Media
2014
Wealth Abuse
Debt Rattle Feb 13 2014: Are Your Savings Safe From Bail-Ins?
Source: The Automatic Earth Arthur Rothstein “Migrant agricultural workers, Deerfield, Florida” January 1937I know you thought you’d seen some crazy stuff, but it’s going to get better, promise! On the one hand you have Greek […]
Commentary
Another JPMorgan Banker Dies, 37 Year Old Executive Director Of Program Trading
By Tyler Durden Ordinarily we would ignore the news of another banker’s death – after all these sad events happen all the time – if it wasn’t for several contextual aspects of this most recent […]
Financial
Market Report: Gold Soars Through $1300
By Alasdair Macleod Gold has now rallied over 10% since December 31. This, in the words of one analyst who achieved widespread publicity was meant to be “a slam-dunk sell”. Instead, gold has soared through […]
Freedom
US Plunges in World Press Freedom Index after NSA Leaks, Attacks on Whistleblowers
Sourced: RT Press freedom in the United States has suffered “one of the most significant declines” in the last year after sacrificing information to national security, with the NSA surveillance scandal topping the list of […]
Government
In the Darkness of Dick Cheney
By Mark Danner If you’re a man of principle, compromise is a bit of a dirty word. —Dick Cheney, 2013 From the March 6, 2014 issue of The New York Review of Books 1. In early 2007, […]
World Affairs
Syria: Whose sarin?
By Seymour M. Hersh In August-September 2013, Barack Obama, David Cameron and François Hollande accused Syria of killing 1,400 opponents in the suburbs of Damascus. Denouncing that a red line had been crossed, they threatened […]
Environment
“Historic”, “Catastrophic” Winter Storm Paralyzes Atlanta As Pax Creeps Up East Coast
by Tyler Durden Not a week seems to pass without yet another “historic” winter storm assuring that virtually all winter economic data so far in 2014 can be ignored… if it is bad that is […]
Government
DHS Buying “Zombie-Max” Rounds – Ohio N.G. Training to Fight Pro Gun Terrorists
DHS buying “zombie-max” rounds – With Charlie McGrath
Government
After A Century Of The Fed, It’s Time To Return To Constitutional Money
By George Leef The Federal Reserve System recently turned 100, but it has presided over a century of folly, argues Professor Richard Timberlake in his magisterial 2013 book Constitutional Money (Cambridge University Press). Timberlake, professor […]