Wikileaks Offers Reward For Info On Obama Admin Destroying Records...

by Carol Adl, Your News Wire:
The site tweeted that the reward would be issued for “information leading to the arrest or exposure of any Obama admin agent destroying significant records.”
RT reports:
Ten minutes prior to offering the reward, WikiLeaks urged any system administrator working under Obama to become whistleblowers: “System admins: Don’t let the White House destroy US history again! Copy now, then send to WikiLeaks at your leisure.”
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Hate Crime, Kidnapping Charges Filed Against Four Blacks In Facebook Live Torture Case

Update: Police have charged the four suspects with battery and hate crimes (though we note no specific allegation of race-related hate) after the kidnap and abuse of a mentally-ill white teen. Despite the suspects shouting "f*** Donald Trump" and "f*** white people" Chicago police said today that they do not believe the attack was motivated by race, more likely due to his "special needs."

Kyle Bass Has Found A "Breathtaking" Opportunity With The "Greatest Risk-Reward Profile Ever Encountered"

"Over the past 18 months, we have focused on a particular set of asymmetries, which we are now seeking to exploit. One opportunity in particular has the greatest risk-reward profile we have ever encountered in our decade of being a fiduciary."

Trump Transition Team Splits With 'Senior Advisor' Former CIA Chief Woolsey

Trouble in paradise? Following his comments earlier in the week that it was not just the Russians (but China and Iran maybe) that hacked US and that Trump "may be playing us," former CIA Director James Woolsey has parted ways with the president-elect and will no longer be a Senior Advisor.

Fiat Money, Fiat News

Gresham’s Law: bad money drives good money out of circulation.
Hunt’s Law: fake news drives real news out of circulation.

Chicago: A Living & Dying Monument to Gun Control Failure

by Michael Ware, Freedom OutPost:
If we were to believe the anti-gun lobby, we would expect to see several cities in our country decline in gun violence. According to these lobbies, we have gun violence because we have guns. The ready and legal access to guns allow criminals to obtain and use guns against the innocent.
So, restricting legal access to guns should have the opposite effect. This is only logical. If more gun restrictions cause increased gun-violence, then fewer restrictions should decrease the same. But Chicago shows us that this theory does not stand-up to reality.
Christian News reports:
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GOP Plans 'Pre-Emptive' Law Crackdown On Liberal City Agendas

"What we see is circumventing the process that’s in place.  I think we will likely look at language on preemption so that the state is making decisions where it ought to, and cities and counties are making decisions where they should."

Why Profits Are Faltering

The bedrock assumption of the Bull market is that corporate profits will keep rising indefinitely. Hiccups are allowed, but current stock market valuations are implicitly based on profits expanding. The fly in the ointment here is corporate profits have been stagnating since 2014.

These Are Barclays' 13 Commodity "Black Swan Threats" For 2017

Beware the commodity "black swans" in 2017, at least according to Barclays. The British bank warns that raw materials markets from oil to metals face the a high likelihood of disruptions, which among, other include a default by Venezuela, riots in Chile, a trade war with China, more terrorism in Turkey, and even a Fukushima-type disaster in China.

Very Powerful People In The U.S. Government Want War – This Is Their Sales Pitch

Right at this very moment, we are being sold on this war by the media, politicians, intelligence agencies, as well as various other vested interests who benefit from imperial dominance abroad (unlike the vast majority of us who are severely harmed by it). When you understand that this is simply a huge sales pitch to herd the American public like sheep into a conflict that is not in their best interests, then everything you see and hear around you starts to make sense.

Looting, Riots In Mexico Spiral Out Of Control Over 20% Gas Hike; Hundreds Arrested

3 Things: Policy Hopes, Consumer-Spending Puppies, & Tax-Cut Rainbows

"Will “Trumponomics” change the course of the U.S. economy? We certainly hope so as any improvement that filters down to the bottom 80% of the country will be beneficial. However, as investors, we must understand the difference between a “narrative-driven” advance and one driven by strengthening fundamentals. The first is short-term and leads to bad outcomes. The other isn’t, and doesn’t. "

White House: "Too Early To Tell If Chicago Beating Was A Hate Crime"

White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest told reporters at the daily White House briefing that it’s “too early to tell” if the four Chicagoans who kidnapped and tortured a mentally challenged teenager committed a hate crime.

Bonds & Bullion Bounce But Banks Bruised And Bitcoin Bloodbath'd

Is Your Sears Or KMart Store About To Close?

Is your neighborhood Sears or KMart store one of the 150 that are about to shut down as the heat around the melting Sears ice cobe is raised by one more degree? Find out on the chart below.

The "Russian Hacking" Story Changes Again

Overnight, the Russian hacking narrative changed again, after U.S. intelligence agencies told Reuters they obtained what they considered to be "conclusive evidence" after the November election that Russia provided hacked material from the Democratic National Committee to WikiLeaks. However, in the latest switch of the narrative, this time the allegation is that Russia provided the hacked data through a third party, three U.S. officials said on Wednesday.

Trump Taps Former Senator Dan Coats As Director Of National Intelligence

Just minutes after James Clapper finished explaining why Russia is America's arch enemy to congress, president-elect Trump has announced that he is choosing former Indiana Republcian Senator Dan Coats as his Director of National Intelligence.

GasBuddy Issues "Sticker Shock" Warning: Motorists Will Spend $52 Billion More At The Pump In 2017

Motorists may get some sticker shock in 2017 and will shell out $52 billion more over the course of the year compared to 2016 as the national yearly average rises to $2.49 per gallon, according to GasBuddy’s 2017 Fuel Price Outlook.

Did Snapchat Fake Growth Numbers To Boost Its IPO Value? This Ex-Employee Seems To Think So

"Snapchat’s leadership saw Mr. Pompliano as an impediment to their planned IPO because he refused to turn a blind eye to Snapchat’s misrepresentations."

America's Supposed "Enemies" Are Literally Disappearing...But They Won't Likely Gently Fade Away

China, Russia, and Iran seem to be the most frequently mentioned state level "enemies" of America (not my view but that of the federal government). This article offers a different reason why these nations likely fear America, why America may need to fear them, and why they may band together in WWIII... all in under five minutes.

Former Fox News Anchor Greta Van Susteren Joins MNSBC

Just two days after Fox News icon Megyn Kelly announced she was leaving to host a daytime and Sunday newsmagazine show on NBC, turning down a $100 million, 4 year contract, moments ago Politico reported that another former Fox News anchor, Greta Van Sustern, is joining the NBC family and will take over the 6pm slot on MSNBC with a new show called "For the Record," the network announced

Jon Corzine Settles Over MF Global Collapse: Agrees To Lifetime Ban, $5 Million Fine

"I am pleased to have reached this settlement to resolve the CFTC’s claims," Corzine, 70, said in a statement. "As the CEO of MF Global in 2011, I have accepted responsibility for its failure, and I deeply regret the impact it had on customers, employees, shareholders and others.”

Time Warner Slides On Report Trump Still Opposes AT&T Merger

Slowly but surely, Trump is dismantling the massively overpriced market, one stock at a time, and after taking a detour into the world of FX earlier when he slamming the Peso for the second time this week when he warned Toyota not to build a planta in Baja, Mexico, moments ago Time Warner slumped on Bloomberg news that Trump has told a confidant that he still opposes the AT&T- TIme Warner deal.

Trump Threatens Toyota: "Build New Plant In The US Or Pay Big Border Tax"

Remember JFK? Trump Is Working On A Plan To Restructure, Pare Back The CIA And America’s Top Spy Agency

from ZeroHedge:
Just in case the accusations that president-elect Donald Trump is a puppet of the Kremlin, intent on destabilizing and weakening the US weren’t loud enough, moments ago the WSJ assured these would hit an unprecedented level with a report that Trump, a harsh critic of U.S. intelligence agencies, is working with top advisers on a plan that would restructure and pare back the nation’s top spy agency, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, prompted by a belief that it has “become bloated and politicized.”
The Office of the Director of National Intelligence, or ODNI, was established in 2004 in large part to boost coordination between intelligence agencies following the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks.
The planning comes in a time of turbulence between Trump and American intelligence agencies: the president-elect has leveled a series of social media attacks in recent months and the past few days against the U.S. intelligence apparatus, at times dismissing and mocking their assessment – perhaps with cause, after all there is still no evidence – that the Russian government hacked emails of Democratic groups and John Podesta and then leaked them to WikiLeaks and others in an effort to help Trump win the White House.
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OREGON COUPLE TOLD THEY HAVE NO WATER RIGHTS, FORCED TO DESTROY THEIR OWN POND

from The Daily Sheeple:
Remember the Oregon ‘Rain Man’ or Gary Harrington — who was sent to 30 days in Jackson County Jail and slapped with a $1,500 fine for collecting rainwater on his 170-acre property? He was ordered to breach his dams and drain his ponds that held more than 13 million gallons of water, enough to fill 20 Olympic-sized swimming pools.
Now, an Oregon couple faces a similar fate as Gary Harrington because the rain belongs to the overbearing government, because corporate greed claims water is not a human right, and because Americans are not entitled to do what they please on their private property.
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Donald Trump Has an Enormous and Very Dangerous Wall Street Blind Spot

by Michael Krieger, Liberty Blitzkrieg:
The biggest disappointment regarding Donald Trump since being elected President has been his total embrace of dangerous Wall Street thieves. As it is currently structured and incentivized, the financial services industry represents one of the most destructive and least beneficial forces within the U.S. economy. It is essentially a parasitic industry.
Unfortunately, Trump didn’t merely pick one or two competent finance guys to be in charge of finance-related jobs. Rather, he decided to surround himself with some of the worst of the worst (see links at the end) within an industry that often operates like a criminal syndicate. Treasury Secretary pick Steven Mnuchin is one of these people, and I believe this choice represents the single biggest mistake Trump has made as President-elect.
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Amid False Fears Stoked by Fake News, Obama Quietly Deployed Special Forces Along Russian Border

by Claire Bernish, The Free Thought Project:
Lithuania — Time after time, the Washington Post continues to churn out fake stories intimating Russia acted aggressively against the United States, but the articles — from branding over 200 independent media organizations as Russian propagandists, to asserting Russian hackers penetrated Vermont’s power grid — contained zero evidence to back the assertions.
“Russian operation hacked a Vermont utility, showing risk to U.S. electrical grid security, officials say,” the Post declared in the headline of its article, since fully retracted — after wrongly warping public perception — for being Fake News.
Parroted relentlessly by additional corporate outlets, the Post’s viral articles fed equally vapid claims from the Obama administration that Russia somehow poses an imminent threat — both to the U.S. and NATO allies along the Russian border.
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Staying Off Grid When “Nearly Everything Is Chipped, Almost Everything Is Tracked”

by Mac Slavo, SHTF Plan:
If you weren’t paranoid before, it may be time to start paying attention.
“They” are spying on everything you do, and are collecting information about every purchase, appliance, vehicle or place you make, do or interact with. For the first time in history, we have arrived at a time when nearly everything is chipped, and almost everything is tracked.
It really is true, and it’s no longer a conspiracy theory.
They are spying on everyone, collecting all the available data and tracking you, your family and everyone you know. All the time.
And worst of all, it does matter, it will be used against you – for revenue collection, social control, fines, fees and evidence if necessary – even if you haven’t done anything wrong. Is it any wonder why many states have made living off the grid illegal, and have attempted to get everyone on the grid?
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US National Debt Soars by $100 billion. . . in Just 8 Hours

by Simon Black, Sovereign Man:
According to the latest statement issued yesterday afternoon by the Department of Treasury, the US national debt has reached $19,976,826,951,047.80.
That’s $19.976 trillion, as of the close of business on Friday December 30, 2016.
(The government is typically a day or two behind when it sends out these reports.)
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