US Congresswoman Introduces Bill To Stop "Illegal" War On Assad; Says CIA Ops Must Stop

Submitted by Tyler Durden on 11/21/2015 - 15:15
Hawaii Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard pulls no punches when it comes to letting America know what's really going on in Syria. After calling repeatedly for the US to stop supporting militants in an effort to oust the Assad government in Syria, Gabbard has now introduced bi-partisan legislation to put an end to what she calls an "illegal", CIA-sponsored war.

Recovery? "We Never Came Close"

Submitted by Tyler Durden on 11/21/2015 - 15:40 Americans have taken on more revolving debt (credit cards basically) since March than they did the previous three years combined. Economists are, as you would expect, nearly ecstatic over the impoverishment. To them, it signals the final capitulation of consumers to that which Janet Yellen has been professing since her term began. But there is a huge problem with that view; if consumers are borrowing, what are they doing with the balances? Instead, this discontinuity can only be consistent where consumers are completely out of options. If there are noticeably fewer goods being shipped here and within here, the US, and borrowing has just exploded at the same exact time then it is rather easy to conclude far more of full recession than recovery.

These Are The Stocks Most Hated By Hedge Funds (And Why You May Want To Buy Them)

Submitted by Tyler Durden on 11/21/2015 - 18:00 Courtesy of the Fed, the most bearish trade going into the year end period is to go long a handful of very specific stocks.

Global Trade Just Snapped: Container Freight Rates Plummet 70% In 3 Weeks

Submitted by Tyler Durden on 11/21/2015 - 14:35 Spot rates for transporting containers from Asia to Northern Europe have crashed a stunning 70% in the last 3 weeks alone. This almost unprecedented divergence from seasonality has only occurred at this scale once before 2008!

In China, Money Is Power... Literally

Submitted by Tyler Durden on 11/21/2015 - 17:30 While recent market turmoil in China has meant the government has been burning through its cash reserves at a record pace, for the electric utility plant in Yancheng; money is quite literally power as 3 billion yuan of outdated or damaged bank-notes are incinerated to generate electricity for Jiangsu province each and every year...

Guest Post: Ending Blowback Terrorism

Submitted by Tyler Durden on 11/21/2015 - 17:10 Painful as it is to admit, the West, especially the United States, bears significant responsibility for creating the conditions in which ISIS has flourished. The recent attacks should be understood as “blowback terrorism”: a dreadful unintended result of repeated US and European covert and overt military actions throughout the Middle East, North Africa, the Horn of Africa, and Central Asia that aimed to overthrow governments and install regimes compliant with Western interests. These operations have not only destabilized the targeted regions, causing great suffering; they have also put populations in the US, the European Union, Russia, and the Middle East at significant risk of terror.

El-Erian Says "The Market Believes Central Banks Are Our Best Friends Forever", Just Don't Show It "Figure 4"

Submitted by Tyler Durden on 11/21/2015 - 16:38 Liquidity in the junk (and all other markets) is evaporating, and according to Citi the spread between an illiquid and liquid junk bond portfolio just hit 100 bps, the most in the history of the series. Meanwhile according to Mohamed El-Erian "The market is comfortable that whenever we hit a hiccup, the Fed is going to come back in," he said. "It's very deeply embedded that central banks are our best friends forever."

Chicago's John Hancock Building Fire Is Out, Police Report 1 Injured

Submitted by Tyler Durden on 11/21/2015 - 16:11 A fire burning in a residence on the 50th floor of the John Hancock Center in Chicago has been put out according to the city’s fire department.
The infamous John Hancock building in Chicago is on fire. CNN reports, and the following tweets show, flames visible halfway up and enormous plumes of smoke amid the freezing Illinois air. The fire is in the northeast corner of what appears to be the 50th floor of the building. The Chicago Tribune reports at least six ambulances were called to the scene. Authorities have shut down Michigan Avenue, which will be holding the Magnificent Mile Festival of Lights Parade Saturday evening.

Mission Accomplished?

Success... or?

What A Negative Swap Spread Really Means (Spoiler Alert: Nothing Good)

Submitted by Tyler Durden on 11/21/2015 - 14:00 Swap spreads recently took a nosedive and are once again trading at negative levels, even for shorter maturities. This market perversion suggest that Wall Street is a safer counterpart than the very institution that underwrites the whole fractional reserve fraud in the first place. To price in a higher risk premium on the US government than on US banks is a contradiction in terms so there need to be another explanation behind this puzzling market phenomenon... There is, and you're not going to like it.

The War on Encryption and Bitcoin – Nothing to Do with Terrorism, Everything to Do with State Control

from Liberty Blitzkrieg:
In time of actual war, great discretionary powers are constantly given to the Executive Magistrate. Constant apprehension of War, has the same tendency to render the head too large for the body. A standing military force, with an overgrown Executive will not long be safe companions to liberty. The means of defence against foreign danger, have been always the instruments of tyranny at home. Among the Romans it was a standing maxim to excite a war, whenever a revolt was apprehended. Throughout all Europe, the armies kept up under the pretext of defending, have enslaved the people. 
– James Madison, Founding Father and 4th President of these United States
Politicians and intelligence agencies throughout the Western world are currently engaged in an all out, shameless propaganda campaign to exploit the recent terror attacks in Paris to convince the citizenry that it should relinquish privacy for absolutely no reason.
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When Wall Street Gets DeFANGed - Look Out Below!

Submitted by Tyler Durden on 11/21/2015 - 11:01 At this week’s close, the FANG stocks were valued at just under $1.2 trillion, meaning they have gained $450 billion of market cap or 60% during the last 11 months - even as their combined earnings for the September LTM period were up by only 13%. In a word, the gamblers are piling on to the last train out of the station. And that means look out below!

American Journalist Murdered By Western Ally For Exposing ISIS Ties

from WeAreChange:

Electromagnetic Hypersensitivity from Microwave Technology Finally Medically Proven

by Catherine J. Frompovich, Activist Post:

Finally, there’s documented medical proof that electromagnetic hypersensitivity is a real-time health issue that actually can be verified using standard medical procedures and testing capabilities.
An international group of researchers aced it when they published their findings from the clinical study “Metabolic and Genetic Screening of Electromagnetic Hypersensitive Subjects as a Feasible Tool for Diagnostics and Intervention” in the November 2014 issue of Mediators of Inflammation.
So, the million-dollar-question has to be, “When will utility companies get up to speed on the latest in microwave technology damage to the human body?” Also, “When will public utility commissions nationwide institute proper procedures to protect consumers from such damage?”
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An Uncivil War Is Raging on Wall Street Among the Biggest Players

by Pam Martens and Russ Martens, Wall Street on Parade:
Until March 30, 2014, most Americans and even long-term veterans on Wall Street had no idea how the electrical plumbing responsible for transacting buy and sell orders at stock exchanges and other trading platforms actually worked. That all changed on March 30 when author Michael Lewis went on 60 Minutes and told its 12 million viewers that “The United States stock market, the most iconic market in global capitalism is rigged.”
Lewis was promoting his new book, Flash Boys, which detailed in language the public could easily understand, (devoid of the intentionally cryptic acronyms used across Wall Street) how the stock exchanges, mega Wall Street banks and high frequency traders were conspiring through technology to front run orders from unknowing investors.
In the 60 Minutes interview with Steve Kroft, Lewis drilled down to how the legalized theft had escaped the notice of so many market watchers: “If it’s so complicated you can’t understand it, then you can’t question it,” said Lewis.
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Combat Cam: Russian Jets Destroy ISIS Oil Refinery & Tanker Trucks in Syria

from RT:

Is this CIA infrastructure being destroyed? Russian Air Force jets carried out airstrikes against an oil refinery controlled by Islamic State in Syria on Wednesday and destroyed around 500 fuel tanker vehicles transporting illegal oil from Syria to Iraq.

Caught On Tape: Russia Launches Cruise Missiles Against ISIS Targets

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