investmentwatchblog--2020-08-01--GLOBAL COOLING IS MUCH WORSE THAN GLOBAL WARMING:

Rapid Loss of Sunlight Could Have Unleashed Snowball Earth Events in The Past .
Not all ice ages are equally brutal .
In the most extreme glaciation events known to science , ice stretches out from Earth ’ s polar regions and extends all the way into lower latitudes , literally reshaping the face of the planet .
Evidence for such epic transitions can be found in the geologic record , most recently in formidable glaciations during the Cryogenian period .
Scientists think these extreme cooling events had potentially global reach and ramifications : a phenomenon called ‘ Snowball Earth @ @ @ @ @ @ @ unleash such devastating , unrelenting cold that most – or all – of our planet would end up sheathed in a frozen sphere of ice and snow ?
While the exact triggers remain unknown , researchers have now unearthed a new theoretical explanation for how such a thing could happen .
“ There are lots of ideas for what caused these global glaciations , but they all really boil down to some implicit modification of solar radiation coming in , ” says planetary science researcher Constantin Arnscheidt from MIT .
“ But generally @ @ @ @ @ @ @ context of crossing a threshold.
” In other words , the conventional explanation for how a Snowball Earth could transpire is that , in some kind of cataclysmic throwing of shade , a reduced amount of sunlight would reach the surface of the planet , resulting in a cooler Earth that proceeds to freeze over .
Another hypothetical explanation , to do with the carbon cycle , would be the opposite of the global warming crisis facing Earth now : what if our planet had so little heat-trapping carbon dioxide in the atmosphere @ @ @ @ @ @ @ climate altogether , with its warmth drifting off into space ?
“ Although there remains debate about the specific triggers of the low-latitude glaciations in Earth ’ s geologic past , there is a general understanding that glaciation is initiated when changes in radiative fluxes or in CO2 fluxes exceed a critical threshold , ” Arnscheidt and his co-author , MIT geophysicist Daniel Rothman , explain in a new paper .
While the theory has focused on such critical thresholds before , the researchers have struck upon a new avenue for thinking about @ @ @ @ @ @ @ wasn ’ t a critical threshold that was met ( in terms of solar radiation plunging , for example ) , but a critical rate of change that was reached ?
In new modelling , the researchers simulated Earth ’ s dynamic systems in glaciation scenarios – chiefly the interplay of ice-albedo feedback and the carbonate-silicate cycle .
The former is an example of positive feedback .
As Earth gets icier and approaches Snowball Earth , it ’ s frosty coat of ice and snow end up reflecting more sunlight away from the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ cooling effects already in process .

Rapid Loss of Sunlight Could Have Unleashed Snowball Earth Events in The Past.
Not all ice ages are equally brutal. In the most extreme glaciation events known to science, ice stretches out from Earth’s polar regions and extends all the way into lower latitudes, literally reshaping the face of the planet.
Evidence for such epic transitions can be found in the geologic record, most recently in formidable glaciations during the Cryogenian period. Scientists think these extreme cooling events had potentially global reach and ramifications: a phenomenon called ‘Snowball Earth’.
But what on Earth could unleash such devastating, unrelenting cold that most – or all – of our planet would end up sheathed in a frozen sphere of ice and snow? While the exact triggers remain unknown, researchers have now unearthed a new theoretical explanation for how such a thing could happen.
“There are lots of ideas for what caused these global glaciations, but they all really boil down to some implicit modification of solar radiation coming in,” says planetary science researcher Constantin Arnscheidt from MIT.
“But generally it’s been studied in the context of crossing a threshold.”
In other words, the conventional explanation for how a Snowball Earth could transpire is that, in some kind of cataclysmic throwing of shade, a reduced amount of sunlight would reach the surface of the planet, resulting in a cooler Earth that proceeds to freeze over.
Another hypothetical explanation, to do with the carbon cycle, would be the opposite of the global warming crisis facing Earth now: what if our planet had so little heat-trapping carbon dioxide in the atmosphere that we lost Earth’s temperate climate altogether, with its warmth drifting off into space?
“Although there remains debate about the specific triggers of the low-latitude glaciations in Earth’s geologic past, there is a general understanding that glaciation is initiated when changes in radiative fluxes or in CO2 fluxes exceed a critical threshold,” Arnscheidt and his co-author, MIT geophysicist Daniel Rothman, explain in a new paper.
While the theory has focused on such critical thresholds before, the researchers have struck upon a new avenue for thinking about Snowball Earth precursors: what if it wasn’t a critical threshold that was met (in terms of solar radiation plunging, for example), but a critical rate of change that was reached?
In new modelling, the researchers simulated Earth’s dynamic systems in glaciation scenarios – chiefly the interplay of ice-albedo feedback and the carbonate-silicate cycle.
The former is an example of positive feedback. As Earth gets icier and approaches Snowball Earth, it’s frosty coat of ice and snow end up reflecting more sunlight away from the planet, which in turn accelerates the cooling effects already in process.


investmentwatchblog--2020-08-01--Poll: More Than Half Of Young People Lack Resources To Vote By Mail.

As the coronavirus pandemic has upended normal balloting , more than half of voters under the age of 35 say they don ’ t have the resources or knowledge they need to vote by mail in November , according to a new poll .
The poll was conducted by Global Strategy Group for NextGen America , a group that is focused primarily on engaging and turning out young voters .
“ The problem is we ’ ve never voted in a pandemic before and some of these young people have never even voted before , ” said Ben Wessel , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ And so when we look at the information about how to print out or , do you have the ability to print out a ballot request form or do you know how to get stamps or do you even know where to find more information ?
We ’ re really understanding that we have a big job to do.
” NextGen America was founded by the billionaire hedge fund investor turned climate activist Tom Steyer , who also waged an unsuccessful bid for the Democratic presidential nomination this year .
NextGen America @ @ @ @ @ @ @ May .
That need for more information about how to mail-in vote underscored in the poll could be particularly acute among young people of color who may face even greater challenges .

As the coronavirus pandemic has upended normal balloting, more than half of voters under the age of 35 say they don’t have the resources or knowledge they need to vote by mail in November, according to a new poll.
The poll was conducted by Global Strategy Group for NextGen America, a group that is focused primarily on engaging and turning out young voters.
“The problem is we’ve never voted in a pandemic before and some of these young people have never even voted before,” said Ben Wessel, NextGen America’s executive director. “And so when we look at the information about how to print out or, do you have the ability to print out a ballot request form or do you know how to get stamps or do you even know where to find more information? We’re really understanding that we have a big job to do.”
NextGen America was founded by the billionaire hedge fund investor turned climate activist Tom Steyer, who also waged an unsuccessful bid for the Democratic presidential nomination this year. NextGen America endorsed former Vice President Joe Biden in May.
That need for more information about how to mail-in vote underscored in the poll could be particularly acute among young people of color who may face even greater challenges.
www.npr.org/2020/07/30/896993401/poll-more-than-half-of-young-people-lack-resources-to-vote-by-mail


investmentwatchblog--2020-08-01--Dems have banked on Americans being too stupid and too easily swayed by the MSM propaganda machine t

Dems have banked on Americans being too stupid and too easily swayed by the MSM propaganda machine to see what’s going on. They were wrong.

Poll : Huge Number of Americans Concerned About the Violence , Who They Blame Is Not Good for Biden By Nick Arama | July 31 , 2020 ( redstate.com ) – A new poll out indicates that this showing is not good news for Democrats and Joe Biden .
The Harvard CAPS/Harris Poll contacted 1,932 registered voters on July 21-23 .
According to the poll , 77 % are concerned about rising crime .
In poll numbers , that ’ s an astronomical percentage… Now , normally one would think that an increase in crime would be bad for the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ poll also indicates that Americans are hip to what ’ s been going on… Americans are seeing Democrats not condemning the violence and kowtowing to the protesters , allowing this all to fester and get worse .
The only party condemning it , the Republicans .
The person doing something to try to stop it ?
Donald Trump .
People see radical leftists calling for these radical changes and they don ’ t like it , they ’ re rightly concerned .
I ’ ve seen it myself anecdotally with friends and family @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for President Trump because of all this .
They get it .
Vandalism Is Violence : Destructive Riots Are Not ‘ Just Property Damage ’ Property rights are human rights , and we discard them at our own peril .
By Brad Polumbo | July 30 , 2020 Local police declared a riot on Saturday evening after rioters once again tried to burn down a federal courthouse and launched mortars and fireworks at police officers , several of whom sustained injuries .
Similarly destructive unrest has unfolded each night in the city for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ arson , graffiti , and more becoming commonplace as protests over the death of George Floyd morphed into riots over President Trump ’ s controversial decision to send federal officers to Portland .
Yet Portland is by no means the only city gripped by unrest and violence… Riots have also rocked cities such as Austin , Texas , and Seattle , Washington .
In Seattle over the weekend rioters reportedly set fires , vandalized businesses , smashed car windows , and assaulted a court building .
NPR reports that 21 police officers were @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
And this is just the most recent wave .
In May and early June , rioting broke out in cities from Minneapolis , Minnesota to Dallas , Texas .
We ’ re witnessing a breakdown in the rule of law .
In many cases , city officials have enabled or encouraged rioting while law enforcement stands down and allows wanton property destruction .
Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler even joined rioters and participated in the same demonstrations that were spiraling out of control… Meanwhile , Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkin encouraged and lauded the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ zone ” in the middle of the city .
The mayor called the no-go zone a “ block party ” amid a “ summer of love ” despite rampant destruction and seizure of property .
Only after weeks of skyrocketing crime rates and multiple shootings ( including one that killed a teenager ) did she finally order law enforcement to clear the city ’ s insurrectionists .
And in many of the other protests-turned-riots around the country , law enforcement stood down and watched as private property was destroyed and their city was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ anyone justify this madness ?
Well , many left-wing journalists , activists , and commentators who are politically sympathetic to the rioters have argued that rampant destruction isn ’ t really a problem , because it ’ s “ just ” destruction of property , not violence against people .
One person who makes this argument is Oakland-based “ racial justice organizer ” Cat Brooks , who was interviewed by the New York Times .
“ I don ’ t consider property destruction violence , ” Brooks said in defense of the rioting @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Violence is when you attack a person or another living , breathing creature on this planet .
Windows don ’ t cry and they can ’ t die.
” … In reality , destruction of property does real harm to innocent people .
And if allowed to continue , the collapse of rule of law that started with property destruction begets a cycle of lawlessness that will inevitably descend into bloodshed .
Indeed , it has already .
As famed Austrian economist Ludwig Von Mises put it , “ It is in the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it tends toward a transgression of the limit within which it is tolerated and viewed as legitimate.
” … Not convinced yet ?
Just consider the sad news reports detailing how police officers found the remains of a burned body in a Minneapolis pawnshop that was torched during riots as demonstrators cheered .
Vandals may have thought what they were doing was “ just property damage ” —in reality , it was murder .
Sadly , this isn ’ t a one-off example .
During the riots in the wake of Floyd ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ were killed .
How ?
What started as merely “ broken windows ” and “ torched cars ” escalated into mass violence that left police officers , private security guards , and peaceful protesters dead… It ’ s simply impossible to keep a collapse of the rule of law constrained to “ just property damage.
” Moreover , it is deeply immoral and intellectually bankrupt to suggest that property destruction does not constitute “ harm done to people.
” Vandalism is also itself a violent act that violates human rights .
And remember @ @ @ @ @ @ @ corporations or CEOs whose properties were destroyed in these riots .
Many of the post-Floyd riots destroyed minority-owned small businesses… Seattle Mayor Again Blames Trump After Rioters Blew Open a Police Station Using a Van Full of Explosives BY TYLER O ’ NEIL | JUL 30 , 2020 ( pjmedia.com ) – Days after antifa rioters terrorized Seattle , driving a van full of weapons and explosives with the mob in order to set fires and attempt to blow up police departments , Mayor Jenny Durkan focused her attention squarely on President Donald @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ dress rehearsal for martial law.
” She claimed that Trump ’ s efforts to bolster local law enforcement to combat a rising tide of crime and violence have “ decreased public safety.
” In a press conference addressing the antifa riots , Durkan claimed “ the president wants ” the violence .
The riots on Saturday followed a protest in support of the antifa rioters in Portland , who have attempted to burn down the federal courthouse and Justice Center in nearly two straight months of violent riots .
Seattle rioters used @ @ @ @ @ @ @ bombs , stun guns , bear and pepper spray , gas masks , and more .
At one point , rioters set off an explosive that blew an 8-inch hole through a wall of the Police Department ’ s East Precinct , the Seattle Times reported .
Rioters injured 59 police officers .
Civil Rights Vet Warns Against BLM Riots : ‘ Their Target Isn ’ t Injustice in America , It ’ s America Itself ’ BY TYLER O ’ NEIL | JUL 30 , 2020 ( pjmedia.com ) – After the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Black Lives Matter protests devolved into riots across the country and the divisive anti-American narrative of The New York Times ‘ “ 1619 Project ” gained more traction ( Oprah Winfrey recently announced she would team up with the Times to bring the project to the silver screen ) .
Robert L. Woodson Sr. , a veteran of the 1960s civil rights movement , condemned both the riots and the 1619 Project .
He has fought to empower the black community for decades , and he told PJ Media that the riots and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of helping inner-city blacks .
“ Low-income blacks are the collateral damage ” of the riots , Woodson told PJ Media .
“ It ’ s really damaging .
Many of the businesses that are being torched are black-owned businesses .
In my own neighborhood of Philadelphia , they burned down a grocery store that employed ex-offenders and a center that treated dialysis patients .
“ I don ’ t know what this has to do with social justice , ” he quipped .
Indeed , the riots have destroyed black lives , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ At least 22 Americans have died in the riots , most of them black .
Woodson , who founded the Woodson Center in 1981 in order to help residents of low-income neighborhoods address the problems of their communities , chastised the leaders of the Black Lives Matter movement and insisted that the 1960s civil rights movement never worked hand-in-glove with violent rioters .
“ We were very careful to have standards as to who was able to claim participation .
There were standards of character and standards of behavior , ” Woodson said @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of people who are burning buildings makes them complicit in what they ’ re doing .
They ’ re no longer peaceful protesters.
” He condemned other civil rights veterans as “ complicit ” with the riots “ because they ’ re not speaking out ” against them .
Woodson lamented the fact that most black leaders did not speak out against the vandalism of statues , even when vandals targeted the monument to the 54th Massachusetts Regiment ( the first black Union volunteers in the Civil War ) and the statue of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
“ There was no outcry , ” he lamented .
Of the rioters , Woodson insisted , “ Their target isn ’ t injustice in America , it ’ s America itself .
They have stopped all pretense of being interested in social justice for blacks .
They ’ re after civil society itself.
” …

by Fist
Poll: Huge Number of Americans Concerned About the Violence, Who They Blame Is Not Good for Biden
By Nick Arama | July 31, 2020
(redstate.com) – A new poll out indicates that this showing is not good news for Democrats and Joe Biden. The Harvard CAPS/Harris Poll contacted 1,932 registered voters on July 21-23.
According to the poll, 77% are concerned about rising crime. In poll numbers, that’s an astronomical percentage…
Now, normally one would think that an increase in crime would be bad for the incumbent, Donald Trump.
But the poll also indicates that Americans are hip to what’s been going on…
Americans are seeing Democrats not condemning the violence and kowtowing to the protesters, allowing this all to fester and get worse. The only party condemning it, the Republicans. The person doing something to try to stop it? Donald Trump.
People see radical leftists calling for these radical changes and they don’t like it, they’re rightly concerned.
I’ve seen it myself anecdotally with friends and family members saying they now intend to vote for President Trump because of all this.
They get it.
Elon Musk summed it up.
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READ MORE:
www.redstate.com/nick-arama/2020/07/31/poll-huge-number-of-americans-concerned-about-the-violence-who-they-blame-is-not-good-for-biden/
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Vandalism Is Violence: Destructive Riots Are Not ‘Just Property Damage’
Property rights are human rights, and we discard them at our own peril.
By Brad Polumbo | July 30, 2020
(fee.org) – Chaos is consuming Portland, Oregon.
Local police declared a riot on Saturday evening after rioters once again tried to burn down a federal courthouse and launched mortars and fireworks at police officers, several of whom sustained injuries. Similarly destructive unrest has unfolded each night in the city for weeks now, with rampant vandalism, arson, graffiti, and more becoming commonplace as protests over the death of George Floyd morphed into riots over President Trump’s controversial decision to send federal officers to Portland.
Yet Portland is by no means the only city gripped by unrest and violence…
Riots have also rocked cities such as Austin, Texas, and Seattle, Washington. In Seattle over the weekend rioters reportedly set fires, vandalized businesses, smashed car windows, and assaulted a court building. NPR reports that 21 police officers were injured while trying to contain the chaos.
And this is just the most recent wave. In May and early June, rioting broke out in cities from Minneapolis, Minnesota to Dallas, Texas.
We’re witnessing a breakdown in the rule of law. In many cases, city officials have enabled or encouraged rioting while law enforcement stands down and allows wanton property destruction. Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler even joined rioters and participated in the same demonstrations that were spiraling out of control…
Meanwhile, Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkin encouraged and lauded the self-described anarchists who declared an “autonomous zone” in the middle of the city. The mayor called the no-go zone a “block party” amid a “summer of love” despite rampant destruction and seizure of property. Only after weeks of skyrocketing crime rates and multiple shootings (including one that killed a teenager) did she finally order law enforcement to clear the city’s insurrectionists.
And in many of the other protests-turned-riots around the country, law enforcement stood down and watched as private property was destroyed and their city was rocked by rioters.
So how can anyone justify this madness?
Well, many left-wing journalists, activists, and commentators who are politically sympathetic to the rioters have argued that rampant destruction isn’t really a problem, because it’s “just” destruction of property, not violence against people.
One person who makes this argument is Oakland-based “racial justice organizer” Cat Brooks, who was interviewed by the New York Times.
“I don’t consider property destruction violence,” Brooks said in defense of the rioting and vandalism in her city. “Violence is when you attack a person or another living, breathing creature on this planet. Windows don’t cry and they can’t die.”…
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In reality, destruction of property does real harm to innocent people. And if allowed to continue, the collapse of rule of law that started with property destruction begets a cycle of lawlessness that will inevitably descend into bloodshed. Indeed, it has already. As famed Austrian economist Ludwig Von Mises put it, “It is in the nature of every application of violence that it tends toward a transgression of the limit within which it is tolerated and viewed as legitimate.”…
Not convinced yet? Just consider the sad news reports detailing how police officers found the remains of a burned body in a Minneapolis pawnshop that was torched during riots as demonstrators cheered. Vandals may have thought what they were doing was “just property damage”—in reality, it was murder.
Sadly, this isn’t a one-off example. During the riots in the wake of Floyd’s death, at least 15 people were killed. How? What started as merely “broken windows” and “torched cars” escalated into mass violence that left police officers, private security guards, and peaceful protesters dead…
It’s simply impossible to keep a collapse of the rule of law constrained to “just property damage.” Moreover, it is deeply immoral and intellectually bankrupt to suggest that property destruction does not constitute “harm done to people.” Vandalism is also itself a violent act that violates human rights.
And remember, it wasn’t just big corporations or CEOs whose properties were destroyed in these riots. Many of the post-Floyd riots destroyed minority-owned small businesses…
READ MORE:
fee.org/articles/vandalism-is-violence-destructive-riots-are-not-just-property-damage/
It’s just not working, Dems.
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Seattle Mayor Again Blames Trump After Rioters Blew Open a Police Station Using a Van Full of Explosives
BY TYLER O’NEIL | JUL 30, 2020
(pjmedia.com) – Days after antifa rioters terrorized Seattle, driving a van full of weapons and explosives with the mob in order to set fires and attempt to blow up police departments, Mayor Jenny Durkan focused her attention squarely on President Donald Trump, accusing him of running a “dress rehearsal for martial law.” She claimed that Trump’s efforts to bolster local law enforcement to combat a rising tide of crime and violence have “decreased public safety.” In a press conference addressing the antifa riots, Durkan claimed “the president wants” the violence.
The riots on Saturday followed a protest in support of the antifa rioters in Portland, who have attempted to burn down the federal courthouse and Justice Center in nearly two straight months of violent riots. Seattle rioters used a van packed with fireworks, smoke bombs, stun guns, bear and pepper spray, gas masks, and more. At one point, rioters set off an explosive that blew an 8-inch hole through a wall of the Police Department’s East Precinct, the Seattle Times reported. Rioters injured 59 police officers.
Durkan focused her ire on Trump…
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Civil Rights Vet Warns Against BLM Riots: ‘Their Target Isn’t Injustice in America, It’s America Itself’
BY TYLER O’NEIL | JUL 30, 2020
(pjmedia.com) – After the horrific police killing of George Floyd, Black Lives Matter protests devolved into riots across the country and the divisive anti-American narrative of The New York Times‘ “1619 Project” gained more traction (Oprah Winfrey recently announced she would team up with the Times to bring the project to the silver screen). Robert L. Woodson Sr., a veteran of the 1960s civil rights movement, condemned both the riots and the 1619 Project. He has fought to empower the black community for decades, and he told PJ Media that the riots and the 1619 Project actually harm the cause of helping inner-city blacks.
“Low-income blacks are the collateral damage” of the riots, Woodson told PJ Media. “It’s really damaging. Many of the businesses that are being torched are black-owned businesses. In my own neighborhood of Philadelphia, they burned down a grocery store that employed ex-offenders and a center that treated dialysis patients.
“I don’t know what this has to do with social justice,” he quipped.
Indeed, the riots have destroyed black lives, black livelihoods, and black monuments. At least 22 Americans have died in the riots, most of them black.
Woodson, who founded the Woodson Center in 1981 in order to help residents of low-income neighborhoods address the problems of their communities, chastised the leaders of the Black Lives Matter movement and insisted that the 1960s civil rights movement never worked hand-in-glove with violent rioters.
“We were very careful to have standards as to who was able to claim participation. There were standards of character and standards of behavior,” Woodson said. “To be in the company of people who are burning buildings makes them complicit in what they’re doing. They’re no longer peaceful protesters.”
He condemned other civil rights veterans as “complicit” with the riots “because they’re not speaking out” against them. Woodson lamented the fact that most black leaders did not speak out against the vandalism of statues, even when vandals targeted the monument to the 54th Massachusetts Regiment (the first black Union volunteers in the Civil War) and the statue of former slave and magnificent orator Frederick Douglass. “There was no outcry,” he lamented.
Of the rioters, Woodson insisted, “Their target isn’t injustice in America, it’s America itself. They have stopped all pretense of being interested in social justice for blacks. They’re after civil society itself.”…
READ MORE:
pjmedia.com/culture/tyler-o-neil/2020/07/30/civil-rights-veteran-low-income-blacks-are-the-collateral-damage-of-the-black-lives-matter-riots-n732156


investmentwatchblog--2020-08-01--Oregon’s U.S. Attorney Tells Media Their Distorted Portland Riots Coverage Is Part of the Problem.

THINK OF THE PRESS AS A PSYCHOLOGICAL WARFARE OPERATION AGAINST NORMAL AMERICANS AND YOU WON ’ T GO FAR WRONG .
When it comes to setting the record straight on the anarchy and destruction happening in Portland , U.S. Attorney Billy Williams is not messing around .
Williams , who is the chief federal law enforcement official for Oregon , recently gave an interview outside Portland ’ s battered Mark O. Hatfield federal courthouse where he took the wind out of the sails of a few reporters who had an angle to push .
The video of the interview , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is worth watching in its entirety .
Here are some of the highlights : When he was asked by one reporter what it was going to take to “ turn the tide ” in Portland , Williams made it clear that it wasn ’ t up to law enforcement to come up with the solution to end the violence .
Instead , he said , it was up to the community : WILLIAMS : Yeah , so what I think it ’ s gon na take , this has to be a community @ @ @ @ @ @ @ law enforcement solution , we ’ re responding , dealing with it , protecting this property just like the city police are protecting city property , but any real solution to stop the mindless violence that goes on has to come from the community , and I include various community leaders , faith leaders , business leaders working with whoever wants to join in a coalition – whatever you want to call that , the coalition of the willing , whatever .
After acknowledging that this was a time in our nation ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ all over the country are calling for change , Williams told the gaggle of reporters in attendance that the “ mindless violence ” will not get them anywhere .
He also said the violence had been “ politicized , ” which he believes “ enables this to continue because no one in their right mind thinks this is okay.
” IS THIS WHAT PEACEFUL PROTESTS LOOK LIKE ?
Here ’ s the Portland Courthouse After Night 61 .
Wednesday night marked the 61st straight night of violent antifa riots outside the federal courthouse @ @ @ @ @ @ @ first mortar firework just before 11 p.m. , and federal law enforcement cleared the area in the wee hours of the morning .
KGW News photojournalist Eric Patterson toured the area just in front of the federal courthouse and captured a video of the graffiti , burnt trash , and various signs of violence from the night before .
Let ’ s just say this wasn ’ t exactly a “ peaceful protest .
”

THINK OF THE PRESS AS A PSYCHOLOGICAL WARFARE OPERATION AGAINST NORMAL AMERICANS AND YOU WON’T GO FAR WRONG.
via legalinsurrection:
When it comes to setting the record straight on the anarchy and destruction happening in Portland, U.S. Attorney Billy Williams is not messing around.
Williams, who is the chief federal law enforcement official for Oregon, recently gave an interview outside Portland’s battered Mark O. Hatfield federal courthouse where he took the wind out of the sails of a few reporters who had an angle to push.
The video of the interview, which I’ve linked below, is worth watching in its entirety. Here are some of the highlights:
When he was asked by one reporter what it was going to take to “turn the tide” in Portland, Williams made it clear that it wasn’t up to law enforcement to come up with the solution to end the violence. Instead, he said, it was up to the community:
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WILLIAMS: Yeah, so what I think it’s gonna take, this has to be a community solution. It’s not a law enforcement solution, we’re responding, dealing with it, protecting this property just like the city police are protecting city property, but any real solution to stop the mindless violence that goes on has to come from the community, and I include various community leaders, faith leaders, business leaders working with whoever wants to join in a coalition – whatever you want to call that, the coalition of the willing, whatever.
After acknowledging that this was a time in our nation’s history where “lawful protesters” all over the country are calling for change, Williams told the gaggle of reporters in attendance that the “mindless violence” will not get them anywhere. He also said the violence had been “politicized,” which he believes “enables this to continue because no one in their right mind thinks this is okay.”
IS THIS WHAT PEACEFUL PROTESTS LOOK LIKE? Here’s the Portland Courthouse After Night 61.
Wednesday night marked the 61st straight night of violent antifa riots outside the federal courthouse in Portland, Ore. Rioters threw the first mortar firework just before 11 p.m., and federal law enforcement cleared the area in the wee hours of the morning.
KGW News photojournalist Eric Patterson toured the area just in front of the federal courthouse and captured a video of the graffiti, burnt trash, and various signs of violence from the night before.
Let’s just say this wasn’t exactly a “peaceful protest.”


investmentwatchblog--2020-08-01--Warren appears to roll her eyes as Joe Biden continually confuses what he’s saying

Even Fauxcahontas ( a ditz herself ) knows that the light is on but nobody is home as far as @ @ @ @ @

Warren appears to roll her eyes as Joe Biden continually confuses what he's saying pic.twitter.com/2aw2A2LyYm — Tommy Pigott (@TCPigott) August 1, 2020
Even Fauxcahontas (a ditz herself) knows that the light is on but nobody is home as far as Creepy Joe is concerned.
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investmentwatchblog--2020-08-01--China floods affect 54.8 million people, inflict US$20 billion in losses: China’s reports of deaths,

China floods affect 54.8 million people, inflict US$20 billion in losses: China’s reports of deaths, damaged homes suspiciously low given scale of disaster.

TAIPEI ( Taiwan News ) — The massive floods which have ravaged China over the past two months have inflicted a heavy toll on the communist country in terms of damages to property and direct economic losses , with the vaunted Three Gorges Dam seemingly inadequate in reducing these effects and the death toll remaining suspiciously low .
After two months of torrential rains and tremendous flooding across the Yangtze River , Yellow River , and Huai River , China ’ s state-run media mouthpiece Xinhua on Wednesday ( July 29 ) cited the Ministry of Emergency Management as saying @ @ @ @ @ @ @ affected 54.8 million people in 27 provincial-level regions as of Tuesday ( July 28 ) .
Despite the vast scale of the disaster across China over two months , the government is reporting a miraculously low 158 dead or missing .
Xinhua says that 3.76 million people have been evacuated from flood-ravaged areas .
Amid the onslaught , 41,000 homes have collapsed and 368,000 have been damaged .
A total of 5.283 hectares of farmland has been damaged and direct economic losses have climbed to 144.43 billion Chinese yuan ( about 20.66 billion @ @ @ @ @ @ @ average over the same period in the past five years , the number of people affected by floods this year has increased by 23.4 percent , the number of evacuations has increased by 36.7 percent , and direct economic losses have increased by 13.8 % .

via taiwannews:
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — The massive floods which have ravaged China over the past two months have inflicted a heavy toll on the communist country in terms of damages to property and direct economic losses, with the vaunted Three Gorges Dam seemingly inadequate in reducing these effects and the death toll remaining suspiciously low.
After two months of torrential rains and tremendous flooding across the Yangtze River, Yellow River, and Huai River, China’s state-run media mouthpiece Xinhua on Wednesday (July 29) cited the Ministry of Emergency Management as saying that the “rain-triggered floods” have affected 54.8 million people in 27 provincial-level regions as of Tuesday (July 28). Despite the vast scale of the disaster across China over two months, the government is reporting a miraculously low 158 dead or missing.
Xinhua says that 3.76 million people have been evacuated from flood-ravaged areas. Amid the onslaught, 41,000 homes have collapsed and 368,000 have been damaged.
A total of 5.283 hectares of farmland has been damaged and direct economic losses have climbed to 144.43 billion Chinese yuan (about 20.66 billion U.S. dollars). Compared with the average over the same period in the past five years, the number of people affected by floods this year has increased by 23.4 percent, the number of evacuations has increased by 36.7 percent, and direct economic losses have increased by 13.8%.


investmentwatchblog--2020-08-01--USDA identifies some of the mysterious, unsolicited seeds after all 50 states issue warnings

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has identified 14 different kinds of seeds in the mysterious packages that appear to have @ @ @ @ @ to people around the country .
Morning glory , hibiscus and roses , cabbage and @ @ @ @ @ , rosemary , and lavender .

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has identified 14 different kinds of seeds in the mysterious packages that appear to have been sent unsolicited from China to people around the country.
Morning glory, hibiscus and roses, cabbage and herbs including mint, sage, rosemary, and lavender.
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www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/07/31/usda-identifies-some-seeds-appear-sent-china/5555404002/


investmentwatchblog--2020-08-01--Military Medical Staff sent to California Hospital

they said because of staffing shortages or are they testing some vaccines ?
The hospitals being served are Adventist Health Lodi Memorial in Lodi , Community Regional Medical Center in Fresno , Dameron Hospital in Stockton , Eisenhower Medical Center in Rancho Mirage and Kaweah Delta Medical Center in Visalia , the spokesman said .
not just California but texas too Military doctors , nurses and specialists have been sent to help overwhelmed hospitals in California and Texas as coronavirus cases continue spike .
A reported 580 Army and Navy medical support staff have been called in to assist Texas @ @ @ @ @ @ @ coronavirus cases , according to the military ’ s health news website , Health.mil .
Texas reported nearly 22,000 new daily cases over the last 48 hours along with 239 deaths , the highest number of cases and deaths reported since the pandemic started .
U.S Army critical care nurses 1st Lt. Charles Gilcrist and 1st Lt. Lauryn Hudgins from Urban Augmentation Medical Task Force – 627 work to provide medical care to a COVID-19 patient alongside Baptist Hospital medical staff , in San Antonio , Texas , July 10 , 2020 .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ various medical specialties from the 627th Hospital Center , Fort Carson , Colo. , and deployed to support San Antonio hospitals during the COVID-19 response .
U.S. Northern Command , through U.S. Army North , is providing military support to states in need .
VA hospitals in texas will also accept covid patients not just our vets/military On July 29 , officials from the Department of Veterans Affairs offered a direct line of transfer between Starr County and the Audie L. Murphy VA Hospital , a Level 1 facility which offers specialty services @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and others who require high levels of care .
That includes patients nearing respiratory failure who are in need of ventilator support .
Wear a mask .
Your loyalty to your political party will NOT save us dont say i am a dem , i voted for trump too

www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-07-19/military-medical-providers-california-hospitals-coronavirus-staffing-shortages
they said because of staffing shortages
or are they testing some vaccines?
The hospitals being served are Adventist Health Lodi Memorial in Lodi, Community Regional Medical Center in Fresno, Dameron Hospital in Stockton, Eisenhower Medical Center in Rancho Mirage and Kaweah Delta Medical Center in Visalia, the spokesman said.
ktla.com/news/local-news/military-teams-sent-to-5-california-hospitals-including-1-in-rancho-mirage-amid-coronavirus-staffing-shortages/
not just California but texas too
Military doctors, nurses and specialists have been sent to help overwhelmed hospitals in California and Texas as coronavirus cases continue spike.
A reported 580 Army and Navy medical support staff have been called in to assist Texas hospitals grappling with the record number of coronavirus cases, according to the military’s health news website, Health.mil.
Texas reported nearly 22,000 new daily cases over the last 48 hours along with 239 deaths, the highest number of cases and deaths reported since the pandemic started.
www.foxnews.com/us/military-medics-california-texas-coronavirus
U.S Army critical care nurses 1st Lt. Charles Gilcrist and 1st Lt. Lauryn Hudgins from Urban Augmentation Medical Task Force – 627 work to provide medical care to a COVID-19 patient alongside Baptist Hospital medical staff, in San Antonio, Texas, July 10, 2020. The UAMTF is comprised of Soldiers with various medical specialties from the 627th Hospital Center, Fort Carson, Colo., and deployed to support San Antonio hospitals during the COVID-19 response. U.S. Northern Command, through U.S. Army North, is providing military support to states in need.
www.health.mil/News/Articles/2020/07/14/U-S-military-deploys-to-Texas-and-California-in-support-of-COVID-19-operations
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with video
abc7.com/los-angeles-coronavirus-la-covid-updates-usc-medical-center-ucla/6336612/
VA hospitals in texas will also accept covid patients not just our vets/military
On July 29, officials from the Department of Veterans Affairs offered a direct line of transfer between Starr County and the Audie L. Murphy VA Hospital, a Level 1 facility which offers specialty services. The VA will accept COVID-19 patients and others who require high levels of care. That includes patients nearing respiratory failure who are in need of ventilator support.
www.tpr.org/post/audie-murphy-va-hospital-now-taking-patients-overwhelmed-starr-county
FEMA nurses in Bay Area (San Francisco California )
www.baynews9.com/fl/tampa/coronavirus/2020/07/31/working-with-heroes–fema-nurses-help-bay-area-hospitals-in-need
and lastly –
Wear a mask.
Your loyalty to your political party will NOT save us
dont say i am a dem , i voted for trump too
AC


investmentwatchblog--2020-08-01--U.K Police suggest Martial Law may need to be imposed on population

SAGE expert warns pubs could have to shut in trade-off to let schools reopen next month – as it ’ @ @ @ @ @ the ARMY might have to be called in to quell social unrest over local lock-downs @ @ @ @ @ holes may need to close in order to get children back to classes Boris Johnson @ @ @ @ @ are ‘ creeping up ’ and he is ‘ squeezing brake pedal ’ He announced @ @ @ @ @ 1 is being pushed back to August 15 ‘ at the earliest ’ That means @ @ @ @ @ alleys is delayed while wedding receptions must also wait PM also announced extension of face @ @ @ @ @ , galleries and places of worship Professor Chris Whitty warned UK has potentially reached a @ @ @ @ @ society can be opened up Came after partial lockdown reimposed on Greater Manchester and parts @ @ @ @ @ Residents banned from meeting people they don ’ t live with in homes or gardens @ @ @ @ @ to the pub

SAGE expert warns pubs could have to shut in trade-off to let schools reopen next month – as it’s revealed police have warned the ARMY might have to be called in to quell social unrest over local lock-downs
Professor Graham Medley said watering holes may need to close in order to get children back to classes
Boris Johnson yesterday warned coronavirus case numbers are ‘creeping up’ and he is ‘squeezing brake pedal’
He announced lockdown loosening planned for August 1 is being pushed back to August 15 ‘at the earliest’
That means reopening of casinos and bowling alleys is delayed while wedding receptions must also wait
PM also announced extension of face covering rules to include museums, galleries and places of worship
Professor Chris Whitty warned UK has potentially reached a limit for how much of society can be opened up
Came after partial lockdown reimposed on Greater Manchester and parts of Lancashire and West Yorkshire
Residents banned from meeting people they don’t live with in homes or gardens – but can still go to the pub
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www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8582925/SAGE-expert-warns-interventions-needed-schools-open-month.html


investmentwatchblog--2020-08-01--CDC Chief Agrees There’s ‘Perverse’ Economic ‘Incentive’ for Hospitals to Inflate Coronavirus Deaths

United States hospitals have a “ perverse ” monetary “ incentive ” to increase their count of coronavirus fatalities , U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ( CDC ) ’ s director Robert Redfield indicated under questioning from a Republican lawmaker during a House panel hearing on Friday .
Asked to comment on what Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer ( R-MO ) described as the “ perverse incentive ” during a hearing by the House Oversight and Reform Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis , Dr. Redfield responded : I think you ’ re correct in that we ’ ve seen @ @ @ @ @ @ @ really in the HIV epidemic , somebody may have a heart attack , but also have HIV — the hospital would prefer the [ classification ] for HIV because there ’ s greater reimbursement .
So I do think there ’ s some reality to that .
When it comes to death reporting , though , ultimately , it ’ s how the physician defines it in the death certificate and … we review all of those death certificates .
So I think , probably it is less operable in the cause of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ say there are not some cases .
I do think though [ that ] when it comes to hospital reimbursement issues or individuals that get discharged , there could be some play in that for sure .

United States hospitals have a “perverse” monetary “incentive” to increase their count of coronavirus fatalities, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)’s director Robert Redfield indicated under questioning from a Republican lawmaker during a House panel hearing on Friday.
Asked to comment on what Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-MO) described as the “perverse incentive” during a hearing by the House Oversight and Reform Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis, Dr. Redfield responded:
I think you’re correct in that we’ve seen this in other disease processes too, really in the HIV epidemic, somebody may have a heart attack, but also have HIV — the hospital would prefer the [classification] for HIV because there’s greater reimbursement.
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So I do think there’s some reality to that. When it comes to death reporting, though, ultimately, it’s how the physician defines it in the death certificate and … we review all of those death certificates.
So I think, probably it is less operable in the cause of death, although I won’t say there are not some cases. I do think though [that] when it comes to hospital reimbursement issues or individuals that get discharged, there could be some play in that for sure.
www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/07/31/cdc-chief-agrees-theres-perverse-economic-incentive-for-hospitals-to-inflate-coronavirus-deaths/


investmentwatchblog--2020-08-01--Court’s final ruling against Patreon opens legal avenue to defend against deplatforming

A court has issued a final ruling denying fan-funding platform Patreon ’ s request for an injunction against 72 former @ @ @ @ @ who are seeking arbitration against the company for disrupting the economic relationship between themselves and @ @ @ @ @ follows a tentative ruling against Patreon from earlier this month and means that the company @ @ @ @ @ filing fees on each of the 72 individual arbitration claims within 30 days of the @ @ @ @ @ .
These fees can be upwards of $ 10,000 per arbitration .
When the arbitration @ @ @ @ @ have to pay further legal fees and have a rolling obligation to pay them within @ @ @ @ @ commentator , and producer Mike Cernovich has predicted that these fees could be as high @ @ @ @ @

A court has issued a final ruling denying fan-funding platform Patreon’s request for an injunction against 72 former backers of comedian Owen Benjamin who are seeking arbitration against the company for disrupting the economic relationship between themselves and Benjamin.
The final ruling follows a tentative ruling against Patreon from earlier this month and means that the company now has to pay upfront filing fees on each of the 72 individual arbitration claims within 30 days of the due date on the invoice. These fees can be upwards of $10,000 per arbitration.
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When the arbitration commences, Patreon will also have to pay further legal fees and have a rolling obligation to pay them within 30 days. Lawyer, commentator, and producer Mike Cernovich has predicted that these fees could be as high as $20 million.
reclaimthenet.org/final-ruling-patreon-owen-benjamin-injunction-denied/


investmentwatchblog--2020-08-01--California – Fiscal Year – Company Layoff List (231 page pdf)

TOP 100 layoffs 11083_____Tesla , Inc ( 2020-05-05 ) 3595______Fox Sports Productions , LLC ( 2020-04-27 ) 3029______Pacific Dental Services , LLC ( 2020-03-31 ) 3025______UNIVERSAL CITY STUDIOS DBA ( 2020-05-07 ) 2626______Cal Poly Corporation ( 2020-04-03 ) 2250______Sea World ( 2020-03-27 ) 2225______SeaWorld San Diego ( 2020-03-26 ) 2030______Verity Health System of California , Inc. DBA St. Francis Medical Center ( 2020-05-29 ) 1900______Hawaiian Gardens Casino ( 2020-03-20 ) 1884______THE CALIFORNIA COMMERCE CLUB DBA THE COMMERCE CASUNO & HOTEL ( 2020-03-19 ) 1829______Aramark – Yosemite ( 2020-04-07 ) 1810______LEGOLAND California LLC , dba LEGOLAND ( 2020-03-31 ) 1800______Pebble Beach @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Center ( 2020-05-01 ) 1657______YMCA of Silicon Valley ( 2020-03-27 ) 1653______Burlington Distribution Corp. ( 2020-04-08 ) 1514______YogaWorks ( 2020-03-23 ) 1500______Bicycle Casino , L.P. ( 2020-03-14 ) 1454______Magic Mountain , LLC ( 2020-04-17 ) 1440______HCAL , LLC dba Harrah ’ s Resort Southern California ( 2020-04-21 ) 1420______Stitch Fix ( 2020-06-01 ) 1358______Cohn Restaurant Group ( 2020-03-25 ) 1304______TeamSanJose ( 2020-03-19 ) 1235______Goodwill Industries of San Diego County ( GISD ) ( 2020-04-02 ) 1228______YMCA of Metropolitan Los Angeles ( 2020-04-03 ) 1215______Padres LP ( 2020-03-30 ) 1200______San Francisco Giants ( 2020-04-04 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 2019-09-26 ) 1107______LDD Long Point Management LLC @ Terranea Resort ( 2020-03-20 ) 1097______Santa Cruz Seaside Company ( 2020-05-01 ) 1092______The Brigantine Inc ( 2020-03-20 ) 1084______Marriott Hotel Services , Inc – JW Marriott Desert Springs Resort & Spa ( 2020-06-25 ) 1069______The Performing Arts Center of Los Angeles County ( 2020-04-16 ) 1065______Chukchansi Gold Resort & Casino ( 2020-03-31 ) 1064______Curio Employer LLC , dba Hotel del Coronado ( 2020-04-06 ) 1059______Irvine Management Company , dba Irvine ( 2020-04-03 ) 1038______Hilton Hotel Employer LLC dba Hilton Anaheim ( 2020-04-06 ) 1014______Robinson Helicopter @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 2020-03-20 ) 1009______The Ritz-Carlton , Los Angeles , JW Marriott L.A. LIVE ( 2020-06-25 ) 984______Darden Restaurant , Inc. ( 2020-05-06 ) 965______Associated Students of San Diego State University ( 2020-05-07 ) 943______LAZ Parking California , LLC ( 2020-03-30 ) 942______Oakley Inc ( 2020-04-10 ) 923______Hilton Hotel Employer LLC , dba Hilton San Francisco Union Square ( 2020-04-03 ) 912______University Enterprises , Inc. ( 2020-05-19 ) 911______Six Flags Discovery Kingdom ( 2020-04-18 ) 903______Marriott International , Inc. DBA Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina ( 2020-03-27 ) 900______Bartell Hotels San Diego ’ s Premier @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Downtown ( 2020-03-24 ) 837______YMCA Child Care ( 2020-03-20 ) 831______Macy ’ s ( 2020-02-03 ) 830______HLT Conrad Domestic Employer LLC dba Hilton San Diego Bayfront ( 2020-04-06 ) 808______Marriott Hotel Services inc , dba San Francisco Marriott Marquis ( 2020-03-27 ) 800______HMSHost – El Segundo ( 2020-03-19 ) 799______Alorica , Inc. ( 2019-08-23 ) 796______Oakland Athletics ( 2020-04-10 ) 792______The Brigantine , Inc. ( 2020-03-19 ) 779______Cal Poly Pomona Foundation ( 2020-05-17 ) 774______Kyo-Ya Ohana , LLC , DBA The Palace Hotel ( 2020-03-23 ) 766______Gate Gourmet LAX Division ( 2020-04-01 ) @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 2020-03-19 ) 743______Universal Television , LLC ( 2020-04-23 ) 741______Waldorf Astoria Employer LLC dba Waldorf Astoria La Quinta Resort & Club ( 2020-04-03 ) 729______Hollywood Park Casino Company ( 2020-03-24 ) 729______Great Lakes Services , LLC dba Great Wolf Lodge ( 2020-03-26 ) 729______GREAT LAKES SERVICES , LLC DBA GREAT WOLF LODGE ( 2020-03-27 ) 728______California Sportservice , Inc ( 2020-04-15 ) 719______OJAI VALLEY INN ( 2020-03-24 ) 719______San Manuel Casino ( 2020-05-21 ) 715______DPR Construction ( 2020-03-24 ) 702______Darden Restaurants , Inc. – ( 2020-05-06 ) 701______Goodwill Industries of Orange County ( @ @ @ @ @ @ @ – The Wiltern ( 2020-04-24 ) 688______Manchester Grand Hyatt ( 2020-03-20 ) 681______Thales Avionics , Inc. ( 2020-05-18 ) 678______Gate Gourmet ’ s San Francisco International Airport Kitchen ( 2020-04-15 ) 677______Team One Employment Specialists LLC ( 2020-03-26 ) 676______Del Grande Dealer Group ( 2020-03-31 ) 671______Kirkhill , Inc ( 2020-04-09 ) 669______Deliv , Inc. , dba Deliv California Inc. ( 2020-05-07 ) 661______Airbnb ( 2020-05-06 ) 660______Associated Students of California State University , Chico ( 2020-04-21 ) 654______BRIGHTON COLLECTIBLES LLC ( 2020-03-20 ) 645______SSD Operating Co. , LLC dba Sheraton San Diego @ @ @ @ @ @ @ S Hotel ( L.A. ) Inc. dba Four Seasons Los Angeles ( 2020-03-23 ) 629______Touchstone Television Productions , LLC dba ABC Studios ( 2020-05-05 ) 617______Marriott Hotel Services Inc , dba Anaheim Marriott Hotel ( 2020-03-27 ) 617______Goodwill of Silicon Valley ( 2020-04-03 ) 613______Levy Premium Foodservice Limited Partnership ( 2020-03-19 ) 610______Goldenvoice – The Shrine Auditorium ( 2020-04-20 ) 601______Westin Bonaventure Hotel & Suites ( 2020-04-03 ) 601______Princess Cruise Lines Ltd ( 2020-05-26 ) 600______Carmel Valley Ranch ( 2020-03-18 ) 598______Storer Transit Systems-Modesto School Bus ( 2020-03-26 ) 587______HYATT REGENCY HUNTINGTON BEACH @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Students Inc. ( 2020-04-03 ) 575______USS-POSCO Industries ( 2019-09-12 ) 567______Olam West Coast Inc. ( 2020-04-29 ) 566______Gemological Institute of America ( 2020-05-01 ) 562______Forty-Niner Shops , Inc. ( 2020-03-23 )

edd.ca.gov/jobs_and_training/Layoff_Services_WARN.htm
Number of notices by month
Jul-19……..28
Aug-19……..41
Sep-19……..55
Oct-19……..58
Nov-19……..57
Dec-19……..31
Jan-20……..67
Feb-20……..49
Mar-20……..293
Apr-20……..2,207
May-20……..1,064
Jun-20……..646
Total……..4,596
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TOP 100 layoffs
11083_____Tesla, Inc (2020-05-05)
3595______Fox Sports Productions, LLC (2020-04-27)
3029______Pacific Dental Services, LLC (2020-03-31)
3025______UNIVERSAL CITY STUDIOS DBA (2020-05-07)
2626______Cal Poly Corporation (2020-04-03)
2250______Sea World (2020-03-27)
2225______SeaWorld San Diego (2020-03-26)
2030______Verity Health System of California, Inc. DBA St. Francis Medical Center (2020-05-29)
1900______Hawaiian Gardens Casino (2020-03-20)
1884______THE CALIFORNIA COMMERCE CLUB DBA THE COMMERCE CASUNO & HOTEL (2020-03-19)
1829______Aramark – Yosemite (2020-04-07)
1810______LEGOLAND California LLC, dba LEGOLAND (2020-03-31)
1800______Pebble Beach Company (2020-03-23)
1720______GSW Arena LLC-Chase Center (2020-05-01)
1657______YMCA of Silicon Valley (2020-03-27)
1653______Burlington Distribution Corp. (2020-04-08)
1514______YogaWorks (2020-03-23)
1500______Bicycle Casino, L.P. (2020-03-14)
1454______Magic Mountain, LLC (2020-04-17)
1440______HCAL, LLC dba Harrah’s Resort Southern California (2020-04-21)
1420______Stitch Fix (2020-06-01)
1358______Cohn Restaurant Group (2020-03-25)
1304______TeamSanJose (2020-03-19)
1235______Goodwill Industries of San Diego County (GISD) (2020-04-02)
1228______YMCA of Metropolitan Los Angeles (2020-04-03)
1215______Padres LP (2020-03-30)
1200______San Francisco Giants (2020-04-04)
1170______Forever 21 Logistics, LLC (2019-09-26)
1107______LDD Long Point Management LLC @ Terranea Resort (2020-03-20)
1097______Santa Cruz Seaside Company (2020-05-01)
1092______The Brigantine Inc (2020-03-20)
1084______Marriott Hotel Services, Inc – JW Marriott Desert Springs Resort & Spa (2020-06-25)
1069______The Performing Arts Center of Los Angeles County (2020-04-16)
1065______Chukchansi Gold Resort & Casino (2020-03-31)
1064______Curio Employer LLC, dba Hotel del Coronado (2020-04-06)
1059______Irvine Management Company, dba Irvine (2020-04-03)
1038______Hilton Hotel Employer LLC dba Hilton Anaheim (2020-04-06)
1014______Robinson Helicopter Company, Inc. (RHC) (2020-03-20)
1009______The Ritz-Carlton, Los Angeles, JW Marriott L.A. LIVE (2020-06-25)
984______Darden Restaurant, Inc. (2020-05-06)
965______Associated Students of San Diego State University (2020-05-07)
943______LAZ Parking California, LLC (2020-03-30)
942______Oakley Inc (2020-04-10)
923______Hilton Hotel Employer LLC, dba Hilton San Francisco Union Square (2020-04-03)
912______University Enterprises, Inc. (2020-05-19)
911______Six Flags Discovery Kingdom (2020-04-18)
903______Marriott International, Inc. DBA Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina (2020-03-27)
900______Bartell Hotels San Diego’s Premier Properties (2020-03-24)
840______Intercontinental Los Angeles Downtown (2020-03-24)
837______YMCA Child Care (2020-03-20)
831______Macy’s (2020-02-03)
830______HLT Conrad Domestic Employer LLC dba Hilton San Diego Bayfront (2020-04-06)
808______Marriott Hotel Services inc, dba San Francisco Marriott Marquis (2020-03-27)
800______HMSHost – El Segundo (2020-03-19)
799______Alorica, Inc. (2019-08-23)
796______Oakland Athletics (2020-04-10)
792______The Brigantine, Inc. (2020-03-19)
779______Cal Poly Pomona Foundation (2020-05-17)
774______Kyo-Ya Ohana, LLC, DBA The Palace Hotel (2020-03-23)
766______Gate Gourmet LAX Division (2020-04-01)
760______Omni La Costa Resort & Spa (2020-03-19)
743______Universal Television, LLC (2020-04-23)
741______Waldorf Astoria Employer LLC dba Waldorf Astoria La Quinta Resort & Club (2020-04-03)
729______Hollywood Park Casino Company (2020-03-24)
729______Great Lakes Services, LLC dba Great Wolf Lodge (2020-03-26)
729______GREAT LAKES SERVICES, LLC DBA GREAT WOLF LODGE (2020-03-27)
728______California Sportservice, Inc (2020-04-15)
719______OJAI VALLEY INN (2020-03-24)
719______San Manuel Casino (2020-05-21)
715______DPR Construction (2020-03-24)
702______Darden Restaurants, Inc. – (2020-05-06)
701______Goodwill Industries of Orange County (2020-04-07)
690______Live Nation Clubs & Theaters – The Wiltern (2020-04-24)
688______Manchester Grand Hyatt (2020-03-20)
681______Thales Avionics, Inc. (2020-05-18)
678______Gate Gourmet’s San Francisco International Airport Kitchen (2020-04-15)
677______Team One Employment Specialists LLC (2020-03-26)
676______Del Grande Dealer Group (2020-03-31)
671______Kirkhill, Inc (2020-04-09)
669______Deliv, Inc., dba Deliv California Inc. (2020-05-07)
661______Airbnb (2020-05-06)
660______Associated Students of California State University, Chico (2020-04-21)
654______BRIGHTON COLLECTIBLES LLC (2020-03-20)
645______SSD Operating Co., LLC dba Sheraton San Diego Hotel & Marina (2020-03-25)
635______F S Hotel (L.A.) Inc. dba Four Seasons Los Angeles (2020-03-23)
629______Touchstone Television Productions, LLC dba ABC Studios (2020-05-05)
617______Marriott Hotel Services Inc, dba Anaheim Marriott Hotel (2020-03-27)
617______Goodwill of Silicon Valley (2020-04-03)
613______Levy Premium Foodservice Limited Partnership (2020-03-19)
610______Goldenvoice – The Shrine Auditorium (2020-04-20)
601______Westin Bonaventure Hotel & Suites (2020-04-03)
601______Princess Cruise Lines Ltd (2020-05-26)
600______Carmel Valley Ranch (2020-03-18)
598______Storer Transit Systems-Modesto School Bus (2020-03-26)
587______HYATT REGENCY HUNTINGTON BEACH RESORT AND SPA (2020-03-24)
578______Associated Students Inc. (2020-04-03)
575______USS-POSCO Industries (2019-09-12)
567______Olam West Coast Inc. (2020-04-29)
566______Gemological Institute of America (2020-05-01)
562______Forty-Niner Shops, Inc. (2020-03-23)
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investmentwatchblog--2020-08-01--MEANWHILE….FLORIDA is About to get HIT BY A HURRICANE!

and nobody seems to care !
Strange days… .
and nevermind ISAIAS has the potential to skirt the entire East @ @ @ @ @ Florida…just for you ;

and nobody seems to care! Strange days….
CURRENT Discussion:
www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/refresh/MIATCDAT4%20shtml/281458.shtml?
www.nhc.noaa.gov/storm_graphics/AT09/refresh/AL092020_key_messages%20png/150024_key_messages_sm.png
and nevermind ISAIAS has the potential to skirt the entire East Coast!
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www.nhc.noaa.gov/refresh/graphics_at4%20shtml/150024.shtml?tswind120#contents
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investmentwatchblog--2020-08-01--Crazy Couple Throws Hot Coffee On A Guy For Not Wearing A Mask

They Call The Cops & Play Victim After He Beats Them Up !
This is how bad its got .
@ @ @ @ @ to Quarantine – Property Manager Videotaped Couple Walking Their Dog and Gave Footage to Police

They Call The Cops & Play Victim After He Beats Them Up!
www.worldstarhiphop.com/videos/video.php?v=wshhnS007Rd2Z4w47rzz
This is how bad its got.
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investmentwatchblog--2020-08-01--DC Lobbyists Taking Chinese Cash, Media Coverup For TikTok

Saagar Enjeti discusses his investigation into the drastic measures being taken to save TikTok from a possible ban in the @ @ @

Saagar Enjeti discusses his investigation into the drastic measures being taken to save TikTok from a possible ban in the United States.
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investmentwatchblog--2020-08-01--The CDC on Facemasks

The CDC on Facemasks

Here is a CDC report that was released in May .
“ Respiratory etiquette is often listed as a preventive @ @ @ @ @ However , there is a lack of scientific evidence to support this measure.
” “ @ @ @ @ @ found no significant reduction in influenza transmission with the use of face masks ” “ @ @ @ @ @ combined with face masks on laboratory-confirmed influenza was not statistically significant “ “ There is @ @ @ @ @ in preventing influenza virus transmission either when worn by the infected person for source control @ @ @ @ @ persons to reduce exposure .
Our systematic review found no significant effect of face masks @ @ @ @ @ ” “ Finally , although our review focused on nonpharmaceutical measures to be taken during @ @ @ @ @ could also apply to severe seasonal influenza epidemics .
Evidence from RCTs of hand hygiene @ @ @ @ @ support a substantial effect on transmission of laboratory-confirmed influenza , and limited evidence was available @ @ @ @ @ ”

by Venus230
Here is a CDC report that was released in May.
“Respiratory etiquette is often listed as a preventive measure for respiratory infections. However, there is a lack of scientific evidence to support this measure.”
“In pooled analysis, we found no significant reduction in influenza transmission with the use of face masks”
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“The effect of hand hygiene combined with face masks on laboratory-confirmed influenza was not statistically significant “
“There is limited evidence for their effectiveness in preventing influenza virus transmission either when worn by the infected person for source control or when worn by uninfected persons to reduce exposure. Our systematic review found no significant effect of face masks on transmission of laboratory-confirmed influenza.”
“Finally, although our review focused on nonpharmaceutical measures to be taken during influenza pandemics, the findings could also apply to severe seasonal influenza epidemics. Evidence from RCTs of hand hygiene or face masks did not support a substantial effect on transmission of laboratory-confirmed influenza, and limited evidence was available on other environmental measures.”
wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/26/5/19-0994_article


investmentwatchblog--2020-08-01--More than 21,000 people in the UK have died due to the consequences of the lockdown in response to C

More than 21,000 people in the UK have died due to the consequences of the lockdown in response to COVID-19, such as lack of access to healthcare

• Almost 2,700 people more than normal died during eight weeks of restrictions • Report claims many died because they @ @ @ @ @ healthcare • A & E attendances halved , while cancer referrals had plunged by 70 @ @ @ @ @ people have died because of unintended consequences of lockdown – many due to a lack @ @ @ @ @ according to a shocking study .
In the eight weeks after restrictions were put in @ @ @ @ @ 2,700 extra people died a week than would be usual for the time of year @ @ @ @ @ to their deaths .
Many of these victims died because they were unable to get @ @ @ @ @ last night .

Almost 2,700 people more than normal died during eight weeks of restrictions
Report claims many died because they were unable to get urgent healthcare
A&E attendances halved, while cancer referrals had plunged by 70 per cent
Up to 21,000 people have died because of unintended consequences of lockdown – many due to a lack of access to healthcare, according to a shocking study.
In the eight weeks after restrictions were put in place an average of almost 2,700 extra people died a week than would be usual for the time of year, despite Covid-19 not contributing to their deaths.
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Many of these victims died because they were unable to get urgent healthcare, it emerged last night.
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8574317/Lockdown-caused-21-000-extra-deaths-reduced-access-healthcare.html


investmentwatchblog--2020-08-01--Dr. Andrew Kaufman Explains What’s Really Going On With This Pandemic Viruses

Want to understand what ’ s really going on with the Coronavirus please watch this amazing person .
Andrew Kaufman @ @ @ @ @ you will come away a much smarter person about this entire pandemic .
Open your @ @ @ @ @ back and relax .
Enjoy the show… Andrew Kaufman MD was on the Del Bigtree @ @ @ @ @ before Del was taken off YouTube..

Want to understand what’s really going on with the Coronavirus please watch this amazing person. Andrew Kaufman MD makes total sense and you will come away a much smarter person about this entire pandemic. Open your mind a bit and sit back and relax. Enjoy the show…
Andrew Kaufman MD was on the Del Bigtree The Highwire show just weeks before Del was taken off YouTube..
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investmentwatchblog--2020-08-01--IMF Bribing countries to do EXTREME LOCKDOWNS!! Round Two coming right up

Huge foreign loans are given to sovereign nations by the World Bank , IMF and the likes .
But the conditions that come attached to these loans are seldom told by governments to their citizens .
A recent case in Belarus has exposed the conditions laid by these agencies for loans being provided for COVID-19 .
The President of Belarus has exposed that the World Bank coronavirus aid comes with conditions for imposing extreme lockdown measures , to model their coronavirus response on that of Italy and even changes in the economic policies which he refused as being “ unacceptable @ @ @ @ @ @ @ apply to the financial part are unacceptable for Belarus , Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko said when speaking about external lending during a meeting to discuss support measures for the real economic sector on the part of the banking system , reported Belarusian Telegraph Agency , BelTA .
Aleksandr Lukashenko asked the participants of the meeting how things were with the provision of foreign credit assistance to Belarus .
At the same time , he stressed that additional conditions which do not apply to the financial part are unacceptable for the country .
“ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , to model our coronavirus response on that of Italy .
I do not want to see the Italian situation to repeat in Belarus .
We have our own country and our own situation , ” the president said .
According to the president , the World Bank has showed interest in Belarus ’ coronavirus response practices .
“ It is ready to fund us ten times more than it offered initially as a token of commendation for our efficient fight against this virus .
The World Bank has even asked the Healthcare @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , the IMF continues to demand from us quarantine measures , isolation , a curfew .
This is nonsense .
We will not dance to anyone ’ s tune , ” said the president .

Via GreatGameIndia.com,
Huge foreign loans are given to sovereign nations by the World Bank, IMF and the likes. But the conditions that come attached to these loans are seldom told by governments to their citizens.
A recent case in Belarus has exposed the conditions laid by these agencies for loans being provided for COVID-19. The President of Belarus has exposed that the World Bank coronavirus aid comes with conditions for imposing extreme lockdown measures, to model their coronavirus response on that of Italy and even changes in the economic policies which he refused as being “unacceptable”.
Additional conditions which do not apply to the financial part are unacceptable for Belarus, Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko said when speaking about external lending during a meeting to discuss support measures for the real economic sector on the part of the banking system, reported Belarusian Telegraph Agency, BelTA.
Aleksandr Lukashenko asked the participants of the meeting how things were with the provision of foreign credit assistance to Belarus.
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“What are our partners’ requirements? It was announced that they can provide Belarus with $940 million in so-called rapid financing. How are things here?” the head of state inquired.
At the same time, he stressed that additional conditions which do not apply to the financial part are unacceptable for the country.
“We hear the demands, for example, to model our coronavirus response on that of Italy. I do not want to see the Italian situation to repeat in Belarus. We have our own country and our own situation,” the president said.
According to the president, the World Bank has showed interest in Belarus’ coronavirus response practices.
“It is ready to fund us ten times more than it offered initially as a token of commendation for our efficient fight against this virus. The World Bank has even asked the Healthcare Ministry to share the experience. Meanwhile, the IMF continues to demand from us quarantine measures, isolation, a curfew. This is nonsense. We will not dance to anyone’s tune,” said the president.
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investmentwatchblog--2020-08-01--Alaska State Rep. Gary Knopp Killed in Airplane Collision! (3rd such accident this month)

ANCHORAGE , Alaska ( AP ) — Seven people , including an Alaska state lawmaker , died Friday when two @ @ @ @ @ near the airport in Soldotna , a small community on Alaska ’ s Kenai Peninsula @ @ @ @ @ state Rep. Gary Knopp , 67 , of Kenai was the sole occupant of one @ @ @ @ @ was flown by a local pilot , and carried a guide from Kansas and four @ @ @ @ @ “ This is an unfathomable tragedy for multiple families today , ” Alaska Department of @ @ @ @ @ said .
“ Troopers and partner agencies have worked together diligently at the scene and @ @ @ @ @ of kin to notify them of this heartbreaking incident .
”

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Seven people, including an Alaska state lawmaker, died Friday when two small airplanes collided in midair near the airport in Soldotna, a small community on Alaska’s Kenai Peninsula.
Alaska State Troopers said state Rep. Gary Knopp, 67, of Kenai was the sole occupant of one plane. The other plane was flown by a local pilot, and carried a guide from Kansas and four people from South Carolina.
“This is an unfathomable tragedy for multiple families today,” Alaska Department of Public Safety Commissioner Amanda Price said. “Troopers and partner agencies have worked together diligently at the scene and have reached out to next of kin to notify them of this heartbreaking incident.”
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/northwest/2-small-planes-collide-in-mid-air-near-soldotna-airport/


investmentwatchblog--2020-08-01--Very sad news:. One of the first ships to resume cruising is having a COVID outbreak

On second thought , maybe it was too soon .
One of the first cruise ships in the world to resume sailing since the coronavirus-caused worldwide halt to cruising in March is experiencing a significant outbreak of the illness that already has sent several people to the hospital .
Norwegian expedition cruise company Hurtigruten late Friday said four sick crew members from the 535-passenger Roald Amundsen were admitted to the University Hospital of North Norway in Tromsø , Norway , earlier in the day after the vessel docked in the city .
All four had tested positive for COVID-19 .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ 29 crew members had tested positive for the illness .
The Roald Amundsen on Friday had just finished a seven-night sailing out of Tromsø to the Arctic ’ s wildlife-filled Svalbard archipelago .
All four of the hospitalized crew members had been sick for several days while on board the vessel , and all four had been placed in isolation .
But the line said their symptoms weren ’ t consistent with COVID-19 .
They only tested positive for the illness after the ship docked in Tromsø early Friday .
It ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ill or only are being hospitalized as a way to keep them isolated .

On second thought, maybe it was too soon.
One of the first cruise ships in the world to resume sailing since the coronavirus-caused worldwide halt to cruising in March is experiencing a significant outbreak of the illness that already has sent several people to the hospital.
Norwegian expedition cruise company Hurtigruten late Friday said four sick crew members from the 535-passenger Roald Amundsen were admitted to the University Hospital of North Norway in Tromsø, Norway, earlier in the day after the vessel docked in the city. All four had tested positive for COVID-19.
On Saturday, the line said another 29 crew members had tested positive for the illness.
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The Roald Amundsen on Friday had just finished a seven-night sailing out of Tromsø to the Arctic’s wildlife-filled Svalbard archipelago.
All four of the hospitalized crew members had been sick for several days while on board the vessel, and all four had been placed in isolation. But the line said their symptoms weren’t consistent with COVID-19. They only tested positive for the illness after the ship docked in Tromsø early Friday.
It’s unclear if the crew members are seriously ill or only are being hospitalized as a way to keep them isolated.


investmentwatchblog--2020-08-01--SHOTS FIRED: Joe Biden Threatens to Destroy CNN if Elected

Biden ’ s message ( “ You won ’ t have to worry about my tweets when I ’ m @ @ @ @ @ sinister plot to bankrupt CNN by destroying the left-wing media network ’ s business model @

Biden’s message (“You won’t have to worry about my tweets when I’m president”) suggests a sinister plot to bankrupt CNN by destroying the left-wing media network’s business model.
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SHOTS FIRED: Joe Biden Threatens to Destroy CNN if Elected Biden's message ("You won't have to worry about my tweets when I'm president") suggests a sinister plot to bankrupt CNN by destroying the left-wing media network's business model.t.co/3G90McJdVq pic.twitter.com/lXRwkMKrOU — Free Beacon (@FreeBeacon) July 31, 2020


investmentwatchblog--2020-08-01--A recent Harvard poll found that the Chinese government enjoys near-universal support from its citiz

A recent Harvard poll found that the Chinese government enjoys near-universal support from its citizens. That poll was conducted by…

A recent @ Harvard poll found that the Chinese government enjoys near-universal support from its citizens .
That poll was conducted by a company led by a former Chinese government official .
Via @ kakutani_y t.co/xrFUrDwR8x A recent Harvard University poll found that the Chinese government enjoys near-universal support from its citizens , findings that Beijing has quickly exploited .
That poll , however , was conducted by a company led by a former Chinese government official , a fact that raises questions about its reliability—and one that the university did not disclose .
The poll , conducted by the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 93 percent of Chinese citizens approve of the country ’ s Communist regime .
Horizon Research is a Chinese polling company with extensive business and institutional ties to the Chinese government .
The university , which has received at least $ 76 million from Chinese entities since 2014 , downplayed the relationship .
A university spokesman , Daniel Harsha , told the Washington Free Beacon that Horizon is a “ reputable domestic Chinese polling firm.
” Withholding the name of the firm , Harsha said , was necessary to protect the company from @ @ @ @ @

A recent @Harvard poll found that the Chinese government enjoys near-universal support from its citizens. That poll was conducted by a company led by a former Chinese government official. Via @kakutani_y t.co/xrFUrDwR8x
A recent Harvard University poll found that the Chinese government enjoys near-universal support from its citizens, findings that Beijing has quickly exploited.
That poll, however, was conducted by a company led by a former Chinese government official, a fact that raises questions about its reliability—and one that the university did not disclose.
The poll, conducted by the Horizon Research Consultancy Group, found that 93 percent of Chinese citizens approve of the country’s Communist regime. Horizon Research is a Chinese polling company with extensive business and institutional ties to the Chinese government.
The university, which has received at least $76 million from Chinese entities since 2014, downplayed the relationship. A university spokesman, Daniel Harsha, told the Washington Free Beacon that Horizon is a “reputable domestic Chinese polling firm.” Withholding the name of the firm, Harsha said, was necessary to protect the company from “political reprisals.”


investmentwatchblog--2020-08-01--U.S. sanctions China’s paramilitary in Xinjiang

The Trump administration has announced it will sanction the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps ( XPCC ) , a paramilitary organization operating in Xinjiang , where Chinese authorities , aided by the XPCC , are perpetrating a cultural and demographic genocide against ethnic minorities .
Why it matters : XPCC controls vast swaths of the economy in Xinjiang .
Depending on how rigorously the sanctions are enforced , they could hobble the region ’ s economy and blunt China ’ s plans for further economic development of the region .
The Trump administration also said it would sanction two Chinese @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , according to a press release from the Department of Treasury .
• “ As previously stated , the United States is committed to using the full breadth of its financial powers to hold human rights abusers accountable in Xinjiang and across the world , ” Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said in a statement .
• Secretary of State Mike Pompeo also announced the sanctions on Twitter , writing , “ We call on the world to join us in condemning the CCP ’ s heinous abuse of the human rights of its @ @ @ @ @ @ @ under the Global Magnitsky Act , implemented in 2016 to make it easier for the U.S. government to sanction foreign government officials and entities complicit in human rights abuses .

The Trump administration has announced it will sanction the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps (XPCC), a paramilitary organization operating in Xinjiang, where Chinese authorities, aided by the XPCC, are perpetrating a cultural and demographic genocide against ethnic minorities.
Why it matters: XPCC controls vast swaths of the economy in Xinjiang. Depending on how rigorously the sanctions are enforced, they could hobble the region’s economy and blunt China’s plans for further economic development of the region.
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The Trump administration also said it would sanction two Chinese Communist Party officials affiliated with the XPCC, according to a press release from the Department of Treasury.
“As previously stated, the United States is committed to using the full breadth of its financial powers to hold human rights abusers accountable in Xinjiang and across the world,” Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said in a statement.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo also announced the sanctions on Twitter, writing, “We call on the world to join us in condemning the CCP’s heinous abuse of the human rights of its own citizens.”
The sanctions fall under the Global Magnitsky Act, implemented in 2016 to make it easier for the U.S. government to sanction foreign government officials and entities complicit in human rights abuses.
www.axios.com/us-sanctions-china-paramilitary-xinjiang-xpcc-41e29c92-9649-4e47-9e91-a7f78330d4d8.html


investmentwatchblog--2020-08-01--Wuhan nurse that criticized lack of PPE dies after falling from building

The deceased medic had complained about the work pressure and the lack of protective measures in the isolation wards , @ @ @ @ @ published by state-owned news outlet The Paper… … Screenshots released by Chinese media allegedly shows @ @ @ @ @ by the deceased medical worker .
The account suggested that the nurses were not provided @ @ @ @ @ working in the isolation wards .
It wrote : ‘ I want to be a @ @ @ @ @ be on the front line .
But I don ’ t want to be a @ @ @ @ @ and carrying a loaded gun .
‘ I want to be a fighter who is @ @ @ @ @ , ’ the post said .
It also claimed that the nurses were forced to @ @ @ @ @ every day in the isolation wards .

The deceased medic had complained about the work pressure and the lack of protective measures in the isolation wards, according to an internet post published by state-owned news outlet The Paper…
…
Screenshots released by Chinese media allegedly shows a social media post made by the deceased medical worker.
The account suggested that the nurses were not provided with sufficient protective gears while working in the isolation wards.
It wrote: ‘I want to be a fighter and am willing to be on the front line. But I don’t want to be a fighter without wearing bullet-proof gears and carrying a loaded gun.
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‘I want to be a fighter who is not used as a human-shield,’ the post said.
It also claimed that the nurses were forced to spend at least eight hours every day in the isolation wards.
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8571779/Nurse-Wuhans-coronavirus-hospital-falls-death-PPE-quarrel.html


investmentwatchblog--2020-08-01--After Record Week, Next Stop $2,300 Gold and $30 Silver?

Gold and silver ’ s recent climb has our customers talking , and for good reason .
The chart below shows gold ’ s ascent over the past year , with a pronounced jump in the past two weeks , as the yellow metal soared to a new all-time high : CBS News couldn ’ t figure out what caused the price to soar , calling it a “ mystery.
” That led Jim Bianco of Bianco Research to sarcastically quip , “ Guess trillions in money printing is also a mystery.
” Bianco was most certainly talking about the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ shot ” of essentially printing trillions in cash in a desperate response to the financial impact of COVID-19 .
And Bianco isn ’ t alone in throwing his weight behind gold .
Writes Forbes : The recent jump in price is unusual for this time of year : On an article at ZeroHedge , the possibility for $ 5,000 or even $ 10,000 gold was entertained .
But even if gold isn ’ t going to hit $ 5,000 or $ 10,000 anytime soon , the idea that it may go much higher @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Georgette Boele at ABN AMRO “ sees five major factors providing long-term support for gold prices : a weaker U.S. dollar , low to negative bond yields , growing government debt , aggressive monetary policy easing and strong technical momentum.
” All good reasons that bolster the case for another near-term climb .
“ Goldman Sachs says gold will surge another 20 % and hit $ 2,300 in the next year , driven by rock-bottom interest rates , ” according to Business Insider .
And gold isn ’ t the only precious @ @ @ @ @ @ @ prospects for silver appear to be just as promising… Goldman Sachs Says $ 30 Silver is in the Cards The last time silver was over $ 30 was back in 2013 .
The way things are going , we may soon see that price again .
Going back to the Forbes piece , Frank Holmes believes the recent silver run up is only getting started : To add support to this idea , Goldman Sachs just raised its silver price projection by 36 % , to $ 30 .
ZeroHedge explained why there @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to come true : And as you can see in the chart below , silver has been rocketing up ever since its lows in March , just as Goldman Sachs alluded to : If the Federal Reserve can ’ t ( or won ’ t ) steer the ship back on course , gold and silver bugs seem to be positioned pretty well .
Time to consider hedging your bets now .
As Dollar Optimism Evaporates , Now is the Time to Prepare Who knows what confused lawmakers or the Fed will do @ @ @ @ @ @ @ situation , or dollar disaster ?
Don ’ t wait for them to figure things out .
With gold and silver taking off , one thing you can start doing is make your savings more resilient in case the stock market goes sideways .

From Birch Gold Group
Gold and silver’s recent climb has our customers talking, and for good reason.
The chart below shows gold’s ascent over the past year, with a pronounced jump in the past two weeks, as the yellow metal soared to a new all-time high:
CBS News couldn’t figure out what caused the price to soar, calling it a “mystery.” That led Jim Bianco of Bianco Research to sarcastically quip, “Guess trillions in money printing is also a mystery.”
Bianco was most certainly talking about the Federal Reserve’s recent “moon shot” of essentially printing trillions in cash in a desperate response to the financial impact of COVID-19.
And Bianco isn’t alone in throwing his weight behind gold. Writes Forbes:
Speaking to Bloomberg TV on Friday, emerging markets investor Mark Mobius urged viewers to buy gold now and “continue to buy” as interest rates remain near zero and as COVID-19 continues to impact mine output.
The recent jump in price is unusual for this time of year:
“Ordinarily this is the quiet time for gold—summer doldrums,” said Ross Norman, chief executive officer of precious metals news and information provider Metals Daily. “Well, not this year.”
On an article at ZeroHedge, the possibility for $5,000 or even $10,000 gold was entertained.
But even if gold isn’t going to hit $5,000 or $10,000 anytime soon, the idea that it may go much higher in the near-term isn’t far-fetched.
Georgette Boele at ABN AMRO “sees five major factors providing long-term support for gold prices: a weaker U.S. dollar, low to negative bond yields, growing government debt, aggressive monetary policy easing and strong technical momentum.”
All good reasons that bolster the case for another near-term climb. “Goldman Sachs says gold will surge another 20% and hit $2,300 in the next year, driven by rock-bottom interest rates,” according to Business Insider.
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And gold isn’t the only precious metal with a strong outlook. The prospects for silver appear to be just as promising…
Goldman Sachs Says $30 Silver is in the Cards
The last time silver was over $30 was back in 2013. The way things are going, we may soon see that price again.
Going back to the Forbes piece, Frank Holmes believes the recent silver run up is only getting started:
Silver has historically had a higher beta than gold. When gold has gone up 10 percent, silver has gone up 15 percent. The reverse has also been true: When gold has fallen 10 percent, silver has fallen 15 percent.
To add support to this idea, Goldman Sachs just raised its silver price projection by 36%, to $30.
ZeroHedge explained why there is potential for Goldman Sachs’ forecast to come true:
And as you can see in the chart below, silver has been rocketing up ever since its lows in March, just as Goldman Sachs alluded to:
If the Federal Reserve can’t (or won’t) steer the ship back on course, gold and silver bugs seem to be positioned pretty well.
Time to consider hedging your bets now.
As Dollar Optimism Evaporates, Now is the Time to Prepare
Who knows what confused lawmakers or the Fed will do next to mitigate the uncertainty, unemployment situation, or dollar disaster? Don’t wait for them to figure things out.
With gold and silver taking off, one thing you can start doing is make your savings more resilient in case the stock market goes sideways.