Authored by Dave Forest via OilPrice.com,
South Africa’s chamber of mines officially filed suit this week to block the country’s challenging new mining charter. But elsewhere in the world, some of the biggest investors in natural resources are ramping up their financial commitments — to a new target region for mining and energy deals.
Latin America.
Authored by Mac Slavo via SHTFplan.com,
Most of us don’t give much thought to what we post on social media, and a lot of what we see on social media is pretty innocuous. However, it only seems that way at first glance. The truth is that what we post online has a frightening potential. According to recent research from the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and the University of Washington, the things we post on social media could be utilized by software to predict future events.
Authored by Wayne Madsen via The Strategic Culture Foundation,
Authored by Daniel Lang via SHTFplan.com,
It’s always funny to debate socialists on the merits of their ideology.
If you point to a country like Venezuela, and say “See! This is what socialism leads to,” they’ll no doubt claim that it isn’t a real example of socialism. But if you went back in time by just a few years, you’d find that their perception of Venezuela was quite different.
On Monday morning, we reported that in a stunning development, chronic defaulter Argentina - which just one year ago emerged from its latest bankruptcy - has found enough willing greater fools to sell 100-year bonds to. One person who especially stunned, was Mint's Bill Blain, who issued an entire note describing his disgust with what the market has devolved to.
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Argentina 100 Year Bonds: Really? Nobody Believes, But They Will Buy.
“Everyone should learn to Tango before they die.. ”