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[buzzsprout episode='11517475' player='true'] Key topics: ✔️ ICYMI news, 10/17 - 10/21. ✔️ 1 in 4 Americans say they will skip Thanksgiving this year due to the costs. But on the same day, CNBC is telling us how great the stonk market is. Uh, is that helping any of...

Photo by Gwen King on Unsplash One of the responses to Carly’s post replied that he had a boss who accused him of leaving early each day and when he pointed out that he left at 5pm, which was not “leaving early,” the boss told him...

[buzzsprout episode='11368300' player='true'] "It's all about money, not freedom. Nothing to do with freedom. If you think you're free, try going somewhere without money." " Go back to bed, America. Your government is in control again...

Image created by me using Canva. Corporate Puff Piece, Line 1. Your party is waiting for you at the service desk.   "Is hybrid work good for team culture?" -https://www.linkedin.com/news/story/is-hybrid-work-good-for-team-culture-4981953/ They answer their own question pretty quickly in the blurb: "Hybrid work really is good for office culture, and there’s research...

Ding, ding, ding! "American workers quit 4.2 million jobs in August, but one type of employee appears to be getting cold feet about switching employers or quitting to take a career timeout: office workers. Worries about slowdowns, such as Amazon’s recently announced hiring freeze for retail corporate...

[buzzsprout episode='11474719' player='true'] Recently, Orlando Miner published a great video titled, "The Housing Market Bubble Just Popped." Someone needs to tell greedy sellers here in the Midwest LOL. A lot of them haven't gotten the memo yet. At about 8:30, he makes the comment about "sitting out...

I’ve not been shy in saying I do not think the true unemployment rate is 3.5 or 3.7%. I also do not believe the jobs “added” month after month are: a) legitimate; b) offering a living wage with benefits; and c) ever going to actually...

[buzzsprout episode='11466422' player='true'] Key topics: ✔️ ICYMI news, 10/9 - 10/14. ✔️ The war hawks want war and they're not being shy in saying so. As soon as you drop the term "regime change" in the media, your agenda is really obvious. ✔️ The yard sales and garage sales...

[buzzsprout episode='11494978' player='true'] As I've said many times before: IMO, naivete is coming at too high of a price these days. BoA is warning: "US economy will soon start losing 175,000 jobs a month." They also predict job losses all through 2023. Do you have a job...

[buzzsprout episode='11451680' player='true'] In the same way that real estate websites are FINALLY starting to admit the housing market is a hot mess, we're seeing the early wave of reports that the labor market isn't quite so hawt either. IMO, the new narrative appears to be: Yeah,...