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  • EU Will Deploy Warships Off Libya’s Coast To Enforce UN Arms Embargo

    ZeroHedge - Feb 18th 2020 11:45pm EST

    EU Will Deploy Warships Off Libya’s Coast To Enforce UN Arms Embargo Just after the EU’s foreign policy chief Joseph Borrell urged Europe to “develop an appetite for power” to better chart its own independent course in solving various international crises impacting Europe, the EU has agreed to deploy warships in order to enforce a United Nations arms embargo on the […]

  • Financial Feudalism – The New American ‘Dream’

    ZeroHedge - Feb 18th 2020 11:25pm EST

    Financial Feudalism – The New American ‘Dream’ Authored by Mike Krieger via Liberty Blitzkrieg blog, “Happy 18th Birthday! Meet your new Daddy,” read one website advertisement. “Do you have strong oral skills? We’ve got a job for you!” cooed another. A message on another billboard directed at the “daddies” was more blunt: “The alternative to […]

  • Chinese Cities Begin Subsidizing Car Purchases To Resurrect Auto Market From The Dead

    ZeroHedge - Feb 18th 2020 11:05pm EST

    Chinese Cities Begin Subsidizing Car Purchases To Resurrect Auto Market From The Dead As nearly the entire country of China remains on lockdown – and the country’s auto industry, which was already mired in recession prior to the coronavirus fiasco, gets thrashed even further – some Chinese cities are doing what governments do best: inefficiently […]

  • If Duterte Wants Us Out, Let’s Go

    ZeroHedge - Feb 18th 2020 10:45pm EST

    If Duterte Wants Us Out, Let’s Go Authored by Pat Buchanan via Buchanan.org, Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte has just given us notice he will be terminating the Visiting Forces Agreement that governs U.S. military personnel in the islands. His notification starts the clock running on a six-month deadline. If no new agreement is negotiated, the […]

  • Stunning Video: Dubai Shows Off Human Jet Pack That Does 150MPH

    ZeroHedge - Feb 18th 2020 10:25pm EST

    Stunning Video: Dubai Shows Off Human Jet Pack That Does 150MPH It was just days ago that we reported about Disney’s new dystopian flying robotic acrobats that were taking the place of stunt actors and were capable of performing flips and changing body positioning in mid-flight. Today, we move a step closer to human superheroes. […]

  • Iran Says US Must Fix Own ‘Nontransparent’ Undemocratic Elections Before Lecturing Others

    ZeroHedge - Feb 18th 2020 10:05pm EST

    Iran Says US Must Fix Own ‘Nontransparent’ Undemocratic Elections Before Lecturing Others Authored by Jake Johnson via CommonDreams.org, The Iranian Foreign Ministry on Monday urged U.S. officials to focus on fixing their own country’s “nontransparent” and undemocratic system before calling into question the legitimacy of elections in other nations. Abbas Mousavi, spokesperson for Iran’s Foreign […]

  • “It’s The Biggest Sex-Abuse Bankruptcy Of All Time” – Facing 100s Of Lawsuits, Boy Scouts Of America Goes Chapter 11

    ZeroHedge - Feb 18th 2020 9:45pm EST

    “It’s The Biggest Sex-Abuse Bankruptcy Of All Time” – Facing 100s Of Lawsuits, Boy Scouts Of America Goes Chapter 11 When we last checked in on the Boy Scouts of America, the organization was reeling from a deluge of sex-abuse lawsuits that was soaking up all of its financial resources and attention, raising the possibility […]

  • US Engaged In “Shameless, Impudent Pillage Of Wealth” In Syria: Russia

    ZeroHedge - Feb 18th 2020 9:25pm EST

    US Engaged In “Shameless, Impudent Pillage Of Wealth” In Syria: Russia Western mainstream media is once again putting Idlib at the center of their coverage, with emotive and hugely exaggerated headlines like “Bombed as they flee: A million Syrians try to escape Assad’s onslaught” — however with no mention that a US designated terrorist organization, al-Qaeda’s Hayat Tahrir […]

  • “Absolutely Unacceptable” – Leaked Boeing Memo Shows ‘Debris’ Found In 737 MAX Fuel-Tanks

    ZeroHedge - Feb 18th 2020 9:05pm EST

    “Absolutely Unacceptable” – Leaked Boeing Memo Shows ‘Debris’ Found In 737 MAX Fuel-Tanks With airline after airline pushing back their ‘return-to-service’ dates based on Boeing’s total lack of clarity on the path forward for the 737 MAX, the troubled aircraft maker (and the troubled aircraft) now faces more problems.   According to an internal memo, […]

  • Yellen Says Fed Should Buy Stocks In The Next Crisis

    ZeroHedge - Feb 18th 2020 8:45pm EST

    Yellen Says Fed Should Buy Stocks In The Next Crisis Back in June 2017, there were several odd moment of bizarre honesty coupled with schizophrenic confusion under Janet Yellen’s Fed. First there was San Fran Fed president John Williams, who would eventually on to become the Fed’s #2 when he took over as head of […]

  • Which Supply Chains Are Most At Risk: The Answer In One Chart

    ZeroHedge - Feb 18th 2020 8:25pm EST

    Which Supply Chains Are Most At Risk: The Answer In One Chart Now that Apple has broken the seal and made it abundantly clear that China’s economic collapse which could push its Q1 GDP negative according to Goldman as the second largest world economy grinds to a halt (as described here last week)… … will […]

  • Watch: SpaceX Falcon 9 Misses Landing After Delivering 60 Starlink Satellites

    ZeroHedge - Feb 18th 2020 8:05pm EST

    Watch: SpaceX Falcon 9 Misses Landing After Delivering 60 Starlink Satellites In what is being called a “successful mission on Monday morning, SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket as part of its fifth Starlink satellite mission. Not so much of a success was the rocket’s ability to “stick the landing” after the mission had ended.  […]

  • Thousands Ordered To Work From Home As Experts Warn Japan Is “On The Cusp Of A Large Outbreak”

    ZeroHedge - Feb 18th 2020 7:50pm EST

    Thousands Ordered To Work From Home As Experts Warn Japan Is “On The Cusp Of A Large Outbreak” With half of China’s population facing some level of travel restriction due to the coronavirus outbreak, the Politburo’s attempt to get the country back to work has been slow going and fraught with setbacks. Much of the […]

  • Mississippi Welfare Director Arrested For Largest Embezzlement In State History

    ZeroHedge - Feb 18th 2020 7:30pm EST

    Mississippi Welfare Director Arrested For Largest Embezzlement In State History Submitted by Sovereign Man Explorer Mississippi welfare director arrested for largest embezzlement in state history What happened: The former director of Mississippi’s Department of Human Services, John Davis, was arrested for embezzling millions of dollars from welfare funds. Some of the funds went to a former […]

  • Wall Street Tears Up The Reflationary Playbook, “Capitulates Into Deflationary Assets” As Growth Optimism Fades

    ZeroHedge - Feb 18th 2020 7:10pm EST

    Wall Street Tears Up The Reflationary Playbook, “Capitulates Into Deflationary Assets” As Growth Optimism Fades So much can change in one month. Back in January, when following a brief burst of reflationary euphoria Bank of America conducted its first Fund Manager Survey for the decade, it found a burst in optimism and investor euphoria, with […]

  • 10 ‘Plagues’ That Are Hitting Our Planet Simultaneously

    ZeroHedge - Feb 18th 2020 6:50pm EST

    10 ‘Plagues’ That Are Hitting Our Planet Simultaneously Authored by Michael Snyder via The End of The American Dream blog, All of a sudden, really crazy things are starting to happen all over the world.  Giant swarms of locusts are absolutely devastating entire regions, extremely unusual storms are confounding meteorologists, earthquake and volcanic activity are both […]

  • Libyan Pro-Haftar Forces Attack Turkish Ship “Loaded With Arms” At Tripoli Port

    ZeroHedge - Feb 18th 2020 6:30pm EST

    Libyan Pro-Haftar Forces Attack Turkish Ship “Loaded With Arms” At Tripoli Port Pro-Haftar forces in Libya say they’ve destroyed a Turkish ship loaded with weapons and ammunition that was docked in the Port of Tripoli on Tuesday.  United Nations Libya envoy Ghassan Salame also confirmed the attack amid months-long fighting between Haftar’s Libyan National Army […]

  • Illinoisans Are Overwhelmed By “Shadow Mortgage” Of Pension Debts

    ZeroHedge - Feb 18th 2020 6:10pm EST

    Illinoisans Are Overwhelmed By “Shadow Mortgage” Of Pension Debts Authored by Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner via WirePoints.org, Illinois’ combined state and local pensioner debts have reached absurd levels. When divvied up between Illinois’ households, the “shadow mortgage” each one is on the hook for now totals hundreds of thousands of dollars per household, if […]

  • ECB Buys LVMH Bonds To Finance Tiffany’s Acqusition, Making France’s Richest Man Even Richer

    ZeroHedge - Feb 18th 2020 6:05pm EST

    ECB Buys LVMH Bonds To Finance Tiffany’s Acqusition, Making France’s Richest Man Even Richer When France’s richest man, LVMH boss Bernard Arnault, shocked the market last November with his $16 billion purchase of jewelry icon Tiffany, he knew he would have to issue about $10 billion in bonds to fund the deal. He also knew […]

  • No One Gets Out Of Here Alive, Part 2

    ZeroHedge - Feb 18th 2020 5:30pm EST

    No One Gets Out Of Here Alive, Part 2 Authored by Jim Quinn via The Burning Platform blog, In Part One of this article I exposed the numerous false narratives being peddled to the masses, as this Fourth Turning is entering the intense phase headed towards an unknown climax. I’ve been expecting the next shoe to fall […]

  • China Claims 95% Of SOEs Have Restarted Production. There’s Just One Problem…

    ZeroHedge - Feb 18th 2020 5:10pm EST

    China Claims 95% Of SOEs Have Restarted Production. There’s Just One Problem… According to Ren Hongbin, China’s vice director of state-asset regulator Sasac, more than 95% of SOEs in oil, petrochemical, communication, power grid and transport sectors have restarted production despite coronavirus outbreak, with the most severe virus impact in civil aviation and tourism sectors. […]

  • The World Is Awash In Oil, False Assurances, Magical Thinking, & Complacency…

    ZeroHedge - Feb 18th 2020 4:50pm EST

    The World Is Awash In Oil, False Assurances, Magical Thinking, & Complacency… Authored by Charles Hugh Smith via OfTwoMinds blog, This collapse of price will manifest in all sorts of markets that are based on debt-funded purchases of desires rather than a warily prudent priority on needs. Since markets are supposed to discover the price of excesses and […]

  • “I Am So Angry My Mind’s Gone Blank”: China Outrage Explodes After Beijing Propaganda Backfires

    ZeroHedge - Feb 18th 2020 4:30pm EST

    “I Am So Angry My Mind’s Gone Blank”: China Outrage Explodes After Beijing Propaganda Backfires As readers can probably imagine, it takes a lot to set off a genuine public furor in China, especially when the subject is critical of the government, or challenges its authority in any way. Yet a video depicting nurses in […]

  • Bitcoin Price “Golden Cross” Hints At 170% Rally To $26K By Halving

    ZeroHedge - Feb 18th 2020 11:45am EST

    Bitcoin Price “Golden Cross” Hints At 170% Rally To $26K By Halving Authored by William Suberg via CoinTelegraph.com, Bitcoin can hit $26,000 in just two months thanks to a bullish event that previously triggered 170% price gains. image courtesy of CoinTelegraph As noted by Cointelegraph Markets analyst, Keith Wareing, on Feb. 18, this week saw Bitcoin’s ascending 50-day […]

  •  “This Is The Wake Up Call” – Apple Virus Shock To Hit Semiconductor Suppliers 

    ZeroHedge - Feb 18th 2020 11:25am EST

     “This Is The Wake Up Call” – Apple Virus Shock To Hit Semiconductor Suppliers  What a shocker – Apple cut guidance on a market holiday in the US. The company issued a press release on Monday evening, admitting it does “not expect to meet the revenue guidance we provided for the March quarter” due to Covid-19 related […]