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  • Trudeau Begins Planning To Reopen US-Canada Border After More Than A Year

    ZeroHedge - May 14th 2021 11:20pm EDT

    Trudeau Begins Planning To Reopen US-Canada Border After More Than A Year For months now, as most US states have largely reopened their economies (with even hard-hit NYC preparing to be “fully reopened” by July1), Canada has lagged behind, leaving restrictions on travel and businesses in place, while the pace of the country’s vaccination campaign […]

  • American Medical Association Embraces Critical Race Theory, Rejects Meritocracy

    ZeroHedge - May 14th 2021 11:00pm EDT

    American Medical Association Embraces Critical Race Theory, Rejects Meritocracy Authored by GQ Pan via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours) Doctors and nurses confer in a hospital in Leonardtown, Md., on April 8, 2020. (Win McNamee/Getty Images) The American Medical Association (AMA), the largest national organization representing physicians and medical students in the United States, says […]

  • Biden’s Green “No” Deal Exposes Virtue-Signaling Americans’ NIMBY Views On Wind Power

    ZeroHedge - May 14th 2021 10:40pm EDT

    Biden’s Green “No” Deal Exposes Virtue-Signaling Americans’ NIMBY Views On Wind Power The Biden administration’s infrastructure proposal layouts 100% carbon-free or clean electricity by 2035. Such an ambitious goal will require a massive new workforce, hundreds of billions of dollars in funding, and community support. But all is not kosher as wind turbine projects across […]

  • The Age Of Fear: A Graduation Message For Terrifying Times

    ZeroHedge - May 14th 2021 10:20pm EDT

    The Age Of Fear: A Graduation Message For Terrifying Times Authored by John W. Whitehead & Nisha Whitehead via “Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked and denounce the pacifists for […]

  • Restaurateurs Begin To Automate Amid Labor Shortage 

    ZeroHedge - May 14th 2021 10:00pm EDT

    Restaurateurs Begin To Automate Amid Labor Shortage  Restaurant owners are blaming generous unemployment benefits for the current labor shortage. Ahead of the busy summer season, some restaurateurs are warning they might have no other choice but to use robots.  According to Andrew Gruel, founder and CEO of Slapfish seafood, with 11 locations in the Southwestern US and new ones […]

  • Flaws Found In Australian Electronic Voting Software

    ZeroHedge - May 14th 2021 9:40pm EDT

    Flaws Found In Australian Electronic Voting Software Authored by Daniel Teng via The Epoch Times, Four cyber and electoral system researchers have identified three flaws around the use of electronic voting at the 2020 election for the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) government. The researchers said the issues did not affect the outcome of the most […]

  • Priced Out Of The Newly-Built Housing Market, Millennials Are Turning To “Fixer-Uppers”

    ZeroHedge - May 14th 2021 9:20pm EDT

    Priced Out Of The Newly-Built Housing Market, Millennials Are Turning To “Fixer-Uppers” What was once a feel-good story about millennials moving out of their parents basements and finally buying houses of their own has now turned into a story about them being priced out of the market. Thanks, Federal Reserve. The scorching hot price of housing […]

  • Minnesota Black School Choice Movement “Explicitly Rejects” Narrative That America Is Racist

    ZeroHedge - May 14th 2021 9:00pm EDT

    Minnesota Black School Choice Movement “Explicitly Rejects” Narrative That America Is Racist Authored by GQ Pan via The Epoch Times, A school choice movement aimed at serving Minnesota’s black community has vowed to tackle the notion that the United States is a racist nation, saying such narratives are “structured to undermine the lives of black Americans.” The newly […]

  • COVID ‘Billionaire Boom’ Has Seen Aggregate Wealth More Than Double To $13 Trillion

    ZeroHedge - May 14th 2021 8:40pm EDT

    COVID ‘Billionaire Boom’ Has Seen Aggregate Wealth More Than Double To $13 Trillion America’s billionaire class is now the second most “bloated” in the world after…Sweden? If that sounds strange, it’s just one example of how the global explosion in wealth is impacting the world in unexpected ways. This is according to research by FT […]

  • Buchanan: Are The Halcyon Days Over For Joe Biden?

    ZeroHedge - May 14th 2021 8:20pm EDT

    Buchanan: Are The Halcyon Days Over For Joe Biden? Authored by Pat Buchanan, On taking the oath of office, Jan. 20, Joe Biden may not have realized it, but history had dealt him a pair of aces. The COVID-19 pandemic had reached its apex, infecting a quarter of a million Americans every day. Yet, due […]

  • Demand For Active Shooter Insurance Soars As Post-Pandemic America Reopens

    ZeroHedge - May 14th 2021 8:00pm EDT

    Demand For Active Shooter Insurance Soars As Post-Pandemic America Reopens As the US returns to some normalcy after a year of the virus pandemic, demand for active shooter insurance has surged following a spate of mass shootings across the country, according to Reuters.  Tarique Nageer, Terrorism Placement Advisory Leader at Marsh, the world’s largest insurance broker, […]

  • Biden Admin Sued Over Alleged Discrimination Against Certain Bar And Restaurant Owners

    ZeroHedge - May 14th 2021 7:40pm EDT

    Biden Admin Sued Over Alleged Discrimination Against Certain Bar And Restaurant Owners Authored by Janita Kan via The Epoch Times, A Texas cafe owner is taking the Biden administration to court over alleged discrimination that prevents him from receiving COVID-19 relief grants because of his race and gender. Philip Greer, the owner of Greer’s Ranch […]

  • Bill Gross’s 44-Year-Old Successor Quits To Spend Time With Kids “While They Still Like Me”

    ZeroHedge - May 14th 2021 7:20pm EDT

    Bill Gross’s 44-Year-Old Successor Quits To Spend Time With Kids “While They Still Like Me” In the wake of Friday’s underwhelming jobs number, the media has been hungry for stories about people quitting prestigious jobs – like the Goldman MD who reportedly quit after making a fortune off dogecoin. The latest example comes courtesy of […]

  • A Society Based On The Social Credit System Is Closer Than You Think

    ZeroHedge - May 14th 2021 7:00pm EDT

    A Society Based On The Social Credit System Is Closer Than You Think Authored by Robert Wheeler via The Organic Prepper blog, The social credit system took yet another step forward—this time, from Down Under. Under the guise of a welfare crackdown, Australia moved 25,000 people onto a cashless card system that restricts non-essential purchases.  […]

  • JPMorgan, Others To Unveil Credit Cards For People With No Credit Scores

    ZeroHedge - May 14th 2021 6:40pm EDT

    JPMorgan, Others To Unveil Credit Cards For People With No Credit Scores After a year of clamping down on new credit card, mortgage, and commercial loan issuance in the aftermath of the COVID pandemic, US commercial banks are planning to issue credit cards to people with no credit scores.  WSJ reports JPMorgan, Wells Fargo, and US Bancorp, […]

  • Psaki: Teaching “1619 Project” Critical Race Theory In College Is “Responsible”

    ZeroHedge - May 14th 2021 6:20pm EDT

    Psaki: Teaching “1619 Project” Critical Race Theory In College Is “Responsible” Authored by GQ Pan via The Epoch Times, White House press secretary Jen Psaki on Thursday said it is responsible for colleges to teach the idea that racism is embedded in the American system, dismissing criticism that such teaching aims at indoctrinating American youth. […]

  • TSMC Set To “Double Down” And Vastly Increase U.S. Semi Production Investment In Arizona

    ZeroHedge - May 14th 2021 6:00pm EDT

    TSMC Set To “Double Down” And Vastly Increase U.S. Semi Production Investment In Arizona At the beginning of May, we noted that Taiwan Semiconductor was considering bolstering its production in the U.S., and that President Biden’s Commerce Secretary was urging more domestic production. Now, it looks like TSMC could be within striking distance of a […]

  • Biden’s State-Sponsored Labor Shortage

    ZeroHedge - May 14th 2021 5:40pm EDT

    Biden’s State-Sponsored Labor Shortage Authored by Greg Orman via RealClearPolitics.com, President Biden spoke at the White House earlier this week to address an unsettling national trend – millions of jobs going unfilled in an economy still struggling to right itself. The president couldn’t deny the existence of the paradox: His own administration’s numbers show that […]

  • Delta CEO Says All New Hires Must Be Fully Vaccinated

    ZeroHedge - May 14th 2021 5:20pm EDT

    Delta CEO Says All New Hires Must Be Fully Vaccinated Yesterday, when it announced plans to raise wages for new hires as it attempts to hire tens of thousands of new workers, Amazon added that it would offer all new hires an additional $100 bonus if they are already fully vaccinated before signing on. On […]

  • Rachel Maddow Says She Will Have To “Rewire” Her Brain To Not View Maskless As A “Threat”

    ZeroHedge - May 14th 2021 5:00pm EDT

    Rachel Maddow Says She Will Have To “Rewire” Her Brain To Not View Maskless As A “Threat” Authored by Paul Joseph Watson via Summit News, MSNBC host Rachel Maddow reacted to the CDC’s announcement on face coverings by saying she would have to “rewire” her brain in order to not perceive those who don’t wear […]

  • Fauci-Funded Researchers Headlined Wuhan Lab ‘Gain Of Function’ Conference

    ZeroHedge - May 14th 2021 4:20pm EDT

    Fauci-Funded Researchers Headlined Wuhan Lab ‘Gain Of Function’ Conference Authored by Natalie Winters via The National Pulse Recipients of grants from Dr. Anthony Fauci’s National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases headlined a Wuhan Institute of Virology conference focusing on “gain of function research and gene editing,” The National Pulse can exclusively reveal. A press […]

  • Commodities, Cryptos, & Crappy Stocks Crumble As Stagflation Signals Soar This Week

    ZeroHedge - May 14th 2021 4:00pm EDT

    Commodities, Cryptos, & Crappy Stocks Crumble As Stagflation Signals Soar This Week So, the last week has flashed the ‘reddest’ of red flags that Stagflation is upon us: Payrolls disappoint… Retail Sales disappoint… Inflation hotter than expected… Sentiment far worse than expected… Source: Bloomberg Ignore all that… everything is fine… Crappy Stocks (money-losing tech companies) […]

  • China May Attempt To Land Mars Rover Today

    ZeroHedge - May 14th 2021 3:39pm EDT

    China May Attempt To Land Mars Rover Today From currency war, to trade war, to tech war, to climate war, and now to space war, the superpower rivalry between the US and China continues to flare up with Beijing expected to land its rover on the red planet today.  CNET reports that the China National Space […]

  • Autopilot Was Engaged In Fatal SoCal Tesla Wreck Earlier This Month, Authorities Reveal

    ZeroHedge - May 14th 2021 3:20pm EDT

    Autopilot Was Engaged In Fatal SoCal Tesla Wreck Earlier This Month, Authorities Reveal A Tesla that was involved in a fatal crash in Southern California last week was operating on Autopilot at the time, it has been revealed. The crash is still is under investigation by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, a report from ABC […]

  • Home Prices Are Soaring So Fast, They Are Negating The Benefits Of Low Mortgage Rates

    ZeroHedge - May 14th 2021 2:59pm EDT

    Home Prices Are Soaring So Fast, They Are Negating The Benefits Of Low Mortgage Rates A recent report in the Wall Street Journal that cited data from the National Association of Realtors and Fannie Mae caught our eye by highlighting an unfortunate reality of low interest rates: while they initially help even the playing field […]