JIM ROGERS is Shorting the US Stock Market, Bullish on Russia and China...

from Global News:

Jim Rogers: Bullish on Russia, China – FoxTV Business News. Rogers Holdings Chairman Jim Rogers discusses why he’s investing in Russia and China.

China Proposes A Fix For Its Crashing Housing Market: "Transplant" 100 Million Farmers Into Its Cities

There is just one very big problem with this "solution"...

7 Examples Of Demonizing Dissension & Public Opinion

Submitted by Tyler Durden on 12/23/2015 - 21:30 As the Western world's "powers that be" tighten their tyrannical controlling noose on humanity's dissension and public opinion, it has never been more important to remember the quote from Orwell‘s novel 1984: "In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act."

TSA Moves To Make Ineffective Body Scanners Mandatory

Submitted by Tyler Durden on 12/23/2015 - 21:20 Apparently, the TSA is fed up with some of us peasants making such a choice, and so they have begun the process of removing the voluntary opt-out option. Despite a 96% failure rate, the TSA’s response is to double down and begin the process of making body scanner use mandatory.

What Fresh Horror Awaits The Economy After Fed Rate Hike?

Submitted by Tyler Durden on 12/23/2015 - 22:30 Rather, economic collapse is the greatest weapon at the disposal of globalists. National panic, riots, looting, starvation, magnified crime: All of these things result in mass die-offs and desperation. Desperation leads to calls for "strong leadership", and strong leadership usually results in totalitarianism. It might seem sensationalist to tie all of these possible outcomes to the Fed rate hike decision, but give it a little time. Those who make accusations of sensationalism and “fear mongering” today will be asserting tomorrow that such developments were “easily predictable.”

More Lies from The New York Times: Saddam Responsible for Islamic State

by Kurt Nimmo, Infowars:
The New York Times is the premier war propaganda newspaper. It pawned off neocon lies about Iraqi WMDs, the absurdity of aluminum tubes and al-Qaeda in bed with Saddam Hussein. These lies, fed to columnist Judith Miller and other NYT and corporate media stenographers, helped sell the invasion of Iraq to the American people and contributed to the murder of over a million Iraqis.

Now the Times is foisting another lie on the American people: Saddam Hussein is responsible for the emergence of the Islamic State.

The Washington Post tried to float this half truth back in April when it reported the leadership of the Islamic State consists of members formerly part of Saddam Hussein’s inner circle.

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The World's Strangest Currencies

Submitted by Tyler Durden on 12/23/2015 - 21:50

Sri Lankan Government Official Busted For "Smuggling Gold Bars In Rectum"

Submitted by Tyler Durden on 12/23/2015 - 21:00 Amid ongoing efforts by Indian authorities to monetize (read confiscate) the citizenry's precious metals (which we most recently detailed as an utter failure here and here), it appears the current suppressed low prices for gold have reignited demand and thus smuggling. Following the biggest seizure of smuggled gold earlier this year, The Guardian reports a 42-year-old-man, claiming to be a government official, was caught smuggling$15,000 of gold bars (hidden in his rectum) after police noted him "walking suspiciously."

Congress Decided we Don’t Deserve to Know Where Meat Comes From

by Julie Fidler, Natural Society:
The spending bill passed by Congress on Friday repealed the country-of-origin labeling (COOL) regulation that let consumers know where their meat came from.
The decision follows a ruling from the World Trade Organization (WTO) that found the labels discriminate against meat raised and slaughtered outside the United States. The WTO permitted Mexico and Canada to impose more than $1 billion in tariffs on U.S. goods in retaliation if the labels were not pulled from packages of beef and pork. The nations are the U.S.’s top agriculture partners. [1]
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This Is How You Vaporize An ISIS Training Camp

Submitted by Tyler Durden on 12/23/2015 - 19:30

Mapping The Ongoing 'World War' In Syria & Iraq

This cannnot end well...

Beware the West’s Wars

from The Daily Bell:
US general rebrands Isis ‘Daesh’ after requests from regional partners … Leader of operations against group uses alternative name – a pejorative in Arabic that rejects fighters’ claims on Islam … A top Pentagon general has informally rebranded the jihadists of Isis with the name “Daesh” after allies in the middle east asked he not use the group’s other monikers for fear they legitimize its ambitions of an Islamic state. Lieutenant General James Terry almost exclusively used Daesh in reference to the militants at a press conference Thursday, although the Pentagon’s policy to primarily use “Isil” – an acronym for “the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant” – has not changed. – The Guardian
Dominant Social Theme: Now that we have an enemy we need to rename it.
Free-Market Analysis: This article appeared in The Guardian almost exactly a year ago. As you can see, it makes a case for renaming various Middle East terrorist groups “Daesh.” The name apparently did not catch on right away because there has been a flurry of articles in the past few months about rebranding ISIS as Daesh.
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The Trade Wars Have Begun, US Provokes China With Additional Tariffs

fromX22 Report:

Episode 850a

Obama: ‘Bisexual Men and Women in Uniform Make Our Country Stronger’

from CNSnews:
President Barack Obama, who is vacationing in Hawaii, released a pre-Christmas statement yesterday, celebrating the fifth anniversary of his having signed legislation that allows openly homosexual, lesbian and bisexual individuals to serve in the U.S. military.
“Today, Americans can serve the country they love no matter who they love, and openly gay, lesbian and bisexual men and women in uniform make our military stronger and America safer,” said the president.
Here is President Obama’s full statement:
Five years ago today, I signed a bipartisan bill repealing ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’–extending our country’s promise of equality to those who protect it every day. Today, Americans can serve the country they love no matter who they love, and openly gay, lesbian and bisexual men and women in uniform make our military stronger and America safer.
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Donald Trump’s ‘Schlonged’ Comment Stirs MSM Into A Frenzy

from Western Journalism:

DONALD TRUMP: Everything that’s been involved in Hillary has been losses. You take a look, even her race to Obama. She was going to beat Obama – I don’t know who’d be worse, I don’t know. How does it get worse? But she was going to beat, she was favored to win and she got schlonged. She lost, I mean she lost. As you can imagine, the comment has left the liberal mainstream fuming to the point of calling it racist…

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