'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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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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What The Boom In Fraud Says About The Current Market Environment, Part 2

Authored by Jesse Felder via TheFelderReport.com,

Just about three months ago, I wrote ablog postwhich featured this quote, from Charles P. KindlebergersManias, Panics and Crashes: Swindles are a response to the appetite for...

https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/what-boom-fraud-says-about-current-market-environment-part-2

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"The Staffing Shortage Is Real" - Manhattan Restaurants Struggle To Hire As Millions Paid Not To Work

Long-suffer NYC restauranteurs may have been tempted to celebrate when Mayor Bill de Blasio announced yesterday that the Big Apple would "fully reopen" on July 1. But just as the problem of COVID-...

https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/manhattan-restaurants-struggle-hire-servers-too-many-workers-get-paid-stay-home

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Victoria "F*ck The EU" Nuland Is Now Highest-Ranking Member Of US Foreign Service

Authored byRick Rozoff via AntiWar.com,

On Thursday the USSenate confirmed Victoria Nuland as Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, which has been described as the fourth most important position in the ...

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/victoria-fck-eu-nuland-now-highest-ranking-member-us-foreign-service

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Berkshire Profit Soars As It Sells Others, Buys Back Its Own Stock

Over a decade into the biggest metaphorical massacre of value investors by the Federal Reserve (which sadly was also literal in the case of Charles de Vaulx, a renowned value investor and co-founder of International Value Advisors...

https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/berkshire-posts-near-record-operating-profit-amid-2nd-highest-stock-sales-5-years

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Rates Can Still Come Down Some Even As The Reflation Trade Continues

Authored by Bryce Coward via Knowledge Leaders Capital blog,

Last weekwe wrotehow interest rates may have room to come down a bit before ultimately heading higher later this year and into next year. This line of thinking was ...

https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/rates-can-still-come-down-some-even-reflation-trade-continues

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One-Third Of Basecamp Employees Quit After Ban On Political Discussions At Work

Roughly one-third of employees at Basecamp are quitting after the company instituted a 'controversial' ban on wokeness in the workplace, according to TechCrunch.

After CEO Jason Fried announced in a Monday blog post ...

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/one-third-basecamp-employees-quit-after-ban-political-discussions-work

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McConnell Urges Biden Administration To Drop "Divisive, Radical" 1619 Project From Grant Programs

Authored by Tom Ozimek via The Epoch Times,

Thirty-seven Republicans led by Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Thursday penned a letter to Education Secretary Miguel Cardona urging him...

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/mcconnell-urges-biden-administration-drop-divisive-radical-1619-project-grant-programs

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Senate Intelligence Leaders Say Mystery Sonic Weapon Attacks On US Officials Increasing

After it was revealed Thursday that US intelligence is investigating at least two potential "directed energy" sonic attacks on White House personnel - one of which is alleged to have happened just ...

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/senate-intelligence-leaders-say-mystery-sonic-weapon-attacks-us-officials-increasing

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Biden Unveils New Strategy For North Korea & Wants You To Know It's "Not Trump's"

On Friday the Biden administration announced the completion of its major review of US policy toward North Korea, which revealed deep White House pessimism toward prior Trump efforts to strike a "grand bargain" with ...

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/biden-unveils-new-strategy-north-korea-wants-you-know-its-not-trumps

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Niall Ferguson: How Ike's 1950s America Beat The 'Asian Flu' With Science & Common Sense

This essay is adapted from Mr. Fergusons new book, Doom: The Politics of Catastrophe, which will be published by Penguin Press on May 4. He is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University...

https://www.zerohedge.com/covid-19/niall-ferguson-how-ikes-1950s-america-beat-asian-flu-science-common-sense

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California To Offer Early Release To Over 63,000 Violent Felons

California Gov. Gavin Newsom is giving 76,000 inmates - 63,000 of which are violent and repeat felons - the chance to leave prison early, allowing inmates with good behavior to shorten their sentences by 1/3 instead of the 1/5 ...

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/california-offer-early-release-over-63000-violent-felons

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Wal-Mart, Sysco Fine Suppliers As Labor Shortages Cause Surge In Late Orders

From the gas pump to the grocery aisle, Americans have been suffering from "sticker shock" for the first time in years. While the Fed continues to insist that inflationary pressures will be "transitory", sell-side banks ...

https://www.zerohedge.com/economics/wal-mart-sysco-fines-suppliers-labor-shortages-cause-surge-late-orders

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Johns Hopkins Doctor Dismisses Walensky Fear-Mongering: "Most Of The Country Is At Herd Immunity"

Authored by Scott Morefield via Townhall.com,

Dr. Marty Makary, a surgeon at Johns Hopkins Hospital, disputed CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky's contention that COVID-19 variants could set back the...

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/johns-hopkins-doctor-dismisses-walensky-fear-mongering-most-country-herd-immunity

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