Neueste Heute 18.05.2024 17.05.2024
Why Did The US Spend $320 Million On A Rube Goldberg Pier For Gaza?
19.05.2024, 00:40 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Why Did The US Spend $320 Million On A Rube Goldberg Pier For Gaza? Authored by Ann Wright via CommonDreams.org, Instead of U.S. President Joe Biden marking a red line in the sand demanding that Israel allow aid into Gaza via ground transportation, his inept diplomatic team sent out a plea for help to the U.S. military. While in the U.S. Army and Army...
Oil Tanker Struck By Missile Off Yemen Coast
18.05.2024, 17:06 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Oil Tanker Struck By Missile Off Yemen Coast As Ukrainian drones relentlessly target Russia's energy complex, tensions in the Middle East are once again rising. Early Saturday, Agence France-Presse reported that a crude oil tanker was hit by a missile off the coast of Yemen. These mounting geopolitical risks underscore the possible need for a higher...
Desperate Ukraine Launches Massive Kamikaze Drone Attack Against Russian Black Sea Coast, Sparking Fire At Major Refinery
17.05.2024, 18:01 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Desperate Ukraine Launches Massive Kamikaze Drone Attack Against Russian Black Sea Coast, Sparking Fire At Major Refinery In defiance of repeated warnings from the Biden administration, the Ukrainian military continues ramping up kamikaze drone attacks on the Russian energy complex, a move to crush the nation's crude oil and...
France Blames Deadly New Caledonia Uprising On TikTok, Russia, & Azerbaijan
17.05.2024, 08:45 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - France Blames Deadly New Caledonia Uprising On TikTok, Russia, & Azerbaijan More shocking images have come out of the ongoing unrest and riots which have gripped the French Pacific territory of New Caledonia, as additional French troops, including reports of elite security forces, are en route to help authorities restore order. Determined to suppress...
Electric Vehicle Subsidies As Complex And Costly As Ever
17.05.2024, 01:46 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Electric Vehicle Subsidies As Complex And Costly As Ever Authored by David Williams via RealClearEnergy, Electric vehicles (EVs) may be the most subsidized product in America. Federal taxpayers shell out $7,500 every time a new eligible electric vehicle is purchased (usually by wealthy buyers). State and local taxpayers chip in an additional $1...
Goldbugs Waited Years For A Massive Comex Short Squeeze, And Finally Got It... Just In The Wrong Metal
16.05.2024, 20:45 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Goldbugs Waited Years For A Massive Comex Short Squeeze, And Finally Got It... Just In The Wrong Metal For much of the past decade, gold bugs religiously tracked the physical gold inventory located in the various gold vaults that make up the Comex system, eagerly awaiting the day when there would be more deliverables (via paper shorting of gold) than...
CME Plans To Launch Spot Bitcoin Trading
16.05.2024, 14:25 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - CME Plans To Launch Spot Bitcoin Trading The Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME), the world's largest futures exchange, is planning to offer spot bitcoin trading on its platform, according to a Financial Times report. This move would provide major hedge funds and institutional traders with a regulated venue to trade Bitcoin. As Vivek Sun reports via...
"Make Innocence Great Again": Mothers Gear Up To Decide The 2024 Elections
16.05.2024, 04:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - "Make Innocence Great Again": Mothers Gear Up To Decide The 2024 Elections Authored by Russ Jones via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), A voter casts her ballot with her child during the midterm primary election at a polling station at Rose Hill Elementary School in Alexandria, Va., on June 21, 2022. (Alex Wong/Getty Images) “Make innocence great again...
These Are The Most Polluted Cities In The US
16.05.2024, 01:21 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - These Are The Most Polluted Cities In The US According to the World Health Organization, air pollution is responsible for 7 million deaths annually, and could cost the global economy between $18–25 trillion by 2060 in annual welfare costs, or roughly 4–6% of world GDP. And with predictions that 7 in 10 people will make their homes in urban...
'Guns & Butter': Putin Explains Reason Behind Major Cabinet Shake-Up
16.05.2024, 00:02 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - 'Guns & Butter': Putin Explains Reason Behind Major Cabinet Shake-Up Russian President Vladimir Putin has for the first time explained the rationale behind this week's major cabinet reshuffling, which for the first time of the Ukraine operation saw Sergey Shoigu removed as defense minister (and 'promoted' to head of the national security council),...
Should You Believe Faulty U.S. Crime Stats Or Your Own Lying Eyes?
15.05.2024, 11:48 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Should You Believe Faulty U.S. Crime Stats Or Your Own Lying Eyes? Authored by James Varney via RealClearInvestigations, Americans can be forgiven for suffering from whiplash regarding law and order. In recent weeks the Biden administration and many news outlets, including USA Today and The Hill, have touted declines in violent crime statistics...
OpenAI 'Exploring' How To Responsibly Generate AI Porn
15.05.2024, 02:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - OpenAI 'Exploring' How To Responsibly Generate AI Porn OpenAI, maker of ChatGPT, has recently disclosed plans that could revolutionize its technology’s applications, signaling a potential shift in its traditionally stringent content policies. According to draft documentation released last week, the company is exploring how to 'responsibly' introduce...
RFK Jr. And AV24 Super PAC Sue Meta, Alleging Election Interference
15.05.2024, 01:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - RFK Jr. And AV24 Super PAC Sue Meta, Alleging Election Interference Authored by Matt McGregor via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy and the super PAC backing him have filed a lawsuit against Meta Platforms, Inc., for election interference after it allegedly shadow banned the documentary “Who is Bobby...
RFK Jr. Unleashed: Biden's Israel "Bait And Switch", COVID Censorship, And Backing Treasuries With Gold And Bitcoin
13.05.2024, 05:30 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - RFK Jr. Unleashed: Biden's Israel "Bait And Switch", COVID Censorship, And Backing Treasuries With Gold And Bitcoin Submitted by QTR's Fringe Finance This weekend I had the pleasure of sitting down with independent 2024 Presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. for an hourlong interview. Our interview started with me asking Mr. Kennedy why, if you...
Coffee Is Anti-Aging, Linked To Prevention Of Dementia And Sarcopenia: Study
13.05.2024, 03:30 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Coffee Is Anti-Aging, Linked To Prevention Of Dementia And Sarcopenia: Study Authored by Ellen Wan via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Enjoying a cup of joe can offer more than just a pick-me-up: It has been shown to have numerous health benefits, especially for older people. Research has found that the natural molecule in coffee, trigonelline, can...
Watch: Pelosi Dismantled In Real Time In Masterclass On Populism
12.05.2024, 22:45 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Watch: Pelosi Dismantled In Real Time In Masterclass On Populism Two weeks ago, former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was thoroughly savaged during a debate at Oxford University over the question of whether populism is a "threat to democracy." In case you missed it, read on as it's making the rounds. If you have 14 minutes to spare, jump right in: Opening...
The Investment "Holy Grail" Doesn’t Exist
12.05.2024, 15:05 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - The Investment "Holy Grail" Doesn’t Exist Authored by Lance Roberts via realinvestmentadvice.com, When it comes to the financial markets, investors have a litany of investment vehicles to choose from. The choices are nearly unlimited, from brokered certificates of deposit to complex derivative instruments. Of course, investment vehicles’ proliferation...
Ukrainian Suicide Drone Attack At Russia's Volgograd Oil Refinery Sparks Fire
12.05.2024, 14:32 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Ukrainian Suicide Drone Attack At Russia's Volgograd Oil Refinery Sparks Fire In defiance of repeated warnings from the Biden administration, the Ukrainian military is ramping up kamikaze drone attacks on the Russian energy complex, a move to hamper the nation's crude oil and crude product export revenues and curtail Moscow's ability to fund President...
Your Tax Dollars At Work: In Two Years, $7.5 Billion Has Produced Just 7 EV Charging Stations
12.05.2024, 03:50 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Your Tax Dollars At Work: In Two Years, $7.5 Billion Has Produced Just 7 EV Charging Stations When people gripe about paying taxes and the government being a poor the absolute worst possible capital allocation, this is what they are talking about: $7.5 billion in investments for electric vehicles has - in two years - produced just 7 charging stations...
Thursday Humor: What Is The Optimal Temperature For Global GDP Growth?
10.05.2024, 05:01 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Thursday Humor: What Is The Optimal Temperature For Global GDP Growth? Authored by Mike Shedlock via MishTalk.com, A group of climate alarmists have concluded that global GDP will be 23 percent lower on the current path. I was aware of the ridiculous article when it came out. I stopped reading when I noted that all countries were all given equal weighting...
Meet The Company Helping Restart The Nuclear Revolution In The U.S.
10.05.2024, 02:01 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Meet The Company Helping Restart The Nuclear Revolution In The U.S. A company called Holtec has become the voice for restarting the nuclear power revolution in the U.S. As it becomes clear that the nation's needs for power are far underserved, and will certainly be in the future with the adoption of AI, one company, currently the "top US manufacturer...
Decline Of Senior Officer Integrity And Civilian Control Of The Military
10.05.2024, 01:41 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Decline Of Senior Officer Integrity And Civilian Control Of The Military Authored by Keith T. Holcomb via RealClearDefense, Public confidence in the military has slipped. One major reason is the politicization of senior military officers, who show an increasing propensity to compromise their integrity to gain influence and achieve both budgetary and...
Is China's Oil Demand Set For A Major Bounce Back?
10.05.2024, 00:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Is China's Oil Demand Set For A Major Bounce Back? By Simon Watkins of OilPrice.com Since the mid-1990s, China’s extraordinary economic expansion almost singlehandedly drove a supercycle in key commodities prices it required to power such growth, including oil and gas. In 2013, it became the world’s largest net importer of total petroleum and other...
Strengthening Our Beleaguered Military Starts With A Maritime Overhaul
09.05.2024, 05:55 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Strengthening Our Beleaguered Military Starts With A Maritime Overhaul Authored by Brent D. Sadler via RealClear Wire, America’s security and prosperity is at high risk today, largely because of bad policies backed up by too weak armed forces. Consider our U.S. maritime complex. Decades of neglect and inadequate investment have left our shipping,...
When "Making It" Becomes Hopeless
08.05.2024, 22:35 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - When "Making It" Becomes Hopeless Authored by Charles Hugh Smith via OfTwoMinds blog, No wonder so many people devote themselves to curating an artificial digital representation of themselves that they reckon is worthy of recognition and status. What does it take to "make it" in today's economy? As described in Withdrawing from the Rat Race Is Going...
EU Leaders Confronts China's Xi Over Trade At Paris Summit
08.05.2024, 08:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - EU Leaders Confronts China's Xi Over Trade At Paris Summit By Dorothy Li of The Epoch Times The European Union pressed China over its unfair trade practices as communist regime leader Xi Jinping began his official visit aimed at bolstering relationships with European leaders. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen delivers a speech to the...
F-22 Stealth Fighter Suffers "Mishap" At Savannah Airport
08.05.2024, 00:01 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - F-22 Stealth Fighter Suffers "Mishap" At Savannah Airport Isn't it remarkable that while the military-industrial complex, neoconservative warmongers, and radical leftists in the White House seem to push for further conflict in Eastern Europe without even a hint of suggesting peace negotiations with Russia, some of America's most advanced military...
WTI Dips After API Reports Across-The-Board Inventory Builds
07.05.2024, 22:45 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - WTI Dips After API Reports Across-The-Board Inventory Builds Oil prices ended the day flat today (after touching the lowest level in almost two months on news reports said Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak indicated OPEC+ could move to raise crude production). Novak told Russia's Interfax news agency that the possibility of increasing oil...
Boeing's Day Just Got Worse: First Crewed Launch Of Starliner Spacecraft Scrubbed
07.05.2024, 03:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Boeing's Day Just Got Worse: First Crewed Launch Of Starliner Spacecraft Scrubbed Update (2120ET): Its not been a great day for Boeing. After a wave of whistleblowers and a new FAA probe, the planemaker has abandoned its plans for its first crewed launch of the Starliner spacecraft "out of an abundance of caution," just two hours before planned takeoff...
Five Simple Policies To Reset America's "Rigged" Health System
07.05.2024, 00:43 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Five Simple Policies To Reset America's "Rigged" Health System Calley Means, a one-time consultant for big food and pharmaceutical companies in the Washington, DC, swap and now the founder of TrueMed, a company that enables tax-free spending on food and exercise, has outlined on X five simple policies the federal government can implement to correct...
'Squeezey' Stock Market Extends Gains; Bonds & Bullion Bid
06.05.2024, 22:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - 'Squeezey' Stock Market Extends Gains; Bonds & Bullion Bid More of the same today after last week's tepid payrolls and dovish Powell with gold, stocks, and bonds bid as rate-cut hopes inched higher. The market is now pricing in two rate-cuts in 2024 and three more cuts in 2025... Source: Bloomberg For now the market appears to prefer the 'bad news'...
Is the Russian invasion of Ukraine illegal?
06.05.2024, 20:31 Uhr. Swiss Policy Research - https: - Is the Russian invasion of Ukraine illegal? The answer is more complex than most people on both sides of the conflict assume. Read more →...
Shell Sold Millions In Carbon Credits That It Never Earned
06.05.2024, 16:23 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Shell Sold Millions In Carbon Credits That It Never Earned The carbon credit con band plays on... The most recent chapter in the 'green' initiative has been supermajor Shell being found to have sold 'phantom' carbon credits that were twice the volume of emissions the company actually avoided, according to FT. Shell has reportedly sold millions of carbon...
Columbia Cancels 2024 Commencement Amid Security Concerns
06.05.2024, 15:36 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Columbia Cancels 2024 Commencement Amid Security Concerns Columbia University announced Monday that it's canceling its two main 2024 commencement ceremonies on May 15, and will instead hold "smaller-scale, school-based celebrations," according to officials. Columbia University students participate in an ongoing pro-Palestinian encampment on their campus...
'Romance' Scammer Promised Fake Gold To Bilk Victims For Millions
06.05.2024, 14:26 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - 'Romance' Scammer Promised Fake Gold To Bilk Victims For Millions Authored by Ken Silva via Headline USA, It was an old-fashioned romance scam, involving a man posing as a female online to induce unfortunate men to send him their life savings. This scam, however, was fairly complex, involving a fake bank website and non-existent gold bars. The alleged...
Open The Overton Window
05.05.2024, 22:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Open The Overton Window Authored by Jeffrey Tucker via DailyReckoning.com, You may have heard of the “Overton window.” The concept of the Overton window caught on in professional culture, particularly those seeking to nudge public opinion, because it taps into a certain sense that we all know is there. There are things you can say and things you...
Russia Stepping Up 'Decapitation Strikes' - Belatedly Adds Zelensky to Criminal 'Wanted' List
05.05.2024, 03:35 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Russia Stepping Up 'Decapitation Strikes' - Belatedly Adds Zelensky to Criminal 'Wanted' List Days ago, for the first time Russian forces mounted a major air attack on the Ukrainian command's southern headquarters in the port city of Odessa. This suggests Moscow is increasingly targeting Ukraine's top command and control centers. There's been another...
California's Single-Family Zoning Exemplifies The Market-Intervention Problem
04.05.2024, 02:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - California's Single-Family Zoning Exemplifies The Market-Intervention Problem Via SchiffGold.com, California’s government bet that they knew better than the free market. And now millions are paying the price... The story begins in 1919, when the city of Berkley, California instituted legislation setting aside districts that would only allow the...
"The Whole Rotten Train Is Going Off The Rails"
03.05.2024, 22:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - "The Whole Rotten Train Is Going Off The Rails" Authored by James Howard Kunstler via Kunstler.com, Nostalgia For The Mind “Resentful childless harpies unconsciously longing for domination. Why else worship at the altar of Hamas? Why else would it be so overwhelmingly female?” - Dr. Jordan Peterson Wasn’t it cute how the youngsters who “occupied”...
Sony And Apollo Make $26 Billion All Cash Offer For Paramount
03.05.2024, 13:59 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Sony And Apollo Make $26 Billion All Cash Offer For Paramount It looks as thought the every-day Paramount buyout saga could finally be coming to a close, with a all-cash, $26 billion offer made by Sony and Apollo, according to the Wall Street Journal. Apollo and Sony, led by Sony Pictures CEO Tony Vinciquerra and Apollo partner Aaron Sobel, presented...
Bill Advances Calling For California To Issue Formal Apology For Slavery
02.05.2024, 21:35 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Bill Advances Calling For California To Issue Formal Apology For Slavery Authored by Travis Gillmore via The Epoch Times, The California Assembly’s Appropriations Committee approved a bill May 1 which would require the state to issue an apology for its role in perpetuating harm related to slavery. Assembly Bill 3089, introduced by Assemblyman Reginald...
COVID-19 Linked To 'Alarming Rise' Of Rare And Highly Lethal Fungal Infection
02.05.2024, 19:37 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - COVID-19 Linked To 'Alarming Rise' Of Rare And Highly Lethal Fungal Infection Authored by Megan Redshaw, J.D. via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), (Freepik/Shutterstock) The COVID-19 pandemic has caused an alarming rise of an aggressive and highly fatal secondary fungal infection among those with active or recovered COVID-19. Research suggests that...
California's Perpetual Drought Is Manmade And Intentional
02.05.2024, 02:25 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - California's Perpetual Drought Is Manmade And Intentional Authored by Roger Canfield via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The California Department of Water Resources (DWR) last week released its next five-year plan for the State Water Project—Update 2023. After years of meetings, California’s premier water agency has decided to focus on “three...
Yields Tumble After Dovish Refunding Reveals Debt Sales In Line With Expectations, No Coupon Auction Increases "For Several Quarters", And Treasury Buybacks Begin
01.05.2024, 15:28 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Yields Tumble After Dovish Refunding Reveals Debt Sales In Line With Expectations, No Coupon Auction Increases "For Several Quarters", And Treasury Buybacks Begin Having already revealed its borrowing estimates for Q2 and Q3 on Monday, where we learned that the Treasury expects to sell $41BN more debt than previously expected in Q2, but offset by a...
The Four Key Reasons Why The US Will Never Stop Targeting Russia's LNG Sector
01.05.2024, 11:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - The Four Key Reasons Why The US Will Never Stop Targeting Russia's LNG Sector Authored by Simon Watkins via OilPrice.com, LNG has become the most important swing energy source in an increasingly insecure world. Energy exports remain the foundation stone of Russia’s essentially petro-economy. Russia's LNG industry is closely associated in Russia with...
Maté: What 10 Years Of US Meddling In Ukraine Have Wrought (Spoiler Alert: Not Democracy)
01.05.2024, 08:01 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Maté: What 10 Years Of US Meddling In Ukraine Have Wrought (Spoiler Alert: Not Democracy) Authored by Aaron Maté via RealClear Investigations, In successfully lobbying Congress for an additional $61 billion in Ukraine war funding, an effort that ended this month with celebratory Democrats waving Ukrainian flags in the House chamber, President Biden...
University Investments: Divesting from the Military-Industrial Complex
01.05.2024, 07:21 Uhr. Global Research - https: - All Global Research articles can be read in 51 languages by activating the Translate Website button below the author’s name (only available in desktop version). To receive Global Research’s Daily Newsletter (selected articles), click here. Click the share button … The post University Investments: Divesting from the Military-Industrial...
Apollo Slapped With Lawsuit Alleging "Widespread Fraudulent Human Life Wagering Conspiracy"
01.05.2024, 00:40 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Apollo Slapped With Lawsuit Alleging "Widespread Fraudulent Human Life Wagering Conspiracy" Apollo Global Management has been entangled in a scandalous lawsuit and accused of acquiring illegal life insurance policies on senior citizens through a complex web of shell trusts. The company allegedly used an affiliate, Financial Credit Investment...
Your Tax Dollars At Work: US To Buy Ukrainian-Made Weapons For Ukraine
30.04.2024, 19:05 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Your Tax Dollars At Work: US To Buy Ukrainian-Made Weapons For Ukraine It's not just US and Western defense contractors and arms makers that have been raking in the billions as a result of Washington's mammoth defense aid handed over to Ukraine, but Ukrainian defense companies are also enjoying the largesse at US taxpayers' expense. "A total of $1.6...