{"id":18569,"date":"2021-10-20T06:50:05","date_gmt":"2021-10-20T13:50:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=18569"},"modified":"2021-10-20T06:50:05","modified_gmt":"2021-10-20T13:50:05","slug":"overnight-news-when-the-clowns-take-over-the-circus-do-they-eat-the-elephants-first","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/18569\/overnight-news-when-the-clowns-take-over-the-circus-do-they-eat-the-elephants-first\/","title":{"rendered":"Overnight News: When the clowns take over the circus, do they eat the elephants\u00a0first?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div id=\"attachment_16586\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16586\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-16586\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/BHBNewTopImage-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Ya think it's easy?\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/BHBNewTopImage-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/BHBNewTopImage.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-16586\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u201cDogs who get bored are apparently just bored with\u00a0napping.\u201d<\/p><\/div>The headline of the day belongs to <em>The Babylon Bee,<\/em> the most-accurate news source in America: <a href=\"https:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/arms-race-heats-up-just-as-china-reveals-space-nukes-america-responds-with-trans-admiral\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Arms Race Heats Up: Just As China Reveals Space Nukes, America Responds With Trans Admiral.&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>We are led by a pageant of clowns. Who can argue that we don&#8217;t deserve exactly what we&#8217;re getting?<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>In other news:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>CNBC:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2021\/10\/20\/weekly-mortgage-demand-drops-over-6percent-after-interest-rates-move-even-higher.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Weekly mortgage demand drops over 6% after interest rates move even higher.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>CNBC:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2021\/10\/19\/single-family-rents-are-surging-and-investors-are-flooding-the-market.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Single-family rents are surging, and investors are flooding the market.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Jordan Davidson:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2021\/10\/19\/corporate-media-democrats-praise-rachel-levine-a-man-for-historic-female-admiral-title\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Corporate Media, Democrats Praise Rachel Levine, A Man, For \u2018Historic\u2019 Female Admiral Title.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Joy Pullman:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2021\/10\/20\/leftist-shadow-governments-control-a-lot-more-than-our-elections\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Leftist Shadow Governments Control A Lot More Than Our Elections.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Joel Kotkin:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spiked-online.com\/2021\/10\/20\/have-we-reached-the-high-water-mark-of-woke\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Have we reached the high water mark of woke?<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cDogs who get bored are apparently just bored with\u00a0napping.\u201dThe headline of the day belongs to The Babylon Bee, the most-accurate news source in America: &#8220;Arms Race Heats Up: Just As China Reveals Space Nukes, America Responds With Trans Admiral.&#8221; We are led by a pageant of clowns. Who can argue that we don&#8217;t deserve exactly [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[29,26,6,5],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-18569","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"hentry","6":"category-group-therapy","7":"category-lending","8":"category-marketing","9":"category-real-estate","11":"no-featured-image"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":18018,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/18018\/overnight-news-federal-judge-demonstrates-adulthood-will-redfins-glenn-kelman-and-other-corporate-clowns-un-puberty-block-their-alleged-minds\/","url_meta":{"origin":18569,"position":0},"title":"Overnight News: Federal judge demonstrates adulthood. 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Nothing but a coy little pomo trick of the mind, but this is how it starts: You have no reason to prefer our product\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Egoism in Action&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Egoism in Action","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/category\/egoism-in-action\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":3282,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/3282\/casual-friday-caption-this-photo\/","url_meta":{"origin":18569,"position":3},"title":"Casual Friday: Caption this photo","author":"Greg Swann","date":"June 27, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"My entry: \"Because I happen to like Argyle socks, that's why!\"","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Casual Friday&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Casual Friday","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/category\/casual-friday\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":3822,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/3822\/caption-this-photo-president-bush-at-the-olympics\/","url_meta":{"origin":18569,"position":4},"title":"Caption this photo: President Bush at the Olympics","author":"Greg Swann","date":"August 9, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"My entry: \"A gentleman always makes eye-contact.\"","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Casual Friday&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Casual Friday","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/category\/casual-friday\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":8385,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/8385\/caption-me-this-magnum\/","url_meta":{"origin":18569,"position":5},"title":"Caption Me This Magnum","author":"Brian Brady","date":"May 13, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"My vote?\u00a0 \"Who let Higgins in to your closet, Thomas? \" Sometimes, you just gotta have a sense of humor.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Casual Friday&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Casual Friday","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/category\/casual-friday\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18569","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18569"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18569\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18570,"href":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18569\/revisions\/18570"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18569"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18569"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18569"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}