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  • Global Air Freight Just Suffered Worst Year Since 2009

    ZeroHedge - Feb 8th 2020 9:00pm EST

    Global Air Freight Just Suffered Worst Year Since 2009 The International Air Transport Association (IATA) published a new report on Wednesday that showed global air freight markets declined in 2019, suggesting the global economy continues to decelerate.  Global air freight measured in freight tonne kilometers (FTKs), plunged 3.3% in 2019 over the prior year while available freight […]

  • Fiscal And Monetary Policy Insanity – Realized Depopulation Vs. Potential Pandemic

    ZeroHedge - Feb 8th 2020 8:30pm EST

    Fiscal And Monetary Policy Insanity – Realized Depopulation Vs. Potential Pandemic Authored by Chris Hamilton via Econimica blog, There is great concern (rightly) about the current Coronavirus and potential for a regional or global pandemic.  The loss of life and associated deceleration of economic activity have a fair number of folks pretty concerned and market […]

  • ‘Bullets, Not Hugs’: Mexico Deploys Elite Marines To Fight Drug Cartels In Response To Pressure From Trump Admin

    ZeroHedge - Feb 8th 2020 8:00pm EST

    ‘Bullets, Not Hugs’: Mexico Deploys Elite Marines To Fight Drug Cartels In Response To Pressure From Trump Admin Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has deployed Mexico’s largely sidelined elite marine force to fight drug cartels, following pressure from the Trump administration to beef up its fight against illicit substances, according to the Wall Street […]

  • Climate Activist Leaves Environmentalist Movement Because It’s “Too White”

    ZeroHedge - Feb 8th 2020 7:30pm EST

    Climate Activist Leaves Environmentalist Movement Because It’s “Too White” Authored by Paul Joseph Watson via Summit News, A Filipino climate activist wrote an article for VICE saying that she left the environmental movement because it was too “white.” Those awful white people and their…trying to save the planet! “The climate movement is overwhelmingly white. So […]

  • It’s Time To Ask Again What Really Happened To Ukraine’s Missing Gold

    ZeroHedge - Feb 8th 2020 7:00pm EST

    It’s Time To Ask Again What Really Happened To Ukraine’s Missing Gold Now that the Trump impeachment farce is finally over, vindicating the president and in the process for the first time boosting the president’s approval rating higher than where Obama was at this time in his first term much to the embarrassment of Nancy […]

  • Iowans Rage “They’re Dirty, Man”, Matt Taibbi Warns Des Moines Debacle Was “Waterloo For Democrats”

    ZeroHedge - Feb 8th 2020 6:30pm EST

    Iowans Rage “They’re Dirty, Man”, Matt Taibbi Warns Des Moines Debacle Was “Waterloo For Democrats” Authored by Matt Taibbi via RollingStone.com, In a fiasco for the ages, the blue party faceplants in Iowa… Monday, February 3rd, just before 9 p.m., the airport Holiday Inn, Des Moines. A crowd of supporters and volunteers for Senator Bernie […]

  • “End That Son Of A Bitch”: Duterte Moves To Terminate Philippines’ Military Pact With US

    ZeroHedge - Feb 8th 2020 6:00pm EST

    “End That Son Of A Bitch”: Duterte Moves To Terminate Philippines’ Military Pact With US President of the Philippines Rodrigo Duterte is moving to terminate the shaky US-allied country’s military pact with the United States after Washington revoked former police chief and now Senator Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa’s US visa last month. The close Duterte ally […]

  • OPCW Report (Predictably) Smears Whistleblowers

    ZeroHedge - Feb 8th 2020 5:30pm EST

    OPCW Report (Predictably) Smears Whistleblowers Authored by Kit Knightly via Off-Guardian.org, The OPCW has released a briefing note summarising the recent “independent investigation” into their recent Titanic-sized leaks. (You can read the summary at the link above, or the full “independent” report here). It’s a fairly narrow statement, focusing entirely on the two unnamed inspectors (Inspector A and […]

  • Hawkish Senators Demand Twitter ‘Obey Sanctions’ By Banning Iran’s Leaders

    ZeroHedge - Feb 8th 2020 5:00pm EST

    Hawkish Senators Demand Twitter ‘Obey Sanctions’ By Banning Iran’s Leaders At this rate all Iranian media sources and official accounts could soon be banned in the West, leaving journalists without a clue of what Tehran’s leaders actually think, and without official statements. The semi-official Fars news English website was knocked offline two weeks ago by […]

  • Pakistan Swiftly Passes Resolution Calling For Public Hanging Of Pedophiles

    ZeroHedge - Feb 8th 2020 4:30pm EST

    Pakistan Swiftly Passes Resolution Calling For Public Hanging Of Pedophiles Authored by Elias Marat via TheMindUnleashed.com, Pakistan’s parliament passed a resolution Friday that calls for the public hanging of convicted child killers and rapists. AFP reports that the resolution, which is non-binding, comes after a number of high-profile child sex-abuse cases have scandalized the South Asian nation […]

  • “Moments Of Triggering”: Rashida Tlaib Explains Why She And Ilhan Omar Held Hands During The State Of The Union

    ZeroHedge - Feb 8th 2020 4:00pm EST

    “Moments Of Triggering”: Rashida Tlaib Explains Why She And Ilhan Omar Held Hands During The State Of The Union Tuesday night’s State of the Union was a triumphant moment for President Trump, a time where he celebrated his cresting popularity at the beginning of a critical election year. Despite seizing control of the House a […]

  • Distortion: Investors Are Un-Cautiously Optimistic

    ZeroHedge - Feb 8th 2020 3:30pm EST

    Distortion: Investors Are Un-Cautiously Optimistic Once again they took all the pain away. As NorthmanTrader.com’s Sven Henrich notes, what looked like the beginning of a larger market correction, amid renewed reductions in global growth outlooks, was again aborted in its tracks by renewed panic interventions by central banks, namely the PBOC which injected vast amounts […]

  • “Executions In Central Park”: MSNBC’s Matthews Warns Of Socialist Sanders ‘Dictatorship’ In Surreal Clip

    ZeroHedge - Feb 8th 2020 3:00pm EST

    “Executions In Central Park”: MSNBC’s Matthews Warns Of Socialist Sanders ‘Dictatorship’ In Surreal Clip MSNBC’s Chris Matthews shocked his fellow pundits Friday night following the New Hampshire primary debate by suggesting Democratic Socialist Bernie Sanders could erect a future dictatorship in which establishment political figures would be “executed”. In a rant that has to be seen to […]

  • 50,000 New Infections/Day In China?

    ZeroHedge - Feb 8th 2020 2:30pm EST

    50,000 New Infections/Day In China? Authored by Mike Shedlock via MishTalk, Prof. Neil Ferguson, Vice Dean Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College in London, estimates 50K new infections per day. Please consider the following video by Prof. Neil Ferguson. 10 Key Video Points 50,000 new cases a day in china Infections doubling every 5 days Death […]

  • Snoop Dogg Threatens “Funky Dog Head Bitch” Gayle King On Instagram: “Back Off Before We Come Get You”

    ZeroHedge - Feb 8th 2020 2:00pm EST

    Snoop Dogg Threatens “Funky Dog Head Bitch” Gayle King On Instagram: “Back Off Before We Come Get You” The loss of Kobe Bryant has elicited a lot of discussions globally about the superstar. It has also ignited a feud straight out of WorldStar Hip Hop after Gayle King chose to use Bryant’s death to remind the […]

  • Luongo: DNC Is Setting The Stage For “An Irrevocable Split Of The Party”

    ZeroHedge - Feb 8th 2020 1:30pm EST

    Luongo: DNC Is Setting The Stage For “An Irrevocable Split Of The Party” Authored by Tom Luongo via Gold, Goats, ‘n Guns blog, If there is one thing that is clear as we end this truly insane week it is that it was a good one for President Donald Trump. Between his acquittal in the […]

  • Meet Elon Musk’s Army Of Defenders Facing Wall Street, Short-Sellers, & Financial Reality Head-On

    ZeroHedge - Feb 8th 2020 1:00pm EST

    Meet Elon Musk’s Army Of Defenders Facing Wall Street, Short-Sellers, & Financial Reality Head-On The cult of Tesla isn’t just real, it’s being used to fight back against short sellers, Wall Street – and, well, financial reality. Such was the topic of an FT piece late last week that highlighted several Tesla stock owners, getting […]

  • The Pandemic Isn’t Ending, It’s Just The Beginning Of Global Disorder & Depression

    ZeroHedge - Feb 8th 2020 12:30pm EST

    The Pandemic Isn’t Ending, It’s Just The Beginning Of Global Disorder & Depression Authored by Charles Hugh Smith via OfTwoMinds blog, When you’ve been lied to, you’ve been betrayed. Betrayal has consequences. Unsurprisingly, denying the pandemic is unstoppable and consequential is the order of the day: authorities everywhere are terrified these realities might leak through all […]

  • Watch Steve Bannon Dance Circles Around Bill Maher In Two Minutes

    ZeroHedge - Feb 8th 2020 12:00pm EST

    Watch Steve Bannon Dance Circles Around Bill Maher In Two Minutes Steve Bannon categorically dog-walked Bill Maher on his own show during last night’s episode of Real Time. The HBO host kicked things off by admitting that President Trump had his “best week ever” after his acquittal in the Senate while his approval rating hit […]

  • Canadian Scientist At Center Of Chinese Bio-Espionage Probe Found Dead In Africa?

    ZeroHedge - Feb 8th 2020 11:35am EST

    Canadian Scientist At Center Of Chinese Bio-Espionage Probe Found Dead In Africa? Update (1135ET): It seems that Mr. Plummer made a habit of getting the biological material he was working on “stolen,” as we found a report from 2009 in the Winnepeg Free Press that details the theft of 22 vials of biological material was […]

  • Thai Army Officer Kills 17, Takes Hostages, In Another Mass Shooting Broadcast On Social Media

    ZeroHedge - Feb 8th 2020 11:10am EST

    Thai Army Officer Kills 17, Takes Hostages, In Another Mass Shooting Broadcast On Social Media A Thai soldier has killed at least 17 people in a mass shooting and has taken hostages inside a shopping mall, all while broadcasting part of the assault on social media, according to the Bangkok Post and RT. Local officials […]

  • The Next “Minsky Moment” Is Inevitable

    ZeroHedge - Feb 8th 2020 10:45am EST

    The Next “Minsky Moment” Is Inevitable Authored by Lance Roberts via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, In 2007, I was at a conference where Paul McCulley, who was with PIMCO at the time, was discussing the idea of a “Minsky Moment.”  At that time, this idea fell on “deaf ears” as the markets, and economy, were in full swing. However, it wasn’t too […]

  • First American Citizen Dies Of Coronavirus In Wuhan; 5 Britons Diagnosed In French Ski Town

    ZeroHedge - Feb 8th 2020 10:20am EST

    First American Citizen Dies Of Coronavirus In Wuhan; 5 Britons Diagnosed In French Ski Town Summary: Fatalities in China reached a single-day high of 86 on Friday, raising the national death toll to 724 WHO reported 31,481 confirmed global cases on Friday, up by 3,000+ cases from Thursday; SCMP says total cases closer to 35k […]

  • US East Coast No Longer “Safe Haven” Due To Russian Submarines, Admiral Warns

    ZeroHedge - Feb 8th 2020 9:55am EST

    US East Coast No Longer “Safe Haven” Due To Russian Submarines, Admiral Warns US Vice Admiral Andrew Lewis, the head of the Navy’s 2nd Fleet, raised eyebrows this week with alarming comments made at a Center for Strategic and International Studies event. He told the think tank audience that a recent uptick of Russian submarine […]

  • ‘Gas Wars’ In The Mediterranean

    ZeroHedge - Feb 8th 2020 9:20am EST

    ‘Gas Wars’ In The Mediterranean Authored by Mike Whitney via The Unz Review, The unexpected alliance between Turkey and Libya is a geopolitical earthquake that changes the balance of power in the eastern Mediterranean and across the Middle East. Turkey’s audacious move has enraged its rivals in the region and cleared the way for a […]