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by Tyler Durden

Friday, Dec 17, 2021 - 06:08 PM

Several years ago, a process which started shortly after the 2016 presidential election which was lost by the left-leaning mainstream media's preferred candidate, and culminated with our January 2020 story about the controversial origin of covid virus which was frowned upon by the same China-leaning mainstream media (a story which we later learned made its way all the way to Anthony Fauci's email inbox the day of our unexpected suspension on twitter for six months due to an "error"), Zero Hedge started facing mounting demonetization pressure from the biggest ad companies - those who keep sites such as this one alive - which culminated with our temporary suspension by advertising supergiant Google. It then became clear to us that our traditional model of funding - selling ad space - was in jeopardy. 

To be sure, we were not alone: countless independent, free-thinking and non-conformist websites have faced a similar demonetization squeeze by the mainstream media, by Silicon Valley ad giants  and by their various proxies, intermediaries, and cronies, who contrary to their virtue-signaling and hollow platitudes, detest a world where free speech still exists and where they don't have full control over the narrative. 

So it was about a year ago that we decided to respond to this creeping suffocation, and begin a process of disintermediating ourselves from the legacy media loop where small, enterprising media companies are never truly independent as long as they have to cater to the increasingly activist whims of their advertising agents and if they dare to cover certain taboo topics, they risk losing most if not all revenue.  

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“Trump supporters were lied to by those at the time who had great power," he wrote. "They kept spitting out the false narrative about a stolen election and how it was ‘our duty’ to stand up to tyranny.”

Palmer, who has been held at the D.C. jail among fetid conditions that prompted a review by authorities, said it wasn't fair that he be punished so severely when the ringleaders aren't even behind bars.

The judge agreed — to a point. “It is true that the people who extorted you and encouraged you and rallied you to go and take action have not been charged,” she said. “That is not the court’s decision. I have my opinions but they are not relevant.”

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Before Palmer’s sentencing of 63 months, the longest prison term handed down for a Capitol rioter was 41 months. That was the sentence received by both Jacob Chansley, the Arizona man who wore a horned fur hat, bare chest and face paint inside the Capitol; and New Jersey gym owner Scott Fairlamb, the first person to be sentenced for assaulting a law enforcement officer during the riot.

“It has to be made clear ... trying to stop the peaceful transition of power and assaulting law enforcement officers is going to be met with certain punishment," the judge said. “There are going to be consequences. 

If zero hedge encourages bad behavior we might run out of low skilled angry workers.

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4 hours ago, Boat said:

If zero hedge encourages bad behavior we might run out of low skilled angry workers.

I would not worry about that.

"There's a sucker born..."

[ronwagn + 6,290]

On 12/17/2021 at 11:30 PM, Tom Nolan said:

...And so, as a small token of appreciation to all our readers over the years, we are giving everyone access to our premium section for the next few days so you can evaluate at your leisure if becoming a subscriber is right for you....

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/some-news

Some News

by Tyler Durden

Friday, Dec 17, 2021 - 06:08 PM

Several years ago, a process which started shortly after the 2016 presidential election which was lost by the left-leaning mainstream media's preferred candidate, and culminated with our January 2020 story about the controversial origin of covid virus which was frowned upon by the same China-leaning mainstream media (a story which we later learned made its way all the way to Anthony Fauci's email inbox the day of our unexpected suspension on twitter for six months due to an "error"), Zero Hedge started facing mounting demonetization pressure from the biggest ad companies - those who keep sites such as this one alive - which culminated with our temporary suspension by advertising supergiant Google. It then became clear to us that our traditional model of funding - selling ad space - was in jeopardy. 

To be sure, we were not alone: countless independent, free-thinking and non-conformist websites have faced a similar demonetization squeeze by the mainstream media, by Silicon Valley ad giants  and by their various proxies, intermediaries, and cronies, who contrary to their virtue-signaling and hollow platitudes, detest a world where free speech still exists and where they don't have full control over the narrative. 

So it was about a year ago that we decided to respond to this creeping suffocation, and begin a process of disintermediating ourselves from the legacy media loop where small, enterprising media companies are never truly independent as long as they have to cater to the increasingly activist whims of their advertising agents and if they dare to cover certain taboo topics, they risk losing most if not all revenue.  

We did this by offering a premium product offering, one which removed all ads for paying subscribers, which offered exclusive access to content from our fantastic partners and Wall Street veterans, The Market Ear (their content is a boon to all time-pressed finance professionals who need some visual inspiration across any and all markets), which gave subs an audio feed to all market-breaking news thanks to Newsquawk's trading desk squawk, and which offered a moderation-free comment section, a rarity in this day where every online utterance is scrubbed and filtered.

Of course, we know too well - as do our readers - that the rollout of this premium offering which coincided with a major overhaul of the website was anything but glitch-free to put it mildly, and we apologize for that. As regular readers know we are a small, self-funded group with no outside capital or funding, and without an army of tech support wizards even simple tasks can be challenging. 

And so, as a small token of appreciation to all our readers over the years, we are giving everyone access to our premium section for the next few days so you can evaluate at your leisure if becoming a subscriber is right for you.

Meanwhile, as a quick update on where our existing efforts to become fully independent stand, we have been overjoyed with the response as thousands of users have signed up in the past year to our premium service (as well as professional service, which in addition to all the premium offerings also gives access to all the latest hedge fund letters and select market-moving Wall Street research, as well as a vast archive of historical reports). That said, in the past year we have also seen continued pressure from more ad companies, as several large names decided to blacklist us for the simple reason that they do not believe we should enjoy the benefits of Constitutionally protected free speech.

As such, with legacy revenues being frozen, we appeal to those readers who are on the fence about contributing financially to this website to give us a chance and to sign up: we are confident that it will provide enough value to make it worth the price, and if it isn't, let us know what you'd like fixed, changed or added - like everything else, this is a learning process. We do, however, know one thing - without your help, this website will not survive over the long run, especially with huge financial and political events looming in 2022 and certainly 2024, where all independent voices will be censored and snuffed.

So with all that said, please go to the premium website, read The Market Ear blog, listen to the real-time market news and analysis, observe the Spot Gamma widget showing how market gamma changes in real time, have free access to all premium articles and much more. If you like it, we hope you subscribe - if this website is to survive and thrive, it will only be thanks to your help. 

If you like what you see, you can subscribe here.

It has been a crazy year, and we wish all of our readers happy and relaxing holidays - recharge ahead of the coming year because 2022 will be insane. 

Thank You!

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all!

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On 12/18/2021 at 5:46 PM, Boat said:

“Trump supporters were lied to by those at the time who had great power," he wrote. "They kept spitting out the false narrative about a stolen election and how it was ‘our duty’ to stand up to tyranny.”

Palmer, who has been held at the D.C. jail among fetid conditions that prompted a review by authorities, said it wasn't fair that he be punished so severely when the ringleaders aren't even behind bars.

The judge agreed — to a point. “It is true that the people who extorted you and encouraged you and rallied you to go and take action have not been charged,” she said. “That is not the court’s decision. I have my opinions but they are not relevant.”

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Before Palmer’s sentencing of 63 months, the longest prison term handed down for a Capitol rioter was 41 months. That was the sentence received by both Jacob Chansley, the Arizona man who wore a horned fur hat, bare chest and face paint inside the Capitol; and New Jersey gym owner Scott Fairlamb, the first person to be sentenced for assaulting a law enforcement officer during the riot.

“It has to be made clear ... trying to stop the peaceful transition of power and assaulting law enforcement officers is going to be met with certain punishment," the judge said. “There are going to be consequences. 

If zero hedge encourages bad behavior we might run out of low skilled angry workers.

The truth is that the "riot" was all managed by the FBI. https://docs.google.com/document/d/19qLxuaWqyPKPsE7xyT2ATV6-I9J_BhfvkChb3E-NL4o/edit

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On 12/18/2021 at 3:46 PM, Boat said:

“Trump supporters were lied to by those at the time who had great power," he wrote. "They kept spitting out the false narrative about a stolen election and how it was ‘our duty’ to stand up to tyranny.”

Palmer, who has been held at the D.C. jail among fetid conditions that prompted a review by authorities, said it wasn't fair that he be punished so severely when the ringleaders aren't even behind bars.

The judge agreed — to a point. “It is true that the people who extorted you and encouraged you and rallied you to go and take action have not been charged,” she said. “That is not the court’s decision. I have my opinions but they are not relevant.”

ADVERTISING

Before Palmer’s sentencing of 63 months, the longest prison term handed down for a Capitol rioter was 41 months. That was the sentence received by both Jacob Chansley, the Arizona man who wore a horned fur hat, bare chest and face paint inside the Capitol; and New Jersey gym owner Scott Fairlamb, the first person to be sentenced for assaulting a law enforcement officer during the riot.

“It has to be made clear ... trying to stop the peaceful transition of power and assaulting law enforcement officers is going to be met with certain punishment," the judge said. “There are going to be consequences. 

If zero hedge encourages bad behavior we might run out of low skilled angry workers.

Feeling bored or manic?

 

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On 12/20/2021 at 12:03 AM, ronwagn said:

The truth is that the "riot" was all managed by the FBI. https://docs.google.com/document/d/19qLxuaWqyPKPsE7xyT2ATV6-I9J_BhfvkChb3E-NL4o/edit

And Trump sat at the left hand side of God and was promised the election. Along with an alien for sure this time sighting. 
Is Trump working for the FBI? One wonders if we’ll get those taxes yet. Covid up to 800,000 dead. Trump gets credit for the first 700,000. Who would have thought people flying in from infected countries would spread Covid amoung all that freedom.

Edited December 21, 2021 by Boat

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4 hours ago, Boat said:

And Trump sat at the left hand side of God and was promised the election. Along with an alien for sure this time sighting. 
Is Trump working for the FBI? One wonders if we’ll get those taxes yet. Covid up to 800,000 dead. Trump gets credit for the first 700,000. Who would have thought people flying in from infected countries would spread Covid amoung all that freedom.

Trump fast forwarded the vaccine and saved many old folks. Biden and Fauci deserve no credit and did a lot of damage. Their conflicting reports and mandates have damaged many businesses and put others completely out of business. Cost millions their jobs. More have died of Covid under Biden than Trump. The Omnicron variant is being treated like the more serious versions and doing more continued damage to the economy. Biden's support is down to about 31% The consumer confidence index from the University of Michigan is down to 2009 levels. 

The real medical brains are finally able to make their recommendations heard. Other supplements and treatments are being used. All of these "vaccinations" should be voluntary and mainly used by the elderly or infirm. Many younger people are dying and suffering severe reactions, many dying from heart attacks, cerebral palsy like symptoms etc. etc. 

Fauci and Biden have been and are a disaster. They are also trying to give medical bureaucrats powers they do not have constitutionally. Just like many other things Biden is trying to push to control the lives of all Americans. More people have already died under Biden than under Trump.

 Freedoms are far more important than any President.