Monday, June 6, 2016

Hillary Clinton Is The Clear Candidate Of The War Party...


Last week, Hillary Clinton gave up trying to compete with Bernie Sanders on domestic policy. Instead, she zeroed in on the soft target of Donald Trump’s most “bizarre rants” in order to present herself as experienced and reasonable. Evidently taking her Democratic Party nomination for granted, she is positioning herself as the perfect candidate for hawkish Republicans.

Bill Clinton's Brother Arrested For Drunk Driving In California

The last thing Hillary Clinton needs a day before the California primary is a stark reminer of the "clan's" tendency for mischief outside of the White House. Which is why the latest news that Roger Clinton, Bill's brother, has been arrested - and in Southern California at that - for drunk driving, may have come at the worst possible moment for the Democratic presidential candidate, for whom winning the Golden State is a matter of urgency.

Hillary Faces 10 Years in Prison if Her Email Server Was Hacked

by Michael Depinto, Freedom OutPost:
A recent Gallup Poll shows that more than half of Democrats would still support Hillary if she were indicted.
In an exclusive jailhouse interview, now infamous hacker Guccifer, claims to have personally hacked Hillary Clinton’s email on multiple occasions, which if proven by FBI investigators could spell 10-15 years in prison under the espionage act. During the interview, Guccifer also gives the FBI a trail of breadcrumbs on how to find the other hackers he says had already breached her system prior to him, and left traces of their breaches. According Fox News’ Andrew Napolitano, Hillary is in much, much, much bigger trouble than she is eluding to in public.
Thankfully, I have a solution to the whole problem. Give her the electric chair… and make sure she’s good and wet when they plug it in… Back where you belong demon!
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New Poll: 70% Of Americans Are Frustrated About The Upcoming Presidential Election

by Amando Flavio, Activist Post:
A new poll by the Associated Press (AP) news agency, in collaboration with the National Opinion Research Center (NORC) at the University of Chicago, has revealed that a staggering 70% of Americans are disturbed about the country’s presidential elections due in November.
Whereas AP is an international news organization, NORC is one of the largest independent social research organizations in the United States, established in 1941. It has conducted numerous social research projects involving opinion survey and other data collection, for government agencies, nonprofit agencies, and corporations, making it very credible independent research organization.
According to the details of the poll, seven in 10 people said they feel frustrated in the upcoming presidential election. Also, one-quarter of the respondents said they have hardly any confidence that their votes will be counted accurately. However, 56% respondents said they have confidence in the military.
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Bernie Sanders Supporters Promised Free Laptop or iPad If They Vote For Him, They Believe

from Mark Dice:


Bernie Sanders supporters think they’re going to get a free Mac Book or iPad if they vote for him in the California Primary on Tuesday.


There's Always Free Cheese in a mouse trap...


Watch: This Lady Completely Loses Control After Her EBT Food Stamps Card Is Declined

by Mac Slavo, via SHTF Plan:
With some 100 million Americans now receiving government assistance in one form or another, it’s only a matter of time before glitches or all out system failure leads to civil unrest.
While we understand that Electronic Benefits Transfer cards, unemployment and other social support mechanisms are necessary for those who may have temporarily come upon hard times in an economic environment wrought with fraud and machinations that have left hard working Americans in dire straits, the fact is that millions upon millions of people feel entitled to the benefits they receive from the taxpayer and have made sitting on the couch, smoking weed, and getting paid a career.
And when those benefits disappear for whatever reason we can expect the following, but on a mass scale:
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Introducing Europe's Frightening New Tax Directive

Apparently it’s not ‘fair’ that high-tax France and Belgium have to compete with low-tax Ireland and Estonia. So rather than the bankrupt countries getting their act together to attract business, the solution is to penalize everyone and make the entire continent less attractive. It’s genius!



Pine River Shuttering $1.6 Billion Fixed Income Fund

Following a brief surge of hedge fund closure announcements in late 2015 and early 2016, there had been a lull in hedge fund shutterings in recent months, as the smart money community had benefited from the dramatic jump in the S&P500 to just shy of all time highs. That changed moments ago when Reuters reported that hedge fund Pine River Capital Management is closing its Pine River Fixed Income fund and returning roughly $1.6 billion in assets to investors just two months after Steve Kuhn, one of the fund's co-managers, left the firm.

Nausea Rising

The people of the United States have real grievances with the way this country is being run but, considering that the 2016 election looks like a Dark Age puppet show, we forget this spectacle is serious. Rather large matters are at stake, such as the continuity of governance, the legitimacy of the two major political parties, the credibility of our financial arrangements, perhaps even the durability of the nation as a united polity.

"The Pain Trade Is Always Down In The End"

Volatility-selling activity is continuing to drive the short-term performance of the S&P. Starved for yield, Ice Farm Capital's Michael Green explains that investors are selling volatility against their equity positions – and likely feeling their greatest risk is an upside move that takes them out of their underlying position. Against this, however, Green warns, the volatility selling is leaving them much longer than desired on a sharp down move.  While current FOMO (fear of missing out) dominates, it’s important to remember that the pain trade is ALWAYS down.

Citi On Yellen's Speech: "What She Did Not Say Is Dovish"

"Yellen expresses optimism throughout the speech but she doesn’t repeat her guidance from less than two weeks ago that a rate hike would be forthcoming  “in coming months." Citi adds that this on net is slightly dovish. "There is no timetable and the pluses are very vague. Unless the sky is falling in there is no way that she can express pessimism -- would be self-defeating, so you take it as a given that she will sound optimistic on hitting targets in long-term. The vagueness on the timing of hikes is what is striking."

Confused "Dovish-Hawk" Yellen Sends Stocks, Dollar, & Bond Yields Lower

Shrugging off the weakness in jobs as 'transitory' one can't help but get a hawkish feeling from Yellen's speech, but it appears the FX market disagrees (as the US Dollar is leaking lower). Bond yields are also fading back lower and so are stocks... Once again Fed communications policy wins - baffle e'm with bullshit.

Does Iran Have The Upper Hand In OPEC Oil War

The fight between the two for supremacy in the Middle East region is unlikely to end anytime soon. Currently, supply outages to the tune of 3.5 million b/d are supporting the oil prices by creating a balance between demand and supply. Once Nigeria, Libya, and Canada resume pumping at their normal levels, the effects of the struggle between Iran and Saudi Arabia will be felt. If both increase production, the world will be awash with oil, pulling prices back to the mid $30/barrel levels.

Janet Yellen Explains How The Fed Will Keep What's Left Of Its Credibility In June - Live Feed

Will she or won't she? With an increasing number of market participants entirely confused by the Fed's utterly failed communications policy - as it constantly changes its focus from one meeting to another - Janet Yellen's speech today on the economic outlook and monetary policy at the World Affairs Council of Philadelphia seems critical just one week out from a supposedly "live" June meeting (who market-implied rate-hike odds are now just 4%).

JPM Still Hates The Market Rally: Here Are Its Reasons

In the past month, not a day has passed without some major sellside firm (yes, that also now includes traditional bull Goldman Sachs) releasing its bearish take on deteriorating fundamentals, and urging clients to not only not buy the rally but sell into it (and as both retail and "smart money" flows indicate, this advice ha been heeded). Today it's JPM's turn. In the latest note is out of JPM's Mislav Matejka, the equity strategist presents five reasons why "upside for stocks is limited" due to numerous reasons but mostly because "global activity momentum is failing to pick up."

UK PM Cameron Goes M.A.D. As Brexit Odds Hit Record High

"We're not scaremongering.... [but] Brexit would put a bomb under our economy, and the worst thing is, we'd have lit the fuse ourselves."

Theranos: Unicorn Valley's Madoff Moment

In “The Valley” the last 7 or 8 years has seen a morphing of true business fundamentals into a place of pure financially adulterated fantasy. Here is where the story changed from “Something built that customers love and will pay for," into “Build something that can give the illusion VC’s want to see and hear so they can pay for the right to then sell that illusion to Wall Street and we all get rich.” True business metrics or morals be damned.

Lessons from Venezuela

from Hyper Report:


NOW OBAMA WARNS AMERICANS TO ‘BE PREPARED’ FOR DISASTER… WHAT DOES HE KNOW?

by Jeff Berwick, The Dollar Vigilante:
Recently Barack Obama urged citizens to be prepared. He broke this new ground in a May 31st speech to the FEMA National Response Coordination Center in Washington.
He explained that it was up to each citizen to be prepared for disasters. This preparation should extend to “having an evacuation plan” and “having a fully stocked disaster supply kit.”
One of the things that we have learned over the course of the last seven and a half years is that government plays a vital role, but it is every citizen’s responsibility to be prepared for a disaster. -Barack Obama
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Weekend Edition: Doug Casey on Why America Has Already Evaporated

by Doug Casey, Casey Research:
As Casey Research founder Doug Casey said yesterday, it will be economic bankruptcy accompanied by financial chaos. In today’s essay, Doug takes a closer look at the big picture…
The long run is much more serious because the next chapter of the Greater Depression has every chance of radically, and at least semi-permanently, overturning the basic character of American life. Ice turned to water—suddenly and unexpectedly—in Russia in 1918, Germany in 1933, China in 1949, Vietnam in 1954, Cambodia in 1975, and Rwanda in 1995. Those are just the first examples that come to mind. There are scores more.
The economic events I’ve outlined are going to mean serious hardship and unpleasantness for many people. But that doesn’t concern me nearly as much as the social and political reaction.
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Everyone’s Paying For America’s War on Russia, Including America

by Ulson Gunnar, New Eastern Outlook:
US sanctions aren’t just hurting everyone including the US, they are accomplishing nothing. The US State Department’s Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) notified readers of a diplomacy campaign by the United States aimed at “urging” Europe to maintain sanctions against Russia. While the US claims the necessity of these sanctions are self-evident and beneficial to the US and Europe, such campaigns would not be needed if that were truly the case.
The article titled, “U.S. Sends Envoy To Urge Europe To Maintain Russian Sanctions,” states:
The United States is dispatching an envoy to Paris and Berlin on June 7 and 8 to try to convince European allies “of the importance of maintaining sanctions pressure on Russia,” the U.S. Treasury said on June 3.
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US Navy Bans Drinking For 18,600 Sailors Stationed In Japan

In response to the latest drunk-driving incident by a US sailor in Okinawa, the U.S. Naval Forces Japan immediately banned its sailors from drinking alcohol, on and off base, and said they would be allowed off base only to “engage in official actions” such as taking their children to child care or going to the grocery store or gas station. The decision impacts the 18,600 sailors currently stationed in Japan.




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