Africa, Latin American Countries Have Massive Oil-Backed Debt To China

By Irina Slav African and Latin American countries have accumulated at least $152 billion in debt to Chinese banks, backed by oil and other mineral resources, a study from non-profit the Natural Resource Governance Institute has revealed. Chinese loans represented 77 percent of the total $164 billion in resource-backed loans taken out by African and Latin American … Read more

How I lost 100% of my investment on the Corona Virus

by Simon Black At precisely 11am on November 11, 1918, in a nondescript railroad car in northeastern France, a group of senior military officers and government officials signed an armistice agreement that effectively ended World War 1. The Great War had killed a staggering 9 million soldiers in four years. That’s more than nearly every major … Read more

US Navy quarantines all ships!

BREAKING: US Navy orders ships to perform 14 days of self quarantine in between all port visits following reports of 3 #CoronaVirus infections on a South Korea military base. https://twitter.com/kr3at/status/1233149576951091205?s=20 The US Navy has given ships operating in the Pacific new port call guidance amid concerns over the coronavirus, US Pacific Fleet told Insider Thursday. … Read more

Meet Scorpio, a prototype Russian robot that patrols territory, throws a net on a suspect and releases a search drone.

Meet Scorpio, a prototype Russian robot that patrols territory, throws a net on a suspect and releases a search drone. It was made by a startup, known for friendlier robots, funded by a Kremlin-backed venture capital fund. The company says it's in talks with local police pic.twitter.com/1DEtGE8iGg — Bloomberg Originals (@bbgoriginals) February 27, 2020

In unprecedented move, Israelis advised to avoid all travel abroad over virus – no longer containable

In unprecedented move, Israelis advised to avoid all travel abroad over virus Health Ministry warning sees ‘high probability’ pathogen has now spread worldwide and is no longer containable; Israelis returning from Italy ordered to 14-day quarantine In a dramatic statement Wednesday, Israel’s Health Ministry urged Israelis to seriously consider refraining from traveling abroad, as the … Read more

Question of the Day: Does Powell have the constitution to defy markets in less than three weeks time?

Question of the Day: Does Powell have the constitution to defy markets in less than three weeks time? https://t.co/6A0NmVLNmP — Danielle DiMartino Booth (@DiMartinoBooth) February 27, 2020 “It’s clear that the policy makers at the Fed have decided to maintain a tough line even as markets began to go into this kind of panicky mode,” … Read more

Japan is big over- The Retards Assessment

by Clydebrinkley Due to the outbreak of beerflu the entire east Asian supply chain and manufacturing sector is utterly raped for the entire first half of 2020. Japan is no exception and in fact, it’s particularly vulnerable to media disruptions caused by the beerflu. Japan is currently harboring unknown numbers of carries and hundreds to … Read more

…and here we go yet again! S&P plunges into correction territory down -10% from ATHs; this is now the worst week since 2008!

by bigbear0083 Are we getting close to a capitulation move here yet? Oversold bounce incoming? Source Dow plunges deeper into correction territory, is now down 900 points Stocks fell sharply once again on Thursday as investors worried the coronavirus may be spreading in the U.S. A slew of corporate and analyst warnings also dragged down … Read more

Corporate Profits to Decline into 2021?

by Martin Armstrong QUESTION: You posted that there should be a recessionary trend starting here in 2020 even in the United States. Does that mean corporate profits will decline which impacts the stock market? JB ANSWER: Yes. I warned at the WEC that we were approaching a point where we could see a correction unfold in … Read more

NYTimes: “Dozens of Democratic Party officials, including 93 superdelegates, found overwhelming opposition to handing Bernie Sanders the nomination if he fell short of a majority of delegates

The New York Times Verified account @nytimes Interviews with dozens of Democratic Party officials, including 93 superdelegates, found overwhelming opposition to handing Bernie Sanders the nomination if he fell short of a majority of delegates Interviews with dozens of Democratic Party officials, including 93 superdelegates, found overwhelming opposition to handing Bernie Sanders the nomination if … Read more

Another astroturfing operation against Bernie Sanders fails miserably

Another #astroturfing operation against #BernieSanders fails miserably – https://t.co/hM2C0fNEnV pic.twitter.com/kYcJ6pNG8I — failedevolution (@failedevolution) February 27, 2020 As the DNC “barons” and their super-wealthy donors understand now that Sanders’ big power lies within a continuously growing, progressive movement behind him, they are trying to deal with it through the practice of astroturfing. We witnessed another operation … Read more

MSM: Earth now has a NEW mini-moon

Earth just gained a new mini-moon How was it found: The asteroid, called 2020 CD3 (also known as C26FED2), was discovered by the Catalina Sky Survey at the University of Arizona on February 15. The two researchers responsible for the discovery held off on announcing their findings while they confirmed exactly what 2020 CD3 was … Read more