/qrb/ - QResearch Bunker

Dough

https://fullchan.net/?84d63f7bdbaf83f2#JBm9QNHK2P5AQasVA8eNUXmzy5LdTVS1jXmyYn1NTbUD

Bottoms up to the end of this week, time to cut loose

Revealed:14 of Ballot Harvesters in Wisconsin Also Participated in One or More of Violent 2020 Riots

https://rumble.com/vz6tf3-revealed14-of-ballot-harvesters-in-wisconsin-also-participated-in-one-or-mo.html

True the Vote also uses a international database called ACLED which is funded by law enforcement agencies from around the world. This Armed Conflict Location and Event Data is a list of device ID’s (phones) that show up at violent protests worldwide. The data shows 14 devices that were involved with WI ballot harvesting for the Nov. 3rd 2020 election were also involved in one or more of the violent riots in Wisconsin in May, June, August, and October of 2020.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/03/revealed-14-ballot-harvesters-wisconsin-also-participated-one-violent-riots-2020/

>>132109

tyC

tgif indeed.

>>132109

ty B

A few hours before sunset look at Yerp and the Med.

Pretty standard with a few exceptions-the French now sending tanker to Romania-one back to Marseille below and the flight se towards Niger

Swedish AF SVF645 G4 "White Raven" ELINT back to Malmen AB from it's runs along the eastern Polsih border.

*This AC was prevalent over the Baltic sea for weeks until last Saturday when it switched to it's current pattern over the eastern Polish border

NATO11 E-3TF Sentry AWACS over it's customary position in northeastern Romania

French AF CTM1046 A330 heading south over Lgeria towards Niger

French AF FAF NC-135 Statotanker back to Marseille after being the mobile filling station for NATO11

Hungarian AF BRK78 C-17 Globemaster south from Wroclaw, Poland

Dutch AF MMF18 MRTT trackin' just west of the Swedish G4s trace

Belgian AF 644 A400M sw from Tallinn, Estonia

French AF CTM2043 A400M also sw from Tallinn, Estonia depart

LAGR250 USAF KC-135 Stratotanker ne from Moron AB, Spain

LAGR271 USAF Stratotanker wn from Romania-replacing LAGR250

Spanish AF AME3170 A400M west from Belgrade

Turkish AF MARTI54 Dash 8 (beebo AC) over southwestern Black sea

mornin yo's

TGIF

>>132119

mornin wakers

>>132123

mirrored diggies

top kek bottoms up

howza G

AF2 USAF C-32A departed KBA sw to Greenville, MS

Kamala Harris is headed to Mississippi

According to a press release Tuesday, Harris will travel to Greenville on Friday, April 1, to highlight the Biden-Harris administration’s “historic investments in small businesses and communities.” Her visit comes nearly a year after First Lady Jill Biden visited Jackson in order to promote the coronavirus vaccine. Vice President Harris’ Mississippi visit was announced the same day President Biden signed the Emmett Till Anti-Lynching Act, which makes lynching a federal hate crime.

https://www.wlox.com/2022/03/29/vp-kamala-harris-is-headed-mississippi/

This is the first usage of tail #98-0001 by kneepads as it was used as primary AF2 by Pence and the previous VP's for long time'

As a reminder this AC vanished for a long time and resurfaced late last year and then a few weeks ago.

>>132130

morning to you

pretty stable still..still "shitty" not gettin' worse though

Walkies helping that for sure

You?

>>132130

Mornin. UK bread lurkin.

SAM694 USAF C-32A circling Columbia, S.C-just west of Ft. Jackson at 32k ft from JBA depart.

Someone must need a private place to talk as it is designated a SAM so certainly VIPs on board-who they are I dunno

JASDF001 and 002 777 departed Tokyo-Narita west

PM Kishida and crew heading west..Can't find anything on what destination is so it's probably Moscow and they have not announced it

Japan will not abandon Sakhalin-2 LNG stake, PM Kishida says

Japan will not abandon its stake in the Sakhalin-2 liquefied natural gas (LNG) project in Russia as it is essential to energy security, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Thursday, his clearest comments yet on Tokyo's plans for the development. The Ukraine crisis has put Japan's involvement in the Sakhalin-2 project and similar ones in Russia in sharp focus since Western oil majors have said they would pull out in light of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Russia calls its actions there a "special military operation." While resource poor Japan has been ramping up sanctions against Russia, Tokyo has repeatedly said that Russian LNG is essential to energy security. "Japan has a stake in Sakhalin 2, which is contributing to securing long-term, stable and low-priced supply of LNG. It is an extremely important project for Japan's energy security," Kishida told parliament. "It is not our policy to withdraw," Kishida said, adding his government would continue seeking ways to reduce Japan's dependence on Russian energy sources.

Japanese leading trading houses Mitsui & Co (8031.T) and Mitsubishi Corp (8058.T) own stakes of 12.5% and 10% respectively in the Sakhalin 2 project, from which Shell (SHEL.L) has announced plans to exit. Russia represents 4% of Japan's crude oil imports and 9% of LNG imports, making Moscow a vital energy supplier for Japan, particularly after fuel meltdowns at the Fukushima power plant in 2011 led to sharply lower usage of nuclear power reactors.

https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/japan-will-not-abandon-sakhalin-2-lng-stake-kishida-says-2022-03-31/

The unusual flying over China now because Russia "bad" but we are not going to back out of a project that gibs us 9% of out imported LNG

>>132133

mornin UK lurker

glad you here peekin in

MILE25 USAF C-17 Globemaster getting a tank full'o gas from STEEL12 USAF Stratotanker just behind AF2

MILE25 switched "off" as soon as they hooked up.

They don't always switch off with the C-17s but always do with the Nighwatch refueling exercises

Russia’s Gazprom Exits German Unit; New Owner Isn’t Disclosed

Russian energy giant Gazprom PJSC said it no longer owns its German subsidiary, including a trading arm in the U.K. The gas producer has exited Gazprom Germania GmbH and all of its units, including London-based Gazprom Marketing & Trading, it said Friday in a statement. It provided no details or explanation of current ownership.

Gazprom subsidiaries in Europe have come under pressure as clients and business partners refuse to do business with them following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The German government has been weighing options for Wingas GmbH a part of Gazprom Germania that supplies about 20% of the local gas market people familiar with the matter said this week. Gazprom Marketing & Trading is facing liquidity problems as banks delay its transactions and peers refuse to deal with it, people with knowledge of the situation said last week.

German newspaper Handelsblatt reported Thursday that Germany was considering nationalizing or even expropriating Gazprom’s local subsidiaries, citing sources in the government.

https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/russia-s-gazprom-exits-german-unit-new-owner-isn-t-disclosed-1.1746331

>>132056 pb in those who have the supply make the rules news: Kremlin decree: Foreign currency can still buy natural gas-foxbiz

Update

EU Imports Of Russian Gas Soar As Deadline For Ruble Payments Arrives

In the latest sign that Germany, Italy and others are complying with Russia's demands to make gas payments in rubles, Sky News reports that the amount of Russian gas flowing into the EU hit its highest level in four months on Friday, which is the deadline - set by President Putin - for countries to start making their payments in rubles.

The Kremlin has appeared to leave the door open to a last-ditch compromise, saying that Russia wouldn’t halt all supplies today as payments on deliveries due after April 1 wouldn’t be taken until as late as May. Roughly 60% of gas imports into Europe are currently paid in euros, and the rest in dollars. What's more, Russian press reported Friday that the country hasn't seen a decrease in oil output

Given the dire consequences of losing Russian gas supplies, energy experts cited by Sky expect Russia and the EU to reach some kind of agreement to allow clients in countries like France and Germany continue to paying for their gas in euros while Gazprom converts the money to rubles in specially designated accounts.

"It was in the interest of both parties to avoid a complete halt of flows," said Leon Izbicki, a natural gas analyst at Energy Aspects. "Europe would need to implement rationing of gas, which would have massive ramifications and lead to industrial shutdowns, while Russia would lose yet another revenue stream." Gazprom has already started laying the foundation for the move, having already sent requests for clients to make the switch. However, Bloomberg reported just minutes ago that Shell has already run into issues with Gazprom's proposed system for ruble payments as sanctions complicate the situation.

https://www.zerohedge.com/energy/gas-flows-russian-pipeline-reverse-gazprom-instructs-clients-how-pay-rubles

On psaki "leaving"

they just gearing up for election season

See Fox hiring "Caitlyn" yesterday

>>132056 pb, >>132139

>Masterful-makes them convert to roubles (setting up accounts) thus guaranteeing flow for it.

Shell Can’t Use Gazprom’s Ruble-Payment Method Due to Sanctions

Shell Plc may have difficulty paying for Russian gas supplies this month because the Kremlin wants payments transfered through U.K.-sanctioned Gazprombank JSC, according to two people familiar with discussions in Russia.

Gazprom PJSC, the single largest provider of natural gas to the European continent, now only accepts ruble payments for supplies of the fuel to so-called ‘unfriendly’ states, including the European Union and the U.K. Shell has at least two long-term contracts that would be affected by this rule, jointly equivalent to about 1.5% of Gazprom’s annual exports to key foreign clients.

To keep receiving Russian natural gas, all European buyers now need two accounts in Gazprombank, one in rubles and one in a foreign currency, with the Russian bank responsible for making the conversion. This is not possible for Shell because the Gazprom-owned lender was sanctioned by the U.K. in March in retaliation for the invasion of Ukraine.

European nations, which rely on Russia for about 40% of their gas, are still getting to grips with the payment rules imposed by the Kremlin and assessing their impact on the continent’s energy security. Europe has announced plans to wean itself off Gazprom’s supplies in the medium term since the Kremlin ordered the attack on Ukraine. Shell has pledged to make a “phased withdrawal” from buying Russian oil products, pipeline gas and LNG, but will continue to receive some supplies under long-term contracts until they expire. It has a 20-year agreement with Gazprom’s export arm to receive 1.2 billion cubic meters of gas a year until 2031 with delivery to Germany. In 2009, the London-based firm signed an agreement with Gazprom for annual pipeline-gas supplies of about 1.4 billion cubic meters until 2028.

Any purchases of liquefied natural gas from Russia are exempt from the ruble-payment requirement. Gazprom is aware of potential payment issues with Shell and is looking into ways to resolve them, the people said on condition of anonymity because the discussions are not public. The Russian energy firm does not expect the switch to rubles to become a significant problem in its dealings with most of European clients, one of the people said. “We are monitoring the situation carefully,” Shell’s press office said in an email, declining further comments on any potential issues with transferring money to Gazprom.

Gazprom started notifying clients about the new payment order on Friday. Customers will have a few weeks to adjust to the new rules as payments gas received in April are only due later this month or in May, said Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov.

A number of EU officials have indicated that the new payment rules will probably have little effect on Russian supplies to the continent as the customers can still transfer the money in dollars or euros, depending on their contracts. Still, the question of whether the Russian decree undermines sanctions must be agreed at the EU level, according to a German official.

https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/shell-can-t-use-gazprom-s-ruble-payment-method-due-to-sanctions-1.1746414

>>132134

SAM694 USAF C-32A on ground at Tampa Int'l-just landed a few minutes ago

sigh....

kek

London Metal Exchange Bans Some Russian Metal From British Warehouses

The London Metal Exchange suspended deliveries of some Russian produced metals into its approved warehouses in Britain on Friday, although there is none stored in them at present.

The exchange, which is owned by Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Ltd, said in a statement that there was significant risk that someone receiving such metal from British warehouses would be hit with very high additional costs. The British government placed 35% additional duties on imports of Russian copper, lead, primary aluminium and aluminium alloy on March 15. Some LME members have called for bans on Russian metals in its system but the world's largest and oldest venue for tradingmetals has said it would not go beyond what British government sanctions against Russia dictate.

Aluminium produced by Rusal and copper produced by Norilsk Nickel (Nornickel) and JSC Uralelektromed could only be delivered into approved LME warehouses in Britain if it had been exported from Russia before March 25, the LME said. Rusal and Nornickel declined to comment.

Rusal=Oleg Deripaska who employed Paul Manafort

The LME said its suspension also included lead and aluminium alloy made by Rusal and three other producers.

"Neither Nornickel nor Rusal send any of their metal to UK warehouses," an industry source said.

Britain has two approved locations for LME warehouses, in Hull and Liverpool, but they have very little metal. None of the four metals being suspended are currently being stored in British LME warehouses, LME data shows.

LME facilities in Liverpool, however, have 1,416 tonnes of nickel. Nickel is not suspended and is not on the British list for additional duties, even though Russia's Norilsk Nickel is one of the world's biggest producers.

https://money.usnews.com/investing/news/articles/2022-04-01/london-metal-exchange-suspends-some-russian-metal-from-its-uk-warehouses

seent ya ober dare

set em straight yo

not all PF's are equal

kek

GOLD

GRIFIN21 22 23 25 USAF Learjets departed Scott AFB west after ground stop

Departed NAS Norfolk earlier today

>>132148

ty muh fren

Noes muh shit on that subject

back it up quite easily

kek

We talked about this a few weeks ago...that he may eventually end up here

Russia-Ukraine War: Turkey's Prez Erdogan Claims 'Putin Could Meet Zelenskyy In Istanbul'

Turkey's President Erdogan on Friday said that Russian President Vladimir Putin could meet his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Istanbul. n a major claim, Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday said that Russian President Vladimir Putin could meet his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Istanbul. Speaking to the local media, Erdogan said that he has already had conversations with Zelenskyy and is scheduled to converse with Putin as well.

The Turkey President acknowledged that there was an agreement at the grassroots-level talks taking place and underlined the need for the top brass to talk. "Especially when it comes to Donbass and Crimea, there is a need to take steps on the highest level. Expressing before the leaders the need for talks, we have offered to be the host. Mr Zelenskyy has a positive perspective on it, and so has Mr Putin," Erdogan said. The Turkish President added, "If in our Istanbul such a leaders summit can be organised and as a result of this, negative progress can be converted into a positive one, we will be more than pleased. Meanwhile, on Friday, talks between Russia and Ukraine have resumed via video link. Friday’s talks came three days after the last meeting between Russian and Ukrainian delegations in Turkey. Russian delegation head Vladimir Medinsky said the country's position on Crimea and the Donbas remains 'unchanged' despite continuous negotiations with Ukraine.

https://www.republicworld.com/world-news/russia-ukraine-crisis/russia-ukraine-war-turkeys-prez-erdogan-claims-putin-could-meet-zelenskyy-in-istanbul-articleshow.html

Polish AF PLF101 President Duda on ground at Krakow returning from Rome after an overnight-departed Warsaw yesterday

Can't find anything on Duda in Rome but they have been pretty tight with all these peeps travels until after they occur

This is the call sign used for Duda in the past

yw

help where/when I can

i seez you two niggas next doh

>>132156

>>132149

GRIFIN21 22 23 25 USAF Learjets had ground stops at Grand Junction Regional Airport Colorado and west again-GRIFIN21 looks like headed to Reno-Tahoe Int'l with the other three following

>>132059, >>132064

German AF GAF894 A350 just departing Dulles Int'l after an overnight with GAF873 A319 having already departed-both left Dallas/Ft. Worth yesterday

C101 US Coast Guard G5 departed Tampa Int'l after ground stop of about 7 hours-inbound from Jacksonville Int'l overnight

Heading back to Reagan National

Russian Central Bank Eases Capital Controls As Ruble Erases Losses

Now that the Russian ruble has erased all of its post-incursion losses (pretty much was done by Tuesday of this last week see here >>131938 pb cap #4) the Russian Central Bank decided on Friday that it would loosen restrictions on the transfer of funds abroad, much to the relief of ordinary Russians (particularly the wealthy, as well as the Middle class, who have increasingly been turning to the UAE, Israel and other locales as havens for their capital and assets).

CBR said it would allow Russians and non-residents from countries that don't support sanctions to transfer up to $10,000, or its equivalent in another currency, each month.

Shortly after Russia's "special military operation" began last month, Russia’s central bank tightened restrictions on money flowing abroad, barring non-Russians from transferring more than $5,000 a month out of the country.

Transfer limits will be determined using the CBR's official exchange rates for the ruble against other currencies, the bank said.

Still, Russia will retain a tight grip on its currency market even with the easing of these capital controls. Russian brokerages still aren’t allowed to let foreign clients sell securities, one of a retinue of policies intended to support the ruble.

CBR has also restricted the amount of dollars that Russians can withdraw from bank accounts denominated in foreign currencies. Russian banks have been barred from selling foreign currencies to Russians until early September as the Russian banking system continues to face the repercussions of the seizure by the West of hundreds of billions of dollars' worth of foreign-currency reserves held in accounts abroad.

https://www.zerohedge.com/economics/russian-central-bank-eases-capital-controls-ruble-erases-losses

>>132131

AF2 USAF C-32A departed Mid-Delta Regional Airport Greenville, MS after doing nuffin as usual

Defaults on wealth management products double in China

The woes of China's property market have led to a surge in defaults on wealth management products tied to real estate projects, angering retail investors and hitting an important source of funding for an already cash-strapped industry. With property sales slowing sharply, 91.7 billion yuan ($14.4 billion) in real-estate-linked trust products failed to pay out dividends owed or otherwise meet obligations last year, double the 2020 total, according to Use Finance & Trust Research Institute. Instruments tied to real estate accounted for more than 60% of trust products in default, up from less than 10% in 2018. Dozens of investors from across China protested in mid-March outside the Guangzhou head office of Cedar Holdings Group after it ran late on interest and principal payments on products it had guaranteed. "I'm 81 years old. What am I going to do now?" one said.

Cedar, a private conglomerate with a portfolio ranging from apparel to chemicals that reported operating income of 233.4 billion yuan in 2020, has run into issues with multiple financial products since last year. While the investments in question are linked to a wide range of underlying assets, the main culprits are believed to be trust products tied to real estate development projects in which Cedar held a stake. These can offer impressive yields as long as property prices keep rising, which made them popular among retail investors in a country with a hot real estate market. Problems with these investments have sparked multiple protests recently. When reports came out in November that developer Kaisa Group could not make payments on wealth management products it had guaranteed, hundreds of investors gathered in Shenzhen, where the company is headquartered. Police ultimately stepped in to quell the demonstration.

In Cedar's case, observers chalk up the trouble to the widespread cash crunch across the real estate sector, spurred by tighter government scrutiny of developers' finances. The state of China's property sector, which accounts for about a fifth of gross domestic product, still looks grim. Home sales sank 22% from a year earlier to 1.37 trillion yuan for the first two months of 2022, continuing a trend of year-on-year declines since last July, according to the National Bureau of Statistics. Overall issuance of trust products slumped over 60% last year, with a particularly steep drop in real estate as property market fluctuations set defaults skyrocketing. As alarm grew over the state of China Evergrande Group and other developers, investors kept a wide berth from wealth management products from these companies, further narrowing their fundraising options. Authorities have not been entirely sympathetic to investors hurt by the defaults, as shown by the response to another protest at Cedar's headquarters in February. Dozens of people, including journalists, were herded onto buses by police and driven from the site, with at least one going to a cultural center half an hour away. Boxed meals and water were provided to the detained passengers. "It was terrifying how prepared the authorities were," one Shanghai resident said.

As the real estate market continues to languish, the government is starting to take steps such as delaying broader trials of a property tax. But even if market conditions improve, it will be difficult to regain the trust of the people who nearly lost their money.

https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Finance/Defaults-on-wealth-management-products-double-in-China

>>132067 PBOC Raises Billions To Bail Out Chinese Banks As Property Sector Teeters On Brink Of Collapse-zh

When the largest asset class (by value) on the planet is Chinese Real Estate yer gonna have a bad time.....

>>132007, >>132012, >>132024, >>132100 pb

PAVER71 USAFSOC C-32B on descent for Simara Airport, Nepal it is already on ground (just checked it as trace is about 14 hours old)

Have no examples of anything going in here ever-since early 2018

It also could have been gong to Kathmandu

Spotted on Clif High's telegram page today. https://t.me/s/scifiworld0

hadn't seent this in ages

SAM734 USAF G5 on approach at JBA from Peterson AFB turn and burn-ground stop of about 40 minutes and over 500kts on entire trip east

Arrived to Peterson from MacDill AFB depart

Departed JBA on 0329 for an overnight

0330 depart to Ft. Bliss, TX then to MacDill

Depart MacDill to Peterson today

SAM734 USAF G5 on approach at JBA from Peterson AFB turn and burn-ground stop of about 40 minutes and over 500kts on entire trip east

Arrived to Peterson from MacDill AFB depart

Departed JBA on 0329 for an overnight

0330 depart to Ft. Bliss, TX then to MacDill

Depart MacDill to Peterson today

https://t.me/WeTheMedia/59130

We The Media ⭐️⭐️⭐️, [01.04.22 23:02]

[Forwarded from Brian Cates - Political Columnist ⭐️⭐️⭐️ (Brian Cates)]

Yup. I called this. Putin wasn't joking. You pay Rubles or no gas.

'B–b-but I haz a CONTRACT! A contract that says I pay in dollars or Euros!'

Yeah?

Well he doesn't give a shit.

That was before NATO and the EU and the US all got together to try to cripple Russia with sanctions.

>>132135

JASDF JF001 777 on descent for Warsaw-Chopin Int'l Airport from Tokyo-Narita Depart with JF002 777 behind it

So they are using the call sigh for PM Kishida which is JF001 and it is the Foreign Minister Hayashi-san acting as a special envoy of PM Kishida-why I couldn't find anyting on it earlier as was searching fro Kishida-san

Hayashi to bring back 30 Ukraine evacuees to Japan from Poland

Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi plans to bring about 30 Ukrainian evacuees to Japan on a government plane when he completes a five-day mission to Poland next week, sources familiar with the matter said Friday. Hayashi visits Poland as a special envoy of Prime Minister Fumio Kishida as the international community steps up assistance to Ukrainians fleeing the Russian invasion of the East European country, as well as Poland and other neighboring countries that host a large influx of Ukrainian evacuees. Japan has come up with the airlift plan because skyrocketing airfares in the wake of the crisis have made Ukrainians in Poland reluctant to evacuate to Japan even if they wish, according to the sources. The number of evacuees traveling to Japan with Hayashi could increase, they said.

https://japantoday.com/category/national/hayashi-to-take-30-ukraine-evacuees-to-japan-after-touring-poland

and then this

Japan's foreign minister to attend NATO meeting in early April

Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi is planning to attend a meeting in Brussels with his counterparts from NATO countries and its partners in early April, sources with knowledge of the matter have said. Hayashi aims to affirm increased coordination with NATO over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine through means such as the enforcement of sanctions on Moscow and the hosting of evacuees from the Eastern European country, the sources said Monday.

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2022/03/29/national/japan-foreign-minister-nato/

Anybody got a bit of BV majic they can work?

General Research just went to #20229. Two of the previous brads are mis-numbered as 20028 and 20027 when they are 20228 and 20227

out muh fren

ttyitm

let it run until tomorrow night (after rally) is muh suggestion

gets really slow on weekends as you know

>>132189

At the top, probably in the Dough as well

Take a look at the final notables for #20229 near the bottom

>>15995341, >>15995349, >>15995352, >>15995363 archived digs on zionism and israel fuckery

They got in the kitchen

Not AF1 Joe went to Delaware yesterday afternoon

His "busy" schedule today and all that on it- the "lid" was called 2 hours ago @9am EST so no availability

11:00am EST deliver remarks at a commissioning commemoration ceremony of the USS Delaware

https://factba.se/biden/calendar

This is habbening at Port Wilmington and now you've got NATN13 USAF KC-46 Pegasus tanker taking over from 57-1437 USAF KC-135 Stratotanker over the Not AF1 Joe "at" Delaware position

Took the helo yesterday as no trip to JBA to board the C-32A

SAM673 USAF G5 se from Omaha Eppley Field after a ground stop of about 2.5 hours-started off at JBA earlier today

New-look CFTC hails diversity after four commissioners confirmed

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) will feature its “most diverse set of commissioners in the agency’s history” after the confirmation of four nominees to vacant board seats Monday. The Senate unanimously approved the appointments of Christy Goldsmith Romero, Kristin Johnson, Summer Mersinger, and Caroline Pham to serve as commissioners at the derivatives market regulator. Romero and Johnson fill Democratic openings, while Mersinger and Pham are Republicans.

Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), chairwoman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, lauded the historical significance of the appointments. “This confirmation makes history because all four nominees are women, three of whom are women of color,” said Stabenow in a press release. “I look forward to working with each of them to ensure our financial markets are protected and work for all Americans. This is great news for the Commission, which will be brought back to full strength.”

The CFTC was set to be down to one commissioner, Chairman Rostin Behnam, with Republican Dawn DeBerry Stump electing not to seek another five-year appointment when her current term ends in April. A nomination hearing for the four women incoming was held earlier this month. “The Senate’s swift, unanimous confirmation of these four nominees shows that they are highly qualified to serve as CFTC commissioners. I congratulate them on their confirmations and look forward to working with them to ensure the traditional and emerging markets under the CFTC’s jurisdiction operate in a fair and transparent manner,” said Sen. John Boozman (R-Ark.), ranking member of the Senate committee.

Behnam has acknowledged on multiple occasions his desire to see diversity increased at all levels at the CFTC. “The confirmation of these four accomplished professionals means that the CFTC has the most diverse set of commissioners in the agency’s history,” he said in a statement Tuesday. “… The American people will be well served by having a full commission that can openly debate significant policy issues in an ever-changing derivatives and financial landscape.” At the time of nomination, Romero was special inspector general for the Office of the Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program. Johnson was a law professor at Emory University in Atlanta, where she specialized in financial markets risk management law and policy. Mersinger served as Stump’s chief of staff at the CFTC since December 2020, previously working more than a year as director of the Office of Legislative and Intergovernmental Affairs at the agency. Pham was a managing director at Citi, where she previously worked as global head of compliance and deputy head of global regulatory affairs.

https://www.complianceweek.com/regulatory-policy/new-look-cftc-hails-diversity-after-four-commissioners-confirmed/31515.article

missed this earlier in the week-they had only filled one position before this but they gave notice that they were quitting at the end of the 5 year term (that she only served a portion of-Dawn Stump referenced below) so really there was just one-The Chairman Rostin Behnam until earlier this week.

They never did a thing about any of the Ag Manipulation so having these seats filled with "muh women of color" will not change a thing.

So you'll be fully staffed now and getting to werk on this...../s

pb

>>126730 Top four derivative positions according to OCC: $164.67T + precious metals contract amount(s)-occ.gov

>>128059, >>128060, >>128061 Mkt Fag: Derivatives and Silver price containment/JP Morgan and Hussein Admin used UBLs 'death' to manipulate

especially this one.....and the fact that they have allowed these positions to build to where they are at effectively creating a "mexican stand-off" dollar and oz wise

>>131558 O.C.C Quarterly Derivatives Report Q4 2021-March25th, 2022-Silver derivatives increase BofA/JPM abut equal on opposite sides of the trade

>>132202

mornin G

howza

Dangerous Pattern of Extreme Leniency in 8 of 8 Child Sex-Torture Cases

https://article3project.org/a3p-releases transcripts-of-judge-ketanji-brown-jacksons-sentencing-hearings%EF%BF%BC/

https://twitter.com/mrddmia/status/1510234597732368400

A Hundred Firms Pull $45 Billion of Deals Since War in Ukraine

At least a hundred companies worldwide have delayed or pulled financing deals worth more than $45 billion since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

These include initial public offerings, bonds or loans and acquisitions. U.S. equity market deals were the worst hit by global volatility in the first quarter as a crop of firms postponed listings, while Japanese and European debt markets also suffered from delays. The disruption comes as the conflict roiled funding markets, hurt investor appetite for risk and increased uncertainty over growth, interest-rate hikes and supply chains. The pulled deals mean the feast in fees that bankers experienced last year may be about to turn to famine. About 50 companies have shelved their IPO plans since late February, of which almost 30 were U.S. listings, including the likes of Bioxytran Inc., Crown Equity Holdings Inc. and Sagimet Biosciences Inc. It’s difficult to estimate the total value of the delayed IPOs, as most of the transaction sizes haven’t been revealed.

The most prominent delays with disclosed amounts came from Asia and Europe. Olam International Ltd. postponed a primary listing of its food unit on the London Stock Exchange that would have valued the business at 13 billion pounds ($17.1 billion), while Chinese conglomerate Dalian Wanda Group Co. put on hold a planned Hong Kong IPO of its shopping mall unit that was targeting to raise about $3 billion. Mergers and acquisitions have not been left unscathed, with around 10 deals valued at more than $5 billion stalled since the war. That’s left global M&A down 15% in the first three months of the year to $1.02 trillion, the lowest tally since the third quarter of 2020, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.

Microsoft Corp.’s $69 billion takeover of video game publisher Activision Blizzard Inc. was one of the few megadeals as companies mostly shied away from large transactions.

The worst decline was in Europe, where acquisitions targeting the region’s companies fell 38%. The U.K’s Spectris Plc ended negotiations in March to buy Oxford Instruments Plc in a deal that would have been valued at 1.8 billion pounds. Peel Hunt Ltd. said the delayed deals will dent its investment banking revenue, while peer Numis Corp. also warned of a hit.

The impact of the war has been felt across global bond markets, where issuance is down 14% so far this year, according to Bloomberg data. Eight issuers from Europe, including the Slovak Republic, utility EnBW Energie Baden-Wuerttemberg AG, and French financial firm Coface SA shelved more than $5 billion of bonds.

In Japan, seven companies including Sumitomo Mitsui Construction Co. Ltd., Tohoku Electric Power Co. Inc. and Orix Corp. have pulled domestic bond issues totaling about $800 million. And in India, even state-owned Indian Railway Finance Corp. Ltd. couldn’t avoid delaying its sale. Other debt markets, including leveraged loans and asset-backed securities, are also struggling.

Callaway Golf Co. was marketing a $950 million loan before placing it on hold indefinitely in early March, citing market conditions. German eye-care firm Veonet Group shelved a 795 million euro loan that was in syndication on the day the war erupted on Feb. 24.

Even electric car giant Tesla Inc. had to delay a sale of more than $1 billion in asset-backed securities in mid-March, while the likes of Deutsche Bank AG had to put commercial mortgage-backed deals on hold.

https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/a-hundred-firms-pull-45-billion-of-deals-since-war-in-ukraine-1.1746652

Roman Abramovich's $1 Billion Five-Yacht Fleet Exposed

Since the start of Russia's "special military operation" in Ukraine and the subsequent sanctions levied by the West, the western press (and western authorities) have become obsessed with tracking the luxury assets belonging to Russia's billionaire class. Italy has already seized hundreds of millions of euros' worth of yachts and villas, and it's not the only jurisdiction seizing assets (or preparing to do so). Given his high visibility in the West, it's perhaps not a surprise that Roman Abramovich's assets (which, until very recently, included Chelsea Football Club, the popular English Premier League team which he recently placed in the hands of a trust ahead of a sale) have been the focus of particular attention. Two of his yachts ended up in Turkey after fleeing European sanctions.

Now, an investigation by the FT has managed to pierce the veil of secrecy surrounding Abramovich's assets, and as it turns out, the two megayachts mentioned above represent only a part of his fleet. The Solaris and Eclipse (worth $474 million and $437 million, respectively) are safely in Turkey. But the FT has discovered that the Russian billionaire also owns the Halo and Garçon, which are both presently moored in Antigua, leaving them within the reach of European authorities. Per the report, the Antiguan government was unaware of his ownership of the luxury vessels docked on the island prior to being informed by the FT.

This opacity of ownership, a common theme that authorities have confronted in seeking to track down assets owned by sanctioned individuals (while Abramovich has been sanctioned by the EU, Washington has so far held off, purportedly at the urging of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky), illustrates just how difficult it can be to find and seize oligarchs' assets. According to the FT, both Halo and Garçon, valued at $38 million and $20 million, respectively, and are now at risk of being seized.

In a letter to the British high commissioner to Barbados regarding the yachts, Antiguan minister of foreign affairs Paul Chet Greene said the island would “provide full assistance to the government of the United Kingdom” if it receives a request under the two nations’ Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty.

The letter noted that Antigua had requested information on the company that owns the two boats - British Virgin Islands-registered Wenham Overseas Limited - after "persistent allegations by the Financial Times that the vessels could be owned by Mr Roman Abramovich." In response, the British high commission provided Antiguan authorities with a letter, seen by the FT, "from the Financial Investigation Agency of the British Virgin Islands which states the beneficial owner of Wenham Overseas Ltd is Roman Abramovich".

What's more, British authorities also believe Abramovich is the owner of a fifth yacht presently docked in the South of France. A person with knowledge of Abramovich’s boat collection and documents seen by the FT indicate that the oligarch may also still be the owner of Sussurro, the first yacht he bought in 1998, despite reports he had given it to an ex-wife in a divorce. The person who correctly identified the two yachts in Antigua as belonging to Abramovich told the FT the oligarch still owned Sussurro. The vessel’s owner is listed in maritime registers as Vesuvius International Limited in the British Virgin Islands. BVI documents show this company was deregistered there in 2017. Another Vesuvius International was registered in Jersey the same year. In total, Abramovich's fleet of vessels is worth roughly $1 billion. And while the two most expensive yachts are already safely stowed away in Turkey, he will likely need to move fast if he wants to avoid the rest of his fleet from falling into the hands of European authorities.

https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/roman-abramovich-1-billion-five-yacht-fleet-exposed

>>132216

His 767 has been on the ground at Euro Airport Basel Mulhouse Freiburg since Feb 25th when it flew from London Stansted

>>132203

SAM673 USAF G5 on final approach at JAX Int'l from Omaha, NE depart

Economic Schedule for week of April 3rd,2022

This will be a light week for economic data. The key report this week is the Trade Deficit.

FOMC minutes released on Weds. the other

- Monday, April 4th -

No major economic releases scheduled.

- Tuesday, April 5th -

8:00 AM: Corelogic House Price index for February.

8:30 AM: Trade Balance report for February from the Census Bureau.

The consensus is the trade deficit to be $88.7 billion. The U.S. trade deficit was at $89.7 billion in January.

10:00 AM: the ISM Services Index for March.

- Wednesday, April 6th -

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

2:00 PM: FOMC Minutes, Minutes Meeting of March 15-16, 2022

- Thursday, April 7th -

8:30 AM: The initial weekly unemployment claims report will be released. The consensus is for a decrease to 200 thousand from 202 thousand last week.

- Friday, April 8th -

No major economic releases scheduled.

https://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2022/04/schedule-for-week-of-april-3-2022.html

>>132222

chek't

>>132223

always thought he was just a bit to feminine for 007 and was wayyy to old towards the end of his tenure as.

Haz a few good ones in that period but laughable towards the end

here is muh best guess on the AC used for45

N1WW Bombardier GLEX departed Palm Beach Int'l

Has used this type before and the one I thought it was (from last week) is still sitting on the ground at PBI

About a 2 hour 30 minute flight (roughly) so puts it on the ground at a little after 7pm local

time

Departed about 45 minutes ago and climbed to just under 40k ft to avoid the weather

Let ya know if this is it later

>>132236

mebby this one

N568JL G5 departed Palm Beach Int'l

Doesn't look like it is N1WW as it is already on descent for Atlanta area

Tech Rout Leads To Record 34% Loss At Tiger Global's Hedge Fund

Back in December, when stocks were still trading at all time highs and few traders were concerned about selling, we waved goodbye to liquidity and wrote that "one of the main reasons sophisticated, wealthy investors would pick hedge funds over private equity firms to manage their wealth - despite variances in fee schedules of course - is access to near immediate liquidity: unlike PE funds which lock up capital for years, hedge funds provide clients with the option to cash out just days or weeks after sending in their redemption request - after all, the money is in "public" equities which can be sold with the flick of a switch. However, as a result of the unprecedented bifurcation of the hedge fund market, where the vast majority of hedge funds continue to underperform their benchmarks and are bleeding AUM while a handful of giant multi-strat funds are swimming in profits, have long lines of willing investors and can therefore change the rules at will without fear of losing clients, access to liquidity at the best performing hedge funds is about to become a thing of the past." We were referencing the recent quiet transitions taking place among some of the world's best performing, and most levered hedge funds such as Millennium and Citadel, which are gradually transitioning away from a conventional redemption schedule toward draconian, PE-like lock ups as long as 5 years. That means that if you send in your redemption notice now, you may get your money some time in 2027, if you are lucky. According to Bloomberg, at least four other large multi-manager funds have changed their terms or started new share classes this year, all extending the time it takes for investors to get out.

* * *

Well, just four months later, following the most brutal bear market in tech names since the covid crash, it has become all too clear why hedge funds are seeking to lock clients in for as long as possible: take one of the world's most prominent tech investors, Chase Coleman's Tiger Global, where things have gone from bad to worse very, very fast.

According to Bloomberg, Tiger's flagship hedge fund fell nearly 34% in the first quarter, due to poor-performing stocks and markdowns of private holdings. But mostly due to poor-performing stocks, i.e., the tech crash. The hedge fund tumbled more than 13% in March, according to a person familiar with the matter, capping three straight losing months and a tough 2021. The decline was 7% last year, its first annual drop since 2016. Tiger Global’s long-only fund sank about 36% in the first quarter, while its Crossover fund, which invests in public and private companies, fell about 21%, according to the letter. "Stock declines in our focus areas have been steeper, faster, and longer lasting than in prior drawdowns,” the firm said in Friday’s letter, signed by the investing team. While Tiger Global’s shorts generated gains, “they have not kept pace with the decline in our longs.” A quick look at Tiger's 13F shows why a 34% drop is actually surprisingly low for a hedge funds who only holdings are some of the highest beta names, both in the US and in China. All of Tiger Global’s biggest stock holdings at year-end, including JD.com and Microsoft, have declined this year and most fell by double digits, with many sliding into a bear market if not far worse.

from July 13th, 2021

Goldman Has "Aggressively" And Quietly Liquidated A Quarter Of Its Equity Investments

https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/goldman-has-aggressively-and-quietly-liquidated-quarter-its-equity-investments

moar

https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/tech-rout-leads-record-34-loss-tiger-globals-hedge-fund

>>132069 Mkt Fag: Pretty fugly one that...Q1 closes edition

>Dow fell 4.6% over the first quarter, while the Nasdaq dropped 9.1% and S&P 500 down nearly 5% for the first three months of 2022. So what does that mean in real terms?-about $3T went "poof" in bond and equity values.

>Remember the week of the FRB prime rate hike they managed to sky the NAS 8% (in four days) and the SP500 6% see here >>130909 pb

Keep in Mind that Archegos Capital was run by a former "Tiger Cub"-Bill Hwang who ran Tiger Asia...that went well.../s

see cap #2

>>132236

sup gb/ habby pre rally saturday

>>132239

o7

prolly missed da flight earlier

was out

got out earlier

local coin cleaned out but if you want to pay $40 for an Eagle he gotz plenty of those.

Star Trek Picard

Data talking to Q

catch the 17?

>>132241

>>132133

>>132242

>>132200

Yeah, and it's even the shit that got spammed for a few days non stop.

At least shills have gone from "kill da joos" to "kill da ionists".

In a way backpedaling, kek.

>>132237

>>132243

ima asking cause this might be45

G and me tryin to find wakers

Cathie Wood Says Fed Hiking Interest Rates Would Be a Mistake

Cathie Wood, the founder of Ark Investment Management, said any decision by Federal Reserve to raise interest rates as the yield curve inverts would be a mistake.

U.S. government bond yields reached new levels of inversion Friday after a solid jobs report bolstered bets that the central bank will increase the size of its next rate hike. The two-year rate exceeded the 30-year for first time since 2007, while other parts of the curve, including the five-year and 30-year segment, already inverted.

The Fed seems to be “playing with fire,” she wrote in a series of tweets on Saturday.

https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/cathie-wood-says-fed-hiking-interest-rates-would-be-a-mistake-1.1746683

>>132204

oh I forgot this and so did they on releasing the information on confirming the appointments

Kristin Johnson

assistant general counsel and vice president at JP Morgan

https://law.emory.edu/faculty/faculty-profiles/johnson-profile.html

Caroline D. Pham

Deputy Head of Global Regulatory Affairs Citi

https://www.sifma.org/people/caroline-d-pham/

Christy Goldsmith Romero

serves as the Presidentially-appointed Special Inspector General for TARP (SIGTARP). She was nominated by President Barack Obama on February 1, 2012, and unanimously confirmed by the Senate on March 29, 2012. In that role, she leads a nationwide federal law enforcement agency and watchdog over TARP, a program where the U.S. Government became a shareholder in banks, AIG, General Motors, Chrysler, and other companies, by owning, exchanging, and trading in corporate securities and mortgage-backed securities.

https://www.law.georgetown.edu/faculty/christy-lynne-goldsmith-romero/

Summer Mersinger

has over 17 years of federal government service, spending the last two years at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission where she served as chief of staff to Commissioner Dawn D. Stump and as the director of Legislative and Intergovernmental Affairs. Prior federal service included 15 years working on Capitol Hill in the House of Representatives and the Senate for her home state Congressman and then Senator, John Thune from South Dakota.

https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/12/15/president-biden-announces-key-nominees-and-an-appointee-to-board-and-commission-roles/

>>132280

kek

45in FFL548 Citation C750 and traveling under PIA flag so no dice on a tail number.

Same thing when he did CPAC earlier this year

Departing St. Clair Cty Int'l Airport and heading back to Palm Beach Int'l

>>132287

have not been stumped yet

I've at least got the departs on every single speech or public appearance (not that difficult) but now traveling w/o tail # makes it harder.

Got the last few outbounds from Palm Beach too-that harder

PF knows (most of the time)

kek

was gone when it left earlier

imma done and good for bake unless you wanna add