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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A Record 34% Of All Household Income In The US Now Comes From The Government

Following today's release of the latest Personal Income and Spending data, Wall Street was predictably focused on the changes in these two key series, which showed a jump in personal spending, offset by a record surge in ...

https://www.zerohedge.com/economics/record-34-all-household-income-us-now-comes-government

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House GOP Introduces Bills To Combat Critical Race Theory

Authored by Li Hai via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours)

Rep. Dan Bishop (R-NC) talks with Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) on the House steps at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on March 11, 2021. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Two ...

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/house-gop-introduces-bills-combat-critical-race-theory

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Scholars Line Up To Join Anti-Woke Online Education Platform

Submitted by Peter Svab of The Epoch Times,

Hundreds of scholars, including some distinguished figures, have applied for positions at an online education startup that promises explicitly non-woke instruction in a number of academic ...

https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/scholars-line-join-anti-woke-online-education-platform

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Poll Shows 27% Of European Adults Likely To Refuse Vaccine In Latest Threat To Growth Outlook

After getting off to a rocky start, Europe's vaccination campaign has accelerated in recent weeks, despite lingering restrictions on the continent's "workhorse" AstraZeneca jab (over concerns about deadly...

https://www.zerohedge.com/covid-19/poll-shows-27-european-adults-likely-refuse-vaccine-latest-threat-growth-outlook

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Former Top Gear Host James MaySays His Tesla Model S Has "Failed"

Former Top Gear host James May took to YouTube in a video published Wednesday titled "James May's Tesla Model S has failed!" to include one of the top things he hates about his Model S. May, who has already made a video about the "...

https://www.zerohedge.com/technology/former-top-gear-host-james-may-says-his-tesla-model-s-has-failed

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Yankees Suffer COVID Resurgence As 8 Fully-Vaccinated Players, Staff Test Positive

In an unsettling reminder that COVID-19 is still spreading, even as a scandal-scarred Gov. Andrew Cuomo pushes ahead with reopening the Empire State - and even as practically everybody in the organization has ...

https://www.zerohedge.com/covid-19/yankees-suffer-covid-resurgence-8-fully-vaccinated-players-staff-test-positive

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US Consumer Confidence Plunges As Inflation Fears Soar

After a dismal jobs print, one could be forgiven for thinking sentiment would be disappointing (but then again, being paid to sit on the couch sure beats working), but analysts expected further gains in the UMich confidence measure.

Oh boy ...

https://www.zerohedge.com/personal-finance/us-consumer-confidence-plunges-inflation-fears-soar

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Instagram Offers Users 41 Pronouns Woke Mob Complains There Aren't Enough

Authored by Steve Watson via Summit News,

Facebook owned Instagram has decided to introduce a feature allowing users to pick from a list of 41 pronouns, thus saving on characters in the bio, but the woke brigade has already...

https://www.zerohedge.com/technology/instagram-offers-users-41-pronouns-woke-mob-complains-there-arent-enough

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Time For A Squeeze: Here Are Cathie Wood's Top Holdings

By now, even the shoeshine boys know that just three months after pundits, traders and the media fawned over her every move during the February meltup, ARK Investment's Cathie Wood has become the market's anti-Midas - everything she touches, ...

https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/time-squeeze-here-are-cathie-woods-top-holdings

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Stage Is Set For "Dramatically Higher Inflation" As Transportation Costs Spike Even Higher

By Greg Miller of Freight Waves,

The headlines last August and September blared: Trans-Pacific rates are going crazy. Rates are on fire. Records shattered. Oh, what cargo shippers would give to get the ...

https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/stage-set-dramatically-higher-inflation-transportation-costs-spike-even-higher

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China May Attempt To Land Mars Rover Today

From currency war, to trade war, to tech war, to climate war, and now to space war, the superpower rivalry between the US and China continues to flare up with Beijing expected to land its rover on the red planet today.

CNETreports that the China National...

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/china-may-attempt-land-mars-rover-friday

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Fauci-Funded Researchers Headlined Wuhan Lab 'Gain Of Function' Conference

Authored by Natalie Winters via The National Pulse

Recipients of grants from Dr. Anthony Faucis National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases headlined a Wuhan Institute of Virology conference focusing on gain of ...

https://www.zerohedge.com/covid-19/fauci-funded-researchers-headlined-wuhan-lab-gain-function-conference

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TSMC Set To "Double Down" And Vastly Increase U.S. Semi Production Investment In Arizona

At the beginning of May, we noted that Taiwan Semiconductor was considering bolstering its production in the U.S., and that President Biden's Commerce Secretary was urging more domestic production. Now, it ...

https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/tsmc-set-double-down-and-vastly-increase-us-semi-production-investment-arizona

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Buchanan: Are The Halcyon Days Over For Joe Biden?

Authored by Pat Buchanan,

On taking the oath of office, Jan. 20, Joe Biden may not have realized it, but history had dealt him a pair of aces.

The COVID-19 pandemic had reached its apex, infecting a quarter of a million Americans every day. Yet...

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/buchanan-are-halcyon-days-over-joe-biden

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Priced Out Of The Newly-Built Housing Market, Millennials Are Turning To "Fixer-Uppers"

What was once a feel-good story about millennials moving out of their parents basements and finally buying houses of their own has now turned into a story about them being priced out of the market.Thanks, ...

https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/price-out-newly-built-housing-market-millennials-are-turning-fixer-uppers

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The Age Of Fear: A Graduation Message For Terrifying Times

Authored by John W. Whitehead & Nisha Whitehead via

Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked and denounce the pacifists for ...

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/age-fear-graduation-message-terrifying-times

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American Medical Association Embraces Critical Race Theory, Rejects Meritocracy

Authored by GQ Pan via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours)

Doctors and nurses confer in a hospital in Leonardtown, Md., on April 8, 2020. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

The American Medical Association (AMA), the largest ...

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/american-medical-association-embraces-critical-race-theory-rejects-meritocracy

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Armenia RequestsRussian Military Help Over Renewed Azerbaijan 'Land Grab'

Following the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war which started six months ago,the border region is again on the brink of conflict, with Armenia charging Azerbaijan withillegally sending its army deep into territory from their prior ...

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/armenia-requests-russian-military-help-over-renewed-azerbaijan-land-grab

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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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So It Looks Like Nationalizing Student Loans Has Simply Turned Into One Giant Ponzi Scheme

We've all known that nationalizing student loan debt would turn out to be a terrible decision (just as it is when the government nationalizes any industry). We have been saying it on this site for years: it ...

https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/so-it-looks-nationalizing-student-loans-has-simply-turned-one-giant-ponzi-scheme

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