Karen Kataline – Lies, Damn Lies, and the Media

from Financial Survival Network According to Karen Kataline, events over the past week have proven the Media for what it truly is, a mob of congenital liars. Witness the racist Covington kids tale and the Buzzfeed story about Trump supposedly directing Michael Cohen to lie to Congress. Any pretense at objective reporting has now been blown out … Read more

Chris Martenson – Global Collapse Accelerating Buy Gold Now, Buy Gold Before the Everything Bubble Blows Up

Futurist and economic researcher Chris Martenson says central banks cannot stop the money printing without the whole system blowing up. Maybe that is why gold is going up? Martenson says, “I believe it is. . . . I buy gold because gold is the only form of money that is not simultaneously someone else’s liability. … Read more

Fed Chairman Powell faces a $4 trillion question

via Reuters: Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell has a problem: how to explain that the Fed may soon begin to taper its ongoing asset-shedding operation without looking like he’s hunkering down for a coming recession, or caving to U.S. President Donald Trump. Not long ago, Powell expected to face this delicate communication test some time later … Read more

Bond King Jeffrey Gundlach says we just got ‘the most recessionary signal’ yet

via CNBC: Consumer confidence at present remains strong, but future expectations are plummeting, according to the Conference Board’s latest readings. Such wide gaps often portend significant economic slowdowns ahead. “The most recessionary signal at present is consumer future expectations relative to current conditions. It’s one of the worst readings ever,” bond guru Jeffrey Gundlach said … Read more

James Corbett Hosts the 2nd Annual REAL Fake News Awards

by axolotl_peyotl James Corbett offers this partly humorous and partly depressing overview of the truly remarkable (and burgeoning) list of devastatingly fake news peddled by the Mockingbird Media over the last year. In addition, here is Glenn Greenwald’s brilliant expose on the the 10 worst, most embarrassing U.S. media failures on the Trump-Russia story. Even in the scenario where Trump … Read more