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HSBC issues red alert: Get ready for a 'severe fall' in the stock market

Bob Bryan
Business Insider
Wed, 12 Oct 2016 13:26 UTC
Cowboy being thrown off bull
© Getty ImagesHold on: It could get a little rough for stock investors over the next two months or so.
HSBC's technical-analysis team has thrown up the ultimate warning signal.

In a note to clients released Wednesday, Murray Gunn, the head of technical analysis for HSBC, said he had become on "RED ALERT" for an imminent sell-off in stocks given the price action over the past few weeks.

Gunn uses a type of technical analysis called the Elliott Wave Principle, which tracks alternating patterns in the stock market to discern investors' behavior and possible next moves.

Comment: Over the past few weeks and months we have been seeing multiple and increased warnings from the economic/financial field (both governmental and private) suggesting drops, "crashes," and failures of all kinds. What's worse, is that all of these changes to the various sectors are occurring more or less simultaneously. If there is anything that can be done to prepare for such eventualities - if only to cushion the blow - now would seem to be a good time to do so.

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Telephone

Russia & US to discuss possible steps for Syria crisis settlement in Lausanne on Saturday


RT
Wed, 12 Oct 2016 18:35 UTC
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov
Russia and the US will meet with regional powers to discuss possible steps for Syria crisis settlement on October 15 in Lausanne, Switzerland, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

"According to the agreement between Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and US Secretary of State John Kerry, the meeting of foreign ministers of Russia, the US and key regional states to consider possible additional steps to create conditions for the settlement of the Syrian crisis will take place in Lausanne on October 15," the statements reads.

Besides Lavrov and Kerry, the chief diplomats from Turkey, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Iran will also take part in the talks.

The Lausanne talks were initially announced by Lavrov, who expressed hope in his interview with CNN that the meeting "will launch a serious dialogue on the basis of the principles contained in the Russian-American deal, which was broadly welcomed but which unfortunately was not launched."
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Black Cat

Obama stepped back from direct confrontation with Russia, would Hillary?

Mike Whitney
CounterPunch
Wed, 12 Oct 2016 11:08 UTC
Hillary war mongering
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The American people need to understand what's going on in Syria. Unfortunately, the major media only publish Washington-friendly propaganda which makes it difficult to separate fact from fiction. The best way to cut through the lies and misinformation, is by using a simple analogy that will help readers to see that Syria is not in the throes of a confusing, sectarian civil war, but the victim of another regime change operation launched by Washington to topple the government of Bashar al Assad.

With that in mind, try to imagine if striking garment workers in New York City decided to arm themselves and take over parts of lower Manhattan. And, let's say, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau decided that he could increase his geopolitical influence by recruiting Islamic extremists and sending them to New York to join the striking workers. Let's say, Trudeau's plan succeeds and the rebel militias are able to seize a broad swathe of US territory including most of the east coast stretching all the way to the mid-west. Then - over the course of the next five years - these same jihadist forces proceed to destroy most of the civilian infrastructure across the country, force millions of people from their homes and businesses, and demand that President Obama step down from office so they can replace him with an Islamic regime that would enforce strict Sharia law.

How would you advise Obama in a situation like this? Would you tell him to negotiate with the people who invaded and destroyed his country or would you tell him to do whatever he thought was necessary to defeat the enemy and restore security?

Comment: Killary Clinton has not found a war she wouldn't support...

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Evil Rays

Vanessa Beeley: "Everything you hear about Aleppo is wrong"

Tyler Durden
Zero Hedge
Sat, 08 Oct 2016 18:30 UTC
bombed hotel Aleppo
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What's really going on in Aleppo? Are Assad and Putin exterminating the population for sport? Is it a war against US-backed "moderates"? That is what the mainstream media would have us believe.

Ron Paul Liberty Report's Daniel McAdams speaks with Vanessa Beeley, a journalist who just returned from Aleppo for the real story...


Comment: See also:

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Magnify

'Killary hates everyday Americans' and 9 other revelations from leaked Podesta e-mails


RT
Thu, 13 Oct 2016 09:55 UTC
podesta
© Brian Snyder / ReutersJohn Podesta, campaign chairman for U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton
RT brings you a comprehensive look at ten most stunning revelations - ranging from hatred for the phrase "everyday Americans" to extraterrestrial contacts - found in emails from Hillary Clinton's campaign chairman John Podesta that were released by WikiLeaks.

By Wednesday, WikiLeaks has released over 7,000 e-mails sent or received by Podesta, offering glimpses into the workings of the Clinton campaign, as well as the Podesta-founded Center for American Progress.

Clinton's associates have reacted angrily at the releases, with her campaign spokesman Brian Fallon accusing WikiLeaks of being "a propaganda arm of the Russian government running interference for their pet candidate, Trump."

Here is a list of ten strange things about the Democratic presidential hopeful found in the leaked e-mails.

1. Attitude towards 'everyday Americans'

One e-mail has in particular generated much debate, revealing that Clinton hates "everyday Americans" - or that particular phrase, anyway.

"I know she has begun to hate everyday Americans, but I think we should use it once the first time she says I'm running for president because you and everyday Americans need a champion," Podesta wrote to Clinton's Director of Communications Jennifer Palmieri in April 2015.
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Bad Guys

Terrorists shell Russian Embassy in Damascus for 2 hours - no casualties reported


RT
Thu, 13 Oct 2016 09:33 UTC
damascus shelling
© Omar Sanadiki / Reuters
The Russian Embassy in Damascus was shelled for 2 hours on Wednesday, the Russian Foreign Ministry said.

Stating that no one was injured in the shelling, the ministry said the embassy's territory was covered in bomb splinters. The ministry has strongly condemned the attack - the second one on the embassy this month.

"On October 12, starting from 11:30am, the neighborhood in Damascus where the Russian Embassy is located was subjected to mortar fire for nearly two hours from the Jobar district controlled by extremists," an official statement from the Foreign Ministry says.

One of the shells exploded in the immediate vicinity of the security post of the diplomatic mission, and another not far from the entrance to the Consular Section. Two mortar shells detonated a few hundred meters from the fence of the Embassy, the statement detailed.
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Radar

Whose war? US lobs cruise missiles at Yemen 'in self-defense' - Claims 3 Houthi-held radar sites taken out


RT
Thu, 13 Oct 2016 10:19 UTC
US naval destroyer USS Mason
© Eric Garst / Reuters
The US military has carried out a series of "limited self-defence strikes" in Yemen, the Pentagon has announced. The attack, authorized by President Obama, was carried out in retaliation to recent attacks on the US naval destroyer, USS Mason.


Comment: That was very probably a 'false-flag' incident, if indeed the Mason actually came under attack at all. The Saudi-Gulf States 'coalition of the head-choppers' is losing to the Yemeni rebels, so the US is stepping in to lend its 'gas station' allies a helping hand.


According to the Pentagon's initial assessments, three "radar sites" in the Houthi rebel-controlled area of Yemen were destroyed in the attack.

The attack on coastal targets was carried out by Tomahawk cruise missiles launched from the destroyer USS Nitze, NPR reported. According to US officials all targets were "in remote areas, where there was little risk of civilian casualties or collateral damage."

Comment: See also:

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Philippines president Duterte vows to chart independent foreign policy


RT
Wed, 12 Oct 2016 21:05 UTC
duterte
© Damir Sagolj / ReutersPhilippines President Rodrigo Duterte
The Philippines' president is determined to end joint patrols with the US in the South China Sea to avoid actions which China might deem hostile. The leader has also reiterated his vow to chart independent foreign policy without breaking existing treaties.

Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte ordered a halt to joint patrols between the Philippine Navy and the US Navy because he did not want his country to take part in activities which could be perceived as hostile by Beijing, presidential spokesperson Ernesto Abella said, according to the Inquirer.

He made a similar statement last month, stating that his country would end the joint patrols because he did not want the Philippines to be dragged into a conflict between the US and China over dominance in the disputed waterway.

Duterte also reiterated his desire to end joint war games between the US and the Philippines on Wednesday, while speaking during the Philippine Coast Guard anniversary.
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Brain

'We weren't ready for this': Daesh deploys weaponized drones


Sputnik
Thu, 13 Oct 2016 05:49 UTC
File Photo/AP
© File Photo/AP
Violent extremist groups in the Middle East, including Daesh, have reportedly begun to weaponize drones, using them on the battlefield to kill, according to a source in the US military.

There has been plenty of evidence that extremist groups in the region, including Daesh and Hamas, use a variety of surveillance drones to collect information and to improve precision targeting. Most of the groups, except for the Iran-backed Hezbollah, only have access to commercial or hobbyist drones generally available online. Those cost upwards of $3,000 and don't weigh enough to support a large bomb or rocket.

But newly surfaced video demonstrates that the groups have now weaponized their drones. Footage belonging to an al-Qaeda branch, Jund al-Aqsa, purportedly shows a drone landing on Syrian military barracks. In another video, bomblets presumably dropped by Hezbollah hit a camp of the Sunni militant group Jabhat Fatah al-Sham, formerly known as the Nusra Front.

Comment: We wondered, years ago, why 'the terrorists' hadn't started weaponizing drones.



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Bullseye

Motives for 'intentional' Connecticut plane crash investigated by FBI


RT
Thu, 13 Oct 2016 05:43 UTC
Michelle McLoughlin/Reuters
© Michelle McLoughlin/ReutersWreckage is removed from the scene of a twin-engine plane that struck a utility pole and burst into flames in downtown East Hartford, Connecticut U.S., October 12, 2016
Investigators concluded that a small passenger plane that crashed in Connecticut on Tuesday was "an intentional act." Police and FBI are looking into the possible motives of the 28-year-old pilot.

Investigators concluded that a small passenger plane that crashed in Connecticut on Tuesday was "an intentional act." Police and FBI are looking into the possible motives of the 28-year-old pilot.

"All windows are open at this point," East Hartford police Lt. Josh Litwin told reporters on Wednesday.
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