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The EU is going to be okay …. Watch out Japan …. The rest of the world is catching up.
It’s fair to assume that Lagarde would kick the central bank’s money-printing into high gear.
Lagarde’s body language does not does not speak well of Ivanka Trump. ( rif-raf has no business with elites)
I like bees ….. Their activities feed me.
Things are still changing.
Too hot, too cold, too long, Too early, Too late.• Insects As A Whole Will Go Down The Path Of Extinction In A Few Decades (AFP)
Search for images “motorcycle bugs in face”
@ anticlimactic
Trump said, “Drain the swamp”
Still waiting.
Democrats are saying, We have got to stop Pharma, med., wall street, buying politicians, etc.”
Still the same thing.
Still waiting.
Sanders says, The people have got to revolt against the inequalities and scamming.Like you said, “Wherever you look things seem out of balance and there does not seem to be any effective forces trying to get things back into balance.”
78% of adults are losing sleep over work, relationships, retirement and other worries, according to a study released Thursday by personal-finance site Bankrate.com.
The other 22% of adults are sleep walking through life.
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bringing the industry, (auto), right back where it had been 20 years ago in 1999:
From where I’m sitting, that is a good trend.
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Elliott Management CEO, there will be a market “correction” of 30% to 40% when the downturn hits, …..take steps to deal with the economic slowdown in growth.They are and will continue to take steps to protect the 0.01% who are on the right team. I don’t know right from left much less right from wrong. /s
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• Large US Companies Are Getting Bigger While The Small Wither Away (MW)
SIMPLE FORMULA ….. GET BIGGER …. PRINT MORE MONEY …. BORROW AT 0.0% INTEREST.
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thousands of salmon eggs genetically modified to grow faster than normal are hatching into tiny fish. After growing to roughly 10 pounds (4.5 kilograms) in indoor tanks, they could be served in restaurants by late next year.Crops are failing due to higher highs and lower lows.
Choice: Eat what’s available or don’t eatComing to your corner store ….. GMO birth control ….
——the US isn’t going to do tanker escort for free indefinitely…..
Mercenary definition, working or acting merely for money or other reward
What kind of payments or reward is the USA presently getting?
If it isn’t money then it must be POWER.Mothballing the USA navy, and air force will have a major impact on greenhouse gas emission.
Did you see the article about the WWII bomb buried in a corn field, that finally decide to self-destruct?
😉Highs and lows are higher and lower in 2019
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/world/european-heatwave-2019-three-dead-in-france-from-thermic-shock-as-saharan-bubble-heat-sweeps-towards-a4175916.htmlDid anything change?
Re.: A drowned child being picked off the beach?
I can’t remember when, but it was on a beach in the med.
I think it was a Syrian child.
NOW ….
There is another picture of a man and his 22 month old toddler drowned, face down, in the river, trying to cross into the USA
Do you think that this picture will motivate Americans to become “holier than thou” and become example humanitarians?Are everyone making better weapons that the USA?
It seems that making expensive and useless weapons is the USA specialty.• NATO Calls On Russia To Destroy New Missile, Warns Of Response (R.)
Time to send the navy kids back to school to get a refresher course on potential and kinetic energy.
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-06-25/us-combat-ship-collides-canadian-freighter-montreal-0
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Buyback is a good way of describing how the rich get to sell their shares at the top of the market.
“Laughing all the way to the bank.”
• Interest Rates Don’t Need To Rise Much To Cause Recessions Now (Colombo)
Irrelevant …. will not be the cause and effect
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• The Federal Reserve Is About To Create A Lot More Zombies (MW)Irrelevant …. Japan is still existing even after buying up all the zombies …. everyone still have a long way to go.
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Iran was double-crossed by the U.S. government operating under Trump. (I wonder if North Korean officials are noticing this.)gave the nation assassinations, torture, coups, regime-change operations, alliances with dictatorial regimes, installation of dictatorial regimes, sanctions, embargoes, illegal invasions and occupations, undeclared wars, wars of aggression, terrorism, a war on terrorism, out-of-control spending and debt, and, of course, the destruction of American liberty and privacy.
Don’t assign/give the credit to Trump. Trump is just an ignorant real estate puppet.
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• Iran Says New US Sanctions “Permanent Closure” Of Diplomacy (AFP)
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Relevant ….Someone is listening to “Mother Earth”
The world is increasingly at risk of “climate apartheid”, where the rich pay to escape heat and hunger caused by the escalating climate crisis while the rest of the world suffers, a report from a UN human rights expert has said. Philip Alston, UN special rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, said the impacts of global heating are likely to undermine not only basic rights to life, water, food, and housing for hundreds of millions of people, but also democracy and the rule of law. Alston is critical of the “patently inadequate” steps taken by the UN itself, countries, NGOs and businesses, saying they are “entirely disproportionate to the urgency and magnitude of the threat”. His report to the UN human rights council (HRC) concludes: “Human rights might not survive the coming upheaval.”
Those were the days
At one time, back when, when there were fewer people, when there were still valleys with “game”, when there were still un-occupied valleys, ….
When a group of people decided that living conditions, both political, economic, and social were not conducive to happiness and well being ….
they would pack their stuff and walk away over the hill to a new lifeYesterday is gone
I remember this saying ….
It takes money to make money!For everyone whining about socialism: It already exists.
It’s called central banking.
Socialism for the top 1%.
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• How Wall Street Colonized the Caribbean (BR)
They sought to control local central banks, establish U.S. branch banks, take over commodity financing, reorganize monetary systems on a dollar basis, and refinance European-funded sovereign debt.
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Free education!
Its not free.
However, I believe that the organization that will benefit and profit from the skills and knowledge that has been acquired by a person should be paid by said organizations.
I don’t believe that a person should get loans, or go into bondage for the benefit of a company.
On the job training paid by the company that will reap the rewards.No more Socialism for the top 1%.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apprenticeship
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Performance reviews are an important feature in any organization since it determines the future growth of an employee. Performance review examples help in guiding people responsible for drafting performance evaluations to effectively appraise an individual and draft their assessments, and establish specific goal in a specific time frame so as to correct performance deficiencies.@ V. Arnold
Thanks.
I was in the mountains chasing mule deer with a camera.
I got some great pictures.
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I just got caught up on my reading and find that nothing happened while I was gone. 🙂The USA did a drone attack/invasion. Iran shot down the drone with a missile.
The USA attacked the electronic systems of Iran including the system that shot down the drone. Iran will still have operating missiles and will probably get better defense operating system from Russia.
Why am I reading that even India and Turkey is getting a good missile system from Russia?China is going to build 30 nuclear power plant. Why? Are they going to outsource their “dirty” industries? Or is China thinking that there will be a need for all that energy. I think that if you want a modern society then you got to make sure to have a continuous electric supply.
Coming:
more bad weather
Sand bags of printed money for flooded farmers.
Shortage of ethanol
Shortage of cow feed
Increase consumer price
Increase farm bankruptcies
Increase bank assetsWhy would a bank do something that would not be to their benefits
A new system is being forged ….
The Bank of Japan by now owns half the country
All the bankers are following the same path
“uncharted territory”,There’s nothing there that benefits you, it only ever benefits bankers.
Now, of course, if you’re a banker…..
The bankers have got to catch up to Japan.
What name would be given to a social/economic system owned and controlled by the banks?
Iron chainsI need help in trying to understand what is happening close to home.
Is what I’m seeing the same as what you are seeing?Distributers of mfg are full of inventories. lumber, farm equipment, etc.
It must all have been paid for by loans.
The inventories keep building. There is no money coming in. There are not enough sales to pay for the workers, rent etc.
What is going to happen? How long can the banks wait to get paid?Are you seeing the same thing?
You cannot drain a swamp when you don’t have the right tools.
Me ….. I don’t even have a spoon..Two Million Protesters Flood Hong Kong Streets
” …. keeping the sitting president out of the loop…..”
WHAT!
IS THAT ALL?What about those RICH POWERFUL PEOPLE!!!
What about those EXPERT TALKING HEAD ON TV!!!You cannot drain a swamp when you don’t know where it is.
You cannot drain a swamp when you don’t have a place to put it.
You cannot drain a swamp when you don’t have the right tools.Me ….. I don’t even have a spoon.
…the real world will find himself a stranger in an alien world of lunatics.
My expression.
Its hard to find normal people.I got an idea.
A drone flies.
A drone can carry explosives.
A drone can hit a ship.
A drone can be operated by a dumb brain washed kid.As I get older, I get forgetful. I keep loosing things. I keep forgetting that I should be seen and not heard.
Has anyone here seen my glasses?
They are rose-tinted spectacles or rose-tinted glasses or rose-coloured glasses
( If someone sees something or someone through rose-tinted spectacles or rose-coloured glasses, they only notice the good things about them and so their view is unrealistic. Note:Rose-coloured' is spelledrose-colored’ in American English. )(Grinnnn!)
I figured out why people are all spending too much time looking at their smart phone screens.
The elites invented addictive games.
Playing addictive, repetitive games on your phone, I-pad, etc. is a good way of consuming the hours of a day so that you do not have time to learn to do the task that you don’t know how to do so that you can avoid being a functional member of our society.(Repetition is memorizing and therefore makes learning possible.)
The elites do not need educated rif-raf questioning their every decisions.
The elites expect the rif-raf to shut up and do as they are told.
Should be seen and not heard.
The elites wants the rif-raf to be docile members in la-la-land
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Oh Lord, it’s hard to be humble
When you’re perfect in every way
I can’t wait to look in the mirror
‘Cause I get better lookin’ each day
To know me is to love me
I must be a hell of a man
Oh Lord, it’s hard to be humble
But I’m doin’ the best that I can@ zerosum Christopher Steele is not a foreign government. He is a private citizen doing “oppo research.” Something you seem to espouse.
I cannot figure out what is your point.
I’m I being reprimanded for something inaccurate?
Here is what wiki has to say. He is not a USA citizen.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Steele
Christopher David Steele (born 24 June 1964) is a British former intelligence officer with the Secret Intelligence Service MI6 from 1987 until his retirement in 2009.Poor Trump.
The democrats won’t let him listen to “any dirt about any opponents” if it comes from a foreigner.https://www.foxnews.com/politics/thom-tillis-trump-foreign-dirt-steele-dossier
Sen. Tillis on Trump’s foreign dirt comments: Media ‘conveniently’ fails to ask about Steele dossierToo bad.
Trump should only hire a foreigner and pay for false reports (as did the democrats). Then he should get someone who doesn’t like him to send a copy to the FBI.
“It is the assessment by the United States government that the Islamic Republic of Iran is responsible for the attacks that occurred in the Gulf of Oman today,” Pompeo told reporters at the US State Department.
“This assessment is based on intelligence, the weapons used, the level of expertise needed to execute the operation, recent similar Iranian attacks on shipping, and the fact that “no proxy group operating in the area has the resources and proficiency to act with such a high degree of sophistication. EXCEPT THE USA
Pompeo just admitted, by the process of ellimination, that they are the only ones in the area who could do this damage to the oil tankers.
He is being persecuted for his virtues.
When will stools be excreted in a zip lock bag?
Who possibly would and could torpedo a Japanese oil tanker while Japanese Prime Minister Abe and Iranian officials were meeting?
(Supposedly, Trump is using Abe to negotiate for the US. This looks like it would mess that up. Whose interests does that serve?)Answer:
1. Any news that removes Trump from the headlines
2. Anyone who would have positioned themselves to make money
3. Someone who holds a grudge
4. someone who does not fear retribution
5. A racist
6. A religious extremist (zealot, fanatic)
7. A rich and powerful elite.
8. An idiotThere are some subject that bloggers are not allowed to discuss. It those subject are mentioned or are critical of those who rule then the comment section could or would attract the supporters to comment and attack.
Why would use of public funds be under stricter guidelines in a country that is famous for producing banking and finance leaders and elites?
eg.:
After fraud charge dropped, PM’s wife admits to lesser offense of taking unfair advantage of a mistake Sara Netanyahu signs plea deal in catering case, will pay $15,000 fine.A model citizen is a :
peace-loving, peaceable, pacifist, antiwar, nonviolent, nonaggressive, nonbelligerent, noncombative, conflict-free, mild, gentle, equable, dovelike, dovish;
consumer that does not demonstrate, does not read blogs like TAE, or make demands on the ruling elite.A crisis for who?
A crisis for where?
A crisis for when?The glass is 99% full for the elites.
The glass is 99% empty for the rif-raf.MILLIONS around the world think that change must occur now.
Do a search for protest in the news.A 30th consecutive weekend of yellow vest protests across France saw minor clashes and numbers well below peaks seen compared to earlier …
An estimated 1 million people took to the streets of Hong Kong to demonstrate against the controversial extradition bill, with multiple other …
Haiti protests against government corruption lead to 2 deaths
Kazakhstan elects new leader as hundreds arrested in protests
Sudan Protesters, Devastated but Defiant, Regroup Underground After …
Reporter’s Arrest Sets Off Widespread Protests in Russia
Birmingham anti-LGBT protesters banned from school by injunction
Hundreds join protests in Ottawa against Ford government policies
Protesters Hit London Streets, With a Giant Trump Balloon in Tow
“The games of cheap money and constant intervention that have brought you record global debt to the tune of $250 trillion and record wealth inequality are about to embark on a new round of peddling blue meth again. “
The glass is 99% full for the elites.
The glass is 99% empty for the rif-raf.
It was only “…. collateral damage…. “. for the rif-raf.
Borrowing money at no interest was a successful experiment for the elites.Here is ANOTHER perfect example of “double-think”
HUMANITARIAN CRISISGov. causes the problems in Venezuela – stealing by greedy capitalist
Capitalism caused problems in Venezuela – stealing by greedy socialist gov.
Venezuels’ problems caused by greedy peoples
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Wait for the punchline
More that 4 million affluent Venezuelan have left Venezuela with their ill gotten wealth.
Wait for the punchline
https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/venezuela-reopens-border-crossing-colombia-63575992
Thousands pour into Colombia as Venezuela reopens border
ByMANUEL RUEDA AND LUZ DARY DEPABLOS, ASSOCIATED PRESS CÚCUTA, Colombia — Jun 8, 2019, 5:44 PM ET
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The chaos has been further aggravated by U.S. sanctions on Venezuelan oil exports and has forced an estimated 5,000 people to leave the country each day, according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, or UNHCR.Colombia President Ivan Duque, who has pledged to keep his country’s border with Venezuela open despite the large influx of migrants.
With the reopening, a flood of people seized on the opportunity to enter into the neighboring country and secure items that are all but unattainable in Venezuela.
ITEMS …. FOOD!
Here is a perfect example of “double-think”
Its okay to go and kill thousands of people in war, but its not okay to kill a fetus.• Orwell’s Classic ‘1984’ Turns 70 Amid Enduring Interest (AFP)
including “double-think”, which means “the power of holding two contradictory beliefs in one’s mind simultaneously, and accepting both of them”,
Perception of “Reality” depends upon many factors, income level being the main factor.
The commentators/readers of TAE do not view reality the same way that the majority of people perceive the way that their social/economic system is functioning. ( • Our Dying World (CP)
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We have the luxury of having free time to reflex, analyse and contemplate what is happening.
We are wise but not always right.
We are aware that we have two contradictory beliefs in one’s mind simultaneously.If we do not accept both belief then we must consume some kind of mind altering drugs to be able to function in our society. If we cannot function in our society, then we must be removed, or isolated so that the society can continue to function without us.
• The Fed Can’t Help Housing or Autos at This Point (DDMB)
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/canfor-temporary-shutdown-bc-lumer-mills-1.5110097
Canfor temporarily cutting production at 3 sawmills in B.C.
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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/toko-sawmill-closed-1.5132438
Forestry products company Tolko says it will permanently close its Quesnel sawmill and will reduce shifts at its Kelowna mill.Although I see lots of inventories of everything, (farming equipment, lumber, mfg. products, etc.), I do not hear that the banks are seizing the inventories because of non-performing loans.
Did everyone forget that the midwest has got to repair and rebuild all of the infrastructures that have been destroyed and damaged by hurricanes and flooding?
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https://www.bizjournals.com/louisville/news/2019/05/03/automotive-industry-sees-thousands-of-job-cuts.html
Through April, the U.S. auto industry saw 19,802 job cuts compared to 6,451 cuts through the same period last year. The industrial goods industry lost 39,304 this year through April compared to 4,625 last year through April, the report said.
It will take a while to see the effects of the 5% tarrifs on Mexico.
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However, we don’t need to worry. The fed is ready to help so that the banks and stock markets still produce the expected profits.• Fed Signals It Will Use QE Aggressively To Fight Next Recession (MW)
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Don’t take my word for it.• That America Is Gone (PCR)
What few, if any, economists and financial market commentators understand is that today all markets are rigged by the plunge protection team. For at least a decade it has not been possible to evaluate the financial situation by relying on traditional thinking and methods. Rigged markets do not respond in the way that competitive markets respond. This is the explanation why companies that see no investment opportunities for their profits better than the repurchase of their own shares can have high price/earnings ratios. This is the explanation why the market’s effort to bring stock prices in line with realistic price/earnings ratios is unsuccessful.
As far as I can surmise, the Federal Reserve and plunge protection team can continue to rig the financial markets for the mega-rich until the US dollar loses its role as world reserve currency.I guess that the next step will be to do as Japan, buy up the stock market, or even better, do like China and use the inventories to build cities.
@ TheTrivium4TW
I take everything with a grain of salt.
By-the-way what I think, what I know, what I believe is irrelevant.
I am powerless to change the flow of the river.
🙂• Beijing Warns US Farmers May Lose China Market For Good (SCMP)
Sooooooooooooo
What do people do when they are hungry?
Since the begining of time ……They find something to eat.
Find food in North America. Find food in EU Find food in the west, in the east,If they don’t find enough food they starve to death.
