Regardless Of Who Wins In November, Freedom & Liberty Both Lose...

Submitted by Tyler Durden on 03/20/2016 - 20:00
This is the new America system: a democratic politics of power, plunder and privilege in a perpetual social conflict of social classes, racial groups and gender identities. It is a system in which the individual seems weak, small and powerless; and needing “leaders” who will use politics to bring them to the social, economic, racial and gender “promised lands” that are laid before the constituent-voters, if only this or that political candidate is elected to set the world right for the benefit of a coalition of collective groups who want certain things and to which they are told they are entitled. This the outcome of the journey from liberal individualism to political collectivism.

Currency Debasement & The Death Of Roman Emperors

Submitted by Tyler Durden on 03/20/2016 - 22:30 Correlation does not necessarily imply causation. But during the 113-year stretch of time from 192 to 305 AD when Rome's currency collapse was accelerating, an astonishing amount of Roman emperors (84%) were either brutally murdered or assassinated.
  

Judge Jeanine: "Republicans Plotting Against Trump Is Proof They Are In Bed With The Democrats"

Submitted by Tyler Durden on 03/20/2016 - 20:58 "The Republican establishment, elected officials and party leaders are in bed with the Democrats... It's astonishing, Republicans plotting against their own front-runner! The party elders are petrified of Trump.  The man is beholden to no one. He wins and it's game over for the elite. With Hillary, the game goes on."

"Can Trump Win The General Election?" Goldman Answers All Your Election Questions

Submitted by Tyler Durden on 03/20/2016 - 21:30 Inside the Beltway all politicians are the same. They do the bidding of vested interests, lobbyists, and whoever else has the money. No one knows that better than Goldman Sachs, a firm which has its fingers (or “tentacles” as it were) in every political pie that matters (well, except one perhaps). Here is Goldman's 2016 election preview.
 

It's Moved Beyond Vancouver: "Downtown Seattle Has Entered The Phase Of Ponzi Financing"

Submitted by Tyler Durden on 03/20/2016 - 21:58 In the past, the value of a commercial property was "the capitalized value of the stream of rents from that property." In this order of things, occupancy rates (content) mattered. Now, commercial properties are not selling content and value but merely value. Meaning, they are selling a "projected increase in price." Meaning, downtown Seattle has entered the phase of Ponzi financing. "My speculation is that this has been caused by people looking to move their money into the US,"

China Car Sales Suffer Biggest Crash On Record To Start 2016

Submitted by Tyler Durden on 03/20/2016 - 21:15 The dream of transition to a 'consuming' economy just crashed into the wall of excess debt and leverage. 2016 has started with a 44% collapse in China passenger car sales. This is the biggest sequential crash and is 50% larger than any other plunge in history. Coming at a time when vehicle inventories are near record highs relative to sales, the world's automakers - all toeing the narrative line that growth will be from China - now face a harsh reality of massie mal-investment deja vu.

Dr. Doom Warns: “Hillary Will Destroy The Whole World… Look How Successful Her Nation Building Has Been”

by Mac Slavo, SHTFPlan:

Do you ever wonder how it is possible that millions of Americans could support Hillary Clinton?
Going back the last three decades you’d be hard-pressed to find any actual success stories or accomplishments – even Hillary can’t name her own accomplishments! In fact, if you actually cared about America like many Hillary supporters claim they do, you’d be aghast at the corruption, violence and sheer arrogance surrounding the person who may become the President of the United States.
While Trump certainly has his faults, we remain bewildered that someone who gives the term “human being” such a bad name is even in the running to become the leader of the free world.
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China's Latest Problem: Half A Trillion Dollars In Unpaid Bills

Submitted by Tyler Durden on 03/20/2016 - 20:30 PBoC governor Zhou Xiaochuan is worried. The amount of debt accumulated by the country's corporate sector is "too much" and poses a "macroeconomic risk." Compounding the problem: the very same corporate sector has more than a half-trillion dollars in unpaid receivables on its books.

Monsanto suffers week of devastating defeats as lawmakers back away from biotech influence and intimidation

by Julie Wilson, Natural News:
Monsanto may hold a near-monopoly on the world’s seed supply, but it cannot control the minds, hearts and voices of those who support and demand clean, healthy and non-toxic food. Advocates have increasingly consolidated to create a powerful health food movement that’s gained so much momentum it is now deemed unstoppable.
This doesn’t bode well for seed companies dependent on crops laced with foreign DNA and coupled with noxious herbicides. Thanks to the tireless work of food and health activists, bloggers and the indie media, the public is no longer in the dark about the health and environmental dangers of GMOs – and there is no reversing that opinion.
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Sweden's Refugee 'Crisis' Has "Gone Past The Breaking Point"

Submitted by Tyler Durden on 03/20/2016 - 19:30 "No modern welfare state has had an inflow of refugees per capita that’s equivalent to Sweden’s...We’ve gone past the breaking point... people may start wondering whether it's worth paying taxes."

Is There A US-Russia Grand Bargain In Syria?

Submitted by Tyler Durden on 03/20/2016 - 19:00 It’s spy thriller stuff; no one is talking. But there are indications Russia would not announce a partial withdrawal from Syria right before the Geneva negotiations ramp up unless a grand bargain with Washington had been struck. Tradeoffs seem to be imminent. And that would imply a power shift has taken place above Obama - who is essentially a messenger, a paperboy.

Florida Man Tries To Buy $60,000 BMW SUV With Food Stamps

Submitted by Tyler Durden on 03/20/2016 - 18:24 The farcical American welfare-state has a new posterchild. Meet Florida-resident Nicholas Jackson, who tried to purchase a brand new $60,000 BMW X-6 SUV with his Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) card...

Black Cop Exposes Anti-Trump Protesters As "Most Hateful, Evil People Ever"

Submitted by Tyler Durden on 03/20/2016 - 18:00 Unfortunately for the establishment, the ongoing acts of sponsoreds civil disobedience are not creating the groundswell of anti-Trump terror they had hoped would bring down the anti-establishmentarian. In fact things have gone so far that even Arizona cops questioned their safety among Soros' puppet-protesters. As African-American police officer Brandon Tatum exclaims, the profane-language-using demonstrators "were the most hateful, evil people he has ever seen."

Why The True Cost Of Living Is Much Higher Than We're Told (Or Sold)

Submitted by Tyler Durden on 03/20/2016 - 17:30 Over the past decade, we've been told that inflation has been tame -- actually below the target the Federal Reserve would like to see. But if that's true, then why does the average household find it harder and harder to get by? The ugly reality is that the true annual cost of living is far outpacing the government's reported inflation rate. By nearly 10x in many parts of the country.

These Flowcharts Show How Trump Could Get Robbed At GOP Convention

Submitted by Tyler Durden on 03/20/2016 - 17:01

Must Watch Video - "The Veneer of Justice in a Kingdom of Crime"

Submitted by Tyler Durden on 03/20/2016 - 16:58 No one in American society is supposed to be immune from criminal prosecution, yet the Justice Department in the Obama administration took it upon themselves to grant such immunity to the mega banks and their employees. This is a tale of the traitors operating within the highest levels of the U.S. government, and it is a saga of how the rule of law was openly torched in front of our very eyes.... Until justice is served, this nation will never heal. Economically, culturally or spiritually.

What’s The Frequency Janet?

Submitted by Tyler Durden on 03/20/2016 - 16:38 To now dismiss Fed policy causation as “correlation theory” is laughable. The markets are now so intertwined and Fed dependent the observation of whether correlation is causality has been rendered moot. Without the Fed – there is no market. That’s now a proven fact. Period.

JPM: The Short Squeeze Is Largely Over

Submitted by Tyler Durden on 03/20/2016 - 15:53 "Three quarters of the previous selling of equity ETFs during January and February has been reversed in just three weeks. CTAs appear to have fully covered their shorts. Indeed both CTAs and Discretionary Macro hedge fund managers appear to be close to neutral right now... we conclude that the short covering phase that started a month ago is very advanced."

Brazil Needs A Stronger Currency Like It Needs A Hole In The Head, Goldman Warns

Submitted by Tyler Durden on 03/20/2016 - 15:16 As we’ve documented extensively this month, the BRL is now trading pretty much exclusively on Lula, as his fate is seen as a proxy for whether Rousseff will ultimately be forced from office. The market apparently believes that anything would be better than the current political arrangement when it comes to shoring up the country’s flagging economy which last year plunged into what might as well be a depression. Now that the high court has blocked his appointment, Brazil should be wary of further currency appreciation, Goldman warns, as an economic rebalancing requires a weaker BRL.

Thousands Of "Elated, Wet" Migrants Land On Lesbos, As Refugee "Deal" Fails To Stem Flow

Submitted by Tyler Durden on 03/20/2016 - 14:00

FOMC backs off

by Alasdair Macleod, Gold Money:

Precious metal prices eased ahead of this week’s 2-day FOMC meeting, which ended on Wednesday.
Gold had drifted $30 lower before recovering it all in a matter of minutes on Wednesday afternoon EST, after the rate decision was announced. The FOMC decided not to raise rates, despite a pick-up in core inflation and employment figures, indicating the FOMC’s targets had been satisfied. It was the prospect of the Fed’s dual mandate being met that had persuaded observers, the majority of which agreed that a rise in interest rates would be deferred, that the odds of a rise next month should shorten. That prospect appears to have receded as well.
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Gold vs. Platinum: Making the correct investment choice

by XKeyscore, Intellihub:

For many years platinum led gold in value and fetched a higher price per ounce, and it is more rare than gold, but does that make it a better investment? Not necessarily.

For starters, gold has been used for centuries as currency and a failsafe to hedge against fiat currency devaluation, and has been used for jewelry and art.
Gold is unique in color, while platinum shares similar features with palladium, silver, rhodium and other elements. Thus the demand for gold jewelry has always exceeded that of platinum, and that trend will continue.
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Munich Re Gives The ECB The Middle Finger, Owns Almost 300,000 Ounces Of Gold

from Zero Hedge:

Last week, we reported on the ECB’s decision to cut the interest rates and how Mario Draghi said ‘helicopter money’ is ‘an interesting concept that is being studied’. In the accompanying Q&A session, Draghi also said he did not expect the ECB would have to reduce the (already negative) interest rates even further which disappointed the markets. In fact, the disappointment was so big, the ECB already sent one of its members into the trenches to walk back on that statement.
In an interview with the Italian newspaper La Repubblica, the ECB’s chief economist said that the ECB would not mind reducing the interest rates once again. Not only did he leave the door open for further rate cuts, he also explicitly mentioned helicopter money as an extreme but theoretical solution for the lack of liquidity on the European markets.
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Why Trump Triumphs

by Bill Bonner, Acting-Man.com:

Dow up again yesterday! According to Wall Street analysts, investors were front running a non-event. The Fed is in a credit “tightening cycle”, but without the tightening. On Wednesday, it announced it was leaving short-term rates unchanged at 0.5%.
Since not tightening is what investors are counting on, stocks rise… at least a little… in anticipation. But investors should watch out… We may be in a tightening cycle that goes way beyond the Fed’s control.
“Germany is a disaster right now,” says Donald J. Trump A lot of Europeans would agree with him. Chancellor Angela Merkel’s open-door refugee policy is leading to widespread discontent. Her political position is “becoming weaker,” says the Financial Times. Why?
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