investmentwatchblog--2020-12-27--Don’t Call the Cops. Especially if Your Loved Ones Are Old, Disabled or Have Special Needs

They shot at him fourteen times .
Walter Wallace Jr.—a troubled 27-year-old black man with a criminal history and mental health issues—was no saint .
Still , he didn ’ t deserve to die in a hail of bullets fired by two police officers who clearly had not been adequately trained in how to de-escalate encounters with special needs individuals .
Wallace wasn ’ t unarmed—he was reportedly holding a knife when police confronted him—yet neither cop attempted to use non-lethal weapons on Wallace , who appeared to be in the midst of a mental health crisis .
In fact @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Wallace , fired upon repeatedly by both officers , was hit in the shoulder and chest and pronounced dead at the hospital .
Wallace ’ s death is yet one more grim statistic to add to that growing list of Americans—unarmed , impaired or experiencing a mental health crisis—who have been killed by police trained to shoot first and ask questions later .
It ’ s also a powerful reminder to think twice before you call the cops to carry out a welfare check on a loved one .
Especially if that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ mentally ill , elderly , suffering from dementia , disabled or might have a condition that hinders their ability to understand , communicate or immediately comply with an order .
Particularly if you value that person ’ s life .
There are some things that don ’ t change .
Even as the nation grapples with the twin distractions of political theater and a viral pandemic , there are still deadlier forces at play .
This is one of them .
At a time when growing numbers of unarmed people have been shot @ @ @ @ @ @ @ way , or moving a certain way , or holding something—anything—that police could misinterpret to be a gun , or igniting some trigger-centric fear in a police officer ’ s mind that has nothing to do with an actual threat to their safety , even the most benign encounters with police can have fatal consequences .
Unfortunately , police—trained in the worst case scenario and thus ready to shoot first and ask questions later—increasingly pose a risk to anyone undergoing a mental health crisis or with special needs whose disabilities may not be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the typical freeze-or-I ’ ll-shoot tactics employed by America ’ s police forces .
Just last year , in fact , Gay Plack , a 57-year-old Virginia woman with bipolar disorder , was killed after two police officers—sent to do a welfare check on her—entered her home uninvited , wandered through the house shouting her name , kicked open her locked bedroom door , discovered the terrified woman hiding in a dark bathroom and wielding a small axe , and four seconds later , shot her in the stomach .
That ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ two police officers assigned to check on Plack to decide to use lethal force against her ( both cops opened fire on the woman ) , rather than using non-lethal options ( one cop had a Taser , which he made no attempt to use ) or attempting to de-escalate the situation .
The police chief defended his officers ’ actions , claiming they had “ no other option ” but to shoot the 5 foot 4 inch “ woman with carpal tunnel syndrome who had to quit her job at a framing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to use the machine that cut the mats.
” This is what happens when you empower the police to act as judge , jury and executioner .
This is what happens when you indoctrinate the police into believing that their lives and their safety are paramount to anyone else ’ s .
Suddenly , everyone and everything else is a threat that must be neutralized or eliminated .
In light of the government ’ s ongoing efforts to predict who might pose a threat to public safety based on mental health sensor data @ @ @ @ @ @ @ FitBits and Apple Watches and monitored by government agencies such as HARPA , the “ Health Advanced Research Projects Agency ” ) , encounters with the police could get even more deadly , especially if those involved have a mental illness or disability .
Indeed , disabled individuals make up a third to half of all people killed by law enforcement officers .
( People of color are three times more likely to be killed by police than their white counterparts . )
If you ’ re black and disabled , you ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ by the Ruderman Family Foundation reports that “ disabled individuals make up the majority of those killed in use-of-force cases that attract widespread attention .
This is true both for cases deemed illegal or against policy and for those in which officers are ultimately fully exonerated… Many more disabled civilians experience non-lethal violence and abuse at the hands of law enforcement officers.
” For instance , Nancy Schrock called 911 for help after her husband , Tom , who suffered with mental health issues , started stalking around the backyard , upending chairs @ @ @ @ @ @ @ before , police had transported Tom to the hospital , where he was medicated and sent home after 72 hours .
This time , Tom was tasered twice .
He collapsed , lost consciousness and died .
In South Carolina , police tasered an 86-year-old grandfather reportedly in the early stages of dementia , while he was jogging backwards away from them .
Now this happened after Albert Chatfield led police on a car chase , running red lights and turning randomly .
However , at the point that police chose to shock @ @ @ @ @ @ @ he was out of the car , on his feet , and outnumbered by police officers much younger than him .
In Georgia , campus police shot and killed a 21-year-old student who was suffering a mental health crisis .
Scout Schultz was shot through the heart by campus police when he approached four of them late one night while holding a pocketknife , shouting “ Shoot me !
” Although police may have feared for their lives , the blade was still in its closed position .
In Oklahoma , police shot @ @ @ @ @ @ @ holding a two-foot metal pipe on his front porch ( he used the pipe to fend off stray dogs while walking ) .
Despite the fact that witnesses warned police that Magdiel Sanchez couldn ’ t hear—and thus comply—with their shouted orders to drop the pipe and get on the ground , police shot the man when he was about 15 feet away from them .
In Maryland , police ( moonlighting as security guards ) used extreme force to eject a 26-year-old man with Downs Syndrome and a low IQ from a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ sitting through a second screening of a film .
Autopsy results indicate that Ethan Saylor died of complications arising from asphyxiation , likely caused by a chokehold .
In Florida , police armed with assault rifles fired three shots at a 27-year-old nonverbal , autistic man who was sitting on the ground , playing with a toy truck .
Police missed the autistic man and instead shot his behavioral therapist , Charles Kinsey , who had been trying to get him back to his group home .
The therapist , bleeding from a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ left lying face down on the ground for 20 minutes .
In Texas , police handcuffed , tasered and then used a baton to subdue a 7-year-old student who has severe ADHD and a mood disorder .
With school counselors otherwise occupied , school officials called police and the child ’ s mother to assist after Yosio Lopez started banging his head on a wall .
The police arrived first .
In New Mexico , police tasered , then opened fire on a 38-year-old homeless man who suffered from schizophrenia , all in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ leave a makeshift campsite .
Boyd ’ s death provoked a wave of protests over heavy-handed law enforcement tactics .
In Ohio , police forcefully subdued a 37-year-old bipolar woman wearing only a nightgown in near-freezing temperatures who was neither armed , violent , intoxicated , nor suspected of criminal activity .
After being slammed onto the sidewalk , handcuffed and left unconscious on the street , Tanisha Anderson died as a result of being restrained in a prone position .
And in North Carolina , a state trooper shot and killed a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ pull over during a traffic stop .
Daniel K. Harris was shot after exiting his car , allegedly because the trooper feared he might be reaching for a weapon .
These cases , and the hundreds—if not thousands—more that go undocumented every year speak to a crisis in policing when it comes to law enforcement ’ s failure to adequately assess , de-escalate and manage encounters with special needs or disabled individuals .
While the research is relatively scant , what has been happening is telling .
Over the course of six months @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was in mental crisis every 36 hours .
Among 124 police killings analyzed by The Washington Post in which mental illness appeared to be a factor , “ They were overwhelmingly men , more than half of them white .
Nine in 10 were armed with some kind of weapon , and most died close to home.
” But there were also important distinctions , reports the Post .
The U.S. Supreme Court , as might be expected , has thus far continued to immunize police against charges of wrongdoing when it comes @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a mental illness .
In a 2015 ruling , the Court declared that police could not be sued for forcing their way into a mentally ill woman ’ s room at a group home and shooting her five times when she advanced on them with a knife .
The justices did not address whether police must take special precautions when arresting mentally ill individuals .
( The Americans with Disabilities Act requires “ reasonable accommodations ” for people with mental illnesses , which in this case might have been less confrontational tactics .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ For starters , we need better police training across the board , but especially when it comes to de-escalation tactics and crisis intervention .
A study by the National Institute of Mental Health found that CIT ( Crisis Intervention Team ) -trained officers made fewer arrests , used less force , and connected more people with mental-health services than their non-trained peers .
As The Washington Post points out : Second , police need to learn how to slow confrontations down , instead of ramping up the tension ( and the noise ) @ @ @ @ @ @ @ now required to take a four-hour course in which they learn “ de-escalation tactics ” for dealing with disabled individuals : speak calmly , give space , be patient .
One officer in charge of the Los Angeles Police Department ’ s “ mental response teams ” suggests that instead of rushing to take someone into custody , police should try to slow things down and persuade the person to come with them .
Third , with all the questionable funds flowing to police departments these days , why not use some of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ activist describes as “ a 911-type number dedicated to handling mental-health emergencies , with community crisis-response teams at the ready rather than police officers.
” Increasingly , funds are being directed towards technologies that support predictive policing and behavioral and health surveillance .
For instance , HARPA ( a healthcare counterpart to the Pentagon ’ s research and development arm DARPA ) would take the lead in identifying and targeting “ signs ” of mental illness or violent inclinations among the populace by using artificial intelligence to collect data from Apple Watches , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
The Trump Administration has already awarded contracts worth $ 22.8 million to seven major corporations to develop artificial intelligence ( AI ) and machine learning connected to smartphone apps , wearable devices and software that can identify and trace contacts of “ infected individuals , ” keep track of “ verified ” COVID-19 test results , and monitor the health states of infected and “ potentially ” infected individuals .
It wouldn ’ t take much for these nascent predictive programs to give rise to healthcare versions of red flag gun laws @ @ @ @ @ @ @ take action against individuals who may be perceived as potential threats .
Where the problem arises is when you put the power to determine who is a potential danger in the hands of government agencies , the courts and the police .
In the end , while we need to make encounters with police officers safer for people with suffering from mental illness or with disabilities , what we really need—as I point out in my book Battlefield America : The War on the American People—is to make encounters with police safer for @ @ @ @ @ @ @

by John W. Whitehead
“Anyone who cares for someone with a developmental disability, as well as for disabled people themselves [lives] every day in fear that their behavior will be misconstrued as suspicious, intoxicated or hostile by law enforcement.”—Steve Silberman, The New York Times
They shot at him fourteen times.
Walter Wallace Jr.—a troubled 27-year-old black man with a criminal history and mental health issues—was no saint. Still, he didn’t deserve to die in a hail of bullets fired by two police officers who clearly had not been adequately trained in how to de-escalate encounters with special needs individuals.
Wallace wasn’t unarmed—he was reportedly holding a knife when police confronted him—yet neither cop attempted to use non-lethal weapons on Wallace, who appeared to be in the midst of a mental health crisis. In fact, neither cop even possessed a taser. Wallace, fired upon repeatedly by both officers, was hit in the shoulder and chest and pronounced dead at the hospital.
Wallace’s death is yet one more grim statistic to add to that growing list of Americans—unarmed, impaired or experiencing a mental health crisis—who have been killed by police trained to shoot first and ask questions later.
It’s also a powerful reminder to think twice before you call the cops to carry out a welfare check on a loved one. Especially if that person is autistic, hearing impaired, mentally ill, elderly, suffering from dementia, disabled or might have a condition that hinders their ability to understand, communicate or immediately comply with an order.
Particularly if you value that person’s life.
There are some things that don’t change. Even as the nation grapples with the twin distractions of political theater and a viral pandemic, there are still deadlier forces at play.
This is one of them.
At a time when growing numbers of unarmed people have been shot and killed for just standing a certain way, or moving a certain way, or holding something—anything—that police could misinterpret to be a gun, or igniting some trigger-centric fear in a police officer’s mind that has nothing to do with an actual threat to their safety, even the most benign encounters with police can have fatal consequences.
Unfortunately, police—trained in the worst case scenario and thus ready to shoot first and ask questions later—increasingly pose a risk to anyone undergoing a mental health crisis or with special needs whose disabilities may not be immediately apparent or require more finesse than the typical freeze-or-I’ll-shoot tactics employed by America’s police forces.
Just last year, in fact, Gay Plack, a 57-year-old Virginia woman with bipolar disorder, was killed after two police officers—sent to do a welfare check on her—entered her home uninvited, wandered through the house shouting her name, kicked open her locked bedroom door, discovered the terrified woman hiding in a dark bathroom and wielding a small axe, and four seconds later, shot her in the stomach.
Four seconds.
That’s all the time it took for the two police officers assigned to check on Plack to decide to use lethal force against her (both cops opened fire on the woman), rather than using non-lethal options (one cop had a Taser, which he made no attempt to use) or attempting to de-escalate the situation.
The police chief defended his officers’ actions, claiming they had “no other option” but to shoot the 5 foot 4 inch “woman with carpal tunnel syndrome who had to quit her job at a framing shop because her hand was too weak to use the machine that cut the mats.”
This is what happens when you empower the police to act as judge, jury and executioner.
This is what happens when you indoctrinate the police into believing that their lives and their safety are paramount to anyone else’s.
Suddenly, everyone and everything else is a threat that must be neutralized or eliminated.
In light of the government’s ongoing efforts to predict who might pose a threat to public safety based on mental health sensor data (tracked by wearable data such as FitBits and Apple Watches and monitored by government agencies such as HARPA, the “Health Advanced Research Projects Agency”), encounters with the police could get even more deadly, especially if those involved have a mental illness or disability.
Indeed, disabled individuals make up a third to half of all people killed by law enforcement officers. (People of color are three times more likely to be killed by police than their white counterparts.) If you’re black and disabled, you’re even more vulnerable.
A study by the Ruderman Family Foundation reports that “disabled individuals make up the majority of those killed in use-of-force cases that attract widespread attention. This is true both for cases deemed illegal or against policy and for those in which officers are ultimately fully exonerated… Many more disabled civilians experience non-lethal violence and abuse at the hands of law enforcement officers.”
For instance, Nancy Schrock called 911 for help after her husband, Tom, who suffered with mental health issues, started stalking around the backyard, upending chairs and screaming about demons. Several times before, police had transported Tom to the hospital, where he was medicated and sent home after 72 hours. This time, Tom was tasered twice. He collapsed, lost consciousness and died.
In South Carolina, police tasered an 86-year-old grandfather reportedly in the early stages of dementia, while he was jogging backwards away from them. Now this happened after Albert Chatfield led police on a car chase, running red lights and turning randomly. However, at the point that police chose to shock the old man with electric charges, he was out of the car, on his feet, and outnumbered by police officers much younger than him.
In Georgia, campus police shot and killed a 21-year-old student who was suffering a mental health crisis. Scout Schultz was shot through the heart by campus police when he approached four of them late one night while holding a pocketknife, shouting “Shoot me!” Although police may have feared for their lives, the blade was still in its closed position.
In Oklahoma, police shot and killed a 35-year-old deaf man seen holding a two-foot metal pipe on his front porch (he used the pipe to fend off stray dogs while walking). Despite the fact that witnesses warned police that Magdiel Sanchez couldn’t hear—and thus comply—with their shouted orders to drop the pipe and get on the ground, police shot the man when he was about 15 feet away from them.
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In Maryland, police (moonlighting as security guards) used extreme force to eject a 26-year-old man with Downs Syndrome and a low IQ from a movie theater after the man insisted on sitting through a second screening of a film. Autopsy results indicate that Ethan Saylor died of complications arising from asphyxiation, likely caused by a chokehold.
In Florida, police armed with assault rifles fired three shots at a 27-year-old nonverbal, autistic man who was sitting on the ground, playing with a toy truck. Police missed the autistic man and instead shot his behavioral therapist, Charles Kinsey, who had been trying to get him back to his group home. The therapist, bleeding from a gunshot wound, was then handcuffed and left lying face down on the ground for 20 minutes.
In Texas, police handcuffed, tasered and then used a baton to subdue a 7-year-old student who has severe ADHD and a mood disorder. With school counselors otherwise occupied, school officials called police and the child’s mother to assist after Yosio Lopez started banging his head on a wall. The police arrived first.
In New Mexico, police tasered, then opened fire on a 38-year-old homeless man who suffered from schizophrenia, all in an attempt to get James Boyd to leave a makeshift campsite. Boyd’s death provoked a wave of protests over heavy-handed law enforcement tactics.
In Ohio, police forcefully subdued a 37-year-old bipolar woman wearing only a nightgown in near-freezing temperatures who was neither armed, violent, intoxicated, nor suspected of criminal activity. After being slammed onto the sidewalk, handcuffed and left unconscious on the street, Tanisha Anderson died as a result of being restrained in a prone position.
And in North Carolina, a state trooper shot and killed a 29-year-old deaf motorist after he failed to pull over during a traffic stop. Daniel K. Harris was shot after exiting his car, allegedly because the trooper feared he might be reaching for a weapon.
These cases, and the hundreds—if not thousands—more that go undocumented every year speak to a crisis in policing when it comes to law enforcement’s failure to adequately assess, de-escalate and manage encounters with special needs or disabled individuals.
While the research is relatively scant, what has been happening is telling.
Over the course of six months, police shot and killed someone who was in mental crisis every 36 hours.
Among 124 police killings analyzed by The Washington Post in which mental illness appeared to be a factor, “They were overwhelmingly men, more than half of them white. Nine in 10 were armed with some kind of weapon, and most died close to home.”
But there were also important distinctions, reports the Post.
“This group was more likely to wield a weapon less lethal than a firearm. Six had toy guns; 3 in 10 carried a blade, such as a knife or a machete — weapons that rarely prove deadly to police officers. According to data maintained by the FBI and other organizations, only three officers have been killed with an edged weapon in the past decade. Nearly a dozen of the mentally distraught people killed were military veterans, many of them suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder as a result of their service, according to police or family members. Another was a former California Highway Patrol officer who had been forced into retirement after enduring a severe beating during a traffic stop that left him suffering from depression and PTSD. And in 45 cases, police were called to help someone get medical treatment, or after the person had tried and failed to get treatment on his own.”
The U.S. Supreme Court, as might be expected, has thus far continued to immunize police against charges of wrongdoing when it comes to use of force against those with a mental illness.
In a 2015 ruling, the Court declared that police could not be sued for forcing their way into a mentally ill woman’s room at a group home and shooting her five times when she advanced on them with a knife. The justices did not address whether police must take special precautions when arresting mentally ill individuals. (The Americans with Disabilities Act requires “reasonable accommodations” for people with mental illnesses, which in this case might have been less confrontational tactics.)
Where does this leave us?
For starters, we need better police training across the board, but especially when it comes to de-escalation tactics and crisis intervention.
A study by the National Institute of Mental Health found that CIT (Crisis Intervention Team)-trained officers made fewer arrests, used less force, and connected more people with mental-health services than their non-trained peers.
As The Washington Post points out:
“Although new recruits typically spend nearly 60 hours learning to handle a gun, according to a recent survey by the Police Executive Research Forum, they receive only eight hours of training to de-escalate tense situations and eight hours learning strategies for handling the mentally ill. Otherwise, police are taught to employ tactics that tend to be counterproductive in such encounters, experts said. For example, most officers are trained to seize control when dealing with an armed suspect, often through stern, shouted commands. But yelling and pointing guns is ‘like pouring gasoline on a fire when you do that with the mentally ill,’ said Ron Honberg, policy director with the National Alliance on Mental Illness.”
Second, police need to learn how to slow confrontations down, instead of ramping up the tension (and the noise).
In Maryland, police recruits are now required to take a four-hour course in which they learn “de-escalation tactics” for dealing with disabled individuals: speak calmly, give space, be patient.
One officer in charge of the Los Angeles Police Department’s “mental response teams” suggests that instead of rushing to take someone into custody, police should try to slow things down and persuade the person to come with them.
Third, with all the questionable funds flowing to police departments these days, why not use some of those funds to establish what one disability-rights activist describes as “a 911-type number dedicated to handling mental-health emergencies, with community crisis-response teams at the ready rather than police officers.”
Increasingly, funds are being directed towards technologies that support predictive policing and behavioral and health surveillance. For instance, HARPA (a healthcare counterpart to the Pentagon’s research and development arm DARPA) would take the lead in identifying and targeting “signs” of mental illness or violent inclinations among the populace by using artificial intelligence to collect data from Apple Watches, Fitbits, Amazon Echo and Google Home. The Trump Administration has already awarded contracts worth $22.8 million to seven major corporations to develop artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning connected to smartphone apps, wearable devices and software that can identify and trace contacts of “infected individuals,” keep track of “verified” COVID-19 test results, and monitor the health states of infected and “potentially” infected individuals.
It wouldn’t take much for these nascent predictive programs to give rise to healthcare versions of red flag gun laws, which allows the government to preemptively take action against individuals who may be perceived as potential threats. Where the problem arises is when you put the power to determine who is a potential danger in the hands of government agencies, the courts and the police.
In the end, while we need to make encounters with police officers safer for people with suffering from mental illness or with disabilities, what we really need—as I point out in my book Battlefield America: The War on the American People—is to make encounters with police safer for all individuals all across the board.


investmentwatchblog--2020-12-27--The Markets into the Chaos

The Markets into the Chaos

The markets have been dominated by the elections and COVID .
The future is clearly being dictated by what is taking place politically on a global scale .
When we look around the world we clearly see that even the German share market is positioning itself as an alternative to bonds .
The commodities are preparing for this wave and Crude Oil by no means is acting as they will succeed in ending fossil fuels .
They will never replace jet fighters and bombers with electric .
Bitcoin has soared as a lot of young people are trading now to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ lost jobs and employment is no longer so easy .
They are the typical novice who has to learn from their first trade .
December has been the ideal target for a high and it is a Directional Change as well .
The long-term does not look promising but that seems to be because the governments are rolling out their own Digital Currencies in 2021 and there will be the risk that they seize cryptocurrencies and swap them into their own .
The stock markets still are positioned to be the receptor of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ migrate from bonds to stocks .
Real estate is still positioned to decline in urban centers and the great migration to the suburbs will only accelerate .
You may not even want to be in the suburbs of major cities like New York as they chase the people out , they will expand their taxation beyond their borders .
We still see 2022 are a formidable target on so many levels .
It has shown up as a Panic Cycle year even in politics which has not taken place since the Great Depression @ @ @ @ @ @ @ governors/premiers are following the narrative of the World Economic Forum and their Agenda 2030 .
Meanwhile , Socrates has handled the market quite well from selling the very high in Crude before it crashed to buying the breakout of 1362 in gold back in June 2019 .
This is one reason why Socrates will beat even my opinion every time .

by Martin Armstrong
The markets have been dominated by the elections and COVID. The future is clearly being dictated by what is taking place politically on a global scale. When we look around the world we clearly see that even the German share market is positioning itself as an alternative to bonds. The commodities are preparing for this wave and Crude Oil by no means is acting as they will succeed in ending fossil fuels. They will never replace jet fighters and bombers with electric.
Bitcoin has soared as a lot of young people are trading now to try to make money because they have lost jobs and employment is no longer so easy. They are the typical novice who has to learn from their first trade. December has been the ideal target for a high and it is a Directional Change as well. The long-term does not look promising but that seems to be because the governments are rolling out their own Digital Currencies in 2021 and there will be the risk that they seize cryptocurrencies and swap them into their own.
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The stock markets still are positioned to be the receptor of capital as more and more begin to migrate from bonds to stocks. Real estate is still positioned to decline in urban centers and the great migration to the suburbs will only accelerate. You may not even want to be in the suburbs of major cities like New York as they chase the people out, they will expand their taxation beyond their borders.
We still see 2022 are a formidable target on so many levels. It has shown up as a Panic Cycle year even in politics which has not taken place since the Great Depression. There is no question that most governors/premiers are following the narrative of the World Economic Forum and their Agenda 2030.
Meanwhile, Socrates has handled the market quite well from selling the very high in Crude before it crashed to buying the breakout of 1362 in gold back in June 2019. This is one reason why Socrates will beat even my opinion every time.


investmentwatchblog--2020-12-27--2020: How Covid Was Used to Change the World Forever

Every year , I go back a couple of days after Christmas for a retrospective of the year we ’ re putting behind us .
Most years , there are a variety of articles that have caught the attention of our readers , but this year , every single one was related to how the Covid pandemic would affect us here in the United States .
The interesting thing is that the stories aren ’ t really about the virus itself ( which some folks believe is the plague while others believe it doesn ’ t even exist . )
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ what we need to be prepared for surviving government mandates , and the effect this has on all of us .
Because regardless of what you think of the Covid , nearly everyone is affected by the government ’ s response to it .
Perhaps you ’ ve lost your job or business , or you know someone who has .
Maybe you can ’ t find the supplies you want , or you can no longer afford to stock up .
Maybe you ’ re trying to figure out how to be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ – because we know they ’ re coming .
Never have I written such a grim look back that was so laser-focused on one overriding topic .
These were the ten most-viewed articles on The Organic Prepper in 2020 .
# 10 ) How ( and When ) to Prepare for the NEXT Lockdown Published on May 2 , just as we were beginning to see a little more freedom to come and go as we pleased , I wrote about the fact that another lockdown was entirely likely and that the time @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Incidentally , I wrote an article about the second round of lockdowns on November 13th .
I updated this article repeatedly throughout the year because company after company faced backlogs of orders without enough inventory to fill them .
My favorite company , Legacy , dramatically increased production to fulfill orders and still customers had to wait for months in many cases to get their supplies .
This was one of the most popular articles of the year as people who felt they were not quite ready for a longer-term emergency stocked @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in the article are currently available at the time of this round-up .
# 8 ) Last-Minute Coronavirus Quarantine Supplies : What to Buy ( and Where to Get It ) When the Stuff You Want Is Sold Out Many people had begun to see the writing on the wall in early March , even those who were not preppers .
On March 8th , I wrote an article for those who were having difficulty finding the supplies that were on all the standard checklists .
The best thing about this is that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ preppers who had never even considered it before .
# 7 ) 9 Things to Buy Every Time You Go to the Store By June 28th , after the first round of restrictions had been lifted , people who were never-before preppers were still paying attention and seeing that the stores in many parts of the country had never fully restocked .
I recommended the 9 things I pick up every time I go to the store as a simple way to get ready for the next round .
# 6 ) The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and Cost ) of THESE Essential Products from China Back in February , Zero Hedge reports that the virus that was then centered in mainland China had “ all the hallmarks of a true Black Swan event.
” And they called it .
With hundreds of millions of Chinese people locked down like something out of a dystopian novel , this was bound to affect both our supply chain and our economy .
Locked down people weren ’ t out there producing the cheap goods Americans have come to rely upon , and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ took 2020 to visibly demonstrate to us how little we actually produce here in the US , and how reliant we are on China for consumer goods , medical supplies , and even food .
This article has a massive list of the essentials that my analysis showed might become difficult to acquire .
And as it stands , many stores are still hiding the empty spots that used to be filled with these goods .
Fears of this escalated even more when China said they might withhold medical exports no-they-were-just-kidding if the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ giving the whole world the coronavirus .
# 5 ) How to Prepare for a Coronavirus Quarantine The fifth most popular article of the year was published on February 29th , and it was about how to prepare for a quarantine should the virus really escape China and make its way to the United States .
This article was written with a real quarantine in mind and not the lockdown measures that were later instituted by the United States government .
It provided guidance for people who might end up unable to leave @ @ @ @ @ @ @ month or longer .
Some folks who were at very high risk for the virus did make the personal decision to quarantine themselves and have since shared stories of staying home and living from their supplies for months .
Most people practiced more of a form of social distancing instead and limited their interactions or trips to the store , but they still left to purchase supplies .
It should be reiterated this is not the same thing as a quarantine .
With a quarantine , you don ’ t go in and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ you stay in until it ’ s over .
On March 21 , the official lockdown of the United States began in California and over the next week spread across most of the nation .
By April 4th , 90 % of Americans were living under some form of restriction .
As predicted , this wasn ’ t something that happened all at the same time on a federal level , but on a rolling basis , state by state .
# 3 ) What I Bought to Prep for a Wuhan Coronavirus @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to us here in the US , I had been in Europe .
In January , I returned to North America for the funeral of a beloved family member on a round trip ticket , planning to return to visit Croatia .
However , while I was in Canada , things with the virus began to pick up speed .
I popped down to visit my daughter in the United States at the end of that month and quickly came to believe this was the real deal .
I postponed my return to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and supplies for a potential quarantine .
This article is a list of what I quickly bought so that we could hunker down for a few months if the need arose .
I started from square one and put our entire stockpile together in just a few shopping trips in early February .
While it isn ’ t necessarily the items I would have bought if I ’ d had unlimited money , space , and time to prepare , it saw us through the lockdown and we still have some supplies left @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ) How Long Will the American Covid-19 Lockdown Last ?
Here ’ s What the Patterns Suggest The thing that you may have noticed throughout this roundup is that nearly all of the predictions I made weren ’ t of the crystal ball variety .
They were based on patterns .
How did it happen in other countries ?
How many days did it take ?
What did their charts look like in comparison to our charts ?
This article is no different but met quite the outcry when I said not only @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 77 days of restrictions , but also that this could be a stop and start process .
The response in the comments on both my website and other websites where this was published was that this timeline was nonsense and that there was no way it would take this long , nor would this be something that could literally go on for years .
Yet here we are .
# 1 ) When Will the US Lockdown Over Covid-19 ?
How Long Will Quarantines Last ?
Here ’ s What the Patterns Show @ @ @ @ @ @ @ year , with over 400,000 visits , was this one .
On March 12 , before the “ let ’ s stay home for two weeks and flatten the curve announcement ” was made , I analyzed the lockdowns of China and Italy based on what we were being told .
I concluded we could be looking at a lockdown within a matter of days and recommended that readers make their preparations and get to wherever they intended to spend their lockdown .
On March 21 , the lockdown of America began .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ pandemic including… • There ’ s no such thing as Covid-19 • We should have done X and everything would be fine I believe there is a virus .
I had it , it was confirmed with a serology test , and I was sick for 17 days .
That being said , I don ’ t believe the mandates and measures taken by the United States have been in our best interests .
I believe it ’ s a real health crisis that has the potential to overload hospitals , but I @ @ @ @ @ @ @ justify the destruction of our economy and our personal finances .
We should have the basic human rights and responsibilities of making our own health choices .
We should be provided with accurate information , not propaganda to support the whim of whoever currently wants to mandate our medical decisions .
We have had a real crisis in our country – and in the world – and it was made a thousand times worse by those in power who live by the credo of Rahm Emanuel , President Obama ’ s Chief of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ let a serious crisis go to waste.
” World leaders have taken that to heart , and nations around the globe will never be the same .
We ’ ll be told it is all for our own good , and they ’ re just keeping us safe .
We will look back at 2020 in the same way we look back at Sept. 11 , 2001 , as a turning point where great freedom was lost .
There will be the world before Covid , and the world after Covid .
A @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” it is , will always be a cage .

by Daisy Luther
Every year, I go back a couple of days after Christmas for a retrospective of the year we’re putting behind us. Most years, there are a variety of articles that have caught the attention of our readers, but this year, every single one was related to how the Covid pandemic would affect us here in the United States.
The interesting thing is that the stories aren’t really about the virus itself (which some folks believe is the plague while others believe it doesn’t even exist.) It’s about the lockdowns, what we need to be prepared for surviving government mandates, and the effect this has on all of us.
Because regardless of what you think of the Covid, nearly everyone is affected by the government’s response to it. Perhaps you’ve lost your job or business, or you know someone who has. Maybe you can’t find the supplies you want, or you can no longer afford to stock up. Maybe you’re trying to figure out how to be ready for the next round of mandates – because we know they’re coming.
Never have I written such a grim look back that was so laser-focused on one overriding topic.
These were the ten most-viewed articles on The Organic Prepper in 2020.
Published on May 2, just as we were beginning to see a little more freedom to come and go as we pleased, I wrote about the fact that another lockdown was entirely likely and that the time to begin preparing for it was immediately.
I wrote:
If it turns out to be seasonal, the second wave would be most likely to begin in October. And now, health specialists know what to look for so it’s likely the re-emergence will be identified fairly quickly and lockdowns could occur by November. Whenever a surge occurs, whether it’s next month or next fall, expect another round of lockdowns.
Incidentally, I wrote an article about the second round of lockdowns on November 13th.
I updated this article repeatedly throughout the year because company after company faced backlogs of orders without enough inventory to fill them. My favorite company, Legacy, dramatically increased production to fulfill orders and still customers had to wait for months in many cases to get their supplies.
This was one of the most popular articles of the year as people who felt they were not quite ready for a longer-term emergency stocked up.
Many of the products listed in the article are currently available at the time of this round-up.
Many people had begun to see the writing on the wall in early March, even those who were not preppers. On March 8th, I wrote an article for those who were having difficulty finding the supplies that were on all the standard checklists.
Don’t despair if you can’t the last-minute emergency supplies you wanted. It just means you’re going to have to be flexible and creative. And don’t let people who accuse you of panic-buying or being “selfish” get you down. Sure, you waited later than is ideal but you are doing the best you can, and I commend you for doing so. Ignore the jerks – most of us are really glad you’re here and you’re trying.
The best thing about this is that it turned a lot of folks into preppers who had never even considered it before.
By June 28th, after the first round of restrictions had been lifted, people who were never-before preppers were still paying attention and seeing that the stores in many parts of the country had never fully restocked. I recommended the 9 things I pick up every time I go to the store as a simple way to get ready for the next round.
Back in February, Zero Hedge reports that the virus that was then centered in mainland China had “all the hallmarks of a true Black Swan event.” And they called it. With hundreds of millions of Chinese people locked down like something out of a dystopian novel, this was bound to affect both our supply chain and our economy. Locked down people weren’t out there producing the cheap goods Americans have come to rely upon, and shipping ground to a halt.
It took 2020 to visibly demonstrate to us how little we actually produce here in the US, and how reliant we are on China for consumer goods, medical supplies, and even food.
This article has a massive list of the essentials that my analysis showed might become difficult to acquire. And as it stands, many stores are still hiding the empty spots that used to be filled with these goods.
That list is useful today in that we can use it to predict the products that could soon increase in price, be in short supply, or even be completely unavailable. You can use this list to foresee the things that could become a problem. Some things you could stock up on – like medications – but others are items you won’t know you need until you actually need them – like parts to repair your furnace.
Fears of this escalated even more when China said they might withhold medical exports no-they-were-just-kidding if the United States continued to blame them for giving the whole world the coronavirus.
The fifth most popular article of the year was published on February 29th, and it was about how to prepare for a quarantine should the virus really escape China and make its way to the United States.
This article was written with a real quarantine in mind and not the lockdown measures that were later instituted by the United States government. It provided guidance for people who might end up unable to leave their homes for more supplies for a month or longer.
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Some folks who were at very high risk for the virus did make the personal decision to quarantine themselves and have since shared stories of staying home and living from their supplies for months. Most people practiced more of a form of social distancing instead and limited their interactions or trips to the store, but they still left to purchase supplies. It should be reiterated this is not the same thing as a quarantine. With a quarantine, you don’t go in and out. You go in, and you stay in until it’s over.
On March 21, the official lockdown of the United States began in California and over the next week spread across most of the nation. By April 4th, 90% of Americans were living under some form of restriction. As predicted, this wasn’t something that happened all at the same time on a federal level, but on a rolling basis, state by state.
When the pandemic began, unbeknownst to us here in the US, I had been in Europe. In January, I returned to North America for the funeral of a beloved family member on a round trip ticket, planning to return to visit Croatia.
However, while I was in Canada, things with the virus began to pick up speed. I popped down to visit my daughter in the United States at the end of that month and quickly came to believe this was the real deal. I postponed my return to Europe and went out to purchase food and supplies for a potential quarantine.
This article is a list of what I quickly bought so that we could hunker down for a few months if the need arose. I started from square one and put our entire stockpile together in just a few shopping trips in early February. While it isn’t necessarily the items I would have bought if I’d had unlimited money, space, and time to prepare, it saw us through the lockdown and we still have some supplies left from these trips.
The thing that you may have noticed throughout this roundup is that nearly all of the predictions I made weren’t of the crystal ball variety. They were based on patterns. How did it happen in other countries? How many days did it take? What did their charts look like in comparison to our charts?
This article is no different but met quite the outcry when I said not only could we be looking at somewhere around 77 days of restrictions, but also that this could be a stop and start process.
We have not seen the worst of this situation yet. People should be prepared for anything from more stringent lockdowns, supply chain interruptions, and potentially even civil unrest in some areas as the situation drags on. I know these dates and numbers are probably not what you want to hear. It’s only been ten days and for many, it’s practically unimaginable to live like this for 2 more months, stretching into June. The effect on the economy alone is mind-blowing, not to mention the feelings of uncertainty, unrest, and even fear that many people are experiencing. But if you’re anything like me, you’d rather go into this unknown territory facing reality instead of waiting and wondering.
The response in the comments on both my website and other websites where this was published was that this timeline was nonsense and that there was no way it would take this long, nor would this be something that could literally go on for years.
Yet here we are.
The most viewed article of the year, with over 400,000 visits, was this one.
On March 12, before the “let’s stay home for two weeks and flatten the curve announcement” was made, I analyzed the lockdowns of China and Italy based on what we were being told. I concluded we could be looking at a lockdown within a matter of days and recommended that readers make their preparations and get to wherever they intended to spend their lockdown.
…If massive lockdowns are occurring on about day 22-23 in other countries, that means we may have 7-8 days before we see major lockdowns and quarantines here. That would put us at March 19th or 20th. We may see some early lockdowns of cities or regions where the virus is rapidly spreading like Seattle and New York City. The lockdowns in other countries expanded in about a week to encompass greater geographic areas and larger numbers of people. This would put us at approximately March 26-27th.… …I would expect a quarantine or lockdown in the US to last for up to 2-3 months. There are lots of variables, of course, but this would be a good general guide for getting supplies.
On March 21, the lockdown of America began.
2020 in summary
There are many theories about the covid pandemic including…
There’s no such thing as Covid-19
The virus is a bioweapon
We should have done X and everything would be fine
I believe there is a virus. I had it, it was confirmed with a serology test, and I was sick for 17 days.
That being said, I don’t believe the mandates and measures taken by the United States have been in our best interests. I believe it’s a real health crisis that has the potential to overload hospitals, but I also believe that it didn’t justify the destruction of our economy and our personal finances.
We should have the basic human rights and responsibilities of making our own health choices. We should be provided with accurate information, not propaganda to support the whim of whoever currently wants to mandate our medical decisions.
We have had a real crisis in our country – and in the world – and it was made a thousand times worse by those in power who live by the credo of Rahm Emanuel, President Obama’s Chief of Staff.
“You never want to let a serious crisis go to waste.”
World leaders have taken that to heart, and nations around the globe will never be the same. We’ll be told it is all for our own good, and they’re just keeping us safe.
We will look back at 2020 in the same way we look back at Sept. 11, 2001, as a turning point where great freedom was lost. There will be the world before Covid, and the world after Covid.
A cage, no matter how “safe” it is, will always be a cage.


investmentwatchblog--2020-12-27--The Complexities & Nuances of January 6 & Beyond – What Could Happen

Bill Gates says lockdowns could continue into 2022 and believes restaurants will be closed for the next six months

Max Radio Ep 001: The Role of the Vice President in Counting Electoral Votes
Max Radio Ep 002: The Role of the Vice President in Counting Electoral Votes Part 2 — Beyond Jan 6th
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We could end up with President Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris.
h/t Annie


investmentwatchblog--2020-12-27--US Opens new airstrip On Tinian Island to bring in US aircraft to near South China Sea island

US Opens new airstrip On Tinian Island to bring in US aircraft to near South China Sea island According to @ @ @ @ @ Defense is moving ahead with plans to formally build a backup air base at Tinian @ @ @ @ @ miles to the north of its giant and highly strategic U.S. military airbase on Guam @ @ @ @ @ Force Base .
This comes as the Pentagon is working to expand its existing airfields @ @ @ @ @ and even create new ones that it could use during a major peer-state clash , @ @ @ @ @ the vast region .
It is all part of an emerging distributed combat operations strategy @ @ @ @ @ much about survival as about getting an advantage on the enemy , at least during @ @ @ @ @ potential conflict in the Pacific Theater .
Anderson Air Force Base is so key to @ @ @ @ @ that a natural disaster could knock out flight operations in the entire region is also @ @ @ @ @ initiative .

US Opens new airstrip On Tinian Island to bring in US aircraft to near South China Sea island
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According to reports, the Department of Defense is moving ahead with plans to formally build a backup air base at Tinian Island, located just 100 miles to the north of its giant and highly strategic U.S. military airbase on Guam, known as Andersen Air Force Base. This comes as the Pentagon is working to expand its existing airfields located deep in the Pacific and even create new ones that it could use during a major peer-state clash, namely with China, in the vast region. It is all part of an emerging distributed combat operations strategy that will likely be as much about survival as about getting an advantage on the enemy, at least during the opening stages of a potential conflict in the Pacific Theater. Anderson Air Force Base is so key to U.S. strategy that the possibility that a natural disaster could knock out flight operations in the entire region is also a driving factor behind this initiative.


investmentwatchblog--2020-12-27--Scientists Demand that England Go into Strict Lockdown Immediately

“ A scientist belonging to Independent SAGE has demanded that the entirety of England is put under the strictest conditions which prohibit socialising , bans ‘ unnecessary ’ travel , and forces so-called “ non-essential ” shops to close .
Independent SAGE is run by the government ’ s former scientific adviser , Sir David King , but is not affiliated with the government or its Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies ( SAGE ) .
Dr Zubaida Haque of Independent SAGE said on Saturday : “ Given that we surpassed 70,000 COVID-19 deaths in UK on Christmas Day , and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in hospital than at any point in the pandemic , why hasn ’ t the government implemented Tier 4 restrictions everywhere in the UK ?
Independent Sage are very worried.
” “ We need Tier 4 everywhere now to save lives , ” Dr Haque added .
Following the end of the second lockdown , the government introduced in December a three-tiered system of restrictions that came into effect in early December , putting some 99 per cent of the population under the top two tiers .
While Prime Minister Boris Johnson promised @ @ @ @ @ @ @ rules would be relaxed so all Englishmen could enjoy family time over the festive period , the discovery of a new strain of the Chinese coronavirus resulted in the government inventing Tier 4 — with the toughest restrictions — imposed almost immediately on 16 million Britons in the south , banning gatherings and effectively cancelling family Christmases .
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“A scientist belonging to Independent SAGE has demanded that the entirety of England is put under the strictest conditions which prohibit socialising, bans ‘unnecessary’ travel, and forces so-called “non-essential” shops to close.
Independent SAGE is run by the government’s former scientific adviser, Sir David King, but is not affiliated with the government or its Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE).
Dr Zubaida Haque of Independent SAGE said on Saturday: “Given that we surpassed 70,000 COVID-19 deaths in UK on Christmas Day, and there are now more patients with coronavirus in hospital than at any point in the pandemic, why hasn’t the government implemented Tier 4 restrictions everywhere in the UK? Independent Sage are very worried.”
“We need Tier 4 everywhere now to save lives,” Dr Haque added.
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Following the end of the second lockdown, the government introduced in December a three-tiered system of restrictions that came into effect in early December, putting some 99 per cent of the population under the top two tiers.
While Prime Minister Boris Johnson promised that for five days over Christmas, rules would be relaxed so all Englishmen could enjoy family time over the festive period, the discovery of a new strain of the Chinese coronavirus resulted in the government inventing Tier 4 — with the toughest restrictions — imposed almost immediately on 16 million Britons in the south, banning gatherings and effectively cancelling family Christmases.”
www.breitbart.com/europe/2020/12/27/scientists-demand-uk-goes-strict-lockdown-immediately/


investmentwatchblog--2020-12-27--YouTube Has Censored/Removed “The Plot to Steal America” from President Trump’s YouTube Channel – Wa

YouTube Has Censored/Removed “The Plot to Steal America” from President Trump’s YouTube Channel – Watch a Mirror Now Before It is Gone

Original : ( If You Want to Download It , Now is the Time ) Still available on Twitter in @ @ @ @ @ : I recommended downloading the copy in the first post now before it is gone @

Original: (If You Want to Download It, Now is the Time)
Mirrored on President Trump’s YouTube channel:
UPDATE: Censored/Removed
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Still available on Twitter in two parts, for now:
I recommended downloading the copy in the first post now
before it is gone.
h/t dr0id


investmentwatchblog--2020-12-27--NASVILLE EXPLOSION — Excellent Timeline And Supporting Evidence Of White Hat Strike

What really happened in Nashville ?
An Attack on AT & T ’ s Critical Infrastructure ?
1:22 AM – @ @ @ @ @ Area 6:00 AM – Police Arrived On Scene For Reports Of Shots Fired 6:30 AM @ @ @ @ @ Local Communications Were Knocked Out 4:36 PM – FAA Orders No Fly Zone over the @ @ @ @ @ dealy force authorized Based on the Timeline of Events it is clear that this was @ @ @ @ @ ” The article has a good bit of supporting information but I didn ’ t @ @ @ @ @ particular bombing was being treated until I saw the timeline .
Why did it take @ @ @ @ @ & T to experience widespread outages ?
Why did it take almost 8 hours to @ @ @ @ @ hours to shut down airspace ?
Why the curfew , especially since they ’ ve @ @ @ @ @ what the f*ck is going on in Nashville ?

Nashville Christmas Explosion :
A Timeline of Events
What really happened in Nashville? An Attack on AT&T’s Critical Infrastructure?
1:22 AM – RV First Seen In The Area
6:00 AM – Police Arrived On Scene For Reports Of Shots Fired
6:30 AM – The Explosion Occurred And Local Communications Were Knocked Out
12 PM – AT&T Services Suffered Major Widespread Outages
2:22 PM – FAA Halts Flights At Nashville Airport
4:30 PM – Curfew Imposed On The Area
4:36 PM – FAA Orders No Fly Zone over the area for National Defense, dealy force authorized
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Based on the Timeline of Events it is clear that this was not a “Terrorist Attack”
www.republicanmandate.com/news-articles/nashville-christmas-explosion
The article has a good bit of supporting information but I didn’t realize exactly how odd this particular bombing was being treated until I saw the timeline.
Why did it take 5 1/2 hours for AT&T to experience widespread outages?
Why did it take almost 8 hours to halt domestic flights or 10 hours to shut down airspace?
Why the curfew, especially since they’ve identified the suspects?
Exactly what the f*ck is going on in Nashville?
h/t Nawt Meh Prezdunt


investmentwatchblog--2020-12-27--The world is watching. Thank you Japan !

Anti Lockdown Protest 99 % Song .
This is London telling the new world order to shove their poison vaccine @ @ @ @ @ haven ’ t heard this song it ’ ll brighten your Christmas .

The WORLD is watching. Thank you Japan! 🇺🇸 🇯🇵 pic.twitter.com/91WF9SXSAT
— anonymous patriot 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 (@anonpatriotq) December 27, 2020


investmentwatchblog--2020-12-27--All residential buildings in Jinzhou, China, are being sealed off today

China 's had `` zero '' Covid deaths in the last 9 months .
Is n't that amazing ?

All residential buildings in Jinzhou, China, are being sealed off today disturbing footage has revealed.
CHINA – “The border between Jinzhou and the development zone in Dalian has been sealed off. Golden State TV University nucleic acid testing continues.” pic.twitter.com/xI5UeJXeR3
— ShatteredWorldMedia (@MediaShattered) December 26, 2020


investmentwatchblog--2020-12-27--Fed legacy of one more ridiculous bubble after another, all DENIED in real time. This is not ‘financ

Fed legacy of one more ridiculous bubble after another, all DENIED in real time. This is not ‘financial stability’… The crash is gonna be biblical when it happens… Bitcoin soars past $27K, Has risen >$2.5K in a little over a day

Fed legacy of one more ridiculous bubble after another , all DENIED in real time .
This is not 'financial @ @ @ @ @ @ RobSKaplan @ JanetYellen @ marydalyecon @ RaphaelBostic @ neelkashkari pic.twitter.com/aTfC66JLQ2 The crash is gon @ @ @ @ @ happens .
Biggest gap ever between the real economy and the stock market .
It @ @ @ @ @ stock market can ’ t go higher before it happens .
pic.twitter.com/Nf1C7bC8Qu

Fed legacy of one more ridiculous bubble after another, all DENIED in real time. This is not 'financial stability'🤔 @steveliesman @NickTimiraos @RobSKaplan @JanetYellen @marydalyecon @RaphaelBostic @neelkashkari pic.twitter.com/aTfC66JLQ2
NYT: "Market Edges Toward Euphoria, Despite Pandemic’s Toll"
The crash is gonna be biblical when it happens.
Biggest gap ever between the real economy and the stock market.
It doesn’t mean the stock market can’t go higher before it happens. pic.twitter.com/Nf1C7bC8Qu
— Hoz (@GinkoHoz) December 27, 2020


investmentwatchblog--2020-12-27--Lobbyist brother of top Biden aide reportedly lands big contracts

Shocker , not .
Imagine the outcry if this had been anyone associated with President Trump and his family ?
Course the media will go to bat to cover and protect the demorats .
Heck , if you read the NY Times , you still don ’ t know anything about Swalwell and his relationship with a Chicom honeypot .
“ The lobbyist brother of a top adviser to # notmypresident Joe Biden has been raking in the clients ever since Biden ’ s win was declared , according to reports — sparking conflict-of-interest concerns in the new White House @ @ @ @ @ @ @ brother of longtime Biden aide Steve Ricchetti , picked up a lobbying contract with Amazon Web Services in November , less than a week after Biden was declared the winner of the presidential election , CNBC reported Saturday .
Two days later , Jeff Ricchetti registered as a lobbyist for Evofem Biosciences , pushing for contraceptive coverage in federal health-care plans .
That same week , Steve Ricchetti , who served as Biden ’ s campaign chairman and as his vice-presidential chief of staff , was tapped as “ counselor to the president @ @ @ @ @ @ @ aides like Kellyanne Conway under President Trump .
The Ricchetti brothers co-founded their Washington , D.C. lobbying firm , Ricchetti Inc. , in 2001 .
The firm handled pharmaceutical clients like Eli Lilly and Sanofi during Biden ’ s second vice-presidential term , when Steve Ricchetti left the company to become Biden ’ s right-hand man .
But his resume has drawn fierce denunciations from progressive Democrats .
Ricchetti “ is a former pharma lobbyist and has represented groups vociferously opposed to Medicare For All and the public manufacturing of prescription drugs , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Justice Democrats said last month .
“ If Joe Biden continues making corporate-friendly appointments to his White House , he will risk quickly fracturing the hard-earned goodwill his team built with progressives to defeat Donald Trump , ” she added .
A source assured CNBC that Jeff Ricchetti ’ s client list should cause no concern .
“ Steve and Jeff keep their professional activities distinctly separate , ” the source said .
”

by DCG
Shocker, not. Imagine the outcry if this had been anyone associated with President Trump and his family?
Course the media will go to bat to cover and protect the demorats. Heck, if you read the NY Times, you still don’t know anything about Swalwell and his relationship with a Chicom honeypot.
From NY Post:
“The lobbyist brother of a top adviser to President-elect #notmypresident Joe Biden has been raking in the clients ever since Biden’s win was declared, according to reports — sparking conflict-of-interest concerns in the new White House inner circle.
Jeff Ricchetti, the brother of longtime Biden aide Steve Ricchetti, picked up a lobbying contract with Amazon Web Services in November, less than a week after Biden was declared the winner of the presidential election, CNBC reported Saturday.
Two days later, Jeff Ricchetti registered as a lobbyist for Evofem Biosciences, pushing for contraceptive coverage in federal health-care plans.
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That same week, Steve Ricchetti, who served as Biden’s campaign chairman and as his vice-presidential chief of staff, was tapped as “counselor to the president,” a job held by trusted aides like Kellyanne Conway under President Trump.
The Ricchetti brothers co-founded their Washington, D.C. lobbying firm, Ricchetti Inc., in 2001. The firm handled pharmaceutical clients like Eli Lilly and Sanofi during Biden’s second vice-presidential term, when Steve Ricchetti left the company to become Biden’s right-hand man.
But his resume has drawn fierce denunciations from progressive Democrats. Ricchetti “is a former pharma lobbyist and has represented groups vociferously opposed to Medicare For All and the public manufacturing of prescription drugs,” Alexandra Rojas of the progressive group Justice Democrats said last month.
“If Joe Biden continues making corporate-friendly appointments to his White House, he will risk quickly fracturing the hard-earned goodwill his team built with progressives to defeat Donald Trump,” she added.
A source assured CNBC that Jeff Ricchetti’s client list should cause no concern. “Steve and Jeff keep their professional activities distinctly separate,” the source said.”
DCG


investmentwatchblog--2020-12-27--OOPS — Over 4,000,000 Votes Cast By The Same Person In PA

With 521,879 last names representing 9,008,753 votes we can determine that each unique surname is responsible for an average of @ @ @ @ @ of saying this it ’ s the surname to votes ratio was 17:1 If there @ @ @ @ @ then the same person voted 4,165,561 times .

The Honorable @POTUS @realDonaldTrump
I have some absolutely Stunning News to report regarding PA. I examined just over 9,008,753 records and have identified 521,879 unique Last Names. 245,033 or just under 47% of the total Last Names in PA only belong to 1 and only 1 person! — BobbyPiton (@BobbyPiton3) December 27, 2020
With 521,879 last names representing 9,008,753 votes we can determine that each unique surname is responsible for an average of 17.26 votes.
Another way of saying this it’s the surname to votes ratio was 17:1
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If there were 245,033 surnames were identical then the same person voted 4,165,561 times.
h/t Nawt Meh Prezdunt


investmentwatchblog--2020-12-27--FLYNN — It Ain’t Over Yet

FLYNN — It Ain’t Over Yet

FLYNN — Martial Law Is Nothing New , It ’ s Been Declared 64 Times In This Country ME — @ @ @ @ @ ?

FLYNN — Martial Law Is Nothing New, It’s Been Declared 64 Times In This Country
ME — Can We Get 65 Going?
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h/t Nawt Meh Prezdunt


investmentwatchblog--2020-12-27--Are Masks & Social Distancing Creating Permanent Psychological Damage?

I have received a number of emails pro and con masks .
Plain and simple , masks will not prevent you from getting COVID-19 .
Even Saint Fauci , who the world seems to trust beyond Jesus , Budda , or Mohamid , has admitted that he has even lied about herd immunity to try to manipulate society to get the vaccine , stated at the start of this masks do not work .
He changes his opinions to match the desired political agenda .
Anyone who listens to this guy probably still believes in Santa Claus and politicians really @ @ @ @ @ @ @ sinister objective behind the masks and social distancing .
They will keep this going well into 2021 and the real objective is to prevent civil unrest .
Schwab is already telling people if they do not accept his Agenda 2030 , there will be revolutions .
The restrictions with lockdowns are driving the poor into absolute poverty .
Black unemployment was at a historic low in the United States under Trump .
Lowering taxes creates more jobs .
They are deliberately doing this to create civil unrest to justify Agenda 2030 .
Meanwhile @ @ @ @ @ @ @ creating a permanent impact psychologically whereby some people will from here on out , will look at others as being a threat to their health be it the flu or anything .
As one reader Paul writes , “ If I were to write a book about the times we live in ‘ scared stupid ’ would be the title .
Apparently , they think social distancing while skiing is also necessary .
I can ’ t stop laughing .
Not to mention , you normally ski 6 feet from someone as a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ just so frightened they will not leave their house .
I have spoken to one person who has convinced themselves that are in that less than .05 % who are at risk .
This was the Christmas Tweet from Schwab .
No Merry Christmas – not that there are people deep in third world countries with no ID so the rest of the world must help them by submitting to this electronic ID .
Nobody will be able to travel anywhere without the approval of this new Triumvirate .
They want to overthrow @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to the United Nations , end travel without their digital ID , and prevent you from buying or selling without digital currencies .
Then they are our Super Friends who want to reduce the world population .
With friends like these , who needs enemies or villains ?

by Martin Armstrong
I have received a number of emails pro and con masks. Plain and simple, masks will not prevent you from getting COVID-19. Even Saint Fauci, who the world seems to trust beyond Jesus, Budda, or Mohamid, has admitted that he has even lied about herd immunity to try to manipulate society to get the vaccine, stated at the start of this masks do not work. He changes his opinions to match the desired political agenda. Anyone who listens to this guy probably still believes in Santa Claus and politicians really care.
There is a much more sinister objective behind the masks and social distancing. They will keep this going well into 2021 and the real objective is to prevent civil unrest. Schwab is already telling people if they do not accept his Agenda 2030, there will be revolutions. The restrictions with lockdowns are driving the poor into absolute poverty. Black unemployment was at a historic low in the United States under Trump. Lowering taxes creates more jobs. They are deliberately doing this to create civil unrest to justify Agenda 2030.
Meanwhile, the masks and social distancing are creating a permanent impact psychologically whereby some people will from here on out, will look at others as being a threat to their health be it the flu or anything.
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As one reader Paul writes, “If I were to write a book about the times we live in ‘scared stupid’ would be the title. Apparently, they think social distancing while skiing is also necessary. I can’t stop laughing. Not to mention, you normally ski 6 feet from someone as a courtesy anyway. ”
Many people are just so frightened they will not leave their house. I have spoken to one person who has convinced themselves that are in that less than .05% who are at risk. This was the Christmas Tweet from Schwab. No Merry Christmas – not that there are people deep in third world countries with no ID so the rest of the world must help them by submitting to this electronic ID.
Nobody will be able to travel anywhere without the approval of this new Triumvirate. They want to overthrow the United States and hand all power to the United Nations, end travel without their digital ID, and prevent you from buying or selling without digital currencies.
Then they are our Super Friends who want to reduce the world population. With friends like these, who needs enemies or villains?


investmentwatchblog--2020-12-27--China’s tendrils are everywhere in the Democratic Party.

Democratic Senate candidate Jon Ossoff is fighting Republican attacks over his business ties to China as the Georgia runoff nears , but the Hunter Biden and Eric Swalwell scandals involving Beijing aren ’ t making it any easier .
Mr. Biden , the president-elect ’ s son , and California Democratic Rep. Swalwell have kept stories about Beijing ’ s influence in the news , lending oxygen to Republicans hammering Mr. Ossoff ‘ s link to a Hong Kong conglomerate owned in part by the Chinese communist government .
Mr. Ossoff , a Democrat challenging Republican Sen. David Perdue in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ few points in the Dec. 18 poll by the Trafalgar Group , which pollster Robert Cahaly attributed primarily to the China issue .
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Alarm over Chinese influence soared starting in mid-October with new reports of Hunter Biden ’ s lucrative business deals with Beijing , followed by an Axios investigation earlier this month into a suspected Chinese spy who became chummy with some California Democrats , including Mr. Swalwell .
The Perdue campaign connected the dots in a digital ad with news clips of critics , including Sen. Marsha Blackburn @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Mr. Ossoff ’ s company receiving payments from PCCW Media , which is owned in part by China Unicom , a state-run telecommunications provider .

COLLUSION: Ossoff’s China ties compound Democratic Party’s Hunter Biden, Swalwell woes.
Democratic Senate candidate Jon Ossoff is fighting Republican attacks over his business ties to China as the Georgia runoff nears, but the Hunter Biden and Eric Swalwell scandals involving Beijing aren’t making it any easier.
Mr. Biden, the president-elect’s son, and California Democratic Rep. Swalwell have kept stories about Beijing’s influence in the news, lending oxygen to Republicans hammering Mr. Ossoff‘s link to a Hong Kong conglomerate owned in part by the Chinese communist government.
Mr. Ossoff, a Democrat challenging Republican Sen. David Perdue in the Jan. 5 runoff, slipped a few points in the Dec. 18 poll by the Trafalgar Group, which pollster Robert Cahaly attributed primarily to the China issue. . . .
Alarm over Chinese influence soared starting in mid-October with new reports of Hunter Biden’s lucrative business deals with Beijing, followed by an Axios investigation earlier this month into a suspected Chinese spy who became chummy with some California Democrats, including Mr. Swalwell.
The Perdue campaign connected the dots in a digital ad with news clips of critics, including Sen. Marsha Blackburn, Tennessee Republican, raising concerns about Mr. Ossoff’s company receiving payments from PCCW Media, which is owned in part by China Unicom, a state-run telecommunications provider.


investmentwatchblog--2020-12-27--DEAR VP PENCE — Thomas Jefferson ONLY Became President Because He Counted Ballots In His Own Favor?

`` Thomas Jefferson … among the most revered founding fathers of our country , only became President because he used @ @ @ @ @ of the Senate to open and count the presidential ballots in his own favor .
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"Thomas Jefferson … among the most revered founding fathers of our country, only became President because he used his unilateral power as President of the Senate to open and count the presidential ballots in his own favor."t.co/ehnnu84Lgi
— Rasmussen Reports (@Rasmussen_Poll) December 27, 2020


investmentwatchblog--2020-12-27--Feds Probe If AT&T Bomber Blew Himself Up Over 5G Paranoia

• On Saturday , reports surfaced that local man Anthony Quinn Warner was a person of interest in an explosion that occurred on 2nd Avenue in Nashville ’ s downtown at 6.40am on Christmas morning • Three people were injured and severe damage was reported in the blast • Cops had been called to the area a short time before amid reports of a shooting • However , when they arrived at the scene , they discovered a parked RV playing a recording that claimed the vehicle would explode in 15 minutes • Officials now say they believe the blast @ @ @ @ @ @ @ • The incident has led investigators on a wild chase to determine the identity of the RV ’ s owner • Warner reportedly owned a white RV similar to the one which exploded , and federal agents were seen outside his house Saturday , removing items from the basement of the home • Authorities will swab Warner ’ s mother to determine if he is a match to remains found at the bomb site • DailyMail.com can exclusively reveal Warner gave the $ 160,000 home away for free last month • Michelle Swing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Angeles , was given the house but it is not known whether she had ever met Warner or whether she had family links to him • Swing claims she had no idea that Warner had signed over the property to her • Warner had also transfered her a nearby house worth $ 249,000 for free in January 2019 A 29-year-old mother who was given two homes worth $ 409,000 for free by the man identified as a person of interest in the Nashville Christmas Day bombing has said she had no knowledge of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ reveal .
Michelle Swing , who lives in Los Angeles , claims she was unaware Anthony Quinn Warner , 63 , had signed the $ 160,000 Bakertown Road property raided on Saturday away to her last month via a quitclaim deed .
Swing ’ s signature does not appear on the November 25 transfer .
‘ In the state of Tennessee you can deed property to someone else without their consent or their signature or anything , ’ Swing told DailyMail.com ‘ I didn ’ t even buy the house he just deeded @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
So this all very weird to me , that ’ s about all I can say.
’ However , Warner also transfered another home on Bakertown Road to Swing via a quitclaim deed last year .
The $ 249,000 house had previously belonged a member of his family and Warner had only been in possession of it for five months before again giving it to Swing for free .
She later also used a quitclaim to give the house to another person .
Swing declined to say whether she had ever met @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to him , adding : ‘ I ’ ve been told to direct everything else to FBI.
’ FBI agents swarmed the $ 160,000 property on Saturday morning in their hunt for the mystery RV driver behind the devastating blast outside Nashville ’ s AT & T building .
The Christmas morning explosion is now thought to have been the result of a suicide bombing after it was revealed that human remains had been recovered at the scene and officials said they were not looking for another suspect .
According to WSMV Nashville @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that Warner was paranoid about the idea that Americans are being spied on using 5G , which could explain why the RV exploded outside of an AT & T transmission center .

On Saturday, reports surfaced that local man Anthony Quinn Warner was a person of interest in an explosion that occurred on 2nd Avenue in Nashville’s downtown at 6.40am on Christmas morning
Three people were injured and severe damage was reported in the blast
Cops had been called to the area a short time before amid reports of a shooting
However, when they arrived at the scene, they discovered a parked RV playing a recording that claimed the vehicle would explode in 15 minutes
Officials now say they believe the blast was the result of a suicide bombing
The incident has led investigators on a wild chase to determine the identity of the RV’s owner
Warner reportedly owned a white RV similar to the one which exploded, and federal agents were seen outside his house Saturday, removing items from the basement of the home
Authorities will swab Warner’s mother to determine if he is a match to remains found at the bomb site
DailyMail.com can exclusively reveal Warner gave the $160,000 home away for free last month
Michelle Swing, a 29-year-old woman living in Los Angeles, was given the house but it is not known whether she had ever met Warner or whether she had family links to him
Swing claims she had no idea that Warner had signed over the property to her
Warner had also transfered her a nearby house worth $249,000 for free in January 2019
A 29-year-old mother who was given two homes worth $409,000 for free by the man identified as a person of interest in the Nashville Christmas Day bombing has said she had no knowledge of the property exchange, DailyMail.com can exclusively reveal.
Michelle Swing, who lives in Los Angeles, claims she was unaware Anthony Quinn Warner, 63, had signed the $160,000 Bakertown Road property raided on Saturday away to her last month via a quitclaim deed.
Swing’s signature does not appear on the November 25 transfer.
‘In the state of Tennessee you can deed property to someone else without their consent or their signature or anything,’ Swing told DailyMail.com
‘I didn’t even buy the house he just deeded it over to me without my knowledge. So this all very weird to me, that’s about all I can say.’
However, Warner also transfered another home on Bakertown Road to Swing via a quitclaim deed last year.
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The $249,000 house had previously belonged a member of his family and Warner had only been in possession of it for five months before again giving it to Swing for free. She later also used a quitclaim to give the house to another person.
Swing declined to say whether she had ever met Warner or whether she had family links to him, adding: ‘I’ve been told to direct everything else to FBI.’
FBI agents swarmed the $160,000 property on Saturday morning in their hunt for the mystery RV driver behind the devastating blast outside Nashville’s AT&T building.
The Christmas morning explosion is now thought to have been the result of a suicide bombing after it was revealed that human remains had been recovered at the scene and officials said they were not looking for another suspect.
According to WSMV Nashville, the FBI are working on tips that Warner was paranoid about the idea that Americans are being spied on using 5G, which could explain why the RV exploded outside of an AT&T transmission center.
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9090067/PICTURED-Mother-29-given-TWO-free-homes-worth-409K-Nashville-bomber.html


investmentwatchblog--2020-12-27--China lowers age of criminal responsibility to 12 from 14

According to the amendment to the criminal law , which was passed by the Standing Committee of the ( NPC @ @ @ @ @ aged between 12 and 14 , will bear criminal responsibility if they “ commit intentional @ @ @ @ @ person so as to cause death , or severely injure others by resorting to especially @ @ @ @

National People’s Congress
According to the amendment to the criminal law, which was passed by the Standing Committee of the
(NPC) on Saturday, those aged between 12 and 14, will bear criminal responsibility if they “commit intentional homicide, intentionally hurt another person so as to cause death, or severely injure others by resorting to especially cruel means”.


investmentwatchblog--2020-12-27--With Dovish Powell, Can Gold Shine Again?

Fed Chair Jerome Powell sounded dovish during his press conference on December 16 , where he gave a market update after the Fed ’ s monetary policy meeting .
The Fed will remain accommodative for a long time , which should support gold prices .
Last week was full of important events .
First , both the Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna vaccines received emergency-use authorization from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration .
In consequence , the first COVID-19 vaccination in the United States has already taken place , which is great news for America , as it marks the beginning @ @ @ @ @ @ @ It ’ s high time for that !
As the chart below shows , the U.S. has already lost about 314,000 people to the coronavirus .
And what is disturbing , the current wave of infections doesn ’ t look like it ’ s going to end quickly .
As one can see in the chart below , the number of new daily official cases is still above 200,000 – actually , it has recently jumped to about 250,000 .
So , the beginning of vaccine distribution is the light at the end @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for a return to normalcy in 2021 .
It ’ s important to note that , contrary to the groundbreaking November news about the efficacy of the vaccines , the approval of vaccines and first injections didn ’ t plunge gold prices .
This suggests that the bridge to normalcy built by the vaccines has already been priced in .
That ’ s good news for the gold bulls .
Second , there was renewed optimism about the fresh fiscal support .
Indeed , there are higher odds now than at least about @ @ @ @ @ @ @ passed and implemented by the end of 2020 .
Theoretically , the fiscal stimulus is considered to be helpful for the economy , so it should be negative for gold , however , the price of the yellow metal may actually go up amid concerns about rising fiscal deficits , public debt , and inflation .
Third , the last FOMC meeting took place this year .
I ’ ve already analyzed it in last Thursday ’ s ( Dec. 17 ) edition of the Fundamental Gold Report , but then I focused @ @ @ @ @ @ @ fresh dot-plot .
As a reminder , the Fed tied tapering in its quantitative easing to the progress toward reaching full employment and inflation at two percent , while the economic projections were more optimistic , but they nevertheless didn ’ t see any interest rate hikes until the end of 2023 .
However , it was Powell ’ s press conference that was really crucial , so let ’ s take a closer look at it .
The Fed Chair sounded dovish , as he emphasized the U.S. central bank ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
In particular , Powell reiterated that the Fed will not hike interest rates or reduce its asset purchase program anytime soon .
Actually , Powell said that the bank will normalize its monetary policy only after reaching the maximum employment and price stability : our guidance for both interest rates and asset purchases will keep monetary policy accommodative until our maximum employment and price stability goals are achieved .
And that ’ s a powerful message .
So substantial further progress means what it says .
It means we ’ ll be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to assessments of its maximum level , and inflation to be substantially closer to our 2 percent longer run goal , before we start making adjustments to our purchases .
In other words , Powell clearly stated that he will keep his foot on the gas until at least 2023 , and that he won ’ t pull the brakes even if inflation increases .
This is because Powell believes that although inflation may rebound in 2021 , it will be a temporary increase , and the Fed now has a flexible average @ @ @ @ @ @ @ inflation to overshoot the target : What we ’ re saying is we ’ re going to keep policy highly accommodative until the expansion is well down the tracks .
And we ’ re not going to preemptively raise rates until we see inflation actually reaching 2 percent and being on track to exceed 2 percent .
That ’ s a very strong commitment .
And we think that ’ s the right place to be This means that in 2021 the Fed is likely to be behind the curve .
Higher inflation @ @ @ @ @ @ @ lower real interest rates – further declines in these rates should push the gold prices up .
Moreover , Powell will announce in advance when he wants to take his foot off the gas pedal and start reducing the amount of monetary accommodation .
The Fed clearly doesn ’ t want the replay of the 2013 taper tantrum : And when we see ourselves on a path to achieve that goal , then we will say so undoubtedly well in advance of any time when we would actually consider gradually tapering the pace @ @ @ @ @ @ @ mean for gold prices ?
Well , although the Fed did not expand its monetary accommodation in December , Powell was really dovish and he pointed out that the U.S. central bank would continue its current easy stance “ as long as it takes until the job is well and truly done.
” Gold welcomed Powell ’ s remarks and gained nearly $ 40 on Thursday , as the chart below shows .
It makes sense – after all , the Fed promised that its monetary policy would remain highly accommodative for a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ potential for further accommodation and , thus , a great rally in gold prices is limited ( at least until we see a further weakening in the US dollar or an increases in inflation and decrease in the real interest rates ) , the risk of a sudden tightening in the Fed ’ s monetary policy , that could plunge the gold prices , has diminished .
Therefore , gold could shine again – at least until the markets start to worry about the normalization of monetary policy and start to forecast increases @ @ @ @ @ @ @ enjoyed today ’ s free gold report , we invite you to check out our premium services .
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by Arkadiusz Sieron of Sunshine Profits
Fed Chair Jerome Powell sounded dovish during his press conference on December 16, where he gave a market update after the Fed’s monetary policy meeting. The Fed will remain accommodative for a long time, which should support gold prices.
Last week was full of important events. First, both the Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna vaccines received emergency-use authorization from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. In consequence, the first COVID-19 vaccination in the United States has already taken place, which is great news for America, as it marks the beginning of the end of the pandemic.
It’s high time for that! As the chart below shows, the U.S. has already lost about 314,000 people to the coronavirus.
And what is disturbing, the current wave of infections doesn’t look like it’s going to end quickly. As one can see in the chart below, the number of new daily official cases is still above 200,000 – actually, it has recently jumped to about 250,000.
So, the beginning of vaccine distribution is the light at the end of the pandemic tunnel that brings hope for a return to normalcy in 2021. It’s important to note that, contrary to the groundbreaking November news about the efficacy of the vaccines, the approval of vaccines and first injections didn’t plunge gold prices. This suggests that the bridge to normalcy built by the vaccines has already been priced in. That’s good news for the gold bulls.
Second, there was renewed optimism about the fresh fiscal support. Indeed, there are higher odds now than at least about $750 billion in aid will be passed and implemented by the end of 2020. Theoretically, the fiscal stimulus is considered to be helpful for the economy, so it should be negative for gold, however, the price of the yellow metal may actually go up amid concerns about rising fiscal deficits, public debt, and inflation.
Powell’s Press Conference and Gold
Third, the last FOMC meeting took place this year. I’ve already analyzed it in last Thursday’s (Dec. 17) edition of the Fundamental Gold Report, but then I focused on the monetary policy statement and the fresh dot-plot. As a reminder, the Fed tied tapering in its quantitative easing to the progress toward reaching full employment and inflation at two percent, while the economic projections were more optimistic, but they nevertheless didn’t see any interest rate hikes until the end of 2023.
However, it was Powell’s press conference that was really crucial, so let’s take a closer look at it. The Fed Chair sounded dovish, as he emphasized the U.S. central bank’s commitment to maintaining its very accommodative stance. In particular, Powell reiterated that the Fed will not hike interest rates or reduce its asset purchase program anytime soon. Actually, Powell said that the bank will normalize its monetary policy only after reaching the maximum employment and price stability:
our guidance for both interest rates and asset purchases will keep monetary policy accommodative until our maximum employment and price stability goals are achieved. And that’s a powerful message. So substantial further progress means what it says. It means we’ll be looking for employment to be substantially closer to assessments of its maximum level, and inflation to be substantially closer to our 2 percent longer run goal, before we start making adjustments to our purchases.
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In other words, Powell clearly stated that he will keep his foot on the gas until at least 2023, and that he won’t pull the brakes even if inflation increases. This is because Powell believes that although inflation may rebound in 2021, it will be a temporary increase, and the Fed now has a flexible average inflation targeting framework, so it wants inflation to overshoot the target:
What we’re saying is we’re going to keep policy highly accommodative until the expansion is well down the tracks. And we’re not going to preemptively raise rates until we see inflation actually reaching 2 percent and being on track to exceed 2 percent. That’s a very strong commitment. And we think that’s the right place to be
This means that in 2021 the Fed is likely to be behind the curve. Higher inflation with the nominal interest rates unchanged imply lower real interest rates – further declines in these rates should push the gold prices up. Moreover, Powell will announce in advance when he wants to take his foot off the gas pedal and start reducing the amount of monetary accommodation. The Fed clearly doesn’t want the replay of the 2013 taper tantrum:
And when we see ourselves on a path to achieve that goal, then we will say so undoubtedly well in advance of any time when we would actually consider gradually tapering the pace of purchases.
Implications for Gold
What does it all mean for gold prices? Well, although the Fed did not expand its monetary accommodation in December, Powell was really dovish and he pointed out that the U.S. central bank would continue its current easy stance “as long as it takes until the job is well and truly done.” Gold welcomed Powell’s remarks and gained nearly $40 on Thursday, as the chart below shows.
It makes sense – after all, the Fed promised that its monetary policy would remain highly accommodative for a long time. So, although the potential for further accommodation and, thus, a great rally in gold prices is limited (at least until we see a further weakening in the US dollar or an increases in inflation and decrease in the real interest rates), the risk of a sudden tightening in the Fed’s monetary policy, that could plunge the gold prices, has diminished. Therefore, gold could shine again – at least until the markets start to worry about the normalization of monetary policy and start to forecast increases in the interest rates.
If you enjoyed today’s free gold report, we invite you to check out our premium services. We provide much more detailed fundamental analyses of the gold market in our monthly Gold Market Overview reports, and we provide daily Gold & Silver Trading Alerts with clear buy and sell signals. To enjoy our gold analyses in their full scope, we invite you to subscribe today. If you’re not ready to subscribe yet, and you are not on our gold mailing list yet, we urge you to sign up there as well for daily yellow metal updates. Sign up now!
Arkadiusz Sieron, PhD
Sunshine Profits: Analysis. Care. Profits.
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Disclaimer: Please note that the aim of the above analysis is to discuss the likely long-term impact of the featured phenomenon on the price of gold and this analysis does not indicate (nor does it aim to do so) whether gold is likely to move higher or lower in the short- or medium term. In order to determine the latter, many additional factors need to be considered (i.e. sentiment, chart patterns, cycles, indicators, ratios, self-similar patterns and more) and we are taking them into account (and discussing the short- and medium-term outlook) in our Gold & Silver Trading Alerts.


investmentwatchblog--2020-12-27--HERE IS PROOF THE RV IS NOT THE SOURCE OF THE EXPLOSION

Source of explosion is not the RV ?
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Source of explosion is not the RV? pic.twitter.com/sa2DZWb0bw
— 𝕄𝔾 𝕊𝕙𝕠𝕨 (@intheMatrixxx) December 26, 2020


investmentwatchblog--2020-12-27--Sidney Powell: We are right over the target. ALL voting results are invalid.

Our President needs to listen to the patriots out here fighting for our Republic not those in WH who are @ @ @ @ @ or this country Why Sidney Powell gets the Galileo treatment We always get the most @ @ @ @ @ target !
We are clearly there Who has we n their elections by cheating ?
@ @ @ @ @ ” for getting Dominion in their area ?
 @ GenFlynn t.co/QR7ttynLhl

Our President needs to listen to the patriots out here fighting for our Republic not those in WH who are not being loyal to him or this country
Why Sidney Powell gets the Galileo treatment
We always get the most flak when directly over the target!
We are clearly there
Who has we n their elections by cheating?
Who has “election insurance” for getting Dominion in their area?
@GenFlynn t.co/QR7ttynLhl
— Sidney Powell 🇺🇸⭐⭐⭐ #Kraken (@SidneyPowell1) December 27, 2020


investmentwatchblog--2020-12-27--Toronto Freedom Rally: Police Attempted to Give a Ticket to Protestant and FAILED!

Oregon State Police to protestors : `` All SUBJECTS need to leave the grounds now . ''

Police just attempted to give Kelly Ann Wolfe a ticket at today’s freedom rally protest and failed!! pic.twitter.com/P3Nt97xArZ
— LΞIGH (@LeighStewy) December 26, 2020