While anyone paying close attention will have come to terms with the fact that everything in America is rigged to favor a handful of oligarchs, most people have been either blissfully unaware, or in denial, of this reality for most of their

Silver prices are likely to rise further as there is “supply trouble brewing” as strong industrial and investment demand are confronted by declining supply. “There are signs that this year could be a pivotal year for the silver market,” New York-based CPM

Two recent articles describe America’s entitled (and doomed) upper middle class: the top 5% of households with incomes above $206,500 annually and individuals with incomes of $160,000 or higher annually. (source: Historical Income Tables: Households Census.gov)  The first describes how

LISTEN to the latest Double Down podcast from Max and Stacy. Today’s topic: The wacky idea proposed by Private Finance Initiatives was that we could magically offload risk onto the private sector for all our vital public services like schools,

Japan’s fiscal and monetary extremes are in the news again: this time it’s the Bank of Japan’s extraordinarily large ownership of Japanese stocks, a policy intended to boost “investor sentiment” and prop up sagging equity valuations: The Tokyo Whale Is

The desperation is obvious, palpable, incredible, fascinating, and unmistakable. History is being made, as the last ditch is overrun. The banker cabal wishes to defend an indefensible $1300 gold price and to defend an indefensible $18 silver price. The Gold

Swift, the vital global financial network that western financial services companies, institutions and banks use for all payments and transfer billions of dollars every day, warned its customers yesterday evening that it was aware of cyber fraud and a number

In the aftermath of the most signifiant geopolitical event of my lifetime, the attacks of September 11,2001, the U.S. government proceeded to concoct a fairytale for public consumption in order to advance imperial ambitions overseas and a implement a domestic surveillance state

That the status quo–the current pyramid of wealth and power dominated by the few at the top–has failed is self-evident, but we can’t bear to talk about it.This is not just the result of a corporate media that serves up

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— Dancing Psychiatrist (@Lollindialogue) April 24, 2016

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