Archive for March 19th, 2014

by Tyler Durden ZeroHedge.com 03/19/2014 One of the primary drivers of the real estate bubble in the past several years, particularly in the ultra-luxury segment, were megawealthy Chinese buyers, seeking to park their cash into the safety of offshore real estate where it was deemed inaccessible to mainland regulators and overseers, tracking just where... »

KingWorldNews.com March 19, 2014 On the heels of the Fed’s announcement of additional tapering, and with stocks, bonds, and gold on the move, today Bill Fleckenstein told King World News the fantasy is alive and well, but the end is near. Below is what Bill Fleckenstein, who is President of Fleckenstein Capital, had to... »

by Tyler Durden ZeroHedge.com 03/19/2014 Rather than deal forthrightly with the reality that unrealistic promises made to their employees cannot be honored, local government has pursued a strategy of legalizing looting. The gradual erosion of civil liberties, legal rights and government ethics are connected: our rights don’t just vanish into thin air, they are... »

KingWorldNews.com March 19, 2014 Today one of the most respected money managers in the world warned King World News that despite the tapering action, the Fed is setting up to shock the world. Michael Pento, who is founder of Pento Portfolio Strategies, also spoke about the impact this will have on major markets, including... »

by Tyler Durden ZeroHedge.com 03/19/2014 It’s been a couple months since we last updated readers on the epic disaster that is Obamacare. We now have some details on the average premium increase for non-Obamacare health plans following the implementation of the law, and the results are not pretty. According to a cost report from... »

Warns of “dystopian nightmares” coming true Steve Watson Prisonplanet.com March 19, 2014 Libertarian Kentucky Senator Rand Paul warns in a speech today that he believes US spooks and shadow government agencies are ” drunk with power”, and that elected representatives are privately afraid of those operating behind the curtain. In a scheduled appearance at... »

Dave Hodges March 19, 2014 The Common Sense Show Putin is poised to run through Ukraine like a hot knife through butter. Short of launching ICBM’s with nuclear weapons, there is little that NATO can do to counter the Russian takeover of Ukraine. The 21st century has been widely touted as the Chinese century.... »

Brad Heath USA TODAY March 18, 2014 A federal judge in Los Angeles blasted ATF for sting operations that he said unfairly enlist people in a “made-up crime” by offering them a huge payday for robbing a non-existent drug stash house. A federal judge in Los Angeles blasted the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms... »

Voiceofrussia.com 19 March 2014 On September 18 Scotland will conduct a referendum on whether it should be independent from Great Britain. London is absolutely opposed to this and threatens Edinburgh with all sorts of restrictions. Prime Minister David Cameron has something to fear indeed. If Scotland votes for independence, apart from everything else it... »

Lisa Gray Chron.com Mar. 18, 2014 The Hempstead school board won’t renew the contract of a principal who instructed her students not to speak Spanish, in a rapidly-evolving district where more than half of the students, like many Texas schools, are now Hispanic. Hempstead Middle School Principal Amy Lacey was placed on paid administrative... »