China Responds: Will Return Stolen Drone, "Regrets US Hype"

"China has decided to transfer it to the U.S. through appropriate means...and regrets the US publicly hyping the incident." The statement also accused the U.S. of long deploying ships "in China's presence" to conduct "military surveying," and in a separate report Chinese Navy officials warned "if China needs to take it, we'll take it. (America) can't block us."

George Soros Is Funding Facebook's "Third-Party Fact Checking" Organization Targeting "Fake News"

Yesterday, Facebook announced plans to use a "third-party fact checking organization" known as The Poynter Institute to flag "fake news."  Imagine our complete shock when we discovered that the funding sources behind Poynter included the who's who of Billionaire leftists like George Soros.

Trump Picks Staunch Fiscal Conservative Mulvaney As Budget Director

Hinting at a substantial clampdown on government spending over the next four years, this morning President-elect Trump announced the selection of South Carolina Rep. Mick Mulvaney to be his first budget director Saturday morning, a nomination which would put a "fiscal conservative hawk" in charge of managing the federal budget and the logistics of government affairs.

Phoenix Unlikely To Rise From Democratic Party's Ashes

It was the power-elite in the Democratic Party that force-exiled too many poor white Democrats into joining Trump’s bigopats.  And an election that Democrats should have won by 10-15 million votes ended in an Electoral College fratricidal defeat... taking place in Rust Belt states where insurgent Democrats broke party ranks.

How Deutsche Bank Sent Your Bullion to ISIS – Part Three

by Mark Anthony Taylor and Katherine Frisk, The International Reporter:
In some strange way I have been led to this final chapter as laid out by Mark Anthony Taylor below.
The paper trail goes back to WW1 and the alliance between Germany and Turkey. Central to this period in history was the Armenian genocide perpetrated by the Turks and with German observers. A similar brutality was repeated by Nazi Germany in WW2. 30 million Russians lost their lives in that war, along with 12 million Protestants and Orthodox Christians in Eastern Europe and 6 million Jews. During WW2 the Muslim Brotherhood was aligned with Nazi Germany and supported their war efforts in order eject the British influence out of the Middle East.
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Sweden Told To Prepare For War With Russia

by Carol Adl, Your News Wire:
Towns and villages in Sweden have been told to make preparations for a possible war with Russia.
Last week the country’s Civil Contingency Agency (MSB) sent letters to local authorities telling them to prepare civil defense infrastructure and procedures for a possible war. The move was prompted by Sweden’s return to the Cold War-era ‘Total Defense Strategy’.
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Duterte: "Bye Bye America, We Don't Need Your Money, China Said They Will Provide"

"You know, tit for tat ... if you can do this, so (can) we. It ain't a one-way traffic," Duterte said, adding tauntingly, "Bye-bye America and work on the protocols that will eventually move you out of the Philippines.... We do not need the money. China said they will provide so many."

"Sorry, Not Sorry" - Neither The Media Nor Their Owners Are Going To Change

The essence of American politics is “the manipulation of populism by elitism.” Don’t expect this to change in the wake of the navel-gazing mainstream’s historic whiff on the election–despite the occasional mea culpa and promise to overhaul its approach. Mostly because 90 percent of the MSM is owned and operated by six conglomerates that have little interest in changing the system that profits them, or in changing the editorial narratives that support the system.

Christmas Tree Sales: Trump vs Clinton States, And The Biggest Winner Is...

Some $1.1 billion worth of Christmas tree ornaments and $346 million of Christmas tree lights were imported from China between January and September 2016. China accounted for 92% of the total US ornament imports and 87% of the total US tree light imports. 

Fuel Tanker Explodes; 2 Die In 55-Car Crash After "Brutal" Northeast Cold Turns I-95 Into Ice Rink

The US northeast, and much of America, woke up to a brutal blast of frigid air sweeping across the United States, which has wreaked havoc on roads in Virginia and Maryland, leaving at least three dead in multi-vehicle wrecks Saturday.

'Progressive' San Franciscans Strongly Support Immigration Rights (Just Not In Their Neighborhood)

San Francisco is one of the most progressive cities in the nation, especially when it comes to national immigration... Yet take that same conversation to the local level and all bets are off.

China Orders Shut Down Of 1,200 Factories After Smog "Red Alert" Declared In Beijing

Beijing has ordered 1,200 factories, including a major oil refinery, to shut or cut output on Saturday after authorities issued the highest possible air pollution alert. The order comes after a watchdog issued a five-day warning about choking smog spreading across the north of the nation.

Trump Slams Chinese Seizure Of US Drone, Calls It "Unprecedented Act"

"When Gold Goes Above 1430 We Whack It"

As it goes in silver, so it goes in gold. In London at least.  In a bid to have UBS reinstated as a defendant in a London Gold Fix antitrust lawsuit, plaintiffs documents submitted to a New York Court last week include explosive chat room transcripts of UBS and traders from different banks encouraging each other to “push,” “smack,” and “whack” gold prices.

BuzzFeed And The NYDN: Click-Bait Headlines, False Stories, And Virtually Nonexistent Retractions

On Thursday, December 1st,  Yasmin Seweid was allegedly assaulted by Trump supporters in NYC. Both Tamerra Griffin and Ben Kochman, the authors for BuzzFeed and the New York Daily News stories, did not include any additional sources for their story, other than Seweid’s personal account and a statement from police that the “investigation was ongoing” with no further comment. Saweid was arrested on Dec. 14 for filing a false police report and obstructing government administration.

2016 Facts And Figures Quiz

From Donald Trump’s unorthodox but successful campaign for President to the Brexit vote, popular votes shifted the course of global politics in ways very few could have imagined a year ago. Here is a brief quiz that highlights the year’s politics, developments in technology, and changes in the U.S. labor market/economic policy.

Stunning Visualization Of The Flow Of International Trade

Trade is an essential part of economic prosperity, but how much do you know about global trade?

Flation And The Surge Of Silver

by Egon Von Greyerz, Gold Switzerland:
“Flation” is guaranteed in the next few years. We will see in-flation, stag-flation, hyperinflation and de-flation. Many of these flations will happen simultaneously. Currently we have major monetary inflation combined with asset inflation. Credit growth and money printing have in recent years benefited the ailing banking system but have not yet reached consumer prices and therefore there is no ordinary price inflation.
This is why Italy, Greece, Spain, Portugal and many more EU countries are totally bankrupt. These countries have been forced to use a currency which has made them completely uncompetitive and unable to export or function. At the same time, Germany has benefited from a weak Euro which has made their export industries very successful.
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Putin Lays Down the Gauntlet to Obama Over Hacking Claims: ‘Show Proof or Shut Up’

by Jay Syrmopoulos, The Free Thought Project:
Washington, D.C. – After the outlandish claims made by U.S. officials, that Russian President Vladimir Putin personally “hacked the US presidential election,” Putin has had enough of the relentless barrage of unproven allegations, and laid down the gauntlet to the U.S. President Obama.
“Either stop talking about it or finally provide some evidence. Otherwise, it looks indecent,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters in Tokyo on Friday.
Blatantly operating as a propaganda outlet for U.S. intelligence/deep state interests, working in collusion with Democratic party elements, The Washington Post reported this week that anonymous sources claimed, “the CIA concluded in a secret assessment that Russia intervened in the 2016 election to help Donald Trump win the presidency, rather than just to undermine confidence in the U.S. electoral system.”
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How Come No One Involved in the Russian Hacking Conspiracy Talked?

What we are experiencing in the delegitimization of Donald Trump is an extraordinary rejection of democracy by elements in the government and by the presstitutes.

Obama "Housing Recovery" Crushes "Blacks, Young Adults" As Homeownership Rates Crash

As the Obama administration continues to applaud its "housing recovery", homeownership rates among "Young Adults" and "Blacks" are down 18% and 16%, respectively, since 2004...And while that's definitely a big "Change," its somewhat lacking on the "Hope."

Princeton & NYU Professor Warns Of Dangers From Liberal Media's "False Narratives Of A New Cold War"

"So this is the problem. In a democracy we fight through discourse. If you can’t get to the mainstream media and make the argument, then there’s no way of slowing the drift toward catastrophe."

Michelle Obama: Since Election, ’We are Feeling What Not Having Hope Feels Like’

by Charlie Spiering, Breitbart:
First Lady Michelle Obama says Americans are not feeling hopeful after the election of Donald Trump.
The First Lady was asked by Oprah Winfrey whether she thinks that her husband’s administration had achieved his promise of hope for America.
“Yes. I do,” she said. “Because we feel the difference now. See, now, we are feeling what not having hope feels like. You know. Hope is necessary. It’s a necessary concept and Barack didn’t just talk about hope because he thought it was just a nice slogan to get votes. He and I and so many believe, what else do you have when you do not have hope?
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