Heartwarming! Hospital Workers Pause To Clap in Appreciation for the Cleaning Crew at the Hospital

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLhHPjdUcPQ Amanda Thomason from The Western Journal reports, Those of us who don’t perform “essential” jobs that require us to still be out in public right now can’t fully understand the feeling the essential workers have as they head to work, knowing that today might be the day they expose themselves to CV. Read More/Source/Credit/FairUse: … Read more

Coronavirus: Toronto recalls $200K worth of ‘poor quality’ masks distributed to long-term care homes. Masks were made in China from an unknown vendor.

City of Toronto staff say approximately $200,000 worth of surgical face masks distributed to the City’s long-term care homes in response to the coronavirus pandemic are being recalled, citing “poor quality.” In a statement released Tuesday afternoon, City staff said 1,252 boxes containing 50 masks per box — a total of 62,600 masks — were distributed to the … Read more

Trey Gowdy demands China be held accountable for coronavirus

The Trump administration is reportedly weighing legal action over alleged Chinese hoarding of protective medical gear; Fox News contributor Trey Gowdy reacts. New: The coronavirus crisis is turning Americans in both parties against China https://t.co/KgmAPdcCoY @PostOpinions — Josh Rogin (@joshrogin) April 8, 2020 America must never again rely on China for our medical supplies Alan … Read more

Hillary had no Inspector General the entire five years she ran the State Department

by PropagandaDebunker Hillary ran State from January 21, 2009 to February 1, 2013. During that entire time there was no Inspector General to serve as internal watchdog as mandated. Here are some links documenting that: https://www.wsj.com/articles/state-department-lacked-top-watchdog-during-hillary-clinton-tenure-1427239813 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inspector_General_of_the_Department_of_State https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/item/22441-former-inspector-general-hillary-had-no-oversight-while-secretary-of-state The State Dept IG was brought back immediately after she left office…. Now that Trump is removing … Read more

Inflation rate for March being published Friday at 8:30am et

by OkSlice Looking back at the monthly inflation rates during the financial crisis, it seems that they are a good indicator of the inflation caused by the feds spending vs the deflation caused by the lack of consumer spending shown on this website: https://www.usinflationcalculator.com/inflation/current-inflation-rates/ During the month of March, the fed’s balance sheet increased by more … Read more

Federal Reserve Unlimited QE & Market Rebound

by freshlymint If you take a look at the Federal Reserve link below, you’ll notice that massive QE started the week of March 11th. Between March 12th and April 1st the Fed purchase 1.5T worth of assets. The market bottomed (short term, permanent who knows) a week after this QE was introduced. If 1.5 Trillion … Read more

Howard Marks Memo: market movement during previous financial crises.

by HumbleHitch 2001-2002 9/1/00 – 4/4/01 -27% 4/4/01 – 5/21/01 +19% 5/21/01 – 9/21/01 -26% 9/21/01 – 3/19/02 +22% 3/19/02 – 10/9/02 -33% 2007-2009 10/9/07 – 3/10/08 -18% 3/10/08 – 5/19/08 +12% 5/19/08 – 11/20/08 -47% 11/20/08 – 1/6/09 +25% 1/6/09 – 3/9/09 -27% https://www.oaktreecapital.com/docs/default-source/memos/calibrating.pdf “In my opinion, the difference between most people’s positive and negative views is likely to stem largely from their innate … Read more

IG bonds just formed a death cross. Recession Statement on track, as have been warning. Economic activity in MENA will be depressed

I hate to break it to you, but: IG bonds just formed a death cross. Rest in peace. pic.twitter.com/KTkN72ORwN — Otavio (Tavi) Costa (@TaviCosta) April 7, 2020 🧐Recession Statement on track, as have been warning pic.twitter.com/ImDQWR77aw — Antonio Pérez-Algás (@apanalis) April 8, 2020 https://twitter.com/FocusEconomics/status/1247887073870135298 In prior 2 bear markets, margin debt was more than cut … Read more