MAY 30 SIT EC y POL
ZERO HEDGE
This
Is How Little It Cost Goldman To Bribe America's Senators To Fast Track Obama's
TPP Bill. Submitted by Tyler
Durden on 05/30/2015
It took a paltry $1.15 million in bribes to get
everyone in the Senate on the same page. And the biggest shocker: with a total
of $195,550 in "donations", or more than double the second largest
donor UPS, was none other than Goldman Sachs.
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When
The "Sharing" Economy Goes Too Far: Syphillis Cases Soar 79% In A
Year. Submitted by Tyler Durden on 05/30/2015
"What's mine is yours, for a fee,"
is the mantra of the new normal "sharing economy," as various
segments of our heretofore under-utilized assets are variously 'rented' out for
the enjoyment of others. However, as a report by the Rhode Island
Department of Health suggests, perhaps we are sharing just a little too
much. Sexually transmitted diseases are on the rise in the US, with health
officials pointing the finger at casual sex arranged through social media as "the
perfect storm." With gonorrhea up 30%, HIV infections up by 33%,
and syphilis soaring a shocking 79% in the last year alone, perhaps they
have a point.
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Mapping
An ISIS Advance: Syria On The Brink. Submitted by Tyler
Durden on 05/30/2015.
Recently, calls for US ‘boots on the ground’ in Syria have
gotten louder after ISIS captured
a UNESCO World Heritage site in Syria, overran Ramadi in Iraq, and took credit
for a suicide
bombing in a Saudi mosque.
The US is now reportedly looking at its options including
sending so-called “spotters” to Iraq who will help to make US airstrikes more
effective and meanwhile, uber hawks like Senator John McCain (who has himself
had a bit of trouble shaking rumors that he was once photographed with the same
ISIS forces he now wants to annihilate) saying that as many as 10,000 US troops
are necessary to turn the tide. From Bloomberg:
Arizona Republican Senator John
McCain, chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, speaks during panel
discussion at regional security summit in Singapore.
Islamic State is winning
in Iraq, Syria: McCain
Air strikes without
foreign troops on the ground providing real time targeting information aren’t
effective: McCain.
McCain says he blames President
Barack Obama’s decision to withdraw troops from Iraq for emergence of Islamic
State
Here’s a bit of color from Stratfor on the current situation
on the ground:
Last week, the Islamic State
seized the ancient city of Palmyra from Syrian President Bashar al Assad's
forces. The city's capture adds to the many defeats Damascus has suffered over
the past six months, compounding its problems as it faces threats on multiple
fronts.
The Islamic State now threatens the Syrian government's core territory,
which stretches from Damascus to Aleppo. It is likely that the government will
try to take the fight to Islamic State forces stationed in Palmyra, if not to
recapture the city then to pin the group down in a single location and keep it
from spreading to other strongholds. Either way, any action al Assad takes
in response to the Islamic State's success in Homs will expose Damascus on
other fronts.
Here are the visuals...
Indeed it appears as though President Bashar al-Assad is
well on his way to losing control. We'll close with what we
said last week:
As you can see, there are now
plenty of excuses to put boots on the ground first in Iraq, and then in Syria.
Put simply: if there was ever an opportune time to play the ISIS card on the
way to ousting Assad and securing a route for Qatari natural gas to flow to
Europe thus breaking Gazprom (and Putin’s) stranglehold, this is surely
it.
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Russia
Wards Off "Provocative And Aggresive" US Warship In Black Sea.
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 05/30/2015
While
we are used to hearing of the 100s of "close encounters" between NATO
and Russian planes,but,
as reported by state news agency RIA - citing an anonymous source in Russia's
armed forces, Russian military aircraft were scrambled to head off a
U.S. warship that was acting "aggressively" in the Black Sea.
This appears to be the first reported ship-to-plane 'encounter' and, just as US
and China tensions are escalating in the South China Sea, it appears US and
Russian military 'discussions' are shifting from words and proxy-fighting.
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For
Greece, This Is What Hell Looks Like. Submitted by Tyler
Durden on 05/30/2015
So let's say that somehow Greece kicks every can left until
the end of 2015. Surely Greece will be out of the woods then, right. Wrong.
Because for Europe's most devastated country, it is only then that the debt
nightmare officially begins.
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"Ferguson
Effect" Triggers Nationwide "Crime Wave". Submitted by Tyler
Durden on 05/30/2015
The racially charged protests and demonstrations that have
swept the country as a result of perceived police misconduct involving African
American “suspects” has created what St. Louis police chief Sam Dotson calls “The
Ferguson Effect”, whereby law enforcement are now more reluctant to use
force to counter illegal activity for fear of prosecution or, more poignantly,
for fear of finding themselves cast as the villain that catalyzes widespread
civil unrest.
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Euro-sclerosis.
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 05/30/2015
There appears to be little or nothing in the monetarists'
handbook to enable them to assess the risk of a loss of confidence in the
purchasing power of a paper currency. Furthermore, since today's
macroeconomists have chosen to deny Say's Law, otherwise known as the laws of
the markets, they have little hope of grasping the more subtle aspects of
the role of money in price formation. It would appear that this potentially
important issue is being ignored at a time when the Eurozone faces growing
systemic risks that could ultimately challenge the euro's validity as money.
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Seymour
Hersh And The Dangers Of Corporate Muckraking. Submitted by Tyler
Durden on 05/30/2015. In its original meaning, “muckraking journalism” was
all about exposing the awful power that corporations, trusts, and monopolies
exercised over people and the broader public interest. So why doesn’t Seymour
Hersh, considered the premiere “muckraker” of the past few decades, turn
his fearless muckraking guns on private corporate power?
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Something
Smells Fishy. by Jim Quinn of
The
Burning Platform. Submitted by Tyler
Durden on 05/30/2015
Now what? The Fed says they are going to raise rates. The QE
spigot has been turned off. The hedge funds are selling their buy and rent
hovel investments, cash buyers are dwindling, the flippers who appeared in 2005
are back, Boomers are looking to sell and downsize, young people are already in
debt up to their eyeballs thanks to the government doling out student loans like
candy, the number of full-time good paying jobs continue to dwindle, and the
rigged 37% price increase has priced millions of people out of the market.
The good news is the Wall Street banks have inflated their
balance sheets and celebrated by giving themselves $20 billion in bonuses for a
job well done. If mortgage rates rise to 4% or God forbid 5%, the entire
housing complex would implode faster than a blowfish out of water.
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Russian
Pivot: Greece Will "Probably" Join BRICS Bank, Official Says.
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 05/30/2015. Greece still has one
card left to play in fractious negotiations with creditors: the so-called
'Russian pivot'. Over the course of difficult talks between Syriza and the
troika Moscow has, at various times, sought to take advantage of the
hostilities between Athens and Brussels by making a series of overtures
including the possibility of Greece joining the BRICS bank. Now, at least
one Greek official says the country will like accept the invite.
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Are
All Central Bankers Idiots?. Submitted by Tyler
Durden on 05/30/2015
You can’t build a solid economy on the jelly of
unaffordable housing, unpayable debts, and unsustainable asset prices. But
that’s what we’ve got. The only way to get down to something more
reliable... more real... and healthier... is to wash away the financial glop
and goo that has accumulated during the last 30 years.
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When, Not If.
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 05/30/2015
It's just a matter of
time...
[ NICE CHARTS ]
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WASHINGTON BLOG
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Posted on May 30, 2015 by Charles Hugh Smith
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Paper title:
‘Emperor’s New Clothes’ political collapse: Seizing an
alternative to OBVIOUS unlawful wars, bankster looting, lying corporate media
I’ve divided the paper into sections:
- Recognizing The Emperor’s New Clothes as THE STORY of today (1 of 7)
- Obviously unlawful US/UK wars of the present (2 of 7)
- Obviously unlawful Israel wars on Gaza (3 of 7)
- War lies to hide obviously unlawful wars: propaganda as usual (4 of 7)
- Bankster looting: fundamental fraud that “debt” is “money” (5 of 7)
- Lying corporate media: required propaganda trying to hide naked empire (6 of 7)
- Integrity for the whole truth, and nothing but the truth (7 of 7)
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Posted on May 30, 2015 by WashingtonsBlog
The Problem Isn’t Too Little Spying … It’s Too Much
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Two
Former SEC Chairmen Write Letter to Current SEC Chief Asking Her to Stop
Protecting Corporate Cronyism. Posted on May 30, 2015 by WashingtonsBlog
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Posted on May 30, 2015 by WashingtonsBlog
Top investigative report Jeremy Scahill notes that Zacharias
Moussaoui had the direct phone number for U.S. mercenary Blackwater’s training
center in his notebook: [Tell DavidSwanson to call him ]
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Three charts crystallize the healthcare dynamics that are
dooming the U.S. economy.
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FUTURE FAST FORWARD
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GLOBAL RESEARCH
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PRESSTV
State
Dept. trained ISIL militant: Report . Sun May 31, 2015 The US State Department has confirmed that an
ISIL militant who calls for terrorist attacks in a new online video was trained
on American soil by Blackwater.
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Parisians
urge France to leave NATO . Sun May 31, 2015 Protesters in Paris hold
an anti-NATO rally demanding withdrawal of the country from the military
alliance.
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'US,
China racing toward confrontation'. Sun May 31, 2015 The South China
Sea dispute is eventually leading toward a potential military confrontation
between China and the United States, a military analyst in Washington says.
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Debate:
South China Sea tensions . Sat May 30, 2015 This edition of The Debate
focuses on escalating tensions at the South China Sea among regional countries
over territorial issues.
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[Of course es very constructive for Kerry since the US-NATO
manage to distract Iran from the battle field in the region. Because of Iran
lack of support to Syria, the battle here is being winning by ISIL and the
US-NATO plus their allies –the nasty holly couple Israel & Saudis- This Iran betrayal will cost a lot to them, to
Syria and Iran, … soon after the fall of Bashar Assad they will go over Iran.
This is a zero-sum game: the victory of Kerry’ allies is the defeat of Iran
]
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US
military sent bio-weapon to Australia. Sat May 30, 2015 The US military says it may have inadvertently shipped
off live anthrax to research laboratories in Australia.
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UN
envoy begins mission on Yemen talks. Sat May 30, 2015 The UN launches a mission to discuss stalled Geneva
peace talks on Yemen.
[Syria need full military support now .. Iran should bomb ISIL
wherever they are and send tanks then after .. history is written now .. Nobody
live from glories of the past .. Iran
should stop the fall of Syria at whatever cost now .. otherwise US-ISIL will
advance over Iran and Iraq .. that is their objective]
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