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Falling From Grace
Falling From Grace Years ago, Doug Casey mentioned in a correspondence to me, “Empires fall from grace with alarming speed.” Every now and then, you receive a comment that, although it may have been stated casually, has a lasting effect, as it offers uncommon insight. For me, this was one of those and it’s one […]
The end of the dollar as we know it
The end of the dollar as we know it Current uncertainty and worries are clearly reflected in the financial markets. Investors are fleeing into assets that are deemed safe, such as gold, U.S. Treasuries and the dollar. They still flock to the U.S. on a massive scale, whereas a lot of the current insecurity derives […]
BRICS was created as a tool of attack: Lula
BRICS was created as a tool of attack: Lula Former Brazilian leader wishes emerging economies were closer, recalls Obama ‘crashing’ Copenhagen climate meet In a wide-ranging, two-hour-plus, exclusive interview from a prison room in Curitiba in southern Brazil, former Brazilian president Luis Inacio Lula da Silva re-emerged for the first time, after more than 500 […]
New World Order in Meltdown, But Russia Stronger Than Ever
New World Order in Meltdown, But Russia Stronger Than Ever Last week was full of portentous events. Only somebody who has not been awake for the last few years will fail to realize how these at first sight unconnected events are part of the same matrix. There was the ever louder talk in mainstream media […]
Iranian Tanker Still Bound For Syria; US Working To “Disrupt” Oil Transfer: Report
Iranian Tanker Still Bound For Syria; US Working To “Disrupt” Oil Transfer: Report As the Iranian oil tanker Adrian Darya 1 still appears to be circling in Mediterranean waters off western Cyprus after it turned away from approaching Turkey’s coast this week, a new Wall Street Journal report says it will ultimately attempt to offload its 2.1 million […]
Florida Declares State Of Emergency As Hurricane Dorian Set To Ruin Labor Day Weekend
Florida Declares State Of Emergency As Hurricane Dorian Set To Ruin Labor Day Weekend Just in time to spoil Labor Day weekend, Hurricane Dorian has barreled through the US Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico without causing much damage, and is now headed straight for the Florida coastline. After intensifying from a tropical storm into a […]
Peter Schiff Compares Trade War to “Battle at Little Bighorn”
Peter Schiff Compares Trade War to “Battle at Little Bighorn” Political commentators are increasingly critical of U.S. trade policy, particularly tariffs and the trade war with China. Radio host Peter Schiff went so far as to compare U.S. trade policies to General Custer and the Battle of Little Bighorn. Meanwhile, some economic red flags seem to support […]
New Poll: 70% of Americans are Angry at the Political Establishment
NEW POLL: 70% OF AMERICANS ARE ANGRY AT THE POLITICAL ESTABLISHMENT Are people finally beginning to wake up to the reality we are living in? According to a new poll, 70% of Americans are now angry at the entrenched political establishment that is exerting control over every aspect of their lives. According to a newly […]
Forget 1984, We’re Facing a Brave New World
Forget 1984, We’re Facing a Brave New World I see quite frequently, people warning that the US is becoming an ‘Orwellian nightmare,’ or that we’re living in a country that’s fast becoming a new 1984. I think they’re wrong. It’s worse. We here in the US look at what China’s doing as if they’re on […]
Possible Currency War Would Be A Disaster For Oil
Possible Currency War Would Be A Disaster For Oil Oil prices plunged on Friday after the U.S. and China both announced tariff hikes in tit-for-tat fashion. At the same time, markets opened on a positive note early Monday after President Trump struck a more conciliatory tone. But the respite could be brief. Global financial markets are completely at the […]
Rabobank: “The US Will Simply Not Allow A New Reserve Currency Without A Fight”
Rabobank: “The US Will Simply Not Allow A New Reserve Currency Without A Fight” “Peace for our time” Despite the fact that the German IFO survey was ‘I-ful’, with the official word being that the outlook is “increasingly dire”, and that US core durable goods were -0.4% vs. flat expected, both of which confirm that […]
A Perfect Storm Is Brewing For US LNG
A Perfect Storm Is Brewing For US LNG That the U.S. energy industry would be among those hardest hit by a full-blown trade war between Washington and Beijing was a no-brainer. Yet the extent of the fallout as the war continues is only becoming evident now, as some companies find it hard to secure the […]
Freedom of the Press? Not in the U.S.
Freedom of the Press? Not in the U.S. The United States ranks 48th among nations for press freedom, according to Reporters Without Borders. Since few other countries have the equivalent of our First Amendment, learning that we rank below Botswana and Slovenia may come as a surprise. Mostly the organization pins this dismal state of […]
The Great Switch: The Geo-Politics of Looming Recession
The Great Switch: The Geo-Politics of Looming Recession Is the prospect of looming global recession merely an economic matter, to be discussed within the framework of the Great Financial Crisis of 2008 – which is to say, whether or not, the Central Bankers have wasted their available tools to manage it? Or, is there a […]
