Best of the Web

The Mad Science of the National Debt – Rolling Stone
And The Band Played On – Burning Platform
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

Best of the Web Archives

Breaking News

The Economy

5/25    Bass sees BOJ bond purchases overwhelmed as investors dump debt – SFGate
5/25    Japan stock market 7% plunge was just a warning! – Market Oracle
5/25    The Fed's hands are tied… – Zero Hedge
5/24    Durable goods orders point to factory resilience – Yahoo! News
5/24    Pessimism reaches its lowest in one year – Wall St. Cheat Sheet
5/24    Why do people feel poor even though the stock market is at a record high? – My Budget 360
5/24    Japanese bond rout continues – Mish
5/24    The Cyprus nightmare - who's next? With John Rubino – Jason Hartman
5/24    Debt limit: a mere warm-up to a new sequester fight – Fiscal Times
5/23    The data the financial media ignored on Wednesday – Options Trading Signals
5/23    Nikkei plunges 1,143 points – Mish
5/23    Jobless claims sink by 23,000 to 340,000 – MarketWatch
5/23    China manufacturing slips back into contraction – Mish
5/23    Japan market crash jolts ETFs tied to Tokyo, gold, silver – MarketWatch
5/23    Overdue student loans reach record as US graduates seek jobs – Bloomberg
5/23    China May factory output contracts in test for premier – Bloomberg
5/23    Four signs that we're back in dangerous bubble territory – Peak Prosperity
5/23    "Bad government drives out good business" – GoldMoney
5/23    BOJ prepared to adjust bond purchases after yield jump – BusinessWeek

Precious Metals

5/25    Gold market report: bullion banks going net-long – GoldMoney
5/25    From paper reserves to gold reserves – GoldMoney
5/25    An analysis of the world's top 50 gold producing mines – MunKnee
5/25    Suppliers & bank clients denied gold as shortage intensifies – King World News
5/25    8 criteria for choosing a top-notch gold mining company – MunKnee
5/25    Hold on (to those gold coins and bars)! – FOFOA
5/25    How to be an (educated) optimist – The Gold Report
5/25    Russia: The sleeping giant of gold producing countries – USA Gold
5/24    The falling COMEX gold stocks – SafeHaven
5/24    Central banks should be manipulating gold higher, not lower – Financial Sense
5/24    Silver mining, sentiment and the confidence game – Silver Coin Investor
5/24    Currency market rigging likely would paint gold's tape – Casey Research
5/24    Interview with Chris Powell about precious metals market manipulation – Gold Broker
5/24    10 questions for precious metals investors – GoldSilverWorlds
5/24    Platinum and palladium: a fundamental shift – Casey Research
5/24    Gold's pivotal role - the yuan sees freer convertibility this year! – 24hGold
5/24    Another day, another attack on gold – Daily Bell
5/23    Audio: Mike Swanson and David Bannister on the gold stock rally – Technical Traders
5/23    Gold stocks: it's time to be BRAVE – Technical Traders

Inflation/Deflation

5/25    Will it be inflation or deflation? The answer may surprise you – Zero Hedge
5/25    The case for 4% inflation – Vox
5/24    A new global currency; the rise of the East; and peak oil – GoldMoney
5/24    Japan's weak currency means tourism – Yahoo! News
5/24    Are covert operations underway in the global currency wars? – Financial Sense
5/24    Bitcoin attracts major investors – Kurzweil
5/24    Aussie dollar is villain as Ford ends Mad Max land output – Bloomberg
5/24    Yuan gold trade in Hong Kong triples as currency gains cut risk – Bloomberg
5/24    Singapore inflation eases to 38-month low after government curbs – BusinessWeek
5/24    Will it be inflation or deflation? The answer may surprise you – Prison Planet
5/24    Stable prices, unstable markets – 24hGold
5/24    Falling prices are natural – 24hGold
5/23    Hyperinflation - 10 worst cases – Zero Hedge

Real Estate Bubble

5/25    SNL Regional Report: Housing tailwind aids Florida – Aba Banking Journal
5/24    Ave. days on market drops from 117 days to 99 – Space Coast Daily
5/24    See how low inventories are juicing home prices – MarketWatch
5/23    NY state home sales and prices gain momentum in early 2013 – LoanSafe
5/23    Houston home sales hit highest point in six years as prices rise – CultureMap
5/22    Existing home sales highest in almost three-and-a-half years – Reuters
5/22    Mercer Island home sales up 24% as real estate inventory recovers – Seattle Pi
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

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

5/24    A killer combination: low property prices & big rental potential – Path Finder
5/23    Doug Casey's primer on internationalization – Casey Research
5/22    For crisis, read opportunity – Daily Reckoning
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

Clean Tech

5/24    Japanese solar PV market grows three-fold – Solar Plaza
5/24    Forget peak oil—start worrying about peak water – Mother Earth News
5/24    Is the solar energy bubble finally bursting? – Oil Price
5/24    Why Yingli Green Energy pulled solar stocks higher – Motley Fool
5/24    The solar boom has just begun – Motley Fool
5/24    Solar stocks on fire as shipments improve – Fox Business
5/23    Electric carmaker Tesla pays off U.S. loan – Yahoo! News
5/22    JA Solar posts another quarterly loss – Solar Plaza
5/22    Revenue at Bloom Energy falls in Q1 – GreenTech Media

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

5/24    Only Nixon harmed a free press more – New York Times
5/24    Tyranny just around the corner – Washington Times
5/24    Bipartisan predators – American Conservative
5/24    Another chilling leak investigation – New York Times
5/24    The civilization genome project – Huffington Post
5/23    Five unsavory ways America conducts its "global war on terror" – GlobalResearch
5/23    Our govt. is turning in to a surveillance state that's almost impossible to stop – AlterNet
5/22    IRS - incredible abuses of democracy – USA Watchdog
5/21    "It's not a conspiracy theory… it is happening right now" – SHTF Plan
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

Self-sufficiency, Food Security, Survival

5/24    Mitochondrial medicine – Dr. Sircus
5/24    15 foods that can be regrown from scraps – Mrs. Happy Homemaker
5/23    Sell your surplus with a farm stand – Mother Earth News
5/22    Report: 'US government in GM industry's pocket' – DW
5/22    The cold, hard facts behind funding your retirement – Miller's Money
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

CyberWar, CyberTerrorism, CyberCrime

5/25    Suppliers and bank clients denied gold as shortage intensifies – King World News
5/23    Approaching the cyberwar precipice – Computer World UK
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

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