Norwegian Car-B-Q: Tesla Model S Bursts Into Flames, Burns To A Crisp While Charging
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 01/01/2016 - 12:55
The Norwegian owner of a Tesla Model S found an unexpected f(i)ringe benefit during a cold Friday afternoon when shortly after he had parked his luxury electric car at a supercharging station in Gjerstad, and left, he realized the car could serve as a very quick and efficient, if quite toxic, source of heating for the cold Scandinavian country, when the Model S spontaneously burst into flames.
Turkey's Erdogan Praises "Hitler's Germany" As Example Of Effective Government
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 01/01/2016 - 12:01
Back in August, Nationalist opposition leader Devlet Bahceli took to Twitter to call Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan a "locally produced Hitler, Stalin or Qaddafi." While Bahceli probably meant that as an insult, Erdogan seems to agree.
George Soros Regrets Supporting Obama, Eagerly Awaits President Hillary
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 01/01/2016 - 11:30
Obama Folds To Iran (Again), Will Delay New Sanctions After Rouhani Threat
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 01/01/2016 - 10:19
"If the president’s announced sanctions ultimately aren’t executed, it would demonstrate a level of fecklessness that even the president hasn’t shown before."
2015 Greatest Hits: Presenting The Most Popular Posts Of The Past Year
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 01/01/2016 - 10:03
The seventh anniversary of Zero Hedge is just around the corner, and so, for the seventh year in a row we continue our tradition of summarizing what our readers found to be the most relevant, exciting, and actionable news of the year, determined by the number of page views. We bring you the articles that you, dear reader, found to be the most interesting in the past 365 days.
"Seven Iraqis" With ISIS Ties Planned Coordinated Suicide Attacks In Germany Last Night
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 01/01/2016 - 09:32
“Seven Iraqis living in Munich were named as the potential attackers, and they were planning to enter the stations in pairs and blow themselves up simultaneously."
Two Dead In Tel Aviv Shooting Attack, Car Bomb Explodes At Afghan Restaurant In Violent Start To New Year
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 01/01/2016 - 08:48
Just hours after Bavarian authorities closed the Hauptbahnhof and Pasing stations in Munich after Germany received a tip from French and American intelligence sources that a terrorist attack was planned for New Year’s Eve, two “incidents” have occurred in Kabul and Tel Aviv.
We're All Fascists Now
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 12/31/2015 - 21:50
If Donald Trump is a megalomaniac salivating over taking control of American Weimar, then both Hillary Clinton and Marco Rubio are führers in the making. The same goes for the rest of the field, where each and every candidate aspires to be the Celebrity-in-Chief. Trump only looks worse because he doesn’t have the benefit of a sympathetic media on his side.
How ISIS Broadcasts Its Message To The World: Satellite Dishes Bought In Turkey
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 12/31/2015 - 21:15
According to a piece published earlier this month by Spiegel, ISIS obtains the satellite technology it needs to disseminate its propaganda in Antakya. In addition to reinforcing the link between the group and Turkey, this also raises an interesting question: why are the satellite service providers not doing anything to stop the group from spreading its message?
Stocks End 2015 In The Red, Worst Year With Oil Since 1984
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 12/31/2015 - 21:05
Russian Imperialism Meets Illusions Of Ottoman Grandeur
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 12/31/2015 - 20:40
Earlier in 2015, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that he found it difficult to understand what Russia was doing in Syria, since "it does not even border Syria." By that logic, Turkey should not be "doing anything" in the Palestinian territories, Somalia, Egypt, Pakistan, Afghanistan or any of the non-bordering lands into which its neo-Ottoman impulses have pushed it.
What's Ahead In 2016 - Key Events Of The Next 12 Months
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 12/31/2015 - 19:30
Elections, elections, and more elections is the 'regime change' meme for 2016 but, as Bloomberg details, the key events of the year ahead vary from a California marijuana referendum to Brazil's Olympics, and from Davos to SCOTUS. No matter what, 2016 holds a lot of opportunity for volatility, and without The Fed's safety net, who knows what that means for markets...
Donald Trump's Comprehensive 2015 Insult Highlight Reel
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 12/31/2015 - 18:55
What better way to end 2015, than with a highlight reel of Donald Trump’s more colorful insults.
This Is What Stocks Do During Hyperinflation
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 12/31/2015 - 18:18
How did Venezuela stocks perform in the past year under the country's hyperinflation? The answer: using a meaningess exchange rate, they rose 4x and, as Handelsblatt incorrectly concluded, "were the best investment of the year"; on the other hand using an exchange rates that actually reflects the country's economic implosion, they lost just over 20% of their value in the past year.
15 News Stories From 2015 You Should Have Heard About But Probably Didn't
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 12/31/2015 - 17:45
In 2015, the iron fist of power clamped down on humanity, from warfare to terrorism to surveillance, police brutality, and corporate hegemony. The environment was repeatedly decimated, the health of citizens was constantly put at risk, and the justice system and media alike were perverted to serve the interests of the powers that be. However, while 2015 was discouraging for more reasons than most of us can count, many of the year’s most underreported stories evidence not only a widespread pattern that explicitly reveals the nature of power, but pushback from human beings worldwide on a path toward a better world.
