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Matt Taibbi Uncensored: Finance Nothing More Than A 'Street Scam'
05.05.2024, 17:40 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Matt Taibbi Uncensored: Finance Nothing More Than A 'Street Scam' Submitted by QTR's Fringe Finance The opportunity to secure an exclusive interview with Matt Taibbi is something I thought I’d never get…but alas, here we are. Taibbi is the head of Racket News and his reputation as a fearless investigative journalist precedes him. From his groundbreaking...
University Of California Now Discriminates Based On Parental Income, Education
05.05.2024, 16:31 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - University Of California Now Discriminates Based On Parental Income, Education Authored by James Breslo via The Epoch Times, In 1996, Californians voted, 55 to 45 percent, to ban the use of affirmative action in admissions to state schools and in state employment. In 2020, Californians voted to maintain the ban by an even wider margin, 57 to 43 percent...
Which States Have The Highest Minimum Wage In America?
05.05.2024, 15:55 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Which States Have The Highest Minimum Wage In America? This year, 22 states are raising their minimum wage, impacting almost 10 million workers across the country. Many states raise the minimum wage each year to adjust to a cost of living index, while others have raised the pay floor for delivery drivers and fast-food workers. Today, the federal minimum...
Are We Destroying The Economy On Purpose?
05.05.2024, 15:21 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Are We Destroying The Economy On Purpose? Submitted by QTR's Fringe Finance In one of the most fascinating discussions I’ve had in a while, I spoke last weekend with my friend Andy Schectman about the state of the world, markets, geopolitics and the economy. What started as a friendly catch-up quickly turned into delving into angles on the state of...
26 States File Lawsuits In Federal Courts Over ATF Redefinition Of Gun Dealers
04.05.2024, 03:40 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - 26 States File Lawsuits In Federal Courts Over ATF Redefinition Of Gun Dealers Authored by Michael Clements via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Attorneys general representing half of the country on May 1 sued President Joe Biden’s administration over a new rule requiring criminal background checks for all gun sales, including private sales. Democratic...
Almost Half Of Health Care Workers Hesitant To Take COVID-19 Boosters: Study
04.05.2024, 01:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Almost Half Of Health Care Workers Hesitant To Take COVID-19 Boosters: Study Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Approximately half of the health care workers in a Polish study were found to be averse to taking COVID-19 booster shots, with one of the reasons for this hesitancy being their negative experiences with previous...
Ford's $120,000 Loss Per Vehicle Shows California EV Goals Are Impossible
04.05.2024, 00:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Ford's $120,000 Loss Per Vehicle Shows California EV Goals Are Impossible Authored by John Seiler via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), So much for California’s mandate that “all new passenger cars, trucks, and SUVs sold in California will be zero-emission vehicles by 2035,” according to the California Air Resources Board. It imposed the mandate...
Americans Continue To Name Inflation As Top Financial Problem: Gallup
03.05.2024, 23:03 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Americans Continue To Name Inflation As Top Financial Problem: Gallup By Jeffrey Jones at Gallup For the third year in a row, the percentage of Americans naming inflation or the high cost of living as the most important financial problem facing their family has reached a new high. The 41% naming the issue this year is up slightly from 35% a year ago...
"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”...
Watch: Biden's Head Of Economic Advisors Try To Explain Government Borrowing
03.05.2024, 21:25 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Watch: Biden's Head Of Economic Advisors Try To Explain Government Borrowing Authored by Mike Shedlock via mishtalk.com, Jared Bernstein was asked about Modern Monetary Theory (MMT)... MMT says government is different. It owes the money to itself and the debt can be canceled at will. In MMT theory, a benevolent government would spend the money wisely...
Futures Gain Boosted By Apple's Blowout Buyback, Dollar Drops Ahead Of Payrolls
03.05.2024, 16:55 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Futures Gain Boosted By Apple's Blowout Buyback, Dollar Drops Ahead Of Payrolls US stock futures pointed to further strength on Wall Street ahead of the April jobs report after solid earnings and a record buyback announcement from Apple As of 8:00am, S&P futures rise 0.3% while Nasdaq 100 contracts add 0.6% thanks to a 6% surge in Apple in premarket...
Ukraine's Biggest Problem Isn't Weapons, It's Lack Of Fighting Men
03.05.2024, 16:55 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Ukraine's Biggest Problem Isn't Weapons, It's Lack Of Fighting Men Authored by Mike Shedlock via MishTalk.com, Now that Congress rammed through a huge weapons package for Ukraine, what will Ukraine do with the weapons and how long will they last? Ukraine’s Real Bottleneck Ukraine touts Russian casualties, no doubt exaggerated, while Russian published...
A Question To Challenge The Deflationary Mindset
03.05.2024, 16:55 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - A Question To Challenge The Deflationary Mindset Authored by Louis-Vincent Gave via Gavekal Research blog, The rise in US treasury yields this year initially caused the usual casualties: the yen, won, euro, and British pound. From exchange rates, it seems that the US interest rate wrecking ball is now wreaking destruction among richly-valued technology...
Paul Krugman's Magical Thinking: Taibbi
03.05.2024, 00:57 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Paul Krugman's Magical Thinking: Taibbi Authored by Matt Taibbi via Racket News, Last week, in “It’s Not Me, It’s You,’” I wrote about a booming new op-ed genre, the editorial that bashes hick voters for their incorrect “Perception of the Economy.” Pundits attack voters’ “stubbornly low” assessments, producing poll numbers that leave...
North Carolina Shooting: Democrats Blame Guns While Letting Repeat Offenders Run Free
03.05.2024, 00:30 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - North Carolina Shooting: Democrats Blame Guns While Letting Repeat Offenders Run Free Whatever happened to the media coverage of the mass shooting of police officers in Charlotte, NC this week? Only moments after the attack which took the lives of four law enforcement officers and injured four others, mainstream news feeds and social media sites were...
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...
'Intel Insidious' - Here's All The 'Grants' Given By Biden's US CHIPS Act
02.05.2024, 02:05 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - 'Intel Insidious' - Here's All The 'Grants' Given By Biden's US CHIPS Act This visualization shows which companies are receiving grants from the U.S. CHIPS Act, as of April 25, 2024. The CHIPS Act is a federal statute signed into law by President Joe Biden that authorizes $280 billion in new funding to boost domestic research and manufacturing of...
Yen Soars After Japan Intervenes To Prop It Up For Second Time In 3 Days
01.05.2024, 22:46 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Yen Soars After Japan Intervenes To Prop It Up For Second Time In 3 Days Two days after the yen soared after crashing to a 34 year low of 160 against the US, when the Japanese Ministry of Finance reportedly spent around 5 trillion yen, or just over $30 billion, to push the imploding Japanese currency to levels not seen in ... about 48 hours, moments...
Wall Street Reacts To Powell Unleashing His Inner Dove
01.05.2024, 20:53 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Wall Street Reacts To Powell Unleashing His Inner Dove Ahead of today's FOMC statement and Powell presser, we said that the bogey for a dovish interpretation today will come not from the Fed's rate decision, which we knew would be unchanged, but the QT tapering decision... The big question for today: how much will Fed taper QT by? If Taper goes to $30BN...
Fed Policies Turn The Wealth Gap Into A Chasm
01.05.2024, 17:33 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Fed Policies Turn The Wealth Gap Into A Chasm Authored by Michael Lebowitz via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, In an op-ed for the Washington Post on November 5, 2010, Ben Bernanke did a victory lap, praising the Fed’s efforts in stemming the financial crisis. In the article, he discusses how QE and other Fed policies eased financial conditions, bolstering...
Job Openings Tumble, Quits Plunge, Hires Unexpectedly Crater To January 2018 Levels
01.05.2024, 16:40 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Job Openings Tumble, Quits Plunge, Hires Unexpectedly Crater To January 2018 Levels After several months of relatively boring JOLTS prints, this morning Janet Yellen's favorite labor market indicator once again got exciting, and not in a good way. Starting at the top, according to the March JOLTS reported, job openings unexpectedly tumbled by 325K -...
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...
Eurozone Exits Recession
01.05.2024, 09:30 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Eurozone Exits Recession By Maartje Wijffelaars and Elwin de Groot of Rabobank Eurozone leaves recessionary territory The Eurozone economy grew by 0.3% q/q at the start of the year, exceeding expectations. Growth follows two quarters in which the economy mildly contracted. Among the largest member states, Spain again took the lead, growing by a stunning...
South Korea's Central Bank Says May Buy Gold In The Mid To Long-Term
01.05.2024, 01:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - South Korea's Central Bank Says May Buy Gold In The Mid To Long-Term Back in 2011, around the time gold hits its previous cycle high, South Korea surprised the fiat world when it revealed that it had spent more than a billion dollars in its first gold purchase in more than a decade, as uncertainty about global growth and sovereign debt push central...
Blackrock's Larry Fink Jumps On "Next AI Trade", Warning World Will Be "Short Power"
01.05.2024, 00:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Blackrock's Larry Fink Jumps On "Next AI Trade", Warning World Will Be "Short Power" At the start of April, we penned a lengthy report for premium subs discussing why artificial intelligence data centers, the electrification of the economy, and onshoring trends will result in a major upgrade of the nation's power grid. We followed the note up on...
Want To Know What Is Really Going On In Biden's Economy, Read This
30.04.2024, 20:25 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Want To Know What Is Really Going On In Biden's Economy, Read This One can listen to, and believe, the government's lies about the miraculous growth of the economy and the stellar job that Bidenomics is doing... or one can listen to the truth straight from the countless small companies that make up the economy. We prefer the latter, which is why we...
"On The Verge Of Panic" - Dallas Fed Services Survey Suffers Longest Slump Since 'Lehman'
30.04.2024, 17:21 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - "On The Verge Of Panic" - Dallas Fed Services Survey Suffers Longest Slump Since 'Lehman' It has been a terrible day for 'soft' survey data... Source: Bloomberg And it was just capped off by a big drop in Dallas Fed's Services survey (which compliments yesterday's Dallas Fed Manufacturing meltdown). The headline print dropped from -5.5 to -10.6. That...
HSBC CEO Unexpectedly Steps Down For 'Work-Life Balance'
30.04.2024, 13:45 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - HSBC CEO Unexpectedly Steps Down For 'Work-Life Balance' HSBC Holdings Plc unexpectedly announced Tuesday that Chief Executive Noel Quinn is resigning after five years, citing the need for a 'better work-life balance.' The Asia-focused bank plans to complete the succession process in the second half of the year. Reuters said the top candidate...
"A Lot Of Shuttered Nuclear Power Plants Could Be Turned Back On", Fed Energy Official Says
30.04.2024, 02:40 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - "A Lot Of Shuttered Nuclear Power Plants Could Be Turned Back On", Fed Energy Official Says The United States is about to experience a resurgence in nuclear energy. The federal government is expected to continue restarting shuttered nuclear power plants in the coming years to meet the increasing demand for clean, dependable energy essential for powering...
Mammas, Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Activists
30.04.2024, 01:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Mammas, Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Activists Authored by Roger Simon via The Epoch Times, I am writing this column in the hopes you will pass it around. To be honest, I write every column in the hopes it will be passed around, times being what they are. I’m arrogant enough to think what I have to say is at least somewhat needed. More humbly...
James Carville Has Meltdown Over Young Voters Sitting Out The Election
29.04.2024, 23:40 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - James Carville Has Meltdown Over Young Voters Sitting Out The Election Authored by Mike Shedlock via MishTalk.com, Trump is ahead in the latest poll. Younger voters leave the Biden camp. James Carville has a meltdown. Trump Maintains Lead Over Biden A CNN poll shows Trump maintains lead over Biden in 2024 matchup as views on their presidencies diverge...
The Fed's Game Of "Make Believe" Comes To An End
29.04.2024, 23:01 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - The Fed's Game Of "Make Believe" Comes To An End Authored by James Hickman via SchiffSovereignMan.com, It’s barely been a year since the 2023 bank crisis in which several large banks, including Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank, failed. At the time, I wrote that the bank failures weren’t over, and that there would be more. But it’s been quiet...
Global Metals Markets Face Uncertainty As Russian Ban Takes Effect
29.04.2024, 20:09 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Global Metals Markets Face Uncertainty As Russian Ban Takes Effect Authored by Metal Miner's Stuart Barnes via OilPrice.com, The ban could lead to a split between the LME and CME markets, with the CME at a premium and the LME at a discount. Traders are buying up Russian warrants and taking them off the market, making the metal ineligible for Western...
US Has Now Lost Three MQ-9 Reaper Drones Over Yemen, At Cost Of $90 Million
29.04.2024, 19:05 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - US Has Now Lost Three MQ-9 Reaper Drones Over Yemen, At Cost Of $90 Million Authored by Dave DeCamp via AntiWar.com, A military spokesman for Yemen’s Houthis announced on Saturday that their forces downed a US MQ-9 Reaper drone that was operating over Yemen and was carrying out a “hostile mission.” US officials confirmed to CBS News that a...
More Than Half of Americans Criticise Financing $61 Billion to Ukraine
29.04.2024, 10:25 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 More Than Half of Americans Criticise Financing $61 Billion to...
The Struggle For The Soul Of The GOP
28.04.2024, 23:30 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - The Struggle For The Soul Of The GOP Authored by Kevin Roberts via The Epoch Times, The Republican establishment doesn’t know it yet, but last weekend was a watershed moment for their party. On April 20, House Republican leadership facilitated passage of a foreign-aid package that sends roughly $60 billion to Ukraine, $26 billion to Israel and Gaza...
Watch: Arizona State Fraternity Students Tear Down Pro-Palestine Encampment And Boot Out Activists
28.04.2024, 20:40 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Watch: Arizona State Fraternity Students Tear Down Pro-Palestine Encampment And Boot Out Activists After years of leftist activists disrupting the speech of groups and individuals they disagree with and threatening people with "cancellation" for having the "wrong" opinions, it's hard to find sympathy for them when they finally get a taste of their own...
The Gloves Will Come Off In A Second Biden Term
28.04.2024, 20:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - The Gloves Will Come Off In A Second Biden Term Authored by David Keltz via American Greatness, If you believe, correctly, that the entirety of Joe Biden’s presidency has been one unmitigated disaster after another - not only for the American citizenry, but for the United States’ standing on the world stage and for our allies around the globe who...
Iran's Nightmares
28.04.2024, 05:21 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Iran's Nightmares Authored by Victor Davis Hanson, Details of the recent limited Israeli retaliatory strike against Iranian anti-aircraft missile batteries at Isfahan are still sketchy. But nonetheless, we can draw some conclusions. Israel’s small volley of missiles hit their intended targets, to the point of zeroing in on the very launchers designed...
Bitcoin Is Built To Last: How The Network Defends Against Attacks
28.04.2024, 01:52 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Bitcoin Is Built To Last: How The Network Defends Against Attacks Via Bitcoin Magazine, Bitcoin is one of the most robust distributed systems in the history of mankind. For fifteen years it has ticked along block by block with only two disruptions in its first few years that were very quickly handled by responsive developers the minute they manifested...
Which City Has The Most Billionaires In 2024?
28.04.2024, 01:18 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Which City Has The Most Billionaires In 2024? Some cities seem to attract the rich. Take New York City for example, which has 340,000 high-net-worth residents with investable assets of more than $1 million. But there’s a vast difference between being a millionaire and a billionaire. So where do the richest of them all live? Using data from the Hurun...
The Teams Are Set For World War III
27.04.2024, 18:50 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - The Teams Are Set For World War III Authored by Toby Rogers via The Brownstone Institute, I’ve seen some crazy things over the last few years but this is off-the-charts insane. Last week, Michael E. Mann spoke at the EcoHeath Alliance: Green Planet One Health Benefit 2024. Just to recap who each of these players are: Michael E. Mann is the creator...
Nearly Half Of Those Arrested At UT-Austin Pro-Palestinian Protest Had No Links To School
27.04.2024, 17:40 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Nearly Half Of Those Arrested At UT-Austin Pro-Palestinian Protest Had No Links To School Authored by Jana J Pruet via The Epoch Times, Nearly half of the pro-Palestinian protesters arrested earlier this week at The University of Texas at Austin were not affiliated with the university. Law enforcement officials arrested 57 protesters during Wednesday’s...
Washington's Fiscal Mess Is Irresponsible, Unethical, Immoral: Former US Comptroller General
27.04.2024, 15:21 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Washington's Fiscal Mess Is Irresponsible, Unethical, Immoral: Former US Comptroller General Authored by Andrew Moran via The Epoch Times, In 2007, the U.S. national debt was below $10 trillion, and the budget deficit was about $160 billion. Federal spending was about $3 trillion, and interest payments were approximately $400 billion. Then the numbers...
"Bye Bye, Babies... Bye Bye, Workers": Can Europe Slow The Impact Of Its Aging Society
27.04.2024, 14:10 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - "Bye Bye, Babies... Bye Bye, Workers": Can Europe Slow The Impact Of Its Aging Society By Erik-Jan van Harn and Maartje Wijffelaars of Rabobank Summary Europe’s population is aging and this will stunt economic growth in the coming decades. Challenges are arising for social welfare, debt sustainability, and even strategic autonomy. Potential remedies...
Bank Failures Begin Again: Philly's Republic First Seized By FDIC
27.04.2024, 00:51 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Bank Failures Begin Again: Philly's Republic First Seized By FDIC Who could have seen that coming? (here, here, here, and most detailed here) March will be lit: 1. Reverse repo ends 2. BTFP expires 3. Fed cuts (allegedly) 4. QT ends (allegedly) — zerohedge ( zerohedge) January 8, 2024 Admittedly, we were a couple of weeks off, but trouble has been...
IDF Shelling Hammers Rafah As Egypt Sends Top Intel Official To Avert Ground Offensive
26.04.2024, 19:52 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - IDF Shelling Hammers Rafah As Egypt Sends Top Intel Official To Avert Ground Offensive Egypt is attempting a last ditch effort to reach a ceasefire between Hamas and Israel at a moment IDF shelling of Rafah has intensified, in what are seen as 'softening' operations ahead of an imminent ground offensive, despite international calls to cancel the operation...
Futures Jump As Tech Giants Soar, Yen Plummets After BOJ Refuses To Prop Up Crashing Currency
26.04.2024, 14:19 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Futures Jump As Tech Giants Soar, Yen Plummets After BOJ Refuses To Prop Up Crashing Currency In a rollercoaster 48 hours to close the week, yesterday's early market slump (after the disappointing Meta guidance) has been fully reversed and stock futures are now pointing sharply higher after blockbuster earnings from Microsoft and Alphabet with attention...
How Hard Is It To Get Into An Ivy League School?
26.04.2024, 02:05 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - How Hard Is It To Get Into An Ivy League School? Ivy League institutions are renowned worldwide for their academic excellence and long-standing traditions. But how hard is it to get into one of the top universities in the U.S.? In this graphic, Visual Capitalist's Marcus Lu details the admission rates and average annual cost for Ivy League schools...