investmentwatchblog--2020-12-30--Covid “Mutation” Stories Show That The Lockdowns Are Designed To Last Forever

For many months now I have been warning that the design behind the pandemic lockdowns is a perpetual one ; meaning , the lockdowns are MEANT to last forever .
We can see this in the very commentary of the establishment elites that are pushing for the mandates ; their most frequent argument being that the pandemic restrictions are the “ new normal ” .
This assertion is outlined by globalists like Gideon Lichfield of MIT in his article ‘ We ’ re Not Going Back To Normal ’ .
In it he states : “ Ultimately , however , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the ability to socialize safely by developing more sophisticated ways to identify who is a disease risk and who isn ’ t , and discriminating—legally—against those who are .
…one can imagine a world in which , to get on a flight , perhaps you ’ ll have to be signed up to a service that tracks your movements via your phone .
The airline wouldn ’ t be able to see where you ’ d gone , but it would get an alert if you ’ d been close to known infected @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ d be similar requirements at the entrance to large venues , government buildings , or public transport hubs .
There would be temperature scanners everywhere , and your workplace might demand you wear a monitor that tracks your temperature or other vital signs .
Where nightclubs ask for proof of age , in future they might ask for proof of immunity—an identity card or some kind of digital verification via your phone , showing you ’ ve already recovered from or been vaccinated against the latest virus strains.
” In my article @ @ @ @ @ @ @ And The Cashless Society ’ , I dismantled Lichfield ’ s arguments and outlined why the controls the establishment is attempting to put in place have been planned far in advance .
The so-called “ great reset ” and “ Fourth Industrial Revolution ” has been in development since at least 2014 when the terms were first being injected into the mainstream economic media .
The ideas of a cashless society , the “ sharing economy ” , biometric mass surveillance , social credit scores , etc , have all been part of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ coronavirus is merely a useful crisis for them to exploit as a rationale for the draconian measures they have always wanted .
The plan was so predictable that I even pointed out at the beginning of the coronavirus outbreak that lockdowns would not end even if a working vaccination was developed because all they have to do is declare that a “ new mutation ” of the virus has been found which is resistant to existing treatments .
Or , they could engineer a whole new virus and release it into the population @ @ @ @ @ @ @ rolling forward .
Not surprisingly , just as news hit the wires that the barely tested and highly suspect Pfizer and Moderna vaccines were being released to the public , reports have begun to trickle in of “ more infectious ” Covid mutations found in places like the UK , India and South Africa .
I ’ m not sure how much more transparent the elites can get .
Take the Pfizer vaccine now and you might receive an immunity passport for a few months , and then it will become void with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ So , you must then submit to ENDLESS vaccinations , many of then untested and potentially hazardous .
As the former VP of Pfizer and other medical professionals have warned , these vaccines are like Russian Roulette and could cause an autoimmune response that leads to sterility or other harmful reactions .
The vaccines themselves are a conveniently short lived solution even if they do work .
They require multiple doses over the course of a month , and renewed vaccinations are to take place possibly every few months .
Basically , it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ limited antibodies from the vaccines , the elites could keep the lockdowns and mandates in place for many years to come .
The World Health Organization is making it clear that vaccination will not necessarily be considered a solution to viral spread .
Meaning , even if you are vaccinated you will still be considered a potential carrier and transmitter of Covid , therefore the lockdowns and mask mandates will not stop .
This begs the question – What ’ s the point of the vaccine ?
The WHO chief scientist cites the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to prove that the vaccines prevent transmission .
By that logic , we could also argue that there is no evidence that the vaccines are 95 % effective , or that they are safe in the slightest .
In the meantime , the WHO and our friendly neighborhood fascist Dr. Anthony Fauci are consistently spreading the narrative that the “ worst outbreak ” is yet to come .
Got ta keep that fear train chugging forward on the track to the “ Great Reset ” , right ?
For the people that actually @ @ @ @ @ @ @ after mass vaccinations , I ’ m sorry to say , but you have been duped .
Every single element of the establishment response and every public statement they make indicates that they plan to violate your civil liberties for a long time to come .
Those promises of relief right around the corner ?
All lies .
The claim that if you go along to get along everything will go back to normal ?
It ’ s a con .
It is hollow rhetoric designed to make you shut up and submit @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that it becomes irreversible .
I suspect they are hoping they can condition the public over the next few years to simply adapt to the controls until we forget what life was like before the pandemic and the reset .
It seems , however , that the globalist reset plan is not going very well .
The vaccines and the mutation news feel rushed , to say the least .
Initially , the establishment said that it would take at least 18 months just to develop a vaccine for trials and testing , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ beyond that time frame until a majority of the population was shown to have immunity .
Instead , they tossed out multiple vaccines within 6 months and the mutation narrative is already in the news .
I believe this is because resistance to the pandemic lockdowns is growing and the number of people refusing to take the vaccines appears to be high .
As they say , the revolution will not be televised , but it is still impossible to hide completely .
In Europe , a huge percentage of the population ( @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the country ) are hesitant to take the vaccine .
In the US , polls show that at least 30 % of the population will refuse outright , while 60 % of people are hesitant about effectiveness .
Even large numbers of health care workers are refusing the vaccine , and these are the people with the most pressure to submit or face consequences .
Hilariously , the media is arguing that though there have been “ some allergic reactions ” to the shot , there is “ no evidence of serious long @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is because there are NO STUDIES of the long term effects and there were minimal trials before the vaccines were released ?
I mean , is this not basic logic ?
Do they really think we are that dumb ?
So far it seems hundreds of millions of people are not that dumb .
Surprisingly , even sheriffs and police across the country are openly refusing to enforce mandates and carry out color-of-law punishments against citizens that do not submit .
This is really a huge obstacle for the globalists and their reset @ @ @ @ @ @ @ % IFR ( Infection Fatality Ratio ) among anyone not in a nursing home with preexisting conditions .
Over 40 % of Covid deaths are attributed to elderly people that were already suffering from numerous ailments .
Only around 10 % of people that end up hospitalized for covid suffer from long term health concerns ( more than three months ) .
And , only around 15 % of ICU beds are in use across the US , meaning that the claims of over-capacity and full hospitals were nothing more than fear mongering @ @ @ @ @ @ @ hundreds of thousands of people already die each year from infectious diseases like the flu and pneumonia and Covid starts to seem far less threatening .
It is certainly not an excuse for medical lockdowns and Orwellian contact tracing measures .
On top of that , numerous studies are revealing that the lockdowns and the masks are completely ineffective in stopping the spread of the virus .
The states and countries with some of the most strictly enforced mandates also tend to be the places with the highest infection spikes .
Because of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ people are refusing to comply with the mandates .
The media claims we are conspiracy theorists that believe the virus “ doesn ’ t exist ” ; this is not the case .
In fact , I have long suspected that the narrative that the virus “ doesn ’ t exist ” was a psyop or strawman that would be used against the liberty movement later to discredit our resistance to medical lockdowns .
Most of us are well aware the virus exists .
Some of us have already dealt with it and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ saying is that the CDC , the WHO and the medical community ’ s OWN STATISTICS show that Covid is not a threat to more than 99 % of the population .
If we are to accept their stats as even remotely accurate , then Covid becomes a non-issue for most people .
Again , I will ask the question that the mainstream refuses to ask : Why is 99 % of the population being told they must sacrifice their jobs , their businesses and their liberties in the name of making less @ @ @ @ @ @ @ safer ?
Why not ask the 0.26 % of the people under threat from the virus to volunteer to stay home so that the rest of us can get on with normal life ?
Why are we doing the opposite of what makes the most sense ?
The answer is that the pandemic response is about dominance , not public health .
People are starting to recognize this , and they are about to revolt .
So , the next logical step for the establishment if they really want to institute their reset @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Meaning , they need a “ mutation ” of the virus or a completely new virus in order to create the kind of fear that is required to manipulate the public into going along with further control .
Will a new and deadlier virus be found ?
Maybe .
In most cases viruses tend to evolve into less deadly strains of the original .
They also tend to balance out their rate of spread versus their rate of mortality .
In other words , like any other creature , viruses evolve to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ survive if it kills off a majority of its potential hosts .
So , they mutate to become more infectious , but invariably less deadly .
If a “ mutation ” does show up on the scene that is more deadly than the current form of Covid-19 , then I would be highly suspicious of its origins .
What is most likely is that that the elites are in a panic and they are using the mutation narrative as a propaganda tool to illicit terror and conformity in the public .
There may @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the mutations will have no significant bearing on the death rate .
Ironically , by rushing out the vaccines as well as the mutation stories , the elites have sabotaged themselves .
They wanted to blitzkrieg the public with the lockdowns and they met heavier resistance than they expected .
So , they put the vaccination program on a bullet train and now the public is wary of being injected with a vaccine model that is barely tested .
Now , they are promoting the mutation bogeyman and this only makes people question @ @ @ @ @ @ @ all ?
If the virus is going to continually mutate then why take a questionable vaccine that could be useless in a matter of a months ?
All the mutation narrative does is further expose what the true agenda is – What the elites want is never-ending lockdowns .
There is no program to save lives or flatten the curve .
The entire health argument is utter nonsense .
Nothing that has been done so far supports the notion that public health is the priority .
Instead , what we are seeing is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as the excuse , and the effort is failing .

By Brandon Smith
For many months now I have been warning that the design behind the pandemic lockdowns is a perpetual one; meaning, the lockdowns are MEANT to last forever. We can see this in the very commentary of the establishment elites that are pushing for the mandates; their most frequent argument being that the pandemic restrictions are the “new normal”. This assertion is outlined by globalists like Gideon Lichfield of MIT in his article ‘We’re Not Going Back To Normal’. In it he states:
“Ultimately, however, I predict that we’ll restore the ability to socialize safely by developing more sophisticated ways to identify who is a disease risk and who isn’t, and discriminating—legally—against those who are.
…one can imagine a world in which, to get on a flight, perhaps you’ll have to be signed up to a service that tracks your movements via your phone. The airline wouldn’t be able to see where you’d gone, but it would get an alert if you’d been close to known infected people or disease hot spots. There’d be similar requirements at the entrance to large venues, government buildings, or public transport hubs. There would be temperature scanners everywhere, and your workplace might demand you wear a monitor that tracks your temperature or other vital signs. Where nightclubs ask for proof of age, in future they might ask for proof of immunity—an identity card or some kind of digital verification via your phone, showing you’ve already recovered from or been vaccinated against the latest virus strains.”
In my article ‘Waves Of Mutilation: Medical Tyranny And The Cashless Society’, I dismantled Lichfield’s arguments and outlined why the controls the establishment is attempting to put in place have been planned far in advance. The so-called “great reset” and “Fourth Industrial Revolution” has been in development since at least 2014 when the terms were first being injected into the mainstream economic media. The ideas of a cashless society, the “sharing economy”, biometric mass surveillance, social credit scores, etc, have all been part of the globalist agenda for decades. The coronavirus is merely a useful crisis for them to exploit as a rationale for the draconian measures they have always wanted.
The plan was so predictable that I even pointed out at the beginning of the coronavirus outbreak that lockdowns would not end even if a working vaccination was developed because all they have to do is declare that a “new mutation” of the virus has been found which is resistant to existing treatments. Or, they could engineer a whole new virus and release it into the population in order to keep the Reset machine rolling forward.
Not surprisingly, just as news hit the wires that the barely tested and highly suspect Pfizer and Moderna vaccines were being released to the public, reports have begun to trickle in of “more infectious” Covid mutations found in places like the UK, India and South Africa.
I’m not sure how much more transparent the elites can get.
Take the Pfizer vaccine now and you might receive an immunity passport for a few months, and then it will become void with every new mutation of the virus. So, you must then submit to ENDLESS vaccinations, many of then untested and potentially hazardous. As the former VP of Pfizer and other medical professionals have warned, these vaccines are like Russian Roulette and could cause an autoimmune response that leads to sterility or other harmful reactions.
The vaccines themselves are a conveniently short lived solution even if they do work. They require multiple doses over the course of a month, and renewed vaccinations are to take place possibly every few months. Basically, it never ends. With the mutations and limited antibodies from the vaccines, the elites could keep the lockdowns and mandates in place for many years to come.
The World Health Organization is making it clear that vaccination will not necessarily be considered a solution to viral spread. Meaning, even if you are vaccinated you will still be considered a potential carrier and transmitter of Covid, therefore the lockdowns and mask mandates will not stop. This begs the question – What’s the point of the vaccine?
The WHO chief scientist cites the fact that there is not enough evidence to prove that the vaccines prevent transmission. By that logic, we could also argue that there is no evidence that the vaccines are 95% effective, or that they are safe in the slightest.
In the meantime, the WHO and our friendly neighborhood fascist Dr. Anthony Fauci are consistently spreading the narrative that the “worst outbreak” is yet to come. Gotta keep that fear train chugging forward on the track to the “Great Reset”, right?
For the people that actually believe that the covid crisis will end after mass vaccinations, I’m sorry to say, but you have been duped. Every single element of the establishment response and every public statement they make indicates that they plan to violate your civil liberties for a long time to come. Those promises of relief right around the corner? All lies. The claim that if you go along to get along everything will go back to normal? It’s a con. It is hollow rhetoric designed to make you shut up and submit to medical tyranny for just long enough that it becomes irreversible.
I suspect they are hoping they can condition the public over the next few years to simply adapt to the controls until we forget what life was like before the pandemic and the reset. It seems, however, that the globalist reset plan is not going very well.
The vaccines and the mutation news feel rushed, to say the least. Initially, the establishment said that it would take at least 18 months just to develop a vaccine for trials and testing, and that the lockdowns would continue well beyond that time frame until a majority of the population was shown to have immunity. Instead, they tossed out multiple vaccines within 6 months and the mutation narrative is already in the news.
I believe this is because resistance to the pandemic lockdowns is growing and the number of people refusing to take the vaccines appears to be high. As they say, the revolution will not be televised, but it is still impossible to hide completely.
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In Europe, a huge percentage of the population (around 50% or more depending on the country) are hesitant to take the vaccine. In the US, polls show that at least 30% of the population will refuse outright, while 60% of people are hesitant about effectiveness.
Even large numbers of health care workers are refusing the vaccine, and these are the people with the most pressure to submit or face consequences.
Hilariously, the media is arguing that though there have been “some allergic reactions” to the shot, there is “no evidence of serious long term side effects”. Perhaps that is because there are NO STUDIES of the long term effects and there were minimal trials before the vaccines were released? I mean, is this not basic logic? Do they really think we are that dumb?
So far it seems hundreds of millions of people are not that dumb. Surprisingly, even sheriffs and police across the country are openly refusing to enforce mandates and carry out color-of-law punishments against citizens that do not submit. This is really a huge obstacle for the globalists and their reset.
The virus has produced a 0.26% IFR (Infection Fatality Ratio) among anyone not in a nursing home with preexisting conditions. Over 40% of Covid deaths are attributed to elderly people that were already suffering from numerous ailments. Only around 10% of people that end up hospitalized for covid suffer from long term health concerns (more than three months). And, only around 15% of ICU beds are in use across the US, meaning that the claims of over-capacity and full hospitals were nothing more than fear mongering all along.
Consider the fact that hundreds of thousands of people already die each year from infectious diseases like the flu and pneumonia and Covid starts to seem far less threatening. It is certainly not an excuse for medical lockdowns and Orwellian contact tracing measures.
On top of that, numerous studies are revealing that the lockdowns and the masks are completely ineffective in stopping the spread of the virus. The states and countries with some of the most strictly enforced mandates also tend to be the places with the highest infection spikes.
Because of this, it makes sense that many people are refusing to comply with the mandates. The media claims we are conspiracy theorists that believe the virus “doesn’t exist”; this is not the case. In fact, I have long suspected that the narrative that the virus “doesn’t exist” was a psyop or strawman that would be used against the liberty movement later to discredit our resistance to medical lockdowns.
Most of us are well aware the virus exists. Some of us have already dealt with it and recovered from it. What we are saying is that the CDC, the WHO and the medical community’s OWN STATISTICS show that Covid is not a threat to more than 99% of the population. If we are to accept their stats as even remotely accurate, then Covid becomes a non-issue for most people.
Again, I will ask the question that the mainstream refuses to ask:
Why is 99% of the population being told they must sacrifice their jobs, their businesses and their liberties in the name of making less than 1% of the population feel safer? Why not ask the 0.26% of the people under threat from the virus to volunteer to stay home so that the rest of us can get on with normal life? Why are we doing the opposite of what makes the most sense?
The answer is that the pandemic response is about dominance, not public health. People are starting to recognize this, and they are about to revolt.
So, the next logical step for the establishment if they really want to institute their reset agenda is to introduce a new threat. Meaning, they need a “mutation” of the virus or a completely new virus in order to create the kind of fear that is required to manipulate the public into going along with further control.
Will a new and deadlier virus be found? Maybe. In most cases viruses tend to evolve into less deadly strains of the original. They also tend to balance out their rate of spread versus their rate of mortality. In other words, like any other creature, viruses evolve to survive, and a virus cannot survive if it kills off a majority of its potential hosts. So, they mutate to become more infectious, but invariably less deadly.
If a “mutation” does show up on the scene that is more deadly than the current form of Covid-19, then I would be highly suspicious of its origins. What is most likely is that that the elites are in a panic and they are using the mutation narrative as a propaganda tool to illicit terror and conformity in the public. There may be no mutation at all, or the mutations will have no significant bearing on the death rate.
Ironically, by rushing out the vaccines as well as the mutation stories, the elites have sabotaged themselves. They wanted to blitzkrieg the public with the lockdowns and they met heavier resistance than they expected. So, they put the vaccination program on a bullet train and now the public is wary of being injected with a vaccine model that is barely tested. Now, they are promoting the mutation bogeyman and this only makes people question why they should take any vaccine at all? If the virus is going to continually mutate then why take a questionable vaccine that could be useless in a matter of a months?
All the mutation narrative does is further expose what the true agenda is – What the elites want is never-ending lockdowns. There is no program to save lives or flatten the curve. The entire health argument is utter nonsense. Nothing that has been done so far supports the notion that public health is the priority. Instead, what we are seeing is a mad dash towards totalitarianism using Covid as the excuse, and the effort is failing.


investmentwatchblog--2020-12-30--They Want You Muzzled Permanently: Wear Your Mask Even If You Get The Vaccine

The authorities and rulers are telling the public that they must continue to wear their face masks even after they get the “ effective ” COVID-19 vaccine .
Mainstream media and the authoritarian ruling class is trying to convince the public to muzzle themselves permanently .
The country ’ s first coronavirus vaccinations are now being distributed to the sheep willing to take this thing .
The FDA granted the Pfizer vaccine emergency authorization for use , and it ’ s expected that soon , possibly by this week , it will do the same for the Moderna vaccine .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ 95 % effective in preventing COVID-19 , and the Moderna vaccine stands at 94 % , both significantly more effective than many scientists anticipated .
If the vaccines are actually as effective as they say they are , why do we need masks ?
If masks worked , why do we need this rushed , unproven , and unwanted vaccine ?
No one is asking these questions in the mainstream media , so it ’ s time we start thinking for ourselves and undoing the years of brainwashing from listening to psychopathic politicians @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the mainstream media .
Both versions of the vaccine require two injections .
If you get them both , your chances of getting infected with the coronavirus are likely low .
But even if you get vaccinated in the near future , experts say it ’ ll be months until you can ditch the masks and hug everyone around you .
The main challenge ?
Studies of the COVID-19 vaccines only measured whether vaccinated people developed symptoms , not whether they got infected .
We know that you can become infected with the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ never develop symptoms .
Asymptomatic people can still spread COVID-19 to others .
So we don ’ t know whether a vaccine prevents asymptomatic infections and if there ’ s still the possibility that a vaccinated person could transmit the virus without knowing it .
–GM Today So basically , you can still get the coronavirus if you get two shots of the “ effective ” COVID-19 vaccine .
And then you ’ ll be “ asymptomatic ” and won ’ t know you ’ re sick , and could still infect others @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of getting a cold , those who choose to take the vaccine face severe side effects , including death , that the Big Pharma companies won ’ t be liable for .
Does anyone still believe this vaccine is for our own good ?
It ’ s getting ridiculous that people are still so blind to what ’ s going on here .
“ As long as you have enough people who are vaccinated , then if in the odd chance someone gets infected , there are very few susceptible people to spread @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , the medical director of Infection Prevention and Control at Einstein Medical Center Philadelphia .
Just In Time For The Vaccine : A New COVID Strain Has Been Found

by Mac Slavo of SHTFplan
The authorities and rulers are telling the public that they must continue to wear their face masks even after they get the “effective” COVID-19 vaccine. Mainstream media and the authoritarian ruling class is trying to convince the public to muzzle themselves permanently.
The country’s first coronavirus vaccinations are now being distributed to the sheep willing to take this thing. The FDA granted the Pfizer vaccine emergency authorization for use, and it’s expected that soon, possibly by this week, it will do the same for the Moderna vaccine. In trials, the Pfizer vaccine was 95% effective in preventing COVID-19, and the Moderna vaccine stands at 94%, both significantly more effective than many scientists anticipated.
If the vaccines are actually as effective as they say they are, why do we need masks? If masks worked, why do we need this rushed, unproven, and unwanted vaccine? No one is asking these questions in the mainstream media, so it’s time we start thinking for ourselves and undoing the years of brainwashing from listening to psychopathic politicians and their lapdog public relations department, the mainstream media.
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Both versions of the vaccine require two injections. If you get them both, your chances of getting infected with the coronavirus are likely low. But even if you get vaccinated in the near future, experts say it’ll be months until you can ditch the masks and hug everyone around you. The main challenge? Studies of the COVID-19 vaccines only measured whether vaccinated people developed symptoms, not whether they got infected. We know that you can become infected with the coronavirus and be asymptomatic, meaning you never develop symptoms. Asymptomatic people can still spread COVID-19 to others. So we don’t know whether a vaccine prevents asymptomatic infections and if there’s still the possibility that a vaccinated person could transmit the virus without knowing it. –GM Today
So basically, you can still get the coronavirus if you get two shots of the “effective” COVID-19 vaccine. And then you’ll be “asymptomatic” and won’t know you’re sick, and could still infect others. So instead of the side effects of getting a cold, those who choose to take the vaccine face severe side effects, including death, that the Big Pharma companies won’t be liable for.
Does anyone still believe this vaccine is for our own good? It’s getting ridiculous that people are still so blind to what’s going on here.
“As long as you have enough people who are vaccinated, then if in the odd chance someone gets infected, there are very few susceptible people to spread it to,” explains Eric Sachinwalla, the medical director of Infection Prevention and Control at Einstein Medical Center Philadelphia.
Just In Time For The Vaccine: A New COVID Strain Has Been Found


investmentwatchblog--2020-12-30--AstraZeneca reaches 2bn capacity for coronavirus vaccine doses, receives more funds from Bill Gates’

AstraZeneca reaches 2bn capacity for coronavirus vaccine doses, receives more funds from Bill Gates’ organisation

AstraZeneca PLC has doubled capacity to 2bn doses of coronavirus ( COVID-19 ) vaccine after fresh funding from Bill Gates @ @ @ @ @ Thursday , the FTSE 100-listed firm signed a US $ 750mln deal with global vaccine @ @ @ @ @ the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation ) and Gavi to deliver 300mln doses at the @ @ @ @ @ It also reached a licensing agreement with the Serum Institute of India to supply 1bn @ @ @ @ @

AstraZeneca PLC has doubled capacity to 2bn doses of coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine after fresh funding from Bill Gates’ organisation.
Late on Thursday, the FTSE 100-listed firm signed a US$750mln deal with global vaccine organisations CEPI (part of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation) and Gavi to deliver 300mln doses at the end of the year.
It also reached a licensing agreement with the Serum Institute of India to supply 1bn doses for low-and-middle-income countries.
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investmentwatchblog--2020-12-30--Sweden Going On Lockdown For NINE MONTHS (JAN-SEPT 21)

“ Sweden Prepares Legislation to Enact Coronavirus Lockdown , Closing Businesses and Public Transport in 2021 The Swedish government has @ @ @ @ @ would allow the state to forcibly close businesses and shopping centres to stop the spread @ @ @ @ @ The new legislation would be temporary and would go into force on January 10th and @ @ @ @ @ year .
It would grant the Swedish Social Democrat-led government the power to close various @ @ @ @ @ public transport and more under the Pandemic Act under serious situations ”

“Sweden Prepares Legislation to Enact Coronavirus Lockdown, Closing Businesses and Public Transport in 2021
The Swedish government has proposed a new bill that would allow the state to forcibly close businesses and shopping centres to stop the spread of the Wuhan coronavirus.
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The new legislation would be temporary and would go into force on January 10th and last until September of next year. It would grant the Swedish Social Democrat-led government the power to close various businesses, shopping centres, public transport and more under the Pandemic Act under serious situations”
www.breitbart.com/europe/2020/12/29/sweden-prepares-legislation-to-enact-coronavirus-lockdown-closing-businesses-and-public-transport-in-2021/


investmentwatchblog--2020-12-30--Pence farewell visit to Israel cancelled!

MOSCOW ( Sputnik ) – US Vice President Mike Pence ’ s farewell visit to Israel that was scheduled to @ @ @ @ @ the official inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden has been canceled , Israel ’ s Ynet @ @ @ @ @ .
In mid-December , media reported that Pence was expected to leave his country on @ @ @ @ @ international trip , with Israel , along with Bahrain and Poland , being on the @ @ @ @ @ most recent visit to Israel took place in January 2020 at the World Holocaust Forum @ @ @ @ @ .

MOSCOW (Sputnik) – US Vice President Mike Pence’s farewell visit to Israel that was scheduled to occur in early January before the official inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden has been canceled, Israel’s Ynet news outlet reported on Wednesday.
In mid-December, media reported that Pence was expected to leave his country on 6 January for a week-long international trip, with Israel, along with Bahrain and Poland, being on the agenda.
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Pence’s most recent visit to Israel took place in January 2020 at the World Holocaust Forum at the Yad Vashem memorial.
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investmentwatchblog--2020-12-30--Nashville bomber’s girlfriend told police 16 months ago that he was building bombs in his RV

• They went to his house and saw an RV parked outside , protected by cameras • Nashville police say @ @ @ @ @ blocked a search of the RV • Throckmorton says he told police Warner was capable @ @ @ @ @ Police said on Tuesday they had no means of pursuing Perry ’ s allegations • @ @ @ @ @ Day by blowing up his RV in central Nashville The girlfriend of the Nashville Christmas @ @ @ @ @ 2019 that he was building a bomb in his RV , and yet officers never @ @ @ @ @ arrived Perry told officers that Anthony Warner was wiring up explosives inside the RV he @ @ @ @ @ , half a mile from her own .
Yet officers failed to search the RV @ @ @ @ @ effect 16 months later , in an elaborate suicide staged by Warner .

Pamela Perry told police in August 2019 Anthony Warner was making a bomb
They went to his house and saw an RV parked outside, protected by cameras
Nashville police say that Warner’s lawyer blocked a search of the RV
Warner’s lawyer Raymond Throckmorton cannot recall stopping a search
Throckmorton says he told police Warner was capable of making a bomb
Police said on Tuesday they had no means of pursuing Perry’s allegations
Warner killed himself on Christmas Day by blowing up his RV in central Nashville
The girlfriend of the Nashville Christmas Day bomber told police in 2019 that he was building a bomb in his RV, and yet officers never looked inside.
Pamela Perry’s lawyer Raymond Throckmorton called Nashville police on August 21, 2019.
When they arrived Perry told officers that Anthony Warner was wiring up explosives inside the RV he kept parked in his home, half a mile from her own.
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Yet officers failed to search the RV which was used to devastating effect 16 months later, in an elaborate suicide staged by Warner.
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9097857/Nashville-bombers-girlfriend-told-police-2019-making-bomb-RV.html


investmentwatchblog--2020-12-30--Woman facing 25 yrs for Airsoft in clown world

NEW YORK CITY , NY – A Queens woman is facing a 25-year prison sentence and felony weapons charges after police raided her home and seized a “ stockpile of weapons , ” which were later found to be toys and production props .
One year later , Elizaveta Zlatkis is still fighting to have the charges dismissed .
The bizarre case began with a search warrant executed on her Queens , NY home on December 27 , 2019 .
The NYPD ’ s 112th Precinct Field Intelligence Officer and Special Operations Unit executed a search warrant on Zlatkis ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
A criminal complaint at the time said multiple guns were taken from the home and that two young children had been found on the premises .
Zlatkis was charged with four counts of criminal possession of a weapon , one count of acting in a manner injurious to a child under 17 , and eight counts of violating local laws .
The 112th Precinct spread the weapons out on a table , took a picture of the officers involved standing behind them , and tweeted the photo praising the operation .
: @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Intelligence Officer and Special Operations Unit for a successful search warrant taking multiple guns off the streets of Forest Hills .
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NEW YORK CITY, NY – A Queens woman is facing a 25-year prison sentence and felony weapons charges after police raided her home and seized a “stockpile of weapons,” which were later found to be toys and production props. One year later, Elizaveta Zlatkis is still fighting to have the charges dismissed.
Wow- NYPD giving ATF a run for their money on stupidity-0
"New York woman faces 25 years in prison over felony weapons charges — after police find cache of fake guns in her home" t.co/aPorYgJL3F — Slicin' Hammer ⚠ (@SlicinHammer) December 17, 2020
The bizarre case began with a search warrant executed on her Queens, NY home on December 27, 2019. The NYPD’s 112th Precinct Field Intelligence Officer and Special Operations Unit executed a search warrant on Zlatkis’ 67th Road home based on a tip.
A criminal complaint at the time said multiple guns were taken from the home and that two young children had been found on the premises. Zlatkis was charged with four counts of criminal possession of a weapon, one count of acting in a manner injurious to a child under 17, and eight counts of violating local laws.
The 112th Precinct spread the weapons out on a table, took a picture of the officers involved standing behind them, and tweeted the photo praising the operation.:
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“Great job yesterday from our Field Intelligence Officer and Special Operations Unit for a successful search warrant taking multiple guns off the streets of Forest Hills.”
www.lawenforcementtoday.com/queens-woman-facing-25-year-prison-sentence-for-possessing-toy-guns-and-inoperable-video-props/
h/t peterpeccary


investmentwatchblog--2020-12-30--(Alert). The US Dollar DEATH Is Accelerating… Plus, Important Updates. Mannarino

Why the Fed wo n't hike until 2025 1 .
Fiscal dominance : we ca n't afford it 2 .
@ @ @ @ @ P 500 could n't take it 3 .
Dollar dominance : rising Dollar would hurt @ @ @ @ @ : Trump could run again in 2024 pic.twitter.com/0KtR6ZxzV2

Why the Fed won't hike until 2025
1. Fiscal dominance: we can't afford it
2. Financial dominance: S&P 500 couldn't take it
3. Dollar dominance: rising Dollar would hurt growth
4. Donald dominance: Trump could run again in 2024 pic.twitter.com/0KtR6ZxzV2
— Robin Brooks (@RobinBrooksIIF) December 30, 2020


investmentwatchblog--2020-12-30--Bear Market Coming In 2021?

Bear Market Coming In 2021?

The retail investor group needs to be distinguished .
There are always retail investors in the market .
Many of them who have been investing for years have done well .
The makeup of retail investors changes during manias as those looking to make fast money far outnumbers those in it for the long haul .
Branding all retail investors as ‘ dumb money ’ , as many tend to do , is harsh .
We aren ’ t saying the outperformance this year makes retail great .
That won ’ t continue because they are going with risky strategies @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ t understand .
Broadly speaking , new speculators don ’ t have a firm grasp on genomics unless they come from the medical field .
In Robinhood ’ s year in review , they mentioned over 3.2 million people read their educational articles as daily visits were up 260 % .
Over 2 million people invested with fractional shares .
Engaging with new content to learn about investing is great .
Broadening the number of people who invest in stocks is also great .
However , we all know the motivation behind @ @ @ @ @ @ @ fact that people were forced to stay home .
If many story stocks didn ’ t have triple digit gains , retail wouldn ’ t be interested .
Retail is also causing these large gains by piling into the hottest names .
By definition the popular stocks have the most investor capital .
That isn ’ t a sustainable investing strategy .
Beating the market by triple doesn ’ t matter if you lose money the next year .
It ’ s simply impossible for the vast majority of new investors to do @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
The point in discussing ARK Invest is to gage the euphoria in retail buying rather than to say they are good or bad investors .
When everyone piles into any security , it becomes a measurement of sentiment .
That ’ s why bitcoin is also a measurement of sentiment as it hits record highs in late 2020 .
Speculators are feeling greedy .
They are willing to place big bets on margin on pretty much anything that has gone up a lot .
The ARK Innovation fund is symbolic of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ which has never been matched in human history because the access to trading accounts has been democratized and the government is giving out stimulus checks .
The latest check is for $ 600 , but it could be raised to $ 2,000 .
As you can see from the chart above , the ARK Innovation fund is 63 % above its 200 day moving average .
It was just 69 % above its 200 day moving average which means it has increased quickly .
For context , the Nasdaq peaked at only 60 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ at the peak of the tech bubble in 2000 .
On a related note , the Russell 2000 is on an 8 week winning streak which is its longest since February 2019 .
2020 has provided speculators with dual gambling opportunities through SPACs and IPOs .
The fact that SPACs have garnered so much capital and attention while IPOs also had a record year is impressive .
As you can see from the chart below , IPOS did $ 178 billion in volume in 2020 which is the record high by far .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ new growth companies since 2000 .
Companies with only a glimmer of a potential business are doing SPACs which is just like the IPOs of the late 1990s .
There is some backing to this rally especially from the legitimate companies that actually make money and aren ’ t based off an idea which generates no sales .
As you can see form the chart below , 50.8 % of the S & P 500 firms which issued Q4 guidance increased it which is the most in at least a decade .
That @ @ @ @ @ @ @ slowed at the end of Q4 as deaths were the worst of the pandemic in December .
2021 EPS estimates have increased for 10 straight weeks .
They usually fall at this time of year .
2021 EPS estimates rose from $ 159 to $ 167 .
The problem is the market still trades at 22 times earnings .
Tesla ’ s insanely high multiple just makes the market look even more expensive .
Apple hit a record high on Monday giving it a 34.5 PE multiple based on 2021 estimates .
That @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that is set to grow EPS in the high single digits .
You would think it would trade closer to 20 times estimates .
In this market , either your stock is deemed a winner or it is a loser .
Winners with high growth get multiples above 30 or even 40 in many cases .
The losers get multiples in the high single digits as investors expect their businesses to die within a few years .
As you can see from the chart below , low economic growth and technology enabling disruption @ @ @ @ @ @ @ firms in sales , earnings , and free cash flow growth in the past 13 years .
Let ’ s keep in mind that this macro setting makes some innovations look better than they are because short term stock gains cloud people ’ s judgment .
The Market Is Filled To The Brim As you can see from the chart below , the initial part of the tech bust in 2000 had the rest of the market rallying slightly while tech crashed .
Then eventually , the whole market fell , with growth @ @ @ @ @ @ @ could be the same .
Imagine a scenario where growth stocks peak early next year , but cyclical stocks rally because of the reopening and the stimulus .
We could see the whole market fall after the stimulus runs out and cyclical stocks get expensive .
Retail isn ’ t made up of all speculators who are ‘ dumb money.
’ However , in manias like we have now , dumb money in retail outweighs the experienced investors .
There are millions of them and they have a decent amount of capital because @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
This has been an amazing year for ARK Invest , IPOs , and SPACs .
Earnings estimates have risen , but the market still sports a high PE ratio .
Growth firms have beaten value firms in key metrics in the past 13 years .
We could see growth stocks underperform for a few months before the whole market falls like in the early 2000s bear run .

by UPFINA
The retail investor group needs to be distinguished. There are always retail investors in the market. Many of them who have been investing for years have done well. The makeup of retail investors changes during manias as those looking to make fast money far outnumbers those in it for the long haul. Branding all retail investors as ‘dumb money’, as many tend to do, is harsh. We aren’t saying the outperformance this year makes retail great. That won’t continue because they are going with risky strategies and investing in hot companies they don’t understand.
Broadly speaking, new speculators don’t have a firm grasp on genomics unless they come from the medical field. In Robinhood’s year in review, they mentioned over 3.2 million people read their educational articles as daily visits were up 260%. Over 2 million people invested with fractional shares.
Engaging with new content to learn about investing is great. Broadening the number of people who invest in stocks is also great. However, we all know the motivation behind this movement is quick profits and the fact that people were forced to stay home. If many story stocks didn’t have triple digit gains, retail wouldn’t be interested. Retail is also causing these large gains by piling into the hottest names. By definition the popular stocks have the most investor capital. That isn’t a sustainable investing strategy. Beating the market by triple doesn’t matter if you lose money the next year. It’s simply impossible for the vast majority of new investors to do well if they have the wrong mindset.
ARK Innovation Fund Goes Parabolic
The point in discussing ARK Invest is to gage the euphoria in retail buying rather than to say they are good or bad investors. When everyone piles into any security, it becomes a measurement of sentiment. That’s why bitcoin is also a measurement of sentiment as it hits record highs in late 2020. Speculators are feeling greedy. They are willing to place big bets on margin on pretty much anything that has gone up a lot.
$ARKK… Recently hit 69% above its 200 DMA. For perspective, some prior assets at their peak: Silver in '11 = 75%
NDX in '00 = 60%
Crude in '08 = 45%
NKY in '87-'89 = 30% pic.twitter.com/BzIbZ9IskL — Jonathan Krinsky,CMT (@jkrinskypga) December 28, 2020
The ARK Innovation fund is symbolic of the magnitude of the speculation by retail investors which has never been matched in human history because the access to trading accounts has been democratized and the government is giving out stimulus checks. The latest check is for $600, but it could be raised to $2,000. As you can see from the chart above, the ARK Innovation fund is 63% above its 200 day moving average. It was just 69% above its 200 day moving average which means it has increased quickly. For context, the Nasdaq peaked at only 60% above its 200 day moving average at the peak of the tech bubble in 2000. On a related note, the Russell 2000 is on an 8 week winning streak which is its longest since February 2019.
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The IPO Mania Of 2020
2020 has provided speculators with dual gambling opportunities through SPACs and IPOs. The fact that SPACs have garnered so much capital and attention while IPOs also had a record year is impressive. As you can see from the chart below, IPOS did $178 billion in volume in 2020 which is the record high by far. We are experiencing the hottest market for new growth companies since 2000. Companies with only a glimmer of a potential business are doing SPACs which is just like the IPOs of the late 1990s.
🇺🇸 #IPO | Almost 500 companies listed in the U.S. in 2020, raised a combined $178.2 billion, a record amount, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. pic.twitter.com/APNleMVXqd — Christophe Barraud🛢 (@C_Barraud) December 28, 2020
Earnings Are Actually Good
There is some backing to this rally especially from the legitimate companies that actually make money and aren’t based off an idea which generates no sales. As you can see form the chart below, 50.8% of the S&P 500 firms which issued Q4 guidance increased it which is the most in at least a decade. That’s very impressive because the economy slowed at the end of Q4 as deaths were the worst of the pandemic in December.
2021 EPS estimates have increased for 10 straight weeks. They usually fall at this time of year. 2021 EPS estimates rose from $159 to $167. The problem is the market still trades at 22 times earnings. Tesla’s insanely high multiple just makes the market look even more expensive. Apple hit a record high on Monday giving it a 34.5 PE multiple based on 2021 estimates. That’s very high for a firm that is set to grow EPS in the high single digits. You would think it would trade closer to 20 times estimates.
Growth Dominates Value
In this market, either your stock is deemed a winner or it is a loser. Winners with high growth get multiples above 30 or even 40 in many cases. The losers get multiples in the high single digits as investors expect their businesses to die within a few years. As you can see from the chart below, low economic growth and technology enabling disruption have allowed growth firms to dominate value firms in sales, earnings, and free cash flow growth in the past 13 years. Let’s keep in mind that this macro setting makes some innovations look better than they are because short term stock gains cloud people’s judgment.
Not a surprise, but the degree of difference is still pretty amazing pic.twitter.com/C5RRlZBiyy — David Schawel (@DavidSchawel) December 26, 2020
The Market Is Filled To The Brim
As you can see from the chart below, the initial part of the tech bust in 2000 had the rest of the market rallying slightly while tech crashed. Then eventually, the whole market fell, with growth stocks falling the most. This time could be the same. Imagine a scenario where growth stocks peak early next year, but cyclical stocks rally because of the reopening and the stimulus. We could see the whole market fall after the stimulus runs out and cyclical stocks get expensive.
Conclusion
Retail isn’t made up of all speculators who are ‘dumb money.’ However, in manias like we have now, dumb money in retail outweighs the experienced investors. There are millions of them and they have a decent amount of capital because they have made so much this year. This has been an amazing year for ARK Invest, IPOs, and SPACs. Earnings estimates have risen, but the market still sports a high PE ratio. Growth firms have beaten value firms in key metrics in the past 13 years. We could see growth stocks underperform for a few months before the whole market falls like in the early 2000s bear run.


investmentwatchblog--2020-12-30--IB Chair Peterffy said IB customers are now net short, 1st time in history.

IB Chair Peterffy said IB customers are now net short , 1st time in history .
Robinhood : long OTM @ @ @ @ @ net short them in ratios .
Long AMZN , TSLA , AAPL stock & short @ @ @ @ @ Ratio shorts ?
Wow , it keeps getting crazier !
Charted below is the increase @ @ @ @ @ increase in nominal GDP in the 8 quarters before each of the last six recessions @ @ @ @ @ how much did debt increase , and how much did GDP increase in the final @ @ @ @ @ expansion ?

IB Chair Peterffy said IB customers are now net short, 1st time in history. Robinhood: long OTM calls & IB customers are net short them in ratios. Long AMZN, TSLA, AAPL stock & short 4 to 1 calls. Ratio shorts ? Wow, it keeps getting crazier !
Charted below is the increase in total debt and the increase in nominal GDP in the 8 quarters before each of the last six recessions.
In other words, how much did debt increase, and how much did GDP increase in the final two years of each economic expansion?
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— Eric Basmajian (@EPBResearch) December 29, 2020


investmentwatchblog--2020-12-30--2021: the only chart that matters..

2021: the only chart that matters..

2021: the only chart that matters..
another 3 tr USD expected to reach markets in the next 12 months.. #liquidity vs. #assets pic.twitter.com/51VVVUqGca — Rothko Research Ltd. (@RothkoResearch) December 29, 2020
'When it came to financial markets in 2020, anything smacking of carrying any semblance of risk, from junk bonds to Bitcoin, had epic rallies. The reason: $14 trillion. That’s the amount by which the aggregate money supply has increased this year.' t.co/wFAVqVlkjd pic.twitter.com/Fh04lZXp9P — Jesse Felder (@jessefelder) December 29, 2020
junk bond yields have never been lower in the U.S. after a massive Fed-fueled rally — the debt hit distressed levels in March, when the market fell by the most since the the GFC.@TheTerminal pic.twitter.com/v49EtmNiaf — James Crombie (@jtcrombie) December 24, 2020
So according to S&P/CoreLogic, home price gains are now running at almost 6x CPI at 8.4% y/o/y, completely offsetting the benefit of low mortgage rates but buyers have to come up with a higher down payment. That's fine for many but a growing challenge for that 1st time buyer. pic.twitter.com/81x9NoobW4 — Peter Boockvar (@pboockvar) December 29, 2020


investmentwatchblog--2020-12-30--Activist hedge fund is pushing Intel Corp to explore strategic alternatives

Activist hedge fund Third Point LLC is pushing Intel Corp to explore strategic alternatives , including whether it should remain @ @ @ @ @ according to a letter it sent to the chipmaker ’ s chairman on Tuesday that @ @ @ @ @ Third Point CEO Daniel Loeb wrote to Intel chairman Omar Ishrak calling for immediate action @ @ @ @ @ s position as a major provider of processor chips for PCs and data centers .
@ @ @ @ @ amassed a nearly $ 1 billion stake in Intel .
“ Without immediate change at @ @ @ @ @ America ’ s access to leading-edge semiconductor supply will erode , forcing the U.S. to @ @ @ @ @ geopolitically unstable East Asia to power everything from PCs to data centers to critical infrastructure @ @ @ @ @ wrote .

Activist hedge fund Third Point LLC is pushing Intel Corp to explore strategic alternatives, including whether it should remain an integrated device manufacturer, according to a letter it sent to the chipmaker’s chairman on Tuesday that was reviewed by Reuters.
Third Point CEO Daniel Loeb wrote to Intel chairman Omar Ishrak calling for immediate action to boost the company’s position as a major provider of processor chips for PCs and data centers. The New York-based fund has amassed a nearly $1 billion stake in Intel.
“Without immediate change at Intel, we fear that America’s access to leading-edge semiconductor supply will erode, forcing the U.S. to rely more heavily on a geopolitically unstable East Asia to power everything from PCs to data centers to critical infrastructure and more,” Loeb wrote.
Exclusive: Hedge fund Third Point urges Intel to explore deal options


investmentwatchblog--2020-12-30--Is CuriosityStream (streaming platform) grossly undervalued at $550M with already 13M paying subscri

Is CuriosityStream (streaming platform) grossly undervalued at $550M with already 13M paying subscribers?

The streaming industry is getting a lot of exposure lately with all the news from Disney+ and HBO max .
Looking for a pure play in the streaming service I came across CuriosityStream .
Basically the platform offers documentaries about science , history , politics , etc… and they have over 3000+ titles in the platform .
The founder is John Hendricks , founder and former chairman of Discovery .
After digging a little bit I was surprised to see that despite having 13M subscribers total revenue for Q3 was only $ 8.9M , giving an ARPU of only $ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of value you are getting .
It seems like a good amount of the subscriber base comes from bundled packages at a heavy discount .
They are looking for exposure while growing at all costs .
Here are some key point : • The company has no debt and $ 180M cash in the balance sheet .
• The company went from 2M bundled subscriptions in Q1 2019 to 13M in Q3 2020 • They project 10x growth by 2025 with $ 400M in revenues Giving the uncertainty of the current market environment @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that sells $ 1 a month subscriptions and is disrupting an industry , targeting a more sophisticated customers instead of the average becky who likes stranger things .
The last time John Hendricks created something ( Discovery ) he turned a $ 5M investment into a $ 32B company before stepping down and creating CuriosityStream .
I would like to hear your thoughts on the comment section and discuss if in fact CuriosityStream is already fairly valued , undervalued or maybe overvalued .
Side note : John Hendricks has been buying shares this @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Disclaimer : This information is only for educational purposes .
Do not make any investment decisions based on the information in this article .
Do you own due diligence or consult your financial professional before making any investment decision .

by bearsgotoalaskanstfu
The streaming industry is getting a lot of exposure lately with all the news from Disney+ and HBO max. Looking for a pure play in the streaming service I came across CuriosityStream. Basically the platform offers documentaries about science, history, politics, etc… and they have over 3000+ titles in the platform. The founder is John Hendricks, founder and former chairman of Discovery.
After digging a little bit I was surprised to see that despite having 13M subscribers total revenue for Q3 was only $8.9M, giving an ARPU of only $0.15 which seems ridiculous for the amount of value you are getting. It seems like a good amount of the subscriber base comes from bundled packages at a heavy discount. They are looking for exposure while growing at all costs. Here are some key point:

The company has no debt and $180M cash in the balance sheet.
The company went from 2M bundled subscriptions in Q1 2019 to 13M in Q3 2020
Over 60% gross margin
They project 10x growth by 2025 with $400M in revenues
Giving the uncertainty of the current market environment it seems pretty safe to buy something that sells $1 a month subscriptions and is disrupting an industry, targeting a more sophisticated customers instead of the average becky who likes stranger things. The last time John Hendricks created something (Discovery) he turned a $5M investment into a $32B company before stepping down and creating CuriosityStream.
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I would like to hear your thoughts on the comment section and discuss if in fact CuriosityStream is already fairly valued, undervalued or maybe overvalued.

Side note: John Hendricks has been buying shares this month increasing his position by 21%.
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investmentwatchblog--2020-12-31--In His Last Days in Office, Trump Pardons Mercenary Killers and Jewish Gangsters

I just want to clear things up from the beginning : as I already told you on December 15th , Donald Trump will not be a two-terms president , unfortunately .
Stop getting high on hope-porn and smell the coffee .
Anybody who is telling you otherwise is lying to you and/or is grifting .
And there are many grifters out there , making money on other people ’ s misery .
With that issue out of the way , this is the pardoning time of the year , and President Trump exercised his right to clemency recently .
What @ @ @ @ @ @ @ he pardoned via executive power ?
Let ’ s take a few examples that made my blood boil : one of the first individuals pardoned was general Michael Flynn , a DC dweller ( swamp creature basically , he now works for a pro-Israel lobby ) who was accused by the Democrats and their mass-media Behemoth of collaborating with Russia .
Truth be told , Flynn cooperated with a request coming from Israel , but the media and the Congress do not see this as wrongdoing .
—December 21 , 2016 : The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the UN Security Council on the issue of Israeli settlements .
A vote is planned for the next day .
December 22 , 2016 : A “ very senior member ” of the presidential transition team directs Flynn to contact officials with several foreign governments , including Russia , about the resolution .
According to court papers , the transition official — identified to The Associated Press by a former transition team official as Jared Kushner — tells Flynn to see what the governments ’ positions were on the resolution and to try @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on the resolution or defeat it .
Flynn then calls Sergey Kislyak , Russia ’ s ambassador to the US , and asks him to have Russia vote against or delay the resolution .
Never mind , this is a taboo subject , nothing to see here , right ?
However , this was hardly a controversial pardon , compared to Ivanka ’ s father-in-law Charles Kushner ( nepotism , anyone ? )
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Charles Kushner is Jared Kushner ’ s crooked real estate mogul father , like doh , and he was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in federal prison .
Charles Kushner pleaded guilty to eighteen counts , including making illegal campaign contributions to the Democratic Party ( shocking , I know ) and tax evasion .
He did much worse than that , believe me .
It ’ s interesting that 5 of President Trump ’ s 24 presidential pardons , including Charles Kushner , were granted at the behest of the Aleph Institute , controlled by Chabad-Lubavitch , a jewish orthodox group .
Another beneficiary of Trump ’ s clemency via Aleph Institute is Philip Esformes , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ years in jail for swindling over $ 1 billion in taxpayer money ( Medicare fraud ) .
Prior to Trump releasing Philip Esformes from jail , his family made a big donation to the Aleph Institute .
Interestingly enough , high-profile lawyer Alan Dershowitz , who fought to keep Jeffrey Epstein out of prison , helped secure Esformes ’ release , as well as Jared Kushner .
Philip Esformes ’ father , Rabbi Morris Esformes , is a huge supporter of Chabad and has his name on multiple buildings : Dershowitz also fought @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and U.S. traitor Jonathan Pollard , who was pardoned by Obama and recently had the terms of his parole lifted by the Trump administration to allow him to flee to Israel .
Additionally , Dershowitz pushed for Trump to pardon Israeli drug smuggler Ronen Nahmani , which Trump did in August 2019 .
If you believe Esformes was the only Aleph Institute darling , think again : Trump also pardoned Mark Shapiro and Irving Stitsky , two crooks who tried to raise 25 million dollars in a fake development project and shafted 250 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Daniela Gozes-Wagner ( check out the “ early life ” section ) .
“ Mark Shapiro is a career con-man who stole millions of dollars from hundreds of investors by selling worthless interests in a bogus investment offering , ” Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara said after Shapiro and Stitsky were sentenced in 2010 .
Funny enough , there was a third defendant who was convicted in the Shapiro and Stitsky ’ s scam operation , a guy named William B .
Foster , but since he was not a “ chosenite ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
On a grim side of the news , Trump also pardoned war criminals , four Blackwater mercenaries respectively , who were convicted for orchestrating the Nisour Square massacre in 2007 , where 12 Iraqi civilians including 2 children , were shot , as the “ contract killers ” were firing from a helicopter into a crowded square in Baghdad .
Speaking of nepotism , Trump is very friendly with Erik Prince , Blackwater founder and former boss , and take a load of this : Erik Prince ’ sister is Betsi DeVos @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and also close to Trump .
So far , Trump failed to issue pardons for patriots like Edward Snowden , or real journalists like Julian Assange who is being tortured in jail at the behest of ZOG .
Let ’ s hope The Donald has both the fortitude and wisdom to take that step in his last days in office .

By Chris Black
I just want to clear things up from the beginning: as I already told you on December 15th, Donald Trump will not be a two-terms president, unfortunately.
Stop getting high on hope-porn and smell the coffee. Anybody who is telling you otherwise is lying to you and/or is grifting. And there are many grifters out there, making money on other people’s misery.
With that issue out of the way, this is the pardoning time of the year, and President Trump exercised his right to clemency recently. What were his picks? What perceived injustices he pardoned via executive power?
Let’s take a few examples that made my blood boil: one of the first individuals pardoned was general Michael Flynn, a DC dweller (swamp creature basically, he now works for a pro-Israel lobby) who was accused by the Democrats and their mass-media Behemoth of collaborating with Russia. Truth be told, Flynn cooperated with a request coming from Israel, but the media and the Congress do not see this as wrongdoing.
—December 21, 2016: The government of Egypt submits a resolution to the UN Security Council on the issue of Israeli settlements. A vote is planned for the next day.
December 22, 2016: A “very senior member” of the presidential transition team directs Flynn to contact officials with several foreign governments, including Russia, about the resolution. According to court papers, the transition official — identified to The Associated Press by a former transition team official as Jared Kushner — tells Flynn to see what the governments’ positions were on the resolution and to try to get them to delay the vote on the resolution or defeat it. Flynn then calls Sergey Kislyak, Russia’s ambassador to the US, and asks him to have Russia vote against or delay the resolution.
Never mind, this is a taboo subject, nothing to see here, right?
However, this was hardly a controversial pardon, compared to Ivanka’s father-in-law Charles Kushner (nepotism, anyone?). Charles Kushner is Jared Kushner’s crooked real estate mogul father, like doh, and he was convicted back in 2005 to 2 years in federal prison. Charles Kushner pleaded guilty to eighteen counts, including making illegal campaign contributions to the Democratic Party (shocking, I know) and tax evasion. He did much worse than that, believe me.
It’s interesting that 5 of President Trump’s 24 presidential pardons, including Charles Kushner, were granted at the behest of the Aleph Institute, controlled by Chabad-Lubavitch, an orthodox group. Another beneficiary of Trump’s clemency via Aleph Institute is Philip Esformes, a big-time crook sentenced to 20 years in jail for swindling over $1 billion in taxpayer money (Medicare fraud).
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Prior to Trump releasing Philip Esformes from jail, his family made a big donation to the Aleph Institute. Interestingly enough, high-profile lawyer Alan Dershowitz, who fought to keep Jeffrey Epstein out of prison, helped secure Esformes’ release, as well as Jared Kushner.
President Kushner's Pardon of the Day: Philip Esformes ripped off Medicare (YOU) for $1.3 billion – to pay for escorts, a million+ dollar Ferrari and a bribe to get his son into the U of PA. But he donated to Chabad-Lubavitch, favored by Jared Kushner. t.co/ZW4lXon09w — Ann Coulter (@AnnCoulter) December 26, 2020
Philip Esformes’ father, Rabbi Morris Esformes, is a huge supporter of Chabad and has his name on multiple buildings:
Here’s more about Dershowitz:
Dershowitz also fought to secure the release of Israeli spy and U.S. traitor Jonathan Pollard, who was pardoned by Obama and recently had the terms of his parole lifted by the Trump administration to allow him to flee to Israel.
Additionally, Dershowitz pushed for Trump to pardon Israeli drug smuggler Ronen Nahmani, which Trump did in August 2019.
If you believe Esformes was the only Aleph Institute darling, think again: Trump also pardoned Mark Shapiro and Irving Stitsky, two crooks who tried to raise 25 million dollars in a fake development project and shafted 250 investors, and another Medicare fraudster, Daniela Gozes-Wagner (check out the “early life” section).
“Mark Shapiro is a career con-man who stole millions of dollars from hundreds of investors by selling worthless interests in a bogus investment offering,” Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara said after Shapiro and Stitsky were sentenced in 2010.
Funny enough, there was a third defendant who was convicted in the Shapiro and Stitsky’s scam operation, a guy named William B. Foster, but since he was not a “chosenite”, he was not pardoned by Trump.
On a grim side of the news, Trump also pardoned war criminals, four Blackwater mercenaries respectively, who were convicted for orchestrating the Nisour Square massacre in 2007, where 12 Iraqi civilians including 2 children, were shot, as the “contract killers” were firing from a helicopter into a crowded square in Baghdad.
Speaking of nepotism, Trump is very friendly with Erik Prince, Blackwater founder and former boss, and take a load of this: Erik Prince’ sister is Betsi DeVos, Trump’s Education Secretary, and also close to Trump.
So far, Trump failed to issue pardons for patriots like Edward Snowden, or real journalists like Julian Assange who is being tortured in jail at the behest of ZOG. Let’s hope The Donald has both the fortitude and wisdom to take that step in his last days in office.


investmentwatchblog--2020-12-31--The Top 10%’s Bubble Is About to Burst

The Top 10%’s Bubble Is About to Burst

When the top 10 % ’ s bubble pops in 2021 , the loss of illusions/delusions of security and wealth will be shattering to all those who believed artifice and illusory “ wealth ” were real .
A great many people are living in bubbles that are about to pop .
The largest bubble is the one inhabited by people who complacently believe in time travel , i.e .
that the world of 2019 is about to replace the nightmare of 2020 and we can all go back to our carefree debt-funded consumption frenzy and illusions of ever-greater wealth forever @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s sense of security , the more durable the bubble .
Those in America ’ s top 10 % who have reaped virtually all the gains in income and wealth of the past 20 years live in a bubble that they view as unbreakable : no matter what problems arise , their personal income and wealth is secured by the government , central bank , etc .
Put another way , the top 10 % are confident their position atop the wealth-power pyramid is secure no matter what happens .
Any dip in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ bat guano futures , etc .
that causes their personal wealth to decline ( horrors ! )
will be instantly bought because the Federal Reserve will print another couple trillion dollars and funnel it into risk assets , as it has done for the past 20 years .
Any spot of bother in the gravy trains that fund the top 10 % –local and state government , universities , Big Tech , Big Pharma , Department of Defense , Wall Street , hedge funds , venture capital , etc.– will be doused with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ existence by the Treasury or Fed .
No matter what spot of bother arises , the solution–more trillions–is just a few keystrokes away .
The top 10 % are supremely confident in the godlike powers of these agencies and solutions : the idea that these “ solutions ” become insoluble problems does not compute , just as a decline in asset valuations that doesn ’ t rebound within three weeks thanks to Fed intervention is firmly outside the realm of possibility .
The top 10 % are also supremely confident in the rightness @ @ @ @ @ @ @ That their position atop the heap is largely the result of a web of privilege and a long run of extraordinarily good fortune does not enter their bubble at all ; in their bubble , their wealth , status , prestige and income are all the result of hard work and merit .
While this is certainly true for some , it is not true for all , and even those who scraped their way to the top the hard way do not recognize that their success over the past 20 years ( @ @ @ @ @ @ @ has been largely the result of a financialized rising tide raising all boats .
In a Bull Market in virtually everything ( except commodities ) , everyone is a hard-working genius who got it all via merit .
On top of this myopic belief that their success is all the result of their own endeavors rather than a tide of financialization , the top 10 % are equally blind to the toxic consequences of the wealth/income inequality that has so richly benefited the few at the expense of the many .
The idea @ @ @ @ @ @ @ against the financial / political system that has favored the already-wealthy for a generation is outside the top 10 % ’ s realm of possibility .
But tides do not run in one direction forever , and a revolt against the unprecedented inequality that heavily favors the top 10 % is not “ impossible , ” it ’ s a certainty .
The top 10 % are accustomed to being admired and respected for their accomplishments , expertise , wise investing and professional acumen .
They are accustomed to viewing themselves as the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ system functioning .
The problem with this self-congratulatory perspective is the U.S. system is now in thrall to process rather than results .
The technocrat class has been trained to follow needlessly complex procedures and compliance processes as the path to professional advancement while avoiding accountability for the increasingly dismal results of America ’ s bloated , sclerotic , insider-dominated systems .
All this needless complexity will be jettisoned once printing/borrowing trillions become the problem rather than the solution .
The bottom 90 % will demand not just a fairer distribution of income @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a system that actually functions for the greater social good rather than for insiders , parasites , leeches and technocrat processors who declare victory not from results but from their success in following approved processes / narratives .
Once costs must be cut and results take precedence over process , much of the technocrat class will find itself replaced by automated software .
Those that remain will be valued for getting results by whatever means are available , up to and including ignoring all compliance procedures and bureaucratic box-ticking .
The top 10 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 90 % can no longer pay their rent , insurance , etc.–all the “ services ” that employ and enrich the top 10 % .
In other words , the losses as unproductive complexity unravels will finally fall on the top 10 % , many of whom have been protected from exposure to market forces and risk .
Lastly , the top 10 % ’ s ownership of assets will be crushed by asset deflation as insolvency can no longer be papered over by liquidity .
Assets that are the foundation of top @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 90 % own very little of ) will go bidless as phantom wealth dissipates into the thin air from whence it came .
The top 10 % reckon they ’ re untouchable , safe and protected in their asset lifeboats , and the sinking of the 90 % won ’ t affect them .
The top 10 % ’ s bubble is about to burst .
Not only will their lifeboats prove unstable , every level of government will come after whatever is left as taxes will soar on virtually every form of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 60 % , who have few illusions about the rampant unfairness and predation of real-world America , the top 10 % ’ s bubble is 90 % illusion seasoned with 10 % absolute delusion .
The comfortable are about to experience some of the discomfort that is everyday life for the bottom 60 % , and an increasing percentage of the next 30 % who still aspire to fantasies of middle-class security will find social mobility is an escalator down .
We can not print wealth , or borrow it into existence .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ phantom representations of illusory “ wealth ” that will vanish into thin air , in a reverse of how the “ money ” was created–out of thin air .
When the top 10 % ’ s bubble pops in 2021 , the loss of illusions/delusions of security and wealth will be shattering to all those who believed artifice and illusory “ wealth ” were real .
What ’ s real is the tide of financialization and globalization reversed over a year ago .
The tide is now running out , but few loading @ @ @ @ @ @ @ noticed–yet .

by Charles Hugh-Smith
When the top 10%’s bubble pops in 2021, the loss of illusions/delusions of security and wealth will be shattering to all those who believed artifice and illusory “wealth” were real.
A great many people are living in bubbles that are about to pop. The largest bubble is the one inhabited by people who complacently believe in time travel, i.e. that the world of 2019 is about to replace the nightmare of 2020 and we can all go back to our carefree debt-funded consumption frenzy and illusions of ever-greater wealth forever and ever.
The greater one’s sense of security, the more durable the bubble. Those in America’s top 10% who have reaped virtually all the gains in income and wealth of the past 20 years live in a bubble that they view as unbreakable: no matter what problems arise, their personal income and wealth is secured by the government, central bank, etc.
Put another way, the top 10% are confident their position atop the wealth-power pyramid is secure no matter what happens. Any dip in stocks, bonds, real estate, bat guano futures, etc. that causes their personal wealth to decline (horrors!) will be instantly bought because the Federal Reserve will print another couple trillion dollars and funnel it into risk assets, as it has done for the past 20 years.
Any spot of bother in the gravy trains that fund the top 10%–local and state government, universities, Big Tech, Big Pharma, Department of Defense, Wall Street, hedge funds, venture capital, etc.– will be doused with trillions of dollars borrowed or printed into existence by the Treasury or Fed. No matter what spot of bother arises, the solution–more trillions–is just a few keystrokes away.
The top 10% are supremely confident in the godlike powers of these agencies and solutions: the idea that these “solutions” become insoluble problems does not compute, just as a decline in asset valuations that doesn’t rebound within three weeks thanks to Fed intervention is firmly outside the realm of possibility.
The top 10% are also supremely confident in the rightness of their position atop the heap. That their position atop the heap is largely the result of a web of privilege and a long run of extraordinarily good fortune does not enter their bubble at all; in their bubble, their wealth, status, prestige and income are all the result of hard work and merit.
While this is certainly true for some, it is not true for all, and even those who scraped their way to the top the hard way do not recognize that their success over the past 20 years (and arguably the past 50 years) has been largely the result of a financialized rising tide raising all boats. In a Bull Market in virtually everything (except commodities), everyone is a hard-working genius who got it all via merit.
On top of this myopic belief that their success is all the result of their own endeavors rather than a tide of financialization, the top 10% are equally blind to the toxic consequences of the wealth/income inequality that has so richly benefited the few at the expense of the many. The idea that the bottom 90% might rebel against the financial / political system that has favored the already-wealthy for a generation is outside the top 10%’s realm of possibility.
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But tides do not run in one direction forever, and a revolt against the unprecedented inequality that heavily favors the top 10% is not “impossible,” it’s a certainty. The top 10% are accustomed to being admired and respected for their accomplishments, expertise, wise investing and professional acumen. They are accustomed to viewing themselves as the essential technocrat class that keeps the U.S. system functioning.
The problem with this self-congratulatory perspective is the U.S. system is now in thrall to process rather than results. The technocrat class has been trained to follow needlessly complex procedures and compliance processes as the path to professional advancement while avoiding accountability for the increasingly dismal results of America’s bloated, sclerotic, insider-dominated systems.
All this needless complexity will be jettisoned once printing/borrowing trillions become the problem rather than the solution. The bottom 90% will demand not just a fairer distribution of income and wealth, they will also demand a system that actually functions for the greater social good rather than for insiders, parasites, leeches and technocrat processors who declare victory not from results but from their success in following approved processes / narratives.
Once costs must be cut and results take precedence over process, much of the technocrat class will find itself replaced by automated software. Those that remain will be valued for getting results by whatever means are available, up to and including ignoring all compliance procedures and bureaucratic box-ticking.
The top 10%–the rentier-technocrat class–will find the bottom 90% can no longer pay their rent, insurance, etc.–all the “services” that employ and enrich the top 10%. In other words, the losses as unproductive complexity unravels will finally fall on the top 10%, many of whom have been protected from exposure to market forces and risk.
Lastly, the top 10%’s ownership of assets will be crushed by asset deflation as insolvency can no longer be papered over by liquidity. Assets that are the foundation of top 10% wealth (that the bottom 90% own very little of) will go bidless as phantom wealth dissipates into the thin air from whence it came.
The top 10% reckon they’re untouchable, safe and protected in their asset lifeboats, and the sinking of the 90% won’t affect them. The top 10%’s bubble is about to burst. Not only will their lifeboats prove unstable, every level of government will come after whatever is left as taxes will soar on virtually every form of income and wealth.
Unlike the bottom 60%, who have few illusions about the rampant unfairness and predation of real-world America, the top 10%’s bubble is 90% illusion seasoned with 10% absolute delusion. The comfortable are about to experience some of the discomfort that is everyday life for the bottom 60%, and an increasing percentage of the next 30% who still aspire to fantasies of middle-class security will find social mobility is an escalator down.
We cannot print wealth, or borrow it into existence. All we can print/borrow is artifice, phantom representations of illusory “wealth” that will vanish into thin air, in a reverse of how the “money” was created–out of thin air.
When the top 10%’s bubble pops in 2021, the loss of illusions/delusions of security and wealth will be shattering to all those who believed artifice and illusory “wealth” were real. What’s real is the tide of financialization and globalization reversed over a year ago. The tide is now running out, but few loading their “wealth” into lifeboats have noticed–yet.


investmentwatchblog--2020-12-31--20 Numbers From 2020 That Are Almost Too Crazy To Believe

2020 has been a year that none of us will ever forget .
We experienced the worst global pandemic in 100 years , we witnessed the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression of the 1930s , civil unrest erupted in major cities all over America , and we had one of the wildest presidential elections in our history .
Other than that , it was a pretty quiet year .
For a few moments , let ’ s take one more look back at the past 12 months .
The following are 20 numbers from 2020 that are almost @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 2020 began , nobody had ever heard of “ COVID-19 ” because that term had not even been invented yet .
But by the end of the year , there had been more than 83 million confirmed cases around the globe and more than 1.8 million deaths .
Here in the United States , there have been more than 20 million confirmed cases so far and more than 350,000 deaths according to the official numbers .
Of course nobody is sure if we can trust the official numbers or not , because just @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a cup of Coca-Cola can test positive for COVID-19 .
# 2 All of the masks that we have been wearing and discarding during this pandemic have taken a heavy toll on the environment .
According to one study , more than 1.5 billion ( with a “ b ” ) masks will be dumped into the oceans of the world this year alone .
# 3 The lockdowns that our politicians instituted to control the spread of COVID-19 resulted in an unemployment shock that was absolutely unprecedented .
Since the beginning of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ than 70 million new claims for unemployment benefits .
That means that we have been averaging well over a million new claims per week since the first lockdowns went into effect .
To put that into perspective , the old all-time record for a single week was just 695,000 and that was set all the way back in 1982 .
During this pandemic , we have been above that old record every single week , and now unemployment claims are starting to rise higher once again .
# 4 Almost four out of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ get a COVID-19 vaccine , but the federal government is going to spend 250 million dollars on an “ information campaign ” that is designed to convince them otherwise .
# 5 The civil unrest that erupted all over America following the death of George Floyd ultimately sparked a crime wave that seems as if it will never end .
According to an analysis of data from 57 big city police departments , the number of murders in those cities is up 36.7 percent compared to last year .
In quite a few @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are being established in 2020 , and many Americans are anticipating even more violence in 2021 .
# 6 Recent data from Moody ’ s Analytics indicates that approximately 12 million U.S. renters are now “ at least $ 5,850 behind in rent and utilities payments ” .
Landlords all over the nation are in financial distress because of unpaid rent , and we could potentially see the greatest tsunami of evictions in all of U.S. history if and when all of the rent moratoriums are finally lifted in 2021 .
# 7 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ at food banks all across America .
In some cases , people were lining up as early as 2 AM in order to make sure that they would get something before the supplies were gone .
Feeding America runs the largest network of food banks in the entire nation , and they were estimating that approximately one out of every four children in the U.S. would suffer from hunger by the time that 2020 was finally done .
# 8 We haven ’ t seen an economic downturn this severe since the Great @ @ @ @ @ @ @ middle class has been hit particularly hard .
According to one recent survey , 2020 was a “ personal financial disaster ” for 55 percent of all Americans .
# 9 But 2020 hasn ’ t been a financial disaster for everyone .
In fact , Forbes recently published an article which celebrated 50 doctors , scientists and healthcare entrepreneurs that become “ pandemic billionaires ” in 2020 .
# 10 The U.S. government continues to waste money in some of the most crazy ways imaginable .
I know that I shared this @ @ @ @ @ @ @ had to include it in this article as well .
According to U.S .
Senator Rand Paul , the federal government has spent 6.9 million dollars to develop a “ smart toilet ” which uses a very small camera to identify your “ analprint ” .
# 11 One of the reasons why so much crazy spending happens is because our politicians don ’ t actually read the bills that they pass .
For example , the spending bill that the House of Representatives recently passed was 5,593 pages long , and members @ @ @ @ @ @ @ few hours to look it over .
Unsurprisingly , the bill passed the House by a vote of 359 to 53 .
# 12 When Barack Obama first entered the White House , the U.S. was 10.6 trillion dollars in debt .
Now we are 27.5 trillion dollars in debt , and soon that total will hit the 30 trillion dollar mark .
Needless to say , this is a recipe for national financial suicide .
# 13 The decline of the U.S. family continued to accelerate in 2020 .
According to a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of Americans believe that “ it is very important for couples who have children together to be married ” .
# 14 Americans have continued to get even bigger in 2020 as well .
At this point , 73 percent of the entire U.S. population is either overweight or obese .
# 15 The amount of control that the big tech companies have over our lives has gotten more than just a little bit frightening , but most Americans don ’ t seem to mind .
In fact , one recent survey found @ @ @ @ @ @ @ do not care if their smart devices are recording what they say and do at all times .
# 16 But if anyone tried to take our smart devices away , then most of us would suddenly become very angry .
Another recent survey found that the average person will spend a total of 44 years looking at digital devices during their lifetimes .
# 17 The recent presidential election has deeply divided our nation .
96 percent of Democrats believe that Joe Biden was elected fairly , but only 20 percent of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 18 Joe Biden only won 16.7 percent of all counties in the United States .
That was a new record low for a winning candidate , beating the previous record low of 22 percent which Barack Obama established in 2012 .
# 19 But Joe Biden also somehow won the most overall votes in U.S. history by a very wide margin .
He received more than 81 million votes , which was about 12 million more votes than Barack Obama got in 2008 when he set the old record .
# 20 On @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to make Joe Biden the next president of the United States .
Amazingly , that date is precisely halfway between the “ Great American Eclipse ” of 2017 and the “ Great American Eclipse ” of 2024 .
If you plot the paths of those two eclipses on a map of the United States , you will see that they combine to form a giant “ X ” across the heartland of America .

by Michael Snyder
2020 has been a year that none of us will ever forget. We experienced the worst global pandemic in 100 years, we witnessed the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression of the 1930s, civil unrest erupted in major cities all over America, and we had one of the wildest presidential elections in our history. Other than that, it was a pretty quiet year. For a few moments, let’s take one more look back at the past 12 months. The following are 20 numbers from 2020 that are almost too crazy to believe…
#1 When 2020 began, nobody had ever heard of “COVID-19” because that term had not even been invented yet. But by the end of the year, there had been more than 83 million confirmed cases around the globe and more than 1.8 million deaths. Here in the United States, there have been more than 20 million confirmed cases so far and more than 350,000 deaths according to the official numbers. Of course nobody is sure if we can trust the official numbers or not, because just recently a politician in Austria showed that a cup of Coca-Cola can test positive for COVID-19.
#2 All of the masks that we have been wearing and discarding during this pandemic have taken a heavy toll on the environment. According to one study, more than 1.5 billion (with a “b”) masks will be dumped into the oceans of the world this year alone.
#3 The lockdowns that our politicians instituted to control the spread of COVID-19 resulted in an unemployment shock that was absolutely unprecedented. Since the beginning of the pandemic, there have been more than 70 million new claims for unemployment benefits. That means that we have been averaging well over a million new claims per week since the first lockdowns went into effect. To put that into perspective, the old all-time record for a single week was just 695,000 and that was set all the way back in 1982. During this pandemic, we have been above that old record every single week, and now unemployment claims are starting to rise higher once again.
#4 Almost four out of every ten Americans do not plan to get a COVID-19 vaccine, but the federal government is going to spend 250 million dollars on an “information campaign” that is designed to convince them otherwise.
#5 The civil unrest that erupted all over America following the death of George Floyd ultimately sparked a crime wave that seems as if it will never end. According to an analysis of data from 57 big city police departments, the number of murders in those cities is up 36.7 percent compared to last year. In quite a few of those cities, new all-time records are being established in 2020, and many Americans are anticipating even more violence in 2021.
#6 Recent data from Moody’s Analytics indicates that approximately 12 million U.S. renters are now “at least $5,850 behind in rent and utilities payments”. Landlords all over the nation are in financial distress because of unpaid rent, and we could potentially see the greatest tsunami of evictions in all of U.S. history if and when all of the rent moratoriums are finally lifted in 2021.
#7 In 2020 we witnessed massively long lines at food banks all across America. In some cases, people were lining up as early as 2 AM in order to make sure that they would get something before the supplies were gone. Feeding America runs the largest network of food banks in the entire nation, and they were estimating that approximately one out of every four children in the U.S. would suffer from hunger by the time that 2020 was finally done.
#8 We haven’t seen an economic downturn this severe since the Great Depression of the 1930s, and the middle class has been hit particularly hard. According to one recent survey, 2020 was a “personal financial disaster” for 55 percent of all Americans.
#9 But 2020 hasn’t been a financial disaster for everyone. In fact, Forbes recently published an article which celebrated 50 doctors, scientists and healthcare entrepreneurs that become “pandemic billionaires” in 2020.
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#10 The U.S. government continues to waste money in some of the most crazy ways imaginable. I know that I shared this the other day, but I just had to include it in this article as well. According to U.S. Senator Rand Paul, the federal government has spent 6.9 million dollars to develop a “smart toilet” which uses a very small camera to identify your “analprint”.
#11 One of the reasons why so much crazy spending happens is because our politicians don’t actually read the bills that they pass. For example, the spending bill that the House of Representatives recently passed was 5,593 pages long, and members of the House were only given a few hours to look it over. Unsurprisingly, the bill passed the House by a vote of 359 to 53.
#12 When Barack Obama first entered the White House, the U.S. was 10.6 trillion dollars in debt. Now we are 27.5 trillion dollars in debt, and soon that total will hit the 30 trillion dollar mark. Needless to say, this is a recipe for national financial suicide.
#13 The decline of the U.S. family continued to accelerate in 2020. According to a recent Gallup survey, only 29 percent of Americans believe that “it is very important for couples who have children together to be married”.
#14 Americans have continued to get even bigger in 2020 as well. At this point, 73 percent of the entire U.S. population is either overweight or obese.
#15 The amount of control that the big tech companies have over our lives has gotten more than just a little bit frightening, but most Americans don’t seem to mind. In fact, one recent survey found that 2 out of every 3 Americans do not care if their smart devices are recording what they say and do at all times.
#16 But if anyone tried to take our smart devices away, then most of us would suddenly become very angry. Another recent survey found that the average person will spend a total of 44 years looking at digital devices during their lifetimes.
#17 The recent presidential election has deeply divided our nation. 96 percent of Democrats believe that Joe Biden was elected fairly, but only 20 percent of Republicans feel the same way.
#18 Joe Biden only won 16.7 percent of all counties in the United States. That was a new record low for a winning candidate, beating the previous record low of 22 percent which Barack Obama established in 2012.
#19 But Joe Biden also somehow won the most overall votes in U.S. history by a very wide margin. He received more than 81 million votes, which was about 12 million more votes than Barack Obama got in 2008 when he set the old record.
#20 On December 14th, the Electoral College voted to make Joe Biden the next president of the United States. Amazingly, that date is precisely halfway between the “Great American Eclipse” of 2017 and the “Great American Eclipse” of 2024. If you plot the paths of those two eclipses on a map of the United States, you will see that they combine to form a giant “X” across the heartland of America.