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.comI'm doing my best to take a few days off this week, and have the pleasure of spending time with some friends here in a fairly remote corner of Vietnam's magnificent coastline.This is one of the most pristine places I've ever been- a high-end resort nestled at the top of a mountain in the middle of nowhere overlooking Vietnam's postcard-perfect Vinh Hy Bay.I've traveled extensiv...Read More

"It is often the case that police shootings, incidents where law enforcement officers pull the trigger on civilians, are left out of the conversation on gun violence. But a police officer shooting a civilian counts as gun violence. Every time an officer uses a gun against an innocent or an unarmed person contributes to the culture of gun violence in this country."-Journalist Celisa CalacalEnough...Read More

You can see the solutions brewing.Some industries have already been upended by stealthy tech-age competitors. I save so much money traveling by using Airbnb to rent rooms instead of hotels. Airbnb finds me cheaper accommodations that are usually better than hotels. You can usually get a better location, with a full kitchen for half the price of a basic hotel room in the same area.Because of Airbnb...Read More

Editor’s Note: This is the first in a series of articles taking a non-partisan approach to deconstructing the problem of school shootings, and discussing solutions.Post Parkland: Are We Missing The Mark?People love narratives, and why not? They help us cope with a sudden tragedy when the pieces of the puzzle are either missing, hard to comprehend or even when we find it hard to face facts. H...Read More

Written for The Daily Bell by Bill Ottman, Co-Founder of minds.com & Schuyler Brown, Futurist.It's hard to believe the Food Revolution has only been in effect for about ten years. In that time, we've seen drastic changes in the way citizens of the world choose to buy food for their families. What was once considered a pricey preoccupation of the body- and health-conscious has risen to become a...Read More

With a tear in her eye his mother joked that if J.C. was still alive, she would ground her sixteen-year-old son for killing himself. Unfortunately, her attempt to remain somewhat lighthearted after her son’s death reveals the tragic root of the problem.Teens have more legal restrictions than ever before. And as society continues to get stricter, teen suicide is skyrocketing.The suicide rate...Read More

"Those who created this country chose freedom. With all of its dangers. And do you know the riskiest part of that choice they made? They actually believed that we could be trusted to make up our own minds in the whirl of differing ideas. That we could be trusted to remain free, even when there were very, very seductive voices – taking advantage of our freedom of speech – who were tryin...Read More

Tyrants may oppress you. They may lead you into disastrous wars. But they don't demand that you take personal responsibility, that great burden of democracy. And every tyrant worth his salt provides scapegoats for his people's failures: It's never your fault, it's them.Politicians sell victimhood. They convince individuals that nothing is in your control. And in doing so, the politicians seize the...Read More

Via Sovereignman.com'Mrs. F.' was 84 years old the first time she ever went to prison.Her crime? Petty shoplifting. She stole rice, strawberries, and cold medicine.She served her time. Got released. Then shoplifted again so that she'd go back to prison.She's now 89 years old serving out another 2 1/2 year sentence, not too far away from where I am right now, at a women's prison about 60 miles o...Read More

Investing.com - Gold prices remained lower on Friday, held back by rising Treasury yields and a stronger dollar.Comex gold futures for June delivery were down 0.12% to $1,287.90 a troy ounce as of 10:33 AM ET (14:33 GMT).The price of bouillon was driven lower by the rise in the greenback and increase in bond yields.The U.S. dollar index, which measures the greenback’s strength against a bask...Read More

25 years without the possibility of parole.What did this guy do? Rape? Murder? Armed Robbery? A botched terrorist attack?Nope. He drove drunk.Granted, he drove drunk a lot. Actually, this was his fourth driving while intoxicated conviction.But driving is a bit of an overstatement… he was arrested in the parking lot after turning on his car and pressing the brakes.The man said he was just sit...Read More

GOLD (in USD) Continued bearish pressures. Gold is decreasing further, trading below 1290 and heading along 1285. Hourly support and resistance are given at 1263 (21/12/2017 low) and 1329 (08/03/2018 high). The technical structure suggests short-term downward moves. In the long-term, the technical structure suggests that there is a growing upside momentum. A break of 1'392 (17/03/2014) i...Read More

Via Sovereignman.comWell, it happened again.On Friday afternoon, the national debt of the United States hit another major milestone, soaring past $21 trillion for the first time ever.Clearly that is an enormous number... it's actually larger than the size of the entire US economy, which is pretty incredible.But what's always been the more important story about America's pile of debt is how rapidl...Read More

   •  Consolidates in a range for the third straight session.   •  Technically remains poised to extend the bearish fall.  Gold continued with its struggled to register any meaningful recovery and remains within striking distance of YTD lows. A continuous upsurge in the US Treasury bond yields supported the recent US Dollar upsurge and had been weighing...Read More

Gold has not performed well as of late, especially when compared to other assets such as the S&P 500.One of the reasons for this is the strong dollar and the rising interest rate policy being embarked on by the Federal Reserve.There are several demand-side pressures on gold right now that should cause the price to move upward.It's possible that all of the major gold deposits worldwide have...Read More

Some people say that “No civilian should have military style weapons!”Ironically they also criticize those who say gun ownership deters oppressive government. “Oh yea, your hunting rifle is going to stand up against the government’s tanks and bombs,” they laugh.And yet, guerrilla warfare is extremely difficult to defeat.Don’t get me wrong, I would not like to se...Read More

Via The Startup Societies Foundation“Everything that can be invented has been invented.”– Charles H. Duell, 1899“We will never make a 32 bit operating system.”– Bill Gates, 1989Do these quotes seem silly in retrospect? No doubt. However, there exists seemingly bulletproof wisdom of the ages that recent developments may end up overturning:“Financial advice?...Read More

Waking TimesIn 2010, it was found that roughly 100,000 Americans die each year from prescription drugs alone. When it comes to opioids, the number of deaths is in the tens of thousands while a quarter of patients who were given a short-term prescription transitioned to long-term use.Now, according to a recent Harvard University analysis, doctors who prescribe these pain-killers are being paid h...Read More

Well, there is the money, of course.When millions of people forego expensive and toxic medical drugs; when they rarely see conventional doctors; when they don't receive vaccinations and don't have their children vaccinated; when they opt for natural remedies; when, worst of all, THEY STAY HEALTHY, this is a hammer blow to drug-based medicine.These "natural health" people are also going against The...Read More

"Every day in communities across the United States, children and adolescents spend the majority of their waking hours in schools that have increasingly come to resemble places of detention more than places of learning. From metal detectors to drug tests, from increased policing to all-seeing electronic surveillance, the public schools of the twenty-first century reflect a society that has become...Read More