investmentwatchblog--2020-04-28--Watch Jeff Session’s interview: “It is not in the interest of America to bring in 1.4 million people

Watch Jeff Session’s interview: “It is not in the interest of America to bring in 1.4 million people just to take jobs.”

The Center for Immigration Studies will stream an Immigration Newsmaker conversation on Monday , April 27 , at 11:30 a.m. EDT featuring former U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions , who is campaigning to take back the Alabama U.S. Senate seat that he held for 20 years .
This timely conversation with one of the nation ’ s top immigration experts takes place as President Trump contemplates signing a second Presidential Proclamation expanding suspension of certain immigration categories to help the American worker in a time of high unemployment .
During his twenty years in the U.S. Senate , Sessions played @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and resulting policy .
He provided leadership as chairman of the Senate Subcommittee on Immigration , Border Security , and Refugees and as a ranking member of the Senate Budget Committee .
Sessions has been a constant voice for decades asking , “ Who ’ s Looking Out for the American Worker ?
” As attorney general early in the Trump administration , Sessions played a major role shaping immigration policy .
His impact on immigration courts can still be felt from his “ streamlined hiring plan ” to attack the court backlog @ @ @ @ @ @ @ judges .

The Center for Immigration Studies will stream an Immigration Newsmaker conversation on Monday, April 27, at 11:30 a.m. EDT featuring former U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions, who is campaigning to take back the Alabama U.S. Senate seat that he held for 20 years. This timely conversation with one of the nation’s top immigration experts takes place as President Trump contemplates signing a second Presidential Proclamation expanding suspension of certain immigration categories to help the American worker in a time of high unemployment.
During his twenty years in the U.S. Senate, Sessions played a major role in the immigration debate and resulting policy. He provided leadership as chairman of the Senate Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Refugees and as a ranking member of the Senate Budget Committee. Sessions has been a constant voice for decades asking, “Who’s Looking Out for the American Worker?”
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As attorney general early in the Trump administration, Sessions played a major role shaping immigration policy. His impact on immigration courts can still be felt from his “streamlined hiring plan” to attack the court backlog, and his tighter guidelines for immigration judges.


investmentwatchblog--2020-04-28--CNN: Bill Gates wants to make sure EVERYONE gets tested, to ‘track’ the virus

With Gates in charge , it ’ ll start out as one test or one vaccine… and then you ’ @ @ @ @ @ , after update , after update .

With Gates in charge, it’ll start out as one test or one vaccine… and then you’ll have to do update, after update, after update.
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investmentwatchblog--2020-04-28--BIDEN IS OUT! Coronavirus News: Governor Cuomo now 53% favorable among Republicans, first time in 6

BIDEN IS OUT! Coronavirus News: Governor Cuomo now 53% favorable among Republicans, first time in 6 year

Cuomo ’ s favorability rating is 77 % to 21 % , his highest since February 2011 , according to a Siena College poll .
By a 78 % -16 % margin , voters say they trust Cuomo over President Donald Trump to make a determination about opening New York , according to the poll of registered New York State voters .
92 % of people polled support wearing a mask when social distancing can not be maintained .
87 % support Gov .
Cuomo ’ s New York State “ On Pause ” Executive Order .
“ Mired in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ years , Cuomo is feeling the love from New Yorkers of all stripes in year three of his third term , and his first global pandemic .
He is viewed favorably by 90 percent of Democrats , 73 percent of independents and 53 percent of Republicans , his first time favorable with Republicans in more than six years , ” said Siena College pollster Steven Greenberg .
“ His 71-28 percent job performance rating this month bests last month ’ s all-time high , and is up strikingly from a negative 36-63 percent @ @ @ @ @ @ @ % of those polled know someone who has tested positive and 32 % know someone who has died from COVID .
CREEPY JOE : Two Sources Come Forward To Corroborate Allegations www.businessinsider.com/former-neighbor-corroborates-joe-bidens-accuser-2020-4 A former neighbor of Joe Biden ’ s accuser Tara Reade has come forward to corroborate her sexual-assault account , saying Reade discussed the allegations in detail in the mid-1990s Now two more sources have come forward to corroborate certain details about Reade ’ s claims .
One of them — a former neighbor of Reade ’ s — has told @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the record , that Reade disclosed details about the alleged assault to her in the mid-1990s .
“ This happened , and I know it did because I remember talking about it , ” Lynda LaCasse , who lived next door to Reade in the mid-1990s , told Insider .
The other source , Lorraine Sanchez , who worked with Reade in the office of a California state senator in the mid-1990s , told Insider that she recalls Reade complaining at the time that her former boss in Washington D.C. s @ xually @ @ @ @ @ @ @ been fired after raising concerns .

Cuomo’s favorability rating is 77% to 21%, his highest since February 2011, according to a Siena College poll.
By a 78%-16% margin, voters say they trust Cuomo over President Donald Trump to make a determination about opening New York, according to the poll of registered New York State voters.
92% of people polled support wearing a mask when social distancing cannot be maintained. 87% support Gov. Cuomo’s New York State “On Pause” Executive Order.
“Mired in middling poll numbers for the last two years, Cuomo is feeling the love from New Yorkers of all stripes in year three of his third term, and his first global pandemic. He is viewed favorably by 90 percent of Democrats, 73 percent of independents and 53 percent of Republicans, his first time favorable with Republicans in more than six years,” said Siena College pollster Steven Greenberg. “His 71-28 percent job performance rating this month bests last month’s all-time high, and is up strikingly from a negative 36-63 percent rating just two months ago.
51% of those polled know someone who has tested positive and 32% know someone who has died from COVID.
Read the full findings:
scri.siena.edu/2020/04/27/coronavirus-pandemic-pushes-cuomo-to-record-high-ratings-voters-trust-cuomo-over-trump-on-ny-reopening-78-16/
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Joe Biden is DOOMED
CREEPY JOE: Two Sources Come Forward To Corroborate Allegations
www.businessinsider.com/former-neighbor-corroborates-joe-bidens-accuser-2020-4 A former neighbor of Joe Biden’s accuser Tara Reade has come forward to corroborate her sexual-assault account, saying Reade discussed the allegations in detail in the mid-1990s Now two more sources have come forward to corroborate certain details about Reade’s claims. One of them — a former neighbor of Reade’s — has told Insider for the first time, on the record, that Reade disclosed details about the alleged assault to her in the mid-1990s. “This happened, and I know it did because I remember talking about it,” Lynda LaCasse, who lived next door to Reade in the mid-1990s, told Insider. The other source, Lorraine Sanchez, who worked with Reade in the office of a California state senator in the mid-1990s, told Insider that she recalls Reade complaining at the time that her former boss in Washington D.C. s@xually harassed her, and that she had been fired after raising concerns. www.businessinsider.com/former-neighbor-corroborates-joe-bidens-accuser-2020-4
h/t CrsCrpr


investmentwatchblog--2020-04-28--Nancy Pelosi Spreads DANGEROUS Misinformation Amid Health Crisis

Cristina Laila from The Gateway Pundit reports , The liberal Trump-hating media , including the Drudge Report , is pushing @ @ @ @ @ proposed injecting Americans with disinfectant .
And House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Friday continued to @ @ @ @ @ Trump amid the Coronavirus pandemic .

Cristina Laila from The Gateway Pundit reports, The liberal Trump-hating media, including the Drudge Report, is pushing the nonsense that President Trump proposed injecting Americans with disinfectant. And House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Friday continued to spread the lie about President Trump amid the Coronavirus pandemic.
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investmentwatchblog--2020-04-28--There Will Be A Lot More Blood? Oil Futures Crash Nearly 25% In A Single Day Today!

The incredible amount of volatility in oil futures contracts was amazing with today ’ s trading range going from $ @ @ @ @ @

The incredible amount of volatility in oil futures contracts was amazing with today’s trading range going from $11.88 to $16.98.
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investmentwatchblog--2020-04-28--BBC caught editing Trumps speech on disinfectants

Hydrogen peroxide is a disinfectant and hydrogen peroxide iv therapy is a medical treatment so Trumps suggestion wasn ’ t @ @ @ @ @ .

Hydrogen peroxide is a disinfectant and hydrogen peroxide iv therapy is a medical treatment so Trumps suggestion wasn’t as silly as it sounds.
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investmentwatchblog--2020-04-28--CNN removed the August 11th, 1993 Larry King Episode from Google Play, the episode featuring a call

CNN removed the August 11th, 1993 Larry King Episode from Google Play, the episode featuring a call from Tara Reade’s mother. CNN is actively colluding with the Biden campaign to cover up evidence of Biden’s sexual assault

These are reasons why printed media like books and newspapers should always stay in existence and the reason why I @ @ @ @ @ s because no one can change those once printed and circulated .
With all information @ @ @ @ @ controlling the majority of it we stand to have history altered in a bad way @

by neoconbob
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These are reasons why printed media like books and newspapers should always stay in existence and the reason why I hoard books. It’s because no one can change those once printed and circulated. With all information being digitized and major corporations controlling the majority of it we stand to have history altered in a bad way.


investmentwatchblog--2020-04-28--If We Lose Our Focus on Coronavirus It Might Bite Us Again

The discussion of coronavirus has taken some sharp turns .
One such turn is the claim that the mortality rate is not high enough to justify shutdowns .
But the mortality rate is not the reason for the shutdowns .
The purpose of the closedowns is to reduce the exponential rate of infection .
Covid-19 is much more contagious than flu , people can spread the virus for days and weeks prior to developing symptoms , the seriousness of each case is not predictable in advance , and it is a new virus about which little is known including treatment @ @ @ @ @ @ @ can easily overwhelm health care systems—just ask New York City and Italy .
This is the reason for trying to reduce the rate of infection .
There is no good information on mortality rates as there is no reliable or widespread testing , and the payment incentives result in hospitals reporting the virus as the cause of any deaths that can be associated with it .
What has happened is that the mortality rate , which was not the reason for the shutdowns , is now the reason for reopening .
The overlooked @ @ @ @ @ @ @ not drop the escalating rate of infection , what did ?
Did the virus simply give up ?
If we experienced a high rate of infection prior to closedown , what will happen on reopening ?
The public authorities did not use the period of the closedown to prepare the public with masks or attend to building ventilation systems .
Are New York and Italy also hoaxes ?
And is it a hoax that China and Japan are again closing down large cities ?
Do we really think this virus can be reduced @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to reclose a city that had been cleared of the virus .
Reopening simply was accompanied by a second wave of infection .
This and reports that those “ cured ” of the virus have amazing low antibodies against it raise a serious question about relying on herd immunity .
Perhaps all Sweden is doing is establishing the virus in the population , not immunity to the virus .
As my readers know , I am the last to trust the presstitute media which includes the Internet .
As this virus is new @ @ @ @ @ @ @ by medical personnel and ER doctors .
I have posted views of experts who have spent their lives studying viruses and the immune system response , and have been entertained by uninformed narcissistic know-it-alls shouting them down .
It is amazing how many people know more than experts .
If a life of research doesn ’ t provide a clue , how do people who have never been inside a lab know ?
Reactions to the virus have shown how weak is our sense of social responsibility .
Big Pharma and Bill Gates @ @ @ @ @ @ @ their agenda of vaccination .
Police agencies want to use the virus for more control .
Libertarians complaining of the infringements on their freedom of movement show an inadequate sense of social responsibility when they insist they shouldn ’ t be limited as the virus only kills old people .
Youth are only interested in their recreational activities .
There is no doubt that shutdowns are economically costly and that confinement creates problems of its own for some people .
Perhaps it will make them more emphathetic for those confined to prison for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ crimes or framed up in order to shut them up as appears to be happening to former British ambassador Craig Murray ( www.opednews.com/articles/Former-UK-Ambassador-Craig-by-Ray-McGovern-Charged_Craig-Murray_Innocent_Jail-200427-315.html ) .
During the period of closedown , public authorities have taken no steps to prepare for reopening .
There are still no masks , no or not enough reliable tests , no attention to building ventilation systems , and effective treatments still encounter some official opposition .
Just the other day there was a news report , perhaps a hoax , that the FBI had raided a medical facility @ @ @ @ @ @ @ patients with intravenous vitamin C. In a recent posting ( www.paulcraigroberts.org/2020/04/25/coming-out-of-lockdown-unprepared/ ) Marc Wathelet explains how to have a sucessful reopening .
It is extraordinary that during the period of closedown no steps were taken in this direction .

by Paul Craig Roberts via PaulCraigRoberts.org
The discussion of coronavirus has taken some sharp turns. One such turn is the claim that the mortality rate is not high enough to justify shutdowns. But the mortality rate is not the reason for the shutdowns. The purpose of the closedowns is to reduce the exponential rate of infection. Covid-19 is much more contagious than flu, people can spread the virus for days and weeks prior to developing symptoms, the seriousness of each case is not predictable in advance, and it is a new virus about which little is known including treatment. Therefore, the highly infectious virus can easily overwhelm health care systems—just ask New York City and Italy. This is the reason for trying to reduce the rate of infection. There is no good information on mortality rates as there is no reliable or widespread testing, and the payment incentives result in hospitals reporting the virus as the cause of any deaths that can be associated with it.
What has happened is that the mortality rate, which was not the reason for the shutdowns, is now the reason for reopening. The overlooked question is: If the closedowns did not drop the escalating rate of infection, what did? Did the virus simply give up? If we experienced a high rate of infection prior to closedown, what will happen on reopening? The public authorities did not use the period of the closedown to prepare the public with masks or attend to building ventilation systems. Are New York and Italy also hoaxes? And is it a hoax that China and Japan are again closing down large cities? Do we really think this virus can be reduced to a plot?
Japan has had to reclose a city that had been cleared of the virus. Reopening simply was accompanied by a second wave of infection. This and reports that those “cured” of the virus have amazing low antibodies against it raise a serious question about relying on herd immunity. Perhaps all Sweden is doing is establishing the virus in the population, not immunity to the virus.
As my readers know, I am the last to trust the presstitute media which includes the Internet. As this virus is new little is known about it, including by medical personnel and ER doctors. I have posted views of experts who have spent their lives studying viruses and the immune system response, and have been entertained by uninformed narcissistic know-it-alls shouting them down. It is amazing how many people know more than experts. If a life of research doesn’t provide a clue, how do people who have never been inside a lab know?
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Reactions to the virus have shown how weak is our sense of social responsibility. Big Pharma and Bill Gates want to use the virus to advance their agenda of vaccination. Police agencies want to use the virus for more control. Libertarians complaining of the infringements on their freedom of movement show an inadequate sense of social responsibility when they insist they shouldn’t be limited as the virus only kills old people. Youth are only interested in their recreational activities.
There is no doubt that shutdowns are economically costly and that confinement creates problems of its own for some people. Perhaps it will make them more emphathetic for those confined to prison for taking drugs and engaging in other victimless crimes or framed up in order to shut them up as appears to be happening to former British ambassador Craig Murray ( www.opednews.com/articles/Former-UK-Ambassador-Craig-by-Ray-McGovern-Charged_Craig-Murray_Innocent_Jail-200427-315.html ).
During the period of closedown, public authorities have taken no steps to prepare for reopening. There are still no masks, no or not enough reliable tests, no attention to building ventilation systems, and effective treatments still encounter some official opposition. Just the other day there was a news report, perhaps a hoax, that the FBI had raided a medical facility for engaging in fraud for treating Covid patients with intravenous vitamin C.
In a recent posting ( www.paulcraigroberts.org/2020/04/25/coming-out-of-lockdown-unprepared/ ) Marc Wathelet explains how to have a sucessful reopening. It is extraordinary that during the period of closedown no steps were taken in this direction.


investmentwatchblog--2020-04-28--Videos: Spying on the Scammers. How a hacker hacked an Indian scam center with video of scammers & a

Videos: Spying on the Scammers. How a hacker hacked an Indian scam center with video of scammers & all the inner workings…

Truly unreal how much money they were making .
Pretty consistently making over 400K a month .
Hacker got everything @ @ @ @ @ in the scam center , ALL audio calls to bank statements .

Truly unreal how much money they were making. Pretty consistently making over 400K a month. Hacker got everything from screen viewing, CCTV in the scam center, ALL audio calls to bank statements.
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RH


investmentwatchblog--2020-04-28--Bombshell Admission From Ex FBI General Counsel who Revealed The Truth Why Hillary Was Not indicted

Bombshell Admission From Ex FBI General Counsel who Revealed The Truth Why Hillary Was Not indicted
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investmentwatchblog--2020-04-28--USA reaches 1,000,000 cases, doubling in just 17 days, the same day as the world surpasses 3,000,000

USA reaches 1,000,000 cases, doubling in just 17 days, the same day as the world surpasses 3,000,000 cases. Re-opening with no 14 day decline, this will go well…

China shuts gyms and pools over fears of second wave of coronavirus | The Independent Yale doctor : U.S. should ‘ have lockdown for as long as possible ’ amid coronavirus I do NOT understand why states are opening before seeing a 14 day decline in positive tests per the CDC-Whitehouse Guidelines .
Isn ’ t that the literal first step to even get out of that “ gate ” ?
Am I not understanding this clearly ?
Why is this all happening before April 30 ( which would mark the end of the “ 30 Days to Slow the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ you think the president or the administration should have said to the governors/mayors they need to wait until AFTER this month is over to start their counters ?
All that being said it ’ s not gon na work .
People are literally flying and taking road trips all over this country still , for all sorts of reasons ( not adhering to stay at home guidelines whatsoever and on top of that , the people that weren ’ t adhering when guidelines came out initially ) .
All I forsee is those @ @ @ @ @ @ @ cause they are “ bored ” or wan na get their nails done or see a movie or go bowling…It will happen !
I ’ m literally in a state where I could go one county over and potentially get services done but not in my own county because we ’ re still “ restricted ” .
If they think people are gon na abide , they are sorely mistaken .
This isn ’ t politics at all .
It ’ s pure observational , data driven , fact based logic !
Everything @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that our country doesn ’ t have guardrails in place for things like this and we have to wait for bills to be passed to approve of our “ security ” .
It ’ s laughable .
Literally we ’ re the only country in the world where citizens are scared shitless because our government just plain doesn ’ t have protocols ALREADY in place for things like this and a set time table for when to enact certain protocols .
We haven ’ t even gotten done flattening or getting to the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as a national whole and we ’ re wanting to start doing this , this and this ?
What a joke .
Very disorganized , misinformation everywhere , everyone for themselves , no clear national level instructions and no consistency .
What a mess !
This all needs to be said .

by forevervalerie
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China shuts gyms and pools over fears of second wave of coronavirus | The Independent
Yale doctor: U.S. should ‘have lockdown for as long as possible’ amid coronavirus
US hits 1,000,000 coronavirus diagnoses as 56,286 people die
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I do NOT understand why states are opening before seeing a 14 day decline in positive tests per the CDC-Whitehouse Guidelines. Isn’t that the literal first step to even get out of that “gate”? Am I not understanding this clearly? Why is this all happening before April 30 (which would mark the end of the “30 Days to Slow the Spread”)? Don’t you think the president or the administration should have said to the governors/mayors they need to wait until AFTER this month is over to start their counters?
All that being said it’s not gonna work. People are literally flying and taking road trips all over this country still, for all sorts of reasons (not adhering to stay at home guidelines whatsoever and on top of that, the people that weren’t adhering when guidelines came out initially). All I forsee is those same people traveling to different cities/counties just cause they are “bored” or wanna get their nails done or see a movie or go bowling…It will happen! I’m literally in a state where I could go one county over and potentially get services done but not in my own county because we’re still “restricted”. If they think people are gonna abide, they are sorely mistaken.
This isn’t politics at all. It’s pure observational, data driven, fact based logic! Everything is endlessly frustrating coupled with the fact that our country doesn’t have guardrails in place for things like this and we have to wait for bills to be passed to approve of our “security”. It’s laughable. Literally we’re the only country in the world where citizens are scared shitless because our government just plain doesn’t have protocols ALREADY in place for things like this and a set time table for when to enact certain protocols.
We haven’t even gotten done flattening or getting to the other side of the “peak” as a national whole and we’re wanting to start doing this, this and this? What a joke. Very disorganized, misinformation everywhere, everyone for themselves, no clear national level instructions and no consistency. What a mess! This all needs to be said.


investmentwatchblog--2020-04-28--This market is not a bear trap. It’s on death watch. The 2020 2nd and 3rd quarters of every market,

Ok. Fair warning .
I can think of far more than 6 impossible things before breakfast .
Brekkie ’ s done and I ’ m working on bucket o ’ coffee numero dos .
This rambling is based on too much gin and enough of quinine-based club soda to float the entire USS Debt Fleet .
A much better writer told me that gin is the best thing to jump start the creative juices .
Must be the juniper berries .
The VIX was my indicator back in 2007 shouting the market was going to hell .
The VIX jumped @ @ @ @ @ @ @ my head and shoulders , screaming at me to GTFO of the market .
Not deaf moi , just ignorant .
I didn ’ t realize the significance of VIX racing from 20 to 60 and back in a day or two .
What was it telling me ?
The market was pricing in a drop in DOW S & P and NAZ of 50-75 % .
I didn ’ t exit market and took a 65 % loss .
In dog years that around $ 1.5-2,000,000 .
The exact number is not @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are still sitting in the 1040 waiting to be used when silver goes to the moon .
The crazy part of it was I hadn ’ t yet gone cold turkey on the market in 2009 .
In no particular bit of trading wisdom I got into triple leveraged financial and silver gold ETFs .
You know the names .
The rise in all markets from 2009 to 2011 recovered around 50 % of my losses .
Then April 2011 hit .
Trading silver and gold ETF at the moment that metals dropped @ @ @ @ @ @ @ loss , I decided to exit paper and go 100 % physical gold and silver .
I ’ ve been there since .
A small exception was trading JNUG and DUST during their wild rides of 2016 built a very profitable and very fast return .
I added to my stack and bought our home debt free with that boon .
A quick trip in the wayback machine to the tech wreck of 2001 showed the same effect on my portfolio but far worse for the market .
The DOW down 50 % @ @ @ @ @ @ @ It ’ s pretty telling that across the boards the unicorn market makers dropped over 50-80 % causing $ 6 trillion in cumulative losses yet people rode those losses into the ground .
They thought this time would be different .
Just a wafer thin clip of the net worth .
But now people are saying “ This Time It ’ s Different ” .
I hear them .
They populate every radio and TV station ; every internet channel touting sure winners .
They shout “ This time it ’ s different @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s different .
By at least half an order of magnitude it ’ s different ; and worse The systems that were damaged and bloated and corrupted over the last 12 years are like a 70 year old 350 lb man on a whisky binge .
BP 180 over 120 , pulse thready , diabetic , suffering COPD , sustained only by massively expensive medical intervention .
Fat man just caught COVID 19 , aka The Bug .
That man is the stock market .
That man is the currency market .
That @ @ @ @ @ @ @ man is all the banks in the world .
Fat boy ’ s down heavily in March , with a slight rebound in April because any level of health was better than the dead-man-walking condition when he first caught the bug .
This man is now laying on a hospital bed , wires and IVs in each arm , intubated , on a ventilator , going through the extremis that others describe as the end of life condition for those many who expire from the virus .
This market is not a bear @ @ @ @ @ @ @ watch .
The 2020 2nd and 3rd quarters of every market , every country , every bank , every bond , every loan and every live human will suffer from the worst crash in human history .
There might have been worse crises .
A few come to mind Maybe the VEI 7 explosion of Santorini that changed world history around 1,600 BC .
It could be like the opening of the Bosphorus strait that flooded the valley in what is now the Black Sea , filling up 7500 years ago .
Noah @ @ @ @ @ @ @ from the violence of that event .
Not as bad as the Toba VEI8 explosion around 76,000 years ago that almost caused extinction of human life as we know it .
Or a Yellowstone Super volcano eruption that ’ s been talked about recently .
It ’ ll probably be worse than the global deep freeze of 1812-1816 , a period dubbed the Year Without Summer , a time when VEI7 Krakatoa went off .
Our coming deep freeze , failures of crops and collapse of human population that will result from the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ now will be dramatically exacerbated as the EROI of oil goes under 10 .
Civilization starts at an EROI of 11 and above .
Oil is everything .
The last 150 years of human progress , population growth , agriculture , technology and industrialization of the planet stems from oil .
Without oil we heated our homes , cooked our food and lit our way with wood , coal , buffalo chips and bees wax .
The destruction of pricing mechanisms coupled with 50-90 % drop in oil consumption will cap off the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ economies , the banking system as we know it and all forms of debt when oil is not worth pumping out of the ground OK .
Admittedly that ’ s grim .
Maybe it won ’ t be that bad .
Maybe .
I sure hope not .
Maybe it ’ s the gin talking .
But aside from the ELEs noted above , this stock market , all banking–central or otherwise , all debt and much of our DIGIFIAT progress over the last 50 years will go Tango Uniform in this era @ @ @ @ @ @ @ It ’ s not going to hold .
It can not hold because all sides of the human equation are in total disagreement as to who ’ s fault this is .
We are barely evolved life forms who can not agree on much of anything including what to order on a menu or the color schemes in a brand new $ 90,000 Ford F 150 financed at 0 % for 7 years .
We can not afford even a 0 % rate loan because someone didn ’ t run the numbers as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ into the fact that it ’ s only money and THIS is a mighty F-150 .
It ’ s bigger than mere money .
As if the impact of that $ 1,100 monthly payment on our budget is a bagatelle when compared to putting food on the table and unemployment payments cover only half that .
My neighborhood is filled with F-150s .
With this crisis I doubt if the market is going to be supportive of our calamitous stupidity as the repo men cruise the ‘ hood looking to hook up a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are honey badgers .
They don ’ t care ; they ’ re honey badgers .
The honey badger market will go to ground .
That badger market will shit on your bed , eat your food , destroy your personal lives and everything you built .
It won ’ t care because it ’ s honey badger .
We ’ ll see DOW maybe 5,000 and NAZ at around 1,200 when the honey badger has its way with us .
DOW 5000 will be a good day in the trading pits but @ @ @ @ @ @ @ even more serious harm This self fulfilling cycle of market devastation feeds on its destructive cycle like Worm Ourborous .
It ’ ll continue until it , like the virus , has burned its way through every market , every bank , every country , every state , every bank account , every center of government and every human being on the planet .
This unvirtuous cycle ; call it the Fourth Turning or just a total FUBAR , is a turning without any virtue .
It will not end until it ends @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to jack shit about it .
The Long Now is about to get really real .
We ’ re just proles riding in steerage aboard the Snow Piercer as it circumnavigates a world encased in ice .
Basically nothing will save us from the wreckage that is coming our way .
The greatness AND the excesses of the last 500 years are coming home to roost .
That is unavoidable if the Global Solar Minimum is as bad as I think it might be .
Andrew McLeod is right but is not thinking @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ d not be doing podcasts .
He ’ d be taking all his gold and finding a warm weather island and GOTS .
Rob Kirby sees it and knows gold is the metal place to be , safely aboard a 14 passenger jet owned by one of his billionaire clients , off to a far away country where the rule of law still operates .
Marin Katusa knows what is happening .
He sees the long game .
John Rubino ’ s been talking about this even for the last 5 years @ @ @ @ @ @ @ place on our Peletons , hoping to get somewhere .
This market ’ s hard on people .
You can ’ t stop what ’ s coming .
It ’ s not waiting on you , if you think it is , that ’ s just vanity .
This market ’ s got some hard bark on it .
And if you ’ re wondering where to git yer gold .
You git it at the gittin ’ place

by AGXIIK
Ok. Fair warning. I can think of far more than 6 impossible things before breakfast. Brekkie’s done and I’m working on bucket o’ coffee numero dos.
This rambling is based on too much gin and enough of quinine-based club soda to float the entire USS Debt Fleet. A much better writer told me that gin is the best thing to jump start the creative juices. Must be the juniper berries.
The VIX was my indicator back in 2007 shouting the market was going to hell. The VIX jumped off my screen and beat me around my head and shoulders, screaming at me to GTFO of the market. Not deaf moi, just ignorant.
I didn’t realize the significance of VIX racing from 20 to 60 and back in a day or two. What was it telling me? The market was pricing in a drop in DOW S&P and NAZ of 50-75%. I didn’t exit market and took a 65% loss. In dog years that around $1.5-2,000,000. The exact number is not known, but my loss carry forwards are still sitting in the 1040 waiting to be used when silver goes to the moon.
The crazy part of it was I hadn’t yet gone cold turkey on the market in 2009. In no particular bit of trading wisdom I got into triple leveraged financial and silver gold ETFs. You know the names. The rise in all markets from 2009 to 2011 recovered around 50% of my losses.
Then April 2011 hit. Trading silver and gold ETF at the moment that metals dropped off a cliff handing me a beefy loss, I decided to exit paper and go 100% physical gold and silver. I’ve been there since. A small exception was trading JNUG and DUST during their wild rides of 2016 built a very profitable and very fast return. I added to my stack and bought our home debt free with that boon.
A quick trip in the wayback machine to the tech wreck of 2001 showed the same effect on my portfolio but far worse for the market. The DOW down 50% and NAZ was off 80%. It’s pretty telling that across the boards the unicorn market makers dropped over 50-80% causing $6 trillion in cumulative losses yet people rode those losses into the ground. They thought this time would be different. Just a wafer thin clip of the net worth.
But now people are saying “This Time It’s Different”. I hear them. They populate every radio and TV station; every internet channel touting sure winners. They shout
“This time it’s different”
Yes. Hell yes it’s different. By at least half an order of magnitude it’s different; and worse
The systems that were damaged and bloated and corrupted over the last 12 years are like a 70 year old 350 lb man on a whisky binge. BP 180 over 120, pulse thready, diabetic, suffering COPD, sustained only by massively expensive medical intervention. Fat man just caught COVID 19, aka The Bug.
That man is the stock market. That man is the currency market. That man is the bond markets. That man is all the banks in the world.
Fat boy’s down heavily in March, with a slight rebound in April because any level of health was better than the dead-man-walking condition when he first caught the bug. This man is now laying on a hospital bed, wires and IVs in each arm, intubated, on a ventilator, going through the extremis that others describe as the end of life condition for those many who expire from the virus.
This market is not a bear trap. It’s on death watch. The 2020 2nd and 3rd quarters of every market, every country, every bank, every bond, every loan and every live human will suffer from the worst crash in human history.
There might have been worse crises. A few come to mind
Maybe the VEI 7 explosion of Santorini that changed world history around 1,600 BC.
It could be like the opening of the Bosphorus strait that flooded the valley in what is now the Black Sea, filling up 7500 years ago. Noah’s Arc fabled great flood resulted from the violence of that event.
Not as bad as the Toba VEI8 explosion around 76,000 years ago that almost caused extinction of human life as we know it. Or a Yellowstone Super volcano eruption that’s been talked about recently.
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It’ll probably be worse than the global deep freeze of 1812-1816, a period dubbed the Year Without Summer, a time when VEI7 Krakatoa went off. Our coming deep freeze, failures of crops and collapse of human population that will result from the Solar Global Minimum that we are entering now will be dramatically exacerbated as the EROI of oil goes under 10. Civilization starts at an EROI of 11 and above.
Oil is everything. The last 150 years of human progress, population growth, agriculture, technology and industrialization of the planet stems from oil. Without oil we heated our homes, cooked our food and lit our way with wood, coal, buffalo chips and bees wax.
The destruction of pricing mechanisms coupled with 50-90% drop in oil consumption will cap off the toll on human life, the global economies, the banking system as we know it and all forms of debt when oil is not worth pumping out of the ground
OK. Admittedly that’s grim. Maybe it won’t be that bad. Maybe. I sure hope not. Maybe it’s the gin talking. But aside from the ELEs noted above, this stock market, all banking–central or otherwise, all debt and much of our DIGIFIAT progress over the last 50 years will go Tango Uniform in this era.
The center is not holding. It’s not going to hold. It cannot hold because all sides of the human equation are in total disagreement as to who’s fault this is. We are barely evolved life forms who cannot agree on much of anything including what to order on a menu or the color schemes in a brand new $90,000 Ford F 150 financed at 0% for 7 years.
We cannot afford even a 0% rate loan because someone didn’t run the numbers as the F and I slickster talked us into the fact that it’s only money and THIS is a mighty F-150. It’s bigger than mere money. As if the impact of that $1,100 monthly payment on our budget is a bagatelle when compared to putting food on the table and unemployment payments cover only half that. My neighborhood is filled with F-150s.
F-150tards!!
With this crisis I doubt if the market is going to be supportive of our calamitous stupidity as the repo men cruise the ‘hood looking to hook up a lone Ford in the driveway
The markets are honey badgers. They don’t care; they’re honey badgers.
The honey badger market will go to ground. That badger market will shit on your bed, eat your food, destroy your personal lives and everything you built. It won’t care because it’s honey badger. We’ll see DOW maybe 5,000 and NAZ at around 1,200 when the honey badger has its way with us. DOW 5000 will be a good day in the trading pits but gold at $5,000 might stave off even more serious harm
This self fulfilling cycle of market devastation feeds on its destructive cycle like Worm Ourborous. It’ll continue until it, like the virus, has burned its way through every market, every bank, every country, every state, every bank account, every center of government and every human being on the planet.
This unvirtuous cycle; call it the Fourth Turning or just a total FUBAR, is a turning without any virtue. It will not end until it ends and we’ll not be able to jack shit about it. The Long Now is about to get really real. We’re just proles riding in steerage aboard the Snow Piercer as it circumnavigates a world encased in ice.
Basically nothing will save us from the wreckage that is coming our way. The greatness AND the excesses of the last 500 years are coming home to roost. That is unavoidable if the Global Solar Minimum is as bad as I think it might be.
Andrew McLeod is right but is not thinking big enough. If he did he’d not be doing podcasts. He’d be taking all his gold and finding a warm weather island and GOTS. Rob Kirby sees it and knows gold is the metal place to be, safely aboard a 14 passenger jet owned by one of his billionaire clients, off to a far away country where the rule of law still operates. Marin Katusa knows what is happening. He sees the long game. John Rubino’s been talking about this even for the last 5 years.
We’ve been peddling in place on our Peletons, hoping to get somewhere.
This market’s hard on people. You can’t stop what’s coming. It’s not waiting on you, if you think it is, that’s just vanity. This market’s got some hard bark on it.
And if you’re wondering where to git yer gold. You git it at the gittin’ place
AGXIIK


investmentwatchblog--2020-04-28--The US is now just a more dignified form of USSR-style central planning, one where asset prices are

The US is now just a more dignified form of USSR-style central planning, one where asset prices are set by decree and a decline in asset levels is prohibited as any crash in markets would result in a depression that would promptly spiral into a social collapse.

Eventually , a populist revolt to address the current massive inequality of income and wealth , will happen .
Soon @ @ @ @ @ to bolster the social safety net and increase things like healthcare and job security and @ @ @ @ @ living wage .
My only concern is that it will be done in a way @ @ @ @ @ long-term growth .
These programs will create incentives that will reduce overall productivity , Instead @ @ @ @ @ reforms in the economy to restore growth and reduce inequality .

by mark000
www.zerohedge.com/markets/us-will-never-return-free-market-capitalism-guggenheims-minerd-warns-current-crisis-lead
Eventually, a populist revolt to address the current massive inequality of income and wealth, will happen. Soon pressure will mount on policymakers to bolster the social safety net and increase things like healthcare and job security and maybe even institute a guaranteed living wage. My only concern is that it will be done in a way that is not productive for long-term growth. These programs will create incentives that will reduce overall productivity, Instead, policymakers should address fundamental reforms in the economy to restore growth and reduce inequality.


investmentwatchblog--2020-04-28--Broke! New York State Runs out of Unemployment Funds

New York has to borrow money from the federal government to pay its state unemployment benefits after more than a million newly jobless residents filed claims amid the coronavirus pandemic , Gov .
Andrew Cuomo said Monday .
“ That ’ s why the federal government has to provide funding — because we don ’ t have the money , ” Cuomo , a Democrat , said in a press briefing .
However , New Yorkers are not in danger of losing their benefits .
The state is responsible for paying its share of weekly payments , which last up @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to the federal government for loans if its unemployment trust fund runs out .
The state has applied for and is guaranteed to receive a $ 4 billion , interest-free loan from the federal government , officials said .
It operates like a line of credit so the state can draw down as needed .
The Empire State has processed 1.4 million initial unemployment applications and paid out $ 3.1 billion since March 9 , including the $ 600 federally funded weekly boost that Congress approved last month as part of its $ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the state Department of Labor .
Cuomo also highlighted that the state is running a budget deficit of between $ 10 billion and $ 15 billion , due largely to the outbreak walloping state tax revenue .
Cuomo , along with other governors , has asked Congress to provide more federal aid to state governments .
But Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said last week that Republicans are not interested in “ revenue replacement for state governments ” or “ solving their pension problems.
” Instead , he suggested allowing states to declare @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , have said they will press ahead with yet another relief package that includes funding for state and local governments .

“That’s why the federal government has to provide funding — because we don’t have the money,” Cuomo, a Democrat, said in a press briefing.
However, New Yorkers are not in danger of losing their benefits. The state is responsible for paying its share of weekly payments, which last up to 26 weeks, and can turn to the federal government for loans if its unemployment trust fund runs out.
The state has applied for and is guaranteed to receive a $4 billion, interest-free loan from the federal government, officials said. It operates like a line of credit so the state can draw down as needed.
The Empire State has processed 1.4 million initial unemployment applications and paid out $3.1 billion since March 9, including the $600 federally funded weekly boost that Congress approved last month as part of its $2 trillion relief package , according to the state Department of Labor.
Cuomo also highlighted that the state is running a budget deficit of between $10 billion and $15 billion, due largely to the outbreak walloping state tax revenue . Cuomo, along with other governors, has asked Congress to provide more federal aid to state governments. But Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said last week that Republicans are not interested in “revenue replacement for state governments” or “solving their pension problems.” Instead, he suggested allowing states to declare bankruptcy. Democratic congressional leaders, however, have said they will press ahead with yet another relief package that includes funding for state and local governments.
www.cnn.com/2020/04/27/politics/new-york-unemployment-benefits-andrew-cuomo/index.html


investmentwatchblog--2020-04-28--The Plan to Completely Destroy Nevada’s Economy

Nevada , like no other state , is totally dependent on tourism .
If tourism dies , the state will die .
The Democrat governor , Steve ( ‘ Sissy ’ ) Sisolak , is doing his best to kill Nevada .
Sisolak seems to be driven more by a lack of clear thinking rather than malicious intent .
Sisolak ’ s plan is to place most state residents under what amounts to house arrest .
In order to discourage anyone from leaving their house he is attempting to make leaving home as unpleasant as possible .
Parks are closed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ at least the bathrooms are closed .
He is even attempting to close the vast desert that surrounds Las Vegas , blocking off roads and trails .
All businesses are required to close except for “ essential ” businesses like grocery stores .
The schools are closed , making it difficult for parents to work because they have to care for their children .
The entire tourist industry has been shut down .
The Las Vegas strip , usually crowded with tourists staying in some of the 150,000 hotel rooms , is completely @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Nevada ’ s economy .
Hundreds of thousands of tourist industry workers have been laid off .
The state unemployment benefits office is apparently helpless in the face of the flood of applicants .
The governor sees this as a medical problem .
It does not seem to bother him that destroying the Nevada economy will devastate the citizens of Nevada .
Not only will they lose their jobs , they will also lose their savings and assets .
What exactly is the purpose of the house arrest ?
The disease is going @ @ @ @ @ @ @ people are recovered and immune , so that herd immunity develops , and the virus fades away .
That is the typical pattern for the spread of a new disease .
Placing everyone under house arrest will slow the spread of disease but prolong the time it takes for herd immunity to develop .
The justification for house arrest is that it is necessary to flatten the curve and avoid spikes that will overwhelm the medical resources .
Why is it necessary to take draconian measures ?
The governor seems to be relying @ @ @ @ @ @ @ wrong .
Why anyone takes these epidemiological models seriously is a big mystery..

Nevada, like no other state, is totally dependent on tourism. If tourism dies, the state will die. The Democrat governor, Steve (‘Sissy’) Sisolak, is doing his best to kill Nevada. Sisolak seems to be driven more by a lack of clear thinking rather than malicious intent.
Sisolak’s plan is to place most state residents under what amounts to house arrest. In order to discourage anyone from leaving their house he is attempting to make leaving home as unpleasant as possible. Parks are closed, or if that is impossible, at least the bathrooms are closed. He is even attempting to close the vast desert that surrounds Las Vegas, blocking off roads and trails. All businesses are required to close except for “essential” businesses like grocery stores. The schools are closed, making it difficult for parents to work because they have to care for their children.
The entire tourist industry has been shut down. The Las Vegas strip, usually crowded with tourists staying in some of the 150,000 hotel rooms, is completely deserted.
Tourism is the base of Nevada’s economy. Hundreds of thousands of tourist industry workers have been laid off. The state unemployment benefits office is apparently helpless in the face of the flood of applicants.
The governor sees this as a medical problem. It does not seem to bother him that destroying the Nevada economy will devastate the citizens of Nevada. Not only will they lose their jobs, they will also lose their savings and assets.
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What exactly is the purpose of the house arrest? The disease is going to spread through the population until enough people are recovered and immune, so that herd immunity develops, and the virus fades away. That is the typical pattern for the spread of a new disease. Placing everyone under house arrest will slow the spread of disease but prolong the time it takes for herd immunity to develop. The justification for house arrest is that it is necessary to flatten the curve and avoid spikes that will overwhelm the medical resources.
Why is it necessary to take draconian measures? The governor seems to be relying on computer models that have been consistently wrong. Why anyone takes these epidemiological models seriously is a big mystery..
Read more:
www.americanthinker.com/articles/2020/04/the_plan_to_completely_destroy_nevadas_economy.html


investmentwatchblog--2020-04-28--Second Corona Wave China

Second Corona Wave China

At “ Villages in Town ” area , Tianhe District , in Guangzhou City , Guangdong Province .
It seems @ @ @ @ @ there , with hundreds of people in PPE arriving .

Another Big Wave in Guangzhou!
At “Villages in Town” area, Tianhe District, in Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province. It seems the situation is very serious there, with hundreds of people in PPE arriving.
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Another Big Wave in #Guangzhou
At "Villages in Town" area, Tianhe District, in Guangzhou City, #Guangdong Province. It seems the situation is very serious there, with hundreds of people in PPE arriving.
Subscribe for updates: t.co/fSwmxEsPYp#CCPVirus #COVID2019 pic.twitter.com/z27vD5S0gY — Jennifer Zeng 曾錚 (@jenniferatntd) April 26, 2020
AC


investmentwatchblog--2020-04-28--The Trump Show! The Best 4 Minutes of Monday’s Press Beating

great to see Chanel OANN , Emerald Newsmax , and Tim Breitbart get questions .

great to see Chanel OANN, Emerald Newsmax, and Tim Breitbart get questions.
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investmentwatchblog--2020-04-28--Why We Rush to Gold in Times of Crisis

Why We Rush to Gold in Times of Crisis

This week , Your News to Know rounds up the latest top stories involving gold and the overall economy .
Stories include : How gold manages to stand out during every crisis , gold might be signaling a monetary collapse , and Swiss gold exports to the U.S. jump to eight-year high .
The reason we rush to gold whenever crises hit For the gold market , the coronavirus crisis brought about another instance of familiar price action .
Barring the initial rush to liquidity , people around the world were quick to search for a safe haven to pile @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the ideal choice .
This , in turn , pushed the metal ’ s price to seven-year highs , as it has traded above $ 1,700 for two consecutive weeks .
The reasons why gold is always picked as the first choice of haven during times of great uncertainty remain the same in any crisis : it holds no counterparty risk , is extremely versatile and has unquestionable value .
The latter point can be especially important during stock market shakes , as Adam Vettese , a market analyst at investment platform eToro @ @ @ @ @ @ @ safe from collapsing .
Gold ’ s anti-inflation properties have also been cherished time and again , and are likely to come into special prominence as the Federal Reserve prints trillions of dollars .
Besides making investors even less willing to purchase bonds , this will also place into further question the perceived safety of the U.S. dollar .
At the very least , the Fed ’ s actions will erode the greenback ’ s strength over the coming months and years , which may cause gold prices to respond in kind .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ appears more clear-cut than it has in a long time , people should be mindful of where their gold exposure comes from .
As opposed to physical gold , purchasing any form of derivative exposes the investor to the same myriad of risks that the company issuing the derivative is subject to .
Gold ’ s price movement could be the warning signal of a coming monetary collapse As Seeking Alpha ’ s Hubert Moolman notes , the current monetary situation is virtually identical to that of 2008 .
In both instances , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ into the economy in order to save it from collapse .
The similarities in response to the two crises have gold market watchers excited about the metal ’ s long-term prospects .
After the crisis-driven stimulus in 2008 , gold surged over the following years , from around $ 800 to its all-time high of $ 1,900 .
Given the metal ’ s precipitous gains in the brief time since the latest stimulus was announced , it ’ s difficult not to draw parallels .
Moolman , however , points out that a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ monetary system is only the worst-case scenario when it comes to gold ’ s gains , and is by and large the best-case scenario for the Fed .
Referring to the technical chart , Moolman explains that gold prices took roughly three years to double , showing that there was still enough faith in the global economy to propel the recovery .
Moolman believes that gold could be the most accurate indicator of whether the Fed ’ s stimulus is going to work or if a collapse is in store .
As opposed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ base increase in two other scenarios such as these over the past century , one in 1933 and the other in 1971 .
Both instances involved gold signaling a system reset as it climbed past the U.S. monetary base .
With the economy now being in the midst of a fourth instance of a major central bank effort to save it from drowning , Moolman thinks that the strength of gold ’ s gains in the coming months could decide whether the Fed ’ s actions will have the intended results .
Switzerland @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to highest point in eight years , possibly more The price difference between spot gold and contracts continues to highlight concerns over bullion availability within the U.S .
Earlier this month , the spread ranged between $ 60- $ 80 as Switzerland , a hub for gold processing and exports , closed up shop due to the pandemic .
The massive spike was driven by worries that there wouldn ’ t be enough gold to cover the contracts in New York , as many important refineries came close to a halt and a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ level made exporting gold exceedingly difficult .
Although the difference in gold prices between London and New York lessened as suppliers turned to alternate ways of shipping bullion and producers began restarting their operation , the spread remained around $ 14 throughout last week , significantly above the norm of a few dollars .
Somewhat unsurprisingly , data revealed by the Swiss Federal Customs Administration showed that the country ’ s March exports of gold to the U.S. rose to 43.2 tons , the highest level in at least eight years .
The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with pandemic-related transportation issues , meant that shipments to the U.S. made up almost half of Switzerland ’ s gold exports in March , pushing aside traditional destinations such as India and the U.K .

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From Birch Gold Group
This week, Your News to Know rounds up the latest top stories involving gold and the overall economy. Stories include: How gold manages to stand out during every crisis, gold might be signaling a monetary collapse, and Swiss gold exports to the U.S. jump to eight-year high.
The reason we rush to gold whenever crises hit
For the gold market, the coronavirus crisis brought about another instance of familiar price action. Barring the initial rush to liquidity, people around the world were quick to search for a safe haven to pile into and quickly found gold to be the ideal choice. This, in turn, pushed the metal’s price to seven-year highs, as it has traded above $1,700 for two consecutive weeks.
The reasons why gold is always picked as the first choice of haven during times of great uncertainty remain the same in any crisis: it holds no counterparty risk, is extremely versatile and has unquestionable value. The latter point can be especially important during stock market shakes, as Adam Vettese, a market analyst at investment platform eToro, notes that no stock is truly safe from collapsing.
Gold’s anti-inflation properties have also been cherished time and again, and are likely to come into special prominence as the Federal Reserve prints trillions of dollars. Besides making investors even less willing to purchase bonds, this will also place into further question the perceived safety of the U.S. dollar. At the very least, the Fed’s actions will erode the greenback’s strength over the coming months and years, which may cause gold prices to respond in kind.
And while the case for purchasing gold appears more clear-cut than it has in a long time, people should be mindful of where their gold exposure comes from. As opposed to physical gold, purchasing any form of derivative exposes the investor to the same myriad of risks that the company issuing the derivative is subject to.
Gold’s price movement could be the warning signal of a coming monetary collapse
As Seeking Alpha’s Hubert Moolman notes, the current monetary situation is virtually identical to that of 2008. In both instances, the Fed pumped massive amounts of liquidity into the economy in order to save it from collapse.
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The similarities in response to the two crises have gold market watchers excited about the metal’s long-term prospects. After the crisis-driven stimulus in 2008, gold surged over the following years, from around $800 to its all-time high of $1,900. Given the metal’s precipitous gains in the brief time since the latest stimulus was announced, it’s difficult not to draw parallels.
Moolman, however, points out that a repeat of the 2008-2011 scenario in the monetary system is only the worst-case scenario when it comes to gold’s gains, and is by and large the best-case scenario for the Fed. Referring to the technical chart, Moolman explains that gold prices took roughly three years to double, showing that there was still enough faith in the global economy to propel the recovery.
Moolman believes that gold could be the most accurate indicator of whether the Fed’s stimulus is going to work or if a collapse is in store. As opposed to 2008, gold outran the monetary base increase in two other scenarios such as these over the past century, one in 1933 and the other in 1971. Both instances involved gold signaling a system reset as it climbed past the U.S. monetary base. With the economy now being in the midst of a fourth instance of a major central bank effort to save it from drowning, Moolman thinks that the strength of gold’s gains in the coming months could decide whether the Fed’s actions will have the intended results.
Switzerland’s exports of gold bullion jump to highest point in eight years, possibly more
The price difference between spot gold and contracts continues to highlight concerns over bullion availability within the U.S. Earlier this month, the spread ranged between $60-$80 as Switzerland, a hub for gold processing and exports, closed up shop due to the pandemic.
The massive spike was driven by worries that there wouldn’t be enough gold to cover the contracts in New York, as many important refineries came close to a halt and a disruption in global travel on a previously-unseen level made exporting gold exceedingly difficult.
Although the difference in gold prices between London and New York lessened as suppliers turned to alternate ways of shipping bullion and producers began restarting their operation, the spread remained around $14 throughout last week, significantly above the norm of a few dollars.
Somewhat unsurprisingly, data revealed by the Swiss Federal Customs Administration showed that the country’s March exports of gold to the U.S. rose to 43.2 tons, the highest level in at least eight years. The heightened demand from New York, coupled with pandemic-related transportation issues, meant that shipments to the U.S. made up almost half of Switzerland’s gold exports in March, pushing aside traditional destinations such as India and the U.K.


investmentwatchblog--2020-04-28--Three world’s hardest-hit nations are preparing to end their lockdowns,The EU rewrote a report detai

Three world’s hardest-hit nations are preparing to end their lockdowns,The EU rewrote a report detailing China’s coronavirus ‘disinformation’ campaigns

Numbers of new infections in Italy , France and Spain continue to fall .
These countries have now begun the process of easing their lockdowns .
Shops and factories will be among the first to resume operation .
From flattening one curve to getting ahead of another : three of the world ’ s hardest-hit nations are now preparing to ease the restrictions out in place to halt the spread of COVID-19 .
After the US , the countries with the next-highest numbers of confirmed cases – Spain , Italy and France – have announced plans for cautious and gradual @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s a rundown of each country ’ s plans as they take their first steps back towards a semblance of normality .
The EU is under pressure to explain why it amended a report into global disinformation campaigns , in order to remove passages critical of the Chinese government .
References to a campaign of “ global disinformation ” by China were removed before the publication of the final report , Politico reported .
The Chinese [ were ] threatening with reactions if the report comes out , ” the New York Times @ @ @ @ @ @ @ pressure from Beijing .
The European Union removed references to a “ global disinformation ” campaign by the Chinese government , which were included in a draft report about the coronavirus pandemic , after pressure from Beijing .
Three sources told Politico that Chinese diplomats had successfully pressured the EU into changing the wording of an official report into “ disinformation around the COVID-19/Coronavirus pandemic.
” An EU diplomat told colleagues that “ the Chinese [ were ] threatening with reactions if the report comes out , ” the New York Times reported @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the report , seen by Politico , referenced a “ continued and coordinated push by official Chinese sources to deflect any blame , ” for the coronavirus pandemic .
China is really showing some nerve here .
They have attacked the world with the virus and follow up disinformation and propaganda campaigns .
China has also been cyber attacking everybody who is researching Covid 19 .
They are openly threatening the EU and Australia .
This is almost unbelievable what they are doing .
China is just begging for an ass whipping .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ that have occurred from Covid 19 .
We need to fix these chicoms attitudes quickly .
They can not be allowed to attack the world like they are doing .
It is timew to confiscate their foreign assets and to isolate this piece of shit regime .

Numbers of new infections in Italy, France and Spain continue to fall.
These countries have now begun the process of easing their lockdowns.
Shops and factories will be among the first to resume operation.
From flattening one curve to getting ahead of another: three of the world’s hardest-hit nations are now preparing to ease the restrictions out in place to halt the spread of COVID-19.
After the US, the countries with the next-highest numbers of confirmed cases – Spain, Italy and France – have announced plans for cautious and gradual exits from their lockdowns. Here’s a rundown of each country’s plans as they take their first steps back towards a semblance of normality.
www.weforum.org/agenda/2020/04/three-of-the-worlds-hardest-hit-nations-are-preparing-to-end-their-lockdowns/
The EU is under pressure to explain why it amended a report into global disinformation campaigns, in order to remove passages critical of the Chinese government.
References to a campaign of “global disinformation” by China were removed before the publication of the final report, Politico reported.
The Chinese [were] threatening with reactions if the report comes out,” the New York Times reported.
Several passages were altered following pressure from Beijing.
The European Union removed references to a “global disinformation” campaign by the Chinese government, which were included in a draft report about the coronavirus pandemic, after pressure from Beijing.
Three sources told Politico that Chinese diplomats had successfully pressured the EU into changing the wording of an official report into “disinformation around the COVID-19/Coronavirus pandemic.”
An EU diplomat told colleagues that “the Chinese [were] threatening with reactions if the report comes out,” the New York Times reported last week.
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An earlier version of the report, seen by Politico, referenced a “continued and coordinated push by official Chinese sources to deflect any blame,” for the coronavirus pandemic.
www.businessinsider.com/coronavirus-eu-rewrote-coronavirus-disinformation-report-china-pressure-covid-2020-4
China is really showing some nerve here. They have attacked the world with the virus and follow up disinformation and propaganda campaigns. China has also been cyber attacking everybody who is researching Covid 19. They are openly threatening the EU and Australia. This is almost unbelievable what they are doing.
China is just begging for an ass whipping. They are totally liable for all damages that have occurred from Covid 19. We need to fix these chicoms attitudes quickly. They cannot be allowed to attack the world like they are doing. It is timew to confiscate their foreign assets and to isolate this piece of shit regime.
Death To The CCP!
AC


investmentwatchblog--2020-04-28--China: Proof CCP Policy Ordered Destruction of Virus Samples & Outbreak Information

Following is proof of this being a planned policy for any epidemic or outbreak and orders to one province to implement that policy .
—————————————————– Lessons from the CCP ’ s Orders to Destroy Virus Samples and Withhold Pandemic Information ( Minghui.org ) The State Council Information Office in China released a white paper titled “ Development of China ’ s Public Health as an Essential Element of Human Rights ” on September 29 , 2017 .
The white paper stated , “ China set up the world ’ s largest online direct reporting system of notifiable epidemics and public @ @ @ @ @ @ @ average reporting time has been shortened from five days before the introduction of the system to four hours.
” This begs the question of why the ongoing coronavirus pandemic wasn ’ t publicly acknowledged by the Chinese Communist Party ’ s top leaders until more than a month after it broke out in Wuhan late last year .
Interestingly , two epidemic response drills were held shortly before the outbreak , in July 2019 and September 2019 , respectively , with the second drill taking place in Wuhan .
Why did the direct @ @ @ @ @ @ @ their purpose of quickly alerting people to public health crises ?
One of the reasons is that many of the things done by the CCP are just to put on a political show .
As such , when crises actually strike , CCP officials are often ordered to prioritize the CCP ’ s political agenda over the well-being of the Chinese people .
In order to maintain its power , the Party turns to censorship and deceit .
A recent document received by Minghui.org reveals that China ’ s National Health Commission had @ @ @ @ @ @ @ prohibited related discussions during the crisis .
[ Photo of Policy from the National Health Commission ] A document issued by the Heilongjiang Province Health Commission on February 22 , 2020 , citing policies from China ’ s National Health Commission The above announcement issued by the Heilongjiang Province Health Commission cited a notice from the National Health Commission ( Document 2020 No .
3 ) , which said biological samples should be managed in the following way : CCP lied , people died … .
all over the world .
Same old @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Long before the virus .
Harvard University Professor and Two Chinese Nationals Charged in Three Separate China Related Cases The Department of Justice announced today that the Chair of Harvard University ’ s Chemistry and Chemical Biology Department and two Chinese nationals have been charged in connection with aiding the People ’ s Republic of China .
Dr. Charles Lieber , 60 , Chair of the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology at Harvard University , was arrested this morning and charged by criminal complaint with one count of making a materially false @ @ @ @ @ @ @ will appear this afternoon before Magistrate Judge Marianne B. Bowler in federal court in Boston , Massachusetts .
Yanqing Ye , 29 , a Chinese national , was charged in an indictment today with one count each of visa fraud , making false statements , acting as an agent of a foreign government and conspiracy .
Ye is currently in China .
Zaosong Zheng , 30 , a Chinese national , was arrested on Dec. 10 , 2019 , at Boston ’ s Logan International Airport and charged by criminal complaint with attempting @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to China .
On Jan. 21 , 2020 , Zheng was indicted on one count of smuggling goods from the United States and one count of making false , fictitious or fraudulent statements .
He has been detained since Dec. 30 , 2019 .
According to court documents , since 2008 , Dr. Lieber who has served as the Principal Investigator of the Lieber Research Group at Harvard University , which specialized in the area of nanoscience , has received more than $ 15,000,000 in grant funding from the National Institutes of Health @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ( DOD ) .
These grants require the disclosure of significant foreign financial conflicts of interest , including financial support from foreign governments or foreign entities .
Unbeknownst to Harvard University beginning in 2011 , Lieber became a “ Strategic Scientist ” at Wuhan University of Technology ( WUT ) in China and was a contractual participant in China ’ s Thousand Talents Plan from in or about 2012 to 2017 .
China ’ s Thousand Talents Plan is one of the most prominent Chinese Talent recruit plans that are designed to attract @ @ @ @ @ @ @ talent in furtherance of China ’ s scientific development , economic prosperity and national security .
These talent programs seek to lure Chinese overseas talent and foreign experts to bring their knowledge and experience to China and reward individuals for stealing proprietary information .
Under the terms of Lieber ’ s three-year Thousand Talents contract , WUT paid Lieber $ 50,000 USD per month , living expenses of up to 1,000,000 Chinese Yuan ( approximately $ 158,000 USD at the time ) and awarded him more than $ 1.5 million to establish a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , Lieber was obligated to work for WUT “ not less than nine months a year ” by “ declaring international cooperation projects , cultivating young teachers and Ph.D. students , organizing international conference , applying for patents and publishing articles in the name of ” WUT .
The complaint alleges that in 2018 and 2019 , Lieber lied about his involvement in the Thousand Talents Plan and affiliation with WUT .
On or about , April 24 , 2018 , during an interview with investigators , Lieber stated that he was never @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Program , but he “ wasn ’ t sure ” how China categorized him .
In November 2018 , NIH inquired of Harvard whether Lieber had failed to disclose his then-suspected relationship with WUT and China ’ s Thousand Talents Plan .
Lieber caused Harvard to falsely tell NIH that Lieber “ had no formal association with WUT ” after 2012 , that “ WUT continued to falsely exaggerate ” his involvement with WUT in subsequent years , and that Lieber “ is not and has never been a participant in ” China @ @ @ @ @ @ @ still at it , blaming coronavirus on US .
Part of their enormous propaganda campaign .
They ’ re all over GLP now too .
China Continues to Push Conspiracy Theory That U.S. Was Source of Coronavirus The United States is guilty until it proves itself innocent , according to a Chinese scientist who continues to push a communist conspiracy theory that the COVID-19 virus actually originated in a U.S. Army facility in Maryland .
Shi Yi , a microbiologist at the Chinese Academy of Sciences , spoke at a press conference on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ had “ not given any public response ” to Chinese accusations that the coronavirus pandemic now raging throughout the world did not actually begin in Wuhan , China , but at Fort Detrick , Maryland .
Shi ’ s remarks were reported in the the Global Times , a subsidiary of the People ’ s Daily , the official newspaper of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China .
“ Figuring out the origin of the virus will help prevent a similar pandemic and protect human society , and provide scientific @ @ @ @ @ @ @ measures against the virus , ” Shi reportedly said .
“ Scientists from various countries around the world have been committed to the work.… However , the research requires mutual corroboration of the abundant biological information and epidemiological evidence available , which will take a long time and is full of uncertainty .
”

Following is proof of this being a planned policy for any epidemic or outbreak and orders to one province to implement that policy.
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Lessons from the CCP’s Orders to Destroy Virus Samples and Withhold Pandemic Information
(Minghui.org) The State Council Information Office in China released a white paper titled “Development of China’s Public Health as an Essential Element of Human Rights” on September 29, 2017. The white paper stated, “China set up the world’s largest online direct reporting system of notifiable epidemics and public health emergencies in 2015, and the average reporting time has been shortened from five days before the introduction of the system to four hours.”
This begs the question of why the ongoing coronavirus pandemic wasn’t publicly acknowledged by the Chinese Communist Party’s top leaders until more than a month after it broke out in Wuhan late last year. Interestingly, two epidemic response drills were held shortly before the outbreak, in July 2019 and September 2019, respectively, with the second drill taking place in Wuhan.
Why did the direct reporting system and drills fail to achieve their purpose of quickly alerting people to public health crises? One of the reasons is that many of the things done by the CCP are just to put on a political show. As such, when crises actually strike, CCP officials are often ordered to prioritize the CCP’s political agenda over the well-being of the Chinese people. In order to maintain its power, the Party turns to censorship and deceit.
A recent document received by Minghui.org reveals that China’s National Health Commission had issued orders to destroy coronavirus samples and prohibited related discussions during the crisis.
[Photo of Policy from the National Health Commission]
A document issued by the Heilongjiang Province Health Commission on February 22, 2020, citing policies from China’s National Health Commission
The above announcement issued by the Heilongjiang Province Health Commission cited a notice from the National Health Commission (Document 2020 No. 3), which said biological samples should be managed in the following way:
www.en.minghui.org/html/articles/2020/4/27/184217.html
CCP lied, people died …. all over the world. Same old story, been happening for decades. Long before the virus.
Harvard University Professor and Two Chinese Nationals Charged in Three Separate China Related Cases
The Department of Justice announced today that the Chair of Harvard University’s Chemistry and Chemical Biology Department and two Chinese nationals have been charged in connection with aiding the People’s Republic of China.
Dr. Charles Lieber, 60, Chair of the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology at Harvard University, was arrested this morning and charged by criminal complaint with one count of making a materially false, fictitious and fraudulent statement. Lieber will appear this afternoon before Magistrate Judge Marianne B. Bowler in federal court in Boston, Massachusetts.
Yanqing Ye, 29, a Chinese national, was charged in an indictment today with one count each of visa fraud, making false statements, acting as an agent of a foreign government and conspiracy. Ye is currently in China.
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Zaosong Zheng, 30, a Chinese national, was arrested on Dec. 10, 2019, at Boston’s Logan International Airport and charged by criminal complaint with attempting to smuggle 21 vials of biological research to China. On Jan. 21, 2020, Zheng was indicted on one count of smuggling goods from the United States and one count of making false, fictitious or fraudulent statements. He has been detained since Dec. 30, 2019.
Dr. Charles Lieber
According to court documents, since 2008, Dr. Lieber who has served as the Principal Investigator of the Lieber Research Group at Harvard University, which specialized in the area of nanoscience, has received more than $15,000,000 in grant funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and Department of Defense (DOD). These grants require the disclosure of significant foreign financial conflicts of interest, including financial support from foreign governments or foreign entities. Unbeknownst to Harvard University beginning in 2011, Lieber became a “Strategic Scientist” at Wuhan University of Technology (WUT) in China and was a contractual participant in China’s Thousand Talents Plan from in or about 2012 to 2017. China’s Thousand Talents Plan is one of the most prominent Chinese Talent recruit plans that are designed to attract, recruit, and cultivate high-level scientific talent in furtherance of China’s scientific development, economic prosperity and national security. These talent programs seek to lure Chinese overseas talent and foreign experts to bring their knowledge and experience to China and reward individuals for stealing proprietary information. Under the terms of Lieber’s three-year Thousand Talents contract, WUT paid Lieber $50,000 USD per month, living expenses of up to 1,000,000 Chinese Yuan (approximately $158,000 USD at the time) and awarded him more than $1.5 million to establish a research lab at WUT. In return, Lieber was obligated to work for WUT “not less than nine months a year” by “declaring international cooperation projects, cultivating young teachers and Ph.D. students, organizing international conference, applying for patents and publishing articles in the name of” WUT.
The complaint alleges that in 2018 and 2019, Lieber lied about his involvement in the Thousand Talents Plan and affiliation with WUT. On or about, April 24, 2018, during an interview with investigators, Lieber stated that he was never asked to participate in the Thousand Talents Program, but he “wasn’t sure” how China categorized him. In November 2018, NIH inquired of Harvard whether Lieber had failed to disclose his then-suspected relationship with WUT and China’s Thousand Talents Plan. Lieber caused Harvard to falsely tell NIH that Lieber “had no formal association with WUT” after 2012, that “WUT continued to falsely exaggerate” his involvement with WUT in subsequent years, and that Lieber “is not and has never been a participant in” China’s Thousand Talents Plan.
www.justice.gov/opa/pr/harvard-university-professor-and-two-chinese-nationals-charged-three-separate-china-related
China still at it, blaming coronavirus on US. Part of their enormous propaganda campaign. They’re all over GLP now too.
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China Continues to Push Conspiracy Theory That U.S. Was Source of Coronavirus
The United States is guilty until it proves itself innocent, according to a Chinese scientist who continues to push a communist conspiracy theory that the COVID-19 virus actually originated in a U.S. Army facility in Maryland.
Shi Yi, a microbiologist at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, spoke at a press conference on Thursday and complained that the United States had “not given any public response” to Chinese accusations that the coronavirus pandemic now raging throughout the world did not actually begin in Wuhan, China, but at Fort Detrick, Maryland.
Shi’s remarks were reported in the the Global Times, a subsidiary of the People’s Daily, the official newspaper of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China.
“Figuring out the origin of the virus will help prevent a similar pandemic and protect human society, and provide scientific support for humans to take targeted protective measures against the virus,” Shi reportedly said. “Scientists from various countries around the world have been committed to the work.… However, the research requires mutual corroboration of the abundant biological information and epidemiological evidence available, which will take a long time and is full of uncertainty.”
www.thenewamerican.com/world-news/asia/item/35548-china-continues-to-push-conspiracy-theory-that-us-was-source-of-chinese-virus?ct=t(EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_12_2_2019_15_37_COPY_01)&mc_cid=488ab46591
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investmentwatchblog--2020-04-28--RIOTS BREAKING OUT IN LEBANON AS COUNTRY FALLS INTO BANKRUPTCY, IS BOMBED BY ISRAEL

RIOTS ALL OVER LEBANON
Protestors planning to destroy houses of members of parliament tonight! The riots have begun! #لبنان_ينتفض #كلن_يعني_كلن #Lebanon pic.twitter.com/IvQDTf5EKM — Mohammad Hijazi (@mhijazi) April 27, 2020
Chaotic scenes from Tripoli (North Lebanon) tonight – what started as a march in the city/around the protests' square turned out to be a riot targeting local banks + army vehicles. We are getting conflicting reports about the use of rubber/real bullets #Lebanon #LebanonProtests pic.twitter.com/IBqanOM3fA — Luna Safwan – لونا صفوان (@LunaSafwan) April 27, 2020
🇱🇧 #LEBANON – Riots & tensions again tonight with roadblocks and fires in various parts of the country. 💥 Footage shows a huge cloud of smoke (possibly in Beirut or Tripoli).#LebanonProtests #MiddleEast pic.twitter.com/9feH4TPweh — ISCResearch (@ISCResearch) April 27, 2020
#Lebanon 🇱🇧: massive riots in #Tripoli tonight, gunfire can be heard on the streets as the situation is spiralling out of control. Protesters are proclaiming a second wave of the Lebanense uprising of last fall.#لبنان_ينتفض pic.twitter.com/71wcfq5Ubm — Thomas van Linge (@ThomasVLinge) April 27, 2020
IAF FLYING OVER LEBANON
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🇸🇾 SYRIA – Israeli warplanes (IAF) flying over Lebanon fired missiles toward areas near Damascus early on Monday, the Syrian military said, claiming the country’s air defenses shot most of them down.#Syria #MiddleEast #OSINT #Damascus #Israel pic.twitter.com/N2YetsFSKY — ISCResearch (@ISCResearch) April 27, 2020
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investmentwatchblog--2020-04-28--Diamond and Silk OUT at Fox News!

Diamond and Silk OUT at Fox News!

Diamond and Silk are no longer on the list of contributors at Fox News .
The offbeat duo , Lynette “ Diamond ” Hardaway and Rochelle “ Silk ” Richardson , who gained a profile on Fox News Channel in 2016 and then worked on the company ’ s streaming-video outlet , Fox Nation , are no longer contributing to Fox News venues , according to a report from The Daily Beast .
Fox News did not respond to a query seeking comment .
The two had been creating weekly episodes for a Fox Nation streaming program , but have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ In recent weeks , the pair took to social media and the Fox Nation program with remarks that questioned the spread of the coronavirus pandemic and whether the number of people reported to have died from the disease were inflated to undermine President Trump .
“ What I need to know is how many people have passed away in New York , and what I need to know is : Who has the bodies ?
” Diamond asked during a recent streaming show .
“ Something ’ s not right here .
Something @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , Twitter deleted a tweet from the duo suggesting Americans leave sheltering at home and expose themselves to coronavirus .

Diamond and Silk are no longer on the list of contributors at Fox News.
The offbeat duo, Lynette “Diamond” Hardaway and Rochelle “Silk” Richardson, who gained a profile on Fox News Channel in 2016 and then worked on the company’s streaming-video outlet, Fox Nation, are no longer contributing to Fox News venues, according to a report from The Daily Beast. Fox News did not respond to a query seeking comment.
The two had been creating weekly episodes for a Fox Nation streaming program, but have not done so since early April. In recent weeks, the pair took to social media and the Fox Nation program with remarks that questioned the spread of the coronavirus pandemic and whether the number of people reported to have died from the disease were inflated to undermine President Trump.
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“What I need to know is how many people have passed away in New York, and what I need to know is: Who has the bodies?” Diamond asked during a recent streaming show. “Something’s not right here. Something is off here.” A day later, Twitter deleted a tweet from the duo suggesting Americans leave sheltering at home and expose themselves to coronavirus.
variety.com/2020/tv/news/fox-news-diamond-silk-cuts-ties-1234591192/


investmentwatchblog--2020-04-28--China donates SPY DRONES to Police Depts. Across America!

Police departments across the country are resorting to the use of drone surveillance to enforce social distancing in both public and private spaces during statewide shelter-in-place orders .
New footage shot by MSNBC shows police in Elizabeth , New Jersey using drones to look for people not social distancing in areas their patrol cars can not access .
“ The drones make it easier for people to see into certain areas where access by patrol car is more difficult , ” Rehema Ellis , an NBC news correspondent said .
“ That includes tight spaces between buildings , behind schools @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Chris Bollwage told MSNBC that cities need to get creative , and defended the intrusive tactic as potentially saving lives .
“ If these drones save one life , it is clearly worth the activity and the information the drones are sending , ” the mayor said .
Chinese company Da Jiang Innovations , the world ’ s largest maker of drones , has donated drones to 43 law enforcement agencies operating in 22 U.S. states to enforce social distancing rules .
Police in Elizabeth , N.J. , for example , are using @ @ @ @ @ @ @ where patrol cars can ’ t easily reach , such as spaces between buildings and back yards .
“ If these drones save one life , it is clearly worth the activity and the information that the drones are sending , ” Elizabeth mayor Chris Bollwage told MSNBC .
In 2017 , the U.S. Department of Homeland Security warned in a memo that DJI was “ selectively targeting government and privately owned entities within these sectors to expand its ability to collect and exploit sensitive U.S. data.
” The Interior Department in 2019 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , which had been used to surveil U.S. land , due to concerns that China was using the drones to gather data on critical U.S. infrastructure .
DJI has asserted that concerns about its drones are groundless .

Police departments across the country are resorting to the use of drone surveillance to enforce social distancing in both public and private spaces during statewide shelter-in-place orders.
New footage shot by MSNBC shows police in Elizabeth, New Jersey using drones to look for people not social distancing in areas their patrol cars cannot access.
“The drones make it easier for people to see into certain areas where access by patrol car is more difficult,” Rehema Ellis, an NBC news correspondent said. “That includes tight spaces between buildings, behind schools, and in backyards.”
Elizabeth Mayor Chris Bollwage told MSNBC that cities need to get creative, and defended the intrusive tactic as potentially saving lives.
“If these drones save one life, it is clearly worth the activity and the information the drones are sending,” the mayor said.
Insane. Police are using drones to enforce social distancing by spying on Americans in their backyards. Police chief says invasion of privacy is worth it “if it saves one life.” At a certain point even the most obsequious bootlickers will have had enough pic.twitter.com/9yeWAENjHh — Matt Walsh (@MattWalshBlog) April 20, 2020
thefederalist.com/2020/04/20/police-are-using-drones-to-enforce-social-distancing-in-americas-backyards/
Chinese company Da Jiang Innovations, the world’s largest maker of drones, has donated drones to 43 law enforcement agencies operating in 22 U.S. states to enforce social distancing rules.
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Police in Elizabeth, N.J., for example, are using the drones to surveil residents in places where patrol cars can’t easily reach, such as spaces between buildings and back yards.
“If these drones save one life, it is clearly worth the activity and the information that the drones are sending,” Elizabeth mayor Chris Bollwage told MSNBC.
In 2017, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security warned in a memo that DJI was “selectively targeting government and privately owned entities within these sectors to expand its ability to collect and exploit sensitive U.S. data.”
The Interior Department in 2019 grounded its entire fleet of DJI-manufactured drones, which had been used to surveil U.S. land, due to concerns that China was using the drones to gather data on critical U.S. infrastructure.
DJI has asserted that concerns about its drones are groundless.
www.nationalreview.com/news/chinese-company-suspected-of-spying-on-u-s-citizens-donates-police-drones-to-22-states/
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investmentwatchblog--2020-04-28--Top Manhattan ER doc commits suicide, shaken by coronavirus onslaught.

The head of the emergency department at a Manhattan hospital committed suicide after spending days on the front lines of the coronavirus battle , her family said Monday .
“ She tried to do her job , and it killed her , ’ ’ Dr. Philip Breen told the New York Times of his physician daughter , Dr. Lorna Breen , who had been medical director of the NewYork-Presbyterian Allen Hospital amid the pandemic .
The battle-weary ER doctor , 49 , was only the latest city healthcare worker to take her own life .
Two days earlier , a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ruthless toll fatally shot himself with a gun belonging to his retired NYPD cop dad .
Tragic rookie paramedic John Mondello , 23 , worked out of EMS Station 18 in The Bronx , which handles one of the biggest 911 call volumes in the city .
Lorna died Sunday in Charlottesville , Va. , where she ’ d been staying with her family , the father told the Times .
Philip Breen said his daughter had gotten sick with the virus while on the job at one point , but then returned @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a half of recuperating .
Still , the hospital sent her home again , and her family brought her to Virginia .
She had no history of mental illness , he said .
But when they last spoke , she told him how excruciating it was to have to continually watch contagion patients die , including some even before they could be taken from the ambulance .

The head of the emergency department at a Manhattan hospital committed suicide after spending days on the front lines of the coronavirus battle, her family said Monday.
“She tried to do her job, and it killed her,’’ Dr. Philip Breen told the New York Times of his physician daughter, Dr. Lorna Breen, who had been medical director of the NewYork-Presbyterian Allen Hospital amid the pandemic.
The battle-weary ER doctor, 49, was only the latest city healthcare worker to take her own life.
Two days earlier, a Bronx EMT witnessing the virus’s ruthless toll fatally shot himself with a gun belonging to his retired NYPD cop dad.
Tragic rookie paramedic John Mondello, 23, worked out of EMS Station 18 in The Bronx, which handles one of the biggest 911 call volumes in the city.
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Lorna died Sunday in Charlottesville, Va., where she’d been staying with her family, the father told the Times.
Philip Breen said his daughter had gotten sick with the virus while on the job at one point, but then returned to work after about a week and a half of recuperating. Still, the hospital sent her home again, and her family brought her to Virginia.
She had no history of mental illness, he said. But when they last spoke, she told him how excruciating it was to have to continually watch contagion patients die, including some even before they could be taken from the ambulance.
nypost.com/2020/04/27/manhattan-er-doc-lorna-breen-commits-suicide-shaken-by-coronavirus/


investmentwatchblog--2020-04-28--Diamond: Campi Flegrei Volcano (Italy): Seismic Swarm Reported – Super Volcano is Filling With Magma

Diamond: Campi Flegrei Volcano (Italy): Seismic Swarm Reported – Super Volcano is Filling With Magma Now

Diamond says an eruption could cause 100 ft high tsunami Diamond says the last time this volcano went off was @ @ @ @ @ what ’ s going on right now .

Diamond says an eruption could cause 100 ft high tsunami
Diamond says the last time this volcano went off was during a magnetic excursion like what’s going on right now.
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investmentwatchblog--2020-04-28--Beef Plants in Kansas, which supply 25% of the nation’s beef, are seeing rapid increase in cases.

GARDEN CITY , Kansas — Two western Kansas counties that are home to meatpacking plants have some of the highest counts of the coronavirus in the state .
It ’ s a distinction that comes as the Tyson plant near Garden City said this week it has several cases among its workers .
None of the meatpacking plants , which make up about 25 % of the national beef supply according to a Kansas State professor ’ s estimate , has shared a specific count of workers with a COVID-19 diagnosis .
And the state health department leaves it up @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to provide the public with detailed case information .
In the span of 11 days , Ford County , where there is a National Beef and a Cargill plant in Dodge City , has gone from 16 cases to 288 .
Seward County , which has a National Beef plant in Liberal , went from six to 125 .
Finney County , where the Tyson plant is located , is up from 17 to 87 .
Several meatpacking plants around the country , from South Dakota to Iowa to Colorado , have had @ @ @ @ @ @ @ few weeks due to the number of workers coming down with the coronavirus .
But so far , Kansas ’ major meatpacking plants have not fully shut down , though the National Beef plant in Dodge City did close for a few days for deep cleaning .
Companies say they ’ ve been taking extra precautions and social distancing measures .
But unions are pressing for better protections inside plants , where workers stand-side-by side to cut meat from carcasses .

GARDEN CITY, Kansas — Two western Kansas counties that are home to meatpacking plants have some of the highest counts of the coronavirus in the state. It’s a distinction that comes as the Tyson plant near Garden City said this week it has several cases among its workers.
None of the meatpacking plants, which make up about 25% of the national beef supply according to a Kansas State professor’s estimate, has shared a specific count of workers with a COVID-19 diagnosis. And the state health department leaves it up to county health departments to decide whether to provide the public with detailed case information.
In the span of 11 days, Ford County, where there is a National Beef and a Cargill plant in Dodge City, has gone from 16 cases to 288. Seward County, which has a National Beef plant in Liberal, went from six to 125. Finney County, where the Tyson plant is located, is up from 17 to 87.
Several meatpacking plants around the country, from South Dakota to Iowa to Colorado, have had to shut down temporarily over the past few weeks due to the number of workers coming down with the coronavirus. But so far, Kansas’ major meatpacking plants have not fully shut down, though the National Beef plant in Dodge City did close for a few days for deep cleaning.
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Companies say they’ve been taking extra precautions and social distancing measures. But unions are pressing for better protections inside plants, where workers stand-side-by side to cut meat from carcasses.
www.hppr.org/post/update-coronavirus-clusters-grow-rapidly-three-western-kansas-meatpacking-counties
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