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  • Supreme Court Agrees To Hear Abortion Rights Case

    ZeroHedge - May 17th 2021 9:45am EDT

    Supreme Court Agrees To Hear Abortion Rights Case The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear arguments in a major abortion case from Mississippi that could roll back limits on abortion restrictions included in the landmark reproductive rights case Roe v. Wade. Here is the orders list with a snapshot of the grant. Question 1 […]

  • Key Events This Week: PMIs, Claims And Fed Minutes

    ZeroHedge - May 17th 2021 9:40am EDT

    Key Events This Week: PMIs, Claims And Fed Minutes Looking forward at the coming relatively quiet week, the flash PMIs for May (Friday) will be the data highlight but – as DB’s Jim Reid notes – “it’s tough to know what they’ll tell us that we don’t already know.” Having said that, as we noted […]

  • Top Islamic Jihad Commander Killed As 3,000 Total Rockets Were Fired From Gaza In 1st Week

    ZeroHedge - May 17th 2021 9:33am EDT

    Top Islamic Jihad Commander Killed As 3,000 Total Rockets Were Fired From Gaza In 1st Week The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced on Monday that it has successfully assassinated top Islamic Jihad commander named Hussam Abu Harbeed in an airstrike on Gaza. Harbeed had been sought for 15 years after leading many attacks on Israeli soldiers […]

  • Gates And Epstein Traded Advice On Bill’s ‘Toxic’ Marriage, Jeff’s Pedo Image Rehab During Secretive “Men’s Club” Gatherings

    ZeroHedge - May 17th 2021 9:09am EDT

    Gates And Epstein Traded Advice On Bill’s ‘Toxic’ Marriage, Jeff’s Pedo Image Rehab During Secretive “Men’s Club” Gatherings A former Jeffrey Epstein insider claims that Bill Gates was a regular at the notorious pedophile’s $77 million Manhattan townhouse, where Epstein held “men’s club” – type gatherings for his closest pals (documented by his home’s alleged […]

  • The End Of The Age Of Speculation

    ZeroHedge - May 17th 2021 8:49am EDT

    The End Of The Age Of Speculation Authored by Bill Blain via MorningPorridge.com, “Speculation may be indulged when based on facts..” Markets are full of noise about everything from inflation, risk, leverage and politics, but the reality is we are approaching “Peak Speculation”. It doesn’t mean a crash in imminent, but that investment strategies and […]

  • 39 Million Households Including Most U.S. Children To Get Up To $3,600 Stimulus In Monthly Payments

    ZeroHedge - May 17th 2021 8:35am EDT

    39 Million Households Including Most U.S. Children To Get Up To $3,600 Stimulus In Monthly Payments In the latest evolution of creeping Universal Basic Income, Biden administration officials said on Monday that a poverty-fighting measure included in the COVID-19 relief bill passed this year will deliver monthly payments to households including 88% of children in […]

  • Iron Ore Prices Bounce As Chinese Steel Output Hits Record Pace 

    ZeroHedge - May 17th 2021 8:26am EDT

    Iron Ore Prices Bounce As Chinese Steel Output Hits Record Pace  After weeks of a vertical rampage, commodity prices hit a sudden air pocket late last week as everything from lumber to iron ore stumbled for their first weekly drop in months amid efforts by China to clamp down on surging prices. But on Monday, […]

  • Futures Slide, European Stocks Drop On Fresh Infection, Inflation Fears

    ZeroHedge - May 17th 2021 7:58am EDT

    Futures Slide, European Stocks Drop On Fresh Infection, Inflation Fears US equity futures and European stocks dipped in a quiet overnight session to start the week amid renewed concerns about rising inflation and a spike in Covid-19 cases in parts of the world. Gold briefly reached a three-month high, while oil and the dollar were […]

  • AT&T Strikes $43 Billion Deal With Discovery To Launch New Streaming Giant

    ZeroHedge - May 17th 2021 7:50am EDT

    AT&T Strikes $43 Billion Deal With Discovery To Launch New Streaming Giant After news of the impending deal leaked over the weekend, AT&T has confirmed its deal to spin off its media assets and combine them with Discovery’s suite of reality-TV-focused entertainment properties to create a new streaming rival with the heft to compete with […]

  • White House Working To Roll Back Trump’s EU Metals Tariffs Despite Admitting They Saved Jobs

    ZeroHedge - May 17th 2021 7:21am EDT

    White House Working To Roll Back Trump’s EU Metals Tariffs Despite Admitting They Saved Jobs Though it wasn’t his administration’s first priority (given the modest popularity President Trump’s trade policies have enjoyed among the American public) President Biden and his team have agreed to roll back his predecessor’s metals tariffs on the EU just before […]

  • The Secret…Is Out!

    ZeroHedge - May 17th 2021 6:30am EDT

    The Secret…Is Out! Authored by Sven Henrich via NorthmanTrader.com, The secret is out. It can no longer be denied and it’s up to each and everyone of us to help bring the secret to the forefront of public awareness. For the mainstream financial media won’t do it, indeed they allow the guardians of the secret […]

  • A Paid Subscription Version Of Twitter Called “Twitter Blue” Is On Its Way

    ZeroHedge - May 17th 2021 5:45am EDT

    A Paid Subscription Version Of Twitter Called “Twitter Blue” Is On Its Way With shareholders constantly pushing Jack Dorsey to do better to monetize Twitter, it was just a matter of time before the social media network offered a paid subscription model. Now, it looks as though the service has a name: Twitter Blue. On […]

  • The American Consumer Is Not Happy

    ZeroHedge - May 17th 2021 5:00am EDT

    The American Consumer Is Not Happy Authored by Daniel Lacalle, The University of Michigan consumer confidence index fell to 82.8 in May, from 88.3 in April. More importantly, the current conditions index slumped to 90.8, from 97.2 and the expectations index declined to 77.6, from 82.7. Hard data also questions the strength of the recovery. April retail […]

  • Airlines May Start Weighing Passengers Amid Obesity Crisis 

    ZeroHedge - May 17th 2021 4:15am EDT

    Airlines May Start Weighing Passengers Amid Obesity Crisis  The issue of weighing passengers before flights have been a challenging one. It may not be known to travelers but calculating the weight of an aircraft is critical to flight safety that informs pilots of much fuel the aircraft needs, hence why check-in baggage is weighed. But […]

  • Vaccine Passports And Medical Paternalism

    ZeroHedge - May 17th 2021 3:30am EDT

    Vaccine Passports And Medical Paternalism Authored by Birsen Filip via The Mises Institute, Vaccine passports have been implemented, or are being developed, in a number of countries around the world. In February 2021, Israel introduced its “Green Pass,” which becomes “effective the week after receiving the second dose” of the vaccine and expires after six months. It was followed […]

  • A Primer For The Propagandized: Fear Is The Mind-Killer

    ZeroHedge - May 17th 2021 2:00am EDT

    A Primer For The Propagandized: Fear Is The Mind-Killer Authored by Margaret Anna Alice via Off-Guardian.org, “Totalitarianism, if not fought against, could triumph anywhere.” – George Orwell The noose is dangling gently around our necks. Every day, they cinch it tighter. By the time we realize it’s strangling us, it will be too late. Those […]

  • Just Whose Coast Is The Coast Guard Guarding?

    ZeroHedge - May 17th 2021 12:00am EDT

    Just Whose Coast Is The Coast Guard Guarding? Authored by Ted Galen Carpenter via AntiWar.com, Most Americans likely assume that the mission of the U.S. Coast Guard is to protect the coasts of the United State from maritime threats. Increasingly, though, that is no longer true, as Coast Guard vessels and personnel now routinely operate […]

  • As COVID Concerns Ease, DHS Reminds Americans Terrorists May Attack At Any Time

    ZeroHedge - May 16th 2021 11:30pm EDT

    As COVID Concerns Ease, DHS Reminds Americans Terrorists May Attack At Any Time Be afraid, very afraid. That appears to be the message from the Biden administration. As they cede “control” over the populace’s fear of COVID to the reality of a virus that doesn’t spread outdoors, or on surfaces, or via mask-blocking droplets and […]

  • Former Professor Sentenced To 37 Months In Prison For Using Federal Grants To Aid China’s Medical Research

    ZeroHedge - May 16th 2021 11:00pm EDT

    Former Professor Sentenced To 37 Months In Prison For Using Federal Grants To Aid China’s Medical Research By Cathy He of The Epoch Times, A biomedical professor has been sentenced to 37 months in prison for carrying out a scheme to use millions of dollars in federal grant money to advance research in China, according […]

  • 48 Shot, Including 2 Police Officers In Another Out Of Control Chicago Weekend

    ZeroHedge - May 16th 2021 10:30pm EDT

    48 Shot, Including 2 Police Officers In Another Out Of Control Chicago Weekend Yet another deadly Chicago weekend has seen shootings soar with as of Sunday mid-evening 48 people shot since Friday night, including 5 killed from their wounds. “A violent weekend in Chicago left at least 48 people shot in separate incidents, including two police officers […]

  • New Video Reveals Capitol Police Officer Giving Protesters Permission To Enter Building

    ZeroHedge - May 16th 2021 10:00pm EDT

    New Video Reveals Capitol Police Officer Giving Protesters Permission To Enter Building Authored by Julie Kelly via American Greatness (emphasis ours) A newly-obtained video shows United States Capitol Police officers speaking with several January 6 protestors—including Jacob Chansley, the so-called “Q shaman”—inside the Capitol that afternoon. One officer, identified in the video and confirmed by […]

  • Hedge Fund CIO: “Trading Is Truly An Awful Pursuit”

    ZeroHedge - May 16th 2021 9:00pm EDT

    Hedge Fund CIO: “Trading Is Truly An Awful Pursuit” By Eric Peters, CIO of One River Asset Management Anecdote “What are you thinking about markets here?” asked the entrepreneur, wedging the question into our conversation, but working hard to sound barely interested. I laughed, unable to contain it. “Oh, so you really called to ask […]

  • Police Across America Brace For Another Violent Summer

    ZeroHedge - May 16th 2021 8:30pm EDT

    Police Across America Brace For Another Violent Summer Donald Trump may not be president anymore, but that won’t stop Anitfa and BLM from getting their riot willies out this summer in response to any number of social justice triggers. To that end, the Wall Street Journal reports that police departments across the country are “bulking […]

  • America’s Housing Future Remains Murky At Best – Part 1

    ZeroHedge - May 16th 2021 8:00pm EDT

    America’s Housing Future Remains Murky At Best – Part 1 Authored by Bruce Wilds via Advancing Time blog, The housing market in America is not one but many markets that generally share a few common threads. In America, the government, coupled with a slew of builder and Realtor associations control the housing narrative. Housing prices in Canada […]

  • The $100 Million New Jersey-Based Hometown Deli Has Fired Its Wrestling Coach CEO

    ZeroHedge - May 16th 2021 7:30pm EDT

    The $100 Million New Jersey-Based Hometown Deli Has Fired Its Wrestling Coach CEO Last month, we highlighted when fund manager David Einhorn pointed out a New Jersey deli that was trading with an insane market cap of over $100 million as one of the hallmarks of the bubble the market is in. Einhorn wrote: “Strange […]