shoebat--2020-09-14--C.G. Haendel Gets Bundeswehr Military Contract

Interesting news comes from Germany after the German Ministry of Defense announces a new contract for arms for the Bundeswehr as reported by T-Online .
The Ministry of Defense wants to purchase the Bundeswehr ’ s new assault rifle from Thuringian manufacturer CG Haenel ( Suhl ) .
According to information from the German Press Agency , the Ministry of Defense informed politicians in the Bundestag on Monday about the result of the selection process .
As a result of the bidding process , the long-standing supplier Heckler & Koch ( Oberndorf am Neckar ) did not get the chance @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 250 million euros .
Haenel is already supplying the Bundeswehr with a sniper rifle .
The company belongs to the Merkel Group , which is part of the Tawazun Holding ( United Arab Emirates ) .
In the bidding process initiated in 2017 , the Thuringian company presented a weapon that , in extensive tests , was somewhat better tailored to the requirements of the military and also proved to be economically advantageous , as the dpa learned from military circles .
An affair had developed around the G36 supplied by Heckler & @ @ @ @ @ @ @ indications of problems with accuracy .
According to later official investigations , these occurred after long series of fires or under the influence of heat .
The weapon is valued by soldiers to this day .
For Heckler & Koch , the Berlin decision is a hard setback at an inopportune time .
The company is heavily indebted – its financial obligations of 249 million euros are roughly as high as the annual turnover ( 2019 : 239 million euros ) .
After two years of losses , H & K was ultimately @ @ @ @ @ @ @ remains tense in view of the still unresolved debt problem .
A power struggle between two major shareholders in the company caused unrest .
The long-standing majority shareholder Andreas Heeschen had to hand over a large package of shares to a Frenchman and his Luxembourg financial holding CDE because of a long-ago pledge transaction .
CDE has been in charge since July .
For H & K , however , it is not the first time that a foreign investor has determined the fortunes .
Until 2002 , H & K belonged to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 910 employees work at the company headquarters in Oberndorf in the Black Forest , and another 85 work in the USA , where H & K has a pistol assembly plant .
The US market has recently gained in importance and now accounts for a quarter of consolidated sales .
Germany still accounts for a third of company revenues – with a downward trend .
In addition to the major customer , the Bundeswehr , the police are supplied with weapons .
( source ) Now I have to be very clear on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ADVISOR AND I DO NOT GIVE FINANCIAL ADVICE .
Having noted this important point , Ted , Walid , and I have repeatedly said multiple times that Germany is going to militarily rise again .
However , these things do not happen out of nothing .
It is not as though people just wake up one day with a uniform on their personal body , a rifle in their hand , and swastikas flying in the sky to the tune of the Hörst Wessel Lied playing on an orchestra band that manifested from @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
In order for a remilitarization to happen , Germany needs to re-arm , and that means contracting with companies to build war supplies .
Therefore , some companies will make a lot of money from government and military spending .
C.G .
Haendel will be a company to watch .
Also , one may want to watch Rheinmetall , since while they did not get the contract Rheinmetall : It will be interesting to see if these observations align with future trends .
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Interesting news comes from Germany after the German Ministry of Defense announces a new contract for arms for the Bundeswehr as reported by T-Online.
The Ministry of Defense wants to purchase the Bundeswehr’s new assault rifle from Thuringian manufacturer CG Haenel (Suhl). According to information from the German Press Agency, the Ministry of Defense informed politicians in the Bundestag on Monday about the result of the selection process. As a result of the bidding process, the long-standing supplier Heckler & Koch (Oberndorf am Neckar) did not get the chance to order 120,000 new weapons worth almost 250 million euros. Haenel is already supplying the Bundeswehr with a sniper rifle. The company belongs to the Merkel Group, which is part of the Tawazun Holding (United Arab Emirates). In the bidding process initiated in 2017, the Thuringian company presented a weapon that, in extensive tests, was somewhat better tailored to the requirements of the military and also proved to be economically advantageous, as the dpa learned from military circles. An affair had developed around the G36 supplied by Heckler & Koch in 2012, which began with indications of problems with accuracy. According to later official investigations, these occurred after long series of fires or under the influence of heat. The weapon is valued by soldiers to this day. For Heckler & Koch, the Berlin decision is a hard setback at an inopportune time. The company is heavily indebted – its financial obligations of 249 million euros are roughly as high as the annual turnover (2019: 239 million euros). After two years of losses, H&K was ultimately profitable again. Nevertheless, the situation remains tense in view of the still unresolved debt problem. A power struggle between two major shareholders in the company caused unrest. The long-standing majority shareholder Andreas Heeschen had to hand over a large package of shares to a Frenchman and his Luxembourg financial holding CDE because of a long-ago pledge transaction. CDE has been in charge since July. For H&K, however, it is not the first time that a foreign investor has determined the fortunes. Until 2002, H&K belonged to the British defense company BAE Systems. 910 employees work at the company headquarters in Oberndorf in the Black Forest, and another 85 work in the USA, where H&K has a pistol assembly plant. The US market has recently gained in importance and now accounts for a quarter of consolidated sales. Germany still accounts for a third of company revenues – with a downward trend. In addition to the major customer, the Bundeswehr, the police are supplied with weapons. (source)
Now I have to be very clear on this – I AM NOT A FINANCIAL ADVISOR AND I DO NOT GIVE FINANCIAL ADVICE.
Having noted this important point, Ted, Walid, and I have repeatedly said multiple times that Germany is going to militarily rise again. However, these things do not happen out of nothing. It is not as though people just wake up one day with a uniform on their personal body, a rifle in their hand, and swastikas flying in the sky to the tune of the Hörst Wessel Lied playing on an orchestra band that manifested from nothing.
Things have cause and effect. In order for a remilitarization to happen, Germany needs to re-arm, and that means contracting with companies to build war supplies. Therefore, some companies will make a lot of money from government and military spending.
C.G. Haendel will be a company to watch. Also, one may want to watch Rheinmetall, since while they did not get the contract Rheinmetall:
(a) shows long-term growth in revenue by her stock charts (profitablity)
(b) is invested into not just guns (like Heckler and Koch) but also into ground vehicles and aerospace (diversity)
(c) has close ties to the German government and is profitable (stability)
(d) will produce a product that is wanted (future demand)
It will be interesting to see if these observations align with future trends.
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shoebat--2020-09-14--Study: Cost Of Living Is Rising Much Faster Than Inflation

I have written many times about inflation and the relationship between money and policy , as well as the difference between inflation ( rise in price because of demand leading to greed ) , and hyperinflation ( the loss of faith in a currency that causes prices to rise because of the worthlessness of the means of exchange ) .
What I have been driving at is that much of the “ inflation ” in the US is not really inflation , but a tacit admission of a future hyperinflation , because prices are not constantly rising because of “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ dollar ’ s value is going into the trash bin of history .
But it is not me who says this , since the facts on which I speak are from analysis that anybody can read and study .
As such , Zero Hedge recently put out an article about a Harvard Professor who , likely studying the same data , was forced to conclude the same- that prices are rising much faster than the inflation rate , suggesting not increased demand , but a loss in the value of the currency itself @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Inflation with Covid Consumption Baskets ” , professor Albert Cavallo calculates that the true inflation rate for Covid-connected purchases is 1.85 % , more than 40 % higher than the Consumer Price Index .
Cavallo writes that “ the Covid-19 Pandemic has led to changes in consumer expenditure patterns that can introduce significant bias in the measurement of inflation.
” Using data collected from credit and debit transactions in the US to update the official basket weights and estimate the impact on the Consumer Price Index , Cavallo finds that “ the Covid @ @ @ @ @ @ @ CPI in the US , for both headline and core indices .
I also find similar results with Covid baskets in 10 out of 16 additional countries.
” If it sounds as if it is politically convenient for most developed countries – not just the US – to mask the true level of their runaway inflation , it ’ s because it is .
After all , how many nations would task their central banks to hike rates and crash their stock markets just because it makes the cost of living of some @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Not surprisingly , the Harvard professor also shows that low-income households are experiencing more inflation , compared to high-income households , simply because spending on non-core products which act more as a tax on consumers , and whose prices have been surging , represents a far greater percentage of the monthly paycheck low-income consumers take home each month .
As Cavallo concludes , the difference between the measured and reported inflation “ is significant and growing over time , as social-distancing rules and behaviors are making consumers spend relatively more on food @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and relatively less on transportation and other categories experiencing significant deflation.
” One doesn ’ t need to read Caravllo ’ s work to know that inflation is already out of control in several “ core ” products : last week , distortions from the official CPI report could be seen in used-car pricing , which showed the biggest monthly jump in August since 1969 , but are still far short of the increases seen by used-car auctioneer , Manheim , an Atlanta-based firm that sells roughly 7 million vehicles a year according @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in fairness to him , he does not speak about hyperinflation , but about COVID and its effects on the economy .
That said , a disease simply would not cause prices to rise unless there was a relationship between economic goods consumed and the virus in some way .
While it is true that the virus has interrupted distributions systems , the main effect of the virus has been to expose the systematic cracks in the economy that have existed for decades and allow them to run their natural course with the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ why there are problems .
These observations are not just the meaningless words of economists .
They are a reflection of reality for the consumer , who doesn ’ t necessarily know what “ inflation ” is , but know that he and the people around him are not buying more , but having to buy less because prices keep going up while wages aren ’ t and they are being laid off from their jobs because of money problems in the place where they work .
This is real economics , because @ @ @ @ @ @ @ sort of pseudoeconomics where numbers are invented based on false premises to artificially prop up stock prices and drive what is not business , bu value-swindling schemes for reasons of domestic control and foreign geopolitical influence .
It is not even right to call it a real economy , since it is based on nothing , as the goods and services that are produces , what few there are , increasingly are just covers for the same actions .
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I have written many times about inflation and the relationship between money and policy, as well as the difference between inflation (rise in price because of demand leading to greed), and hyperinflation (the loss of faith in a currency that causes prices to rise because of the worthlessness of the means of exchange). What I have been driving at is that much of the “inflation” in the US is not really inflation, but a tacit admission of a future hyperinflation, because prices are not constantly rising because of “demand”, but because the US dollar’s value is going into the trash bin of history.
But it is not me who says this, since the facts on which I speak are from analysis that anybody can read and study. As such, Zero Hedge recently put out an article about a Harvard Professor who, likely studying the same data, was forced to conclude the same- that prices are rising much faster than the inflation rate, suggesting not increased demand, but a loss in the value of the currency itself.
In an NBER paper titled “Inflation with Covid Consumption Baskets”, professor Albert Cavallo calculates that the true inflation rate for Covid-connected purchases is 1.85%, more than 40% higher than the Consumer Price Index. Cavallo writes that “the Covid-19 Pandemic has led to changes in consumer expenditure patterns that can introduce significant bias in the measurement of inflation.” Using data collected from credit and debit transactions in the US to update the official basket weights and estimate the impact on the Consumer Price Index, Cavallo finds that “the Covid inflation rate is higher than the official CPI in the US, for both headline and core indices. I also find similar results with Covid baskets in 10 out of 16 additional countries.” If it sounds as if it is politically convenient for most developed countries – not just the US – to mask the true level of their runaway inflation, it’s because it is. After all, how many nations would task their central banks to hike rates and crash their stock markets just because it makes the cost of living of some 90% of the population increasingly unbearable. Not surprisingly, the Harvard professor also shows that low-income households are experiencing more inflation, compared to high-income households, simply because spending on non-core products which act more as a tax on consumers, and whose prices have been surging, represents a far greater percentage of the monthly paycheck low-income consumers take home each month. As Cavallo concludes, the difference between the measured and reported inflation “is significant and growing over time, as social-distancing rules and behaviors are making consumers spend relatively more on food and other categories with rising inflation, and relatively less on transportation and other categories experiencing significant deflation.” … One doesn’t need to read Caravllo’s work to know that inflation is already out of control in several “core” products: last week, distortions from the official CPI report could be seen in used-car pricing, which showed the biggest monthly jump in August since 1969, but are still far short of the increases seen by used-car auctioneer, Manheim, an Atlanta-based firm that sells roughly 7 million vehicles a year according to Bloomberg. (source)
Now in fairness to him, he does not speak about hyperinflation, but about COVID and its effects on the economy. That said, a disease simply would not cause prices to rise unless there was a relationship between economic goods consumed and the virus in some way. While it is true that the virus has interrupted distributions systems, the main effect of the virus has been to expose the systematic cracks in the economy that have existed for decades and allow them to run their natural course with the virus as the “excuse” for why there are problems.
These observations are not just the meaningless words of economists. They are a reflection of reality for the consumer, who doesn’t necessarily know what “inflation” is, but know that he and the people around him are not buying more, but having to buy less because prices keep going up while wages aren’t and they are being laid off from their jobs because of money problems in the place where they work.
This is real economics, because what we have lived through is a sort of pseudoeconomics where numbers are invented based on false premises to artificially prop up stock prices and drive what is not business, bu value-swindling schemes for reasons of domestic control and foreign geopolitical influence. It is not even right to call it a real economy, since it is based on nothing, as the goods and services that are produces, what few there are, increasingly are just covers for the same actions.
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shoebat--2020-09-14--When Is There Going To Be The First Chinese Chernobyl?

In the US , to refer to something in relation to Chernobyl is to suggest either a literal nuclear meltdown or a complete disaster as a metaphor .
It refers to the meltdown of the Chernobyl nuclear reactor in Soviet Ukraine in April 1986 .
However , this is not the only nuclear disaster .
In 1979 , the US had the infamous “ Three Mile Island ” incident that almost caused a similar disaster near Harrisburg , Pennsylvania .
In 1958 , there war the Kyshtym incident when the Mayak nuclear plant melted down in Russia near the border @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and poisoning and the complete destruction of Lake Karachay from a body of water into a nuclear lake that would kill anybody who came too close to it due to the high levels of radiation .
Now according to the South China Morning Post , one can wonder when China will have a similar incident , for the asian nation is now declaring an interest in making her own “ home grown ” nuclear technology .
China has switched from American nuclear power technology to a domestically developed alternative as worries over energy @ @ @ @ @ @ @ AP1000 technology , designed by America ’ s Westinghouse Electric Company , was once the basis of China ’ s third-generation nuclear power , but now the country has more third-generation reactors based on its own Hualong One technology under construction or approved , than it does AP1000 reactors .
A total of 12 nuclear reactors in China – either under construction or going through the approval process – use Hualong One technology .
In contrast , no new AP1000 reactors have been approved for more than a decade .
The last US @ @ @ @ @ @ @ – went into commercial operation in 2018 .
Hualong One is based on the China National Nuclear Corporation ’ s ACP 1000 and the China General Nuclear Power Group ’ s ACPR 1000 – both of which are based on French technology .
The technology passed China ’ s national review in 2014 – three years after the Fukushima nuclear disaster – and was adopted by a number of power plants , with CNNC announcing that the fifth and sixth units at Fuqing , in Fujian province , would use the Hualong One @ @ @ @ @ @ @ first deployment .
Construction started in 2015 , and after receiving an operating licence from the Ministry of Ecology and Environment , nuclear fuel loading at the fifth unit at Fuqing started earlier this month .
It is expected to go into operation by the end of the year .
Also this month , the pouring of the base concrete began for the second Hualong One unit at the Zhangzhou nuclear power plant in Fujian , CNNC said .
The plant , owned by CNNC-Guodian Zhangzhou Energy Co , was originally planned to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ but a decision was made to switch to Hualong One .
Meanwhile , four units approved last year and another four nuclear reactors approved on September 2 – in Hainan and Zhejiang province – will also use Hualong One technology .
AP1000 was considered the front runner for use in China ’ s third-generation nuclear fleet because of its passive and simplified safety features , modular construction , and smaller components allowing more ready equipment localisation , according to the World Nuclear Association .
China ’ s nuclear power development plan published in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ pressurised water reactor technology as a unified technology and listed it as a national priority .
“ There were debates on different technologies and the plan clarified that China would use pressurised water reactors and introduce the AP1000 technology , ” said Wang Yingsu , secretary general of the nuclear power branch of the China Electric Power Promotion Council .
But Wang said that technology localisation , development of indigenous nuclear power technology , and the capability of constructing and operating nuclear power plants independently had always been China ’ s goals since @ @ @ @ @ @ @ than 50 years ago .
Westinghouse signed a contract with CNNC and a number of other Chinese state-owned companies in 2007 to supply AP1000 to China .
According to Xinhua , the deal called for China to purchase four AP1000 reactors , and for Westinghouse to transfer AP1000 technologies including main pumps to China so that Chinese firms could eventually build them .
But the projects were delayed for years largely due to the repair work on the main pumps .
By the time the four reactors went into commercial operation in 2018 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ viable .
“ More power plants will choose Hualong One in the future because it ’ s China ’ s independently developed technology and it ’ s as good as AP1000 , ” Wang said .
“ AP1000 is Westinghouse ’ s technology and we might be controlled by them if we want to build the reactors , sell and export to other countries.
” Geopolitical uncertainties are another concern .
Due to the risks power plants might face caused by the US-China rivalry , Beijing has encouraged its nuclear plants and military @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the first unit of Hualong One nuclear reactor had achieved a localisation rate of 85 per cent .
When the US sanctioned China General Nuclear Power Group ( CGN ) and three of its subsidiaries in 2019 over accusations of stealing US technology for military use , CGN said the impact on the company was “ controllable ” .
Xu Kan , assistant general manager of Qinshan Nuclear Power Plant , a subsidiary of CNNC , said last year that CNNC began investigating the possible impact of geopolitical factors on its 21 reactors @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the impact is limited , and for some facilities which were originally produced in the US , we can change to suppliers in other countries , ” he said .
On the other hand , China had a specific fund to support military industry groups and state firms to localise their equipment , he said .
However , China ’ s bet on nuclear power comes at a time when some European countries are phasing out its use and development in the US has stagnated .
China had almost 49 gigawatts of nuclear @ @ @ @ @ @ @ predicted that it would pass France as the world ’ s second-largest nuclear generator in 2022 and overtake the US four years after that .
“ The reality is that nuclear power , if not driven by an active phase-out policy , will go organically extinct in the US .
The renewal rate is too small to keep the species alive , ” said Mycle Schneider , Paris-based nuclear energy consultant and the lead author of “ The World Nuclear Industry Status Report ” .
No utility company in the US would invest @ @ @ @ @ @ @ power plant because fusion technology was uneconomical and renewable sources were becoming more competitive , he said .
For China , “ the real world is dramatically different from what Chinese leaders expected when in the early 2000s they launched a massive investment in the entire nuclear fuel chain ” , he said .
( source )

In the US, to refer to something in relation to Chernobyl is to suggest either a literal nuclear meltdown or a complete disaster as a metaphor. It refers to the meltdown of the Chernobyl nuclear reactor in Soviet Ukraine in April 1986. However, this is not the only nuclear disaster. In 1979, the US had the infamous “Three Mile Island” incident that almost caused a similar disaster near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. In 1958, there war the Kyshtym incident when the Mayak nuclear plant melted down in Russia near the border of Kazakhstan that caused mass radiation sickness and poisoning and the complete destruction of Lake Karachay from a body of water into a nuclear lake that would kill anybody who came too close to it due to the high levels of radiation.
Now according to the South China Morning Post, one can wonder when China will have a similar incident, for the asian nation is now declaring an interest in making her own “home grown” nuclear technology.
China has switched from American nuclear power technology to a domestically developed alternative as worries over energy security and geopolitical uncertainties increase. The AP1000 technology, designed by America’s Westinghouse Electric Company, was once the basis of China’s third-generation nuclear power, but now the country has more third-generation reactors based on its own Hualong One technology under construction or approved, than it does AP1000 reactors. A total of 12 nuclear reactors in China – either under construction or going through the approval process – use Hualong One technology. In contrast, no new AP1000 reactors have been approved for more than a decade. The last US reactors – in Zhejiang and Shandong provinces – went into commercial operation in 2018. Hualong One is based on the China National Nuclear Corporation’s ACP 1000 and the China General Nuclear Power Group’s ACPR 1000 – both of which are based on French technology. The technology passed China’s national review in 2014 – three years after the Fukushima nuclear disaster – and was adopted by a number of power plants, with CNNC announcing that the fifth and sixth units at Fuqing, in Fujian province, would use the Hualong One pressurised water reactor design, marking its first deployment. Construction started in 2015, and after receiving an operating licence from the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, nuclear fuel loading at the fifth unit at Fuqing started earlier this month. It is expected to go into operation by the end of the year. Also this month, the pouring of the base concrete began for the second Hualong One unit at the Zhangzhou nuclear power plant in Fujian, CNNC said. The plant, owned by CNNC-Guodian Zhangzhou Energy Co, was originally planned to use Westinghouse’s AP1000 reactors, but a decision was made to switch to Hualong One. Meanwhile, four units approved last year and another four nuclear reactors approved on September 2 – in Hainan and Zhejiang province – will also use Hualong One technology. AP1000 was considered the front runner for use in China’s third-generation nuclear fleet because of its passive and simplified safety features, modular construction, and smaller components allowing more ready equipment localisation, according to the World Nuclear Association. China’s nuclear power development plan published in 2007 said the country should adopt the pressurised water reactor technology as a unified technology and listed it as a national priority. “There were debates on different technologies and the plan clarified that China would use pressurised water reactors and introduce the AP1000 technology,” said Wang Yingsu, secretary general of the nuclear power branch of the China Electric Power Promotion Council. But Wang said that technology localisation, development of indigenous nuclear power technology, and the capability of constructing and operating nuclear power plants independently had always been China’s goals since it began its nuclear power journey more than 50 years ago. Westinghouse signed a contract with CNNC and a number of other Chinese state-owned companies in 2007 to supply AP1000 to China. According to Xinhua, the deal called for China to purchase four AP1000 reactors, and for Westinghouse to transfer AP1000 technologies including main pumps to China so that Chinese firms could eventually build them. But the projects were delayed for years largely due to the repair work on the main pumps. By the time the four reactors went into commercial operation in 2018, the Chinese localised technology was already viable. “More power plants will choose Hualong One in the future because it’s China’s independently developed technology and it’s as good as AP1000,” Wang said. “AP1000 is Westinghouse’s technology and we might be controlled by them if we want to build the reactors, sell and export to other countries.” Geopolitical uncertainties are another concern. Due to the risks power plants might face caused by the US-China rivalry, Beijing has encouraged its nuclear plants and military groups to localise equipment. China claimed the first unit of Hualong One nuclear reactor had achieved a localisation rate of 85 per cent. When the US sanctioned China General Nuclear Power Group (CGN) and three of its subsidiaries in 2019 over accusations of stealing US technology for military use, CGN said the impact on the company was “controllable”. Xu Kan, assistant general manager of Qinshan Nuclear Power Plant, a subsidiary of CNNC, said last year that CNNC began investigating the possible impact of geopolitical factors on its 21 reactors in 2018. “It turns out the impact is limited, and for some facilities which were originally produced in the US, we can change to suppliers in other countries,” he said. On the other hand, China had a specific fund to support military industry groups and state firms to localise their equipment, he said. However, China’s bet on nuclear power comes at a time when some European countries are phasing out its use and development in the US has stagnated. China had almost 49 gigawatts of nuclear power installed capacity last year. Bloomberg predicted that it would pass France as the world’s second-largest nuclear generator in 2022 and overtake the US four years after that. “The reality is that nuclear power, if not driven by an active phase-out policy, will go organically extinct in the US. The renewal rate is too small to keep the species alive,” said Mycle Schneider, Paris-based nuclear energy consultant and the lead author of “The World Nuclear Industry Status Report”. No utility company in the US would invest in the construction of a large nuclear power plant because fusion technology was uneconomical and renewable sources were becoming more competitive, he said. For China, “the real world is dramatically different from what Chinese leaders expected when in the early 2000s they launched a massive investment in the entire nuclear fuel chain”, he said. (source)
There is a simple answer for why there is such a concern that China will have a Chernobyl or Kyshtym (since unlike Three Mile Island, both of those ended in objective disasters where people died), and that is because of China’s “quality control” issues.
I have written about this before, but just look at China- buildings that fall down because of consistently poor construction practices, safety issues that would make an OSHA manual scream and self-immolate, and a long history of cheating her own people, let alone foreigners through poorly-made exports.
China has a history of cheating her own and it resulting in disaster. In the nuclear business, there is no room for cheating because when it does happen, it leads to disaster where people die.
This is also not meant as an insult at the Chinese, but an admission of a serious fact. The Chinese history of trying to “cut corners” cannot work if one wants to build nuclear technology and have people live.
China can say all that she wants, and her actions may intend to “show” the power of China, but what China is doing is most likely setting herself up for disaster. If we think that COVID-19 from Wuhan is bad, wait until a Chinese-made nuclear production facility explodes- be it intentional or not -and then has to answer for why she flooded the world with nuclear dust clouds. Likewise, one can be assured that Japan will have many questions and will be happy to, after such an incident, send “humanitarian aid” and “peacekeeping assistance” to China in the form of soldiers.
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shoebat--2020-09-17--Bank Of England May Impose Negative Interest Rates For The First Time In Four Centuries

In the year 1694 , America was a collection of British colonies located mostly on the Atlantic coast .
The middle regions were largely a French claim but mostly wild and filled with native tribes , and Florida to the southern coast as far west as Texas and beyond was controlled by the Spanish , but still also very open and a wilderness .
Poland was still waging war against the Ottoman Empire as the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth , only to be divided up ninety years later ( which , by the way , is still more time than from the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ) by Austria , Germany , and Russia .
Most of Russia had not even been conquered and was still the wilderness of various Turkic tribes , and the Qing Dynasty just finished consolidating power after decades of war .
I say all of this to give context to the nature of this institution that is the Bank of England , and the long history it has , especially in light of America ’ s existence , place in the world , and rise to power .
It is thus of interest that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the bank that according to The Canadian Press by way of Yahoo !
News , the Bank of England may issue negative interest rates , meaning that customers will not be paid by the bank for keeping their money in an account , but that they customers will have to pay the bank to keep their money in her .
The Bank of England indicated Thursday that it could cut interest rates below zero for the first time in its 326-year history as it tries to shore up a U.K. economic recovery @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the coronavirus and Brexit .
After unanimously deciding to maintain the bank ’ s main interest rate at the record low of 0.1 % , the nine-member rate-setting Monetary Policy Committee said it had discussed its “ policy toolkit , and the effectiveness of negative policy rates in particular.
” In minutes accompanying the decision , the rate-setters said a recent wave of virus infections has “ the potential to weigh further on economic activity , albeit probably on a lesser scale than seen earlier in the year.
” Though the committee noted @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ little stronger than expected ” at its last meeting in early August , it said it is unclear what that says about the future “ given the risks.
” One clear concern relates to whether Britain , like others in Europe , will reimpose broad restrictions on businesses and public life after the recent flare-up in virus infections across the region .
Already social gatherings are being restricted and certain areas of the U.K. are seeing localized lockdowns .
The British economy suffered one of the deepest recessions in the world this @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to help contain the pandemic .
Though it recouped some ground in the summer as lockdown restrictions were eased , the economy was still around 12 % smaller at the end of July than it was in February , when the pandemic started in Europe .
The other major risk facing the U.K. economy relates to the post-Brexit trade discussions between the U.K. and the EU following a worsening in relations .
If the talks collapse , tariffs and other impediments to trade will be imposed by both sides at the start of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the U.K. more .
The U.K. left the EU on Jan. 31 , but is in a transition period that effectively sees it benefit from the bloc ’ s tariff-free trade until the end of the year while the future relationship is negotiated .
With the outlook so murky , the bank was not expected to provide more stimulus on Thursday .
Since the pandemic started , it has cut its main rate to a record low and boosted its bond-buying program to oil the financial market ’ s wheels and keep borrowing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it could take further action on borrowing costs after revealing it had been briefed on how to effectively implement negative interest rates , which would seek to encourage banks to lend rather than hoard their cash .
The central bank will further discussions the potential use of negative rates during the fourth quarter .
Though that doesn ’ t necessarily mean a rate cut is likely this fall , it ’ s a clear signal that the bank could enact further stimulus measures .
“ While the Bank is clearly exploring the possibility @ @ @ @ @ @ @ tool , we doubt it will go down that path anytime soon — at any rate , not in November , ” said Kallum Pickering , senior economist at Berenberg Bank .
( source ) The main purpose of negative interest rates is , logically speaking , not to encourage savings but rather to try to get people to borrow money , because there is no purpose in saving if one is going to have to pay money on what one is saving .
This is also happening in the US with zero-percent @ @ @ @ @ @ @ not help banks , it encourages the public to seek loans .
However , the problem with the global banking system is the same as it is with the USA , as she is using the same tools , but because it is and issue of debt .
The banks of the world are in a historically abnormal and unprecedented amount of debt , and this is a reflection of the borrowing among the people .
They are not taking loans because they can not because they have no extra income to use @ @ @ @ @ @ @ out ’ and while there can be more schemes created to encourage borrowing , there is only so far this can work .
Unless there is a debt jubilee , it is going to force a crash to the global financial system and since debts can not be paid , a physical fight that will ensue and be used to justify relinquishing debts that will likely take the form of a global war .
This is just one phase , remembering that economics precedes politics , and thus what happens in business has @ @ @ @ @ @ @ been through situations such as this before , the intensity and worldwide spread of the debt has never happened , and being in historically unmarked waters , one can surmise to expect the unexpected , for as human nature remains the same throughout time and does not fundamentally change except in form and intensity , one can only wonder at what events the future will bring about .
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In the year 1694, America was a collection of British colonies located mostly on the Atlantic coast. The middle regions were largely a French claim but mostly wild and filled with native tribes, and Florida to the southern coast as far west as Texas and beyond was controlled by the Spanish, but still also very open and a wilderness. Poland was still waging war against the Ottoman Empire as the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, only to be divided up ninety years later (which, by the way, is still more time than from the start of World War II until now) by Austria, Germany, and Russia. Most of Russia had not even been conquered and was still the wilderness of various Turkic tribes, and the Qing Dynasty just finished consolidating power after decades of war. I say all of this to give context to the nature of this institution that is the Bank of England, and the long history it has, especially in light of America’s existence, place in the world, and rise to power.
It is thus of interest that for the first time in the history of the bank that according to The Canadian Press by way of Yahoo! News, the Bank of England may issue negative interest rates, meaning that customers will not be paid by the bank for keeping their money in an account, but that they customers will have to pay the bank to keep their money in her.
The Bank of England indicated Thursday that it could cut interest rates below zero for the first time in its 326-year history as it tries to shore up a U.K. economic recovery that is facing the dual headwinds of the coronavirus and Brexit. After unanimously deciding to maintain the bank’s main interest rate at the record low of 0.1%, the nine-member rate-setting Monetary Policy Committee said it had discussed its “policy toolkit, and the effectiveness of negative policy rates in particular.” In minutes accompanying the decision, the rate-setters said a recent wave of virus infections has “the potential to weigh further on economic activity, albeit probably on a lesser scale than seen earlier in the year.” Though the committee noted that recent economic data have been a “little stronger than expected” at its last meeting in early August, it said it is unclear what that says about the future “given the risks.” One clear concern relates to whether Britain, like others in Europe, will reimpose broad restrictions on businesses and public life after the recent flare-up in virus infections across the region. Already social gatherings are being restricted and certain areas of the U.K. are seeing localized lockdowns. The British economy suffered one of the deepest recessions in the world this year when many sectors were effectively mothballed to help contain the pandemic. Though it recouped some ground in the summer as lockdown restrictions were eased, the economy was still around 12% smaller at the end of July than it was in February, when the pandemic started in Europe. The other major risk facing the U.K. economy relates to the post-Brexit trade discussions between the U.K. and the EU following a worsening in relations. If the talks collapse, tariffs and other impediments to trade will be imposed by both sides at the start of 2021, a development that would hurt the U.K. more. The U.K. left the EU on Jan. 31, but is in a transition period that effectively sees it benefit from the bloc’s tariff-free trade until the end of the year while the future relationship is negotiated. With the outlook so murky, the bank was not expected to provide more stimulus on Thursday. Since the pandemic started, it has cut its main rate to a record low and boosted its bond-buying program to oil the financial market’s wheels and keep borrowing affordable. The policymaking panel said Thursday it could take further action on borrowing costs after revealing it had been briefed on how to effectively implement negative interest rates, which would seek to encourage banks to lend rather than hoard their cash. The central bank will further discussions the potential use of negative rates during the fourth quarter. Though that doesn’t necessarily mean a rate cut is likely this fall, it’s a clear signal that the bank could enact further stimulus measures. “While the Bank is clearly exploring the possibility of using negative rates as a potential tool, we doubt it will go down that path anytime soon — at any rate, not in November,” said Kallum Pickering, senior economist at Berenberg Bank. (source)
The main purpose of negative interest rates is, logically speaking, not to encourage savings but rather to try to get people to borrow money, because there is no purpose in saving if one is going to have to pay money on what one is saving. This is also happening in the US with zero-percent interest rates, since while it does not help banks, it encourages the public to seek loans.
However, the problem with the global banking system is the same as it is with the USA, as she is using the same tools, but because it is and issue of debt. The banks of the world are in a historically abnormal and unprecedented amount of debt, and this is a reflection of the borrowing among the people. They are not taking loans because they cannot because they have no extra income to use. The entire system is ‘tapped out’ and while there can be more schemes created to encourage borrowing, there is only so far this can work. Unless there is a debt jubilee, it is going to force a crash to the global financial system and since debts cannot be paid, a physical fight that will ensue and be used to justify relinquishing debts that will likely take the form of a global war.
This is just one phase, remembering that economics precedes politics, and thus what happens in business has political consequences.
While the world has been through situations such as this before, the intensity and worldwide spread of the debt has never happened, and being in historically unmarked waters, one can surmise to expect the unexpected, for as human nature remains the same throughout time and does not fundamentally change except in form and intensity, one can only wonder at what events the future will bring about.
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shoebat--2020-09-17--Joe Biden Talks Necrophilia On The Campaign Trail

There are some things that one simply does not discuss on the campaign trail , or even refer to .
This list should not have to be mentioned , simply because good sense would dictate healthy boundaries .
But in a time when it is ever more common to “ break boundaries ” , the question of “ why not ?
” can theoretically be applied to the campaign trail , but not always with success or good wisdom .
Such one can say about recent comments made by Presidential candidate Joe Biden , who decided it appropriate to talk @ @ @ @ @ @ @ presidential nominee Joe Biden ’ s story about a Marine veteran with post-traumatic stress disorder was “ abhorrent , ” retired Marine Johnny “ Joey ” Jones told “ Fox & Friends ” on Wednesday .
Jones , who lost both of his legs in an IED explosion in Afghanistan , added that the story “ shows how out of touch he is , and I ’ m personally offended by it.
” Jones , a Fox News contributor , made the comments reacting to a story the former vice president shared during @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Florida , the largest traditional general election battleground state , where Biden touted veteran issues .
“ There was a Marine veteran that had been deployed a total of six times… Dodge Ram started down the street in front of his house .
.. [ He ] saw a woman walking her dog , ran over her , killed her , killed the dog , put her in the back of his pickup truck… molested her … came home … and called the state police and said , ‘ I just killed someone @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on Tuesday .
“ There was a voice in my head saying , ‘ I have to kill someone , ’ ” he added .
Joe Biden says President Trump ’ s claim that he signed VA Choice is a figment of his imagination or a lieVideo Biden then said , “ We have to end the stigma surrounding mental health treatment.
” “ It ’ s the worst thing I ’ ve ever heard a presidential candidate say about men and women serving , ” Jones said reacting to Biden ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ President Trump ran for office there were “ a few things I didn ’ t like a well ” but stressed that what he heard Biden say Tuesday was “ the worst thing , ” which “ undid 10 years of work in the military nonprofit mental health community of actually removing a stigma.
” “ These men and women may lose their will to live , but they don ’ t lose their soul , ” Jones went on to say .
“ They may hurt themselves , but they don ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s very rare , and for him [ Biden ] to tell that story just because he thought it had some shock value and somehow likened himself to this issue just shows how out of touch he is.
” ( source ) It is to Biden ’ s credit that he is trying to use a serious story to highlight the fact that a lot of veterans have mental problems , are suffering and need help .
This is a major point that is often overlooked , as the American veteran in spite @ @ @ @ @ @ @ him is so frequently treated like trash- used , abused , and then discarded .
There are many sides to this , and while one does not want to forget about personal responsibility , it is very difficult to argue that the problem is no more than an issue of a lack of personal discipline when there are such an abundance of problems all coming from the same source .
However , what Biden did is not an issue of the real troubles that veterans face .
Rather , it is a matter @ @ @ @ @ @ @ there is a lot of degeneracy in the American public , but there are still some ( for now ) boundaries left , and for most people , necrophilia is one of them .
People are not going to pay attention to any veracity in this context possibly spoken of from Biden .
Rather , they are going to likely take his comments and see them as more ramblings from an old man of questionable sanity that go into the same category of his “ corn pop ” and “ lying dog-faced pony @ @ @ @ @ @ @ him as a person who is more suited to his rocking chair in an elderly care center instead of a man in charge of the world ’ s most powerful nation and military .
This is another warning that Biden is not as strong as he may be portrayed as against Trump , for his avalanche of gaffes will likely come back to ‘ bite ’ him , politically speaking , at the polls .
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There are some things that one simply does not discuss on the campaign trail, or even refer to. This list should not have to be mentioned, simply because good sense would dictate healthy boundaries. But in a time when it is ever more common to “break boundaries”, the question of “why not?” can theoretically be applied to the campaign trail, but not always with success or good wisdom. Such one can say about recent comments made by Presidential candidate Joe Biden, who decided it appropriate to talk about necrophilia while on campaign.
Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden’s story about a Marine veteran with post-traumatic stress disorder was “abhorrent,” retired Marine Johnny “Joey” Jones told “Fox & Friends” on Wednesday. Jones, who lost both of his legs in an IED explosion in Afghanistan, added that the story “shows how out of touch he is, and I’m personally offended by it.” Jones, a Fox News contributor, made the comments reacting to a story the former vice president shared during his first general election campaign visit to Florida, the largest traditional general election battleground state, where Biden touted veteran issues. “There was a Marine veteran that had been deployed a total of six times… Dodge Ram started down the street in front of his house. .. [He] saw a woman walking her dog, ran over her, killed her, killed the dog, put her in the back of his pickup truck… molested her … came home … and called the state police and said, ‘I just killed someone,’” Biden said in Tampa on Tuesday. “There was a voice in my head saying, ‘I have to kill someone,’” he added. Joe Biden says President Trump’s claim that he signed VA Choice is a figment of his imagination or a lieVideo
Biden then said, “We have to end the stigma surrounding mental health treatment.” “It’s the worst thing I’ve ever heard a presidential candidate say about men and women serving,” Jones said reacting to Biden’s story. He pointed out that when President Trump ran for office there were “a few things I didn’t like a well” but stressed that what he heard Biden say Tuesday was “the worst thing,” which “undid 10 years of work in the military nonprofit mental health community of actually removing a stigma.” “These men and women may lose their will to live, but they don’t lose their soul,” Jones went on to say. “They may hurt themselves, but they don’t go hurting others. It’s very rare, and for him [Biden] to tell that story just because he thought it had some shock value and somehow likened himself to this issue just shows how out of touch he is.” (source)
It is to Biden’s credit that he is trying to use a serious story to highlight the fact that a lot of veterans have mental problems, are suffering and need help. This is a major point that is often overlooked, as the American veteran in spite of all of the pomp accorded to him is so frequently treated like trash- used, abused, and then discarded. There are many sides to this, and while one does not want to forget about personal responsibility, it is very difficult to argue that the problem is no more than an issue of a lack of personal discipline when there are such an abundance of problems all coming from the same source.
However, what Biden did is not an issue of the real troubles that veterans face. Rather, it is a matter of taste.
It is true that there is a lot of degeneracy in the American public, but there are still some (for now) boundaries left, and for most people, necrophilia is one of them.
People are not going to pay attention to any veracity in this context possibly spoken of from Biden. Rather, they are going to likely take his comments and see them as more ramblings from an old man of questionable sanity that go into the same category of his “corn pop” and “lying dog-faced pony soldier” comments. They only portray him as a person who is more suited to his rocking chair in an elderly care center instead of a man in charge of the world’s most powerful nation and military.
This is another warning that Biden is not as strong as he may be portrayed as against Trump, for his avalanche of gaffes will likely come back to ‘bite’ him, politically speaking, at the polls.
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shoebat--2020-09-17--Study: One In Five Evangelicals Believe In Gender Fluidity

Gender is a simple thing to understand , and it should not require much effort .
However , with all of the confusion about the most basic of human things , even this has been thrown into disorder , and religious people of good intentions are also affected .
Thus it is that according to the Christian Post , a new study has shown that one-fifth of Evangelicals now believe in the idea of gender fluidity .
A new study has revealed that 22 % of U.S. evangelicals appear to reject the Bible ’ s teaching that the gender of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ given by God , the Creator , and instead believe in “ gender fluidity.
” While 73 % of American evangelicals disagree that “ gender identity is a matter of choice , ” 22 % say they believe in that statement , according to the LifeWay Research “ State of Theology ” poll released Sept. 8 .
The survey , sponsored by Orlando-based Ligonier Ministries , and conducted by surveying more than 3,000 Americans in March , also showed that Americans with evangelical beliefs ( 73 % ) are more likely to disagree @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of choice ” than those without evangelical beliefs ( 47 % ) .
The survey found that Americans in the Northeast are the most likely to agree with gender fluidity , at 44 % , and so are those in the age group of 18 to 34 , at 50 % .
However , Americans age 50-64 are the most likely to disagree ( 64 % ) .
Further , the poll reveals that Americans in a rural area ( 56 % ) are more likely to disagree with gender fluidity than those @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ) .
Attending religious service also matters , as the study found that Americans who attend a service at least once or twice a month are more likely to disagree that gender identity is a choice than those who do not ( 57 % vs. 47 % ) .
LifeWay also asked respondents if they believe “ the Bible ’ s condemnation of homosexual behavior doesn ’ t apply today.
” The study found that evangelicals are the most likely to disagree , at 72 % .
It also revealed that Americans with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ than those without evangelical beliefs ( 81 % vs. 34 % ) .
( source ) The same study says that the trend is moving in a positive directing , citing a one-third decline from 32 % support to 22 % in four years .
However , one does not know further statistics , such as a generational breakdown , or the percentage of those practicing versus decline , as we know that the latter is taking place .
These statistics , unfortunately , are not complete , and more detail would be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , it is still a concerning sign that one-fifth of people would oppose a teaching so fundamental to basic Christian belief , and something that is so obvious it should scarcely need explanation even in a natural sense , as the functions of gender are evident all around man .
If confusion about such a basic issue should persist , then it does not bode well for the world , which one may argue has forgotten how to reproduce save to generate more dysfinctions , which does not lead to hope or a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ death , since unhealthy things inevitably self-destruct lest they are remedied .
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Gender is a simple thing to understand, and it should not require much effort. However, with all of the confusion about the most basic of human things, even this has been thrown into disorder, and religious people of good intentions are also affected. Thus it is that according to the Christian Post, a new study has shown that one-fifth of Evangelicals now believe in the idea of gender fluidity.
A new study has revealed that 22% of U.S. evangelicals appear to reject the Bible’s teaching that the gender of a person as male or female is given by God, the Creator, and instead believe in “gender fluidity.” While 73% of American evangelicals disagree that “gender identity is a matter of choice,” 22% say they believe in that statement, according to the LifeWay Research “State of Theology” poll released Sept. 8. The survey, sponsored by Orlando-based Ligonier Ministries, and conducted by surveying more than 3,000 Americans in March, also showed that Americans with evangelical beliefs (73%) are more likely to disagree that “gender identity is a matter of choice” than those without evangelical beliefs (47%). The survey found that Americans in the Northeast are the most likely to agree with gender fluidity, at 44%, and so are those in the age group of 18 to 34, at 50%. However, Americans age 50-64 are the most likely to disagree (64%). Further, the poll reveals that Americans in a rural area (56%) are more likely to disagree with gender fluidity than those in a large city (45%). Attending religious service also matters, as the study found that Americans who attend a service at least once or twice a month are more likely to disagree that gender identity is a choice than those who do not (57% vs. 47%). LifeWay also asked respondents if they believe “the Bible’s condemnation of homosexual behavior doesn’t apply today.” The study found that evangelicals are the most likely to disagree, at 72%. It also revealed that Americans with evangelical beliefs are more likely to disagree than those without evangelical beliefs (81% vs. 34%). (source)
The same study says that the trend is moving in a positive directing, citing a one-third decline from 32% support to 22% in four years. However, one does not know further statistics, such as a generational breakdown, or the percentage of those practicing versus decline, as we know that the latter is taking place.
These statistics, unfortunately, are not complete, and more detail would be required to explain them. That said, it is still a concerning sign that one-fifth of people would oppose a teaching so fundamental to basic Christian belief, and something that is so obvious it should scarcely need explanation even in a natural sense, as the functions of gender are evident all around man. If confusion about such a basic issue should persist, then it does not bode well for the world, which one may argue has forgotten how to reproduce save to generate more dysfinctions, which does not lead to hope or a better tomorrow, but always to inevitable death, since unhealthy things inevitably self-destruct lest they are remedied.
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shoebat--2020-09-17--Younger People Don’t Care About The Holocaust

A recent poll was done and the results were shocking : younger people are beginning to become indifferent to the @ @ @ @ @ video on this :

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shoebat--2020-09-16--Will The Fed Keep Interest Rates Low Through 2023?

As the situation of the US Treasury and the Federal Reserve Bank continues to worsen amid spiraling debts , Politico reports that it appears the Federal Reserve Bank will keep interest rates at zero percent through 2023 .
Federal Reserve officials on Wednesday projected that they would keep interest rates near zero through 2023 , as it aims to help the economy fully recover from the coronavirus pandemic .
The central bank expects the U.S. economy to shrink by 3.7 percent this year , a more optimistic forecast than its June estimate of a 6.5 percent contraction , but that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 2009 — the worst year of the Great Recession — when GDP shrank by 2.5 percent .
Fed policymakers now expect unemployment to drop to 7.6 percent by the end of the year , also a somewhat more hopeful outlook than before ; the current rate of 8.4 percent is already better than where Fed officials had previously thought the job market would be by December .
The central bank also shed more light on its pledge not to raise interest rates until prices begin to rise more rapidly , part of a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ drop as low as possible and to avoid choking off a recovery too early .
Because the central bank has undershot its inflation target for so many years , it ’ s now trying to overshoot for a time so that inflation will ultimately average 2 percent .
On Wednesday , the Fed pledged not to raise rates until “ inflation has risen to 2 percent and is on track to moderately exceed 2 percent for some time.
” That part of the statement garnered dissents from Dallas Fed President Robert Kaplan and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ wanted to leave the Fed ’ s policy actions more open-ended , while Kashkari thinks the Fed should ensure that “ core inflation has reached 2 percent on a sustained basis.
” ( source ) The way that interest rates work is in proportion to their ability to stimulate economic purchasing or contract it .
If rates are low , people ( a ) are more likely to want to borrow money and ( b ) more likely to spend money .
Banks on the other hand are ( a ) less likely @ @ @ @ @ @ @ b ) more likely to save it .
If rates are high , people are ( a ) less likely to want to borrow money and ( b ) more likely to save money , while banks are ( a ) more likely to want to loan money and ( b ) less likely to save money .
One can see there is an inverse relationship that will move up and down like a sort of wave , but overall is about making a balance , and the purpose of the Federal Reserve @ @ @ @ @ @ @ rates to either drive inflation of certain asset classes through spending or to restrict it .
In this sense , it is a sort of a planned economic tool that can be used for good or for bad .
The problem with the US right now is not one of supply or demand , but rather the nature of the money itself .
As I have noted before , we are experiencing hyperinflation type conditions , which is the loss of faith in a currency due to debt and it being backed by @ @ @ @ @ @ @ longer can service .
Fiat currencies are also not always bad .
They have a lifespan of about 50 years , and at that time , usually need to be changed out lest very bad economic problems happen .
One may wonder in the Bible about debt “ jubilees ” , especially the large one celebrated on the 49th or 50th year ( depending how one looks at it ) , and can say that it is important because it is that year which cancels out most debts in society .
This is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ point of view , issuing a new currency because the debt levels are what cause hyperinflation , as money is printed in oversupply to service debts and eventually the money itself loses value .
What the Federal Government is doing by keeping interest rates low is to attempt to stimulate the economy through consumer spending ( the basis of the US economy for over fifty years ) .
However , people can not spend money because they are so indebted that any money they have must go to service debts .
This is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ herself in , and because of this , one is facing an unwinnable battle against debt that either must be solved by a return to a production model that will enable wealth to be generated to pay off debts ( which likely would not happen because of the incredible size of the debt , as it is the largest in world history ) , to default on the debt ( not going to happen because it would mean that the US ’ s creditors could collect , which is not going to be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ dealing with the financial problems in society by arresting bankers involved in making the debt crisis and that is not going to happen ) , or hyperinflation to destroy the currency ( the most politically acceptable because while it would hurt the whole country in awful ways , it would be blamed on a random third-party so that those who caused the situation can not be blamed , they can remain in power , and the debt can be discarded ) .
The recent Families First COVID-19 Stimulus Bill that Trump signed into @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , for as I have noted , it takes the whole budget for Fiscal Year 2019 and spend it with one single payment .
With spending such as this , it is only a matter of time before the perception of the US dollar as as stable currency will run out and a reckoning will be forced with it , and when it is discovered that the currency is worthless and this is acknowledged by the world , that will be the point when the real troubles begin , and no money manipulation @ @ @ @ @ @ @ because it will either be pay the debts , go into bankruptcy , or abolish the debts , and those in power would rather pay it with fraudulent money at the expense of all than hold accountable those individuals and institutions which brought about the problem to begin with .
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As the situation of the US Treasury and the Federal Reserve Bank continues to worsen amid spiraling debts, Politico reports that it appears the Federal Reserve Bank will keep interest rates at zero percent through 2023.
Federal Reserve officials on Wednesday projected that they would keep interest rates near zero through 2023, as it aims to help the economy fully recover from the coronavirus pandemic. The central bank expects the U.S. economy to shrink by 3.7 percent this year, a more optimistic forecast than its June estimate of a 6.5 percent contraction, but that number would still be much worse than 2009 — the worst year of the Great Recession — when GDP shrank by 2.5 percent. Fed policymakers now expect unemployment to drop to 7.6 percent by the end of the year, also a somewhat more hopeful outlook than before; the current rate of 8.4 percent is already better than where Fed officials had previously thought the job market would be by December. The central bank also shed more light on its pledge not to raise interest rates until prices begin to rise more rapidly, part of a bid to allow the unemployment rate to drop as low as possible and to avoid choking off a recovery too early. Because the central bank has undershot its inflation target for so many years, it’s now trying to overshoot for a time so that inflation will ultimately average 2 percent. On Wednesday, the Fed pledged not to raise rates until “inflation has risen to 2 percent and is on track to moderately exceed 2 percent for some time.” That part of the statement garnered dissents from Dallas Fed President Robert Kaplan and Minnesota Fed President Neel Kashkari. Kaplan wanted to leave the Fed’s policy actions more open-ended, while Kashkari thinks the Fed should ensure that “core inflation has reached 2 percent on a sustained basis.” (source)
The way that interest rates work is in proportion to their ability to stimulate economic purchasing or contract it.
If rates are low, people (a) are more likely to want to borrow money and (b) more likely to spend money. Banks on the other hand are (a) less likely to want to lend money and (b) more likely to save it.
If rates are high, people are (a) less likely to want to borrow money and (b) more likely to save money, while banks are (a) more likely to want to loan money and (b) less likely to save money.
One can see there is an inverse relationship that will move up and down like a sort of wave, but overall is about making a balance, and the purpose of the Federal Reserve Bank is to try to adjust these rates to either drive inflation of certain asset classes through spending or to restrict it. In this sense, it is a sort of a planned economic tool that can be used for good or for bad.
The problem with the US right now is not one of supply or demand, but rather the nature of the money itself. As I have noted before, we are experiencing hyperinflation type conditions, which is the loss of faith in a currency due to debt and it being backed by its ability to service debts it no longer can service.
Fiat currencies are also not always bad. They have a lifespan of about 50 years, and at that time, usually need to be changed out lest very bad economic problems happen. One may wonder in the Bible about debt “jubilees”, especially the large one celebrated on the 49th or 50th year (depending how one looks at it), and can say that it is important because it is that year which cancels out most debts in society. This is the equivalent to, from an economic point of view, issuing a new currency because the debt levels are what cause hyperinflation, as money is printed in oversupply to service debts and eventually the money itself loses value.
What the Federal Government is doing by keeping interest rates low is to attempt to stimulate the economy through consumer spending (the basis of the US economy for over fifty years). However, people cannot spend money because they are so indebted that any money they have must go to service debts. This is the conundrum that the US population finds herself in, and because of this, one is facing an unwinnable battle against debt that either must be solved by a return to a production model that will enable wealth to be generated to pay off debts (which likely would not happen because of the incredible size of the debt, as it is the largest in world history), to default on the debt (not going to happen because it would mean that the US’s creditors could collect, which is not going to be allowed, a jubilee (which means dealing with the financial problems in society by arresting bankers involved in making the debt crisis and that is not going to happen), or hyperinflation to destroy the currency (the most politically acceptable because while it would hurt the whole country in awful ways, it would be blamed on a random third-party so that those who caused the situation cannot be blamed, they can remain in power, and the debt can be discarded).
The recent Families First COVID-19 Stimulus Bill that Trump signed into office is a virtual guarantee of hyperinflation, for as I have noted, it takes the whole budget for Fiscal Year 2019 and spend it with one single payment. With spending such as this, it is only a matter of time before the perception of the US dollar as as stable currency will run out and a reckoning will be forced with it, and when it is discovered that the currency is worthless and this is acknowledged by the world, that will be the point when the real troubles begin, and no money manipulation can save anybody at that point, because it will either be pay the debts, go into bankruptcy, or abolish the debts, and those in power would rather pay it with fraudulent money at the expense of all than hold accountable those individuals and institutions which brought about the problem to begin with.
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shoebat--2020-09-16--Oregon Police Chief On The Horrendous Fires: “We have good reason to believe that there was a human

Oregon Police Chief On The Horrendous Fires: “We have good reason to believe that there was a human element to it”

An Oregon police chief , Tighe O ’ Meara , announced that the recent fires devastating the state may have been done deliberately .
As we read in a report from Film Daily : The raging wildfires across California , Oregon , and Seattle don ’ t appear to be slowing down anytime soon .
Latest news reports an estimated twenty people dead in California , eight in Oregon , and one in Washington .
Although firefighters & volunteers are doing their best to extinguish the fires , there are people out there who don ’ t want the “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Police have investigated separate incidents near existing wildfires leading to the arrest of four people : two men in Washington State , one man in Oregon , and one woman in California .
The four suspects are being charged with suspicion of arson .
Ashland is an Oregon Shakespeare Festival town that almost lived up to its name after a recent fire sparked in the city that killed two people and destroyed hundreds of homes .
The Police chief of Ashland , Tighe O ’ Meara , announced that a criminal investigation had @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the fire “ suspicious ” .
“ We have good reason to believe that there was a human element to it , ” O ’ Meara said , according to Reuters .
“ We ’ re going to pursue it as a criminal investigation until we have reason to believe that it was otherwise.
” No one has been arrested yet , but the case remains ongoing .
As for Almeda , Oregon , a man under investigation is forty-one-year-old Michael Jarrod Bakkela .
Police accused him of starting a separate fire near @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
A statement released by the police said that while the Almeda fire burned , “ Residents witnessed Bakkela lighting a fire behind their house on Quail Lane.
” When the Oregon police arrived at the scene they said they saw Bakkela standing near a fire threatening several homes .
He was charged with two counts of first degree arson , 15 counts of first degree criminal mischief and 14 counts of reckless endangering .
After a series of fires emerged near highway 101 , all traces led back to thirty-seven-year-old Anita Esquivel @ @ @ @ @ @ @ California .
According to local journalist Aaron Groff , “ .
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a woman was arrested in Salinas this morning accused of Intentionally starting fires on the side of Highway 101 near Boronda.
” Groff added , “ Amazing how dangerous this is considering the heat/fire conditions we are seeing locally around California.
” Esquivel is being charged with arson and has a bail listed at $ 100,000.00 .
She was said to have ties to far-left groups like Antifa ; however , the district attorney was quick to dismiss any affiliations @ @ @ @

By Theodore Shoebat
An Oregon police chief, Tighe O’Meara, announced that the recent fires devastating the state may have been done deliberately. As we read in a report from Film Daily:
The raging wildfires across California, Oregon, and Seattle don’t appear to be slowing down anytime soon. Latest news reports an estimated twenty people dead in California, eight in Oregon, and one in Washington.
Although firefighters & volunteers are doing their best to extinguish the fires, there are people out there who don’t want the “party” to end just yet. Police have investigated separate incidents near existing wildfires leading to the arrest of four people: two men in Washington State, one man in Oregon, and one woman in California. The four suspects are being charged with suspicion of arson.
Ashland is an Oregon Shakespeare Festival town that almost lived up to its name after a recent fire sparked in the city that killed two people and destroyed hundreds of homes. The Police chief of Ashland, Tighe O’Meara, announced that a criminal investigation had been opened, calling the circumstances around the fire “suspicious”.
“We have good reason to believe that there was a human element to it,” O’Meara said, according to Reuters. “We’re going to pursue it as a criminal investigation until we have reason to believe that it was otherwise.” No one has been arrested yet, but the case remains ongoing.
As for Almeda, Oregon, a man under investigation is forty-one-year-old Michael Jarrod Bakkela. Police accused him of starting a separate fire near the railroad tracks in Phoenix, Oregon. A statement released by the police said that while the Almeda fire burned, “Residents witnessed Bakkela lighting a fire behind their house on Quail Lane.”
When the Oregon police arrived at the scene they said they saw Bakkela standing near a fire threatening several homes. He was charged with two counts of first degree arson, 15 counts of first degree criminal mischief and 14 counts of reckless endangering.
After a series of fires emerged near highway 101, all traces led back to thirty-seven-year-old Anita Esquivel who was arrested in Monterey County, California. According to local journalist Aaron Groff, “ . . . a woman was arrested in Salinas this morning accused of Intentionally starting fires on the side of Highway 101 near Boronda.”
Groff added, “Amazing how dangerous this is considering the heat/fire conditions we are seeing locally around California.” Esquivel is being charged with arson and has a bail listed at $100,000.00. She was said to have ties to far-left groups like Antifa; however, the district attorney was quick to dismiss any affiliations between the two.


shoebat--2020-09-16--TikTok Likely Safe After Deal With Oracle

CNBC reports that a deal has been reached between Tiktok and Oracle that will allow the popular app with Zoomers to continue to stay on phones .
Approval of Oracle ’ s deal to become a “ trusted technology provider ” for ByteDance ’ s TikTok will be announced on Tuesday afternoon , CNBC ’ s Jim Cramer reported .
A source familiar with the matter later confirmed to CNBC ’ s Eamon Javers that a decision could come Tuesday .
Oracle confirmed Monday it had struck a deal with the popular video-sharing app ’ s Chinese parent company .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ the competition over TikTok , with Microsoft emerging as the first known bidder with Walmart later joining its offer .
But ByteDance rejected Microsoft ’ s bid to buy TikTok ’ s U.S. assets , Microsoft confirmed Sunday .
Oracle ’ s plans to become a “ trusted technology provider ” for TikTok falls short of President Donald Trump ’ s demand for a full acquisition of the company ’ s U.S. business .
That could make the deal trickier to gain support from U.S. officials who still must approve it , though @ @ @ @ @ @ @ about a forced sale .
Oracle ’ s leadership has maintained a close relationship with the Trump administration , however , with CEO Safra Catz previously taking part in Trump ’ s transition team and Chairman Larry Ellison hosting a fundraiser for Trump ’ s reelection campaign earlier this year .
The president threatened to ban TikTok from the U.S. if it did not reach a deal to sell its U.S. business in a way that resolved national security concerns with the app .
Government leaders across the political spectrum have expressed concern @ @ @ @ @ @ @ U.S. users through the app ’ s Chinese parent company , though TikTok has repeatedly denied this accusation and no evidence that such data has been accessed has been made public .
An executive order that would effectively ban the TikTok app is set to go into effect on Sunday , though approval of the deal could resolve concerns before then .
( source ) There was never a question in my mind that this would not be the most likely outcome .
Every election cycle , or whenever it is politically convenient @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a new “ villain ” that needs to be destroyed .
Now it should be said that not all the issues are in themselves things which deserve to be overlooked .
Many of them are real social problems .
What I am speaking of is the over-politicization of an issue that leads to unnatural swings .
For example , during the 1950s , there was an obsession with Communism .
This is not to say that Communism is not a threat , or that it should not be dealt with , because it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
However , the problem is the American ethos that as Harper ’ s Magazine put it in 1964 , is part of a “ paranoid style ” of thinking that prevents issues from being solved in a balanced , long-term way but rather creates one extreme to swing to another .
In the case of communism , it was anti-communism in the 1950s to swing full communism in the 1960s with no sense of cognitive dissonance between the two positions .
In the 1960s and 1970s , it was an abundance of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was a hallmark of American life , especially among youth culture .
Then once the 1980s and 1990s came along , the trend completely reversed , and drugs not only became something that just evil people do ( this being said from the same people who in the 1960s and 1970s were constantly high ) and so laws need to be passed making those convicted of drug crimes imprisoned for long sentences and made permanently unemployable for practical matters .
Again , I am not defending drugs , but saying that the drug @ @ @ @ @ @ @ paranoid style ” where one extreme is swung to another for political gain .
During one time frame , it was all good , and a few years later , it is all bad , with no philosophical reasoning for why this is the case other than ultimately , because that is agreed upon .
Now following this logic , we have China as a “ minor ” issue here , where China is being blamed for a lot of problems , and justly so .
However , the solution being given is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ spying ” .
Likewise , the “ paranoid style ” is being whipped up again , most interestingly at election time .
The real question is , will this continue after elections ?
That is to be seen , but just like in 2014 , where is all of the fear about ISIS attacking the USA today ?
It was the main story of those years and now they have returned to nothing , and people are afraid instead of “ BLM ” and “ China ” .
Fictional , exaggerated , or @ @ @ @ @ @ @ mob against the same bogeyman , which often will reverse in the course of a generation , for the sole purpose of directing the sentiments of the political masses towards the end of consolidating government control further than what it already is a part of this pattern .
Indeed , this is not new , for even as far back at the 1886 case of Nix v. Hedden , which is the famous case that said a tomato ( scientifically classified as a fruit ) is a vegetable not because of science , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , proves that the mindset has existed since then and is still a problem .
Today it is TikTok , and tomorrow it is something else , and by tomorrow , TikTok and all of the discussions about it will have been mostly forgotten , and the only thing that will have changed is that the window of acceptable social behavior will continue to shift further and like a frog boiling in the pot , none will notice that they have already been cooked .
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CNBC reports that a deal has been reached between Tiktok and Oracle that will allow the popular app with Zoomers to continue to stay on phones.
Approval of Oracle’s deal to become a “trusted technology provider” for ByteDance’s TikTok will be announced on Tuesday afternoon, CNBC’s Jim Cramer reported. A source familiar with the matter later confirmed to CNBC’s Eamon Javers that a decision could come Tuesday. Oracle confirmed Monday it had struck a deal with the popular video-sharing app’s Chinese parent company. Oracle had been a dark horse in the competition over TikTok, with Microsoft emerging as the first known bidder with Walmart later joining its offer. But ByteDance rejected Microsoft’s bid to buy TikTok’s U.S. assets, Microsoft confirmed Sunday. Oracle’s plans to become a “trusted technology provider” for TikTok falls short of President Donald Trump’s demand for a full acquisition of the company’s U.S. business. That could make the deal trickier to gain support from U.S. officials who still must approve it, though could assuage some concerns from Chinese officials about a forced sale. Oracle’s leadership has maintained a close relationship with the Trump administration, however, with CEO Safra Catz previously taking part in Trump’s transition team and Chairman Larry Ellison hosting a fundraiser for Trump’s reelection campaign earlier this year. The president threatened to ban TikTok from the U.S. if it did not reach a deal to sell its U.S. business in a way that resolved national security concerns with the app. Government leaders across the political spectrum have expressed concern that Chinese officials could access data from U.S. users through the app’s Chinese parent company, though TikTok has repeatedly denied this accusation and no evidence that such data has been accessed has been made public. An executive order that would effectively ban the TikTok app is set to go into effect on Sunday, though approval of the deal could resolve concerns before then. (source)
There was never a question in my mind that this would not be the most likely outcome.
Every election cycle, or whenever it is politically convenient, certain issues are brought up as a new “villain” that needs to be destroyed. Now it should be said that not all the issues are in themselves things which deserve to be overlooked. Many of them are real social problems. What I am speaking of is the over-politicization of an issue that leads to unnatural swings.
For example, during the 1950s, there was an obsession with Communism. This is not to say that Communism is not a threat, or that it should not be dealt with, because it certainly was then and still is now. However, the problem is the American ethos that as Harper’s Magazine put it in 1964, is part of a “paranoid style” of thinking that prevents issues from being solved in a balanced, long-term way but rather creates one extreme to swing to another. In the case of communism, it was anti-communism in the 1950s to swing full communism in the 1960s with no sense of cognitive dissonance between the two positions.
In the 1960s and 1970s, it was an abundance of drugs and the promoting of drugs that was a hallmark of American life, especially among youth culture. Then once the 1980s and 1990s came along, the trend completely reversed, and drugs not only became something that just evil people do (this being said from the same people who in the 1960s and 1970s were constantly high) and so laws need to be passed making those convicted of drug crimes imprisoned for long sentences and made permanently unemployable for practical matters. Again, I am not defending drugs, but saying that the drug issue is an example of this “paranoid style” where one extreme is swung to another for political gain. During one time frame, it was all good, and a few years later, it is all bad, with no philosophical reasoning for why this is the case other than ultimately, because that is agreed upon.
Now following this logic, we have China as a “minor” issue here, where China is being blamed for a lot of problems, and justly so. However, the solution being given is “banning TikTok” because “Chinese spying”. Likewise, the “paranoid style” is being whipped up again, most interestingly at election time. The real question is, will this continue after elections? That is to be seen, but just like in 2014, where is all of the fear about ISIS attacking the USA today? It was the main story of those years and now they have returned to nothing, and people are afraid instead of “BLM” and “China”.
Fictional, exaggerated, or selectively-chosen bogeymen and then instigating a lynch mob against the same bogeyman, which often will reverse in the course of a generation, for the sole purpose of directing the sentiments of the political masses towards the end of consolidating government control further than what it already is a part of this pattern. Indeed, this is not new, for even as far back at the 1886 case of Nix v. Hedden, which is the famous case that said a tomato (scientifically classified as a fruit) is a vegetable not because of science, but because courts decreed it a vegetable, proves that the mindset has existed since then and is still a problem.
Today it is TikTok, and tomorrow it is something else, and by tomorrow, TikTok and all of the discussions about it will have been mostly forgotten, and the only thing that will have changed is that the window of acceptable social behavior will continue to shift further and like a frog boiling in the pot, none will notice that they have already been cooked.
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shoebat--2020-09-18--Protestors Tell Officers Who Just Got Shot: “We Hope You Die!”

“ the love in the hearts of many people will become cold ” — Matthew 24:12 The hatred for the @ @ @ @ @ of death and hatred for life :

By Theodore Shoebat
“the love in the hearts of many people will become cold” — Matthew 24:12
The hatred for the police, is a love of death and hatred for life:
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shoebat--2020-09-18--Arizona Is Turning Blue

Arizona Is Turning Blue

Arizona for years has been viewed by Republicans as a historical bastion , but that is changing due to migration , not so much from her southern border , but from her western border with California , as people rush from the burning ship they set afire to a new vessel they are currently putting tinder to as The Hill reports .
The Cook Political Report shifted the presidential race in Arizona toward Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden on Thursday after a new poll showed the former vice president opening up a 5-point lead over President Trump in the state @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to move Arizona from its toss-up column to “ lean Democrat ” came amid mounting signs that the state is slipping away from Trump despite his narrow 3.5-point win there four years ago .
A poll from the Kaiser Family Foundation ( KFF ) and Cook Political Report out Thursday showed Biden leading Trump 45-40 percent , giving the Democratic nominee a more substantial advantage than in other battleground states like Florida and North Carolina .
The poll results track with other recent public surveys .
The FiveThirtyEight polling average in Arizona shows @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
The KFF-Cook poll carries some troubling signs for Trump ’ s reelection bid .
Republican voters in the state aren ’ t as firm in their support of Trump as they are in Florida and North Carolina , with only about 73 percent saying they will definitely vote for the president in November .
Another 9 percent said they will either probably or definitely cast their ballot for Biden .
Trump ’ s support among Latinos in Arizona is also lagging .
The poll showed him garnering just 17 percent support among @ @ @ @ @ @ @ percent .
In 2016 , Trump captured 31 percent of the Latino vote in Arizona .
( source ) Now it is trut that this article does not directly mention California migration , but the fact is that California migration is a major issue that few wish to talk about and yet has a major effect on Republican power in that state .
To that , it is worth noting that Trump ’ s betrayal of his basic promises does not help him .
A lot of people voted for him on the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , which he has not and in some cases for all purposes has arguably reversed his position .
Trump still has the favor to win , and there is a month left , and being that said month is October , there are still many things that could happen , for the idea of the “ October Surprise is not uncommon .
That said , the long-term advantage in Arizona and many other states is going to be with the Democrats , since due to internal migration and the general liberal attitudes of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are inclined to further Democrat control over the nation .
If Trump wins in 2020 , enjoy the victory , since it nearly guarantees a Democrat 2024 victory .
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Arizona for years has been viewed by Republicans as a historical bastion, but that is changing due to migration, not so much from her southern border, but from her western border with California, as people rush from the burning ship they set afire to a new vessel they are currently putting tinder to as The Hill reports.
The Cook Political Report shifted the presidential race in Arizona toward Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden on Thursday after a new poll showed the former vice president opening up a 5-point lead over President Trump in the state. The election handicapper’s decision to move Arizona from its toss-up column to “lean Democrat” came amid mounting signs that the state is slipping away from Trump despite his narrow 3.5-point win there four years ago. A poll from the Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) and Cook Political Report out Thursday showed Biden leading Trump 45-40 percent, giving the Democratic nominee a more substantial advantage than in other battleground states like Florida and North Carolina. The poll results track with other recent public surveys. The FiveThirtyEight polling average in Arizona shows Biden with a 4.8-point edge over Trump. The KFF-Cook poll carries some troubling signs for Trump’s reelection bid. Republican voters in the state aren’t as firm in their support of Trump as they are in Florida and North Carolina, with only about 73 percent saying they will definitely vote for the president in November. Another 9 percent said they will either probably or definitely cast their ballot for Biden. Trump’s support among Latinos in Arizona is also lagging. The poll showed him garnering just 17 percent support among those voters to Biden’s 55 percent. In 2016, Trump captured 31 percent of the Latino vote in Arizona. (source)
Now it is trut that this article does not directly mention California migration, but the fact is that California migration is a major issue that few wish to talk about and yet has a major effect on Republican power in that state.
To that, it is worth noting that Trump’s betrayal of his basic promises does not help him. A lot of people voted for him on the assumption that he would fulfill certain ideas, which he has not and in some cases for all purposes has arguably reversed his position.
Trump still has the favor to win, and there is a month left, and being that said month is October, there are still many things that could happen, for the idea of the “October Surprise is not uncommon. That said, the long-term advantage in Arizona and many other states is going to be with the Democrats, since due to internal migration and the general liberal attitudes of the Millennial and Zoomer generations, they are inclined to further Democrat control over the nation.
If Trump wins in 2020, enjoy the victory, since it nearly guarantees a Democrat 2024 victory.
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shoebat--2020-09-19--Europeans Are Being Destroyed By Coronavirus Because They Have No Kids

Europe is being more devastated by covid than Africa .
The difference ?
Africans have a higher younger population , @ @ @ @ @ opposed to Europe which has a low birth rate :


shoebat--2020-09-19--The Death Of Ruth Gader Ginsburg Will Help Trump Defeat The Democrats

The death of the wicked witch of the west means a point for Trump :