Category: Economy

Time Is Running Out For Pax Americana Submitted by Rostislav Ischenko via The Oriental Review, The paradox of the current global crisis is that for the last five years, all relatively responsible and independent nations have made tremendous efforts to save the United States from the financial, economic, military, and political disaster that looms ahead. …

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Why The Neocons Hate The Donald Submitted by Justin Raimondo via Anti-War.com, Most Americans don’t think much about politics, let alone foreign policy issues, as they go about their daily lives. It’s not that they don’t care: it’s just that the daily grind doesn’t permit most people outside of Washington, D.C. the luxury of contemplating …

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Did Russia Just "Gently" Threaten The USA? Authored by The Saker, Interesting stuff today.  A major Russian TV channel just aired a report about Putin meeting with his top military commanders.  I don’t have the time to translate what Putin said word for word, but basically he said that the USA had refused every single …

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Why Preppers have it all wrong Prepping has not only gone mainstream, it’s infected even the billionaire culture as referenced recently on a ZH article: When it comes to “prepping”, many among the elite take things to an entirely different level.  As you will see below, the elite are willing to pay big money for …

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What’s Different about Monetary Policy? by Keith Weiner   Many people agree that it’s important to move to a free market in money (i.e. the gold standard). They also say that it’s just as important to fight bad taxes and regulation. In their view, government interference in the economy is like friction in a car. …

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Chinese Stocks Longest Win Streak Since Bubble Peak After CPI, Commodities Tumble; Philippines Exports Crash A busy night in Asia began with a total collapse in Philippines Exports (-24.7% YoY – the biggest miss since Lehman). This was quickly followed by a 0.3% drop (deflation) in CPI MoM (thanks to a drop in pork -1.9%, …

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A 14 Handle on Silver. Again. 14 Nov, 2015 What’s the difference between the Supply and Demand Report 1 November and the Supply and Demand Report 8 November? Just a minor punctuation change. Last week, we asked (rhetorically) if silver would have a 14 handle again. This week, the market answered. Why yes, yes we …

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"A Thin-Skinned Minority Is Ruining This Nation": Professor Crushes "Political Correctness" Wave Sweeping America In a time where college students are offended by pretty much everything, The Federalist Papers reports that one professor at UNC-Wilmington decided to cut through the rhetoric and let his students know that they aren’t the special snowflakes liberals and their …

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Is Washington Preparing For World War III? Submitted by Patrick Martin via WSWS.org, The US military-intelligence complex is engaged in systematic preparations for World War III. As far as the Pentagon is concerned, a military conflict with China and/or Russia is inevitable, and this prospect has become the driving force of its tactical and strategic …

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China's Re-Bubble – Stocks Soar 10% In 3 Days, 2nd Best Run Since 2014 Because nothing says ‘stability’ like a 10% surge in the ‘price’ of stocks in 3 days. Having trodden water between in a narrow range for a month, the last 3 days (ahead of US payrolls and China’s weekend) are the biggest …

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