RECOVERY: Over 11 Million Americans Spend More Than Half Their Income On Rent, A 28% Increase From 2007

- Welcome To The Blackstone Recovery: Over 11 Million Americans Spend More Than Half Their Income On Rent (ZeroHedge, Jan 13, 2014): As we wrote most recently in November, the median asking rent in the US just rose to an all time high… … explained by the lowest US homeownership rate in nearly 20 years. […] continue reading world news

GMO Labeling To Be Outlawed? Grocery Manufacturers Association Unveils Deviously Evil Plan To Silence Us All

- GMO labeling to be outlawed? Grocery Manufacturers Association unveils deviously evil plan to silence us all (Natural News, Jan 10, 2014) The Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) is scheming to criminalize state-by-state GMO labeling laws in a deviously evil effort to keep consumers ignorant of what they’re eating. Remember, the GMA is the same organization […] continue reading world news

Gerald Celente: Trends In The News – ‘The Greatest Threat To World Peace’ (Video)

YouTube Added: Jan 8, 2014 Description: “The world’s richest expected only to get richer in 2014, the United States named the “greatest threat to world peace” during 2013 & a NY Federal Judge upholds big brother’s “right” to search your electronics at US borders!” Original release: 1/2/14. continue reading world news

China Accelerates The Push For Its Citizens To Buy Gold

FYI. - China Accelerates The Push For Its Citizens To Buy Gold (KingWorldNews, Jan 2, 2014) continue reading world news

The Coming Stock Market Collapse

H/t reader M.G.: “Here is a shocking article that is a MUST read. Corporations trading on Wall Street are now able to list traded services as revenue…….this is beyond corrupt! Read and pass on, no wonder we are In a world of trouble, and this explains why the market no longer reflects the real economy. […] continue reading world news

How Will The Economy Improve In 2014 If Almost Everyone Has Less Money To Spend?

- How Will The Economy Improve In 2014 If Almost Everyone Has Less Money To Spend? (Economic Collapse, Dec 31, 2013): Is the U.S. consumer tapped out?  If so, how in the world will the U.S. economy possibly improve in 2014?  Most Americans know that the U.S. economy is heavily dependent on consumer spending.  If […] continue reading world news

Iranian Billionaire Promoting ‘PetroGold’ With Turkey Arrested

- Iranian Billionaire Promoting “PetroGold” With Turkey Arrested (ZeroHedge, Dec 31, 2013): Earlier this week, in “Why The Turkish Government May Be The Casualty Of A $119 Billion PetroDollar Loophole” we said “dare to mess with the Petrodollar and the wrath of the US government will hunt you down… sooner or later.” Sure enough, after […] continue reading world news

Meet The Minimum-Wage Homeless Who Are ‘Cleaning Up’ Fukushima (For The Yakuza)

- Meet The Minimum-Wage Homeless Who Are “Cleaning Up” Fukushima (For The Yakuza) (ZeroHedge, Dec 30, 2013): “We’re an easy target for recruiters,” one homeless man explains. “We turn up here with all our bags, wheeling them around and we’re easy to spot. They say to us, are you looking for work? Are you hungry? […] continue reading world news

IT Firms Lose Billions After NSA Scandal Exposed By Whistleblower Edward Snowden

- IT firms lose billions after NSA scandal exposed by whistleblower Edward Snowden (Independent, Dec 30, 2013): The National Security Agency scandal exposed by whistleblower Edward Snowden has cost American technology companies billions of dollars in lost revenue as governments and companies in its important export markets of Asia refuse to entrust the handling of […] continue reading world news

DHS Is Bringing In Terrorist By The Bus Load (Video)

FYI. Related info: - 1 Million US Jobless To Lose Financial Aid YouTube Added: Dec 27, 2013 continue reading world news

The Stock Market Has Officially Entered Crazytown Territory

- The Stock Market Has Officially Entered Crazytown Territory (Economic Collapse, Dec 26, 2013): It is time to crank up the Looney Tunes theme song because Wall Street has officially entered crazytown territory.  Stocks just keep going higher and higher, and at this point what is happening in the stock market does not bear any […] continue reading world news

100 Years Of Economic Turmoil: Is It Time To ‘End The Fed’?

- 100 years of economic turmoil: Is it time to ‘End the Fed’? (RT, Dec 23, 2013): Since the magical moment of its inception on Dec. 23, 1913, the Federal Reserve System has been a source of controversy and even contempt for a growing number of Americans, many of whom are still feeling the sting […] continue reading world news

Charting The Worst Long-Term Unemployment Crisis Since The Depression

- Charts: The Worst Long-Term Unemployment Crisis Since the Depression (Bill Moyers, Dec 24, 2013): Officially, the Great Recession of 2007 ended in June 2009. Yet the economic downturn remains in full effect for millions of Americans, particularly the nearly 40 percent of the unemployed who have been looking for work for six months or more. In […] continue reading world news

The Gold Rush Spreads From China And India To Saudi Arabia

- The Gold Rush Spreads From China And India To Saudi Arabia (ZeroHedge, Dec 24, 2013): In the “west”, the higher the price of gold rose, the more demand there seemingly was by momentum-chasing gamblers investors, if only for paper certificates claiming to represent gold, or GLD as the case may be. Conversely, once the […] continue reading world news

On The 100th Anniversary Of The Federal Reserve Here Are 100 Reasons To Shut It Down Forever

- On The 100th Anniversary Of The Federal Reserve Here Are 100 Reasons To Shut It Down Forever (Economic Collapse, Dec 22, 2013): December 23rd, 1913 is a date which will live in infamy.  That was the day when the Federal Reserve Act was pushed through Congress.  Many members of Congress were absent that day, […] continue reading world news

The Last 3 Times This Happened, Markets Turmoiled

- The Last 3 Times This Happened, Markets Turmoiled (ZeroHedge, Dec 22, 2013): Thanks to Bob “I don’t get out of bed unless it’s over 20″ Pisani’s daily diatribes about VIX (the so-called ‘fear’ index), we are supposed to rest assured that all is well in the ever-decreasing horizon world of equity markets. However, while […] continue reading world news

The Hidden Motives Behind The Federal Reserve Taper

Related info: - 200 Years Of Dollar Debasement: A Century Without The Fed And A Century With … Which Would You Prefer? - The Hidden Motives Behind The Federal Reserve Taper (Alt-Market, Dec 21, 2013): “The powers of financial capitalism had (a) far-reaching aim, nothing less than to create a world system of financial control […] continue reading world news

CFTC Announces It Is Undercounting Size Of Swaps Market By As Much As $55 TRILLION

- CFTC Announces It Is Undercounting Size Of Swaps Market By As Much As $55 Trillion (ZeroHedge, Dec 19, 2013): What is $55 trillion between friends? Very little according to the CFTC. In perhaps the biggest under the radar news of the day – to be expected with every watercooler occupied by taper experts – […] continue reading world news

The Taper Is On – 8 Ways That This Is Going To Affect You And Your Family

- The Taper Is On – 8 Ways That This Is Going To Affect You And Your Family (Economic Collapse, Dec 18, 2013) continue reading world news

Bitcoin Crashes After China Bans New Deposits; PBOC Gets DDOSed In Retaliation

- Bitcoin Crashes After China Bans New Deposits; PBOC Gets DDOSed In Retaliation (ZeroHedge, Dec 18, 2013): Yesterday it was the US Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network that tightened its grip on businesses that accept Bitcoin. Today, it is China, where the world’s largest Bitcoin exchange by trading volume, BTCChina announced that he had received […] continue reading world news