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Big banks warn that the economy has gone suicidal

Mac Slavo
SHTFplan.com
Fri, 14 Oct 2016 12:00 UTC

The economy has gone suicidal.

It is working against the very people who need its energy to survive. It is collapsing on its own weight, and the weight of literally incalculable levels of toxic debt. And it is going to create the greatest disaster of our time, if the warnings from the world's most powerful bankers are any indication.

While the general population is obsessed with the details of the world's most entertaining and bizarre election in American history, the big banks are gearing up for a deadly serious economic collapse.

Just during the past few weeks, there have been major discussions about stock markets dropping, the insolvency of Europe's biggest investment bank, the mounting debt crisis and a deeper, long-term decline for 'everyday Americans.'

Here's what you probably missed while the Hillary-Trump cage match has taken over the collective psyche:

River turns blood red overnight alarming residents in Guatemala

Strange Sounds
Fri, 14 Oct 2016 00:00 UTC

Samalá river turns blood red overnight alarming residents in Quetzaltenango, Guatemala Friday 14th October 2016

The Samalá river in Quetzaltenango turned blood red overnight on October 14, 2016, alarming residents of nearby communities. The Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources (MARN) has launched an investigation to determine the source of this mysterious color.

Samalá river in Quetzaltenango, Guatemala turns blood red overnight

Local residents were alarmed

What economic recovery? 35% of Americans have debt that is in collections

Michael Snyder
The Economic Collapse
Fri, 14 Oct 2016 11:40 UTC

More than a third of all Americans can't pay their debts. I don't know about you, but to me that is a shocking figure. As you will see below, 35 percent of the people living in this country have debt in collections. When a debt is in collections, it is at least 180 days past due. And this is happening during the "economic recovery" that the mainstream media keeps touting, although the truth is that Barack Obama is going to be the only president in United States history to never have a single year when the economy grew by at least 3 percent. But at least things are fairly stable for the moment, and if this many Americans are having trouble paying their bills right now, what are things going to look like when the economy becomes extremely unstable once again.

The 35 percent figure is a nugget that I discovered in a CNN article about Detroit that I was reading earlier today...

And the city's troubles have left a mark on the financial stability of its residents in a big way, according to a new report from the Urban Institute.

About 66% of residents have debt in collections — meaning more than 180 days past due — at a median amount of $1,847. Across the U.S., 35% of Americans have debt in collections.

Comment: Debt slaves: Most Americans believe that debt is a necessity

Hysteria: Killer clown craze hits tattoo parlors

Hannah Ferrett
The Sun, UK
Sat, 15 Oct 2016 09:44 UTC

Now people have started getting permanent tributes to creepy clowns etched on their bodies

Clowns have barely been out of the news in recent weeks, with seemingly ever-more horrifying incidents involving people dressed as them each day.

In Sweden, a teenager was stabbed by a violent jester in the middle of the street, and Childline has reported a massive surge in calls from kids who've been left frightened by the phenomenon.

Not everyone is so scared though, as this new tattoo craze shows. People have been paying homage to the killer clown trend with spooky inkings etched on their skin. The trend seems to be for tattoos of creepy clowns, with black-and-white and just a hint of colour the most popular.

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School administrator body slams 13 y.o. girl giving her a concussion

Ryan Banister
The Daily Sheeple
Fri, 14 Oct 2016 10:54 UTC

A mother is still trying to get answers about a school administrator who was seen body slamming her daughter on camera at Canyon Springs High School in North Las Vegas. A report from the emergency room shows that the girl has suffered a concussion and has multiple scratches and bruises.

The camera pans away just as the 13-year-old girl is thrown to the ground, but footage clearly shows the school administrator handling the girl prior to her fall and immediately shows him on top of her after the incident.

LOL: Trump calls for drug testing before next debate - 'she's getting pumped up'

RT
Sun, 16 Oct 2016 09:28 UTC

Donald Trump has suggested that he and Hillary Clinton should undergo drug testing before their next election debate, appearing to accuse his Democratic rival of using performance enhancing drugs.

The Republican nominee compared presidential candidates to athletes and said they should be subject to similar drug screenings. "I think we should take a drug test prior to the debate," he said during a rally at a car dealership in New Hampshire on Saturday.

"Because I don't know what's going on with her, but at the beginning of her last debate, she was all pumped up at the beginning, and at the end it was like, huh, take me down. She could barely reach her car. I think we should take a drug test. Anyway, I'm willing to do it."

"A lot of things are going on, folks. A lot of things. I think she's actually getting pumped, you want to know the truth? She's getting pumped up," the businessman said.

Trump has repeatedly raised concerns about Clinton's health and fitness to be president throughout the campaign, particularly after she fell ill with pneumonia in September. His campaign released an attack ad last week saying Clinton doesn't have the "fortitude, strength or stamina to lead in our world."

Gun culture: Accidental shootings kill one American child every 48 hours

RT
Fri, 14 Oct 2016 18:55 UTC

A child is killed every other day as a direct result of an accidental shooting, whether self-inflicted or at the hands of another child or an adult, new research has found. The analysis supersedes federal statistics, relying on 1,500 news sources.

"October 13, 2016, Waukegan, Illinois, victim, age three, male, killed, accidental shooting, self-inflicted, child involved incident, child picked up and fired gun, child killed self, child shot self with 9mm from father's room. Rifle in home also confiscated," a typical entry reads in the raw data collected by Gun Violence Archive, a nonpartisan research group. Data was taken from news reports, using some 1,500 sources, and its third quarter data was released Friday.

For the first 10 months of this year, 804 children, aged 0-11 were killed or injured, as were 750 teenagers, aged 12-17, according to the data. In all, more than 301 children under 11 were killed, and 503 were injured. A further 150 teens died and 600 were injured. Findings revealed that deaths and injuries spiked for children under five, with three-year-olds being both the most common shooters and victims among children.

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Los Angeles: 3 dead, 12 injured in shooting at Jamaican eatery

Richard Winton, Matt Stevens, Deborah Netburn, Ruben Vives and Brittny Mejia
Los Angeles Times
Sat, 15 Oct 2016 10:20 UTC

Los Angeles police are searching for several suspects in connection with the mass shooting at a restaurant in the West Adams district that left three people dead and 12 others wounded.

Detectives are searching for at least three suspects in the shooting, said LAPD Capt. Peter Whittingham. Police took into custody two "persons of interest" — a man and a woman, who was among those injured — but neither has been formally arrested.

"We have street names for these suspects but we don't know who the killers are yet," he said. "The people shot either don't know the killers or aren't telling us what they do know."

As for the motive, Whittingham said it may have been more than a simple argument that erupted at the eatery, but detectives could not say for sure. A gun was recovered from the scene.

Comment: Update:

Two suspects were arrested early Sunday in connection with a shooting at a popular Jamaican restaurant in Los Angeles that left three people dead and 12 others wounded, police said.

Police tracked down Mowayne McKay, 33, and Diego Reid, 25, both Jamaican nationals, at area hospitals where they had sought treatment for gunshot wounds, said Los Angeles Police Capt. Peter Whittingham.

Eyewitness accounts and other evidence, including videos, led police to the men, Whittingham said. They are expected to be booked on murder charges.

Good cop blows whistle: Threatened, abused, mistreated, & cast out for exposing corruption in his own department

Matt Agorist
The Free Thought Project
Sat, 15 Oct 2016 07:41 UTC

Though corruption and violence may permeate departments across the nation, good cops have repeatedly tried to stand against their less honest colleagues — but all too often run into the Blue Wall of Silence for their efforts.

It is no question that if fellow officers become good cops and blow the whistle on their peers for breaking the law, they will be shunned, and their careers will be over.

The blue code of silence, as our friend and former Baltimore cop, Joe Crystal has shown us, is not to be broken. Crystal attempted to expose an officer who beat a handcuffed man and was subsequently threatened and his career ruined.

The Free Thought Project has worked with many cops and former cops whose careers have been ruined after they exposed corruption in their departments. And, Chicago Police Officer Jaeho Jung, is one of those cops.

Comment: See also:

Retired police officer's viewpoint on police shootings in America: Law, policy, & accountability

U.S. police have killed over 5,000 civilians since 9/11

Vigilantes with a badge: The War against the American people

New Executive Order points to devastating space event, unprecedented government response - and public's lack of preparedness

Mac Slavo
SHTFplan
Sat, 15 Oct 2016 00:00 UTC

Once considered a fringe conspiracy theory, it appears that the Obama administration is now actively preparing for a massive solar event that could wipe out life as we have come to know it. Space weather events such as solar flares, solar energetic particles, and geomagnetic disturbances have long been believed to pose a significant threat to our technologically advanced society with the ability to not only affect global positioning satellites, but on-earth electronics that include the entire domestic (and global) power grid.

In the latest Executive Order signed by Barack Obama, the President calls for coordination between various government agencies including the Department of Defense and Department of Homeland security should a major "space weather event" come to pass.

Via WhiteHouse.Gov

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, and to prepare the Nation for space weather events, it is hereby ordered as follows:

Section 1. Policy. Space weather events, in the form of solar flares, solar energetic particles, and geomagnetic disturbances, occur regularly, some with measurable effects on critical infrastructure systems and technologies, such as the Global Positioning System (GPS), satellite operations and communication, aviation, and the electrical power grid. Extreme space weather events — those that could significantly degrade critical infrastructure — could disable large portions of the electrical power grid, resulting in cascading failures that would affect key services such as water supply, healthcare, and transportation. Space weather has the potential to simultaneously affect and disrupt health and safety across entire continents. Successfully preparing for space weather events is an all-of-nation endeavor that requires partnerships across governments, emergency managers, academia, the media, the insurance industry, non-profits, and the private sector.

Comment: While 'space weather events' do in fact present the dangers presented here, and may quite probably occur, it seems just as likely that 'space weather events' has become a euphemistic description for the destruction caused by neo's, meteors, comets, etc. - which have their own electrical properties. Whatever the case, being prepared for such an eventuality (and others in the offing) seems like a very good idea!

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Society's Child

Big banks warn that the economy has gone suicidal

River turns blood red overnight alarming residents in Guatemala

What economic recovery? 35% of Americans have debt that is in collections

Hysteria: Killer clown craze hits tattoo parlors

School administrator body slams 13 y.o. girl giving her a concussion

LOL: Trump calls for drug testing before next debate - 'she's getting pumped up'

Gun culture: Accidental shootings kill one American child every 48 hours

Los Angeles: 3 dead, 12 injured in shooting at Jamaican eatery

Good cop blows whistle: Threatened, abused, mistreated, & cast out for exposing corruption in his own department

New Executive Order points to devastating space event, unprecedented government response - and public's lack of preparedness

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