investmentwatchblog--2020-12-16--Senate Majority Leader McConnell Betrays Trump Again, Endorses Biden Steal

Republican majority leader Mitch McConnell said yesterday that Joe Biden is the President Elect and the winner of the 2020 election .
Not only did he say that , but he warned that any Senator who objects to his fatwa is going to be punished .
I am glad to hear that it ’ s going to be some bi-partisanship back in Washington DC , as McConnell said he ’ ll get together with both Biden and Kamala Harris to “ sort things out ” sooner rather than later .
It makes me feel all warm and fluffy inside .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ ?
Massive immigration ?
Bad trade deals ?
Foreign wars ?
This is “ our ” Senate Majority Leader , “ Republican ” Mitch McConnell : in the same breath he ’ s going out on TV and says that Joe Biden is the President Elect , and what a great thing that Kamala Harris is “ our ” first woman VP…then he goes and tells Republicans that they have to go and vote in the Senate runoff in January to keep him as Senate Majority Leader .
How many abuses , how @ @ @ @ @ @ @ before you realize what ’ s going on ?
In the past two weeks alone , we had the NDAA , when Mitch McConnell in the Senate whipped a veto-proof majority to pass this , with the war amendment that strips away the confederate names on military bases , which not even Elisabeth Warren voted for ; it did not include anything about Section 230 and also included provisions that would prevent Real President Trump from withdrawing troops from Afghanistan in the remaining 6 weeks of his presidency .
The same Senate that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ H1B visas , same Senate where you had 4 Republican members meet with Chuck Schumer and George Soros and the Chamber of Commerce to discuss amnesty at the American Immigration Business Coalition , not to mention “ illustrious ” Rep .
Senators saying they are ready to work with Joe Biden after he ’ s inaugurated at January 20th .
This is the Senate we have to vote for .
This is the Republican party that we are being told we just got to vote !
No matter what McConnell does , we @ @ @ @ @ @ @ matter what Republicans do , you have to vote for them .
You just got to do it , because the alternative is far worse , right ?
What are you going to do , give the Senate to Democrats ?
Who are going to bring in immigrants , and bring us wars , and raise our taxes ?
Stop being tricked by the Republican party and by the system .
Voters have all the power , and if we decide to rise up against the system , the system will be forced @ @ @ @ @ @ @ : you , the voters , are not in control .
There are two options , really , and the best thing is to always force a dictatorship to act like a dictatorship : first , we rise up and take the party back , or , we rise up , we get shut down , they tell us “ we ’ re in control , not you , peasants ” , and then we revolt .
Sounds like two very good options to me .
The option I don ’ t care @ @ @ @ @ @ @ voting for Republicans forever , no matter what they do , and they never represent us , and they never respect us , and they remain in control without telling us that they ’ re going to do whatever they want no matter how we vote , no matter how we think .
The worst-case scenario is not the Democrats getting control of the Senate , but that we never gain control over one of the two parties .
Remember how yesterday Mitch McConnel went in a conference call with other Republican Senators @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Joe Biden election ?
This is from AP : A handful of House Republicans have signaled that they want to object to the results , a move that could force separate votes in the Senate and the House .
But to do so , they would need a senator to sign on .
And even if a senator did support the effort , the move would almost certainly fail .
On Tuesday , Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell privately asked his caucus not to do that , saying it would be a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to have to take , according to two people familiar with the Republican meeting and granted anonymity to discuss it .
The procedure is that VP Pence counts the Electoral College votes in front of a joint session of Congress ; if a House Rep and a Senator object to the electoral votes being counted , there is a debate held on the floor , and then they will have to go through a vote in both the House and the Senate on the electoral college votes that are tallied ; they basically @ @ @ @ @ @ @ If one Republican Senator objects to it , there ’ s a chance to slow down the process , and it will make it clear to the American people that Republicans don ’ t accept this as a legitimate victory ; and Mitch McConnell was telling these Republicans : do not object to it , we are going to give the votes to Biden and nobody ’ s going to object , because if someone objects in the Senate , then they will have to have a vote over it , and Republicans @ @ @ @ @ @ @ because they support Biden instead of Trump .
McConnell doesn ’ t want voters to know that the Republican party will ALL vote for Biden .
That is what they would do !
McConnell wants the election to go smoothly , without objection , without debate , and without him being forced to put it through a vote and reveal the real face of the Republican party .
It ’ s all a big game , but essentially , they say “ let ’ s trick the American people , don ’ t @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with our subterfuge ” , i.e .
supporting the Biden transition without being on the hook for doing that .
AND NOT A SINGLE REPUBLICAN SENATOR OBJECTED TO McConnell ’ s PLAN .
Once again , this is the Republican Senate that “ we have to have ” , lest the Democrats will do something terrible .
Give me a break .

by Chris Black
Republican majority leader Mitch McConnell said yesterday that Joe Biden is the President Elect and the winner of the 2020 election. Not only did he say that, but he warned that any Senator who objects to his fatwa is going to be punished.
I am glad to hear that it’s going to be some bi-partisanship back in Washington DC, as McConnell said he’ll get together with both Biden and Kamala Harris to “sort things out” sooner rather than later. It makes me feel all warm and fluffy inside.
What will be the end of that? Massive immigration? Bad trade deals? Foreign wars?
This is “our” Senate Majority Leader, “Republican” Mitch McConnell: in the same breath he’s going out on TV and says that Joe Biden is the President Elect, and what a great thing that Kamala Harris is “our” first woman VP…then he goes and tells Republicans that they have to go and vote in the Senate runoff in January to keep him as Senate Majority Leader.
How many abuses, how many betrayals do you have to see before you realize what’s going on? In the past two weeks alone, we had the NDAA, when Mitch McConnell in the Senate whipped a veto-proof majority to pass this, with the war amendment that strips away the confederate names on military bases, which not even Elisabeth Warren voted for; it did not include anything about Section 230 and also included provisions that would prevent Real President Trump from withdrawing troops from Afghanistan in the remaining 6 weeks of his presidency.
The same Senate that passed the elimination of the country-cap on H1B visas, same Senate where you had 4 Republican members meet with Chuck Schumer and George Soros and the Chamber of Commerce to discuss amnesty at the American Immigration Business Coalition, not to mention “illustrious” Rep. Senators saying they are ready to work with Joe Biden after he’s inaugurated at January 20th.
This is the Senate we have to vote for. This is the Republican party that we are being told we just got to vote! No matter what McConnell does, we have to vote for him, no matter what Republicans do, you have to vote for them. You just got to do it, because the alternative is far worse, right?
What are you going to do, give the Senate to Democrats? Who are going to bring in immigrants, and bring us wars, and raise our taxes?
Stop being tricked by the Republican party and by the system. Voters have all the power, and if we decide to rise up against the system, the system will be forced to show its hand and say clearly: you, the voters, are not in control.
There are two options, really, and the best thing is to always force a dictatorship to act like a dictatorship: first, we rise up and take the party back, or, we rise up, we get shut down, they tell us “we’re in control, not you, peasants”, and then we revolt.
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Sounds like two very good options to me. The option I don’t care for is the one where we keep voting for Republicans forever, no matter what they do, and they never represent us, and they never respect us, and they remain in control without telling us that they’re going to do whatever they want no matter how we vote, no matter how we think.
The worst-case scenario is not the Democrats getting control of the Senate, but that we never gain control over one of the two parties. Remember how yesterday Mitch McConnel went in a conference call with other Republican Senators and told them not to object about the Joe Biden election? This is from AP:
A handful of House Republicans have signaled that they want to object to the results, a move that could force separate votes in the Senate and the House. But to do so, they would need a senator to sign on. And even if a senator did support the effort, the move would almost certainly fail.
On Tuesday, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell privately asked his caucus not to do that, saying it would be a “terrible vote” for the Senate to have to take, according to two people familiar with the Republican meeting and granted anonymity to discuss it.
The procedure is that VP Pence counts the Electoral College votes in front of a joint session of Congress; if a House Rep and a Senator object to the electoral votes being counted, there is a debate held on the floor, and then they will have to go through a vote in both the House and the Senate on the electoral college votes that are tallied; they basically have to vote to certify them.
If one Republican Senator objects to it, there’s a chance to slow down the process, and it will make it clear to the American people that Republicans don’t accept this as a legitimate victory; and Mitch McConnell was telling these Republicans: do not object to it, we are going to give the votes to Biden and nobody’s going to object, because if someone objects in the Senate, then they will have to have a vote over it, and Republicans will have to vote for Biden, because they support Biden instead of Trump.
And that’s very bad optics, eh?
McConnell doesn’t want voters to know that the Republican party will ALL vote for Biden. That is what they would do! McConnell wants the election to go smoothly, without objection, without debate, and without him being forced to put it through a vote and reveal the real face of the Republican party.
It’s all a big game, but essentially, they say “let’s trick the American people, don’t object, so we can get away with our subterfuge”, i.e. supporting the Biden transition without being on the hook for doing that.
AND NOT A SINGLE REPUBLICAN SENATOR OBJECTED TO McConnell’s PLAN.
Once again, this is the Republican Senate that “we have to have”, lest the Democrats will do something terrible. Give me a break.
Trump's allies slam Mitch McConnell for congratulating Biden t.co/ak9nu6420L via @MailOnline. Mitch, 75,000,000 VOTES, a record for a sitting President (by a lot). Too soon to give up. Republican Party must finally learn to fight. People are angry! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 16, 2020


investmentwatchblog--2020-12-16--This is the Single Most Important Item for Investors Going Forward

As we wrap up 2020 and move into 2021 , the world faces multiple systemically important issues .
The biggest ones are : ● Will the U.S. economy recover to where it was pre-COVID-19 ?
● Will Donald Trump leave the White House quietly or will the U.S. more into greater political turmoil ?
How these issues will be resolved remains to be seen .
So we are in very uncertain times in the world .
The ONLY thing we DO know for certain is that EVERY major problem going forward is going to be dealt with by printing money @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in decades MUCH of this money will actually funnel directly into the actual economy , HOT inflation will finally ignite .
The markets have already begun to discount this .
The Fed ’ s own research has stated that the single best predictor of future inflation is FOOD inflation .
I realize this sounds odd .
After all , publicly , the Fed states that its preferred measures of inflation are the Consumer Price Index ( CPI ) and the Personal Consumption Expenditures ( PCE ) .
And yet , the Fed ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ metrics do a horrible job of predicting future inflation .
Not only that , but the Fed has KNOWN this since 2001 !
In a little-known paper published back in 2001 , Fed researchers wrote the following : We see that past inflation in food prices has been a better forecaster of future inflation than has the popular core measure…Comparing the past year ’ s inflation in food prices to the prices of other components that comprise the PCEPI ( as in Table 1 ) , we find that the food component still @ @ @ @ @ @ @ want you to focus on these two admissions : 1 ) The Fed has admitted that its official inflation measures do not accurately predict future inflation .
2 ) The Fed admitted that FOOD prices are a much better predictor of future inflation .
In fact , food prices were a better predictor of inflation than the Fed ’ s PCE , non-durables goods , transportation services , housing , clothing , energy and more .
With that in mind , take a look at the below table taken directly from the Bureau @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that FOOD prices have shown the fastest rise out of all other components over the last 12 months , clocking in at 3.9 % .
The BLS itself states that : 1 ) All six major grocery store food group indexes are UP over the last year .
2 ) The increase in prices range from 2.6 percent ( fruits and vegetables ) to 6.1 percent ( meats , poultry fish , and eggs ) .
3 ) The index for food away from home rose 3.9 percent over the last year , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ index in over a DECADE ( since May 2009 ) .
If that was not worrisome enough , take a look at what is happening in agricultural commodities ( the items that make up food ) .
What you ’ re looking at is the 10-year bear market in food prices ENDING .
This chart is telling us that higher inflation is coming .
And coming soon .
This is the BIG theme for 2021 no matter what else may come : more money printing , more inflation , and more explosive moves @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are well positioned to profit from it could see literal fortunes .
On that note , we just published a Special Investment Report concerning FIVE secret investments you can use to make inflation pay you as it rips through the financial system in the months ahead .
The report is titled Survive the Inflationary Storm .
And it explains in very simply terms how to make inflation PAY YOU .
We are making just 100 copies available to the public .
As I write this there are just 56 left .
To pick @ @ @ @ @ @

As we wrap up 2020 and move into 2021, the world faces multiple systemically important issues.
The biggest ones are:
● Will the COVID-19 vaccine work?
● Will the U.S. economy recover to where it was pre-COVID-19?
● Will Donald Trump leave the White House quietly or will the U.S. more into greater political turmoil?
How these issues will be resolved remains to be seen. So we are in very uncertain times in the world.
The ONLY thing we DO know for certain is that EVERY major problem going forward is going to be dealt with by printing money.
And because for the first time in decades MUCH of this money will actually funnel directly into the actual economy, HOT inflation will finally ignite.
The markets have already begun to discount this.
The Fed’s own research has stated that the single best predictor of future inflation is FOOD inflation.
I realize this sounds odd. After all, publicly, the Fed states that its preferred measures of inflation are the Consumer Price Index (CPI) and the Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE).
And yet, the Fed’s OWN RESEARCH has shown that these metrics do a horrible job of predicting future inflation. Not only that, but the Fed has KNOWN this since 2001!
In a little-known paper published back in 2001, Fed researchers wrote the following:
We see that past inflation in food prices has been a better forecaster of future inflation than has the popular core measure…Comparing the past year’s inflation in food prices to the prices of other components that comprise the PCEPI (as in Table 1), we find that the food component still ranks the best among them all…
St Louis Fed
I want you to focus on these two admissions:
1) The Fed has admitted that its official inflation measures do not accurately predict future inflation.
2) The Fed admitted that FOOD prices are a much better predictor of future inflation. In fact, food prices were a better predictor of inflation than the Fed’s PCE, non-durables goods, transportation services, housing, clothing, energy and more.
With that in mind, take a look at the below table taken directly from the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ website:
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Notice that FOOD prices have shown the fastest rise out of all other components over the last 12 months, clocking in at 3.9%. The BLS itself states that:
1) All six major grocery store food group indexes are UP over the last year.
2) The increase in prices range from 2.6 percent (fruits and vegetables) to 6.1 percent (meats, poultry fish, and eggs).
3) The index for food away from home rose 3.9 percent over the last year, the largest 12-month increase reported for that index in over a DECADE (since May 2009).
If that was not worrisome enough, take a look at what is happening in agricultural commodities (the items that make up food).
What you’re looking at is the 10-year bear market in food prices ENDING. This chart is telling us that higher inflation is coming. And coming soon.
This is the BIG theme for 2021 no matter what else may come: more money printing, more inflation, and more explosive moves in inflationary assets.
Those investors who are well positioned to profit from it could see literal fortunes.
On that note, we just published a Special Investment Report concerning FIVE secret investments you can use to make inflation pay you as it rips through the financial system in the months ahead.
The report is titled Survive the Inflationary Storm. And it explains in very simply terms how to make inflation PAY YOU.
We are making just 100 copies available to the public.
As I write this there are just 56 left.
To pick up yours, swing by:
www.phoenixcapitalmarketing.com/inflationstorm.html
Best Regards
Graham Summers
Chief Market Strategist
Phoenix Capital Research


investmentwatchblog--2020-12-16--How Many Times Are the “Facts” About COVID Going to Change?

I have never worked in the medical field .
But , I have had many friends and family work in the medical field over the years .
We could speak together , intelligently in the past .
We could share information and ask one another questions .
It ’ s important for me to learn what I can do to better take care of myself and my children .
While advice from individual practitioners varied somewhat , there was similar advice throughout the field , all around different parts of the country .
Everything is different now , and there @ @ @ @ @ @ @ everything changed .
Mainstream media says one thing ; the people I know in medicine have various things to say .
Some agree with everything on the news , while others disagree .
In fact , one day they agree , the next day they don ’ t .
Chaos reigns .
It ’ s hard to make informed decisions because it ’ s hard to know what ’ s going on .
Medicine has changed considerably over the last 20 years , likely contributing to the chaos and confusion .
The health @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the decades for a variety of reasons .
The Affordable Care Act dramatically sped up the process .
It significantly increased overhead expenses , which encouraged many private doctors to work for larger groups , such as hospitals , to absorb those costs more quickly .
Private ownership has been decreasing for years but markedly reduced during the years between 2012 and 2018 .
Physicians began moving away from offering their services privately to providing services at larger institutions .
Hospitals and larger groups of physicians can more easily shoulder the burden of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ humankind no longer belongs to us I have worked in a variety of settings .
When I worked for a privately owned burger joint in high school , I dyed my hair orange and purple and had five earrings .
The customers did not care .
My boss ’ s opinion was all that concerned me .
His only concern was whether it affected revenue .
It didn ’ t .
My boss was cool with my being a strange-looking teen .
After college , I worked for a large consulting firm .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ color , and most of the piercings were gone .
My more heavily tattooed coworkers had to dress very modestly .
We represented a business with dozens of offices around the country and were expected to conduct ourselves in a certain way .
Rules on what is acceptable in places of employment vary .
In larger organizations , these rules tend to be much stricter .
In today ’ s environment , these rules do not only apply to appearance .
Especially in larger institutions and corporations .
In medicine , the move @ @ @ @ @ @ @ made it difficult for physicians to voice their stance if it differs from the institutions that now employ them , which leads to a lack of information .
I am not arguing about the existence of COVID I am trying to point out how difficult it is to glean information not influenced by hospital policies and non-disclosure agreements of medical professionals .
When dealing with a dangerous new virus , information needs to be gathered from as many settings as possible .
Compounding the issue is the fact that many medical professionals are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the result of a new disease ?
Last September , the Wall Street Journal ran an article detailing how hospitals have trimmed staff in recent years for budgetary reasons .
Is this exhaustion on the part of health care workers solely an indicator of how bad the virus is ?
Or were health care workers stretched too thin before COVID hit ?
With fewer workers available , was COVID the straw that broke the camel ’ s back ?
When we watch commercials with exhausted nurses telling everyone to stay home and mask @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to wonder if perhaps some of this is due to poor management and lack of workers ?
Not solely due to the virus .
Selco wrote previously that it wasn ’ t the virus we need to worry about , but the system .
Is that what we ’ re seeing ?
Fact : Diseases emerge .
Despite the chaos and uncertainty of the past year , progress has been made .
I don ’ t know why we ’ re not giving more attention to progress and celebrating it .
I have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ratio daily for my county since they first began reporting it .
In the spring , it was between 2 and 3 percent .
In the past few months , it has hovered just above 1 % .
The ability to treat people suffering from Covid has significantly improved .
The frontline health care workers who have been observing and refining different practices for the best possible outcomes deserve more credit than they have been getting .
Rather than praising potential vaccines , why not praise the tangible progress already made ?
What @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ?
The development of antibiotic-resistant bacteria is a genuine problem .
People have denied this for years , though it ’ s well documented .
We share our bodies with trillions upon trillions of little microbes .
In addition to the masking and stay-at-home orders , we are told to sanitize regularly .
We don ’ t live in a surgical ward .
Trying to kill everything we can ’ t immediately identify will lead us nowhere good .
Nature doesn ’ t work that way .
Our bodies don ’ t work @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the corporate world , many of my friends had children in daycare .
My relatives also put their infants in daycare .
When their babies got sick , doctors invariably told them it was good to expose babies to pathogens .
It would strengthen their immune systems in the long run .
It seems like , until Covid , moderate exposure to a variety of pathogens was essential in developing an immune system .
The authors of the Great Barrington Declaration do an exceptional job explaining the development of herd immunity among less-vulnerable @ @ @ @ @ @ @ encourage everyone to read it and then read the authors ’ short biographies and co-signers .
Accomplished scientists from all over the world have signed it .
This declaration is no conspiracy of pseudo-intellectuals , yet it was initially buried .
Doesn ’ t it seem like the “ facts ” change too much and too often ?
In the spring and summer , Florida ’ s horrible spike in cases was all over the news .
Stories of hospitals at 100 % capacity spread rapidly .
Nurses were offered large sums of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ because the hospitals were overrun .
My family has a physician friend in the Orlando area , and my parents asked her about it .
She told my parents it was nonsense ; she said the hospitals were closer to 10 % , not 100 % , and surmised lawsuits might be coming over the fraud .
This physician takes Covid very seriously ; she refuses to eat at any restaurant and only socializes outdoors while wearing a mask .
Why would she say something like that ?
I spent some time researching @ @ @ @ @ @ @ hospital admits overstating its CCP Virus positivity rate by 10 times , some labs have not reported negative results ” .
I have to wonder if the same sort of thing is happening worldwide .
Progress is made when minds are allowed to bounce off each other Communication and debate are essential .
It is a lucky person who has never had conflicting diagnoses from doctors .
I have been prescribed antibiotics for what turned out to be Bell ’ s Palsy , which is viral and not treatable anyway .
Physicians are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ best when they are allowed to communicate freely .
This past year I have felt I was continually asked to suspend disbelief .
Don ’ t believe any physicians I know personally .
Only agree with who the media titans believe in .
Following the strictest mandates will protect my health .
( Even though closing gyms and forcing people to stay indoors is a sure path to obesity , Vitamin D deficiency , and depression . )
Taking an entirely new kind of vaccine developed in less than a year ( the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 5 and 10 years ) is safer than getting exposed to a disease with a 99.98 % survival rate .
Covid is a new disease , and new things are scary We confront and conquer frightening things , not by living in a constant state of fear , but by recognizing what we can and can ’ t control and doing our little part .
For most of us , that means following the same advice doctors have been offering for years to stay healthy : exercise , get some sunshine , eat @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to keep our immune systems strong .
Let the medical researchers hash things out at the top as far as specific treatments for Covid are concerned , but allow them to do that freely , without fear of reprisal because they might express the “ wrong ” opinions .
Obviously , as we learn more , some things will change .
But it seems like the “ rules ” have changed every other day since the beginning of the outbreak .
This country no longer has the right to call itself the “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ we to build a clear and trusting relationship with our family doctors if we are told to listen to only one group of experts ?
Am I supposed to ignore other groups of experts ?
And who appointed these “ experts ” we are being told to listen to ?
The United States is no longer a country where reasonably well-informed citizens can make their own decisions regarding health care .
We are being forced to distrust our judgment .
“ Guard your heart ” is advice I ’ ve heard a lot @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for today would be “ Guard your mind .
”

by Joanna Miller
I have never worked in the medical field. But, I have had many friends and family work in the medical field over the years. We could speak together, intelligently in the past. We could share information and ask one another questions.
It’s important for me to learn what I can do to better take care of myself and my children. While advice from individual practitioners varied somewhat, there was similar advice throughout the field, all around different parts of the country.
Everything is different now, and there is far too much uncertainty
This year everything changed. Mainstream media says one thing; the people I know in medicine have various things to say. Some agree with everything on the news, while others disagree. In fact, one day they agree, the next day they don’t.
Chaos reigns. It’s hard to make informed decisions because it’s hard to know what’s going on. Medicine has changed considerably over the last 20 years, likely contributing to the chaos and confusion.
The health care system has become more bureaucratized over the decades for a variety of reasons. The Affordable Care Act dramatically sped up the process. It significantly increased overhead expenses, which encouraged many private doctors to work for larger groups, such as hospitals, to absorb those costs more quickly.
Private ownership has been decreasing for years but markedly reduced during the years between 2012 and 2018. Physicians began moving away from offering their services privately to providing services at larger institutions. Hospitals and larger groups of physicians can more easily shoulder the burden of high overhead costs.
The voice of humankind no longer belongs to us
I have worked in a variety of settings. When I worked for a privately owned burger joint in high school, I dyed my hair orange and purple and had five earrings. The customers did not care. My boss’s opinion was all that concerned me. His only concern was whether it affected revenue. It didn’t. My boss was cool with my being a strange-looking teen.
After college, I worked for a large consulting firm. My hair was back to its natural color, and most of the piercings were gone. My more heavily tattooed coworkers had to dress very modestly. We represented a business with dozens of offices around the country and were expected to conduct ourselves in a certain way.
Rules on what is acceptable in places of employment vary. In larger organizations, these rules tend to be much stricter. In today’s environment, these rules do not only apply to appearance. Especially in larger institutions and corporations.
In medicine, the move away from independent practices toward larger institutions made it difficult for physicians to voice their stance if it differs from the institutions that now employ them, which leads to a lack of information.
I am not arguing about the existence of COVID
I am trying to point out how difficult it is to glean information not influenced by hospital policies and non-disclosure agreements of medical professionals. When dealing with a dangerous new virus, information needs to be gathered from as many settings as possible.
Compounding the issue is the fact that many medical professionals are truly exhausted. But is that solely the result of a new disease? Last September, the Wall Street Journal ran an article detailing how hospitals have trimmed staff in recent years for budgetary reasons.
Is this exhaustion on the part of health care workers solely an indicator of how bad the virus is? Or were health care workers stretched too thin before COVID hit?
With fewer workers available, was COVID the straw that broke the camel’s back?
When we watch commercials with exhausted nurses telling everyone to stay home and mask up, is it such a stretch to wonder if perhaps some of this is due to poor management and lack of workers? Not solely due to the virus. Selco wrote previously that it wasn’t the virus we need to worry about, but the system. Is that what we’re seeing?
Fact: Diseases emerge. Despite the chaos and uncertainty of the past year, progress has been made. I don’t know why we’re not giving more attention to progress and celebrating it.
I have been watching the confirmed cases vs. deceased ratio daily for my county since they first began reporting it. In the spring, it was between 2 and 3 percent. In the past few months, it has hovered just above 1%.
The ability to treat people suffering from Covid has significantly improved. The frontline health care workers who have been observing and refining different practices for the best possible outcomes deserve more credit than they have been getting.
Rather than praising potential vaccines, why not praise the tangible progress already made?
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What happened to letting nature do its job?
The development of antibiotic-resistant bacteria is a genuine problem. People have denied this for years, though it’s well documented. We share our bodies with trillions upon trillions of little microbes. In addition to the masking and stay-at-home orders, we are told to sanitize regularly. We don’t live in a surgical ward. Trying to kill everything we can’t immediately identify will lead us nowhere good. Nature doesn’t work that way. Our bodies don’t work that way.
When I was in the corporate world, many of my friends had children in daycare. My relatives also put their infants in daycare. When their babies got sick, doctors invariably told them it was good to expose babies to pathogens. It would strengthen their immune systems in the long run. It seems like, until Covid, moderate exposure to a variety of pathogens was essential in developing an immune system.
The authors of the Great Barrington Declaration do an exceptional job explaining the development of herd immunity among less-vulnerable members of the population. I strongly encourage everyone to read it and then read the authors’ short biographies and co-signers. Accomplished scientists from all over the world have signed it.
This declaration is no conspiracy of pseudo-intellectuals, yet it was initially buried.
Doesn’t it seem like the “facts” change too much and too often?
In the spring and summer, Florida’s horrible spike in cases was all over the news. Stories of hospitals at 100% capacity spread rapidly. Nurses were offered large sums of money to go down and work there because the hospitals were overrun. My family has a physician friend in the Orlando area, and my parents asked her about it. She told my parents it was nonsense; she said the hospitals were closer to 10%, not 100%, and surmised lawsuits might be coming over the fraud.
This physician takes Covid very seriously; she refuses to eat at any restaurant and only socializes outdoors while wearing a mask.
Why would she say something like that?
I spent some time researching and found an article titled “Florida hospital admits overstating its CCP Virus positivity rate by 10 times, some labs have not reported negative results”.
I have to wonder if the same sort of thing is happening worldwide.
Progress is made when minds are allowed to bounce off each other
Communication and debate are essential. It is a lucky person who has never had conflicting diagnoses from doctors. I have been prescribed antibiotics for what turned out to be Bell’s Palsy, which is viral and not treatable anyway. Physicians are smart, not perfect. People work best when they are allowed to communicate freely.
This past year I have felt I was continually asked to suspend disbelief. Don’t believe any physicians I know personally. Only agree with who the media titans believe in. Following the strictest mandates will protect my health. (Even though closing gyms and forcing people to stay indoors is a sure path to obesity, Vitamin D deficiency, and depression.) Taking an entirely new kind of vaccine developed in less than a year (the typical time for vaccine development is between 5 and 10 years) is safer than getting exposed to a disease with a 99.98% survival rate.
Really? Really?
Covid is a new disease, and new things are scary
We confront and conquer frightening things, not by living in a constant state of fear, but by recognizing what we can and can’t control and doing our little part. For most of us, that means following the same advice doctors have been offering for years to stay healthy: exercise, get some sunshine, eat the most nutritional food we can afford to keep our immune systems strong.
Let the medical researchers hash things out at the top as far as specific treatments for Covid are concerned, but allow them to do that freely, without fear of reprisal because they might express the “wrong” opinions.
Obviously, as we learn more, some things will change. But it seems like the “rules” have changed every other day since the beginning of the outbreak.
This country no longer has the right to call itself the “Land of the Free”
How are we to build a clear and trusting relationship with our family doctors if we are told to listen to only one group of experts? Am I supposed to ignore other groups of experts? And who appointed these “experts” we are being told to listen to?
The United States is no longer a country where reasonably well-informed citizens can make their own decisions regarding health care. We are being forced to distrust our judgment.
“Guard your heart” is advice I’ve heard a lot over the years, but better advice for today would be “Guard your mind.”


investmentwatchblog--2020-12-16--Can We Trust Mr. Market’s Booming Economic Outlook?

Meadow Soprano speaking to her father Tony : “ Are you in the mafia ?
” Meadow : “ I lived in the house all my life .
I ’ ve seen police come with warrants .
I ’ ve seen you going out at three in the morning.
” Tony : “ So , you ’ ve never seen Doc Cusimano going out at three in the morning on a call ?
” Meadow : “ Did the Cusimano kids ever find $ 50,000 in Krugerrands and a .45 automatic when they were hunting for Easter eggs ?
” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s Monetary Animal House , appearances can be deceiving .
Most major stock indexes are up double-digit percentages year to date , implying significant economic growth and a booming outlook for businesses , workers , and households .
Economic activity is well off the lows seen in April and May .
The same data also suggests we are nowhere near the same level of activity seen pre-COVID .
To quote New York Fed President John Williams , “ we are still in a profound recession ” -12/2/2020 .
Is the economic rebound real @ @ @ @ @ @ @ supported by record levels of artificial stimulus ?
Does current investor confidence hinge on more trillion-dollar stimulus agreements ?
Although we have our suspicions , we won ’ t know the answers for quite some time .
Maybe the mafia doesn ’ t exist , and perhaps Wall Street ’ s exuberance is correctly foreshadowing an economic boom .
In Bloomberg ’ s Opinion section , Nir Kaissar analyzes the historical relationship between the economy and equity market returns .
Using GDP and corporate sales , Kaissar finds a historically weak correlation to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ conclusion is simple : “ The stock market doesn ’ t care about the economy.
” Based on his analysis and what we see today , it is hard to disagree .
Regardless , if we are to invest in stocks , we must understand what we are buying .
A shareholder of a publically traded company is an owner of the company .
The share price represents the present value of a future stream of earnings .
It is no different from buying a restaurant , dry cleaner , or a financial @ @ @ @ @ @ @ drive future earnings .
Of them , broad economic activity ranks at or near the top for most companies .
The following graph compares the 10-year growth rates of corporate profits and GDP .
The correlation above is not statistically strong with an R-squared of .40 , but visually you can see a relationship exists .
The relationship would be more robust if not for fluctuating profit margins .
The fact of the matter is there must be a relationship .
Corporate revenue is almost entirely dependent on consumer and government spending .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ 87 % of GDP .
Since the 1980s , the percentage of S & P 500 companies with sales growth over 15 % has been declining in line with economic growth .
Regardless of what anyone tells you , the underlying long term basis for investing in stocks is future earnings and , ultimately , the economy .
How Much Economic Growth Should We Expect ?
In The Decade Long Path To Recovery , we highlight following the last three recessions ; each economic expansion has been sequentially weaker .
As we wrote @ @ @ @ @ @ @ trajectory , we need only look at the ratio of Federal debt to GDP .
As shown below , the trend lines of that ratio to trend economic growth are negatively correlated .
Since 1990 the relationship has a very high r-square of .928 .
As the ratio of Federal debt to GDP rises , economic growth declines.
” The fiscal response to the COVID crisis dwarfs the responses to prior recessions .
Keep in mind there are likely many more trillions of stimulus coming in 2021 and beyond .
The ratio of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 107 % to 127 % in just two quarters and will proceed higher .
Fiscal spending is mostly non-productive .
It boosts economic activity for a short period .
However , and this is important , it also : • Pulls growth forward from the future resulting in less future demand • Further increases the amount of debt that must get serviced , resulting in less money available for consumption or investment .
Barring an unexpected burst of productivity , inflation , or maybe even Martians landing on earth and buying our goods @ @ @ @ @ @ @ forecast longer-term economic growth matching the historically paltry 2.25 % rate of the 2010s .
How Much Economic Growth Is The Market Predicting ?
Given the link between corporate earnings and economic growth , we can use stock prices and earnings estimates before COVID arrives at an implied economic growth rate .
To help with this task , we share Lance Robert ’ s article- Is The Narrative All “ Priced In ?
” The article compares one-year forward earnings expectations from December 2019 to the current estimate for year-end 2021 .
As @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for 2020 will not come in at $ 167/share , but rather closer to $ 93/share .
Such is more than $ 74 lower than estimated , leaving investors holding assets that have doubled in valuation from 19x to 38x earnings.
” He then explained analysts expect earnings to be $ 143.09 per share at the end of 2021 .
S & P 500 earnings per share from 2012 through 2019 grew at a six percent annualized rate .
Had they continued at that rate in 2020 and through 2025 , earnings would @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Current EPS estimates for December 2021 , implies that earnings will grow 30 % next year .
Let ’ s assume the market is right for 2021 , even though forward earnings tend to decline as the year progresses .
We can then solve a growth rate that brings EPS back to where a 6 % growth rate would have put earnings in 2025 ( $ 199 ) .
With these assumptions , math implies a growth rate of 8.5 % for the years 2022-2025 , as shown below .
Let that sink @ @ @ @ @ @ @ growth rate in 2021 , the market assumes earnings will grow 2.5 % faster than in the seven years before COVID .
Is the market correct in pricing in more robust economic growth than was witnessed during the last expansion ?
Should investors consider historical data showing that economic growth will likely be slower than during the prior expansion ?
The problem in answering the question is there are many other factors affecting stock prices .
Below are a few influencers that cloud reality and potentially provide fodder for even more precious equity @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for the Fed to buy stocks ( they buy corporate debt already ) • Passive investors do not care about fundamentals or valuations .
Yes , Mr. President , the NASDAQ implies the economy should be booming .
Facts , however , tell us something vastly different .
Further , and often disregarded , is the fact that the economy was not organically strong before the pandemic hit .
Swift monetary and fiscal actions boosted economic activity and provided significant liquidity to markets .
Yet , at the same time , they handicap @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of factors other than earnings and the economy , stock prices are at record highs .
The implication is that the basis for owning stocks , earnings , have failed to keep up with stock prices .
Worse , it is highly unlikely earnings will meet the market ’ s lofty implied expectations .
Should we believe Tony ?
Or should we ask the right questions like his daughter Meadow ?
In February and March , the 34 % selloff offered a painful reminder and glimpse of the consequences for ignoring the truth @

by Michael Lebowitz
Can We Trust Mr. Market’s Booming Economic Outlook? The Sopranos- Season 1 Episode 5 “College” Meadow Soprano speaking to her father Tony: “Are you in the mafia?” Tony: “That’s total crap. Who told you that?” Meadow: “I lived in the house all my life. I’ve seen police come with warrants. I’ve seen you going out at three in the morning.” Tony: “So, you’ve never seen Doc Cusimano going out at three in the morning on a call?” Meadow: “Did the Cusimano kids ever find $50,000 in Krugerrands and a .45 automatic when they were hunting for Easter eggs?” Tony: “There is no mafia.” As we discussed in The Fed’s Monetary Animal House, appearances can be deceiving. Most major stock indexes are up double-digit percentages year to date, implying significant economic growth and a booming outlook for businesses, workers, and households. Economic activity is well off the lows seen in April and May. The same data also suggests we are nowhere near the same level of activity seen pre-COVID. To quote New York Fed President John Williams, “we are still in a profound recession”-12/2/2020. Is the economic rebound real and durable, or a false positive supported by record levels of artificial stimulus? Does current investor confidence hinge on more trillion-dollar stimulus agreements? Although we have our suspicions, we won’t know the answers for quite some time. Maybe the mafia doesn’t exist, and perhaps Wall Street’s exuberance is correctly foreshadowing an economic boom. The Economy Versus The Market In Bloomberg’s Opinion section, Nir Kaissar analyzes the historical relationship between the economy and equity market returns. Using GDP and corporate sales, Kaissar finds a historically weak correlation to S&P 500 returns. His conclusion is simple: “The stock market doesn’t care about the economy.” Based on his analysis and what we see today, it is hard to disagree. Regardless, if we are to invest in stocks, we must understand what we are buying. A shareholder of a publically traded company is an owner of the company. The share price represents the present value of a future stream of earnings. It is no different from buying a restaurant, dry cleaner, or a financial advisor. Shareholders assess many factors that drive future earnings. Of them, broad economic activity ranks at or near the top for most companies. The following graph compares the 10-year growth rates of corporate profits and GDP. The correlation above is not statistically strong with an R-squared of .40, but visually you can see a relationship exists. The relationship would be more robust if not for fluctuating profit margins. The fact of the matter is there must be a relationship. Corporate revenue is almost entirely dependent on consumer and government spending. In 2019 those two factors accounted for 87% of GDP. Since the 1980s, the percentage of S&P 500 companies with sales growth over 15% has been declining in line with economic growth. Regardless of what anyone tells you, the underlying long term basis for investing in stocks is future earnings and, ultimately, the economy.
How Much Economic Growth Should We Expect?
In The Decade Long Path To Recovery, we highlight following the last three recessions; each economic expansion has been sequentially weaker.
As we wrote: “To predict a post-COVID growth trajectory, we need only look at the ratio of Federal debt to GDP. As shown below, the trend lines of that ratio to trend economic growth are negatively correlated. Since 1990 the relationship has a very high r-square of .928. As the ratio of Federal debt to GDP rises, economic growth declines.”
The fiscal response to the COVID crisis dwarfs the responses to prior recessions. Keep in mind there are likely many more trillions of stimulus coming in 2021 and beyond. The ratio of Federal debt to GDP has surged from 107% to 127% in just two quarters and will proceed higher.
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Fiscal spending is mostly non-productive. It boosts economic activity for a short period. However, and this is important, it also:
Pulls growth forward from the future resulting in less future demand
Further increases the amount of debt that must get serviced, resulting in less money available for consumption or investment.
Worsens productivity growth rates, again further dampening future economic growth
Barring an unexpected burst of productivity, inflation, or maybe even Martians landing on earth and buying our goods, we find it nearly impossible to forecast longer-term economic growth matching the historically paltry 2.25% rate of the 2010s.
How Much Economic Growth Is The Market Predicting?
Given the link between corporate earnings and economic growth, we can use stock prices and earnings estimates before COVID arrives at an implied economic growth rate.
To help with this task, we share Lance Robert’s article- Is The Narrative All “Priced In?”
The article compares one-year forward earnings expectations from December 2019 to the current estimate for year-end 2021. As he wrote, “However, earnings for 2020 will not come in at $167/share, but rather closer to $93/share. Such is more than $74 lower than estimated, leaving investors holding assets that have doubled in valuation from 19x to 38x earnings.” He then explained analysts expect earnings to be $143.09 per share at the end of 2021.
S&P 500 earnings per share from 2012 through 2019 grew at a six percent annualized rate. Had they continued at that rate in 2020 and through 2025, earnings would increase to $199 per share.
Current EPS estimates for December 2021, implies that earnings will grow 30% next year.
Let’s assume the market is right for 2021, even though forward earnings tend to decline as the year progresses. We can then solve a growth rate that brings EPS back to where a 6% growth rate would have put earnings in 2025 ($199). With these assumptions, math implies a growth rate of 8.5% for the years 2022-2025, as shown below.
Let that sink in. After an assumed 30% growth rate in 2021, the market assumes earnings will grow 2.5% faster than in the seven years before COVID.
Who Is Lying?
Is the market correct in pricing in more robust economic growth than was witnessed during the last expansion?
Should investors consider historical data showing that economic growth will likely be slower than during the prior expansion?
Might Mr. Market be lying?
The problem in answering the question is there are many other factors affecting stock prices. Below are a few influencers that cloud reality and potentially provide fodder for even more precious equity valuations and higher prices.
Continuation of unprecedented monetary and fiscal policy
Potential for the Fed to buy stocks (they buy corporate debt already)
Passive investors do not care about fundamentals or valuations.
Summary
**PRESIDENT TRUMP SAID U.S. IS IN MIDST OF AN ECONOMIC BOOM, LOOK AT NASDAQ
Yes, Mr. President, the NASDAQ implies the economy should be booming. Facts, however, tell us something vastly different.
Further, and often disregarded, is the fact that the economy was not organically strong before the pandemic hit. Swift monetary and fiscal actions boosted economic activity and provided significant liquidity to markets. Yet, at the same time, they handicap future economic activity.
As a result of factors other than earnings and the economy, stock prices are at record highs. The implication is that the basis for owning stocks, earnings, have failed to keep up with stock prices. Worse, it is highly unlikely earnings will meet the market’s lofty implied expectations.
Should we believe Tony? Or should we ask the right questions like his daughter Meadow?
In February and March, the 34% selloff offered a painful reminder and glimpse of the consequences for ignoring the truth.


investmentwatchblog--2020-12-16--Big Brother in Disguise: The Rise of a New, Technological World Order

by John Whitehead via The Rutherford Institute It had the potential for disaster .
Early in the morning of Monday , December 15 , 2020 , Google suffered a major worldwide outage in which all of its internet-connected services crashed , including Nest , Google Calendar , Gmail , Docs , Hangouts , Maps , Meet and YouTube .
The outage only lasted an hour , but it was a chilling reminder of how reliant the world has become on internet-connected technologies to do everything from unlocking doors and turning up the heat to accessing work files , sending emails @ @ @ @ @ @ @ earlier , a Google outage resulted in Nest users being unable to access their Nest thermostats , Nest smart locks , and Nest cameras .
As Fast Company reports , “ This essentially meant that because of a cloud storage outage , people were prevented from getting inside their homes , using their AC , and monitoring their babies.
” Welcome to the Matrix .
Twenty-some years after the Wachowskis ’ iconic film , The Matrix , introduced us to a futuristic world in which humans exist in a computer-simulated non-reality powered by @ @ @ @ @ @ @ existing in a denial-ridden virtual dream-state or facing up to the harsh , difficult realities of life comes down to a red pill or a blue pill—we stand at the precipice of a technologically-dominated matrix of our own making .
We are living the prequel to The Matrix with each passing day , falling further under the spell of technologically-driven virtual communities , virtual realities and virtual conveniences managed by artificially intelligent machines that are on a fast track to replacing human beings and eventually dominating every aspect of our lives .
In @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a.k.a .
hacker Neo is wakened from a virtual slumber by Morpheus , a freedom fighter seeking to liberate humanity from a lifelong hibernation state imposed by hyper-advanced artificial intelligence machines that rely on humans as an organic power source .
With their minds plugged into a perfectly crafted virtual reality , few humans ever realize they are living in an artificial dream world .
Neo is given a choice : to take the blue pill , wake up and join the resistance , or take the red pill , remain asleep and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Most people opt for the red pill .
In our case , the red pill—a one-way ticket to a life sentence in an electronic concentration camp—has been honey-coated to hide the bitter aftertaste , sold to us in the name of expediency and delivered by way of blazingly fast Internet , cell phone signals that never drop a call , thermostats that keep us at the perfect temperature without our having to raise a finger , and entertainment that can be simultaneously streamed to our TVs , tablets and cell phones .
Yet @ @ @ @ @ @ @ these technologies that were intended to make our lives easier .
We have become enslaved by them .
Look around you .
Everywhere you turn , people are so addicted to their internet-connected screen devices—smart phones , tablets , computers , televisions—that they can go for hours at a time submerged in a virtual world where human interaction is filtered through the medium of technology .
This is not freedom .
This is not even progress .
This is technological tyranny and iron-fisted control delivered by way of the surveillance state , corporate @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and government spy agencies such as the National Security Agency .
So consumed are we with availing ourselves of all the latest technologies that we have spared barely a thought for the ramifications of our heedless , headlong stumble towards a world in which our abject reliance on internet-connected gadgets and gizmos is grooming us for a future in which freedom is an illusion .
Yet it ’ s not just freedom that hangs in the balance .
Humanity itself is on the line .
If ever Americans find themselves in bondage to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ourselves to blame for having forged the chains through our own lassitude , laziness and abject reliance on internet-connected gadgets and gizmos that render us wholly irrelevant .
Indeed , we ’ re fast approaching Philip K. Dick ’ s vision of the future as depicted in the film Minority Report .
There , police agencies apprehend criminals before they can commit a crime , driverless cars populate the highways , and a person ’ s biometrics are constantly scanned and used to track their movements , target them for advertising , and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the dawning of the Age of the Internet of Things ( IoT ) , in which internet-connected “ things ” monitor your home , your health and your habits in order to keep your pantry stocked , your utilities regulated and your life under control and relatively worry-free .
The key word here , however , is control .
In the not-too-distant future , “ just about every device you have — and even products like chairs , that you don ’ t normally expect to see technology in — will be connected @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the end of 2018 , “ there were an estimated 22 billion internet of things connected devices in use around the world… Forecasts suggest that by 2030 around 50 billion of these IoT devices will be in use around the world , creating a massive web of interconnected devices spanning everything from smartphones to kitchen appliances.
” As the technologies powering these devices have become increasingly sophisticated , they have also become increasingly widespread , encompassing everything from toothbrushes and lightbulbs to cars , smart meters and medical equipment .
It is estimated @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to the web every second .
This “ connected ” industry has become the next big societal transformation , right up there with the Industrial Revolution , a watershed moment in technology and culture .
Between driverless cars that completely lacking a steering wheel , accelerator , or brake pedal , and smart pills embedded with computer chips , sensors , cameras and robots , we are poised to outpace the imaginations of science fiction writers such as Philip K. Dick and Isaac Asimov .
( By the way , there is no @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Someone or something will be driving , but it won ’ t be you . )
These Internet-connected techno gadgets include smart light bulbs that discourage burglars by making your house look occupied , smart thermostats that regulate the temperature of your home based on your activities , and smart doorbells that let you see who is at your front door without leaving the comfort of your couch .
Nest , Google ’ s suite of smart home products , has been at the forefront of the “ connected ” industry , with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ lock that tells your thermostat who is home , what temperatures they like , and when your home is unoccupied ; a home phone service system that interacts with your connected devices to “ learn when you come and go ” and alert you if your kids don ’ t come home ; and a sleep system that will monitor when you fall asleep , when you wake up , and keep the house noises and temperature in a sleep-conducive state .
The aim of these internet-connected devices , as Nest proclaims , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ more thoughtful and conscious home.
” For example , your car can signal ahead that you ’ re on your way home , while Hue lights can flash on and off to get your attention if Nest Protect senses something ’ s wrong .
Your coffeemaker , relying on data from fitness and sleep sensors , will brew a stronger pot of coffee for you if you ’ ve had a restless night .
Yet given the speed and trajectory at which these technologies are developing , it won ’ t be long @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of their human creators , which poses a whole new set of worries .
As technology expert Nicholas Carr notes , “ As soon as you allow robots , or software programs , to act freely in the world , they ’ re going to run up against ethically fraught situations and face hard choices that can ’ t be resolved through statistical models .
That will be true of self-driving cars , self-flying drones , and battlefield robots , just as it ’ s already true , on a lesser scale , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ For instance , just as the robotic vacuum , Roomba , “ makes no distinction between a dust bunny and an insect , ” weaponized drones—poised to take to the skies en masse this year—will be incapable of distinguishing between a fleeing criminal and someone merely jogging down a street .
For that matter , how do you defend yourself against a robotic cop—such as the Atlas android being developed by the Pentagon—that has been programmed to respond to any perceived threat with violence ?
Moreover , it ’ s not just our @ @ @ @ @ @ @ reordered and reimagined in this connected age : it ’ s our workplaces , our health systems , our government , our bodies and our innermost thoughts that are being plugged into a matrix over which we have no real control .
Indeed , it is expected that by 2030 , we will all experience The Internet of Senses ( IoS ) , enabled by Artificial Intelligence ( AI ) , Virtual Reality ( VR ) , Augmented Reality ( AR ) , 5G , and automation .
The Internet of Senses relies @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of sight , sound , taste , smell , and touch by way of the brain as the user interface .
As journalist Susan Fourtane explains : In other words , the IoS will rely on technology being able to access and act on your thoughts .
Fourtane outlines several trends related to the IoS that are expected to become a reality by 2030 : Unfortunately , in our race to the future , we have failed to consider what such dependence on technology might mean for our humanity , not to mention @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are a good example of how unprepared we are , morally and otherwise , to navigate this uncharted terrain .
Hailed as revolutionary for their ability to access , analyze and manipulate your body from the inside , these smart pills can remind you to take your medication , search for cancer , and even send an alert to your doctor warning of an impending heart attack .
Sure , the technology could save lives , but is that all we need to know ?
Have we done our due diligence in asking @ @ @ @ @ @ @ asked before unleashing such awesome technology on an unsuspecting populace ?
Let me put it another way .
If you were shocked by Edward Snowden ’ s revelations about how NSA agents have used surveillance to spy on Americans ’ phone calls , emails and text messages , can you imagine what unscrupulous government agents could do with access to your internet-connected car , home and medications ?
Imagine what a SWAT team could do with the ability to access , monitor and control your internet-connected home—locking you in , turning off the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ While President Trump signed the Internet of Things Cybersecurity Improvement Act into law on Dec. 4 , 2020 , in order to establish a baseline for security protection for the billions of IoT devices flooding homes and businesses , the law does little to protect the American people against corporate and governmental surveillance .
In fact , the public response to concerns about government surveillance has amounted to a collective shrug .
After all , who cares if the government can track your whereabouts on your GPS-enabled device so long as it helps @ @ @ @ @ @ @ A to Point B ?
Who cares if the NSA is listening in on your phone calls and downloading your emails so long as you can get your phone calls and emails on the go and get lightning fast Internet on the fly ?
Who cares if the government can monitor your activities in your home by tapping into your internet-connected devices—thermostat , water , lights—so long as you can control those things with the flick of a finger , whether you ’ re across the house or across the country ?
Control @ @ @ @ @ @ @ make clear in my book Battlefield America : The War on the American People , total control over every aspect of our lives , right down to our inner thoughts , is the objective of any totalitarian regime .
Orwell ’ s masterpiece , 1984 , portrays a global society of total control in which people are not allowed to have thoughts that in any way disagree with the corporate state .
There is no personal freedom , and advanced technology has become the driving force behind a surveillance-driven society .
Snitches and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ subject to the Thought Police , who deal with anyone guilty of thought crimes .
The government , or “ Party , ” is headed by Big Brother , who appears on posters everywhere with the words : “ Big Brother is watching you.
” Make no mistake : the Internet of Things and its twin , the Internet of Senses , is just Big Brother in disguise .
Constitutional attorney and author John W. Whitehead is founder and president of .
His new book Battlefield America : The War on the American @ @ @ @ @ @ @ be contacted at johnw @ rutherford.org .

by John Whitehead via The Rutherford Institute
“You had to live—did live, from habit that became instinct—in the assumption that every sound you made was overheard, and, except in darkness, every movement scrutinized.”—George Orwell, 1984
It had the potential for disaster.
Early in the morning of Monday, December 15, 2020, Google suffered a major worldwide outage in which all of its internet-connected services crashed, including Nest, Google Calendar, Gmail, Docs, Hangouts, Maps, Meet and YouTube.
The outage only lasted an hour, but it was a chilling reminder of how reliant the world has become on internet-connected technologies to do everything from unlocking doors and turning up the heat to accessing work files, sending emails and making phone calls.
A year earlier, a Google outage resulted in Nest users being unable to access their Nest thermostats, Nest smart locks, and Nest cameras. As Fast Company reports, “This essentially meant that because of a cloud storage outage, people were prevented from getting inside their homes, using their AC, and monitoring their babies.”
Welcome to the Matrix.
Twenty-some years after the Wachowskis’ iconic film, The Matrix, introduced us to a futuristic world in which humans exist in a computer-simulated non-reality powered by authoritarian machines—a world where the choice between existing in a denial-ridden virtual dream-state or facing up to the harsh, difficult realities of life comes down to a red pill or a blue pill—we stand at the precipice of a technologically-dominated matrix of our own making.
We are living the prequel to The Matrix with each passing day, falling further under the spell of technologically-driven virtual communities, virtual realities and virtual conveniences managed by artificially intelligent machines that are on a fast track to replacing human beings and eventually dominating every aspect of our lives.
Science fiction has become fact.
In The Matrix, computer programmer Thomas Anderson a.k.a. hacker Neo is wakened from a virtual slumber by Morpheus, a freedom fighter seeking to liberate humanity from a lifelong hibernation state imposed by hyper-advanced artificial intelligence machines that rely on humans as an organic power source. With their minds plugged into a perfectly crafted virtual reality, few humans ever realize they are living in an artificial dream world.
Neo is given a choice: to take the blue pill, wake up and join the resistance, or take the red pill, remain asleep and serve as fodder for the powers-that-be.
Most people opt for the red pill.
In our case, the red pill—a one-way ticket to a life sentence in an electronic concentration camp—has been honey-coated to hide the bitter aftertaste, sold to us in the name of expediency and delivered by way of blazingly fast Internet, cell phone signals that never drop a call, thermostats that keep us at the perfect temperature without our having to raise a finger, and entertainment that can be simultaneously streamed to our TVs, tablets and cell phones.
Yet we are not merely in thrall with these technologies that were intended to make our lives easier. We have become enslaved by them.
Look around you. Everywhere you turn, people are so addicted to their internet-connected screen devices—smart phones, tablets, computers, televisions—that they can go for hours at a time submerged in a virtual world where human interaction is filtered through the medium of technology.
This is not freedom.
This is not even progress.
This is technological tyranny and iron-fisted control delivered by way of the surveillance state, corporate giants such as Google and Facebook, and government spy agencies such as the National Security Agency.
So consumed are we with availing ourselves of all the latest technologies that we have spared barely a thought for the ramifications of our heedless, headlong stumble towards a world in which our abject reliance on internet-connected gadgets and gizmos is grooming us for a future in which freedom is an illusion.
Yet it’s not just freedom that hangs in the balance. Humanity itself is on the line.
If ever Americans find themselves in bondage to technological tyrants, we will have only ourselves to blame for having forged the chains through our own lassitude, laziness and abject reliance on internet-connected gadgets and gizmos that render us wholly irrelevant.
Indeed, we’re fast approaching Philip K. Dick’s vision of the future as depicted in the film Minority Report. There, police agencies apprehend criminals before they can commit a crime, driverless cars populate the highways, and a person’s biometrics are constantly scanned and used to track their movements, target them for advertising, and keep them under perpetual surveillance.
Cue the dawning of the Age of the Internet of Things (IoT), in which internet-connected “things” monitor your home, your health and your habits in order to keep your pantry stocked, your utilities regulated and your life under control and relatively worry-free.
The key word here, however, is control.
In the not-too-distant future, “just about every device you have — and even products like chairs, that you don’t normally expect to see technology in — will be connected and talking to each other.”
By the end of 2018, “there were an estimated 22 billion internet of things connected devices in use around the world… Forecasts suggest that by 2030 around 50 billion of these IoT devices will be in use around the world, creating a massive web of interconnected devices spanning everything from smartphones to kitchen appliances.”
As the technologies powering these devices have become increasingly sophisticated, they have also become increasingly widespread, encompassing everything from toothbrushes and lightbulbs to cars, smart meters and medical equipment.
It is estimated that 127 new IoT devices are connected to the web every second.
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This “connected” industry has become the next big societal transformation, right up there with the Industrial Revolution, a watershed moment in technology and culture.
Between driverless cars that completely lacking a steering wheel, accelerator, or brake pedal, and smart pills embedded with computer chips, sensors, cameras and robots, we are poised to outpace the imaginations of science fiction writers such as Philip K. Dick and Isaac Asimov. (By the way, there is no such thing as a driverless car. Someone or something will be driving, but it won’t be you.)
These Internet-connected techno gadgets include smart light bulbs that discourage burglars by making your house look occupied, smart thermostats that regulate the temperature of your home based on your activities, and smart doorbells that let you see who is at your front door without leaving the comfort of your couch.
Nest, Google’s suite of smart home products, has been at the forefront of the “connected” industry, with such technologically savvy conveniences as a smart lock that tells your thermostat who is home, what temperatures they like, and when your home is unoccupied; a home phone service system that interacts with your connected devices to “learn when you come and go” and alert you if your kids don’t come home; and a sleep system that will monitor when you fall asleep, when you wake up, and keep the house noises and temperature in a sleep-conducive state.
The aim of these internet-connected devices, as Nest proclaims, is to make “your house a more thoughtful and conscious home.” For example, your car can signal ahead that you’re on your way home, while Hue lights can flash on and off to get your attention if Nest Protect senses something’s wrong. Your coffeemaker, relying on data from fitness and sleep sensors, will brew a stronger pot of coffee for you if you’ve had a restless night.
Yet given the speed and trajectory at which these technologies are developing, it won’t be long before these devices are operating entirely independent of their human creators, which poses a whole new set of worries. As technology expert Nicholas Carr notes, “As soon as you allow robots, or software programs, to act freely in the world, they’re going to run up against ethically fraught situations and face hard choices that can’t be resolved through statistical models. That will be true of self-driving cars, self-flying drones, and battlefield robots, just as it’s already true, on a lesser scale, with automated vacuum cleaners and lawnmowers.”
For instance, just as the robotic vacuum, Roomba, “makes no distinction between a dust bunny and an insect,” weaponized drones—poised to take to the skies en masse this year—will be incapable of distinguishing between a fleeing criminal and someone merely jogging down a street. For that matter, how do you defend yourself against a robotic cop—such as the Atlas android being developed by the Pentagon—that has been programmed to respond to any perceived threat with violence?
Moreover, it’s not just our homes and personal devices that are being reordered and reimagined in this connected age: it’s our workplaces, our health systems, our government, our bodies and our innermost thoughts that are being plugged into a matrix over which we have no real control.
Indeed, it is expected that by 2030, we will all experience The Internet of Senses (IoS), enabled by Artificial Intelligence (AI), Virtual Reality (VR), Augmented Reality (AR), 5G, and automation. The Internet of Senses relies on connected technology interacting with our senses of sight, sound, taste, smell, and touch by way of the brain as the user interface. As journalist Susan Fourtane explains:
Many predict that by 2030, the lines between thinking and doing will blur. Fifty-nine percent of consumers believe that we will be able to see map routes on VR glasses by simply thinking of a destination… By 2030, technology is set to respond to our thoughts, and even share them with others… Using the brain as an interface could mean the end of keyboards, mice, game controllers, and ultimately user interfaces for any digital device. The user needs to only think about the commands, and they will just happen. Smartphones could even function without touch screens.
In other words, the IoS will rely on technology being able to access and act on your thoughts.
Fourtane outlines several trends related to the IoS that are expected to become a reality by 2030:
1: Thoughts become action: using the brain as the interface, for example, users will be able to see map routes on VR glasses by simply thinking of a destination. 2: Sounds will become an extension of the devised virtual reality: users could mimic anyone’s voice realistically enough to fool even family members. 3: Real food will become secondary to imagined tastes. A sensory device for your mouth could digitally enhance anything you eat, so that any food can taste like your favorite treat. 4: Smells will become a projection of this virtual reality so that virtual visits, to forests or the countryside for instance, would include experiencing all the natural smells of those places. 5: Total touch: Smartphones with screens will convey the shape and texture of the digital icons and buttons they are pressing. 6: Merged reality: VR game worlds will become indistinguishable from physical reality by 2030.
Unfortunately, in our race to the future, we have failed to consider what such dependence on technology might mean for our humanity, not to mention our freedoms.
Ingestible or implantable chips are a good example of how unprepared we are, morally and otherwise, to navigate this uncharted terrain. Hailed as revolutionary for their ability to access, analyze and manipulate your body from the inside, these smart pills can remind you to take your medication, search for cancer, and even send an alert to your doctor warning of an impending heart attack.
Sure, the technology could save lives, but is that all we need to know?
Have we done our due diligence in asking all the questions that need to be asked before unleashing such awesome technology on an unsuspecting populace?
For example, asks Washington Post reporter Ariana Eunjung Cha:
What kind of warnings should users receive about the risks of implanting chip technology inside a body, for instance? How will patients be assured that the technology won’t be used to compel them to take medications they don’t really want to take? Could law enforcement obtain data that would reveal which individuals abuse drugs or sell them on the black market? Could what started as a voluntary experiment be turned into a compulsory government identification program that could erode civil liberties?
Let me put it another way.
If you were shocked by Edward Snowden’s revelations about how NSA agents have used surveillance to spy on Americans’ phone calls, emails and text messages, can you imagine what unscrupulous government agents could do with access to your internet-connected car, home and medications? Imagine what a SWAT team could do with the ability to access, monitor and control your internet-connected home—locking you in, turning off the lights, activating alarms, etc.
While President Trump signed the Internet of Things Cybersecurity Improvement Act into law on Dec. 4, 2020, in order to establish a baseline for security protection for the billions of IoT devices flooding homes and businesses, the law does little to protect the American people against corporate and governmental surveillance.
In fact, the public response to concerns about government surveillance has amounted to a collective shrug.
After all, who cares if the government can track your whereabouts on your GPS-enabled device so long as it helps you find the fastest route from Point A to Point B? Who cares if the NSA is listening in on your phone calls and downloading your emails so long as you can get your phone calls and emails on the go and get lightning fast Internet on the fly? Who cares if the government can monitor your activities in your home by tapping into your internet-connected devices—thermostat, water, lights—so long as you can control those things with the flick of a finger, whether you’re across the house or across the country?
Control is the key here.
As I make clear in my book Battlefield America: The War on the American People, total control over every aspect of our lives, right down to our inner thoughts, is the objective of any totalitarian regime.
George Orwell understood this.
Orwell’s masterpiece, 1984, portrays a global society of total control in which people are not allowed to have thoughts that in any way disagree with the corporate state. There is no personal freedom, and advanced technology has become the driving force behind a surveillance-driven society. Snitches and cameras are everywhere. And people are subject to the Thought Police, who deal with anyone guilty of thought crimes. The government, or “Party,” is headed by Big Brother, who appears on posters everywhere with the words: “Big Brother is watching you.”
Make no mistake: the Internet of Things and its twin, the Internet of Senses, is just Big Brother in disguise.
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ABOUT JOHN W. WHITEHEAD
Constitutional attorney and author John W. Whitehead is founder and president of The Rutherford Institute . His new book Battlefield America: The War on the American People is available at www.amazon.com . Whitehead can be contacted at johnw@rutherford.org.


investmentwatchblog--2020-12-16--INVESTIGATIVE DOCUMENTARY: 2020 Election: Who Stealing America?

An Investigation that MSM has utterly failed to do and report to Americans .
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investmentwatchblog--2020-12-16--87,000 nurses refuse Covid vaccine Netherlands

CDC Director Robert Redfield on COVID-19 : `` Probably for the next 60 to 90 days , we ’ re @ @ @ @ @ per day than we had on 9/11 '' or at Pearl Harbor - WaPo

Netherlands: 87,000 nurses refuse vaccine. They refuse to be guinea pigs!
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investmentwatchblog--2020-12-16--This is just the beginning of these communist infiltrators being exposed. Where’s McCarthy when you

This is just the beginning of these communist infiltrators being exposed. Where’s McCarthy when you need him?

Professors around America have been caught selling secret research to the Chinese Communist Regime .
The national media won ’ t cover it , so here ’ s a list of who have been caught so far .
This UCLA professor was caught selling Air Force/Navy missile secrets to the Chinese .
He 's facing 219 years in prison .
t.co/VUQGJFgIzH This professor from the University of Kansas had 2 research contracts with the Department of Energy .
Turns out he was secretly working for the Chinese and smuggling research to them all along .
He now faces 50 years @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the world renowned Cleveland Clinic was secretly giving information to the Chinese while receiving $ 3.6 million in tax-payer funding for his `` research '' .
t.co/wg1ytoKRoa President Trump issued multiple warnings to current + former gov ’ t officials , the media & corrupt third party actors .
He gave them EVERY opportunity to come clean & do the right thing .
They chose poorly .
Enjoy the show .
The BIG Reveal will be much more than this being declassified .
READ The BIG Reveal will be much more than this @ @ @ @ @ @ @ started , and China is a bigger economic challenger than the Soviet Union ever was House Republicans Call For Eric Swalwell ’ s Removal From Intelligence Committee Over Relations With Chinese Spy .
“ HPSCI handles some of the most sensitive information our government possesses , information critical to our national defense .
As such , we urge you to immediately remove Rep. Swalwell from his position on the House Intelligence Committee , ” it continues .
Citing Pelosi ’ s willingness to call for former Attorney General Jeff Sessions ’ resignation and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ties to Russia ” following a series of meetings between him and a Russian ambassador , the letter calls out Democrats ’ hypocrisy in pursuing issues related to national security .
“ By your own standards , Congressman Swalwell is unfit to serve on the Intelligence Committee , ” the letter states .

by bgny
Professors around America have been caught selling secret research to the Chinese Communist Regime. The national media won’t cover it, so here’s a list of who have been caught so far.
This UCLA professor was caught selling Air Force/Navy missile secrets to the Chinese. He's facing 219 years in prison. t.co/VUQGJFgIzH
This professor from the University of Kansas had 2 research contracts with the Department of Energy. Turns out he was secretly working for the Chinese and smuggling research to them all along. He now faces 50 years in prison. t.co/PqTwl97kgd
This Professor from the world renowned Cleveland Clinic was secretly giving information to the Chinese while receiving $3.6 million in tax-payer funding for his "research". t.co/wg1ytoKRoa
President Trump issued multiple warnings to current + former gov’t officials, the media & corrupt third party actors. He gave them EVERY opportunity to come clean & do the right thing. They chose poorly. Enjoy the show.
Cold War II has started, and China is a bigger economic challenger than the Soviet Union ever was
House Republicans Call For Eric Swalwell’s Removal From Intelligence Committee Over Relations With Chinese Spy.
“HPSCI handles some of the most sensitive information our government possesses, information critical to our national defense. As such, we urge you to immediately remove Rep. Swalwell from his position on the House Intelligence Committee,” it continues.
Citing Pelosi’s willingness to call for former Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ resignation and a broader commission to “investigate his ties to Russia” following a series of meetings between him and a Russian ambassador, the letter calls out Democrats’ hypocrisy in pursuing issues related to national security.
“By your own standards, Congressman Swalwell is unfit to serve on the Intelligence Committee,” the letter states.


investmentwatchblog--2020-12-16--Just when you think the bubble can’t get any zanier, it gets zanier. When, why, and how this thing p

Just when you think the bubble can’t get any zanier, it gets zanier. When, why, and how this thing pops is anyone’s guess. I’ve given up trying to pinpoint the top.

Investors have never been so hungry to lose money The hunger for new issues is voracious and bankers trying to @ @ @ @ @ ’ t keep up .
Their new stocks are making money , but the companies @ @ @ @ @ Here ’ s the Wall Street Journal , writing about DoorDash ( abbreviated , with @ @ @ @ @ DoorDash Inc. delivered for investors , surging 86 % in its stock-market debut on Wednesday @ @ @ @ @ its first trading day valued at about $ 71.8 billion , higher than many of @ @ @ @ @ on its couriers .
The San Francisco-based company has never turned an annual profit , @ @ @ @ @ during the Covid-19 pandemic has helped to transform it.
” Using Bloomberg data going back @ @ @ @ @ let ’ s look at the total number of U.S. listed initial public offerings that @ @ @ @ @ at the time of the offering .
If they didn ’ t report financials at @ @ @ @ @ ignored the listing .

Investors have never been so hungry to lose money
The hunger for new issues is voracious and bankers trying to pad year-end bonus numbers can’t keep up. Their new stocks are making money, but the companies themselves certainly are not.
Here’s the Wall Street Journal, writing about DoorDash (abbreviated, with highlights added):
“DoorDash Inc. delivered for investors, surging 86% in its stock-market debut on Wednesday. The seven-year-old company ended its first trading day valued at about $71.8 billion, higher than many of the restaurant companies that depend on its couriers. The San Francisco-based company has never turned an annual profit , but a surge in demand during the Covid-19 pandemic has helped to transform it.”
Using Bloomberg data going back to the early 1990s, let’s look at the total number of U.S. listed initial public offerings that showed a negative net income at the time of the offering. If they didn’t report financials at the time, then we ignored the listing.


investmentwatchblog--2020-12-16--Patrick Byrne: He claims that not only was the plan for Hillary to be president for 8 years, but Oba

Patrick Byrne: He claims that not only was the plan for Hillary to be president for 8 years, but Obama and Brennan wanted put her in a “snowglobe” with foreign bribes

Here Patrick is asked if we need to completely get rid of the corrupt 3 letter agencies .
Is Trump @ @ @ @ @ to clean the DOJ , FBI , CIA , etc.
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pic.twitter.com/bXeXITxKsu

Here Patrick is asked if we need to completely get rid of the corrupt 3 letter agencies.
Listen to his answer…
Is Trump using the CORN HARVEST method to clean the DOJ, FBI, CIA, etc.??? pic.twitter.com/bXeXITxKsu
— Relentless Truth – Elect (R.T.O.T.U.S) ⭐⭐⭐ (@lebronsonroids) December 15, 2020


investmentwatchblog--2020-12-16--You Are Witnessing High Treason. It Will Be Vanquished.

This is your election fraud update for Monday , December 14 , 2020 : YOU ARE WITNESSING HIGH TREASON .
@ @ @ @ @ .

from SGT Report
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This is your election fraud update for Monday, December 14, 2020: YOU ARE WITNESSING HIGH TREASON. AND IT WILL BE VANQUISHED.


investmentwatchblog--2020-12-16--GOOD: Tech Giants Risk Breakup Under Strict EU Digital Rules.

U.S. and other major tech platforms that treat their own services more favorably , at the expense of rivals , @ @ @ @ @ businesses and pay billion-dollar fines under strict rules unveiled by the European Union .
Under @ @ @ @ @ Digital Markets Act , companies deemed to be so-called “ gatekeepers ” won ’ t @ @ @ @ @ offerings above rivals on their own platforms , or use competitors ’ data to compete @ @ @ @ @ the proposed regulation released on Tuesday .
Companies like Amazon.com Inc , Apple Inc. or @ @ @ @ @ could face fines of as much as 10 % of their revenue if they don @ @ @ @ @ a company that has repeatedly breached the rules could face orders to divest businesses , @ @ @ @ @ Monday .
Gatekeepers will also need to inform regulators about smaller acquisitions that would otherwise @ @ @ @ @ .

U.S. and other major tech platforms that treat their own services more favorably, at the expense of rivals, could be forced to sell businesses and pay billion-dollar fines under strict rules unveiled by the European Union.
Under the EU’s new Digital Markets Act, companies deemed to be so-called “gatekeepers” won’t be allowed to rank their offerings above rivals on their own platforms, or use competitors’ data to compete with them, according to the proposed regulation released on Tuesday.
Companies like Amazon.com Inc, Apple Inc. or Alphabet Inc.’s Google could face fines of as much as 10% of their revenue if they don’t comply, while a company that has repeatedly breached the rules could face orders to divest businesses, confirming a Bloomberg report on Monday. Gatekeepers will also need to inform regulators about smaller acquisitions that would otherwise fall below traditional merger-review thresholds.


investmentwatchblog--2020-12-16--You’re probably on a watch list already

You’re probably on a watch list already

by Chris Powell of the Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee ( GATA ) Diamonds are forever , as the famous advertising campaign says , and as long as central banks stay in business maybe gold price suppression will be forever too .
In that case we can kiss free markets and limited government goodbye , the whole system of social organization that has been powering what used to be called the ascent of man .
While GATA long has been making trouble for the market riggers and may take credit for alerting certain nations that have been especially cheated by the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ beaten the bad guys yet .
But we continue to compile , distribute , archive , and clamor about the documentation of government intervention against the monetary metals , thereby making intervention and price suppression impossible to deny by anyone who would like to be taken seriously .
So with Christmas and Hanukkah upon us , please consider supporting GATA financially if you have not already done so .
If you fear that gold price suppression may continue a long time , if not quite forever , and that , like many of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ may not live to see the day of deliverance , please consider even remembering GATA in your will .
As much as we might like to move on to other desperate causes — UFOs , the Loch Ness monster , the Abominable Snowman , or bringing the Dodgers back to Brooklyn — the gold cause means the most to individual freedom and fair dealing among the nations and so we mean to pursue it to its end , or our own .
That requires some financial support — for example , we ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ security upgrade for our internet site — and it has been a while since we issued a general appeal .
GATA is recognized by the U.S. Internal Revenue Service as a nonprofit and tax-exempt educational and civil rights organization under Section 501 ( c ) ( 3 ) of Title 25 of the United States Code , so financial contribution to the organization are federally tax-exempt in the United States .
Of course we can ’ t promise that donating to GATA will make you any friends at the Treasury Department or the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ re receiving GATA Dispatches you already may be on a watch list maintained by a federal government agency .
Information about donating to GATA is posted at our internet site here : No donation is too small to be appreciated .
Even the donation of a dollar will be a dollar more than GATA has ever received from Newmont Mining or Barrick Gold .
Thanks as always for your consideration .
Best holiday wishes to you and yours .
Wine carrying the label of the Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee , cases of which @ @ @ @ @ @ @ GATA ’ s recent fundraising campaign , are now available for purchase by the case from Fay J Winery LLC in Texarkana , Texas .
Each case has 12 bottles and the cost is $ 240 , which includes shipping via Federal Express .
Here ’ s what the bottles look like : Buyers can compose their case by choosing as many as four varietals from the list here : GATA will receive a commission on each case of GATA-label wine sold .
So if you like wine and buy it anyway , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that supports our work to achieve free and transparent markets in the monetary metals ?
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Buy a copy for $ 14.99 through Amazon — — or for an additional $ 3 and a penny buy an autographed copy from Englert @ @ @ @ @ @ @ comcast.net .
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by Chris Powell of the Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee (GATA)
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
Diamonds are forever, as the famous advertising campaign says, and as long as central banks stay in business maybe gold price suppression will be forever too. In that case we can kiss free markets and limited government goodbye, the whole system of social organization that has been powering what used to be called the ascent of man.
While GATA long has been making trouble for the market riggers and may take credit for alerting certain nations that have been especially cheated by the scheme, we obviously haven’t beaten the bad guys yet. But we continue to compile, distribute, archive, and clamor about the documentation of government intervention against the monetary metals, thereby making intervention and price suppression impossible to deny by anyone who would like to be taken seriously.
So with Christmas and Hanukkah upon us, please consider supporting GATA financially if you have not already done so. If you fear that gold price suppression may continue a long time, if not quite forever, and that, like many of our friends over the years, you may not live to see the day of deliverance, please consider even remembering GATA in your will.
As much as we might like to move on to other desperate causes — UFOs, the Loch Ness monster, the Abominable Snowman, or bringing the Dodgers back to Brooklyn — the gold cause means the most to individual freedom and fair dealing among the nations and so we mean to pursue it to its end, or our own.
That requires some financial support — for example, we’re in the middle of a substantial security upgrade for our internet site — and it has been a while since we issued a general appeal.
GATA is recognized by the U.S. Internal Revenue Service as a nonprofit and tax-exempt educational and civil rights organization under Section 501(c)(3) of Title 25 of the United States Code, so financial contribution to the organization are federally tax-exempt in the United States.
Of course we can’t promise that donating to GATA will make you any friends at the Treasury Department or the Federal Reserve, but if you’re receiving GATA Dispatches you already may be on a watch list maintained by a federal government agency.
Information about donating to GATA is posted at our internet site here:
gata.org/node/16
No donation is too small to be appreciated. Even the donation of a dollar will be a dollar more than GATA has ever received from Newmont Mining or Barrick Gold.
Thanks as always for your consideration. Best holiday wishes to you and yours.
CHRIS POWELL, Secretary/Treasurer
Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee Inc.
CPowell@GATA.org
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Toast to a free gold market
with great GATA-label wine
Wine carrying the label of the Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee, cases of which were awarded to three lucky donors in GATA’s recent fundraising campaign, are now available for purchase by the case from Fay J Winery LLC in Texarkana, Texas. Each case has 12 bottles and the cost is $240, which includes shipping via Federal Express.
Here’s what the bottles look like:
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www.gata.org/files/GATA-4-wine-bottles.jpg
Buyers can compose their case by choosing as many as four varietals from the list here:
www.gata.org/files/FayJWineryVarietals.jpg
GATA will receive a commission on each case of GATA-label wine sold. So if you like wine and buy it anyway, why not buy it in a way that supports our work to achieve free and transparent markets in the monetary metals?
To order a case of GATA-label wine, please e-mail Fay J Winery at bagman1236@aol.com.
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Support GATA by purchasing
Stuart Englert’s “Rigged”
“Rigged” is a concise explanation of government’s currency market rigging policy and extensively credits GATA’s work exposing it. Ten percent of sales proceeds are contributed to GATA. Buy a copy for $14.99 through Amazon —
www.amazon.com/Rigged-Exposing-Largest-Financial-History/dp/1651…
— or for an additional $3 and a penny buy an autographed copy from Englert himself by contacting him at srenglert@comcast.net.
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Help keep GATA going:
GATA is a civil rights and educational organization based in the United States and tax-exempt under the U.S. Internal Revenue Code. Its e-mail dispatches are free, and you can subscribe at:
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To contribute to GATA, please visit:
www.gata.org/node/16