Submitted by Christopher Dembik of Saxobank Summary: Today at 12:30 GMT, weekly U.S. jobless claims data will be released for the week ending March 21. It is the most important U.S. statistics this week as it will give an early indication of how much the COVID-19 outbreak is damaging the economy and the job market. Estimates of jobless claims range from around 1 million to 4 million […]
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Photo Illustration by Kristen Hazzard/The Daily Beast Jeri Ryan is still haunted by those five little words. “It’s the scene that I’ve always hated,” she says with a sigh. “The notorious Then you wish to copulate? scene. Hated everything about it. It was so on the nose, so gratuitous. I haven’t gone back to watch any of it.” It occurred in “Revulsion,” the fifth episode of […]
With futures stuck limit-down, our only indication of trading sentiment is the pre-market-open ETFs and they are volatile this morning. Shortly after Trump tweeted that he has “very important news” from The FDA… I will be having a news conference today to discuss very important news from the FDA concerning the Chinese Virus! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 18, 2020 SPY – the S&P 500 […]
Despite Lagarde’s increase in liquidity – but no further rate cuts – European banks are a bloodbath, crashing to an all-time record low this morning… So much for “whatever it takes.” Which, along with the collapse in US banks, this has dragged the share price of the world’s most systemically important banks to a record low… This is not a good sign. Source
Afghan president Ghani signs decree to release Taliban prisoners, important point of deal with US — RT World News icon bookmark-bicon bookmarkicon cameraicon checkicon chevron downicon chevron lefticon chevron righticon chevron upicon closeicon v-compressicon downloadicon editicon v-expandicon fbicon fileicon filtericon flag ruicon full chevron downicon full chevron lefticon full chevron righticon full chevron upicon gpicon insicon mailicon moveicon-musicicon mutedicon nomutedicon okicon v-pauseicon v-playicon searchicon shareicon sign […]
Authored by Caitlin Johnstone via CaitlinJohnstone.com, The propagandists have all gone dead silent on the WikiLeaks founder they previously were smearing with relentless viciousness, because they no longer have an argument. The facts are all in, and yes, it turns out the US government is certainly and undeniably working to exploit legal loopholes to imprison a journalist for exposing its war crimes. That is happening, and there is […]
Authored by Michael Krieger via Liberty Blitzkrieg blog, There are several reasons I spend so much time discussing and analyzing the current state of affairs. The primary motivation, aside from a drive to share personal opinions and spread awareness, is to encourage people to think critically. I don’t want readers to agree with everything I say, I want people to become inspired to think for themselves. […]
Authored by Michael Snyder via The End of The American Dream blog, Why is the mainstream media so scared of asking difficult questions about this coronavirus outbreak? At one time the United States had the greatest investigative journalists in the entire world, but today it is very rare to see any of our major news outlets go much beyond the basic facts of a story. In […]