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>>133914

tyb

Europe-Med today

This is interdastining

could be a training run but all that way for 30 minutes on the ground?

French AF CTM1102 A330 (and one that Merde Boi uses as his AC for longer Int'l trips) departed Bodo, Norway-after less than 30 minutes on the ground and then did a low altitude pass at Bergen Airport at 1k ft then continued south and on ground at Paris.....interdasting they went all the way to Norway for 30 minutes then low pass at Bergen and back to CDG (red dot)

Swedish AF SVF645 G4 ELINT"white Raven continues it's patterns in yerp -it was strictly in the Baltic Sea beofre abotu two weeks ago when it started it's patrols over eastern Poland

Currently heading back to Malmen AB

REDEYE6 USAF E-8C Joint STARS in it's cutomary just ne of Warsaw position

further west we habs a high level BelgianAF AC BAF91 Falcon 7X heading to Copenhagen from Brussels Int'l

RCH861 USAF C-17 Globemaster se from Ramstein AFB

JUICY36 USMC C-130 Super Hercules running patterns east of Krakow from Lask AB-I wonder if this is "protecting" a certain "guest"-Zelensky... but could be a routine training pattern it's done this all week like this

Out of Rome we have Italian AF IAM495 ISR G550 (exactly like the Israeli Nachshon ACs heading ne for set-up over Romania and currently @ 41k ft and about 500kts so not hanging around.

NATO01 E-3A Sentry AWACS over it's customary position in eatern Romania-that came from Geilinkirchen AB instead of Konya AB in Turkey

RAF RRR7222 Rivet Joint also over Romania with PICO61 KC-46 Pegasus tanker as the aerial filling station for both out of Moron AB, Spain

Towards the Med

Italian AF IAM3140 Falcon 900 departed Palermo back to Rome

French AF FAF4075 A330 departed Al Dhafra AB, Dhabi nw

HOMER51 USAF Rivet Joint back to Souda Bat NAS Crete from Black Sea patrol

Turkisf AF 221 A400m appeared heading en from just south of Tripoli, Libya depart

The Diamond World Is Scrambling to Keep Buying Russian Gems

U.S. sanctions on Russia’s giant diamond miner are causing chaos through the industry, leaving traders and manufacturers hunting for workarounds to keep tapping one of the world’s main sources of precious gems.

Buyers across the big trading centers in Antwerp and Dubai and manufacturing hubs in India have spent the past two weeks consulting lawyers to determine what the U.S. sanctions on Alrosa PJSC mean and how they can continue to buy, according to people familiar with the matter. In the meanwhile, diamonds have stopped flowing from Russian mines to Surat the world’s diamond-cutting epicenter because Indian banks are unable or unwilling to process payments.

A delegation from Alrosa visited India earlier this week and held meetings with customers and trade groups to discuss how to facilitate sales, people familiar with the matter said. The disruption is already being felt in diamond prices, as the cost of the smaller stones that Alrosa specializes in has started to rise in the past week.

Alrosa is effectively state controlled: the federal government owns 33% and another 25% is held by local authorities. Losing its supply over a longer period would be seismic for the diamond world -- the company accounts for about a third of global supply of rough stones, about the same level as De Beers, which had a monopoly until the start of this century.

Alrosa was scheduled to hold its next sale this coming week one of the 10 it holds each year but it’s unlikely it’ll be able to sell any stones because banks are unable to process payments, according to the people.

Yet as western governments levy sanctions on Russia and companies pull away from the country, many in India’s diamond industry still want to keep buying, according to people familiar with the matter. And while big-name U.S. jewelers Tiffany & Co. and Signet Jewelers Ltd. have said they will stop buying new diamonds mined in Russia, retailers in places like China, India and the Middle East have not followed suit. Alrosa’s meetings in India this week included discussions on how to allow Indian manufacturers and traders to pay for Alrosa’s diamonds, the people said. While the discussions included paying in rubles or rupees, no firm arrangements were made. Any deal will need the support of the Indian government, which was not involved in the discussions.For Alrosa, one option could be to sell its gems to the Russian government, as it did during the 2008 financial crisis. The Russian Finance Ministry declined to comment.

The disruptions around Russian diamonds are being felt through the global industry, which was already facing a shortage of rough stones even before the war in Ukraine. Rough diamond prices have surged in the past year as U.S. consumers, by far the most important market, bought a record amount of jewelery. That created a boom for the companies that trade, cut and manufacture diamonds.

Rough-diamond prices began to weaken last month as inflation concerns started to hit consumer confidence. However, the prices for smaller stones are rising again now as the trade looks to secure supplies.

https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/the-diamond-world-is-scrambling-to-keep-buying-russian-gems-1.1755567

Just crossed 129 again and heading higher

As Yen Craters, Japan Begs US For "Coordinated Currency Intervention", Is Rejected By Yellen

At the end of March, we warned that the "Yen was At Risk Of "Explosive" Downward Spiral With Kuroda Trapped". and that, more or less, is what happened with the Japanese currency subsequently suffering the longest stretch of daily losses in history with 13 consecutive days of losses.

And absent the occasional short squeeze, it is unlikely that this relentless trend lower in the yen trajectory will change any time soon as it comes at the expense of the BOJ's being able to maintain its Yield Curve Control which limits the 10Y JGB at 0.25%, but to do so, it forces the BOJ to keep easing, injection trillions in yen, and effectively continuously devaluing the currency (until none other than China is forced to devalue as we also explained last month, and will discuss again later today). So with the BOJ trapped and unable to do much to reverse the implosion in the yen (which unlike much of the past decade is actually dangerous for Japan because as we also explained this week, assures much higher inflation for the country which has the highest debt load in the developed world), what does Japan do? Why come running to the Fed in hopes of some "coordinated intervention" of course.

On Friday, Japanese television broadcaster TBS reported that Japan and the United States likely discussed the idea of coordinated currency intervention to stem further yen falls during a bilateral finance leaders' meeting. According to Reuters, the report, citing a Japanese government source, came after Japanese Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki described recent yen falls as "sharp" and said he agreed with U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen to communicate closely on currency moves. "We confirmed that currency authorities of both countries will communicate closely, aligning with the exchange-rate principles agreed among the G7 and G20 members," Suzuki told reporters after the meeting with Yellen in Washington D.C. on the sidelines of the International Monetary Fund gatherings. Suzuki said he explained to Yellen that recent yen falls were sharp, but declined to comment on whether the two discussed the idea of coordinated currency intervention. However, in a report from Washington, TBS said Suzuki and Yellen did discuss joint currency intervention during their talks. "The U.S. side sounded as if it would consider the idea positively," TBS quoted the government source as saying.

That said, it is unlikely that a new Plaza Accord is imminent as Washington will find it very hard to consent to yen-buying intervention as it would drive down the dollar and accelerate already soaring U.S. inflation, TBS reported. When approached by Reuters on the report, a Japanese finance ministry official said he could not comment on whether joint currency intervention was discussed at the meeting. It's probably hard to get U.S. consent for coordinated intervention at this timing," said Masahiro Ichikawa, chief market strategist at Sumitomo Mitsui DS Asset Management. "If intervention does take place, that could trigger a huge unwinding of positions and push up the Japanese currency by 2-3 yen in a short period of time."

The yen has plunged to two-decade lows against the dollar, with the central bank continuing to defend its ultra-low rate policy in contrast with heightening chances of aggressive rate hikes by the U.S. Federal Reserve. The currency's fall halted this week at lows of 129.43 to the dollar on expectations the issue of joint intervention could be raised at the G7 and the U.S.-Japan finance leaders' meetings. In a G7 statement issued on Thursday Tokyo time, the finance heads said they were closely monitoring markets that have been "volatile," but made no mention of exchange rates. "The government has said rapid currency moves were undesirable. What we're seeing now with the yen are rapid moves, so we'll monitor moves closely with a sense of urgency," Suzuki told reporters. Investors believe the yen has even further to fall, with most betting that even a government intervention wouldn't be enough to turn around the momentum. "It wouldn't surprise me if they did talk about joint intervention," though Suzuki likely failed to win consent from Yellen, said Daisaku Ueno, chief foreign exchange strategist at Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley Securities. "That's why Suzuki had little to say about what Yellen told him. Given the U.S. battles with rapid inflation through monetary tightening, it's unthinkable Washington will agree to Japan's call for intervention."

The Yen jumped modestly on the news, briefly reversing the day's losses with the USDJPY dipping briefly below 128, only to resume it relentless collapse. which as we will discuss shortly, is “the biggest story no-one is talking about"

https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/no-plaza-accord-2-yen-craters-japan-begs-us-coordinated-currency-intervention-rejected

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

Been discussed here for weeks...

all pb

>>129420, >>129421, >>129422 Shock Commodities Spike Threatens to Push Yen to Six-Year Low-bnnBberg

>>130354 Kishida hints at more sanctions on Russia over Ukraine invasion and Yen nearing an intervention

>>130882 BOJ maintains loose policy, calls further yen fall unlikely

>>131316 The Japanese yen continues to fall after hitting 6-year low against U.S. dollar following hawkish Fed remarks

>>133358 in watch for FRB currency swap news: Sinking yen can be 'bad' for Japan, finance chief says in rare remark-nikkei

>>133481 Mkt Fag: Asian Market Report/Au-Ag/U.S. Futures/Yen continues to slide-watch of FRB currency swaps to show up soon

>>133872 Mkt Fag: The steady slow decline since the open on all the indices edition-DOW Close -368.03(-1.05%) 23

>Muh ¥ resumed it's march towards 130 and despite yesterdays respite it will get there inevitably.

The Bank of Japan Cocks the Trigger

https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/asset-allocation-bi-weekly%3A-the-bank-of-japan-cocks-the-trigger

>>133864 lb

AF2 USAF C-32A went back to Los Angeles Int'l last night about 11 hours ago while SAM850 is still at San Francisco Int'l

SAM850 was ANON on Weds >>133777 pb

FYI

>>133937

kek!

RICO20 RQ-4 Global Hawk just west of China Lake

and just north of kneepads AC on ground in LA

out of Grand Forks AFB and was on the US/ Canadian border earlier

The meaning of RICO law, or the “Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act,” is that it is a law that allows authorities to punish offenders engaging in criminal activities, particularly racketeering. For example, RICO law punishes crime bosses who order their subordinates to carry out criminal activities for them. Else, these bosses could claim innocence because they technically were not the ones to carry out the crimes.

https://legaldictionary.net/rico-law/

>>133924

Italian AF PERSE71 G550AEW (changed from IAM495) set up on ISR dooty over eastern Romania

About a half an hour before sunset

The G550-AEW aircraft provides detection range of more than 200 nautical miles. Modified to carry the Elta conformal AEW platform, the G550 upgrades include pod-housed electronic support measures equipment, satellite communications and line-of-sight datalinks.

The aircraft features dual S-band radar arrays at the front and rear as well as L-band sensors on the fuselage side, providing 360° coverage and offering a mission endurance of nine hours at an altitude of 41,000ft.where it is at now

Israeli AF has a coupla of these too under it's Nachshon Squadron based at Nevatim AB

LME to end gold and silver futures trading by July

The London Metal Exchange plans to end trading of gold and silver futures by July, citing low levels of trading activity, according to reports on Friday. The LME precious service, an initiative created by the LME, the World Gold Council and a group of leading industry players to introduce exchange-traded London precious metals products, is expected to be withdrawn on or about July 11, Bloomberg reported, citing a notice to LME members. Reuters had reported in October, citing three sources with direct knowledge of the matter, that a group of banks partnered with the LME to launch gold and silver futures in 2017 was preparing to abandon the project. Spot LME gold prices were last quoted at $1,946.20 an ounce on Thursday, while spot LME silver prices were at $24.55.

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/lme-to-end-gold-and-silver-futures-trading-by-july-reports-2022-04-22

''Something askew in yer markets mebby!!!

kek!!

Like a severe lack of price discovery

Israel Adds Yuan To Its Reserves And Cuts Dollar Holdings

Israel’s central bank has made the biggest changes to its allocation of reserves in over a decade, adding the Chinese yuan alongside three other currencies to a stockpile that last year exceeded $200 billion for the first time ever. Starting this year, the currency mix will expand from the trio of the U.S. dollar, the euro and the British pound to include the Canadian and Australian dollars as well as the yen and the yuan, which is also known as the renminbi. The additions mark a change in the Bank of Israel’s “whole investment guidelines and philosophy,” Deputy Governor Andrew Abir said in an interview. Following discussions held by the monetary committee last year, the pound and the yen will account for 5% and the currencies of Canada and Australia will have 3.5% each. Under the new approach, the yuan’s proportion is set at 2% for 2022, according to the Israeli central bank’s annual report published at the end of last month. To accommodate the changes, the euro’s share will fall to 20% — the lowest in at least a decade — from just over 30%, while the dollar will account for 61%, down from 66.5%. The pound’s weighting, by contrast, will almost double to 5%, returning to a level last seen in 2011. The “dramatic” rise in Israel’s foreign-exchange reserves led the central bank to lengthen its investment horizon, Abir said. “We look at the need to earn a return on the reserves that will cover the costs of liability.”

A program of currency interventions begun more than a decade ago by then-Governor Stanley Fischer and dual citizen who's son David used to be Facebook's Chief Revenue officer and left in 2021 to "spend more time with frens and family"...sure nikka to stem the surging shekel helped the central bank amass reserves that now surpass a third of gross domestic product. They stood at just over $206 billion at the end of March. The International Monetary Fund’s survey on the currency composition of official foreign-exchange reserves shows that at the end of last year the euro accounted for close to 20%, the dollar for slightly less than 59% and the pound for almost 5%. The yuan rose slightly from the third quarter to a new high of 2.79%.

https://countercurrents.org/2022/04/israel-adds-yuan-to-its-reserves-and-cuts-dollar-holdings/

>>133936, >>133941

AF2 USAF C-32A departed Los Angeles Int'l after an overnight

by example muh fren

>>133777 pb

ANON USAF C-32A departed San Francisco Int'l after an overnight

same one again from LAX arrival on Weds

Seent' Pilot

Daniel Scavino Jr.

12 mins ·

IT’S —— GAME ON…

“The partnership between two of the nation's emerging free speech platforms — completed this week — means Truth Social will be ending its beta testing and controlled account creation and moving quickly to erase a backlog of consumers who have been waiting a few weeks to join the platform.”

>>133965

they need that

making moar accessible might help dis

It's totally different equity price vs. product

Up +2.81 (+7.40%)

KEK

appreciate that muh nikka

Mkt Fag: 23 on the DOW close yesterday told ya and the NAS "up" lasted all of 2 minutes -LME to end Au/AG futures trading in July edition'''

>>133872 pb see cap #2

Before we get to the 'action' THIS....below on the LME

"They" know the markets are hugely disconnected from reality and gonna take the humans out of this because this was the last bastion of face-to-face interaction in the metals trading arena (in any size).

LME to end gold and silver futures trading by July

>>133945

They keep 'blaming' the drops on "muh Fed policy digestion"-all of this was known in mid February-what they were gonna do >>126758 pb and moar importantly what the bond markets told them to do. But they always need a reason...so that gets used..it's TOTAL BULLSHIT. It's like you always heard the excuse with Oil rising as "Oil workers in Nigeria on strike" or some bullshit like that. Always not what they say it is...ever'''. And it can't be these huge liquidations in the NAS either..nope not THAT at all. They gonna have to do something to the VIX (CBOE Volatility Index) cause that got a spark up it's ass starting yesterday and continued climbing through out today with a brief pause in the overnight session from Thursdays close- see here https://www.marketwatch.com/investing/index/vix

This is the worst start to a year for a '60/40 Stock/Bond' index since record began (worse then 2009 and 2020). Today was a bloodbath for stocks broadly with no divergence as all the majors tumbled over 2.5%. The Dow fell over 1000 points from high to low today- see above linky for the23on muh DOW close yesterday-they tell ya.... All the majors broke below critical technical support levels this week and all the majors are now underwater for April. Credit markets cracked wider this week and equity risk finally started to play catch up Key Point here-after the late March melt-up in equities that credit ignored. Commodities were broadly lower on the week with Silver and crude suffering most.

NAS opened up green and as mentioned in the title that lasted 2 minutes then the requisite selling began. DOW could not manage to open green but ohh did they try-got it to about 65 points below yesterdays close and 22 minutes in came a big chunk 8.79m and then they slow grind down like yesterday in all of them. Volume picked up in ALL indices towards the close. The SP500 managed to get withing 8 point lower of it's neckline (yesterdays close) on it's open and then saw the same thing at 9:52am EST with 43.65m being 'dropped' on it. NAS once again hazMajorliquidations going on and is being 'assisted by J-J-J Janet with the ESF imo....11:36am 1.44B..12:04pm 1.63B 12:08pm 1.66B..1:10pm 2.03B..1:12pm 2.05B..3:18pm..2.84b for the close of the big chunks. They were not as big as yesterday. You may wonder why these big transactions do not show up in the daily volume-because it would be well over the avgs...these are most likely done in the dark pools but have to be 'shown' because it involves equities in the NAS (and even calls and puts tied to the control of those shares) and that is why they keep showing up and then vanishing throughout the day-if you watch that chart long enough you'll see it too.

Bonds were dumped this week-see cap ZH cap #3 with the short-end utterly destroyed amid a massive bear flattening. The yield curve re-inverted this week (3s10s). The Dollar 0.55 +0.54% continued to surge higher this week (3rd weekly gain in a row)-see cap#4 to its highest since May 2020-and the Yen continues it's devaluation today and spiked up over 129 but ended at 128.54 0.14 +0.11% https://www.marketwatch.com/investing/currency/usdjpy?mod=mw_quote_switch

2-year Treasury yield rises to nearly 2.72%, adding to its highest level since December 2018

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/2-year-treasury-yield-rises-to-nearly-272-adding-to-its-highest-level-since-december-2018-2022-04-22

Metals got crushed again....with Ag getting the most...Surprise...NOT! Au lost $1950 level and Ag down to low $24 range -load it up if you can get it. It's a HUGE GIFT-take advantage of it

Gold/Silver ratio up again 79.892 +0.756 (+0.96%) and got over 80 earlier.

https://goldprice.com/gold-silver-ratio/

Some Headlines

see cap#5

Whispers Of Yuan Devaluation After Biggest Weekly Plunge Since 2015

The offshore yuan just suffered its biggest weekly loss since the surprise devaluation in August 2015, tumbling 2.1%; the onshore yuan is down 1.9% this week to 6.4899 per dollar. And while few are willing to admit that a sharp devaluation like the one in 2015 is possible - or inevitable - the realty is that the CNHJPY is right where it was when China devalued seven years ago. The PBOC set the Thursday reference rate for the Yuan 498 pips higher than the previous day, the largest single-day jump this year.

https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/whispers-yuan-devaluation-after-biggest-weekly-plunge-2015

Already had all the big banks come out say the same thing shortly after the CPI numbers were released so they are going to make sure it's done by decree.... >>133096 Did CPI just Peak?'

Yellen: Inflation May have Peaked

https://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2022/04/yellen-inflation-may-have-peaked.html

and wayyyyy back in February....

>>126280 Inflation? not according to the NYFED- Inflation Expectations Unexpectedly Tumble For The First Time Since Oct 2020, According To The NY Fed-zh

folly to the foil here.....

Fed’s Mester casts doubt on the need for ‘shock’ interest rate hikes ahead

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/04/22/feds-mester-casts-doubt-on-the-need-for-shock-interest-rate-hikes-ahead.html

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

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

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

https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/bondstock-bloodbath-leads-worst-start-year-record

>>133985

no callsign Joe in 82-8000 747 departed Seattle SeaTac Int'l with 09-0016 USAF C032A departing Fairchild AFB earlier and had to wait for always late Joe just east of Seattle

LOKI82 USAF E-4B Nightwatch departed Davis-Monthan AFB after arriving yesterday from Robbins AFB-this is S.O.P to have a Nightwatch

06-6158 USAF C-17 Globemaster departed JB Lewis-McChord and arrived yesterday as DEED193 from Davis-Monthan AFB

SAM929 USAF G5 departed JBA west with 20-1949 USAF G5 (it is a SAM flight that is not showing up due to ADS-Bs issues lately-a fairly high level one too-all three of these G5s are

SAM888 (chek't) USAG G5 se from JBA

no callsign Joe is going to Philadelphia Int'l then will take a Helo or Osprey to New Castle Airport, Delaware as the 747 is not able to land at New Castle-it will return to JBA from Philadelphia after dropping off

1 Killed, Several Injured as 5.7 Quake Shakes Bosnia

April 23, 2022 0:52 AM

SARAJEVO, BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA —

A 5.7-magnitude earthquake rocked southern Bosnia late Friday, killing one person and injuring several others, local media reports said.

A 28-year-old woman who was injured when a rock fell on her house in the town of Stolac, near Mostar, died in hospital, a medical source quoted by media said. Several others were slightly injured, including members of the victim's family.

The earthquake also toppled walls and caused property damage in several other localities, including Mostar and the town of Ljubinje, according to local and civil defense authorities.

The shallow quake struck at 2107 GMT and was centered 14 kilometers northeast of Ljubinje, the U.S. Geological Survey said.

It was felt across the Balkans as far away as Belgrade, Zagreb and Skopje, more than 400 kilometers from the epicenter, according to AFP correspondents. Reports to the USGS indicated the quake was also felt in Albania and southern Italy.

It was followed by several weaker aftershocks.

The European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre warned that "aftershocks are likely to happen in the coming hours and days.”

The Balkans is prone to seismic activity, and earthquakes are frequent.

A 6.4-magnitude quake on Dec. 29, 2020, in the Petrinja region of Croatia, near the capital Zagreb, killed seven people and destroyed hundreds of buildings and houses.

In March 2020, Zagreb was hit by a 5.3 tremor that caused extensive damage. In November 2019, more than 50 people were killed in Albania by a 6.4 earthquake that also left thousands homeless.

https://www.voanews.com/a/killed-several-injured-as-5-7-quake-shakes-bosnia/6541864.html

>>133998

https://t.me/insiderpaper/8855

>>133996

tyb

morning

check yo ear when chance

>>133991

58-0117 USAF KC-135 Stratotanker above no callsign Joe 'at' Delaware position

as mentioned he went to Philly from SeTac departure and then helo' or oprey'd to New Castle

Also 82-8000 went back to JBA last night after dropping off-as mentioned as well-cap#2

German AF GAF898 A340 west from Dulles Int'l-arrived last night from Koln/Bonn Airport-home of the Luftwaffe

C101 US Coast Guard G5 ne from Reagan National depart

>>134001

update

missed dis

another German AF GAF824 A319 departed Dulles after an overnight- took the "long way" and stopped at Ponte Delgada, Azores for a stop of a little over an hour-I think there is a prison dhere

Europe-Med

much slower this morning (a few hours before sunset dhere)

Russian AF RSD035 Tupolev Tu-204 Special Flight Detachment departed Chkalovsky Airport and heading to Armenia most likely-have ssen this one go to Armenia and Georgia (Tblisi) too

YANK02 US Army RC-12 Guardrail 'Flying Antenna Farm' running ISR patterns in Lithuania

Italian AF IAM1449 767 nw from Kuwait departure

Italian AF IAM1429 767 departed Constanta, Romainia after a stop of 90 minutes

'member we had that high-level AC in at JBA and was in DC for the JCOS/DoD/Combatant Commander mtg on Weds-also the high level German AC GAF918- they left Thursday >>133670, >>133882 pb

Maltese AF AS2132 Heron Drone off Libyan Tunisian Coast

Hungarian AF C-130 Hercules departed Ramstein and heading for Rzesow

RCH299 USAF C-17 Globemaster west from Rzesow after a 2.5 hour load-out

He was inbound from Bangor, ME earlier and departed Lackland AFB San Antonio yesterday

French AF CTM2075 A400m east from AB Orleans (Rothy town) and heading for Rzesow

RCH307 USAF C-17 Globemaster departed Sigonella AB, Sicily after about 2.5 hours on teh ground-appeared coming out of Northern Aftrica prior to that.

Back to Ramstein

Departed south from Ramstein and dropped from view over Algeria yesterday heading south

Congo Declares New Ebola Outbreak After Man Dies, WHO Says

The Democratic Republic of Congo has declared an Ebola outbreak after a 31-year-old man in Mbandaka in the north western province of Equateur who died was found to be infected.

The man began experiencing symptoms on April 5 and on April 21 was admitted to an Ebola treatment center for intensive care but succumbed to the virus later that day. Investigations have begun into the source of the outbreak, the World Health Organization said in a statement on Saturday.

“Time is not on our side,” said Matshidiso Moeti, WHO’s regional director for Africa. “The disease has had a two-week head start and we are now playing catch-up.”

The outbreak is the third in the province since 2018 and Congo’s 14th since 1976.

https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/congo-declares-new-ebola-outbreak-after-man-dies-who-says-1.1755816

Japan, Russia strike salmon and trout fishing deal despite sanctions

Japan and Russia have clinched a deal on Tokyo's fishing quota for salmon and trout spawned in Russian rivers, Japan's Fisheries Agency said Saturday, reaching an agreement on the issue despite Japan's economic sanctions against Moscow over its invasion of Ukraine.

The two countries agreed on a quota of 2,050 tons within Japan's exclusive economic zone for 2022, the same level as last year, and a payment to Russia of a "cooperation fee" of between 200 million yen ($1.5 million) and 300 million yen, depending on the actual catch. The lower end of the fee which Tokyo pays to Moscow since salmon and trout, according to the U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea, belong to the country in which they were spawned was reduced by 60 million yen from last year due to a decline in catch in recent years.

The two governments will sign the document on Monday. With the agreement, Japanese fishermen are expected to start operating in the EEZ near Hokkaido, Japan's northernmost main island, in early May. On April 11, the two governments started negotiations for Japan's fishing quota for salmon and trout even though Tokyo has been stepping up sanctions against Moscow in an effort, along with the United States and European countries, to pressure Russia to stop the war in Ukraine.

In Hokkaido, the ban on net fishing for salmon and trout is normally lifted on April 10. But this year fishing has not been allowed as the ban remained in effect pending the outcome of negotiations. "This is part of Japan's cooperation in resource management undertaken by Russia," an agency official said. "I don't see any problem with it." In last year's talks, the two countries agreed on a payment to Russia of between 260 million yen and 300 million yen depending on the catch, with the actual fee being 260 million yen.

Japan's quota within Russia's EEZ, which is usually discussed along with that of within Japan's EEZ, remains undecided. The negotiations are part of many similar frameworks surrounding fishing between Tokyo and Moscow. The two countries discuss their quotas for fish resources such as saury and squid within each other's EEZs throughout the year.

https://asia.nikkei.com/Politics/International-relations/Japan-Russia-strike-salmon-and-trout-fishing-deal-despite-sanctions

and the Japanese did NOT walk away from the Sakhalin LNG Project that Shell is trying to sabotage by pulling workers.

>>132135 Japan will not abandon Sakhalin-2 LNG stake, PM Kishida says

>>133674 Shell Withdraws Staff From Russia Projects as Exit Plan Begins

> Dozens of Shell employees on temporary assignment at the Sakhalin-2 liquefied natural gas export project in Russia were removed over the weekend to be relocated back to other offices

>>>/qresearch/16137322

RCH293 USAF C-17 departed Ramstein for Rzesow on ground

He arrived at Ramstein earlier today from a Bangor, ME stop

Departed March AFB, CA yesterday from a Travis AFB, CA depart

RCH361 C-5 Super Galaxy on ground at Ramstein from Lackland AFB San Antonio departure earlier today

Globemasters all heading across the pond

RCH427 USAF C-17 departed JBA

RCH4155 USAF C-17 from JBA

RCH362 USAF C-17 departed Lackland AFB-heading to Porstmouth Int'l (Pease ANG base here)

RHINO93 USAF C-17 Globemaster departed Portsmoth Int'l (Pease ANG base here)

>>134003

Just before sunset

French AF CTM2075 A400M west from Rzesow ground stop-inbound from Orleans AB after 1 hour load out

Australian AF ASY538 C-17 departed RAF Brize Norton after arriving from Dover AFB yesterday-heading to Rzesow

HKY175 USAF C-130 Hercules west from Rzesow ground stop and load out of about 1 hour-back to Ramstein

gone for now

back for...

45in FFL548 Citation C750 on descent for Delaware Muni Airport

Departed Palm Beach Airport earlier

Used for Rally on April 2nd and arrived and departed from St. Clair Cty Aiport, MI

Citation C750 under PIA Flag so no tail #

PIA=ADS-B Privacy-FAA acknowledges the desire of some operators to limit the availability of real-time ADS-B position and identification information for a specific aircraft.

548 :17

>>134016

on ground at 5:31 PM local time

>>134018

ok

Same here

in and out

cooking a mean lookin' rib eye later aged for about 10 days in da fridge.

>>134010

Another Globey heading across the pond

RCH367 C-17 departed MCAS Cherry Point after arriving from JBA earlier today

https://factba.se/biden/calendar

WIDE13 KC-135 tanker over no callsign Joe 'at' Delaware

Ukraine Needs Nations to Follow Up on Aid to Fill $5 Billion Gap

Ukraine wants to make sure governments that offered assistance this week during meetings in Washington >>133670, >>133882 pb (with two high level German and Italian ACs mebby?....kek) follow through and turn their promises into real support, one of the nation’s top financial officials said. Ukraine needs $5 billion to $7 billion a month to fill a budget gap caused by Russia’s invasion, deputy central bank governor Sergiy Nikolaychuk said in an interview in Washington.

While pledges made at the International Monetary Fund and World Bank spring meetings will help fill that deficit, the amount that the country can count on going forward is unclear, and translating words into actual funding will require more work, he said. Nikolaychuk said it hasn’t been clear over the few days the exact amount of all the pledges, since support could come in a variety of forms, including cash meant for governmental expenses, military backing, humanitarian support or aid for refugees in neighboring countries. “There are a lot of promises, there are a lot of pledges. But in order to transfer them into real financial support, definitely the huge homework should be done by our partners in different countries,” as well as by the international financial institutions and Ukrainian authorities, he said.

Without estimating an amount of pledges so far, he said that they would likely be “enough to cover a few months. But the longer the war lasts, the bigger will be our needs in order to sustain this combat.” Fully rebuilding and transforming Ukraine for the future following Russia’s invasion will cost $600 billion, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said at a World Bank event on Thursday, calling on members of the IMF to donate 10% of their reserves received from the institution to support the effort. The campaign to get countries to reallocate those assets, known as special drawing rights, or SDRs, for Ukraine is in the early stages, with Ukraine having begun discussions with representatives of other central banks, and some of them have restrictions on their ability to on-lend SDRs, Nikolaychuk said.

He added that frozen Russian wealth in the U.S., Canada and the European Union should be used to pay for rebuilding the property destroyed by Russia during the war. World Bank President David Malpass said Thursday that the priority for financing should be on meeting Ukraine’s needs in a way that minimizes its future debt burden.

In approving a $1.4 billion emergency loan for Ukraine last month, the IMF said that the nation’s debt remains sustainable if there’s a fast end to the war. “Definitely it’s clear that the war puts a sizable drag on our debt sustainability,” Nikolaychuk said. “The longer war lasts, the more difficult it is for us to be able to service our debt.”

https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/ukraine-needs-nations-to-follow-up-on-aid-to-fill-5-billion-gap-1.1755844

>>134027

ty

>>134016

45in FFL548 departed Delaware Muni. Airport back to Palm Beach Int'l

>>134029

45in FFL458 on descent at Palm Beach Int'l from Delaware Muni depart

>>134032

on ground at Palm Beach Int'l

>>134010, >>134022

RCH356 USAF C-17 (shows as 02-1098) Globemaster departed Portsmouth Int'l (Pease ANG base) and ne

Arrived from Lackland AFB San Antonio yesterday

RCH295 and 296 C-17 departed from March AFB, CA

295 heading to Bangor and 296 looks like it will go to Portsmouth

dis for wakers

Polls open in France for presidential run-off vote

April 24, 2022

Voting stations opened in mainland France on Sunday for the presidential run-off vote between centrist incumbent Emmanuel Macron and his far-right challenger Marine Le Pen, with preliminary results set to be posted starting at 8:00 pm (1800 GMT).

Opinion polls suggest that Macron has a solid lead, but analysts have cautioned that low turnout could sway the outcome in either direction.

https://insiderpaper.com/polls-open-in-france-for-presidential-run-off-vote/

>>134042

ain't no way he is gonna lose.

They spent too much time, money and effort.

It will be just like 2017

morning

SAM977 USAF C-40B departed JBA en and likely heading across the pond 'WH NSO ac usage in the past

58-0074 USAF KC -135 Stratotanker over no callsign Joe 'at' Delaware

Cap#3

"Joe" haz another 'bizzy' day like yesterday

12:pm EST -In-Town Pool Call Time

and that basically means that he is not available , no that he really is any way but that and the "lid called" is the cue you ain't gonna see him or have any access to him.

https://factba.se/biden/calendar

SPAR19 USAF C-40C departed Al-Udeid AB Doha , Qatar after a ground stop and departed Kathmanadu, Nepal after arriving on 0422.

Special Priority Air Resource

Confirmed passengers on this AC-see below article

Senator Kirsten Gillibrand has Senators Sheldon Whitehouse (Rhode Island), Cory Booker (New Jersey), Mark Kelly (Arizona), and Representative Mondaire Jones (17th Congressional District, New York) and some senior officials from various US departments.

This AC haz been to some berry interdasting places-specifically Nepal as we had an AFSOC AC there not long ago >>132172 pb on 0331 to 0401

It was at New Delhi and left Gandhi Int'l Airport then nw to Amritsar northern India on the Paki border for a 4.5 hour ground stop then to Nepal

It arrived at New Delhi on 0420 after a stop at Al Dhafra AB, Dhabi

Prior to that it was at Krakow and Rzesow and arrived at Rzesow on April 18th (probably bring Zelensky some clean shirts too) as was there for about 6 hours then west to Krakow for an overnight then depart to Al Dhafra, Dhabi for a ground stop/refuel then on to New Delhi

US delegation thanks Nepal for MCC ratification, support to Ukraine

The visiting US parliamentary delegation has thanked the government and political leaders of Nepal for the ratification of the Millennium Challenge Corporation Nepal Compact, Nepal’s support towards Ukraine and the acceptance of a $659 million grant through the US aid agency. The Congressional delegation from Washington is here chiefly to seek solidarity against the Russian invasion of Ukraine. It also took up regular US concerns with Nepal and assured that the United States will support Nepal's sovereignty, territorial integrity and the strengthening of democratic institutions, according to multiple leaders and officials who are familiar with the meetings in Kathmandu. A day after arriving in Kathmandu, the delegation met with Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba, Foreign Minister Narayan Khadka, and opposition leader and CPN-UML Chairman KP Sharma Oli on Saturday. It also held talks with the Nepal-US Parliamentary Committee.

https://kathmandupost.com/national/2022/04/24/us-delegation-thanks-nepal-for-mcc-ratification-support-to-ukraine

>>134044

mornin G mang

peekin in

have g's settled in a jiff, mostly

Europe-Med Activity

A little busier than yesterday at this time-I've left off the tankers (LAGRs and NCHOs) as they are always there and clutter it all up...they are in the usual positions over Poland and Romania

High-level RAF RRR2821 A330 MRTT departed Sophia, Bulgaria (this AC is used by BoJo but I cannot find anything on him being in Bulgaria-member he "went" to Kyiv recently and this AC was nowhere near Ukraine much less Kyiv on that day)

The already posted SPAR19 still heading nw from Al Dhafra, Dhabi depart

FORTE12 RQ-4 Global Hawk drone on the northern Romania/southern Ukraine border

HOMER71 USAF RC-135 Rivet Joint from Souda Bay Crete on the border of Romania and F&G "country" Moldova

High-level Hungarian AF HUAF579 Falcon 7X departed Kecskemet AB nw

High-level Czech AF CEF05F A319 departed Prague sw-this AC departed Eglin AFB and stopped at NAS Norfolk on 0422 then back to Prague yesterday

It is descending for Strasbourg, France

German AF GAF824 A319 departed Berlin ws

Heading a little further south towards the Med now:

French AF CTM1034 A330 departed Al Dhafra AB, Dhabi

57-1441 USAF KC-135 Stratotanker over northern Iraq on the eastern Syrian border

French AF CTM2056 A400M departed Souda Bay Crete wn

Maltese AF AS2132 Heron Drone off Libyan/Tunisian coast

CMB443 US Transportation Command 747 was inbound to Frankfurt from Dover AFB depart and in this position about 45 minutes ago-moar deliveries (aka as weapons) to be dispersed.

ty pf next door >>>/qresearch/16144027

I don't do much work on commercial or civil AC-find it tedious and boring so ty for the heads up ober there.

>>134047

Spartacus and "crew" went to Berlin

>>134058

np

you fuggen Animal

Pakistan AF PAAF466 C-130 Hercules inbound to Baltimore Int'l for it's semi-regular trip (but heightened now because of the recent leadership "change ") from Orelans AB, France departure-arrived at Orleans on 0422 from a Paki depart (data incomplete as to exactly where but prolly Lahore)

WIDE15 USAF KC-46 A Pegasus took over from 58-0074 tanker

bottom of pg 2

In particular, the Government expects the evidence will show that as a result of these conversations and during this same time period, Tech Executive-1 did exactly that: he tasked employees from multiple Internet companies and a university working under a pending national security contract to mine and gather vast amounts of internet metadata in order to support an “inference” and “narrative” tying the candidate to Russia. And calendar entries reflect that as he obtained the results of these taskings, Tech Executive-1 conducted further communications, meetings, and calls with Law Firm-1, including: an August 17, 2016 call with the defendant and Campaign Lawyer-1; an August 19, 2016 meeting with the defendant and Campaign Lawyer-1; and a September 8, 2016 call and meeting with the defendant— all of which the defendant billed to the Clinton Campaign.

>'''The BLACK LETTER OF THE LAW is coming for them

top of pg 6

But it is black-letter law in this Circuit that: [i]t is enough ‘that members of the conspiracy in some way or manner, or through some contrivance, positively or tacitly[,] came to a mutual understanding to try to accomplish a common and unlawful plan.’ Id. All coconspirators must share in the general conspiratorial objective, though they need not know all the details of the plan or even possess the same motives. Hobson, 737 F.2d at 51. They need not know the identities of other coconspirators.

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/60390583/94/united-states-v-sussmann/

>>134045

SAM885 USAF C-40B inbound to JBA from San Jose Costa Rica*

This AC departed yesterday from San Jose as it's trace shows it leaving on 0423 but does not appear-Cap#1-until today* so it has been to another location and is AC that has been used in the past by WH NSO

*A full 27 hours later from it's original San Jose depart

it arrived at San Jose from JBA on 0421

The trace heading out of JBA to the north is SAM977

Seems the Costa Rican Gov't having some 'hacking' problems courtesy of muh Russians C_A

Somebody sent down on Thursday to 'help'?

Costa Rica refuses to pay ransom in hack

Nearly a week into a ransomware attack that has crippled Costa Rican government computer systems, the country refused to pay a ransom as it struggled to implement workarounds and braced itself as hackers began publishing stolen information. The Russian-speaking Conti gang claimed responsibility for the attack, but the Costa Rican government had not confirmed its origin.

The Finance Ministry was the first to report problems Monday. Attacks on the social security agency's human resources system and on the Labor Ministry, as well as others followed. The initial attack forced the Finance Ministry to shut down for several hours the system responsible for the payment of a good part of the country's public employees, which also handles government pension payments. It also has had to grant extensions for tax payments.

Conti had not published a specific ransom amount, but Costa Rica President Carlos Alvarado said, "The Costa Rican state will not pay anything to these cybercriminals." A figure of $10 million circulated on social media platforms, but did not appear on Conti's site.

https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2022/apr/23/costa-rica-refuses-to-pay-ransom-in-hack/

seems pf had a sr moment-cap#2 (still a coupla years from the AARP 'gang" d'oh) earlier and got some tail#s mixed up. The one this is posted to is a State Dept. AC #01-0040 with Sullivan in the cap. Still being sent over before Blinken and Austin who will probably not be on Muh Nightwatch either >>134061

everyone makes mistakes and all that is important is that you try to fix/clear them up them when uncovered.

>>>/qresearch/16145735

>>>/qresearch/16145840

USAF C-40B inbound to Europe as SAM977 #AE0945. I've seen at least 1 report that the Secretaries of State & Defense are already in Kyiv.

Could that report be wrong and this is the Secretary of Defense and State?

https://twitter.com/TheIntelFrog/status/1518321705206358017

Multiple UKR media are reporting Secretary Blinken and Secretary Austin are in Kyiv.

I suspect they took C-17s from Andrews into Rzeszow yesterday.

#AE2FAD as RCH247 and #AE20C9 as RCH4155 are still showing in Rzeszow.

https://twitter.com/TheIntelFrog/status/1518327806220021761

Cap#4 confirmed on ground still

cap#3

SAM977 USAF C-40B on descent for Ramstein AFB

Highly unlikely that both the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Defense are on the same plane-but these are different times.

Much has changed since Feb 24 and we've already had BoJo and Polish President Duda say the were in Kyiv when the Planes they normally use were not in Kyiv-see below

In the past there was ZERO chance that BOTH would be on same AC-for security purposes-as that would be quite a target-so they travel separately. For the same reason that any POTUS and VP do not travel on same AC or arrive at the same airport ftm.

Now we had a rally in 2020 + another instance prior where 45 and VP Pence were at the same Airport-Indiana iirc and even that is against basic security protocols and why it was such a surprise at the time it habbened

That AC (tail#01-0040) from the linky is from the State Dept-however based on past experience Blinken should be departing on a C-32A and if the pattern holds Austin will be on another C-32A and not muh nightwatch-as he has not traveled on the E-4B for his last three Int'l trips and that is not normal protocol either.

>>133273

>pretty compelling evidence that suggests Ukraine President Zelensky is not in Kyiv but in Poland as I have previously speculated and Duda did not go to Kyiv

Mkt Fag: Stocks in Asia, U.S. Futures Slide; Euro Climbs-Oil under a hundy and Ag gettin' hit

Muh Yen is going to suddenly be on everyone's radar berry soon-been talked about here for several weeks-they are just ignoring it until they can't

Stocks in Asia and U.S. Futures fell Monday as investors weigh the potential for more aggressive interest-rate increases on the economy and earnings. The euro gained after Emmanuel Macron’s win in the French election removed a key risk for markets. Equities declined in Japan and South Korea, while futures slid earlier in Hong Kong. S&P 500 contracts dropped in a sign of further weakness after the benchmark capped the longest run of weekly losses since January. Nasdaq 100 futures also fell with the tech gauge poised for the worst month since 2008 as traders ratchet up expectations for steep policy tightening to tame inflation.

The yen was steady ahead of the Bank of Japan meeting this week, which is expected to underscore the monetary policy divergence with the U.S. Yields retreated as Treasuries paused the rout of the past week that roiled markets. Markets in Australia and New Zealand are closed for holidays Monday.

IMF says yen's rapid slide may hamper Japan's post-pandemic recovery

The chief of the International Monetary Fund’s Japan mission, Ranil Salgado, believes the yen’s recent rapid slide could hamper the pandemic-stricken Japanese economy from returning to steady growth due to rising import costs and less consumer spending. The yen’s drop to a 20-year low against the dollar last week is a reflection of the Bank of Japan’s decision to maintain loose monetary easing while the central banks of other major economies are tightening,

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2022/04/24/business/economy-business/imf-yen-rapid-slide-post-pandemic-recovery/

Rotsa Ruck wif that....they (all of them) are impotent. J-J-Janet turned them down last week and the IMF and World Bank can't do nuffin -the only thing that can be done is for the NYFRB to buy an ass-ton of muh yen via a currency swap-but even that is temporary at best.

moar evidence of this from Kuroda-san at the BOJ today and he was here last week....

Monetary easing policy must be kept in place: BOJ chief

The Bank of Japan (BOJ) needs to continue its monetary easing policy, Central Bank Governor Haruhiko Kuroda said on Friday, defending the accommodative stance amid growing concern that it has triggered rapid depreciation of the yen against the US dollar. The BOJ’s position is in stark contrast with the United States (US) Federal Reserve and the European Central Bank (ECB), among other financial authorities in developed countries that are moving toward a tightening of monetary policy following emergency steps to address the economic downturn amid the coronavirus pandemic. “The economic conditions of Japan and the US differ greatly and the BOJ needs to continue its current monetary easing policy,” Kuroda said in a speech at Columbia University in New York. Kuroda, who visited the US** to attend a series of international financial meetings including the Group of 20 (G20) ministerial gathering in Washington this week, said the inflation in Japan stems only from surging raw material prices and “lacks sustainability”.

** No doubt BEGGING for the NYFRB to do muhcurrency swaps becasue Janey already said no on friday. At the same time, Kuroda ruled out the possibility of taking further accommodative steps, saying the Japanese economy is not so fragile as to require additional monetary easing. He did not make any remarks directly related to foreign exchange rates-of course he din't...kek

https://borneobulletin.com.bn/monetary-easing-policy-must-be-kept-in-place-boj-chief/

Oil finally worked it's way below $100 but I am positive that something will be released to get it back above...they've not let it get under $100 so don't look for it to stay thre for long-decent exits starting about 2 hours ago-see cap#4

And they are already hitting Ag in the opening hours of trading-usually berry quiet -see cap #5 and right on $24 with a .10 cent spread -0.18 -0.77%

Some demand destruction at work here

Iron Ore Futures in Singapore Slump 12% on China Demand Woes

https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/iron-ore-futures-in-singapore-slump-12-on-china-demand-woes-1.1756294

https://www.bloombergquint.com/markets/euro-rises-post-french-vote-stocks-to-drop-monday-markets-wrap

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

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

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

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

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