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Saudis Intercept Ballistic Missile Over Capital Riyadh
Saudis Intercept Ballistic Missile Over Capital Riyadh Just hours after the previously reported unexpected, and shocking resignation of Lebanon’s pro-Saudi prime minister Saad al-Hariri, Saudi defense forces said they had intercepted a ballistic missile over the capital Riyadh, which was fired from Yemen. According to Yemen’s Houthi-controlled Defense Ministry, the Yemeni Air Force targeted King […]
Lebanon Plunges Into Crisis After Premier Resigns, Fearing Assassination Plot
Lebanon Plunges Into Crisis After Premier Resigns, Fearing Assassination Plot The Lebanese Prime Minister, Saad al-Hariri, unexpectedly resigned on Saturday, saying in a fiery televised broadcast from Saudi Arabia that he feared for his life while also fiercely criticizing Iran. According to regional analysts, the move has “plunged Lebanon into crisis” amid heightened regional tensions. […]
Bank Of England Hikes Rates By 25bps In 7-2 Vote; First Increase In A Decade; Pound Plunges
Bank Of England Hikes Rates By 25bps In 7-2 Vote; First Increase In A Decade; Pound Plunges Over ten years since the last rate hike by the Bank of England in July 2007 (when incidentally, cable was trading above $2.00), and following years of market expectations of an imminent rate hike that failed to materialize… […]
Chinese “Ghost Collateral” Scam Leads To Market “Shockwaves”, Huge Loss For Giant Commodity Trader
Chinese “Ghost Collateral” Scam Leads To Market “Shockwaves”, Huge Loss For Giant Commodity Trader Back in 2014, a scandal erupted when media reports confirmed what many had previously speculated about China’s banking system: namely that much of China’s staggering loan issuance had been built (literally) upon air and that trillions in loan collateral had been […]
Chris Whalen: “Glad I Am On A George Soros-Funded Blacklist Of Journalists”
Chris Whalen: “Glad I Am On A George Soros-Funded Blacklist Of Journalists” At the end of his note today (via TheInstitutionalRiskAnalyst.com), Chris Whalen dropped the following bombshell… Finally, we cannot fail to mention that The IRA’s Chris Whalen has been included in the list of enemies compiled by the minions of George Soros. We are […]
Puigdemont Seeks Asylum In Belgium After Spain Files Charges Against Catalan Government For Rebellion
Puigdemont Seeks Asylum In Belgium After Spain Files Charges Against Catalan Government For Rebellion Update: As we warned earlier, La Sexta has just reported that (former) Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont will seek asylum in Belgium. According to eldiario.es, Puigdemont has made the decision to travel to Brussels advised by a legal team that recommends him […]
“This Could Be Huge”: Gold Bar Certified By Royal Canadian Mint Exposed As Fake
“This Could Be Huge”: Gold Bar Certified By Royal Canadian Mint Exposed As Fake The last time there was a widespread physical gold counterfeiting scare was in the summer of 2012 when as we reported the discovery of a single 10 oz Tungsten-filled gold bar in Manhattan’s jewelry district led to a panic among the […]
This and That Vol 3 – Where There’s Smoke, There’s Fire
This and That Vol 3 – Where There’s Smoke, There’s Fire There are a couple of phrases I often use to neatly describe the personal and social dysfunction exploding into view these days. On the personal side, my “We are only as sick as our deepest darkest secrets” perfectly illustrates how personally damaging those things […]
Visualizing $63 Trillion Of World Debt
Visualizing $63 Trillion Of World Debt If you add up all the money that national governments have borrowed, it tallies to a hefty $63 trillion. Courtesy of: Visual Capitalist In an ideal situation, governments are just borrowing this money to cover short-term budget deficits or to finance mission critical projects. However, as Visual Capitalist’s Jeff […]
North Korea Conducts Mass Evacuation Drills, Blackout Exercises
North Korea Conducts Mass Evacuation Drills, Blackout Exercises A rare blackout exercise and mass evacuation drill took place in North Korea last week according to NK News, citing “multiple sources.” The wartime preparations were not visible in Pyongyang, but were seen in “secondary, tertiary cities and towns” on the eastern coast of the country. NK News and […]
In Shocking, Viral Interview, Qatar Confesses Secrets Behind Syrian War
In Shocking, Viral Interview, Qatar Confesses Secrets Behind Syrian War A television interview of a top Qatari official confessing the truth behind the origins of the war in Syria is going viral across Arabic social media during the same week a leaked top secret NSA document was published which confirms that the armed opposition in […]
“What Happens When The Market Can No Longer Pretend”: Charting Today’s Minsky Moments Dynamics
“What Happens When The Market Can No Longer Pretend”: Charting Today’s Minsky Moments Dynamics Back in July, Deutsche Bank’s derivative strategist Aleksandar Kocic believed he had found the moment the market broke, which he defined as a terminal dislocation between market and economic policy uncertainty: as he wrote 4 months ago, it was some time […]
The World’s New Reserve Currency? Everything You Need To Know About PetroYuan
The World’s New Reserve Currency? Everything You Need To Know About PetroYuan Earlier this week, we pointed out that the ‘PetroYuan’ is on the verge of becoming reality with Graticule’s Adam Levinson noting that the birth of a yuan-denominated oil contract will be a “huge story” in the fourth quarter, and will be a “wake […]
Catalan Leader Urges “Peaceful” Rebellion As Spain Takes Over Government
Catalan Leader Urges “Peaceful” Rebellion As Spain Takes Over Government Update (0920ET): A Spanish government spokesman has responded to Puigdemont’s address, saying that “Spain will not comment on comments by Puigdemont who is out of a job.” * * * As we detailed earlier, in a pre-record message this morning, Catalan separtist leader Carles Puigdemont […]
The One Paragraph You Need To Read From The JFK Assassination Files That May Change Everything
The One Paragraph You Need To Read From The JFK Assassination Files That May Change Everything TruePundit.com warns that one haunting paragraph unearthed from 3,000 never-before-seen documents will shake Patriots to their core about the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. Or perhaps worse. Make that haunting three paragraphs. This is not pretty. But it […]
