“Columbus, Ohio, played a very intriguing role in the blob’s geopolitical activity in terms of transporting drugs, guns, running basically proxy war, black budget funding operations dating back to the 1980s.”
Category: Economics
Kate Middleton announces she has finished chemo
“As the summer comes to an end, I cannot tell you what a relief it is to have finally completed my chemotherapy treatment.”
Virginia Police: Illegal Alien, Freed into U.S., Kidnapped Teenage Girl
An illegal alien has been accused of kidnapping a teenage girl in Virginia on Thursday, about eight months after he was released into the U.S.
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Report: ABC Coverage 100% Positive for Harris, 93% Negative for Trump
ABC News program World News Tonight has shown an overall positive spin on its reporting of Vice President Kamala Harris, versus its overall negative reporting on former President Donald Trump, according to a recent report.
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Poll: Donald Trump Opens Clear Lead over Kamala Harris in Georgia
Donald Trump opened a four-point lead over Kamala Harris in Georgia, an edge that is outside of the margin of error, per a Monday poll.
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Goldman Finds “Thrift Trends Outperform” Amid Consumer Slowdown
Goldman Finds “Thrift Trends Outperform” Amid Consumer Slowdown
Goldman cited new data in a note to clients on Monday from Placer.ai, a startup that tracks and analyzes foot traffic from mobile devices at brick-and-mortar retailers. The data revealed that consumers continue trading down to ‘off-price’ stores as elevated inflation and high interest rates financially squeeze low- and mid-tier consumers.
The team of Goldman analysts, led by Brooke Roach and Evan Dorschner, told clients they updated their “trackers for August store traffic on a visits per venue basis (sourced via Placer.ai) for department stores, off-price, and select specialty retailers and others within our coverage.”
“On balance, traffic trends sequentially improved in August across every retailer we track following weaker results in July,” the analysts said.
However, they pointed out, “Within this, off-price and thrift trends continue to outperform other consumer discretionary retailers, while department store and specialty retail traffic results have been fairly choppy YTD. Athletic brands (lululemon and Nike Factory Store) have underperformed.”
Thrift is in…
What’s not in is paying full retail at Lululemon Athletica and Nike stores.
And we wonder why.
Savings rate record low; Credit card debt record high pic.twitter.com/ggmRlCvGcW
— zerohedge (@zerohedge) August 30, 2024
The big takeaway from the latest earnings season in corporate America is extreme weakness from low/mid-tier consumers. Last month, we noted that earnings call mentions of a “consumer downturn” soared to the highest levels since the financial crisis. Also, “trading down” mentions have surged in recent years as the middle class implodes under failed Bidenomics. The last time this happened was around GFC.
Welcome to America under Biden-Harris. The inflation storm has transformed a nation of consumers into Walmart and Dollar General shoppers.
Goldman told clients on July 15 that Walmart had the best grocery deals.
Tyler Durden
Mon, 09/09/2024 – 17:40
James Earl Jones, voice of Darth Vader, dead at 93: representatives
James Earl Jones, the actor whose rich baritone provided the voice for “Star Wars” villain Darth Vader, has died, his representatives said Monday. He was 93. Jones, who also voiced King Mustapha in Disney’s animated feature “The Lion King” had a prolific and varied career over six decades.
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Californians Lose Power Again in Heat Wave Amid ‘Green Energy’ Push
California residents are once again struggling to keep the lights on after as many as 50,000 people lost electricity in a heat wave this past weekend that caused the famed Hollywood Bowl to cancel a concert due to the power outage.
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UK students to suffer decade of learning delays after Covid remote schooling: report
“The autumn of 2021 was ‘let’s get back to normal as soon as possible’. This was right for society and the economy. But ‘back to normal’ might be causing us to seriously underestimate the massive scale and enduring persistence of Covid 19 impact in education.”
UK to give early release to 1,700 prisoners, including ‘high proportion’ of domestic abusers, offers no support for victims
UK gets ready to release 1,700 prisoners from jail this week. “A high proportion will be domestic abusers.”