Submitted by Tyler Durden on 05/13/2016 - 07:39
Hillary Clinton may want to lay low from all forms of communication for a while. On top of everything Hillary has been dealing with as of late, starting with her email server probe (where the FBI is supposedly nearing a conclusion), her painful inability to answer voter questions, and having to double down on her innocence as her top aides meet with the FBI, a new stunning discovery has been made. According to newly released emails, Hillary talked to her top aides on unsecured phone lines.
'Guccifer' And The Kremlin's 20,000 Hacked Emails - In The Eye Of Hillary's Perfect Storm
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 05/13/2016 - 02:00 Mrs. Clinton’s folks are preparing for the worst. They have leaked nonsense from “U.S. officials” that the feds have found no intent to commit espionage on the part of Mrs. Clinton. Too bad these officials - political appointees, no doubt - skipped or failed Criminal Law 101. The government need not prove intent for either espionage or for lying to federal agents... And it prosecutes both crimes very vigorously.
Bloody Start To Friday The 13th For Global Markets
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 05/13/2016 - 06:52 Global stocks have started Friday the 13th on the wrong foot, with not only Hong Kong GDP unexpectedly tumbling by 0.4%, the worst print in years while retail sales fell for a thirteenth straight month in March, the longest stretch since 1999 as the Chinese hard landing spreads to the wealthy enclave, but also following a predicted collapse in Chinese new loan creation, which will reverberate not only in China but around the globe in the coming weeks. The latest overnight drop in the Yuan hinted that should the recent USD strength continue, China will have no choice but to repeat its devaluation from last summer and winter.
Jon Stewart Just Slammed Hillary Clinton (And The Mainstream Media Ignored It)
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 05/13/2016 - 08:21 While it’s hardly shocking that mainstream media targeted Jon Stewart’s latest jab - in which he described Donald Trump as a “man-baby” - the mainstream media establishment mouthpiece virtually ignored his lambasting of Hillary Clinton.
The Destabilizing Consequences Of Globalization
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 05/13/2016 - 10:55 This globalization of price - for goods, services, credit and currencies - continually creates imbalances that fuel a perpetual instability that gradually impoverishes every sector other than global capital, which being mobile, can exploit the imbalances for its own profit. Who benefits over the longer term from the permanent instability and boom-and-bust cycles of this arrangement? Only those close to the credit spigots of central banks.
The Biggest Threat To Jeff Bezos And Amazon: President Trump
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 05/13/2016 - 10:33 Donald Trump is unhappy with Jeff Bezos, and it now appears that the biggest threat to Amazon isn't revenue growth and profit margins, it's a potential future President Trump who may deem AMZN to be anti-competitive and force it to break apart. In an interview with Sean Hannity, Trump went off on the Amazon founder, accusing Bezos of having The Washington Post (which Bezos purchased for $250 million in late 2013) run political hit pieces on Trump, apparently to stop Trump from going after Bezos for having a monopoly.
"Hope" Spikes Most Since 2011 As UMich Consumer Confidence Hits 11 Month Highs
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 05/13/2016 - 10:26 Consumer Expectations, according to University of Michigan, soared by the most since Dec 2011 in May's preliminary data - spiking from 77.6 to 87.5. Despite a modest rise in current confidence, this spike in "hope" was enough to send the headline confidence print to 95.8, 11-month highs and well above expectations of just 89.5. Despite confidence rising, inflation expectations tumbled (1Y from 2.8% to 2.5%).
This Won't End Well - Business Inventories Signal Recession Imminent
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 05/13/2016 - 10:11 Autos & parts inventories-to-sales ratios soared to 2.30x from 2.18x - levels that have only been higher during the financial crisis. This, combined with a rise in clothing inventories to sales, held overall business inventories at their highest to sales since the crisis and deep in pre-recessionary territory. Simply put, this won't end well.Chinese Commodity Carnage Unwinds Entire Bubble - Steel Futures Crash Most Since 2009
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 05/13/2016 - 09:49
2008 Bailout Boy Is Back - Kashkari Now Peddling Cheap Debt Toxin From The Fed
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 05/13/2016 - 09:30 The only thing that stops them is death itself. But, alas, even death won’t save us. For there is always a long line of noble fellows, eager to step in and fight the cause.
Oil "Rebalancing" In Jeopardy After Iran Output Soars To Pre-Sanction Levels, Russia "Pours Cold Water" On OPEC Forecast
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 05/13/2016 - 09:09 The biggest non-OPEC member disagreed with OPEC's latest rosy - if only for OPEC countries - assessment, when Russia poured cold water on the notion that recent falls in production in the Americas, Asia and Africa had wiped out a global production and storage overhang. Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak told reporters on Thursday that the global oil surplus stood at 1.5 million bpd and that the market might not balance out until the first half of 2017.
China Hard Landing Spreads: Hong Kong GDP Tumbles At Fastest Pace Since Financial Crisis
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 05/13/2016 - 08:53 In the latest indication of contracting global growth, overnight Hong Kong reported that its Q1 GDP fell off a cliff 0.4% qoq, widly missing estimates of 0.1% growth as retail sales plummeted and the property market continued its collapse. On a y/y basis, the economy grew only 0.8% when compared to the same period last year, less than half the 1.9% y/y growth reflected in Q4.
April Retail Sales Soar Most In 13 Months Despite Retailers Slashing Guidance In May
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 05/13/2016 - 08:37 Following March's plunge in retail sales (dragging YoY to just +1.6% - recessionary territory) as Auto sales tumbled, April retail sales printed a large 1.3% surge (versus expectations of a 0.8% rise). This is the 3rd biggest MoM rise since 2010, which is odd given the utter collapse in retailers earnings and most crucially outlooks! Soaring gas prices helped but auto sales rebounded as did Amazon non-store retailers.
Gundlach: "I See The S&P Going To 1600", Bashes Hillary Clinton
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 05/13/2016 - 07:50 Gundlach told Reuters that the with the S&P500 rangebound around 2,050 for some time, "it's tough to get much of a rally off of price-to-earnings this high with earnings falling and the Fed itching to tighten with GDP growth already projected to decline," he said. In keeping with his recent skepticism, he said that his forecast on the market remains a gloomy one: "I'm sticking with my '2 percent upside and 20 downside' prediction on U.S. stocks.... it's working, I can see it going to 1,600."
Everyone Is Still Selling: Biggest Monthly Outflow From Global Stocks Since US Downgrade
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 05/13/2016 - 07:13 One recurring question over the past few weeks has been "who is buying" stocks in a world in which not only the smart money, but everyone else too is selling. The latest Lipper data will not provide the answer because as BofA reports, in the latest week there was another $7.4bn in outflows (the 5th straight week) driven by $4.8bn in mutual fund outflows and $2.7bn ETF outflows, leading to a $44bn equity exodus past 5 weeks, which as Michael Hartnett points out is the "largest redemption period since Aug’11", or when the US downgrade sent US stocks into a bear market tailspin.
Are Chip Readers A 'Clever' Way For Visa And MasterCard To Increase Revenue?
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 05/13/2016 - 05:00 Ever since merchants changed out payment terminals last October in order to comply with new rules and accept chip cards, merchants are seeing expenses relating to debit transaction fees increasing, in some cases as much as 20%. The reason stems from transaction terminals being set up to steer transactions in such a way that will generate the most revenue for the data processing company...
First Canada, Now Ireland Offers "Hug & A Pint" To Americans Fleeing Trumptopia
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 05/13/2016 - 04:00 A radio DJ from Canada’s Cape Breton Island first introduced the idea of havens for Americans seeking escape from a Donald Trump presidency - but now Ireland is joining in with its own offer for possible future expats.
Russia Completes Energy Bridge With Crimea, Warns Against Any Future Interference
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 05/13/2016 - 03:00 "Let me congratulate you all on the completion of this energy bridge linking Crimea to the rest of Russia... The work itself proceeded at a truly rapid pace with the result that we have ended the energy blockade of Crimea in a very short time. I have no doubt that we would succeed in breaking through any kind of blockade, should anyone take it into their heads to test us."
by Michael Snyder, The Economic Collapse Blog:
As the U.S. economy slows down, we would expect to start to see evidence of this in the employment numbers, and that is precisely what has begun to happen. During the week before last, initial claims for unemployment benefits jumped by 17,000, which was the largest increase that we had seen in over a year. Well, last week we witnessed an even bigger spike. Seasonally adjusted initial claims shot up 20,000 more to a total of 294,000. Of course it makes perfect sense that more Americans are applying for unemployment benefits, because firms are laying people off at a much faster pace these days. Just a couple days ago I reported that job cut announcements at major firms are running 24 percent higher this year compared to the first four months of last year. So we should fully expect that the number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits will continue to accelerate.
Personally, I am a bit surprised by how quickly these numbers are getting worse. The following comes directly from the Department of Labor…
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As the U.S. economy slows down, we would expect to start to see evidence of this in the employment numbers, and that is precisely what has begun to happen. During the week before last, initial claims for unemployment benefits jumped by 17,000, which was the largest increase that we had seen in over a year. Well, last week we witnessed an even bigger spike. Seasonally adjusted initial claims shot up 20,000 more to a total of 294,000. Of course it makes perfect sense that more Americans are applying for unemployment benefits, because firms are laying people off at a much faster pace these days. Just a couple days ago I reported that job cut announcements at major firms are running 24 percent higher this year compared to the first four months of last year. So we should fully expect that the number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits will continue to accelerate.
Personally, I am a bit surprised by how quickly these numbers are getting worse. The following comes directly from the Department of Labor…
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If you were to suggest to most Americans that certain government
agencies either should not exist, or should be dramatically scaled back,
chances are good you’d either get some weird stares, or stern
insistence that life as we know it would end without such agencies.Granted, some level of bureaucracy is necessary for a modern society, but in all honesty, many of us have been conditioned by media, academia and governments themselves to believe that without the heavy hand of regulation, the world as we know it would end, and end badly.
But just as requiring doctors, lawyers, hair stylists and mechanics to have all sorts of government licensing and certifications has not ended malpractice or poor legal representation and bad service, the existence of a plethora of government agencies micromanaging every aspect of our lives hasn’t led to flawless representation either.
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by Michael Krieger Liberty Blitzkrieg:
Rep. Brad Sherman (D-Calif.) is criticizing the Obama administration as having tried to strong-arm a former senator who is pushing to declassify 28 pages of the 9/11 report dealing with Saudi Arabia.
He recounted how Rep. Gwen Graham (D-Fla.) and her father, former Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Bob Graham (D-Fla.), were detained by the FBI in 2011 at Dulles International Airport outside Washington. The message from the agents, according to the Grahams, was to quit pushing for declassification of the 28 pages.
The FBI “took a former senator, a former governor, grabbed him in an airport, hustled him into a room with armed force to try to intimidate him into taking different positions on issues of public policy and important national policy, and the fact that he wasn’t intimidated because he was calm doesn’t show that they weren’t trying to intimidate him,” Sherman said in an interview with The Hill’s Molly K. Hooper.
– From last week’s post: Disturbing Claim – FBI Interrogated Former Senator for Wanting “28 Pages” Declassified
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Rep. Brad Sherman (D-Calif.) is criticizing the Obama administration as having tried to strong-arm a former senator who is pushing to declassify 28 pages of the 9/11 report dealing with Saudi Arabia.
He recounted how Rep. Gwen Graham (D-Fla.) and her father, former Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Bob Graham (D-Fla.), were detained by the FBI in 2011 at Dulles International Airport outside Washington. The message from the agents, according to the Grahams, was to quit pushing for declassification of the 28 pages.
The FBI “took a former senator, a former governor, grabbed him in an airport, hustled him into a room with armed force to try to intimidate him into taking different positions on issues of public policy and important national policy, and the fact that he wasn’t intimidated because he was calm doesn’t show that they weren’t trying to intimidate him,” Sherman said in an interview with The Hill’s Molly K. Hooper.
– From last week’s post: Disturbing Claim – FBI Interrogated Former Senator for Wanting “28 Pages” Declassified
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by Paul Craig Roberts, Paul Craig Roberts:
Several years ago two very distinguished American scholars wrote a book, The Israel Lobby.
The book made a very understated case that the Israel Lobby has far more power over the US government and media than is good for America or Israel, as it silences constructive critics who are Israel’s friends. The two scholars were demonized by the Israel Lobby as advocating the return of the Holocaust.
The Israel Lobby presented itself as just a poor little weak thing unable to stand up to all the Nazis assailing Israel. Meanwhile the US Congress was unanimously passing outrageous resolutions handed to it by the Israel Lobby.
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Several years ago two very distinguished American scholars wrote a book, The Israel Lobby.The book made a very understated case that the Israel Lobby has far more power over the US government and media than is good for America or Israel, as it silences constructive critics who are Israel’s friends. The two scholars were demonized by the Israel Lobby as advocating the return of the Holocaust.
The Israel Lobby presented itself as just a poor little weak thing unable to stand up to all the Nazis assailing Israel. Meanwhile the US Congress was unanimously passing outrageous resolutions handed to it by the Israel Lobby.
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by Makia Freeman, The Sleuth Journal:
The synthetic agenda is the over-arching agenda of the New World Order
worldwide conspiracy. Think about it – so many aspects of the conspiracy
are about supplanting the real with the fake, the organic with the
inorganic, the carbon with the silicon and the biological with the
artificial. In the synthetic agenda, everything in our world is being
threatened with replacement by an inferior version or fake replica of
itself – which sells itself as superior so as to increase the acceptance
and assimilation of it. As I covered in the series Everything is Fake:
Top 40 Pieces of Fakery in Our World (part 1, part 2, part 3 and part
4), almost everything around us is a facade, fake or fraudulent. For
instance, we have vaccines, petrochemical drugs and radiation
masquerading as “medicine”, foreign corporations masquerading as
“government”, mainstream science masquerading as “knowledge”, GMOs
masquerading as “food” and fiat paper masquerading as “money”. However,
as David Icke in Phantom Self has been saying, the deeper reason is that
all these fake things are being created from some sort of virus or
distorted force that has hacked the source and digital-genetic code of
life itself – and is madly spewing out an inferior version of everything
in the only way it knows how. Ultimately, this force is using the
synthetic agenda to entrain us onto its frequency, and transform us into
a hybrid species that will no longer be able to be called human.
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The synthetic agenda is the over-arching agenda of the New World Order
worldwide conspiracy. Think about it – so many aspects of the conspiracy
are about supplanting the real with the fake, the organic with the
inorganic, the carbon with the silicon and the biological with the
artificial. In the synthetic agenda, everything in our world is being
threatened with replacement by an inferior version or fake replica of
itself – which sells itself as superior so as to increase the acceptance
and assimilation of it. As I covered in the series Everything is Fake:
Top 40 Pieces of Fakery in Our World (part 1, part 2, part 3 and part
4), almost everything around us is a facade, fake or fraudulent. For
instance, we have vaccines, petrochemical drugs and radiation
masquerading as “medicine”, foreign corporations masquerading as
“government”, mainstream science masquerading as “knowledge”, GMOs
masquerading as “food” and fiat paper masquerading as “money”. However,
as David Icke in Phantom Self has been saying, the deeper reason is that
all these fake things are being created from some sort of virus or
distorted force that has hacked the source and digital-genetic code of
life itself – and is madly spewing out an inferior version of everything
in the only way it knows how. Ultimately, this force is using the
synthetic agenda to entrain us onto its frequency, and transform us into
a hybrid species that will no longer be able to be called human.Read More
by Wolf Richter, Wolf Street:
This could get very ugly!
Apple shares have plunged 32% from June last year, and $282 billion in shareholder wealth has evaporated, on swooning sales and crummy data from suppliers. Today shares fell briefly below $90 for the first time since June 2014. But still, Apple’s market capitalization is about $507 billion. And Alphabet’s is $498 billion.
Along with Facebook, Amazon, and LinkedIn, they constitute the Big Five in Silicon Valley, with a giant footprint on commercial real estate that continues to grow. So just how exposed is Silicon Valley’s office market to a slowdown among the Big Five?
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This could get very ugly!Apple shares have plunged 32% from June last year, and $282 billion in shareholder wealth has evaporated, on swooning sales and crummy data from suppliers. Today shares fell briefly below $90 for the first time since June 2014. But still, Apple’s market capitalization is about $507 billion. And Alphabet’s is $498 billion.
Along with Facebook, Amazon, and LinkedIn, they constitute the Big Five in Silicon Valley, with a giant footprint on commercial real estate that continues to grow. So just how exposed is Silicon Valley’s office market to a slowdown among the Big Five?
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Demand jumps 21% in first quarter as investment doubles: WGC
from Bloomberg:
Gold demand surged to the second-highest level ever as investors piled into funds, doubling investment in the metal.
Global demand in the first quarter climbed 21 percent from a year earlier to 1,289.8 metric tons, the World Gold Council said in a report Thursday. That’s second only to the final quarter of 2012 in data going back to 2000. Still, jewelry buying slid 19 percent amid a strike by jewelers in India and as higher prices deterred buying.
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from Bloomberg:
Gold demand surged to the second-highest level ever as investors piled into funds, doubling investment in the metal.Global demand in the first quarter climbed 21 percent from a year earlier to 1,289.8 metric tons, the World Gold Council said in a report Thursday. That’s second only to the final quarter of 2012 in data going back to 2000. Still, jewelry buying slid 19 percent amid a strike by jewelers in India and as higher prices deterred buying.
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by Russ Winter, Winter Watch:
In the period leading up to 9/11, a group of Israelis (non-U.S. citizens) managed to secure “temporary construction” passes to perform work on the 91st floor of Larry “pull it” Silverstein’s leased WTC 1. These passes gave them access to the entire WTC complex. The pretense was an art project called the “B-Thing” and the group is called Gelatin.
After securing their passes, Gelatin proceeded to remove the heavy WTC windows of an office space on the 91st floor and reportedly constructed a prefab balcony outside of the building. Then they stretched “putty” around the windows and filmed it by helicopter as a stunt. The New York Times even felt strangely compelled to cover this story and considered it newsworthy, or a backstory. On the right is the photo of the balcony as shown in the newspaper article.
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In the period leading up to 9/11, a group of Israelis (non-U.S. citizens) managed to secure “temporary construction” passes to perform work on the 91st floor of Larry “pull it” Silverstein’s leased WTC 1. These passes gave them access to the entire WTC complex. The pretense was an art project called the “B-Thing” and the group is called Gelatin.
After securing their passes, Gelatin proceeded to remove the heavy WTC windows of an office space on the 91st floor and reportedly constructed a prefab balcony outside of the building. Then they stretched “putty” around the windows and filmed it by helicopter as a stunt. The New York Times even felt strangely compelled to cover this story and considered it newsworthy, or a backstory. On the right is the photo of the balcony as shown in the newspaper article.
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