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Youtube @SusanWojcicki is officially banning anti-CCP wordings like CCP Bandit and WuMao/China bot army

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Pro-CCP censorship in the US. @Youtube @SusanWojcicki is officially banning anti-CCP wordings like “共匪”(CCP Bandit) and “五毛” (WuMao, China bot army). Is it related to Fighting-Covid? Clearly not. Can you help to test what else are they censoring also? #Chinatube #ChinatubeCensorChallenge #AnywherebutChina pic.twitter.com/3CtwLIVLcO — ChowTart 💙💛 HK supports Ukraine (@tArtcHow) May 15, 2020     … Read more

RUSH: The ChiComs want in on this. The ChiComs are sitting there, they think the Russians are a bunch of pikers when it comes to computer hackery and they’re jealous.

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via rushlimbaugh RUSH: Look at this. The ChiCom state media is saying that they’re gonna interfere in the 2020 election. They are mad. They’re ticked off. The ChiComs are “threatening to meddle in the upcoming U.S. presidential election as retribution for a flurry of American lawsuits seeking to hold Beijing accountable for the spread of the … Read more

FED: FINANCIAL SYSTEM ‘UNDER SEVERE STRAIN’… ASSET PRICES SUBJECT TO “SIGNIFICANT DECLINES” IF PANDEMIC WORSENS

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The Federal Reserve says parts of the financial system came under severe strain in March, sees further threats possible FED SAYS ASSET PRICES SUBJECT TO "SIGNIFICANT DECLINES" IF PANDEMIC WORSENS — *Walter Bloomberg (@DeItaone) May 15, 2020   Coronavirus pandemic could drive homelessness up as much as 45% by end of 2020, economist projects If … Read more

Overpriced Stocks May Be Bubble Ready to Pop

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From Birch Gold Group Even if local and state governments hadn’t shut down businesses in attempts to mitigate the coronavirus, the U.S. economy was still set up to take on a number of economic challenges. But now, there’s one additional challenge being considered by billionaire David Tepper: over-inflated stock prices: Billionaire hedge fund investor David Tepper told CNBC on Wednesday the stock … Read more

Dow Jones has been consolidating for the last 5 weeks. Hence, we can expect a new big directional move starting next week. Which way will it go?

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Dow Jones, 1d Dow Jones has been consolidating for the last 5 weeks. Hence, we can expect a new big directional move starting next week. Which way will it go? Depending on your bias, you can see Dow Jones forming either a Rounding Top or a Bull Flag. I prefer to react. pic.twitter.com/wXXwAJcttV — Yuriy … Read more

All This Talk Of Recovery And The Economy Hasn’t Even Finished Collapsing (Or, Retail Sales Crash By Most Ever, Again)

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(by Half Dollar) Another day, and it’s another day for the record books. Of course, all of the record breaking of late has been bad news, but they are records none the less. Today’s record comes in the form of Retail Sales, which broke the previous record that was set just last month! Here’s a look … Read more

Now China Wants to Buy Greenland?

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We have entered into some trippy timeline… QUOTE China’s envoy to Denmark has penned a harsh rebuttal to his American counterpart, who accused Beijing of seeking to impose “authoritarian values” on Greenland – in stark contrast to an honest US offer to outright buy the island. The envoy, Feng Tie, hit out at Washington’s Ambassador … Read more

Equities will be in true rally/recovery mode when financials begin to outperform the broad market. Still seeing lower lows. We’re not there yet.

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Equities will be in true rally/recovery mode when financials begin to outperform the broad market. Still seeing lower lows. We're not there yet. pic.twitter.com/xbhFvu98xU — IceCap (@IceCapGlobal) May 15, 2020 The #Fed's #BalanceSheet hit another record high, but the pace of expansion has sharply slowed pic.twitter.com/4ahWc8y5Kw — Kathy Jones (@KathyJones) May 15, 2020 This is … Read more

Fed Forced Into Record Spending by the Threat of Another Great Depression… Rickards: Don’t Believe the Happy Talk

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Pandemic Bills Are So Big That Only Money-Printing Can Pay Them (Bloomberg) — Forced into record spending by the threat of another Great Depression, policy makers are blurring the lines between borrowing the money they need and simply creating it.Most modern economies have tried to keep the two activities as separate as possible. The typical … Read more

The sun has entered a ‘lockdown’ period, which could cause freezing weather, famine

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Our sun has gone into lockdown, which could cause freezing weather, earthquakes and famine, scientists say. The sun is currently in a period of “solar minimum,” meaning activity on its surface has fallen dramatically. Experts believe we are about to enter the deepest period of sunshine “recession” ever recorded as sunspots have virtually disappeared. “Sunspot … Read more

MASSACHUSETTS: “Of the 5,141 virus deaths in Massachusetts, 3,095 have occurred in the state’s nursing homes — more than 60%, double the percentage even in New York.”

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Yet Gov. Charlie Baker, the scold and scourge of all golf carts, gun shops, nail salons and churches, none of which have recorded any fatalities, seems strangely oblivious to the ever-escalating toll in the state’s “long-term care facilities,” which are both heavily regulated and subsidized by the commonwealth. Ditto, the Legislature, where no one seems … Read more

TO BE FAIR, THIS WAS ALWAYS THE PLAN: Baltimore Restaurant Owner Can’t Get Employees to Return Because They Make More in Unemployment.

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A restaurant owner said Tuesday that she can’t get employees to return to work because they make more in unemployment benefits than in working for her business. Melony Wagner, who owns Charles Village Pub in Towson, said her employees would prefer to continue collecting unemployment than come to work as they make more money staying … Read more