/qnotables22/ - ===Q Notables 2022===

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/130322 (131926ZMAR22) Notable: @ggreenwald "How the fuck can he be a member of Congress, let alone be so beloved by the media? His stupidity is surpassed only by his bloodthirsty sociopathy.-soc. media

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>>148641

He fell for this too

Total dumbshit

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/130324 (132006ZMAR22) Notable: The Key to a $4 Billion Fraud Case: A Banker Who Says He ‘Lied a Lot’-scceu

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The Key to a $4 Billion Fraud Case: A Banker Who Says He ‘Lied a Lot’

It seemed a facetious question, one intended to provoke the star witness: “Do you think you are good at lying?”

But it is the crucial issue at the center of what is likely to be the only trial on U.S. soil in one of the largest international kleptocracy cases in history, the looting of billions of dollars from the people of Malaysia. A former banker at Goldman Sachs, Roger Ng, is accused of taking part in a bribery and kickback scheme that enabled the fraud, which plundered more than $4 billion from a Malaysian sovereign wealth fund and bought a king’s ransom of jewelry, art and real estate from Manhattan to London to Beverly Hills.

Mr. Ng’s former boss at Goldman, Tim Leissner, was for years one of Goldman’s most powerful deal makers in Asia. Now, he’s the government’s key witness — and an admittedly prolific fabricator. On the stand in a Brooklyn federal courtroom, he acknowledged misleading co-workers, investigators and all three of his wives. But when Mr. Ng’s lawyer prodded him with the question about whether he’s a good liar, Mr. Leissner coolly replied, “I don’t think so.” Mr. Leissner’s 10 days of testimony — including six days of blistering cross-examination — laid out the details of a global fraud that toppled Malaysia’s prime minister and forced Goldman Sachs, one of the world’s most prestigious financial institutions, to go before a U.S. judge and admit, for the first time in its 153-year-history, that it was guilty of a crime. The question for jurors: How much of what Mr. Leissner said was true?

Mr. Leissner acknowledged to the court that he has “lied a lot,” including by presenting a bogus divorce decree to his now-estranged wife, the model and fashion designer Kimora Lee Simmons, so that she would marry him eight years ago. But he insists he’s telling the truth about Mr. Ng, who prosecutors say helped line the pockets of officials in Abu Dhabi and powerful Malaysians close to then Prime Minister Najib Razak. The looted money from the 1Malaysia Development Berhad, or 1MDB, sovereign wealth fund financed a vast spending spree: paintings by van Gogh and Monet, a yacht that was docked in Bali, a private jet and a clear acrylic grand piano given to a supermodel. It financed a boutique hotel in Beverly Hills, bought a share of the EMI music publishing portfolio and helped make “The Wolf of Wall Street,” the Martin Scorsese movie about Wall Street corruption that netted Leonardo DiCaprio a Golden Globe. The trial could be the scandal’s final act. Goldman Sachs has paid $5 billion in fines and pleaded guilty on behalf of an Asian subsidiary. Mr. Leissner pleaded guilty and is awaiting sentencing. Mr. Najib, the former prime minister, was convicted in his home country and sentenced to 12 years in jail.

The only other central character of the plot is unlikely to ever face trial: Jho Low, the brash financier accused of being the scheme’s architect, is a fugitive believed to be living in China, beyond the reach of U.S. prosecutors. Mr. Leissner said Mr. Low was the “decision maker” on all things involving 1MDB but that Mr. Ng was his primary contact at Goldman, which earned roughly $600 million in fees to arrange the $6.5 billion in bond deals for the fund. “Roger made him one of his clients,” Mr. Leissner said. He testified that Mr. Ng had set up many of the meetings to plan the scheme, including one at Mr. Low’s London apartment during which Mr. Low drew boxes on a piece of paper with the names of all the officials that would get bribes and gifts. For helping arrange the payments, Mr. Leissner said, he raked in more than $80 million. Prosecutors contend that Mr. Ng’s share was $35 million. Mr. Ng’s attorneys say that Mr. Leissner has exaggerated and distorted facts to please prosecutors and get a lighter sentence. The money Mr. Ng received, they argue, was to repay a legitimate debt one of Mr. Leissner’s wives owed Mr. Ng’s wife.

“I am set to show this jury he is a liar,” Mr. Ng’s lead lawyer, Marc Agnifilo, told Judge Margo K. Brodie, the chief judge for U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York, during a break in the proceedings. He described Mr. Leissner as “deceptive” and “cunning.”

https://scceu.org/the-key-to-a-4-billion-fraud-case-a-banker-who-says-he-lied-a-lot/

So you should know where this is going to end up.....fines will be paid (and that is a still a huge IF) or it will be dismissed because the key witness is an admitted serial liar.

Way to go DOJ!!!...Lloyd Blankfein and Gary Cohen are laughing asses off as the "Star Witness" is an already proven to be liar and it wasn't just Ng who did all of this.....C'mon man!!

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/130328 (132242ZMAR22) Notable: pf reports SAM activities/BOTUS tanker/morning look at Yerp/WH NSO departs for Rome and on descent for Rome nao/March14 before sunset look at Yerp and Middle east/

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>>148636

SAM524 USAF C-32A departed JBA ne (this may be Sullivan WH NSO) as I don't see any travel details for Anthony Blinken-who is a normal user of this AC.

Since the meeting is to take place at Rome and it is already 6:42pm EST it would almost certainly be Jake Sullivan as his normal AC is still on the ground at JBA

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/130329 (132304ZMAR22) Notable: pf reports SAM activities/BOTUS tanker/morning look at Yerp/WH NSO departs for Rome and on descent for Rome nao/March14 before sunset look at Yerp and Middle east/

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>>148648

pf stands corrected THIS is Jake Sullivan in his normal AC just departing JBA on SAM628 USAF C-40B to Rome

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/130330 (132339ZMAR22) Notable: JPMorgan Leads Talks to Contain Nickel Crisis Damage

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moar detail on why they busted (overturned) trades on Nickel-all the hedges the big brokerages had (i.e. shorts) were being blown up-shorts have an infinite loss potential so they just shut it off, claim an imbalance or some technical problem and then busted the trades

JPMorgan Leads Talks to Contain Nickel Crisis Damage

Over the weekend, some of the world’s biggest banks worked to resolve a crisis in the nickel market that left them saddled with billions of dollars in debt from a Chinese metal giant. JPMorgan Chase JPM -2.25% & Co., Standard Chartered STAN -0.41% PLC and BNP Paribas SA BNPQY -3.09% is among a number of banks and brokers looking to strike a deal with Tsingshan Holding Group, people familiar with the discussions said. Trades placed by the Chinese steel and nickel producer on the London Metal Exchange contributed to an uncontrollable rise in prices, prompting the exchange to halt trading and cancel eight hours’ worth of trades. on Tuesday last week. Nickel, a type of cog in the world economy used in stainless steel and electric vehicle batteries, has not been traded since. Several people familiar with the discussions said the crisis had spilled over into the financial system, leaving Tsingshan’s banks and brokerage firms with several billion dollars in unpaid deposits, the companies said. Prepaid cash brokers required to execute the transaction, several people familiar with the discussions said. Some people familiar with the discussions said talks among Tsingshan’s creditors, led by JPMorgan, were focused on extending the Chinese company’s line of credit so it could pay them out. deposit they owe. Some say a plan is under discussion to secure the loan against Tsingshan’s steel and nickel assets in China and Indonesia.

Nickel prices started to rise after Russia, a major metal producer, invaded Ukraine, a prime example of how war and Western sanctions have affected world commodity markets, pushed metals and energy prices to multi-year highs. The protest turned into a crisis for the LME last week. Producers like Tsingshan often sell forward contracts as a way to lock in the physical price of the nickel they mine and refine. In fact, they take positions that profit when the price falls and lose money when the price rises.Some of Tsingshan’s brokers were desperately trying to buy back those nickel contracts to avoid losses and to avoid escalating margin calls. That buying force pushed the benchmark 3-month forward contract price up 66% in a single session.

Wild trading continued early last Tuesday as brokers continue to try to cover the short positions they hold on behalf of Tsingshan and other producers. Meanwhile, hedge funds and other participants have been aggressively buying nickel, pushing the market higher, people familiar with the trade said. At one point, the price of nickel more than doubled to a record of more than $100,000 per ton. After receiving calls from several smaller brokers saying they would default at 9am margin calls if prices remained at record levels, the LME suspended the market shortly after 8am. local, said a person familiar with the exchange. However, shortly after noon local time, the LME unleashed a bomb: To save brokers from margin calls they could not afford, it canceled trades that took place before on pause, wiping out $3.9 billion in transaction funds. The decision angered money managers, who thought they had profited from the rally.

However, the suspension and canceled transactions have given the market time and space to clean up the damage and prevent a larger reverberation. After turning the clock back on Tuesday’s trades, the exchange said the brokers had paid in full the margin they owed. Tsingshan still owes its brokerage firms, including JPMorgan, Standard Chartered and BNP as well as a state-owned unit of China Construction Bank. Corp*, several people familiar with the discussion said. “In the interest of systemic stability and market integrity, we have suspended markets as soon as possible and canceled transactions at a time when the LME no longer believes that prices reflect the physical market. basic substance,” said a spokesman.

https://thehiu.com/jpmorgan-leads-talks-to-stem-damage-from-nickel-crisis/

LME Forced to Halt Nickel Trading, Cancel Deals, After Prices Top $100,000

https://money.usnews.com/investing/news/articles/2022-03-08/lme-suspends-nickel-trading-for-the-day-after-prices-see-record-run

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/130331 (140012ZMAR22) Notable: pf reports SAM activities/BOTUS tanker/morning look at Yerp/WH NSO departs for Rome and on descent for Rome nao/March14 before sunset look at Yerp and Middle east/

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RCH675 USAF C-5 Galaxy was heading across the pond at 35k feet and u-turned it back to Dover.

Tech issue or ?

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/130332 (140015ZMAR22) Notable: pf reports SAM activities/BOTUS tanker/morning look at Yerp/WH NSO departs for Rome and on descent for Rome nao/March14 before sunset look at Yerp and Middle east/

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FORTE12 Global Hawk drone heading north from Sigonella AB, Sicily and over Romania

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/130333 (140021ZMAR22) Notable: Au Ag open up down quite a bit in usually quiet part of the day-Asian open, MISSING MEDIA/FILES: ClipboardImage.png

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Au and Ag smershed on the open

Au -21.10 -1.06%

Ag -0.41 -1.58%

https://www.kitco.com/charts/livegold.html

https://www.kitco.com/charts/livesilver.html

If it's like this now-when it should be relatively quiet it's gonna get SMASHED HARD tomorrow on the London and NY openings.

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/130334 (140024ZMAR22) Notable: JPMorgan Leads Talks to Contain Nickel Crisis Damage

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>>148650

People or companies? Who said?

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/130335 (140038ZMAR22) Notable: JPMorgan Leads Talks to Contain Nickel Crisis Damage

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>>148654

well yes that is true however they would not have busted trades and turned it off the way they did.

People like to stay alive so in the financial world you see a lot of this non-attributable sources.

JP Morgan has a habit of suiciding people who go on record about them.

It's obvious what occurred here-a massive short squeeze.

You don't need a "source" on record or off to see this-it's in the chart.

The big boys got caught short in a big way and scrambled to buy back those short positions and everyone else smelled blood so you get a short squeeze.

Doesn't change the facts that these brokerages are fucked and were caught out

This will eventually habben in the Ag market and make Nickel look like a church picnic

The system protecting the big boys

habbens all the time.

They just didn't call it Force Majeure

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/130341 (140119ZMAR22) Notable: VP mp4 clip "staying Alive

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dis one has quite a different connotation than the one done for Lindsey Graham

'dis bad ass

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/130344 (140133ZMAR22) Notable: anon submits proof re: Mass executions is SA Q drop #1133 with article deltas

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whatch think of this one G?

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/130345 (140154ZMAR22) Notable: anon submits proof re: Mass executions is SA Q drop #1133 with article deltas

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>>148657

I'd say that is pretty compelling

Pretty close to "fuck A bubba"

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/130354 (140337ZMAR22) Notable: Kishida hints at more sanctions on Russia over Ukraine invasion and Yen nearing an intervention (i.e. printing point)-japantimes/bnnBberg, MISSING MEDIA/FILES: ClipboardImage.png

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Not looking good for Kishida-san-see below too

Kishida hints at more sanctions on Russia over Ukraine invasion

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida indicated Saturday that Japan will consider concrete steps for additional sanctions on Russia in coordination with other Group of Seven members over its aggression in Ukraine. “Each country is about to work on concrete steps now,” Kishida told reporters in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture. “We would like to take specific actions in partnership with other G7 members.” He made the comments, without going into detail, a day after the G7 said in a joint statement that the group will slap further restrictions on Russia’s exports and imports of key goods and technologies, among other measures.

The statement said the G7 members will independently revoke Russia’s “most-favored nation” status under World Trade Organization rules, a status giving Moscow the best possible trade terms on key products. The G7 groups Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and the United States plus the European Union. The Japanese government said Friday that it will put economic cooperation projects with Russia on hold, including an eight-point plan intended to break the deadlock over a territorial issue, as Tokyo hardens its stance on Moscow over the invasion of Ukraine. Kishida also said the mayors of Ishinomaki and Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, offered to host refugees from Ukraine in the wake of the Russian invasion. “Based on the requests of evacuees, I would like to think how (Japan) can host them in coordination with local authorities,” he said. Ishinomaki and Rikuzentakata were two of the cities that were hardest hit by the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami that rocked the Tohoku region. On Friday, the prime minister attended a ceremony in Fukushima in commemoration of the disaster.-cap#3

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2022/03/12/national/kishida-russia-more-sanctions-ukraine/

Russia is #5 on the list of Japanese oil importations so you've got a big problem if you even try to do that. The first four are SA, U.A.E., Kuwait and Qatar.

and you have this problem too....which will not be solved unless the BOJ prints MASSIVELY

That is coming soon just like they did in early 2019 and the markets went straight up.

So you had better not be short for any length of time cause this is coming (see yen-carry-trade)

Sliding Yen Looks Like One-Way Bet as Japan Import Costs Surge

The yen has been on a slippery slope against the dollar for the past six months due to policy divergence and surging commodity prices. Strategists say losses still have a long way to run.

Japan’s currency will weaken another 1% to 118.66 versus the greenback in the next few months as raw material prices rise, according to both Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley Securities Co. and Daiwa Securities Group Inc. Sony Financial Holdings Inc. sees it falling about 2% to 120 by year-end due to the dovish Bank of Japan. Japan is a net importer of a long list of commodities from crude oil and grains to metals. Prices of all these have risen in recent weeks due to sanctions imposed on Russia over its invasion of Ukraine, and that means Japan will need to spend even more dollars to make its purchases. “Japan relies on importing all these commodities, which are essential,” said Daisaku Ueno, chief currency strategist at Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley Securities in Tokyo. “As a fallout from the war in Ukraine, Japan is facing increased demand for dollars that’s irrelevant of risk sentiment.” The yen is likely to drop to 118.66 per dollar in coming months, Ueno said. That would match a previous low set in December 2016. Japan posted its sixth straight monthly trade deficit in January, with the shortfall climbing to an eight-year high of 2.2 trillion yen ($18.7 billion). It is due to report February numbers on Wednesday. The yen declined to 117.55 per dollar in early Asian trading on Monday, the weakest level since January 2017, and heading for a sixth day of losses.

https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/sliding-yen-looks-like-one-way-bet-as-japan-import-costs-surge-1.1737048

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/130363 (140454ZMAR22) Notable: Foxconn Halts iPhone Shenzhen Site Due to Covid Lockdown-bnnBberg

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>>148637

Foxconn Halts iPhone Shenzhen Site Due to Covid Lockdown

Apple Inc. supplier Foxconn is halting operations at its Shenzhen sites, one of which produces iPhones, in response to a government-imposed lockdown on the tech hub city. The Taiwanese company, also known as Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., has its China headquarters in the area and a key manufacturing site in Guanlan. It is suspending operations at the two campuses and has reallocated production to other sites to reduce impact from the disruption, the company said in a statement. Foxconn didn’t specify the length of the suspension. The measures from the Chinese government call for non-essential businesses in Shenzhen to halt until March 20.

While the shutdown may affect production of many of the devices Foxconn makes for Apple and other brands, demand for electronics typically troughs in the first quarter of every year after the holiday-season peak.

https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/foxconn-halts-iphone-shenzhen-site-due-to-covid-lockdown-1.1737080

How's that gonna werk out for ya nao TImmy?

You all thought it was "cheap" to transfer all our Mfg to China 'cause ya made a few bucks doing that but nao wut are ya gonna do?

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/130364 (140508ZMAR22) Notable: pf reports SAM activities/BOTUS tanker/morning look at Yerp/WH NSO departs for Rome and on descent for Rome nao/March14 before sunset look at Yerp and Middle east/

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>>148636, >>148648

SAM524 USAF C-32A heading for Rome so PF's original guess that this is Jake Sullivan was correct

>>148649

SAM628 USAF C-40B passing over Cardiff, England and this AC is Sullivans usual AC so he has switched it up and using 98-0002 (SAM524) and Blinken who just returned from Paris usually uses this one

Both departed JBA earlier

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/130367 (140549ZMAR22) Notable: fear pron news: Vladimir Putin could unleash biological weapon from seized Ukraine lab, experts fear

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Originally posted at >>>/qrb/130368 (140549ZMAR22) Notable: fear pron news: Vladimir Putin could unleash biological weapon from seized Ukraine lab, experts fear

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>>148662

https://en.mercopress.com/2022/03/01/argentina-to-deploy-white-helmets-to-poland-ukraine-border

https://www.sott.net/article/465332-NATO-White-Helmets-follow-al-Qaeda-to-Ukraine

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/vladimir-putin-could-unleash-biological-26454674

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/130380 (141450ZMAR22) Notable: pf reports SAM activities/BOTUS tanker/morning look at Yerp/WH NSO departs for Rome and on descent for Rome nao/March14 before sunset look at Yerp and Middle east/

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SAM541 USAF G5 sw from JBA passing over New Orleans at 40K feet

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/130387 (141521ZMAR22) Notable: , Mkt Fag: Morning Market Report-No Janet yet and Gold Silver ratio trying to breakouit with the hit jobs that started last night

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Mkt Fag: Morning Market Report

Opened up pretty much where last nights Futs said it was but that action is so choppy on it's rise it's gonna require a visit from Janet soon-they do not know what to do but the big boys will use it for an exit-by the end of the day Mr. Death (Cross) will have bought the entire Indicies and there is nothing that can be done about it-will not go unnoticed bu the HFT bots and what is left of the human tech traders.

NAS is going red nao and all that SPMini buying is lost nao Janey will show up just before or after European close . Meanwhile the DOW is STRAIGHT up but also running out of steam as the volume is drying up across all the indicies

Metals follow through as predicted last night-see cap 3-4 and both have lost all of the bounce it got earlier today after it's initial drop upon opening last night

>If it's like this now-when it should be relatively quiet it's gonna get SMASHED HARD tomorrow on the London and NY openings. >>148653 chek't and rek't with troof

>>148637

Oil is hovering just above a hundy at $100.9x

Oil Prices Plunge As China Locks Down Shenzen

https://oilprice.com/Energy/Oil-Prices/Oil-Prices-Plunge-As-China-Locks-Down-Shenzen.html

and in China is still fucked news and they are trying to not allow consequences news

Panic selling grips Chinese stocks in biggest plunge since 2008

The Hang Seng China Enterprises Index closed down 7.2 per cent on Monday, the biggest drop since November 2008. The Hang Sang Tech Index tumbled 11 per cent in its worst decline since the gauge was launched in July 2020, wiping out US$2.1 trillion in value since a year-earlier peak.

https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/panic-selling-grips-chinese-stocks-in-biggest-plunge-since-2008-1.1737078

Russia May Ban Wheat, Rye, Barley And Corn Exports Until June 30'

Just in case the coming global famine, which One River CIO Eric Peters likened to the original Holodomor (which incidentally took place in Ukraine under Stalin), isn't bad enough, moments ago Russia warned that it could be even worse. According to Interfax, Russia's Agriculture Ministry said that the country could ban wheat, rye, barley and corn exports from March 15 to June 30. "The Agriculture Ministry, together with the Industry and Trade Ministry, has drafted a government resolution that provides for a temporary ban on the export of basic grain crops from Russia from March 15 to June 30 of the current year inclusive," the ministry's press office told Interfax. The exact wording is to impose from March 15 to June 30, 2022 inclusive a temporary ban on the export of wheat and meslin, rye, barley and corn from the Russian Federation, it said. While there is still hope that a worst case scenario can be averted, overnight we reported that according to Douglas Karr, founder of the businesses blog Martech Zone, a food shortage is well on its way to the US. Karr said he spoke with numerous folks in the food industry who said farmers in the South and Midwest are having trouble procuring fertilizer to grow crops ahead of planting season. He said farmers in the "Midwest are switching," likely referring to crops that need fewer nutrients because they "can't get nitrogen nor fertilizer."

https://www.zerohedge.com/commodities/russia-may-ban-wheat-rye-barley-and-corn-exports-until-june-30

https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/%5EIXIC?p=%5EIXIC

https://www.kitco.com/charts/livegold.html

https://www.macrotrends.net/2566/crude-oil-prices-today-live-chart

https://www.kitco.com/charts/livesilver.html

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/130388 (141527ZMAR22) Notable: SAM541 heading to Mexico to possibly re-start Oil talks with Venezuela

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>>148664

looks like they are going to try this again as this AC is likely going to Mexico City.

White House Latin America adviser Juan González likely on this AC to talk to Maduro again since it produced nuffin last week

from March 7th

White House talks to Venezuela in scramble to replace Russian oil

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/white-house-talks-to-venezuela-in-scramble-to-replace-russian-oil/ar-AAUIWrc

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/130392 (141550ZMAR22) Notable: pf reports SAM activities/BOTUS tanker/morning look at Yerp/WH NSO departs for Rome and on descent for Rome nao/March14 before sunset look at Yerp and Middle east/

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High Level Croatian AF 9ACRO CL-600 southwest from Tallinn, Estonia after almost 6 hours on the ground and returning to Zagreb

Swedish AF SVF G4 "White Raven" ELINT in it's customary position off Latvia and Lithuania

SWAF’s S102B Korpen aircraft, heavily-modified Gulfstream IVSP business jets used to perform ELINT missions. These aircraft have been in service with the Swedish Air Force since 1992, when they have replaced the two TP85s (modified Caravelle airliners formerly belonging to the SAS airline) that had been operated for 20 years since 1972. They are equipped with sensors operated by ELINT personnel from the FRA (the Radio Establishment of the Defence), capable to eavesdrop, collect and analyse enemy electronic emissions. As we have often reported here at The Aviationist, the Korpen jets routinely conduct surveillance missions over the Baltic Sea, flying high and fast in international airspace off the area of interest. The most frequent “target” of the S102B is Kaliningrad Oblast and its Russian installations. For this reason, the Swedish ELINT aircraft are also frequently intercepted by Russian Su-27 Flankers scrambled from the Kaliningrad exclave’s airbases.

https://theaviationist.com/2018/05/02/why-is-a-swedish-elint-aircraft-operating-off-lebanon-and-syria-these-days/

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/130401 (141652ZMAR22) Notable: SAM541 heading to Mexico to possibly re-start Oil talks with Venezuela

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00000000 USAF B-52 Stratofortress ne from Barksdale AFB-not a usua route for these

Mebby get a tank full 'o fuel off MASS if they are heading across the pond-keep an eye on it

Cap#3 is dis AC tail #60-0024

>>148664, >>148666

SAM541 USAF G5 on descent for Mexico City Int'l

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/130404 (141705ZMAR22) Notable: Manchin announces opposition to Biden Fed pick Raskin, imperiling her nomination

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Manchin announces opposition to Biden Fed pick Raskin, imperiling her nomination

Sen. Joe Manchin said he will not vote to confirm Sarah Bloom Raskin to a top Federal Reserve role, likely killing her nomination.

The West Virginia centrist Democrat announced his opposition in a Monday news release. He cited the importance of the Fed in fighting inflation and past remarks Raskin has made that are skeptical of fossil fuels in his decision to oppose her nomination. Raskin, whom President Joe Biden nominated to be the Fed’s vice chairwoman of supervision, has faced intense scrutiny from Republican members of the Senate Banking Committee. Republicans contend that Raskin would use the Fed improperly to combat climate change. They say she has advocated having the Fed allocate capital and choke off credit to disfavored industries, such as oil and gas, although Raskin pushed back on that assertion during her confirmation hearing.

"It is inappropriate for the Fed to make credit decisions and allocations," Raskin told lawmakers during the hearing. "Banks choose their borrowers, not the Fed. It’s inappropriate for the Fed to choose winners and losers, doing so is not the proper institutional role of the Fed. That’s a cardinal principle of Fed supervision."

Still, Manchin, who has a background in the coal industry, said he was unconvinced from her testimony. "Now more than ever, the United States must have policy leaders and economic experts who are focused on the most pressing issues facing the American people and our nation — specifically rising inflation and energy costs," he said. "Her previous public statements have failed to satisfactorily address my concerns about the critical importance of financing an all-of-the-above energy policy to meet our nation’s critical energy needs." Republicans have been playing hardball with Raskin’s nomination because of their opposition to her statements about the role of the central bank and because of questions about her work at a Colorado-based fintech company.

Last month, Republicans boycotted a key vote on Federal Reserve nominees, including Fed Chairman Jerome Powell, because of Raskin’s inclusion among the slate of nominees. GOP members said they would have voted on the other nominees if Banking Committee Chairman Sherrod Brown, an Ohio Democrat, had separated their votes from Raskin’s. GOP lawmakers have accused Raskin of personally lobbying the Fed to secure access to the central bank’s payments system. They contend that her work with Colorado-based Reserve Trust after serving in the Obama administration and holding a previous Fed role raised concerns about the “revolving door” between government service and private sector work.

Raskin has denied any wrongdoing and claimed not to remember reaching out to the central bank about Reserve Trust’s master account application, although she said that if she did, she would have followed all applicable ethics rules.

what a complete load of SHIT

A White House official told the Washington Examiner after Manchin’s announcement that Raskin is eminently qualified for the role and pointed out that she received bipartisan support for her other nominations during the Obama administration. The official also characterized opposition to her nomination as part of an “unprecedented” and “baseless” campaign by oil and gas companies seeking to tarnish her career.

“We are working to line up the bipartisan support that she deserves so that she can be confirmed by the Senate for this important position,” the official said.

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/economy/manchin-announces-opposition-to-biden-fed-pick-raskin-imperiling-her-nomination

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/130407 (141717ZMAR22) Notable: Russian and Iranian Foreign Ministers to meet in Moscow on Tuesday-RIA News via Soc. media

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RUSSIAN AND IRANIAN FOREIGN MINISTERS TO MEET IN MOSCOW ON TUESDAY - RIA NEWS AGENCY

11:26 AM · Mar 14, 2022·TweetDeck

https://twitter.com/DeItaone/status/1503392243209715713

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/130409 (141722ZMAR22) Notable: Russian and Iranian Foreign Ministers to meet in Moscow on Tuesday-RIA News via Soc. media

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>>148674

Press here gonna scream at dhat with endless hit pieces

"see doze sneaky Russians with the Iranians are conspiring against us!!!"

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/130427 (141758ZMAR22) Notable: GOLD Eyez in the skyz

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>>148670 lb

00000000 USAF B-52 Stratofortress circling just east and over Ft. Drum, NY

10th Mountain Division located at Ft. Drum and this was also the location of Pence's last official travel as VP-the wife also went with after going to Lemoore NAS in CA

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/130434 (141805ZMAR22) Notable: West accused of engineering ‘artificial default’ in Russia

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>>148679

>and will pay the debt using the national currency – the ruble.

hahahahahahaha

JP Morgan is FUCKED!

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/130435 (141816ZMAR22) Notable: GOLD Eyez in the skyz

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>>>/qrb/130375 pb Morning look at Yerp and Middle East

Current look at Yerp and Middle east

French AF CTM218 has departed Beirut after a ground stop

NATO12 E-3TF Sentry AWACS heading se after runs over se Poland

LAGR222 USAF KC-135 tanker heading se behind NATO12

NCHO222 USAF D-10 tanker on the track over northern Romania

German GAF632 A400M nw from Bucharest depart

RCH810 USAF C-17 Globey nw

Canadian AF CFC4220 C-130 Super Hercules north from Macedonia to Rzesow Poland

JAKE12 USAF Rivet Joint nw after Romanian trackin'

Italian AF IAM1430 767 MRTT to Rzesow from Rome

RAF RRR7226 Rivet Joint on Polish border with Belarus and Ukraine to the east

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/130438 (141822ZMAR22) Notable: Largest China Tech ETF in U.S. Wipes Out Nine Years of Gains

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Largest China Tech ETF in U.S. Wipes Out Nine Years of Gains

The selloff in Chinese stocks has been so intense that the largest China tech exchange-traded fund in the U.S. has wiped all the gains since its debut in 2013. KraneShares CSI China Internet Fund (KWEB), a $4.9 billion ETF that invests in Chinese tech companies, slumped more than 7% Monday, bringing its decline over the past three days to 25%. Its loss this year has surpassed 39%, erasing all the gains, including dividend payouts, since it started trading nine years ago.

Even as the stock tumbled, the ETF posted consistent inflows in January and February before those flows reversed course this month. The buy-the-dip strategy proved no match for a broader selloff as a confluence of factors, including renewed concerns about the delisting of American Depositary Receipts from U.S. exchanges, Covid outbreaks in China and the geopolitical tension stemming from Beijing’s position in the Russia-Ukraine war weighed on sentiment. JPMorgan Chase & Co. downgraded 28 Chinese stocks trading in the U.S. and Hong Kong Monday, saying the companies are “uninvestable” on a six- to 12-month horizon. “The China internet space needs catalysts, which are currently few and far between, for buyers to come back in,” wrote Brendan Ahern, chief investment officer at Krane Funds Advisors LLC, which manages the ETF, wrote in a blog post titled “Sum of All Fears” on Monday. ”Positive news on the Russia/Ukraine conflict, better vaccines in China, buybacks, go private deals, and spinoffs are all potential candidates to revive the sector.” The KWEB’s assets has almost halved since peaking at nearly $10 billion in November, despite persistent inflows to the fund. It still ranks as the second-largest China-focused ETF in the U.S., trailing only the $5.5 billion iShares MSCI China ETF. Its shares outstanding jumped more than 200% between mid-July and February as investors piled on.

Five companies, including Tencent Holdings Ltd., Alibaba Group Holding Ltd., JD.com Inc., Baidu Inc. and Meituan, accounted for 46% of KWEB’s holdings. The decline of these companies this year ranges from 25% to 50%. On Friday, Krane Funds Advisors said that it plans to convert all of its holdings of Chinese ADRs to shares trading in Hong Kong by the end of the year to minimize the de-listing risk. The U.S. passed a law in December 2020 that threatens to expel Chinese companies from American exchanges if they fail to comply with its auditing requirement.

https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/largest-china-tech-etf-in-u-s-wipes-out-nine-years-of-gains-1.1737452

>>148665 pb

Panic selling grips Chinese stocks in biggest plunge since 2008

https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/panic-selling-grips-chinese-stocks-in-biggest-plunge-since-2008-1.1737078

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/130445 (141856ZMAR22) Notable: Here’s everything the Fed is expected to do at its meeting this week

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Here’s everything the Fed is expected to do at its meeting this week

*The Federal Reserve meets this week and is expected to begin unwinding the massive economic help it provided during the pandemic.

*That process will likely start with a quarter-percentage-point interest rate hike, but also will entail several other actions.

*Policymakers will update their future outlook for rates as well as GDP, inflation and unemployment.

*At the last update, officials indicated inflation running at just a 2.7%, obviously a massive undershoot from what is prevailing this year.

The Federal Reserve this week faces the monumental challenge of starting to undo its massive economic help at a time when conditions are far from ideal of which they are TOTALLY responsible for creating. In the face of a geopolitical crisis in Ukraine, an economy that is off to a slow start and a stock market in a state of tumult, the Fed is widely expected to start raising interest rates following the conclusion Wednesday of its two-day meeting. Those three elements pose a dauting challenge, but it’s soaring inflation that the Fed will focus on most when its meeting starts Tuesday.

“The economic outlook supports the Fed’s current plans to boost the federal funds rate in March and to begin to reduce their balance sheet over the summer,” wrote David Kelly, chief global strategist for JPMorgan Funds. “However, there [are] a number of areas of uncertainty which should make them a little more cautious in tightening.” However, the Federal Open Market Committee meeting will be about more than a solitary interest rate hike. There also will be adjustments to the economic outlook, projections for the future path of rates, and likely a discussion about when the Fed can start reducing its bond portfolio holdings.

Here’s a quick look at how each will play out, according to the prevailing Wall Street view:

Markets have no doubt the Fed will enact a quarter-percentage-point, or 25 basis-point, increase at this meeting. Because the central bank generally doesn’t like to surprise markets, that’s almost certainly what will happen.

Where the committee goes from there, however, is hard to tell. Members will update their projections through the “dot plot” — a grid in which each official gets one dot to show where they think rates will go in 2022, the following two years and then the longer range.

*muh additions to this

Looking at the position of the 10 year note this is going to be bigger-at least 50 basis points-if they even do it-because as mentioned SOOOO many times before they are just delivery boys and real interest rates have risen already so it matters little what they do or don't do

10 Year note at 2.13%-cap #1

and the even have a small chance of that 50 basis pt raise and that showed up today -see cap#2

https://www.cmegroup.com/trading/interest-rates/countdown-to-fomc.html

Now here is the funniest part

The economic and inflation outlook

and ALL of this rhetoric is and has been debunked regarding what real inflation at Shadow Stats for years see: www.shadowstats.com

The dot plot is part of the Summary of Economic Projections, a table updated quarterly that also includes rough estimates for unemployment, gross domestic product and inflation.

In December, the committee’s median expectation for inflation, as gauged by its core preferred personal consumption expenditures price index, pointed to inflation in 2022 running at a 2.7% pace. That figure obviously vastly underestimated the trajectory of inflation, which by February’s core PCE reading is up 5.2% from a year ago.

Wall Street economists expect the new inflation outlook to bump up the full-year estimate to about 4%, though gains in subsequent years are expected to move little from December’s respective projections of 2.3% and 2.1%.

Still, the sharp upward revision to the 2022 figure “should keep Fed officials focused on the need to respond to too-high inflation with tighter policy settings, especially against a backdrop of strong (if now more uncertain) growth and an historically tight labor market,” Citigroup economist Andrew Hollenhorst wrote in a Monday note.

Economists figure there also will be adjustments to this year’s outlook for GDP, which could be slowed by the war in Ukraine, explosive inflation and tightening in financial conditions. December’s SEP pointed to GDP growth of 4% this year; Goldman Sachs recently lowered its full-year outlook to just 2.9%. The Atlanta Fed’s GDPNow gauge is tracking first-quarter growth of just 0.5%.

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https://www.marketwatch.com/investing/bond/tmubmusd10y

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/03/14/heres-everything-the-fed-is-expected-to-do-at-its-meeting-this-week.html

So they can raise them by 25 or 50 or not do a damn thing because IT HAS ALREADY BEEN DONE

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/130453 (141925ZMAR22) Notable: Leaders of Germany, Turkey press for cease-fire in Ukraine

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German AF GAF918 A340 nw from Ankara after ground stop

FM Scholz left Ankara after 'visiting' with Erdogan

Leaders of Germany, Turkey press for cease-fire in Ukraine

Turkey and Germany pledged Monday to continue diplomatic work for a cease-fire in Ukraine, while emphasizing the importance of their bilateral ties and the NATO partnership

https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/germanys-scholz-meet-turkeys-erdogan-ankara-83430993

And the German AF continues it's porsche model numerics with 918 asv# in call sign

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/130454 (141926ZMAR22) Notable: Leaders of Germany, Turkey press for cease-fire in Ukraine

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>>148684

let's try that again with the AC

>kek

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/130459 (142042ZMAR22) Notable: Leaders of Germany, Turkey press for cease-fire in Ukraine

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>>148684

Stoopid sexy Martini's

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/130462 (142152ZMAR22) Notable: Putin stated that Browder had funneled $400 million to Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign

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Bill Browder, Clintonite, & Sergei Magnitsky's boss, a stealth bomber?

Background:

Chicago native.

Father Earl Browder, leader of theCommunist Party USAfrom 1930 to 1945 and ran for U.S. president in 1936 and 1940

Started his career working for one of the BIG 3 ( McKinsey/Bain) Boston Consulting Group in London.

Worked forRobert Maxwell's MCCconglomerate

Worked investments desk at Salomon Brothers. (WTC/911)

Created Hermitage Capital Management, which had a huge investment in GAZPROM

Hired Sergei Magnitsky to audit

In 1999,OIl giant Avisma, filed aRICO lawsuit against Browderalleging he illegally siphoned company assets into offshore accounts and then transferred the funds to U.S. accounts at Barclays. Browder and his co-defendants settled with Avisma in 2000; they sold their Avisma shares as part of the confidential settlement agreement

Browder testified to the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee on Russia's alleged interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election in regards to the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) and Fusion GPS

Russian president Vladimir Putin stated that Browder had funneled $400 million to Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign, an effort that he claimed involved members of the U.S. intelligence community who, Putin said, "accompanied and guided these transactions."

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/fb-5468139/Who-Bill-Browder-dealings-Russia.html

A fun read

https://medium.com/@thirdalliance/skullduggery-confessions-of-a-cia-asset-bill-browder-5f7ff4f32503

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/130464 (142201ZMAR22) Notable: Zelensky asks parliament to extend martial law/fresh t shirt

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https://twitter.com/disclosetv/status/1503482990109892611?cxt=HHwWhoC99Yn0uN0pAAAA

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/130465 (142250ZMAR22) Notable: Putin stated that Browder had funneled $400 million to Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign

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>>148687

>>148688

Biden’s Current SEC Chair Garry Genzler Was Hillary’s 2016 Campaign CFO When Money Flowed from Her Campaign to Pay for the Scandalous Trump-Russia Lie

Garry Gensler, Biden’s current Head of the SEC, in 2015 and 2016 was running Hillary’s campaign finances at the same time millions flew from her campaign to entities with the sole purpose of making up a Russia collusion story that eventually led to spying on candidate and President Trump. When Hillary Clinton was putting together her 2016 Presidential campaign, she brought in Garry Gensler as her Chief Financial Officer. CNN reported in April 2015: Hillary Clinton’s campaign will add to its top ranks a man who’s known for being tough on Wall Street. Gary Gensler, the former chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, will serve as the Clinton campaign’s chief financial officer, Bloomberg reported.

Gensler would bring a wealth of knowledge about the financial industry, as well as the federal agencies that regulate it, to the newly launched campaign. He was chairman of the CFTC, the government agency that oversees the derivatives markets, from 2009 to 2014-that dismissedthe Silver Manipulation Investigation. He previously served in senior Treasury Department roles under President Bill Clinton, and prior to joining the Clinton administration worked at Goldman Sachs for almost 20 years. By early January of 2016, things had worn off and Hillary had some competition. Those supporting her only competitor, socialist Bernie Sanders, were not happy with Gensler, the former Goldman Sachs guy. The Intercept wrote at that time: Hillary Clinton is using a prominent surrogate to attack Bernie Sanders’ emphatic proposals for reforming Wall Street: Gary Gensler, former chair of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. Gensler, who is the Clinton campaign’s chief financial officer, has enormous credibility among financial reformers after his aggressive (and lonely) efforts to rein in banks during the early years of the Obama administration. As a result, the Clinton campaign has tapped him to fend off Sanders and make the difficult case that Clinton is genuinely interested in cleaning up Wall Street. Gensler, for instance, delivered a pre-buttal before Sanders’ speech on Tuesday, and deemed it insufficient afterward. But Gensler’s attacks on Sanders come across as hollow given that the Clinton campaign has been largely silent on the issue that defined Gensler’s legacy – the regulation of derivatives – and the undermining of that legacy by the man Obama chose to succeed him. It was also clear at this time that Gensler was running Hillary’s campaign finances. Gensler also worked with Hillary’s attorney Marc Elias in creating the Hillary Victory Fund, according to Bloomberg in a piece in June 2016: Gensler’s portfolio stretches into other areas as well. He, along with campaign lawyer Marc Elias and national finance director Dennis Cheng, led the process last year to create the Hillary Victory Fund, which jointly raises money for the campaign, the DNC, and state Democratic parties. Elias was Hillary’s general counsel at the time Gensler was CFO. Elias served as general counsel for Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign. On Monday, Clinton shared news of the Elias Law Group’s launch on Twitter, writing, “Glad to see one of our most powerful warriors for the right to vote extend its practice.”

When Donna Brazile took over the DNC in the summer of 2016 she learned that Hillary Clinton had taken over the DNC back in 2015, long before the first primary took place. Far-left Politico shared notes from Brazile’s book published a year later. The Saturday morning after the convention in July, I called Gary Gensler, the chief financial officer of Hillary’s campaign. He wasted no words. He told me the Democratic Party was broke and $2 million in debt. “What?” I screamed. “I am an officer of the party and they’ve been telling us everything is fine and they were raising money with no problems.”

That wasn’t true, he said. Officials from Hillary’s campaign had taken a look at the DNC’s books. Obama left the party $24 million in debt—$15 million in bank debt and more than $8 million owed to vendors after the 2012 campaign—and had been paying that off very slowly. Obama’s campaign was not scheduled to pay it off until 2016. Hillary for America (the campaign) and the Hillary Victory Fund (its joint fundraising vehicle with the DNC) had taken care of 80 percent of the remaining debt in 2016, about $10 million, and had placed the party on an allowance……On the phone Gary told me the DNC had needed a $2 million loan, which the campaign had arranged. No! That can’t be true!” I said. “The party cannot take out a loan without the unanimous agreement of all of the officers.” “Gary, how did they do this without me knowing?” I asked. “I don’t know how Debbie relates to the officers,” Gary said. He described the party as fully under the control of Hillary’s campaign, which seemed to confirm the suspicions of the Bernie camp. The campaign had the DNC on life support, giving it money every month to meet its basic expenses, while the campaign was using the party as a fund-raising clearinghouse……When I got back from a vacation in Martha’s Vineyard, I at last found the document that described it all: the Joint Fund-Raising Agreement between the DNC, the Hillary Victory Fund, and Hillary for America.

The agreement—signed by Amy Dacey, the former CEO of the DNC, and Robby Mook with a copy to Marc Elias—specified that in exchange for raising money and investing in the DNC, Hillary would control the party’s finances, strategy, and all the money raised. Her campaign had the right of refusal of who would be the party communications director, and it would make final decisions on all the other staff. The DNC also was required to consult with the campaign about all other staffing, budgeting, data, analytics, and mailings… …When I was manager of Al Gore’s campaign in 2000, we started inserting our people into the DNC in June. This victory fund agreement, however, had been signed in August 2015, just four months after Hillary announced her candidacy and nearly a year before she officially had the nomination. The Hillary campaign took over the DNC’s financials and then hid how the money was being spent by funneling it through its attorney Elias and Perkins Coie. Millions were passed onto its attorneys where they used this money for activities being investigated by the Durham investigation now. The Clinton campaign paid Perkins Coie $5.6 million in legal fees from June 2015 to December 2016, according to campaign finance records, and the DNC paid the firm $3.6 million.

We now know the money that Hillary’s team paid entities to link Trump to Russia.

https://dcweekly.org/2022/02/14/exclusive-bidens-current-sec-chair-garry-genzler-was-hillarys-2016-campaign-cfo-when-money-flowed-from-her-campaign-to-pay-for-the-scandalous-trump-russia-lie/

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/130466 (142254ZMAR22) Notable: Zelensky asks parliament to extend martial law/fresh t shirt

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>>148689

So he can change his shirt, get moar coke, shave, and film moar videos claiming he is still in Kyiv

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/130473 (150028ZMAR22) Notable: Here’s everything the Fed is expected to do at its meeting this week

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Mkt Fag: After the bell Market report

They barely got the DOW to stay green...BARELY (+1.05) but J-J-J Janet and the inkjets did not make an appearance on the NAS cause that was a disaster from the open to the close and if not for a 46.52m shares transaction approximately 4 minutes from the close it would have closed on it's LOD or perhaps made a new one-this is likely (smart) shorts covering.

Earlier in the day, the S&P 500 declined 0.7%-see cap #3 for Mr Death's arrival >>148588 pb

>Mr Death has occupied two floors (DOW, NAS) of a 3 story bldg and is about to buy the entire bldg (SP500) and will finish those "negotiations on Monday afternoon.

The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite slid 2%. Both finished their seventh negative session in the past eight. Meanwhile, the Dow Jones Industrial Average finished flat after climbing as much as 450 points earlier in the day-with the DOW displaying what is know as a "top tail" candlestick pattern (not good if you are a hopium-based long). Benchmark U.S. 10-year yields rose to 2.1419%, the highest since July 2019-see here >>148683 so little change from earlier report. The dollar is still sitting near two-year highs.......that speaks for itself-Cap#4 but it's threat to breakout should be taken care of with whatever the reactions to the FOMC worthless statement is/are-because no matter what they, do or say the reality of rate rises are already here as witness to the level of 10 year note-see above.

Metals continued the drop initiated with the paper dump from last night (Asian Mkts opeing >>148653 pb ) and Silver has fallen well below the $25.50 'support' level previously established. Look for this to continue as the normal criminals used the recent rise to short it again-MASSIVELY and need the price to be aroun $20-ideally-for close of the 1st Qtr in two weeks time. COMEX contract #'s will be updated later to reflect just how many contracts were paid off for cash and what it "cost" them to accomplish the latest smack down. The latest 'last' prices are in Cap#5 and represent the very small gains upon Asian trading day starting-this after the dumps from our session today.

As they drive the price lower supply will continue to become moar scarce-this is the same dynamic that happens over and over when these price smashes habben-if you can get it consider it A GIFT'-because there is no phyzz being traded with these massive amount of paper being thrown at it.

Some headlines

With Chinese Commodity Tycoon 'Bailed Out', LME Announces Nickel Market To Reopen

https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/chinese-commodity-tycoon-bailed-out-lme-announces-nickel-market-reopen

all pb

>>148650, >>148654, >>148655 JPMorgan Leads Talks to Contain Nickel Crisis Damage

>>148578 JPMorgan Emerges As Largest Counterparty To Chinese Tycoon's Massive Nickel Short Squeeze

Basically it was JP Morgan who got caught short. see this >>>/qrb/130439

Berkshire Hathaway stock price reaches $500,000

https://www.reuters.com/business/berkshire-hathaway-stock-price-reaches-500000-2022-03-14/

Not hard to do when you bought back $27B of it in 2021

>>148022 pb Berkshire’s operating earnings surge as Buffett repurchases record $27 billion in stock during 2021-cnbc

and $2B of it already this year-DERP!!!!

from Mar 11

Berkshire Hathaway Bought Back About $2 Billion of Stock This Year

https://www.barrons.com/articles/berkshire-hathaway-stock-buybacks-proxy-51647042991

Wheat Slips as Traders Assess Ukraine-Russia Talks, Rates View

https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/wheat-slips-as-traders-assess-ukraine-russia-talks-rates-view-1.1737547

https://www.kitco.com/charts/livegold.html

https://www.kitco.com/charts/livesilver.html

https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/NQ%3DF?p=NQ%3DF

https://www.marketwatch.com/investing/index/dxy

https://www.marketwatch.com/investing/index/comp

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/130479 (150138ZMAR22) Notable: Japan to consider new police unit for guarding nuclear plants

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Japan to consider new police unit for guarding nuclear plants: PM

Japan will consider creating a police unit to protect the country's nuclear plants, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Monday in the wake of Russia's takeover of Ukrainian nuclear facilities. "There is a growing interest in Japan regarding the safety of nuclear power plants," Kishida said at a parliamentary upper house budget meeting. He cited central Japan's Fukui Prefecture, which operates a police unit to guard such plants. "It is important to consider whether we can expand the initiative in Fukui," he said, calling for a review and debate regarding the prefecture's efforts.

In terms of the Russian attacks on the Chernobyl and Zaporizhzhia nuclear plants in Ukraine, Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi said the government will consider providing assistance to Ukraine on decontamination and anti-radiation treatments if necessary. Regarding Moscow's invasion of Ukraine, Kishida also told lawmakers that change is needed at the United Nations, where permanent members of the Security Council such as the U.S., Russia and China hold vetoes that can block action. "The reckless actions by Russia, a permanent member of the U.N. Security Council, show the need for a new international framework," he said at the upper house meeting. Kishida urged permanent Security Council members to "refrain from exercising their veto powers as much as possible." "We want to continue our efforts to reform the Security Council in cooperation with other countries who are supportive of the idea, like France," Kishida said.

The prime minister stressed the importance of the extended deterrence provided by the U.S., including through its nuclear weapons and its alliance with Japan. "Japan will strengthen its own defensive capabilities" as well as the bilateral alliance, Kishida said. He said this stance will be reflected in Japan's next National Security Strategy document. But he reaffirmed that Japan will not consider a nuclear sharing agreement with the U.S., where Japan would host American nuclear weapons and participate in decision-making regarding their use. The U.S. has such deals in place with certain members of NATO. "The Japanese government will not discuss NATO-type nuclear sharing agreements precisely because we believe extended deterrence through the Japan-U.S. alliance is working," Kishida said.

https://asia.nikkei.com/Politics/Japan-to-consider-new-police-unit-for-guarding-nuclear-plants-PM

Just make sure that if you see one of these-cap #2 it's not a security camera

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/130482 (150255ZMAR22) Notable: Crews Start Abandoning Ships In Ukraine

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Crews Start Abandoning Ships In Ukraine

March 10, 2022

By Ann Koh (Bloomberg) Some shipowners have begun to ask crew to abandon their ships stuck off the coast of Ukraine, as Russia’s invasion of its neighbor reached the end of its second week.

M.T. Maritime has evacuated 22 Filipino seafarers from its oil-products tanker MTM Rio Grande, leaving the vessel unmanned and moored at Nika-Tera port in Ukraine, the company said in an e-mailed reply to queries. The crew are currently in Romania waiting for a flight back to the Philippines, it said.

Ukraine’s ports closed on February 24, when Russian troops began their incursion. At least five out of 140 ships stuck in the country’s waters have been hit by explosions, killing a Bangladeshi seafarer.

As intense fighting and shelling continues across cities in Ukraine — a key grains exporter — ship owners are grappling with dwindling food supplies and the possibility of a protracted war, according to people with knowledge of ships in the area. That’s forcing some owners to ask their crew to abandon vessels, they said.

Shipping Industry Urges Safe Passage for Trapped Ships and Crews in Ukraine https://t.co/3thjdCfjJk

— gCaptain (@gCaptain) March 10, 2022

More than 1,000 seafarers are estimated to be onboard ships stranded in Ukraine, some with cargo still onboard. The vessels — which include tankers, bulkers, cargo ships and a container vessel — aren’t able to leave because there aren’t harbor pilots to guide them out amid danger from missiles and underwater mines.

“We understand some ships may have been laid up,” said a spokeswomen for the International Maritime Organization (IMO), an agency of the United Nations, without providing further details.

https://gcaptain.com/abandoning-ships-ukraine/

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/130485 (150321ZMAR22) Notable: Mkt Fag: After the bell Market report

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>>148692

Oil under a hundy nao-$98.78 and a little bounce as shorts are covered

Gotta get all this shit (commodities) down before the close of the quarter

https://www.macrotrends.net/2566/crude-oil-prices-today-live-chart

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/130487 (150324ZMAR22) Notable: China Opens Liquidity Gates Amid Rising Headwinds to Growth

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China Opens Liquidity Gates Amid Rising Headwinds to Growth

China unleashed more funds into the financial system as policy makers sought to bolster the economy weighed by resurgence in virus-led curbs and slowdown in the nation’s property market.

The People’s Bank of China injected a net 100 billion yuan. It also kept the interest rate unchanged at 2.85% on Tuesday after slashing it in January for the first time in almost two years. Ten of the 17 economists polled by Bloomberg had forecast the PBOC to lower the rate.

The need for additional monetary stimulus gained momentum after data last week showed credit expansion in the country unexpectedly slowed in February and a key indicator of home mortgages declined for the first time in at least 15 years. The resurgence of Covid-19 cases and a lockdown in the southern city of Shenzhen, home to major technology firms and one of the busiest ports in the nation, also threatened to slow the world’s second-largest economy.

The government has already outlined higher spending while setting an ambitious a growth target of 5.5% for the year at the National People’s Congress this month. It’s a goal that political leaders say won’t be easy to meet and would need supportive economic policies.

The PBOC has already resorted to unconventional methods of supporting the economy. It announced a plan to transfer more than 1 trillion yuan ($158 billion) in profits to the government to help finance fiscal spending last week.

China’s economy rebounded from its pandemic slump to grow 8.1% last year, though the momentum has slowed to half that pace in the final quarter, dragged down by a housing market slump and weak consumption. The outlook is also deteriorating amid geopolitical tensions related to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and a spike in oil prices.

https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/china-opens-liquidity-gates-amid-rising-headwinds-to-growth-1.1737608

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/130491 (150337ZMAR22) Notable: Foxconn In Talks To Build $9 Billion Factory In Saudi Arabia

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>>148660 Foxconn Halts iPhone Shenzhen Site Due to Covid Lockdown-bnnBberg

Foxconn In Talks To Build $9 Billion Factory In Saudi Arabia

Dear liberals: Pretty soon, your iPhone could be assembled in a country where homosexuality is punishable by death, and religious dissidents are sometimes beheaded.

WSJ reports that the kingdom "is reviewing an offer from the company, formally known as Hon Hai Precision Industry, to build a dual-line foundry for surface-mount technology and wafer fabrication in Neom, a tech-focused city-state the kingdom is developing in the desert."

For those who aren't familiar with Neom, here's what the BBC has to say about the planned futuristic tech-centric city in the desert. The Kingdom plans to use its massive sovereign wealth fund to finance the effort.

In what could be a victory for Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman's effort to attract tech companies to help diversify Saudi Arabia's economy away from oil and gas, Foxconn, the Taiwanese consumer tech giant that's one of Apple's biggest contractors, has reportedly submitted a proposal to build a $9 billion factory in the Kingdom. Glow-in-the dark beaches. Billions of trees planted in a country dominated by the desert. Levitating trains. A fake moon. A car-free, carbon-free city built in a straight line over 100 miles long in the desert. These are some of the plans for Neom - a futuristic eco-city that is part of Saudi Arabia's pivot to go green. But is it all too good to be true? Neom claims to be a "blueprint for tomorrow in which humanity progresses without compromise to the health of the planet". It's a $500bn (£366bn) project, part of Saudi Arabia's Vision 2030 plan to wean the country off oil - the industry that made it rich. The factory isn't a done deal - at least not yet. The Saudis are reportedly still conducting due diligence and "benchmarking the offer against others Foxconn has made for similar projects globally". The Saudis are also reportedly in talks with the UAE about potentially building the factory there.

Foxconn has long been looking to diversify its factory capacity away from China. But Riyadh wants the company to guarantee that it would direct "at least two-thirds of the foundry’s production into Foxconn’s existing supply chain...to ensure there are buyers for its products and the project is ultimately profitable." But if the company meets all the Saudis requirements, the kingdom is prepared to co-invest, while also offering low-interest loans, and other incentives.

Of course, just because Foxconn is planning to invest, doesn't mean it will. Let's not forget how the company supposedly promised to build a large factory in Wisconsin, but ended up with a project that was much smaller than it initially promised. The Kingdom has struggled to recruit western businesses for Neom

Although, as we noted above, we would be curious to see how Apple reacts to Foxconn's decision to possibly assemble the company's phones in the kingdom.

https://www.zerohedge.com/technology/apple-supplier-foxconn-reportedly-talks-build-9-billion-factory-saudi-arabia

Peeps don't gibs a shit about the lead-in to this article 'cause if they did China ain't much better with regards to human rights-they just do a better job of hiding it so totally disingenuous here ZH.

They care that they have the "latest" gadget so they can show it off to vapid friends.

But good score for MbS if he can pull it off cause they will be built somewhere-the hypocrisy of the people that own the phones ought to be fun to watch.

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/130494 (150355ZMAR22) Notable: Rusal Shares Shed $6.7 Billion in Hong Kong on Ukraine Invasion

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Rusal Shares Shed $6.7 Billion in Hong Kong on Ukraine Invasion

The only Russian stock traded on Hong Kong’s exchange has lost about $6.7 billion in market value since the invasion of Ukraine, as global investors shun Russian assets in the face of stringent sanctions.

Shares of Hong Kong-listed United Co. Rusal International PJSC, Russia’s biggest aluminum producer, have tumbled 47% since President Vladimir Putin launched a military operation in Ukraine on Feb. 24. Equities trading on the Moscow Exchange has been halted since Feb. 25.

The company, which gets about a quarter of its revenue from Russia, said U.K. sanctions on Oleg Deripaska and other Russian individuals have no impact on Rusal and parent company En+ Group International PJSC. Deripaska has stakes in En+ Group.

Some U.S. banks in Hong Kong, including Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Citigroup Inc., have refused to participate in transactions involving Rusal’s stock, according to a Financial Times report. Rusal reports results on wednesday

https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/rusal-shares-shed-6-7-billion-in-hong-kong-on-ukraine-invasion-1.1737620

from March 8th

Christopher Steele reappears as Russia expert but avoids dossier questions

British ex-spy Christopher Steele reemerged to weigh in on Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, avoiding any questions about his discredited dossier and making no mention of his former Russian oligarch client, Oleg Deripaska, who has called for "peace" in recent days. Steele spoke with the BBC over the weekend and criticized the West for misjudging Putin. Deripaska, a Kremlin ally known for his prior business relationships with Steele and Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort, is accused of assisting the Russian government’s influence operations worldwide and repeatedly tweeted Monday that “we need peace.” He also shared a lengthy video that criticized Putin and his invasion.

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/christopher-steele-reappears-as-russia-expert-but-avoids-dossier-questions

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/130495 (150404ZMAR22) Notable: GOLD Eyez in the skyz

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Not something you see everyday for sure

Chinese AF 11150 Y-20 over Pakiland heading sw

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/130497 (150410ZMAR22) Notable: GOLD Eyez in the skyz

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>>148699

good point

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/130511 (151510ZMAR22) Notable: GOLD Eyez in the skyz

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SAM484 USAF G5 ws from JBA

BOXER5:5 USAF C-40C also ws from JBA

TERRA97 USAFSOC C-32B out from a JBA ground stop (these are cert./maintenance flights) casue they do not land anywhere under this call sign and return to JBA then back to McGuire AFB which is AFSOC Home Base)

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SAM590 USAF C-32A ne across the pond from JBA depart

Last VIP usage was for Flauxtus on 031920-a few VENUS flights after that

SAM371 USAF G5 KAF AC of interdast (berry high level) inbound from Payerne AB, Switzerland-this AC arrived on 0313 from JBA depart

Payerne is where the Swiss AF is located

This AC was also ANON at Los Angeles Int'l Airport on 0310

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/130529 (151606ZMAR22) Notable: US Petro Dollar collapse soon?

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US Petro Dollar collapse soon?

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/130530 (151612ZMAR22) Notable: @AmbRice46 has a long history of failure while getting paid by the taxpayers

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Richard Grenell

@RichardGrenell

@AmbRice46 has a long history of failure while getting paid by the taxpayers:

Rwanda

Benghazi

Syria

Ukraine

8:48 AM · Mar 15, 2022·Twitter for iPhone

https://twitter.com/RichardGrenell/status/1503714830435307524

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/130531 (151616ZMAR22) Notable: @AmbRice46 has a long history of failure while getting paid by the taxpayers

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>>148705

Q4310 is on the Clock today at :59. Talks about Rice.

Relevance re:[Susan Rice]'top secret' [DECLAS] paragraph:

“From a national security perspective, Comey said he does have some concerns that incoming NSA Flynn is speaking frequently with Russian Ambassador Kislyak. Comey said that could be an issue as it relates to sharing sensitive information. President Obama asked if Comey was saying that the NSC should not pass sensitive information related to Russia to Flynn. Comey replied ‘potentially.’"

What was really discussed during [Jan 5] meeting?

[Hussein] order preventing sharing of intel re: Russia?

Would such an order shield [Hussein] admin from discovery re: Obamagate?

Would such an order shield [Clinton] camp from discovery re: Clinton-DNC Russian collusion?

Would such an order be known to POTUS or CLASSIFIED?

If CLASSIFIED how could it be discovered?

NSA Mike Rogers _step down [retire] [date]?

NSA Mike Rogers _TT [SCIF secure] [date]?

[Brennan][Clapper][Carter] push to TERM _NSA Mike Rogers [date]?

WASH POST:

“The heads of the Pentagon and the nation’s intelligence community have recommended to President Obama that the director of the National Security Agency, Adm. Michael S. Rogers, be removed.The recommendation, delivered to the White House last month, was made by Defense Secretary Ashton B. Carter and Director of National Intelligence James R. Clapper Jr., according to several U.S. officials familiar with the matter.”

HOW DO YOU CIRCUMVENT THE SHADOW INTEL COMM?

https://theintercept.com/2017/12/04/trump-white-house-weighing-plans-for-private-spies-to-counter-deep-state-enemies/

Critical thinking _what did[Susan Rice]DECLAS [Jan 5] WH meeting reveal?

RUSSIA INTEL HOLD

HOW DO YOU ADD LAYERS OF PROTECTION?

INSTALL A SPECIAL COUNSEL TO LOCK [FREEZE] EVERYTHING RE: RUSSIA?

INSTRUCT AND COORD W: NSC [INTEL COMMUNITY] [SCHIFF ARMS LENGTH] TO INITIATE WHISTLEBLOWER ALLEGATIONS 1-9?

INSTRUCT CONGRESS TO FILE ARTICLES OF IMPEACHMENT?

COORD W: CHINA TO TERM ECON - UNEMPLOYMENT - GAINS, INITIATE LOCKDOWN DUE TO HEALTH CONCERNS, PUSH FEAR THROUGH DNC MEDIA, INSTRUCT GOVERNORS UNDER CONTROL TO ENACT VOTE-BY-MAIL?

COINCIDENCE JAN 15

1. IMPEACHMENT ARTICLES DELIVERED TO SENATE [HELD]

2. CHINA PHASE 1 USA CLAWBACK DEAL SIGNED

3. 1ST COVID-19 CASE LANDED SEATTLE

ALL ASSETS DEPLOYED.

WIN BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY.

EVERYTHING IS AT STAKE.

Welcome to the Shadow Presidency of Barack H. Obama.

Q

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/130532 (151627ZMAR22) Notable: Mkt Fag: Morning Market Report

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Mkt Fag: Morning Market Report

The day after Mr. death "bought" the 3 story bldg they were occupying-confirmed death cross on SPX >>148692 cap #3 here we get a rally because you don't want anyone seeing that Mr. Death lives on all the majors at this point. This is being used as an exit for the big boys as they continue to hand off to retail-proven already because the volume on all of the majors is vanishing as it tops and then start to drop from the HOD.

Shorts covered about 18 minutes into the NAS, DOW and SP500 session-red circle on cap #2-it's also visible on the other two Shorts or Janet you decide but is combination of both-in fact they tried to slow it down as there is a gap in reporting just prior to the big transaction of 88.17m (This on the NAS)..again all at exact same time on all three indices.

Volume on NAS will exceed daily average by quite a bit by the end of the day as well. Highlighted in yellow

Todays "reason"-cause they always try and provide one is that oils drop is quelling inflation fears-well lemme tell ya something all these macro conditions have not changed at all so hence the need to provide a "reason" for this rally. Quite hilarious (did I not mention that whoever was short was gonna continue to get cleaned out-the short covering is also fueling this as every "rally" is shorted and they are just taking money from those that continue to think they are correct-it's not that they aren't but they don't want to see what is being done. Hot-air machines werk until they don't and this one continues to provide the gas needed.

They are already blaming the rally "stall" with this

Rally Halts After Putin Says Ukraine "Not Serious About Finding Acceptable Solution"

https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/rally-halts-after-putin-says-ukraine-not-serious-about-finding-acceptable-solution

Not becasue it was used as an exit for the big boys and has served it's purpose no it could NOT be that...HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

Metals: Just as predicted the follow through continues with AU being the bigger of the two being hit-see Cap#3-it's trying to regain some of the drop but see below (and red line in cap#3) why it is doomed over a two week period. The swoon continues for the weekly print but the quarter end is what is most important so as already predicted they will continue to slide into the end of the month with an odd bounce here and there and the "regulars-ala JP Morgan, Citibank, Goldman, BofA, HSBC" will just use that to pile on additional shorts in this area.

The as predicted divergence in Au and Ag well underway as they usually hit Ag much moar-not so now as Gold has always been seen as the "safety" needed for using as a hedge- dollar is still close to 2 year highs so it ain't because of that.

US 10 year still well above 2% and showing no sign of dropping below-FOMC "meeting"begins today and see here >>148683 particularly this statement added at end in red

>So they can raise them by 25 or 50 or not do a damn thing because IT HAS ALREADY BEEN DONE

Already mentioned Oil: Muh demand destruction!!-see Cap #5 and below article.

Shorts covering giving it a bounce now

OPEC: Inflation And Ukraine War Could Slow Oil Demand Growth

https://oilprice.com/Energy/Crude-Oil/OPEC-Inflation-And-Ukraine-War-Could-Slow-Oil-Demand-Growth.html

Good job of blowing the OPEC assertions clean out of the water. They want to keep production levels elevatd but will not allow reality to change that.

Some Headlines

this has the Oligarchs absolutley shitting themselves-you habs to return home 'casue no one else wants you around and when you do imma taking yer shit (Roman Abramovich-dual citizen is a perfect example of this-muh Chelsea is going into a foundation-DERP!. Deripaska another one with his Rusal not doing so well-see here >>148698

'''Putin Signs Law To Seize Foreign Aircraft Amid Crippling Sanctions

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/putin-signs-law-seize-foreign-aircraft-amid-crippling-sanctions

Muh fear pron on Russian debt "default"-dhey not defaulting it's just that the system doesn't want to be paid in Roubles so they through a fit about it (yes we see YOU JP Morgan!)....yet still zero mention of Evergrande not even paying off it's already defaulted obligations-quite hilarious imo

Russia is spiraling toward a US$150B default nightmare

https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/russia-is-spiraling-toward-a-us-150b-default-nightmare-1.1737645

Russians Buy Up Gold to Salvage Savings After Ruble Collapses

https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/russians-buy-up-gold-to-salvage-savings-after-ruble-collapses-1.1737995

and yet the paper price has tanked since Sunday evening-go figure-not hard to figure that one out..

https://www.kitco.com/charts/livegold.html

https://www.marketwatch.com/investing/bond/tmubmusd10y

https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/%5EIXIC

https://www.macrotrends.net/2566/crude-oil-prices-today-live-chart

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/130533 (151632ZMAR22) Notable: US Petro Dollar collapse soon?

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>>148704

Yeah that would do it but see below and a major reason why they want to do it.

Look what "they" did to Saddam Hussein and Gaddafi when they suggested using something other than the dollar.

It collapsed long ago-it's been the Derivative pile and the Wall St. trading programs that keeps it going.

When you don't allow consequences (ala Moral Hazard) it's already done so you have keep "creating" transactions to cover it's demise.

But I see what you are saying as the public would never digest that it has already "bit the dust: already and it's the above the allows the perception of it still "working"

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/130535 (151641ZMAR22) Notable: US Petro Dollar collapse soon?

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this is how you show them

this is also needed step to "restructure" treasury/fed, pull that shit out from under em

lining thing for 45 next adm

lookin guud

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/130537 (151646ZMAR22) Notable: US Petro Dollar collapse soon?

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yep

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/130538 (151650ZMAR22) Notable: Fresh part of Treasury yield curve inverts, with 7-year rate trading above 10-year yield

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Fresh part of Treasury yield curve inverts, with 7-year rate trading above 10-year yield

The 7-year Treasury rate traded above the 10-year yield on Tuesday, inverting that part of the curve ahead of Wednesday's Federal Reserve's policy decision. The 7-year rate TMUBMUSD07Y, 2.139% was at 2.13% Tuesday afternoon, while the 10-year rate tmubmisd10y traded around 2.12%. Inversions tend to eventually spread out to more widely followed parts of the curve --- like the gap between 2-year and 10-year rates. An inversion of the 2s10s spread is typically seen as a harbinger of U.S. recession.

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/fresh-part-of-treasury-yield-curve-inverts-with-7-year-rate-trading-above-10-year-yield-2022-03-15

https://www.marketwatch.com/investing/bond/TMUBMUSD07Y

https://www.marketwatch.com/investing/bond/tmubmusd10y

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/130539 (151653ZMAR22) Notable: Mkt Fag: Morning Market Report

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>>148707

>This is being used as an exit for the big boys

And there you habs it on the NAS

2.60B transaction dhere

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/130545 (151703ZMAR22) Notable: GOLD Eyez in the skyz

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Let's look at Yerp nao-right at sunset

RAF RRR7225 Rivet Joint on it's usual eastern Polish border trackin' pattern

Dutch AF MMF20 A300 MRTT trackin as the refueler

NATO01 E-3 TF Sentry AWACS heading nw after it's customary infinity pattern traces over eastern Poland

NCHO223 USAF DC-10 extender over Romania this took over from LAGR250 who is now over Venice, Italy @34k ft

HERKY42 and HKY21 USAF C-130 Super Hercules east from Ramstein

RAF RRR4944 A400M es from RAF Brize Norton

Italian AF IAM4679 C-130 ws from Rzesow Poland "delivery"

Three US Army Blakchawks ON, 1620832 and R20858 south and east of Poznan, Poland

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/130549 (151717ZMAR22) Notable: Jake Sullivan departing Paris

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Jake Sullivan departing Paris

>>148661 pb

SAM524 USAF C-32A departure at Le Bourget Airport Paris after a ground stop of about 6 hours and inbound from Rome earlier

Readout of National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan’s Meeting with Politburo Member Yang Jiechi

National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan met today with Chinese Communist Party Politburo Member and Director of the Office of the Foreign Affairs Commission Yang Jiechi in Rome, Italy. Their meeting followed up on the November 15, 2021 virtual meeting between President Biden and President Xi. Mr. Sullivan raised a range of issues in U.S.-China relations, with substantial discussion of Russia’s war against Ukraine. They also underscored the importance of maintaining open lines of communication between the United States and China.

https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/03/14/readout-of-national-security-advisor-jake-sullivans-meeting-with-politburo-member-yang-jiechi-2/

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/130551 (151721ZMAR22) Notable: GOLD Eyez in the skyz

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>>148702

SAM484 USAF G5 on 'final' but on ground for about 20 minutes already at Austin Int'l Airport from JBA depart

BOXER5:5 USAF C-40C on descent for Dallas from JBA depart

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/130555 (151726ZMAR22) Notable: GOLD Eyez in the skyz

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>>148715

BOXER55 to Majors Airport so getting some upgrades or major maintenance

L-3 located here

All the big Boys go here for upgrades and/or maintenance that cannot be completed in other locations or between flights (normal maintenance and upkeep) so unless it's just a pick up it may be here for a bit

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/130557 (151731ZMAR22) Notable: #NATO chief calls extraordinary summit on 24 March 2022

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JUST IN - #NATO chief calls extraordinary summit on 24 March 2022.

1:20 PM · Mar 15, 2022·Twitter Web App

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/130558 (151733ZMAR22) Notable: #NATO chief calls extraordinary summit on 24 March 2022

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Secretary General announces extraordinary NATO Summit

I have convened an extraordinary meeting of Allied Heads of State and Government on 24 March 2022 at NATO Headquarters in Brussels, Belgium.

We will address the consequences of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, our strong support for Ukraine, and further strengthening NATO’s deterrence and defence in response to a new reality for our security.

At this critical time, North America and Europe must continue to stand together in NATO.

https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/news_193226.htm

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/130559 (151734ZMAR22) Notable: #NATO chief calls extraordinary summit on 24 March 2022

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>>148717

>>148718

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/130575 (152029ZMAR22) Notable: Supreme Court is set to rule on the most important challenge to abortion in a generation.

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Dan Scavino🇺🇸🦅 / @DanScavino 03/15/2022 15:58:06

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The Supreme Court is set to rule on the most important challenge to abortion in a generation. Now is the moment to protect life—Stand with LIVE ACTION and demand the overturning of Roe V. Wade. Sign below and support LIVE ACTION!

https://www.liveactionpledge.com/overturn/?utm_source=exc_OT&utm_campaign=ce9a5b9b

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/130576 (152030ZMAR22) Notable: Supreme Court is set to rule on the most important challenge to abortion in a generation.

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>>148723

Roe V. Wade isn't a law.?

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/130578 (152115ZMAR22) Notable: Biden to travel to Brussels next week for NATO summit in show of solidarity against Russia

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>>148703 pb

SAM590 USAF C-32A arrived at Brussels Int'l after departing JBA earlier today

>>148717, >>148718 pb

Dhey gonna send Not AF1 Joe over to Brussels next week

Biden to travel to Brussels next week for NATO summit in show of solidarity against Russia

Joe Biden will attend an extraordinary NATO summit in Brussels next week in a show of solidarity against Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, making his first trip to Europe since the war began three weeks ago.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/biden-to-travel-to-brussels-next-week-for-nato-summit-in-show-of-solidary-against-russia/ar-AAV5QDf

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/130579 (152122ZMAR22)

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SAM371 USAF G5 KAF AC of Interdast G5 arrived at JBA after a ground stop at Bangor, ME-cap #2

It departed Payerne AB, Switzerland earlier today

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SAM484 USAF G5 ne from it's ground stop at Austin Int'l of 2.5 hours

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/130580 (152239ZMAR22) Notable: Mkt Fag: After the Bell Market Report

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Mkt Fag: After the Bell Market Report

Markets were basically the same from the earlier report-you then have a piece of news at 2:52pm EST of this-and another trading rule that most ignore..For no reason what-so-ever do you Short a dull market-it will bite you in the ass every single time It's dull for a reason and waiting to trap people who are not patient-perfect example of that today.

Biden signs into law new $1.5 trillion bill to fund U.S. government

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/biden-signs-into-law-new-15-trillion-bill-to-fund-us-government-2022-03-15

and voila!!! they all march higher into the close because you have little to no action after the big block trades earlier see below for that. Which then allowed this >>148712 which was a combination of shorts covering and a big boy exit because it did nothing-actually drifted lower until several hours later-see news item above (interdsatingly enough that huge block trade is no longer reflected in the daily chart-cap #2 but the shorts covering en masse in all three indices are still clearly visible (red circle)-yet the 2.60B transaction (exit) and many times larger on the NAS is now "missing"-funny that. The volume was on track to exceed the daily averages by quite a bit and the combination of the huge exit on the NAS (which was seen by MANY) necessitated a lowish volume rise towards the close and everyone who re-shorted a dull market (NEVER DO THIS) had to bail once it broke above the HOD from the earlier ramp job and it feeds itself. You can see the volume started out heavy then trailed off to nuffin and then get active towards the close (thin black line on cap#2)

>>148707

>Shorts covered about 18 minutes into the NAS, DOW and SP500 session and visible on all three. So a combination of smart shorts (and those that did that 4 minutes before yesterdays close were really smart)

See here: >>148692 pb

>if not for a 46.52m shares transaction approximately 4 minutes from the close it would have closed on it's LOD or perhaps made a new one-this is likely (smart) shorts covering.

Kudos to those who reacted based on what they see/saw and not what they read or are told because that group did NOT get slaughtered by today-many did not so that is why they did it en masse early on.

>>148711 Fresh part of Treasury yield curve inverts, with 7-year rate trading above 10-year yield

Still this way... 7 year outperforming 10yr and now a full 11 basis points higher as of this writing-cap #3..it was 7 basis pts earlier-this is NOT insignificant. This has the resut of 10Y at its highest since July 2019 and makes whatever they "announce" tomorrow totally irrelevant-this doesn't mean the markets won't move it just means they are accomplishing nothing as rates have already risen almost 66 basis points via the 10 year note over the last few weeks and when the 7 year outperforms the 10 year. The market is pricing in 7 rate-hikes for the year-yet curiously has them starting to be removed by early 2023...DERP!!!!!!! This is reflected in the forward OIS spread mentioned several weeks ago-in fact at the last FOMC meeting.

see this and cap #2 >>147588 pb FOMC Minutes: "Faster" is the Word-calculatedrisk

So the circular logic for today is that stocks go up because there are many rate cuts planned and priced in-key point here thus guaranteeing a recession because we already have priced in them starting to remove said rate hikes in 2023.

FUGGEN DERP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

let us repeat this from yesterday >>148683

>So they can raise them by 25 or 50 or not do a damn thing because IT HAS ALREADY BEEN DONE

Oil is trying to sustain a weak (very) bounce at just above $94-see cap#4 and seeing some short covering here locking in the movement from about $127.xx (moar realistic entry point for a short because you are NEVER going to get the top or bottom-that is reserved for the "club" and we ain't in dhat. "Peace" breaking out everywhere Ukraine (rumors), Iran Deal closer, and just about everything reality based being ignored....you did see that PPI # right?- 10.0% YoY in February (vs +9.7% YoY in January)-see Cap#5 and that was brushed aside by the indicies and BTW January's PPI data was revised higher, from +9.7% to +10.0% YoY.......so this is not "improving" despite the attempts of financial media to convince you otherwise.

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Originally posted at >>>/qrb/130582 (152301ZMAR22) Notable: 5-Count Felon JPMorgan Is at the Center of a New, Multi-Billion Dollar Trading Scandal

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5-Count Felon JPMorgan Is at the Center of a New, Multi-Billion Dollar Trading Scandal

Traders who feel they were robbed of their profits trading nickel last week at the London Metal Exchange (LME) have taken to Twitter to verbally accuse the LME of favoring their “cronies” and behaving like “slime balls.”

Lining up as crony suspect Number 1 are units of JPMorgan Chase who, together, hold the largest number of Class B shares in the London Metal Exchange than any other member. Those units are J.P. Morgan Markets Limited with 25,000 shares; J.P. Morgan Metals Limited with 19,100 shares; and J.P. Morgan Securities with 25,000 shares for a total of 69,100 Class B shares, according to a listing of shareholders on the LME’s website. In addition, the CEO of the Hong Kong Stock Exchanges and Clearing (HKEX), which bought the LME in 2012, is Nicolas Aguzin. He joined the HKEX last May after spending 31 years at JPMorgan. Aguzin also serves as a Board Member of the LME, where his bio notes that “from 2013 to 2020, Mr. Aguzin was CEO, J.P. Morgan, Asia Pacific where he was responsible for all the firm’s business across 17 markets.” The reason that both the LME and JPMorgan are taking the heat from traders who say they were “robbed” of their profits, is that one of JPMorgan’s clients – the Chinese nickel and steel producer Tsingshan Holding Group – had secretly built up a massive short position in nickel, using both contracts at the LME and also over-the-counter derivative contracts with JPMorgan and other banks. When the price of nickel began to spike dramatically higher last Tuesday, the banks scurried to try to close out their short positions in nickel by buying back the contracts. That heavy buying pushed the price of nickel to a record $100,000 a metric ton and the banks could no longer afford to keep buying to close their short positions.

Bloomberg News has named JPMorgan as the largest counterparty to the Tsingshan trades while the Wall Street Journal has indicated that Standard Chartered and BNP Paribas are also involved.-named here >>148650 pb on Sunday evening. It is believed that at some point last Tuesday the banks came clean with the LME as to what their total derivative exposure was and to the massive losses they would experience if the trading that occurred last Tuesday was allowed to stand. What is not in dispute is that the LME suspended trading in nickel last Tuesday and cancelled all of the thousands of trades that had occurred last Tuesday prior to the suspension of trading. The cancelled trades benefited the short positions but left other traders with profitable long positions out in the cold. (You can read all of the LME’s pronouncements about cancelled nickel trades and the like at this official link.) In addition, to give JPMorgan and the other banks involved time to figure out a solution to their self-made mess, the LME has suspended trading in nickel since last Tuesday. Yesterday, the LME posted a notice stating that “trading in LME Nickel Contracts will resume at 08:00 [a.m.] London time on Wednesday 16 March 2022.”

As our readers might recall, it was secret derivative contracts in concentrated positions of certain stocks held by the big banks on behalf of the Archegos hedge fund last March that cost major global banks over $10 billion in losses. And yet, here we are again talking about secret derivative contracts and potentially heavy losses for banks. Because we can't have THAT as a result- >>>/qrb/130439 pb Tsingshan’s controlling shareholder is Xiang Guangda, who is believed to have been behind the idea of going short billions of dollars in nickel. Yesterday, Bloomberg News reported that Guangda had “reached a deal with his banks for a standstill agreement to avoid further margin calls. During the standstill period, Xiang Guangda’s Tsingshan Group Holding Co. and its banks will continue discussions about a secured credit facility to cover the company’s nickel margin and settlement requirements….”

As we pointed out in our past reporting on Archegos, margin loans are supposed to be federally-regulated so that systemically-important banks like JPMorgan Chase don’t blow themselves up and leave the taxpayer on the hook for a bailout. The FCA responded promptly,and in a typical fashion, the CFTC remained silent.

moar

https://wallstreetonparade.com/2022/03/5-count-felon-jpmorgan-is-at-the-center-of-a-new-multi-billion-dollar-trading-scandal/

Backing up what has already been said, in here, starting on Sunday evening

all pb

see: >>148650, >>148654, >>148655 JPMorgan Leads Talks to Contain Nickel Crisis Damage

>>148578 JPMorgan Emerges As Largest Counterparty To Chinese Tycoon's Massive Nickel Short Squeeze

Basically it was JP Morgan who got caught short. see this >>>/qrb/130439

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/130583 (152313ZMAR22) Notable: Mayorkas visiting Mexico, Costa Rica to address migration

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SAM541 USAF G5 departing San Jose Costa Rica arrival from Mexico City and they arrived dhere yesterday

Mayorkas visiting Mexico, Costa Rica to address migration

DHS Secretary reportedly to alert Mexico of new spike in migration once Biden rescinds Title 42 as early as April. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas is in Mexico Monday to address immigration and public safety issues. The visit is part of a two-day trip to Latin America with stops in Mexico City and San Jose, Costa Rica, the U.S. Embassy in Mexico told media there. Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador confirmed the visit at his daily news briefing broadcast on YouTube. “We are meeting at noon,” Lopez Obrador said, adding he also met with U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Ken Salazar over the weekend. “Relations are good with the United States.” The president and Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard tweeted photos of the meeting.

https://cw39.com/cw39/mayorkas-visiting-mexico-costa-rica-to-address-migration/

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SAM524 USAF C-32A inbound to JBA from Paris-Le Bourget depart earlier today

SAM416 USAF G5 west from JBA

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/130588 (152348ZMAR22) Notable: 'Update on COMEX Silver cash for trash payments: $60,360,000-March 14th transactions''

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'''Update on COMEX Silver cash for trash payments: $60,360,000-March 14th transactions

Here is what was done with the EFP 'process' yesterday-March 14th-cap #1

*An exchange for physical trade (EFP) is a privately negotiated and simultaneous exchange of a futures position for a cash position.

480 contracts total 50 for April and 430 for May delivery=480 X 5,000/ozs per contracts= 2,400,000/ozs of paper Ag exchanged for cash.

Taking an input price of $25.15 gives you $60,360,000 in cash delivered for those contracts.

https://www.cmegroup.com/markets/metals/precious/silver.volume.options.html#optionProductId=458

A total of 56,633 contracts traded yesterday X 5,000/ozs per contract = 283,165,000/ozs of Ag "traded" on the COMEX. Using same input price from above works out to be $7,121,599,750 or putting it succinctly this is what is cost the system to slam it starting on Sunday evening

>>148653 pb Au Ag open up down quite a bit in usually quiet part of the day-Asian open

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/130589 (152355ZMAR22) Notable: recap of what I have previously posted in an extended dig/decode on DOJ related topics

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Heads up, anons.

Here is a new recap of what I have previously posted in an extended dig/decode on DOJ related topics (especially Comey) in the light of "what we now know" (or think we know) regarding Q-stuff.

I will be posting some new material in the next few days that I think some might find intriguing.

Looking forward, I figured a better "roadmap" was in order (and I am sort of spurring myself to get the work done).

In most cases there are also subsequent posts attached sequentially.

https://8kun.top/qrb/res/115742.html#115813 1: Opener, Analysis of Pence and Flynn

https://8kun.top/qrb/res/116081.html#116087 2: More Pence and Flynn with Q-style "decode" graphics (featuring Ben Hur)

https://8kun.top/qrb/res/116971.html#117057 3: Comey as possible white hat, Analysis of initial HRC "exoneration"

https://8kun.top/qrb/res/118116.html#118140 4: Comey's role in the 2020 election

https://8kun.top/qrb/res/118597.html#118638 5: Some topics from Comey's books

https://8kun.top/qrb/res/119330.html#119352 6: Comey as Q (?), BIG decode graphic with Battle of Midway, "Ramsey Rapist" and more

https://8kun.top/qrb/res/120083.html#120196 7: Small decode graphic re possible Comey tweet reply to prior post

https://8kun.top/qrb/res/121286.html#121494 8: Comey Jan 11 tweet decode

The forthcoming posts will include consideration of Comey's recent WaPo piece (which might not be what it seems), and a graphic with sports, music, wildlife and more.

I think I will post that on QR to get more eyes.

(It seems to be in a better state now... I think the crew here took over? Good work.)

I will watch for any comments, critiques, etc., and will be glad to read them and will most likely include replies somewhere.

(Shills excluded... unless really amusing shills, kek.)

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/130592 (160042ZMAR22) Notable: Mkt Fag: After the Bell Market Report

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Originally posted at >>>/qrb/130593 (160109ZMAR22) Notable: pan ruling coalition proposes new stimulus package to cushion economy

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Japan ruling coalition proposes new stimulus package to cushion economy

Japan's ruling coalition officials called on Tuesday (Mar 15) for a fresh spending package to cushion the economic blow from the Ukraine crisis, which has hit households and retailers by driving up already rising energy and food prices. The coalition also urged the government to offer payouts to pensioners to ease the pain from the COVID-19 pandemic, a sign Tokyo will be slow in weaning off crisis-mode support for the fragile economic recovery. "We'll proceed with deliberations, taking into account the ruling coalition's proposal," Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno told reporters, when asked about the payout idea. Japan must come up with measures to deal with a possible economic downturn as the war in Ukraine could aggravate the hit from rising inflation, said Tatsuo Fukuda, general council chairperson of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP). "Given rising inflation, there's a chance Japan may experience stagflation," Fukuda told a media briefing. In a speech at a meeting of government and ruling coalition officials, Natsuo Yamaguchi, head of the LDP's coalition partner Komeito, also proposed compiling a new stimulus package.

https://www.channelnewsasia.com/asia/japan-ruling-coalition-proposes-new-stimulus-package-cushion-economy-2564911

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/130597 (160311ZMAR22) Notable: 5-Count Felon JPMorgan Is at the Center of a New, Multi-Billion Dollar Trading Scandal

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>>148728, >>148729

LME confirms price limits for nickel trading when markets reopen tomorrow

Trading in nickel contracts on the London Metal Exchange (LME) will resume at 0800 GMT tomorrow, after being suspended for over a week.

LME has confirmed this will include daily upper and lower price limits – to ensure future rallies reflect the underlying value of the metal.

The price controls were foreshadowed by Matthew Chamberlain LME chief executive. He told Times Radio he would “definitely” consider whether the LME should limit short-selling following the debacle, despite previous pushback from sellers about potentially more supervision in the market.

https://www.cityam.com/lme-confirms-price-limits-for-nickel-trading-when-markets-reopen-tomorrow/

Price controls which limits the upside as the pricing ran away from the system bacause it was MASSIVELY short. This is EXACTLY what will happen in the Silver Market and how they will do it when they lose control of it.

The History of 'Controlled Prices'

https://www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/controlled-prices/

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/130599 (160329ZMAR22) Notable: The Hunt Brothers and Silver Thursday

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for the visually inclined

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/130600 (160341ZMAR22)

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About an hour before sunrise

FORTE10 Global Hawk RQ-4 drone on the track over eastern Poland out of Sogonella AB, Sicily

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/130604 (160804ZMAR22) Notable: boatfag

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That amphib is still out there making 10 knots

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/130607 (161421ZMAR22)

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Med and Yerp snap about 1.5 hours before sunset

Bottom to top

German AF GAF161 nw from Amman, Jordan-it arrived yesterday from Hanover and had a stop at Beirut prior to Amman arrival

Turkish AF ALEV45 C-130 Hercules from Bandirma AB to Afyon AB and has departed after 2 hours on ground

German AF PRMIR62 A400M north from Bucharest-did some circling just north of and has moved a little further north after that-covering supply lines

High level Spanish AF Falcon 900 wn from Chisinau, Moldova after arriving yesterday

Canadian AF CFC4220 C-130 Super Hercules ne from Zagreb to Rzesow Airport

63-8019 USAF KC-135 Stratotanker se over Romania from Spangdahlem AB

LAGR250 USAF KC-135 Stratotankert ne from Rota AB, Spain

French AF CTM1041 A330 returning to Paris after stopping in Chad-prolly moar Foreign LEgion troops being picked up

Italian AF4577 C-130 ne from Pisa to Rzesow

REDEYE6 USAF E-8C Joint STARS on the track over eastern Poland with JAKE12 USAF RC-135 Rivet Joint closer to Polish border

Dutch AF MMF19 A330 MRTT on the track as the aerial filling station

German AF GAF610 A400M nw fromSilac, Slovenia

REBEL73 US Army Beech Super King Air nw from Ramstein

RAF RRR9413 KC3 Voyager did dome trackin sw of Tallinn, Estonia and heading sw from that

RAF RRR6771 C-17 Globemaster wn from Siauliai, Lithuania

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/130608 (161430ZMAR22) Notable: U.S. Mint announces silver shortage

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U.S. Mint announces silver shortage

The United States Mint will not strike 2022 Morgan or Peace dollars, with Mint officials identifying silver planchet shortages as the reason for the cancellation of the planned coins.The United States Mint today announced it will forgo the production and sales of Morgan and Peace Silver Dollars in 2022. This calculated pause is directly related to the global pandemic’s impact upon the availability of silver blanks from the Mint’s suppliers. The suspension will give the Mint time to evaluate the best way to allocate our limited supply of silver to ensure the best customer experience we can. “We’ll be required to make business decisions like this until the supply chain for silver blanks recovers from the disruptions caused by COVID,” said Mint Deputy Director Ventris C. Gibson.

“I want to be ensure that our customers know,” she said, “that the modern renditions of the historic Morgan and Peace Silver Dollars will continue next year. Our goal is straightforward: to give our loyal customers the products they want and the service they deserve.”

https://citizenfreepress.com/breaking/u-s-mint-announces-silver-shortage/

Translated= they ran or are running out of blanks-they stopped producing the Eagles last year and then returned a few months later when the started up again.

The difference was there was a notch missing at the bottom of the coin

Type 1 2021 Eagles-full

Type 2 2021 Eagle- one notch missing at bottom-cap #2

Think coin clipping

Also changed the design

from July 2021

2021-W Proof American Silver Eagle (Type 2) Release

https://www.coinnews.net/2021/07/20/2021-w-proof-american-silver-eagle-type-2-release/

The 2021 Type 1's have had quite a premium as not many were made (even before the latest demand and supply issues)

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/130633 (161543ZMAR22) Notable: USELESS International Court of Justice in The Hague orders Russia to suspend invasion of Ukraine

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https://twitter.com/BNONews/status/1504119474848415748

BNO News

@BNONews

BREAKING: International Court of Justice in The Hague orders Russia to suspend invasion of Ukraine

11:36 AM · Mar 16, 2022·TweetDeck

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/130634 (161543ZMAR22) Notable: AMC boss admits $27.9M stake in gold and silver mine likely a surprise to investors

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>this guy seems to be responsible

AMC boss admits $27.9M stake in gold and silver mine likely a surprise to investors

March 15, 2022

Movie theater chain AMC just bought a sizable stake in a gold and silver mining firm – a surprise move for a company attempting to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic.

The company said it is buying a 22% stake in Hycroft Mining Holding Corporation and its 71,000 acre mine in Nevada in exchange for $27.9 million in cash. Canadian billionaire Eric Sprott made an equal investment in the mining firm.

AMC’s latest transaction has little in common with its core business operating movie theaters, which have struggled to lure back viewers during the pandemic. AMC CEO Adam Aron acknowledged the deal might come as a surprise to the company’s investors.

“To state the obvious, one would not normally think that a movie theatre company’s core competency includes gold or silver mining,” Aron said in a statement. “In recent years, however, AMC Entertainment has had enormous success and demonstrated expertise in guiding a company with otherwise valuable assets through a time of severe liquidity challenge, the raising of capital, and strengthening of balance sheets, as well as communicating with individual retail investors.

“It is all that experience and skill that we bring to the table to assist the talented mining professionals at Hycroft,” he added.

Despite its pandemic-era struggles, AMC has emerged as a prominent “meme stock” and favorite of retail investors in recent years. The company’s stock rose nearly 7% in trading following the deal’s announcement.

In its announcement, AMC said the mine “has some 15 million ounces of gold deposits and some 600 million ounces of silver deposit,” according to third-party studies.

Meanwhile, Aron said he canceled a planned appearance on CNBC due to legal concerns as AMC’s purchase prompted a flurry of trading volume.

“I am excited about our investment in HYMC, but there has been so much volume in that stock today, lawyers insisted I stay off air,” Aron tweeted.

The transaction is Aron’s latest attempt to jumpstart AMC’s business through alternative means. Last week, the AMC CEO revealed that the movie theater chain would begin accepting dogecoin for online payments – after starting to take bitcoin and Ethereum months earlier.

https://nypost.com/2022/03/15/amc-theaters-buys-27-9m-stake-in-gold-and-silver-mine-in-surprise-move/

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/130637 (161548ZMAR22) Notable: US installed corrupt nazi regime in Ukraine in 2014

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Originally posted at >>>/qrb/130640 (161607ZMAR22) Notable: Mkt Fag: After the Bell Market Report

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Mkt Fag: Morning Market Report

And the 'rally continues on the same rhetoric that "peace" is about to break out-it's too bad that it's just a YUGE movie set and no one wants accept that. Stocks higher because of expected FOMC rate rise-probably the most telegraphed one in history however as mentioned so many times this has already been done- 10 year note has laready done this for them-cap #3

>>148683

>So they can raise them by 25 or 50 or not do a damn thing because IT HAS ALREADY BEEN DONE

They (big boys) are just using these pops as exits...witness this yesterday >>148712 which then disappeared from the daily chart later >>148727 cap #2

The hot-air machine known as the NASDAQ gettin juiced heavily but as in previous that volume is drying up-black line. J-J-J-Janet gona need some button access to keep it here or moar "peace breaks out" headlines released soon. HFT bots trading same set of shares back and forth also accomplishes this too so sometimes JAnet doen't need to intervene-you can see it in Level 2 data. Also many shorts keep getting ass handed to them so they cover into the open-visible on all three majors.

The dollar has turned down from it's attempt to break out from it's almost 2 year high as well. cap#5- down just under .45% as of this post and should continue to weaken.

some additional headlines

ECB puts Russians in EU, even residents, under scanner

European Union regulators have told some banks to scrutinise transactions by all Russian and Belarusian clients, including EU residents, to ensure that they are not used to circumvent Western sanctions against Moscow, three sources told Reuters. The instructions from European Central Bank (ECB) supervisors mean tens of thousands of Russians and Belarusians resident in the EU face intense surveillance by their banks, which are on alert for big payments and deposits as well as new credit applications, the sources familiar with the matter said. While EU sanctions against Moscow exempt people holding temporary or permanent EU residence permits, they place some restrictions on access by Russian nationals to banking services, including preventing banks from accepting deposits above 100,000 euros ($110,000) from Russian nationals or entities.

https://www.reuters.com/business/exclusive-ecb-tells-banks-watch-all-russian-clients-widening-sanctions-net-2022-03-15/

Trafigura Seeks PE Funding as Commodity Surge Triggers Margin Calls

*Trader discussed $2 billion to $3 billion deal with Blackstone

*Company faced multibillion-dollar margin calls last week

Trafigura Group, one of the world’s top oil and metals traders, has been holding talks with private equity groups to secure additional financing as soaring prices trigger giant margin calls across the commodities industry.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-03-15/trafigura-seeks-funding-from-private-equity-as-commodities-soar

The margin call feedback loop triggered and will only intensify as the system tries to bang all these down for the qtr close in two weeks-hedging is a bitch when it goes parabolicon you-so if JP Morgans case they just have the trades busted and steal the legitimate traders profits who were just quietly going long. Stocks up Good...Commodities up BAD (when the big boys have huge short positions).

>>>/qrb/130627 Oil Slides To Session Lows After DOE Reports Unexpected Surge In Crude Inventories-cap #4

and already up at $96.94 but that looks like that is about it unless the aforementioned peace breaks out headlines keep coming

https://www.marketwatch.com/investing/bond/tmubmusd10y

https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/%5EIXIC?p=%5EIXIC

https://www.marketwatch.com/investing/index/dxy

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/130641 (161611ZMAR22) Notable: Putin is new covid, Ukraine flags new masks, Russians new unvax'd hhhmmm..

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Originally posted at >>>/qrb/130642 (161613ZMAR22) Notable: oss the ass

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Originally posted at >>>/qrb/130644 (161618ZMAR22)

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09-0018 USAF C-32A out on a cert flight-this AC spent an extensive amount of time at Majors Airport in Greenville, TX and was completely upgraded so it is still being eased into the fleet with these flights-look for it to return to active service very soon-possibly as the backup for Not AF1 Joes trip to Brussels next week

>>148725 Biden to travel to Brussels next week for NATO summit in show of solidarity against Russia

As a reminder the issue with 92-9000 747 still exists as the C-32A known as 98-0001 reappeared last week-but actually had a flight from JBA to Atlanta on 1220 and sat there until last weeks flight off-shore

>sorry pf was in the ER when the 1220 flight habbened or that "mystery" would have been over then.

see in pf thread here >>>/qrb/129744 for 98-0001 deets

Also same for Secretary of Defense who has not used the Nightwatch for the last two Int'l trips >>>/qrb/102189

and Kneepads not having AF2 for last two Int'l trips as well.

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/130651 (161723ZMAR22) Notable: Truodope departing Toronto Pearson Int'l after arriving from Ottawa 5 hours ago

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CFC1 Challenger CL-60 departing Toronto Int'l Airport after a ground stop of a little under 5 hours

Truodope departing Toronto Pearson Int'l after arriving from Ottawa 5 hours ago

The Prime Minister and the Premier of Ontario, Doug Ford, will visit the production facilities of Honda Canada Manufacturing. The Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, François-Philippe Champagne, and Ontario’s Minister of Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade, Vic Fedeli, will also be in attendance.

The Prime Minister will make an announcement with the Premier of Ontario, Doug Ford. The Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, François-Philippe Champagne, and Ontario’s Minister of Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade, Vic Fedeli, will also be in attendance. A media availability will follow.

https://pm.gc.ca/en/news/itineraries/2022/03/16/update-prime-ministers-itinerary-wednesday-march-16-2022

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/130656 (161750ZMAR22) Notable: >>130660 >>130664 current dig IN PROGRESS on the Hyde Park Winter Wonderland Q pics

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Hello QRB fam from UK Bread.

Wanted to drop this current dig IN PROGRESS on the Hyde Park Winter Wonderland Q pics.

This particular Q pic sequence has bedeviled us from the beginning for a paucity of any marker we could use to narrow WHEN during that 45-day or so 2013 WW the pics might have occurred. We could identify the year and nothing more.

Currently in the UK bread we have found a string of lights with a few burned out lights which we were hoping to use as a marker to compare with open source vids of tourists, locals and theme park aficionados. Mebbe even some open source still photos.

You can guess the line of thinking. Normal logic would be that a pic showing darkened light bulb, where there once was a lighted one, was taken AFTER the one showing a lighted bulb. Now you may say, what if they were vigilant about replacing burnt out bulbs? Well, just an obs of what we are currently seeing is that such vigilance is not seen there. If we haven’t already found a date showing a different pattern of lights out, then wish us luck. We are just starting to look for this marker.

God bless you, fellow Anons.

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/130658 (161754ZMAR22) Notable: >>130660 >>130664 current dig IN PROGRESS on the Hyde Park Winter Wonderland Q pics

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>>148758

Sorry should have posted a pic of that stall that’s not marked up.

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/130659 (161755ZMAR22) Notable: Turkey's Erdogan, Poland's Duda call for diplomatic efforts on Ukraine conflict

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Polish AF PLF101 737 Polish President Duda departed Ankara after 'visiting' with Erdogan

Back to Warsaw after 6 hours on the ground

Turkey's Erdogan, Poland's Duda call for diplomatic efforts on Ukraine conflict

https://www.reuters.com/world/turkeys-erdogan-polands-duda-call-diplomatic-efforts-ukraine-conflict-2022-03-16/

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/130662 (161800ZMAR22) Notable: Mkt Fag: Morning Market Report

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>>148751

Chinese stocks stage record rally as Beijing moves to calm markets

Chinese stocks mounted a record rally Wednesday after Beijing said it would move to stabilize markets and the economy, sending Hong Kong's benchmark index to its biggest gain since the 2008 financial crisis.

The surge continued in New York. Online retailer JD.com was up 28% around 10:30 a.m. local time, while Alibaba gained 21%. Internet service provider Baidu saw a 24% rise and fast-food chain holding company Yum China climbed 7%. Electric vehicle maker Nio saw an increase of 17%. The Nasdaq Golden Dragon Chinese Index, a benchmark for U.S.-traded companies, was up 25%. Earlier in Hong Kong, Chinese tech stocks staged an impressive rally after days of intense selling. The surge was led by a 48.3% climb in shares of Global Data Solutions while video-sharing platform Bilibili jumped 40.8%. JD.com, Nio, short-video platform Kuaishou and food delivery provider Meituan all gained more than 30%. Alibaba climbed 27.3%, while Tencent Holdings went up 23.2%. By the close, Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index was up 9.1%, bouncing off a six-year low to its biggest jump since 2008, while benchmark indexes in Shanghai and Shenzhen rose 3.5% and 4%, respectively. The Hang Seng Tech Index, which includes several Chinese technology companies listed in Hong Kong and New York, closed up 22.2%, its largest daily rise since 2009.

In a filing to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange Wednesday, Bilibili, which had sought a secondary listing in the city last year, said it would pursue a dual-primary listing on the bourse. Markets have been roiled by Russia's invasion of Ukraine and China's worst-ever COVID-19 outbreak, which forced the lockdown of financial center Shanghai and industrial hub Shenzhen, and stoked broader concerns about the world's No. 2 economy.

However, shares got a boost as Beijing signaled Wednesday that it would move to stabilize markets, take steps to deal with a property market crisis and speed up the work of a wide-ranging regulatory crackdown, including reviews of major Chinese tech companies. "Relevant departments should actively introduce policies that are beneficial to the market and cautiously introduce contractionary policies," said state news agency Xinhua, citing a meeting of the Financial Stability and Development Committee under the State Council chaired by Vice-Premier Liu He. Any policies that could impact equity markets should be cleared with the committee first, or the relevant department would be held "accountable, if necessary," it warned. The remarks "mainly served the purpose of guiding market expectations as it sent a signal that top policymakers were aware of market concerns and policy stance would stay accommodative," Goldman Sachs said in a research note. But it added that there was a lack of concrete measures: "Whether or not accommodative communications alone can boost sentiment remains to be seen." The Xinhua report Wednesday also said Beijing and Washington were making "positive progress" over an audit of Chinese companies listed in the U.S.

The latest bout of intense selling began last Thursday after five Chinese companies listed in New York were notified by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to expect delisting by 2024. The five, which included restaurant operator Yum China and cancer drug developer BeiGene, are already listed in Hong Kong or Shanghai. The SEC has moved to implement a 2020 law that requires companies listed on American exchanges to allow U.S. inspectors to review their audit records. If Chinese companies cannot meet compliance standards, most will face the risk of being delisted in the U.S. Earlier this week, Chinese tech shares were also hit by Beijing's publication of a new draft regulation that would extend time limits on children's internet use, set last year for games, to streaming and social networking apps.

https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Markets/Chinese-stocks-stage-record-rally-as-Beijing-moves-to-calm-markets

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/130666 (161813ZMAR22) Notable: FOMC Statement: Raise Rates 25bps

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Markets dipped slightly and usually the first move is the head fake.

They've already had the rate rise and the 10 year continues it's ascent (yield-wise) cause no one wants it now.

Cap #2

Ag/Au can't make up it's mind what it wants to do

FOMC Statement: Raise Rates 25bps

Indicators of economic activity and employment have continued to strengthen. Job gains have been strong in recent months, and the unemployment rate has declined substantially. Inflation remains elevated, reflecting supply and demand imbalances related to the pandemic, higher energy prices, and broader price pressures. The invasion of Ukraine by Russia is causing tremendous human and economic hardship. The implications for the U.S. economy are highly uncertain, but in the near term the invasion and related events are likely to create additional upward pressure on inflation and weigh on economic activity.

The Committee seeks to achieve maximum employment and inflation at the rate of 2 percent over the longer run. With appropriate firming in the stance of monetary policy, the Committee expects inflation to return to its 2 percent objective and the labor market to remain strong. In support of these goals, the Committee decided to raise the target range for the federal funds rate to 1/4 to 1/2 percent and anticipates that ongoing increases in the target range will be appropriate. In addition, the Committee expects to begin reducing its holdings of Treasury securities and agency debt and agency mortgage-backed securities at a coming meeting. In assessing the appropriate stance of monetary policy, the Committee will continue to monitor the implications of incoming information for the economic outlook. The Committee would be prepared to adjust the stance of monetary policy as appropriate if risks emerge that could impede the attainment of the Committee's goals. The Committee's assessments will take into account a wide range of information, including readings on public health, labor market conditions, inflation pressures and inflation expectations, and financial and international developments. Voting for the monetary policy action were Jerome H. Powell, Chair; John C. Williams, Vice Chair; Michelle W. Bowman; Lael Brainard; Esther L. George; Patrick Harker; Loretta J. Mester; and Christopher J. Waller. Voting against this action was James Bullard, who preferred at this meeting to raise the target range for the federal funds rate by 0.5 percentage point to 1/2 to 3/4 percent. Patrick Harker voted as an alternate member at this meeting.

https://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2022/03/fomc-statement-raise-rates-25bps.html

https://www.marketwatch.com/investing/bond/tmubmusd10y

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/130669 (161825ZMAR22) Notable: FOMC Statement: Raise Rates 25bps

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>>148764

none of what they say or do matters.

The public doesn't pay attention as rates have risen from 1.725% on 0301 and risen 52 basis points in 15 days.

FOMC are so far behind it

Look at 10 year now....

Clubbed like a baby seal

https://www.marketwatch.com/investing/bond/tmubmusd10y

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/130670 (161849ZMAR22) Notable: Deutsche Bank fined for dark pool violations

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Deutsche Bank fined for dark pool violations

This is the FIRST time I have seen a FINRA violation for dark pools… Could they be starting to crack down on it? You’ve gotta read this. Newest violation on 3/7/2022 – $2,000,000 fine

https://www.investmentwatchblog.com/deutsche-bank-fined-for-dark-pool-routing-violations/

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/130677 (162238ZMAR22)

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ARTIC32 USAF B-52 returning to RAF Fairford after a run up Norway-can't tell how far exactly but there is a cold weather training base located at the northern tip of Norway

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/130681 (162345ZMAR22) Notable: Mkt Fag: After the bell Market report...all 'bout doze rates...doze rates

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>>148751

Mkt Fag: After the bell Market report...all 'bout doze rates...doze rates

As previously mentioned-sorry to sound like a broken record but it doesn't matter what they do cause they are so far behind it nao-this whole thing about the FOMC raising rates at every meeting is classic-Jamie Dimon told everyone weeks ago they were gonna do this yet the reaction after this was actually confirmed via the dot plot was quite hilarious. Straight UP (yellow line in cap#2)towards the close-and gunned from 2:36 pm on into the close-just as Powell started yapping his flaps. Decimating everyone who was dumb enough to lay any short position on-don't forget there are 2-3x leveraged short positions too so total destruction after the head fake and then ascent as mentioned above

>>148764 evil trips confirm this : >Markets dipped slightly and usually the first move is the head fake. (red line in Cap#2)

10 year still reflecting the roughly 50 basis point rise since 0301-closed at 2.196%

https://www.marketwatch.com/investing/bond/tmubmusd10y

And then wut habbened was this: seven hikes is precisely what the market (and serial douchebag Jamie Dimon) had been saying all along. However, once the Fed confirmed that the market was right, guess what happened? Rate hike odds tumbled. Because they already have them being priced out starting in 2023-see here >>147588 pb FOMC Minutes and mentioned in yesterdays report further up the thread. So what this means is that they (FOMC) has raised rates once (memeber dis is prime NOT real rates you or I pay) yet the 'market' is pricing in roughly two rate cuts in the next 3 years-din't hear Jamie say anything about that then or even nao. See Cap#4

But that "confirmation" of something known for over a month was the "fuel" for the ramp into the close-Hello J-J-J Janet and the inkjets!!-black line and the "pile on" from everyone else that saw dat. They had this all ready ta go and this is the dichotomy: The Fed estimated the rate of U.S. inflation, using its favorite PCE price index, would average a whopping 4.3% in 2022. That’s up from the bank’s 2.6% estimate four months ago and just 1.9% a year earlier. Any sane person who shops and looks at it from a pragmatic POV can see the truth about inflation here: https://www.shadowstats.com/

They essentially come out and say "well this whole inflation is transitory thing...well we got that wrong...sorry muh bad". The financial MSM articles then say "wow they messed up" but fail to point out how flawed the model(s) are to begin with.

The dollar still coming off it's close to 2 year highs-see cap #3.

https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/%5EIXIC

https://www.marketwatch.com/investing/index/dxy

Some additional headlines

Brazil Delivers 100-Point Rate Hike, Pledges Same Boost for May

Brazil’s central bank raised its interest rate by 100 basis points and pledged a hike of the same magnitude for its next meeting, slowing the pace of one of the world’s most aggressive tightening cycles to gauge the inflationary impact from higher oil prices. Policy makers on Wednesday lifted the benchmark Selic to 11.75%, as forecast by 38 of 44 economists in a Bloomberg survey and in line with prior central bank guidance for a smaller hike. The other analysts either expected a fourth increase of 150 basis points or a still large 125 basis-point boost. The bank has now raised rates by 975 basis points over the past 12 months.

https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/brazil-delivers-100-point-rate-hike-pledges-same-boost-for-may-1.1738799

Two SPACs backed by billionaire Ken Moelis withdraw U.S. IPO plans

https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/BUZZFEED-INC-130340628/news/Two-SPACs-backed-by-billionaire-Ken-Moelis-withdraw-U-S-IPO-plans-39785433/

Just a few weeks ago you couldn't get these out fast enough.....kek

EIA: Oil Prices Will Remain Above $100 For Months

Oil prices will remain higher than $100 per barrel in the coming months, reflecting the geopolitical risk from Russia’s war in Ukraine and the tight energy markets with the current and potential future sanctions against Russia, the Energy Information Administration (EIA) said on Wednesday. Brent Crude prices are expected to average $105.22 per barrel this year, the EIA said in its latest Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO) last week, significantly raising its February forecast of $82.87. In its March STEO last week, the EIA said it expects Brent Crude prices to average $117 a barrel in March, $116 for the second quarter of this year, and $102 per barrel in the second half of 2022. WTI Crude, the U.S. benchmark, is set to average $113 a barrel this month and $112 per barrel for the second quarter of 2022.

https://oilprice.com/Latest-Energy-News/World-News/EIA-Oil-Prices-Will-Remain-Above-100-For-Months.html

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/130683 (170056ZMAR22) Notable: Timeframe is Winter of 2013/2014. Place London UK/who are the couple?

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>>148733

You may be just the help needed to crack this one. Pic is from a Q drop. One is full color original while other has colors muted. Persons of interest are the couple where guy in red knit cap is using a selfie stick and woman may be holding a phone herself. I enlarged to 285% and while not as good as hoped, the woman appears slightly asian to me. Lisa page could appear asian from a pic like that but something about the length of the face tells me that is not Lisa Page.

Trying to discern Stzrok & Page, or Bill Priestap and another woman. Was Priestap the one with the Chinese girlfriend?

Timeframe is Winter of 2013/2014. Place London UK, specifically the Winter Wonderland annual event in Hyde Park. This is to help the Brits with Q drops and just might help wth another set of pics known as the Embankment Series.

I don't want to throw it to General Research at this time, seems mention of Stzrok and/or Priestap brings out shills, like in UK bread that decided to pop up where they usually stay away.

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/130685 (170123ZMAR22)

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RAF RRR6775 C-17 Globemaster departed Rzesow Airport after yet another 'delivery' and a ground stop of a little moar than 2 hours

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/130686 (170137ZMAR22) Notable: Occidental Petroleum bought by Berkshire Hathaway: $1.08B- Mar,14,15,16

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Occidental Petroleum bought by Berkshire Hathaway: $1.08B- Mar,14,15,16

Been buying steadily since start of the month-this the latest chunk.

https://finviz.com/insidertrading.ashx?oc=1067983&tc=7&b=2

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/130696 (170216ZMAR22) Notable: Update on COMEX Silver cash for trash payments: $144,130,000-March 15th transactions

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>>148732 pb

Update on COMEX Silver cash for trash payments: $144,130,000-March 15th transactions

Here is what was done with the EFP 'process' yesterday-March 15th-cap #1

*An exchange for physical trade (EFP) is a privately negotiated and simultaneous exchange of a futures position for a cash position.

1,160 contracts for May delivery=1,160 X 5,000/ozs per contracts= 5,800,000/ozs of paper Ag exchanged for cash.

Taking an input price of $24.85 (close on March 15) gives you $144,130,000 in cash delivered for those contracts.

https://www.cmegroup.com/markets/metals/precious/silver.volume.options.html#optionProductId=458

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/130697 (170229ZMAR22) Notable: Despite incentives, Chinese demand for homes not recovering-nikkei

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Despite incentives, Chinese demand for homes not recovering

Prices of newly built homes in China's biggest cities fell for the sixth straight month in February as the country's real estate market struggles to rebound despite efforts by regional governments to lift sales. Many consumers are reluctant to take out mortgages now that the economy is hampered by another surge in coronavirus infections and lockdowns, making the employment situation uncertain. Some observers warn that a recovery in the housing market will require some time.

New-home prices across 70 major cities dipped by an average of 0.13% last month, data published Wednesday by China's National Bureau of Statistics shows. Forty, or almost 60%, of those cities reported lower prices on a month-to-month comparison. Sales of new homes also dropped 14% on the year by floor space in the January-February period. The figure has been on a downtrend since July as households, still grappling with the impact of the coronavirus on urban employment, put off major expenses. New medium- to long-term retail loans, most of which are believed to be in the form of mortgages, hit a net negative in February, the People's Bank of China said. This means that banks received more in repayments than they issued in new lending last month, a first since comparable data became available in 2007.

Small and midsize cities have suffered in particular. New-home prices fell 0.3% month-to-month in February across China's Tier 3 cities, or those smaller than provincial capitals, after declining 0.2% in January. The February prices also decreased on the year for the first time since March 2016, by 0.1%. Smaller cities have been slow to recover economically from the coronavirus pandemic. Many are also losing residents to larger metropolises, meaning they face shrinking potential demand for housing. The country's recent surge in COVID-19 cases has added to their economic woes. The Lunar New Year holidays are normally a busy time for China's real estate market. But many people could not return to their hometowns this year due to travel restrictions designed to curb the spread of the virus. China will enact measures to establish a new model for growth in the real estate sector, the State Council's financial stability and development committee said Wednesday. The council serves as China's cabinet. Though Chinese President Xi Jinping wants to prevent risky housing bubbles from forming, he has let regional governments take steps to lift local property prices. More have been offering new incentives for condominium purchases, like lower tax rates or smaller down payment requirements.

A sluggish property market has a direct impact on regional coffers, since many areas have cut taxes to lift local economies and instead rely on the sale of land-use rights to developers. Some smaller cities also lack a strong industrial sector, meaning the downturn in real estate could trigger a jobs crisis. China's property market also faced heavier headwinds last year as Evergrande Group and other major developers underwent a debt crisis, caused by tougher restrictions in the financial sector. Some of these companies sold new housing a steep discount to secure cash quickly, further dampening prices. Such pressures appear to be waning, as property developers regain their footing. But many consumers remain hesitant to buy condos, and the surge in COVID-19 cases could drive traffic away from showrooms.

"Home prices won't start recovering until around May,' said Takamoto Suzuki, head of economic research at Marubeni China.**

https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Markets/Property/Despite-incentives-Chinese-demand-for-homes-not-recovering

**sure breh....at least they not as bad as our system "second half of next year" the always tired mantra here goes

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/130698 (170329ZMAR22) Notable: ,>>130716, pf report(s) COmbat SETN sent east last night, Morning look at Yerp State Dept SAM activity, Muh (lack of a) Nightwatch!, SPAR (NATO) ACs, CENTCOM/West Point SAM activity

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JAKE31 USAF RC-135 Combat Sent up outta RAF Mildenhall and heading east-prolly to the Polish border area

Only two of these and has been over middle east/med.

Did some runs off Libya and running along the Romanian/Moldova border and based outta Souda Bay, Crete for those ops.

The RC-135U Combat Sent provides strategic electronic reconnaissance information to the president, secretary of defense, Department of Defense leaders, and theater commanders. Locating and identifying foreign military land, naval and airborne radar signals, the Combat Sent collects and minutely examines each system, providing strategic analysis for warfighters. Collected data is also stored for further analysis by the joint warfighting and intelligence communities. The Combat Sent deploys worldwide and is employed in peacetime and contingency operations.

https://www.af.mil/About-Us/Fact-Sheets/Display/article/104495/rc-135u-combat-sent/

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/130708 (171429ZMAR22) Notable: ,>>130716, pf report(s) COmbat SETN sent east last night, Morning look at Yerp State Dept SAM activity, Muh (lack of a) Nightwatch!, SPAR (NATO) ACs, CENTCOM/West Point SAM activity

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Yerp Military activity at present

JAKE11 USAF RC-135 Rivet Joint west after it's runs along Polish border (purple north/south traces to the nw of NATO01 and MMF19

PAT78 USAF G5 wn from Ramstein AFB

THis AC went to Rzesow, Poland and arrived there while kneepads was in Warsaw "on the front lines"

RAF RRR7227 RC-135 Rivet Joint did dome work on Romanian/ Moldova border and heading west after a run north along the Polish border with Ukraine and Belarus

NATO01 E-3 TF Sentry AWACS doing it's infinity loops just ne of Rzesow after it got a tank full o gas from Dutch AF MMF19 MRTT which is just west of it-NATO01

NCHO222 USAF DC-10 extender heading se to Romania and over Hungary at present

Romanian AF 5930 C-130 Hercules north from Bucharest

DUKE60 USAF C-560 nw from COnstanta AB Romania

LAGR233 USAF KC-135 tanker over Romania on the track

Pakistan AF PAAF454 C-130 Hercules heading to Rzesow

High Level Spanish AF AME4515 Falcon 900 departed Bratislava, Slovakia heading sw after an overnight-back to Madrid

Also another high level Spanish AF AME4504 Falcon 900 west from Bucharest

Swedish AF SVF622 G4 "White Raven"ELINT over Baltic Sea off Lithuania/ Latvia in it's customary surveillance position.

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/130709 (171432ZMAR22) Notable: ,>>130716, pf report(s) COmbat SETN sent east last night, Morning look at Yerp State Dept SAM activity, Muh (lack of a) Nightwatch!, SPAR (NATO) ACs, CENTCOM/West Point SAM activity

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SAM501 USAF C-40B State Dept. AC did a u-turn over Ohio/Indiana border area at 34k ft and now descending back to JBA

It departed Wright-Patterson AFB yesterday as SAM578 after an overnight-inbound from JBA

Either they "forgot" something/someone or some State Dept. personnel needed a place to "discuss" a few things.

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/130715 (171507ZMAR22) Notable: ,>>130716, pf report(s) COmbat SETN sent east last night, Morning look at Yerp State Dept SAM activity, Muh (lack of a) Nightwatch!, SPAR (NATO) ACs, CENTCOM/West Point SAM activity

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BOXER5:5 USAF C-40C departed Atlanta Int'l back to JBA after arriving on 0314

That 'MIA' C-32A 98-0001 that was seen last week still on ground at Hartsfield AFAIK

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/130716 (171514ZMAR22) Notable: Where's Muh Nightwatch? Defense Secretary Austin Joint News Conference with Slovakian Counterpart

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No Nightwatch for Secretary of Defense on this trip either

Third time for this.

SAM590 USAF C-32A on ground at Bratislava

Defense Secretary Austin Joint News Conference with Slovakian Counterpart

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin holds a joint news conference with Slovakia’s defense minister in Bratislava following their bilateral talks on the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

https://www.c-span.org/video/?518788-1/slovakia-prepared-send-s300-systems-ukraine

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/130718 (171522ZMAR22) Notable: Kremlin comments on reported draft peace plan with Ukraine-rt

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Kremlin comments on reported draft peace plan with Ukraine

Russia denies that “significant progress” has been made in talks with Kiev

The Kremlin has said that a report in the Financial Times about a supposed 15-point draft peace plan with Ukraine was false.

The sides held several rounds of talks after Russia attacked Ukraine on February 24, later switching to regular discussions via video link.

Replying to a reporter's question on Thursday if Russia and Ukraine were close to sign a peace deal, Dmitry Peskov, Kremlin spokesman, said: “No, the work continues [on the matter].” He added Russia will inform the public of any breakthrough in the talks.

The statement comes after the Financial Times reported on Wednesday that the sides had made “significant progress” and were discussing a 15-point draft plan, which would include the withdrawal of Russian troops, and Ukraine becoming a neutral state in exchange for protection by Western allies.

Peskov confirmed that some of the issues mentioned by FT were on the agenda but dismissed the overall report as “essentially false.”

Mykhailo Podolyak, a member of the Ukrainian negotiating team, said that the draft from the FT report represented what Russia wanted from Kiev and “nothing more.” He reiterated that Kiev was seeking a ceasefire, the withdrawal of Russian forces, and legally binding security guarantees.

The head of the Russian delegation, Vladimir Medinsky, meanwhile, said on Wednesday that Ukraine tabled a proposal for it to become a non-aligned state, like Sweden or Austria.

Russia has been demanding that Ukraine officially declares itself a neutral country, renouncing a bid to join NATO. Ukrainian officials previously said they were ready to discuss the matter with Moscow.

Moscow attacked its neighbor following a seven-year standoff over Ukraine’s failure to implement the terms of the Minsk agreements, and Russia’s eventual recognition of the Donbass republics in Donetsk and Lugansk. The German- and French-brokered protocols had been designed to regularize the status of those regions within the Ukrainian state.

Kiev insists the Russian offensive was completely unprovoked and has denied claims it was planning to retake the two republics by force.

https://www.rt.com/russia/552146-kremlin-ukraine-peace-plan/

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/130719 (171524ZMAR22) Notable: VP clockfaggin'

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>I guarantee you Putin's no clockfag. Fix that shit, too.

you sure about that?

Appears that he nailed that timing.

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/130725 (171554ZMAR22) Notable: ,>>130716, pf report(s) COmbat SETN sent east last night, Morning look at Yerp State Dept SAM activity, Muh (lack of a) Nightwatch!, SPAR (NATO) ACs, CENTCOM/West Point SAM activity

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>>148743 pb

Belgian AF BAF647 and 648 heading back to Brussels after a ground stop at Lajes Airport Terceira, Azores-B-2 Bombers based here and also a prison-after departing Charleston Int'l yesterday

These must be heavy (loaded) as plenty of range to cover trip back to Brussels so thus the need for a fuel stop at Lajes

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/130735 (171641ZMAR22) Notable: Mkt Fag: Morning Market Report-the morning after indecisiveness edition

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Mk Fag: Morning Market Report-the morning after indecisiveness edition

Pretty boring so far as they expended MUCH yesterday after Powell began speech after the FOMC "news"- >>148769 cap #2

>Straight UP (yellow line in cap#2)towards the close-and gunned from 2:36 pm on into the close-just as Powell started yapping his flaps.

It was such a news "event" it was all known months ago-even the 2023 expectations to lower >>147588 pb FOMC Minutes

Not much to say regarding the indices however J-J-J Janet will need to arrive on the NAS soon as that it primed for a drop-volume vanishing form the initial flurry at the open. The initial opening short covering "panic" that the amateurs do on the open 'casue they were not reacting to wut they saw yesterday.

An old traders saying that has been mentioned and somehow people still don't get it "Never short a dull market".....

Dat choppiness is not a sign of a healthy trade at all and visible on all three indices. Looks like some late to the action short covering on all three indices nao-damn how fuggen stupid can you be?? Jsut giving them money at this point.

It is lookng quite tired at this point and the volume on all three is WELL below avgs.

Ag and Au took off yuesterday after Powell speech and it's up a little but lookin' tired- see cap #3 for Ag stil up 1.3x % (this is the bank killer in case you habs missed that prior)-they smershed it down starting Sunday evening so it's only retracing lost (artificially created) ground..and these trips confirm the attack it got then >>148653 pb Au Ag open up down quite a bit in usually quiet part of the day-Asian open

10 year note has come off the highs from yesterday but only by a few basis points-teh bond market DEMANDED higher rates last year and since "Jerry" doesn't seem to want to get this is done for them they did it before the FOMC announcement-usually they wait but they (Bond Market)is running out of patience becasue the end of paper-based finance is beiong seen by many so they increase the yield (i.e. dump mkts in most cases) to attract moar buyers. This has been changing where even an Up market came produce rising yields and that is a compltely opposite reaction to historical standards-they are not habby put it that way.

See Cap 4 for 10 year

Oil back over a hundy cause the EIA said it would be....see cap #5

>>148769 pb EIA: Oil Prices Will Remain Above $100 For Months

No demand destruction and worries about anythng other than keeping that price elevated for....Aramco is still Needing the price hight to push out the next % on a comoing IPO.

And since it's all just paper based trading where do you want that price at Mr Abdulaziz?....over $100 on WTI...Done... -CME Group

In thank you Captain Obvious news....

The "effects" of the 10 year rising 50 basis points since 0301-nuffin to do with raising prime although they, FOMC, like to be seen as relevant..ProTip: They are not

Mortgage Rates Top 4% For First Time Since 2019, Freddie Mac Says

Mortgage rates rose again in the latest week, topping 4% for the first time since May 2019, according to housing-finance agency Freddie Mac. In the week ending Thursday, the average rate on a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage rose to 4.16% from 3.85% last week. A year ago this week, the average rate was 3.09%. Average 15-year rates were 3.39%, up from 3.09% a week ago and 2.40% a year ago. The average rate on a five-year Treasury-indexed hybrid adjustable-rate mortgage, or ARM, was 3.19%, up from 2.97% last week. A year ago, the five-year ARM averaged 2.79%. "The Federal Reserve raising short-term rates and signaling further increases means mortgage rates should continue to rise over the course of the year," Freddie Mac Chief Economist Sam Khater said. "While home purchase demand has moderated, it remains competitive due to low existing inventory, suggesting high house price pressures will continue during the spring home-buying season."

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/mortgage-rates-top-4-for-first-time-since-2019-freddie-mac-says-271647525714

https://www.marketwatch.com/investing/bond/tmubmusd10y

https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/%5EIXIC?p=%5EIXIC

https://www.kitco.com/charts/livesilver.html

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/130743 (171712ZMAR22) Notable: JPMorgan Processed Russia Bond Payments, Sent Money to Citigroup-bnnBberg

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JPMorgan Processed Russia Bond Payments, Sent Money to Citigroup

JPMorgan Chase & Co. has processed funds that were earmarked for interest payments due on dollar bonds held by the Russian government and sent the money on to Citigroup Inc., according to people familiar with the matter.

JPMorgan was the correspondent bank Russia used to send the payment to Citigroup, which is acting as payment agent on the bonds, the people said, asking not to be identified discussing a private matter. JPMorgan sent the money to Citigroup after it sought and received the required approvals from U.S. authorities on Wednesday, one of the people said.

Representatives for JPMorgan and Citigroup declined to comment.

Russia’s ability to make payments to bondholders on its debt is being closely watched by markets around the world. The Russian Finance Ministry said it had sent the order for a $117 million interest payment on March 14 to a correspondent bank that it didn’t identify, adding that it would issue a separate comment about whether the paying agent, Citibank’s London branch, has received the payment. The ministry has said it would first try to make the payments in dollars and then use rubles if that fails. So far, bondholders in Europe have received no sign of the funds.

As a correspondent bank, JPMorgan is authorized to provide services on behalf of another financial institution. In its role as payment agent, New York-based Citigroup collects coupon payments from bond issuers and distributes those funds to investors. They are largely back-office roles.

https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/jpmorgan-processed-russia-bond-payments-sent-money-to-citigroup-1.1739182

>>148360 VP punks Credit Default Swap (CDS) Market: Putin Seeks to Avert Defaults With Ruble Payments to Creditors-bnnBberg Mar 5

>>148425 Russian CDS Hit Record 2,757bps After Morgan Stanley Says Russia Set For Venezuela-Style Default

>>148439, >>148440 The Big Question on Wall Street Is Which Banks Owe $41 Billion on Credit Default Swaps on Russia-wallstonparade

>>148679, >>148680 West accused of engineering ‘artificial default’ in Russia

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/130747 (171718ZMAR22) Notable: Russian Ambassador says BiH can join NATO, but Moscow will react-euractiv

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Russian Ambassador says BiH can join NATO, but Moscow will react

https://www.euractiv.com/section/politics/short_news/russian-ambassador-says-bih-can-join-nato-but-moscow-will-react/

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/130757 (171729ZMAR22) Notable: ,>>130716, pf report(s) COmbat SETN sent east last night, Morning look at Yerp State Dept SAM activity, Muh (lack of a) Nightwatch!, SPAR (NATO) ACs, CENTCOM/West Point SAM activity

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>>148778

SAM501 USAF C-40B back out from it's U-turn and return to JBA and heading west

Must have forgotten someone/thing or moar "convos" with a different group.

See if it actually goes somewhere this time.

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/130762 (171807ZMAR22) Notable: Journalist Laura Logan lays out some TRUTH BOMBS and she wasn't cut off!-bitchute

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>From nextdoor....

>>>/qresearch/15883991

Logan pulls the covers on the ds and their propaganda pitch to make Americans/the World believe what isn't true about Putin/Russia/and the Ukraine.

Call to digs on the SES 'Senior Executive Service.

Journalist Laura Logan lays out some TRUTH BOMBS and she wasn't cut off!

March 17, 2022

https://www.bitchute.com/video/LHN7R3U9kalr/

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/130763 (171807ZMAR22) Notable: Mkt Fag: Morning Market Report-the morning after indecisiveness edition

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>>148784

One Bank Translates What Powell Really Said: We Are Now Pricing The Rate Cuts And QE That Will Follow The Fed's Policy Error

https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/one-bank-translates-what-powell-really-said-we-are-now-pricing-rate-cuts-and-qe-will-follow

This just in as a link and TOTALLY backs up wut i been sayin' since February 16 and in the last few weeks of Mkt reports with a link to prove >>147588 pb FOMC Minutes

and stating since last year.

The only other person that got this right-that I have seen-was Charles Payne at Fox Biz and it was around the same time as the above link of the FOMC minutes

The only thing they habs not done was do the official rate raise (prime) out of sequence but as mentioned time and again it's been up 50 basis points since 0301...and well before yesterdays "announcement".

Late to the party brehs...and it is Bank of America too.

Guess you don't read much in here bro.

Glowingly funny considering the position they find themselves in with the silver leases

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/130767 (171847ZMAR22) Notable: BBee keks: "99.9% Of Americans Support Sending Mitt Romney To Fight In Ukraine"

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The Bee:

99.9% Of Americans Support Sending Mitt Romney To Fight In Ukraine

https://twitter.com/TheBabylonBee/status/1504487705010491393

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/130773 (172124ZMAR22) Notable: @RepThomasMassie-"This was slipped into the Russian sanctions bill on pages 19,20,21. It gives the President broad authority to sanction virtually anyone, anywhere in the world, whether they are connected to Russia or not."-soc.media

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@RepThomasMassie

This was slipped into the Russian sanctions bill on pages 19,20,21. It gives the President broad authority to sanction virtually anyone, anywhere in the world, whether they are connected to Russia or not.

Interventionists at the State Department are doing the happy dance now.

https://twitter.com/RepThomasMassie/status/1504562598615863303

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/130776 (172153ZMAR22) Notable: UK anons update WintetWonderland Digs

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Hello QRB! UK Bread here. Well it just took a light bulb to go on. Or should I say go off. We had the ‘bright’ idea to look at some lights off to the side of that Q pic at WinterWonderland and, although we are still poking about for more vids and stills, we may already have been able to find a “not before” bookend at 11DEC2013 in an open source vid. Not gonna post sauces right now but just wanted to let you know this is a big step forward for the WW dig.

It’s all about the bulbs on that particular stand burning out as time progresses.

There might even be one vid at 19DEC2013 which could be a “not before” marker but need to discuss vidcaps, mebbe some werking with the images yet.

Up TIL NOW, the only thing we coild say was that the Q pics were taken sometime between 22NOV2013 and 5JAN2014, a 45-day timeframe.

We are nao looking at shaving 3 to 4 weeks off that.

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/130777 (172154ZMAR22) Notable: ,>>130716, pf report(s) COmbat SETN sent east last night, Morning look at Yerp State Dept SAM activity, Muh (lack of a) Nightwatch!, SPAR (NATO) ACs, CENTCOM/West Point SAM activity

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SPAR87 USAF G5 ne from JBA-NATO weenies returning to Ramstein

This AC arrived From Ramstein AFB as VALOR76 at Bangor, ME for a ground stop on 0314

Departed from Bangor to Wichita, KS Eisenhower National Airport for a stop of about 90 minutes then arrived at Nashville Int'l for an overnight-still as VALOR76

Departure to Newport News Int'l for a stop of about 90 minutes prior to arrival at JBA yesterday

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/130779 (172208ZMAR22) Notable: UK anons update WintetWonderland Digs

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>>148793

Forgot. Anons here might not know which concession stand we are looking at. Here’s a closeup on 11DEC2013. No apparent lights burned out yet. Later, in the Q pic of WW you can make out gaps in the light strand.

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/130783 (172257ZMAR22) Notable: Mkt Fag: After the bell....the holy shit! if you are short* and still think you are gonna beat J-J-J-Janet and the inkjets edition

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Mkt Fag: After the bell....the holy shit! if you are short* and still think you are gonna beat J-J-J-Janet and the inkjets edition'''

After meandering around on declining volume it finally went positive at around 12pm EST and that is all it took for any still remaining shorts who were still waiting for a cross of the neckline (yesterday's close) to make the decision to exit....they did and it din't take much to keep it going. We're on the DOW today because of the furious arrival of volume (compared to the rest of the day) into the close-not so much on the NAS but also evident on the SP500-so much for Mr. Death right?-well not so fast as those patterns are still very visible and even the last three days of hot air has failed to turn the 50 day around-but ohhh they are trying. You will not stop hearing about it if they actually manage to turn it around and we get the Golden Cross. However let us not get ahead of ourselves as a few days a trend does not make.

And with all that volume into the close (yellow line on cap #2) it still remained below the daily avg...NAS decidedly above-cause they have to work MUCH harder on that plus they have a ton of fuel available with shorts continuing to arrive and just give money away.

They may manage to negate the one on the SP500 (and for shits and giggles the SP500 has not had a +2% back-to-back day very often but curiously enough this same thing habbened on March 15 and 16 of 2000) quickly but the ones on the DOW/NAS will take much moar than just a few days of "up" to negate. Courtesy of ZH charts you can see how they knew that came and are trying to reverse it-cap#3

Keep in mind the last week and the remainder of March is ALL about those Q1 prints in EVERY asset class-doesn't matter. *Also there is a huge OpEx expiry on Friday-see article under headlines below-and the death cross' on all three indicies (those were obvious they were coming) will have made most go short starting in early February to "get ahead" of it. Well if they did not close those positions out by Monday then they just watched a major Delta destruction to those positions. The smart ones don't wait until the expiry week regardless of where they are at and likely exited last week. Speaking of shits and giggles-they are probably laughing as hard as this pepe is for the dumb money continuing to chase that trade.

The Dollar continues it's decline from those close to 2 year highs-see cap#4.

Pepe warned of this on Fiday of last week and Monday of this.......You should listen to pepe as he's gotten this right for a very long time.

And finally, courtesy of another chart from ZH-all they are really good at for a long time-for the visually inclined a look at what Stagflation looks like-thank you dickweeds at the FOMC/FRB as you failed in such a spectacular way-basically the worst I've seen in this pepe's over three decade experience to be effective at ANYTHING and are totally fucked-but you knew this last year.

Recall it was the Atlanta FED that actually had anythig close to what the real GDP was gonna be at about this time posted last year...it was promply "readjusted" to fall in line with what the FRBNY (yes that is who really runs the FRB...not Jerry at the DC Branch) wanted to reflect.

Why do you think all the QE and three letter bailout programs orignate from that location......if ya didn't know that should have told you years ago.

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Originally posted at >>>/qrb/130785 (172337ZMAR22) Notable: ,>>130716, pf report(s) COmbat SETN sent east last night, Morning look at Yerp State Dept SAM activity, Muh (lack of a) Nightwatch!, SPAR (NATO) ACs, CENTCOM/West Point SAM activity

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>>148778, >>148787

SAM501 C-40B departed Travis AFB, CA after a 1 hour ground stop/refuel

Heading to Hickam AFB, Oahu (Indo-Pac)

As a reminder this is a State Dept AC

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/130789 (180027ZMAR22) Notable: ,>>130716, pf report(s) COmbat SETN sent east last night, Morning look at Yerp State Dept SAM activity, Muh (lack of a) Nightwatch!, SPAR (NATO) ACs, CENTCOM/West Point SAM activity

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>>148794 (chek't)

SPAR18 USAF C-40C also departed JBA ne-moar NATO weenies

Arrived from Scott AFB, IL to JBA yesterday

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/130790 (180035ZMAR22) Notable: ,>>130716, pf report(s) COmbat SETN sent east last night, Morning look at Yerp State Dept SAM activity, Muh (lack of a) Nightwatch!, SPAR (NATO) ACs, CENTCOM/West Point SAM activity

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SAM540 USAF G5 on descent for JBA

Departed MacDill AFB-CENTCOM- after arriving from Boston-Logan Int'l

Berry High level AC 'dis

Started from JBA on 0314 to MacDill for an overnight

Then to NY Stewart Airport-West Point's Airport on 0315 for overnight.

0316 to Boston-Logan Int'l for another overnight

Earlier today departure for MacDill from Logan

It retains the same call sign so same group of VIPs on this and some interdasting locations as well

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/130791 (180113ZMAR22) Notable: NATO begins major war games near Russia-rt

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NATO begins major war games near Russia

NATO has deployed 30,000 troops, 50 vessels, and 200 aircraft from 27 member-states in Norway to conduct the long-planned military exercise ‘Cold Response’, which started on Monday and will last until April. “The exercise will ensure that Norwegian and allied forces are capable in carrying out complex joint operations in a demanding climate and under challenging high-intensity situations,” explains the Norwegian Armed Forces’ website.

NATO soldiers will test their skills operating in extreme and rugged surroundings, from frozen fjords to shivering seas and ice-encrusted mountains. Since the main focus of the drills is to practice deploying military units to and from the sea coast, naval forces will play a crucial role. According to NATO, the goal of the drills is to help “Allies and partners practise [sic] working together so that they are prepared for any situation.” The Norwegian Armed Forces attest that this exercise is a central arena for testing the deployment of the NATO Response Force. ‘Cold Response’ biennial drills are underway in NorwayNATO’s drills are unfolding as Russia continues its military action in Ukraine. Moscow attacked its neighbor in late February, following a seven-year standoff over Ukraine’s failure to implement the terms of the Minsk agreements, and Russia’s eventual recognition of the Donbass republics in Donetsk and Lugansk. Both Norwegian and NATO officials have repeatedly stated that the exercise had been planned long before Moscow launched its military operation in late February. “It is important to emphasize that ‘Cold Response 2022’ has been planned long before the war in Ukraine. The exercise is neither unexpected nor surprising to Russian authorities,” the Norwegian Armed Forces said.

https://www.rt.com/russia/552173-nato-military-drills-norway/

prolly why dis up there >>148768 pb

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/130792 (180115ZMAR22) Notable: #880, #881, #882, #883, #884

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882 Update 1

>>148774 Update on COMEX Silver cash for trash payments: $144,130,000-March 15th transactions

>>148775 Despite incentives, Chinese demand for homes not recovering-nikkei

>>148776, >>148777, >>148778, >>148779,>>148780, >>148783, >>148787, >>148794, >>148801, >>148802, >>148803 pf report(s) COmbat SETN sent east last night, Morning look at Yerp State Dept SAM activity, Muh (lack of a) Nightwatch!, SPAR (NATO) ACs, CENTCOM/West Point SAM activity

>>148780 Where's Muh Nightwatch? Defense Secretary Austin Joint News Conference with Slovakian Counterpart

>>148781 Kremlin comments on reported draft peace plan with Ukraine-rt

>>148782 VP clockfaggin'

>>148784, >>148789 Mkt Fag: Morning Market Report-the morning after indecisiveness edition

>>148785 JPMorgan Processed Russia Bond Payments, Sent Money to Citigroup-bnnBberg

>>148786 Russian Ambassador says BiH can join NATO, but Moscow will react-euractiv

>>148788 Journalist Laura Logan lays out some TRUTH BOMBS and she wasn't cut off!-bitchute

>>148790 BBee keks: "99.9% Of Americans Support Sending Mitt Romney To Fight In Ukraine"

>>148791 WHO May Reject Canadian-Made Medicago COVID-19 Vaccine Because of Ties to Big Tobacco-epochtimes

>>148792 @RepThomasMassie-"This was slipped into the Russian sanctions bill on pages 19,20,21. It gives the President broad authority to sanction virtually anyone, anywhere in the world, whether they are connected to Russia or not."-soc.media

>>148793, >>148795, >>148796, >>148797, >>148798 UK anons update WintetWonderland Digs

>>148799, >>148800 Mkt Fag: After the bell....the holy shit! if you are short* and still think you are gonna beat J-J-J-Janet and the inkjets edition

>>148804 NATO begins major war games near Russia-rt

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/130811 (180213ZMAR22) Notable: TGIF planefaggin

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SHINY01 US Navy E-6B with a run over SoCal

from Fairchild AFB-Spokane, WA

Currently heading nw over western San Fernando Valley

>and dis one really flew over muh house-saw dhem on muh walk

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/130826 (180238ZMAR22) Notable: TGIF planefaggin

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SAM575 USAF G5 KAF AC of Interdast se from JBA

Heading to MacDill-lotsa high level visitors in last 24 hours

'member they are sending Not AF1 Joe to Brussels for the "Show of Unity" bullshit on March 24th

Top 2 of High-level ACs for the 99th and last SAM flight was a return from Payerne, Switzerland-Home of Swiss AF.

Was there 0313-0315

>>148703

was also ANON on 0310 at Los Angeles Int'l

see cap#3

Highest level G5 ever seen with ANON dat one a week ago.

Highest level I've ever seen as ANON was that 01-0040 State Dept AC that left Travis for Oahu earlier >>148801 lb

Last year at some point on trip back from Elmendorf AFB

He SAM

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/130828 (180245ZMAR22) Notable: Moderna Requests FDA Approval for Fourth Covid Shot for Adults

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Moderna Requests FDA Approval for Fourth Covid Shot for Adults

Moderna Inc. has filed for U.S. regulatory clearance of a second Covid-19 booster shot for all adults, covering significantly more people than Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech SE’s request earlier this week for a more limited emergency authorization for those over 65. The application comes amid heated debate over how long vaccinations protect from infection and whether repeated shots are necessary to prevent the development of severe disease and death. Several countries including Israel have started administering a fourth dose to adults, with data showing a fivefold increase in the production of infection-fighting antibodies.

Moderna asked the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to give its vaccine emergency authorization for all adults, which would allow health-care providers to determine on an individual basis who might benefit from a second booster.

Pfizer filed for clearance of a second booster for seniors to protect the most vulnerable as immunity provided by the first three doses wanes.

https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/moderna-requests-fda-approval-for-fourth-covid-shot-for-adults-1.1739413

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/130832 (180350ZMAR22) Notable: boatfag

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>>148806

If the amphib is still out there, she dark

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/130836 (180511ZMAR22) Notable: Refresher: SES going Down

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Originally posted at >>>/qrb/130839 (181117ZMAR22) Notable: Ukranian propaganda

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https://t.me/intelslava/22585

Intel Slava Z, [3/17/2022 4:48 AM]

[ Video ]

🇺🇦 What do you think is happening in the video?

Yes, you are right, there is nothing to comment on. We are waiting for the next masterpieces from Ukrainian "Propogandists".

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/130845 (181359ZMAR22) Notable: TGIF planefaggin

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SAM602 USAF C-32A (our MIA C-32A for over a year tail #98-0001 and finally returns to Int'l duty) heading ne across the pond

Could be Blinken heading to SA as there was a small story about SA "looking forward to AB visit in the near future".

Hard to know who on 'dis but likely going to Brussels in preparation of the bullshit "show of unity" next week that Not AF1 Joe will be at on March 24th.

Little usage after being upgraded at Majors Airport, Greenville for a very extended period of time as described below

It has had some flights after it's Atlanta-Atlanta foray over the Gulf o' Mexico last week-prior to that it had been sitting at Atlanta Int'l since 1220.

VENUS91 from JBA to Bradley Int'l Airport for fly bys then nw to Albany Int'l Airport (home of NY Nat. Guard) for same then back to JBA on 0316

VENUS flights are non-VIP activity and mostly moving crews around and/or cert flights

98-0001 out from JBA to Dover AFB for fly-bys on 0315

From Atlanta Int'l to JBA on 0310

Greek AF HAF352C G5 inbound from Athens depart

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SAM590 USAF C-32A on ground at Sophia Bulgaria-landed about 2 hours and 40 minutes ago

Muh Nightwatch Lloyd Austin departed Bratislava, Slovenia and is on the ground at Yambol, Bulgaria. Will move to Sophia later

Issue of military equipment for Ukraine to be raised in US defence chief’s visit to Bulgaria

https://sofiaglobe.com/2022/03/17/issue-of-military-equipment-for-ukraine-to-be-raised-in-us-defence-chiefs-visit-to-bulgaria/

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/130853 (181416ZMAR22) Notable: Putin Blames Western Ruling Elite For Global Economic Problems

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Putin Blames Western Ruling Elite For Global Economic Problems

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/putin-blames-western-ruling-elite-global-economic-problems

“I want ordinary Western people hear me, too,” Putin said.

“You are being persistently told that your current difficulties are the result of Russia’s hostile actions and that you have to pay for the efforts to counter the alleged Russian threat from your own pockets. All of that is a lie.”

“The truth is that the problems faced by millions of people in the West are the result of many years of actions by the ruling elite of your respective countries, their mistakes, and short-sighted policies and ambitions. This elite is not thinking about how to improve the lives of their citizens in Western countries. They are obsessed with their own self-serving interests and super profits.”

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/130856 (181424ZMAR22) Notable: TGIF planefaggin

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Daily look at Yerp before sunset in a few hours

Let's start over Poland

JAKE12 USAF RC-135 Rivet Joint finished with it's customary north/south runs along Polish border Ukraine/Belarus

REDEYE6 USAF E-8C Joint STARS trackin just wst of doze JAKE12 runs

Dutch AF MMF18 MRTT trackin as the filling station support

DUKE23 US Army C-560 ws from Warsaw

LAGR167 USAF KC-135 tanker finished withit's refueling duty just east of Krakow and heading nw

LAGR265 USAF KC-135 tanker heading to Romania

Canadian AF CFC4220 C-130 Super Hercules on it's 'delivery' flight from Zagreb to Rzesow

NCHO223 USAF D-10 extender trackin' north of Bucharest as the filling station for that area.

NATO12 E-3TF Sentry AWACS heading nw and just about passing over No Nightwatch Austin on the ground at Yambol, Bulgaria

Romanian AF RBP01 drone off shore but not "up" as he is at 32kts and o altitude-so a "floater"

French AF TOTAL91 KC-135 tanker setting up as filling station just east of Bratislava

Italian AF IAM3173 FAlcon 900 from Brescia to Rome

RCH349 USAF C-17 GLobemaster took the long way round from Constanta AB, Romania and heading to Ramstein

and to finish way up north

Swedish AF SVF622 G4 "White Raven" ELINT tracking off Latvia and Lithuania

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/130858 (181431ZMAR22) Notable: U.S. imposes sanctions over illicit exports of gold from Congo

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U.S. imposes sanctions over illicit exports of gold from Congo

The United States on Thursday imposed sanctions on Belgian businessman Alain Goetz and a network of companies tied to him that it accused of being involved in the illicit movement of gold from Democratic Republic of Congo. The U.S. Treasury Department, in a statement, said among the targets was the African Gold Refinery in Uganda, which Goetz operates, and several other companies he owns or controls. It accused Goetz and the companies of being involved in illegal gold exports valued at hundreds of millions of dollars per year. In a statement, Goetz said his inclusion on the U.S. sanctions list “seems to be based on misinformation”. He said he has not been to Congo in more than 20 years and has not kept any active contacts within Congo. Goetz said he was asked to set up East Africa’s first gold refinery in 2014, adding that “nothing has made me prouder than to see the impact that African Gold Refinery has had on the gold industry in the Great Lakes region”.

The Treasury said a network of armed groups, smugglers and companies generate illicit revenue from the gold industry through forced labor, smuggling or other means. It said the illicit movement of gold provides revenue to armed groups that threaten peace and security in Congo. “Conflict gold provides the largest source of revenue to armed groups in eastern DRC where they control mines and exploit miners,” the Treasury’s under secretary for terrorism and financial intelligence, Brian Nelson, said in the statement. “Alain Goetz and his network have contributed to armed conflict by receiving DRC gold without questioning its origin.” The Treasury said Goetz’s network sources gold from Congo, Kenya, South Sudan and Tanzania. Goetz said the Treasury’s Office for Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) had presented no documented evidence to back up their claims, and that he was confident this “mistake” would be swiftly rectified. The Ugandan government did not immediately reply to a request for comment.

Others designated on Thursday that the Treasury said were owned or controlled by Goetz include United Arab Emirates-based Agor DMCC and UAE-based Goetz Gold LLC. Agor did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Goetz Gold LLC and the African Gold Refinery could not immediately be reached for comment. The Treasury said that since 2016, the African Gold Refinery, considered one of the largest gold refineries in Africa, has sourced illicit gold from mines in regions of Congo that are controlled by armed groups, including the Mai-Mai Yakutumba and Raia Mutomboki militia. Thursday’s move freezes any U.S. assets of those designated and generally bars Americans from dealing with them. “This strong action by the U.S. will send shockwaves throughout the global gold supply chain,” Sasha Lezhnev, policy consultant at non-governmental organisation The Sentry, said. “Turning a blind eye to conflict gold now carries a heavy price.”

https://www.reuters.com/article/usa-congo-sanctions-gold-idUSKCN2LE2H7

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/130862 (181439ZMAR22) Notable: BOTUS "spoke" to Xi not long ago-but before the daily brief-DERP!!!!!

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Looks like BOTUS "spoke" to Xi not long ago-but before the daily brief-DERP!!!!!

Does some other shit later but bails to the Beach House in Delaware at 5:10pm EST

"on the brink right?"

so much comedy

https://factba.se/biden/calendar

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/130864 (181454ZMAR22) Notable: BOTUS "spoke" to Xi not long ago-but before the daily brief-DERP!!!!!

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Chinese carrier sails through Taiwan Strait hours before Biden-Xi call

A Chinese aircraft carrier sailed through the sensitive Taiwan Strait on Friday, Taiwan's Defence Ministry said, just hours before the Chinese and U.S. presidents were due to talk.

China claims democratically ruled Taiwan as its own territory, and has over the past two years stepped up its military activity near the island to assert its sovereignty claims, alarming Taipei and Washington. A source with direct knowledge of the matter, who was not authorised to speak to the media and spoke on condition of anonymity, told Reuters the carrier Shandong sailed close to the Taiwan-controlled island of Kinmen, which sits directly opposite the Chinese city of Xiamen. "Around 10:30 a.m. the CV-17 appeared around 30 nautical miles to the southwest of Kinmen, and was photographed by a passenger on a civilian flight," the source said, referring to the Shandong's official service number.

The USS Ralph Johnson, an Arleigh Burke guided missile destroyer, shadowed the carrier at least partly on its route. The Shandong did not have aircraft on its deck and sailed north through the strait, the source added. Taiwan also sent warships to keep an eye on the situation, the source said.

Taiwan's Defence Ministry, in a brief statement, confirmed the passage of the Shandong but gave no details other than to say its forces have a "full grasp" of what China's ships and aircraft do in the Taiwan Strait. U.S. Navy spokesperson Lt. Mark Langford said the Ralph Johnson had "conducted a routine Taiwan Strait transit March 17 (local time) through international waters in accordance with international law". He did not elaborate. Chinese Foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian referred questions to the Defence Ministry - which did not respond to a request for comment - but said the Shandong has a "routine training schedule". "We should not associate this with the communication between the heads of state of China and the United States. You may think it is too sensitive. What is sensitive is you, not the Taiwan Strait," Zhao told reporters in Beijing.

https://www.reuters.com/world/china/exclusive-china-sails-carrier-through-taiwan-strait-hours-before-biden-xi-call-2022-03-18/