Quantitative Easing Worked For The Weimar Republic For A Little While Too

Wheelbarrow of Money

There is a reason why every fiat currency in the history of the world has eventually failed.  At some point, those issuing fiat currencies always find themselves giving in to the temptation to wildly print more money.  Sometimes, the motivation for doing this is good.  When an economy is really struggling, those that have been entrusted with the management of that economy can easily fall for the lie that things would be better if people just had "more money".  Today, the Federal Reserve finds itself faced with a scenario that is very similar to what the Weimar Republic was facing nearly 100 years ago.  Like the Weimar Republic, the U.S. economy is also struggling and like the Weimar Republic, the U.S. government is absolutely drowning in debt.  Unfortunately, the Federal Reserve has decided to adopt the same solution that the Weimar Republic chose.  The Federal Reserve is recklessly printing money out of thin air, and in the short-term some positive things have come out of it.  But quantitative easing worked for the Weimar Republic for a little while too.  At first, more money caused economic activity to increase and unemployment was low.  But all of that money printing destroyed faith in German currency and in the German financial system and ultimately Germany experienced an economic meltdown that the world is still talking about today.  This is the path that the Federal Reserve is taking America down, but most Americans have absolutely no idea what is happening. (Read More....)

 

 

Druckenmiller Blasts "The Biggest Redistribution Of Wealth From The Poor To The Rich Ever"

Reflecting on exactly what was said yesterday, Duquesne's Stanley Druckenmiller is initially perplexed as Bernanke explained 'financial conditions' - not interest rates - have prompted the decision to forestall any taper. His confusion is that financial conditions are actually slightly better than they were in June and "a stock market at an all-time high would suggest we don't have a problem with financial conditions." While he dismisses surveys, the big-money was betting that they were going to taper as is clear from the moves in gold, bonds, and stocks; and it appears the Fed "lost their nerve." In fact, Druck continues, the Fed "blew it... they had a freebie," they could have started the process to "get us off the dope." This action, or inaction, he warns "is going to make it so much harder for the next Chairman to start the process." In fact, he concludes, that from beginning to end - once markets adjust from these subsidized prices - that the wealth effect of QE will have been negative not positive.

 

McCain's self-defeating Pravda op-ed can only help Putin  Washington Post (blog) ‎- by Max Fisher Senator John McCain, a frequent critic of the Kremlin, responded to Russian President Vladimir Putin's New York Times op-ed with his own, ...

{ How laughable to hear of ‘never-saw-a-war-he-didn’t-like’ neo-con mccain try to lecture the historically formidable Vladimir Putin on the ‘rule of law’. What parallel universe is senile mccain operating in? ( I’m going to even give ‘songbird’ mccain a pass on his violation of military code while a POW so criticized by his fellow POWs).The law is something that I know a lot about; from intense study and direct experience, while mccain can’t possibly say the same. After all, there are indeed a plethora of rules of law in pervasively corrupt, defacto bankrupt america. The problem is, in venal america, they are not meaningful rules of law as applied to some and not others (him and his et als in the latter category). Wow! Talk about out of touch … or maybe he’s just used to such drivel/propaganda being lapped up by the dumbed down american masses!  See  http://www.albertpeia.com/112208opocoan/ricosummarytoFBIunderpenaltyofperjury.pdf      http://www.albertpeia.com/112208opocoan/PeiavCoanetals.htm       http://albertpeia.com/fbimartinezcongallard.htm    for reality!  }

 

 

5 Years After the Financial Crisis, The Big Banks Are Still Committing Massive Crimes Posted by : George Washington Post date: 09/20/2013 - Still Laundering Terrorism and Drug Money ...

This Time Around The Fed IS The Bubble Posted by: Phoenix Capital... Post date: 09/20/2013 - In the past, the Fed has been the fuel for bubbles. This time around, the Fed IS the bubble itself, with its balance sheet expansion driving ALL assets higher.

Ron Paul on U.S. Fed QE: Prepare for the Destruction of the Dollar Posted by: GoldCore Post date: 09/20/2013 - David Asman: What happens now? If it’s Yellin she'll be like Bernanke on steroids. What does that mean for our economy? Dr Paul:  Prepare for the destruction of the dollar and the crash of...

 

 

American hedge fund manager: Fed Robbing from Rich to Give to Poor

CNBC | Fed shifting a massive amount of wealth from the middle class and poor to the rich.

 

 

Too Big To Fail Is Now Bigger Than Ever Before

Lower Manhattan At Night - Photo by Hu TotyaThe too big to fail banks are now much, much larger than they were the last time they caused so much trouble.  The six largest banks in the United States have gotten 37 percent larger over the past five years.  Meanwhile, 1,400 smaller banks have disappeared from the banking industry during that time.  What this means is that the health of JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, Citigroup, Wells Fargo, Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley is more critical to the U.S. economy than ever before.  If they were "too big to fail" back in 2008, then now they must be "too colossal to collapse".  Without these banks, we do not have an economy.  The six largest banks control 67 percent of all U.S. banking assets, and Bank of America accounted for about a third of all business loans by itself last year.  Our entire economy is based on credit, and these giant banks are at the very core of our system of credit.  If these banks were to collapse, a brutal economic depression would be guaranteed.  Unfortunately, as you will see later in this article, these banks did not learn anything from 2008 and are being exceedingly reckless.  They are counting on the rest of us bailing them out if something goes wrong, but that might not happen next time around. (Read More....)

 

 

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Looking at guns in Mexico and at some farmers that take law into their own hands Posted by : hedgeless_horseman Post date: 09/23/2013 - "My daughter was raped and abducted," said a Mexican farmer.  President Obama says, "What's different in America is it's easy to get your hands on a gun."

 

Islamic Terror Groups Are Killing Christians All Over The World And Obama Wants Us To Ally With Them

2013 Westgate shopping mall terrorist incident in Nairobi, Kenya - Photo by Anne KnightOver the past couple of days, we have witnessed some absolutely horrific examples of Islamic terror groups specifically targeting Christians and those from other non-Muslim religions.  Sadly, this is not a new phenomenon.  Radical Islamic jihadists are constantly attacking churches and slaughtering Christians all over the planet.  The recent events in Pakistan, Kenya and Egypt may have taken this persecution to a new level, but this is just the continuation of a trend that has been building for years.  Unfortunately, Barack Obama does not seem too concerned about Islamic terrorism.  In fact, he specifically directed that “all references to Islam” be removed from terrorism training materials that the federal government uses.  If that wasn’t bad enough, now Obama is actually supplying weapons to the radical jihadist rebels that want to take over Syria, and he appears to be very ready to use the U.S. military to attack the Assad regime directly if “negotiations” with the Syrian government fail.  In essence, Obama wants the United States to be allies with psychotic jihadists that have the exact same radical philosophy that those who are killing Christians in Pakistan, Kenya and Egypt have. (Read More.....)

 

 

Spy Agencies Are Doing WHAT? Posted by: George Washington Post date: 09/23/2013 - New Revelations Are Breaking Every Day

Revelations about the breathtaking scope of government spying are coming so fast that it's time for an updated roundup:

*   The government is spying on essentially everything we do. It is not just "metadata" ... although that is enough to destroy your privacy

*   The government has adopted a secret interpretation of the Patriot Act which allows it to pretend that "everything" is relevant ... so it spies on everyone.  For example, the NSA "oversight" court believes the mere claim that terrorists use the phone system is enough to show that all phone records are relevant

*   NSA whistleblowers say that the NSA collects all of our conversations word-for-word

*   It's not just the NSA ... Many other agencies, like the FBI and IRS – concerned only with domestic issues - spy on Americans as well. The Drug Enforcement Administration has had direct access to AT&T phone records for 25 years

*   The information gained through spying is shared with federal, state and local agencies, and they are using that information to prosecute petty crimes such as drugs and taxes. The agencies are instructed to intentionally "launder" the information gained through spying, i.e. to pretend that they got the information in a more legitimate way ... and to hide that from defense attorneys and judges

*   The Department of Health and Human Services will also have access to vast quantities of sensitive federal data on Americans as part of Obamacare (here's the underlying Government Accountability Office report)

*   The NSA not only shares our information with other American agencies, it also gives personal, sensitive unfiltered information on Americans to Israel and other foreign nations

*   And it's not only governments.  Private contractors can also view all of your data (and the government isn’t keeping track of which contractors see your data and which don’t). And because background checks regarding some contractors are falsified, it is hard to know the types of people that might have your information.  Indeed, private contractors are involved in spying on behalf of governments world-wide

*   It's not just your computer and your phone. It is well-documented that the government may be spying on us through cars and buses, streetlights, at airports and on the street, via mobile scanners and drones, through our smart meters, and in many other ways

*   Top counter-terror experts say that the government’s mass spying doesn't keep us safe

*   Indeed, they say that mass spying actually hurts U.S. counter-terror efforts (more here and here)

*   They say we can, instead, keep everyone safe without violating the Constitution ... more cheaply and efficiently than the current system

*   There is no real oversight by Congress, the courts, or the executive branch of government. And see this and this.

*   Indeed, most Congress members had no idea what the NSA is doing. Even staunch defenders of the NSA - and congress members on the intelligence oversight committees - now say they've been kept in the dark

*   A Federal judge who was on the secret spying court for 3 years says that it's a kangaroo court

*   Even the current judges on the secret spying court now admit that they're out of the loop and powerless to exercise real oversight.

*   When these judges raised concerns about NSA spying, the Justice Department completely ignored them

*   A former U.S. president says that the spying program shows that we no longer have a functioning democracy

*   The chairs of the 9/11 Commission say that NSA spying has gone way too far

*   Top constitutional experts say that Obama and Bush are worse than Nixon ... and the Stasi East Germans

*   While the government initially claimed that mass surveillance on Americans prevented more than 50 terror attacks, the NSA’s deputy director John Inglis walked that position back all the way to saying that – at the mostone (1) plot might have been disrupted by the bulk phone records collection alone. In other words, the NSA can't prove that stopped any terror attacks. The government greatly exaggerated an alleged recent terror plot for political purposes (and promoted the fearmongering of serial liars). The argument that recent terror warnings show that NSA spying is necessary is so weak that American counter-terrorism experts have slammed it as "crazy pants"

*   You're much more likely to be killed by brain-eating amoeba, lightning or a toddler than by terrorism. Even President Obama admits that you're much less likely to be killed by terrorists than a car accident. So the government has resorted to lamer and lamer excuses to try to justify mass surveillance

*   Experts say that the spying program is illegal, and is exactly the kind of thing which King George imposed on the American colonists ... which led to the Revolutionary War

*   A Harvard law school professor - and director of the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University - says:

"The NSA has mounted a systematic campaign against the foundations of American power: constitutional checks and balances, technological leadership, and market entrepreneurship. The NSA scandal is no longer about privacy, or a particular violation of constitutional or legislative obligations. The American body politic is suffering a severe case of auto-immune disease: our defense system is attacking other critical systems of our body".

*   The top counter-terrorism Czar under Clinton and Bush says that revealing NSA spying programs does not harm national security

*   The feds are considering prosecuting the owner of a private email company - who shut down his business rather than turning over records to the NSA - for refusing to fork over the information and keep quiet. This is a little like trying to throw someone in jail because he's died and is no longer paying taxes

*   Whistleblowers on illegal spying have no "legal" way to get the information out

*   Spying started before 9/11 ... and various excuses have been used to spy on Americans over the years

*   Governments and big corporations are doing everything they can to destroy anonymity

*   Mass spying . Indeed, the Pentagon now sees the collection of "big data" as a "national security threat" ... but the NSA is the biggest data collector on the planet, and thus provides a tempting mother lode of information for foreign hackers

*   Mass surveillance by the NSA directly harms internet companies, Silicon Valley, California … and the entire U.S. economy.  For example, Facebook lost 11 millions users as of April mainly due to privacy concerns (and that was before the Snowden revelations).  And see these reports from Boingboing and the Guardian

*   IT and security professionals are quite concerned about government spying

*   Some people make a lot of money off of mass spying. But the government isn't using the spying program to stop the worst types of lawlessness

*   The NSA spying program is unambiguously being used for industrial espionage, by spying on large foreign corporations, and the biggest financial payments systems such as VISA and Swift.  Indeed, in a slide leaked by Edward Snowden, "economic" was one of the main justifications for spying

*   The top U.S. spy's justifications for such financial spying is not very reassuring:

"We collect this information for many important reasons: for one, it could provide the United States and our allies early warning of international financial crises which could negatively impact the global economy. It also could provide insight into other countries' economic policy or behavior which could affect global markets."

*   Top financial experts say that the NSA and other intelligence agencies are using the information to  profit from this inside information

*   The Wall Street Journal reported that the NSA spies on Americans’ credit card transactions.  Many other agencies are doing the same. In fact, virtually all U.S. intelligence agencies – including the CIA and NSA – are going to spy on Americans’ finances. The IRS will also be spying on Americans’ shopping records, travel, social interactions, health records and files from other government investigators

*   Polls show that the public doesn’t believe the NSA … and thinks that the government has gone way too far in the name of terrorism

*   While leaker Edward Snowden is treated as a traitor by the fatcats and elites, he is considered a hero by the American public.  Members of the Executive, Legislative and Judicial branches of government have all praised the debate on spying which Snowden's leaks started

*   The heads of the intelligence services have repeatedly been caught lying about spying. And even liberal publications are starting to say that Obama has been intentionally lying about spying. The government claimed that most spying programs ended in 2011, when - in fact - they were expanded that year

*   Obama says he'll rein in spying ... but his words and deeds indicate that he won't.  Indeed, Obama appointed the fox to guard the chicken coop. No wonder only 11% of Americans trust Obama to actually do anything to rein in spying

*   A huge majority of Americans wants the director of intelligence - Clapper - prosecuted for perjury One of the chairs of the 9/11 Commission agrees

*   While the Obama administration is spying on everyone in the country – it is at the same time the most secretive administration ever (background). That’s despite Obama saying he’s running the most transparent administration ever

*   The NSA treats the American people with contempt.  For example, Spiegel notes:

"The authors of the [NSA slides] draw a comparison with "1984," ... revealing the agency's current view of smartphones and their users. "Who knew in 1984 that this would be Big Brother …" the authors ask, in reference to a photo of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs. And commenting on photos of enthusiastic Apple customers and iPhone users, the NSA writes: "… and the zombies would be paying customers?

*   Worse, the intelligence agencies often view normal, true-blue Americans as potential terrorists (and see this)

*   A Congressman noted that - even if a mass surveillance program is started for good purposes - it will inevitably turn into a witch hunt

*   There are indications that the spy agencies aren't just passively gathering information, but are actively using it in mischievous ways

*   Surveillance can be used to frame you if someone in government happens to take a dislike to you

*   Government spying has always focused on crushing dissent … not on keeping us safe

*   An NSA whistleblower says that (and see this)

*   High-level US government officials have

*   A top NSA whistleblower says that the only way to fix things is to fire all of the corrupt government officials who let it happen. As the polls above show, the American public is starting to wake up to that fact

 

 

Making $100,000? Then Flipping Burgers May Be In Your Future

Submitted by Tyler Durden on 09/23/2013 - 18:06

"I'm not going to sit on my laurels and say I was an executive making six figures and traveling the world,” 77-year-old Tom Palome says, "I tell people I demonstrate food and I do short-order cooking. I don’t mind saying it. What's important is that I can work today." As Bloomberg reports, the former vice president of marketing for Oral-B juggles two part-time jobs: one as a $10-an-hour food demonstrator at Sam’s Club, the other flipping burgers and serving drinks at a golf club grill for slightly more than minimum wage; a sad but all too real reflection of the new normal 'job' gains that our economists and politicians love to crow about. Why is he still working? Like most Americans, he didn't save enough for retirement (despite working hard his entire career). About 7.2 million Americans over 65 were employed last year, a 67% increase from a decade ago as 59% of households headed by people over 65 have no retirement assets.

 

 

Guest Post: Bakken - Hype Versus Reality

Submitted by Tyler Durden on 09/23/2013 - 19:03

As Wall Street, CNBC, and feckless politicians tout American energy independence from the miracle of shale oil, reality is already rearing its ugly head. Production grew by 24% over the first six months of 2012. Production has grown by only 7% over the first six months of 2013. That is a dramatic slowdown. The fact is that these wells deplete at an extremely rapid rate. Oil companies will always seek out the easiest to access oil first. They have already accessed the easy stuff. This explains the dramatic slowdown. Peak Bakken oil production will be below 1 million barrels per day. The last time we checked, we consumed 18 million barrels per day. We wonder when that energy independence will be achieved?

 

 

Profiting Off Prisoners

Submitted by Tyler Durden on 09/23/2013 - 18:32

With some politicians arguing private prisons help states save money and other politicians arguing the system is rife with corruption, there can be no debate about this basic fact: The private prison system has surged in size since the U.S. began experimenting with private prisons in 1984. Between 1990 and 2009, the inmate population housed in private prisons grew by more than 1,600 percent. As the following infographic suggests the trends are not your friend in this case.

 

 

One Pre-FOMC Link That Seems To Explain Everything

Submitted by Tyler Durden on 09/23/2013 - 17:43

The hullabaloo over the Fed’s communications should be the least of our concerns. It’s outranked by actual policies, which seem to be once again destabilizing markets, encouraging reckless behaviors, perpetuating global imbalances and enriching the parasitic practitioners of so-called financial innovation at the expense of the middle class. On the other hand, Chairman Bernanke claims that clear communications are a key part of his approach, forward guidance being one example of how he manipulates the economy by telling us what to expect. And yet, it sure seems like the more he and his colleagues talk, the less we know about what they’ll do next. In light of this, the best explanation for the Fed’s surprising untaper last week appears to be from Vince Reinhart’s musings and inside information about the Fed. He offers a short but interesting history on the FOMC’s attempts to increase transparency, and then goes on to share some thoughts on how the decision making has evolved and why it tends to confuse us.

 

 

JPMorgan Brings The Second Public Coming Of Chrysler

Submitted by Tyler Durden on 09/23/2013 - 17:18

Four years after it filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, and was purchased from the depths of bankruptcy court hell by Fiat S.p.A., the circle (jerk) is complete, and thanks to lead underwriter JPM, the second coming of Chrysler, this time for sale to a whole new batch of gullible ROI chasers, is now a fact with the S-1 statement filing moments ago, in which the only cash transfer will be from the VEBA Trust to new shareholders and no new cash will go to the actual company. In other words, the UAW is selling to the general public.

 

 

Kenyan Foreign Minister Confirms Mall Attack Was By Al-Qaeda

Submitted by Tyler Durden on 09/23/2013 - 16:54

UPDATE: Kenyan interior ministry tweets that authorities are in control of Westgate mall

As the dreadful Nairobi Mall attack/siege enters its third night with at least 69 dead, the Kenyan foreign minister has clarified one point:

Despite earlier reported condemnations from Al-Qaeda and an assumption that Al-Shabaab (who claimed responsibility), it appears the terrorists who just lost their Syria/Iraq leader are responsible.

 

 

Step Aside Trillion Dollar Coin, Here Comes The Trillion Dollar Bill

Submitted by Tyler Durden on 09/23/2013 - 16:32

 

 

Bernanke Stock-Boost Busted, Bonds Best Bid

Submitted by Tyler Durden on 09/23/2013 - 16:07

Despite the best efforts to squeeze shorts from the European close (end of POMO), the afternoon session punctuated by Fed's Fisher notable comments pushed stocks back lower with the S&P joining the Dow in the all-FOMC-gains-gone club. Financials and Materials  (-1.5% from FOMC) are the worst performers since Bernanke did not say "Taper" and while stocks have given it all back, bonds remain at their highs (in price) and lows (in yield) from that un-announcement. Treasury yields dropped 2-3bps more today (still down 15-20bps depending on maturity) as growth hopes fade. JPY strength was trumped by EUR weakness today which pushed the USD higher from overnight opening lows (from China PMI and Merkel) but by the close the USD was unch. Gold and silver were holding positive until Fisher's comments and they slid to -0.5% or so. WTI dropped 1.2% to $103.50. The S&P had its 3rd down day in a row for the first time in 5 weeks (as momo names join the financials among the leaders lagging).

 

 

The Big-Picture Economy, Part 1: Labor, Imports And The Dollar

Submitted by Tyler Durden on 09/23/2013 - 15:51

Many well-meaning commentators look back on the era of strong private-sector unions and robust U.S. trade surpluses with longing. The trade surpluses vanished for two reasons: global competition and to protect the dollar as the world's reserve currency. It is impossible for the U.S. to maintain the reserve currency and run trade surpluses. It's Hobson's Choice: if you run trade surpluses, you cannot supply the global economy with the currency flows it needs for trade, reserves, payment of debt denominated in the reserve currency and credit expansion. If you don't possess the reserve currency, you can't print money and have it accepted as payment. In other words, the U.S. must "export" U.S. dollars by running a trade deficit to supply the world with dollars to hold as reserves and to use to pay debt denominated in dollars. Other nations need U.S. dollars in reserve to back their own credit creation.

 

Mapping The Collapse Of European Democracy

Submitted by Tyler Durden on 09/23/2013 - 15:31

Democracy has regressed in 15 out of the 17 euro-area countries since 2008, according to the Economist Intelligence Unit’s democracy index, as economic policy was increasingly influenced by the ECB, the EU and the IMF, instead of elected politicians - something Nigel Farage has been vociferously concerned about.

 

 

On This Day 15 Years Ago The LTCM Bailout Ushered In "Too Big To Fail"

Submitted by Tyler Durden on 09/23/2013 - 15:12

While the commemoration of the 5 year anniversary of the start of the Great Financial Crisis is slowing but surely fading, another just as important anniversary is revealed when one goes back not 5 but 15 years into the past, specifically to September 23, 1998. On that day, the policy that came to define the New Normal more than any other, namely the bailout of those deemed Too Big To Fail, a/k/a throwing good (private or taxpayer) money after bad was enshrined by Wall Street as the official canon when faced with a situation where capitalism, namely failure, is seen as Too Dangerous To Succeed. This was first known as the Greenspan Put, subsequently the Bernanke Put, and its current iteration is best known as the Global Central Banker All-In Systemic Put. We sow the seeds of bailing out insolvent financial corporations to this day, when instead of making them smaller and breaking them up, they are rewarded by becoming even bigger, even more systemics, and even Too Bigger To Fail, and their employees are paid ever greater record bonuses.

 

 

Bernankus Maximus: Richard Fisher Exposes The Chairman Dictator

Submitted by Tyler Durden on 09/23/2013 - 14:57

Perhaps no sentence sums up the dismal reality investors face with the 'communications' strategy, the credibility, and the actions of the Federal Reserve, better than the following statement from Dallas Fed's Fisher:

*   FED'S FISHER SAYS VOTE LAST WEEK NOT TO TAPER DID NOT REFLECT THE DISCUSSION AT THE POLICY-SETTING TABLE

It seems that we should therefore ignore each and every Fed whisperer and President (voting or non-voting) as only man counts... Et Tu Yellen...

 

 

Hackers Breach iPhone 5S Fingerprint Security

Submitted by Tyler Durden on 09/23/2013 - 14:25

Dubbed as a "game-changer" despite being around on devices for years (Motorola Atrix anyone); a 'paradigm' shift in mobile payment security; and a revolution in handheld devices by any and all investors bullish of the stocks; Appl's fingerprint-scanning TouchID is everything you want it to be - apart from secure. As Der Spiegel reports, the well-respected German hacker group Chaos Computer Club (CCC) has thrown a wrench in the works by bypassing the smartphone's much-heralded fingerprint scanner just two days after launch. The CCC, as the clip below illustrates, successfully bypassed the biometric security system, called TouchID, using "easy everyday means." A CCC spokesperson noted "It is plain stupid to use something that you can't change and that you leave everywhere every day as a security token," So, the question now is - will the NYPD demand everyone downgrade their phones?

 

 

Fed Soaks Up $11.8 Billion In Liquidity In First Fixed-Rate Reverse Repo Test

Submitted by Tyler Durden on 09/23/2013 - 14:02

As further explained (confounded) by Bill Dudley as part of his speech earlier today, the Fed is pushing on with its Fixed-Rate Reverse Repo test, which while supposedly is meant to assist the Fed in extracting liquidity from the market once the mythical balance sheet unwind begins, what it really does is set a level the playing field for banks and non-banks, by disintermediating their collateral eligibility, and in the process collapsing the spread between the IOER and General Collateral rates. It will likely have many more side effects, now that non-banks can compete with banks for the Fed's IOER, all of which will be largely unexpected and as the impact on collateral bifurcation moves from the purely theoretical to the real world.

 

NJ property taxes up 13% under Christie...

Obama applauds mayoral candidate's vow to hike taxes in NYC...

CNN: 3 alleged Kenya attackers from USA...

Raises concerns in U.S....

Gunmen executed non-Muslims after asking them to name Prophet Mohammed's mother...

Deep cuts at agency responsible for investigating health-care fraud...

Secret American Subculture of Putin-Worshippers... { Secret … I doubt it … I believe the Russia/Putin ‘miracle’ is worthy of praise and world class global recognition as such! }

 

Movement grows to repeal Obamacare 'exemption' for Congress...

'Could they be more out of touch?'

 

 

 

 

Rand Paul To Introduce Amendment Outlawing Obamacare Exemptions For Government Employees

Steve Watson | “I think Congress should never exempt themselves from a law.”

 

HuffPo Poll Shows Support for Second Amendment

Kurt Nimmo | Brit argues the world must intervene and disarm lunatic Americans.

 

Terrorists Behind Mall Siege Threaten Bigger Attacks

Paul Joseph Watson | Bloodbath that killed 62 merely a prelude to “the real deal”.

 

Insider Reveals Arms Deals Behind Recent Major Events

Jim Marrs | Recipients of arms sales include the Department of Homeland Security.

 

Fox News Detroit: “Is Open Carry Good? Should We Ban It?”

Julie Wilson | “Open carry is a safety concern for the carrier because somebody may kill you just to get your gun.”

 

McCain and Graham: Traitors Who Should “Shut Up” and Return to the “Dark Shadows”

Kurt Nimmo | Former Powell Chief of Staff warns neocon duo stirring up trouble and pushing Iran attack.

 

CIA-Linked Vet Who Fought With Al-Qaeda Released From Jail

Paul Joseph Watson | Eric Harroun gets “sweet plea deal” despite supporting terrorists who killed US troops.

 

Video: Dad Charged with 2nd Degree Assault on Cop After He Questioned Common Core Curriculum

Julie Wilson | “He was not rude but they had security come in to take him out.”

 

Quantitative Easing Worked For The Weimar Republic For A Little While Too

Michael Snyder | There is a reason why every fiat currency in the history of the world has eventually failed.


 

Pope attacks global economics for worshipping ‘god of money’

Reuters | “We don’t want this globalised economic system which does us so much harm.”


 

Venezuela receives $5 billion credit line from China

AFP | Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro met his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping on Sunday.

Terrorists Behind Mall Siege Threaten Bigger Attacks

Paul Joseph Watson | Bloodbath that killed 62 merely a prelude to “the real deal”.

 

Fox News Detroit: “Is Open Carry Good? Should We Ban It?”

Julie Wilson | “Open carry is a safety concern for the carrier because somebody may kill you just to get your gun.”

 

Children in Syrian Town Simulating Beheadings Of Enemies

Prison Planet.com | The macabre culture of beheadings and body mutilations that the Syrian “revolution” has brought with it has rubbed off on little children.

 

Saudi Arabia Threatens to “End Career” of AP Reporter Over Chemical Weapons Story

Paul Joseph Watson | Journalist who exposed how rebels were behind August 21st attack faces intimidation.

 

Russian Lawmaker Wants Proof US Will Not Store iPhone Prints

RIA Novosti | “If it turns out that there is no guarantee against the theft of fingerprints, then the use of the 5S could be restricted for state officials at work.”

 

Snowden’s lawyer: US desperate to get Edward, still a threat to him

RT | Who pays for Snowden’s security in Russia? Where is he living?

 

Obama Care Supporters Plan to Add Birth Control to Water Supply

Prison Planet.com | Obama Care Supporters Sign Petition to Add Sterilants to Water Supply To Reduce Birthrates.

 

CIA-Linked Vet Who Fought With Al-Qaeda Released From Jail

Paul Joseph Watson | Eric Harroun gets “sweet plea deal” despite supporting terrorists who killed US troops.

 

The Credit Bubble Is Not Only Back, It Is 94% Bigger Than In 2007

Zero Hedge | If the Fed was worried about ‘froth’ in the markets earlier in the year, then this chart should have them panicking.


 

Marc Faber: “Fed’s Neo-Keynesian Clowns… Are Holding The World Hostage”

Zero Hedge | “There is nothing safe anymore, because the money-printing distorts all asset prices,” is the uncomfortable response Marc Faber gives to Thai TV during this interview when asked for investment ideas.


 

Summing It All Up In One Cartoon

Zero Hedge | “The new normal…”


 

Shock: Wells Fargo bank managers forge their customers’ signatures to commit fraud, contends lawsuit

Natural News | Signing up customers without their knowledge or consent.

 

 

OBAMA: Republicans 'trying to mess with me'...
'We are not some Banana Republic'...  { Au contraire …
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       http://albertpeia.com/fbimartinezcongallard.htm    }

13 shot in mass shooting at Chicago park...
3-year-old boy shot in face...

CA Dem wishes death upon Ted Cruz staffer's children...

17,679 things the federal government has done since sequestration...

 

 

BaNZaI7 ReVieWS TaPeR BaSiCS... Posted by: williambanzai7 Post date: 09/17/2013 - BANZAI7 FOOD AND BEVERAGE WARNING LEVEL 8

BaNZaI7 ReVieWS TaPeR BaSiCS...

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Submitted by williambanzai7 on 09/17/2013 15:14 -0400


BEAR SEASON

 

 

 

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DR MAYHEM

 

 

 

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TIME TO TAPER
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Bernanke's big nipples are sore

Jamie's been sucking them more

Jamie's so rough

And Ben's had enough

He's starting to feel like a whore

The Limerick King

 

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PREPARE FOR FOMC
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The people are starting to feel

An end to the FED's QE deal

If tapers begin

Like staples on skin

The pain from the FED could be real

The Limerick King

 

 

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THE TAPER EFFECT DEMONSTRATED

 

 

 

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SLIGHT TAPER REQUIRED

 

 

 

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TROUBLE AT TAPER BEND

 

 

 

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TROUBLE AT TAPER RUN

 

 

 

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TROUBLE AT QE LAKE

 

 

 

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TAPER DAY

 

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FOMC TAPERING APPARATUS

 

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Russia’s Putin Says He May Seek 4th Term as President  { Indeed he should! }

RIA Novosti | Putin said Thursday that it was possible he would seek a fourth presidential term.

 

 

Three NATO Soldiers Killed in Afghan 'Insider Attack'...

Troop deaths hit record as America exits...

 

 

 

 

USAGI by WilliamBanzai7/Colonel Flick

 

 

DOPE FIEND FUNNIES

DOPE FIEND FUNNIES by WilliamBanzai7/Colonel Flick
DOPE FIEND FUNNIES, a photo by WilliamBanzai7/Colonel Flick on Flickr.

 

DEBT BROTHER

DEBT BROTHER by WilliamBanzai7/Colonel Flick
DEBT BROTHER, a photo by WilliamBanzai7/Colonel Flick on Flickr.

 

Thursday, September 19, 2013

THE DUKES OF MORON HAZARD

THE DUKES OF MORON HAZARD by WilliamBanzai7/Colonel Flick
THE DUKES OF MORON HAZARD, a photo by WilliamBanzai7/Colonel Flick on Flickr.

 

FRONTIER JUSTICE

FRONTIER JUSTICE by WilliamBanzai7/Colonel Flick
FRONTIER JUSTICE, a photo by WilliamBanzai7/Colonel Flick on Flickr.

 

RUDOLF VON HAVENSTEIN

RUDOLF VON HAVENSTEIN by WilliamBanzai7/Colonel Flick
RUDOLF VON HAVENSTEIN, a photo by WilliamBanzai7/Colonel Flick on Flickr.

 

Wednesday, September 18, 2013

QE 1929

QE 1929 by WilliamBanzai7/Colonel Flick
QE 1929, a photo by WilliamBanzai7/Colonel Flick on Flickr.

 

TAPERED

TAPERED by WilliamBanzai7/Colonel Flick

MORNING LIGHT

MORNING LIGHT by WilliamBanzai7/Colonel Flick
MORNING LIGHT, a photo by WilliamBanzai7/Colonel Flick on Flickr.

 

Tuesday, September 17, 2013

MUTTI HAIRY

MUTTI HAIRY by WilliamBanzai7/Colonel Flick
MUTTI HAIRY, a photo by WilliamBanzai7/Colonel Flick on Flickr.

 

DOCTOR OBAMACARE by WilliamBanzai7/Colonel Flick
DOCTOR OBAMACARE, a photo by WilliamBanzai7/Colonel Flick on Flickr.

 

 

 

Are You Prepared For An Extremely Bitterly Cold Winter? Solar Activity Is At A 100 Year Low

Snowpocalypse - Photo by E4117

Are you ready for bone chilling cold this winter?  The Old Farmer’s Almanac and other weather forecasters that rely on solar activity as a factor in their weather forecasts are projecting that this upcoming winter will be bitterly cold.  Solar activity is at a 100 year low, and even though we were supposed to be in the midst of a solar maximum this year, our sun has been eerily quiet.  So precisely what in the world is going on?  There have been other periods throughout history when solar activity has been extraordinarily quiet, and those times have corresponded with periods of extreme cold.  For example, the “Maunder Minimum” which stretched from 1645 to 1715 corresponded with the most bitterly cold period that the earth experienced in the last 1000 years.  So could we be heading toward another “mini-ice age”?  That is a question that some scientists are now beginning to ask.

Clearly, something unusual is happening with our sun.  The following is from a Universe Today article that was posted back in (Read More....)