Time For Civil Asset Forfeiture Laws To Meet The Same Fate As Jim Crow … One of the greatest political philosophers, Frederic Bastiat, wrote that the law should exist to protect life, liberty, and property, but unfortunately is often perverted into a means of "legal plunder." In other words, the law is used to legitimize the use of force to deprive people of their wealth. – F...Read More
If there's one thing Teck Resources Ltd. (TCK.B-TSX) knows how to do, it's how to tread water.That's what Jorge Beristain, Wilfredo Ortiz and Jeremy Kliewer might tell you. They're analysts with Deutsche Bank Markets Research in New York.And they note that despite a worldwide glut of metallurgical coal, Teck, which mines that commodity, is continuing to look at ways of cutting costs until inventor...Read More
Sukari gold mine, located 700 km from Cairo.Shares in gold producer Centamin (LON:CEY) (TSX:CEE) took off Thursday, climbing as much as 5.5% in early trading to close 1.13% higher as the Egypt-focused miner reported a 10.5% increase in third-quarter output thanks to higher-grade ore mined at its flagship Sukari mine.The company also maintained its full-year production forecast of 420,000 ounces of...Read More
Today's Markets – U.S. Stocks Rally After Fed Minutes Point to Caution on Interest Rates … U.S. stocks soared Wednesday to their biggest single-day gain this year, after meeting minutes from the Federal Reserve suggested the central bank would move cautiously on raising rates. The rally was a sharp reversal from a steep Tuesday drop on worries about international economic growth. U...Read More
Vaccine may be only way to bring Ebola under control in West Africa … As West Africa's Ebola outbreak continues to rage, some experts are coming to the conclusion that it may take large amounts of vaccines and maybe even drugs – all still experimental and in short supply – to bring the outbreak under control … "It may just keep going and going and it might require...Read More
Today's Markets – U.S. Stocks Rally After Fed Minutes Point to Caution on Interest Rates … U.S. stocks soared Wednesday to their biggest single-day gain this year, after meeting minutes from the Federal Reserve suggested the central bank would move cautiously on raising rates. The rally was a sharp reversal from a steep Tuesday drop on worries about international economic growth. U...Read More
Vaccine may be only way to bring Ebola under control in West Africa … As West Africa's Ebola outbreak continues to rage, some experts are coming to the conclusion that it may take large amounts of vaccines and maybe even drugs – all still experimental and in short supply – to bring the outbreak under control … "It may just keep going and going and it might require...Read More
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Swiss Gold Initiative Would Hamper SNB Policy, Government Says … Asking the Swiss National Bank to hold a fixed portion of its assets in gold would hinder monetary policy, the government said today. Switzerland will vote on the initiative "Save Our Swiss Gold" on Nov. 30 that would force the central bank to hold at least twenty percent of its assets in gold. It would also forbid th...Read More
We've learned nothing in the Middle East. That isn't going to change. If you thought that two disastrous wars in the Middle East spread over 13 miserable years might cure Washington of its delusion that the next war will solve all our problems, you were wrong. The truth is that the people in power and contending for power have learned nothing. And guess what: two years from now, somebody i...Read More
Swiss Gold Initiative Would Hamper SNB Policy, Government Says … Asking the Swiss National Bank to hold a fixed portion of its assets in gold would hinder monetary policy, the government said today. Switzerland will vote on the initiative "Save Our Swiss Gold" on Nov. 30 that would force the central bank to hold at least twenty percent of its assets in gold. It would also forbid th...Read More
We've learned nothing in the Middle East. That isn't going to change. If you thought that two disastrous wars in the Middle East spread over 13 miserable years might cure Washington of its delusion that the next war will solve all our problems, you were wrong. The truth is that the people in power and contending for power have learned nothing. And guess what: two years from now, somebody i...Read More
Gold tumbles as US economy shows more signs of strength … The strengthening US economy has helped send gold prices below $US1200 per ounce … Strong US jobs data on Friday fuelled expectations that the US Federal Reserve will start hiking interest rates soon, sparking a 2 per cent slump in the gold price that took it to a four-year low. The precious metal on Monday extended the fall, sl...Read More
Cannabis dissolves cancerous tumor in young infant, deemed a 'miracle baby' by physician … Instead of opting for chemotherapy and radiation in an attempt to shrink an inoperable brain tumor, the father of an eight-month-old baby pushed for alternative treatment with cannabis oil. – Natural News/FitLifeTVDominant Social Theme: Cannabis is for hippies and losers.Free-Market Analy...Read More
Gold tumbles as US economy shows more signs of strength … The strengthening US economy has helped send gold prices below $US1200 per ounce … Strong US jobs data on Friday fuelled expectations that the US Federal Reserve will start hiking interest rates soon, sparking a 2 per cent slump in the gold price that took it to a four-year low. The precious metal on Monday extended the fall, sl...Read More
Cannabis dissolves cancerous tumor in young infant, deemed a 'miracle baby' by physician … Instead of opting for chemotherapy and radiation in an attempt to shrink an inoperable brain tumor, the father of an eight-month-old baby pushed for alternative treatment with cannabis oil. – Natural News/FitLifeTVDominant Social Theme: Cannabis is for hippies and losers.Free-Market Analy...Read More
Well This Is Just Embarrassing For The Fed Haters Business … One of the most infuriating things about the Fed haters — i.e. the people who predicted massive inflation and dollar debasement as a result of quantitative easing — is that they've never really admitted they got it all wrong. Maybe a few have, but for the most part, the people predicting doom and gloom and Weimar Ge...Read More
President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf [spoke] out against Liberians failing to accept the reality of the epidemic. "We can build Ebola treatment units across the country, establish testing centres, bring in all the medication and personal protective equipment, but if the behaviour of Liberians is not changed, the virus will continue to spread," she said … The day's canvassing passes...Read More
Well This Is Just Embarrassing For The Fed Haters Business … One of the most infuriating things about the Fed haters — i.e. the people who predicted massive inflation and dollar debasement as a result of quantitative easing — is that they've never really admitted they got it all wrong. Maybe a few have, but for the most part, the people predicting doom and gloom and Weimar Ge...Read More