"This Is Devastating News For Republicans": Poll Finds Denying Trump Nomination Would Crush GOP

Submitted by Tyler Durden on 04/09/2016 - 18:18
"If they broker him out, I’ll be fed up with the Republicans,” said Chuck Thompson, 66, a Trump supporter from Concord, North Carolina, who took the poll . Cited by Reuters, Thompson, a lifelong Republican, said he admires Trump’s independence from big campaign donors and takes that as a sign that the front-runner will be able to think for himself if he were to become president. If Trump loses the nomination, Thompson said he would quit the party. "The people want Donald Trump. If they (Republicans) can’t deal with that, I don’t need them," he said.

The End Is Near For Brazil's Ultra-Corrupt Government

Submitted by Tyler Durden on 04/09/2016 - 17:30 "We could lose a decade of economic growth in three or four years," one official exclaims, "in other words, a decade of growth would be lost during Dilma’s mandate if she continues on as president." This recession, and concurrent high inflation, has been magnified by the biggest scandal in political memory...“It is considered common sense now that she will be impeached. Only a miracle can save her. All the factors are pushing that way."

Stunning Video Reveals Why You Shouldn't Trust Anything You See On Television

Submitted by Tyler Durden on 04/09/2016 - 13:54

Why USDJPY Matters (Or The Carry Collapse Cometh)

Submitted by Tyler Durden on 04/09/2016 - 21:40 The yen’s strength may be tripping up U.S. stocks as the collape of the BoJ-inspired carry trade pressures leverage and risk-taking around the world. As Bloomberg notes, in the last 10 instances the yen rallied at least 1 percent against the dollar, the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index lost 0.8 percent on average, the most since at least 2008.

"The Gold Price Has Been Captured By The Modern Banking System"

Submitted by Tyler Durden on 04/09/2016 - 21:15 It is commonly assumed that the gold price and interest rates move in opposite directions. Like all assumptions about prices, sometimes it is true and sometimes not. The market today is all about synthetic gold, gold which is referred to but rarely delivered. The current relationship is therefore one of relative interest rates, because positions in synthetic gold are financed from wholesale money markets. This is why a rumour that interest rates might rise sooner than expected, if it is reflected in forward interbank rates, leads to a fall in the gold price. To the extent that this happens, the gold price has been captured by the modern banking system, but it was not always so.

"The People Aren't Stupid" - Germany Takes Aim At The ECB, May Sue Draghi: Spiegel

Submitted by Tyler Durden on 04/09/2016 - 21:09 The alienation between Germany and the ECB has reached a new level. Back in deutsche mark times, Europeans often joked that the Germans "may not believe in God, but they believe in the Bundesbank," as Germany's central bank is called. Today, though, when it comes to relations between the ECB and the German population, people are more likely to speak of "parallel universes."... Should it come to helicopter money, Berlin would have to consider taking the ECB to court to clarify the limits of its mandate. In other words: the German government and Draghi's ECB would be adversaries in a public court case.

Department Of Education - Our Work Here Is Done

Submitted by Tyler Durden on 04/09/2016 - 20:25 It appears a few children were left behind...

Meanwhile In Germany, An Unexpected Ad Appears

Submitted by Tyler Durden on 04/09/2016 - 20:10 During a leisurely stroll around Germany, one may encounter many strange sights but nothing would stranger than the following ad (courtesy of Peter Barkow) which promises negative 1% interest rates for consumer loans up to 24 months.

The Complete Story Behind Payroll Gains In Just One Chart

Submitted by Tyler Durden on 04/09/2016 - 20:01 Declining average weekly hours and rising part-time employment. That is all.

War On Cash Escalates: Japan Starts Testing Fingerprints As "Currency"

Submitted by Tyler Durden on 04/09/2016 - 19:35 The war on cash just got serious, and of course, it is the extreme policy experimenters of Japan that are pushing the boundaries. Having dived headlong into negative interest rates, Japanee policymakers recognize full well the historical reaction of "hording cash" will not 'create' the nirvana of 2% inflation and break the 'deflation mindset' that they so long have waited for. So, following in the footsteps of Venezuela, as Japan News reports, starting this summer, the government will test a system which will enable people to buy things at stores using only their fingerprints - thus enabling full monitoring (and inevitable control) of spending (or saving).

"Rotten To The Core"

Submitted by Tyler Durden on 04/09/2016 - 18:45 You have $100,000 in your account, right? Does it mean that there is a little cubbyhole somewhere, with your name on it, in which you will find a stack of 1,000 Ben Franklins? Nope. Not even close. No cubbyhole. No stack of money. No nothing.

These 2 Charts Show The Next Recession Will Blow Out The US Budget

Submitted by Tyler Durden on 04/09/2016 - 18:35 Only during the halcyon economic days of the 1960s have we seen a longer recovery; but that record, too, will be eclipsed sometime in 2019—if we don’t see a recession first. And note that we were growing at well over 3% in the 1960s, not the anemic 2% we have averaged during this recovery and certainly not the positively puny 1.5% we have endured lately. Global growth is slowing down. Given the limited number of arrows left in the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy quiver, the US is going to have a difficult time dealing with the fallout from a recession. Even worse, a number of factors are coming together that will require serious crisis management.

Caught On Tape: Cameraman Attacked At Greek Neo-Nazi Party "Anti-Islamization" Protests

Submitted by Tyler Durden on 04/09/2016 - 17:55 "...it was a miracle that the cameraman went unharmed..."

The Gold Vaults of Hong Kong: Brinks, Malca Amit, Loomis

by Ronan Manly, Bullion Star:

The article “From Good Delivery bars to Kilobars – The Swiss Refineries, the GFMS data, and the LBMA” examined the mountain of evidence concerning the known Swiss conversion of Good Delivery bars into kilobars for export to gold markets in the East. As a further step in this process, it’s worth taking a look at the substantial evidence of these kilobars either being accumulated, or passing through, vault locations in markets such as the Hong Kong gold market. It’s also worth looking at where these gold vaults in Hong are actually located.
Kilobar Accumulation in Hong Kong
In March 2015, the CME Group launched a Hong Kong based gold kilo futures contract. This contract is physically deliverable at various Hong Kong precious metals vaults.
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MMR vaccines called one of the ‘greatest scandals in medical history’ by former Chief Scientific Officer of the UK’s Department of Health

by Isabelle Z, Natural News:
The former chief scientific officer for Britain’s Department of Health who was responsible for deciding if medicines and vaccines were safe for use among the general public says his former employer is guilty of “utterly inexplicable complacency” regarding the mumps, measles and rubella shot.
The UK’s Daily Mail Online reports that Dr. Peter Fletcher, who was his country’s chief scientific officer in the late 1970s, said if it is ultimately proven that the MMR vaccine is linked to autism, “the refusal by governments to evaluate the risks properly will make this one of the greatest scandals in medical history.”
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