John Bolton: Trump Needs To Confront Russia, China, Iran, North Korea, And Embrace Forever War...

by Kurt Nimmo, Activist Post:
Because Donald Trump has zero foreign policy chops, he will delegate that job to his new secretary of state. With every passing day, it appears the person to fill that job will be John Bolton, a diehard neocon.
On Saturday Bolton spelled out what he considers to be the foreign policy priorities of the new administration.
Bolton writes the top concern for America on the foreign policy front are “the closely related threats of radical Islamic terrorism and the Middle East’s spreading chaos.”
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Horseman Capital: "A Sharp Spike In Yields Preceded Every Market Crisis In The Last 20 Years"

"The problem with sharply higher US bond yield is that this tightens financial conditions.  We have often seen rises in yield coincide with financial market crises."



Just what we need is another RINO...

Romney To Meet Trump This Weekend, To Discuss Secretary Of State Role In New Administration

Update: According to NBC, Romney is reportedly being considered for Secretary of State.
Donald Trump will meet this weekend with one of his fiercest critics, 2012 Republican nominee Mitt Romney, to discuss "governing moving forward" and potentially a role for Romney in Trump's Cabinet, CNN reports.

The Era of the Alternative Media Has Arrived – Real Check and Balance Has Returned – Nathan McDonald

by Nathan McDonald, Sprott Money:
Where to go now? What is the next plan of action, now that the West has continued on with its anti-globalist trend? With the election of Trump, we are far from out of danger and now, the real hard work begins.
Now is the time to keep Trump on the straight and narrow path. It is time to ensure that he holds himself accountable to his campaign promises and it is time to keep a close eye and check on what unfolds as he begins his presidency.
Supporters of him, the strong right wing that dominated the alternative and social media landscape, are what got him elected, along with his common sense rhetoric and anti-politically correct agenda. Therefore, it is up to the alternative media to take up the baton and call it like it is.
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An "Anti-Establishment" Trump Would Pardon Edward Snowden

Trump’s legacy as president is a blank slate, it could go either way. If he wants to keep his current base of support and prove his skeptics wrong, he would be wise to pardon Edward Snowden, and dish out the first real blow to the establishment during his first days in office.

Chicago Will Burn — Soros Thugs Moving In for the Kill

by Dave Hodges, The Common Sense Show:
Five blocks of buses have arrived in Chicago. These are paid protestors and they are there because George Soros has paid for them to be there.
The idea is to promote as much violence as possible so that this becomes a military issue- Some think that this will spread to other cities and national martial law will result.
If this happens, Obama will never leave office. If you thought that Obama was being too nice to Trump in the transition, you are correct and now you may know why.
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I thought obama was still president? Do it if you have the Balls...

Obama Urges Trump To "Stand Up To Russia" As Kremlin Deploys Strategic Bombers Over Syria

Obama urged Donald Trump to stand up for American values in his dealings with Russia and avoid taking a more practical, realpolitik approach. "My hope is the president-elect will... stand up to Russia where they are deviating from our values and international norms." His statement came at the same time as Russia launched its first attack on Syrian targets  involving warplanes from Russian and Syrian bases, as well as the Russian aircraft carrier.

"Triggered" Lena Dunham Checks Into Posh Arizona Resort For "Vision Quest"

"Asked the Canyon for some guidance. She said this week is going to be revolutionary, and so I threw my arms open and said 'bring it.'"

Are The Saudis About To Reveal The Best Kept Secret In Oil?

One of the oil world’s longest and best kept secrets may finally be revealed. Saudi Arabia is preparing to unveil how much oil it holds, a closely guarded state secret that has been kept quiet for decades.

Peso Plunges After Banxico Hikes Rates 50bps, Fears "Change To US Relationship"

Banxico hike rates by 50bps - meeting expectations - to 5.25% (the highest since 2009) in their first post-Trump statement. Warning that the Mexican economy "faces elevated uncertainty" hike for the fourth time, presumably in an effort to support the currency but fears that a more hawkish Fed will be more aggressive going forward sparked renewed selling in the Peso.

War-Torn Hillary Emerges: "I Will Admit, Coming Here Tonight Wasn't The Easiest Thing"

"I know many of you are deeply disappointed by the results of the election. I am too, more than I can ever express.  There have been times this past week when all I wanted to do was just to curl up with a good book or our dogs, and never leave the house again."

USDJPY Hits 110, 30Y TSY At 3.00% Again - Trader Warns "Don't Fight The Trump Tidal Wave"

Two brief days of hiatus from the bond bloodbath are over as following Yellen's testimony, 30Y yields have raced higher once again, breaking above 3.00%. Interestingly, EM bonds are having a big week even as DM bonds suffer...

Hispanic Consumer Confidence Surges Post-Trump

Well, that was not supposed to happen...

Goldman Reveals Its Top Trade Recommendations For 2017

• Top Trade #1: Long US$ vs GBP and EUR
• Top Trade #2: RMB weakening: Long $/CNY
• Top Trade #3: Long BRL, RUB, INR and ZAR, short KRW and SGD
• Top Trade #4: Long Brazil, India and Poland, FX un-hedged
• Top Trade #5: Long 10-year US$ and EUR inflation
• Top Trade #6: Long EURO STOXX 50 2018 dividends

Trump Wins? Foxconn Looks To Make iPhones In America

Donald Trump exclaimed that "we're going to get Apple to build their damn computers and things in this country instead of in other countries," in January, and now as Nikkei reports, Key Apple assembler Hon Hai Precision Industry, also known as Foxconn Technology Group, has been studying the possibility of moving iPhone production to America.

Does Anybody...Care what this idiot has to say?...

Jesse Jackson Tells Obama: Give Blanket Pardon To Hillary Clinton

Shortly after a haggard-looking Hillary Clinton made her first public appearance since the election, Jesse Jackson called for President Obama to issue a blanket pardon to Hillary Clinton before he leaves office, just like Ford did for Richard Nixon.

Stocks Soar As Yellen Ends Hawkish Testimony, USD Hits 13 Year High

With nary a dovish word uttered, the end of Janet Yellen's testimony to Congress sparked a buying frenzy in USDJPY (and implicitly S&P 500 futures) sending both to post-Trump highs. At the same time, Dec rate hike odds shifted higher still sending the USD index to fresh 13.5 year highs...

The Pressing Problem Nobody Dares Discuss

Perceptions may well change when the global illusions of solvency and "growth" collapse in a heap.

Mortgage Rates Explode Higher

Over the last two weeks the 30-year mortgage rate jumped by a whopping 40 basis points to 3.94 percent, almost identical to the 39 basis point increase in the 10-year Treasury yield, and sending the average 30 year mortgage to levels last seen at the start of the year.

Wells Fargo New Account Openings Down 44%; Credit Card Applications Plunge By 50%

Wells Fargo account openings plunged in October, following a sales scandal that shattered the bank's "folksy" image, triggered federal and state investigations and cost the bank's chief executive his job.

DryShip Plummets 67% After Reopening; JPM Warns Dry Bulk Sector Has "Gone Bananas"

DryShips was released from halt some 10 minutes ago, at which point it proceeded to plunge, triggering another trading halt, when it crashed by nearly 40%, as the retail momentum chasers who had "climbed aboard" this particular one-week wonder, all decided they have had enough of the ride.

Great News...

French PM: "Europe Is In Danger Of Falling Apart"

"Europe is in danger of falling apart," French prime minister Manuel Valls said at an event organized by the Sueddeutsche Zeitung newspaper. "So Germany and France have a huge responsibility."

Bernie Sanders Shuns Democrats: "I Will Finish This Term As An Independent"

In yet another slap in the face of the Democratic party, The Hill reports that Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) won’t officially join the Democratic Party even though he was appointed to a leadership position within the Senate Democratic caucus this week.

Zerohedge Included in What NY Magazine Calls ‘Extremely Helpful List of Fake and Misleading News Sites’

by Michael Krieger, Liberty Blitzkrieg:
Before I get into the meat of this article, I want to remind you of a few paragraphs I wrote back in the August post, Questioning Hillary’s Health is Not Conspiracy Theory:
As I look at the landscape in 2016 to-date, I observe emergent signs that alternative media is finally beginning to take over from the legacy mainstream media when it comes to impact and influence. The mainstream media (unlike with John McCain in 2008), had decided that Hillary Clinton’s health was not an issue and chose not to pursue it. Many in the alternative media world took a different position, and due to mainstream media’s failure to inform the American public for decades, the alternative media drove that issue to the top of the news cycle. That’s power.
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The War On Cash Goes Nuclear In India, Australia and Across The World

by Jeff Berwick, The Dollar Vigilante:
We are living in a world where paper fiat money is becoming a novelty.
In Australia, Citibank has just become the first to declare that it no longer will accept notes or coins. Only digital transactions. This follows on the heels of India banning large cash denominations.
The cash-oriented changes of these two countries are especially troubling in light of the eventual plans to phase out large denomination euro notes and the US 100 dollar bill by 2018. Just as the Economist predicted nearly 30 years ago, the world is going cashless.
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War on Cash Intensifies: Citibank to Stop Accepting Cash at Some Branches

by Simon Black, Sovereign Man:
Less than a week after India’s surprise move to scrap its highest denomination cash notes, another front in the War on Cash has intensified down under in Australia.
Yesterday, banking giant UBS proposed that eliminating Australia’s $100 and $50 bills would be “good for the economy and good for the banks.”
(How convenient that a bank would propose something that’s good for banks!)
This isn’t the first time that the financial establishment has pushed for a cashless society in Australia (or anywhere else).
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Gold Price Skyrockets in India after Currency Ban – Part II

by Pater Tenebrarum, Acting Man:
Chaos in the Wake of the Ban
Here is a link to Part 1, about what happened in the first two days after India’s government made Rs 500 (~$7.50) and Rs 1,000 (~$15) banknotes illegal. They can now only be converted to Rs 100 (~$1.50) or lower denomination notes, at bank branches or post offices. Banks were closed the first day after the decision. What follows is the crux of what has happened over the subsequent four days.
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How Come Great Britain is Trying to Tame Trump

by Jean Perier, New Eastern Outlook:
If you think that Brexit has put UK politicians into panic mode then you’ve seen none of the hysteria that broke out in London after Trump’s victory.
The thing is, that long before anyone started taking Trump seriously, British politicians were making all sorts of nasty remarks about the president-elect. Truth be told, even the the most tasteless in society might hesitate to repeat some of these remarks in public.
On the eve of the US presidential election, British politicians continued with humiliating remarks about Trump, while the Sunday Telegraph spotted at least 23 instances of UK leaders dubbing Trump as one of the most malignant figures in modern politics.
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Interview: George Soros Admits He Has No Sense of Guilt to Profiting from Nazi War Crimes (Video)

by Onan Coca, Freedom OutPost:
An astonishing video is circulating on the Internet almost 20 years after it originally aired. The video exposes billionaire and liberal demagogue George Soros as the heartless and cruel man that most conservatives already believed him to be. For years Soros has been profiting off of the pain of others, most famously when he shorted the British Pound, creating chaos in the British (and world) economies. However, there is an even more deviant story of greed in Soros’ past, one that took place when he was a young man in Nazi occupied Hungary.
In a 1998 interview with CBS’ Steve Kroft, Soros admitted that he participated in the confiscation of Jewish property under the Nazi occupation. He also explained that he had no remorse for what he had done, and that if he had not participated, somebody else would have done it anyway.
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