MAY 19 SIT EC y POL
ZERO HEDGE
"If
The Public Knew About Obama's Lies And Cover Ups, Mitt Romney Might Be President"
- Judicial Watch. Submitted by Tyler
Durden on 05/19/2015. “These documents are jaw-dropping. No wonder
we had to file more FOIA lawsuits and wait over two years for them. If
the American people had known the truth – that Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton
and other top administration officials knew that the Benghazi attack was an
al-Qaeda terrorist attack from the get-go – and yet lied and covered this fact
up – Mitt Romney might very well be president."
[ This logic depart from a wrong premise: that there is not
more than black and white choices. The fact is that both democ & repub are
dangerous rats. They are the worst in America and selecting the lesser evil
among them is not only a waste of time, it is a real crime against democracy.]
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What A
Cashless Society Would Look Like. Submitted by Tyler
Durden on 05/19/2015. “A depression is coming? Let’s put interest rates
at zero. The economy is still in trouble? Let’s have the central bank print
trillions in new securities. The banks are not lending? Let’s change the accounting
rules and offer government guarantees and funds. People are still not spending?
Let’s have negative interest rates. The economy is still in the tank? LET’S BAN
CASH TRANSACTIONS!”
A cashless society is promising to have very tangible
costs to our liberties and future prosperity.
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In
Iraq, ISIS Is Winning And The United States Is Losing. Submitted by Tyler
Durden on 05/19/2015. During the Iraq war more than 4,000 U.S. soldiers
died, countless others were severely injured, and the total cost to U.S.
taxpayers was more than 2 trillion dollars. But now whatever the U.S.
military accomplished during that war is being completely undone by ISIS.
On Monday, we learned that ISIS had fully taken control of the
strategically important city of Ramadi. Despite nine months of
airstrikes by the U.S. military, ISIS continues to move forward and take new
territory. So what will the U.S. do if ISIS actually takes control
of the entire country?
[ The fact that the
US is promoting and supporting terrorism worldwide is another way of destroying
the world without going to the nuclear confrontation. To destroy is easy, it is
what US-NATO wanted and it is that they
are doing it. However, the chances for the US big corp to profit from the chaos
of current foreign policy is a fiasco.
It is like launching a boomerang knowing that it will come back on our heads
& kill us. Mercenaries follow the money and the money that is buying them
now, won’t have value in the nearest future. Then the boomerang
will come back. ]
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Welcome
To The Bubble State, Where Everything Is Unsustainable. Submitted by Tyler
Durden on 05/19/2015. Since its inception, California has always
portrayed itself as the land of opportunity. Kind of like a dream within
the American dream. Of course, if you ask anyone who actually lives here,
they’ll tell you the truth. The only people getting rich from the dream are
the ones who made it up. They prey on the gullible masses who think they
can move here and become movies stars, and tech CEO’s. But more importantly,
this dream is the lifeblood of our vampiric state, and always has been. Like
the myths surrounding the Great Wall of China, our foundations are layered with
those who fell while chasing the dream. We owe our very existence to this
ever evolving scam.
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Plains
All American Pipeline Ruptures; 21,000 Barrel 4-Mile Oil Slick On Santa Barbara
Beaches. Submitted by Tyler
Durden on 05/19/2015. Emergency officials and Exxon Mobil were responding
Tuesday afternoon to a ruptured pipeline that was leaking crude oil into the
ocean off the Santa Barbara County coast, authorities said. The Santa
Barbara County office of emergency management has identified the responsible
party as Plains All American Pipeline. As
The LA Times reports, by 3:45 p.m., the leak had left a four-mile-long
sheen of oil extending about 50 yards into the waters along Refugio State Beach
in Goleta, said U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer Andrea Anderson.
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"Kept
Afloat With Nothing But Happy Thoughts". Submitted by Tyler
Durden on 05/19/2015. The Fed stimulates absolutely nothing but the
media’s descriptions of it and the various economists and their models that
depend solely on them being successful in doing so. If recessions are
emotional and irrational pessimism as the monetary textbooks believe, then QE
and ZIRP are just right sort of “happy pills” to push emotions back to the
“right” direction. Is it any wonder the economy is in danger of
sinking toward catastrophic failure?
[ While the rich are seriously planning scape from this
Titanic, the poor has no other option than breaking barriers, go to the
top and get the boats. That is likely to
happens ]
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Someone
Finally Read Obama's Secret Trade Deal And Admits The TPP "Will Damage
This Nation". Submitted by Tyler
Durden on 05/19/2015. "The public criticisms of the TPP have been
vague. That’s by design—anyone who has read the text of the agreement could
be jailed for disclosing its contents. I’ve actually read the TPP text
provided to the government’s own advisors, and I’ve given the president an
earful about how this trade deal will damage this nation. But I can’t share
my criticisms with you. I can tell you that Elizabeth Warren is right about her
criticism of the trade deal. We should be very concerned about what's
hidden in this trade deal—and particularly how the Obama administration is
keeping information secret even from those of us who are supposed to provide
advice."
[Peru, Chile &
Colombia are part of the TPP, but they have the most diversified Central Bank
System and their deposits in dollars are
not anymore over 50% of bank reserves. They are ready to change whenever the
time allowed. Meanwhile they keep good
relations with China trade web, while some of them are breaking openly with US
allies like Arg vs. Israel]
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"Obama's
Strategy Against ISIS Is In Ruins". Submitted by Tyler
Durden on 05/19/2015. Over the weekend, a major shift in the balance of
power in Iraq took place when Islamic State forces seized the key Iraqi state
of Ramadi. It took barely one day for the neoconservative cries for an
aggressive and powerful response when overnight Kimberly Kagan's hawkish think
tank, the Institute for the Study of War, came out with its assessment which
was at least partially right that "Obama's strategy against the
Islamic State in ruins not only in Iraq but also throughout the Muslim
world."
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How
GDP Metrics Distort Our View of the Economy. Submitted by Tyler
Durden on 05/19/2015. GDP purports to measure economic activity
while largely divorcing itself from the quality, profitability, depth, breadth,
improvement, advancement, and rationalization of goods and services provided.
Stated alternatively, GDP fails to accurately assess the value of goods and
services provided or estimate a society’s standard of living. It is a ruler
with irregular hash marks and a clock with erratic ticks. Simply put, GDP is
designed to advance the Keynesian agenda... no matter what.
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Make
College Free By Taxing Stock Trades, Dem Presidential Candidate Says. Submitted
by Tyler Durden on 05/19/2015. "Democratic
presidential candidate BERNIE SANDERS wants
to take from the rich in order to make public college tuition-free for everyone
else. On Tuesday, the Vermont senator will hold a press conference in the
nation's capital at which he will introduce a plan to use a so-called Robin
Hood tax on stock transactions to fund tuition at four-year public colleges and
universities," Bloomberg reports.
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The Untied
State Of America. Submitted by Tyler
Durden on 05/19/2015 .
"Yes, The Fed is feeding inequality; but it has to
keep rates low for the good of the economy" - Robert Reich
And charts... speak loud
Source: Bloomberg
and @Stalingrad_Poor
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Are
Stocks & Bonds Due For A "Generational" 75% Crash?. Submitted
by Tyler Durden on 05/19/2015. From the point of
view of history, a reversion to generational lows is inevitable, and a
valuation level around 50% of GDP for stocks is a fair target. This implies
a 75% decline in both stocks and bonds within the next decade, if not sooner.
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Apply
Now: Saudi Arabia Is Hiring 8 Executioners. Submitted by Tyler
Durden on 05/19/2015. If you happen to be particularly adept at wielding a
sword and believe strongly that stiff penalties for crime play an important
role in deterring future misdeeds, you might consider joining Saudi Arabia’s
Ministry Of Civil Service as a “Perpetrator Of Retribution.”
[ Si el cese por demencia en las depuraciones anunciadas para
el Senado lo saca a McCain de la posta, este sujeto debe estar muy contento de
que los Saudis le hayan creado un trabajo bien remunerado en esos lares: el
puesto de verdugo le cae como anillo al dedo ]
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How
To Spot Groupthink Among Economists. Submitted by Tyler
Durden on 05/19/2015.
- A tendency to examine too few alternatives; A lack of critical assessment of each other’s ideas;
- A high degree of selectivity in information gathering; A lack of contingency plans;
- Poor decisions are often rationalised; The group has an illusion of invulnerability and shared morality;
- True feelings and beliefs are suppressed; An illusion of unanimity is maintained;
- Mind guards (essentially information sentinels) may be appointed to protect the group from negative information.
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Why
You Should Vote For Nobody. Submitted by Tyler
Durden on 05/19/2015
[[BETTER IF: VOTE FOR NO-ONE OF
THE 2 DIRTY COUPLE RATS: DEMOC or REP]]
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Each
Day Without Debt Deal Costs Greek Economy €22 Million And 613 Full-Time Jobs.
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 05/19/2015. It’s no secret that
the protracted negotiations between Athens and its creditors are taking a toll
on the Greek economy in general, on the Greek banking sector more specifically,
and on Greek citizens most tragically. Now, thanks to a new report from the
Hellenic Confederation of Commerce and Enterprises, we can quantify the daily
economic toll of failed negotiations.
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Over
200,000 Greeks Apply For Humanitarian Crisis Relief. Submitted by Tyler
Durden on 05/19/2015. UPDATE: Greek Default Would Mean Poverty Trap,
Dijsselbloem Tells VN
The Humanitarian Crisis Relief program was one of the top
priorities of the SYRIZA-Independent Greeks coalition government and it was
pushed forwards despite the Troika-Institutions objections. After the EU
leaders Summit end of March, EU Commission President Jean Claude Juncker had
announced to release 2 billion euro to tackle the Greek humanitarian crisis.
While it is not clear if Juncker sent the money or not, As
KeepTalkingGreece reports, 212,897 Greeks have so far submitted requests
to be part of the Humanitarian Crisis Relief Program. 1st world or 3rd
world?
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Commodity
Carnage. Submitted by Tyler
Durden on 05/19/2015. The surge in the USDollar and "good"
housing data has created carnage in commodities. Silver, crude, copper, and
gold are all getting hammered this morning as the S&P is unchanged as
moar Q€ was trumped by hawkish "good" data...
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US
Taxpayer On The Hook As Ukraine Prepares Moratorium On Debt Repayments,
Increases Military Spending. Submitted by Tyler
Durden on 05/19/2015. It appears, thanks to the generous backing of US
taxpayers, Ukraine is about to get its cake and eat it too. On the same day
as Ukraine's government unleashes a bill enabling a moratorium on foreign
debt repayments - implicitly meaning default "in case of an attack
from dishonest lenders" - the defense ministry unveils a plan to increase
military spending by 17 billion hryvnia this year statuing that will “make
efforts to find possibilities to finance needs” to secure country’s defense.
Ukraine bonds are tumbling.
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Submitted by Tyler
Durden on 05/19/2015 - 07:49
- China’s Record Capital Outflows Spark Financial Stability Fears (FT)
- U.K. Inflation Falls Below Zero for First Time Since 1960 (BBG)
- Islamic State Solidifies Foothold in Libya to Expand Reach (WSJ)
- Judge sentences 11 Afghan police over lynching of woman in Kabul (Reuters)
- The $18 Trillion Global Economic Boost If Everything Went Right (BBG)
- Eurozone Prices Confirmed Flat Year-on-Year in April, Core Inflation Inches Higher (Reuters)
- Greek Finances to Stagger On Longer Than You Think (BBG)
- Athens sees EU deal soon, Greeks' approval of government stance dwindles (Reuters)
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Why
Did The IMF Leak The Greek Default Details?. Submitted by Tyler
Durden on 05/19/2015. Whenever secret or confidential information or
documents are leaked to the press, the first question should always be who
leaked it and why. That’s often more important than the contents of what
has been leaked. And since there’s been a lot of hullabaloo about a leaked
document the past two days, here’s a closer look.
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FUTURE FAST FORWARD
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INFORMATION CLEARING
HOUSE
Is Israel In Cahoots With Saudi Arabia?
By Ben Caspit
Israel is in the midst of a somewhat secret diplomatic world war against the United States. And in this war, Israel is acting as if it is a world power.
By Ben Caspit
Israel is in the midst of a somewhat secret diplomatic world war against the United States. And in this war, Israel is acting as if it is a world power.
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No, You Can't Go Back to the USSR!
By Dmitry Orlov
The USSR is gone as a political entity, but as a civilizational entity it appears to be holding its own
By Dmitry Orlov
The USSR is gone as a political entity, but as a civilizational entity it appears to be holding its own
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Militarization Is More Than Tanks and Rifles:
It’s a Cultural Disease, Acclimating the
Citizenry to Life in a Police State
By John W. Whitehead
This is the sad reality of life in the American police state.
By John W. Whitehead
This is the sad reality of life in the American police state.
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GLOBAL RESEARCH
Plans
for Redrawing the Middle East: The Project for a “New Middle East” By Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya,
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Saudi
Arabia, Upcoming Nuclear Weapons State? With the Blessing of the “International
Community”? RT
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Monsanto
Sued for Deliberate Falsification to Conceal that Glyphosate (Roundup) is
Harmful to Humans and Animals By
Christina Sarich,
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Benghazi
Scandal: Obama Administration Knew Weapons Were Being Sent to Al-Qaeda in
Syria, New Documents Show By Judicial Watch,
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LATINO NEWS
Se avecina un “cementerio flotante” en el
sudeste de Asia. Mónica G. Prieto
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Egipto se pone el traje de verdugo. Marc Almodóvar
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Convocan en Perú a paro general contra proyecto
minero. Organizaciones sociales convocaron a un paro
general de 48 horas contra el proyecto minero TÃa MarÃa y rechazaron la pausa
propuesta por el gobierno
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“Nuestra América”, la “Segunda Declaración de
La Habana” y la “Declaración del ALBA” (1/2) . Salim
Lamrani
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PRESSTV
Obama
renews ban on Iran oil trade Wed May 20, 2015 President Barack Obama
has renewed unilateral US restrictions on purchases of oil and oil products
from Iran.
[ El chantaje USA se veÃa
venir. Lo que no entiendo es por que Iran no se retira del NPT y sus bufones que pretenden allanar el camino
al ataque Israeli]
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Obama
has ‘blank check’ to wage wars. Wed May 20, 2015 The US Congress has
given President Obama a “blank check” to wage wars in the Middle East and other
parts of the world.
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Attack
on embassy act of terror: Russia . Wed May 20, 2015 Moscow has censured
a mortar attack against the Russian embassy in Syria, describing it as a
“terrorist act”.
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