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Biden On Arizona Abortion Law: "Elect Me, I'm In The 20th Century" https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2024/04/10/biden_on_arizona_abortion_law_elect_me_im_in_the_20th_century.html

Guess what is leading the charge for higher inflation?

Ouch!

What is it with targeting specific industries with a minimum wage? Fast food... ride share... In the old days, at least the minimum wage was broadly applied to all workers.

That assumes there will be 3-4 people with steady incomes. Just looking at the unemployment chart for OC I wouldn't feel too confident about that going forward.

Keep in mind, you are posting the seasonally adjusted charts. Without those seasonal adjustments, LA doesn't look like it has "a little more upside" because the peak was May 2022 and it has not yet surpassed that. All of these Case Shiller charts seem to tell a similar story of a double...

San Francisco, Seattle, Portland, Denver, and San Diego are also down from their respective peaks, some by double digits. These were hardly covid friendly areas, but rather tech hubs / hipster areas that have taken it in the shorts.

Don't be like Sam! Sam Bankman-Fried sentenced to 25 years for defrauding FTX investors https://finance.yahoo.com/news/sam-bankman-fried-sentenced-to-25-years-for-defrauding-ftx-investors-153316368.html

There's a difference between liquid and non-liquid assets. It was never a question of whether he had the financial means to pay it, but rather what he would have to do to pay it -- either borrow at unfavorable terms or liquidate a property.

For months I've been hearing how broke Trump is and that he routinely exaggerates his wealth. Trump’s Net Worth Hits $6.5 Billion, Making Him One of World’s 500 Richest People Donald Trump’s business empire was supposed to be in peril like never before on Monday. Instead, it turned into the...

You park in your garage?

It's just more free advertising for the campaign when the networks play up "certain words" reminding voters that Trump doesn't worry about the conventions of a normal politician. The establishment has tried this pearl clutching tactic many times before and it has never succeeded.

My homeowner's renewal went up 42% from last year with no claims on my record. Auto was much less painful, with only a 34% increase.

Real prices have gone down, as you well know, but the bigger fireworks are yet to come.

Turns out that whole "marry the home, date the rate" line being pushed by Realtors a year ago was incredibly bad financial planning advice. Mortgage rates to stay above 6% through 2025, Fannie Mae says Fannie Mae has lifted its forecast for mortgage rates from just a month ago, saying rates...

Haha....

I would take the job of fighting inflation more seriously than Powell has.

Excluding the pandemic spike, unemployment in OC is the highest since 2017. Tic... Southern California unemployment hits 5.3%, highest in 2 years Orange County: Unemployment? 4.2% vs. 3.8% a month earlier; 3.4% a year ago; and 3.6% average in 2015-19.

Thank goodness these are non-violent crimes and won't affect the stats. Irvine police issue warning to homeowners as rash of burglaries plague area They say that over the past 35 days, there have been 34 reported incidents within city limits...

Funny, I was up there for a pool party this past weekend but didn't see this post in time. Some of my son's teammates live on the hillside in PV. The views are insanely good, so you can understand why people would be willing to risk living there.