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Greatest American Bank

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Greatest American Bank Put that coffee down. Good Citizen In 2004 I was working for a bank in the states, one of the biggest mortgage lenders in the country. Trapped in an office with a corner cubicle, I was surrounded by seven divorcees, some incredible women, and others on the angry and bitter side. They all treated me well, but not so much each other. They sought me out as a sounding board for their petty squabbles. I had to play Switzerland and found the best way was to just listen, nod, and keep my mouth shut. It was a rollercoaster each day. It was the wild west for home loans. The underwriting matrix was trashed. Every application was approved. You only needed to show up and have a pulse to get approved for anything. No job? No problem. No credit? No problem. “No speakah Ingleesh? No problemo amigo!” No income, assets, future, brain, or ability to earn anything for all eternity? No problem. Acme Home Loans had something for everyone. Between 2000 and 2006 I was a paper server in

Confirmed - Democracy in the West is Dead - Brexit Britain Re-leashed

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Confirmed - Democracy in the West is Dead - Brexit Britain Re-leashed Question no 1 - Where was Hunt? NE - nakedemperor.substack.com Before I begin, have this question in the back of your mind the whole time - where was Hunt? In 2016, the UK voted to leave the EU. It was a tight vote with 48% voting to remain. Whatever you thought of the result or however you voted, there is no denying that it was a shock to the Establishment. Like Trump’s victory, they weren’t expecting it and consequently anyone who voted for Brexit was either stupid, racist or lied to (often by the Russians). As I say, the Establishment hated the fact the UK was leaving the EU. It slowed down their globalisation plans and left the US without a poodle to strongly influence policy within Brussels. A mild form of mental illness took hold - Brexit Derangement Syndrome (BDS). This meant that anything bad that happened in the UK was because of Brexit and anything good due to the kindness of the EU. Gas prices in the UK ri