6 Of 8 Trump Supporters Stand Behind Muslim Travel Ban; Muslims Furious
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 12/08/2015 08:12 -0500"We're gonna have to figure it out, we can't live like this. It's going to get worse and worse, we're going to have more World Trade Centers. It's going to get worse and worse, folks. We can be politically correct and we can be stupid but it's going to be worse and worse." Donald Trump said even as an AP summary of Muslim reactions to Trump can be summarized as follows: "He's trying to alienate not only the Muslim population of the United States but all the Muslims around the world."
China Chokes As Beijing Issues "Red Pollution Alert" For First Time Ever
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 12/07/2015 21:30 -0500Just a week after Beijing's major literally had his head saved, thanks to a cold front which swept away some of the worst pollution ever, the city has raised the alarm once again.. but this time to a record level. For the first time ever, the municipal government has issued a so-called red pollution alert - imposed car bans and suspending schools - after acrid-smelling haze returned to the Chinese capital.
China "Disappears" More Bank Executives As Witch Hunt Intensifies
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 12/07/2015 19:32 -0500Less than two weeks after Guotai chief Yim Fung went "missing" amid Beijing's reinvigorated crackdown on market "manipulators," Citic Securities - China's largest broker - says it cannot find two of its most prominent investment bankers. Considering recent events, you don't have to be a detective to make an educated guess as to what might have happened to Jianlin Yan and Jun Chen.
IED Explodes At Moscow Bus Stop, Injuries Reported
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 12/07/2015 15:26 -0500“An unknown home-made explosive device has gone off at a public transport stop injuring three people"...
BIS Warns of ‘Uneasy Calm’ in Markets Before Possible Debt Storm
Submitted by GoldCore on 12/07/2015 11:38 -0500Less favourable financial market conditions, combined with a weaker macroeconomic outlook and increased sensitivity to US interest rates, heighten the risk of negative spillovers to EMEs once US rates do start to rise in the United States”
Hedge Funds Sitting On $1 Billion Loss As "Most Hated Name" Keurig Acquired At 78% Premium For $92
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 12/07/2015 08:48 -0500As one hedge fund favorite long crashes (Chipotle is down 9% in the pre-market), so another hedge fund favorite short is about to spike (once it reopens for trading). JAB Group has decided that now is the time to offer a 78% premium to current prices to buy Keurig Green Mountain for $92 (note that is still down over 40% from its highs a year ago). The stock is currently halted at $51.51 leaving the 12% short interest biting their nails at the prospect of major losses and a good 'volkswagen-ing'.
Previewing Obama's 8:00 PM Speech On Gun Control
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 12/06/2015 16:00 -0500"What you're going to hear from him is a discussion about what government is doing to ensure all of our highest priority — the protection of the American people," the US attorney general said. Lynch's staff later confirmed that the president will specifically call on Congress to review certain gun control measures. And since Congress has long ago given up on taking action in a world in which the Fed's Chairman/woman is expected to "get to work", it will again be up to an Obama executive order to restore peace to the land by continuing his crusade against the Second amendment.
When 'Super Mario' Becomes 'Gun-Shy Draghi'
Submitted by Secular Investor on 12/06/2015 08:24 -0500And will Yellen keep yellin'?
"Terrorist" With Machete In London Subway Slashes Man's Throat Screaming "This Is For Syria"
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 12/05/2015 22:33 -0500Less than a week after the San Bernardino shooting, the ghost of ISIS terrorism has finally landed in London, where moments ago news broke that a man wielding a machete screamed "this is for Syria" before slashing a person's throat at London's Leytonstone subway station, and attacking up to three people.
Cuomo Sends Investigators After Blackout Forces Shutdown Of Nuclear Reactor Near NYC
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 12/05/2015 22:32 -0500Almost 2 years after being fined for falsifying safety records, and 7 months after a transformer exploded at the Indian Point Nuclear Reactor (just 30 miles from midtown Manhattan), Entergy - the plant's operator - has 'safely' shutdown the Unit 2 reactor due to a major outage cut power to several control rods. Despite the company's reports that no radioactivity was released to the environment, NY Governor Cuomo has sent investigators to the site to 'monitor' the situation.
Whistleblower Warned Turkey Would Attack A Russian Jet
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 12/05/2015 21:25 -0500Turkey's most notorious Twitter personality predicted the downing of a Russian warplane a month in advance in the lead-up to November's fraught elections.
The Gold Market
Submitted by EconMatters on 12/05/2015 14:01 -0500But Gold and Silver I figured were dead in the water until the Fed announcement on December 16th and they both showed signs of life from the long side on Friday.
First Picture Of Female Mass Shooter Released After Reporters Storm Suspects' Home On Live TV
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 12/04/2015 23:19 -0500
Prominent Turkish Media Figure Resigns Citing Legal Battle With Erdogan
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 12/04/2015 21:30 -0500"As the founding editor-in-chief of the Today's Zaman, I have sincerely tried to fulfill my job to the best of my ability, maintained the paper's integrity and tried to resist all kinds of pressure from the government as much as I could."
Turkish Troops Said To Invade Iraq Near Mosul
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 12/04/2015 14:56 -0500CNN Turkey, citing security forces officials, is reporting what appears to be yet another escalation in the middle east maelstrom as Turkish troops enter Iraq. So suddenly, just as the world is scrutinizing Turkey's role in the Islamic State oil trade, Ankara decides to send anti-ISIS troops across the border? Are they trying to secure the crude trade and guard the trafficking routes?





