We’ve descended into some sort of bizarre hell-world in which flavor flav is a voice of sanity

Flavor Flav Blasts Bernie Sanders Rally With Public Enemy, Calls Campaign “Fake Revolution.” Earlier: Public Enemy’s Chuck D defends his own long history of anti-Semitism ahead of upcoming rally with — who else? — Bernie Sanders. UPDATE: Public Enemy Fires Flavor Flav After Bernie Sanders Rally Spat. Found via Stephen Miller who tweets, “Bernie Sanders broke up Public … Read more

Disney’s Parks, Experiences & Products division is almost 40% of revenue…

…which is bigger than their streaming, direct-to-consumer and their entire studio (movie production) businesses put together. So much media focus on the launch of Disney+, which brought Disney 30 million paying subscribers in just a few months. But, 30m @ $7 a month works out at around $2.5bn a year, or just under 4% of Disney’s revenue. Just a friendly reminder … Read more

China: Worries of fake data/ Reports of empty factories in China that are running their engines to make it look like they’re operating.

by JealousEntrepreneur There are reports that empty factories are running their engines to make it look like they’re operating again. Here some interesting excerpts from the article: (Bloomberg) — The pressure to get China back to work after the coronavirus shutdown is resurrecting an old temptation: doctoring data so it shows senior officials what they … Read more

JPMorgan, Citi and Goldman Sachs all believe there hasn’t been enough pain to call a bottom yet

The Dow Jones Industrial Average, S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite all fell more than 10% last week, their biggest weekly declines since October 2008. The decline’s swift nature prompted some calls for a capitulation rebound. However, strategists at JPMorgan, Citi and Goldman Sachs think there hasn’t been enough pain in the market yet for such … Read more

Italy has reported a 50% surge in new #coronavirus infections, jumping from 1,128 to 1,694 in just one day

BREAKING: Italy has reported a 50% surge in new #coronavirus infections, jumping from 1,128 to 1,694 in just one day, according to Italian Civil Protection chief Angelo Borrelli pic.twitter.com/j1WolmfLDE — Bloomberg Originals (@bbgoriginals) March 1, 2020 France cases more than doubled in 24 hours. #Coronavirus — EndGameWW3 🇺🇸 (@EndGameWW3) March 1, 2020

Market gonna break some necks this week

by arzt506 Last weekend I posted explaining how VIX was building huge pressure and peeps were gonna get wasted (https://www.reddit.com/r/wallstreetbets/comments/f85rkh/volatility_plays/). This week the VIX hit its highest point in almost 9 YEARS and whaddya know… this weekend we’re treated to a ton of converted gaylords who bought their puts on Friday morning hyping up every possible piece … Read more

The Limits of Force: A Bayonet in the Back Will Not Restore China’s Economy

by Charles Hugh-Smith Force cannot restore legitimacy, trust or confidence, nor can it magically erase the consequences of a still-unfolding national trauma. The Chinese authorities threatening to punish workers who refuse to return to work are getting a lesson in the limits of force in an unprecedented national trauma: a bayonet in the back will not … Read more

Reminder to those shrugging off widespread flight cancellations. Almost half of the world’s air freight is transported on passenger flights. Widespread cancellations will increase shortages, shipping costs, and delivery times.

by DontMicrowaveCats It’s a necessary evil right now…but nobody should be happy about it. I see a lot of people in here practically cheering as countries ban flights and airlines cancel routes. It appears many think the airline executives are the only people benefitting from keeping them operating…and profit is the only consideration when canceling … Read more

Hedge fund Elliott Management Corp. has obtained a large stake in Twitter and is advocating for changes, including replacing CEO Jack Dorsey, according to media reports.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/29/tech/elliott-twitter-jack-dorsey-replace/index.html What kind of shake up would this create in the social media world? Twitter has long been the subject of angst and frustration by groups of users for the way they handle differing opinions on the platform. Elliot Management is known to have been a major supporter of the Trump administration. Could this be … Read more

All info totally priced in…

by JackyReacher So I made a little chart for you, because I can’t stomach the stupid “pRicEd In aLrEaDy” anymore. S&P500 In the last several weeks we saw basically two corrections. The first one was when millions of Chinese were put into quarantine. The S&P500 dropped by 3% and a couple days later, achieved its … Read more

WSJ: Coronavirus Is Different. Almost No Company Is Safe.

Companies have endured financial meltdowns, civil wars and natural disasters. But nothing in modern memory has dented both demand and supply so quickly for so many industries as the coronavirus. The virus, which has infected more than 85,000 people, has quickly spread through Asia and Europe, disrupted global travel and hobbled supply chains that churn … Read more

“Perhaps the most remarkable is the Dow Jones Composite took just ten trading days to go from a 52-week high to a 52-week low. That is by far the fastest on record going back to the 1930s.”

“We could fill an entire note with indicator extremes and statistics. Perhaps the most remarkable is the Dow Jones Composite took just ten trading days to go from a 52-week high to a 52-week low. That is by far the fastest on record going back to the 1930s.” – @jkrinskypga pic.twitter.com/3cs3hDyYsc — Carl Quintanilla (@carlquintanilla) … Read more

Stocks Are Very Oversold, But This Isn’t Necessarily A Great Buying Opportunity If Earnings Are Impacted. The Earnings That We Thought We Were Paying For Have Partially Vanished.

by UPFINA As we learned from Mandelbrot, markets are volatile. If returns were normally distributed, we’d never see corrections like what just occurred in the past week. The stock market has outdone itself as this correction from a record high has been the quickest since 1928. This was the worst weekly decline since 2008. Since 1915, … Read more

Leaked Audio Exposes Bloomberg Saying He’ll “Drone” His Critics & Protect The Banks

Mini mike has predator drones for you. ‘Bang-bang-bang’: Bloomberg says he’d DRONE his critics & shield banks if elected president in leaked audio 25 Feb, 2020 03:02 / Updated 5 days ago Billionaire Democratic hopeful Michael Bloomberg vowed to “defend the banks” and jokingly suggested that he may hunt down his political rivals with Predator … Read more

What Trump is doing and democrats aren’t doing

First world leader to ban flights from china. Closing southern border Stopping flights from Italy, Iran and other infected countries Meeting with pharma on fast tracking drugs and therapeutics Clarified Hoax comment. Ordered 43 million Masks for Americans Meeting with states governors. Fast Tracking new tests to and from CDC Safety and Health above hurting … Read more

Biden Accuses Trump of Coronavirus “Fearmongering” and “Xenophobia” in Response to Travel Restrictions

On 31 January, POTUS issued the following travel restrictions: Proclamation on Suspension of Entry as Immigrants and Nonimmigrants of Persons who Pose a Risk of Transmitting 2019 Novel Coronavirus https://publicpool.kinja.com/subject-proclamation-on-suspension-of-entry-as-immigra-1841396262 Biden responded that President Trump’s travel restrictions were xenophobic and fearmongering: -50% China Joe Accuses President Trump of “Fearmongering” Coronavirus Due to Suspension of Entry… … Read more

The Guardian journalists making fake refugee propaganda (Greece)

Hey *Globalists*, next time you shoot refugee propaganda make sure your film crew isn't in the shot too. Btw her first take was better pic.twitter.com/KALRCi4WxL — Judge (@V8POW) February 29, 2020 The Guardian journalists caught filming refugee propaganda. The article in question is here – https://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2020/feb/29/refugees-arrive-lesbos-turkey-opens-border-video Isn’t it also a bit odd that the refugees all … Read more

AOC IN A NUTSHELL.

That microbiology award from MIT that AOC is bragging about was second place at a high school science fair 😂😂😂😂😂 pic.twitter.com/hhivMZqee1 — Cabot Phillips (@cabot_phillips) February 28, 2020 It’s amazing that it’s a real tweet. When I first saw it, I was sure it was a parody. But she really posted it! Goodness, but the … Read more

Scientists Accidentally Discover a New State of Matter!! “pure energy!!” pure electronic!

researchers at Northeastern University have accidentally identified a new configuration where layers of electrons form a uniform lattice. ….Professor Kar says he thought these results were a measurement error at first. His research team layered two “sheets” of particles: one of bismuth selenide and one of transition metal dichalcogenide. Both are called 2D materials because … Read more

Local Washington state USPS employee tests positive for coronavirus

FEDERAL WAY, Wash. — KIRO 7 found out Saturday evening that a Seattle area U.S. Postal Service employee tested positive for the coronavirus. A corporate communications spokesperson said that the employee works at a Seattle Network Distribution Center located in Federal Way. The Network Distribution Center is a mail processing plant that distributes USPS marketing … Read more

“He Was Going to Name Names… And Ends Up with a Bullet in Him” – Rep. Louie Gohmert Remembers His Friend Philip Haney on House Floor (VIDEO)

DHS whistleblower Philip Haney was found dead last Friday in California. The whistleblower against the Obama administration died of a gunshot wound near his vehicle in California. “Rep. Louie Gohmert: “I had a friend I met here years ago. His name is Phil Haney and he was one of the kindest, most patriotic, competent people … Read more

Sleep and Get a Stronger Immune System

Be Well, I love you all. “We show that the stress hormones adrenaline and noradrenaline (also known as epinephrine and norepinephrine) and pro-inflammatory molecules prostaglandins inhibit the stickiness of a class of adhesion molecules called integrins,” Dr. Dimitrov said. “Because the levels of adrenaline, noradrenaline, and prostaglandins are low during sleep time, the stickiness of … Read more