"July has been particularly active in the protest movement. We witnessed the ousting of Mohammed Morsi on July 3rd, the Trayvon Martin demonstrations and Tunisian protests to wind up the month. Remarkably, the Trayvon demonstrations began on the anniversary of the Storming of the Bastille (July 14th). This was a turning point not only in French history but the world, marking the fall of the aristocracy, the end of feudalism and rise of Republicanism. The backdrop was an economic crisis, a disgruntled citizenry and an indecisive king (sound familiar?)..."

Read more:

http://www.scribd.com/doc/156323632/July-2013

Whats this with train accidents Spain, Swiss now Italy coach

Shell plans to sell at least four more oil blocs in Nigeria due to increasing crude theft, oil spills, community challenges and its inability to renew the licenses of some of the fields.

http://allafrica.com/sto...html?aa_source=slideout

S&P500 and Dow still breaking record highs, oil still pricey, global econ still spluttering a recovery, geopolitics tense with many a citizenry challenging govts... This is one lethal cocktail... At some point reality will kick in as the music stops. Holding bad chips at that moment will get one fried badly.

Taleb's Black Swan book comes to mind... Just one domino slip and toxicity smelts the markets... Deutsche bank with a crazy eye popping derivatives poop bag many times larger than ze Germany econ comes to mind...

Very true...do you think we're ready to handle the $$ making its way here?

July 2013 Update

"July would not go into the sunset without one final huurah. Tuesday 30th saw the sentencing of Bradley Manning, the US soldier accused of providing the WikiLeaks website with classified government files. Two days later, Russian government announced that it had granted Edward Snowden asylum for one year. Russia is increasing asserting herself on the world stage...."

Read more:

http://www.scribd.com/do...610883/July-2013-Update

We can if we want to...if the will power is there the right structures will be put in place and the inflow of $$$ wont be a problem...

HSBC has requested embassies and consulates around the world to close their accounts and transfer their funds to other banks within 60 days.
The US State Department said 40 countries have been affected, 16 in Africa.

The London-based bank said in a statement the missions which they consider ‘commercial customers’ are a risk because they fear the money can end up in a money laundering or drug cartel.

In 2012, HSBC was issued over $2 billion in fines by the US State Department for holding assets connected to Iran, Libya, and Mexico’s drug rings.

http://rt.com/business/h...lomats-bank-embassy-059/

Harare stocks clobbered post Mugabe reelection. Plunged 11% on day 1 and still sliding today. Mr Market is not amused by the election outcome. Will be a good buy if it collapses sharply like cairo stocks after Mubarak got kicked out.

@cde - hope u got defensive. The snap back is strong since market was bullish on Mugabe's exit...

http://www.bloomberg.com...ter-mugabe-victory.html

** Btw just noticed barclays zim stock on these 2 days has been hammered down 35%... Wow! SAB beer firm also clobbered hard. Actually all foreign owned firms are locked on the nosedive torpedo... Extreme selloff yet zim is not in war... Smell the fear....