AUG 18 SIT EC y POL
ZERO HEDGE
The US and world economies are frauds that are coming
unraveled. The Greek bailout is the most recent example of “kick the
can down the road” solutions. The US housing bubble was an attempt to
cover up/recover from the dot-com bust. Now the US is in a financial
bubble engineered to recover from the housing bubble debacle. Soon this
bubble will burst. Only the date is unknown.
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What seems undeniable about the Law of War Manual,
is that there are self-contradictions within it. To assert that it "reads
like it was written by Hitler's Ministry of War,” is going too far. But, to say
that it’s hypocritical (except, perhaps, on torture, where it’s clearly a
repudiation of GWB’s practices), seems safely true. Parts of the document are
propaganda. The purpose isn’t to fool the public, who won’t read the document.
The purpose of the propaganda is to enable future presidents to say, “But if
you will look at this part of the Manual, you will see that what we are doing
is perfectly legal.” Those mutually contradictory passages are there in order
to provide answers which will satisfy both the ‘hawks’ and the
‘doves.’
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Preppers talk about the day when paper currency becomes
worthless and how they plan to barter when things fall apart. But, what will
most people do when the government check they depend on stops forever more.Over
50% of the people in America now get some kind of government check every month. That
is a question that we think many people have not come to grips with yet. You
can ignore reality, but you cannot ignore the consequences of ignoring reality.
When the government checks stop and your savings are gone, what will you do?
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Hillary
Mocks FBI Claim She Wiped Email Server Clean, "What With A Cloth Or
Something?". Submitted by Tyler
Durden on 08/18/2015
The stunning imbroglio of Hillary Clinton's path to The
White House took another absurd twist tonight when just hours after The
FBI confirmed an "attempt" was made to wipe the hard drive of her
email server (or in other words, remove all data on it), the
former secretary of state seemed to mock the claims in a press
conference. When asked specifically if she wiped the server, she
'ummed' and 'ahhed' then jokingly said "what with a cloth or
something?"
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Scholars, commentators, and other public figures who defend
liberty in some areas and authoritarianism in other areas - or combine a
defense of economic or civil liberty with a defense of the warfare state -
undermine the case for the liberties they claim to cherish.Restoring the
link between economic liberty, civil liberty, and peace is a vital task for
those seeking to restore a society of liberty, peace, and prosperity.
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China's
Richest Traders Are Rushing To Dump Their Stocks To The Retail Masses, Just
Like In The US. Submitted by Tyler
Durden on 08/18/2015
As it turns out it is not just in the US that the
"smart money" is bailing out as fast as it can: according
to Bloomberg, the wealthiest investors in China’s stock market are also
scrambling for the exits. To wit: "The number of traders with more than
10 million yuan ($1.6 million) of shares in their accounts shrank by 28 percent
in July, even as those with less than 100,000 yuan rose by 8 percent,according
to the nation’s clearing agency. While some of the drop is explained by falling
market values, CLSA Ltd. says China’s rich have taken advantage of state buying
to cash out after the nation’s record-long bull market peaked in June."
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The
S&P's 13th Trip Thru 2,100 Since Feb 13th: Call It Monetary Rigor Mortis -
The Bull Is Dead. Submitted by Tyler
Durden on 08/18/2015
The robo machines pushed their snouts through 2100 on the
S&P index again yesterday. This was the 13th time since, well, February
13th that this line has been re-penetrated from below. But don’t call it an
omen of bad luck; its more like monetary rigor mortis. The bull market
is dead, but the robo-machines and talking heads of bubble vision just don’t
know it yet.
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The Dow's volatility is
dead... long live The Dow's volatility.
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It cannot be stressed enough how important Greece is to
freedom, liberty and civilization across the globe. Greece is not a one-off, or
merely a small nation in big trouble that holds little relevance for the rest
of us. Greece is everything. What is happening to Greece follows the
exact same game plan of what will eventually happen to every other supposedly
sovereign nation. And it appears The Greeks are actively seeking
alternatives...
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Will the West endure, or disappear by the century’s end
as another lost civilization? Mass immigration, if it continues, will
be more decisive in deciding the fate of the West than Islamist
terrorism. For the world is invading the West.
[
INVADERS .. invaded. … I still continue in the middle east : the invaders ..disguised
as Islamic terror ]
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Since the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster, Germany has
been one of the few countries that have successfully moved away from nuclear
energy. In fact, the contribution of nuclear power in Germany’s
electricity generation has now fallen to just 16% and renewables are now the
preferred source of electricity generation in the country. However, Germany and
its neighbors are now facing an unusual problem. With the dramatic increase in
green energy usage, Germany is generating so much electricity from
renewables that it is finding it hard to handle it.
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Pentagon
Boosts Drone Flights 50% As Bernanke Warns Cutting Defense Spending Could Hurt
Economy. Submitted by Tyler
Durden on 08/18/2015
In the event you were becoming concerned that the U.S.
government might be backing away from its longstanding policy of endless
violence, militarism and bloodshed, fear not. If we know one thing for
sure, it’s that defense contractors and the military-intelligence-industrial
complex must earn. And continue to earn it will.
[ Defense spending is a trap .. no way to keep it at the same
level. They have to increase it .. they
have to collapse .. it is the path to the abysm . … It is the way empires died ]
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The era of reaping stupendous profits from low-quality goods
produced by low-cost labor in a lax anything-goes regulatory system are ending,
not as a result of policy changes but as a result of far deeper structural
changes. Anyone thinking China, Inc. and Corporate America will
emerge unscathed is living in Fantasyland.
[ The decline in quality doesn’t come from China .. it is the
law of accumulation during collapse-time .. keeping revenues & greed for
whatever means.. leads to quality devaluation.. It comes from the US ]
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23
Nations Around The World Where Stock Market Crashes Are Already Happening.
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 08/18/2015
You can stop waiting for a global financial crisis to
happen. The truth is that one is happening right now. All
over the world, stock markets are already crashing...
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"Independent"
GMO Researcher Forced To Admit $25K Grant From Monsanto. Submitted
by Tyler Durden on 08/18/2015
There is no such thing as objective science when a
researcher receives tens of thousands of dollars from the GM producers
themselves, then goes on to promote their financiers’ products. Corporate
collusion between government bureaucracies and educational institutions has
become a serious issue in the U.S. that has corrupted objectivity in nearly
every sector of American life.
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"We Were Short… Now We Are Not!: The trend since
mid-June is upward and today’s collapse in the Chinese stock market will serve
only to make the bid for the US bond market that much stronger!" - Dennis
Gartman
[ Ups and down .. fast volatility.. is a temporary phenomenon..
it last few minutes in the long run. .. IF THAT IS THE LOGIC.. then China
collapse is temporary .. doesn’t exist
as parameter for the long run.. In other words, the US bond market strength is
a mirage. ]
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Walmart
Stock Slides After EPS Miss, Profits Tumble, Full Year Guidance Slashed.
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 08/18/2015
But slashed its guidance by 7%, should be very
troubling to anyone who still looks as such trivial things as
"fundamentals" and how these reflect the even more trivial
"economy."
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Greek
Liquidation Sale Begins: German Company Wins Privatization Bid For 14 Greek
Regional Airports Submitted
by Tyler Durden on 08/18/2015
A German company, airport operator FRAPORT won the bid to
operate and maintain 14 regional airports, considered to be top of the top in
Greece. With an offer of 1.23 billion euro, the consortium of
Fraport-Slentel (a unit of Greek energy group Copelouzos) won the bid to lease
the regional airports for 40+10 years. Among the 14 regional airports are those
on most popular tourist Greek islands like Mykonos, Rhodes, Kos, Santorini and
Corfu. It is the first privatization deal under SYRIZA-ANEL coalition
government and the biggest privatization deal in Greece since beginning of the
crisis and the bailout programs in 2010.
[ Shark gluttony will not be stopped in Greece .. it will
continue.. sardines have to run out NOW ]
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Submitted by Tyler
Durden on 08/18/2015 - 07:02
- China
stocks slump 6 percent on fears of further yuan depreciation (Reuters)
- U.S.
Lacks Ammo for Next Economic Crisis (Hilsenrath)
- Emerging
Markets Extend Slide as Commodities Fall; Pound Jumps (BBG)
- China
yuan to move both ways, more 'adjustments' unlikely: central bank
economist (Reuters)
- Playing
Chinese markets is as simple as 'follow the leader' (Reuters)
- PBOC
Injection Shows China Worries About Outflows (WSJ)
- Russia
Fails to Soothe Oil Concerns as Citi Joins Ruble Bears (BBG)
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Earlier today an EU official was reported as saying that
Greek banks will exclude all depositors from losses until the EU’s
Bank Recovery and Resolution Directive rules go into effect on Jan. 1, 2016. Needless
to say this was vastly different to Dijsselbloem's blanket guarantee statement
from Friday, and suggests that depositors will indeed be bailed-in, but not
right now: only after BRRD rules come in place on the first day of 2016.
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INFORMATION CLEARING HOUSE
Scorecard on U.S. Interventionism.
By Ivan Eland
The sickness of militarism and interventionism lies not with
the politicians, but with the American people
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Who's The Client State Here? By Paula Gordon
22 Democratic and 36 Republican members of Congress spent a
full week of the August recess in Israel
[ The political sewage-water in America is too dense .. They
need a place to coordinate their strategy in a convenience-toilet .. in front
of the client-turd .. The collapse continue, nothing new ]
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Pentagon to Expand Drone Killing Program.
By Niles Williamson
Obama personally selects individuals for death from a kill list
on “Terror Tuesdays” without charges or any pretense of due process
[ Of course.. clients are more expensive now and the printing
machine is still at hand .. Last fraud to US- nation that is going to paid this
waste.. I guess]
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FBI
Evidence Proves Innocence of Accused Boston Marathon Bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.
By Paul Craig Roberts
Dzhokhar was not convicted on the basis of evidence
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GLOBAL RESEARCH
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[ In America we don’t have political prisoners .. we killed ]
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NEWS IN SPANISH
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Las 10 verdades del
New York Times sobre las sanciones económicas de EE.UU. contra Cuba . Salim Lamrani
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AI on the CONFLICT ISRAEL –PALESTINA. Ha perdido el norte
Amnistía Internacional? . Por Norman G. Finkelstein.
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Venezuela. "La recesión económica y el aumento de la
represión son una chispa eficaz para los estallidos sociales". Héctor
Bujanda
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Chile. Capitalismo en Chile: Malos olores y
podredumbre. Reinaldo Troncoso
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Cultura. Una tesis doctoral sobre la teoría del
conocimiento del autor deSein und Zeit
Salvador López Arnal
Salvador López Arnal
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WASHINGTON BLOG
340
Rabbis, Scores of Israeli Generals and Military Chiefs, and Most American Jews
Support Iran Deal. Posted on August 18, 2015 by WashingtonsBlog
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No,
Bernanke … Defense Spending Does NOT Help the Economy!. Posted on August 18, 2015 by WashingtonsBlog
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Is
the New U.S. ‘Law of War Manual’ Actually ‘Hitlerian’?. Posted on August 18, 2015 by Eric Zuesse.
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Crimes
Against Humanity: .01% poverty-murder over 400 million people since 1995, more
than all wars in recorded history. Posted on August 18, 2015 by Carl Herman
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PRESS
TV
NATO
launches massive drills in Europe. Wed Aug 19, 2015 NATO launches massive
military drills across Europe, in what is seen as a move to deter alleged
threats from Russia.
[ People start suspecting that this is one
of the factor of world environmental degradation ]
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Opposing
Obama-backed Arctic drilling. Tue Aug 18, 2015 Hillary Clinton voices
opposition to drilling in the Arctic after approval by the Obama
administration.
[Simulating opposition to Obama won’t work.. Her oligarchical mafia is already out
of the race ]
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US
playing Cold War rhetoric over Russia. Tue Aug 18, 2015 An analyst says that
deploying arms in European countries is another vain US policy that is derived
from the Cold War mentality.
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