Interesting Headlines in the News Aug 19

IRS Needs AR-15s for "Standoff Capabilities"?
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
Gold, Silver and Hyperinflation
Eric Sprott On Gold & Bail-Ins
Gold Trader: “Big Money Is Now Trying To Get In—On A Violent Regression To The Mean”
Gold's New Rally Begins Now
Thank You, TSA, NSA, FBI, and CIA!
The Coming Shortage Of Physical Gold That Will Change Everything
Derivatives Bubble: The Number One Threat That Our Financial System Is Facing
Dire Consequences Await As U.S. Debt Nears A Tipping Point
Foreign Holders Dump A Whopping $40.8 Billion In Long-Term Treasuries
Three Reasons the Walmart Empire Is Collapsing
Job Market Faces New Problem, Hitting One Unlucky Group Really Hard
Next Fed Chair Will Lead Us to ‘Economic Ruin,’ Says Peter Schiff
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
Summer Retail Is A Bust, But Watch Out For Fall
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
How Washington Could Push Gas Prices Higher
Dozens Die in Egyptian Bloodbath on Islamists' 'Day of Rage'
James Inhofe Announces Intent to Investigate NSA Violations
The Smart Money Is Leaving the Building
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
Uninsured next year? Here's your Obamacare penalty.
Extreme Gold Market:  Supply vs. Demand
Noonan: What We Lose if We Give Up PrivacyA civil libertarian reflects on the dangers of the surveillance state.
New Twist on Crowdfunding for Startups
Hillary's Racial Politics
Can Obama Write His Own Laws?
US debt six times greater than declared - study
Keiser Report - Episode 485
This New Bubble Will Collapse the US Economy
40 Percent Of US Workers Make Less Than What A Full-Time Minimum Wage Worker Made in 1968
A Quadrillion Yen And Counting – The Japanese Debt Bomb Could Set Off Global Panic At Any Moment
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
They Are Systematically Destroying Our Independence And Making Us All Serfs Of The State
Those That Are Not Preparing For The Coming Economic Depression Are Going To Bitterly Regret It
Rand Paul: Supreme Court should review NSA programs
Obama hits the links for sixth round of golf during vacation
NSA violations up pressure on Obama to accept intel reforms
Graham: Egypt could become a 'failed state'
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
Vinton County Woman Wants Possessions Back After Bank Tried To Repossess Wrong House

Paul Craig Roberts:  Hiding Economic Depression With Spin
Gold Markets Get Strange – Is Economic Danger Near?
Massachusetts Candidate for Governor Romanticizes Death Panels
The High Entitlement Mind
States worried about Obamacare Navigators and privacy
Gold Rises as Silver Caps Biggest Weekly Gain Since 2008
North Carolina Takes Perilous Lurch to the Right
Here's The Real Reason Why Wall Street Is Freaked Out About The Insider Trading Charges Against SAC Capital
Pandemic of Pension Woes Plaguing The Nation
Full circle: Joblessness at 2008 level
Top technician: Yes, 2013 does look like 1987
Fitch Rings Warnings On Canadian Banks
Pictured up close for the first time, Scientology's 'alien space cathedral and spaceship landing pad' built in the New Mexico desert for the 'return of followers after Armageddon on Earth'
Monty Pelerin: Tyranny Rules
Has The Landscape For Gold Changed Forever?
Why we can kiss the US economy goodbye
Currency Markets: The Next Crisis Has Begun
Bank of England 0.5% Interest Rates for 7% Unemployment, to Result in 7% Inflation, Ongoing Savings Theft
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
Suppressing wages and increasing corporate profits: The tough math behind the current economic recovery.
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 accelerating race to a student debt implosion: Federal student loans rose by $266 billion since 2011. 85 percent of consumer debt growth since 2011 because of student debt.
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?
The Defund Obamacare Movement Falls on Hard Times
Theft By Deficit
Detroit, the right's ideal pinata
Obamacare's hurdles higher than Medicare's
Will Turkey Weather the Middle East Storm?
Summers-led Fed might raise rates faster than Yellen
Eight College Degrees with the Worst Return on Investment
How To Prepare For An Economic Depression
Dr. Doom Warns Of Major Market Crash This Fall: “20 Percent, Maybe More”
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?
Jim Willie:  Bullion Banks Have Pilfered 60,000 Tons Of Gold From Allocated Accounts
Massive jump in people who renounced US citizenship last quarter
Egypt's Junta Has Nothing to Lose
In Pursuit of Global Dictatorship, or When on Trial for the Truth
America's Libertarian Moment
JP Morgan Faces Probe Over Well-Connected Chinese Hiring
Egypt considers outlawing Muslim Brotherhood
The Government Now Admits There's an 'Area 51'
Consulates and the Vatican in chaos as HSBC tells them to find another bank
Creditors face deadline in Detroit bankruptcy case
Gold Surge Bodes Ill For Economy
Here's The Real Unemployment Rate
3D printer can build a house in 20 hours
Chris Anderson: the new disruptors
Peter Schiff - FED Will Continue To Ruin And Cause The US Economy To Collapse!
Ron Paul's Podcast Nation #12 ~ IRS Targets
Bernanke Just Felt a Chill Down His Spine
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
If Housing Is Booming - Why Do We Need Another Fix?
Peter Schiff On The Half-Full Economy
Visualizing The Collapse In US Job Security
That Which Is Incapable Of Reforming Itself Disappears
US Consumer Bankruptcies Jump By Most In Three Years; Third-Party Collections At All Time High
JPMorgan Is Selling The Building That Houses Its Gold Vault
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?
India Bans All Gold Coin Imports, Increases Capital Controls