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  • Destroying Western Media’s “Swedish Public Health Disaster” Narrative In Two Simple Charts

    ZeroHedge - Aug 5th 2020 5:00am EDT

    Destroying Western Media’s “Swedish Public Health Disaster” Narrative In Two Simple Charts Tyler Durden Wed, 08/05/2020 – 05:00 Via SKWealthAcademy, “In order to control public opinion of the masses, the ruling class should “regiment the public mind every bit as much as an army regiments [soldiers’] bodies.” – Edward Bernays, Propaganda (1928) “The conscious and intelligent manipulation of […]

  • Connected-Car Cyber-Attacks Have Skyrocketed, Up 99% In The Past Year

    ZeroHedge - Aug 5th 2020 4:15am EDT

    Connected-Car Cyber-Attacks Have Skyrocketed, Up 99% In The Past Year Tyler Durden Wed, 08/05/2020 – 04:15 While the idea of “connected” cars seems like a logical and convenient path for the automotive industry to appease customers, it brings with it one major achilles’ heel: these vehicles are far more susceptible to cyberattacks than traditional cars.  The […]

  • The Privatization Of Global Chaos

    ZeroHedge - Aug 5th 2020 3:30am EDT

    The Privatization Of Global Chaos Tyler Durden Wed, 08/05/2020 – 03:30 Authored by Stephen Karganovic via The Strategic Culture Foundation, A recent off-hand remark by one of America’s oligarchs points toward a new methodology for undermining what is left of international law and order. Speaking in earnest or in jest, nobody really knows, but smart […]

  • Champagne Sales Fizzle, Worse Than Great Depression 

    ZeroHedge - Aug 5th 2020 2:45am EDT

    Champagne Sales Fizzle, Worse Than Great Depression  Tyler Durden Wed, 08/05/2020 – 02:45 Champagne sales fizzled during lockdowns as restaurants were closed, weddings canceled, and international travel halted, reported AP News.  The world’s top producers, based in France’s eastern region, are now warning they’ve lost an estimated $2 billion in sales this year. They say turnover has fallen by a third, […]

  • Turkish-Backed Forces On Guard For Liberal Values And Same-Sex Marriages In Syria

    ZeroHedge - Aug 5th 2020 2:00am EDT

    Turkish-Backed Forces On Guard For Liberal Values And Same-Sex Marriages In Syria Tyler Durden Wed, 08/05/2020 – 02:00 Via Southfront.org, Democracy and liberal values are on the rise in the opposition-held part of Syria’s Greater Idlib region. On July 31, forces of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (formerly the Syrian branch of al-Qaeda) raided positions of the […]

  • Virgin Galactic Unveils Concept Images Of Supersonic Commercial Jet

    ZeroHedge - Aug 5th 2020 1:00am EDT

    Virgin Galactic Unveils Concept Images Of Supersonic Commercial Jet Tyler Durden Wed, 08/05/2020 – 01:00 Shares of Virgin Galactic Holdings were up 3.5% on Monday afternoon following a press release earlier in the day announcing its partnership with Rolls-Royce to develop a high-speed commercial aircraft. Virgin entered a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Rolls-Royce to design […]

  • P Is For Predator State: The Building Blocks Of Tyranny From A To Z

    ZeroHedge - Aug 5th 2020 12:05am EDT

    P Is For Predator State: The Building Blocks Of Tyranny From A To Z Tyler Durden Wed, 08/05/2020 – 00:05 Authored by John Whitehead via The Rutherford Institute, “When a population becomes distracted by trivia, when cultural life is redefined as a perpetual round of entertainments, when serious public conversation becomes a form of baby-talk, […]

  • Woman Throws Coffee In Man’s Face For Not Wearing A Mask, Gets Boyfriend’s Ass Beat

    ZeroHedge - Aug 4th 2020 11:45pm EDT

    Woman Throws Coffee In Man’s Face For Not Wearing A Mask, Gets Boyfriend’s Ass Beat Tyler Durden Tue, 08/04/2020 – 23:45 A woman in Manhattan Beach has been caught on video after throwing a hot cup of coffee in a man’s face after he refused to put on a mask when she demanded that he […]

  • Veteran Virologist Slams Mainstream Media’s “Misinformation” About An Effective COVID Treatment

    ZeroHedge - Aug 4th 2020 11:25pm EDT

    Veteran Virologist Slams Mainstream Media’s “Misinformation” About An Effective COVID Treatment Tyler Durden Tue, 08/04/2020 – 23:25 Authored by Steven Hatfill via RealClearPolitics.com, On Friday, July 31, in a column ostensibly dealing with health care “misinformation,” Washington Post media critic Margaret Sullivan opened by lambasting “fringe doctors spouting dangerous falsehoods about hydroxychloroquine as a COVID-19 […]

  • The Circle Of Death: Bankrupt Companies “Unfile” To Receive Government Bailouts, Then Immediately File Again

    ZeroHedge - Aug 4th 2020 11:05pm EDT

    The Circle Of Death: Bankrupt Companies “Unfile” To Receive Government Bailouts, Then Immediately File Again Tyler Durden Tue, 08/04/2020 – 23:05 By now everyone knows that one fifth of LL corporations are “zombies” – companies that should be out of business as they are technically insolvent and don’t even generate enough cash flow to meet […]

  • The Underground Bunker Business Is Booming As Global Events Spiral Out Of Control

    ZeroHedge - Aug 4th 2020 10:45pm EDT

    The Underground Bunker Business Is Booming As Global Events Spiral Out Of Control Tyler Durden Tue, 08/04/2020 – 22:45 Authored by Michael Snyder via TheMostImportantNews.com, This is a really good time to be selling underground bunkers.  The COVID-19 pandemic, civil unrest in major U.S. cities, and concern about what else may be coming have combined […]

  • On Verge Of Six-Week Shuttering, Australian Small Businesses Beg: We Can’t Survive Another Lockdown

    ZeroHedge - Aug 4th 2020 10:25pm EDT

    On Verge Of Six-Week Shuttering, Australian Small Businesses Beg: We Can’t Survive Another Lockdown Tyler Durden Tue, 08/04/2020 – 22:25 The reality on the ground in Australia is that many small businesses were struggling even before the coronavirus lockdowns began. Now, with the country on the verge of what Financial Review is calling “Lockdown 2.0”, it could […]

  • Understanding The Gravity Of The Russia Hoax

    ZeroHedge - Aug 4th 2020 10:05pm EDT

    Understanding The Gravity Of The Russia Hoax Tyler Durden Tue, 08/04/2020 – 22:05 Authored by Andrea Widburg via AmericanThinker.com, One of the claims Democrats love to tout about the Obama administration is that it was “scandal free.” For those who paid attention to the IRS targeting, Benghazi, Fast & Furious, and the cash smuggled to […]

  • Florida Man Arrested After Buying New Porsche, Rolexes, With Fake Checks Printed On His Home Computer

    ZeroHedge - Aug 4th 2020 9:45pm EDT

    Florida Man Arrested After Buying New Porsche, Rolexes, With Fake Checks Printed On His Home Computer Tyler Durden Tue, 08/04/2020 – 21:45 A Florida man has been arrested for grand theft after purchasing a brand new Porsche – and then several Rolex watches – using checks he printed on his home computer.  Perhaps trying to […]

  • Here Are All The Professors “Cancelled” By The Left

    ZeroHedge - Aug 4th 2020 9:25pm EDT

    Here Are All The Professors “Cancelled” By The Left Tyler Durden Tue, 08/04/2020 – 21:25 Authored by Cabot Phillips via Campus Reform, As we’ve reported extensively at Campus Reform, professors across America are facing mounting pressure to fall in line with the Left’s “Social Justice” movement. While it sounds nice, oftentimes, supporting “social justice” means supporting […]

  • How The Race For A COVID-19 Vaccine Could Go Horribly Wrong For The Market

    ZeroHedge - Aug 4th 2020 9:05pm EDT

    How The Race For A COVID-19 Vaccine Could Go Horribly Wrong For The Market Tyler Durden Tue, 08/04/2020 – 21:05 The research departments at Wall Street investment banks have every incentive to provide clients with a stream of worrisome (but not too worrisome) reports about the future trajectory of the global coronavirus outbreak. After all, […]

  • Your Phone Is Spying On You: Companies Are Generating Secret “Surveillance Scores” Based On That Data

    ZeroHedge - Aug 4th 2020 8:45pm EDT

    Your Phone Is Spying On You: Companies Are Generating Secret “Surveillance Scores” Based On That Data Tyler Durden Tue, 08/04/2020 – 20:45 Authored by Michael Snyder via The End of The American Dream blog, Nothing that you do on your phone is private.  In this day and age, most of us have become extremely dependent […]

  • Why COVID-19 Will Make A Comeback In NYC This Fall – And Lockdowns Won’t Help

    ZeroHedge - Aug 4th 2020 8:25pm EDT

    Why COVID-19 Will Make A Comeback In NYC This Fall – And Lockdowns Won’t Help Tyler Durden Tue, 08/04/2020 – 20:25 As we noted earlier, Bloomberg on Friday published a story decrying the risks facing NYC as the northern hemisphere moves toward the fall. Three weeks ago, Melbourne entered lockdown that was supposed to last […]

  • 3 Reasons Treasury Rates Can Still Hit 0%: Part I, Inflation Vs Deflation

    ZeroHedge - Aug 4th 2020 8:05pm EDT

    3 Reasons Treasury Rates Can Still Hit 0%: Part I, Inflation Vs Deflation Tyler Durden Tue, 08/04/2020 – 20:05 Authored by Eric Basmajian via EPBMacroResearch.com, Deflation remains the more credible risk, not inflation. The output gap suggests core inflation could sink below 0.5% in the coming years. FX hedged Treasury yields remain higher than yields […]

  • Ultra-Wealthy Northeast Town Sees Surge In COVID-19 Cases After ‘Secretive’ Teen Parties

    ZeroHedge - Aug 4th 2020 7:45pm EDT

    Ultra-Wealthy Northeast Town Sees Surge In COVID-19 Cases After ‘Secretive’ Teen Parties Tyler Durden Tue, 08/04/2020 – 19:45 It’s a by now somewhat familiar pattern: upscale posh neighborhood in the northeast takes steps to isolate itself from the pandemic exploding in less fortunate surrounding neighborhoods and areas, only to itself get hit hard through the […]

  • Trump Calls Beirut Explosion “A Terrible Attack – A Bomb Of Some Kind” After Briefed By Generals

    ZeroHedge - Aug 4th 2020 7:38pm EDT

    Trump Calls Beirut Explosion “A Terrible Attack – A Bomb Of Some Kind” After Briefed By Generals Tyler Durden Tue, 08/04/2020 – 19:38 Lebanon’s health ministry has raised the death toll to over 73 killed, including 3,700 wounded, after late afternoon a blast centered on Beirut’s port unleashed a massive seismic shock and explosion that leveled an entire […]

  • Is This The Beginning Of A Nuclear Power Race In The Gulf States?

    ZeroHedge - Aug 4th 2020 7:25pm EDT

    Is This The Beginning Of A Nuclear Power Race In The Gulf States? Tyler Durden Tue, 08/04/2020 – 19:25 Authored by Tsvetana Paraskova via OilPrice.com, One of the world’s largest oil producers and exporters, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), has just launched the first nuclear power plant in the Arab world.  Touted as a major milestone […]

  • 300 ISIS Terrorists At Large: Mass Prison Break In Afghanistan After Hours-Long Firefight

    ZeroHedge - Aug 4th 2020 7:05pm EDT

    300 ISIS Terrorists At Large: Mass Prison Break In Afghanistan After Hours-Long Firefight Tyler Durden Tue, 08/04/2020 – 19:05 What could be the largest ISIS jailbreak in the terror group’s history didn’t take place in Iraq or Syria, but just happened inside Afghanistan, where ISIS is attempting to make a come-back at a moment the US-Taliban […]

  • The Newest Demon In The Left’s Sights: Woke White Women

    ZeroHedge - Aug 4th 2020 6:45pm EDT

    The Newest Demon In The Left’s Sights: Woke White Women Tyler Durden Tue, 08/04/2020 – 18:45 Authored by J.Peder Zane via RealClearPolitics.com, Torch-carrying neo-Nazis in Charlottesville were the face of white supremacy in 2017. Today it’s “Nice White Parents.” That’s the title of a new podcast distributed by the New York Times which argues that many black […]

  • “Trade Deal” Farce Summarized In These Charts 

    ZeroHedge - Aug 4th 2020 6:25pm EDT

    “Trade Deal” Farce Summarized In These Charts  Tyler Durden Tue, 08/04/2020 – 18:25 Remember the run-up to phase one trade deal? The Trump administration boasted positive trade headlines around the clock to pump the stock market in 2019 and even in early 2020. The headlines, dubbed “trade optimism,” unleashed multiple expansion in stocks as President Trump told farmers […]