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Funny story: Powell May Go On Lifting Interest Rates Forever

Powell May Go On Lifting Interest Rates Forever

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell shook up Wall Street this week by announcing his attention to raise interest rates. The Reserve Chair admitted the latest rate hike would lead to job losses and slow the economy, which is already contracting. Powel…

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Funny story: Gullible Senator Susan Collins Gives Annual Economic Report - Country In Deep Doo-Doo

Gullible Senator Susan Collins Gives Annual Economic Report - Country In Deep Doo-Doo

Senator Susan Collins of Maine - who will believe anything any other Republican tells her, (and is still in office) - gives her annual July economic assessment. She is still a loyal Trump Ring kisser and won't criticize him. She has always been…

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Funny story: What does the Future Hold? - We Ask Dr. Futuro

What does the Future Hold? - We Ask Dr. Futuro

Dr. Futuro, (named Ken), a handsome American, with his swept back hair, his swept back reading glasses - has never worked a day in his life, at a real job, since getting his degrees - (very similar to the Life of Tucker Carlson). But he is the Ex…

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Funny story: Rees-Mogg made Brexit minister - promises to drag UK economy into 19th century

Rees-Mogg made Brexit minister - promises to drag UK economy into 19th century

In a desperate attempt to distract attention from his failures, Prime Minister Boris Johnson has appointed top-hatted Victorian gentleman Jacob Rees-Mogg as Brexit Minister. The news comes in the same week that the government's own figures reveal…

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Funny story: Mother, 31, reveals 7p-a-day meal plans for struggling parents who can't afford to feed their children

Mother, 31, reveals 7p-a-day meal plans for struggling parents who can't afford to feed their children

A kind-hearted mother is battling the cost of living crisis by writing meal plans so struggling parents can feed a family of four for less than 28 pence a day - so they don't have to feel like they are 'poor'. Elizabeth Taylor (no relation), from…

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Funny story: Dollar Tree To Become Two-Dollar Tree

Dollar Tree To Become Two-Dollar Tree

IN-A-GADDA-DA-VIDA, Virginia – (Business Satire) - Dollar Tree is a chain of variety discount stores that sells everything from pencils to pliers and pretzels to pantiliners. The franchise, which has over 15,000 stores nationwide, was founded on H…

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Funny story: Jerome Powell Says He's Been "Too Busy Printing Money" to Figure Out What's Causing Inflation

Jerome Powell Says He's Been "Too Busy Printing Money" to Figure Out What's Causing Inflation

Washington - President Joe Biden reappointed Jerome Powell to continue his job as head of the Federal Reserve Board on Monday. A small ceremony marked the occasion, however Powell was not present. A spokesman for the Fed Chairman explained to r…

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Funny story: Congress Votes To Raise Own Pay 35%

Congress Votes To Raise Own Pay 35%

In a unanimous decision that leaders were quick to praise for its stunning lack of partisanship, the United States Congress decided to raise its own pay to a whopping 980,000 dollars a year, an increase of 300%, citing the 2 percent rise in the cost...

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Funny story: Stilt housing for the street bum ending homelessness

Stilt housing for the street bum ending homelessness

San Francisco, CA - Tubby Bozo, president and CEO of The Bozo Group, an apartment developer in California, announced to a group of reporters at his mansion today the end of homelessness. As previously reported at this link , apartments are expensi...

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Funny story: Indian tomato war spreads as ketchup runs out!

Indian tomato war spreads as ketchup runs out!

Dramatic scenes of tomato warfare have been witnessed in major Indian cities as tomato prices soar and ketchup runs out! In Spain, the famous tomato throwing fiesta called La Tomatina, in Valencia, has been postponed because multi-millionaire Ind...

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Funny story: Federal Reserve to Introduce New Measures to Further Reduce Inflation

Federal Reserve to Introduce New Measures to Further Reduce Inflation

Washington - In testimony before a joint session of Congress, Federal Reserve Chairman Janet Yellen unveiled a new preferred measurement of inflation, developed to further combat the tendency of prices to increase in the U.S. economy. "Historical...

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Funny story: Inflation Has Pushed Price of "Your Thoughts" to 9.5 Cents: Most Thoughts Not Worth The Investment

Inflation Has Pushed Price of "Your Thoughts" to 9.5 Cents: Most Thoughts Not Worth The Investment

Wall Street - Economic inflation has pushed the price of "your thoughts" to nine and a half cents ($0.095) and most investment experts agree that it is usually an extremely bad investment yielding not only no actual positive return, but it has the po...

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Funny story: Universe's inflation discovery proves Big Bang expansion, causing thousands of couples to break up.

Universe's inflation discovery proves Big Bang expansion, causing thousands of couples to break up.

Earlier this week, a team of physicists from Harvard (ever heard of it?) provided direct evidence of cosmic inflation. If validated, this would be the smoking gun for the Big Bang model of the creation of the universe. While the scientific world...

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Funny story: US Inflation Rate Hits All-Time Low But Prices Continue to Rise

US Inflation Rate Hits All-Time Low But Prices Continue to Rise

WASHINGTON, DC - US Bureau of Labor Statistics spokesman, Ben Dover, today announced that the US inflation rate has hit an all time low of .000137 percent. The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) uses the Consumer Price Index (CPI) to determine the P...

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Funny story: Inflation, Schminflation--Why We Pay So Much But Aren't Counted As Paying So Much

Inflation, Schminflation--Why We Pay So Much But Aren't Counted As Paying So Much

Inflation--the phenomenon that economists explain is the inexorable rise in prices that outpace our ability to purchase, doesn't seem to be a concern for central banks in general. Word on the street is that the official inflation doesn't match what i...

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Funny story: Bernanke selling all the stuff he bought on eBay

Bernanke selling all the stuff he bought on eBay

Washington DC - According to anonymous sources close to Bernanke, he is selling all the securities, all the stocks, bonds, realestate, and gold that he purchased with the Federal Reserve System. Why? According to sources, Bernanke is leaving the...

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Funny story: Cameron Tells Britain's Starving To Eat Dandylions, Clover, and Roadkill Pheasant!

Cameron Tells Britain's Starving To Eat Dandylions, Clover, and Roadkill Pheasant!

Reports from many inner city hospitals show they are now having to treat hundreds of people turning up at A&E suffering from food poisoning. The reason is thought to be directly linked to soaring food prices in the high streets with many starving...

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