Jeff Sessions Asks All Remaining Obama-Appointed U.S. Attorneys To Resign

"As was the case in prior transitions, many of the United States Attorneys nominated by the previous administration already have left the Department of Justice. The Attomey General has now asked the remaining 46 presidentially appointed U.S. Attorneys to tender their resignations in order to ensure a uniform transition." - DOJ

The Conflict Within The Deep State Just Broke Into Open Warfare

The battle raging in the Deep State isn't just a bureaucratic battle - it's a war for the soul, identity and direction of the nation.

State Department Urges Coroner To Keep Russian UN Ambassador's Cause-Of-Death Secret

Following the unexpected death of 65-year-old Russian ambassador to the United Nations Vitaly Churkin, conspiracy theorists were stirred up as the ongoing Russophobic Deep State war combined with the deaths of nine Russian diplomats in the last year raised many coincident-questioning eyebrows. Now, as The Hill reports, pouring further fuel on that fire, the State Department asked the New York Medical Examiner not to publicly release information about Churkin's cause of death.

Weekend Reading: All Eyes On The Fed

“As long as the music is playing, you’ve got to get up and dance. We’re still dancing.”

Bitcoin Crashes Below $1000 After SEC Rejects ETF

After much anticipation (and a spike to record highs earlier today), The SEC has decided to reject the Winklevoss application for a Bitcoin ETF.

Dow Suffers Worst Week Of 2017 Amid Credit Carnage, Bond Bloodbath, & Crude Crash

"The Fed Is Holding A Hand Grenade In The USA Bunker"

"Troubles and portents of more trouble are stacking up as we approach the Ides of March zone of financial turmoil. You must surely surmise that a debt ceiling impact, a Federal Reserve interest rate hike, and the election of a Dutch anti-EU leader all scheduled for that one day are a good start on the greater unravel to follow."

Bill Clinton Warns Divisive Politics Are "Taking The World To The Edge Of Destruction"

In his first public appearance since his wife's catastrophic loss in the presidential election, former President Bill Clinton appears to have gone off-script once again warning repeatedly against "us versus them" thinking that he said has become such an active part of politics in America, in the Brexit vote, in the Philippines and throughout Europe.

American Men Are Giving Up On Jobs

There are 10 million American males between the age of 24 and 64 who have literally dropped out of the workforce. It means that they have given up on finding a job or are simply not looking.

"Civil War" Breaks Out At White House Over Trade... And Goldman Is Winning

"A civil war has broken out within the White House over trade, leading to what one official called "a fiery meeting" in the Oval Office pitting economic nationalists close to Donald Trump against pro-trade moderates from Wall Street."

Tumbling Oil Launches Record Options Trading As "800 Million Barrels" Change Hands

A record number of options contracts, the equivalent of more than 800 million barrels of crude oil, traded on Thursday as spooked hedge funds bet on either a prompt rebound in the price of oil following the recent plunge, while others hedged existing long positions and prepared for further downside.

Buying The Rumor Is 300% More Profitable Than Buying The News

In financial markets, hope is more profitable than reality.

Household Wealth Has Never Been Higher Relative To Income

What happens next?

Is The Oil Price Plunge A Turning Point?

For more than two years, the industry has believed that higher prices are possible without extreme reductions in stocks. That is a dream. Perhaps markets have woken up from that dream.

"He'll Be Back" - Arnie Hints At Senate Run

Having 'quit' The Apprentice, it appears Arnold Schwarzenegger may be taking his first step towards making good on his tweet-threat to President Obama (on swapping jobs). As The Hill reports, the former California governor is reportedly considering running for Senate in 2018 as a third-party candidate.

Is A Korean Missile Crisis Ahead?

“The two sides are like two accelerating trains coming toward each other with neither side willing to give way,” says Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, “Are (they) really ready for a head-on collision?” So it would seem.

Rising Rig Count Leads US Shale To Kill Off The OPEC-Driven Oil Price Rally

With US crude inventories at record highs and production surging higher, the ongoing oil rig count rise in America (up 8 to 617 - 8th week in a row and highest since Sept 2015) signals more 'problems' ahead for a record level of speculative long positioning in black gold.

Dollar Tumbles To Session Lows On Mnuchin Devaluation, Trade Deficit Warning

In a second salvo against the strong dollar on the same day, Bloomberg reports that during his first appearance at next week's G-20 meeting in Baden-Baden, Germany, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin plans to drive home the message that the U.S. won’t tolerate countries that engage in currency devaluation to gain an edge in trade.

Union Pacific Train Carrying Ethanol Derails In Iowa, Bursts Into Flames

27 fuel tank cars carrying ethanol burst into flames on Friday morning after a freight train derailed in northwestern Iowa, authorities said. The flames from the train could be seen from at least eight miles away.

Trump To Seek Merkel's Advice On Putin, Ukraine Conflict

Ahead of Angela Merkel's first official meeting with the new administration at the White House next week, Reuters reports that President Trump will ask the Chancellor for her views on how the United States can help resolve the conflict in eastern Ukraine when they meet next week, senior Trump administration officials said on Friday. Trump will reportedly also ask for Merkel's advice on how to deal with Russian President Vladimir Putin

Nobel Prize Winning Economist Blasts America's "Rent-Seeking" Economy

"Rent-seeking not only does not generate new product, it actually slows down economic growth...All that talent is devoted to stealing things, instead of making things..."

China Central Bank Admits It Has A Debt Problem, Warns No Easy Solution

"Non-financial corporate leverage is too high," PBOC Governor Zhou Xiaochuan told reporters at a news conference adding that China's deleveraging process "won't have very obvious results in the short-term because the existing stock (of debt) is very large."

Welcome to Totalitarian America President Trump!

from Antonius Aquinas:
If there had been any doubt that the land of the free and home of the brave is now a totalitarian society, the revelations that its Chief Executive Officer has been spied upon while campaigning for that office and during his brief tenure as president should now be allayed.
President Trump joins the very crowded list of opponents of the American State which includes the Tea Party, tax resistors, non-interventionists, immigration opponents, traditional family advocates, and a host of others who have been spied upon, persecuted and badgered by federal “intelligence” authorities.
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Montana Man Fined $85,000 by FDA for Making Natural Products that Harmed No One

by Tim Brown, Freedom OutPost:

A Livingston, Montana man has been faced with fines of $85,000 by the Food and Drug Administration for developing and selling topical bloodroot and graviola products, even though no one was injured in the process of either the manufacture or sale of the products.
Toby McAdam, owner of Risingsun Health, whose website is BloodrootProducts.com, manufactured black salves, oils and capsules as a treatment for diseases, including skin cancer. In 2010, the US Justice Department brought a case against him and his company on behalf of the FDA.
McAdam did claim that some of his products did treat breast cancer, asthma and epilepsy, according to the FDA. Understand there is a significant difference in claiming to “treat” a disease, and claiming a product “cures.”
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CIA’s Climate Change Studies Can Lead to No Good

by Jean Perier, New Eastern Outlook:
At the end of 2015, Britain’s Prince Charles made a sensational statement that might sound delusional at first. He stated that climate change is one of the main causes of the war in Syria, terrorism and the mass exodus of refugees to Europe. Scientists predict new climatic cataclysms: the winters will become colder, and the summer months – hotter. Thus, the Climate of Conflict report studies the impact of climate change on the situation in various countries over the coming years. In particular, it is expected that Africa will be plunged in a series of bloody conflicts for control of the Nile River region. The warring parties will be fighting for water resources. Calculations show that as early as 2025 the first military conflicts connected with this problem will start. By the middle of the 21st century the whole continent will be plunged in chaos, with new refugees flowing to the US, the EU, Canada and Russia.
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Sean Spicer Confirms Trump Is Going To ‘Break Up Wall Street’

by Baxter Dmitry, Your News Wire:
Wall Street stocks plunged Thursday after Sean Spicer announced President Trump is “committed to breaking up the banks” as the campaign to drain the swamp and uproot the establishment moves into high gear.
Trump recently pledged to “do a big number“ on the Wall Street reform law known as Dodd-Frank, and now spokesman Spicer has confirmed Trump is also committed to honoring his pre-election pledge to bring back Glass-Steagall.
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Massive Cascade of Eurozone Defaults Coming Up

by Mish Shedlock, Mish Talk:
As soon as any major country exits the Eurozone (and possibly some lesser ones), a cascade of defaults, unparalleled in history will commence.
The only way to stop such a cascade would be if the ECB guaranteed (printed) enough euros to cover losses. Meanwhile, the already high Eurozone default risk keeps rising.
From Eurointelligence via Email.
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The Deep State and Your Children: Teach Your Child to Avoid the Tyranny

by Dave Hodges, The Common Sense Show:
I am preparing to re-open an investigation into something I looked at last year, namely, the invocation of continuity of Government (COG). COG, among other things works by denying all travel, in or out, from a metropolitan area. I live 20 miles outside of suburban Phoenix in the rural desert, my neighbors are seeing clear and unmistakable signs of two staging areas that will be used to enforce COG protocols. Because we have new evidence, and the context of America’s present situation is changing, the readers should expect a follow-up story on this issue in the near future as we getting new evidence (eg pictures) by the day.
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The Fateful Date

by Alasdair Macleod, GoldMoney:
Caesar: What sayest thou to me now? Speak once again.
Soothsayer: Beware the ides of March.
Caesar: He is a dreamer; let us leave him: pass.
This famous advice, according to Shakespeare, was ignored with fatal consequences for Julius Caesar. Markets may be being similarly complacent ahead of this anniversary date next week. The Fed has signalled that it will raise interest rates at the FOMC’s March meeting, timed for the same day. It so happens that this fateful date coincides with the end of the suspension of the US debt ceiling. Dare Janet Yellen raise rates at such a sensitive juncture?
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The Conflict within the Deep State Just Broke into Open Warfare

The battle raging in the Deep State isn’t just a bureaucratic battle–it’s a war for the soul, identity and direction of the nation.
from Charles Hugh Smith:
When do the unlimited powers of the Intelligence/Security agencies threaten America’s domestic and global national interests? The CIA and its political enablers claim the agency’s essentially unlimited powers, partially revealed by Wikileak’s Vault 7, pose no threat to America’s interests, since they are intended to “defend” American interests.
This is the rationale presented by neocon CIA allies in both political parties: the CIA can’t possibly threaten America’s interests because the CIA defines America’s interests.
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Global Leaders Rattle Their Sabers As The World Marches Toward War

by Michael Snyder, The Economic Collapse Blog:
Iran just conducted another provocative missile test, more U.S. troops are being sent to the Middle East, it was just announced that the U.S. military will be sending B-1 and B-52 bombers to South Korea in response to North Korea firing four missiles into the seas near Japan, and China is absolutely livid that a U.S. carrier group just sailed through contested waters in the South China Sea. We have entered a season where leaders all over the globe feel a need to rattle their sabers, and many fear that this could be leading us to war. In particular, Donald Trump is going to be under the microscope in the days ahead as other world leaders test his resolve. Will Trump be able to show that he is tough without going over the edge and starting an actual conflict?
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Silver Market Poised For Big Reversal When Institutional Investors Move In

by Steve St. Angelo, SRSRocco Report:
The Silver Market is going to experience a big reversal when the Hedge Funds and Institutional investors rotate out of highly inflated stocks and into precious metals investments. This is not a matter of if, it’s a matter of when. And the when, could be much sooner than we expect due to the huge problems with the U.S. debt ceiling deadline on March 15, 2017.
As I mentioned in my previous article, POWERFUL GOLD & SILVER COILED SPRINGS: Important Charts You Have To See, I posted this chart of the 2,000 point drop in the Dow Jones early in 2016 versus a huge spike up in gold and silver:
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