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  • Hong Kong Coronavirus Expert Warns Outbreak Could Infect “Between 60%-80%” Of Humanity, Causing 51 Million Deaths

    ZeroHedge - Feb 11th 2020 6:04am EST

    Hong Kong Coronavirus Expert Warns Outbreak Could Infect “Between 60%-80%” Of Humanity, Causing 51 Million Deaths The city of Hong Kong and its 7 million+ residents have reason to be extremely anxious about the nCoV outbreak that has already caused more than 1,000 deaths on the mainland. Back in 2003, SARS ripped through the densely […]

  • Sadiq Khan Reveals “Diversity In Advertising” Winner; Features Zero White People

    ZeroHedge - Feb 11th 2020 5:00am EST

    Sadiq Khan Reveals “Diversity In Advertising” Winner; Features Zero White People Authored by Paul Joseph Watson via Summit News, London Mayor Sadiq Khan revealed the winner of an award for “diversity in advertising” which featured, you guessed it, zero white people. “London’s greatest strength is our diversity, so we challenged advertisers to produce ads that […]

  • Italy’s Largest Bank Firing 6,000 To Boost Stock Buybacks

    ZeroHedge - Feb 11th 2020 4:15am EST

    Italy’s Largest Bank Firing 6,000 To Boost Stock Buybacks While China is seeking to contain a viral epidemic that targets humans, Europe has been fighting an epidemic of its own, one which instead of targeting humans focuses on banks, and instead of a viral vector the European contagion is spread by negative interest rates. With […]

  • Has Europe Really Turned The Corner?

    ZeroHedge - Feb 11th 2020 3:30am EST

    Has Europe Really Turned The Corner? Authored by Wolfgang Bauer via BondVigilantes.com, Lately a growing number of indicators have suggested that the European economy might be out of the woods, heading towards a more robust recovery. For instance, while European inflation remains significantly below the ECB’s inflation target of close to but below 2%, it […]

  • Storm Helps British Airways Break Transatlantic Record

    ZeroHedge - Feb 11th 2020 2:45am EST

    Storm Helps British Airways Break Transatlantic Record It takes a conventional passenger airliner 6 hours and 13 minutes to fly from New York to London on average, according to flight-tracking website Flightradar24. On Sunday morning, a British Airways Boeing 747 completed the journey in just four hours and 56 minutes, smashing the previous record for a conventional […]

  • Europe Can’t Afford A New “Green Deal”

    ZeroHedge - Feb 11th 2020 2:00am EST

    Europe Can’t Afford A New “Green Deal” Authored by Andrew Moran via The Mises Institute, Today’s brand of the left-leaning politician is all about substituting what sounds good for what actually works. Modern politics, whether in the US or Europe, is about taking a chainsaw to everything that produced even a modicum of success to appease the […]

  • The USA’s Doll House: A Vast Tapestry Of Lies And Illusions

    ZeroHedge - Feb 11th 2020 12:05am EST

    The USA’s Doll House: A Vast Tapestry Of Lies And Illusions Authored by Edward Curtin via Off-Guardian.org, It never happened. Nothing ever happened. Even while it was happening it wasn’t happening. It didn’t matter. It was of no interest. The crimes of the United States have been systematic, constant, vicious, remorseless, but very few people […]

  • Meanwhile In Brazil… Scientists Discover ‘Puzzling’ Virus Of Unknown Origins Without Recognizable Genes

    ZeroHedge - Feb 10th 2020 11:45pm EST

    Meanwhile In Brazil… Scientists Discover ‘Puzzling’ Virus Of Unknown Origins Without Recognizable Genes The findings of a new virus by Brazilian researchers have ‘puzzled’ the scientific community, consisting of unrecognizable genes, a new study revealed, published in bioRxiv. The “mysterious” virus was discovered in amoebas in an artificial lake in Brazil has been considered the world’s […]

  • Here’s Why Airport Facial Recognition Is A Nightmare

    ZeroHedge - Feb 10th 2020 11:25pm EST

    Here’s Why Airport Facial Recognition Is A Nightmare Authored by Edward Hasbrouk via PapersPlease.org, The ACLU has released an important white paper on airport facial recognition by ACLU senior policy analyst Jay Stanley. Citing some of our previous reporting and analysis, the ACLU white paper focuses, appropriately, not so much on the details of current use of facial recognition at […]

  • Massive Auto Inventory Begins To Stockpile As Coronavirus Zaps An Already Anemic Chinese Car Market

    ZeroHedge - Feb 10th 2020 11:05pm EST

    Massive Auto Inventory Begins To Stockpile As Coronavirus Zaps An Already Anemic Chinese Car Market Things couldn’t possibly be looking any worse for the Chinese auto industry. Even before the coronavirus scare, the industry had already been mired in a steep recession that we have been covering at length for nearly the last two years. To […]

  • ‘Puppet Pete’ Says Revolution And The Status Quo Aren’t Mutually Exclusive

    ZeroHedge - Feb 10th 2020 10:45pm EST

    ‘Puppet Pete’ Says Revolution And The Status Quo Aren’t Mutually Exclusive Authored by Caitlin Johnstone via Medium.com, The world’s first laboratory-grown presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg met with boos and chants of “Wall Street Pete” at a recent Democratic Party event in New Hampshire for taking a dig at the revolution-minded rhetoric favored by Bernie Sanders and his supporters. “We […]

  • “We’re Definitely Not Prepared” – African Healthcare Officials Fear Virus Spread

    ZeroHedge - Feb 10th 2020 10:25pm EST

    “We’re Definitely Not Prepared” – African Healthcare Officials Fear Virus Spread While the African continent continues to battle plagues of locust and food shortages, an even bigger worry is looming on the horizon, that some of the Chinese workers have carried the virus to Ethiopia or the African countries they work in, and will those […]

  • South Korean TV Show Reunites Mother With Dead Daughter Via Virtual Reality

    ZeroHedge - Feb 10th 2020 10:05pm EST

    South Korean TV Show Reunites Mother With Dead Daughter Via Virtual Reality Authored by Paul Jospeh Watson via Summit News, A TV show in South Korea reunited a mother with her deceased 7-year-old daughter via a virtual reality recreation in what some observers thought was a dystopian and exploitative move. A clip from the show […]

  • China’s Smartphone Sales And Production To Crater Amid Supply Chain Shock

    ZeroHedge - Feb 10th 2020 9:45pm EST

    China’s Smartphone Sales And Production To Crater Amid Supply Chain Shock One major threat to the recovery in global growth this year is the coronavirus outbreak that is centered around Greater China. The World Health Organization (WHO) has now labeled the deadly virus a global health emergency as more than 902 people have died, surpassing all of […]

  • 2020 Is Going To Get Much Crazier – Prioritize Your Mental Health

    ZeroHedge - Feb 10th 2020 9:25pm EST

    2020 Is Going To Get Much Crazier – Prioritize Your Mental Health Authored by Caitlin Johnstone via Medium.com, The outrage over the Iowa caucus scandal has continued to burn white hot as more and more establishment manipulations against the Bernie Sanders campaign come into view. At the beginning of a CNN town hall with Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg […]

  • Trump Cleans House At NSC: Vindmans Were Tip Of Iceberg As 70 Obama Holdovers Axed

    ZeroHedge - Feb 10th 2020 9:05pm EST

    Trump Cleans House At NSC: Vindmans Were Tip Of Iceberg As 70 Obama Holdovers Axed President Trump has reportedly cleaned house at the National Security Council – firing 70 Obama-era holdovers, according to the Washington Examiner. Officials confirmed that Trump and national security adviser Robert O’Brien have cut 70 positions inherited from former President Barack […]

  • Gold: A Modern Investment Framework For An Ancient Asset

    ZeroHedge - Feb 10th 2020 8:45pm EST

    Gold: A Modern Investment Framework For An Ancient Asset Authored by John Butler via MacroHive.com, Gold no longer serves as an official money in the modern financial system, yet it is still considered an important asset due to its established diversification and store of value properties. But what framework(s) should we use to understand the […]

  • Chinese Firms Ask For Billions In Loans Amid Virus Outbreak 

    ZeroHedge - Feb 10th 2020 8:25pm EST

    Chinese Firms Ask For Billions In Loans Amid Virus Outbreak  In response to the economic paralysis brought about by the coronavirus, Chinese banks are offering billions of dollars in loans to Chinese companies, according to two banking sources via Reuters. About 300 Chinese firms, including top food delivery company Meituan Dianping and smartphone maker Xiaomi, have […]

  • Iowaaaaahhh & Bernie Sanders’ Commie Kill Swarm

    ZeroHedge - Feb 10th 2020 8:05pm EST

    Iowaaaaahhh & Bernie Sanders’ Commie Kill Swarm Authored (satirically) by CJ Hopkins via The Unz Review, America just can’t catch a break. After three long years of brutal oppression under Donald Trump’s Russia-backed Nazi Reich, it turns out the only Democratic candidate with a chance of unseating him in November and rescuing the world from […]

  • Clinton Foundation Whistleblowers: Doyle, Moynihan vs. IRS

    ZeroHedge - Feb 10th 2020 7:45pm EST

    Clinton Foundation Whistleblowers: Doyle, Moynihan vs. IRS In a December 2018 Congressional hearing on Not-for-Profit Charities with a Specific Case Study on the Clinton Foundation, our nation was introduced to two private individuals who had undertaken a multi-year investigative probe of the 43rd President’s foundation. Larry Doyle and John Moynihan informed those observing that they […]

  • Does The Coronavirus Threaten The Chinese Communist Party’s Grip On Power?

    ZeroHedge - Feb 10th 2020 7:25pm EST

    Does The Coronavirus Threaten The Chinese Communist Party’s Grip On Power? Authored by Cary Huang, op-ed via The South China Morning Post, Authoritarianism has made this outbreak worse, not better. The state’s strength in controlling information and suppressing dissent is a weakness in fighting disease… Nature is unpredictable and sometimes vengeful. Different societies and political systems […]

  • Prosecutors Recommend 7-9 Year Prison Sentence For Roger Stone

    ZeroHedge - Feb 10th 2020 7:05pm EST

    Prosecutors Recommend 7-9 Year Prison Sentence For Roger Stone The prosecutors who successfully convicted Republican strategist and decades-old Trump pal Roger Stone on charges of witness tampering and lying to Congress are now lobbying the judge presiding over his Feb. 20 sentencing to give Stone seven to nine years in prison. In the sentencing memo, […]

  • Body Count Bull$hit

    ZeroHedge - Feb 10th 2020 6:45pm EST

    Body Count Bull$hit Authored by Ben Hunt via EpsilonTheory.com, Over time, continual bad news will discourage any civilian population, and Americans had the lowest tolerance on the planet for bad news. Karl Marlantes, “Matterhorn” (2009) Have you read Matterhorn, by Karl Marlantes? You should. It’s not just the best novel I’ve ever read about the Vietnam […]

  • Couple Quarantined On Virus-Infected Cruise Ship Claim Wine Delivered By Drone 

    ZeroHedge - Feb 10th 2020 6:25pm EST

    Couple Quarantined On Virus-Infected Cruise Ship Claim Wine Delivered By Drone  The nightmare cruise from hell got even worse on Monday for the thousands of passengers still aboard. The Diamond Princess, the cruise ship that has been quarantined off the coast of Yokohama, Japan for a week now, saw a jump in a total number of […]

  • Even The Mainstream Media Is Now Admitting That Humanity Is Facing “A Perfect Storm”

    ZeroHedge - Feb 10th 2020 6:05pm EST

    Even The Mainstream Media Is Now Admitting That Humanity Is Facing “A Perfect Storm” Authored by Michael Snyder via The Economic Collapse blog, Over the last several decades, have we ever seen a year start as strangely as 2020 has?  Global weather patterns have gone completely nuts, large earthquakes are popping off like firecrackers, it […]