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Cognitive Dissonance holding us back from learning

January 20, 2014 ZeroPointPortalAdmin105

Sometimes people hold a core belief that is very strong. When they are presented with evidence that works against that belief, the new evidence cannot be accepted. It would create a feeling that is extremely uncomfortable, called cognitive dissonance. And because it is so important to protect the core belief, they will rationalize, ignore and […]

Chart: Insider Transactions Ratio

January 20, 2014 ZeroPointPortalAdmin119

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Chart: Million lines of code

January 20, 2014January 20, 2014 GIHAdmin165

The below chart compares number of lines of code of various projects, from Unix, to the iPhone, and finally, healthcare.gov. With an enormous amount of code, and likely little or no documentation, it would be impossible to ‘fix’ the site, or even make a blueprint of how it is supposed to work. In any event, […]

Germany Has Recovered A Paltry 5 Tons Of Gold From The NY Fed After One Year

January 20, 2014 GIHAdmin134

GIH: It appears that the so called “Gold Conspiracy” that Gold is being sold secretly and in some cases being replaced by tungsten, has been going on for years. According to the following internal central bank memo, Gold delivered to the Bundesbank was not received as “Good Delivery” – also, Germany’s recent project to repatriate […]

Bank of America Is Actively Preparing For The Chinese January 31 Trust Default

January 20, 2014 GIHAdmin214

GIH: China’s economy has been overheating, and with a growing financial sector. Some indications point to similarities between events in China now and the US in 2007. A slowdown or credit crisis in China would also impact Australia, the region, and ultimately the entire world economy. Bank of America Is Actively Preparing For The Chinese […]

Vast Stretches Of Impoverished Appalachia Look Like They Have Been Through A War

January 19, 2014 ZeroPointPortalAdmin128

Submitted by Michael Snyder of The Economic Collapse blog, If you want to get an idea of where the rest of America is heading, just take a trip through the western half of West Virginia and the eastern half of Kentucky some time. Once you leave the main highways, you will rapidly encounter poverty on a level […]

Manipulation Of Gold By Central Banks Cannot Continue In 2014

January 18, 2014 GIHAdmin159

Gold has long been one of the many assets used by central banks. They certainly were one of the largest market participants, if not the largest single buyer and seller of Gold. Now, Deutsche Bank is exiting the fixing desk, China has an insatiable demand for Gold, and there is talk of an investigation of […]

Anti-Fed Revulsion, And A Plunge In The S&P To 450

January 18, 2014 GIHAdmin153

Looking at the present financial situation from a historical, social perspective, indicates (based on history) that there will be a severe blowback from the QE program. But unlike other examples provided in the below analysis (such as WW2 spending) QE is nearly completely artificial. During WW2 spending was driven by manufacturing and war logistics. QE […]

Deutsche Bank spooked out of Gold fix

January 18, 2014 GIHAdmin124

The very foundations of the modern financial system are being shaken; through scandals, market crisis, new regulation, social changes, and technology; all playing a part in permanently evolving how the global financial system operates. One of the most well known traditions in precious metals is the daily “Gold Fix,” where the dealers would literally decide […]

Who Has the Time and Motivation to Comprehend the Mess We’re In? Almost Nobody

January 16, 2014January 16, 2014 GIHAdmin141

GIH: As we slip into a global crisis, paradigm shift, climate change, social upheaval, and a myriad of other unprecedented circumstances, many simply do not have the time or motivation to even follow what’s going on. This is both tragic and frightening, because society will need an intelligent mass of productive human capital to rebuild […]