investmentwatchblog--2020-06-08--A ‘Biblical’ Plague Of Locusts Has Put Millions On The Brink Of Famine: “We Have Never, Ever Seen Wh

A ‘Biblical’ Plague Of Locusts Has Put Millions On The Brink Of Famine: “We Have Never, Ever Seen What We Have In The Last Six Months”

Billions upon billions of voracious desert locusts are ravenously devouring crops over a vast portion of the globe that stretches from eastern Africa all the way to India .
This unprecedented plague was supposed to be subsiding by now , but instead a fourth generation of locusts has emerged that is producing swarms that are “ up to 8,000 times larger ” than what we witnessed earlier this year .
Some of these swarms are the size of major cities , they can travel up to 150 kilometers a day , and when they descend upon a farm they can @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as 30 seconds .
Because these swarms are not affecting the United States , most Americans don ’ t understand the immense devastation that is happening on the other side of the globe right now .
The UN is warning that mass starvation is coming , and we are being told that it is going to begin by the end of this calendar year .
Each desert locust is very small , but collectively they can consume vast amounts of food .
According to the UN , a swarm that contains between 40 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the same amount of food in a day as three million people ” .
And it is important to remember that colossal swarms of locusts have been destroying countless farms day after day for many months .
What we have already witnessed is enough to constitute a major global emergency , and now the International Rescue Committee is telling us that this latest generation of locusts is the worst of them all by far… When these swarms of locusts approach an area , they can be so thick that they literally block out @ @ @ @ @ @ @ them with pesticides from the sky , but when you are talking about countless millions of locusts in a single swarm , killing thousands of them doesn ’ t exactly make too much of a dent .
In past articles about these locusts , I have focused on the widespread destruction that we have been witnessing in Africa , and without a doubt we will see widespread famine across much of the eastern portion of that continent .
This new generation is hitting Africa again , but what has surprised many experts is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and India .
A British news source is using the term “ biblical ” to describe the infestation that Pakistan is facing , and the Pakistani government was recently forced to declare a national emergency because of the locusts… Over in India , one expert is saying that these locusts are unlike anything that his nation has ever seen before… Sadly , most Americans don ’ t even know that this is happening .
Here in the United States , the mainstream media has been so focused on COVID-19 and all of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ this gigantic locust plague should be making front page headlines too .
At this point , things have gotten so bad that the executive director of the UN World Food Program is warning that we are facing “ the worst humanitarian crisis since World War Two ” , and he has publicly stated that hundreds of thousands of people will soon be starving to death every day… Thankfully , we are not facing imminent starvation here in the United States .
But that doesn ’ t mean that everything is okay .
In @ @ @ @ @ @ @ found that an increasing number of Americans are skipping meals or reducing the size of their meals now that economic conditions have greatly deteriorated… Many Americans have been taking last Friday ’ s jobs report as a sign that things will soon turn around , but it turns out that the report was not nearly as rosy as many thought .
In the report , the BLS actually admits that a major “ misclassification error ” severely skewed the numbers and that the real rate of unemployment is actually about 16.3 percent… And @ @ @ @ @ @ @ if honest numbers were being used and if the numbers were corrected for BLS errors , the real rate of unemployment in the U.S. would currently be sitting at 36.5 percent .
So no , things are not good at all .
But at least locusts are not eating all of our crops and our population is not on the brink of starvation .
We should be thankful for the blessings that we still have , and we should use the time that we have to prepare for what else is ahead , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ perfect storm ” is just getting started .

by Michael Snyder
Billions upon billions of voracious desert locusts are ravenously devouring crops over a vast portion of the globe that stretches from eastern Africa all the way to India. This unprecedented plague was supposed to be subsiding by now, but instead a fourth generation of locusts has emerged that is producing swarms that are “up to 8,000 times larger” than what we witnessed earlier this year. Some of these swarms are the size of major cities, they can travel up to 150 kilometers a day, and when they descend upon a farm they can literally eat everything there in as little as 30 seconds. Because these swarms are not affecting the United States, most Americans don’t understand the immense devastation that is happening on the other side of the globe right now. The UN is warning that mass starvation is coming, and we are being told that it is going to begin by the end of this calendar year.
Each desert locust is very small, but collectively they can consume vast amounts of food. According to the UN, a swarm that contains between 40 and 80 million locusts can eat “the same amount of food in a day as three million people”.
And it is important to remember that colossal swarms of locusts have been destroying countless farms day after day for many months. What we have already witnessed is enough to constitute a major global emergency, and now the International Rescue Committee is telling us that this latest generation of locusts is the worst of them all by far…
“A fourth generation of desert locusts up to 8,000 times larger than previous swarms could destroy crops at the start of the hunger season and leave millions facing food insecurity and famine,” explained the aid organization in a statement.
When these swarms of locusts approach an area, they can be so thick that they literally block out the sun. Authorities have been spraying them with pesticides from the sky, but when you are talking about countless millions of locusts in a single swarm, killing thousands of them doesn’t exactly make too much of a dent.
In past articles about these locusts, I have focused on the widespread destruction that we have been witnessing in Africa, and without a doubt we will see widespread famine across much of the eastern portion of that continent.
This new generation is hitting Africa again, but what has surprised many experts is how hard it is also hitting Pakistan and India.
A British news source is using the term “biblical” to describe the infestation that Pakistan is facing, and the Pakistani government was recently forced to declare a national emergency because of the locusts…
Tens of millions of people are set to face food shortages on the continent after a plague of locusts embarked on a path of destruction across India and Pakistan. In Pakistan, a national emergency has been declared after an outbreak of locusts’, on a biblical scale, wreaked havoc across farmland in the eastern Punjab, southern Sindh and southwestern Baluchistan provinces.
Over in India, one expert is saying that these locusts are unlike anything that his nation has ever seen before…
Bhagirath Choudhary, director of the New Delhi-based South Asia Biotechnology Centre, an agriculture think-tank said: “We have never, ever seen what we have in the last six months in India – never in the history.”
Sadly, most Americans don’t even know that this is happening.
Here in the United States, the mainstream media has been so focused on COVID-19 and all of the civil unrest that has erupted, but this gigantic locust plague should be making front page headlines too.
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At this point, things have gotten so bad that the executive director of the UN World Food Program is warning that we are facing “the worst humanitarian crisis since World War Two”, and he has publicly stated that hundreds of thousands of people will soon be starving to death every day…
“If we can’t reach these people with the life-saving assistance they need, our analysis shows that 300,000 people could starve to death every single day over a three-month period”, he upheld. “This does not include the increase of starvation due to COVID-19”.
Thankfully, we are not facing imminent starvation here in the United States.
But that doesn’t mean that everything is okay.
In fact, one brand new survey has found that an increasing number of Americans are skipping meals or reducing the size of their meals now that economic conditions have greatly deteriorated…
“One in four Americans (26%) say they or a member of their household have skipped meals or relied on charity or government food programs since February, including 14% who say they have reduced the size of meals or skipped meals because there wasn’t enough money for food, 13% who have visited a food bank or pantry for meals, and 13% who have applied for or received SNAP benefits,” the survey said.
Many Americans have been taking last Friday’s jobs report as a sign that things will soon turn around, but it turns out that the report was not nearly as rosy as many thought.
In the report, the BLS actually admits that a major “misclassification error” severely skewed the numbers and that the real rate of unemployment is actually about 16.3 percent…
When the U.S. government’s official jobs report for May came out on Friday, it included a note at the bottom saying there had been a major “error” indicating that the unemployment rate likely should be higher than the widely reported 13.3 percent rate. The special note said that if this “misclassification error” had not occurred, the “overall unemployment rate would have been about 3 percentage points higher than reported,” meaning the unemployment rate would be about 16.3 percent for May.
And according to John Williams of shadowstats.com, if honest numbers were being used and if the numbers were corrected for BLS errors, the real rate of unemployment in the U.S. would currently be sitting at 36.5 percent.
So no, things are not good at all.
But at least locusts are not eating all of our crops and our population is not on the brink of starvation.
We should be thankful for the blessings that we still have, and we should use the time that we have to prepare for what else is ahead, because the truth is that this “perfect storm” is just getting started.


investmentwatchblog--2020-06-08--Peter Schiff: It’s game over for the Fed … John Williams: Hyperinflation is coming. Buy gold … Micha

Peter Schiff : It ’ s game over for the Fed … John Williams : Hyperinflation is coming .
Buy @ @ @ @ @ Central banks have jumped the shark , may even buy stocks … Lynette Zang : @ @ @ @ @ cover for a financial reset … Glenn Greenwald : Coronavirus , protests reveal society ’ @ @ @ @

BY JOHN RUBINO
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investmentwatchblog--2020-06-08--Total U.S. Petroleum Consumption Still Down 25%, Inventories At Record High

The stock markets surged today on news that the U.S. unemployment rate “ SURPRISINGLY ” fell to 13.3 % in May , down from 14.7 % in April .
Somehow , with most of the country still on lockdown in May , there were 2.5 million Americans added to the payrolls along with 345,000 new businesses that were formed .
Then , of course , we had President Trump praising , The “ V-shaped ” recovery that was now taking place in the U.S. Economy .
I find this quite hilarious when the U.S. Public debt increased by another cool @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Furthermore , if we add that amount to the $ 1,234 billion added in April , it comes out to be a TAD BIT more than $ 2 trillion in just the past two months .
So , if this is a “ V-shaped ” recovery , it took one hell of a lot of debt to keep it from heading straight into a depression .
I spent some time looking on my Twitter feed today and saw a lot of analysts disputing the U.S. unemployment figures for May : Regardless , while @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in their SUVs and Chevy Tahoes , total U.S. petroleum products supplied to the market are still 25 % lower than there were in March : I took the EIA , U.S. Energy Information Agency ’ s weekly figures , and provide a monthly average in the chart above .
The monthly average for December to March was about 20.2 million barrels per day ( mbd ) .
However , this fell to an average of 14.5 mbd in April and then increased to 15.9 mbd in May .
But , according to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for the week ending May 29th , total U.S. petroleum products supplied fell to only 15.1 mbd .
The largest decline of petroleum products supplied came from the Jet Fuel and Diesel Fuel categories .
Motor gasoline product supplied increased by about 300,000 barrels per day , but the total decline from Jet Fuel and Diesel was a little more than 1,000,000 barrels per day .
It will be interesting to see the changes in U.S. petroleum products supplied over the next several months as we continue to up that MASSIVE “ V-Shaped @ @ @ @ @ @ @ looked at how much U.S. total oil production had declined from its peak .
According to the EIA , total U.S. crude oil production has fallen from a peak of 13.1 mbd ( million barrels per day ) to 11.2 mbd , a loss of 1.9 mbd .
However , if total U.S. petroleum products supplied are still down roughly 5 mbd , where is the rest of the oil going ?
?
Remember , the U.S. oil supply has only declined by 1.9 mbd from the peak .
The difference between the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ roughly 3.1 mbd .
So again… where is this oil going ?
?
Well… it ’ s going into the total U.S. oil and petroleum stocks .
First , the total U.S. oil and petroleum stocks increased by 19.1 million barrels over the past week .
If we divide by SEVEN DAYS , we get 2.7 million barrels per day .
So , the U.S. Petroleum Industry is still adding nearly 3 million barrels per day to the country ’ s total oil-petroleum stocks .
The following chart shows how quickly the stocks @ @ @ @ @ @ @ these charts are in THOUSAND BARRELS .
So , the U.S. total oil and petroleum stocks are a bit more than 2 billion barrels .
And keeping with the HOPIUM STOCK MARKET mantra , these oil and petroleum stocks reached a new record level this week of 2.078 billion barrels compared to the prior peak of 2.067 billion barrels back in August of 2016 : So , we will see what happens to U.S. oil demand and petroleum inventories over the next few months as we “ Supposedly ” continue back up the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s just say… I have my doubts .
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by Steve St Angelo of SRSrocco Report
The stock markets surged today on news that the U.S. unemployment rate “SURPRISINGLY” fell to 13.3% in May, down from 14.7% in April. Somehow, with most of the country still on lockdown in May, there were 2.5 million Americans added to the payrolls along with 345,000 new businesses that were formed.
Then, of course, we had President Trump praising, The “V-shaped” recovery that was now taking place in the U.S. Economy. I find this quite hilarious when the U.S. Public debt increased by another cool $830 billion in May alone. Furthermore, if we add that amount to the $1,234 billion added in April, it comes out to be a TAD BIT more than $2 trillion in just the past two months. So, if this is a “V-shaped” recovery, it took one hell of a lot of debt to keep it from heading straight into a depression.
I spent some time looking on my Twitter feed today and saw a lot of analysts disputing the U.S. unemployment figures for May:
Regardless, while Americans are heading back on the road in their SUVs and Chevy Tahoes, total U.S. petroleum products supplied to the market are still 25% lower than there were in March:
I took the EIA, U.S. Energy Information Agency’s weekly figures, and provide a monthly average in the chart above. The monthly average for December to March was about 20.2 million barrels per day (mbd). However, this fell to an average of 14.5 mbd in April and then increased to 15.9 mbd in May. But, according to the EIA’s most recent update for the week ending May 29th, total U.S. petroleum products supplied fell to only 15.1 mbd.
The largest decline of petroleum products supplied came from the Jet Fuel and Diesel Fuel categories. Motor gasoline product supplied increased by about 300,000 barrels per day, but the total decline from Jet Fuel and Diesel was a little more than 1,000,000 barrels per day. It will be interesting to see the changes in U.S. petroleum products supplied over the next several months as we continue to up that MASSIVE “V-Shaped” Recovery… SARCASM… LOL.
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I also looked at how much U.S. total oil production had declined from its peak. According to the EIA, total U.S. crude oil production has fallen from a peak of 13.1 mbd (million barrels per day) to 11.2 mbd, a loss of 1.9 mbd. However, if total U.S. petroleum products supplied are still down roughly 5 mbd, where is the rest of the oil going??
Remember, the U.S. oil supply has only declined by 1.9 mbd from the peak. The difference between the loss of production and products supplied is roughly 3.1 mbd. So again… where is this oil going??
Well… it’s going into the total U.S. oil and petroleum stocks. First, the total U.S. oil and petroleum stocks increased by 19.1 million barrels over the past week. If we divide by SEVEN DAYS, we get 2.7 million barrels per day. So, the U.S. Petroleum Industry is still adding nearly 3 million barrels per day to the country’s total oil-petroleum stocks.
The following chart shows how quickly the stocks have been increasing:
The figures in these charts are in THOUSAND BARRELS. So, the U.S. total oil and petroleum stocks are a bit more than 2 billion barrels. And keeping with the HOPIUM STOCK MARKET mantra, these oil and petroleum stocks reached a new record level this week of 2.078 billion barrels compared to the prior peak of 2.067 billion barrels back in August of 2016:
So, we will see what happens to U.S. oil demand and petroleum inventories over the next few months as we “Supposedly” continue back up the “V-shaped” recovery. Let’s just say… I have my doubts.
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investmentwatchblog--2020-06-08--WE THE PEOPLE VS. THE REGIME

WE THE PEOPLE VS. THE REGIME

I am referring to all forms/layers of government when I speak of the regime .

I am referring to all forms/layers of government when I speak of the regime.
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investmentwatchblog--2020-06-08--London has fallen! Police seen running away in fear from protesters…

Gangs Chase #Police For Trying To Make Arrest In #London This is what the government have allowed to happen in to permit anti white sentiment across the nation. @WeAreTRR t.co/RHjosiaAZv pic.twitter.com/hgKhFgQ1bL — UK Street Crime 🇬🇧 (@UKStreetCrime1) June 7, 2020
Enough is enough now. This is no longer a protest. Its run its course and needs to end. @SadiqKhan @BorisJohnson Shut the city down or give the Police the powers to take back control of our streets, before one of them are killed by these thugs.#londonprotest @GaryLineker pic.twitter.com/NZ3onZI0uz — Luke (@LukeHOAFC) June 7, 2020
From Mr. Brexit himself, Nigel Farage:
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A new form of the Taliban was born in the UK today. Unless we get moral leadership quickly our cities won't be worth living in. — Nigel Farage (@Nigel_Farage) June 7, 2020
If Boris Johnson won't lead and stand up for the country, as its symbols are trashed, then people will start taking it into their own hands. Full on race riots are now possible. Show leadership and fast. — Nigel Farage (@Nigel_Farage) June 7, 2020
Police remove those guarding Churchill's statue. It was then defacedpic.twitter.com/4JZ0nVsYJJ — Old Holborn ✘ (@Holbornlolz) June 7, 2020
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investmentwatchblog--2020-06-08--This is the end for you guys. Firing someone for allowing different opinions in your paper means you

This is the end for you guys .
Firing someone for allowing different opinions in your paper means you are @ @ @ @ @ paper .
It ’ s been fun .
You had a good run .
The @ @ @ @ @ .
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— Sean Ono Lennon (@seanonolennon) June 8, 2020


investmentwatchblog--2020-06-08--CONFIRMED: THEY DISMANTLED the POLICE!

CONFIRMED: THEY DISMANTLED the POLICE!

WELL , THERE ’ S A HEADLINE THAT GETS YOUR ATTENTION : Minneapolis City Council Members Announce Intent To Disband @ @ @ @ @ In Proven Community-Led Public Safety .
Related : Would Joe Biden defund the police ?
@ @ @ @ @ a hearing .
It is also worth asking them questions , getting them to be @ @ @ @ @ stated goals .
Given that Biden is for-gainst the 1994 Crime Bill he once bragged @ @ @ @ @ if Trump can brand the last ten days as “ the Biden Riots ” in @ @ @ @ @ Earlier : Democratic Minneapolis Mayor Made to Leave Protest in Shame After Refusing to Defund @ @

#BREAKING Minneapolis police to be dismantled: city council pic.twitter.com/KiBulcaIHJ — AFP news agency (@AFP) June 8, 2020
WELL, THERE’S A HEADLINE THAT GETS YOUR ATTENTION: Minneapolis City Council Members Announce Intent To Disband The Police Department, Invest In Proven Community-Led Public Safety.
Related: Would Joe Biden defund the police? It is worth giving abolitionists a hearing. It is also worth asking them questions, getting them to be specific and detailed about their stated goals.
Given that Biden is for-gainst the 1994 Crime Bill he once bragged about writing, I wonder if Trump can brand the last ten days as “the Biden Riots” in his fall campaign ads?
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Earlier: Democratic Minneapolis Mayor Made to Leave Protest in Shame After Refusing to Defund Police.
h/t ED


investmentwatchblog--2020-06-08--This Is Exactly What Is Going To Happen If Police Departments Are “Disbanded” Or “Defunded” All Acro

This Is Exactly What Is Going To Happen If Police Departments Are “Disbanded” Or “Defunded” All Across America…

By now , you have probably heard that the Minneapolis City Council plans to completely disband the Minneapolis Police Department , and other major cities are considering significant cuts to the funding that their police departments receive .
Needless to say , such moves will only make our streets even more unsafe , but a lot of people out there are so upset about police brutality that they are ready to support such drastic measures .
In the aftermath of 9/11 , police departments all over the country were heavily militarized , and thousands of troops returning from our wars @ @ @ @ @ @ @ shift in policing culture caused enormous problems , and complaints about police brutality soared .
But instead of reforming law enforcement , many have now decided that the best approach would be to get rid of the police altogether .
Those that advocate for such an approach seem to believe that most people are inherently good , and that if the police are removed from the equation that we could build a police-free utopia where we all learn to get along with one another just fine .
But there is just one huge @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
That has been true all throughout human history , and it is most definitely true today .
Given the opportunity , there are a lot of people that will burn , loot , riot and harm others without even feeling bad about the pain that they are causing to others .
By nature , humanity is deeply selfish , and it has not been easy to organize us into civilized societies .
In order for a society to be governed by the rule of law , a relatively high level of morality @ @ @ @ @ @ @ American history that has been the case .
But now we have raised a new generation of Americans in an environment where we have rejected the core values that once governed our society , and we are beginning to reap the consequences .
If you doubt this , just look at what has happened to the city of Minneapolis .
Large areas of the city have been utterly destroyed , and the Minneapolis City Council has decided that the way to fix things is to “ end policing as we know it ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is going to stop criminals from raping , looting , stealing and killing ?
If you are reading this , perhaps you are thinking that you will just gun them down if they show up at your home .
But what if the criminals greatly outnumber your family and they have even bigger guns than you do ?
During the looting that just happened in southern California , a Los Angeles Times reporter asked a few of the looters why they were looting .
In response , one of the looters truthfully admitted @ @ @ @ @ @ @ because we can ” … The young man flanked the shattered entry of a ransacked CVS in Santa Monica , where people had swept the shelves clean of everything from diapers to detergent .
The man , who did not cover his face , admitted he was a looter .
He did not apologize .
“ We ’ ve got no other way of showing people how angry we are , ” he said .
Out of the store ran another young man , this one holding a carton of eggs .
He @ @ @ @ @ @ @ street for targets : police cars .
“ We ’ re doing it because we can , ” he said .
If heavily armed police officers had been stationed on every street corner , the looting would not have happened because there would not have been an opportunity to loot .
But given an opportunity to indulge the selfish human nature , these looters gleefully grabbed it .
Down in Houston , rioters were actually filmed attacking a children ’ s hospital .
What an incredibly evil thing to do , and this @ @ @ @ @ @ @ society has decayed .
If those young people had been raised in an environment of faith and morality , perhaps they would have turned out much differently .
Unfortunately , we have been teaching our kids that good is evil and evil is good for decades , and so what is happening now shouldn ’ t be any sort of a surprise .
Taking the police off the streets will not solve anything .
Instead , it will just give criminals a lot more opportunities to commit crimes .
Unfortunately , radicals are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , and it looks like police budgets are about to be slashed all over the United States… In New York City , lawmakers and policing reform advocates have called on Mayor Bill de Blasio to slash millions in police funding as the state budget faces what one official called “ economic devastation not seen since the Great Depression.
” In Los Angeles , four City Council members have introduced a proposal to reverse the mayor ’ s planned 7 percent police funding increase .
In Durham , North Carolina , protestors gathered at @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ Defund the Police ” protest .
In Milwaukee , Wisconsin , the African American Roundtable—backed by more than 65 organizations—called on the city to divest $ 75 million from the police department and to reinvest $ 50 million into public health , with the rest going to housing cooperatives .
In Philadelphia , where the mayor has proposed a $ 14 million increase in police funds , activists have been signing up in droves to testify virtually at a city budget hearing next week in protest .
If we want lots of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ death , destruction and chaos , this is the right path .
In the end , the truth is that we need the police .
Yes , police brutality is a major problem in this country and I have been writing about that for many years .
Police culture in the U.S. must change , because that is the only way that public faith in the police will ever be restored .
But abandoning our communities to the criminals is not any sort of a solution at all .
Instead , it will @ @ @ @ @ @ @ our streets .
As things stand , approximately four out of every five Americans already feel as though “ things in the country are out of control ” … Sadly , this is just the beginning .
More civil unrest , rioting and looting are coming , and it is going to be a very dark chapter in our history .
If the rioters come to your neighborhood , the first thing many of you will do will be to pick up the phone and call the police .
But if you live @ @ @ @ @ @ @ police will be disbanded , they soon won ’ t be on the other end of the phone to answer you .

by Michael Snyder
By now, you have probably heard that the Minneapolis City Council plans to completely disband the Minneapolis Police Department, and other major cities are considering significant cuts to the funding that their police departments receive. Needless to say, such moves will only make our streets even more unsafe, but a lot of people out there are so upset about police brutality that they are ready to support such drastic measures. In the aftermath of 9/11, police departments all over the country were heavily militarized, and thousands of troops returning from our wars overseas were hired as officers. This shift in policing culture caused enormous problems, and complaints about police brutality soared. But instead of reforming law enforcement, many have now decided that the best approach would be to get rid of the police altogether.
Those that advocate for such an approach seem to believe that most people are inherently good, and that if the police are removed from the equation that we could build a police-free utopia where we all learn to get along with one another just fine.
But there is just one huge problem.
People are not inherently good. That has been true all throughout human history, and it is most definitely true today.
Given the opportunity, there are a lot of people that will burn, loot, riot and harm others without even feeling bad about the pain that they are causing to others. By nature, humanity is deeply selfish, and it has not been easy to organize us into civilized societies. In order for a society to be governed by the rule of law, a relatively high level of morality is required, and for much of American history that has been the case.
But now we have raised a new generation of Americans in an environment where we have rejected the core values that once governed our society, and we are beginning to reap the consequences. If you doubt this, just look at what has happened to the city of Minneapolis. Large areas of the city have been utterly destroyed, and the Minneapolis City Council has decided that the way to fix things is to “end policing as we know it”…
A veto-proof majority of Minneapolis City Council members announced Sunday during a rally at Powderhorn that they are planning to disband the police department. City Council members said they will invest in community-led safety initiatives instead of the police department. “Our commitment is to end our city’s toxic relationship with the Minneapolis Police Department, to end policing as we know it, and to re-create systems of public safety that actually keep us safe,” Minneapolis City Council President Lisa Bender said at Sunday’s community meeting.
So without any police, who is going to stop criminals from raping, looting, stealing and killing?
If you are reading this, perhaps you are thinking that you will just gun them down if they show up at your home.
But what if the criminals greatly outnumber your family and they have even bigger guns than you do?
During the looting that just happened in southern California, a Los Angeles Times reporter asked a few of the looters why they were looting. In response, one of the looters truthfully admitted that “we’re doing it because we can”…
The young man flanked the shattered entry of a ransacked CVS in Santa Monica, where people had swept the shelves clean of everything from diapers to detergent. The man, who did not cover his face, admitted he was a looter. He did not apologize. “We’ve got no other way of showing people how angry we are,” he said. Out of the store ran another young man, this one holding a carton of eggs. He grabbed a friend and started scanning the street for targets: police cars. “We’re doing it because we can,” he said.
If heavily armed police officers had been stationed on every street corner, the looting would not have happened because there would not have been an opportunity to loot.
But given an opportunity to indulge the selfish human nature, these looters gleefully grabbed it.
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Down in Houston, rioters were actually filmed attacking a children’s hospital. What an incredibly evil thing to do, and this is more evidence of how much our society has decayed.
If those young people had been raised in an environment of faith and morality, perhaps they would have turned out much differently. Unfortunately, we have been teaching our kids that good is evil and evil is good for decades, and so what is happening now shouldn’t be any sort of a surprise.
Taking the police off the streets will not solve anything. Instead, it will just give criminals a lot more opportunities to commit crimes.
Unfortunately, radicals are running many of our major cities now, and it looks like police budgets are about to be slashed all over the United States…
In New York City, lawmakers and policing reform advocates have called on Mayor Bill de Blasio to slash millions in police funding as the state budget faces what one official called “economic devastation not seen since the Great Depression.” In Los Angeles, four City Council members have introduced a proposal to reverse the mayor’s planned 7 percent police funding increase. In Durham, North Carolina, protestors gathered at a local theater this week for a “Defund the Police” protest. In Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the African American Roundtable—backed by more than 65 organizations—called on the city to divest $75 million from the police department and to reinvest $50 million into public health, with the rest going to housing cooperatives. In Philadelphia, where the mayor has proposed a $14 million increase in police funds, activists have been signing up in droves to testify virtually at a city budget hearing next week in protest.
If we want lots of civil unrest, rioting, looting, death, destruction and chaos, this is the right path.
In the end, the truth is that we need the police. Yes, police brutality is a major problem in this country and I have been writing about that for many years. Police culture in the U.S. must change, because that is the only way that public faith in the police will ever be restored.
But abandoning our communities to the criminals is not any sort of a solution at all. Instead, it will just unleash a torrent of evil on our streets.
As things stand, approximately four out of every five Americans already feel as though “things in the country are out of control”…
Four in five registered voters in a new poll feel “things in the country are out of control” as the death toll from the coronavirus pandemic approaches 110,000, unemployment remains at a level not seen since the Great Depression and protests continue across the U.S. According to an NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll released Sunday, just 15% of voters think matters in the USA are under control and perceptions of the economy are at their worst since the end of President Barack Obama’s first term, when the country was still recovering from a recession.
Sadly, this is just the beginning.
More civil unrest, rioting and looting are coming, and it is going to be a very dark chapter in our history.
If the rioters come to your neighborhood, the first thing many of you will do will be to pick up the phone and call the police.
But if you live in one of the communities where the police will be disbanded, they soon won’t be on the other end of the phone to answer you.


investmentwatchblog--2020-06-08--NYPD COMMISSIONER RESIGNS along WITH 800 OFFICERS

If you live in NYC , get out NOW .
While you still can .
The police force is about @ @ @ @

💥❗❗#BREAKING❗❗💥
sources reporting that #NYPD Commissioner and Chief Of Department are resigning and between 300 and 800 officers are retiring immediately.
💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥 — Jonathan T Gilliam (@JGilliam_SEAL) June 7, 2020
If you live in NYC, get out NOW. While you still can. The police force is about to collapse. (
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investmentwatchblog--2020-06-08--Trust The Experts. They Know The Science.

Listen , I ’ ve been avoiding this language , but this is downright demonic .
There is something genuinely @ @ @ @ @ some of these insane , obvious falsehoods and carving out arbitrary exceptions for this behavior @ @ @ @ @ keep calling these people sick , but they are evil .

Yes, it's a real quote. pic.twitter.com/dSiFfJqWfR — Austin Open The Economy Petersen (@AP4Liberty) June 6, 2020
Listen, I’ve been avoiding this language, but this is downright demonic.
There is something genuinely fire-and-brimstone evil about shamelessly pushing some of these insane, obvious falsehoods and carving out arbitrary exceptions for this behavior vs. that behavior.
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I keep calling these people sick, but they are evil.
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investmentwatchblog--2020-06-08--MODIFIED LIMITED HANGOUT CONCLUDES:

MODIFIED LIMITED HANGOUT CONCLUDES:

● Shot : Congressional Democrats rebut Trump charge they want to defund police .
● Hangover : NRCC turns up @ @ @ @ @ [ Ilhan ] Omar ’ s call to abolish police .
AOC ’ s tweet @ @ @ @ @ : “ If police budgets bought peace , the $ 6 *billion* NYPD budget would @ @ @ @ @ sophisticated de-escalatory operation in the world.
” New Yorkers are now getting the bad old @ @ @ @ @ good and hard .
As Kyle Smith warned in 2013 on the eve of de @ @ @ @ @ he and fellow New Yorkers “ grouse about soda bans and Citi Bikes .
Twenty @ @ @ @ @ about being mugged or murdered .
Electing a Democrat who demonizes the police would ignore @ @ @ @ @ decades of safety.
” —Tweet by Doug Mills of the New York Times today .
@ @ @ @ @ Bulwark correctly notes at that last link , “ This is *huge* in-kind contribution to @ @ @ @ @ gift.
“

● Shot: Congressional Democrats rebut Trump charge they want to defund police.
—Headline, the Washington Examiner, Thursday.
● Chaser: Majority of Minneapolis City Council signs pledge to disband police department.
—Headline, the Washington Examiner, today.
● Hangover: NRCC turns up heat on vulnerable Democrats over [Ilhan] Omar’s call to abolish police.
—Headline, The Hill, Friday.
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AOC’s tweet is also included in article: “If police budgets bought peace, the $6 *billion* NYPD budget would’ve bought the most sophisticated de-escalatory operation in the world.”
New Yorkers are now getting the bad old days of the pre-Giuliani era good and hard. As Kyle Smith warned in 2013 on the eve of de Blasio’s election, he and fellow New Yorkers “grouse about soda bans and Citi Bikes. Twenty years ago, we worried about being mugged or murdered. Electing a Democrat who demonizes the police would ignore the luxury provided by two decades of safety.”
● Finally, the D.T.s:
DC Mayor Muriel Bowser had “Black Lives Matter” painted onto 16th St. just down from the White House. Last night protesters added “Defund The Police”
—Tweet by Doug Mills of the New York Times today. As Charlie Sykes of the Bulwark correctly notes at that last link, “This is *huge* in-kind contribution to the Trump campaign. A gift.“
h/t ED


investmentwatchblog--2020-06-08--TARGET Pulled Out Of Canada In Weeks In 2015, NOW It’s The Great American Shutdown, US Civil Unrest,

TARGET Pulled Out Of Canada In Weeks In 2015, NOW It’s The Great American Shutdown, US Civil Unrest, Looting & Riot Edition?

( by Half Dollar ) Does anybody not find it odd that there is one name that keeps popping-up to the forefront of the Great American Looting Spree ?
Especially when we recall things such as Target closing ALL of its stores in Canada within a very short period of time back in 2015 : Specifically , from the same link ( bold added for emphasis and commentary ) : This morning , Target Canada Co. announced that it will complete its inventory liquidation efforts and close the last of its 133 Canadian retail stores to the public on April @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s three distribution centres and Mississauga headquarters have been closed .
Liquidator-led fixture sales will continue in some locations .
The company has been winding down its operations since January 15 , 2015 when it obtained an Initial Order for protection from the Ontario Superior Court of Justice under the Companies ’ Creditors Arrangement Act ( “ CCAA ” ) .
“ We are pleased with the results of the liquidation sales to date and the speed at which we have moved through the wind-down process .
We want to once again @ @ @ @ @ @ @ their hard work and great adaptability through this process , ” said Aaron Alt , Target Canada CEO .
“ The court-approved real estate sales process is underway and is expected to be completed by the end of June 2015.
” This seems to tells us that economic collapse happens fast , because if abrupt closure is speedy in the corporate world in the best of times , imagine what it will be like when various corporations aren ’ t really making decisions on their own about the closures , but rather , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ?
Side Note : Chase Bank forgave ALL credit card debt , for ALL Canadian customers in the Summer of 2019 .
Fast forward to the civil unrest , looting and riots in the United States in late May , early June of 2020 , and what do we see ?
None other than Target front-and-center , of course , but more importantly , what would the closure of Target mean for America , if Target were to close , if not , at the very least , would it mean one serious @ @ @ @ @ @ @ say , from the very first week of the riots , Target has been in the spotlight , and since we ’ ve all seen the various footage of the chaos and violence , here ’ s my personal favorite ( in only eleven seconds ) : And no , I ’ m not saying , “ do this ” or “ don ’ t do that ” .
Regardless , when we see stuff like this on Target ’ s website now : We should understand that ALL companies are virtue signaling @ @ @ @ @ @ @ they ’ ve focused on the wrong thing – racism , instead of what this was really about before all else – the Unconstitutional acting US Police State and unaccountable police brutality .
In one month , it will be about something else .
Still , would it not be a stretch to get a press release announcing the closure of all US stores soon ?
In January of 2015 , Target announced it was closing all of its stores in Canada , and in less than four months , it happened .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ began the last week of May , and that was after months of Covid-19 shutdowns .
Target has done well in the face of the shutdowns because let ’ s face it – people have to eat – and the government ’ s dime is free-flowing .
But when the government ’ s dime doesn ’ t have quite the same purchasing power , and Target is shown for the Karen-catering overpriced retailer that it is ?
Finally , well , consider the absurdity our our economy and markets , in one single @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , is EXACTLY why President Trump is boasting so much about the jobs report when everybody knows jobs are being shed daily .
You see , It ’ s kind of hard to justify the massive stock market manipulation and market rigging taking stocks to new all-time highs for the sole purpose of enriching yourself and your bestest-buddies who dance the revolving door between Washington and Wall Street if the Deplorables think that people are losing jobs .
Or is it ?

(by Half Dollar) Does anybody not find it odd that there is one name that keeps popping-up to the forefront of the Great American Looting Spree?
Especially when we recall things such as Target closing ALL of its stores in Canada within a very short period of time back in 2015:
Specifically, from the same link (bold added for emphasis and commentary):
This morning, Target Canada Co. announced that it will complete its inventory liquidation efforts and close the last of its 133 Canadian retail stores to the public on April 12. In addition, Target Canada’s three distribution centres and Mississauga headquarters have been closed. Liquidator-led fixture sales will continue in some locations. The company has been winding down its operations since January 15, 2015 when it obtained an Initial Order for protection from the Ontario Superior Court of Justice under the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act (“CCAA”).
“We are pleased with the results of the liquidation sales to date and the speed at which we have moved through the wind-down process. We want to once again thank all Target Canada team members for their hard work and great adaptability through this process,” said Aaron Alt, Target Canada CEO. “The court-approved real estate sales process is underway and is expected to be completed by the end of June 2015.”
This seems to tells us that economic collapse happens fast, because if abrupt closure is speedy in the corporate world in the best of times, imagine what it will be like when various corporations aren’t really making decisions on their own about the closures, but rather, circumstances are forcing the decisions on them?
Side Note: Chase Bank forgave ALL credit card debt, for ALL Canadian customers in the Summer of 2019.
Fast forward to the civil unrest, looting and riots in the United States in late May, early June of 2020, and what do we see?
None other than Target front-and-center, of course, but more importantly, what would the closure of Target mean for America, if Target were to close, if not, at the very least, would it mean one serious hit to investor psychology?
Needless to say, from the very first week of the riots, Target has been in the spotlight, and since we’ve all seen the various footage of the chaos and violence, here’s my personal favorite (in only eleven seconds):
But I digress.
And no, I’m not saying, “do this” or “don’t do that”.
Regardless, when we see stuff like this on Target’s website now:
We should understand that ALL companies are virtue signaling right now, and, unfortunately, they’ve focused on the wrong thing – racism, instead of what this was really about before all else – the Unconstitutional acting US Police State and unaccountable police brutality.
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In one month, it will be about something else.
Still, would it not be a stretch to get a press release announcing the closure of all US stores soon?
In January of 2015, Target announced it was closing all of its stores in Canada, and in less than four months, it happened.
For those keeping score, the riots began the last week of May, and that was after months of Covid-19 shutdowns.
Target has done well in the face of the shutdowns because let’s face it – people have to eat – and the government’s dime is free-flowing.
For now.
But when the government’s dime doesn’t have quite the same purchasing power, and Target is shown for the Karen-catering overpriced retailer that it is?
Finally, well, consider the absurdity our our economy and markets, in one single chart:
Which, in my opinion, is EXACTLY why President Trump is boasting so much about the jobs report when everybody knows jobs are being shed daily.
You see, It’s kind of hard to justify the massive stock market manipulation and market rigging taking stocks to new all-time highs for the sole purpose of enriching yourself and your bestest-buddies who dance the revolving door between Washington and Wall Street if the Deplorables think that people are losing jobs.
Or is it?


investmentwatchblog--2020-06-08--U.S., at 2,000,000 Coronavirus Cases, is Now 29% of World’s Total

The United States now has two million cases of coronavirus-19 , and this is 28.55 % of the global total .
On May 2nd , when America ’ s percentage peaked , it was 33.3 % — one-third of the global total .
So , even if the coronavirus spotlight is now being taken off America , that ’ s because , relatively speaking , the situation is getting worse globally .
On June 5th , Reuters reported that “ The epicentre of the pandemic is currently in countries of Central , South and North America.
” Back on February @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that The Corona virus is a virus that , for whatever reason , East Asians are susceptible to but other races are not , just like SARS .
None of our people are going to succumb to this condition .
The MSM ’ s constant hyping is just a way of making people panic , because people are more susceptible to being indoctrinated when they panic .
By not reporting the race of those who have caught this disease in Europe , unnecessary panic is being fomented among Europeans .
We ’ re @ @ @ @ @ @ @ virus that affects people in some countries will affect people in all countries ; and the differences in how much the people in each country will be affected will depend vastly more on that country ’ s culture , and traditions , and government , and location , than on its people ’ s “ race ” ( whatever that is ) .
Racism is plain stupid , not merely evil .
The 25 countries that ( out of all 215 countries listed ) have the highest percentage of their people ( in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are or have been determined to be suffering from this disease are , in order : The lowest-percentage countries ( sufferers per million ) are : ————— Investigative historian Eric Zuesse is the author , most recently , of They ’ re Not Even Close : The Democratic vs. Republican Economic Records , 1910-2010 , and of CHRIST ’ S VENTRILOQUISTS : The Event that Created Christianity .

by Eric Zuesse
The United States now has two million cases of coronavirus-19, and this is 28.55% of the global total.
On May 2nd, when America’s percentage peaked, it was 33.3% — one-third of the global total. So, even if the coronavirus spotlight is now being taken off America, that’s because, relatively speaking, the situation is getting worse globally.
On June 5th, Reuters reported that “The epicentre of the pandemic is currently in countries of Central, South and North America.”
Back on February 1st, a racist website had speculated that
The Corona virus is a virus that, for whatever reason, East Asians are susceptible to but other races are not, just like SARS. None of our people are going to succumb to this condition. The MSM’s constant hyping is just a way of making people panic, because people are more susceptible to being indoctrinated when they panic. By not reporting the race of those who have caught this disease in Europe, unnecessary panic is being fomented among Europeans.
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We’re all the same species, and a virus that affects people in some countries will affect people in all countries; and the differences in how much the people in each country will be affected will depend vastly more on that country’s culture, and traditions, and government, and location, than on its people’s “race” (whatever that is). Racism is plain stupid, not merely evil.
The 25 countries that (out of all 215 countries listed) have the highest percentage of their people (in cases per million of population) who are or have been determined to be suffering from this disease are, in order:
Qatar, 23,932 San Marino, 20,044 Vatican City, 14,981 Andorra, 11,028 Bahrain, 8,478 Mayotte, 7,635 Kuwait, 7,298 Chile, 6,687 Luxembourg, 6,454 Singapore, 6,418 Spain, 6,168 USA, 5,990 Peru, 5,822 Iceland, 5,295 Gibraltar, 5,194 Ireland, 5,104 Belgium, 5,098 Belarus, 5,053 Sweden, 4,347 Djibouti, 4,224 UK, 4,198 Armenia, 4,173 Isle of Man, 3,953 Italy, 3,883 UAE, 3,873
The lowest-percentage countries (sufferers per million) are:
Papua, 0.9 Lesotho, 2 Laos, 3 Angola, 3 Vietnam, 3 Myanmar, 4 Burundi, 5 Cambodia, 7 Syria, 7 Tanzania, 9 Eritrea, 11 Namibia, 11 Gambia, 11 Uganda, 13 Mozambique, 13 Western Sahara, 15 Yemen, 16 Botswana, 17 Zimbabwe, 18 Timor Este, 18 Taiwan, 19 Fiji, 20 Malawi, 21 Benin, 22 Rwanda, 33
The 12 highest deaths-per-million are:
San Marino, 1,238 Belgium, 827 Andorra, 660 UK, 596 Spain, 580 Italy, 560 Sweden, 461 France, 447 Netherlands, 351 St. Martin, 350 Ireland, 340 USA, 339
—————
Investigative historian Eric Zuesse is the author, most recently, of They’re Not Even Close: The Democratic vs. Republican Economic Records, 1910-2010, and of CHRIST’S VENTRILOQUISTS: The Event that Created Christianity.


investmentwatchblog--2020-06-08--Dow now above its upper  Bollinger Bands we know what comes next.

Dow now above its upper Bollinger Bands we know what comes next .
pic.twitter.com/OIaHpTKxuJ

Dow now above its upper Bollinger Bands we know what comes next. pic.twitter.com/OIaHpTKxuJ
— The Great Martis (@great_martis) June 8, 2020


investmentwatchblog--2020-06-08--ULTIMATE SUPERPOWER: Printing to the End as Gold Consolidates

by David Morgan of The Morgan Report In its frantic scramble to save the American economy , the central bank of the United States seems to have the ultimate superpower .
The Federal Reserve is creating dollars from scratch at an unprecedented rate , one of many tools they think will rescue the economy amid the coronavirus pandemic .
Anybody who has studied history knows that this won ’ t end well for America .
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In its frantic scramble to save the American economy, the central bank of the United States seems to have the ultimate superpower. The Federal Reserve is creating dollars from scratch at an unprecedented rate, one of many tools they think will rescue the economy amid the coronavirus pandemic.
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investmentwatchblog--2020-06-08--Because everything is “woke” in 2020: Looney Tunes reboot will not allow Elmer Fudd to have a gun

Warner Bros is rebooting the Elmer Fudd cartoon and he will no longer be allowed to have firearms to hunt @ @ @ @ @ do his hunting so as to not glorify gun violence ?
With this : Sticks @ @ @ @ @ the head and booby traps will still be featured in the series .
“ We @ @ @ @ @ , ” said Peter Browngardt , executive producers of the series , in an interview @ @ @ @ @ .
“ But we can do cartoony violence – TNT , the Acme stuff.
” @ @ @ @ @ ban on guns , the cartoons are a throwback to a different time , he @ @ @ @ @ re going through this wave of anti-bullying , ‘ everyone needs to be friends ’ @ @ @ @ @ get along ’ .
Looney Tunes is pretty much the antithesis of that .
It @ @ @ @ @ conflict , sometimes getting pretty violent.
” Read the whole story here .

by DCG
Warner Bros is rebooting the Elmer Fudd cartoon and he will no longer be allowed to have firearms to hunt wabbits. How will he do his hunting so as to not glorify gun violence? With this:
Sticks of dynamite, anvils on the head and booby traps will still be featured in the series.
From the Yahoo story:
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“We’re not doing guns,” said Peter Browngardt, executive producers of the series, in an interview with the New York Times. “But we can do cartoony violence – TNT, the Acme stuff.”
With the exception of the ban on guns, the cartoons are a throwback to a different time, he added. “We’re going through this wave of anti-bullying, ‘everyone needs to be friends’, ‘everyone needs to get along’. Looney Tunes is pretty much the antithesis of that. It’s two characters in conflict, sometimes getting pretty violent.”
Read the whole story here.
DCG


investmentwatchblog--2020-06-08--Nick Santiago: Job Numbers Cooked?

Nick Santiago: Job Numbers Cooked?

1 .
Validity of Job Numbers isn ’ t relevant .
The market is the final arbiter .
No one really knows .
Sometimes it ’ s a non-event and sometimes like Friday it isn ’ t .
The ADP job report is much cleaner and accurate .
Less incentive to fudge the numbers .
Never believe anything government tells you .
Bottom line is the market reacts .
2 .
Peter Schiff ’ s predictions have been very accurate .
But he ’ s not a trader and he ’ s been wrong a lot too .
No one @ @ @ @ @ @ @ know don ’ t say and those who say don ’ t know .
He has no timing aspect with his calls .
Great for a longer time perspective .
Nick has no bias for up market or down market .
Nick tries not to listen and doesn ’ t even watch CNBC .
Ignore opinions and watch the charts .
A couple of weeks ago we had horrible news .
Everyone was negative .
And what happened ?
The charts were right and the “ experts ” wrong .
3 .
Had @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Nasdaq is negative .
JP Morgan has gone from $ 85 to over $ 100 .
Russell 2000 is up 1.5 % today .
Small caps are very strong .
4 .
Closed out BP call options today for a 22.5 % since April .
Lots of interesting sector .
Waiting for a pullback after Friday ’ s huge move .
Nick ’ s taking a breather in expectation of a pullback .
Nick ’ s is still watching .
5 .
Gold and silver up a bit today .
Sideways move @ @ @ @ @ @ @ new highs .
If anything goes up in a straight line the move will shortly be over .
6 .
Thursday night Q & A ’ s with Nick ’ s members .
He noticed last week that his members wanted to short .
Just because the market is up doesn ’ t mean it ’ s time to short .
Nicholas Santiago started trading in 1991 .
In 1997 , he became a licensed Series 7 and 63 registered representative .
He successfully managed money for a large , affluent private client @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Technical Analysis .
He is a highly regarded and accomplished technician in the studies of Elliot Wave , Gann Theory , Dow Theory and Cycle Theory .
After applying his knowledge to his client base and meeting his personal monetary goals , he decided it was time to begin teaching those interested in learning his trading and investing methodology .
In 2007 , he partnered with Gareth Soloway to form InTheMoneyStocks.com and realize his dream of educating others about the truth of the markets .
He now co-heads the education department at InTheMoneyStocks @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with providing consulting services to hedge funds and institutions .

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1. Validity of Job Numbers isn’t relevant. The market is the final arbiter. No one really knows. Sometimes it’s a non-event and sometimes like Friday it isn’t. The ADP job report is much cleaner and accurate. Less incentive to fudge the numbers. Never believe anything government tells you. Bottom line is the market reacts.
2. Peter Schiff’s predictions have been very accurate. But he’s not a trader and he’s been wrong a lot too. No one knows the who story. Those who know don’t say and those who say don’t know. He has no timing aspect with his calls. Great for a longer time perspective. Nick has no bias for up market or down market. Nick tries not to listen and doesn’t even watch CNBC. Ignore opinions and watch the charts. A couple of weeks ago we had horrible news. Everyone was negative. And what happened? The charts were right and the “experts” wrong.
3. Had a great rally on Friday, broadbased. Nasdaq is negative. JP Morgan has gone from $85 to over $100. Russell 2000 is up 1.5% today. Small caps are very strong.
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4. Closed out BP call options today for a 22.5% since April. Lots of interesting sector. Waiting for a pullback after Friday’s huge move. Nick’s taking a breather in expectation of a pullback. Nick’s is still watching.
5. Gold and silver up a bit today. Sideways move, which is welcome. Consolidation before new highs. If anything goes up in a straight line the move will shortly be over.
6. Thursday night Q&A’s with Nick’s members. He noticed last week that his members wanted to short. Just because the market is up doesn’t mean it’s time to short.
Nicholas Santiago started trading in 1991. In 1997, he became a licensed Series 7 and 63 registered representative. He successfully managed money for a large, affluent private client group. Nick is an expert in Technical Analysis. He is a highly regarded and accomplished technician in the studies of Elliot Wave, Gann Theory, Dow Theory and Cycle Theory. After applying his knowledge to his client base and meeting his personal monetary goals, he decided it was time to begin teaching those interested in learning his trading and investing methodology. In 2007, he partnered with Gareth Soloway to form InTheMoneyStocks.com and realize his dream of educating others about the truth of the markets. He now co-heads the education department at InTheMoneyStocks and enlightens thousands of members, along with providing consulting services to hedge funds and institutions.


investmentwatchblog--2020-06-08--CORRUPTION: Coronavirus Shows Why We Need Separation Of Medicine And State!

by Ron Paul of Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity It seems like only yesterday .
Americans were denied the right to go to their churches .
They were denied the right to visit their loved ones in the hospital .
They were denied the right to open their businesses and go to work to provide for themselves and their families .
They were denied the right to go to restaurants , to bars , to hair salons .
No laws were passed denying these rights .
Even that would be illegal and immoral .
But what happened was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ rights by governors , county judges , and even local mayors who used the coronavirus outbreak as an excuse to rule by decree .
They stole power that was not theirs to take and wielded it at all levels to force America into three months of house arrest .
Then , in the midst of stay-at-home orders across the country , the same governors and local officials who locked Americans in their homes suddenly came around with their keys and threw open the doors .
Suddenly not only was it OK to go @ @ @ @ @ @ @ required to go out into the street !
What happened ?
A cure ?
A miraculous vaccine ?
No .
The officials who locked Americans up found a cause they felt required Americans in the streets to protest .
Police had killed a black man , Floyd George , in their custody in Minneapolis and suddenly the need to protest trumped the need to “ stay home , save lives.
” Suddenly the same health “ experts ” who told us we must not gather in crowds or there will be death in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ gathering in crowds .
An open letter on the Floyd George protests signed by more than 1,200 doctors and other health professionals clarified that they “ do not condemn these gatherings as risky for Covid-19 transmission.
” However , they wrote , “ this should not be confused with a permissive stance on all gatherings , particularly protests against stay-at-home orders.
” Did the coronavirus develop some kind of superior intelligence enabling it to distinguish between those who were congregating for a “ good cause ” and those who were congregating for a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ not .
What has happened from the beginning of this shameful coronavirus episode is the politicization of public health at the hands of authoritarians .
Two prestigious medical journals , The Lancet and the New England Journal of Medicine , were forced to retract studies they had published concluding that Hydroxychloroquine was harmful to Covid patients .
The rush to print the studies looks very much like a political move rather than one based on scientific principles .
Once President Trump revealed that he was taking hydroxychloroquine the mainstream media and even “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
This is what happens when medicine merges with the state .
We get the worst of both .
We get career bureaucrat Dr. Fauci telling us we can never shake hands again and that we must stay home until a vaccine is found .
Meanwhile , doctors across the globe are reporting that this variation of the coronavirus is disappearing on its own .
We have a tradition of separation of church and state in the United States for good reason .
The merger of state and church invites oppression and corruption @ @ @ @ @ @ @ approach to medicine and the state .
We now see how this merger has produced the same kind of widespread tyranny and corruption .

by Ron Paul of Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity
It seems like only yesterday. Americans were denied the right to go to their churches. They were denied the right to visit their loved ones in the hospital. They were denied the right to open their businesses and go to work to provide for themselves and their families. They were denied the right to go to restaurants, to bars, to hair salons.
No laws were passed denying these rights. Even that would be illegal and immoral. But what happened was worse. They were denied these basic rights by governors, county judges, and even local mayors who used the coronavirus outbreak as an excuse to rule by decree. They stole power that was not theirs to take and wielded it at all levels to force America into three months of house arrest.
Then, in the midst of stay-at-home orders across the country, the same governors and local officials who locked Americans in their homes suddenly came around with their keys and threw open the doors. Suddenly not only was it OK to go out into the street, it was required to go out into the street!
What happened? A cure? A miraculous vaccine? No. The officials who locked Americans up found a cause they felt required Americans in the streets to protest. Police had killed a black man, Floyd George, in their custody in Minneapolis and suddenly the need to protest trumped the need to “stay home, save lives.”
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Suddenly the same health “experts” who told us we must not gather in crowds or there will be death in the millions from coronavirus issued statements supporting gathering in crowds. An open letter on the Floyd George protests signed by more than 1,200 doctors and other health professionals clarified that they “do not condemn these gatherings as risky for Covid-19 transmission.” However, they wrote, “this should not be confused with a permissive stance on all gatherings, particularly protests against stay-at-home orders.”
Did the coronavirus develop some kind of superior intelligence enabling it to distinguish between those who were congregating for a “good cause” and those who were congregating for a “bad cause”? Of course not. What has happened from the beginning of this shameful coronavirus episode is the politicization of public health at the hands of authoritarians.
Two prestigious medical journals, The Lancet and the New England Journal of Medicine, were forced to retract studies they had published concluding that Hydroxychloroquine was harmful to Covid patients. The rush to print the studies looks very much like a political move rather than one based on scientific principles. Once President Trump revealed that he was taking hydroxychloroquine the mainstream media and even “expert” journals began attacking the drug.
This is what happens when medicine merges with the state. We get the worst of both. We get career bureaucrat Dr. Fauci telling us we can never shake hands again and that we must stay home until a vaccine is found. Meanwhile, doctors across the globe are reporting that this variation of the coronavirus is disappearing on its own.
We have a tradition of separation of church and state in the United States for good reason. The merger of state and church invites oppression and corruption. We need to adopt this same approach to medicine and the state. We now see how this merger has produced the same kind of widespread tyranny and corruption.


investmentwatchblog--2020-06-08--Deflation (And Falling Demand) Is Still The Main Problem Globally Now?

Tony Nash interviewed by Jason Burack of Wall St For Main St Tony ’ s company helps many companies solve @ @ @ @ @ and he has also lived and worked in Asia for 15 years in the past @ @ @ @ @ on their economy and trade in the past .
Tony ’ s company also uses @ @ @ @ @ predict stock market and commodity price movements .
During this 40+ minute interview , Jason @ @ @ @ @ s economy , the global chain , the threat of much worse stagflation and volatility @ @ @ @ @ Tony thinks that the main problem is still deflation and a lack of demand now @ @ @ @ @ currency , stimulus and bailouts governments do .
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Tony Nash interviewed by Jason Burack of Wall St For Main St
Tony’s company helps many companies solve their global supply chain problems and he has also lived and worked in Asia for 15 years in the past and advised the Chinese government on their economy and trade in the past. Tony’s company also uses AI predictive analytics software to predict stock market and commodity price movements.
During this 40+ minute interview, Jason asks Tony about China’s economy, the global chain, the threat of much worse stagflation and volatility in markets like stocks.
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Tony thinks that the main problem is still deflation and a lack of demand now regardless of the amount of currency, stimulus and bailouts governments do.
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investmentwatchblog--2020-06-08--“This Is Just The Start”: US Bankruptcies Soar 48% In May, Most Since Financial Crises

One month ago , when showing the uncanny correlation between defaults and the unemployment rates , we predicted that the @ @ @ @ @ that is about to flood the US will be nothing short of biblical .

One month ago, when showing the uncanny correlation between defaults and the unemployment rates, we predicted that the number of Chapter 11 filings that is about to flood the US will be nothing short of biblical.
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investmentwatchblog--2020-06-08--China is Using George Floyd Protests for Propaganda

China is turning protests agains the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis and police brutality and systemic racism into the @ @ @ @ @ latest propaganda campaign .

China is turning protests agains the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis and police brutality and systemic racism into the Chinese Communist Party’s latest propaganda campaign.
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investmentwatchblog--2020-06-08--The “Great Unlock” Does Not Change the Case for Gold

This week , Your News to Know rounds up the latest top stories involving gold and the overall economy .
Stories include : Why a quick economic recovery might not be around the corner , gold investors could be facing a buying opportunity , and auction of first U.S. gold coin could see a $ 15 million bid .
The return to normal might seem rapid , but the economic rebound could be anything but Given the sheer amount of damage that the pandemic caused to the U.S. economy , many are hoping that the recovery will be as quick @ @ @ @ @ @ @ – especially given the stimulus that has been issued .
Yet , as FXEmpire ’ s Arkadiusz Sieron points out , the lockdown wasn ’ t a wholly governmental measure from start to finish , and the opening could very much reflect that .
Instead , many shutdowns occurred on an individual level , with citizens and business owners testing out the waters .
The reopening is likely to happen in similar fashion , leaving consumers with a need to re-acclimatize to their pre-lockdown routine and certain businesses to act in accord .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ caused some tumult in the gold market and stirred up optimism for the first time in a while .
Yet any doubters are forgetting that the metal was doing just as well prior to the pandemic , riding on a six-year high driven primarily by low or negative interest rates .
The domestic economy that everyone is eager to return to was sending off red flags and recessionary signals for a while , whereas the global economy had likewise been contracting .
The sheer necessity to keep interest rates low or negative for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the same environment that has been supportive of gold , and persistent issues like sovereign debt , fiscal deficits and general uncertainty are more than likely to keep it there .
Gold investors should capitalize on the coming rebound as economic reality sets in Heading into last Friday , gold ’ s largest recent setback happened during March ’ s massive asset sell-off , which it quickly recovered from .
Prior to that , gold had been enjoying its best six months in recent years , having jumped around 20 % year-on-year @ @ @ @ @ @ @ negative .
So while gold dipped on Friday due to positive payroll numbers , plenty of analysts have doubts as to the true strength of the recovery and expect a price rebound similar to the one after March .
Looking at the long-term picture , TD Securities head of global strategy Bart Melek sees a suppressed economy held down by various uncertainties , while Rhona O ’ Connell , head of market analysis for EMEA and Asia regions for INTL FCStone , points to existing uncertainties that will become more prominent .
“ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ risks as the trade tensions that not gone away .
We ’ ve got underlying risk in the economic and financial environment , ” O ’ Connell said .
“ Do we know if the recovery in China and the early shoots the U.S. will cascade through to Europe ?
It is questionable whether the equity markets are reflecting the genuine potential for recovery in the next three-to-six months or whether they have gone too far.
” Melek stands by his previous forecast that the massive amount of stimulus issued by the Fed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to run above the desired target and ultimately bring gold to $ 2,000 by the end of next year .
Until then , he pegs the $ 1,660- $ 1,670 level as strong support that investors shouldn ’ t hesitate to jump in on .
Everett Millman sees the same level as a good entry point , adding that a jump back to $ 1,700 would act as a bullish signal and that a rebound in the gold market could happen as early as this week .
First U.S. gold coin ever minted @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 15 million The legendary Brasher Doubloon is not only the first U.S. gold coin ever struck , but also one with an exceptional set of circumstances around it .
It was made in the same year the Constitution was written , just 11 years after the Declaration of Independence was signed and five years before an official mint was established .
Instead , the coin was made as part of a small private batch by metalsmith Ephraim Brasher , who happened to be the neighbor of George Washington .
John Albanese , founder @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that the coin passed through the first president ’ s hands at some point , adding that experts , hobbyists and historians generally view it as the greatest coin ever .
The coin ’ s uniqueness bolsters its allure , as it is the only remaining one in the series that has the metalsmith ’ s initials stamped on the eagle ’ s chest , rather than the wing .
Its fame is such that it even inspired a 1942 novel called The High Window .
Yet , despite this , sightings of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ surrounding purchases are scarce .
Records show that the coin sold for $ 625,000 in 1981 , $ 2.99 million in 2005 and $ 7.4 million in 2011 , all steep jumps from the Doubloon ’ s initial price of $ 15 .
Now , the coin has once again been put up for auction by PCAG Inc for a starting price of $ 15 million .
While it ’ s a fair assumption that it won ’ t take long for the coin to find its buyer , Albanese believes the Doubloon @ @ @ @ @ @ @ $ 100 million price tag at some point .
In the meantime , it will look to break the record for the highest sale of a single coin ever , set by a 1794 Flowing Hair silver dollar that sold for $ 10 million in 2013 .

From Birch Gold Group
This week, Your News to Know rounds up the latest top stories involving gold and the overall economy. Stories include: Why a quick economic recovery might not be around the corner, gold investors could be facing a buying opportunity, and auction of first U.S. gold coin could see a $15 million bid.
The return to normal might seem rapid, but the economic rebound could be anything but
Given the sheer amount of damage that the pandemic caused to the U.S. economy, many are hoping that the recovery will be as quick as the reopening of stores and businesses – especially given the stimulus that has been issued. Yet, as FXEmpire’s Arkadiusz Sieron points out, the lockdown wasn’t a wholly governmental measure from start to finish, and the opening could very much reflect that.
Instead, many shutdowns occurred on an individual level, with citizens and business owners testing out the waters. The reopening is likely to happen in similar fashion, leaving consumers with a need to re-acclimatize to their pre-lockdown routine and certain businesses to act in accord.
The notion of a V-shaped recovery has caused some tumult in the gold market and stirred up optimism for the first time in a while. Yet any doubters are forgetting that the metal was doing just as well prior to the pandemic, riding on a six-year high driven primarily by low or negative interest rates.
The domestic economy that everyone is eager to return to was sending off red flags and recessionary signals for a while, whereas the global economy had likewise been contracting. The sheer necessity to keep interest rates low or negative for the foreseeable future is essentially a guarantee of the same environment that has been supportive of gold, and persistent issues like sovereign debt, fiscal deficits and general uncertainty are more than likely to keep it there.
Gold investors should capitalize on the coming rebound as economic reality sets in
Heading into last Friday, gold’s largest recent setback happened during March’s massive asset sell-off, which it quickly recovered from. Prior to that, gold had been enjoying its best six months in recent years, having jumped around 20% year-on-year as central banks turned their interest rates negative.
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So while gold dipped on Friday due to positive payroll numbers, plenty of analysts have doubts as to the true strength of the recovery and expect a price rebound similar to the one after March. Looking at the long-term picture, TD Securities head of global strategy Bart Melek sees a suppressed economy held down by various uncertainties, while Rhona O’Connell, head of market analysis for EMEA and Asia regions for INTL FCStone, points to existing uncertainties that will become more prominent.
“Longer term, we still got geopolitical risks as the trade tensions that not gone away. We’ve got underlying risk in the economic and financial environment,” O’Connell said. “Do we know if the recovery in China and the early shoots the U.S. will cascade through to Europe? It is questionable whether the equity markets are reflecting the genuine potential for recovery in the next three-to-six months or whether they have gone too far.”
Melek stands by his previous forecast that the massive amount of stimulus issued by the Fed will debase the dollar, cause inflation to run above the desired target and ultimately bring gold to $2,000 by the end of next year. Until then, he pegs the $1,660-$1,670 level as strong support that investors shouldn’t hesitate to jump in on. Everett Millman sees the same level as a good entry point, adding that a jump back to $1,700 would act as a bullish signal and that a rebound in the gold market could happen as early as this week.
First U.S. gold coin ever minted to be sold for at least $15 million
The legendary Brasher Doubloon is not only the first U.S. gold coin ever struck, but also one with an exceptional set of circumstances around it. It was made in the same year the Constitution was written, just 11 years after the Declaration of Independence was signed and five years before an official mint was established. Instead, the coin was made as part of a small private batch by metalsmith Ephraim Brasher, who happened to be the neighbor of George Washington.
John Albanese, founder of Certified Acceptance Corp, is certain that the coin passed through the first president’s hands at some point, adding that experts, hobbyists and historians generally view it as the greatest coin ever.
The coin’s uniqueness bolsters its allure, as it is the only remaining one in the series that has the metalsmith’s initials stamped on the eagle’s chest, rather than the wing. Its fame is such that it even inspired a 1942 novel called The High Window. Yet, despite this, sightings of the actual coin are rare and details surrounding purchases are scarce. Records show that the coin sold for $625,000 in 1981, $2.99 million in 2005 and $7.4 million in 2011, all steep jumps from the Doubloon’s initial price of $15. Now, the coin has once again been put up for auction by PCAG Inc for a starting price of $15 million.
While it’s a fair assumption that it won’t take long for the coin to find its buyer, Albanese believes the Doubloon is the likeliest coin to fetch a $100 million price tag at some point. In the meantime, it will look to break the record for the highest sale of a single coin ever, set by a 1794 Flowing Hair silver dollar that sold for $10 million in 2013.


investmentwatchblog--2020-06-08--Ilhan Omar Wants to Abolish Police, See Tucker Carlson’s Response

It ’ s funny that even before all this started , Gavin Newsom of CA was already saying he was @ @ @ @ @ police and paramedics.
” This is all planned .

It’s funny that even before all this started, Gavin Newsom of CA was already saying he was going to “defund the police and paramedics.” This is all planned.
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h/t SouthSide