Author: Zero Hedge

Authored by Steve Watson via Summit News,

The iconic comic book hero Superman will no longer stand for ‘The American Way’, according to DC Comics’ chief creative officer and publisher Jim Lee, who claimed Saturday that the tag line which has been part of the character’s story since 1940 needs to ‘evolve’.

Lee announced that “To better reflect the storylines that we are telling across DC and to honor Superman’s incredible legacy over 80 years of building a better world,” Superman’s motto will now be “truth, justice, and

Amazon announced Monday that it would hire 150,000 seasonal jobs across fulfillment centers nationwide. The news comes as the company previously announced plans to hire 40,000 new corporate and tech jobs and 125,000 full and part-time fulfillment and transportation jobs. 

“Our seasonal hiring helps us deliver on our promises to customers while also providing flexibility to our full-time employees during busy periods,” said Alicia Boler Davis, senior vice president of global customer fulfillment, in a statement.

All new employees will receive an average starting pay of around

Authored by Dave DeCamp via AntiWar.com,

Damascus has accused Israel of killing a former member of Syria’s parliament with a sniper firing from across the border in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights.

Medhat al-Saleh was gunned down in Ain al-Tinah, a Syrian village that overlooks Majdal Shams, a town on the Israeli side of the Golan. Al-Saleh was a Syrian Druze who was born on the Israeli side of the border.

After being jailed multiple times by Israeli authorities, including a 12-year sentence,

Just when you thought the censorship at social media companies couldn’t possibly get any worse, Facebook has come along and moved the bar. 

The company is now going to be protecting activists and journalists, who is is called “involuntary” public figures, with additional safeguards against “harassment and bullying”, Reuters reported. 

The company says people it determines to be “human rights defenders” will be protected under the new safeguards, which we’re sure will be completely discretionary and applied only to those “activists” who are advocating for

Submitted by @bit_hedge,

While nobody has missed the discussion surrounding a possible Bitcoin ETF this year and the subsequent 40% rally this month as prospects materialized, discussion in some circles has already turned to doubt in the success of what has now become the first approved crypto ETF by the SEC – one investing in Bitcoin futures.

Following SEC Chair Gensler’s apparent nod towards a Bitcoin ETF operating within the bounds of CME traded futures, giants such as ProShares, VanEck, and now Cathie Wood quickly threw their hats into

Several children were among at least 22 shot over another violent Chicago weekend which left four people dead – numbers which were lower from the prior weekend of the 10th-11th which saw at at least 39 shot. This weekend’s violence included an 11-year old boy struck in the leg by a bullet in the living room while playing alongside his siblings, as well as a 16-year old shot inside a car, and a 17-year old girl wounded while outside with friends. 

Ahead of

Authored by Paul Joseph Watson via Summit News,

The National Theatre of Scotland has banned the word “spooky” over its “racial connotations” despite nobody complaining and despite there being no record of it ever being used as a racial slur in the United Kingdom.

Yes, really.

“A source at the Scottish theatre told the Daily Record that no one has complained about the term “spooky” but they were concerned the word could become problematic in the future,” reports RT.

So based on the prospect that somebody, somewhere,

With leaked trades in their personal accounts already costing two Fed presidents their jobs, and a third – vice chair Richard Clarida – currently on the ropes amid speculation he will soon follow, a few weeks ago we joked that if forces within the Fed want to get rid of all the hawks, they should just leak Esther George’s – the Fed’s last remaining uberhawk – trading record.

If the Fed wants to get rid of all the hawks, they just need to leak Esther George’s etrade blotter

— zerohedge

With oil prices having more than doubled in 2021 so far – and showing no signs of slowing – traders are doubling-down on bets that energy costs will go to the moon… by year-end.

WTI is currently at 7 year highs…

But, despite the futures curve being deep in backwardation…

Options traders are buying OTM calls with both hands and feet.

Wagers that WTI will top $100 by the end of 2021 have exploded in recent days…

Furthermore, some traders are betting that oil will reach $180 or

Authored by Katabella Roberts via The Epoch Times,

Dozens of immigration activists allegedly walked out of a virtual meeting with Biden administration officials on Saturday morning in protest over the White House’s plan to restart the Trump era “Remain in Mexico” program, Politico reports.

The advocates read a statement accusing the administration of “playing politics with human lives” ahead of a virtual meeting with multiple officials, including people from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the White House Domestic Policy Council’s Esther Olavarria.

Activists allegedly