Did The DNC Hire Actors (At Below Minimum Wage) To Work At The Convention?

Seat fillers?

 

Next Leak Will Lead to Arrest of Hillary Clinton – Assange

from RT America:

While many are blaming Russia for the Democratic National Committee (DNC) email leak, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange says there is no evidence to suggest that the DNC was hacked by the Russian government. Furthermore, Assange claims the next leak will lead to the arrest of Hillary Clinton. RT correspondent Laura Smith has the report from London.

Corrupt Or Just Stupid? Markets Hand Corporations An Unlimited Credit Card

The crucial thing to understand about credit bubble dynamics is that borrowing money from people desperate to lend and using the proceeds to overpay for assets requires only monkey-level intelligence. So while a bubble is inflating it’s impossible for most of the media, banking and political communities to tell the legitimate operators from the hopelessly corrupt and/or extremely stupid. That’s the world we’ve created by handing monetary printing presses to governments, and by extension to corporate CEOs.

Don't Show President Obama This Chart

If everything is so awesome (as initial claims hovering at 43 year lows suggests) then why are consumer confidence expectations (otherwise known as 'hope') tumbling?

Wikileaks Releases Hacked DNC Voicemails During Convention Speeches

Last night, just ahead of the Democratic National Convention's prime time event as president Obama was set to begin his speech praising Hillary and slamming Trump, WIkileaks released another batch of leaked data from the DNC, this time in the form of hacked voicemails from top Democratic officials. However, a cursory skim of the release underwhelmed, suggesting no major developments would emerge as a result of this particular disclosure.

If Everything Is So Great, Then Why Do Two-Thirds Of Americans Say The Country Is On The Wrong Track?

Despite the protestations by President Obama and Hillary Clinton that America is great (the greatest in fact) and doom-and-gloom-mongery is a false narrative, reality is that Americans appear to be increasingly pessimistic about the future of America.

 

Trump Says "Putin Doing Better Job" Than Obama As Lead Over Hillary Grows

“I said he’s a better leader than Obama because Obama’s not a leader,” Trump said in an interview aired Thursday... "He’s certainly doing a better job than Obama is, that’s all.”

 

Hungary's PM Orban: Trump "Better Option For Europe"

"I am not Donald Trump's campaigner... I listened to (Trump) and I have to tell you that he made three proposals to stop terrorism. And as a European, I myself could not have drawn up better what Europe needs."

 

Strong Demand For 7 Year Paper Following Several Woeful Auctions

Following several consecutive, dreadful auctions, moments ago the Treasury sold $28 billion in 7 year paper in an auction that was far less concerning, and could in fact pass off as normal.

Crude Crashes Into Bear Market To April Doha Lows

WTI Crude (Sept 16) futures are within a hair of trading with a $40 handle - something that has not happened since the lows after the failed Doha talks in April. From the June highs at almost $53, oil is down 22% - a bear market -as inventories, rig counts, and production all rise.

FBI splits from the CIA ??? Doesn't matter much...Your paying either way...

Syria's al-Nusra Front Officially "Splits" From al-Qaeda

Earlier today, the leader of the Jabhat al-Nusra front, Abu Mohamed al-Golani confirmed that his group has formally split from al-Qaeda and has renamed itself Jabhat Fath al-Sham or the Levantine Conquest Front. "The creation of this new front aims to close the gap between the jihadi factions in the Levant," Golani said in his first televised appearance. "We thank the leaders of al-Qaeda for understanding the need to break links."

Credit Suisse: We Have Never Had So Many Traders Saying "We Are Totally Lost"

In his latest Global Equity Strategy update piece, Credit Suisse strategist Andrew Garthwaite takes a random walk across Wall Street's trading desks, and confirms what many know: namely, that nobody actually knows anything.

Islamist Terrorism, European Denial

"The concept of the rule of law means that the citizen is protected from the arbitrariness of the State... Currently, the rule of law protects the attackers above all."

US Homeownership Rate Crashes To Lowest Since 1965

After staging a feeble rebound in late 2015, the US homeownership rate just tumbled from 63.5% to 62.9%, tied for the lowest print going back more than 50 years, to 1965.

Will Any Future POTUS Matter (Other Than Launching More Wars)?

We are already experiencing the powerlessness of POTUS...

Ford Plunges After Warning "We Don't See Growth", Warns US Auto Industry "Has Plateaued"

The reason Ford stock is plunging this morning is not so much the company's earnings miss, when the US auto giant reported Q2 EPS of $0.52, below the $0.60 expected, but because in some startling language, CEO Mark Fields laid out a very gloomy picture of the future.

Atlanta Fed Just Slashed its Q2 GDP Estimate To 1.8%, Cycle Low

Just hours before tomorrow's official GDP print, the Atlanta Fed just took an axe to its GDPNow US economic growth forecast. Despite the record-breaking streak of positive economic surprises, following yesterday's durable goods data and today's advance economic indicators report, GDPNow has crashed from over 2.4% to 1.8% growth for Q2.

Pol Pot 2.0...

Erdogan Closes 130 Media Organizations, Arrests CEO Of Oil Company

As Europe's "democratic institutions" continue to stick their collective heads in the sand, pretending to ignore Erdogan's unprecedented crackdown against every political opponent as well as tens of thousands of people who have nothing to do with politics, Turkey’s post-putsch purge of dissent reached deeper into the economy as authorities shuttered 130 media outlets, detained the head of a major oil company and banned the chief strategist of a leading brokerage.

Doug Casey on President Hillary Clinton… World War III… and the Deep State

by Doug Casey, International Man:
Will Hillary Clinton win in November and ensure the Deep State stays in control?
I recently sat down with Casey Research founder Doug Casey to discuss this. Doug is a former classmate of Bill Clinton and has met him several times, including once at the White House.
Doug shared his insights on why a Clinton win could accelerate the onset of World War III.
We also touched on how Donald Trump will destroy the Republican Party… and why it’s a good thing.
I think you’ll find our discussion insightful.
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Jim Sinclair Issues Bail-In Warning “This is the Second Significant Bank to Give This Notice”

by Jim Sinclair, Silver Doctors:
From Jim Sinclair, JSMineset:
Get ready, get set, then get bailed in to, so on top of insult comes injury.
It is a logical possibility you might end up owing money for the privilege of keeping any money in the bank.
This is the second significant bank to give this notice. What do you need? Twenty of them to make the same announcement? I would suggest a jog, not walk, to any bank you have money in and try to take out any meaningful amount of cash.
You are in for a surprise. Better to be first in line and the squeaky wheel, not last and begging. Gold and silver will maintain buying power in your hand. Cash is for transactions.
Have you been listening to my weekly exchange with Bill on the premium side? We have been focusing directly on this situation.
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Frankincense Oil Kills Cancer Cells While Boosting the Immune System, Studies Show

by David Gutierrez, Natural News:
Frankincense is a powerful medicinal oil that can not only boost the immune system but also kill cancer cells, a number of studies have shown.
One of the most significant recent studies was conducted by researchers from the University of Leicester, England, in 2013. The researchers found that the naturally occurring frankincense compound acetyl-11-keto-beta-boswellic acid (AKBA) targeted and destroyed ovarian cancer cells. The findings were particularly significant because they showed that AKBA had this effect even in late-stage ovarian cancer patients, not just in laboratory trials performed on isolated cells.
“Frankincense is taken by many people with no known side effects,” lead researcher Kamla Al-Salmani said. This finding has enormous potential to be taken to a clinical trial in the future and developed into an additional treatment for ovarian cancer.
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The Israeli Attack on the USS Liberty — Paul Craig Roberts

by Paul Craig Roberts, Paul Craig Roberts:
Introduction: For a number of years Admiral Thomas Moorer, former Chief of Naval Operations and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff was my colleague at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. Tom, after whom the F-14 Tomcat fighter is named, expressed to me his concern that US politics and foreign policy was in the clutches of Israel and that America was being led into war with the Arab Middle East. Admiral Moorer and the State Department and Pentagon at that time did not think that war with the Arab countries served the interests of the United States. However, Admiral Moorer thought that the war could not be avoided because of the hold Israel has over the US government.
What convinced him of this was Washington’s coverup of the 1967 Israeli attack on the USS Liberty which resulted in 208 killed and wounded Americans. Tom was disheartened that Admiral John S. McCain Jr., the father of the current US senator, for career reasons had cooperated with the coverup. Tom worried that careerism had destroyed the integrity of the US military.
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