Submitted by Tyler Durden on 03/28/2015 - 17:01
"When an HFT that is not a member of an association executes an off-exchange trade, the HFT’s identity is usually not reported to the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, or FINRA, which is the only association currently in existence. This frustrates FINRA’s surveillance efforts as it cannot quickly link trades to the HFTs responsible for them. This is a serious problem because, according to FINRA’s current Chairman, certain market participants disperse their trading activity across multiple markets in an attempt to hide various forms of market abuse, including layering, spoofing, algorithm gaming, and wash sales."
- SEC Commissioner Luis Aguilar.
De-Dollarization Continues As Russia Seeks AIIB Membership
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 03/28/2015 - 15:30 As Moscow and Seoul throw their support behind China's Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, the question is no longer about the end of dollar hegemony but rather about the extent to which the new venture will be used to institute a global shift towards the yuan.
from Politico:
Hillary Clinton wiped “clean” the private server housing emails from
her tenure as secretary of state, the chairman of the House committee
investigating the 2012 terrorist attacks in Benghazi said Friday.
“While it is not clear precisely when Secretary Clinton decided to permanently delete all emails from her server, it appears she made the decision after October 28, 2014, when the Department of State for the first time asked the Secretary to return her public record to the Department,” Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.), chairman of the Select Committee on Benghazi, said in a statement.
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Hillary Clinton wiped “clean” the private server housing emails from
her tenure as secretary of state, the chairman of the House committee
investigating the 2012 terrorist attacks in Benghazi said Friday.“While it is not clear precisely when Secretary Clinton decided to permanently delete all emails from her server, it appears she made the decision after October 28, 2014, when the Department of State for the first time asked the Secretary to return her public record to the Department,” Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.), chairman of the Select Committee on Benghazi, said in a statement.
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Introducing The "Overseas Contingency Operations Account" – Washington's Crony Capitalist War Slush Fund
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 03/28/2015 - 14:45 The imperial spiral into the stratosphere of stupidity is well underway. With zero accountability for those in power, there’s no way to realistically stop it before crash and burn. The best we can hope is to bring the responsible to justice afterward and pick up the pieces by going back to the Constitution.
Greece Prepares To Leave
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 03/28/2015 - 11:01 If Tsipras and Varoufakis should elect to give in to Brussels and Berlin, that decision would still need to be put before the people to vote on, because it would mean a prolongation of austerity. And that is not the mandate. By the same token, if the leadership decides an exit is the only option, and that further negotiations are hopeless because Europe won’t accept anything else than strapping the proud Greek people in a straitjacket, that too will have to be put before a vote. They know there will come a moment when a referendum can no longer be postponed no matter what the polls say. In that, Greece is living up to its glorious past as the cradle of democracy. Still, make no mistake: of course they’re preparing to leave.
Greek Energy Minister Slams "Unscrupulous, Imperialist" Germany, Will Seek "Bold Alternatives" In Russia
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 03/28/2015 - 14:05 The Greek energy minister kicked the hornet's nest point blank earlier today when he said that "Greece is at more than breaking point; urgently needs big, bold alternatives to “German, incumbent Europe"and that "creditors behaving as unscrupulous imperialists towards distant colony, threatening submission or economic suffocation." More importantly, Lafazanis has some ideas where to find said "big, bold alternatives." In Moscow. Greece's Energy Minister Panagiotis Lafazanis will meet his Russian counterpart and the CEO of energy giant Gazprom in Moscow on Monday, as he hit out at the EU and Germany for tightening a 'noose' around the Greek economy.
Alarms are being raised both on the right and the left in Austria
against what appears to be a stealth move by Obama to send what are
clearly attack-weapons (called “Bradley Tanks” but actually they look
like Abrams tanks) to what appears to be a likely destination in
Ukraine, for what seems to be a planned re-invasion by the U.S.-backed
Ukrainian forces into the Donbass region of the former Ukraine.Here the same photo that was shown before from rightist sites is shown on the leftist site www.facebook.com/OccupyWien:
Supposedly, this train’s next stop was to be in the Czech Republic.
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Violent police are increasingly criticized for everything from killing dogs to shooting the homeless and beating the mentally ill.
These abuses of power are disturbing and desperately need attention.
One under-discussed problem with police accountability (or lack
thereof), however, is police irresponsibility while driving.
Stories about drunk officers driving the wrong direction on freeways and hitting civilians or soberly ramming into pedestrians are not uncommon. This week alone, three cops caused mayhem and fatalities on the road.In New Jersey, a car of off-duty officers (who had posted a picture of whiskey shots to Instagram earlier that evening) drove the wrong direction on a freeway, killing a civilian and one of the officers in the vehicle. Two other officers were critically injured. The driving officer had a previous DUI and 8 prior accidents on record. The Police Chief of Linden, James Schulhafer, was vague in his comments, saying “We were all young once and I’m sure we’ve all done stupid things in our life.”
Read More @ TheDailySheeple.com
from KingWorldNews:
Eric King:
“Dr. Roberts, the Chinese-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
(AIIB) has made tremendous inroads (with the Europeans). As you know,
the UK, France, Italy, etc, joined. Countries are leaving the United
States in droves here and looking to the East and saying, ‘Look, we
understand you are protesting Washington DC, but we don’t hear you
because we have to be part of this (AIIB) — your thoughts on that.”
Dr. Paul Craig Roberts: “That’s another example of where the world has decided that serving Washington doesn’t pay. And so the kind of enslaved, vassalage behavior of other governments toward Washington seems to be drawing to an end….
Dr. Paul Craig Roberts Audio Interview @ KingWorldNews.com
Eric King:
“Dr. Roberts, the Chinese-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
(AIIB) has made tremendous inroads (with the Europeans). As you know,
the UK, France, Italy, etc, joined. Countries are leaving the United
States in droves here and looking to the East and saying, ‘Look, we
understand you are protesting Washington DC, but we don’t hear you
because we have to be part of this (AIIB) — your thoughts on that.”Dr. Paul Craig Roberts: “That’s another example of where the world has decided that serving Washington doesn’t pay. And so the kind of enslaved, vassalage behavior of other governments toward Washington seems to be drawing to an end….
Dr. Paul Craig Roberts Audio Interview @ KingWorldNews.com
from TruthNeverTold:
from SRSrocco Report:
If the “markets” are rigged and economies divorced from true market valuations, then what (if anything) could trigger a recoupling of reality to the record setting flashing numbers presently offered by the “market” facade? My best guess is decelerating global credit and debt creation (and a rotation from private to government debt creation) is the harbinger progressively pushing the financial rigging to its ludicrous conclusion. The rigging isn’t likely to stop, but the loss of belief and confidence in these numbers (along with economic mismanagement based on these faulty signals) is soon to force market resets and revaluations of everything. This will culminate in a global depression of unknown duration and depths until balance is restored.
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If the “markets” are rigged and economies divorced from true market valuations, then what (if anything) could trigger a recoupling of reality to the record setting flashing numbers presently offered by the “market” facade? My best guess is decelerating global credit and debt creation (and a rotation from private to government debt creation) is the harbinger progressively pushing the financial rigging to its ludicrous conclusion. The rigging isn’t likely to stop, but the loss of belief and confidence in these numbers (along with economic mismanagement based on these faulty signals) is soon to force market resets and revaluations of everything. This will culminate in a global depression of unknown duration and depths until balance is restored.
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"I'm Not Stupid" Monsanto Lobbyist Refuses To Drink Weedkiller After Proclaiming "It Won't Hurt You"
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 03/28/2015 - 09:39 "Do as I say, not as I do," appears to be the message from a controversial lobbyist who claimed that the chemical in Monsanto’s Roundup weed killer was safe for humans refused to drink his own words when a French television journalist offered him a glass... "I'm not stupid," he proclaims... you be the judge...
by Daisy Luther, Nutritional Anarchy:
You all know that we here at Nutritional Anarchy are adamantly opposed to toxic farming methods like the use of Round-Up killer.
But little did we know that it is apparently so safe you could drink an entire quart of it and live to tell the tale. Apparently according to a former Greenpeace-activist-turned-Monsanto-lobbyist (there’s gotta be a heck of a story in how that particular occupational transition occurred), it wouldn’t hurt you at all. (You can read Patrick Moore’s bio HERE, and wonder with us exactly how much it costs Monsanto to buy themselves their very own environmentalist.)
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You all know that we here at Nutritional Anarchy are adamantly opposed to toxic farming methods like the use of Round-Up killer.
But little did we know that it is apparently so safe you could drink an entire quart of it and live to tell the tale. Apparently according to a former Greenpeace-activist-turned-Monsanto-lobbyist (there’s gotta be a heck of a story in how that particular occupational transition occurred), it wouldn’t hurt you at all. (You can read Patrick Moore’s bio HERE, and wonder with us exactly how much it costs Monsanto to buy themselves their very own environmentalist.)
Read More @ NutrionalAnarchy.com
The Bubble Machine Is Complete: Soaring Stocks Push Investors Into Bonds Whose Issuers Buy More Stocks
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 03/28/2015 - 09:29 As JPM notes, soaring equity prices have had the effect of altering investors’ asset allocations, effectively tipping the balance towards equities even as money flows into bond funds. "The more equity prices increase, driven by either hedge funds or investors with low equity allocations, such as Japanese pension funds the higher the incentive by other investors who are already very overweight equities to buy bonds to prevent their bond allocation from falling too low."
Santelli Stunned As Janet Yellen Admits "Cash Is Not A Store Of Value"
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 03/27/2015 - 23:30 Intended warning or unintended slip? After Alan Greenspan's confessional admission that "Gold is a currency. It is still, by all evidence, a premier currency. No fiat currency, including the dollar, can match it," we found it remarkable that during the Q&A after her speech today that Janet Yellen, when asked about negative rates, admitted that "cash in not a very convenient store of value," seemingly hinting at Bernanke's helicopter and that there will be no deflation in The US ever... Rick Santelli then sums it all up perfectly... "deflation is clearly the boogeyman... and the only thing that will save the middle class."Pentagon "Loses Track" Of Equipment From $750mm Bomb-Spotting Program, Finds On eBay & Craigslist
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 03/27/2015 - 22:05
What Deflation? The Price Of Ground Beef Has Doubled Since The Last Financial Crisis
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 03/27/2015 - 20:45 Since the depths of the last recession, the price of ground beef in the United States has doubled. Has your paycheck doubled since then? Even though the Federal Reserve insists that we are in a “low inflation” environment, the government’s own numbers show that the price of ground beef has been on an unprecedented run over the past six years...Why There Is No Wage Growth In America
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 03/27/2015 - 20:04
Over
the past 2 years the Obama administration has been desperate to boost
minimum wages, usually over tedious bickering with republicans and
corporations who have resisted such an increase, with neither party
realizing that such a measure would not do much to actually boost
aggregate spending. Instead, what Obama should have
been focusing on was to limit the maximum number of hours worked per
week, because as the following chart shows, the reason why weekly pay is
rising and aggregate earnings is not due to an increase in hourly
wages but because Americans are simply working longer hours every week:
not quality but quantity.
from The Daily Coin:
We present a comprehensive review of the Shanghai Cooperation
Organization, including the members, the economics, the resources
involved and the people. We show how this global organization is going
to impact every person, business and country world wide.
The US Dollar hegemony is dying. The Eastern countries are preparing for what is coming next. We hope you will heed the warning and begin doing your on research and plan accordingly. Everything is going to change and tomorrow will not look, nor operate, as it does today.
Alasdair Macleod from GoldMoney.com and FinanceandEconomics.org begins by introducing who is currently involved and how they relate to one another economically. Craig Hemke from TFMetalsReport.com introduces us to the economics, currency swaps and the possibility of a gold back currency. Dave Kranzler from InvestmentResearchDynamics.com introduces us to some of the history and comprehensive look at the members list and explains how China may be “playing along” with the IMF regarding the SDR (Special Drawing Rights) fiat currency.
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We present a comprehensive review of the Shanghai Cooperation
Organization, including the members, the economics, the resources
involved and the people. We show how this global organization is going
to impact every person, business and country world wide.The US Dollar hegemony is dying. The Eastern countries are preparing for what is coming next. We hope you will heed the warning and begin doing your on research and plan accordingly. Everything is going to change and tomorrow will not look, nor operate, as it does today.
Alasdair Macleod from GoldMoney.com and FinanceandEconomics.org begins by introducing who is currently involved and how they relate to one another economically. Craig Hemke from TFMetalsReport.com introduces us to the economics, currency swaps and the possibility of a gold back currency. Dave Kranzler from InvestmentResearchDynamics.com introduces us to some of the history and comprehensive look at the members list and explains how China may be “playing along” with the IMF regarding the SDR (Special Drawing Rights) fiat currency.
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from TheDollarVigilante:
Jeff is interviewed by Jim Goddard of the Goddard Report, topics include, gold is real money, a massive change coming, fiat currency collapse, the rise of Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies, freedom to trade, marijuana, medical cannabis oil, hemp, ending the war on drugs, the evil that is government, unjust prison system, unjust laws, fascism, police and lawyers the biggest lobbyists for the war on drugs, Barack Obama, the Whitehouse now exempt from from the freedom of information act, rampant violation of the constitution, Canada following down the same path…
Jeff is interviewed by Jim Goddard of the Goddard Report, topics include, gold is real money, a massive change coming, fiat currency collapse, the rise of Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies, freedom to trade, marijuana, medical cannabis oil, hemp, ending the war on drugs, the evil that is government, unjust prison system, unjust laws, fascism, police and lawyers the biggest lobbyists for the war on drugs, Barack Obama, the Whitehouse now exempt from from the freedom of information act, rampant violation of the constitution, Canada following down the same path…
Richard Russell:
“Gold, gold, you are making me old. Today could be the day gold closes
above resistance at 1200. The anti-gold propaganda voiced to the
American people by the Fed has been long lasting and ingrained.
Due process and rule of law have been replaced with “legalized” looting by government in America.
Saudi Arabia and Egypt stand poised to conduct a massive ground
invasion of Yemen, and the western media will be full of tales about how
“Operation Decisive Storm” is liberating that country from the evil
Iranian-backed Houthi rebels. And without a doubt, the Houthis are bad
guys and 
I’ve talked pretty extensively about the imminent dangers of crony capitalism and plutocracy in America.
One of the poorest and most violent countries in the Middle East,
Yemen is also an area of strategic importance for regional players – and
some of the world’s most dangerous terror groups. RT explains the
underlying reasons behind the nation’s conflicts.
A truly stunning debasement of the U.S. justice system just occurred
through the joint efforts of the Obama Justice Department and a meek and
frightened Obama-appointed federal judge, Edgardo Ramos, all in order
to protect an extremist neocon front group from scrutiny and
accountability. The details are crucial for understanding the magnitude
of the abuse here.
Drivers as well as their passengers in Topeka Kansas will soon be
subject to a new policy requiring everyone to put their hands up during
police stops.
It must be nice to have the mainstream media in your pocket. That way
you can control how you are defined to the American people and the
world. It seems Hillary still has this capability now that she is
looking to run for president, so her super-PAC had no problem issuing
instructions to the media on what words could be used to describe their
candidate.
The possibility of an Iran nuclear deal depressing weapons sales was
raised by Myles Walton, an analyst from Germany’s Deutsche Bank, during a
Lockheed earnings call this past January 27. Walton asked Marillyn
Hewson, the chief executive of Lockheed Martin, if an Iran agreement
could “impede what you see as progress in foreign military sales.”
Financial industry analysts such as Walton use earnings calls as an
opportunity to ask publicly-traded corporations like Lockheed about
issues that might harm profitability.
Despite all the absurd analysis being touted in the mainstream by many
so-called “experts” Ted Cruz is no more a natural born citizen of the
United States than a man born on the moon. So why is this shooting star
that appeared suddenly out of the abyss being pushed so hard to become
the next political savior of America? The only thing that his background
and connections would be perfectly set-up for as a born Canadian of
Cuban decent (most likely fluent in Spanish due to his father’s
heritage) would perhaps be President of a new North American Union.
Seeking Whom They May Devour
The consistency with which nearly every report on the US economy has
deteriorated over the last few months is astonishing. Only the jobs
report has been spared that sharp downdraft. So we blame the weather,
which in parts of the US was truly atrocious, while in other parts,
particularly in California, it was gorgeous.
Since the depths of the last recession, the price of ground beef in the United States has doubled.
Has your paycheck doubled since then? Even though the Federal Reserve
insists that we are in a “low inflation” environment, the government’s
own numbers show that the price of ground beef has been on an
unprecedented run over the past six years. In early 2009, the average
price of a pound of ground beef was hovering near 2 dollars. In
February, it hit a brand new all-time record high of $4.238 per pound.
Even just 12 months ago, the price of ground beef was sitting at $3.555
per pound. So we are talking about a huge increase. And this hits
American families where they really live. Each year, the average
American consumes approximately 
Precious few Americans are aware that Western media is lying up a
propaganda storm about Russia and Putin on par with some of the greatest
and most pervasive propaganda efforts in history. But if you think the
media is bad, academia is worse. Self-censorship and not wishing to
challenge group think runs rampant, to the point where it really isn’t
all that surprising that America’s foreign policy establishment remains
largely clueless about the conflict in the Ukraine.
Young human beings need to trust and pay attention to their parents,
just like young mammals do in the animal kingdom. Our lives can depend
on doing that. But most of us are trained from a young age to trust not
just our parents but also authority figures of all kinds and to believe
what they tell us is true. That system works fine as long as the
authority figures in our lives are benevolent and honest. But what
happens if those authority figures become corrupt or degenerate into
violent criminals? The answer is evident throughout our current society.
That very trust that kept us safe as small children (assuming we had
good parents) has now become the means of our destruction.
The California Broadcasters Association in conjunction with NOAA and
Cal OES conducted a rather oddly timed tsunami drill Wednesday for
coastal regions in Southern and Central California.
Now it’s Austria, Switzerland, and Australia that have 
Things
have been getting very interesting on a number of fronts recently.
Last week’s FOMC meeting, which I always take with a grain of salt, was
fascinating because I think the Fed was finally forced to face economic
reality and essentially acknowledge that their prior optimism on the
U.S. economy was misplaced. I believe that things are materially worse
than the Fed is admitting at this point. 
Just days after the World Health Organization’s International Agency for Research on Cancer released a 
On a day where stocks are dipping, today the top trends forecaster in
the world spoke with King World News about a developing situation that
is going to radically change the world in which we live.
Cornell University welcomes ISIS terrorists to come to its campus and
conduct terror “training camps” for students, admits the university’s
assistant dean Joseph Scaffido in an 
In recent months, Facebook has been quietly holding talks with at least
half a dozen media companies about hosting their content inside
Facebook rather than making users tap a link to go to an external site.
While most individuals assume that both historical and future events
arise as a result of a series of massive and seismic actions, the truth
is often that a whimper precedes the bang. While many events are indeed
sparked by a single definitive act, it is also true that, in the events
leading up to the defining moment, rarely does the general public
realize that they are walking along the path to such an event. Even
rarer is the individual who realizes that this path was already carved
out by high-level players in the halls of banks, corporations,
governments, and secret societies long before the destination is ever
reached. 
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