Interesting Headlines in the News Aug 12

Bitcoins can be used as money…and fall under the jurisdiction of securities laws, judge rules
Ambrose Evans-Pritchard: Just set fire to Japan's quadrillion debt
Teens Face Worst Labor Market
Look Who's Locking Horns Over Retirement Accounts
Republicans Warn Against NSA Changes
Gold, Silver and Hyperinflation
Eric Sprott On Gold & Bail-Ins
Obama's Jobs Record:  Where Are We Now?
The Coming Shortage Of Physical Gold That Will Change Everything
Derivatives Bubble: The Number One Threat That Our Financial System Is Facing
Three Reasons the Walmart Empire Is Collapsing
Blame Ethanol For Spike in Gas Prices
Job Market Faces New Problem, Hitting One Unlucky Group Really Hard
The Secret Sauce in the July Jobs Report
“We Have Become a Nation of Hamburger Flippers”: Dan Alpert Breaks Down the Jobs Report
Detroit Bankruptcy a “Game-Changing Event,” Meredith Whitney Says
Meredith Whitney:  Detroit Bankruptcy A "Game Changer"
High Gas Prices: Relief At The Pump Coming Soon
Why the U.S. Economy Deserves a “B-” Grade
Eminent Domain and Underwater Mortgages: Solving the Municipal Fiscal Crisis
Retail Sales: Don’t Look to July for Guidance on December
Dr. Paul Craig Roberts - By Winter Unemployment Explodes, More Foreclosures-Worse Than Great Depression
Marc Faber: It Will End Either Through War Or Financial Collapse
Bernanke:  Congress Still a Risk to the Economy
Home Building Slows in June
Are Big Banks Driving Up Commodity Prices?
Are Big Banks Driving Up Commodity Prices?
Borrowers Redefaulting In Obama's Housing Program
CBO: Cancel Spending Cuts Now, Boost Economy In Short Run
The Real Budget of McDonald's Workers
Extreme Gold Market:  Supply vs. Demand
Oil falls back to near $104 a barrel
U.S. Energy Independence Doesn't Mean a Thing
Oil Sands Leak Calls into Question Extraction Techniques
PetroChina to Develop Giant Iraqi Oil Field with Exxon Mobi
Indiana Steel Mill Revived With Lessons From Abroad
Wobbly U.S. Economy Shakes Faith in Dollar
Postal Loss Shrinks From Year Earlier on Cost Cuts
Keiser Report - Episode 481
40 Percent Of US Workers Make Less Than What A Full-Time Minimum Wage Worker Made in 1968
Are These The Last Days Of The U.S. Marine Corps?
During The Best Period Of Economic Growth In U.S. History There Was No Income Tax And No Federal Reserve
It Is Happening Again:  18 Similarities Between The Last Financial Crisis And Today
The Most Important Number In The Entire U.S. Economy
The Tip of the Iceberg Of The Coming Retirement Crisis That Will Shake America to the Core
Worldwide Unemployment Crisis: There are 93 Million Unemployed Workers in G20 Nations
House conservatives to unveil ObamaCare fix
NSA reform plan sparks battle
Chain Reaction of Breakdowns in Progress--Dr. Jim Willie
Gold And Silver: Load The Boat-Back Up The Truck -- Peter Schiff
Old System Struggling and Dying-Catherine Austin Fitts
EXography: 19 U.S. cities have proportionately bigger workforces than bankrupted Detroit
Vinton County Woman Wants Possessions Back After Bank Tried To Repossess Wrong House

Paul Craig Roberts:  Hiding Economic Depression With Spin
Farmland prices cooling in Iowa, Nebraska
Gold Markets Get Strange – Is Economic Danger Near?
Treasuries Not Safe Enough as Foreign Purchase Pace Slows
Sales of Existing US Homes Unexpectedly Decreases
How Detroit Drowned in a Sea of Troubles
Here's The Real Reason Why Wall Street Is Freaked Out About The Insider Trading Charges Against SAC Capital
Pump Prices Jump 12 Cents, AAA Sees Further Rise
Pandemic of Pension Woes Plaguing The Nation
Full circle: Joblessness at 2008 level
Addressing Marc Faber's Call for an 1987-Style Crash
Withdrawal From Stimulus Addiction Will Be Difficult
Terrorists' Psywar Strikes Fear From Middle East To Mindanao
Can Libertarians Capture The Imagination?
Layoffs Begin As AOL Looks To Close Or Sell 400 Patch Sites
When Will the Homebuilders Turn Around?
Why we can kiss the US economy goodbye
WWII shipwreck off Ireland yields $38 million of silver for deep sea firm
Currency Markets: The Next Crisis Has Begun
Stagflation: The Fed's Worst Nightmare
The American dream myth: Income mobility; 4 out of 5 Americans struggle with poverty, joblessness, or go on welfare at some point during their lives; and bottom 80 percent of Americans control 7 percent of total wealth
Part-Time Nation: What Does It Say When A Vast Portion Of Our Society Is Now Working At Part-Time Jobs? 2013 scorecard: Minimum wage restaurant jobs added: 239,000. Manufacturing jobs added: 13,000
The Uneasiness Of Quantitative Easing: How QE Is Ineffective With Helping The Broader Economy In Favor Of Boosting Support For The Too-Big-To-Fail Banks
The uneasiness of Quantitative Easing: How QE is ineffective with helping the broader economy in favor of boosting support for too big to fail banks
The Most Delinquent Loan Of Them All: Student Debt Delinquencies At Record Levels On The Eve Of Rates Doubling. Half Of College Graduates Working In Jobs Where Their Degree Is Not Required
Failure to launch into household formation: Record 36 percent of young Americans (18 to 31) living at home with parents. Where is household formation coming from?
Theft By Deficit
Accelerating Decline
Chicago Sees Pension Crisis Drawing Near
Kansas and Al Qaeda
Bitcoin: Tax haven of the future
Edward Snowden is a patriot
Samantha Power: United Nations 'has lost its way'
IMF urges effective Fed communication on exit strategy
The When: “The Economic Collapse Cannot Be Predicted By Looking at Stock Market Charts or Other Standard Economic Indicators”
What Would You Do If A Bank Stole Everything You Owned?
Silver Short Squeeze
Jim Willie:  Bullion Banks Have Pilfered 60,000 Tons Of Gold From Allocated Accounts
Massive jump in people who renounced US citizenship last quarter
France is dancing on a volcano, and Europe may go up in flames
Consulates and the Vatican in chaos as HSBC tells them to find another bank
US, Russia agree to convene for urgent Syria talks
Facebook Puts the Brakes on 'The Hacker Way'
This Little Sticker Works Like an Anti-Mosquito Force Field
Here's The Real Unemployment Rate
Ron Paul Talks Gold
Peter Schiff - FED Will Continue To Ruin And Cause The US Economy To Collapse!
Can the US Economy Keep Up With this Exponential Chart?
SEC Warns:  Prepare for Repo Defaults
Cyprus Real Estate Prices Post Record Plunge
A Tour Of The Post-Crisis World Economy In 10 Easy Charts
Ron Paul On Gold And Why We'll See More Detroits
What's Up With Inflation?
Consumer Confidence Surges To Six-Year High Boosted By Soaring Gas Prices And Mortgage Rates
Marc Faber On Central Banker Actions: "Insane People Don't Realize They're Insane"
Record Jobs For Old Workers; For Others - Not So Much
Ten Times More Waiter and Bartender Than Manufacturing Jobs Added in 2013
US Factory Orders Miss (Again); Biggest 4-Month Drop in a Year
Only 40% Of Federal Student Loan Borrowers Are Currently Making A Payment
Visualizing The Collapse In US Job Security
Trying To Stay Sane In An Insane World, Part I
Here's What Happens When A Central Bank Goes Bust
If "Europe Is Fine" Why Is Deutsche Bank Deleveraging At The Fastest Pace Since The Crisis of 2011?