:

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Supporting Ukraine Is ‘Tough & Painful’ Amid Growing War Fatigue, UK Foreign Secretary Admits

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– Supporting Ukraine Is ‘Tough & Painful’ Amid Growing War Fatigue, UK Foreign Secretary Admits:

In a fresh interview, UK Foreign Secretary James Cleverly has acknowledged “growing anti-Ukrainian sentiment” among Western allies and the public, but has urged leaders to not waiver in their support, despite the current situation being “tough and painful”.

Interestingly, the words came in an interview where a big focus was the potential for another Trump presidency in the US. When asked about Western reluctance in some corners to stop aiding and supplying Ukraine, he asserted that the situation “will just get worse” if Kiev doesn’t receive the support needed against Russia. Cleverly conceded that the war is “putting pressure on countries all over the world.”

“If we don’t stick with our support to Ukraine, if we send the signal that aggressors can prosper, then all the problems that we are currently facing: those inflationary pressures on food and on fuel, the political pressure that comes from having a conflict like this, they will just get worse,” Cleverly said.

“Which is why the UK’s government position is resolute. We make that point to all our international partners. This is tough and this is painful,” he acknowledged. “But it will only be more tough and more painful if we falter.”

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Over 186,000 Migrants Crossed The Mediterranean So Far This Year, UN Says

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– Over 186,000 Migrants Crossed The Mediterranean So Far This Year, UN Says:

From January to August this year, more than 2,500 people died or went missing trying to cross the Mediterranean Sea to Europe, the UN’s refugee agency said on Thursday.

Ruven Menikdiwela, director of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), also told the UN Security Council that 186,000 people have crossed the Mediterranean so far this year.

Tunisia and Libya were the main departure hotspots for those seeking to make the journey. More than 102,000 people departing from Tunisia have attempted to cross the sea towards Europe in 2023 to date, a 260 percent increase on last year.

At least 45,000 people have sought to make the dangerous crossing from Libya. Of the 186,000 people who crossed the Mediterranean, more than 80 percent landed in Italy. The rest landed in Greece, Spain, Cyprus and Malta.

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Mike Lindell Says MyPillow ‘Crippled’ By Major Credit Card Company

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– Mike Lindell Says MyPillow ‘Crippled’ By Major Credit Card Company:

Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours),

MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell said Monday that his company has been “crippled” by American Express after it allegedly cut MyPillow’s credit line by about 90 percent.

Mr. Lindell, a vocal supporter of former President Donald Trump, has long said that extensive campaign is being waged by retailers and financial institutions to cancel him and his business ventures following his claims after the 2020 election.

“We really need everybody’s help right now. We have things going on I’m going to let you all know this week,” he told Steve Bannon on his “War Room” Rumble show. “American Express, I wasn’t going to say this, we’ve been with them 15 years and we do all of our online marketing, all our shipping with them, out of the blue they took our credit line from a million dollars down to $100,000, just cripples MyPillow.”

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Blinken: China Is The Number One Threat To US-Led ‘Liberal World Order’

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– Blinken: China Is The Number One Threat To US-Led ‘Liberal World Order’:

Washington has been sinking billions of dollars into the Ukraine conflict, in the name of defeating and ‘weakening’ Russia, and yet Secretary of State Antony Blinken this week highlighted China as the real “threat” to the US and the ‘liberal world order’.

Biden’s top diplomat was interviewed by The Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg, who asked among other things whether Russia or China is a bigger “threat” to the United States. Blinken responded by saying China has a “much greater ability certainly than Russia to try to shape what the international system looks like.”

In reference to China, Blinken answered: “I think they want a world order, but the world order that they seek is profoundly illiberal in nature; ours is liberal with a small ‘L.’  And that’s the fundamental difference.”

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Russian Mystery Plane That Landed In Pyongyang Making Washington Nervous

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– Russian Mystery Plane That Landed In Pyongyang Making Washington Nervous:

A Russian ‘mystery plane’ spotted in North Korea is making Washington nervous, after Kim Jong Un visited Russia to meet with President Vladimir Putin this moth. The two leaders, deemed ‘rogue’ actors by the West, are believed to have discussed and possibly inked a weapons deal at a moment Moscow needs more ammunition for military operations in Ukraine.

Citing aviation tracking site FlightRadar24, Bloomberg described it as an an unscheduled Russian military VIP plane that landed in Pyongyang earlier this week.

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10 Numbers Which Prove That The US Economy Has Hit A Major Pivot Point

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– 10 Numbers Which Prove That The US Economy Has Hit A Major Pivot Point:

During the summer, many of the experts repeatedly assured us that the U.S. economy would be able to avoid a recession, but now reality is setting in. 

Credit conditions continue to tighten, home sales are falling, credit card losses are exploding, stores are closing all over the country, and the number of bankruptcies is rising to very alarming levels.  Meanwhile, the cost of living continues to become more and more suffocating.  If you have a gut feeling that very hard times are on the horizon, you are definitely not alone.  As you will see below, a staggering 71 percent of all Americans currently believe that America is on the wrong track, and our economy is one of the biggest reasons why they feel this way.

The following are 10 numbers which prove that the U.S. economy has hit a major pivot point…

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