The first coronavirus case in Australia with no links to China has been confirmed, with as many as 40 people now at risk of exposure to the virus after the infected woman worked at a Gold Coast shopping centre. The 63-year-old woman is currently in isolation at the Gold Coast University Hospital. The woman had recently returned from … Read more
The United States and the Taliban have signed a peace agreement aimed at ending the 18-year war in Afghanistan, America’s longest. The signing could help President Donald Trump fulfill a key campaign promise to extract America from its ‘endless wars.’ The deal was signed on Saturday in the Qatari capital Doha by U.S. special envoy … Read more
https://youtu.be/dvEI2IfM_6E HEY, IT WORKED FOR WALTER MONDALE: https://twitter.com/EddieZipperer/status/1233566051549487106
A former coronavirus patient has tested positive again after being discharged from a hospital in China 18 days ago and then passed a two-week quarantine period. The Chinese resident, known by his surname Wang, reportedly went for a recheck yesterday after reading stories about other recovered patients being infected again. He has been quarantined after … Read more
China’s official Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) fell to a record low of 35.7 in February from 50.0 in January, the National Bureau of Statistics said on Saturday, well below the 50-point mark that separates monthly growth from contraction. A sign of things to come globally? A sign of things to come globally? China manufacturing (35.7) … Read more
That statement sure won't age well if the outbreak grows. — Speculawyer 🇳🇴-American (@speculawyer) February 29, 2020 The rest of the world is taking this deadly serious but this retarded mother fucker is calling it a HOAX? Are you kidding me? High school student.Went to class this morning.Left after test came back positive. Did not … Read more
by Wayne Allyn Root Has our country gone mad? Even if I believe Bernie Sanders is the best thing to ever happen to the GOP (and I do)… Even if I believe Bernie will lose to President Trump by an electoral landslide (and I do)… Even if I believe Bernie at the top of the Democrat … Read more
Via International Man International Man: Australia has proposed a law that provides a $25,000 fine and two years in jail for those who make cash transactions of $10,000 or more. If passed, the Currency (Restrictions on the Use of Cash) Bill could be implemented in 2020. Do you see this legislation as Orwellian? Jeff Thomas: Oh, … Read more
by Ted Butler of Butler Research via SilverSeek Having traded as high as $1691 in COMEX April gold and $18.92 in March silver on Monday on near-record volume and closing not far from those levels as of the 1:30 PM EST settlements, prices sold off sharply in the always thinly-traded afterhours. As expected, the all too common occurrence drew complaints … Read more
Took a stroll around the supermarket this morning to check out the devastation. Was in a Highland Park, a suburb with particularly high proportion of East Asian residents. This is at 7am, 13h after the initial announcement on the news and 12h since the panic buying began. Toilet paper: GONE milk powder: GONE rice: GONE … Read more
by axolotl_peyotl The propaganda has undoubtedly reached a fever pitch with this coronavirus fear porn. Check out this thread currently at the top of /r/all on /r/worldnews. First of all, notice how OP changed the original title from “The Trump administration barred a top US disease expert from speaking freely to the public” to “the top US disease expert.” This thread should … Read more
Rep. John Garamendi, D-Calif., appeared to threaten Donald Trump Jr., the president’s son, on Friday, warning that they better not be in close quarters or they could have a “serious altercation.” He made those comments on MSNBC while discussing the coronavirus. MSNBC anchor Hallie Jackson had asked the congressman about Trump Jr.’s argument that Democrats … Read more
by TFittonJW This is an attack on MILLIONS of Americans, shows bias against President Trump and is one of the most egregious examples of Big Tech suppression of conservatives. Heavy lifting on this issue over on Twitter: CENSORSHIP: @Reddit has effectively SHUT DOWN popular forum for @RealDonaldTrump supporters. This is an attack on MILLIONS of … Read more
by shadymechanic TLDR: The Coronavirus situation in Brazil is not fully appreciated. I believe markets are underestimating the spread of the Coronavirus in Brazil, and I believe the “smart money” is chasing this hypothesis. Global Coronavirus heatmaps indicate Brazil has one confirmed case (as of this post): https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/world/coronavirus-maps.html https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/coronavirus-map-confirmed-cases-2020-n1120686 I believe the true number of … Read more
by rawrtherapy There are too many things going on right now and too many things that “Could” happen to not hold your puts, we are more than likely going in the red today and opening red again on Monday The SPY is headed down to $275 levels and more than likely less than that because of … Read more
2/28/20 [VIDEO] GO TO 35:00 Currently dodging several questions about limited testing capabilities vs. other nations. Meanwhile, South Korea is testing people in literal traffic. CORONAVIRUS ▶️ VOA Korean Service shared a video of South Korea’s Goyang City, which is operating a drive-thru coronavirus testing clinic where medical professionals test people for the coronavirus. … Read more
Appeals court temporarily blocks key ‘Remain-in-Mexico’ policy Watch the latest video at foxnews.com A federal appeals court on Friday slapped a temporary halt on the Remain-in-Mexico policy — one of the most effective Trump administration policies in halting last year’s crisis at the southern border. The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco ruled … Read more
Wow, what a day, what a week, what a 15-minute spike at the end! By Wolf Richter for WOLF STREET. OK, all kinds of things were going on today. First, in mid-plunge this afternoon, the Fed came out and said it’s going to print antibodies or something. To soothe the rattled nerves on Wall Street, as the worst … Read more
#recession … #Eurodollar #Futures edition 50 bps and/or emergency #Fed #RateCuts are a sign of desperation that produces the #BullSteepening that heralds the #recession. https://t.co/Ht0FtF8VGY — Invariant Perspective (@InvariantPersp1) February 28, 2020 Central banks will cut rates and inject more liquidity. However, believing this will boost investment and growth is ludicrous. If you are worried … Read more
by MG I suggest Chris Martenson title this series Peak Pandemic.