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  • San Diego Unemployment Rate Nearly 27%, Breaking County Record Set During Great Depression

    ZeroHedge - May 8th 2020 10:25pm EDT

    San Diego Unemployment Rate Nearly 27%, Breaking County Record Set During Great Depression With the worst jobs report in history under our belt, which saw a record 20.5 million jobs lost in April, and the stated unemployment rate at 14.7%, some cities have been hit worse than others by the economic fallout from the pandemic. […]

  • Staying Ahead Of The Shortages: What To Stock Up On For The Coming Year

    ZeroHedge - May 8th 2020 10:05pm EDT

    Staying Ahead Of The Shortages: What To Stock Up On For The Coming Year Authored by Samantha Biggers via BackdoorSurvival.com, While a lot of people are concerned about food shortages, one should not forget that there are a lot of items that make life easier or at least more enjoyable that come from abroad. A […]

  • Chicago Murder Rate Soars Despite Stay-At-Home Orders, Activists Blame “Lockdown Segregation” 

    ZeroHedge - May 8th 2020 9:45pm EDT

    Chicago Murder Rate Soars Despite Stay-At-Home Orders, Activists Blame “Lockdown Segregation”  Despite the pandemic and strict stay-at-home orders, one would naturally assume violent crime in Chicago’s inner cities would subside. But that was not the case in April, according to a new report via AP News, which said, “the city’s most deprived neighborhoods are still echoing to the sound […]

  • CV-1984: The Accelerated Rise Of Automated Robots

    ZeroHedge - May 8th 2020 9:25pm EDT

    CV-1984: The Accelerated Rise Of Automated Robots Authored by Aaron Kesel via ActivistPost.com, CV-1984 is accelerating the spread of Orwellian surveillance devices like talking drones, facial recognition cameras, and more; but that’s not the only technology that is advancing – robots or automated machines are also speeding up their deployment to combat the spread of the coronavirus. […]

  • ‘Not If You’re Too Hot’ – Nevada Brothels Unveil Temp-Taking, Mask-Wearing Plans To Re-Open

    ZeroHedge - May 8th 2020 9:05pm EDT

    ‘Not If You’re Too Hot’ – Nevada Brothels Unveil Temp-Taking, Mask-Wearing Plans To Re-Open Last month a brothel owner told KRNV Reno  that she had adopted safety procedures for when Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak gives the green light to reopen the state’s legal brothels. Madam Bella, the owner of Bella’s Hacienda, said reopening the state’s legal brothels will be […]

  • Is This The End Of The LNG Boom?

    ZeroHedge - May 8th 2020 8:45pm EDT

    Is This The End Of The LNG Boom? Authored by Nick Cunningham via OilPrice.com, The glut of natural gas could lead to more cancelled LNG exports in the next few months. “It is clear that yes we face today people talk lot about the oil market, but the gas markets are suffering a lot,” the […]

  • Elon Musk Says He’s “Not The Biggest Fan” Of Warren Buffett

    ZeroHedge - May 8th 2020 8:25pm EDT

    Elon Musk Says He’s “Not The Biggest Fan” Of Warren Buffett Elon Musk took to the Joe Rogan Podcast for a second time in a recording that was released this week, shortly after the birth of his child. The array of topics covered included Elon’s new child, artificial intelligence, why Elon decided to sell all […]

  • NY Times Accused Of Ripping Off Pulitzer Prize-Winning Stories From Russian Journalists For 2nd Time

    ZeroHedge - May 8th 2020 8:05pm EDT

    NY Times Accused Of Ripping Off Pulitzer Prize-Winning Stories From Russian Journalists For 2nd Time Authored by Ben Norton via TheGrayZone.com, The New York Times has been accused for a second time of stealing major scoops from Russian journalists. One of those stories won the Times a Pulitzer Prize this May. The journalists who have accused the Times […]

  • Daily Briefing – May 8, 2020

    ZeroHedge - May 8th 2020 7:52pm EDT

    Daily Briefing – May 8, 2020   Ash Bennington hosts Real Vision’s Roger Hirst. Today, Bennington and Hirst explore the relationship between fundamental and technical analysis in the context of the Coronavirus crisis. The pair also discuss the role of the European Central Bank in light of the recent landmark decision by the German constitutional […]

  • “I’d Send In The Army For An Invasion”: Trump Addresses Botched “Little” Venezuela Raid On FOX

    ZeroHedge - May 8th 2020 7:45pm EDT

    “I’d Send In The Army For An Invasion”: Trump Addresses Botched “Little” Venezuela Raid On FOX President Trump on Friday addressed in greater detail the bizarre events of Sunday and Monday which witnessed two American ex-special forces soldiers attempt to lead a small ‘invasion’ force of Venezuelan defectors and mercenaries into the country. The plot was […]

  • Surviving 2020, Part 3: Plans A, B, And C

    ZeroHedge - May 8th 2020 7:25pm EDT

    Surviving 2020, Part 3: Plans A, B, And C Authored by Charles Hugh Smith via OfTwoMinds blog, Read Part 1 here… Read Part 2 here… Readers ask for specific recommendations for successfully navigating the post-credit/speculative-bubble era and I try to do so while explaining the impossibility of the task. As the bogus prosperity economy built on exponential […]

  • Twitter Defends China After State Department Identifies Coronavirus Propaganda Network

    ZeroHedge - May 8th 2020 7:05pm EDT

    Twitter Defends China After State Department Identifies Coronavirus Propaganda Network Twitter is refuting claims from the US State Department’s Global Engagement Center (GEC), which found that it was “highly probable” that the Chinese government is behind networks of Twitter accounts spewing disinformation related to COVID-19. Illustration: Soohee Cho/The Intercept, Getty Images GEC head Lea Gabrielle […]

  • Suspicion And Skepticism Are Vaccines For Deception

    ZeroHedge - May 8th 2020 6:45pm EDT

    Suspicion And Skepticism Are Vaccines For Deception Authored by Doug “Uncola” Lynn via TheBurningPlatform.com, “Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.” – Voltaire I once read a definition of psychological depression as a result of anger and fatigue. That seems about right. Personally, I’m sick of COVID-19 dominating the headlines and I definitely […]

  • “It’s Like Pre-Crime” – California County Launches Snatch-And-Grab COVID Spy Program

    ZeroHedge - May 8th 2020 5:25pm EDT

    “It’s Like Pre-Crime” – California County Launches Snatch-And-Grab COVID Spy Program Authored by Simon Black via SovereignMan.com, Are you ready for this week’s absurdity? Here’s our Friday roll-up of the most ridiculous stories from around the world that are threats to your liberty, your finances, and your prosperity… and on occasion, poetic justice. Ventura County, […]

  • Despite FDA Claims Of Clamping Down On COVID-19-Scams, One Dodgy Company Remains On Its Website

    ZeroHedge - May 8th 2020 5:05pm EDT

    Despite FDA Claims Of Clamping Down On COVID-19-Scams, One Dodgy Company Remains On Its Website Early on during the coronavirus pandemic, the FDA had been criticized for its restrictive approach for testing. As a result, it wound up swinging the other way, allowing virtually any manufacturer to develop and distribute serological (antibody) tests.  The agency […]

  • America Has Become A Powder Keg That Is Ready To Explode At Any Time

    ZeroHedge - May 8th 2020 4:45pm EDT

    America Has Become A Powder Keg That Is Ready To Explode At Any Time Authored by Michael Snyder via TheMostImportantNews.com, Have you noticed that people are a lot more emotional these days?  People are angry about the lockdowns, people are angry because others are not “properly” observing the social distancing rules, people are angry about […]

  • Businesses Discover Employees Would Rather Stay Home And Collect Unemployment During Pandemic

    ZeroHedge - May 8th 2020 4:25pm EDT

    Businesses Discover Employees Would Rather Stay Home And Collect Unemployment During Pandemic Just as we warned would happen, US employers looking to reopen during the pandemic are finding that employees would rather sit home and collect unemployment than come back to work. According to the Wall Street Journal, unemployment benefits for some workers are now […]

  • Wall Street Soars As Main Street Struggles With Lo’ Rates, No Jobs, & Mo’ Deaths

    ZeroHedge - May 8th 2020 4:01pm EDT

    Wall Street Soars As Main Street Struggles With Lo’ Rates, No Jobs, & Mo’ Deaths Record-Watch: For the first time ever, more than half the US population is not working; over 76,000 Americans dead from COVID-19; the US economy is contracting at record pace; earnings expectations are collapsing at near record pace; interest-rates at record […]

  • Some Numbers…

    ZeroHedge - May 8th 2020 3:55pm EDT

    Some Numbers… Some numbers via BofA’s Michael Hartnett putting the recent market move in context: 9/10 say bear market rally 8/10 say “U” or “W” recovery 7/10 say only buy what the Fed buys 6/10 expect retest of low 2/10 say 10Y yield >1%, $15 Trillion: global equity market cap gain since March low $16.4 […]

  • Why One Reader Is “Mad As Hell”

    ZeroHedge - May 8th 2020 3:40pm EDT

    Why One Reader Is “Mad As Hell” …from a reader, I don’t have to tell you things are bad. Everybody knows things are bad. It’s a depression… Everybody’s out of work or scared of losing their job. The dollar buys a nickel’s worth, banks are going bust, shopkeepers keep a gun under the counter. Punks […]

  • “The Squad” Urges Pelosi To Include “One-Time Universal $30k Student-Loan Cancellation” In Next Relief Bill

    ZeroHedge - May 8th 2020 3:38pm EDT

    “The Squad” Urges Pelosi To Include “One-Time Universal $30k Student-Loan Cancellation” In Next Relief Bill A group of Democrats – whose mostly white, middle-class, college-educated supporters who derive most of their understanding of contemporary politics and the economy from memes – is pushing House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy to include a […]

  • YouTube Targets Chinese Blogger After She Posts Video On Coronavirus Origins

    ZeroHedge - May 8th 2020 3:32pm EDT

    YouTube Targets Chinese Blogger After She Posts Video On Coronavirus Origins YouTube demonetized the account of popular Chinese-American blogger Jennifer Zeng Thursday night, after she published a video which considers several possibilities for the origins of COVID-19, according to Forbes. What? “We’ve determined that your channel is no longer eligible for monetization” ! What should […]

  • Something Odd Is Going On In Parking Lots Around The US

    ZeroHedge - May 8th 2020 2:55pm EDT

    Something Odd Is Going On In Parking Lots Around The US Over the last few weeks, we have been keeping a close eye on the growing glut of automobile inventory, exacerbated by demand falling off a cliff, plunging used car prices and rental car companies suffering from an unprecedented collapse in business (or, like Hertz, […]

  • One Trader Started The Day With $77,000 In His Account; By The End He Owed $9 Million

    ZeroHedge - May 8th 2020 2:55pm EDT

    One Trader Started The Day With $77,000 In His Account; By The End He Owed $9 Million The April 20 historic oil price crash that sent the prompt May WTI contract plunging to the unheard of price of negative $40 per barrel now seems like ancient history with oil back in the $20s (at least […]

  • “The Compliant & Complicit Media Has A Lot To Answer For”

    ZeroHedge - May 8th 2020 2:40pm EDT

    “The Compliant & Complicit Media Has A Lot To Answer For” Authored by James Howard Kunstler via Kunstler.com, “I Sent Them!” “Our utter incompetence actually helps us,” declared Deputy Assistant Director of the FBI Peter Strzok to his confident (10,000 text messages) and paramour, FBI attorney Lisa Page, when he discovered on January 4, 2017, […]