Submitted by Tyler Durden on 04/26/2016 - 20:09
Censored, Surveilled, Watch-Listed, & Jailed: The Absurd Citizenry Of The American Police State
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 04/26/2016 - 22:30 With the help of automated eyes and ears, a growing arsenal of high-tech software, hardware and techniques, government propaganda urging Americans to turn into spies and snitches, as well as social media and behavior sensing software, government agents are spinning a sticky spider-web of threat assessments, behavioral sensing warnings, flagged “words,” and “suspicious” activity reports aimed at snaring potential enemies of the state. It’s the American police state’s take on the dystopian terrors foreshadowed by George Orwell, Aldous Huxley and Phillip K. Dick all rolled up into one oppressive pre-crime and pre-thought crime package.
Following The "Sell-Off" Gundlach Is Starting To Buy Treasuries
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 04/26/2016 - 21:58 This afternoon Jeffrey Gundlach held one of his periodic interviews with Reuters' Jenna Ablan in which he said that the selloff in Treasurys is over and that investors looking to purchase Treasuries in the wake of the bond market's sell-off - if one can call a move in the 10Y to 1.91% a selloff - are making a prudent move. "I think it is a reasonable strategy to start legging into the Treasury market."
Obama Blowback & Saudi Arabia's "Real Nuclear Option"
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 04/26/2016 - 21:30 For all the pledges of eternal love, it’s an open secret in the Beltway that the House of Saud is the object of bipartisan contempt; and their purchased support, when push comes to shove, may reveal itself to be worthless. Now picture a geopolitical no exit with a self-cornered House of Saud having both superpowers, the US and Russia, as their enemies.Is The Race Over: Market Odds Of Contested Convention Tumble As Trump Nomination Odds Surge
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 04/26/2016 - 20:54
U.S. Commodity Regulator Was Unaware About Deutsche Bank's Gold-Rigging Until Ten Days Later
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 04/26/2016 - 20:53 It was not until Friday, April 22, over a week after the Deutsche Bank gold rigging settlement news broke, that the CFTC's press office admitted what many had speculated, when he said he was unaware of the Deutsche Bank story and could find no reference to it in the commission's compendium of news reports of interest to the commission's work. And this, ladies and gentlemen, is the "US commodity" regulator hard at work.
These Five Trends In China Will Change The Gold Market
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 04/26/2016 - 20:30 The gold market will soon be very different than from what we see today - largely due to the current developments in China. China’s influence will impact not just gold investors but everyone who has a vested interest in the global economy, stock markets, and the US dollar. After all, China will be a dominant force in all, as most analysts project. Here are the five trends in China that will change the gold market forever...China Is Building An Army Of Worker Robots
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 04/26/2016 - 19:58
Meanwhile, Another Problem 'Solved' At The White House
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 04/26/2016 - 19:30 Open your eyes!!
Stories Of Despair From The Forgotten People That The U.S. Economy Has Left Behind
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 04/26/2016 - 19:00 There really are “two Americas” in 2016, and they are getting farther and farther apart with each passing year. On the one hand, you have lots of people smiling in New York City these days because of the stock market boom, and property values have soared to ridiculous levels in San Francisco because of the tech bubble. But in between the two coasts there are vast stretches of forgotten people that the U.S. economy has left behind.
Not Interested: 4.5 Million Voters Sit Out Democratic Primaries
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 04/26/2016 - 18:00 For the past few months, we have been shown the massive crowds of millennials flooding Bernie Sanders rallies, and the dyed in the wool democrats who have been flocking to Hillary's. The narrative has been that the Democrats have really generated some enthusiasm this year that hasn't been seen in the past. As is often the case, however, propaganda is much different than reality.
Wall Street In Pain: 163 Hedge Funds Are Long AAPL Stock
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 04/26/2016 - 17:46 Following the biggest Apple debacle in years, here is the reason why the hedge fund community is about to see even more redemption requests and underperform the market even more: according to the latest GS hedge fund tracker, at least 163 hedge fund are long the name which has just lost over $40 billion in market cap in the after hours. The good news: it used to be over 200 as recently as a year ago.
Apple Tumbles After Missing Sales And Earnings, Guides Below Lowest Estimate
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 04/26/2016 - 17:45 Moments ago AAPL reported Q2 EPS of $1.90, missing expectations of $2.00 on revenue of $50.56BN which not only plunged by 13% from ayear ago, but also significantly missed expectations of $52 Billion. Perhaps the biggest driver for this was both the sequential and annual plunge in Chinese sales, which dropped to $12.5 billion from $16.8 billion a year ago. Worse, the company's guidance for Q3 revenues was absolutely abysmal, and now sees only $41-$43BN in Q3 sales, well below not only the median estimate of $47.35bn but below the lowest sellside estimate of $43.95bn.
Silver: Do Old Indicators Matter Or Is Physical About To Overrun Paper?
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 04/26/2016 - 17:30 "The physical market dog is starting to wag the paper market tail. Anyone trading paper-centric historical patters is driving forward while looking in the rear view mirror."
Apple Plunge Drags Entire Nasdaq Lower By 60 Points
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 04/26/2016 - 17:14 With AAPL trading with a $95 handle after-hours (down over $40 billion in market cap), the blowback of the demise of this "no brainer" is echoing through the once impregnable walls of Nasdaq futures which are now down over 60 points from the cash close...back to one-month lows.
The desperation is obvious, palpable, incredible,
fascinating, and unmistakable. History is being made, as the last ditch
is overrun.
by Jim Willie, GoldenJackass via Silver Doctors:
For the last year or more, not an elephant, not a gorilla, but a dragon
has been found at the dinner table. Its breath has just made everybody
at the table totally bald with some scorched red faces. Now all are
looking at each other, wondering who will first mention the bald guys at
the table. The Shanghai levers are finally functioning, starting with
the Gold Fix and continuing with the RMB-based gold futures contract
(which delivers gold metal oddly). The game is finally on, as in the climax chapter to the End Game.
Paper gold is totally disconnected from fundamentals. The paper charade is as impressive as it is corrupt. Its enemy is physical gold and related demand. Silk Road nations have strong gold demand, which will disrupt the entire geopolitical balance of power, extending from trade and non-USDollar platforms. The West has the corner on toilet paper used in the gold market. The United States has the corner on the USDollar, used in fraud and illicit tolls.
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by Jim Willie, GoldenJackass via Silver Doctors:
For the last year or more, not an elephant, not a gorilla, but a dragon
has been found at the dinner table. Its breath has just made everybody
at the table totally bald with some scorched red faces. Now all are
looking at each other, wondering who will first mention the bald guys at
the table. The Shanghai levers are finally functioning, starting with
the Gold Fix and continuing with the RMB-based gold futures contract
(which delivers gold metal oddly). The game is finally on, as in the climax chapter to the End Game.Paper gold is totally disconnected from fundamentals. The paper charade is as impressive as it is corrupt. Its enemy is physical gold and related demand. Silk Road nations have strong gold demand, which will disrupt the entire geopolitical balance of power, extending from trade and non-USDollar platforms. The West has the corner on toilet paper used in the gold market. The United States has the corner on the USDollar, used in fraud and illicit tolls.
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It’s no surprise that the US government would look the other way when lower IQ and cancer are business as usual.One of the major agencies that would look the other way is the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
—But suppose scientists within the EPA spoke out, revolted, and issued official rebukes to their own Agency’s position on fluorides?
Talk about cognitive dissonance. Contradiction. “We at the EPA know fluorides are wonderful and safe and beautiful. Of course, our own scientists disagree. Strongly. But don’t worry, we’re ignoring them. And we’re keeping their statements out of the press. Our position on fluorides is administrative. It has nothing to do with science. Anyway, we support cancer and plummeting IQ. They’re wonderful.”
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by Ron Paul, Lew Rockwell:
For decades, the US and Saudi Arabia have shared a peculiar
relationship: the Saudis sell relatively cheap oil to the United States
for which they accept our fiat currency. They then recycle those paper
dollars into the US military-industrial complex through the purchase of
billions of dollars worth of military equipment, and the US guarantees
the security of the Saudi monarchy.
By accepting only dollars for the sale of its oil, the Saudis help the dollar remain the world’s reserve currency. This has meant that we can export inflation, finance the warfare/welfare state, and delay our day of financial reckoning.
But it seems this longstanding entangling alliance is coming apart.
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For decades, the US and Saudi Arabia have shared a peculiar
relationship: the Saudis sell relatively cheap oil to the United States
for which they accept our fiat currency. They then recycle those paper
dollars into the US military-industrial complex through the purchase of
billions of dollars worth of military equipment, and the US guarantees
the security of the Saudi monarchy.By accepting only dollars for the sale of its oil, the Saudis help the dollar remain the world’s reserve currency. This has meant that we can export inflation, finance the warfare/welfare state, and delay our day of financial reckoning.
But it seems this longstanding entangling alliance is coming apart.
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from BATR:
Well, Barak Obama got his wish on the second try. With the confirmation
of John Owen Brennan by the Senate, the CIA has a new director from
their own ranks. “Brennan’s 25 years with the CIA included work as a
Near East and South Asia analyst, as station chief in Saudi Arabia, and
as director of the National Counterterrorism Center.” He proudly
attests, “I’m neither Republican nor Democrat. I’ve worked for the past
five administrations.” Imagine a non-partisan spook as D/CIA. If this
development is intended to restore confidence in the agency, just what
kind of organization will emerge from a careerist covert agent at the
helm?
The role of a spy network is to obtain intelligence and analyze the significance of information on advocacies bent on causing harm to our national security. Notwithstanding, its long history, the CIA has departed from the art of spying and often substituted the belligerent waging of combat outside the international general rules of war. The aftermaths of condoning a sub rosa intervention, in place of a declared military action, has transformed and prevented the meaning and legitimacy of a valid national security function.
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Well, Barak Obama got his wish on the second try. With the confirmation
of John Owen Brennan by the Senate, the CIA has a new director from
their own ranks. “Brennan’s 25 years with the CIA included work as a
Near East and South Asia analyst, as station chief in Saudi Arabia, and
as director of the National Counterterrorism Center.” He proudly
attests, “I’m neither Republican nor Democrat. I’ve worked for the past
five administrations.” Imagine a non-partisan spook as D/CIA. If this
development is intended to restore confidence in the agency, just what
kind of organization will emerge from a careerist covert agent at the
helm?The role of a spy network is to obtain intelligence and analyze the significance of information on advocacies bent on causing harm to our national security. Notwithstanding, its long history, the CIA has departed from the art of spying and often substituted the belligerent waging of combat outside the international general rules of war. The aftermaths of condoning a sub rosa intervention, in place of a declared military action, has transformed and prevented the meaning and legitimacy of a valid national security function.
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by Charles Hugh Smith, Of Two Minds:
Japan has proven that decay can be stretched into decades, but it has yet to prove that gravity can be revoked by central bank monetary games.
Japan’s fiscal and monetary extremes are in the news again: this time it’s the Bank of Japan’s extraordinarily large ownership of Japanese stocks, a policy intended to boost “investor sentiment” and prop up sagging equity valuations:
The Tokyo Whale Is Quietly Buying Up Huge Stakes in Japan Inc.
The core failure of Japan’s central bank and state is they have attempted to substitute monetary games for desperately needed social, political and economic reforms. This is the Keynesian ideology and project in a single sentence:
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Japan has proven that decay can be stretched into decades, but it has yet to prove that gravity can be revoked by central bank monetary games.
Japan’s fiscal and monetary extremes are in the news again: this time it’s the Bank of Japan’s extraordinarily large ownership of Japanese stocks, a policy intended to boost “investor sentiment” and prop up sagging equity valuations:
The Tokyo Whale Is Quietly Buying Up Huge Stakes in Japan Inc.
The core failure of Japan’s central bank and state is they have attempted to substitute monetary games for desperately needed social, political and economic reforms. This is the Keynesian ideology and project in a single sentence:
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from Wolf Street:
The Australian Securities & Investments Commission (ASIC), which regulates financial services companies,has the backbone of a chicken wing when it comes to enforcing the rule of law; this is widely recognized in Australia and resulted in a Parliamentary inquiry. If any politician believes that ASIC is a “tough cop on the beat,” they should seriously reconsider their opinion on this issue.
Under the pomp and ceremony of the government’s decision to levy the banks to fund ASIC’s prolonged $400 million+ annual fishing vacation is its pursuit of catching tadpoles in the open seas while leaving sharks and barracudas to freely roam. Unfortunately for the regulator, there is a new term Australians will become accustomed to.
Control fraud. It refers to fraud committed by the high-ranking employees of a corporation: executives and managers, typically a bank.
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The Australian Securities & Investments Commission (ASIC), which regulates financial services companies,has the backbone of a chicken wing when it comes to enforcing the rule of law; this is widely recognized in Australia and resulted in a Parliamentary inquiry. If any politician believes that ASIC is a “tough cop on the beat,” they should seriously reconsider their opinion on this issue.
Under the pomp and ceremony of the government’s decision to levy the banks to fund ASIC’s prolonged $400 million+ annual fishing vacation is its pursuit of catching tadpoles in the open seas while leaving sharks and barracudas to freely roam. Unfortunately for the regulator, there is a new term Australians will become accustomed to.
Control fraud. It refers to fraud committed by the high-ranking employees of a corporation: executives and managers, typically a bank.
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