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by hedgeless_horseman - Jun 30, 2016 8:51 PM

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Media Silent as Concealed Carrier Stops Mass Shooting in Progress at a South Carolina Nightclub

by Jay Syrmopoulos, The Free Thought Project:
Lyman, SC – A remarkable incident is being largely ignored by corporate mainstream media – as it doesn’t fit their “guns are bad” narrative. A man with a concealed carry license stopped a mass shooting in progress outside a South Carolina nightclub in the early morning hours on Sunday after an assailant opened fire in a crowed of people, striking and injuring three people.
Jody Ray Thompson, 32, faces multiple attempted murder charges stemming from the incident, according to Spartanburg County deputies. None of the victims’ injuries were life-threatening, according to police.
“His rounds struck 3 victims, and almost struck a fourth victim, who in self-defense, pulled his own weapon and fired, striking Thompson in the leg,” Lt. Kevin Bobo said.
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Something "Unexpected" Happened After Starbucks Raised Minimum Wages

An online petition accusing Starbucks Corp of "extreme" cutbacks in work hours at its U.S. cafes, hurting both employee morale and customer service, has been signed by more than 9,000 people. "The labor situation has gone from tight to infuriating"

This Is What Loretta Lynch Said When Cornered About Her Clinton Meeting

Having been forced to remove herself from the Hillary Clinton email probe, Loretta Lynch admitted that her shockingly ill-advised private meeting with Bill Clinton has "cast a shadow" over the investigations and questions on the meeting are "fair." Her magnanimity was further expressed "I wouldn't do it again," while claiming that she had made the decision to 'recuse' herself days before her Bubba meeting.

With 5 Million Unemployed, Spain Still Can't Find Workers

With soaring youth unemployment, and close to 5 million people out of work overall, one would assume that the last problem Spain would encounter would be that it can't find workers to fill open jobs. However, as Bloomberg reports, Spain is facing labor shortages as employers struggle to find capable employees.

How To 'Win' 91% Of The Time When Trading Oil

Seriously...

Pershing Square Lays Off More Than 10% Of Employees

Pershing Square, one of the worst performing hedge funds of 2015 and 2016, has laid off eight lower-level employees this week, the WSJ reports. The cuts, which largely involve back-office employees in technology and investor services, amount to more than 10% of the activist hedge fund’s staff.

Commerzbank To Cut Over 100 Bankers In NYC

Over the past few months we have witnessed massive cost cutting efforts (ie: firing of bankers) by many firms, Goldman, BAML, Nomura and RBS to name a few. Now it's time to add Commerzbank to the list of firms that need to fire people in order to try and cut enough costs to maintain earnings amid slumping revenues.

Biotechs Building Base? ...Or Bursting Bubble?

The bruised and bloodied Biotech sector is testing a trendline that may determine whether it has one more bull bounce – or if its bubble has burst.

Art Cashin Sums It All Up

"The market is more powerful than the Fed. That's the problem." - In other words... Let the market clear!!

Diving Into Deutsche Bank's "Passion To Perform" Balance Sheet

Deutsche Bank shares have collapsed to lows deep under crisis lows and collapse of Lehman in the Great Financial Crisis. What’s going on?

Czech President Calls For EU, NATO Referendums

“I disagree with those who are for leaving the European Union,” Czech Radio quoted Zeman as saying on Thursday evening, according to Reuters. "But I will do everything for them to have a referendum and be able to express themselves. And the same goes for a NATO exit too."

Oil Dips As Rig Count Rises By Most Since 2015

It appears oil traders have no interest in rig counts anymore (for now). With an 11 rig increase - the most since Dec 2015 - the rig count continues to track the lagged price rise in WTI. However, the market has just shrugged it off for now...

Nowhere To Hide In Europe - Equity Correlations Are Historically High

Equity correlations have spiked to the highest level in years presumably thanks to Brexit.

Driver Of Self-Driving Tesla Was Watching Harry Potter At Moment Of Death

Frank Baressi, 62, the driver of the truck and owner of Okemah Express LLC, said the Tesla driver was "playing Harry Potter on the TV screen" at the time of the crash and driving so quickly that "he went so fast through my trailer I didn't see him." "It was still playing when he died and snapped a telephone pole a quarter mile down the road," Baressi told The Associated Press in an interview from his home in Palm Harbor, Florida. He acknowledged he couldn't see the movie, only heard it.

The Anti-Globalization Brexplosion: "If You Ain't Got Nuttin', You Got Nuttin' To Lose"

Populism, nationalism, and xenophobia all contributed to the victory of the “Leave” campaign in the United Kingdom’s recent referendum on membership in the European Union. But these forces float on the surface of a larger sea change: a fundamental shift worldwide in the relationship between the state and the market.

Italy Just Bailed Out Another Failed Bank, May Use Pension Funds For Future Bank Rescues

Overnight, yet another failed Italian bank was bailed out. As the FT reports overnight, Atlante, Italy's privately backed €5bn bank bailout fund which was created in April to stem the threat of contagion from struggling lenders and whose assets turned out to be woefully inadequate, took control of Veneto Banca after a €1bn capital increase demanded by EU bank regulators attracted zero interest.

Dow Tops 18,000: Erases Nearly All Brexit Losses (As Bond Yields Hit Record Lows)

See, Brexit was nothing... just like every establishment despot told us...right?

The Best And Worst Performing Assets In June And Q2

Bob Janjuah Explains All That Is Wrong With The Financial System (And Remains Bearish)

"By dumping the responsibility for the heavy lifting for growth on central banks, we have ended up with asset bubbles, rampant speculation, lack of investment in productivity and in the real economy, significant levels of financial engineering to artificially boost earnings, and merely the (now failed) hope that “trickle down” still works. The outcome has been almost unprecedented levels of rising inequality in the global economy.  I suspect that it is this inequality that was behind a fair chunk of last week’s Brexit outcome and which has driven the rise of extremism across other important nations/blocs."

Marc Faber “Buys Bullion Every Month” – More QE Coming as “Easing Follows Brexit”

by Mark O’Byrne, GoldCore:
Marc Faber says gold’s investment case has been strengthened by the U.K.’s vote to quit the European Union as the fallout may spur the world’s central banks to step up easing, hurting currencies and favoring bullion, according to Marc Faber, publisher of the Gloom, Boom & Doom Report as reported by Bloomberg today.
As reported by Bloomberg:
“The U.S. Federal Reserve may even embark on a fourth round of quantitative easing, or QE4, Faber said in an interview on Bloomberg Television on Wednesday, adding that he typically buys bullion every month. While he also likes gold shares, they need to correct first after recent gains, he said.
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‘Black Friday’ For GMO in Russia

by F. William Engdahl, New Eastern Outlook:
The destructive global project known as GMO or Genetically Manipulated Organisms is incurring major defeats. The once-formidable muscle of Monsanto, Bayer AG, Syngenta, Dow-DuPont seems to be suffering from a rare form of political muscular dystrophy. In Russia, despite enormous pressure from the western GMO cartel on individual Duma members and Russian scientists, the Duma or state Parliament on June 24, passed the third and final reading of the bill that now bans totally all GMO crop cultivation and GMO animals. This was the very same ‘Black Friday,’ (for the GMO lobby), June 24, when EU member states rebelled and refused for a third time to approve a renewal of the license of the weed-killer glyphosate that is bound up with GMO crop cultivation. That was also the day the EU also realized that British voters had democratically voted to exit the European Union. For the globalists that be all in all June 24 will be remembered as their Black Friday.
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Nigel Farage on Fox News after Brexit

from EvolutionFACT:

Nigel Farage speaks to Fox News about Britain leaving the European Union.

Trainloads of US Battle Tanks on the Move in Romania

from SuperStation95:
Two trainloads of U.S. M1A1 Abrams Main Battle Tanks have been video recorded on-the-move inside Romania 4 days ago. Given the fact that the Romanian rail system is electric rather than diesel, the trainloads are relatively small, only about 18 tanks per train. But what is the US doing moving three dozen of its main battle tanks into Romania, right along the border with Russia?
Is the US girding for war?
What threat does Russia pose to Romania? Have there been threats by Russia to invade Romania? No.
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The UN Will Soon Control Food Distribution In America with Devastating Results

by Dave Hodges, The Common Sense Show:
A string of coincidences occurred, yesterday, to produce some undeniable conclusions which could very well have very dire consequences for millions of Americans.
Using Food As a Weapon
Since 2011, I have noted that it is likely that at some critical juncture, Obama will use food as a weapon against an uncooperative population. My previous conclusion was based largely on the content of Executive Order (EO) 13603.
Coupled with this knowledge, The Common Sense Show has learned the following approximately 5 months ago:
Jade Helm is back and it is back and it is back with a vengeance. Jade Helm 15 has morphed into Unconventional Warfare Exercise 16 (UWEX 16).
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