Interesting Headlines in the News Oct 09

Obama distracts with shiny trillion-dollar-coin reference
Why a Wall Street drop may be needed to break political logjam
A one-month shutdown risks triggering 20% to 30% correction:
James Rickards: “When The International Monetary System Collapses—It’s Going To Be About How Much Gold You Have”
Why We Need a Market Collapse
Boehner says U.S. on path to default if Obama won't negotiate
IRS: Cheapest Obamacare Plan Will Be $20,000 Per Family
The Ethics of "Making the Empire Pay"
The U.S. Will Never Say Default
The Job Situation Looks A Little Worse
Median Household Income Has Fallen For Five Years In A Row
The U.S. Economy Is Close To Imploding
Heavy Metal: Gold Could Rush Back To $1,425 Says Jeff Kilburg
US Is Broke, Can't Afford To Raise The Debt Ceiling Says Schiff
Catastrophic Consequences of a U.S. Default Explained
Gold Rallies on Fed’s Taper Delay; Jim Rogers Forecasts a Drop to $900
“The Party Is Over” For Housing — And Bank Earnings: Chris Whalen
The Biggest Drag on the Job Market Just Got Bigger
Obama’s ‘Lame-Duck’ Status Could Lead to Wall Street Woes
Detroit Defaults On More Than $600 Million Of 'Unsecured' GO Bonds
Dollar Pressured By U.S. Politics, Global Stocks Flatline
Postal Service Defaults On $5.6 Billion Payment
Stocks are about to plunge, Wells Fargo warns
US home sales hit 6½-year high but could slow soon
New Vs. Old On DJIA 30
Committee Reveals Widespread Disability Scheme
Conservatives Demand Info on Obamacare Rollout Failure
Marc Faber Warns “The Endgame Is A Total Collapse – But From A Higher Diving Board Now”
This Will End In Catastrophic Collapse & Tragedy For The West
This Will Create A Horrific Collapse That Will Shock The World
India's coin shortage worsens
The Never-Ending Charade Of Debt Ceiling Fights
Jobless Claims Fall To 7-Year Low, But ...
Home Prices Continue To Climb
How Government Shutdown Would Hurt Main Street
New Homes Sales Climb 8%
Jobless Claims Rise, And Hiring Remains Slow
Obama: Planning for 'all contingencies' on debt ceiling
Panama Declares Banking Holiday
Did Gold Stop to Respond to the U.S. Dollar Price Moves?
Obama Looks to Pressure GOP on Budget
Blackstone Investor Sees 'Epic' Credit Bubble
The Fire Fueling Gold
Why I'm Not Buying The Market's Blind Optimism
Corporate America Should Rescue the Government
Happy 100th Anniversary, Federal Income Tax
20 Ordinary Americans Talk About The Economic Despair That Is Growing Like A Cancer All Around Them
Cyprus-Style Wealth Confiscation Is Now Starting To Happen All Over The Globe
Extreme Hypocrisy! Obama Orders Federal Workers To "Make Life As Difficult For People As We Can"
The Percentage Of Americans That Consider Themselves To Be “Lower Class” Is At An All-Time High
Prepare For Tough Times If Your Job Has Anything To Do With Real Estate Or Mortgages
Extreme Political Correctness Is Making Public School Education Pure Hell For America's Children
MasterCard joining push for fingerprint ID standard
Here's Why Unemployment Is Still At Unacceptable Levels
Where's sense of crisis in a 17% government shutdown?

Government Shutdown: The Next Step In The Collapse Of The Dollar?
Quantitative Easing Worked For The Weimar Republic For A Little While Too
World Bank Whistleblower Karen Hudes Reveals How The Global Elite Rule The World
HHS Secretary Sebelius needs an intervention
A Lonely Housing Bear Predicts a Big Tumble
Obama Signals Openness to Short-Term Debt Limit Increase
Fed In "Monetary Roach Motel," Won't Taper:  Schiff
Walmart Holiday Hiring To Outpace US Retail Industry
"Dr. Doom" Roubini Makes Case FOR The U.S. Economy
'You Should Be Concerned': Obama Warns World Markets There Is No Guarantee U.S. Will Avoid Defaulting On Its Debts
Why America Wants Drones That Can Kill Without Humans
Stealth Bail-ins and a Weak Market Confirmed by Dow Theory
How Gold Performs in Deflation
The Calm Before the Precious Metals Storm
The FBI's Plan For The Millions Worth Of Bitcoins Seized From Silk Road
Gold Is Not A Safe Haven? Tell That To People In Indonesia
What the wealthy are doing to beat inflation
10 worst economies in the world
U.S. on ‘unsustainable’ budget course: CBO
Dollar Down As Fed Officials Cast Doubt Over Taper
Eyes on the budget battle and the VIX
Tense Fed tug-of-war paved way to taper surprise
Dollar Crash Now Or Crash Later. How Long Can Gold Be Kept In The Box?
Texas eliminates sales tax on precious metals coins
The Fed Is Trapped, and the Taper Won't Happen Until the Market Tanks
United States Sets Another Food Stamp Record: Households On Food Stamps At New Peak And More Americans Live In Poverty Compared To The Entire Population Of Spain
The Rise Of A Semi-Employed America: Amazon To Hire 70,000 Part-Time Workers While Merck Will Fire 8,500 Full-Time Employees. Before Recession 4 Million Part-Time Workers, Today Over 8 Million.
Pension Disaster Looms Over The Horizon: In 1980, 60 Percent Of Americans Participated In A Pension Program. Today It Is Less Than 10 Percent And The Amount Saved For Retirement Is Startling.
The Grand Financial Shift: Rich Own Assets While Poor And Working Class Deep In Debt. 70 Percent Of Wealth For The Bottom 80 Percent Locked Up In Principal Residence.
Going For Broke: The Multiple Lost Decades Of US Household Income. Is It Possible To Have A Recovery While The Standard Of Living Collapses?
How the Shutdown Crisis Will Be Resolved
Treasury warns default could be worse than Great Recession
WHY AMERICA NEEDS A STOCK-MARKET CRASH
A BLUNDER AT THE MONEY FACTORY
It's Definitive: We've Reached Peak Jobs (October 8, 2013)
Is Obamacare still the point?
Let Bitcoins be used for political donations
Quebec's Keystone conundrum
A Measurement Of Our Impoverishment
Silver Leads Gold Higher
Is Turkey on the Cusp of Rethink on Syria?
This Graph Explains Why Obama Rejected the Piecemeal Approach to Funding Government
How Fracking Is Bad for Our Bodies
The Shutdown Will Slowly Reduce Our Weather Preparedness
Silk Road site and DPR's Bitcoins seized
Peer-to-Peer Economy Thrives as Activists Vacate the System
The US debt ceiling crisis explained
USA: Uncle Sam is Dead
Racism and Cruelty Drive GOP Health Care Agenda
Server Crashes Prove the ACA Is Here to Stay
Fed Says: No Taper
Red states to suffer most in prolonged shutdown: survey
HUD's Power Grab
Eric Sprott Exclusive: The Fed Has Lost Control of the Bond Market!
Financial Betrayal - Collapse Assured
Evidence: Stock Market Crash is Coming
Boomers Debt Dooms Generations
Keiser Report Episode 507
Ron Paul: U.S. Government Won't Default
Peter Schiff - Whatever the Fed Does, Gold Will Rally! US Economy Already Ruined
Ron Paul - Bernanke Said The US Economy Is In Bad Shape! He's Getting Out Before Collapse!
August Inflation Rises 0.1%, Less Than Expected Driven By Lower Utility Prices
Holiday-Shopping Season Forecast To Be Worst Since 2009
To Challenge These Statements Is Blasphemous
Eurozone Recovery Fades - Will The U.S. Follow?
House Votes To Taper Foodstamps
Gold, Einstein, And The Great Fed Robbery
How The Fed's Bazooka Misfired:  QE-Infinity Sends Experiment Awry
Making $100,000? Then Flipping Burgers May Be In Your Future
Consumer Confidence Drops Most In 6 Months To 4 Month Low
CFTC Concludes Long-Running Silver Manipulation Investigation, Finds Nothing Wrong
Peter Schiff Was Right Part Deux: The “Taper” Edition
US Economic Confidence Slumps To Six-Month Low
Wal-Mart Nails The "Consumer Recovery" Coffin Shut
Ron Paul: "The Country Is Bankrupt... The People Are Being Bamboozled"
US Banks Stuffing ATMs With 20-30% More Cash In Case Of Panicked Withdrawals
A Depressed Bank Of America Predicts "Agreement Is Almost Impossible As Long As Obamacare Is On The Table"
Greece Considering Confiscation Of Private Assets