The Race For President Is (Probably) Over...

Dilbert Creator Scott Adams just summed up today's political headlines perfectly: "Hillary Clinton just became unelectable."

Is A VaR Shock Just Starting: Here Is The Checklist

It appears we have a disagreement between two JPMorgan analysts: while one, namely head quant Marco Kolanovic anticipates a significant deleveraging by quant and algo funds, JPM's fund flow guru is desperate to talk down the threat from a coordinated global selloff, and concludes that a VaR shock may not be imminent after all.

All Those Decades Of Lies Are Finally Taking Their Toll: Video Shows Clinton Fainting During “Medical Episode” At 9/11 Ceremony

RELATED: Media Locked Out After Hillary Abruptly Calls It A Day, Heads Back To Chappaqua
from Zero Hedge:

Update: The following clips show the moment of Hillary’s “medical episode” resulting from the “blistering” 79 degree heat in Manhattan.

 Moments ago Fox News senior correspondent Rick Leventhal, citing an anonymous law enforcement official as a source, reported that Hillary Clinton who was present at the Sept 11 ceremony in downtown Manhattan, suffered a “medical episode” when she stumbled and nearly fell after her knees buckled, and was then ushered into a van, in the process losing a shoe, as she was rushed away from ground zero in an early departure.
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Story Changes Again, Now Hillary's Doctor Claims She Has Pneumonia

Having stated that her coughing fit last week was due to her suffering from seasonal allergies, and that this morning's fainting episode was due to 'overheating', the Clinton campaign now once again changed the constantly changing narrative, releasing a shocking statement by Hillary's doctor, according to which she was diagnosed pneumonia on Friday, which in turn made her "dehydrated."

Videos Show Clinton Fainting During "Medical Episode" At 9/11 Ceremony

Several videos have emerged of Hillary's "medical episode" at today's 9/11 memorial service in New York.  The "episode" was originally noted by Fox News senior correspondent Rick Leventhal, who reported that Hillary suffered a "medical episode" when she stumbled and nearly fell after her knees buckled, and was then ushered into a van, in the process losing a shoe, as she was rushed away from ground zero in an early departure.

Latest Polls Reveal Trump Surge As New States Added To List Of Battlegrounds

Latest polling data reveals a Trump surge in the key battleground states of Florida and Ohio while typical Democratic strongholds of Nevada and New Hampshire have officially moved into the "toss-up" category.

The Impoverishment Of The Masses

"There is something in the human psyche which denies economic truths. The explanation as to why free markets work is logical and simple to understand. The contrary evidence, that statist attempts to interfere with Adam Smith’s invisible hand always fail, is irrefutable. Yet the blame for failure is always laid at the door of capitalism. The few of us that persistently insist that right is not wrong and wrong is not right attempt a seemingly hopeless task of persuading the unwilling..."

Deutsche Warns Companies Will Sharply Cut 2017 Earnings Expectations Next

"We expect 3Q reporting to lower btm-up 2017 EPS most at Financials, Staples, Con Disc and Industrials. The general expectation for 2017 S&P EPS will fall from $130 to $125-130."

"How I Remember September 11,2001"

"In the days following the collapse, all I wanted was for the towers to be rebuilt just like before. I wanted the skyline back to what I had know since the day I came into this earth at a New York City hospital to be restored exactly as I had always known it. I read a lengthy tome on Osama Bin Laden and al-Qaeda. I was an emotional and psychological mess, and it was when I was in this state of heightened distress that my own government and the military-industrial complex took advantage of me..."

Chinese, Russian Navies Launch Largest Ever Joint Drill In South China Sea; Send Message To Washington

Perhaps it is not a coincidence that on the 15h anniversary of Sept11, China's navy announced earlier that China and Russia will hold eight days of naval drills in the South China Sea off southern China's Guangdong province starting from Monday.Among the numerous exercises, marines will participate in live-fire drills, island defense and landing operations in what will be the largest operation ever taken together by the two countries' navies, the statement said.

Is This Widely Ignored Indicator Signaling Investor Complacency?

There has been a recent spike in the number of Unchanged Issues which has, at times, signaled too much investor complacency in the past.

Maker Of Drug Fueling Heroin Overdose Epidemic Is Lobbying To Keep Weed Illegal

In 2016, cannabis is still illegal in many parts of the country, and pharmaceutical giant Insys Therapeutics Inc., a manufacturer of fentanyl, just demonstrated much of the reason why.

The idiots don't tell you that it's Only in cities that are democrat controlled areas...and gun free zones...

DOJ Study Finds "Real And Nearly Unprecedented" Spike In Homicides Around U.S.

In a June 2016 study published by the National Institute of Justice, Richard Rosenfeld, a criminology professor at the University of Missouri-St. Louis, declared that “the [2015] homicide increase in the nation’s large cities was real and nearly unprecedented."

The Elephant In The Room: "What Else Could Go Right?"

The pendulum is swinging, albeit slowly, back to higher volatility.

The Impoverishment Of The Masses

"There is something in the human psyche which denies economic truths. The explanation as to why free markets work is logical and simple to understand. The contrary evidence, that statist attempts to interfere with Adam Smith’s invisible hand always fail, is irrefutable. Yet the blame for failure is always laid at the door of capitalism. The few of us that persistently insist that right is not wrong and wrong is not right attempt a seemingly hopeless task of persuading the unwilling..."

Weekend Edition: You’re Not Legally Entitled to Social Security

by Doug Casey, Casey Research:
If you’re like most readers, you’ve been paying into Social Security your entire working life. You might even be counting on that money to last you through retirement.
Tom Dyson, co-founder of Palm Beach Research Group, thinks that’s a dangerous assumption. In today’s essay, Tom explains why the government could “terminate” your Social Security money without warning.
The good news is that there’s another option. Tom explains how to defend yourself against this threat.
You probably thought Americans had a “right” to collect their Social Security in old age, right?
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Shadowy ‘Mercenary’ Firm, Who Employed Orlando Shooter, Behind Security at Dakota Pipeline

by Claire Bernish, The Free Thought Project:
An alarming report says the secretive global security firm G4S — which many equate to private mercenaries for hire — admitted to providing personnel to guard construction of the eminently controversial Dakota Access Pipeline.
G4S, which recently came under fire in the United States for having employed Pulse nightclub shooter Omar Mateen, is described by the Intercept as “one of the world’s largest private security companies” and “a giant, often controversial global contracting corporation that provides mercenary forces, prison guards and security services” in over 100 countries.
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If ‘Hardly Anyone’ Cares About Gold, Why are Central Banks All Over Its Market?

by Chris Powell, Goldseek:
In commentary posted today at GoldSeek headlined “Explaining the Moves in the Gold Price” —
http://news.goldseek.com/SpeculativeInvestor/1473429960.php
— financial letter writer and technical analyst Steve Saville again cites some charts to claim that gold is performing just as expected in relation to other markets without regard to any “whims/abilities of evil manipulators.”
There are only two explanations for this correlation, Saville writes. “One is that the currency and bond markets, both of which are orders of magnitude bigger than the gold market, are being manipulated in a way that is designed to conceal the manipulation of a market that hardly anyone cares about. The other is that the gold price generally does what it should do given the performances of other financial markets. Only one of these explanations makes sense.”
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Proof the U.S. Government Plans to Seize Food and Medicine From Citizens During a Collapse

by Vicki Batts, Intellihub:
Citizens have remained silent as the current administration has systematically created pathways for total government takeover.
The American government has already laid the groundwork for tyranny to step in. Citizens have remained silent as the current administration has systematically created pathways for total government takeover across the board. Say what you will, but we as a nation have given Congress carte blanche, and all three branches of the federal government have gone essentially unchecked by the American people. Our government, which once stood to protect the freedoms and liberties of its people, has gone down a very dark path – one that will lead to the upheaval of the Constitution and the implementation of a tyrannical oligarchy or dictatorship.
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Time to Consider More Gold and Silver Following the Latest Fiat Crash?

from The Daily Bell:
Those figuring that the Fed still might hike rates in September are getting one more bite at the apple. As the week drew to a close and the Fed’s “quiet period” before meetings was about to settle in, investors recoiled over news that the central bank’s most dovish official, Governor Lael Brainard, will be delivering a previously unannounced speech Monday at The Chicago Council on Global Affairs. -CNBC
The Federal Reserve’s ongoing policy failures once again wrecked markets on Friday.
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