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For the First Time In Many Decades, More Americans Support Gun RIGHTS than...
Pew notes:For most of the 1990s and the subsequent decade, a substantial majority of Americans believed it was more important to control gun ownership than to protect gun owners’ rights. But in...
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What Happens To US Shale When The Easy Money Runs Out?
Submitted by Leonard Brecken via OilPrice.com,Today we will take a look at both Whiting Petroleum (WLL) and Continental Resources (CLR) as far as their Bakken economics. Overall the numbers will show...
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Electric Car Sales Plunge To 4 Year Lows
But low oil prices are supposed to be unequivocally good? On the day when Ford lays off 700 Michigan plant workers in small cars and hybrids manufacturing, The Detroit News reports that, according to...
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S&P Futures Hug 2100 After China Denies QE, European Stocks Slide
Following yesterday's early MNI rumor that a Chinese QE is being "considered" and which sent the Shanghai Composite surging 3% and led to an initial boost in US stock futures, overnight the PBOC...
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Maryland Governor Calls in National Guard to Control Baltimore Riots (BBG)Fed Seen Delaying Liftoff to September to Push Down Unemployment (BBG)Nepal PM says toll could rise to 10,000 (Reuters)China...
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Marchers protest police violence in Baltimore, New York (Reuters)Majority of Financial Pros Now Say Greece Is Headed for Euro Exit (BBG)Greece signals concessions in crunch talks with lenders...
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We Are Witnessing A Fundamental Change In The Oil Sector
Submitted by Arthur Berman via OilPrice.com,The U.S. oil production decline has begun.It is not because of decreased rig count. It is because cash flow at current oil prices is too low to complete most...
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The War On Cash: Transparently Totalitarian
Submitted by Nick Giambruno via Doug Casey's International Man blog,George Orwell once wrote “If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face—forever.”Not exactly a cheery...
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Oil Market Shell Games
By EconMatters, 6pm US CST, April 30, 2015 Magical Sleight of Hand The old shell game of three shells and a pee where the viewer tries to guess under which shell the pee resides is often used to...
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Four Key Catalysts To Watch In The Oil Sector
Submitted by Energy Burrito via OilPrice.com,Just as there is a consequence to every action or two sides to every story, there are contrasting repercussions due to the precipitous oil price drop in the...
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Britain: A Functioning Democracy It's Not
We discussed the farce that was/is the UK election last night... consider... Or more clear...SNP + LibDems 4.3 million votes = 64 SeatsUKIP 3.8 million votes = 1 Seat The election results under a fair...
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Wall Street Is One Sick Puppy
Submitted by David Stockman via Contra Corner blog,The robo-traders - both the silicon and carbon based varieties - were raging again yesterday in celebration of a “goldilocks” jobs report. That is,...
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A Multinational Trojan Horse: The Trans-Pacific Partnership
Submitted by Dave Pruett via Like The Dew blog,“The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive, and judiciary, in the same hands, … may justly be pronounced the very definition of tyranny.” –...
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Full picture of Clinton charities' foreign government funding remains elusive (Reuters)Greece Readies for Another Week of Deadlines (BBG)Greece says deal will be 'difficult' at Eurogroup meeting...
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Uber Is Now Valued Higher Than 80% Of The S&P: Closing In On General Motors...
Over the weekend, Bloomberg reported that just three months after it stunned observers with a $2.8 billion Series E capital raise at a $40 billion valuation, surpassing the market cap of such "blue...
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Bonds Extend Global Rout as Europe Stocks Slide, Dollar Weakens (BBG)Verizon Communications to Buy AOL for $4.4 Billion (BBG)Fresh Nepal earthquake kills dozens, triggers panic (Reuters)Sen. Shelby to...
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Canaries In The Coal Mine, Part 1: Tech High-Flyers Fall To Earth
Submitted by John Rubino via Dollar Collapse blog,While the “stock market” continues to flirt with new records, there’s turmoil under the surface. High-flying social media companies Twitter and...
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Crude Pops-And-Drops As Rig Count Decline Slowest In Over 6 Months
Following the last 5 weeks slowing pace of decline of rig counts (with Wyoming and Pennsylvania regions actually adding marginal rigs), and the rise in crude prices, Baker Hughes reports the slowing...
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This May Just Be The Start Of The Oil Price War Says IEA
Submitted by Andy Tully via OilPrice.com,Saudi Oil Minister Ali al-Naimi may be one of the most powerful individuals in the global oil industry. After all, as the top oil official in arguably the...
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Young & American? You're Out Of Luck
Submitted by Bill Bonner via Bonner & Partners,Old age and treachery will always triumph over youth and skill. At least, that is the way it looks.Our speech to the Class of 2015 (you can catch up...
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