Sunscreens from Target and Walmart beat high-end alternatives in quality and performance (and they’re cheaper too)

Target’s own-brand sunscreen costing under $7, has been ranked number one in a study investigating the most effective sun protection products on the market.

Researchers from the ratings site Consumer Reports tested 12 popular SPF lotions on their ability to block harmful ultraviolet radiation, considered the main cause of skin cancer. 

Target’s spray-on Up & Up Sport SPF 50 priced at $6.94, scored 80 out of 100 beating pricier, better-known brands such as Hawaiian Tropic, Neutrogena and Coppertone.

SIX MOST EFFECTIVE SUNSCREENS

Target: Up & Up [...]

SHUT DOWN THE BANKSTERS’ REHYPOTHECATION, THE ENTIRE FINANCIAL SYSTEM COLLAPSES INSTANTLY OVERNIGHT!

http://silverdoctors.com/
http://sdbullion.com/
http://silverdoctors.com/sd-podcast/

In this week’s SD Weekly Metals & Markets, The Doc & Eric Dubin discuss:

The cartel’s epic failure to smash silver under $20 and gold under $1300.

An update on shortages/delays and premiums in the wholesale physical silver market.

Eurozone finance minsters’ claim the banksters’ $80 Trillion shadow banking system will be shut down as the unlimited asset rehypothecation is a systemic risk in a financial crisis.

The Surging Yen, The Plunging Aussie Dollar, And Everything Else Going On In The Currency Markets

The main development in the foreign exchange market over the past week has been the short squeeze of the yen, and to a lesser extent, the Swiss franc.

 

The move coincided with a backing up in JGB yields, with the 10-year approaching the 1.0% threshold, a nearly three-fold increase since the BOJ announced its more aggressive monetary stance in early April.  The Nikkei took it on the chin, falling 12.5% between [...]

44% of Homeowners With a Mortgage Can’t Sell

NEW YORK (TheStreet) — About 44% of homeowners with mortgages cannot afford to sell their homes, according to a recent blog post from real estate company Zillow.

Despite a recovery in prices, over a quarter of homeowners with mortgage loans still owe more than their homes are worth. “But another 18.2 percent of homeowners with mortgages, while not technically underwater, likely do not have enough equity to afford to move,” according [...]

BREAKING: I-5 Bridge In Washington State Collapses! People In Water!

BREAKING: People and vehicles are in the water after the I-5 Bridge over Skagit River in WA state has collapsed

http://sbynews.blogspot.com/2013/05/breaking-news-bridge-collapse-in.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:%20SalisburyNews%20(Salisbury%20News)

2 hrs or so north of Seattle, over the Skagit River. Tweets coming in–

http://inagist.com/all/337753847952986113/

SKAGIT COUNTY, Wash. – —

Both north and southbound lanes of Interstate 5 Skagit River Bridge collapsed Thursday evening, said officials with the Washington State Patrol.

The collapse happened between south of Burlington and north of Mount Vernon.

According to the State Patrol, people and [...]

Mother of All Earth Direct Solar Flares In Progress!!

Holy shit, back to back flares in 30 hrs but this one is a monster.

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SOHO Lasco C3 Larger Images

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Look at all of the space ships getting the FO of the way!

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Here it looks like it caught up to the observering sat:

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Energetic Proton Levels streaming past Earth continue to rise. A strong S3 Level Radiation Storm is now in progress.

ALERT: Proton Event 10MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu
Begin Time: 2013 May 23 [...]

Tweet from Jim Rickards: Print money. Create wealth effect in stocks & housing. Happy days. #Bernanke waited 4 yrs for this. Now he owns the crash. But he’s leaving.

Print money. Create wealth effect in stocks & housing. Happy days. #Bernanke waited 4 yrs for this. Now he owns the crash. But he’s leaving.

https://twitter.com/JamesGRickards/status/337321683906084864

SPANISH BANKS NEED MORE CAPITAL – RAJOY ( Welcome back to crisis!)

Russian Market‏@russian_market1 min
SPANISH BANKS NEED MORE CAPITAL – RAJOY ( Welcome back to crisis!)

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RAJOY DOES NOT RULE OUT PROSPECT THAT SPANISH BANKS WILL REQUIRE MORE MONEY

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RAJOY SAYS IF SPANISH BANKS NEED CAPITAL, WON’T COME FROM EU

Spain economy, imports tell the full story:

http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/images/user5/imageroot/2013/05/Spain%20Imports.jpg

Spain banks may need to raise money to meet provisions: Rajoy

http://www.foxbusiness.com/news/2013/05/22/spain-banks-may-need-to-raise-money-to-meet-provisions-rajoy/

Rajoy Needs to Stand Up to Spain’s Banks

There are two schools of thought about the government [...]

NYT: US admits killing four Americans in drone strikes

WASHINGTON — One day before President Obama is due to deliver a major speech on national security, his administration on Wednesday formally acknowledged that the United States had killed four American citizens in drone strikes in Yemen and Pakistan.

In a letter to Congressional leadersobtained by The New York Times, Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. disclosed that the administration had deliberately killed Anwar al-Awlaki, a radical Muslim cleric who was [...]

We All Know How This Will End… Badly

by Phoenix Capital Research

 

Just what is the Fed so scared of?

Today, the Fed’s favorite reporter, Jon Hilsenrath at the Wall Street Journal published an article completely refuting his own work from just two weeks ago.

If you’ll recall, two weeks ago, Hilsenrath wrote that the Fed was planning to taper its QE purchases before the end of the year.

Today, Hilsenrath wrote that when the Fed does taper its buying  it won’t be “predictable.” [...]

CBSNEWS President and WH Official Tied to Benghazi Scandal — Are Brothers

One of the mainstream media journalists whose pursuit of the truth has been truly tenacious and nonpartisan is CBS News’ Sharyl Attkisson.  Her tough reporting has made life difficult for everyone from Hillary Clinton to the Bush administration and Congressional Republicans.  She’s also been relentless on the Obama administration’s Fast & Furious gun-running scandal — and, of course, Benghazi.  As we mentioned this week, Attkisson’s tough investigative journalism is starting to bother unnamed CBS News [...]

Jim Rickards – Japan’s Taking The World Down With Them

Jim Rickards, Senior Managing Director at Tangent Capital, says the Bank of Japan’s monetary easing policy is so aggressive they are forcing other central banks to cut rates.

 

Jim Rogers: Yen’s ‘Collapse Very Dangerous’

The dollar hit a four-year high of 103.31 yen Friday, and legendary investor Jim Rogers, chairman of Rogers Holdings, doesn’t think that’s a good thing.

“The [yen], which is one of the major currencies of the world, has collapsed [...]

Goldman Sachs: Germany must stay in the Euro and the UK must stay in the EU

Goldman Sachs: Germany must stay in the Euro €

“Germany to remain in the euro according to the wish of Goldman Sachs.”

http://translate.google.de/translate?hl=de&sl=de&tl=en&u=http://deutsche-wirtschafts-nachrichten.de/2013/05/20/goldman-sachs-deutschland-muss-im-euro-bleiben/

 

Goldman Sachs: UK must stay in the EU

“A withdrawal of Great Britain from the EU would move to the country a substantial economic damage, warns Goldman Sachs.”

 

http://translate.google.de/translate?hl=de&sl=de&tl=en&u=http://deutsche-wirtschafts-nachrichten.de/2013/05/22/goldman-sachs-grossbritannien-muss-in-der-eu-bleiben/

 

Goldman Sachs chief warns of separating banking system in Europe!

“The head of the U.S. bank Goldman Sachs, Lloyd Blankfein, has warned of a two-tier [...]

BREAKING: Man being questioned about connection to Boston Bombing shot and killed by FBI agent in FL

Report: 1 of 2 men allegedly being questioned in connection with the Boston bombings was shot and killed by an FBI agent in Florida – @WESH

http://www.wesh.com/news/central-florida/orange-county/fbi-agent-involved-in-deadly-shooting-in-orlando/-/12978032/20249908/-/s0twg9z/-/index.html?absolute=true&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=wesh

Catherine Austin Fitts : Deliberate Implosion of the U.S. Economy

Well worth listening to.

Top 5 Places NOT To Be In A Dollar Collapse
All currencies have arbitrary fiat value.
Gold is just a commodity it’s no better than paper currency when it’s being used.
That’s one of many reasons we should abandon the proxy barter system and start switching over to a resource based economic scientifically designed to meet human needs and maximize creative freedoms. All money does is create a system of [...]

The Japanese market is just ridiculous! Nikkei up another 1%, This is just a regular occurrence now.

Nikkei.com

 

http://www.businessinsider.com/japan-may-22-2013-5?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheMoneyGame+%28The+Money+Game%29

Gold & Silver Smash & What Soros & Major Players Are Doing

. . . There was evidence of a very large sovereign buyer at the fix in London on Friday. So there was major interest for physical gold at levels roughly $40 higher than where we are at the moment.

At the same time we have publicly bearish elites such as George Soros, who is still telling everybody to sell their gold, who has personally turned extremely bullish. He is adding to his positions, [...]

3D-printable food? NASA wants a taste

“Grant money goes to see if we can’t print perfect, nutritious food.”

NASA has bestowed a $125,000 grant upon a research corporation to pursue the development of 3D-printable food, according to a report from Quartz. Anjan Contractor, who runs Systems & Materials Research Corporation, hopes to design a system that will turn shelf-stable cartridges of sugars, complex carbs, and protein into edible food on demand.

http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2013/05/3d-printable-food-nasa-wants-a-taste/

Senate panel OKs tax-welfare benefits for newly legal immigrants

The SenateJudiciary Committee voted Monday to allow illegal immigrants who get legal status to begin collecting tax-welfare payments, as the panel spent a fourth day working through amendments to the massive immigration bill and party-line splits began to emerge.

In one major change, the committee voted 17-1 to make a third drunken-driving conviction a deportable offense for the newly legalized immigrants if at least one of those offenses occurs after they are approved for legal [...]

8 Currencies That Could Tank As Commodities Collapse

Aussie Dollar : aluminum, coal & wheat
Canadian Dollar : oil and wheat
South African Rand : coal & platinum
Chilean Peso : copper
Mexican Peso: oil & silver
Russian Rubel: oil, nickel, platinum, wheat
Brazilian Real: oil
Norwegian Kroner: oil

Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/9-currencies-that-could-tank-as-commodities-collapse-2013-5#ixzz2TvkoJ73t

Incredible Footage Of China Demolishing Miles Of Elevated Road In Just A Few Seconds

Check out this video from Bloomberg.com:

http://www.businessinsider.com/video-china-demolishes-bridge-2013-5?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheMoneyGame+%28The+Money+Game%29

Total Cartel CONTROL Over Media & Markets — Andy Hoffman

Insiders make a fortune off of the volatility.

Benghazi, Department of “Justice” Fast & Furious gun running, Justice Department tapping AP Journalist’s phones, IRS targeting Patriot groups and Constitutionalists – the crimes of our literally CRIMINAL government are now obvious to all. So now’s the time the collective outrage of the American people will finally allow us to do something about it, and take our country back, right? No so fast, [...]

DAVID BIANCO: The Stock Market Rally Sure Looks Like Something Out Of The 1980s – Weak earnings growth, strong dollar, falling commodity prices.

Earnings growth expectations are weak, manufacturing activity is decelerating, the dollar is strengthening, commodity prices are deteriorating, and business spending is anemic.

Yet stocks have been rallying.

In a new research note titled “Remember The 80s?” Deutsche Bank’s David Bianco reminds us that these dynamics are not unprecedented.

“1967, 1985-86 and 1995 have the weakest economic mid-cycle manufacturing ISM since 1960,” he wrote.

“We see 1985-86 as very similar to now: a stronger dollar [...]

Gerald Celente On Fire – “Leading Into Disaster”

 

“Barack Obama’s “American” values, The Associated Press reports that the Obama Administration seized phone records… & “war time sex slaves were necessary” says Japanese mayor! NO OUTRAGE?!”

10 Wild Statistics About How Nobody Can Lose In This Market

Scary, almost.

Here are some wild stats about the current rally in the S&P 500 in 2013 which brings the gains to 17%+:

Of the twenty weeks this year, just four have been negative weeks.
Of the four negative weeks just one has included a loss over 2%.
Of the four negative weeks just two of them included losses over 1%.
There have been zero 4%+ corrections this year.
The S&P 500 has gained about 0.18% on average per day year to date.
 The S&P 500 has [...]

PAPER: GOOGLE whistleblower reveals massive tax avoidance scheme… Ready to hand cache of 100,000 emails to UK authorities

Simon Duke and Jon Ungoed-Thomas
The Sunday Times
May 18, 2013

A FORMER Google executive has blown the whistle on a massive and “immoral” tax avoidance scheme that has “cheated” British taxpayers out of hundreds of millions of pounds over the past decade.

Barney Jones, 34, who worked for the internet search giant between 2002 and 2006, has lifted the lid on an elaborate structure which diverts British profits through Ireland to the Bermuda [...]

ISRAELI SPECIAL FORCES CROSSING INTO SYRIA, FOX NEWS VIDEO SHOWS

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ISRAELI SPECIAL FORCES CROSSING INTO #SYRIA, FOX NEWS VIDEO SHOWS

https://video.foxnews.com/v/video-embed.html?video_id=2387678544001

Russia Has Just Made Sure That Any US Deliveries Of Weapons To Syria Will Be Airborne

Russia has deployed upwards of a dozen ships to its naval base in Syria over the past three months, and recently sent advanced anti-ship missiles to the embattled Syrian government, highlighting the depth of Moscow’s commitment to the Assad regime and the challenges in [...]

Kokesh Concerns & Gun Grabbers EXPOSED

SGTbull07, Published on May 17, 2013

Adam Kokesh’s July 4th ‘Armed March on Washington’ is pause for concern. Is it a good idea and an expression of the natural born rights of free men who are fed up with the overt criminality coming out of the District of Coumbia? Or is it a misguided plan which can only end badly, giving more than ample opportunity for the mainstream mockingbird media to further demonize [...]

JOHNSON & JOHNSON ADMITS THEIR BABY PRODUCTS CONTAIN CANCER-CAUSING FORMALDEHYDE

by The Savvy Sister, World Public Union:

No more tears? I would rather have no more formaldehyde. I just might get my wish. Today, the personal care giant announced that it would voluntarily (after consistent pressure from the public and groups like EWG) remove hidden formaldehyde from their baby products like baby shampoo and baby washes.

Don’t see formaldehyde listed on the back of your bottle of “no more tears” shampoo? Formaldehyde is [...]

Dollar Debt Inferno: The Forecast From Hell

“I understand people hate the dollar and cannot imagine a rally. That is the VERY reason the dollar will rally. Everyone and their adopted twice removed brother is short the dollar. Who is left to sell more? It is the biggest short position in history!!!! EVER!!!!! A dollar rally will turn the world upside down and cause the greatest amount of confusion and PAIN!!!!!!”

http://armstrongeconomics.com/2013/05/08/dollar-trade-reserves/

Exactly what is happening as we speak..

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BREAKING: Multiple explosive devices found in a home near Los Angeles

Developing, police in LA are evacuating a neighborhood near downtown Los Angeles and have found multiple liquid explosive devices

Culver city,CA

Multiple explosives found in Palms apartment

A routine traffic stop led to the discovery of more than a dozen explosives in an apartment in Palms Wednesday morning.

http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/index

http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=news/local/los_angeles&id=9103713

 

Police find possible explosives at Los Angeles apartment

Los Angeles police have discovered potential explosive devices in an apartment complex and are combing the area.

Officer Diana Figueroa [...]

Stocks Disconnect From Reality… and Every Other Asset Class

by Phoenix Capital Research

 

The stock market is completely and totally out of control.

 

Eight of the last ten closes have been new record highs. It’s now been six months since we had a 5% correction. Traders got us to 1,650 on the S&P 500.

 

At this point, no long term investor in their right mind should be buying. This is especially true given that the S&P 500 is now not only totally disconnected [...]

HSBC cuts 14,000 jobs

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HSBC cuts 14’000 jobs. Who cares, right? Robots will do it.

 

The largest European bank will cut another 14,000 jobs in a plan to save three billion additional dollars.

HSBC expects to cut the number of employees in over 14 000 to about 240 000 in the next three years, today announced Stuart Gulliver, chief executive of British bank in ‘conference call’ with investors.

The bank already has an ongoing plan [...]

Microsoft is reading and USING what you type on Skype

Anyone who uses Skype has consented to the company reading everything they write. The H‘s associates in Germany at heise Security have now discovered that the Microsoft subsidiary does in fact make use of this privilege in practice. Shortly after sending HTTPS URLs over the instant messaging service, those URLs receive an unannounced visit from Microsoft HQ in Redmond.

A reader informed heise Security that he had observed some unusual network traffic following a Skype [...]

Why Gold And Apple Are Tanking At Exactly The Same Time

Apple is down 2%. The big gold ETF, GLD, is down 1.4%.

These moves are happening on a day when the market is basically flat. It’s not an accident that they’re diving together.

The reason is: During the immediate post-crisis era, gold and Apple were huge outperformers, that were uncorrelated to the day-to-day “risk on, risk off” regime that was dominating financial markets.

Remember, investors are desperate to find uncorrelated assets that don’t just [...]