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Update: While weaver’s arrest appears to be for unrelated charges according to the Daily Dot… When speaking to the Daily Dot via phone Saturday morning, a Portage County Jail administrator said that Weaver is being charged with alleged “robbery, tampering with evidence, obstruction justice, and domestic violence.” When asked about the […]

Authored By Jake Johnson Via Libertarian Institute/Common Dreams, With the prospect of longtime bank critic and progressive Sen. Elizabeth Warren being chosen as Joe Biden’s running mate now officially dead, Wall Street executives are openly applauding the presumptive Democratic nominee’s selection of California Sen. Kamala Harris as a signal that the top of the […]

So much can change in less than five months. Back on March 22, one day before the Fed went all in on central planning by announcing unlimited QE and crossing the Rubicon into buying corporate bonds, Goldman nuked its EPS forecast after the US economy basically shutdown to “fight” the […]

De Blasio’s New York has finally hit an all-time low: the once bustling city is now on the verge of looking like a demilitarized zone. Between the pandemic and the riots in the city, iconic 5th Avenue now looks more like a dystopian nightmare in a recently shot video posted […]

Authored by Tom Luongo via Gold, Goats, ‘n Guns blog, We haven’t even reached the DNC convention in Milwaukee next week and the election season is already over. Former Vice President and (presumptive) Democratic Party Nominee Joe Biden picked Senator Kamala Harris as his running mate. She is the first […]

By Megan Brenan of Gallup, Highlights: 36% say Biden would be a good president; 33% say Trump would 52% of Democrats/leaners wish someone else were their nominee 42% of Americans view Trump favorably; 47% view Biden favorably As both political parties prepare for their conventions, one in four Americans do […]

Chicago mayor Lori Lightfoot desperately wants the world to believe that she has the situation in her city under control and that she doesn’t need help from the federal government – nor would she ever need it from President Trump. But while she puts that facade on during interviews and press conferences […]

Authored by Charles Hugh Smith via OfTwoMinds blog, This is why denormalization is an extinction event for much of our high-cost, high-complexity, heavily regulated economy. A collapse of major chunks of the economy is widely viewed as “impossible” because the federal government can borrow and spend unlimited amounts of money because […]

In surprising comments during an interview with the New York Post this week, President Trump mused: “There are a lot of people that think that he is not being treated fairly. I mean, I hear that.” He added: “Many people are on his side, I will say that. I don’t […]

Summary: Germany sees most new cases since April 30 Demand for Russian vaccine surges in Asia India passes 2.5 million cases Hong Kong reported 46 new cases Tokyo reports another 300+ cases Cali first state to pass 600k cases Gov Newsom says state will start with remote learning Brazil sees […]

Authored by Steve Watson via Summit News, Singer Nick Cave has denounced cancel culture and political correctness as “bad religion run amuck” in a thoughtful and insightful post in which he opines how society is being eroded by a lack of mercy. The foreboding composer penned his thoughts on his […]

For many emergency medical technicians, working through the Covid-19 pandemic simply isn’t worth it. An alarming number of these frontline workers are “exiting the field for good” amidst the pandemic, according to a new report from CBS. The reason is obvious: Covid-19 simply makes the job too dangerous.  Robert Baer, an […]

Via Yves Smith’s NakedCapitalism.com, Many of you in the US likely missed the A level testing algo fiasco. Here is the short version, from the Financial Times yesterday: The government is under mounting pressure to come to the aid of secondary school pupils in England after almost 40 per cent of […]

By Mark Glennon of Wirepoints From Hyde Park to the Gold Coast to Edgewater, residents across the city are adjusting their daily routines out of fear. They’re avoiding neighborhood walks after 6:00 p.m. At night, they don’t stand too close to their windows or dare to enjoy their outdoor balconies […]

Authored by Iain Davis via Off-Guardian.org, The Center For Countering Digital Hate (CCDH) are a UK based organisation who have misspelled “centre” in their name. Perhaps they have opted for the U.S spelling in the hope of selling their peculiar brand of morally bankrupt censorship to the American propaganda market. The Anti-Vaxx Industry, is […]

Daily Briefing – August 14, 2020 Tyler Durden Fri, 08/14/2020 – 17:55 Real Vision CEO, Raoul Pal, is joined by senior editor, Ash Bennington, to reflect on the current state of markets. Raoul and Ash discuss the upcoming “precious metals week,” and Raoul shares his views on gold, silver, and […]

By Liam Frost of Decrypt The total value of outstanding Ethereum futures contracts reached a new high of $1.5 billion. This was spurred by ETH’s price finally breaking above $400. The value of open Ethereum futures grew twice as fast as Bitcoin’s since February. The total value of outstanding Ethereum […]

Hillary Clinton Willing To Serve In Biden Administration Tyler Durden Fri, 08/14/2020 – 19:00 Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is ‘ready to help’ the Biden administration ‘in any way I can.’ Speaking from ‘The 19th Represents Summit,’ on Thursday, Clinton told Biden: “I think this will be a moment […]

Authored by Paul Joseph Watson via Summit News, The iconic memorial display in NYC that features two beams of light to honor the victims of 9/11 has been canceled over coronavirus concerns just weeks after Mayor Bill de Blasio allowed a Black Lives Matter mural to be painted outside Trump […]

With the government set to stop subsidizing the industry, airlines are <gasp> actually going to have to make operational changes to effectively deal with the lack of demand. Oh, the horror of free market forces actually forcing companies to make business changes! This starts with American Airlines, who is reportedly preparing […]

Authored by Andrew I. Fillat and Henry I. Miller via HumanEvents.com, It’s not as simple as snapping your fingers and getting herd immunity… Here’s a thought experiment: after the RMS Titanic collided with an iceberg, it became necessary to allocate seats on the lifeboats; there were only about 700 places […]

Readers may recall our earlier notes identifying the mass exodus of folks abandoning US metro areas, fleeing to suburbia and or rural communities, first due to the virus pandemic, then social unrest. City dwellers began the journey out of metros in late March/early April, at the start of the virus pandemic lockdowns. When late […]

Authored by Lawrence Sellin via WION.com, To date, no one has stated the urgent universal need to aggressively investigate the true origin of SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus responsible for COVID-19, better than Karl and Dan Sirotkin in their August 12, 2020 article “Might SARS‐CoV‐2 Have Arisen via Serial Passage through an […]

The US has spent trillions and trillions of dollars under the Trump administration to modernize the military, ahead of what could be a stealth war with either China and or Russia. The Pentagon has been upgrading the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II, an all-weather stealth multirole combat aircraft, with advanced technologies, enabling it to conduct a […]