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  • Air Force Two Carrying Pence Strikes Bird Forced To Land “Over Engine Issues”

    ZeroHedge - Sep 22nd 2020 8:25pm EDT

    Air Force Two Carrying Pence Strikes Bird Forced To Land “Over Engine Issues” Tyler Durden Tue, 09/22/2020 – 20:25 CNN’s Kaitlan Collins reports Vice President Pence’s plane has returned to the airport in Manchester after a bird strike during takeoff.  “Reporters traveling with Vice President Pence were just told Air Force Two turned around after taking off from […]

  • Inflation & “Socialism-Lite” Are Just What The Billionaires Want

    ZeroHedge - Sep 22nd 2020 8:05pm EDT

    Inflation & “Socialism-Lite” Are Just What The Billionaires Want Tyler Durden Tue, 09/22/2020 – 20:05 Authored by Charles Hugh Smith via OfTwoMinds blog, After a bout of inflation and “socialism-light”, we could end up with even more extreme inequality when the whole rotten structure collapses. Imagine owning a Buffett-Bezos fortune of bilious billions, or even […]

  • Tom-Tom Traffic Data Of Top US Metros Suggests “Sluggish” Recovery

    ZeroHedge - Sep 22nd 2020 7:45pm EDT

    Tom-Tom Traffic Data Of Top US Metros Suggests “Sluggish” Recovery Tyler Durden Tue, 09/22/2020 – 19:45 High-frequency economic indicators suggest “V”-shaped recoveries touted by the Trump administration across major US metro areas could be overhyped; after all, President Trump has an election to win – so pump away…  Given the nature of the COVID-19 pandemic, where certain economic […]

  • China Is Spying On Millions Of People: And They Aren’t In China

    ZeroHedge - Sep 22nd 2020 7:25pm EDT

    China Is Spying On Millions Of People: And They Aren’t In China Tyler Durden Tue, 09/22/2020 – 19:25 Authored by Robert Wheeler via The Organic Prepper blog, After years of constant media fear-mongering, a sizeable number of Americans continue to believe in the disproven “Russiagate” conspiracy theory. Putin, the story goes, owns Donald Trump and […]

  • “I Was Truly Alone”: Florida Waiter Laid Off Due To COVID Winds Up Homeless, Living In A Tent

    ZeroHedge - Sep 22nd 2020 7:05pm EDT

    “I Was Truly Alone”: Florida Waiter Laid Off Due To COVID Winds Up Homeless, Living In A Tent Tyler Durden Tue, 09/22/2020 – 19:05 Waiters and food service worker have arguably been hit the hardest by the pandemic, alongside of those who work in hospitality and tourism. Not only have their industries been the slowest […]

  • Race, Records, & The Rule Of Law – Trump-Biden Debate Topics Unveiled

    ZeroHedge - Sep 22nd 2020 6:45pm EDT

    Race, Records, & The Rule Of Law – Trump-Biden Debate Topics Unveiled Tyler Durden Tue, 09/22/2020 – 18:45 Authored by Zachary Steiber via The Epoch Times, The COVID-19 pandemic and the violence that’s taken place in cities across the country this year are among the topics chosen by Fox News moderator Chris Wallace for the […]

  • Americans Panic-Bought Guns And Ammo; What About Armored Vehicles? 

    ZeroHedge - Sep 22nd 2020 6:25pm EDT

    Americans Panic-Bought Guns And Ammo; What About Armored Vehicles?  Tyler Durden Tue, 09/22/2020 – 18:25 Readers may recall, back in 2018, we noted how the armored car business in Mexico was flourishing, thanks to cartel wars erupting across the country. We even said, “As global automakers now realize that there is money to be made […]

  • Daily Briefing – September 22, 2020

    ZeroHedge - Sep 22nd 2020 6:10pm EDT

    Daily Briefing – September 22, 2020 Tyler Durden Tue, 09/22/2020 – 18:10 Senior editor, Ash Bennington, welcomes back Tony Greer, editor of the Morning Navigator, to discuss the ongoing inflation trade. Tony expounds on his bullish posture toward oil and some of the technical indicators he uses to analyze different securities. He also reviews some […]

  • The 10 Most Extreme “Critical Race Theory” Classes & Trainings At US Colleges

    ZeroHedge - Sep 22nd 2020 6:05pm EDT

    The 10 Most Extreme “Critical Race Theory” Classes & Trainings At US Colleges Tyler Durden Tue, 09/22/2020 – 18:05 Authored by Jezzamine Wolk via Campus Reform, President  Donald Trump recently instructed federal agencies to end training related to “White Privilege” or “Critical Race Theory,” calling them “anti-American propaganda.”  “These types of ‘trainings’ not only run counter to […]

  • Mike Bloomberg Raises $16 Million So Florida Felons Can Vote In November

    ZeroHedge - Sep 22nd 2020 5:45pm EDT

    Mike Bloomberg Raises $16 Million So Florida Felons Can Vote In November Tyler Durden Tue, 09/22/2020 – 17:45 Former New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg – who has committed at least $100 million in Florida towards electing Joe Biden, has raised another $16 million to pay the court fines and fees of nearly 32,000 Black and […]

  • Google Denies “Political Bias” In Search Algo Despite Collapse In Conservative Site Visibility

    ZeroHedge - Sep 22nd 2020 5:25pm EDT

    Google Denies “Political Bias” In Search Algo Despite Collapse In Conservative Site Visibility Tyler Durden Tue, 09/22/2020 – 17:25 Authored by Maxim Lott via RealClearPolitics.com, It has long been feared that Google, which controls almost 90% of U.S. Internet search traffic, could sway an election by altering the search results it shows users.  New data […]

  • $138 Billion Bridgewater Set Up 50 “Tent Offices” In The Woods Outside Of Its HQ For Its Traders

    ZeroHedge - Sep 22nd 2020 5:05pm EDT

    $138 Billion Bridgewater Set Up 50 “Tent Offices” In The Woods Outside Of Its HQ For Its Traders Tyler Durden Tue, 09/22/2020 – 17:05 In keeping with a bizarre string of decisions (or lack of decisionmaking, as we pointed out) that could be at the heart of Bridgewater’s awful -18.6% YTD performance so far this year, would […]

  • FBI Agent Who Discovered Hillary’s Emails On Weiner Laptop Claims He Was Told To Erase Computer

    ZeroHedge - Sep 22nd 2020 4:45pm EDT

    FBI Agent Who Discovered Hillary’s Emails On Weiner Laptop Claims He Was Told To Erase Computer Tyler Durden Tue, 09/22/2020 – 16:45 Authored by Rusty Weiss via The Political Insider blog, FBI agent John Robertson, the man who found Hillary Clinton’s emails on the laptop of Anthony Weiner, claims he was advised by bosses to erase his […]

  • WTI Holds Gains Amid Surprise Crude Build, Large Gasoline Draw

    ZeroHedge - Sep 22nd 2020 4:36pm EDT

    WTI Holds Gains Amid Surprise Crude Build, Large Gasoline Draw Tyler Durden Tue, 09/22/2020 – 16:36 Amid Hurricane Laura and Tropical Storm Beta shut-ins, and concerns over 2nd or 3rd (or whetever) waves of COVID cases, there is plenty of noise but WTI prices managed a small rebound todays after yesterday’s bloodbath in black gold. […]

  • CDC Issues Holiday Guidelines: Thanksgiving Dinner Is Out, But Trick-Or-Treating Is Okay

    ZeroHedge - Sep 22nd 2020 4:20pm EDT

    CDC Issues Holiday Guidelines: Thanksgiving Dinner Is Out, But Trick-Or-Treating Is Okay Tyler Durden Tue, 09/22/2020 – 16:20 After its credibility took a major beating following its latest confusing shift in its guidance, the CDC has released guidelines for the holiday season that many Americans will likely find a little too cumbersome to manage. The […]

  • Stocks, Silver, Bonds, Black Gold, & Greenback Bid But VIX Election-Bump Worsens

    ZeroHedge - Sep 22nd 2020 4:01pm EDT

    Stocks, Silver, Bonds, Black Gold, & Greenback Bid But VIX Election-Bump Worsens Tyler Durden Tue, 09/22/2020 – 16:01 Despite the apparently clarifying headlines regarding the Senate moving forward with a SCOTUS nomination, uncertainty around the election actually increased quite notably today (even as spot VIX slipped lower)… Source: Bloomberg Source: Bloomberg It’s “Shut Up and […]

  • YouTube Sued By PTSD-Stricken Moderator Over ‘Beheadings, Rape, Child Abuse And Other Disturbing Content’

    ZeroHedge - Sep 22nd 2020 3:45pm EDT

    YouTube Sued By PTSD-Stricken Moderator Over ‘Beheadings, Rape, Child Abuse And Other Disturbing Content’ Tyler Durden Tue, 09/22/2020 – 15:45 An anonymous former YouTube content moderator is suing the Google-owned video sharing platform, claiming she’s suffering depression and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) after being forced to watch “objectionable content such as child sexual abuse, rape, […]

  • The Jump In New US Covid Cases Is “Completely Explained” By A Surge In Testing: BofA

    ZeroHedge - Sep 22nd 2020 3:25pm EDT

    The Jump In New US Covid Cases Is “Completely Explained” By A Surge In Testing: BofA Tyler Durden Tue, 09/22/2020 – 15:25 You wouldn’t know it reading the mainstream press, but in the past two months there has been a remarkable improvement in the covid pandemic in the US. Here are just two quick observations […]

  • Bubba Wallace To Drive For Michael Jordan’s New NASCAR Team In 2021 

    ZeroHedge - Sep 22nd 2020 3:05pm EDT

    Bubba Wallace To Drive For Michael Jordan’s New NASCAR Team In 2021  Tyler Durden Tue, 09/22/2020 – 15:05 Basketball legend Michael Jordan announced Monday night he’s entering the world of NASCAR, as one of the first Black principal owners of a full-time Cup Series team. Jordan is partnering with Cup Series star Denny Hamlin, along with current Petty Motorsports driver Bubba Wallace, to […]

  • “Sounding Good Or Doing Good?” – Prof Damodaran Abandons The ESG Bandwagon

    ZeroHedge - Sep 22nd 2020 2:45pm EDT

    “Sounding Good Or Doing Good?” – Prof Damodaran Abandons The ESG Bandwagon Tyler Durden Tue, 09/22/2020 – 14:45 Questioning the righteousnness of ESG investing is almost as heretical as questioning lockdowns, mask-wearing, and Elon Musk’s genius; which is why we have felt somewhat lonely out here on our branch of ESG skeptics. While flows continue […]

  • GOP Will Ask SCOTUS To Overrule PA Court Decision Allowing Mail-In Ballots To Be Counted After Election Day

    ZeroHedge - Sep 22nd 2020 2:28pm EDT

    GOP Will Ask SCOTUS To Overrule PA Court Decision Allowing Mail-In Ballots To Be Counted After Election Day Tyler Durden Tue, 09/22/2020 – 14:28 In what looks to be the first major test of the new post-RBG iteration of the Supreme Court, the Trump Administration is planning to ask SCOTUS to review a major PA […]

  • Budget Office Releases The Latest Long-Term Debt Forecast, And It’s Terrifying

    ZeroHedge - Sep 22nd 2020 2:24pm EDT

    Budget Office Releases The Latest Long-Term Debt Forecast, And It’s Terrifying Tyler Durden Tue, 09/22/2020 – 14:24 Back in January, when the CBO presented its latest long-term debt forecast, we – and Albert Edwards – said that this was nothing short of a “ticking timebomb”, one which convinced Albert Edwards shortly after that helicopter money […]

  • SEC Pays Whistleblower $2.4 Million For A “Timely Submission” That Halted “Ongoing Misconduct”

    ZeroHedge - Sep 22nd 2020 1:45pm EDT

    SEC Pays Whistleblower $2.4 Million For A “Timely Submission” That Halted “Ongoing Misconduct” Tyler Durden Tue, 09/22/2020 – 13:45 The SEC announced on Monday that it had awarded $2.4 million to a whistleblower whose “timely submission of information prompted the agency to initiate an investigation and bring an enforcement action that stopped ongoing misconduct”. The […]

  • Is Trump Using JCPOA To Break The UN Before It Breaks Him?

    ZeroHedge - Sep 22nd 2020 1:25pm EDT

    Is Trump Using JCPOA To Break The UN Before It Breaks Him? Tyler Durden Tue, 09/22/2020 – 13:25 Authored by Tom Luongo via Gold, Goats, ‘n Guns blog, A few weeks ago I wrote a piece wondering if there was a deeper meaning behind the Trump administration’s bizarre maneuvers in the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) […]

  • Another Record Big 2Y Treasury Auction, Another Record Low Yield

    ZeroHedge - Sep 22nd 2020 1:13pm EDT

    Another Record Big 2Y Treasury Auction, Another Record Low Yield Tyler Durden Tue, 09/22/2020 – 13:13 Another month, another divergence – the bigger the (record) auction size, the lower the (record low) yield. Moments ago the Treasury sold $52 billion in 2Y paper, the largest auction notional size on record, following the $50 billion sold […]