"Does anyone else see an 'image' of a clown?"

The Daily Reckoning Weekend Edition presents... October 25, 2014     "Does anyone else see an 'image' of a clown?"   One reader sees a laughing clowns in a mushroom cloud -- time to check what he's puttin' in his tea... Watch for next week's reckonings as we unveil a big change we're making to your publication... This week's top five articles and videos from the daily reckoning's website… Jim Rickards picture of 2024… Bill Bonner on too much of a good thing leading to disaster... Richard Duncan's look at the death of capitalism and why QE 4, 5 and beyond are inevitable...     "Ultra-Wealth" -- Hidden Inside This Simple Photo? *This presentation goes offline at midnight, October 28*   Only a handful of people in the entire world (about 33) know what this picture represents:   And those 33 people also know that what's shown in the simple photo could easily lead to incredibly fast wealth for anyone on the "inside"... Click here to see the details on the "Ultra-Wealth" phenomenon hidden inside this picture.     Baltimore, Maryland October 25, 2014   Dear Reader, "Errrrh…" wrote one puzzled reader this past Wednesday. We had just sat down with our co-founder, Bill Bonner, to discuss his latest book Hormegeddon. That day's reckoning featured an cropped picture from the book's cover.     "Does anyone else see an 'image' of a clown in the mushroom explosion image?" the reader asked, leaning in "or should I double check what I put in my tea? I see in a neck in the center, a chin, an open mouth, a round nose, eyes on each side of the nose, no hair on top and clown hair on either side…" … … … Uhh… what clown? Heh. Just playing. There is, indeed, a clown there. After talking with Bill about the book, we can tell you the image is fitting. For most of our conversation he was laughing while explaining the folly of central planners. We'll have video footage from that conversation next week. In fact, you'll especially want to keep your eyes peeled. We're going to making a sweeping change to these reckonings in the next week or so. One we think will build on the changes we've been making already -- like onboarding Jim Rickards and launching his Strategic Intelligence newsletter. For now, keep your eyes open on Monday for our email. We'll have more information for you then. In the meantime, read on below for this week's top five essays and videos from our daily reckoning website. We had a week of bold predictions -- Jim Rickards painting a picture of 2024, Richard Duncan describing how the world would look if it closed off the easy credit spigot and Bill Bonner on why too much of a good thing leads to disaster. Read on below to access them all...   Ebola Hasn't Killed a Single Person   Few news outlets have revealed this truth about Ebola, and its disturbing implications for your survival if a pandemic erupts.   To discover the REAL reason people die when they get infected with Ebola, click here.   This Week's 5 Must-Reads Featured on Dailyreckoning.com... 1) Severe market panic in 2018? Gold confiscation by 2020? Panopticon goggles? Yes, says our own Jim Rickards, think Huxley's A Brave New World or Orwell's 1984. Click here to see how markets, economics, your money, gold, privacy, wealth building and more look through Jim's eyes a decade from now in the year 2024. Fair warning, this piece has caused a lot of buzz online. 2) The economist Milton Friedman didn't go far enough when he said, "Concentrated power is not rendered harmless by the good intentions of those who create it." Oftentimes, the better the intentions, the more harmful centralized power becomes. Then, you get what our co-founder calls "Hormegeddon". That's the name of his latest book. We met with him this week to ask him more about it. Click here to read highlights the conditions necessary for popular delusions and the disasters they lead to. 3) In the 1960s, total credit in the U.S. broke the one trillion dollar mark...and since then, it has expanded over 50 times. But, as our friend and economist Richard Duncan explains, the explosion of credit that's made America prosperous, threatens to take the entire economy down. And that could mean the return of another depression… Click here to watch why. 4) The hum of the printing presses and the steady drip of cheap credit over the past five years made it easy to believe the U.S. economy was in a true recovery. But what happens when the excess liquidity begins to dry up? Watch this video to learn more. 5) Government life support…liquidity injection… or a giant Band-Aid…whatever you want to call it, quantitative easing is the keeping the global economic ship afloat – but for how much longer? As long as the can says Richard Duncan, click here to see why he believes you could see QE4, 5, 6 and more...     Congress did WHAT?   When I heard 84 members of Congress stuffed their money into the exact same investment, without planning it, I almost fell off my chair. Since when does Congress agree on anything?   Yet 38 Democrats and 45 Republicans are rumored to have poured millions into this one vehicle.   I urge you to take a look at this unusual strategy before something changes. You'll be shocked to discover what the government is up to behind your back.       BE SURE TO ADD dr@dailyreckoning.com to your address book.   Additional Articles & Commentary: Join the conversation! 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