From Newsweek:
‘Help With Mortgage’ Searches Are Highest Since Housing Market Crash
Google searches for “help with mortgage” have shot up to the highest level since 2009, when Americans were navigating the recession sparked by the bursting of the U.S. housing market bubble.
This recent rise might come as a surprise only weeks after the Federal Reserve cut interest rates for the first time since December this month, in a move that many—including President Donald Trump—were long wishing for to ease the U.S. housing affordability crisis.
But even though mortgage rates recently fell to their lowest level in months in anticipation of the widely expected Fed’s decision, they are now back on the rise. As of the week ending October 2, the average 30-year fixed-rate mortgage—the most popular form of home loan in the nation—was 6.34 percent, up 0.04 percentage points from a week earlier and 0.22 percentage points from a year earlier, according to Freddie Mac.
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This uncertainty—which comes as signs suggest the U.S. economy is slowing—is likely making many American homeowners uncomfortable. A chart about the rise in Google searches for “help with mortgage” has gone viral on X, where users are discussing whether the country is facing a repeat of the foreclosure crisis which occurred in 2008.
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On the bright side, here comes some inventory
Slogging along, not much change. Everything is stuck in low gear and a foot of mud.
On the other hand, indices looking for more and more, consumer spending continues as evidenced by the $thousands people are spending on Halloween nonsense. Those 20 foot ornaments are expensive… and silly. When people start holding yard sales in the wintertime, then we can discuss financial strain. Until then, no.
Ask: 750K
Sold: 785K
https://www.trulia.com/home/25-ferndale-rd-wayne-nj-07470-39788622
Ask: 795K
Sold: 878K
https://www.trulia.com/home/40-braemar-dr-wayne-nj-07470-39793139
Ask: 775K
Sold: 900K
https://www.trulia.com/home/39-terrace-rd-wayne-nj-07470-39791790
Ten 416
As I previously noted over the weekend.
Fast: Thosw closed sales are from over the summer. I have seen a few go under contract and then come back on the market, and haven’t seen that in a few years. The slow down and price drops will be coming to our area too. It’s not different here, it just takes longer.
I’ve been mortgage free for about 10 years. In hindsight, I’d have been better off with as big a mortgage as possible and putting the same amount of cash in the S&P500, as some advocate. But I’d rather sleep well all the time, not just during bull markets.
S&P is sitting a the tippy top of a channel dating back to the 2020 bottom. If there was ever a time to trim, it’s today.
BRT,
The unsurprising thing is that these days, I’ve never seen more (non-investment) people more confident in having ever-higher allocations to US stocks in their retirement portfolios. People saying 60/40 equity/bonds is for losers, non US stocks for losers, the only long term winning strategy is all US stocks. Totally extrapolating the last 15 years as if it would last forever. Same for the maximum bitcoin people.
3b,
The madness of crowds, irrational exuberance… it applies to all now. From personal debt to federal debt, the beat goes on. Round and round she goes, wherever it stops, nobody knows.
Yeah that house on Brea.. is just a few houses down from me.
Yeah that house on Brea..
Pick any “sold” house in a 30 mile radius of Manhattan and I would venture to guess it went for ask or above unless it was a g-damn knockdown. The most that will happen is prices will get stuck at current levels. If rates drop 100 basis points or more, then the upside prices climb to another level.
The other factor is, once Mundami is booted after one stint and a reasonable democrat is elected again, the party will continue.
Whoever did this was good. That puppy was burning on all four corners.
There is no suggestion of any MAGA link to the fire, but Democrat Congressman Daniel Goldman took to X to slam Trump’s Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller for ‘doxxing’ judges.
‘Stephen Miller and MAGA-world have been doxxing and threatening judges who rule against Trump, including Judge Goodstein,’ Goldman wrote.
‘Today, someone committed arson on the Judge’s home, severely injuring her husband and son. Will Trump speak out against the extreme right that did this??’
While speaking to the military officers, Trump claimed that Jackson said he was a healthier president than Barack Obama and George W. Bush.
Interesting statement.
There are zero losers in the market right now. Euphoria is now. I’ve had stupid positions jump 20 to 30% in a day the past month. Combine that with the technical location of S&P, I’m predicting sharp selling ahead.
There are those who know exactly what is going to go up, when it’s going to fall, when to get in, when to get out, and how to avoid prosecution.
BRT says:
October 6, 2025 at 11:13 am
There are zero losers in the market right now. Euphoria is now. I’ve had stupid positions jump 20 to 30% in a day the past month. Combine that with the technical location of S&P, I’m predicting sharp selling ahead.
It is impossible for me to turn anywhere without getting slapped in the face with negative shit. Everything. News flow. Conversations. Texts.
I guess I just need to look out the window at the sunny day and the money that keeps piling up. I have a mini “wind dancer” machine. I think I’ll turn it on.
Here you go Chicago
https://imgur.com/a/jF4tW3K
BTW the taxes on the house with that view in communist California are $8K per year. Maybe a half hour to San Francisco.
Chi,
Yep, negativity everywhere in the virtual world.
In contrast, playing golf yesterday in the real world, nice weather, blue sky, occasionally connecting with a drive down the middle of the fairway.
My favorite way to actually “touch grass” as the younger folks say these days.
The golf ball doesn’t care about social media or digital bits.
Hitting a green from over 450 feet away is kind of an amazing thing.
You and your playing partners focus on that sort of challenge and forget about nearly everything else.
Hughes my wife is from Marin….That is not a half hour to anywhere, maybe to the 101…then traffic all the way to the city..
Apple tells me I’m currently 33 minutes to the marina district. I’d leave if the wife would finish getting ready.
Played golf yesterday too.
https://imgur.com/a/rMobZuU
Hughes,
Played the Forest at Fiddler’s Elbow yesterday, was the first time out of ~40 times that I finished that tough course without losing a ball. Had a lesson last week where the instructor gave me a highly unorthodox foot stance to use as a drill, but my ball striking and speed ss so much better with it than a “normal” stance that I actually used the drill stance on the course. More fairways and greens hit than usual, and more distance. So of course that would be the day my putting failed me.
Tax payer money and increased deficit to pay for Argentinas bailout.
That’s maga
Fast Eddie says:
October 6, 2025 at 9:31 am
3b,
The madness of crowds, irrational exuberance… it applies to all now. From personal debt to federal debt, the beat goes on. Round and round she goes, wherever it stops, nobody knows.
California tax is half the price Maga pays in Texas
#Winning!
Hughesreep says:
October 6, 2025 at 12:02 pm
BTW the taxes on the house with that view in communist California are $8K per year. Maybe a half hour to San Francisco.
how about NJ property taxes, where do those stand?
Leave to a flaming liberal like VSG to create a narrative on something that has no relation. You fit right in with the rest of those leftist sweeties.
I’m in the car before, going through the channels, in the mood for comedy so I go to MSNBC.
Anchor: “Welcome, democrat senator lady from blah blah land. How long do you think this shutdown will last?”
Senator: “They’re zip tying children in Illinois and throwing them on the street naked!”
Anchor: “I see, but I’d like to get back to the shutdown. Are there negotiations occurring?”
Senator: “It’s obvious that Trump is pushing project 2025.”
Anchor: “But what about the shutdown?”
Senator: “The republicans are extremists.”
Anchor: “Thank you for your time.”
If people are interested, Marketwatch has an article claiming 22 of the 50 states are now in recession, including NY, NJ, CT, and most of the east coast.
VSG: Carpet bagger Democrat governors have given us higher property taxes in NJ. Don’t forget, your Democrat Murphy, the man of the said if property taxes are an issue for you, then perhaps NJ is not for you. What kind of governor says that to his constituents. Now we have another carpet bagger blabbering on about high property taxes. Cant make it up!
3:51 shocking
3:47 stfu Gary
But Murphy said he’s got my back!
NJ is an oasis for people with no or low income, no citizenship, etc. I hear the freebies are great!
As long as you don’t want to pump your own gas, but do want to bag your own groceries.
Marketwatch has an article claiming 22 of the 50 states are now in recession, including NY, NJ, CT, and most of the east coast.
Three democrat governors.
Don’t ask if liberals are fucking m0rons, ask why they’re fucking m0rons.
Tesla closed at $453 per share, blasting through it’s previous record high.
Tampon Tim shorted the stock at $200 and change.
Lol.
The Stranger: [voiceover] Way out west there was this fella… fella I wanna tell ya about. Fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least that was the handle his loving parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. Mr. Lebowski, he called himself “The Dude”. Now, “Dude” – that’s a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then there was a lot about the Dude that didn’t make a whole lot of sense. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that’s why I found the place so darned interestin’. They call Los Angeles the “City Of Angels.” I didn’t find it to be that, exactly. But I’ll allow there are some nice folks there. ‘Course I can’t say I’ve seen London, and I ain’t never been to France. And I ain’t never seen no queen in her damned undies, so the feller says. But I’ll tell you what – after seeing Los Angeles, and this here story I’m about to unfold, well, I guess I seen somethin’ every bit as stupefyin’ as you’d see in any of them other places. And in English, too.
Ignorance is bliss
Chicago says:
October 6, 2025 at 11:52 am
It is impossible for me to turn anywhere without getting slapped in the face with negative shit. Everything. News flow. Conversations. Texts.
I guess I just need to look out the window at the sunny day and the money that keeps piling up. I have a mini “wind dancer” machine. I think I’ll turn it on.
May I recommend the Chex Mix.
now that sounds encouraging:
French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu resigned after less than a month in office on Monday and less than 24 hours after naming a new government that prompted a key coalition ally to withdraw support.
The move deepened the country’s political crisis and left President Emmanuel Macron with few options.
Central Planning Communism
Ann Ryan wouldn’t be happy Maga investing in Canadian miner.
Can you imagine the insurrectionists reaction if it was Obama and not Maga
BREAKING NEWS!
The Communist Daily
The White House announced it is taking a 10% equity stake in Trilogy Metals, a Canadian company that is seeking to develop the Ambler site.
Trilogy Metals CEO Tony Giardini says the U.S. government interest underscores the importance of his company’s operations.
Maga importing the Chinese model by the government investing in private enterprises.
Capitalist Central Planning Communism.
Bailing out Farmers, bailing out Argentina, Universal Healthcare for the 65yr old
Another week of democrats working hard for the people:
– Chicago school district celebrates a Cuban refugee’s execution of a NJ State Trooper.
– Chicago Mayor orders police to stand down and not assist immigration agents under attack.
– A democrat running for Attorney General in Virginia advocates the killing of cops and wishes he could put a bullet in his opponent’s two year old daughter’s head.
– Jack Smith illegally tracked private communications of GOP Senators.
– Liberal Judge sentences Kavanaugh attempted killer to eight years and paints the stalker as a victim.
– AOC posts another middle school video.
You know what’s worse than when the economy is booming and the market all of a sudden crashes? When the economy is not booming and the market all of a sudden crashes. But fear not, the FED will save us. Oh wait.
But don’t worry about such doom and gloom and focus over here at another middle school video that AOC just posted.
Is AOC worried about any potential doom and gloom or speculating on the height of some boy she finds icky?
I’ve taken shits that are smarter than you, Gary.
WSJ Op-Ed
Billy Wilder is credited with a famously mordant line about his fellow Jews: “The optimists died in the gas chambers; the pessimists have pools in Beverly Hills.”
Seems dumb for the government to promote copper mining, beyond cutting red tape. There are plenty of private sector mines and resources in friendly countries.
On the other hand, rare earths is a big problem, the US practically needs to make it a defense department project, because China has purposefully cornered the market via government subsidies and dumping and the US defense and capital goods industries would be dead without these products that China has repeatedly dumped and then withheld from markets. Defacto the Chinese government is the key supplier right now.
So why isn’t something being done there by Trump? Trying to secure his family fortune by selling Taiwan to Xi?
I’m sorry, but I don’t understand: Why are searches for mortgage help at an all-time high? Aren’t these mortgages all fixed conforming 30-year notes? No NINJA, no states, no-doc variables like we had last time around.
Is this because prop taxes hit higher? Or are people just spending more elsewhere and trying to find savings in their single largest line item?
The only way this makes sense to me is if say, home owners have a mortgage whose PITI is 54% of their dual incomes and one gets the axe. But even then, NJ unemployment is relatively generous.
My guess is that layoffs and bills are killing the economy.
Guest Essay
Oct. 7, 2025, 5:03 a.m. ET
Police and federal officers stand on the rood of an ICE building in Portland, Ore., while birds fly overhead.
Credit…Ethan Swope/Associated Press
Thomas B. Edsall
Mr. Edsall contributes a weekly column from Washington, D.C., on politics, demographics and inequality.
President Trump has unleashed new weaponry in his war against Democrats, liberals and the left. Over the past four weeks, he has initiated what amounts to a unique form of partisan civil war designed to amass power in a nominal democracy and defang, decimate and defund the opposition.
Trump’s assault on the left combines the use of the available tools of violent conflict — the military, the Department of Homeland Security and ICE in particular — with the prosecution of critics (and people he just doesn’t like), cuts of essential funds for liberal institutions, the use of regulation to threaten businesses with bankruptcy, the criminalization of free speech and the blackmailing of corporate America into obedience.
At the memorial service for Charlie Kirk last month in Phoenix, Stephen Miller, Trump’s top domestic policy adviser, described in great detail how the administration plans to deal with its domestic opponents: “We will not live in fear, but you will live in exile, because the power of law enforcement under President Trump’s leadership will be used to find you, will be used to take away your money, take away your power, and if you have broken the law, to take away your freedom.”
For Trump and his allies, recent developments, including the government shutdown, the indictment of James Comey and the assassination of Kirk, are openings to escalate the attack on institutions and programs identified with liberalism and the Democratic Party. For the MAGA right, any crisis is an opportunity. In fact, every crisis is.
The assault has become increasingly brutal as Trump and his allies intensify their demonization of all things left of center, by which they often seem to mean anything to the left of the hard right.
Ryan Enos, a political scientist at Harvard, emailed me in response to my inquiries about the rapid series of developments after Kirk’s death:
There is no doubt about what Trump is doing in the wake of Kirk’s killing. His attacks on his political opponents are purely authoritarian, and he sees the killing of Kirk as an opportunity to accomplish what he has been talking about since he entered politics: using the power of the state to punish those who defy him.
The reason that the Reichstag fire is such a poignant example of a pretext for an authoritarian power grab is not because it is unique, but rather because the consequences are now seen as so severe.
There is a crystal-clear pattern of leaders throughout history using moments of threat to expand power, usually at the expense of legal processes or civil rights. In retrospect, we can see those moments for what they were, but at the time, they are hard to push back on.
For his part, Trump makes no secret of his intentions, writing on Truth Social on Thursday:
I have a meeting today with Russ Vought, he of PROJECT 2025 Fame, to determine which of the many Democrat Agencies, most of which are a political SCAM, he recommends to be cut, and whether or not those cuts will be temporary or permanent.
I can’t believe the Radical Left Democrats gave me this unprecedented opportunity. They are not stupid people, so maybe this is their way of wanting to, quietly and quickly, MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!”
Asked if Trump’s comments were real or just a negotiating tactic, Karoline Leavitt, the White House spokeswoman, told Fox News:
Oh, it’s very real, and the Democrats should know that they put the White House and the president in this position, and if they don’t want further harm on their constituents back home, then they need to reopen the government. It’s very simple: Pass the clean continuing resolution, and all of this goes away. We would not be having these discussions here at the White House today if not for the Democrats voting to shut the government down. This is an unfortunate consequence.
The brazenness of Trump and his MAGA loyalists has turned out to be one ingredient of their power.
Last Wednesday, the Energy Department announced the cancellation of 321 energy project awards totaling $7.5 billion, almost all of which are in states that share three telltale characteristics: They voted for Kamala Harris; they have Democratic governors; and they have two Democratic senators, a group that includes California, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Massachusetts, Maryland, Minnesota, New Mexico, New York, Oregon and Washington.
As my Times colleagues Brad Plumer and Maxine Joselow reported, “The move underscored how the Trump administration appeared to be using the government shutdown as a pretext to punish its political opponents.”
On the same day, the department announced that it would withhold $18 billion that had been previously awarded to New York City for two massive public works projects: extension of the Second Avenue subway line and a new rail tunnel under the Hudson River.
The assault is relentless.
On Sept. 25, the Justice Department, under intense social media pressure from Trump, persuaded a grand jury to indict James Comey, a former F.B.I. director, on one count of making a false statement and one count of obstruction of a congressional proceeding, in connection with his testimony before a Senate committee in September 2020.
My Times colleagues Devlin Barrett, Glenn Thrush and Alan Feuer wrote that the indictment “represents the most significant legal step yet by the Trump administration to harry, punish and humiliate a former official the president identified as an enemy, at the expense of procedural safeguards intended to shield the Justice Department from political interference and personal vendettas.”
On Sept. 27, The Associated Press reported that the F.B.I. had fired as many as 20 agents who had been photographed kneeling in connection with the killing of George Floyd in 2020. Five days later, the director of the F.B.I., Kash Patel, fired a longtime bureau employee who displayed a Pride flag in his work space.
On Sept. 30, Trump told top military officials gathered in Quantico, Va., that some Democratic-run cities should be used as “training grounds” for the military to crush “the enemy from within.”
Crucial to the Trump agenda is the drive to “cleanse” the federal work force of “woke” employees, prosecutors seen as anti-Trump — or even those who are pro-Trump but won’t do his bidding — and top-ranked military personnel whose loyalty to Trump is uncertain.
On Thursday, Sam Fellman, deputy editor of Business Insider’s military and defense team, published a long article describing the climate of fear and paranoia resulting from a “broad crusade against so-called ‘woke’ ideology in the military. Active-duty troops stationed at bases across the country say the effort has helped unleash a free-for-all of leaks and accusations, feeding an atmosphere of intense suspicion.”
Trump and his allies seized upon Kirk’s assassination to justify a sharp acceleration of their attacks on the left, which, along with a number of other commentators, I was worried about from the start. Now it’s getting worse.
“I can’t pretend to know what the Trump administration is intending or planning behind the scenes,” Lilliana Mason, a political scientist at Johns Hopkins, wrote by email.
But I can say that taking advantage of a violent event to advance the oppression of a disliked group is a classic technique of aspiring autocrats. In my own research with Nathan Kalmoe, we have found that leaders are uniquely capable of calming violent attitudes in the public, and as this administration does the opposite, it is certainly possible that they are throwing matches on dry kindling.
Theda Skocpol, a professor of government and sociology at Harvard who has been closely tracking movements on both the left and the right, showed no hesitation in declaring that Trump and his allies “are trying to provoke protests and demonstrations that they can call ‘violent’ even if there are fewer destructive elements than after the usual big football victory or loss.”
Cities, she continued,
have long been demonized on the G.O.P. Tea Party to MAGA right. I heard demonizing characterizing statements about cities and their residents in my field interviews with even otherwise reality-based right-wingers from 2011 through 2018, and Fox News, etc., has fed a steady stream of the same pictures of urban property attacks for years. By now, Trump himself, many in Congress and many in their voter followings live in a virtual world where cities are aflame and “leftists” are demons.
I was in Vegas last week. Never saw the place so dead. Didn’t hit traffic on the Strip once. And this is with the F1 setup that has already started. Want to know how bad it was? They put me up in an Aria Penthouse Sky Suite (normally 1.5K a night) from Monday through Friday for free. Room was nicer than my entire home. Had turndown service, it’s own valet, etc. These rooms are usually sold out as are typically their fancy restaurants, of which no reservations were necessary. Ho hum. Enjoy the show. Heck, they couldn’t even fill the chartered plane. Plane held almost 200. Every middle seat and then some were empty. This was a free round trip flight with really nice box lunches included. Nothing to see here. Pay attention to the National Guard, being sent into cities where there is less crime than ever. Oh, we also blew up a bunch of poor, starving Venezuelan fisherman too. These are not the drug lords or even members of the gangs. These are poor Venezuelan’s willing to do the gangs dirty work for a pittance. Know how I know? The one’s they actually brought in weren’t even charged for drug trafficking (I know a federal prosecutor in FL). They were just returned home. She recently received a notice that they do not plan to charge any of them. It would be a waste of money to try them. Much cheaper to confiscate the boat and fly them home (and perhaps sell those drugs themselves).
Bought more house than they could afford thinking they would “grow into it”. But some combo of not keeping up with inflation and not being able to refi into 3% mortgage has fatigued them into submission. Plus what Ex said.
Boomer Remover says:
October 7, 2025 at 12:27 pm
I’m sorry, but I don’t understand: Why are searches for mortgage help at an all-time high? Aren’t these mortgages all fixed conforming 30-year notes? No NINJA, no states, no-doc variables like we had last time around.
Is this because prop taxes hit higher? Or are people just spending more elsewhere and trying to find savings in their single largest line item?
The only way this makes sense to me is if say, home owners have a mortgage whose PITI is 54% of their dual incomes and one gets the axe. But even then, NJ unemployment is relatively generous.
Libturd,
Was LV even fun? Seems like they are counting on you to lose big money some day.
Why aren’t they using AI to figure out that’s not going to happen?
I am told form friends of mine who were big Vegas visitors, that it has just gotten ridiculously expensive, hotels, food, drink etc. It cheaper to do a cruise or got to Europe.
The winners and still champions:
https://youtu.be/1t-gK-9EIq4?si=lnQsnfVAIOdwFTFa
Pam Bondi just pegged that sniveling, pussy fuck, Adam Shit with a 12-inch, horse rasp file. He’s a little bitch.
3B,
It has gotten ridiculously expensive, but as is the case every time the pendulum swings too far, a few brave (and smart) operators start it swinging back the other way. Thouigh, I’ll miss the chilled towels at the private pool.
For example, some of the strip casinos have started reducing their parking rates. Some are even free (Resorts World, Sahara, Circus Circus and TI). I also started to see the discount food and drink deals start to comeback. Station’s high end casinos now offer $2 margeritas round the clock. Lots of Prix Fix meals even at the fancier joints. Even at Aria’s Catch and Lemongrass. Or even this: Nevada residents, with a Fontainebleau Rewards membership, are invited to indulge in exclusive hotel rates from $125, with waived resort fee, now through November 23, 2025. Lots of great deals to be had downtown too, especially at the Plaza and Grand, both where it’s a fair gamble.
The best meal I had when I was there was at the noodle/dumpling restaurant Din Tai Fung. It’s a Taiwanese joint and I never had soup dumplings or shumai like theirs. Just complete flavor bombs.
1:35 Bondi? Hahahahaha
This entire fiasco in gubmint overreach brought to you by a pedophile.
Adam Shit: “Did Holman take the money.”
Pam Bondi: “Did you apologize to the thousands whose house you burned down?”
Adam Shit: “You won’t answer?”
Pam Bondi: “Why were you pardoned?”
LMAO!
1:52 cheering for pedophile protectors is a weird flex.
Bondi: https://www.reddit.com/r/CringeTikToks/s/XwKDusyVuu
So poised, professional, cool under pressure.
This patriot:
https://www.reddit.com/r/law/s/ERtyiJWN7v
There’s a Din Tai Fung in NYC that I went to earlier this year. It was funny to see them making dumplings behind glass on the back wall. There’s virtually no Asian people making their dumplings. A very “diverse” group of dumpling makers have been trained instead. The Chinese owners just count the money I guess, as it’s kind of a tourist trap now, overpriced for what you get, and overcrowded, but pretty. The chocolate filled steamed buns were probably the best thing I had there, (totally untraditional), string beans were also good. Wontons were just ok, like their famous soup dumplings (xiao long bao).
I’ve had better soup dumplings (xiao long bao) at Wu’s Shanghai Dumplings and Tasty Moment in Edison, both way cheaper for sure. And made by genuine Chinese labor.
Looks like market is getting ready for a massive dump. I might have to short some meme stocks here.
I was at Piast Provisions recently grabbing a few things before my in-laws came into town this past weekend. I peeked into the commercial kitchen by the prepared foods section and saw… not a single Polish person on the line.
Brt – I agree, I got into gold last week after dumping voo. Also did some in and out of Bitcoin ETFs the last 2 weeks . But I’ll definitely look over things.
In reddit I have been seeing a lot of ” Vegas is empty” and car sales sites with ” Sept was a really slow month selling”
re: Gold – co-worker in India is getting married this year. Boy is he pissed as he waited to buy the gold needed to get married. They still have some traditions there where you buy gold jewelry for the fiancé’s family.
I know it’s another culture and all but if you don’t pay the family, they could set their own daughter on fire?
2023 – The National Crime Records Bureau said that 8,233 women were killed across India last year because of disputes over dowry payments given by the bride’s family to the groom or his family at the time of marriage…….
The conviction rate in dowry-related crimes remained a low 32 percent, according to statistics the bureau published last week.
Women’s rights activists and police said that loopholes in dowry prevention laws, delays in prosecution and low conviction rates have led to a steady rise in dowry-related crimes.
Dowry demands have become even more insistent and expensive following India’s economic boom, said Ranjana Kumari, a women’s rights activist.
Suman Nalwa, a senior New Delhi police officer dealing with crimes against women, said dowry practices extended to all classes in society.
“Even highly educated people don’t say no to dowry,” she said.
Giving or receiving of a dowry is illegal under Indian law.
Ex says:
October 7, 2025 at 10:23 am
“I’ve taken shits that are smarter than you, Gary.”
I guarantee your wife (the bread winner) feels the same way about you.
At least I got a wife. She is gorgeous.
30 years. She is the absolute bomb.
White Trash Eddie says:
October 7, 2025 at 9:26 am
“AOC posts another middle school video.”
AOC should spend less time worrying about how big Stephen Miller is, and more time worrying about how big her caboose is. Amazing in general how quickly liberal women become unattractive; AOC was definitely a hot college girl, but all of a sudden she’s as thick as a linebacker, looks like a horse, and is going to need to start buying two seats on the Delta shuttle to fit that wide bottom. And let’s not even get started on the little leftist vermin, Greta; she looks like something out of Tales From The Darkside.
6:31 meanwhile you support a pedophile.
Attorney General Pam Bondi told a Democratic senator she would not answer any of his questions about FBI agents being told to flag any records about President Donald Trump in files on sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
During a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Tuesday, Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) noted that Bondi had claimed on Fox News that she was in possession of the “Epstein client list,” but later stated that it didn’t exist.
Bondi deflected by answering a previous question about Department of Justice grants.
So who gave the order to flag records related to President Trump?” Durbin pressed. “To flag records for President Trump. To flag any records which included his name.”
“I’m not going to discuss anything about that with you, Senator,” the attorney general snapped.
“Eventually you’re going to have to answer for your conduct in this,” Durbin concluded. “You won’t do it today, but eventually you will.”
Walking, I sold -75% my BTC today. Been taking profits on Gold/Platinum/Palladium. I have a huge metal stash so I can afford to give that up though. Out of any non-defensive stock at this point. If I can duplicate what I did on the last sell off shorting Cathie Wood’s favorites with all the hype stocks, maybe I can retire a few years early.
8:28 long on bok choy
Hey! Where the hostages be at? Enjoying the show?
Anyone watching the shit show that is The Montclair Board of Education?
Any guesses when will be the big drawdown? Nov 24? or Oct 31?
gov shutdown, visible recession, illogical circular capex bubbles, possible china invention that would change the cost of AI, possible Iran invasion, city fights and calling divisive political acts by admin. So many risks, including big farmer bailout
I think inflation will tell you when it’s time. It’s coming. Don’t let that cheap gas fool you. Cheap gas means less future demand for it due to economic slowdown for demand.
Senator Whitehouse:
“Jeffrey Epstein showed people photos of President Trump with half-naked young women”
lots of stocks lost their uptrend from the April bottom. Look out here. I’ve dabbled in a few quantum related AI-hype stocks. Can’t take large positions though with the tendency of these things to triple in a week.