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Volatility: Has Wall Street Found One More Index It Can Rig?

On Monday, an anonymous whistleblower sent a letter via his lawyer to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) charging that traders were manipulating the stock market volatility index known as the VIX. The … Continue reading

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Why Even Pretend That There Is a Debt Ceiling

The current “debt ceiling” has been suspended until March 2019. The current amount of Treasury debt outstanding is $20.681 trillion. It has been estimated that the amount of Treasury outstanding by March 2019 will be as high as $22 trillion. … Continue reading

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Slashing Social Programs To Fund Tax Cuts for Rich

“Millions of Americans will lose access to life-saving programs because the GOP gave $1.5 trillion in tax cuts to the rich.” Those wondering how President Donald Trump plans to pay for the $1.5 trillion in tax cuts for the rich … Continue reading

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Has YOUR computer been ‘cryptojacked’?

Experts reveal how to tell if hackers are using it to mine bitcoin Nothing comes for free, especially online. Websites and apps that don’t charge you for their services are often collecting your data or bombarding you with advertising. Now … Continue reading

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Another Arrested Equity Correction?

Paul Craig Roberts Exposes The Plunge Protection Team’s Fraud After the extraordinary sudden loss in equity values, today (2-6-18) brought gains back to the stock indices. What happened? Did the market sneeze, cough, or was something misread and today perceived … Continue reading

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Get Government Out Of The Welfare Business

Fighting poverty is a favorite pastime of government because politicians get to portray themselves as champions of the poor. However, the unfortunate few tend to be far fewer in number when aid is extended privately instead of through tax funded … Continue reading

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One in five American households have ‘zero or negative’ wealth

U.S. homes have regained value since the Great Recession, but many households have not Millions of Americans are living on the edge. One in five households has zero or negative wealth, according to a report released this week by the … Continue reading

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Hey man, what a downer…

The Dow was down 666 points on Friday [and lot’s more on Monday – Ed.]. Was that the Illuminati’s signal for things to come? After all, they delight in telling the masses what they’ll do to them—especially using numerology.

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HOWARD sezzzzz

“C’mon T.C. – let’s git the gold out their teeth!” ~ Strother Martin, The Wild Bunch, Dir. Sam Peckinpah; Warner Bros, 1969 Miss the special fer the week? Well it’s too bad pardner, ’cause it was a pow’rful load o’ … Continue reading

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Gold & Silver: The Once and Future Money

With so much talk about bitcoin lately, I want to talk about another traditional form of money that most people have completely forgotten about… If you’re a regular reader, you know I write and speak frequently on the role of … Continue reading

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