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  • China’s First Mars Mission Begins Next Month As Tianwen-1 Approaches Red Planet

    ZeroHedge - Jan 5th 2021 5:30am EST

    China’s First Mars Mission Begins Next Month As Tianwen-1 Approaches Red Planet China’s first Mars mission could begin as early as next month. Tianwen-1 is expected to enter the red planet’s orbit in February, according to the China National Space Administration (CNSA). On Sunday, CNSA released a statement that read Tianwen-1 has traveled more than 400 million km […]

  • Statistician: Lockdowns Don’t Work Because They Force People To Congregate In Fewer Places

    ZeroHedge - Jan 5th 2021 5:00am EST

    Statistician: Lockdowns Don’t Work Because They Force People To Congregate In Fewer Places Authored by Paul Joseph Watson via Summit News, Author and statistician William M. Briggs argues that lockdowns don’t work because they force people to gather in fewer places like supermarkets and therefore spread viruses faster than if people were allowed to spread […]

  • Tourism Tumbles To 1990 Levels As Pandemic Halts Travel

    ZeroHedge - Jan 5th 2021 4:15am EST

    Tourism Tumbles To 1990 Levels As Pandemic Halts Travel While few industries have been spared by the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, even fewer have been hit as hard as the tourism sector. As 2020 drew to a close with severe limitations to travel still in place, the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) expects international arrivals to have declined […]

  • This Russian Energy Giant Is Mining Bitcoin With Virtually Free Energy

    ZeroHedge - Jan 5th 2021 3:30am EST

    This Russian Energy Giant Is Mining Bitcoin With Virtually Free Energy Authored by Haley Zaremba via OilPrice.com, Two things that seem futuristic: Bitcoin and energy efficiency. Two things that are diametrically opposed: Bitcoin and energy efficiency. Mining Bitcoin might not sound like a resource-intensive process, but in fact it requires almost unbelievably vast amounts of […]

  • Mapping The World’s Most-Surveilled Cities (London Leads The West)

    ZeroHedge - Jan 5th 2021 2:45am EST

    Mapping The World’s Most-Surveilled Cities (London Leads The West) Since the world’s first CCTV camera was installed in Germany in 1942, the number of surveillance cameras around the world has grown immensely. In fact, as Visual Capitalist’s Avery Koop notes, it only took us 79 years to go from one camera to nearly one billion […]

  • OPCW Chief Dodges Questions On Syria Cover-Up After New Leaks, Attacks On Whistleblowers

    ZeroHedge - Jan 5th 2021 2:00am EST

    OPCW Chief Dodges Questions On Syria Cover-Up After New Leaks, Attacks On Whistleblowers Authored by Aaron Maté via TheGrayZone.com, For the first time, OPCW chief Fernando Arias was asked a series of direct questions at the United Nations about the cover-up of a Syria chemical weapons probe. He answered none of them. Russia’s UN ambassador […]

  • The Great Reset, Part III: Capitalism With Chinese Characteristics

    ZeroHedge - Jan 5th 2021 12:00am EST

    The Great Reset, Part III: Capitalism With Chinese Characteristics Authored by Michael Rectenwald via The Mises Institute, Read Part I: Reduced Expectations And Bio-Techno-Feudalism here… Read Part II: Corporate Socialism here… The title of this essay represents a play on the Chinese Communist Party’s description of its economy. Several decades ago, when China’s growing reliance […]

  • US Navy Preparing Largest Underwater Drone For Deployment 

    ZeroHedge - Jan 4th 2021 11:40pm EST

    US Navy Preparing Largest Underwater Drone For Deployment  The US Navy could be a couple of years away from deploying the largest unmanned undersea vehicle called “Snakehead” to scout underwater areas and gather intelligence on enemy forces.  Called the Large Displacement Unmanned Underwater Vehicle (LDUUV), the Snakehead program will be an important electronic warfare platform […]

  • The American System Is One Big Grift

    ZeroHedge - Jan 4th 2021 11:20pm EST

    The American System Is One Big Grift Authored by Peter van Buren via TheAmericanConservative.com, The Bidens, and even the Clintons, are small-time players. The real corruption is much bigger, much higher, and entirely unpunished. I learned the facts of life from a drunk uncle. He was not an American, and worked in international construction in […]

  • China Seeks Military Base On The Moon In Next Decade: Report

    ZeroHedge - Jan 4th 2021 11:00pm EST

    China Seeks Military Base On The Moon In Next Decade: Report A new report in Newsmax argues that “When it comes to the next phase of space exploration, China has its eyes on domination, placing the U.S. in danger of losing its superiority in technology, economics, and world power.” Multiple foreign policy thinkers and China watchers say “The […]

  • Putin Pushes Plan To Roll Out COVID “Immunity Passports” In Russia

    ZeroHedge - Jan 4th 2021 10:20pm EST

    Putin Pushes Plan To Roll Out COVID “Immunity Passports” In Russia As Russian President Vladimir Putin ramps up his aggressive campaign to stamp out COVID-19 once and for all (as Russia races to vaccinate its most vulnerable citizens while striking deals to supply “Sputnik V” to developing markets the world), the embattled president has just […]

  • In Bizarre Flipflop, NYSE Ignores Trump Executive Order, Refuses To Delist China Telcos

    ZeroHedge - Jan 4th 2021 10:14pm EST

    In Bizarre Flipflop, NYSE Ignores Trump Executive Order, Refuses To Delist China Telcos In a shocking turn of events, NYSE has decided to reverse its previous decision (from last Thursday) to follow President Trump’s Executive Order to delist three Chinese Telecom giants (China Mobile, China Telecom, and China Unicom Hong Kong) identified as “affiliated with […]

  • Taibbi: 2021 Has to Be Better Edition

    ZeroHedge - Jan 4th 2021 10:00pm EST

    Taibbi: 2021 Has to Be Better Edition Authored by Matt Taibbi via TK News A year ago this week, I sat in a left corner seat in a school auditorium, watching as presidential candidate Andrew Yang yukked it up with teens at Concord High in New Hampshire. Yang was a hit. He said he wanted […]

  • Virtu Financial Becomes Latest Corporation To Ditch NYC In Favor Of Florida

    ZeroHedge - Jan 4th 2021 9:40pm EST

    Virtu Financial Becomes Latest Corporation To Ditch NYC In Favor Of Florida Virtu Financial has become the latest in a long line of companies leaving New York for Florida.  It’s a trend that started early this year when we first reported that Citadel had set up a makeshift trading floor at the Four Seasons in […]

  • World Out Of Whack: Global Market Commentary And Outlook

    ZeroHedge - Jan 4th 2021 9:20pm EST

    World Out Of Whack: Global Market Commentary And Outlook Submitted by Ritesh Jain of World Out Of Whack Today, much like in the past, it is not the best idea that wins, but the narrative which captures the most mindshare. Nothing rings true than this quote of 1933 made by the Propaganda Minister of Nazi […]

  • In Surprise To Markets, BOJ Buys Smallest Amount Of ETFs In Four Years

    ZeroHedge - Jan 4th 2021 9:10pm EST

    In Surprise To Markets, BOJ Buys Smallest Amount Of ETFs In Four Years The Bank of Japan bought just 50.1BN yen of ETFs on Monday – the first day of 2021 – the smallest amount it has bought in more than four years on a day when it has made a purchase as part of […]

  • Iran Starts 20% Uranium Enrichment Just As US Carrier Ordered Back To Gulf Region

    ZeroHedge - Jan 4th 2021 9:00pm EST

    Iran Starts 20% Uranium Enrichment Just As US Carrier Ordered Back To Gulf Region Iran on Monday confirmed that it has resumed 20% uranium enrichment at an underground nuclear facility at a moment of soaring tensions with the US and Israel in accord with prior threats to do so if international US-led sanctions weren’t rolled […]

  • Two Decades Of Airline Passenger Traffic Wiped Out In 2020 

    ZeroHedge - Jan 4th 2021 8:20pm EST

    Two Decades Of Airline Passenger Traffic Wiped Out In 2020  In a world plagued with a now-quickly-mutating virus pandemic running rampant in several countries sparking continued flight restrictions, airline passenger traffic worldwide plunged to two-decade lows in 2020, according to global aviation data firm Cirium. Cirium found that 21 years of global passenger traffic growth […]

  • JPMorgan Flip-Flops Again, Says Bitcoin May Hit $100,000 “But Such Price Levels Would Be Unsustainable”

    ZeroHedge - Jan 4th 2021 8:00pm EST

    JPMorgan Flip-Flops Again, Says Bitcoin May Hit $100,000 “But Such Price Levels Would Be Unsustainable” Back at the start of November, JPMorgan quant NIck Panigirtzoglou – perhaps tasked with being the skeptic in-house bitcoin strategist – predicted that based on position indicators and technicals, “bitcoin’s overbought positions by momentum traders such as CTAs could trigger […]

  • Snyder: The United States Has Become A Banana Republic

    ZeroHedge - Jan 4th 2021 7:40pm EST

    Snyder: The United States Has Become A Banana Republic Authored by Michael Snyder via TheMostImportantNews.com, If we continue destroying the U.S. dollar at our current pace, toilet paper will eventually be more valuable than U.S. dollars.  I know that sounds absolutely crazy, but it is true.  Once the COVID pandemic hit the United States, those […]

  • FDA Admits PCR Tests Give False Results, Prepares Ground For Biden To “Crush” Casedemic

    ZeroHedge - Jan 4th 2021 7:20pm EST

    FDA Admits PCR Tests Give False Results, Prepares Ground For Biden To “Crush” Casedemic The FDA today joined The WHO and Dr.Fauci in admitting there is a notable risk of false results from the standard PCR-Test used to define whether an individual is a COVID “Case” or not. This matters significantly as it fits perfectly […]

  • Over 70% Of Republican Voters Want Their Lawmakers To Be More Like Trump

    ZeroHedge - Jan 4th 2021 7:00pm EST

    Over 70% Of Republican Voters Want Their Lawmakers To Be More Like Trump Authored by Rusty Weiss via The Mental Recession blog, A new Rasmussen survey indicates 72 percent of Republican voters want their legislators to be more like President Trump. In fact, in their view, Trump is an extraordinarily better role model than most members of Congress. The […]

  • Train Carrying 165 New Volkswagen Cars Sabotaged In Mexico

    ZeroHedge - Jan 4th 2021 6:40pm EST

    Train Carrying 165 New Volkswagen Cars Sabotaged In Mexico A train carrying more than 160 Volkswagen cars was derailed in Mexico last Wednesday by armed thieves, according to Mexican authorities, FreightWaves reports. Thieves removed almost two meters of tracks to halt the train and steal merchandise. It wasn’t clear what they were able to steal, […]

  • The Stakes Have Never Been Higher For Bitcoin… & The Oligarchs Dead-Set On Maintaining Control

    ZeroHedge - Jan 4th 2021 6:20pm EST

    The Stakes Have Never Been Higher For Bitcoin… & The Oligarchs Dead-Set On Maintaining Control Authored by Tom Luongo via Gold, Goats, ‘n Guns blog, What’s The Frequency, Bitcoin? With apologies to R.E.M. and a song and album I’ve never liked – though I love R.E.M. pre-Bill Berry retirement – I ask the question this […]

  • Man Wielding Bat Goes On GTA-Style Crime Spree In Lower Manhattan

    ZeroHedge - Jan 4th 2021 6:00pm EST

    Man Wielding Bat Goes On GTA-Style Crime Spree In Lower Manhattan Days after a gang of thugs in Manhattan attacked multiple cars in broad daylight, a man on Sunday evening went on a violent crime spree with a wooden bat, attacking people and vehicles in Lower Manhattan.  NYPD officials are baffled at the “frightening violent crime spree” and […]