MSNBC Anchor: "Our Job" Is To "Control Exactly What People Think"

“We’ll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American people believe is false.”
 William Casey, CIA Director, 1981

During a lively discussion centered on fears that President Trump is "trying to undermine the media," MSNBC's Mika Brzezinski let slip the awesome unspoken truth that the media's "job" is to "actually control exactly what people think."

 

"It's Absolutely Out Of Control": Did Trump Just Spoil The Deficit-Spending Party?

"we won't let your money be wasted anymore... We have enormous work to do on the national debt..."

 

Virtually Everyone Agrees That Current Stock Market Valuations Are Not Sustainable And That A Great Crash Is Coming

by Michael Snyder, The Economic Collapse Blog:
Current stock market valuations are not sustainable. If there is one thing that I want you to remember from this article, it is that cold, hard fact. In 1929, 2000 and 2008, stock prices soared to absolutely absurd levels just before horrible stock market crashes. What goes up must eventually come down, and the stock market bubble of today will be no exception. In fact, virtually everyone in the financial community acknowledges that stock prices are irrationally high right now. Some are suggesting that there is still time to jump in and make money before the crash comes, while others are recommending a much more cautious approach. But what almost everyone agrees on is the fact that stocks cannot go up like this forever.
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The Economy Is Not Going To Get Better, The US Is Prepaing For A Collapse Scenario:David Quinteri

from X22Report Spotlight:

EXCLUSIVE: RUSSIAN BANK DOCS SHOW HOW PUTIN LAUNDERED MONEY TO HILLARY & PODESTA

from InfoWars:
Now we know why Clinton & Co. were so desperate to frame Trump with ties to Putin
Today Infowars investigative journalist Jerome Corsi met with former vice-head of Armed Services Committee and the House Homeland Security Committee, Curt Weldon, to discuss his committees’ deep research into the Clinton technology transfers to Russia in exchange for Clinton Foundation donations. Weldon validated much that is presented in the following article, which is part one of a series of investigative articles coming out over the upcoming week based on intel by Weldon and other sources:
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It's from NASA...so take it with a kilo of salt...Remember they helped bring you the global warming HOAX...

Seven Earth-Like Planets Discovered 40 Light Years Away

After holding us in suspense for days with promises of a "major" announcement, NASA has just revealed that it has discovered 7 "Earth-sized" planets orbiting a nearby star that are relatively well positioned to support life.  But before you pack your bags, you should also know that it would take you roughly 44 million years to get there using modern technology.

Black calls Kettle White...

Democrat Maxine Waters Calls Trump Administration "A Bunch Of Scumbags"

"I just think the American people need to know what is going on. This is a bunch of scumbags. That’s what they are. They’re all organized around making money."

GREAT NEWS...Socialist Do Gooders shoot themselves in the foot again...IDIOTS...
If they wanted to do something to make a difference...Ban HFC...

Philadelphia Soda Tax Leads To 30-50% Plunge In Sales, Mass Layoffs

Two months into Philadelphia's soda tax, supermarkets and distributors are reporting a 30% to 50% plunge in beverage sales, preparing for a legal fight with city hall, and are planning for mass layoffs.

Treasuries Extend Selloff Following Poor, Tailing 5 Year Auction

After yesterday's stronger than expected 2Year auction, there was speculation that with the repo market normalizing overnight, that the omni-present short squeeze on auction days would be absent today, and predictably, moments ago the Treasury sold $34 billion in 5 Year paper in a rather poor, tailing auction, which priced at 1.936%, tailing the When Issued 1.931% by 0.6bps.

The Market Is Not The Economy, But Earnings Are (Closer)

"... share prices, in general, operating on the far end of the probability spectrum; where everything has to go just right in the near future, including whatever may come out of Trump “stimulus” and economic policies. EPS, however, suggests, as the calculations for GDP potential, that that would be a very low probability outcome, including a high risk of “something” going wrong all over again just like it was in 2014."

The 5 Key Things To Watch For In Today's Fed Minutes

Despite desperate attempts to jawbone March rate-hike-odds higher, because as Master said last night "we don't want to surprise the markets", Fed Funds Futures imply just a 36% chance (down from a week ago). That suggests, if The Fed is serious about March, that today's minutes must be spun towards that narrative. Here are the five key areas to watch for...

Trump To Revoke Obama's Transgender Bathroom Rule

'He, she, and ze' will be not be happy. The Trump administration is set to revoke President Obama's controversial transgender bathroom rules.

The Criminalization Of Financial Independence

Independent enterprises are a source of political and financial independence... and any independent class is dangerous to the ruling elites.

Detained by JACK BOOTED THUGS...

Le Pen's Chief Of Staff, Bodyguard Detained By Police

French police have detained two of Marine Le Pen's closest aides: her bodyguard and chief of staff,  for questioning over alleged misuse of European Union funds to pay parliamentary assistants, Le Pen's lawyer said.

I sure hope so...Who doesn't want lower housing prices...(hint...only those who bought at the top of the market or used their homes as an ATM)...

Could Trump's Immigration Ban Cause Another Housing Crash?

"If Trump gets the immigration plan he wants, the housing market will get hit harder than any other. If millions of people get deported and more people don’t come in to take their place, then you’ll have downward pressure on home prices, especially in urban areas."

French Bonds, Euro Spike After French Candidate Bayrou Endorses Macron, Le Pen's Chief Of Staff Detained

European assets spiked from near session lows, with the Euro and French OATs jumping, dragging Bunds lower and pushing US indices to intraday highs after French politician Francois Bayrou announced he was endorsing Emmanuel Macron in the upcoming presidential election, without saying if he decides not to run.

Dazed & Confused... Treasury Buying Versus Asset Valuations?

"I'm dazed & confused...economists and the consensus all acknowledge 2001 and 2007 were low interest rate, debt driven financial and economic bubbles.  However, somehow today's even lower interest rate environment resulting in an additional $9.5 trillion in equity valuation from the last bubble peak...this one is legit and isn't a bubble???"

Existing Home Sales Hit Decade High As Prices Jump More Than 7%

So much for concerns that rising rates would slam the US real estate market.

Guess Which Country The Man Behind California's Secession Movement Lives In?

“A lot of misinformation goes out about us, such as I know President Vladimir Putin or work in the Kremlin,”

Iran Warns US: "The Enemy Will Receive A Strong Slap In The Face"

"The message of these exercises ... for world arrogance is not to do anything stupid," said General Mohammad Pakpour, head of the Guards’ ground forces. "The enemy should not be mistaken in its assessments, and it will receive a strong slap in the face if it does make such a mistake."

Martin Schultz Wants To Give Refugees The Right To Vote In German Election

The likelihood of Germany dividing North v South is extremely high. This entire refugee issue was bad enough. For the SPD to try to give them votes to take control will set off an internal German civil war.

Bank of America Clients Sell Stocks For The First Time Since The US Election

According to the latest weekly BofA client data, "smart money" investors have finally tempered their euphoric optimism, and last week during which the S&P 500 climbed to another new high, BofAML clients took advantage of the surge in "greater fools" and turned net sellers of US equities for the first time since the week prior to the US election in early November.

Hands Of Kim Jong Nam's Killers Were "Coated With Mystery Poison"

As the Malaysian police pieces together the clues of last week's dramatic assassination of Kim Jong-Un's brother, in a press conference this morning officials said that the two women suspected in the fatal poisoning attack were trained to coat their hands with toxic chemicals, then wipe them on his face,

Chris Martenson – The War on Savers and Responsible People

by Kerry Lutz, Financial Survival Network:
Chris Martenson says that the past decade has been a terrible time to be a saver or a responsible person. Greenspan, Bernanke and Yellen have all made sure of that. By rewarding the hedge funds with free money and inflating the currency, along with zero percent interest rates, it’s been an awful time to be a saver. But who are or were the savers; they have faces, like your grandmother and the elderly who believed in saving for a rainy day or retirement. Free money has had a corrosive effect upon society and discouraged good behavior and reinforced bad behavior. When will we go back to a better world? Chris has his opinions on the matter, which are well thought out and explained in this interview.
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The Trump Triumph Challenges Economic Predictions for 2017

by David Haggith, The Great Recession Blog:

The triumph of Donald Trump as the champion of a revolution against the status quo assures huge economic changes in the coming year, which I’ll list below. His victory struck a shocking upset to the globalists who have steered the last sixty or more years of world history, as I reported in an earlier story about George Soros mourning over the damage Trump will bring to global governance by unelected elitists.
For a short time, we should see some improvements. However, numerous structural flaws in the US economy ultimately assure economic collapse because those flaws have not been dealt with for decades, are not being dealt with in any of the Donald’s plans, and are most likely too far gone now to ever deal with. Trump’s plan will even make some of those structural flaws much worse in the long run.
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Alan Greenspan is Now a Gold Bug? Say What? – Nathan McDonald

by Nathan McDonald, Sprott Money:
Is 2017 even real? What kind of weird, fantastical twilight zone have we entered into? The world has been turned upside down and I will continue to point out the bizarre and unusual things that continue to be said and acted upon as we go forward. If past results are any future indication, then things are going to get a whole lot weirder.

Alan Greenspan , the “Maestro” of fiat money and one of the most prolific fiat money printers that the world has ever seen has entered into this bizarre alternative reality and is yes, now once again a gold bug!
To those of you who know your history, you will remember the following, wrote by Alan Greenspan in 1966:
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Horrifying: Toxic Chemical in Pepsi Known to Cause DNA Breaking, Fragmentation

by Vicki Batts, Natural News:
High-fructose corn syrup isn’t the only ingredient found in sodas that consumers should be concerned about. Pepsi and other sodas contain a toxic byproduct known as 4-Methylimidazole, or 4-MEI for short, that may be increasing your cancer risks.
Pepsi has come under fire for violations of California’s Proposition 65 in relation to 4-MEI. The Center for Environmental Health even filed a complaint against the beverage giant in 2013 due to their violations. Pepsi has since paid the organization some $385,000 and provided them with updates on product compliance, and a settlement was reached in 2015. Following that settlement, Pepsi “agreed to require its caramel coloring suppliers to meet certain 4-MEI levels in products shipped for sale to the United States, to ensure that the carcinogen’s levels will not exceed 100 parts per billion.”
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Infographic: Bullion Banking Mechanics

by BullionStar, via Gold Seek:
Bullion banks are some of the most influential participants in the global gold market. But who are these players and what do they actually do? And most importantly, how can these bullion banks trade thousands of times more gold each year than is actually in existence?
This infographic lifts the lid on bullion banking, looking at the world of fractional-reserve paper gold trading built on the unallocated gold account system. Topics covered include:
The identities of these bullion banks
The fractional reserve nature of bullion banking and the paper gold creation process
How the staggeringly large paper gold trading volumes are generated
The gold price discovery process and how the price of gold is set in London by unallocated trading which channels gold demand away from real physical gold and into paper
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