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  • Proof The Virus Is Winning

    ZeroHedge - May 17th 2020 5:40pm EDT

    Proof The Virus Is Winning Tyler Durden Sun, 05/17/2020 – 17:40 This is a prime example of the lunacy future historians and generations are going to look back and see. It wasn’t a spoof, but a real official press briefing held by New York’s Nassau County health officials just days ago. It was all about proper handling […]

  • Powell “60 Minutes” Preview: Full Recovery Could Take Until End Of 2021, Will Require A Coronavirus Vaccine

    ZeroHedge - May 17th 2020 5:14pm EDT

    Powell “60 Minutes” Preview: Full Recovery Could Take Until End Of 2021, Will Require A Coronavirus Vaccine Tyler Durden Sun, 05/17/2020 – 17:14 Less than a week after Powell tried (and apparently failed) to convince the market negative rates aren’t coming to the US (right as the BOE’s Andy Haldane admits the UK is considering […]

  • “For Lease”:  The Commercial Real Estate Apocalypse In Photos

    ZeroHedge - May 17th 2020 4:50pm EDT

    “For Lease”:  The Commercial Real Estate Apocalypse In Photos Tyler Durden Sun, 05/17/2020 – 16:50 In early 2017, we first reported a bearish trade emerged which quickly gained popularity in the investment community, and was dubbed “The Next Big Short.” At the time, only a few bearish funds were positioned for a “retail apocalypse” that could spur a wave of defaults. […]

  • State Lockdowns Are Creating A Mental Health Disaster

    ZeroHedge - May 17th 2020 4:25pm EDT

    State Lockdowns Are Creating A Mental Health Disaster Tyler Durden Sun, 05/17/2020 – 16:25 Authored by James Ketler via The Mises Institute, Although state lockdowns have served governors well as a heavy-handed show of force, the policies are a patent neglect of the many nuances inherent in human action. They have led to a host of unintended […]

  • Tropical Storm Arthur, First Of Season, Sets Its Sight On Outer Banks

    ZeroHedge - May 17th 2020 4:00pm EDT

    Tropical Storm Arthur, First Of Season, Sets Its Sight On Outer Banks Tyler Durden Sun, 05/17/2020 – 16:00 About two weeks before the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season begins, a tropical storm developed on Saturday night off the coast of Florida. Forecasters are expecting the storm could strike eastern North Carolina on Monday. AccuWeather Meteorologist Courtney Travis said while […]

  • “Good” Things That Are Bad, And “Bad” Things That Are Good

    ZeroHedge - May 17th 2020 3:35pm EDT

    “Good” Things That Are Bad, And “Bad” Things That Are Good Tyler Durden Sun, 05/17/2020 – 15:35 Authored by Andrew Sheets, chief global strategist at Morgan Stanley For all the sound and fury of the last month, global stock markets are roughly unchanged. Our overall strategic stance remains constructive, on the view that an improving […]

  • SoftBank Expected To Report Record Loss As Bets On WeWork, Ride Sharing Backfire

    ZeroHedge - May 17th 2020 3:10pm EDT

    SoftBank Expected To Report Record Loss As Bets On WeWork, Ride Sharing Backfire Tyler Durden Sun, 05/17/2020 – 15:10 After SoftBank quadrupled-down on its investment in WeWork late last year while taking massive writedowns on its Vision Fund, we suspected the bank/telecom/venture investor/whatever was drifting ever-closer to its inevitable destiny: A contender for ‘short of […]

  • What Could Go Wrong?

    ZeroHedge - May 17th 2020 2:45pm EDT

    What Could Go Wrong? Tyler Durden Sun, 05/17/2020 – 14:45 Authored by Chris Hamilton via Econimica blog, In 2019, US population growth fell to +1.55m or +0.5%…this was due to a trifecta of declining births, lower immigration, and higher deaths than anticipated.  However, as with everything “2020”, all three trends are only intensifying to blow […]

  • As World Braces For US-China Trade War Fireworks, This Is How One Bank Is Trading The Coming Conflict

    ZeroHedge - May 17th 2020 2:20pm EDT

    As World Braces For US-China Trade War Fireworks, This Is How One Bank Is Trading The Coming Conflict Tyler Durden Sun, 05/17/2020 – 14:20 On Friday there was a startling escalation in the trade and tech war between the US and China, when the Trump administration moved to block global chip supplies to blacklisted telecom […]

  • Escobar: How Biosecurity Is Enabling Digital Neo-Feudalism

    ZeroHedge - May 17th 2020 1:55pm EDT

    Escobar: How Biosecurity Is Enabling Digital Neo-Feudalism Tyler Durden Sun, 05/17/2020 – 13:55 Authored by Pepe Escobar via The Strategic Culture Foundation, Italian master thinker Giorgio Agamben has been on the – controversial – forefront examining what new paradigm may be emerging out of our current pandemic distress. He recently called attention to an extraordinary book published […]

  • Navarro Jokes Obama Is “Biden’s Press Secretary”

    ZeroHedge - May 17th 2020 1:30pm EDT

    Navarro Jokes Obama Is “Biden’s Press Secretary” Tyler Durden Sun, 05/17/2020 – 13:30 White House trade adviser Peter Navarro joked on Sunday that he’s glad former President Obama “has a new job as Joe Biden’s press secretary.” During an interview with ABC’s George Stephanopoulos, Navarro responded to comments Obama made during a virtual commencement address […]

  • Trader: “The Reality That Is Emerging Should Concern Everybody”

    ZeroHedge - May 17th 2020 1:05pm EDT

    Trader: “The Reality That Is Emerging Should Concern Everybody” Tyler Durden Sun, 05/17/2020 – 13:05 Authored by Sven Henrich via NorthmanTrader.com, Straight Talk #2 First off a big thank you to everyone watching last week’s debut of our webinars. We didn’t know what to expect, but we felt the issues we highlighted deserved a deeper […]

  • Study Points To COVID-19 Lab Creation; Lead Author Suggests ‘Forced Selection’ Vs. Genetic Engineering

    ZeroHedge - May 17th 2020 12:39pm EDT

    Study Points To COVID-19 Lab Creation; Lead Author Suggests ‘Forced Selection’ Vs. Genetic Engineering Tyler Durden Sun, 05/17/2020 – 12:39 A study led by Flinders University vaccine researcher Nikolai Petrovsky in Australia reveals that SARS-CoV-2, the virus which causes COVID-19, is optimized for penetration into human cells vs. animal cells – undermining the theory that […]

  • The National Debt Clock Is Flashing A Major Red Alert!

    ZeroHedge - May 17th 2020 12:15pm EDT

    The National Debt Clock Is Flashing A Major Red Alert! Tyler Durden Sun, 05/17/2020 – 12:15 Authored by Bruce Wilds via Advancing Time blog, The National Debt Clock is flashing a major warning, Red Alert! this morning while working on another article I happened to glance at this indicator and recoiled in horror. While most […]

  • Major League Baseball Set To Lose $640,000 Per Game This Season

    ZeroHedge - May 17th 2020 11:50am EDT

    Major League Baseball Set To Lose $640,000 Per Game This Season Tyler Durden Sun, 05/17/2020 – 11:50 Even with Major League Baseball restarting and playing a shortened 82 game season, the organization would still be expected to post a monster loss for the year due to the coronavirus lockdowns, according to the Associated Press.  In […]

  • Taibbi: Democrats Have Abandoned Civil Liberties

    ZeroHedge - May 17th 2020 11:24am EDT

    Taibbi: Democrats Have Abandoned Civil Liberties Tyler Durden Sun, 05/17/2020 – 11:24 Authored by Matt Taibbi, as published on his substack Emmet G. Sullivan, the judge in the case of former Trump National Security Adviser Michael Flynn, is refusing to let William Barr’s Justice Department drop the charge. He’s even thinking of adding more, appointing […]

  • India Extends Lockdown, Spain Reports Fewer Than 100 Deaths For 1st Time Since March: Virus Updates

    ZeroHedge - May 17th 2020 11:06am EDT

    India Extends Lockdown, Spain Reports Fewer Than 100 Deaths For 1st Time Since March: Virus Updates Tyler Durden Sun, 05/17/2020 – 11:06 Summary: Georgia reopening better than expected Beijing moves to suppress latest outbreak India extends lockdown for another 2 weeks India reports another 5k cases Spain reports fewer than 100 deaths Australia responds to […]

  • Zoom Is Now Worth More Than The World’s 7 Biggest Airlines

    ZeroHedge - May 17th 2020 10:50am EDT

    Zoom Is Now Worth More Than The World’s 7 Biggest Airlines Tyler Durden Sun, 05/17/2020 – 10:50 Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, many people have transitioned to working – and socializing – from home. If these trends become the new normal, certain companies may be in for a big payoff. Popular video conferencing company, Zoom Communications, […]

  • ‘Stuck In The Middle’ As Seasonal Sell Signals Trigger

    ZeroHedge - May 17th 2020 10:30am EDT

    ‘Stuck In The Middle’ As Seasonal Sell Signals Trigger Tyler Durden Sun, 05/17/2020 – 10:30 Authored by Lance Roberts via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, Stuck In The Middle Currently, we seem to be stuck in the middle even as seasonal sell signals trigger. It reminds me of the lyrics of one of the classics. “Trying to make some […]

  • Hundreds Of Villages Locked Down In Northeastern China As Beijing Mobilizes ‘Army Of Volunteers’ To Suppress Latest Outbreak

    ZeroHedge - May 17th 2020 10:08am EDT

    Hundreds Of Villages Locked Down In Northeastern China As Beijing Mobilizes ‘Army Of Volunteers’ To Suppress Latest Outbreak Tyler Durden Sun, 05/17/2020 – 10:08 We had a hunch when we saw the Chinese press yesterday playing up China’s latest “milestone” of one month without any COVID-19-linked deaths that some, shall we say, suboptimal news would […]

  • Hitchens: We’re Destroying The Wealth Of Nations & The Health Of Millions

    ZeroHedge - May 17th 2020 9:20am EDT

    Hitchens: We’re Destroying The Wealth Of Nations & The Health Of Millions Tyler Durden Sun, 05/17/2020 – 09:20 Authored by Peter Hitchens, op-ed via The Daily Mail, Why do I bother? For six weeks now I have been saying that the Government’s policy on Covid-19 is a mistake. Most people do not agree with me, […]

  • Chinese Ambassador To Israel Found Dead In Home, Sparking Avalanche Of Rumors Amid Tensions With US

    ZeroHedge - May 17th 2020 8:40am EDT

    Chinese Ambassador To Israel Found Dead In Home, Sparking Avalanche Of Rumors Amid Tensions With US Tyler Durden Sun, 05/17/2020 – 08:40 China’s Ambassador to Israel has been found dead inside his home near Tel Aviv Sunday morning, Israel’s Foreign Ministry has confirmed. 57-year old ambassador Du Wei had only assumed his post in February 2020 in the midst […]

  • Turkey Demands New NATO Intervention In Libya: “Haftar Must Be Stopped”

    ZeroHedge - May 17th 2020 8:10am EDT

    Turkey Demands New NATO Intervention In Libya: “Haftar Must Be Stopped” Tyler Durden Sun, 05/17/2020 – 08:10 Via AlMasdarNews.com, Turkey issued a strong condemnation of the Libyan National Army (LNA) leader, Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar, accusing him of intensifying attacks on civilians. The statement also called on NATO to intervene in order to stop the […]

  • Which Countries Have Escaped COVID-19 (So Far)?

    ZeroHedge - May 17th 2020 7:35am EDT

    Which Countries Have Escaped COVID-19 (So Far)? Tyler Durden Sun, 05/17/2020 – 07:35 The COVID-19 pandemic has spread to all corners of the globe, but, as Statista’s Niall McCarthy details, the following infographic shows the last places on Earth remaining unaffected (officially at least). It is based on countries that have not reported any known […]

  • Italian Politician Demands Bill Gates Arrest For Crimes Against Humanity

    ZeroHedge - May 17th 2020 7:00am EDT

    Italian Politician Demands Bill Gates Arrest For Crimes Against Humanity Tyler Durden Sun, 05/17/2020 – 07:00 Via GreatGameIndia.com, As the FDA shuts down a Bill Gates-funded COVID-testing program, an Italian politician has demanded the arrest of Bill Gates in the Italian parliament. Sara Cunial, the Member of Parliament for Rome denounced Bill Gates as a “vaccine criminal” […]