Trump says US won’t protect Germany as it ‘pays Russia billions for energy’ in 1st tweet after Pentagon announces troop withdrawal

US President Donald Trump has defended his decision to pull out almost 12,000 troops from Germany by invoking its gas imports from Russia. Washington has recently ramped up its efforts to block the deliveries. “Germany pays Russia billions of dollars a year for Energy, and we are supposed to protect Germany from Russia. What’s that…

Here Is The Strategy Of The Best Performing Hedge Fund Of 2020

Here Is The Strategy Of The Best Performing Hedge Fund Of 2020 Tyler Durden Wed, 07/29/2020 – 19:05 Sure, there are probably a handful of hedge funds who have generated even higher returns, but for the purpose of this post we are going off the latest HSBC hedge fund weekly report, according to which Boaz…

Trump Administration Bails Out Post Office As Workers Whine About “No Letter Left Behind”

Trump Administration Bails Out Post Office As Workers Whine About “No Letter Left Behind” Tyler Durden Wed, 07/29/2020 – 18:45 What kind of monster would de-fund the post office? That’s the message that President Trump’s liberal detractors at media outlets like The Intercept have been pushing as President Trump suggested that he would withhold rescue…

California, Texas, Florida Suffer Record Jump In COVID-19 Deaths; New Jersey, Rhode Island “Pause” Reopening: Live Updates

California, Texas, Florida Suffer Record Jump In COVID-19 Deaths; New Jersey, Rhode Island “Pause” Reopening: Live Updates Tyler Durden Wed, 07/29/2020 – 18:43 Summary: Brazil reports new record jump with nearly 70k cases in a day Texas suffers record jump in deaths as cases top 400k Trump says US will send Texas 500 cases of…

Our Slide Into Social Psychosis And Breakdown

Our Slide Into Social Psychosis And Breakdown Tyler Durden Wed, 07/29/2020 – 16:25 Authored by Charles Hugh Smith via OfTwoMinds blog, Not only is our lifestyle on back-order, so is our sanity. Yesterday I mentioned our collective inability to make sense of the contradictory messages of the status quo and our own experience. This inability to…

Gold Hits Record High, Yields Hit Record Lows After Powell Promise-Fest

Gold Hits Record High, Yields Hit Record Lows After Powell Promise-Fest Tyler Durden Wed, 07/29/2020 – 16:01 As one would expect, markets were dominated today by Powell’s words with gold and stocks rising after the FOMC statement: Powell initially promised The Fed will “do whatever it takes for as long as it takes” and stocks…

Market Technicals: Five Key Levels On Verge Of Breakdown

Market Technicals: Five Key Levels On Verge Of Breakdown Tyler Durden Wed, 07/29/2020 – 15:44 Value investors swear by fundamentals, news and data (or at least they used to before the Fed took over markets). To technicians, there is nothing sexier than a strategically planted squiggle or a trendline breaching some other line. Case in…

Japanese ‘BLACK RAIN’ survivors officially recognized as victims of Hiroshima bombing after long court battle

The five-year struggle of dozens of Japanese people, who lived through the US atomic bombing but were denied social benefits for decades, has ended victoriously after they were officially recognized as nuclear bombing survivors. A district court in Hiroshima finally ruled in favor of a group of radioactive rain victims, who have been fighting for…

Covid-19 stats of easy-going Sweden go down as post-lockdown Europe braces for virus comeback 

Sweden, which famously went against common wisdom in not imposing a Covid-19 lockdown, is hailing the lowest number of deaths and new cases in months, as other European nations face a resurgence of the disease. In the past two weeks, the Health Agency of Sweden has recorded a sharp decline in Covid-19 figures. Average daily…

Turkish parliament approves bill that would give Facebook & Twitter 48 hours to remove ‘offensive content’

Turkey’s parliament has ratified a bill compelling major social media companies to delete content deemed offensive and to open offices in the country. Global rights groups decried the “draconian” law as a danger to free speech. According to the bill approved on Wednesday, social media companies with over a million daily visitors in Turkey must…

The COVID-Hysteria Campaign – The Ultimate Divide And Conquer Strategy

The COVID-Hysteria Campaign – The Ultimate Divide And Conquer Strategy Tyler Durden Tue, 07/28/2020 – 23:55 Authored by Russ Bangs via Off-Guardian.org, “It has frequently been observed that terror can rule absolutely only over people who are isolated against each other and that therefore one of the primary concerns of tyrannical government is to bring…

Iran’s IRGC Attacks US Carrier Mock-Up In Massive Drill Off Hormuz Strait 

Iran’s IRGC Attacks US Carrier Mock-Up In Massive Drill Off Hormuz Strait  Tyler Durden Tue, 07/28/2020 – 23:35 New satellite images have confirmed that Iran has moved its mock US aircraft carrier to the strategic Strait of Hormuz for use in live-fire drills, which state media says have commenced.  Analysts say the mock-up actually appears close…

FOMC Preview: The Fed Must Find Ways To “Out Dove” Market Expectations

FOMC Preview: The Fed Must Find Ways To “Out Dove” Market Expectations Tyler Durden Tue, 07/28/2020 – 23:18 While nobody expects any fireworks from the Fed tomorrow or any major market-moving announcement, the FOMC meeting will likely involve a debate over the toolkit with a discussion of how to pivot from “stabilization” to “accommodation” policies…

Earnings Summary: AMD Jumps, Ebay Dumps, Visa Stumbles, Starbucks Rumbles

Earnings Summary: AMD Jumps, Ebay Dumps, Visa Stumbles, Starbucks Rumbles Tyler Durden Tue, 07/28/2020 – 16:38 It’s a tale of two worlds after hours, when Starbucks jumped and Visa slumped after reporting calendar Q2 earnings. Starting with the former, Starbucks reported a 46 cent loss in fiscal Q3, down sharply from the 32 cent profit…

WTI Holds Losses As Surprise Gasoline Build Raises Demand Questions

WTI Holds Losses As Surprise Gasoline Build Raises Demand Questions Tyler Durden Tue, 07/28/2020 – 16:35 Oil prices fell during the day session today as stimulus hopes faded amid big differences on each side of the aisle, which along with the MLB “pause” raised questions of the strength of demand rebound. “Demand for crude oil…

The Nation Is Falling Into the Abyss Between Wall Street And Main Street

The Nation Is Falling Into the Abyss Between Wall Street And Main Street Tyler Durden Tue, 07/28/2020 – 16:26 Authored by Charles Hugh Smith via OfTwoMinds blog, The abyss between the Fed’s illusion of phantom wealth for Wall Street and the collapse of Main Street is bottomless, and our descent into the abyss is accelerating.…

Live Streaming Protest in Bulgaria Sofia

LIVE Stream Sofia, Bulgaria protest. Watch live now…

Live Streaming protest in Bulgaria. Watch live scenes from the protests in Bulgaria. Sofia Bulgarian protest live stream content. Watch live now TopFeatured.com

Watch Iran fire missile & overtake mock US aircraft carrier during Strait of Hormuz war games (VIDEO)

Amid Iran-US tensions, Tehran’s troops have practiced overpowering an aircraft carrier – using a mock-up in lieu of the real thing – during a massive exercise. The fake warship was attacked from the air and circled by speedboats. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) launched the final leg of The Great Prophet joint exercise on…

NASA to return space rock to Mars after 600,000 years away from home

As part of its upcoming Perseverance mission payload, NASA is sending a meteorite fragment known as Sayh al Uhaymir 008 AKA SaU 008, back from where it came some 600,000 years ago: Mars. The 2020 NASA Perseverance rover mission is scheduled to lift off on Thursday, weather permitting, and the probe will use SaU 008…

Coronavirus will spread in ‘one big wave’ & won’t go away as seasons change – WHO

The World Health Organization (WHO) has quashed hopes that the coronavirus might simply disappear over the summer. It urged the world to instead brace itself for “one big wave” of infections. WHO spokesperson Margaret Harris told reporters via conference call that, contrary to some expectations, the coronavirus will not wane during warmer seasons like the…

Notre Dame Withdraws From Hosting First Presidential Debate; “Could Be Conducted Online”

Notre Dame Withdraws From Hosting First Presidential Debate; “Could Be Conducted Online” Tyler Durden Mon, 07/27/2020 – 16:42 The University of Notre Dame has withdrawn from hosting the first Trump-Biden debate scheduled for September 29, citing advice from the St. Joseph County deputy health director, and the “diminished educational value” of hosting the event. In…

Why Does It Feel Like We’re In “Life During Wartime”?

Why Does It Feel Like We’re In “Life During Wartime”? Tyler Durden Mon, 07/27/2020 – 16:24 Authored by Charles Hugh Smith via OfTwoMinds blog, The laughably hopeless hope is that by propping up the corpses, the populace will discern some faint flicker of life in the decaying carcasses and return to their free-spending ways. Call…

Feature your business, services, products, events & news. Submit Website.