Sunday, 12 April 2020

Global headlines - 11 April, 2020

News Links, April 11, 2020

## Global Ponzi meltdown/House of Cards/global cooling/deflationary collapse ##
Now in Lockdown, Mexico's Economy Slides. Banks & Companies Clamor for Bailout. Government Refuses
Gold contracts default, deliveries rationed in London, trader Maguire says
In extended comments given this week for a weekly promotional video for Kinesis Money, London metals trader Andrew Maguire reviews in detail the ongoing collapse of the fractional-reserve gold banking system based in London.


## Fault lines/flashpoints/powder kegs/military/war drums ##
Nearly 10% of carrier's crew of 4,800 has coronavirus
Bad Idea: Sea Mercenaries to Fight (And Blockade) China
China has a 9,000-mile coastline and, by one recent count, the world's second-largest merchant fleet after Greece's. Thousands of ships in all. So how could the United States even hope to blockade China and starve its economy during a major war? One retired U.S. Marine has an idea, and it's not a good one. Privateers.

## Global unrest/mob rule/angry people/torches and pitchforks ##
Inmates rampage through offices, set fires at Kansas prison
The explosion happened at the OneH2 hydrogen fuel cell plant, which the company says is the only facility of its type on the East Coast.

## Intelligence/security/internet/cyberwar ##
Assange Extradition: The Deadly Vanessa Baraitser
Even before Covid-19 began sweeping through Belmarsh Prison, Craig Murray thought the British government was seeking Assange's death in jail. Now he finds the evidence overwhelming.
Assange Extradition: Assange Not Infected But Says Many in Belmarsh Are
In a phone conversation with Vaughn Smith, Julian Assange, apparently uninfected, says the virus is "ripping through" Belmarsh prison and that he spends 30 minutes a day in a crowded prison yard.


## US ##
Get ready for the recovery of the 1%
The market jump, unemployment surge and Fed rescue efforts all converged to form a new split in the economy, between the asset-rich and the rest of America.
Week 3 of the Collapse of the US Labor Market
Coronavirus: as the pandemic spreads in the US, so do racist attacks, and not just against Asians
Asians and Asian-Americans continue to be targets, but recent coronavirus webinars have included abuse and slurs of black participants
• Coronavirus

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