Trump: The Great American Reset

[turiya]

The Burning Platform (https://www.theburningplatform.com/)

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The Oklahoma City Bombing
After 22 Years (https://www.theburningplatform.com/2017/04/20/the-oklahoma-city-bombing-after-22-years/#more-148582)

Guest Post by Paul Craig Roberts (http://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2017/04/19/oklahoma-city-bombing-22-years/)

Today, April 19, 2017, is the 22nd anniversary of the Oklahoma City Bombing. The bombing of the federal Murrah office building was blamed by federal authorities on a bomb made from fertilizer inside a truck parked in front of the building by Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols.

There are many anomalies associated with the official explanation, including mysterious deaths of some, including a police officer, who understood that the actual facts did not accord with the explanation. Investigators who report the actual facts are branded “conspiracy theorists” and dismissed. This has been the Deep State’s way of controlling explanations since the 1940s.

Americans, being the insouciant people that they are, never noticed that the Murrah building blew up from the inside out, not from the outside in.


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However, Air Force General Benton K. Partin, the US Air Force’s top explosive expert, did notice. He prepared a detailed report containing 
“conclusive proof that the bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, was not caused solely by the truck bomb. Evidence shows that the massive destruction was primarily the result of four demolition charges placed at critical structural points at the third floor level.” Here is a copy of General Partin’s letter accompanying the report (http://www.whatreallyhappened.com/RANCHO/POLITICS/OK/PARTIN/ok8.htm) he sent to US Senator Trent Lott.

General Partin was my neighbor in Alexandria, Virginia. I went through his report those years ago, and it is clear that the official “investigation” ignored all the facts presented by General Partin. Indeed, Partin’s report is not even part of the record. Wikipedia does not even mention the report as a “conspiracy theory” in Wikipedia’s recitation of the official line.

There was no more an investigation of the Oklahoma City Bombing than there was of 9/11.

It has never been clear to me why a number of people knew better than to come to work that day in the Murrah building or why what was likely deep state perpetrators desired to kill several hundred people, including children.


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Perhaps it was targeted at the militias and the creation of police powers that could be used against them. Two years previously the Clinton regime murdered approximately 100 men, women, and children at the Branch Davidian compound in Waco, Texas. The religious sect was threatening no one and in violation of no laws, but it was a dissident group that the US government decided to terminate.

The focus on dissidents changed with 9/11, which Israel and Israel’s American neoconservative allies used to apply wide-ranging and long-lasting massive violence to seven Muslim countries, costing US taxpayers trillions of dollars and what remained of the reputation of the United States.

The main consequence of “terrorism” is the extraordinary growth of unconstitutional police state powers throughout the Western world. Every protective shield of individual rights, except for the Second Amendment, has been stripped from the US Constitution by the so-called “war on terror.”

All of the alleged terrorist attacks have puzzling, uninvestigated, and unreported anomalities. It is astonishing that the media never asks any questions. Consider, for example, the Nice, France, Truck attack.

Nice police authorities have the unambigious evidence of the security cameras on every block of the truck’s alleged murderous route. There should be no question whatsoever about what really happened. Yet, the Minister of the Interior in Paris ordered the Nice public authorities to destroy the video evidence and not to release it. So all we have is a very grainy inconclusive video taken by a person allegedly married to a former Mossad intelligence officer. This person turns out to be the same person who provides the only video of an attack in Germany.

The bridge attack in London is overwhelming with the lack of any evidence. We simply get an official story.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPIAp2sDzTc
Sandy Hook is famous for the one bereaved parent, but there were allegedly scores of dead children. Where are the other parents? Aren’t they bereaved?

If these terror events are real, it is a simple matter for the media to ask questions, to investigate, and to give the public the facts. But the media never does. The media only repeats the official story without checking it.

In other words, the facts are whatever the government says they are. So what is the purpose of the media?

No purpose except to be a trumpet for the government.

The official stories of the Murrah office building bombing and 9/11 are now enshrined in memorials, the purpose of which is to make a lie the truth.

For insouciant Americans this works out... just fine.

Paul Craig Robert (http://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2017/04/19/oklahoma-city-bombing-22-years/) via The Burning Platform (https://www.theburningplatform.com/2017/04/20/the-oklahoma-city-bombing-after-22-years/#more-148582)


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Paul Craig Roberts

[turiya]

Back to more of Mark Dice on the NYT "Fake News" Tweet about falsifying the Patriots visit to the White House...


New York Times Apologizes for Fake News
(Published on Apr 20, 2017)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjzUcQLYpow_____________________________

FACEBOOK SUSPENDED ME - AGAIN!
(Published on Apr 20, 2017)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brWcOeuzG-E

[turiya]

Greg Hunter-Weekly News Wrap-Up for April 21 2017....


Greg Hunter-Weekly News Wrap-Up 4.21.17
(Published on Apr 20, 2017)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGsWAvkMYWA__________________________

X22 Bix Weir Spotlight interview for April 22, 2017


Bix Weir: When The Economic System Is Brought
Down A 3rd Of Congress Will Go To Jail
(Published on Apr 22, 2017)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tm1_IvYyts

[turiya]

Lee Stanahan, former Breitbart journalist, interview with Infowars David Knight....


Lee Stranahan About Ivanka Trump Globalist
Ties And MSM Anti-Freedom Bias
(Published on Apr 19, 2017)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wr7eG5PoB2Y

[turiya]

Greg Hunter w/ Bill Holter... explains the 'panic' that is presently happening with the 'naked' sales of the gold contracts... to make the dollar look 'good'... also, the fleet that is supposedly headed towards N Korea is a 'false' report... Credit is the problem - it will cease...


Bill Holter-US Government Will Default
(Published on Apr 22, 2017)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqatg5WNIvc_________________________________

The Chicken Or The Egg? (https://www.jsmineset.com/2017/04/22/the-chicken-or-the-egg/)

Posted April 22nd, 2017
by Bill Holter (https://www.jsmineset.com/author/billholter/) & filed under Bill Holter (https://www.jsmineset.com/category/bill-holter/)

Zerohedge put out an interesting article yesterday: Why “Nothing Matters”: Central Banks Have Bought A Record $1 Trillion In Assets In 2017 (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-04-21/why-nothing-matters-central-banks-have-bought-record-1-trillion-assets-2017). Please note this is $3.6 trillion annualized rate so far this year.

Of particular note is this chart:


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What jumps out at you should be the quadrupling of the their balance sheets since 2007 from $3.5 trillion to over $14 trillion.

So what exactly does this mean? Basically, to keep the system from imploding upon itself the world’s central banks had to “create” over $10 trillion of liquidity by purchasing assets onto their balance sheets. This is puts forth a “chicken or the egg” question, or actually two as you will soon see.

First, central banks have been buying everything …including stocks, to prevent the markets from turning down. It is safe to say they understand that with the leverage and derivatives outstanding they cannot allow markets to correct (or God forbid actually enter bear markets). They understand the “size” of the derivatives markets is so large, NO ONE can withstand a downturn and actually be called upon to perform their “insurance payments”.

So the central banks have a problem here, they are now “forced” to purchase assets to prevent market downturns but one should ask the question “who will they eventually sell to”? The answer of course is “no one” because there is no one large enough to take these assets off their books. Chicken or the egg question number one; did the central banks create the bubble going in to 2008 or did the bubble of 2008 create the current central bank balance sheet bubble?

While you are pondering that question, let’s look at another, much more important chicken or the egg question. Central banks “create money” via credit. They are now buying all sorts of assets from “pristine” (sovereign debt) to “ugly” (junk debt to get it off of bank balance sheets) to truly “stupid” (stocks). Also, please keep in mind central banks for the most part are the issuers of currencies, their balance sheets and what they are comprised of “backs” the currency. They have put themselves in the position of buying assets they know they can never sell. They can never sell because there are no buyers large enough to buy, AND, they would then be creating the downturn in markets they originally denied if they ever stopped buying let alone selling assets.

With the above in mind, what does this mean for the currencies they issue? Won’t they be forced to continually purchase ever more assets to prevent markets from collapsing? And doesn’t an ever larger balance sheet mean money supplies expanding and thus more currency units outstanding versus basically static amounts of real goods available? Do you see where this is going?

OK, chicken or the egg question number two; the central banks by definition create inflation (via currency and credit), does the continual creation of their “product” (fiat) in order to prevent the destruction (deflation) of their product …actually destroy their product? Simplified, because “money” MUST be created at ever greater amounts to avoid deflation, are the central banks forced to ultimately destroy their currency? The answer of course is YES. Central banks are forced in the exact same mathematical manner as any Ponzi scheme …to issue currency in an exponential manner.

What has actually happened was entirely predicable since 1913. At some point the U.S. (and thus the entire world as the dollar is the reserve currency) would reach debt saturation by definition. We did so in the 2006-2007 era. The only balance sheets left to “reflate” at that point were the sovereign treasuries/central banks themselves. They by result have destroyed their own balance sheets over the last 10 years. It is only a matter of time until this is fully recognized by the investing/consuming public and thus lose confidence in the central banks themselves. At this point, central banks will destroy their own currency by doing what they do …creating currency and credit. From here, the faster they run, the faster the boogeyman catches them!

Standing watch,
Bill Holter
Holter-Sinclair collaboration (https://www.jsmineset.com/category/bill-holter/)

[turiya]

Steve Pieczenik sets the record straight regarding Alex Jones' Infowars & his contribution to help getting Trump elected...


STEVE PIECZENIK ST CMD APR 18 17 OPUS 3
(Published on Apr 19, 2017)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRbxD4nrJj8______________________________

SPECIAL REPORT with Alex Jones Re:
Trump Has Dangerous Mental Disorder
(Published on Apr 22, 2017)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5NDiTlY5qg

[turiya]

Musical interlude...


Charlie Chaplin - Let Us All Unite!
(Melodysheep)
(Published on Dec 20, 2012)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ug8KiS0W85Y________________________________

CHAMPION OF THE WORLD
Muhammad Ali Tribute
(Published on Aug 9, 2016)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjFoj6nSPTM

[turiya]

WHY VOTING FOR TRUMP
WAS THE RIGHT THING TO DO (http://www.curezone.info/aa/?1244651)


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Guest post by The Saker via saker.is (http://www.curezone.info/aa/?1244649).
Now that Trump has already comprehensively betrayed all his campaign promises and that he 100 first days in office are marked by nothing else but total chaos, incompetence, betrayals of his closest friends and allies, recklessly dangerous and utterly ineffective grandstanding in foreign policy, there are a lot of people out there who say “I told you so!”, “how could you take this clown seriously!” and “are you now finally waking up from your delusional state?”. Yes, a superficial survey of what Trump did since he got into the White House could appear to make these nay-sayers look right. But in reality, they are completely wrong. Let me explain why.

First, what these nay-sayers apparently ignore is that there are innumerable examples in history of the elites turning against each other, usually in times of crises. In the case of Trump, I submit that there overwhelming empirical data out there that a good part of the world elites really and truly were terrified of a possible Trump victory. The kind of hysterical, completely over-the-top hate campaign in which the US Ziomedia engaged in against Trump is something which I have never seen before and which, in my opinion, proves that the Neocon-run propaganda outlets (the Ziomedia, Hollywood) saw Trump as a major danger to their interests. Now, whether Trump had any chance against such powerful “deep state” actors or not is immaterial: Trump was a chance, a possibility and, I would argue, the only option to try to kick the Neocons in the teeth. And don’t give me Sanders or Stein as possible options, they were both 100% fake – just look at how both of them did Hillary’s dirty job for her (Sanders with his endorsement of her even though he was cheated out of a victory and Stein with her ridiculous recount). Even if Trump had just a 1% chance of prevailing, voting for him was an opportunity to achieve regime change in the USA and the American people grabbed it. They did the ethically and pragmatically correct thing. Trump was really the only choice.

Second, you can think of the elections as a giant opinion poll. What the American voter did is to send two messages urbi et orbi. First to the rest of the planet: Not in our name! We don’t support this regime! And then to the Neocons: we hate you. In fact, we hate you so much that we are willing to even vote for a guy like Trump just because we hate Hillary even more. As to the message to the Ziomedia it was crystal clear: liars! We don’t trust you! Go screw yourselves, we will vote for the man you hate with such a passion precisely because we deny you the right to tell us what to think. Yes, Trump proved to be a fake and a liar himself, but he will also be a one term President as a direct consequence of his betrayals. And it is quite possible that Kushner or Pence will now run the Empire on behalf of his real bosses, but the world will also know that this was not what the American people wanted.

Third, this gigantic vote of no-confidence in the Ziomedia will now force the regime to engage in all sorts of more or less subtle maneuvers to try to crack down on free speech in the USA. This is good news for two reasons: a) they will fail and b) they will show their true face. YouTube, Google, Facebook, Twitter and all the others are now becoming overt agents of oppression whereas in the past they still had (an admittedly thin) veneer of respectability. Now that it has become clear that the Internet is the last free-speech zone and that more and more Americans realize that Russia Today or Press TV are far superior news sources than the US Ziomedia, the level of influence of the US propaganda machine will continue to plummet.

Fourth, if we look at the immoral, self-defeating and, frankly, stupid decisions of Trump in the Middle-East and in Far-East Asia we can at least find some solace in the fact that Trump is now betraying all his campaign promises. Hillary would have done more or less the same, but with what she would definitely present these policies as having a mandate from the American people. Trump has no such excuse, and that is very good indeed. Voting for Trump took the mandate away from the Ziocons.

Fifth, remember the “basket or deplorables”? “Racist, sexist, homophobic, xenophobic, Islamophobic.” If Hillary had been elected, then the ideology which made her characterize the average American as ugly bigot would be ruling the country by now. But she was defeated. Thus, it is becoming undeniable that there are two Americas out there: one which I call the “alliance of minorities” and the other what I would called “real America” or “mainstream America”. The defeat of Hillary has sent a powerful message to these minorities reminding them that they are exactly that – minorities – and that a political agenda centered on the hatred of the majority is not a viable one. This empowering of the majority of US Americans is, I think, a much needed development whose effects will hopefully felt in future elections.

Sixth, Trump already got one more or less decent Supreme Court Justice in. He might get another one in before he is impeached or his term ends. Hillary would have probably nominated the first Black or Latino genderfluid freak, a Chabad-Lubavitch rabbi or even Alan Dershowitz Himself (with a capital “H”) to the supreme court and dared anybody to vote them down. Of course, compared to the risks of nuclear war, a Supreme Court Justice nominee might not appear to be crucial, but for those living inside the USA such nominations can make a huge difference.

Seventh and last but not least, nuclear war is simply too horrible and threatens the future of the entire human race. I submit that we all, every one of us, has a moral duty to do everything we can to avoid it and to make it less likely, even if we can only act at the margins. This is one of those very rare cases where a single-issue vote really does make sense. I don’t care how bad Trump turned out to be. In fact, even if he turns out to be even worse than Hillary, I submit that it is absolutely undeniable that on the day the Election took place Hillary was the candidate for war and Trump the candidate for peace. Those who claim otherwise seem to have forgotten that Hillary promised us a no-fly zone over Russian forces in Syria. They also forget this absolutely crucial statement made by Hillary Clinton in early December of 2012:


“There is a move to re-Sovietise the region,” (…) “It’s not going to be called that. It’s going to be called a customs union, it will be called Eurasian Union and all of that,” (…) “But let’s make no mistake about it. We know what the goal is and we are trying to figure out effective ways to slow down or prevent it.”
There are also persistent rumors that Hillary was the one who told Bill to bomb Serbia. So this women (sorry, I cannot call her a “lady”) does have a record and that record is a frightening one. God only knows what would have happened if she had become the President. She clearly is a hateful maniac with a personal hate for Putin. There is absolutely no evidence indicating that Trump had that kind of hateful personality.

So while “Monday morning quarterbacking” is fun, it is also absurd. Those who now tell us “I told you so” are right but for the wrong reasons, whereas those who supported Trump were wrong, but for the right reasons. Trump betrayed his campaign promises, but those who voted for him could not simply assume that he would do that, especially not when there was no reason at all to believe that Hillary would betray hers: does anybody seriously believe that after being elected on a promise of war she would have turned into a dove of peace? Of course not.

Simply put: Hillary was guaranteed bad. Trump was possibly bad. The logical choice was therefore obvious, especially when ‘bad’ would most likely mean nuclear war.

THE SAKER (https://www.theburningplatform.com/2017/04/23/why-voting-for-trump-was-the-right-thing-to-do/)

[turiya]

X22 Flash Reports...


Rothschilds Are Being Kicked Out Of
Countries, The Movement Has Begun
(Published on Apr 27, 2017)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-rm4YxN138_____________________________

George Soros Pushes To Protect Google
and Facebook From FCC Rules, Why?
(Published on Apr 27, 2017)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFbH0F3l27Q

[AutumnW]

Turiya, Many who refused to vote for anybody, did so because they assumed what is currently happening would happen. A vote for Trump seemed to equal nuclear war as much or more so than a vote for anybody else. He is quoted as saying, "If we have nukes, why can't I use them?"

[turiya]

X22 Reports for April 27, 2017...


Former Central Banker Just Signaled That
The Economy Is About To Crash - Episode 1265a
(Published on Apr 27, 2017)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AsrA-o4uYzE_______________________________

[turiya]

X22 SPOTLIGH INTERVIEW w/ John Titus...


John Titus: Exposing The Real Sovereign
Authority Of The United States
(Published on Apr 29, 2017)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjyqbfyUOp0_________________________________

The Veneer of Justice in a Kingdom of Crime (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHgbRYgpGGs)
(Published on Mar 18, 2016)
[A LEAD-UP TO THE NEXT VIDEO]

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All the Plenary's Men
(Published on Apr 28, 2017)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gK3s5j7PgA

[turiya]

Ron Paul interviews Julian Assange discussing the recent CIA Director, Pompeo's statement calling Wikileaks a 'non state' intelligence service... whatever that means...


Julian Assange Speaks Out: The War On The Truth
(Streamed live on Apr 27, 2017)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwkrtpXp-wg

[turiya]

More Mark Dice....



Trump Joke Fact Checked by MSNBC
Because They Have No Sense of Humor
(Published on May 2, 2017)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlqR-llSQ7c_______________________________

Trump Trolls CBS Reporter to His Face
(Published on May 1, 2017)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKW3V8AcZNc

[turiya]

X22 Flash News Report....


McAfee Cuts Off The Intelligence
Agencies With His New Invention
(Published on May 1, 2017)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ToTIJWA04Dc

[turiya]

Trump, Putin Hold Phone Call, Discuss North Korea, Syria; Agree To Set Up Meeting (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-05-02/trump-putin-hold-phone-call-discuss-north-korea-syria-agree-set-meeting)

http://zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/fp_thumb/images/user5/imageroot/trump%20putin%20teaser.jpg (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-05-02/trump-putin-hold-phone-call-discuss-north-korea-syria-agree-set-meeting)
Russia's Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump held a phone conversation in which they agreed to try to meet in July and work together to try to strengthen a shaky ceasefire in Syria, the Kremlin said in a statement (http://kremlin.ru/events/president/news/54441).

May 2, 2017 3:46 PM

Trump: US "Needs A Good Shutdown In September To Fix This Mess" (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-05-02/trump-slams-democratic-senators-need-good-shutdown-september-fix-mess)

http://zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/fp_thumb/images/user5/imageroot/trump%20face%20dark_4.jpg (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-05-02/trump-slams-democratic-senators-need-good-shutdown-september-fix-mess)
"...Our country needs a good "shutdown" in September to fix mess!"

May 2, 2017 1:47 PM

Infosys To Hire 10,000 American Workers After Trump Blasts "Rampant, Widespread H-1B Abuse" (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-05-02/infosys-hire-10000-american-workers-after-trump-blasts-rampant-widespread-h-1b-abuse)

http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/fp_thumb/images/user230519/imageroot/Trump%20Visa_0.JPG (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-05-02/infosys-hire-10000-american-workers-after-trump-blasts-rampant-widespread-h-1b-abuse)
"In the fast-changing world of today, we need the ability to be local. We need to be trusted by our customers as being local. To work with a mix of global and local talent is absolutely the right thing to do."

May 2, 2017 11:50 AM

China Demands "Immediate Halt" Of US Missile Shield Deployment In South Korea (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-05-02/china-demands-immediate-halt-us-missile-shield-deployment-south-korea)

http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/fp_thumb/images/user5/imageroot/thaad%20rocket_1.jpg (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-05-02/china-demands-immediate-halt-us-missile-shield-deployment-south-korea)
"We oppose the deployment of the US missile system to South Korea and call on all parties to immediately stop this process. We are ready to take necessary measures to protect our interests," China foreign ministry spokesman Geng Shuang said at a briefing, adding that “China’s position on the THAAD issue has not changed.”

May 2, 2017 11:24 AM

Trump Calls Bannon "Alt-Left", Says He "Isn't Going Anywhere" (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-05-01/trump-calls-bannon-alt-left-says-he-isnt-going-anywhere)

http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/fp_thumb/images/user5/imageroot/bannon%20face.jpg (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-05-01/trump-calls-bannon-alt-left-says-he-isnt-going-anywhere)
Trump dismissed speculation that his administration is split by discord, saying he is sticking by his polarizing chief strategist, Steve Bannon, calling him a “very decent guy” who is getting a “bad rap.” Trump even revealed his own term for Bannon’s ideology, calling it "alt-left."

May 1, 2017 7:02 PM



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[ThePythonicCow]

All the Plenary's Men
This documentary by John Titus, the last video in your Post #512 (http://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?95893-Trump-The-Great-American-Reset&p=1149483&viewfull=1#post1149483), is most excellent.

It does an excellent job of shining a light on how the globalist banksters are sovereign over nations, including even immunity from prosecution for even massive crimes by the US Dept of Justice, as in the case of HSBC that is covered in some detail.

I almost missed viewing it, as no description was provided in your words, and as I tend to not watch X22 videos anymore, since I don't like the X22 host's work (the first of the three videos in your post.) Note also, turiya, that pages with lots of embedded Youtube videos (this page has over 20 of them) load slowly, which reduces the likelihood of users seeing the content. This page takes about a half minute to load on my high end computer with a good Internet connection. I recommend posting fewer embedded videos (perhaps embed just the best, and provide links over to Youtube for the rest), and I recommend providing text, in your own words, briefly describing the material and assisting the potential viewers in deciding whether it's worth their time to take a look.

But Titus is quite good ... at clearly documenting and explaining how affairs at that level actually function.

I recommend watching All the Plenary's Men to anyone who is interested in, and has been following, Western Banking.

[Chester]

Will the big event happen and if so, what will it be?

1 - a 'Big War' that goes global

2 - a huge, global economic meltdown

3 - what would be viewed as 'a miracle' (though I would not)

4 - unforseen

It could be concluded based on what some interpret as bizarre actions on the part of Trump and team over the last several weeks that Trump might have been "clued in" on "who" might actually be in charge. If so, he may be given the options of 1 or 2 noted above. Of course, 4 would include the results of how "they" might deal with Trump if he causes too much resistance to 1 and 2 like blowing a whistle despite what blackmail may be held against him (such as the rumored "early 80s stuff").

But like turiya in so many ways... I put my money on 3 and the Grey Champion.

[turiya]

Trump Rages "'Fake News' Media Is Officially Out Of Control" (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-05-04/trump-rages-fake-news-media-officially-out-control)

http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/fp_thumb/images/user3303/imageroot/20170502_fake_0.jpg (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-05-04/trump-rages-fake-news-media-officially-out-control)
".. They will do or say anything in order to get attention - never been a time like this!"

May 4, 2017 8:26 AM


Mark Dice: Banned Trump TV Ad - CNN Refused to Air
(Published on May 3, 2017)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3S_nYh9Ef0
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http://curezone.com/upload/_T_Forums/Turiya_Files_/AVALON/TRUMP/TRUMP_TWEETS/TRUMP_TWITTER_ICON_4.png (https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/860087334519414784)
The Fake News media is officially out of
control. They will do or say anything in order
to get attention - never been a time like this!
4:02 AM - 4 May 2017

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http://curezone.com/upload/_T_Forums/Turiya_Files_/AVALON/TRUMP/TRUMP_TWEETS/TRUMP_TWITTER_ICON_4.png (https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/860087334519414784)
Replying to @foxandfriends
Congratulations to @foxandfriends on its
unbelievable ratings hike.
4:07 AM - 4 May 2017

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cw2FaAl9J0o

[turiya]

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http://curezone.com/upload/_T_Forums/Turiya_Files_/AVALON/TRUMP/TRUMP_TWEETS/TRUMP_TWITTER_ICON_4.png (https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/859601184285491201)
FBI Director Comey was the best thing that
ever happened to Hillary Clinton in that he
gave her a free pass for many bad deeds!
The phony...!
7:51 PM - 2 May 2017

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http://curezone.com/upload/_T_Forums/Turiya_Files_/AVALON/TRUMP/TRUMP_TWEETS/TRUMP_TWITTER_ICON_4.png (https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/859604996236742656)
...Trump/Russia story was an excuse used by
the Democrats as justification for losing the
election. Perhaps Trump just ran a great
campaign?
8:06 PM - 2 May 2017

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Susan Rice Refuses Senate Request To Testify On Russian Hacking Allegations (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-05-03/susan-rice-refuses-senate-request-testify-russian-hacking-allegations)

http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/fp_thumb/images/user230519/imageroot/Susan%20Rice.JPG (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-05-03/susan-rice-refuses-senate-request-testify-russian-hacking-allegations)
"In this case, however, Senator Whitehouse has informed us by letter that he did not agree to Chairman Graham's invitation to Ambassador Rice, a significant departure from the bipartisan invitations extended to other witnesses. Under these circumstances, Ambassador Rice respectfully declines Senator Graham's invitation to testify."

May 3, 2017 5:51 PM

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Susan Rice, the former National Security
Advisor to President Obama, is refusing to
testify before a Senate Subcommittee next
week on.....
3:40 AM - 4 May 2017

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http://curezone.com/upload/_T_Forums/Turiya_Files_/AVALON/TRUMP/TRUMP_TWEETS/TRUMP_TWITTER_ICON_4.png (https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/860083874893897728)
...allegations of unmasking Trump transition
officials. Not good!
3:49 AM - 4 May 2017

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[turiya]

The Central Bank Signals That It's On Track
To Bring The Entire System Down - Episode 1270a
(Published on May 3, 2017)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOW1UqomRiY
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Puerto Rico Files For Bankruptcy Protection In Largest Ever US Municipal Debt Restructuring (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-05-03/puerto-rico-seek-bankruptcy-protection-launching-largest-ever-us-municipal-debt-rest)

http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/fp_thumb/images/user5/imageroot/rossello%20.jpg (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-05-03/puerto-rico-seek-bankruptcy-protection-launching-largest-ever-us-municipal-debt-rest)
Puerto Rico will file for bankruptcy protection, Gov. Rosselló said on Wednesday, setting up a showdown with Wall Street firms owed billions of dollars in the largest-ever U.S. municipal debt restructuring.

May 3, 2017 1:15 PM

EU Hikes Brexit "Bill" To €100 Billion Drawing Angry Response From UK, Pound Slumps (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-05-03/pound-slumps-after-eu-hikes-brexit-bill-%E2%82%AC100-billion-drawing-angry-response-uk)

http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/fp_thumb/images/user5/imageroot/sterling%20price.jpg (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-05-03/pound-slumps-after-eu-hikes-brexit-bill-%E2%82%AC100-billion-drawing-angry-response-uk)
Sterling slumped overnight, and tensions between the UK and Europe escalated after the EU raised its opening demand for Britain’s Brexit bill to an upfront gross payment of up to €100bn, drawing an angry response from the UK and resulting in speculation that the Brexit process will be more contentious than anticipated.

May 3, 2017 6:06 AM

Jobless Claims Crash To Multi-Decade Lows (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-05-04/jobless-claims-crash-multi-decade-lows)

http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/fp_thumb/images/user3303/imageroot/20170504_claims5.jpg (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-05-04/jobless-claims-crash-multi-decade-lows)
Continuing Jobless Claims plunged to 1.962mm last week - the lowest since April 2000 (right before the Nasdaq started to collapse and the US fell into recession). While ISM surveys show employment tumbling (and ADP was weak), initial jobless claims for the last week also collapsed back near its lowest levels since 1973.

May 4, 2017 8:53 AM

GM Auto Inventory Hits 10 Year High: Most Since November 2007, One Month Before The Recession Started (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-05-03/gm-auto-inventory-hits-10-year-high-highest-november-2007)

http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/fp_thumb/images/user5/imageroot/GM%20dealer%20inventory%20may%202017.jpg (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-05-03/gm-auto-inventory-hits-10-year-high-highest-november-2007)
With 935,758 unsold GM units collecting dust in dealer lots, this was the highest inventory number in 9.5 years, the highest since Nov. 2007, and, as Bunkley reminds us, "one month before the recession officially began."

May 3, 2017 3:49 PM

"Hawkish" Fed Shrugs Off "Transitory" Weakness In Data, Signals More Rate Hikes Ahead (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-05-03/hawkish-fed-shrugs-transitory-weakness-data-signals-more-rate-hikes-ahea)

http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/fp_thumb/images/user5/imageroot/yellen%20teaser%202_3.jpg (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-05-03/hawkish-fed-shrugs-transitory-weakness-data-signals-more-rate-hikes-ahea)
Having perfectly top-ticked US economic data with its March rate-hike, the subsequent collapse in 'data' has been shrugged off as transitory (or seasonal) and by all indications The Fed seems set on two more rate hikes this year no matter what (even as the market diverges dovishly).

May 3, 2017 2:02 PM

[turiya]

X22 Reports continue....


Intelligence Reports Indicate The Deep State
Is Pushing Their Agenda - Episode 1270b
(Published on May 3, 2017)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBBE7GDN7TQ
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Republicans Pass Obamacare Replacement Bill; Let The Senate Bickering Begin (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-05-04/watch-live-obamacare-vote-begins-first-major-trump-victory-or-another-epic-fail)

http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/fp_thumb/images/user230519/imageroot/Trumpcare%202_1.JPG (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-05-04/watch-live-obamacare-vote-begins-first-major-trump-victory-or-another-epic-fail)
After a stunning defeat on March 24th, followed by over a month of back and forth bickering, Paul Ryan & Co. has finally passed an Obamacare replacement bill by a final vote of 217 - 213.

May 4, 2017 2:17 PM

David Axelrod Explains Why Hillary Really Lost: "Comey Didn't Tell Her Not To Campaign In Wisconsin" (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-05-03/david-axelrod-explains-why-hillary-really-lost-comey-didnt-tell-her-not-campaign-wis)

http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/fp_thumb/images/user230519/imageroot/hillary-shrug_35.jpg (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-05-03/david-axelrod-explains-why-hillary-really-lost-comey-didnt-tell-her-not-campaign-wis)
"Jim Comey didn't tell her not to campaign in Wisconsin after the convention. Jim Comey didn't say don't put any resources into Michigan until the final week of the campaign. And one of the things that hindered her in the campaign was a sense that she never fully was willing to take responsibility for her mistakes, particularly that server. If I were her I would move on."

May 3, 2017 5:33 PM

Marine Le Pen Slams Macron: "France Will Be Governed By A Woman... Either Me Or Madame Merkel" (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-05-04/marine-le-pen-slams-macron-france-will-be-governed-woman-either-me-or-madame-merkel)

http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/fp_thumb/images/user3303/imageroot/20170503_debate_0.jpg (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-05-04/marine-le-pen-slams-macron-france-will-be-governed-woman-either-me-or-madame-merkel)
The gloves came off in the final debate before the May 7 French presidential election...

May 4, 2017 8:11 AM

EU Orders Austria, Germany, Denmark, Sweden, Norway To Stop Border Controls: Or What? (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-05-03/eu-orders-austria-germany-denmark-sweden-norway-stop-border-controls-or-what)

http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/fp_thumb/images/user3303/imageroot/20170503_EU.png (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-05-03/eu-orders-austria-germany-denmark-sweden-norway-stop-border-controls-or-what)
Bureaucrats should not go about making orders they cannot enforce. It serves no purpose other than to make the bureaucrats look ridiculous. Here is a case in point...

May 3, 2017 11:36 AM

US military to erase ISIS in Kabul by year-end (http://www.deccanchronicle.com/world/america/030517/us-military-to-erase-isis-in-kabul-by-year-end.html) The Deccan Chronicle

http://www.theworldupdater.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Screenshot_57-2-218x150.png
US military is looking to destroy the Islamic State group’s Afghan branch before battle-hardened reinforcements arrive from Syria and Iraq.

May 3, 2017

U.S. special forces training for covert ops to neutralize North Korean WMD (http://www.worldtribune.com/u-s-special-forces-training-for-covert-ops-to-neutralize-north-korean-wmd/) World Tribune

http://www.worldtribune.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/us-general-raymond-thomas-special-operations-300x225.png
“We are actively pursuing a training path to ensure readiness for the entire range of contingency operations in which [special operations forces], to include our exquisite [countering weapons of mass destruction] capabilities, may play a critical role,” Army Gen. Raymond A. Thomas said in prepared testimony to a House subcommittee.

May 3, 2017 5:33 PM

Duterte discusses Korea situation with China's Xi in phone call (http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/news/nation/609395/duterte-receives-chinese-president-xi-s-call-on-wednesday/story/) - GMA NEWS ONLINE

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After his telephone conversation with United States President Donald Trump last weekend, President Rodrigo Duterte spoke with Chinese President Xi Jinping also by phone on Wednesday.

May 3, 2017

Libyan Prime Minister, General Haftar Agree to Hold Elections in Six Months (https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/201705031053221484-libyan-prime-minister-haftar-elections/) - Sputnik News

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Prime Minister of the Libyan Government of National Accord Fayez Sarraj and head of the Libyan National Army Gen. Khalifa Haftar agreed to create the presidential state council.

May 3, 2017

[turiya]

Tom Fitton of Judicial Watch - Brietbart Interview regarding Comey & Clinton email Investigation...


Tom Fitton on Breitbart News Daily: Comey Has
‘Repeatedly and Improperly Protected Clinton'
(Published on May 4, 2017)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ka5KiA7HiM0

[turiya]

X22 Spotlight Interview w/ Rob Kirby... @27:30 Rob Addresses what Donald Trump had meant when he said something about 'Breaking up the Big Banks' & Restablishment of Glass Steagall'...


Rob Kirby: The World Is Waking Up Which Will
Dethrone The Dollar As The Reserve Currency (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FO4hotK9O4I)
(Published on May 2, 2017)
http://i.ytimg.com/vi/N95cUHR_ces/mqdefault.jpg
VIDEO (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FO4hotK9O4I)

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X22 Spotlight interview w/ Michael Pento... sovereign debt bubble... have to suffer first before things get set right...


Michael Pento: There Is A Good Chance
The Economy Will Rollover This Summer (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4ZT9yTZjgc)
(Published on May 6, 2017)
http://i.ytimg.com/vi/flYGENDojv0/mqdefault.jpg
VIDEO (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4ZT9yTZjgc)

[turiya]

Bill Still Report #1605 video interview with Michael Del Rosso....


Trump Surrounded - Michael Del Rosso, 1605 (https://youtu.be/VXiJI1QF9os)
(Published on May 4, 2017)
https://i.ytimg.com/vi/VXiJI1QF9os/mqdefault.jpg
VIDEO (https://youtu.be/VXiJI1QF9os)


THIS VIDEO IS ABOUT:


https://delrossoforcongress.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/newsplex.jpg (https://youtu.be/VXiJI1QF9os)


Michael Del Rosso is one of the leading national security scholars in the United States. He us a Senior Fellow for Homeland and National Security at the Center for Security Policy, and a Research Fellow in National Security Policy at the Claremont Institute.

As you’ll see, Del Rosso speaks with great precision, spewing out fact after fact. Therefore, he asked me to make 4 corrections in this interview, which I will note as text as it proceeds.

[turiya]

The Next News Network offers some breaking news....


SHE’S DONE!!! HUMA ABEDIN GETS DEVASTATING
LEGAL NEWS FROM HER OWN PARTY (https://youtu.be/iPdqTBKWoJo)
(Published on May 8, 2017)
https://i.ytimg.com/vi/haPZMFR550E/hqdefault.jpg
VIDEO (https://youtu.be/iPdqTBKWoJo)

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FED-UP RAND PAUL DROPS THE HAMMER...
PUTS OBAMA ON BLAST WITH 1 REQUEST (https://youtu.be/dn35t-kxYlE)
(Published on May 8, 2017)
https://i.ytimg.com/vi/8Ynhqf_XFHo/hqdefault.jpg
VIDEO (https://youtu.be/dn35t-kxYlE)

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EXPOSED! CONGRESS HOLDING “SECRET MEETINGS” TO
PULL ULTIMATE DIRTY MOVE AGAINST TRUMP! THIS IS BAD! (https://youtu.be/HMrXqLfFcNM)
(Published on May 8, 2017)
http://68.media.tumblr.com/c2532ae689d4162fee0d4972290c920a/tumblr_inline_onfzixCjLj1t73v0z_500.jpg
VIDEO (https://youtu.be/HMrXqLfFcNM)

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ALERT: TAXPAYERS IN THIS AMERICAN CITY ARE
FUNDING ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS, IS IT YOUR CITY? (https://youtu.be/8NIIu-doBug)
(Published on May 8, 2017)
https://i.ytimg.com/vi/SJFDDHuCQCQ/hqdefault.jpg
VIDEO (https://youtu.be/8NIIu-doBug)

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Sacramento Now Forcing Taxpayers to Fund ILLEGAL Immigrants Fighting Deportation (VIDEO) (http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2017/05/sacramento-now-forcing-taxpayers-fund-illegal-immigrants-fighting-deportation-video/)

Carter (http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/author/carterbrown/)
May 6th, 2017 4:22 pm



Sacramento can now be added to the list of
cities that have officially lost their minds.

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[Chester]

Interesting... (reposted from here) (http://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?95893-Trump-The-Great-American-Reset&p=1151508&viewfull=1#post1151508)

Delingpole: And So It Begins, Trump’s Great Climate Purge…

Finally the Trump administration is starting to get serious about taking on the Green Blob.

EPA administrator Scott Pruitt – perhaps stung by criticisms that he was turning into a squish – today reaffirmed, in an interview with CNBC, that he is not a believer in catastrophic man-made global warming.


I think that measuring with precision human activity on the climate is something very challenging to do and there’s tremendous disagreement about the degree of impact. So no, I would not agree that it’s a primary contributor to the global warming that we see. But we don’t know that yet…

This new boldness coincides with a purge of warmist scientific advisers at both the EPA and the Interior Department.


EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt has chosen to replace half of the members on one of its key scientific review boards, while Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke is “reviewing the charter and charge” of more than 200 advisory boards, committees, and other entities both within and outside of his department. EPA and Interior officials began informing outside advisers of the move on Friday, and notifications continued over the weekend.

Pruitt’s move could significantly change the makeup of the 18-member Board of Scientific Counselors, which advises EPA’s key scientific arm on whether the research it does has sufficient rigor and integrity. All of the members being dismissed were at the end of serving at least one three-year term, although these terms are often renewed instead of terminated.


Read it all here (http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/05/08/delingpole-and-so-it-begins-trumps-great-climate-purge/)

added:

If and when Trump pulls the U.S. out of Paris it won’t be the end for the Green Blob, nor even the beginning of the end. But it might, perhaps, be the end of the beginning. It will be arguably the first big signal by any major leader of the Western world that the tide on the Great Global Warming Scam is about to turn and that the Alarmists are about to be crushed by fortune’s wheel.

[turiya]

Jared Kushner & George Soros... will Trump clean his own house??? Especially on this particular item... I do believe he was aware of this early on & probably before his campaign started up... another thing to throw into that "Wait & See" file...


OH NO! THE REASON JARED KUSHNER TOOK MONEY
FROM GEORGE SOROS IS SHOCKING THE NATION (https://youtu.be/MrGEuRHzMVM)
(Published on May 5, 2017)
http://uncensoredhealth.net/wp-content/vtc/vtimg/1/XHhE2grhMHw-0b.jpg
VIDEO (https://youtu.be/MrGEuRHzMVM)

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Gavin McInnes: Why Did George Soros
Give Jared Kushner $250M? (https://youtu.be/XHhE2grhMHw)
(Published on Apr 14, 2017)
http://uncensoredhealth.net/wp-content/vtc/vtimg/1/Kh6-xVmlwZU-0a.jpg
VIDEO (https://youtu.be/XHhE2grhMHw)

[turiya]

The Next News Network offers some more breaking news....


ALERT: DESPERATE DEMS UNLEASH PLOT WITH YATES
TESTIMONY TO TAKE DOWN TRUMP THIS IS BAD! (https://youtu.be/FBthTI111V0)
(Published on May 8, 2017)
https://i.ytimg.com/vi/FBthTI111V0/hqdefault.jpg
VIDEO (https://youtu.be/FBthTI111V0)

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BOOM! TRUMP JUST TOOK DOWN HILLARY LACKEY SALLY YATES
IN DEVASTATING TWITTER ATTACK -SHE’S FINISHED! (https://youtu.be/cJZeMnyqG4k)
(Published on May 9, 2017)
https://i.ytimg.com/vi/cJZeMnyqG4k/hqdefault.jpg
VIDEO (https://youtu.be/cJZeMnyqG4k)

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JW Sues DOJ for fmr. AG
Sally Yates's Email Records (https://youtu.be/jFBL6HoIzfQ)
(Published on May 8, 2017)
https://i.ytimg.com/vi/jFBL6HoIzfQ/mqdefault.jpg
VIDEO (https://youtu.be/jFBL6HoIzfQ)

[turiya]

An X22 Report.... Bank Runs in process... Click on Image to see video...


Big Banks Pushing Smaller Banks To Merge Deposits
Before The Bank Runs Begin - Episode 1275a (https://youtu.be/Lze1all9n-U)
(Published on May 9, 2017)
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VIDEO (https://youtu.be/Lze1all9n-U)
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Home Capital Sells $1.5 Billion In Mortgages At Unknown Price To Shore Up Liquidity (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-05-09/home-capital-sells-15-billion-mortgages-unknown-price-shore-liquidity)

http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/fp_thumb/images/user5/imageroot/HCG%20teaser_0.jpg (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-05-09/home-capital-sells-15-billion-mortgages-unknown-price-shore-liquidity)
As of today, Home Capital Group is now in the mortgage selling business (http://www.homecapital.com/index.asp#). In a press release, the company announced it has entered into an arrangement with an undisclosed third party to sell up to a total of $1.5 billion in funded mortgages and loan renewals, in a desperate attempt to shore up liquidity, and confirmation that other attempts to raise capital have failed.

May 9, 2017 9:58 AM

Half Of Canadians Have $200 Or Less In Savings (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-05-09/half-canadians-have-200-or-less-savings)

http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/fp_thumb/images/user5/imageroot/canada.jpg (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-05-09/half-canadians-have-200-or-less-savings)
More than half of Canadians are living within $200 per month of not being able to pay all their bills or meet their debt obligations. It gets worse: a whopping 31% of respondents said they already don’t make enough to meet all their financial obligations.

May 9, 2017 12:36 PM

Fed Reports Unexpected Collapse In Credit Card, Auto Loan Demand (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-05-09/fed-reports-unexpected-collapse-credit-card-auto-loan-demand)

http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/fp_thumb/images/user5/imageroot/20170509_LOANAGG.jpg (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-05-09/fed-reports-unexpected-collapse-credit-card-auto-loan-demand)
With both C&I and auto loan demand slowing down again in the quarter, the biggest surprise in the Fed's latest Senior Loan Officers' Survey was that demand for credit cards is now running at the lowest level in the past 5 years.

May 9, 2017 12:09 PM

JPMorgan Tells Banks to Partner Up as U.S. Deposit Drain Looms (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-05-08/jpmorgan-tells-banks-to-partner-up-as-u-s-deposit-drain-looms)

http://www.insider.gr/sites/default/files/styles/248x160/public/jpmorgan.jpg?itok=uvVuFbZz
JP Morgan Chase & Co. has some advice for regional banks: A deposit drain is coming, so merge while you can. Bloomberg

May 8, 2017

[turiya]

X22 Report Flash News...


Trump Fires Comey And Takes Another
Step In Cleaning Out The Deep State
(Published on May 10, 2017)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0NqpiGINfQ

[turiya]

Trump Fires Back at ‘No-Talent’ Stephen Colbert:
‘His Show Was Dying’ Before He Started Attacking Me (http://www.breitbart.com/big-hollywood/2017/05/11/donald-trump-rips-no-talent-stephen-colbert-nothing-funny-says/)


http://media.breitbart.com/media/2017/05/TrumpFiresBackColber2-640x480.jpgGetty/Getty

by Jerome Hudson (http://www.breitbart.com/author/jerome-hudson/)
11 May 2017






President Donald Trump fired back at Stephen Colbert in an interview this week following the Late Show host’s profanity-filled attacks on him during a segment on his show this month.In an interview (http://time.com/4775633/donald-trump-stephen-colbert-cnn-msnbc-chris-cuomo/) with Time magazine published Thursday, the commander-in-chief took on Colbert, who told a series of crude jokes about Trump during last week’s Monday broadcast that culminated in the host calling Trump’s mouth a “c*ck holster” for Russian President Vladimir Putin.

“You see a no-talent guy like Colbert. There’s nothing funny about what he says,” Trump told (http://time.com/4775633/donald-trump-stephen-colbert-cnn-msnbc-chris-cuomo/) Time. “And what he says is filthy. And you have kids watching.”

In his opening monologue last Monday, the CBS funnyman said, “The only thing [Trump’s] mouth is good for is being Vladimir Putin’s c*ck holster.” The joke was panned as homophobic and drew outrage from fans, who quickly made the hashtag #FireColbert a trending topic (http://www.breitbart.com/big-hollywood/2017/05/03/firecolbert-trends-as-cbs-host-comes-under-fire-for-homophobic-joke/) on Twitter.

Colbert addressed the controversy (http://www.breitbart.com/big-hollywood/2017/05/03/no-regret-stephen-colbert-responds-firestorm-use-homophobic-slur/) surrounding the joke on his show two days later and said he didn’t regret attacking the president.

In his remarks to media Thursday, Trump said Colbert’s crude comments “only builds up my base.”

“It only helps me, people like him. The guy was dying. By the way they were going to take him off television, then he started attacking me and he started doing better,” Trump added. “But his show was dying. I’ve done his show. … But when I did his show, which by the way was very highly rated… The highest rating he’s ever had.”

Indeed, Colbert’s late-night show has seen a ratings resurgence since Trump took office (http://www.breitbart.com/big-hollywood/2017/05/09/stephen-colbert-gets-ratings-boost-cck-holster-slur/).

The president also took aim at a number of mainstream media personalities.

Trump told Time that CNN host Chris Cuomo looks like a “chained lunatic” on TV and said CNN’s Don Lemon is “perhaps the dumbest person in broadcasting.”

“Chris Cuomo, he’s sitting there like a chained lunatic. He’s like a boiler ready to explode, the level of hatred. And the entire, you know the entire CNN platform is that way,” Trump said.

“This Don Lemon who’s perhaps the dumbest person in broadcasting, Don Lemon at night it’s like – sometimes they’ll have a guest who by mistake will say something good. And they’ll start screaming, we’re going to commercial. They cut him off. Remember?”

“Washington Post, New York Times, they’re really, really dishonest,” Trump continued before lashing out at Time reporters. “You people are quite dishonest in all fairness.”

Trump also said he said he no longer tunes in to watch MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough, who has repeatedly ripped the president and his administration. The president called Fox News the “most accurate” news network and says he tunes in to watch the morning programming.

“I do watch Fox in the morning, and their ratings have gone through the roof because everyone knows I’m watching Fox. But they’re pleasant. And if I do something wrong they report on it,” he said. “I don’t mean they – if I do something wrong. But it’s really, honestly it’s the most accurate.”

Read Trump’s full remarks to Time here (http://time.com/4775633/donald-trump-stephen-colbert-cnn-msnbc-chris-cuomo/).

[turiya]

The Unrelenting Mark Dice...


Trump Trolls Rosie O'Donnell - Over James Comey Firing 😂 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3iFVS_20Oc)
(Published on May 11, 2017)

http://img.youtube.com/vi/F3iFVS_20Oc/0.jpg
VIDEO (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3iFVS_20Oc)

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Trump Tweets "Russia Is Laughing As U.S. Tears Itself Apart", Scraps FBI Visit (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-05-11/trump-tweets-russia-laughing-us-tears-itself-apart-scraps-fbi-visit)

http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/fp_thumb/images/user5/imageroot/putin%20laughing_0.jpg (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-05-11/trump-tweets-russia-laughing-us-tears-itself-apart-scraps-fbi-visit)
"Russia must be laughing up their sleeves watching as the U.S. tears itself apart over a Democrat EXCUSE for losing the election."

May 11, 2017 11:24 PM
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Stephen Colbert Trump Joke Backfires
Then He Scolds Audience (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wwk3q6hG6A)
(Published on May 12, 2017)
https://i.ytimg.com/vi/5wwk3q6hG6A/hqdefault.jpg
VIDEO (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wwk3q6hG6A)

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[turiya]

The Collapse Is Confirmed! Prepare For The Imminent
Economic Collapse 2017 Stock Market CRASH!
(Published on May 14, 2017)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2y0qRNZrQM

Published on May 14, 2017

David Stockman, who has for years been predicting an economic collapse and stock market crash worse than 2008, says that disaster is coming for this year 2017.
The Economic Doomsday is here. The second financial bubble is going to soon burst, and there’s nothing anyone can do about it. The Federal Reserve has set up the American economy for financial collapse for printing trillions of dollars back in 2008 and 2009.

“The Federal Reserve’s policies of printing trillions of dollars back in ’08-09 have locked into place a serious financial crisis at some point in our future,” Going so far as to intimate the financial collapse and market crash will occur at least some time in the next two years, “It’s unavoidable, and even Donald Trump can’t stop it.”

[Honesty]

..........

[turiya]

Bank of China ATMs Go Dark As Ransomware Attack Cripples China (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-05-13/bank-china-atms-go-dark-ransomware-attack-slams-china)

http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/fp_thumb/images/user5/imageroot/china%20atm%201.jpg (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-05-13/bank-china-atms-go-dark-ransomware-attack-slams-china)
As a result of the WannaCry global malware attack, not only have Chinese ATMs been taken offline, but Chinese traffic police, immigration authorities and various public security bureaus and schools have suspended normal work until the malware threat is resolved.

May 13, 2017 2:57 PM


Putin Jabs NSA For Letting The Ransomware "Genies Out Of The Bottle" (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-05-15/putin-jabs-nsa-letting-ransomware-genies-out-bottle)

http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/fp_thumb/images/user230519/imageroot/2017.05.15%20-%20Putin.JPG (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-05-15/putin-jabs-nsa-letting-ransomware-genies-out-bottle)
"We are fully aware that the genies, in particular, those created by secret services, may harm their own authors and creators, should they be let out of the bottle."

May 15, 2017 8:32 AM


New Variant Of 'Ransomware' Begins To Spread: "We've Never Seen Anything Like This" (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-05-15/second-wave-ransomware-cyberattack-begins-spread-wever-never-seen-anything)

http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/fp_thumb/images/user3303/imageroot/20170514_cyber3.jpg (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-05-15/second-wave-ransomware-cyberattack-begins-spread-wever-never-seen-anything)
"We haven't fully dodged this bullet at all..."

May 15, 2017 9:44 AM



http://www.purefunds.com/purefunds-etfs/hack/ - when this ETF hits $30, we are in the zone for a cyber attack to reset the entire financial system, according to V's guest:

[youtube]Vak8hDouJh8

While timing of a financial reset is a tough one to pin down, there will be a reset, and the reset will be orchestrated. All markets are controlled. If you pay close enough attention to the markets and interbank loans, you'll have the required 24+ hours to pull coin from the bank. After it's common knowledge on mainstream media outlets, it's too late...you'll have to ride the wave with the rest of the topsiders at that point.

Extrapolating from the hack data point, one could easily conclude that the attack will be blamed on North Korea in retaliation for the missile hacks/sabotage...deal with it.

Hmmm...well the HACK index did hit $30 last week, and there was certainly a global hack, but no major reset of the financial system yet.

Maybe this week - http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-05-14/least-200000-victims-europol-fears-computers-simply-wont-start-monday-after-unrivall

Or the week after that....or the week after that ...WTFK.

[turiya]

http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/images/user3303/imageroot/2017/05/14/20170516_FBO.jpg (http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/images/user3303/imageroot/2017/05/14/20170516_FBO.jpg)
Source: Branco (http://comicallyincorrect.com/2017/05/15/presumed-guilty/)

[turiya]

X22 Report for May 17, 2017...


The Battle Will Only Get Worse, The End Will
Be A Disaster Either Way - Episode 1282b (https://youtu.be/cT8VV2s_1e4)
(Published on May 17, 2017)
https://i.ytimg.com/vi/cT8VV2s_1e4/hqdefault.jpg
VIDEO (https://youtu.be/cT8VV2s_1e4)
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Related News Articles...

Comey Admits Under Oath That Obstructions To Investigations "Never Happened" (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-05-18/comey-admits-under-oath-obstructions-investigations-never-happened)

http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/fp_thumb/images/user3303/imageroot/20170518_comey1.jpg (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-05-18/comey-admits-under-oath-obstructions-investigations-never-happened)
"It's not happened in my experience..."

May 18, 2017 2:10 PM


Trump Impeachment Odds Soar By 50% After NYT Report (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-05-16/trump-impeachment-odds-soar-50-after-nyt-report)

http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/fp_thumb/images/user5/imageroot/trump%20impeachment%20odds%202017.jpg (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-05-16/trump-impeachment-odds-soar-50-after-nyt-report)
The market is starting to look two steps ahead, and according to PredicIt, Trump's odds of getting impeached in 2017 have (https://www.predictit.org/Contract/5470/Will-Donald-Trump-be-impeached-in-2017#data)soared from 19% to 29%, a 50% surge since the NYT story broke.

May 16, 2017 7:39 PM

Senate Demands White House Tapes, Comey Memos On Just About Everyone (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-05-17/senate-judiciary-committee-follow-chaffetzs-lead-demand-comeys-memos-practically-eve)

http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/fp_thumb/images/user3303/imageroot/20170517_judiciary1.jpg (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-05-17/senate-judiciary-committee-follow-chaffetzs-lead-demand-comeys-memos-practically-eve)
Following Jason Chaffetz' lead from last night, (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-05-16/chaffetz-prepares-subpoena-i-will-get-comey-memo-if-it-exists) the Senate Judiciary Committee has demanded that The FBI hand over all Comey's memos "memorializing interactions" with Trump, Obama, Sessions, Lynch, Rosenstein, Boente, and Yates...

May 17, 2017 4:30 PM


See Letter Sent from Senate to McCabe (http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/images/user3303/imageroot/2017/05/14/20170517_judiciary2.jpg)

David Norquist Promises To Audit Pentagon As Comptroller (https://americanmilitarynews.com/2017/05/david-norquist-promises-to-audit-pentagon-as-comptroller/)

https://americanmilitarynews.com/wp-content/uploads/Screen-Shot-2017-05-11-at-1.02.09-PM.png
Big changes could be coming to the Pentagon. The brother of Grover Norquist promised on Tuesday that if the Senate confirms him to be the Pentagon comptroller, he will audit the department, according to a report in the Washington Examiner (http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/grover-norquists-brother-promises-a-tough-audit-as-pentagon-comptroller/article/2622581).


May 11, 2017


S Korea to Consider Sending THAAD System Back to US - Ruling Party Leader (https://sputniknews.com/asia/201705171053691781-korea-security-thaad-crisis/)

http://warfiles.ru/th/271x/uploads/images/2017/210/org_xmge442.jpg
South Korean ruling Democratic Party's leader would consider the possibility of uninstalling and sending the THAAD system back to the United States. Sputnik


May 17, 2017


S.Korea says communication channel with North must reopen (http://www.jpost.com/Breaking-News/SKorea-says-communication-channel-with-North-must-reopen-490965)

http://www.itfarrag.com/Files/Articles/2017_05/167332_Home.jpg
South Korea's unification ministry said on Wednesday its basic stance is that communication lines with North Korea should open, as new President Moon Jae-in seeks a two-track policy involving sanctions and dialog with Pyongyang. "Our most basic stance is that communication lines between South and North Korea should open. The unification ministry has considered options on this internally but nothing has been decided yet," Lee Duk-haeng, a ministry spokesman told a regular media briefing. Jerusalem Post


May 17, 2017


Was Russia's Ambassador Shot Because of His Huge Influence in N. Korea? (http://russia-insider.com/en/politics/was-russias-ambassador-shot-because-his-huge-influence-n-korea/ri19866)

http://indianzxpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/download-1.jpg
"[Ambassador] Andrei Karlov was the person who had demonstrated that he could be the force for peace in the North-South relations, while also being a powerful and vocal advocate for the Russian influence on the Korean peninsula. [He] was one of the rare foreign friends of the reclusive North Korean dictator, Kim Jong-il. ..., they spent many evenings with Kim and his closest associates (presumably also his son and successor Kim Jong-un), dining together and signing Russian/Soviet songs."

May 17, 2017


Israel Minister: "The Time Has Come To Assassinate Bashar Assad" (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-05-16/israel-minister-time-has-come-assassinate-bashar-assad)

http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/fp_thumb/images/user5/imageroot/yoav%20galant.jpeg (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-05-16/israel-minister-time-has-come-assassinate-bashar-assad)
"The reality in which people are executed in Syria, being hit deliberately by chemical weapons, their bodies being burned, something we haven’t seen in 70 years. In my view, we are crossing a red line. And in my view, the time has come to assassinate Assad. It’s as simple as that."

May 16, 2017 11:19 AM

[turiya]

Greg Hunter interview w/ Warren Pollock...


Warren Pollock-Patriot Trump
Must Go On Offensive (https://youtu.be/G6dAGTk9Bus)
(Published on May 20, 2017)
https://i.ytimg.com/vi/G6dAGTk9Bus/hqdefault.jpg
VIDEO (https://youtu.be/G6dAGTk9Bus)
Published on May 20, 2017

Geopolitical and financial analyst Warren Pollock says Trump it a “Patriot,” for blocking criminal politicians on both sides of the aisle from getting the White House, but he must to go on the offensive. Pollock explains, “If he plays spoiler, he will have to go on the offensive, but he’s not going to be able to make America great again. What he’s going to be able to do, if he gets his act together, is to start to take down some of this criminality at a very high level.

[Atlas]

Israel Minister: "The Time Has Come To Assassinate Bashar Assad" (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-05-16/israel-minister-time-has-come-assassinate-bashar-assad)

http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/fp_thumb/images/user5/imageroot/yoav%20galant.jpeg (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-05-16/israel-minister-time-has-come-assassinate-bashar-assad)
"The reality in which people are executed in Syria, being hit deliberately by chemical weapons, their bodies being burned, something we haven’t seen in 70 years. In my view, we are crossing a red line. And in my view, the time has come to assassinate Assad. It’s as simple as that."
British Journalist: Assad did NOT attack his poeple
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Dick Black Interview on Assad
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[turiya]

X22 Report... Trump in Saudi Arabia... what Trump is doing behind the scenes...


The Bubbles And Illusions Are About
To Be Popped - Episode 1285b (https://youtu.be/3LUUoT1uFXI)
(Published on May 21, 2017)
https://i.ytimg.com/vi/u26RKEF6qKM/hqdefault.jpg
VIDEO (https://youtu.be/3LUUoT1uFXI)

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REX TILLERSON FULL EXPLOSIVE INTERVIEW
WITH CHRIS WALLACE (5/21/2017) (https://youtu.be/85gdGg6Fxi0)
(Published on May 21, 2017)
http://cdn.cnsnews.com/capture-tillerson2.jpg
VIDEO (https://youtu.be/85gdGg6Fxi0)


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Tillerson: No Plans Dialogue with Iran but We May Speak ‘At the Right Time’ (http://www.breitbart.com/jerusalem/2017/05/21/tillerson-no-plans-dialogue-iran-may-speak-right-time/) -- The Times of Israel

http://www.92point.com/apex/A161720.display_easy_image?p_id=1383
The Times of Israel reports: WASHINGTON — US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson signaled on Saturday that a renewal of US-Iranian talks was likely in the future, telling reporters in Riyadh that they would take place when the time was right.

May 21, 2017

US changes tactics against ISIS, working on plan with 'enthusiastic' Russians (https://www.rt.com/usa/389015-pentagon-syria-russians-isis/) -- RT

http://www.ht.no/ntb/article14507765.ece/7wpkgg/ALTERNATES/w280-default/high_tbc61a27.jpg
A proposal is also in the works to “deconflict” operations in Syria with Russia. US forces are legally precluded from coordinating with the Russians, General Joseph Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said[/B] . the US and Russian militaries have been maintaining multiple communication channels to “deconflict” operations in Syria. ”We have a proposal that we’re working on with the Russians right now,” Dunford added, declining to offer any details.[B] “The Russians are as enthusiastic as we are to deconflict operations” and focus on fighting IS, Dunford said

“We carry out an annihilation campaign, so we don’t simply translate this problem from one location to another,” Mattis said. “Our intent is that foreign fighters don’t get out.”

May 19, 2017

[A Voice from the Mountains]

Alex Jones was just talking about how the Trump admin is somehow encouraging factories to be built in mainly black areas in cities (which of course are disproportionately impoverished by decades under the socialist welfare system, just like millions of Americans across the deep red rural US as well). That alone will cripple the socialist opposition when people in these communities get real jobs and real money flowing into them instead of just the welfare checks they get from Democrats. They will begin to lose their voter base and self-defeating culture war in the cities, and that's all they have left besides the swamp creatures themselves.

The record employment growth every month since January has a more tangible effect on our economy, I think, than the value of our fiat currency. If our currency is devalued, the administration can actually take advantage of that to bring jobs to the US even faster!

Think about this. The reason so many of our industries moved to foreign countries in the first place is because those countries have weaker economies, cheaper currencies, they can pay people next to nothing compared to paying expensive American workers, and the US has no tariffs on imports.

Devalue the US dollar (like with a stock market crash) to make it weaker in relation to other world currencies, as Trump has actually said would be a good thing for us, and this is what will happen under a Trump administration:

We will become the new China in terms of industry and trade. Trump can impose steep tariffs to make it unprofitable for companies to import their foreign junk and peddle it here. The struggling foreign companies can then be more easily challenged by US industries for our domestic market, which is the single richest market in the world. However, our devalued currency would make it even more economical not only for domestic industries to challenge foreign ones based in 3rd world countries, but also for those foreign companies to move back to the US, or as is already the case with one Chinese glass manufacturer, move to the US for the first time ever to open up manufacturies.

Employment is already way up largely on optimism alone, and if we can just start getting through the tax and regulatory reforms that are the real source of that optimism, we might be able to make a very smooth transition into an economy based more in reality and able to withstand whatever crash can be engineered. Incredible as it sounds, banks are also going out of business permanently -- as an entire industry -- because of the Internet and people increasingly finding other ways to invest their money, if they have any to save at all. So many things going on but I'm actually very optimistic about our economic situation despite the inevitable collapse of big chunks of the market from retailers to banks.

[turiya]

Hey AVFTM - good to have you log on a comment....
Yes, what you say makes plenty sense to me.

Certainly, with the ZeroHedge article reporting that 25% of Americans cannot pay their montly bills, and about the same number do not even having $400 in cash on hand, the improvement in the availability of jobs would be more than welcomed by the working class citizen.

Also, I see Trump plans to cut back a bit on the Food Stamp Program, which should also nudge those on the welfare rolls to seek putting themselves towards participating with a work ethic....


A Quarter Of American Adults Can't Pay All Their Monthly Bills; 44% Have Less Than $400 In Cash (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-05-20/quarter-american-adults-cant-pay-all-their-monthly-bills-44-have-less-400-cash)

http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/fp_thumb/images/user5/imageroot/student%20cash.jpg (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-05-20/quarter-american-adults-cant-pay-all-their-monthly-bills-44-have-less-400-cash)
According to the Fed's latest annual "household well-being" report, 23% of US adults are not able to pay all of their current month’s bills in full while 44% of respondents said they wouldn’t be able to cover an unexpected $400 expense like a car repair or medical bill.

May 21, 2017 3:41 PM



For Americans making less than $40,000 the breakdown was almost evenly split with 49% saying they are “just getting by.” According to the same study, 28% of respondents said that their income in the last 12 months was less than $25,000, and 40% report that their income was less than the key $40,000 cutoff, which suggests that roughly 4 in 10 Americans are “finding it difficult to get by.”


Nearly eight years into an economic recovery, nearly half of Americans didn’t have enough cash available to cover a $400 emergency. Specifically, the survey found that, in line with what the Fed had disclosed in previous years, 44% of respondents said they wouldn’t be able to cover an unexpected $400 expense like a car repair or medical bill, or would have to borrow money or sell something to meet it. Troubling as this statistic remains, the overall share of adults who would struggle to come up with $400 in a pinch has declined by 2% from the last survey conducted in 2015, and down 6% since 2013.

Of the group that could not pay in cash, 45% said they would go further in debt and use a credit card to pay off the expense over time. while a quarter would borrow from friends of family, and another 27% just couldn’t pay the expense. Others would turn to selling items or using a payday loan.


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Trump's Budget Will Slash $1.7 Trillion In Entitlements, Cut Food Stamps By 25% (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-05-22/president-trumps-budget-will-slash-17-trillion-entitlements-spending)

http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/fp_thumb/images/user245717/imageroot/Trump.JPG (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-05-22/president-trumps-budget-will-slash-17-trillion-entitlements-spending)
Here are the highlights from the upcoming President's Budget, courtesy of the latest batch of trial balloons.

May 22, 2017 10:08 AM

[turiya]

X22Report.... Seth Rich... Internet Neutrality... Obama... Soros... Russian & Duderte... Tulsi Gabbard... Syria...


The Central Bankers Make Their Move
To Control All Currencies - Episode 1286b (https://youtu.be/0TuAtqUVit4)
(Published on May 22, 2017)
https://i.ytimg.com/vi/0TuAtqUVit4/hqdefault.jpg
VIDEO (https://youtu.be/0TuAtqUVit4)

[turiya]

Moving onto the Enforcement of Immigration Laws...
Caravan to Midnite Philip Haney, Former DHS Whistleblower May 10, 2017 Interview...


Philip Haney: 'See Something, Say Nothing' Inteview
(May 10, 2017)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1hfQ2H9e4A
Philip Haney, one of the founding officers of Homeland Security (ret.) starts off telling us his views on how ‘the swamp’ should be drained…

[turiya]

Trump in Brussels... Rest assure that if Trump coddles up to the NWO, then he will have Deep State support... On the other hand, if Trump slams the NWO members with negative statements, comments & no support, then Deep State daggers will come out of their sheaths...


WATCH: President Trump BLASTS Leaders @ NATO,
Tells Them They Need to Pay Their Share (FULL SPEECH) (https://youtu.be/W_KrwW1Knms)
(Published on May 25, 2017)
https://i.ytimg.com/vi/W_KrwW1Knms/hqdefault.jpg
VIDEO (https://youtu.be/W_KrwW1Knms)

Published on May 25, 2017

BRUSSELS (AP) - President Donald Trump made no explicit mention of NATO's mutual defense pact on Thursday even as he spoke at a ceremony unveiling a memorial dedicated to it.

Trump has so far refused to personally commit to abiding by Article 5. U.S., which commits allies to defend any of the 28 members that come under attack. But Press Secretary Sean Spicer says, "It goes without saying" that Trump's presence at the event underscores the White House's "commitments and treaty obligations."

Trump spoke at the unveiling of a steel beam from the 107th floor of one of the World Trade Center towers at the new NATO headquarters in Brussels.

It's intended as a reminder of NATO's commitment to its collective defense clause. Article 5 has only been activated once, after 9/11.

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Wednesday that "of course" the United States supports Article 5.
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Trump Reportedly Called Germans 'Very Bad,' Vowed To Stop German Car Sales In The U.S. (https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-reportedly-called-germans-apos-224332980.html) - Yahoo!

http://germany.trendolizer.com/assets_c/2017/05/6270290-thumb-288xauto-5488405.jpeg
During a meeting with top leaders of the European Union, President Donald Trump said “the Germans are bad, very bad,” according to participants in the room who spoke to German newspaper Der Spiegel.
Trump’s specific criticism was that Germany’s auto industry exported cars. “See the millions of cars they are selling in the U.S. Terrible,” Der Spiegel reports (http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/donald-trump-bei-der-eu-die-deutschen-sind-boese-sehr-boese-a-1149282.html?ncid=edlinkushpmg00000313) he said. “We will stop this.”

May 25, 2017


And compare the difference...


Obama Photographer Trolls Trump Over NATO 'Shove' with Flashback Photo: 'No Jostling Involved' (https://www.yahoo.com/celebrity/obama-photographer-trolls-trump-over-024141986.html) - Yahoo!

http://tvzvezda.ru/news/vstrane_i_mire/content/201705260823-1ne4.htm/4.jpg
Former White House photographer Pete Souza took to Instagram on Thursday to deliver a smart response to President Donald Trump’s perceived “shove” of a NATO leader (http://people.com/politics/donald-trump-shoves-montenegro-prime-minister-dusko-markovic-nato-leader/). This time: Barack Obama (http://people.com/tag/barack-obama/) laughing and grinning with fellow NATO leaders in 2012.
“Laughter at the 2012 NATO Summit,” Souza wrote. “No jostling involved.”

This isn’t the first time Souza has trolled Trump. In April, he posted a series of photos detailing Obama’s first 100 days in office (http://people.com/politics/obama-white-house-photographer-trolls-trump-obama-first-100-days/), in contrast to Trump’s 100 days.
Trump came under fire on Thursday for appearing to shove Montenegro Prime Minister Dusko Makovic aside to get to the front of a group of NATO leaders.
May 25, 2017

Trump chastises fellow NATO members, demands they meet payment obligations (https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-told-in-brussels-that-west-should-focus-on-values-not-only-interests/2017/05/25/7aa1865c-40cd-11e7-9869-bac8b446820a_story.html?utm_term=.4d9689649ed7)

http://www.asahi.com/international/reuters/images/AS20170526000046_commL.jpg
President Trump criticized leaders at a dedication ceremony at the new NATO headquarters in Brussels, May 25, saying they need to increase financial contributions to combat "the threat of terrorism." (The Washington Post)
May 25, 2017

[turiya]

Title Explains the video Content... Reading the Body Language at NATO...


Body Language: Trump N.A.T.O. Speech
(Published on May 25, 2017)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75TzHD-RyK0

___________________LATE ADD___________________

Trump Defies G7, Refuses To Back Climate Deal After "Controversial" Debate (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-05-26/after-controversial-debate-g7-leaders-fail-persuade-trump-back-climate-deal)

http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/fp_thumb/images/user5/imageroot/1400x-1%20%283%29.jpg (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-05-26/after-controversial-debate-g7-leaders-fail-persuade-trump-back-climate-deal)
Pushing hard to persuade Trump to back the landmark Paris climate accord deal, after hours of talks that were described by Angela Merkel as "controversial", the G-7 leaders failed to get Trump's endorsement.

May 26, 2017 6:24 PM


Merkel Furious With Trump After "Unprecedented" G-7 Failure To Reach Consensus On Climate Change (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-05-27/merkel-furious-trump-after-unprecedented-g-7-failure-reach-consensus-climate-change)

http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/fp_thumb/images/user5/imageroot/Trump%20G7%20sicily.jpg (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-05-27/merkel-furious-trump-after-unprecedented-g-7-failure-reach-consensus-climate-change)
“The whole discussion about climate has been difficult, or rather very unsatisfactory" German Chancellor Angela Merkel told reporters Saturday. "Here we have the situation that six members, or even seven if you want to add the EU, stand against one."

May 27, 2017 9:52 AM

[turiya]

X22 Reports Episode 1289 for May 25 2017 part 2...


It Is All Unraveling And This Is Why Everyone
Should Be Nervous - Episode 1289b (https://youtu.be/FXjUtUBMFSk)
(Published on May 25, 2017)
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VIDEO (https://youtu.be/FXjUtUBMFSk)

Published on May 25, 2017



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Report date: 05.25.2017

Another insurer is leaving Obamacare. Comey is blaming the Clinton investigation on a Russian document . Trumps slams intel leaks and Jeff Sessions is going to begin an investigation. US warship enters the South China Sea and comes withing 12 nautical miles from China's territory. Trump wants NATO members to pay their fair share. EU cannot come to a consensus with Trump on Russia. US troops kill civilians in Yemen but the corporate media says they killed al-Qaeda. Russia says the recent provocations is to derail the peace talks in Libya. Bill introduced to continue the fight against the paid mercenaries in Iraq, Syria and the rest of the middle east.

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Another Insurer Quits Obamacare Leaving 25 Counties In Missouri With No Healthcare Options (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-05-24/another-insurer-quits-obamacare-leaving-25-counties-missouri-no-healthcare-options)

http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/fp_thumb/images/user230519/imageroot/2017.05.24%20-%20Obamacare%20MS%20-%20Tease.jpg (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-05-24/another-insurer-quits-obamacare-leaving-25-counties-missouri-no-healthcare-options)
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas City has just joined the growing ranks of insurers across the country that have decided they've lost just about enough money on Obamacare and their exit will leave 25 counties in Missouri with zero healthcare options in 2018.

May 24, 2017 10:20 PM


Comey 'Friend' Warns Trump "If I Were You, I'd Be Scared" (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-05-24/comey-friend-reportedly-warns-trump-if-i-were-you-id-be-scared)

http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/fp_thumb/images/user3303/imageroot/20170524_comey.jpg (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-05-24/comey-friend-reportedly-warns-trump-if-i-were-you-id-be-scared)
"...this is a guy with a story to tell. I think if I were Donald Trump that would scare me a lot"

May 25, 2017 3:30 AM


"Secret" Russian Doc Influenced Comey's Hillary Probe Even Though He Knew It Was Fake: CNN (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-05-26/secret-russian-doc-influenced-comeys-hillary-probe-even-though-he-knew-it-was-fake-c)

http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/fp_thumb/images/user230519/imageroot/cnn%20fake%20news_4.JPG (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-05-26/secret-russian-doc-influenced-comeys-hillary-probe-even-though-he-knew-it-was-fake-c)
CNN aruges that it wasn't Attorney General Loretta Lynch's meeting with Bill Clinton on that tarmac in Phoenix that caused Comey to lose confidence in the DOJ and host a rogue press conference 6 days later in which he called Hillary Clinton "extemely careless"...no, it was a fake Russian memo that Comey knew was fake but feared would be leaked to the public that undermined the DOJ's credibility. See, Russia did influence the election.

May 26, 2017 6:50 PM


Trump Loses In Court Again After 4th Circuit Upholds Block Of Travel Ban (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-05-25/federal-appeals-court-upholds-block-trumps-travel-ban-nbc)

http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/fp_thumb/images/user5/imageroot/trump%20impeach_5.jpeg (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-05-25/federal-appeals-court-upholds-block-trumps-travel-ban-nbc)
Trump may be traveling, but the bad news for the president never stops, and while we await tonight's daily "Russia collusion blockbusters" from the WaPo and the NYTimes, the president got some even more bad news after NBC reported that a Federal Appeals court has upheld the ban on Trump's travel plan.

May 25, 2017 2:04 PM


https://i1.wp.com/blog.simplejustice.us/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/trump.jpg?resize=625%2C553 (https://blog.simplejustice.us/2017/05/26/the-fourth-circuits-establishment-of-the-trumplaw-doctrine/)

Trump Responds To UK Accusations Of Suicide Bombing Leaks (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-05-25/trump-responds-uk-accusations-suicide-bombing-leaks)

http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/fp_thumb/images/user3303/imageroot/20170525_may.jpg (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-05-25/trump-responds-uk-accusations-suicide-bombing-leaks)
"The alleged leaks coming out of government agencies are deeply troubling... I am asking the Department of Justice and other relevant agencies to launch a complete review of this matter...the culprit should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law."

May 25, 2017 10:46 AM

Attorney General Jeff Sessions vows to plug leaks, launches probe of intel agencies (http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/may/25/jeff-sessions-vows-plug-leaks-launches-probe-intel/) - washingtontimes.com


https://baltimorejewishlife.com/admin/articleImagesBig/2017052514957646533642.jpg
Attorney General Jeff Sessions said Thursday that an investigation is already underway into U.S. intelligence leaks to the news media, quickly acting on President Trump (http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/trump/)’s order to get to the bottom of the leaks about the British investigation into the Manchester bombing.
“These leaks cannot be tolerated and we will make every effort to put an end to it,” Mr. Sessions said.

May 25, 2017


Disastrous Raid Kills More Civilians in Yemen While US Media Obediently Echoes the Pentagon (http://www.alternet.org/grayzone-project/yemen-us-military-raid-civilians-killed-media) - alternet.org

http://www.alternet.org/sites/default/files/styles/story_image/public/story_images/sanaa.jpg?itok=ZMjW6rCu
The latest U.S. military raid in Yemen was yet another disaster, resulting in the deaths of at least five civilians and the wounding of six more, according to a human rights group and sources in Yemen
The Washington Post ran a newswire from the Associated Press simply titled “US raid kills 7 al-Qaida militants in Yemen.” The brief story uncritically repeated the claims of the U.S. Department of Defense and U.S. Central Command, which characterized the raid as a success in the fight against al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) and which said all of the people killed had been members of the extremist group.
Reprieve spoke with witnesses from al-Jubah, the Yemeni village where the attack took place. The sources personally identified and named five of the victims of the U.S. raid, who they noted were not members of al-Qaeda.

May 25, 2017

[turiya]

Up Next... Mark Dice on the Fake News meme...


CNN Host Has Emotional Breakdown
Because People Don't Trust CNN Anymore (https://youtu.be/5YoIEp3GwNs)
(Published on May 22, 2017)
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VIDEO (https://youtu.be/5YoIEp3GwNs)


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Mark Zuckerberg: Free Money for
Everyone - "Universal Basic Income" (https://youtu.be/gjHeggQFpYA)
(Published on May 26, 2017)
https://i.ytimg.com/vi/gjHeggQFpYA/hqdefault.jpg
VIDEO (https://youtu.be/gjHeggQFpYA)

Published on May 26, 2017

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg gave the commencement address at Harvard for the Class of 2017, where he suggested a Universal Basic Income, meaning free money for everyone, so they could be creative and pursue their dreams. Media analyst Mark Dice has the story.
_________________________________


Hillary Clinton Coughing Her Way
Through Commencement Speech 2017
(Published on May 28, 2017)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_LpaThE9Rs

Published on May 28, 2017

Hillary Clinton gave the 2017 commencement speech at her Alma mater, Wellesley College, but barely got out a few words before she started coughing again. Media analyst Mark Dice has the story. Copyright © 2017 - Subscribe now for more videos every day! http://bit.ly/1QHJwaK

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I WON’T LIE (https://www.theburningplatform.com/2017/05/31/i-wont-lie/)

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Via Townhall (https://townhall.com/political-cartoons/2017/05/30/150706)

[turiya]

X22 Report for May 26, 2017....


The Plan Continues To Unfold,
Next Phase Has Been Launched
Episode 1290b
(Published on May 26, 2017)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1MH3WTrq6w

Topics:

- UMich confidence, expectations and what is really happening in the economy are all headed in different directions.
- San Francisco housing declines as more people decide to leave the area. Core durable goods decline.
- The revisions are in for the Q1 GDP, they have now been pushed up to 1.2%.
- Arizona Governor signs bill which will exempt gold and silver from taxation from the IRS. The deep state pushes the idea of free money for everyone as the system breaks down.
- China has been using the FIAT system to spend as much as possible before the collapse.
- Trump is now taking the travel ban to the supreme court.
- Bannon is back to help out with the Russia collusion hoax.
- The FBI refuses to give the memo to congress.
- They are looking into Jarred Kushner’s contacts to see if he colluded with Russia.
- Trump makes deals in the middle east with China on the OBOR system as the US comes off the petro dollar.
- Trump heads to the G7 meeting to discuss climate change and North Korea.
- Duterte says the CIA is trying to assassinate him and that ISIS was sent to his country by the CIA.
- Russia accuses the US of creating and support the IS in Afghanistan.
- Italy PM says NATO and Russia need to talk. Russia and China agree on the format for Syria.

_____________Related Articles_____________

UMich Confidence Shows Partisan Divide Widest Ever But All Agree It’s Time To Sell Your House (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-05-26/umich-confidence-shows-partisan-divide-widest-ever-all-agree-its-time-sell-your-hous?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+zerohedge%2Ffeed+%28zero+hedg e+-+on+a+long+enough+timeline%2C+the+survival+rate+fo r+everyone+drops+to+zero%29)


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San Francisco Home Prices Turn Negative For First Time Since 2011 (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-05-24/san-francisco-home-prices-turn-negative-first-time-2011?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+zerohedge%2Ffeed+%28zero+hedg e+-+on+a+long+enough+timeline%2C+the+survival+rate+fo r+everyone+drops+to+zero%29)

a growing number of millennials, 46% in fact, said they could no longer stand to live in the preeminent American ‘safe space’ of San Francisco primarily because the “rent was just too damn high.”



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http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/images/user230519/imageroot/2017/05/24/2017.05.24%20-%20San%20Fran%20Prices%202_0.jpg (http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/images/user230519/imageroot/2017/05/24/2017.05.24%20-%20San%20Fran%20Prices%202.jpg)

Arizona Governor Signs Bill To Repeal State Capital Gains Taxes On Gold & Silver (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-05-26/arizona-governor-signs-bill-repeal-state-capital-gains-taxes-gold-silver?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+zerohedge%2Ffeed+%28zero+hedg e+-+on+a+long+enough+timeline%2C+the+survival+rate+fo r+everyone+drops+to+zero%29)
Good news for precious metals investors in Arizona.
On Monday, Gov. Doug Ducey signed a bill into law that eliminates states capital gains taxes on gold and silver specie. It’s tax repeal will not only benefit Arizonans who invest in gold and silver, it will also facilitate their use as currency and undermine the Federal Reserve’s monopoly on money.
In effect, passage into law will “legalize the Constitution” by treating gold and silver specie as money.
Ron Paul traveled to Arizona and testified (http://blog.tenthamendmentcenter.com/2017/03/ron-paul-testimony-in-support-of-arizona-sound-money-bill-hb2014/) on its behalf.

We ought not to tax money – and that’s a good idea. It makes no sense to tax money,” he said. “Paper is not money, it’s fraud.”

The new law’s impact goes beyond mere tax policy. During an event after his Senate committee testimony (http://blog.tenthamendmentcenter.com/2017/03/ron-paul-standing-on-the-right-side-of-history/), Paul pointed out that it’s really about the size and scope of government.


If you’re for less government, you want sound money. The people who want big government, they don’t want sound money. They want to deceive you and commit fraud. They want to print the money. They want a monopoly. They want to get you conditioned, as our schools have conditioned us, to the point where deficits don’t matter.”
Currently, all debts and taxes in Arizona must be paid with either Federal Reserve Notes (dollars), authorized as legal tender by Congress, or with coins issued by the U.S. Treasury — very few of which have gold or silver in them.
But the United States Constitution states in Article I, Section 10, “No State shall…make any Thing but gold and silver Coin a Tender in Payment of Debts.”
The Arizona law takes a step towards that constitutional requirement, ignored for decades in every state. Such a tactic would undermine the monopoly or the Federal Reserve by introducing competition into the monetary system.
“Over time, as residents of the state use both Federal Reserve notes and silver and gold coins, the fact that the coins hold their value more than Federal Reserve notes do will lead to a “reverse Gresham’s Law” effect, where good money (gold and silver coins) will drive out bad money (Federal Reserve notes).

Once things get to that point, Federal Reserve notes would become largely unwanted and irrelevant for ordinary people. Nullifying the Fed on a state by state level can get us there.

Source: zerohedge.com

[DNA]

Here we have another story about leaks out of the White House. Is there anyone besides myself skeptical here?
Wouldn't it be possible for the CIA/NSA to eavesdrop on the White House and leak the story themselves, thus humiliating Trump double fold, revealing his inner workings to the public and or making them up while at the same time implying Trump is incompetent in so far as his abilities to assemble a staff are concerned?
We have no idea the wire tapping possibilities employed by the deep state. Sure they can turn cell phones on remotely, but what greater spy devices they must have than this and anything else we have heard of.


New Kushner Russia Story Stokes Concern of West Wing Leakers.
http://www.lifezette.com/polizette/new-kushner-russia-story-stokes-concern-west-wing-leakers/

[BMJ]

We have no idea the wire tapping possibilities employed by the deep state. Sure they can turn cell phones on remotely, but what greater spy devices they must have than this and anything else we have heard of.


New Kushner Russia Story Stokes Concern of West Wing Leakers.
http://www.lifezette.com/polizette/new-kushner-russia-story-stokes-concern-west-wing-leakers/

To counter the technology the Don needs to:

https://www.wouldyoubelieve.com/graphics/cone_title.gif

:bigsmile:

[turiya]

Certainly, Team Trump is aware that the WH leaks like a sieve. I believe this is why he met Xi Jinping at Mar-a-Lago.

Not sure how much of this is true, as much comes via Alex Jones / Roger Stone / Cernovich team, but Trump is in process of making changes. Bannon is supposedly now being brought back in to sit on NSC meetings, a 'War Room' is basically being set up to specifically combat the leaks to the major Trump opposition - The MSM news outlets. Trump is now having his Tweets screened by WH attorney. Jeff Sessions is also in process of focusing on the leaks that have been going on since before they have even gotten a foothold in the White House.

It will be interesting to see what occurs within the next few weeks.


_______________Late Add_______________


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOJcVXFyAYQ_____________________________

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Reports: At Least Three Anti-Trump Leakers
Identified, Referred to Proper Authorities,
Expected to Be Fired Soon (http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/05/27/reports-at-least-three-anti-trump-leakers-identified-referred-proper-authorities-expected-fired-soon/)

by Matthew Boyle (http://www.breitbart.com/author/matthew-boyle/)
27 May 2017
Washington, D.C.




At least two separate news organizations are reporting that three distinct leakers have been identified at the White House and that President Donald Trump is expected to fire them when he returns from his first overseas trip.“CBS News has confirmed from two sources that three leakers of classified information at the White House have been identified and are expected to be fired,” CBS News reported this week, adding, “Officials within the Trump White House believe leaks of Mr. Trump’s conversation with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov are a ‘deliberate attempt’ by officials who are holdovers from President Obama’s administration and are trying to damage the Trump presidency.”

In addition, this week, chief One America News Network (OANN) White House correspondent Trey Yingst also reported that three White House leakers have been identified and referred to the proper authorities.

Yingst wrote on Twitter that the three leakers have been carelessly leaking classified information to hurt President Trump politically and that Trump is expected to fire “multiple people” connected with the network of leakers upon his return to the White House:

http://truthfeed.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Screen-Shot-2017-05-27-at-5.37.21-PM.png (https://twitter.com/TreyYingst/status/866765139697074176?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.breitbart.com%2Fbig-government%2F2017%2F05%2F27%2Freports-at-least-three-anti-trump-leakers-identified-referred-proper-authorities-expected-fired-soon%2F)

Multiple White House aides, asked for comment about the CBS News and OANN reports, declined to comment when reached by Breitbart News.

Breitbart News (http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/05/27/reports-at-least-three-anti-trump-leakers-identified-referred-proper-authorities-expected-fired-soon/)


_______________Late, Late Add_______________

Homeland's Kelly Lashes Out At "Treasonous" Intelligence Leakers (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-05-28/homelands-kelly-lashes-out-treasonous-intelligence-leakers)

http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/fp_thumb/images/user3303/imageroot/20170528_mtp.jpg (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-05-28/homelands-kelly-lashes-out-treasonous-intelligence-leakers)
"I believe when you leak the kind of information that seems to be routinely leaked - high, high level of classification - I think it's darn close to treason."

May 28, 2017 12:35 PM

[turiya]

Tribute to Greg Allman... another that contributed to making America great...


Greg Allman Tribute/Rest in Peace,
Georgia Blues Man.
(Published on May 27, 2017)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbPWtfiTkAM__________________________

Washington Has Been Notified/OUCH!
(Published on May 10, 2017)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08HauDDpOJ0

[turiya]

Happy Memorial Day to everyone... Mark Dice helps us to remember the following...


John Kerry’s Idiotic Harvard Commencement
Speech About Russians Taking Over Our Government
(Published on May 25, 2017)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OP3TcrwK1U

[turiya]

Here we have another story about leaks out of the White House. Is there anyone besides myself skeptical here?
Wouldn't it be possible for the CIA/NSA to eavesdrop on the White House and leak the story themselves, thus humiliating Trump double fold, revealing his inner workings to the public and or making them up while at the same time implying Trump is incompetent in so far as his abilities to assemble a staff are concerned?
We have no idea the wire tapping possibilities employed by the deep state. Sure they can turn cell phones on remotely, but what greater spy devices they must have than this and anything else we have heard of.

New Kushner Russia Story Stokes Concern of West Wing Leakers.
http://www.lifezette.com/polizette/new-kushner-russia-story-stokes-concern-west-wing-leakers/
Here's a better follow-up to the Kushner / Russia back channel story....
Assange: Kushner's Alleged Plan to Set Up (https://sputniknews.com/us/201705281054071703-assange-kushner-us-russia-trump/)
Secret Channel With Moscow 'Correct' (https://sputniknews.com/us/201705281054071703-assange-kushner-us-russia-trump/)
http://i.hurimg.com/i/hurriyet/75/284x0/5927bcbf2269a216e0d1378b.jpg
Julian Assange commented on Jared Kushner's alleged attempt
to establish a secret communication channel with Moscow.May 28, 2017
MOSCOW (Sputnik) — WikiLeaks whistleblowing website founder Julian Assange considers an alleged attempt of US President Donald Trump's son-in-law and senior adviser Jared Kushner to establish a secret communication channel with Moscow to be a "correct" decision.

http://curezone.com/upload/_T_Forums/Turiya_Files_/AVALON/TRUMP/GENRL_TWEETS/JULIAN_ASSANGE_KUSHNER_CORRECT_TO_CREATE_CHANNELS_w_EVERYONE2.png (https://twitter.com/JulianAssange/status/868825311097618432?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fsputniknews.com%2Fus%2F201705281054071703-assange-kushner-us-russia-trump%2F)

http://curezone.com/upload/_T_Forums/Turiya_Files_/AVALON/TRUMP/GENRL_TWEETS/JULIAN_ASSANGE_IF_WE_ARE_TO_EVER_HAVE_PEACE_TRUMP_SHOULD_CREAT_OFFICE_.png (https://twitter.com/JulianAssange/status/868829463601139712?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fsputniknews.com%2Fus%2F201705281054071703-assange-kushner-us-russia-trump%2F)

On Friday, The Washington Post reported citing alleged intercepts of Russian communications reviewed by US officials that Kushner suggested to Russian Ambassador to the United States Sergei Kislyak using Russian diplomatic facilities to shield the talks ahead of Trump's inauguration from being monitored. The alleged meeting between Kislyak, Kushner and former US presidential National Security Adviser Michael Flynn reportedly took place in New York City in December 2016.
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http://curezone.com/upload/_T_Forums/Turiya_Files_/AVALON/TRUMP/TRUMP_TWEETS/TRUMP_TWITTER_ICON_4.png (https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/868807327130025984)
It is my opinion that many of the leaks coming
out of the White House are fabricated lies
made up by the #FakeNews media.
5:33 AM - 28 May 2017
________________________________US Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly, on his part, said Sunday that maintaining any communication channels with Russia was "a good thing." (https://sputniknews.com/politics/201705281054069884-kelly-russia-contacts-us/)

(https://sputniknews.com/politics/201705281054069884-kelly-russia-contacts-us/)https://cdn4.img.sputniknews.com/images/105124/72/1051247270.jpg
© AFP 2017/ Brendan SMIALOWSKI

'Complete Nonsense': Russian MP Rubbishes Claim of Collusion Between Kislyak, Kushner (https://sputniknews.com/world/201705271054050740-russia-us-kislyak/)

The United States has repeatedly accused Russia of meddling in the US presidential campaign, including alleged hacking attempts. The investigation into alleged Russian interference began at the request of the former administration over suspicion that Moscow may have helped sway the election in favor of Trump.

Russian officials, including President Vladimir Putin and Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, have repeatedly said that Russia had not interfered in the internal affairs of foreign states.

Sputnik News (https://sputniknews.com/us/201705281054071703-assange-kushner-us-russia-trump/)

[turiya]

Kathy Griffin apologizes... admits she went too far...

________________________________
http://curezone.com/upload/_T_Forums/Turiya_Files_/AVALON/TRUMP/TRUMP_TWEETS/TRUMP_TWITTER_ICON_4.png (https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/869874798087819264)
Kathy Griffin should be ashamed of herself.
My children, especially my 11 year old son,
Barron, are having a hard time with this. Sick!
4:14 AM - 31 May 2017
________________________________"I'm Sorry, I Went Too Far" - Kathy Griffin Apologizes For Video Of Beheaded Trump (http://www.zerohedge.com/node/597060)

http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/fp_thumb/images/user3303/imageroot/20170530_sorry1.jpg (http://www.zerohedge.com/node/597060)
"I'm sorry, I went too far, I was wrong"

May 30, 2017 10:05 PM


Kathy Griffin Holds Donald Trumps
Bloodied Head In ISIS Like Video (https://youtu.be/mSZ9QJOZqpg)
(Published on May 30, 2017)
https://i.ytimg.com/vi/mSZ9QJOZqpg/hqdefault.jpg
VIDEO (https://youtu.be/mSZ9QJOZqpg)


_______________Late Add_______________


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[turiya]

Current News – 05.30.2017


Trump Has Turned The Tables On The Deep State,
He Is Now Going After Them - Episode 1293b (https://youtu.be/U1vi8qkLAC8)
(Published on May 30, 2017)
http://x22report.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/youtube_website_trump_lg.jpg
VIDEO (https://youtu.be/U1vi8qkLAC8)


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ZeroHedge Axios News source jumps out in front
ahead of official Paris Accord announcement...
Trump Has Reportedly Decided To Pull Out Of Paris Climate Accord (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-05-31/trump-has-reportedly-decided-pull-out-paris-accord)

http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/fp_thumb/images/user3303/imageroot/20170531_paris.jpg (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-05-31/trump-has-reportedly-decided-pull-out-paris-accord)
In yet another blow to President Obama's utopian legacy, Axios is reporting (https://www.axios.com/scoop-trump-is-pulling-u-s-out-of-paris-climate-deal-2427773025.html) that two sources with direct knowledge of the decision confirm President Trump has made his decision to withdraw from the Paris climate accord.

May 31, 2017 8:07 AM




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http://curezone.com/upload/_T_Forums/Turiya_Files_/AVALON/TRUMP/TRUMP_TWEETS/TRUMP_TWITTER_ICON_4.png (https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/869903459511918592)
I will be announcing my decision on the Paris
Accord over the next few days. MAKE
AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!
6:08 AM - 31 May 2017
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White House Slams "False & Unverifiable" CNN Claims Of Intercepted Russian Trump Threats (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-05-30/white-house-slams-false-unverifiable-cnn-claims-intercepted-russian-trump-threats)

http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/fp_thumb/images/user3303/imageroot/20170530_russ.jpg (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-05-30/white-house-slams-false-unverifiable-cnn-claims-intercepted-russian-trump-threats)
Seemingly dredging up old 'fake' news as new bombshells, CNN reports (http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/30/politics/russians-trump-campaign-information/index.html?sr=twCNN053017russians-trump-campaign-information1015AMVODtopLink&linkId=38143701) that Russian government officials reportedly talked about having possibly "derogatory" information about President Trump and some of his top aides during the 2016 presidential race.
"This is yet another round of false and unverified claims made by anonymous sources to smear the President," a White House spokesman told CNN.


May 30, 2017 11:11 AM


CNN writes a fake news “Russia-Trump” article, and admits it is fake news (http://theduran.com/cnn-writes-a-fake-news-russia-trump-collusion-article-and-admits-it-is-fake-news/) - The Duran

http://funny.trendolizer.com/assets_c/2017/05/6293175-thumb-288xauto-5507333.jpg

The real kicker is that CNN itself admits (http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/30/politics/russians-trump-campaign-information/index.html?sr=twCNN053017russians-trump-campaign-information1015AMVODtopLink&linkId=38143701)that the entire article it crafted to add fuel to the Trump-Russia fire is based on “made up” intelligence…





Sources said the Russians claims “could have been exaggerated or even made up.”



Sources declined to say specifically which aides were being discussed.



“The Russians could be overstating their belief to influence,” said one of the sources.



May 30, 2017


Trump's Personal Lawyer Subpoenaed By House Intel Committee (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-05-30/trumps-personal-lawyer-subpoenaed-house-intel-committee)

http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/fp_thumb/images/user3303/imageroot/20170530_cohen.jpg (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-05-30/trumps-personal-lawyer-subpoenaed-house-intel-committee)
Just minutes after an appearance on CNN (http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/30/politics/michael-cohen-wont-cooperate-with-congress/index.html) explaining why he turned down House and Senate intelligence committees' "invitation to provide information and testimony" as nothing but a "fishing expedition," Trump personal lawyer Michael Cohen has been subpoenaed by the House committee.

May 30, 2017 1:48 PM


REPORT: Kushner ‘Modifying’ His Stance On The Paris Climate Accord (http://dailycaller.com/2017/05/30/report-kushner-modifying-his-stance-on-the-paris-climate-accord/) - dailycaller.com

http://letsfixthiscountry.org/wp-content/themes/Advanced-Newspaper/images/kusher-trump.jpeg

White House adviser Jared Kushner seems to be “modifying” his stance on the Paris climate agreement,



“Instead of urging the president to keep the United States in the Paris climate accord, as he sought to months ago, he has come to believe the standards in the agreement need to be changed,”



May 30, 2017

Red Alert: State Dept. Betrays Trump Promises… Issues Sickening Orders at Border (http://conservativetribune.com/state-dept-refugee-betrayal/) - conservativetribune.com

http://i.ytimg.com/vi/GEclt7HdpK0/mqdefault.jpg

An internal power struggle between President Donald Trump and the U.S. Department of State could be heating up — at least if a surprising new report is accurate.



The New York Times (https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/26/us/politics/united-states-refugees-trump.html?_r=1) has revealed that the State Department has just lifted the restrictions on the number of refugees allowed to enter the U.S., in a move that seems to fly in the face of Donald Trump’s campaign promises to voters.



In an email sent just days ago, a State Department official named Jennifer L. Smith quietly told private agencies involved in refugee assistance that foreigners could now enter the country (http://conservativetribune.com/horrific-act-refugee-stance/) “unconstrained by the weekly quotas that were in place.”



That quota had previously been around 830 incoming people per week. The unexpected change could nearly double the number of refugees (http://conservativetribune.com/item-refugee-welcome-baskets/) to about 1,500 per week.



In other words, Obama-aligned groups within key agencies could be trying to sabotage Trump’s plans. That move would not be unprecedented, as personnel from the previous administration who still work in the Department of Justice and the FBI have reportedly resisted the new president’s agenda (http://conservativetribune.com/obama-effect-white-house-sabotage/) at every turn.



The timing of the email also suggests that the State Department did not want Trump supporters to notice the change



May 29, 2017


Mike Dubke Resigns as White House Communications Director (http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/05/30/mike-dubke-resigns-as-white-house-communications-director/)- breitbart.com

http://img.diacaf.com/imagesmin/20170530/58710156.jpg

After just three months on the job, White House communications director Mike Dubke is out.



Dubke resigned on May 18, according to Axios’s Mike Allen,



Mike Dubke formerly worked at American Crossroads, a Super PAC formed by Karl Rove. Dubke to Rove to the press = Leaks



May 30, 2017

[turiya]

More on supeonas for Susan Rice, Obama & several others....


FINALLY! SUSAN RICE AND OBAMA JUST GOT
DEVASTATING NEWS FROM CONGRESS! IT BEGINS!!!
(Published on Jun 1, 2017)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLPq7Gkr6UY________________Related Articles________________


Obama-Era Officials Subpoenaed By House Intel Committee In Trump "Unmasking" Probe (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-05-31/house-intel-panel-issues-unmasking-subpoenas-targeting-obama-era-officials)

http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/fp_thumb/images/user5/imageroot/susan%20rice%20teaser.jpg (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-05-31/house-intel-panel-issues-unmasking-subpoenas-targeting-obama-era-officials)
In addition to four subpoenas focusing purely on the Russia investigation, the Republican-led House Intel Committee also issued three subpoenas focusing on "unmasking" questions, involving how and why names of Trump associates were unredacted and distributed within classified reports by Obama administration officials during the transition between administrations.

May 31, 2017 11:10 PM




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[A Voice from the Mountains]

Here we have another story about leaks out of the White House. Is there anyone besides myself skeptical here?
Wouldn't it be possible for the CIA/NSA to eavesdrop on the White House and leak the story themselves, thus humiliating Trump double fold, revealing his inner workings to the public and or making them up while at the same time implying Trump is incompetent in so far as his abilities to assemble a staff are concerned?

I think part of it is eavesdropping but part of it is also pure invention and propaganda. For example when they "leak" rumors of internal intriguing between members of the Trump cabinet, that kind of story can be both false and damaging to the admin by causing suspicions and tension between staff. It's not a new thing for the media to completely fabricate stories. They've been doing it for years already.

[turiya]

Tucker Carlson & Ann Coulter on the Kathy Griffin claim of Victimhood...


"Seas Will Rise! Insects Will Spread!" Tucker and
Ann Coulter Troll Kathy Griffin and Paris Deal (https://youtu.be/wEntgsOia0M)
(Published on Jun 2, 2017)
https://img.youtube.com/vi/wEntgsOia0M/hqdefault.jpg
VIDEO (https://youtu.be/wEntgsOia0M)

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Judicial Watch Tom Fitton... more Clinton emails,
George Soros fraud... Voter Fraud... Immigration ...


Tom Fitton discusses Shocking New Clinton Emails,
New Soros Lawsuit, Clean Elections, & Immigration (https://youtu.be/rUN0B7Cf4oM)
(Published on Jun 2, 2017)
http://img.youtube.com/vi/rUN0B7Cf4oM/0.jpg
VIDEO (https://youtu.be/rUN0B7Cf4oM)

[turiya]

https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/vdare-live/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/03210345/drudge-672x343.jpg (http://www.drudgereport.com/)

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DBbqSoVXsAMdkOz.jpg:small





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http://curezone.com/upload/_T_Forums/Turiya_Files_/AVALON/TRUMP/TRUMP_TWEETS/TRUMP_TWITTER_ICON_4.png (https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/871143765473406976)
We need to be smart, vigilant and tough. We
need the courts to give us back our rights.
We need the Travel Ban as an extra level of
safety!
4:17 PM - 3 Jun 2017
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http://curezone.com/upload/_T_Forums/Turiya_Files_/AVALON/TRUMP/TRUMP_TWEETS/TRUMP_TWITTER_ICON_4.png (https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/871145660036378624)
Whatever the United States can do to help
out in London and the U. K., we will be there -
WE ARE WITH YOU. GOD BLESS!
4:24 PM - 3 Jun 2017
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http://curezone.com/upload/_T_Forums/Turiya_Files_/AVALON/TRUMP/TRUMP_TWEETS/TRUMP_TWITTER_ICON_4.png (https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/871325606901895168)
We must stop being politically correct and get
down to the business of security for our
people. If we don't get smart it will only get
worse
4:19 AM - 4 Jun 2017
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http://curezone.com/upload/_T_Forums/Turiya_Files_/AVALON/TRUMP/TRUMP_TWEETS/TRUMP_TWITTER_ICON_4.png (https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/871328428963901440)
At least 7 dead and 48 wounded in terror attack
and Mayor of London says there is "no
reason to be alarmed!"
4:31 AM - 4 Jun 2017
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http://curezone.com/upload/_T_Forums/Turiya_Files_/AVALON/TRUMP/TRUMP_TWEETS/TRUMP_TWITTER_ICON_4.png (https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/871331574649901056)
Do you notice we are not having a gun
debate right now? That's because they used
knives and a truck!
4:43 AM - 4 Jun 2017
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[A Voice from the Mountains]

Oh I can just sense the seething anger of the corporate media at Trump's tweets today lol.

[turiya]

Oh I can just sense the seething anger of the corporate media at Trump's tweets today lol.
Yes. And I can also hear the global elite politicians say, "This has nothing to do with open borders, immigration or Radical Islam!"



___________________Late Add___________________


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=deQuJ1_wXyA

[turiya]

X22 Spotlight interview w/ economy expert Bill Holter...


When The Crisis Hits,Financial Markets Will Shutdown
Throughout 80%-90% Of The World: Bill Holter (https://youtu.be/ccOvE7TlvMw)
(Published on Jun 3, 2017)
https://i.ytimg.com/vi/NX_qeWFytVc/0.jpg
VIDEO (https://youtu.be/ccOvE7TlvMw)

[turiya]

CNN Host Calls Trump "Piece Of Sh¡t... Embarrassment To Humankind" (https://tinyurl.com/y9r8ym2q)

http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/fp_thumb/images/user5/imageroot/Screen-Shot-2017-06-03-at-8.23.15-PM.jpg (https://tinyurl.com/y9r8ym2q)
"This piece of **** is not just an embarrassment to America and a stain on the presidency. He's an embarrassment to humankind."

Jun 4, 2017 9:55 PM




CNN Believers Host Calls Trump a
"Piece of ****" for his London Response
(Published on Jun 4, 2017)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9uiMCwFZHKI_____________________________

CNN Host Calls Trump Piece of Sh!t
(Published on Jun 5, 2017)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPmGBu_cZRk

[turiya]

Oh I can just sense the seething anger of the corporate media at Trump's tweets today lol.
Yes. And I can also hear the global elite politicians say, "This has nothing to do with open borders, immigration or Radical Islam!"



___________________Late Add___________________


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=deQuJ1_wXyA

____________________________

The London Bridge Massacre (David Wood)
(Published on Jun 4, 2017)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmWJMuC_Jx8____________________________

The TRUTH About the London Bridge Terror Attack
(Published on Jun 3, 2017)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Shmw5Ije4mc____________________________

THIS INTERVIEW WAS RECORDED 2 DAYS
BEFORE THE LONDON BRIDGE ATTACK
(Published on Jun 4, 2017)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNntN-RbAfw

[turiya]

All Work and No Play makes Jack a Dull Boy...


https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/848355716628979712/7D4pVZu8.jpg


_____________________________

Donald Trump Emperor of America
(Published on Mar 26, 2016)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQCaWLF2gfs_____________________________

https://grrrgraphics.files.wordpress.com/2016/01/trump_tamers_ben_garrison.jpg?w=640&h=486

_____________________________

Masters of the World /pol/ Alt-Right will never die
(Published on May 8, 2017)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ql5tkK1jdk_____________________________

https://grrrgraphics.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/climate_change_trumpweb.jpg?w=640

_____________________________

TrumpTheEstablishment
(Published on Oct 29, 2016)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIsctZlgMqg

[turiya]

Continuing...


Winter is Trumping
(Published on Feb 20, 2016)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0tE6T-ecmg_________________________

300: Making America Great Again
(Published on May 3, 2016)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7I92r9GqUw

[turiya]

https://www.arcamax.com/newspics/cache/lw600/154/15400/1540022.jpg

______________________________

It Has Begun, The Elite Are Not
Holding Back - Episode 1299b
(Published on Jun 6, 2017)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9i-1svk5AI
Summary:

Macy’s issues warning that profits are declining. Bankruptcies for consumers and businesses are on the rise, looks like 2008 all over again. Nancy Pelosi says she is going to put up a fight over the debt ceiling. Financial media now convincing millennials this is the time to invest. The market is rising and its time to put your money into the market. This is how bubbles pop. The central bankers don’t know what else to do but to hand out money to the people and hope they will spend it in the economy. When this happens, we will see inflation and the debt will grow astronomically and then collapse, it’s a no win situation. Comey is prepared to testify in front of congress and it will reveal absolutely nothing when it is all said and done. NSA leaker has been caught leaking information, this looks to be a complete setup where the deep state thought they had classified info on Russian hacking and it turned out to be nothing. Russia rejects the document that was leaked saying it show no proof. Tillerson is instructed by Trump to repair relations with Russia. Middle east countries block Qatar, Qatar is now the scapegoat and this is where terrorism originated. Trump had a meeting in the middle east and gave these countries an ultimatum as the entire system breaks down. Trump is now broadcasting what he is doing. US forces in Syria have begun attacking areas around Raqqa.


_____________Related Articles_____________

Looks Like CNN's Anonymous Sources Got This One Wrong (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-06-07/looks-cnns-anonymous-sources-got-one-wrong)

http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/fp_thumb/images/user230519/imageroot/cnn%20fake%20news_5.JPG (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-06-07/looks-cnns-anonymous-sources-got-one-wrong)
Since CNN previously informed the world, via anonymous sources of course, that "Former FBI Director James Comey is reportedly set to testify he never told President Donald Trump that he was not under investigation," perhaps they can now explain these three sentences taken directly from Comey's testimony which prove otherwise.
What are the chances that CNN will retract their inaccurate reporting on this

Jun 7, 2017 5:52 PM



Back on May 9th, the White House released the letter that President Trump sent to former FBI Director James Comey informing him that he’d been relieved of his duties at the FBI. Within that letter, Trump awkwardly inserted a sentence thanking Comey for informing him “on three separate occasions, that I am not under investigation.”



Not surprisingly, this statement set off alarm bells at CNN and other MSM outlets because, if true, it would put a real damper on their “Trump colluded with Russian hackers to stage a coup” narrative. Therefore, those outlets set out on a mission to ‘prove’ that Comey never made those statements and that, by definition, Trump clearly lied about his past interactions with the former FBI Director.



And not long after setting out on that mission, courtesy of those infamous ‘anonymous sources’, CNN and ABC struck gold when they confirmed that “FBI Director James Comey is reportedly set to testify he never told President Donald Trump that he was not under investigation.”



“Trump has made a blanket claim that Comey told him multiple times that he was not under investigation.”

“But one source said Comey is expected to explain to senators that those were much more nuanced conversations from which Trump concluded that he was not under investigation. Another source hinted that the President may have misunderstood the exact meaning of Comey’s words, especially regarding the FBI’s ongoing counterintelligence investigation.”



Unfortunately, CNN’s ‘anonymous sources’ seem to have been ‘mistaken’ on this one. Comey’s direct testimony released just a while ago seems to confirm exactly what Trump said in his original May 9th letter and exactly the opposite what CNN subsequently reported.



1. January 6th Meeting at Trump Tower:

“In that context, prior to the January 6 meeting, I discussed with the FBI’s leadership team whether I should be prepared to assure President-Elect Trump that we were not investigating him personally. That was true; we did not have an open counter-intelligence case on him. We agreed I should do so if circumstances warranted. During our one-on-one meeting at Trump Tower, based on President Elect Trump’s reaction to the briefing and without him directly asking the question, I offered that assurance.”2. January 27th Dinner at White House:

“During the dinner, the President returned to the salacious material I had briefed him about on January 6, and, as he had done previously, expressed his disgust for the allegations and strongly denied them. He said he was considering ordering me to investigate the alleged incident to prove it didn’t happen. I replied that he should give that careful thought because it might create a narrative that we were investigating him personally, which we weren’t, and because it was very difficult to prove a negative. He said he would think about it and asked me to think about it.”3. March 30 Phone Call:

“I explained that we had briefed the leadership of Congress on exactly which individuals we were investigating and that we had told those Congressional leaders that we were not personally investigating President Trump. I reminded him I had previously told him that.”Source: zerohedge.com (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-06-07/looks-cnns-anonymous-sources-got-one-wrong?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+zerohedge%2Ffeed+%28zero+hedg e+-+on+a+long+enough+timeline%2C+the+survival+rate+fo r+everyone+drops+to+zero%29)--------------------------------------------

Market Confirms 'No Smoking Gun' In Comey Testimony - Stocks Up, Gold Down (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-06-07/market-confirms-no-smoking-gun-comey-testimony-stocks-gold-down)

http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/fp_thumb/images/user3303/imageroot/20170607_comey.jpg (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-06-07/market-confirms-no-smoking-gun-comey-testimony-stocks-gold-down)
It would appear - despite the media bluster - that markets are quickly convinced that Comey's prepared remarks have no "smoking gun" and nothing new to warrant concerns about President Trump's presidency...

Jun 7, 2017 2:10 PM



It would appear – despite the media bluster –



Comey’s prepared remarks have no “smoking gun” and nothing new to warrant concerns about President Trump’s presidency…



This is the statement that appears to have defused the concerns…





I immediately prepared an unclassified memo of the conversation about Flynn and discussed the matter with FBI senior leadership. I had understood the President to be requesting that we drop any investigation of Flynn in connection with false statements about his conversations with the Russian ambassador in December.



I did not understand the President to be talking about the broader investigation into Russia or possible links to his campaign. I could be wrong, but I took him to be focusing on what had just happened with Flynn’s departure and the controversy around his account of his phone calls.

Source: zerohedge.com (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-06-07/market-confirms-no-smoking-gun-comey-testimony-stocks-gold-down?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+zerohedge%2Ffeed+%28zero+hedg e+-+on+a+long+enough+timeline%2C+the+survival+rate+fo r+everyone+drops+to+zero%29)--------------------------------------------

CNN Corrects 'Fake News' Story On Comey-Trump (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-06-07/cnn-corrects-fake-news-story-comey-trump)

http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/images/user3303/imageroot/20170607_cnn2.jpg (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-06-07/cnn-corrects-fake-news-story-comey-trump)

Jun 7, 2017 6:05 PM

Source: zerohedge.com (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-06-07/cnn-corrects-fake-news-story-comey-trump)--------------------------------------------

CIA Analyst: Trump Isn’t Selling Arms To Saudi Arabia (http://yournewswire.com/trump-not-selling-arms-saudi-arabia/)

http://www.belarabinews.net/data/image/280X150/09157854547451750546448584676857.jpg
Bruce Riedal claims that the Trump-Saudi arms deal is “fake news” aimed at distracting the public away from the truth that deals had already been struck between the U.S. and Saudi Arabia under the Obama administration.

June 7, 2017


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http://curezone.com/upload/_T_Forums/Turiya_Files_/AVALON/TRUMP/TRUMP_TWEETS/TRUMP_TWITTER_ICON_4.png (https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/872062159789985792)
During my recent trip to the Middle East
I stated that there can no longer be funding of
Radical Ideology. Leaders pointed to Qatar -
look!
5:06 AM - 6 Jun 2017
________________________________





More Nations Back Saudis in Cutting Ties With Qatar (http://news.antiwar.com/2017/06/06/more-nations-back-saudis-in-cutting-ties-with-qatar/)

https://barometerng.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Qatari-400x300.jpg
[B]Four Arab nations try to isolate nation they say supports terrorism
June 5, 2017

http://curezone.com/upload/_T_Forums/Turiya_Files_/AVALON/TRUMP/GENRL_TWEETS/SAUDI_ISSUES_ULTIMATUM_TO_QATAR.png (https://twitter.com/Daily_News_Wire/status/872149612680757248)

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[turiya]

Eric Trump expresses anger over the delusional liberal press & political pundits...


Eric Trump: The way the media act is out of control (https://youtu.be/xVFi779GROk)
(Published on Jun 6, 2017)
https://i.ytimg.com/vi/xVFi779GROk/hqdefault.jpg
VIDEO (https://youtu.be/xVFi779GROk)

[turiya]

X22Report....


The Plan Is In Action To Dismantle The Middle East,
The Big Rotation Has Begun - Episode 1300
(Published on Jun 7, 2017)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STlPrGl7RXs
_____________________________

Reuters Article (Propaganda arm of the Deep State) reports....


Assad Military Alliance Threatens To Strike U.S. Forces In Syria (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-06-07/assad-military-alliance-threatens-strike-us-forces-syria)

http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/fp_thumb/images/user5/imageroot/assad%20teaser%203_0.jpg (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-06-07/assad-military-alliance-threatens-strike-us-forces-syria)
A pro-Assad military alliance, which in addition to Hezbollah includes Iran and Russia, said on Wednesday it could hit U.S. positions in Syria, warning that its "self-restraint" over U.S. air strikes on government forces would end if Washington crossed "red lines".

Jun 7, 2017 12:01 PM



Reuters Deep State Propaganda piece: Appears the Deep State is demanding a step up to their war in Syria with the following...

In "Major Escalation", Syrian Drone Attacks US-Coalition Forces (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-06-08/major-escalation-syrian-drone-attacks-us-alliance-forces)

http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/fp_thumb/images/user5/imageroot/mq1.jpg (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-06-08/major-escalation-syrian-drone-attacks-us-alliance-forces)
The United States shot down a pro-Syrian government drone that fired toward U.S.-led coalition forces in Syria on Thursday in what the Pentagon dubbed "a major escalation of tensions between Washington and troops supporting Damascus." It was the first known time that pro-Syrian government forces had fired at coalition forces in that region.

Jun 8, 2017 2:46 PM
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[turiya]

CNN Fires Host Who Called Trump A "Piece Of Sh¡t" (https://tinyurl.com/yacmhrgn)

http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/fp_thumb/images/user5/imageroot/reza%20aslan%20teaser.jpg (https://tinyurl.com/yacmhrgn)
"CNN has decided to not move forward with production on the acquired series ‘Believer with Reza Aslan,'” CNN said in a statement. “We wish Reza and his production team all the best. "

Jun 9, 2017 6:38 PM


House Intel Committee Tells Trump To Hand Over Comey Tapes "If They Exist" (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-06-09/house-intel-committee-tells-trump-hand-over-comey-tapes-if-they-exist)

http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/fp_thumb/images/user5/imageroot/tape%20recorder.jpg (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-06-09/house-intel-committee-tells-trump-hand-over-comey-tapes-if-they-exist)
"The Committee wrote a letter to White House Counsel Don McGahn, requesting that he inform the Committee whether any White House recordings or memoranda of Comey's conversations with President Trump now exist or have in the past. To the extent they exist now, the Committee's letter asks that copies of such materials be produced to the Committee by June 23."

Jun 9, 2017 4:32 PM


Trump Hints He Has Comey Tapes, Tells Press: "You're Going To Be Very Disappointed, Don't Worry" (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-06-09/trump-hints-he-has-tapes-comey-youre-going-be-very-disappointed-dont-worry)

http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/fp_thumb/images/user230519/imageroot/2017.06.09%20-%20Trump2.JPG (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-06-09/trump-hints-he-has-tapes-comey-youre-going-be-very-disappointed-dont-worry)
Reporter: "And you seem to be hinting that there are recordings of those conversations."
Trump: "I'm not hinting anything. I'll tell you about it over a very short period of time....Oh, you're going to be very disappointed when you hear the answer. Don't worry."

Jun 9, 2017 5:26 PM


Retired FBI Special Agent Blows The Whistle On The Real Robert Mueller (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-06-09/retired-fbi-special-agent-blows-whistle-real-robert-mueller)

http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/fp_thumb/images/user3303/imageroot/20170609_mueller.jpg (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-06-09/retired-fbi-special-agent-blows-whistle-real-robert-mueller)
"It seems clear that based on his history and close “partnership” with Comey, called “one of the closest working relationships the top ranks of the Justice Department have ever seen,” Mueller was chosen as Special Counsel not because he has integrity but because he will do what the powerful want him to do."

Jun 9, 2017 7:50 PM


Tillerson Tells Arab States To Lift Qatar Blockade: "It's Hindering The Campaign Against ISIS" (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-06-09/tillerson-tells-arab-states-lift-qatar-blockade-its-hindering-campaing-against-isis)

http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/fp_thumb/images/user5/imageroot/tillerson%20qatar.jpg (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-06-09/tillerson-tells-arab-states-lift-qatar-blockade-its-hindering-campaing-against-isis)
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson called on the Saudi Arabia-led coalition, which includes UAE, Bahrain and Egypt, to lift its blockade of Qatar, saying that the cutoff is hindering the fight against Islamic State. Tillerson also said the blockade had led to food shortages and forced families to uproot themselves and pull their children from school.

Jun 9, 2017 1:57 PM

[turiya]

More Mark Dice handy work...


CNN Reporter Whines About Being Seated
in Back Row at Trump Press Conference (https://youtu.be/zB1OxbSB4Q8) 😂
(Published on Jun 10, 2017)
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VIDEO (https://youtu.be/zB1OxbSB4Q8)

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James Comey Admits (https://youtu.be/pSu2arM9zJU)
New York Times is Fake News! (https://youtu.be/pSu2arM9zJU)
(Published on Jun 8, 2017)
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/proxy/WAZKMKoT7favNdTFM7O5gnGxVhs53UWSkckwNvBInBzNyJt5o5A1dteIY7-kbPohYAkB_Pv6ZtrQwfYl9JR-Brht0iBOjJM=w530-h298-p
VIDEO (https://youtu.be/pSu2arM9zJU)

[turiya]

A few words from Rand Paul...


Rand Paul on James Comey's
Testimony | FBI Investigation
(Published on Jun 9, 2017)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jfgSUWuc94_________________________


Rand Paul on Blocking Indefinite
Detention and Saudi Arms Sales (https://youtu.be/ZWadlrFil54)
(Published on Jun 9, 2017)
https://i.ytimg.com/vi/vX6mUk0Rq5E/hqdefault.jpg
VIDEO (https://youtu.be/ZWadlrFil54)
Published on Jun 9, 2017

When Rand Paul dropped out of the presidential race in February 2016, the self-described "libertarianish" senator from Kentucky vowed: "I will continue to fight for criminal justice reform, for privacy, and your Fourth Amendment rights. I will continue to champion due process over indefinite detention." On Thursday, amid the hullaballoo of former FBI director James Comey's dramatic testimony on Capitol Hill, Paul brought a handful of libertarian reporters inside his Senate office to discuss his recent work on these projects.


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An Update on Blocking The Saudi
Arms Deal with Senator Rand Paul
(Streamed live on May 31, 2017)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2moGoXtNnI

[turiya]

X22Report... the Economy...


What Trump Is About To Do With The Banks
Is Not What You Think - Episode 1305a (https://youtu.be/-Fqq1vsjYSY)
(Published on Jun 13, 2017)
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VIDEO (https://youtu.be/-Fqq1vsjYSY)

Published on Jun 13, 2017

Sears might be closing down their stores in Canada. Kellogg’s is laying off more employees than originally thought. Today in America there are only 35% businesses that are not profitable. 40% young adults are living with their parents. Retail store closures have skyrocketed to over 286%.Consumer price index has surged. Goldman has started covering bitcoin. Russia has met with the developer of Ethereum they are thinking about using block chain technology in their currency. Trump lays out plan to overhaul the banking regulation, this is to allow the banks bury themselves. Trump met with Yellen and he is using reverse psychology asking for rates to go lower. Obamacare is losing another 2 million people, they are not signing up because it is to expensive. Sessions was being questioned about meeting with Russians, this is a dead end. After 6 months there is no evidence of Russian collusion. North Korea released an American citizen and is transporting this individual back to the US. The President is meeting with the President of South Korea. USS Carl Vinson is headed back to Pearl Harbor. Syria has taken the border and is now controlling it. Tillerson says Trump has no authorization to strike Syrian, Russian or Iranian troops.
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Putin Meets With Ethereum Founder To Create National Virtual Currency (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-06-12/putin-meets-ethereum-founder-create-national-virtual-currency?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+zerohedge%2Ffeed+%28zero+hedge+-+on+a+long+enough+timeline%2C+the+survival+rate+for+everyone+drops+to+zero%29)
“Ethereum has caught the attention of none other than the Russian president as a potential tool to help Russia diversify its economy beyond oil and gas.” Putin met Ethereum’s young founder Vitalik Buterin on the sidelines of the St. Petersburg Economic Forum last week and supported his plans to build contacts with local partners to implement blockchain technology in Russia, according to a statement on Kremlin’s website.
Russia’s central bank has already deployed an Ethereum-based blockchain as a pilot project to process online payments and verify customer data with lenders including Sberbank PJSC, Deputy Governor Olga Skorobogatova said at the St. Petersburg event. She didn’t rule out using Ethereum technologies for the development of a national virtual currency for Russia down the road.

Source: zerohedge.com

Trump Lays Out “Highly Anticipated” Plan To Overhaul Bank Rules: Here Is Goldman’s Take (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-06-13/trump-administration-lays-out-highly-anticipated-plan-overhauling-bank-rules?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+zerohedge%2Ffeed+%28zero+hedge+-+on+a+long+enough+timeline%2C+the+survival+rate+for+everyone+drops+to+zero%29)
Nearly four months after Donald Trump signed an executive order calling for a review of Wall Street regulations, the administration has laid out part one of its plans for reforming the system
the first in a series that will detail the administration’s thinking on how it plans to proceed with paring back post-crisis regulations in the financial services industry – include: adjusting the annual stress tests, easing trading rules (i.e., gutting the Volcker Rule), and paring back the power of the watchdogs – like the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
In a statement released along with the report, (https://www.treasury.gov/press-center/press-releases/Pages/sm0106.aspx)Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said that while the administration backs congressional efforts to roll back Dodd-Frank, the report focuses on actions that can be taken without involving Congress. In fact[/B], between 70 and 80% of its recommended reforms can be made unilaterally through federal agencies’ independent rulemaking authorities.
“We applaud Secretary Steven Mnuchin for recognizing that we need regulatory reform to boost economic growth, and we expect this report will serve as a catalyst in that effort.”
On the Volcker Rule, Treasury outlined several ways that regulators and Congress should consider weakening it, Bloomberg reported (https://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2017-06-13/trump-administration-calls-for-major-revamp-of-wall-street-rules). Banks with less than $10 billion in assets should be exempted altogether, the report argued. It also said all lenders should have more leeway to trade and that restrictions on banks’ investing in private-equity and hedge funds should be loosened.
Source: zerohedge.com


What Trump Told Yellen In The Oval Office (Next To Gary Cohn) (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-06-13/what-trump-told-yellen-oval-office-next-gary-cohn?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+zerohedge%2Ffeed+%28zero+hedge+-+on+a+long+enough+timeline%2C+the+survival+rate+for+everyone+drops+to+zero%29)


WSJ President Trump held court with Fed Chairwoman Janet Yellen in the Oval Office. Seated behind the office’s Resolute desk, [B]he told her she was doing a good job, according to people familiar with the exchange. [B]the president told Ms. Yellen he considered her, like himself, a “low-interest-rate” person. During a roughly 15-minute conversation, they discussed how economic policy might help the millions of Americans who felt left behind during the postcrisis recovery.”
Which is odd, because during his campaign Trump on several occasions extolled the virtues of higher rates, especially in a nation in which yield-starved retirees are forced to seek extra employment or speculate in the stock market just to make ends meet.
Source: zerohedge.com

[turiya]

X22Report continues...


The Criminal Empire Has No Where To Go,
What's Their Next Move - Episode 1305b (https://youtu.be/zHCmyBqEiQ4)
(Published on Jun 13, 2017)
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VIDEO (https://youtu.be/zHCmyBqEiQ4)

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Obamacare Death Spiral: First 2018 Coverage Map Reveals At Least 47 Counties With No Coverage (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-06-13/obamacare-death-spiral-first-2018-coverage-map-reveals-least-47-counties-no-coverage?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+zerohedge%2Ffeed+%28zero+hedge+-+on+a+long+enough+timeline%2C+the+survival+rate+for+everyone+drops+to+zero%29)

Earlier today the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released the first projected county-by-county map (https://downloads.cms.gov/files/cciio-exchange-carriers-by-county.pdf) of Obamacare coverage for the 2018 plan year which depicts at least 47 counties, with 35,000 active Obamacare exchange participants, that will have no health insurance options next year. Meanwhile, another 2.4 million people are expected to have only 1 option for coverage. Per CMS (https://www.cms.gov/Newsroom/MediaReleaseDatabase/Press-releases/2017-Press-releases-items/2017-06-13.html):

Source: zerohedge.com

Almost 2 Million People Dropped Obamacare In March (http://dailycaller.com/2017/06/13/almost-2-million-people-dropped-obamacare-in-march/)

Nearly 2 million individuals enrolled in Obamacare plans through state exchanges dropped their coverage through mid-March, according to a Center for Medicaid and Medicare Services report released Monday evening.



Some 12.2 million people enrolled in Obamacare plans during the 2017 open enrollment period, but only 10.3 million individuals paid their premiums to maintain health coverage through March 15, 2017.

Source: dailycaller.com

Sessions Comes Out Swinging, Dismisses Russian Meeting Controversy (http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/06/13/sessions-comes-out-swinging-dismisses-russian-meeting-controversy/)

Attorney General Jeff Sessions hit back against any implication of improper meetings with Russian officials in a prepared opening to his testimony before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Tuesday.



“Let me state this clearly colleagues. I have never met with or had any conversation with any Russian or any foreign officials concerning any type of interference with any campaign or election in the United States,” Sessions told the committee. “Further, I have no knowledge of any such conversations by anyone connected to the Trump campaign.”



He then became more indignant, saying:



The suggestion that I participated in any collusion or that I was aware of any collusion with the Russian government to hurt this country, which I have served with honor for 35 years, or to undermine the integrity of our democratic process, is an appalling and detestable lie.
Source: breitbart.com

Sessions To Testify As Focus Turns To Whether Mysterious Third Russia Meeting Happened (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-06-13/sessions-testify-focus-turns-whether-mysterious-third-russia-meeting-happened?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+zerohedge%2Ffeed+%28zero+hedge+-+on+a+long+enough+timeline%2C+the+survival+rate+for+everyone+drops+to+zero%29)

1. Did the mysterious 3rd meeting with Russian ambassador Sergey Kislyak happen at the Mayflower Hotel? He said no, no private room, no meeting, no back room meeting, he might have met there, he might have met other ambassadors.



2. When/Why did Sessions make the decision to recuse himself? Right at the beginning he recused himself?


3. How involved was Sessions in the decision to fire James Comey?
4. Did Comey raise concerns with Sessions about meeting alone with Trump?
Comey told him about the meeting the next day, session
Source: zerohedge.com

If Trump Cans Mueller, Here’s How It Will Go Down (http://dailycaller.com/2017/06/13/if-trump-cans-mueller-heres-how-it-will-go-down/)

The Special Counsel may be disciplined or removed from office only by the personal action of the Attorney General. The Attorney General may remove a Special Counsel for misconduct, dereliction of duty, incapacity, conflict of interest, or for other good cause, including violation of Departmental policies. The Attorney General shall inform the Special Counsel in writing of the specific reason for his or her removal.


Second Option
By following this second course, Trump could change the regulation by executive order, and then dismiss the special prosecutor himself.

Source: dailycaller.com


CONFIRMED: Obama Had His Own ‘Back Channel’ To Moscow (http://dailycaller.com/2017/06/13/confirmed-obama-had-his-own-back-channel-to-moscow/)

The Obama administration had a “back channel” to communicate with Russian officials,


The White House contacted the Kremlin on what Bloomberg described as a “modern-day red phone (https://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2017-06-13/russian-breach-of-39-states-threatens-future-u-s-elections?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter_axiosam&stream=top-stories)”
The “red phone” wasn’t literally a phone, but a secure messaging channel for ” urgent messages and documents,”

Source: dailycaller.com


Geopolitical/Police State
Pentagon chief wants excess bases closed, but warns cuts put ‘troops at greater risk’ (https://www.rt.com/usa/392023-mattis-pentagon-spending-increase-plea/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=RSS)

In Major Win For Beijing Panama Establishes Ties With China, Cuts Relations With Taiwan (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-06-13/major-win-beijing-panama-establishes-ties-china-cuts-relations-taiwan?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+zerohedge%2Ffeed+%28zero+hedge+-+on+a+long+enough+timeline%2C+the+survival+rate+for+everyone+drops+to+zero%29)

“The Panamanian government is today breaking its ‘diplomatic ties’ with Taiwan, and pledges to end all relations or official contact with Taiwan,” the statement said.



“We have taken a historic step,” Varela said. “Both countries opt for the connection of a world that is more and more integrated, which creates a new era of opportunities for a relationship that we are starting today.”



In response, Taiwan’s government said it was sorry and angry over Panama’s decision, and said it would not compete with China in what it described as a “diplomatic money game”.

Source: zerohedge.com

War
North Korea Releases American Student Otto Warmbier After a Year in Prison (http://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2017/06/13/north-korea-releases-american-student-otto-warmbier-year-prison/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+breitbart+%28Breitbart+News%29)

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson announced (http://www.foxnews.com/world/2017/06/13/north-korea-releases-jailed-us-student-otto-warmbier.html) on Tuesday morning that North Korea has released 22-year-old American student Otto Warmbier, who was sentenced to 15 years of hard labor in March 2016.



Unfortunately, there are reports Warmbier lapsed into a coma for unknown reasons shortly after his last public appearance over a year ago.



“At the direction of the President, the Department of State has secured the release of Otto Warmbier from North Korea. Mr. Warmbier is en route to the United States, where he will be reunited with his family. The Department of State continues to have discussions with the DPRK regarding three other U.S. citizens reported detained,” said Secretary Tillerson in a statement (https://www.state.gov/secretary/remarks/2017/06/271710.htm).

Source: bretibart.com


S. Korean officials find suspected N. Korean drone snapped THAAD photos (https://www.rt.com/news/392057-north-korea-drone-thaad/)

A suspected North Korean drone has been discovered by Seoul near the country’s border, according to South Korean military officials. The drone managed to take photos of the THAAD missile defense system before crashing.The unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) was found by a local resident on a mountain in South Korea’s Gangwon Province last Friday,




[B]An analysis is currently being conducted to determine whether the drone had already transmitted the 10 photos to Pyongyang, a defense ministry official told AP. The pictures were taken using the drone’s built-in Sony camera.

Source: sott.net


Trump to welcome South Korean president at the White House (http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/jun/13/donald-trump-welcome-moon-jae-south-koreas-preside/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS)

President Trump will host South Korean President Moon Jae-in for a two4-day visit in Washington, D.C., later this month, the White House (http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/white-house/) announced Tuesday.



Mr. Trump and Mr. Moon have been at odds over the U.S. deploying of a missile-defense system in South Korea, despite increasing provocations from nuclear-armed North Korea.



Mr. Trump and Mr. Moon will meet June 29-30 at the White House (http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/white-house/).

Source: washingtontimes.com


USS Carl Vinson scheduled to pull into Pearl Harbor (http://www.staradvertiser.com/2017/06/12/breaking-news/uss-carl-vinson-scheduled-to-pull-into-pearl-harbor/)

USS Carl Vinson is scheduled to pull into Pearl Harbor Wednesday after a five-month deployment during which it and the carrier USS Ronald Reagan conducted rare joint training in the Sea of Japan in a massive show of force aimed at North Korea.



The USS Nimitz carrier strike group, meanwhile, left San Diego June 5 and is on its way to the Western Pacific and Indian Ocean.

Source: staradvertiser.com


VIDEO: SYRIAN TROOPS DEPLOYED AT BORDER WITH IRAQ. FIRST SUPPLY TRUCKS PASS BORDER (https://southfront.org/video-syrian-troops-deployed-at-border-with-iraq-first-supply-trucks-pass-border/)

The Syrian media has released another video from the area north of At Tanf where Syrian troops are deployed near the border with Iraq.

Source: southfront.org

Tillerson says Trump has no authorization to order strikes against Damascus, Iranian proxies in Syria (https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/201706131054594465-tilerson-trump-authorization-assad-iran-syria/)

President Donald Trump has no Congressional authorization to order the US military to target groups backed by Iran in Syria, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in a hearing on Tuesday.



“I would agree with that,” Tillerson said when asked if there was no legal authorization from Congress to target Syrian President Bashar Assad or Iranian proxies.



Tillerson stressed that the US mission and purpose in Syria has not changed from its focus on defeating Daesh.

Source: sott.net

[turiya]

Gingrich on Russia & Meuller... and on understanding Trump...


Newt Gingrich questions fairness
of Mueller's investigation (https://youtu.be/yofAecxpv8o)
(Published on Jun 13, 2017)
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VIDEO (https://youtu.be/yofAecxpv8o)

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Newt Gingrich calls special
counsel team 'bad people' (https://youtu.be/9ei1yyoEwgU)
(Published on Jun 13, 2017)
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VIDEO (https://youtu.be/9ei1yyoEwgU)

[Helene West]

I'm seeing people use the terms Special Counsel and Special Prosecutor interchangeably and I'm not sure that is the case. I'm also not quite sure who actually appointed this guy.
According to our friend RDS he is very bad news, one of the main cover-uppers of 9/11.

[turiya]

Why Should We Trust Mueller? (https://www.theburningplatform.com/2017/06/15/why-should-we-trust-mueller/#more-152663)

Guest Post by Kurt Schlichter (https://townhall.com/columnists/kurtschlichter/2017/06/15/untitled-n2341103)

https://media.townhall.com/townhall/reu/ha/2017/153/634b8559-aed0-43d5-8df7-9c3b9a658df7.jpg


What really stinks is that Robert Mueller may very well be as squared away as people say he is, and it doesn’t matter. The guy is a Purple Heart, Bronze Star Marine, and not a soldier-trashing fraud like John Kerry either. He’s served his country and may be trying to do it again in the context of a fake scandal that has degenerated from “Trump made a pact with Putin BECAUSE TREASON!” to “Trump almost made Comey cry BECAUSE OBSTRUCTION!”

All that’s left of Felonia von Pantsuit’s original lie, created to ease the searing pain of her utter rejection, is the establishment’s wishcasting that Trump somehow obstructed an investigation of nothing.

Regardless, I don’t want to be cynical, though bitter experience compels it. I hope Mueller is as honest as people keep saying he is. I hope he has the integrity people keep telling me he has. I hope that not everyone who has ever held a position of responsibility within the Beltway is an establishment agenda-driven hack trying to squelch Trump and the voices of all those peons who voted for him.

But hope isn’t enough.

The establishment is praising Mueller up and down. They tell me he’s honest. They tell me he’s incorruptible. But they also told me Jim Comey was a towering paragon of virtue (https://townhall.com/columnists/kurtschlichter/2016/05/16/clintons-crimes-and-comeys-choice-n2163202) instead of a towering pile of Harry Reid (https://townhall.com/columnists/kurtschlichter/2017/06/09/from-russia-with-stupidity-n2338795).

Everything else the establishment tells us is a lie, so why not this? How has the establishment earned our trust on Mueller when it has lied to our faces for decades?

The establishment demands our trust, so it bears the burden of proving this isn’t just another scam. What, exactly, is the evidence that the fix is not already in, that no matter what, Robert Mueller isn’t going to come out with some bunch of nonsense and innuendo that will give the impeachment-addict Democrats and the puff-boy Republicans, who don’t really want to drain the swamp they prosper in, the green light to go along with the soft coup the establishment’s been dreaming of?

Why should we believe this isn’t rigged? Because people in D.C. promise us that “Hey, this guy is honest?”
I guess we’re supposed to think “Yeah, well this time they’ve got to be telling us the truth. They’re totally due.”

But here’s the problem – we now have lots of new facts that change the original picture of our esteemed special counsel. Yes, as the Democrat steno pool that is the media has pointed out as we got woke to what’s happening, a lot of conservatives (including me) were initially satisfied with Mueller when he was appointed to investigate the Trump/Russia connection that everyone now admits doesn’t exist. But then came some troubling revelations which – whoa! – made us re-evaluate our prior understanding. So we – brace yourselves! – changed our minds in the face of new evidence.

Let’s look at all of the evidence. Mueller seems like a good guy. War hero. No scandals as FBI director. Not a known scumbag or skeevy perv. In Washington terms, the last one alone puts him miles ahead of the competition.

But now we find out that he’s Leaky Jim Comey’s bestest buddy there ever was. These guys are pals, and now Mueller is going to investigate the dude who fired his amigo? Does that seem cool to you?

If the HR Department at work is investigating you, do they pick as the lead investigator the guy you go drink Budweiser with? Sure they do, unless Chet the Unicorn is free, because the only thing more unlikely than picking a key player in the investigation’s friend to do it is picking a damn unicorn to do it.

So, Jim Comey – whose hurt feelings seem to be the only thing left of this Schumer-show of a scandal – is the key guy in the pseudo-scandal, and he’s got a motive to shaft the president, yet his friend is investigating it and somehow that’s supposed to be A-OK?

Didn’t Comey admit that he leaked info after getting fired in order to get a special counsel appointed? And didn’t Comey say he’s been meeting with Mueller and they’ve been chatting it up secretly? Did Mueller read him his rights? Why not?

Sounds super above-board.

And Comey says Mueller is awesome. So do the Democrats. I’m feeling pretty confident this isn’t rigged. What do you think, Chet the Unicorn?

What’s that, Chet? You have your doubts? Bad, wicked, cynical unicorn, listening to fake news!

Oh, and it gets better. My intrepid fellow Townhall columnist and friend Derek Hunter dug up the fact that Mueller did exactly the same thing as Trump is accused of doing with regard to the Waco massacre (http://dailycaller.com/2017/06/10/book-special-counsel-mueller-guilty-of-exactly-what-comey-accused-trump-of-doing/?utm_campaign=thedcmainpage&utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=Social). Of course, in the case, such as it is, of Flynn, no one barbecued any children.

Hey, if someone accuses me of a bogus non-crime (because what Honest Jim says Trump did is not remotely a crime), can Derek investigate me? If not, why not?

But let’s put aside that the pal of a potential perjurer is heading the investigation of something he himself did. Let’s look closer. Hey, who’s helping Mueller out? I bet it’s another bunch of pros with no agenda we can put our confidence in because elite insiders are incorruptible.

Well, Mueller’s hiring some folks and their donation histories are on that helpful Federal Election Commission web site. Now guess what they are.

Go ahead. Guess.

Yeah, Mueller’s hiring a bunch of Democrat donors to investigate Trump (https://t.co/XamLPcoBWZ).

Well, luckily there’s so little partisanship these days that this makes no difference, say the people who support their party. After all, these are public servants of impeccable integrity and stuff who won’t let party get in the way of blah blah blah blah blah blah.

Let me offer you a complete list of non-conservatives who have stood up against this fascist witch hunt and the Deliverance-esque canoe trip that liberals are taking with the concept of justice:

Alan Dershowitz. Jonathan Turley.

That is all.

Hmmm. Nope, neither one of them is on the Mueller Team. What’s up with that?

But hey, I’m sure that a president who has made a point of attacking the establishment will get a fair shake from a special counsel who is as establishment as establishment comes and who is a close friend of the main accuser and who heads a team that is composed entirely of establishment Democrat donors.

Seems legit.

Well, D.C. legit.

Mueller needs to resign – that’s what a guy with unimpeachable integrity does when he realizes his personal relationships give the appearance of impropriety. It’s also what someone who conforms to the applicable regulation does. That regulation is 28 CFR 45.2 (https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/28/45.2), and it says that Justice Department employees cannot participate in a “criminal investigation or prosecution if he has a personal or political relationship with …Any person or organization substantially involved in the conduct that is the subject of the investigation or prosecution.”

I hope this is merely the appearance of impropriety, though that is enough to trigger the regulation, and that this isn’t just another Deep State scam designed to subjugate forever the half of the country that, in desperation, sent Donald Trump to Washington to try and break the establishment’s death grip on power. Because if this is a scam, we’re going to know it, and if they try to cancel out our votes what follows is going to make my recent novel’s dystopian vision of America torn apart (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0714PQ7S1/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1496075379&sr=1-1&keywords=indian+country+kurt&_encoding=UTF8&tag=drhelenblog-20&linkCode=ur2&linkId=f2da59150030cc1280c5861cf6d43fa6&camp=1789&creative=9325) look like Happy Bunny Meets Fluffy Puppy at the Hugging Factory.

Mueller’s simply got to go, because there’s simply no way they can satisfactorily answer the question, “Why should we trust Robert Mueller?”

I don’t know him. You probably don’t know him. All we know is he was a heroic Marine, which is a plus, and which is frankly my only source of hope that he’s not just another loathsome establishment tapeworm.

But he is also a Washington insider, one who just happens to be besties with the guy his crew of freaking Democrat donors would be fitting for an orange jumpsuit if this wasn’t just another establishment okey doke.

Worst of all, the media hacks and politicians tell us we have to trust him. That’s pretty close to case closed right there.

Here’s the conundrum. If Mueller is honest, he quits because of his massive conflict of interest, and we lose an honest investigator. And if he doesn’t quit, we know the fix is in.

The Burning Platform (https://www.theburningplatform.com/2017/06/15/why-should-we-trust-mueller/#more-152663)

[turiya]

Judicial Watch:

"We apologize for the audio issues.
Our broadcast team has identified the problem
and will ensure that the sound quality is at
appropriate levels for future videos."


On Watch: LIVE - "The Fallout of James Comey
& Jeff Sessions' Senate Testimonies" (https://youtu.be/Y_qpB8aftsk)
(Published on Jun 15, 2017)
https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Y_qpB8aftsk/hqdefault.jpg
VIDEO (https://youtu.be/Y_qpB8aftsk)

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Judicial Watch Weekly Update.....


Tom Fitton discusses Prosecution of Trump, Pursuit of
Comey Memos, & Lawsuit over Obama Shakedown (https://youtu.be/qIC42Dx7Wuw)
(Published on Jun 16, 2017)
https://i.ytimg.com/vi/qIC42Dx7Wuw/hqdefault.jpg
VIDEO (https://youtu.be/qIC42Dx7Wuw)

[turiya]

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They made up a phony collusion with the
Russians story, found zero proof, so now they
go for obstruction of justice on the phony
story. Nice
3:55 AM - 15 Jun 2017
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You are witnessing the single greatest
WITCH HUNT in American political history -
led by some very bad and conflicted people!
#MAGA
4:57 AM - 15 Jun 2017
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Why is that Hillary Clintons family and Dems
dealings with Russia are not looked at, but
my non-dealings are?
12:43 PM - 15 Jun 2017
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Crooked H destroyed phones w/ hammer,
'bleached' emails, & had husband meet w/AG
days before she was cleared- & they talk
about obstruction?
12:56 PM - 15 Jun 2017
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After 7 months of investigations & committee
hearings about my "collusion with the
Russians," nobody has been able to show
any proof. Sad!
4:53 AM - 16 Jun 2017
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The Fake News Media hates when I use what has
turned out to be my very powerful Social
Media - over 100 million people! I can go
around them
5:23 AM - 16 Jun 2017
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Despite the phony Witch Hunt going on in
America, the economic & jobs numbers are
great. Regulations way down, jobs and
enthusiasm way up!
5:54 AM - 16 Jun 2017
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I am being investigated for firing the FBI
Director by the man who told me to fire the FBI
Director! Witch Hunt
6:07 AM - 16 Jun 2017
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[turiya]

Bill Still Report #1673... Bill backs up what Dave of X22Report has been telling
us for the past videos he has been putting out... Basically, the Central Banksters are
working with the Deep State in their attempts to bring down Donald Trump...


The Fed is Working Against Trump, 1673 (https://youtu.be/uSi_dnfijBg?t=1m22s)
(Published on Jun 17, 2017)
https://i.ytimg.com/vi/uSi_dnfijBg/hqdefault.jpg
VIDEO (https://youtu.be/uSi_dnfijBg?t=1m22s)

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It's Time For The People To Take Control
And Remove The Elite - Episode 1307b
(Published on Jun 15, 2017)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGsbR7O6h-8______________________________


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Do you notice we are not having a gun
debate right now? That's because they used
knives and a truck!
4:43 AM - 4 Jun 2017
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Scalise Video on Human Trafficking
(Published on Jun 15, 2017)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVoewPvNjgY

[turiya]

Sean Hannity gets into it... the Scalise shooting... and others that were on the shooter's list...the Deep State Revenge... the Destroy Trump Media...


Hannity 6/16/17 | Full Show | Fox News HD (https://youtu.be/jHbnlLt0U0E)
(Published on Jun 16, 2017)
https://i.ytimg.com/vi/jHbnlLt0U0E/hqdefault.jpg
VIDEO (https://youtu.be/jHbnlLt0U0E)

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Protesters Disrupt Trump Assassination Play!
Laura Loomer and Stefan Molyneux
(Published on Jun 17, 2017)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STbm3pJf33M

[amor]

Give President Trump a chance to clean out the bird cage; it has become unlivable.

[Helene West]

Evil loves incompetence.
If Trump was just an incompetent the evil in congress and media would in no way have manufactured this inquisition.

They would treat him like they did Gerald Ford. He was an incompetent. He was called that behind his back all the time but it was a calm administration. The media 'poked' fun at him, SNL did their little skits, etc. but it lacked viciousness. He didn't threaten anyone, in fact he did nothing, everyone was happy. Corrupt machinery carried on with no obstruction. Incompetence is not a problem for evil. By inference by the behavior of the dems, rhinos and media it indicates therefore trump is not an incompetent.

The establishment calls to my mind images of the pit bulls in the movie The Omen. Recall the hair-raising scene with Gregory Peck as Damian's nurse's guardian pit bulls chased him to tear him to pieces? This is our make-believe american government now - Damian's playroom. What on earth are the pit bulls protecting? It has to be pretty damn bad.

[Helene West]

Finally, some good news. I've been wondering if anyone in Congress is going to do something about what is going on in our colleges. the bad news is the southern poverty law center will be at the hearing below but hopefully enough true americans will outnumber them but at least congress is not in a complete coma...

from truepundit.com yesterday:

Congress To Hold Hearing On ‘Assault’ Of Campus Free Speech

Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley announced Friday a witness list for a hearing next week to explore First Amendment restrictions on college campuses.
The hearing includes testimonies from students from Williams College and the University of Cincinnati College of Law, as well as faculty from American University and the UCLA School of Law.
Additionally, witnesses representing the Southern Poverty Law Center, Phi Beta Kappa Society and Senior Counsel Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP will be in attendance.
Called “Free Speech 101: The Assault on the First Amendment on College Campuses,” the hearing will likely include issues pertaining to campus speakers disinvited by school administrators over the speakers’ views as well as student and faculty free speech on campus.
Recent violent incidents on college campuses sparked by leftist protesters gave some lawmakers pause as to how to approach the problem.
Florida Republican Rep. Francis Rooney, a member of the Education and the Workforce Committee, suggested last week that congress could consider limiting funds from universities that restrict free speech rights on campus.
Washington Republican state Rep. Jim Walsh introduced a bill in his state legislature this week that would mandate all state-funded colleges and universities establish a set of standards that endorse the free exchange of views.

[A Voice from the Mountains]

Evil loves incompetence.
If Trump was just an incompetent the evil in congress and media would in no way have manufactured this inquisition.

Trump is devastating them on all fronts. He is a true leader, a chieftain in the ancient sense of the word, and just by being himself and saying what he says, he's inspiring rank-and-file Americans all over the country to stand up. That is possibly the most devastating thing about him, is his ability to mobilize masses completely contrary to the MSM narrative.

What is coming down the pipe towards the swamp is truly brutal and I'm patiently waiting to do my part.

[turiya]

Evil loves incompetence.
If Trump was just an incompetent the evil in congress and media would in no way have manufactured this inquisition.

Trump is devastating them on all fronts. He is a true leader, a chieftain in the ancient sense of the word, and just by being himself and saying what he says, he's inspiring rank-and-file Americans all over the country to stand up. That is possibly the most devastating thing about him, is his ability to mobilize masses completely contrary to the MSM narrative.

What is coming down the pipe towards the swamp is truly brutal and I'm patiently waiting to do my part.

An interesting side note:

Trump, again, says it like it is.... just stating the fact of the matter...

http://onecitizenspeaking.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451d3b569e201901c00eb5b970b-pi (https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/332308211321425920?lang=en)




Among the names who fall into the ‘supremely gifted’ category are Bill Gates (160), Stephen Hawking (163) and – posthumously – Margaret Thatcher (175). Friends star Lisa Kudrow (161) and Cindy Crawford (154) appear to have also been hiding their light under a bush as they both come in with exceptionally high scores. Also up there are Hillary Clinton (140) and Emma Watson (138).
There is one unfortunate addition to this top category: Donald Trump. At 156 he has an IQ higher than presidents Barack Obama (130), George Bush (125) and Bill Clinton (137). Please no-one tell him.

Meanwhile Steve Jobs might have been hailed as a genius by his Apple disciples, but at 86 his IQ was actually pretty low.



Here’s the IQ list in full:






79 Boris Johnson
85 Andy Warhol
86 Steve Jobs
94 Tom Cruise
104 Britney Spears
119 John F. Kennedy
120 Paris Hilton
125 George Bush
130 Barack Obama
131 David Cameron
133 James Franco
135 Arnold Schwarzenegger
137 Bill Clinton
138 Emma Watson
140 Hillary Clinton
141 Madonna
142 Robin Williams
154 Cindy Crawford
155 Carol Vorderman
156 Donald Trump
159 Quentin Tarantino
160 Bill Gates
161 Lisa Kudrow
162 Albert Einstein
163 Stephen Hawking
165 Charles Darwin
170 Judith Polgar
175 Margaret Thatcher
178 Rowan Atkinson
180 Charles Dickens
190 Isaac Newton


An IQ test is not in fact a hard and fast measure of a person’s whole intelligence, but simply a measure of their ability to acquire and apply knowledge and skills. Tellingly the test doesn’t measure general knowledge – something Johnson appears to have a lot of – but just how the brain can apply that knowledge.

Vinita Mehta, a professional psychologist and journalist from New York, says ‘IQ tests are still a matter of controversy and debate in the field. While studies show that it is a predictor of “success” later in life, like income and educational level, there are many who challenge the idea that it actually measures intelligence. Many say the test oversimplifies the idea of intelligence. Studies have found that IQ may be a better indicator of motivation (those who want to do well on tests will try harder), and that socioeconomic and cultural factors have a significant influence on test results.

SOURCE (http://www.marieclaire.co.uk/entertainment/list-celebrity-iqs-might-surprise-406770#3SmFVmfsB26LKHur.99)

[turiya]

This week in America...
Before...
http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/images/user3303/imageroot/2017/06/14/20170617_real1_0.jpg (http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/images/user3303/imageroot/2017/06/14/20170617_real1.jpg)

http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/images/user3303/imageroot/2017/06/14/20170617_real2_0.jpg (http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/images/user3303/imageroot/2017/06/14/20170617_real2.jpg)

After...
http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/images/user3303/imageroot/2017/06/14/20170617_real3_0.jpg (http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/images/user3303/imageroot/2017/06/14/20170617_real3.jpg)
Source: Townhall.com (https://townhall.com/political-cartoons/)

[onawah]

Supposing they had IQ tests in Isaac Newton's day (:der::suspicious::whistle:) I wonder if he really would have scored 190, since the whole theory of gravity seems to be erroneous in view of what we know today re the electric universe.

[Baby Steps]

TWO UPDATES ON THE NASCENT COUP ATTEMPT IN USA:

The LaRouche PAC video is a good summary for those who have not been following closely:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xCIcvAoW3Y

I urge people to grasp that this is not a partisan issue. it is a War/Peace/Survival issue.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DpkIAmAZryA

[turiya]

From Sunday, June 18, 2017....


STOP THE DEEP STATE COUP (https://youtu.be/s7r9Q-Z5aX8)
(Published on Jun 18, 2017)
https://i.ytimg.com/vi/s7r9Q-Z5aX8/hqdefault.jpg
VIDEO (https://youtu.be/s7r9Q-Z5aX8)

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Trump Lawyer Jay Sekulow And Chris Wallace
Have Intense Father's Day Exchange (https://youtu.be/J-8dSQ3hlVs)
(Published on Jun 18, 2017)
https://i.ytimg.com/vi/J-8dSQ3hlVs/hqdefault.jpg
VIDEO (https://youtu.be/J-8dSQ3hlVs)

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BULL MARKET (https://www.theburningplatform.com/2017/06/18/bull-market/)
by GrrrGraphics (https://grrrgraphics.wordpress.com/author/grrrgraphics/)

https://grrrgraphics.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/bull_market_ben_garrison.jpg?w=640

Via Ben Garrison (http://grrrgraphics.com/index.html)

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The Economic System Is Ripping Itself Apart & Will
Lead To "Cataclysmic Events" - Episode 1309a (https://youtu.be/MLralrdnssk)
(Published on Jun 18, 2017)
https://i.ytimg.com/vi/MLralrdnssk/hqdefault.jpg
VIDEO (https://youtu.be/MLralrdnssk)
.
Published June 18, 2017

Illinois is in trouble, this is not a false alarm, the state does not have the funds to pay out and road work is going to stop, once this happens other services will discontinue.

The wealthiest in America will control 70% of the wealth, but its all on paper. Corporate media is now reporting that the economy might be headed for a recession, with article that state that the economy looks very similar to the tech bubble in 1999.

Central banks are pushing investors and everyday people are looking to move into crytocurrencies. The Feds move to raise interest rates are political and make no economic sense. The ECB is preparing bail-ins across Europe. A new bill was introduced to setup a Russian response center to provoke the Russians.

Congress is now looking into the failed coup attempt in Montenegro. Iraqi troops regain control of the border. Russian and Syrian forces liberating more towns and hitting the rest of the IS oil convoys. Europol warns that attacks could happen at anytime that the IS has the ability to carry out terror. The elite are running out of options and the only options left will not end well for the rest of us.

[turiya]

Mark Dice on The Rise of Liberal Terrorism...


Violent Liberal Rhetoric and Threats
to President Trump (Compilation) (https://youtu.be/5Dm7yVTbJo4)
(Published on Jun 19, 2017)
https://i.ytimg.com/vi/5Dm7yVTbJo4/hqdefault.jpg
VIDEO (https://youtu.be/5Dm7yVTbJo4)

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What the Liberal Media is tearing their hair out over...


Trump voters talk Russia
probe, president's progress
(Published on Jun 19, 2017)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1d5-AQT3LE

Published on Jun 19, 2017

President Trump says the investigation into Russia's influence in the 2016 election is not interfering with his agenda. Republican strategist and CBS News contributor Frank Luntz spoke with a group of 13 men and seven women who voted for Mr. Trump in November about what they think of the president's performance.
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https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DCoe-lEW0AAwiB5.jpg

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NYTimes:
Otto Warmbier, American Student Released From North Korea, Dies ... (https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/19/us/otto-warmbier-north-korea-dies.html)
1 Hour ago...
https://www.ctvnews.ca/polopoly_fs/1.3457170.1497368927!/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_300/image.jpg


realclearpolitics.com
Father Of Otto Warmbier: Obama Admin Told Us To Keep Quiet, Trump Admin Brought Him Home (https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2017/06/15/father_of_otto_warmbier_obama_admin_told_us_to_kee p_quiet_trump_admin_brought_him_home.html)
https://i.redd.it/nqvnal973h4z.png (https://twitter.com/DonaldJTrumpJr/status/876477031642484736)


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The U.S. once again condemns the brutality
of the North Korean regime as we mourn its
latest victim. Video: instagram.com
/p/BVkTvCqAHLI/ (https://www.instagram.com
/p/BVkTvCqAHLI/)

9:41 AM - 20 Jun 2017
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While I greatly appreciate the efforts of
President Xi & China to help with North
Korea, it has not worked out. At least I know
China tried!

11:38 AM - 20 Jun 2017
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The Next American Revolution
Nicholas J. Fuentes and Stefan Molyneux (https://youtu.be/4jR8pQSK-Bc)
(Published on Jun 19, 2017)
https://i.ytimg.com/vi/4jR8pQSK-Bc/hqdefault.jpg
VIDEO (https://youtu.be/4jR8pQSK-Bc)

[turiya]

Bill Still Reporting on Trump... Contains a Hannity piece...


Mueller’s Team – Cancer of Conflicts, 1677
(Published on Jun 19, 2017)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ae50GZkrquo________________________

Body Language: Robert Mueller (https://youtu.be/V96EjBXeJrM)
(Published on Jun 18, 2017)
https://i.ytimg.com/vi/V96EjBXeJrM/hqdefault.jpg
VIDEO (https://youtu.be/V96EjBXeJrM)

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Mark Dice - title covers the video subject matter...


Liberals Want Father's Day Abolished:
"Too Antiquated" for Modern Society (https://youtu.be/WZO-9MhcRb0)
(Published on Jun 20, 2017)
https://i.ytimg.com/vi/WZO-9MhcRb0/hqdefault.jpg
VIDEO (https://youtu.be/WZO-9MhcRb0)

[Eram]

I'm watching this talk between Stefan Molyneux and Nicholas J. Fuentes, a young man and supporter of Donald Trump.
Very interesting talk.
It really helps me to cement the understanding of what Trump is bringing to the US and what he represents.

I've been thinking how to introduce the youtube, but came to the conclusion that words fail me here, so I checked the introduction message with the youtube and decided to just post that one, since it's much better then I could ever have done.



"While the conservative establishment remains hostile to those who have supported President Donald Trump and his America First platform - a new generation of thought leaders are quickly emerging. Stefan Molyneux is joined by Nicholas J. Fuentes to discuss his personal intellectual evolution, the challenges of multiculturalism, why decades of communism seems to be the inoculation against mass migration, winning the culture wars, misconceptions about liberty, the changing mentality of the next generation, the importance of perseverance and much much more!

Nicholas J. Fuentes is the host of America First on the Right Side Broadcasting Network."

4jR8pQSK-Bc

One thing that I disagree with is their notion on abortion.
I think it's a good thing to have that choice.
On the flip side: I strongly feel that liberty can only exist in the grace of responsibility.

[turiya]

Sean Spicer Fat Joke Causes Liberal Freakout (https://youtu.be/jt76df0IB_g)
(Published on Jun 21, 2017)
https://i.ytimg.com/vi/jt76df0IB_g/hqdefault.jpg
VIDEO (https://youtu.be/jt76df0IB_g)

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ANOTHER CBS NEWS FAKE STORY DEBUNKED! (https://youtu.be/zdDqcSezEmY)
(Published on Jun 22, 2017)
https://i.ytimg.com/vi/zdDqcSezEmY/hqdefault.jpg
VIDEO (https://youtu.be/zdDqcSezEmY)

[turiya]

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http://curezone.com/upload/_T_Forums/Turiya_Files_/AVALON/TRUMP/TRUMP_TWEETS/TRUMP_TWITTER_ICON_4.png (https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/877846483021602816)
Great night in Iowa - special people. Thank
you!

4:11 AM - 22 Jun 2017
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http://curezone.com/upload/_T_Forums/Turiya_Files_/AVALON/TRUMP/TRUMP_TWEETS/TRUMP_TWITTER_ICON_4.png (https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/877878375045447680)
Former Homeland Security Advisor Jeh
Johnson is latest top intelligence official to
state there was no grand scheme between
Trump & Russia.

6:18 AM - 22 Jun 2017
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http://curezone.com/upload/_T_Forums/Turiya_Files_/AVALON/TRUMP/TRUMP_TWEETS/TRUMP_TWITTER_ICON_4.png (https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/877879361130688512)
By the way, if Russia was working so hard on
the 2016 Election, it all took place during the
Obama Admin. Why didn't they stop them?

6:22 AM - 22 Jun 2017
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...Why did Democratic National Committee
turn down the DHS offer to protect against
hacks (long prior to election). It's all a big
Dem HOAX!

7:01 AM - 22 Jun 2017
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http://curezone.com/upload/_T_Forums/Turiya_Files_/AVALON/TRUMP/TRUMP_TWEETS/TRUMP_TWITTER_ICON_4.png (https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/877891129194102785)
...Why did the DNC REFUSE to turn over its
Server to the FBI, and still hasn't? It's all a big Dem
scam and excuse for losing the election!

7:08 AM - 22 Jun 2017
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http://curezone.com/upload/_T_Forums/Turiya_Files_/AVALON/TRUMP/TRUMP_TWEETS/TRUMP_TWITTER_ICON_4.png (https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/877892883352702976)
I certainly hope the Democrats do not force
Nancy P out. That would be very bad for the
Republican Party - and please let Cryin'
Chuck stay!

7:15 AM - 22 Jun 2017
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http://curezone.com/upload/_T_Forums/Turiya_Files_/AVALON/TRUMP/TRUMP_TWEETS/TRUMP_TWITTER_ICON_4.png (https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/877932907137966080)
With all of the recently reported electronic
surveillance, intercepts, unmasking and
illegal leaking of information, I have no idea...

9:54 AM - 22 Jun 2017
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http://curezone.com/upload/_T_Forums/Turiya_Files_/AVALON/TRUMP/TRUMP_TWEETS/TRUMP_TWITTER_ICON_4.png (https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/877932956458795008)
...whether there are "tapes" or recordings of
my conversations with James Comey, but I
did not make, and do not have, any such
recordings.

9:55 AM - 22 Jun 2017
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[turiya]

X22 Report on Economic situation...


We Can Pretend All We Want, The US Is
In A Recession & Heading For The Big One
Episode 1311a (https://youtu.be/D4cc24jvT9E)
(Published on Jun 20, 2017)
https://i.ytimg.com/vi/D4cc24jvT9E/mqdefault.jpg
VIDEO (https://youtu.be/D4cc24jvT9E)

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The Last 2 Times The Yield Curve Was This Flat, The US Economy Entered Recession (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-06-20/last-2-times-yield-curve-was-flat-us-economy-entered-recession?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+zerohedge%2Ffeed+%28zero+hedge+-+on+a+long+enough+timeline%2C+the+survival+rate+for+everyone+drops+to+zero%29)
The difference in yield between Treasuries due in five years and those maturing in three decades tumbled Tuesday to as low as 96 basis points this morning, the narrowest since December 2007.
The last two times the US yield curve was this ‘flat’ (Mar 01, Dec 07), the US economy officially entered a recession.

http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/images/user3303/imageroot/2017/06/14/20170620_5s30s_0.jpg (http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/images/user3303/imageroot/2017/06/14/20170620_5s30s.jpg)

Five-year Treasury notes are among the most sensitive to the Fed policy outlook, but it appears the yield curve is just not falling for The Fed’s growth hype pitch…

http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/images/user3303/imageroot/2017/06/14/20170620_2s10s_0.jpg (http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/images/user3303/imageroot/2017/06/14/20170620_2s10s.jpg)

...but, but, but, it’s different this time…
Source: zerohedge.com.

[turiya]

X22 Report on economy continues...


Setup Initiated, The Central Banks Are Close To
Pulling The Plug On The Economy - Episode 1312a (https://youtu.be/NjICkR-3yzQ)
(Published on Jun 21, 2017)
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VIDEO (https://youtu.be/NjICkR-3yzQ)

Published on Jun 21, 2017

India joins the Bitcoin revolution. Ford is not building a plant in the US and it is not building a plant in Mexico, they decided to go to China. Illinois comptroller says they are very close to a major crisis. Existing homes sales popup but first time buyers only accounted for 33% of all sales. Many of the other sales were investment firms. China tries to stop the yield curve from flattening or inverting but could not do it. The central bank is getting ready to blame the economy collapsing on Trump, already he is getting blamed for falling oil prices. As oil prices fall, and other economic indicators point to major problems int he economy it is only a matter of time before the entire system comes down. McCain institute is very similar to the Clinton institute. The US Treasury department places sanctions on Russia. The Senate pushes a bill for more sanctions, the House is trying to stop the bill from moving forward. South Korea wants to join up with North Korea for the next Olympics. North Korea says it will talk about stopping its nuclear program if the US and South Korea stop the military drills. NATO provokes Russia by intercepting a Russia plane and showing its weapons by turning away from the aircraft. Lavrov reports that the de-escalation zones are to separate the moderate rebels and the terrorists. The US has no authorization to shoot down a Russia, Syrian or Iranian plane. Pentagon wants to re-establish the deconfliction communications.
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Bitcoin Surges Back Above $2700 As India “Legalizes” Cryptocurrency (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-06-20/bitcoin-surges-back-above-2700-india-legalizes-cryptocurrency)

India government ruled Bitcoin as legal in India…



Yet another big rebound… this time as India – the world’s second most-populous nation rules in favor of regulating Bitcoin…



http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/images/user3303/imageroot/2017/06/14/20170620_btc_0.jpg
Source: zerohedge.com


Remember When Ford ‘Cancelled’ That Plant In Mexico? Well, They’ve Just Moved It To China (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-06-20/remember-when-ford-cancelled-plant-mexico-well-theyve-just-moved-it-china?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+zerohedge%2Ffeed+%28zero+hedge+-+on+a+long+enough+timeline%2C+the+survival+rate+for+everyone+drops+to+zero%29)

Ford to scrap Mexico plant, invest in Michigan; Ford Motor Company on Tuesday announced plans to cancel the building of a $1.6 billion plant in Mexico and instead invest $700 million in a Michigan assembly plant...



And while Ford has suggested that the move will not cost a single UAW worker his/her job here in the United States, we have our doubts as manufacturing capacity, much like cash, is somewhat fungible…



the company’s new CEO, Jim Hackett, will be to relocate the company’s ‘Focus’ production to China rather than Mexico.

Source: zerohedge.com


Illinois Comptroller: “The State Can No Longer Function” (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-06-20/illinois-comptroller-state-can-no-longer-function-we-have-reached-new-phase-crisis?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+zerohedge%2Ffeed+%28zero+hedge+-+on+a+long+enough+timeline%2C+the+survival+rate+for+everyone+drops+to+zero%29)

Mendoza who over the weekend warned that Illinois is “in massive crisis mode” and that “this is not a false alarm (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-06-17/illinois-state-official-we-are-massive-crisis-mode-not-false-alarm)” said the state is “effectively hemorrhaging money” due to various court orders and laws that have left government spending roughly $600 million more a month than it’s taking in.



“The state can no longer function without a responsible and complete budget without severely impacting our core obligations and decimating services to the state’s most in-need citizens,” Mendoza wrote. “We must put our fiscal house in order. It is already too late. Action is needed now."



Unveiling the most dire langage yet, in her letter Mendoza said “we are now reaching a new phase of crisis”

Source: zerohedge.com


US Home Prices Surge To Record High As Homebuilder Hope-Reality Gap Largest Ever (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-06-21/us-home-prices-surge-record-high-homebuilder-hope-reality-gap-largest-ever?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+zerohedge%2Ffeed+%28zero+hedge+-+on+a+long+enough+timeline%2C+the+survival+rate+for+everyone+drops+to+zero%29)

Existing home sales in May surprised positively (up 1.1% versus -0.4% exp) and follows a small upward revision to April’s drop.



First-time buyers accounted for 33 percent of all sales in May, down from 34 percent in the prior month.



Growth in home sales year-over-year has slowed…

Source: zerohedge.com


China ‘Rescues’ Bond Market In Symbolic Move But Yield Curve Remains Inverted (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-06-20/china-rescues-bond-market-symbolic-move-yield-curve-remains-inverted?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+zerohedge%2Ffeed+%28zero+hedge+-+on+a+long+enough+timeline%2C+the+survival+rate+for+everyone+drops+to+zero%29)

For the 10th day in a row, China’s bond yield curve remains inverted (the longest in history).

China’s Ministry of Finance bought 1.26 billion yuan of 1-year bonds for the first time in history via the secondary market.




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The operation is part of a broader initiative to generate a reliable yield curve for risk-free government debt that can serve as a benchmark for borrowing costs across the economy.



While yields tumbled on the rescue attempt, the curve remains inverted…

Source: zerohedge.com

Trump Blamed For Slumping Gasoline Demand As Illegal Immigrants Stay Home (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-06-21/trump-blamed-slumping-gasoline-demand-illegal-immigrants-stay-home)

At a time of year when gasoline demand should be soaring and inventories tumbling, neither is happening and economists, policy-makers, and politicians are perplexed. However, Barclays Capital has an idea – it’s because undocumented immigrants are scared to get behind the wheel.



Gasoline demand is puking when it should be peaking in the middle of summer-driving-season...
...President Trump’s immigration crackdown… it supposedly causes them to not want to go anywhere... lol!

Source: zerohedge.com


Warning: the Oil Crash Is Just Days Away From Triggering a Debt Crisis (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-06-21/warning-oil-crash-just-days-away-triggering-debt-crisis?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+zerohedge%2Ffeed+%28zero+hedge+-+on+a+long+enough+timeline%2C+the+survival+rate+for+everyone+drops+to+zero%29)

The Oil collapse is about to trigger a crisis in junk bonds.



Oil has been going straight down for weeks now. As we write this, black gold is below $43 a barrel, down 16% from its levels a month ago.



“So what?” you might ask, “Oil experiences similar drops all the time. Why is this important?”



This is important, because the high yield, or junk bond market is closely associated with Oil prices. And if Oil continues to collapse we’re going to start seeing some serious contagion risks in high yield credit.

Source: zerohedge.com

[onawah]

There is a Facebook video giving details about the new Republican health care plan from Connecticut Senator Chris Murphy here:
https://www.facebook.com/pg/ChrisMurphyCT/videos/?ref=page_internal
(I don't think we can embed facebook videos here, and it's not on youtube yet, though I will post it here when it is.) I think it's a good assessment, and it's clearly designed to benefit the rich and Big Pharma, and will deny millions of the most vulnerable including seniors, children, the mentally ill, etc.

This came from the American Friends Service Committee (Quakers) (They did a study in West Virginia which shows how the cutbacks will affect people there.)


Real security depends on meeting core human needs. Yet this week, the Senate is preparing to vote on a bill to reform U.S. health care in ways that would strip tens of millions of people of their coverage—in trade for tax breaks for the wealthiest in the country.

The American Health Care Act (AHCA) would repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act with a measure that has had no Senate hearings, and has been crafted in secret with only a small number of Republican senators consulted. The Senate is now poised to vote within the next week on a draft just released yesterday in not yet final form.

Now is the time to act to stop this devastating proposal: Call your senator now to ask that they reject the AHCA.

Not only would the bill undermine health security, it would represent a major step backward in addressing economic insecurity and inequality in this country. AFSC has documented the potential effects in West Virginia alone in this report
https://www.afsc.org/document/healthcare-debate-whats-stake-west-virginia
—nationwide the impacts would be crippling.

The Congressional Budget Office estimated that 23 million people would lose their health care coverage under the House-passed version of the AHCA, with 14 million losing coverage in the first year alone. This measure will have life-or-death impacts for millions, with millions more facing bankruptcy, loss of homes, and other economic devastation when facing illness without health care coverage. The measure would disproportionately impact immigrants, restricting access to health care tax credits and enrollment to “qualified” immigrants instead of “lawfully present” immigrants, eliminating access to care for many.

The U.S. is overdue to move toward more accessible and affordable care. But the draconian replacement being proposed by the 115th Congress is a step in the opposite direction.

Contact your senators today to ask that they reject the AHCA. Call the Capitol switchboard at 202-224-3121. When you’re connected to your senator’s office, tell them:

"I'm a constituent from (town), and I'm very upset by the health care reforms that have been proposed in the Senate. The bill proposed would take us in the opposite direction from the more universal and affordable care we need, strip health care from many of our community members, and devastate health and economic security in our state. Please vote against the American Health Care Act."

Thank you for taking action.

Aura signature
Aura Kanegis
Director for Public Policy and Advocacy

update: If this passes and Trump doesn't veto it, one more BIG campaign promise broken!

[turiya]

Interview with Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton on the Susan Rice Unmasking documents being moved to the Obama library... Loretta Lynch & Hillary Clinton email investigation... and more...


Tom Fitton on Breitbart News Daily: Trump Can Get
Susan Rice ‘Unmasking’ Docs by Requesting Them
(Published on Jun 22, 2017)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqLS1hFzGNY

Judicial Watch's Chris Ferrell explains the latest on the shifting of Susan Rice's Unmasking Documents into Obama's Library... being held up & sealed for 5 years... Chris further explains how there are still a number of ways to access these documents...


On Watch LIVE: Episode 17 -
Susan Rice's Unmasking Documents
(Published on Jun 22, 2017)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oi6cvK0rpO8

[turiya]

Styx on Trump's idea of a solar panel topped border wall...


Trump Pitches Solar-Panel
Topped Border Wall System
(Published on Jun 22, 2017)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YiJLu--N95c

[onawah]

Meet the 13 Senators Deciding on Your Health Care Behind Closed Doors
MONEY
Jun 22, 2017
http://time.com/money/4825746/ahca-health-care-law-senate/?utm_campaign=time&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&xid=time_socialflow_facebook

[QUOTE]The most closely guarded piece of writing this summer isn't the new season of Game of Thrones —it's the GOP Senate's health care bill.
For the last several weeks, media outlets have reported that 13 Senate Republicans have been meeting behind closed doors to discuss legislation that could lead to millions fewer Americans having health coverage—and make it hard for many people with pre-existing conditions to buy an affordable plan. While Vox and The New York Times have reported the names of the 13 members, a spokesman for Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell didn't even confirm the existence of the group in an email to MONEY, pointing instead to working lunches that include all 52 Republican senators.
The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office projected that the American Health Care Act, the health care bill passed by the House last month, would cause 23 million people to lose coverage by 2026, compared with current law, and that coverage would grow increasingly expensive for less healthy individuals. Republicans in the Senate vowed to start over, but from what little has leaked of their proposal, lawmakers are planning tweaks to the House version and not a wholesale revision.

McConnell has said he wants to bring the bill to the full Senate for a vote ahead of Congress’ July 4 recess. If he succeeds in gathering 50 votes to pass the legislation, with Vice President Mike Pence casting the tie-breaking 51st vote, then President Trump is expected to sign the bill into law.
Yet with less than eight full working days to go, the group has not released a draft of the legislation that would repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, informally known as Obamacare. Senate Democrats on Monday began a campaign to thwart the Senate’s regular business to protest their colleagues’ lack of transparency. Axios reported Tuesday that McConnell plans to release a "discussion draft" of the bill on Thursday.
Who are these 13 senators? MONEY took a look at their public statements as well as their biggest donors, using data from the Center for Responsive Politics.
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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY)
What he’s saying: Known as a wily tactician, McConnell has been pushing the line that Americans deserve “relief” from failing Obamacare.
Biggest donors: Louisville, Ky.-based Kindred Healthcare, a health care services company, was the third-largest contributor to McConnell’s campaign committee from 2011 to 2016, donating $104,650. Health insurer Humana was number 4, with $103,300 in donations. Financial firm Blackstone Group came in first with $217,700 in donations.
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Senate Finance Committee Chair Orrin Hatch (R-UT)
What he’s saying: At a recent budget hearing, Hatch needed help from a staffer to answer a question from Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill on whether there would be a hearing on the health care bill before the vote. He replied that there might not be one but, “we’ve invited you to participate and give your ideas.” McCaskill emphatically disagreed. Hatch has pointed to Obamacare's high costs and "collapsing coverage" as evidence that the law is failing. Health policy experts say that the Trump Administration's lack of support for the law is partly to blame for pushing premiums up and causing insurers to exit the markets.
Biggest donors: Human resource firm OC Tanner was Hatch’s campaign committee’s top donor from 2011 to 2016, with $81,010 in contributions. BlueCross BlueShield came third, with $68,500 and Cancer Treatment Centers of America came rounded out the top five with $65,000.
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Senate HELP Committee Chair Lamar Alexander (R-TN)
What he’s saying: A vocal critic of the Affordable Care Act from the start, Alexander criticized that legislation as a “completely partisan bill” in a 2009 op-ed in Capitol Hill newspaper The Hill. Some parts of his home state were at risk of having no insurers participating in the Obamacare marketplace for 2018, until BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee indicated plans this spring to step in.
Biggest donors: BlueCross BlueShield was the second-biggest donor to Alexander’s campaign committee from 2011 to 2016, with $36,250 in contributions after International Paper’s $48,950. Franklin Tennessee-based Community Health Systems, a hospital operator, is the fourth-biggest donor with $28,850 in donations.
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Sen Mike Enzi (R-WY)
What he’s saying: A ranking member of the Senate Health Committee, Enzi has a 10-step plan on his web site for transforming health care in America. One step would give Medicaid beneficiaries the ability to convert the value of their benefit into private health insurance. The American Health Care Act would slash federal funding for Medicaid by $834 billion by 2026, according to the Congressional Budget Office, forcing cuts in coverage for low-income Americans, individuals with special needs, and elderly people receiving long-term care.
Biggest donors: DaVita HealthCare Partners is Enzi’s campaign committee’s top donor from 2011 to 2016 and the only health care name in the top five, with $27,000 in contributions. Peabody Energy comes in second, with $21,650 and Comcast Corp in third with $19,200.
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Sen. John Thune (R-SD)
What he’s saying: A common complaint about the Affordable Care Act is that the law has caused premiums to spike, and Thune told Fox News this month that South Dakota has seen premiums rise 124% since 2013. The fact that roughly 85% of Obamacare consumers receive premium subsidies to defray these increases has received less attention from critics. The House version of the American Health Care Act would switch Obamacare’s premium assistance to a flat, age-based subsidy, a change that would lower prices for younger, healthier consumers but hit some older, lower income ones with premium increases of more than 800% by 2026, according to the Congressional Budget Office.
Biggest donors: At number three and $40,246, Sanford Health is the only healthcare name among the top five donors to Thune’s campaign committee; Nextera Energy comes in first with $52,000 and Blackstone Group is next with $50,097.
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Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT)
What he’s saying: A pro-life politician, Lee writes on his web site that, “every individual, regardless of age, health, or condition of dependency, deserves the respect and protection of society.” The House version of the American Health Care Act would allow states to apply for a waiver to weaken protections for those with pre-existing conditions and strip Medicaid reimbursements from Planned Parenthood, funding that accounts for 40% of the organization’s annual budget overall.
Biggest donors: The Senate Conservatives Fund tops the list of Lee's committee donors from 2011 to 2016, with $388,524 in donations; Conservative group Club for Growth comes in next with $360,732 in donations, while Kirkham Motorsports comes third with $111,200.
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Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX)
In 2013, Cruz led a government shutdown that failed in its goal of defunding the Affordable Care Act, but not before Cruz read the Dr. Seuss classic “Green Eggs and Ham” as part of a 21-hour floor speech. Cruz today is reportedly pushing to allow states to waive Obamacare’s requirement that insurers cover everyone, regardless of health status, and that they not charge people with pre-existing conditions any more than healthy people.
Biggest donors: Cruz doesn’t have any health care names among his campaign committee’s top five donors from 2011 to 2016; the Senate Conservatives Fund is first with $832,609, the conservative Club for Growth is second with $707, 607, and the Woodforest Financial Group third with $170,350.
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Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR)
What he’s saying: Currently the youngest U.S. senator, 40-year-old Tom Cotton is known for his very conservative views. Despite aligning with President Trump on most issues so far, Cotton has differed on health care, arguing that Medicaid reform is crucial to the overhaul debate. Although he supports repealing Obamacare like many of his GOP colleagues, Cotton has criticized the House repeal efforts numerous times, denouncing it on Twitter for “moving too fast.”
Biggest donors: Cotton’s biggest donor is also Club for Growth with $457,924 in donations from 2013 to 2016. The Senate Conservatives Fund came in next with $226,244 and New York City-based hedge fund Elliot Management was the third-largest contributor, donating $137,900.
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Sen. Cory Gardner (R-CO)
What he’s saying: As an established member of the Senate GOP leadership team, Gardner is among those in his party who have expressed reservations about cuts to Medicaid. In March, he was joined by senators Portman (R-OH), Capito (R-WV) and Murkowski (R-AK) in signing a letter to Majority Leader Mitch McConnell that outlined concerns about the house health care draft, and how it crucially lacked “stability and certainty” for those in Medicaid expansion. While he supports the repeal of the ACA, Gardner backed Obamacare’s efforts at Medicaid expansion and raised concerns about the House bill’s timeline. His state’s Democratic governor, John Hickenlooper, is working with Ohio governor John Kasich to bring together a bipartisan group of governors to protect Medicaid funding.
Biggest donors: Club for Growth is Gardner’s largest contributor, with $97,552 in donations from 2013 to 2016. His fourth largest contributor was Blue Cross/Blue Shield, with $33,000; United Health also contributed $25, 500. [QUOTE] continued

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Continued...

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Sen. John Barrasso (R-WY)
What he’s saying: As Chairman of the Senate Republican Policy Committee, ranking no. 4 in the GOP leadership, Barrasso has often been a point man for the party on the health care issue. He supports the push to repeal and replace Obamacare, which he has regularly condemned as a failing law. Despite acknowledging that some Obamacare taxes might have to stay in the short term, Barrasso has followed GOP leadership in advocating, “certainly there’s an agreement that you eliminate every tax that has to do with increasing the costs of insurance premiums.” The former doctor, who practiced medicine for 25 years before his political career, has furthermore called Medicaid “a system that has been broken for decades.”
Biggest donors: Richie’s Specialty Pharmacy, one of Texas’ leading pharmaceutical providers, is Barrasso’s biggest contributor from 2011 to 2016, with $44,800 in donations. Second was Murray Energy, the largest coal mining company in America, with $41,781 in donations. The third-largest donor was New York City-based private equity firm Apollo Global Management, with $38,850 in donations.https://timedotcom.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/170620-senators-health-care-conryn.jpg?w=300
Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX)
What he’s saying: As the Senate Majority Whip, Cornyn has been heavily involved with garnering the required support for the repeal vote on Obamacare, urging his Democratic colleagues not to obstruct the Senate as it works to present its new plan. While hinting at the House bill’s completion and a repeal vote before the July recess, Cornyn has told reporters, “my goal is to pass it,” and solidify the 50 votes needed. As a staunch opponent of Obamacare, Cornyn is expected to solidly stand with GOP leadership in his stances on abolishing mandates, addressing rising premiums, and overhauling Medicaid.
Biggest donors: Cornyn’s largest contribution has been through the Votesane PAC, with donations of $63,250 from 2011 to 2016. His second largest donor was from multinational oil and gas corporation Exxon Mobil, totaling $60,600. Third was Mednax Inc., a medical solutions group and one of the nation’s leading providers of health services, with donations of $57,450.
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Sen. Robert Portman (R-OH)
What he’s saying: Another Senate Republican who hails from a state that expanded Medicaid under Obamacare, Portman has emerged as a leader of the effort to compromise on the issue. His state’s GOP governor, John Kasich, is actively trying to garner bipartisan support for protecting Medicaid funding. Portman has led efforts to get GOP leadership to accept a seven-year "glide path," which would allow for a longer transition period in which state governors could figure out alternatives to the program. Yet on Tuesday Portman objected to what he called McConnell's "arbitrary deadline," urging lawmakers to take the time to "get it right," the Columbus Dispatch reported.
Biggest donors: Portman’s largest campaign contributions from 2011 to 2016 came from the Votesane PAC, totaling $303,000 in donations. Goldman Sachs, the large multinational finance company based in New York City, were his second largest donors, with $199,100. His third largest contributor during this period was from conglomerate General Electric, with $157,900 in donations.
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Sen. Pat Toomey (R-PA)
What he’s saying: An active opponent of the Affordable Care Act, Toomey believes that the House bill’s current plan to replace and repeal it is only a mere first step. While some Republicans are anxious to soften Medicaid cuts, the more-conservative leaning Toomey is among those who want to go even further in reducing future Medicaid spending. His stance, backed by Senate conservatives, calls for a more comprehensive overhaul of Medicaid, which the fiscal hawk has claimed is “growing at an unsustainable pace” and needs to be done away with in order to help check the federal deficit. Toomey has defended the secrecy of the Senate’s behind-the-scenes work on replacing Obamacare, saying that there would be a CBO scoring of the proposal prior to any vote and that even then, there would still be opportunities for further amendments.
Biggest donors: Toomey’s largest donor is also Club for Growth, which contributed a total of $418,416 between 2011 and 2016. Second was the Rothman Institute, the internationally recognized orthopedic care center, which donated $101,300.This story has been updated to reflect donation figures provided by the Senate Conservatives Fund.

( i.e. Owned by Corporations, especially Big Pharma and Insurance )

[turiya]

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Democrats slam GOP healthcare proposal as
Obamacare premiums & deductibles increase
by over 100%. Remember keep your doctor,
keep your plan?

5:51 AM - 24 Jun 2017
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I cannot imagine that these very fine
Republican Senators would allow the
American people to suffer a broken
ObamaCare any longer!

1:50 PM - 24 Jun 2017
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I've helped pass and signed 38 Legislative
Bills, mostly with no Democratic support, and
gotten rid of massive amounts of regulations.
Nice!

3:39 AM - 23 Jun 2017
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[turiya]

The Fed Is Now Preparing For The Next
Economic Crisis, Here's How - Episode 1313a
(Published on Jun 22, 2017)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mB-TYCvidI

Published on Jun 22, 2017

Sears Canada decided to announce that it will be declaring bankruptcy, approximately 3000 people will lose their jobs. Warren Buffett steps in and purchases Home Capital Group, big surprise since they were on the verge of collapsing. Junk bonds are signalling the great debt binge is now coming to an end. The Fed announced that will start to unwind its balance sheet, why now? The obvious reason is that the bubbles are at the top, its time to unload and prepare for the next economic crisis. The Senate releases their new health bill. Rand Paul says it still does not benefit the people, this is another rewrite of the original bill. Trump says he never made tapes of his conversation with Comey. Judicial watch president says that the President can just order the documents from the Obama library. Government officials want to carry weapons because they are important people. The US is now a second tier country. Pentagon wasted 93 million on camouflage uniforms in Afghanistan. Macron says it is time to fight terrorism with Russia, big words when France is still working with the US. By this one little action government officials have shown their true agenda, a bill was introduced where the US would not be allowed to fund terrorists, no one supported it.

___________Articles___________

Economy

0Sears Canada Announces Bankruptcy; Fires 2,900 (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-06-22/sears-canada-announces-bankruptcy?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+zerohedge%2Ffeed+%28zero+hedg e+-+on+a+long+enough+timeline%2C+the+survival+rate+fo r+everyone+drops+to+zero%29)

It’s official – The US ‘retail apocalypse’ has moved north as Sears Canada



Update: Sears Canada was authorized to obtain financing of C$450 million. The bankrupt company said it would close 20 full-line locations plus 15 Sears Home stores, 10 Sears Outlets and 14 Sears Hometown locations; it would also cut 2,900 positions across retail network, corporate head office in Toronto.



http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/images/user3303/imageroot/2017/06/14/20170622_sears1_0.jpg (http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/images/user3303/imageroot/2017/06/14/20170622_sears1.jpg)
Source: zerohedge.com


Buffett Stuns Market After Berkshire Acquires 38.4% Of Home Capital Group, Provides C$2 Billion Loan (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-06-22/buffett-stuns-market-after-berkshire-acquires-384-home-capital-group-provides-c2-bil?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+zerohedge%2Ffeed+%28zero+hedg e+-+on+a+long+enough+timeline%2C+the+survival+rate+fo r+everyone+drops+to+zero%29)


In a stunning development involving Canada’s largest alternative lender which as recently as a month ago was facing virtually certain insolvency after a furious depositor run drained it of liquidity, overnight Home Capital Group announced that (http://www.homecapital.com/press_releases/2017/HCG%20BH%20Transaction%20June%2021%202017.pdf)billionaire Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway will indirectly acquire C$400 million ($300 million) of the firm’s shares in a private placement through its Columbia Insurance unit, for about a 38.4% stake, and will aso provide a new C$2 billion ($1.50 billion) line of credit to its unit Home Trust Co, ending the Canadian lender’s strategic review process.



why Berkshire would take the reputation risk of having exposure to a company which as recently as a month ago was in the regulator’s crosshairs for peddling “liar loans.” As a reminder, last week, Home Capital reached a C$30.5 million settlement with the Ontario Securities Commission, settled a class action lawsuit and accepted responsibility for misleading investors about problems with its mortgage underwriting procedures

.

in April accused it of misleading shareholders on mortgage fraud, which sent its shares tumbling, sparked withdrawals and threatened to disrupt Canada’s real estate sector.

Source: zerohedge.com


[B]Junk Bonds Signal the Great Global Debt Binge Is Coming to an End (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-06-22/junk-bonds-signal-great-global-debt-binge-coming-end?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+zerohedge%2Ffeed+%28zero+hedg e+-+on+a+long+enough+timeline%2C+the+survival+rate+fo r+everyone+drops+to+zero%29)

The market has gone absolutely nowhere for 15 weeks now.



Meanwhile against this backdrop of unhinged bullishness, the credit markets are flashing MAJOR warning signals.



Junk Bonds have broken their bull market trendline from the 2016 bottom. This is a MAJOR warning that the markets are switching into “risk off” mode.



Even worse, the rally higher from the 2016 bottom FAILED to reclaim the bull market trendline that has driven HUG higher since mid-2009. This is the hallmark of a major top formation, and it strongly suggests that the Central Bank driven credit bubble from 2009 is now ending.

Source: zerohedge.com


Political/Rights


Senate Releases Healthcare Bill (http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/06/22/senate-releases-healthcare-bill/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+breitbart+%28Breitbart+News%2 9)

Majority Leader Mitch McConnell released the draft for the Senate’s healthcare reform bill



The Senate’s bill features more generous tax credits for low-income and older Americans, a slower rollback of Obamacare’s Medicaid expansion, and repeals most of Obamacare’s taxes.



Additionally, the Senate healthcare bill proposes to:




[LIST]
Repeal Obamacare’s individual and employer mandate and repeal most of its taxes except for the “Cadillac tax” on premium health care plans.



Senate leadership attempted to write a more generous version of health care reform compared to the House-passed American Health Care Act (AHCA) (http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/03/10/speaker-ryans-obamacare-lite-plan-primer/). The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) reported (http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/05/24/cbo-report-ahca-drops-number-of-insured-23-million-by-2026/) that the House-passed AHCA would cause 23 million Americans to lose health insurance over the next ten years while reducing the deficit by $119 billion.

Source: breitbart.com

Rand Paul: “The current #healthcarebill does not repeal Obamacare. It does not keep our promises to the American people. I will oppose the #healthcarebill coming to the floor in its current form, but I remain open to negotiations.” (http://investmentwatchblog.com/rand-paul-the-current-healthcarebill-does-not-repeal-obamacare-it-does-not-keep-our-promises-to-the-american-people-i-will-oppose-the-healthcarebill-coming-to-the-floor-in-its-current-form-but/)


Four Republican senators announce they will not support the Senate’s current Obamacare replacement plan and push for changes.
Rand Paul, Ted Cruz, Ron Johnson and Mike Lee say it does not go far enough to repeal the Affordable Care Act.
Paul tells reporters he does not want to defeat the bill.

Source: Investmentwatchblog.com

[7alon]

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/06/23/trump-signs-va-reform-bill-following-through-on-campaign-promise.html


through on campaign promise
Barnini Chakraborty
By Barnini Chakraborty Published June 23, 2017 Fox News

NOW PLAYING
Trump: We must fulfill our duty to nation's veterans
President Trump on Friday signed Veterans Affairs reform legislation meant to protect whistleblowers while making it easier to fire problematic employees at the department.

The Department of Veterans Affairs Accountability and Whistleblower Protection Act passed by Congress earlier this month streamlines the process to remove, demote, or suspend VA employees for poor performance or misconduct. In addition, it authorizes the VA secretary to recoup any bonuses awarded to employees who have acted improperly.

There is a video at the link provided, which is of Trump's speech regarding the VA reform bill.

Maybe the world seeing a leader follow through on promises and do good for his nation, especially the USA, will start to wake people up more.

[turiya]

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/06/23/trump-signs-va-reform-bill-following-through-on-campaign-promise.html


through on campaign promise
Barnini Chakraborty
By Barnini Chakraborty Published June 23, 2017 Fox News

NOW PLAYING
Trump: We must fulfill our duty to nation's veterans
President Trump on Friday signed Veterans Affairs reform legislation meant to protect whistleblowers while making it easier to fire problematic employees at the department.

The Department of Veterans Affairs Accountability and Whistleblower Protection Act passed by Congress earlier this month streamlines the process to remove, demote, or suspend VA employees for poor performance or misconduct. In addition, it authorizes the VA secretary to recoup any bonuses awarded to employees who have acted improperly.

There is a video at the link provided, which is of Trump's speech regarding the VA reform bill.

Maybe the world seeing a leader follow through on promises and do good for his nation, especially the USA, will start to wake people up more.

Hopefully, this will be a consequence in the longer term. Although I must say that I have given up on my older brother, who voted for Hillary, & still believes that Trump is one of the elitist that are going to continue to screw the American vets & working class. He may yet come to his senses, along with the rest of Americans that have been driven into an apathetic depression. My sense is that Trump will only be recognized as one of the greatest presidents that had come along in American history long after he leaves office.

Found a youtube video of the one in that news clip...


Trump Speech on Fixing the VA (https://youtu.be/l_pK3t2n_Lo)[/SIZE][/B]
(Published on Jun 25, 2017)
https://i.ytimg.com/vi/l_pK3t2n_Lo/hqdefault.jpg
VIDEO (https://youtu.be/l_pK3t2n_Lo)

[turiya]

X22Report... news


Those In Government Just Revealed
Their True Agenda - Episode 1313b
(Published on Jun 22, 2017)
https://i.ytimg.com/vi/eqWbxA4af7I/hqdefault.jpg
VIDEO

_________Relevant Articles_________


Senate Releases Healthcare Bill (http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/06/22/senate-releases-healthcare-bill/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+breitbart+%28Breitbart+News%29)

Majority Leader Mitch McConnell released the draft for the Senate’s healthcare reform bill



The Senate’s bill features more generous tax credits for low-income and older Americans, a slower rollback of Obamacare’s Medicaid expansion, and repeals most of Obamacare’s taxes.



Additionally, the Senate healthcare bill proposes to:



Repeal Obamacare’s individual and employer mandate and repeal most of its taxes except for the “Cadillac tax” on premium health care plans.



Senate leadership attempted to write a more generous version of health care reform compared to the House-passed American Health Care Act (AHCA) (http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/03/10/speaker-ryans-obamacare-lite-plan-primer/). The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) reported (http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/05/24/cbo-report-ahca-drops-number-of-insured-23-million-by-2026/) that the House-passed AHCA would cause 23 million Americans to lose health insurance over the next ten years while reducing the deficit by $119 billion.

Source: breitbart.com


Rand Paul: “The current #healthcarebill does not repeal Obamacare. It does not keep our promises to the American people. I will oppose the #healthcarebill coming to the floor in its current form, but I remain open to negotiations.” (http://investmentwatchblog.com/rand-paul-the-current-healthcarebill-does-not-repeal-obamacare-it-does-not-keep-our-promises-to-the-american-people-i-will-oppose-the-healthcarebill-coming-to-the-floor-in-its-current-form-but/)
Source: investmentwatchblog.com


Trump: “I Did Not Make Any Comey Tapes” (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-06-22/trump-doesnt-have-comey-tapes-report?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+zerohedge%2Ffeed+%28zero+hedge+-+on+a+long+enough+timeline%2C+the+survival+rate+for+everyone+drops+to+zero%29)
Source: zerohedge.com


NOW JAMES COMEY / FBI SUED FOR OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE (http://stateofthenation2012.com/?p=76025)

A former contractor for several federal agencies and his attorney, who both sued former FBI Director James Comey claiming he obstructed justice by burying an investigation into the mass surveillance of Americans, are asking a federal court for a protection order preventing the destruction of evidence in the case.



The plaintiffs are Dennis Montgomery – a whistleblower who worked as a contractor for the National Security Agency, the Central Intelligence Agency and the director of national intelligence – and his lawyer, Larry Klayman of Freedom Watch. (http://www.freedomwatchusa.org/)



They have filed in U.S. District Court in Washington a motion for a temporary restraining order and a preliminary injunction.



They are asking the court to prevent the defendants, including Comey, the FBI and other federal officials mostly under the Obama administration, from continuing “illegally and unconstitutionally spying on and surveilling millions of Americans, including plaintiffs, without probable cause or a warrant.”



Secondly, they are asking the court to prevent the defendants from “destroying evidence of illegal and unconstitutional spying” that Montgomery turned over the Comey based on the promise it was going to be investigated.



The promised “investigation” was buried by Comey, and the evidence now is endangered, they allege.



The new lawsuit alleges misbehavior by Comey and others when Montgomery “was induced by Defendants Comey and the FBI and made to turn over 47 hard drives of evidence of the aforementioned illegal, unconstitutional activity, which hard drives alone are valued in excess of $50,000.

Source: stateofthenation2012.com


Fitton: Trump Can Get Susan Rice ‘Unmasking’ Documents by Simply Requesting Them (http://www.breitbart.com/radio/2017/06/22/fitton-trump-can-get-susan-rice-unmasking-documents-by-simply-requesting-them/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+breitbart+%28Breitbart+News%29)

Tom Fitton, President of Judicial Watch, “There are ways around that restricted access and one of them is if the President needs them, he can have them. So, the question now for the White House is whether they’re going to get records like these back.”
Source: breitbart.com


US Intelligence Officials Reiterate: No Votes Changed Because Of Russia (http://www.thedailysheeple.com/us-intelligence-officials-reiterate-no-votes-changed-because-of-russia_062017)

If literally not one single vote changed thanks to this horrible hacking perpetrated by Vladimir Putin and his minions, it should be dropped already. After all, with the amount of meddling the United States does in foreign countries elections (http://www.newsweek.com/russian-senator-predicts-us-will-interfere-presidential-election-621786), one would think they’d like to keep this quiet.

Source: dailysheeple.com

Geopolitical/Police State

Republican Lawmaker Wants to Make It Legal to Carry a Gun in Washington DC… But Only for Congressmen (http://www.shtfplan.com/headline-news/republican-wants-to-legalize-concealed-carry-in-washington-dc-but-only-for-congressmen_06212017)

When it comes to gun control, no one is more hypocritical than celebrities and politicians.
While these people promote the end of gun rights for ordinary Americans, it’s often the case that they are protected in public and in their homes, by cadres of highly trained and armed bodyguards. They reap the benefits of the Second Amendment, while treating the rest of us like children who can’t be trusted with a gun.
Republican Congressman Mo Brooks, who survived the recent shooting in Virginia that left Congressman Steve Scalise severely injured, has been promoting a new bill (http://conservativetribune.com/congressman-bill-alexandria/) that will allow lawmakers to carry a gun anywhere in the country, including Washington D.C., regardless of local laws. The only exceptions, are when lawmakers are in the US Capital building, or in the presence of the President or Vice President.

Source: shtfplan.com

War

Venezuela Dares Trump “To Send In The Marines”; Rejects Washington’s Crisis-Resolution Plan (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-06-21/venezuela-dares-trump-send-marines-rejects-washingtons-crisis-resolution-plan?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+zerohedge%2Ffeed+%28zero+hedge+-+on+a+long+enough+timeline%2C+the+survival+rate+for+everyone+drops+to+zero%29)

At a meeting of the Organization of American States (OAS) in Cancun, Mexico,
US Deputy Secretary of State John Sullivan tried to rally support for a resolution to send regional mediators to Venezuela to create a plan to address Venezuela’s crisis.

Venezuelan Foreign Minister Delcy Rodriguez raged:





“Venezuela is no humanitarian crisis,”
“There are no political prisoners in Venezuela,”
“The ‘contact group’ you’re proposing is completely useless and unnecessary.”
“The only way you could impose it would be to send in your marines – who would meet with a crushing response from Venezuela if they dared make such a misstep,”
“We refuse to retreat from the United States”



Source: zerohedge.com


Report says Pentagon wasted $93 million on ‘forest’ camouflage uniforms for Afghan troops (https://www.rt.com/usa/393498-pentagon-afghan-uniforms/)

The Pentagon spent $93.81 million over the past decade to provide Afghan troops with uniforms of a “forest” camouflage pattern which is largely unsuitable for Afghanistan’s landscape, according to a report by the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR).”Forests cover only 2.1% of Afghanistan’s total land area,” the report notes. The 17-page document (https://www.sigar.mil/pdf/special%20projects/SIGAR-17-48-SP.pdf) further estimates that the Pentagon wasted up to $28 million simply because it chose to buy the pattern from a private firm.“

Source: sott.net


Poroshenko says Trump guaranteed him continued sanctions against Russia (http://www.fort-russ.com/2017/06/poroshenko-trump-guaranteed-me.html)

The President of Ukraine, Petro Poroshenko, said that the US president Donald Trump assured him that sanctions against Russia will be maintained.According to him, the sanctions will remain until the implementation of the Minsk agreements. In fact, Poroshenko simply repeated the official position that is constantly voiced at press briefings. Tillerson stated that sanctions should not be tied to the minsk agreement.

Source: sott.net


Whoops! US anti-ballistic missile test intended to intimidate N. Korea backfires spectacularly (https://www.rt.com/usa/393621-navy-missile-defense-test-fail/)

An interceptor missile fired from a US Navy destroyer off the coast of Hawaii failed to hit the target, the US Missile Defense Agency said. The failure follows last month’s successful test of a ground-based interceptor against an ICBM-like target.



A medium-range ballistic missile was fired from the Pacific Missile Range Facility at Kauai, Hawaii. The destroyer USS John Paul Jones (DDG 53) tracked the missile with its onboard AN/SPY-1 radar, part of the Aegis Baseline 9.C2 weapon system. The ship fired a SM-3 Block IIA guided missile, but did not hit the target.

“A planned intercept was not achieved, ”Despite being “scripted for success,” in the words of one former official involved with the project, 8 out of 18 tests of GMD interceptors since 1999 have resulted in failure. The GMD array is deployed in Alaska and California, with components made by Raytheon, Boeing, Northrop Grumman, and Orbital ATK Inc.

Source: sott.net


China Responds To Trump’s North Korea Tweet (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-06-21/china-responds-trumps-north-korea-tweet?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+zerohedge%2Ffeed+%28zero+hedge+-+on+a+long+enough+timeline%2C+the+survival+rate+for+everyone+drops+to+zero%29)

While I greatly appreciate the efforts of President Xi & China to help with North Korea, it has not worked out. At least I know China tried!


http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/images/user3303/imageroot/2017/06/14/20170621_trumpxi.jpg (http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/images/user3303/imageroot/2017/06/14/20170621_trumpxi.jpg)
China has now responded


China has “played an important and constructive role” in seeking peace on the Korean peninsula,
China strictly implements United Nations Security Council resolutions and isn’t the crux of the North Korean issue, he said.
Source: zerohedge.com

Macron’s Syria Comments Signal ‘Very Positive Change’ in French Foreign Policy (https://sputniknews.com/europe/201706221054889510-macron-syria-policy-change/)
French President Emmanuel Macron has made some promising statements regarding Syrian President Bashar Assad and potential cooperation with Russia in the fight against terrorism
“My positions are clear: the first is an unconditioned struggle against terrorist groups. They are our enemies … We need to cooperate with everyone, especially with Russia, to eradicate them.”
“France is involved in the US coalition, so it won’t be so easy to directly cooperate with Russia.
Source: sputniknews.com


Russia: It’s ‘Highly Likely’ Russian Airstrikes Eliminated ISIS Leader Baghdadi Last Month (https://southfront.org/russia-highly-likely-russian-airstrikes-eliminated-isis-leader-baghdadi-last-month/)
It’s “highly likely” that Russian airstrikes eliminated ISIS Leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi last month
The Russian official added that the “information is now verified through various channels.”
Source: southfront.org


‘Stop Arming Terrorists Bill’ Fails in US Congress After Getting Only 13 Supporters (http://21stcenturywire.com/2017/06/21/stop-arming-terrorists-bill-fails-in-us-congress-after-getting-only-13-supporters/)
For the last several decades, the US government has openly funded, supported, and armed various terrorist networks throughout the world to forward an agenda of destabilization and proxy war. It is not a secret, nor a conspiracy theory, America arms bad guys.
it should come as no surprise that the overwhelming majority of politicians would refuse to sign on to a law that requires them to ‘Stop Arming Terrorists (https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/608).’ And, that is exactly what’s happened.
H.R.608 – Stop Arming Terrorists Act was introduced by Rep. Gabbard, Tulsi [D-HI] on January 23 of this year. The bill doesn’t have any crazy strings attached and its original cosponsors are a mix of Republicans and Democrats — highlighting that it transcends party lines.
The text of the bill is simple. It merely states that it prohibits the use of federal agency funds to provide covered assistance to:
(1) Al Qaeda, Jabhat Fateh al-Sham, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), or any individual or group that is affiliated with, associated with, cooperating with, or adherents to such groups; or
(2) the government of any country that the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) determines has, within the most recent 12 months, provided covered assistance to such a group or individual.
The only thing this bill does is prohibit the US government from giving money and weapons to people who want to murder Americans and who do murder innocent men, women, and children across the globe. It is quite possibly the simplest and most rational bill ever proposed by Congress.
To add insult to treason and murder, Senator Rand Paul [R-KY] introduced this same legislation in the Senate. (https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/532)He currently has zero cosponsors.
Source: 21stcenturywire.com

[turiya]

Fox & Friends Donald Trump Interview...


President Trump Full Interview -
Fox & Friends 6/25/17 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wca53Y5SdLQ)
(Published on Jun 25, 2017)
https://i.ytimg.com/vi/FZ7is2vjhI8/hqdefault.jpg
VIDEO (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wca53Y5SdLQ)

_______________________________

Bill Still Report #1683
Sen Grassley - Comey Colluded With Clinton, 1683 (https://youtu.be/HfGqqDy08Lc?t=1m22s)
(Published on Jun 25, 2017)
https://i.ytimg.com/vi/HfGqqDy08Lc/hqdefault.jpg
VIDEO (https://youtu.be/HfGqqDy08Lc?t=1m22s)

[turiya]

Illinois Comptroller: "The State Can No Longer Function" (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-06-20/illinois-comptroller-state-can-no-longer-function-we-have-reached-new-phase-crisis)

http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/fp_thumb/images/user5/imageroot/illinois%20teaser_1.jpg (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-06-20/illinois-comptroller-state-can-no-longer-function-we-have-reached-new-phase-crisis)
"The state can no longer function without a responsible and complete budget... We are effectively hemorrhaging money... I have been very vocal regarding these issues and the budgetary impasse since assuming office six months ago; however we are now reaching a new phase of crisis."

Jun 20, 2017 9:05 PM



___________________________

DROWNING IN DEBT (https://www.theburningplatform.com/2017/06/25/drowning-in-debt/)

http://grrrgraphics.com/uploads/7/4/7/3/74734153/illinois-debt-cartoon_orig.jpg
Via Ben Garrison (http://grrrgraphics.com/index.html)

[turiya]

Three CNN Employees 'Resign' Over 'Russia Collusion' Fake News Retraction (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-06-26/three-cnn-employees-resign-over-russia-collusion-fake-news-retraction)

http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/fp_thumb/images/user230519/imageroot/cnn%20fake%20news_7.JPG (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-06-26/three-cnn-employees-resign-over-russia-collusion-fake-news-retraction)
"There were editorial checks and balances within the organization that weren’t met. In the aftermath of the retraction of a story published on CNN.com, CNN has accepted the resignations of the employees involved in the story’s publication. The individuals all stated that they accepted responsibility and wanted to resign."

Jun 26, 2017 7:08 PM


https://i.ytimg.com/vi/QjB7xqrJeZI/mqdefault.jpg
VIDEO (https://youtu.be/QjB7xqrJeZI?t=41s)


Germany Tells Erdogan His Bodyguards "Not Welcome" At Next Week's G-20 Summit (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-06-26/germany-tells-erdogan-his-bodyguards-not-welcome-next-weeks-g-20-summit)

http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/fp_thumb/images/user5/imageroot/erdogan%20merkel.jpg (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-06-26/germany-tells-erdogan-his-bodyguards-not-welcome-next-weeks-g-20-summit)
Ahead of the G-20 summit to be held in Hamburg next week where Turkey will be present, Germany has warned Turkey that members of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's security detail who were involved in a bloody melee in Washington last month "are not welcome in Germany."

Jun 26, 2017 5:27 PM


Trump Responds: "Unanimous Supreme Court Decision A Clear Victory For Our National Security" (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-06-26/trump-responds-unanimous-supreme-court-decision-clear-victory-our-national-security)

http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/fp_thumb/images/user230519/imageroot/Trump3_12.JPG (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-06-26/trump-responds-unanimous-supreme-court-decision-clear-victory-our-national-security)
"Today's unanimous Supreme Court decision is a clear victory for our national security. I am also particularly gratified that the Supreme Court's decision was 9-0."

Jun 26, 2017 12:29 PM


Trump Blasts Obama On Russia: "He Didn't 'Choke'...He Expected Clinton To Win So He Colluded Or Obstructed" (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-06-26/trump-blasts-obama-russia-he-didnt-chokehe-expected-clinton-win-so-he-colluded-or-ob)

http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/fp_thumb/images/user230519/imageroot/Trump_17.jpg (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-06-26/trump-blasts-obama-russia-he-didnt-chokehe-expected-clinton-win-so-he-colluded-or-ob)
"I should be given an apology... he didn't 'choke', [Obama] colluded or obstructed, and it did the Dems and Crooked Hillary no good..."

Jun 26, 2017 9:02 AM

[Bob]

Syria could be planning chemical attack, White House says - Assad will suffer like there is no tomorrow..

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2017/06/26/syria-could-be-planning-chemical-attack-white-house-says.html


The Trump administration said late Monday that it had discovered evidence that the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad could be planning another chemical weapons attack.

"The United States has identified potential preparations for another chemical weapons attack by the Assad regime that would likely result in the mass murder of civilians, including innocent children,” White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer said in a statement.

"“As we have previously stated, the United States is in Syria to eliminate the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria. If, however, Mr. Assad conducts another mass murder attack using chemical weapons, he and his military will pay a heavy price.”

What is a heavy price, surgical strike on Assad? Drone strike? Creating some bloody meat no matter where he is hiding? Possibly.. Watch and see.. I suppose..

I am visualizing Mossad's attack on Assad.. A bolt gun to the back of the head, used to put down cows..


Israeli minister: ‘The time has come’ to kill Bashar Assad

Yoav Galant says revelation the Syrian president is executing prisoners and burning their bodies ‘crosses a red line’

An animal begets an animal's treatment according to the Israeli minister apparently..

www.timesofisrael.com/israeli-minister-the-time-has-come-to-assassinate-assad/

An Israeli minister called for the assassination of Syrian President Bashar Assad on Tuesday, saying he “does not have a place in this world.”

How would they accomplish such a feat?

Tranq dart, then spirit the fellow away, then show him being executed before the world?

To make a point?

Clear that he was speaking of Assad:


Galant likened the assassination of Assad to cutting off the “tail of the snake.” After that, he said, “we can focus on the head, which is in Tehran.”

In a conversation with The Times of Israel after his speech, Galant stood by his comments.

He acknowledged that targeted political assassinations are considered illegal under international law, but clarified that he “wasn’t speaking about practicalities.”

However, he added, “Anyone who murders people and burns their corpses does not have a place in this world.”

:popcorn:

This I await to see what happens..

[A Voice from the Mountains]

Everything said about Syria is probably going through 3 or 4 filters to take out the important information before it becomes public, in stages between the battlefield and the published piece. That includes what Trump himself is saying. Trump filters his own self because if he said everything he no doubt knows is going on, some people would be shocked. People were shocked enough that he said 6 million illegals voted, though that's nothing to the InfoWars types.

So whatever the headlines are saying, I'd say it's probably more complicated and a couple layers deeper than they're saying.

[turiya]

:popcorn: This I await to see what happens.

Thanks Bob, for posting this.

Yes, I know its quite a confusing situation that is going on at the moment...

It is my opinion that Trump has come to understand that he has to be a bit deceptive when it comes to dealing with the neocons / neocrats in Congress and those that are a part of the cabal that are not elected - namely, the traitorous deep-state bureaucrats, the Banksters & the Obama left-overs, as well as the MSM propaganda machine. This is what Trump is up against. It is my opinion that he is playing a masterful game of chess with all these factions.

The unfortunate part of this is that we, as 'We the People' are kept out of the loop, as well. We are left to try to figure this out for ourselves, as we cannot rely on the Fake News apparatus to tell us anything factual... We can only trust that whatever is being told is fake, phony & false... regarding the state of the U.S. in world affairs...

The guy that provides the X22Reports, Dave, has a pretty good handle on what Trump is doing & how he is maneuvering through this mindfield embedded with all these various players. Granted, with this video, Dave doesn't get into this latest Spicer statement regarding Syria and a possible upcoming false-flag operation hitting the stage. My sense is that Spicer has been directed to make this statement just to keep the Deep State minions wondering about what Trump is really doing.

Have a listen to this latest new video. It may help to explain the confusing things that may well be going on behind the scenes. I will post the related articles below this video. So click on the youtube then you can have a look at the various articles as Dave goes through his report...


The Plan, The Plot & How The Deep State
Is Being Out Maneuvered - Episode 1316b (https://youtu.be/r77b_Veva3o)
(Published on Jun 26, 2017)
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VIDEO (https://youtu.be/r77b_Veva3o)

_________Relevant Articles_________

Political/Rights


BREAKING: US Supreme Court temporarily upholds Trump travel ban (http://theduran.com/breaking-us-supreme-court-temporarily-upholds-trump-travel-ban/)

The US Supreme Court has agreed to hear arguments in favour and against Donald Trump’s executive order banning entry into the United States of passport holders from Libya, Yemen, Syria, Somalia, Sudan and Iran.
The highest court in the US found that prior decisions by lower courts pausing the ban were not in order and that until October when the Supreme Court will hear arguments, the majority of points from the executive order including the banning entry into the US of all individuals without travel documents, including self-proclaimed refugees, can be enforced.[/B]
The only exceptions granted will be to individuals from the countries in question who have family or other connections with the US such as employment or enrolment in a proper educational facility.
This will be received as a major legal victory for the Trump White House.



Trump Responds: “Unanimous Supreme Court Decision A Clear Victory For Our National Security” (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-06-26/trump-responds-unanimous-supreme-court-decision-clear-victory-our-national-security?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+zerohedge%2Ffeed+%28zero+hedge+-+on+a+long+enough+timeline%2C+the+survival+rate+for+everyone+drops+to+zero%29)


https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DDQosxdWsAAVqV3.jpg:small (https://twitter.com/maggieNYT/status/879372582520315907/photo/1)


Of course, we’re sure that today’s ruling is also “particularly gratifying” for the Trump administration in light of their previous accusations that rulings by the 9th district court in San Francisco were politically motivated.



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http://curezone.com/upload/_T_Forums/Turiya_Files_/AVALON/TRUMP/TRUMP_TWEETS/TRUMP_TWITTER_ICON_4.png (https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/874578159676665857)
Well, as predicted, the 9th Circuit did it again
- Ruled against the TRAVEL BAN at such a
dangerous time in the history of our country.
S.C.

3:44 AM - 13 Jun 2017
________________________________Source: zerohedge.com


Justice Thomas Calls Out The Supreme Court For Not Believing In The Second Amendment (http://dailycaller.com/2017/06/26/justice-thomas-calls-out-the-supreme-court-for-not-believing-in-the-second-amendment/)

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas had stern words for his colleagues when the Court declined to hear a case challenging California’s handgun laws, saying that the jurists do not understand the importance of self-defense.
The case, supported by the National Rifle Association, involves San Diego resident Edward Peruta, who challenged his county’s refusal to grant him permission to carry a concealed firearm outside of his home.
“For those of us who work in marbled halls, guarded constantly by a vigilant and dedicated police force, the guarantees of the Second Amendment might seem antiquated and superfluous,” Thomas wrote (http://www.politico.com/blogs/under-the-radar/2017/06/26/supreme-court-right-to-carry-guns-239953) after most members of the court declined to hear the California case.
“But the Framers made a clear choice: They reserved to all Americans the right to bear arms for self-defense. I do not think we should stand by idly while a State denies its citizens that right, particularly when their very lives may depend on it,” Thomas said.
Justice Neil Gorsuch, the Court’s newest member, joined Thomas’ statement on the court’s refusal to hear the case, calling the decision by the 9th circuit on Peruta v. San Diego (http://michellawyers.com/guncasetracker/perutavsandiego/) “indefensible.”
A case needs to be approved by at least four justices in order to get on the Supreme Court’s docket.

Source: dailycaller.com


War


Top US military officer arrives in Afghanistan to finalize plans for troop increase (http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/06/26/top-us-military-officer-arrives-in-afghanistan-to-finalize-plans-for-troop-increase.html)

The U.S. military’s top officer, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Joseph F. Dunford, Jr., arrived in Afghanistan
"We are not winning in Afghanistan right now, and we will correct this as soon as possible,” said Mattis, who called the new plan a “fundamental change” from the Obama administration’s policy.

Source: foxnews.com


Pentagon Doesn’t Have ‘Anything to Announce’ on Mattis’ Likely Visit to Ukraine (https://sputniknews.com/us/201706261054966383-pentagon-mattis-ukraine/)

Pentagon has no comments regarding a possibility of US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis’ visit to Ukraine

Source: sputniknews.com


Russia ‘Will Not Stand By and Watch’ US Violate Disarmament Agreements (https://sputniknews.com/politics/201706261054974780-us-russia-inf-treaty/)

Leading United States Republican congressmen have urged the White House to pull out from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF Treaty) between Washington and Moscow.
In February, US media reported that Russia had deployed nuclear cruise missiles in violation of the INF Treaty.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has repeatedly said that Moscow was in full compliance with the INF treaty. According to Lavrov, Moscow had its own concerns over Washington’s compliance with the INF Treaty and that the Russian side had repeatedly called on US partners to substantially discuss the most controversial points related to the agreement’s implementation.

Source: sputniknews.com


U.S. Republican to withhold consent for arms sales over Gulf dispute (http://www.dailystar.com.lb//News/World/2017/Jun-26/410890-us-republican-to-withhold-consent-for-arms-sales-over-gulf-dispute.ashx)

United States Senator Bob Corker, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said on Monday he would withhold consent for U.S. arms sales to members of the Gulf Cooperation Council until there is a path forward to resolving the dispute in the region, where four Arab states have imposed a boycott on Qatar.

Source: dailystar.com.lb


Qatar Emir Remains Committed to Developing Ties With Iran Despite Gulf Row (https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/201706261054966805-qatar-iran-gulf-row/)

The Qatari Emir said that Doha “is seeking a complex development of relations and cooperation with Iran in order to solve the problems of the Islamic world,"
Qatar has eased restrictions for Russians to enter the country.

Source: sputniknews.com


Iran seeks stronger ties with Qatar, Rouhani says (http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/iran-seeks-stronger-ties-qatar-rouhani-says-130017006)

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani



said his country wants to bolster ties with Qatar
“Tehran stands alongside the people and government of Qatar and we believe that… pressure, threats and sanctions are not a good solution to solve problems” between countries of the region, Rouhani added.

Source: middleeasteye.net


Al-Qaeda linked rebels attack key hilltop in Golan Heights (https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/al-qaeda-linked-rebels-attack-key-hilltop-golan-heights/)

The Al-Qaeda linked Hay’at Tahrir Al-Sham rebels resumed their Golan Heights offensive, Monday, targeting the Syrian Arab Army’s (SAA) positions at the key hilltop of Tal Ahmar.

Source: almasdarnews.com


VIDEO: Syrian Army repels another horde of Israeli-backed jihadists in Quneitra countryside (https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/video-syrian-army-repels-another-horde-israeli-backed-jihadists-quneitra-countryside/)

Heavy clashes continue between pro-government forces – represented by the Syrian Arab Army (SAA), the National Defense Forces (NDF) and allied paramilitaries –

Source: almasdarnews.com


Thousands of Syrians head back home through Turkish border (http://www.trtworld.com/mea/thousands-of-syrians-head-back-home-through-turkish-border-387596)

For close to two weeks, tens of thousands of Syrians have been lining up at the border, anxious to return to liberated areas in Syria, with some saying they’re returning for good
Thousands of Syrians headed back over the Turkish border to Syria following an announcement by the Turkish government that it will give Syrians the right to return if they want to go home and celebrate Eid.
However, some Syrians have opted to return home for good.



http://www.trtworld.com/sites/default/files/styles/inline/public/images/2017/06/26//trtworld-gallery-nid-387596-fid-426553.jpg?itok=fx3e2wzK


Customs officials say approximately 111,000 Syrians crossed as of Tuesday last week, and more than 10 percent have left their temporary Turkish resident cards behind, indicating they do not intend to return.

Source: trtworld.com


Trouble in paradise: Jihadist faction defects from Al-Qaeda to Ahrar Al-Sham (https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/trouble-paradise-jihadist-faction-defects-al-qaeda-ahrar-al-sham/)
US (deep state) created this new terrorist faction so they were not listed as a terrorist group.
Source: almasdarnews.com


US-led Colaition Admits It Has Lost Race For Border With Iraq To Syrian Army (https://southfront.org/us-led-colaition-admits-lost-race-border-iraq-syrian-army/)
The US-led officially admitted that it lost a race for the Syrian-Iraqi border to the Syrian Army and its allies.
Source: southfront.org


Donald Trump is reckless on Syria. It’s his most dangerous foreign policy folly. (https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2017/06/26/donald-trump-reckless-syria-folly-james-bovard-column/426924001/)
Source: usatoday.com

X22Report.com (http://x22report.com/the-plan-the-plot-how-the-deep-state-is-being-out-maneuvered-episode-1316/#more-263618)


Syria could be planning chemical attack, White House says - Assad will suffer like there is no tomorrow..

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2017/06/26/syria-could-be-planning-chemical-attack-white-house-says.html


The Trump administration said late Monday that it had discovered evidence that the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad could be planning another chemical weapons attack.

"The United States has identified potential preparations for another chemical weapons attack by the Assad regime that would likely result in the mass murder of civilians, including innocent children,” White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer said in a statement.

"“As we have previously stated, the United States is in Syria to eliminate the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria. If, however, Mr. Assad conducts another mass murder attack using chemical weapons, he and his military will pay a heavy price.”

What is a heavy price, surgical strike on Assad? Drone strike? Creating some bloody meat no matter where he is hiding? Possibly.. Watch and see.. I suppose..

I am visualizing Mossad's attack on Assad.. A bolt gun to the back of the head, used to put down cows..


Israeli minister: ‘The time has come’ to kill Bashar Assad

Yoav Galant says revelation the Syrian president is executing prisoners and burning their bodies ‘crosses a red line’

An animal begets an animal's treatment according to the Israeli minister apparently..

www.timesofisrael.com/israeli-minister-the-time-has-come-to-assassinate-assad/

An Israeli minister called for the assassination of Syrian President Bashar Assad on Tuesday, saying he “does not have a place in this world.”

How would they accomplish such a feat?

Tranq dart, then spirit the fellow away, then show him being executed before the world?

To make a point?

Clear that he was speaking of Assad:


Galant likened the assassination of Assad to cutting off the “tail of the snake.” After that, he said, “we can focus on the head, which is in Tehran.”

In a conversation with The Times of Israel after his speech, Galant stood by his comments.

He acknowledged that targeted political assassinations are considered illegal under international law, but clarified that he “wasn’t speaking about practicalities.”

However, he added, “Anyone who murders people and burns their corpses does not have a place in this world.”

:popcorn:

This I await to see what happens..

[Bob]

Thank you again Turiya for the connection of the dots behind the curtain, mindblowingly succinct and with an insight that cuts through all the "talking heads" dialog.. If I wore a hat it would not only be off, it would be humbly put in the closet. Hugs and blessings..

[turiya]

Randcare! Rand Paul Takes
Command of Healthcare Reform
(Published on Jun 29, 2017)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPiNeJOlUxM
__________________



Rand Paul released a list of demands for the Senate healthcare bill, and it shows why it might be impossible to pass (http://www.businessinsider.com/rand-paul-bcra-healthcare-senate-bill-letter-2017-6)

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Paul announced that he would not support the current Senate bill, the Better Care Reconciliation Act (BCRA), soon after it was released because it did not go far enough in its repeal of Obamacare.
Here's a quick rundown of the four key changes Paul is seeking in the bill:


1. Create association health plans: This would allow groups of people to band together and create their own risk pool to access health insurance coverage. The current bill allows self-employed people to sign onto small business plans — Paul wants this expanded.
2. Reduce spending on "insurance company bail outs": The Senate bill currently includes funding that would help insurers offset costs for low-income Americans in the individual insurance market and a state stability fund that can be used to reduce premiums and expand coverage. Paul said these merely help to grow insurance companies' profits.
3. Eliminate premium tax credits: The current BCRA would give people making between 100% and 350% of the federal poverty line money to buy insurance. In the letter, Paul asked McConnell "to reconsider the advanced, refundable nature of this entitlement."
4. Eliminate the continuous coverage requirement: The BCRA includes a provision that says anyone who goes without insurance for more than 63 consecutive days in a year must wait six months in the following year before they can get access to coverage again. Paul said this constituted another version of Obamacare's individual mandate and asked McConnell to "simply allow insurance companies to impose a waiting period."

Paul's policy goals are consistent with the conservative message he has touted since the release of the House's version of healthcare reform.

Source: Business Insider

[Chester]

Guess what I did?

a.) sucked it up to pay the annual penalty (avg monthly cost less than $200)

b.) joined a fantastic "healthcare cooperative" - http://www.paradigmfamilyhealth.com/ (my cost per month for my age group... which is the highest by the way, is $85 a month)

c.) acquired a life insurance policy that covers my beneficiaries up to my age of 85 (note I am age 60 in September) that allows a large % cash out for any catastrophic medical issues I might incur. (cost less than $350 a month and pays $250K)

The alternative - Obamacare - was to accept a premium of $1047 a month which had a $6,000 deductible and had a small selection of doctors and hospitals I can go to (which would have caused me to drop the last doctor I got... which I did drop anyways to join the healthcare cooperative).

Bottom line for me is I saved almost $500 a month, get all the regular family type healthcare for free, was introduced into a deep discount prescription drug cooperative and get any additional costs such as in office labs, etc at wholesale - example, I just got a blood test for my thyroid level and the cost was $5.47... I kid you not. In addition, my doctor has excellent access to out of office, third party provided services which she gets to me for just over wholesale if I ever need such (like x-rays or scans or blood tests that she cannot do herself).

I have never once waited more than 5 minutes to see her once I arrived at her office.

I also have joined up my wife and step daughter too, my step daughter is only $45 a month. This gets us a ten percent discount for being a family. My son has joined as well and many of my fa,family are probably joining the next time they get sick.

One time my son had strep throat and waited until froday evening to call Dr. Benson. She had him take photos and sure enough, she determined it was strep, called in a prescription which he was able to get asap and within 48 hours was back at work.

I am sad for folks who are stuck with Obamacare and I sure hope this congress gets their act together and deletes this horrid mess and goes back to a market based healthcare system and comes up with a plan to help those who are honestly vulnerable.

[ThePythonicCow]

The alternative - Obamacare -
The third alternative - be your own doctor.

I am my own doctor. I choose to live and die at the mercy of my own medical competence or incompetence.

A wee bit of luck - since I am old enough (over 65) to qualify for Medicare, I have the choice of refusing even the $100 a month or so for Medicare B, accepting only the free Medicare A, which apparently satisfies the requirement for coverage to avoid the $200 a month penalty. Net net ... I pay zip, zero, nada for doctors, hospitals and drugs or any related insurance.

For this decade of my 60's, almost over now, I've been getting substantially healthier. I've no doubt that had I continued to be a "good" obedient customer of the American medical establishment, I would be poorer and sicker. Now I'm just poorer (my addictions to healthy food and water, to fast computer parts, and to investing my time on things that matter to me, not to things that matter to some corporation with a payroll, insure that much).

May your self be your doctor, and food your medicine.

[turiya]

I sure hope this congress gets their act together and deletes this horrid mess and goes back to a market based healthcare system and comes up with a plan to help those who are honestly vulnerable.

With Rand Paul now at the helm, I'm sure he will get the job done...


The third alternative - be your own doctor.

Seems we are at least on the same page when it comes to taking care of oneself...
Try to get to the gym once a day... for at least an hour... watch what I intake... got a lovely Japanese woman whose motto is 'food is medicine', as well as a great culinary artist.... focus on breathing in prana to relax & rejuvenate the body's state of health... (I'm also over 65) ... the only supplement I take in is liposomal Vit C (keeps arteries & veins flexible, and keeps viruses & bad bacteria at bay). Being self-employed, means I can totally eliminate stress out of my calendar. Life is good to me & I give thanks for that. Have decided long ago that I will not plan to be taken care of (in the way of medical insurance - cuz, I don't care for doctors) & will accept whatever will come down the pike.

[turiya]

X22Report for 6/30...


The Hammer Is About To Fall - Episode 1320b
(Published on Jun 30, 2017)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KlRy3Qump8

Published on Jun 30, 2017

Check Out The X22 Report Spotlight YouTube Channel – https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1rn... (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1rnp-CySclyhxyjA4f14WQ)

Get economic collapse news throughout the day visit http://x22report.com
Report date: 06.30.2017

Obamacare is almost dead, Trump says to repeal now. House is going to hold back the sanction bill. Immigration laws were passed, one being Kate's law. Project Veritas continues with its investigation into CNN exposing fake news. Susan Rice is prepared to testify and Eric Holder tweets something out which is really strange, looks like the hammer is about to fall and he is warning people. Russia suspends payment to the EU. Trump will meet with Putin, Lavrov says this will allow Russia and the US to repair relations. Qatar is moving away from the dollar and moving inline with China and Russian currencies.

All source links to the report can be found on the x22report.com site.

Most of artwork that are included with these videos have been created by X22 Report and they are used as a representation of the subject matter. The representative artwork included with these videos shall not be construed as the actual events that are taking place.
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Political/Rights

Trump Calls For “Immediate” Repeal Of Obamacare If Senate Deal Fails (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-06-30/trump-says-republicans-should-repeal-obamacare-now-replace-it-later?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+zerohedge%2Ffeed+%28zero+hedg e+-+on+a+long+enough+timeline%2C+the+survival+rate+fo r+everyone+drops+to+zero%29)

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http://curezone.com/upload/_T_Forums/Turiya_Files_/AVALON/TRUMP/TRUMP_TWEETS/TRUMP_TWITTER_ICON_4.png (https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/880737163247267840)
If Republican Senators are unable to pass
what they are working on now, they should
immediately REPEAL, and then REPLACE at
a later date!

3:37 AM - 30 Jun 2017
________________________________Source: zerohedge.com


Trump approves new oil pipeline to Mexico, will go ‘right under the wall’ (https://www.rt.com/usa/394719-trump-mexico-pipeline-wall/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=RSS)

President Donald Trump has announced six new energy initiatives as part of the White House’s “Energy Week,” including approving the construction of a new petroleum pipeline to Mexico. The pipeline will go “right under the wall,” he said.

Source: rt.com


House may stall Senate’s Russia sanctions bill even after technical issue resolved (https://www.rt.com/usa/394740-russia-us-sanctions/)

New sanctions drawn up against Russia in the US Senate are no longer snagged by a technical matter, but the bill may still be in limbo, as it faces opposition in the House of Representatives. Senate fixed what’s known as a “blue slip” violation in its bill to lay further sanctions on Russia. Reuters reports that because of Congress’ recess next week, this delay will mean that the sanctions would not go through until after the G20 summit, where President Donald Trump will meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin. The goal for some lawmakers was to have the sanctions enforced before the meeting, in order to send a message to Putin.

Source: sott.net


House passes ‘Kate’s Law’ and ‘No Sanctuary for Criminals Act’ targeting illegal immigration (https://www.rt.com/usa/394725-kates-sanctuary-house-passed-immigration/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=RSS)

the House passed HR 3004 (https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/3004?q=%7B%22search%22%3A%5B%22HR+3004%22%5D%7D&r=1), known as “Kate’s Law,” which would impose mandatory minimum sentences on previously removed illegal immigrants who return to the United States.
The bill passed with a 257-167 vote. : House just passed #KatesLaw (https://twitter.com/hashtag/KatesLaw?src=hash) to enhance penalties for deported felons who return to US so they arent free to harm innocent lives



Additionally, the House passed HR 3003 (https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/3003?q=%7B%22search%22%3A%5B%22HR+3003%22%5D%7D&r=1), known as the “No Sanctuary for Criminals Act,” which would withhold federal grant money from “sanctuary” jurisdictions that refuse to comply with federal immigration enforcement requests

Source: rt.com


O’Keefe’s Third Undercover Film Exposes CNN’s Internal Culture Of Hate And The Actual Creation of Fake News (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-06-30/okeefes-third-undercover-film-exposes-cnns-internal-culture-hate-and-actual-creation?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+zerohedge%2Ffeed+%28zero+hedg e+-+on+a+long+enough+timeline%2C+the+survival+rate+fo r+everyone+drops+to+zero%29)

Project Veritas founder James O’Keefe has just capped off a week of destroying CNN’s last shred of credibility with a Friday morning release of another undercover encounter with an employee of the beleagured network. Jimmy Carr, Associate Producer, said that virtually everyone he knows at the network – surprise – absolutely hates President Trump.



Carr goes on to rattle off a laundry list of grievances against the President, stating that “90% of us are on board with just the fact that he’s crazy.”
Carr didn’t stop at the President. When asked about the election, the Associate Producer said American voters are “Stupid as sh!t,”

Source: zerohedge.com


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[onawah]

How CNN boss Jeff Zucker helped elect a US president and a governor of California
7/1/167 by Jon Rappoport
https://jonrappoport.wordpress.com/2017/07/01/how-cnn-boss-jeff-zucker-helped-elect-a-us-president-and-a-governor-of-california/

One thing you have to understand about Mr. Zucker. What he does, he does for show. For ratings. If he could get away with claiming Trump met with Putin on the dark side of the moon to concoct a way to beat Hillary Clinton, he would run with it. If he could get away with claiming Arnold Schwarzenegger was the love child of Joseph Stalin and Greta Garbo, he would lead the evening newscast with it. He keeps selling the CNN Trump-Russia “investigation” because he’s (barely) getting away with it and he thinks it’ll keep drawing an audience.

In April, CNN boss Jeff Zucker told the New York Times, “The idea that politics is sport is undeniable, and we understood that and approached it that way.” The “it” was certainly the 2016 presidential campaign.

Zucker always has understood politics in this corrupt way—and in the process, he helped elect a US president and a California governor.

Who is Trump’s most consistent media enemy now? CNN is right up there.

But Jeff Zucker, CNN’s boss, was the man who launched The Apprentice, starring Donald Trump, at NBC, in 2004.

In other words, Zucker happened to play a major role in electing Donald Trump. There is no getting around it.

Washington Post, October 2, 2016: “Looking for someone specific to hold responsible for the improbable rise of Donald Trump?”

“Although there are many options, you could do worse than to take a hard look at Jeff Zucker, president of CNN Worldwide.”

“It was Zucker, after all, who as the new head of NBC Entertainment gave Trump his start in reality TV with ‘The Apprentice’ and then milked the real estate developer’s uncanny knack for success for all it was worth in ratings and profits.”

“And it succeeded wildly — boosting the network’s ratings, as well as Zucker’s [and Trump’s] meteoric career. In turn, under Zucker, the show gave rise to ‘Celebrity Apprentice,’ another Trump extravaganza. And, in turn, Zucker became the head of NBC overall.”

“The show [The Apprentice] was built as a virtually nonstop advertisement for the Trump empire and lifestyle,” according to the book ‘Trump Revealed,’ by Washington Post journalists Marc Fisher and Michael Kranish.”

“The executive [Jeff Zucker] rode the Trump steed hard. When the reality-TV star was preparing to marry Melania Knauss in 2005, Zucker wanted to broadcast the wedding live. (Trump, uncharacteristically, declined.)”

“But make no mistake: There would be no Trump-the-politician without Trump-the-TV-star. One begot the other.”

POLITICS IS TELEVISION, AND TELEVISION IS POLITICS.

If you’re looking for a person who embodies that fake version of reality most purely, you need look no further than Jeff Zucker.

Despite his network’s present hatred of Trump, Zucker would give Trump his own show right now if he wanted one.

For ratings and ad revenues.

Let’s go back in time and consider another event, one which I’ve analyzed in great detail. It took place on NBC in 2003, when Zucker was the head of the network’s entertainment division. Keep in mind that The Tonight Show, with Jeno Leno, was a prime piece of the entertainment division then. What Leno pulled off in 2003 had to have the OK from Zucker, because it was a highly unusual move, a distinctly unethical move.

What happened when an actor wanted to launch a political career and become a governor? The whole news division of a major network surrendered itself, for one ratings-busting night, to a talk show.

This is how Arnold Schwarzenegger won the California governor’s race. It all came down to his famous appearance on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, where he announced that he was going to run.

I obtained a copy of show, watched it many times, transcribed the dialogue, and noted the audience reactions.

Breaking down the segments revealed what happens when news and entertainment and PR and political advocacy all blur together in a single wave.

The show had been hyped as the moment when Arnold would announce whether he was going to run in the recall election against California Governor Gray Davis.

The public anticipation was sky-high. No one seemed concerned that NBC was turning over its news division, for one night, to its entertainment division. Jeff Zucker, head of NBC entertainment, was all in.

Turning over network news to network entertainment was precisely the subject of the best movie ever made about television, Paddy Chayefsky’s Network. That didn’t register with the national media.

If Arnold decided to run for governor, he wouldn’t be announcing it at a stale press conference at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel, after a brief introduction from The Snoozer, LA Mayor Richard Riordan. No, Arnold would obtain a rocket boost from Jay Leno.

Keep in mind that talk shows warm up and prep their studio audiences to act and respond with amphetamine-like enthusiasm.

And then that audience transmits its glow and howling racket to the wider television audience, thereby blowing an artificially enhanced event across the landscape.

On the night of August 6, 2003, Tonight Show host Jay Leno devoted two six-minute segments to The Arnold.

Of course, it was more than an interview. Jay had been touting this night as the occasion for a key revelation in the comic play called The California Recall Election.

Arnold would say yes or Arnold would say no. He would run for governor or he would decline.

Bigger than conventional news, Arnold strode out on to Jay’s stage. A Tonight Show camera picked him up from a grossly complimentary low angle, making him appear even larger and more physically imposing than he is. Jay was positioned standing behind him, applauding, lending an affirmative gloss to the entrance. Already, it looked and felt political.

This was not a beginning; the impression was of something already in motion, a train to catch up with.

As the man of the hour sat down next to Jay, he commented that there was a big audience in the house (“Can you believe all these people here?”) and, capping his first gambit, he stated that every one of them was running for governor of California. Ha-ha. (At one point, there were 135 gubernatorial candidates.)

Quickly, Jay gets down to business. The business of making the evening extra-special: “Now, I don’t think we’ve ever had this much press at The Tonight Show for any—[let’s look at] our press room—normally [the press] sit in the audience.”

Cut to a stark room, shot from above. About 40 reporters doing almost nothing at tables. Obviously, the room was set up for this event.

Jay cracks a couple of jokes about the press gaggle, lowers his voice and turns his full attention to Arnold: “…it’s been weeks…and people going back and forth…taken you awhile, and you said you would come here tonight and tell us your decision. So what is your decision?”

Arnold replies, “Well, Jay, after thinking for a long time, my decision is…”

The sound cuts off, and the TV screen displays an old PLEASE STAND BY notice. Thick white letters against a background of an ancient station test pattern from the 1950s. A mechanical tone plays for several seconds.

The audience laughs. There is applause, too.

Cut back to Jay and Arnold. Arnold says, “That’s why I decided that way.” Big audience laughter.

Jay, going along—as if Arnold had spilled the beans during a momentary technical malfunction—shouts, “Right, good, right! I tell you I am shocked! I can’t believe it! I can’t believe it!”

Jay then starts out from the bottom again. “[Whether you’re going to run has been] in my monologue…it’s been good for, like, a thousand jokes over the last couple of weeks…”

Once more, he gently poses the question. “What are you going to do?” It’s still too early for an answer, and Jay knows it.

Arnold wants another false start. He’s planned it.

“Well, my decision obviously is a very difficult decision to make, you know…it was the [most] difficult decision that I’ve made in my entire life, except the one in 1978 when I decided to get a bikini wax.”

Laughter, applause, whistles.

The studio audience warms to the fact that Arnold glimpses an absurdity about the whole proceeding.

“He’s our Arnie, laughing the way we laugh. Hell, all we’ve got are laughs in this life, and our boy isn’t going to go stuffed-shirt on us.”

Arnold then gives his rehearsed political speech.

He reflects that California was a grand land of opportunity when he arrived in 1968. It was the greatest state in the greatest nation.

However, now the atmosphere in California is “disastrous,” he says. There is a “disconnect” (thank you, pop psych 101) between the people and the politicians.

“The politicians are fiddling, fumbling, and failing.”

Very big applause follows. The audience is doing its job.

Close by, off camera, we hear Jay thumping his own personal hand claps. The host is pumping his studio crowd and giving his seal of approval to a remark whose veracity is supposed to be tested by the recall election itself.

And there is a phalanx of teen-age girls screaming at a very high pitch in the studio. They’re adding a major element of hysterical enthusiasm. Where did they come from? Are they a legitimate Arnold demographic? Were they pulled out of a Valley mall to paper the crowd? Do they migrate from talk show to talk show? From this point forward, they’ll play a huge role in every audience outburst.

Arnold gathers steam. He tells one and all that the people of California are doing their job.

They’re working hard.

Paying their taxes.

Raising their families.

But the politicians are not doing their job.

Now he executes a blend around the far turn: “And the man that is failing the people more than anyone is [Governor] Gray Davis!”

The crowd goes wild. The girls scream as if they’re at a kiddie rock concert in the magic presence of four sixteen-year-old pretty boys. It’s eerie.

And now the audience is suddenly on edge.

They can handle the juice. The longed-for result.

Arnold senses it.

He lets the audience-hysteria roller coaster die down and then, taking it up to heaven, announces that, he, Arnold is…

Yes…

GOING TO RUN FOR GOVERNOR OF CALIFORNIA.

Boom. Bang. Pow. Zow.

The studio audience cracks the ceiling. Wilder than wild. The girls are shrieking walls of sound way above high C. Undoubtedly, the show is flashing applause signs.

Jay shakes his head and grins like a pro hypster who’s just witnessed a very, very good variation on bait and switch. As if Arnold was supposed to say no, but now he’s saying yes.

The Tonight Show band lays down some heavy chords.

Jay shouts, “There you go! There you go! That woke ‘em up! That woke ‘em up!” We cut to the press room, and sure enough, the reporters are now on phones, typing at their keyboards. The story is live and good to go. A global event is underway.

Amid the roar and the music, Jay, smiling broadly and wisely, shakes his finger at Arnold and says to him, “You know something?”

It seems Jay’s about to utter, “That’s the best damn switcheroo I ever saw!” But he doesn’t do it. Instead, as the noise abates, he says it’s a good time to go to a break.

The band plows into a funk riff, under the applause, and the show cuts to commercial.

The sea has parted. The consecration has been performed.

The ax felled the tree in the forest, and everyone heard it.

Marshall McLuhan rolled over in his grave, sat up, grinned, lit a cigar, and sipped a little brandy.

After the commercials, in the next six-minute segment, Jay and Arnold attain a few more highs of audience madness.

High one: Arnold mentions that 1.6 million Californians have signed the recall petition and are saying, “We are mad as hell and we are not going to take it anymore!” Wowee.

No one notices or remembers this line was made massively famous in Network, the bitter satire on news as entertainment.

Is it remotely possible Arnold recalls the 1976 Paddy Chayefsky film and its newsman, Howard Beale, who survives a ratings dive by delivering a delirious populist message on air, and becomes, for a short time, the most revered man in America?

Is it possible Arnold knows the TV network portrayed in the film gave its news division to its entertainment division—exactly what’s transpiring right there, for the moment, on The Tonight Show?

High two: Arnold clarifies his message to all politicians everywhere. “Do your job for the people and do it well, or otherwise you’re out. Hasta la vista, baby!” Zowee.

High three: After telling the crowd they all know Gray Davis can run a dirty campaign “better than anyone”—and that Davis has been selling off pieces of California to special interests—Arnold says with conviction and confidence, “I do not have to bow to any special interests; I have plenty of money; no one can pay me off; trust me, no one.” Audience hysteria. They love that he’s rich.

High four: Arnold says of Davis, “Everyone knows this man has to go!” Huge roar.

High five: Arnold plays a final pun card. “I will pump up Sacramento!” Yet another roar.

The band takes it out with more funk. Jay stands up and goes over and hugs Arnold, in profile, near his desk, and follows him closely toward an exit at stage left. Jay starts to whisper something in Arnold’s ear, but pulls back and smiles and, still on camera, applauds Arnold along with the audience.

It’s show biz in a bottle. Jay, Arnold, the crowd, the band, bouncing off one another and yielding the effect of absolute (synthetic) thrill.

The Tonight Show provided the moment for a globally famous actor to decide to run for office in the same state where the show originates. In the entertainment capital of the world. In front of the clear prime-cut admiration of the host.

And the studio audience, that specialized creature from whose maw instant credibility can be coaxed and birthed in seconds—was very, very ready to go. All along.

Imagine an advance man pre-selling this kind of PR stunt:

“I know a guy who can introduce your message to the softest, wildest, water-cooler crowd this side of paradise.”

“Oh yeah? How big a crowd?”

“Only a thousand or two. But they’re instantly hooked up to, say, ten million people in the target area. It’s as infectious as Ebola.”

“Come on.”

“And that’s not all. I’ve got a host for that softest, wildest audience, and he has the whole world in the palm of his hand. When he exposes your message—for the first time anywhere—and when his audience goes nuts with glee, nothing will stand in your way. Your opponents will go down like bowling pins.”

“Too good to be true.”

“Wrong. And let me point out what I’m saving you from. If you tried to launch your message at a shopping center or a press club or a hotel ballroom or construction site or on a movie-studio sound stage, you could get laughed right out of town. Really. Because, let’s face it, you do have a pretty vapid message when you boil it down. You need a unique venue, where the joke and the camp and the craziness are all folded into the event itself, and the shock and surprise and hoopla are integrated. You need an audience that celebrates bad and good jokes as all good, and the host has the ability to marry up every shred of this bizarre happening and take his crowd to orgasm.”

“And the contagion factor?”

“The audience in the television studio and the viewing audience at home are One. My boy, what stuns and delights the former incorporates itself into the living cells of the latter. The home audience is terrified of being left out. The host and his in-studio crowd give instant universal legitimacy to the moment. Believe me, it’s irresistible.”

“Like that McLuhan thing. The audience becomes the actor.”

“Precisely.”

That is how it happened. That is how Arnold Schwarzenegger obtained his billion-dollar ad on Jay Leno, on August 6, 2003, and that was when he won the recall election. There was no counter-strategy for it.

Governor Gray Davis was left out in the cold.

The announcement of Arnold’s candidacy was the end of the election.

In the aftermath, media pundits did not punch up this piece of mind control with any serious heat; nor did they immediately seek a heavy investigation of NBC’s ethics in allowing the Leno-Arnold event to take place.

The Tonight Show was a perfect killing ground: Arnold, the earnest and powerful and Germanically jolly and occasionally self-deprecating soul, aware of the comic-book component of his success; Jay, the jokester, who can work as a homer and straight man at the drop of a hat; and Jay’s audience, willingly propelled into the late-night nexus of “we’ll laugh so hard at any old damn thing we’ll make a cosmic celebration out of it.”

Something out of nothing.

GE (then the owner of NBC): “We bring good things to life.”

An election campaign message was passed, hand to hand, mind to mind, adrenal gland to adrenal gland, from a concocted, groomed, cultivated, prepackaged television studio audience to every voter-district in California, and out to the whole world.

When people show up in the studio to see Leno in person, they soon understand the game. They’re not just there as happy onlookers. They’re drawn into the process. They’re offered a trade-off.

If they become active shills for the show right there in the studio, they’ll become part of the story. They’ll attain new status. Their laughs and squeals and shrieks and rebound guffaws, their revved-up salvational applause, at those moments when a guest segment or a joke is falling flat, will provide key segue and filler and affirmation and speed candy for the larger audience at home. It’s a group collaboration.

Who cares—except when a fading movie action hero suddenly says he’s going to take over the reins of California?

In the television studio, and in millions of homes, the audience roared and helped Arnold go for his coronation. They experienced a reasonable facsimile of emotional torque and busted a move that showered sparks around Arnold’s head and pushed him through a porthole into an ozone that just might have been the closest thing they’d ever find to immortality.

On October 10, three days after Arnold scored number one in the recall vote count, The NY Times ran a piece by Bill Carter headlined, “NBC Supports the Politically Partisan Leno.”

But Carter’s story was merely about Jay, on the night of October 7, taking the stage in Los Angeles to introduce Arnold as the recall election winner.

THIS was the issue? This was the barrier that Leno had crossed? Carter mentioned nothing about those 12 minutes on August 6th, on The Tonight Show, when Arnold announced he was running and thereby sewed up the election.

Jeff Zucker, then the head of entertainment at NBC (NOW THE BOSS AT CNN), told Carter he was aware Jay was going to introduce Arnold at the victory celebration. “I did not and do not have a problem with it,” he said.

Zucker noted that Jay was a private citizen with all the accruing rights of same.

Not a word from Zucker either, about the propriety of Leno hosting Arnold’s campaign launch on August 6, on The Tonight Show.

The Studio Audience, on the night of August 6, 2003, fingered and chose and elected a governor of California.

Jay Leno has gone on to thousands of other jokes.

But he’ll never forget that one.

And neither will Zucker.

He helped elect Arnold. And he made Trump a global star of the first magnitude on The Apprentice, and thereby helped him win the presidency.

If you like interesting coincidences, both the Leno Moment and launch of The Apprentice happened in 2004. And when Donald Trump left The Apprentice in 2015, who took over as the host?

Arnold Schwarzenegger, of course.

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REALLY FAKE NEWS: New York Times Finally Retracts Its ’17 Intelligence Agencies’ Claim on Russia Hacking US Elections (http://21stcenturywire.com/2017/06/30/really-fake-news-new-york-times-finally-retracts-its-17-intelligence-agencies-claim-on-russia-hacking-us-elections/)

17 U.S. intelligence agencies agreed that Russia hacked into and distributed Democratic emails, a falsehood that The New York Times has belatedly retracted, reports Robert Parry…
Robert Parry
Consortium News (https://consortiumnews.com/2017/06/29/nyt-finally-retracts-russia-gate-canard/)
The New York Times has finally admitted that one of the favorite Russia-gate canards – that all 17 U.S. intelligence agencies concurred on the assessment of Russian hacking of Democratic emails – is false.
On Thursday, the Times appended a correction to a June 25 article (https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/06/25/us/politics/trumps-deflections-and-denials-on-russia-frustrate-even-his-allies.html) that had repeated the false claim, which has been used by Democrats and the mainstream media for months to brush aside any doubts about the foundation of the Russia-gate scandal and portray President Trump as delusional for doubting what all 17 intelligence agencies supposedly knew to be true.

Source: 21stcenturywire.com


Susan Rice Agrees To Testify Before House Intel Panel In Closed Session: Report (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-06-29/susan-rice-agrees-testify-house-intel-panel-closed-session-report?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+zerohedge%2Ffeed+%28zero+hedge+-+on+a+long+enough+timeline%2C+the+survival+rate+for+everyone+drops+to+zero%29)

Just one day after John Podesta appeared before a closed session of the House Intelligence Committee to offer his thoughts on “Russian meddling”, Obama’s former National Security Advisor, Susan Rice, will also appear before a closed session of the committee next month.


Rice has vehemently denied doing anything wrong. But she has yet to answer questions from lawmakers, including declining a request to appear before a Senate judiciary subcommittee in May. And now, she has agreed to appear in a closed-door session that is expected to take place before the House departs for its August recess.

Rice has denied that her unmasking of Michael Flynn in numerous foreign intelligence documents was in any way wrong and/or intended solely as a means to exact political retribution for an election that went horribly wrong for her party.



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Source: zerohedge.com


Eric Holder Sends Ominous Late Night Tweet To “Career DOJ/FBI” Employees (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-06-30/eric-holder-sends-ominous-late-night-tweet-career-dojfbi-employees?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+zerohedge%2Ffeed+%28zero+hedge+-+on+a+long+enough+timeline%2C+the+survival+rate+for+everyone+drops+to+zero%29)

Holder issued a rather ominous warning to the “career men & women” of the DOJ/FBI last night saying that their “actions and integrity will be unfairly questioned” before calling upon them to “be prepared, be strong.”



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fast and furious
Is it just a general warning after the FISA court recently revealed the the Obama administration conducted illegal queries targeting American citizens “with much greater frequency than had previously been disclosed to the Court”…an issue which it described as a “very serious Fourth Amendment issue.”

Source: zerohedge.com


War

Russia Suspends Its Payment To Council Of Europe For 2017 (https://southfront.org/russia-suspends-its-payment-to-council-of-europe-for-2017/)
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), a supernational organization created to promote freedom, the democratic values and human rights over the Europe, has been discrediting itself. According to experts, the organization is under the presure and is factually managed by the pro-US European bureaucracy.
It looks that this has led to Russia’s decision to stop its payment to the PACE. Russia has halted its participation in the PACE’s executive bodies.
Source: southfront.org


Lavrov: Putin and Trump wish to overcome difficulties in Russia-U.S. ties (https://www.rbth.com/news/2017/06/30/lavrov-putin-and-trump-wish-to-overcome-difficulties-in-russia-us-ties_792857)
Judging by phone conversations between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his U.S. counterpart Donald Trump, both leaders wish to overcome difficulties in relations between Russia and the U.S., Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said
Source: rbth.com


Qatar confirms currency stability and guarantees all exchange transactions (https://www.rt.com/business/394773-qatar-bank-riyal-transactions/)
Qatar’s Central Bank (QCB) said on Friday it would guarantee all exchange transactions for customers inside and outside the country without delay, dismissing media reports that some exchange companies have stopped buying the riyal.”Qatari riyal’s exchange rate is absolutely stable against the US dollar, and its exchangeability inside and outside Qatar is guaranteed at any time at the official price,”
Source: sott.net


Qatar Begins Turning Its Back On The US Dollar (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-06-29/qatar-begins-turning-its-back-us-dollar?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+zerohedge%2Ffeed+%28zero+hedge+-+on+a+long+enough+timeline%2C+the+survival+rate+for+everyone+drops+to+zero%29)
Over the past two years, Qatar has conducted over $86 billion (http://www.cnbc.com/2017/04/26/reuters-america-chinas-icbc-doha-clears-more-than-86-bln-in-yuan-transactions.html) worth of transactions in Chinese Yuan and has signed other agreements (http://qatarchamber.com/8842) with China that encourage further economic cooperation.
This is incredibly important because Qatar shares its major natural gas reserve with Iran, and Iran also conducts itsoil-related business deals (http://www.bbc.com/news/business-17988142) with China in Yuan.
If Iran and Qatar continue down this path, the U.S.’ self-asserted hegemony over the world’s financial markets will directly come under attack, and rising economic and military powers like Russia and China will continue to reap the benefits.
Source: zerohedge.com


300 Al-Qaeda, ISIS members arrested after Lebanese Army cracks down on refugee camps (https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/300-al-qaeda-isis-members-arrested-lebanese-army-cracks-refugee-camps/)
the Lebanese Army raided two major refugee camps in the Jird Arsal area near the eastern border with Syria amid credible report they had been infiltrated by outlawed groups.
During the large-scale crackdown, Lebanese security forces went from door-to-door in the Al-Nour and Al-Qaroyah camps and arrested some 300 suspected Islamic State and Hay’at Tahrir Al-Sham (Syrian Al-Qaeda) militants after informants supplied a full list of designated terrorists to the government.
Source: almasdarnews.com

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FISH ON

Guest Post by Norman Franklin



A man has to do what a man has to do. Most men especially men of a certain age tend to long for simpler times. Time as a relative constraint applied to all, gives different perspectives whether you are at the beginning of the road of life or you see the end of your roads and days in front of you. The most recent drama involving the President shows a man unafraid to fight back against attacks from those who take sides against their country.

We all know how belligerent the media is towards the President, i.e., Trump never did a days work, never got his hands dirty, he lies, he cheats, he steals, he’s lazy, he doesn’t sleep enough, and he eats his KFC with a fancy knife and fork. He is El Cheeto the most grievous, not the black Jesus. As Scabs (Mika) just said ‘He’s a dictator,’ not a dick taster/dick taker.

We are reminded daily of Trump’s rich elitist privilege by people living the same rich elitist lifestyle. They feel their intentions are noble so they see no problem. This gaggle of group thinkers, and circle jerksters feel that everyone should be thankful to live vicariously through them. After all they allow us to watch them dance with the stars. They feel with a fervent certainty that the standards they hold for flyover country need not apply them.

This morning I had a conversation with my 77 year old neighbor over the fence where his orchard meets the back of my property. We meet under the shade of majestic golden locust trees and there we talk. The conversations run to local happenings, things we have no control over, or sometimes just good ‘ole fish stories.

We began to talk about recent events. The Goodwynn fire affecting our community makes it difficult to be outside. By noon the haze over our valley is unbearable. The stale, acrid smoke made up of creosote, scrub oak and sage burns the eyes and makes it hard to breath. This and 95-100 degree temps give one the distinct impression that you have just descended the first rung into Dante’s Inferno.

As we came to the subject of the recent dust up involving the President my neighbor drew an interesting analogy about the media.“Norman,” he asked me, “have you ever just stood on a dock and watched all the carp swimming around waiting for food?” “Of course I have Ron,” I replied. “Well the media are like carp. They have been hand fed for a very long time. There was a day long ago when they were likened unto independent sharks hunting their prey looking for morsels of food (((truth))) everywhere.

Obama and Hillary came on the scene and began to throw buckets full of sh!t whenever they visited the dock. The fish loved Obama and Hillary. The more stinky sh!t that was fed to them the more they craved. So much so that the fish would go into a frenzy at the sight of Obama or Hillary.

So along comes Trump. He walks up and stands there. The fish swim around and around waiting for him to throw them food as they have been programmed. He brings no bucket with him. He contemplates if he will feed them today, or any day. Many days he gives them nothing. Remembering the days of his youth when fish would feed themselves and didn’t depend on handouts. These carp simply don’t know how to find their own food like the sharks before them.”

“Maybe it’s because they are socialists or moose lambs,” I say.

“Listen smart ass I’m trying to tell you something here, all right?”

“All right, I’m sorry” I said.

Ron continues, “But does Trump feed ‘em? No, he just makes ‘em think they are going to be fed. He stands there and looks down on them. Sometimes he moves his thumbs around frenetically which turns the water around the dock into a murky boil.

One day Trump decides to feed them. He clears his throat and hocks up the nastiest green loogie you have ever seen. It is Yuuuge, quite impressive, a very very beautiful loogie. ‘You stinky fish are gonna love it,’ Trump says.

Standing at the edge of the dock Trump spits that beautiful snot waffle into the middle of the water. The fish fight each other to eat it up. Only to realize it’s not food, it’s not even sh!t, it’s a loogie and the fish all swim away mad at the Russians for electing Trump.

The next day Trump does the same thing. Day after day this goes on. And you know what? These dam bottom feeders still haven’t figured it out. Trump is the boss, not crooked Hillary, not Barry, not them.

President Trump must have been some kind of fisherman in a previous life. I have never seen nor heard any mention of him fishing. Yet he is acting like someone who is methodically going about fishing for the big fish. Casting his line out reeling it back in over and over putting in the time and work trolling the deep. He knows where the big fish are. Now he just has to chum the water behind his boat and hook a bigg’un.

Trump said we would win so much that we would get tired of winning. I don’t think I’ll ever get tired of winning Norman”

“We haven’t really won anything yet” I say. “It seems to be a Mexican stand off. Trump and his rag tag deplorable army on one side. Both houses of congress, the media, and the courts on the other. He will have to do better than just a supreme court justice or two. Don’t get me wrong I would rather have anyone Trump picks over anyone the foul Queen would come up with.”

“Look Norman we are just gonna have to disagree. We’re winning, Trump is making America great again just like he said he would. Build the wall, MAGA.”

“All right Ron don’t get to exited, we’ll talk again soon” I say.

“See you later Norman.” Ron says. “Oh by the way your orchard looks great, remind me to tell you the story sometime of how humans first became orchardists.”

“I would love to hear it” I said. “Come over some night after your work is done, and we’ll have a few beers.”

The media whores and their womb goofs in the swamp party are now beside themselves with anger and oh so righteous indignation. They tell deplorable people everywhere that we, not they are responsible for the rancor, coarseness, violence, and ill will, now rolling in like a fog over the nation. They tell us that by electing an old white man who simply speaks his mind and fails to bow before political correctness that we have set the nation ablaze and are at fault for it’s deconstruction.

The world is in the middle of a generational fourth turning. The course has been determined by history which rings true through the ages. These fourth turnings are places that empires go to die. Destruction or renewal are the only choices before us. The media/political class chose against an intellectual gray champion leader when they Sandercided Ron Paul in 2008 and 2012. They chose the manner of their destroyer. Now they whine and cry about their safety They feel threatened and triggered by people everywhere simply standing up to them.

The biggest bullies of our time can’t understand why no one fears them anymore. These bullies use their huge bandwidth to shout down anyone not in lockstep with their childish Marxist world views. All while failing to realize that people have found new platforms among themselves to share self evident truths. Truths that are rejected in the circles of the media elite. Yet are just now beginning to reverberate far and wide.

The Burning Platform (https://www.theburningplatform.com/2017/07/01/fish-on/#more-153740)

[onawah]

Right, I guess I've been underwhelmed by all the great Trump accomplishments and fell asleep at the wheel.

[A Voice from the Mountains]

For comparison why doesn't someone pull up what other presidents accomplished in their first however many months. Granted that overall circumstances are slightly more inclined against the president this time.


Here's a comparison to Obama in 2008:


The Economy – US Debt

As of today, President Trump decreased the US Debt since his inauguration by $100 Billion.

President Obama on the other hand increased the US debt in his first four months by $629 Billion.

The difference between Presidents Trump and Obama here is nearly three quarters of a trillion dollars!

The Economy – Jobs

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics President Trump added a projected 738,000 jobs in his first four months (January through April 2017.) President Obama on the other hand lost more than 3 million jobs in his first four months. (President Obama was so bad at creating jobs that by the end of his second term he said that jobs were not coming back.)

The Economy – Unemployment

Also according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics President Trump decreased unemployment every month since his inauguration (January through April 2017.) The unemployment rate in January 2017 was 4.8% and by April it was down to 4.4%.

President Obama on the other hand again moved in the opposite direction. In his first four months as President the US unemployment rate increased each month from 7.8% in January 2009 to 9% by April of 2009.

The Economy – Economic Outlook

The US Manufacturing Index soared to a 33 year high in February 2017 shortly after President Trump was sworn into office. The index reached 43 in February which was the best outlook since 1983 under President Reagan.

In Obama’s first four months in office (January through April of 2009) the best manufacturing index activity rating was a negative -25.

The difference here is greater than 50% with Obama again going in the wrong direction.


Other info at the link: http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2017/05/draft-presidents-trump-vs-obama-first-4-month-comparison/


When judging Trump's progress, comparisons to former presidents would probably be more objective than media blather.

Trump's apparent flip-flopping is more of an extremely flexible strategy to achieve the same results than anything else. Take the Paris Accord as an agreement. It was very clear from Trump's stated policies (stated for decades now, so extremely consistent) that he was not going to do anything to sacrifice American jobs. He's also made it clear that he doesn't even believe in global warming, at least on the campaign trail. After he won though, he started meeting with Gore, and all these other climate change people. He acted like he might change his mind. But in the end he did exactly what he campaigned on and said all the same stuff in even more clear terms than ever before, how these climate change agreements are international economic scams.

To me this is a typical example, but given ongoing power struggles I can also understand that other belligerents in Syria make things more difficult, as do North Korea and China, etc. It's not as easy as just packing up and going home over there either because there are much larger visions fighting to be played out (such as those of George Soros) and some of them would be a direct threat to American interests even at home. So sometimes there is a give and take but in general I can't think of any big decisions that Trump has made so far that I disagreed with, and I would be vocal if I did.

[turiya]

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Weekly Address🇺🇸 #KatesLaw
#NoSanctuaryForCriminalsAct
Statement: 45.wh.gov/htqSZH (https://t.co/I8cqKGDK2B)
https://i.ytimg.com/vi/coquq_Trk9c/hqdefault.jpg (https://youtu.be/coquq_Trk9c)
President Donald J. Trump's Weekly Address
Now that the House has acted, I urge the Senate to take up these bills,
pass them, and send them to my desk ASAP. I am calling on all lawmakers
to vote for these bills and to save American lives!2:01 PM - 1 Jul 2017
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The FAKE & FRAUDULENT NEWS MEDIA is
working hard to convince Republicans and
others I should not use social media - but
remember, I won....

3:02 PM - 1 Jul 2017
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....the 2016 election with interviews,
speeches and social media. I had to beat
#FakeNews, and did. We will continue to
WIN!

3:02 PM - 1 Jul 2017
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I am thinking about changing the name
#FakeNews CNN to #FraudNewsCNN!

3:08 PM - 1 Jul 2017
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My use of social media is not Presidential -
it’s MODERN DAY PRESIDENTIAL. Make
America Great Again!

3:41 PM - 1 Jul 2017
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[turiya]

Pedogate is getting traction.... Granted, a difficult subject to digest...


PEDOGATE: American Heroes
To The Rescue: Craig Sawyer (https://youtu.be/ML4aLd5CeTA)
(Published on Jul 2, 2017)
http://www.kauainews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/1499046766_hqdefault.jpg
VIDEO (https://youtu.be/ML4aLd5CeTA)

Published on Jul 2, 2017

Many of us have hoped for a long time that some well-trained special forces military white knights might come along and ban together to target the bad guys, especially the Satanic elite bad guys who target children. Well, I'm happy to report that we may have gotten our wish. Former Navy SEAL and trained Federal investigator Craig "Sawman" Sawyer has decided to dedicate his life to exposing, and with any luck bringing to justice, those who prey on children. Sawyer has started the group Vets 4 Child Rescue. Please visit the site and DONATE to help us in this fight here: http://www.vets4childrescue.org/

[turiya]

X22Report... economic news


Countries Are Now Moving To Nationalize Their
Private Western Central Bank - Episode 1325a (https://youtu.be/RWDVE2rBa1Y)
(Published on Jul 6, 2017)
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VIDEO (https://youtu.be/RWDVE2rBa1Y)

__________Relevant Articles__________


ADP Employment Disappoints – No Manufacturing Jobs Gained In June (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-07-06/adp-employment-disappoints-no-manufacturing-jobs-gained-june?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+zerohedge%2Ffeed+%28zero+hedge+-+on+a+long+enough+timeline%2C+the+survival+rate+for+everyone+drops+to+zero%29)


O'Reilly Automotive Plummets On Disappointing Sales; Mild Winter, Low Hispanic Spending Blamed (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-07-05/oreilly-automotive-plummets-disappointing-sales-mild-winter-low-hispanic-spending-bl)

http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/fp_thumb/images/user5/imageroot/20170705_orly.png (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-07-05/oreilly-automotive-plummets-disappointing-sales-mild-winter-low-hispanic-spending-bl)
O'Reilly Automotive stock crashed as much as 21% on 7 times its average daily volume, its biggest drop since June 2012 dragging the share price to the lowest since October 2014, after the auto-parts retailer said same-store sales misses forecast for the second quarter.

Jul 5, 2017 1:53 PM



'Vice' Index Shows U.S. Slowdown Ahead (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-07-06/vice-index-shows-us-slowdown-ahead)

http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/fp_thumb/images/user3303/imageroot/20170706_vice1.png (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-07-06/vice-index-shows-us-slowdown-ahead)
"...add it all up and conditions are set for slower spending growth... It’s already showing up in the luxury spending we call vices... like in Gambling & Prostitution"

Jul 6, 2017 3:50 PM



Rand Tumbles On Report South Africa Seeks To Nationalize Central Bank (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-07-05/rand-tumbles-report-south-africa-seeks-nationalize-central-bank)

http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/fp_thumb/images/user5/imageroot/usdzar%207.5.jpg (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-07-05/rand-tumbles-report-south-africa-seeks-nationalize-central-bank)
The South African rand has tumbled following a report confirming recent speculation that South Africa’s ruling African National Congress will propose that the country's central bank, the Reserve Bank be nationalized and wholly owned by the state, according to three people familiar with the discussions quoted by Bloomberg.

Jul 5, 2017 7:29 AM

[turiya]

Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton gives update on several issues....


Tom Fitton discusses the Mueller Investigation,
Obamacare Exemption, New VA & Deep State Lawsuits
(Published on Jul 7, 2017)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTMZ4BdM8EU

[turiya]

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The #G20Summit was a wonderful success
and carried out beautifully by Chancellor
Angela Merkel. Thank you!

11:20 AM - 8 Jul 2017
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Law enforcement & military did a spectacular
job in Hamburg. Everybody felt totally safe
despite the anarchists. @PolizeiHamburg
#G20Summit

11:50 AM - 8 Jul 2017
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Leaving Hamburg for Washington, D.C. and
the WH. Just left China’s President Xi where
we had an excellent meeting on trade & North
Korea.

11:55 AM - 8 Jul 2017
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Thank you @SenatorDole, very kind!

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5:29 PM - 8 Jul 2017
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[turiya]

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The G 20 Summit was a great success for the
U.S. - Explained that the U.S. must fix the
many bad trade deals it has made. Will get
done!

4:15 AM - 9 Jul 2017
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I strongly pressed President Putin twice about
Russian meddling in our election. He
vehemently denied it. I've already given my
opinion.....

4:31 AM - 9 Jul 2017
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...We negotiated a ceasefire in parts of Syria
which will save lives. Now it is time to move
forward in working constructively with Russia!

4:37 AM - 9 Jul 2017
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Putin & I discussed forming an impenetrable
Cyber Security unit so that election
hacking, & many other negative things, will be
guarded..

4:50 AM - 9 Jul 2017
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...have it. Fake News said 17 intel agencies
when actually 4 (had to apologize). Why did
Obama do NOTHING when he had info
before election?

5:06 AM - 9 Jul 2017
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Sanctions were not discussed at my meeting
with President Putin. Nothing will be done
until the Ukrainian & Syrian problems are
solved!

5:31 AM - 9 Jul 2017
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[A Voice from the Mountains]

Not just a great American reset but a great reset for Western Civilization in general.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBgvoWKeYko

[turiya]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DE2nXQLXcAEXsrn.jpg:small

[turiya]

Hagmann & Hagmann interview w/ Chris Gaubatz... The Muslim Mafia...




Question: Why has Islam become so accepted in circles like Hollywood, like in the major political circles? Why has it become so kind of 'trendy' to be Islamic? What's the appeal that you see there?

Chris Gaubatz: Well, it two-fold... uh, well... its more than two-fold, but I will just limit it to a few of the major ones.

So, we have to remember that the Muslim Brotherhood has been at this since the 60's. When I say at this, meaning per there own documents, they say they want to destroy American civilization from within. And they have been at this since the 60's.

The first national Islamic organization in America - the Muslim Students Association (MSA) was founded in 1963. And they have created hundreds of organizations to affect every aspect of life - professional organization, interfaith dialogue organizations, media organizations. And one of the organizations that worked primarily Hollywood, to influence screenwriters & producers is the Muslim Affairs Council... So, they will work directly with writers & producers to make sure nothing offensive to Muslims - the Muslim Brotherhood - gets into scripts, and gets onto TV shows. And whenever something does come out that they don't like, then there is a backlash that the show will have to face. That's one aspect of it.

The other aspect of it is darker than that. There is almost two societies working in America right now, from my perspective, where you've got Americans that love this country - they are patriotic. And one of the illuminating factors would have been people that voted for President Trump this past election.

And then you got this other aspect of society, particularly led by the hard-left marxist-socialist groups that want to tear down every aspect of America that the Founding Fathers had built this country on. And we're seeing this with mainstream media that is working with the progressives & the hard-left, because they are one in the same, more often than not. And then, in pop-culture, that is all just melting together.

And, its amazing to me that, while the jihady groups & Islam, in general, is antithetical to everything that the so-called 'progressives' stand for. Where they agree is: they wanto to destroy the West - particularly, destroy America - have a revolution here, and build up this socialist-marxist state.

And in order to do that, you have to create chaos in order to have a revolution. And that is where the progressives & the hard-left marxists & the jihadis are willing to work together.

Now, am I saying that they sit around in meeting rooms and talk about this - No! That's just the general consensus. Are there leaders within these movenments that do have these meetings, whether its jihadi groups or leftists? Absolutely. And, we're seeing them work together, and we've seen them walk hand-in-hand for the last few years.

So, there's alot that goes into this. But, at the end of day, the simple answer is that the jihadi groups & socialists & the marxists want to destroy America. And they are willing to work together on that."

Chris Gaubatz - CAIR, Sansour & the
Muslim Mafia on The Hagmann Report (https://youtu.be/Kh5O_MTx2U8)
(Published on Jul 14, 2017)
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VIDEO (https://youtu.be/Kh5O_MTx2U8)

Published on Jul 14, 2017

Chris Gaubatz refers to it as a “Red-Green Axis,” or the merger of Communist, Marxist and Socialist groups with Muslim groups. Working together, they share in their common goal of changing the United States. – erase our Judeo-Christian heritage while changing the trajectory of our country into an oppressive society.

Chris Gaubatz should know. As identified in the book Muslim Mafia, Chris went undercover for 6 months inside the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR), and discovered thousands of documents- many that detailed such plans.

Hamas front groups like CAIR, ISNA, and people such as Ibrahim Hooper and Linda Sansour are working to change our Constitutional Republic and implement Shariah Law while labeling as “Islamaphobes” those who disagree.

Chris Gaubatz' website: https://www.understandingthethreat.com

[A Voice from the Mountains]

Here's a sneak preview of the up and coming conservatives of Generation Z.

https://twitter.com/IsDatSpringle/status/886637000543137792


We might need a tweet-embedding function around here.

[turiya]

Here's a sneak preview of the up and coming conservatives of Generation Z.

https://twitter.com/IsDatSpringle/status/886637000543137792


We might need a tweet-embedding function around here.

Yes, I agree. There's an awful lot to be found on the social network platforms. But, I think the PA IT guys have their hands full at the moment. Perhaps, someone will make a youtube about this one.... Not yet, though. Cuz I've looked for it. Have to wait & see.

This is as close as I could come... then link it to that particular Tweet page...


Teacher gets BTFO by Gen Z autists
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[turiya]

X22Report - economic news is up 1st... then followed by the geopolitical news...


The Credit Cycle Has Shifted, The Last Time We
Saw This You Know What Happened - Episode 1334a
(Published on Jul 17, 2017)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0tC9wMkhlU


Published on Jul 17, 2017

Canadian existing home sales crash in June. Sear Canada pays out huge bonuses while laying off workers. Millennials are leaving Illinois in droves. Auto defaults soar and so do delinquencies. Companies complain they can’t find qualify employees but wages continue to drop. NY Fed Manufacturing tumbles. Banks are pulling the plug, credit is shifting and loans origination’s are stalling. Trump cuts the White House budget and the central bankers are getting very worried about what Trump is doing in regards to the banking sector. Clinton’s ally Paul Begala wants Trump to bomb Russia for 2016 election meddling. The interpreter in the Trump Jr. meeting was linked to the Hillary Clinton and her state department. CNN faked news with the Russian hacking of Qatar, actually the Washington Post is now reporting it was UAE.South Korea and North Korea might work together militarily. Finland is preparing for war with Russia. Russia moving troops into Southern Syria, Israel says it will not go along with the ceasefire in Syria. Turkey is preparing to attack the Kurds. Putin is using Turkey to keep the deep state from establishing a Kurd state.


_____________________

Russia Is Using A Unique Strategy
In The Middle East - Episode 1334b
(Published on Jul 17, 2017)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbxgphThZ2Y___________Relevant News___________


New York Times Omits Clinton State Department Link to Trump Jr. Meeting (http://www.breitbart.com/jerusalem/2017/07/17/new-york-times-omits-clinton-state-department-link-trump-jr-meeting/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+breitbart+%28Breitbart+News%2 9)

A Russian translator who worked on behalf of the State Department, including during Hillary Clinton’s tenure as Secretary of State, was reportedly present at the June meeting at Trump Tower with President Trump’s son, Donald Trump Jr.
The Times did not provide any background on Samachornov beyond reporting his name and that he was a “translator.”
Samachornov is more than that. Samochornov was a project manager at the Meridian International Center, which describes (http://www.meridian.org/about/) itself as a “nonprofit, global leadership organization headquartered in Washington, DC.”
Meridian is a principal partner (http://www.meridian.org/partners/) of the U.S. State Department.
He worked on behalf of the State Department, purportedly while he was at Meridian. The timeline of his work at Meridian includes the period when Hillary Clinton was secretary of state.
Samochornov’s did the following:
Represented the U.S. Government in securing cooperation of key U.S. resources in the corporate, governmental and NGO community.
Collaborated with the U.S. and international aid agencies and stakeholders on devising business plans and training workshops on a variety of different topics.
Samochornov was listed (https://www.scribd.com/document/131829011/Draft-Program-Book) as the program administrator for the State Department’s International Visitor Leadership Program, which is implemented by Meridian.
Source: breitbart.com


CNN Caught Faking News Again: Now It’s The UAE, Not Russia, Who “Hacked” Qatar (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-07-16/cnn-caught-faking-news-again-us-intel-accuses-uae-not-russia-orchestrating-qatari-ha?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+zerohedge%2Ffeed+%28zero+hedg e+-+on+a+long+enough+timeline%2C+the+survival+rate+fo r+everyone+drops+to+zero%29)
In a statement released in Washington by its ambassador, Yousef al-Otaiba, the UAE said the Post story was “false.
” “The UAE had no role whatsoever in the alleged hacking described in the article

Just over a month ago, we expressed (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-06-06/us-intelligence-says-russian-hackers-are-blame-qatar-crisis-cnn) amazement at just how sophisticated, efficient and pervasive the ‘Russian hacking’ community had become after CNN reported – citing unnamed government officials of course – that they had managed to hack into a Qatari News Agency and post a ‘fake’ news story all in an attempt to drive a wedge between the U.S., Qatar and some of it’s Gulf Arab neighbors
The CNN headline made it quite clear: ignore the Arab conflict and please focus on the only thing that matters these days: Russia.


http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/images/user5/imageroot/2017/07/05/cnn%20fake%20news%20qatar_0.jpg

The FBI recently sent a team of investigators to Doha to help the Qatari government investigate the alleged hacking incident
Intelligence gathered by the US security agencies indicates that Russian hackers were behind the intrusion first reported by the Qatari government

As it turns out, it’s somewhat ironic that CNN accused Russia of spreading “fake news stories” WaPo blasted moments ago, it wasn’t Russia at all (now that the hacking narrative has found a renewed vigor in the US, courtesy of the leaked Trump Jr. emails) but – wait for it – the UAE, i.e. not Russia.


http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/images/user5/imageroot/2017/07/05/uae%20hacking%20wapo_0.jpg (http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/images/user5/imageroot/2017/07/05/uae%20hacking%20wapo.jpg)

The United Arab Emirates orchestrated the hacking of Qatari government news and social media sites in order to post incendiary false quotes attributed to Qatar’s emir, in late May that sparked the ongoing upheaval between Qatar and its neighbors, according to U.S. intelligence officials.

But… wait: didn’t US intelligence agencies just one month ago say it was all Russia’s fault? Looks like it took just one month for the CIA to change its mind

Source: zerohedge.com


War

Reaching out: South Korea offers military talks with North Korea (http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/jul/17/south-korea-offers-military-talks-north-korea/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS)

South Korea on Monday invited North Korea to participate in military talks, the first formal overture by newly elected President Moon Jae-in who promised an increased diplomatic outreach to the reclusive and volatile nuclear-armed regime to the north.
Mr. Moon proposed opening the talks with North Korea on July 21 in the border town of Tongilgak.
“We request military talks with the North on July 21 at Tongilgak to stop all hostile activities that raise military tension at the military demarcation line,” South Korea’s Vice Defence Minister Suh Choo-suk said at a press briefing.

Source: washingtontimes.com


Islamic State Leader Baghdadi Is Still Alive” Iraq, Kurds Claim (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-07-17/islamic-state-leader-baghdadi-still-alive-iraq-kurds-claim?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+zerohedge%2Ffeed+%28zero+hedg e+-+on+a+long+enough+timeline%2C+the+survival+rate+fo r+everyone+drops+to+zero%29)

Less than a week (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-07-11/isis-confirms-leader-al-baghdadi-has-been-killed) we heard confirmations that Islamic State head Aby Bakr al-Baghdadi had been killed during an airstrike in Syria, conflicting reports have emerged about Baghdadi’s death, with the Iraqi interior ministry first cited by Al-Arabiya that the terrorist group head is “likely still alive and hiding near Raqqa“,


http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/images/user5/imageroot/2017/07/05/baghdadi_0.jpg


“Baghdadi is definitely alive. He is not dead. We have information that he is alive. We believe 99 percent he is alive,” Lahur Talabany

Source: zerohedge.com


Breaking: Russian forces deploy to southern Syria (https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/breaking-russian-forces-deploy-southern-syria/)

The Russian military has deployed to the Dara’a Governorate today to begin their indefinite operation to monitor the ceasefire in southern Syria,
the Russian military will be specifically headquartered in the Dara’a Governorate city of Izra’a, as they serve as the primary force observing the de-escalation zones in the southern part of Syria.

Source: almasdarnews.com


Syrian ‘opposition’ feels ‘betrayed’ after US signs de-escalation agreement with Russia (http://www.fort-russ.com/2017/07/syrian-opposition-feels-betrayed-after.html)

Leaders of the opposition factions, operating in the south of Syria, will reportedly hold a meeting with the United States Special Envoy for Syria, Michael Ratney, in the Jordanian capital city of Amman.

Source:sott.net


Israel Rejects Cease-fire Deal Between U.S. And Russia In South Syria (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-07-17/israel-rejects-cease-fire-deal-between-us-and-russia-south-syria?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+zerohedge%2Ffeed+%28zero+hedg e+-+on+a+long+enough+timeline%2C+the+survival+rate+fo r+everyone+drops+to+zero%29)

One month after the WSJ reported that Israel had been secretly funding the Syrian rebel opposition (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-06-19/israel-has-been-secretly-funding-syrian-rebels-years)to Assad’s regime for years in hopes of keeping the Syrian political situation unstable and preventing the Syrian – and Iranian – regime’s military from becoming a substantial threat, overnight Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told reporters after his meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday that Israel opposes the cease-fire agreement in southern Syria that the United States and Russia reached “because it perpetuates the Iranian presence in the country.”

Source: zerohedge.com


Turkey Begins Bombing US-Backed YPG Positions In Syria (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-07-17/turkey-begins-bombing-us-backed-ypg-positions-syria?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+zerohedge%2Ffeed+%28zero+hedg e+-+on+a+long+enough+timeline%2C+the+survival+rate+fo r+everyone+drops+to+zero%29)
It started two weeks ago (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-07-05/turkey-warns-its-ready-military-intervention-syria-accuses-us-creating-terrorist-arm), when Turkey warned publicly it was preparing for military intervention in Syria, while accusing the US of creating a “terrorist army”. As a reminder, YPG forms a major part of the U.S.-backed campaign to capture Islamic State’s stronghold of Raqqa, and whose forces are seen as a terrorist organization by Turkey. The group currently controls a pocket of territory in Afrin, about 200 km (125 miles) west of Raqqa.
Tensions between Turkish forces and the YPG have been mounting in the Afrin region in recent weeks: Turkey’s military, which launched an incursion last August into part of northern Syria which lies between Afrin and a larger Kurdish-controlled area further east, has said that it has returned fire against members of YPG militia near Afrin several times in the last few weeks.
Turkey does not have immediate plans to enter Afrin but Turkey feels that sooner or later we have to do something. This buildup is necessary. And the president said that we are not going give a date or anything, but suddenly one night we may do something there.”
Source: zerohedge.com

SOURCE (http://x22report.com/the-credit-cycle-has-shifted-the-last-time-we-saw-this-you-know-what-happened-episode-1334/#more-270262)

[A Voice from the Mountains]

When I went to school it was bad enough.

Millennials came of age with George Bush Jr. and I think many were pushed to the left in their developmental years for that reason. Generation Z started coming of age during Obama and these kids are self-proclaimed "weaponized autism." The left's future has been destroyed.

[turiya]

Judicial Watch Update....


Tom Fitton discussing IRS Docs, Weiner Laptop Emails,
Whether Mueller Should be Fired, & Voter Fraud
(Published on Jul 21, 2017)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGMm-XUf2Go

[turiya]

The following story rings quite true for me... as it unfolds near 'my neck of the woods'...

I have a client that has me take her to a suburb of Detroit every month to see a certain doctor there... its not a short distance, by any means.

Although she has never talked to me about what she goes to her doctor for (and, it's something I would never ask), it is obvious to me that she goes to get another opioid prescription from this particular doctor. When I bring her back into town, its always to drop her off at a local pharmacy to get her perscription filled....


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412 Michigan Muslims Arrested In Fed’s
‘LARGEST BUST IN U.S. HISTORY’ (https://www.theburningplatform.com/2017/07/24/412-michigan-muslims-arrested-in-feds-largest-bust-in-u-s-history/#more-155353)

Hat tip Yojimbo
Guest Post by Prissy Holly (http://freedomdaily.com/author/prissy/)

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The state of Michigan is quickly turning into a Sharia swamp, thanks to the reckless immigration policies of Obama over the past 8 years. Not only are portions of Michigan being transformed into a “mini Baghdad,” but the state is also being overrun with rampant illegal activity, where the Muslim populace is constantly being busted in welfare fraud and disgusting mutilation practices on little girls. Now thanks to the hordes of Muslims taking over the state, Michigan can add another “accomplishment” on their list, as the Justice Department is dubbing what just went down in this state the “largest scam in United States history.”

Muslims continually prove that they have little intentions into assimilating into western civilization or adhering to our nation’s laws after arriving to America from their third world countries. Our generosity to these savages is frequently repaid by insolence, as many Muslims are constantly busted at the center of welfare fraud rings, as they seek to scam the very country who has given them so much. In yet another case of blatant disregard for for our nation’s laws, a group of Muslim doctors in Detroit have just been busted as the masterminds behind a $1.3 billion dollar fraudulent scheme, leading to the arrests of 412 people overnight, in the “largest scam” that the United States Department of Justice has ever seen.

The scam involves a scheme where Muslim doctors will write massive quantities of prescriptions for opioids. These drugs never land in the hands of patients however, as the Muslims will them make fraudulent claims to Medicaid and pocket the money. Additionally, the drugs often wind up on the streets as part of a huge back-alley drug operation. The U.S. Justice Department is calling this prescription drug and health care fraud scheme the largest operation of its kind in American history, naming several Michigan Muslim doctors responsible for orchestrating this huge criminal enterprise to rip off Medicare. ClickonDetroit.com has more: (http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/metro-detroit-doctors-charged-in-historic-national-health-care-fraud-scheme)

“Officials have made 412 arrests nationwide, including 56 doctors and targeting 200 clinics. The Justice Department said those arrested are responsible for $1.3 billion in fraudulent transactions.

Federal officials said a group of Michigan doctors was responsible for a major chunk of the scheme.

One of the clinics hit in the sting operations is in Farmington. Federal officials said the opioid epidemic is part of it, but the medical office and a number of others were set up specifically as a criminal enterprise to rip off Medicare.

Federal officers raided the Fisher Building Wednesday, and U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions said their work accounted for 10 percent of the scam’s value.

‘Six doctors in Michigan prescribed patients with unnecessary opioids, some of which ended up for sale on the streets,’ Sessions said.

A physician group called Global Quality used to operate out of a Woodward Avenue office building.”

The ring leader of the massive Medicare scam is Muslim Mashiyat Rashid, who profited with an astounding $164 million from the fraud. He had had no qualms about rubbing the American taxpayers’ noses in what he stole from them, frequently bragging about his large piles of cash on social media. Here’s an image he posted on Facebook where he poses beside his Bentely sedan and corporate jet…all bought and paid for with the Medicare money he scammed from the American taxpayer.


https://media.clickondetroit.com/photo/2017/07/13/Mashiyat%20Rashid%20in%20front%20of%20car%20and%20 jet_1499983269057_10099344_ver1.0_640_360.jpg
Mashiyat Rashid stands beside his Bentley sedan and a corporate jet.
VIDEO (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRoEc_Pa1Eo)

Other nauseating pictures show Rashid standing at the NBA finals with his court-side tickets, enjoying a life of opulence he enjoyed while screwing over the American people. Rashid’s name is included in court documents as Feds prepare their case for trial, where Muslim doctors Joseph Betro, Spilios Pappas, Abdul Haq, Tariz Omar and Mohammad Zahoor were busted working directly with Rashid in recent years to make their millions.


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Muslim Mashiyat Rashid at the NBA finals living off the money he’s stolen from the American people More than 400 others across the country were charged late last week for taking part in the health care scam in connection with a raid last week at the Fisher Building in Detroit. Other Muslim defendants include:

Mashiyat Rashid, of Oakland County – controlled, owned or operated Global Quality, Aqua Therapy, Tri-County Physicians, Tri-State Physicians, New Center Medical, National Laboratories, and Tri-County Wellness;
Yasser Mozeb, of Oakland County – allegedly received payments from Global Quality and Tri-County Wellness;
Abdul Haq, of Washtenaw County, physician enrolled as a participating provider with Medicare for Aqua Therapy, Tri-County Physicians and Tri-State Physicians;
Joseph Betro, of Oakland County, physician enrolled as a participating provider with Medicare for Tri-County Physicians and New Center Medical;
Tariz Omar, of Oakland County, physician enrolled as a participating provider with Medicare for Tri-County Physicians.
Mohammed Zahoor, of Oakland County, physician enrolled as a participating provider with Medicare for Tri-County Physicians.

Trump’s Justice Department isn’t messing around, as the defendants are being brought up on a plethora of federal charges, including five counts of health care fraud and health care fraud conspiracy. Rashid has additionally been charged with conspiracy to defraud the United States and money laundering, receipt of kickbacks in connection with a federal health care program, and payment of kickbacks in connection with federal health care program. In all, investigators say that Rashid’s companies’ fraudulently billed Medicare $126 million, with a total of $1.3 billion in similar scams across the country.

We must continue to sound the alarm about what’s going right underneath our noses. This isn’t the first time that Muslims have ripped off Americans with fraud, and with the hordes of migrants that liberals keep fighting to bring into our country, stories like this will sadly become the new norm if the American people do not wake the hell up soon!

The Burning Platform (https://www.theburningplatform.com/2017/07/24/412-michigan-muslims-arrested-in-feds-largest-bust-in-u-s-history/#more-155353)

[turiya]

Mark Dice is at it again...


Something is Wrong with MSNBC 😂
(Published on Jul 26, 2017)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZxj_po_I4A____________________

🚨YouTube Took Down My Video Exposing CNN
And You Won't Believe Why!🚨
(Published on Jul 19, 2017)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnGdaIZX8Qw____________________


CNN gestapo Tries, Fails to Censor Mark Dice
(Published on Jul 20, 2017)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kK5Z9iN2gdg

[turiya]

X22Report... for July 26, 2017...


The Fed Delays Raising Rates As It Waits Patiently
For The Economy To Collapse - Episode 1342a
(Published on Jul 26, 2017)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HzlyjG-zCdU________________________


Economy
D.R. Horton posts slowest order growth in three quarters (http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-economy-housing-idUSKBN1AB1Y0?feedType=RSS&feedName=businessNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2FbusinessNews+%28Bus iness+News%29)

No.1 U.S. homebuilder D.R. Horton Inc (DHI.N (http://www.reuters.com/finance/stocks/overview?symbol=DHI.N)) reported its slowest growth in orders in three quarters
housing starts are running well below their historic average, data showed.
D.R. Horton said there was a slight pick-up in lumber costs, but it was able to offset the increase with its revenues.

Source: reuters.com


'Dovish' Fed Admits Inflation Weaker, Says Balance Sheet Unwind To Start "Relatively Soon" (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-07-26/dovish-fed-admits-inflation-weaker-says-balance-sheet-unwind-start-relatively-soon)

http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/fp_thumb/images/user3303/imageroot/20170726_yellen.jpg (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-07-26/dovish-fed-admits-inflation-weaker-says-balance-sheet-unwind-start-relatively-soon)
With 'zero' expectations for a rate-hike today, all eyes are focused on any shifts in The Fed's balance sheet normalization timeline ("balance sheet unwind to start relatively soon") and its most-recently-dovish inflation outlook (following the weak June CPI print, The Fed now says "inflation seen rising to 2%" but is weaker").

Jul 26, 2017 2:04 PM


The Biggest Trend of the Next 12 Months Has Hit (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-07-25/warning-biggest-trend-next-12-months-has-hit?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+zerohedge%2Ffeed+%28zero+hedg e+-+on+a+long+enough+timeline%2C+the+survival+rate+fo r+everyone+drops+to+zero%29)
The single biggest trend for the next year or so will be the collapse of the $USD.
The fact is that the Fed will be forced to walk back its hawkishness. Indeed, this process has already begun with Janet Yellen testifying before Congress that the Fed was just about done with rate hikes.
Bear in mind, the $USD had already dropped 8% year to date during a period in which the Fed had hiked rates TWICE.

http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/images/user20289/imageroot/2017/07/24/GPC72517.png

So what will happen to the $USD when the Fed walks back its hawkishness and slows down the pace of rate hikes… or even STOPS hiking altogether?

http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/images/user20289/imageroot/2017/07/24/GPC725172.png
Again… the $USD is set to collapse. And as it does,[/B] [B]inflation plays will be EXPLODING higher.
Source: zerohedge.com

[turiya]

X22Report...


The Moment Of Truth Is Upon Us, Which
Path Are We Going Down? - Episode 1342b
(Published on Jul 26, 2017)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zubj9oK10aY
__________Related News__________

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http://curezone.com/upload/_T_Forums/Turiya_Files_/AVALON/TRUMP/TRUMP_TWEETS/TRUMP_TWITTER_ICON_5.png (https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/888726438265966592)
So many people are asking why isn't the A.G.
or Special Council looking at the many Hillary
Clinton or Comey crimes. 33,000 e-mails
deleted?

4:44 AM - 22 Jul 2017
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http://curezone.com/upload/_T_Forums/Turiya_Files_/AVALON/TRUMP/TRUMP_TWEETS/TRUMP_TWITTER_ICON_5.png (https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/888727293346156546)
...What about all of the Clinton ties to Russia,
including Podesta Company, Uranium deal,
Russian Reset, big dollar speeches etc.

4:47 AM - 22 Jul 2017
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http://curezone.com/upload/_T_Forums/Turiya_Files_/AVALON/TRUMP/TRUMP_TWEETS/TRUMP_TWITTER_ICON_5.png (https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/889467610332528641)
So why aren't the Committees and
investigators, and of course our beleaguered
A.G., looking into Crooked Hillarys crimes &
Russia relations?

5:49 AM - 24 Jul 2017
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http://curezone.com/upload/_T_Forums/Turiya_Files_/AVALON/TRUMP/TRUMP_TWEETS/TRUMP_TWITTER_ICON_5.png (https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/890207082926022656)
Why didn't A.G. Sessions replace Acting FBI
Director Andrew McCabe, a Comey friend
who was in charge of Clinton investigation but
got....

6:48 AM - 26 Jul 2017
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http://curezone.com/upload/_T_Forums/Turiya_Files_/AVALON/TRUMP/TRUMP_TWEETS/TRUMP_TWITTER_ICON_5.png (https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/890208319566229504)
...big dollars ($700,000) for his wife's political
run from Hillary Clinton and her
representatives. Drain the Swamp!

6:52 AM - 26 Jul 2017
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Political/Rights

Jeff Sessions Begins Cutting Funding To Sanctuary Cities (http://www.redstate.com/streiff/2017/07/25/jeff-sessions-begins-cutting-funding-to-sanctuary-cities/)

Attorney General Jeff Sessions is moving ahead with the Trump administration’s agenda of ending the sanctuary city nonsense. Last week, Sessions made a trip to Philadelphia where he denounced the lawlessness of the sanctuary city movement. Today, he took it a step further.



In 2016, 1010 grants were awarded totaling $84,063,637 (https://external.ojp.usdoj.gov/selector/title?solicitationTitle=Edward%20Byrne%20Memorial% 20Justice%20Assistance%20Grant%20%28JAG%29%20Progr am%20-%20Local%20Solicitation&po=All).
If you look at the list of 2016 awardees you will see a lot of familiar faces from ICE’s (temporarily suspended) sanctuary cities report (https://www.ice.gov/doclib/ddor/ddor2017_02-11to02-17.pdf).
That is coming to an end.



What it means is that in order to be eligible for the DOJ grant program, a jurisdiction must agree to do certain things. To that list DOJ has now added that they must obey federal law in regards to cooperating with federal immigration agents. If they won’t do that, they are simply not eligible for the grant.

Source:redstate.com


Declassified Memos Show Obama's NSA Spied On Americans Way More Than You Thought (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-07-26/declassified-memos-show-obamas-nsa-spied-americans-way-more-you-thought)

http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/fp_thumb/images/user230519/imageroot/Obama%20-%20Arrogant_6.JPG (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-07-26/declassified-memos-show-obamas-nsa-spied-americans-way-more-you-thought)
"Americans should be alarmed that the NSA is vacuuming up their emails and phone calls without a warrant. The NSA claims it has rules to protect our privacy, but it turns out those rules are weak, full of loopholes, and violated again and again."

Jul 26, 2017 4:25 PM


Wasserman-Schultz IT Aide Arrested While Attempting To Flee Country, Charged With Bank Fraud (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-07-25/wasserman-schultz-it-aide-arrested-dulles-airport-while-attempting-flee-country?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+zerohedge%2Ffeed+%28zero+hedg e+-+on+a+long+enough+timeline%2C+the+survival+rate+fo r+everyone+drops+to+zero%29)

Just a day after reports emerged that the FBI had seized a number of “smashed hard drives” and other computer equipment from the residence Imran Awan, the IT aide of Debbie Wasserman-Schultz, we learn that Awan has been captured at the Dulles airport while attempted to flee the country[/B]. Awan has been charged with bank fraud.
Awan has been kept on the payroll of former DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman-Schultz despite a rapidly escalating scandal that potentially involves multiple federal crimes.



Meanwhile, here is a list of the 30 other Democrats that had the Awans on their taxpayer-funded payrolls.


https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DAdaHstWAAInh09.jpg:small (https://twitter.com/PoliticalShort/status/866761542892609537/photo/1)

Source: zerohedge.com


[B]Trump’s Communications Director To ‘Fire Everybody’ To Stop WH Leaks (http://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2017/07/25/529684/Ill-fire-everybody-to-stop-WH-leaks)

US President Donald Trump’s newly-appointed communications director, Anthony Scaramucci, has threatened to “fire everybody” in the administration if that is what it takes to stop leaks from inside the White House.

Source: presstv.ir


Scaramucci Terminates Suspected Leaker Michael Short from White House (http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/07/25/scaramucci-terminates-suspected-leaker-michael-short-from-white-house/)

Suspected leaker Michael Short has been terminated from the White House communications office,
Short, an ally of White House chief of staff Reince Priebus and now former Press Secretary Sean Spicer—who resigned last week—was terminated on Tuesday by new White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci.

Source: breitbart.com


Sessions To Announce Leak Investigations Following Several Trump Outbursts (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-07-26/sessions-announce-leak-investigations-following-several-trump-outbursts?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+zerohedge%2Ffeed+%28zero+hedg e+-+on+a+long+enough+timeline%2C+the+survival+rate+fo r+everyone+drops+to+zero%29)

After a week of being publicly blasted by President Trump, Attorney General Jeff Sessions is reportedly preparing to launch a series of investigations into leaks

Source: zerohedge.com


Geopolitical/Police State


US HOUSE APPROVES NEW RUSSIA SANCTIONS, DEFYING TRUMP (http://www.jpost.com/Breaking-News/US-House-approves-new-Russia-sanctions-defying-Trump-500755)

The US House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly on Tuesday to slap new sanctions on Russia, and force President Donald Trump to obtain lawmakers’ permission before easing any sanctions on Moscow, in...

House members backed the measure, which also imposes sanctions on Iran and North Korea, by a near unanimous margin of 419-3,

Source: jpost.com


[B]Donald Trump should veto the new sanctions bill (http://theduran.com/donald-trump-veto-new-sanctions-bill/)

Donald Trump is damned to lose allies in the US and beyond if he does not veto the sanctions bill



That being said, it is still in Trump’s long term interests to veto the legislation. Here are the key points.
1. The legislation interferes with Constitutionally derived executive power
The current legislation seeks not only to impose sanctions that have been proposed by Congress rather than the Executive, but the bill would force Trump and ostensibly any successor in the White House to go through Congress in order to repeal the sanctions.



Because the bill involves Russian sanctions, of course any veto Trump employs whether a full-veto or a line item veto, will result in the mainstream media and political opponents in Washington criticising Trump as some sort of ‘Russian puppet’,
2. Losing Europe
3. Bad for US business
America’s leading companies have come out strongly condemning (http://theduran.com/ron-paul-us-businesses-european-states-oppose-new-sanctions-russia/) the new legislation for many of the same reasons European companies have. These companies include, BP, ExxonMobil, General Electric, Boeing and Citigroup, MasterCard, Visa, Ford, Dow Chemical, Procter & Gamble, International Paper, Caterpillar, and Cummins.
4. The decision for Trump
If Donald Trump vetoes the bill, of course he will be accused of being ‘pro-Russia’, though he will hardly be accused of being pro-Iran or pro-North Korea, even though the legislation targets all three countries.
The fact is that the Trump-Russia narrative is not going to be dropped by the Democrats, neo-cons or MSM in any case.

Source: theduran.com


Trump Is Being Moved Aside So That Conflict with Russia Can Proceed (http://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2017/07/26/trump-moved-aside-conflict-russia-can-proceed/)

What is the Congress up to with their stupid bill that imposes more sanctions and removes the power of President Trump to rescind the sanctions that President Obama imposed?
They are putting President Trump in a box. If Trump vetos this encroachment on presidential power, Congress and the presstitute media will present the veto as absolute proof that Trump is a Russian agent and is protecting Russia with his veto. If Trump does not veto the bill, Trump will have thrown in his hand and accepted that he cannot reduce the dangerous tensions with Russia.
In other words, the bill is a lose-lose for Trump. Yet Republicans are supporting the bill, thus undermining their president.

Source: paulcraigroberts.org


Pentagon Caught Giving Weapons to Phony Federal Agency (https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/item/26559-pentagon-caught-giving-weapons-to-phony-federal-agency)
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) created a fake federal agency and obtained $1.2 million worth of former Defense Department hardware, including military-grade weapons, at no cost, a new GAO report (https://www.gao.gov/assets/690/685916.pdf) reveals.
“They never did any verification, like visit our ‘location,’ and most of [the communication] was by email,” Zina Merritt, director of the GAO’s defense capabilities and management team, which ran the operation, told the Marshall Project (https://www.themarshallproject.org/2017/07/21/how-fake-cops-got-1-2-million-in-real-weapons#.vl7vzFaIM). “It was like getting stuff off of eBay.”
Under the 2016 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), GAO was tasked with investigating the Defense Department’s Law Enforcement Support Office (LESO) program, which transfers surplus military property to federal, state, and local law-enforcement agencies that claim to need it. According to the GAO report, since 1991 the Pentagon has transferred over $6 billion worth of its excess property to more than 8,600 agencies. Four to seven percent of these items consisted of “controlled” property: items that “are typically sensitive in nature, cannot be released to the general public, and require specific actions to ensure proper disposal,” says the report.
Source: thenewamerican.com

[turiya]

X22Report continued...

War

North Korea ICBM Launch Expected “As Soon As Tonight” (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-07-26/north-korea-icbm-launch-expected-soon-tonight?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+zerohedge%2Ffeed+%28zero+hedge+-+on+a+long+enough+timeline%2C+the+survival+rate+for+everyone+drops+to+zero%29)
Another North Korean ICBM launch is expected as soon as tonight[/B].
Source: zerohedge.com


CIA And Sen Marco Rubio Accused Of Plotting Regime Change In Venezuela (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-07-26/cia-and-sen-marco-rubio-accused-plotting-regime-change-venezuela)
In response to the US’s threats of sanctions,[/B] the country’s senior leadership have accused Sen. Marco Rubio and CIA Director Mike Pompeo of “conspiring to overthrow” the country’s t government and replace it a puppet regime,
For his part, [B]Rubio has warned of a “very strong response” from Trump if Venezuela goes through with the “fraudulent vote,” vowing to recommend that a host of other senior Venezuelan officials also face sanction.

Pompeo recently admitted that the US would like to see regime change in Venezuela,
Source: zerohedge.com


Zakharova: ‘Alleged arming of Taliban by Russia part of US media disinformation campaign’ (https://www.rt.com/news/397500-russia-taliban-us-disinformation-campaign/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=RSS)
A CNN report claiming that Russia is arming the Taliban terror group in Afghanistan is part of an American disinformation campaign in which the broadcaster is being used as a propaganda tool, said Maria Zakharova, the Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman.
Earlier in July, the Taliban released a propaganda video showcasing the group’s bases and training programs, as well as militants carrying American weapons, the Military Times reported (http://www.militarytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2017/07/17/taliban-seen-with-scar-rifle-commonly-carried-by-american-commandos/).
The video featured M4 and M16 rifles, which the Taliban could have seized from Afghan government forces.
However, there is no simple explanation for the fact that the jihadists have been filmed marching with FN SCAR 7.62mm rifles, which are only used by American special forces and aren’t on the list of weaponry officially provided to Kabul by Washington.
Source: rt.com


Trump: Lebanese Army is the only defender of Lebanon (http://www.dailystar.com.lb//News/Lebanon-News/2017/Jul-25/413965-trump-lebanese-army-is-the-only-defender-of-lebanon.ashx)

Source: dailystar.com

Western ‘fake news’ media fails again: Russian military denies reports of airstrike in Syria’s East Ghouta safe zone (https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/201707251055863005-russia-denies-airstrike-east-ghouta/)
The Russian reconciliation center in Syria denied Tuesday the reports of an airstrike on July 24 in the de-escalation zone in eastern Ghouta. “Western media reports citing the UK-financed White Helmets and the London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights on an alleged airstrike on evening of July 24 in the eastern Ghouta deescalation zone are a complete lie aimed at discrediting the peace process,” a spokesperson of the center said.
According to the spokesperson, local opposition groups “confirmed there were no airstrikes or combat in this de-escalation zone.”
Source: sott.net


SYRIA, RUSSIA GIVE ‘MODERATE OPPOSITION’ TO SEPARATE FROM AL-QAEDA, ALLIES IN EASTERN GHOUTA – REPORTS (https://southfront.org/syria-russia-give-moderate-opposition-to-separate-from-al-qaeda-allies-in-eastern-ghouta-reports/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter)
Syria and Russia have allegedly released a ultimatum demanding Jaish al-Islam and other ‘moderate opposition’ groups to separate from Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (formerly Jabhat al-Nusra, the Syrian branch of al-Qaeda) and its allies in the Eastern Ghouta region near Damascus and to leave the areas controlled by the Al-Qaeda linked terrorists.
. If this is not done, govenment forces, backed up by the Russian military, will launch a military operation compeling militants to make peace in the area.
In total, about 9,000 militants control the area of Eastern Ghouta.
Source: southfront.org


Tiger Forces plough through ISIS in southern Raqqa, liberate several strategic sites (https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/tiger-forces-ploughs-isis-southern-raqqa-liberates-several-strategic-sites/)

SOURCE: X22Report.com (http://x22report.com/the-fed-delays-raising-rates-as-it-waits-patiently-for-the-economy-to-collapse-episode-1342/#more-273106)

[turiya]

Trump Announces Foxconn to Bring
Thousands of Jobs to Wisconsin
(Published on Jul 26, 2017)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6avCWjZCl4
Published on Jul 26, 2017

Trump announces that Foxconn will invest billions of dollars in the U.S. and create thousands of new jobs. Check back here every day for new videos as we MAGA.


_____________________

Trump is MAGA More Every Day
(Published on Jul 27, 2017)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_v_FohEZviQ

[turiya]

Greg Hunter's Weekly News Wrap-up....


Greg Hunter - Weekly News Wrap-Up 7.28.17
(Published on Jul 28, 2017)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FscWjNX2fbA_____________

John McCain Kills Obamacare Repeal With Single Decisive Vote (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-07-28/john-mccain-kills-obamacare-repeal-single-decisive-vote)

http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/fp_thumb/images/user5/imageroot/mccain%20seante.jpg (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-07-28/john-mccain-kills-obamacare-repeal-single-decisive-vote)
In the end it was not meant to be: Senate Republicans failed, by a single vote, to pass a the "skinny" bill to repeal Obamacare thanks to a single decisive vote by Donald Trump's nemesis, John McCain.

Jul 28, 2017 5:57 AM


Senate Overwhelmingly Votes For New Russia Sanctions, Now It's Up To Trump (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-07-27/senate-overwhelmingly-votes-new-russia-sanctions-now-its-trump)

http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/fp_thumb/images/user5/imageroot/trump%20putin%203_4.jpg (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-07-27/senate-overwhelmingly-votes-new-russia-sanctions-now-its-trump)
In an overwhelming 98-2 vote, the Senate has sent legislation slapping new sanctions on Moscow to President Trump's desk, setting up a potential showdown with the White House over Russia. Senators voted to pass the bill, which would give Congress the ability to block Trump from lifting the Russia sanctions. It also includes new penalties against Iran and North Korea.

Jul 27, 2017 6:41 PM


Graham Dares Trump: "Holy Hell To Pay if You Fire Sessions" (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-07-27/graham-dares-trump-holy-hell-pay-if-you-fire-sessions)

http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/fp_thumb/images/user5/imageroot/636282046689607454-USP-NEWS-CONFIRMATION-HEARING-89682831.JPG (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-07-27/graham-dares-trump-holy-hell-pay-if-you-fire-sessions)
Threat, promise, or red flag to a bull?

Jul 27, 2017 12:20 PM



Scaramucci: "Priebus Is A F**king Paranoid Schizophrenic", Slams "**********" Bannon, Wants To "Kill" Leakers (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-07-27/scaramucci-priebus-fking-paranoid-schizophrenic-slams-**********-bannon-wants-kill-l)

http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/fp_thumb/images/user5/imageroot/mooch%20priebus%20teaser.jpg (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-07-27/scaramucci-priebus-fking-paranoid-schizophrenic-slams-**********-bannon-wants-kill-l)
"Reince is a ****ing paranoid schizophrenic, a paranoiac."..."I’m not Steve Bannon, I’m not trying to suck my own cock,"... "What I want to do is I want to ****ing kill all the leakers and I want to get the President’s agenda on track so we can succeed for the American people."

Jul 28, 2017 5:11 AM


Former CIA Director Calls For A Coup If Trump Fires Mueller (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-07-24/former-cia-director-calls-coup-if-trump-fires-mueller)

http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/fp_thumb/images/user5/imageroot/clapper%20block%20trump.jpg (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-07-24/former-cia-director-calls-coup-if-trump-fires-mueller)
"I think it's the obligation of some executive branch officials to refuse to carry out some of these orders that again are inconsistent with what this country is all about.... If Mueller is fired, I hope our elected reps will stand up and say enough is enough."

Jul 25, 2017 9:19 AM



I'd Nuke China - US Admiral Confirms He'd Launch Missiles If Trump Ordered (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-07-27/id-nuke-china-us-admiral-confirms-hed-launch-missiles-if-trump-ordered)

http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/fp_thumb/images/user3303/imageroot/20170727_swift.jpg (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-07-27/id-nuke-china-us-admiral-confirms-hed-launch-missiles-if-trump-ordered)
"This is core to the American democracy and any time you have a military that is moving away from a focus and an allegiance to civilian control, then we really have a significant problem..."

Jul 27, 2017 9:00 PM

.

[turiya]

Styxhexenhammer666 tells it like it is...


Scaramucci Insults Steve Bannon, Promises to
Destroy Priebus' Leakers; "Liberals" Feign Outrage
(Published on Jul 27, 2017)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LO8mfx-XtT0

[Helene West]

So mccain kills the repeal. that is the day after trump tweets what great american he is and welcome back blah blah.
why does he do this? seeing him kiss the butt of people that hate him is a bummer.... when will he learn that he cannot placate any of them and proceed from that premise...

[turiya]

So mccain kills the repeal. that is the day after trump tweets what great american he is and welcome back blah blah.
why does he do this? seeing him kiss the butt of people that hate him is a bummer.... when will he learn that he cannot placate any of them and proceed from that premise...

I see it as Trump always taking the high road. That's what he's done with everyone that he's brought into his administration. He always allows everyone to do the right thing... I can understand why he does this. As, everything will come out of the wash at the end of the day. He allows people the opportunity to join him in his effort to correct the course of this American ship... to bring it back to it's originally intended course. People will eventually show their true colors. And Trump will bring the hammer down when its become absolutely obvious that they have no intention in doing so - abiding by the U.S. Constitution & doing the right thing accordingly.

I also like to give people an opportunity to change their ways... learn from their experiences, their mistakes... because nothing is set in stone... a human being is capable of learning as s/he goes (& grows) along through this life...


____________More News____________


Our Way Of Life Is About To Change & Many
Are Not Prepared For This - Episode 1343a
(Published on Jul 27, 2017)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyYAFBziZOw____________Relevant Articles____________

Economy
$350 Trillion In Securities In Limbo: LIBOR To Be Phased Out By 2021 (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-07-27/350-trillion-securities-limbo-libor-be-phased-out-2021)

http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/fp_thumb/images/user5/imageroot/20170727_libor.jpg (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-07-27/350-trillion-securities-limbo-libor-be-phased-out-2021)
Unofficially, Libor died some time in 2012 when what until then was a giant conspiracy theory, namely that the world's most important reference index had been rigged for years, was confirmed. Officially, Libor died earlier today when the top U.K. regulator, the FCA announced that Libor would be phased out by the end of 2021.

Jul 27, 2017 10:44 AM


Brussels can BLOCK Britain’s trade deal with USA: EU trade minister in staggering threat (http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/833600/Brexit-news-European-Union-can-block-US-UK-trade-deal-Karel-De-Gucht-video)

A FORMER European Union trade commissioner has warned Britain the bloc can thwart any potential trade deal with Donald Trump’s United States if a transitional Brexit is agreed.



Karel De Gucht said, in no uncertain terms, Brussels would not allow Theresa May (http://www.express.co.uk/latest/theresa-may)to sign any global trade agreements if the UK maintains “access” to the bloc’s single market.
The Belgian politician, who is also a close ally of arch federalist Guy Verhofstadt, when asked about a potential US-UK trade deal, said: “It is a fantasy – access to the internal market means you are a member of the internal market.
“You will have to live up to the rules of the internal market, and you cannot strike trade deals with any other party.”

Source: express.co.uk/


SEC Regulates “Initial Coin Offerings” Virtual Tokens Subject To Securities Laws (http://www.activistpost.com/2017/07/sec-regulates-initial-coin-offerings-virtual-tokens-subject-securities-laws.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ActivistPost+%28Activist+Post %29)

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has issued a press release (https://www.sec.gov/news/press-release/2017-131) cautioning market participants that offer “Initial Coin Offerings” or “Token Sales” that these “virtual” organizations are subject to the requirements of federal securities laws. So what does this mean for Bitcoin and other altcoins that were primarily operated inside U.S. jurisdiction?



“The Report confirms that issuers of distributed ledger or blockchain technology-based securities must register offers and sales of such securities unless a valid exemption applies. Those participating in unregistered offerings also may be liable for violations of the securities laws,” the report said.



So what does this mean for you the investor into these altcoins?
Firstly, it means your personal right to participate in free markets of ICOs was just shat on. Secondly, it conveys that several dozen blockchain projects that raise capital through the blockchain will probably move out of the USA because of the SEC ruling on compliance with federal securities effectively outsourcing cryptocurrency jobs overseas.



Lastly, if you now surpass over $1 billion in net worth, you will have to register the tokens as securities; if you don’t you “may be liable for violations of the securities laws. The purpose of the registration “is to ensure that investors are sold investments that include all the proper disclosures and are subject to regulatory scrutiny for investors’ protection.”

Source: activistpost.com


Rents Across The US Hit A New All Time High (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-07-27/rents-across-us-hit-new-all-time-high)

http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/fp_thumb/images/user5/imageroot/asking%20rent%20average%20q2%202017.jpg (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-07-27/rents-across-us-hit-new-all-time-high)
For yet another quarter, most Americans opted not to own, but rather rent, and in Q1 the median asking rent jumped by 7.4% Y/Y, from $864 in Q1 to $910, a new all time high.

Jul 27, 2017 3:31 PM



Core Durable Goods Orders Disappoint But Aircraft Orders Surge 131% (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-07-27/core-durable-goods-orders-disappoint-aircraft-orders-surge-131)

http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/fp_thumb/images/user3303/imageroot/20170727_dur1.jpg (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-07-27/core-durable-goods-orders-disappoint-aircraft-orders-surge-131)
A huge upside surprise for durable goods orders (+6.5% MoM vs +3.9% MoM) was dominated by a 19% spike in transportation (with non-defense aircraft orders up 131.2% MoM). However, away from this unsustainable surge in orders, Core Durable Goods Orders disappointed (+0.2% vs +0.4% exp) and Capital Goods New Orders Nondefense Ex Aircraft & Parts fell 0.1% - the biggest drop since Dec 2016.

Jul 27, 2017 8:44 AM


US debt ceiling fight could derail Federal Reserve balance sheet plans (http://www.forexlive.com/news/%21/us-debt-ceiling-fight-could-derail-federal-reserve-balance-sheet-plans-20170726)


The Federal Reserve signaled it intends to kick off the reduction in its $4.5 trillion balance sheet in September

But …


A looming deadline for raising the government’s debt ceiling could end up complicating the Fed’s plans if it significantly disrupts financial markets, particularly for U.S. Treasury securities
“September is the most likely outcome” for the launch of the balance-sheet drawdown, said Lou Crandall, chief economist at Wrightson ICAP LLC in Jersey City, New Jersey. “But I can’t rule out the idea that they would wait until November if the debt ceiling really looks messy.”

Source (http://www.forexlive.com/news/!/us-debt-ceiling-fight-could-derail-federal-reserve-balance-sheet-plans-20170726)

x22report.com (http://x22report.com/our-way-of-life-is-about-to-change-many-are-not-prepared-for-this-episode-1343/#more-273471)

[turiya]

SHE’S EITHER PSYCHIC OR A PSYCHOPATH (https://www.theburningplatform.com/2017/07/30/shes-either-psychic-or-a-psychopath/)

https://files.gab.ai/image/597d04a1dd3f2.jpeg
Note: Not a Factual Tweet

___________________________

https://i2.wp.com/independent.im/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/dailycaller.png?resize=384%2C65

Investigative Group
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DBcm6XiWAAE3MxF.jpg:small Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz promised "consequences" for Capitol Police chief investigation
her IT staffer suspected of House data breach. House Committee on Appropriations video

Wasserman Schultz Seemingly Planned (http://dailycaller.com/2017/07/29/wasserman-schultz-seemingly-planned-to-pay-suspect-even-while-he-lived-in-pakistan/)
To Pay Suspect Even While He Lived In Pakistan (http://dailycaller.com/2017/07/29/wasserman-schultz-seemingly-planned-to-pay-suspect-even-while-he-lived-in-pakistan/)

4:05 PM 07/29/2017
Luke Rosiak
Investigative Reporter


Democratic Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz seemingly planned to pay cyber-probe suspect and IT aide Imran Awan even while he was living in Pakistan, if the FBI hadn’t stopped him from leaving the U.S. Monday. Public statements and congressional payroll records suggest she also appears to have known that his wife, a fellow IT staffer, left the country for good months ago — while she was also a criminal suspect.

In all, six months of actions reveal a decision to continue paying a man who seemingly could not have been providing services to her, and who a mountain of evidence suggests was a liability. The man long had access to all of Wasserman Schultz’s computer files, work emails and personal emails, and he was recently accused by a relative in court documents of wiretapping and extortion.

Records also raise questions about whether the Florida Democrat permitted Awan to continue to access computers after House-wide authorities banned him from the network Feb. 2. Not only did she keep him on staff after the ban, but she also did not have any other IT person to perform necessary work that presumably would have arisen during a months-long period, according to payroll records.

Wasserman Schultz employed Pakistani-born Awan and his wife Hina Alvi, and refused to fire either of them even after U.S. Capitol Police said in February 2017 that they were targets of the criminal investigation. She said police wouldn’t show her evidence against the couple and, without it, she assumed they might be victims of anti-Muslim profiling.

Awan booked a round-trip ticket to Pakistan in July and planned to depart Monday, July 24 with a return ticket in six months. He was arrested at Dulles Airport (http://dailycaller.com/2017/07/25/wasserman-schultzs-it-aide-arrested-trying-to-flee-the-country/) during his attempt to leave.

The Associated Press (http://www.philly.com/philly/news/politics/congressional/20170726_ap_6d7fdc9609b7489ab7c854c09735a887.html) reported that Awan’s lawyer, Chris Gowen, said Awan “had informed the House of his plans to visit his family.”

Wasserman Schultz’s spokesman cited Awan’s Monday arrest as the reason for ending his employment on Tuesday: “Upon learning of his arrest, he was terminated.”

The office’s insistence that his termination was prompted by the Monday arrest — and not the House Sergeant at Arms banning him and his wife from touching congressional computers or his six months in Pakistan — suggests that had he boarded the flight without incident he would still be on payroll.

“Does that mean if he had boarded the flight as planned the office would have been paying him for six months while he was abroad?” TheDCNF investigative group asked Wasserman Schultz’s spokesman Thursday. “Why would it do that?” The spokesman did not respond.

Awan’s wife, Hina, left the country under similar circumstances March 5, after withdrawing the couple’s three kids from school without telling Virginia education officials, packing up all of her possessions, and hiding $12,000 in cash, according to an FBI affidavit (https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/3900669-Awan-Imran-Complaint-and-Affidavit.html). She allegedly had hundreds of thousands of dollars waiting in Pakistan for her — money the FBI says Awan had obtained partly through mortgage fraud and had wired overseas using a false explanation.

Two days later, on March 7, House records show Hina was cut from Wasserman Schultz’s payroll.

Though Hina bought a round trip ticket with a return in six months, the FBI said it “does not believe that Alvi has any intention to return to the United States.”

Wasserman Schultz spokesman David Darmrom did not respond to a DCNF IG request to explain why Hina had been terminated two days into a trip she claimed was temporary, while her husband had not been terminated for a six-month move. Between the part-time nature of her work and the ban, her absence was unlikely to have been noticed in two days without someone telling the office her plans.

Wasserman Schultz’s office also didn’t answer if the office knew Hina’s “round trip” was a permanent move.

Hina and Awan were both IT aides whose jobs required access to the network, but the House Sergeant-At-Arms banned them from accessing it beginning Feb. 2. Awan and Hina were her only IT staffers, and payroll records (https://disbursements.house.gov/) through the latest available period, March 31, indicate that no other IT staffer or vendor was added to the payroll after their ban.

A House source said Awan was seen in the House office building multiple times after the network ban. “Imran Awan is working in an “advisory” role for Wasserman Schultz, her spokesman said, “providing advice on technology issues.”

The spokesman wouldn’t say who did the office’s computer work after the ban, if not Awan.

As IT administrators, the suspects could read all emails sent and received by the lawmaker and see all files on the staff members’ computers, numerous House IT aides said. WikiLeaks shows that Awan also had the password (http://dailycaller.com/2017/03/09/suspect-in-house-it-security-probe-also-had-access-to-dnc-emails/) to Wasserman Schultz’s iPad.

In public court documents filed in Fairfax, Va., Awan’s stepmother accused him of wiretapping and extortion (http://dailycaller.com/2017/04/30/stepmom-says-house-it-scandal-figure-threatened-kidnappings-of-pakistani-kin/). “Imran Awan did admit to me that my phone is tapped and there are devices installed in my house” and “Imran Awan threatened that he is very powerful and if I ever call the police again, [he] will … kidnap my family members back in Pakistan,” his stepmother, Samina Gilani, claimed in the documents (http://www.documentcloud.org/documents/3899239-Americo-Complaint.html) (p. 21) filed April 14.

Despite her professed concern of stereotyping, all other colleagues who employed Awan, Hina or their other relatives on House payrolls fired them, including Rep. Andre Carson of Indiana, who is Muslim and has criticized Wasserman Schultz for blocking police from examining a laptop tied to Imran.

That laptop was found in an unused crevice of a House office building and seized as evidence by the Capitol Police, but Wasserman Schultz appeared determined to not let police see its contents, threatening “consequences (http://dailycaller.com/2017/05/24/wasserman-schultz-threatened-police-chief-for-gathering-evidence-on-her-it-staffers-alleged-crimes/)” for the police chief if he didn’t release it. The exchange was captured on video.

Fox News reported that months later, she had blocked them from looking at it but had become open to “negotiating (http://dailycaller.com/2017/07/19/wasserman-schultz-may-start-cooperating-with-house-hacking-probe/)” with police, possibly turning over certain files, as Hillary Clinton was permitted to do in deciding which emails were “personal.”

Observers have decried Wasserman Schultz’s judgment and cybersecurity record, noting she was the chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee when it was hacked. A group of Democratic donors filed a lawsuit saying she and the DNC “breached the duties they owed to… members of the DNC Donor Class by failing to exercise reasonable care (http://dailycaller.com/2017/06/03/bernie-backers-say-wasserman-schultz-interfered-with-suit-she-says-it-was-another-cyberattack/) and implement adequate [cyber]security protocols..”

DAILY CALLER (http://dailycaller.com/2017/07/29/wasserman-schultz-seemingly-planned-to-pay-suspect-even-while-he-lived-in-pakistan/)

[turiya]

X22 Report.... Political / Rights...


The Bad Guys Are Cowering In The Corner
As The Good Guys Clean House - Episode 1344b
(Published on Jul 30, 2017)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0YRZMvuVLM___________Articles___________

Donald J. Trump: If a new HealthCare Bill is not approved quickly, BAILOUTS for Insurance Companies and BAILOUTS for Members of Congress will end very soon! (http://investmentwatchblog.com/donald-j-trump-if-a-new-healthcare-bill-is-not-approved-quickly-bailouts-for-insurance-companies-and-bailouts-for-members-of-congress-will-end-very-soon/)
If a new HealthCare Bill is not approved quickly, BAILOUTS for Insurance Companies and BAILOUTS for Members of Congress will end very soon!

IT HAS BEGUN. He will stop pumping money into the exchanges. He will crash Obamacare

Source: investmentwatchblog.com



Scaramucci Won’t Take A White House Salary (http://dailycaller.com/2017/07/28/scaramucci-wont-take-a-white-house-salary/)

White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci won’t take a salary for his new job, a White House official told The Daily Caller.



In the new role as a senior White House aide, Scaramucci could earn $179,000 annually.

Source: dailycaller.com


FBI General Counsel Reportedly Under Investigation For Leaks To Mainstream Media (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-07-28/fbi-general-counsel-comeys-right-hand-man-reportedly-under-investigation-leaks-mains)

http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/fp_thumb/images/user3303/imageroot/20170728_circa_0.jpg (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-07-28/fbi-general-counsel-comeys-right-hand-man-reportedly-under-investigation-leaks-mains)
FBI General Counsel James A. Baker is purportedly under a Department of Justice criminal investigation for allegedly leaking classified national security information to the media...

Jul 28, 2017 3:12 PM

War


US Orders Venezuela Embassy Families Out As Crisis “Showdown” Arrives (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-07-28/us-orders-venezuela-embassy-families-out-crisis-showdown-arrives?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+zerohedge%2Ffeed+%28zero+hedg e+-+on+a+long+enough+timeline%2C+the+survival+rate+fo r+everyone+drops+to+zero%29)

the U.S. government ordered family members of employees at its embassy in Venezuela to leave as the nation’s political crisis deepened ahead of a controversial vote critics contend will end democracy in the oil-rich country. Similarly, Canada warned its nationals against non-essential travel to Venezuela and urged citizens already there to leave.

Source: zerohedge.com


North Korea missile launch was ICBM – Pentagon, S. Korea military (https://www.rt.com/news/397879-north-korea-missile-launch-icbm/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=RSS)

North Korea is believed to have launched an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) on Friday, according to the Pentagon and South Korean military, as quoted by local media.

Source: rt.com


In Show Of “Lethal, Overwhelming Force” US Flies Two B-1B Bombers Over Korean Peninsula (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-07-30/show-lethal-overwhelming-force-us-flies-two-b-1b-bombers-over-korean-peninsula?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+zerohedge%2Ffeed+%28zero+hedg e+-+on+a+long+enough+timeline%2C+the+survival+rate+fo r+everyone+drops+to+zero%29)

the US Air Force did it again on Sunday, when it the flew two supersonic B-1B bombers over the Korean peninsula in “a show of force” on Sunday after Pyongyang’s Friday test[/B] [B]The two B-1Bs flew alongside two Japanese F-2 jet fighters within Japanese airspace before conducting an exercise over South Korea with four South Korean F-15 fighters



http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/images/user5/imageroot/2017/07/20/B1B%20bombers_0.JPG (http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/images/user5/imageroot/2017/07/20/B1B%20bombers.JPG)Source: zerohedge.com


Russian military says North Korean missile launch was IRBM, flew 732 km (https://www.rt.com/news/397886-north-korean-irbm-range/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=RSS)

A missile launched by North Korea on Friday was an intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM), Russia’s Defense Ministry said, citing data from its missile warning system. This counters claims made by the Pentagon and South Korean military, who said the launch was an ICBM.



The weapon was fired at around 5:40pm Moscow time on July 28 from a firing range in Tongchang-dong, North Korea, the Russian military said, adding that the flight was detected by Russia’s missile defense alarm system.



Citing the parametric data of the North Korean missile, the ministry assessed the weapon to be of an IRBM class.

Source: rt.com


TRUMP INTEL CHIEF: NORTH KOREA LEARNED FROM LIBYA WAR TO “NEVER” GIVE UP NUKES (https://theintercept.com/2017/07/29/dan-coats-north-korea-nukes-nuclear-libya-regime-change/)

THE MEDIA IS NOW filled with headlines about North Korea’s missile test (https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/28/world/asia/north-korea-ballistic-missile.html?_r=0)on Friday, which demonstrated that its ICBMs may be able to reach the continental U.S. What isn’t mentioned in any of these stories is how we got to this point — in particular, what Dan Coats, President Donald Trump’s Director of National Intelligence, explained last week (http://aspensecurityforum.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/At-the-Helm-of-the-Intelligence-Community.pdf) at the Aspen Security Forum.
North Korea’s 33-year-old dictator Kim Jong-un is not crazy, said Coats. In fact, he has “some rationale backing his actions” regarding the country’s nuclear weapons. That rationale is the way the U.S. has demonstrated that North Korea must keep them to ensure “survival for his regime, survival for his country.”
Kim, according to Coats, “has watched, I think, what has happened around the world relative to nations that possess nuclear capabilities and the leverage they have and seen that having the nuclear card in your pocket results in a lot of deterrence capability.” In particular, “The lessons that we learned out of Libya giving up its nukes … is, unfortunately: If you had nukes, never give them up. If you don’t have them, get them.”

Source: theintercept.com


Russia isn’t arming the Taliban, but the ‘deep state’ wants Trump to think so (https://sputniknews.com/columnists/201707261055903610-no-russian-arms-for-taliban/)

The US’ latest disinformation offensive against Russia is aimed at manipulating Trump into dispatching more uniformed troops to Afghanistan
The US is aghast that Russia has taken the lead in organizing the Moscow peace process for Afghanistan, which has already seen three meetings hosted in the Russian capital involving all of the country’s regional stakeholders. Importantly, Russia’s policy has recently evolved to the point where Moscow has come to regard the Taliban as an indispensable party to reaching a political solution to the War on Afghanistan, and this is largely due to the group’s effective anti-terrorist fight against Daesh. Pakistan is more directly affected by this stemming from the fact that it borders Afghanistan. For these reasons, Russia and Pakistan have a common interest in bringing peace to Afghanistan and incorporating the Taliban into the country’s political process, but it’s this combination of factors which has thrown the US’ permanent military, intelligence, and diplomatic bureaucracies (the “deep state”) into such a tizzy. They understand the game-changing implications of the Russian-Pakistan rapprochement and fear that it might grow to the level of a geostrategic partnership, which is why they’re so eager to disrupt it at all costs. The US wants to push the Taliban out of its resource-rich areas, extract and export the rare earth minerals under the soil there, and ensure sustainable security for this entire operation.
In order to push their case that the military should be in charge of this ultra-profitable operation, the “deep state” concocted the fake news conspiracy theory that “Russia is arming the Taliban” in order to “play the Russia card” in pressuring Trump to side with the Pentagon as opposed to the PMCs.

Source: sott.net


Russia invites BRICS to unite against terrorism (http://theduran.com/russia-invites-brics-unite-terrorism/)
“We invite all BRICS nations to join the international data bank for countering terrorism created by the FSB in Russia. Thanks to the participation of 33 foreign special services and a number of relevant international organizations, we have created a consolidated array of information on persons complicit in terrorist activities and also on extremist and terrorist groups.”


Moreover, Patrushev encouraged foreign security officials to be more active in implementing the provisions of international agreements on fighting terrorism.


“We are confident that considering the threat that comes from the Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) terrorist group as well as the danger of other terrorist organizations, we must act resolutely. And we count on our colleagues’ support in this.”


BRICS is an international group that consists of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa. The five major emerging economies constitute about half of the world’s population and 30 percent of global economic output.
Why prevent BRICS from countering terrorism? Why not fight it together?The only reasonable explanation would be that the goals are rather different: one wants terrorism to end, while the other wants it to prosper…
Source: theduran.com



The U.S. Sanctions Bill Is a Win for Russia (https://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2017/07/30/us-sanctions-bill-is-win-for-russia.html)

The U.S. sanctions bill, designed to hurt Russia, may have unintended consequences for the United States
the Senate passed by 98–2 a bill codifying and expanding existing sanctions,
The U.S. sanctions bill, designed to hurt Russia, may have unintended consequences for the United States. As currently written, it will not only continue to penalize Russia but will also penalize American and European businesses because of its restrictions on energy projects that involve Russian companies. Specifically, the bill seeks to prevent the construction of the Nord Stream Two gas pipeline that would export Russian gas under the Baltic Sea to Europe. Germany supports the pipeline as the most cost-effective way to meet future gas demand, as do most—but certainly not all—of its EU partners. Jean-Claude Juncker, president of the European Commission, has warned that the sanction bill “could have unintended unilateral effects that impact the EU’s energy security interests.”

Source: strategic-culture.org


US Sanctions to Bring Russia, EU Closer as Brussels Hit by Strategic Ally’s Move (https://sputniknews.com/politics/201707281055968054-us-sanctions-russia-eu-closer/)

The Russian-EU relations will become more constructive amid the US decision to introduce new sanctions against Moscow,



France and Germany have so far spoken out (https://sputniknews.com/politics/201707261055888371-germany-nord-stream-sanctions-us-russia/) against the bill as it affects European industries while advancing US commercial interests.
“I am sure that Europe will think more and more seriously and the Russian-EU relations… will be slowly but surely becoming more constructive,” ****sky said.

Source: sputniknews.com


Putin confirms that 755 US diplomats are to leave Russia–Detente on ice (http://theduran.com/putin-confirms-that-755-us-diplomats-are-to-leave-russia-detente-on-ice/)

The Russian President Vladimir Putin has confirmed that the US diplomatic presence in Russia will be reduced by 755 individuals. This follows from the earlier announcement (http://theduran.com/breaking-russia-suspends-use-us-embassy-property-moscow/) that Russia is to cut off US access to certain storage facilities the US Embassy uses in Moscow.
President Putin stated (https://www.rt.com/news/398019-putin-us-diplomats-sanctions/)


“The American side has made a move which, it is important to note, hasn’t been provoked by anything, to worsen Russian-US relations. (It includes) unlawful restrictions, attempts to influence other states of the world, including our allies, who are interested in developing and keeping relations with Russia.
We’ve been waiting for quite a long time that maybe something would change for the better, we had hopes that the situation would change. But it looks like, it’s not going to change

Although both Vladimir Putin and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov (https://www.rt.com/news/395860-russia-us-syria-cooperation/)stated that US cooperation in Syria will continue.
Detente is official over, at least for now.

Source: theduran.com


Syria: Russian Navy holds parade in waters off Tartus to mark Navy Day (https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/syria-russian-navy-holds-parade-waters-off-tartus-mark-navy-day/)

The Syrian port city of Tartus saw a seven-vessel-strong parade for Russia’s annual Navy Day, which is celebrated on the final Sunday of July each year.
Tartus, on Syria’s Mediterranean coast, hosted the event, to go alongside similar processions in the likes of St. Petersburg.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ej2oyZrfwII


US continues training Syrian rebels in Jordan (https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/us-continues-training-syrian-rebels-jordan/)
The U.S. military is still training Syrian rebels at their base in Jordan, the spokesman for the Al-Umari Brigade said on Saturday, as quoted by the Smart News Agency.
the U.S. has made it clear they are not committed to training or aiding rebel groups in their fight against the Syrian government and their allies in southern Syria.
Source: almasdarnews.com

SOURCE: X22Report.com (http://x22report.com/indicators-are-popping-up-all-over-the-place-warning-that-the-economy-is-about-to-implode-episode-1344/#more-273840)

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[Honesty]

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[onawah]

DETECTIVE SAYS WATCH FOR COMING WARRANTS AND ARRESTS OF DC IT INSIDER
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7/27/17

https://forbiddenknowledgetv.net/detective-says-watch-for-coming-warrants-and-arrests-of-dc-it-insider/

Rod Wheeler is a former DC Metro Police Homicide Detective who was hired by the parents of Seth Rich to investigate their son’s murder. He joins FetchYourNewsTV to shed light on the breaking story of Imran Awan. Rod Wheeler makes the bombshell claim that it may actually have been Awan who was the proverbial “DNC Russian Hacker.”

Awan had full access to the DNC’s famously hacked servers for several years. The DNC has yet to turn over access to the servers to the FBI, after denying their request, amid unceasing allegations of “Russian Hacking”.

Awan was arrested by the FBI last week while attempting to flee the US for his home country of Pakistan, after transferring $300,000 into his bank account there. Awan was Debbie Wasserman Schultz’ Top IT staffer at the DNC and he had a very high level security clearance. He’d been working for the DNC for over a decade, as had several members of his family. The Awan family were significantly overpaid for the kind of work they did and they owned several shady businesses.

Their outsize salaries have given rise to speculation that the Awans were blackmailing members of the Democrat Party, including several members of the Foreign Affairs Committee.

Wheeler tells viewers to watch in the coming weeks for search warrants and arrests related to this case. Hopefully, Anthony Wasserman, the Assistant District Attorney for the District of Columbia – and the brother of Debbie Wasserman Schultz (who hired the Awans) will not be overseeing this case. Wasserman has already been accused of burying the Seth Rich murder case.
Contributed by Alexandra Bruce

[onawah]

Republicans Move to Establish Second Special Counsel to Investigate Hillary Clinton, Susan Rice, President Obama
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-07-29/republicans-move-establish-second-special-counsel-investigate-hillary-clinton-susan-
by The_Real_Fly



Jul 29, 2017

The grounds for war have been laid. You know it and I know it. The democrats have forced republicans into a small corner and have been scratching away at their fat faces since election night. For every action, there is is reaction -- basic physics.

Rep. Gaetz and a few dozen other republicans are now calling for a special prosecutor to investigate the great and many crimes of the previous administration and Hillary Clinton.

Rep. Gaetz:

“The American public has a right to know the facts – all of them – surrounding the election and its aftermath,” they wrote. “We urge you to appoint a second special counsel to ensure these troubling, unanswered questions are not relegated to the dustbin of history.”

'I don’t think that the crimes of the prior administration, of Hillary Clinton, the collusion with James Comey and Loretta Lynch should be forgotten just because Hillary Clinton lost the election'


Here is their 14 point request.

Allegations that former Attorney General Loretta Lynch instructed then-FBI Director James Comey to downplay the nature of the Clinton email probe

The FBI and DOJ’s decisions in the course of the email probe, including controversial immunity deals with Clinton aide Cheryl Mills and others

The State Department’s involvement in deciding which Clinton emails to make public

Disclosures in WikiLeaks-released emails regarding the Clinton Foundation and, according to the letter, “its potentially unlawful international dealings”

Connections between Clinton officials and “foreign entities” including Russia and Ukraine

Revelations in hacked Democratic National Committee emails about “inappropriate” coordination between the DNC and Clinton campaign against Bernie Sanders’ Democratic primary campaign

The “unmasking” of Americans in intelligence documents and potentially related leaks of classified information

Comey’s admitted leak of details of his conversations with President Trump

The FBI’s “reliance” on controversial firm Fusion GPS, which was involved in the questionable anti-Trump “dossier”

“Our call for a special counsel is not made lightly,” the lawmakers wrote. “We have no interest in engendering more bad feelings and less confidence in the process or governmental institutions by the American people. Rather, our call is made on their behalf. It is meant to determine whether the criminal prosecution of any individual is warranted based on the solemn obligation to follow the facts wherever they lead and applying the law to those facts.”


Rep. Gaetz tears into Clinton, Rice, Obama and the whole cabal -- calling for an investigation into these matters.

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And here is the Chair of the House Judiciary Committee, Rep. Goodlatte, discussing the hypocrisy of the left, wanting a Russian investigation but not one that pursues the truth in the sundry of apparent crimes committed by the previous administration and Hillary.

q3ibNcl3CM0

With AG Sessions under pressure to deliver, I would not be surprised to see dueling Special Counsels investigating both matters at the same time.

[turiya]

Mark Dice is at it again...


Chelsea Clinton Caught
Spreading Fake News!
(Published on Jul 31, 2017)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tFN0GBf8UQ_____________________

Trump's Promise to Christians in America
(Published on July 30, 2017)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vN2HmjwdVJg_____________________

Wolf Blizer Admits CNN's Sources Suck
(Published on Jul 29, 2017)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqLU9FUXNZQ

[Baby Steps]

Greetings.

I want to express some confusion regarding FOX.

They appear to be pushing for truth regarding the Clintons, and this should not be under estimated in terms of significance.

I cannot just be a partisan thing- because, although it is possible in politics for the system controllers to throw a particular grouping or sub-cabal onto the fire, as appears to be happening hopefully here, the resulting revelations could well be so damaging to the whole system, that they would genuinely ASSIST the reset or swamp draining.

Murdoch is not known for his ethics, he has not joined the alt-right and sided with truth. Yet FOX is assisting to blow open this Pandora's box- that could lead to exposure of great corruption on both sides - or both wings of the same bird.

Is it the dark-side eating itself, because it cannot contain it's own greed?

Is it a major defection within the establishment?

Are we so deep into the end-game plan, that DISTRACTING US from the unfolding horror includes emergence of truths- and this exposure NO LONGER threatens the plan?

[Helene West]

On USAwatchdog.com
Dr. Paul Craig Roberts - The Conspiracy to Remove Trump at All Costs - he outlines the groups that want Trump out and their reasons.

http://usawatchdog.com/conspiracy-to-remove-trump-at-all-costs-paul-craig-roberts/#more-19283

[Chester]

Breitbart - All recent articles related to McMaster

Report: H.R. McMaster Believes Susan Rice Did Nothing Wrong in Unmasking Requests (http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/08/03/report-h-r-mcmaster-believes-susan-rice-did-nothing-wrong-on-unmasking-requests/)

Peter Schweizer: Obama Holdovers Gain Ground in Trump’s National Security Council (http://www.breitbart.com/radio/2017/08/03/peter-schweizer-obama-holdovers-gain-ground-trumps-national-security-council/)

Report: H.R. McMaster Gave ‘Explicit Instruction’ Not to Mention Obama ‘Holdovers’ in Trump Admin (http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/08/03/report-h-r-mcmaster-gave-explicit-instruction-not-discuss-obama-holdovers-trump-admin/)

NSC Purge: McMaster ‘Deeply Hostile to Israel and to Trump’ (http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/08/03/national-security-council-mcmaster-purging-pro-israel-staff-undermines-trumps-agenda/)

McMaster Purges Ezra Cohen-Watnick, 3rd National Security Council Aide in Weeks (http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/08/02/mcmaster-purges-ezra-cohen-watnick-3rd-national-security-council-aide-in-weeks/)

Security Advisor McMaster Ejects Another Trump Reformer (http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/08/02/security-advisor-mcmaster-ejects-another-trump-reformer/)

observations and speculations -

It appears that McMaster is taking over all White House foreign policy.

If so, Bannon will be castrated or gone (if he isn't already castrated).

Suggests Trump is "officially puppetized"

Perhaps there have been leaks from the Mueller team that they have "sellable goods" on one or more key people important to Trump emotionally and thus he is blackmailed/compromised.

Perhaps leaks demonstrate they have "sellable goods" on Trump himself though I doubt if it were Trump alone he would allow compromise. I think he would just say, "Try and take me down then, but I'm not halting on all my agendas."

Positioning Cohn as the next Fed chairman is also "writing on the wall."

I think "they" are hoping to avoid having to take more extreme measures.


Conclusion... Unless this is quickly thwarted, I will write Trump off.

Fortunately Trump has already won enough (from my own POV) that I am satisfied.

The two victories are - he exposed it all (the deep state and the fake media) and he got in Gorsuch. All the rest is gravy.

[Chester]

On USAwatchdog.com
Dr. Paul Craig Roberts - The Conspiracy to Remove Trump at All Costs - he outlines the groups that want Trump out and their reasons.

http://usawatchdog.com/conspiracy-to-remove-trump-at-all-costs-paul-craig-roberts/#more-19283

Perhaps the text should be supplied in this excellent thread -

http://usawatchdog.com/conspiracy-to-remove-trump-at-all-costs-paul-craig-roberts/#more-19283

Conspiracy to Remove Trump at All Costs – Paul Craig Roberts

By Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com

Dr. Paul Craig Roberts agrees that Democrats, RINO Republicans, military complex and the Deep State want Donald Trump removed from the White House at any and all costs. Dr. Roberts explains, “That’s correct and, again, it’s several different interests. The Democrats want him out because they want to be vindicated that he stole the election from them through some form of collusion with the Russians. The military security complex want him out because they see him as a threat to their budget. Trump normalizing relations with Russia—they don’t want that. They need an enemy. The talk of pulling out of Syria also annoyed them. They don’t want to give up these wars that keep people worried and willing to support the military. . . . The media is mad because Trump disproved all the smart people’s predictions of Hillary being a shoe-in. Plus, Trump is elected by Americans considered to be deplorable. The deplorables are white heterosexual males. They are racist. They are sexist. They are homophobes. They are gun nuts, and these are illegitimate people. These illegitimate people elected Trump when all of the good people wanted to elect Hillary. So, you have that kind of left wing crazed ideological element, as well. So, all of these things conspire against Donald Trump. What is going on is essentially what Attorney General Robert Jackson warned all U.S. Attorneys about in 1940. He said it is impermissible to pick a person and then go look for some crime he may have committed. . . . And, yet, that’s what the Special Prosecutor is doing in the case of Trump. We have no evidence of any crime. Even if there was some kind of Russian collusion, it’s not illegal. It’s normal for incoming governments to have open discussions with foreign governments. It happens in every administration. It’s part of the transition team. . . In the case of Trump, there is no crime, but now there is a wide ranging investigation that has gone far beyond any sort of Russian contacts.”

Who is conspiring to push Trump out? Dr. Roberts says, “I do know about campaign contributions, and they do come from the military security complex, and they come from energy companies. These are two massive campaign contributors. So, that’s why the Russian sanctions bill passed. Of the 535 members of the House and Senate, 530 voted for the sanctions. . . . It’s not the people who put Senators and Congressmen in office, it’s the interest groups that finance their election campaigns. So, the members of the House and Senate are not responsible to their constituents or voters. They are responsible to their constituency of their campaign contributors. In this case, the Congress is perfectly loyal to the energy companies and to the military security complex, and they never are loyal to ‘We the People.’”

Dr. Roberts thinks sanctions and provocations with Russia and China are “acts of war” by the U.S. Roberts contends the U.S. does not want war. If there is war, Dr. Roberts says it will have nothing to do with a failing economy. Roberts contends, “The notion that the government is somehow worried about the economy and, therefore, we will go to war, that’s not likely. In fact, I think the military security complex doesn’t really want a war. They want an enemy like they had with the Soviet Union for all those decades of the ‘Cold War.’ They want a renewed Cold War. They want an ever present threat because that keeps the budget funded. It keeps it growing, and it keeps their power in place. So, this is what they want, but these things can backfire. These are the kinds of things that will produce a war. It won’t be some conscious decision. . . . If you are talking war with Russia, nothing will be left standing.”

On the economy, Dr. Roberts, who was an Assistant Treasury Secretary in the Reagan Administration and holds a PhD in economics, says, “There is no economy there. The markets are rigged. The Fed has a huge trading desk, and they can trade anything.”

[Helene West]

The Kangaroo Court of former America -

Two, not one, bills from congressmen of both parties, to prevent Trump from exercising his right as President to fire Mueller. From Zerohedge, today:

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-08-03/senators-unveil-two-bipartisan-bills-block-trump-firing-mueller

[Bob]

Trump signs Congress' sanctions bill

US President Donald J. Trump signed legislation on Aug. 2 that imposes sanctions on Russia, Iran, and North Korea after both houses of Congress passed the bill in nearly unanimous votes a week earlier (OGJ Online, July 28, 2017). The measure is "much improved" over its original version but is still flawed because it encroaches on the executive branch’s ability to negotiate, he said at a White House signing ceremony.

“We have made progress and improved the language to give the Treasury Department greater flexibility in granting routine licenses to American businesses, people, and companies,” the president said. “The improved language also reflects feedback from our European allies—who have been steadfast partners on Russia sanctions—regarding the energy sanctions provided for in the legislation.”

The new language also ensures that US agencies can delay sanctions on the intelligence and defense sectors, because those sanctions could negatively affect US companies and those of its allies, he added.

But the bill remains seriously flawed because it encroaches on the executive branch’s ability to negotiate, Trump said. “By limiting the executive’s flexibility, this bill makes it harder for the United States to strike good deals for the American people, and will drive China, Russia, and North Korea much closer together,” he warned. “The framers of our constitution put foreign affairs in the hands of the president. This bill will prove the wisdom of that choice.

“Yet despite its problems, I am signing this bill for the sake of national unity,” he continued. “It represents the will of the American people to see Russia take steps to improve relations with the United States. We hope there will be cooperation between our two countries on major global issues so that these sanctions will no longer be necessary.” The bill also sends a clear message to Iran and North Korea that the US will not tolerate “their dangerous and destabilizing behavior,” Trump noted.

He said earlier that he supports “making clear that America will not tolerate interference in our democratic process and that we will side with our allies and friends against Russian subversion and destabilization.”

ref: O&G News and assorted sources

[Helene West]

Re Bob's post above - he was really forced into that. sad to see

¤=[Post Update]=¤

Latest update on the kangaroo court - Mueller begins impaneling grand jury in the phony russia probe

https://www.wsj.com/articles/special-counsel-mueller-impanels-washington-grand-jury-in-russia-probe-1501788287?mod=e2tw

[turiya]

Economy...


The Next Crisis Financial Crisis Is Going
To Be A Dollar Crisis: Peter Schiff
(Published on Aug 5, 2017)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyYX4Nod_g8

[turiya]

X22Report Economic News....


New Report Finds The Economy Never Recovered,
It Is One Big Illusion - Episode 1351a
(Published on Aug 7, 2017)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8_3lMp88Lg




Labor market breadth is near record lows. Looking at all of the different economic indicators it shows the economy has not been improving. The Fed is doing away with another indicator, which has indicated a recession each time. A new study is out showing that the economy has never truly recovered and we are still in the great recession. China is now dumping foreign reserves.
Rand Paul is speaking out against civil asset forfeiture and how it violates the foundation of the constitution Michael Savage wants to know if we are on the verge of a civil breakdown.
Why is Prince Harry invited to Google’s secret meeting. Maduro stopped a coup d’etat in his country, he reports that the US funded it.
The deep state who controls the new organization not just in this country but in many have been pushing the NK threat. Tillerson and Lavrov met and they are pushing to work together to calm the situation down. Rybakov says the US is not ready for talks, its not NK that is the problem.
Russia wants a working relationship with Libya.
The US is threatening Russia because they understand that Russia and China are unwinding the empire building that has taken place in the middle east.
Russia and China are now countering the deep state.



_______Relevant Articles_______

Economy

Labor Market 'Breadth' Nears Record Low (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-08-06/labor-market-breadth-nears-record-low)

http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/fp_thumb/images/user3303/imageroot/20170806_labor.jpg (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-08-06/labor-market-breadth-nears-record-low)

Aug 6, 2017 11:16 AM



Tom Keene created an indicator that tells us the breadth of the market a large percentage of the non-farm payroll growth has been a result of lower paying industries, such as food and drinking places – or as they would put it, more bartenders



While a job is a job, the composition and strength of gains is quite important, as it gives us an understanding of aggregate health.



If total growth is strong, but is the result of only a few sectors, the breadth of the overall market is weak. This typically provides us with a signal on where the overall market is heading
This brings me to an indicator that I built out over the past year – labor market breadth – which seeks to measure the aggregate health of the labor market by looking at its sub-components.
Following Friday’s employment report of 209k new jobs, beating estimates of 183k, labor market breadth fell to an un-smoothed cycle low, as shown in Graph Image (http://pervalle.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/labor.mkt_.breadth.unsmoothed.jpg). So while the headline number was strong, it’s aggregate sub-components continue to slow, which is not indicative of strength.



Click on the above headline to see graphs... or go to x22report.com (http://x22report.com/new-report-finds-the-economy-never-recovered-it-is-one-big-illusion-episode-1351/#more-276794)

Source: zerohedge.com


Fed ends release of its own employment yardstick (http://www.marketwatch.com/story/fed-ends-release-of-its-own-employment-yardstick-2017-08-07?siteid=rss&rss=1)

The Federal Reserve announced Monday that it was no longer releasing its so-called labor market conditions index, its in-house tool to gauge the momentum of the labor market.
“We decided to stop updating the [labor market conditions index] because we believe it no longer provides a good summary of change in U.S. labor market conditions,”

Source: marketwatch.com


What Recovery? The Great Recession Is Still With Us, New Study Finds (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-08-07/what-recovery-great-recession-still-us-new-study-funds)

http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/fp_thumb/images/user3303/imageroot/20170807_recess1.png (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-08-07/what-recovery-great-recession-still-us-new-study-funds)
"Here is the most important chart I have seen in some months..."

Aug 7, 2017 9:51 AM


China's Reserves Continue To Decline As Capital Outflows Accelerate, "Outbound Travel Spending" Surges (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-08-07/chinas-reserves-continue-decline-capital-outflows-accelerate-outbound-travel-spendin)

http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/fp_thumb/images/user5/imageroot/china%20travel%20spending.png (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-08-07/chinas-reserves-continue-decline-capital-outflows-accelerate-outbound-travel-spendin)
The confusion over the direction of Chinese capital flows continues to grow.

Aug 7, 2017 9:29 AM

[7alon]

Today's news. I Highly recommend reading:

Former AG under the Obama Admin, Loretta Lynch, confirmed to have used grandmother's maiden name (Elizabeth Carlisle) as alias by her attorney

http://dailycaller.com/2017/08/07/here-is-the-alias-email-account-loretta-lynch-used-as-attorney-general/


Like her predecessor, Eric Holder, former Attorney General Loretta Lynch used an email alias to conduct government business, The Daily Caller has confirmed.

Several of Lynch’s emails were included in 413 pages of DOJ documents provided to the conservative groups Judicial Watch and the American Center for Law and Justice. Both groups had filed lawsuits for records regarding Lynch’s controversial meeting with President Bill Clinton at the Phoenix airport last June 27.

Using the pseudonym “Elizabeth Carlisle,” Lynch corresponded with DOJ press officials to hammer out talking points in response to media requests about the meeting. The tarmac encounter drew criticism from conservatives because Lynch was overseeing the federal investigation into whether Hillary Clinton mishandled classified information on her private email system.

The meeting was revealed not by Lynch, Clinton or the Justice Department, but by a reporter in Phoenix working based on a tip.

On June 28, a reporter with Phoenix’s ABC News affiliate contacted the Justice Department to inquire about the meeting. Internal DOJ emails show that the request touched off a mad-dash to develop talking points and statements to respond to the developing story.

Lynch, using the Elizabeth Carlisle account, which was hosted on the Justice Department’s system, was also involved in those discussions.

Lynch’s attorney, Robert Raben, confirmed to TheDC on Monday that Lynch emailed under that pseudonym. He pointed to an article published in The Hill last February in which the Justice Department acknowledged that Lynch was using an email handle that was not her given name.

“That address was and is known to the individuals who process [Freedom of Information Act] requests; the practice, similar to using initials or numbers in an email, helps guard against security risks and prevent inundation of mailboxes,” Raben said.

The aversion to an overflowing email inbox was one of the defenses offered by Holder after his use of a pseudonym was revealed last year. Holder used the alias “Lew Alcindor” — the birth name of NBA legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar — as his email handle until he left DOJ in 2015.

The Carlisle emails were discovered over the weekend by followers of Reddit accounts that support President Trump. Some users developed the theory that Lynch used her grandmother’s name as a her pseudonym. Others concluded that Lynch broke the law by using a pseudonym, though it is not illegal for government officials to do so.

In one email, sent just minutes after ABC News inquired about the tarmac meeting, Melanie Newman, the director of DOJ’s public affairs office at the time, wrote an email to the Elizabeth Carlisle account that she addressed to “AG Lynch.”


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[turiya]

Russia Says It's Ready To Cut Their Dependence
On The US Dollar - Episode 1352a
(Published on Aug 8, 2017)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1E6W5-rvxE________Articles________

Economy
UK Retail Sales Growth Slows in July, Non-Food Sales Fall-BRC (https://uk.reuters.com/article/us-germany-economy-trade-idUKKBN1AO0MS)

British retail sales grew more slowly in July, data published on Tuesday showed, as shoppers cut back on non-essential spending and budgeted for the higher price of food.
UK retail sales increased by an annual 0.9 percent on a like-for-like basis, which strips out changes in store size, the British Retail Consortium said.
That was down from growth of 1.2 percent in June

Source: reuters.com

US Job Openings Soar To Record High (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-08-08/us-job-opening-soar-record-high)

http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/fp_thumb/images/user5/imageroot/job%20openings%20july.jpg (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-08-08/us-job-opening-soar-record-high)
After nearly two years of being rangebound, between 5.5 and 6 million, the BLS's JOLTS report - Janet Yellen's favorite labor market indicator- showed that in June, the number of job openings soared by 461,000 from 5.7 million to a new all time high of 6.163 million, smashing expectations of a far more subdued print of 5.75K.

Aug 8, 2017 10:21 AM


US Credit Card Debt Surpasses Financial Crisis Record, As Student And Auto Loans Hit New All Time High (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-08-07/us-credit-card-debt-surpasses-financial-crisis-record-student-and-auto-loans-hit-new)

http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/fp_thumb/images/user5/imageroot/credit%20card%20credit%20jul.jpg (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-08-07/us-credit-card-debt-surpasses-financial-crisis-record-student-and-auto-loans-hit-new)
As of the end of June, total revolving (i.e. credit card) credit rose to $1,021.7 billion, an increase of $4.1 billion on the month, and a new all time high, taking out the previous record high set during the summer of 2008.

Aug 7, 2017 3:19 PM


Fannie, Freddie Would Need $100BN Bailout In New Financial Crisis (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-08-07/fannie-freddie-would-need-100bn-bailout-new-financial-crisis)

http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/fp_thumb/images/user5/imageroot/GSE%20bailout%20teaser.jpg (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-08-07/fannie-freddie-would-need-100bn-bailout-new-financial-crisis)
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac would need as much as $100 billion in bailout funding in the form of a potential incremental Treasury draw, in the event of a new economic crisis which sends the S&P some 50% lower and results in a failoure of their largest counterparty.

Aug 7, 2017 8:52 PM


Corporate Leverage Has Never Been Higher (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-08-08/corporate-leverage-has-never-been-higher)

http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/fp_thumb/images/user5/imageroot/normalized%20leverage.jpg (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-08-08/corporate-leverage-has-never-been-higher)
With the following chart from Goldman's Robert Boroujerdi, we can finally close the book on whether US corporate leverage is at all time highs. It is... and it's even higher on a "normalized" basis.

Aug 8, 2017 9:35 AM


Russia To Cut Dependence On U.S. Dollar, Payment Systems (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-08-07/russia-cut-dependence-us-dollar-payment-systems)

http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/fp_thumb/images/user5/imageroot/MIR%20card_0.jpg (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-08-07/russia-cut-dependence-us-dollar-payment-systems)
"We will intensify work related to import substitution, reduction of dependence on U.S. payment systems, on the dollar as a settling currency and so on. It is becoming a vital need [as] the US is using its dominating role in the monetary and financial system to impose pressure on foreign business, including Russian companies."

Aug 7, 2017 4:26 PM

[turiya]

The Opioid Crisis Is Even Worse Than We Thought (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-08-08/opioid-crisis-even-worse-we-thought)

http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/fp_thumb/images/user245717/imageroot/2017.08.08opioidtease.JPG (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-08-08/opioid-crisis-even-worse-we-thought)
In 2014, the most recent year covered by the study, the rate of opioid-related deaths was, in reality, 24% higher than the official count...

Aug 9, 2017 12:30 AM





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I will be holding a major briefing on the
Opioid crisis, a major problem for our
country, today at 3:00 P.M. in Bedminster, N.J.

4:11 AM - 8 Aug 2017
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http://curezone.com/upload/_T_Forums/Turiya_Files_/AVALON/TRUMP/TRUMP_TWEETS/TRUMP_TWITTER_ICON_5.png (https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/894880193839497216)
After many years of failure,countries are
coming together to finally address the
dangers posed by North Korea. We must be
tough & decisive!

4:17 AM - 8 Aug 2017
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http://curezone.com/upload/_T_Forums/Turiya_Files_/AVALON/TRUMP/TRUMP_TWEETS/TRUMP_TWITTER_ICON_5.png (https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/894981661926068228)
E-mails show that the
AmazonWashingtonPost and the
FailingNewYorkTimes were reluctant to
cover the Clinton/Lynch secret meeting in plane.

11:00 AM - 8 Aug 2017
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http://curezone.com/upload/_T_Forums/Turiya_Files_/AVALON/TRUMP/TRUMP_TWEETS/TRUMP_TWITTER_ICON_5.png (https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/894984126582972416)
After 200 days, rarely has any Administration
achieved what we have achieved..not even
close! Don't believe the Fake News
Suppression Polls![/COLOR]

11:10 AM - 8 Aug 2017
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http://curezone.com/upload/_T_Forums/Turiya_Files_/AVALON/TRUMP/TRUMP_TWEETS/TRUMP_TWITTER_ICON_5.png (https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/895252459152711680)
My first order as President was to renovate
and modernize our nuclear arsenal. It is now
far stronger and more powerful than ever
before....

4:56 AM - 9 Aug 2017
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http://curezone.com/upload/_T_Forums/Turiya_Files_/AVALON/TRUMP/TRUMP_TWEETS/TRUMP_TWITTER_ICON_5.png (https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/895254168570605568)
...Hopefully we will never have to use this
power, but there will never be a time that we
are not the most powerful nation in the
world!

5:03 AM - 9 Aug 2017
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http://curezone.com/upload/_T_Forums/Turiya_Files_/AVALON/TRUMP/TRUMP_TWEETS/TRUMP_TWITTER_ICON_5.png (https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/895347654431035393)
Senator Mitch McConnell said I had
"excessive expectations," but I don't think so.
After 7 years of hearing Repeal & Replace,
why not done?

11:14 AM - 9 Aug 2017
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[turiya]

Central Bank Caught In A Lie, Everything
Is Not What It Seems - Episode 1353a
(Published on Aug 9, 2017)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAeQKLnSuZg________Articles________


Economy


What’s Keeping Italy’s Government Debt from Blowing Up? (http://wolfstreet.com/2017/08/08/the-only-thing-keeping-italys-debt-alive-is-the-ecb/)

New statistical data from the investment bank Jefferies LLC has revealed a startling new trend that could have major implications for Europe’s economic future: Italian banks have begun dumping unprecedented volumes of Italian sovereign debt.



The banks’ mass sell-off is probably being driven by two main factors: first, as an attempt to preempt a pending Basel III reform package that could eliminate the equity capital privilege for EU government bonds [read: Fears of Italy Doom Loop Resurface] (http://wolfstreet.com/2017/07/16/fear-of-doom-loop-between-italian-banks-and-government-bonds-resurface/); and second, to position themselves for an anticipated autumn announcement from the ECB that it will begin tightening monetary policy.
“Maybe we are seeing an indication of Italian banks catching up with what their counterparts in Spain have known for a long time — that sovereign debt is not the place to be in a world of rising interest rates
But then: who’s buying it?
The answer, in the case of Italy, is the ECB and its Italian branch office, the Bank of Italy, where Italian bank deposits rose by €22 billion in June and €50 billion since the start of 2017. The ECB “overbought” (https://www.ft.com/content/fe778ba1-5244-3136-80ed-58eed93440b6) Italian government debt in July with purchases of €9.6 billion — its highest monthly quota since quantitative easing began.
As Italian banks offload their holdings, the ECB, with Italian native and former Bank of Italy governor Mario Draghi at the helm, is picking up the slack. In doing so, the central bank surpassed its own capital key rules by which member state debt is bought in proportion to the size of each country’s economy. By contrast, the ECB’s German Bund purchases slipped below its capital key rules for the fourth month in a row, which further depressed the spread between Italian and German 10-year debt to 152 basis points, its lowest level of the year.

Source: wolfstreet.com


2016 Was Just Revised Down To The Worst Year For US Productivity Since 1982 (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-08-09/productivity-growth-rebounds-q2-thanks-slump-unit-labor-cost-growth)

http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/fp_thumb/images/user3303/imageroot/20170809_prod2.jpg (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-08-09/productivity-growth-rebounds-q2-thanks-slump-unit-labor-cost-growth)
Productivity rose 1.2 percent from the second quarter of 2016; unit labor costs, which are adjusted for efficiency gains, were down 0.2 percent from a year earlier... Annual average productivity change for 2016 revised to 0.1 percent decline from 0.2 percent increase, marking first annual decrease since 1982.

Aug 9, 2017 8:39 AM


US Companies Are More Indebted, More Leveraged, Less Profitable, And More Richly Valued Than Ever (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-08-08/us-companies-are-more-indebted-more-leveraged-less-profitable-and-more-richly-valued)

http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/fp_thumb/images/user3303/imageroot/20170808_mauldin.jpg (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-08-08/us-companies-are-more-indebted-more-leveraged-less-profitable-and-more-richly-valued)
"Maybe this will end well... but it’s hard to imagine how..."

Aug 8, 2017 4:30 PM


"Mystery" Central Bank Buyer Revealed: SNB Now Owns A Record $84 Billion In US Stocks (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-08-09/mystery-central-bank-buyer-revealed-snb-now-owns-record-84-billion-us-stocks)

http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/fp_thumb/images/user5/imageroot/SNB%20Q2%20holdings.jpg (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-08-09/mystery-central-bank-buyer-revealed-snb-now-owns-record-84-billion-us-stocks)
While traders and investors were struck by the perplexing market price action in the second quarter of the year, where on one hand institutions were rotating away from US stocks even as the S&P was making fresh all time highs, one central bank was quietly buying everything in sight....

Aug 9, 2017 11:13 AM


"None Of It Was True": 103 Years Later, The FT Admits It Lied And Colluded With The Bank of England (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-08-08/none-it-was-true-103-years-later-ft-admits-it-lied-and-colluded-bank-england)

http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/fp_thumb/images/user5/imageroot/BOE%20lying%20FT.png (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-08-08/none-it-was-true-103-years-later-ft-admits-it-lied-and-colluded-bank-england)
On 23 November 1914, the Financial Times colluded with the Bank of England to cover up a failed bond sale, claiming that the UK government’s War Loan was "oversubscribed", with applications "pouring in." The FT described the auction as an "amazing result" that “proves how strong is the financial position of the British nation”. 103 years later we learn that it was all a lie.

Aug 9, 2017 4:13 AM



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[turiya]

More on the Economic situation...


The System Continues To Fall Apart As The
Economic Apocalypse Takes Hold - Episode 1354a
(Published on Aug 11, 2017)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrTfu5jDLA0_______Articles_______

Economy
Macy’s, Kohl’s Sales Declines Renew Fears of Retail Apocalypse (http://www.newsmax.com/Finance/StreetTalk/macys-kohls-sales-retail/2017/08/10/id/806924/)

Sales at stores open more than 12 months fell 2.5 percent at Macy’s and 0.4 percent at Kohl’s. Analysts polled by research firm Consensus Metrix had estimated a 3 percent drop at Macy’s and 1.5 percent at Kohl’s.



Department store operators have been struggling with declining mall traffic
experts have been warning of the long-term economic threat from a retail “apocalypse” (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retail_apocalypse) or “armageddon.” (https://www.cnbc.com/video/2017/06/06/retail-armageddon.html)

Source: newsmax.com

The Amazon Effect: Retail Bankruptcies Surge 110% In First Half Of The Year (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-07-30/amazon-effect-retail-bankruptcies-surge-110-first-half-year)

http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/fp_thumb/images/user5/imageroot/Chapter%2011%20retail%20YTD%20chart%20teaser.jpg (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-07-30/amazon-effect-retail-bankruptcies-surge-110-first-half-year)
Retail bankruptcies soared 110% in the first half from the year-ago period, accounting for $6 billion in debt. The list includes name brands such as Gymboree, Payless, rue 21 and the Limited, all of which cited the Amazon affect as a contributor to their downfall.

Jul 31, 2017 5:58 AM



The list includes name brands such as Gymboree, Payless, rue 21 and the Limited, all of which cited the Amazon affect as a contributor to their downfall.


http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/images/user5/imageroot/2017/07/20/YTD%20retail%20defaults_0.jpg (http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/images/user5/imageroot/2017/07/20/YTD%20retail%20defaults.jpg)Source: zerohedge


UBS Explains Why The Next Credit Unwind Will Be Unlike Anything We've Seen Before (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-08-10/ubs-explains-why-next-credit-unwind-will-be-unlike-anything-weve-seen)

http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/fp_thumb/images/user230519/imageroot/2017.08.10%20-%20Debt%20Bubble.JPG (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-08-10/ubs-explains-why-next-credit-unwind-will-be-unlike-anything-weve-seen)
Several weeks ago, Janet Yellen boldly declared "I don't believe we will see another crisis in our lifetime." For the rest of us who live in reality there is little doubt that the latest Fed-fueled credit bubble will eventually burst in epic fashion and once again lay waste to the personal balance sheets of millions of Americans. The question isn't so much 'if', but rather 'how' and 'when.'

Aug 11, 2017 2:50 PM



UBS strategist Matthew Mish says there is one thing that is certain about the next credit unwind, it will be unlike anything we’ve seen before.
To summarize, Mish notes that unlike previous credit expansion cycles, this current one has been dominated not by traditional banks but rather by non-bank lending entities and government backed loans, especially in riskier subprime residential, auto and student loans. Moreover, unlike traditional lenders, Government debt tends to be much slower to react to things like rising delinquency rates…



In summary, the next collapse in credit may come a little slower, since governments are far better than traditional lenders at burying their heads in the sand, but you shouldn’t be too quick to buy into Yellen’s delusions that “there will never be another crisis in our lifetime.”

Source: zerohedge.com


Death Spiral: 6.5 Million People Choose To Pay Tax Rather Than Buy Obamacare (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-08-09/death-spiral-65-million-people-choose-pay-tax-rather-buy-obamacare)

http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/fp_thumb/images/user230519/imageroot/Obamacare%20Death%20Spiral_5.JPG (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-08-09/death-spiral-65-million-people-choose-pay-tax-rather-buy-obamacare)
For those who still aren't convinced that Obamacare is trapped in an inescapable death spiral that will inevitably end in nothing short of an epic collapse of the federal and state health insurance exchanges, perhaps you should consider these facts...

Aug 9, 2017 6:30 PM

[turiya]

Breitbart News...
http://media.breitbart.com/media/2017/08/wi/upi/20/83er1b-200x287.jpg (http://www.breitbart.com/news/bannon-no-administration-in-history-has-been-so-divided/)

…Bannon: ‘No administration in history so divided’ (http://www.breitbart.com/news/bannon-no-administration-in-history-has-been-so-divided/)


Mattis: Trump Adopts Afghan War Strategy (http://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2017/08/20/mattis-trump-adopts-afghan-war-strategy/)

http://media.breitbart.com/media/2017/08/James-Mattis-gen-Ngo-Xuan-Lich-vietnam-afp-420x315.jpg (http://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2017/08/20/mattis-trump-adopts-afghan-war-strategy/)
U.S. President Donald Trump has adopted a new strategy to deal with the nearly 16-year-old war in
Afghanistan following a “sufficiently rigorous” process, declares Secretary of Defense James Mattis.



http://media.breitbart.com/media/2017/08/H-R-McMaster-WH-briefing-May-12-2017-Getty-420x315.jpg (http://www.breitbart.com/jerusalem/2017/08/18/h-r-mcmaster-endorsed-book-calls-jihad-peaceful-al-qaida-terrorism-resistance/)

H.R. McMaster-Endorsed Book Calls Jihad Peaceful, Al-Qaida Terrorism ‘Resistance’ (http://www.breitbart.com/jerusalem/2017/08/18/h-r-mcmaster-endorsed-book-calls-jihad-peaceful-al-qaida-terrorism-resistance/)


http://media.breitbart.com/media/2017/08/H-R-McMaster-WH-May-12-2017-Briefing-AP-640x480-1-200x150.jpg (http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/08/19/report-powerful-gop-donor-sheldon-adelson-supports-campaign-to-oust-mcmaster/)

Report: Adelson Supports Campaign to Oust McMaster (http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/08/19/report-powerful-gop-donor-sheldon-adelson-supports-campaign-to-oust-mcmaster/)



http://media.breitbart.com/media/2016/09/andrew-jackson-memorial-420x315.jpg (http://www.breitbart.com/texas/2017/08/19/blm-storms-new-orleans-jackson-monument-demands-removal/)

BLM Storms New Orleans’ Jackson Monument, Demands Removal (http://www.breitbart.com/texas/2017/08/19/blm-storms-new-orleans-jackson-monument-demands-removal/)


http://media.breitbart.com/media/2017/08/confederate-200x150.jpg (http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/08/19/naacp-leader-senseless-confederate-monument-takedowns-cant-eliminate-history/)

NAACP Leader: Confederate Monument Takedowns ‘Senseless’… (http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/08/19/naacp-leader-senseless-confederate-monument-takedowns-cant-eliminate-history/)


(http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/08/19/naacp-leader-senseless-confederate-monument-takedowns-cant-eliminate-history/)http://media.breitbart.com/media/2017/08/Monument818-420x315.jpg (http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/08/18/birmingham-al-mayor-orders-confederate-monument-covered-alabama-ag-responds-lawsuit-mayor/)

Birmingham Mayor Orders Confederate Monument Covered… (http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/08/18/birmingham-al-mayor-orders-confederate-monument-covered-alabama-ag-responds-lawsuit-mayor/)


http://media.breitbart.com/media/2017/08/watters-200x150.jpg (http://www.breitbart.com/video/2017/08/19/jesse-watters-maybe-the-left-wants-to-tear-down-these-statues-so-we-forget-dems-enslaved-black-people/)

Watters: Maybe Left Wants Us to Forget Dems Enslaved Blacks (http://www.breitbart.com/video/2017/08/19/jesse-watters-maybe-the-left-wants-to-tear-down-these-statues-so-we-forget-dems-enslaved-black-people/)


http://media.breitbart.com/media/2017/08/wi/afp/17/3ra8k9b-200x155.jpg (http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/08/19/flynn-statues-speak/)

Flynn: If the Statues Could Speak (http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/08/19/flynn-statues-speak/)

[turiya]

x22Report for 8/22.... Economy...


It Begins, China Pulls West Investment
Dollars & Redirects It East - Episode 1361a
(Published on Aug 22, 2017)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9M4GFSw1JY


US workers wages collapse, people will now accept less for work. The NY Times is reporting that there is a housing crisis in Silicon Valley. Chicago’s national activity index went to zero unexpectedly. Mnuchin visited Fort Knox and lets the people know that the gold is safe without showing any proof. Norway government is purchasing more global stocks with the idea that the returns will help the government. China is now pulling investment dollars from the West and redirecting to the east. This is going to be a disaster for the West. Russia pays off the debt of the USSR. Trump changes the strategy in Afghanistan and will not allow empire building, is this a message to the cabal. Philippines is prepared to purchase weapons from the Russia instead of the US. South Korea tells the US they will not review the trade agreement. Russia warns that the US & the coalition forces have been supporting the drug trade in Afghanistan. The Lebanese army found a huge cache of surface to air missile that the IS has been using. Russia continues to bomb the IS and keeps the paid mercenaries from pushing another offensive. The cabal push their agenda with the UN report that NK supplies Syria with chemical weapons, where is the proof, there is none.

______Relevant Articles______

ECONOMY
US Workers' Wage Expectations Unexpectedly Collapse (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-08-21/us-job-seekers-wage-expectations-unexpectedly-collapse)

http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/fp_thumb/images/user5/imageroot/20170821_wages.jpg (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-08-21/us-job-seekers-wage-expectations-unexpectedly-collapse)

Aug 21, 2017 5:14 PM



the US unemployment rate is at a 16 year low of 4.4%, suggesting little if any slack in the US economy, and according to anecdotes from both the Fed’s Beige Book (https://www.federalreserve.gov/monetarypolicy/beigebook201704.htm)and industry sources, labor shortages are so acute that – if one believes the recently discussed report from the NAHB (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-08-20/builders-complain-record-labor-shortages-75-employers-cant-find-workers)– up to 75% of builders are unable to find construction workers.



On the other hand, according to a new Federal Reserve survey published on Monday for the first time, U.S. workers and job-seekers are so disenchanted with the labor situation, and harbor so little hope for higher paychecks, that even as they increasingly search for new jobs, they not only expect fewer job offers but anticipate increasingly lower paychecks.
According to the Fed survey, respondents said in July that the lowest annual salary they would accept in a new job would be $57,960, down from $59,660 only four months earlier and over $62,000 at the end of 2016: in fact, the average so-called “reservation wage” tumbled to the lowest amount since March 2015, as shown in the chart below.


http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/images/user5/imageroot/2017/08/12/20170821_wages_0.jpg (http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/images/user5/imageroot/2017/08/12/20170821_wages.jpg)

Worse, when asked what salary they expected in job offers over the next four months, the average response tumbled by 7% to $50,790 from $54,590 in a span of just 4 months, when the last survey was taken in March.
The latest Fed survey simply reflects the realities of Obama’s part-time “waiter and bartender” recovery (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-08-04/where-jobs-were-waiters-and-bartenders-topped-list): lots of available jobs with little to no wage growth potential.


http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/images/user5/imageroot/2017/07/20/waiters%20bartenders%20july_0.jpg

Finally, it’s not just the quality of available jobs, but also the quantity: respondents saw a 22% likelihood of receiving at least one job offer in the next four months, down from an average response of 25%eight months ago

Source: zerohedge.com


“Full-Fledged Housing Crisis” in Silicon Valley, Insider View (http://wolfstreet.com/2017/08/22/full-fledged-housing-crisis-in-silicon-valley-insider-view/)

As long as local officials strangle housing starts, the mirage of affordability will be pushed further toward the distant horizon.
“A full-fledged housing crisis has gripped California” — New York Times.
Yes, our housing crisis is so critical those envious bastards at The Times (https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/17/us/california-housing-crisis.html) are proclaiming it on their front page.

Source: wolfstreet.com


Chicago National Activity Index Surprises Economists With Negative Reading (https://mishtalk.com/2017/08/22/chicago-national-activity-index-surprises-economists-with-negative-reading/)

The Chicago Fed National Activity Index (CFNAI) is a monthly index designed to gauge overall economic activity and related inflationary pressure
Economists predicted a strong July reading for the Chicago Fed National Activity Index. What they found was a slightly negative reading of -0.01 vs an Econoday (https://www.bloomberg.com/markets/economic-calendar)consensus estimate of +0.22.


Highlights
July was surprisingly weak based on the national activity index which came in at minus 0.01 to indicate fractionally lower-than-normal growth in the month. Source: mishtalk.com


Mnuchin Visits Fort Knox, Says "Gold Is Safe" (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-08-21/mnuchin-visits-fort-knox-says-gold-safe)

http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/fp_thumb/images/user5/imageroot/gold%20ft%20knox.jpg (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-08-21/mnuchin-visits-fort-knox-says-gold-safe)
Shortly before becoming the first Treasury Secretary to visit Fort Knox in 70 years, Mnuchin said "I assume the gold is still there. It would really be quite a movie if we walked in and there was no gold.” Then, upon emerging, he had three words for the American people: "gold is safe!"

Aug 22, 2017 5:39 AM



Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin had a busy day today: shortly after warning once again that a US debt ceiling deal has to be done by late September or else the country would run out of cash and suffer a technical default, mnuchin l visited Fort Knox to check out the nation’s gold stash on Monday
“I assume the gold is still there,” Mnuchin told an audience in Louisville, Kentucky some 40 miles north of the biggest U.S. Bullion Depository (except of course for the foreign gold stash at the NY Fed). “It would really be quite a movie if we walked in and there was no gold.”
Mnuchin who was the first US Treasury Secretary to visit Fort Knox in nearly 70 years, “playfully (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-08-21/mnuchin-to-visit-fort-knox-assumes-america-s-gold-still-there)” reassured Americans the treasure was still secure.
“Glad gold is safe!” he wrote in a post on Twitter.

Source: zerohedge.com


Norway Government Forces Sovereign Wealth Fund To Buy $100 Billion More In Stocks "To Safeguard The Country's Riches" (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-08-22/norways-sovereign-wealth-fund-buying-100-billion-stocks-what-does-it-know)

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"Norway’s $970 billion wealth fund has been ordered to raise its stock holdings to 70 percent from 60 percent in an effort to boost returns..."

Aug 22, 2017 12:55 PM


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Buying about $100 billion in global stocks, though prices have risen considerably in the interim.


“Norway’s $970 billion wealth fund has been ordered to raise its stock holdings to 70 percent from 60 percent in an effort to boost returns and safeguard the country’s oil riches for future generations.

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Central bankers like Thomas Jordan and his colleagues at the Swiss Central Ban



Which earlier this month revealed itself as the“mystery buyer” (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-08-09/mystery-central-bank-buyer-revealed-snb-now-owns-record-84-billion-us-stocks)that kept US stocks afloat during the second quarter while retail and institutional investors headed for the exits.


http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/images/user245717/imageroot/2017/08/19/2017.08.22swiss_0.JPG (http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/images/user245717/imageroot/2017/08/19/2017.08.22swiss.JPG)Source: zerohedge.com


A Chinese investor pulled out of plans to buy £470 million of London property (http://www.businessinsider.com/afp-chinas-wanda-withdraws-plan-to-buy-london-property-2017-8?utm_source=feedburner&amp%3Butm_medium=referral&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+businessinsider+%28Business+I nsider%29)
Chinese conglomerate Dalian Wanda said Tuesday it was abandoning plans to buy a 470 million pound ($606 million) plot of land in London, as Beijing presses companies to halt overseas acquisitions.
Wanda, a massive group whose holdings range from commercial property to entertainment, sports and theme parks, is among a slew of companies under pressure from Beijing to put the brakes on debt-fuelled overseas investments.
Source: businessinsider.com

X22Report.com (http://x22report.com/it-begins-china-pulls-west-investment-dollars-re-directs-it-east-episode-1361/#more-279891)

[turiya]

Bill Still Report on what Trump supporters are feeling about the individual that they elected...


CNN Panel Agrees With Trump, 1765
(Published on Aug 23, 2017)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGPRhzz--eY

[turiya]

The Old Economy Is Giving Way To A
New Economic System - Episode 1362a
(Published on Aug 23, 2017)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUl5oMRMdOM_________Relavant Articles_________

Economy

Trump reiterates he’ll probably kill US trade pact with Canada and Mexico (https://www.rt.com/business/400624-trump-nafta-no-deal/)

US President Donald Trump has warned he might scrap the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) with Mexico and Canada as the sides can’t compromise on the 23-year-old pact. “Personally, I don’t think we can make a deal. I think we’ll probably end up terminating NAFTA at some point,” Trump said at a political rally in Phoenix, Arizona
He suggested a termination might help jump-start the negotiations, saying “I personally don’t think you can make a deal without a termination.”

Source: sott.net


New Home Sales Crash In July Following Plunge In Household Formations (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-08-23/new-home-sales-crash-july-following-plunge-household-formations?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+zerohedge%2Ffeed+%28zero+hedg e+-+on+a+long+enough+timeline%2C+the+survival+rate+fo r+everyone+drops+to+zero%29)

New Home Sales crashed in July (down a shocking 9.4% MoM compared to expectations of unchanged) following the collapse of household formations in June.


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The 8.9% year-over-year plunge in home sales is the worst since June 2014…


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As it appears higher mortgage rates, stagnant wages, and soaring prices have finally caught up to one another.



As a reminder, household formation collapsed in June…


http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/images/user3303/imageroot/2017/08/19/20170823_homes_0.png (http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/images/user3303/imageroot/2017/08/19/20170823_homes.png)Source: zerohedge.com


“Winter Is Here” For Housing – Whalen Warns “The Crowd Of Buyers Is Thinning” (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-08-23/winter-here-housing-whalen-warns-crowd-buyers-thinning?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+zerohedge%2Ffeed+%28zero+hedg e+-+on+a+long+enough+timeline%2C+the+survival+rate+fo r+everyone+drops+to+zero%29)

Following this morning’s plunge in new home sales…


It appears Institutional Risk Analyst’s Chris Whalen (https://www.theinstitutionalriskanalyst.com/single-post/2017/08/22/Mortgage-Finance-Update-Winter-is-Here) is spot on with his mortgage finance update: “Winter Is Here”…
The big picture on housing reflected in the mainstream media is one of caution home valuations are one of the clearest indicators of inflation in the US economy.
In fact, since WWII home prices in the US have gone up four times the official inflation rate.
“Houses weren’t always this expensive,” notes CNBC. “In 1940, the median home value in the U.S. was just $2,938. In 1980, it was $47,200, and by 2000, it had risen to $119,600. Even adjusted for inflation, the median home price in 1940 would only have been $30,600 in 2000 dollars, according to data from the U.S. Census.”
Two key indicators that especially worry us in the world of credit is the falling cost of defaults and the widening gap between asset pricing and cash flow.
One of the interesting facts about the mortgage sector in 2017 is that even though average prices have more than recovered from the 2008 financial crisis, much of the housing stock away from the desirable periphery has not really bounced. This is yet another reason why existing home sales at a bit over a million properties annually have gone sideways for months. The 600,000 or so new housing starts is half of the peak levels in 2005, but today’s level may actually be sustainable.
Looking at the MBA data, if you subtract the effects of mortgage servicing rights (MSR) from pre-tax income, most of the industry is operating at a significant loss.
http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/images/user3303/imageroot/2017/08/19/20170823_winter.png (http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/images/user3303/imageroot/2017/08/19/20170823_winter.png)Source: MBA
Source: zerohedge.com


US Services Economy Soars To Highest Since April 2015 As Manufacturing Slumps (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-08-23/us-servcies-economy-soars-highest-april-2015-manufacturing-slumps?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+zerohedge%2Ffeed+%28zero+hedg e+-+on+a+long+enough+timeline%2C+the+survival+rate+fo r+everyone+drops+to+zero%29)

The US Manufacturing economy continues to languish near one-year lows (in line with the collapse in ‘hard data’ in recent months) but US Services are soaring to their highest level since April 2015.



Manufacturing was ugly across the board…


Weaker increases in both output and new orders were key factors weighing on the headline manufacturing PMI in the latest survey period. Production volumes expanded at the slowest rate for 14 months in August, while new business growth weakened from July’s four-month high.Source: zerohedge.com


US Will Plunge Into Recession Within 12 to 18 Months (https://www.newsmax.com/Finance/StreetTalk/recession-economy-financial-crisis/2017/08/23/id/809283/)

Stock valuations are the discounted values of future earnings. Future earnings depend on future revenue, which may diminish whenever the future includes a recession. So, broad economic conditions are a big factor to watch in stock valuation.
Broad economic conditions depend ultimately on the consumer’s ability and willingness (http://www.mauldineconomics.com/outsidethebox/is-mr.-market-playing-the-role-of-pavlovs-dog) to spend money. And July’s retail sales report gave us a peek at that.
Consumer Spending Is Still Low Compared to Previous Recoveries
Consumer spending, is far lower than it should be at this point in the cycle. Peter mentions debt as one factor.


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Over time, GVA tracks nominal GDP closely, but they can diverge in the short run. That is happening right now. Three of the last four quarters brought Real GDP growth—albeit not much—while RVA was negative. RVA below zero, as plotted below, is closely associated with the onset of recessions.


http://ggc-mauldin-images.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/editorial/170823_OP_Recession_image2.jpg

This measurement technique is a little offbeat, but it is intriguing. Maybe this time is different, but we know from all kinds of other data (http://www.mauldineconomics.com/frontlinethoughts/prepare-for-turbulence) that a recession should strike soon—by which I mean that one is quite possible in the next 12–18 months.

Source: newsmax.com


BRICS: Turning Point to the New World Economic System, China’s Crucial Role (http://www.globalresearch.ca/brics-turning-point-to-the-new-world-economic-system-chinas-crucial-role/5605403)

BRICS, especially China, has played crucial role in reforming global economic governance toward building up new just economic world order free of domination, exclusiveness and exploitation. BRICS is the symbol of the New Economic Order based on sovereign equality, inclusiveness, shared benefits and responsibilities, win win cooperation. Establishment of the New (BRICS) Development Bank, of Asia Infrastructure Investment Bank, Belt and Road Fund and a number of other new specialized economic, financial and monetary institutions established by BRICS, or by China as a leading member has already changed the world economy governance.
What make BRICS strong, trustworthy and with bright future are its openness, equality and distinctive efficiency. New (BRICS) Development Bank, for instance, brings its decisions on credit demands solely on economic merits, free of any political conditionality.
Belt and Road Initiative China in fact presented new pattern of international cooperation based on long term common objectives, not on shortsighted calculations and temporary gains. All this made China worldwide distinct, highly desirable partner in both – practical cooperation and in building New World Order.

Source: globalresearch.ca

[turiya]

Phoenix mayor instructing the police force NOT to go to ICE...


On Watch Live: Phoenix-Sanctuary City
& Update on El Paso
(Published on Aug 24, 2017)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPBf995yACQ

[turiya]

Mark Dice covering why the MSM is NOT covering
the category 4 Hurricane making landfall in Texas...


CNN's Hurricane Harvey Insanity
Off The Charts Crazy!
(Published on Aug 26, 2017)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDIQ2BjR2mQ

[turiya]

Greg Hunter on the insane MSM trying
to label Donald Trump as being insane...


Greg Hunter - Weekly News Wrap-Up 8.25.17
(Published on Aug 24, 2017)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UunjjXAL6lg

[Foxie Loxie]

Aren't we ALL a little "insane"?!! :ROFL:

[turiya]

David Knight interviews Dr. Steve Pieczenik on Trump's nonsense
notion that 911 was done by terrorists from Afghanistan...
Slams Jared Kushner... Ivanka has to go... and more...


White House Generals Can’t Win This War (https://youtu.be/5J7D2cl-8FQ)
(Published on Aug 23, 2017)

https://mediaautoresponder.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/i1.ytimg_.comhqdefault-5ebbabb090fe88d874e3151a88b4d9d6b794c2e7.jpg
https://youtu.be/5J7D2cl-8FQ
VIDEO (https://youtu.be/5J7D2cl-8FQ)

[Satori]

http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/08/28/in-full-dr-sebastian-gorkas-explosive-white-house-resignation-letter/
Gorka's Explosive Resignation Letter to Trump
Dr. Sebastian Gorka, who since January has served as deputy assistant to President Donald Trump, resigned from the White House administration on Friday evening, saying, "it is clear to me that forces that do not support the Make America Great Again promise are -- for now -- ascendant within the White House."

[turiya]

The Economic Indicators Are Piling Up &
They Are Pointing Towards A Collapse - Episode 1405a
( Oct 19, 2017)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYok6sybQek_______Related Articles_______


Economy

(https://www.theguardian.com/business/live/2017/oct/19/china-growth-gdp-uk-retail-sales-brexit-pound-business-live)
UK retail sales slump; Goldman hints at Frankfurt move – as it happened (https://www.theguardian.com/business/live/2017/oct/19/china-growth-gdp-uk-retail-sales-brexit-pound-business-live)


UK retail sales volumes fell by 0.8% last month, as inflation eroded Britons’ spending power
UK third-quarter retail sales growth weakest in four years as inflation bites (https://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-economy-retail/uk-third-quarter-retail-sales-growth-weakest-in-four-years-as-inflation-bites-idUSKBN1CO0ZF)


Source: theguardian.com

Initial Jobless Claims Crash To Lowest Since 1973 (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-10-19/initial-jobless-claims-crash-lowest-1973?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+zerohedge%2Ffeed+%28zero+hedg e+-+on+a+long+enough+timeline%2C+the+survival+rate+fo r+everyone+drops+to+zero%29)


So much for the hurricane distortions of the US labor market…


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The DOL reported that filings for unemployment benefits tumbled to the lowest level in 45 years, or since 1973, as all those workers who were unable to work due to the two hurricanes, returned to their jobs.


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Source: zerohedge.com

The State Of Illinois Is “Past The Point Of No Return” (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-10-18/state-illinois-past-point-no-return?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+zerohedge%2Ffeed+%28zero+hedg e+-+on+a+long+enough+timeline%2C+the+survival+rate+fo r+everyone+drops+to+zero%29)


Summary


Unless used for capital improvements, any new Illinois State borrowing, regardless of security structure, will amount to nothing more than kicking the can further down the road.
Markets remain open to uncreditworthy government borrows longer than they should. In a low interest rate environment, investors will stretch credit standards.
Benchmark bond ratings are at variance with the rating agencies.


http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/images/user3303/imageroot/2017/10/17/20171018_IL2.jpeg (http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/images/user3303/imageroot/2017/10/17/20171018_IL2.jpeg)


The State of Illinois, i is past the point of no return. It does not have the ability to raise taxes or cut spending to the degree necessary to reduce the annual cost of bond and retiree benefits from 33% to a sustainable level. The amount of debt issued by Illinois requires a moderate 8% of general fund revenues to pay P&I.

Source: zerohedge.com

GDP Is Bogus: Here’s Why (http://charleshughsmith.blogspot.com/2017/10/gdp-is-bogus-heres-why.html)


The rot eating away at our society and economy is typically papered over with bogus statistics that “prove” everything’s getting better every day in every way. The prime “proof” of rising prosperity is the Gross Domestic Product (GDP),
So if we borrow money to pay people to dig holes and then fill them with the excavated dirt, GDP rises to general applause. The debt we took on to fund the make-work isn’t accounted for at all.Longtime correspondent Dave P. of Market Daily Briefing (http://mdbriefing.com/) recently summarized the key flaw in GDP: GDP doesn’t reflect changes in the balance sheet, i.e. debt.
Here’s Dave’s explanation:
Once I learned about accounting, I figured out why the GDP metric wasn’t sufficient. What is missing?
The balance sheet.
Hurricanes are a direct hit to your nation’s balance sheet. The national income statement goes up because of increased spending to replace lost assets, but the “equity” part of the national balance sheet ends up taking a hit in direct proportion to the damage that occurred. Even if you rebuild everything just the way it was, your assets remain the same, while your liabilities have increased.
We know this because we use the balance sheet equation: equity = assets – liabilities. Equity is another word for wealth.
Before hurricane:
wealth = (house + car) – (home debt + car debt)
After hurricane, you rebuild your house, and buy a new car, using borrowed money:
wealth = (house + car) – (2 x home debt + 2 x car debt)
Wealth (equity) has declined by the sum (home debt + car debt)
So when you see pictures of a hurricane strike, you can now look through all that devastation and see the impact on the balance sheet. National equity (wealth) just dropped by the amount of damage inflicted by the hurricane. Whether it is ever rebuilt doesn’t actually matter; that equity is just gone. Destruction is always a downside for equity – even if there is a temporary positive impact on the income statement.


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Source: charleshughsmith.blogspot.com/

Robert Shiller: A Stock Market Panic Like 1987 Could Happen Again (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-10-19/robert-shiller-stock-market-panic-1987-could-happen-again?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+zerohedge%2Ffeed+%28zero+hedg e+-+on+a+long+enough+timeline%2C+the+survival+rate+fo r+everyone+drops+to+zero%29)

In response to the 1987 crash and the Brady Commission report, the New York Stock Exchange instituted Rule 80B (https://www.nyse.com/markets/nyse/trading-info), a “circuit breaker” that, in its current amended form, shuts down trading for the day if the Standard & Poor’s 500-stock index falls 20 percent from the previous close. That 20 percent threshold is interesting: Regulators settled on a percentage decline just a trifle less than the one that occurred in 1987. That choice may have been an unintentional homage to the power of narratives in that episode.

Source: zerohedge.com

[turiya]

The Event Warning Meter Has
Hit Code Red - Episode 1405b
(Oct 19, 2017)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37coTHnHgLk_________Relevant Articles_________

Political/Rights

A Look Inside The Secret Swiss Bunker Where The Ultra Rich Hide Their Bitcoins (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-10-18/bitcoin-cold-storage-facility-looks-bond-villains-lair?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+zerohedge%2Ffeed+%28zero+hedg e+-+on+a+long+enough+timeline%2C+the+survival+rate+fo r+everyone+drops+to+zero%29)


Somewhere in the mountains near Switzerland’s Lake Lucerne lies a hidden underground vault containing a vast fortune.
It’s no ordinary vault, according to Quartz (https://qz.com/1103310/photos-the-secret-swiss-mountain-bunker-where-millionaires-stash-their-bitcoins/). Built inside a decommissioned Swiss military bunker dug into a granite mountain, it’s precise location is a closely guarded secret, and access is limited by myriad security precautions.
But instead of gold bars, the bunker contains hard drives on which customers’ bitcoins are being kept in what’s call “cold storage”– i.e. the owners’ private keys are protected by an air-gapped hard drive. The vault is one of many operated by Xapo, an early bitcoin company known for its cold storage wallet products and a debit card that pays for transactions in digital currencies.



The company won’t disclose how much bitcoin is stored in the vault, but one employee who spoke with Quartz (https://qz.com/1103310/photos-the-secret-swiss-mountain-bunker-where-millionaires-stash-their-bitcoins/)said he sometimes takes customers with millions of dollars in bitcoin on tours of the vaults where their fortune is stored. Xapo was founded by Argentinian entrepreneur and current CEO Wences Casares, whom Quartz (https://qz.com/1103310/photos-the-secret-swiss-mountain-bunker-where-millionaires-stash-their-bitcoins/)describes as “patient zero” of bitcoin among Silicon Valley’s elite. Cesares reportedly gave Bill Gates and Reed Hoffman their first bitcoins.


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As Quartz (https://qz.com/1103310/photos-the-secret-swiss-mountain-bunker-where-millionaires-stash-their-bitcoins/)explains, the bitcoin vault doesn’t store actual bitcoin units. Instead, what’s being stored are the owners’ private cryptographic keys that allow the owner to access and transfer his or her bitcoins by matching the key with a public key that’s used to identify the coin on the blockchain. Gaining unauthorized access to someone’s private keys is akin to making off with a gold bar.


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. The Swiss military built the facility in 1947, and it served as the army’s secret headquarters during the Cold War, Agence-France Presse has reported. Inside, walls covered with detailed maps and ancient radio electronics serve as vestiges of its military past.


The cold room is encircled with steel slabs to form a Faraday cage: a barrier that protects against a possible electromagnetic pulse (EMP) attack that could wipe out the data—and thus the keys to the bitcoin—stored in the room. For digital assets like bitcoin, thick walls and a secret location are not enough. A shield against invisible modes of attack like an EMP bomb must be provided for.

Source: zerohedge.com

FBI Informant “Threatened” After Offering Details Linking Clinton Foundation To Russian Bribery Case (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-10-18/fbi-informant-says-he-was-threatened-after-offering-details-linking-clinton-foundati?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+zerohedge%2Ffeed+%28zero+hedg e+-+on+a+long+enough+timeline%2C+the+survival+rate+fo r+everyone+drops+to+zero%29)


While the mainstream media has largely ignored it, the scandal surrounding Russian efforts to acquire 20% of America’s uranium reserves, a deal which was ultimately approved by the Obama administration, and more specifically the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) which included Hillary Clinton and Eric Holder, is becoming more problematic for Democrats by the hour.
As The Hill (http://thehill.com/policy/national-security/355937-fbi-informant-blocked-from-telling-congress-about-russia-nuclear) pointed out earlier this morning, the latest development in this sordid tale revolves around a man that the FBI used as an informant back in 2009 and beyond to build a case against a Russian perpetrator who ultimately admitted to bribery, extortion and money laundering. The informant, who is so far only known as “Confidential Source 1,” says that when he attempted to come forward last year with information that linked the Clinton Foundation directly to the scandal he was promptly silenced by the FBI and the Obama administration.



“He can’t disclose anything that he came upon in the course of his work,” she said.
The information the client possesses includes specific allegations that Russian executives made to him about how they facilitated the Obama administration’s 2010 approval of the Uranium One deal and sent millions of dollars in Russian nuclear funds to the U.S. to an entity assisting Bill Clinton’s foundation. At the time, Hillary Clinton was serving as secretary of State on the government panel that approved the deal, the lawyer said.
Source: zerohedge.com

Former FEC Chair Demands Internet “Disinformation” Crackdown In Major Threat To Free Speech (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-10-19/former-fec-chair-demands-internet-disinformation-crackdown-major-threat-free-speech?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+zerohedge%2Ffeed+%28zero+hedg e+-+on+a+long+enough+timeline%2C+the+survival+rate+fo r+everyone+drops+to+zero%29)


In one of the most reckless and chilling attacks on free speech, the former chair of the Federal Election Commission (FEC) (https://www.fec.gov/about/leadership-and-structure/ann-m-ravel/) and Berkeley lecturer Ann Ravel is pushing for a federal crackdown on “disinformation” on the Internet – a term that she conspicuously fails to concretely define.


http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/images/user3303/imageroot/2017/10/17/20171018_web.png (http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/images/user3303/imageroot/2017/10/17/20171018_web.png)


Ravel is pushing a proposal that she laid out in a a paper To combat “fake news,” Ravel and her co-authors would undermine the use of the Internet as a forum for free speech.
The regulation would include the targeting of people who share stories deemed fake or disinformation by government regulators.
In addition to new rules on paid ads, Ravel wants fake news to be regulated under her proposal titled Fool Me Once: The Case for Government Regulation of ‘Fake News.” (https://sites.google.com/site/abbywood/home/fool-me-once-the-case-for-government-regulation-of-fake-news) If adopted, a “social media user” would be flagged for sharing anything deemed false by regulators:


“after a social media user clicks ‘share’ on a disputed item (if the platforms do not remove them and only label them as disputed), government can require that the user be reminded of the definition of libel against a public figure. Libel of public figures requires ‘actual malice,’ defined as knowledge of falsity or reckless disregard for the truth.
Sharing an item that has been flagged as untrue might trigger liability under libel laws.”


Without clearly defining “disinformation,” Ravel would give bureaucrats the power to label postings as false and harass those who share such information.
The authors of the proposal see greater government regulation as the solution to what they describe as “informational deficits” in the largely free exchanges of the Internet.

Source: zerohedge.com

Geopolitical/Police State

Catalan Leader Vows To Declare Independence If Spain Triggers “Nuclear Option” (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-10-18/catalan-leader-vows-declare-independence-if-spain-suspends-home-rule?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+zerohedge%2Ffeed+%28zero+hedg e+-+on+a+long+enough+timeline%2C+the+survival+rate+fo r+everyone+drops+to+zero%29)


The Spanish government crackdown on Catalan separatists has intensified this week, with a judge jailing two of the movements leaders and the country’s constitutional court officially declaring the region’s Oct. 1 referendum to be illegal. However, after confusing the Spanish government with his independence (non) declaration, regional leader Carles Puigdemont is refusing to back down ahead of tomorrow’s second, and final, Spanish ultimatum.
He would formally declare independence Thursday morning if Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy follows through with his threat to invoke the so-called “nuclear option” of Article 155 of the Spanish Constitution, and suspend Catalonia’s regional autonomy –


http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/images/user245717/imageroot/2017/10/04/2017.10.18catalonia_0.JPG (http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/images/user245717/imageroot/2017/10/04/2017.10.18catalonia.JPG)
Source: zerohedge.com

War

NORTH KOREA BUILDS NEW BALLISTIC MISSILE SUBMARINE, PROMISES “UNIMAGINABLE” STRIKE AGAINST U.S. (https://southfront.org/north-korea-builds-new-ballistic-missile-submarine-promises-unimaginable-strike-against-u-s/)


This new class of submarine would be Pyongyang’s first operational ballistic missile sub.
The new submarine, designated Sinpo-C by the US government, was detected (https://thediplomat.com/2017/10/the-sinpo-c-class-a-new-north-korean-ballistic-missile-submarine-is-under-construction/) by US intelligence. Sinpo-C is assessed as being a diesel-electric powered submarine with a displacement of 2,000 tons and a beam (width) of 36 feet. The submarine will carry at least one and perhaps two or more submarine-launched ballistic missiles.
North Korea currently has one ballistic missile submarine, the Gorae (“Whale”),

Source: southfront.org

ISIS in Afghanistan is US tool to cause trouble in whole region – ex-Afghan President Karzai to RT (https://www.rt.com/news/407134-isis-afghanistan-us-tool-karzai/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=RSS)


The US uses the Islamic State insurgency as a tool in Afghanistan, aimed at destabilizing the whole region, the former Afghan president told RT, urging the international community to convince the US that it needs to actually fight terrorism.



No action was taken against Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) terrorists despite their atrocious acts being well known “since the arrival of Daesh [an Arabic acronym for IS] on the Afghan scene,” former President Hamid Karzai said. He then mentioned reports of “unmarked foreign helicopters” providing support to the terrorists.
“From the two years onwards to today, every day the local people, the local elders, government officials, media and others began to report that unmarked helicopters, unmarked foreign helicopters, would go in and support extremists in all parts of the country,”

Source: rt.com

Iraq warns foreign oil companies against bypassing government (https://www.iraqinews.com/business-iraqi-dinar/iraq-warns-foreign-oil-companies-dealing-kurdistan/)


Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) Iraq warned foreign petroleum companies on Thursday against engaging in deals in Iraq away from the federal authorities, reinforcing its takeover of oil resources disputed with Kurdistan Region.

Source: iraqinews.com

Breaking: Israel bombs Syrian Army in Golan Heights amid new advance against Al-Qaeda (https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/breaking-israel-bombs-syrian-army-golan-heights-amid-new-advance-al-qaeda/)


The Israeli Air Force bombed the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) inside the Golan Heights this evening after accusing them of shelling the occupied areas.
The Israeli airstrike comes just hours after the Syrian Army advanced against the Al-Qaeda linked Hay’at Tahrir Al-Sham terrorist group in the Beit Jinn pocket of the Golan Heights.

Source: almasdarnews.com

Cyber Attacks

U.S. Proposes New Cyber Security Controls to Protect Power Grid (https://www.bloomberg.com/technology)


U.S. grid operators will have to take measures to guard against the risk of being infected by malware from electronic devices like laptops and thumb drives under proposals put forward by the nation’s top energy regulator.
The aim is to mitigate cyber-security risks that could affect the reliability of the grid, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission said in a release (https://www.ferc.gov/media/news-releases/2017/2017-4/10-19-17-E-1.asp#.Wei8GVtSwUF) on Thursday.
The regulator will ask the North American Electric Reliability Corporation — which monitors the grids — to provide clear criteria for electronic access controls for “low-impact” cyber systems and seek ways to reduce the threat posed by malicious code.
The Energy Department said in a report (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-01-06/grid-in-imminent-danger-from-cyber-threats-energy-report-says) in January that the electricity system faces “imminent danger” from cyber-attacks, A successful hack could cause widespread power failures, undermine national defense systems and hurt the economy.

Source: bloomberg.com

False Flags
(https://www.activistpost.com/2017/10/dhs-secretary-just-warned-severe-threat-new-911-style-attack-isis-al-qaeda.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ActivistPost+%28Activist+Post %29)
DHS Secretary Just Warned Of “Severe Threat” Of New 9/11-Style Attack By ISIS And Al-Qaeda (https://www.activistpost.com/2017/10/dhs-secretary-just-warned-severe-threat-new-911-style-attack-isis-al-qaeda.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ActivistPost+%28Activist+Post %29)


Islamic State and Al-Qaeda terrorists are plotting to take down a plane and carry out a devastating explosion on the same scale of 9/11 according to the United States Security Chief.
“The terrorist organizations, be it ISIS or Al-Qaeda or others, want to have the big explosion like they did on 9/11. They want to take down aircraft, the intelligence is clear on that,”



According to Duke, the terrorists are just using these recent smaller attacks to keep their members “engaged.”
“In the interim, they need to keep their finances flowing and they need to keep their visibility high and they need to keep their members engaged, so they are using small plots and they are happy to have small plots,” Duke said.
Duke warned that at the same time, however, smaller plots can be followed with major ones.
“Creating terror is their goal. A bladed weapon attack causes terror and continues to disrupt the world, but that does not mean they have given up on a major aviation plot,” she said.
What makes this warning particularly ominous is that, according to reports (https://www.rt.com/news/407165-terrorists-plot-911-attack/), just one day before the US security chief’s warnings, Andrew Parker, director general MI5, Britain’s domestic intelligence agency, said that Britain was under unprecedented threat from Islamist terrorists.

Source: activistpost.com
Source: X22Report.com (http://x22report.com/the-event-warning-meter-has-hit-code-red-episode-1405/#more-286815)

[turiya]

And with this recent X22Report, the situation goes on changing, especially in the Middle East, and tension in Spain... as it becomes more & more obvious that the Deep-State is running out of steam...


The US Just Admitted Something That They
Never Admitted To Before - Episode 1406b
(Oct 20, 2017)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8JSml1EGHw_______Relevant Articles_______


Geopolitical/Police State

Catalonia independence supporters call on public to pull cash from Spanish banks (https://www.rt.com/business/407313-catalan-separatists-call-withdraw-banks/)


The pro-independence Catalan National Assembly has urged Catalans who back the region’s independence to withdraw money from five banks, including those that moved their headquarters out of Catalonia.



The group posted a tweet calling on its 270,000 followers to pull deposits from CaixaBank and Banco Sabadell branches between 8am and 9am on Friday to express their indignation over the lenders’ decision to shift their legal headquarters out of the region.


https://pbs.twimg.com/ext_tw_video_thumb/921105030509481984/pu/img/OvJdoGChVXMG56n1.jpg (https://twitter.com/assemblea/status/921105043364941824)


Dozens of customers were lining up at a Caixa branch in downtown Barcelona to withdraw symbolic sums of up to €160 from the ATMs.


https://cdni.rt.com/files/2017.10/original/59e9fc56fc7e932e228b4567.jpg

Source: rt.com

War

‘Unacceptably high’ number of Afghans flee military training in U.S.: report (http://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-nuclear-irgc/irans-guards-flex-muscle-in-middle-east-despite-trump-warning-idUSKBN1CP1R5?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Reuters%2FworldNews+%28Reuter s+World+News%29)


Afghan soldiers and police brought to the United States for training go “absent without leave” at far higher rates than those of any other country, potentially imperilling efforts to assist Afghan security forces, a U.S. watchdog said on Friday.


Afghan Uniform Police and soldiers from the U.S. Army 4th Brigade Combat Team provide 360-degree security outside a compound during training at Ft. Irwin, California, September 2011. Courtesy Austin Pritchard/U.S. Army



Of the 320 foreign military trainees who left while on courses in the United States from 2005 to 2017, 152 – or more than 47 percent – were Afghans, said a report by the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR).

Source: reuters.com

Russian ships visit, deliver military arms in Philippines (https://www.stripes.com/news/pacific/russian-ships-visit-deliver-military-arms-in-philippines-1.493518)


Three Russian navy ships arrived in the Philippines on Friday and two others are coming to deliver donated military equipment in the country’s third naval visit under President Rodrigo Duterte, who has vowed to diversify the country’s ties away from the United States and toward China and Russia.
Three Russian anti-submarine ships docked in Manila in time for Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu’s coming visit to the country, said Rear Admiral E. Mikhailov, the task force commander.


https://www.stripes.com/polopoly_fs/1.493521.1508514665!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_900/image.jpg (https://www.stripes.com/polopoly_fs/1.493521.1508514665!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_900/image.jpg)



Two other vessels will be arriving Saturday at the port of Subic Bay northwest of Manila to unload donated military equipment, the Philippine Navy said in a statement.
Source: stripes.com

USS Ronald Reagan Joins South Korean Navy For Latest Round Of ‘War Games’ (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-10-19/uss-ronald-reagan-joins-south-korean-navy-latest-round-war-games?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+zerohedge%2Ffeed+%28zero+hedg e+-+on+a+long+enough+timeline%2C+the+survival+rate+fo r+everyone+drops+to+zero%29)


http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/images/user245717/imageroot/2017/10/04/2017.10.19battleship_0.JPG (http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/images/user245717/imageroot/2017/10/04/2017.10.19battleship.JPG)



US and South Korean fighter jets will be accompanied by the USS Ronald Reagan, a 100,000-ton nuclear powered aircraft carrier which has been patrolling the waters east of the Korean peninsula on Thursday in a show of sea and air power designed to warn off North Korea from any military action.

Source: zerohedge.com

‘U.S. will not interfere in EU trade with Iran’ (http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/us-will-not-interfere-in-eu-trade-with-iran/article19890943.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication)


The United States does not aim to impede European trade and business transactions with Iran (http://www.thehindu.com/tag/330-244/iran?utm=bodytag) Secretary of State Rex Tillerson
European Union (http://www.thehindu.com/tag/62894-1364-1349/european-union?utm=bodytag)leaders in Brussels on Thursday highlighted the need to protect their companies and investors dealing with Iran from any adverse effects should Washington reinstate sanctions against Iran, officials said.
“The president’s been pretty clear that it’s not his intent to interfere with business deals that the Europeans may have under way with Iran,”

Source: thehindu.com

Eastern Libyan central bank launches its own coins made in Russia (https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/international-business/eastern-libyan-central-bank-launches-its-own-coins-made-in-russia/articleshow/61155569.cms)


Authorities in eastern Libya (https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Libya) will circulate their own coins for the first time to ease shortages of money, a central bank official said on Friday, in another sign of disunity in the country that has two rival governments in east and west.
The new coins, made in Russia, will join Russian-made paper currency that has already been issued in the eastern half of the country, which is outside the control of the U.N. recognised government based in Tripoli in the west.

Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com

BRAZIL PLANS TO INVEST IN SYRIA (https://southfront.org/brazil-plans-invest-syria/)


Brazil plans to reopen its embassy and restore full diplomatic relations with Syria in the hope of participating in the war-torn country’s reconstruction, according to Bloomberg (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-10-19/kurdish-female-militia-vows-to-keep-fighting-islamic-state).
Brazilian President Michel Temer had instructed foreign minister Aloysio Nunes Ferreira to carry out a feasibility study. Preliminary feedback from intelligence and defense officials is positive, he said, and a decision will be taken in the next few days. Brazilian foreign minister said “Our wish is to fully reactivate the Embassy and send a resident ambassador to Damascus.”
Source: southfront.org

US-Backed Syrian Kurds Transfer Key Gas Field To Russians After Secret Talks (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-10-20/us-backed-syrian-kurds-transfer-key-gas-field-russians-after-secret-talks)


In a move that surprised many observers of the ongoing war for Deir Ezzor province, the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) handed over one of Syria’s largest gas fields to Russian forces on Thursday, possibly as the result of unprecedented direct talks between high ranking Russian officials and Kurdish leaders in Qamishli in northeastern Syria.
Conoco gas plant (also locally called Al-Tabiya, which is the plant’s main feeder field) lies on the eastern side of the Euphrates outside of Deir Ezzor city – which was recently liberated from ISIS as the Syrian Army and Russian forces approached from the west of the Euphrates. The Conoco field had been held by ISIS since 2014, and was taken by the SDF on September 23rd as the mainly Kurdish force advanced from the east.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DKbZlh-XcAASC6t.jpg
Source: zerohedge.com

Syrian Kurds ‘Don’t Want Partition of Syria, Do Not Seek Kurdistan’s Autonomy’ (https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/201710201058403594-syrian-kurds-independence/)


“We are open for a dialogue with the central government. We do not want the partition of Syria, do not harbor plans of separating from the country and do not want to set up an independent Kurdistan. Such rumors are not true,” Shahoz Hasan told Sputnik. (https://tr.sputniknews.com/)



The PYD co-chair explained that the Syrian Kurds and the party are calling for a federalization of Syria. Their federal project is based on the principle of a “democratic autonomy,” which would embrace the whole country.
“We are open for a dialogue and are eager to take part in negotiations on the political settlement of the Syrian crisis,” he said.

Source: sputniknews.com

US-backed forces succeed in making Raqqa 80 percent “uninhabitable” (https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/us-backed-forces-succeed-making-raqqa-80-percent-uninhabitable/)


As was predicted by some military analysts at and since the beginning of this year, the operation by the US-backed, Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces to capture Raqqa from ISIS has resulted in the city’s complete annihilation.

Source: almasdarnews.com

US State Dept: Al-Nusra affiliate using chemical weapons in Syria (https://www.rt.com/usa/407267-state-department-chemical-weapons-syria/)


The US Department of State admitted that militants linked to Al-Nusra Front are carrying out terrorist attacks using chemical weapons in Syria. Russia’s defense ministry says it’s the first admission of its kind.The assertion was made in the latest Syria travel warning issued by the State Department on Wednesday. It also mentions Islamic State [IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL].
“Terrorist and other violent extremist groups including ISIS and Al-Qaeda linked Hayat Tahrir Al-Sham [dominated by Al-Qaeda affiliate Jabhat Al-Nusra, a designated Foreign Terrorist Organization], operate in Syria,” the travel warning (https://travel.state.gov/content/passports/en/alertswarnings/syria-travel-warning.html) reads. “Tactics of ISIS, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, and other violent extremist groups include the use of suicide bombers, kidnapping, small and heavy arms, improvised explosive devices, and chemical weapons,” it said.
“This is the first official recognition by the State Department not only of the presence, but the very use of chemical weapons by Al-Nusra terrorists to carry out terrorist attacks, which we repeatedly warned about,” General Igor Konashenkov, spokesman for the ministry, commented on Friday.

Source: sott.net
X22Report.com (http://x22report.com/the-us-just-admitted-something-that-they-never-admitted-to-before-episode-1406/#more-287055)



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[Honesty]

Market "meltup" confirmed - https://orders.cloudsna.com/chain?cid=MKT328877&eid=MKT334833&step=start&hpmv=2&mp_distinct_id=15f8ff205e9128-0c9d8ca1799862-325a7278-410a0-15f8ff205ea199#AST66335

[turiya]

X22Report focus on banks begin not allowing credit card purchases of cryptocurrencies....


The Crackdown Begins, Central Banks Move
To Control Of The Economic System - Episode 1488a
(Feb 2, 2018)

https://img.youtube.com/vi/wAUcnm5MQ94/0.jpg?w=640
VIDEO (https://youtu.be/wAUcnm5MQ94?t=12m26s)
https://youtu.be/wAUcnm5MQ94?t=12m26s

______relevant article______

Bank Of America, JP Morgan Bar Crypto Purchases On Credit Card (https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-02-02/bank-america-jp-morgan-bar-crypto-purchases-credit-card) -- ZeroHedge

https://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_small/public/2018-02/bitcoin%20card.jpg?h=db2f83e1&itok=3ODjK87U (https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-02-02/bank-america-jp-morgan-bar-crypto-purchases-credit-card)

The second largest US bank said it “will begin declining credit card transactions with known cryptocurrency exchanges” starting today.


Feb 2, 2018 3:12 PM


The latest crackdown against cryptos was unveiled on Thursday when the largest US bitcoin exchange, Coinbase, sent out notices to clients, informing them that purchasing cryptocurrencies on credit would now be prohibitively expensive, if not impossible, as banks have started to process payments for bitcoin et al as “cash advances”, which tend to come with extremely high interest rates:



Dear Coinbase Customer
We’re writing because you have a credit card on file and want to inform you of a recent change that may increase the cost of purchasing digital currency with a credit card.

Recently, the MCC code for digital currency purchases was changed by a number of the major credit card networks. The new code will allow banks and card issuers to charge additional “cash advance” fees. These fees are not charged or collected by Coinbase. These additional fees will show up as a separate line item on your card statement.


The move came as a number of bank and card issuers announced that they would be reviewing changes to their policies around the purchases of crypto assets using credit cards.
Capital One banned customers from using credit cards to purchase bitcoin or coins on the Ethereum blockchain, Discover Financial announced it would likewise block bitcoin transactions.
According to an internal memo to employees , the second largest US bank said it “will begin declining credit card transactions with known cryptocurrency exchanges” Charlotte, North Carolina-based bank, confirmed the bank will no longer allow the transactions.
A
JPMORGAN TO HALT CRYPTO PURCHASES ON SATURDAY,



https://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/inline-images/lendedu%20bitcoin.jpg

The good news: 82% of all crypto purhcases were not made using a credit card.
Source: zerohedge.com

[turiya]

The Central Bankers Move To Control
The Economic Transition - Episode 1496a
(Feb 12, 2018)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBq7iYEWNGA_____Relevant Articles_____

Economy

Brexit Has Reached The Point Of No Return (https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-02-11/brexit-has-reached-point-no-return) -- ZeroHedge

https://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_small/public/2018-02/2018-02-11_15-45-43.jpg?itok=rUd32QE3 (https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-02-11/brexit-has-reached-point-no-return)

"On the evidence, Remainers cannot argue their case effectively. Furthermore, the cost of backtracking on Brexit, which receives too little attention, is now considerable, and almost certainly unpalatable to the electorate..."


Feb 12, 2018 3:30 AM



The actual negotiations could easily run right up to the deadline in March 2019, when Britain is due to leave. If no agreement is forthcoming by that date, both sides might agree to extend negotiations, but that only seems likely if there is a good prospect of an agreement. Otherwise, Britain leaves and falls back on WTO trading rules, or does away with tariffs altogether.



Mrs May’s greatest problems are likely to be in dealing with her own advisors, senior civil servants whose only world is one of bureaucracy, and the Treasury, populated with staunch neo-Keynesians. of the House.



In any event, time is short, not only given the Brexit timetable, but ideally it must be concluded, or at least set in stone, before the disruption of the next crisis of the global credit cycle.

Source: zerohedge.com


"There's So Much Stress On Campus": Amazon Cuts 100s Of Jobs At Seattle Headquarters (https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-02-12/separating-wheat-chaff-amazon-cuts-100s-jobs-seattle-headquarters) -- ZeroHedge

https://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_small/public/2018-02/2018.02.12amazon.JPG?itok=OuT5MZSc (https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-02-12/separating-wheat-chaff-amazon-cuts-100s-jobs-seattle-headquarters)

"People are in terrible shape..."


Feb 12, 2018 5:01 PM



Amazon is taking the unusual step of laying off hundreds of corporate employees, what the Seattle Times (https://www.seattletimes.com/business/amazon/amazon-laying-off-corporate-employees-in-rare-cutback/) describes as a “rare” cutback as the company continues to grow at a rapid clip.
Amazon tried to spin the cuts as necessary culling after an explosive hiring spree –



But others see a more sinister motive…
As readers might recall, Amazon was the subject of an unflattering New York Times bombshell back in 2015 (https://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/19/technology/amazon-workplace-reactions-comments.html) that described a workplace culture where employees were constantly pitted against each other, and managers were expected to be on call day and night. The culture reportedly emanated from Jeff Bezos himself, who has frequently pushed for the company to cull inadequate performers.
Amazon denied that story, but the Seattle Times (https://www.seattletimes.com/business/amazon/amazon-laying-off-corporate-employees-in-rare-cutback/) says managers are under pressure from Bezos to weed out the lowest-performing employees…

Source: zerohedge.com

Trump's $4 Trillion Budget Proposal Unveiled: Here Are The Main Highlights (https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-02-12/trumps-4-trillion-budget-unveiled-here-are-main-highlights)

https://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_small/public/2018-02/OMB%20budget.jpg?itok=7Cg2mPJw (https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-02-12/trumps-4-trillion-budget-unveiled-here-are-main-highlights)

President Trump’s just released FY19 budget proposal calls for $1.7 trillion in cuts to mandatory spending and receipts, a 2% yearly reduction in non-defense discretionary spending offset by a boost on defense spending and $18 billion for Wall construction.


Feb 12, 2018 10:46 AM



budget request calls for $716b for defense and includes a 2.6% pay raise for troops
$80b in IT and cyber- funding as well as $210m for a technology modernization fund
Nearly $17b in opioid-related spending in 2019, including $10b in new funding for HHS
Requests $18b for border wall construction

Source: zerohedge.com


JPMorgan Publishes The "Bitcoin Bible" (https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-02-11/jpmorgan-publishes-bitcoin-bible)

https://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_small/public/2018-02/jpm%20bitcoin%20teaser%202.jpg?h=7719936a&itok=YC_hEC_I (https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-02-11/jpmorgan-publishes-bitcoin-bible)

We have officially gone from "Bitcoin is a fraud" to "cryptocurrencies could potentially have a role in diversifying one’s global bond and equity portfolio"...


Feb 12, 2018 9:55 AM



Five months after Jamie Dimon’s infamous outburst (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-09-12/bitcoin-tumbles-after-jamie-dimon-calls-it-fraud-would-fire-anyone-trading-it), in which the JPM CEO called Bitcoin a fraud, and threatened any JPMorgan trader caught trading cryptocurrencies with immediate termination “for being stupid”, which was followed by JPM’s head quant alleging bitcoin was a pyramid scheme (https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-09-13/jpmorgan-goes-bitcoin-kolanovic-asks-are-cryptocurrencies-pyramid-scheme), the largest US bank has released what can only be called the “Bitcoin Bible”: 71 pages of excruciating detail on everything from the technology of cryptocurrencies, to their applications and challenges.






"Given the hurdles, CCs are more likely to be used as ancillary payment methods rather than gaining traction as a primary source of exchange.While seeing a potential for the deployment of the underlying Blockchain technology in payments, we do not see cryptocurrencies competing with central bank-issued money for lawful transactions.

Some of the early buyers of CC were clearly dismayed by ballooning balance sheets of the major central banks in the aftermath of the global financial crisis (GFC), but the lack of any meaningful inflation since, in both developed markets (DM) and emerging markets (EM), has surely reduced concerns about fiat (legal tender issued by a central bank) money.

Several central banks, as discussed in Feroli, are investigating whether they should issue CCs in their own currency, but are very far from actually doing so, as any increased efficiency in payments technology does not appear to be that obvious. In addition, the issuance of crypto dollars, for example, would give non-banks access to the Fed balance sheet, and thus could endanger the economically and socially important financial intermediation function of commercial banks.

If CCs survive the next few years and remain part of the global market, then they will likely have exited their current speculative phase and would then have more normal returns, volatilities (both much lower) and correlations (more like that of other zero-return assets such as gold and JPY). Based on its historical performance, CCs can be 10 times more volatile than core assets like stocks, or than portfolio hedges, like commodities. In the current market conditions, we do not believe that an allocation to Cryptocurrencies as insurance should be a portfolio’s main or only hedge. Note that even though CCs have improved risk-adjusted returns over the past several years, they have not prevented portfolio drawdown during periods of acute market stress, like the equity flash crashes of August 2015 and February 2018."
Source: zerohedge.com


Cryptocurrency regulation is ‘inevitable,’ says IMF boss Lagarde (https://www.rt.com/business/418523-cryptocurrency-regulation-inevitable-imf/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=RSS)


It’s only a matter of time before cryptocurrencies come under government regulation, according to the head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Christine Lagarde.



“ “It’s clearly a domain where we need international regulation and proper supervision.” She also noted that “there is probably quite a bit of dark activity .”



The IMF is actively trying to prevent digital currencies from being used to launder money or finance terrorism, according to Lagarde. She said regulators need to focus less on entities, and more on activities – who is doing what, and whether they’re properly licensed and supervised.



Earlier, the head of the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) Agustin Carstens said bitcoin is “a combination of a bubble, a Ponzi scheme and an environmental disaster,” calling central banks to crack down on cryptocurrencies.

Source: rt.com


NY Fed Economists: ‘Advanced Economies’ May Not Need Crypto (https://cointelegraph.com/news/ny-fed-economists-advanced-economies-may-not-need-crypto)


The Federal Reserve Bank of New York published an interview on their site (http://libertystreeteconomics.newyorkfed.org/2018/02/hey-economist-what-do-cryptocurrencies-have-to-do-with-trust.html) Friday, Feb. 9, in which two of its economists explain cryptocurrency (https://cointelegraph.com/tags/cryptocurrencies), highlighting crypto’s “trustless (https://cointelegraph.com/news/why-we-need-trustless-cryptocurrency-exchanges)” nature, but expressing doubt that cryptocurrency could ever “realistically compete with current payment methods.”
On the notion that virtual currencies are not “backed by anything real”, such as gold (https://cointelegraph.com/news/investors-dumping-gold-for-bitcoin), Lee declared pointedly:





[I]“You’re right that they [virtual currencies] are not backed by a physical commodity, but then neither is the dollar and most other modern currencies.”


Lee added that trust in a given currency is what gives it value in a payment environment and makes it an “acceptable medium of exchange”. In the case of cryptocurrency, said trust is not provided by any given government or institution, but by Blockchain (https://cointelegraph.com/tags/blockchain) technology itself.
Is crypto the ‘future of money’?
Responding to the question of whether or not cryptocurrencies would ever become the “future of money”, Martin expressed doubt, stating that the problem cryptocurrency ostensibly solves may not actually need solving, at least not in “advanced economies”:





“Cryptocurrencies arguably solve the problem of making payments in a trustless environment, but it is not obvious that this is a problem that needs solving, at least in the United States and other advanced economies.”
Source: cointelegraph.com

X22Report.com (https://x22report.com/the-wet-work-continues-russian-plane-crash-might-not-have-been-an-accident-episode-1496/)

[turiya]

SGT Report - Sean interview w/ Bill Holter...


Is Rothschild Going To Tank The Market
To Punish Trump? -- Bill Holter
(Feb 11, 2018)

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/C1hTvYOMSiQ/hqdefault.jpg
VIDEO (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1hTvYOMSiQ)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1hTvYOMSiQ (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1hTvYOMSiQ)



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The day the Nunes FISA memo was released, stocks plummeted 666 points. Was it a message to President Trump? Q anon thinks so, and so do I. Is Rothschild ready to tank the US stock market as way to punish Trump for daring to challenge the ruling elite and shadow government? Remember too that the 1988 cover of 'the Economist' predicted that 2018 would be a tumultuous year for the US Dollar.

[turiya]

X22 Spotlight interview w/ Bix Weir.... discussion includes the 'good guys' & the 'bad guys'... "crypto currencies have to be embraced"... the economic transition... the old system is dying...


Image result for "Good Guys Are Preparing America
For A Major Economic Transition:Bix Weir"
(Feb 10, 2018)

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/rbMmdohw4bg/hqdefault.jpg
VIDEO (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbMmdohw4bg)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbMmdohw4bg (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbMmdohw4bg)

[Gemma13]

Trump and Assange are tweeting on the $1.7B in cash given to Iran early 2016.

18 Feb 2018: Never gotten over the fact that Obama was able to send $1.7 Billion Dollars in CASH to Iran and nobody in Congress, the FBI or Justice called for an investigation!


https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/world-news/us-transferred-1-7-billion-to-iran-in-foreign-cash/articleshow/54043744.cms

As previously reported, the first shipment of $400 million in cash was delivered on January 17, the same day Tehran agreed to release four American prisoners. Two more such shipments totalling another $1.3 billion were sent in the next 19 days, The Wall Street Journal reported.

"The cash payments--made in Swiss francs, euros and other currencies--settled a decades-old dispute over a failed arms deal dating back to 1979," the paper reported based on the information obtained from Congressional officials who were briefed on this issue by the US State, Treasury and Justice departments.

I wonder if the reminder about this shocking CASH spending of tax payers money, (with their BS spin of saying it saved tax payers money), has anything to do with the three months it would reasonably take for investigators to comb through the “trove of Bin Laden documents” reported in November 2017.

Perhaps we could assume the comment that "he hasn't gotten over the fact" means he has been quite diligent in getting to the bottom of this rabbit hole and that news is going to be break.



http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/11/01/iran-relationship-al-qaeda-revealed-newly-released-trove-bin/

TROVE OF BIN LADEN DOCUMENTS REVEAL IRAN’S SECRET DEALINGS WITH al-QAEDA

With 470,000 files released in one trance, it will likely take weeks for journalists, academics, and other researchers to shift through the documents in the trove and contextualise their significance.

CIA Director Pompeo reveals how astute Trump is with intelligence information and strategy.


http://www.foxnews.com/transcript/2018/01/07/pompeo-pushes-back-against-questions-trumps-fitness.html

POMPEO: This president reads material that we provide to him, he listens closely to his daily briefing. Different presidents, the previous president didn't receive his briefing in that same way. He didn't take up daily briefing from his CIA director. President Obama chose not to do that.

This president is an avid consumer of the work product that our team at the CIA produces and we do our best to convey that to him nearly every day.
[…]
This is a man who is leading the United States of America, and who engages with intelligence community in ways that are sophisticated. He deals with the most complex issues and has handled them in a way that I have great admiration and respect for. We're keeping America safe and President Trump is completely capable of working alongside of us and leading us in that effort.
[…]
Chris, with this issue in the protest in Iran is very real. The economic conditions in Iran are not good. That's what caused the people to take to the streets. President Trump made very clear that America supports the Iranian people and is looking for them to have a voice and better economic and living conditions.

Meanwhile, the Iranian regime threatens violence. Qasem Soleimani wastes their money in places like Lebanon and Syria and Yemen, trying to foment goodness knows what, making them the world's largest state sponsor of terror.

Look, that is a backward looking regime and is a theocratic regime that is looking backwards. Instead of a regime that is looking forward to making the lives of their people better. Whether it's Rouhani, who himself 1999 crushed violent revolts or Soleimani, pick a leader, or whether it's the ayatollah, each of them views themselves as running a theocracy and the Iranian people don't want that.

So, my full expectation that you'll see the Iranian people continue to revolt against this.

IN RESPONSE TO TRUMP TWEET TO NK PEOPLE RE NUCLEAR THREAT

WALLACE: And just quickly, how do you respond to people who are very critical of the tweet and say, you know, it lowers the threshold, it trivializes the possibility of nuclear war?

POMPEO: Yes, I just simply disagree with them. We in this administration understand the seriousness of what it is we are undertaking. We understand the threat. We speak -- I speak with the president about it nearly every day.

But we are intent upon laying out a set of plans that achieve the goal that frankly previous administrations have been unprepared to engage in.

Wondering if (hoping) they may have found valid connections/evidence of Obama/Clinton collusion with the Iranian Regime.

[Foxie Loxie]

Thanks, Gemma 13.....This makes an excellent BUMP!!! :bump2: Important info here!! :photo:

[turiya]

The Race To Bring Down The Economy
Has Officially Begun - Episode 1511a
(Mar 2, 2018)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qFzNY21QRg______Relevant Articles______

Economy

IMF: Trump’s Steel, Aluminum Policy Could Hurt World Economies (https://sputniknews.com/us/201803021062173023-usa-imf-trump-steel-impact/)

President Donald Trump’s plans to impose tariffs on steel and aluminum would likely hurt both the US and world economies, International Monetary Fund (IMF)

Source: sputniknews.com


In 2002, President Bush Imposed 30% Steel Tariffs; This Is What Happened Next (https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-03-02/2002-president-bush-imposed-30-steel-tariffs-what-happened-next?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+zerohedge%2Ffeed+%28zero+hedg e+-+on+a+long+enough+timeline%2C+the+survival+rate+fo r+everyone+drops+to+zero%29)

In an eerie analogue of what is about to take place, on March 5, 2002 President George W. Bush imposed tariffs as high as 30% on global steel imports.


The temporary tariffs of 8–30% were originally scheduled to remain in effect until 2005. They were imposed to give U.S. steel makers protection from what a U.S. probe determined was a detrimental surge in steel imports, as more than 30 steel


makers had recently declared bankruptcy. Canada and Mexico were exempt from the tariffs because of penalties the United States would face under NAFTA. Additionally, some developing countries such as Argentina, Thailand, and Turkey were also exempt.


on November 11, 2003, the WTO came out against the steel tariffs, saying that they had not been imposed during a period of import surge—steel imports had actually dropped a bit during 2001 and 2002—and that the tariffs therefore were a violation of America’s WTO tariff-rate commitments. The ruling authorized more than $2 billion in sanctions, the largest penalty ever imposed by the WTO against a member state, if the United States did not quickly remove the tariffs.


But it was the market’s response that broke the camel’s back: what followed immediately after the tariffs were announced was a 30% plunge in the S&P 500, a slump in the dollar and a rally in bonds that slashed 10Y yields in half.


After receiving the verdict, both from the market and the WTO, the United States backed down and withdrew the tariffs on December 4, 2003.

Source: zerohedge.com


Trump Triples-Down: “We Will Soon Be Starting RECIPROCAL TAXES” (https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-03-02/trump-triples-down-we-will-soon-be-starting-reciprocal-taxes?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+zerohedge%2Ffeed+%28zero+hedg e+-+on+a+long+enough+timeline%2C+the+survival+rate+fo r+everyone+drops+to+zero%29)


Which followed condemnation from most countries – including Canada, China and much of Europe, and also eliciting outraged howls from economists and pundits, who argue that the tariffs will make American goods less competitive, and will dethrone the US from global trade flows as shown schematically in the chart below.

https://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/inline-images/2018.03.02tradegraphic.png
Source: zerohedge.com


Bitcoin Tops $11k As Germany Refuses To Tax Cryptocurrency Payments (https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-03-02/bitcoin-tops-11k-germany-refuses-tax-cryptocurrency-payments?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+zerohedge%2Ffeed+%28zero+hedg e+-+on+a+long+enough+timeline%2C+the+survival+rate+fo r+everyone+drops+to+zero%29)


the German Federal Ministry of Finances considers Bitcoin (https://cointelegraph.com/tags/bitcoin) as tax-exempt so long as it is used as a means of payment (https://cointelegraph.com/tags/payment),


The German federal authority published its decision (https://de.scribd.com/document/372651554/2018-02-27-Umsatzsteuerliche-Behandlung-Von-Bitcoin-Und-Anderen-Sog-Virtuellen-Waehrungen?irgwc=1&content=10079&campaign=Skimbit%2C%20Ltd.&ad_group=100652X1574425X9500e2d739b200f9bb75184445 325028&keyword=ft750noi&source=impactradius&medium=affiliate#from_embed) to not subject purchases with Bitcoin and other cryptocurrency to taxes on Feb. 27, citing the European Court’s 2015 decision, which set a precedent for all members of the European Union.


The Court justified its taxing decision by stating that it considers cryptocurrency (https://cointelegraph.com/tags/cryptocurrencies) as a legal means of payment:



“So-called virtual currencies (cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin) are considered equal to the legal means of payment, as long as these so-called virtual currencies have been accepted as alternative and contractual means of payment by the parties involved in the transaction and have no other purpose than being used as a means of payment.”


These guidelines distinguish Germany from the US (https://cointelegraph.com/tags/usa) where The Internal Revenue Service (IRS (https://cointelegraph.com/tags/irs)) treats Bitcoin like property, meaning that each purchase using Bitcoin is technically considered to be a sale of property and is, therefore, subject to capital gains tax.

Source: zerohedge.com


Cryptocurrencies failing as money, but technology has promise: Carney (https://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-boe-carney/cryptocurrencies-failing-as-money-but-technology-has-promise-carney-idUSKCN1GE18N?feedType=RSS&feedName=businessNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2FbusinessNews+%28Bus iness+News%29)


Cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin are failing as a form of money and have shown clear signs of being a financial bubble, but their technology could improve the financial system in future, Bank of England Governor Mark Carney said on Friday.


Carney joined a chorus of concern among global policymakers over the rise of digital currencies, saying authorities needed to prevent their use by criminals and new rules were needed to treat them like other assets.


Facebook (FB.O (https://www.reuters.com/finance/stocks/overview?symbol=FB.O)) banned adverts for cryptocurrencies last month and Carney said on Friday that younger investors, who typically invested in them, were probably less aware of the bubbles in markets that led to the 2007-09 financial crisis.


Carney said regulations would be done on a country-by-country basis initially.

Source: reuters.com

[turiya]

X22Report.com.....


Step 1. Control The Economic Narrative, Step 2.
Dismantle The Central Bank - Episode 1515a
(Mar 7, 2018)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEQ6VENtpWs


Description:





SEC is now warning that crypto trading platforms might be unlawful.
Job market is at full capacity, the only problem is that the quality of jobs is low and wages are declining.
Trump pushes his agenda in regards to tariffs, more individuals resign their posts in government.
The IMF warns not to push trade wars, the FED says they might halt hiking the interest rate if Trump pursues implementing these tariffs.
Rand Paul pushes hard with the audit the Fed bill, now is the time to control the economic narrative and to take down and dismantle the Fed.
As North Korea and South Korea talk about peace the US pushes sanctions on NK, why?
Dan Coats says the White House is getting ready to send in troops into Syria for a major op, this is not going to happen, its propaganda.
The White Helmets are at it again staging false flags, this time with a baby.
Q drops more intel, the social media platforms are censoring those who speak out, this is about to change.
The IBOR is now being pushed and the deep state is scared of it.
11.11.18 the parade that will not be forgotten, 100 years ago WWI can to an end on this date and our troops came home.
Snowden has been located, he is in Hong Kong, who is allowing Snowden to move from country to country?
Everyone should have the right to disappear.

X22Report.com (https://x22report.com/step-1-control-the-economic-narrative-step-2-dismantle-the-central-bank-episode-1515/)
______Relevant Articles______

Economy


“Job Market Is Red Hot, Threatens To Overheat” Zandi Warns After ADP Beat (https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-03-07/adp-prints-200k-jobs-gain-5th-month-row?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+zerohedge%2Ffeed+%28zero+hedg e+-+on+a+long+enough+timeline%2C+the+survival+rate+fo r+everyone+drops+to+zero%29)


ADP printed a much-better-than-expected 235k (200k exp), a modest downtick from an upwardly revised January. Job gains were very broad-based and Mark Zandi confirmed “we’re going into the 3s” for unemployment.



https://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/inline-images/2018-03-07_5-10-17.jpg
Source: zerohedge.com


2017 Wage Growth At Lowest In 9 Years (https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-03-07/2017-wage-growth-lowest-9-years)


US nonfarm labor costs rose just 0.35% YoY in 2017 – the weakest growth in American worker compensation since 2010…



https://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/inline-images/2018-03-07_5-42-03.jpg
Q4 productivity was revised up to unchanged from -0.1%…

https://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/inline-images/2018-03-07_5-41-21.jpg

2017 remains a dismal year for American workers…


https://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/inline-images/2018-03-07_5-37-55.jpg
Source: zerohedge.com


Cohn Resigns After Confrontation With Trump, His Replacement Will Be Chosen “Wisely” (https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-03-06/gary-cohn-resigns)


Gary Cohn, Chief Economic Advisor, Resigns Because Trump Puts #AmericaFirst (https://twitter.com/hashtag/AmericaFirst?src=hash), Rather Than Engage In “Free Trade” Which Cause Large US Trade Deficits. Cohn, a Goldman Sachs Globalist, HAS NO ANSWER FOR LARGE TRADE DEFICITS good for Arbitrage

IMF chief Lagarde says nobody wins a trade war (https://www.rt.com/newsline/420686-imf-lagarde-trade-war/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=RSS)


No one emerges victorious from a trade war, International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde said on Wednesday. She warned that the economic impact of US import tariffs would be serious if other countries respond with their own barriers,

Source: rt.com
U.S. Steel to reopen dormant Illinois plant, credits proposed Trump tariffs (https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2018/03/07/u-s-steel-says-reopen-illinois-steel-plant-trump-tariffs/403064002/?utm_source=feedblitz&utm_medium=FeedBlitzRss&utm_campaign=usatoday-newstopstories)

U.S. Steel said Wednesday that it is preparing to restart its steelmaking facilities and one blast furnace at an Illinois plant as a result of President Trump’s promise to levy tariffs on foreign steel.
If U.S. Steel restarts part of its plant in Granite City, Ill., which has been out of commission for more than two years, the company could hire 500 workers. The company anticipates the restart could take about four months.

Source: usatoday.com


Fed President Warns Trade Wars May Delay Rate Hikes (https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-03-07/fed-president-warns-trade-wars-may-delay-rate-hikes?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+zerohedge%2Ffeed+%28zero+hedg e+-+on+a+long+enough+timeline%2C+the+survival+rate+fo r+everyone+drops+to+zero%29)


, the Fed has penciled in three moves this year, a number that will be revised later this month. New Fed Chair Powell told Congress last week that headwinds to U.S. growth had become tailwinds, prompting investors to up their bets that he’ll move four times in 2018. But that outlook could be thwarted if U.S. trade partners retaliate against sweeping tariffs on steel and aluminum planned by President Donald Trump.

Source: zerohedge.com


Rand Paul Adds ‘Audit The Fed’ Amendment To Senate Banking Bill (https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-03-06/rand-paul-adds-audit-fed-amendment-senate-banking-bill?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+zerohedge%2Ffeed+%28zero+hedg e+-+on+a+long+enough+timeline%2C+the+survival+rate+fo r+everyone+drops+to+zero%29)


Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) announced (https://www.paul.senate.gov/news/dr-rand-paul-introduce-%E2%80%98audit-fed%E2%80%99-amendment-senate-banking-bill) on March 5 that he will introduce his “Audit the Fed” legislation, which would permit a full audit of the Federal Reserve System, as an amendment to the Senate Banking Bill. The Senate is expected to vote on the Banking Bill, S. 2155 – officially known as the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act— this week.


“While we have made great strides in reviving our economy through curbing overzealous regulation and cutting taxes, lasting prosperity will escape us if we do not hold the enabler of big government and our astronomical national debt accountable. It’s time for the Senate to side with the American people by removing the shackles on congressional oversight and lifting the Fed’s veil of secrecy. It’s time for us to pass Audit the Fed,” Paul said in his press release.


Passage of the Federal Reserve Transparency Act (S. 16) (https://www.scribd.com/document/372980251/Audit-the-Fed-S-16-the-Federal-Reserve-Transparency-Act?secret_password=Iy8FbAbICWd3toeoOFU0#from_embe d), commonly referred to as Audit the Fed legislation, would require the nonpartisan, independent Government Accountability Office (GAO) to conduct a thorough audit of the Federal Reserve’s Board of Governors and reserve banks within one year of the bill’s passage and to report back to Congress within 90 days of completing the audit.
Paul remains steadfast in his commitment to this legislation that he and his father, former Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX), worked for years to pass, with the intent to stop the Federal Reserve’s “unchecked” and “arguably unconstitutional” meddling in the free market economy.
“The main lobby against auditing the Fed is the Fed,” Paul said. When Carlson asked what the major arguments against auditing the Federal Reserve would be, Paul cautioned:

Source: zerohedge.com

[turiya]

The Economy Has Never Recovered,
It's An Illusion, Wake Up - Episode 1516a
(Mar 8, 2018)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_XJb7oxnjE


Description:





UK retailers getting hit hard, just like in the US. This is spreading to all countries.
Credit card usage starts to slow, people are maxed out, we saw this right before the crash of 2008.
Half the companies are losing money, how can we have a recovery.
It’s starting to look alot like 1987, credit is going to be a major problem.
The US does not import 90% of its alluminum only about half, the other comes from recycle material.
Bitcoin seller identified.
Banks are bankrupt, the facts are in and it shows the economy is in big trouble and when the system collapses the banks are going down.



________Relevant Articles_________

Economy

UK retailers requesting rent reductions, shutting stores and laying off staff as economy tanks (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5472969/New-Look-close-loss-1-000-jobs.html)


Up to 980 jobs are being axed at retailer New Look under plans to shut 60 stores and slash rent on nearly 400 shops as part of a rescue deal, the company said.
It is the latest high street chain to face difficulties with more than 5,000 retail jobs under threat with the demise of Toys R Us UK and Maplin. UK store estate, we are having to take tough but necessary actions to reduce our fixed cost base and restore long-term profitability.



Comment: They can try to blame Brexit all they like but the US is seeing an equally dire future and it isn’t facing Brexit; this financial crash is happening all over the Western world:

Source: sott.net


After Record Debt-Fuelled Splurge, US Credit Card Usage Post Sharp Slowdown (https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-03-07/after-record-debt-fuelled-splurge-us-credit-card-usage-post-sharp-slowdown?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+zerohedge%2Ffeed+%28zero+hedg e+-+on+a+long+enough+timeline%2C+the+survival+rate+fo r+everyone+drops+to+zero%29)


After a massive surge in consumer credit in the last three months of 2017, when October thru December saw a massive increase in revolving and non-revolving credit, amounting to a total $73 billion, the Fed reported that 2018 started off with a whimper (https://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/g19/HIST/cc_hist_memo_levels.html), with a modest $701 million increase in credit card debt, coupled with a $13.2 billion increase in non-revolving, or auto and student loan, credit in the first month of the year.









https://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/inline-images/consumer%20credit%20march%202018.jpg








https://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/inline-images/revolving%20march%202018.jpg


we doubt it will be a surprise to anyone that both student debt and auto loans hit a new all time high in the quarter ending December 2017, with $1.491 trillion for the former, and $1.12 trillion for the latter


https://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/inline-images/auto%20student%20loan.jpg


The sharp slowdown in consumer credit growth may be the latest red flag for the US economy,

Source: zerohedge.com


What Economic Recovery? Half Of U.S. Companies Are Losing Money (https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-03-07/what-economic-recovery-half-us-companies-are-losing-money?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+zerohedge%2Ffeed+%28zero+hedg e+-+on+a+long+enough+timeline%2C+the+survival+rate+fo r+everyone+drops+to+zero%29)


Baruch Lev is the Philip Bardes Professor of Accounting and Finance at the Stern School of Business, NYU.

We are inundated with great economic news: The stock market is at all-time high (despite wide fluctuations), unemployment is the lowest in two decades, consumer confidence is the highest in many years, and corporate profits are surging from quarter to quarter. A real economic recovery to be sure.
So, you will be shocked to see the following figure which I haven’t seen anywhere else, nor mentioned by economists and pundits. The figure shows the percentage of U.S. public companies reporting an annual loss, from 1960 through 2016. The two curves portray the percent “losers” from all public companies (lower curve), and the percent “losers” from all technology and science-based companies (computers, software, pharma, biotech, etc.), presented by the upper curve.


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The main finding: Both curves are fast increasing.
The percent losers from all companies increased from 18% in 1980 to 46% in 2016.
For high tech and science-based companies the losers reached 69%! In 2016.
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So, where is the economic recovery if half the companies are reporting losses? Shouldn’t a recovery be reflected by an increasing number of profitable companies?

Source: zerohedge.com


Rosenberg: Everything Today Is Eerily Similar To 1987 (https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-03-08/rosenberg-everything-today-eerily-similar-1987?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+zerohedge%2Ffeed+%28zero+hedg e+-+on+a+long+enough+timeline%2C+the+survival+rate+fo r+everyone+drops+to+zero%29)




The Strategic Investment Conference 2018 (http://www.mauldineconomics.com/liveblog) kicked off in San Diego with a keynote speech from David Rosenberg of Gluskin Sheff titled, “Year of the Dog: Will It Bark or Bite?” (Spoiler: The latter). Rosenberg began by running through a list of his own metrics: forward P/E, price/sales, price/book value, enterprise value/EBITDA. Not surprisingly, and as shown here previously, all of them pointed to record-high valuations.







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Rosenberg pointed out that even the Fed admits that valuations are high. Our policymakers themselves believe this can’t continue for long. In fact, the Shiller CAPE ratio now stands at its second-highest level in decades. History shows that high P/E ratios are usually followed by years of low returns in equities. In fact, even the San Francisco Fed now predicts (https://www.frbsf.org/economic-research/publications/economic-letter/2018/january/valuation-ratios-for-households-and-businesses/)that equity returns over the next decade will be, at best, 0%, to wit:



Credit Shows Warning Signals
Rosenberg then shifted to what is one of the biggest recession threats to be observed in this late-cycle behavior by looking at the erosion in credit quality as one of the warning signals, something we noted two weeks ago in “This Is Where The Next US Debt Crisis Is Hiding (https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-02-20/where-next-consumer-debt-crisis-hiding)“


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He also stressed that former big buyers of corporate debt have started to “pull back.”
The situation on the retail side isn’t better either. Rosenberg pointed out that consumers begin to struggle to make credit card payments.



Source: zerohedge.com


Trump: “Cohn May Be A Globalist But I Like Him” (https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-03-08/trump-cohn-may-be-globalist-i-him?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+zerohedge%2Ffeed+%28zero+hedg e+-+on+a+long+enough+timeline%2C+the+survival+rate+fo r+everyone+drops+to+zero%29)


, President Trump joked at a mid-day cabinet meeting that he still likes former economic advisor Gary Cohn – even though he’s a “globalist.”

Source: zerohedge.com


FACT CHECK: Does The US Import 90% Of Its Aluminum? (http://checkyourfact.com/2018/03/08/fact-check-us-imports-90-percent-aluminum/)

Fact Check:
“America imports 90 percent of the aluminum that U.S. companies use to make products as diverse as beer cans and fighter jets,” WaPo reported (https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2018/03/01/foreign-suppliers-are-flooding-the-u-s-aluminum-market/?utm_term=.1f9a32ab7876).
A parenthetical in a NYT article (https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/01/upshot/trump-tariff-steel-aluminum-explain.html) noted, “Aluminum is more heavily dependent on imports, with only 10 percent made domestically.”
“Imports make up … more than 90% of the 5.5 million tons of aluminum used here,”
“In 2016, the United States imported five times as much primary aluminum on a tonnage basis as it produced,” the report explains. “The import penetration level was about 90 percent, up from 66 percent in 2012.”
But what reporting by these outlets overlooks, however, is that this figure does not capture the entire U.S. aluminum market – it only reflects the production and trade of “primary” aluminum, or aluminum that has been smelted from raw ore (https://www3.epa.gov/ttnchie1/ap42/ch12/final/c12s01.pdf).
Most unwrought (https://minerals.usgs.gov/minerals/pubs/commodity/aluminum/mcs-2018-alumi.pdf) (or unfinished) aluminum that the U.S. produces, on the other hand, is recycled and re-molten scrap, or “secondary aluminum.” The Commerce Department report makes clear that it is excluding this key component of the American aluminum industry.
“The United States is the world’s leading producer of secondary unwrought aluminum,” the report notes (https://www.commerce.gov/sites/commerce.gov/files/the_effect_of_imports_of_aluminum_on_the_national_ security_-_with_redactions_-_20180117.pdf). “While aluminum produced through secondary production is an important feedstock for the U.S. aluminum industry, it is fundamentally a different industry sector and is not the focus of this report.”
The proportion of aluminum that is imported nearly halves when secondary aluminum is also considered.

Source: dailycaller.com


ECB To Phase Out QE With €10Bn In Monthly Purchases By End Of 2018: Report (https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-03-08/ecb-phase-out-qe-eu10bn-monthly-purchases-end-2018-report?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+zerohedge%2Ffeed+%28zero+hedg e+-+on+a+long+enough+timeline%2C+the+survival+rate+fo r+everyone+drops+to+zero%29)


The reason for the mini taper, is that “policy makers have long been in agreement that QE shouldn’t stop abruptly — a view ECB President Mario Draghi has publicly voiced in the past.”

Source: zerohedge.com


Meet The ‘Man’ Who Crashed Bitcoin In 2018 (https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-03-07/bitcoins-tokyo-whale-sells-400m-bitcoin-bitcoin-cash)


Bitcoin’s Tokyo Whale (not to be confused with that Tokyo Whale (https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-09-11/wtf-chart-day-boj-now-owns-75-japanese-etfs)) revealed on Wednesday that he has sold off about $400 million in bitcoin and bitcoin cash since late September.
Nobuaki Kobayashi, bankruptcy trustee for Mt. Gox, the largest bitcoin exchange in the world before hackers absconded with tens of thousands of customers’ bitcoins worth billions at recent prices, said he started selling in late September, meaning it’s quite possible he sold at least some of the coins at the highs reached toward the end of last year.



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Kobayashi made his disclosure in the report from the 10th creditors’ meeting, which took place Wednesday.
In the report, he said he’d started selling off the bitcoin and bitcoin cash to raise money for disbursements that the trustee will soon need to begin making as bankruptcy claims are being evaluated, per Bloomberg. (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-03-07/bitcoin-s-tokyo-whale-sold-400-million-and-he-s-not-done-yet)
Which brings us to the crash of Bitcoin from December 2017 through February 2018.
Matt Odell (@Matt_Odell (https://twitter.com/matt_odell/status/971429396174209027)) presents the full list of transfers out of their wallet.

IMAGE: https://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/inline-images/DXs1MCwX4AAtEnv.jpg
h/t @alistairmilne
As Odell points out “More than half of the bitcoin they sold (18k btc) was transferred to an exchange on Feb 5th. The day before bitcoin hit its 3 month low of ~$6000. They panicked and sold the bottom. Market absorbed it well.”
This is what Kobayashi’s “sells” look like on the chart of Bitcoin…


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Source: zerohedge.com


EXPOSED: Your Bank Is BANKRUPT! – This May Cause A Bank Run! (http://investmentwatchblog.com/exposed-your-bank-is-bankrupt-this-may-cause-a-bank-run/)


every major bank and credit union and the truth is truly shocking (if you don’t study this kind of stuff on a daily basis). The fact is, they’re all bankrupt. Totally insolvent. Not even going into their derivative exposure, their cash to deposit ratio is alarmingly low, and by low we mean likely 0.20 to 5% covered.
the bank run and collapse of ABLV in Latvia which just got bailed out. Their cash to deposit ratio was 13%. Compared to most of the big banks, they were doing well!
Here are some examples…
JP Morgan:
98.26% of deposits are not covered. So they cover about 1.74%.
Wells Fargo:
98.41% of their deposits are not covered. So about 1.59% is covered with cash on hand.
Goldman Sachs:
98.76% of their deposits are not covered. So about 1.24% is covered by cash on hand.
Alpha Bank in Greece:
99.48% of their deposits are covered. 0.52% is covered by cash on hand.
Then looking at some of the credit unions…
Assiniboine Credit Union in Canada:
97.53% of deposits are covered. 2.47% covered by cash on hand.
Cambrian Credit Union in Canada is astounding:
99.84% of deposits are not covered! 0.16% is covered by cash on hand!
the banking system is insolvent!

Source: investmentwatchblog.com

X22Report.com (https://x22report.com/listen-the-silence-is-deafening-something-is-about-to-happen-episode-1516/)

[WhatTha']

The Economic Indicators Are Piling Up &
They Are Pointing Towards A Collapse - Episode 1405a
( Oct 19, 2017)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYok6sybQek_______Related Articles_______


Economy

(https://www.theguardian.com/business/live/2017/oct/19/china-growth-gdp-uk-retail-sales-brexit-pound-business-live)
UK retail sales slump; Goldman hints at Frankfurt move – as it happened (https://www.theguardian.com/business/live/2017/oct/19/china-growth-gdp-uk-retail-sales-brexit-pound-business-live)


UK retail sales volumes fell by 0.8% last month, as inflation eroded Britons’ spending power
UK third-quarter retail sales growth weakest in four years as inflation bites (https://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-economy-retail/uk-third-quarter-retail-sales-growth-weakest-in-four-years-as-inflation-bites-idUSKBN1CO0ZF)


Source: theguardian.com

Initial Jobless Claims Crash To Lowest Since 1973 (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-10-19/initial-jobless-claims-crash-lowest-1973?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+zerohedge%2Ffeed+%28zero+hedg e+-+on+a+long+enough+timeline%2C+the+survival+rate+fo r+everyone+drops+to+zero%29)


So much for the hurricane distortions of the US labor market…


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The DOL reported that filings for unemployment benefits tumbled to the lowest level in 45 years, or since 1973, as all those workers who were unable to work due to the two hurricanes, returned to their jobs.


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Source: zerohedge.com

The State Of Illinois Is “Past The Point Of No Return” (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-10-18/state-illinois-past-point-no-return?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+zerohedge%2Ffeed+%28zero+hedg e+-+on+a+long+enough+timeline%2C+the+survival+rate+fo r+everyone+drops+to+zero%29)


Summary


Unless used for capital improvements, any new Illinois State borrowing, regardless of security structure, will amount to nothing more than kicking the can further down the road.
Markets remain open to uncreditworthy government borrows longer than they should. In a low interest rate environment, investors will stretch credit standards.
Benchmark bond ratings are at variance with the rating agencies.


http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/images/user3303/imageroot/2017/10/17/20171018_IL2.jpeg (http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/images/user3303/imageroot/2017/10/17/20171018_IL2.jpeg)


The State of Illinois, i is past the point of no return. It does not have the ability to raise taxes or cut spending to the degree necessary to reduce the annual cost of bond and retiree benefits from 33% to a sustainable level. The amount of debt issued by Illinois requires a moderate 8% of general fund revenues to pay P&I.

Source: zerohedge.com

GDP Is Bogus: Here’s Why (http://charleshughsmith.blogspot.com/2017/10/gdp-is-bogus-heres-why.html)


The rot eating away at our society and economy is typically papered over with bogus statistics that “prove” everything’s getting better every day in every way. The prime “proof” of rising prosperity is the Gross Domestic Product (GDP),
So if we borrow money to pay people to dig holes and then fill them with the excavated dirt, GDP rises to general applause. The debt we took on to fund the make-work isn’t accounted for at all.Longtime correspondent Dave P. of Market Daily Briefing (http://mdbriefing.com/) recently summarized the key flaw in GDP: GDP doesn’t reflect changes in the balance sheet, i.e. debt.
Here’s Dave’s explanation:
Once I learned about accounting, I figured out why the GDP metric wasn’t sufficient. What is missing?
The balance sheet.
Hurricanes are a direct hit to your nation’s balance sheet. The national income statement goes up because of increased spending to replace lost assets, but the “equity” part of the national balance sheet ends up taking a hit in direct proportion to the damage that occurred. Even if you rebuild everything just the way it was, your assets remain the same, while your liabilities have increased.
We know this because we use the balance sheet equation: equity = assets – liabilities. Equity is another word for wealth.
Before hurricane:
wealth = (house + car) – (home debt + car debt)
After hurricane, you rebuild your house, and buy a new car, using borrowed money:
wealth = (house + car) – (2 x home debt + 2 x car debt)
Wealth (equity) has declined by the sum (home debt + car debt)
So when you see pictures of a hurricane strike, you can now look through all that devastation and see the impact on the balance sheet. National equity (wealth) just dropped by the amount of damage inflicted by the hurricane. Whether it is ever rebuilt doesn’t actually matter; that equity is just gone. Destruction is always a downside for equity – even if there is a temporary positive impact on the income statement.


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Source: charleshughsmith.blogspot.com/

Robert Shiller: A Stock Market Panic Like 1987 Could Happen Again (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-10-19/robert-shiller-stock-market-panic-1987-could-happen-again?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+zerohedge%2Ffeed+%28zero+hedg e+-+on+a+long+enough+timeline%2C+the+survival+rate+fo r+everyone+drops+to+zero%29)

In response to the 1987 crash and the Brady Commission report, the New York Stock Exchange instituted Rule 80B (https://www.nyse.com/markets/nyse/trading-info), a “circuit breaker” that, in its current amended form, shuts down trading for the day if the Standard & Poor’s 500-stock index falls 20 percent from the previous close. That 20 percent threshold is interesting: Regulators settled on a percentage decline just a trifle less than the one that occurred in 1987. That choice may have been an unintentional homage to the power of narratives in that episode.

Source: zerohedge.com

It makes sense that Trump would energize the stock market for all the obvious reasons...money does support money. Here is a perfect example. The day after the Trump inauguration stock values for Private Prisons jumped by 50%. Sounds like an authoritarian's dream!

[WhatTha']

One of the interesting dichotomies of red and blue state economics is how their basic philosophies impact economic policies. Blue states try to foster egalitarian policies that benefit all. Of course, the money grabbers do everything in their power to short-circuit any process that actually doesn't keep all power and money in their hands. In the other case, Red states go for it. They forego the moral imperative of equal treatment and just acknowledge that the wealthy want to stay that way and thus predicate their policies to hoard wealth on the backs of the underpaid subsistence level underclass. It's a wonderful system if one likes wealth imbalance, exploitation, a general lack of fair play, and economic morality.

[turiya]

One of the interesting dichotomies of red and blue state economics is how their basic philosophies impact economic policies. Blue states try to foster egalitarian policies that benefit all. Of course, the money grabbers do everything in their power to short-circuit any process that actually doesn't keep all power and money in their hands. In the other case, Red states go for it. They forego the moral imperative of equal treatment and just acknowledge that the wealthy want to stay that way and thus predicate their policies to hoard wealth on the backs of the underpaid subsistence level underclass. It's a wonderful system if one likes wealth imbalance, exploitation, a general lack of fair play, and economic morality.

Edit add:

Fourth Turning's Neil Howe: "Today's Demographics Defy Conventional Wisdom" (https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-03-09/fourth-turnings-neil-howe-todays-demographics-defy-conventional-wisdom) -- ZeroHedge

https://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_small/public/2018-03/neil%20howe%20teaser%202.JPG?h=5f030437&itok=i4VvkBYU (https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-03-09/fourth-turnings-neil-howe-todays-demographics-defy-conventional-wisdom)

According to Neil Howe, generational wealth transfer is going to be highly concentrated, reflecting current wealth inequality. Boomer wealth will flow to younger generations but the vast majority of Generation X and Millennials will get very little.


Mar 9, 2018 10:20 PM

Today’s Demographics Defies Conventional Wisdom.
The main example Howe shared is that people in the 75+ age bracket still dominate stock ownership by far. This defies conventional wisdom that people reduce risk as they retire and leave the workforce. Meanwhile, Millennials have lower income and stock ownership levels than previous generations did at the same age.
This is a key change as senior adults once had the highest poverty rates. Younger people are now challenging that once-safe assumption.


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Under the present political environment, I don't think what you have written (above) is at all relevant. The language is divisive. The kings of the "money grabbers" - that of which you speak of - are those that are presently at the top of the pyramid... These are the central banksters. And all those that have manipulated the fiat money system to work in their favor. These days are coming to an end - a.k.a. "The Last Days" for the Central Banksters & all their kind... & the system that they've set up - based on FRNs - the Federal Reserve Note... it is in the process of all coming down.

Egalitarianism has embraced socialism, communism, marxism... this is where the political left has moved to... Yes, Obama's "spread the wealth" meme... is what your words are colored with...

Trump is in place to make the transition... out & away from that economic system - the central banking system - the fractional-reserve debt-based monetary system.

I'm sure you must be aware of the portrait that sits behind the desk & on the wall of the Oval Office, if not then, well, here ya go...



https://www.telesurtv.net/__export/1486022227806/sites/telesur/img/news/2017/02/02/donald_trump_en_llamada_con_el_primer_ministro_de_ australia_ap.jpg_1718483347.jpg (https://www.telesurtv.net/news/Trump-evalua-el-tonto-acuerdo-de-inmigracion-con-Australia-20170202-0005.html)

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POTUS Will Ask The People, Do
We Need The Fed? - Episode 1517a
(Mar 9, 2018)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=os4CJhvZh5M


Description:




Wholesale trade sales decline this is one of the biggest drops since 2 years ago.
The Housing market is doomed, everything has been engineered away from the big banks to non-banks and when the crisis hits they will take the fall.
Fed governor says QE unwind to slow that’s why we are seeing the market react the way it is, faster unwind will fix the problem.
Cohn leaves the White House Blankfein leaves Goldman, coincidence, I think not.
11 countries decided to sign the TPP without the US. They are doomed in the long run.
Soon POTUS will ask the people if we really need the Fed, the IMF etc.



_______Relevant Articles_______
Economy


Wholesale Trade Sales Tumble In January, Biggest Drop In 2 Years As Inventories Build (https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-03-09/wholesale-trade-sales-tumble-january-biggest-drop-2-years-inventories-build?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+zerohedge%2Ffeed+%28zero+hedg e+-+on+a+long+enough+timeline%2C+the+survival+rate+fo r+everyone+drops+to+zero%29)


After 7 straight months of growth, wholesale sales tumbled in January – the worst drop since Jan 2016.


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Source: zerohedge.com


]Housing Liquidity Crisis Looms: Debt Deflation Follows[/SIZE] (https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-03-09/housing-liquidity-crisis-looms-debt-deflation-follows"
A liquidity crisis in housing is on the way. Non-banks are at the center of the storm.
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The Brookings Institute says a Liquidity Crises in the Mortgage Market (https://www.brookings.edu/bpea-articles/liquidity-crises-in-the-mortgage-market/)is on the way.





Nonbanks originated about half of all mortgages in 2016, and 75% of mortgages insured by the FHA or VA. Both shares are much higher than those observed at any point in the 2000s. We describe in this paper how nonbank mortgage companies are vulnerable to liquidity pressures in both their loan origination and servicing activities, and we document that this sector in aggregate appears to have minimal resources to bring to bear in a stress scenario. We show how these exact same liquidity issues unfolded during the financial crisis, leading to the failure of many nonbank companies, requests for government assistance, and harm to consumers. The extremely high share of nonbank lenders in FHA and VA lending suggests that nonbank failures could be quite costly to the government, but this issue has received very little attention in the housing-reform debate.

There is now considerable stress on Ginnie Mae operations from their nonbank counterparties:


“. . .Today almost two thirds of Ginnie Mae guaranteed securities are issued by independent mortgage banks. And independent mortgage bankers are using some of the most sophisticated financial engineering that this industry has ever seen. We are also seeing greater dependence on credit lines, securitization involving multiple players, and more frequent trading of servicing rights and all of these things have created a new and challenging environment for Ginnie Mae. . . . In other words, the risk is a lot higher and business models of our issuers are a lot more complex. Add in sharply higher annual volumes, and these risks are amplified many times over. . . . Also, we have depended on sheer luck. Luck that the economy does not fall into recession and increase mortgage delinquencies. Luck that our independent mortgage bankers remain able to access their lines of credit. And luck that nothing critical falls through the cracks. . . ”
Nonbank Share in $Billions
https://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/inline-images/https_%252F%252Fs3-us-west-2.amazonaws%20%283%29_0.jpg


Shocks Coming
Nonbanks are vulnerable to macroeconomic shocks, rising interest rates, home price declines and job losses, often with a bare minimum down payment.
This is happening while debt-to-income DTI ratios are on the rise and median FICO scores are dropping.
This is hardly surprising given homes are not affordable.
Failure is a Given
Brookings provides the failure hierarchy, and failure is a given.
To keep the latest bubble going, nonbanks kept lowering and lowering credit standards as home prices kept rising and rising.
This is a recipe for disaster, and disaster is at hand.
Looking Ahead
Credit card delinquencies are priced as if they will be paid back. They won’t.
As soon as recession hits, defaults and charge-offs will mount. In turn, this will reduce the amounts banks will be willing to lend.
Subprime corporations who had been borrowing money quarter after quarter will find they are priced out of the market, unable to roll over their debt.
In a fiat credit-based global setup, this is how the real world works.

Source: zerohedge.com


[SIZE=4]Goldman CEO Blankfein Set To Leave, WSJ Reports (https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-03-09/goldman-ceo-blankfein-set-leave-wsj-reports?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+zerohedge%2Ffeed+%28zero+hedg e+-+on+a+long+enough+timeline%2C+the+survival+rate+fo r+everyone+drops+to+zero%29)


The Wall Street Journal reports (https://www.wsj.com/articles/lloyd-blankfein-prepares-to-exit-goldman-sachs-as-soon-as-years-end-1520613681?mod=e2tw) that Lloyd Blankfein is preparing to step down as Goldman Sachs chief executive as soon as the end of the year, capping a more than 12-year run that would make him one of the longest-serving bosses on Wall Street.
, one can’t help but wonder about the timeliness of Gary Cohn’s White House exit.

Source: zerohedge.com


QE Unwind Is Too Slow, Says Fed Governor, Thus Launching First Trial Balloon (https://wolfstreet.com/2018/03/09/qe-unwind-is-too-slow-says-fed-governor-thus-launching-first-trial-balloon/)


So we have the first Fed Governor and member of the policy-setting FOMC who came out and said that the QE Unwind that began last October with baby steps isn’t fast enough. And because it’s so slow it may actually contribute to, rather than lower, the “financial imbalances.”
Kansas City Fed President Esther George pointed at the growth of the economy, the tightness in the labor market, the additional support the economy will get from consumers and companies as they spend or invest the tax cuts, etc., etc. And despite this growth, “the stance of monetary policy remains quite accommodative,” she said.
She cited the federal funds rate – the overnight interest rate the Fed targets. The Fed’s current target range is 1.25% to 1.50%, which is “well below estimates of its longer-run value of around 3%,” she said.
The Fed would have to raise rates at least six more times of 25 basis points each, for a total of at least 1.5 percentage points, to bring the federal funds rate to around 3% and get back to neutral. If the Fed wanted to actually tighten after that, it would have to raise rates further.
Under QE, the Fed acquired $1.7 trillion in Treasury securities and $1.78 trillion in mortgage-backed securities, for a total of about $3.5 trillion. After QE ended in October 2014, the Fed then maintained the levels by replacing maturing securities.
But in October last year, it commenced the QE-Unwind and started to not replace some maturing securities. This has the effect of shrinking its balance sheet. Just like the Fed “tapered” QE by phasing it out over the course of a year, it is also ramping up the QE-Unwind over the course of a year.
But the pace of the QE-Unwind has been too slow, according to George – and this may be destabilizing the financial markets:




because the QE Unwind is so slow, it doesn’t really work as an unwind but continues to inflate asset prices, which would be the opposite of what the Fed wants to accomplish:

it’s probably her job to launch the first trial balloon about speeding up the QE Unwind.

Source: wolfstreet.com


11 countries sign Trans-Pacific trade deal in slap to US (http://www.presstv.com/Detail/2018/03/09/554830/US-Japan-Canada-NAFTA-TPP-CPTPP-trade-deal-Trump)


eleven countries have signed the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a sweeping trade agreement that was thought to be dead after US President Donald Trump’s decision last year to pull out his country.



Trade ministers from 11 Pacific Rim countries officially signed the agreement during a ceremony in Chile’s capital of Santiago on Thursday.
The deal, now known as the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), drops Washington’s demands for protection of intellectual property and covers some 500 million people living in Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore and Vietnam.

Source: presstv.ir

Q anon:

How do you defuse a bomb? Knowledge of which wires/strings to cut? Cutting the wires (and puppet master strings) is the real mission
–
the central bankers, the global internationalists, the New World Order crowd, including the Council on Foreign Relations. These are the wires and strings we need to cut. President Trump will ask the American people if we really need the Federal Reserve. Should we pull out of the United Nations and the International Monetary Fund? Why would we ever tolerate international law imposed on us by The Hague?
Gonna drop the Fed.
Guess what THAT means??

X22Report.com (https://x22report.com/the-deep-state-wants-snowden-he-might-have-the-evidence-to-take-them-down-episode-1517/)

[ThePythonicCow]

[INDENT][INDENT]Under the present political environment, I don't think what you have written (above) is at all relevant. The language is divisive. The kings of the "money grabbers" - that of which you speak of - are those that are presently at the top of the pyramid... These are the central banksters. And all those that have manipulated the fiat money system to work in their favor. These days are coming to an end - a.k.a. "The Last Days" for the Central Banksters & all their kind... & the system that they've set up - based on FRNs - the Federal Reserve Note... it is in the process of all coming down.

Egalitarianism has embraced socialism, communism, marxism... this is where the political left has moved to... Yes, Obama's "spread the wealth" meme... is what your words are colored with...

Trump is in place to make the transition... out & away from that economic system - the central banking system - the fractional-reserve debt-based monetary system.
I will confess to being less optimistic.

I currently expect only parts of the deep state and banking system are being taken down, weakened or threatened. These parts would be roughly the Aryan, Nazi, Neo-Nazi, Muslim Brotherhood backed manifestation that we see manifest in the US Petro-Dollar, the Bush-Clinton-Obama crime syndicate, the overly expansive and offensive US Military-Intelligence complex, portions of the CIA, main stream media, and American politics, especially the Democrat party, the dominant world drug (opiate and pharmaceutical) trade, some of the pedophilia, and various individuals or institutions of various other governments, banks, and corporations working with these.

I expect that the fundamental basis of modern banking, which is control of each nation's money supply through the use of credit based monetary systems, in which money is lent into existence, will remain, and I expect that the world's central banking system will remain largely in place, with some reforms to portions of their activity specific to the above activities that are being taken down or weakened.

[uzn]

Just in case you wondered what Trump is doing in his sparetime. Here is his not so "secret Steam-account":
T-Playn
He likes to give his unprofessional comments for every one of his 1326 owned games.

some examples:
GTA 5
https://media0dk-a.akamaihd.net/87/74/9b841cd8b552f7b5ca0a899981524151.jpg

Nier Automata
https://media0dk-a.akamaihd.net/56/93/333954671c83aa7eecd1af59b9def01e.jpg

DRAGON BALL FighterZ
https://media0dk-a.akamaihd.net/76/15/d0d4e311ec20825ff317f91c2dec1059.jpg

PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS
https://media0dk-a.akamaihd.net/81/13/6d9080e33501856e7947552be8988106.jpg

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege
https://media0dk-a.akamaihd.net/61/97/8eefa35fb47b69c88f0a9d50c47d5cdc.jpg

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition
https://media0dk-a.akamaihd.net/10/31/67f61edfbe0f510151f31994f360bd91.jpg

Resident Evil 7 biohazard
https://media0dk-a.akamaihd.net/62/60/385a7068732c34e18a4e3326351d2a37.jpg

[Foxie Loxie]

Totally!!! Shows Trump's brilliance in using ANY means to get his message out!! :clapping:

[turiya]

Why Are The Central Bank Officials
Screaming And Yelling? - Episode 1519a
(Mar 12, 2018)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2s6vG1GSFc4



Description:





The push is on to crack down on those that would try to manipulate cryptocurrencies.
The central banks are screaming very loud about the tariffs that Trump is putting into place.
They are saying that this will not end well, its bad for the economy.
What they are really saying it is bad for their system, the strategy behind this is to get the central banks to do something to try to counter this.
The Fed and the rest of the central bank days are numbered.


______Relevant Articles_______


Economy


Cryptocurrency Manipulators Can Now Go to Jail (https://wolfstreet.com/2018/03/11/cryptocurrency-manipulators-can-now-go-to-jail-says-us-federal-court/)


What the First Ruling by a Federal Judge on Cryptocurrencies Means. Law firm weighs in.
The past three months have been tough on cryptocurrencies. Bitcoin is down 53% from its peak, Ethereum 48%, Ripple 78%. From the respective peaks among the three, $350 billion have evaporated. Those are just the three largest by



market capitalization. New ones come on the scene all the time, still. There are about 1,550 of them. So the question is this: What caused prices to surge so far so fast? And why have they collapsed?
Epic price manipulation is one of the reasons. That has long been known, propagated, praised, and lamented on crypto discussion boards. But it has become so spectacularly rampant – and the fiat currency amounts so large – that it has made its way into the mainstream media.
In 2015, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), which was beginning to crack down on unregistered firms that were trading cryptocurrency derivatives, determined that cryptos were commodities and thus within its regulatory jurisdiction. It then ordered (https://www.cnbc.com/2015/09/18/bitcoin-now-classed-as-a-commodity-in-the-us.html) bitcoin-options trading platform Coinflip and its CEO to cease trading since they’d violated CFTC regulations. It also filed, and simultaneously settled, charges against Coinflip.
The CFTC’s theory that it had authority to regulate cryptos was tested in court in a case, filed in January, where the CFTC alleged that defendants Patrick McDonnell and his company Coin Drop Markets were operating a fraudulent scheme involving cryptocurrency trading and misappropriating investor funds. Part of the defense was that the CFTC didn’t have standing to sue because it didn’t have the authority to regulate cryptocurrencies.
Last Tuesday, US District Judge Jack Weinstein for the Eastern District of New York ruled that cryptocurrencies are indeed commodities under the Commodity Exchange Act (CEA) and therefore subject to the CFTC’s anti-fraud and anti-manipulation enforcement authority. This allowed the case to go forward.

Source: wolfstreet.com


‘We Are not Afraid’: EU Stands-Up to Trade ‘Bullies’ in Tariff Row With US (https://sputniknews.com/europe/201803121062446603-eu-us-trump-tariffs-trade-war/)


European Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmstroem has promised that Europe would fight back (https://sputniknews.com/business/201803071062298348-trump-tariffs-eu-retaliation/) against those who intimidate its trade (https://sputniknews.com/world/201803021062158331-germany-tariffs-steel-aluminum-trump/) after joint talks with US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan Hiroshige Seko on exemption from Donald Trump’s steel and aluminum tariffs came to a deadlock.



​According to the European steel association EUROFER, trade with the US accounted for 15 percent of Europe’s steel exports in 2017. They also fear that other countries hit by the new tariff policy will redirect their steel exports to Europe.

Source: sputniknews.com


Federal Reserve Bank President Says Tariffs Will Hurt Economy (http://www.cpapracticeadvisor.com/news/12402159/federal-reserve-bank-president-says-tariffs-will-hurt-economy)


Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta president Raphael Bostic said steel and aluminum tariffs bring uncertainty that could hurt the economy’s robust growth.

Source: cpapracticeadvisor.com


What is the FED?
What does the FED control?
Who controls the FED?
Who approved the formation of the FED?

“It is well enough that people of the nation do not understand our banking and monetary system, for if they did, I believe there would be a revolution before tomorrow morning.” — Henry Ford

“Give me control of a Nation’s money supply, and I care not who makes its laws.” — M. A. Rothschild


In 1836, Andrew Jackson abolished the Bank of the United States, arguing that it exerted undue and unhealthy influence over the course of the national economy. From then until 1913, the United States did not allow the formation of a private central bank. During that period of nearly three quarters of a century, monetary policies were carried out, more or less, according to the U.S. Constitution: Only the “Congress shall have power . . . to coin money, regulate the value thereof” (Article 1, Section 8, U.S. Constitution). Not long before the establishment of the Federal Reserve Bank in 1913, President William Taft (1909-1913) pledged to veto any legislation that included the formation of a private central bank.



Soon after Woodrow Wilson replaced William Taft as president, however, the Federal Reserve Bank was founded (December 23, 1913), thereby centralizing the power of U.S. banks into a privately owned entity that controlled interest rate, money supply, credit creation, inflation, and (in roundabout ways) employment. It could also lend money to the government and earn interest, or a fee—money that the government could create free of charge. This ushered in the beginning of the gradual rise of national debt, as the government henceforth relied more on borrowing from banks than self-financing, as it had done prior to granting the power of money-creation to the private banking system. Three years after signing the Federal Reserve Act into law, however, Wilson is quoted as having stated:



“I am a most unhappy man. I have unwittingly ruined my country. A great industrial nation is controlled by its system of credit. Our system of credit is concentrated. The growth of the nation, therefore, and all our activities are in the hands of a few men. We have come to be one of the worst ruled, one of the most completely controlled and dominated governments in the civilized world. No longer a government by free opinion, no longer a government by conviction and the vote of the majority, but a government by the opinion and duress of a small group of dominant men” [2]. -- Woodrow Wilson
Source: x22report.com (https://x22report.com/the-deep-state-dead-cat-bounce-might-be-more-than-one-event-episode-1519/)
.

[turiya]

This Is What The Central Banks
Are Really Afraid Of - Episode 1520a
(Mar 13, 2018)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4_tQZVMEpo



Description:





Retail execs expect many more bankruptcies in 2018.
The retail apocalypse is not over.
Trump just issued an executive order stopping all foreign company takeovers.
Hungary wants its gold back, central banks around the world have been repatriating their gold.
The petrodollar coin has been born, are the central bankers trying to create a crypto version just like Venezuela.
The BIS just announced one of the reasons the central banks are so worried about cryptocurrencies, this is why.


_____Relevant Articles_____

Economy

94% of retail execs expect as many — or more — bankruptcies in 2018 (https://www.retaildive.com/news/94-of-retail-execs-expect-as-many-or-more-bankruptcies-in-2018/518948/)


In a survey conducted in November, 40% of retail executives said they expect bankruptcy filings in the sector to increase in 2018, according to a new report from accounting and consulting firm BDO.



Another 54% of executives said they expect the level of bankruptcy filings to stay consistent with last year, which surpassed 2008 in retail bankruptcies (https://www.retaildive.com/news/retail-bankruptcies-2017/446086/).
The year has already seen four major retail bankruptcies (https://www.retaildive.com/news/the-running-list-of-2018-retail-bankruptcies/516864/), including that of department store Bon-Ton (https://www.retaildive.com/news/how-bon-ton-came-to-the-brink-of-bankruptcy/515156/). Others, including Claire’s (https://www.retaildive.com/news/claires-close-to-filing-for-bankruptcy-report-says/518811/) and Nine West (https://www.retaildive.com/news/nine-west-reportedly-close-to-bankruptcy-filing/515518/), are said to be readying filings, and there are many more at risk (https://www.retaildive.com/news/12-major-retailers-that-could-go-bankrupt/509827/).
In the report, BDO counted more than 2,300 stores slated for closure in the second half of 2017. (That figure included retailers that planned to close at least 20 stores in the period.) The firm also cited Cushman & Wakefield projections that 12,000 retail stores could close in 2018, up from 9,000 last year, and that at least 25 major retailers would file for bankruptcy this year.

Source: retaildive.com


Trump’s Order Stops ALL Foreign Takeovers of Large US Tech Companies (https://wolfstreet.com/2018/03/12/trumps-order-stops-all-foreign-takeovers-of-large-us-tech-companies/)


“Any substantially equivalent merger, acquisition, or takeover, whether effected directly or indirectly, is also prohibited.”
President Trump signed a far-ranging executive order (https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/presidential-order-regarding-proposed-takeover-qualcomm-incorporated-broadcom-limited/) late Monday that blocked the $117-billion hostile takeover of Qualcomm by Broadcom, a Singapore-based company, on concerns over national security. This crushed any hopes that remained in some corners of seeing what would have been the largest tech deal ever. But the order was far broader: It blocked all such deals.
But the Trump White House is not so enamored with these foreign takeovers of US tech companies. Trump’s order said this:



There is credible evidence that leads me to believe that Broadcom Limited, a limited company organized under the laws of Singapore (Broadcom), along with its partners, subsidiaries, or affiliates, including Broadcom Corporation, a California corporation, and Broadcom Cayman L.P., a Cayman Islands limited partnership, and their partners, subsidiaries, or affiliates (together, the Purchaser), through exercising control of Qualcomm Incorporated (Qualcomm), a Delaware corporation, might take action that threatens to impair the national security of the United States.


And it isn’t just Broadcom that is targeted with this order. It’s all foreign takeovers of large US tech companies:

Source: wolfstreet.com


Hungary’s Central Bank To Repatriate Its Gold From London (https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-03-13/hungarys-central-bank-repatriate-its-gold-london?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+zerohedge%2Ffeed+%28zero+hedg e+-+on+a+long+enough+timeline%2C+the+survival+rate+fo r+everyone+drops+to+zero%29)


The leadership of the Hungarian National Bank (MNB) has decided to bring back home Hungary’s gold reserves.


https://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/inline-images/1280-749x415.jpg


Up to now, 100,000 ounces (3 tons) of the precious metal were stored in London, which is in total worth some 33 billion ($130 million) at current gold prices (https://www.goldbroker.com/charts/gold-price/usd).
The decision seems to be in line with international trends as storage of gold reserves out of the country is now considered risky by more and more central banks. Austrian (https://www.goldbroker.com/news/austria-says-has-repatriated-15-tonnes-gold-from-london-891), German (https://www.goldbroker.com/news/german-central-bank-completes-repatriation-of-28-billion-in-gold-three-years-ahead-of-schedule-1174), and Dutch (https://www.goldbroker.com/news/dutch-central-bank-bring-120-tonnes-gold-back-amsterdam-from-new-york-657) central banks are among those who have recently decided to repatriate their gold reserves. According to MNB, this may also further strengthen market confidence towards Hungary.

Source: zerohedge.com


New petro-backed cryptocurrency set to increase competition in global oil markets (https://www.rt.com/business/421095-us-oil-cryptocurrency-launch/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=RSS)


A New York capital management company is set to break new ground on commodity investments by launching a new cryptocurrency, backed entirely by proven oil reserves.



Investment and holding company Signal Capital Management announced March 12 that it would launch the PetroDollar (XPD), a cryptocurrency backed by oil reserves, natural gas, and similar commodities. It also boasts to be the “world’s first globally compliant” digital currency, OilPrice reports (https://oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-General/Another-Oil-Backed-Cryptocurrency-Launches.html).
The PetroDollar website (http://petrodollars.io/why-petro-dollars/) touts that it will be “linked to physical assets and not thin air,” and will remain “more price-stable as a result”. The burgeoning currency is awaiting a regulatory private placement by US and foreign investors and should receive its first initial coin offering (ICO) by late 2018.
Investors will treat the PetroDollar as a currency and not an exchange traded fund (ETFs), circumventing some tax reporting obligations, and is “not expected to be subject to annual tax but instead will be taxed only upon any gains (or losses) from their sale of PetroDollars,” its official white paper (http://petrodollars.io/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/PetroDollar_White-Paper.pdf) reads.
The cryptocurrency also affirms to be “tradeable worldwide outside of the traditional banking system” and is “expected to be in Top 20 cryptocurrencies by total market value”. After the initial ICO, it aims to back each coin by over “13 barrels of proven recoverable oil reserves”.

Source: rt.com

Central Bank Digital Currencies Could Fuel Bank Runs, BIS Says (https://www.coindesk.com/central-bank-digital-currencies-fuel-bank-runs-bis-says/)


A central bank-issued digital currency (CBDC) could fuel faster bank runs during periods of financial instability, the Bank of International Settlements (BIS) said Monday.
The institution – considered by some to be the “central banks’ central bank” – argued those looking to develop and launch a wholly digital currency should “carefully weigh” the implications of doing so, especially as they relate to monetary policy and overall stability. In sum, the BIS noted that a currency of that nature “might be useful for payments but more work is needed to assess the full potential.”
“A general purpose CBDC could give rise to higher instability of commercial bank deposit funding. Even if designed primarily with payment purposes in mind, in periods of stress a flight towards the central bank may occur on a fast and large scale, challenging commercial banks and the central bank to manage such situations,” the BIS stated at the outset.
there could be a situation in which banks – even stronger ones – could face issues during a bank run thanks to the ease at which a depositor could move their funds by way of the digital currency.



“It would be difficult to stem runs under such conditions, even when providing large lender of last resort facilities,” the report adds.
The BIS has taken a somewhat middle-of-the-road view toward distributed ledger applications, expressing a belief through past reports (https://www.coindesk.com/bis-distributed-ledger-blockchain-report-impact-long-way-off/) that the technology is promising yet is unlikely to be used widely by banking institutions in the near-term. By contrast, its senior leaders have sharply criticized (https://www.coindesk.com/bis-distributed-ledger-blockchain-report-impact-long-way-off/) cryptocurrencies in the past.

Source: coindesk.com

[turiya]

Greg Hunter interview w/ David Morgan....


David Morgan – Deep State Unpredictable
Get Gold & Silver
(Mar 13, 2018)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKSSe3zxC54



Description:





President Trump is having much economic success, but he also has an ongoing war with the so-called “Deep State.”
Gold and silver expert David Morgan contends, “If the “Deep State” gets pushed into a corner much further, they can basically pull the plug.
That means the stock market could come tumbling down, and then they could blame the Trump Administration. . . .
If you are losing the chess game, you just get up and turn the table over and the pieces go flying everywhere.
That is a metaphor for a war.
That’s a metaphor for crashing the stock market.
That’s a metaphor for crashing the bond market, and it’s a metaphor for it happening on its own.
I am concerned that if you win, you lose.
This is why the unraveling is being done extremely carefully. . . .
I am not saying it is going to happen. I am saying it could happen.
These people are so used to winning a rigged game, if they start being caught, and they have been caught, then they are going to do things that are not necessarily predictable. They are not going to act in a rational manner. They are going to do anything possible to protect themselves.
You cannot rule out the possibility that they will turn the table over and that’s it.”


David Morgan: "The Deep State Could Pull The Plug On Markets At Any Time" (https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-03-14/david-morgan-deep-state-could-pull-plug-markets-any-time) -- ZeroHedge

https://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_small/public/2018-03/deepstate.jpg?h=9b6abfb4&itok=UHzf76ZK (https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-03-14/david-morgan-deep-state-could-pull-plug-markets-any-time)

"If the 'Deep State' gets pushed into a corner much further, they can basically pull the plug. That means the stock market could come tumbling down, and then they could blame the Trump Administration..."


Mar 14, 2018 7:05 PM

[turiya]

It Has Begun, These Conditions Preceded
the Last 7 Recessions - Episode 1521a
(Mar 14, 2018)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7x_0H1TaTIw


Description:

The central bank is now coming after the crypto market, Google, Facebook are now banning cryptocurrency ads.
The G20 is meeting and one of their topics is bitcoin.
Retail sales decline and the corporate media begins to blame the Trump administration.
GDP is revised again lower.
Lacy Hunt spells it out and show conditions that preceded the last 7 recessions.
Trump pushes forward with tariffs and will take it to the next level to bring down the economy and control the narrative.


_________Relevant Articles__________

Economy

Bitcoin Drops Ahead Of G-20 - Central Bankers Can No Longer Ignore Cryptos (https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-03-14/bitcoin-drops-ahead-g-20-central-bankers-can-no-longer-ignore-cryptos)

https://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_small/public/2018-03/2018-03-14_9-50-09.jpg?itok=R6_V0bF6 (https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-03-14/bitcoin-drops-ahead-g-20-central-bankers-can-no-longer-ignore-cryptos)

Overnight weakness in cryptos started when Google ad-ban headlines hit overnight (https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-03-14/bitcoin-sinks-google-moves-ban-all-crypto-ico-ads-june) and accelerated as anxiety around next week's G-20 (and its potential for more crackdowns) builds.


Mar 14, 2018 1:05 PM





Google will ban online advertisements promoting cryptocurrencies and initial coin offerings, and “other speculative financial instruments” starting in June.
The Group of 20 finance ministers and central bankers are set to sound the alarm about cryptocurrencies when they gather next week in Buenos Aires.

A draft communique calls for monitoring them to safeguard financial stability.
central banks toward cryptocurrencies, analysts believe that they cannot ignore them any longer.





Source: zerohedge.com



Bitcoin Drops Ahead Of G-20 - Central Bankers Can No Longer Ignore Cryptos (https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-03-14/bitcoin-drops-ahead-g-20-central-bankers-can-no-longer-ignore-cryptos)

https://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_small/public/2018-03/2018-03-14_9-50-09.jpg?itok=R6_V0bF6 (https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-03-14/bitcoin-drops-ahead-g-20-central-bankers-can-no-longer-ignore-cryptos)

Overnight weakness in cryptos started when Google ad-ban headlines hit overnight (https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-03-14/bitcoin-sinks-google-moves-ban-all-crypto-ico-ads-june) and accelerated as anxiety around next week's G-20 (and its potential for more crackdowns) builds.


Mar 14, 2018 1:05 PM





Google will ban online advertisements promoting cryptocurrencies and initial coin offerings, and “other speculative financial instruments” starting in June.
The Group of 20 finance ministers and central bankers are set to sound the alarm about cryptocurrencies when they gather next week in Buenos Aires.

A draft communique calls for monitoring them to safeguard financial stability.
central banks toward cryptocurrencies, analysts believe that they cannot ignore them any longer.





Source: zerohedge.com


Google Joins Facebook In Banning Cryptocurrency Ads (https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/xw5edz/google-facebook-ban-cryptocurrency-ico-ads-june)

https://winbuzzer.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Bitcoin-reuse-pixabay-cc0-696x392.jpg (https://winbuzzer.com/2018/03/14/google-joins-facebook-in-banning-cryptocurrency-advertising-xcxwbn/)


February Retail Sales Slip as Auto, Gas Purchases Fade (https://www.usnews.com/news/business/articles/2018-03-14/us-retail-sales-fell-01-percent-in-february)


US retail sales slipped 0.1 percent in February; fewer sales at auto dealers and gas stations.



U.S. consumers spent less at auto dealers, gas stations and department stores in February, causing overall retail sales to slip 0.1 percent despite signs elsewhere of a robust economy and the tax cuts signed into law by President Donald Trump starting to take effect.



It was the third consecutive month of declining retail sales, the Commerce Department said Wednesday, though they’re still 4 percent higher from a year ago.

Source: usnews.com


Goldman, Atlanta Fed Slash Q1 GDP Forecasts Below 2.0% (https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-03-14/atlanta-fed-gdp-forecast-plunges-below-20?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+zerohedge%2Ffeed+%28zero+hedg e+-+on+a+long+enough+timeline%2C+the+survival+rate+fo r+everyone+drops+to+zero%29)


From its exuberant 5.4% expectation for Q1 GDP at the start of February, The Atlanta Fed’s guess has collapsed to just 1.9% as CPI and retail sales disappointments weigh on their outlook..

https://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/inline-images/2018-03-14_8-14-24.jpg

Source: zerohedge.com


Lacy Hunt: These Conditions Preceded the Last 7 Recessions (http://investmentwatchblog.com/lacy-hunt-these-conditions-preceded-the-last-7-recessions/)


At the Strategic Investment Conference 2018 (http://www.mauldineconomics.com/go/v38ps4/mec), Dr. Lacy Hunt, economist and EVP of Hoisington Investment Management, claimed that “economics is a science” and today it’s more important than ever.
Although economics is not as precise as physics or chemistry, he added, our understanding in this domain gradually advances.
Dr. Lacy Hunt then moved on to overview the current economic situation.
The Debt Situation Is Terrible
Looking from a debt perspective, the situation looks terrible.
Citing the law of diminishing returns, he showed how more and more debt is required to boost output. In 2007, global debt was 276% of global GDP. Today, global debt is 327% of global GDP.
In 2007, a dollar in debt generated 37 cents in GDP growth. In 2017, a dollar in debt created only 31 cents in GDP. Money supply and bank credit are collapsing.
Meanwhile, money velocity is at its lowest rate since 1949.
Adjusting GDP for Vehicle Sales
Hunt then showed how an increase in vehicle sales due to natural disasters artificially boosted GDP.
Between 600,000 and 700,000 cars were destroyed and had to be replaced in the aftermath of US hurricane disasters. This event appears in the economic data as a rise in GDP for the fourth quarter.
However, if we look at GDP minus vehicle sales, the rate of growth drops vastly.
What this phenomenon did was to pull future auto sales into the present. And it adds very little value to the economy. It’s a good example of the Broken Window Fallacy.
So, the bump in GDP growth was due to an anomaly, and the overall trend remains constrained.
The Yield Curve Matters
Hunt wrapped up his keynote at SIC 2018 (http://www.mauldineconomics.com/go/v38ps4/mec) by stressing the importance of the yield curve.



As a reference, he used the spread between long-term treasuries and the 3-month bill, which has been falling for over 90 months. He suspects that if we get further rate hikes this year—as the Fed suggests—the spread will approach zero and could invert.
“Whether or not it actually inverts is not important,” said Lacy Hunt. What’s important is that similar conditions have preceded six of the last seven recessions.

Source: investmentwatchblog.com


Here Comes The Main Event: Trade War With China, And What Is Section 301 (https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-03-14/here-comes-main-event-trade-war-china-and-what-section-301?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+zerohedge%2Ffeed+%28zero+hedg e+-+on+a+long+enough+timeline%2C+the+survival+rate+fo r+everyone+drops+to+zero%29)

https://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_small/public/2018-03/trump%20xi%20teaser%202.jpg?h=4123e844&itok=ozQKWuXn (https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-03-14/here-comes-main-event-trade-war-china-and-what-section-301)

The President is reported to be considering a package of tariffs on Chinese imports of up to $60BN. The Chinese will likely respond in kind, beginning a succession of tit-for-tat trade policies between the two countries.


Mar 14, 2018 11:08 AM



What is Section 301? Section 301 of the 1974 Trade Act allows the President to, among other things, “impose duties or other import restrictions on the products of [a] foreign country,” if the President determines that that country is violating a trade agreement or “engages in discriminatory or other acts or policies which are unjustifiable or unreasonable and which burden or restrict United States commerce.“ The U.S. relied heavily on the provision during the Reagan era (an administration in which the current USTR Robert Lighthizer served as Deputy USTR) into the early 1990s, but it has been used infrequently since the World Trade Organization was formed in 1995 and provided a forum for dispute resolution.

How will Section 301 figure in the upcoming US-Chinese trade war, and what are the key points:
Source: zerohedge.com

[turiya]

Russia & China Just Signalled The World That It's
Ready To Move Away From The Dollar: Bill Holter
(Mar 14, 2018)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RL2-9gmS718



Bill Holter:

"If the FED is audited, there will be public hangings"...

"A sunami of dollars will be flooding back into the United States..." ==> spells hyperinflation...

"Part of the 'Reset', the standard of living in the U.S. will drop by at least 50%... we'll be on the level of a banana republic... at least til restructuring is completed... credit will become scarce... buying cars on credit will be a thing of the past..."...

The 'transition' is tough to predict... the way of living that has been known will be gone... it will not be at the level that it has been known to exist...

For those that live off the land, that live off-the-grid, their life styles will, for the most part, will not change...

Its the end of a system...

[turiya]

Thiel: Bullish On Bitcoin, Trump, & Musk; Bearish On AI, EU & Political Correctness (https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-03-15/thiel)

https://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_small/public/2018-03/2018.03.15thiel.JPG?itok=4EVAZZZx (https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-03-15/thiel)

"Never bet against Elon...bitcoin's a hedge against the whole world falling apart... political correctness may have gone a little bit too far."


Mar 15, 2018 6:05 PM


https://i.ytimg.com/vi/tyOblv9qJoQ/hqdefault.jpg
VIDEO (https://youtu.be/tyOblv9qJoQ)

[turiya]

The Globalist Economic Structure Is
Slowly Being Dismantled - Episode 1523a
(Mar 16, 2018)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCZLTIvLORQ_______Relevant Articles________
Economy


65% of Americans save little or nothing; Half struggle in retirement… (http://www.geoeconomist.com/2018/03/16/65-of-americans-save-little-or-nothing-half-struggle-in-retirement/)

Posted March 16, 2018



Housing Starts, Permits Plunge In February As Rental Units Crash (https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-03-16/housing-starts-permits-plunge-february-rental-units-crash?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+zerohedge%2Ffeed+%28zero+hedg e+-+on+a+long+enough+timeline%2C+the+survival+rate+fo r+everyone+drops+to+zero%29)


Amid two months of dismal housing sales data, and after spiking in January, starts and permits just plunged in February, driven by a collapse in multi-family unit data.



The 7.0% plunge in housing starts (-2.7% exp) is tied with the biggest drop since March 2017 and the 5.7% tumble in permits (-4.1% exp) is the biggest since February 2017…


https://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/inline-images/2018-03-16_5-34-26.jpg

Year-over-year, the picture is just as bad…

https://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/inline-images/2018-03-16.png

The drop was led by a collapse in multifamily units – Multifamily Starts down 28% MoM on an annualized basis

And Multifamily Permits down 14.6% MoM on an annualized basis…

Source: zerohedge.com


It’s Just Starting: Moody’s Warns A Deluge Of Retail Bankruptcies Is Coming (https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-03-15/its-just-starting-moodys-warns-deluge-retail-bankruptcies-coming?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+zerohedge%2Ffeed+%28zero+hedg e+-+on+a+long+enough+timeline%2C+the+survival+rate+fo r+everyone+drops+to+zero%29)


2017 was a perfect storm (https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-04-22/retail-bubble-has-now-burst-record-8640-stores-are-closing-2017)for “brick and mortar” retailers and no less than 30 retail chains filed for bankruptcy in a year in which the CEO of Urban Outfitters said the “retail bubble has now burst (https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-04-22/retail-bubble-has-now-burst-record-8640-stores-are-closing-2017)“…


https://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/inline-images/retail%20bankruptcies%20since%202015.jpg


So is the worst over for retail, or is the sector just now approaching the eye of the hurricane?
According to the latest Moody’s research report on the retail sector, the rating agency now forecasts at least six retail & apparel issuers defaulting over the next 12 months, with most of these occurring in the first half of the year.
The problem is that it only gets worse from there, and the rating agency expects upcoming maturities for distressed issuers will spike in 2019. Defaults are growing as many struggle with high leverage and challenged operating performance. These challenges are compounded by the biggest risk – mounting maturities – which spike in 2019.
Sears Holdings Corp. (Ca negative),
Neiman Marcus Group LTD LLC (Caa2 negative)
Claire’s Stores, Inc. (Ca negative),
BI-LO Holding Finance (Caa1)

Guitar Center Inc. (Caa1 negative). https://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/inline-images/moodys%20retail%20list.jpg


Source: zerohedge.com


China Dumps Treasurys As Foreigners Buy Near Record Stocks (https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-03-15/china-dumps-treasurys-foreigners-buy-near-record-stocks)

“China is liquidating treasurys” according to the latest just released TIC data, in the first month of 2018, Chinese Treasury holdings declined (http://ticdata.treasury.gov/Publish/mfh.txt)by $16.7 billion (a number which recall is price adjusted), to $1.168 trillion, the lowest since July of 2017 and the biggest monthly drop since September.


https://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/inline-images/China%20Sales.jpg


Meanwhile, Japan’s liquidation appears to have been put on hold,
Russia sold $5.3BN to $96.9BN
The United Kingdom sold $6.7BN to $243.3BN
Belgium, i.e. the proxy for China and other anonymous buyers, rose by $4.5BN to $123.7BN
Cayman Islands, i.e. hedge funds, shed some $3.9BN to $241.9BN

Source: zerohedge.com

[turiya]

Trumps Policies Are Pushing The Fed
To Break The System - Episode 1525a
(Mar 19, 2018)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cx5sZoSiIQ


Description:





The race to the collapse is on, the Fed is pushing interest rate hikes and Trump is pushing tariffs, tax cuts to break the system.
This battle will continue for the next couple of months as both sides try to control the narrative.
This will effect the global economy in the end as the entire system will be transitioned into a new system.
The wildcard is the deep state, what will their end game move be.


_______Relevant Articles_______

Economy



DiMartino Booth: It Won’t Take Much More For The Fed To Break The Markets
(https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-03-19/dimartino-booth-it-wont-take-much-more-fed-break-markets?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+zerohedge%2Ffeed+%28zero+hedg e+-+on+a+long+enough+timeline%2C+the+survival+rate+fo r+everyone+drops+to+zero%29)

We just had a huge fiscal stimulus with the recent tax cut, but monetary policy is going in the opposite direction.
Eventually, she warned, we’re going to have one of those moments where the Fed overshoots and they’ve moved too far, too fast.
Though Danielle admits we don’t quite know when that point is yet, Fed monetary policy should now be seen as a headwind with the “final hike that breaks the market” much lower than in the past.


https://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/inline-images/saupload_fed-funds-risk-neutral_thumb1.png





DEBT A LARGE CONCERN GOING FORWARD
We’re on track for a trillion dollar deficit in 2019, at the same time China and others are buying fewer Treasuries.
It will be interesting to see if we hit 3 percent on the 10-year, as it might serve as a mental catalyst for markets, she said.
Danielle sees defaults heading higher, and thinks it’s not going to take too much more in rate hikes before it impacts the economy.
WE NEED A RETURN TO NORMAL MARKETS
We essentially have a lost decade behind us, Danielle said, and if the Fed pushes the economy into recession, expect more QE and debt.


Source: zerohedge.com

[turiya]

Everything Is In Play, Bail-outs, Bail-ins,
It's All Coming Down - Episode 1528a
(Mar 23, 2018)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUIeqyvjuuA





Description:



The BREXIT is not going well, the banks are preparing for a no-deal exit. It is being reported that 1 in 5 retailers are in trouble, more than 12,000 stores are expected to close this year. Congress slipped an amendment into a bill to bail out pension plans. The pension funds are underfunded and the insurance that backs them does not have enough currency to protect them. The spending bill has been passed.



Economy


REVEALED: European banks are preparing for HARD Brexit despite transition talks (https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/934825/brexit-news-transition-period-hard-brexit-eurozone-banks-financial)


EUROZONE banks are preparing for a Hard Brexit despite repeatedly condemning a no-deal exit as the worst case scenario



Brexit (https://www.express.co.uk/latest/brexit) talks have progressed rapidly in recent weeks, But eurozone banks still believe talks could fall through, resulting in a hard Brexit in March 2019 rather than a softer exit after a transition ending in December 2020.
Banks are giving organisations and businesses a June 2019 deadline to apply for eurozone licences, in a bid to encourage a relocation from the UK after Brexit.

Source: express.co.uk


1 in 5 U.S. retail shops are still at risk (https://www.axios.com/1-in-5-us-retail-shops-are-still-at-risk-b5638a38-ab88-4c97-bb95-64d892f7b4ec.html)


Ryan McCullough, senior real estate economist with Costar, said the U.S. has 18% too much retail space when compared with the historical average.


To return to where they should be, U.S. retailers would need to maintain current sales, but close almost 1.6 billion square feet of selling space.

Cushman & Wakefield, the real estate brokerage firm, is forecasting that 12,000 stores will close in the U.S. this year, up 33% from the 9,000 that were shuttered in 2017.

Source: axios.com


Congress Just Quietly Formed A Committee To Bail-Out 200 Pension Fund (https://www.sovereignman.com/trends/congress-quietly-formed-a-committee-to-bail-out-200-pension-funds-23169/)


The US pension system has gotten so bad, Congress is actually planning for its failure.
Congress quietly snuck in a provision that forms a committee which would use federal funds to bail out as many as 200 “multi-employer” pension plans – where employers and labor unions jointly provide retirement benefits to employees.
As is often the case, this rescue “plan” is too little too late. The US pension system is beyond repair. And if you’re depending on pension income to carry you through retirement, it’s time to consider a Plan B.
Boston College estimates the nation’s 1,400 multiemployer plans (corporate) are facing a $553 billion shortfall. And around one-quarter of those are in the “red zone,” meaning they’ll likely go broke in the next decade or so.
But Congress’ committee, assuming it works, wouldn’t even rescue the red zone plans, much less the remaining 1,200.
And it doesn’t even begin to address the real problem – the $7 trillion funding gap faced by the government’s own pensions (https://www.sovereignman.com/pension-crisis/heres-how-a-few-government-pension-funds-are-trying-to-close-their-7-trillion-funding-gap-22250/).
Congress is stepping in because the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) – the pension equivalent to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) – is completely insolvent.

Source: sovereignman.com


House Passes $1.3 Trillion Omnibus Spending Package 256-167 (https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-03-22/house-votes-13-trillion-omnibus-spending-bill?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+zerohedge%2Ffeed+%28zero+hedg e+-+on+a+long+enough+timeline%2C+the+survival+rate+fo r+everyone+drops+to+zero%29)

Update: The omnibus bill has passed. The final vote count was 256-167…
The Senate now has until midnight Friday to pass it.


https://i.redditmedia.com/EW_Eyp3AcVrqwI8Ba4j4ZgBSc3KTXgyftVDiRw55Glw.jpg?w= 650&



Source: zerohedge.com


US To File WTO Suit Against China For Trade Law Violations (https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-03-22/us-file-wto-suit-against-china-trade-law-violations?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+zerohedge%2Ffeed+%28zero+hedg e+-+on+a+long+enough+timeline%2C+the+survival+rate+fo r+everyone+drops+to+zero%29)


The U.S. is also expected to announce it would sue China at the World Trade Organization for trade law violations. The tariffs would be assessed separately without going to the WTO.


Trump has said that the tariffs would apply to a list of 100 products, primarily technology exports.

Source: zerohedge.com

Here Are All The Ways China Can Retaliate To Trump’s Trade War (https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-03-22/here-are-all-ways-china-can-retaliate-trumps-trade-war?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+zerohedge%2Ffeed+%28zero+hedg e+-+on+a+long+enough+timeline%2C+the+survival+rate+fo r+everyone+drops+to+zero%29)


1. Higher tariffs on selected US exports to China: China would likely target imported products that would have significant impact on the US, and that China could afford to import less from the US. Based on these criteria, we have identified the following products: seeds and fruits (including soybeans), aircraft, pulp, nonferrous metal, wood, ores, and raw hides

5. Sell US treasuries and buy other government bonds:

Source: zerohedge.com

[turiya]

Petro Yuan Futures Launched, Economic System
Shook, Control Narrative - Episode 1529a
(Mar 26, 2018)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PDOH6b7YdI




Description:





The omnibus bill has been signed by Trump, this bill is 2230 pages long and it is not a budget plan it is a spending bill, the same spending bill Obama used throughout his presidency.
This bill allows the president to take control and he can do whatever he wants with the money, this is the final stage, congress will not be allowed to do this ever again.
IMF chief Christine Lagarde wants a rainy-day-fund to protect the EU. China releases the Petro Yuan.
This is the beginning of the end of the petrodollar.

_________________________

Economy

2,230 page “Rebuke” of President Trump shows call for further populist revolution (http://theduran.com/2230-page-rebuke-president-trump-shows-call-populist-revolution/)


ALL of Congress did it again in their relentlessly selfish drive for their own power and importance. They gave the President a horrible spending bill The bill also was loaded with liberal pork to the tune of billions of dollars, such as these agencies that President Trump noted were ‘redundant’ and not needed; indeed, in need of elimination. But this bill goes precisely in the opposite direction:



The African Development Foundation – $30 million through Sept 30th
The Corporation for National and Community Service – $1 billion, an increase of $34 million
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting – (PBS parent company) $445 million both for 2018 and 2019
The Delta Regional Authority – $10 million increase instead of shutdown
The Denali Commission – doubled budget now at #30 million
The National Endowment for the Arts – $152,849,000
The National Endowment for the Humanities $152,848,000, both of these increased by $7 million apiece
The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars – $12 million
and so much more!!

Source: theduran.com


=>Obama Signs $1.8 Trillion Tax And Spending Bill Into Law (https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2015/12/18/460281572/congress-sends-1-8-trillion-tax-and-spending-bill-to-president-obama)
Congress gives itself a raise in Omnibus (http://freebeacon.com/politics/congress-gives-bonus-omnibus/)


The legislation increases the Senate budget to $919.9 million, up $48.8 million from fiscal year 2017,the House of Representatives increased its budget to $1.2 billion, which is $10.9 million above 2017 levels.Salaries of staffers in the Senate are also set for an increase. Division I (http://docs.house.gov/billsthisweek/20180319/DIV%20I%20LEGSOM%20FY18%20OMNI.OCR.pdf) of the legislation breaks down the total salaries of officers and employees, which are being raised from $182 million in 2017 to $194.8 million in the final bill, an increase of $12.58 million.The Senate also increased its expense account, as expense allowances are going from $177,000 to $192,000, an increase of $15,000. The House, however, kept its budget for salaries the same at $22.3 million and lowered expenses by $4.4 million. Committee offices got an increase of $22.9 million in salaries, from $181.5 million in 2017 to $204.4 million in the final bill.

Source: sott.net


The Trumpster strikes back – President plans to use military appropriation and apply it to the WALL (http://theduran.com/trumpster-strikes-back-president-plans-use-military-appropriation-apply-wall/)


“Let’s talk about what the President can and can’t do for this Omnibus Bill. There’s a lot of discussion both ways so let’s examine how money gets allocated & spent in the US Government:
1. Congress allocates money to be spent. The President spends the allocated money.
2. Once Congress allocates money, their job is oversight of the money being spent. They don’t spend the money and have no say HOW it gets spent as long as it’s spent legally. That’s their job to monitor with oversight.
3. Once the President is given the money with the instructions to spend it, he has a number of choices to make in spending it. There are some rules he has to follow & some of the money is fungible (replaceable by another identical item; mutually interchangeable) and some isn’t.
4. However there are some other factors that are in play here. One of them is that the President has declared a Human Rights Emergency (https://www.politico.com/story/2017/12/21/trump-targets-human-rights-abusers-executive-order-russia-255032) AND has notified Congress that he’s invoking the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. (http://dailytimewaster.blogspot.ru/2018/03/the-president-has-notified-congress.html)
5. This opens up new options.
6. By making these two declarations President Trump has just communicated that he has the authority to NOT spend any funds he doesn’t deem necessary and will return them to the US Treasury. So, funds for Planned Parenthood? He can simply not allocate the funds.
7. Also, these declarations make some funds fungible. For instance if he determines that building a Wall on the Southern Border is a defense against Human Trafficking? He can move funds from anywhere else in the Defense Dept Allocation & simply build the Wall.
8. Congress is powerless to stop cash reallocations on an omnibus bill AND cannot stop the DOD from taking measures under a declared Emergency.
9. Despite their language in the Omnibus Bill about the Border Wall, it is trumped by the State of Emergency that Trump declared.
10. So in summary – This will go to the Courts. Congress will sue the President over the Border Wall. But here’s how it will play out – Congress and the President are co-equal branches with different functions. Congress allocates. The President spends.
11. The President has National Security as his Primary Responsibility and it’s his job to use whatever funds and declarations he needs to for that job. No Court in this Nation (except corrupt on the take Judges) would EVER rule against a President for exercising that authority.
12. In the end the Supreme Court (yes, that’s where it will end) will fully VALIDATE the President’s Constitutional Authority & the Wall will be built.

Source: theduran.com


IMF Lagarde proposes “rainy-day fund” to Eurozone as “temporary cushion” (https://www.actionforex.com/live-comments/80395-imf-lagarde-proposes-rainy-day-fund-to-eurozone-as-temporary-cushion/)


IMF’s Christine Lagarde proposal of a “rainy-day fund” for building up assets in good times. During a downturn, countries could receive funding to help offset budget shortfalls. And, in extreme cases, ” the fund would be allowed to borrow, however any borrowing would be repaid by members’ future contributions.” Though, she emphasized that ” it will be a temporary cushion and not a permanent pillow.”

Source: actionforex.com


‘PetroYuan’ Futures Launch With A Bang, Volume Dominates Brent As Big Traders Step In (https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-03-26/petroyuan-futures-volume-dominates-brent-big-traders-step?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+zerohedge%2Ffeed+%28zero+hedg e+-+on+a+long+enough+timeline%2C+the+survival+rate+fo r+everyone+drops+to+zero%29)

As we detailed previously, China’s yuan-denominated crude oil futures launched overnight in Shanghai with 62,500 contracts traded in aggregate, meaning over 62 million barrels of oil changed hands for a notional volume around 27 billion yuan (over $4 billion).

After an initial surge in volume that outpaced overnight transactions in global benchmark Brent crude in London, trading tapered off toward the end of the session

https://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/inline-images/2018-03-26_5-47-22.jpg


the “petroyuan” is now real and China will set out to challenge the “petrodollar” (https://oilprice.com/Latest-Energy-News/World-News/Hedge-Fund-Chinas-Petro-Yuan-Plan-Could-Upend-Oil-Markets.html) for dominance.
This could be a death blow for an already weakening (https://www.birchgold.com/dollar/crisis-deepens) U.S. dollar, and the rise of the yuan (http://www.ibtimes.com/chinas-yuan-among-top-5-most-used-currencies-world-1797246) as the dominant world currency.
China is the world’s leading consumer of oil, Beijing can exert some real leverage over Saudi Arabia to pay for crude in yuan. It’s suspected that this is what’s motivating Chinese officials to make a full-fledged effort to renegotiate their trade deal.
The Petrodollar’s Downfall Could be a Lift for Gold

Source: zerohedge.com

x22Report.com (https://x22report.com/clock-activated-stage-set-wait-for-the-boom-boom-boom-episode-1529/)

[turiya]

Brace For Impact, It's Not If, But When
The Economy Collapses - Episode 1532a
(Mar 29, 2018)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V39OMk147Xk




Description:





Real personal spending declines the most since the financial crisis.
We have seen this pattern before, confidence rises as spending decreases, this eventually ends in a recession.
Buying plans of America declined sharply.
Something very interesting is happening with Libor, the rates have risen for 37 months in a row.
Watch the 10y, we have seen this indicator before and it signals a recession.
We are seeing indicator after indicator showing us that the economy is not about to crash it is crashing.

__________Relevant Articles___________

Economy


Real Personal Spending Tumbles Most Since Financial Crisis As Savings Rate Rises (https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-03-29/new-frugal-normal-us-savings-rate-rises-buying-plans-tumble)


For the 26th straight month, US spending growth has exceeded income growth.




https://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/inline-images/2018-03-29_5-33-54.jpg



https://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/inline-images/2018-03-29_5-39-28.jpg


https://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/inline-images/rosie1.jpg

Something that never ended well in the past. (https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-03-28/rosenberg-household-buying-plans-take-deep-dive)And judging by the “buying plans” of Americans (from the recent Conference Board survey), things may have hit the tipping point…


https://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/inline-images/rosie2.jpg

Source: zerohedge.com


Libor Just Did Something It Hasn’t Done In 13 Years (https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-03-29/libor-just-did-something-it-hasnt-done-13-years?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+zerohedge%2Ffeed+%28zero+hedg e+-+on+a+long+enough+timeline%2C+the+survival+rate+fo r+everyone+drops+to+zero%29)


Libor increased from 2.3080% to 2.3118%, rising for the 37th straight day, and marking the longest consecutive string of advances since a 50-day streak that ended in November 2005.

… and which suggests that one should perhaps be more focused on the Libor-10Y curve, than the steepness/inversion of the 2Y-10Y as a harbinger of the next recession.


https://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/inline-images/10Y%20TSY%20vs%20Libor.jpg
Source: zerohedge.com

[turiya]

Liquidity Crisis Headed Our Way,The Economic
Warning Signs Are Everywhere - Episode 1533a
(Mar 31, 2018)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUFtQTtIHRM




Description:





There is a liquidity crisis looming in Europe and not there is one that has appeared in the mortgage arena.
It looks like it is subprime armageddon all over again.
China makes its next move will start to use the yuan to pay for all oil purchases, other countries will begin to ramp up on yuan and drop the dollar.


_______Relevant Articles_______

Economy


The Looming Mortgage Liquidity Crisis (https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-03-30/looming-mortgage-liquidity-crisis?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+zerohedge%2Ffeed+%28zero+hedg e+-+on+a+long+enough+timeline%2C+the+survival+rate+fo r+everyone+drops+to+zero%29)


the Brookings Institution, who just released a paper entitled “Liquidity Crisis in the Mortgage Marke (https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/5_kimetal.pdf)t.”
The punchline “ nonbank mortgage companies are vulnerable to liquidity pressures in both their loan origination and servicing activities, and we document that this sector in aggregate appears to have minimal resources to bring to bear in a stress scenario.”



… Today almost two thirds of Ginnie Mae guaranteed securities are issued by independent mortgage banks. And independent mortgage bankers are using some of the most sophisticated financial engineering that this industry has ever seen. We are also seeing greater dependence on credit lines, securitization involving multiple players, and more frequent trading of servicing rights and all of these things have created a new and challenging environment for Ginnie Mae. . . . In other words, the risk is a lot higher and business models of our issuers are a lot more complex. Add in sharply higher annual volumes, and these risks are amplified many times over. . . . Also, we have depended on sheer luck. Luck that the economy does not fall into recession and increase mortgage delinquencies. Luck that our independent mortgage bankers remain able to access their lines of credit. And luck that nothing critical falls through the cracks…


Nonbank mortgage providers essentially borrow short and lend long, using warehouse lines of credit from banks to fund mortgages. From 2012 to the third quarter of 2017, commitments on warehouse lines has increased 70 percent. Of course, if all goes well, a mortgage will be sold quickly into the secondary market (on average 15 days) and the line will be reduced.
The Brookings authors identify three vulnerabilities in the process.


1) margin calls due to aging risk (i.e., the time it takes the nonbank to sell the loans to a mortgage investor and repurchase the collateral) and/or mark-to-market devaluations, 2) roll-over risk and 3) covenant violations leading to cancellation of the lines.


These vulnerabilities are very real, should there be a sudden increase in interest rates or other significant change in the market that causes collateral values to drop.
Mortgage servicers have liquidity issues because they are required to continue making payments to investors, tax authorities, and insurers if mortgage borrowers quit making payments.


Nonbanks are vulnerable to macroeconomic shocks, rising interest rates, home price declines and job losses, often with a bare minimum down payment.


The crash clock is ticking.

Source; zerohedge.com


Deja Vu All Over Again? Subprime MBS Demand “Oversubscribed” And S&P Says Risk Is “Contained” (https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-03-30/deja-vu-all-over-again-subprime-mbs-demand-oversubscribed-and-sp-says-risk?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+zerohedge%2Ffeed+%28zero+hedg e+-+on+a+long+enough+timeline%2C+the+survival+rate+fo r+everyone+drops+to+zero%29)


the Financial Times reported today (https://www.ft.com/content/6478a8d6-32c3-11e8-b5bf-23cb17fd1498) that not only are subprime mortgage backed securities becoming prominent again, but that the chase for yield was what fueling demand:
mortgage originators and real estate investors to basically do the same exact thing that they were doing 2006 to 2007. After all, mortgage levels are already almost back to 2008 levels.



https://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/inline-images/FFFFFFFFFF_0.png
(Source (https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/MDOTHIOH))


For the way that our Federal Reserve has addressed the problems of 2007 or 2008,

Source: zerohedge.com
In Unprecedented Move, China To Pay For Oil Imports With Yuan Instead Of Dollars (https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-03-31/china-plans-pay-oil-imports-yuan-instead-dollars?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+zerohedge%2Ffeed+%28zero+hedg e+-+on+a+long+enough+timeline%2C+the+survival+rate+fo r+everyone+drops+to+zero%29)

Just days after Beijing officially launched (https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-03-26/petroyuan-futures-volume-dominates-brent-big-traders-step)Yuan-denominated crude oil futures (with a bang (https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-03-26/petroyuan-futures-volume-dominates-brent-big-traders-step), as shown in the chart below, surpassing Brent trading volume) which are expected to quickly become the third global price benchmark along Brent and WTI, China took the next major step in the challenging the Dollar’s supremacy as global reserve currency (and internationalizing the Yuan) when on Thursday Reuters reported (https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-oil-yuan-exclusive/exclusive-china-taking-first-steps-to-pay-for-oil-in-yuan-this-year-sources-idUSKBN1H51FA)that China took the first steps to paying for crude oil imports in its own currency instead of the US Dollars.
A pilot program for yuan payment could be launched as soon as the second half of the year and regulators have already asked some financial institutions to “prepare for pricing crude imports in the yuan“,
According to the proposed plan, Beijing would start with purchases from Russia and Angola, two nations which, like China, are keen to break the dollar’s global dominance. They are also two of the top suppliers of crude oil to China, along with Saudi Arabia.
A change in the default crude oil transactional currency – which for decades has been the “Petrodollar”, blessing the US with global reserve currency status – would have monumental consequences for capital allocations and trade flows, not to mention geopolitics: , a shift in just a small part of global oil trade into the yuan is potentially huge. “Oil is the world’s most traded commodity, with an annual trade value of around $14 trillion, roughly equivalent to China’s gross domestic product last year.” Currently, virtually all global crude oil trading is in dollars, barring an estimated 1 per cent in other currencies. This is the basis of US dominance in the world economy.

Source: zerohedge.com

x22Report.com (https://x22report.com/operation-bolton-distraction-is-a-go-deep-state-on-the-move-episode-1533/)

[turiya]

The Move To Remove The Central Bank And
Reset The Economic System Is A Go - Episode 1534a
(Apr 2, 2018)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_tc1KMS-Zw




Description:





Subprime auto market has run its course, the traffic to the dealerships is now drying up.
Homeowners are tapping their equity in their home refis, we are now seeing the same pattern as we saw back in 2008.
The first quarter of this year was a disaster, the US had to borrow an extreme amount just to make the economy look half decent.
Wyoming is in the process of passing a law that will allow gold to be counted as money, the same goes for cryptocurrency.
There is now a bill in government that the dollar should be pegged to gold.


_________Relevant Articles_________

Economy

Subprime Auto Bubble Bursts As “Buyers Are Suddenly Missing From Showrooms” (https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-04-02/subprime-auto-bubble-just-burst-buyers-are-suddenly-missing-showrooms?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+zerohedge%2Ffeed+%28zero+hedg e+-+on+a+long+enough+timeline%2C+the+survival+rate+fo r+everyone+drops+to+zero%29)

It was less than a month ago when we showed a series of “10 charts revealing an auto bubble on the brink (https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-03-05/signs-peak-10-charts-reveal-auto-bubble-brink)“, and which laid out several very troubling trends, including i) the average new vehicle loan hit a record high $31,099; ii) the average loan for a used auto climbed to a record high $19,589…



… iii) the average monthly payment for a new and used vehicle hitting an all-time high of $515...



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… iv) the average auto loan hit a duration of 69 months, while the average used vehicle loan has a term of just over 64 months, both rising to new record highs for yet another quarter.
… v) the average price paid for a new vehicle also hitting an all-time high of $35,176, according to Edmunds.com, almost entirely as a result of a massive expansion in consumer credit and record amounts of auto loans.
cheap credit leads to easy lending conditions, and record prices as everyone floods into the market with lenders hardly discriminating who they give money to.
that traditional banks and finance companies are starting to aggressively slash their share of new auto originations while OEM captives are being forced to pick up the slack in an effort to keep their ponzi schemes going just a little longer.



“Subrprime new-car buyers suddenly go missing from US showrooms. (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-04-02/subprime-new-car-buyers-suddenly-go-missing-from-u-s-showrooms)“
Just as we expected, between record prices (courtesy of what until recently was easy, cheap debt), record loan terms, and rising rates, shoppers with shaky credit and tight budgets have suddenly been squeezed out of the market. In fact in the first two months of this year, sales were flat among the highest-rated borrowers, while deliveries to those with subprime scores slumped 9 percent, according to J.D. Power.
as interest rates rise, it’s going to affect” those customers first, said Dan Mohnke, senior vice president of U.S. sales for Nissan Motor Co. “That’s the part of the market that’s really coming down.’’
Subprime loans now make up just 55% of its portfolio, down from 75% five years ago, said David Goff, vice president of marketin



And now it’s payback time, as the long-overdue disappearance of a major source of auto demand -the US subprime buyer – means the long-overdue market clearing “price correction” (one can use a harsher term here as well) is imminent.

Source: zerohedge.com


Homeowners Tapping Equity In Cash-Out Refis, Highest Level Since ’08 (https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-04-01/homeowners-tapping-equity-cash-out-refis-highest-level-08?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+zerohedge%2Ffeed+%28zero+hedg e+-+on+a+long+enough+timeline%2C+the+survival+rate+fo r+everyone+drops+to+zero%29)


the mortgage refis have cratered to levels not seen since December ’08 amid a spike in interest (and mortgage) rates. Simply put, the population of borrowers who both qualify for a refi and want one given the higher rates has collapsed.



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Consequently, the remaining homeowners seeking to refinance are overwhelmingly “cashing out” also known as taking out a new mortgage that’s bigger than the remaining balance on the existing one and using the extra money to maintain their lifestyle.



https://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/inline-images/refi%20candidates%2010y_0.jpg


To better quantify the drop-off in refis, Black Knight reports (https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-03-27/bank-sector-peril-refi-activity-crashes-amid-rising-rates) the recent spike in interest rates cut the population of borrowers with an interest rate incentive to refinance by nearly 40 percent in 40 days
the U.S. savings rate is at crisis lows, credit card debt has gone “completely vertical,” and 61% of Americans don’t have enough in savings (https://www.cnbc.com/2018/01/18/few-americans-have-enough-savings-to-cover-a-1000-emergency.html) to cover a $1,000 emergency.



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Source: zerohedge.com


Q1 2018 Was A Disaster For America (https://econimica.blogspot.mx/2018/04/q1-2018-was-disaster-for-america.html)


rom January 1, 2018 through March 28, 2018 (Q1), real GDP likely grew $110 billion (a 2.5% rise on an annualized basis). However, the fly in the ointment…according to the Treasury, from Jan 1, 2018 through March 28, 2018 (Q1), federal debt rose by an astounding $621 billion dollars (a 13.1% increase on an annualized basis). The chart below shows the quarterly change in federal debt versus the quarterly change in real GDP since 2000. Q1 2018 was the second largest quarterly growth in federal debt, only surpassed by the massive free spending of Q4, 2008.



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Or, if we just subtract the quarterly growth in federal debt from the growth in real GDP…chart below.
Unfortunately, Q1 2018 is one of the worst quarters on record with the growth in federal debt doing laps around the “growth” in Gross Domestic Product (which of course counts all the federal debt fueled activity?!?). Incurring over $621 billion in new debt (to be serviced ad infinitum) to produce just over a $100 billion in new economic activity is something only government could achieve.



https://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/inline-images/econ3.png


However, it gets downright miserable if you add in the massive $500 to $750 billion quarterly growth of unfunded liabilities alongside the growth in federal debt. Together, the UL’s and federal debt are rising $3 to $4 trillion annually while GDP is rising around a half trillion. The tax cuts and fast rising costs of social programs will continue to see deficits rise far faster than economic activity or resultant tax revenue.

Source: econimica.blogspot.mx


“Hedge What You’re Afraid Of” – Goldman Urges Clients To Start Preparing For The Worst (https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-04-02/hedge-what-youre-afraid-goldman-urges-clients-start-preparing-worst?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+zerohedge%2Ffeed+%28zero+hedg e+-+on+a+long+enough+timeline%2C+the+survival+rate+fo r+everyone+drops+to+zero%29)

China Slaps Tariffs On US Imports Including Pork, Nuts And Wine (https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-04-01/china-slaps-tariffs-us-imports-including-pork-nuts-and-wine?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+zerohedge%2Ffeed+%28zero+hedg e+-+on+a+long+enough+timeline%2C+the+survival+rate+fo r+everyone+drops+to+zero%29)




China unveiled new retaliatory duties on US food imports including pork, nuts, wine and fruits of between 15% and 25% in response to Trump administration’s Section 232 tariffs (not to be confused with the $60BN in Section 301 tariffs unveiled subsequently) on steel and aluminum imports.
China’s Customs Tariffs Commission confirmed reports from March 23, stating that additional duties on 128 kinds of products of US origin would be introduced from Monday “in order to safeguard China’s interests and balance the losses caused by the United States additional tariffs.”



Source: zerohedge.com


Wyoming Is Challenging The Fed, Can It Become America’s “Crypto Valley”? (https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-04-02/wyoming-challenging-fed-can-it-become-americas-crypto-valley?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+zerohedge%2Ffeed+%28zero+hedg e+-+on+a+long+enough+timeline%2C+the+survival+rate+fo r+everyone+drops+to+zero%29).


Earlier this month, the Wyoming legislature became the latest state to modify their state laws to challenge the Federal Reserve’s monopoly on money.


Titled the Wyoming Legal Tender Act, the new law defines gold and silver specie as “legal tender,” meaning it will be recognized as a medium of exchange for the payment of debts and taxes in the state. Practically speaking, gold and silver specie will be treated as money, putting it on par with Federal Reserve notes in Wyoming.
The law defines specie as coins having gold or silver content, or refined bullion, coined, stamped or imprinted with its weight and purity.
HB103 also prohibits the state or local governments from levying any property, sales of capital gains taxes on gold or silver specie. Wyoming does not have an income tax. However, it does have a sales tax and it assesses this tax against precious metals bullion
The Senate passed HB103 with some technical amendments by a 25-5 vote. The House previously passed HB103 by a 44-14 vote. Last Wednesday, the bill became law without Gov. Matt Mead’s signature. It will go into effect July 1, 2018.


At the same time, Wyoming became the first state in the nation to explicitly recognize cryptocurrency as a new asset class.

Source: zerohedge.com


H. R. 5404 (https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/5404/text)

To define the dollar as a fixed weight of gold.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
March 22, 2018
Mr. Mooney of West Virginia introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services

A BILL
To define the dollar as a fixed weight of gold.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. Findings.
Congress finds the following:

(1) The United States dollar has lost 30 percent of its purchasing power since 2000, and 96 percent of its purchasing power since the end of the gold standard in 1913.

(2) Under the Federal Reserve’s 2 percent inflation objective, the dollar loses half of its purchasing power every generation, or 35 years.

(3) American families need long-term price stability to meet their household spending needs, save money, and plan for retirement.

(4) The Federal Reserve policy of long-term inflation has made American manufacturing uncompetitive, raising the cost of United States manufactured goods by more than 40 percent since 2000, compared to less than 20 percent in Germany and France.

(5) Between 2000 and 2010, United States manufacturing employment shrunk by one-third after holding steady for 30 years at nearly 20,000,000 jobs.

(6) The American economy needs a stable dollar, fixed exchange rates, and money supply controlled by the market not the government.

(7) The gold standard puts control of the money supply with the market instead of the Federal Reserve.

(8) The gold standard means legal tender defined by and convertible into a certain quantity of gold.

(9) Under the gold standard through 1913 the United States economy grew at an annual average of four percent, one-third larger than the growth rate since then and twice the level since 2000.

(10) The international gold exchange standard from 1914 to 1971 did not provide for a United States dollar convertible into gold, and therefore helped cause the Great Depression and stagflation.

(11) The Federal Reserve’s trickle down policy of expanding the money supply with no demand for it has enriched the owners of financial assets but endangered the jobs, wages, and savings of blue collar workers.

(12) Restoring American middle-class prosperity requires change in monetary policy authorized to Congress in Article I, Section 8, Clause 5 of the Constitution.

X22Report.com (https://x22report.com/boooom-the-deep-state-is-terrified-truth-are-lies-lies-are-truth-episode-1534/)

[turiya]

Fiat Currency Has Led To The Collapse Of Almost
Every Economy, The Dollar Is Next - Episode 1535a
(Apr 3, 2018)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0PKkZBQRrYA




Description:





Trump threatens to dump NAFTA again, the deal has gone no where and it is time to get rid of the globalist trade rules.
NY Fed introduces a LIBOR replacement SOFR, basically exchanging one manipulated system for another.
Iran is finalizing the paper work to enter the Eurasian Economic Union.
Almost all fiat systems end up in failure.
There has been a long history of the central bank fiat system and each one has failed with hyperinflation as the last signal.


_______Relevant Articles_______

Economy

Trump Threatens To End NAFTA, Foreign Aid Unless “Immigrant Caravan” Is Stopped (https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-04-03/trump-threatens-cancel-foreign-aid-cash-cow-nafta-immigrant-caravan-nears-us-border?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+zerohedge%2Ffeed+%28zero+hedg e+-+on+a+long+enough+timeline%2C+the+survival+rate+fo r+everyone+drops+to+zero%29)

https://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/inline-images/sub-buzz-8514-1522376172-5_0.jpg

threatening to kill NAFTA – Mexico’s “cash cow” – but also to cut off foreign aid to “Honduras and the countries that allow this to happen” before closing with: “Congress must act now!”

Source: zerohedge.com


NY Fed Launches LIBOR Replacement; Publishes First SOFR Rate At 1.80% (https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-04-03/ny-fed-launches-libor-replacement-publishes-first-ever-sofr-rate?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+zerohedge%2Ffeed+%28zero+hedg e+-+on+a+long+enough+timeline%2C+the+survival+rate+fo r+everyone+drops+to+zero%29)


This morning at 8am, the New York Fed, in cooperation with the Treasury Department’s Office of Financial Research, launched a much-anticipated, if largely worthless (for now) benchmark interest rate to replace Libor, together with two other reference rates, which traders and market participants hope will prove more reliable than the infamously rigged and manipulated index after a long and complex switchover. So they replaced a rig system for another rigged system.

The so-called Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR), was set at 1.80 percent, roughly 17bp below the GC repo rate and 12bp above the fed effective. What a surprise that the new Fed rate is lower than LIBOR?


Source: zerohedge.com


Iran may enter Russia-led free-trade zone within months – Kremlin (https://www.rt.com/business/423022-eeu-iran-trade-agreement/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=RSS)


Talks on creation of a free-trade zone between the Russia-led Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) and Iran have been finalized, according to Russian presidential aide
“The plan is to sign [the agreement] within months,” he said. Earlier reports suggested that a free-trade deal with Iran could be signed by the end of May after three years of negotiations.

The EEU, which is based on the Customs Union of Russia, Kazakhstan, and Belarus, was established in 2015. It was later joined by Armenia and Kyrgyzstan. In 2016, Vietnam officially became the first non-regional country to join the bloc. The union is designed to ensure the free movement of goods, services, capital and workers between member countries.

Source: rt.com


There Is No Escaping History: Fiat Currency Eventually Fails (https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-04-02/there-no-escaping-history-fiat-currency-eventually-fails?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+zerohedge%2Ffeed+%28zero+hedg e+-+on+a+long+enough+timeline%2C+the+survival+rate+fo r+everyone+drops+to+zero%29)


Paper currency has led to the collapse of almost every economy that has tried to institute a fiat currency to trade for goods and services.It’s not looking very well for the once mighty dollar, either.
Throughout history, attempts at using fiat currency, even today (https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-01-25/new-record-high-venezuelas-inflation-climbs-7000), has failed. When the government prints fiat money that isn’t backed by any value, disaster inevitably ensues.
At the start of the first century, the Roman denarius (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denarius) was a coin containing approximately 94 percent real silver. By the end of the century, the amount of silver was reduced to 85 percent. Devaluing the denarius meant Nero and succeeding emperors could pay off their bills more easily while becoming richer. A hundred years later, the denarius contained less than 50 percent silver, and in 244 A.D., Emperor Philip the Arab devalued the currency down to 0.05 percent silver content. By the time the Roman empire collapsed, the denarius was made of 0.02 percent silver, and it became useless as a currency.
Copper backed China’s initial paper currency. When copper became scarce, China began to make iron coins. The iron currency became overissued and soon became devalued.
France has an interesting history with paper money. It may be the only country to face economic collapse not once, not twice, but three times by flooding the country with fiat currency.
Following WWI, Germany’s Weimar Republic faced historic debts. So, Germany put the printing presses to work – a total of 133 printing companies (http://alphahistory.com/weimarrepublic/1923-hyperinflation/) were kept busy. The mark became more than worthless. It was used to heat furnaces. Burning the paper currency to keep warm was more efficient than using it for trade.



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A wheel barrel became a wallet.
Throughout the 20th century, many other countries flooded their economy with fiat currency – and collapsed as a result. The direct correlation between government interference with money and the devaluation of currency seems to escape many.

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Has the US learned anything about fiat money? The Colonies happily jumped on the fiat currency bandwagon and began flooding the land with their own paper money. When these currencies quickly became overissued, they became – surprise! – devalued. Like the marc to come a few centuries later, colonial currency made for excellent bathroom tissue. The Revolutionary War was financed with a paper currency called the continental. It, too, crashed on a grand scale. This, finally, brought about some healthy American distrust for fiat currency. The US dollar was now backed by actual gold and saw the most splendid and richest economic growth in history. People came from all parts of the globe to be a part of such a success story.
Central bankers took over the monetary system by creating the Federal Reserve in 1913 , In 1933, President Roosevelt made ownership of gold illegal. The ties between the US dollar and the country’s gold reserves were severed gradually until President Nixon eliminated the gold standard entirely in 1971. The once mighty US dollar instantly turned into fiat currency. This was followed by a decade of disastrous inflation.
The US has followed the historical pattern of paper money. The government is currently printing dollars with abandon to pay off its record debt (sound like a familiar refrain?). Following a long historical precedence, the US dollar is losing value at an alarming rate as we head into a period of high inflation. (https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-01-04/economists-think-inflation-will-rise-sharply-2018-theyre-wrong)
As history has demonstrated, inflation is a guaranteed devaluer of currency. Following WWII, Greece saw an increase in inflation of 18 percent per day. (http://www.businessinsider.com/worst-hyperinflation-episodes-in-history-2013-9#greece-may-1941-december-1945-5) The country’s deficit tripled within a year. And then things got really bad. An invasion by the Axis powers saw income plummet by 70 percent. Like so many other countries in the past, Greece started printing worthless currency and experienced one of the worse hyperinflations in history.
There is no escaping history. Paper money and out-of-control national debts have always devalued the currency and caused massive inflation

Source: zerohedge.com

x22Report.com (https://x22report.com/fiat-currency-has-led-to-the-collapse-of-almost-every-economy-the-dollar-is-next-episode-1535/)

[turiya]

China Mentions The 'Nuclear Option' We
Could Dump Treasuries - Episode 1537a
(Apr 5, 2018)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9VMAl9Jamg




Description:



India bans bitcoin wallets and trading cryptocurrencies. Venezuela is doing the opposite, they want to pay for goods using their cryptocurrency. The US has the largest trade deficit since the financial crisis. Trump pushes trade wars with China, tries to get other countries involved. China says they might use the nuclear option, sell treasury bonds. This is what Trump is pushing for, the dumping of Treasuries to put the central bank in a bind to show they are purchasing them all.



______Relevant Articles______

Economy


India Bans Bitcoin Wallets, Bank Funding, All Cryptocurrency Services (https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-04-05/india-bans-bitcoin-wallets-bank-funding-all-cryptocurrency-services?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+zerohedge%2Ffeed+%28zero+hedg e+-+on+a+long+enough+timeline%2C+the+survival+rate+fo r+everyone+drops+to+zero%29)

Don’t expect India’s 1.3 billion residents to be investing in Bitcoin or other virtual currencies any time soon.
According to a report from the Economic Times (https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/wealth/personal-finance-news/your-bank-will-not-allow-you-to-buy-bitcoins-anymore/articleshow/63627123.cms), the Reserve Bank of India has issued a blanket ban on all cryptocurrency trading.


You will not be able to buy cryptocurrency via banks or e-wallets etc. in India anymore as Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has banned them with immediate effect from “dealing with or providing services to any individuals or business entities dealing with or settling virtual currencies”.


Though the country says it understand the need for supporting blockchain related technologies, the exchange of virtual currencies is now prohibited on every level, including the purchase of digital assets via bank accounts or debit cards, as well as the utilization of wallets to transfer assets.


The attack on cryptocurrencies by centralized financial institutions in the name of “protecting investors from volatility” continues.
When did it become the central bank job to protect the people, are they protecting people from gambling online?

Source: zerohedge.com


Venezuela Wants to Pay for Russia Imports With Its Cryptocurrency (https://russia-insider.com/en/venezuela-wants-pay-russia-imports-its-cryptocurrency/ri22986)


Caracas trade minister says will pay for Russian automotive parts with Petro
Venezuela will use its own cryptocurrency dubbed Petro, while paying to Russia for the delivered automotive parts and components, Jose Vielma Mora, the Venezuelan minister of foreign trade, said.

Source: russia-insider.com


US Reports Biggest Trade Deficit Since The Financial Crisis (https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-04-05/us-reports-biggest-trade-deficit-financial-crisis?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+zerohedge%2Ffeed+%28zero+hedg e+-+on+a+long+enough+timeline%2C+the+survival+rate+fo r+everyone+drops+to+zero%29)


the US trade deficit grow by 1.6% in February from $56.7BN to $57.6BN, missing expectations of a $56.8BN print, but was the highest monthly trade deficit going back ten years, just as the financial crisis was warming up back in 2008.



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According to the Census Bureau, the deficit increased to $57.6 billion, as imports increased more than exports. Broken down by components, the goods deficit increased $0.3 billion in February to $77.0 billion. The services surplus decreased $0.6 billion in February to $19.4 billion.
The good news is that exports of goods and services increased $3.5 billion, or 1.7% , in February to $204.4 billion. Exports of goods increased $3.0 billion and exports of services increased $0.5 billion.

The increase in exports of goods mostly reflected increases in industrial supplies and materials ($2.0 billion), in automotive vehicles, parts, and engines ($0.9 billion), and in capital goods ($0.7 billion). A decrease in consumer goods ($0.8 billion) partly offset the increases.
The increase in exports of services mostly reflected increases in transport ($0.2), in travel (for all purposes including education) ($0.1 billion), and in charges for the use of intellectual property ($0.1 billion).

The bad news is that imports of goods and services increased slightly more in absolute dollar terms, by $4.4 billion, or also 1.7% of total, in February to $262.0 billion. Imports of goods increased $3.3 billion and imports of services increased $1.1 billion.

The increase in imports of goods mostly reflected increases in capital goods ($1.8 billion), in industrial supplies and materials ($0.8 billion), and in foods, feeds, & beverages ($0.8 billion).
The increase in imports of services mostly reflected an increase in charges for the use of intellectual property ($1.0 billion), which included payments for the rights to broadcast the 2018 Winter Olympic Games
Broken down by trading partner, the February figures show surpluses, in billions of dollars, with South and Central America ($3.4), Hong Kong ($3.1), Brazil ($0.9), United Kingdom ($0.6), and Singapore ($0.5).
Meanwhile, the countries that should be worried they are about to fall in Trump’s trade war sights and resulted in a US trade deficit, included China ($34.7), European Union ($15.3), Germany ($6.7), Mexico ($6.6), Japan ($6.0), Italy ($2.8), OPEC ($2.3), India ($1.9), Taiwan ($1.5), France ($1.4), South Korea ($1.1), Saudi Arabia ($0.4), and Canada ($0.4).

the US trade deficit has never been greater.
Source: zerohedge.com


Trump Is Building An Army Of Nations In Trade War Against China (https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-04-05/trump-building-army-nations-trade-war-against-china?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+zerohedge%2Ffeed+%28zero+hedg e+-+on+a+long+enough+timeline%2C+the+survival+rate+fo r+everyone+drops+to+zero%29)


Trump has decided to spread the pain, and is quietly building an army coalition of nations to join the US in the trade war against China. The first stop: Latin America.
Trump is due to make his first visit to the region next week to attend the Summit of the Americas in Lima, Peru, a trip which comes as his administration is waging a trade battle with China on one front and and pushing to overhaul NAFTA on the other. While there, Trump will make the case case that the US – and not China – should be the trade “partner of choice” for Latin America,



“The damage of our economy comes from China’s restrictive practices. Blame China. They’ve been doing this for decades.

Source: zerohedge.com


China holding Treasuries ‘nuclear option’ open in trade war with US (https://www.rt.com/business/423288-us-treasuries-china-trade-war/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=RSS)


Beijing is by far the largest holder of US Treasury bills, meaning it can affect their price and yield. It could be China’s trump card in the trade war with Donald Trump.



As of January 2018, China held $1.168 trillion in American debt, more than a $100 billion increase since the same time last year, but down about 11 percent from the record high above $1.3 trillion in late 2013. That’s 19 percent of all US Treasuries, notes, and bonds held by foreign countries.
Chinese officials said in January that the government is considering slowing or halting purchases of US Treasuries as they have become less attractive relative to other assets.

Source: rt.com

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[turiya]

The Economic Collapse Fight Has Just
Gone To The Next Level - Episode 1538a
(Apr 6, 2018)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCs5uxwigm0




Description:



Soros allegedly is going to get into the cryptocurrency market. All jobs were revised from last month and the jobs stats do not look that good. The entire economic system is falling apart. Trump is now taking the economic collapse fight to the next level. The White House has warned that the market might start to come down and their might be some pain.


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Economy

Soros To Start Trading Cryptocurrencies Amid Plunging Prices (https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-04-06/soros-prepares-trade-cryptocurrencies-amid-plunging-prices?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+zerohedge%2Ffeed+%28zero+hedg e+-+on+a+long+enough+timeline%2C+the+survival+rate+fo r+everyone+drops+to+zero%29)
https://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_small/public/2018-04/soros%20teaser%204.jpg?h=553c51bd&itok=_96dN-re (https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-04-06/soros-prepares-trade-cryptocurrencies-amid-plunging-prices)

George Soros is reportedly preparing to trade cryptocurrencies as prices plunge.
According to Bloomberg, Adam Fisher -who oversees macro investing at New York-based Soros Fund Management – has received internal approval to trade virtual coins in the last few months, “



The question, of course, is whether Bloomberg’s leak is accurate, and if indeed Soros is only now getting started in the space or if he has quietly loaded up already.

Source: zerohedge.com


Part-Time Jobs Added: 310K; Full-Time Jobs Lost: -311K (https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-04-06/part-time-jobs-added-310k-full-time-jobs-lost-311k?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+zerohedge%2Ffeed+%28zero+hedg e+-+on+a+long+enough+timeline%2C+the+survival+rate+fo r+everyone+drops+to+zero%29)


last month the strong Establishment Survey payrolls number, which was revised even higher to 326K this month, there was an even more impressive number: a record 1 million full and part-time jobs were added according to the Household Survey.
One month later you can scratch all of that, because according to the latest data, the 729K full-time jobs added in February was a fluke, and in March, the number actually declined by 311K; in fact in recent months it has been swinging so hard, a simple regression model suggests that it is more based on noise than any underlying signal.
, as full-time jobs tumbled, part-time jobs continued to rise, and as shown in the chart below, they increased just enough to offset the drop in full-time jobs: Part-Time jobs up 310K; Full-Time jobs down 311K.



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Source: zerohedge.com


“We May Take A Hit”: Trump Warns Investors To Prepare For “Pain” In The Market (https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-04-06/we-may-take-hit-trump-warns-investors-prepare-pain-market)


“White House official said the the WH recognizes that Trump’s actions are hitting the stock market, but this is “a longer term thing,” and the president has to follow through on a key campaign promise.”
Moments ago, Trump himself confirmed that when in a radio interview on Friday morning, the president said that U.S. markets could face some “pain’’ from the trade standoff with China and other countries, but – like on Wednesday – asserted that in the long-run, Americans would be better off due to his protectionist actions.
Trump said “I’m not saying there won’t be a little pain so we might lose a little of it but we’re going to have a much stronger country when we’re finished, and that’s what I’m all about.’
“We have to do things that other people wouldn’t do. So we may take a hit, but you know what, ultimately we’re going to be much stronger for it,’’ “It’s something we had to do, and ultimately if you take a look it’s not only trade with China – it’s everybody.”


Source: zerohedge.com

[turiya]

Indicators Are Off The Charts
Signaling A Recession - Episode 1540a
(Apr 9, 2018)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XDTm1H0w3g





Description:



Soros, Rockefellers and Rothschilds join in and begin purchasing cryptocurrency. These central bankers realize that cryptocurrency is going to change the world and they are beginning to purchase them to maintain control. Subprime auto has imploded, we are back to 2008 levels. The richest 1% own over 50% of the wealth. Market message indicates that a recession is headed our way. There are many of these indicators pointing to the same thing a recession.



______Relevant Articles______

Economy


Rockefellers Join Soros & Rothschilds In Cryptocurrency Investment Plans (https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-04-08/rockefeller-familys-3bn-vc-fund-unveils-plans-invest-crypto?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+zerohedge%2Ffeed+%28zero+hedg e+-+on+a+long+enough+timeline%2C+the+survival+rate+fo r+everyone+drops+to+zero%29)

Despite the collapse in cryptocurrency prices since the beginning of the year (bitcoin is down more than 60% and ethereum down more than 70% from their ATHs), more marquee investors have decided that now is the time to buy in.
Adam Fisher – who oversees macro investing at New York-based Soros Fund Management – has reportedly received internal approval to trade virtual coins in the last few months, “though he has yet to make a wager.”


Soros’s involvement followed reports last year that the Rothschild family had waded into the space – first by purchasing bitcoin exposure via the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust.
Now, the latest bold-faced investor to unveil plans to invest in the space is the Rockefeller family (the descendants of Standard Oil founder John Rockefeller). CoinTelegraph (https://cointelegraph.com/news/soros-fund-management-plans-to-launch-cryptocurrency-trading-report-says) reports that the family’s venture capital fund has partnered with CoinFund to invest in “cryptocurrency and Blockchain business innovation”.

Source: zerohedge.com


Subprime Auto Implosion In Full Effect As Lenders Start Dropping Like Flies (https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-04-08/subprime-auto-implosion-full-effect-lenders-start-dropping-flies?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+zerohedge%2Ffeed+%28zero+hedg e+-+on+a+long+enough+timeline%2C+the+survival+rate+fo r+everyone+drops+to+zero%29)

We are in the midst of watching the subprime auto lending bubble burst in its entirety. Smaller subprime auto lenders are starting to implode, and we all know what comes next: the larger companies go bust, inciting real capitulation.
Summit Financial Corp., a Plantation, Florida-based subprime car finance company, filed for bankruptcy late last month after lenders including Bank of America Corp. said it had misreported losses from soured loans. And a creditor to Spring Tree Lending, an Atlanta-based subprime auto lender, filed to force the company into bankruptcy last week, after a separate group of investors accused the company of fraud. Private equity-backed Pelican Auto Finance (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/terminal/MHK2FI3MMTC0), which specialized in “deep subprime” borrowers, finished winding down last month after seeing its profit margins shrink.
Delinquencies are almost at 2008 levels




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there is also the coming tsunami of lease returns which will lead to a shock repricing for both car prices and existing LTVs once the millions in new cars come back to dealer lots…



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We have seen this bubble coming from a mile away.

The continued focus on borrowing and spending, instead of saving and underconsumption, will ensure not only that these bubbles continue to happen going forward, but they will get larger in size as time progresses.

Source: zerohedge.com


The Richest 1% Will Own Two-Thirds Of Global Wealth By 2030, Report Finds (https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-04-08/richest-1-will-own-two-thirds-global-wealth-2030-report-finds?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+zerohedge%2Ffeed+%28zero+hedg e+-+on+a+long+enough+timeline%2C+the+survival+rate+fo r+everyone+drops+to+zero%29)


Back in November, Credit Suisse highlighted (https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-11-14/first-time-ever-richest-1-own-more-50-worlds-wealth) an alarming – yet altogether unsurprising – milestone in the increasing concentration of global wealth that has been perhaps the most influential force behind the populist revolts that rocked the US in 2016 and have continued to unfurl across Europe. According to the Swiss bank’s annual “global wealth pyramid,” for the first time, the wealthiest 1% of the world’s population had accumulated more than half of its aggregate household wealth.




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According to our latest estimates, the top one percent own 50.1 percent of all household wealth in the world.”
the House of Commons library suggest that the top 1% of the world’s wealthiest individuals will own roughly 64% of the planet’s wealth by 2030.

Source: zerohedge.com


Markets Message Indicator’ Signals “Proceed With Caution” (https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-04-08/markets-message-indicator-signals-proceed-caution?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+zerohedge%2Ffeed+%28zero+hedg e+-+on+a+long+enough+timeline%2C+the+survival+rate+fo r+everyone+drops+to+zero%29)

The Markett Message Indicator is near the peaks of 2000 and 2007,” P

“That is, it suggests investor confidence and aggressiveness ‘across all financial markets’ is nearly as pronounced today as it was at the last two major stock market tops.”


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What is perhaps most worrisome is the recent “chaos” in the stock markets has barely made a dent in the level of excessive exuberance based on this index.

Source: zerohedge.com

[turiya]

Enjoy The Show, The Deep State Is In The
Process Of Being Duped Again - Episode 1543b
(Apr 12, 2018)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fo7oNx16xuU______Relevant Articles______

Political/Rights

After Months Of Stalling, DOJ Hands Over Memo That Helped Launch Russia Probe (https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-04-11/after-months-stalling-doj-hands-over-memo-helped-launch-russia-probe?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+zerohedge%2Ffeed+%28zero+hedg e+-+on+a+long+enough+timeline%2C+the+survival+rate+fo r+everyone+drops+to+zero%29)


House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes has finally managed to pry the (mostly unredacted) electronic communication, shared with the FBI by one of America’s “intelligence partners”, from the grip of the DOJ.
Nunes subpoeanad the DOJ for all documents used to justify the initial FISA warrant against Trump advisor Carter Page and other threads of the initial Russia collusion probe,




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The document in question is a two-page “electronic communication” that was supplied to the FISA court
Nunes and members of his committee were supplied with a heavily redacted version of the document last year, but Nunes complained that it was virtually indecipherable. The only redactions in the draft distributed to members of the committee were “narrowly tailored” to “protect national security interests” so as not to “undermine the trust” between the US and this foreign nation.

Source: zerohedge.com


Here is why PAUL RYAN resigned:PHOtO w SOCCER MOUFAZ outed #Qanon8chan (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Qanon8chan?src=hash) as Al-Qaeda operative in McCain, Hillary, Obama plan to CREATE & ARM ISIS sold to Congress as “Moderate” Syrian Rebels in 2013 will be outed as @realDonaldTrum (https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrum)… https://gab.ai/JeromeCorsi/posts/23630388 … (https://t.co/bYamXusxDe)


White House Supports Everyone’s Constitutional Right to Speak Freely on Facebook, Other Platforms (http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/04/11/white-house-supports-everyones-constitutional-right-to-speak-freely-on-facebook-other-platforms/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+breitbart+%28Breitbart+News%2 9)


In light of Facebook hearings on Capitol Hill, White House press secretary Sarah Sanders acknowledged the constitutional rights of all Americans to “speak freely” on platforms like the social media site.
During Wednesday’s House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing, Rep. Marsha Blackburn asked (http://www.breitbart.com/tech/2018/04/11/mark-zuckerberg-we-dont-think-what-we-are-doing-is-censoring-speech/) Zuckerberg, “Do you subjectively manipulate your algorithms to prioritize or censor speech?” Zuckerberg replied that he doesn’t think what they are doing is “censoring speech” and that they do censor “types of content like terrorism.” Blackburn shot back, “Let me tell you something right now, Diamond and Silk is not terrorism.”
Diamond and Silk are fervent supporters of President Donald Trump who publish their commentary on YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCug1cL7vmUvYooOjXyHjsxQ) and other internet platforms. Their Facebook page has over 1.4 million “likes.” Though Zuckerberg claimed in the congressional hearing that Facebook made an error in censoring their page and that the company had been in touch with them, the women posted Wednesday night that Facebook had not contacted them since an April 5 communication (https://www.facebook.com/DiamondandSilk/photos/a.415130365302749.1073741828.407279909421128/1052467238235722/?type=3&theater) in which Facebook called the two “Unsafe to the Community.”

Internet Bill Of Rights
Q Post 605, Jan 25 2018
Source: breitbart.com

Geopolitical/Police State


Chemical Weapons Watchdog Can’t Identify Source Of Nerve Agent Used In Skripal Attack (https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-04-12/chemical-weapons-watchdog-couldnt-identify-source-nerve-agent-used-skripal-attack?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+zerohedge%2Ffeed+%28zero+hedg e+-+on+a+long+enough+timeline%2C+the+survival+rate+fo r+everyone+drops+to+zero%29)



Echoing findings by UK government scientist Gary Aitkenhead (https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-04-03/uk-authorities-unable-prove-novichok-nerve-agent-came-russia), the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) said Thursday that its investigators had “confirmed the findings of the UK relating to the identity of the toxic chemical that was used in Salisbury”
Effectively the lab confirmed that the military grade nerve agent used to poison Sergei Skripal and Yulia Skripal during an attack which reportedly took place at a public shopping center was, in fact, Novichok – a nerve agent developed by the Soviet Union, even if the OPCW did not explicitly name it. But crucially, like the scientists at Porton Down, the OPCW was unable to identify the origins of the nerve agent,



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The international chemical weapons watchdog has confirmed Britain’s finding that a former spy and his daughter were poisoned with a nerve agent.
The report Thursday says Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons investigators “confirm the findings of the United Kingdom relating to the identity of the toxic chemical that was used in Salisbury.”
It says the chemical was “of high purity.” The summary does not name Novichok – the name that was previously given by British Prime Minister Theresa May – but says the details of the toxin are in the full classified report.
It does not identify the source.
Source: zerohedge.comWar

Not in My Name, Theresa May: Social Media Users Oppose UK Strikes in Syria (https://sputniknews.com/viral/201804121063476481-syria-britain-twitter-opposition/)


A plethora of reactions emerged on Twitter and Instagram to the news the UK Prime Minister is contemplating joining in any US-led strikes in response to an alleged chemical attack in Syria’s Douma.



Commentators on social media platforms expressed their concern with Britain’s readiness to get involved (https://sputniknews.com/military/201804111063455294-uk-syria-airstrike-theresa-may/) in a military action abroad and pointed out the government’s will to spend money on foreign intervention, while a number of social sectors suffer from cuts and underfunding.
The hashtag #notinmynametheresamay gained traction on Twitter and Instagram, as concerned users lashed out against Theresa May joining the US president Donald Trump in attacking Syria.

Source: sputniknews.com

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[turiya]

WINTER IS COMING
by Jim Quinn





“Summer will end soon enough, and childhood as well.” – George R.R. Martin, Game of Thrones

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“Reflect on what happens when a terrible winter blizzard strikes. You hear the weather warning but probably fail to act on it. The sky darkens. Then the storm hits with full fury, and the air is a howling whiteness. One by one, your links to the machine age break down. Electricity flickers out, cutting off the TV. Batteries fade, cutting off the radio. Phones go dead. Roads become impassible, and cars get stuck. Food supplies dwindle. Day to day vestiges of modern civilization – bank machines, mutual funds, mass retailers, computers, satellites, airplanes, governments – all recede into irrelevance.

Picture yourself and your loved ones in the midst of a howling blizzard that lasts several years. Think about what you would need, who could help you, and why your fate might matter to anybody other than yourself. That is how to plan for a saecular winter. Don’t think you can escape the Fourth Turning (https://www.amazon.com/Fourth-Turning-American-Prophecy-Rendezvous/dp/0767900464). History warns that a Crisis will reshape the basic social and economic environment that you now take for granted.” – Strauss & Howe – The Fourth Turning (https://www.amazon.com/Fourth-Turning-American-Prophecy-Rendezvous/dp/0767900464)
I’m always a little behind when it comes to popular TV, especially when the shows are on premium cable channels. Being cheap, I’ve refused to pay for any premium cable channels, plus I’ve spent much of my life on baseball fields and in hockey rinks, rather than watching TV. When my kids recently signed up for HBO Now, I finally got to watch The Sopranos, eleven years after its final episode aired. Now I’m finally able to watch Game of Thrones, after it has been on the air for seven seasons. In the opening episodes I was impressed by the theme which permeates the series. Numerous characters stated “Winter is Coming”. I was immediately struck by the parallels with the Fourth Turning theory about the cyclical nature of our world.

The phrase “Winter is Coming” has multiple meanings in the context of Game of Thrones. First, it is the motto of House Stark, referring to their vigilance regarding dark times ahead. It is a manifestation, meaning one should always be prepared for the worst. As rulers of the North, the Starks were always ready for anything that could happen because eventually something wicked would come. Thus, winter is coming. Another meaning was related to the actual seasonal dynamic in the land of Westeros. They had a very odd seasonal structure where summer and winter could last for long periods of time without anyone knowing when they would switch. They had experienced a long period of summer, meaning a long winter was coming.

The deeper metaphorical meaning of the phrase is how seasons are a reflection of sentiment and mood in our lives and in the world. Even though things may be going well in your world (summer), you know it won’t last forever – a dark period of bitter cold is coming and events will turn against you. The underlying message of the entire show is no one is safe and disaster, danger and death await everyone. Just when you think you are safe, the ominous foreboding of the phrase conveys the message that peril is just over the horizon. The advent of winter unquestionably foretells doom, destruction, and hostilities will rage on the winter winds in a never ending gale. Whether any character survives the onslaught of winter is always in doubt.

George R.R. Martin, the writer of the Game of Thrones books, was inspired by the Hundred Years War in creating the setting and mood of his dystopian adventure. The populations lived on the edge of starvation as the Black Plague, war, famine, and unyielding weather created a bleak existence. The allegorical use of winter in literature spans centuries, from Shakespeare’s winter of our discontent to the Fourth Turning (https://www.amazon.com/Fourth-Turning-American-Prophecy-Rendezvous/dp/0767900464) describing our current Crisis period as winter in the generational cycle of history. Winter is used in Shakespearian plays, the Game of Thrones and the Fourth Turning (https://www.amazon.com/Fourth-Turning-American-Prophecy-Rendezvous/dp/0767900464) as a metaphor to convey the dark and bitterly cold period wherein peril and death menace all who reside on this earth. Death and destruction come suddenly and un-expectantly during winter storms.


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I also see other parallels between the Game of Thrones world and other aspects of Fourth Turnings. I wrote an article about the Gray Champion of this Fourth Turning (https://www.amazon.com/Fourth-Turning-American-Prophecy-Rendezvous/dp/0767900464) – Gray Champion Assumes Command (https://www.theburningplatform.com/2016/11/19/grey-champion-assumes-command-part-one/) two weeks after the shocking election of Donald Trump in November 2016. There is nothing that has happened since then to convince me Donald Trump is not a Gray Champion of this ongoing Fourth Turning Crisis (https://www.amazon.com/Fourth-Turning-American-Prophecy-Rendezvous/dp/0767900464).

The generational alignment which happens every eighty to a hundred years unfolded once again in 2008, with a financial crisis on par with the 1929 Crash and subsequent Great Depression. It took until 2016 for a Gray Champion to appear, and to the surprise of the elitist chattering class it wasn’t Hillary Clinton, but billionaire real estate mogul Donald Trump. His arrival marked the beginning of the most perilous portion of this winter of our discontent.


“At each of these great gates of history, eighty to a hundred years apart, a similar generational drama unfolded. Four archetypes, aligned in the same order – elder Prophet, midlife Nomad, young adult Hero, child Artist – together produced the most enduring legends in our history. Each time the Gray Champion appeared marked the arrival of a moment of “darkness, and adversity, and peril,” the climax of the Fourth Turning (https://www.amazon.com/Fourth-Turning-American-Prophecy-Rendezvous/dp/0767900464) of the saeculum.” – The Fourth Turning (https://www.amazon.com/Fourth-Turning-American-Prophecy-Rendezvous/dp/0767900464) – Strauss & Howe
There is a major misconception regarding the term Gray Champion. The term champion has a positive connotation as an admired winner who is universally cheered and esteemed. This is why half of the people who read Donald Trump described as the Gray Champion immediately tune out or go ballistic. The true meaning of champion in this context is an advocate for a specific cause or agenda. Strauss and Howe borrowed the phrase from Nathaniel Hawthorne as he reflected upon the arrival of prophet generation graying stalwarts who decisively took control when all appeared lost.


“One afternoon in April 1689, as the American colonies boiled with rumors that King James II was about to strip them of their liberties, the King’s hand-picked governor of New England, Sir Edmund Andros, marched his troops menacingly through Boston. His purpose was to crush any thought of colonial self-rule. To everyone present, the future looked grim.

Just at that moment, seemingly from nowhere, there appeared on the streets “the figure of an ancient man” with “the eye, the face, the attitude of command.” His manner “combining the leader and the saint,” the old man planted himself directly in the path of the approaching British soldiers and demanded that they stop. “The solemn, yet warlike peal of that voice, fit either to rule a host in the battlefield or be raised to God in prayer, were irresistible. At the old man’s word and outstretched arm, the roll of the drum was hushed at once, and the advancing line stood still.” Inspired by this single act of defiance, the people of Boston roused their courage and acted. Within the day, Andros was deposed and jailed, the liberty of Boston saved, and the corner turned on the colonial Glorious Revolution.

“Who was this Gray Champion?” Nathaniel Hawthorne asked near the end of this story in his Twice-Told Tales. No one knew, except that he had once been among the fire-hearted young Puritans (http://www.fourthturning.com/html/puritan_generation.html)who had first settled New England more than a half century earlier.

Would the Gray Champion ever return? “I have heard,” added Hawthorne, “that whenever the descendants of the Puritans are to show the spirit of their sires, the old man appears again.”

Posterity had to wait a while before seeing him again—the length of another long human life, in fact. “When eighty years had passed,” wrote Hawthorne, the Gray Champion reappeared. The occasion was the revolutionary summer of 1775—when America’s elders once again appealed to God, summoned the young to battle, and dared the hated enemy to fire. “When our fathers were toiling at the breastwork on Bunker’s Hill,” Hawthorne continued, “all through that night the old warrior walked his rounds.” This “old warrior”—this graying peer of Sam Adams or Ben Franklin or Samuel Langdon (the Harvard president who preached to the Bunker Hill troops)—belonged to the Awakening Generation (http://www.fourthturning.com/html/awakening_generation.html), whose youth had provided the spiritual taproot of the republic secured in their old age.

“Long, long may it be ere he comes again!” Hawthorne prophesied. “His hour is one of darkness, and adversity, and peril. But should domestic tyranny oppress us, or the invaders’ step pollute our soil, still may the Gray Champion come….” Although Hawthorne did not say when this would be, perhaps he should have been able to tell.” – The Fourth Turning (https://www.amazon.com/Fourth-Turning-American-Prophecy-Rendezvous/dp/0767900464) – Strauss & HoweI have been focused on Trump as the Gray Champion, as he becomes the lightening rod during the second half of this Fourth Turning (https://www.amazon.com/Fourth-Turning-American-Prophecy-Rendezvous/dp/0767900464). Domestic tyranny is spreading across the land as the Deep State attempts to maintain their stranglehold over the financial, political and media levers of our surveillance state. Our hour of darkness, adversity and peril is approaching like a deadly winter storm. The arrival of Trump through the wintry mist has not rallied the entire country to his cause.

His entrance into the Swamp has divided the country into two competing camps, unwilling to compromise or cooperate in doing what’s right for the long-term benefit of the country. The advent of Trump has exacerbated the three driving core elements of debt, civic decay and global disorder. He is a lightning rod, not a healer. The vitriol, hate, and animosity engulfing the country is reminiscent of the years leading up to the Civil War.


The Caning of Charles Sumner
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In Part Two (https://www.theburningplatform.com/2018/04/17/winter-is-coming-part-two/) of this article I will assess the configuration of Gray Champions throughout the world today and the potential impact on the course of this Fourth Turning (https://www.amazon.com/Fourth-Turning-American-Prophecy-Rendezvous/dp/0767900464) and history yet to be made.

Jim Quinn, The Burning Platform (https://www.theburningplatform.com/2018/04/16/winter-is-coming-2/)
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[turiya]

The Plan To Bring Down The Economy And
Blame It On The Central Bank - Episode 1555a
(Apr 27, 2018)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxwLbZavqOw




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Irish retail sales fall sharply, UK growth collapses, the dominoes are starting to fall.
The CBO says the economy will continue on with strong growth for the 10 years.
The next crash is being pushed by both sides.
Trump is pushing the Fed into a disaster scenario, he is following the same strategy that was given to him, he is making sure that he places the right people in the Fed to crash the system.
The entire plan is to have the Fed do what they do best, push the economy into a disaster and then blame them, order an audit and bring the entire thing down.


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Economy

Irish retail sales post sharpest fall in 7 months in March (https://www.reuters.com/article/ireland-economy-retail/irish-retail-sales-post-sharpest-fall-in-7-months-in-march-idUSS8N1P5058)

Irish retail sales volumes posted their sharpest monthly fall in seven months in March with a 2.2 percent decline,
Retail sales volumes in March were 2.8 percent below the same month last year,

Source: reuters.com


UK economic growth collapses to just 0.1% in first quarter of 2018, new figures show (https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/uk-economic-growth-latest-2018-q1-collapse-ons-office-national-statistics-figures-a8324906.html) – It was well down on the 0.4 per cent expansion at the end of 2017 and the weakest quarterly growth rate recorded since 2012

Source: Business Insider


“As Good As It Gets?”: Confidence Dips As Consumers Begin To Question The “Long Expansion” (https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-04-27/good-it-gets-confidence-dips-consumers-begin-question-long-expansion?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+zerohedge%2Ffeed+%28zero+hedg e+-+on+a+long+enough+timeline%2C+the+survival+rate+fo r+everyone+drops+to+zero%29)

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Source: zerohedge.com


The Next Crash: Making The Fed An Instrument For Disaster (https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-04-27/next-crash-making-fed-instrument-disaster?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+zerohedge%2Ffeed+%28zero+hedg e+-+on+a+long+enough+timeline%2C+the+survival+rate+fo r+everyone+drops+to+zero%29)


Since the financial crisis, the Fed has kept the cost of borrowing money for banks at near zero percent interest. That allowed those banks to borrow money to buy their own stock (as did many corporations) to inflate their value but not, of course, the value of their service to Main Street.
When money is cheap because interest rates are low or near zero, the beneficiaries are those with the most direct access to it. That means, of course, that the biggest banks, members of the Fed since its inception, get the largest chunks of fabricated money and pay the least amount of interest for it.
the lower the cost of money is, the easier it is for major companies to borrow it. Easy money means easy speculation for Wall Street and its main corporate clients, which sooner or later will be a threat to the rest of us.
After nearly tripling since the post-financial crisis spring of 2009, last year the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose magically again by nearly 24%. Why, Trump is using the same bank tactics as President Obama.
Impending Signs of Crisis
A quarter of the way into 2018, shadows of 2008 are already emerging. Only two months ago, the Dow logged its worst single-day point decline in history before bouncing back with vigor. In the meantime, the country whose banks caused the last crisis faces record consumer and corporate debt levels and a vulnerable geopolitical global landscape.
the unemployment rate is significantly lower than it was at the height of the financial crisis, but for Main Street, growth hasn’t been quite so apparent. About one in five U.S. jobs still pays a median income below the federal poverty line. Median household income is only up 5.3% since 2008 and remains well below where it was in 1998, if you adjust for inflation. Workforce participation remains nearly as low as it’s ever been. Meanwhile, the top 1% of American earners saw their incomes go up by leaps and bounds since the Fed started manufacturing money — to more than 40 times that of the bottom 90%.
Just as before the 2007-2008 financial crisis, there’s a scary level of confidence among politicians and regulators that neither the economy nor the banking sector could possibly go bust. Even the new Federal Reserve chair views the possible need for bailouts as a relic of a bygone time. As he said at his confirmation hearing, “Generally speaking I think the financial system is quite strong.” When asked if there are any U.S. banks that are still too big to fail, he responded, “I would say no to that.”
When a crisis hits, liquidity dies, and banks close their doors to the public. Ultimately, the same formula for crisis will surely send Wall Street executives crawling back to the government for aid this is where they will meet Donald Trump, this is when the investigation begins, this is when the audit begins.
The risks posed by the largest of the private banks still exist, only now they’re even bigger than they were in 2007-2008 and operating in an arena of even more debt.
What has Trump done he appointed members to the Fed who will only increase the danger of those risks that we saw in 2008 up to today
Trump is pushing the fed to crash the economy-

Source:zerohedge.com

[turiya]

WINTER IS COMING
(PART TWO)
By Jim Quinn
The Burning Platform (https://www.theburningplatform.com/2018/04/17/winter-is-coming-part-two/)





“Don’t think you can escape the Fourth Turning (https://www.amazon.com/Fourth-Turning-American-Prophecy-Rendezvous/dp/0767900464) the way you might today distance yourself from news, national politics, or even taxes you don’t feel like paying. History warns that a Crisis will reshape the basic social and economic environment that you now take for granted. The Fourth Turning necessitates the death and rebirth of the social order. It is the ultimate rite of passage for an entire people, requiring a luminal state of sheer chaos whose nature and duration no one can predict in advance.” – Strauss & Howe – The Fourth Turning (https://www.amazon.com/Fourth-Turning-American-Prophecy-Rendezvous/dp/0767900464)

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In Part One (https://www.theburningplatform.com/2018/04/16/winter-is-coming-2/) of this article I laid out the reasons for Gray Champions arising to meet challenges during crisis periods in history. We are ten years into this Crisis and I have been pondering where we go from here. The plot line of the Game of Thrones has opened my eyes to the fact there isn’t just one Gray Champion during a Fourth Turning. During the Civil War, Jefferson Davis and Robert E. Lee were Transcendental prophet generation representatives of the Confederacy. Abraham Lincoln and William Tecumseh Sherman were Gray Champions of the Union.

These were men who would do anything to further their cause, from ordering thousands of men to their deaths on Cemetery Ridge, to burning down cities, to suspending the writ of Habeas Corpus, and seceding from the Union. They were destined to brandish their terrible swift swords in achieving total indisputable victory. But, we know only one side could win.

During the World War II/Great Depression crisis FDR is known as the Gray Champion who took drastic measures on the economic front with his New Deal and sent 16 million young men into battle on a scale never seen in history. Douglass MacArthur commanded many of those men in battles to the death across the Pacific. What is less discussed is the fact Winston Churchill and Joseph Stalin were also members of the Missionary prophet generation and were the Gray Champions of their nations.

Churchill defied all odds in holding out during the darkest hours and showed no mercy in bombing Germany into submission when he gained the upper hand. Stalin, a man who had slaughtered millions during his purges, was willing to sacrifice millions more to halt Hitler from conquering his country. The alliance of these three Gray Champions virtually assured victory for the Allies in World War II. An epic crisis required unyielding men to face the challenges without blinking – resulting in the deaths of 65 million people.

Gray Champions are not necessarily good, admirable, or moral. Most have narcissistic tendencies and have at least as many enemies as allies. All of the men I’ve named were deeply flawed and in some cases malevolent. What they all had in common was tremendous confidence in their own abilities and an unbreakable determination to achieve the outcomes they desired. Winning was all that mattered to these men.

Americans, blinded by their normalcy bias, never see a Fourth Turning until it arrives with fire and fury. When it arrives, many want to turn back time to the glorious days of spring or summer, but it is not to be. Winter is upon us and even though we wish a Gray Champion wasn’t needed, come he must and come he will. And they won’t be asking for the opinions of the sheep before taking control.

“A lion does not concern himself with the opinion of sheep.” – Tywin – Game of ThronesDuring the last Fourth Turning, the three Gray Champion leaders (FDR, Churchill, Stalin) were all on the same side. They were strong willed and had violent disagreement at times, but they all had the same immediate goal – defeating the Axis Powers. I had been focusing on Trump as the sole Gray Champion, but hadn’t considered other Gray Champion leaders who may have a major impact during this Fourth Turning.

Two powerful dictators – Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping – are also Prophet Generation leaders who are ruthless, unyielding, shrewd, and most important, strident nationalists. These men rule their countries with an iron fist and do not blink when faced with challenges from other nations. They are powerful men with large egos who cast large shadows on the world stage. Opponents are terminated with extreme prejudice in Russia and China. They do not operate under the same moral standards as non-authoritarian nations. The legacies of Stalin and Mao run deep in their countries.

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“Power resides where men believe it resides. It’s a trick, a shadow on the wall. And a very small man can cast a very large shadow.” – Lord Varys – Game of ThronesThis alignment of Gray Champion leaders is significantly dissimilar to the World War II alliance. Trump is the more powerful rival of the other two, but is hog tied by domestic opposition on many fronts. All three of these leaders are facing financial, demographic, domestic, and military challenges, creating tensions within their countries and internationally. Putin and Jinping have been pushed towards greater cooperation as Trump and the American Empire have used their economic and military power to intimidate and provoke both of these nuclear powers.

There is already an undeclared currency, resource and financial war being waged between Russia, China and the U.S. Proxy conflicts in the Middle East and relentless tensions on the Korea Peninsula have heated up in the last year. The current Wag the Dog scenario playing out in Syria has further alienated the voices of reason within the U.S., Russia and China. The threat of a real shooting war between these nuclear powers is the highest in decades. These three Gray Champions are vying for dominance on the world stage. There will be winners and losers.

“When you play the game of thrones, you win or you die. There is no middle ground.”– Cersei – Game of ThronesThe American Empire has dominated the world stage since the end of World War II. There were no economic or military rivals over many decades, except for the corrupt and ultimately bankrupt Soviet Union. Its demise left the U.S. as the only major power standing. But arrogance, hubris, debasement of its currency, military overreach, and endemic corruption have, like an unrelenting disease, weakened the empire and made it susceptible to new rivals.

The global chaos and disorder being created around the globe by the teetering American Empire, flailing about in its extended death throes, is accelerating rapidly and setting the stage for the inevitable bloody Fourth Turning conflict. There will be no compromise or diplomatic resolution of this war for control of the 21st century. We are witnessing a modern day version of the Game of Thrones. There are many “kings” vying for the throne as leader of the world, but only one can win. Intrigue, broken alliances, back stabbing, military conquest, secret deals, and eventually bloody struggles will decide the victor. There will be no happy endings.

“If you think this has a happy ending, you haven’t been paying attention.” – Ramsay – Game of ThronesFurther complicating this Fourth Turning (https://www.amazon.com/Fourth-Turning-American-Prophecy-Rendezvous/dp/0767900464) for our Gray Champion Trump are a couple other Gray Champions opposing him on the domestic front. Hillary Clinton and Robert Mueller are also prophet generation figures who continue to dog Trump, making his everyday existence a non-stop twitter battle for his presidency. Despite losing the election, and going away like most losers, Clinton is on a perpetual speaking tour raking in millions while trashing Trump on a daily basis.

Mueller appears to be the tool by which the Deep State insiders are attempting a coup to bring down Trump by any means necessary. There is a daily litany of indictments, FBI raids, leaked documents, bimbo eruptions, tell all books, exclusive interviews by the propaganda media of traitorous scum like Clapper, Brennan and Comey, and the accusations and counter accusations between Trump and his foes. Trump is learning a hard lesson from the Game of Thrones.

“I swear to you, sitting on a throne is a thousand times harder than winning one.” – King Robert Baratheon – George R.R. Martin, Game of ThronesThe current configuration of foreign and domestic Gray Champions does not bode well for the second half of this Fourth Turning (https://www.amazon.com/Fourth-Turning-American-Prophecy-Rendezvous/dp/0767900464). But it does support the dynamics driving this Fourth Turning – debt, civic decay, and global disorder. The reason the American Empire is in terminal decline is the unpayable trillions in debt and unfunded promises made by corrupt politicians destined to bankrupt the country. That which is unsustainable will not be sustained.

This unsustainable fiscal condition is driving the irrational desperate actions of the Wall Street controlled Federal Reserve, the production of fake economic data to keep the ignorant masses sedated, and the rigging of markets to boost the wealth of the billionaire class while throwing the average family under the bus. There is nothing normal about the frantic flailing attempts to keep this empire of debt from collapsing. All actions by politicians, government apparatchiks, the military industrial complex and central bankers must be viewed through this lens of reality.

The Deep State invisible government is apoplectic at their imminent demise and is using every tool in their deceptive repertoire to maintain their power, control and wealth. Utilization of surveillance state assets, false flags, fake news propaganda, blackmail, bought off “experts”, rigged financial markets, creating foreign enemy bogeymen and banking cabal machinations have pushed the world towards global conflict. And that is what they want. War is good business and further enriches the Deep State. We are just cannon fodder to them.

The seething hatred permeating American society with left wing social justice warrior nutjobs on one side and bloodthirsty warmongering neocon Nazis on the other, leaves no room for compromise or common ground. The vast majority of the American populace is either blissfully ignorant or delusional when it comes to the hard truths facing the nation. The Deep State funds the ongoing civic decay in order to keep the public distracted by inconsequential social issues. Fantasizing about a savior coming to the rescue and singlehandedly solving our problems is wishful thinking. Denial is not a plan. It is time to face the hard truths.

“Most men would rather deny a hard truth than face it.” – Tyrion Lannister – George R.R. Martin, Game of Thrones
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In Part Three (https://www.theburningplatform.com/2018/04/18/winter-is-coming-part-three/) I will attempt to make some sense of the seemingly indecipherable events happening on a daily basis and try to peer through the fog to get a glimpse of the future. Will it be a boot stamping on our faces forever or a new Spring dawning across our land.

Jim Quinn, The Burning Platform (https://www.theburningplatform.com/2018/04/17/winter-is-coming-part-two/)

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[turiya]

Central Bank Shifts Strategy To
Counter Patriots - Episode 1559a
(May 3, 2018)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtVmj7DRsMs




Description:





Major investors are moving into the crypto sphere.
Factory orders rebound but core order decline, the pattern is very similar 2001 and 2008 and we were in a recession back then.
Unit Labor revised lower.
The establishment is now pushing their agenda, they creating the narrative that the Fed is doing everything in the power to keep the economy from crashing, we are now seeing the corporate media report that the biggest threat is Trump’s economic plan.


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Economy

Billionaire Thiel Unveils Broker-Dealer Venture For Major Crypto Traders (https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-05-02/bilionaire-thiel-unveils-broker-dealer-venture-major-crypto-traders?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+zerohedge%2Ffeed+%28zero+hedg e+-+on+a+long+enough+timeline%2C+the+survival+rate+fo r+everyone+drops+to+zero%29)


Billionaire Peter Thiel’s venture-capital firm is investing a startup designed to optimize block trading for major cryptocurrency market participants.


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Thiel’s investment comes after it was revealed that Founders Fund itself has already made a “monster bet” on bitcoin. (https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-01-02/bitcoin-spikes-above-14000-after-reports)
It also confirms Thiel’s bullish view on bitcoin reported in October last year (https://www.foxbusiness.com/features/peter-thiel-bitcoin-very-underestimated) when the billionaire investor argued that critics of bitcoin were “underestimating” the cryptocurrency.


“If bitcoin ends up being the cyber equivalent of gold and it has a great potential left and it’s a very different kind of thing from what people in Silicon Valley focus on—companies, not algorithms not protocols, but this might be maybe one exception that is very underestimated,” the Silicon Valley elite said

“The objections that people have to bitcoin are also objections to gold. It’s this weird currency that’s not backed by any government. Same thing is true of gold. It’s not clear what the intrinsic value of bitcoin is. Same thing is true of gold.
“If everybody decided that a $100 bill was worthless then you wouldn’t want to have a $100 bill.”
Source: zerohedge.com


US Factory Orders Rebound In March But Core Shipments Plunge (https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-05-03/us-factory-orders-rebound-march-core-shipments-plunge?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+zerohedge%2Ffeed+%28zero+hedg e+-+on+a+long+enough+timeline%2C+the+survival+rate+fo r+everyone+drops+to+zero%29)


US factory orders rose 1.6% MoM in March and were revised up toi a 1.6% MoM

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Bad news is that the final revisions to durable goods data for March show core shipments crashing most since May 2016...

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Source: zerohedge.com


US Worker Productivity Disappoints, Unit Labor Costs Revised Lower (https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-05-03/us-worker-productivity-disappoints-unit-labor-costs-revised-lower?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+zerohedge%2Ffeed+%28zero+hedg e+-+on+a+long+enough+timeline%2C+the+survival+rate+fo r+everyone+drops+to+zero%29)


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real compensation dropped 0.1% QoQ – the second QoQ decline in a row.
Under the hood we note that real compensation for the manufacturing sector dropped 0.1% YoY and real compensation for non-durables dropped 1.5% YoY.

Source: zerohedge.com


The Fed Is on Shifting Ground (https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2018-05-03/the-federal-reserve-is-on-shifting-ground)


The biggest short-term threat to the U.S. economy comes from President Donald Trump’s dangerous maneuvers on trade, not the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy. But knowing this doesn’t much help the Fed do its job, which is getting more complicated for reasons closer to home: The outlook for inflation is shifting, and Fed officials are wondering how to respond.

Source: bloomberg.com

[turiya]

Banks Are Preparing For An
Economic Catastrophe - Episode 1563a
(May 8, 2018)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zi_aiZyGJzo




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Venezuela and Palestine decide to use cryptocurrency to bypass the dollar.
More and more nations are starting to move into the blockchain so they do not need to deal with sanctions or the dollar.
The Fed has made it known that the Bitcoin futures market is what brought down the price of Bitcoin.
Job openings soar and we are seeing the same indicators we saw back in 2008, its all starting to turn down.
Something strange is happening with retail investors, something we never saw before.
Deutsche is now going to layoff 20% of its workforce, more banks will start to downsize to prepare for the economic collapse.


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Economy

Venezuela starts bi-national bank with Palestine using cryptocurrency (http://theduran.com/venezuela-starts-bi-national-bank-with-palestine/)


Yesterday kicked off a two day diplomatic visit between the leaders of Venezuela and Palestine.
The first item on the agenda was the signing of an agreement to create a bi-national bank to fund infrastructure, technology, and industry between the two countries.
The bank will be started off with 20 million Venezuelan Petros.

Source: theduran.com


Federal Reserve: Bitcoin Futures Launch Led To December 2017 Price Decline (https://cointelegraph.com/news/federal-reserve-bitcoin-futures-launch-led-to-december-2017-price-decline)


Тhe Federal Reserve (https://cointelegraph.com/tags/federal-reserve) Bank of San Francisco released an Economic Letter (https://www.frbsf.org/economic-research/publications/economic-letter/2018/may/how-futures-trading-changed-bitcoin-prices/) May 7, suggesting that Bitcoin’s (https://cointelegraph.com/tags/bitcoin)(BTC) decline following its $20,000 peak was the result of the launch of Bitcoin futures (https://cointelegraph.com/tags/bitcoin-futures) trading.
The Federal Reserve’s letter says that “the rapid run-up and subsequent fall in the price after the introduction of futures does not appear to be a coincidence” and “it is consistent with trading behavior that typically accompanies the introduction of futures markets for an asset.”



Last week, a former Federal Reserve governor said (https://cointelegraph.com/news/former-us-federal-reserve-governor-says-federal-digital-currency-deserves-consideration) that, had he been chosen as Chairman of the Fed instead of Jerome Powell, he would have introduced a working group to consider a federal digital currency.

Source: cointelegraph.com


Job Openings Soar By 472,000 To All Time High 6.6 Million (https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-05-08/job-openings-soar-472000-all-time-high-66-million?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+zerohedge%2Ffeed+%28zero+hedg e+-+on+a+long+enough+timeline%2C+the+survival+rate+fo r+everyone+drops+to+zero%29)



One month after the number of US job openings reported by the JOLTS unexpectedly tumbled by 176,000 (https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-04-13/job-openings-tumble-176000-led-food-service-and-construction-workers)led by food service and construction workers, all it took was a month of revised data to set the seasonally-adjusted, statistically inferred US labor market back on track, and according to the latest JOLTS report, in March the number of job openings soared by 472,000, from 6.078 million to a record 6.550 million, the highest number of vacant jobs on record…

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… and the biggest cumulative 3-month increase in job openings in history.
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Source: zerohedge.com


What do Retail Investors as a Whole Know that We as Individual Retail Investors Don’t Know? (https://wolfstreet.com/2018/05/07/what-do-retail-investors-as-a-whole-know-that-we-as-individual-retail-investors-dont-know/)


the TD Ameritrade’s Investor Movement Index (IMX) dropped another 8.2% in April, after having plunged 12% in March, 23% in February — the biggest month-over-month plunge in the history of the index — and 9% in January.
After climbing every month last year and forming a perfect spike, the index has now plunged every month so far this year, collapsing 44% from its peak in December. This – up on a steep escalator and down by express elevator

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Source: wolfstreet.com
The Purge Expands: Deutsche Bank Planning To Fire Up To 20% Of US Workers (https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-05-08/purge-expands-deutsche-bank-planning-fire-20-us-workers?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+zerohedge%2Ffeed+%28zero+hedg e+-+on+a+long+enough+timeline%2C+the+survival+rate+fo r+everyone+drops+to+zero%29)



Two weeks after Deutsche Bank wasted no time at all to lay off 400 US bankers, or roughly 10% of total, as the bank’s post-disastrous earnings purge began, today the purge is accelerating and according to Bloomberg, the biggest European bank is considering a sweeping restructuring, a less scary phrase than “mass termination” in the U.S. “that could result in cutting about 20% of staff in the region”

Source: zerohedge.com

[Flash]

Who said Trump would clean the swamp, reset the economy, HELP THE PEOPLE?

This is a must listen of all the direct links and connections between Trump and the Rotschilds interests, dating back in the 80's.
Morphonios is a very well researched journalist and has the definite information about this. Do not look at the title, it is much much more


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FhTMy9ma2mQ

[Foxie Loxie]

Yes!!! This is an excellent video, Flash! :highfive:

As I pointed out on another thread....why should it surprise us that our Prez is "owned" by the R's! They have "owned" the West since the Napoleonic Wars. We DO have a mammoth struggle going on between two "powers"; but if the global pedo empire can be exposed & taken down in the process...that is a good thing, no?!

If a branch of the Military DID back him & set in place a plan to clean up our rotten government, then he is only the last piece in the puzzle to accomplish this. It remains to be seen how it all turns out. :confused:

[ThePythonicCow]

Who said Trump would clean the swamp, reset the economy, HELP THE PEOPLE?

This is a must listen of all the direct links and connections between Trump and the Rotschilds interests, dating back in the 80's.
Morphonios is a very well researched journalist and has the definite information about this. Do not look at the title, it is much much more


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FhTMy9ma2mQ

Yes - this video is also posted here (http://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?102719-War-breaking-out-in-the-Middle-East-Israel-vs-Syria-May-2018--perhaps-entangling-Iran-Russia-and-the-US-&p=1224214&viewfull=1#post1224214) and here (http://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?100318-The-Qanon-posts-and-a---Very-Bad-Day---Scenario-for-some-elite-swamp-critters--Nov-2017-and-beyond-&p=1224212&viewfull=1#post1224212).

I have given all three posts my Thanks, and I went back to the original on Youtube and gave that a thumbs up as well.

Excellent, important, video - Thanks for posting it!

[turiya]

Cross-posted here (http://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?100318-The-Qanon-posts-and-a---Very-Bad-Day---Scenario-for-some-elite-swamp-critters--Nov-2017-and-beyond-&p=1226141&viewfull=1#post1226141) & here (http://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?102719-War-breaking-out-in-the-Middle-East-Israel-vs-Syria-May-2018--perhaps-entangling-Iran-Russia-and-the-US-&p=1226139&viewfull=1#post1226139)



Okay........ Now, I see that this is the video that Dave Janda was referring to in the following video (below). Yes, you can take the following Dave Janda video as a rebuttal to Morphonios' conspiracy video...

https://static-1.bitchute.com/live/cover_images/6PJMcw9vwpX7/E3AskYJhgs0_320x180.jpg (https://www.bitchute.com/channel/morphonios/)

Ever since Trump made the announcement to run for president, there has been a multitude of individuals attempting to bring forth the evidence that makes Trump a globalist shill. Including the allegations that he's had sex with a minor on Epstein's Island. All of these attempts have since failed. Nothing has been found to stick.

Just for starters, Morphonios fails to make the distinction between the United States military & what is called the Deep State Coalition Forces. He lumps these two different groups into one conglomerate whole. Morphonios thinks, like many, many others think, that just because Trump is president, they think he's in total control of what is taking place, especially with what is going on with the Middle East battlefields. That is absolutely, and totally, missing what is the reality of the situation, there, and here, in the U.S.

You Trump nay-sayers, including this Morphonios character, really have to come to learn how to purge yourselves of the decades-old brainwashing that has been instilled into the psyche of their brains... And, learn how to 'feel' more... to feel what is behind the words that various individuals are saying, 'feel' what is behind the words... what is pushing the words forth... and, above all, to stop paying attention to the MSM - propaganda arm of the Deep State - and, what this mouthpiece is spouting off.

Otherwise, one will continue to miss what is actually taking place. And will continue to keep us - We the People - divided. And that's what the Deep State globalist cabal would like nothing better to accomplish.

Simply feel it in your bone marrow.

This will help in making the distinction between what is fact & what is untrue... Alot of what is being said by Morphonias is quite old...

This is 5d chess... If you can't following along & keep up, or foresee the possible moves that can be played, as well as the moves that are presently being played, then maybe you will just have to wait till the game is over before you understand what Trump is about, and what he represents.

Suggestion: Just get over it.... and, the sooner, the better... - just saying. :)
Trump: Friend or Foe
(May 22, 2018)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tu5E8zi-R5s


Description:

The spotlight of this Briefing focusses on the ongoing dissection of the relationship of President Trump with the Bankster Globalists & Freedom Fighters.
Who said Trump would clean the swamp, reset the economy, HELP THE PEOPLE?

This is a must listen of all the direct links and connections between Trump and the Rotschilds interests, dating back in the 80's.
Morphonios is a very well researched journalist and has the definite information about this. Do not look at the title, it is much much more


https://i.ytimg.com/vi/FhTMy9ma2mQ/hqdefault.jpg (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FhTMy9ma2mQ)
VIDEO

[turiya]

And, continuing...

Here's a Sundance article to displace the negativa regarding Wilbur Ross that was brought up by Morphonios....


_____________________________


The Conservative Treehouse (https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2018/05/23/president-trump-makes-major-trade-move-requests-secretary-ross-consideration-for-232-investigation-into-automobile-industry/)
President Trump Makes Major Trade Move – Requests Secretary Ross Consideration for 232 Investigation into Automobile Industry… (https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2018/05/23/president-trump-makes-major-trade-move-requests-secretary-ross-consideration-for-232-investigation-into-automobile-industry/)

Posted on May 23, 2018 (https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2018/05/23/president-trump-makes-major-trade-move-requests-secretary-ross-consideration-for-232-investigation-into-automobile-industry/)
by sundance (https://theconservativetreehouse.com/author/sundancecracker/)

Big picture move by President Trump today that has massive, and generally misinterpreted, ramifications for any trade deal with China, EU and most importantly NAFTA.
China is using U.S. nuclear negotiations with North Korea as leverage for more beneficial trade outcomes; the communist regime is in full manipulative dragon-mode. President Trump can see through the economic play and is dropping the Panda outreach. Eagle-one now hits back at Chairman Xi for deploying such dangerous tactics.

https://theconservativetreehouse.files.wordpress.com/2018/04/trump-nafta-team-5.jpg?w=329&h=417 (https://theconservativetreehouse.files.wordpress.com/2018/04/trump-nafta-team-5.jpg)

If you have been following trade nuance, the Automobile Sector is one of the biggest points of contention within varying trade negotiations. In the NAFTA discussion the auto-sector, via rules of origin, runs at the heart of NAFTA’s fatal flaw (https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2018/02/05/understanding-why-nafta-exit-is-a-forgone-conclusion/).

The fatal flaw (https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2018/02/05/understanding-why-nafta-exit-is-a-forgone-conclusion/) is the use of Asian, mostly Chinese, auto components within auto manufacturing. Mexico and Canada arguing to allow more Chinese auto parts in North American manufacturing; and President Trump demanding more North American parts for North American auto manufacturing.

Many U.S. Auto manufacturers have moved to Mexico to exploit the NAFTA loophole (https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2018/05/11/nafta-update-important-white-house-meeting-with-auto-manufacturers-backstops-freeland-meeting-with-paul-ryan/) (fatal flaw). Vehicles assembled in Mexico use cheaper Chinese parts and are shipped into the U.S. without any tariff under NAFTA rules.

It didn’t take long before EU auto-manufacturers, mostly German, to begin taking the same approach. Albeit to a lesser extent, German auto companies also invested in building vehicles in Mexico/Canada for tariff-free transfer into the U.S. This works out great for Canada and Mexico auto-workers, but not for the U.S.

In essence, the auto-sector is representative of much of the manufacturing exploitation by multinational corporations beyond vehicle production. China has supported this approach because they produce the components for multiple sectors (furniture, appliances etc).

Additionally, during President Obama’s administration General Motors also spent a great deal of money in China, and many of the GM brands are built exclusively -and entirely- in China.

The auto-sector is much more than just complete assembled vehicles. In many ways the core trade issues of part origination, manufacturing and assembly of multiple durable goods sectors are represented within the auto industry process.

Current trade negotiations with the EU, China and NAFTA have reached a loggerhead status around these core issues. Multinational ‘Wall Street’ corporations are unwilling to lose their prior multi-billion investments (https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2018/05/11/nafta-update-important-white-house-meeting-with-auto-manufacturers-backstops-freeland-meeting-with-paul-ryan/) and take a new ‘America-First’ approach. POTUS Trump is rightly angered by many of them because he specifically offset any investment losses with a new U.S. corporate tax structure.

All of that said, the issues with the auto-sector have now rippled out into other trade sectors with discussions coming to a standstill until the auto issues are resolved.

Enter President Trump with the plan.

Knowing all of the outlier, generally lesser, trade sectors are being impacted over the Chinese auto component issue, President Trump cuts the Gordian Knot and tells Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross (https://publicpool.kinja.com/subject-statement-from-the-president-on-potential-nati-1826277073) to consider a Section 232 (https://www.commerce.gov/news/fact-sheets/2017/04/fact-sheet-section-232-investigations-effect-imports-national-security) review of the auto industry as it pertains to imports.
Statement from the President on Potential National Security Investigation into Automobile Imports.



Today, I met with Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross to discuss the current state of our automobile industry. I instructed Secretary Ross to consider initiating a Section 232 investigation into imports of automobiles, including trucks, and automotive parts to determine their effects on Americas national security. Core industries such as automobiles and automotive parts are critical to our strength as a Nation.(link (https://publicpool.kinja.com/subject-statement-from-the-president-on-potential-nati-1826277073))
Section 232 (https://www.commerce.gov/news/fact-sheets/2017/04/fact-sheet-section-232-investigations-effect-imports-national-security) of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 (19 U.S.C. §1862) authorizes the Secretary of Commerce to conduct comprehensive investigations to determine the effects of imports of any article on the national security of the United States. As often stated by President Trump, Treasury Secretary Mnuchin and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross: “economic security is national security.”

https://theconservativetreehouse.files.wordpress.com/2017/12/trump-hat-business-workers.jpg?w=640&h=320 (https://theconservativetreehouse.files.wordpress.com/2017/12/trump-hat-business-workers.jpg)https://theconservativetreehouse.files.wordpress.com/2018/04/trump-friends-trade-team-ross-mnuchin-navarro-lighthizer.jpg?w=650&h=1092 (https://theconservativetreehouse.files.wordpress.com/2018/04/trump-friends-trade-team-ross-mnuchin-navarro-lighthizer.jpg)https://theconservativetreehouse.files.wordpress.com/2018/05/kudlow-4.jpg?w=622&h=414 (https://theconservativetreehouse.files.wordpress.com/2018/05/kudlow-4.jpg)

The Conservative Treehouse (https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2018/05/23/president-trump-makes-major-trade-move-requests-secretary-ross-consideration-for-232-investigation-into-automobile-industry/)

[Valerie Villars]

WINTER IS COMING
by Jim Quinn[/CENTER]





“Summer will end soon enough, and childhood as well.” – George R.R. Martin, Game of Thrones

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/5-rSg_cYpaM/hqdefault.jpg






“Reflect on what happens when a terrible winter blizzard strikes. You hear the weather warning but probably fail to act on it. The sky darkens. Then the storm hits with full fury, and the air is a howling whiteness. One by one, your links to the machine age break down. Electricity flickers out, cutting off the TV. Batteries fade, cutting off the radio. Phones go dead. Roads become impassible, and cars get stuck. Food supplies dwindle. Day to day vestiges of modern civilization – bank machines, mutual funds, mass retailers, computers, satellites, airplanes, governments – all recede into irrelevance.

Picture yourself and your loved ones in the midst of a howling blizzard that lasts several years. Think about what you would need, who could help you, and why your fate might matter to anybody other than yourself. That is how to plan for a saecular winter. Don’t think you can escape the Fourth Turning (https://www.amazon.com/Fourth-Turning-American-Prophecy-Rendezvous/dp/0767900464). History warns that a Crisis will reshape the basic social and economic environment that you now take for granted.” – Strauss & Howe – The Fourth Turning (https://www.amazon.com/Fourth-Turning-American-Prophecy-Rendezvous/dp/0767900464)
I’m always a little behind when it comes to popular TV, especially when the shows are on premium cable channels. Being cheap, I’ve refused to pay for any premium cable channels, plus I’ve spent much of my life on baseball fields and in hockey rinks, rather than watching TV. When my kids recently signed up for HBO Now, I finally got to watch The Sopranos, eleven years after its final episode aired. Now I’m finally able to watch Game of Thrones, after it has been on the air for seven seasons. In the opening episodes I was impressed by the theme which permeates the series. Numerous characters stated “Winter is Coming”. I was immediately struck by the parallels with the Fourth Turning theory about the cyclical nature of our world.

The phrase “Winter is Coming” has multiple meanings in the context of Game of Thrones. First, it is the motto of House Stark, referring to their vigilance regarding dark times ahead. It is a manifestation, meaning one should always be prepared for the worst. As rulers of the North, the Starks were always ready for anything that could happen because eventually something wicked would come. Thus, winter is coming. Another meaning was related to the actual seasonal dynamic in the land of Westeros. They had a very odd seasonal structure where summer and winter could last for long periods of time without anyone knowing when they would switch. They had experienced a long period of summer, meaning a long winter was coming.

The deeper metaphorical meaning of the phrase is how seasons are a reflection of sentiment and mood in our lives and in the world. Even though things may be going well in your world (summer), you know it won’t last forever – a dark period of bitter cold is coming and events will turn against you. The underlying message of the entire show is no one is safe and disaster, danger and death await everyone. Just when you think you are safe, the ominous foreboding of the phrase conveys the message that peril is just over the horizon. The advent of winter unquestionably foretells doom, destruction, and hostilities will rage on the winter winds in a never ending gale. Whether any character survives the onslaught of winter is always in doubt.

George R.R. Martin, the writer of the Game of Thrones books, was inspired by the Hundred Years War in creating the setting and mood of his dystopian adventure. The populations lived on the edge of starvation as the Black Plague, war, famine, and unyielding weather created a bleak existence. The allegorical use of winter in literature spans centuries, from Shakespeare’s winter of our discontent to the Fourth Turning (https://www.amazon.com/Fourth-Turning-American-Prophecy-Rendezvous/dp/0767900464) describing our current Crisis period as winter in the generational cycle of history. Winter is used in Shakespearian plays, the Game of Thrones and the Fourth Turning (https://www.amazon.com/Fourth-Turning-American-Prophecy-Rendezvous/dp/0767900464) as a metaphor to convey the dark and bitterly cold period wherein peril and death menace all who reside on this earth. Death and destruction come suddenly and un-expectantly during winter storms.


https://i0.wp.com/noticieros.televisa.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/ciclon-bomba-satelite-2-noaa.jpeg?resize=700%2C394&quality=100 (http://elindependiente.mx/noticias/?idNota=81707)


I also see other parallels between the Game of Thrones world and other aspects of Fourth Turnings. I wrote an article about the Gray Champion of this Fourth Turning (https://www.amazon.com/Fourth-Turning-American-Prophecy-Rendezvous/dp/0767900464) – Gray Champion Assumes Command (https://www.theburningplatform.com/2016/11/19/grey-champion-assumes-command-part-one/) two weeks after the shocking election of Donald Trump in November 2016. There is nothing that has happened since then to convince me Donald Trump is not a Gray Champion of this ongoing Fourth Turning Crisis (https://www.amazon.com/Fourth-Turning-American-Prophecy-Rendezvous/dp/0767900464).

The generational alignment which happens every eighty to a hundred years unfolded once again in 2008, with a financial crisis on par with the 1929 Crash and subsequent Great Depression. It took until 2016 for a Gray Champion to appear, and to the surprise of the elitist chattering class it wasn’t Hillary Clinton, but billionaire real estate mogul Donald Trump. His arrival marked the beginning of the most perilous portion of this winter of our discontent.


“At each of these great gates of history, eighty to a hundred years apart, a similar generational drama unfolded. Four archetypes, aligned in the same order – elder Prophet, midlife Nomad, young adult Hero, child Artist – together produced the most enduring legends in our history. Each time the Gray Champion appeared marked the arrival of a moment of “darkness, and adversity, and peril,” the climax of the Fourth Turning (https://www.amazon.com/Fourth-Turning-American-Prophecy-Rendezvous/dp/0767900464) of the saeculum.” – The Fourth Turning (https://www.amazon.com/Fourth-Turning-American-Prophecy-Rendezvous/dp/0767900464) – Strauss & Howe
There is a major misconception regarding the term Gray Champion. The term champion has a positive connotation as an admired winner who is universally cheered and esteemed. This is why half of the people who read Donald Trump described as the Gray Champion immediately tune out or go ballistic. The true meaning of champion in this context is an advocate for a specific cause or agenda. Strauss and Howe borrowed the phrase from Nathaniel Hawthorne as he reflected upon the arrival of prophet generation graying stalwarts who decisively took control when all appeared lost.


“One afternoon in April 1689, as the American colonies boiled with rumors that King James II was about to strip them of their liberties, the King’s hand-picked governor of New England, Sir Edmund Andros, marched his troops menacingly through Boston. His purpose was to crush any thought of colonial self-rule. To everyone present, the future looked grim.

Just at that moment, seemingly from nowhere, there appeared on the streets “the figure of an ancient man” with “the eye, the face, the attitude of command.” His manner “combining the leader and the saint,” the old man planted himself directly in the path of the approaching British soldiers and demanded that they stop. “The solemn, yet warlike peal of that voice, fit either to rule a host in the battlefield or be raised to God in prayer, were irresistible. At the old man’s word and outstretched arm, the roll of the drum was hushed at once, and the advancing line stood still.” Inspired by this single act of defiance, the people of Boston roused their courage and acted. Within the day, Andros was deposed and jailed, the liberty of Boston saved, and the corner turned on the colonial Glorious Revolution.

“Who was this Gray Champion?” Nathaniel Hawthorne asked near the end of this story in his Twice-Told Tales. No one knew, except that he had once been among the fire-hearted young Puritans (http://www.fourthturning.com/html/puritan_generation.html)who had first settled New England more than a half century earlier.

Would the Gray Champion ever return? “I have heard,” added Hawthorne, “that whenever the descendants of the Puritans are to show the spirit of their sires, the old man appears again.”

Posterity had to wait a while before seeing him again—the length of another long human life, in fact. “When eighty years had passed,” wrote Hawthorne, the Gray Champion reappeared. The occasion was the revolutionary summer of 1775—when America’s elders once again appealed to God, summoned the young to battle, and dared the hated enemy to fire. “When our fathers were toiling at the breastwork on Bunker’s Hill,” Hawthorne continued, “all through that night the old warrior walked his rounds.” This “old warrior”—this graying peer of Sam Adams or Ben Franklin or Samuel Langdon (the Harvard president who preached to the Bunker Hill troops)—belonged to the Awakening Generation (http://www.fourthturning.com/html/awakening_generation.html), whose youth had provided the spiritual taproot of the republic secured in their old age.

“Long, long may it be ere he comes again!” Hawthorne prophesied. “His hour is one of darkness, and adversity, and peril. But should domestic tyranny oppress us, or the invaders’ step pollute our soil, still may the Gray Champion come….” Although Hawthorne did not say when this would be, perhaps he should have been able to tell.” – The Fourth Turning (https://www.amazon.com/Fourth-Turning-American-Prophecy-Rendezvous/dp/0767900464) – Strauss & HoweI have been focused on Trump as the Gray Champion, as he becomes the lightening rod during the second half of this Fourth Turning (https://www.amazon.com/Fourth-Turning-American-Prophecy-Rendezvous/dp/0767900464). Domestic tyranny is spreading across the land as the Deep State attempts to maintain their stranglehold over the financial, political and media levers of our surveillance state. Our hour of darkness, adversity and peril is approaching like a deadly winter storm. The arrival of Trump through the wintry mist has not rallied the entire country to his cause.

His entrance into the Swamp has divided the country into two competing camps, unwilling to compromise or cooperate in doing what’s right for the long-term benefit of the country. The advent of Trump has exacerbated the three driving core elements of debt, civic decay and global disorder. He is a lightning rod, not a healer. The vitriol, hate, and animosity engulfing the country is reminiscent of the years leading up to the Civil War.


The Caning of Charles Sumner
https://foreignpolicymag.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/southern_chivalry.jpg?w=565&h=370&crop=0,0,10,0 (http://foreignpolicy.com/2016/08/05/mulling-kansas-1856-and-america-2016-2/)

https://static.lexpress.fr/medias_11580/w_1826,h_1021,c_crop,x_10,y_157/w_640,h_360,c_fill,g_north/v1502715438/des-supremacistes-blancs-face-aux-militants-du-mouvement-black-lives-matter-le-12-aout-lors-de-la-manifestation-unite-the-right-a-charlottesvilles-chip-somodevilla-getty-images-afp_5929430.jpg (https://www.lexpress.fr/actualite/monde/amerique-nord/pourquoi-charlottesville-est-elle-la-cible-des-supremacistes-blancs_1935162.html)

In Part Two (https://www.theburningplatform.com/2018/04/17/winter-is-coming-part-two/) of this article I will assess the configuration of Gray Champions throughout the world today and the potential impact on the course of this Fourth Turning (https://www.amazon.com/Fourth-Turning-American-Prophecy-Rendezvous/dp/0767900464) and history yet to be made.

Jim Quinn, The Burning Platform (https://www.theburningplatform.com/2018/04/16/winter-is-coming-2/)
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https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DT8sWwfWkAABSw4.jpg

"Be bold and the mighty forces will come to your aid. " I love it.

[turiya]

The Transition Away From The Dollar
Has Just Become Easier - Episode 1577a
(May 25, 2018)

http://thevictoryreport.org/wp-content/uploads/the-transition-away-from-the-dol.jpg
VIDEO (https://youtu.be/Ov3_mvv7ZIo?t=15m6s)

https://youtu.be/Ov3_mvv7ZIo?t=15m6s (https://youtu.be/Ov3_mvv7ZIo?t=15m6s)

TRANSCRIPT BEGINS @ 15:06 (https://youtu.be/Ov3_mvv7ZIo?t=15m6s)


New Federal Reserve Bank Chairman Sends Message to Trump: Don’t Mess With Me (http://www.economicpolicyjournal.com/2018/05/new-federal-reserve-bank-chairman-sends.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+economicpolicyjournal%2FYZSb+%28EconomicPolicyJournal.com%29)


Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell on Friday issued his sternest warning yet that politicians should not interfere with interest-rate policy, in what appeared to be a message to President Donald TrumpIn a speech in Sweden, Powell indirectly referred to a previous Fed chairman, Arthur Burns, who was pressured by President Richard Nixon in the lead-up to the 1972 presidential election to keep interest rates low.This is an interesting warning from Powell.
Why is he doing it now?


Source:.economicpolicyjournal.com

Dave @ x22Report.com:

Now, this is very interesting. Because he was talking about what happened with President Nixon in the lead-up to the 1972 presidential election to keep interest rates very low. And he's saying,


"Don't do this. Don't get involved. The Federal Reserve is independent. And, government should not be involved."
Which is very interesting. So, why in the world, right now, is he putting out this warning? Why is he doing it now? Was there a move, or did he learn of a move, where maybe they're coming after the Federal Reserve, to audit the Federal Reserve, are they looking to remove the Federal Reserve?

Because, they have to remember, and I've said this many, many times before, Andrew Jackson is hanging on the wall of Trump's office. And, Jackson is the president that got rid of the central banks. He campaigned on it. And, I believe that this is the direction where we are headed.

And we can see already (above article) there's a warning out there - not to mess with the Federal Reserve.

And, he [Jerome Powell] was very clear in his message, where he said that 'The Federal Reserve is independent. And government shouldn't dictate anything to the Federal Reserve.'

So, you can see, we are headed towards a transition. So get prepared. China will be moving away from the dollar. Russia will be moving away from the dollar. The emerging markets will be moving away from the dollar.

So get prepared. Get ready, because that time is getting closer & closer.

End.

[turiya]

The Next Crisis Is Not What You Think, It Could
Send Shockwaves Around The World:
Bill Holter
(May 26, 2018)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHlK6T7yERQ



Credit system in big trouble.
This is the end game.
Deutsche bank laying off 10,000 employees.
No control over the coming hyper-inflation.
Here a Debt, there a Debt - everywhere a Debt, Debt...
Asia separating itself from the dollar.
Petroyuan is rapidly gaining momentum.

[turiya]

Martin Armstrong – Rates are Going
to Jump to 10% Instantaneously
(May 19, 2018)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFRuRoqLKZU

Description:

Where does renowned financial and geopolitical analyst Martin Armstrong see big trouble brewing? Look no further than the bond market. Armstrong explains, “The bond market is going down. . . . We’ve already started into it. . . .You have to understand both Japan and Europe have destroyed their bond markets. They have completely and utterly destroyed them. They are the buyers. That’s it. There is no pension fund that can buy 10-year paper at 1.3% when they need 8% to break even. They are locking in a 10 year loss. They can’t do it. We have been helping major funds shift into equities because it is the only place they can go. . . . Once you start seeing the cracks in Europe, you are going to see interest rates rise faster than you have ever contemplated in your life. There is nobody in their right mind that can buy an Italian bond at 1.3%. It’s just not going to happen. Once the ECB is forced to stop, those rates are going to jump to 10% instantaneously. Once it starts to crack, that’s it, it’s gone. What is going to make everyone know it is cracking is when you see rates going up dramatically, and the ECB is at a point it just can’t buy any more.” Armstrong does not see a big War in the near term, but one is brewing in the Middle East. What Armstrong does see right now is “increasing civil unrest.” On gold, Armstrong sees the yellow metal “fighting a stronger dollar” but predicts it will have its day sometime after 2020 to 2021.

[turiya]

Control Is The Name Of Game, In The End,
Who Will Have The Control - Episode 1579b
(May 29, 2018)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Vx7TFsG_es

Description:

The founder of Ethereum asked the question does the central banks (Rothschild) control reach into the blockchain world. To control the blockchain it would be very difficult to control a single crypto would be more feasible. Case Shiller prices rise to the most that we have seen since the financial crisis, this is way over the amount of money make. Italy’s economy was hit hard, the banks are insolvent, this is just the beginning, will the ECB, IMF step in to calm the situation down, this will spread to other areas and other banks. The North Korea summit is still on and a representative is now visiting the US. Turkey is looking to purchase Russian jets instead of US jets. Syria says that western countries have been working with terrorists groups planning chemical attacks. US, Jordan and Russia are in talks about de-nuclearization. Syria planning an offensive in the south of Syria, Israel is ready to respond. The deep state is moving to take control back, pushing their narratives via the corporate media and censoring channels that do not agree with their narrative.

[turiya]

Mnuchin's Name Moves Up On The List
Episode 1580a
(May 30, 2018)

https://censored.today/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2018/05/hqdefault-1296-480x300.jpg (https://youtu.be/QwJlRf5i4ow?t=12m44s)

https://youtu.be/QwJlRf5i4ow?t=12m44s (https://youtu.be/QwJlRf5i4ow?t=12m44s)

TRANSCRIPT BEGINS @ 12:44 (https://youtu.be/QwJlRf5i4ow?t=12m44s)
X22Report.com:
We know that the central banks, they realize that this economy can't go any further. Trump, with the patriots behind him, they knows that this economy can't go any further. And, we know that alot of people in the Trump administration, he's been getting rid of. And, I believe that the next individual who's moving up on the 'to go' list is Mnuchin. Remember, Mnuchin was given to Trump. It's not like he sought him out, and said, "Oh, this is the guy I want." Just like McMasters, just like all the other individuals that he got rid of.

And it looks like Mnuchin is now moving up on the list, because he is countering everything that Trump is doing with China - with the ZTE phones, with tariffs - where Mnuchin is saying that the trade wars they've been put on hold. Mnuchin is doing pretty much what the Deep State & the central bankers want to have done. And, he's telling the corporate media what they're telling him.

And what is happening right now is Trump & Mnuchin, they are clashing. And what eventually is going to happen is that Mnuchin is going to be relieved of his duties - just like the rest. Or, he's going to resign on his own. And, the same thing is going to happen with Nikki Haley, and other individuals.

And, this is going to continue on. Because this is a race to crash the economy - to gain the narrative. The economy is dead in the water. And, we already see out in Europe that there are problems. And this is going to basically have a domino effect, and start to affect other banks, and its going to end up, here, in the U.S.

Can the central banks control the situation?

Of course they can, for a time period, for a time they'll be able to control all of this.


War Erupts Between Trump's Two Top Trade Advisors Over China (https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-05-30/war-erupts-between-trumps-two-top-trade-advisors)

https://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_small/public/2018-05/mnuchin%20navarro.jpg?itok=iYSDXMJ0 (https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-05-30/war-erupts-between-trumps-two-top-trade-advisors)

"That was an unfortunate sound bite," says Peter Navarro of Steven Mnuchin saying a trade war with China is on hold. "What we’re having with China is a trade dispute, plain and simple" he explained.


May 30, 2018 10:14 AM

[turiya]

Jim Willie: "Trump has recovered the gold shoveled off to the Philipines".... Oh really? Tell me more...


Something Big Is About To Happen With Gold,
And It's Not What You Think: Jim Willie
(Jun 9, 2018)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFFsfNlxYYI

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Two largest centers for counterfeiting U.S. $20 dollar bills is North Korea & Iran - https://youtu.be/WFFsfNlxYYI?t=24m16s
The gold bar that Mnuchin held up at Fort Knox was a bar of gold-plated tungsten. https://youtu.be/WFFsfNlxYYI?t=48m2s


From the comment section:

I've often thought about this Jim. I pray for you as you are one of the FEW who dare speak the truth about the state of leadership in this wrenched world in which we live in. You are at the TOP of my list when considering world event and turmoil. Thank you for all of your hard work but especially for your bravery. Thank you for your service to this Nation.

[Foxie Loxie]

Jim Willie asking for prayers....needs a "shield" as he is exposing evil doers. This IS a spiritual war! :pray:

It is horrific when one comes face to face with what is really going on! Shades of Ronald Bernard! The average person will find it hard to comprehend what has been going on among the "elite"!

The gold plated tungsten bars was a new one for me! :idea: Our Ft. Knox gold was STOLEN; guess by whom?! :facepalm:

[turiya]

On Donald Trump's "Madness" & A New Gold Standard (https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-06-17/donald-trumps-madness-new-gold-standard)

https://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/inline-images/161107140441-gold-trump-election-780x439.jpg

By Hugo Salinas Price, JUN 17, 2018 11:30 PM:


"There is one way, and only one way, to do away with the Trade Deficit and renew the productivity of the US: abandon the present International Monetary System (derived from the original Bretton Woods Agreements of 1944) and return to the gold standard."



There is one way, and only one way, to do away with the Trade Deficit and renew the productivity of the US: abandon the present International Monetary System (derived from the original Bretton Woods Agreements of 1944) and return to the gold standard.



There are no "Trade Deficits" under the Gold Standard, because all countries have to pay Cash Gold for their imports, and collect Cash Gold for their exports. Result: Balanced Trade. No Trade Deficits.



A question in the back of my mind: Is Mr. Trump's "madness" really leading to the Gold Standard? Is that what he really wants? Because if he continues to undermine the present US Dollar as the World's Reserve Currency, by making it impossible for CBs to obtain Dollars through the US Trade Deficit, that would appear to be the likely final outcome.

[turiya]

Jim Willie asking for prayers....needs a "shield" as he is exposing evil doers. This IS a spiritual war! :pray:

It is horrific when one comes face to face with what is really going on! Shades of Ronald Bernard! The average person will find it hard to comprehend what has been going on among the "elite"!

The gold plated tungsten bars was a new one for me! :idea: Our Ft. Knox gold was STOLEN; guess by whom?! :facepalm:

Because of his pleading for some assistance with prayer because of his fear of being targeted by those connected to Big Oil & pedofilia, I contacted Sean over at SGT, suggesting to him that Jim Willie may make a good interview...

However, Sean sent me back an email back, a bit surprising, in saying the following...




"Thanks turiya, Jim Willie and I had a falling out years ago after I interviewed him ONCE. He was remarkably rude and hateful in multiple emails to me because I used his publicly available picture in the thumbnail. His behavior was as shocking to me as it was disappointing. I wish him well, but that's all I have for him." So, as it goes...

[turiya]

WINTER IS COMING
(PART THREE)








“The very survival of the nation will feel at stake. Sometime before the year 2025, America will pass through a great gate in history, commensurate with the American Revolution, Civil War, and twin emergencies of the Great Depression and World War II.” – Strauss & Howe – The Fourth Turning (https://www.amazon.com/s/?ie=UTF8&keywords=the+fourth+turning&tag=googhydr-20&index=aps&hvadid=174250504299&hvpos=1t1&hvnetw=g&hvrand=1888498297712850744&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=e&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9016851&hvtargid=kwd-133030482&ref=pd_sl_5e4j9odsx_e)
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In Part One (https://www.theburningplatform.com/2018/04/16/winter-is-coming-2/) of this article I laid out the reasons for Gray Champions arising to meet challenges during crisis periods in history. In Part Two (https://www.theburningplatform.com/2018/04/17/winter-is-coming-part-two/) of this article I assessed the configuration of Gray Champions throughout the world and the potential impact on the course of this Fourth Turning (https://www.amazon.com/s/?ie=UTF8&keywords=the+fourth+turning&tag=googhydr-20&index=aps&hvadid=174250504299&hvpos=1t1&hvnetw=g&hvrand=1888498297712850744&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=e&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9016851&hvtargid=kwd-133030482&ref=pd_sl_5e4j9odsx_e). The swirling fog of confusion enveloping the globe as the high lords of the universe play their game of thrones has even the most critical thinking individuals baffled by the course of events. The desperation and blatant lawlessness of the Deep State players in their endeavor to preserve their hegemony over the course of global affairs is palpable with every attack, false flag, accusation, and ratcheting up of their propaganda media machine.

Like Game of Thrones, the behind the scenes machinations, subterfuge, and deceptions taking place outside the purview of the common folk are designed to only benefit the rich and powerful players undertaking these traitorous actions. Open warfare will not happen until it is thought to be in the best interests of those manipulating the levers of society and the narrative produced by their perpetual propaganda media machine. But, in the end, it will be the innocent common people who will suffer the consequences, while the lords reap the riches, glory and power.





“Why is it always the innocents who suffer most, when you high lords play your game of thrones?” – Lord Varys – George R.R. Martin, Game of ThronesThe common people have always been blind to the next turning until after it fully arrives. Even now, the average person has no idea we are in the midst of a crisis period which will change the course of history. The overwhelming majority of the 325 million Americans, and billions around the globe, go about their daily lives oblivious to the intrigues, conspiracies, and treachery playing out at the highest levels of government and in smoky backrooms, where deals are made, wars plotted, and billions dispersed to the oligarchical lords running our world.

The common people get up, go to work, try to earn enough to survive or get ahead in life, raise their children, and endeavor to attain the lifestyle sold to them by their overlords based on delusion and debt. They are easily distracted by technological baubles, watching sporting events, enslaved by government handouts, and told what to believe by their keepers. They don’t want to experience the challenges of winter, but a never ending summer. They don’t want to think and be responsible for their lives. They want to be left in peace on Twitter and Facebook, but that isn’t how it works during a Fourth Turning (https://www.amazon.com/s/?ie=UTF8&keywords=the+fourth+turning&tag=googhydr-20&index=aps&hvadid=174250504299&hvpos=1t1&hvnetw=g&hvrand=1888498297712850744&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=e&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9016851&hvtargid=kwd-133030482&ref=pd_sl_5e4j9odsx_e) winter.





“The common people pray for rain, healthy children, and a summer that never ends,” Ser Jorah told her. “It is no matter to them if the high lords play their game of thrones, so long as they are left in peace.” He gave a shrug. “They never are.” – George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones There is no telling how the next ten or so years will play out; which alliances prove to be successful or disastrous; whether Trump is compromised by the Deep State or wins this internal struggle; and the outcomes of the fast approaching civil and global wars, which are inevitable given the current state of affairs in the world. The Fourth Turning (https://www.amazon.com/s/?ie=UTF8&keywords=the+fourth+turning&tag=googhydr-20&index=aps&hvadid=174250504299&hvpos=1t1&hvnetw=g&hvrand=1888498297712850744&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=e&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9016851&hvtargid=kwd-133030482&ref=pd_sl_5e4j9odsx_e) isn’t a prediction. It’s a period of crisis driven by the generational alignment which happens like clockwork every 80 to 100 years. It predicts nothing. The course of events is up to the individuals driving those events.

Those who attempt to dismiss this generational theory by calling it doom porn or saying it is impossible to predict the future are revealing their fears rather than arguing based on facts or substance. A man who fears the coming trials and tribulations has already lost. Fear works far better than swords in keeping the masses controlled. Take the Russian bogeyman scenario being utilized at the present time to keep the ignorant masses distracted and bemused. Praying for a lone wolf to save the day and restore the world to its summer like condition is irrational and again based upon fear. Winter winds are already blowing at gale force.


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“When the snows fall and the white winds blow, the lone wolf dies but the pack survives.” – Ned Stark – George R.R. Martin, Game of ThronesIt’s fear that appears to be pushing people over the edge. The common people are being manipulated by the “powers that be” though propaganda, mistruths, distractions, iGadgets, hero worship, irrelevant social justice warrior issues, the illusion of political choices, and being lured into debt servitude by the banking cabal and their mega-corporation co-conspirators. They have successfully divided us into angry subsets of lone wolves unwilling or unable to unite and fight the true enemies.

The common people will again do the dying and get the short end of the stick, just as they did during the Civil War, Great Depression and World War II. In order to change the dynamics of this Fourth Turning (https://www.amazon.com/s/?ie=UTF8&keywords=the+fourth+turning&tag=googhydr-20&index=aps&hvadid=174250504299&hvpos=1t1&hvnetw=g&hvrand=1888498297712850744&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=e&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9016851&hvtargid=kwd-133030482&ref=pd_sl_5e4j9odsx_e) from one where the lords determine our fate, it would require the majority to open their eyes to see the truth and be led by truly just men to overcome the forces of darkness currently in control. Based on history, this is an unlikely scenario, but still possible.





“Opening your eyes is all that is needing. The heart lies and the head plays tricks with us, but the eyes see true.” – Syrio Forel – George R.R. Martin, Game of Thrones
An extremely important question on which hinges the future course of history, will need to be answered in the near future. Is Trump a moral, just, honorable leader who has the best interests of the American people as his sole priority or will he continue to represent the interests of the vested interests (aka Deep State)? Words are not enough. It’s his deeds by which he will be judged. Is he a wolf in sheep’s clothing, or a noble warrior doing battle with Deep State enemies?

His contradictory and baffling actions over his first fifteen months in office have given hope to many, infuriated others, and confused the majority. Does he have principles or is everything negotiable? His decision making, relationships with foreign adversaries, ability to defeat his domestic enemies, and courage to do what is right whether it is popular, will determine his place in history. Failure could be catastrophic for the nation.

While Trump, Putin, and Jinping play their game of thrones for world dominance, we the people still have to do our part at this crucial time in history. While the vast majority of Americans may not be intellectually capable of independent thought or critical thinking due to decades of dumbing down through the government education gulags and a steady diet of government propaganda, there are a minority of patriotic people who respect the Constitution and will need to man the wall.

We know the existing social order will be demolished by the end of this Fourth Turning (https://www.amazon.com/s/?ie=UTF8&keywords=the+fourth+turning&tag=googhydr-20&index=aps&hvadid=174250504299&hvpos=1t1&hvnetw=g&hvrand=1888498297712850744&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=e&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9016851&hvtargid=kwd-133030482&ref=pd_sl_5e4j9odsx_e) and courageous acts will matter, sacrifice required, and defeating enemies from within and without will be compulsory. There will be no glory for common men who make the ultimate sacrifice and die for a better tomorrow for their children and grandchildren. Everyone has the potential to make a difference. Danger is omnipresent.


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“I shall wear no crowns and win no glory. I shall live and die at my post. I am the sword in the darkness. I am the watcher on the walls. I am the fire that burns against the cold, the light that brings the dawn, the horn that wakes the sleepers, the shield that guards the realms of men.” – The Oath of the Brothers of the Night’s Watch – Game of Thrones
You don’t have to be a fan of the Game of Thrones or a believer in the Fourth Turning (https://www.amazon.com/s/?ie=UTF8&keywords=the+fourth+turning&tag=googhydr-20&index=aps&hvadid=174250504299&hvpos=1t1&hvnetw=g&hvrand=1888498297712850744&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=e&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9016851&hvtargid=kwd-133030482&ref=pd_sl_5e4j9odsx_e) to realize the world is in the midst of a crisis. Denial and willful ignorance will not turn back time to better days. Whether it be a fictional battle for control of the seven kingdoms or a real battle for control of petro-currencies, gas pipelines, natural resources, and military dominance, the humans locked in these battles never change.

Human nature has remained the same throughout history. The shortcomings of men across centuries have remained consistent: greed, power seeking, arrogance, cruelty, immorality, and hubris. Even Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleksandr_Solzhenitsyn), a man of true courage, knew “the line dividing good and evil cuts through the heart of every human being”.


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The coming storms will bring out the best and the worst in humanity. The nation could be snuffed out or be elevated to new glorious heights. If good wins out over evil the heroic deeds of the winners will become the stuff of myths and legends. If evil wins out over good the final shocking scene in The Planet of the Apes may be our future. The choices we make will matter.


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“The risk of catastrophe will be very high. The nation could erupt into insurrection or civil violence, crack up geographically, or succumb to authoritarian rule. If there is a war, it is likely to be one of maximum risk and effort–in other words, a total war…

History’s howling storms can bring out the worst and best in people. The next Fourth Turning (https://www.amazon.com/s/?ie=UTF8&keywords=the+fourth+turning&tag=googhydr-20&index=aps&hvadid=174250504299&hvpos=1t1&hvnetw=g&hvrand=1888498297712850744&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=e&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9016851&hvtargid=kwd-133030482&ref=pd_sl_5e4j9odsx_e) can literally destroy us as a nation and people, leaving us cursed in the histories of those who endure and remember. Alternatively, it can ennoble our lives, elevate us as a community, and inspire acts of consummate heroism–deeds that will grow into mythlike legends recited by our heirs far into the future.” – Strauss & Howe – The Fourth Turning (https://www.amazon.com/s/?ie=UTF8&keywords=the+fourth+turning&tag=googhydr-20&index=aps&hvadid=174250504299&hvpos=1t1&hvnetw=g&hvrand=1888498297712850744&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=e&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9016851&hvtargid=kwd-133030482&ref=pd_sl_5e4j9odsx_e)
Jim Quinn, The Burning Platform (https://www.theburningplatform.com/2018/04/18/winter-is-coming-part-three/)

[turiya]

Stefan Molyneux:



"Trump may have bought us some time... But make no mistake... Winter is coming..."


Inspector General Report:
What You Need To Know!
(Jun 18, 2018)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9arbvaUN8ZM____________________________


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNYX_ZhWL_E

[norman]

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[Foxie Loxie]

Beautiful!! I had not heard of JOHN MARK DOUGAN until yesterday!

Imagine that!! A U.S. citizen had to flee this country in disguise & has taken assylum in Russia because of the corrupt police force he was a part of. :o

His new book is "Bad Wolf". Good Jason Goodman interview! :highfive:

[onawah]

Messages in my email box from three separate non-profits today about 1.Net Neutrality 2. Tax Cut 3. Supplements
They look like typical Republican party moves and whether Trump is responsible or not and/or what he might still do about them remains to be seen, but hopefully he will do something positive because they are all very important issues and the trends don't look good.

From: Fight for the Future
"Brett Kavanaugh has just been announced as the Supreme Court nominee, and it’s a disaster for net neutrality.

Kavanaugh has openly said he wants to make net neutrality illegal. He has a frightening track record when it comes to Internet freedom and civil liberties.
But we can stop him. If every senator who supports net neutrality votes against Kavanaugh, we will stop him with votes to spare.
Brett Kavanaugh must be stopped or net neutrality could be doomed. We’re launching an emergency campaign to convince the Senate to reject him.
Brett Kavanaugh’s opposition to net neutrality is based on a twisted interpretation of the First Amendment. According to Kavanaugh, ISPs are like newspaper editors, empowered to decide what speech is suitable to share and what isn’t.
This, simply put, is nuts. It’s like saying the electric utility can decide what we can plug in and what we can’t. And under Kavanaugh’s theory, it doesn’t matter what Congress or the President or even the voters think. Any version of net neutrality could be thrown out by the Supreme Court as unconstitutional.
We’ve fought for years to save the free and open Internet, and didn’t come this far to let the Supreme Court throw it out.
To stop Kavanaugh, we need to do exactly what we did to get that “one last vote” to restore net neutrality. We’ll mobilize the coalition of free-thinking libertarians and progressives, small businesses, and other net neutrality supporters. We’ll flood undecided Senate offices with phone calls. We’ll use the Internet to save the Internet by making sure people know what’s at stake and how they can take effective action to win.
We can win this fight. There are 52 senators on the record in support of restoring net neutrality. We only need 50 votes to stop Kavanaugh’s confirmation. But we need to start now.
More here: https://www.fightforthefuture.org/news/


From Corporate Accountability

"Congressional Republicans are now demanding that the huge deficits caused by Tax Scam 1.0 be paid for by cutting critical services for working families including Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, education and more.
And recently, Republicans on the powerful House Budget Committee approved a budget that could slash nutritional assistance, public education, college aid, housing programs, and more. It may soon be voted on by the full House of Representatives.
This is corporate-backed politicians taking money away from critical services people rely on to survive -- only to give a massive tax cut to corporations and the über-wealthy.
Six months ago, Donald Trump and Congressional Republicans passed a tax scam that will cost the American people $1.9 trillion. Now, in an Election Year ploy, they are preparing “Tax Scam Round 2.”
But six months after passage of Tax Scam Round 1, here is what we know:
83% of the tax cuts are still going to the richest 1%.
Just 4% of workers have gotten a pay hike due to the tax cuts—a one-time bonus or wage hike.
The cost of the tax cuts has ballooned from $1.5 trillion to $1.9 trillion, emboldening GOP lawmakers to demand even more cuts to Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, education and more.
Trump proposed a budget that would cut funding for these critical services by $1.7 trillion to pay for his tax scam.
Prescription drug companies, health insurers, Wall Street banks and other major industries are getting huge tax breaks and not sharing the wealth with consumers or their employees.
Despite these outrageous results -- ripping off the American people -- Donald Trump and Congressional Republicans are planning to double down before the November Election. They want to pass a Tax Scam Round 2 that could cost another $1 trillion and would mostly benefit the wealthy at the expense of working families, seniors, people with disabilities and hungry children.
Tax Scam Round 2 is just another giveaway to Republican donors, wealthy business owners and real estate developers like Donald Trump who game the system at our expense. Take action:
https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/take-action-stop-trumps-tax-scam-round-2-for-the-rich-and-powerful?source=corpAccount&referrer=group-corporate-accountability&action=TaxScam2


From Alliance for Natural Health:

"The Trump administration has just proposed moving food regulation from the Food and Drug Administration and turning it over to the Department of Agriculture. The FDA would then become The Federal Drug Administration.
Hearing this news, we cheered. Dietary supplements under federal law are considered food, so this had to mean that both food and supplements would move to the Ag Department. But, alas not. Under the proposal, supplements would remain in the new Federal Drug Administration.
Catastrophe! How could the Trump administration make this mistake? Perhaps they just don’t know better. Perhaps they don’t even know that supplements are legally food, or that leaving them with drugs is disastrous for the supplement industry. We need to explain all this to the President and Congress without losing any time.
It’s simple. Drug companies pay for a large portion of FDA expenses. FDA employees, with salaries paid by the drug companies, appear to think they are working for the drug companies or may hope to work for the drug companies. As a result, they try to eliminate any product that might conceivably compete with FDA approved drugs. This includes healthy foods, medical foods, and supplements. Cherry and walnut producers, for example, have been warned that they could not make any health claims for these great foods, and if they did, they would be fined and jailed for years. Yes, threatened with jail for citing top university research.
You can see why we cannot allow supplements to be separated from food and left behind in a new Federal Drug Administration. The new FDA would have even more power to turn supplements into expensive drugs, or at least push up their prices, or just eliminate them entirely.
All of us need to work together to stop this before it gets put into legislation. The solution is obvious. Supplements are legally food. Their regulation should move to the Ag Department along with other food. That would be simple, legal, and protect food and supplements from the drug industry.
But we must act now. There is not a moment to lose. Please send your message to the White House and Congress. http://www.anh-usa.org/action-alert-supplements-are-food-not-drugs/?eType=EmailConfirmation&eId=f5b0b76a-e98a-4071-a9ce-0d2719923385&eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=48659697-a8a4-40c9-9fb5-2a3614359586

[onawah]

"Russian Asbestos Giant Praises Trump Administration Actions to Keep Deadly Carcinogen Legal
‘Donald Is on Our Side,’ Says Company With Ties to Putin
By Alex Formuzis
WEDNESDAY, JULY 11, 2018

(Trump is doing some great things, but turning a blind eye to things not so great is just paving the way for a new tyranny. If he is impeached or assassinated, the new POTUS will be Mike Pence, a died in the wool Republican. Think about it. )

https://www.ewg.org/release/russian-asbestos-giant-praises-trump-administration-actions-keep-deadly-carcinogen-legal?utm_campaign=Social+Traffic&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&utm_content=1531253457#.W0Yv_NJKgdX

WASHINGTON – One of the world’s biggest producers of asbestos, a Russian company with ties to Vladimir Putin, is praising President Trump for allowing asbestos to remain legal in the U.S.

The company’s applause for Trump comes as Russia is poised to become the leading importer to the U.S. of asbestos, which causes diseases that kill an estimated 15,000 Americans a year. A recent study led by Jukka Takala, president of the International Commission on Occupational Health, found the death toll from asbestos exposure may be much higher, at nearly 40,000 Americans a year and more than 255,000 a year worldwide.

On June 25, the asbestos producer Uralasbest posted photos on its Facebook page of pallets of its signature product, chrysotile asbestos, wrapped in plastic adorned with Trump’s image. Trump’s picture is at the center of a large red seal declaring: “APPROVED BY DONALD TRUMP, 45th PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.”



Photo: Uralasbest OJSC, via Facebook

In an English translation of the post, Uralasbest said:

Donald is on our side! … He supported the head of the United States Environmental Protection Agency, Scott Pruitt, who stated that his agency would no longer deal with negative effects potentially derived from products containing asbestos. Donald Trump supported a specialist and called asbestos “100% safe after application."

Pruitt resigned as EPA administrator last week, after an 18-month tenure marred by ethical scandals, profligate spending of taxpayer dollars and aggressive attempts to roll back public health protections. One of his last decisions was to exclude so-called legacy uses of asbestos from the scope of an ongoing safety assessment. He also declined to ban new uses of asbestos. The Obama administration had designated asbestos a priority for a new safety assessment under the nation’s new toxic chemicals law.

Trump has long rejected the scientific consensus that asbestos is so dangerous that there is no safe level of exposure. In his 1997 book, “The Art of the Comeback,” the future president claimed asbestos is “100 percent safe, once applied.” In 2012, he tweeted that if asbestos had not been removed from the World Trade Center, the twin towers “would never have burned down” in the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

Not to be outdone in showering adoration on Trump, Kostanai Minerals, the largest chrysotile asbestos producer in neighboring Kazakhstan, shared the post on its own Facebook page.

Uralasbest claims its asbestos mine in the Ural Mountains city of Asbest is the largest in the world. According to an investigation by the Center for Public Integrity, in 2009, Putin met with the head of the Uralasbest workers union, who said he “promised to support Russian producers of chrysotile, especially in situations where we find ourselves under political pressure at the international level.” The Center also reported that Kostanai Minerals has received financial backing from state-controlled banks in both Russia and Kazakhstan.

According to the U.S. Geological Survey, in 2016, roughly 95 percent of the asbestos imported into the U.S. came from Brazil, with the rest coming from Russia. The Commerce Department and the U.S. International Trade Commission estimate that 705 metric tons of asbestos came into the U.S. in 2016, compared to 343 metric tons the year before.

But in November, Brazil joined more than 60 other nations and banned asbestos. Brazil’s ban leaves Russia, Kazakhstan and China as the world’s dominant asbestos producers. With Brazil no longer providing the vast majority of asbestos to the U.S., Russia and Kazakhstan could fill the void.

“Vladimir Putin and Russia’s asbestos industry stand to prosper mightily as a result of the Trump Administration’s failure to ban asbestos in the U.S.,” said EWG President Ken Cook. “Helping Putin and Russian oligarchs amass fortunes by selling a product that kills thousands each year should never be the role of a U.S. president or the EPA, but this is the Trump administration. Russia’s interests are Trump’s interests, and any clear-eyed American knows it.”

“By allowing asbestos to remain legal, the Trump administration would be responsible for a flood of asbestos imports from Russia and other countries into the U.S., as well as the wave of illnesses and deaths that will continue for years to come,” said Linda Reinstein, co-founder and president of the Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization. “Americans know Putin does not have their interests at heart, but it’s becoming increasingly apparent that neither does Trump.”

Trump and Putin are scheduled to hold a one-on-one summit in Helsinki, Finland, on July 16. The agenda for the meeting has not been made public, but it is safe to assume talks over trade between the two countries could be part of the discussion."

[onawah]

From NRDC
https://act.nrdc.org/letter/pruitt-out-180502?source=EMOWHEPET&utm_source=alert&utm_medium=actr&utm_campaign=email&t=11&akid=1491%2E315001%2EsTjrB2
Natural Resources Defense Council
7/11/18
"Andrew Wheeler could be just as dangerous as Scott Pruitt. He's a former fossil fuel industry lobbyist and fellow proponent of Pruitt's scorched-earth agenda. The immediate fate of the EPA now rests in Wheeler's coal-covered hands.

That means now is the best time for us to show Wheeler that we're watching him — and that we'll hold him accountable to his agency's mission to protect people, not polluters.

Tell President Trump and Acting Administrator Andrew Wheeler that you're prepared to fight back against any move they make that threatens our environment, our climate, and our health.

As a dirty energy lobbyist, Wheeler worked for, among other polluters, Murray Energy CEO Robert Murray, one of the key industry leaders fighting to kill the climate-saving Clean Power Plan. And before that, he was a powerful legislative aide to Oklahoma Senator Jim Inhofe, arguably the biggest climate denier on Capitol Hill.

And unlike Pruitt, Wheeler is a consummate Washington insider — less careless and possibly much wiser in the ways of how things work in our nation's capital. He could be much more adept than Pruitt in enacting President Trump's extreme anti-environment agenda.

And one thing's for sure: President Trump will keep waging his war on the environment, no matter who is running the EPA. NRDC will keep fighting back — in and out of court — to save our health, our climate, and our natural heritage.

But we can't do it alone. We need help from you and thousands of others across the country to mobilize a massive public outcry that will let President Trump and Andrew Wheeler know that we're watching them — and that we will not stop fighting until we ensure that our clean air and water, our public lands, and our clean energy future are protected.

Send a message to Acting Administrator Wheeler and President Trump now, and call on them to restore the standing of the EPA.

Pruitt's resignation proved that strong, vocal, and steadfast public pressure matters — and if our voices can make the difference once, they can do it again.To President Trump & Acting Administrator Wheeler:

'The previous administrator, Scott Pruitt, gravely undermined the EPA's all-important mission by putting polluter interests first, tearing down environmental safeguards, entrusting the agency to industry insiders, suppressing scientific evidence, and eroding employee and public confidence in the agency through lavish personal spending and numerous ethical scandals.

I call on you to restore EPA's effectiveness, independence, and public standing by doing the following:

* Recommitting the EPA to fulfilling its core mission to protect the health and environment of the American people, not the interests of big polluters

* Upholding the EPA's budget and retaining funding for essential programs that clean up toxic superfund sites, protect our air and water, enforce environmental laws, and more

*Restoring public transparency and scientific integrity at the EPA, relying first and foremost on the best available science to make decisions that protect our climate and health

*Reviewing and reversing any and all policy decisions that would increase risks to our health, environment, and climate, including canceling plans to repeal the Clean Power Plan, dismantle the Clean Water Rule, and allow toxic chemicals like chlorpyrifos and methylene chloride to continue threaten our families' health

* Protecting fundamental environmental laws like the Clean Air Act, the Safe Drinking Water Act, and others that defend our rights to clean air and water, protect communities from toxic chemicals, and combat the threat of catastrophic climate change

* Adhering to a strict ethical code of conduct by appointing staff who defend our environmental laws, not industry lobbyists, and refrain from misusing taxpayer dollars on lavish and unnecessary expenditures.' "

[turiya]

WINTER IS COMING
(PART THREE)


“The very survival of the nation will feel at stake. Sometime before the year 2025, America will pass through a great gate in history, commensurate with the American Revolution, Civil War, and twin emergencies of the Great Depression and World War II.” – Strauss & Howe – The Fourth Turning (https://www.amazon.com/s/?ie=UTF8&keywords=the+fourth+turning&tag=googhydr-20&index=aps&hvadid=174250504299&hvpos=1t1&hvnetw=g&hvrand=1888498297712850744&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=e&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9016851&hvtargid=kwd-133030482&ref=pd_sl_5e4j9odsx_e)
The Plan To Take Control Of The Central Banking
System, The Takeover Has Begun - Episode 1628a
(Aug 2, 2018)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3J-H1yGzoY

Description:



The housing bubble is now popping all over the world and we are watching it in real time.
In Australia prices are dropping as sales begin to slow.
The retail apocalypse is not finished, more stores are on the chopping block and might file bankruptcy.
Car sales tumble, the entire economy is showing the beginning stages of a collapse that people are now noticing.
The plan to take down the Fed is in full swing, this will done in many stages but by the end the Fed will not exist the way we know it or it will be gone all together.




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It's Not Noticeable, & It's Done This Way For A Reason
Episode 1629a
(Aug 3, 2018)

https://i1.wp.com/img.youtube.com/vi/Tg20kuA0HPw/0.jpg?resize=350%2C200
VIDEO (https://conspiracydailyupdate.com/2018/08/06/everything-that-is-happening-now-is-to-prepare-for-the-economic-transition-episode-1630a/)

Description:

Vancouver home sales crash 30%, we are now seeing this occur around the globe and it is spreading. The payroll numbers are in and they miss expectations but unemployment has moved down to 3.9%. The numbers are not that great, high wage jobs are declining, those who have multiple jobs are on the rise and wages are falling. The service sectors is slowing. The Fed is slowly bringing the economy to it’s knees, the fed did not change rates but this is part of the plan because they accelerated their balance sheet unwind, next time they will most likely raise rates. This is done on purpose so the people don’t notice what is happening.


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Image result for Everything That Is Happening Now is To
Prepare For The Economic Transition - Episode 1630a
(Aug 5, 2018)

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/IkjIBKo-1Ic/hqdefault.jpg (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkjIBKo-1Ic)
https://youtu.be/IkjIBKo-1Ic (https://youtu.be/IkjIBKo-1Ic)

Description:



UK housing market is in trouble, Countrywide the largest real-estate group is having major problems because people cannot afford to purchase homes.
The government is manipulating the statistical calculations, it doesn’t matter how much it is manipulated because it will change the fact the economy is falling apart and the people actually feel it.
What is happening now is to prepare for the economic transition, the more individuals off of government programs the less chance of riots etc.
The government will not be able to assist people once the system breaks down.

[turiya]

Economic Strategies That Are Being Used Today
Mimic The Found Fathers - Episode 1640a
(Aug 16, 2018)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Y4MqNOiV2E

Description:

JCPenney is in trouble, they are at a risk of a default. Walmart says they are improving and sales are up, but operating expenses are down, store closures are up and people are looking for the cheapest options. Philly Fed has crashed. Housing starts disappoint, huge miss. Countries are dumping treasury bonds the only buyer is the Cayman Islands. The founding fathers used tariffs to build the country and that is what is happening now.

[turiya]

If You Have Not Prepared For The Economic Transition
You Might Want To Start - Episode 1646a
(Aug 23, 2018)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5I2NaHcluY

Description:

Pending homes sales decline, existing home sales decline and now new home sales decline 2 months in a row. The housing market is declining rapidly and if rates are pushed up once again the housing market decline will accelerate. Manufacturing is slowing in America. The economic indicators are signalling a recession, this is being done on purpose now while showing the economy is strong to blame the central bank. Loan demand has suddenly tumbles, this is an indicator that corporations are not borrowing which will effect business.