Mysterious Group Hacks The NSA...

A mysterious, previously unknown hacking group say they’ve breached the Equation Group, a secretive organization widely speculated to be an offshoot of the National Security Agency. The hackers have provided some files including what could be parts of the agency’s surveillance tools, but are demanding millions of dollars in bitcoins for the rest.

The Greatest Threat To Our Freedoms: A Government of Scoundrels, Spies, Thieves, And Killers

The U.S. government remains the greatest threat to our freedoms... More than terrorism, more than domestic extremism, more than gun violence and organized crime, the U.S. government has become a greater menace to the life, liberty and property of its citizens than any of the so-called dangers from which the government claims to protect us. This is how tyranny rises and freedom falls.

House Republicans Push Justice Department To Open Clinton Perjury Probe

Despite trustworthiness levels that would make Nixon blush, Hillary Clinton remains ahead in the polls and while we detailed the five potential scenarios that could crimp her lead, there is one word that looms large over her campaign: perjury. Just when you thought the whole lying-under-oath thing was yesterday's news, The Hill reports, leading House Republicans on Monday laid out detailed instructions for the Justice Department to file perjury charges against the Democratic presidential nominee.

Is California Farmland Overvalued By $70 Billion?

A few simple charts help explain why owners of California farmland, many of them New York institutional investors, might be sitting on $70 billion of losses.

The Ugly Truth About Millennials

Millennials are the product of your parenting. You spoiled your child and now you’re asking why they are demanding everything for doing nothing. See the correlation here?

Obamacare Sticker Shock: Average 2017 Premium Surges 24%

Get ready for this year's version of Obamacare sticker shock: the average 2017 insurance rate hike is projected to hit a whopping 24% this year. For residents of many states it will be far worse.

The next "Clinton Victim"???

Is "Special Government Employee" Huma Abedin The Smoking Gun In Hillary's "Pay-To-Play" Scheme?

Having previously warned that Hillary "is often confused," Clinton's top aide, Huma Abedin - previously best known for standing by her husband Anthony Weiner after his sexting scandal - is now at the center of the Clinton Foundation - State Department debacle. As Bloomberg reports, for the final eight months of Clinton's reign as Secretary of State, Abedin worked for both The Clinton Foundation and as a "special government employee" at The State Department.

Burn Down the White Suburbs, Sister of Man Killed by Milwaukee Police Urges Rioters

“Take that sh*t to the suburbs. Burn that sh*t down! We need our sh*t! We need our weave!”
by Paul Joseph Watson, Infowars:
Video footage shows the sister of the man shot dead by police in Milwaukee calling on rioters to burn down white suburbs instead of their own neighborhoods.
“Burning down sh*t ain’t gonna help nothin’,” yells Sherelle Smith.
“You’re burnin’ down sh*t we need in our community.”
“Take that sh*t to the suburbs. Burn that sh*t down!” she demands.
“We need our sh*t! We need our weave! I don’t wear it, but we need it!”
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The True Story Of How War Broke Out In Syria

...The CIA agents running the Deraa operation from their office in Jordan had already provided the weapons and cash needed to fuel the flames of revolution in Syria.   With enough money and weapons, you can start a revolution anywhere in the world. In reality, the uprising in Deraa in March 2011 was not fueled by graffiti written by teenagers, and there were no disgruntled parents demanding their children to be freed.    This was part of the Hollywood style script written by skilled CIA agents, who had been given a mission: to destroy Syria for the purpose of regime change.  Deraa was only Act 1: Scene 1.

Mexico's New Auto Plants Unable To Find Enough Labor... As Detroit Still Suffers Massive Unemployment

Soaring auto production in Mexico is creating a bit of a labor shortage as US production continues to migrate south of the border.  Supporters of minimum wage hikes could learn from the efforts of the United Auto Workers Union which did a masterful job negotiating off-market wage and benefits packages which ultimately only served to provide their members with permanent job losses.

Job Seekers Sacrificed to the Inflation Gods – Michael Pento

by Michael Pento, Market Oracle:
Our Federal Reserve is composed of labor market economists who place their faith in the theory that inflation is spawned from too many people working. They believe there is a trade-off between employment and prices, where price stability and full employment cannot exist peacefully together the same time.
Given this view, the Fed’s maximum employment and stable inflation mandates are played as a zero-sum game–the lower the unemployment rate the higher the rate of inflation. Therefore, they set about to fulfill this task of low inflation as though it were a sort of Ancient Mayan sacrificial system: ceremonially counting how many job seekers need to be sacrificed on the altar of labor slack to placate the inflation gods.
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Peter Schiff Explains How Central Banks Are Choking Productivity

If the cost of money is high, people think carefully about where they want to put their money. They select only the best investments. This helps everyone. When money is cheap, they throw darts against a wall. This is not the best use of societies' scarce resources. Is it any wonder productivity is down?

Obama Ships 15 Guantanamo Prisoners To Emirates In Largest Ever Gitmo Inmate Transfer

In the latest move set to infuriate Republicans, moments ago U.S. officials announced that on Monday, 15 inmates from the Guantanamo prison were transferred to the United Arab Emirates, the single largest transfer of Guantanamo detainees during Obama's administration. Following the transfer of the 12 Yemeni and three Afghan citizens, the total number of detainees at Guantanamo Bay naval base will drop to 61. Most have been held without charge or trial for more than a decade, drawing international condemnation.

Obama Ships 15 Guantanamo Prisoners To Emirates In Largest Ever Gitmo Inmate Transfer

In the latest move set to infuriate Republicans, moments ago U.S. officials announced that on Monday, 15 inmates from the Guantanamo prison were transferred to the United Arab Emirates, the single largest transfer of Guantanamo detainees during Obama's administration. Following the transfer of the 12 Yemeni and three Afghan citizens, the total number of detainees at Guantanamo Bay naval base will drop to 61. Most have been held without charge or trial for more than a decade, drawing international condemnation.

Shorts Throw In The Towel: S&P Short Interest Tumbles To Three Year Lows

Shorts have officially thrown in the towel: following the rally of the past 6 months, the short interest of the S&P has tumbled to just above 2.0%, back to three years lows, as all weak hands have been conveniently flushed out.

Obama Accepts "Surge" Of 8,000 Syrian Refugees - More Than All Of Europe (And Hillary Wants More)

In light of recent terrorist attacks linked to Syrian refugees we have to ask whether the U.S. decision to continue accepting refugees from the region is honorable or just dumb?  According to Nayla Rush of the Center for Immigration Studies the answer might just be the latter (although she's far more polite than we are).

Toxic California Air Kills 1,300 Per Year (Government To Ban Air Or Breathing?)

Apparently no amount of pandering to environmentalists or excessive, job-killing regulations is enough for the State of California to get it's pollution problem under control.

Is Ivanka Trump Vacationing In Croatia With Putin's Girlfriend?

If Trump is hoping to distance himself from Putin we might suggest not posting pictures of Ivanka hanging out with his rumored girlfriend in Croatia

"People Just Hate Us" - Local Muslims Demand Answers After Hispanic Man's Arrest For NY Imam Slaying

The murder of a New York City imam and his assistant has added further fuel to the islamaphobic America meme but the arrest of a hispanic individual last night somewhat breaks the narrative that this is Trump's fault, proclaimed by many local muslims in the immediate aftermath. An NYPD spokesman also said they didn’t believe the victims had been targeted for being Muslim, but, as one worshipper exclaimed,"this was a hate crime. One hundred percent, there's no doubt about it."

What Hedge Funds Bought And Sold In Q2: The Full 13-F Summary

Today is the deadline for hedge funds to submit their Q2 13-F filings. Among the more notable changes was the previously reported 55% increase in Warren Buffett's Apple shares, offset by the cut in his Wal-Mart stake; Elliott's addition to stakes in security firms Qualys, Fortinet, CyberArk; ValueAct's new stakes in Morgan Stanley, Seagate; Tiger's exit of Netflix; Jana addition of Time Inc, and Soros' cut of his gold miner positions.

David Tepper Is "On Guard" As "Central Banks Are Starting To Distort Stock Markets"

David Tepper is now "on guard", according to CNBC's Kate Kelly, who reports that the Appalloosa billionaire suggest investors "should put some money in cash rather than going too short, the source added." However, his concern is that "central bank stimulus, which has distorted bond markets around the world already, may be starting to affect stock markets as well."

Ex-White House Weapons Chief: US Nukes at Turkey’s Incirlik Air Base Aren’t Safe

from Sputnik News:
The Director for Defense Policy and Arms Control on the White House National Security Council staff for President Bill Clinton cautions that the B-61 tactical nuclear weapons stored in Turkey could easily be seized by jihadists.
“There are no do-overs in history, but there are lessons,” says the former top White House arms control official Steve Andreasen. “What if the Turkish base commander at Incirlik had ordered his troops surrounding the perimeter of the base to turn their guns on the US soldiers that reportedly guard US nuclear storage bunkers there?”
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Australian Senator: UN Trying to Impose Global Government Through Climate Chance Policy

from Hang The Bankers:
New One Nation senator-elect Malcolm Roberts has argued the United Nations is trying to impose global government through climate change policy.
He has also called for a section of the Racial Discrimination Act to be repealed so the nation can have a proper discussion about tax, Islam and the economy.
Mr Roberts is one of three One Nation senators joining party leader Pauline Hanson in the new-look Upper House, after the final vote count was finalised today.
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