Interesting Headlines in the News Aug 20

IRS Needs AR-15s for "Standoff Capabilities"?
20 Percent of Americans Don't Use the Internet
Renegade Drone Crashes Into Groom's Head Before Wedding
Fed's Lacker: More asset purchases just won't help economy
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
Half of All Homes Are Being Purchased With Cash
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”
Obama's failed Egypt policy
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
Buy Gold Now That Soros & Paulson Are Done Liquidating, Says Analyst Bill O’Neill
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
Where the Housing Recovery Is Strongest and Weakest
The Smart Money Is Leaving the Building
Obamacare Rate Calculator
Uninsured next year? Here's your Obamacare penalty.
Extreme Gold Market:  Supply vs. Demand
Why the Hyperloop will Remain a Pipedream
Banks Work Around China's Lending Limits
Hip, Urban, Middle-Aged
US debt six times greater than declared - study
Will Obamacare Enforcers Appear on Your Doorstep?
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
Regulation nation: Obama expands the regulatory state
Hagel: US has 'limited' influence over Egypt
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

Paul Craig Roberts:  Hiding Economic Depression With Spin
Gold Markets Get Strange – Is Economic Danger Near?
America's Tyranny Threshold
Forever 21...but only working 29.5 hours weekly
Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac Ignoring Write-Offs, Report Says
Fed Finds 18 Large Banks Weak in at Least One Capital Area
Here's The Real Reason Why Wall Street Is Freaked Out About The Insider Trading Charges Against SAC Capital
The Most Important Number For The Market: 2.75%
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
Monty Pelerin: Tyranny Rules
Has The Landscape For Gold Changed Forever?
When Will the Fed Begin Tapering Its Asset Purchase Program?
What's Behind the Weakness in Treasury Bonds?
North Korean-Syrian Chemistry: The Weapons Connections
Where Is Small Business's Obamacare Special Exemption?
U.S. The Only Advanced Economy That Does Not Require Employers To Provide Paid Vacation Time, Report Says
Unpublished CRS Memo: Obama Administration Has Missed Half Of Obamacare's Legally Imposed Implementation Deadlines
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
Who's the bigger fool when it comes to gold?
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?
Theft By Deficit
Growing Up In America
In choice of next Fed chair, a focus on regulatory views
Employment gains falter in U.S. states
IRS debuts online registration for firms ahead of FATCA law
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
Gold and Silver Rally Relative to the Dow
Massive jump in people who renounced US citizenship last quarter
Could Electric Cars Threaten the Grid?
Consulates and the Vatican in chaos as HSBC tells them to find another bank
Gold Surge Bodes Ill For Economy
Here's The Real Unemployment Rate
What is Money? - Joseph T. Salerno Congressional Lecture
Ron Paul's Texas Straight Talk 8-19-2013
Bitcoin Boom? US fears digital currency may hit dollar demand
Peter Schiff - FED Will Continue To Ruin And Cause The US Economy To Collapse!
What About Money Causes Economic Crises? - Peter Schiff
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
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?
How Bad Can Things Get?
India Bans All Gold Coin Imports, Increases Capital Controls