At least five people have been killed as the streets of Bogota have descended into chaos following the death of Javier Ordonez who was tasered to death by arresting police officers for allegedly violating quarantine rules. In the early hours of Wednesday morning, police stopped Ordonez, a lawyer who had reportedly been working as a…
Blaze with black smoke breaks out near Beirut harbor weeks after disastrous port blast (VIDEO)
A massive fire has engulfed Beirut’s port facilities shortly after a bang was reportedly heard in the area. The incident is said to have caused panic in the city, still reeling from the port blast that killed 190 a month ago. The fire apparently began earlier on Thursday, with social media users flooding their pages…
“Don’t Blame Options” For Bizarre Market Moves Citadel Says… But Sparks Even More Questions
“Don’t Blame Options” For Bizarre Market Moves Citadel Says… But Sparks Even More Questions Tyler Durden Wed, 09/09/2020 – 16:40 While much attention has fallen in recent days on SoftBank and the fact that the Japanese Venture Capital conglomerate has increasingly been acting as a hedge fund, using a recently hired Deuteche Bank prop trader…
Inflation Is Stealth Austerity
Inflation Is Stealth Austerity Tyler Durden Wed, 09/09/2020 – 16:20 Authored by Charles Hugh Smith via OfTwoMinds blog, Rather than decry austerity, which demands an open political discussion of trade-offs, we should decry inflation’s stealthy reduction of purchasing power. Austerity–bad. Inflation–good. Oh wait–they’re the same thing: both are a reduction in purchasing power. The only difference…
Stocks Bounce Off Critical Support After Fastest ‘Correction’ From Record High In History
Stocks Bounce Off Critical Support After Fastest ‘Correction’ From Record High In History Tyler Durden Wed, 09/09/2020 – 16:00 What goes down, must come back with a vengeance in this new normal and so stocks did, but Nasdaq is still down 8% from highs… After the Nasdaq’s 10% collapse in 3 days (the fastest record…
World’s most common painkiller increases risk-taking behavior according to wild new study
Researchers at Ohio State University have found that the most commonly taken painkiller worldwide, Acetaminophen, aka Tylenol and Panadol, increases risk-taking in users, which may have drastic public health consequences. The researchers now believe that the drug’s effects extend beyond physiological pain relief and may in fact influence psychological processes. Building on their existing research…
Norwegian MP nominates Trump for Nobel Peace Prize after Israel-UAE peace deal
Christian Tybring-Gjedde, a member of the Norwegian parliament, has nominated US President Donald Trump for the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize, lauding his efforts toward “resolving protracted conflicts worldwide.” The nomination came just weeks after Trump helped to broker peace between Israel and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The agreement may lead to the full normalization…
Afghan VP dodges death as deadly roadside bomb blast kills at least 10 in Kabul
The motorcade of Afghan Vice President Amrullah Saleh was apparently targeted in an assassination attempt. A roadside bomb went off as the vehicles passed by, killing at least 10 people but leaving the top official unharmed. The deadly incident happened on Wednesday morning in the Taimani area in northwestern Kabul. The powerful explosion left the…
“Historic” Wildfires Rage Across California As “Red Flag Warning” Declared
“Historic” Wildfires Rage Across California As “Red Flag Warning” Declared Tyler Durden Tue, 09/08/2020 – 16:40 California’s record-breaking fire season is becoming absolutely devastating with wildfires raging across the Golden State as a weekend heatwave sent temperatures soaring (Californians used 47K MW at peak over the weekend, versus the 38K summer average). Now, powerful winds could make things a whole lot worse…
Jeff Gundlach Live Webcast: “Hey Kid, Want Some Candy?”
Jeff Gundlach Live Webcast: “Hey Kid, Want Some Candy?” Tyler Durden Tue, 09/08/2020 – 16:31 One month after shocking Wall Street with his latest prediction that Donald Trump would win the Nov election, similar to Gundlach’s contrarian and correct forecast made ahead of the 2016 election, the DoubleLine founder is holding his latest live webcast,…
Intolerance And Authoritarianism Accelerate Disunity And Collapse
Intolerance And Authoritarianism Accelerate Disunity And Collapse Tyler Durden Tue, 09/08/2020 – 16:20 Authored by Charles Hugh Smith via OfTwoMinds blog, Scapegoating dissenters only hastens the disunity and disarray that accelerates the final collapse. Authoritarianism is imposed on us, but its sibling intolerance is our own doing. Intolerance and authoritarianism are two sides of the same coin: as intolerance…
Mask rules violators in Indonesia forced to sit in hearse next to Covid-19 casket & reflect on their misdeeds – media
An anti-coronavirus task force in Indonesia has punished people who wouldn’t wear face masks at a country market by forcing them inside a hearse containing a Covid-19 victim casket, local media reported. The unusual disciplinary action was taken at the Maron Market in the Probolinggo municipality in Indonesia’s East Java province. Some 50 violators, both…
NASA warns of 4 inbound asteroids as ESA shares VIDEO showing just how hard they are to spot
NASA is warning of four asteroids over 20 meters in diameter due to make a close flyby of Earth this week, while the ESA has shared a video showing just how difficult it is for planetary defenses to spot these inbound space rocks. The first two Near Earth Objects (NEOs), due on Tuesday, were both…
Second wave? Surfer who tested positive for Covid-19 arrested for breaking quarantine
A woman was arrested in Spain for breaking quarantine to ‘seas the day’ and go surfing at a public beach, despite testing positive for Covid-19. Local and national police units, including officers in biohazard suits, were deployed to Zurriola beach in San Sebastian, northern Spain on Monday afternoon to detain the woman. The as-yet-unnamed woman…
“No Recovery In Sight”: Container Volumes At The Port Of Los Angeles Flatline
“No Recovery In Sight”: Container Volumes At The Port Of Los Angeles Flatline Tyler Durden Mon, 09/07/2020 – 21:00 Submitted by Christopher Dembik, head of macro analysis at Saxo Bank In today’s edition, we focus once again on global trade and the U.S. economy in these unusual circumstances. One of our favorite coincident trade indicators…
Dear Gavin Newsom, Explain This $hit!!!
Dear Gavin Newsom, Explain This $hit!!! Tyler Durden Mon, 09/07/2020 – 20:30 We are sure, somewhere deep down in the bureaucracy of banality that is California’s representative government, there is good reason for each of these ‘policies’… but seriously, one could be forgiven for thinking that the Golden State’s massive liberal majority is just making…
NatGeo’s Osama bin Laden doc claims reclusive terrorist used his massive PORN STASH to send secret messages
A forthcoming documentary about cave-dwelling arch-terrorist Osama bin Laden suggests he used the extensive (and incongruous) porn collection found in the cave hideout where he was killed to send messages to his followers. When the Navy SEALS who raided the al-Qaeda leader’s Pakistani hideout to kill him in 2011 found what was reportedly a “vast…
If Berlin can bring Russia’s Navalny to Charite hospital, why can’t it help Assange? German MP asks
A German MP is calling on her government to provide medical assistance to the “seriously ill” WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, saying that Berlin spared no effort when it came to Russian opposition figure, Alexey Navalny. Berlin should not be supporting the US-orchestrated attack “on journalists, on press freedom and on democracy,” said Heike Haensel, the…
Man suspected of serially MUTILATING horses is detained in France
Police in France have detained a man suspected of attacking and mutilating horses. The country has been shocked by a nationwide string of vicious attacks on the animals over the past few months. The suspect, reportedly a 50-year-old man, was detained on Monday in France’s eastern department of Haut-Rhin. The man was apprehended after law…
United Nations Complains About A “Male-Dominated World” Thanks To “Millennia Of Patriarchy”
United Nations Complains About A “Male-Dominated World” Thanks To “Millennia Of Patriarchy” Tyler Durden Mon, 09/07/2020 – 16:40 Authored by Paul Joseph Watson via Summit News, The United Nations has provoked another backlash after posting a tweet bemoaning how COVID-19 has demonstrated how “millennia of patriarchy” and “male-dominated culture” is ‘damaging’ everyone. “The #COVID19 pandemic…
US Ambassador To France Denies Atlantic Story, Says Trump ‘Has Never Denigrated Any Member Of US Military’
US Ambassador To France Denies Atlantic Story, Says Trump ‘Has Never Denigrated Any Member Of US Military’ Tyler Durden Mon, 09/07/2020 – 16:16 Breitbart is out with another exclusive from people who were close to the President when The Atlantic claims he called military veterans “losers” and “suckers.” This time, US Ambassador to France, Monaco…
Trump Mulls Decoupling US From China: “If Biden Wins, China Will Own This Country”
Trump Mulls Decoupling US From China: “If Biden Wins, China Will Own This Country” Tyler Durden Mon, 09/07/2020 – 16:15 Tapping into the candidate of the 2016 campaign who repeatedly pledged to “bring back” US companies to American soil, the president has made some bombshell Labor Day remarks strongly hinting at decoupling the US and Chinese…
