A weird morning

It is taking me about twice as long as normal to do anything.

Nothing is functioning properly - including formatting - so bear with me.

I have even had messages that Zero Hedge is down 'for technical reasons'. Then later, was able to get in - but a few minutes later, got the same message.

Site off-line

The site is currently not available due to technical problems. Please try again later. Thank you for your understanding.

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It seems that access to trustworthy news sources this morning is intermittent