PizzaGate 2.0 ??? CALIFORNIA MADNESS ACCELERATES: Democrats Legalize CHILD PROSTITUTION

by Travis Allen, Washington Examiner:
Beginning on Jan. 1, prostitution by minors will be legal in California. Yes, you read that right.
SB 1322 bars law enforcement from arresting sex workers who are under the age of 18 for soliciting or engaging in prostitution, or loitering with the intent to do so. So teenage girls (and boys) in California will soon be free to have sex in exchange for money without fear of arrest or prosecution.
This terribly destructive legislation was written and passed by the progressive Democrats who control California’s state government with a two-thirds “supermajority.”
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Putin Stunner: "We Will Not Expel Anyone; We Refuse To Sink To 'Kitchen' Diplomacy"

“We reserve the right to retaliate, but we will not sink to the level of this irresponsible ‘kitchen’ diplomacy. We will take further moves on restoring Russian-American relations based on the policies that the administration of President-elect Donald Trump adopts,”

Italy's Insolvent Monte Paschi To Issue €15 Billion In Debt

Italy's Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena (BMPS.MI), which is being bailed out by the state, plans to issue 15 billion euros ($15.8 billion) of debt next year to restore liquidity and boost investor confidence, several newspapers said on Friday.

Global Equities Encountering Resistance At Year-End

The Global Dow Index is running into its long-term Down trendline stemming from the 2007 all-time peak.

Fake News, Mass Hysteria, And Induced Insanity

The "fake news" is that we've never been healthier, healthcare costs are under control and our economy has fully "recovered." These sustained "fake news" campaigns are intended not to induce hysteria, but an enduring acceptance of what is visibly destructive and insane. Food for thought as we enter 2017. Always start every inquiry with a simple question: cui bono--to whose benefit?

"Potential Breakthrough" - Syrian Ceasefire, Which Snubbed The US, Holds On First Day

In the latest snub to the Obama administration, a nationwide Syrian cease-fire brokered by Russia and Turkey - one which explicitly avoided US participation - went into effect at midnight and was holding steady on Friday despite minor violations, marking what Bloomberg said is "a potential breakthrough in a conflict that has been shredding high-level peace initiatives for over five years."

Stocks Set To End Turbulent 2016 On Mixed Note Following Dollar Flash Crash

Global stocks were poised to close a tumultuous year with the biggest gain since 2013, in quiet fashion even as European and Japanese equities angled for their first annual decline in five years, and the dollar, fittingly, flash crashed at the start of the Friday trading session.

Markets In 2016: Winners & Losers

The Walls Have Ears: Warrant Granted For Amazon Echo Home Data, Setting Precedent

Is this what life in '1984' is like?

Spain's Population Is Shrinking At 72 People Per Day

"We are witnessing a rapid decline in births and it seems that nobody cares."

2017 May Go Dark, Prepare During The Calm: "A Storm is Coming"

One can almost sense that unforeseen events could bring chaos to America...

Paul Craig Roberts Worries "What Is Henry Kissinger Up To?"

Former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger is reportedly advising US president-elect Donald Trump how to "bring the United States and Russia closer together to offset China’s military buildup." If we take this report at face value, it tells us that Kissinger, an old cold warrior, is working to use Trump’s commitment to better relations with Russia in order to separate Russia from its strategic alliance with China.

Dollar Flash Crashes On Last Trading Day Of 2016

It is perhaps appropriate that in a year everyone finally admitted markets are manipulated by central banks and broken by HFT algos, that on the last trading day of 2016, the dollar flash crashed with for no reason whatsoever.

Anthony Bourdain Slams "Privileged" Liberals For Their "Utter Contempt" Of Working-Class America

"The utter contempt with which privileged Eastern liberals such as myself discuss red-state, gun-country, working-class America as ridiculous and morons and rubes is largely responsible for the upswell of rage and contempt and desire to pull down the temple that we're seeing now."

Guest Post: “The Death of The Petrodollar and What Comes After”, by Grant Williams

by Turd Ferguson, TF Metals Report:
The story begins in the 1970s when Henry Kissinger and Richard Nixon struck a deal with the House of Saud — a deal which gave birth to the petrodollar system.
The terms were simple The Saudis agreed to ONLY accept U.S. Dollars in return for their oil and that they would reinvest their surplus dollars into U.S. treasuries.
In return, the U.S. would provide arms and a security guarantee to the Saudis who, it has to be said, were living in a pretty rough neighbourhood. As you can see, things went swimmingly (chart below)
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TOP-SECRET SNOWDEN DOCUMENT REVEALS WHAT THE NSA KNEW ABOUT PREVIOUS RUSSIAN HACKING

by Sam Biddle, The Intercept:
TO DATE, THE only public evidence that the Russian government was responsible for hacks of the DNC and key Democratic figures has been circumstantial and far short of conclusive, courtesy of private research firms with a financial stake in such claims. Multiple federal agencies now claim certainty about the Kremlin connection, but they have yet to make public the basis for their beliefs.
Now, a never-before-published top-secret document provided by whistleblower Edward Snowden suggests the NSA has a way of collecting evidence of Russian hacks, because the agency tracked a similar hack before in the case of a prominent Russian journalist, who was also a U.S. citizen.
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STOCK MARKET: Quiet Before The Storm? By Gregory Mannarino

from Gregory Mannarino:

Is China About to Demand the US Dollar Lose Reserve Currency Status?

by Graham Summers, Gold Seek:
The biggest issue in the financial system… the issue that CNBC is completely avoiding… and 99% of professionals are ignoring is the US DOLLAR.
The US Dollar has ripped to 103.
This is a truly MASSIVE problem.
The Chinese Yuan is linked to the US Dollar. With the US Dollar at these levels China has rapidly entered a financial crisis.
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European Commission Threatens Widespread Asset Confiscation

by Jeff Berwick, The Dollar Vigilante:
The “war on terror” continues…
The US and the North Atlantic Terrorist Organization (NATO) attacked Libya and Syria and began transporting Muslims to Europe as a means of destabilization. They have also conducted numerous other false flag attacks, such as Charlie Hebdo, by which to further confuse and imprison the local population.
The most recent was the so called “terror attack” which occurred several days before Christmas in Berlin, Germany. A truck was deliberately driven into a crowded market killing 12 people and leaving 48 injured.
Now it reaches a logical conclusion with cash and gold being confiscated in the name of making people “safe”.
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TOSHIBA BRINGS A BLOODBATH IN TOYKO AS IT HAS FALLEN 50% IN 3 DAYS AND THIS TIME IT HAS TAKEN TWO BANKS WITH THEM

ITALIAN GOVERNMENT FURIOUS WITH THE ECB FOR REVEALING A RUN ON THE MONTE DEI PASCHI AND OTHER ITALIAN BANKS/MICHAEL SNYDER COMMENTS ON WHAT TO EXPECT WITH THE MEETING ON JAN 15/2017 WHERE 70 NATIONS MAY RUBBER STAMP KERRY’S BLUEPRINT FOR A TWO STATE SOLUTION INSIDE ISRAEL: HE EXPECTS UTTER CHAOS!
from Harvey Organ:
MORE CHAOS IN INDIA HAS THE DEMONETIZATION HAS FAILED: SO HE WILL TRY SOMETHING NEW/THE HIGH USA DOLLAR CAUSES THE TRADE DEFICIT TO SOAR TO 65 BILLION USA/OBAMA UNLEASHES SANCTIONS AGAINST RUSSIA AND PROVIDES “PROOF”. RUSSIA LAUGHS/
In silver, the total open interest ROSE by 466 contracts UP to 163,543 with respect to YESTERDAY’S TRADING. In ounces, the OI is still represented by just less THAN 1 BILLION oz i.e. .818 BILLION TO BE EXACT or 117% of annual global silver production (ex Russia & ex China).
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BREAKING ALERT: GLOBAL GOLD CONFISCATION HAS BEGUN

from The Next News Network:

Obama’s legacy of debt and disease: National debt doubles in just eight years while 10.7 million more Americans now on food stamps to buy cancer-causing junk foods

by Mike Adams, Natural News:
For the last eight years, Barack Obama has functioned as a kind of “sleeper cell,” achieving a number of devastating milestones of destruction against America that eerily parallel the strategies of nation-crushing subversion mapped out by the Soviet KGB (see video below). Apparently mirroring Yuri Bezmenov’s described subversion plan with careful precision, President Obama has doubled America’s national debt and thrust 10.7 million more people onto food stamps… all in just eight years… all while subverting the culture, education, law enforcement and religion.
“President Barack Obama added roughly $7.917 to America’s national debt, which amounts to a 68 percent increase from the $11.657 trillion debt level President George W. Bush accrued by the end of his presidency,” reports Breitbart News.
Tragically, this sort of irresponsible debt spending is exactly what Obama ran in opposition to during his 2008 campaign:
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Drug Companies Flooded W.V. with more than 780 Million Pain Pills

by Julie Fidler, Natural Society:
The United States is embroiled in a fierce battle against opioid abuse. In 2014, there was a 3.4-fold increase in the number of opioid overdose deaths in America. The state hit hardest by the opioid crisis is West Virginia, where drug companies pumped 782 million pain pills into the state over the last 6 years.
In 2015, West Virginia had the highest rate of opioid overdose deaths in the country. Since 1999, overdose deaths have quadrupled in the state.
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Two Mexican Cities Hugging US Border Among the Country’s Most Dangerous

by Mark Browne, CNSnews:
Experts are blaming drug cartel violence and the increased use of guns by criminals for a surge in homicides in the Mexican cities of Tijuana and Ciudad Juarez on the U.S. border.
Tijuana sits opposite San Diego, while Ciudad Juarez hugs the border with El Paso. The Mexican cities each have more than one million inhabitants.
The 2016 murder rate in Ciudad Juarez is the highest in four years, said Francisco Rivas, director of the citizens’ group Observatorio Nacional Ciudadano which monitors federal crime statistics.
The homicide rate in Tijuana, Rivas said, is the highest seen in a decade.
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Did Big Media Run Fake Headlines on the Deutsche Bank “Settlement”?

by Pam Martens and Russ Martens, Wall St On Parade:
Typically, it takes two to settle bank fraud charges – the bank committing the fraud and the law enforcement agency bringing the charges. But in the case of the announcement late last Thursday evening that Deutsche Bank and the U.S. Justice Department had reached an agreement to settle claims against the bank for allegedly swindling investors in the sale of toxic residential mortgage backed securities, all that could be heard was the sound of one hand clapping in a press release issued by the defendant, Deutsche Bank. Nowhere to be found was a statement of particulars on what the bank was admitting to or a man behind a podium bearing the seal of the U.S. Justice Department in a press briefing room, as typically occurs in a real settlement.
The lack of substantive details to this “settlement” and no confirmation from the Justice Department that an agreement actually existed did not hamper expensive media real estate from running with the story. The New York Times plopped the story on the front page of its business section on Friday, December 23 – the last trading day before Christmas – under the decidedly declarative headline: “Deutsche Bank to Settle U.S. Inquiry Into Mortgages for $7.2 Billion.”
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