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  • Is The COVID-19 Outbreak A Trojan Horse To Increase Smartphone Surveillance?

    ZeroHedge - Mar 28th 2020 10:55pm EDT

    Is The COVID-19 Outbreak A Trojan Horse To Increase Smartphone Surveillance? Authored by Aaron Kesel via ActivistPost.com, The coronavirus outbreak is proving to be the Trojan horse that justifies increased digital surveillance via our smartphones. All over the world, starting with China – the suspected origin of the COVID-19 outbreak – governments are increasing surveillance […]

  • German State Finance Minister Found Dead

    ZeroHedge - Mar 28th 2020 10:40pm EDT

    German State Finance Minister Found Dead The body of Thomas Schäfer – finance minister of the German state of Hesse, was found lying across high-speed train tracks in the town of Hochheim, located between Frankfurt and Mainz, according to DW, citing local police. Schäfer’s remains were initially unable to be identified due to the extent […]

  • Global Pandemic Preparedness – Which Country Is The Most (And Least) Ready For COVID-19?

    ZeroHedge - Mar 28th 2020 10:30pm EDT

    Global Pandemic Preparedness – Which Country Is The Most (And Least) Ready For COVID-19? The world has experienced many pandemics throughout its history, but not every era has had the benefit of modern medicine and hindsight. However, as Visual Capitalist’s Nichaolas LePan notes, even with the readily available medical expertise and equipment that exists today, it is […]

  • COVID-19 Is Forcing The World To Re-Think The Idea Of “Monetary Value”

    ZeroHedge - Mar 28th 2020 10:05pm EDT

    COVID-19 Is Forcing The World To Re-Think The Idea Of “Monetary Value” Authored by Matthew Ehret via The Strategic Culture Foundation, Western society has long been gripped by a deep seeded belief in money. Trillions of dollars of bank notes tied to ever-growing mountains of un-payable national debts has taken on a life of its […]

  • More Evidence China Is Lying; Number Of Urns More Than Double Reported Coronavirus Deaths

    ZeroHedge - Mar 28th 2020 9:40pm EDT

    More Evidence China Is Lying; Number Of Urns More Than Double Reported Coronavirus Deaths China has been caught lying once again about coronavirus figures  – with the latest evidence coming from ground-zero in Wuhan, where according to official CCP data just 50,006 people were infected with COVID-19, and 2,535 dying of the virus. Yet, Chinese […]

  • Fictional Reserve Lending Is The New Official Policy

    ZeroHedge - Mar 28th 2020 9:15pm EDT

    Fictional Reserve Lending Is The New Official Policy Authored by Mike Shedlock via MishTalk, Official policy finally caught up with reality. Reserves are fictional. Official Announcement With little fanfare or media coverage, the Fed made this Announcement on Reserves. As announced on March 15, 2020, the Board reduced reserve requirement ratios to zero percent effective March […]

  • Rosneft Abruptly Exits Venezuela, Sells Assets To Russian State, Amid US Squeeze On Maduro

    ZeroHedge - Mar 28th 2020 8:50pm EDT

    Rosneft Abruptly Exits Venezuela, Sells Assets To Russian State, Amid US Squeeze On Maduro In the past weeks the Kremlin has shown it’s willing to punch back as well as take drastic necessary defensive action in the face of Washington sanctions at a moment America is preoccupied and made more vulnerable by the coronavirus threat — first by dumping […]

  • Midnight On Planet Lockdown: Bob Dylan Strikes Again

    ZeroHedge - Mar 28th 2020 8:25pm EDT

    Midnight On Planet Lockdown: Bob Dylan Strikes Again Authored by Pepe Escobar via The Asia Times, What spectacular timing. Like a shot ricocheting at Heaven’s Door as a virus pandemic rages and Planet Lockdown is the new normal, Bob Dylan has produced a stunning 17-minute masterpiece dissecting the November 22, 1963, assassination of JFK – releasing it […]

  • Joe Biden: “Believe All Women” (Except The One Accusing Me Of Sexual Assault)

    ZeroHedge - Mar 28th 2020 8:00pm EDT

    Joe Biden: “Believe All Women” (Except The One Accusing Me Of Sexual Assault) In September, 2018 – former Vice President Joe Biden weighed in on allegations of sexual assault against Justice Brett Kavanaugh by insisting that any woman’s public claims of sexual assault should be presumed to be true. Except for Biden’s former Senate staffer, […]

  • “There’s No Gold” – COMEX Report Exposes Conditions Driving Physical Supply Problems

    ZeroHedge - Mar 28th 2020 7:35pm EDT

    “There’s No Gold” – COMEX Report Exposes Conditions Driving Physical Supply Problems Early this week, we were among the first to report on the “break down” in precious metals markets. While the demand for gold has been soaring as a safe haven asset amid the multiple global crises we are currently facing, forced paper gold […]

  • $9,000,000,000,000: Former Fed Strategist Now Expects Fed’s Balance Sheet To Double This Year

    ZeroHedge - Mar 28th 2020 7:10pm EDT

    $9,000,000,000,000: Former Fed Strategist Now Expects Fed’s Balance Sheet To Double This Year Late on Thursday, we calculated that as of the end of this turbulent week, the Fed will have added a record $625 billion to its balance sheet, bringing the total to $5.5 trillion, an increase of $1.3 trillion in two weeks (6% […]

  • “It’s A Different World Now” – The Global Solvency Issue Is Becoming Systemic

    ZeroHedge - Mar 28th 2020 6:45pm EDT

    “It’s A Different World Now” – The Global Solvency Issue Is Becoming Systemic Via Doug Noland’s Credit Bubble Bulletin blog, Being an analyst of Credit and Bubbles over the past few decades has come with its share of challenges. Greater challenges await. I expect to dedicate the rest of my life to defending Capitalism. One […]

  • This Is The Only Question Goldman’s Clients Are Asking

    ZeroHedge - Mar 28th 2020 6:17pm EDT

    This Is The Only Question Goldman’s Clients Are Asking Let’s face it: after the fastest bear market crash in history, which saw the S&P500 tumble 35% from an all time high in less than a month, a faster and more chaotic decline than the crashes of either 1987 or 1929 which set off the Great […]

  • ‘Without Us, Instacart Will Grind to a Halt’: Delivery Workers Threaten Strike Over Hazard Pay

    ZeroHedge - Mar 28th 2020 5:55pm EDT

    ‘Without Us, Instacart Will Grind to a Halt’: Delivery Workers Threaten Strike Over Hazard Pay Authored by Julia Conley via CommonDreams.org, Contract workers for Instacart, the Silicon Valley startup that employs 175,000 people to deliver groceries nationwide via its online platform, plan to walk off the job Monday if the company does not immediately provide […]

  • 4 Passengers Die Aboard Carnival Cruise Ship Stranded Near Panama As Company Begs For Bailout Cash

    ZeroHedge - Mar 28th 2020 5:30pm EDT

    4 Passengers Die Aboard Carnival Cruise Ship Stranded Near Panama As Company Begs For Bailout Cash As cruise lines bitch about potentially being excluded from the US government bailouts passed as part of the US CARES act, one cruise ship owned by a Dutch company has reported some of the worst news we’ve heard aboard […]

  • NPR Station Is Censoring Trump As MSM Pushes Totalitarian Propaganda

    ZeroHedge - Mar 28th 2020 5:05pm EDT

    NPR Station Is Censoring Trump As MSM Pushes Totalitarian Propaganda Authored by Mac Slavo via SHTFplan.com, A Seattle-based NPR station has stated that it will no longer be airing President Donald Trump’s coronavirus briefings because of “misinformation.”  As we’ve learned over the past several years, misinformation is simply the information they don’t want you to […]

  • Meanwhile, In India

    ZeroHedge - Mar 28th 2020 4:40pm EDT

    Meanwhile, In India While much of the world is practicing social distancing to slow the spread of COVID-19, Indians – some donning face masks – are still gathering in tightly packed crowds despite an order to ‘stay indoors’ by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Here’s the scene at the bus station in Dheli: Delhi bus stationpic.twitter.com/Bwnp40UIF8 […]

  • Seth Levine: COVID-19 Is Not The Last War

    ZeroHedge - Mar 28th 2020 4:15pm EDT

    Seth Levine: COVID-19 Is Not The Last War Authored by Seth Levine via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, These are truly remarkable times in the investment markets. The speed, intensity, and ubiquity of this selloff brings just one word to mind: violence. It would be remarkable if it wasn’t so destructive. Sadly, the reactions from our politicians and the public were […]

  • How Mayor De Blasio Botched NYC’s Response To COVID-19

    ZeroHedge - Mar 28th 2020 3:50pm EDT

    How Mayor De Blasio Botched NYC’s Response To COVID-19 Even as liberals whine about President Trump’s petty feuds with reporters and his newfound insistence that the country – or at least sizable parts of it – get ‘back to work’ by Easter (April 12), his approval rating has continued to climb, as Americans rally around […]

  • “You Will See Darkness”: Meltdown Of Rep. Haley Stevens Shows How Politicians Are Fueling Hysteria

    ZeroHedge - Mar 28th 2020 3:25pm EDT

    “You Will See Darkness”: Meltdown Of Rep. Haley Stevens Shows How Politicians Are Fueling Hysteria Authored by Jonathan Turley, The incredible meltdown of Rep. Haley Stevens, D-Mich.,yesterday on the floor of the House of Representatives shows how members can fuel rather than fight hysteria and panic. The shocking scene was played out as the very […]

  • 25-Year-Old California Man With No Underlying Conditions Dies Of COVID-19

    ZeroHedge - Mar 28th 2020 3:00pm EDT

    25-Year-Old California Man With No Underlying Conditions Dies Of COVID-19 While coronavirus deaths have primarily been in those above 50-years-old, the disease has also been sending younger people to the ICU in larger than expected numbers – and in some cases, claiming younger victims. In France, doctors have reported that 50% of ICU patients are […]

  • Boeing’s Bean-Counter Culture And The Bailout Of Mass Financialization

    ZeroHedge - Mar 28th 2020 2:35pm EDT

    Boeing’s Bean-Counter Culture And The Bailout Of Mass Financialization Authored by MN Gordon via EconomicPrism.com, “We’re not letting Boeing go out of business.”  – Donald Trump, President USA Something Stinks On Tuesday, in anticipation of several trillion dollars of Congressional pork, the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) rallied 11.37 percent.  This marked its best day […]

  • Russia To Close All Borders Monday After Banning International Flights

    ZeroHedge - Mar 28th 2020 2:10pm EDT

    Russia To Close All Borders Monday After Banning International Flights Though official numbers of confirmed coronavirus cases out of Russia have remained comparatively low to other large countries, there’s alarming signals coming out of the country of some 150 million people that authorities understand the true numbers to in reality be much higher. Russia will “temporarily” […]

  • Singapore To Jail People For 6 Months For Standing Too Close To Strangers

    ZeroHedge - Mar 28th 2020 1:45pm EDT

    Singapore To Jail People For 6 Months For Standing Too Close To Strangers Authored by Paul Joseph Watson via Summit News, Singapore is set to punish people who stand too close to strangers with 6 months in prison as the true scope of “social distancing” measures begins to be felt around the world. According to […]

  • Trump Bails Himself Out? Overlooked Provision In Stimulus Bill Affords $170 Billion In Real Estate Tax Breaks

    ZeroHedge - Mar 28th 2020 1:20pm EDT

    Trump Bails Himself Out? Overlooked Provision In Stimulus Bill Affords $170 Billion In Real Estate Tax Breaks The recently signed $2 trillion in fiscal stimulus includes a little known provision for the country’s largest real estate investors. On the overlooked page 203 of the recently passed 880 page bill, there’s a provision that allows for […]