Courtesy of John Rubino.
Best Of The Web
The European Union: Government by deception – Automatic Earth
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
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Breaking News
The Economy
6/22 A look at the global economic malaise through Deutsche Bank – MarketWatch
6/22 Banks may have a subprime auto loan problem – CNBC
6/22 How a Brexit would undermine Europe’s balance of power – Stratfor
6/22 Brexit polls and markets disagree in campaign’s final hours – Bloomberg
6/22 IMF urges Obama to ‘tackle poverty’ – Zero Hedge
6/22 A far bigger risk to the global economy than Brexit – Zero Hedge
6/22 Nervy global investors revisit 1930s playbook – Reuters
6/22 Debt rattle – Automatic Earth
6/22 The dirty secret about the Brexit vote: It’s all a sham – MarketWatch
6/22 Some 66 million Americans have ‘zero’ emergency savings – MarketWatch
6/22 From investment-grade to bankruptcy in 4 months – Wolf Street
6/22 Does China’s debt bomb mean exploding bonds? – Bloomberg
6/22 China’s ‘tough response’ to George Soros’ attempts of currency war – Sputnik News
6/22 Negative interest a ‘seeping poison’ for important institutions – Business Insider
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
Precious Metals
6/22 Why gold could ‘brenefit’ regardless of Brexit vote outcome – CNBC
6/22 Bullion banks panicking amid shortage of metal – GATA
6/22 Brexit: Consequences for gold – Gold Republic
6/22 Keith Neumeyer: 10X move in silver is not unreasonable – Daily Coin
6/22 Royal Canadian Mint smashes all records – Sprott Money
6/22 Anxiety builds as money managers near record long gold position – ETF Daily News
6/22 Switzerland gold exports jump 20% in May, highest this year – GATA
6/22 Robert Appel: Gold price suppression is government policy – GATA
6/22 Euroclear looks to apply blockchain to gold market – GATA
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
Inflation, Deflation, Currency War, Cryptocurrencies
6/22 Currency relief running out for Norway as PM sees no quick fix – Bloomberg
6/22 ECB balance sheet hits record high (with stocks at 18-month lows) – Zero Hedge
6/22 Stocks, sterling slide as Brexit polls show rise in “leave” note – Talk Markets
6/22 Boris Johnson and Michael Gove are preparing to lose the EU referendum – Telegraph
6/22 Bitcoin tumbles 10% – Talk Markets
6/22 Winklevoss twins open Gemini bitcoin exchange to trade Ethereum – IB Times
6/22 Australian ‘bitcoin founder’ builds patent blockchain empire – ZDNet
6/22 Bitcoin’s golden moment – Bloomberg
6/22 Bitcoin rival Ethereum fights for its survival after $50 million heist – Ars Technica
6/21 China’s “global” currency goes local – Bloomberg
Real Estate Bubble
6/22 US existing home sales hit 9-year high – CNBC
6/22 Renters are making more, and landlords get it all – Bloomberg
6/22 Desperate sellers’ big cuts in Manhattan luxury real estate market – Zero Hedge
6/22 Fed warns of vulnerabilities building in commercial real estate – Bloomberg
6/22 In Amsterdam, the housing market is showing signs of overheating – Bloomberg
6/22 The new subprime meltdown – Sovereign Investor
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
6/22 Trump’s cash-starved campaign seeks top donors in New York – Bloomberg
6/22 7 times Nigel Farage did the Remain camp’s job for them – Metro
6/22 Trump campaign resets, increases policy attacks exposing Clinton – Breitbart
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
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
6/22 Global solar installations to surpass 60GW in 2016 with Asia dominating – PV Tech
6/22 Move over oil – lithium is the future of transportation – Oil Price
6/22 SolarCity stock soars 15% on $2.8 billion Tesla bid; TSLA plunges – CNBC
6/22 Solar Power is cheap enough to compete with fossil fuels in the gulf – GE Reports
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
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
6/22 The supreme court just created a full-blown police state – Armstrong Economics
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
Self-sufficiency, Food Security, Survival
6/22 ‘Five-year plan’ in college could cut income and retirement – NY Times
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
6/22 Clinton foundation said to be breached by Russian hackers – Bloomberg
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
Off-Topic But Brilliant/Challenging/Infuriating
6/22 DEA about to make Marijuana legal in all 50 states, with prescription – Daily Caller
6/22 Now we know what happens to teens when you make pot legal – Washington Post
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
