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Best Of The Web
The Brennan dossier: all about a prime mover of Russiagate – Real Clear Investigations
China update – Doug Noland, Credit Bubble Bulletin
The Federal Reserve is directly monetizing US debt – Chris Martenson,Peak Prosperity
Fed can’t see the bubbles through the lather – Michael Pento
A striking collection of duck-like features – Nasdaq
Now that we’ve incentivized sociopaths–guess what happens next – Charles Hugh Smith
A correction is coming, just don’t tell the bulls…yet. – Real Investment Advice
Death throes of a party – James Howard Kunstler
Chinese chess game – Mauldin Economics
Extraordinary monetary disorder – Doug Noland, Credit Bubble Bulletin
This is the Rolls-Royce of the precious metals business – Marin Katusa
Breaking News
The Economy
11/17 Ray Dalio says US-China ‘capital wars’ could be next stage of feud – CNBC
11/17 This week in money – HoweStreet
11/17 Apple now bigger than the entire US energy sector – Zero Hedge
11/17 Goldman’s euphoria indicator just hit an all-time high: What happens next? – ZH
11/17 Saudi Aramco IPO set to value company up to $1.7 trillion – CNBC
11/16 Did the Fed just lose control of its main tool? – Birch Gold
11/16 The dangers in high yield bonds & CLOs – ETF Trends
11/16 Recession coming? A stock market warning Wall Street overlooks – USA Today
11/16 The only chart you need to understand 2019’s global markets – WaPo
11/16 Are pension funds creating dangerous risks by reaching for yield? – Equities
11/16 Lebanon bond sell-off eclipses Argentina amid unrest – Bloomberg
11/16 ECB says more assets could join stimulus list in downturn – Bloomberg
11/16 Americans are cutting back on other expenses to afford healthcare premiums – HP
11/16 LA port sees biggest October box drop in 24 years – Freight Waves
11/16 Fed warns prolonged low interest rates can cause instability – Bloomberg
11/16 Millions of acres of Canadian canola freeze, compounding ‘harvest from hell’ – Reuters
11/16 GDP estimates crash on dismal economic reports move to economy – Mish
11/16 12 charts show that despite Trump’s aid, farm finances are getting worse – ZH
11/16 Doug Casey on how the homeless crisis could soon become an epidemic – IM
11/16 Resolving creeping communism – 24hGold
Precious Metals
11/17 Five gold charts to contemplate as we prepare for the new year – Market Oracle
11/17 Bullish on bullion: Serbia joins global gold-buying spree – RT
11/17 Dave Kranzler: new Comex gold mechanism seems meant to rescue HSBC – GATA
11/17 Gold stock candlesticks: bullish action – 321Gold
11/16 How high can gold prices go? – Birch Gold
11/16 Gold spiking higher – what does it mean? – Kitco
11/16 Gold miners’ Q3’19 fundamentals – Seeking Alpha
11/16 Detour Gold stock hits two-month high on strong Q3 results – Mining
11/16 Silvercorp Metals: a high-margin miner with great, long-run growth potential – SA
11/16 Is the silver market ready for a huge breakout? – Motley Fool
11/16 Fortuna reports strong Q3, operational problems – Yahoo!
11/16 Bank of England refuses to return 14 tonnes of gold to Venezuela – 24hGold
Inflation, Deflation, Currency War, Cryptocurrencies
11/17 San Fran homeless crisis being helped by a literal sh*tcoin – CD
11/17 The first thing you must understand about bitcoin’s “secret war” – Daily Wealth
11/16 Vladimir Putin sums up the new world order in 5 words – Zero Hedge
11/16 Cryptosphere courts gold bugs as bitcoin loses some luster – Bloomberg
11/16 Bitcoin could be about to make a significant move – Forbes
11/15 Will China disrupt the monetary system with a cryptocurrency? – Daniel Lacalle
11/15 Blow to bitcoin as former ECB boss makes dire warning over crypto’s future – Forbes
11/15 Russia says BRICs seeking common, non-dollar payment system – Zero Hedge
11/15 China’s digital currency is all about control – Quartz
11/14 U.S. producer prices rise solidly; healthcare costs increasing – Reuters
11/14 In swaps we trust? Disappearing dollars drive currency trading dependence – GATA
11/14 Bitcoin hailed as ‘success’ by China in dramatic shift in attitude – Independent
11/14 Here’s why inflation no longer drives the bond-market – MarketWatch
11/14 Inflation will remain low for years – Forbes
11/14 Bitcoin against the world; centralized finance and gold get angry – AMB Crypto
11/14 How will CME bitcoin options launch in 2 months affect BTC prices? – News BTC
11/14 Airbnb now accepts bitcoin payments via Fold app – IB Times
11/14 The war on cash may already be over – Motley Fool
11/14 Beijing sends corporate China a message: diversify away from U.S. dollar – GATA
11/14 CPI reality check: where is your dollar really going? – Mish
Real Estate Bubble
11/17 Bay Area housing price slump could signify economic shift ahead – Salon
11/16 Falling rents in Manhattan and Boston are weighing on core inflation – Zero Hedge
11/15 California markets see dip in luxury home prices – Mansion Global
11/13 Boomers prefer to die at home: enormous glut of senior housing – Mish
11/13 Central Indiana home sales up more than 8 percent in October – The Paper
11/12 The U.S. housing market bubble is about to burst as fear sets in – CCN
11/12 ‘Go back to California’: wave of newcomers fuels backlash in Boise – LA Times
11/11 Las Vegas home prices stall to start fall – Review Journal
11/11 Young first-time buyers are vanishing from US housing market – Zero Hedge
11/11 Bay Area home prices continue to slide – NBC Bay Area
Politics
11/17 Buttigieg tops new Iowa poll of Democratic presidential hopefuls – CNBC
11/17 Democrats hold on to Louisiana governor’s seat despite Trump – CNBC
11/17 Duke of York’s high-stakes gamble on Epstein TV interview backfires – Guardian
11/17 Why the world needs a Google detox – Mercola
11/16 Understanding the deep state’s propaganda – Strategic Culture
11/16 Jail guards at time of Epstein death reject deal – AP
11/16 Dems switched from “quid pro quo” to “bribery” because of a focus group – Hot Air
11/16 Bloomberg to spend $100m on anti-Trump ads in battleground states – The Hill
11/16 Obama cautions 2020 hopefuls against going too far left – The Hill
11/16 Michael Bloomberg’s 2020 decision is “days, not weeks” away – Axios
11/16 ‘We’re very close’: Pelosi and Mnuchin meet to break border wall impasse – Politico
11/16 ‘No discipline. No plan. No strategy.’: Kamala Harris campaign in meltdown – Politico
11/16 Trump attack on Yovanovitch exposes GOP’s muddled impeachment defense – Politico
11/16 Trump, Clinton show Russia how to really interfere – Strategic Culture
11/16 It’s Trump vs. the deep state vs. the rest of us – Mises Institute
11/16 Democrat impeachment star witnesses useful as dust – Mish
11/16 The shallow state – Automatic Earth
Offshore Investing
10/11 Prioritizing your exit plan – International Man
9/22 Meet America’s “economic refugees”: retirees who opt to live abroad – Zero Hedge
9/03 Pressing the escape key – SWP Cayman
8/23 Why this new economic citizenship option is crucial for freedom seekers – IM
7/31 Will they take all your money? – SWP Cayman
7/24 How Uncle Sam can tax the Queen of England’s great-grandson – Nestmann
6/08 A primer for those considering expatriation – Peak Prosperity
6/02 The world’s best passports – Nomad Capitalist
5/27 Americans’ life savings disappear from Mexican bank accounts – Bloomberg
Clean Tech
11/16 Coca-Cola’s plastic pollution secrets – Everlast
11/16 Renewables meet 50% of Australia’s electricity demand – EC
11/16 Plastic substitute from fish waste hauls in Dyson award for UK designer – Guardian
11/16 Do the world’s energy policies make sense? – Finite World
11/16 Heineken ditches plastic 6-pack rings for compostable alternatives – Good News
11/15 SECI’s 5 GW manufacturing-linked solar auction gets good response – Economic Times
11/15 Plant-based and cultured meat: forecasts in novel meat replacements – manual
Art of the Collapse
11/15 Think Epstein didn’t kill himself? Here’s why you’re definitely wrong – manual
11/02 Trevor Noah asks Hillary: “How did you kill Jeffrey Epstein?” – Zero Hedge
10/21 Putin: “Play ball or I’ll replace you with Tulsi Gabbard” – Liberty Nation
10/07 ‘Keep de rates dem Low’—jamaica sets inflation fight to reggae beat – WSJ
10/06 A fake letter to fake employees on the verge of a modern IPO – Zero Hedge
10/06 New Facebook terms of service includes conscription into Zuck’s army – Onion
9/27 Chelsea manning, Reality Winner on our newfound approval of whistleblowers – Onion
9/24 Libertarian love songs on Spotify – Dominic Frisby
9/22 Global leaders announce plans to hope climate catastrophe sorts itself out – NT
9/10 Rap battle between Alexander Hamilton and Satoshi Nakamoto over bitcoin – BB
9/07 Little Pink House: best classical liberal movie ever? – Econ Lib
War, Civil Unrest, Privacy, Creeping Fascism, Police State
11/17 Hong Kong campus protesters fire arrows as unrest spreads – Reuters
11/17 Lebanon mired deeper in crisis after Safadi withdrawal – Reuters
11/17 U.S. military assistance cannot fix Mexico’s cartel mayhem – CATO Institute
11/17 Supreme Court constrains civil asset forfeiture – Reason
11/17 Iran’s Khamenei condemns civil unrest as ‘sabotage’, endorses fuel price hike – RT
11/17 Water cannon deployed & cars flipped during Yellow Vests protests – RT
11/17 Bolivia crisis: death toll mounts amid pro-Evo Morales protests – BBC
11/17 Chile agrees to replace Pinochet-era constitution amid turbulent protests – CBC
11/16 Protests grip major Iran cities over gas prices; 1 killed – AP
11/16 Hong Kong protesters resort to medieval weapons – AP
11/16 Chinese soldiers enter Hong Kong to “help clean up streets” – Reuters
11/16 German farmers block Hamburg in revolt against environmental regs – Summit
11/16 Julian Assange’s health is ‘seriously deteriorating’ – SMH
11/16 Baghdad bomb kills two, injures 12 – Reuters
11/16 Western media whitewash US-backed coup in Bolivia – Strategic Culture
11/16 Assad: Epstein, Bin Laden & Baghdadi ‘liquidated’ as “they knew vital secrets” – ZH
11/16 Kissinger: conflict between U.S. and China “worse than world wars” – Summit
11/16 The deep state’s deep state department – James Howard Kunstler
Self-sufficiency, Food Security, Health, Survival
11/16 Growing food is the most impactful thing you can do in a corrupt system – Realfarmacy
11/16 How meditation can help you make fewer mistakes – Good News
11/13 Choosing your ideal survival retreat – Survival Sullivan
11/09 Should you relocate to a more resilient area? – Peak Prosperity
11/09 Sorry, but indoor potted plants don’t actually improve air quality – IFL Science
11/09 How deep sleep helps clear away toxins associated with Alzheimer’s – NPR
11/09 CDC says it’s made a breakthrough in finding possible cause of vaping illness – CNBC
11/02 Essential bug-out resources – Peak Prosperity
CyberWar, CyberTerrorism, CyberCrime
11/16 Andy Greenberg on the Russian state hackers who attack power grids – Boing Boing
11/16 Cyberattacks pose an evolving threat to retirement accounts – Birch Gold
11/13 U.S. manufacturing group hacked by China as trade talks intensified – Reuters
11/12 Information warfare: Russia scams Iranian hackers – Strategy Page
11/06 Researchers used a laser to hack Alexa and other voice assistants – CNN
11/06 Chinese state-sponsored hackers intercept text messages worldwide – Epoch Times
11/06 Most severe internet outage to date hits Iraq after government blocks access – ZH
11/04 Capital One website down after system-wide outage – CBS
11/03 Visualizing the massive cost of cybercrime – Zero Hedge
10/30 Russia disconnects from Internet to test defense ‘against US cyberattack’ – manual
10/25 Johannesburg shuts down computers city-wide after bitcoin ransomware attack – CCN
Off-Topic
11/16 U.S. restaurants remove dining rooms to speed off-site food frenzy – Reuters
11/16 Climate change, human activity rub salt into Venice’s wounds – Reuters
11/16 Tiny deer-like animal thought lost photographed for first time in 30 years – Currently
11/16 The Volkspod VW Beetle minibikes are part creepy, part adorable – Ride Apart
11/16 Simple blood test for early detection of breast cancer – National Cancer RI
11/15 ‘4°C of global warming is optimal’ – Nobel Prize winner catastrophically wrong – C
11/14 Worst floods for 50 years bring Venice to ‘its knees’ – CNN
11/14 Disney did in 1 day what took HBO 4 years: 10 million streaming subscribers – ZH
11/13 Humans are speeding extinction and altering the natural world – NY Times
11/13 ‘Unnoticed apocalypse’: Dying insects put humankind’s existence at risk – Sputnik