By Michael Every of Rabobank The fight is here: I need ammo, not a ride This will be a longer than normal Daily: we live in extraordinary times and a few extra paragraphs are needed to cover it. However, let’s start with the key point: Vladimir Putin has lost this war – and so have markets. […]

cnbc.com/2022/02/28/russia-central-bank-hikes-interest-rates-to-20percent-from-9point5percent-to-bolster-ruble.html Natasha TurakFebruary 28, 2022 Key Points The bank also said it would be freeing 733 billion rubles ($8.78 billion) in local bank reserves to boost liquidity. Russia’s stock and derivatives markets will stay shut on Monday, the central bank said. The dramatic developments underline fears of a run on Russia’s banks. Russia’s central bank […]

From Zero Hedge: While China is still trying not to fully alienate the US while effectively siding with Putin in Ukraine (see “China Calls US ‘Culprit’ For Ukraine Tensions” yet “China State Banks Restrict Purchases Of Russian Commodities, Pause Buying Russian Seaborne Crude“), Asia’s other superpower, India, has no such qualms and according to Nikkei […]

From Zero Hedge: Little more than a week after the first reports of a raid at the offices of one prominent short-seller, the SEC on Friday has suddenly announced two new regulations that firms managing money in the US will now be duty-bound to follow, or risk the threat of criminal reprisal. The new rules […]

From ZH The U.S. Department of Justice reportedly “seized hardware, trading records and private communications” belonging to well-known activist short seller Carson Block last October, as part of a wide ranging investigation into short selling, the Wall Street Journal reported this morning. The ongoing DOJ probe, which has been in the news over the last several months, […]

from zh Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Executive Officer Christopher Cole was caught on undercover camera by Project Veritas, where he revealed that his agency plans to announce that annual Covid-19 vaccinations will become official policy. As Project Veritas reports (emphasis ours): Cole is an Executive Officer heading up the agency’s Countermeasures Initiatives, which plays a critical role in ensuring that drugs, vaccines, […]

From Zero Hedge Two weeks ago, the FDA begged a Texas judge to delay production on the first monthly batch of 55,000 pages of Covid-19 vaccine data submitted to the agency by Pfizer. Originally, the agency was set to produce just 500 pages-per-month. Now, Pfizer – which just forecast $54 billion in Covid-related sales in 2022, appears to […]

Authored by John Foster via Counterpunch.org, Amid escalating tensions between US/NATO and Russia, all eyes are on Ukraine, but Nord Stream 2, a pipeline built to bring Russian gas under the Baltic Sea directly to Germany, is an integral part of the story. US Under Secretary for Political Affairs, Victoria Nuland, asserted (Jan 27), “If Russia invades […]