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Yellen: How High Is Up?

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“Yellen seems to be setting the table for continued monetization not industrialization. The Fed under Yellen, as under Bernanke, is concerned mainly with the ‘monetary economy’ because that benefits globalist strategies. A healthy ‘normal’ economy helps working class people. A monetized economy boosts stock markets, upscale real estate, high-end luxury goods, speculative investments, etc. From my point of view, this is no coincidence and it’s one reason High Alert continues to present our ‘Wall Street Party’ meme.  A slow economy awash in currency that is gradually trickled into stock and bond markets is an ‘investor’s’ economy.”

http://www.thedailybell.com/editorials/35268/Anthony-Wile-Yellen-How-High-Is-Up/

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Doug French: The Market Is Rigged

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“In the end, the controversy surrounding high-frequency trading is likely much ado about nothing. For one thing, the industry peaked five years ago, pulling in $5 billion in profits. In 2012, it pulled in $1 billion. That might sound like a lot, but JPMorgan Chase made $5 billion just last quarter. As far as influencing markets and costing the average person money, HFT doesn’t compare to the Fed’s quantitative easing and zero interest rate policy.  A more sound currency, whether metallic or digital, would spread a healthier culture: one not so obsessed with speculation, wealth, material goods, and nanoseconds.”

http://www.fee.org/the_freeman/detail/the-market-is-rigged

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What’s the greatest deception of our time?

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“I can assure you it wasn’t because of better access to information than our competitors. Nor were we smarter than they were. The real answer was contained in one four-letter word —bias.  To this day, the other rating agencies are paid huge fees by the companies for the ratings; their ratings are literally bought and paid for by the companies they rate.  These conflicts and bias in the ratings business are no trivial matter. To make money in today’s investment world — and to avoid unexpected losses — you must understand them. And you must know how to sidestep them.  I have decided to dedicate a three-part series to the subject, dedicating today’s to one of four ratings fiascos of modern history.”

http://www.moneyandmarkets.com/whats-the-greatest-deception-of-our-time-60961

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Wendy McElroy: The Most Influential Man You Haven’t Heard Of

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“‘Steyer hosted a recent fundraiser at his San Francisco home that netted the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee $400,000 and where Senate Majority Leader Harry M. Reid (D-Nev.) and the six other Democratic senators in attendance openly discussed plans for …[ the] talkathon, according to reports.’ In other words, the speechathon was planned at the billionaire’s home in Reid’s presence. The uber-influencial Reid is the same Democratic Senator who lambasted the billionaire Koch brothers for their donations to Republican causes and campaigns.  Apparently, Reid wants only the Senate to be up for sale, and only to a Democratic buyer.”

http://www.thedailybell.com/editorials/35284/Wendy-McElroy-The-Most-Influential-Man-You-Havent-Heard-Of/

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Marijuana: What’s Driving This Highly Profitable Trend

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“The primary reason may have more to do in this case with the Internet itself. See, prior to the early 2000s support for decriminalization or legalization of marijuana was fairly stagnant. However, since that time, as the growth of Internet users has skyrocketed so too has the support to end marijuana’s prohibition. The process is something we refer to by the phrase we coined, the Internet Reformation. And it is affecting many areas of our lives. It is the reason why gold and silver – traditional money metals – have shot up. The same dynamics are at play here as well. Lies and deceit are much more difficult to spread and maintain in an era of transparency and an ever conversant society.”

http://www.thedailybell.com/editorials/35287/Anthony-Wile-Marijuana-Whats-Driving-This-Highly-Profitable-Trend–Plus-a-Special-quotIslandquot-Invitation/

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The American Empire vs. Your Retirement Prospects

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“The United States of America is an empire. But it is an empire like no other in history. It is an empire based on giving away money. The general taxpayers are taxed to give the money away, and those who profit from the expansion of the empire are paid by the government to produce the weapon systems which enable the United States government to project power around the world.  The foreign aid system is a system of bribery. It bribes leaders of countries around the world to keep their mouths shut regarding the extension of American power. This extension of power does not benefit the man in the street. It benefits various special interests, especially the military-industrial complex.”

http://www.garynorth.com/public/12411.cfm

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Why a Police State?

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“For those of us who reside outside of the EU and the US, developments in those jurisdictions in recent years have been troubling indeed.  To be sure, in much of the First World, developments have followed a similar pattern: a governmental trend toward fascism and socialism, dramatically expanding debt, ever-increasing destruction by the banking system, etc.  However, the US has gone well beyond most countries in one aspect: legislation that allows the government to transform itself into a full-on police state.  Whilst other countries have increased their policing powers, none holds a candle to the transformative legislation passed in the US.”

http://www.internationalman.com/articles/why-a-police-state

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Mark Lerner: The Chilling Effect of Domestic Spying

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“Denial is no longer an option.  For years, even decades it has been reported by people inside and outside our government that agencies and departments within our federal government have been spying on citizens and further collecting data (Personal Identifiable Information) associated with the domestic spying taking place.  Many of us who discussed the spying taking place were called conspiracy theorists, tin foil hat wearers, or black helicopter paranoid people:  Today we are called realists.  The Snowden revelations are unique because of the depth and scope of the revelations and because Snowden had the official documents to back up his assertions.”

http://constitutionalalliance.org/articles/chilling-effect-domestic-spying

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Cannabis: History, Legalization, Regulation, & the Public Health Model

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“The first recorded mention of cannabis as therapy is 2000 years before the common era (BCE) in the pharmacopeia of Chinese medicine. In the ancient Near East, it was ground into a paste with honey and inserted vaginally to ease the pain of childbirth. Caesar’s physician used the oil from seeds to alleviate earaches. Queen Victoria’s physician prescribed it for menstrual cramps. It’s ironic to contemplate that 100 years ago cannabis tinctures were widely used and doctors knew all about it and how it worked for various conditions. One hundred years later, doctors know almost nothing.”

http://www.thedailybell.com/exclusive-interviews/35265/Anthony-Wile-NORML-Canadas-Craig-Jones-on-Cannabis–History-Legalization-Regulation-and-the-Public-Health-Model/

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Fight Back Against Hidden Regulations That Threaten Your Health

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“It’s ironic, sadly ironic that the amendments were passed in order to prevent the Thalidomide type tragedy. And here we go folic acid, a ‘B’ vitamin, was shown to prevent spina bifada and other really tragic problems in young children. Folic acid manufacturers were told if they talked about this they would be shut down because they hadn’t gone through all these hoops that pharmaceutical drugs go through.  And if you make a claim you can prevent disease in the U.S. you have to go through the FDA process because commercial speech is not protected.  So that was very sad; about 25,000 babies were probably born with these defects that they didn’t need. And many more were aborted.”

http://isil.org/how-to-fight-back-against-hidden-regulations-that-threaten-your-health/

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