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Consumer Survey Shows Rising Bullishness
18.06.2024, 14:22 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Consumer Survey Shows Rising Bullishness Authored by Lance Roberts via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, The latest consumer survey data from the New York Federal Reserve had interesting data. “The New York Fed’s latest consumer survey found that expectations that stocks will be higher in the next 12 months rose from 39% to 41% since last month’s reading...
Apple 'Pay Later' Discontinued As New BNPL Scheme Shifts Consumer Debt Risk To Affirm
18.06.2024, 11:45 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Apple 'Pay Later' Discontinued As New BNPL Scheme Shifts Consumer Debt Risk To Affirm Apple has ended 'Apple Pay Later,' the buy now, pay later (BNPL) service launched in the US early last year. The change went into effect today, according to 9to5Mac. Users with outstanding BNPL debt can still manage payments in the app. This comes ahead of Apple's...
Exposure To Heavy Metals Linked To Dementia Risk
18.06.2024, 11:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Exposure To Heavy Metals Linked To Dementia Risk Authored by George Citroner via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), As the prevalence of Alzheimer’s disease and dementia continues to rise, a growing body of research is sounding the alarm on a possible culprit: heavy metal exposure. From the medications we take to the water we drink and potentially even...
Australian Premier Creates Ministry In Charge Of 'Changing Men's Behavior'
18.06.2024, 10:15 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Australian Premier Creates Ministry In Charge Of 'Changing Men's Behavior' The development of totalitarian governments always coincides with sweeping efforts to socially engineer the population to adhere to less rebellious behaviors. Specific groups that present a threat to the regime are usually identified and targeted with propaganda or indoctrination...
Giorgia Meloni And Europe's Future
18.06.2024, 09:30 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Giorgia Meloni And Europe's Future Authored by Conor Gallagher via NakedCapitalism.com, One burning question following the European parliamentary elections that concluded on June 9: how did Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s ruling Fratelli d’Italia (Brothers of Italy – Fd’I) perform so well despite the following: A lousy economy. That’s...
Visualizing The Steps Of The Hajj Pilgrimage
18.06.2024, 08:45 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Visualizing The Steps Of The Hajj Pilgrimage Sunday marked the celebration Eid al-Adha, a festival of sacrifice, which falls on the 10th day of the final month of the Islamic calendar, Dhul-Hijjah. Eid al-Adha is a three day long celebration, and requires the sacrificing of an animal, commemorating Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son. The sacrificial...
The US' Security Pact With Ukraine Is A Consolation For Not Approving Its NATO Membership
18.06.2024, 08:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - The US' Security Pact With Ukraine Is A Consolation For Not Approving Its NATO Membership Authored by Andrew Korybko via Substack, Zelensky celebrated his country’s new security pact with the US on Thursday as “bring[ing] our relations to the level of a true alliance”, but the reality is that it’s just a consolation for the US not approving...
The Trade Wars: How Trump's And Biden's Policies Match Up
18.06.2024, 05:40 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - The Trade Wars: How Trump's And Biden's Policies Match Up Authored by Jonathan Draeger via RealClearPolitics, One of the defining features of former President Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign was his – at least at the time – unorthodox opinions on trade. With the notable exception of Bernie Sanders, the other candidates parroted the longstanding...
Study Funded By Anti-Gun Group Accidentally Proves Pro-Gun Men Are Secure In Their Penis Size
18.06.2024, 05:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Study Funded By Anti-Gun Group Accidentally Proves Pro-Gun Men Are Secure In Their Penis Size Another far-left social fallacy bites the dust, this time because of their own data. A long running theme of anti-gun rhetoric has been the claim that men who own guns are compensating for hidden insecurities. A tactic common among women in particular,...
Israel's Arms Exports Hit Record Sales Amid Gaza War
18.06.2024, 04:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Israel's Arms Exports Hit Record Sales Amid Gaza War Via Middle East Eye Israel's defense ministry said in a statement on Monday that its arms exports for 2023 hit a record in sales, as Israel's war in Gaza enters its ninth month and as the country's military continues to be supplied with hundreds of millions of dollars in American weapons. The report...
Israel Says It's On "Brink" Of Wider War With Hezbollah
18.06.2024, 03:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Israel Says It's On "Brink" Of Wider War With Hezbollah There's been obvious escalation for several weeks at the Israel-Lebanon border, as we've been documenting. But on Sunday Israel's military issued one of the most dire alarms yet, saying it is on the brink of a full-scale war with Hezbollah. "Hezbollah's increasing aggression is bringing us to the...
How Trump Wins The Debate – And The Election
18.06.2024, 03:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - How Trump Wins The Debate – And The Election Authored by Frank Miele via RealClearPolitics, It’s the demeanor, stupid. The public already overwhelmingly supports Donald Trump on the issues. But what many of them worry about is his demeanor. In other words, does he “act presidential”? So, on June 27, when Trump joins President Joe Biden on CNN...
"Shouldn't Be Happening": Illegal Alien Gang Member Arrested In Death Of Maryland Mom Of Five
18.06.2024, 02:42 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - "Shouldn't Be Happening": Illegal Alien Gang Member Arrested In Death Of Maryland Mom Of Five Marylanders were outraged to learn this weekend that an illegal alien suspected gang member, who entered the US under President Biden's open southern borders and with the support of woke leftist politicians in Annapolis who have transformed parts of the state...
Why Modi's India Is Suddenly Getting Washington's Cold-Shoulder
18.06.2024, 02:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Why Modi's India Is Suddenly Getting Washington's Cold-Shoulder Authored by Finian Cunningham, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi could be forgiven for thinking the United States has a schizoid view of his government and the world’s most populous country. Modi’s narrow re-election this month was greeted in the U.S. media with petulant satisfaction...
The Corruption Of Merrick Garland
18.06.2024, 01:41 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - The Corruption Of Merrick Garland Authored by Jonathan Turley, This week, Attorney General Merrick Garland took to the pages of the Washington Post to lash out at critics who are spreading what he considers “conspiracy theories crafted and spread for the purpose of undermining public trust in the judicial process itself.” His column, titled “Unfounded...
Netanyahu Dissolves Israel’s War Cabinet
18.06.2024, 01:01 Uhr. Foreign Policy - https: - The Israeli prime minister aims to reinforce his authority without angering his far-right coalition or Western allies....
No Charges In Deadly ATF Arkansas Home Raid
18.06.2024, 01:01 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - No Charges In Deadly ATF Arkansas Home Raid Authored by Beth Brelje via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The use of deadly force was legal and justified in the March 19 early morning fatal shooting of Bryan Malinowski by federal agents in his West Little Rock, Arkansas, home, according to Pulaski County Prosecutor Will Jones, who said in a June 14 letter...
LA Studying Removing Police From Traffic Enforcement
18.06.2024, 00:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - LA Studying Removing Police From Traffic Enforcement In another step toward complete and total lawlessness on the West Coast, Los Angeles is reportedly studying the idea of removing police from traffic enforcement altogether as a way to reform policing. A new report from the LA Times says that this week, the City Council approved a study aimed at...
VDH: How Left-Wing Conspiracies Work
17.06.2024, 23:41 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - VDH: How Left-Wing Conspiracies Work Authored by Victor Davis Hanson via American Greatness, Since 2016, there has been a clear pattern to left-wing conspiracies - beyond the obvious fact that they traffic in lies, stereotypes, and paranoia to serve precise political agendas. We now know that the conspiracy to cook up the Russian-collusion hoax - Donald...
US Has Reportedly 'Ramped Up' Intel-Sharing With Israel, Alarming Democrat Lawmakers
17.06.2024, 23:22 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - US Has Reportedly 'Ramped Up' Intel-Sharing With Israel, Alarming Democrat Lawmakers Washington has significantly ramped up its intelligence-sharing with Israel, despite recent attempts by the Biden administration to distance itself from large-scale civilian casualties mounting from the Rafah ground offensive as well as airstrikes across the Gaza...
Sense And Nonsense On Petrodollars
17.06.2024, 23:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Sense And Nonsense On Petrodollars Authored by Peter Earle via The American Institute for Economic Research, Last week several reports suggested the termination of a US-Saudi petrodollar agreement, and speculated a Saudi Arabian move to sell oil on world markets in various currencies, including the Chinese yuan. The accounts were rife with inaccuracies:...
The United State Of 'Go Figure'...
17.06.2024, 22:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - The United State Of 'Go Figure'... Authored by James Howard Kunstler via Kunstler.com, “Forced obedience to obvious lies is the essence of totalitarianism. It’s the ultimate flex for psychopaths.” Dr. Toby Rogers You realize, don’t you, that everything going on around the Ukraine fiasco on the NATO side is completely insane? The folks running...
Final Declaration Of Ukraine Peace Summit Appears Ripped Off From China's Peace Plan
17.06.2024, 21:46 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Final Declaration Of Ukraine Peace Summit Appears Ripped Off From China's Peace Plan This past weekend's international peace summit in Switzerland, which included the presence of Ukraine's Zelensky along with nearly 100 countries - but which had no Russia or China representation - produced "zero" results according to a Kremlin statement lambasting the...
CNN Announces New Rules For Trump–Biden 2024 Presidential Debate
17.06.2024, 21:25 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - CNN Announces New Rules For Trump–Biden 2024 Presidential Debate Authored by Tom Ozimek via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), CNN has announced new details of its finalized rules for the first presidential debate of the 2024 election cycle, which will see a rematch between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump. (Left) President Joe...
5 Stocks Account For 60% Of The S&P's YTD Return: Charting The S&P 5 vs The S&P 495
17.06.2024, 21:05 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - 5 Stocks Account For 60% Of The S&P's YTD Return: Charting The S&P 5 vs The S&P 495 Nvidia (NVDA) accounts for 34% of the 14% SPX year-to-date gain, and five stocks have accounted for 60% of the S&P 500 total YTD return; MSFT, NVDA, GOOGL, AMZN, and META have collectively surged by 45% and now comprise 25% of the S&P 500 equity cap. A key reason for...
Supreme Court Will Hear Shareholder Lawsuit Alleging NVIDIA Deceived Investors
17.06.2024, 20:45 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Supreme Court Will Hear Shareholder Lawsuit Alleging NVIDIA Deceived Investors Authored by Matthew Vadum via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The Supreme Court agreed on June 17 to hear a case from Silicon Valley giant NVIDIA that could make it more difficult for shareholders to pursue securities fraud lawsuits. The U.S. Supreme Court in Washington...
House Intelligence Chair: US Facing 'Highest Level' Of Potential Terrorist Threat Thanks To Open Border
17.06.2024, 20:05 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - House Intelligence Chair: US Facing 'Highest Level' Of Potential Terrorist Threat Thanks To Open Border Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Turner (R-Ohio) said Sunday that the United States is currently at its “highest level” for the possibility of a terrorist attack occurring...
Weather Wrap: NHC Tracking Tropical Systems; Heat Dome Scorches Northeast; Wildfire North Of Los Angeles
17.06.2024, 19:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Weather Wrap: NHC Tracking Tropical Systems; Heat Dome Scorches Northeast; Wildfire North Of Los Angeles The most important weather events to start the week include the National Hurricane Center tracking two systems with increasing odds of producing the Alantic Hurricane Season's first tropical depression or storm. Meanwhile, a heat dome is developing...
Free Money Advocates: Undoing Medical Debt From Credit Reports Isn't Enough
17.06.2024, 19:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Free Money Advocates: Undoing Medical Debt From Credit Reports Isn't Enough Via SchiffGold.com, The Biden Administration’s Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) just issued a proposal to ban medical debt from factoring into your credit score. But for free-money socialists and their Keynesian bedfellows, this doesn’t go nearly far enough:...
What Happened To The Biden Surge After Trump Was Convicted?
17.06.2024, 18:21 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - What Happened To The Biden Surge After Trump Was Convicted? Authored by Mike Shedlock via MishTalk.com, Was there a surge? Or was it a mirage? A few polls showed slight improvement for Biden immediately after the election. For example, the New York Times reports Small Shift Toward Biden After Trump Verdict It’s one of the biggest questions in the...
Trade War 2.0? China Launches Anti-Dumping Probe On Pork Imports From EU After EV Tariffs
17.06.2024, 17:15 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Trade War 2.0? China Launches Anti-Dumping Probe On Pork Imports From EU After EV Tariffs China appears to be developing a limited and targeted retaliation against Europe after the bloc unveiled expanded tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles last week. A tit-for-tat retaliation between Brussels and Beijing risks triggering another trade war. On...
We Can Be Lied To About Anything...
17.06.2024, 16:16 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - We Can Be Lied To About Anything... Submitted by QTR's Fringe Finance Here’s a noncontroversial statement: Joe Biden is unfit to be President of the United States. Democrats know it, Republicans know it, people in the media know it, other world leaders know it, you know it, and I know it. Putting aside your partisan biases for a second, think of the...
Tesla Begins Testing Full Self-Driving On Chinese Roads
17.06.2024, 16:16 Uhr. GreatGameIndia - https: - Reuters reported that China has given the green light for Tesla’s “Full Self-Driving” (FSD) testing, potentially opening the doors for expansion in the auto market. This development could redefine Tesla’s position in China’s burgeoning electric vehicle industry. Recently, Beijing gave Tesla the go-ahead to launch its driver-assistance...
Key Events This Holiday-Shortened Week: Retail Sales, Housing And PMIs
17.06.2024, 16:01 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Key Events This Holiday-Shortened Week: Retail Sales, Housing And PMIs In terms of the holiday-shortened week ahead, the main data highlights are US retail sales tomorrow, UK CPI on Wednesday, and Japanese inflation and the global flash PMIs on Friday. For central banks, we have meetings concluding in Australia (tomorrow), UK, Switzerland and Norway...
French Markets Stabilize After Le Pen Says She'll Work With Macron In Appeal To French Moderates
17.06.2024, 15:30 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - French Markets Stabilize After Le Pen Says She'll Work With Macron In Appeal To French Moderates In a bid to shore up political support from the centrists, over the weekend France's surprise political leader Marine Le Pen - who blew president Macron away in the European Parliament elections - assured that she would work with Macron should she prevail...
The Real Story Behind the Fed's "Soft Landing" Narrative
17.06.2024, 15:10 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - The Real Story Behind the Fed's "Soft Landing" Narrative Authored by Ryan McMaken via The Mises Institute, The Federal Reserve’s Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) last week left the target policy interest rate (the federal funds rate) unchanged at 5.5 percent. The target rate has now been flat at 5.5 percent since July of 2023—as the Fed waits...
Elon Musk Slams "Extinctionist Movement" Who See Humans As A "Plague"
17.06.2024, 14:30 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Elon Musk Slams "Extinctionist Movement" Who See Humans As A "Plague" Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, In a recent interview, Elon Musk warned that those who wish to see humanity thrive are in a fight against those with an “extinctionist” philosophy, environmental extremists who see humans as a “plague on the Earth.” Musk was speaking...
"It's Just Not Right": Major Venues Now Punishing People For Using Cash Vs. Plastic
17.06.2024, 12:55 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - "It's Just Not Right": Major Venues Now Punishing People For Using Cash Vs. Plastic Fans heading to Yankee Stadium hoping to pay in cash at the iconic ballpark for their favorite concessions have been thrown a curveball: go cashless or pay extra. As the Wall Street Journal reports, Noa Khamallah, a 41-year-old New Yorker, found out the hard way. Looking...
LA City Council Removes 'Homophobic' No U-Turn Signs
17.06.2024, 12:30 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - LA City Council Removes 'Homophobic' No U-Turn Signs Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, Los Angeles City Council has removed No U-turn signs from Silver Lake, claiming that they are homophobic. How exactly is a road sign homophobic? Well, a long time ago there were some signs alongside the No U-turn ones that said ‘No cruising’. They...
It Would Be A Bad Idea For Japan To Sanction Indian Companies On Anti-Russian Pretexts
17.06.2024, 11:01 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - It Would Be A Bad Idea For Japan To Sanction Indian Companies On Anti-Russian Pretexts Authored by Andrew Korybko via Substack, India might conclude that Japan was put up to this by its American patron if it comes to pass, which could then complicate their multilateral efforts to manage China’s rise. Tribune India cited Japanese media to report that...
Tesla Begins Testing Full Self-Driving On Chinese Roadways Ahead Of Rollout
17.06.2024, 10:15 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Tesla Begins Testing Full Self-Driving On Chinese Roadways Ahead Of Rollout Beijing recently 'greenlighted' Tesla the ability to roll out its driver-assistance system, known as "Full Self-Driving," or FSD. A new report suggests Tesla is testing vehicles equipped with FSD on city streets and highways in the world's largest car market. Reuters...
Russia Overtakes U.S. As Gas Supplier To Europe
17.06.2024, 08:45 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Russia Overtakes U.S. As Gas Supplier To Europe According to some of the more cynical elements out there, the entire Ukraine war as orchestrated by Victoria Nuland and various energy-tied elements in the deep state, was meant to do one thing: replace Russia with the US as the primary supplier of European gas (and the recent sabotage of the Nord Stream...
European Mutiny At The Illiberal Order
17.06.2024, 08:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - European Mutiny At The Illiberal Order Submitted by Alastair Crooke, I have been writing for some time that Europe (and the U.S.) are in a period of alternate revolution and civil war. History warns us that such conflicts tend to be extended, with peak episodes which are revolutionary (as the prevailing paradigm first cracks); yet which, in reality...
The Changing Nature Of Nuclear Deterrence
17.06.2024, 04:10 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - The Changing Nature Of Nuclear Deterrence Submitted by Tuomas Malinen of GnS Economics Issues discussed: Tactical vs. strategical nuclear weapons. Mutually asserted destruction (MAD) as the foundation of nuclear deterrence. The shaky foundations of modern nuclear deterrence, and growing risk of a tactical nuclear strike. When I was around eight years...
20% Of California Lives In Poverty; What's Going On?
17.06.2024, 01:50 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - 20% Of California Lives In Poverty; What's Going On? Authored by Mike Shedlock via MishTalk.com, On a cost-adjusted basis, California leads the nation in percentage living in poverty. Blame the Progressive oligarchs like Governor Newsom. Unemployment rates from the BLS through April. State level data lags by one month. Chart by Mish. Warning to the...
"No Place In The Public Discourse": The Connecticut Bar Association Warns Critics Of Trump Prosecutions
17.06.2024, 00:40 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - "No Place In The Public Discourse": The Connecticut Bar Association Warns Critics Of Trump Prosecutions Authored by Jonathan Turley, This week, I have received emails from Connecticut bar members over a message posted by President Maggie Castinado, President-Elect James T. (Tim) Shearin, and Vice President Emily A. Gianquinto warning them about criticizing...
An Army Special Forces Veteran Creates American Flags That Don't Burn
16.06.2024, 23:30 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - An Army Special Forces Veteran Creates American Flags That Don't Burn By Blake Stilwell if Military.com In many ways, Kyle Daniels is your typical Midwestern American. He grew up in a patriotic household, many of his family members joined the military, and his father was very meticulous about flag etiquette -- probably more so than your average American...
"There Seems To Be A Sense Of Incredulousness Around What Is Going On In The Markets"
16.06.2024, 22:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - "There Seems To Be A Sense Of Incredulousness Around What Is Going On In The Markets" By Peter Tchir of Academy Securities Same but different A few topics that we have touched on over the past few months continue to be relevant. What is interesting is that a few of those topics now seem to have garnered far more attention than in the past. Discrepancies...
Eight Israeli Soldiers Killed In One Of Single Deadliest Incidents Since Oct 7
16.06.2024, 21:45 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Eight Israeli Soldiers Killed In One Of Single Deadliest Incidents Since Oct 7 The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) on Saturday suffered a mass casualty event in southern Gaza after a Hamas attack scored a direct hit on an armored vehicle which was carrying a group of soldiers. Eight Israeli solders were killed after the infantry transport vehicle was hit...
Musk Says "Eliminate Electronic Voting Machines" After Dominion's Puerto Rican Imbroglio
16.06.2024, 20:35 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Musk Says "Eliminate Electronic Voting Machines" After Dominion's Puerto Rican Imbroglio Elon Musk on Saturday suggested that electronic voting machines should not be used in elections, as "The risk of being hacked by humans or AI, while small, is still too high." Musk was responding to the recent news that Puerto Rico is 'reviewing' their contract...