China "Indefinitely" Suspends Economic Dialogue With Australia As Relations Continue To Deteriorate

China on Thursday announced the "indefinite" suspension of all activity under a China-Australia Strategic Economic Dialogue amid strained relations between the two countries, its state economic ...

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/china-indefinitely-suspends-economic-dialogue-australia-relations-worsen

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Aldous Huxley Foresaw Our Despots - Fauci, Gates, & The Vaccine Crusaders

Authored by Patricia McCarthy via AmericanThinker.com,

In 1949, sometime after the publication of George Orwell'sNineteen Eighty-Four, Aldous Huxley, the author ofBrave New World(1931), who was then living in California, ...

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/aldous-huxley-foresaw-our-despots-fauci-gates-vaccin-crusaders

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BlackRock ESG Hypocrisy Exposed: Firm Backs Palm Oil Producer With History Of Abuses

BlackRock made a big stink about Warren Buffett's resistance to a pair of shareholder proposals to mandate ESG and diversity reporting standards across Berkshire Hathaway's vast business holdings. Buffett ...

https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/esg-hypocrisy-exposed-blackrock-slammed-inconsistency-over-indonesian-palm-oil-investment

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COVID Has Triggered The Next Great Financial Crisis

Authored by Charles Hugh Smith via OfTwoMinds blog,

What's left are the 'fatal synergies' of soaring debt and leverage, diminishing returns on stimulus, the substitution of credit for savings and the coming deflationary tsunami that pops all the...

https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/covid-has-triggered-next-great-financial-crisis

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Kolanovic: Most Are Unprepared For The Coming Persistent Inflation Shock

For the past two years, JPMorgan's head quant and resident in house permabull, Marko Kolanovic, has been periodically predicting an imminent rotation out of growth and into value stocks (a rotation which had failed to take ...

https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/kolanovic-most-are-unprepared-coming-inflation-shock

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Snyder: We Are Dangerously Close To "The Tipping Point"

Authored by Michael Snyder via TheMostImportantNews.com,

Every dollar that the federal government borrows and spends puts us even closer to a day of reckoning.

Many Americans (especially those on the left) seem to think that we can ...

https://www.zerohedge.com/economics/we-are-dangerously-close-tipping-point

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What Jobs Number Will Scare Investors?

One week after he wrote that early indications point to a 1.5 million jobs number, Standard Chartered's Global head of FX Research, Steve Englander has published an even more important report, one looking at what jobs number would scare investors into ...

https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/what-job-number-will-scare-investors

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Humpday Humor: Fact-Checking President Biden's 10 Most Controversial Statements

Via BabylonBee.com,

It's hard to know what's true these days. That's why our fact-checkers work around the clock to protect you from dangerous misinformation that could lead your feeble little mind astray...

How do ...

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/humpday-humor-fact-checking-president-bidens-top-10-controversial-statements

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Federal Judge Overturns CDC's Eviction Moratorium

A month ago, The Wall Street Journal Editorial Board stated yet another true but unpopular fact: "Continuing government bans on eviction and foreclosure are doing more harm than good."

The CDC invoked the 1944 Public Health Service Act, which ...

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/federal-judge-overturns-cdcs-eviction-moratorium

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Gold Demand Continues To Surge In China And India

Via SchiffGold.com,

China and India rank one-two in globalgoldconsumption, and through the first quarter of 2021, gold demand charted an impressive rebound in both countries.

Chinas year-on-year gold consumption surged 93.9% as first-quarter ...

https://www.zerohedge.com/commodities/gold-demand-continues-surge-china-and-india

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"Use It Or Lose It" - New White House Policy Pressures States To Ensure Vaccine Adoption

As states resort to cash rewards and other tactics to try and encourage reluctant (or just plain lazy) adults to get their COVID-19 jabs, the White House on Tuesday just upped the pressure, warning the (mostly...

https://www.zerohedge.com/covid-19/use-it-or-lose-it-new-white-house-policy-pressures-states-use-vaccine-stockpiles

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Blain: Failing Global Politics And Inflation Will Be A Nasty Shock

Authored by Bill Blain via MorningPorridge.com,

A great civilisation is not conquered from without until it has destroyed itself from within

Across the Occidental Economy there seems a trend towards political failure as ...

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/blain-failing-global-politics-and-inflation-will-be-nasty-shock

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US Factory Orders Disappoint In March

After February's dismal drop, blamed on weather, US factory orders were expected to rebound solidly in March (despite a mixed picture from Manufacturing surveys), but analysts were disappointed when the print hit at +1.1% (below the +1.3% expected) after ...

https://www.zerohedge.com/economics/us-factory-orders-disappoint-march

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China Is Trying To Break Up The Five Eyes Intelligence Network

Authored by Con Coughlin via The Gatestone Institute,

China is making a deliberate attempt to create divisions within the elite "Five Eyes" intelligence-sharing alliance by forging closer relations with the left-wing government of New...

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/china-trying-break-five-eyes-intelligence-network

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An Open Letter To Swarthmore President Valerie Smith

Submitted by Peter Berkowitz, the Tad and Dianne Taube senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University. His writings are posted at PeterBerkowitz.com and he can be followed on Twitter @BerkowitzPeter.

Dear President Smith,

Thank ...

https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/open-letter-swarthmore-president-valerie-smith

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The Supreme Court Case That Could Change Everything For US Pipelines

Authored by Charles Kennedy via OilPrice.com,

A Supreme Court hearing began this week that could seal the future fate of gas pipelines across the United States. It could also change the balance of power between federal and state...

https://www.zerohedge.com/energy/supreme-court-case-could-change-everything-us-pipelines

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Officer Who Shot Ashli Babbitt On Jan. 6 Didn't Issue Warning First: Lawyer

Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times,

The lawyer for the family ofAshli Babbitt, the woman who was killed by aCapitol Policeofficer during the Jan. 6 Capitol breach, said that witnesses didnt hear the officer ...

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/officer-who-shot-ashli-babbitt-jan-6-didnt-issue-warning-first-lawyer

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War Of Words Erupts Between Buffett & Robinhood, Which Just Reported Soaring Revenues From Selling Client Orders To Citadel

It's not just this website that has slammed Robinhood over the past 3 years for misrepresenting its business model which it has claimed is "to democratize finance for all," ...

https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/war-words-breaks-out-between-buffett-and-robinhood-which-just-reported-soaring-revenues

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Professor Who Rejected Student's View That Cops Are Heroes Takes Leave Of Absence

Authored by Ivan Pentchoukov via The Epoch Times,

A Californiaprofessorwho confronted a student about his view thatpoliceofficers are heroes has taken a leave of absence.

The adjunct professor was recorded arguing ...

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/professor-who-rejected-students-view-cops-are-heroes-takes-leave-absence

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India Nears 20M COVID Cases As Ruling Party Suffers Election Setback

India reported more than 300K new COVID-19 cases for a 12th straight day on Monday as the country's tally of total cases climbed to 19.93M, just shy of the 20M mark, a level that only the US has surpassed. The latest daily tally ...

https://www.zerohedge.com/covid-19/india-nears-20m-covid-cases-ruling-party-suffers-election-setback

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CIA Recruitment Ad Ridiculed For Overdosing On "Woke" Talking Points

Authored by Paul Joseph Watson via Summit News,

A CIA recruitment ad featuring a cisgender woman of color who rails against the patriarchy and announces she has been diagnosed with generalized anxiety disorder has been ridiculed...

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/cia-recruitment-ad-ridiculed-overdosing-woke-talking-points

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Plunge In Bankers' Business Travel Unlikely To Improve, Despite COVID Re-Opening

In the aftermath of Covid-19, business travel for bankers is still expected to plunge. It's great news for banks, who will save money on travel costs, and less than stellar news for airlines, who rely on business ...

https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/business-travel-bankers-expected-plunge-despite-covid-re-opening

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Turkey: How Erdogan's Pledge For Reform Collapsed In Five Months

Authored by Burak Bekdil via The Gatestone Institute,

His critics often joke that when President Recep Tayyip Erdoan pledges democratic reforms, one should run away immediately. His latest charm offensive in November, aimed at ...

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/turkey-how-erdogans-pledge-reform-collapsed-five-months

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Biden Admin Cancels Military-Funded Border Wall Projects

Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times,

The Department of Defense (DOD) announced it is canceling U.S.-Mexicoborderwall construction efforts that were paid with funds that were initially allocated for the military.

Work is done on a...

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/biden-admin-cancels-military-funded-border-wall-projects

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Biden Prepares For Stealth Food Stamp Increase Of Up To 20% Without Congressional Approval

The Biden administration is planning to use an obscure US Department of Agriculture instrument to lay the groundwork for a long-term increase in food aid for tens of millions of Americans.

The instrument, ...

https://www.zerohedge.com/personal-finance/biden-prepares-stealth-food-stamp-increase-20-without-congressional-approval

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Boeing Fires 65 Employees, Disciplines 53 More For 'Racist And Hateful Conduct' Following George Floyd Death

In the last 12 months, Boeing has fired 65 employees and disciplined 53 others over 'racist, discriminatory and hateful behavior,' according to the Daily Mail, citing a Friday 'Equity, ...

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/boeing-fires-65-employees-disciplines-53-more-racist-and-hateful-conduct-following-george

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You Know It's Bad When... CNN Calls Out Biden Over Anti-Science Mask Use

President Biden is coming under fire from both sides of the aisle for constantly wearing a mask despite announcing that vaccinated people no longer require face coverings when outdoors. In other words, it's simply virtue ...

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/you-know-its-bad-when-cnns-jake-tapper-calls-out-biden-over-anti-science-mask-use

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Creators Of Robot Drug Dealing Service OnTelegram Jailed For SellingKilos Of Cocaine

Two drug dealers who made millions of dollars selling cocaine, MDMA and LSD on encrypted messaging app telegram through automated bots have been jailed for more than a decade, according to VICE World News.

...

https://www.zerohedge.com/technology/creators-robot-drug-dealing-service-telegram-jailed-selling-kilos-cocaine

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The State Of The Third COVID Wave In Europe

Despite still experiencing one of the highestCOVID-19virus caseloads relative to population in Europe,France today announcedits exit strategy which would see the country reopen (except nightclubs) until June 30. Secondary students are already starting to...

https://www.zerohedge.com/covid-19/state-third-covid-wave-europe

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"Extremely Successful" -World's Largest Aircraft Hits Skies For Second Time

Stratolaunch Systems Corporation, founded by the late billionaire Paul G. Allen, flew the world's largest aircraft named 'Roc' on Thursday for a second time.

"Today's flight, at first review, has appeared extremely ...

https://www.zerohedge.com/technology/extremely-successful-worlds-largest-aircraft-hits-skies-second-time

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