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US, S. Korea to stage massive air exercise in show of force against N. Korea

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“The massive five-day annual exercise comes as Washington pushes what President Donald Trump has called a ‘maximum pressure campaign’ against Pyongyang over its nuclear programme.  The exercise, named Vigilant Ace, starts on December 4 with 12,000 US personnel and an unspecified number of South Korean airmen flying more than 230 aircraft at eight US and South Korean military bases.”

Read more: https://www.yahoo.com/news/us-korea-stage-massive-air-exercise-show-force-082750271.html

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These Doomsday Preppers Are Starting to Switch From Gold to Bitcoin

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“‘Buy bitcoin’ is now a more popular search phrase than ‘buy gold’ on Google.  The buzz is starting to impinge on gold’s role as a store of value especially since, like the precious metal, there’s a finite supply of bitcoin, which proponents say gives it anti-inflationary qualities. Sales of gold coins from the U.S. Mint slid to a decade low in the first three quarters months of 2017.”

Read more: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-11-20/can-bitcoin-survive-an-apocalypse

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How Bitcoin Is Saving Lives in Venezuela

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“Many people in Zimbabwe don’t have bank accounts. But a growing number own smartphones. And that’s all you need to buy bitcoin.  But this isn’t just happening in Zimbabwe.  The people of Venezuela are becoming increasingly desperate. And many are buying bitcoin to survive.  That’s because bitcoin doesn’t lose value by the day like the bolivar, Venezuela’s currency. Instead, it becomes more valuable.”

Read more: https://www.caseyresearch.com/how-bitcoin-is-saving-lives-in-venezuela/

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China’s Record Yield Curve Inversion “Spells Disaster”

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“The Chinese yield curve has now been inverted for 10 straight days – the longest period of inversion ever.  Qin Han, chief fixed-income analyst at Guotai Junan Securities Co., doesn’t mince his words when it comes to the rout in Chinese bonds. ‘Considering the pace of the slump, which is very fast, it’s fair to say we are likely in a bond disaster…'”

Read more: http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-10-30/chinas-record-yield-curve-inversion-spells-disaster

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The Black Swan In Plain Sight—Debt Out The Wazoo

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“Washington has suspended it way into a $5.7 trillion increase in the public debt in just six years since October 2011. That is, during a period which supposedly constitutes the third longest business expansion in US history.  At the end of the day, you can’t borrow your way to prosperity. That’s the oldest rule in the book of sound money and sustainable finance.  And it’s about ready to be learned all over again.”

Read more: http://davidstockmanscontracorner.com/the-black-swan-in-plain-sight-debt-out-the-wazoo/

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The Ponzi scheme that’s more than 100x the size of Bernie Madoff

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“Credit-rating agency Moody’s estimates state, federal and local government pensions are $7 trillion short in funding.  And corporate pension funds are underfunded by $375 billion.  One of the big drivers behind this is that investment returns are way too low.  Today with government bonds yielding 3% or less (and in some cases bond yields are NEGATIVE), they aren’t achieving their targets.  One or two years with sub-optimal investment returns is not catastrophic. But it’s been like this now for a decade.  And that’s just problem #1.  Problem #2 is that the ratio between workers and retirees is moving in the wrong direction.”

Read more: https://www.sovereignman.com/trends/the-ponzi-scheme-thats-more-than-100x-the-size-of-bernie-madoff-22601/

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U.S. Sued For Flooding Some Houston Neighborhoods to Save Others

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“The takings clause of the U.S. Constitution’s Fifth Amendment forbids the federal government from seizing citizens’ property without paying for it.  Until 2012 the government successfully argued that it wasn’t legally responsible for decisions made in response to temporary flooding. That year the Supreme Court laid out a new multifactor test that could establish government liability in such cases.”

Read more: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2017-11-16/the-u-s-flooded-one-of-houston-s-richest-neighborhoods-to-save-everyone-else

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Security Breach and Spilled Secrets Have Shaken the N.S.A. to Its Core

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“The Shadow Brokers disclosures, which began in August 2016, have been catastrophic for the N.S.A., calling into question its ability to protect potent cyberweapons and its very value to national security. The agency regarded as the world’s leader in breaking into adversaries’ computer networks failed to protect its own.”

Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/12/us/nsa-shadow-brokers.html

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Venezuela just defaulted, and you may own its debt

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“Dozens of U.S. mutual funds and big banks, which invest on behalf of millions of Americans, own portions of the debt.  Venezuela owes over $60 billion to bondholders. The country’s central bank has only $9.6 billion left.”

Read more: http://money.cnn.com/2017/11/14/investing/venezuela-debt-401k/index.html

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U.S. Spent $5.6 Trillion On Wars In The Middle East And Asia: Study

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“The U.S. has been fighting in and bombing several countries in the Middle East and Asia for 16 years. According to a new study, all that war has cost the U.S. taxpayers $5.6 trillion, which is over three times what the Pentagon estimates.”

Read more: http://uproxx.com/news/study-us-spent-5-6-trillion-war-middle-east/

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