787MAX? Production Woes Strike Boeing Dreamliner Tyler Durden Mon, 09/07/2020 – 15:29 An internal FAA memo, viewed by WSJ, reveals another crisis that could be developing at Boeing, and no, it does not involve the 737 Max that remains grounded. New details are emerging, the company’s 787 Dreamliner could have components within its fuselage that do not meet design standards. […]
American Airlines Faces Backlash After Allowing Employees To Wear BLM Pins Tyler Durden Mon, 09/07/2020 – 15:05 American Airlines has come under fire after announcing that flight attendants are now allowed to wear Black Lives Matter flair on their uniforms while on duty, angering some employees – including some whose spouses or relatives are cops […]
Top John Kelly Aid Denies Trump ‘Losers’ Story, Cryptically Suggests Atlantic ‘Conflating Comments Made The Day After’ Tyler Durden Mon, 09/07/2020 – 14:48 A top aid to former White House Chief of Staff John Kelly has become the latest former Trump administration official to deny The Atlantic’s hit-piece claiming President Trump called soldiers ‘losers’ and […]
Platts: 5 Commodity Charts To Watch This Week Tyler Durden Mon, 09/07/2020 – 14:40 Via S&P Global Platts Insight blog, California’s power market feels pressure from extreme high temperatures in this week’s selection of energy and commodities trends to watch. Plus, EU gas vs coal power generation, the link between crude oil and US inflation, […]
Indiana Sheriff Leaves Democratic Party, Becomes Republican Amid Anti-Police Protests Tyler Durden Mon, 09/07/2020 – 14:20 Vanderburgh County Sheriff Dave Wedding made a surprise announcement late last week – abandoning the Democratic party after months of anti-police protests and civil unrest, and switching his party affiliation to Republican, according to 14 News. Wedding made the […]
Watch: Black Woman Confronts Antifa Rioters, Claiming They Called Her Racial Slur Tyler Durden Mon, 09/07/2020 – 13:55 Authored by Paul Joseph Watson via Summit News, A video out of Portland shows a black woman involved in a confrontation with Antifa rioters who she accuses of calling her racial slurs as they temporarily block her […]
Roid Rage: Gym Owners In San Fran Furious After Learning Government Gyms Have Been Open For Months Tyler Durden Mon, 09/07/2020 – 13:35 Shut down gym owners in San Francisco have developed serious “roid rage” after finding out this week that gyms inside of government buildings have been open for months while privately owned establishments […]
Rabo: While Everyone Is Handing Out Stimulus To Prop Up Demand; China Has Been Propping Up Supply Tyler Durden Mon, 09/07/2020 – 13:10 By Michael Every of Rabobank So Long, and Thanks For All the Fish In a crowded field of political and geopolitical head-scratching moments, and on a glide path to goodness knows where, […]
Watch Live: Trump Holds Labor Day Press Conference To Discuss Jobs, Economy Tyler Durden Mon, 09/07/2020 – 12:55 President Trump will be giving a 1pm ET press conference on Monday to discuss jobs and the economy. As usual, however, we expect the real fireworks to begin when journalists begin asking about a disputed report in […]
“Wildfire Crisis” – Record-Breaking Heat Sparks 23 Fires, Rolling Blackouts Across Golden State Tyler Durden Mon, 09/07/2020 – 12:45 As of Monday morning on the West Coast, at least 15,000 firefighters were battling 23 wildfires raging across the Golden State, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CalFire). Of these, three were deemed “major blazes”, burning in Fresno, […]
SoftBank Has Closed Most Of Its “Nasdaq Whale” Positions Tyler Durden Mon, 09/07/2020 – 12:32 Following our Thursday report identifying SoftBank as the primary – but not only – catalyst behind the bizarre moves in high beta tech names and the broader market over the past several weeks (confirmed later by the FT and WSJ), […]
Fear, Politics, & The Dollar: 5 Things To Watch In Crypto This Week Tyler Durden Mon, 09/07/2020 – 12:05 Authored by William Suberg via CoinTelegraph.com, U.S. dollar strength combines with a decision on monetary policy in Europe as a backdrop to fresh fear among Bitcoin investors. image courtesy of CoinTelegraph Bitcoin (BTC) continues to test […]
Riots Have Hit 48 Of America’s 50 Largest US Cities, New Study Finds Tyler Durden Mon, 09/07/2020 – 11:15 Authored by Steve Watson via Summit News, A new study out of Princeton University reveals that 48 out of the 50 largest cities in the United States have experienced riots associated with the Black Lives Matter movement […]
Putin Critic Navalny Removed From Medically-Induced Coma As Condition Improves Tyler Durden Mon, 09/07/2020 – 10:55 Nearly 2 weeks after he collapsed during a plane bathroom shortly after takeoff, Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has finally been awakened from an artificial coma, according to the doctors at the Berlin hospital where the notorious Putin critic […]
“You’re Not Allowed To Film”: The Fight To Control Who Reports From Portland Tyler Durden Mon, 09/07/2020 – 10:30 Authored by Nancy Rommelmann via Reason.com, “YOU’RE NOT ALLOWED TO FILM!” is a cry you hear incessantly at protests in Portland, Oregon, always shouted at close range to your face by after-dark demonstrators. You can assert […]
Massive Search After US Navy Sailor Goes Missing Aboard Aircraft Carrier In Arabian Sea Tyler Durden Mon, 09/07/2020 – 10:10 The US Navy’s Fifth Fleet, which operates out of the Middle East and Persian Gulf region, has announced that a massive search is underway for a missing sailor in the Arabian Sea. The sailor is detached to […]
Crude Hits 2-Month Lows As Saudi Price Cuts Signal Demand Woes Tyler Durden Mon, 09/07/2020 – 09:52 Crude prices slid 1.5% on Monday, declining to levels unseen since late June, after Saudi Arabia announced a round of price cuts as global demand struggles to recover from the virus pandemic. Brent crude was trading at $42, down 68 […]
India Overtakes Brazil As Home To World’s Second-Worst COVID-19 Outbreak: Live Updates Tyler Durden Mon, 09/07/2020 – 09:30 Summary: India surpassed Brazil Delhi metro system reopens after 5 months UK official declares lockdowns must be avoided Australia sets timeline for vaccine Russia says more vaccine testing to begin this week Global cases top 27 million […]
Lockdown 2.0 – “There’s Going To Be Hell To Pay” Tyler Durden Mon, 09/07/2020 – 09:13 Authored by Raul Ilargi Meijer via The Automatic Earth blog, Of course, because I’m a dreamer, I start off an essay like this with the idea that I should do an all-encompassing idea of COVID19, all around the world […]
Surveillance Camera Captures ‘Huge Pile Of Mail’ Dumped In California Parking Lots Tyler Durden Mon, 09/07/2020 – 08:49 Several bags of mail were dumped in two Glendale, California parking lots, with one dumping caught by a surveillance camera, according to KTLA. The second incident was captured on video outside 7Q Spa Laser & Aesthetics. “It […]
“The Correction Has Further Room To Go”: Futures Recover Early Losses As European Markets Jump Tyler Durden Mon, 09/07/2020 – 08:36 While the US is celebrating Labor Day and enjoying the last days of summer, markets started the Asia session with a selloff, extending last week’s decline amid disappointment that Tesla wasn’t added to the […]
Assange Extradition Hearing Resumes Today In London – Faces Life In Prison Tyler Durden Mon, 09/07/2020 – 08:09 Authored by Dave DeCamp via AntiWar.com, The extradition hearing for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is set to resume in London on Monday, September 7th. Assange is currently being held in Belmarsh Prison, and if extradited to the […]
‘Bubonic Plague Warning’ Issued In Lake Tahoe After Fleas Test Positive Tyler Durden Mon, 09/07/2020 – 06:45 After new cases of the bubonic plague were found in Los Angeles, Colorado, and in Mongolia near the Russian border this summer, it appears the infamous plague strain responsible for killing tens of millions of Europeans during the 14th Century continues to surface, this time, in South […]
France Again Being Forced To Stimulate Is Bad News Tyler Durden Mon, 09/07/2020 – 06:00 Authored by Bruce Wilds via Advancing Time blog, On Thursday the French government rolled out a new stimulus plan. The fact France is again forced to stimulate its economy should be viewed as bad news. The move reflects the reality […]
A Record 52% Of Millennials Now Live With Their Parents, Highest Since Great Depression Tyler Durden Mon, 09/07/2020 – 05:15 Wall Street and the Trump administration have been in no rush to acknowledge the deep economic scarring from the virus-induced downturn that is set to prolong the recovery well into 2021. Readers, by now, understand the probabilities of a “V-shaped” […]