"...Trump also understood that the American people are tired after 19 years of terrorist wars that have more in common with a carnival whack-a-mole game. Despite Trump's hyperbole, he has been very cautious in using military force."
"Originally, 99 percent of the confirmed cases were in China, but now the rest of the globe is starting to catch up."
"According to Citi’s analysts led by Aakash Doshi, this kind of outperformance is merely the beginning of a bull run for the ages. The team recently published their short- and long-term forecasts, revealing that the metal has enough momentum to breach $1,700 over the next six to 12 months. However, their expectations for gold over the 12-24 month periods are even more bullish, as the team expects gold to pass its all-time high and climb to $2,000 during that time."
"Here’s the cold truth. Russia didn’t elect Trump, y’all. We did."
"Will the "bipartisan consensus" in Washington blame the coronavirus for the coming economic downturn?"
“Since abortion became possible in 1967 there have been over 9 million abortions. That is a legalised, silent holocaust, which Christian Hacking and his colleagues were lawfully, peacefully and courageously campaigning on. We are determined to fight for justice in this case.”
"...the Dow Jones Industrial Average was down a whopping 1,031 points..."
"While another $2-4 Trillion in QE might indeed be successful in keeping the bubble inflated for a while longer, there is a limit to the ability to continue pulling forward future consumption to stimulate economic activity. "
"The big tech companies don’t want more government oversight, they simply want to continue to have their have their editorial take and enforce it too while taking your money and suppressing your voice."
"“Nobody likes him, nobody wants to work with him, he got nothing done,” Clinton said of Sanders..."
"Boris, Farage and UKIP and anyone who think the points system is a panacea are mistaken. Migration Watch thinks it will make the problem worse."
"Robert O'Brien has cleaned out the NSC. ... persons throughout the National Security bureaucracy, including DOD and CIA, are being emptied. This is a prelude. When prosecutor John Durham starts dropping indictments expect the screaming to intensify."
"Bottom line, the U.S. dollar is being targeted by other nations, and CBDCs are more ammo in their arsenal. Whether countries like China are successful remains to be seen."
"Baroness Cox has campaigned for many years for a legal requirement for religious marriages to be registered. Her Bill to this effect has not so far had the support of the government. A requirement to register Islamic marriages would protect the women if their husband divorces or abandons them, and also act to prevent polygamy."
"Out of 18 cremators at a crematorium, 3 were burned out due to overuse. Other 15 in operation 24/7. Many families died out."
"The FTSE 100, which opened at 7404 had crashed to a low of 7154 at 9.41am, and as of 10.40am had only risen marginally to 7162, representing a decline of 3.62%."
"The African continent has a land area of 30.37 million sq km (11.7 million sq mi) — enough to fit in the U.S., China, India, Japan, Mexico, and many European nations, combined."
"The continent of Australia is considered to be one of the breadbaskets of the world. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, in 2018/19 Australia exported over 9 million tons of wheat to the rest of the world."
"The novel coronavirus and Sars share the same functional host-cell receptor, called angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2)."
"Both professional bodies are so concerned that they have ordered reviews into the sudden increase in administration of puberty blockers to minors. This is long overdue."
"The primary reason for buying gold is not to make money but to preserve wealth."
"It’s ironic that while UK Remainers agonise endlessly over the supposed disastrous effects of the UK breaking away from the EU’s trade and regulatory system, the EU Commission appears to fear the precise opposite – that such a breakaway will allow a more nimble UK to thrive and leave the EU in its wake, and that such an outcome might encourage other member states to follow the UK out of the door."
"The coronavirus outbreak has ... brutally exposed the shortcomings of globalisation and just-in-time supply chains..."
"The dominant component is Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, formerly Al Nusra Front, an offshoot of Al Qaeda, like Islamic State. These are internationally proscribed terror networks which have carried out the most hideous, barbaric cruelties against civilians."