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  • Futures Flat On Final Day Of 2020 As Bitcoin Explodes To Fresh Record

    ZeroHedge - Dec 31st 2020 7:52am EST

    Futures Flat On Final Day Of 2020 As Bitcoin Explodes To Fresh Record US equity futures traded flat in the last trading session of the day, set to end a tumultuous year in muted fashion just shy of all time highs alongside global markets which likewise traded at or near record levels. While global stock […]

  • Morgan Stanley’s Top 10 Surprises For 2021

    ZeroHedge - Dec 31st 2020 6:20am EST

    Morgan Stanley’s Top 10 Surprises For 2021 While we all could use a year without surprises, it would be a surprise itself if we didn’t get any in 2021. As such, Morgan Stanley’s chief rates strategist Matthew Hornbach discusses 10 scenarios which “would surprise consensus and thus could move global macro markets in meaningful ways.” […]

  • B-52 Bombers Fly Over Persian Gulf As Pentagon Steps Up ‘Deterrence’ Warnings To Iran

    ZeroHedge - Dec 31st 2020 5:40am EST

    B-52 Bombers Fly Over Persian Gulf As Pentagon Steps Up ‘Deterrence’ Warnings To Iran US Central Command (CENTCOM) has confirmed on Wednesday that it flew B-52 “Stratofortress” bombers from Minot Air Force Base in North Dakota non-stop to the Persian Gulf in order to send a warning message to Iran. A pair of the massive bombers flew roundtrip […]

  • UK Woman Arrested For Filming Inside Empty Hospital

    ZeroHedge - Dec 31st 2020 5:00am EST

    UK Woman Arrested For Filming Inside Empty Hospital Authored by Paul Joseph Watson via Summit News, A woman in the UK was arrested by police after she filmed a video inside an almost completely empty hospital and posted it online. The clip shows the woman walking through virtually empty corridors and filming empty wards at […]

  • EV Battery Price Has Plunged 89% In Ten Years 

    ZeroHedge - Dec 31st 2020 4:15am EST

    EV Battery Price Has Plunged 89% In Ten Years  The price of a lithium-ion battery pack used to power an electric vehicle has plunged 89% in the last decade. It could drop even further in the next couple of years, allowing automakers to manufacture mass-market electric vehicles for the same cost as ones that run on […]

  • Russia Suffers Casualties In Greater Idlib; Israel Pounds Damascus Countryside

    ZeroHedge - Dec 31st 2020 3:30am EST

    Russia Suffers Casualties In Greater Idlib; Israel Pounds Damascus Countryside By South Front, On the morning of December 30th, warplanes of the Israeli Air Force once again carried out strikes on alleged Iranian targets in the countryside of Damascus. According to reports one person was killed and 3 others injured in the attack. Earlier, an […]

  • “Frozen In Time” – Archaeologists Discover Ancient Food Shop Buried In Pompeii

    ZeroHedge - Dec 31st 2020 2:45am EST

    “Frozen In Time” – Archaeologists Discover Ancient Food Shop Buried In Pompeii Archaeologists working in Rome’s lost city of Pompeii unearthed a 2,000-year-old fast-food stand providing new clues about the ancient Roman’s eating habits.  The elegant snack bar counter, known as a “thermopolium,” which is Latin for a commercial space where hot food is sold, was […]

  • Watch: Pre-Recorded London NYE Drones Celebrate Marxist BLM

    ZeroHedge - Dec 31st 2020 2:00am EST

    Watch: Pre-Recorded London NYE Drones Celebrate Marxist BLM Authored by Steve Watson via Summit News, In a display that will turn off the vast majority of the country, a light show involving 300 drones was recorded last night in London featuring a celebration of the openly Marxist Black Lives Matter group, among other cringe inducing messages including […]

  • COVID “Mutation” Stories Show That The Lockdowns Are Designed To Last Forever

    ZeroHedge - Dec 30th 2020 11:40pm EST

    COVID “Mutation” Stories Show That The Lockdowns Are Designed To Last Forever Authored by Brandon Smith via Alt-Market.us, For many months now I have been warning that the design behind the pandemic lockdowns is a perpetual one; meaning, the lockdowns are MEANT to last forever. We can see this in the very commentary of the […]

  • Xi’s Feigned Economic ‘Success’ A Mounting ‘Powder Keg’ With World

    ZeroHedge - Dec 30th 2020 11:20pm EST

    Xi’s Feigned Economic ‘Success’ A Mounting ‘Powder Keg’ With World “The gap between Xi’s confidence and the world’s grim reality is glaring,” analysis in Nikkei Asia Review recently observed. This need “to portray ‘success’ at party anniversary will be powder keg with the world.” The analysis begins, “When it comes to statements issued after key meetings of […]

  • The Year In Which Comforting American Myths Were Ravaged

    ZeroHedge - Dec 30th 2020 11:00pm EST

    The Year In Which Comforting American Myths Were Ravaged Authored by James Bovard via The American Institute for Economic Research, Thanks in large part to Covid lockdowns, this year has left vast wreckage in its wake, with ten million jobs lost, more than 100,000 businesses and dozens of national chains bankrupted or closed. Up to 40 […]

  • Pompeo Poised To Put Cuba On Terrorism Sponsor List To Disrupt Biden Rapprochement

    ZeroHedge - Dec 30th 2020 10:40pm EST

    Pompeo Poised To Put Cuba On Terrorism Sponsor List To Disrupt Biden Rapprochement The Trump White House has on multiple foreign policy fronts of late attempted to “box in” the incoming Biden administration – limiting its ability to roll back Trump policies – particularly on Iran and China. President Trump and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo are now […]

  • Australian Authorities Ban New Year’s Eve Kissing And Hugging To Stop COVID

    ZeroHedge - Dec 30th 2020 10:20pm EST

    Australian Authorities Ban New Year’s Eve Kissing And Hugging To Stop COVID Authored by Paul Joseph Watson via Summit News, Authorities in Victoria, Australia have banned kissing and hugging on New Year’s Eve despite the fact that there have been no new cases of COVID-19 in two months. State Premier Dan Andrews said hugging and […]

  • Vaccine “Passports” Could Be Mandatory For Travel, Shopping And Even The Movies, CNN Says

    ZeroHedge - Dec 30th 2020 10:00pm EST

    Vaccine “Passports” Could Be Mandatory For Travel, Shopping And Even The Movies, CNN Says The Covid-19 vaccine isn’t even in the hands of most Americans yet and already CNN is prepping the masses for the idea of a “vaccine passport”, which it says could be needed to travel, and even “shop and go to the […]

  • Trump Declassifies Intelligence Report On Chinese Bounties In Afghanistan

    ZeroHedge - Dec 30th 2020 9:20pm EST

    Trump Declassifies Intelligence Report On Chinese Bounties In Afghanistan The Trump administration is declassifying a US intelligence report that China offered to pay non-state actors in Afghanistan to attack American forces, according to Axios, citing two senior administration officials. Amusingly, Axios prominently disclaims the intel as ‘unconfirmed’ in their headline – a word which somehow […]

  • It’s Interesting How The Violent Riots Of 2020 Ended Right After The Election

    ZeroHedge - Dec 30th 2020 9:00pm EST

    It’s Interesting How The Violent Riots Of 2020 Ended Right After The Election Authored by Daisy Luther via The Organic Prepper blog, Lest people think that 2020 was only about Covid-19, lockdowns, and economic disaster, don’t forget about the protests, riots, and escalating exhibits of rage. The triggering event was the death of George Floyd. […]

  • UN Condemns Trump Blackwater Pardons As “Violation Of International Law”

    ZeroHedge - Dec 30th 2020 8:40pm EST

    UN Condemns Trump Blackwater Pardons As “Violation Of International Law” Officials on a United Nations working group specializing in monitoring the role of mercenaries in conflicts on Wednesday blasted President Trump’s pardons last week of four Blackwater contractors convicted of murdering unarmed Iraqi civilians as “an affront to justice”.  “Pardoning the Blackwater contractors is an affront […]

  • Los Angeles Seeks $3.9 Billion Bailout Despite Paying Its “Tree Surgeons” Up To $207,000

    ZeroHedge - Dec 30th 2020 8:20pm EST

    Los Angeles Seeks $3.9 Billion Bailout Despite Paying Its “Tree Surgeons” Up To $207,000 By Adam Andrzejewski, the CEO/Founder of OpenTheBooks.com. Originally published in Forbes, The Los Angeles area comprises the Hollywood movie studios, Beverly Hills, Muscle Beach, and a previously booming economy that trailed only New York City and Tokyo. The city is also […]

  • China Forces Drugmakers To Slash Prices By 51% To Be Eligible For Insurance Reimbursement

    ZeroHedge - Dec 30th 2020 8:00pm EST

    China Forces Drugmakers To Slash Prices By 51% To Be Eligible For Insurance Reimbursement Whereas both the Obama and Trump administrations have been engaging in largely futile crusades with US pharmaceutical companies to force them to, if not cut prices, then at least slow the pace of price hikes, China shows how it’s done. As […]

  • The Threat of Authoritarianism In The U.S. Is Very Real, And Has Nothing To Do With Trump: Greenwald

    ZeroHedge - Dec 30th 2020 7:40pm EST

    The Threat of Authoritarianism In The U.S. Is Very Real, And Has Nothing To Do With Trump: Greenwald Authored by Glenn Greenwald via greenwald.substack.com, Asserting that Donald Trump is a fascist-like dictator threatening the previously sturdy foundations of U.S. democracy has been a virtual requirement over the last four years to obtain entrance to cable […]

  • Soybean Prices Fade From 6-1/2-Year High As Argentine Strike Ends

    ZeroHedge - Dec 30th 2020 7:20pm EST

    Soybean Prices Fade From 6-1/2-Year High As Argentine Strike Ends On Wednesday, Chicago Board of Trade soybean prices flirted with a 6-1/2-year high on tight global supply as investors shrugged off a deal between Argentine soy crushers and oilseed workers.  On late Tuesday night, Argentina’s soy crushing companies signed an agreement with oilseed worker unions, ending the two-week strike […]

  • Biden’s Brave New (Woke) World

    ZeroHedge - Dec 30th 2020 7:00pm EST

    Biden’s Brave New (Woke) World Authored (satirically) by Titania McGrath via TheCritic.co.uk, Before 2020, the world was a bleak dystopia overrun by Nazis. It never ceased to amaze me how many Nazis I would encounter on a daily basis once I had decided that everyone but me was a Nazi. Thankfully, 2020 came along and […]

  • “Pay Me In Bitcoin”: NFL Star Russell Okung Coverts Part Of His $13 Million Paycheck To Crypto

    ZeroHedge - Dec 30th 2020 6:40pm EST

    “Pay Me In Bitcoin”: NFL Star Russell Okung Coverts Part Of His $13 Million Paycheck To Crypto A litany of articles went out yesterday suggesting that NFL star Russell Okung was the first player to be paid in bitcoin. While that lede isn’t exactly true (Okung is converting his dollars to BTC after being paid in USD), […]

  • Remember, We’re All In This Together…

    ZeroHedge - Dec 30th 2020 6:20pm EST

    Remember, We’re All In This Together… Authored by Eric Peters via Eric Peters Autos, An easy way to establish the fatuity –  the evil – at the core of what’s going on would be to apply it universally. Every “lockdown” applies to everyone – including every politician and every government worker. If anyone is forced by […]

  • Boston Dynamics Robots Learn How To Dance In Creepy New Video 

    ZeroHedge - Dec 30th 2020 6:00pm EST

    Boston Dynamics Robots Learn How To Dance In Creepy New Video  On Tuesday, Boston Dynamics uploaded a video to YouTube of their robots creepily dancing to The Contours’ Do You Love Me. The video shows Atlas, Spot, and Handle – Boston Dynamics’ top robots, performing moves choreographed to the music.  The dance starts with Atlas, a bipedal […]