Obama "Gifts" Iran With Massive Uranium Shipment From Russia Sufficient "For More Than 10 Nuclear Bombs"

Iran is to receive a huge shipment of 130 tons uranium from Russia to compensate it for exporting tons of reactor coolant. The move was approved by the outgoing U.S. administration and other governments "seeking to keep Tehran committed to a landmark nuclear pact." According to outside experts, the shipment could be "enriched to enough weapons-grade uranium for more than 10 simple nuclear bombs."

GM Lied To The Public And To Trump About Where Chevrolet Cruze Sedans Sold In The USA Are Assembled

How one auto enthusiast exposed GM's lie that "all Chevrolet Cruze sedans sold in the U.S. are built in GM's assembly plant in Lordstown, Ohio."

Trump Is Set To Label China A "Currency Manipulator": What Happens Then?

The main point of naming China as a currency manipulator would be to bring China back to the negotiation table at the lowest cost. Trump has publicly stated that he supports bilateral vs. multilateral trade agreements. It is possible that the Trump administration will seek to engage China in trade agreement negotiations as soon as possible, even before a manipulation conclusion is drawn.

10-Steps To Curing The "Trading Addiction"

Investors have been turned into stock market addicts with their addiction aided and abetted by the media, the financial community, analysts, neighbors, friends and the local checkout clerk. Since 1990, when the Internet began to mainstream investing to the average investor, millions have been lured by the promise of the lifestyles of the rich and famous by simply playing “the game.”

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Man With Explosives Arrested In Brooklyn For Allegedly Threatening To "Blow Up Jews"

According to a breaking police-related news Twitter account, Buffing Action News, a man was arrested in the Flatbush, part of Brooklyn, on Avenue M and East 18th street this afternoon, "for having an explosive device" after he threatened to "blow up Jews."

America Versus The Deep State

The bamboozlement of the public is nearly complete...

Prince Hoarded Cash, Owned 67 10-Ounce Gold Bars When He Died; Avoided Stocks And Bonds

Prince was a legendary musician; he may also have been a cash hoarding gold bug who had little faith in the merits of conventional investing.

Crude Crushed, Dollar Dumps As Bonds & Bullion Bounce

"Dash For Trash" Continues - Lower Quality Stocks Have Led Market Over Past 3 Months

Generally, companies with higher profitability, lower debt, and higher sales growth are considered to be higher quality companies. Lower quality companies tend to have the opposite characteristics. Over the past three months, investors in developed market equities have been bidding up lower quality stocks.

A Complete List Of What Trump Can, And Can Not Do, On Day One And For The Rest Of 2017

With the Trump inauguration just over 10 days away, attention shifts to what he will do once he arrives in the White House, and judging by his campaign promises, Trump will be a busy man from day one in the Oval Office. Here is a complete list of what Trump can do on both day one and the rest of 2017, courtesy of Goldman Sachs.

Social Security Taxes Set To Soar For Top Earners In 2017

Many Americans looking forward to Trump's promised tax cuts are going to get a rude awakening when they get their first paychecks of 2017...here's why.

Here's A Unique Sign Of Inflation

"I remember the first time I ever saw a $100 bill. I was dumbfounded. It was more money than I had ever seen in my young life.... $100 could practically pay the rent in a lot of places back in the 80s. That’s obviously no longer the case...$100 simply isn’t the awe-inspiring symbol of wealth that it used to be. And that’s because of inflation."

Consumer Credit Soars, Driven By Near Record Credit Card-Fueled Spending

After several months of tepid growth in the revolving consumer credit, i.e., credit card, space, the latest monthly report from the Fed revealed that Americans went on a credit card-funded shopping spree in November, when total revolving credit exploded higher by a massive $11 billion, the highest November increase on record, and the second highest of the post crash period.

Kellyanne Conway Says Trump May Roll-Back Russian Sanctions

President-elect Trump's senior advisor Kellyanne Conway questioned whether additional investigations are needed into reports of Russian hacking during the campaign and, during an interview with USA Today, indicated the incoming president would consider rolling back some of the punitive actions President Obama had ordered in response.

Russian Consul In Athens Found Dead

According to reports in the Greek press, on Monday the head of the Russian Consular service in Athens was found dead in his apartment in downtown Athens.

Why Morgan Stanley Threw Up All Over Those "Great" Rising Earnings

"The increase in average hourly earnings since the beginning of 2015 has been mostly due to the fact that average weekly hours have fallen. Remember, average hourly earnings is a ratio of average weekly earnings to average weekly hours. The ratio has been going up because the denominator has been going down - not because the numerator has been going up!"

I can't remember...what are the two "guys" in the photo's names...I think one is Michael...

White House Defends "Flunky" Streep's "Carefully Considered" Anti-Trump Tirade

Following president-elect Trump's jab at "Hillary Flunky" Meryl Streep's anti-Trump tirade at The Golden Globes, The White House has defended the actress' "carefully considered message" as protected by her "first amendment rights."

Fiat CEO Warns May Shut All Mexico Production If Trump Tariff Too High

"It’s possible that if economic tariffs are imposed…and are sufficiently large, it will make production of anything in Mexico uneconomical and we would have to withdraw.  It’s quite possible."

Pope Francis Now International Monetary Guru?

Besides being a self proclaimed expert on global warming and a vociferous advocate of societal-wrecking mass immigration, it looks as if “Pope” Francis has entered the realm of global economics specifically, international monetary policy.

 

Trump's Son-In-Law Kushner Named As Senior Advisor

Following earlier speculation, and concerns over conflicts of interest, NBC News' Peter Alexander has confirmed that Jared Kushner, President-elect Donald Trump’s son-in-law, will be named senior adviser to the president.

Toyota To Invest $10 Billion In America As Jack Ma Meets Trump To Discuss Creation Of 1 Million US Jobs

Alibaba executive Chairman Jack Ma met with Donald Trump on Monday to discuss plans to create 1 million new U.S. jobs over the next five years. At the same time, Toyota said it plans to invest $10 billion in the US over the next 5 years.

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US To Sell 8 Million Barrels Of Oil From The Strategic Petroleum Reserve

The US will offer to sell some 8 million barrels from the petroleum reserve. According to the notice of sale, the Energy Department is accepting bids on sweet crude oil until 2pm CT Jan. 17. The contracts will then awarded by the end of January, with early deliveries expected in February and other deliveries in March, April.

Wikileaks Press Conference Post Mortem: The CIA "Issued A Press Release, Not An Intelligence Report"

"No system of authority likes those who undermine it’s authority..."

Syrian Truce Agreed by Russia, Turkey Leaves Obama, Kerry ‘Completely Sidelined’

by , Sputnik News:
As the nationwide ceasefire brokered by Moscow and Ankara has been generally holding in Syria for ten days now, it is largely considered as the best news from the war-torn country in years, giving every chance for the conflict to be finally resolved.
After Moscow-Ankara-Tehran negotiations on Syria, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced on December 29 that the Syrian government and armed opposition groups had reached an agreement on a nationwide ceasefire in the country and on readiness to start peace talks.
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People Denying the Facebook Live Torture was a Hate Crime are Everything That is Wrong with America

by Daisy Luther, Daisy Luther:
By now, you’ve probably seen or heard about the young man in Chicago whose torture was live-streamed on Facebook. I didn’t watch it. I couldn’t. I won’t post it, either, but you can find it here if you feel you should see it.
The basic facts are that 4 young people kidnapped an 18-year-old man with special needs, including schizophrenia and attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder.
They used Facebook Live to broadcast their torture of the young man.
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Pizzagate – Debunkers Debunked

from TheAbstraction:

Profile of the kind of people who edit Comet Ping Pong Wikipedia entries and their relationship with the Communist Paedophile Republic of China.

Donald Trump Tweets for Peace with Russia

by Adam Garrie, The Duran:
Donald Trump’s latest tweet stating that Russia is not a threat is his way of sticking a middle finger at Barack Obama and the deep state.
Donald Trump will cave under pressure from the deep state and renege on his pledge to cooperate with rather than threaten Russia…so said many pundits, but thus far they have been proved wrong time and again.
Donald Trump just tweeted the following:
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University Students Demand Philosophers such as Plato and Kant are Removed from Syllabus Because They are White

by Camilla Turner, TheTelegraph:
They are said to be the founding fathers of Western philosophy, whose ideas underpin civilised society.
But students at a prestigious London university are demanding that figures such as Plato, Descartes and Immanuel Kant should be largely dropped from the curriculum because they are white.
The student union at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) insists that when studying philosophy “the majority of philosophers on our courses” should be from Africa and Asia.
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Weekend Edition: Trump’s Trade Catastrophe?

by Bill Bonner, Casey Research:
It is worse than “voodoo economics,” says former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers. It is the “economic equivalent of creationism.”
Wait a minute…
Larry Summers is wrong about almost everything. Could he be right about this?
“Trade Cheaters”
Summers is referring to the paper written by two members of Trump’s trade team: his pick for secretary of commerce, billionaire investor Wilbur Ross, and the director of Trump’s new National Trade Council, Ph.D. economist Peter Navarro.
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Death Of The European Union – And The Precious Metal Demand Explosion Hence

by Andy Hoffman, Miles Franklin:
Even on a “quiet” news weekend – now that the PPT-orchestrated, soon-to-be-reversed “Trump-Flation” rally has put what remains of critical media analysis into hibernation – an utterly astounding amount of dramatically “PM bearish, everything-else-bullish” headlines emerged.  To the point that, albeit early, it’s starting to feel a lot like a year ago.
No, the Fed’s minuscule, way-behind-the-curve interest rate hike didn’t catalyze a stock plunge like last January – as after the powers that be were taken by surprise by the “shocking” Trump victory, they raised their level of market “intervention” to all-time high levels.  However, like last year, Precious Metals appear to have “coincidentally” bottomed in late December, as I considered two weeks ago; as evidenced by the “gold sentiment index” hitting a 29-year low, as demonstrated here.
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Peace Prize-Winning Obama Gets DoD’s Highest Honor for Dropping 50K Bombs on Muslims in 2 Years

by Baran Hines, The Free Thought Project:
U.S. President Barack Obama was given the Department of Defense Medal for Distinguished Public Service “as a token of appreciation for his service as commander in chief” at a farewell ceremony on January 4. The medal is the highest honorary award at the Department of Defense and is presented by the Secretary of Defense. However, critics have said the award is similar to an employee giving his boss a “participation trophy” for supervising.
The award comes days before a new report revealed President Obama authorized the United States military to drop more than 26,000 bombs in 7 countries during the 2016 calendar year, according to an estimate by the Council on Foreign Relations. More than 24,000 of those bombs were dropped in Iraq and Syria as part of Operation Inherent Resolve, which is the U.S. led coalition against the Islamic State. The report itself says the actual number of bombs dropped is signficantly higher because does not release complete info about the number of munitions used for each mission.
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In Search of Elephant in Room, Fed Governors Come Up Empty

by Mish Shedlock, Mish Talk:
Fed Governor Jerome Powell says “Signs of excesses are ‘isolated’. Asset Prices ‘not broadly unsustainable’“.
“The Federal Reserve does not see “broadly unsustainable asset prices,” a senior U.S. central banker said Saturday, with financial excesses stemming from almost a decade of ultralow interest rates “isolated.”
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You’re Being Lied to by the Government!

by Stephen Lendman, The Sleuth Journal:
Believe nothing at face value from government at all levels and scoundrel media sources.
On all issues mattering most, especially geopolitical ones, they systematically lie – fake news substituting for truth-telling, information important to know suppressed.
Media scoundrels operate as virtual press agents for wealth, power and privileged interests – willfully deceiving readers and viewers to keep them uninformed on what’s going on, feeding them worthless rubbish, fiction, not facts.
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