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The Most Damaging Propaganda Campaign in History – Mandelman Matters
Quantitative Easing Two – Doug Noland, PrudentBear
Inflation Versus Deflation Tournament Game 3 – Eric Jasnzen, iTulip
Should China Dump Dollars for Commodities? – Mike Shedlock
The Ruling Elite Called – Jim Quinn, Burning Platform
Jim Rickards, Part 2 – King World News
What Should I Do?: The Basics of Preparation (Part I) – Chris Martenson
Jim Rickards Interview – King World News
Mixed Signals – Ryan Puplava, Financial Sense
What Is It? – James Howard Kunstler
Red Alert: Gold Backwardation!!! – FOFOA
Winter Warning – Long Wave Group
The State the Welfare State is In – Bill Bonner, Daily Reckoning
FOA on Hyperinflation – FOFOA
Trichet Challenges Inflationism – Doug Noland, PrudentBear
Sultans of Swap: Gold Swap Signals the Roadmap Ahead – Gordon Long
Feeding the Dragon – Theodore Moran, Scribd
The Big Picture According to TAE – Automatic Earth

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Breaking News

The Economy

7/30    GDP: 3 years of massive downward revisions – Mish
7/30    GDP slows in second quarter to 2.4% rate – MarketWatch
7/30    Business activity in US expanded faster in July – Bloomberg
7/30    Consumer sentiment sags to lowest since November – Yahoo! News
7/30    Cities threaten to cut 500,000 jobs – CNN Money
7/30    Americans buy iPads, broke in new abnormal economy – Bloomberg
7/29    Japan unemployment rate increased to 7-month high – Bloomberg
7/29    Words from the wise – Casey Research
7/29    The new normal: Americans cutting back – Yahoo! Finance
7/29    "A modern-day depression" – Yahoo! Finance
7/29    Europe economic confidence rises as exports improve – Bloomberg
7/29    California approaches "fiscal meltdown" – Mish
7/29    Thursday thoughts - GDP up, jobs down – Phil's Favorites
7/29    Jobless claims in US declined by 11,000 – Bloomberg
7/29    Bill Gross ponders "deep demographic doo-doo" – Mish
7/29    New law exempts SEC from public disclosure – Fox Business
7/28    More furloughs for CA state workers – The Sacramento Bee
7/28    Advice for surviving a "meat-grinder" market – Yahoo! Finance
7/28    Hooray for the economic recovery!...of 2016 – Daily Reckoning
7/28    Durable goods orders fall as growth picture dims – ABC News
7/28    International forecaster July 2010 – GoldSeek
7/28    Niall Ferguson debates himself – Think Progress
7/28    Economic warnings from two respected analysts – GoldSeek

Precious Metals

7/30    GDP = grossly distorted punditry – Kitco
7/30    Silver looks better than gold – Kitco
7/30    Gold's on the cusp of a parabolic move up – Casey Research
7/30    Silver can shine for ETF holders – TheStreet
7/30    Crisis provides investors bargain opportunity – SafeHaven
7/29    Gold down, but radical bugs aren't out – MarketWatch
7/29    Goldcorp, Agnico profits jump – Reuters
7/29    Slicing the salami – Casey Research
7/29    James Turk interview – GoldSeek Radio
7/29    Gold - the battle is already won – GoldSeek
7/28    Will gold coins suffer fate of $10,000 bill? – OilPrice.com
7/28    Gold confiscation: straws in the wind – Casey Research
7/28    Platinum going... platinum? – Kitco
7/27    Gold prices drift lower – TheStreet
7/27    Welcome back, Hecla – 24hGold
7/27    What is George Soros up to in the gold market? – 24hGold
7/26    The U.S. Mint's lame excuse for rationing gold and silver coins – GATA
7/26    Business magazine publicizes gold price suppression scheme – GATA
7/26    A silver lining at $20.78 an ounce! – Sovereign Society
7/26    How to buy your kids a house – Casey Research
7/26    Gold loses more ground after housing numbers – MarketWatch
7/26    Why do US asset managers fear confiscation of gold? – SafeHaven
7/26    The LBMA joins the gold squeeze cover-up – GATA

The Dollar

7/30    A rock and a hard place – Casey Research
7/30    Why more quantitative easing can't be avoided – GoldSeek
7/30    Spain reports 20%+ unemployment – SafeHaven
7/30    More proof of lunacy of EU bank stress tests – SafeHaven
7/29    U.S. close to Japan-style deflation, Bullard says – MarketWatch
7/29    Euro nears level not seen since European bailout package – MarketWatch
7/29    Sovereign debt and currency issues 'likely to reemerge' – CNBC
7/29    Euro rescue fund authorized to sell debt – Bloomberg
7/29    The Fed flashes the nuclear QE trump card – Global Money Trends
7/29    Deflation revisited (the studio version) – Automatic Earth
7/28    The Fed plays the nuclear QE trump card – Financial Sense
7/28    Austrian money supply metrics, now global – True/Slant
7/28    Deflation: the black swan has been sighted – Elliott Wave International
7/28    US dollar stress next? – GoldSeek
7/27    Australian consumer price growth slows on food, recreation – Bloomberg
7/27    "It IS 2008 again. So, what's in PLAY?" – 321Gold
7/27    Influential commentators urge the Fed to raise pace of pumping – 24hGold
7/27    John-Claude Trichet challenges inflationism – Casey Research
7/27    India raises lending rates by 0.25 points to 5.75% – MarketWatch
7/27    Is the US worthy of AAA sovereign rating? – iStockAnalyst
7/26    Ron Paul: We cannot even maintain the zinc standard – Daily Reckoning

Real Estate Bust

7/30    They've lost faith in what they knew – The Housing Bubble
7/30    House prices rolling over down under? – Calculated Risk
7/30    Brookfield to exit housing, pursues pure office play – Bloomberg
7/29    Housing bubble will not be reblown – Mish
7/29    Foreclosures boom among nation's most creditworthy – USA Today
7/29    "Slam-dunk" stimulus? MS = missing something – Calculated Risk
7/29    Ignoring Fannie and Freddie – Minyanville
7/29    Foreclosure activity continues to increase – Washington Post
7/29    A matter of time – 24hGold
7/29    Fixed-rate mortgages drop for sixth week – MarketWatch
7/29    Economic environment for housing slips – Reed Construction Data
7/28    Fannie and Freddie foreclosures increasing – Total Mortgage Services
7/28    N.J. foreclosure filings double – NJ.com
7/28    Deutsche bank shuts commercial real estate adviser group – Bloomberg
7/28    Greek villas marked down 45% as crisis hits – Bloomberg
7/27    Foreclosures reduce home values by 27% – Washington Business Journal
7/27    Don't hold your breath for a bounce in home prices – Associated Press
7/27    Home vacancies rise as US ownership falls to decade low – Bloomberg

Offshore Investing and Privacy

7/28    Offshore investments: what's reportable... and what's not – Mark Nestmann
7/23    Could your offshore jurisdiction go bankrupt? – Sovereign Society
7/09    The biggest tax hikes in America's history are coming – Sovereign Society
7/07    Safe haven from the tax storm – Market Watch
7/05    HSBC clients with Asian accounts said to face US tax probe – Bloomberg
7/04    The tax hazards of a U.S. passport – Mark Nestmann

Clean Tech

7/29    The looming consolidation in car chargers – Greentech Media
7/29    SolarReserve's salty solution for solar thermal – Greentech Solar
7/29    LS9's genetics breakthrough: will it produce biofuels at scale? – Greentech Media
7/29    When electric cars go viral – EV World
7/28    2011: the return of the solar shakeout – Greentech Solar
7/28    What will demand be for lithium batteries? – Seeking Alpha
7/27    Next year: utilities move into demand response – Greentech Grid
7/27    "Unused Rooftops": the future of solar power – Green Stock investing
7/27    Southern California Edison awards 36 contracts – Market Watch
7/27    First Solar expands into utility-scale power market – TMC.net
7/27    First drive: 2011 Nissan leaf doesn't change the game – Autoblog Green
7/27    Intersoloar 2010: day two – Greentech Media

Art of the Collapse

7/19    Weekend funnies – Economicrot
7/15    Bad Economy – YouTube
7/11    Indivisible (a blovel) – Troy Grice
7/05    Weekend funnies – Economicrot
6/22    End the Fed – James Cobb
6/21    BP spills coffee – YouTube
6/21    Weekend funnies – Economicrot
6/21    Sunday funnies – Mish
6/15    Weekend funnies – Economicrot

War and Secession

7/26    Obama is preparing to bomb Iran –Tarpley
7/23    The prospect of an Israeli military strike against Iran – Oil Price
7/23    North Korea denounces hostile' sanctions by U.S. – Bloomberg
7/21    Just say no – LewRockwell.com
7/21    Why hasn't Israel bombed Iran (yet)? – Wall Street Journal
7/21    Uncle Sucker – Casey's Daily Dispatch
7/21    U.S. to seek Chinese backing to enforce new sanctions – Bloomberg