August 2009

Best of the Web

We'll See The 1980s Peak of $850 Equals $9000 Today – Charleston Voice
Andrew Maguire Interview – King World News
Glimpsing the Hereafter 2 – FOFOA
Financial Euphoria – Doug Noland, Prudent Bear
Gold Stock News, May 2013 – Bull & Bear
William Kaye Interview, Part II – King World News
William Kaye Interview – King World News
The Bernanke Agenda - It Isn't What You Think It – Seeking Alpha
Rick Rule: This Is Fun – Casey Research
Catherine Austin Fitts On Precious Metals and Digital Currencies – GoldMoney
Andrew Maguire Interview – King World News
Thoughts on the Electronic Printing Press – Doug Noland, PrudentBear
Gold: Who's Selling, Who's Buying, Who's Lying – GoldSilverWorlds
Precious Metals To Serve As Underpinning For Paper Currencies – Bull Market Thinking
The Untouchables of the 21st Century – Automatic Earth

Best of the Web Archives

Breaking News

The Economy

5/21    MPS get 30% pay rise, average worker gets 20% pay cut – Scriptonite Daily
5/21    Boom or bubble? – New Yorker
5/21    Apple accused of avoiding billions in taxes – Forbes
5/21    Will Fed tapering collapse the market? – Forbes
5/21    Are the predominant macro trends about to reverse? – Peak Prosperity
5/21    Ceiling suspended: US takes on $300bn in new debt after hitting $16.7 trillion – RT
5/20    Gross to Buffett omens disregarded as bond sales soar – Bloomberg
5/20    Chicago Fed: "economic activity slower in April" – Calculated Risk
5/20    Chris Waltzek interviews Peter Schiff – GoldSeek
5/20    This crisis will be over 30 times bigger than Greece – Zero Hedge
5/20    Extraordinary measures become standard as US hits debt limit again – The Hill
5/20    Italy's new government approval rating plummets from 43% to 34% in 3 weeks – Zero Hedge
5/19    Recession, cont'd – The Economist
5/19    Austerity is crushing the eurozone in the most harmful way possible – Montreal Gazette
5/19    So far, the battery charger is working in Japan – New York Times
5/19    Brussels, Berlin lukewarm on Hollande's euro zone vision – Reuters
5/19    The Bermuda Triangle of economics – Zero Hedge
5/19    Art Cashin interview – King World News
5/18    Biggest bubble about to burst – 24hGold

Precious Metals

5/21    How will Silvercorp Metals overcome silver's decline? – Motley Fool
5/21    What it really costs to mien silver – Seeking Alpha
5/21    Incredibly important developments in gold & silver markets – King World News
5/21    Ultimate contrarian indicator: gold is most-hated asset class – Truth In Gold
5/20    Rick Rule: why I am still a gold bug – Inside Investing Daily
5/20    George Soros switches from physical gold to gold stocks – GoldSeek
5/20    Gold & silver prices bounce from fresh plunge – BullionVault
5/20    Bank run happening in bullion – USA Watchdog
5/20    Dr. Doom - US government can take away your gold – Yahoo! Finance
5/20    Gold bear bets reach record as Soros cuts holdings – Bloomberg
5/20    Bank balances and gold – GoldMoney
5/20    World's central banks added to their gold stockpiles as prices tumbled – Business Insider
5/19    It's official: gold is now the most hated asset class – Zero Hedge
5/19    At least India's government is candid about waging war against gold – GATA
5/19    Too many mysteries remain inexplicable – GoldSilverWorlds
5/19    The naked shorts on gold – Charleston Voice
5/18    Paper gold, metal gold - when worlds diverge – 24hGold
5/18    Gold & silver price - the true story is all about time. Be prepared – GoldSilverWorlds

Inflation/Deflation

5/21    Inflation is the lifeblood of a healthy economy – Gold-Eagle
5/21    Asset inflation policies threaten to create another economic bubble – South China Morning Post
5/21    How to profit from the currency war – Money Morning
5/20    Bundesbank prepared to accept higher inflation – Spiegel
5/20    Eurozone now eager to copy Japan, take ‘easy way out’ – Japan Times
5/20    As a reminder, the Fed is NOT printing money – Jesse's Cafe Americain
5/19    Maligned dollar flourishes in Venezuela – Washington Post
5/19    Canada dollar falls most in year as inflation slows to 2009 low – Bloomberg
5/19    Every cent helps: euro zone explores scrapping smallest coins – Reuters
5/19    Washington signals dollar deep concerns – Paul Craig Roberts
5/18    We're all soldiers in the currency war – MarketWatch
5/18    Hollande asks ECB to engage in Japanese style currency debasement – Mish
5/17    ECB to keep monetary policy loose for as long as needed – Yahoo! News

Real Estate Bubble

5/21    Home-buying frenzy: Strong demand collides with scarce inventory – Miami Herald
5/21    Redmond real estate: active homes fall to 1.3 mo. inventory, sales up 25% – Seattle Pi
5/21    Lumber Prices decline Sharply over last month – Calculated Risk
5/20    First Coast home sales, prices way up, jobless figures dip down – Jacksonville
5/19    China April housing inflation quickens – CNBC
5/18    Toronto home sales slump 10 per cent in mid-May, but prices continue to climb – The Star
5/17    Rock-bottom inventory and rising prices, again – Professor Piggington
5/17    California median home price passed $400,000 last month – Bloomberg
5/17    Buying a house when inventory is tight – New York Times
5/17    From Brooklyn to California, housing bubble threat grows – Bloomberg
5/16    Monthly housing starts lowest since November – MarketWatch
5/16    Multifamily starts suffer biggest monthly plunge since 2006 – Zero Hedge
5/16    California home sales and prices spring higher in April – MarketWatch
5/16    Triangle home sales jump 41 percent as inventory levels keep dropping – News Observer
5/16    Surge in homes for sale in April not enough to ease inventory crunch – OregonLive

Ron Paul

5/21    Ron Paul: "The IRS's job is to violate our liberties" – Zero Hedge
5/20    Ron Pau's revolution continues (interview) – Liberty Crier
5/19    Ron Paul's Podcast Nation #12 - IRS targets – Liberty Crier
5/13    The war on drugs – Ron Paul Podcast
5/12    Ron Paul: states rejecting failed federal war on drugs – Liberty Crier
5/06    Ron Paul: Federal Reserve blows more bubbles – Liberty Crier
4/24    "If I can't put it in my pocket, I have reservations" – Zero Hedge
4/19    Ron Paul isn't worried about falling gold prices – Slate
4/13    Ron Paul curriculum – Ron Paul
4/09    Emulate Ron Paul – Daily Bell

Offshore Investing

5/20    Thai stocks are on fire – ThaiStocks.com
5/19    Find out why this couple chose a Caribbean resort lifestyle – Path Finder
5/17    Could Cuba's past be your future? – Casey Research
5/15    Mover over Cancun… it's Tulum's turn to shine – Path Finder
5/14    Doug Casey's primer on internationalization – International Man
5/13    Work on a Caribbean island? – International Living
5/12    Get your assets out of dodge, part 2 – Daily Reckoning

Clean Tech

5/20    Charging EV's faster than filling a normal tank with gasoline – Oil Price
5/18    Solar City raises $500M from Goldman Sachs to finance solar roofs – GreenTech Media
5/16    Ahead of the Bell: Tesla Motors gain on debt plans – Yahoo! Finance
5/16    How microgrids could help change the utility business model – SmartGridNews
5/16    $2B in US smart water meters by 2020 – GreenTech Media
5/16    Putin's power play - how it will change the uranium sector – Casey Research
5/14    The solar paradox: boom, bust or both? – Solar Plaza
5/14    Bloom Energy raises $130M more for fuel cell future – GreenTech Media
5/14    2014 expected to be a bumper year for wind – Oil Price

Art of the Collapse

5/10    Currency wars: are we winning? – Merk
4/16    'You signed a social contract!' – Liberty Classroom
4/15    A libertarian love story where the bad guys work at the Fed – Washington Post
4/11    LA artist Alex Schaefer is back with new JPMorgan bankster snuff art – Implode-O-Meter
4/11    Cracking the safe – Lisa Benson
3/27    Let's attack them again! – GoComics
3/18    Hitler bails out Cyprus – YouTube
2/19    Sterlageddon – Max Keiser
1/28    Bernanke to Oprah: "I've been doping for years" – Shiff Report
1/18    Charles Ponzi in gold vault – Colonel Flick

War, Civil Unrest, Privacy, Nullification, Secession, Creeping Fascism, Police State

5/20    Alarming: Nigeria to force all its citizens to go cashless – Charleston Voice
5/20    AUMF, never-ending war, and America's 'instruments of tyranny' – AntiWar
5/19    Our civil liberties, RIP – AntiWar
5/19    Beware the IRS – Reason.com
5/18    Scandal: and they shall eat their own – Daily Bell
5/18    The major sea change in media discussions of Obama and civil liberties – The Guardian
5/18    Secrecy, drones, prisons and kill lists – CounterPunch
5/18    Pentagon unilaterally grants itself authority over 'civil disturbances' – LongIslandPress
5/17    Justice Dept's pursuit of AP's phone records is extreme and dangerous – The Guardian
5/17    US drone strikes: 'deadly and dirty' warns new book – The Guardian
5/17    James Bovard: a brief history of IRS political targeting – Wall Street Journal
5/17    Why a media shield is impossible – Huffington Post
5/16    Media demand answers on government snooping – Liberty Crier
5/16    Jon Stewart understands just how destructive IRS scandal really is – Daily Bell
5/15    Pentagon unilaterally grants itself authority over 'civil disturbances' – Liberty Crier
5/15    IRS as a political hit squad – BATR
5/15    DOJ secretly obtains months of AP phone records – Liberty Crier
5/15    First major hemp crop in 60 years is planted in southeast Colorado – Liberty Crier
5/15    Gene Healy: Nothing to joke about in a partisan IRS – The Examiner
5/13    WWIII has already started... – Money And Markets
5/13    Guess what's hidden in the immigration bill? A national biometric database – Zero Hedge
5/13    Congressional hearings set for IRS scrutiny of tea party groups – Bloomberg
5/12    America's roads have been turned into a revenue generating surveillance grid – Liberty Crier

Self-sufficiency, Food Security, Survival

5/20    Tune in, turn on, opt out – OfTwoMinds.com
5/19    Taxpayer dollars are helping Monsanto sell seeds abroad – Liberty Crier
5/18    Organic pest control series: beneficial insects – Mother Earth News
5/16    New app lets you boycott Koch brothers, Monsanto – Liberty Crier
5/16    Retirement is not what I thought it would be – Miller's Money
5/14    Research reveals previously unknown glyphosate pathway to ruining health – Mercola
5/13    Vermont House passes GMO labeling bill – Natural Society
5/10    A miracle nutraceutical – Daily Reckoning
5/09    Stars align in protest against food giant Monsanto over GMO crops – Liberty Crier
5/09    One ag-gag bill is dead in California, another is approved in Tennessee – Mother Earth News

CyberWar, CyberTerrorism, CyberCrime

5/16    FBI briefs US bank executives on wave of cyberattacks – CIO
5/15    Skyscraper grows crops, produces clean energy, cleans the air – Oil Price
5/14    Shooting ignites Taiwan-Phillipines cyber war – Focus Taiwan
5/13    Cyberattacks on the rise against US corporations – New York Times
5/12    DOD confirms China’s cyberwar strategy, White House unveils open data policy – Sys-Con Media
5/12    For banks in cyber heist, how to get their money back? – Yahoo! News
5/11    Honeypots lure industrial hackers into the open – Technology Review
5/11    US cyberwar strategy stokes fear of blowback – NBC News

Off-Topic But Brilliant/Challenging/Infuriating

5/16    Human stem cells created by cloning – Kurzweil
5/14    A spiritual awakening is about to happen – Financial Survival Network
5/13    Getting our story straight is a matter of life and death – Peak Prosperity
5/10    Mind-blowing map of world population – Peak Prosperity
5/07    Why brain controlled gadgets will blow your mind – Laptop Mag
5/03    Scientists discover how to slow down aging in mice and increase longevity – Kurzweil
5/03    World's first GM babies born – Daily Mail