thestatedtruth.com | October 4, 2013
Well, Tor seems to be a very deep subject, pun intended…..and in fact we don’t profess to know everything about it, but we’ll try to explain things as best as possible here. Tor was originally an acronym for The Onion Router (TOR),and is free software for enabling online anonymity. Tor directs Internet traffic through a free, worldwide, volunteer network consisting […]
Category: Commentary, National News, National Security, Outliers, Tid Bits, Uncategorized, World News |
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Tags: Activity, Development, internet, Internet traffic, Network, Precurser, Puns, Relays, Software, The Onion Router, TOR, Traffic, Ubiquitous
thestatedtruth.com | October 2, 2013
Reuters reports: U.S. law enforcement authorities raided an Internet site that served as a marketplace for illegal drugs, including heroin and cocaine, and arrested its owner, the Federal Bureau of Investigation said on Wednesday. The FBI arrested Ross William Ulbricht, known as “Dread Pirate Roberts,” in San Francisco on Tuesday, according to court filings. Federal […]
Category: Commentary, Economy, National News, World News |
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Tags: BitCoin, Borderless, Borderless Currency, currency, Popular, Secret, Stealth
thestatedtruth.com | September 27, 2013
Below are the top 10 corporations by market cap listed in 5 year increments spanning the last 21 years, actually the last increment was 6 years. While the names have changed at the very top, the premise has not. And…the winner for 2013 is (drum roll) Apple. But pay attention to this, nobody has stayed number one for very long! In fact, most […]
Category: Charts and Graphs, Commentary, Economy, Finance, National News, Tid Bits, Wall Street, World News |
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Tags: Apple, Big Names, Changed, Largest, Own The World, Powerfull, Top Ten
thestatedtruth.com | September 25, 2013
Education flails….then fails for many!
Category: Charts and Graphs, Commentary, Economy, Education and Schooling, National News, World News |
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Tags: Education SAT, Reading/Verbal Scores, SAT Scores, school, Score
thestatedtruth.com | September 20, 2013
Here’s a full history of the Census Bureau’s figures for median household income. Notice that median household income in 2012 is below the 1989 figure. That’s 23 years. Not so good. Now let’s look at things from 1975, which is the begining of these records…..Median household income has increased by a cumulative, grand total of 11% […]
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Tags: congress, Data, Median Household Income, Members, Pay Increase, Wisedog
thestatedtruth.com | September 16, 2013
Wise Dog Sources believe that Kohn is NOT a deregulator as Summers was perceived to be, and his comments that we review below essentially take him out of the Federal Reserve Chairman job opening! Wikepedia: Donald Lewis Kohn (born November 7, 1942) is an American economist who served as the former Vice Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. […]
Category: Commentary, Economy, Finance, National News, Wall Street, World News |
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Tags: Authorities, Autonomous Voice, Bail-In Needed, banks, Dangerous Risks, Direction, Experimental, Extreme Cirumstances, Fiancial Sytem, Headlines, Imbalances, Indicators, Instabilities, Monetary Policy, Objectives, Oversight, Policy, Protect, Regulating Financial Risks, Regulation, Regulations, Resilience, Risks, System, Transparency
thestatedtruth.com | September 15, 2013
It’s concerning how so many people now think that “things are different this time”! But since complacency has hit an all time record, it’s unlikely to end well. The Swiss-based BIS `bank of central banks’ said a hunt for yield was luring investors en masse into high-risk instruments, “a phenomenon reminiscent of exuberance prior to the global financial crisis”. The former chief economist […]
Category: Charts and Graphs, Commentary, Economy, Finance, National News, Tid Bits, Wall Street, World News |
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Tags: 2007 Economic Crisis, Abenomics, Bank of International Settlements, BIS, Borrowing Costs, Challenge, Covenant Free Loans, Different, Economists, Euphoria, Exuberance, Financial Risks, Imbalances, Interest rates, Leveraged Loans, New Issuance Loans, Riskier lending, Swiss Banks, Syndicated Loans, Tempatation, Worse, Wrong
thestatedtruth.com | September 15, 2013
Wise Dog Sources: For the third time in the past few weeks Tyler Durden of Zero Hedge has scooped a block buster story on the tracking and recording habits of the NSA (National Security Agency). You can review the previous two stories right here at The Stated Truth by scrolling down to September 2nd (Say It Ain’t […]
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Tags: Back Door, banks, Card Processors, Communication, Credit Card Records, Credit Filter, Data, Documents, Financial Surveillance, Follow The Money, FTM, GCHQ, Habits, Intelligence, Monetary Survellance, Money Laundering, Monitors, Recorded, Records Of Data, Spending Habits, SWIFT, Swiped, Tracfin, Tracking Spending habits, Uber Spies
thestatedtruth.com | September 12, 2013
Silver appears to be the metal of the future….especially when one considers that 2/3 of all silver produced worldwide is a by product of lead, copper and zinc mining. Major silver users include the electronic and circut board industry, water purification and growing industrial uses in China, including production of energy saving solar panels. Silver Atomic Number: 47 Symbol: Ag Atomic Weight: 107.8682 Discovery: Known […]
Category: Commentary, Commodities, Economy, Gold and Silver, National News, Wall Street, World News |
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Tags: Metals, silver, Solar, tid bits
thestatedtruth.com | September 12, 2013
“Wise Dog” sources say the new normal in money has started a change from paper to plastic! The reason being that after initial increased costs, the extra durability of the notes would mean they would last longer. Canada has already adopted the polymer banknote because it’s cheaper to issue then paper notes. Other countries paying with plastic include: Australia was […]
Category: Commentary, Economy, Finance, National News, Pictures, Wall Street, World News |
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Tags: Money, Notes, Paying With Plastic, Plastic Bank Notes, Polymer money, Wise Dog Sources
thestatedtruth.com | September 11, 2013
As remembering one of the toughest days in our history passes, let’s not forget those innocent kind souls who lost their lives on September 11, 2001. God Bless America, Land Of The Free and Home Of The Brave.
Category: Commentary, Inspirational, National News, National Security, Wall Street, World News |
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Tags: 9-11-2001, History, Life, Lost, Love, Remembered, Remembering, Souls
thestatedtruth.com | September 11, 2013
Hmm…..This has to be a first, a Russian president does an editorial in a major U.S. newspaper! Unbelievable! Truely, it really is. Inquiring minds want to know if Russia’s leading newspaper Pravda would allow President Obama to pen his own Op-Ed in Moscow. Just curious! Here is a major exert on a Russian point of disagreement: “I carefully studied his (President Obama) address […]
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Tags: Disagreement, Hmm, op-ed, Opinion, President, Russia, Unbelievable, US, What, World News, Wow, yikes
thestatedtruth.com | September 4, 2013
The U.S. isn’t “oil independent” just yet, but we’re working on it! As you can see from the charts below, most of the OPEC oil imported by the US comes from places other then the Middle East. Saudi Arabia and Libya are the exceptions. 2013 July vs June Chart Below……. 2013 Year To Date Chart below….. Source: Census Bureau
Category: Charts and Graphs, Commentary, Economy, National News, National Security, Oil and Nat Gas, Tid Bits, Wall Street, World News |
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Tags: Black Gold, More Oil, Oil, Oil Independent, OPEC, Stretched, US Oil, war, War Over Oil
thestatedtruth.com | September 2, 2013
Here is a spaghetti chart created by the WSJ of the US telecom space. It lays out roughly how many current subscribers (many from other carriers) pass through US telecom giant, AT&T. Submitted by Tyler Durden on 09/02/2013 16:02 -0400 www.zerohedge.com The reason for this is that according to the latest revelations from the NYT, which […]
Category: Charts and Graphs, Commentary, Economy, National News, National Security, Pensions and Retirement, Research, Wall Street, World News |
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Tags: All Calls, Cell Phone Calls, Phone Calls, Spagghetti Chart, Telecom Giants, The Hemisphere Project, You've Just Been Recorded
thestatedtruth.com | August 25, 2013
The China plan would look to eventually back the Chinesse Renminbi currency with Gold, creating a direct trading challenge to the U.S. Dollar. Russia’s Putin has in the past hinted at something similar for the Russian Ruble! Chinese Gold Imports – China Imports 104 Tonnes of Gold in June China just imported 104 tonnes of […]
Category: Charts and Graphs, Commentary, Commodities, Economy, Finance, Gold and Silver, National News, National Security, Real Estate, Wall Street, World News |
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Tags: China, currency, dollar, gold, Renminbi, Ruble, Russia
thestatedtruth.com | August 25, 2013
Unbelievable! Ok, now we understand better why the commodity market is so unusually tame, especially the softs which have been weak all summer…By definition a soft commodity is a commodity such as coffee, cocoa, sugar, corn, wheat, soybean and fruit. This term generally refers to commodities that are grown, rather than mined, drilled for or raised such as animals. So […]
Category: Commentary, Commodities, National News, Outliers, Wall Street, Weather, World News |
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Tags: Hurricanes, None, weather, Wow, Zero, Zip
thestatedtruth.com | August 25, 2013
Sounds like an old Abbott and Costello routine? Who’s on first….. From K-N Al-Sabah, posted in the FT: Iran is backing Assad. Gulf states are against Assad! Assad is against Muslim Brotherhood. Muslim Brotherhood and Obama are against General Sisi. But Gulf states are pro Sisi! Which means they are against Muslim Brotherhood! Iran is pro […]
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Tags: Abbott and Costello, Middle East, News, No, war, World
thestatedtruth.com | August 23, 2013
So, it’s said by a number of Realtors that interest rate spikes don’t matter to home buyers….um, maybe they should rethink that idea? Yep, maybe rethink it twice! Purchases of new U.S. homes plunged in July by the most in more than three years while previous month saless were revised down. Housing in July showed that a […]
Category: Charts and Graphs, Commentary, Economy, Finance, Interest Rates, Bonds, National News, Real Estate, Research, Wall Street, World News |
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Tags: charts, Expectations, Home Builders, Housing 101, Median Home Sale Price, NAHB, New Home Sales, RE Sales, Re Think, Real Estate, Sales
thestatedtruth.com | August 18, 2013
Things that make you wonder….and then question, how could this happen! 76% of Americans live paycheck to paycheck 27% of American have no savings at all 46% of Americans have less than $800 in savings The conversion of America into a part-time working society and the country’s second largest employer – a temp agency. The […]
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Tags: Big News, College Loans, Jobs, Paycheck, Savings, Thing, Wondering
thestatedtruth.com | August 6, 2013
Reviewing the overall global trade activity, the Baltic Dry Index shows we remain in record low territory. The global economy is moving at stall speed…. www.kingworldnews.com
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Tags: Baltic Dry Index Chart, Economy, gdp, Growth, Slow Down
thestatedtruth.com | March 1, 2013
How do we define austerity? Quit simply we think it means that out into the future… “we’re all going to be poorer”. This sets up a bad game, and looking at the view of the field, it really doesn’t look anything like the ticket they sold us……more specifically, we have “bad seats, hey buddy…front row behind a pole, and we just sat […]
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Tags: austerity, Bad Seats Hey Buddy, Blocked View, Confidence, Free Everything, Government money, Nails, Poles, Purchasing Power, Saving Rate, Savings Rate
thestatedtruth.com | February 27, 2013
In some cases, a picture is worth a thousand words….in this case, we’re in the trillions. www.jsmineset.com
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Tags: Budget Cuts, Federal Spending, politics, Trillions, Yep
thestatedtruth.com | November 19, 2012
Cumberland Associates has this perspective about the world wide slippery economic situation, and failed post-retirement promises made to a trusting populace. Let us get back to the difference between the US and Europe. European peripheral countries waited too long. Now they cannot fund the promises that they made for retirement and post-retirement benefits, and so they have to […]
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Tags: Cliff, Fiscal, government pensions, retirement, Riots, taxes
thestatedtruth.com | November 13, 2012
This will change everything folks…….Growing supplies of crude oil extracted through new technologies including hydraulic fracturing of underground rock formations will transform the U.S. into the worlds largest producer of oil starting as early as 2017, the Paris-based adviser to 28 nations said in its annual World Energy Outlook. The U.S. met 83 percent of its energy needs […]
Category: Commentary, Economy, Oil and Nat Gas, Wall Street, World News |
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Tags: 2017, Barrels Of Oil, Drilling, New Technologies, Oil, Petroleum, Pumping, U.S.
thestatedtruth.com | October 25, 2012
This one is a whopper….“If the storm follows the current hurricane center forecast, we are looking at over $5 billion in damage,” said Chuck Watson, director of research and development at Kinetic Analysis…… New Huricane Sandy may combine with a second storm coming out of the Midwest to create a system that would rival the […]
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Tags: Huge Storm, Lu Lu, Massive, tropical storms, Whopper
thestatedtruth.com | October 25, 2012
Looks like a heavy breeze is blowing accross this windy political road with switch backs at every turn….. The Senate electoral landscape was supposed to favor Republicans, who are defending 10 seats, compared with 23 for Democrats. Democrats now control the Senate 53-47. Republicans must hold all of their seats and pick up four to gain control if President […]
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Tags: congress, Election News, politics, President, Seneate, Voting
thestatedtruth.com | October 24, 2012
Here is an interesting new projection of the presidential election. It comes from John Mauldin’s ‘Thoughts From The Front Line’ ….it looks like a toss up to us! According to Bickers and Berry’s analysis, Romney is projected to receive 330 of the total 538 Electoral College votes. President Obama is expected to receive 208 votes – down […]
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Tags: Election Opinions, National Elections, U.S. Elections, Vote
thestatedtruth.com | September 30, 2012
In This Guessing Game……There Are Four Possible Answers. So here we go with inquiring minds! With the World on your shoulders, which one of these four outcomes would you look to hitch your horse to…. 1. One who knows and knows that he knows… His horse of wisdom will reach the skies. 2. One who knows, but doesn’t know that he […]
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Tags: It's A Guessing Game, Know It, None Of Them Know, The Knower, The Ones That Know, They Know It ll, Which One
thestatedtruth.com | September 27, 2012
As often is the case, we present some unusual stuff. Enjoy the ride… The InTrade markets trading on the various outcomes of the Presidential have become increasingly liquid and active in recent weeks. As Morgan Stanley’s Vince Reinhart cleverly notes, by analyzing the odds for control of the Senate, the House, and the Presidential winner, […]
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Tags: Election, Opinions, Outcomes, politics, Predictions
thestatedtruth.com | July 12, 2012
Can small town America survive a local Wal-Mart……Our opinion is that anytime one company controls so many things, it’s not good for anyone! A study of small and rural towns in Iowa showed lost sales for local businesses ranging from -17.2% in small towns to -61.4% in rural areas, amounting to a total dollar loss […]
Category: Commentary, Economy, National News, Retail, World News |
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Tags: Big Stores, Control, Large Company, retail, spending, Super Stores, walmart
thestatedtruth.com | June 29, 2012
The use of Eminent Domain to rewrite underwater mortgages would be catastrophic to the future of the housing industry. It would guarantee that private capital would have no interest in writing future loans for property that could be seized. Any idea that has no homeowner skin in the game should be dead on arrival! Officials in San Bernardino […]
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Tags: Eminent Domain, Lost Cause, Morgages, Real Estate, Under Water
thestatedtruth.com | June 26, 2012
Hmm… Survey: More Than 25% of Americans Have No Emergency Savings! By Nancy Stanley While nearly half of Americans don’t have enough money saved to cover emergencies, one-quarter don’t have any money saved, according to Bankrate.com’s Financial Security Index survey. The general rule of thumb is to have enough cash saved to cover at least […]
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Tags: Cash, Emergency, Expenses, Finanial Security, Retirees, Savings
thestatedtruth.com | June 26, 2012
Ray Dalio: Don’t Assume That Germany Will Bail Europe Out; Consider The “Fat Tail” A Significant Possibility…….Dalio’s Bridgwater is one of the highest rated hedge funds anywhere, so naturally we highly value their opinion! From Bridgewater’s Daily Observations: Be Careful When Betting Against Human Nature Alliances are shifting in a logical manner. The German-French alliance is breaking down […]
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Tags: Big Problem, Ray Dalio;Europe, Wipe Out, World Economy
thestatedtruth.com | March 20, 2012
From the floor of The New York Stock Exchange, Art Cashin asks, who got the new jobs? The King Report’s assertion is that without seasonal adjustment, 2012 payroll numbers have actually fallen 1.8 million jobs instead of a gain as the government says (based on seasonal adjustments)…this is stunning. And, making matters even worse, the Weekly Leading Indicator is now […]
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Tags: Jobs, Real Deal, unemployment
thestatedtruth.com | March 19, 2012
Spend, spend spend…… The Federal Reserve Flow of Funds Report, issued two weeks ago, reveals the extent of the average mans plight : Forty percent of all credit card users do not pay-off their credit card every month and carry an average balance of $16,000 at an average interest rate of 15%. Total U.S. credit market […]
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Tags: debt, Decline, Foreclosed, Forgiven, Free Money
thestatedtruth.com | March 18, 2012
Just a friendly reminder…Greece continued to say everything was fine, they said it over and over… until one day not so long later, they admited that it wasn’t. The next thing you know Greek riots break out because Greece is forced to go on a hard austerity plan. Now we see Portugal in the same sinking boat. We’ve been warned. The head and co founder […]
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Tags: Borrow, broke, Done, Greece, portugal
thestatedtruth.com | March 3, 2012
Here we are with bad demographics again, add to that another broke social security system, and guess what island are we standing on. Yep, it’s Japan! Now the Japanese government has had an epiphany, and all of a sudden seeks to save a broken down social security system, and “rein in soaring welfare costs”. Question: But uh, isn’t that a problem worldwide? Yes it is. So […]
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Tags: Consumption Tax, Double Consumption Taxes, japan, raising taxes
thestatedtruth.com | February 24, 2012
Wow…every one’s celebrating like it’s 1999, but it isn’t…try 2012? And…we continue to see record lows of Completed Houses for sale. Anyone still want to celebrate about this? www.zerohedge.com
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Tags: Excitment, Home Sales, Real Estate
thestatedtruth.com | February 15, 2012
So…. for Americans to get debt levels back to the happier times of 2002-03 levels, we’ll need about a 21% debt drop from the peak and a 17% drop from right where we are now. Back to 2000 will take longer. We’re talking many years for this to unwind. www.frontlinethoughts.com
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Tags: debt, Equity, gdp, History
