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Israel Assassinates Notorious "Terrorist" In Airstrike On Damascus
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 12/20/2015 14:00 -0500"I am not confirming or denying anything to do with this matter, but it is good that people like Samir Qantar will not be part of our world.
"Such acts of the Zionist regime, which have become a consistent method, are the most dangerous forms of state terrorism."
Yet Again, The Media Got The Facts Wrong About The San Bernardino Attacks
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 12/18/2015 18:30 -0500On Wednesday, the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigations said the agency has no evidence the married couple accused of killing 14 people in San Bernardino, California earlier this month had any connection to an active terror cell. This admission from the FBI directly contradicts media reports that immediately claimed the San Bernardino shooters were linked to Daesh (ISIS) via social media.
ISIS Axis Assemble! Turkey To Establish Military Base In Qatar
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 12/18/2015 17:00 -0500"Turkey and Qatar face common problems and we are both very concerned about developments in the region and uncertain policies of other countries. We confront common enemies. At this critical time for the Middle East cooperation between us is vital."
Weekend Reading: All About Janet
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 12/18/2015 16:30 -0500"In a worst case scenario, the real economy effects of the oil sector and the earnings slowdown hit the frothy commercial real estate and REIT sector, which in turn begin the widening of the contagion begun by energy high yield. Combine this with the sudden stop to lower quality energy credits I believe is inevitable and you likely have stall speed – or even recession. And that’s where subprime auto ABS, student loan securitization and US munis come into the picture for the US domestic economy. Those markets get hit in recession."
'Twas The Hike Before Christmas
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 12/18/2015 15:55 -0500Commodities managers searched in despair; for solace, in cupboards, but cupboards were bare; BRIC managers looked at each other in shock, with a new acronym for EM markets – COCK.
Explaining Today's "Massive Stop Loss" Quad-Witching Market Waterfall: Why 2000 Must Be Defended At All Costs
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 12/18/2015 13:43 -0500Levels to watch are the large imbalances in favor of puts in Dec SPX put contracts at 2050, 2000, 1950, 1900 strikes. It further writes that "as SPX moves below these levels market makers who are short these puts would be forced to sell spot futures to hedge, which could exacerbate a market selloff."
Japan Prepares Missile Blockade In East China Sea To Halt Chinese "Maritime Aggression"
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 12/18/2015 12:13 -0500"To be sure, there is nothing to stop Chinese warships from sailing through under international law, but they will have to do so in within the crosshairs of Japanese missiles."
Syria Stunner: German Intelligence "Cooperating" With Assad, Berlin May Reopen Embassy In Damascus
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 12/18/2015 09:28 -0500On Friday we get still more evidence that the West is begrudgingly coming to terms with the fact that Assad will be sticking around for the foreseeable future in Syria, as Bild (citing anonymous sources) says German spies have been "cooperating" with Assad for "some time" and are set to establish an intelligence cell in Damascus.
Frontrunning: December 18
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 12/18/2015 07:33 -0500- Oil heads for third straight weekly loss as supply weighs (Reuters)
- BOJ's $2.5 Billion ETF Boost Seen Having Little Impact on Stocks (BBG)
- Japan core CPI seen flat in November, household spending down (Reuters)
- Dollar gets altitude sickness as BOJ disappoints (Reuters)
- Fed Hikes, but Some Rates Veer Lower (WSJ)
- White House calls for 'common sense steps' to help Puerto Rico (Reuters)
Refining ISIS Oil: Images From A Syrian Cottage Industry
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 12/17/2015 17:30 -0500
The DSKing Of Christine Lagarde: Someone Wants To Eliminate The Head Of The IMF
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 12/17/2015 15:14 -0500A French court ordered the orange-skinned IMF head to finally face trial over her alleged role in the Tapie payout scandal. What is most unexpected about this outcome is that France's top prosecutor had recommended in September that investigations against Lagarde in the case be dropped.
November Unemployment Hits Seven Year High In Brazil As Supreme Court Mulls Impeachment Bid
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 12/17/2015 11:10 -0500Brazil's Supreme Court green lighted House Speaker Eduardo Cunha's Rousseff impeachment bid on Wednesday, even as the high court is also considering a request for his removal. Meanwhile, the economy continues to deteriorate as we just got the highest unemployment reading for the month of November in seven years."
Something Strange Is Taking Place In The Middle Of The Atlantic Ocean
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 12/16/2015 23:55 -0500In the latest sign that the world is simply running out of capacity when it comes to coping with an inexorable supply of commodities, three diesel tankers en route from the Gulf to Europe did something rather odd on Wednesday: they stopped, turned around in the middle of the ocean, and headed back the way they came.
Ecological Panic: The New Rationale For Globalist Cultism
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 12/16/2015 22:00 -0500If ecological panic is the primary trigger of collapse, war and industrialized death, the elites escape all blame. They are the ones, after all, trying to “save us” from ourselves by introducing carbon emissions controls, not to mention the idea of population controls. Global warming becomes a catch-all bogeyman, a Frankenstein monstrosity created by humanity and plaguing humanity. Those who deny the existence of global warming or who question the legitimacy of its high priests (climate scientists) are not exercising their right to skepticism; they are contributing to inevitable genocide. Therefore, climate denial would have to be punished by governments, as climate scientists have been publicly suggesting.
Congress Fumes As Experts Say Iran Violated UN Ban By Test-Firing Nuclear Capable Ballistic Missile
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 12/16/2015 20:35 -0500Iran's move to test-fire a new ballistic missile in October may not have violated the letter of the nuclear accord (on which the ink is barely dry), but UN experts say it does violate a Security Council resolution, a revelation which puts the Obama administration in an extremely awkward position just as Iran was poised to see economic sanctions lifted.


