MAR 23 SIT EC y POL
ZERO HEDGE
US
To China: 'Infrastructure Bank' This! - Test-Fires ICBM As A "Visual To
The World". Submitted
by Tyler Durden
on 03/23/2015. With
allies migrating en masse to China's new infrastructure bank (and even the US
having to admit it will 'cooperate'), it appears America has fallen back on
what has worked for it in the past to ensure the world's largest creditor
remains the world's reserve currency ad inifinitum - rattle its nuclear missile
sabre... As the following clip shows, The US Air Force just test-fired a
Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile from California, providing a
"visual to the world."
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US
"Loses" $500 Million In Weapons Given To Yemen, Now In Al-Qaeda Hands.
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 03/23/2015. Just when we thought
it was logistically impossible for US foreign policy to be any more incompetent
and cluless, we read this...
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Regime
Change: America's Failing Weapon Of International Deception. Submitted
by Tyler Durden on 03/23/2015. After almost two
centuries of political and economic meddling in Latin America under the Monroe
Doctrine (1823) banner, much of it involving regime change, the US is finally
coming to terms with the reality that its influence has not just waned but
disappeared. To Washington’s despair, similar results, if for other reasons,
are happening throughout North Africa and the extended Middle East; certainly
not the results the US had hoped for or anticipated from the revolutionary wave
in the Arab Spring, now entering its fifth year. The era of using regime
change as a weapon of mass deception may have already ended for the United
States of America… and hopefully for the entire world.
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The
Real Reason The American Dream In Unraveling. Submitted by Tyler
Durden on 03/23/2015. “I am for doing good to the poor, but…I think
the best way of doing good to the poor, is not making them easy in poverty, but
leading or driving them out of it. I observed…that the more public
provisions were made for the poor, the less they provided for themselves, and
of course became poorer. And, on the contrary, the less was done for them,
the more they did for themselves, and became richer.” - Benjamin
Franklin
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Paul
Krugman Is Wrong About The UK And Borrowing. Submitted by Tyler
Durden on 03/23/2015. Krugman wants his US readers to believe that all
proper economists now agree that cutting deficits was a bad mistake, and it’s
only self-interested finance types and ideologically-motivated politicians and
think-tankers that take a different view. But that’s nonsense. Just think
about it: “Everyone agrees that austerity was a mistake”… apart from every
government in Europe except the Greeks, and the economists and many of the
civil servants that advise them. Krugman and his fan-club do not constitute all
serious opinion, much as they might like to regard themselves that way. It’s
all very nice sitting in a US university office preaching to the Europeans (or,
indeed, preaching in the New York Times)
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Fighting
The "War on Terror" By Banning Cash. by Joseph
Salerno via Mises Institute, Submitted
by Tyler Durden on 03/23/2015. It was just a
matter of time before Western governments used the trumped up "War
on Terror" as an excuse to drastically ratchet up the very real war on
the use of cash and personal privacy that they are waging against their own
citizens. French Finance Minister
Michel Sapin brazenly stated that it was necessary to "fight against
the use of cash and anonymity in the French economy."
He then announced extreme and despotic measures to further
restrict the use of cash by French residents and to spy on and pry into their
financial affairs.
These measures, which will be implemented in September
2015, include:
Prohibiting French
residents from making cash payments of more than 1,000 euros, down from the
current limit of 3,000 euros.
Given the parlous state of the
stagnating French economy the limit for foreign tourists on currency
payments will remain higher, at 10,000 euros down from the current limit of
15,000 euros.
The threshold below which a French
resident is free to convert euros into other currencies without having
to show an identity card will be slashed from the current level of 8,000 euros
to 1,000 euros.
In addition any cash deposit or
withdrawal of more than 10,000 euros during a single month will be reported to
the French anti-fraud and money laundering agency Tracfin.
French authorities will also
have to be notified of any freight transfers within the EU exceeding 10,000
euros, including checks, pre-paid cards, or gold.
Just remember... it's for your own protection. http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-03-23/fighting-war-terror-banning-cash
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"Revolution,
War, Taxes" - The Complete Paul Tudor Jones Speech. Submitted by Tyler
Durden on 03/23/2015. Paul
Tudor Jones ruffled more than a few feathers last week when he warned first
that "we're in the middle of a disastrous market mania,"
and second he explained that "this gap between the 1 percent and the rest
of America, and between the US and the rest of the world, cannot and will
not persist," concluding that "historically,
these kinds of gaps get closed in one of three ways: by revolution, higher
taxes or wars. None are on my
bucket list." His thesis is simple and profound as the following full
speech shows...
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The
Difference Between Obama & GOP Budgets (Summarized In 1 Cartoon). Submitted
by Tyler Durden on 03/23/2015. [One man's fantasy is another man's fact-asy... Mejor: “la patada de mula es más letal que la del
caballo”.]
One man's fantasy is
another man's facts... said Townhall
[Hay que reformar el gráfico: una
sola mula partida en dos. No caballo, es un animal inteligente. La parte de la cabeza (Demos), lleva un nuke missile
en vez de unicorn (una pata en esta parte de la mula esta coja, doblada). La
otra parte, el trasero (GOPs), con dos
patas pateando la 1ra parte de la mula. Una pata lleva un war-ship , y la otra, un
tanque. La diferencia: una parte piensa con la cabeza de nuke y la otra con el trasero
armado. Arriba de ambas partes, la cabeza del tio Sam diciendo “I need you
both” o la de un plutócrata –quiza la imagen de una empresa que fabrica WMD, o
un banquero- diciendo lo mismo. Ver el original: http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-03-23/difference-between-obama-gop-budgets-summarized-1-cartoon ]
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First
Oil, Now Shale Gas Set To Crash Amid "Orgy Of Over-Production".
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 03/23/2015. Bank of America
fears sub-$2
gas prices now that winter heating worries are over. Low natural gas prices
affect the economics for gas-rich oil production in the Eagle Ford Shale and
Permian basin plays as well as for the shale gas plays. Meanwhile, an orgy
of over-production is taking place in the Marcellus Shale... Investors
should carefully examine why shale gas players have not reduced rig counts
more. Continued drilling in the Marcellus will crush natural gas
prices further.
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Rats
And Sinking Ships: Chairman Of Greek Bank Rescue Fund Resigns. Submitted
by Tyler Durden on 03/23/2015 With "The objective of the Hellenic
Financial Stability Fund is to contribute to the maintenance of the stability
of the Greek banking system, for the sake of public interest," it
appears the Fund's Chairman has decided to add some instability and leave the
sinking ship:
- *GREEK BANK RECAPITALIZATION FUND CHAIRMAN RESIGNS: STATEMENT
Ironic (or coincidental) timing as Draghi proclaims he is
not blackmailing Greece and Merkel says "Nein" to more liquidity.
[Then I was right when I said “there is moments in history in which to much hidden fat-rats in a house
and humans cannot live together ..
either the rats are kicked out or house is burned .. after humans escape .. both could happens in a sequence.. “ See my comment to Prospect
of Greek default raises tensions as Merkel and Tsipras meet in Berlin In:
http://nd-hugoadan.blogspot.com/2015/03/mar-23-sit-ec-y-pol.html
. The news today is the confirmation that rats and humans cannot
live together in the same house .. humans escape before the house is burned with rats inside]
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Merkel/Tsipras
"Get Rid Of Stereotypes" Press Conference - Live Feed. Submitted
by Tyler Durden on 03/23/2015. The future of Europe
being decided?
*'WE WANT GREECE TO BE ECONOMICALLY STRONG,' MERKEL SAYS
SHE IS SEEKING TRUSTFUL COOPERATION WITH TSIPRAS
*TSIPRAS: GREEK BAILOUT INCREASED SOCIAL INEQUALITY
*TSIPRAS: GREEK ECONOMY NEEDS BAILOUT DISBURSEMENT (please?)
*MERKEL SAYS SHE CAN'T 'OFFER ANY LIQUIDITY' ON HER OWN (nein!)
*TSIPRAS: GREEK BAILOUT INCREASED SOCIAL INEQUALITY
*TSIPRAS: GREEK ECONOMY NEEDS BAILOUT DISBURSEMENT (please?)
*MERKEL SAYS SHE CAN'T 'OFFER ANY LIQUIDITY' ON HER OWN (nein!)
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Don't
Show Stanley Fischer This Chart. Submitted by Tyler
Durden on 03/23/2015. Careful to follow the status quo's meme, Fed
vice-Chair Stanley Fischer just uttered the following...
FISCHER SAYS DOLLAR'S RISE ALSO REFLECTS RELATIVE U.S.
STRENGTH
Which is odd because a) Jim Bullard said this morning
that it was ECB QE that was responsible for the strong dollar; and b) US growth
expectations have collapsed as the USD soared. Don't show him this
chart...
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The
Fed - Hawk, Dove, Or Chicken?. Submitted by Tyler
Durden on 03/23/2015. We often hear various Fed officials described as
hawks or doves but Janet Yellen’s Fed brings to mind another avian metaphor. They
are afraid to raise rates for fear that doing so would upset the asset market
inflation process and derail what is left of their theory. In her press
conference last week Yellen said that stock market valuations were on the high
side of historical norms, an appellation that only works if one includes the
stock bubble of the late 90s. It seems that she and the other members of
the FOMC have decided that another epic stock market bubble is better than
admitting they were wrong. This FOMC doesn’t have any hawks or doves, only
chickens.
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Deutsche's
Three "What If" Scenarios: What Happens After The Grexit Submitted by Tyler
Durden on 03/23/2015 - 10:26
HOPE vs. REALITY
THE HOPE
More REAL effects of Grexit in Europe and the world by Hugo Adan
Effects Scenario 1
Scenario 2 Effects
in Germany
Europe Spain quit EU .. Fran-Port –Ital out Merkel love x EU exhausted
World Join
China plan US-WB-IMF crisis Join China & become strong
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Who
Left the Crash Window Open?. by
Charles Hugh-Smith of OfTwoMinds blog, Submitted by Tyler
Durden on 03/23/2015. Can stocks keep hitting new highs even as sales and profits fall? . Can stocks
keep hitting new highs even as sales and profits fall? History suggests
we've reached Peak Central Banking--the faith that central bank easing can push
markets higher forever, regardless of fundamentals, has reached near-euphoric
levels. Few fear a decline or an increase in volatility. So it's all smooth sailing
even as the global economy slides into recession? That is a disconnect from
reality that beggars belief.Perhaps the VIX will soon awaken from its
slumbers, reflecting a "surprise" plummet in stocks. http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-03-23/who-left-crash-window-open
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Illiquid
Corporate Bond Market Will End In "Very Unpleasant Fashion". Submitted
by Tyler Durden on 03/23/2015. The hunt for yield
is driving investors into riskier debt at just the wrong time. With
liquidity in the corporate bond market drying up thanks to new regulations, the
rush to the exit is likely to be "very unpleasant," one analyst
says.
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Another
"Worst Since Lehman" Moment: 70% Of The "Developed" World
Has Inflation Less Than 0.5%. Submitted by Tyler
Durden on 03/23/2015. "Proactive central banks figure this out early
and fight the inevitable slowdown by implementing QE and weaker currencies. They
grab the other guy’s pizza slice. Their asset markets soar. As Figure
5 shows, 70% of the world’s developed markets have inflation below 0.5% –
almost as high as the depths of the 2008 financial crisis. - Bank of
America.
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Saudi
Production Comments Send WTI Sliding To $45 Handle. Submitted by Tyler
Durden on 03/23/2015. The 'supply' weakness in crude has been tempered
somewhat by a tumbling USD (EUR surging) for now (and also by news from
Sinopec of major capex cuts).
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Submitted by Tyler
Durden on 03/23/2015 - 07:32
- Saudis keep on pumping, oil prices keep on slumping (Reuters)
- Tenet Healthcare Nearing Deal to Buy United Surgical Partners (WSJ)
- Dizzying Pre-IPO Tech Values Spurred by Rush of Hedge-Fund Money (BBG)
- Russia threatens to aim nuclear missiles at Denmark ships if it joins NATO shield (Reuters)
- Torrent of Cash Exits Eurozone (WSJ)
- Draghi Cheerleads for Euro-Area Economy as Greek Risk Looms (BBG)
- Fortescue Mines for More Financing Options (WSJ)
- Topix Charts Evoke Calm Before ’13 Rout as Momentum Gains (BBG)
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Buying
Euphoria Fizzles Ahead Of Make Or Break Tsipras-Merkel Talks. Submitted
by Tyler Durden on 03/23/2015. as we go into
today's critical "final
ultimatum" meeting between Merkel and Tsipras, is the why the Dax was
lower by 1.1% at last check, even if the EURUSD continues to trade like an
illiquid, B-grade currency pair whose only HFT purpose is to slam all stops
within 100 pips of whatever the current price may be.
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EURONEWS.com
Prospect
of Greek default raises tensions as Merkel and Tsipras meet in Berlin . Dimitris Sotiropoulos, Associate
Professor of Political Science at the University of Athens sees it as a clash
between eurozone and Greek national interests: “We have a clash between a
democratic mandate to change economic and social policy on one hand, and the requirements
of running smoothly an economy within a wider, economic integration project
which is European unification.” [ there is moments in history in which to much hidden fat-rats in
a house and humans cannot live together .. either the rats are kicked out or house is
burned .. after humans escape .. both could happens in a sequence.. ]
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Sarkozy’s
UMP party knocks National Front into second place in French local elections. Former President Nicolas Sarkozy’s
conservative UMP party and their allies have won the first round of French
local elections, denying Marine Le. [el burlado por la
CIA regresa a la lucha]
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Anti-austerity
sentiment takes root in Andalusia . The Socialists (PSOE) have emerged as winners in the Spanish region of
Andalusia in a… [ el desmontaje de la UE se aproxima raudo ]
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REBELION
Venezuela: Cómo reaccionar ante la amenaza de Obama?. Atilio Borón. http://www.rebelion.org/noticia.php?id=196796
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Entrevista a Leonardo Boff por Mauricio
Mamanni http://www.rebelion.org/noticia.php?id=196830
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USA reacciona ante vuelco británico
hacia el banco de inversiones chino. Juan Luis Berterretche “Ah,...nada como la
amistad de los ingleses. Esa sí que dura... nanosegundos. Nada como la
confianza que inspiran los banqueros londinenses... siempre listos para cambiar
de bando.” A.L.R. http://www.rebelion.org/noticia.php?id=196808
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PRESSTV
Okinawa
blocks US base project. Tue Mar 24, 2015 The governor of Japan’s Okinawa
Island orders a halt to erecting a new US military base on the island.
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Iraq
warplanes target ISIL positions . Tue Mar 24, 2015 Iraq’s Ministry
of Defense releases a footage of the army’s airstrikes against ISIL positions
in Tikrit.
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Cracks
in Washington’s Evil Empire. Tue Mar 24, 2015 Britain, Germany, France,
and Italy are reported to have defied Washington’s orders and applied to join
the Chinese-led Asian Investment Bank.
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Graham
warns Obama of violent backlash. Mon Mar 23, 2015 Republican Senator
Lindsey Graham has warned Obama of a violent backlash from Congress if a
nuclear deal with Iran goes to the UN for approval first.
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WH:
Israel’s ‘50-yr occupation’ must end. Mon Mar 23, 2015 US President
Barack Obama’s top aide has called for the end of Israel’s “50-year occupation”
of the West Bank and East al-Quds.
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Debate:
Militants target civilians in Syria. Mon Mar 23, This edition of the
Debate focuses on an HRW report that says Syria's militants target civilians in
government-held areas.
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‘NATO
seeking to legitimize its existence’. Mon Mar 23, 2015 An analyst says
NATO’s recent actions are aimed at legitimizing its existence.
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US
Constitution benefits corporations. Mon Mar 23, 2015 US corporations
have begun to replace powerless individuals as direct beneficiaries of the
First Amendment, a new study suggests.
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Greece
calls on EU for more aid. Mon Mar 23, 2015 Greece PM warns EU leaders
it will need their help to settle its debts.
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‘66
Syrian civilians dead in US-led raids’. Mon Mar 23, 2015 Over 60
civilians are reportedly killed in US-led strikes in Syria.
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‘Ukrainians
reject Poroshenko policies’. Mon Mar 23, 2015 A recent poll shows that
two-thirds of Ukrainians disapprove of the way their country is run by
President Poroshenko.
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‘US government is corrupt oligarchy’ . Mon Mar 23, 2015 The US government is an undemocratic “oligarchy” where members of Congress are awash in corruption, a political analyst says.
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UK
OK’s arms sales to states of HR worries, Mon Mar 23, 2015 The UK has reportedly approved billions of dollars in
arms sales licenses to countries of human rights concern.
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Israel
snubs UN session on Gaza war. Mon
Mar 23, 2015 Israel shuns the UN Human Rights Council’s special session on the 2014
Gaza war.
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‘US
carrier in UK before ISIL strike’ . Mon Mar 23, 2015 A US aircraft
carrier anchors off the British shore before deployment in the Middle East,
says report.
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Okinawa
orders halt to US base work. Mon Mar 23, 2015 The governor of Japan’s
Okinawa Prefecture orders a halt on the construction of a controversial US
military airbase there.
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‘US
never brings to justice war criminals’. Mon Mar 23, 2015 An American
army infantryman says the US would never bring to justice real war criminals.
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Palestinians
slam Israel water policy. Mon Mar 23, 2015 Palestinian authorities
censure Israel's unjust distribution of water resources.
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‘Riyadh
promoting sectarian war in Yemen’. Mon Mar 23, 2015 A political analyst
says Saudi Arabia is promoting sectarian wars between Shia and Sunni groups
throughout the Arab world, including in Yemen.
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NATO
urges all-out aid, arms for Kiev. Mon Mar 23, 2015 NATO’s top military
commander urges the West to employ all tools to help Kiev in response to
Moscow’s support for pro-Russia forces in eastern Ukraine.
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‘Syrian
opposition groups lack mass support’ Mon Mar 23, 2015 A political
analyst says since the Syrian opposition rely on foreign assistance to be able
to continue their fight against the Syrian government.
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‘US'
WMDs biggest threat to world’ . Mon Mar 23, 2015 A political analyst
says the WMDs produced by the US and its allies are the main threats to global
security.
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