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  • COVID-19 Is Being Used To Scare You Away From Using Cash

    ZeroHedge - Apr 6th 2020 7:00am EDT

    COVID-19 Is Being Used To Scare You Away From Using Cash Authored by Nick Hankoff via The Libertarian Institute, Cash has been the target of the banking and financial elites for years. Now, the coronavirus pandemic is being used to frighten the masses into accepting a cashless society. That would mean the death of what’s […]

  • “Immunity Certificates” Are Coming – COVID-Survivors To Get ‘Special Passports’ Enabling Return To ‘Normalcy’

    ZeroHedge - Apr 6th 2020 6:30am EDT

    “Immunity Certificates” Are Coming – COVID-Survivors To Get ‘Special Passports’ Enabling Return To ‘Normalcy’ Update: Even more prophetically, billionaire hedge fund manager Bill Ackman tweeted about his “optimism” and the need for “…Hydroxychloriquine and antibiotics appear to help. There is increasing evidence that the asymptomatic infection rate could be as much as 50X higher than […]

  • “We Borrowed From The Future & Now It’s Over…”

    ZeroHedge - Apr 6th 2020 6:00am EDT

    “We Borrowed From The Future & Now It’s Over…” Via Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com, Investment advisor and former Assistant Secretary of Housing Catherine Austin Fitts says, “We’ve been printing massive amounts of dollars, and if you look at all the things we did to stop high speed debasement and unprecedented inflation, we’ve kind of run out of […]

  • Hospital Operator Quorum Health Is Facing Bankruptcy Amidst The COVID-19 Outbreak

    ZeroHedge - Apr 6th 2020 5:30am EDT

    Hospital Operator Quorum Health Is Facing Bankruptcy Amidst The COVID-19 Outbreak Quorum Health, which operates 24 hospitals in 14 states, is preparing for bankruptcy at the worst possible time: the middle of a global pandemic. The “flood” of coronavirus patients that the hospitals have experienced have put pressure on an already precarious set of financials, […]

  • China Prepares To Close “Oil Deal Of A Lifetime” In Iraq

    ZeroHedge - Apr 6th 2020 5:00am EDT

    China Prepares To Close “Oil Deal Of A Lifetime” In Iraq Authored by Simon Watkins via OilPrice.com, Over the past week or so, China has eased quarantine measures in Wuhan – the city in which the global coronavirus pandemic began – with the entire lockdown scheduled to end on 8 April. With China’s President Xi […]

  • Tesla Has A “Bulging Demand Problem” That Has Nothing To Do With COVID-19: Gordon Johnson

    ZeroHedge - Apr 6th 2020 4:30am EDT

    Tesla Has A “Bulging Demand Problem” That Has Nothing To Do With COVID-19: Gordon Johnson As most people following the Tesla saga already know, the company reported 88,000 deliveries for Q1 on Thursday night, leading many people to think that the company had “beat” estimates. Tesla stock soared after hours on Thursday, at one point […]

  • A New World Order & “The End Of Capital Markets As We Have Known Them”

    ZeroHedge - Apr 6th 2020 4:00am EDT

    A New World Order & “The End Of Capital Markets As We Have Known Them” Via AdvisorPerspectives.com, The following letter was sent by Bob Rodriguez to his friends and colleagues yesterday, as well as to Bob Huebscher. Bob Rodriguez has graciously allowed us to publish it. Robert L. Rodriguez was the former portfolio manager of […]

  • Australia Launches Criminal Probe Into Carnival After Dozens Died, 100s Were Infected Aboard Its Ships

    ZeroHedge - Apr 6th 2020 3:30am EDT

    Australia Launches Criminal Probe Into Carnival After Dozens Died, 100s Were Infected Aboard Its Ships The cruise ship-outbreak “Nightmare at Sea” has by now become a familiar trope to many of those following the coronavirus pandemic gripping the world. But  although dozens of ships operated by nearly all of the major cruise lines (and their […]

  • Sweden Beset By New Crime-Wave Of “Humiliation Robberies”

    ZeroHedge - Apr 6th 2020 3:00am EDT

    Sweden Beset By New Crime-Wave Of “Humiliation Robberies” Authored by Judith Bergman via The Gatestone Institute, A new kind of crime is making the headlines in Sweden, in Swedish known as förnedringsrån. Förnedring means “humiliation” and rån means “robbery.” The victims of these “humiliation robberies” are almost always children or teenagers. As previously reported by Gatestone Institute: “The number of children who […]

  • India Bans Exports Of Trump’s “Game Changer” Anti-COVID-19 Drug

    ZeroHedge - Apr 6th 2020 2:30am EDT

    India Bans Exports Of Trump’s “Game Changer” Anti-COVID-19 Drug After initially declaring that he wouldn’t use the DPA because American companies were doing the right thing and accelerating production of ventilators and other critical supplies on their own – Trump said that with a straight face while Elon Musk turned in a batch of Tesla-made […]

  • How Generals Fueled 1918 Flu Pandemic To Win Their World War

    ZeroHedge - Apr 6th 2020 2:00am EDT

    How Generals Fueled 1918 Flu Pandemic To Win Their World War Authored by Gareth Porter via TheAmericanConservative.com, Just like today, brass and bureaucrats ignored warnings, and sent troops overseas despite the consequences. The U.S. military has been forced by the coronavirus pandemic to make some serious changes in their operations. But the Pentagon, and especially […]

  • “Meet The Global Robot Army That’s Been Deployed To Fight COVID-19

    ZeroHedge - Apr 6th 2020 1:00am EDT

    “Meet The Global Robot Army That’s Been Deployed To Fight COVID-19 In addition to the selfless human heroes who continue to fight the unprecedented global pandemic on its front-lines, there has also been a lesser covered group of virus-fighters, dutifully going about their daily tasks to help battle the virus. We’re referring to the global […]

  • UK Rejects Assange Release Request Amid COVID-19 Crisis, But Frees Thousands Of Others

    ZeroHedge - Apr 5th 2020 11:50pm EDT

    UK Rejects Assange Release Request Amid COVID-19 Crisis, But Frees Thousands Of Others Via ConsortiumNews.com, Imprisoned WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange is not eligible for an early Covid-19 release from prison with other inmates because he is not serving a criminal sentence, the Australian Associated Press has reported. British Justice Secretary Robert Buckland said Saturday that some low-risk inmates, […]

  • Peter Navarro Explodes At Faucci In Heated Showdown Over Hydroxychloroquine

    ZeroHedge - Apr 5th 2020 11:25pm EDT

    Peter Navarro Explodes At Faucci In Heated Showdown Over Hydroxychloroquine White House economic adviser got into a massive argument with the coronavirus task force’s Anthony Fauci over the doctor’s ongoing resistance to the use of hydroxychloroquine to treat COVID-19, despite reports of the drug’s widespread efficacy. Via Axios: Numerous government officials were at the table, […]

  • Wall Street’s Formerly Biggest Bear Goes All-In Ahead Of The Coming Runaway Inflation

    ZeroHedge - Apr 5th 2020 11:04pm EDT

    Wall Street’s Formerly Biggest Bear Goes All-In Ahead Of The Coming Runaway Inflation Last week we reported that Morgan Stanley’s Micheal Wilson, who for most of 2018 and 2019 emerged as the biggest bear among Wall Street’s big banks (this of course excludes such outlier bears as SocGen’s Albert Edwards who has for years been […]

  • COVID-19 & China’s Colossal Cover-Up

    ZeroHedge - Apr 5th 2020 11:00pm EDT

    COVID-19 & China’s Colossal Cover-Up Authored by Giulio Meotti via The Gatestone Institute, We have been paying dearly for China’s lies. “This is one of the worst cover-ups in human history, and now the world is facing a global pandemic,” said Rep. Michael T. McCaul, the ranking Republican member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, before the […]

  • “They’ve Left Me High And Dry”: Here Is The Real Reason Companies Have Drawn Down A Record $293 Billion In Revolvers

    ZeroHedge - Apr 5th 2020 10:35pm EDT

    “They’ve Left Me High And Dry”: Here Is The Real Reason Companies Have Drawn Down A Record $293 Billion In Revolvers One week ago, we reported that starting exactly one month ago on March 5, an unprecedented wave of corporate revolver draws was unleashed, resulting in what JPMorgan calculated was a record $208BN in revolving […]

  • Japan To Declare State Of Emergency On April 7

    ZeroHedge - Apr 5th 2020 10:13pm EDT

    Japan To Declare State Of Emergency On April 7 Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has decided to declare a coronavirus emergency, according to the Nikkei, as new cases in the capital surged at a record pace. And while the Japanese publication notes that the government will hold an unofficial meeting of a panel of experts […]

  • Which US States Have The Most At-Risk Seniors?

    ZeroHedge - Apr 5th 2020 10:10pm EDT

    Which US States Have The Most At-Risk Seniors? The U.S. now has the largest number of confirmed COVID-19 cases globally, and modelling predicts that the country could see about 100,000 to 200,000 total deaths. Unfortunately, as Visual Capitalist’s Jenna Ross details below, adults aged 65 or older – about 16% of the U.S. population – are at much higher […]

  • Food Banks Overwhelmed As America’s “Working Poor” Starve During Lockdown

    ZeroHedge - Apr 5th 2020 9:45pm EDT

    Food Banks Overwhelmed As America’s “Working Poor” Starve During Lockdown America is crashing into a depression. In just two weeks, 10 million people have claimed unemployment benefits. This has put unprecedented stress on food bank networks across the country, a new investigation via The Guardian shows.  The US labor market is in free fall – the increasing lockdowns […]

  • Futures Surge As Trump Touts “Glimmers Of Hope” In Italy & New York

    ZeroHedge - Apr 5th 2020 9:21pm EDT

    Futures Surge As Trump Touts “Glimmers Of Hope” In Italy & New York Officials in New York and Italy reported notable declines in new cases and deaths on Sunday, helping to inspire the most positive reaction in futures to kick off a new trading week since the ‘rona rout. Futures surged out the gate as […]

  • Why This Crisis Is A Turning Point In History

    ZeroHedge - Apr 5th 2020 9:20pm EDT

    Why This Crisis Is A Turning Point In History Authored by John Gray via The New Statesman, The era of peak globalisation is over. For those of us not on the front line, clearing the mind and thinking how to live in an altered world is the task at hand… The deserted streets will fill again, […]

  • Despite Soaring Body-Count Across The Nation, Americans Continue To ‘Resist’ Lockdown Orders

    ZeroHedge - Apr 5th 2020 8:55pm EDT

    Despite Soaring Body-Count Across The Nation, Americans Continue To ‘Resist’ Lockdown Orders President Trump reiterated warnings from the last several press briefings on Saturday, indicating that the country should brace for the “toughest week” yet, as confirmed cases and deaths continue to rise on an exponential curve. And despite the more than 308,000 cases and 8,407 […]

  • What Comes After COVID-19, Freedom Or Despotism?

    ZeroHedge - Apr 5th 2020 8:30pm EDT

    What Comes After COVID-19, Freedom Or Despotism? Authored by Richard Ebeling via The American Institute for Economic Education, The coronavirus crisis that has enveloped the world has brought about calls for society and economy-wide action on the part of governments that has been matched by the imposing of radical shutdowns and compulsory mass quarantining as […]

  • This KKR-Backed Healthcare Firm Just Slashed Doctors’ Pay In The Middle Of An “Unprecedented” Pandemic

    ZeroHedge - Apr 5th 2020 8:05pm EDT

    This KKR-Backed Healthcare Firm Just Slashed Doctors’ Pay In The Middle Of An “Unprecedented” Pandemic Even if they aren’t exactly certain how the business model works, Twitter blue checks and the rest of the mainstream media – having been whipped into an anti-banker fervor by Bernie Sanders and the last glowing embers of Occupy – […]