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"Are You Staring Me Down?": Judge Merchan Becomes An Oddity In His Own Courtroom
21.05.2024, 15:01 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - "Are You Staring Me Down?": Judge Merchan Becomes An Oddity In His Own Courtroom Authored by Jonathan Turley, Below is my column in the New York Post on the meltdown of Michael Cohen on the stand in the Manhattan trial of former President Donald Trump. In a trial careening out of control, Judge Juan Merchan seemed to be furiously working to just get...
The Argument Against Michael Saylor
21.05.2024, 14:21 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - The Argument Against Michael Saylor Submitted by QTR's Fringe Finance Today, with his permission, I’m happy to offer up the latest thoughts from my friend Anton Wahlman, whose takes I don’t always agree with — but are always worth considering. Anton is a brilliant analyst and has, many times in the past, help me see “blind spots” in analysis...
Futures Flat As Investors Wait For Nvidia Earnings; Ethereum Soars
21.05.2024, 14:06 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Futures Flat As Investors Wait For Nvidia Earnings; Ethereum Soars US futures are flat, reversing earlier losses, with European bourses and Asian markets all lower as the international risk-off tone carries over to the US pre-mkt, likely driven by a desire to see the NVDA print before determining near-term direction. Until then, markets are hunting...
London Mayor Khan Says He's Calling Trump Out For Being A "Racist, Sexist Homophobe"
21.05.2024, 09:30 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - London Mayor Khan Says He's Calling Trump Out For Being A "Racist, Sexist Homophobe" Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, The freshly reelected Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan has declared Donald Trump to be a “racist, sexist homophobe,” urging the Labour party to “call him out” as you would do a “best mate.” Khan told POLITICO “I’m...
Historic Trucking Rate Disparity Could Cripple Service In Late 2024
21.05.2024, 03:40 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Historic Trucking Rate Disparity Could Cripple Service In Late 2024 By Zach Strickland of FreightWaves Truckload contract rates continue to show strong elevation in relation to spot rates excluding estimated fuel costs above $1.20 a gallon. This historic spread — currently about 30% versus about 12% in 2019 — suggests there is an extraordinary amount...
Comply Or Else - Proof Of Censorship
21.05.2024, 00:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Comply Or Else - Proof Of Censorship Authored by Jeffrey Tucker via DailyReckoning.com, It’s not been good lately for the Censorship Industrial Complex. The machine has been built and put into action over nearly a decade but largely in secret. Its way of doing business has been via surreptitious contacts with media and tech companies, intelligence...
Trump Highlights 2nd Amendment As Vital Amid Illegal Immigration Crisis
20.05.2024, 23:02 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Trump Highlights 2nd Amendment As Vital Amid Illegal Immigration Crisis Authored by Michael Clements via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The Second Amendment is vital for enabling Americans to protect themselves from the wave of criminals, drugs, and the mentally ill that are flooding across the U.S. southern border, former President Donald Trump told...
Welcome To 'Fugazy Land'
20.05.2024, 22:21 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Welcome To 'Fugazy Land' Authored by James Howard Kunstler via Kunstler.com, “The crisis of meaning only becomes a problem when society becomes resigned to it, accepts a condition of meaninglessness, and seeks to dispossess humanity from the insights and truths it learned through the ages.” - Frank Furedi Really, you must agree: just about anything...
Jamie Dimon Is "Cautiously Pessimistic" As QT Uncertainty Supercharged By World War Threats
20.05.2024, 21:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Jamie Dimon Is "Cautiously Pessimistic" As QT Uncertainty Supercharged By World War Threats On Monday morning, investors flocked to JPMorgan's Manhattan campus to hear CEO Jamie Dimon rant about several critical topics. From regulation crushing the US economy to geopolitics, inflation, potential market swoons, and monetary policy, Dimon covered...
Grayscale CEO Michael Sonnenshein Steps Down Amid Relentless ETF Outflows
20.05.2024, 19:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Grayscale CEO Michael Sonnenshein Steps Down Amid Relentless ETF Outflows Michael Sonnenshein has stepped down from his role as the CEO of Grayscale Investments, the WSJ reported. “I would like to thank Barry Silbert for his vision and partnership and for entrusting me to lead Grayscale’s business. The crypto asset class is at an important inflection...
Futures Rise, Commodities Soar After Iran's President Dies In Helicopter Crash
20.05.2024, 13:55 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Futures Rise, Commodities Soar After Iran's President Dies In Helicopter Crash Futures are higher across the board as investors shift their focus from macro to micro, following a rollercoaster week that saw stocks slide then reverse higher after a soggy CPI and retail sales print, to close at an all time high and the Dow above 40,000. AI is in focus...
A Global Censorship Prison Built By The Women Of The CIA
20.05.2024, 02:26 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - A Global Censorship Prison Built By The Women Of The CIA Authored by Elizabeth Nickson via 'Welcome to Absurdistan' substack, The polite world was fascinated last month when long-time NPR editor Uri Berliner confessed to the Stalinist suicide pact the public broadcaster, like all public broadcasters, seems to be on. Formerly it was a place of differing...
Michael Saylor On Bitcoin's Biggest Risk, Price Target, GameStop, ETFs And Inflation
19.05.2024, 18:16 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Michael Saylor On Bitcoin's Biggest Risk, Price Target, GameStop, ETFs And Inflation Submitted by QTR's Fringe Finance I was extraordinarily appreciative when executive chairman and co-founder of MicroStrategy Michael Saylor sat down with me this weekend for an exclusive interview. What’s inside this exclusive Fringe Finance interview with Michael...
Inflation Isn't A Bug In The System, It's A Feature
19.05.2024, 15:55 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Inflation Isn't A Bug In The System, It's A Feature Authored by J. Kennerly Davis via RealClearPolicy, May brings more bad economic news for hard-pressed American households. “Transitory” inflation remains firmly entrenched at rates equal to or higher than those reported at the start of 2024. The Labor Department reports this week that the Consumer...
Ex-CDC Director Says It's High Time To Admit 'Significant Side Effects' Of COVID-19 Vaccines
19.05.2024, 04:45 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Ex-CDC Director Says It's High Time To Admit 'Significant Side Effects' Of COVID-19 Vaccines Authored by Tom Ozimek via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Dr. Robert Redfield, former director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), said Thursday that many officials who tried to warn the public about potential problems with COVID-19 vaccines...
US State Department Issues 'Worldwide Caution' Alert For Americans
19.05.2024, 03:01 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - US State Department Issues 'Worldwide Caution' Alert For Americans Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The U.S. Department of State on Friday issued a “worldwide caution” alert for U.S. citizens to remain alert for possible terrorist attacks or other violent actions against Americans. A flag waves in the wind at a U.S...
Ex-CIA Ray McGovern: Russia & China - Two Against One
19.05.2024, 01:50 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Ex-CIA Ray McGovern: Russia & China - Two Against One Authored by Ray McGovern via Consortium News Chinese President Xi Jinping’s extremely warm reception of President Vladimir Putin yesterday in Beijing sealed the increasingly formidable Russia-China strategic relationship. It amounts to a tectonic shift in the world balance of power. The Russia-China...
Billionaires Funding Protests Donate Millions To House Dems
18.05.2024, 22:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Billionaires Funding Protests Donate Millions To House Dems Authored by Susan Crabtree via RealClearPolitics.com, For President Biden and congressional Democrats, the fierce party division over the campus protests and the war in Gaza is full of warning signs during the 2024 election year. The unrest is unlikely to stop when universities break for the...
Expect More Inflation No Matter Who Wins The Election
18.05.2024, 20:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Expect More Inflation No Matter Who Wins The Election Authored by Mike Shedlock via MishTalk.com, For many reasons, the Fed will struggle to contain inflation. This is part one on the Fed’s struggle. It covers deficit spending and interest on the debt. Key Points The government is running a cumulative deficit of $1.1 trillion so far in FY2024 ($46...
Texas Governor Pardons Daniel Perry, Veteran Who Shot Armed BLM Protester
18.05.2024, 18:51 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Texas Governor Pardons Daniel Perry, Veteran Who Shot Armed BLM Protester Authored by Tom Ozimek via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has pardoned former U.S. Army Sgt. Daniel Perry, who was convicted of murder and sentenced to 25 years in prison for shooting an armed Black Lives Matter (BLM) protester who wielded an AK-47. U...
Sen. Cruz Urges DOJ, FBI To Investigate Whether Foreign Adversaries Are Behind Gaza War Protests In US
18.05.2024, 05:41 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Sen. Cruz Urges DOJ, FBI To Investigate Whether Foreign Adversaries Are Behind Gaza War Protests In US Authored by Ryan Morgan via The Epoch Times, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) has called for U.S. federal authorities to investigate whether foreign actors are promoting contentions within the United States, including recent protests over the war in Gaza taking...
2 House Panels Clear Contempt Resolutions Against AG Garland
18.05.2024, 03:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - 2 House Panels Clear Contempt Resolutions Against AG Garland Authored by Samantha Flom via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Attorney General Merrick Garland appears at a House Appropriations Committee hearing on Capitol Hill on April 16, 2024. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images) Republicans on two House committees voted to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland...
Texas Governor Pardons Man Convicted For Shooting Armed BLM Protester
18.05.2024, 02:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Texas Governor Pardons Man Convicted For Shooting Armed BLM Protester Defend yourself against violent BLM protesters and face an endless salvo of character assassination, not to mention potential prison time. That was the message being sent by far-left activists and the establishment media from 2020 to 2023, specifically in their efforts to destroy...
The Decay Of Everyday Life
17.05.2024, 23:03 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - The Decay Of Everyday Life Authored by Charles Hugh Smith via OfTwoMinds blog, So where does this leave us? We're on our own. This month I've described what can be summarized as The Decay of Everyday Life: the erosion of the fundamental elements of everyday life: work, opportunity, social mobility, security and well-being, which includes civility...
Doctor Fined For Prescribing Ivermectin Against COVID-19
17.05.2024, 19:40 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Doctor Fined For Prescribing Ivermectin Against COVID-19 Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times, A doctor in Washington state has been fined for prescribing ivermectin against COVID-19. He must also take continuing education classes, according to newly filed documents. Dr. Wei-Hsung Lin must pay $5,000, according to an order signed by the Washington...
Chinese FX Outflows Soar To Highest Since 2015 Devaluation, Priming Next Bitcoin Surge
17.05.2024, 17:26 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Chinese FX Outflows Soar To Highest Since 2015 Devaluation, Priming Next Bitcoin Surge Last October, when we pointed out that China's FX outflows had just hit a whopping $75BN - the single biggest monthly outflow since the 2015 currency devaluation - we concluded that the "unfavorable interest rate spread between China and the US will "likely imply...
Is Buffett's Cash Hoard A Market Warning?
17.05.2024, 16:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Is Buffett's Cash Hoard A Market Warning? Authored by Lance Roberts via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, Every year, investors anxiously await the release of Warren Buffett’s annual letter to see what the “Oracle of Omaha” says about the markets, the economy, and where he is placing his money. “One of the longest-running traditions in modern finance...
Watch: Chief Economic Adviser Refuses To Admit Biden Is Lying About Inflation
17.05.2024, 14:11 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Watch: Chief Economic Adviser Refuses To Admit Biden Is Lying About Inflation Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, Joe Biden’s chief economic advisor refused to admit Thursday that the president keeps telling a huge lie by claiming that inflation was at 9 percent when he took office when it was really at 1.4 percent and shot up to 9 percent...
Out Of Control Inflation: It Now Takes At Least $177,798 For A Family Of 4 To Live Comfortably In The US
17.05.2024, 13:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Out Of Control Inflation: It Now Takes At Least $177,798 For A Family Of 4 To Live Comfortably In The US Authored by Michael Snyder via The Economic Collapse blog, I never imagined that we would ever see a time when it takes $177,798 for a family of four to live comfortably in the United States. Unfortunately, that day has arrived. Our leaders have...
Former Greenlight Employee Offers To Debate David Einhorn Over Merits Of Tesla Short
17.05.2024, 12:55 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Former Greenlight Employee Offers To Debate David Einhorn Over Merits Of Tesla Short A former Greenlight Capital employee, who is embroiled in a lawsuit against his former employer for defamation, claims the firm "fundamentally misunderestimates" Tesla and is seeking to debate Greenlight President David Einhorn on the topic. On a post on X, the employee...
Futures Flat In Quiet End To Torrid Week
17.05.2024, 12:53 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Futures Flat In Quiet End To Torrid Week US equity futures are flat to end a torrid week which saw all indexes hit a fresh all-time high while the terminally anachronistic Dow Jones briefly topped 40,000. Pre-market, MegaCap Tech are mixed: AMZN +20bp, MSFT +20bp, META -22bp, GOOGL -18bp. WMT is down 27bps pre-mkt, after its +7.0% rally post-earnings...
Netanyahu Could Fire Defense Chief As Public Spat Erupts Over Gaza 'Day After'
17.05.2024, 04:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Netanyahu Could Fire Defense Chief As Public Spat Erupts Over Gaza 'Day After' Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is at odds with his own defense minister Yoav Gallant after Gallant said in a Wednesday televised address that the Israeli leader must take "tough decisions" on Gaza's 'day after' the war ends. Gallant came out very strongly against any...
America's Nuclear Zeitenwende
17.05.2024, 00:56 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - America's Nuclear Zeitenwende Authored by Charles Bell via RealClear Wire, Overshadowed by Hamas’s attack on Israel, the release of the congressionally mandated Strategic Posture Commission (SPC) report heralded the arrival of an American nuclear Zeitenwende – a sea change setting us on a new course. By issuing consensus recommendations for significant...
PA Voter Allegiances Changing In 2024
16.05.2024, 22:25 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - PA Voter Allegiances Changing In 2024 Authored by Salena Zito via RealClearPolitics, NEWTON SQUARE, PA – In childhood, Tasliym Morales was always interested in civic affairs, so it was no surprise to those who knew her that as soon she turned 18, she registered to vote. What did take her family and friends aback, however, was the political party affiliation...
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...
Watch: Senior Navy DEI Chief Admits Wokeness Would Be 'Out The Window' If China-Taiwan War Broke Out
16.05.2024, 20:05 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Watch: Senior Navy DEI Chief Admits Wokeness Would Be 'Out The Window' If China-Taiwan War Broke Out A senior DEI adviser to US Navy Admiral Lisa Franchetti has admitted in undercover footage that woke initiatives would evaporate if a "world war" breaks out, and that military colleagues think Diversity Equity and Inclusion is a "waste of time." In undercover...
Peru Classifies Transgender Individuals As 'Mentally Ill'
16.05.2024, 19:25 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Peru Classifies Transgender Individuals As 'Mentally Ill' The Peruvian government has officially categorized transgender and intersex people as "mentally ill," which the health ministry says is the only way that Peru's public health services could guarantee "guarantee full coverage of medical attention for mental health," The Telegraph reports. Conditions...
'Brothers Forever': Putin, Xi Agree That Deepened Ties Project Stability Against West's 'Unilateral Hegemony'
16.05.2024, 15:50 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - 'Brothers Forever': Putin, Xi Agree That Deepened Ties Project Stability Against West's 'Unilateral Hegemony' Russian President Vladimir Putin is in Beijing visiting his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries. On the first day of the two-day state...
Get Woke, Go Broke: New "Queer" 'Doctor Who' Suffers Worst Ratings In Series History
16.05.2024, 08:45 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Get Woke, Go Broke: New "Queer" 'Doctor Who' Suffers Worst Ratings In Series History Woke activists today often like to hearken back to nostalgic media from the 1960s; what they consider the golden era or genesis moment of far-left movements in British and US history. These were the days when being a progressive was considered "counter-culture" and...
Escobar: De-Dollarization Bombshell - The Coming Of BRICS+ Decentralized Monetary Ecosystem
16.05.2024, 05:40 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Escobar: De-Dollarization Bombshell - The Coming Of BRICS+ Decentralized Monetary Ecosystem Authored by Pepe Escobar, Get ready for what may well be the geoeconomic bombshell of 2024: the coming of a decentralized monetary ecosystem. Welcome to The Unit – a concept that has already been discussed by the financial services and investments working...
A Nanny State Idiocracy: A Tale Of Too Many Laws And Too Little Freedom
16.05.2024, 05:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - A Nanny State Idiocracy: A Tale Of Too Many Laws And Too Little Freedom Authored by John & Nisha Whitehead via The Rutherford Institute, “Whether the mask is labeled fascism, democracy, or dictatorship of the proletariat, our great adversary remains the apparatus—the bureaucracy, the police, the military.” - Simone Weil, French philosopher We...
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...
Money's Grim Future
15.05.2024, 23:40 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Money's Grim Future Authored by Alan Lash via The Brownstone Institute, Prepare for total control of your economic life. That is the message from Brownstone Fellow Aaron Day at his 4-hour workshop in San Jose, California last Saturday, May 11th. Day has written the excellent book The Final Countdown, which carefully describes the increasingly aggressive...
Stimulus Today Costs Dearly Tomorrow
15.05.2024, 20:05 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Stimulus Today Costs Dearly Tomorrow Authored by Michael Lebowitz via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, Since the pandemic-related bazooka of fiscal stimulus, the outstanding Federal debt has risen appreciably. In nominal dollar terms, the recent debt surge is mindboggling. However, the increase is on par with the government’s negligent ways over the last...
Yields Tumble, Set For Bigger Plunge If CPI Comes In Cool
15.05.2024, 14:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Yields Tumble, Set For Bigger Plunge If CPI Comes In Cool Perhaps taking a cue from our CPI commentary last week in which we explained why today's inflation print will likely come in on the dovish side after beating estimates for 5 months in a row... ... moments ago 10Y yields plumbed fresh multi-week lows, sliding to just above 4.40% (from a high of...
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...
NATO's Newest Member Open To Hosting Nuclear Weapons
15.05.2024, 09:30 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - NATO's Newest Member Open To Hosting Nuclear Weapons Via The Libertarian Institute The Swedish Prime Minister has said his country would be willing to host nuclear weapons during a war. The North Atlantic Alliance has a nuclear sharing program that has US nuclear weapons deployed in five countries. The Polish leader recently said he hopes Warsaw can...
Mass Starvation: Here's Why Most Of America Is Completely Unprepared
15.05.2024, 05:40 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Mass Starvation: Here's Why Most Of America Is Completely Unprepared Authored by Brandon Smith via Alt-Market.us, The concept of mass starvation has not been in the forefront of American society for a very long time. Even during the Great Depression the US was majority agrarian and most people knew how to live off the land. In fact, the US has never...
House Oversight Cmte Probing Biden Voter Mobilization Order
15.05.2024, 01:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - House Oversight Cmte Probing Biden Voter Mobilization Order Authored by Ben Weingarten via RealClearPolitics, The House Oversight Committee is probing a controversial Biden administration executive order tasking the federal government with mobilizing voting groups it says are underrepresented. In a letter obtained by RealClearPolitics, Chairman James...