Uh Oh - Here we Go Get Ready: ""OUT OF AMMO... - Fed official: No evidence QE boosted economy... " Take Cover / Second Yosemite tourist diagnosed with plague / Get ready for a SUPERWINTER / Did You Know That The U.S. No Longer Has Any Strategic Grain Reserves At All? / If History Is Any Indication, Junk Bonds And Copper Are Telling Us Exactly Where Stocks Are Heading Next / China's Richest Traders Are Rushing To Dump Their Stocks To The Retail Masses, Just Like In The US / These Alarming New Passport Laws Are Being Snuck Through Congress Right Now / 30 Million Illegal Immigrants in US, Says Mexico’s Former Ambassador / Biggest Gay Lobby Group in America Urges Schools to Ban Words ‘Boy’ and ‘Girl’ / Denver ties the record low temperature on Tuesday for Aug 18th with a very chilly 47F or 8C / Yellowstone: Experts Warn of 90k Instant Deaths, Nuclear Winter if Supervolcano Erupts / ◾China now runs 4 of the world’s 5 biggest banks / ◾What Will You Do When The Government Checks Stop? ----------Updating--------------

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Fed official: No evidence QE boosted economy...
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BLACK WOMAN RIPS ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION...

'My people commit crime, go to jail. You people commit crime, get amnesty'... '30 MILLION ILLEGALS IN USA'...
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CHINARUSSIA TO LAUNCH LARGEST EVER JOINT NAVAL DRILL...
---US NAVY ON HIGH ALERT AS CHINA AND RUSSIA TO LAUNCH LARGEST-EVER JOINT WAR GAMES 
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Michael Macor, The Chronicle

A National Park Service investigator, (declined to give name) during his investigation of the accident site at the Upper Pines campground in Yosemite National Park, Calif., on Sat. August 15, 2015, a day after an oak tree branch fell on a tent with two children sleeping inside killing them.

Second Yosemite tourist diagnosed with plague
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CHECK OUT THIS AGENDA 21 TRAFFIC NIGHTMARE IN LOS ANGELES. EMPTY BUSSES EVERYWHERE.

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Economists Brace For September: “Building Up To Catastrophe Of Historic Proportions
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Get ready for a SUPERWINTER (at least if you believe Old Farmer's Almanac): Publication predicts record setting cold spells
Just when you thought you had gotten over last winter, be warned: The Old Farmer's Almanac predicts it will be super cold with a slew of snow for much of the country, even in places that don't usually see too much of it, like the Pacific Northwest. It says there will be above-normal snow and below-normal temperatures for much of New England; icy conditions in parts of the South; and frigid weather in the Midwest.

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Once upon a time, it was popular to say that the U.S. government only had enough wheat stored up to provide everyone in America with half a loaf of bread.  But that is not true anymore.  Recently, I discovered that the U.S. does not have any strategic grain reserves left at all.  Zero.  Nada.  Zilch.  As you will see below, the USDA liquidated the remaining reserves back in 2008.  So if a major food crisis hit this country, our government would have nothing to give us.  Of course the federal government could always go out and try to buy or seize food to feed the population during a major emergency, but that wouldn’t actually increase the total amount of food that was available.  Instead, it would just give the government more power over who gets it.

Did You Know That The U.S. No Longer Has Any Strategic Grain Reserves At All?
Recently, I discovered that the U.S. does not have any strategic grain reserves left at all. Zero. Nada. Zilch. As you will see below, the USDA liquidated the remaining reserves back in 2008. So if a major food crisis hit this country, our government would have nothing to give us.  

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If History Is Any Indication, Junk Bonds And Copper Are Telling Us Exactly Where Stocks Are Heading Next

Yields on the riskiest junk bonds are absolutely soaring and the price of copper just hit a fresh six year low.  To most people, those pieces of financial news are meaningless.  But if you understand history, and you are aware of the patterns that immediately preceded previous stock market crashes, then you know how how huge both of those signs are.  During the summer of 2008, junk bond prices absolutely cratered as junk bond yields skyrocketed.  This was a very clear signal that financial markets were about to crash, and sure enough a couple of months later it happened.  Now the exact same thing is happening again.  The following comes from a Wall Street On Parade article that was posted on Tuesday entitled “Keep Your Eye on Junk Bonds: They’re Starting to Behave Like ‘08“… (Read More....)
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German Parliament overwhelmingly approves Greek bailout
AP - Germany's Parliament has overwhelmingly approved a third bailout package for Greece despite misgivings by some conservative lawmakers of Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democratic party.... Lawmakers in Spain and Estonia approved it Tuesday, while those in the Netherlands are expected to do so Wednesday as well. The deal needs to clear all hurdles so Greece can get the first tranche of money available and make a big debt repayment to the European Central Bank due on Thursday. Under the terms of the deal, Greece has to make further spending cuts and tax increases and implement big reforms to its economy.
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China's Richest Traders Are Rushing To Dump Their Stocks To The Retail Masses, Just Like In The US Zero Hedge - As it turns out it is not just in the US that the "smart money" is bailing out as fast as it can: according to Bloomberg, the wealthiest investors in China’s stock market are also scrambling for the exits. To wit: "The number of traders with more than 10 million yuan ($1.6 million) of shares in their accounts shrank by 28 percent in July, even as those with less than 100,000 yuan rose by 8 percent, according to the nation’s clearing agency. While some of the drop is explained by falling market values, CLSA Ltd. says China’s rich have taken advantage of state buying to cash out after the nation’s record-long bull market peaked in June."
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Hillary's email firm was run from a loft apartment with its servers in the BATHROOM, raising new questions over security of sensitive messages she held Daily Mail - The IT company Hilary Clinton chose to maintain her private email account was run from a loft apartment and its servers were housed in the bathroom closet, Daily Mail Online can reveal. Daily Mail Online tracked down ex-employees of Platte River Networks in Denver, Colorado, who revealed the outfit's strong links to the Democratic Party but expressed shock that the 2016 presidential candidate chose the small private company for such a sensitive job. One, Tera Dadiotis, called it 'a mom and pop shop' which was an excellent place to work, but hardly seemed likely to be used to secure state secrets. And Tom Welch, who helped found the company, confirmed the servers were in a bathroom closet.
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These Alarming New Passport Laws Are Being Snuck Through Congress Right Now
Daniel McAdams - Just the other day we wrote about a U.S. House “suspension” bill that would give the Secretary of State the authority to cancel your passport if he decided that you had “aided” an organization that he rules is terrorist. There is no definition of what “aided” means, no chance to dispute the Secretary’s decision, no trial or presentation of evidence, and in fact any evidence the government has can be classified as secret so that you may not see it. In effect the Secretary of State can unilaterally consign you to internal exile and there is nothing you can do about it.
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30 Million Illegal Immigrants in US, Says Mexico’s Former Ambassador Breitbart - Mexico’s former ambassador to the U.S. said that 30 million “undocumented immigrants” are living in the United States in the beginning of an interview before later stating a different number at the conclusion. The former diplomat, Arturo Sarukhan, took to MSNBC to attack presidential hopeful Donald Trump’s recently released plan to secure the border and deport illegal immigrants. The MSNBC clip began with presidential hopeful and Florida Senator Marco Rubio claiming that only 12 or 13 million illegal immigrants are in the country. The former ambassador stated,” If you were to deport the 30 million undocumented immigrants in the United States that’s going to cost you about 130 billion dollars.”... Many conservative and border watchdog groups have long contended that the actual number of illegal immigrants in the U.S. is closer to 30 million while the U.S. government contends the number is closer to 11 million.
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Biggest Gay Lobby Group in America Urges Schools to Ban Words ‘Boy’ and ‘Girl’Paul Joseph Watson - The biggest gay rights lobby group in the United States has called on schools to eliminate “gender stereotypes” by training staff to avoid using the words “boy” and “girl” in class. A new back to school guide published by the Human Rights Campaign designed to make classrooms “gender inclusive” urges teachers to “avoid using gender to divide and address students” so as to prevent any transgender students from becoming upset. “Instead of addressing your class using “boys” and “girls,” try something new. Words like “friends,” “students” or “scholars” allow all students to feel included, expand student vocabulary and model inclusive language and behavior for other students and teachers,” states the guide.
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New Warning: Diabetes drugs shown to cause heart failure and pancreatic cancer Natural Blaze - There are several types of diabetes drugs used in the U.S. and around the world, some of the most common of which are GLP-1 agonists and SGLT2 and DPP-4 inhibitors. Keep this in mind, big pharma will manufacture these drugs under competing names, but nearly all have been linked to serious complications and risks.... A study of more than 95,000 patients published in The Lancet Diabetes and Endocrinology found that nearly 10 percent of people taking these drugs eventually suffer a serious cardiovascular problem or event, while approximately 4 percent experience heart failure. Equally concerning is the increased risk for pancreatic cancer... In 2013, and independent study found that people taking certain DPP-4 and GLP-1 diabetes drugs were twice as likely to be admitted to hospitals for inflammation of the pancreas than people taking other types of medications.
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Olive Oil Compound Kills Cancer Cells in 30 Minutes Green Med Info - Extra-virgin olive oil (EVOO) already has a reputation as a superfood. It contains an abundance of antioxidants that are proven to confer health benefits. Studies show that one phenolic compound in EVOO – oleocanthal (OC) – provides many of the health benefits we see from diets rich in EVOO like the Mediterranean diet. Recently researchers put oleocanthal from EVOO to the test against cancer. They found that OC can induce rapid death in cancer cells while leaving healthy cells intact. The researchers from Hunter College, Rutgers University, and the Monell Chemical Senses Center investigated the effect of oleocanthal on prostate, breast, and pancreatic cancer cells. They found that OC induced the loss of cell adhesion within as little as 30 minutes. Within 24 hours 100% of the cancer cells were non-viable.
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Hillary Clinton gets testy when pressed on email

A restive crowd waited for an hour in a packed and warm gymnasium at a community center in North Las Vegas, one of the poorer neighborhoods of the glitzy city, for the chance to ask Hillary Clinton some questions. When she arrived Tuesday afternoon, a dozen supporters — many waving both hands in the air

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Court To Bakery Owners: You Have No Property Rights
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Chinese Stocks Crash 10% In 2 Days Despite Stable Yuan, Margin Debt Drops First Time In 8 Days
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Denver ties the record low temperature on Tuesday for Aug 18th with a very chilly 47F or 8C

While we have been reporting insane temperatures recently spare a thought for people living in Denver who also endured an insane temperature yesterday....Equalling a record  low.
The previous record temperature of 47 degrees was set in 1960.
The average low for Aug. 18 is 58 degrees.
The record high for Aug. 18 was most recently set in 2013 when temperatures hit 98 degrees.
The average high for Aug. 18 is 87 degrees.
 Coincidentally, Denver tied the record high this past Saturday at 98 degrees.
That record was also last set in 1960 also.
A weather system is moving across the US pulling cold air down from the north and hitting warm air from the south bringing hot weather on the east side, storms in the middle and record lows for the west.

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RFID: Politician Calls for Welfare Recipients to be Implanted with Tracking Chips

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Oath Keepers to Arm 50 Black Ferguson Protesters In EPIC 'Open Carry' March

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Yellowstone: Experts Warn of 90k Instant Deaths, Nuclear Winter if Supervolcano Erupts

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Ground Operations Being Planned In Syria Which Will Redraw the Map of the Middle East

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Civil Unrest And Food Shortages Coming Soon Globally --
TORONTO, Aug 14 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Global food shortages will become three times more likely as a result of climate change and the international community needs to be ready to respond to price shocks to prevent civil unrest, a joint U.S.-British taskforce warned on Friday.

Rather than being a once-a-century event, severe production shocks, including food shortages, price spikes and market volatility, are likely to occur every 30 years by 2040, said the Taskforce on Extreme Weather and Global Food System Resilience.

With the world's population set to rise to 9 billion by 2050 from 7.3 billion today, food production will need to increase by more than 60 percent and climate-linked market disruptions could lead to civil unrest, the report said.

"The climate is changing and weather records are being broken all the time," said David King, the UK foreign minister's Special Representative for Climate Change, in the report.

"The risks of an event are growing, and it could be unprecedented in scale and extent."

Globalization and new technologies have made the world's food system more efficient but it has also become less resilient to risks, said King.
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Katy Perry's New Energy Drink Contains Rat Poison? Yum!

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Can commodities be saved?
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China now runs 4 of the world’s 5 biggest banks
Top 10 banks according to SNL Financial:
1. Industrial & Commercial Bank of China (China)
2. China Construction Bank (China)
3. Agricultural Bank of China (China)
4. HSBC (U.K.)
5. Bank of China (China)
6. JPMorgan Chase (U.S.)
7. BNP Paribas (France)
8. Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (Japan)
9. Bank of American (U.S.)
10. Barclays (U.K.)
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What Will You Do When The Government Checks Stop?