Seemorerocks: Headlines

## Global Ponzi meltdown/House of Cards ##

Government leaders are expected to agree in November that the world's top banks must issue special bonds to increase the amount of capital which can be tapped in a crisis instead of calling on taxpayers to come to the rescue, industry and G20 officials said.

Argentinian Peso in Massive Slide; Argentina’s Bonds Decline on Plan to Offer Local-Law Swap

Russian watchdog shuts four McDonald's restaurants in Moscow

Russia conducts checks at McDonald's restaurants in Urals region

Warren Buffett And The Chinese Are Loading Up On Hard Assets

Staples to Shut 140 Stores This Year as Sales Decline

Here Are 10 Countries Hoarding Enormous Piles Of Gold

Russia Adds Another 300,000 Troy Ounces of Gold to Their Reserves in July

It's Official: For Caterpillar, The "Great Recovery" Is Now Worse Than The "Great Recession"

Acquisition-and-Layoff Queen Hewlett-Packard Reports a Miracle

Call for interest rate hikes growing at world’s largest central banks

Financial Times: Wall Street Plays Dangerous Derivatives Games — Again

World getting 'super-aged' at scary speed

## Airline Death Spiral ##

Hamas military warns int'l airlines of more airstrikes

Air Berlin to cut seats, fleet in bid for turnaround

Flying High: Taxes and fees on travelers continue to rise

China Angry After Air Traffic Controllers Literally Fall Asleep on the Job

Iceland’s last giant volcanic eruption cost the global economy $5bn. Is that about to happen again?

AirAsia X net losses deepen in 2Q on capacity and network expansion

Monarch Airlines Expected to Cut 30 Percent of Its Workforce

JetBlue may start putting customers second

American’s 3-Class Jets Dwindle as First Class Fades Away

## Fault lines/flashpoints/powder kegs/military/war drums ##

'Paramilitarizing’ the South China Sea

Dozens die in Ukraine in street battles, Donetsk shelling

Iraqi drive on Tikrit falters amid fierce resistance from Islamic State

State Department Asks For 300 Additional Military Personnel for Iraq

Report: ISIS Recruited 6,300 New Fighters in July

US Readying More Troops to ‘Crush’ ISIS

Germany agrees to arm Iraq in break with post-war tradition

'Terrorists' help U.S. in battle against Islamic State in Iraq

Pentagon Pushes Iraq, Syria Escalations

Hamas says fired rockets at off-shore Israeli gas well

Nigerian Soldiers Mutiny, Refuse To Fight Boko Haram Claiming They Are Ill Equipped

The Pentagon is adding to its arsenal of weapons in Norway’s caves

NATO to shun substantial eastern footprint in nod to Russia

Thai Junta Leader Appointed PM By Hand-Picked Parliament

Of Course Canada's New Data-Driven Soldiers Will Have Google Glass

China mending fences with neighbors ahead of APEC meeting

## Global unrest/mob rule/angry people/torches and pitchforks ##

Pakistani parliament to meet as protesters clog streets outside

Pakistan Braces as Revolutionaries March Defiantly Towards Heart of Capitol City

Five detained Tibetans die in Chinese custody

Hong Kong democracy stalemate sets stage for possible financial district shutdown

Ten Days That Shook The Nation: When The Empire Occupied Ferguson

Ferguson: 'High Threat Team' of Former US Navy SEALs to be Deployed to St Louis Area

Activists point to outside agitators to blame for Ferguson violence

Anonymous 'National Day Of Rage' Over Ferguson Shooting To Take Place In 37 Cities

EU Advisors Advocate use of Military Against Strikes and Protests

Chokehold death: With plans for big march, some worry about a Ferguson repeat

## Energy/resources ##

As Oil Prices Drop, Canadian Oil Sands May Be Wasted Investment

Five Regions Where Big Oil Is Foolishly Chasing Profits

A New Frontier for Fracking: Drilling Near the Arctic Circle

Oil Companies Turning Away From The Middle East

Lights Out: Brazil’s Power Problem

Egypt suffers regular blackouts due to worst energy crisis in decades

Rising population, intense heat and claims of terror attacks on infrastructure means demand is now 20% more than capacity

A Flagship U.S. Coal Project Gets Quashed

Two Belgian nuclear reactors may be closed permanently - state media

Puerto Rico keeps the lights on, but debt crisis far from over

Puerto Rico managed to keep its electricity flowing this week – but creditors made it clear that the crisis enveloping the island's power utility is far from over.

Cargo bikes, built for the short haul

As long as we have well-maintained roads... -- RF

If You Think the Water Crisis Can't Get Worse, Wait Until the Aquifers Are Drained

Aquifers provide us freshwater that makes up for surface water lost from drought-depleted lakes, rivers, and reservoirs. We are drawing down these hidden, mostly nonrenewable groundwater supplies at unsustainable rates in the western United States and in several dry regions globally, threatening our future.

Ten Facts About Coal You Probably Didn’t Know

## Got food? ##

Charity says military use of food pantries has been rising for years (US)

California drought stings bees, honey supplies

Lapse in monsoon leaves India's grain bowls high and dry; may impact food output, prices

France forced to import wheat as rain hits crop quality

China, India to Replace Canada, Australia, US as Meat Suppliers to Russia

## Environment/health ##

Ebola In The Skies? How The Virus Made It To West Africa

Liberians trapped in Ebola slum as security forces 'seal off' Monrovia district

Saudi population to break 30m

US, Brazil Nearing Approval of Genetically Engineered Trees

Epic Drought in West is Literally Moving Mountains

Six charts on the booming black-market trade that’s killing off Asia’s bears

Chemicals from sunscreen are poisoning the ocean

## Intelligence/propaganda/security/internet/cyberwar ##

Twitter Changes its Timeline Algorithm – Here’s What You Need to Know

Free Speech, Filters, Algorithms & Net Neutrality: How Big Company Nudging Can Influence Your World View

Deloitte: App downloads dwindle, 1 in 3 users disinterested

Bots on patrol: Mobile security robot to be mass produced

Russia Forces Its Popular Bloggers to Register -- Or Else

Chinese hackers targeted the MH 370 investigation and appear to have stolen classified documents

UPS says 51 retail stores breached by malware

University Bans Social Media, Political Content and Wikipedia Pages on Dorm Wifi

Researchers Easily Slipped Weapons Past TSA’s X-Ray Body Scanners

U.S. Military Bans The Intercept

Traffic lights are dangerously easy to hack

Warning: Your Car Is Spying on You. Here's How to Stop It

## Systemic breakdown/collapse/unsustainability ##

Lessons From The Last Time Civilization Collapsed

The Coming U.S. Economic Collapse Will Trigger a Revolution

Keep on truckin'? Inside the shortage of US truck drivers

Italy: overshooting the bear

Ford tells U.S. dealers to stop selling some C-Max, Focus models

## Japan ##

Tokyo Tackles Flood Control as Typhoons Swamp Subways

Japan’s Trade Fiasco Deepens: The BOJ’s Yen Trashing Campaign Refutes The Keynesian J-Curve Myth

Abenomics Skepticism Grows as Price Gauge Retreats: Japan Credit

Japan has fallen victim to the Keynesian scam

Gov't considers setting aside Y1 trillion for stimulus next fiscal year

Lights Off at JVC as Abenomics Finds Exporters in Decline

Japan’s Export Lift No New Dawn

Japan throttles up work on homegrown fighter jet

Japan department store sales down 2.5% in July

Vegetable prices spike due to bad weather

Think tanks revise down GDP outlook for fiscal 2014

Electronic voting loses steam over glitches, cost

Govt eyes basic price for N-power generation

## China ##

Bank of China Doubles Money for Bad Loans as Growth Slows

China to lead five-nation anti-terror drills in Inner Mongolia

China aims to cut executive salaries

Unreasonably high salaries for executives of major state-owned enterprises must be adjusted, President Xi Jinping said yesterday.

China’s housing correction is now in full swing: Big developers begin to slash prices with sales falling more than 10 percent.

Abandoned Homes Swell Bad Debt in China’s Wenzhou, Weekly Says

Falling property prices in China’s eastern city of Wenzhou triggered 6.4 billion yuan ($1 billion) of bad loans as buyers abandoned homes and stopped making mortgage payments, the Economy & Nation Weekly reported.

China Baby Boom Wagers Go Bust on Child Cost Burden

China allows 3 more banks including StanChart to import gold -sources

China’s housing market is plunging—and dragging Macau’s casino revenue with it

China manufacturing growth slows to three-month low

China State-Owned Enterprises Chiefs Face 50% Salary Cuts As Xi Jinping Launches Reform

## UK ##

Household savings ratio 'halved'

Households are now saving around 4.8% of their income compared to 9.9% forty years ago

Sepsis is on the rise, warns medical expert

Grandmothers Lead U.K.-Wide Wave Of Direct Action Against Fracking

Self-employment in UK at highest level since records began

SNP accused of exaggerating North Sea oil reserves by up to 60%