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Chinese Stocks Tumble Again, But Other Markets Stabilize
AP & HP | author | 08/24/15

The decline comes despite a multibillion-dollar government effort to stop a slide in prices.

Chinese stocks fell Tuesday for a fourth day, hitting an eight-month low amid signs Beijing was no longer buying shares to stem a price slide, and Japanese stocks also dropped. But other Asian and European markets bounced back from a day of heavy losses. U.S. stock futures were also up after Monday's global sell-off and a tumultuous day on Wall Street, where the Dow Jones closed down 3.6 percent. Analysts said it was unclear whether the rebounds in some markets were indications that worst was over or a reprieve in a longer-term bear market.

The Shanghai Composite Index lost 7.6 percent to 2,964.97 points, adding to Monday's 8.5 percent loss and taking the benchmark to its lowest level since Dec. 15. Some 2,000 stocks out of about 2,800 on China's two mainland exchanges fell by the 10 percent daily limit, according to Hexun, a financial news website. ... Read more

July Was The Hottest Month Ever; Cable News Barely Noticed
HP | Sam Stein | 08/24/15

Last week, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued a dire report about the state of the planet: July 2015 was the earth's warmest month on record, dating back to 1880.

This wasn't some one-off study. It was supplemented by similar findings from NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies and the Japanese Meteorological Agency; and, of course, it came on top of other studies underlining the perilous state of global warming. ...

  1. MSNBC: Discussed the report five times, not counting the two repeats of Rachel Maddow's show early on Friday morning.
  2. CNN: Discussed the report five times, not counting repeat airings.
  3. Fox News: Did not discuss the report.
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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) issued a dire report about the state of the planet: July 2015

The United States Has Had More Mass Shootings Than Any Other Country
MotherJones | Samantha Michaels | 08/23/15

Nearly one-third of the world's mass shootings have occurred in the United States, a new study finds. Adam Lankford, an associate professor of criminal justice at the University of Alabama, has released the first quantitative analysis of public mass shootings around the world between 1966 through 2012. Unsurprisingly, the United States came out on top--essentially in a league of its own.

Over those five decades, the United States had 90 public mass shootings, defined as shootings that killed four or more victims. Of the 170 other countries examined in the study, only four even made it to double-digits: The Philippines had 18 public mass shootings, followed by Russia with 15, Yemen with 11, and France with 10. ... Read more

US Equity Futures Soar 4% After PBOC Rate Cut; Chinese Futures Jump After Overnight Market Crash
ZeroHedge | author | 08/25/15

The PBOC cut itself was not surprising, considering the PBOC now has to juggle and micromanage every aspect of the economy, from its sliding currency, to the bursting stock bubble, to record capital outflow, to soaring real interest rates, to the slowing economy. In fact, bulls around the globe will welcome the latest central bank bailout. Which also happens to be the worst aspect of today's intervention, because one can once again toss all the talk that China would finally stop intervening in asset pricing, with today's decision merely perpetuating the market's reliance on central banks. As a reference, this was the second time China cut both RRR and interest rates in 2 months: the last time it did so was during the depths of the financial crisis. ... Read more

With Stocks In Free Fall, China Ditches Plunge Protection For Desperation Rate Cuts
ZeroHedge | author | 08/25/15

The dual policy rate cut is a desperate attempt to 1) free up liquidity, and 2) shore up confidence in the stock market. We suspect the effects may be short lived on both accounts because after all, aggressive easing only fuels further depreciation necessitating further liquidity-sapping FX interventions in a vicious loop, and loose monetary policy likely won't be much comfort to China's 90 million retail investors who now, more than ever before, are virtually guaranteed to sell any rip they can get in a desperate attempt to claw back their life savings which they naively poured into stocks back in April and May. ... Read more

Why Did China Just Cut Rates, Again: Here Are Goldman's Three Reasons
ZeroHedge | author | 08/25/15

Goldman's 3 key reasons for China's "surprise" rate cut: 1) Activity growth weakened meaningfully after a brief rebound in 2Q; 2) Outflows re-emerged and drained liquidity; 3) Equity market has been falling very rapidly. The conclusion: "These cuts are positive moves which are much needed to support the economy and market. But they are unlikely to be sufficient by themselves." ... Read more

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  1. China's Central Bank Cuts Interest Rates (WSJ)
  2. Chinese Stocks Crash Again to Extend Biggest Plunge Since 1996 (BBG)
  3. China cuts rates, reserve ratio to aid economy as stocks sink (Reuters)
  4. Wall St. suffers worst day in four years, S&P confirms correction (Reuters)
  5. Europe's Stocks Head for Best Day Since 2011 (BBG)
  6. Market turmoil clouds Fed rate outlook (FT)
  7. For All Its Heft, China's Economy Is a Black Box (WSJ)
Democracy Now! U.S. and World News Headlines for Tuesday, August 25 [7:45]
*TRNN | Michael Hudson: Smoke and Mirrors of Corporate Buybacks Behind the Market Crash (08/25/15) [10:57]
Killing the Host: How Financial Parasites and Debt Bondage Destroy the Global Economy

The Dow Jones trading took a deep drive this morning, dropping over 1,000 points in the first 20 minutes of trading. It is now slowly reversing itself, but it was the greatest loss in trading since the 2010 crash. Here to discuss all of this, we're joined by Michael Hudson. Michael Hudson is a distinguished research professor of economics at the University of Missouri, Kansas City. His latest book, which we promise to unpack in detail very soon, is Killing the Host: How Financial Parasites and Debt Destroy Global Economy. You can get a digital download of it at Counterpunch.
*TRNN | Larry Wilkerson says: Computer Voting and Stealing Democracy (08/25/15) [10:27]
CODE RED: Computerized Election Theft and The New American Century: POST - E2014 Edition

CODE RED is about what has happened to American elections, American politics, and America since computers took over the vote counting just a few short years ago.

It identifies the red flags -- including the glaring one waving over our most recent election, E2014 -- and provides accessible examinations of why those flags are red. It is a disturbing and provocative call to action. It is about saving our democracy and our country. Now, before it's all gone.

Free and fair elections are the bedrock of a democracy. America, which considers itself the beacon of democracy, has turned to computerized counting for virtually all of its public elections. Several other advanced democracies -- including Germany, The Netherlands, and Ireland -- have moved away from the computerized tabulation they initially embraced, having recognized the manifest security risks it entails. But America has continued to entrust its elections to privatized and concealed vote counting despite mounting and voluminous evidence that the vulnerabilities to manipulation are not merely hypothetical but are actually being exploited, with profound political consequences.
TYT | School Bans Flags On Cars, Fox News Sees Evil Liberal Plot (08/24/15) [3:39]
TYT | Ashley Madison Fallout Now Claiming Lives? (08/24/15) [6:11]
TYT | Fox News: Black Lives Matter Makes Being White Uncomfortable (08/24/15) [5:15]
RT | Keiser Report: Fraud in Miami (E801) (08/25/15) [25:48]
RoF | Ring of Fire On Free Speech TV (E162) [29:00]
RoF | A Psychological Breakdown of a Donald Trump Supporter (08/20/15) [11:25]
When it comes to politics, nothing motivates voters more than fear, and the Republican Party has mastered the art of making people afraid. But fear is only half of the equation -- once they make voters scared, they have to be able to convince them that they are the only candidate capable of keeping them safe -- all the voter has to do is put their blind faith into that Republican candidate. This is how Republicans manipulate voters.
*RoF | Pap and Max Keiser: Banking Terrorists Declare War On Global Economy (08/24/15) [4:12]
RoF | Pap and Thom Hartmann: There Is No More Republican Party; Hate Talkers Have Taken Control (08/21/15) [9:50]
RoF | Koch Brother Doing Anything It Takes To Keep Republicans In Office (08/24/15) [7:28]
Thom Hartmann - www.thomhartmann.com/
*RT ThomHartmann | Market Meltdown (08/24/15) [57:22]

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