Best of the Web

Jay Taylor: In Precious Metals, Cash Flow is King – Gold Report
Equity Market Risks Are Rising – Brian Bloom
Richard Ebeling on Higher Interest Rates, Collectivism and the Coming Collapse – Daily Bell
Stock-Market Crashes Through the Ages – Zero Hedge
Opt Out of PRISM – Prism Break
Is Gold at a Turning Point? – Adam Taggart, Peak Prosperity
Collateral Transformation – Financial Sense
NSA Whistleblower Edward Snowden  Interview – YouTube
How America Became Orwellian – Juan Cole, Informed Comment
Economic Infographs – Demonocracy
Nouriel Roubini Seriously Misguided on Gold, Equities & More – Mike Shedlock
Bill Fleckenstein Interview – King World News
Government Policies Exacerbate Credit Crunch – Mike Shedlock
“Dangerous Divergences” Between Bonds and Stocks, – Global Money Trends
Gold Charts – Valcambi Gold
The Hunt for Steve Cohen – Bryan Burrough, Vanity Fair

Best of the Web Archives

Breaking News

The Economy

6/18    5 signs that China is about to fall off a debt cliff – Quartz
6/18    The gold clock goes tic-tock on SE Asia – Seeking Alpha
6/18    European car sales fall to 20-year low amid unemployment – Bloomberg
6/18    IBS said to start US job cuts today amid global reduction – Bloomberg
6/18    Bonds at risk - where to hide? – MERK
6/18    Pettis on China, Europe, Japan – Mish
6/18    Market calls Fed's bluff – SafeHaven
6/18    Foreign flows wreak havoc in SE Asia – MSN
6/18    Fitch says China credit bubble unprecedented in modern world history – Telegraph
6/18    China exposed as Abenomics trade ends – Market Watch
6/18    Moody's warns on China local government debt, financial vehicles – China Business
6/18    How May 22 changed everything for the S&P 500 index – ETF Daily News
6/17    Good New York Fed manufacturing news not as good as it looks – CNBC
6/17    Rigged-benchmark probes proliferate from Singapore to UK – Bloomberg
6/17    Co-op set to unveil 'bail in' plan to plug £1.5bn hole – BBC
6/17    Last chance to exit fiat currency – International Man
6/17    What should the US do if Ireland bank defrauded US investors? – Boom Bust Blog
6/17    China cuts US bonds – Global Times

Precious Metals

6/18    India declares war on Gold – GoldSeek
6/18    All the gold in Fort What's-It's-Name – Deviant Investor
6/18    Contrarian gold stocks 2 – GoldSeek
6/18    Hedge funds cut gold bets as Paulson's loss widens – Bloomberg
6/18    The hidden costs of precious-metals miners' optimism – Casey Research
6/18    US Treasury gold - is it there? – Gold Silver Worlds
6/18    Gold: dead cat bounce or raging bull? – Casey Research
6/17    Gold demand extraordinary in Vietnam – Gold Core
6/17    The ultimate win for precious metals – USAWatchdog
6/17    Tips are the pits as yields rise but inflation doesn't – Barron's
6/16    Gold is being supplied by western governments – GoldMoney
6/16    COMEX options interest in super high gold prices by end-August – GoldSilver
6/16    Three disastrously false but enduring premises about gold – GATA
6/16    Gold is not just a commodity. It is money – GoldMoney
6/16    George Soros joins Michael Ballanger on the goldbug side – The Gold Report
6/15    US silver eagle sales best first half year ever – GoldSilverWorlds

Inflation/Deflation

6/18    Venezuela on the brink of hyperinflation – Economonitor
6/18    Bitcoin is 'real currency,' CTFC's Chilton tells Yahoo's 'Daily Ticker' – GATA
6/18    US consumer prices edge higher in May – MarketWatch
6/18    Asia currency sell-off goes from bad to ugly – CNBC
6/18    Has inflation fueled the two-income household trap in the US? – My Budget 360
6/16    Inflation: robbing you since the 10th century – Casey Research
6/16    Emerging nations stem capital flows – South China Morning Post
6/14    U.S. wholesale prices jump 0.5% in May – MarketWatch
6/14    Inflation is instantaneous – SafeHaven
6/14    Brazil dismantles capital control as real drops to four year low – Bloomberg
6/14    America declares war on world currencies – Nation Multimedia
6/13    Sell the dollar? Case for hard currencies – Merk
6/13    Prices for U.S. imports, exports fall in sign of global chill – Reuters

Real Estate Bubble

6/18    Inventory of homes for sale up 10 percent in Denver in May – Denver Post
6/18    Is now the time to take advantage of the current buyer's market? – Money Forever
6/18    Housing starts rise in May – MarketWatch
6/18    Redfin: "Here comes the inventory" – Calculated Risk
6/17    Home-builder confidence in US rises to a seven-year high – Bloomberg
6/16    Glendale home prices rise again – Glendale News-Press
6/16    Housing inventory has increased nationwide since January – Mortgage Orb
6/16    US vacation home rebound lifts Hilton head to Hawaii – Bloomberg
6/14    The signs of real estate mania in California – Dr. Housing Bubble
6/14    Mortgage rates aren't going back down – Yahoo! Finance
6/14    "Mortgage rates on six week streak higher" – Calculated Risk
6/13    If there is a "housing recovery" then this chart can't be right – Zero Hedge
6/13    Triangle home sales surge while inventory levels continue to fall – News Observer
6/13    Conventional sales in May highest in years – Calculated Risk
6/13    The gold rush in California real estate continues – Seeking Alpha

Ron Paul

6/16    Ron Paul destroys White House claims about Syria – Activist Post
6/13    Ron Paul on the House floor in 1984 warning about the surveillance state – Liberty Crier
6/12    Ron Paul blasts NSA defenders on Piers Morgan – Liberty Crier
6/11    Rejecting authoritarian government is our greatest priority – Peak Prosperity
6/10    Ron Paul: "It's going to get much, much worse" – Zero Hedge
6/10    Government spying: should we be shocked? – Lew Rockwell
6/08    Ron Paul: NSA's PRISM is an awakening call – Liberty Crier
6/03    Iraq collapse shows bankruptcy of interventionism – SafeHaven
6/02    The real meaning of President Obama's national security speeches – AntiWar
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

Offshore Investing

6/18    Swiss bankers stripped of secrecy as data swap embraced – Bloomberg
6/18    The world's best-paying gig? – International Living
6/15    This beach town's getting a new boardwalk – Path Finder
6/13    "Switzerland outlines plan to relax bank secrecy laws" – Liberty Crier
6/13    Bitcoin: internationalization's new best friend – International Man
6/12    A beach-view lot in an English-speaking paradise for $73,000 – Path Finder
6/12    Want freedom? You are not alone – Sovereign Man

Clean Tech

6/18    Solar 2.0: the rise of the robots – Greentech Solar
6/18    Utility solar is dead; long live distributed generation – Greentech Solar
6/16    How should First Solar spend the $400M from its stock offering? – GreenTech Media
6/15    First Solar cashes some chips at a good time – Seeking Alpha
6/14    The coming US distributed solar boom – GreenTech Media
6/14    E.ON puts $100M into Bloom Energy – GreenTech Media
6/13    Photovoltaic materials market to jump 52% to $27.2 billion in 2018 – Solar Plaza
6/13    Report predicts EU duties to dampen 1.3GW of PV in Europe – Solar Plaza
6/13    LDK Solar loss increases, revenue tumbles – Solar Plaza

Art of the Collapse

6/12    It's funny 'coz it's true – Zero Hedge
6/11    Americans shouldn't be alarmed – Bob Gorrell
6/11    Big Government is watching you – Lisa Benson
6/04    Subspectrum Counterfeiters – Steve Wheelock
5/31    Surveillance society – Steve Breen
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

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

6/18    UK spied on politicians, eavesdropped on Russian president – Zero Hedge
6/18    We live in dangerous times, losing liberty to slippery slope – Liberty Crier
6/18    Syria and Egypt can't be fixed – Asia Times
6/18    Civil liberties: surveillance and the state – Guardian
6/18    Slipping the constitutional leash – Washington Post
6/18    When will the dirty wars end? – FPIF
6/17    United Stasi of America through the Echelon Prism – BATR
6/17    IRS tracks your digital footprint – Implode-O-Meter
6/17    77% do not trust television news – Liberty Crier
6/17    Surveillance technology is advancing faster than we can responsibly use it – Peak Prosperity
6/16    NSA scandal just the tip of the iceberg – Market Daily News
6/15    Facebook releases information on security data requests – Bloomberg
6/15    Firefox plug-in warns users of NSA surveillance – RT
6/15    Obama's Monica moment – Asia Times
6/15    Should people fear private sector snooping more than government's? – Daily Bell
6/15    Is Snowden for real? Doubts set in – Daily Bell
6/15    'It can't just happen here' just did – CATO
6/15    The real problem with the NSA's indiscriminate spying – Reason.com
6/15    Obama tracking whatever you do and say. You're Americans? – CATO
6/15    Australia gets 'deluge' of US secret data, prompting a new data facility – Sydney Morning Herald
6/15    The pacifist war – Al Jazeera
6/14    Darrell Issa's IRS investigation is falling apart – BusinessWeek

Self-sufficiency, Food Security, Survival

6/16    Learn a post-collapse trade before it's too late – Daily Sheeple
6/16    Organic pest control series: using organic pesticides – Mother Earth News
6/16    40 gardening tips to maximize your harvest – Mother Earth News
6/16    Does Roundup cause autism? – Mercola
6/16    The benefits of a ketogenic diet and its role in cancer treatment – Mercola
6/13    Wedding a part of your portfolio to an annuity – Miller's Money
6/12    Homegrown life: how to install drip irrigation – Mother Earth News
6/10    Homeschooling growing seven times faster than public schooling – BreitBart
6/09    Finding your way to your authentic career – Peak Prosperity
6/08    Should you buy an annuity? – Miller's Money

CyberWar, CyberTerrorism, CyberCrime

6/18    Taking the mystery out of cyberwar – Washington Post
6/16    Leaker Snowden’s claims of U.S. hacking give China new edge in cyber war of words – Globe And Mail
6/16    The secret war – Wired
6/15    Cyberwar’s threat does not justify a new policy of nuclear deterrence – Washington Post
6/14    Cyber attacks replace eurozone crisis as greatest worry for banks – The Independent
6/13    Cyber wars would cripple economies: experts – Business Spectator
6/12    Maryland suburbs are front line in cyber war – Times Dispatch
6/12    Presidential cyberwar directive gives Pentagon long-awaited marching orders – CSMonitor

Off-Topic But Brilliant/Challenging/Infuriating

6/16    iDoctor – NBC
6/16    Deep corruption is eating away at every level of American society – Market Daily News
6/14    5 things nobody tells you about being poor – The Burning Platform
6/04    "Miracle" cannabis oil – Liberty Crier
5/28    Why there are so many narcissists now – US News
5/28    Size does matter (in signatures) – Harvard Business Review
5/27    Don't have health insurance? Start your own insurance company! – Slate