If you have been looking to buy a home .. but the prices are just too high.. I’ve got good news and bad news ..
The good news? .. Existing home sales in March posted their biggest monthly drop in more than a year, the National Association of Realtors said. The 4.3% decrease from February was the largest percentage decline on a monthly basis since November 2022, NAR said
The Bad News? The main reason for the slowing is Mortgage rates are up.. The average rate on the standard 30-year fixed mortgage jumped by nearly a quarter percentage point to 7.1%, according to a survey of lenders released Thursday. That is the highest level since late 2023 and the largest weekly increase in nearly a year.
The very high end markets are weakening, too. Those buyers don’t need a mortgage .. But, it seems the “Covid Surge” has abated and buyers aren’t bidding places up like they have been in the past 2-3 years….
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IRAN: Israel “stuck back” against Iran. The strike is being described as “limited” aimed at one of their nuclear facilities and a base .. Iran is downplaying the strike saying there was no damage and in some cases denying there was even a strike .. Apparently, they have no intention of retaliation…
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NYC: It’s ABOUT TIME!!!
At least 100 protesters were cuffed and hauled away yesterday afternoon when NYPD cops in riot gear swarmed the campus after the president made the decision to clear a large anti-Israel protest encampment.
After the busts, other Columbia protesters moved to block the fleet of NYPD corrections buses transporting the suspects away from the scene but were unsuccessful.
IT’S ABOUT TIME !!! .. As you all know, I am a HUGE supporter of the First Amendment .. and the right to protest and picket. But, you do NOT have the right to “occupy” any area you want .. or make threats .. or other unlawful stuff. The “authorities” have let too much go for too long.
Protest.. Speak your mind .. Make your statements .. but .. Other people have rights, too. It’s good to see people that break the law held accountable .. Even though they will be let out with no consequences by loser district attorneys….
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CHICAGO: Infuriated Black Chicagoans showed up in force at a City Council meeting to protest Mayor Brandon Johnson’s request for an additional $70 million in taxpayers' funds to be spent on tackling the city’s migrant crisis, while a petition that would give residents the right to recall the mayor is gathering serious traction.
"We need that money in my neighborhood, we need that money on my block," railed one Black woman. So I’m asking ya’ll to use our tax money for our people, we need it."
Another Black woman, "Vote for the money for these immigrants today and we coming for those seats, you can believe that," she said. "You better be worrying about your job, you better be worrying about your longevity because we gonna vote and we gonna getcha out, cos you ain’t doing right by us, that’s what time it is."
HALLELUJAH, Ladies!! USE your votes. STOP ELECTING these IDIOTS..
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SCOTUS: The Supreme Court heard a case that questioned whether federal prosecutors went too far in bringing obstruction charges against hundreds of participants in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot.
The justices heard arguments over the charge of “obstruction of an official proceeding” in the case of Joseph Fischer, a former Pennsylvania police officer.Fischer is one of 330 people facing that charge, which stems from a law passed in the aftermath of the Enron financial scandal more than two decades ago to deal with the destruction of documents.
It was unclear from the questioning which direction the Court is leaning …
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IN DA SWAMP:
Aid Showdown:
House Speaker Mike Johnson said he would plunge ahead with a high-stakes vote to move long-stalled funding for Ukraine, Israel and other overseas allies, elbowing aside criticism from some conservatives.
The move sets up an unpredictable weekend showdown that could determine both the fate of the foreign-aid package—which appears closer than ever to actually becoming law—and Johnson’s political career after navigating months of bitter infighting in the Republican conference.
Many Republicans are not in favor of the bill because the “dealing with the Southern Border” part was carved out of the bill. Also, some are FOR aid to Israel but want to limit aid to Ukraine (or put conditions on it) .. They want separate bills .. Which is not likely to get passed ..
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Trump Trial .. Going the wrong way ..
2 of the already seated 6 jurors were kicked out .. Juror #4 Got booted after it was discovered he had been arrested for tearing down “right leaning political ads” .. and Juror #4 was excused when she told the Judge she just could NOT be impartial ..
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DEAD KENNEDYS: Half a dozen Kennedy family members appeared alongside President Biden at an event in Philadelphia to publicly back him over Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. .. Gotta say.. You’re choosing sides against the family? .. You’re dead to me…
I would not call for a Fredo Corleone or anything .. but.. You don’t screw your family .. If you don’t agree with your uncle .. Just close your mouth during the campaign and endorse no one ..
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North Carolina: A group of people are “under fire” after they saw 3 cute black bear cubs in a park and grabbed one out of a tree to take pictures with. Other people “called the cops” on them an a “wildlife expert” was called. The people were located and reprimanded for potentially endangering the cubs..
Look. .. If you EVER see this, do NOTHING. Don’t call the cops.. Don’t call a zoo.. Do NOTHING ..
Ya see .. they got away with it this time… but.. normally.. Mama bear would come EAT the people for messing with her cubs. So, nature will take its course .. and Darwinism will take over… Let the idiots make the world a better place… as Bear food …
Weekend at Uncle Bernie’s ??: Érika de Souza Vieira Nunes walked into a bank in Brazil pushing her “Uncle” Roberto Brago. She claimed to be his niece and caretaker and he was going to co-sign for a 17,000 reals loan (about $3500 US Dollars) .. She helped him and tried to “sign” the papers.
There were two problems .. One, Brago wasn’t related to Nunes .. and Two, Brago was DEAD. Bank employees called the Policia..
Erika ain’t gettin no loan… She is going to prison !!! ..and..
Today in History .. On April 19, 1995, at 9:02 a.m. a forty-eight-hundred-pound ammonium nitrate–fuel oil bomb exploded in a Ryder truck parked at the north entrance of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in downtown Oklahoma City, killing 168 people and injuring approximately 850. Thirty children were orphaned, 219 children lost at least one parent, 462 people were left homeless, and seven thousand people lost their workplace. The City of Oklahoma City's Final Report estimated property damage to more than three hundred buildings in a forty-eight-square-block area.
Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols were behind the attack and it was “revenge” for “crimes committed by the Federal Government” namely, the Ruby Ridge standoff/killings. .. Nichols got life in prison and McVeigh was executed in June 2001.
SPORTS:
GOLF: RBC Heritage: JT Poston (-8) leads after round 1 by 2 over Seamus Power with Keegan DFL at +5 ..
Dominican Republic: I guess I was wrong about Nicolai Hojgaard belonging at the Big Kids table .. He shot +1 and will struggle to even make the CUT at the Little Kids event.. Wesley Bryan went low shooting 63 to lead by 3 over 3 golfers..
NHL: No Games tonight .. and the PLAYOFFS start tomorrow. Playoff hockey is VERY different than regular season hockey .. Need a hot goalie.. or you’re goin home .. Islanders play the Canes .. and Toronto at Boston .. Sunday is Tampa Bay vs Florida Panthers .. and NY Rangers vs. Capitals ..
CELEBRIDIOTS:
RIP Dickey Betts, 80 .. Co-Founder of The Allman Brothers band and legendary guitarist, Betts was eventually kicked out of the Allmans when the band tried to “go clean” and get off the drugs.. and he…well.. Didn’t .. Betts went on to front the Dickey Betts band .. He is probably most famous for writing, “Ramlin’ Man” and the instrumental “Jessica” ..
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Harry is OUT .. Officially OUT.. REALLY OUT… Prince Harry has officially listed on documents that his country is now the United States. . I wonder if that will all change when he wises up and kicks Megan to the curb?
NAKED GUN: The remake of Naked Gun is getting press (maybe because of OJ) and .. I gotta tell you .. It’s gonna be awful. Liam Neeson as Frank Drebin? ..I mean.. Leslie Nielson was a serious actor before he played that part.. so.. Maybe.. but.. Pamela Anderson is gonna play “the hot girl” ??… I mean.. She isn’t “hideous” ..HERE.. but the “hot girl” thing passed for her years ago .. HERE .. HERE..
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Sydney Swings Back!! .. Sydney Sweeney responded to long time producer Carol Baum saying that Sydney, “wasn’t pretty and can’t act”
"How sad that a woman in the position to share her expertise and experience chooses instead to attack another woman. If that’s what she’s learned in her decades in the industry and feels is appropriate to teach to her students, that’s shameful. To unjustly disparage a fellow female producer speaks volumes about Ms Baum’s character.”
So.. Umm.. First .. I’ll bet $100 Sydney didn’t say that.. I'll bet her PR Team and/or Agent wrote that .. Which they SHOULD.. That’s their JOB.. Sydney’s job is to make as much money as she can while she still looks like this… HERE….HERE..
You GO GIRL !!!