Interesting Headlines in the News Aug 28

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
Doug Casey: “We’re Still In The Midst Of The Biggest Bubble In World History”
Gold Trader: “Big Money Is Now Trying To Get In—On A Violent Regression To The Mean”
Indian Gold Dealer: “Gold Is Now Trading At $1800oz.—Small Factories And Workshops Are Shutting Down”
Moody’s eyes downgrade of biggest US banks
Get Ready: The Great Transfer of Wealth in Gold and Silver is Coming
4-D Printing: The Solution to a $350 Billion Problem?
The Empire's Next Effort to Extract Your Wealth
The Phony Trade-Off Between Privacy and Security
Assad may hit back at Israel for US strike, trusting Obama to tie Israel's hands against major reprisal
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
Total Public Debt Now Eclipses GDP
Three Reasons the Walmart Empire Is Collapsing
Job Market Faces New Problem, Hitting One Unlucky Group Really Hard
Schiff:  Spectacular Gold Rally Is Coming
Next Fed Chair Will Lead Us to ‘Economic Ruin,’ Says Peter Schiff
Walmart Earnings Disaster Exposes a Collapsing Economy
“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
Summer Retail Is A Bust, But Watch Out For Fall
Why the U.S. Economy Deserves a “B-” Grade
Behind Wal-Mart’s Earnings Miss; Weekly Jobless Claims; What Billionaires Are Buying
Poll: How Wise Is It to Be Unloading Gold?
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 5% Recovery: Why Most Are Still In Recession
Cramer:  Giant Reset Looming For Markets
U.S. jobs, inflation data support tapering of Fed bond buying
Iranian Official: Israel to Be 'First Victim' of U.S. Attack on Syria
The Smart Money Is Leaving the Building
The Lesson Of India's Gold Saga
Obamacare Rate Calculator
Asia Shocks West By Demanding Their Gold Be Sent Home
Uninsured next year? Here's your Obamacare penalty.
Defunding wouldn't kill Obamacare taxes
Health Insurance Premiums Rise Faster Than Wages
Obamacare clock stops for your boss, not you
Stocks end higher despite Nasdaq system crash
A new CATO Institute study
Syria Defiant as U.S. Allies Lay Ground for Strike
Israel Worries Rise Over a Syrian Attack
Community South Bank, Tennessee, Becomes Second Largest Bank Failure of 2013
US debt six times greater than declared - study
The Giant Stumbles
Dave Hodges:  Escape From Wall Street
18 Signs That Global Financial Markets Are Entering A Horrifying Death Spiral
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
They Are Systematically Destroying Our Independence And Making Us All Serfs Of The State
What Is Going To Happen If Interest Rates Continue To Rise Rapidly?
Hagel: US is 'ready to go' on Syria
IRS finalizes penalty for ObamaCare mandate
Chain Reaction of Breakdowns in Progress--Dr. Jim Willie

Paul Craig Roberts:  Hiding Economic Depression With Spin
Gold Markets Get Strange – Is Economic Danger Near?
Is Iran behind the Syria gas atrocity?
China reportedly subjected to major computer hacking attack
Congress doesn't think much of Syria intervention
Abandoned Dogs Roam Detroit in Packs as Humans Dwindle
Assad's Brother Seen Linked to Syria Chemical Attack
Gold Market Update
The Most Important Number For The Market: 2.75%
Pandemic of Pension Woes Plaguing The Nation
Top technician: Yes, 2013 does look like 1987
Fitch Rings Warnings On Canadian Banks
The 5% recovery: Why most are still in recession
New York Times website likely taken down by malicious attack
Get ready for a 'massive interest rate shock' soon
Iraqis warily watch US move Syria into crosshairs
A Look into the Britam Defence Data Leak Files
Monty Pelerin: Tyranny Rules
401(k)s: Delivery Problems of a Different Nature
Has The Landscape For Gold Changed Forever?
War on the Horizon
Why we can kiss the US economy goodbye
Bond Investors Beware: Mutual Fund Outflows Accelerating as Interest Rates Climb Higher
Israel to U.S.: Don't Surprise Us with Syria
Hi-yo silver!
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
Gold surges 2%, enters bull market on Comex
Robots calling? Hang up
Dow takes triple-digit dive as Syria fears spook Street
Stars Aligned For "Serious" Stock Correction
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
The epic crisis in retirement savings: Vast majority of Americans unprepared for retirement. Median retirement savings for those 25 to 34? Zero dollars.
Let us count the ways of inflation: While the CPI understates inflation Americans are living out the days of a contracting standard of living.
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 Debt Ceiling Could Hit Sooner Than Anyone Thinks
Theft By Deficit
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”
Your Future: “We Are Now at a Point Where the Crisis Will Happen Almost Overnight”
Jim Willie:  Bullion Banks Have Pilfered 60,000 Tons Of Gold From Allocated Accounts
Gold/Silver Ratio Signals Much Higher Silver Prices
Massive jump in people who renounced US citizenship last quarter
Is Europe still in crisis? "Eurogeddon" was the buzzword on everyone’s lips in 2011. But is a euro recovery real or imagined?
Saudis offer Russia secret oil deal if it drops Syria
Italian factory owner moves company to Poland while staff are on holiday
Hit in the Gut by the Internet Sales Tax
Syria air strikes could begin within days
June home prices up 12.1% from year ago
Stocks tumble, oil surges on Syria jitters
Wave of retirements hitting federal workforce
White House: Obama paralyzed on Syria response
CONGRESS SHOULD VETO OBAMA'S WAR
Gold Surge Bodes Ill For Economy
Here's The Real Unemployment Rate
Ron Paul And Jim Rogers Discuss Economic Collapse
Peter Schiff: The Market That Lives By QE Dies By QE
Peter Schiff - FED Will Continue To Ruin And Cause The US Economy To Collapse!
Keiser Report 489
Regulation and Bitcoin (Jerry Brito)
Bernanke Just Felt a Chill Down His Spine
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
Compare And Contrast: Public Versus Private Retiree Underfunding In One Chart
Consumer Confidence Misses Expectations By Most On Record
Housing Starts, Permits Miss; Single-Family Housing Market Weakest Since November 2012
How Bad Can Things Get?
India Bans All Gold Coin Imports, Increases Capital Controls