• Eric King interviews Ben Davies (podcast)

• China’s About To Outfit Its Subs With Controversial “First-Strike” Nuclear Warheads

• 15 Absolutely Irrefutable Signs That Climate Change Is Real

Afshin Rattansi mixes irreverence with hard hitting commentary and delivers a show packed with news and great guests covering stories ignored by the MSM.

• Can sex strikes change the world?

• Another Sign That The Huge Aussie Housing Bubble Is Popping

• 8 Trillion Euros in Borrow-Short Lend-Long Madness at European Banks; Circuit-Breaker Silliness; Dash for Cash Sends Short-Term Rates Negative Again

• Bernanke Will Step Down Within 18 Months

Remember, Bernanke is just an academic figurehead. The REAL power in the financial system lies with the Primary Dealers (who include BAC, GS, CantorFitzgerald [current owner of the Keiser 'Virtual Specialist' patent]). And these guys are not going to let themselves be sacrificed.

• Flashback: De Gaulle and the Gold Standard

• Michael Pento – Here is Why Gold is Soaring After Hours

• Russian Central Bank To Offer Gold-Backed Loans (Or Why The Spam-Standard Is Coming To An End)

• Fear Sets In, Panic Begins, Ruin Perceived, Prepare for Gold $2100