America

Submitted by by Howard Kunstler via Kunstler.com,

Former U.S. Representative Ron Paul has warned that the special U.S.-Saudi Arabia relationship is about to come to an abrupt end once the secret 28 pages of the 9/11 Report are released to the public. The report will show the Saudi regime’s involvement on 9/11, which is something the public and government will never be able to forgive. Ron Paul says that for decades the US and Saudi Arabia have enjoyed a mutually beneficial relationship whereby the Saudis sell cheap oil to America in exchange for U.S. protection of the Saudi monarchy.

Submitted by Simon Black via SovereignMan.com,

My grandfather was something of a Renaissance Man.

He was a farmer, schoolteacher, fisherman, collector, real estate investor… and one of those guys who always seemed to know how to do everything.

He could take apart an engine, build a house with his bare hands, tame wild horses, treat life-threatening wounds, play the guitar… and he was extremely well respected in his community.

Submitted by Tho Bishop via The Mises Institute,

On Wednesday, Jack Lew announced that the US Treasury was following Ben Bernanke’s advice and keeping Alexander Hamilton on the $10, instead deciding to bring Harriett Tubman to the $20. While Lew’s news left America distracted in debate over whose portrait should grace the Federal Reserve’s most popular bank note, Zerohedge was highlighting how China was taking important steps to distance themselves from the dollar.

Submitted by Nick Bernabe via TheAntiMedia.org,

Hillary Clinton-aligned Super PAC, Correct the Record, is taking a page out of Vladimir Putin’s playbook by employing a $1 million dollar professional internet troll army to build a paid, positive consensus about the Clinton campaign. The effort, called “Breaking Barriers 2016,” claims: