Submitted by Tyler Durden on 05/26/2015 - 15:30
Even as some Republicans — including former Texas Governor and one-time Presidential hopeful Rick Perry — insist that a (re)annexation of Texas isn't in the cards, some observers including 'Texas Ranger' Chuck Norris aren't buying it and insist that at the end of the day, it all comes down to one thing: no one, not even Washington, messes with Texas.
[Ed. Note:
The situation at Fukushima is worse today than ever, and worsening by
the day. And Abe wants to bring people back to the area like nothing
ever happened. It’s pure insanity.]
from Reuters:
Japan’s ruling coalition will recommend lifting evacuation orders for
most people forced from their homes by the Fukushima nuclear disaster
within two years in a bid to speed up reconstruction, a draft proposal
shows.
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s party and its governing partner will also press local governments in the disaster zone to shoulder more of the reconstruction spending now being borne by central government, according to the draft seen by Reuters on Tuesday.
Thousands of Fukushima residents remain in temporary housing more than four years after a massive earthquake and tsunami triggered meltdowns, explosions and a plume of radiation into the air at Tokyo Electric Power Co’s Fukushima Daiichi plant in March, 2011.
Read More @ Reuters.com
from Reuters:
Japan’s ruling coalition will recommend lifting evacuation orders for
most people forced from their homes by the Fukushima nuclear disaster
within two years in a bid to speed up reconstruction, a draft proposal
shows.Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s party and its governing partner will also press local governments in the disaster zone to shoulder more of the reconstruction spending now being borne by central government, according to the draft seen by Reuters on Tuesday.
Thousands of Fukushima residents remain in temporary housing more than four years after a massive earthquake and tsunami triggered meltdowns, explosions and a plume of radiation into the air at Tokyo Electric Power Co’s Fukushima Daiichi plant in March, 2011.
Read More @ Reuters.com
I think he would have had a better chance... trading a Boar for Wookie...
"My Love Is Real" Kenyan Lawyer Offers Cows, Sheep, & Goats For Obama's Daughter
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 05/26/2015 - 20:00 "I got interested in her in 2008," Kenyan Felix Kiprono tells The Nairobian newspaper, and now, in an official marriage request, the lawyer has offered US president Barack Obama 50 cows, 70 sheep, and 30 goats in exchange for his 16-year old daughter Malia's hand in marriage. As AFP reports, Kiprono dismissed the notion he might be a gold-digger, adding that he and the young Obama would lead "a simple life," and he will teach Malia how to milk a cow. This is not the first time a Kenyan has offered livestock in exchange for a President's daughter..."We're Living In A Make-Believe World" Biderman Warns "A Global Recession Is Inevitable"
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 05/26/2015 - 14:45 "Right now, we’re living in a make believe world. Debt can’t be the main source of growth. Without a pick-up in final demand a lot of bad debts are out there. As long as you have excess capacity in the commodity production you have bad loans throughout the system. That means you have governments who can’t repay their debt without selling new loans and all their bad loans are funded by the central banks.... I think a global recession is inevitable...You just can’t devalue your way to prosperity. As long as the number of shares keeps declining, stock prices are going to go up and nobody cares [but] in the long term there has to be a major correction."
Martin Armstrong Warns "Kiss Your Pension Fund Goodbye"
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 05/26/2015 - 16:30 We have been warning for some time that government was eying up pensions. The amount in private pension funds is about $19.4 trillion. The question that has been debated in secret behind the curtain is how to justify to the people taking that over... Just how that is to be accomplished was finally settled by the Supreme Court without any justification constitutionally.
The Coming Capital Controls Are Designed To Protect The Banks From You
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 05/26/2015 - 17:30 If governments have proven anything to us over the last seven years, it is that they will do anything to keep the banks from going down. If just 10% of people hit their breaking points and withdrew their money in cash - there wouldn’t be enough cash in the system to support this demand. And the banks would subsequently collapse. When a government is bankrupt, the central bank is nearly insolvent, the banking system is illiquid, and an entire population suffers from interest rates that are either negative or below the rate of inflation, capital controls are a foregone conclusion. In fact, we expect the next round of capital controls will be designed to protect the banks... from you.
Asia Scholar Lays Out "Three Ways China And The US Could Go To War"
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 05/26/2015 - 19:29 "Beijing has not yet declared a formal air defense identification zone (ADIZ) over the South China Sea, unlike the one it established over part of the East China Sea in 2013, nor could it today enforce such a zone effectively with its current fighters. However, with its reclamation activities continuing, and the Obama Administration apparently having decided to challenge China’s claims, the US and China are now potentially closer to an armed encounter than at any time in the past 20 years. Here are three ways the US and China could go to war..."Filed under white trash...
Hillary Clinton's State Department Approved $165 Billion In Arms Deals To Clinton Foundation Donors
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 05/26/2015 - 20:30 "Under Clinton's leadership, the State Department approved $165 billion worth of commercial arms sales to 20 nations whose governments have given money to the Clinton Foundation, according to an IBTimes analysis of State Department and foundation data."reparedness Pop Quiz: If you score less than 20 points on this, you’re probably already dead
At the risk of committing a horrible “truth crime” by writing words
that ring true, I’ve penned this Preparedness Pop Quiz to help people
figure out whether they have a shot at surviving what’s coming.This is not presented with any sliver of an attempt at being polite about it. Anyone more concerned with being polite than being prepared is already dead anyway. My job is not to amuse you and entertain you; it’s to jolt some sense into you and maybe, just maybe, help a few more people attain the presence of mind that might get them through what’s coming.
What’s coming, exactly? Global economic turmoil, of course, as the era of “too big to fail” ends with the whimper of “too big to BAIL.” The social chaos that will be unleashed by the coming economic collapse will, as the U.S. government knows full well, set off an uncontrollable wave of urban riots, gang looting sprees, cascading business bankruptcies and desperate times for all the clueless masses. OF COURSE the military exercises taking place across U.S. cities this year are drills for domestic martial law. Only the delusional brainwashed masses who still believe the lamestream media think otherwise.
Read More @ Naturalnews.com
IRS Hacked: Government Admits 100,000 Taxpayers' Data Stolen
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 05/26/2015 - 16:30 In an unprecedented move against a government agency, which we are just waiting to hear blamed on Russia, The IRS has admitted that its data has ben compromised...*IRS SAYS THIEVES ACCESSED TAX INFORMATION ON 100,000 PAYERS, IRS'S KOSKINEN SAYS THERE WAS UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS FEB-MAY
One wonders if they found Lois Lerner's emails while they were in there?
Why "Average Joe" Will Never Do Well In The Stock Market
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 05/26/2015 - 15:50 Because "normal people" just do not think like this...
Meet The Man Responsible For Oklahoma's Earthquake Epidemic
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 05/26/2015 - 15:10 Between 1974 and 2009 there were 62 magnitude 3.0 or stronger earthquakes in Oklahoma. In the past five years there have been 1,070 M3.0+ quakes. The chart of Oklahoma's quake surge correlates perfectly with the amount of wastewater injected into the state. And when it comes to Oklahoma's "induced seismicity" there is nobody more responsible for either Oklahoma's "shale miracle" or the resultant earthquake epidemic than David Chernicky, CEO of Tulsa-based New Dominion.
Russia Tells France It Gives Up On Mistral Ship Deal
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 05/26/2015 - 13:55 With French ministers crowing about their better-than-expected GDP data (+0.7%) as some trend reversal that heralds a revolution, it appears Vladimir Putin is about to put a dent in their hopes and dreams. As Sputnik News reports, Moscow has finally given up on the $1.3 billion deal for two Mistral-class helicopter carriers and plans to build its own. Even worse for France, now Russia will discuss only the sum that Paris should pay Russia for the failed contract. However, as with everything in the world, there may be aulterior motive, as China comes sniffing as a white knight for the amphibious vessels (at a reduced price) and then sells to its 'ally' Russia (who has already pocketed the contract cancellation fees).
by Dave Kranzler, Investment Research Dynamics:
My colleague John Titus of the Best Evidence Youtube Channel sent me a link to a news story out of Georgia in which State legislators attended an all-expense paid junket, along with a cadre of well-funded corporate lobbyists at a Savannah, Georgia posh resort hotel. The junket was sponsored by an organization called ALEC, the American Legislative Exchange Council and was heavily guarded by local police.
The organization’s supposed mission is to provide “a constructive forum for state legislators and private sector leaders to discuss and exchange practical, state-level public policy issues.” However, this is nothing but a thinly veiled disguise for what is really a sleazy and corrupt organization that pays for State legislators to attend conferences with big corporate lobbyists. The real mission is to put proposed legislation in front of State lawmakers and pay them to sponsor and gather votes to get the legislation passed.
Read More @ InvestmentResearchDynamics.com
My colleague John Titus of the Best Evidence Youtube Channel sent me a link to a news story out of Georgia in which State legislators attended an all-expense paid junket, along with a cadre of well-funded corporate lobbyists at a Savannah, Georgia posh resort hotel. The junket was sponsored by an organization called ALEC, the American Legislative Exchange Council and was heavily guarded by local police.
The organization’s supposed mission is to provide “a constructive forum for state legislators and private sector leaders to discuss and exchange practical, state-level public policy issues.” However, this is nothing but a thinly veiled disguise for what is really a sleazy and corrupt organization that pays for State legislators to attend conferences with big corporate lobbyists. The real mission is to put proposed legislation in front of State lawmakers and pay them to sponsor and gather votes to get the legislation passed.
Read More @ InvestmentResearchDynamics.com
from The News Doctors:
Containers holding contaminated water at the crippled Fukushima
nuclear power plant are at risk of hydrogen explosions, with 10 percent
of them found to be leaking. As many as 333 containers may be defective,
according to TEPCO.
The first leak was discovered by the plant’s operator, Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO), on April 2. The discovery prompted an inspection of other containers at the site.
Twenty-six of the 278 containers examined by May 20 had some sort of leak or were bleeding from their lids. There are a total of 1,307 containers at the plant.
Read More @ TheNewsDoctors.com
Containers holding contaminated water at the crippled Fukushima
nuclear power plant are at risk of hydrogen explosions, with 10 percent
of them found to be leaking. As many as 333 containers may be defective,
according to TEPCO.The first leak was discovered by the plant’s operator, Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO), on April 2. The discovery prompted an inspection of other containers at the site.
Twenty-six of the 278 containers examined by May 20 had some sort of leak or were bleeding from their lids. There are a total of 1,307 containers at the plant.
Read More @ TheNewsDoctors.com
by Michael Snyder, The Economic Collapse Blog:
All over the planet, large banks are massively overexposed to
derivatives contracts. Interest rate derivatives account for the
biggest chunk of these derivatives contracts. According to the Bank for International Settlements,
the notional value of all interest rate derivatives contracts
outstanding around the globe is a staggering 505 trillion dollars.
Considering the fact that the U.S. national debt is only 18 trillion dollars, that is an amount of money that is almost incomprehensible. When this derivatives bubble
finally bursts, there won’t be enough money in the entire world to bail
everyone out. The key to making sure that all of these interest rate
bets do not start going bad is for interest rates to remain stable.
That is why what is going on in Greece right now is so important. The
Greek government has announced that it will default on a loan payment
that it owes to the IMF on June 5th. If that default does indeed
happen, Greek bond yields will soar into the stratosphere as panicked
investors flee for the exits. But it won’t just be Greece. If Greece
defaults despite years of intervention by the EU and the IMF, that will
be a clear signal to the financial world that no nation in Europe is
truly safe. Bond yields will start spiking in Italy, Spain, Portugal,
Ireland and all over the rest of the continent. By the end of it, we
could be faced with the greatest interest rate derivatives crisis that
any of us have ever seen.
Read More…
All over the planet, large banks are massively overexposed to
derivatives contracts. Interest rate derivatives account for the
biggest chunk of these derivatives contracts. According to the Bank for International Settlements,
the notional value of all interest rate derivatives contracts
outstanding around the globe is a staggering 505 trillion dollars.
Considering the fact that the U.S. national debt is only 18 trillion dollars, that is an amount of money that is almost incomprehensible. When this derivatives bubble
finally bursts, there won’t be enough money in the entire world to bail
everyone out. The key to making sure that all of these interest rate
bets do not start going bad is for interest rates to remain stable.
That is why what is going on in Greece right now is so important. The
Greek government has announced that it will default on a loan payment
that it owes to the IMF on June 5th. If that default does indeed
happen, Greek bond yields will soar into the stratosphere as panicked
investors flee for the exits. But it won’t just be Greece. If Greece
defaults despite years of intervention by the EU and the IMF, that will
be a clear signal to the financial world that no nation in Europe is
truly safe. Bond yields will start spiking in Italy, Spain, Portugal,
Ireland and all over the rest of the continent. By the end of it, we
could be faced with the greatest interest rate derivatives crisis that
any of us have ever seen.Read More…
from Zero Hedge:
“The real disconnect lies in the failure of the economy to grow, as
most people assumed that it would, after the Fed’s quantitative easing
and zero interest rates had supposedly worked their magic. But as I
have said many times before, these policies act more as economic
depressants than they do as stimulants. As long as these monetary
policies persist, our economy will never return to the growth rates
that would be considered healthy…. We prefer the ability to manipulate figures rather than allowing the figures to tell us things that we don’t want to hear.”
Read More @ ZeroHedge.com
“The real disconnect lies in the failure of the economy to grow, as
most people assumed that it would, after the Fed’s quantitative easing
and zero interest rates had supposedly worked their magic. But as I
have said many times before, these policies act more as economic
depressants than they do as stimulants. As long as these monetary
policies persist, our economy will never return to the growth rates
that would be considered healthy…. We prefer the ability to manipulate figures rather than allowing the figures to tell us things that we don’t want to hear.”Read More @ ZeroHedge.com
from The Daily Sheeple:
Last week, former NSA intelligence analyst John Schindler posted a rather disturbing tweet. With a statement that one could only assume to be a reference towards Russia, Schindler wrote “Said a senior NATO (non-US) GOFO to me today: “We’ll probably be at war this summer. If we’re lucky it won’t be nuclear.” Let that sink in.”
So who is John Schindler? As a ten-year veteran of the NSA, he was in the news a bit more when Snowden was making frequent headlines. He used to be a professor at the U.S. Naval War College, and is currently a frequent contributor to Business Insider. According to his biography on Business Insider, he used to teach classes on security, strategy, intelligence, and terrorism, and he has “collaborated closely with other government agencies who would probably prefer he didn’t mention them.” It’s safe to say that Schindler probably brushes shoulders with high-ranking officials from time to time, so his tweet should be taken seriously.
Read More @ TheDailySheeple.com
Last week, former NSA intelligence analyst John Schindler posted a rather disturbing tweet. With a statement that one could only assume to be a reference towards Russia, Schindler wrote “Said a senior NATO (non-US) GOFO to me today: “We’ll probably be at war this summer. If we’re lucky it won’t be nuclear.” Let that sink in.”
So who is John Schindler? As a ten-year veteran of the NSA, he was in the news a bit more when Snowden was making frequent headlines. He used to be a professor at the U.S. Naval War College, and is currently a frequent contributor to Business Insider. According to his biography on Business Insider, he used to teach classes on security, strategy, intelligence, and terrorism, and he has “collaborated closely with other government agencies who would probably prefer he didn’t mention them.” It’s safe to say that Schindler probably brushes shoulders with high-ranking officials from time to time, so his tweet should be taken seriously.
Read More @ TheDailySheeple.com
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