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  • Turkey Is Telling Syrian Mercenaries They Will Fight Russians In Libya

    ZeroHedge - Feb 7th 2020 2:45am EST

    Turkey Is Telling Syrian Mercenaries They Will Fight Russians In Libya The independent Turkish news source Ahval along investigative journalists on the ground in Syria and Libya have picked up on a disturbing trend: many among the reported thousands of Syrian ‘rebel’ mercenaries being transferred to Tripoli to fight on behalf of the UN-backed government there […]

  • UK: Why Are Dangerous Jihadists Being Released Early From Prison?

    ZeroHedge - Feb 7th 2020 2:00am EST

    UK: Why Are Dangerous Jihadists Being Released Early From Prison? Authored by Soeren Kern via The Gatestone Institute, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has vowed to toughen sentencing guidelines for convicted terrorists after a newly-released prisoner carried out a jihadist attack in London. On February 2, Sudesh Amman, a 20-year-old jihadist from Harrow in north-west […]

  • Blacklist Valley: How Big Tech Reshapes Politics By Censoring Conservative Ideas

    ZeroHedge - Feb 6th 2020 11:55pm EST

    Blacklist Valley: How Big Tech Reshapes Politics By Censoring Conservative Ideas Authored by Peter Hasson, op-ed via WashingtonExaminer.com, For better or worse, social media is the new public square. Of adults, 68% use Facebook, 73% use YouTube, and a quarter use Twitter. The numbers are much higher for adults under 50. Two-thirds of adults and […]

  • NYT: ‘Iran-Backed Militia’ Attack That Provoked Soleimani Killing Was Possible ISIS False Flag

    ZeroHedge - Feb 6th 2020 11:35pm EST

    NYT: ‘Iran-Backed Militia’ Attack That Provoked Soleimani Killing Was Possible ISIS False Flag The initial major rationale and justification the US administration offered for the drone assassination of IRGC Gen. Qassem Soleimani and commander of Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Forces Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis was the Dec.27 rocket attack on K1 camp in Kirkuk, which houses coalition forces.  That […]

  • How Washington “Liberates” Free Countries

    ZeroHedge - Feb 6th 2020 11:15pm EST

    How Washington “Liberates” Free Countries Authored by Andre Vltcheck via Off-Guardian.org, There are obviously some serious linguistic issues and disagreements between the West and the rest of the world. Essential terms like “freedom”, “democracy”, “liberation”, even “terrorism”, are all mixed up and confused; they mean something absolutely different in New York, London, Berlin, and in […]

  • Supply Chain Shock – Here’s The Most Exposed S&P500 Industries To China

    ZeroHedge - Feb 6th 2020 10:55pm EST

    Supply Chain Shock – Here’s The Most Exposed S&P500 Industries To China We noted on Wednesday night, two-thirds of the Chinese economy has effectively shut down much of its production capacity, crippling supply chains critical to keep not only the second-largest economy in the world humming, but the entire world.  Former Morgan Stanley Asia chairman […]

  • Iraq Is On The Brink Of An Energy Crisis

    ZeroHedge - Feb 6th 2020 10:35pm EST

    Iraq Is On The Brink Of An Energy Crisis Authored by Simon Watkins via OilPrice.com, As the deadline for the U.S. to renew its waiver on Iraq importing gas and electricity from Iran approaches later this month, the three key players in this ongoing geopolitical saga have been preparing for all possible outcomes. As always […]

  • January Payrolls Preview: Mind The Half A Million Downward Revision

    ZeroHedge - Feb 6th 2020 10:31pm EST

    January Payrolls Preview: Mind The Half A Million Downward Revision Following a blockbuster ADP private payrolls print of 291K, the highest in nearly 5 years, analysts expect the pace of official, BLS payroll growth to pick up (160k expected, up from 145K in January), though remain beneath recent trend rates; yet despite the ADP strength, […]

  • The Height Of Idiocy

    ZeroHedge - Feb 6th 2020 9:55pm EST

    The Height Of Idiocy Authored by Doug Casey via InternationalMan.com, “The only element in the universe more common than hydrogen is stupidity.” – Einstein I’m not a fortune teller. In fact, the only things anybody knows about predicting – even if you gussy the concept up by calling it “forecasting” – are 1.) Predict often […]

  • Trump Announces Leader Of Al-Qaeda In Yemen Killed By US Drone Strike

    ZeroHedge - Feb 6th 2020 9:35pm EST

    Trump Announces Leader Of Al-Qaeda In Yemen Killed By US Drone Strike Thursday evening President Trump announced the death of al-Qaeda’s chief in Yemen by a US drone strike. The New York Times first reported last week the likely death of Qasim al-Rimi, the founder and leader of al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) in a US airstrike, which the president […]

  • Apparently All White Males Are Mindless Automatons

    ZeroHedge - Feb 6th 2020 9:15pm EST

    Apparently All White Males Are Mindless Automatons Authored by Simon Black via SovereignMan.com, Recently the prominent investment bank Goldman Sachs announced that they would no longer work with companies whose Boards of Directors consisted exclusively of white males. Specifically the bank will immediately require prospective clients to have at least one female or one non-white […]

  • Johnstone: The Myth Of Incompetence – DNC Scandals Are A Feature, Not A Bug

    ZeroHedge - Feb 6th 2020 8:35pm EST

    Johnstone: The Myth Of Incompetence – DNC Scandals Are A Feature, Not A Bug Authored by Caitlin Johnstone via Medium.com, The Iowa caucus scandal has continued to get more egregious by the hour, with new revelations routinely pouring in about extremely suspicious manipulations taking place which all just so happen to disadvantage the campaign of Bernie Sanders […]

  • FBI, DOJ Say China Is America’s Greatest Threat

    ZeroHedge - Feb 6th 2020 8:15pm EST

    FBI, DOJ Say China Is America’s Greatest Threat FBI Director Christopher Wray on Thursday said that Chinese technology theft is rampant, and that “no country poses a greater threat than Communist China” right now, according to Reuters. “As I stand here talking with you today, the FBI has about 1,000 investigations involving China’s attempted theft […]

  • Mish Exposes WHO’s Historical Controversies

    ZeroHedge - Feb 6th 2020 7:55pm EST

    Mish Exposes WHO’s Historical Controversies Authored by Mike Shedlock via MishTalk, The World Health Organization has been involved in a number of controversies over the years. Let’s take a look. Given the WHO’s praise of China and condemnation of other countries I thought it might be interesting to take a look historically at the WHO. […]

  • Futures, Yuan Tumble After Japan Finds Another 42 Virus Cases On Quarantine Cruise Ship

    ZeroHedge - Feb 6th 2020 7:51pm EST

    Futures, Yuan Tumble After Japan Finds Another 42 Virus Cases On Quarantine Cruise Ship Just when you thought it was safe to buy the f**king record high melt-up, TBS News reports that Japanese authorities have found another 42 people on the Diamond Princess cruise ship anchored in Yokohama have tested positive for Coronavirus. 【速報】横浜に停泊中のクルーズ船内に新たに４１人の新型コロナ感染者　厚労省 #指定感染症 […]

  • Here It Is: One Bank Finally Explains How The Fed’s Balance Sheet Expansion Pushes Stocks Higher

    ZeroHedge - Feb 6th 2020 7:51pm EST

    Here It Is: One Bank Finally Explains How The Fed’s Balance Sheet Expansion Pushes Stocks Higher One month ago, in a bizarre attempt to mock “QE Conspiracists” such as his current colleague and former Goldman co-worker Robert Kaplan, Trump’s chief economist Larry Kudlow and Morgan Stanley CEO James Gorman – Minneapolis Fed president and 2020 […]

  • Scientists Warn: You Can Contract The Coronavirus More Than Once

    ZeroHedge - Feb 6th 2020 7:15pm EST

    Scientists Warn: You Can Contract The Coronavirus More Than Once Authored by Mac Slavo via SHTFplan.com, They say what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger, however, that might not be the case when it comes to catching the coronavirus.  Scientists are now warning the public that you can actually “relapse” and get the virus more […]

  • Donald Trump Having The ‘Best Week Of His Presidency’

    ZeroHedge - Feb 6th 2020 6:55pm EST

    Donald Trump Having The ‘Best Week Of His Presidency’ Donald Trump is having a great week. Just one day after his approval rating hit an all time high, the president emerged victorious from another ‘six ways from Sunday’ fail with a Wednesday acquittal in his CIA-sparked impeachment trial. Add to that a botched Iowa caucus […]

  • The Dystopian Horror Of Life Under Quarantine In China

    ZeroHedge - Feb 6th 2020 6:35pm EST

    The Dystopian Horror Of Life Under Quarantine In China Authored by Daisy Luther via The Organic Prepper blog, The coronavirus is rapidly spreading through China despite efforts to slow it down and the lengths that the Chinese government is going to appear to be nothing short of dystopian. Millions upon millions of people have been quarantined […]

  • Model Says Harvey Weinstein Trapped Her In Hotel Bathroom, Fondled Her Breasts, Ejaculated On Floor

    ZeroHedge - Feb 6th 2020 6:15pm EST

    Model Says Harvey Weinstein Trapped Her In Hotel Bathroom, Fondled Her Breasts, Ejaculated On Floor Then “aspiring model” Lauren Young told a jury this week about the details of an alleged assault by disgraced film mogul Harvey Weinstein where she wound up trapped in a hotel bathroom. She thought the meeting with Weinstein was going to lead […]

  • California Is Losing More Jobs To China Than Any Other State

    ZeroHedge - Feb 6th 2020 5:55pm EST

    California Is Losing More Jobs To China Than Any Other State Via MarketCrumbs.com, When you think of manufacturing in the United States, you’re most likely to think of states such as Ohio or Michigan. While California’s output – as measured by GDP, is by far the largest in the U.S., most don’t think of the […]

  • Wuhan Institute Of Virology And Chinese Army Submit Patent For Gilead Anti-Ebola Drug To Fight Coronavirus

    ZeroHedge - Feb 6th 2020 5:35pm EST

    Wuhan Institute Of Virology And Chinese Army Submit Patent For Gilead Anti-Ebola Drug To Fight Coronavirus Amid growing speculation that nCoV-2019, aka novel coronavirus, aka the virus behind the Wuhan Coronavirus epidemic, was developed in a lab (and not just any lab, but the BSL-4 rated “biological weapons” grade Wuhan Institute of Virology, located in… […]

  • Police Called To School After 6-Year-Old Girl With Down Syndrome Made A “Gun” With Her Finger

    ZeroHedge - Feb 6th 2020 5:15pm EST

    Police Called To School After 6-Year-Old Girl With Down Syndrome Made A “Gun” With Her Finger Authored by Matt Agorist via TheFreeThoughtProject.com, In this day and age, threats of violence against schools, students, churches, or individuals is not and should not be tolerated. Before murdering more than a dozen people at his former high school […]

  • Bernie Odds Hit All Time Highs

    ZeroHedge - Feb 6th 2020 4:55pm EST

    Bernie Odds Hit All Time Highs The odds of Bernie Sanders winning the Democratic primary hit an all-time high on Thursday as former Vice President Joe Biden continues to plummet, according to online betting market PredictIt. Meanwhile, Thursday polls from Monmouth, Boston Globe/Suffolk and Emerson have Sanders with as much as a 19 point lead […]

  • Uber Jumps After Beating Expectations, Despite $8.5 Billion Full Year Loss

    ZeroHedge - Feb 6th 2020 4:39pm EST

    Uber Jumps After Beating Expectations, Despite $8.5 Billion Full Year Loss Having plunged to an all time low after reporting its dismal Q3 earnings which included a massive loss and yet another consecutive quarter of negative EBITDA, Uber managed to stage an impressive recovery in the past three months alongside the rest of the tech […]