investmentwatchblog--2020-06-24--The Insanity Of The Political Left And The Balkanization Of The US

Can leftists and conservatives of our modern era peacefully coexist within the same society ?
If someone asked me this question only ten years ago I would have said “ Sure , it ’ s possible ” .
Today , the answer is a resounding “ No way ” .
The political divide has become so vast that there is simply no chance for the two sides to reconcile or come to reasonable terms , and make no mistake , this is not a two-sided disaster ; the majority of the damage is being done by one side of this @ @ @ @ @ @ @ numerous articles discussing the issues and dangers of the political divide that was developing within the US , and many of these articles focused on who actually benefits .
In my article ‘ Order Out Of Chaos : The Defeat Of The Left Comes With A Cost ’ I stated : “ When I mentioned in my last article the crippling of social justice , I did not mention that this could have some negative reverberations .
With Trump and conservatives taking near-total power after the Left had assumed they would never lose @ @ @ @ @ @ @ transform .
They are stepping away from the normal activities and mindset of cultural Marxism and evolving into full blown communists .
Instead of admitting that their ideology is a failure in every respect , they are doubling down .
When this evolution is complete , the Left WILL resort to direct violent action on a larger scale , and they will do so with a clear conscience because , in their minds , they are fighting fascism .
Ironically , it will be this behavior by leftists that may actually push conservatives @ @ @ @ @ @ @ decide to fight crazy with more crazy.
” The transformation I described in 2016 is now happening in 2020 .
The left is going full communist , with a little help of course .
Currently , the Cultural Marxists are seeking to clean house within their own ranks .
They are terrorizing long time Democrats and “ allies ” of the movement into subscribing to ALL the tenets of the new social justice religion .
No deviation is allowed ; all progressives must declare fealty and signal their virtue and submission or they @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is essentially coercion by cancel culture .
After this phase is over and they have organized the political left into an army of mindless drones , they will fully turn their attention to conservatives .
To be clear , social justice movements are not the primary threat , they are merely a symptom of the disease – A cancer called “ globalism ” .
These people are being used as a weapon of expediency , nothing more .
There is an open and admitted organized effort on the part of a tiny minority @ @ @ @ @ @ @ our society that seek to manipulate the public into accepting the notion of total centralization and the end of personal liberty and national sovereignty in the name of an arbitrary “ greater good ” .
This is not “ conspiracy theory ” , this is conspiracy fact .
As Richard N. Gardner , former deputy assistant Secretary of State for International Organizations under Kennedy and Johnson , and a member of the Trilateral Commission , wrote in the April , 1974 issue of the Council on Foreign Relation ’ s ( CFR ) @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ) in an article titled ‘ Hard Road To World Order ’ : “ In short , the ‘ house of world order ’ will have to be built from the bottom up rather than from the top down .
It will look like a great ‘ booming , buzzing confusion , ’ to use William James ’ famous description of reality , but an end run around national sovereignty , eroding it piece by piece , will accomplish much more than the old-fashioned frontal assault.
” It is my view , according @ @ @ @ @ @ @ justice left is a cultivated threat , a product of the gatekeepers of Cultural Marxism that has been gestated over decades to the stage we now see today – a mass movement of useful idiots , insane narcissists and sociopaths obsessed with identity politics and the destruction of the “ old world ” .
It was globalist institutions like the Rockefeller Foundation and the Ford Foundation that funded different elements of the feminist movement and “ gender studies ” movements from the late 1960 ’ s onward .
This included the Rockefeller Foundation @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Feminist Press ’ and the Ford Foundation ’ s programs to indoctrinate teachers into injecting social justice talking points into their curriculum .
This is openly admitted in Alison R. Bernstein ’ s book ‘ Funding The Future : Philanthropy ’ s Influence On America ’ s Higher Education ’ .
Bernstein is the vice president of Education at the Ford Foundation and the former Associate Dean of Faculty at Princeton .
That ’ s right folks , social justice activism was paid for and encouraged by the so-called “ patriarchy ” .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ never stopped .
Even today SJW groups are funded by globalists .
For example , as the mainstream media often tries to dismiss or ignore , Black Lives Matter was initially funded by the Ford Foundation and George Soros and his Open Society Foundation .
BLM coffers were flooded with over $ 100 million from uber rich white elites .
Again , this is a FACT that even the dishonest spin doctors at Snopes were not able to deny .
Instead , they attempt to use strawman arguments and sophistry to distract from @ @ @ @ @ @ @ money from elitist billionaires .
As noted , the political left is being weaponized , but to what end ?
To understand the end game we have to understand the concept of the Hegelian Dialectic and “ problem – reaction – solution ” .
If there is one behavior that stands out above all others as a defining trait of the social justice left , in my opinion it is their obsession with exploiting tragedy and crisis for their own personal and political gain .
The George Floyd incident , a terrible event @ @ @ @ @ @ @ held up as a prime example of police abuse , yet it was immediately twisted by BLM into an issue of “ systemic racism ” .
There is no proof of systemic racism .
There ’ s not even any proof that George Floyd was killed because he was black .
Police abuse is something which concerns every American equally , not just black Americans .
But the BLM has obscured the real issue of police accountability and made it about the delusion of “ white supremacy ” and an attack on basically @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
This will alienate millions of Americans who would have otherwise agreed to certain points and arguments .
The narrative was hijacked by the political left and they reveled in the death of George Floyd as a means to push numerous unrelated agendas forward as quickly as possible .
These agendas include a vast array of censorship in social media and the firestorm of cancel culture , threatening anyone who does not agree with the prevailing leftist narrative .
People are losing their platforms , their jobs , and their reputations are being @ @ @ @ @ @ @ mainstream media is helping to make this happen .
Now , as a true conservative , I respect the boundaries of private property , and to be sure , a website is indeed private property .
A social media company has the right to remove people and content they don ’ t like , just as any person has the right to remove someone they don ’ t like from their home .
That said , there are some exceptions to this .
For example , when a company has a monopoly over @ @ @ @ @ @ @ censorship becomes a legal and moral problem and that company must be either limited or broken up .
Monopolies are not natural functions of a free market , they are attempts by elites to subvert free markets .
Corporations in general receive their charters from government , along with the protections of limited liability and corporate personhood .
They are not a natural part of the economy , they are aberrations created by government .
They are children of socialism , not “ capitalism ” .
If we are to solve the current @ @ @ @ @ @ @ must either be regulated or abolished and replaced with classical limited partnerships .
Joint stock companies , as corporation used to be called , were never intended to become permanent power structures within free market societies , and now we are witnessing why .
That said , the danger of monopolies does not only extend to corporations .
There can also be such a thing as a political or ideological monopoly as well .
When a particular minority of ideologues take over a vast majority of mass communication outlets and actively seeks to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ only one point of view is presented to the public , what else do we call this but a monopoly ?
I see where the cancel culture is going and it is quickly going to a very ugly place .
While google ’ s removal of ad revenue from conservative websites like Zero Hedge is a legal grey area , the attacks will eventually go far beyond monetization .
One day soon , I predict there will be an attempt to influence website host providers to remove “ offending ” sites altogether .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ power to nationalize the internet would help to protect free speech , but I doubt that .
Government is run by the same ghouls that are funding the social justice cult .
Why should we trust them to police the web fairly ?
The political left is not only asserting control over speech on the web , but also pushing restrictions in major population centers ( to be fair , Trump and his cabinet of elites including Anthony Fauci are also culpable in encouraging medical tyranny ) .
If you lived in a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ lockdowns , then you have seen the extreme lengths politicians , mostly on the left , will go to to assert dominance .
Why are Americans in these cities being admonished from even going outside ?
You do know that viruses are far less communicable in open areas than indoors , right ?
No one catches a virus from jogging through a park or walking on a beach .
Such rules seem like they stem from a severe ignorance of how viruses survive and function , but it ’ s not ignorance ; @ @ @ @ @ @ @ rules are not about saving lives , they are about control , and many conservatives are fed up with it .
Add to this the fact that city governments like Seattle are actively encouraging civil unrest and rioting by Antifa and BLM , and something has to give .
The insanity of the left is triggering a balkanization of the US , but I ’ m not so sure this is a bad thing .
It is clear that SJWs can not live with or get along with anyone who respects liberty or @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in society and they have no comprehension of the non-aggression principle .
They believe that they have the right to enforce their ideology and beliefs on others .
They infest every aspect of our culture with the sole intent of destroying what we have previously built so that our history can be erased and replaced .
It is only natural that reasonable and free-thinking people would want to get as far away from them as possible .
There has been much talk in the mainstream lately about the growing exodus from major cities @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to the pandemic .
I disagree .
In my own state of Montana , there has been a surge of new residents buying properties , and the word is the majority of them are conservatives trying to find like-minded people .
They are trying to escape from the madness of the political left , they are not only concerned about the pandemic .
A great migration is coming , and it will be from leftist stronghold states like California , New York , Illinois , etc.
, as well as from major cities @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and move to places where their ideals and principles are respected or protected .
There has not been a division like this in the US since perhaps the Civil War .
I ’ m not sure it ’ s avoidable , and even if it was I ’ m not sure it should be avoided .
There is something to be said for conservatives and leftists balancing each other out in a community , but when one side becomes aggressive while also being protected , we have limited options .
Conservatives are the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ otherwise broken states and communities .
Perhaps it ’ s time for producers and liberty advocates to seek out greener pastures and go where they are appreciated ?
And maybe it ’ s time for progressives and socialists in America to finally stand on their own and be allowed to fail .
The global elites have a different scenario in mind , I think .
They certainly want a civil war , but one that they can mold and control on both sides .
They are using the left to strike fear into @ @ @ @ @ @ @ us to demand government action as the solution .
They want us to push the button on the Insurrection Act and to demand martial law .
If we separate and establish conservative strongholds then the temptation to beg for government help will be diminished .
There will be numerous arguments made against this strategy – They will say the cities and high population states are economically essential and leaving will be financially disastrous for individuals .
But , if producers are leaving in droves , then they can build an economy anywhere they @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that need conservatives to feed off of their labor and production ; conservatives don ’ t need leftists for anything .
There will be others that claim that when we leave blue states and counties we are abandoning the fight and leaving those places to be completely taken over .
I disagree with this mentality .
By leaving and forming conservative communities and economies and businesses we are changing the landscape of the conflict .
Instead of constantly contending with political obstruction we will be free to actually build something lasting .
This @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ; they do not want conservatives to become proactive .
They want us to hide in our homes in fear and apathy waiting for someone else to save the day .
I realize that there is such a thing as the false left/right paradigm , but this paradigm applies to politicians and government .
Politicians are only loyal to the establishment power structure , and that structure desires tyranny .
Common people have differing social and political viewpoints , and this is natural .
One would hope that ALL Americans regardless of their @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the fundamentals of the Bill of Rights and the Constitution .
But when one side or the other becomes openly hostile to those principles and values of freedom , then they become my enemy and the enemy of any liberty minded person .
We can not live together , so , we must live apart .
Otherwise , we will have to go to war until one side is removed from the equation .

by Brandon Smith
Can leftists and conservatives of our modern era peacefully coexist within the same society? If someone asked me this question only ten years ago I would have said “Sure, it’s possible”. Today, the answer is a resounding “No way”. The political divide has become so vast that there is simply no chance for the two sides to reconcile or come to reasonable terms, and make no mistake, this is not a two-sided disaster; the majority of the damage is being done by one side of this equation.
Back in 2016 I wrote numerous articles discussing the issues and dangers of the political divide that was developing within the US, and many of these articles focused on who actually benefits. In my article ‘Order Out Of Chaos: The Defeat Of The Left Comes With A Cost’ I stated:
“When I mentioned in my last article the crippling of social justice, I did not mention that this could have some negative reverberations. With Trump and conservatives taking near-total power after the Left had assumed they would never lose again, their reaction has been to transform. They are stepping away from the normal activities and mindset of cultural Marxism and evolving into full blown communists. Instead of admitting that their ideology is a failure in every respect, they are doubling down.
When this evolution is complete, the Left WILL resort to direct violent action on a larger scale, and they will do so with a clear conscience because, in their minds, they are fighting fascism. Ironically, it will be this behavior by leftists that may actually push conservatives towards a fascist model. Conservatives might decide to fight crazy with more crazy.”
The transformation I described in 2016 is now happening in 2020. The left is going full communist, with a little help of course. Currently, the Cultural Marxists are seeking to clean house within their own ranks. They are terrorizing long time Democrats and “allies” of the movement into subscribing to ALL the tenets of the new social justice religion. No deviation is allowed; all progressives must declare fealty and signal their virtue and submission or they are systematically targeted and destroyed. It is essentially coercion by cancel culture.
After this phase is over and they have organized the political left into an army of mindless drones, they will fully turn their attention to conservatives.
To be clear, social justice movements are not the primary threat, they are merely a symptom of the disease – A cancer called “globalism”. These people are being used as a weapon of expediency, nothing more. There is an open and admitted organized effort on the part of a tiny minority of power brokers and money elites in our society that seek to manipulate the public into accepting the notion of total centralization and the end of personal liberty and national sovereignty in the name of an arbitrary “greater good”. This is not “conspiracy theory”, this is conspiracy fact.
As Richard N. Gardner, former deputy assistant Secretary of State for International Organizations under Kennedy and Johnson, and a member of the Trilateral Commission, wrote in the April, 1974 issue of the Council on Foreign Relation’s (CFR) journal Foreign Affairs (pg. 558) in an article titled ‘Hard Road To World Order’:
“In short, the ‘house of world order’ will have to be built from the bottom up rather than from the top down. It will look like a great ‘booming, buzzing confusion,’ to use William James’ famous description of reality, but an end run around national sovereignty, eroding it piece by piece, will accomplish much more than the old-fashioned frontal assault.”
It is my view, according to the evidence, that the social justice left is a cultivated threat, a product of the gatekeepers of Cultural Marxism that has been gestated over decades to the stage we now see today – a mass movement of useful idiots, insane narcissists and sociopaths obsessed with identity politics and the destruction of the “old world”.
It was globalist institutions like the Rockefeller Foundation and the Ford Foundation that funded different elements of the feminist movement and “gender studies” movements from the late 1960’s onward. This included the Rockefeller Foundation’s large donations to ‘The Feminist Press’ and the Ford Foundation’s programs to indoctrinate teachers into injecting social justice talking points into their curriculum. This is openly admitted in Alison R. Bernstein’s book ‘Funding The Future: Philanthropy’s Influence On America’s Higher Education’. Bernstein is the vice president of Education at the Ford Foundation and the former Associate Dean of Faculty at Princeton.
That’s right folks, social justice activism was paid for and encouraged by the so-called “patriarchy”. This is the reality, and it never stopped. Even today SJW groups are funded by globalists.
For example, as the mainstream media often tries to dismiss or ignore, Black Lives Matter was initially funded by the Ford Foundation and George Soros and his Open Society Foundation. BLM coffers were flooded with over $100 million from uber rich white elites. Again, this is a FACT that even the dishonest spin doctors at Snopes were not able to deny. Instead, they attempt to use strawman arguments and sophistry to distract from the implication of extreme-left mobs receiving seed money from elitist billionaires.
As noted, the political left is being weaponized, but to what end? To understand the end game we have to understand the concept of the Hegelian Dialectic and “problem – reaction – solution”.
If there is one behavior that stands out above all others as a defining trait of the social justice left, in my opinion it is their obsession with exploiting tragedy and crisis for their own personal and political gain. The George Floyd incident, a terrible event to be sure, should have been held up as a prime example of police abuse, yet it was immediately twisted by BLM into an issue of “systemic racism”. There is no proof of systemic racism. There’s not even any proof that George Floyd was killed because he was black.
Police abuse is something which concerns every American equally, not just black Americans. But the BLM has obscured the real issue of police accountability and made it about the delusion of “white supremacy” and an attack on basically every element of American heritage and tradition. This will alienate millions of Americans who would have otherwise agreed to certain points and arguments. The narrative was hijacked by the political left and they reveled in the death of George Floyd as a means to push numerous unrelated agendas forward as quickly as possible.
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These agendas include a vast array of censorship in social media and the firestorm of cancel culture, threatening anyone who does not agree with the prevailing leftist narrative. People are losing their platforms, their jobs, and their reputations are being dragged through the mud, and the mainstream media is helping to make this happen.
Now, as a true conservative, I respect the boundaries of private property, and to be sure, a website is indeed private property. A social media company has the right to remove people and content they don’t like, just as any person has the right to remove someone they don’t like from their home. That said, there are some exceptions to this.
For example, when a company has a monopoly over a certain means of communication, then censorship becomes a legal and moral problem and that company must be either limited or broken up. Monopolies are not natural functions of a free market, they are attempts by elites to subvert free markets. Corporations in general receive their charters from government, along with the protections of limited liability and corporate personhood. They are not a natural part of the economy, they are aberrations created by government. They are children of socialism, not “capitalism”.
If we are to solve the current problem in the long term, corporations must either be regulated or abolished and replaced with classical limited partnerships. Joint stock companies, as corporation used to be called, were never intended to become permanent power structures within free market societies, and now we are witnessing why.
That said, the danger of monopolies does not only extend to corporations. There can also be such a thing as a political or ideological monopoly as well. When a particular minority of ideologues take over a vast majority of mass communication outlets and actively seeks to squeeze out any dissenting voices so that only one point of view is presented to the public, what else do we call this but a monopoly?
I see where the cancel culture is going and it is quickly going to a very ugly place. While google’s removal of ad revenue from conservative websites like Zero Hedge is a legal grey area, the attacks will eventually go far beyond monetization. One day soon, I predict there will be an attempt to influence website host providers to remove “offending” sites altogether. One might argue that handing government the power to nationalize the internet would help to protect free speech, but I doubt that. Government is run by the same ghouls that are funding the social justice cult. Why should we trust them to police the web fairly?
The political left is not only asserting control over speech on the web, but also pushing restrictions in major population centers (to be fair, Trump and his cabinet of elites including Anthony Fauci are also culpable in encouraging medical tyranny). If you lived in a major US city during the first pandemic lockdowns, then you have seen the extreme lengths politicians, mostly on the left, will go to to assert dominance.
Why are Americans in these cities being admonished from even going outside? You do know that viruses are far less communicable in open areas than indoors, right? No one catches a virus from jogging through a park or walking on a beach. Such rules seem like they stem from a severe ignorance of how viruses survive and function, but it’s not ignorance; it’s deliberate. These draconian rules are not about saving lives, they are about control, and many conservatives are fed up with it.
Add to this the fact that city governments like Seattle are actively encouraging civil unrest and rioting by Antifa and BLM, and something has to give. The insanity of the left is triggering a balkanization of the US, but I’m not so sure this is a bad thing.
It is clear that SJWs cannot live with or get along with anyone who respects liberty or logic. They are a destructive force in society and they have no comprehension of the non-aggression principle. They believe that they have the right to enforce their ideology and beliefs on others. They infest every aspect of our culture with the sole intent of destroying what we have previously built so that our history can be erased and replaced. It is only natural that reasonable and free-thinking people would want to get as far away from them as possible.
There has been much talk in the mainstream lately about the growing exodus from major cities into suburban and rural areas is due to the pandemic. I disagree. In my own state of Montana, there has been a surge of new residents buying properties, and the word is the majority of them are conservatives trying to find like-minded people. They are trying to escape from the madness of the political left, they are not only concerned about the pandemic.
A great migration is coming, and it will be from leftist stronghold states like California, New York, Illinois, etc., as well as from major cities. People are going to seek out and move to places where their ideals and principles are respected or protected. There has not been a division like this in the US since perhaps the Civil War.
I’m not sure it’s avoidable, and even if it was I’m not sure it should be avoided. There is something to be said for conservatives and leftists balancing each other out in a community, but when one side becomes aggressive while also being protected, we have limited options. Conservatives are the primary pillar of support propping up these otherwise broken states and communities. Perhaps it’s time for producers and liberty advocates to seek out greener pastures and go where they are appreciated? And maybe it’s time for progressives and socialists in America to finally stand on their own and be allowed to fail.
The global elites have a different scenario in mind, I think. They certainly want a civil war, but one that they can mold and control on both sides. They are using the left to strike fear into the minds of conservatives and they want us to demand government action as the solution. They want us to push the button on the Insurrection Act and to demand martial law. If we separate and establish conservative strongholds then the temptation to beg for government help will be diminished.
There will be numerous arguments made against this strategy – They will say the cities and high population states are economically essential and leaving will be financially disastrous for individuals. But, if producers are leaving in droves, then they can build an economy anywhere they please. It’s the leftists that need conservatives to feed off of their labor and production; conservatives don’t need leftists for anything. There will be others that claim that when we leave blue states and counties we are abandoning the fight and leaving those places to be completely taken over. I disagree with this mentality. By leaving and forming conservative communities and economies and businesses we are changing the landscape of the conflict. Instead of constantly contending with political obstruction we will be free to actually build something lasting.
This is what the establishment is afraid of; they do not want conservatives to become proactive. They want us to hide in our homes in fear and apathy waiting for someone else to save the day.
I realize that there is such a thing as the false left/right paradigm, but this paradigm applies to politicians and government. Politicians are only loyal to the establishment power structure, and that structure desires tyranny. Common people have differing social and political viewpoints, and this is natural. One would hope that ALL Americans regardless of their beliefs would still have a respect for the fundamentals of the Bill of Rights and the Constitution. But when one side or the other becomes openly hostile to those principles and values of freedom, then they become my enemy and the enemy of any liberty minded person. We cannot live together, so, we must live apart. Otherwise, we will have to go to war until one side is removed from the equation.


investmentwatchblog--2020-06-24--President Trump: Our movement is based on love | “People should not be judged based on the color of

President Trump: Our movement is based on love | “People should not be judged based on the color of their skin, but the content of their character.”

[ EDIT ] And here ’ s the full speech from GEOTUS ( one of his greatest ever ) : @

Meanwhile, Joe Biden:
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[EDIT] And here’s the full speech from GEOTUS (one of his greatest ever): youtu.be/RVysvYJ_pMU
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investmentwatchblog--2020-06-24--Yawn. Nobody Cares What Law Professors Think, And This Is A Good Illustration Of Why.

80 % Of George Washington Law School Faculty Call For Alumnus William Barr To Resign As Attorney General .
Advice @ @ @ @ @ : Get your ticket punched if necessary , but never donate or do anything for @ @ @ @ @ they will show no loyalty to you .
See also , Clarence Thomas ’ s @ @ @ @ @ .
Of course , in retrospect it should be obvious that a strong black man @ @ @ @ @ a school named after a slave trader .
UPDATE : From the comments : “ @ @ @ @ @ Barr is doing a good job .
”

80% Of George Washington Law School Faculty Call For Alumnus William Barr To Resign As Attorney General.
Advice to people on the right: Get your ticket punched if necessary, but never donate or do anything for your alma mater, because they will show no loyalty to you. See also, Clarence Thomas’s shameful treatment by Yale Law. Of course, in retrospect it should be obvious that a strong black man would be treated badly by a school named after a slave trader.
UPDATE: From the comments: “OK, now I know Barr is doing a good job.”
h/t GR


investmentwatchblog--2020-06-24--Even If You Buy Off The Press And Politicians, Normal People Notice Things:

Trust in China Falls Sharply Among Australians , Lowy Poll Finds .
“ Trust in China among Australians has more @ @ @ @ @ trade disputes , with only 23 % saying they trusted Beijing to act responsibly in @ @ @ @ @ 52 % reading two years ago , a major poll has found .
The annual @ @ @ @ @ rising support for Australia ’ s security alliance with the United States , up six @ @ @ @ @ year , even though U.S. President Donald Trump was unpopular with Australians .
”

Trust in China Falls Sharply Among Australians, Lowy Poll Finds. “Trust in China among Australians has more than halved amid diplomatic and trade disputes, with only 23% saying they trusted Beijing to act responsibly in the world compared to a 52% reading two years ago, a major poll has found. The annual Lowy Institute Poll also found rising support for Australia’s security alliance with the United States, up six points to 78% this year, even though U.S. President Donald Trump was unpopular with Australians.”
Don’t trust China. China is asshole.
h/t GR


investmentwatchblog--2020-06-24--DADDY WON’T LIVE IN THAT NEW YORK CITY NO MORE: Americans are considering moving to less populated a

DADDY WON’T LIVE IN THAT NEW YORK CITY NO MORE: Americans are considering moving to less populated areas to avoid coronavirus.

Six in 10 Americans would consider moving to a less populated area in order to better protect themselves against the second wave of COVID-19 or another pandemic .
The study of 2,000 Americans examined the long-term impact COVID-19 will have and the extreme lengths Americans are contemplating to protect themselves from this novel virus .
And considering a move is just one of the steps Americans are taking — the survey found COVID-19 has also changed respondents ’ financial plans .
Results found 71 percent said the pandemic has caused them to seriously reconsider how they should be financially planning @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the virus has completely derailed those dreams .
Among the most common things respondents named as now-vital financial goals were becoming debt-free ( 41 percent ) , moving out of the city ( 31 percent ) , getting a car ( 31 percent ) and buying a house ( 31 percent ) .
The survey , conducted by OnePoll on behalf of Self Financial , revealed two-thirds have reconsidered their perspective on emergency funds .
The average person is now aiming to have a “ just in case ” fund of over $ @ @ @ @ @ @

Six in 10 Americans would consider moving to a less populated area in order to better protect themselves against the second wave of COVID-19 or another pandemic.
The study of 2,000 Americans examined the long-term impact COVID-19 will have and the extreme lengths Americans are contemplating to protect themselves from this novel virus.
And considering a move is just one of the steps Americans are taking — the survey found COVID-19 has also changed respondents’ financial plans.
Results found 71 percent said the pandemic has caused them to seriously reconsider how they should be financially planning for their futures and 59 percent said the virus has completely derailed those dreams.
Among the most common things respondents named as now-vital financial goals were becoming debt-free (41 percent), moving out of the city (31 percent), getting a car (31 percent) and buying a house (31 percent).
The survey, conducted by OnePoll on behalf of Self Financial, revealed two-thirds have reconsidered their perspective on emergency funds.
The average person is now aiming to have a “just in case” fund of over $4,300 set aside going forward.


investmentwatchblog--2020-06-24--Just a reminder.. Joe Biden tells worker “you’re full of shit” during argument over gun control

Democratic Presidential candidate Joe Biden told a worker he was “ full of s*** ” during an argument over gun @ @ @ @ @ plant on Tuesday morning .

Democratic Presidential candidate Joe Biden told a worker he was “full of s***” during an argument over gun control while touring a Detroit plant on Tuesday morning.
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investmentwatchblog--2020-06-24--Twitter Decides the President Encouraging Law and Order Violates TOS

Following the suspension , Carpe Donktum issued a statement addressing the suspension , noting that he received a Digital Millennium @ @ @ @ @ takedown order of the video the president tweeted .
“ Twitter has not provided me @ @ @ @ @ my account back , so I assume they intend this to be final and permanent @ @ @ @ @ “ I have ALWAYS complied with DMCA takedown rules , and I have submitted counterclaims @ @ @ @ @ have NEVER uploaded content that has been removed .
”

TWITTER PERMANENTLY BANS PRO-TRUMP MEME CREATOR CARPE DONKTUM FOR COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT:
Following the suspension, Carpe Donktum issued a statement addressing the suspension, noting that he received a Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) takedown order of the video the president tweeted.
“Twitter has not provided me with any avenue to get my account back, so I assume they intend this to be final and permanent,” he wrote. “I have ALWAYS complied with DMCA takedown rules, and I have submitted counterclaims when necessary, but I have NEVER uploaded content that has been removed.”


investmentwatchblog--2020-06-24--US Stock Market Enters Parabolic Price Move – Be Prepared

by Chris Vermeulen of The Technical Traders After the recent COVID-19 virus event and the global market concerns that will warrant caution for skilled traders and investors , the US stock markets have entered an upside parabolic trend that will likely end with a massive price collapse – extremely volatile and aggressive in nature .
Our research team continues to warn of the unpredictable nature of the current price rally and the fact that the upside parabolic price trend appears more prominent in the NASDAQ sector .
If history has taught us anything , it is that these types of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that they always end in a deep downside price correction – usually 61 % to 75 % of the last upside price trend .
Our research and trading team has been advising friends and followers to stay very cautious of the current markets ( excluding Gold , Miners , and certain other protective sectors ) .
We don ’ t believe this rally warrants any exposure greater than 15 to 20 % given the current global economic environment and the hyper-parabolic nature of the current price move .
We believe the opportunity presented @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the potential risks of a massive collapse event taking place in the near future .
In other words , we ’ re more cautious of how ugly and aggressive the end of this parabolic move will be than willing to try to find some opportunities in an already hyper-extended parabolic upside price trend .
Still , there are opportunities to be had in this trend for skilled short-term technical traders .
A number of sectors continue to perform quite well and using proper position sizing for trades may allow for quick targets of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
We urge all of our friends and followers to be cautious of the current rally in the markets as we ’ ve only seen this happen three other times over the past 100 years : 1927~29 , 1986~87 , 1996~99 .
The collapse after the 1929 peak resulted in a 90 % decline in prices .
After 1987 , the markets collapsed by nearly 36 % .
After the DOT COM market peak in 1999 , the markets collapsed near 51 % .
Are the markets preparing for a massive collapse event @ @ @ @ @ @ @ trend ?
This monthly NQ , NASDAQ E-Mini Futures , chart highlights the upside parabolic price move that is currently taking place .
It also highlights the similar type of price movement that took place in the late 1990s .
In theory , the buying power driving the markets higher can last more than 12 to 15 months in some cases .
Prior to the peak in 1929 , the parabolic move started near June 1926 and peaked in July 1929 – approximately 3 years .
In 1986 , the rally in price @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 1985 to August 1987 – about 21 months .
The rally to the DOT COM peak in 1999 started near March 1995 and lasted a total of approximately 51 months ( just over 5 years ) .
The current rally , as we identify the start of the parabolic price trend , started after the 2015~16 sideways price range .
Our research team considers the start of this current upside move as initiating near July 2016 and continuing through to today – totaling almost 4 years in length .
If we discount the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 2012 to 2020 Fed-induced price rally as the “ total scope ” of the parabolic range , then we can easily total more than 7 years into this incredible parabolic price move .
This move is truly unlike anything we ’ ve seen in the recent history of the US stock market – and the crazy component to all of this is it is happening at a time when the global markets have just been derailed by a global virus pandemic .
What comes next ?
Well , if history is any teacher @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , volatility starts to explode and a collapse in price initiates at some point in the future that completely deflates the bubble .
The most prominent example of a price bubble that many traders are familiar with is the story of the South Sea Company ( 1719 to 1721 ) .
Prior to the peak in this bubble story , the South Sea Company began as an act of English Parliament ( source : engl3164.wordpress.com/2012/10/31/the-south-sea-bubble/ ) .
As stated from our source… At this time , the English government was deeply in debt @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , came up with a scheme to free England of this debt while capitalizing on what was perceived as a largely untapped gold and silver market in South America .
Harley proposed that Parliament could create an independent company that would assume all of England ’ s debt and , in exchange , would be able to charge the government yearly interest until the original sum was repaid .
The company would be able to afford to assume this debt because England would grant it a monopoly on trade from South America .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ would be extended further into the New World , and the English government would become free of debt .
This plan was so popular that it was called “ the earl of Oxford ’ s masterpiece ” ( Carswell , 1969 ) .
It took several years to form the company and work out the details of the agreement .
By 1720 , the South Seas Company was formed and received £30,981,712 in debt from the English government in exchange for a promise that the English government would pay £600,000 per year interest @ @ @ @ @ @ @ begun to show major weaknesses , even before taking on this huge debt .
The success of the plan rested on the assumption that a monopoly on English trade with Latin America was worth almost limitless profit .
Certainly , Spain was enjoying great profit in extracting gold and silver from this area .
Yet a major problem was that Spain owned the rights to South American trade and would allow England only one ship ’ s worth of trade per year for the entire continent and only on the condition England pay @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in addition to a 5 % tax .
Even this small concession ceased entirely in 1718 when England declared war on Spain ( Carswell , 1969 ) .
We want all of our readers to understand the psychological aspect of this past bubble – the idea that the plan could not fail and would provide almost limitless success if executed as planned set off a “ no fear rally ” that eventually resulted in a massive price bubble .
The next major point that is critical to the understanding of how a price @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the same source… Regardless of the fact that the South Seas company was an unproven company already sunk deeply in debt , with no realistic prospects of profit , it was perceived as an almost infallible opportunity .
As with all economic bubbles , the public ’ s perception of its potential was far greater than its actual value .
For this reason , stock prices soared .
Modern economists have argued that some investors may have been fully aware that this was an artificial market that was bound to fail .
However @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to climb until the bubble burst , it would still have been profitable to buy stock with the intention of selling before prices inevitably plummeted ( Temmin and Voth , 2003 ) .
What could go wrong with this plan for investors ?
It seemed as if nothing could fail – there was almost no risk and everyone had incredibly high expectations of future success and profits… Then , more good news for traders and investors.. More shell companies promising future greatness to continue to hype the markets… Eventually , when reality set @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , many had lost entire fortunes , families , and futures .
Some of these company founders were hunted down and killed because of the anger and frustration of many investors and others .
The reality of the situation is that nothing is without risk – just like the stock market valuations today .
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In the second part of this research article , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ potential price bubble that is setting up in the US and global stock markets as a result of the US Fed and global central banks pushing speculative investments into the global equities markets ( primarily the US stock market ) .
It is essential that all skilled traders and investors learn to understand what is happening and to understand the severe risks that are currently in play in the markets right now .
Stay cautious , stay protected , and stay safe .
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by Chris Vermeulen of The Technical Traders
After the recent COVID-19 virus event and the global market concerns that will warrant caution for skilled traders and investors, the US stock markets have entered an upside parabolic trend that will likely end with a massive price collapse – extremely volatile and aggressive in nature. Our research team continues to warn of the unpredictable nature of the current price rally and the fact that the upside parabolic price trend appears more prominent in the NASDAQ sector. If history has taught us anything, it is that these types of parabolic moves can last a while and that they always end in a deep downside price correction – usually 61% to 75% of the last upside price trend.
Our research and trading team has been advising friends and followers to stay very cautious of the current markets (excluding Gold, Miners, and certain other protective sectors). We don’t believe this rally warrants any exposure greater than 15 to 20% given the current global economic environment and the hyper-parabolic nature of the current price move. We believe the opportunity presented by the upside advances does not negate the potential risks of a massive collapse event taking place in the near future. In other words, we’re more cautious of how ugly and aggressive the end of this parabolic move will be than willing to try to find some opportunities in an already hyper-extended parabolic upside price trend.
Still, there are opportunities to be had in this trend for skilled short-term technical traders. A number of sectors continue to perform quite well and using proper position sizing for trades may allow for quick targets of 5% to 10% or more. We urge all of our friends and followers to be cautious of the current rally in the markets as we’ve only seen this happen three other times over the past 100 years: 1927~29, 1986~87, 1996~99. The collapse after the 1929 peak resulted in a 90% decline in prices. After 1987, the markets collapsed by nearly 36%. After the DOT COM market peak in 1999, the markets collapsed near 51%. Are the markets preparing for a massive collapse event right now with this hyper-parabolic upside price trend?
NASDAQ MONTHLY CHARTS
This monthly NQ, NASDAQ E-Mini Futures, chart highlights the upside parabolic price move that is currently taking place. It also highlights the similar type of price movement that took place in the late 1990s. In theory, the buying power driving the markets higher can last more than 12 to 15 months in some cases. Prior to the peak in 1929, the parabolic move started near June 1926 and peaked in July 1929 – approximately 3 years. In 1986, the rally in price was shorter – only lasting from November 1985 to August 1987 – about 21 months. The rally to the DOT COM peak in 1999 started near March 1995 and lasted a total of approximately 51 months (just over 5 years).
The current rally, as we identify the start of the parabolic price trend, started after the 2015~16 sideways price range. Our research team considers the start of this current upside move as initiating near July 2016 and continuing through to today – totaling almost 4 years in length. If we discount the 2015~16 sideways price channel and consider the 2012 to 2020 Fed-induced price rally as the “total scope” of the parabolic range, then we can easily total more than 7 years into this incredible parabolic price move. This move is truly unlike anything we’ve seen in the recent history of the US stock market – and the crazy component to all of this is it is happening at a time when the global markets have just been derailed by a global virus pandemic.
What comes next? Well, if history is any teacher – a peak in price sets up, volatility starts to explode and a collapse in price initiates at some point in the future that completely deflates the bubble.
The most prominent example of a price bubble that many traders are familiar with is the story of the South Sea Company (1719 to 1721). Prior to the peak in this bubble story, the South Sea Company began as an act of English Parliament (source: engl3164.wordpress.com/2012/10/31/the-south-sea-bubble/ ). As stated from our source…
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At this time, the English government was deeply in debt. Harley, the Earl of Oxford, came up with a scheme to free England of this debt while capitalizing on what was perceived as a largely untapped gold and silver market in South America. Harley proposed that Parliament could create an independent company that would assume all of England’s debt and, in exchange, would be able to charge the government yearly interest until the original sum was repaid. The company would be able to afford to assume this debt because England would grant it a monopoly on trade from South America. The company would prosper, English influence would be extended further into the New World, and the English government would become free of debt. This plan was so popular that it was called “the earl of Oxford’s masterpiece” (Carswell, 1969).
It took several years to form the company and work out the details of the agreement. By 1720, the South Seas Company was formed and received £30,981,712 in debt from the English government in exchange for a promise that the English government would pay £600,000 per year interest. However, the plan had already begun to show major weaknesses, even before taking on this huge debt. The success of the plan rested on the assumption that a monopoly on English trade with Latin America was worth almost limitless profit. Certainly, Spain was enjoying great profit in extracting gold and silver from this area. Yet a major problem was that Spain owned the rights to South American trade and would allow England only one ship’s worth of trade per year for the entire continent and only on the condition England pay 25% of the profits to Spain in addition to a 5% tax. Even this small concession ceased entirely in 1718 when England declared war on Spain (Carswell, 1969).
We want all of our readers to understand the psychological aspect of this past bubble – the idea that the plan could not fail and would provide almost limitless success if executed as planned set off a “no fear rally” that eventually resulted in a massive price bubble.
The next major point that is critical to the understanding of how a price bubble function is the following statement from the same source…
Regardless of the fact that the South Seas company was an unproven company already sunk deeply in debt, with no realistic prospects of profit, it was perceived as an almost infallible opportunity. As with all economic bubbles, the public’s perception of its potential was far greater than its actual value. For this reason, stock prices soared. Modern economists have argued that some investors may have been fully aware that this was an artificial market that was bound to fail. However, realizing that stock prices would continue to climb until the bubble burst, it would still have been profitable to buy stock with the intention of selling before prices inevitably plummeted (Temmin and Voth, 2003).
What could go wrong with this plan for investors? It seemed as if nothing could fail – there was almost no risk and everyone had incredibly high expectations of future success and profits… Then, more good news for traders and investors.. More shell companies promising future greatness to continue to hype the markets…
Unfortunately, investors in the South Seas Company were not the only individuals to lose money during this time. Many businessmen, realizing the potential for profit in such an artificial market, began similar schemes to create companies with inflated stock prices. Hundreds of companies were formed within only a few months, with thousands of individuals rushing to buy stock. Ultimately, these companies went the way of the South Sea Company. Countless investors lost fortunes while many dishonest market speculators became rich (Carswell, 1969). (Source: engl3164.wordpress.com/2012/10/31/the-south-sea-bubble/ )
Eventually, when reality set back into the minds of these investors, many had lost entire fortunes, families, and futures. Some of these company founders were hunted down and killed because of the anger and frustration of many investors and others. The reality of the situation is that nothing is without risk – just like the stock market valuations today.
Before you continue, be sure to opt-in to our free market trend signals
before closing this page, so you don’t miss our next special report!
In the second part of this research article, we’ll continue to explore the potential price bubble that is setting up in the US and global stock markets as a result of the US Fed and global central banks pushing speculative investments into the global equities markets (primarily the US stock market). It is essential that all skilled traders and investors learn to understand what is happening and to understand the severe risks that are currently in play in the markets right now. Stay cautious, stay protected, and stay safe.
Get our Active ETF Swing Trade Signals or if you have any type of retirement account and are looking for signals when to own equities, bonds, or cash, be sure to become a member of my Passive Long-Term ETF Investing Signals which we are about to issue a new signal for subscribers.
Chris Vermeulen
Chief Market Strategies
Founder of Technical Traders Ltd.


investmentwatchblog--2020-06-24--The real danger of Facemasks A must watch.

This guy runs a test with and without a face mask , and the results should scare any person with @ @ @

This guy runs a test with and without a face mask, and the results should scare any person with a brain.
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AC


investmentwatchblog--2020-06-24--Cuomo and 4 other D Govs sent mandated infected Covid patients into nursing homes, where previously

Cuomo and 4 other D Govs sent mandated infected Covid patients into nursing homes, where previously uninfected nursing home residents died by the thousands.

More people died from this policy than on 9/11 .
They had brand new $ 300mm field hospitals that sat @ @ @ @ @ Javitz Center and the USS Comfort , when they were sending thousands of bioweapons into @ @ @ @ @ be tried with 3rd degree murder .
What ’ s your conspiracy theory , as @ @ @ @ @ ?

by Qplus17
More people died from this policy than on 9/11. They had brand new $300mm field hospitals that sat completely vacant along with the Javitz Center and the USS Comfort, when they were sending thousands of bioweapons into nursing homes. He should be tried with 3rd degree murder.
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What’s your conspiracy theory, as to why they did this?


investmentwatchblog--2020-06-24--Wisconsin state senator Tim Carpenter (D-Milwaukee,) attacked by protesters as demonstrations in Mad

Wisconsin state senator Tim Carpenter (D-Milwaukee,) attacked by protesters as demonstrations in Madison turn violent

“ I don ’ t know what happened … all I did was stop and take a picture … and @ @ @ @ @ m getting five-six punches , getting kicked in the head , ” said Carpenter , @ @ @ @ @ to The Washington Post , Carpenter said he may have a concussion and fractured nose @ @ @ @ @ eye and sore ribs and back .
“ This has got to stop before someone @ @ @ @ @ wrote .
“ Sad thing I ’ m on their side for peaceful demonstrations — @ @ @ @ @ Senator served 36 years in the legislature .
”

“I don’t know what happened … all I did was stop and take a picture … and the next thing I’m getting five-six punches, getting kicked in the head,” said Carpenter, 60. We are primarily funded by readers. Please subscribe and donate to support us!
In a message to The Washington Post, Carpenter said he may have a concussion and fractured nose in addition to a bruised eye and sore ribs and back.


investmentwatchblog--2020-06-24--DEMOCRATS HATE BLACK PEOPLE AND WANT THEM TO DIE. CHANGE MY MIND.

And former Democrat Presidential candidate Amy Klobuchar declined to pursue charges against Officer Chauvin previously .
And Democrat-supporting police union @ @ @ @ @ after any of the seventeen previous complaints against him .

George Floyd was murdered in a city run by a Democrat mayor since 1973, whose police chief was appointed by a Democrat, in a state with two Democrat Senators, and hasn't voted for a Republican President since Nixon. Completely insane she can say something like this unchallenged. t.co/xVTOLReLVm — Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) June 23, 2020
Also black Police Chief since 2017.
And former Democrat Presidential candidate Amy Klobuchar declined to pursue charges against Officer Chauvin previously. And Democrat-supporting police union declined to fire Officer Chauvin after any of the seventeen previous complaints against him.
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Still waiting for widespread finger wagging from the tone police t.co/CWicibBs0r — Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) June 23, 2020
h/t GR


investmentwatchblog--2020-06-24--LOOKS LIKE SOMEBODY’S BEEN RED-PILLED:

LOOKS LIKE SOMEBODY’S BEEN RED-PILLED:

Journalism for a significant number of people means tweeting and publishing content that confirms the biases of an in-group on @ @ @ @ @ , any original information gathering or any fair minded pursuit of truth .
There is @ @ @ @ @ re so hated .

Journalism for a significant number of people means tweeting and publishing content that confirms the biases of an in-group on social media without any skepticism, any original information gathering or any fair minded pursuit of truth. There is no question why we’re so hated.
— Lee Fang (@lhfang) June 22, 2020


investmentwatchblog--2020-06-24--Someone faked a 911 call to the Tampa Police Department. They reported that there was a shooting and

Someone faked a 911 call to the Tampa Police Department. They reported that there was a shooting and one person injured. When the cops showed up they got mobbed by a few hundred people.

Two Tampa police officers were injured early Saturday after a crowd of hundreds surrounded a group of officers in an @ @ @ @ @ Tampa police chief said .
Officers were responding to a report of shots fired and @ @ @ @ @ an intersection near the Ybor City neighborhood around 1 a.m. , Chief Brian Duggan told @ @ @ @ @ of hundreds was at the scene when police arrived .

Watch the latest video at foxnews.com
Two Tampa police officers were injured early Saturday after a crowd of hundreds surrounded a group of officers in an “ambush,” the Tampa police chief said.
Officers were responding to a report of shots fired and a possible gunshot victim at an intersection near the Ybor City neighborhood around 1 a.m., Chief Brian Duggan told reporters Monday. A crowd of hundreds was at the scene when police arrived.
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investmentwatchblog--2020-06-24--Tucker: The mob is an arm of the Democratic establishment

We are at the point that the Democratic party is nearly a terrorist organization .
Let 's be clear about @ @ @ @ @ labeled it `` abusive behavior '' for the President of the United States to say @ @ @ @ @ law .
Twitter says it is `` abusive '' to prevent rioters from forcibly seizing @ @ @ @ @ lawless zone in our capital ⬇ t.co/IOhNBEy9Se

Watch the latest video at foxnews.com
video.foxnews.com/v/6166782250001#sp=show-clips
We are at the point that the Democratic party is nearly a terrorist organization.
Let's be clear about what just happened.
Twitter labeled it "abusive behavior" for the President of the United States to say that he will enforce the law. Twitter says it is "abusive" to prevent rioters from forcibly seizing territory to set up a lawless zone in our capital ⬇ t.co/IOhNBEy9Se
— Kayleigh McEnany (@PressSec) June 23, 2020


investmentwatchblog--2020-06-24--REboot the FBI: Tucker Carlson: FBI Won’t Arrest Rioters, But Sent 15 Agents To Investigate ‘Absurd’

REboot the FBI: Tucker Carlson: FBI Won’t Arrest Rioters, But Sent 15 Agents To Investigate ‘Absurd’ Bubba Wallace Noose Story

News host Tucker Carlson criticized federal law enforcement for allowing rioters and those who topple monuments to go free while sending 15 agents to investigate the “ absurd ” story of a noose supposedly found in NASCAR driver Bubba Wallace ’ s garage .
After days of wall-to-wall media coverage and nationwide sympathy for Wallace over the incident , the FBI concluded Tuesday that the noose had been in the Talladega Superspeedway garage stall since October 2019 and that no federal hate crime had been committed .
“ Every few months , there appears to be new hysteria over nooses @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and almost inevitably , the hate crime we are warned about turns out to be fake , ” Carlson said on Tuesday night ’ s “ Tucker Carlson Tonight.
” “ The story has been told again and again and again , but our authorities never learn the obvious lesson , this isn ’ t a very racist country .
Sorry Democratic Party.
” The FBI bought the story completely , ” he said .
“ They ’ ve done nothing to arrest the people who are burning police stations or tearing down @ @ @ @ @ @ @ FBI sent 15 agents to Alabama to investigate the noose and , after days of investigation , they discovered the noose was in fact a rope with a loop used by work crews to pull down a garage door .
”

News host Tucker Carlson criticized federal law enforcement for allowing rioters and those who topple monuments to go free while sending 15 agents to investigate the “absurd” story of a noose supposedly found in NASCAR driver Bubba Wallace’s garage.
After days of wall-to-wall media coverage and nationwide sympathy for Wallace over the incident, the FBI concluded Tuesday that the noose had been in the Talladega Superspeedway garage stall since October 2019 and that no federal hate crime had been committed.
“Every few months, there appears to be new hysteria over nooses discovered somewhere off in a public place and almost inevitably, the hate crime we are warned about turns out to be fake,” Carlson said on Tuesday night’s “Tucker Carlson Tonight.” “The story has been told again and again and again, but our authorities never learn the obvious lesson, this isn’t a very racist country. Sorry Democratic Party.”
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The FBI bought the story completely,” he said. “They’ve done nothing to arrest the people who are burning police stations or tearing down monuments of George Washington, but the FBI sent 15 agents to Alabama to investigate the noose and, after days of investigation, they discovered the noose was in fact a rope with a loop used by work crews to pull down a garage door.”
dailycaller.com/2020/06/23/tucker-carlson-fbi-rioters-bubba-wallace-noose-hate-crime-hoax/


investmentwatchblog--2020-06-24--Scott Adams: “I’d say government regulation of Facebook is guaranteed at this point”

I 'd say government regulation of Facebook is guaranteed at this point — Project Veritas Video Shows Facebook Content Moderators @ @ @ @ @ ‘ Exception ’ Given To Don Lemon For Hate Speech t.co/E1qoiLhEhU via @ dailycaller Facebook @ @ @ @ @ positions to censor Republicans and conservatives in an undercover video released by activist group Project @ @ @ @ @ video shows individual Facebook content moderators working for a third party contractor , Cognizant , @ @ @ @ @ supporters of President Donald Trump .
The footage also shows that CNN host Don Lemon @ @ @ @ @ ” by a Facebook for speech that would have otherwise violated Facebook ’ s rules @ @ @ @ @ footage includes a shot of an internal order to the Cognizant team instructing moderators not @ @ @ @ @ Lemon saying that white men are “ the biggest terror threat in this country .
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I'd say government regulation of Facebook is guaranteed at this point — Project Veritas Video Shows Facebook Content Moderators Discussing Censoring Conservatives, Reveals ‘Exception’ Given To Don Lemon For Hate Speech t.co/E1qoiLhEhU via @dailycaller
Facebook content moderators discussed using their positions to censor Republicans and conservatives in an undercover video released by activist group Project Veritas on Tuesday.
The video shows individual Facebook content moderators working for a third party contractor, Cognizant, expressing their eagerness to censor supporters of President Donald Trump. The footage also shows that CNN host Don Lemon was granted an “exception” by a Facebook for speech that would have otherwise violated Facebook’s rules against hate speech.
The footage includes a shot of an internal order to the Cognizant team instructing moderators not to censor a video of Lemon saying that white men are “the biggest terror threat in this country.”


investmentwatchblog--2020-06-25--Three (four?) factors to track if you’re long

TLDR : If you ’ re long or looking to go long , here ’ s three ( four ? )
relevant factors to keep an eye on : • Economic healing : ISM New orders > 50 in the next report , demonstrating economic damage is healing • Limited speculative longs : speculative futures positioning remaining low , which limits the risks of speculative retracements • No complacency : VIX staying above 15 , showing market is not pricing complacency • BONUS ( if you care about politics ) : a 4th factor at the bottom that nobody is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in Q3 The rebound of the S & P 500 above 3,000 has been nothing if surprising to professional market participants and commentators .
S & P 500 back above 3,000 .
The violet line shows the historical performance after a large V-shaped rebound The apparent disconnect between price action , recessionary fundamentals , and US riots has left many baffled observers for many different reasons .
Trailing valuation measures are back at pre-corona levels and forward measures are back at dot.com levels as companies have guided downward and earnings have cratered .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s all in the Tech stocks , they are expensive because growth is the new gold ” , that ’ s not the case .
Looking at Russell 2000 , a broad blend of companies ( many of whom were hard hit by the shutdown ) offers the exact same picture .
Markets are expensive .
Period .
The PE of SPX is back at dot.com levels Even abstracting from earnings , using Market Cap / GDP you ’ d conclude that the market looks “ a tad ” expensive…even more expensive @ @ @ @ @ @ @ if we ’ re really witnessing a secular trend of diminishing globalisation – because then the argument “ But S & P companies are global , they should be compared to World GDP ” becomes weaker .
…is not really expensive considering QE However , there are other ways to look at valuations .
Considering that the main mechanism for QE transmission is via the bond market , it might make sense to compare equity valuations relative to bond yields .
This changes the perspective completely and dramatically .
The chart below shows @ @ @ @ @ @ @ premium for S & P 500 , calculated by subtracting the 10y bond yield from the earnings ’ yield of the equity index – as a reminder , high means cheap in this case .
The chart shows that compared to bonds , S & P 500 has seldom been cheaper .
As asset allocators consider their options , QE is twisting their arm to go heavier into equities .
A proxy of the forward Equity Risk Premium for SPX The other factor propelling the market higher is that everybody is short .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ the fact that if speculative positions are very short it means that short sellers have already sold – and therefore their selling pressure is abating and they might be forced to buy back their shorts as the market works out this painful short squeeze .
Economic damage is still there It is quite common for markets to retrace after a > 3 standard deviation events .
This happens during bull markets and recessionary periods .
The deciding factor between these two world views will , inevitably , boil back to fundamentals .
One @ @ @ @ @ @ @ mean defaults and unemployment , dampening both demand and investments ISM New orders as deep as during the 2008 crisis Conclusions – factors to track relevant if you stay long ( or go short ) To stay long in the market , we ’ ll want to monitor three factors ( and the reverse applies for going short ) : • A recovery in macro data proxied by the ISM New Orders Markets might stay irrational for longer than traders can stay solvent , as the old adage says… or in the words @ @ @ @ @ @ @ talking about Meanwhile , the popularity of one of the most pro-market Presidents in history is falling in the middle of riots and pandemics .
November is very far away and like many others we consider the re-election of Trump a fait-accompli ’ … yet if the numbers keep diverging markets might begin to become nervous about it .
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 .

by ToggleGlobal
TLDR: If you’re long or looking to go long, here’s three (four?) relevant factors to keep an eye on:
Economic healing: ISM New orders > 50 in the next report, demonstrating economic damage is healing Limited speculative longs: speculative futures positioning remaining low, which limits the risks of speculative retracements No complacency: VIX staying above 15, showing market is not pricing complacency BONUS (if you care about politics): a 4th factor at the bottom that nobody is talking about and which might need monitoring in Q3
(and if you’re short or thinking about going short, consider these as possible catalysts: if in the summer we get i) weak economics, ii) longer positioning, and iii) low VIX >> means the market relaxed and went long even as the economy turned)

More below + charts…

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A perplexing rebound
The rebound of the S&P 500 above 3,000 has been nothing if surprising to professional market participants and commentators.
S&P 500 back above 3,000. The violet line shows the historical performance after a large V-shaped rebound
The apparent disconnect between price action, recessionary fundamentals, and US riots has left many baffled observers for many different reasons.
A really expensive market…
Trailing valuation measures are back at pre-corona levels and forward measures are back at dot.com levels as companies have guided downward and earnings have cratered.
And before you think “But that’s all in the Tech stocks, they are expensive because growth is the new gold”, that’s not the case. Looking at Russell 2000, a broad blend of companies (many of whom were hard hit by the shutdown) offers the exact same picture. Markets are expensive. Period.

The PE of SPX is back at dot.com levels
Even abstracting from earnings, using Market Cap / GDP you’d conclude that the market looks “a tad” expensive…even more expensive than January 2000..
That is especially true if we’re really witnessing a secular trend of diminishing globalisation – because then the argument “But S&P companies are global, they should be compared to World GDP” becomes weaker.
Tobin’s Q – Market Capitalization vs GDP
…is not really expensive considering QE
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However, there are other ways to look at valuations. Considering that the main mechanism for QE transmission is via the bond market, it might make sense to compare equity valuations relative to bond yields. This changes the perspective completely and dramatically.
The chart below shows a classic proxy of the equity risk premium for S&P 500, calculated by subtracting the 10y bond yield from the earnings’ yield of the equity index – as a reminder, high means cheap in this case.
The chart shows that compared to bonds, S&P 500 has seldom been cheaper. As asset allocators consider their options, QE is twisting their arm to go heavier into equities.
A proxy of the forward Equity Risk Premium for SPX
Massive short positioning in the market
The other factor propelling the market higher is that everybody is short. If this feels counterintuitive, think about the fact that if speculative positions are very short it means that short sellers have already sold – and therefore their selling pressure is abating and they might be forced to buy back their shorts as the market works out this painful short squeeze.
SPX Net Positioning at historical lows
Economic damage is still there
It is quite common for markets to retrace after a >3 standard deviation events. This happens during bull markets and recessionary periods.
The deciding factor between these two world views will, inevitably, boil back to fundamentals. One lost quarter to the global economy will mean defaults and unemployment, dampening both demand and investments
ISM New orders as deep as during the 2008 crisis
Conclusions – factors to track relevant if you stay long (or go short)
To stay long in the market, we’ll want to monitor three factors (and the reverse applies for going short):
A recovery in macro data proxied by the ISM New Orders No sudden drop in volatilities, signaling complancency No excessive long futures positioning
Markets might stay irrational for longer than traders can stay solvent, as the old adage says… or in the words of Jim Cramer:
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What nobody is talking about
Meanwhile, the popularity of one of the most pro-market Presidents in history is falling in the middle of riots and pandemics. November is very far away and like many others we consider the re-election of Trump a fait-accompli’ … yet if the numbers keep diverging markets might begin to become nervous about it.
Source FiveThirtyEight
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.


investmentwatchblog--2020-06-25--“The COVID-19 global recession is unique in many respects. It will be the most severe since World Wa

“ The COVID-19 global recession is unique in many respects .
It will be the most severe since World War @ @ @ @ @ trigger per capita GDP contractions in the largest share of economies since 1870.
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“The COVID-19 global recession is unique in many respects. It will be the most severe since World War II and is expected to trigger per capita GDP contractions in the largest share of economies since 1870.”t.co/f5KLJg2ELS@SoberLook pic.twitter.com/JtoC7QrTtl
— Danielle DiMartino Booth (@DiMartinoBooth) June 24, 2020


investmentwatchblog--2020-06-25--Why the Central Bank “Bailout of Everything” Will Be a Disaster

Despite massive government and central bank stimuli , the global economy is seeing a concerning rise in defaults and delinquencies .
The main central banks ’ balance sheets ( those of the Federal Reserve , Bank of Japan , European Central Bank , Bank of England , and People ’ s Bank Of China ) have soared to a combined $ 20 trillion , while the fiscal easing announcements in the major economies exceed 7 percent of the world ’ s GDP according to Fitch Ratings .
This is the biggest combined stimulus plan in history .
However , businesses @ @ @ @ @ @ @ unemployment has reached extremely elevated levels in many countries .
There is an important risk in what I call the “ bailout of everything , ” or the conscious decision by governments and central banks to provide any needed support to all sectors and companies with access to debt .
Most of these stimulus packages and liquidity measures are aimed at supporting current government spending and providing liquidity to companies with assets , with access to debt , and in traditional sectors .
It is not a surprise , then , that at @ @ @ @ @ @ @ largest fiscal and monetary support plan since World War II , we are already witnessing two dangerous collateral effects : the rise of zombie companies and the collapse of small businesses and startups .
According to the Institute of International Finance ( IIF ) , the figure of global corporate bond defaults has risen to $ 50 billion in the second quarter of 2020 despite historic low interest rates and high liquidity .
Additionally , according to Deutsche Bank and the Bank of International Settlements , the number of zombie companies in the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that can not cover their interest expenses with operating profits , has rocketed to new all-time highs .
In 2019 Professors Petroulakis ( ECB ) and Andrews ( OECD ) stated , “ Europe ’ s productivity problem is partly due to the rise of zombie firms that crowd out growth opportunities for others ” ( “ What Zombie Firms Tell Us about Europe ’ s Productivity Problem , ” World Economic Forum , April 2019 ) .
This problem is only increasing in the current crisis .
The rise in bond defaults @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in a weakening operating income environment .
This should not be a concern if creative destruction works to improve the economy , as inefficient companies are taken over by efficient ones and new investors restructure challenged businesses to make them competitive .
The big problem is how massive liquidity and low rates are perpetuating overcapacity and keeping an extraordinary amount of zombie firms alive .
Maintaining and increasing zombie firms destroys any positive effect from restructuring and innovation .
Additionally , to maintain cash flows and stay alive , companies are cutting investment @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Meanwhile , small businesses that do not own hard assets or have access to debt are dissolving every day .
In most developed economies , where 80 percent of employment comes from small businesses , the “ bailout of everything ” is becoming a massive transfer of wealth from the new economy to the old economy , preventing a stronger and more productive recovery .
In the eurozone , the main beneficiaries of the European Central Bank corporate bond purchases are large industrial conglomerates that were already facing weak margins , poor @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 2019 .
In the United States , the financing channel of the real economy is more diverse , and the impact of zombification is smaller , but not negligible or irrelevant .
Some of these problems may have been inevitable in a crisis , but the majority of them could have been mitigated significantly by implementing supply-side policies instead of large government-directed stimuli and recovery plans based on adding more debt to already challenged sectors .
The Bailout of Everything ( as long as it is large ) creates significant risks .
Low-productivity @ @ @ @ @ @ @ perverse incentive that benefits malinvestment and poor capital allocation .
Additionally , as these sectors already had overcapacity and structural problems , their bailout does not lead to higher job creation or stronger investment .
Furthermore , high-productivity sectors will likely suffer the rising tax burden after these governments ’ rescue plans diminish the employment potential and the likelihood of rising real wages as productivity growth stalls .
Finally , when governments bail out large and overcapacity-ridden conglomerates , investment in innovation , efficiency , and restructuring of loss-making divisions is severely diminished @ @ @ @ @ @ @ governments agree to take stakes or bail out large sectors is precisely to prevent them from restructuring in the first place .
Tax cuts and supply-driven liquidity measures to small businesses and technology would have worked significantly better and at a lower cost for taxpayers .
What we are seeing today may have long-term negative implications .
A weaker than expected recovery , with low-productivity growth and a challenging return of the lost employment as well as poor investment growth , are likely the collateral damage of the misguided and panic-driven Bailout of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ generate more debt and higher taxes that will further complicate things for taxpayers and innovative sectors .
Originally published at DLacalle.com as “ The Risk of the ‘ Bailout Of Everything ‘ .
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Despite massive government and central bank stimuli, the global economy is seeing a concerning rise in defaults and delinquencies. The main central banks’ balance sheets (those of the Federal Reserve, Bank of Japan, European Central Bank, Bank of England, and People’s Bank Of China) have soared to a combined $20 trillion, while the fiscal easing announcements in the major economies exceed 7 percent of the world’s GDP according to Fitch Ratings.
This is the biggest combined stimulus plan in history. However, businesses are closing at a record pace and unemployment has reached extremely elevated levels in many countries.
There is an important risk in what I call the “bailout of everything,” or the conscious decision by governments and central banks to provide any needed support to all sectors and companies with access to debt. Most of these stimulus packages and liquidity measures are aimed at supporting current government spending and providing liquidity to companies with assets, with access to debt, and in traditional sectors. It is not a surprise, then, that at the same time as we see the largest fiscal and monetary support plan since World War II, we are already witnessing two dangerous collateral effects: the rise of zombie companies and the collapse of small businesses and startups.
According to the Institute of International Finance (IIF), the figure of global corporate bond defaults has risen to $50 billion in the second quarter of 2020 despite historic low interest rates and high liquidity. Additionally, according to Deutsche Bank and the Bank of International Settlements, the number of zombie companies in the eurozone and the US, large companies that cannot cover their interest expenses with operating profits, has rocketed to new all-time highs. In 2019 Professors Petroulakis (ECB) and Andrews (OECD) stated, “Europe’s productivity problem is partly due to the rise of zombie firms that crowd out growth opportunities for others” (“What Zombie Firms Tell Us about Europe’s Productivity Problem,” World Economic Forum, April 2019). This problem is only increasing in the current crisis.
The rise in bond defaults is a consequence of previous high leverage in a weakening operating income environment. This should not be a concern if creative destruction works to improve the economy, as inefficient companies are taken over by efficient ones and new investors restructure challenged businesses to make them competitive. The big problem is how massive liquidity and low rates are perpetuating overcapacity and keeping an extraordinary amount of zombie firms alive.
Maintaining and increasing zombie firms destroys any positive effect from restructuring and innovation. Additionally, to maintain cash flows and stay alive, companies are cutting investment in innovation, technology, and research. Meanwhile, small businesses that do not own hard assets or have access to debt are dissolving every day. In most developed economies, where 80 percent of employment comes from small businesses, the “bailout of everything” is becoming a massive transfer of wealth from the new economy to the old economy, preventing a stronger and more productive recovery.
In the eurozone, the main beneficiaries of the European Central Bank corporate bond purchases are large industrial conglomerates that were already facing weak margins, poor growth, and bloated balance sheets in 2019. In the United States, the financing channel of the real economy is more diverse, and the impact of zombification is smaller, but not negligible or irrelevant.
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Some of these problems may have been inevitable in a crisis, but the majority of them could have been mitigated significantly by implementing supply-side policies instead of large government-directed stimuli and recovery plans based on adding more debt to already challenged sectors.
The Bailout of Everything (as long as it is large) creates significant risks.
Low-productivity and indebted sectors survive, creating a perverse incentive that benefits malinvestment and poor capital allocation. Additionally, as these sectors already had overcapacity and structural problems, their bailout does not lead to higher job creation or stronger investment. Furthermore, high-productivity sectors will likely suffer the rising tax burden after these governments’ rescue plans diminish the employment potential and the likelihood of rising real wages as productivity growth stalls.
Finally, when governments bail out large and overcapacity-ridden conglomerates, investment in innovation, efficiency, and restructuring of loss-making divisions is severely diminished. Why? Because the reason why governments agree to take stakes or bail out large sectors is precisely to prevent them from restructuring in the first place. Tax cuts and supply-driven liquidity measures to small businesses and technology would have worked significantly better and at a lower cost for taxpayers.
What we are seeing today may have long-term negative implications.
A weaker than expected recovery, with low-productivity growth and a challenging return of the lost employment as well as poor investment growth, are likely the collateral damage of the misguided and panic-driven Bailout of Everything. Unfortunately, it will also generate more debt and higher taxes that will further complicate things for taxpayers and innovative sectors.
Originally published at DLacalle.com as “The Risk of the ‘Bailout Of Everything‘.”


investmentwatchblog--2020-06-25--It’s about to get aggressive for gold, in terms of immediate and exciting upside.

Gold ’ s Trading Patterns Foreshadow Record Highs in the 2nd Half of 2020 : Bank of America Gold ’ @ @ @ @ @ at $ 1,900 per ounce .
If it ’ s breached , record highs are @ @ @ @ @ half of 2020 , technical analyst Paul Ciana wrote .
Why People Have Always Held @ @ @ @ @ will break out – possibly by the end of 2020 and rise to a number @ @ @ @ @ t begin to imagine .
The price will be a function of how long it @ @ @ @ @ inflation to kick in from the stagflation environment similar to what took place in the @ @ @ @ @

It’s about to get aggressive for gold, in terms of immediate and exciting upside. There’s little to no resistance above. The word that keeps coming to mind, is: truculent. We remain confident buyers of Gold. $GLD $GDX pic.twitter.com/3tGRWpNp7M — Carter Braxton Worth (@CarterBWorth) June 24, 2020
Gold breaking out pic.twitter.com/wIn4Y95gr7 — David Ingles (@DavidInglesTV) June 24, 2020
Gold’s next breakout level sits at $1,900 per ounce. If it’s breached, record highs are in store in the second half of 2020, technical analyst Paul Ciana wrote.
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This time, gold will break out – possibly by the end of 2020 and rise to a number that most investors can’t begin to imagine. The price will be a function of how long it takes for higher rates of inflation to kick in from the stagflation environment similar to what took place in the late 1970’s.


investmentwatchblog--2020-06-25--This shows the rise in cases and % positive started 3 weeks ago in Florida. Today the mortality demo

😢I will leave you with this graph. This shows the rise in cases and % positive started 3 weeks ago in Florida. Today the mortality demonstrated it is clearly rising. Now imagine that the mortality line (black) is about to start looking like the green line.😭 pic.twitter.com/UY2XbduuF7 — Vivian Koko (@koko_vivian) June 24, 2020
HOUSTON ON PACE TO EXCEED INTENSIVE-CARE CAPACITY BY TOMORROW — zerohedge (@zerohedge) June 24, 2020
*MIAMI MAYOR SUAREZ SEES `ALARMING STATISTICS' ON COVID-19 — Brian Chappatta (@BChappatta) June 24, 2020
**APPLE TO RE-CLOSE 7 STORES IN HOUSTON, TX ON COVID-19 SPIKE$AAPL — *Walter Bloomberg (@DeItaOne) June 24, 2020
TEXAS GOVERNOR SAYS MASSIVE VIRUS OUTBREAK SWEEPING THE STATE – BBG — FXHedge (@Fxhedgers) June 24, 2020
Here is the projection from the Texas Medical Center for Houston area:
– Base ICU capacity to be reached tomorrow
– Sustainable surge ICU capacity to be reached in 12 days pic.twitter.com/ZGe5EoyZWj — Gregor Peter (@L0gg0l) June 24, 2020
What you're seeing here is thermal imaging (which is why blue is also flowing off the body). Breathing – masked or not – will release heated air. The main consideration is that shared airspace, especially indoors, gets far more aerosolized virus without a mask than with one. t.co/1cXQOqm1CY — John P. Hussman (@hussmanjp) June 24, 2020
Not sure but looks like this cases are going up in the U.S. Florida, California set daily records for new cases. Houston says its ICU beds are at 97% capacity. pic.twitter.com/l7Gedbp0vH — David Ingles (@DavidInglesTV) June 24, 2020
Today's data is now updated … The US Set a new daily record today, over 39k positive tests. (1/2) pic.twitter.com/mCsup5KlQI — Jim Bianco (@biancoresearch) June 24, 2020
WHITE HOUSE TO END FEDERAL SUPPORT FOR COVID-19 TEST SITES — First Squawk (@FirstSquawk) June 24, 2020
Wow. So Florida whistleblower @GeoRebekah has now seen evidence that Florida govt has been instructing DOH staffers to delete cases of #COVID19 – 1200 cases – from state database. What a looming scandal. t.co/kApdePRUOZ — Eric Feigl-Ding (@DrEricDing) June 24, 2020