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Best Of The Web
Imagine – Hussman Funds
Why the Imperial City must be sacked – David Stockman
Weekly commentary: reminiscing about 2012 – Credit Bubble Bulletin
Thinking upside down; Dow 18k still key – Best Minds Inc.
Full employment & stable prices OR fat spreads & asset bubbles? – Econimica
Why this time is completely, utterly, totally different – Economicia
15 facts about the imploding US economy – Economic Collapse
Pity the poor central bankers – Charles Hugh Smith
What went wrong? – David Rosenberg
Weekly commentary: Historic crazy – Credit Bubble Bulletin
Pity poor China: There’s no easy fix to the S-curve – Charles Hugh Smith
The money cult – ClubOrlov
Interest rates at lowest levels in 5,000 years: BAML – ValueWalk
EU referendum – Britain’s immigration / migrant crisis explained – Market Oracle
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Breaking News
The Economy
6/21 UK’s ‘In’ camp sees lead shrink ahead of EU vote: Survation poll – CNBC
6/21 Soros, Rothschild warn of Brexit doom – Zero Hedge
6/21 A quick trip to the oil patch shows energy-related losses rising – Bloomberg
6/21 Retail sector adds 253,000 jobs in 10 months – Mish
6/21 Debt rattle – Automatic Earth
6/21 Brexit polls tighten ahead of vote – CNBC
6/21 China’s 7-year debt boom is one of the biggest and fastest in history – Business Insider
6/21 Why the economy will never be “normal” again – Casey Research
6/21 Central bankers believe that they can provide free lunches – Talk Markets
6/21 Banks weakening throughout Europe and even in U.S. – GATA
6/21 The Brexit thread – how global markets could unravel – David Stockman
6/20 Bad assets to soar in China’s interbank market – Forbes
6/20 Economists scramble to reassess recession odds – Mish
6/20 IMF calls on Japan to ‘reload’ Abenomics – Nikkei
6/20 Debt rattle – Automatic Earth
6/20 Please Vote Leave on Thursday; we’ll never get this chance again – Telegraph
6/20 More hedge funds are closing than opening – Armstrong Economics
Precious Metals
6/21 Eric Sprott: don’t miss 500% gains! – Daily Coin
6/21 96% of trades on the Shanghai Gold Exchange settled in physical metal – 24hGold
6/21 Massive speculation bets on gold – Financial Sense
6/21 Alien invasion mor likely than July rate hike, and that’s good for gold – Schiff Gold
6/21 The gold to silver ratio is bullish for both gold and silver – Mountain Vision
6/21 Gold price suppression gets more desperate, Embry tells KWN – GATA
6/21 Gold and Brexit – David Stockman
6/21 Perth Mint’s soaring silver sales capture attention of Wall St. Journal – Smaulgld
6/20 Historic monetary crisis to send gold to $5,000 – Future Money Trends
6/20 The golden age of gold – Seeking Alpha
6/20 Silver wildcats part 2 – Silver Coin Investor
6/20 Gold price sinks as Brexit loses lead in polls – Bullion Vault
6/20 Gold price and Brexit – Kitco
6/20 The gold top watch continues with a confirmation and a caveat – Talk Markets
6/20 Noonan: “Silver should continue to outperform” – MunKnee
6/20 Silver sleeping on the job – AheadOfTheHerd.com
6/20 Eventual gold:silver ratio of 16:1 based on nonsensical reasoning – MunKnee
6/20 These 5 gold stocks are ridiculously cheap – Motley Fool
6/20 Will gold’s bullish price chart outperform gold’s 5 bearish indicators? – Investing Haven
6/19 Gold longs are at all-time highs, so gold bulls need to be careful – Seeking Alpha
Inflation, Deflation, Currency War, Cryptocurrencies
6/21 China’s “global” currency goes local – Bloomberg
6/21 Deflation coming? No way! Inflation is baked into the cake – MunKnee
6/21 In a world of below-zero bond yields, China debt bucks the trend – Bloomberg
6/21 Can’t we just print more money? – Capitalist Exploits
6/21 Soros, Rothschild warn of Brexit doom – Zero Hedge
6/20 Brexit opened Pandora’s box – and it could destroy Britain – Daily Mail
6/20 Venezuelans ransack stores as hunger grips the nation – ADN
6/20 Oil price rebound brings Canadian dollar back to life – Oil Price
6/20 IMF report calls Bitcoin’s blockchain the Internet of Trust – Brave New Coin
6/20 Beyond the turmoil, central bankers dread Brexit’s shadow – Bloomberg
Real Estate Bubble
6/21 China’s ‘land kings’ return as housing prices rise – Wall Street Journal
6/20 Australia slaps Chinese home buyers with new taxes – Zero Hedge
6/20 Asking prices for homes in England and Wales rise to record high – Guardian
6/18 San Francisco’s housing mania may finally have reached its limit – Bloomberg
DollarCollapse Podcasts
6/08 Gold Will Soar, Marijuana Will Be Legal
5/23 Hard times for obsolete entities
5/14 Chaos spreads to US retailers and Italian banks
5/04 Easy money has failed; what’s next?
4/27 Okay, I’ll say it: run for the hills
4/21 Corporate earnings (among other things) go from bad to horrendous
4/13 A potentially brutal earnings season kicks off
4/06 The end of privacy = risk off and soaring gold
3/30 The inevitable is now imminent
3/22 Huge government deficits coming
Politics
6/21 Assassination & the conspiracy theory to prevent Brexit vote – Armstrong Economics
6/21 Trump splits with campaign manager Lewandowski – Fox News
6/21 Blow for Italy’s PM as 5-Star makes breakthrough in mayoral vote – Reuters
6/21 The progressive argument for leaving the EU is not being heard – Guardian
6/21 Stanford study adds to election fraud scandal while media falls flat – Redacted Tonight
6/21 Trump: Sanders staying in race because hillary might get indicted – Real Clear Politics
6/21 George Osborne: Nigel Farage anti-immigration poster ‘vile’ – Daily Mail
6/21 Stinging defeat of Renzi in Italian mayoral elections – Mish
6/21 Trump’s campaign flounders like a desperate startup – Wired
6/20 Noam Chomsky on the breakdown of American society – Truth Out
6/20 Marine Le Pen fires up far right in EU meet – World Bulletin
6/20 Brazil’s Temer Govt on fire, 4th Minister could resign – Tele Sur
Offshore Investing
6/21 International trusts – International Man
6/20 Save the hostage and the ransom – International Man
6/08 Get this second passport before the price goes up – Nestmann
6/04 Why I set up an offshore company – International Man
Clean Tech
6/21 Electric utilities prepare for a grid dominated by renewable energy – Greentech Media
6/21 Wind power lifts Wyoming’s fortunes, coal miners left in the dust – New York Times
6/21 China to generate a quarter of electricity from wind power by 2030 – Guardian
6/21 30 years later, climate change signs clearer than ever – Greentech Media
6/17 Why is wind power New York’s future? Let us count the ways – Grain’s
6/16 How close are Siemens and Gamesa to sealing their merger? – NA Wind Power
6/15 Cheap energy storage is set to under-mine fossil fuels – Oil Price
6/15 Solar to see twice as much investment as fossil fuels by 2040 – Oil Price
6/15 Addressing climate change could be more costly than thought – Oil Price
6/14 BNEF report says solar, batteries, wind will dominate – Mish
6/14 Solar made up 64% of new capacity in the US in Q1 – GTM
Art of the Collapse
6/21 Explore bank bailouts, Cyprus anonymous, and more – Pinterest
6/19 Artist’s impression of the opening ceremony at the Rio Olympics – Zero Hedge
6/19 Where Bernie Sanders finally gets hit Trump debate – Daily Beast
6/19 Trump 2016 – Time
6/15 Yellen tries to extend the game one more round – Texas Metals
War, Civil Unrest, Privacy, Creeping Fascism, Police State
6/21 Democrats and republicans clamor for expanded police state – Counterpunch
6/21 Isis in America – Intercept
6/21 We buried the disgraceful truth – NY Books
6/21 The FBI was right not to arrest Omar Mateen before the shooting – Washington Post
6/21 Feds release full, unedited 911 transcript following public outcry – Zero Hedge
6/21 New Hampshire car dealership unveils “buy a car, get an AR” promotion – Zero Hedge
6/21 Man arrested at Las Vegas rally said he wanted to kill Trump – Zero Hedge
Self-sufficiency, Food Security, Survival
6/21 Why fasting bolsters brain power – Juvenon
6/21 Popular survival foods loaded with chemicals that promote death – Natural News
6/21 Daily champagne could help prevent dementia and Alzheimers – Harper’s Bazaar
6/16 Cell phone radiation boosts cancer rates in animals – Microwave News
6/14 The daily cocktail – Daily Coin
6/14 Low-carb vegetables to live by – Mercola
CyberWar, CyberTerrorism, CyberCrime
6/19 NATO yet to determine ‘clear’ cyberattack strategy – Sputnik News
6/18 No one knows how to define an ‘act of cyber war’ – Tech Insider
6/18 The DNC hack and dump is what cyberwar looks like – ARS Technica
6/16 ‘Lone hacker’ claims responsibility for cyber attack on Democrats – Reuters
6/16 Massive cyber attack could trigger NATO response: Stoltenberg – Reuters
6/16 Forget complex hacking, companies lose billions for simple email scheme – ZH
6/16 Hacker posts confidential Trump, Hillary files – Zero Hedge
Off-Topic But Brilliant/Challenging/Infuriating
6/21 First self-driving ‘cognitive’ vehicle uses IBM Watson Internet of Things – Kurzweil
6/21 What freedom could look like for SeaWorld’s killer whales – EcoWatch
6/19 The invisible forces behind all of our decision-making – LongReads
6/18 We saved the alligators from extinction – then moved into their territory – WaPo
6/18 Can Marijuana legalization save Atlantic City? – Cash Co
6/17 Could we set aside half the Earth for nature? – Guardian
6/16 Superbugs are outpacing sci-ence and economics in drug-resistance war – BioWorld
6/15 Why do bee colonies collapse? – Modern Farmer
6/15 Get ready for the world of driverless, electric, shared cars – Slate
6/15 Marijuana sales on 4/20 hit record highs – MarketWatch
6/15 Will luxury weed rule the legal landscape of tomorrow? – Marijuana.com
