14 Signs That There Is A Plot To Use Russia As An Excuse To Steal The Presidency From Trump On December 19th Or January 6th

by Michael Snyder, The Economic Collapse Blog:
Donald Trump could have the election legally stolen from him on either December 19th when the Electoral College casts their votes or on January 6th when a joint session of Congress gathers to count those votes. The establishment is in full-blown panic mode at this point, and they seem to have settled on “Russian interference in the election” as the angle that they plan to use to try to deny Trump the presidency. As you will see below, there is an all-out effort to try to persuade members of the Electoral College that are supposed to be committed to Donald Trump to cast their votes for someone else instead. And if that doesn’t work, the groundwork is being laid for the Electoral College votes to potentially be invalidated when a joint session of Congress meets to count those votes on January 6th. I will explain how that would work later on in this article, but first let’s take a look at 14 signs that indicate that there is a plot to use Russia as an excuse to steal the presidency from Donald Trump…
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Martin Armstrong At It Again! The Mechanism To Reset?

by Bill Holter, JS Mineset SGT Report:
Jim and I have received many panicked calls and e-mails regarding Martin Armstrong’s latest article. In it he again claims gold will collapse to below $1,000 per ounce and thus the fearful communications.
In this very short article, Armstrong questions whether India will begin gold confiscation suggesting door to door searches for “tax evaders”. He suggests if a gold confiscation is undertaken, the Indians will switch to purchasing silver …something the BIS has not thought about yet. The logic of a switch to silver is a good one, surprising considering some of what he has opined in the past…
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Is The Deep State At War... With Itself?

The C.I.A.'s rash, evidence-free "report" is a rear-guard political action against the winning faction of the Deep State...

The Yield That Breaks the Trump Rally’s Back

by Michael Pento, Market Oracle:
In 2012 I wrote a book called “The Coming Bond Market Collapse”, in that book I predicted that the bond market would begin to collapse by the end of 2016. Clearly, this prediction has started to come true. However, in all candor, I never dreamed that the Ten-year Treasury yield would plummet to 1.3%. Neither did I ever imagine that over thirteen trillion dollars’ worth of global sovereign bonds would have a negative yield, as was the case this past summer.
The Book’s assumption was that the bursting of the bond bubble would be caused by a change in global central banks’ monetary policy or through the eventual achievement of their inflation targets. At this juncture-at least in the U.S. — we have both. The Ten-year Treasury note has risen 80% since July based on both the return of inflation and the Fed’s desire to raise interest rates.
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Obama Halts Some Arms Sales To Saudi Arabia, Following Alleged "War Crimes" In Yemen

Whether it is retaliation for dumping Treasuries, blackmail to keep to OPEC production quotas, or - more likely - being implicated in war crimes for supporting a Saudi-led air campaign in Yemen that has killed thousands of civilians, President Obama has decided that after shipping billions in weapons to Saudi Arabia, Reuters reports it will halt a planned arms sale to The Kingdom.

Bullish Or Bearish - This Is The Real Risk

"As a money manager, I am currently long the stock market. I must be, or I potentially suffer career risk. However, my job is not only to make money for my clients, but also to preserve their gains, and investment capital, as much as possible... The real risk to investors is not “missing out” on a further rise in the markets, but catching the bulk of the reversion that will wipe out most of the gains from the previous advance."

Woman Fired For Calling Michelle Obama An "Ape In Heels" Quietly Gets Her Job Back

Pamela Taylor, the director of the Clay County Development Corp in West Virginia, who got some unwelcome national fame for calling Michelle Obama an "Ape in Heels" on Facebook has just been cleared to go back to work.

Could Trump Suffer JFK Fate if He Questions CIA? Michael Rivero – December 12, 2016

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Assad Retakes Aleppo: The Military Operation Is Over, Says Russian Envoy

"The counter-terrorist operation in Aleppo will be completed within a few hours. All the militants along with their families and the wounded are now withdrawing through the agreed corridors in the directions they themselves have chosen, including in the direction of Idlib,” the Russian envoy said.

Moody's Cuts Outlook On Italian Banks To Negative From Stable

Moody's Investors Service has changed its outlook on Italy's banking system to negative from stable, reflecting the rating agency's view that the recognition of losses will depress the banking sector's profitability and erode its capital over the next 12 to 18 months, as well as the adverse effect upon confidence following the country's rejection of constitutional reforms.

This Is What Happened The Last Time Yellen Hiked Into "Quad Witching"

As The Fed and quad-witch looms (and Dow 20k is within reach), the relationship between US equity and volatility complex appears to breaking down again...We've seen this pattern before...

Don't Tell The Saudis, But China Just Ramped Crude Output By Most In 3 Years

China’s oil output is rebounding. Production in the world’s second-biggest buyer rose from a seven-year low last month as OPEC (and NOPEC) negotiated with each other over an output cut deal. As Bloomberg data shows, November saw the biggest rise in Chinese crude production since October 2013.

The Last Time Commercial Traders Bought This Many Bonds, Interest Rates Collapsed

Commercial traders are net long more bond contracts than at any point since 1992 other than in the spring/summer of 2005 according to the latest data from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.

Kanye West Arrives At Trump Tower, Discusses "Life" With The President-Elect

West arrived at Trump Tower Tuesday morning, a surprise since the meeting had not been previously announced. Mr. Trump and West came down to the lobby after their meeting, where Mr. Trump called West a “good man.” Asked what they had discussed, Mr. Trump replied: “Life. We discussed life.”

College Student Arrested After Carrying "Weapons" Into Trump Tower

Wang showed up at Trump Tower about 6:35 p.m. Monday and tried to get in at a checkpoint. When his bag set off the metal detector, the Secret Service found an M-100 firework, a Swiss Army knife, a flashlight, handcuffs, an 8-foot black rope, a clear water gun, a laptop and a garrote, which of course is a wire that can be used to strangle some

Foreign Buyers Flood 30Y Bond Auction As Yield Rises To Highest Since Sept. 2014

If markets were concerned about demand for US Treasury paper in light of recently surging yields, today's just concluded 30Y auction may have set their minds at ease, following a strong 30 Year auction, which saw that high yield print at 3.152%, stopping through then When Issued by a whopping 1.3 bps.

New York Times CEO Calls On Social Media Giants To Subsidize Mainstream Media

"The big search and social companies must do more to sustain the economics of real journalism."

Hugh Hendry: "We Are Running A Trumpian Portfolio"

• In Europe we anticipate further duress in the political commitment to the European project as the success of Trump’s economic stimulus plan keeps US growth humming
• The combination of Trumpian economics and Japanese 10-year nominal yields being trapped at zero by the Bank of Japan should mean the yen continues to weaken.
• And finally, there are Chinese trades which generate positive carry should the status quo persist yet remain long volatility should pressure on the renminbi intensify

Despite Post-Election Spike In Optimism, Small Business Owners Have Never Been More 'Uncertain'

Small Business Optimism was "basically unchanged from October's reading up to the point of the election and then rose dramatically after the results of the election were known," according to NFIB chief economist Bill Dunkelberg. In fact the surge was the sharpest since 2009 as the balance of those who thought business conditions would improve exploded from -6 to +38. However, actual sales continue to decline and "business uncertainty" has never been higher.

RANsquawk FOMC Preview: Expectations are for the Fed to hike rates by 25bps to 0.50-0.75% vs. Prev. 0.25-0.50%

 

25 Cities On the Brink of Disaster: “Don’t Be Here When Things Get Violent, Unsafe and Fragile”

by Mac Slavo, SHTF Plan:
The 21st Century is inching ever closer towards chaos… and the time to get out of the big city is upon us.
With economic conditions, growing crises, desperate populations looking to scratch by, and more hatred and division than at any previous point in American history, the city has become a dangerous and unruly setting – and finding yourseld in one that is falling apart could be the worst mistake you ever make.
People are living in bigger urban zones than ever before… these megacities are the hotspots of global activity. But many are also proving to be the most dangerous place to be in a collapse. Crime is rampant, order is shaken and many people become willing to take advantage of the situation. Many areas are vulnerable to natural disasters, and have already lost control during past emergencies.
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Trader Sees "Reckless Amount Of Confidence", Warns 'Watch China'

"Investors seem to have once again managed to fool themselves that geopolitics won’t matter. Be very careful with this one. Not every problem can be solved with monetary policy. And the response to every tweet won’t always be an editorial."

Chinese Newspaper General Manager Mysteriously Falls To His Death

Liu Jiandong, the general manager the 21st Century Business Herald, a major Chinese newspaper group that has been in trouble with the government for alleged blackmail and corruption, mysteriously "fell to his death on Monday", the newspaper said.

Deutsche Bank "Explains" How Stocks Will React To The Fed's Rate Hike

Ron Paul: The War On "Fake News" Is A War On Free Speech

A major threat to liberty is the assault on the right to discuss political issues, seek out alternative information sources, and promote dissenting ideas and causes such as non-interventionism in foreign and domestic affairs. If this ongoing assault on free speech succeeds, then all of our liberties are endangered.

Venezuela 500% Hyperinflation Going Ballistic! Economic Chaos and Civil Unrest!

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