• Russia Reports Record New Cases For 4th Day As COVID-19 Tears Through Moscow: Live Updates

    ZeroHedge - May 3rd 2020 10:36am EDT

    Russia Reports Record New Cases For 4th Day As COVID-19 Tears Through Moscow: Live Updates Every day, it seems, Russia sets a new record for the largest number of new COVID-19 cases confirmed in a day. Yesterday, Health officials in Moscow announced more than 9k new cases. On Sunday, they announced more than 10k new […]

  • COVID-19 Is Changing The Way America Lives, Works, & Votes

    ZeroHedge - May 3rd 2020 9:45am EDT

    COVID-19 Is Changing The Way America Lives, Works, & Votes Via PeakProsperity.com, The data below reflects the findings of a national survey of 3,500 American adults conducted by Azurite Consulting, a tech-enabled consulting firm that uses unique methodologies, on behalf of Peak Prosperity to reveal the specific changes in behavior and sentiment triggered by the coronavirus […]

  • Gunfire Exchanged Between North & South Korea Declared ‘Likely Unintentional’

    ZeroHedge - May 3rd 2020 9:13am EDT

    Gunfire Exchanged Between North & South Korea Declared ‘Likely Unintentional’ The world breathed a collective sigh of relief after an incredibly dangerous exchange of gunfire took place at the Korean border, a mere day after Kim Jong Un resurfaced publicly for the first time in some 20 days. South and North Korea are reportedly talking via […]

  • Pentagon Reviewing Hypersonic Program As Investments In Mach 5 Missiles Expected To Soar

    ZeroHedge - May 3rd 2020 8:45am EDT

    Pentagon Reviewing Hypersonic Program As Investments In Mach 5 Missiles Expected To Soar The Office of the Inspector General, US Department of Defense (DoD IG) is determining if it should allocate more funds to hypersonic development programs as it seems the US is behind the hypersonic curve. The DoD IG’s review began in April and […]

  • Spain Seeks Another Bailout As Deficit Skyrockets

    ZeroHedge - May 3rd 2020 8:10am EDT

    Spain Seeks Another Bailout As Deficit Skyrockets Authored by Mike Shedlock via MishTalk, Spain needs another rescue. Its deficit and debt violate Eurozone treaty rules. Deficit rule violation is across the board. At least Spain admits it. As translated from El Mundo, Spain Needs a New Era of Adjustment.  In simple terms, Spain admits it needs […]

  • Norway’s $1 Trillion Wealth Fund Doubled Down On US Stocks During March Market Rout

    ZeroHedge - May 3rd 2020 7:35am EDT

    Norway’s $1 Trillion Wealth Fund Doubled Down On US Stocks During March Market Rout Jeff Gundlach, Kyle Bass and – from the looks of it – Warren Buffett sat out last month’s market turbulence. Gundlach and Bass apparently cashed in their shorts and have repositioned for another pullback. But at least one massive player in […]

  • Why Sweden Has Already Won The Debate On COVID-19 “Lockdown” Policy

    ZeroHedge - May 3rd 2020 7:00am EDT

    Why Sweden Has Already Won The Debate On COVID-19 “Lockdown” Policy Authored by Patrick Henningson via 21stCenturyWire.com, As Europe and North America continue suffering their steady economic and social decline as a direct result of imposing “lockdown” on their populations, other countries have taken a different approach to dealing with the coronavirus threat. You wouldn’t […]

  • China’s Exploiting The COVID-19 Pandemic To Expand In Asia

    ZeroHedge - May 2nd 2020 11:50pm EDT

    China’s Exploiting The COVID-19 Pandemic To Expand In Asia Authored by Con Coughlin via The Gatestone Institute, While the rest of the world is preoccupied with tackling the coronavirus pandemic, China is intensifying its efforts to extend its influence in the South China Sea by intimidating its Asian neighbours. The arrival of China’s Liaoning aircraft carrier, together […]

  • These Are The 10 Most Expensive (And Cheapest) Cities In The World

    ZeroHedge - May 2nd 2020 11:25pm EDT

    These Are The 10 Most Expensive (And Cheapest) Cities In The World Where personal wealth is concerned, there are two sides to every story. The first of which is the amount of money a person earns, and the other is what they choose to spend their money on. As Visual Capitalist’s Katie Jones notes, the […]

  • Johnstone: Biden Is Everything The Democrats Are

    ZeroHedge - May 2nd 2020 11:00pm EDT

    Johnstone: Biden Is Everything The Democrats Are Authored by Caitlin Johnstone via Medium.com, Joe Biden is not an “imperfect candidate” for the Democrats. He is the perfect candidate, because he’s everything the party is: Demented. Decrepit. Bloodthirsty. Corrupt. Cronyistic. Authoritarian. Reactionary. Rapey. He is exactly what they deserve. He is exactly what they are. Joe Biden is […]

  • Get Ready For Slaughterhouse Robots To Ease America’s Meat Processing Crisis 

    ZeroHedge - May 2nd 2020 10:35pm EDT

    Get Ready For Slaughterhouse Robots To Ease America’s Meat Processing Crisis  America’s meat processing crisis, mainly triggered by labor shortages and plant closings due to coronavirus spread, is set to unleash a new wave of automation across plants to ease labor and health woes.   Bloomberg Law reports JBS SA, the world’s largest meat producer, is preparing to install […]

  • “Go Buy Guns First” – John McAfee Warns Governments “Are Deceiving You” About Virus

    ZeroHedge - May 2nd 2020 10:10pm EDT

    “Go Buy Guns First” – John McAfee Warns Governments “Are Deceiving You” About Virus Authored by Amy Castor via DeCrypt.co, The government is deceiving you. The pandemic is a ploy spread by the fake-news media, and if you care about your lives, go out and buy guns now.  That was the message of John McAfee. […]

  • “The US Doesn’t Own The UN” – Furious Beijing Blasts UN Mission’s Taiwan Tweets As “Political Manipulation”

    ZeroHedge - May 2nd 2020 9:45pm EDT

    “The US Doesn’t Own The UN” – Furious Beijing Blasts UN Mission’s Taiwan Tweets As “Political Manipulation” President Trump is going all-in on antagonizing China as a crux of his 2020 campaign strategy (since clearly a large segment of his base, and many undecided voters, blame China for unleashing the virus on the world whether […]

  • Brace For A Monday Massacre: Buffett Liquidates All Airline Holdings, Hints Berkshire Remains Bearish

    ZeroHedge - May 2nd 2020 9:25pm EDT

    Brace For A Monday Massacre: Buffett Liquidates All Airline Holdings, Hints Berkshire Remains Bearish Warren Buffett, who turns 90 in 4 months, had an unpleasant surprise for the permabullish Berkshire faithful during their annual pilgrimage to Omaha live-stream of Berkshire’s annual meeting: one month after Berkshire surprised investors by selling parts of its Delta and […]

  • “Remdesivir Is Probably Worthless” – A Trauma Surgeon Exposes “Drug Company’s Shenanigans”

    ZeroHedge - May 2nd 2020 8:55pm EDT

    “Remdesivir Is Probably Worthless” – A Trauma Surgeon Exposes “Drug Company’s Shenanigans” Markets got very excited (briefly) this week about a study finding a Gilead Sciences drug helped coronavirus patients heal a little more quickly. But that was all the trial found: remdesivir isn’t the miracle cure that will get us all out of lockdowns […]

  • 6 Reasons Why This Is (Or Isn’t) The Worst Economy Since The Great Depression

    ZeroHedge - May 2nd 2020 8:30pm EDT

    6 Reasons Why This Is (Or Isn’t) The Worst Economy Since The Great Depression Authored by Daniel Nevins via Nevins Research, When the NBER’s Business Cycle Dating Committee draws the boundaries on the current recession, it’s unlikely to stand out as an especially long one. In fact, by the time the committee publishes the official start date, […]

  • US Embassy: Israeli West Bank Annexation Can Move Forward Without A Palestinian State

    ZeroHedge - May 2nd 2020 8:05pm EDT

    US Embassy: Israeli West Bank Annexation Can Move Forward Without A Palestinian State The recently established US Embassy in Jerusalem (moved from Tel Aviv last year as part of Trump’s plan) has confirmed that the world will soon see the most controversial element of Trump’s peace plan put into effect: Israeli annexation over broad swathes of […]

  • SpaceX: Camel’s Nose Under The Tent Of Rapid Space Militarization

    ZeroHedge - May 2nd 2020 7:40pm EDT

    SpaceX: Camel’s Nose Under The Tent Of Rapid Space Militarization Via Southfront.org, In the last several decades, and certainly in the post-9/11 environment in which the previous restrictions on the militarization of the American society largely disappeared, the US national security establishment has expand not only by creating new programs and agencies, but also by […]

  • Ex-Green Beret Was Behind Failed Attempt At ‘Armed Invasion’ Of Venezuela Funded By US Billionaires

    ZeroHedge - May 2nd 2020 7:15pm EDT

    Ex-Green Beret Was Behind Failed Attempt At ‘Armed Invasion’ Of Venezuela Funded By US Billionaires As we’ve recently observed, Washington’s push to oust Maduro is by no means over, even if seemingly less intensified as well and central to media coverage. Currently for example, there’s some level of build-up of US naval ships in the Caribbean ordered […]

  • We Need to Shut Them Down…

    ZeroHedge - May 2nd 2020 6:50pm EDT

    We Need to Shut Them Down… Authored by Robert Wright via The American Institute for Economic Research, We need to shut them down… Governments that is. At least the ones that cannot pay their bills because of unnecessary economic lockdown orders. I have tried just about everything in these pages to induce politicians to see […]

  • Andy Hall Says “Unlikely” We See Negative WTI Again, But Doubtful On “V-Shaped” Recovery In Oil

    ZeroHedge - May 2nd 2020 6:25pm EDT

    Andy Hall Says “Unlikely” We See Negative WTI Again, But Doubtful On “V-Shaped” Recovery In Oil Longtime oil investor Andy Hall says he thinks it is “unlikely” that we ever wind up seeing negative WTI pricing again, calling the move in the commodity “pretty shocking” in a Bloomberg TV interview on Friday.  The main question, […]

  • What Caused The New York Vs. London Gold Price Spread And Why It Persists

    ZeroHedge - May 2nd 2020 6:00pm EDT

    What Caused The New York Vs. London Gold Price Spread And Why It Persists Written by Jan Nieuwenhuijs for Voima Insight, The spread between the New York futures and London spot gold price was initially caused by logistics and manufacturing constraints, and likely persists because of credit restrictions. If you read into the economics of […]

  • Fauci Links & Virus-Lab Leaks: Newsweek Report Raises Urgent, Important Questions

    ZeroHedge - May 2nd 2020 5:10pm EDT

    Fauci Links & Virus-Lab Leaks: Newsweek Report Raises Urgent, Important Questions Via PeakProsperity.com, One of the more acutely-asked questions since the covid-19 pandemic broke out has been: Is the virus man-made? Debate on the matter has been wild and furious. After much investigation, Chris is now weighing in on the heels of an explosive Newsweek report. Newsweek reveals that as […]

  • Here Is Hugh Hendry’s 3-Step Plan To Save The World From Financial Collapse

    ZeroHedge - May 2nd 2020 4:45pm EDT

    Here Is Hugh Hendry’s 3-Step Plan To Save The World From Financial Collapse It’s official: despite still technically retired in St Barts where he is a “luxury real-estate, mentor, advisor, paddle-surfer” according to his twitter profile, last week’s markets tweetstorm appears to have awoken if not the investing, then at least the analytical “primal urge” […]

  • The Freedom Of Individuals Still Matters – Even If COVID Warriors Say It Doesn’t

    ZeroHedge - May 2nd 2020 4:20pm EDT

    The Freedom Of Individuals Still Matters – Even If COVID Warriors Say It Doesn’t Authored by Patrick Barron via The Mises Institute, From 2009 to 2012, I taught an introductory course in Austrian school economics at the University of Iowa. On the first day of class, I would tell my students that the Austrian school would […]