investmentwatchblog--2020-05-14--RUSH: This judge, Emmet Sullivan, what he’s trying to do to Flynn. I’ll tell you exactly what he’s t

RUSH: This judge, Emmet Sullivan, what he’s trying to do to Flynn. I’ll tell you exactly what he’s trying to do to Flynn.

RUSH : Look , folks , I know where you ’ re coming from , I know how frustrated you are , I know how you want heads to roll .
I ’ m the same .
This judge , Emmet Sullivan , what he ’ s trying to do to Flynn .
I ’ ll tell you exactly what he ’ s trying to do to Flynn .
He ’ s trying to prolong this and engineer this .
You know , Flynn has pled guilty .
Judge Sullivan is gon na pronounce sentence on that .
He is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of Flynn ’ s guilty plea .
“ But , Rush , but , Rush , he can ’ t do that , he can ’ t do this friend of the court amicus stuff because Supreme Court – ” He ’ s gon na do whatever he wants .
He ’ s gon na force a pardon from Trump .
That ’ s what this is .
He is not gon na let Flynn get away with the DOJ dropping the case .
He ’ s gon na do everything they can @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s original plea that he withdrew , that he had lied to the FBI .
Now , we know why Flynn entered the plea .
They were ruining him and they were then promising to ruin his son , like they did to Manafort .
Like they tried on Roger Stone .
Like they tried to K.T .
McFarland .
But I think they ’ re trying to prolong this because some people even think that the judge , Emmet Sullivan , is trying to extend this case for months in the hope @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a Democrat is elected , like Plugs .
You got ta a new attorney general in there , you got effectively a new the Department of Justice and they withdraw their withdrawal of the case and they reimplement the case on Flynn .
These people — folks , I ’ m gon na tell you what is happening here – there are so many different ways to look at this , and there are a lot of people with theories , but I think somebody is scared to death what Michael Flynn knows @ @ @ @ @ @ @ know what it is , don ’ t misunderstand .
I think somebody is scared to death what Michael Flynn would say , might say , could say .
I think there is an all-out effort to intimidate Flynn into just shutting up .
Whatever goes down from here on forward , he stands mute , he says nothing .
And I think these people that are scared to death of what he knows and what he might say are all stockpiled as former Obama administration officials .
We ’ ve never seen @ @ @ @ @ @ @ who you talk to , with any experience whatsoever as a lawyer up to whatever level — DOJ , U.S. attorney ’ s office , federal judge , Supreme Court justice — nobody ’ s ever seen anything like this .
Nobody has ever seen a judge openly thwart the Department of Justice and their desire to not prosecute a case and withdraw it and basically throw it away .
There ’ s partisan politics here as well .
I ’ m sure there ’ s a lot of people fed up that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ m sure there ’ s a lot of people ticked off that Andrew Weissmann came up empty .
I ’ m sure that there are a lot of people in the Obama administration saying , “ My God .
We gave these guys unlimited money .
We gave ’ em the media .
We gave ’ em MI5 .
We gave ’ em MI6 , we gave ’ em embeds , we gave ’ em spies , we gave the FBI , we gave Comey everything they needed to nail Trump and they @ @ @ @ @ @ @ I think they ’ re still ticked off that they couldn ’ t do this .
You know who the most clean , pure , innocent guy in Washington has to be ?
Donald Trump .
Donald Trump has been anal examed from every angle for three years and they haven ’ t found diddly-squat .
And they are livid .
Flynn is the epitome , having Flynn ’ s case , that was gon na be the big conviction or the big get is having Flynn plead guilty , have Flynn get @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , have Flynn wiped out as a message to anybody else in the Trump orbit , “ This could be you.
” And then William Barr comes along and essentially says , “ You guys have no case .
There isn ’ t a case here .
There never was a case.
” Now everybody knows there was no collusion .
The bottom has fallen out of everything Obama set up , including now we know that the director national intelligence Clapper and then Comey and Brennan were all testifying under oath .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ regarding Trump and Russia collusion , despite the fact that they ’ re lying daily , multiple times a day for two to three years .
And that is all known now .
Every effort they have undertaken to get rid of Donald Trump has blown up in their face .
Christine Blasey Ford .
By the way , you know this whistleblower up there , this Rick Bright guy that ’ s testifying that we ’ re all gon na die because Trump ’ s not taking coronavirus seriously ?
Guess who @ @ @ @ @ @ @ You don ’ t know who his lawyer is ?
Does the name Debra Katz ring a bell ?
( interruption ) Come on .
She was the lawyer for Christine Blasey Ford .
Debra Katz was the lawyer for Blasey Ford .
Now , Debra Katz is the lawyer for this Looney Tunes whistleblower named Rick Bright .
So this “ ousted vaccine chief testifies in hearing.
” The networks are covering it wall-to-wall .
It ’ s nothing more than Trump-Russia collusion .
It ’ s nothing more than Blasey Ford @ @ @ @ @ @ @ more than Trump committed impeachable offenses in a phone call to the president of Ukraine .
So I think it ’ s all unraveled , it ’ s all fallen apart on ’ em at the worst possible time , leading into the presidential election of 2020 .
This was gon na be the period of time where Trump was supposed to be frog-marched out of the White House .
Plans were that Trump was gon na be found guilty of collusion , whatever .
None of what they set up has happened @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ re infallible , that they are all powerful .
Trump tweeted this morning , an hour and a half ago .
He said , “ If I were a Senator or Congressman , the first person I would call to testify about the biggest political crime and scandal in the history of the USA , by FAR , is former President Obama .
He knew EVERYTHING .
Do it @ LindseyGrahamSC , just do it .
No more Mr. Nice Guy .
No more talk !
” You want me to parse @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ll be happy to .
Trump ’ s getting fed up that Lindsey Graham isn ’ t doing anything .
Lindsey Graham ’ s going on TV — he ’ s on Hannity every night or wherever — talking a tough game , making all these promises .
Nothing ever happens !
Trump ’ s getting frustrated .
You know this Ric Grenell , the acting director of national intelligence ?
Ric Grenell has done more to expose this coup and the cabal of people in it than the Republican Senate has in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Ric Grenell… !
I ’ m sorry to be yelling , folks .
I ’ m just trying to relate to you .
I know you ’ re all yelling out there .
I know you ’ re all ticked off .
I don ’ t want you to think I ’ m not ticked off .
I ’ m ticked off too .
Man , you people were really loaded for bear at me yesterday .
I ’ ll never forget .
You were coming at me everywhere .
No matter where @ @ @ @ @ @ @ I know how Snerdley operates .
Snerdley , sometimes he ’ ll direct phone calls to certain areas of discussion if he thinks I should be talking about stuff but aren ’ t .
So obviously Snerdley figured I wasn ’ t acting mad enough about all this .
So he stacks the caller roster with a bunch of blaming me for it , just to get me off the dime .
I understand .
I could deal with it .
But I take it .
Ric Grenell in… It may even be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ this is a flat-out observation ; nothing more .
He has done more to expose this in two-three weeks than the U.S. Senate has in three years .
It can be done .
I ’ ve had some people say , “ Rush , you got ta be real careful !
I know we don ’ t prosecute ex-presidents , Rush .
I know you got beat up for saying that , but you ’ re right .
But you got ta be real careful because Obama is an ex-president , and they @ @ @ @ @ @ @ you — you can ’ t just keep saying that Obama ’ s responsible for all of this and direct… ” Why can ’ t I ?
You know what ?
I got a couple of emails along those lines , warning me to be careful about being overall accusatory of Barack Hussein O .
So I remembered a story I had read in the 2008 campaign , and actually it was… I knew it was around then when it came out .
When I went and looked it up and found it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , a week after the election .
It was in the New Yorker , and it was by Ryan Lizza , and it was a postmortem .
It was a look back at the campaign , “ How Obama Won.
” What I remembered about this story was Obama essentially admitting how hands-on he was or is , and let me give you a pull quote from this story .
“ Obama , who is not without an ego , regarded himself as just as gifted as his top strategists in the art @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ I think that I ’ m a better speechwriter than my speechwriters .
I know more about policies on any particular issue than my policy directors .
And I ’ ll tell you right now that I ’ m gon na think I ’ m a better political director than my political director.
” So here ’ s a guy openly admitting that he ’ s smarter than his advisers , that he doesn ’ t need them .
Do you think this is the kind of guy that ’ s gon @ @ @ @ @ @ @ doing things like this coup without his knowledge , without his input , without his direction ?
Obamagate is all about politics and particularly the politics of personal destruction .
Obama ’ s ego would not allow him to remain out of the loop with such an operation implemented .
And the people working for Obama , I guarantee you , would not engage in any of this without his knowledge and approval .
And I ’ ll tell you one other thing .
The Comeys and the McCabes , the Clappers and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ doing what they were doing to please Obama .
Some of them might have been using their own initiative , but it was all to impress Obama .
Remember , all these people think the guy is a deity , he ’ s godlike , and he promotes people regarding him that way .
So you have a bunch of sycophants here desperate to impress him , desperate to be in the inner circle .
They know that he thinks he ’ s smarter than all of ’ em , so what they @ @ @ @ @ @ @ him how smart they are .
But the idea that they would go rogue and start a massive coup operation like this on their own is unthinkable .
Doesn ’ t make any sense .
They would tell him , because they would want to brag about their efforts .
They would tell him , because they would want to brag about their intelligence in being able to put together and implement an operation like this .
They would want Obama to be impressed .
“ But , Rush !
But , Rush @ @ @ @ @ @ @ You mean you do things so if it blows up , the president is protected because he wasn ’ t told ?
Not relevant here .
They never thought this was gon na blow up .
These people didn ’ t go into this thinking that it was gon na work .
They went into this… They were thrilled , they were excited , they were self-impressed .
They thought that they would get rid of Trump before he was inaugurated , folks .
They thought they were gon na get rid of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ hell , they thought they were get rid of Trump before the election .
He confounded that by winning .
So during the transition , they think they ’ re gon na be able to create enough doubt that the Republicans or somebody would say , “ You know what ?
Maybe this guy is not fit for office , ” whatever .
They were dreaming — and then when that failed , here comes the January 5th meeting in the Oval Office with Obama , one last-ditch effort to try to damage @ @ @ @ @ @ @ before he ’ s inaugurated by plotting how they can get the Steele dossier into the news , into the public domain .
That meeting happened on January 5th in the Obama Oval Office .
And then of course you add the unmasking of Flynn to all this and the numbers of Obama people who wanted to know who he was .
You know , there ’ s something really curious about this , too .
The conversation that Flynn had with the Soviet ambassador who goes to lunch all the time , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ wiretapped was on December 29th .
Now , there may have been more than one conversation .
But if you look at the dates of many of the unmasking requests , you ’ ll find that they are December 15th , 16th , 17th , 14th .
Well , what the hell ?
There wasn ’ t anything to unmask then .
There were people that we ’ ve never heard of that supposedly were requesting Flynn to be unmasked in these conversations with the Russian .
My point is , there was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Flynn and get him out of the way long before any phone call he had with any Russian that supposedly sent up alarm bells and red flags .
None of this happened as they want you to believe it .
This was a targeted operation that had been implemented months before December of 2016 .
RUSH : Marty in Orlando , Florida , you ’ re next .
Great to have you on the EIB Network .
Hello .
CALLER : In reference to the judge in the Flynn case , how does @ @ @ @ @ @ @ government ignore decisions from the executive branch when it comes to dropping the Flynn case and appoint a former federal judge to , in essence , be a prosecutor , and that person has no affiliation with the executive branch ?
How is this not a separation-of-powers issue ?
RUSH : It is , and he ’ s gon na do it until somebody tells him he can ’ t , ’ til somebody stops him or thwarts him .
In fact , the Supreme Court ruled unanimously just last week against the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , unfortunately the Supreme Court ’ s list of examples did not include cases like this where prosecutors simply drop the case .
But the majority opinion , unanimous , written by Ruth “ Buzzi ” Ginsburg made plain your exact point .
The executive branch rules and dominates here , and all of this amicus stuff , bring in amici , friends of the court , to thwart and turn judges into activists is unconstitutional and not to be permitted — and this judge is gon na do it anyway until somebody @ @ @ @ @ @ @ political move , it ’ s not judicial — and you ’ re absolutely right .
He ’ s bringing in somebody that ’ s already biased , has already judged the outcome of the case ’ cause he wrote a Washington Post op-ed about this .
This is why Judge Sullivan chose this clown .
His name is Gleeson .
And what ’ s gon na happen here is two things .
He ’ s either going to try to play this out as long as he can and delay the adjudication @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that a Democrat wins the White House , gets a new attorney general , and then reactivates the Flynn case .
Or he ’ s gon na go ahead and sentence Flynn to serve jail time on the basis that Flynn has pled guilty and that he ’ s not gon na let the Department of Justice throw the case away or drop it .
The purpose of that would be to force a presidential pardon .
And I think both of these possibilities are active .
I think Judge Sullivan is clearly @ @ @ @ @ @ @ we have no idea why they despise this guy , Flynn .
And the Obama people despise this guy .
There ’ s something behind this that we don ’ t know yet .
The reasons for destroying this guy , it ’ s got ta be something that he knows or might talk about .
They are clearly trying to intimidate this guy into whatever happens with his case to never saying a word about it again .
They are purposely not letting him up for air .
They are continuing to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to scare , to threaten , to intimidate however they can .
And you know what ?
I think the sooner we get to where Trump just announces a pardon , be done with it .
And then go after the judge within the parameters of the law if that ’ s what ’ s called for here .
But go ahead and announce a pardon and end this .
‘ Cause that ’ s where this is headed anyway .
I ’ ll guaran-damn-tee you , if they sentence Flynn based on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
His guilty plea was made to stop the destruction of his family and his son .
He pled guilty falling on a sword , in other words .
He did not plead guilty because he did anything , because he didn ’ t .
He did not lie to the FBI .
You know what ?
It may be useful for me to tell you how this all began with Flynn .
I can do it very briefly , because I ’ m a master communicator .
So I will do that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Don ’ t go away .
RUSH : So the FBI has Michael Flynn in their sights and they ’ ve got ta get rid of him .
We now know because of documents that have been released that they were chatting among themselves about what their objective with Flynn was .
Do we want to get him fired ?
Do we want him caught in a perjury trap where we prosecute him ?
What is our objective here ?
These were questions going back and forth .
And it was decided @ @ @ @ @ @ @ fired , try to get rid of him .
So he is completely unaware of any of these plans .
As far as Michael Flynn ’ s concerned , he ’ s the national security adviser , Trump is the president , and the FBI ’ s on their side .
The FBI and law enforcement , DOJ all under the executive branch umbrella , we ’ re all on the same team , we ’ re out after the same bad guys .
Flynn has no idea that he ’ s being @ @ @ @ @ @ @ has bragged about this to Nicolle Wallace on MSNBC , said he decided to send a couple agents to the White House to conduct a criminal interview with Flynn , but not tell him that that ’ s what was happening .
So they sent Peter Strzok and another agent to go just have a conversation , and they ran into Flynn in the hallway in the West Wing .
And they just started talking to him about things .
And Flynn had no idea .
They did not tell him it was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ tell him that he needed a lawyer .
They started asking him about his conversation with the Russian ambassador , which was totally unnecessary .
That conversation had happened on December 29th and they had the transcript of it .
They had already unmasked Flynn .
They knew everything he said to the Russian ambassador .
And yet they ’ re asking him about the conversation anyway hoping that he says something that ’ s different than what ’ s on the transcript .
So then they can say , “ he ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ him up .
And even in those circumstances when this interview was over , even Strzok went to the FBI , “ I don ’ t think the guy lied to us.
” But even though the interviewing agents said that they didn ’ t think Flynn lied , since the purpose was to get him in a perjury trap , they told him that he did .
They accused him of lying to the agents .
Comey was asked about this .
He said ( paraphrasing ) , “ Well , you @ @ @ @ @ @ @ do it because it was a new administration and they ’ re not sophisticated in how these things work .
Had it been the Obama administration , the Bush administration , I would have never even tried this .
I would have never gotten away with it .
But this administration didn ’ t know enough to tell my agents that they had to go arrange a chat with Flynn with the White House counsel .
This administration was new .
They didn ’ t know how things operated.
” More importantly , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ FBI was working to get rid of Flynn and to get rid of Trump .
They knew there was some Russian investigation going on , but the FBI had been lying to Trump for weeks about the fact that he wasn ’ t a target .
So Flynn was not told he needed a lawyer .
He was denied due process .
He wasn ’ t even told he was being criminally interviewed .
He was asked questions about a conversation that the FBI agents already had a transcript for .
There was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ unless they ’ re trying to set up a process crime of perjury , which is exactly what happened .
This is what Flynn pled guilty to , lying to these two agents that were part of a setup .
And even after the interview , they admitted they didn ’ t think Flynn had lied .
Judge Sullivan knows all this .
Everybody in this case knows what an abject miscarriage of justice and malpractice on the part of the FBI and the DOJ regarding Flynn this was .
And they are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ And what I told you is among the many reasons that the attorney general has dropped the case .
There is no predicate .
There was no Trump-Russia collusion .
Flynn hadn ’ t done anything .
He did not give away American secrets talking to the Russian ambassador .
He did not attempt to undermine Obama ’ s so-called sanctions that he had placed on Russia in December of 2016 .
This was entirely set up and manufactured .
Barr finds out about it as part of Durham investigation — he knew @ @ @ @ @ @ @ out on the basis that there isn ’ t a case .
They have never had a case against Flynn .
“ But , Rush , but , Rush , he pled guilty.
” After wiping him out , folks , after taking away his home in legal fees .
After having his son be threatened with the same kind of treatment .
He pled guilty to save his family .
He pled guilty to fall on the sword .
Judge Sullivan knows this too .
Judge Sullivan knows all this .
And @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the CliffsNotes version .
I ’ m giving you the essence of it because I have the talent and the ability of a master communicator .
Most people , it would take ’ em 30 minutes to tell you what I just squeezed in here in a matter of five minutes .
This is how outrageous this is , with Comey on television bragging about how easy it was to stet Flynn up because this new administration was a bunch of neophyte , unsophisticated boogers .
They hadn ’ t the slightest idea @ @ @ @ @ @ @ so easy to set up .
They were so easy to fool .
They were so easy to lie to .
And the audience is applauding Comey as he says this stuff to Nicolle Wallace .
It was a live show on MSNBC .

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RUSH: Look, folks, I know where you’re coming from, I know how frustrated you are, I know how you want heads to roll. I’m the same. This judge, Emmet Sullivan, what he’s trying to do to Flynn. I’ll tell you exactly what he’s trying to do to Flynn. He’s trying to prolong this and engineer this. You know, Flynn has pled guilty. Judge Sullivan is gonna pronounce sentence on that. He is gonna sentence him to jail because of Flynn’s guilty plea.
“But, Rush, but, Rush, he can’t do that, he can’t do this friend of the court amicus stuff because Supreme Court –” He’s gonna do whatever he wants. He’s gonna force a pardon from Trump. That’s what this is. He is not gonna let Flynn get away with the DOJ dropping the case. He’s gonna do everything they can to sentence Flynn based on Flynn’s original plea that he withdrew, that he had lied to the FBI.
Now, we know why Flynn entered the plea. They were ruining him and they were then promising to ruin his son, like they did to Manafort. Like they tried on Roger Stone. Like they tried to K.T. McFarland. But I think they’re trying to prolong this because some people even think that the judge, Emmet Sullivan, is trying to extend this case for months in the hope that Trump is not reelected, that a Democrat is elected, like Plugs. You gotta a new attorney general in there, you got effectively a new the Department of Justice and they withdraw their withdrawal of the case and they reimplement the case on Flynn.
These people — folks, I’m gonna tell you what is happening here – there are so many different ways to look at this, and there are a lot of people with theories, but I think somebody is scared to death what Michael Flynn knows. I don’t pretend to know what it is, don’t misunderstand. I think somebody is scared to death what Michael Flynn would say, might say, could say. I think there is an all-out effort to intimidate Flynn into just shutting up. Whatever goes down from here on forward, he stands mute, he says nothing. And I think these people that are scared to death of what he knows and what he might say are all stockpiled as former Obama administration officials.
We’ve never seen anything like this before, no matter who you talk to, with any experience whatsoever as a lawyer up to whatever level — DOJ, U.S. attorney’s office, federal judge, Supreme Court justice — nobody’s ever seen anything like this. Nobody has ever seen a judge openly thwart the Department of Justice and their desire to not prosecute a case and withdraw it and basically throw it away.
There’s partisan politics here as well. I’m sure there’s a lot of people fed up that Mueller came up empty. I’m sure there’s a lot of people ticked off that Andrew Weissmann came up empty. I’m sure that there are a lot of people in the Obama administration saying, “My God. We gave these guys unlimited money. We gave ’em the media. We gave ’em MI5. We gave ’em MI6, we gave ’em embeds, we gave ’em spies, we gave the FBI, we gave Comey everything they needed to nail Trump and they still couldn’t do it.”
I think they’re still ticked off that they couldn’t do this. You know who the most clean, pure, innocent guy in Washington has to be? Donald Trump. Donald Trump has been anal examed from every angle for three years and they haven’t found diddly-squat. And they are livid. Flynn is the epitome, having Flynn’s case, that was gonna be the big conviction or the big get is having Flynn plead guilty, have Flynn get sentenced, have Flynn go to jail, have Flynn wiped out as a message to anybody else in the Trump orbit, “This could be you.”
And then William Barr comes along and essentially says, “You guys have no case. There isn’t a case here. There never was a case.” Now everybody knows there was no collusion. The bottom has fallen out of everything Obama set up, including now we know that the director national intelligence Clapper and then Comey and Brennan were all testifying under oath. They never saw a shred of evidence regarding Trump and Russia collusion, despite the fact that they’re lying daily, multiple times a day for two to three years. And that is all known now.
Every effort they have undertaken to get rid of Donald Trump has blown up in their face. Christine Blasey Ford. By the way, you know this whistleblower up there, this Rick Bright guy that’s testifying that we’re all gonna die because Trump’s not taking coronavirus seriously? Guess who his lawyer is? (interruption) You don’t know who his lawyer is? Does the name Debra Katz ring a bell? (interruption) Come on. She was the lawyer for Christine Blasey Ford. Debra Katz was the lawyer for Blasey Ford.
Now, Debra Katz is the lawyer for this Looney Tunes whistleblower named Rick Bright. So this “ousted vaccine chief testifies in hearing.” The networks are covering it wall-to-wall. It’s nothing more than Trump-Russia collusion. It’s nothing more than Blasey Ford, nothing more than Kavanaugh, nothing more than Trump committed impeachable offenses in a phone call to the president of Ukraine.
So I think it’s all unraveled, it’s all fallen apart on ’em at the worst possible time, leading into the presidential election of 2020. This was gonna be the period of time where Trump was supposed to be frog-marched out of the White House. Plans were that Trump was gonna be found guilty of collusion, whatever. None of what they set up has happened. These are people that think they’re infallible, that they are all powerful.
Trump tweeted this morning, an hour and a half ago. He said, “If I were a Senator or Congressman, the first person I would call to testify about the biggest political crime and scandal in the history of the USA, by FAR, is former President Obama. He knew EVERYTHING. Do it
@LindseyGrahamSC, just do it. No more Mr. Nice Guy. No more talk!”
You want me to parse this tweet for you? I’ll be happy to. Trump’s getting fed up that Lindsey Graham isn’t doing anything. Lindsey Graham’s going on TV — he’s on Hannity every night or wherever — talking a tough game, making all these promises. Nothing ever happens! Trump’s getting frustrated. You know this Ric Grenell, the acting director of national intelligence?
Ric Grenell has done more to expose this coup and the cabal of people in it than the Republican Senate has in three years! In three weeks, Ric Grenell…! I’m sorry to be yelling, folks. I’m just trying to relate to you. I know you’re all yelling out there. I know you’re all ticked off. I don’t want you to think I’m not ticked off. I’m ticked off too.
Man, you people were really loaded for bear at me yesterday. I’ll never forget. You were coming at me everywhere. No matter where I looked, they came. And I know how Snerdley operates. Snerdley, sometimes he’ll direct phone calls to certain areas of discussion if he thinks I should be talking about stuff but aren’t. So obviously Snerdley figured I wasn’t acting mad enough about all this.
So he stacks the caller roster with a bunch of blaming me for it, just to get me off the dime. I understand. I could deal with it. But I take it. Ric Grenell in… It may even be two weeks. By the way, this is a flat-out observation; nothing more. He has done more to expose this in two-three weeks than the U.S. Senate has in three years. It can be done.
I’ve had some people say, “Rush, you gotta be real careful! I know we don’t prosecute ex-presidents, Rush. I know you got beat up for saying that, but you’re right. But you gotta be real careful because Obama is an ex-president, and they are untouchable. You — you — you — you can’t just keep saying that Obama’s responsible for all of this and direct…”
Why can’t I? You know what? I got a couple of emails along those lines, warning me to be careful about being overall accusatory of Barack Hussein O. So I remembered a story I had read in the 2008 campaign, and actually it was… I knew it was around then when it came out. When I went and looked it up and found it, it actually ran in November 2008, a week after the election.
It was in the New Yorker, and it was by Ryan Lizza, and it was a postmortem. It was a look back at the campaign, “How Obama Won.” What I remembered about this story was Obama essentially admitting how hands-on he was or is, and let me give you a pull quote from this story. “Obama, who is not without an ego, regarded himself as just as gifted as his top strategists in the art and practice of politics.”
Quote, “I think that I’m a better speechwriter than my speechwriters. I know more about policies on any particular issue than my policy directors. And I’ll tell you right now that I’m gonna think I’m a better political director than my political director.” So here’s a guy openly admitting that he’s smarter than his advisers, that he doesn’t need them.
Do you think this is the kind of guy that’s gonna let dozens of underlings run around doing things like this coup without his knowledge, without his input, without his direction? Obamagate is all about politics and particularly the politics of personal destruction. Obama’s ego would not allow him to remain out of the loop with such an operation implemented.
And the people working for Obama, I guarantee you, would not engage in any of this without his knowledge and approval. And I’ll tell you one other thing. The Comeys and the McCabes, the Clappers and the Brennans and all these people were doing what they were doing to please Obama. Some of them might have been using their own initiative, but it was all to impress Obama.
Remember, all these people think the guy is a deity, he’s godlike, and he promotes people regarding him that way. So you have a bunch of sycophants here desperate to impress him, desperate to be in the inner circle. They know that he thinks he’s smarter than all of ’em, so what they want to do is try to show him how smart they are.
But the idea that they would go rogue and start a massive coup operation like this on their own is unthinkable. Doesn’t make any sense. They would tell him, because they would want to brag about their efforts. They would tell him, because they would want to brag about their intelligence in being able to put together and implement an operation like this. They would want Obama to be impressed.
“But, Rush! But, Rush! What about plausible deniability?” You mean you do things so if it blows up, the president is protected because he wasn’t told? Not relevant here. They never thought this was gonna blow up. These people didn’t go into this thinking that it was gonna work. They went into this… They were thrilled, they were excited, they were self-impressed.
They thought that they would get rid of Trump before he was inaugurated, folks. They thought they were gonna get rid of Trump during the transition — well, hell, they thought they were get rid of Trump before the election. He confounded that by winning. So during the transition, they think they’re gonna be able to create enough doubt that the Republicans or somebody would say, “You know what? Maybe this guy is not fit for office,” whatever.
They were dreaming — and then when that failed, here comes the January 5th meeting in the Oval Office with Obama, one last-ditch effort to try to damage Trump within the realm of public opinion before he’s inaugurated by plotting how they can get the Steele dossier into the news, into the public domain. That meeting happened on January 5th in the Obama Oval Office.
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And then of course you add the unmasking of Flynn to all this and the numbers of Obama people who wanted to know who he was. You know, there’s something really curious about this, too. The conversation that Flynn had with the Soviet ambassador who goes to lunch all the time, Sergey Kislyak? That conversation that was wiretapped was on December 29th.
Now, there may have been more than one conversation. But if you look at the dates of many of the unmasking requests, you’ll find that they are December 15th, 16th, 17th, 14th. Well, what the hell? There wasn’t anything to unmask then. There were people that we’ve never heard of that supposedly were requesting Flynn to be unmasked in these conversations with the Russian.
My point is, there was a plan in motion designed to get Flynn and get him out of the way long before any phone call he had with any Russian that supposedly sent up alarm bells and red flags. None of this happened as they want you to believe it. This was a targeted operation that had been implemented months before December of 2016.
BREAK TRANSCRIPT
RUSH: Marty in Orlando, Florida, you’re next. Great to have you on the EIB Network. Hello.
CALLER: Hello, Rush. Dittos from Orlando.
RUSH: Thank you, sir.
CALLER: In reference to the judge in the Flynn case, how does a person in the judicial branch of government ignore decisions from the executive branch when it comes to dropping the Flynn case and appoint a former federal judge to, in essence, be a prosecutor, and that person has no affiliation with the executive branch? How is this not a separation-of-powers issue?
RUSH: It is, and he’s gonna do it until somebody tells him he can’t, ’til somebody stops him or thwarts him. In fact, the Supreme Court ruled unanimously just last week against the improper use of amicus briefs. Now, unfortunately the Supreme Court’s list of examples did not include cases like this where prosecutors simply drop the case.
But the majority opinion, unanimous, written by Ruth “Buzzi” Ginsburg made plain your exact point. The executive branch rules and dominates here, and all of this amicus stuff, bring in amici, friends of the court, to thwart and turn judges into activists is unconstitutional and not to be permitted — and this judge is gonna do it anyway until somebody makes him stop.
This is a political move, it’s not judicial — and you’re absolutely right.
He’s bringing in somebody that’s already biased, has already judged the outcome of the case ’cause he wrote a Washington Post op-ed about this. This is why Judge Sullivan chose this clown. His name is Gleeson. And what’s gonna happen here is two things. He’s either going to try to play this out as long as he can and delay the adjudication of this hoping that Trump loses so that a Democrat wins the White House, gets a new attorney general, and then reactivates the Flynn case.
Or he’s gonna go ahead and sentence Flynn to serve jail time on the basis that Flynn has pled guilty and that he’s not gonna let the Department of Justice throw the case away or drop it. The purpose of that would be to force a presidential pardon. And I think both of these possibilities are active. I think Judge Sullivan is clearly an activist judge. These people, we have no idea why they despise this guy, Flynn. And the Obama people despise this guy.
There’s something behind this that we don’t know yet. The reasons for destroying this guy, it’s gotta be something that he knows or might talk about. They are clearly trying to intimidate this guy into whatever happens with his case to never saying a word about it again. They are purposely not letting him up for air. They are continuing to smother this guy, to frighten, to scare, to threaten, to intimidate however they can. And you know what?
I think the sooner we get to where Trump just announces a pardon, be done with it. And then go after the judge within the parameters of the law if that’s what’s called for here. But go ahead and announce a pardon and end this. ‘Cause that’s where this is headed anyway. I’ll guaran-damn-tee you, if they sentence Flynn based on his guilty plea, which was coerced. His guilty plea was made to stop the destruction of his family and his son.
He pled guilty falling on a sword, in other words. He did not plead guilty because he did anything, because he didn’t. He did not lie to the FBI. You know what? It may be useful for me to tell you how this all began with Flynn. I can do it very briefly, because I’m a master communicator. So I will do that when we get back from the break. Don’t go away.
BREAK TRANSCRIPT
RUSH: So the FBI has Michael Flynn in their sights and they’ve gotta get rid of him. We now know because of documents that have been released that they were chatting among themselves about what their objective with Flynn was. Do we want to get him fired? Do we want him caught in a perjury trap where we prosecute him? What is our objective here? These were questions going back and forth. And it was decided that they would try to get him fired, try to get rid of him.
So he is completely unaware of any of these plans. As far as Michael Flynn’s concerned, he’s the national security adviser, Trump is the president, and the FBI’s on their side. The FBI and law enforcement, DOJ all under the executive branch umbrella, we’re all on the same team, we’re out after the same bad guys. Flynn has no idea that he’s being targeted.
So James Comey, who has bragged about this to Nicolle Wallace on MSNBC, said he decided to send a couple agents to the White House to conduct a criminal interview with Flynn, but not tell him that that’s what was happening. So they sent Peter Strzok and another agent to go just have a conversation, and they ran into Flynn in the hallway in the West Wing. And they just started talking to him about things. And Flynn had no idea.
They did not tell him it was an official interview. They did not tell him that he needed a lawyer. They started asking him about his conversation with the Russian ambassador, which was totally unnecessary. That conversation had happened on December 29th and they had the transcript of it. They had already unmasked Flynn. They knew everything he said to the Russian ambassador. And yet they’re asking him about the conversation anyway hoping that he says something that’s different than what’s on the transcript. So then they can say, “he’s lying to us.”
They set him up. And even in those circumstances when this interview was over, even Strzok went to the FBI, “I don’t think the guy lied to us.” But even though the interviewing agents said that they didn’t think Flynn lied, since the purpose was to get him in a perjury trap, they told him that he did. They accused him of lying to the agents.
Comey was asked about this. He said (paraphrasing), “Well, you know, we were only able to do it because it was a new administration and they’re not sophisticated in how these things work. Had it been the Obama administration, the Bush administration, I would have never even tried this. I would have never gotten away with it. But this administration didn’t know enough to tell my agents that they had to go arrange a chat with Flynn with the White House counsel. This administration was new. They didn’t know how things operated.”
More importantly, the administration had no idea that the FBI was working to get rid of Flynn and to get rid of Trump. They knew there was some Russian investigation going on, but the FBI had been lying to Trump for weeks about the fact that he wasn’t a target. So Flynn was not told he needed a lawyer. He was denied due process. He wasn’t even told he was being criminally interviewed. He was asked questions about a conversation that the FBI agents already had a transcript for. There was no reason to ask him about this unless they’re trying to set up a process crime of perjury, which is exactly what happened.
This is what Flynn pled guilty to, lying to these two agents that were part of a setup. And even after the interview, they admitted they didn’t think Flynn had lied. Judge Sullivan knows all this. Everybody in this case knows what an abject miscarriage of justice and malpractice on the part of the FBI and the DOJ regarding Flynn this was. And they are still trying to railroad the guy. And what I told you is among the many reasons that the attorney general has dropped the case. There is no predicate. There was no Trump-Russia collusion. Flynn hadn’t done anything. He did not give away American secrets talking to the Russian ambassador. He did not attempt to undermine Obama’s so-called sanctions that he had placed on Russia in December of 2016.
This was entirely set up and manufactured. Barr finds out about it as part of Durham investigation — he knew it before then — throws the case out on the basis that there isn’t a case. They have never had a case against Flynn. “But, Rush, but, Rush, he pled guilty.” After wiping him out, folks, after taking away his home in legal fees. After having his son be threatened with the same kind of treatment. He pled guilty to save his family. He pled guilty to fall on the sword. Judge Sullivan knows this too. Judge Sullivan knows all this.
And, by the way, this is the CliffsNotes version. I’m giving you the essence of it because I have the talent and the ability of a master communicator. Most people, it would take ’em 30 minutes to tell you what I just squeezed in here in a matter of five minutes. This is how outrageous this is, with Comey on television bragging about how easy it was to stet Flynn up because this new administration was a bunch of neophyte, unsophisticated boogers. They hadn’t the slightest idea what was going on. They were so easy to set up. They were so easy to fool. They were so easy to lie to. And the audience is applauding Comey as he says this stuff to Nicolle Wallace. It was a live show on MSNBC.


investmentwatchblog--2020-05-14--China says ‘enough’ to US! New cold war erupting

Rick Sanchez discusses the looming US-China cold war and how the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated tensions between the two @ @ @ @ @ examines US history and Washington ’ s penchant for “ cold wars ” going back @ @ @ @ @ USTR official Steve Gill , former UK MP George Galloway and former Pentagon official Michael @ @ @ @ @ The COVID-19 pandemic is wreaking havoc on the real estate sector as office buildings sit @ @ @ @ @ US .
RT America ’ s John Huddy reports .
RT America ’ s Michele @ @ @ @ @ death rate in states across the US .
Plus , investigative journalist Ben Swann reports @ @ @ @ @ Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority ( BARDA ) director Dr. Rick Bright ’ s @ @ @ @

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Rick Sanchez discusses the looming US-China cold war and how the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated tensions between the two superpowers even further. He examines US history and Washington’s penchant for “cold wars” going back to 1898. Then former USTR official Steve Gill, former UK MP George Galloway and former Pentagon official Michael Maloof share their expertise. The COVID-19 pandemic is wreaking havoc on the real estate sector as office buildings sit empty in cities across the US. RT America’s John Huddy reports. RT America’s Michele Greenstein breaks down the COVID-19 death rate in states across the US. Plus, investigative journalist Ben Swann reports on the testimony of ousted Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) director Dr. Rick Bright’s testimony before Congress.


investmentwatchblog--2020-05-14--OUCH! Corona KILLING HOLLYWOOD! Mass unemployment hits entertainment industry

Hollywood is seeing a wave of staff reductions from the corporate suites to the theme park turnstiles as entertainment giants including the Walt Disney Co. and Endeavor implement layoffs and furloughs in response to the Chinese coronavirus pandemic .
Just how bad is the carnage ?
In Los Angeles County alone , 14,000 entertainment-related workers saw their jobs evaporate in less than two months , according to a new report from tech news outlet dot.LA .
Meanwhile , Tinseltown could see even more bloodshed in the second quarter , according to The Hollywood Reporter .
Endeavor — the largest Hollywood @ @ @ @ @ @ @ studio — recently said that it will lay off or furlough up to a third of its staff .
Disney has furloughed more than 100,000 employees worldwide , mostly in the company ’ s parks division .
Hollywood has been hit on multiple fronts , including the closure of cinemas and the suspension of live sports , which is usually a cash cow for broadcasters .
The L.A. office of Fox Sports Productions saw 3,595 people temporarily laid off at the end of April , according to dot.LA .
Some of the biggest @ @ @ @ @ @ @ sector , which consists of below-the-line crew members who typically toil year round on crowded movie and TV sets .
Hollywood ’ s trade unions have seen their members idle without work as soundstages around the country remain empty .

Hollywood is seeing a wave of staff reductions from the corporate suites to the theme park turnstiles as entertainment giants including the Walt Disney Co. and Endeavor implement layoffs and furloughs in response to the Chinese coronavirus pandemic.
Just how bad is the carnage? In Los Angeles County alone, 14,000 entertainment-related workers saw their jobs evaporate in less than two months, according to a new report from tech news outlet dot.LA. Meanwhile, Tinseltown could see even more bloodshed in the second quarter, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Endeavor — the largest Hollywood talent agency, as well as a studio — recently said that it will lay off or furlough up to a third of its staff. Disney has furloughed more than 100,000 employees worldwide, mostly in the company’s parks division.
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Hollywood has been hit on multiple fronts, including the closure of cinemas and the suspension of live sports, which is usually a cash cow for broadcasters. The L.A. office of Fox Sports Productions saw 3,595 people temporarily laid off at the end of April, according to dot.LA.
Some of the biggest job losses have come from the production sector, which consists of below-the-line crew members who typically toil year round on crowded movie and TV sets. Hollywood’s trade unions have seen their members idle without work as soundstages around the country remain empty.
www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2020/05/14/hollywood-faces-carnage-as-mass-unemployment-hits-entertainment-industry/


investmentwatchblog--2020-05-14--YOU’VE GOT TO SEE THIS!! CNN Finally Asks James Clapper a tough question – CNN “loses feed” another

YOU’VE GOT TO SEE THIS!! CNN Finally Asks James Clapper a tough question – CNN “loses feed” another “Oooh, nooo, that sucks moment

Clapper asked about leaking classified info to the press , his connection suddenly goes dead No one seems to care @ @ @ @ @ to look like a real news agency , the staff pulls the plug ?

Clapper asked about leaking classified info to the press, his connection suddenly goes dead
As Clapper is asked about leaking to the press, his connection goes dead pic.twitter.com/k0HOygTBL9 — Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) May 14, 2020
No one seems to care that when CNN finally tries to look like a real news agency, the staff pulls the plug?
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investmentwatchblog--2020-05-14--Did congress authorize this? The Fed says its programs only lend to investment grade companies, but

Did congress authorize this? The Fed says its programs only lend to investment grade companies, but by buying high yield bond ETFs like $HYG they indirectly buy very junk and even bankrupt names

The Fed says its programs only lend to investment grade companies, but by buying high yield bond ETFs like $HYG they indirectly buy very junk and even bankrupt names Ex: Frontier Comm, Whiting Petroleum, Neiman Marcus and on the brink Hertz, Chesapeake Energy, CBL, Mallinckrodt pic.twitter.com/sLAuaH8sh7 — Andrew W. Park (@apark_) May 14, 2020
In today's Fed release they started reporting on the "Corporate Credit Facility LLC" vehicle they created to "support credit to employers." How do they plan to do that? By buying up corporate bonds on the primary/secondary market, including ETFs. Did congress authorize this? pic.twitter.com/8jqjwOXIyu — Charlie Bilello (@charliebilello) May 14, 2020
Who knew QE wouldn't work right from the beginning? The JGB market. Yields never blew out, no BOND ROUT!!! because there wasn't a chance for inflation and recovery. The full history of modern QE is total failure reflected in lower and lower yields. t.co/Ovi5hcslG4 — Jeffrey P. Snider (@JeffSnider_AIP) May 14, 2020


investmentwatchblog--2020-05-14--Citigroup’s “US equity strategists’ panic/euphoria model is approaching euphoria, which, historicall

Citigroup’s “US equity strategists’ panic/euphoria model is approaching euphoria, which, historically, has led to negative returns over the next 12 months.”

Citigroup's "US equity strategists’ panic/euphoria model is approaching euphoria, which, historically, has led to negative returns over the next 12 months." pic.twitter.com/y4AaS3dEJE — Lisa Abramowicz (@lisaabramowicz1) May 14, 2020
Bigger picture ..this market has been sideways since 9 April
It is sucking longs, and shorts pic.twitter.com/5uBmLge1AM — 𝕮𝖍𝖎 🛢 (@chigrl) May 14, 2020
'U.S. junk defaults will surpass 11% by year-end, even with Fed support. Within two years, that number will reach at least 21%. The market is currently pricing in a 12-month default rate of 8.1%.' t.co/PEBb8jETD1 via @WhatILearnedTW — Jesse Felder (@jessefelder) May 14, 2020
JPMorgan's U.S. credit card holders spent 40% less due to coronavirus – Reuterst.co/FODjA0X3KL — Open Outcrier (@OpenOutcrier) May 14, 2020
Facts: QE didn't make Japanese stocks do much of anything. QE didn't make Euro stocks do anything for the last 7+ years. QE didn't do much for US stocks ex-tech. But most people think QE makes stocks go up. ¯_(ツ)_/¯ — Cullen Roche (@cullenroche) May 14, 2020
Fed Bank of Minneapolis President Neel Kashkari doesn’t expect the economy to snap back quickly from the coronavirus pandemic. t.co/tm6Hdouldt — Real Time Economics (@WSJecon) May 14, 2020
JPM on the V Shaped Recovery (V is for very unlikely) pic.twitter.com/qTAfzfCV63 — Alex (@Alex10050409) May 14, 2020
FED'S KASHKARI SAYS A 'V'-SHAPED RECOVERY IS OFF THE TABLE — First Squawk (@FirstSquawk) May 14, 2020
Japan’s Abe says world economy faces ‘once-in-a-century crisis’
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Abe made the remark while lifting some coronavirus restrictions


investmentwatchblog--2020-05-14--“Fed speakers have been united in the past few days, coming out against negative interest rates …It

“Fed speakers have been united in the past few days, coming out against negative interest rates …It has not worked in Japan. It has not worked in Europe. I’m pleased that Powell said it will not happen”

`` Fed speakers have been united in the past few days , coming out against negative interest rates …It has @ @ @ @ @ It has not worked in Europe .
I 'm pleased that Powell said it will @ @ @ @ @ # QuillIntelligence — t.co/q9WfpNRFDA pic.twitter.com/6578LCsEhv

"Fed speakers have been united in the past few days, coming out against negative interest rates …It has not worked in Japan. It has not worked in Europe. I'm pleased that Powell said it will not happen"#CheddarBusiness #QuillIntelligence — t.co/q9WfpNRFDA pic.twitter.com/6578LCsEhv
— Danielle DiMartino Booth (@DiMartinoBooth) May 14, 2020


investmentwatchblog--2020-05-14--IT STARTS: US Grocery Costs Jump the Most Since 1974

US grocery costs jump the most in 46 years , led by rising prices for meat and eggs The Labor @ @ @ @ @ U.S. consumers paid for groceries jumped 2.6 % in April , the largest one-month pop @ @ @ @ @ price of the meats , poultry , fish and eggs category rose 4.3 % , @ @ @ @ @ % , and cereals and bakery products advanced 2.9 % .
The grocery numbers stand @ @ @ @ @ broader trend in U.S. prices , which fell 0.8 % in April and clinched their @ @ @ @ @ .

US grocery costs jump the most in 46 years, led by rising prices for meat and eggs
The Labor Department reported Tuesday that prices U.S. consumers paid for groceries jumped 2.6% in April, the largest one-month pop since February 1974.
The price of the meats, poultry, fish and eggs category rose 4.3%, fruits and vegetables climbed 1.5%, and cereals and bakery products advanced 2.9%.
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The grocery numbers stand in stark contrast to the broader trend in U.S. prices, which fell 0.8% in April and clinched their largest one-month decline since 2008.
www.cnbc.com/2020/05/12/us-grocery-costs-jump-the-most-in-46-years-led-by-rising-prices-for-meat-and-eggs.html
h/t CrsCrpr


investmentwatchblog--2020-05-14--BOOM ! Senator Johnson is issuing subpena regarding Yovanovitch (she lied) 5 min. video.

Would have loved to be a fly on the wall when the deep state was talking to folks like Yovanovitch @ @ @ @ @ have possibly said or offered to them to get everyone on that list ( and @ @ @ @ @ themselves ?
Did the deep state convince these liars that they could actually bring down @ @ @ @ @ Were threats made to force them to lie to congress ?
Or are they truly @ @ @ @ @ believed their own hype and self-perceived influence/power ?

www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhsNhXssrh8
Would have loved to be a fly on the wall when the deep state was talking to folks like Yovanovitch. What could the cabal have possibly said or offered to them to get everyone on that list (and probably more) to perjure themselves? Did the deep state convince these liars that they could actually bring down Trump and his administration? Were threats made to force them to lie to congress? Or are they truly just that stupid that they believed their own hype and self-perceived influence/power?
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investmentwatchblog--2020-05-14--Virus ’eminently capable’ of spreading through speech: study

Microdroplets generated by speech can remain suspended in the air in an enclosed space for more than ten minutes , a study published Wednesday showed , underscoring their likely role in spreading COVID-19 .
Researchers at the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases ( NIDDK ) had a person loudly repeat the phrase “ Stay healthy ” for 25 seconds inside a closed box .
A laser projected into the box illuminated droplets , allowing them to be seen and counted .
They stayed in the air for an average of 12 minutes , the study published @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Academy of Sciences of the United States of America ( PNAS ) showed .
Taking into account the known concentration of coronavirus in saliva , scientists estimated that each minute of loudly speaking can generate more than 1,000 virus-containing droplets capable of remaining airborne for eight minutes or more in a closed space .
“ This direct visualization demonstrates how normal speech generates airborne droplets that can remain suspended for tens of minutes or longer and are eminently capable of transmitting disease in confined spaces , ” the researchers conclude .
The same @ @ @ @ @ @ @ generates fewer droplets , in a work published in the New England Journal of Medicine in April .
If the level of infectiousness of COVID-19 through speech can be confirmed , it could give a scientific boost to recommendations in many countries to wear a face mask , and help explain the virus ’ s rapid spread .

Microdroplets generated by speech can remain suspended in the air in an enclosed space for more than ten minutes, a study published Wednesday showed, underscoring their likely role in spreading COVID-19.
Researchers at the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) had a person loudly repeat the phrase “Stay healthy” for 25 seconds inside a closed box. A laser projected into the box illuminated droplets, allowing them to be seen and counted.
They stayed in the air for an average of 12 minutes, the study published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS) showed.
Taking into account the known concentration of coronavirus in saliva, scientists estimated that each minute of loudly speaking can generate more than 1,000 virus-containing droplets capable of remaining airborne for eight minutes or more in a closed space.
“This direct visualization demonstrates how normal speech generates airborne droplets that can remain suspended for tens of minutes or longer and are eminently capable of transmitting disease in confined spaces,” the researchers conclude.
The same team had observed that speaking less loudly generates fewer droplets, in a work published in the New England Journal of Medicine in April.
If the level of infectiousness of COVID-19 through speech can be confirmed, it could give a scientific boost to recommendations in many countries to wear a face mask, and help explain the virus’s rapid spread.
www.france24.com/en/20200514-virus-eminently-capable-of-spreading-through-speech-study


investmentwatchblog--2020-05-14--Coronavirus: More Evidence Of Long-Term Lung Damage.

As if we didn ’ t need more reasons NOT to desire to contract covid-19 , new research underscores the @ @ @ @ @ on the lungs .
In one new study , 66 out of 70 patients hospitalized @ @ @ @ @ with tissue lesions indicative of chronic lung disease .
While we don ’ t yet @ @ @ @ @ ’ s a chance the damage is permanent .
Similar damage was seen in the @ @ @ @ @ .
But unlike those , which generally impaired a single lung , covid-19 appears more @ @ @ @ @ right away .
Chris also addresses the Backfire Effect in today ’ s video , @ @ @ @ @ often are responded to with forceful denial and pushback by the establishment .
Yet another @ @ @ @ @ seek out impartial information and think critically for ourselves .

As if we didn’t need more reasons NOT to desire to contract covid-19, new research underscores the lasting toll it can take on the lungs.
In one new study, 66 out of 70 patients hospitalized with coronavirus-caused pneumonia were left with tissue lesions indicative of chronic lung disease. While we don’t yet know for certain, there’s a chance the damage is permanent.
Similar damage was seen in the previous SARS and MERS outbreaks. But unlike those, which generally impaired a single lung, covid-19 appears more likely to inflict both lungs right away.
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Chris also addresses the Backfire Effect in today’s video, which explains why controversial ideas often are responded to with forceful denial and pushback by the establishment.
Yet another reason we must continue to seek out impartial information and think critically for ourselves.


investmentwatchblog--2020-05-14--Nick’s Bar in Platteville, Wis., was packed just 45 minutes after stay-at-home order was lifted by s

Nick’s Bar in Platteville, Wis., was packed just 45 minutes after stay-at-home order was lifted by state supreme court. Photo from bar’s Twitter account. Not as mask in sight.

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“The highest form of ignorance is when you reject something you don’t know anything about.”
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investmentwatchblog--2020-05-14--U.S. Shale Needs To Slow Down To Survive

It has been a bleak couple of months for oil markets .
Although markets recovered after going negative for the first time in history earlier this month , they didn ’ t recover to nearly their pre-corona levels , and all of the factors that pushed the West Texas Intermediate crude benchmark to nearly $ 40 below zero per barrel still persist .
Thanks to a pandemic-fuelled oil price war between Saudi Arabia and Russia , the leading OPEC+ members , there continues to be a massive global oil glut and a worsening storage deficit .
Things have been looking @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have made a dent in the global oversupply and demand is beginning to recover a bit after taking a huge hit from industrial shutdown due to the pandemic .
On Monday Saudi Arabia announced that it will impose even more production cuts , and markets rose in response .
“ Saudi Aramco , the state-controlled oil company , will produce 7.5 million barrels a day in June , down from more than 12 million in April , ” reported Barron ’ s .
Although Saudi Arabia has been overtaken by the United States @ @ @ @ @ @ @ world thanks to the latter nation ’ s “ shale revolution , ” Saudi Aramco ’ s decisions are still hugely influential on the global stage .
Their production cuts therefore bode extremely well for the international oil markets .
But it ’ s not all sunshine and roses .
“ There ’ s a double risk on the horizon , ” writes Julian Lee in an opinion piece for Bloomberg .
“ Just as lifting lockdowns too soon could bring a second spike in virus infections and deaths , loosening the hard-fought @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a second oil-price collapse.
” The United States will have to walk a very fine line if they want to have any chance at reviving the shale industry that is currently drowning in a wave of bankruptcies and fired and furloughed employees .
As restrictions are being eased in many countries around the world , oil demand is beginning to pick up , but “ it is still far from the year-on-year growth we experienced before the novel coronavirus struck , or from any kind of meaningful start at drawing down ballooning stockpiles @ @ @ @ @ @ @ initial turning of a corner — as long as there ’ s no need to stop the global economy again to keep the Covid-19 outbreak under control , ” opines Bloomberg ’ s Lee .
The opinion column looks to the way that China , which is ahead of the rest of the world in its pandemic curve , for how they have navigated the delicate balance between opening up the economy and preventing a COVID-19 resurgence .
The situation in China can teach us a lot about what to expect for fuel @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Congestion on roads in major cities has soared during peak commuting hours , but it remains depressed outside those times , with traffic levels still well below normal during the weekend and on holidays , ” writes Lee .
“ Meanwhile , people are choosing to drive rather than take public transport , boosting gasoline demand , a trend that ’ s likely to continue for a considerable time in big cities around the world .
In Beijing , for example , subway passenger numbers are still more than 50 % below pre-virus @ @ @ @ @ @ @ NEF.
” It will be tempting , in the United States , to see a light at the end of the tunnel and open the shale fields back up in an effort to revitalize the economy , but this would be premature and short-sighted .
The positive effects of reductions in oil production are just now starting to kick in and need to be prolonged .
“ But we are still a long way from seeing much relief for crude producers and they need to continue exercising restraint , ” says Lee .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ when all the financial pain of output cuts — and the human cost of job losses — starts to pay off with higher oil prices , producers take it as a signal to restart the pumps , as if the whole oversupply problem got solved overnight .
The output restraint has to last long enough not only for supply and demand to be brought back into line , but for stockpiles to be brought back down again.
” What ’ s more , the United States is not Saudi Arabia .
Without the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the decentralized , privatized leadership in the U.S. the oil industry means that the country can ’ t stop and start pumping on a dime .
This means that the U.S. has to be extra cautious about making any serious changes to current oil production patterns because the ship can be slow and difficult to right .

By Haley Zaremba
It has been a bleak couple of months for oil markets. Although markets recovered after going negative for the first time in history earlier this month, they didn’t recover to nearly their pre-corona levels, and all of the factors that pushed the West Texas Intermediate crude benchmark to nearly $40 below zero per barrel still persist. Thanks to a pandemic-fuelled oil price war between Saudi Arabia and Russia, the leading OPEC+ members, there continues to be a massive global oil glut and a worsening storage deficit. Things have been looking up, however. The output cuts have made a dent in the global oversupply and demand is beginning to recover a bit after taking a huge hit from industrial shutdown due to the pandemic. On Monday Saudi Arabia announced that it will impose even more production cuts, and markets rose in response. “Saudi Aramco, the state-controlled oil company, will produce 7.5 million barrels a day in June, down from more than 12 million in April,” reported Barron’s. Although Saudi Arabia has been overtaken by the United States as the biggest oil producer in the world thanks to the latter nation’s “shale revolution,” Saudi Aramco’s decisions are still hugely influential on the global stage. Their production cuts therefore bode extremely well for the international oil markets.
But it’s not all sunshine and roses. “There’s a double risk on the horizon,” writes Julian Lee in an opinion piece for Bloomberg. “Just as lifting lockdowns too soon could bring a second spike in virus infections and deaths, loosening the hard-fought restraint in oil production too soon risks a second oil-price collapse.” The United States will have to walk a very fine line if they want to have any chance at reviving the shale industry that is currently drowning in a wave of bankruptcies and fired and furloughed employees.
As restrictions are being eased in many countries around the world, oil demand is beginning to pick up, but “it is still far from the year-on-year growth we experienced before the novel coronavirus struck, or from any kind of meaningful start at drawing down ballooning stockpiles. But it might just be an initial turning of a corner — as long as there’s no need to stop the global economy again to keep the Covid-19 outbreak under control,” opines Bloomberg’s Lee. The opinion column looks to the way that China, which is ahead of the rest of the world in its pandemic curve, for how they have navigated the delicate balance between opening up the economy and preventing a COVID-19 resurgence.
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The situation in China can teach us a lot about what to expect for fuel demand in the coming months. “Congestion on roads in major cities has soared during peak commuting hours, but it remains depressed outside those times, with traffic levels still well below normal during the weekend and on holidays,” writes Lee. “Meanwhile, people are choosing to drive rather than take public transport, boosting gasoline demand, a trend that’s likely to continue for a considerable time in big cities around the world. In Beijing, for example, subway passenger numbers are still more than 50% below pre-virus levels, according to analysis by Bloomberg NEF.”
It will be tempting, in the United States, to see a light at the end of the tunnel and open the shale fields back up in an effort to revitalize the economy, but this would be premature and short-sighted. The positive effects of reductions in oil production are just now starting to kick in and need to be prolonged. “But we are still a long way from seeing much relief for crude producers and they need to continue exercising restraint,” says Lee. “The real risk may be that when all the financial pain of output cuts — and the human cost of job losses — starts to pay off with higher oil prices, producers take it as a signal to restart the pumps, as if the whole oversupply problem got solved overnight. The output restraint has to last long enough not only for supply and demand to be brought back into line, but for stockpiles to be brought back down again.”
What’s more, the United States is not Saudi Arabia. Without the authoritarian power that many petro-nations have, the decentralized, privatized leadership in the U.S. the oil industry means that the country can’t stop and start pumping on a dime. This means that the U.S. has to be extra cautious about making any serious changes to current oil production patterns because the ship can be slow and difficult to right.
By Haley Zaremba for Oilprice.com


investmentwatchblog--2020-05-14--Moving the goalpost: Los Angeles County may stay locked down through August

Los Angeles County has a population of more than 10 million people .
As of May 12 , they had 33,180 confirmed cases of Wuhan virus which includes 1,613 deaths .
You do the math .
Yet even with these extremely small numbers , County Public Health Director Dr. Barbara Ferrer said the stay at home order will “ with all certainty ” be extended possibly until July or August , according to Fox News .
The good doctor said the following , “ Our hope is that by using the data we ’ d be slowly able to lift @ @ @ @ @ @ @ But without widely available therapeutic testing for the coronavirus or rapid at-home testing versions that would allow people to test themselves daily , it seems unlikely that restrictions would be completely eased.
“ Read the whole Fox News story here .
Gov .
Newsom issued the mandatory stay at home order in California on March 19 .
The goal was to “ flatten the curve ” together and “ bend the curve.
” Two months later and less than .004 percent of the Los Angeles County population has been confirmed to have Wuhan @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of deaths .
Way to move the goalpost .

by DCG
Los Angeles County has a population of more than 10 million people. As of May 12, they had 33,180 confirmed cases of Wuhan virus which includes 1,613 deaths. You do the math.
Yet even with these extremely small numbers, County Public Health Director Dr. Barbara Ferrer said the stay at home order will “with all certainty” be extended possibly until July or August, according to Fox News.
The good doctor said the following, “Our hope is that by using the data we’d be slowly able to lift restrictions over the next three months. But without widely available therapeutic testing for the coronavirus or rapid at-home testing versions that would allow people to test themselves daily, it seems unlikely that restrictions would be completely eased.“
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Read the whole Fox News story here.
Gov. Newsom issued the mandatory stay at home order in California on March 19. The goal was to “flatten the curve” together and “bend the curve.”
Whatever that means.
Two months later and less than .004 percent of the Los Angeles County population has been confirmed to have Wuhan virus and has an even lower percentage of deaths.
Way to “use the data” move the goalpost.
DCG


investmentwatchblog--2020-05-14--Jason Burack: Emerging Markets Are The New Subprime?

Jason talks about a lot of problems with emerging markets .
The problems are so obvious that even Paul Krugman @ @ @ @ @ wide scale emerging market defaults finance.yahoo.com/news/paul-k… New Daniel LaCalle article on emerging market problems : @ @ @ @ @ As Emerging Markets Lose Reserves www.dlacalle.com/en/global-us… Jason Burack is an investor , entrepreneur , financial @ @ @ @ @ , and contrarian .
Jason co-founded the startup financial education company Wall St for Main @ @ @ @ @ try to help the people of Main Street by teaching them the knowledge , skills @ @ @ @ @ investing expertise of Wall Street .
You can also find Jason ’ s work at @ @ @ @ @ .

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Jason talks about a lot of problems with emerging markets.
The problems are so obvious that even Paul Krugman is now very worried about wide scale emerging market defaults finance.yahoo.com/news/paul-k…
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New Daniel LaCalle article on emerging market problems: Global US Dollar Shortage Rises As Emerging Markets Lose Reserves www.dlacalle.com/en/global-us…
Jason Burack is an investor, entrepreneur, financial historian, Austrian School economist, and contrarian. Jason co-founded the startup financial education company Wall St for Main St, LLC, to try to help the people of Main Street by teaching them the knowledge, skills, research methods, and investing expertise of Wall Street. You can also find Jason’s work at his blog website at www.jasonburack.com.