Gold has big year in 2020 and outlook for this year robust. Learn about monetary expansion and gold future prices.Read More
The gold futures price reached US$1,767/ounce this week before retreating, which was the second time it has surpassed US$1,760 in the past two months, marking some of gold's highest levels in several years.Read More
Via Sovereignman.comThe most powerful banker in the world, JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon, just released his annual letter to shareholders.Behind Warren Buffett's annual missive, Dimon's letter is probably the most read and deliberated executive report out there.For one, Dimon is one of the most connected and respected men in finance.And given his bank's massive size (it earned $24.4 billion on $...Read More
Jersey City Mayor Steven Fulop practically wiped out a couple’s retirement with the stroke of a pen.He decided to issue an executive order banning the demolition of any homes for six months.During those six months, Fulop wants the city council to pass new laws, “which will better protect the City’s culturally, historically and/or architecturally significant buildings and structur...Read More
On April 3rd the Department of Homeland Security posted an ad to FedBizOpps.gov (Federal Business Opportunities). That is the government’s website where they post contractor work.DHS is looking for “Media Monitoring Services.”They want a database with built-in search and alert features. The DHS is looking for something that they can search to see which publications, journalists,...Read More
People often tell themselves that they will start their new diet, new exercise regime, or their new life, tomorrow. Either they are too stressed with stuff today, or need one last day to relax before permanently making the change. Then tomorrow comes, and the cycle repeats. What is happening in cases such as these is referred to in philosophy as a conflict of volitions. Harry Frankfurt, a philosop...Read More
South Hampton, NJ - One of the most disturbing videos illustrating the horrors of marijuana prohibition was released this week showing police officers handcuff an innocent man and publicly grope his genitals and probe his anus. The lengths the police state will go to prosecute otherwise innocent people for this plant were on full display as two New Jersey state troopers detained a man then humil...Read More
Editor’s Note: The Daily Bell shares John W. Whitehead’s columns because we believe he presents an important perspective. However, certain elements of his style do not reflect the broader philosophy of The Daily Bell. For instance, Whitehead’s frequent use of the word “we” is not reflective of individuality, and blames all members of a group for the sins of certain in...Read More
Authoritarianism creeps in from seemingly unlikely places.Government officials will start with a premise that seems pretty legit.“Kids need to be protected. In order for parents and officials to protect them, kids can’t have full rights like adults.”As child labor, compulsory schooling, and other “protective” laws have accelerated over the last 100 years, the definiti...Read More
Via Sovereignman.comThey say that goldfish have the shortest memory in the Animal Kingdom... something like 3-seconds.But it turns out this isn't actually true.Researchers at the Israeli Technion Institute of Technology conducted an experiment in 2009 proving that even the tiniest fish could be trained to recall certain sounds after as long as FIVE MONTHS.According to another study from the Univer...Read More
Via Sovereignman.comNearly 4,000 years ago in the mid 18th century BC, the King of Babylon passed away, leaving the throne to his 18-year old son Hammurabi.Hammurabi was smart enough to know that his kingship would be incredibly short if he didn't do something quickly to assert his power.So as his first order of business, Hammurabi made a bold proclamation that won him incredible support from his...Read More
Lead is starting to be imported into China at a profit after shorts drove down international market prices far enough to trigger an arbitrage. Lead is the London Metal Exchange's most shorted metal, 5.2% of speculative interest on lead is a short, according to brokers Marex Spectron. The LME's three-month lead contract dropped to a seven-month low of $2,241 per tonne on May 3 but has since rebound...Read More
We hear so much about gun murders that it might surprise you to find out that London’s murder rate has just surpassed New York City’s so far in 2018.But don’t worry, their gun murder rate is still much lower. People are just getting stabbed to death.That’s one way to solve the gun crime problem. Great Britain has some of the toughest gun laws. Citizens are virtually banned...Read More
It is easy to get discouraged or lethargic while freeing yourself. The time and dedication to carry out a two-year plan for freedom requires a high and focus. It’s hard to do work every day, day after day.But fear not! There are six practical motivation hacks that you can try starting right now to get your plan back on track. These clever tricks show you how to work with yourself to achieve...Read More
Maybe I’m the dumb one for not understanding what this lecture was supposed to be about. The description on the University of Texas at Austin’s website says:In the wake of renewed attacks on Muslim and Muslim-adjacent communities, the hijab and turban continue to be enveloped as important material objects in the racialization of Muslim and Sikh bodies.Okay, so far I think I understand....Read More
Base metals on the London Metal Exchange had a mixed end to the week at the close of trading on Friday May 18, with complex consolidation resisted by nickel's steady gains. Climbing 1% during the afternoon, nickel reached a daily high of $14,870 per tonne. The metal's declining inventories are contributing to its price rise, with total LME stocks falling 5,856 tonnes on the week. Nickel'...Read More
Via Sovereignman.comIt's about time. Someone has finally discovered what the adult entertainment industry has been missing for so many years: blockchain.It's true: a bunch of porn stars have recently gotten together to launch Bunny Software Ltd, a new cryptofinance startup that aims to 'disrupt' how people pay for pornography.Instead of charging your credit card for that Pornhub Premium account, n...Read More
Physical iron ore prices weakened on Friday May 18 in line with drops in the rebar and futures markets.Metal Bulletin 62% Fe Iron Ore Index: $66.92 per tonne cfr Qingdao, down by $0.57 per tonne Metal Bulletin 58% Fe Premium Index: $54.42 per tonne cfr Qingdao, down by $0.14 per tonne Metal Bulletin 65% Fe Iron Ore Index: $85.80 per tonne cfr Qingdao, down by $0.60 per tonne Metal Bulletin 62% Fe...Read More
"In that dramatic scene on Calvary's hill three men were crucified. We must never forget that all three were crucified for the same crime - the crime of extremism. Two were extremists for immorality, and thus fell below their environment. The other, Jesus Christ, was an extremist for love, truth and goodness, and thereby rose above his environment. Perhaps ...the nation and the world are in dire...Read More
A widening gap between bids and offers is keeping the seaborne coking coal market deadlocked. Market sources said on Friday May 18 that a miner was offering a cargo of premium low-vol hard coking coal with a late-July laycan via a tender that was to have been concluded at 6pm Singapore time, which is beyond the 5.30pm cut-off time for data collection for Metal Bulletin's daily coking coal indices....Read More
The justice system is far from blind. And that is the point.The people in control exercise power by deciding when the rule of law is applied, and when it’s suspended.The other day we discussed how some people get 25 years in prison for driving while intoxicated, while others–law enforcement–only get probation for full-blown rape of a prisoner.But the government also gets to manip...Read More
While accepting the Nobel Peace Prize in 2016, Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos said, "The manner in which this war against drugs is being waged is equally or perhaps even more harmful than all the wars the world is fighting today, combined."The death toll from the drug war is much less than the actual warfare throughout the world. However, his sentiment is quite appropriate because a signi...Read More