investmentwatchblog--2020-08-18--A complete timeline of relevant events on 09/11/2001

–1991 : White House Is Protected From Airplane Attack During Gulf War – 1998 : Training Exercise Held at the White House , Based Around Militants Using a Plane as a Weapon – 1999-September 11 , 2001 : NORAD Exercise Simulates Crashes into US Buildings ; One of Them Is the World Trade Center – Between October 24 and 28 , 2000 : Military Holds Exercise Rehearsing Response to a Plane Crash at the Pentagon – April 17-26 , 2001 : Joint Chiefs of Staff Holds Exercise for Continuity of Government if US is Attacked ; Proposal to Simulate Airliner @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of Staff holds a large , worldwide exercise called Positive Force , which focuses on the Defense Department ’ s ability to conduct large-scale military operations and coordinate these operations .
The 2001 Positive Force exercise is a “ continuity of operations exercise , ” meaning it deals with government contingency plans to keep working in the event of an attack on the US .
Over a dozen government agencies , including NORAD , are invited to participate .
The exercise prepares them for various scenarios , including non-combatant evacuation operations , cyber @ @ @ @ @ @ @ outages .
Apparently , one of the scenarios that was considered for this exercise involved “ a terrorist group hijack [ ing ] a commercial airliner and fly [ ing ] it into the Pentagon.
” But the proposed scenario , thought up by a group of Special Operations personnel trained to think like terrorists , was rejected .
Joint Staff action officers and White House officials said the additional scenario is either “ too unrealistic ” or too disconnected to the original intent of the exercise .
– June 1-2 , 2001 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in which Cruise Missiles Are Launched against US Bin Laden is pictured on the cover of the first Amalgam Virgo exercise .
📷 The US military conducts Amalgam Virgo 01 , a multi-agency planning exercise sponsored by NORAD involving the hypothetical scenario of a cruise missile being launched by “ a rogue [ government ] or somebody ” from a barge off the East Coast .
Bin Laden is pictured on the cover of the proposal for the exercise .
The exercise takes place at Tyndall Air Force Base in Florida .
The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ take place the following year , will involve two simultaneous commercial aircraft hijackings .
Planning for the exercises begins before 9/11 .
– Early August 2001 : Mass Casualty Exercise at the Pentagon Includes a Plane Hitting the Building A mass casualty exercise , involving a practice evacuation , is held at the Pentagon .
General Lance Lord of US Air Force Space Command , one of the participants in the exercises , later recalls : “ [ It was ] purely a coincidence , the scenario for that exercise included a plane @ @ @ @ @ @ @ say that on 9/11 , “ our assembly points were fresh in our minds ” thanks to this practice .
People and organizations involved : Lance Lord Did you catch that ?
re-read the above bold statement .
There are no coincidences .
Every event that took place before 9/11 COULD be considered a coincidence by almost all people who believe the MSM narrative of 9/11 .
Therefore , I will mostly be focusing on a classified ( at the time ) military intelligence task force known as Able Danger .
Able Danger @ @ @ @ @ @ @ LIWA after finding a large presence of Chinese corporations fronting as US companies to mine data inside the US and gain intel .
Able Danger was the United States counter to this Chinese data mining issue .
In the fall of 1999 , Able Danger was officially created to gain information on Al-Qaeda on the orders of 4 star General Peter Schoomaker and Hugh Shelton , leader of SOCOM .
Hijacker Mohamed Atta is put under surveillance by the CIA while living in Germany .
[ Berliner Zeitung , 9/24/01 ; Focus , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ He is “ reportedly observed buying large quantities of chemicals in Frankfurt , apparently for the production of explosives [ and/or ] for biological warfare.
” “ The US agents reported to have trailed Atta are said to have failed to inform the German authorities about their investigation , ” even as the Germans are investigating many of his associates .
“ The disclosure that Atta was being trailed by police long before 11 September raises the question why the attacks could not have been prevented with the man ’ s arrest.
” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ newspaper adds that Atta is able to get a visa into the US on May 18 .
According to some reports , the surveillance stops when he leaves for the US at the start of June .
However , “ experts believe that the suspect [ remains ] under surveillance in the United States.
” [ Berliner Zeitung , 9/24/01 ] A German intelligence official also states , “ We can no longer exclude the possibility that the Americans wanted to keep an eye on Atta after his entry in the US ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with a Newsweek claim that US officials knew Atta was a “ known [ associate ] of Islamic terrorists well before [ 9/11 ] .
” [ Newsweek , 9/20/01 ] However , a congressional inquiry later reports that the US “ intelligence community possessed no intelligence or law enforcement information linking 16 of the 19 hijackers [ including Atta ] to terrorism or terrorist groups.
” [ 9/11 Congressional Inquiry , 9/20/02 ] In 2005 , after accounts of the Able Danger program learning Atta ’ s name become news , newspaper @ @ @ @ @ @ @ report about Atta being known by US intelligence .
For instance , the New York Times will report , “ The account [ about Able Danger ] is the first assertion that Mr. Atta , an Egyptian who became the lead hijacker in the plot , was identified by any American government agency as a potential threat before the Sept. 11 attacks ” ( see August 9 , 2005 ) .
[ New York Times , 8/9/05 ] Its clear by now that Able Danger has Identified an immense amount of data on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , over a year before the attacks and after being seen purchasing chemicals for chemical warefare .
April 2000 : LIWA and Able Danger Face Trouble After LIWA Connects Prominent US Figures to Chinese Military A 1999 study by the US Army ’ s Land Information Warfare Activity ( LIWA ) to look into possible Chinese front companies in the US seeking technology for the Chinese military created controversy and was ordered destroyed in November 1999 ( see Mid-1999-November 1999 ) .
However , apparently Rep. Curt Weldon ( R ) protests , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ head during this month .
One result of this controversy will be what Maj. Erik Kleinsmith will later call “ severely restricted ” support for Able Danger , including a temporary end to LIWA support ( see April 2000 ) In an April 14 , 2000 memorandum from the legal counsel in the Office of the Joint Chiefs of Staff , Capt .
Michael Lohr writes that the concern over the LIWA data mining study raises privacy concerns : “ Preliminary review of subject methodology raised the possibility that LIWA ‘ data mining @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ( FI ) information and domestic information relating to US citizens ( i.e .
law enforcement , tax , customs , immigration , etc… … I recognize that an argument can be made that LIWA is not ‘ collecting ’ in the strict sense ( i.e .
they are accessing public areas of the Internet and non-FI federal government databases of already lawfully collected information ) .
This effort would , however , have the potential to pull together into a single database a wealth of privacy-protected US citizen information in a more @ @ @ @ @ @ @ contemplated.
” Additionally , the content of the study is another reason why it caused what Weldon calls a “ wave of controversy.
” The study had connected future National Security Advisor and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice , former Defense Secretary William Perry , and other prominent US citizens to business transactions with Chinese military officials .
( see Mid-1999-November 1999 ) .
[ Washington Times , 10/9/05 ; Washington Times , 9/22/05 ; New York Post , 8/27/05 ; Curt Weldon Press Conference , 9/17/05 ; Erik Kleinsmith Statement , 9/21/05 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ comment , “ Sources familiar with Able Danger say the project was shut down because it could have led to the exposure of a separate secret data mining project focusing on US citizens allegedly transferring super-sensitive US technology illegally to the Chinese government.
” [ WTOP , 9/1/05 ] A massive destruction of data from Able Danger and LIWA ’ s data mining efforts will follow , one month later ( see May-June 2000 ) .
i MEAN WHAT MORE INFO DO WE NEED ?
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2.5 TERABYTES IN THE YEAR @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was destroyed… and of course it was just a joke , but Kleinsmith was told hed be fired if he didnt destroy all of it .
Okay now I could speculate for hours and hours on the amount of foreknowledge but i ’ d like to move to another section of our story : Why would a van of middle eastern men want to meet with bush on this particular morning… when bush has increased security for no reason… ( 6:30 a.m. ) : NORAD on Alert for Emergency Exercises Lieutenant Colonel Dawne @ @ @ @ @ @ @ begins a large scale exercise known as : Vigilant Guardian .
-THIS IS DIFFERENT THAN GLOBAL GUARDIAN WHICH IS ANOTHER EXERCISE I WILL COVER SHORTLY- ( 6:47 A.M. ) Fire alarms in WTC 7 placed to “ test mode ” .
Around 8 A.M. “ Dancing Israelis ” First seen in New Jersey Parking lot The five men were detained by Sergeant Scott DeCarlo of the New Jersey Police Department around 4pm on September 11th.
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The police and FBI field agents became suspicious when they found maps of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ cutters ( the same items that the 19 hijackers supposedly used ) , $ 4,700 cash stuffed in a sock , and foreign passports .
Police also told a New Jersey local paper , The Bergen Record , that bomb sniffing dogs were brought to the van and that they reacted as if they had smelled explosives .
According to the Jewish Weekly Forward the FBI later determined that at least two of the Israelis ( Sivan Kurzberg and Paul Kurzberg ) were agents of the Mossad .
[ 8 ] [ 9 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ fighters after Flight 11 after being notified ( see ( 8:37 a.m. ) ) .
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Colonel Dawne Deskins at NEADS tells Colonel Robert Marr , head of NEADS , “ I have FAA on the phone , the shout line , Boston Center .
They said they have a hijacked aircraft.
” Marr then calls Major General Larry Arnold at NORAD ’ s command Center in Tyndall Air Force Base , Florida , and says , “ Boss , I need to scramble [ fighters at ] Otis [ Air National @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , “ I said go ahead and scramble them , and we ’ ll get the authorities later.
” Arnold then calls NORAD headquarters to report .
[ ABC News , 9/11/02 , Independent Commission Report , 6/17/04 ] Then , seeing the proper authorization , NEADS calls Canadian Captain Mike Jellinek at NORAD ’ s Colorado headquarters .
Jellinek is sitting near Canadian Air Force Major General Rick Findley , director of combat operations there .
Findley ’ s staff is “ already on high alert ” because of a joint US-Canada @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ( 6:30 a.m. ) ) , and another joint exercise known as Operation Northern Vigilance ( see ( 9:00 a.m. ) ) MAN WHAT A COINCIDINKLE THAT ALL MAJOR US MILITARY BRANCHES ARE ENGAGED IN SIMULATIONS THAT INVOLVE HIJACKED AIRPLANES ON THIS MORNING HUH ?
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The Icing on the cake : 5 israeli men arrested with a van packed with explosives on George Washington bridge .
This event has nearly been memory-holed from the population .
And I deem it my responsibility to remind the population @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Anyway , all reports have the same story : 2-3 men being arrested on the George Washington bridge PACKED with explosives .
Reports state that amount of explosives could ’ ve “ done severe damage to the bridge ” .
Now I cant find a source for what was said after the Israeli men were arrested , but I can remember from memory what was said , i ’ d love if someone can confirm my picture perfect memory correct on this : “ We are not the enemy .
The Palestinians are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” something along those lines were said to the arresting officer .
In FOIA requests of this event , it has been deemed “ Top Secret ” .
9/11 single handed , proves that we as the people are brainwashed into believing everything you see .
This needs to be known .
Let me leave you with this thought : This woman engulfed in flames out of no where and was burned beyond recognition before the car even halted to a stop , gently I might add .
Isn ’ t it weird @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of no where , with molten steel spewing for weeks to months after the attacks ?
Kinda makes you wonder if those “ middle eastern men ” had some left over presents from their WTC visit to “ fix the sprinkler system ” from 09/05/2001 .
Let me know if I left anything out .
Honestly , I could make infinite amounts of posts about 9/11 because of the amount of info here to grasp .
Yet , none of what Ive posted has been disprove yet… hmmm .
Wow I havent checked @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to bed .
Thank you so much everyone for the feedback and rewards !
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years leading up to 09/11/2001:
MILITARY SIMULATIONS AND TRAININGS:
–1991: White House Is Protected From Airplane Attack During Gulf War
While a battery of surface-to-air-missiles remains permanently on the roof of the White House, the rest of these defenses are apparently removed after the war is over. Yet even though counterterrorism officials later call the alerts in the summer of 2001 “the most urgent in decades,” similar defensive measures will apparently not be taken.
– 1998: Training Exercise Held at the White House, Based Around Militants Using a Plane as a Weapon
Counterterrorism “tsar” Richard Clarke chairs a tabletop exercise at the White House, involving a scenario where anti-American militants fill a Learjet with explosives, and then fly it on a suicide mission toward a target in Washington, DC. Officials from the Pentagon, Secret Service, and FAA attend, and are asked how they would stop such a threat. Pentagon officials say they could launch fighters from Langley Air Force Base, Virginia, but would need authorization from the president to shoot the plane down, and currently there is no system to do this. The 9/11 Commission later states: “There was no clear resolution of the problem at the exercise.”
– 1999-September 11, 2001: NORAD Exercise Simulates Crashes into US Buildings; One of Them Is the World Trade Center
One of these imagined targets is the World Trade Center. According to NORAD, these scenarios are regional drills, rather than regularly scheduled continent-wide exercises. They utilize “[n]umerous types of civilian and military aircraft” as mock hijacked aircraft, and test “track detection and identification; scramble and interception; hijack procedures; internal and external agency coordination; and operational security and communications security procedures.” The main difference between these drills and the 9/11 attacks is that the planes in the drills are coming from another country, rather than from within the US. Before 9/11, NORAD reportedly conducts four major exercises at headquarters level per year. Most of them are said to include a hijack scenario.
– Between October 24 and 28, 2000: Military Holds Exercise Rehearsing Response to a Plane Crash at the Pentagon
Pentagon and Arlington County emergency responders assemble in the office of the Secretary of Defenses conference room in the Pentagon for a mass casualty exercise (“MASCAL”). The exercise involves three mock-scenarios. One is of a commercial airliner crashing into the Pentagon and killing 342 people, while the other two involve a terrorist attack at the Pentagons subway stop and a construction accident. The exercises are conducted using a large-scale model of the Pentagon with a model airplane literally on fire in the central courtyard of the building. An Army medic who participates in the mock attack calls it “a real good scenario and one that could happen easily,” while a fire chief notes: “You have to plan for this. Look at all the air traffic around here.”
– May 2001: Medics Train for Airplane Hitting Pentagon
The Tri-Service DiLorenzo Health Care Clinic and the Air Force Flight Medicine Clinic, both housed within the Pentagon, train for a scenario involving a hijacked 757 airliner being crashed into the Pentagon. It is reported that the purpose of the training is “to fine-tune their emergency preparedness.”
– April 17-26, 2001: Joint Chiefs of Staff Holds Exercise for Continuity of Government if US is Attacked; Proposal to Simulate Airliner Crash into Pentagon Rejected
The Joint Chiefs of Staff holds a large, worldwide exercise called Positive Force, which focuses on the Defense Department’s ability to conduct large-scale military operations and coordinate these operations. The 2001 Positive Force exercise is a “continuity of operations exercise,” meaning it deals with government contingency plans to keep working in the event of an attack on the US. Over a dozen government agencies, including NORAD, are invited to participate. The exercise prepares them for various scenarios, including non-combatant evacuation operations, cyber attacks, rail disruption, and power outages. Apparently, one of the scenarios that was considered for this exercise involved “a terrorist group hijack[ing] a commercial airliner and fly[ing] it into the Pentagon.” But the proposed scenario, thought up by a group of Special Operations personnel trained to think like terrorists, was rejected. Joint Staff action officers and White House officials said the additional scenario is either “too unrealistic” or too disconnected to the original intent of the exercise.
– June 1-2, 2001: Military Conducts Exercises Based on Scenario in which Cruise Missiles Are Launched against US
Bin Laden is pictured on the cover of the first Amalgam Virgo exercise. 📷 The US military conducts Amalgam Virgo 01, a multi-agency planning exercise sponsored by NORAD involving the hypothetical scenario of a cruise missile being launched by “a rogue [government] or somebody” from a barge off the East Coast. Bin Laden is pictured on the cover of the proposal for the exercise. The exercise takes place at Tyndall Air Force Base in Florida. The next Amalgam Virgo exercise, scheduled to take place the following year, will involve two simultaneous commercial aircraft hijackings. Planning for the exercises begins before 9/11.
poster for event on June 1-2, 2001 feat. Osama Bin Laden.
– Early August 2001: Mass Casualty Exercise at the Pentagon Includes a Plane Hitting the Building
A mass casualty exercise, involving a practice evacuation, is held at the Pentagon. General Lance Lord of US Air Force Space Command, one of the participants in the exercises, later recalls: “[It was] purely a coincidence, the scenario for that exercise included a plane hitting the building.” Lord will also say that on 9/11, “our assembly points were fresh in our minds” thanks to this practice. People and organizations involved: Lance Lord

Did you catch that? re-read the above bold statement. There are no coincidences.
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Every event that took place before 9/11 COULD be considered a coincidence by almost all people who believe the MSM narrative of 9/11. Therefore, I will mostly be focusing on a classified (at the time) military intelligence task force known as Able Danger.
Able Danger was a data mining software started by LIWA after finding a large presence of Chinese corporations fronting as US companies to mine data inside the US and gain intel. Able Danger was the United States counter to this Chinese data mining issue.
In the fall of 1999, Able Danger was officially created to gain information on Al-Qaeda on the orders of 4 star General Peter Schoomaker and Hugh Shelton, leader of SOCOM.
Using computers, the unit collects huge amounts of data in a technique called “data mining.” They get information from such sources as al-Qaeda Internet chat rooms, news accounts, web sites, and financial records. Using sophisticated software, they compare this with government records such as visa applications by foreign tourists, to find any correlations and depict these visually.

Hijacker Mohamed Atta is put under surveillance by the CIA while living in Germany. [Berliner Zeitung, 9/24/01; Focus, 9/24/01; Agence France-Presse, 9/22/01] He is “reportedly observed buying large quantities of chemicals in Frankfurt, apparently for the production of explosives [and/or] for biological warfare.” “The US agents reported to have trailed Atta are said to have failed to inform the German authorities about their investigation,” even as the Germans are investigating many of his associates. “The disclosure that Atta was being trailed by police long before 11 September raises the question why the attacks could not have been prevented with the man’s arrest.” [Observer, 9/30/01] A German newspaper adds that Atta is able to get a visa into the US on May 18. According to some reports, the surveillance stops when he leaves for the US at the start of June. However, “experts believe that the suspect [remains] under surveillance in the United States.” [Berliner Zeitung, 9/24/01] A German intelligence official also states, “We can no longer exclude the possibility that the Americans wanted to keep an eye on Atta after his entry in the US” [Focus, 9/24/01] This correlates with a Newsweek claim that US officials knew Atta was a “known [associate] of Islamic terrorists well before [9/11].” [Newsweek, 9/20/01] However, a congressional inquiry later reports that the US “intelligence community possessed no intelligence or law enforcement information linking 16 of the 19 hijackers [including Atta] to terrorism or terrorist groups.” [9/11 Congressional Inquiry, 9/20/02] In 2005, after accounts of the Able Danger program learning Atta’s name become news, newspaper account will neglect to mention this prior report about Atta being known by US intelligence. For instance, the New York Times will report, “The account [about Able Danger] is the first assertion that Mr. Atta, an Egyptian who became the lead hijacker in the plot, was identified by any American government agency as a potential threat before the Sept. 11 attacks” (see August 9, 2005) . [New York Times, 8/9/05]
Its clear by now that Able Danger has Identified an immense amount of data on the future hijackers living in New York, over a year before the attacks and after being seen purchasing chemicals for chemical warefare.
A 1999 study by the US Army’s Land Information Warfare Activity (LIWA) to look into possible Chinese front companies in the US seeking technology for the Chinese military created controversy and was ordered destroyed in November 1999 (see Mid-1999-November 1999). However, apparently Rep. Curt Weldon (R) protests, and the issue finally comes to a head during this month. One result of this controversy will be what Maj. Erik Kleinsmith will later call “severely restricted” support for Able Danger, including a temporary end to LIWA support (see April 2000) In an April 14, 2000 memorandum from the legal counsel in the Office of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Capt. Michael Lohr writes that the concern over the LIWA data mining study raises privacy concerns: “Preliminary review of subject methodology raised the possibility that LIWA ‘data mining’ would potentially access both foreign intelligence (FI) information and domestic information relating to US citizens (i.e. law enforcement, tax, customs, immigration, etc… … I recognize that an argument can be made that LIWA is not ‘collecting’ in the strict sense (i.e. they are accessing public areas of the Internet and non-FI federal government databases of already lawfully collected information). This effort would, however, have the potential to pull together into a single database a wealth of privacy-protected US citizen information in a more sweeping and exhaustive manner than was previously contemplated.” Additionally, the content of the study is another reason why it caused what Weldon calls a “wave of controversy.” The study had connected future National Security Advisor and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, former Defense Secretary William Perry, and other prominent US citizens to business transactions with Chinese military officials.(see Mid-1999-November 1999). [Washington Times, 10/9/05; Washington Times, 9/22/05; New York Post, 8/27/05; Curt Weldon Press Conference, 9/17/05; Erik Kleinsmith Statement, 9/21/05] One article on the subject will comment, “Sources familiar with Able Danger say the project was shut down because it could have led to the exposure of a separate secret data mining project focusing on US citizens allegedly transferring super-sensitive US technology illegally to the Chinese government.” [WTOP, 9/1/05] A massive destruction of data from Able Danger and LIWA’s data mining efforts will follow, one month later (see May-June 2000).
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Maj. Eric Kleinsmith, chief of intelligence for the Land Information Warfare Activity (LIWA) unit, is ordered to destroy data and documents related to a military intelligence program set up to gather information about al-Qaeda. The program, called Able Danger, has identified Mohamed Atta and three other future hijackers as potential threats (see January-February 2000). According to Kleinsmith, by April 2000 it has collected “an immense amount of data for analysis that allowed us to map al-Qaeda as a worldwide threat with a surprisingly significant presence within the United States.” The representative also acknowledges that regulations would have probably allowed the Able Danger information to be shared with law enforcement agencies before its destruction. Asked why this was not done, he responds, “I can’t tell you.” [CNET News, 9/21/05] The order to destroy the data and documents is given to Kleinsmith by Army Intelligence and Security Command General Counsel Tony Gentry, who jokingly tells him, “Remember to delete the data—or you’ll go to jail.” [Government Executive, 9/21/05] The quantity of information destroyed is later described as “2.5 terabytes,” about as much as one-fourth of all the printed materials in the Library of Congress. [Associated Press, 9/16/05] Other records associated with the unit are allegedly destroyed in March 2001 and spring 2004
i MEAN WHAT MORE INFO DO WE NEED????
2.5 TERABYTES IN THE YEAR 2000. The amount of data that was destroyed… and of course it was just a joke, but Kleinsmith was told hed be fired if he didnt destroy all of it.
Okay now I could speculate for hours and hours on the amount of foreknowledge but i’d like to move to another section of our story:

-Tuesday, September 11th, 2001.
President Bush has just spent the night at Colony Beach and Tennis Resort on Longboat Key, Florida. Surface-to-air missiles have been placed on the roof of the resort (it is not known if this was typical of presidential security before 9/11, or if this was related to increased terror warnings). [Sarasota Herald-Tribune, 9/10/02] Bush wakes up around 6:00 a.m. and is preparing for his morning jog. [MSNBC, 10/27/02; Daily Telegraph, 12/16/01; New York Times, 9/16/01 (B)] A van occupied by men of Middle Eastern descent arrives at the Colony Beach Resort, stating they have a “poolside” interview with the president. They do not have an appointment and they are turned away. [Longboat Observer, 9/26/01] Some question whether this was an assassination attempt modeled on the one used on Afghan leader Ahmed Massoud two days earlier (see September 9, 2001). [Time, 8/4/02 (B)] Longboat Key Fire Marshal Carroll Mooneyhan was reported to have overheard the conversation between the men and the Secret Service, but he later denies the report. The newspaper that reported this, the Longboat Observer stands by its story. [St. Petersburg Times, 7/4/04] Witnesses recall seeing Mohamed Atta in the Longboat Key Holiday Inn a short distance from where Bush was staying as recently as September 7, the day Bush’s Sarasota appearance was publicly announced.
Why would a van of middle eastern men want to meet with bush on this particular morning… when bush has increased security for no reason…
(6:30 a.m.): NORAD on Alert for Emergency Exercises
Lieutenant Colonel Dawne Deskins, regional mission control chief, begins a large scale exercise known as: Vigilant Guardian. -THIS IS DIFFERENT THAN GLOBAL GUARDIAN WHICH IS ANOTHER EXERCISE I WILL COVER SHORTLY-
In contrast to the 9/11 Commission Report – Michael Ruppert has characterized Vigilant Guardian as “a hijacking drill, not a cold war exercise”. He cites direct quotes from participants which indicate “that the drill involved hijacked airliners rather than Russian Bombers”. General Arnold, Tech. Sgt. W. Powel and Lt. Col. Dwane Deskins have stated that when they first were informed about hijacked airliners they thought it was “part of the exercise”.[1]
“Approximately two hours prior to the first attack”, at least two workers at the instant messaging company Odigo receive messages warning of the WTC attack. This Israeli owned company has its headquarters two blocks from the WTC.
(6:47 A.M.) Fire alarms in WTC 7 placed to “test mode”.
While these extra security measures were being implemented, another anomalous event occurred at WTC 7, a 47-story office building located 370 feet north of the North Tower. Specifically, every morning for the seven days before September 11, the building’s fire alarm system was placed on “test condition.” On September 11, it was again put on test condition, at 6:47 a.m., and only returned to normal monitoring, automatically, eight hours later, at 2:47 p.m.
Around 8 A.M. “Dancing Israelis” First seen in New Jersey Parking lot
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The five men were detained by Sergeant Scott DeCarlo of the New Jersey Police Department around 4pm on September 11th.[7]. The police and FBI field agents became suspicious when they found maps of the city with certain places highlighted, box cutters (the same items that the 19 hijackers supposedly used), $4,700 cash stuffed in a sock, and foreign passports. Police also told a New Jersey local paper, The Bergen Record, that bomb sniffing dogs were brought to the van and that they reacted as if they had smelled explosives. According to the Jewish Weekly Forward the FBI later determined that at least two of the Israelis (Sivan Kurzberg and Paul Kurzberg) were agents of the Mossad.[8][9]
NORAD gives the command to scramble fighters after Flight 11 after being notified (see (8:37 a.m.)). Lt. Colonel Dawne Deskins at NEADS tells Colonel Robert Marr, head of NEADS, “I have FAA on the phone, the shout line, Boston Center. They said they have a hijacked aircraft.” Marr then calls Major General Larry Arnold at NORAD’s command Center in Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, and says, “Boss, I need to scramble [fighters at] Otis [Air National Guard Base].” Arnold recalls, “I said go ahead and scramble them, and we’ll get the authorities later.” Arnold then calls NORAD headquarters to report. [ABC News, 9/11/02, Independent Commission Report, 6/17/04] Then, seeing the proper authorization, NEADS calls Canadian Captain Mike Jellinek at NORAD’s Colorado headquarters. Jellinek is sitting near Canadian Air Force Major General Rick Findley, director of combat operations there. Findley’s staff is “already on high alert” because of a joint US-Canada exercise known as Vigilant Guardian (see (6:30 a.m.)), and another joint exercise known as Operation Northern Vigilance (see (9:00 a.m.))

MAN WHAT A COINCIDINKLE THAT ALL MAJOR US MILITARY BRANCHES ARE ENGAGED IN SIMULATIONS THAT INVOLVE HIJACKED AIRPLANES ON THIS MORNING HUH???!?!!?

The Icing on the cake: 5 israeli men arrested with a van packed with explosives on George Washington bridge.
This event has nearly been memory-holed from the population. And I deem it my responsibility to remind the population what happened on this horrific day.
CNN video of reporting.
ABC report as well
Anyway, all reports have the same story: 2-3 men being arrested on the George Washington bridge PACKED with explosives. Reports state that amount of explosives could’ve “done severe damage to the bridge”. Now I cant find a source for what was said after the Israeli men were arrested, but I can remember from memory what was said, i’d love if someone can confirm my picture perfect memory correct on this:
“We are not the enemy. The Palestinians are the problem. We are your friends.”
something along those lines were said to the arresting officer. In FOIA requests of this event, it has been deemed “Top Secret”.

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9/11 single handed, proves that we as the people are brainwashed into believing everything you see. This needs to be known.

One last thing…
nypost.com/2002/02/13/911-link-eyed-in-fiery-death-of-crooked-dmv-worker/
www.cbsnews.com/news/terror-links-in-tenn-mystery/

Terror Links In Tenn. Mystery? Shortly before 1 a.m. on Feb. 10, witnesses saw flames erupt from the back seat of a 1992 Acura Legend as it crawled along a two-lane road skirting farm fields in the little Tennessee town of Piperton. The driver breathed in the flames, her lungs searing, as the car veered off the road and came to rest against a utility pole near the Mississippi state line. There were no skid marks or furrows in the grass to indicate the driver had hit the brakes. A witness rushed up and pulled open the car door, but the driver was not moving. She appeared to be already dead. When the first volunteer firefighters arrived, the car was engulfed in flames.
wait for it…
Shortly after she showed up for work, a man from the Toyota, Khaled Odtllah, a native of Jerusalem, joined the morning rush into the building. According to an FBI affidavit, he was clutching four signed driver’s license applications.
WAIT. FOR. IT.
With Odtllah, police found Mostafa Said Abou-Shahi, Mohammed Fares, Sakher Hammad and his cousin Abdelmuhsen Mahmid Hammad. An unnamed juvenile was also taken into custody. A few months ago, the contets of Sakher Hammad’s wallet would have seemed innocuous: Two video rental cards; two major credit cards; a card designating him a “charter member” of Team Ford Racing; a New York plumber’s business card. And a pass, dated 09/05/01 that gave him access to the lower basement of One World Trade Center.
UH OH
Authorities say Sakher Hammad told them he is plumber, and that he and his cousin were in the tower to work on the sprinkler system. New York authorities have no record of a plumber’s license for either cousin. A business card in Sakher Hammad’s wallet was for a Magic Plumbing & Heating Inc. in Brooklyn. It advertises “custom kitchens, bathrooms, water heaters, boilers, repiping” – generally residential in nature. A call to the business produced only a full voice-mailbox for someone named “Rocky.” Using a reverse telephone directory, the AP found a list of phone numbers at the company’s street address, all of them for individuals, among them Sakher Hammad.

Family members have refused to talk. A wary elderly neighbor said, “I believe somebody killed her.”
Let me leave you with this thought: This woman engulfed in flames out of no where and was burned beyond recognition before the car even halted to a stop, gently I might add.
Isn’t it weird that the twin towers just collapsed out of no where, with molten steel spewing for weeks to months after the attacks?
Kinda makes you wonder if those “middle eastern men” had some left over presents from their WTC visit to “fix the sprinkler system” from 09/05/2001.

Let me know if I left anything out. Honestly, I could make infinite amounts of posts about 9/11 because of the amount of info here to grasp. Yet, none of what Ive posted has been disprove yet… hmmm.
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investmentwatchblog--2020-08-18--Scott Adams has a disturbing history of being correct:

Step 3 : Use media brainwashing to make it `` true '' that Trump really lost but has become a @ @ @ @ @ .
Step 4 : Impeach or otherwise remove Trump by non-Constitutional means .
Frame it @ @ @ @ @

Step 2: Claim Trump's electoral victory is not legitimate.
Step 3: Use media brainwashing to make it "true" that Trump really lost but has become a dictator, staying in power.
Step 4: Impeach or otherwise remove Trump by non-Constitutional means. Frame it as saving the nation.
— Scott Adams (@ScottAdamsSays) August 17, 2020


investmentwatchblog--2020-08-18--It’s Do-or-Die, Deep State: Either Strangle the Stock Market Rally Now or Cede the Election to Trump

With only 56 trading days and fewer than 80 calendar days to the election , the Deep State camps seeking to torpedo Trump ’ s re-election have reached the do-or-die point .
Back in June I speculated that the only way the Deep State could deep-six Trump ’ s re-election was to sink the stock market rally , which the president has long touted as evidence of his economic leadership .
Since then , stocks have lofted ever higher , with the Nasdaq index hitting new all-time highs and the S & P 500 reaching its pre-pandemic heights of euphoria @ @ @ @ @ @ @ nothing to support my thesis other than the Federal Reserve ’ s balance sheet , which has declined modestly over the past 11 weeks , from $ 7.165 trillion on 6/3/20 to $ 6.957 trillion on 8/12/20 , more or less idling in neutral .
This same neutral stance set up the late-February crash .
The context here is the Deep State is far from monolithic .
Rather , it has fractured into warring camps that reflect the nation ’ s profound political disunity .
I have written about the Deep State ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Michael Grant identified profound political disunity in the ruling elites as a key cause of the dissolution of the Roman Empire .
Grant described this dynamic in his excellent account The Fall of the Roman Empire .
The chapter titles of the book illuminate the mutually reinforcing dynamics of profound political disunity in the ruling elites : The Gulfs Between the Classes : a.k.a .
soaring income/wealth inequality : check .
The Credibility Gap : The Mainstream Media and the Big Tech platforms laud their monopoly powers and the self-serving , failing elite @ @ @ @ @ @ @ That Failed : the SillyCon Valley tech titans were supposed to “ save ” the neoliberal elite by managing social media the way the MSM managed broadcast propaganda/ ” news ” : check .
The Groups That Opted Out : nobody “ important ” noticed those who opted out of the neoliberal Kool-Aid : check .
The Undermining of Effort : if I don ’ t get my way , I ’ ll block yours .
There is no common ground left .
Only pseudo-reforms are possible , as the bureaucratic thicket is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the profound political disunity in America ’ s ruling elite ?
I have addressed this many times , for example Profound Political Disunity Is Now Pitting Rising Elites Against Fading Elites ( November 24 , 2015 ) .
Historian Peter Turchin explored the dynamic of social disintegration in his new book Ages of Discord .
The cycle of social disintegration and integration is essentially universal to complex societies–a reality I discussed in Ungovernable Nation , Ungovernable Economy ( October 11 , 2016 ) .
The globalist , neoliberal , neoconservative consensus in the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ splintering of the Deep State , the unelected government that continues on regardless of which party or elected politico is currently in office .
I explored this years ago in Is the Deep State Fracturing into Disunity ?
( March 14 , 2014 ) .
Reading between the lines , the Imperial Project is being challenged and perhaps even sabotaged by a Deep State camp fearful of Imperial Over-Reach .
Recognizing the over-reach , this camp understands that the Imperial Project ’ s expansion will lead to collapse , and to save the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ be jettisoned .
This is far from the only fracture in the Deep State , of course .
The best description of the Deep State ’ s disunity may well be Byzantine .
In the larger Imperial scheme , the Federal Reserve ’ s only job is to maintain US dollar hegemony .
In terms of the Imperial Project , the Fed ’ s constant goosing of the stock market is only useful to the degree it serves dollar hegemony .
But the Imperial Project has survived financial crises and downturns ; the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ signaling mechanisms of interest , but it isn ’ t the end all to be all .
The Fed serves the Imperial Project , not the other way around .
The Deep State camps seeking to grease the skids of Trump ’ s defeat have zero interest in defending Bezos ’ billions , or anyone else ’ s billions .
To the degree that a stock market crash discombobulates the warring factions , it can be viewed as an excellent opportunity to slip a blade between the ribs of weakening rivals .
The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ tarnishes Trump ’ s financial luster would be of unique value to these Deep State camps .
The Fed whining about the need to prop up the economy via the stock market ’ s melt-up is an annoyance that these camps can no longer tolerate .
With only 56 trading days and fewer than 80 calendar days to the election , the Deep State camps seeking to torpedo Trump ’ s re-election have reached the do-or-die point : either reverse the stock market melt-up and begin a crash into late October , or @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a V-shaped recovery and a stock market relentlessly notching new highs .
Who knows , there may even be a few disaffected Deep Staters who want to see Bezos , Zuckerberg et al .
go down as much as the rest of America .
All of which is to say : the next 11 weeks might become , well , interesting .
( This essay was posted at 7:30 pm Pacific Standard Time , August 16 . )
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With only 56 trading days and fewer than 80 calendar days to the election, the Deep State camps seeking to torpedo Trump’s re-election have reached the do-or-die point.
Back in June I speculated that the only way the Deep State could deep-six Trump’s re-election was to sink the stock market rally, which the president has long touted as evidence of his economic leadership.
Deep State to Powell: Stop Goosing Stocks Higher Or You’ll Re-Elect Trump (June 9, 2020)
Since then, stocks have lofted ever higher, with the Nasdaq index hitting new all-time highs and the S&P 500 reaching its pre-pandemic heights of euphoria.
So far, there’s nothing to support my thesis other than the Federal Reserve’s balance sheet, which has declined modestly over the past 11 weeks, from $7.165 trillion on 6/3/20 to $6.957 trillion on 8/12/20, more or less idling in neutral. This same neutral stance set up the late-February crash.
The context here is the Deep State is far from monolithic. Rather, it has fractured into warring camps that reflect the nation’s profound political disunity. I have written about the Deep State’s disunity for many years.
Historian Michael Grant identified profound political disunity in the ruling elites as a key cause of the dissolution of the Roman Empire. Grant described this dynamic in his excellent account The Fall of the Roman Empire. The chapter titles of the book illuminate the mutually reinforcing dynamics of profound political disunity in the ruling elites:
The Gulfs Between the Classes: a.k.a. soaring income/wealth inequality: check.
The Credibility Gap: The Mainstream Media and the Big Tech platforms laud their monopoly powers and the self-serving, failing elite they serve: check.
The Partnerships That Failed: the SillyCon Valley tech titans were supposed to “save” the neoliberal elite by managing social media the way the MSM managed broadcast propaganda/”news”: check.
The Groups That Opted Out: nobody “important” noticed those who opted out of the neoliberal Kool-Aid: check.
The Undermining of Effort: if I don’t get my way, I’ll block yours. There is no common ground left. Only pseudo-reforms are possible, as the bureaucratic thicket is impenetrable.
Is there any doubt about the profound political disunity in America’s ruling elite? I have addressed this many times, for example Profound Political Disunity Is Now Pitting Rising Elites Against Fading Elites (November 24, 2015).
Historian Peter Turchin explored the dynamic of social disintegration in his new book Ages of Discord. The cycle of social disintegration and integration is essentially universal to complex societies–a reality I discussed in Ungovernable Nation, Ungovernable Economy (October 11, 2016).
The globalist, neoliberal, neoconservative consensus in the Ruling Elite has splintered, reflecting the splintering of the Deep State, the unelected government that continues on regardless of which party or elected politico is currently in office.
I explored this years ago in Is the Deep State Fracturing into Disunity? (March 14, 2014).
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Reading between the lines, the Imperial Project is being challenged and perhaps even sabotaged by a Deep State camp fearful of Imperial Over-Reach. Recognizing the over-reach, this camp understands that the Imperial Project’s expansion will lead to collapse, and to save the core assets the Imperial pretensions have to be jettisoned.
This is far from the only fracture in the Deep State, of course. The best description of the Deep State’s disunity may well be Byzantine.
In the larger Imperial scheme, the Federal Reserve’s only job is to maintain US dollar hegemony. In terms of the Imperial Project, the Fed’s constant goosing of the stock market is only useful to the degree it serves dollar hegemony. But the Imperial Project has survived financial crises and downturns; the stock market is only one of many signaling mechanisms of interest, but it isn’t the end all to be all. The Fed serves the Imperial Project, not the other way around.
The Deep State camps seeking to grease the skids of Trump’s defeat have zero interest in defending Bezos’ billions, or anyone else’s billions. To the degree that a stock market crash discombobulates the warring factions, it can be viewed as an excellent opportunity to slip a blade between the ribs of weakening rivals.
The benefits of a stock market crash that tarnishes Trump’s financial luster would be of unique value to these Deep State camps. The Fed whining about the need to prop up the economy via the stock market’s melt-up is an annoyance that these camps can no longer tolerate.
With only 56 trading days and fewer than 80 calendar days to the election, the Deep State camps seeking to torpedo Trump’s re-election have reached the do-or-die point: either reverse the stock market melt-up and begin a crash into late October, or hand Trump the potentially decisive narrative of a V-shaped recovery and a stock market relentlessly notching new highs.
Who knows, there may even be a few disaffected Deep Staters who want to see Bezos, Zuckerberg et al. go down as much as the rest of America.
All of which is to say: the next 11 weeks might become, well, interesting. (This essay was posted at 7:30 pm Pacific Standard Time, August 16.)
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investmentwatchblog--2020-08-18--Visualizing the International Market for Computer Device Exports

President Trump has repeatedly told Apple to manufacture iPhones in the U.S. instead of China .
Even with the coronavirus scrambling international supply chains , Apple doesn ’ t appear ready to shift its manufacturing from China to the U.S. anytime soon .
Part of the reason why is that China dominates the world export market for computer devices , as our new map makes clear .
• China is by far the largest exporter of computer devices in the world with $ 148B in annual exports as of 2019 , representing over 40 % of the entire global market @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Kong ( $ 21B ) and Taiwan ( $ 9B ) .
• Mexico has the second largest share of the market at $ 32B or about 8.7 % of the world ’ s total .
• The U.S. also has a sizable export market for computer devices , valued at $ 26B .
• Asia , Europe and North America produce almost all of the computer devices exported around the world .
South America , Africa and the Middle East have a tiny presence , if any .
We got the data @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Centre ’ s list of exports for 2019 .
For research purposes , the 4-digit Harmonized Tariff System code prefix for computer devices is 8471 .
The technical label for that product category is automatic data-processing machines including magnetic or optical readers .
To make our map easy to read , we excluded any countries with less than $ 100M in annual computer device exports .
We first changed the size of each country in proportion to their export market , and then color-coded based on level .
The result is a fascinating @ @ @ @ @ @ @ computer devices right before the coronavirus pandemic .
Asia , Europe and North America clearly dominate the export market for computer devices .
South America , Africa and the Middle East are almost entirely missing from the visualization .
Although we exclude countries with less than $ 100M in annual exports , the absence of entire countries illustrates the top-heavy nature of the computer and electronic device market .
Brazil ( $ 121M ) and South Africa ( $ 176M ) are tiny compared to other countries .
And China is by far @ @ @ @ @ @ @ computers .
At $ 148B , the Chinese control over 40 % of the entire market .
Lots of different companies make computers and smartphones , and many source their microchips from China , including Apple .
And China ’ s figure doesn ’ t include separate totals from other Asian manufacturing powerhouses like Hong Kong ( $ 21B ) or Taiwan ( $ 9B ) .
In fact , our visualization makes it clear just how much the world relies on Asia to build and export its computers and smartphones .
And @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of computer exports in Europe as well as North America .
Mexico boasts the second largest overall share of exports at $ 32B or 8.7 % .
Even the U.S. generates roughly $ 26B in annual international sales , not counting devices that are manufactured and bought inside American borders .
The Netherlands ( $ 28B ) , Germany ( $ 15B ) and the Czech Republic ( $ 13B ) also deserve special mention for their sizable device export industries .
How do you think the coronavirus will change the international export @ @ @ @ @ @ @ China maintain its dominance in the years ahead ?
Let us know in the comments .

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President Trump has repeatedly told Apple to manufacture iPhones in the U.S. instead of China. Even with the coronavirus scrambling international supply chains, Apple doesn’t appear ready to shift its manufacturing from China to the U.S. anytime soon. Part of the reason why is that China dominates the world export market for computer devices, as our new map makes clear.
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China is by far the largest exporter of computer devices in the world with $148B in annual exports as of 2019, representing over 40% of the entire global market. China’s total excludes Hong Kong ($21B) and Taiwan ($9B).
Mexico has the second largest share of the market at $32B or about 8.7% of the world’s total.
The U.S. also has a sizable export market for computer devices, valued at $26B.
Asia, Europe and North America produce almost all of the computer devices exported around the world. South America, Africa and the Middle East have a tiny presence, if any.
We got the data for our visualization from the International Trade Centre’s list of exports for 2019. For research purposes, the 4-digit Harmonized Tariff System code prefix for computer devices is 8471. The technical label for that product category is automatic data-processing machines including magnetic or optical readers. To make our map easy to read, we excluded any countries with less than $100M in annual computer device exports. We first changed the size of each country in proportion to their export market, and then color-coded based on level. The result is a fascinating snapshot of the global export market for computer devices right before the coronavirus pandemic.
Top 10 Largest Computer Device Exporters in the World
Country Exports 2019 ($) Share of Market (%) 1. China $148B 40.3% 2. Mexico $32B 8.7% 3. Netherlands $28B 7.7% 4. USA $26B 7% 5. Hong Kong $21B 5.7% 6. Germany $15B 4% 7. Czech Republic $13B 3.5% 8. Thailand $12B 3.2% 9. Taiwan $9B 2.4% 10. Singapore $8B 2.1%
Asia, Europe and North America clearly dominate the export market for computer devices. South America, Africa and the Middle East are almost entirely missing from the visualization. Although we exclude countries with less than $100M in annual exports, the absence of entire countries illustrates the top-heavy nature of the computer and electronic device market. Brazil ($121M) and South Africa ($176M) are tiny compared to other countries.
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And China is by far the world’s leader in manufacturing computers. At $148B, the Chinese control over 40% of the entire market. Lots of different companies make computers and smartphones, and many source their microchips from China, including Apple. And China’s figure doesn’t include separate totals from other Asian manufacturing powerhouses like Hong Kong ($21B) or Taiwan ($9B). In fact, our visualization makes it clear just how much the world relies on Asia to build and export its computers and smartphones.
And yet there’s a decent industry of computer exports in Europe as well as North America. Mexico boasts the second largest overall share of exports at $32B or 8.7%. Even the U.S. generates roughly $26B in annual international sales, not counting devices that are manufactured and bought inside American borders. The Netherlands ($28B), Germany ($15B) and the Czech Republic ($13B) also deserve special mention for their sizable device export industries.
How do you think the coronavirus will change the international export market for computers and devices? Will China maintain its dominance in the years ahead? Let us know in the comments.


investmentwatchblog--2020-08-18--Technical Analysis Points To US Dollar Upside Potential

by Chris Vermeulen of The Technical Traders • The US Dollar Presidential Price Cycle indicates rising US Dollar • The US Dollar is not the best asset , but rather the best of all currencies • Price Relationships Suggest The US Dollar Is Currently Undervalued • How The Presidential Price Cycle May Create Opportunities in Precious Metals and the US Stock Market It ’ s been a while since we published an article about the US Dollar and this is the perfect time to discuss that is likely to happen over the next 6 to 18+ months .
The US @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and traders/investors are certain to interpret the uncertainty of the US Presidential Election cycle , and the pending policy and liability related changes , as a warning that equities and the US Dollar may be in for a wild ride over the next 6+ months .
Typically , the US Dollar declines over the 6 to 12+ months prior to a major US Presidential election cycle .
Whenever there is a major contest for a new US President or an active and aggressive campaign between two individuals , there is a lot on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is not just about electing a President – it is about setting US , Foreign , Social , Economic , and Taxation polities well into the future .
How businesses and voters interpret the benefits vs. risks usually decides the outcome fairly openly .
Yet , global traders vote by deciding how much they believe in the policies and leadership in the new US President and/or how they interpret the risks related to new policies , laws , and regulations .
The US is a major driver of global economic growth throughout the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ other large mature economies by 8.5 % to over 20 % when compared by global GDP .
China is the closest economy to the US , yet it still falls nearly 8.5 % behind the US economy annually .
Even if we were to combine China , Japan , Germany , and India into one economic block , it would beat the US economy by only 5.5 % annually .
This is why , at least for now , unless some other global economy rises to the level to dramatically threaten the US @ @ @ @ @ @ @ continue to sustain value and dominance throughout the world .
It also aligns with my “ Shiniest Pile Of Poop ” theory .
Yea , I know that is a horrible name for a currency valuation theory – but it helps us understand how currencies ( and other commodities ) are processed in the minds of consumers and traders .
A simple example is that of having to dig through the garbage trying to find something to eat ( again , a horrible example ) .
Yet , within this example , any @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the garbage attempting to determine which items were the “ best quality ” – even though they are all trash .
This process comes naturally for anyone in this position – you simply must select the best items in the pile of trash as potential food items .
How does this relate to currencies ?
Even though certain currencies may become more attractive from time to time , as traders find value in them and perceive stronger future prices , the reality is that major global currencies will always be considered “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in mind as we explain our thinking related to the US Dollar going forward .
As we can see from the chart below , the US Dollar reacts to US Presidential Election cycles by typically weakening 6 to 12+ months prior to the election date .
Each of the last three US Presidential Elections was predicated by a declining US Dollar value and a rise in the US stock market .
In 2012 , there was virtually no active challenger to Obama ’ s second term – the expected US Dollar price rotation @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the US experiences once of the most heated and aggressive Presidential campaigns between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump – the expected US Dollar price rotation was much larger .
Currently , as the Presidential Election cycle heats up , we expect a similar range to the 2016~2018 US Dollar price range .
The initial downside selloff in the US Dollar appears to be nearly complete .
The second phase of the US Dollar Election cycle should prompt a moderate upside price move in the US Dollar while the US Stock market stalls ahead @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Our researchers equate this to the uncertainty and potential liabilities of a change in the Office of the US President and the implications related to new policies , taxation , regulation , and other future changes .
Traders move into safety within the US Stock market while higher-risk sectors weaken .
Essentially , everyone attempts to “ place their bets ” as to the outcome of the US Presidential Election cycle .
• US Stock Markets Rally or Selloff After Presidential Elections Based On Perceived Optimism Or Risks • Price Relationships Suggest The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The Presidential Price Cycle May Create Opportunities in Precious Metals and the US Stock Market In Part I of this research article , my research team highlighted the Presidential Election cycle and what we believe is the most likely outcome for the US Dollar and the US stock market going forward for the next 3 to 6+ months .
As we continue to explore our data and charts , we hope to more clearly illustrate how the Presidential Election cycle relates to opportunities and trends in the US Dollar and the US stock @ @ @ @ @ @ @ US DOLLAR & SPY We believe this downside price move in the US Dollar is related to the upside price move in the US Stock Market and support of foreign currencies after the incredible recovery in US Stock Market price levels over the past 4+ months .
As investors are drawn into the US stock market within rallies , many traders ignore the trends in the US Dollar because the gains achieved within a stock rally are superior to the risks/liabilities of US Dollar price changes .
Since the March 20 , 2020 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ dollar has fallen nearly 10 % to levels near 93.10 .
Meanwhile , the SPY has rallied over 51 % over that same span of time .
This Weekly US Dollar chart , below , highlights the competing trend channels that are currently driving the sideways price activity and recent lows .
The US Dollar has broken below the upward sloping price channel/fork and is well within the middle area of the downward sloping price channel/fork .
The recent lows appear to be very close to the longer-term lower price trend line which @ @ @ @ @ @ @ believe is happening , right now , is that the US Dollar is establishing a price low near a current Lower Price Support Channel .
We believe this is a technical price move related to the support and trend in the US stock market that initiated just before and throughout the COVID-19 virus event .
Prior to the start of 2020 , the US Dollar was trending moderately lower , near 97 .
As the COVID-19 virus event became more of a concern , the US Dollar rallied to levels just below 100 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the US stock market started near February 25 , the US Dollar collapsed to levels near 94.60 , before rallying to a peak near 103 ( an 8 % swing in price ) .
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The disruption in the global markets sent shock-waves throughout the currency markets as traders and investors suddenly realized “ this is not just a US/China issue – this event targets everyone on the planet @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the US Dollar after the March 20 , 2020 bottom in the market reflected the confidence of global traders/investors believing that the US Federal Reserve was acting in a manner to help support the planet at a critical time in our history .
There was no other institution on the planet that could have engaged in a more efficient and effective means of supporting the global crisis that was unfolding at that time .
Since that peak level near 103 , the US Dollar has trailed lower as the US stock market recovery @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and various sectors .
Now , with the US Dollar near a support channel and with the US Presidential Elections just 60+ days away , we believe the focus will shift away from stock market gains and move more toward protecting assets , currency valuations , and future expectations ( reflecting the perceived US election results ) .
Please take a moment to review the charts and data we provided in Part I of this article , where we illustrate a price pattern that appears to be rather consistent in the US Dollar @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the current low in the US Dollar is the first leg of this pattern and the next leg will prompt a moderate upside price trend in the US Dollar lasting up to , and possibly through , the November 3 election day .
If our researchers are correct , this upside trend in the US Dollar will conversely reflect a moderate price consolidation , and/or downward price trend , in the US stock market .
This type of pattern would suggest that precious metals could continue to climb as FEAR starts to drive @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to the contested election cycle .
If we are correct , traders will pull capital away from risk , move it into safe-haven assets ( precious metals , bonds , the US Dollar , and others ) which will reflect the completion of the second leg of this US Dollar price pattern .
After the elections are completed and settled ( which we hope happens without too much difficulty ) , then traders begin to reposition their assets based on what they believe will be viable opportunities given the new policies , promises @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Remember , the US economy is still the largest and most effective driver of global growth on the planet .
As much as many people may not want to admit it – what the US does drives global growth and optimism .
As we ’ ve suggested before in other articles , we believe the current “ shake-out ” in currencies , stock markets and debts/liabilities will result in a very strong price trend setting up for the US Dollar and major global stock markets sometime near late 2021.. are you ready @ @ @ @ @ @ @ time you learned how my research team and I can help you find and execute better trades ?
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Article Highlights:
The US Dollar Presidential Price Cycle indicates rising US Dollar
The US Dollar is not the best asset, but rather the best of all currencies
Price Relationships Suggest The US Dollar Is Currently Undervalued
How The Presidential Price Cycle May Create Opportunities in Precious Metals and the US Stock Market
It’s been a while since we published an article about the US Dollar and this is the perfect time to discuss that is likely to happen over the next 6 to 18+ months. The US Presidential Election is just around the corner and traders/investors are certain to interpret the uncertainty of the US Presidential Election cycle, and the pending policy and liability related changes, as a warning that equities and the US Dollar may be in for a wild ride over the next 6+ months.
UNDERSTANDING GLOBAL CURRENCY “SHININESS”
Typically, the US Dollar declines over the 6 to 12+ months prior to a major US Presidential election cycle. Whenever there is a major contest for a new US President or an active and aggressive campaign between two individuals, there is a lot on the line. A US Presidential Election is not just about electing a President – it is about setting US, Foreign, Social, Economic, and Taxation polities well into the future. How businesses and voters interpret the benefits vs. risks usually decides the outcome fairly openly. Yet, global traders vote by deciding how much they believe in the policies and leadership in the new US President and/or how they interpret the risks related to new policies, laws, and regulations.
The US is a major driver of global economic growth throughout the world. The US leads the four other large mature economies by 8.5% to over 20% when compared by global GDP. China is the closest economy to the US, yet it still falls nearly 8.5% behind the US economy annually. Even if we were to combine China, Japan, Germany, and India into one economic block, it would beat the US economy by only 5.5% annually.
This is why, at least for now, unless some other global economy rises to the level to dramatically threaten the US economy, the US Dollar will likely continue to sustain value and dominance throughout the world. It also aligns with my “Shiniest Pile Of Poop” theory. Yea, I know that is a horrible name for a currency valuation theory – but it helps us understand how currencies (and other commodities) are processed in the minds of consumers and traders.
A simple example is that of having to dig through the garbage trying to find something to eat (again, a horrible example). Yet, within this example, any human would automatically start ranking the quality of the garbage attempting to determine which items were the “best quality” – even though they are all trash. This process comes naturally for anyone in this position – you simply must select the best items in the pile of trash as potential food items.
How does this relate to currencies? Even though certain currencies may become more attractive from time to time, as traders find value in them and perceive stronger future prices, the reality is that major global currencies will always be considered “shinier” than others. Keep this in mind as we explain our thinking related to the US Dollar going forward.
REPEATING US DOLLAR CYCLES
As we can see from the chart below, the US Dollar reacts to US Presidential Election cycles by typically weakening 6 to 12+ months prior to the election date. Each of the last three US Presidential Elections was predicated by a declining US Dollar value and a rise in the US stock market. In 2012, there was virtually no active challenger to Obama’s second term – the expected US Dollar price rotation was rather muted. In 2016, the US experiences once of the most heated and aggressive Presidential campaigns between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump – the expected US Dollar price rotation was much larger. Currently, as the Presidential Election cycle heats up, we expect a similar range to the 2016~2018 US Dollar price range.
The initial downside selloff in the US Dollar appears to be nearly complete. The second phase of the US Dollar Election cycle should prompt a moderate upside price move in the US Dollar while the US Stock market stalls ahead of the 2020 US Presidential Elections. Our researchers equate this to the uncertainty and potential liabilities of a change in the Office of the US President and the implications related to new policies, taxation, regulation, and other future changes. Traders move into safety within the US Stock market while higher-risk sectors weaken. Essentially, everyone attempts to “place their bets” as to the outcome of the US Presidential Election cycle.
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PART II: DOLLAR UPSIDE POTENTIAL
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Presidential Election Cycles Drive US Dollar Trends
US Stock Markets Rally or Selloff After Presidential Elections Based On Perceived Optimism Or Risks
Price Relationships Suggest The US Dollar Is Currently Undervalued
How The Presidential Price Cycle May Create Opportunities in Precious Metals and the US Stock Market
US Dollar Price Channel In Focus
In Part I of this research article, my research team highlighted the Presidential Election cycle and what we believe is the most likely outcome for the US Dollar and the US stock market going forward for the next 3 to 6+ months. As we continue to explore our data and charts, we hope to more clearly illustrate how the Presidential Election cycle relates to opportunities and trends in the US Dollar and the US stock market.
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MASSIVE PRICE ROTATION IN THE US DOLLAR & SPY
We believe this downside price move in the US Dollar is related to the upside price move in the US Stock Market and support of foreign currencies after the incredible recovery in US Stock Market price levels over the past 4+ months. As investors are drawn into the US stock market within rallies, many traders ignore the trends in the US Dollar because the gains achieved within a stock rally are superior to the risks/liabilities of US Dollar price changes. Since the March 20, 2020 peak in the US Dollar, the dollar has fallen nearly 10% to levels near 93.10. Meanwhile, the SPY has rallied over 51% over that same span of time.
This Weekly US Dollar chart, below, highlights the competing trend channels that are currently driving the sideways price activity and recent lows. The US Dollar has broken below the upward sloping price channel/fork and is well within the middle area of the downward sloping price channel/fork. The recent lows appear to be very close to the longer-term lower price trend line which is acting as support.
What we believe is happening, right now, is that the US Dollar is establishing a price low near a current Lower Price Support Channel. We believe this is a technical price move related to the support and trend in the US stock market that initiated just before and throughout the COVID-19 virus event. Prior to the start of 2020, the US Dollar was trending moderately lower, near 97. As the COVID-19 virus event became more of a concern, the US Dollar rallied to levels just below 100. Then, when the collapse in the US stock market started near February 25, the US Dollar collapsed to levels near 94.60, before rallying to a peak near 103 (an 8% swing in price).
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The disruption in the global markets sent shock-waves throughout the currency markets as traders and investors suddenly realized “this is not just a US/China issue – this event targets everyone on the planet”. We believe the rally in the US Dollar after the March 20, 2020 bottom in the market reflected the confidence of global traders/investors believing that the US Federal Reserve was acting in a manner to help support the planet at a critical time in our history. There was no other institution on the planet that could have engaged in a more efficient and effective means of supporting the global crisis that was unfolding at that time.
Since that peak level near 103, the US Dollar has trailed lower as the US stock market recovery focused everyone on the gains in technology and various sectors. Now, with the US Dollar near a support channel and with the US Presidential Elections just 60+ days away, we believe the focus will shift away from stock market gains and move more toward protecting assets, currency valuations, and future expectations (reflecting the perceived US election results).
Please take a moment to review the charts and data we provided in Part I of this article, where we illustrate a price pattern that appears to be rather consistent in the US Dollar near Presidential Election cycles. We believe the current low in the US Dollar is the first leg of this pattern and the next leg will prompt a moderate upside price trend in the US Dollar lasting up to, and possibly through, the November 3 election day.
If our researchers are correct, this upside trend in the US Dollar will conversely reflect a moderate price consolidation, and/or downward price trend, in the US stock market. This type of pattern would suggest that precious metals could continue to climb as FEAR starts to drive traders/investors away from allocating large positions/trades prior to the contested election cycle. If we are correct, traders will pull capital away from risk, move it into safe-haven assets (precious metals, bonds, the US Dollar, and others) which will reflect the completion of the second leg of this US Dollar price pattern.
After the elections are completed and settled (which we hope happens without too much difficulty), then traders begin to reposition their assets based on what they believe will be viable opportunities given the new policies, promises, and direction of the US economy. Remember, the US economy is still the largest and most effective driver of global growth on the planet. As much as many people may not want to admit it – what the US does drives global growth and optimism. As we’ve suggested before in other articles, we believe the current “shake-out” in currencies, stock markets and debts/liabilities will result in a very strong price trend setting up for the US Dollar and major global stock markets sometime near late 2021.. are you ready for it?
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investmentwatchblog--2020-08-18--The War on Landlords Has Begun

The War on Landlords Has Begun

As the widening gyre that is 2020 continues to turn , it seems that every day some new disastrous and ill-thought-out proposal is made or policy implemented .
Among the chaos , the chorus to cancel rent in particular has stuck out for its sheer insolence and the ease with which it has entered the discourse as a sensible policy solution .
The idea of abolishing rent is not new , but until now it has never really been considered anything but a nutty pipe dream .
But with the economic carnage wreaked by the virus and ensuing government lockdown @ @ @ @ @ @ @ be viewed as a conceivable policy option .
With tens of millions out of work , the ability to pay for basic necessities like housing is obviously a valid concern , but the callousness of the idea of simply expropriating housing from property owners is disturbing and indicative of darker trends coursing through the body politic in these turbulent times .
One of the most high-profile leaders of the cancel rent movement is Minnesota congresswoman Ilhan Omar , who introduced legislation in April that basically amounts to nothing other than government extortion of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ bill would simply cancel all rent and mortgage payments for primary residencies across the entire country until a month after the federal state of emergency has ended .
Attempting to collect rent or reporting the nonpayment of rent to credit agencies results in increasing fines , including the seizure of one ’ s property .
After Omar had taken a baseball bat to landlords ’ knees everywhere , she generously extended a government crutch , with strings attached , of course .
Landlords who accepted federal aid in compensation would be required to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , and they would not be able to take into consideration someone ’ s credit or criminal history when taking rental applications .
Additionally , landlords would be required to provide tenants with 10 percent equity in the property .
The mafia would be proud of such a blatant shakedown .
Fortunately , Omar ’ s bill has a snowball ’ s chance in hell of becoming law at the moment , but that doesn ’ t mean that people will not keep trying to cancel rent .
Since the crisis began , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ people to simply stop paying their rent in an attempt to simply force its cancellation .
Washington Post columnist Michelle Singletary wrote that “ this movement is not without merit , ” but at least pointed out that while many jurisdictions have put a moratorium on evictions , rent that is not paid now will still be owed if the tenant doesn ’ t want to face eviction when the moratoriums expire .
The United Neighborhood Defense Movement , which has a chapter agitating in Pittsburgh , has a manifesto chock full of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ capitalist system that oppresses everyone for failing to provide housing to them for free by virtue of their existence .
With the seriousness of a college freshman fresh off a bong hit , they declare that “ Housing should be collectively owned , managed , and built for the most benefit to those who live within them .
Housing is a people ’ s right , and should not be cause for private profiteering.
” Similarly , writing in Teen Vogue , Kandist Mallet launched a full-on socialist attack on the very idea @ @ @ @ @ @ @ owned housing causes “ economic violence ” and that the pandemic has exposed “ the cruelty of payment-based housing.
” According to Mallet , housing should be considered a human right that must be provided for everyone by virtue of their being born .
But instead the evil institution of property is defended by the state and its agents .
This is unsurprising , she declares , since the US is “ a country founded on the genocide and colonization of indigenous peoples.
” ” While rent should of course be canceled during @ @ @ @ @ @ @ end goal is “ a rejection of the construct that any one person should own this earth ’ s land.
” It is fitting that such a call for the abolition of property itself can be found in a fashion magazine like Teen Vogue , because it speaks to the heart of the issue true liberals are facing in the wider culture today .
Woke socialism has become fashionable , especially among the youth .
Some might say that Teen Vogue has moved away from its fashionable roots , but that is incorrect @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that the Jacobin desire to tear existing institutions to the ground in the name of progress is “ in vogue , ” so to speak , and therefore promotes both sexual and socialist revolutionary fervor .
It does not bode well for our society when proposals to simply expropriate property are becoming more and more prevalent and discussed with more seriousness .
While it seems hard to imagine now , it is not out of the question that these antiproperty sentiments could continue to gain ground and eventually culminate in a genuine unabashed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ once the richest country in South America but is now a crumbling ruin thanks to the socialists who have been in power for two decades .
A similar fate awaits us unless we are able to prevent the continued erosion of the institution of private property in this country .

by Zachary Yost via Mises
As the widening gyre that is 2020 continues to turn, it seems that every day some new disastrous and ill-thought-out proposal is made or policy implemented. Among the chaos, the chorus to cancel rent in particular has stuck out for its sheer insolence and the ease with which it has entered the discourse as a sensible policy solution.
The idea of abolishing rent is not new, but until now it has never really been considered anything but a nutty pipe dream. But with the economic carnage wreaked by the virus and ensuing government lockdown still ongoing it has disturbingly come to be viewed as a conceivable policy option. With tens of millions out of work, the ability to pay for basic necessities like housing is obviously a valid concern, but the callousness of the idea of simply expropriating housing from property owners is disturbing and indicative of darker trends coursing through the body politic in these turbulent times.
One of the most high-profile leaders of the cancel rent movement is Minnesota congresswoman Ilhan Omar, who introduced legislation in April that basically amounts to nothing other than government extortion of landlords. Christian Britschgi reports that the bill would simply cancel all rent and mortgage payments for primary residencies across the entire country until a month after the federal state of emergency has ended. Attempting to collect rent or reporting the nonpayment of rent to credit agencies results in increasing fines, including the seizure of one’s property.
After Omar had taken a baseball bat to landlords’ knees everywhere, she generously extended a government crutch, with strings attached, of course. Landlords who accepted federal aid in compensation would be required to not raise the rent for five years, and they would not be able to take into consideration someone’s credit or criminal history when taking rental applications. Additionally, landlords would be required to provide tenants with 10 percent equity in the property. The mafia would be proud of such a blatant shakedown.
Fortunately, Omar’s bill has a snowball’s chance in hell of becoming law at the moment, but that doesn’t mean that people will not keep trying to cancel rent. Since the crisis began, groups around the country have called on people to simply stop paying their rent in an attempt to simply force its cancellation. Washington Post columnist Michelle Singletary wrote that “this movement is not without merit,” but at least pointed out that while many jurisdictions have put a moratorium on evictions, rent that is not paid now will still be owed if the tenant doesn’t want to face eviction when the moratoriums expire.
The United Neighborhood Defense Movement, which has a chapter agitating in Pittsburgh, has a manifesto chock full of socialist buzzwords about the evils of the capitalist system that oppresses everyone for failing to provide housing to them for free by virtue of their existence. With the seriousness of a college freshman fresh off a bong hit, they declare that “Housing should be collectively owned, managed, and built for the most benefit to those who live within them. Housing is a people’s right, and should not be cause for private profiteering.”
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Similarly, writing in Teen Vogue, Kandist Mallet launched a full-on socialist attack on the very idea of property itself, saying that privately owned housing causes “economic violence” and that the pandemic has exposed “the cruelty of payment-based housing.” According to Mallet, housing should be considered a human right that must be provided for everyone by virtue of their being born. But instead the evil institution of property is defended by the state and its agents. This is unsurprising, she declares, since the US is “a country founded on the genocide and colonization of indigenous peoples.””While rent should of course be canceled during the pandemic, she argues, the end goal is “a rejection of the construct that any one person should own this earth’s land.”
It is fitting that such a call for the abolition of property itself can be found in a fashion magazine like Teen Vogue, because it speaks to the heart of the issue true liberals are facing in the wider culture today. Woke socialism has become fashionable, especially among the youth. Some might say that Teen Vogue has moved away from its fashionable roots, but that is incorrect. Teen Vogue has come to understand that the Jacobin desire to tear existing institutions to the ground in the name of progress is “in vogue,” so to speak, and therefore promotes both sexual and socialist revolutionary fervor.
It does not bode well for our society when proposals to simply expropriate property are becoming more and more prevalent and discussed with more seriousness. While it seems hard to imagine now, it is not out of the question that these antiproperty sentiments could continue to gain ground and eventually culminate in a genuine unabashed socialist coming to power. Venezuela was once the richest country in South America but is now a crumbling ruin thanks to the socialists who have been in power for two decades. A similar fate awaits us unless we are able to prevent the continued erosion of the institution of private property in this country.
Author:
Zachary Yost
Zachary Yost is a Mises U alum and freelance writer.


investmentwatchblog--2020-08-18--STATUS: HABBENING. The FBI is arresting people all over Puerto Rico for corruption today, including

STATUS: HABBENING. The FBI is arresting people all over Puerto Rico for corruption today, including a legislator, the president of the CPA Association, others.

SAN JUAN , Puerto Rico ( AP ) — Federal agents on Wednesday arrested an accountant in a corruption investigation @ @ @ @ @ former education secretary .
FBI spokeswoman Limary Cruz identified the man as Aníbal Jover , @ @ @ @ @ Puerto Rico ’ s Association of Certified Public Accountants .
Cruz told The Associated Press @ @ @ @ @ gag order in the case and that she could not provide further details .
Jover @ @ @ @ @ in a case in which authorities say contracts were fraudulently obtained from Puerto Rico ’ @ @ @ @ @ its Health Insurance Administration .
He pleaded not guilty and was being held on a @ @ @ @

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Federal agents on Wednesday arrested an accountant in a corruption investigation involving Puerto Rico’s former education secretary.
FBI spokeswoman Limary Cruz identified the man as Aníbal Jover, who once was president of Puerto Rico’s Association of Certified Public Accountants. Cruz told The Associated Press that there’s a gag order in the case and that she could not provide further details.
Jover is the seventh person arrested in a case in which authorities say contracts were fraudulently obtained from Puerto Rico’s Department of Education and its Health Insurance Administration.
He pleaded not guilty and was being held on a $250,000 bond.


investmentwatchblog--2020-08-18--SO SAD! Crazy Pelosi Rambles, Forgets what She’s Saying In Front of MILLIONS of Americans

100 % Fed Up reports , Democrats came out on Thursday trying to discredit President Trump and Republicans on their @ @ @ @ @ Joe Biden and Kamala Harris came out to try and undermine president Trump by calling @ @ @ @ @ .

100% Fed Up reports, Democrats came out on Thursday trying to discredit President Trump and Republicans on their response to the coronavirus. Joe Biden and Kamala Harris came out to try and undermine president Trump by calling for a three-month mask mandate.
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investmentwatchblog--2020-08-18--US Restaurants PPP Bait & Switch: Another Big Government Tax Scam Of Stagflate, Tax & Lie?

by Jason Burack of Wall St For Main St Many Americans were in favor of the Payment Protection Program ( PPP ) because it was supposedly going to help keep Main Street , USA small and medium sized businesses afloat during the pandemic .
However , according to restaurant owner and investor Ray Washburne on Tucker Carlson ’ s show last night ( 8/13/2020 episode ) , the US federal government has pulled an absolutely horrible bait and switch on restaurant owners involving the PPP grants .
They were supposed to be forgivable loans in the form of grants .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ restaurant has failed that restaurant owners may have to pay back 30 % to 50 % of the loans and it would flow through to their personal income taxes !
YIKES !
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Talk about the government changing the rules to screw people over !
This also fits into stagflate and tax and lie as this tax scam is both a new tax and also another large lie from the US government .
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by Jason Burack of Wall St For Main St
Many Americans were in favor of the Payment Protection Program (PPP) because it was supposedly going to help keep Main Street, USA small and medium sized businesses afloat during the pandemic.
However, according to restaurant owner and investor Ray Washburne on Tucker Carlson’s show last night (8/13/2020 episode), the US federal government has pulled an absolutely horrible bait and switch on restaurant owners involving the PPP grants. They were supposed to be forgivable loans in the form of grants.
But Washburne says that even if the restaurant has failed that restaurant owners may have to pay back 30% to 50% of the loans and it would flow through to their personal income taxes! YIKES!!!
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Talk about the government changing the rules to screw people over! This also fits into stagflate and tax and lie as this tax scam is both a new tax and also another large lie from the US government.
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investmentwatchblog--2020-08-18--Experts WARN Of Another IMMINENT Stock Market CRASH! – This Will NOT End Well!

by Josh Sigurdson with Tim Picciott via World Alternative Media Josh Sigurdson talks with Tim Picciott , The Liberty Advisor @ @ @ @ @ the stock market…again .
As people praise near all time highs and everything looks great @ @ @ @ @ forget that half the country is out of work and one in ten people are @ @ @ @ @ would the stock market be going up ?
It ’ s simple .
The Federal @ @ @ @ @ it causing temporary deflation and long term inflation while making the stock market look bullish @ @ @ @ @ s all fake .
It is propping up an already existing bubble massively and it @ @ @ @ @ an epic collapse .
It simply can not sustain itself on its own .
Tim @ @ @ @ @ potential of a 20 to 30 % correction .
Stay tuned for more from WAM @

by Josh Sigurdson with Tim Picciott via World Alternative Media
Josh Sigurdson talks with Tim Picciott, The Liberty Advisor about the imminent collapse of the stock market…again.
As people praise near all time highs and everything looks great visually, people seem to forget that half the country is out of work and one in ten people are facing homelessness. So why would the stock market be going up? It’s simple. The Federal Reserve is throwing money at it causing temporary deflation and long term inflation while making the stock market look bullish. In reality it’s all fake. It is propping up an already existing bubble massively and it is bound to lead to an epic collapse. It simply cannot sustain itself on its own.
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Tim explains his thoughts on the potential of a 20 to 30% correction.
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investmentwatchblog--2020-08-18--US Postal Service Files For Patent (A Blockchain-Based Secure Voting System)

It was inevitable .
The US Postal Service has filed for a patent to develop a “ secure ” blockchain-based @ @ @ @ @ voting system comprising : a blockchain access layer configured to : receive input from a @ @ @ @ @ , the input comprising a computer readable code scanned from a physical ballot , ballot @ @ @ @ @ signature ; and receive input from an election official system , the input comprising a @ @ @ @ @ ” Well , I hope this works better than the voting machines in Parks and @ @

by confoundedinterest17
It was inevitable. The US Postal Service has filed for a patent to develop a “secure” blockchain-based voting system.
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“A voting system comprising: a blockchain access layer configured to: receive input from a user operated mobile computing device, the input comprising a computer readable code scanned from a physical ballot, ballot selections, and an electronic signature; and receive input from an election official system, the input comprising a ballot and an election identifier.”
Well, I hope this works better than the voting machines in Parks and Recreation.


investmentwatchblog--2020-08-18--U.S. Warns Colleges to Divest China Stocks Over Delisting Risk

“ Boards of U.S. university endowments would be prudent to divest from People ’ s Republic of China firms ’ @ @ @ @ @ that enhanced listing standards lead to a wholesale de-listing of PRC firms from U.S. exchanges @ @ @ @ @ year , ” Keith Krach , undersecretary for economic growth , energy and the environment @ @ @ @ @ addressed to the board of directors of American universities and colleges , and viewed by @ @

“Boards of U.S. university endowments would be prudent to divest from People’s Republic of China firms’ stocks in the likely outcome that enhanced listing standards lead to a wholesale de-listing of PRC firms from U.S. exchanges by the end of next year,” Keith Krach, undersecretary for economic growth, energy and the environment, wrote in the letter addressed to the board of directors of American universities and colleges, and viewed by Bloomberg.


investmentwatchblog--2020-08-18--Riding Warren Buffett’s Gold Rollercoaster

Warren Buffett just boarded his gold and silver rollercoaster .
Join Mike Maloney as he shows how this ride actually @ @ @ @ @ most people think .

Warren Buffett just boarded his gold and silver rollercoaster. Join Mike Maloney as he shows how this ride actually operates in reverse to what most people think.


investmentwatchblog--2020-08-18--USD continues it’s march lower… falls to a two-year low

$ GOLD IS THE ONLY COMMODITY THAT COMPETES WITH INFLATION $ GLD $ GDX pic.twitter.com/HrdJsMzl4T

The dollar falls to a two-year low $GLD t.co/BJMVNd6kXA
$GOLD IS THE ONLY COMMODITY THAT COMPETES WITH INFLATION $GLD $GDX pic.twitter.com/HrdJsMzl4T
— Win Smart, CFA (@WinfieldSmart) July 24, 2020


investmentwatchblog--2020-08-18--When history is written, the Fed will go down as one of the most destructive enablers of fiscal malf

When history is written, the Fed will go down as one of the most destructive enablers of fiscal malfeasance, inequality, greed, misallocation of capital, Bubbles, and reckless disregard of responsibility@ericrosengren @RobSKaplan @neelkashkari @marydalyecon @RaphaelBostic pic.twitter.com/NrQ0NJuf24 — M/I_Investments (@MI_Investments) August 18, 2020
This is NOT good. This is yet – one more sign that @federalreserve is MISPRICING RISK… they are becoming the lender of first resort as risk premium is being distorted. Say goodbye to banking as you once knew it… @DiMartinoBooth @bondstrategist @RaoulGMI @scientificecon t.co/d7hyC9SMcJ — Other Side Asset Management (@othersideam) August 18, 2020
At the heart of today's Fed – a Fed that seeks to micromanage & direct the economy to desire outcomes – is the notion that a handful of economists can predict how the US economy will respond to change. This ridiculous concept rests on economic models that are all wrong. pic.twitter.com/VMmtN4zvix — Peter Schmidt (The 92ers) (@The92ers) August 18, 2020
Monopoly power lies behind deepening of inequality and financial instability, Fed Study Says t.co/oNUHEk9leJ — Win Smart, CFA (@WinfieldSmart) August 18, 2020