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Nation

The All-Seeing State: Mark Steyn
Whistleblower’s NSA warning: ‘Just the tip of the iceberg’: Shaun Waterman
Guardian scoop about NSA surveillance program may be overstated: RedAlert

Obama's Ethical Gymnastics: Victor Davis Hanson
Gohmert: If Holder ignores another subpoena, it’s time to defund the DOJ: Scoop
Rich ‘progressive’ Ken Lerer wants to ensure only criminals are armed: Codrea

"Mother, Should I Trust the Government?": Karl Denninger
Prism: Background Info: Ace
A Congressman with Guts Takes on Obama: Doug Patton

Economy

American Households On Foodstamps Climb To New Record: Tyler Durden
Don’t Be Fooled by the Latest Jobs Numbers: Keith Koffler
Government Employed 92,000 Additional People in May: CNS

What People Think is the Leading Cause of Poverty in America: MenRec
Illinois Continues Its Sad, Slow Slide: Walter Russell Mead
Obama Economic ‘Recovery’ So Great Motorists Have To Rent Tires: SHN

The Problem with Obamacare’s “Rate Shocks”: Walter Russell Mead
Labor Unions Turn Against Obamacare: Eric Oldfather
Counterterrorism Drill Makes Downtown Los Angeles Look Like Urban War Zone: NoisyRm

Scandal Central

EPA awarded ethics certificate to Lisa Jackson alias ‘Richard Windsor’: Josh Hicks
Lawmakers press EPA for answers on alleged 'bias' against conservative groups: Fox
Boundless Informant: the NSA's secret tool to track global surveillance data: Guardian

White House Getting to Bottom of Surveillance Scandal — Who Leaked the News, That Is: Bridget Johnson
Where's Obama as IRS, EPA compete for most bizarre scandal in Washington?: Reince Priebus
Administration's Secret Email Accounts: Sean Hannity

Climate & Energy

The EPA Is The Underreported Scandal: Ace
Shaun Adkins, USMC Veteran who dismantled Sen. Manchin: I want answers and truth, DC has failed: News Ninja
Could A Volcano Power America?: Colin Lecher

Media

Big Brother Looking Out for Us or Just Looking at Us?: Mike Herrera
Quote of the Day: Ushanka
Al Sharpton: I trust Obama on wiretapping, but he won’t be president forever: Charlie Spiering

Cut the Crap: Karl Denninger
As Predicted, New York Times Just Can't Stay Mad at Its Backdoor Lover: Ace
Judge Jeanine on Obama Spy Scandals: Founding fathers wouldn’t even recognize America today: Right Scoop

Soldier Reprimanded for Reading David Limbaugh and Mark Levin: Andrew C. McCarthy
Sarah Palin convenes liberty-lovers’ book club in support of conservative soldier: Twitchy
Texas High School Officials Cut Mic on Valedictorian’s Speech on US Constitution: GWP

World

Europe under attack, Israel beware: Dror Eydar
How to Stop Jihad In Its Tracks: Pamela Geller
Santa Monica Shooter Identified – Middle Eastern Name – John Zawahri: GWP

Russia Vows to Send Anti-Aircraft Missiles to Syria to Keep "Western Hotheads" Out of Their Satrapy: Ace
FBI agent announcing sharia at Tennessee event approved Muslim-led purge of FBI training: Creeping
Benched: Obama gives China’s leader patio furniture as parting gift, goes golfing: Twitchy

Chris Christie fills NJ Senate seat with dhimmi: Creeping
Lawmakers rebut Obama's data defense: Reid Epstein, Politico
The Games Behind the Olympics Games: Thomas Purcell

Sci-Tech

How to Keep the NSA at Bay: The Tricks From Privacy Experts: Winston Ross
Apple Said to Start IPhone Trade-In Program in Stores: Bloomberg
Ancient 3-Inch Creature Holds Clue to Human Divergence From Apes: Bloomberg

Cornucopia

Listening to the People: iOTW
1944…1949…1984…2013: Which Doesn’t Belong and Why?*: MOTUS
Ohio Man Faces 329 Charges in Missing Women Case: Law Officer

Image: Labor Unions Turn Against Obamacare
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QOTD: "...money printing must lead to higher inflation at some point. The combination in Japan of a gigantic pile of accumulated debt, high running budget deficits, an old and aging population, near-zero interest rates and the prospect of rising inflation (indeed, that is the official goal of Abenomics!) are a toxic mix for the bond market. It is absurd to assume that you can destroy your currency and dispossess your bond investors and at the same time expect them to reward you with low market yields. Rising yields, however, will derail Abenomics and the whole economy, for that matter.

It is, of course, too early to tell. The whole thing could end up being just a storm in a tea cup. It could be over soon and markets could fall back in line with what the central planners prescribe. But somehow I doubt that this is just a blip – and interestingly, so does Mohamed El-Erian, Bill Gross’ colleague at PIMCO and the firm’s other co-chief investment officer. In an interesting article on CNN Money yesterday, he contemplated the possibility that markets were beginning to lose confidence in central bankers.

If that is indeed the case it won’t be confined to Japan but will rapidly reverberate around the world. This is a much bigger story than a modest slowing of QE in the US. Could it be the beginning of the end?

I think the central bankers may not be sleeping so well now." --Detlev Schlichter