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US Should Adopt UK's 'Rwanda Plan' To Address Illegal Immigration
27.04.2024, 20:01 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - US Should Adopt UK's 'Rwanda Plan' To Address Illegal Immigration Authored by Simon Hankinson via The Epoch Times, After nearly two years of legal and political challenges, Britain’s parliament has finally passed a law confirming that Rwanda is a safe place to send people who arrive in the UK illegally by sea. This is a major policy win for the Conservative...
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...
If 10-Year Yields Surpass 5%, Say Hello To QE (And Massive Inflation)
27.04.2024, 16:30 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - If 10-Year Yields Surpass 5%, Say Hello To QE (And Massive Inflation) Via SchiffGold.com, The wizards at the Fed and US Treasury have been forced to acknowledge that their “transitory,” inflation is, in fact, quite “sticky.” And with the inflation elephant now acknowledged by the circus of high finance, Treasury yields keep inching up...
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...
Bird-Flu, Censorship, & 100 Day Vaccines: 7 Predictions For "The Next Pandemic"
27.04.2024, 05:40 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Bird-Flu, Censorship, & 100 Day Vaccines: 7 Predictions For "The Next Pandemic" Authored by Kit Knightly via Off-Guardian.org, Earlier this month the White House published its new “Pandemic Preparedness” targets. They are far from alone in covering this. Back in March, Sky News was asking: “Next pandemic is around the corner,’ expert warns...
Disgruntled School Employee Uses AI To Frame Principal With Racist Rant
27.04.2024, 04:40 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Disgruntled School Employee Uses AI To Frame Principal With Racist Rant A disgruntled ex-athletics director at a northern Baltimore County Public School used artificial intelligence to impersonate the voice of his boss, the high school's principal, then posted the racist and antisemitic hate rant on social media to share with the world. Baltimore...
Competition, The American Way
27.04.2024, 04:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Competition, The American Way Authored by Jack Miller via RealClearEducation, Our K-12 educational system is designed to serve much less than 50% of American students. For decades the cry has been that “all kids must go to college.” Yet, only a minority do so and fewer graduate. Our high schools have been turned into college prep schools. Shop classes...
California's New Minimum Wage: A Cure That Exacerbates The Sickness
27.04.2024, 03:40 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - California's New Minimum Wage: A Cure That Exacerbates The Sickness Via SchiffGold.com, The solution to a problem shouldn’t make the problem worse. But apparently, California’s policy makers missed that memo. On April 1st, the state instituted a $20 minimum wage for fast food workers, the highest in the US. With California’s absurdly high...
Why You Can't Afford Most Hotels In New York City
27.04.2024, 01:40 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Why You Can't Afford Most Hotels In New York City Authored by Fred Roeder via RealClearMarkets, On a Friday night in March 2011, I stayed at an upscale W Hotel on Lexington Avenue in New York City for $124. That hotel later became The Maxwell, but sadly it didn’t survive the pandemic and is now permanently closed. Today the average hotel stay in...
Emergency-O-Rama...
26.04.2024, 23:40 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Emergency-O-Rama... Authored by James Howard Kunstler via Kunstler.com, “We’ll certainly never forget the dark days of June 6... January 6th, excuse me.” - President “Joe Biden” The plum blossoms are ready to pop here. You can feel your blood rising. The evening sun lingers a little longer every day. Normally you’d celebrate, but not this...
"The Yen Collapse Has Become Disorderly": Look For A Final, Sharp Decline Before It Hits A Floor
26.04.2024, 22:40 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - "The Yen Collapse Has Become Disorderly": Look For A Final, Sharp Decline Before It Hits A Floor The BOJ came, issued the shortest statement in the history of central banks... ... and left, leaving traders stunned and speechless at the sheer idiocy of the world's most clownish central bank, which has decided to invite currency collapse the same abandon...
Biden Admin Abandons Plan To Ban Menthol Cigarettes To Avoid 'Angering Black Voters'
26.04.2024, 20:43 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Biden Admin Abandons Plan To Ban Menthol Cigarettes To Avoid 'Angering Black Voters' The so-called 'party of science' has decided to abandon its plan to save millions of lives (of mostly African American youth) by choosing not to ban Menthol cigarettes after all... In October 2023, the FDA said it was looking to ban menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars...
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...
The Constitutional Abyss: Justices Signal Desire To Avoid Both Cliffs On Presidential Immunity
26.04.2024, 19:32 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - The Constitutional Abyss: Justices Signal Desire To Avoid Both Cliffs On Presidential Immunity Authored by Jonathan Turley, Below is my column in the New York Post on yesterday’s oral arguments on presidential immunity. As expected, with the exception of the three liberal justices, the Court appears to be struggling to find a more nuanced approach...
Exxon Tumbles On One-Time EPS Charges Despite Surge In Cash Flow, Buyback Boost
26.04.2024, 17:45 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Exxon Tumbles On One-Time EPS Charges Despite Surge In Cash Flow, Buyback Boost With oil prices enjoying a powerful renaissance in recent months amid mounting supply concerns, declining inventory and the growing possibility that China's economy may finally kickstart, energy giants such as Exxon and Chevron had enjoyed a similar rebound in their stock...
'For Your Own Safety': USC Cancels Commencement To Avoid Pro-Palestinian Protesters
26.04.2024, 17:38 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - 'For Your Own Safety': USC Cancels Commencement To Avoid Pro-Palestinian Protesters Citing safety concerns amid nationwide campus protests against Israel's conduct of the war in Gaza, the University of Southern California on Thursday announced that its 2024 graduating class will not have the traditional main commencement ceremony that brings all graduates...
Retail Sales Data Suggests A Strong Consumer Or Does It
26.04.2024, 17:10 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Retail Sales Data Suggests A Strong Consumer Or Does It Authored by Lance Roberts via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, The latest retail sales data suggests a robust consumer, leading economists to become even more optimistic about more robust economic growth this year. To wit: “It has been two years since forecasters felt this good about the economic outlook...
JPY Plunges To Fresh 34-Year-Lows After BoJ Does Nothing... Again
26.04.2024, 16:50 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - JPY Plunges To Fresh 34-Year-Lows After BoJ Does Nothing... Again Having already lost more than 10% of its value versus the US dollar this year, the yen plunged further overnight after Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda indicated monetary policy will stay easy as he kept rates unchanged and showed little to no support for the embattled currency during...
UMich Inflation Expectations Accelerated In April To 2024 Highs
26.04.2024, 16:10 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - UMich Inflation Expectations Accelerated In April To 2024 Highs Short-term inflation expectations rose... again... according to the latest UMich sentiment survey with 1-year expectations at 3.2% final, up from preliminary 3.1% for April, and 2.9% for March. This is the highest level since Nov 2023... Source: Bloomberg The headline sentiment also declined...
Ukrainian Drone Strikes Target Russian Oil Refineries Again Despite White House Pleas
26.04.2024, 14:56 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Ukrainian Drone Strikes Target Russian Oil Refineries Again Despite White House Pleas Just days after the Biden administration signed a new military aid package worth billions of dollars to Ukraine, Kyiv launched a series of suicide drone attacks on Russian oil refineries. Biden's top officials have pleaded with Kyiv to stop attacks on Russia's...
Fed's Favorite Inflation Indicator Prints Hotter-Than-Expected As Savings Rate Plunges
26.04.2024, 14:40 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Fed's Favorite Inflation Indicator Prints Hotter-Than-Expected As Savings Rate Plunges With inflation data surprising to the upside recently... Source: Bloomberg ...the doves' last chance for sooner than later rate-cuts is today's Core PCE Deflator - often described as The Fed's favorite inflation signal. Last month saw an uptick in the headline deflator...
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...
Chipotle Tells Workers To "Preserve" Chicken Supply As Demand Soars
26.04.2024, 11:45 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Chipotle Tells Workers To "Preserve" Chicken Supply As Demand Soars A surge in restaurant traffic boosted Chipotle Mexican Grill's first-quarter earnings and revenue, topping the average estimate of Wall Street analysts tracked by Bloomberg on Wednesday. Shares are higher by more than 5% in the cash session on Thursday. However, this note will not expand...
Russia Will Target US Nuclear Weapons In Poland If They Appear
26.04.2024, 10:15 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Russia Will Target US Nuclear Weapons In Poland If They Appear Russia has warned that Poland will make itself a 'priority target' if it hosts NATO nuclear weapons on its territory. In a Thursday statement Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said "Moves in this direction will not provide greater security (for Poland or other nations that...
European ESG Funds Witness Heavy Decline In Inflows
26.04.2024, 09:30 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - European ESG Funds Witness Heavy Decline In Inflows Authored by Irina Slav via OilPrice.com, European exchange-traded funds with a focus on ESG investing saw a substantial decline in inflows in the first quarter amid what Morningstar called “an existential crisis”. According to the Financial Times, net inflows into these funds totaled 7.1 billion...
Former British PM Liz Truss Warns About Global Threat Of The Left
26.04.2024, 08:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Former British PM Liz Truss Warns About Global Threat Of The Left Via The Epoch Times, Former British Prime Minister Liz Truss spoke Monday at The Heritage Foundation about how the United States and the United Kingdom are facing very challenging forces in the global left, not just in terms of their extremist activists, but also in the power they hold...
Gaza Aid Flotilla With 1,000 Passengers, Tons Of Supplies Poised To Sail - As IDF Awaits
26.04.2024, 05:25 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Gaza Aid Flotilla With 1,000 Passengers, Tons Of Supplies Poised To Sail - As IDF Awaits A flotilla of ships packed with a thousand activists, human rights observers and more than 5,500 tons of food and medical supplies is ready to sail from Istanbul to for Gaza. To do so, they'll need the Turkish government to let them leave the port, and then run...
Excess Deaths In Japan Hit 115,000 Following 3rd COVID Shot; New Study Explains Why
26.04.2024, 04:25 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Excess Deaths In Japan Hit 115,000 Following 3rd COVID Shot; New Study Explains Why Authored by Joe Wang via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), A new study on harms resulting from the COVID vaccine was published on April 8 in the U.S.-based peer-reviewed medical science journal Cureus. It represents the largest study to date on adverse effects of the...
Taxing Unrealized Gains Would Obliterate The U.S. Economy
26.04.2024, 02:25 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Taxing Unrealized Gains Would Obliterate The U.S. Economy Submitted by QTR's Fringe Finance Having used up all of the rest of the batshit, insane, counterintuitive economic dirty tricks left in the "we'll literally do anything but cut spending" bag, the Biden administration is pushing what could be the most destructive idea for our country since prohibition:...
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...
The Fallacy That Rules The World
26.04.2024, 00:25 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - The Fallacy That Rules The World Authored by Jeffrey Tucker via The Epoch Times, Smart people know to avoid fallacies. One of them is known as the fallacy of post hoc ergo propter hoc. It’s Latin for “after this, therefore because of this.” The classic example concerns the rooster and the sunrise. Every morning before the sun comes up, the rooster...
The Ghetto-ization Of American Life
25.04.2024, 23:25 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - The Ghetto-ization Of American Life Authored by Charles Hugh Smith via OfTwoMinds blog, Behind the facade of normalization, even high-income lifestyles have been ghetto-ized. Consider the defining characteristics of a ghetto: 1. The residents can't afford to live elsewhere. 2. Everything is a rip-off because options are limited and retailers / service...
Google Soars To Record After Smashing Estimates, Launches $70 Billion Buyback And Starts Paying Dividend
25.04.2024, 22:32 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Google Soars To Record After Smashing Estimates, Launches $70 Billion Buyback And Starts Paying Dividend After the first two Mag7 companies were a study in market paradoxes, when TSLA missed across the board and soared (after guiding much better than expected) and META beat across the board but plunged (after guiding weaker than expected while boosting...
Why Is A Sensible Immigration Policy Discussion So Hard
25.04.2024, 21:45 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Why Is A Sensible Immigration Policy Discussion So Hard By Mish Shedlock of MishTalk Why is the choice between shutting down the border and no controls at all? And what about demographics? Fertility rates? Immigration Talks We Should Be Having Eurointelligence discusses the Immigration Talks We Should Be Having. The ideas also apply to the US. Last...
Largest Oil ETF Hit With Record Outflow On Subsiding Geopolitical Risk Premium
25.04.2024, 20:04 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Largest Oil ETF Hit With Record Outflow On Subsiding Geopolitical Risk Premium A reduced geopolitical risk premium for Brent crude this week is likely one of the main drivers resulting in the largest daily outflows for the US Oil Fund ETF. Tensions between Iran and Israel have subsided in recent days, and it's entirely possible the White House is...
Soggy 7Y Auction Prices On The Screws; Foreign Demand Sags Amid Surge In Directs
25.04.2024, 19:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Soggy 7Y Auction Prices On The Screws; Foreign Demand Sags Amid Surge In Directs Following two solid, record-large coupon auctions this week, when first the 2Y auction stopped through and then the 5Y auction tailed, we just got the third possible outcome moments ago, when in the sale of $44 billion in 7Y paper (which was not a record large auction unlike...
Gold Prices: Beyond Inflation And Real Yields
25.04.2024, 18:28 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Gold Prices: Beyond Inflation And Real Yields Authored Robert Burrows via BondVigilantes.com, Renowned for its role as a hedge against economic uncertainty and inflation, gold has long captivated investors. One key factor influencing gold’s price is the relationship between real yields and inflation. Over the long term, gold has protected one against...
Is Dune A Copy Of Our Real World
25.04.2024, 17:50 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Is Dune A Copy Of Our Real World By Michael Every of Rabobank The Golden Path USD/JPY is at 155, a fresh 34-year high, with the Yen slumping 10.2% year-to-date and suggestion that intervention may not come until we get to 160, a level last seen in 1986. USD/CAD is off recent lows at 1.37 but under pressure (as noted by Christian Lawrence): some suggest...
In First, 17 Nations Release Joint Statement Demanding Hamas Release All Hostages
25.04.2024, 17:25 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - In First, 17 Nations Release Joint Statement Demanding Hamas Release All Hostages Hamas has rejected an urgent formal plea from world leaders to release all remaining Israeli hostages, with the designated terror group telling the West "you can't force us to do anything." Earlier on Thursday the US was among a group of 17 countries which have citizens...
Wall Street Reacts To Today's Stagflationary Data Dump
25.04.2024, 16:08 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Wall Street Reacts To Today's Stagflationary Data Dump After today's stagflationary GDP print, which came below the lowest Wall Street estimate even as core PCE came in above the highest estimate... ... there has been an outcry of horror from Wall Street's traders, analysts and strategists as the BEA once again steamrolled all over Wall Street's benevolent...
US Pending Home Sales Rise In March, But...
25.04.2024, 16:08 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - US Pending Home Sales Rise In March, But... After new home sales soared (thanks to prior downward revisions) and existing home sales plunged in March (along with the collapse in housing starts and permits in March), this morning's pending home sales data was expected to rise very modestly MoM (less than in February) but remain lower on a YoY basis...
US Futures Tumble After Facebook Implodes; GDP Data On Deck
25.04.2024, 14:09 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - US Futures Tumble After Facebook Implodes; GDP Data On Deck The three-day rebound from last week's rout ended with a thud after the close yesterday when Meta imploded, plunging as much as 17% and losing $200 billion in market cap, after the company revealed disappointing revenue guidance coupled with higher capex projections. The report sent US futures...
To Appease Environmentalists, The FTC Will Cripple U.S. Energy
25.04.2024, 12:30 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - To Appease Environmentalists, The FTC Will Cripple U.S. Energy Authored by Justin Bis via RealClear Markets, In the movie The Perfect Storm, George Clooney and Mark Wahlberg are among the crew of a boat off the Northeast coast that is caught in the convergence of multiple powerful storms. The combination of tempests ultimately takes down the craft...
Iran Vs Israel: What Happens Next Now That Shots Have Been Fired?
25.04.2024, 08:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Iran Vs Israel: What Happens Next Now That Shots Have Been Fired? Authored by Brandon Smith via Alt-Market.us, In October of 2023 in my article ‘It’s A Trap! The Wave Of Repercussions As The Middle East Fights “The Last War”’ I predicted that a multi-front war was about to develop between Israel and various Muslim nations including Lebanon...
Biden Calls For Record High 44.6% Capital Gains Tax Rate
25.04.2024, 04:10 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Biden Calls For Record High 44.6% Capital Gains Tax Rate By John Kartch of Americans For Tax Reform President Biden has formally proposed the highest top capital gains tax in over 100 years. Here is a direct quote from the Biden 2025 budget proposal: “Together, the proposals would increase the top marginal rate on long-term capital gains and qualified...
Gay Couples At Greater Risk From Climate-Change: UCLA Study
25.04.2024, 01:31 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Gay Couples At Greater Risk From Climate-Change: UCLA Study Via The College Fix, A new study out of UCLA says same-sex couples are at greater “risk of exposure to the adverse effects of climate change” than straight couples. These effects include “wildfires, floods, smoke-filled skies, and drought,” according to a report from KQED. Same-sex...
Popular Iranian Rapper Sentenced To Death For Supporting 'Anti-Hijab Protests'
25.04.2024, 00:30 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Popular Iranian Rapper Sentenced To Death For Supporting 'Anti-Hijab Protests' A 33-year old Iranian activist and rapper who has recently been involved in anti-government demonstrations has been handed a shockingly draconian sentence by an Iranian court. Toomaj Salehi was first arrested in Oct. 2022 for publicly backing the so-called 'anti-hijab' protests...
Subpar 5Y Auction Tails, Pushes Yields To Session Highs
24.04.2024, 19:22 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Subpar 5Y Auction Tails, Pushes Yields To Session Highs One day after the US sold a record amount of 2 Year paper in a very strong auction, the Treasury has followed that up with a record amount of 5 year paper, this time in a less than impressive sale. The $70BN in 5Y paper was up $3BN from $67BN last month and was the highest amount on record offered...
Cocoa Drops Most Since April 2009, Some Losses Recovered In Muti-Day Volatility Rollercoaster
24.04.2024, 19:09 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Cocoa Drops Most Since April 2009, Some Losses Recovered In Muti-Day Volatility Rollercoaster Cocoa futures in London on Tuesday plunged the most since April 2009, tumbling as much as 8.1%, while prices slid as much as 7.7% in New York. Prices recovered some losses on Wednesday morning. It appears the downdraft was caused by fast-money traders taking...
Cities' "Doom Loops" Are Even Worse Than You Imagined
24.04.2024, 18:45 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Cities' "Doom Loops" Are Even Worse Than You Imagined Authored by Charles Hugh Smith via OfTwoMinds blog, This is why those who understand these dynamics are getting out, even though the city was their home. A correspondent who prefers to remain anonymous sent me this account of the "doom loop" that is playing out in many American cities. The correspondent...