Russia, Iran, & A SWIFT Nuclear First Strike

Authored by Tom Luongo via Gold, Goats, 'n Guns blog,

Jim Sinclair, ages ago, told us that the moment the Obama administration threatened the Swiss with SWIFT expulsion over opening up its vaunted banking privacy rules was the equivalent of a nuclear ...

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/russia-iran-swift-nuclear-first-strike

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"The Costs Are Up, Up, Up. We're Seeing Substantial Inflation" Admits A Surprised Warren Buffett As Powell, Yellen See Nothing

We already touched on two of the more colorful exchanges from Saturday's Berkshire annual videoconference, both of which incidentally starred the traditionally far more ...

https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/costs-are-were-seeing-substantial-inflation-admits-surprised-warren-buffett-powell-yellen

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The Fourth Turning: Why America's "Crisis" May Last Until 2030

Authored by 'FreeSpeechFan' via TheDuran.com,

It is comforting that the Fourth turning is part of a natural cycle but also very disturbing that it is a period of crisis. As we know from previous cycles, many people suffer and die ...

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/fourth-turning-why-americas-crisis-may-last-until-2030

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"Monster-Size Lava Fountain" Erupts In Iceland

An Icelandic resident uploaded a stunning video on YouTube of a new volcanic eruption early Sunday morning.

YouTube"Sigfs Steindrsson"has been following a new fissure vent that opened a couple of weeks ago and is visible from Reykjavk, the capital of...

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/monster-size-lava-fountain-erupts-iceland

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Fake Health Certificates Complicate The Already Messy "Vax Pass" Idea

Authored by Mike Shedlock via MishTalk.com,

The proliferation of fake health certificates is exposing a logistical blind spot for the airlines. Confusion doesn't stop there.

Airlines Struggle to Police Fake Certificates

In ...

https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/fake-health-certificates-complicate-already-messy-vax-pass-idea

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EU Pushes Plan To Revive Tourism By Opening Borders To Vaccinated Travelers

Late last month, European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen revealed in an interview with the NYT that the EU would soon allow Americans and others who can prove that they have been fully vaccinated travel to popular ...

https://www.zerohedge.com/covid-19/eu-pushes-plan-revive-tourism-opening-borders-vaccinated-travelers

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Intel's CEO Says Chip Shortage Could Last "A Couple Of Years" In New '60 Minutes' Interview

Intel's CEO has been the latest in a chorus of voices stating that the ongoing semiconductor shortage is going to last for a "couple of years".

Speaking on 60 Minutes Sunday night,chief executive officer ...

https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/intels-ceo-says-chip-shortage-could-last-couple-years-new-60-minutes-interview

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EBay Plans To Enable Crypto Payments And Break Into NFT Market

With eBay shares sinking on lackluster earnings guidance from the company's latest quarterly report released last week, CEO Jamie Iannone decided to spice things up by revealing in the middle of an interview on CNBC that the auction ...

https://www.zerohedge.com/crypto/ebay-plans-enable-crypto-payments-and-break-nft-market

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JPM: Biden's Infra Bill Faces Enough Dem Opposition That It Will Be Materially Lower Than $4 Trillion

After weeks of bombastic announcements by the Biden administration, which included an utterly unprecedented $6trln in new federal spending split between The American Families Plan, American Jobs ...

https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/jpm-bidens-infra-bill-faces-enough-dem-opposition-it-will-be-materially-lower-4-trillion

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Here Are The Best Performing Assets In April And YTD

April was another solid month for financial markets, with 31 of the 38 non-currency assets in Deutsche Bank's main sample gaining ground (alas, unlike Goldman, DB refuses to include cryptos to the main sample of assets it tracks).

As DB's Henry...

https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/here-are-best-performing-assets-april-and-ytd

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Vaccine Passports Are Coming To Sports Venues

Vaccine passports (or passes or certificates) are being deployed at over 60 US stadiums and other venues this summer to get the economy "back to normal," according toReuters.

Major League Baseball's San Francisco Giants and New York Mets are some of ...

https://www.zerohedge.com/covid-19/vaccine-passports-coming-sports-venues

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Peruvian Presidential Front-Runner Says He'll Seize 70% Of Profits From Overseas Businesses

In a model that is surely going to soon be adopted and pushed by AOC and other deep thinkers on the left in the U.S., Peru's presidential front-runner Pedro Castillo has come out and said he would "seize ...

https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/peruvian-presidential-front-runner-says-hell-seize-70-profits-overseas-businesses

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World's Most Powerful Tidal Turbine Deployed Off Scotland's Coast

Bank of America equity strategist Haim Israel recently told clients by 2030, Europe will generate about 85% of its electricity from renewable sources. Solar and wind have stolen the spotlight in the green energy transition. But ...

https://www.zerohedge.com/technology/worlds-most-powerful-tidal-turbine-deployed-scotlands-coast

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"The World's Biggest Problem" - Kissinger Warns Of "Colossal" Dangers In Growing US-China Tensions

Former US national security adviser Henry Kissinger has warned that strains between Washington and Beijing pose the biggest problem for the world, and a failure to improve them risks a cold war ...

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/worlds-biggest-problem-kissinger-warns-colossal-dangers-growing-us-china-tensions

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Dogecoin Spikes 50% Intraday, Cripples Robinhood's Crypto Trading

While most eyes were on the surge in Ethereum this morning, the real animal spirits are in Dogecoin, which is up 50% today, topping 60c for the first time ever...

Doge has now surged above Ripple to become the 4th largest ...

https://www.zerohedge.com/crypto/dogecoin-spikes-50-intraday-cripples-robinhoods-crypto-trading

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"You'll Never Be White" - Black Teacher's Racist Rant Highlights Need To Equip All Officers With Body Cameras

Authored by Jonathan Turley,

For years, I and others have argued for body camera (and police interrogation cameras) to be used in every jurisdiction. Despite the obvious value of such ...

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/youll-never-be-white-black-teachers-racist-rant-highlights-need-equip-all-officers-body

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Panic Hoarding Guns Now Enters 16th Month As Biden Seeks Ban

Americans continued to panic hoard guns for the 16th straight month in April, according to theFBI'sNational Instant Criminal Background Check System's (NICS) statistics report. The data provides insight into the trends behind Americans ...

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/panic-hoarding-guns-now-enters-16th-month-biden-seeks-ban

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Chauvin Seeks New Trial, Alleges Prosecutorial & Jury Misconduct

In what will likely come as no surprise to many - especially given the judge's own remarks during closing arguments - Derek Chauvin's lawyerfiled a motionon Tuesday in Hennepin County, Minnesota, for a new trial on multiple grounds ...

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/chuavin-seeks-new-trial-alleges-prosecutorial-jury-misconduct

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Biden Versus Biden On "Is America A Racist Country?"

Authored by Pat Buchanan via Buchanan.org,

Hear me clearly: America is not a racist country.

So declared Sen. Tim Scott, a Black Republican, in his televised rebuttal to Joe Bidens address to Congress.

Asked the next day what he thought of ...

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/biden-versus-biden-america-racist-country

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Australia Boomerangs On 'Racist' India Flight Ban After Backlash

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has majorly backtracked from statements made by treasurer Josh Frydenberg - who said last week that citizens trying to return home from COVID-stricken India will face fines and jail time, ...

https://www.zerohedge.com/covid-19/australia-boomerangs-racist-india-flight-ban-after-backlash

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New York Times Subscriptions Slow 'Sharply' In First Post-Trump Quarter

The New York Times just announced that in the first quarter since former President Donald Trump left office, digital subscriptions have slowed 'sharply' despite revenue rising 6.6%, according to the Wall Street Journal.

In ...

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/new-york-times-subscriptions-slow-sharply-first-post-trump-quarter

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Noah Didn't Yield To FOMO, Neither Should You

Authored by Michael Lebowitz via RealInvestmentAdvice.com,

In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth reads the first sentence of the bible. Later in the book of Genesis, God created cycles.

Then Joseph said to Pharaoh, Both of these ...

https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/noah-didnt-yield-fomo-neither-should-you

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Archegos Reportedly Files For Bankruptcy As Banks Scramble To Recoup $10 Billion In Losses

The other day, we learned that Credit Suisse, which was left on the hook for $5 billion after dumping blocks of stocks owned by its prime brokerage on behalf of Archegos Capital Management, earned just $17MM...

https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/archegos-reportedly-files-bankruptcy-banks-scramble-recoup-10-billion-losses

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US Space Command Closely Tracking Large Chinese Rocket's Out-Of-Control Fall To Earth

The Pentagon and US Space Command are said to be tracking a large Chinese rocket which is set to reenter Earth's atmosphere at some point this coming weekend, likely "around May 8th" according to the latest DoD ...

https://www.zerohedge.com/technology/us-space-command-closely-tracking-large-chinese-rockets-out-control-fall-earth

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'50 Cent' Flees New York For Texas After Complaining About COVID Restrictions, High Taxes

Authored by Paul Joseph Watson via Summit News,

Rapper Curtis 50 Cent Jackson has joined the wave of Americans fleeing New York, announcing that he had moved to Texas after complaining about draconian COVID-...

https://www.zerohedge.com/covid-19/50-cent-flees-new-york-texas-after-complaining-about-covid-restrictions-high-taxes

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How Bezos Got Revenge Against The Tabloids For Exposing His Relationship With Lauren Sanchez

As Bill and Melinda Gates divorce shocks corporate America, even capturing the attention of main street given their status as a preeminent global power couple, many observers have been looking for ...

https://www.zerohedge.com/technology/how-bezos-got-revenge-against-tabloids-exposing-his-relationship-lauren-sanchez

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Watch: Thousands Of Ford Pickups Sit Idle In Kentucky Lots, Awaiting Semi Chip-Related Components

Alongside Interstate 71, there sits thousands of Ford Super Duty trucks, parked in rows and waiting on parts.

The scene is the latest sign of an ongoing semiconductor crisis that has stung not only ...

https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/photos-thousands-ford-pickups-sit-idle-kentucky-lots-awaiting-semi-chip-related-components

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The Curious Case Of The Asian-American Victim

Authored by Richard Bernstein, RealClearInvestigations,

The mass shooting in Atlanta on March 16, which took the lives of six Asian women among the eight victims, appears to be a one-off event the violent act of a deeply troubled 21-year-old man who, ...

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/curious-case-asian-american-victim

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Russia Is Prepared To Disconnect From SWIFT Payment System: Foreign Ministry

Via South Front,

Russia is preparing to depart from the international payment system SWIFT, Maria Zakharova, Russias Defense Ministry spokeswoman said,in an interview with RT.

According to her, disconnecting from SWIFT ...

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/russia-prepared-disconnect-swift-payment-system-foreign-ministry

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Biden Plan To Recover $700 Billion Through IRS Audits Is Unrealistic: Former Officials

The Biden administration's plan to count on $700 billion over the next decade from enhanced IRS audits of the wealthy and corporations - a major source of funding for his economic agenda - is wishful thinking, ...

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/biden-plan-recover-700-billion-through-irs-audits-unrealistic-former-officials

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