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The Dollar Cannot Be Devaluated and Suicidal Bankers. When serious problems for the dollar surface, as they surely will, and the U.S. has little or no gold to fall back on, the U.S., with its back to the wall, may become a very dangerous entity in the world. Would it be possible for those running the U.S. to loose their heads and choose a suicidal nuclear war in response to a desperate economic situation? Does the destruction of the whole world matter to men about to take their own lives? Do suicidal bankers worry about the fate of the world? …




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The Real Reason the U.S. Dollar Has Value. Items from The Economatrix: The Central Bank Continues To Scale Back Stimulus As The Outlook For The Job Market Improves Manufacturing In U.S. Expands At Second-Highest Rate Since January 2013 The Fourteen Year Recession This Is What Is Going To Destroy The World’s Financial System




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The IRS just issued tax guidance for bitcoin and other virtual currencies. They classify bitcoins as property, instead of a currency, where tax rules of stocks and barter will apply. – H.L. o o o Video: Ann Barnhardt – Your savings are being robbed from you. – B.B. o o o Items from The Economatrix: Dollar Value Could Suffer Instant Change-David Morgan Low Fed Rates Worsen U.S. Retirement Crisis Stocks Edge Higher After Manufactured Goods Report Subprime Mortgages Are Slowly Making A Comeback




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Peter Schiff: We’re Heading For A Crisis Worse Than 2007 – D.B. o o o RBS sent in this link: MOVIN’ ON UP IN THE WORLD….. NO LONGER FIRST! While this may seem to indicate a poor economy at first, it may also indicate several positive things. Many in the area have chose to reduce their tax footprint by working lower wage jobs, but remaining at home more. Homeschooling is on the rise and there seems to be a healthy underground bartering community. All may not be what is seems. o o o James Rickards: Fed Insolvent, Dollar Will Collapse …










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Warnings Of Rising Food Prices Follow ‘Bad Weather Events’ o o o As Predicted, Stocks Make New Highs o o o Items from The Economatrix: Only 11% of long-term unemployed have a steady full-time job in a year, study finds 6 economic consequences of a new cold war February leading indicators rise 0.5% U.S. jobless claims rise 5,000 to 320,000




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Best & Worst States to be a Taxpayer – SDS o o o Quantitative Easing has been the fuel for rising inequality and welfare for the modern Gilded Age: President Fisher from the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas mentions QE’s gift to the rich. Items from The Economatrix: The Federal Reserve Seems Quite Serious About Tapering – So What Comes Next? Jim Sinclair: Russia Could Cause Gold To Hit $2000 In 2014 Fleckenstein – The Fantasy Is Alive & Well But The End Is Near Do Not Make Fun Of Those That Have Fallen Out Of The Middle Class – …




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From E.B.: Normally, I don’t pay much attention to NPR due to their leftest political lean, but this caught my eye. (Yes, that NPR.) – E.B. o o o Fed Fraud and Hostage Markets – D.B. o o o Items from The Economatrix: The Run On U.S. Gold Continues… Richard Russell – Silver Is The Greatest Buy In The World Today Putin Could Win World War III Without Firing a Shot Collapse and Systemic Failure at All Levels Coming to U.S.-Dmitry Orlov




Barter Goods, by C.Y.

If and when the end of civilized life as we know it arrives, there will be a period lasting from months to years before your community stops collapsing and develops a stable local economy. During this time, the agreed exchange of goods and services between residents is clearly preferable to looting and theft, but successful transactions will not be easy without a widely accepted replacement for money. People may still have cash, credit cards, and checks, but without a central government these are unlikely to be seen as a good exchange for essentials like food, clothes, fuel, or services. A …







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A map showing the ridiculous fight over the keystone pipeline in Nebraska, a state that has over 20,000 miles of pipeline and complains about 200 miles. Items from The Economatrix: The Five-Year Fantasy Is Ending Relief in Sight for Gasoline Prices, AAA says A land of low-wage jobs: For every job that pays above the low-wage threshold of $15 an hour you have 7 job-seekers. 51.4 million low-wage jobs in U.S. Food Prices Surge, Hurting Consumers, Companies Alike




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Rash of finance-pro suicides baffles experts – D.S. Items from The Economatrix: Gold’s Protection Against Counterparty Risk Is Coming Alive Putin Has Nuclear Economic Bomb-Jim Sinclair The big economies cannot avoid a soft default as they face their debt reckoning: U.S. and other central banks battle it out for artificially low interest rates on unsupportable levels of debt.




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Gold Versus Bitcoin: An Unnecessary Argument – B.R. Items from The Economatrix: Ron Paul & Jim Rogers Discuss Truth About Global Economic Collapse & The Elite Agenda Eric Sprott – Gold To See Powerful ‘Golden Cross’ Within Days Ambrose Evans-Pritchard: Fire-Sale Of US Treasuries Is A Warning Of Acute Stress Across The World Homebuilder Confidence Misses Expectations Again As Outlook Plunges To 10-Month Lows Breaking: Russia is OUT of the Swift System Starting TODAY




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New doomsday poll: 99.9% risk of 2014 crash – G.G. o o o Continuing in his excellent series on inequality: Thoughts from the Frontline: Inequality and Opportunity – John Maudlin Warning: To read the full article, you will have to register. o o o Items from The Economatrix: Consumer Sentiment At Lowest Point Since Nov. In-The-Know Insiders Are Now Dumping Their Stocks 19 Signs That The U.S. Consumer Is Tapped Out