Courtesy of John Rubino.
US stocks down, gold and silver up. President Trump bans immigration from several countries, fires acting attorney general for refusing to enforce ban. Global debt continues to soar, especially in China. Marine Le Pen catches a break.
Best Of The Web
The persuasion filter and immigration – Dilbert
Liberals, not Trump, to blame for backlash – Mish
A nation-and world-divided – Miles Franklin
The clear and present danger list for the week ending January 13, 2017 – Deep Connections
Dow companies report worst revenues since 2010, Dow rises to 20,000 (LOL?) – Wolf Street
How great the fall can be – Arch Druid Report
A dubious monetary backdrop – Credit Bubble Bulletin
How to listen to authoritarians (without losing your mind) – Umair Haque
Controlling your own wealth as a basic human right – Coinbase Blog
Doomsday prep for the super-rich – New Yorker
What’s behind the collapse in global exports in the US, Japan, EU – Mish
These are the countries with the biggest debt slaves – Wolf Street
Everything is awesome! – Mish
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Breaking News
The Economy
1/31 Chicago PMI crashes to recession-fearing 11-month lows – Zero Hedge
1/31 Is Italy’s banking problem becoming too big to solve? – CNBC
1/31 US college endowments lose 1.9% in worst showing since 2009 – Bloomberg
1/31 Americans are rushing to get ahead of rising mortgage rates – MarketWatch
1/31 10-year annualized change in personal income slowest on record – Gavekal Capital
1/31 Japan fiscal policy should be linked to inflation target – Nobel laureate – Euro News
1/31 Another Greek WTF showdown moment explained – Mish
1/31 Bond default rattles China’s opaque bond market (BABA) – Investopedia
1/31 Here’s why Trump’s travel ban is rattling the market – CNBC
1/31 Taxi medallion prices are plummeting, endangering loans – Bloomberg
1/31 Trump’s trade war may have already begun – New York Times
1/31 Tomgram: Nomi Prins, Goldmanizing Donald Trump – Tom Dispatch
1/31 Why the cold war between tech CEOs and Trump is about to go nuclear – Zero Hedge
1/30 US stocks fall most in month as gold, bonds rise: markets wrap – Bloomberg
Precious Metals
1/31 Gold flows to China via Switzerland soar in December – Seeking Alpha
1/31 Silver, platinum and palladium as safe havens – reassessing their role – GoldCore
1/31 Great Panther Silver: what investors can expect in 2017 – Seeking Alpha
1/31 Market melt-up brings volatility to metals – GoldAndOilGuy
1/31 Is Trump about to make real money (gold & silver) great again? – King World News
1/31 Gold:silver ratio moving in silver’s favor – Seeking Alpha
1/31 Silver speculators gone wild, report 29 Jan, 2017 – 24hGold
1/31 Silver’s progress – buckle up for a wild ride – Seeking Alpha
1/31 Bullion banks fleece gold longs so price can rise again – GATA
1/30 Gold is world’s ultimate currency, former Indian central banker says – GATA
Inflation, Deflation, Currency War, Cryptocurrencies
1/31 The European trade wars begin – Zero Hedge
1/31 Eurozone ‘destruction’ necessary if countries are to thrive again – Telegraph
1/31 Should cash be abolished? – 24hGold
1/31 Fourteen years after Bernanke defined the US dollar as worthless – 24hGold
1/30 Deflation probability drops to 0% for next five years – Wolf Street
1/30 Bitcoin ‘a great hedge against the system,’ could be the new gold – Business Insider
1/30 Britain: rising inflation ends shortlived economic boom – Mirror
1/30 ECB under pressure as German inflation spikes to highest since 2013 – Zero Hedge
1/30 Why 2017 could see the collapse of the euro – GoldCore
1/28 Europe proposes “restrictions on payments in cash” – Zero Hedge
Real Estate Bubble
1/31 Pending home sales jump 1.6% in December as demand hangs tough – MarketWatch
1/28 Consider Southern Chile – SCP
1/26 Commercial realty loan defaults booming – Financial Sense
1/26 US new-home sales tumble in December – Mercury News
1/25 Americans are flipping houses like it’s 2006 – Bloomberg
DollarCollapse Podcasts
12/21 Blow-Off Top
12/01 All Eyes On Italy
11/04 Instability on the horizon
10/04 European banks in the eye of the storm
9/13 Markets explain facts of life to Fed
8/16 A tough time to manage money
7/27 Random violence and political instability: the new normal
7/21 It’s not the event but the response to the event that matters
7/01 Brexit was just the beginning
6/25 The deeper meaning of Brexit
Politics
1/31 Trump must choose between farmers and ‘big meat’ – Bloomberg
1/31 White House immigration ban promises constitutional showdown – Bloomberg
1/31 Trump fires acting Attorney General – NY Times
1/31 Trump fires acting Attorney General Yates for “betrayal” – Zero Hedge
1/31 Theresa May to warn devolved nations: you have no veto on Brexit – Guardian
1/31 What happens now? – Umair Haque
1/31 Trial balloon for a coup? – Medium
1/31 In these six American towns, laws targeting ‘the illegals’ didn’t go as planned – WaPo
1/31 Donald Trump is changing how we see reality, and that’s a good thing – Medium
1/31 Flashback to 2006: Clinton, Obama vote for Secure Fence Act – Mish
1/31 How social networks empowered mass protests against Trump – NY Times
1/31 A better solution than Trump’s border wall – Ron Paul Institute
1/30 Trump’s immigration ban promises constitutional showdown – Bloomberg
Offshore Investing
1/24 Switzerland: still a safe country for storage… but only for physical gold – GoldBroker
12/23 The best countries for your escape plan – International Man
12/21 Do you have an offshore backup plan? – Sovereign Investor
12/17 If Europe goes down, we go with it – Nestmann
Clean Tech
1/31 Sunshot $1 per watt solar cost goal: mission accomplished – Greentech Media
1/31 Competition grows, solar installers turn to batteries, loans – Greentech Media
1/31 Wind, solar our cheapest electricity generation sources – Greentech Media
1/31 Solar energy milestone: 300 GW of PV capacity installed worldwide – SolarServer
1/31 The 1 perfect stock to invest in a solar-powered future – Madison
1/31 Trump likely to withdraw from Paris climate pact, Ebell says – Bloomberg
1/28 Member states reject solar trade duties – Solar Power Europe
Art of the Collapse
1/29 This Dutch video on Trump has gone viral because, well, just watch it – Mashable
1/26 Bad Lip Reading’s video on Trump’s inauguration is hysterical – The Blaze
War, Civil Unrest, Privacy, Creeping Fascism, Police State
1/30 Pre-emptive attack Iran bill active in US house – Ron Paul Institute
1/30 6 killed in Canada mosque shooting; Trudeau calls it terror – Bloomberg
1/30 Ukraine says more soldiers killed in deadliest clashes in weeks – Reuters
1/29 Trump, Putin discuss “real coordination” against ISIS in phone call – Mish
1/27 US, UK will no longer ‘remake the world in their own image’ – Independent
1/27 Donald Trump’s plan for China relations is to be unpredictable – Guardian
1/27 Donald Trump says torture ‘absolutely works’ — but does it? – CNN
1/26 Six shot during vigil for gunshot victim in Chicago – Reuters
Self-sufficiency, Food Security, Survival
1/31 Worried about the Apocalypse? Here’s a shopping guide – Bloomberg
1/31 Importance of enzymes for health, longevity, disease prevention – Mercola
1/31 Healing with medical marijuana – Dr. Sircus
1/29 When the rich become preppers, it’s time to worry – Peak Prosperity
1/27 Standing for mental clarity and physical health – Mercola
1/27 How Pete & Gerry’s cage-free eggs are a model for other small farmers – MarketWatch
1/24 What does roundup do to your liver? – Mercola
1/24 Dirty dairy is in panic mode – Mercola
1/23 How sun exposure improves your immune function – Mercola
CyberWar, CyberTerrorism, CyberCrime
1/28 Hacker, tailor, soldier, spy: the future is cyberwar – Vocativ
1/28 Quantum computers versus hackers, round one. Fight! – Wired
1/28 The sound of surveillance – Medium
1/28 Information supremacy is the new frontier of combat – Medium
1/28 Cyberwar and disinformation – Confluence Investment
Off-Topic But Brilliant/Challenging/Infuriating
1/31 These may be the last glasses you will ever need to buy – Kurzweil
1/31 Living in a world of big data and smart things – Medium
1/31 NASA just released 30 years of before and after images around the world – Forbes
1/31 Social media helped Kim Kardashian’s alleged robber plan heist – Vanity Fair
1/30 Why I only watch movies in virtual reality – Medium
1/28 The ‘untranslatable’ emotions you never knew you had – BBC
1/28 Are we destined to fall in love with androids? – Medium
1/28 The giant zero – Nonlocal
1/28 VR & the great unbundling – IoT for All
1/28 Intelligent agents + things – Medium
1/28 Infographic: sci-fi and the future of transport – Electric Lit
