/qnotables22/ - ===Q Notables 2022===

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/132776 (082141ZAPR22) Notable: , >>132805pf report(s) Daily look at Yerp-Med/French AF at JFK then Newark/Oops at Costa Rica/SAM CONUS activity/Dutch left TX/Colombians in at Dulles

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>>149388

SAM786 USAF G5 on ground at JBA from Barksdale AFB ground stop

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/132777 (082149ZAPR22) Notable: , >>132805pf report(s) Daily look at Yerp-Med/French AF at JFK then Newark/Oops at Costa Rica/SAM CONUS activity/Dutch left TX/Colombians in at Dulles

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SAM704 USAF C-32A departed JBA nw

Was SAM693 yesterday and departed LAX to Skunkworks then back to JBA

>>149361 pb

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/132779 (082159ZAPR22) Notable: Japan to expel eight Russians, including diplomats, as Kishida announces new sanctions-japantimes

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Japan to expel eight Russians, including diplomats, as Kishida announces new sanctions

In a surprise move, Japan announced Friday it will expel eight Russian diplomats and trade representatives, a significant policy change that will likely prompt a similar move from Moscow. The Foreign Ministry made the announcement ahead of Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s news conference apparently to soften how the news will be received in Moscow. During the news conference Friday evening, Kishida did not speak at length about the expulsion of the diplomats, merely saying that Japan made the decision after “comprehensive judgment.” Kishida, however, announced a sweeping new round of sanctions, declaring that Japan will phase out imports of Russian coal, ban imports of Russian machinery, lumber and vodka, bar new investments in Russia and freeze assets held by major Russian lenders Sberbank and Alfa Bank. Japan will also freeze the assets of an additional 400 or so military personnel and lawmakers and some 20 military-related organizations, including state-run companies, Kishida said.

But keeping the LNG project..... >>149190 pb Japan will not abandon Sakhalin-2 LNG stake, PM Kishida says

Compared to some Western countries, Japan had been taking a milder stance against Russia on energy-related sanctions, partly because of its dependence on imports of fuel. But with mass killings of civilians in Bucha and other Ukrainian cities being met with international condemnation, Japan apparently felt it needed to harden its position further to be in line with its allies. The latest measures are to hold Russia accountable for "cruel, inhumane" acts following its invasion of Ukraine, Kishida said, adding that Russia has committed "war crimes that are absolutely unforgivable." Earlier in the day, Vice Foreign Minister Takeo Mori summoned Russian Ambassador to Japan Mikhail Galuzin to notify him of Tokyo’s decision to expel eight Russians working at the embassy and the Trade Representation of the Russian Federation in Japan. Galuzin is not among those being expelled.

Following Japan’s latest announcement, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said in a news conference that Moscow will consider retaliatory measures. Moscow is expected to expel Japanese diplomats in kind. Western countries including the United States, Germany and France have already expelled Russian diplomats and embassy workers, with the number totaling 325. While a steady stream of expulsions followed Russia’s initial invasion of Ukraine in February, the exposure of severe human rights abuses in the wider Kyiv region prompted a further 206 expulsions since Monday alone.

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2022/04/08/national/japan-russia-expel-diplomats/

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/132780 (082258ZAPR22) Notable: EU Countries On Global Hunt for Coal as Russian Ban Looms-Ships Sail For South African Coal After Russia Sanctions-gcaptain/worldstopexports

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>>149397

Dear Japan:

EU Countries On Global Hunt for Coal as Russian Ban Looms

Thermal coal imports from Colombia totalled 1.3 million tonnes in March, rising by 47.3% year-on-year, Braemar data showed.

Imports from the U.S. in March totalled 809,000 tonnes, rising by 30.3% year-on-year and at their highest level since October 2019.

Imports from South Africa also picked up with 287,000 tonnes arriving in March versus no shipments in March last year.

Australia has also found renewed buying interest from Europe, with thermal coal imports totalling 537,000 tonnes in the first quarter of this year, versus no shipments over the same period in 2021, Braemar said.

But Indonesia and Australia, among the world’s top coal exporters, have hit their production limits and are unlikely to meet Europe’s demand for additional supplies if the European Union bans Russian coal imports, mining executives said.

https://gcaptain.com/europe-global-coal-hunt-russia-sanctions/

Ships Sail For South African Coal After Russia Sanctions

Europe’s surging demand for coal is reviving an infrequent trade lane for shipments from South African mines.

The fossil fuel typically heads east from Richards Bay Coal Terminal, the continent’s biggest export hub. Of the 59 million tons of coal shipped from the South African port last year, only 4% went to Europe and more than 86% was delivered to Asia.

There may have been a shift in that balance since Feb. 20 as a handful of bulk carriers have headed west round the Cape of Good Hope after calling at Richards Bay, according to ship tracking data compiled by Bloomberg.

https://gcaptain.com/ships-south-africa-coal-russia-sanctions/

Let's do some figuring here:

Australia & Indonesia maxed out on production. EU coal prices sky rocketing so South Africa selling for Euros and not weakened Yen more attractive by the day. Colombia should hit capacity fairly quick as EU orders pour in. The Resident is continuing Hussein's polcy or destroying American energy production, oil, gas, and oh yes coal mining so expect US decreasing outputs to go to EU, none left for you..

No buying from North Korea because of the sanctions already on them, but NK is heating/power coal, not quality enough for steel making. Canada is on the same track as US coal-wise, demonized the stuff so rgulate out of production to make Greta happy.

I calculate not enough coal for anything, gas, if you can get any (again, US production going down and heading for EU anyway) more expensive than coal. Liberals are absolutely against nuclear powewr and would pitch fits if any new nuke plants were to be proposed. Then solar panels on alll city rooves are fine, until typhoon season and clouds mess those up. Wind turbines all around the coasts mean fishing boats can't work and all kinds of bad can happen to them anyway. Not enough open land for the turbines and panels.

Result of calculations: You are screwed.

Screencap from:

https://www.worldstopexports.com/coal-exports-country/

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/132795 (090027ZAPR22) Notable: , >>132805pf report(s) Daily look at Yerp-Med/French AF at JFK then Newark/Oops at Costa Rica/SAM CONUS activity/Dutch left TX/Colombians in at Dulles

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>>149374

LBRTY51 Learjet or G5 on ground at NAS Norfolk-had a ground stop at Peterson AFB for about 30 minutes then se to Gulfport/Biloxi Int'l for less than 1 hour and currently ne from that stop

Columbian AF FAC1218 Embraer 135 north from Bogota departure earlier today-likely heading to Dulles Int'l

C101 US Coast Guard departed Anchorage-Ted Stevens Int'l Airport after an overnight-inbound from Reagan National yesterday

Prolly where SAM704 is heading >>149396

>>149359, >>149360 pb

Dutch AF NAF11 G4 departed Wichita Falls Regional Airport, TX after it's overnight

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/132798 (090039ZAPR22) Notable: , >>132805pf report(s) Daily look at Yerp-Med/French AF at JFK then Newark/Oops at Costa Rica/SAM CONUS activity/Dutch left TX/Colombians in at Dulles

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GUPPY46 US Navy E-6B Mercury on descent for Pax River from Tinker AFB, OKC

Was out in the Gulf 'o Mexico earlier then ne to Pax

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/132802 (090142ZAPR22) Notable: SAM704 USAF C-32A on ground at Paine Field, Seattle WA from JBA depart-with a live cap of landing from Paine Field webcam

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>>149396

SAM704 USAF C-32A on ground at Paine Field, Seattle WA from JBA depart

Cap #2 is just after touchdown on Paine Fields Webcam

https://www.painefield.com/133/Webcam

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/132812 (090421ZAPR22) Notable: IMF Creates New Account to Help Ukraine as Canada Pledges Funds-bnnBBerg

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IMF Creates New Account to Help Ukraine as Canada Pledges Funds

The International Monetary Fund is establishing a new account designed to give donor nations a secure way to provide support to stabilize Ukraine’s economy after Russia’s invasion.

The IMF board of directors approved the move on Friday, the institution said in a statement. The account would receive loan or grant resources from donors in either reserve currencies or special drawing rights, the IMF’s reserve asset, and disburse support into Ukraine’s account at the fund, the institution said. The so-called “administered account” is set to allow interested countries to pool and to channel resources to help Ukraine meet balance-of-payments and budget needs arising from the war while supporting macroeconomic stability. Bloomberg News earlier this week reported the IMF’s plans to create the account. “Donors will benefit from the IMF’s tested infrastructure to quickly deliver authenticated payments,” the fund said.

The government of Canada proposed in its recent budget has proposed up to CAD 1 billion ($795 million) to be disbursed through the account, and it will be available for any other IMF members or intergovernmental agencies and organizations that wish to use it as a vehicle to provide financial assistance to Ukraine, the IMF said. The IMF last month approved a $1.4 billion emergency loan for Ukraine designed to help the country. The Washington-based fund warned that the recession could eventually be in the range of 25% to 35%, based on data about real-time contractions in other nations ravaged by war. The support also comes amid a slew of international efforts to bolster Ukraine’s budget and raise money for both its armed forces and civilians. The Ministry of Finance has raised about $1.2 billion through the sale of domestic war bonds since the invasion started. It has separately received support from institutions and governments including the European Union and the World Bank.

https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/imf-creates-new-account-to-help-ukraine-as-canada-pledges-funds-1.1749951

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/132813 (090424ZAPR22) Notable: #895, #896, #897, #898, #899

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#897 update 2

>>149368 Boatfag reports-off San Diego

>>149369, >>149371, >>149372, >>149374, >>149375, >>149377, >>149380, >>149381, >>149382, >>149387, >>149388, >>149395, >>149396, >>149399, >>149400, >>>/qrb/132805pf report(s) Daily look at Yerp-Med/French AF at JFK then Newark/Oops at Costa Rica/SAM CONUS activity/Dutch left TX/Colombians in at Dulles

>>149373 ECB reportedly creating a crisis tool in case bond yields jump-fxstreet

>>149376 Troubled Barclays VIX Note Sees $124 Million in Mystery Outflows-bnnBBerg

>>149378, >>149379, >>149383, >>149384, >>149390, >>149391 anons on KBJ -Executive Privilege and # of Justices nao

>>149382 Boris Johnson condemns ‘unconscionable’ attack on Kramatorsk train station – as it happened-theguardian

>>149385 Germany could end Russian oil imports this year - Scholz-nasdaq

>>149386 1MDB scandal: Ex-Goldman Malaysia boss found guilty-bbc

>>149389 Biden Sends Patriot Missiles To Slovakia As Replacement For Ukraine S-300 'Donation'-zh

>>149392, >>149370, >>149393 Mkt Fag: The hidden hand not so hidden anymoar on the DOW-muh Softbank exit on the NAS edition

>>149397 Japan to expel eight Russians, including diplomats, as Kishida announces new sanctions-japantimes

>>149398 EU Countries On Global Hunt for Coal as Russian Ban Looms-Ships Sail For South African Coal After Russia Sanctions-gcaptain/worldstopexports

>>149401 SAM704 USAF C-32A on ground at Paine Field, Seattle WA from JBA depart-with a live cap of landing from Paine Field webcam

>>149402 IMF Creates New Account to Help Ukraine as Canada Pledges Funds-bnnBBerg

night muh fren

ttyitm

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/132820 (090933ZAPR22) Notable: War Is for ‘Soul of Humanity,’ Ukraine Consul General Tells Arizona Legislators-epochtimes April 8

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Weird to find this at Epoch....

War Is for ‘Soul of Humanity,’ Ukraine Consul General Tells Arizona Legislators

April 8, 2022 

PHOENIX, Ariz.—Ukraine’s Consul General Dmytro Kushneruk addressed a joint session of the Arizona Legislature on April 7, asking for more military and humanitarian support to end the Russian invasion.

“Ukraine has defeated Russia’s objectives in the first phase of this war,” he said. “Time is of the essence,” while Ukraine “has the momentum.”

“We have the one common enemy, which is Russia,” Kushneruk said.

Kushneruk’s 17-minute address was made at the request of House Speaker Rusty Bowers (R) and was greeted by rounds of applause and standing ovations by state lawmakers.

“Compared to the horrific attacks upon the nation of Ukraine, we felt it was a distinct honor to have Dmytro Kushneruk, the consul general of Ukraine, come and speak to us,” Bowers told the legislative body.

“Since that unprovoked and unjustified Russian invasion on Feb. 24, Mr. Kushneruk has been working tirelessly to support the efforts of the Ukrainian people’s independence in defense of their country, and to support refugees and victims of that conflict.”

Arizona Senate President Karen Fann said, “I hope we will all take time to appreciate how fortunate we are. We have the greatest military to protect us so we can live this way. 

“The war in Ukraine is abstract since many of us have never witnessed it firsthand. We haven’t faced the terror, despair, and battles for our life that they are experiencing right now.”

‘Putin’s Terror’

Fann said Arizona’s state government will continue working “to offer as many resources as we can” against what she called “Putin’s terror,” and that Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky “exemplifies” John F. Kennedy’s ideal of service to country

Biden Calls for Putin to Face War Crimes Trial as Violent Images From Ukraine’s Bucha Surface

In his opening remarks, Kushneruk said that 40 days after the Russian invasion he never expected to be standing in front of the Arizona legislature seeking help for his country.

He said the war is about his country’s right to exist. 

“It has always been about Russian control over Ukraine and Ukrainians. But [Russian President Vladimir] Putin doesn’t recognize the nation-state. Ukrainians are proving the exact opposite every day,” Kushneruk said.

He said the fight is about “the right to live in a free society,” though Russia predicted the war would wrap up in two days. It is “now suffering [military] damage that will take years for them to repair.”

“Russia was forced to retreat from Kyiv region,” Kushneruk said and alluded to alleged atrocities by Russian forces withdrawing from the city of Bucha. 

Kushneruk said that while many civilians were shot dead, “those who were lucky to stay alive, told tales [of] huge numbers of rapes, tortures, and mass graves. This is the crime against humanity.”

He applauded the United Nations General Assembly vote on April 7 to suspend Russia from the UN Human Rights Council but said the move doesn’t go far enough.

“What Russia deserves is to be expelled from the United Nations Security Council,” Kushneruk said to a round of applause.

“Ukraine has a good chance to win this war” despite Russian air superiority. The “big fight,” he said, will likely take place in eastern Ukraine, where Russian forces are concentrated.

Moar: https://m.theepochtimes.com/war-is-for-soul-of-humanity-ukraine-consul-general-tells-arizona-legislators_4391164.html

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/132823 (091441ZAPR22) Notable: pf report(s)Saturday-Sunday SAM CONUS activty/French AF departed Newark/Sat. Yerp-Med look/98-0001 C-23A go arounds near Selma, NC/Colombians left Dulles/PAT78 to Vilnius/BOXER40 to Berlin/Sunday CONUS/SAM696 Amman to Aqaba/Sunday look at Yerp-Med/Colombian President to JFK/French AF LAX to Nashville/Germans from Niger back to Berlin/SPAR to Tel Aviv/moar drop off at Rzesow/Comabt SENT north

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SAM735 USAF G5 departed Philadelphia Int'l after an overnight back to JBA

Yesterday under same call sign (same set of VIPs) it departed JBA to JFK Int'l for about 6 hours on ground then north to Burlington Int'l, VT for about 2 hours on ground then to Philly Int'l

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/132828 (091456ZAPR22) Notable: pf report(s)Saturday-Sunday SAM CONUS activty/French AF departed Newark/Sat. Yerp-Med look/98-0001 C-23A go arounds near Selma, NC/Colombians left Dulles/PAT78 to Vilnius/BOXER40 to Berlin/Sunday CONUS/SAM696 Amman to Aqaba/Sunday look at Yerp-Med/Colombian President to JFK/French AF LAX to Nashville/Germans from Niger back to Berlin/SPAR to Tel Aviv/moar drop off at Rzesow/Comabt SENT north

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SAM699 USAF G5 sw from JBA departure earlier

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/132831 (091500ZAPR22) Notable: pf report(s)Saturday-Sunday SAM CONUS activty/French AF departed Newark/Sat. Yerp-Med look/98-0001 C-23A go arounds near Selma, NC/Colombians left Dulles/PAT78 to Vilnius/BOXER40 to Berlin/Sunday CONUS/SAM696 Amman to Aqaba/Sunday look at Yerp-Med/Colombian President to JFK/French AF LAX to Nashville/Germans from Niger back to Berlin/SPAR to Tel Aviv/moar drop off at Rzesow/Comabt SENT north

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>>149372 pb

French AF CTM1284 Falcon 7x departed Newark Int'l after an overnight-dropped someone off at JFK Int'l yesterday then over to Newark

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/132837 (091710ZAPR22) Notable: pf report(s)Saturday-Sunday SAM CONUS activty/French AF departed Newark/Sat. Yerp-Med look/98-0001 C-23A go arounds near Selma, NC/Colombians left Dulles/PAT78 to Vilnius/BOXER40 to Berlin/Sunday CONUS/SAM696 Amman to Aqaba/Sunday look at Yerp-Med/Colombian President to JFK/French AF LAX to Nashville/Germans from Niger back to Berlin/SPAR to Tel Aviv/moar drop off at Rzesow/Comabt SENT north

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>>149406

SAM699 USAF G5 on ground at Randolph AFB from JBA depart

Just before sunset look at Yerp-Med

PAT78 USAF G5 east from JBA depart-this AC went to Rzesow Airport before Not AF1 Joe arrived on the last trip as same callsign

Hungarian AF HKY133 C-130 Super Hercules nw from Lodz, Poland after 2 hours on the ground-left Ramstein AFB earlier

Dutch AF MMF19 MRTT wn after it's refuleing dooty south of Warsaw

RAF RRR7209 River Joint on the track over eastern Poland

German AF GAF613 Global 6000 on ground at Lublin

Dutch AF NAF36 C-130 Hercules heading back to Eindhoven after Rzesow departure-about 45 minutes on the ground

NATO11 E-3A Sentry AWACS over southern Romania

Germna AF PRIMR62 A400M north of Bucharest -supply line protection trackin'

Royal Thai AF RTAF228 A340 back to Bangkok from Munich Int'l-arrived on 0408

PICO93 USAF KC-46 Pegasus back to Mron AB, Spain after the filling station for NATO11

61-0272 USAF KC-135 Stratotanker over Iraq on Syrian border

Malta AF AS2132 Heron drone off of Libyan/Tunisia coast

Heron drones are Israeli made

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/132838 (091712ZAPR22) Notable: pf report(s)Saturday-Sunday SAM CONUS activty/French AF departed Newark/Sat. Yerp-Med look/98-0001 C-23A go arounds near Selma, NC/Colombians left Dulles/PAT78 to Vilnius/BOXER40 to Berlin/Sunday CONUS/SAM696 Amman to Aqaba/Sunday look at Yerp-Med/Colombian President to JFK/French AF LAX to Nashville/Germans from Niger back to Berlin/SPAR to Tel Aviv/moar drop off at Rzesow/Comabt SENT north

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>>149406, >>149408

forgot dis

SAM699 USAF G5 on ground at Randolph AFB from JBA depart

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/132839 (091718ZAPR22) Notable: pf report(s)Saturday-Sunday SAM CONUS activty/French AF departed Newark/Sat. Yerp-Med look/98-0001 C-23A go arounds near Selma, NC/Colombians left Dulles/PAT78 to Vilnius/BOXER40 to Berlin/Sunday CONUS/SAM696 Amman to Aqaba/Sunday look at Yerp-Med/Colombian President to JFK/French AF LAX to Nashville/Germans from Niger back to Berlin/SPAR to Tel Aviv/moar drop off at Rzesow/Comabt SENT north

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98-0001 USAF C-32A at Kinston Regional Airport doin' go arounds

so you now it's going to be a slow day when a high level AC is being used for pilot hours and cert flights

About 44 miles from Kinston to Selma, NC Rally location for this evening

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/132840 (091721ZAPR22) Notable: pf report(s)Saturday-Sunday SAM CONUS activty/French AF departed Newark/Sat. Yerp-Med look/98-0001 C-23A go arounds near Selma, NC/Colombians left Dulles/PAT78 to Vilnius/BOXER40 to Berlin/Sunday CONUS/SAM696 Amman to Aqaba/Sunday look at Yerp-Med/Colombian President to JFK/French AF LAX to Nashville/Germans from Niger back to Berlin/SPAR to Tel Aviv/moar drop off at Rzesow/Comabt SENT north

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Colombian AF FAC1218 Embraer 135 left Dulles Int'l after an overnight

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/132841 (091726ZAPR22) Notable: Boris Johnson Makes Surprise Trip To War-Torn Ukraine For Zelensky Meeting

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Boris Johnson Makes Surprise Trip To War-Torn Ukraine For Zelensky Meeting

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson showed up in the Ukrainian capital Saturday, in a bold surprise visit made public for the first time in photographs posted to government accounts showing the face-to-face meeting with President Volodymyr Zelensky.

Zelensky's office confirmed on Facebook that he and Johnson met. "Right now Boris Johnson’s visit to Kiev began with a tet-a-tet meeting with President Zelensky. Great Britain is a leader in defense support of Ukraine. The leader in the anti-war coalition. Leader in sanctions on Russian aggressor," a statement said.

Surprise 😉 pic.twitter.com/AWa5RjYosD

— Embassy of Ukraine to the UK (@UkrEmbLondon) April 9, 2022

Zelensky in his own social media post revealing the meeting, called Johnson "one of the most principled opponents of the Russian invasion" and a "leader in sanctions pressure." And the UK's embassy in Ukraine posted an image of the two leaders holding discussions in a small room with the word "surprise".

The British prime minister's office said Johnson went there in person, even as a major war is happening, in order to show "solidarity with the Ukrainian people." The statement further said, "They will discuss the UK's long-term support to Ukraine and the PM will set out a new package of financial and military aid."

The day prior, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and European Commission Vice President Josep Borrell Fontelles were inside Ukraine to meet with Zelensky, and even had a battlefield tour of sorts. On Thursday, a meeting at NATO headquarters in Brussels among the alliance's foreign ministers saw the US and UK lead the way in forging a fresh agreement to give Ukraine "new and heavier" weapons, at a moment a limited number of Czech-provided Soviet-designed T-72M tanks have already been transferred to Kiev - reportedly with the quiet assistance of Washington.

"There was support for countries to supply new and heavier equipment to Ukraine, so that they can respond to these new threats from Russia," British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss said at a press briefing. It appears Johnson's meeting likely hashed out with Zelensky precisely what additional weapons the UK is ready to transfer.

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/boris-johnson-makes-surprise-trip-war-torn-ukraine-zelensky-meeting

https://twitter.com/UkrEmbLondon/status/1512791528607031303

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/132842 (091733ZAPR22) Notable: President Macron Says He is “Opposed to Self-Defense” After Farmer Shoots One of Four Burglars Who Broke Into His Home-summitnews April 6th

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General Research #20291 >>>/qrb/16042646

President Macron Says He is “Opposed to Self-Defense” After Farmer Shoots One of Four Burglars Who Broke Into His Home

Tone deaf comments hurt presidential hopes just days away from first round.

After a farmer was charged with murder for shooting a man after four burglars broke into his home, French President Emmanuel Macron said people should not have the right to self-defense.

Yes, really.

“According to the initial investigation, the farmer fired twice with a large caliber rifle at a group of four burglars, killing one of them. The self-defense shooting took place last Friday, between 10 p.m. and 11 p.m., and the man was alone with his 3-year-old daughter at the time,” reports Remix News.

However, Macron responded to the story by asserting that the 35-year-old farmer had no right to defend himself or his daughter in such a manner.

“Everyone must be safe, and the public authorities have to ensure it,” Macron told Europe 1. “But I am opposed to self-defense. It’s very clear and undisputable because otherwise the country becomes the Wild West. And I don’t want a country where weapons proliferate and where we consider that it’s up to the citizens to defend themselves,” said Macron.

Presumably, the farmer should have just allowed the four burglars to ransack his home and potentially harm his young daughter without doing anything to intervene.

Macron insisted that the farmer should have called the police, who in many areas of France are already stretched to the limit thanks to criminal gangs of migrants youths being in a perpetual state of war with them.

“I’m not going to judge this news. I convey the rules,” said Macron, whose weak record on security and crime is under scrutiny.

With the first round of the French election just days away and polls tightening in the race between Macron and his likely final round challenger Marine Le Pen, the comments will do his chances little good.

After being charged with murder, the farmer was released but will remain under judicial supervision.

https://summit.news/2022/04/06/president-macron-says-he-is-opposed-to-self-defense-after-farmer-shoots-one-of-four-burglars-who-broke-into-his-home/?

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/132844 (091751ZAPR22) Notable: Boris Johnson Makes Surprise Trip To War-Torn Ukraine For Zelensky Meeting

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>>149412

Plane that he's used in the past din't go to Kyiv

This what it did today

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/132847 (091829ZAPR22) Notable: pf report(s)Saturday-Sunday SAM CONUS activty/French AF departed Newark/Sat. Yerp-Med look/98-0001 C-23A go arounds near Selma, NC/Colombians left Dulles/PAT78 to Vilnius/BOXER40 to Berlin/Sunday CONUS/SAM696 Amman to Aqaba/Sunday look at Yerp-Med/Colombian President to JFK/French AF LAX to Nashville/Germans from Niger back to Berlin/SPAR to Tel Aviv/moar drop off at Rzesow/Comabt SENT north

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>>149408

PAT78 USAF G5 on descent for Vilnius, Lithuania

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/132848 (092053ZAPR22) Notable: Hoyer, Upton Lead Bipartisan House Delegation to Germany, Denmark, Poland, and Greenland-majorityleaset.gov

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BOXER41 USAF C-40C on ground at Berlin from JBA depart

Hoyer, Upton Lead Bipartisan House Delegation to Germany, Denmark, Poland, and Greenland

House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05) and former Chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee Fred Upton (MI-06) announced that they are headed to Europe this week, leading a delegation that includes seven of their House colleagues to demonstrate solidarity with our NATO allies and to visit with Ukrainian refugees seeking shelter across the border in Poland. Sen. Roy Blunt (R-MO) will also be joining them as a senior Republican in the delegation. The delegation will start in Berlin, Germany, where they will meet with Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Minister for the Chancellery Wolfgang Schmidt, Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht, and other officials as well as be briefed by the U.S. ambassador and U.S. Embassy personnel and sit down with business leaders from the American Chamber of Commerce in Germany. Next, the Members will travel to Copenhagen, Denmark, where they will discuss the latest developments on the war in Ukraine with Defense Minister Morten Bødskov and Finance Minister Nicolai Wammen, and then they will join the Members to lay a wreath at the memorial to Danes who died fighting with Allied forces in the Second World War. They will also meet with Foreign Minister Jeppe Kofod and with counterparts who serve in the Folketing, Denmark’s parliament. During their time in Copenhagen, Leader Hoyer will deliver remarks to the Danish Foreign Policy Society at Christiansborg Palace. The delegation will then travel to Warsaw, Poland, where Members will meet with senior Polish government officials and Mayor of Warsaw Rafał Trzaskowski. They will also visit with the U.S. ambassador and staff from U.S. Embassy Warsaw. The Members will then travel to Rzeszow near the Ukrainian border, where they will sit down with aid workers to discuss ways the United States can continue to provide assistance effectively to help those fleeing Vladimir Putin’s criminal invasion, and the delegation will meet directly with Ukrainian refugees. While there, they will also meet with U.S. troops and commanders from the 82nd Airborne Division and with staff from the U.S. Embassy Kyiv, who are now operating from Poland. On their return journey from Europe, the delegation will stop in Kangerlussuaq, Greenland, where Members will visit a receding glacier emblematic of the challenge of the global climate crisis.

https://www.majorityleader.gov/content/hoyer-upton-lead-bipartisan-house-delegation-germany-denmark-poland-and-greenland

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/132850 (092127ZAPR22) Notable: 45 on N860JJ CL-600 on descent for Johnson Regional Airport Selma, N.C. from Palm Beach Int'l-used same AC for Larian City, OH rally 062621

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45on N860JJ CL-600 on descent for Johnson Regional Airport Selma, N.C. from Palm Beach Int'l

Used this AC for Rally in Lorraine City Ohio on 062621

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/132851 (092141ZAPR22) Notable: 45 on N860JJ CL-600 on descent for Johnson Regional Airport Selma, N.C. from Palm Beach Int'l-used same AC for Larian City, OH rally 062621

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>>149419

from 062621

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/132854 (092254ZAPR22) Notable: Chinese Y-20s at Belgrade, Serbia-one already left-soc.media/pf

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Three of the six PLAAF 🇨🇳 Y-20As that flew to 🇷🇸 Serbia at Nikola Tesla Airport, Belgrade.

https://twitter.com/vcdgf555/status/1512787564373061638

One of them leaving Belgrade

Chinese AF 11058 Y-20 departed Belgrade Serbia

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/132859 (092332ZAPR22) Notable: Massive fire erupts at California’s Port of Benicia & Port Chicaco Blast 1944-nypost/beniciahearldonline

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Massive fire erupts at California’s Port of Benicia

A fire is burning at the Port of Benicia as smoke can be seen billowing over the city and Bayshore Dock in Solano County.

The blaze is burning “off of Bayshore Road near the Amports docks,” according to the Benicia Fire Department. Ted Goldberg with KQED tweeted the fire was initially reported around 12:20 p.m. local time. The Benicia Fire Department confirmed in a tweet that the fire is now up to four alarms as of 2:50 p.m. local time. The fire department also confirmed there is no shelter-in-place in Benicia at this time. “This may change if there is a change in wind direction. If that occurs, notices will be sent via AlertSolano and updates on social media,” the fire department tweeted. Multiple fire crews are tending to the scene, including the Vallejo Firefighters Association and the Contra Costa County Fire Protection District. Just before 2.30pm local time, the Oakland Fire Department said in a tweet they are sending a rescue boat to help battle the blaze. Photos and videos from the blaze show massive dark smoke clouds billowing through the sky.

The Benicia Police Department asked residents to avoid the area in a tweet. “Please avoid the area of 1279 Bayshore Rd near Amports. Heavy police and fire presence due to active fire.”

https://nypost.com/2022/04/09/californias-port-of-benicia-on-fire/

some history-cap #2

70 years later, remembering the Port Chicago explosion

320 killed when ammo ships exploded; disaster led to mutiny, reform. THIS IS THE STORY OF THE PORT CHICAGO EXPLOSION that occurred 70 years ago on July 17, 1944. You can see where it happened by going to the scenic overlook next to the Benicia-Martinez Bridge and looking southeast to the other side of the Carquinez Strait.

It was wartime and the mission of the Port Chicago Naval Weapons Depot was to take munitions directly from rail cars and load them onto Victory and Liberty ships to be shipped by convoy to the Pacific Theater of operations. The work was backbreaking and done by Black sailors in a racially segregated unit. The evening of July 17, 1944 was, by all accounts, warm. By 10 o’clock most Benicians had gone to bed. At the Yuba Manufacturing plant, the swing swift was winding up. On the floor of the main machine shop a crew of women were busy manufacturing howitzers. Suspended high above the floor in operational booths, teenage girls, some still in high school, ran huge cranes that moved the parts around. The girls had been hired to replace the men called to war.

On First Street, the State and Victory theaters were showing newsreels of the landings at Normandy. The Alamo, Union, Pastime and Washington House clubs were open for business and doing a good wartime trade. The Fernandez Pool Room was full of customers, as were the other clubs, pool halls, card rooms and bars — including some 15 houses in Benicia that employed about 50 “girls,” who were doing their part for the war effort.

At the Congregational Church on West J Street, the Rev. Elmo Wood was in a meeting in the sanctuary with four other men, but the subject of their conversation has been lost to history.

At 10:19 p.m. the windows of the east side of the church exploded inward, showering the men with razor-sharp shards of glass and causing multiple cuts on their faces, necks, arms and torsos. The flying glass was followed by the sound of an enormous explosion — or maybe the noise came first; people were unsure.

Across Benicia, sleeping residents were thrown out of bed and onto floors. Doors were ripped from their hinges and garage doors were blown open and down. The patrons and girls in the bars and clubs were struck by flying glass. The east windows of St. Dominic’s Catholic Church and the St. Catherine’s Seminary were blown in. The stained-glass window behind the altar at St. Paul’s Church shattered inward. On First Street, the windows on both sides of the street were turned into lacerating missiles, and the products on display thrown into the street.

moar

https://beniciaheraldonline.com/port-chicago-explosion-anniversary-this-month/

The "Mothball" Fleet located just east of here too-used to be much bigger

cap #3

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/132868 (100033ZAPR22) Notable: Massive fire erupts at California’s Port of Benicia & Port Chicaco Blast 1944-nypost/beniciahearldonline

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News helo over it now

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/132871 (100043ZAPR22) Notable: Pakistan PM Imran Khan loses no-confidence vote-dw

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Pakistan PM Imran Khan loses no-confidence vote

Pakistan's lawmakers have voted to remove Prime Minister Imran Khan from office in a vote of no confidence. The nuclear-armed Islamic nation has been in political turmoil for weeks. Pakistan's lawmakers on Saturday voted to boot Prime Minister Imran Khan from office in a motion of no confidence, days after he blocked a similar attempt by having the parliament dissolved and calling for fresh elections.

Opposition parties were able to secure 174 votes in the 342-member National Assembly in support of the motion, the house speaker said, making it a majority vote. There were just a few legislators of Khan's ruling party present for the process.

The result means Khan will no longer hold office and the Assembly members will now elect a new prime minister and government.

https://www.dw.com/en/pakistan-pm-imran-khan-loses-no-confidence-vote/a-61304147

>>149238 Pakistan PM Imran Khan dissolves parliament, calls for new elections-upi

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/132873 (100059ZAPR22) Notable: 45 on N860JJ CL-600 departed Johnston Regional Airport, Selma N.C. after rally and arrived back at Palm Beach Int'l

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>>149419

45on N860JJ CL-600 departed Johunston Regional Airport, Selma N.C. after rally

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/132883 (100233ZAPR22) Notable: 45 on N860JJ CL-600 departed Johnston Regional Airport, Selma N.C. after rally and arrived back at Palm Beach Int'l

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on ground at Palm Beach Int'l

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/132885 (100355ZAPR22) Notable: Wall Street Banks Weigh Bond Sales in Race to Beat Rising Rates-bnnBBerg

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Wall Street Banks Weigh Bond Sales in Race to Beat Rising Rates

Earnings season is gearing up again, and that usually means debt issuance from the nation’s largest banks.

April tends to be the second-highest month for debt sales from the biggest banks, JPMorgan Chase & Co. analysts Kabir Caprihan and Nikita Dyatlov wrote in a client note this week. Typically the U.S. banks, which come out of earnings blackouts starting this Wednesday when JPMorgan reports, sell about 15% of annual issuance in April. While sales are expected to be brisk, it may be more so than usual, according to the strategists. Rates are probably only going to march higher from here, and borrowers are looking to issue while the cost of funding remains relatively low. Credit investors will also likely tune into key inflation data scheduled to be released on Tuesday. Money managers will parse the consumer price index in an effort to better navigate the Federal Reserve’s monetary tightening campaign to fight the highest inflation in 40 years. The data is “likely to reinforce the perception that inflation is endemic, the Fed will need to continue to tighten the screws and that will lead to an eventual recession,” said Ken Monaghan, co-head of high-yield at Amundi. “If the Fed was an airline pilot, given its history it would be sent back to the aircraft simulators for its inability to execute a soft landing.”

planefag/mkt fag agrees wholeheartedly and revoke that license as well-never haz anyone been so wrong for so long yet are still called the "experts"

Investment-grade bond funds notched another weekly outflow of $1.7 billion for the week ended April 6, according to Refinitiv Lipper data. The withdrawals mark the second straight week of exits after money managers pulled $2.55 billion of cash in the prior period. There have been nine weeks of outflows so far this year for the asset class. Junk bonds, meanwhile, posted a second weekly inflow as retail investors waded back into the market. U.S. high-grade bond sales are expected to be lighter next week, with consensus estimates at $10 billion to $15 billion. That follows a week that saw more than $25 billion price.

A $985 million junk-bond offering to help fund the buyout of Oldcastle BuildingEnvelope, a building products distribution company, is the lone deal in the high-yield bond pipeline. Early pricing discussions on the secured portion is mid-high 6%, while the riskier unsecured section is being discussed at mid-high 9%. The U.S. leveraged loan market, meanwhile, is rounding out one of its best weeks in some time, which should bode well for borrowers that need to raise cash to fund buyouts. The floating-rate debt remains in high demand amid a hawkish Federal Reserve. The asset class notched one of its biggest inflows on record. Commitments are due on at least five leveraged loan deals next week. U.S. bond markets close early on Thursday and will remain closed Friday in observance of the Good Friday holiday.

https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/wall-street-banks-weigh-bond-sales-in-race-to-beat-rising-rates-1.1750053

>>149392 pb

Mkt Fag: The hidden hand not so hidden anymoar on the DOW-muh Softbank exit on the NAS edition

see cap #4

Bank ETF Posts Biggest Cash Exodus Since 2020 Ahead of Earnings

https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/bank-etf-posts-biggest-cash-exodus-since-2020-ahead-of-earnings-1.1749849

pb

>>149393 Citigroup's stock set to produce 'bullish engulfing' pattern at a time of 'bullish technical divergence'

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/132886 (100403ZAPR22) Notable: pf report(s)Saturday-Sunday SAM CONUS activty/French AF departed Newark/Sat. Yerp-Med look/98-0001 C-23A go arounds near Selma, NC/Colombians left Dulles/PAT78 to Vilnius/BOXER40 to Berlin/Sunday CONUS/SAM696 Amman to Aqaba/Sunday look at Yerp-Med/Colombian President to JFK/French AF LAX to Nashville/Germans from Niger back to Berlin/SPAR to Tel Aviv/moar drop off at Rzesow/Comabt SENT north

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SAM696 USAF C-40B se from Shannon, Ireland ground stop-looks like Tel Aviv or the Gulf

Departed JBA to MacDill AFB yesterday

Used by WH NSO in the past

Several Tesla diggies by the 99th Airlift squad last few days

699, 693, 696

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/132887 (100411ZAPR22) Notable: Japan accepts Ukrainian evacuees using commercial flight for 1st time-mainichi

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Japan accepts Ukrainian evacuees using commercial flight for 1st time

Japan on Saturday accepted Ukrainian evacuees using seats secured by the government on a direct commercial flight from Poland for the first time. The six aged between 6 and 55, of which five are female, arrived at Narita airport near Tokyo from Warsaw, according to the Immigration Services Agency of Japan.

As Japan has pledged to play a more active role in providing humanitarian assistance to Ukrainian people following Russia's invasion, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Thursday that the government will secure seats weekly on direct flights from Poland to Japan for those fleeing from the war-torn country. Such free-of-charge assistance Japan plans to continue for a while will be available for "people who strongly hope to evacuate to Japan but find it difficult to arrange a medium to travel on their own," the agency said, as the war waged by Russia drags on and millions of refugees have fled Ukraine.

If they have no acquaintances or families in Japan, they can stay in hotel rooms to be arranged by the government after they enter the country. Until now, Ukrainian evacuees came to Japan by themselves or by a Japanese government plane, which arrived Tuesday at Haneda airport in Tokyo carrying 20 of them from Poland, where Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi visited to learn about the refugee crisis.

As of Wednesday, Japan, known for its strict immigration and refugee policy, has allowed the entry of 437 people from Ukraine. The Japanese number since March 2, about a week after the war began, is still small given that 4.44 million refugees had fled Ukraine, including about 2.56 million to Poland and about 678,000 to Romania, according to the Office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees.

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20220410/p2g/00m/0na/005000c

You had two 777s in Warsaw last week and couldn't put them on those???

pb

>>149255, >>149275 Japan to take 20 Ukraine evacuees from Poland on government plane-nikkei

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/132892 (101618ZAPR22) Notable: Economic Schedule for week of April 10th, 2022-calculatedrisk

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Economic Schedule for week of April10th, 2022

The key reports this week are March CPI and PPI along with retail sales. For manufacturing, the March Industrial Production report and the April NY Fed manufacturing survey will be released this week.

- Monday, April 11th -

No major economic releases scheduled.

- Tuesday, April 12th -

6:00 AM ET: NFIB Small Business Optimism Index for March.

8:30 AM: The Consumer Price Index for March from the BLS. The consensus is for 1.2% increase in CPI (up 8.5% YoY) and a 0.5% increase in core CPI (up 6.6% YoY).

- Wednesday, April 13th -

7:00 AM ET: The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) will release the results for the mortgage purchase applications index.

8:30 AM: The Producer Price Index for March from the BLS. The consensus is for a 1.1% increase in PPI, and a 0.5% increase in core PPI.

- Thursday, April 14th -

8:30 AM: The initial weekly unemployment claims report will be released. The consensus is for a increase to 175 thousand from 166 thousand last week.

10:00 AM: University of Michigan's Consumer sentiment index (Preliminary for April).

- Friday, April 15th -

8:30 AM: The New York Fed Empire State manufacturing survey for April. The consensus is for a reading of 2.0, up from -11.8.

The consensus is for a 0.4% increase in Industrial Production, and for Capacity Utilization to increase to 77.8%.

10:00 AM: State Employment and Unemployment (Monthly) for March 2022

https://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2022/04/schedule-for-week-of-april-10-2022.html

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/132895 (101632ZAPR22) Notable: pf report(s)Saturday-Sunday SAM CONUS activty/French AF departed Newark/Sat. Yerp-Med look/98-0001 C-23A go arounds near Selma, NC/Colombians left Dulles/PAT78 to Vilnius/BOXER40 to Berlin/Sunday CONUS/SAM696 Amman to Aqaba/Sunday look at Yerp-Med/Colombian President to JFK/French AF LAX to Nashville/Germans from Niger back to Berlin/SPAR to Tel Aviv/moar drop off at Rzesow/Comabt SENT north

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SAM793 USAF G5 west from JBA

Yesterday this AC was SAM479 and departed Groton/New London Airport, CT after an overnight and back to JBA-it arrived from JBA on Friday 0408

GTMO001 US Navy Beech Super King Air arriving at Ft. Lauderdale/Hollywood Int'l Airport

Usually deez are 846 or 844

RCH101T USAF C-17 Globemaster east after Buckley AFB, CO ground stop and Travis AFB, CA departure

Departed Dover AFB yesterday and stopped at Buckley for 45 minutes then arrived at Travis

Travis is where the C-17 pilots go to train

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/132896 (101638ZAPR22) Notable: pf report(s)Saturday-Sunday SAM CONUS activty/French AF departed Newark/Sat. Yerp-Med look/98-0001 C-23A go arounds near Selma, NC/Colombians left Dulles/PAT78 to Vilnius/BOXER40 to Berlin/Sunday CONUS/SAM696 Amman to Aqaba/Sunday look at Yerp-Med/Colombian President to JFK/French AF LAX to Nashville/Germans from Niger back to Berlin/SPAR to Tel Aviv/moar drop off at Rzesow/Comabt SENT north

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>>149437

SAM696 USAF C-32A was at Amman, Jordan for about 75 minutes then south-Aqaba most likely

Last trace is about 10 hours old

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/132899 (101715ZAPR22) Notable: pf report(s)Saturday-Sunday SAM CONUS activty/French AF departed Newark/Sat. Yerp-Med look/98-0001 C-23A go arounds near Selma, NC/Colombians left Dulles/PAT78 to Vilnius/BOXER40 to Berlin/Sunday CONUS/SAM696 Amman to Aqaba/Sunday look at Yerp-Med/Colombian President to JFK/French AF LAX to Nashville/Germans from Niger back to Berlin/SPAR to Tel Aviv/moar drop off at Rzesow/Comabt SENT north

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Sunday Look at Yerp-Med: Start in the North

German AF GAF936 A340 ne from Koln-looks like it's going to Berlin- >>149418

Sticking with the Porsche model #'s for the high level flights cap#2 Porsche 936

LAGR123 USAF KC-135 tanker east from Mildenhall

LAGR163 USAF KC-135 Stratotanker west from Ramstein

RCH521 USAF C-17 inbound to Ramstein AFB from Bangor, ME ground stopstarted off from JB Lewis-McChord yesterday and stopped somewhere in NTTR-Nevada then on to Bangor

Israeli AF 272 707 re'em tanker out of Tel Aviv ne

French AF CTM1074 A330 west from Beirut ground stop of about 2 hours: this is a semi-regular occurance amd always fairly quick stops the back to paris

FORTE11 RQ-4 Global Hawk drone back to Sigonella AB, Sicily from eastern Romania werk at 56k ft

NATO11 E-3A Sentry AWACS over south Romania

RCH835 USAF C-17 Globemaster se from Ramstein AFN

NCHO221 USAF DC-10 extender over central Romainia as the filling station-they replaced LAGR272 KC-135 tanker that is heading back to Mildenhall

Election day in France

Polish AF PLF130 737 ne from Bordeaux, France

French AF CTM1073 A330 also ne from Bordeaux

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/132900 (101722ZAPR22) Notable: S&P cuts Russia's foreign currency rating to 'selective default'-reuters

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S&P cuts Russia's foreign currency rating to 'selective default'

S&P on Saturday lowered Russia's foreign currency ratings to "selective default" on increased risks that Moscow will not be able and willing to honor its commitments to foreign debtholders.

Facing waves of sanctions over its invasion of Ukraine, Russia could face its first sovereign external default in over a century after it made arrangements to make an international bond repayment in rubles this week, even though the payment was due in dollars. S&P said in a statement it understood that Russia had made coupon and principal payments on dollar-denominated Eurobonds in rubles on Monday. "We currently don't expect that investors will be able to convert those ruble payments into dollars equivalent to the originally due amounts, or that the government will convert those payments within a 30-day grace period."

Yet they could easily do so but don't-funny you don't mention that

Sanctions on Russia are likely to be further increased in the coming weeks, the agency said, "hampering Russia's willingness and technical abilities to honor the terms and conditions of its obligations to foreign debtholders."

Russia's finance minister on Thursday said the country will do everything possible to pay its creditors, but investors in Russia's international bonds face an increasingly uncertain path to recover their money should the country default. S&P assigns a selective default rating when it believes the debtor has selectively defaulted on a specific issue or class of obligations but will continue to meet its payment obligations on other issues or classes of obligations in a timely manner.

Still crickets on Evergrande though

Russia has not defaulted on its external debt since the aftermath of its 1917 revolution, but its bonds have now emerged as a flashpoint in its economic tussle with Western countries.

A default was unimaginable until recently, with Russia rated as investment grade in the run-up to its Feb. 24 invasion of Ukraine, which Moscow calls a "special military operation".

https://www.reuters.com/business/sp-cuts-russias-foreign-currency-rating-selective-default-2022-04-09/

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/132901 (101725ZAPR22) Notable: ANON US Navy Beech on ground at Ft. Lauderdale-was GTMO001

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ANON US Navy Beech on ground at Ft. Lauderdale

Was GTMO001

Seen't pilot

o7

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/132913 (102200ZAPR22) Notable: President Iván Duque's agenda during his diplomatic visit to New York-infobae

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>>>/qrb/132805 pb, >>149411

so now we know what the Colombians were doing at Dulles-D.C.

making arrangements for below-

Check that luggage compartment for "deliveries"

Colombian AF FAC0001 737 departed Bogota heading for New York-JFK Int'l

President Iván Duque's agenda during his diplomatic visit to New York

From April 10 to April 13, Colombian President Iván Duque will be in New York (United States) on a diplomatic visit. For four days, the Colombian president will present the country's progress related to the implementation of the Peace Agreement and women's equity. In addition, it will seek economic alliances and for the energy transition. Regarding the agreement, it was indicated that the president will speak promptly about his policy of Peace with Legality, which has been championed by his During spaces where the president is not speaking publicly, he will hold some private meetings with key officials. Among the scheduled meetings are a meeting with UN Secretary General António Guterres; a meeting with the President of the Security Council, Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon; and a meeting with the global director of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Achim Steiner. Advancing the agenda, and addressing other issues, on the morning of Monday, April 11, Duque will meet with executives from the investment banking group Goldman Sachs, led by Dina Powell, Global Head of Sustainability and Inclusive Growth. He will then have lunch with international investors, to whom he will explain the “good time and challenges of the Colombian economy and the advantages of investing in Colombia”. Duque will then visit the headquarters of the New York Stock Exchange, where he will meet with the entity's managers and will be the keynote speaker at the international launch forum of the strategy 'Green Taxonomy of Colombia: A Robust and Standardized Framework for Classifying Sustainable Economic Activities and Financial Assets' . This event has two segments, one on mobilizing public and private capital for sustainability, and the next on Colombia's roadmap for adaptation to climate change and carbon neutrality by 2050.

https://www.infobae.com/en/2022/04/10/president-ivan-duques-agenda-during-his-diplomatic-visit-to-new-york/

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/132914 (102221ZAPR22) Notable: Macron and Le Pen appear headed to runoff in French presidential election + Mexican Presidential referendum-cbsnews/seattletimes

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Election day for both countries today

French AF CTM1012 A330 departed Los Angeles Int'l after about 24 hours on the ground -arrived yesterday from AB Evereux (west of Paris)

Macron and Le Pen appear headed to runoff in French presidential election

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/france-presidential-election-emmanuel-macron-second-term/

Same thing will habben as in 2017...Merde Boi will "win"

But this time methinks the French are not gonna take this one sitting down.

Hoping to see the yellows out again and the return of French "Rocky"

Mexican AF FAM3526 737 departed La Paz, Baja Sur (capital) nw after a ground stop of about 75 minutes-inbound from Mexico City depart-heading for Tijuana

Mexican President(s) serve for 6 year terms-this is a referendum being held today-he should win easily and knows it.

In the past they closed some bars unless it also had a restaurant and limited drinking by closing liquor stores for three days around any Mexican Elections-but is was always pretty easy to get your favorite beverage even in towns as long as you kept it on the down low.

They did not do this at the big hotels and the Zonas for tourists.

The biggest promoter of Mexico’s presidential recall election? The president

Strolling through Mexico’s capital these days, it would be easy to assume the country’s president is at imminent risk of losing his job. City streets are littered with signs, flyers and billboards urging Mexicans to vote on whether to remove President Andrés Manuel López Obrador from office in a recall election Sunday. Only it isn’t the opposition telling people to rush to the polls. It’s the president’s loyalists.

https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/the-biggest-promoter-of-mexicos-presidential-recall-election-the-president/

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/132915 (102225ZAPR22) Notable: Elon Musk polls to ‘convert Twitter’s San Francisco HQ to homeless shelter-insiderpaper

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>Kek

Elon Musk polls to ‘convert Twitter’s San Francisco HQ to homeless shelter

April 10, 2022

Elon Musk, the tech billionaire who recently joined Twitter’s board of directors, has asked the company’s followers if the company’s San Francisco headquarters should be converted into a homeless shelter.

The Tesla CEO asked Twitteratis in a series of polls on the microblogging site whether Twitter’s San Francisco headquarters should be converted to a homeless shelter because “no one shows up anyway.”

“Convert Twitter SF HQ to homeless shelter since no one shows up anyway,” Musk wrote on the platform.

The poll received over 10 lakh votes in about 9 hours, and more than 90% of users voted ‘Yes’ on the ongoing poll.

However, in response to a user’s post: “True. Also, convert the CEO’s office into a master bedroom “..

Meanwhile, another user commented, “I believe you intend to run in the 2024 election. Is it Y or N?”

Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal recently announced that Musk has been appointed to the platform’s board of directors.

Musk, who paid nearly $3 billion for a 9.2 percent stake in the microblogging platform, is barred from purchasing more than 15% of Twitter’s stock.

https://insiderpaper.com/elon-musk-polls-to-convert-twitters-san-francisco-hq-to-homeless-shelter/

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/132916 (102243ZAPR22) Notable: Elon Musk polls to ‘convert Twitter’s San Francisco HQ to homeless shelter-insiderpaper

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>>149447

It's on Market Street-long time area for homeless so no shortage of people to use.

Just south of the Tenderloin-strip clubs and general nastiness dhere too.

SF City Hall not far from it too-so I'm sure they would LOVE that-really they would.

He gonna move that out of state too?

>is barred from purchasing more than 15% of Twitter’s stock.

like he couldn't do that via proxy.....paleeeze

He just stirring the pot-actually do something here Spaceboi or just shut the fuck up

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/132917 (102302ZAPR22) Notable: German defense minister promises Niger help in anti-terrorism fight-dpa via msn

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German AF GAF955 A-350 from Niamey, Niger back to Berlin-German Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht onboard this AC

Sticking with the Porsche model #'s 955 is the Cayenne (really just an Audi Q7 tarted up)

German defense minister promises Niger help in anti-terrorism fight

During a visit to the West African country of Niger, German Defence Minister Christine Lambrecht promised her country's continued support in the fight against terrorism in the Sahel region. She said it is Europe and Germany's responsibility to maintain a presence in the Sahel, a vast region that stretches across northern parts of Africa and which is home to numerous terrorist groups. Nigerien government representatives had assured her that they would not cooperate with mercenaries, Lambrecht said, touching on a hot topic for European governments. On Saturday, the minister visited German soldiers in the neighbouring crisis-hit country of Mali, which has been ruled for almost a year by a military junta that maintains close contacts with Russia. Hundreds of Russian mercenaries from the Wagner Group are reportedly operating in Mali. It is now critical for the European Union to decide how to fight terrorism in the Sahel region, which includes Mali, without supporting cooperation with mercenaries, Lambrecht said. Niger, with its nearly 25 million inhabitants, is considered an important partner of Europe's against the expansion of Islamist terror. Many militias are active in Niger, some of which have sworn allegiance to the Islamic State or al-Qaeda. However, unlike Mali, the democratically elected government of President Mohamed Bazoum is seen as a reliable ally. Germany is part of the European Union Capacity Building Mission in Niger, which helps train Nigerien security forces. Germany also supports the G5 Sahel, a group in which Mauritania, Niger, Chad, Mali and Burkina Faso fight together against militias in the region.

https://www.msn.com/en-xl/news/other/german-defence-minister-promises-niger-help-in-anti-terrorism-fight/ar-AAW3LaY

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/132919 (102324ZAPR22) Notable: President Iván Duque's agenda during his diplomatic visit to New York-infobae

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FAC0001 on ground at JFK just before sunset

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/132920 (102357ZAPR22) Notable: pf report(s)Saturday-Sunday SAM CONUS activty/French AF departed Newark/Sat. Yerp-Med look/98-0001 C-23A go arounds near Selma, NC/Colombians left Dulles/PAT78 to Vilnius/BOXER40 to Berlin/Sunday CONUS/SAM696 Amman to Aqaba/Sunday look at Yerp-Med/Colombian President to JFK/French AF LAX to Nashville/Germans from Niger back to Berlin/SPAR to Tel Aviv/moar drop off at Rzesow/Comabt SENT north

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>>149446

French AF CTM1012 A330 on ground at Nashville Int'l from LAX depart

One of four of these ACs and used by Merde Boi on Int'l trips-obviously not Macron

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/132921 (110004ZAPR22) Notable: Russia to Halt Bond Issuance for Rest of 2022, Siluanov Says-bnnBBerg

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Russia to Halt Bond Issuance for Rest of 2022, Siluanov Says

Russia will halt bond auctions for the remainder of 2022 due to prohibitive borrowing costs, Finance Minister Anton Siluanov was quoted as saying by Izvestia. “We do not plan to go to the local market or foreign markets this year,” Siluanov told the Russian outlet. “It makes no sense because the borrowing cost would be cosmic.” With Russia under financial and economic sanctions by the U.S. and allied countries, the cost of insuring Russia’s government debt surged last week to signal a record 99% chance of default within the year after the Finance Ministry paid some of its dollar bonds with rubles. Russia has sold 128 billion rubles in local-currency government bonds, known as OFZ, this year, according to Finance Ministry data. Plans had called for 700 billion rubles in sales in the first quarter.

https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/russia-to-halt-bond-issuance-for-rest-of-2022-siluanov-says-1.1750466

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/132923 (110150ZAPR22) Notable: pf report(s)Saturday-Sunday SAM CONUS activty/French AF departed Newark/Sat. Yerp-Med look/98-0001 C-23A go arounds near Selma, NC/Colombians left Dulles/PAT78 to Vilnius/BOXER40 to Berlin/Sunday CONUS/SAM696 Amman to Aqaba/Sunday look at Yerp-Med/Colombian President to JFK/French AF LAX to Nashville/Germans from Niger back to Berlin/SPAR to Tel Aviv/moar drop off at Rzesow/Comabt SENT north

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SPAR14 USAF C-40C on ground at Tel Aviv (NATO AC)

Departed JBA earlier today and stopped at Shannon, Ireland for a refuel

Departed Scott AFB, IL to JBA yesterday

High Level Danish AF 3032 Challenger 600 from Copenhagen-heading to Cyprus

JAKE31 USAF Combat SENT north from RAF Mildenhall with LAGR367 USAF KC-135 and looks like it's taking on a tank 'o gas (LAGR367 has 'frozen') usually it's the receiving AC that does that (like the Nightwatchs or the E-6B Mercurys)

Combat SENT likely heading to the still on-going Cold Response exercises

The RC-135U Combat Sent provides strategic electronic reconnaissance information to the president, secretary of defense, Department of Defense leaders, and theater commanders.

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

>>149442

RCH521 USAF C-17 Globemaster west from Rzesow drop off-stop of about 3 hours

Mebby delivering some new t-shirts for Zelensky.

was inbound to Ramstein earlier today

>RCH521 USAF C-17 inbound to Ramstein AFB from Bangor, ME ground stopstarted off from JB Lewis-McChord yesterday and stopped somewhere in NTTR-Nevada then on to Bangor

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/132924 (110201ZAPR22) Notable: moar "GOOD" chinese property default news but russia still BAD: Zhenro Defaults on Dollar Bond Payments-bnnBBerg

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Zhenro Defaults on Dollar Bond Payments: Evergrande Update

Zhenro Properties Group Ltd. defaulted for the first time after saying it was unable to pay interest on two dollar bonds before a grace period ended Saturday and warned it might not be able to meet three other coupons because of its liquidity woes.

Meanwhile, embattled developer Fantasia Holdings Group Co. and its Colour Life unit said they plan to review their business, including possible asset disposals, with a Guangdong state-backed firm.

Chinese real estate stocks rallied Friday, with a Bloomberg gauge jumping 4.1% amid JPMorgan Chase & Co.’s upbeat assessment of the sector’s equity outlook-lather,rinse,repeat*

Key Developments:

*Zhenro Doesn’t Make $20.4 Million of Bond Interest Payments (1)

*Aoyuan Aims to Soon Have Offshore-Debt Restructuring Plan: REDD

*Global Funds Cut China Bond Holdings by Record as Premiums Erode

*China Developer Shares Rise as JPM Expects 20% Upside, Upgrades-cap #1

*Pricing on Some China Property Bonds Is ‘Too Pessimistic’: Pimco

Fantasia to Review Debt With Guangdong Govt-Backed Firm (8:18 a.m. HK): Fantasia Holdings Group Co. and its majority-owned Colour Life property management arm entered agreements with Gortune Alternative Fund Management to conduct a review on the financial position and formulate plans for possible asset disposals, according to a Hong Kong stock exchange filing. Gortune Alternative is 40%-held by its single largest shareholder Gortune Investment, which was set up in 2016 under the Guangdong government’s guidance. Gortune Alternative will also promote implementation of the overall debt restructuring plan and facilitate communication with Fantasia Group’s creditors.

Zhenro Defaults After Missed Interest Payments (7:45 a.m. HK): The Chinese builder, which in February asked holders of about $1 billion of bonds set to mature this year for more time to repay, said in a Hong Kong stock exchange filing Sunday it didn’t pay a combined $20.4 million of interest on two dollar bonds. That has resulted in events of default, according to the company.

Zhenro also said it might not be able to pay a combined $32.6 million of interest due on three other dollar bonds before grace periods end between April 10 and May 14. Failure to meet the obligations would also constitute events of default, the company said. However, the firm said it intends to pay the interest due on all five notes by May 31.

https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/zhenro-defaults-on-dollar-bond-payments-evergrande-update-1.1750493

*Upgrades cause they knew this was coming.....and Chinese stocks (especially exploding property sector ones) GOOD...Russia BAD

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/132925 (110212ZAPR22) Notable: Italy’s Mario Draghi to visit Algeria as country aims to wean itself off Russian natural gas-foxbiz

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Italy’s Mario Draghi to visit Algeria as country aims to wean itself off Russian natural gas

Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi is expected to visit Algeria Monday as part of a plan for his country to wean itself off Russian natural gas.

Italy, like other European nations, has been desperately looking for alternatives to natural gas from Russia since its invasion of Ukraine. Around 40% of total imports come from Russia. Algeria is Italy's second-largest supplier of natural gas, which is the main source of the nation's electricity, providing some 21 billion cubic meters of gas via the Trans-Mediterranean pipeline. Italian energy company ENI has operated in Algeria for nearly 40 years. Last month, the company announced a significant oil and gas discovery in Algeria and said it would work with Algerian partner Sonatrach to fast-track its development for the third quarter of this year. Draghi’s is expected to travel to Algeria with a delegation, including the head of Italian group Eni ENI.MI, energy transition minister Robert Cingolani, and Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio, a government source told Reuters. In addition to Algeria, Italy's foreign minister has traveled to Azerbaijan, Qatar, Congo, Angola and Mozambique to secure more deals. Algerian exports have been hampered by rising domestic consumption, lack of investment and political instability, and the closure of a pipeline to Spain over a dispute with Morocco.

https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/italys-mario-draghi-algeria-russia-natural-gas

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/132926 (110224ZAPR22) Notable: Trudope heading to Victoria B.C.announcing EV money-laundering scheme-pm.gc/pf

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Canadian AF CFC1 Challenger 600 departed Ottawa Int'l for Victoria Int'l Airport B.C.

Trudope on this AC heading to Victoria B.C.

Prime Minister’s itinerary for Monday, April 11, 2022

10:15 a.m. The Prime Minister will make an announcement highlighting Budget 2022 investments in electric vehicle infrastructure. A media availability will follow.

1:30 p.m. The Prime Minister will meet with the Mayor of Victoria, Lisa Helps.

1:45 p.m. The Prime Minister will meet with members of the City of Victoria Youth Advisory Council.

https://pm.gc.ca/en/news/itineraries/2022/04/10/prime-ministers-itinerary-monday-april-11-2022

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/132927 (110335ZAPR22) Notable: Mkt Fag: Sunday Night Bidness News/Asian Markets/Treasuries/U.S. Futures-various sources

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Sunday Night Bidness News/Asian Markets/ Treasuries/U.S. Futures

And we have the CPI/PPI fakey-do #'s out this week as well as the zombie bank earnings and they will just apply loan-loss "reserves"-$ set aside to cushion expected losses and they have been doing this for about 25 years- to make up for some problems-plus they (big banks) have been buying own stock so look for a shit-show in this shortened week (closed on Friday for Holiday and Bond Markets close early on Thursday) >>149439

Yen is creeping up to ¥125 (and hit it) and is one of the main reasons the USD haz not cliff dived.-see cap #5

Still think they wait until ¥130 (last time it wuz above that was in the 90's iirc

China Stocks Caught in Fresh Rout on Covid, Regulation Worries

Chinese stocks plunged on Monday as mounting concern over a Covid outbreak at home and rising global interest rates added to persistent regulatory headwinds.

The tech sector was once again at the forefront of losses, with the Hang Seng Tech Index losing more than 4% in early Hong Kong trading. The broader Hang Seng Index was down 2.5%, while China’s benchmark CSI 300 Index also slumped as much as 3%. Investors in Chinese equities are confronting multiple challenges at home and broad, causing the market to plunge again despite the mid-March vows from authorities to support the economy and the battered property and tech sectors. Record virus infections in Shanghai, a more-than-expected jump in China factory gate prices, concerns about tech regulations and surging U.S. yields all combined to trigger Monday’s losses. The Hang Seng Tech gauge was on course for a fourth day of losses. That’s after China’s State Council issued new guidelines over the weekend on removing data monopoly at platform companies and preventing them from restricting competition.

Investors are also keenly watching for developments related to a potential delisting of Chinese companies at American exchanges as Beijing vowed to defuse risks with a radical proposal.

https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/china-stocks-caught-in-fresh-rout-on-covid-regulation-worries-1.1750513

https://www.marketwatch.com/market-data/asia

Treasury 10-Year Yield Rises above (edit) 2.75% for First Time Since 2019

cap #3

Treasury 10-year yields climbed (above) 2.75% for the first time since March 2019 as investors price in the impact of the Federal Reserve’s tightening plan and accelerating inflation. The benchmark yield jumped as much as five basis points after surging 32 basis points last week when Federal Reserve Governor Lael Brainard said the central bank will raise interest rates steadily while starting balance-sheet reduction as soon as May. The Fed will reduce its massive bond holdings at a maximum pace of $95 billion a month, minutes of the Fed’s March meeting released Wednesday showed.

U.S. inflation probably quickened to 1.2% in March from February, the highest monthly reading in more than 15 years, according to a Bloomberg survey of economists before the data is published Tuesday. The dollar also gained, with the Bloomberg Dollar Spot Index rising 0.2%.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-04-11/treasury-10-year-yield-rises-to-2-75-for-first-time-since-2019-l1u3898r

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

https://www.marketwatch.com/investing/bond/tmubmusd02y

https://www.bloomberg.com/markets/stocks/futures

about 17bp between 2s10s nao

'''Some Headlines"

aaaaand coming soon here (again)

China Banks Allow Mortgage Payment Holiday in Covid-Hit Shanghai

China’s largest banks are allowing residents in Shanghai to delay their mortgage payments as part of the nation’s broader efforts to support the financial hub in its Covid fight.

https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/china-banks-allow-mortgage-payment-holiday-in-covid-hit-shanghai-1.1750521

This just allows payments to be placed on the back-end of the loan-they did this here in 2020.

uh-oh arbitrage news

China Yield Premium Over U.S. Vanishes as Treasury Yields Spike

China’s benchmark 10-year government bond yield traded below that of its U.S. counterpart for the first time in more than a decade. The yield spread between Chinese 10-year bonds and U.S. Treasuries fell to negative 0.20 basis points, the lowest since June 2010.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-04-11/china-yield-premium-over-u-s-vanishes-as-treasury-yields-spike

and in you better hurry dafuq up Aramco news...

China oil giant CNOOC to raise at least $4.4 billion in Shanghai listing

One of China’s biggest oil companies, CNOOC Ltd. 883, -2.40%, plans to raise $4.41 billion from a Shanghai listing, after its shares were delisted from the New York Stock Exchange. The state-owned company is selling a total of 2.6 billion shares for 10.80 yuan (US$1.70) a share, it said Monday.

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/cnooc-to-raise-at-least-4-4b-in-shanghai-offer-271649634145

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/132948 (111410ZAPR22) Notable: Yuval Noah Harari | "God Is Dead It Just Takes Awhile to Get Rid of the Body." Says WEF Advisor "-rumble

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Michael T. Flynn 🙏🏼 🇺🇸 / @TrueGenFlynn

04/11/2022 09:07:33

Truth Social: 108113589253277559

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Yuval Noah Harari | "God Is Dead It Just Takes Awhile to Get Rid of the Body." Says WEF Advisor "

https://rumble.com/v10d4o0-yuval-noah-harari-god-is-dead-it-just-takes-awhile-to-get-rid-of-the-body.-.html

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/132953 (111445ZAPR22) Notable: pf report(s) Yerp-Med before sunset/Paki AF to London picking up "new" PM/SAM CONUS activity/Greeks ne from Baku/Russian SFD east/AFSOC to Belfast and Pakis still at London/BOXER41 (politicians) went to Copenhagen/Paki AF up from Lahore

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A few hours before sunset over Yerp-Med...busy today

I'll leave the customary tankers off so it doesn't look as crowded

"neutral" Swiss AF SUI005 Falcon 900 departed Sophia Bulgaria after an overnight-back to Bern

Dis is interdasting since they are, effectively, leaderless

Pakistani AF PAK4270 G4 nw from Istanbul

SPAR13 USA C-40C depatared Constanta, Romainia-arroved from Rzesow ground stop and Warsaw depart yesterday

NATO01 E-3A Sentry AWACS over eastern Romania

RAF RRR7211 Rivet Joint also over eatern Romania

FORTE10 US Navy Global Hawk RQ-4 drone also over eastern Romaina-from Sigonella AB, Sicily

Spanish AF AME3182 A400M ws from Plovdiv, Bulgaria

Hungarian AF BRK16 C-17 Globemaser se from Eindhoven and on descent for Constanta

Australian AF ASY531 C-17 on ground at Rzesow

Belgian AF BAF A400M also departing Rzesow

Hungarian AF BRK96 C-17 departed Krakow and north over northern Poland

High level Hungarian AF HUAF575 Falcon 7s departed Luxembourg Airport

RCH610 USAF C-17 on descent at Aviano AB, Italy

00000000 USAF B-52 Stratofortress off eastern Sardinia fromRAF Fairford doin' laps at 25 k ft

Hungarian AF BRK620 C-130 Hercules north from Andravidia AB, southern Greece

Italian AF IAM1481 G5 departing Cyprus

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/132955 (111502ZAPR22) Notable: Russia Added Yuan, Euro to Reserves Before War, Cut Dollar Share-bnnBBerg

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Russia Added Yuan, Euro to Reserves Before War, Cut Dollar Share

Russia has enough holdings in yuan and gold even after the U.S. and its allies imposed sanctions on its reserves in dollars and other currencies, Bank of Russia Governor Elvira Nabiullina said in her annual report to parliament Monday.

Continuing a multi-year effort to reduce exposure to the U.S. currency, the central bank cut the share of dollars in reserves to 10.9% as of Jan. 1 from from 21.2% a year earlier. But euro holdings rose to 33.9% from 29.2%, the central bank said.

Yuan holdings rose to 17.1% from 12.8% a year earlier, while gold was down slight at 21.5%.

The U.S. and its allies imposed sweeping sanctions on Russia following its Feb. 24 invasion of Ukraine, including limits on the central bank’s reserves. Russian officials said the restrictions froze about half of its $642 billion in reserves.

https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/russia-added-yuan-euro-to-reserves-before-war-cut-dollar-share-1.1750712

pb

>>149443 S&P cuts Russia's foreign currency rating to 'selective default'-reuters

>>149452 Russia to Halt Bond Issuance for Rest of 2022, Siluanov Says-bnnBBerg

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/132956 (111510ZAPR22) Notable: Pakistan Opposition Leader Shahbaz Sharif Named New Prime Minister Amid Raging Pro-Khan Protests-zh

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Hold on dhere a minute...saw this just now

>Dis is interdasting since they are, effectively, leaderless

Pakistani AF PAK4270 G4 nw from Istanbul-was on the ground for about 75 minutes and looks like it's heading to London

Pakistan Opposition Leader Shahbaz Sharif Named New Prime Minister Amid Raging Pro-Khan Protests

After the dramatic weekend 'no confidence' vote ouster of Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan, described by he and his supporters as a foreign backed coup led covertly by the United States, the country's lawmakers convened Monday to choose a new prime minister.

They chose opposition lawmaker Shahbaz Sharif to replace Khan - the latter whose supports took to the streets Sunday night in various cities across the country, calling his ouster and replacement illegitimate. "Mr Shahbaz, 70, is the younger brother of three-times prime minister Nawaz Sharif, and led the bid by the opposition parties to remove Mr Khan," Sky News notes. Khan on Sunday rejected parliament's midnight no confidence vote to ouster him from the night before. "Pakistan became an independent state in 1947; but the freedom struggle begins again today against a foreign conspiracy of regime change," he wrote on Twitter. He called what's happening a power grab by an "imported government."

Many thousands have taken to the streets Sunday into early Monday, including in Karachi, Lahore and Peshawar - where some instances roads were blocked - and even with pro-Khan demonstrations popping up in Dubai and London.

Multiple hundreds were observed gathered to protest in front of the London home of Nawaz Sharif as well, where supporters of Sharif clashed with the pro-Khan rally.

Pakistani citizens protest in favor of PM Imran Khan. They must realize the State Bank of Pakistan has created a roaring inflation that has opened the door for Khan’s opponents at home and abroad. Take a look.pic.twitter.com/fEGe3ob950 — Steve Hanke (@steve_hanke) April 11, 2022

Newly named PM Shahbaz Sharif has been a prominent opposition lawmaker since his election to parliament in 1990, having fled the country following the 1999 military coup, but returning in 2007.

On Monday as lawmakers appointed Sharif new prime minister, Khan issued a statement thanking his supporters for taking to the streets "against US-backed regime change".

However, he appears to be conceding given he changed his verified Twitter bio to the following: Chairman Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf & former Prime Minister of Islamic Republic of Pakistan.

Thank you to all Pakistanis for their amazing outpouring of support & emotions to protest against US-backed regime change abetted by local Mir Jafars to bring into power a coterie of pliable crooks all out on bail. Shows Pakistanis at home & abroad have emphatically rejected this — Imran Khan (@ImranKhanPTI) April 10, 2022

His specifying "former" prime minister is being widely taken to mean he's conceding defeat, or at least not willing to risk civil unrest in pushing back against his ouster too hard (or perhaps he was paid off handsomely?).

It's believed his relations with the country's powerful military (which has long been the core of Islamabad's 'deep state') have soured, also amid surging inflation and a plummeting rupee, earning charges of severe economic mismanagement from the political opposition and widespread public anger. In particularl he's said to have clashed with Pakistan's Army Chief as well as the foreign office.

PTI supporters protest in London Hyde Park in solidarity with imran khan pic.twitter.com/WS1G37J8xa — Murtaza Ali Shah (@MurtazaViews) April 10, 2022

Khan had met with Russia's Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Feb.24 - a mere hours before Russian tanks rolled across the border into Ukraine. Despite the Feb.23-24 visit being long in planning, and primarily aimed at boosting energy and trade ties between the two countries, the poor timing served to spotlight the controversy of the visit and warming Pakistan-Russia relations.

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/pakistan-opposition-leader-shahbaz-sharif-named-new-prime-minister-amid-angry-pro-khan

Trackin' the flight see where it goes...that is still interdasting leaving Istanbul

>>149428 pb Pakistan PM Imran Khan loses no-confidence vote-dw

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/132958 (111520ZAPR22) Notable: , Mkt Fag: U.S. Dollar Index + Flailing and Bailing on the DOW/SP500-the NAS is on it's own for now edition-various sources/anon

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U.S. Dollar Index hits fresh 2-year high as yields rise and yen keeps taking a hit

The dollar touched another two-year high on Monday, pummeling the yen, as yields continued to rise on expectations for further rate increases by the Federal Reserve.

The U.S. Dollar Index DXY, 0.07% briefly broke above 100 in overnight trading, the highest since May 10, 2020, and was up around 0.2%. The greenback also hit another seven-year high against the yen USDJPY, 0.94%, with the Japanese currency depreciating to around 125.36 per dollar; that’s the weakest since it reached an intraday level of 125.65 in June 2015, according to FactSet.

Expectations for higher U.S. rates are rippling throughout the financial system ahead of Tuesday’s consumer-price index report for March, which is expected to show an annual headline rate above 8%. The impact is being felt in everything from rising mortgage rates and car loans to a continued selloff in stocks on Monday. The dollar tends to benefit from higher rate expectations relative to other countries like Japan, where policy makers are more concerned about the risks to the economic recovery and are still clinging to easy monetary policy. As of Monday morning, Treasury yields were mostly higher, led by intermediate and long-end rates, while all three major stock indexes DJIA, -0.65% SPX, -1.27% COMP, -1.85% were down.

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

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

https://www.marketwatch.com/investing/currency/usdjpy

>>149457 pb

>Yen is creeping up to ¥125 (and hit it) and is one of the main reasons the USD haz not cliff dived.-see cap #5

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>Still think they wait until ¥130 (last time it wuz above that was in the 90's iirc)

Looks like the lather, rinse, repeat thang still going on in early trading-let the hedgies load up on shorts and then the NYFRB Chicago "branch" lays it on and squeezes them out.

The spike up on the open then the choppy action after..

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/132960 (111526ZAPR22) Notable: Pakistan Opposition Leader Shahbaz Sharif Named New Prime Minister Amid Raging Pro-Khan Protests-zh

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Looks like they are picking him up now..he has been in London since 2019-according to this below

Heading for Heathrow

Nawaz Sharif To Return To Pakistan From London Next Month: Party Leader

Pakistan Political Crisis: Several corruption cases have been launched by the government of Prime Minister Imran Khan against Nawaz Sharif. Islamabad:

Deposed Pakistan prime minister Nawaz Sharif is expected to return from London next month after Eid, a senior PML-N leader has said, amid a whirlwind of political developments that have embroiled the country following Imran Khan's ignominious ouster from power.

Mian Javed Latif said a decision on PML-N supremo and the three-time prime minister Sharif's anticipated return will be discussed with the coalition partners.

All decisions would be first brought up with constituent parties of the coalition, The Express Tribune newspaper quoted him as saying.

Eid will be celebrated in the first week of May.

Several corruption cases have been launched by the government of Prime Minister Khan against the 72-year-old supremo of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz since his ouster from the office by the Supreme Court in July 2017 in the Panama Papers case.

Sharif in November 2019 left for London after the Lahore High Court granted him a four-week permission allowing him to go abroad for his treatment. He had given an undertaking to the Lahore High Court to return to Pakistan, citing his record to face the process of law and justice within four weeks or as soon as he is declared healthy and fit to travel by doctors. Sharif was also given bail in the Al-Azizia Mills corruption case in which he was serving seven-year imprisonment in Lahore's Kot Lakhpat jail.

Commenting on the political uncertainty in the country, Latif said the coalition government will not last longer than six months and the only solution to the prevailing woes was to hold fresh elections. “However, there was this task of election reforms that had to be done prior to elections,” he said.

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/132963 (111551ZAPR22) Notable: The transfer of DOD IP addresses in Jan 2021, was not kosher/FOIA docs-soce media

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The transfer of DOD IP addresses in Jan 2021, was not kosher

https://twitter.com/UndeadFoia/status/1513345108414169092?s=20&t=TVLEkni48XyPt-CeInwvRA

>>>/qresearch/16054140

He’s dropping FOIA docs now, hes got s wealth of knowledge

https://twitter.com/UndeadFoia/status/1513345108414169092?s=20&t=TVLEkni48XyPt-CeInwvRA

Link to FOIA docs

https://sleuthscorner.docdroid.com/V2HxaSK/rhamnousia-expanded-formatting2-redacted-pdf

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/132965 (111552ZAPR22) Notable: pf report(s) Yerp-Med before sunset/Paki AF to London picking up "new" PM/SAM CONUS activity/Greeks ne from Baku/Russian SFD east/AFSOC to Belfast and Pakis still at London/BOXER41 (politicians) went to Copenhagen/Paki AF up from Lahore

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>gatwick

nope

went to Farnborough

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/132969 (112039ZAPR22) Notable: April 2022 Moon Details-moongiant

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Anyone note this yet? 🐸

April 2022 Moon Details

The Full Moon for this month will occur on Saturday, April 16th. The New Moon is earlier in the month on Friday, April 1st.

April's Full Pink Moon

April’s full moon is widely known as the Full Pink Moon, even though it doesn’t actually turn pastel pink as the name suggests. The Full Pink Moon’s name comes from the abundance of moss phlox, a common little pink flower that typically begins to spread across the ground in early spring. With that said, this creeping phlox is not the only thing that begins blooming during the Full Pink Moon.

In many Native American tribes, April’s full moon is associated with the bustling life and vibrant growth of spring. In Sioux culture, it’s named after the sprouting of red grass. The Comanche tribe called it the New Spring Moon, and both the Tlingit and Sioux tribes referred to it as the Budding Moon, after the new plants that begin to bud and sprout during spring. The Cherokee tribe even called it the Flower Moon (though that name is also sometimes used to refer to May’s full moon), and celebrated it for the growth of useful medicinal plants and magical herbs.

At the same time, April is a time when rivers and streams begin to fully thaw. Accordingly, the Shoshone tribe named April’s full moon the Full Melting Moon, and the Arapaho tribe called it the Moon Where Ice Breaks in the River. It was also known as the Fish Moon because of the fish that would begin to swim upstream during this time. The Cherokees believed that flowing water was under the control of a spirit called the Long Man, and so would perform rituals to honor him during the Full Pink Moon. An example of a ritual like this was the Knee Deep Dance, based off the movements of the Water Frog. The Assiniboine tribe

> also called April’s full moon the Frog Moon.

https://www.moongiant.com/moonphases/April/2022

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/132972 (112218ZAPR22) Notable: Not AF1 Joe going to Greensboro and some schedule irregularities from Sat 0409

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Not AF1 Joe going to Greensboro N.C. on Thursday, April 14th

KECK205 USAF C-17 Globemaster went to Piedmont Triad Int'l Airport Greensboro N.C.-Dropped off equipment for 'Not AF1 Joes visit on Thursday (about 60 minutes on ground) then went to NAS Norfolk still as KECK205 for 4 hours and now ne as RCH795 having departed NAS Norfolk and heading to Dover AFB-see cap #2

Biden to visit NC next week. Here’s what we know about the trip so far

Biden plans to come to Greensboro next Thursday, to talk about manufacturing efforts

https://www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/article260241940.html#storylink=cpy

Earlier it departed JBA after a ground stop of about 2 hours: for the load-in inbound from E. West VA Regional Airport earlier today

and in Captain Obvious news

White House says Biden has no plans to travel to Kyiv

President Biden has no plans to travel to war-torn Ukraine, despite Republican criticism for not visiting the country after British Prime Minister Boris Johnson made a surprise visit to the capital of Kyiv this weekend. “We are not currently planning a trip by the president of the United States to Ukraine,” White House press secretary Jen Psaki said. “What is most important to the Ukrainian leadership is that we are expediting weapons and getting them the security systems they need and that is what we are focused on.” On Saturday, Mr. Johnson made a surprise visit to the Ukrainian capital to meet with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. The two walked through Kyiv’s streets, where Mr. Johnson showed solidarity with the Ukrainian people. Republicans quickly savaged Mr. Biden, suggesting that he wasn’t showing the same level of support for Ukraine as Mr. Johnson. “Boris Johnson went to Kyiv this weekend. Joe Biden went on his 32nd weekend vacation to Delaware,” Ronna McDaniel, the chair of the Republican National Committee, tweeted Sunday.

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2022/apr/11/white-house-says-biden-has-no-plans-travel-kyiv/

*Of Note

On Saturdays schedule it showed this-cap #3

1pm EST BOTUS/Flauxtus depart Arlington, Virginia en route New Castle, Delaware

1:55pm EST BOTUS/Flauxtus arrive in New Castle, Delaware

https://factba.se/biden/calendar

No mention of traveling to Arlington, VA the day of or prior.....and the schedule makes it appear they spent the night in Arlington by suggesting they departed from it on Saturday with no mention of any travel to itfrom the WH

Now it is only a few miles away from the WH but wouldn't you have to 'depart' the WH at some point to be able to 'depart' Arlington, VA after?

>asking for a fren

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/132974 (112235ZAPR22) Notable: pf report(s) Yerp-Med before sunset/Paki AF to London picking up "new" PM/SAM CONUS activity/Greeks ne from Baku/Russian SFD east/AFSOC to Belfast and Pakis still at London/BOXER41 (politicians) went to Copenhagen/Paki AF up from Lahore

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SAM793 USAF G5 KAF AC of interdast east back to JBA after a ground stop at Scott AFB, IL

Earlier today it departed Scott-after arriving yesterday from JBA >>149440 pb to Maxwell AFB, Montgomery, AL for 5.5 hours then back to Scott for a quickie stop-couldn't have been on the ground for moar than 20 minutes

Cap #2 is updated with a moar current pic from March 2022 and taken at Payerne AB Switzerland

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/132983 (120057ZAPR22) Notable: pf report(s) Yerp-Med before sunset/Paki AF to London picking up "new" PM/SAM CONUS activity/Greeks ne from Baku/Russian SFD east/AFSOC to Belfast and Pakis still at London/BOXER41 (politicians) went to Copenhagen/Paki AF up from Lahore

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Russian AF RSD031 Tupolev Tu204 Special Flight Detachment east from Moscow

Greek AF HAF352C G5 ne from Baku, Azerbaijan after about 90 minutes on the ground

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/132984 (120059ZAPR22) Notable: pf report(s) Yerp-Med before sunset/Paki AF to London picking up "new" PM/SAM CONUS activity/Greeks ne from Baku/Russian SFD east/AFSOC to Belfast and Pakis still at London/BOXER41 (politicians) went to Copenhagen/Paki AF up from Lahore

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FLICK72 USAFSOC C-32B on descent for Belfast Int'l, Ireland after departing McGuire AFB, NJ earlier today

>>149461, >>149463

Pakistani AF 4270 G4 still on ground at Farnborough Airport after arriving earlier from Istanbul ground stop of 90 minutes

So you are the defacto PM of Pakistan yet you are still in London.......

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/132985 (120101ZAPR22) Notable: Former Managing Partner Of Manhattan Investment Advisory Firm Sentenced To 12 Years For Defrauding Investors In An Over $120 Million Ponzi-Like Scheme-shorenewsnetwork

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Former Managing Partner Of Manhattan Investment Advisory Firm Sentenced To 12 Years For Defrauding Investors In An Over $120 Million Ponzi-Like Scheme

Damian Williams, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that DAVID HU, former managing partner and chief investment officer of the Manhattan-based investment advisory firm International Investment Group (“IIG”), was sentenced today to 12 years in prison for his role in an over $120 million scheme to defraud IIG’s clients and investors. HU pled guilty in January 2021 to investment adviser fraud, securities fraud, and wire fraud offenses. U.S. District Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein announced today’s sentence, which will be formally imposed following the conclusion of forfeiture and restitution proceedings in the case.

U.S. Attorney Damian Williams said: “David Hu shirked his fiduciary responsibilities and defrauded IIG funds and investors for more than a decade. Hu’s lies caused millions of dollars of losses. Hu mismarked millions of dollars of loan assets, falsified paperwork to create fake loans, sold overvalued and fake loans, used the proceeds from those sales to pay off earlier investors, and falsified paperwork to deceive auditors and avoid scrutiny. Today’s sentence sends the message that brazen fraud does not pay and will be appropriately punished.”

According to the Information and based on statements made and documents filed in federal court in this case: HU and co-conspirator MARTIN SILVER founded IIG in 1994. HU was a managing partner and the chief investment officer of IIG. IIG, an SEC-registered investment adviser, provided investment management and advisory services, including for three private funds that it operated: (1) the IIG Trade Opportunities Fund N.V. (“TOF”); (2) the IIG Global Trade Finance Fund, Ltd. (“GTFF”); and (3) the IIG Structured Trade Finance Fund, Ltd. (“STFF”). IIG also advised the Venezuela Recovery Fund (“VRF”), a fund that managed the remaining assets of a failed Venezuelan bank (VRF, together with TOF, GTFF, and STFF, the “IIG Funds”). In March 2018, IIG reported to the SEC that it had approximately $373 million in assets under management.

IIG advertised itself as specializing in global trade financing, particularly in providing trade finance loans to small and medium-sized businesses. IIG’s principal investment advisory strategy, including with respect to the IIG Funds, was investing in trade finance loans that it also originated. Trade finance loans are used by small and medium-sized companies, typically exporters and importers, to facilitate international trade. IIG’s purported expertise was in trade finance loans to borrowers located in Central or South America, and in a variety of industries, with a stated focus on “soft commodities,” such as coffee, agriculture, fishing, and other food products. IIG’s trade finance loans were purportedly secured by collateral, such as the underlying traded goods, assets held by the borrowers, or expected payments by third parties.

Investments in TOF, STFF, and GTFF were marketed by IIG to institutional investors, such as pension funds, hedge funds, and insurers. In offering memoranda and communications with investors, IIG advertised strict risk controls, such as promises to use diligence to carefully select borrowers or issuers with trusted management and marketable assets, and portfolio concentration limits based on borrower, developing country, and industry.

IIG purported to value the trade finance loans in the IIG Funds on a regular basis. IIG and, in turn, HU, received a performance fee with respect to the IIG Funds, as well as a management fee, which was calculated as a percentage of the assets under management held in the Funds.

moar

https://www.shorenewsnetwork.com/2022/04/11/former-managing-partner-of-manhattan-investment-advisory-firm-sentenced-to-12-years-for-defrauding-investors-in-an-over-120-million-ponzi-like-scheme/

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/133006 (120323ZAPR22) Notable: Boatfag: "WARSHIP 62" USS Chancellorsville (CG-62), tracking south outside Yokosuka and "WARSHIP 114" USS Ralph Johnson (DDG 114) at anchor outside Yokosuka NB

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"WARSHIP 62" USS Chancellorsville (CG-62), tracking south outside Yokosuka.

"WARSHIP 114" USS Ralph Johnson (DDG 114), homeported Everett, Washington, is currently at anchor outside the Yokosuka Naval Base

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/133010 (120349ZAPR22) Notable: pf report(s) Yerp-Med before sunset/Paki AF to London picking up "new" PM/SAM CONUS activity/Greeks ne from Baku/Russian SFD east/AFSOC to Belfast and Pakis still at London/BOXER41 (politicians) went to Copenhagen/Paki AF up from Lahore

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Pakistan AF BURQ303 G4 up from Lahore heading sw

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/133012 (120403ZAPR22) Notable: #895, #896, #897, #898, #899

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#899' update 1

>>149458 Yuval Noah Harari | "God Is Dead It Just Takes Awhile to Get Rid of the Body." Says WEF Advisor "-rumble

>>149459, >>149461, >>149461, >>149465, >>149468, >>149469, >>149470, >>149474 pf report(s) Yerp-Med before sunset/Paki AF to London picking up "new" PM/SAM CONUS activity/Greeks ne from Baku/Russian SFD east/AFSOC to Belfast and Pakis still at London/BOXER41 (politicians) went to Copenhagen/Paki AF up from Lahore

>>149460 Russia Added Yuan, Euro to Reserves Before War, Cut Dollar Share-bnnBBerg

>>149461, >>149463 Pakistan Opposition Leader Shahbaz Sharif Named New Prime Minister Amid Raging Pro-Khan Protests-zh

>>149462, Mkt Fag: U.S. Dollar Index + Flailing and Bailing on the DOW/SP500-the NAS is on it's own for now edition-various sources/anon

>>149464 The transfer of DOD IP addresses in Jan 2021, was not kosher/FOIA docs-soce media

>>149466 April 2022 Moon Details-moongiant

>>149467 Not AF1 Joe going to Greensboro and some schedule irregularities from Sat 0409

>>149471 Former Managing Partner Of Manhattan Investment Advisory Firm Sentenced To 12 Years For Defrauding Investors In An Over $120 Million Ponzi-Like Scheme-shorenewsnetwork

>>149472 Naomi Wolf Fires a Warning Shot: A Resounding Defeat of Biden at Midterms Will Not Be Allowed, Look for an Emerging Emergency to Unfold-gatewaypundit

>>149473 Boatfag: "WARSHIP 62" USS Chancellorsville (CG-62), tracking south outside Yokosuka and "WARSHIP 114" USS Ralph Johnson (DDG 114) at anchor outside Yokosuka NB

night

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/133017 (120707ZAPR22) Notable: 900 breds

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Dough

https://fullchan.net/?cafb8aea65261f20#5KyYRe44rhCphibs8cWJAftZgmSLhQbT1GEEaMmrdaTd

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/133020 (121159ZAPR22) Notable: 900 breds

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>>149476

tyb

Congratulations QRB on #900

economy is done. hopes you gotz fuud stored and sum pm's lying round.

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/133022 (121400ZAPR22) Notable: 900 breds

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>>149476

tyb

900

morning

>>149477

he ain't lyin'

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/133023 (121404ZAPR22) Notable: pf report(s) SAM CONUS activity/Med-Yerp before Sunset/Scholz departed Warsaw to Berlin/

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SAM794 USAF G5 west from JBA

SAM791 USAF G5 sw from JBA

RCH4201 USAF C-17 Globemaser west from JBA-mebby moar equipment for Not A1 Joe's visit to Des Moines today-have moar on that later

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/133032 (121428ZAPR22) Notable: pf report(s) SAM CONUS activity/Med-Yerp before Sunset/Scholz departed Warsaw to Berlin/

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Before sunset in Yerp-Med

start in the south

MAGMA30 USAF C-146A Wolfhound-Special Ops heading for Souda Bay, Crete

Last visibility was on ground in Nairobi, Kenya on 0330-hmmmm.

Italian AF UAVGH000 RQ-4 Global Hawk drone ne over Buldaria from Sigonella AB, Sicily

High Level Italian AF IAM3150 Falson 900 south from Rome-Ciampino Int'l Airport and on descent for Palermo

French AF CTM0011 Falcon 900 south from Lyon Airport

RAF RRR7212 RC-135 Rivet Joint se from RAF Waddinton trackin over se Romania

NATO01 E-3A Sentry AWACS alos over Romania

PICO21 USAF KC-46 Pegasus tanker over northern Romania from Moron AB, Spain

Belgian AF BAF637 A400M se from Kleine-Brogel AB, Belgium

Kuwait AF KAF3201 C-17 Gloemaster nw from Kuwait City depart

JUICY22 USMC C-130 Super Hercules trackin' just west of Rzesow

DUKE44 and DUKE51 US Army Blackhawks trackin just nw of Rzesow

Hungarian AF BRK96 nw from Krakow, Poland

German AF GAF843 A319 wn from Kaunas, Lithuania

German AF GAF611 A400m sw from some tracking over ne Latvia

NATO02 E-3TF Sentry AWACS was doin circles just off shore Estonia-heading south now

French AF CTM2032 A400M sw from Tallinn, Estonia

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/133041 (121501ZAPR22) Notable: BLS: CPI increased 1.2% in March; Core CPI increased 0.3%-calculatedrisk/macrotrends

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BLS: CPI increased 1.2% in March; Core CPI increased 0.3%

The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) increased 1.2 percent in March on a seasonally adjusted basis after rising 0.8 percent in February, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Over the last 12 months, the all items index increased 8.5 percent before seasonal adjustment.

Increases in the indexes for gasoline, shelter, and food were the largest contributors to the seasonally adjusted all items increase. The gasoline index rose 18.3 percent in March and accounted for over half of the all items monthly increase; other energy component indexes also increased. The food index rose 1.0 percent and the food at home index rose 1.5 percent.

The index for all items less food and energy rose 0.3 percent in March following a 0.5-percent increase the prior month. The shelter index was by far the biggest factor in the increase, with a broad set of other indexes also contributing, including those for airline fares, household furnishings and operations, medical care, and motor vehicle insurance. In contrast, the index for used cars and trucks fell 3.8 percent over the month.

The all items index continued to accelerate, rising 8.5 percent for the 12 months ending March, the largest 12-month increase since the period ending December 1981. The all items less food and energy index rose 6.5 percent, the largest 12-month change since the period ending August 1982. The energy index rose 32.0 percent over the last year, and the food index increased 8.8 percent, the largest 12-month increase since the period ending May 1981. CPI was at expectations and core CPI was lower than expectations.

https://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2022/04/bls-cpi-increased-12-in-march-core-cpi.html

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

Oil (WTI) is back over $100....

>>149439 Economic Schedule for week of April 10th, 2022-calculatedrisk

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/133044 (121522ZAPR22) Notable: Italy seizes 105 million euro property in Sardinia belonging to Russian F1 driver Nikita Mazepin and oligarch father-bizinsider

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Italy seizes 105 million euro property in Sardinia belonging to Russian F1 driver Nikita Mazepin and oligarch father

Italian authorities have seized properties belonging to Russian Formula One driver Nikita Mazepin and his oligarch father, worth 105 million euros ($114.45 million) on the island of Sardinia, according to Reuters. Police sources told Reuters that a villa known as "Rocky Ram" in northern Sardinia was the target of the operation. Mazepin was placed on an EU sanctions list in March along with his father Dmitry, who the EU described as being in Putin's immediate circle.

In March, the F1 driver was also kicked off of the US-based Haas Formula One team, and said that Russian athletes were the victims of "cancel culture." No public reason was shared for his termination, but it was believed to be linked to his father's ties to the Kremlin.

https://www.businessinsider.com/italy-seizes-russian-f1-driver-oligarch-fathers-114-million-home-2022-4

They get to keep a big chunk of this (Guardia di Finanza) this is why when those Kennedy bonds were seized in Chiasso (from the Japanese) in 2009 the US-specifically Turbo Tax Timmay-came out and said they were fake cause the Italians would have kept a sizeable chunk of that according to own laws

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/133045 (121527ZAPR22) Notable: pf report(s) SAM CONUS activity/Med-Yerp before Sunset/Scholz departed Warsaw to Berlin/

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SAM781 USAF G5 ne from JBA

This high level and been used as AF2 when kneepads had a mechanical issue in LAX in 2021 and in April of 2021 to New Hampshire

BOXER72 USAF C-40C (nancy's 'normal' AC) looks like it heading to Spooktown for some go arounds

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/133047 (121558ZAPR22) Notable: pf report(s) SAM CONUS activity/Med-Yerp before Sunset/Scholz departed Warsaw to Berlin/

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SAM781 USAF G5 to McGuire AFB, NJ

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/133048 (121608ZAPR22) Notable: pf report(s) SAM CONUS activity/Med-Yerp before Sunset/Scholz departed Warsaw to Berlin/

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>>149485

doin' go arounds at McGuire AFB

I guess some 'discussions' goin' on here

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/133049 (121617ZAPR22) Notable: Not AF1 Joe in 82-8000 "no callsign" 747 departed JBA for Des Moines Int'l Airport, IA and back to JBA

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Not AF1 Joe in 82-8000 "no callsign" 747 departed JBA for Des Moines Int'l Airport, IA

09-0016 USAF C-32A also departed JBA and will go to another airport as S.O.P.

Joe Biden's Tuesday visit to Iowa

Joe Biden will be in Iowa Tuesday to discuss his economic agenda and will announce lifting restrictions on E15 gasoline sales to help ease fuel prices. Biden's trip comes as gas prices reach record highs and his approval numbers in the Hawkeye State and across the country crater. The president will direct the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to use an emergency waiver to allow summer sales of gasoline with 15% ethanol, called E15, to help boost fuel supplies, a senior administration official said Monday. Biden will make the announcement at a Poet ethanol plant in Menlo, a town of fewer than 400 people about 50 miles west of Des Moines. The move is expected to cut prices for U.S. motorists by at least 10 cents a gallon, the White House said. E15 is currently banned in some states from June 1 to Sept. 15 because is believed to contribute to smog during warmer weather. Supporters of ethanol say that is unfounded.

https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/politics/2022/04/11/president-joe-biden-menlo-iowa-visit-talk-rural-issues-ethanol-poet/7277815001/

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/133050 (121619ZAPR22) Notable: Graphic: Look at Brooklyn Subway, Not at CPI #'s meme

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Originally posted at >>>/qrb/133051 (121641ZAPR22) Notable: Biden's Sister Blames Trump For Hunter Biden's Legal Problems epochtimes via zh

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Biden's Sister Blames Trump For Hunter Biden's Legal Problems

President Joe Biden’s younger sister defended Hunter Biden on April 11, claiming that her nephew’s legal issues are just political attacks by former President Donald Trump intended on bringing down her brother. Valerie Biden Owens, a longtime campaign manager for Joe Biden, made the remarks in an interview with “CBS Mornings.” She was asked by host Gayle King whether Hunter Biden was “a problem for the family.” In response, Owens said, “No.”

King pressed on, pointing out how Hunter Biden’s business dealings have come under scrutiny. Owens responded by saying that the attention to her nephew’s business activities was born out of the 2020 presidential election. “The only race that I wasn’t enthusiastic about Joe getting involved in was the 2020 presidency,” Owens said, “because I expected, and was not disappointed, that it would be ugly and mean, and it would be an attack on my brother Joe, personally and professionally, because the former president is very intent on bringing my brother down.” “I assumed from the beginning that the former president and his entourage would attack my brother by going and attacking my family,” Owens added. “[Trump] thought the weak link would be to attack my brother’s child.” Owens then went on to defend her nephew. “Hunter has written in exquisite detail about his struggle with addiction, his walk through hell, and I am so grateful that he’s been able to walk out of hell. But I don’t think that there’s a family in this country who hasn’t tasted it,” she told King. King then interrupted Owens, reminding her that their discussion should center on Hunter Biden’s business deals.

In the end, Owen seemed to dismiss any allegations of wrongdoing against her nephew. There hasn’t been a ‘there’ there since it was mentioned in 2019 or whenever it first was,” Owens said. Citing Treasury documents, a 2020 Senate report found that there was “potential criminal activity relating to transactions among and between Hunter Biden, his family, and his associates with Ukrainian, Russian, Kazakh, and Chinese nationals,” while Joe Biden was vice president during the Obama administration.

The report pointed out how Hunter Biden made “questionable transactions” with Chinese nationals connected to the Chinese regime and military. The younger Biden was found to have tried to broker a $120 million oil agreement in 2014 and 2015 between a Chinese state-owned oil company and Kazakhstan’s prime minister at that time, British newspaper the Daily Mail reported in February, citing emails obtained from his alleged abandoned laptop.

In March, Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) presented bank records on the Senate floor showing a Chinese energy company made payments to Hunter Biden. On April 8, 95 House Republicans wrote a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland, urging him to appoint a special counsel to investigate the younger Biden. “It is increasingly clear that Hunter Biden took advantage of his father’s position as Vice President to develop business relationships with clients in Ukraine, China, and Kazakhstan,” the lawmakers said. “A special counsel would also ensure there is no bias in the investigation or undue influence from the White House.”

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/bidens-sister-blames-trump-hunter-bidens-legal-problems

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/133053 (121705ZAPR22) Notable: Used car prices jump 40%: CarMax-foxbiz

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Used car prices jump 40%: CarMax

CarMax sold 194,318 used vehicles during 4th quarter, down 5.2% from 204,928 a year ago.

Inflation may have consumers re-thinking whether they need that used car.

CarMax experienced a slowdown in fourth-quarter used car sales volume as its average retail selling price jumped 39.7% year-over-year to $29,312, an increase of approximately $8,300 per unit. CarMax sold a total of 194,318 used vehicle units during the fourth quarter, down 5.2% from 204,928 used vehicle units a year ago. Comparable store sales for its used vehicles fell 6.5% year-over-year. Meanwhile, the company sold 149,095 wholesale vehicle units, up 43.8% from 103,676 wholesale vehicle units a year ago. The average wholesale selling price surged 85.2% year-over-year to $11,495, an increase of nearly $5,300 per unit.

"We believe a number of macro factors weighed on our fourth quarter unit sales performance, including declining consumer confidence, the omicron-fueled surge in COVID cases, vehicle affordability, and the lapping of stimulus benefits paid in the prior year period," CarMax said in its earnings release Tuesday. Overall, CarMax's net earnings for the fourth quarter fell 22.8% year-over-year to $159.8 million, or 98 cents per share, while net revenue for the quarter rose 48.8% year-over-year to $7.7 billion. Looking ahead, CarMax has revised its five-year financial targets for vehicle sales and revenue introduced in May 2021. The company now anticipates selling between 2 million and 2.4 million vehicles through its combined retail and wholesale channels and generating between $33 billion and $45 billion in revenue by fiscal 2026.

The latest quarterly figures from CarMax come as inflation rose 8.5% year-over-year in March, the fastest pace since December 1981, when inflation hit 8.9%. Used car and truck prices, which have been a major component of the inflation increase, are still up 35.3% from the previous year, but actually declined by 1.8% in the one-month period between February and March.

https://www.foxbusiness.com/economy/used-car-prices-jump-40-carmax

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German AF GAF906 A-340 back to Berlin from Warsaw

Olaf Scholz on this AC and possibry The President

German AF sticking to Porsche model # on callsigns for high level flights..not always but pretty often

German president says Kyiv rejected his offer to visit Ukraine

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier said Tuesday that he had offered to visit Ukraine with other EU leaders, but Kyiv had told him his trip was "not wanted". The snub comes as Steinmeier, a former foreign minister, is facing criticism at home and abroad for his years-long detente policy towards Moscow, which he has since admitted was a mistake. Speaking during a visit to Warsaw, Steinmeier said he had planned to travel to Kyiv with the presidents of Poland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania this week "to send a strong signal of joint European solidarity with Ukraine.

"I was prepared to do this, but apparently, and I must take note of this, this was not wanted in Kyiv," he told reporters.

Germany's topselling Bild newspaper quoted an unnamed Ukrainian diplomat as saying: "We all know of Steinmeier's close relations with Russia here... He is not welcome in Kyiv at the moment. We will see whether that changes."

https://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/54/1245/464504/War-in-Ukraine/Diplomacy/German-president-says-Kyiv-rejected-his-offer-to-v.aspx

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/133057 (121746ZAPR22) Notable: BLS: CPI increased 1.2% in March; Core CPI increased 0.3%-calculatedrisk/macrotrends

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>>149481

Inflation is already double digits Year To Date in key areas, it's much higher than they are telling you.

Wheat up 43.51%

Soybean up 24.45%

lean Hogs up 22.57%

Corn up 31.03%

Cotton #2 up 21.66%

Aluminum up 16.49%

Nickel up 57.10%

WTI crude up 33.63%

heating oil up 46.25%

gasoline up 41.50%

nat gas up 79.09%

source - any competent stock futures website

>>>/qreseach/16061354

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/133060 (121803ZAPR22) Notable: BLS: CPI increased 1.2% in March; Core CPI increased 0.3%-calculatedrisk/macrotrends

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https://www.indexmundi.com/commodities/

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/133063 (121848ZAPR22) Notable: some twatter advice

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Just in case anyone doesn't know already.

twatter is shutting you out after reading just a few posts now without being logged in.

BUT there is nitter.net

Just change "tw" to "n" and ".com" to ".net" and there you go.

Twitter without login and you can read all posts without getting locked out.

Your welcome.

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/133071 (122030ZAPR22) Notable: Mkt Fag: Nasty reversal on the indices...muh margin calls next?-prolly not-cause leverage is mistaken for brians edition

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Mkt Fag: Nasty reversal on the indices...muh margin calls next?-prolly not-cause leverage is mistaken for brians edition

Got off to a decent start-the shorts squeezed on the open-lather, rinse, repeat on that and the excuse earlier was "muh inflation wasn't as bad as it could have been"- see here >>149481, >>149492, >>149493

Got the end o' the day stick save into the close to make it "not as bad" but inflation don't lie...only Wall Street does. Still a big exit here though- >>>/qrb/133061...they "know". Add in a few shorts covering cause it wasn't just "longs" buying the close-but it made it appear better than the nasty reversal you just saw all day. NASDAQ volume really picked up into the close and the same pattern continues-big volume on open followed by lower than picks up into close a "U" shape if you please. And all three majors well under daily averages volume-wise: been that way for a few weeks excepting the "launch" during FOMC week mentioned below. Small caps (RUT-Chicago Options ) was the only decent one today as it only went red for a short period of time and it still moves around after the majors close. They also couldn't get those shorts to cover enmasse (the "Most shorted Stocks")-but some did into close-already mentioned.

The latest to "speak" Fed Head Brainard just repeated the overused cliche that "We are ready to get to work"...the dollar responded by climbing...again after the cliff dive at 8:30am EST when those "lower than expected" CPI #'s released-see cap #4

Go here if you want the real skinny on inflation-haz always had the truth and calculates it using the older methodology they have changed many times over the last 30 years-it still isn't 100% spot on but it's better than most: https://www.shadowstats.com/

You all shop and see what is habbeneing-you don't need the MSM to tell you what you have witnessed over the last year and a half. The fugen idiot at Blakcrock said this " “Predicting where we would have been today several months ago would have been next to impossible, particularly given some of the exogenous shock to the system we’ve witnessed Rick Rieder, BlackRock Inc.’s chief investment officer of global fixed income”-BULLSHIT it was already heading this way because all you fuggers already priced in rate cuts starting in 2023 back in February-so GFY- >>147588 pb. It the huge shit pile of derivatives that has gotten us here and effectively kept the petro-dollar "alive" cause it died in the late 90's and it's only becasue of that has it remained "viable". over $48T in OTC derivatives at JP Morgan sez you are ALL FOS and that is just ONE example. Whatever "turd" they lay tomorrow (JPM) the stock will go up-mebby not on the same day but they always do the opposite because the crowded trade is to be short these numbnuts so the don't want to "pay out" on that cause they don't have the $$ on that level-why you saw the markets sky during the FOMC announcement week as that was a crowded trade short and evicerated any short positions still left going into the OpEx expiry.

The U.S. consumer price index rose 1.2% last month, the biggest increase in 16-1/2 years and cementing the case for a 50 basis points interest rate hike from the Federal Reserve next month. The figure marks the fastest rise since December 1981 and follows a 7.9% annual increase in February-see below on bond market. It rose 8.5% in March compared to the same month last year. Oil up-see cap#5 because OPEC said they couldn't replace the supply loss from Russia-they about 10% of total oil production-not a problem but somehow it is. They are just driving the price up for the coming Aramco IPO by playing coy-"see you need us...". The Yen still climbing towards that ¥130 spot and solidly over 125 now. Got to ¥125.73 at about 2:38am EST then backed off

XLF-the bank ETF got juiced upwards too but has also had a nasty reversal-JP Morgan 'announces' tomorrow (and it's equity is down almost 16% YTD) and likely just take loss reserves and apply it to bottom line while also buying back shares-old, tired game that. And the 10 year gettin whipped around as it was up over 2.8% (2.832% just before 4am EST)-before plunging after the CPI print...imagine that.

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Originally posted at >>>/qrb/133072 (122037ZAPR22) Notable: Mkt Fag: Nasty reversal on the indices...muh margin calls next?-prolly not-cause leverage is mistaken for brians edition

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>>149495

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And TIPS bonds are almost at ZERO at -0.142%% https://www.cnbc.com/quotes/US10YTIP

see cap #1 here

Metals got a good pop then dropped for the remainder of the day

What is moar interddasting, courtesy of ZH chart (and Michael Burry twat-the "smart guy" Big Short Book-movie terribruh) is the short end (this was the bulk of the reverse repos early on). The 5yr & 2yr yields are also fast approaching or testing significant long term trendlines which have defined their downtrends since the yield highs of 1982-see cap#3-on previous post. And we all know what the FRB did with rates around that time....paging Paul Volcker-but that was prime and raised by the FRB starting in 1979.

https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/us-equity-bulls-have-valuation-problem-bond-bulls-face-last-line-defense

Some Headlines

JPMorgan-Led Group Discussing 11% Yield on Struggling Junk-Bond Sale

A group of banks led by JPMorgan Chase & Co. is struggling to sell a $585 million junk bond to help fund the acquisition of building materials business Oldcastle BuildingEnvelope Inc. by buyout firm KPS Capital Partners, according to people with knowledge of the matter. Pricing discussions on the unsecured notes have increased to a yield of up to 11%, said the people, who asked not to be identified because the transaction is private. That’s more than initial pricing discussions of mid-to-high 9% on the deal, and above the average yield of 9.81% on debt in the CCC tier.

https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/jpmorgan-led-group-discussing-11-yield-on-struggling-junk-bond-sale-1.1751401

SEC-approved spot bitcoin ETF unlikely this year, attorney says

The exchange-traded fund marketplace is unlikely to see a Securities and Exchange Commission-approved spot bitcoin ETF this year, according to Morrison Warren, a partner and co-chair of the investment management practice group at law firm Chapman and Cutler, who spoke at an ETF industry conference Monday.

https://www.pionline.com/exchange-traded-funds/sec-approved-spot-bitcoin-etf-unlikely-year-attorney-says

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

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

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

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

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

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/133075 (122340ZAPR22) Notable: pf report(s) SAM CONUS activity/Med-Yerp before Sunset/Scholz departed Warsaw to Berlin/

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>>149456 pb

RCAF CFC1 Challenger 600 departed Edmonton Int'l after an overnight stop-departed Victoria B.C. Airport late last night

Prime minister visits Edmonton to promote budget, supports for small businesses

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau shook hands with entrepreneurs in Edmonton while promoting his Liberal government's recent budget and planned support for small businesses. Trudeau explained Ottawa's plan to cut taxes for small businesses, highlighting a recently announced billion-dollar plan to create an independent federal innovation and investment agency. He says his government is committed to positioning Canada as a global innovation leader.

Calgary's lone Liberal member of Parliament, George Chahal, joined Trudeau alongside community business leaders.

https://edmonton.ctvnews.ca/prime-minister-visits-edmonton-on-tuesday-to-promote-budget-2022-1.5858433

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/133076 (122345ZAPR22) Notable: Not AF1 Joe in 82-8000 "no callsign" 747 departed JBA for Des Moines Int'l Airport, IA and back to JBA

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>>149487

Not AF1 Joe in 82-8000 "no callsign" 747 departed Des Moines Int'l Airport back to JBA

09-0016 USAF C-32A left Peoria, IL after it's ground stop as the escort

>>149451 pb

French AF CTM1012 A330 departed Nashville Int'l after arriving from Los Angeles Int'l on Sunday

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SAM680 USAF G5 on ground at Bremerton National Airport, WA from JBA depart earlier today

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/133085 (130101ZAPR22) Notable: MUSK71 USAF C-17 Globemaster off NJ, DL from Lakehurst Naval Air Weapons Center

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MUSK71 USAF C-17 Globemaster off NJ, DL from Lakehurst Naval Air Weapons Center

Elon Musk born in 1971

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/133091 (130316ZAPR22) Notable: In hypocrite news: Trudope criticizes Alberta's approach to opioid crisis-canoe

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>>149497

Trudeau criticizes Alberta's approach to opioid crisis

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the Alberta government is ignoring science in its approach to the opioid crisis. During a Tuesday stop in Edmonton Trudeau said he discussed the rise in drug poisonings across the province with Mayor Amarjeet Sohi Monday night, adding they are both “extremely worried.

“**We know science-based, community-based solutions are a huge part of it, that’s why as a government we continue to push for safe consumption sites. It’s unfortunate to see Alberta seems to be going in the opposite direction away from the science-based and harm-reduction approach,” said Trudeau. “The reality is, here in Alberta, we’ve seen far too many tragedies around the opioid epidemic,” said Truedau.

His comments come after Edmonton’s city council decided Monday to look into applying for an exemption to federal rules controlling the simple possession of illicit substances in hopes of curbing drug poisoning deaths. Trudeau was asked whether Edmonton council, if it moves forward with the effort, can expect to get approval by 2023. “We will welcome their application when it comes in,” said Trudeau, who added the federal government is already working through a similar application from British Columbia. “We’re going to make sure we’re grounded in science, grounded in supporting people,” said Trudeau.

In response, Eric Engler, press secretary to Mental Health and Addictions Associate Minister Mike Ellis tweeted that Trudeau’s comments were “shameful” for not recognizing the importance of recovery.

https://canoe.com/news/local-news/prime-minister-trudeau-in-edmonton-tuesday-to-promote-budget/wcm/0075e0d8-ca49-4933-8018-6ea31970517f

** Who is "We" Nikka?

Yeah great fuggen idea dipshit cause if you lived in SF in the 90s you saw them ramp up programs (started in 1988-DiFiChi) and hand out needles to all the addicts and you still had the shit problem on the sidewalks (just wasn't everywhere like it is now) and we all know how the entire "give them a a safe and/or clean place to consume" strategy worked out for SF...cause muh "science".

and remember the big carfentanil bust in 2017?

where they were gonna dump it in Toronto's reservoir?? cause I do-this jit was behind it.

from Nov 2017

Dose as small as a grain of sand can kill you': alarm after Canada carfentanil bust

Discovery of 42kg of opioid, described as 100 times more toxic than fentanyl, in Toronto home throws spotlight on dangerous and poorly understood drug.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/nov/12/carfentanil-bust-canada-fentanyl-opioid-crisis-dangers

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/133096 (130416ZAPR22) Notable: Asian shares gain as U.S. inflation data "not as bad as feared"-40 year highs is 'not bad' according to financial media-reuters

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Asian shares gain as U.S. inflation data not as bad as feared

Asian shares rose on Wednesday boosted by U.S. inflation figures that fared better than markets' worst expectations - and caused U.S. yields to pause their march higher - though Chinese shares remained pressured by COVID-19.

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They all think this is as bad as it will get.....or at least that is what they are saying-I don't think they believe that at all.

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Did CPI Just Peak?

all the usual suspects coming out and saying it..

Goldman Sachs "Core CPI Likely Peaks at 6.5%"

Douche Bank " March CPI recap: Finally at the peak

JP Morgue: "Peak Inflation"

not part of the article

JP Morgan must be laying a huge turd in the morning but somehow they will "shine it up".

They spent $18.408B buying back it's own stock in 2021

https://ycharts.com/companies/JPM/stock_buyback

As already mentioned shorting any of the bank stocks is a crowded trade so it is very likely that no matter what they announce it will go up- they are already projected to have a $1B loss of just Russian exposure

from April 9th

JPMorgan could lose $1B from Russia exposure, buybacks to slow down, Dimon says

https://seekingalpha.com/news/3820302-jpmorgan-could-lose-1b-from-russia-exposure-buybacks-to-slow-down-dimon-says

That's ok again as mentioned they will just "apply" loss reserves to that and it will all be just fine.

Our Futs are already up see cap #4.

begin remaining part of ZH article

And with both Goldman and JPM also jumping on the "peak inflation" bandwagon, all we now need is for central bankers to climb on board and to conclude that this time inflation - no longer transitory mind you - has finally peaked. That will be the clearest signal yet that a lengthy period of brutal stagflation is now inevitable.

moar with some of the things mentioned in the market report earlier

https://www.zerohedge.com/economics/did-cpi-just-peak

Oil heading back down towards a hundy-cap #3

>>149481, >>149492, >>149493, >>149495 Muh Inflation "not as bad as feared"

>The figure marks the fastest rise since December 1981 and follows a 7.9% annual increase in February. It rose 8.5% in March compared to the same month last year.

Share market sentiment was also capped by gains in oil and other commodity prices after Russian President Vladimir Putin said that on-and-off peace negotiations "have again returned to a dead-end situation for us", which also hurt the euro. MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan rose 0.5% and Japan's Nikkei (.N225) jumped 1.54%. S&P500 futures gained 0.2% and Nasdaq futures gained 0.57% in Asia trade. Data published on Tuesday showed U.S. monthly consumer prices increased by the most in 16-1/2 years in March as war in Ukraine boosted the cost of gasoline to record highs, cementing the case for a 50 basis points interest rate hike from the Federal Reserve next month. The inflation data sent U.S. yields lower on Tuesday snapping seven straight sessions of gains, though they regained a little ground late in the day and into early trade on Wednesday. Brent crude briefly dropped below $100 earlier this week, but rallied sharply on Tuesday, and gains continued into Wednesday trade. Corn futures rose to a one month high and wheat futures reached a three week peak. Chinese share markets gave back their gains from Tuesday afternoon when tourism and consumer goods stocks had jumped on reports that COVID-19 curbs could be eased in some pilot areas.

https://www.reuters.com/business/global-markets-wrapup-1-2022-04-13/

China’s High-Yield Bond Market Losses Deepen: Evergrande Update

China’s offshore high-yield credit market has reached a critical juncture, falling back again in recent days after key metrics showed stress reaching record levels earlier in March. Distress in the nation’s $870 billion offshore debt market remained at the highest level, Bloomberg’s China Credit Tracker shows. Losses deepened to a fresh low, while average yields on junk-rated debt, dominated by builders, rose to a new high of 24.9%. Rising defaults in the much-larger onshore market also spurred higher stress levels, according to the tracker. Elsewhere, fourteen Chinese cities have loosened grips on home purchases in April, including some in the Yangtze River Delta that are popular among buyers. The easing of curbs comes as Chinese developer Sunac China Holdings Ltd. on missed its first payment since last year.

a/china-s-high-yield-bond-market-losses-deepen-evergrande-update-1.1751467

https://www.marketwatch.com/market-data/asia

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

https://www.bloomberg.com/markets/stocks/futures

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/133097 (130419ZAPR22) Notable: #900, #901, #902, #903, #904

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>>149476, >>149477, >>149478 900 breds

>>149479, >>149480, >>149483, >>149485, >>149486, >>149491, >>149497, >>149499 pf report(s) SAM CONUS activity/Med-Yerp before Sunset/Scholz departed Warsaw to Berlin/

>>149481, >>149492, >>149493 BLS: CPI increased 1.2% in March; Core CPI increased 0.3%-calculatedrisk/macrotrends

>>149482, >>149484 Italy seizes 105 million euro property in Sardinia belonging to Russian F1 driver Nikita Mazepin and oligarch father-bizinsider

>>149487, >>149498 Not AF1 Joe in 82-8000 "no callsign" 747 departed JBA for Des Moines Int'l Airport, IA and back to JBA

>>149488 Graphic: Look at Brooklyn Subway, Not at CPI #'s meme

>>149489 Biden's Sister Blames Trump For Hunter Biden's Legal Problems epochtimes via zh

>>149490 Used car prices jump 40%: CarMax-foxbiz

>>149494 some twatter advice

>>149495, >>149496 Mkt Fag: Nasty reversal on the indices...muh margin calls next?-prolly not-cause leverage is mistaken for brians edition

>>149500 MUSK71 USAF C-17 Globemaster off NJ, DL from Lakehurst Naval Air Weapons Center

>>149501 In hypocrite news: Trudope criticizes Alberta's approach to opioid crisis-canoe

>>149502 Asian shares gain as U.S. inflation data "not as bad as feared"-40 year highs is 'not bad' according to financial media-reuters

night nuh fren(s)

see you in the morning

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/133106 (130850ZAPR22) Notable: "Mining the chans" crestresearch.ac + comment on dis

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From General Research #20321

https://crestresearch.ac.uk/projects/mining-the-chans/

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Two high level G5 ACs from the 99th Airlift squad up

SAM700 USAF G5 sw from JBA-cap #2

SAM795 USAF G5 KAF AC of interdast se from Scott AFB after 75 minutes on the ground-departed JBA earlier today-cap #3

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/133139 (131443ZAPR22) Notable: JP Morgan lays a Turd: Q1 Results: EPS Slides, I-Banking Revenues Disappoint; Loss Provisions Jump As Dimon Warns On "Economic Challenges"-zh

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so here is the "turd" dropped and the equity is down-prolly won't last long-see comment below from yesterday about length of drop and moar importantly share buyback amount from 2021

Already on pace to easily surpass daily avg volume.

JPMorgan Drops On Mixed Q1 Results: EPS Slides, I-Banking Revenues Disappoint; Loss Provisions Jump As Dimon Warns On "Economic Challenges"

First quarter earnings season has officially started with JPM reporting Q1 results which were somewhat mixed (top-line beat, EPS miss) thanks to strong trading offset by weaker than expected IB revenues. The company's net interest income outlook was also raised for full year 2022 to $53BN from $50BN, and just to make sure that investors were happy, the bank announced a new $30BN share buyback, which perhaps was meant to cover up the fact that JPM reported an unexpected $524 million loss "driven by funding spread widening" as well as "credit valuation adjustments relating to increases in commodities exposures and markdowns of derivatives receivables from Russia-associated counterparties."

Among the notable highlights in the summary slide below is that the company's credit costs of $1.5 billion in Q1 - driven by net charge offs of $0.6BN and reserve build of $0.9BN - seem rather high.

Starting at the top, JPM reported total adjusted revenue of $31.59 billion, above the exp. of $31.44BN resulting in EPS of $2.63, just missing the 2.73 consensus estimate, the lowest earnings since Q2 2020.

Dimon said that JPM added $902 million in credit reserves because of “high probabilities of downside risks*.” That said, as Bloomberg notes, "while the reserve build of $902 million reflects higher probabilities of downside risks, current costs (net charge-offs) were actually a bit better than expected.-kinda like yesterdays "not as bad" 40 year high inflation

* to magically apply in Q2 for another 'top-line "beat"

Looking at JPMorgan’s taxes for the quarter, while the bank's so-called managed rate was 24.3%, its effective rate was 17.7%, an odd discrepancy. The bank says this “reflects fully taxable-equivalent (“FTE”) adjustments of $873mm in 1Q22.”

Commenting on the quarter, Jamie Dimon said that lending strength continued, with average firmwide loans up 5% while deposits rose 13%. The CEO also said that credit losses are still at historically low levels, and added that he remains optimistic on economy, at "least for short term" but his longer-term outlook was decidedly bearish, warning of "significant geopolitical and economic challenges ahead due to high inflation, supply chain issues and the war in Ukraine.”

“JPMorgan Chase generated a healthy $30 billion of revenue, $8.3 billion of earnings and an ROTCE of 16% in the first quarter after adding $902 million in credit reserves largely due to higher probabilities of downside risks. Lending strength continued with average firmwide loans up 5% while credit losses are still at historically low levels. We remain optimistic on the economy, at least for the short term – consumer and business balance sheets as well as consumer spending remain at healthy levels – but see significant geopolitical and economic challenges ahead due to high inflation, supply chain issues and the war in Ukraine.”

And speaking of loans and deposits, the bank disclosed total assets of just under $4 trillion, up more than $200BN from Q4 as deposits rose by ~$50BN to $2.516 trillion.

Perhaps even more notable was JPM's admission that it suffered a half a billion dollar Ukraine-war linked loss**: specifically, the bank disclosed that the loss of $524mm, was "driven by funding spread widening as well as credit valuation adjustments relating to both increases in commodities exposures and markdowns of derivatives receivables from Russia-associated counterparties." Expect many questions on the nature of this loss during the earnings call.

**not a billion as Jamie forecasted last week....knew then what it was as qtr already close-so instant "improvement"

Moving on, we next look at Consumer & Community Banking, where deposits were up 18% and client investment assets were up 9%, largely driven by positive net flows.

moar here

https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/jpmorgan-drops-mixed-q1-results-eps-slides-i-banking-revenues-disappoint-loss-provisions

>>149495

>Whatever "turd" they lay tomorrow (JPM) the stock will go up-mebby not on the same day but they always do the opposite because the crowded trade....

and don't forget this

>>149502 pb

They spent $18.408B buying back it's own stock in 2021

https://ycharts.com/companies/JPM/stock_buyback

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>>149505

SAM700 USAF G5 went to Maxwell AFB Montgomery, AL

SAM795 USAF G5 KAF AC of interdast went to MacDill-CENTCOM

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/133150 (131511ZAPR22) Notable: BOTUS "tough" day effectively over nao

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>>149498 pb

Joe's "tough" day already over ftmp

https://factba.se/biden/calendar

Goes to Greensboro tomorrow

>>149467 pb Not AF1 Joe going to Greensboro and some schedule irregularities from Sat 0409

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/133155 (131550ZAPR22) Notable: Jill Biden, US Secretary of Education visiting Missouri this week-ozarksfirst

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EXEC1F USAF C-32A (the non-active tail # 98-0001 for long time) and it's been used by Kneepads, Blinken and now Flauxtus heading to Whiteman AFB (dats rayyycist), MO

Jill Biden, US Secretary of Education visiting Missouri this week

Jill Biden and U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona are set to travel to the Show-Me this this week. The White House reports the Biden and Cardona will visit Knob Noster, Missouri on Wednesday afternoon. Knob Noster is located about an hour southeast of Kansas City. The visit will kick off with an event at Whiteman Air Force Base highlighting the Month of the Military Child and programs that support military-connected students, as part of the White House’s Joining Forces initiative. Biden and Cordona will then meet with students at Whiteman Elementary School. The visit will end with a pep rally at Knob Noster high school.

https://www.ozarksfirst.com/local-news/local-news-local-news/first-lady-jill-biden-us-secretary-of-education-visiting-missouri-this-week/

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/133156 (131607ZAPR22) Notable: Jill Biden, US Secretary of Education visiting Missouri this week-ozarksfirst

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>The visit will kick off with an event at Whiteman Air Force Base highlighting the Month of the Military Child and programs that support military-connected students, as part of the White House’s Joining Forces initiative.

I wonder what that's going to look like.

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IAM9001 Falcon 900 on descent for Catania Airport, Sicily from Rome

Italian AF 9004 Falcon 900

to Naples from Skopje, Macedonia

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/133158 (131625ZAPR22)

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German AF GAF880 A319 on ground at Dulles Int'l from Koln Departure earlier today

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/133159 (131634ZAPR22)

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Belgian AF BAF657 A400M departed JBA after a ground stop of about 2 hours 45 minutes-departed from it's overnight at Halifax from Brussels Int'l departure yesterday

some BRRRRRT 79-0117 USAF A-10 outta Martin State Airport over Warren Grove Gunnery Range, NJ

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/133160 (131711ZAPR22) Notable: First Texas bus drops off migrants blocks from US Capitol in Washington, DC-foxnews

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First Texas bus drops off migrants blocks from US Capitol in Washington, DC

The buses are part of Gov. Greg Abbott's plan to counter the Biden administration's approach to illegal immigration. A bus from Texas arrived in Washington, D.C. Wednesday morning, transporting dozens of illegal immigrants as part of Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s new plan to counter federal immigration policies during an ongoing border crisis.

Abbott announced last week that he was directing the Texas Division of Emergency Management (TDEM) to transport migrants released from federal custody in Texas to the nation’s capital and other locations outside his state. The bus pulled up at approximately 8 a.m. local time, blocks away from the U.S. Capitol building. Fox News has learned that they came from the Del Rio sector in Texas, after coming to the U.S. from Colombia, Cuba, Nicaragua, and Venezuela.

Upon the bus's arrival in Washington, D.C., individuals disembarked one by one except for family units who exited together. They checked in with officials and had wristbands they were wearing cut off before being told they could go. According to TDEM, Abbott’s plan is already working. The agency told Fox News on Monday that many of the communities that originally reached out for support – from the Rio Grande Valley to Terrell County – say the federal government stopped dropping immigrants in their towns since Abbott's announcement on April 6.

Some had questioned whether Abbott’s plan to bus migrants was genuine. The White House dismissed it as a "publicity stunt." Even Texas state Rep. Matt Schaefer, a Republican, called it a "gimmick." TDEM said it dispatched buses over the weekend to border communities where it coordinated with officials to identify these immigrants. The agency added that each bus has the capacity and supplies necessary to carry up to 40 migrants released in Texas communities and transport them to Washington, D.C.

Still, the governor's legal authority to transport busloads of migrants to the U.S. Capitol remains in question. The 2012 Supreme Court case, Arizona v. the United States, prevents states from making their own immigration policies.

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/texas-migrant-bus-arrives-washington-d-c

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/133161 (131736ZAPR22) Notable: BOXER41 departed Rzesow Airport (politicians) back to Warsaw

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BOXER41 USAF C-40C departing Rzesow Airport Poland after a little moar than 1 hour on ground

Departed Warsaw earlier (about 5 hours 30 minutes on ground) inbound from Copenhagen earlier to Warsaw

Looks like they are going back to Warsaw

Heading to Kangerlussuaq, Greenland after that for Muh Climate Change BS

>The Members will then travel to Rzeszow near the Ukrainian border, where they will sit down with aid workers to discuss ways the United States can continue to provide assistance effectively to help those fleeing Vladimir Putin’s criminal invasion, and the delegation will meet directly with Ukrainian refugees.

>While there, they will also meet with U.S. troops and commanders from the 82nd Airborne Division and with staff from the U.S. Embassy Kyiv, who are now operating from Poland.

RCH523 USAF C-17 Globemaster inbound to Rzesow from Ramstein AFB

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/133163 (131752ZAPR22) Notable: BOXER41 departed Rzesow Airport (politicians) back to Warsaw

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>>149515

BOXER41 USAF C-40C back to Warsaw-Chopin Int'l Airport from Rzesow depart

Just after sunset

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/133164 (131813ZAPR22) Notable: Kabul C-17-from August 2021 at Rzesow Airport RCH523 tail # 02-1109

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>>149515

RCH523 USAF C-17 Globemaster on descent (but on ground by nao) at Rzesow from Ramstein AFB

This is the Kabul Airport C-17 from August 2021

Tail #02-1109

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/133169 (131857ZAPR22)

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SPAR86 USAF G5 NATO AC to Ramstein from Krakow Int'l

Departed Munich earlier today and went to Rzesow for about 7 hours then to Krakow for about 2 hours and departed from there

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/133171 (131935ZAPR22)

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Moroccan AF FRV1218 747-800 back to Rabat after being in Hamburg since 0404

New toy for them-probably getting worked on

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/133175 (132022ZAPR22) Notable: Mkt Fag: Don't look at JP Morgue's Turd...looka the indices and Yerp's inflation issue is not ours edition-various sources/anon

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Mkt Fag: Don't look at JP Morgue's Turd...looka the indices and Yerp's inflation issue is not ours edition

Opened up slightly down on the DOW/SP500 and NAS but then the hopium kicked in with quite a flurry of volume that (per usual drops off). DOW had a "juice" at 11:20am EST of 2.62M and same with the SP500 @ 14.32m and up dhey went and then leveled off as the volume decreased-shorts covering here (most shorted stocks squeezed again). Pretty big short cover at 1:28pm EST on the DOW-cause it dropped off a bit-if it was long it wouldn't have dropped like that-red circle. But look at the NAS with those YUGE volume spikes at 2:00pm (2.94B) and shortly after at 2:04pm EST (2.97B) and then a whopper at 2:26pm (3.11B) and there are only very few places that could come from-and all at the same time. Those were prolly Softbank cuz they do not care about price-they just want "out"-did same thing towards end of 2020-see here for latest >>149181, >>149267 pb It's either that or moar of the "most shorted stocks" giving it up....again-when will these ones learn?-you can't fight the FRB on the retail or even 'tute level. And the rest smell the blood and pile on in....lather,rinse, repeat. Again another decent day for small caps (RUT)and the DOW and SP500 are over the 50DMAs again...

https://finance.yahoo.com/screener/predefined/most_shorted_stocks

and just as a reminder from July 2021: SoftBank Hires Ex-Mossad Chief Yossi Cohen To Lead Israel Office

https://nocamels.com/2021/07/softbank-yossi-cohen-mossad-israel-office/

And since yesterdays U.S. CPI is not just an 'anomaly' or "not as bad as expectations" as presented by the Fin Media. We get P.P.I tomorrow as well as Goldman and Shitibak 'earnings'.

U.K. inflation accelerates to three-decade high in March

U.K. inflation hit a three-decade high in March of 7.0% on rising fuel prices, and economists expect an even bigger jump in April due to the increase in utility bills. The consumer price index–which measures what consumers pay for goods and services–rose at its fastest annual pace since March 1992, accelerating from the 6.2% on-year rise registered in February, according to data from the U.K.’s Office for National Statistics released Wednesday.

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/uk-inflation-accelerated-to-7-0-in-march-on-rising-energy-prices-271649831303?mod=search_headline&mod=article_inline

Of course !! but not here: U.S. Treasury Secretary J-J-Janet Yellen said Wednesday that she was more worried about the prospects of a recession in Europe. She also uttered some interdasting bullshit about “the future of the international order” and then this: Sec. Yellen outlines the goals and objectives of the international order, predicts a concerning global famine, warns against the cleaving of financial mechanisms for international trade as an outcome of the Ukraine conflict, threatens any nation who does not support the western political alliance and outlines the need for decarbonization of the global economy.

The dude has some ballz

https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2022/04/13/treasury-secretary-janet-yellen-delivers-remarks-outlining-the-future-of-our-international-order-and-need-to-decarbonize-our-economies/

"Jamie" echong the same bullshit "JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon said Wednesday he does not envision the U.S. falling into a recession this year"...what a fuggen douchebag. JPMorgan reported a 42% decline in first-quarter profit.....kek "We remain optimistic"-JD 041322...of course you do!!

>>149502 pb Cause "ours" haz peaked...the big banks have made it so by decree- Did CPI Just Peak?

Treasury Yields backed off as nuffin goes straight up (except equties) when the NYFED chicago office makes sure that no short is going to "collect"-this had to do with sized bets not small or retail. They are determining the winners/losers and the rest are just along for the ride-kudos to anyone scalping this shit as it's pretty easy to see. -see cap #3 courtesy of ZH for Bond complex activity today. Bonds extended their gains (yield collapse) today - especially at the short-end (2Y yields are down over 30bps from the Monday highs). The long-end remains higher in yield on the week. Oil continues upwards and this is despite a YUGE increase in inventories-and after it gained roughly 6% yesterday. Modi is still buying Russian oil cheap so good for him-this is still about keeping prices elevated for Armaco IPO because you actually see demand destruction but yet the price continues upwards. Add in the SPR 'releases' and the price of crude haz no bidness being whre it is but since muh speculators do it and position limits are never enforced we get this shit. So much for lowering gas prices BOTUS....can't blame VP any longer (you'll try though)

See Cap#4

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Originally posted at >>>/qrb/133176 (132027ZAPR22) Notable: Mkt Fag: Don't look at JP Morgue's Turd...looka the indices and Yerp's inflation issue is not ours edition-various sources/anon

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Metals continue to stay range bound although Ag had a nice day up +0.39 +1.52% while Au was +11.40 +0.58% and still long term ranger bound

Some headlines

China Trade With Russia Soars 28% In 2022

On Wednesday, China revealed that overall trade with Russia soared to 243.03 billion yuan ($38.18 billion) in January-March, up 27.8% from a year earlier. It wasn't just Russia however, and according to customs spokesman Li Kuiwen, China’s total trade with Ukraine also climbed to 29.6 billion yuan in the first quarter, up 10.6%.

https://www.zerohedge.com/economics/china-trade-russia-soars-28-2022

see cap #3

Bank of Canada delivers jumbo rate hike with more to come

The Bank of Canada raised its policy interest rate by half a percentage point in its biggest hike in 22 years, and said rates are poised to move significantly higher as it aggressively wrestles inflation down from a three-decade high. Policymakers led by Governor Tiff Macklem increased the central bank’s overnight benchmark to 1 per cent on Wednesday. Macklem said he expects rates will return to what they consider the “neutral range” of 2 per cent and 3 per cent, with policy makers prepared to move “forcefully” if needed. The bank also said it will stop purchasing government bonds later this month to start shrinking its balance sheet*, another form of stimulus withdrawal.

https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/bank-of-canada-delivers-jumbo-rate-hike-with-more-to-come-1.1751615

* sure you will-who gonna buy the non-matured ones again?

>asking for a fren

see cap#4 for Central Bank hikes since start of 2022

Notice who is absent ...Japan and will stay that way

still dreamland in REIT land

Office Vacancy Rates for Two SoCal Counties

excerpt

Overall vacancy rates are not that much higher than prior to the pandemic and asking lease rates have continued to increase.

https://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2022/04/office-vacancy-rates-for-two-socal.html

'mo money, 'mo money-

Biden unveils $800 million security package for Ukraine in call with Zelensky

https://central.newschannelnebraska.com/story/46287115/biden-unveils-800-million-security-package-for-ukraine-in-call-with-zelensky

>The U.S. has committed $1.7 billion in security assistance to Ukraine since the Russian invasion began nearly seven weeks ago.

it's probably much moar but that is just what they tell us....

https://thehill.com/news/administration/3266545-biden-announces-800m-in-ukraine-aid-including-artillery-helicopters/

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

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

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

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

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

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/133177 (132110ZAPR22) Notable: Jill Biden, US Secretary of Education visiting Missouri this week-ozarksfirst

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>>149509

EXEC1F USAF C-32A departed Whiteman AFB, MO back to JBA

C101 US Coast Guard departed Opa Locka Executive Airport Int'l back to Reagan National after about 5 hours on the ground

Departed Reagan National earlier today with a ground stop at Miami Int'l for about 15 minutes at most

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/133185 (140035ZAPR22) Notable: Silver & Gold Secrets of the New Monetary System y/t and anon background/input

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>>149524

Now the sites in the Grand Canyon (a the famous overlook) are named after Egyptian Gods because supposedly Egyptian mummies were found at the same time-I have always thought they were Hindu or Vadic-cap #1

Cap 5 is from the original issue of 1981 and is the equation for infinity as in "print to infinity" to blow it up while using the benefits of doing that (also downsides such as inflation-we just have not gotten the benefits of it ala building up infrastructure and taking care of our selves but China certainly has-just mebby not the people part

The reason I have put this vid in is because it goes over a lot of the research they have done in a brief but concise way. I've looked all this up on own and like I said knew some of this before so it was pretty easy to get on board this as I had a lot of the background info. already.

What I find disengenuous about this source is the claim that they "stumbled" upon this-and infer that really no one else was aware of it at all until he found it-while they were at the FRB-Boston site on the day that the second issue of this comic book was released-January 1st 2007. Literally hundreds if not thousands are/were aware of this prior to him-but as I mentioned I have had 'blanks' filled in by his research and I'm sure many others have too. Now I was in a group (traders) and we were told in 2006 (by one of the seven members of the group) that the FRB was hiring colorists and illustrators and we sort of traced it back to the original issue from 1981 and speculated they were doing something else with it so we were on watch for anything coming out of that becasue a few of us were actually familiar with the whole thing. When they finally released it it was on New Year's day-2007 (and that was a Monday). You could submit a request for one of the 5,000 copies available so that was our plan. Unfortunately all the copies were spoken for by the time we got our request in and I beleive they did it on a holiday so that many would have been unable to get one before they ran out. But the digital one is still available.

So if I was unaware of it-becasue I tried to get a copy and many others were why was it unavailable shortly upon release.

download here: https://www.bostonfed.org/publications/economic-education/wishes-and-rainbows.aspx

Click on the 'Grey' Wishes and Rainbows hot link along with the The Road to Roota Teachers guide.

I have printed that out many times and given out as well as some copies of ' The Creature from Jekyll Island'-not a cheap book then or now

The New York FRB (the REAL FRB-the one is Washington is just the 'storefront' becasue all the monetary-QE, MBS, Repos, Reverse Repos, Curreny Swaps etc-programs go through it and not the D.C. branch) has also done a series of comics too but they are mostly noise compared to the one from the Boston Branch.

Those here and are good place to learn about how 'THEY- create and manage money-even try to convince you that interest is a good thing-pretty rich coming from the New York Fed.

The one issued in 2017 'The Story of the Federal Reserve' even has a character named Glix and because it came from the evil FRBNY and haz Muh Ayys in it-really it does-I consider that one to be a satire but it does teach kids about howit all "works".

https://www.newyorkfed.org/outreach-and-education/comic-books

I encourage you to look at the Boston Fed ones from 1981 and 2007- both editions and decide for yourselves.

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/133195 (140414ZAPR22)

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Swedish AF SVF631 G4nw from Jeju Int'l Airport

Departed Gimpo Int'l Airport (Seoul) yesterday after arriving on 0409 from Abu Dhabi ground stop/refuel and Stockholm depart earlier.

this yesterday below

S. Korean FM meets Swedish parliamentary speaker

South Korean Foreign Minister Chung Eui-yong met with Swedish parliamentary speaker Andreas Norlen in Seoul on Tuesday to discuss relations between the two countries and regional issues, his Ministry said.

https://www.canindia.com/s-korean-fm-meets-swedish-parliamentary-speaker/

crossing into Chinese airspace on return trip home

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/133200 (141136ZAPR22) Notable: Elon Musk Launches $43 Billion Hostile Takeover of Twitter

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General Research #20331 >>>/qrb/16073629

Elon Musk Launches $43 Billion Hostile Takeover of Twitter

World’s richest person will offer $54.20 per share in cash

Tesla executive is one of Twitter’s most-watched firebrands

Elon Musk has made a “best and final” offer to buy Twitter Inc., saying the company has extraordinary potential and he will unlock it.

The world’s richest person will offer $54.20 per share in cash, representing a 54% premium over the Jan. 28 closing price and a value of about $43 billion. The social media company’s shares soared 18%.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-04-14/elon-musk-launches-43-billion-hostile-takeover-of-twitter

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/133201 (141201ZAPR22) Notable: Elon Musk Launches $43 Billion Hostile Takeover of Twitter

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Originally posted at >>>/qrb/133213 (141432ZAPR22) Notable: Goldman Jumps On Blowout FICC Revenue Despite "Significant Decline" In I-Banking

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Goldman Jumps On Blowout FICC Revenue Despite "Significant Decline" In I-Banking

One day after JPM reported disappointing earnings (coupled with a rather dismal economic outlook) and its stock plunged to one-year lows, moments ago Goldman Sachs bucked the trend, its stock jumping 1.6% after reporting better-than-expected first quarter trading revenue, which led to a solid overall revenue beat (Q1 revenue $12.93BN, Exp. $11.73BN), with EPS of $10.76 also coming in well above expectations of $8.90, with the only red flag being the weakness observed previously at JPM, namely at the investment banking group, though even here the miss was modest, with revenue coming in at $2.13BN, vs est of $2.28BN.

Cutting to the chase, here are all the relevant details:

*Trading rev. $7.87 billion, estimate $5.84 billion

*FICC sales & trading revenue $4.72 billion, estimate $3.12 billion

*Equities sales & trading revenue $3.15 billion, estimate $2.73 billion

*Debt underwriting rev. $743 million, estimate $685.4 million

*Financial advisory revenue $1.13 billion, estimate $1.12 billion

then oops...

*Investment banking revenue $2.13 billion, estimate $2.28 billion

And some more headline details:

*Net interest income $1.83 billion, estimate $1.81 billion

*Total operating expenses $7.72 billion, estimate $7.39 billion

*Compensation expenses $4.08 billion, estimate $3.97 billion

*Annualized ROE +15%, estimate +12.5%

*Standardized CET1 ratio 14.4%, estimate 14.2%

*Assets under management $2.39 trillion, estimate $2.23 trillion

It was a turbulent quarter dominated by the devastating invasion of Ukraine,” DJ and CEO David Solomon said in a statement.

“Despite the environment, our results in the quarter show we continued to effectively support our clients and I am encouraged that our more resilient and diversified franchise can generate solid returns in uncertain markets.”

Going back to the bank's trading results, the big (and pleasant) surprise here was the bank’s whopping FICC sales and trading revenue of $4.72 billion, up 21% Y/Y, which blew out estimates of a 20% drop to $3.12 billion - and which was the largest FICC revenue in at least 5 years (the next largest was $4.235 billion in the extraordinary Q2 of 2020-cough, Reverse Repo and all this "supply showing up, after the flood of Federal Reserve support to fight the Covid pandemic) - with revenues "significantly higher, reflecting higher net revenues in intermediation and significantly higher net revenues in financing." Equity sales and trading revenue also beat expectations, coming in at $3.15 billion versus the $2.73 billion seen by analysts if 15% lower Y/Y, with Goldman explaining that revenues "reflected lower net revenues in both intermediation and financing." That said, according to Goldman, the Q1 2022 operating environment was "characterized by strong client activity and increased volatility amid an evolving macroeconomic backdrop." As a result, overall trading rev. of $7.87 billion, far above the $5.84 billion expected, and up 4% vs a year as the Ukraine-war linked volatility sparked a lucrative frenzy in capital markets.

Some more details on global markets and the bank's whopper of an FICC quarter, where it appears that while the bulk of revenue came from commodities, although FICC financing also benefited from mortgage lending. It wasn't all great news, however, and just like JPM, Goldman reported a reversal of the trend observed in Q4 (when trading was weak and banking was strong) with weakness in IBanking, as revenue here came in at $2.13 billion, below expectations of $2.28 billion.

The bottom line: the size of Goldman's FICC trading revenue beat was so big and powerful, it allowed investors to ignore the company's weakness in Ibanking, and helped push its stock sharply higher in the premarket, bucking the trend set previously by JPMorgan.

moar

https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/goldman-jumps-blowout-ficc-revenue-despite-significant-decline-i-banking

and they managed to pin the entire 1MDB thang on one guy-what a "successful" qtr for them

all pb

>>147199 This Is the Only Goldman Banker Standing Trial for 1MDB

>>147508 U.S. says Goldman banker took millions in kickbacks in 1MDB scandal-nikkei

>>149386 1MDB scandal: Ex-Goldman Malaysia boss found guilty-bbc

The "luster" already starting to wear off of the equity bump on those "results"

https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/GS

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/133214 (141515ZAPR22) Notable: GOLD planefaggin

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BOXER84 USAF C-40C departed JBA to the ne-this is Nancy's 'usual' AC but not it's normal call sign for her when on it

interdastin callsign here

DINAR01 USAF C-5 Galaxy departed Dover AFB nw

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/133215 (141537ZAPR22) Notable: GOLD planefaggin

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DINAR1 USAF C-5 Galaxy went to Harrisburg Int'l, PA for some low alt fly bys

82-8000 747 does this on occasion here as well

BOXER84 USAF C-40C heading for Lehigh Valley Airport in PA and doing same so this a cert flight

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FLICK72 USAFSOC C-32B (red dot) departed Shannon, Ireland after a ground stop refuel-last seen heading se from Belfast ground stop on 0412 and dropped from scope over the 'heel' of Italy and reappered earlier today heading nw-prolly went to Tel Aviv-they like turning 'off' for those arrivals-only seen a few of the AFSOCs go straight into Tel Aviv

High Level G5 here

PAT78 USAF G5 departing RAF Northolt after arriving on 0411 from Tallinn, Estonia ground stop (of about 4 hours) and Riga, Latvia departure

Arrived at Vilnius, Latvia on 0409 from JBA and then to Tallinn on 0411

Belgian AF BAF657 A400M inbound to Brussels from Halifax departure-departed JBA yesterday after arriving same day from Halifax ground stop

Dutch AF NAF11 G4 nw from Plovdiv, Bulgaria after ground stop of about 5 hours-back to Rotterdam Airport

Belgian AF BAF04 on ground at Brussels from Cyprus depart

RAF RRR7214 RC-135 Rivet Joint on patrol eastern Poland

German AF GAF627 A400M back to Wunstorf AB after over Rzesow Airport at the southern tip of the RAF Rivet joint

Hungarian AF HKY161 nw from Turda Romania

DUKE28 US Army Beech Super King Air nw from Constanta Romania

NATO01 E-3TF Sentry AWACS just north of Constanta, Romania circling

NCHO221 USAF DC-10 extender as the mobile filling station for it and HOMER41

HOMER41 USAF RC-135 Rivet Joint back to Souda Bay Crete after trackin' in eastern Romania

Canadian AF CFC4221 C-130 Super Hercules se from Budapest

Italian AF IAM3145 nw from Kuwait

Hungarian AF HUAF191 A319 nw from Tel Aviv departure

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Always fuggen late-from wut I habs no idea

Supposed to have left over an hour ago

'''Not AF1 Joe-empty callsign" in 09-0016 USAF C-32A departed JBA for Piedmont Triad Int'l Airport, Greensboro, N.C.

Biden to speak about inflation in Greensboro

The White House has released President Joe Biden’s itinerary for his visit Thursday to Greensboro. Biden is scheduled to speak at 2 p.m. in the Alumni-Foundation Event Center at the NC A&T University. The building, where many COVID-19 tests had taken place, is at 200 North Benbow Road in Greensboro. The White House previously had said that Biden would be speaking about manufacturing in America, rebuilding supply chains and bringing down costs. It is unclear how many people will be in the center,I'll take not many on a weekday during work hours which is about 30,000 square feet, and who will be allowed inside. The event is open to the media. A representative of U.S. Rep. Kathy Manning (D-Greensboro) had said last week that she looked forward to being with Biden on his visit. Rep. Deborah Ross (D-Raleigh) had said Tuesday she was planning to attend.

https://myfox8.com/news/north-carolina/greensboro/president-biden-to-speak-about-inflation-in-greensboro/

https://factba.se/biden/calendar

>>149467 pb Not AF1 Joe going to Greensboro and some schedule irregularities from Sat 0409

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/133227 (141643ZAPR22) Notable: Elon Musk Needs ‘Massive Loan’ or Big Tesla Stock Sale to Buy Twitter

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Elon Musk Needs ‘Massive Loan’ or Big Tesla Stock Sale to Buy Twitter

Even for the world’s richest person, $43 billion is a steep price.

Elon Musk’s proposed all-cash offer to buy Twitter Inc. represents about one-sixth of his $259.3 billion fortune. Yet the vast majority of that wealth is tied to his stake in Tesla Inc., the electric carmaker he co-founded that has surged in value over the past two years and lifted him to the top of the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. The purchase isn’t straightforward, but Musk has several financing paths. One option is to sell his Tesla shares outright. Another is borrowing against them to stage a leveraged buyout, possibly with outside partners. Musk, 50, currently has about $3 billion in cash or other somewhat liquid assets after spending $2.6 billion buying a 9.1% stake in Twitter in recent months, according to Bloomberg calculations.

For Musk to raise the additional $36 billion in cash needed to buy the rest of Twitter would require selling about 36.5 million Tesla shares, or more than a fifth of his stake. Such an exit could risk a slide in the company’s share price -- not to mention potentially raise questions about the commitment, financial and otherwise, of its chief executive officer.

and TSLA stock dumped on the open cause they realize this-Cathie Wood shitting pants in 3...2..1.-cap #2-3

His other option is to borrow against his positions in Tesla and space exploration company SpaceX. But even for the wealthiest person in the world, there are limits: The Bloomberg index estimates that he’s already borrowed about $20 billion against his shares, leaving about $35 billion remaining that he could theoretically take out against the two holdings. Twitter shares fell 0.4% to $45.68 at 11:59 a.m. in New York. Musk offered $54.20 per share in cash.

Musk had 52% of his Tesla shares pledged as of June 30, according to the company’s most recent proxy filing. The maximum that can be borrowed against pledged shares is 25% of their value, according to a Tesla policy.

Since then, Musk has increased his share count by exercising options. His 172.6 million shares are worth $172 billion, meaning he could borrow $43 billion by pledging all of them.

Musk said in December 2019 that he had also pledged some of his SpaceX shares. His 47% stake in the company is worth about $47.5 billion, based on its February 2021 funding round. If there’s a similar maximum loan-to-value ratio, he could raise another $12 billion by fully pledging his SpaceX position -- although banks tend to be much more cautious funding a privately held position, given the lack of liquidity.

Also, Musk has Tesla options worth $56 billion that he might be able to borrow against. Bank of America Corp., Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Morgan Stanley were three of the banks that provided Musk personal loans, according to a 2020 Tesla filing. He has hired Morgan Stanley to advise on the Twitter bid, and his family office, Excession, is run by longtime adviser Jared Birchall, a former Morgan Stanley banker.

No matter how he goes about it, buying all of Twitter would be a stark shakeup of Musk’s empire. His purchase of a 9.1% stake, first disclosed last week, marked his first significant diversification outside of Tesla and SpaceX. Musk has played up his devotion to both Tesla and SpaceX, frequently tweeting about their achievements and claiming to sleep on the floor of a Tesla factory to set an example to his employees. Meanwhile, since disclosing his stake in Twitter, he has appealed to fellow users about potential moves and in one case suggested the website might be dying, given the lack of tweets from some celebrities.

In recent years, Musk has indicated he’s streamlining at least some aspects of his financial affairs. He’s sold multiple mansions in California after vowing to “own no home,” in 2020. He currently lives in Texas, where he relocated the headquarters of Tesla last year.

https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/elon-musk-needs-massive-loan-or-big-tesla-stock-sale-to-buy-twitter-1.1752435

https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/TSLA

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/133228 (141649ZAPR22) Notable: Elon Musk Needs ‘Massive Loan’ or Big Tesla Stock Sale to Buy Twitter

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BREAKING: Twitter shareholder Saudi Prince Al Waleed rejects Musk's bid to take over platform

The Insider Paper reported on Twitter on Thursday that one large Twitter shareholder, Saudi Prince Al Waleed, has rejected Elon Musk's large, $43 billion offer to buy the company outright and take it private. Al Waleed holds over 5 percent of Twitter's shares after a stock buy in 2015. This includes his own holdings, as well as those held by his investment company Kingdom Holding Company. He made the buy while Twitter was struggling to grow outside the US. Al Waleed said the offer simply wasn't high enough, given the potential for the platform's growth. Musk holds more than 9 percent of the shares.

Twitter responded to Musk's offer to buy the company outright, saying that they would be meeting to discuss it today. An all-hands meeting has been called for the entire company.

https://thepostmillennial.com/breaking-twitter-shareholder-saudi-prince-al-waleed-says-no-to-musks-takeover/

https://twitter.com/Alwaleed_Talal/status/1514615956986757127?cxt=HHwWjoCs9YTM_4QqAAAA

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/133237 (141721ZAPR22) Notable: FBI releases classified documents from 2018 Horizon Air plane theft, crash

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even though this already in QR it good info

FBI releases classified documents from 2018 Horizon Air plane theft, crash

The Federal Bureau of Investigations has released more than 500 pages of previously classified documents about the investigation of a Horizon Airlines plane stolen from Sea-Tac Airport and crashed on Ketron Island in 2018 by a ground services worker.

One new piece of information that was released surrounded what was in a spiral notebook of 29-year-old Richard “Beeboo” Russell, who stole and flew an empty Horizon Air Bombardier Q400. The FBI noted that Russell wrote about then-President Donald Trump and the effects his immigration policies were having. He wrote he had the desire to do something that would benefit all mankind. Investigators said Russell worked alone when he was working as a ground service agent for the airline, and that he towed the turboprop out a hanger, climbed into the cockpit, and took off.

The flight data indicates Russell, who was never trained as a pilot, was in full control of the plane until his final descent, when he crashed into Ketron Island and killed himself.

Russell was a ground agent who had limited access to planes and towing equipment.

I play some video games....gimme the coordinates to that orca I wanna talk to THAT guy?

Authorities said they saw no apparent security violations before he stole the plane, but Russell had been drinking a lot, resulting in his friends and family trying an intervention, of which they indicated he seemed fine afterward. Days after the crash, one of Russells’ coworkers told KIRO 7 that they both had issues with being overworked and underpaid at Horizon Air, and he apparently learned to fly the plane from video games, but he did not know how to land it.

https://www.kiro7.com/news/local/fbi-releases-classified-documents-2018-horizon-air-plane-theft-crash/EIYCMGT6LJEWJKURH6ZHPQWOCI/

still top 5 trolls (non-45 related) ever

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/133242 (141740ZAPR22) Notable: GOLD planefaggin

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'No callsign Joe in 09-0016 USAF C-32A on ground at Piedmont Triad Airport, Greensboro NC

landed about 30 minutes ago

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/133245 (141826ZAPR22) Notable: GOLD planefaggin

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EVAC928 C-130 Hercules arriving at JBA from Mansfield Regional Airport, OH

Pretty much over 300kts ground speed the entire time

interdasting that it goes to JBA

Porsche 928 'safety car'

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/133248 (141846ZAPR22) Notable: Authorities Seize $13 Billion From Abramovich Associates In "Largest Asset Freeze In UK History"

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Authorities Seize $13 Billion From Abramovich Associates In "Largest Asset Freeze In UK History"

Update (1400ET): UK authorities are aggressively pursuing assets belonging to Roman Abramovich to such an intense degree that they have even decided to freeze £10 billion ($13.1 billion) of his assets.

Here's the FT with more: The UK is to freeze an estimated £10bn of assets held by two longstanding business associates of Roman Abramovich, the Russian oligarch best known for his ownership of Chelsea Football Club. The sanctions on Eugene Tenenbaum and David Davidovich bring the total number of oligarchs, family members and associates with ties to Russia on the UK list to 106, the government said on Thursday. According to the government, corporate filings show that Tenenbaum, a director at Chelsea, took control of Ervington Investments, an Abramovich-linked investment vehicle, on February 24, the day Vladimir Putin sent troops into Ukraine.

UK foreign secretary Liz Truss called the move the "largest asset freeze action in UK history."

the rest is here and already known

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/jersey-authorities-freeze-7-billion-assets-allegedly-belonging-roman-abramovich

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/133249 (141850ZAPR22) Notable: GOLD planefaggin

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*well over 300kts the entire time and touched a tad over 400kts as well-aided by tail wind certainly

So pretty much WIDE open and then some

Top speed is 338.90knots or about 390 mph according to 'official' specs

THIS is something for sure

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/133250 (141855ZAPR22) Notable: Biden says decision imminent on sending top U.S. officials to Ukraine

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Biden says decision imminent on sending top U.S. officials to Ukraine

President Joe Biden on Thursday signaled that his administration is close to making a decision on sending top U.S. officials to Ukraine after reports said such a move was being considered. "We'll be making that decision now," Biden told reporters.

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/biden-says-decision-imminent-on-sending-top-us-officials-to-ukraine-2022-04-14

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/133255 (141914ZAPR22) Notable: So is Krakow where they keeping Zelensky??

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So this is interdasting

This is Polish President Duda's AC and call sign leaving Krakow but this article sez he was in Kyiv meeting with the Baltic State leaders....see below

So is Krakow where they keeping Zelensky??

He has used this plane and callsign many times before

It started out at Rzesow and went to Warsaw then to Krakow and now back to Warsaw

Polish AF PLF101 737 leaving Krakow returning to Warsaw

Polish president: Russian invasion of Ukraine is ‘terrorism'

Polish President Andrzej Duda said Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is “terrorism,” adding that those who committed war crimes in the country must be punished.

Duda made the remarks during a news conference on Wednesday, when he and leaders of the Baltic states — Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania — met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in the country’s capital of Kyiv. “It’s not war, it’s terrorism when soldiers are sent to murder civilians,” Duda said at the news conference. “It is a face of war that we are not able [to] and cannot accept.”

Duda also said at the news conference that Russia must be held accountable for the crimes they are committing in the region, CNN reported.

“The perpetrators of these crimes, both direct and indirect, must be punished. Prosecutors collect evidence in places where mass murders took place. It is inconceivable that such things should happen in the modern world,” Duda said at the news conference.

https://thehill.com/news/3267269-polish-president-russian-invasion-of-ukraine-is-terrorism/

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/133256 (141932ZAPR22) Notable: So is Krakow where they keeping Zelensky??

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this pf speculated that Zelensky was in Rzesow and this AC has been there today as well

The plot deepens.....

member we also had the EVAC helo land on the Polish border and take someone to the hospital at Rzesow too

from Feb 15th

>>147547, >>147548, >>147549 lb Mystery US helicopter lands on Ukraine-Poland border-rt

Am not there so all this is pure speculation on muh part but that is an AC Duda has used in the past quite a bit.

I have not seen him wif own eyes enter or exit this AC

But quite interdasting we have another "clandestine "visit" to Kyiv when BoJo was supposedly there too and his normal AC was nowhere near it

from April 9th

pb

>>149412, >>149414, >>149415, >>149416 Boris Johnson Makes Surprise Trip To War-Torn Ukraine For Zelensky Meeting

watcha think?

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/133259 (142012ZAPR22) Notable: So is Krakow where they keeping Zelensky??

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awfully curious dhat one.

Here he is with that call sign on different plane-the one in cap #2

>>147435, >>148761, >>149239 pb

and this

>>149198 same AC (as above) same call sign

Possibruh I just figured out Zelensky in Krakow or Rzesow but have not seen any ACs from those Baltic states but rarely do at any time.

here is the tail # 0112 last visible activity on 0411

so someone certainly got caught lyin.

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alright I'll do eet

but prolly gonna be zactly as you say

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/133264 (142108ZAPR22) Notable: Goldman Jumps On Blowout FICC Revenue Despite "Significant Decline" In I-Banking

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Mkt Fag: $2T OpEx today and Goldman/Shitibank/Wells Fartgo/Morgan Stanley lay turds but don't look at dhat...just 'up' on muh DOW for most of the day-then the ejector seat pulled edition

Interdasting here as the RUT had being doing well despite the overall indices over the last few days but the closing numbers reflect this

Russell 2000: 2,004.98 -20.12(-0.99%)23red circle upper middle of cap #2

A bit ominous dat.....

This below explains a lot of the big chunks seen today and this week-but still think the ones earlier in the week and last week were Softbank. Markets closed tomorrow and Bond market closed early today too. Also not bothering with the overcovered Musk TWTR stuff-you've al seen it by now.

Skittish Stock Traders Are Bracing for $2 Trillion Option Expiration

Inflation is surging, central banks are on the move and now it’s earnings season. To top it all off, stock traders face the market-roiling potential of a monthly options expiration estimated at more than $2 trillion. Roughly $495 billion in single-stock derivatives are set to expire Thursday, with another $980 billion of S&P 500-linked contracts and $170 billion in options tied to the State Street fund tracking the S&P 500 all running out as the holiday-shortened week ends, according to estimates from Goldman Sachs Group Inc.’s Rocky Fishman. Such volumes have been a source of volatility in the past year.

https://www.advisorperspectives.com/articles/2022/04/14/skittish-stock-traders-are-bracing-for-2-trillion-option-expiration

NASDAQ having some reeeally big exits that have screwed it all day can see them on the left side of cap#2 but as if by another "magicians act" showing up there was a YUGE buy at 12:56pm EST of 2.25B-and everything on the NAS turned at the same time-TSLA too. The earlier stuff is still likely Softbank cause they don't care they just "dump"-in a world of hurt for cash right now. Looks like another exit on the NAS of 2.84B at 2:30pmEST-taking advantage of the "help" at 12:56pm EST and that "help" was it the LOD before that last chunk showed up. TSLA dumping and since that is the biggest exposure of the hopium "expert" Cathie Wood's ARKK fund she is having a bad time with that-betcha she doubles down again and some story will come out later about her BTFD.

DOW has bounced off the neckline (previous days close) twice so up it went after that and then down into the close.

Goldman's "results" are all about fixed income-feeding at the reverse repo teet imo- >>149531 Shitibank pretty much the same but 'up' they go-the only outlier is WFC and JP Morgan who is still down today-but some appear to be "nibbling" on it intra-day see below with regards to share price. So as mentioned last week the crowded trade is to short the banks and the only reason that XLF (Bank ETF) has not shit the bed is that it's largest component (%-wise) is Berkshire Hathaway at about just under 13% and next is JP Morgan at 11.47%-so "uncle Warren" is not really a bank but it is the largest position in the "Big Bank Index"....

see ZH cap #4 for todays bond complex action

Treasuries ohhh muh Treasuries...yields back up again(after two days of dropping) because of muh "aggressive Fed hikes" bullshit again-we already know they don't set rates the bond markets does so this is even wayyy moar tired than Putinflation. Also the aforementioned OpEx gong on today....who dafuq noes at this point but most of this shit ain't real to begin with as you only really see about 10% of everything done on a daily basis rfleceted in muh "markets"..it does not reflect the trillions of transactions in darkpools or 'off book' deals/swaps. New York Fed President John Williams said on Thursday that the U.S. Federal Reserve should reasonably consider raising interest rates by a half percentage point at its next meeting in May, which was seen as a further sign that even more cautious policymakers are on board with bigger rate hikes . This was after the ECB said it plans to cut bond purchases - known as quantitative easing - this quarter, then end them at some point in the third quarter-again lotsa luck with the non-maturing ones-who gonna buy those...youmight wanna ask the Bank of Canada, Japan and our own FRB.

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Originally posted at >>>/qrb/133266 (142117ZAPR22) Notable: Mkt Fag: $2T OpEx today and Goldman/Shitibank/Wells Fartgo/Morgan Stanley lay turds but don't look at dhat...just 'up' on muh DOW for most of the day-then the ejector seat pulled edition

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C Profit sank 46% from a year earlier to $4.3 billion-cause that is always 'good' news and the same shit they all do-shitibank "set aside $1.9 billion to shield itself from potential losses stemming from its exposure to Russia" to be reapplied to muh bottom line in Q2. Morgan Stanley same as Goldman...all fixed-income. MS said investment banking revenues fell 37% year-on-year and as a reminder "repurchased $2.9 billion of its outstanding common stock under its share repurchase program, and announced a $0.70 quarterly dividend". So essentially creating EPS by "magic" and buying back almost $3B in own stock....ree-dick-u-lous. Wells Fartgo also "beat"-Net interest income at the bank increased 5% in the first quarter due to lower mortgage-backed securities premium amortization, a decrease in long-term debt, and higher loan balances.

Noninterest income, however, fell 14%, driven by lower mortgage banking income, the bank said. But then the usual "magic" here as well "The bank repurchased 110.1 million shares, of $6 billion, of common stock in the first quarter." An the only equity shitting the bed is Wells Fartgo on well above average volume too.

Oil up on muh russian oil embargo-so much for muh SPR releases....kek-see cap #3 previous post

They do that and oil will skyrocket (especially Brent)-put on a full embargo-but all this does it make it "sweeter" fro Armaco IPO coming soon. So they are going to "table it" until after the April 24th election in France (Merde Boi vs Le Pen). Don't wanna piss of those voters now would ya Merde Boi?

Some Headlines

The Fed Just Disengaged Its Volatility Suppression Machine

see cap #1 this post

The Fed minutes released last week revealed the central bank intends to start reducing its balance sheet by as much as $95 billion per month beginning in May. Investors ought to pay very close attention to this development because, for a very long time now, the Fed has effectively used its asset purchase program to suppress volatility across a variety of markets including the equity market.

https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/fed-just-disengaged-its-volatility-suppression-machine

see cap#2 for this

Mortgage rates top 5% for first time in a decade

Long-term U.S. mortgage rates continued to climb this week as the key 30-year loan rate reached 5% for the first time in more than a decade amid persistent high inflation. The average 5% rate on the 30-year mortgage was up from 4.72% last week, mortgage buyer Freddie Mac reported Thursday. The average rates in recent months have been showing the fastest pace of increases since 1994. By contrast, a year ago the 30-year rate stood at 3.04%.

https://www.oregonlive.com/business/2022/04/mortgage-rates-top-5-for-first-time-in-a-decade.html

in of course you say that news:

Citigroup Sees ‘Significant Interest’ as Mexico Sale Talks Kick Off

https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/citigroup-sees-significant-interest-as-mexico-sale-talks-kick-off-1.1752521

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

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

https://www.thebalance.com/mortgage-rates-trends-april-14-2022-5225973

and in "just US" news

Fired Goldman Trader Loses Bid to Revive Claim Against Bank

A former Goldman Sachs Group Inc. managing director failed to convince a court to revive his claim that he was illegally fired for blowing the whistle on compliance lapses at the bank. Christopher Rollins sued Goldman in 2018, but the case was sent to arbitration. A Financial Industry Regulatory Authority panel dismissed his claims last year, and a federal judge in New York on Thursday rejected Rollins’s attempt to overturn the arbitral decision.

Rollins claimed he was terminated for highlighting the bank’s dealings with controversial German financier Lars Windhorst and its failure to comply with anti-money-laundering laws. According to Rollins, he was made a scapegoat after transactions with Windhorst raised questions, even though the client relationship had been cultivated by more senior Goldman managers.

In seeking to vacate the March 2021 arbitral award, which also required him to pay $8,887.50 in fees, Rollins argued to U.S. District Judge Edgardo Ramos that he had been denied access to evidence, including compliance records showing that Windhorst was on a restricted list. But Ramos found that Goldman produced tens of thousands of pages of documents in the case and noted that Rollins conceded that he had received a fair hearing. The parties also introduced “ample evidence” about Goldman’s decision to terminate him including more than 100 exhibits and Rollins called 11 witnesses, the judge said.

https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/fired-goldman-trader-loses-bid-to-revive-claim-against-bank-1.1752570

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/133267 (142142ZAPR22) Notable: GOLD planefaggin

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Empty callsign Joe in 09-0016 C-32A going to Hagerstown, MD from Piedmont Triad Int'l Airport Greensboro, NC

Already "done" and going to Camp David-see cap#3

https://factba.se/biden/calendar

SAM715 USAF G5 departed DeKalb-Peachtree, GA Airport after a 7 hour ground stop

SAM700 USAF G5 departed Maxwell AFB Montgomery , AL after an overnight >>149507 pb

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09-0016 USAF C-32A returns to JBA after dropping off empty callsign Joe at Hagerstown Regional Airport, MD

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/133279 (150358ZAPR22) Notable: GOLD planefaggin

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SAM832 USAF C-40B departed JBA ne across the pond-this has been used by the State Dept in the past-Pompeo used it a lot for Int'l travel but this is not Blinken and can't find anything on Victoria Nuland or Wendy Sherman either. Check it in the morning to see where it goes then mebby have a better idea of who this is.

German AF GAF 671 (shows as LH1) Global Explorer departed Dulles Int'l after arriving on 0412

Departed Koln then stopped at Brussels Int'l prior to arrival at Dulles

Germans must be berry nervous about energy needs because they have shut down almost all of it's Nuclear reactors and are relying on Muh Russia for Gas

Hungarian AF HUAF574 Falcon 7x departed Birmingham Int'l Airport, AL after arriving on 0412

Were at Maxwell AFB Montgomery, AL after arriving from Kecskemet AB on 0411 and then went to Birmingham, AL the next day

Originally posted at >>>/qrb/133280 (150433ZAPR22) Notable: OCC Authority for Exemptions to Suspicious Activity Report Requirements: Final Rule

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Suspicious Activity Reports: OCC Authority for Exemptions to Suspicious Activity Report Requirements: Final Rule

On March 16, 2022, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) issued a final rule amending the OCC's suspicious activity report (SAR) regulations. This rule allows the OCC to issue exemptions from the requirements of those regulations based on a request from a bank1 subject to those regulations that meets the criteria specified in the final rule. The final rule adopts, with changes in response to comments, the proposed rule published in the Federal Register on January 22, 2021.

*harmonizes the OCC's legal authority to issue exemptions from its SAR regulations with preexisting exemptive authority of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network of the U.S. Department of the Treasury (FinCEN).

*establishes processes for the OCC to facilitate changes related to SAR regulations required by the Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020.

*establishes processes for the OCC to grant relief to banks that develop innovative solutions intended to meet Bank Secrecy Act requirements more efficiently and effectively.

*does not, by itself, result in any exemptions from SAR requirements. The final rule only clarifies the OCC's legal authority to issue such exemptions in the future.

When issuing any exemptions, the OCC expects to coordinate with FinCEN and the other federal banking agencies. For exemption requests from the OCC's SAR regulations that would also require an exemption from FinCEN's SAR regulation, a bank would need to seek an exemption from both the OCC and FinCEN.

Issued by Benjamin W. McDonough Senior Deputy Comptroller and Chief Counsel

https://www.occ.gov/news-issuances/bulletins/2022/bulletin-2022-13.html

Since all four of the 'new' appointees are swamp creatures-one from JP Morgan and was a Vice President and Asst.General Counsel, another from Shitibank and Head of Global Regulatory Affairs, another was a Hussein Admin appointee for SIGTARP-Special Inspector General for the TARP programs-that did jack shit like the two others in their positions. The last one was an assistant to the recently departed only other "regulator" at the CFTC prior to these four being named and worked for Senator John Thune for 15 years and has ZERO experience and no bidness being in this position. At least the other three are known criminals that assisted in the cover up of all the malfeasance going on within JP Morgan Shitibank and the SIGTARP program

See here: The Office of the Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program (SIGTARP) is a federal law enforcement agency and an independent audit watchdog that targets financial institution crime and other fraud, waste, and abuse related to TARP.

https://www.oversight.gov/inspectors-general/special-inspector-general-troubled-asset-relief-program

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Originally posted at >>>/qrb/133281 (150438ZAPR22) Notable: OCC Authority for Exemptions to Suspicious Activity Report Requirements: Final Rule

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What we've got with today's "news" above is the fuggen O.C.C. who require the COMEX participants (regulated by the CFTC and housed at the CME group in Chicago) to compile the data used by the O.C.C. for the Qtrly derivatives report telling everyone that when Bank of America blows up they will give them an 'exemption' or anyone else involved in this fiasco allowed to continue.

They will do that or have to declare 'Force Majeure' and if they do that they will just start over with this bullshit again and then EVERYONE will get an "exemption"

All background on Silver Manipulation..the players and the fallout.

All pb

>>149001 O.C.C Quarterly Derivatives Report Q4 2021-March25th, 2022-Silver derivatives increase BofA/JPM abut equal on opposite sides of the trade

>>149217, >>149230 New-look CFTC hails diversity after four commissioners confirmed-and will continue to do nuffin-complianceweek and backgrounds of the confirmed appts SSDD

>>147986, >>147987, >>147988 Mkt Fag: Derivatives and Silver price containment/JP Morgan and Hussein Admin used UBLs 'death' to manipulate

>>146214, >>146215 Ted Butler: Bank of America's silver short position is even larger than he thought

>>147975, >>147978 Mkt fag: Silver Action lately from a technical/historical standpoint

>>148002 Mkt Fag submits proof of rigging: $25.25B in Silver "traded" on the COMEX on February 24th

>>148151, >>148154 anon submits a theory and some additional information on Silver COMEX trade-Exchange of Futures positions for cash

>>148226 moar on Ag: Silver contracts getting paid off via EFP-cmegroup data

>>148609, >>148610, >>148614, >>148615 Update on Silver trash for cash activity-week of March 6th: $1.55B

>>148737, >>148738 The Hunt Brothers and Silver Thursday

>>149071 Silver: as soon as trading opens up the expected hit job on Ag..straight down on open

>>149162, >>149170 Mkt Fag: Some input on the 1st Qtr close today re: Input pricing and silver "experts"

>>149146 ICE Weighs Moving Its London CDS Clearinghouse to Chicago + background on another famous "move" and it's results (DTCC to 55 Water St and why) History of DTCC and "blythe" the CDS queen bnnBBerg/njeda/silverdoctors/moneyweek

>>148913 Blythe Masters SPAC Merger Sends Forge Global Stock Soaring

from July 7, 2016

Former NYMEX Trader Breaks Down “The Mechanics Of Silver Manipulation”

https://www.silverdoctors.com/silver/silver-news/nymex-trader-alledges-this-how-jpmorgan-silver-manipulation/