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  • The Future Of Remote Work, According To Startups

    ZeroHedge - Jul 15th 2020 2:45am EDT

    The Future Of Remote Work, According To Startups Tyler Durden Wed, 07/15/2020 – 02:45 No matter where in the world you log in from—Silicon Valley, London, and beyond—COVID-19 has triggered a mass exodus from traditional office life. Now that the lucky among us have settled into remote work, many are left wondering if this massive, […]

  • Hagia Sophia And Turkey’s Supremacism

    ZeroHedge - Jul 15th 2020 2:00am EDT

    Hagia Sophia And Turkey’s Supremacism Tyler Durden Wed, 07/15/2020 – 02:00 Authored by Burak Bekdil via The Gatestone Institute, According to his fans and political allies, Turkey’s Islamist president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, conquered Istanbul for the second time when he signed a decree to convert the monumental Hagia Sophia cathedral in Istanbul, built in 537, into […]

  • Don’t Look Now, But This Airline Just Cancelled All International Flights Until March 2021 Due To COVID

    ZeroHedge - Jul 15th 2020 1:00am EDT

    Don’t Look Now, But This Airline Just Cancelled All International Flights Until March 2021 Due To COVID Tyler Durden Wed, 07/15/2020 – 01:00 The prospects for a V-shaped recovery in airlines are looking dim. The latest indication of how slow things are getting back to normal in the industry is Australian-based Qantas Airlines pulling all […]

  • America, You’ve Been Blacklisted: McCarthyism Refashioned For A New Age

    ZeroHedge - Jul 14th 2020 11:50pm EDT

    America, You’ve Been Blacklisted: McCarthyism Refashioned For A New Age Tyler Durden Tue, 07/14/2020 – 23:50 Authored by John Whitehead via The Rutherford Institute, “If we confuse dissent with disloyalty—if we deny the right of the individual to be wrong, unpopular, eccentric or unorthodox—if we deny the essence of racial equality then hundreds of millions […]

  • China-Iran “Strategic Accord” To Give Tehran $400 Billion Boost Over Next 25 Years

    ZeroHedge - Jul 14th 2020 11:30pm EDT

    China-Iran “Strategic Accord” To Give Tehran $400 Billion Boost Over Next 25 Years Tyler Durden Tue, 07/14/2020 – 23:30 China has remained Iran’s top trading partner in what’s become a crucial lifeline for the Islamic Republic, which is even turning into military and weapons supply assistance. Early this week The New York Times reported that Iran and […]

  • Australia Needs To Decouple From China As “Second Cold War” Looms: Expert

    ZeroHedge - Jul 14th 2020 11:10pm EDT

    Australia Needs To Decouple From China As “Second Cold War” Looms: Expert Tyler Durden Tue, 07/14/2020 – 23:10 Authored by Daniel Teng via The Epoch Times, An international strategist has told a parliamentary inquiry that Australia will need to build stronger “resilience” and less “dependence” on China, as in the near future, the world will […]

  • Navy Abandons Physical Fitness Test For 2020 “To Minimize COVID Risk”

    ZeroHedge - Jul 14th 2020 10:50pm EDT

    Navy Abandons Physical Fitness Test For 2020 “To Minimize COVID Risk” Tyler Durden Tue, 07/14/2020 – 22:50 The US has become the worst-affected country by the COVID-19 pandemic, with more than 3.257 million infections and at least 132,000 deaths. President Trump finally wore a mask on Saturday while visiting Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in […]

  • The Surveillance State: How To Disappear

    ZeroHedge - Jul 14th 2020 10:30pm EDT

    The Surveillance State: How To Disappear Tyler Durden Tue, 07/14/2020 – 22:30 Via 21st Century Wire, With each passing day, supposedly ‘free and democratic’ western governments are working overtime to emulate the type of surveillance states we see in countries like China and North Korea. The goal is 24/7 digital tracking of every citizen, and […]

  • “There Are No Free Lunches” – Former Reserve Bank Of India Chief Explains Why MMT Will Never Work

    ZeroHedge - Jul 14th 2020 10:10pm EDT

    “There Are No Free Lunches” – Former Reserve Bank Of India Chief Explains Why MMT Will Never Work Tyler Durden Tue, 07/14/2020 – 22:10 As Joe Biden tries to split the difference between the midwestern swing-state voters and the Sanders faithful, he’s released an economic plan – a plan that bears the imprimatur of his […]

  • “Long Tech Stocks” Is The Most Crowded Trade Ever

    ZeroHedge - Jul 14th 2020 9:50pm EDT

    “Long Tech Stocks” Is The Most Crowded Trade Ever Tyler Durden Tue, 07/14/2020 – 21:50 The monthly Fund Manager Survey from Bank of America is best known for two things: the recurring, apparent schizophrenia of the financial professionals polled, and the monthly chart showing what everyone on Wall Street thinks is the most crowded trade, […]

  • The Worst Is Over For Arizona’s COVID Breakout, Goldman Finds

    ZeroHedge - Jul 14th 2020 9:30pm EDT

    The Worst Is Over For Arizona’s COVID Breakout, Goldman Finds Tyler Durden Tue, 07/14/2020 – 21:30 Several months ago, the coronavirus pandemic mutated from a purely epidemiological phenomenon and became a full-blown political issue, with clear ideological divisions forming along the lines of whether or not to pursue strict shutdowns (and in some cases, whether […]

  • Why Are US Taxpayers Providing Public Pensions To Millionaire Members Of Congress

    ZeroHedge - Jul 14th 2020 9:10pm EDT

    Why Are US Taxpayers Providing Public Pensions To Millionaire Members Of Congress Tyler Durden Tue, 07/14/2020 – 21:10 Authored by Adam Andrzejewski, first published in Forbes Membership in the U.S. Congress is an exclusive club that comes with lucrative, taxpayer-funded privileges. Retirement perks include a lifetime pension and a taxpayer-matched savings plan with taxpayer-paid contributions of […]

  • The Dollar “Has Us By The Throat”: Chinese Official Urges Gradual Decoupling Of Yuan Ahead Of “Full-Blown Escalation”

    ZeroHedge - Jul 14th 2020 8:50pm EDT

    The Dollar “Has Us By The Throat”: Chinese Official Urges Gradual Decoupling Of Yuan Ahead Of “Full-Blown Escalation” Tyler Durden Tue, 07/14/2020 – 20:50 With all eyes on Trump’s Tuesday evening Rose Garden speech which unveiled that he’ll sign new and punitive measures indirectly targeting China — namely the Hong Kong Autonomy Act, a bipartisan measure to penalize banks that work […]

  • Are Americans “Mad As Hell”?

    ZeroHedge - Jul 14th 2020 8:30pm EDT

    Are Americans “Mad As Hell”? Tyler Durden Tue, 07/14/2020 – 20:30 Authored by Michael Walsh via The Epoch Times, “I’m mad as hell, and I’m not going to take it anymore!” That’s the famous phrase that instantly entered the American lexicon, courtesy of Paddy Chayefsky, the writer of the 1976 Oscar-winning movie, “Network.” The film, […]

  • Border Patrol Captures Meth Plane’s Drug Cargo In California

    ZeroHedge - Jul 14th 2020 8:10pm EDT

    Border Patrol Captures Meth Plane’s Drug Cargo In California Tyler Durden Tue, 07/14/2020 – 20:10 Perhaps drug smugglers are adjusting to President Trump’s new border wall and increased patrols via US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents. So far, about 200 miles of the latest high-tech fence has been erected, and stricter border enforcement overall has led to a decline […]

  • Former New Mexico Governor Meets With Maduro, Seeking To Free Detained US Mercenaries

    ZeroHedge - Jul 14th 2020 7:50pm EDT

    Former New Mexico Governor Meets With Maduro, Seeking To Free Detained US Mercenaries Tyler Durden Tue, 07/14/2020 – 19:50 Authored by Anya Parampil via TheGrayZone.com, The Grayzone has confirmed that former US ambassador to the UN Bill Richardson traveled to Venezuela on Monday, July 13, following conversations with the families of former Green Beret soldiers […]

  • Squirrel Tests Positive For Bubonic Plague In Small Colorado Town

    ZeroHedge - Jul 14th 2020 7:30pm EDT

    Squirrel Tests Positive For Bubonic Plague In Small Colorado Town Tyler Durden Tue, 07/14/2020 – 19:30 After a new case of the bubonic plague rattled the part of Mongolia near the Russian border, it appears the infamous plague strain responsible for killing between 50 million and 100 million Europeans during the 14th Century has now […]

  • Buchanan: Can Trump Pull A Truman?

    ZeroHedge - Jul 14th 2020 7:10pm EDT

    Buchanan: Can Trump Pull A Truman? Tyler Durden Tue, 07/14/2020 – 19:10 Authored by Patrick Buchanan via Buchanan.org, On July 22, 1988, after the Democratic National Convention in Atlanta, the party nominee, Gov. Michael Dukakis, enjoyed a 17-point lead over Vice President George W. Bush. Five weeks later, on Labor Day, Dukakis was down eight […]

  • Dan Bilzerian’s Pot Company Set To Go “Up In Smoke” After Posting Monster $50M Loss

    ZeroHedge - Jul 14th 2020 6:50pm EDT

    Dan Bilzerian’s Pot Company Set To Go “Up In Smoke” After Posting Monster $50M Loss Tyler Durden Tue, 07/14/2020 – 18:50 The self-titled “King of Instagram”, Dan Bilzerian, now also appears to be the “King of Lighting Cash On Fire”. That’s because Bilzerian’s new pot company, Ignite International, looks like it’s about to go up in […]

  • Gary Shilling: The Social Security’s Funding Crisis Has Arrived

    ZeroHedge - Jul 14th 2020 6:30pm EDT

    Gary Shilling: The Social Security’s Funding Crisis Has Arrived Tyler Durden Tue, 07/14/2020 – 18:30 Authored by A. Gary Shilling, originally published in Bloomberg Opinion The Social Security Trust Fund has done quite well in recent years, due to the postwar babies’ surge into the labor force in the last decades of the 20th century […]

  • Iran Executes Alleged CIA Spy Who Worked In Defense Ministry

    ZeroHedge - Jul 14th 2020 6:10pm EDT

    Iran Executes Alleged CIA Spy Who Worked In Defense Ministry Tyler Durden Tue, 07/14/2020 – 18:10 Last summer Iran began claiming to have busted a network of CIA spies within the country. Statements at the time described that Iranians embedded at key military and defense technology sites were in contact with CIA officers based in […]

  • Daily Briefing – July 14, 2020

    ZeroHedge - Jul 14th 2020 6:10pm EDT

    Daily Briefing – July 14, 2020 Tyler Durden Tue, 07/14/2020 – 18:10 Senior editor Ash Bennington joins managing editor Ed Harrison to discuss Q2 earnings for banks such as JPMorgan and Wells Fargo and use it as a barometer to talk about market cycles. Ash and Ed consider how the abysmal results in financials can […]

  • Trump Signs Sanctions Bill Retaliating Against Hong Kong Nat Sec Law

    ZeroHedge - Jul 14th 2020 5:38pm EDT

    Trump Signs Sanctions Bill Retaliating Against Hong Kong Nat Sec Law Tyler Durden Tue, 07/14/2020 – 17:38 Update (1736ET): Trump just confirmed that he will indeed be signing the sanctions bill in retaliation for Hong Kong. * * * Update (1715ET): As we wait for Trump to take the podium, media reports are claiming that […]

  • NYT ‘Chief Threat To Democracy’: Eric Weinstein Takes Flamethrower To Paper Of Record After Bari Weiss Quits

    ZeroHedge - Jul 14th 2020 5:30pm EDT

    NYT ‘Chief Threat To Democracy’: Eric Weinstein Takes Flamethrower To Paper Of Record After Bari Weiss Quits Tyler Durden Tue, 07/14/2020 – 17:30 Eric Weinstein, managing director of Thiel Capital and hsot of The Portal podcast, has gone scorched earth on the New York Times following the Tuesday resignation of journalist Bari Weiss. Illustration via […]

  • Supreme Court Justice Ginsburg Hospitalized With Possible Infection

    ZeroHedge - Jul 14th 2020 5:29pm EDT

    Supreme Court Justice Ginsburg Hospitalized With Possible Infection Tyler Durden Tue, 07/14/2020 – 17:29 No details yet but the wires are reporting that Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was admitted to the hospital on Tuesday morning for treatment of a possible infection, according to a statement. She is resting comfortably and will stay there […]