Submitted by Gail Tverberg via Our Finite World blog,

What is ahead for 2016? Most people don’t realize how tightly the following are linked:

Oregon US Representative Says US Government Has Gone Too Far Into Tyranny

US Representative Greg Walden represents Harney County, Oregon. This is the county in which there are protests against the orchestrated frame-up of Dwight and Steve Hammond for refusing to sell their ranch to the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge.

On Wednesday, we took a close look at the battle for Libya’s oil.

Libya, much like Syria, is a case study in why the West would be better off not intervening in the affairs of sovereign states on the way to bringing about regime change. “Toppling dictators” sounds good in principle, but at the end of the day, it’s nearly impossible to predict what will emerge from the power vacuums the US creates when Washington destabilizes governments.

From Russell Napier of ERI-C

It’s Not a Pet, It’s a Falcon: How the decline of the RMB destroys belief in central banking and a successful reflation

Turning and turning in the widening gyreThe falcon cannot hear the falconer;Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;

      - The Second Coming- W.B. Yeats

Update: *SHANGHAI COMPOSITE INDEX FALLS 2.04%(AFTER BEING UP 3.2%)

And CSI Futures are tumbling...

Not a pretty week...

Shifting notavkly from the opening color that we detailed earlier..