Solar Storm Will Strike Earth Tonight, "Weak Power Grid Fluctuations" Possible Authored by Mac Slavo via SHTFplan.com, The NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center forecasts an aurora could light up the sky above areas in the United State including Michigan and Maine.  A solar storm, which occurred Monday, is expected to strike Earth tonight. On Monday, the sun spit …

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Paul Craig Robert Asks "Do Financial Markets Still Exist?" Authored by Paul Craig Roberts, For many decades the Federal Reserve has rigged the bond market by its purchases. And for about a century, central banks have set interest rates (mainly to stabilize their currency’s exchange rate) with collateral effects on securities prices. It appears that …

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Apple Shipped More Watches Than Switzerland In Q4 2017 Despite the fact that the Apple Watch is consistently playing second (or third) fiddle to the iPhone in terms of public attention, the evidence suggesting that Apple has yet another hit product on its hands is piling up. According to estimates by market research firm Canalys, the Apple Watch had its …

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It's Officially Now Illegal To Accuse Poland Of Complicity In Nazi War Crimes Authored by Geneviève Zubrzycki via TheConversation.com, On Jan. 26, the eve of International Holocaust Remembrance Day, the Polish parliament voted in favor of a bill making it illegal to accuse Poland of complicity in Nazi crimes. ‘Anti-Semitism is treatable’ – a banner …

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Intel's New "Smart Glasses" Shoot Laser Beam Directly Into Your Retina For anyone who wanted a pair of Google glasses but didn’t want to look like a lazy Borg cosplay, Intel may have just what you need. Just one catch; you have to be OK with a laser firing photons directly into your retina.  Consummate techie and Executive Editor …

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Pentagon's Nuclear Doctrine – Retrograde and Reckless Via The Strategic Culture Foundation, In its latest Nuclear Posture Review (NPR), the American Pentagon declares at one point in the document that the Cold War is long over. Apart from that fleeting mention, however, one would think from reading the entire review that the Cold War, for …

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Trump Blocks Democratic Counter-Memo Over "National Security Concerns" President Trump declined to release the Democrat rebuttal to a GOP-authored “FISA memo,” following the advice of the Department of Justice and the Director of National Intelligence, the White House announced. President Trump is “inclined to declassify” the Democratic memo, however there are several sections which would create “especially …

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Manhattan, London Housing Markets Are Suddenly Reeling When the latest reading on the Case-Shiller 20-City Composite printed within 1% of its record highs from 2006 a little more than a week ago, we asked a question that’s seemingly on every real-estate investors’ mind: Is this a “top” or a “breakout”? And with the effects of …

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Three Top Russian Officials (Quietly) Visit United States Authored by Alex Gorka via The Strategic Culture Foundation, Nothing like this ever happened even at the best of times. The heads of three Russian intelligence agencies all visited the US simultaneously. This is an extraordinary and unprecedented event, especially at a time when that relationship has …

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Germany Still Holds The Most Winter Olympics Medals The first ever Winter Olympic Games were held in Chamonix in the French Alps in 1924 – 16 nations took part, competing for medals in 9 disciplines. The most recent winter games were held in the Russian resort of Sochi in 2014, where 88 nations competed in …

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