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Dough

https://fullchan.net/?bcb8ac23bb140f93#44ZhC59FhfLzacrNWVLG3pdYQ3sVYV7oSnNYN7MNteib

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>>136005

tyb

good morning

Had 3 Globeys take off from Dover last night before switching off

RCH880 (tail #02-110)

Notable habbenings from March 11th

Many moar but here are a few high and lowlights'

537 Goths lay siege to Rome

843 Icon veneration officially re-instated in Hagia Sophia Cathedral in Constantinople

1425 BC Thutmose III, Pharaoh of Egypt, dies (according to the Low Chronology of the 18th Dynasty).

1502 Ismail I, founder of the Safavid dynasty, crowned Shah of Persia (rules till 1524)

1669 Mt Etna in Sicily erupts in its largest recorded eruption, killing 15,000

1779 US Army Corps of Engineers established (1st time)

1824 US War Department creates the Bureau of Indian Affairs

1861 Confederate convention in Montgomery adopts constitution (US Civil War)

1915 The British declare a blockade of all German ports

1917 British forces occupy Baghdad, the capital of Mesopotamia, after Turkish forces evacuated

1918 US Army mess cook Private Albert Gitchell of Fort Riley, Kansas becomes the first documented case of Spanish flu; start of worldwide pandemic killing 50-100 million

1942 General MacArthur leaves Corregidor (Bataan) for Australia

1942 Japanese troops land on North Sumatra

1954 US Army charges Senator Joseph McCarthy used undue pressure tactics-he wasn't wrong either

1966 Military coup led by Indonesian General Suharto breaks out

1971 Jim Morrison leaves for Paris to re-orient himself emotionally and creatively, and to avoid the jail sentence given to him in Miami, Florida. He never returns to the US.

1985 Mikhail Gorbachev replaces Konstantin Chernenko as Soviet leader

2004 Terrorists explode simultaneous bombs on Madrid's rail network ripping through a commuter train and rocking three stations, killing 190

2011 was Fukushima

2018 China's National People's Congress approves removal of term limits for a leader, will allow Xi Jinping presidency for life

2020 COVID-19 declared a pandemic by the head of the World Health Organization Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, with 121,564 cases worldwide and 4,373 deaths

Those are many of the habbenings-but many moar

moar here

https://www.onthisday.com/events/march/11

RCH548 =17and tail # 07-7171 which mirrored is 1717-70

RCH422 and they all went to Ramstein and arrived a few hours ago

>>136007

mornin

cleanin off the grill now

Hungarian AF HUAF609 Falcon 7x departed Budapest wn

'''Think this isMinister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Peter Szijjarto

Hungarian Foreign Minister: Hungary not in line with ban on Russian oil

Hungary remains opposed to the European Union's (EU) proposed embargo on Russian oil imports, as the ban would devastate Hungary's economy, Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Peter Szijjarto said in a recent interview. Szijjarto said that if Hungary bans the import of Russian crude oil, Hungary's economy will be devastated. 65 percent of the country's oil supply comes from Russia, Szijjarto said. He pointed out that Hungary feels a lot of pressure from EU countries to give consent to ban Russian oil.

https://english.cctv.com/2022/05/25/VIDEiYf8xQ47GuynJAji0S3T220525.shtmlother

all pb

>>135787, >>135796, >>135797, >>135799 Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban declared a wartime state of emergency immediately after his new government was installed- MOL is deep into URAL Crude processing so they only want an ocean going ban not pipeline

Swiss AF SUI555 (chek't) CL60 departed Prishtina, Kosovo after a ground stop of about 1h 45m-it departed Zurich earlier and went to Lugano for about 30 minutes then to Prishtina

Heading back to Zurich now

>>136009

roger muh nikka

Stormy Patriot Joe

@stormypatriotjoe

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1h

Why is @realDonaldTrump making such big point to show he endorsed Oz

AFTER

Mail-in voting started

Hmmmm

What are we going to find about the mail-in votes for Oz?

there will be a recount as the results are so close so hang on, it's in the works

PAT44 US Army G5 nw from JBA-the last time this was PAT44 it went to Stansted, London and at the same time as the SAM911 stuffs see here:

>>135005 SAM911: a tale of same call sign for two different ACs

contained within that post is PAT44

As mentioned it spend most of it's time over CONUS as FORGE##

all pb and on QR

>>>/qresearch/16248819 PAT44

>>>/qresearch/16255111 pb

PAT= Priority Air Transport

Liz Harrington

@realLizUSA

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Save America Announces Program Speakers for Casper, Wyoming

>>136016

ty

be on that

he still at Mar-a-Lago afaik and has not moved to NJ...unless you know any different

>>136005

>>136018

Planned Parenthood officials admit under oath to selling aborted body parts

An explosive new video from the Center for Medical Progress (CMP) contradicts past claims from Planned Parenthood that the corporation never participated in the sale of aborted baby body parts but merely donated them and was compensated for expenses. Featuring testimony from Planned Parenthood officials under oath in 2019, as well as documents from those officials’ admissions, the video shows these executives and directors admitting to actually selling body parts, which is illegal.

Numerous depositions are featured in the video, including from Tram Nguyen (Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast’s Senior Director of Abortion Access), Dr. Dorothy Furgerson (Chief Medical Officer of Planned Parenthood Mar Monte), and Dr. Deborah Nucatola, the former senior director of medical services for Planned Parenthood Federation of America, among others. More testimony and documents are available on the CMP website.

After CMP’s undercover videos were released, Planned Parenthood retaliated with a bogus lawsuit, while its political allies in California pressed charges against David Daleiden and Sandra Merritt, the journalists who exposed Planned Parenthood’s illegal behavior. Planned Parenthood publicly went on the attack, claiming the videos were doctored and heavily edited (an accusation that was disproven by forensic analyses) and claiming they never broke any laws regarding the trafficking of aborted body parts. But this newly released video shows otherwise.

READ: Late-term abortionist harvests baby body parts ‘within minutes’ of abortion

Featured in the video are email contracts sent to Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast. While publicly, Planned Parenthood told the New York Times they turned the deal down, in video testimony of her deposition under oath, Tram Nguyen is seen admitting in that she actually intended to move forward with the financial arrangement.

https://www.liveaction.org/news/bombshell-planned-parenthood-admits-oath-aborted-parts/

https://twitter.com/LilaGraceRose/status/1265430130274385922?s=20&t=J30qbKylEdEPZN5zD3tAfQ

moar not WWG1WGA sheitz

NAR: Pending Home Sales Decreased 3.9% in April

Pending home sales slipped in April, as contract activity decreased for the sixth consecutive month, the National Association of Realtors® reported. Only the Midwest region saw signings increase month-over-month, while the other three major regions reported declines. Each of the four regions registered a drop in year-over-year contract activity.

The Pending Home Sales Index (PHSI), a forward-looking indicator of home sales based on contract signings, slid 3.9% to 99.3 in April. Year-over-year, transactions fell 9.1%. An index of 100 is equal to the level of contract activity in 2001. "Pending contracts are telling, as they better reflect the timelier impact from higher mortgage rates than do closings," said Lawrence Yun, NAR's chief economist**."The latest contract signings mark six consecutive months of declines and are at the slowest pace in nearly a decade."

Month-over-month, the Northeast PHSI fell 16.20% to 74.8 in April, a 14.3% drop from a year ago. In the Midwest, the index rose 6.6% to 100.7 last month, down 2.8% from April 2021.

Pending home sales transactions in the South dipped 4.7% to an index of 119.0 in April, down 10.3% from April 2021. The index in the West slipped 4.3% in April to 85.9, a 10.5% decrease from a year prior. This was below expectations of a 1.9% decrease for this index. Note: Contract signings usually lead sales by about 45 to 60 days, so this would usually be for closed sales in May and June.

https://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2022/05/nar-pending-home-sales-decreased-39-in.html

pb

>>135768 New Home Sales Decrease Sharply to 591,000 Annual Rate in April

**The guy the Yun replaced wrote a book that came just before the peak of the home market in 2007 released in Feb 2006- David Lereah "Why the Real Estate Boom Will Not Bust - And How You Can Profit from It: How to Build Wealth in Today's Expanding Real Estate Market"'

https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/are-you-missing-the-real-estate-boom-why-home-values-and-other-real-estate-investments-will-climb-through-the-end-of-the-decade---and-how-to-profit_david-lereah/654220/#edition=4662591&idiq=1648261

On April 30, 2007, the NAR announced that in May Lereah would be leaving his job as chief economist to join Move, Inc. as an Executive Vice President

They always say it...."always a great time to buy a house"

>>136021

"we" are better than everyone.

>leaving the list they 'produce' unmentioned

"us", "I", "me"

tired shitz

02-4452 USAFSOC C-32B departed McGuire AFB ws

For those that do not know these are ALWAYS followed

United States Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) operates a small number of Boeing C-32B passenger jet aircraft, providing global airlift for U.S. government crisis response activities.These may include U.S. State Department Foreign Emergency Support Teams (FEST), which deploy in response to terrorism incidents around the world.They may also fly in support of CIA Special Activities.The C-32B has been associated with the 150th Special Operations Squadron out of Joint Base McGuire, NJ (previously designated as 227th Special Operations Flight ) and the 486th Flight Test Squadron out of Elgin AFB, FL. These are highly secretive units, with little information publicly available about their activities-except when pf tracks them kek. The aircraft have been spotted in a plain white paint scheme, with minimal markings. They appear to change serial numbers many times - no doubt an attempt to keep a low profile. The aircraft are modified Boeing 757 airliners. They feature a standard seating fitment, as with a typical passenger jet. Any cargo must be stowed at the rear of the cabin as the usual cargo space in the hold has been configured to accomodate enlarged fuel tanks, extending the aircraft's unrefueled max range to 6000 nautical miles. The C-32Bs have been given an in-flight refuelling capability, via a Universal Aerial Refueling Receptacle Slipway Installation (USRRSI) located atop the fuselage, 15 feet aft of the nose, along the aircraft's centerline. Other fittments to the C-32B include a satellite communications package.

https://www.americanspecialops.com/usaf-special-operations/aircraft/boeing-c-32b/

FORGE78 US Army G5 departing Bangor, ME-as an example of the FORGE callsigns-this particular AC went to Rzesow Airport prior to kneepads visit in March it was in front of her C-32A at Warsaw and Rzesow as PAT78

PAT44 continues wn

>>136021

Joe_Gallo liked your TRUTH

and the point of this post is to show peeps are watching and responding

Chipmaker Broadcom to buy VMware in $61 bln deal

Broadcom Inc said on Thursday it will acquire cloud computing company VMware Inc in a $61 billion cash-and stock deal, the chipmaker's biggest and boldest bid to diversify its business into enterprise software. '''The acquisition is the second biggest announced globally so far this year, trailing only Microsoft Corp's $68.7 billion deal to buy video game maker Activision Blizzard Inc-and Soros (or the entity known as) had an ass-ton of the Activision shares at the time. The offer of $142.50 in cash or 0.2520 of a Broadcom share for each VMware stock represents a premium of nearly 49% to the stock's last close before talks of the deal were first reported on May 22. Broadcom will also assume $8 billion of VMware's net debt. The chipmaker's shares were up nearly 3%, while VMware rose 2% in morning trading. Broadcom Chief Executive Hock Tan, who built his company into one of the world's biggest chipmakers through acquisitions, is now bringing his dealmaking playbook to the software sector. In one fell swoop, the deal will almost triple Broadcom's software-related revenue to about45% of its total sales.

The deal comes at a time when there is an increased push by the Biden administration for more competition in all sectors ranging from agriculture to technology. The agreement is also a coup for Dell Technologies Inc Chief Executive Michael Dell, who spun VMware out of the computer maker last year.

Michael Dell owns a 40% stake in VMware, while his financial backer Silver Lake, a private equity firm, owns 10%. They have both agreed to vote in favor of the deal.

https://www.reuters.com/markets/us/chipmaker-broadcom-buy-vmware-61-bln-deal-2022-05-26/

'''OF COURSE! at a premium of almost 50% why wouldn't you-so this is another sign of a tired market that needs the $2t support it gets every night-the scurrying around of all these deals at ridiculous premiums-same shit in the lead up to the dot com bubble being popped because they know something is coming and if they (NYFRB) stops doing all that shit through the NYFRB Ops then it will come apart.

They say they will start doing the MBS ops in reverse and actually roll them off staring on June 1st -good luck!

WallStreet Apes 🦍

@WallStreetApes

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Can I ask a question, is it possible for the world leaders & government to just f.ck off? I’ve traveled a lot & every country I’ve been to including China the people have been amazing, friendly, welcoming… the people with the issues are the greedy, rich, power hungry psychopaths that government/ world leader positions attract. Those types of people are the LAST type of people we want in charge of anything. THIS NEEDS TO CHANGE!!! If they have an issue then send the governments to fight.

>>136029

>is it possible for the world leaders & government to just f.ck off?

If only it were that easy..

kek

don't know how many times I've said that over the last 30 years

They losing control slowly why they are stirring the China /Taiwan pot-they fly over it ALL the time.

Lost count at this point

If that was gonna habben-and they still may make a tactic attempt to 'show' it but methinks that has already lost it's effectiveness.

Plus you've got Xi and the Party congress coming up and the Jiang Zemin faction trying to get rid of Xi-why he has not left China other than a trip to Mongolia because he noes they will try a coup in a Shanghai second.

SAM161 USAF C-32A west from JBAWH NSO ACpast usage by them-dunno if 'fooked Jake Sullivan on board but they WH NSO use this one all the time-it always followed Pompeo in tail #01-0040 for his trips over CONUS and Int'l

This is tail #01-0015

WallStreet Apes 🦍

@WallStreetApes

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SHOCKER!!! Would you look at that AGAIN the fraud market reporting service is down… now let’s see the comments section about what the people think!! It’s absolutely unbelievable that these people get called out for what the situation really is time & time & time & time again & they still pull the same fraud stunts. If the law punish these criminals what are the people supposed to do? #AMC #GME

Ben Garrison Ultra Cartoons

@grrrgraphics

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Your Thursday Morning Montana moment- It's beargrass time!

your cartoon HQ at grrrgraphics.com

>>136032

But don't pay attention to WalMart and Target disasters (lowered guidance) cause that was sooo last week

Stocks rally after strong outlooks from retailers

Stocks continued to rebound from the lowest levels in over a year as solid outlooks from retailers bolstered confidence in the economy despite supply-chain and inflationary pressures.

A drop in US mortgage rates by the most in more than two years also helped sentiment. Retail shares led gains in the S&P 500, which climbed in a broad-based rally. Giant Macy’s Inc. lifted its profit forecast amid demand for high-end goods. Deep-discount retailers Dollar Tree Inc. and Dollar General Corp. jumped after raising their projections-because everyone is shifting to low-cost outlets....DERP!!!!.The strong estimates from retailers provided some relief to investors after industry behemoths Walmart Inc. and Target Corp. cut their outlooks last week, sparking a selloff in consumer stocks. Traders also took some comfort from Wednesday’s Federal Reserve minutes that didn’t show an even more aggressive path being mapped to tackle elevated prices, though central banks remain steadfast in their resolve to douse inflation. “After weeks in the red, the market is trying to claw back amid the Fed’s slightly less hawkish tone yesterday and some bright spots in retail earnings,” said Mike Loewengart, managing director of investment strategy at E*Trade (the same phaggits that are having access issues right now) from Morgan Stanley. “While a resilient consumer is not a bad thing, signs of strength amid record-level inflation could cause a snag for the Fed who is banking on a slow down to tame high prices."

https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/stocks-rally-after-strong-outlooks-from-retailers-1.1770688

And on Friday we get this and THIS is what is killing the Big Box retailers -having to carry all that inventory that no one is buying.

US core PCE price index; personal income and spending; wholesale inventories; University of Michigan consumer sentiment Friday

This 'rally' is all on declining volume across all the indices (DOW less so)-no wonder they are having access 'issues'

And pay NO attention to WTI up 3.78%...top left corner

>>136015

PAT44 US Army G5 appears it went to Pierre, South Dakota and has been frozen in this position for about 15 minutes-coverage not great in this area

>>136042

(me)

and dis don't mater either

Q1 GDP Growth Revised down to minus 1.5% Annual Rate

Real gross domestic product (GDP) decreased at an annual rate of 1.5 percent in the first quarter of 2022 (table 1), according to the "second" estimate released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis. In the fourth quarter, real GDP increased 6.9 percent.

The GDP estimate released today is based on more complete source data than were available for the "advance" estimate issued last month. In the advance estimate, the decrease in real GDP was 1.4 percent. The update primarily reflects downward revisions to private inventory investment and residential investment that were partly offset by an upward revision to consumer spending because all those maxed out credit cards (consumer credit #s is infinite right?-kek

https://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2022/05/q1-gdp-growth-revised-down-to-minus-15.html

Cap#1 you can see the "advance #s" they put out-Fantasy Island, the revisions (second estmate) and then the actuals-a complete disaster.

Anyone that out these 3s out in anactual Company would be FIRED immediately for having suck Bullshit in the advanced projections-like where are you getting that BS from? is what I would ask- but it's the Gubmint so.....Just look at the largge differences in the three table going across in each category: pic-rel

btw this guy noes his shit but don't pay attention to his politics-have read him for years and he largely is good about keeping that out of his posts-but he is a Dem no question-but it appears that is changing..kek

Don't care who the messenger is, care what the message is

Where We Go 1 We Go All

@BradCGZ

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Judge Cooper's Final Instructions to the 'Sussman Trial' Jury

Ben Garrison Ultra Cartoons

@grrrgraphics

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Good Fella gone home- RIP Ray Liotta

Instead, the Senate is "going to vote on gun legislation," the New York Democrat said, asserting that Americans "are tired of moments of silence, tired of the kind words offering thoughts and prayers." Schumer said he would be open to considering Republican Senator Ron Johnson's Luke and Alex School Safety Act, but he wanted to first focus on proceeding with his proposed Domestic Terrorism Prevention Act. That bill, he said, "will let us take action on guns."

The school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, on Tuesday, in which 19 students and two teachers died, inspired grief and anger throughout the country, but Democrats and Republicans have already begun clashing on the best course of action to help prevent similar incidents from happening again. Some Republicans have suggested bolstering security inside schools, while many Democrats are calling for gun reform to make it harder for potential aggressors to possess deadly weapons.

Johnson's bill is named after two Parkland school shooting victims, but he spoke Wednesday about Americans' reaction to the Texas shooting.

"There's nothing partisan about it," the Wisconsin Republican said while delivering remarks on the Senate floor. "Being a parent and grandparent, I cannot imagine the grief felt by the parents of those children. Unless you've experienced it, none of us can. What's the solution? There is no 'one' solution. Let's be honest about that."

https://www.liveaction.org/news/bombshell-planned-parenthood-admits-oath-aborted-parts/

RedstateWatcher

@redstatewatcher

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BREAKING: Schumer Blocks School Safety Bill

>>136048

Good actor in those roles-kinda wore them out but decent

>died in the Dom Republic

ok....retired to a cheap place or....

>>136051

muh nikka

glad to see ya

yep habby as can be

still waiting on that other shit so good as can be they have TWO WEEKS!! kek left to respond officially

>>136055

chek't comms confirmed

they habs run out of delay tactics but expect something

Muh primary gonna get sicked on them (offered to intervene before but am waiting until it really needed) when they do that and she a pitbull and noes all about what going on.

Like only approving one of the two needed so prepared for another fight.

I will prevail

Seth Keshel - “Captain K"

@RealSKeshel

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Audit the Vote PA informs me all 2020 election ballot images have been secured for Lycoming County.

My estimate is 4,000 excess votes.

>>136061

not 6 gorillion?

>>136062

I also disappoint

>>136039

PAT44 US Army G5 departed Pierre Regional Airport after 90 minutes on ground

South Dakota Pot Legalization Initiative Qualifies for November Ballot

South Dakota state officials announced on Wednesday that an initiative to legalize recreational cannabis has qualified for the ballot for the November general election. The South Dakota Secretary of State announced on Wednesday that a ballot measure to legalize cannabis for adults has received enough verified signatures to qualify for the November election, giving the state’s voters another chance to legalize recreational pot at the ballot box. Secretary of State Steve Barnett also announced that the proposal sponsored by the group South Dakotans for Better Marijuana Laws (SDBML) will be titled Initiated Measure 27 for this year’s general election.

https://hightimes.com/news/south-dakota-pot-legalization-initiative-qualifies-for-november-ballot/

>>136031

SAM161 USAF C-40B continues west

>>136026

02-4452 USAFSOC C-32B went to Majors Airport, Greenville, TX L-3 Harris located here so some maintenance and/or upgrades habbening here

>>136058

muh gaties

Spectacular, Blowout 7Y Auction Stops-Through With Best Metrics Since March 2020 Covid Crisis Peak

After two solid auctions, when demand for both 2Y and 5Y paper was well above average, moments ago the Treasury concluded the week's final coupon auction when it sold $42 billion in 7Y bellybusters in what was one of the strongest "curve belly" auctions on record. The auction priced at the highly appropriate 2.777%, which was a sharp drop from last month's 2.908 and also stopped through the When Issued 2.801 by 2.4bps, the biggest stop through since the March 2020 covid crisis peak. The bid to cover surged from 2.41 in April to a whopping 2.69, also the highest since March 2020 (and naturally well above the six-auction average of 2.37).

The internals were even more remarkable: while Indirects soared to 77.86%, the second highest on record and runner up only to the 82.7% in April 2017,Directs took down a below average 15.8% which left Dealers holdings a record low 6.4% (to be expected in a world where they can't flip and sell the same bonds to the Fed making a risk-free profit).

But they've already done that to the tune of over $20B of the 2 year since last friday-see Securities Lending Ops at NYFRB today

Overall, this was a spectacular 7Y auction, and about as far from that infamous Feb 21 7Y sale as one can get. In fact, one can argue that whereas that particular auction was a consequence of fears of rising rates, today's auction was the result of the market's realization that the Fed has over-tightened (they have not but broken record here-THEY KNEW THIS IN FEB), and that a pause is coming, and as Rabobank put it today "If You Believe The Fed Will Pause Hiking Soon, Go Long Every Bond And Every Commodity You Can Find."

Someone clearly believes just that.

https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/spectacular-blowout-7y-auction-stops-through-best-metrics-march-2020-covid-crisis-peak

If that "fold'em cap #3 from yesterday didn't convince you that is EXACTLY what will go on plus teh re-jiggering on teh CME FedWatch methodology AND trotting out non-voting member Bostic..

They are telling you they will NOT raise in Sept-THIS CONFIRMS IT-as if yesterday's action wasn't enough.

This shit is so broken and the Primary Dealers won't take it so they hand it off to everyone else who believes in the "full faith and credit BS'''

This is gonna hurt when they pull this shit out and as long as they keep doing the NYFRB Operations the markets will not crash-stop that and it's over.

I still beleive they are being forced to do that as already explained but that doesn't mean they wont try to stop and fugg it all up-plans change often and something you should have learned if you are here long enough.

>>136031, >>136064

SAM161 USAF C-40B heading to Peterson AFB from JBA depart

KanekoaTheGreat

@Kanekoa

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Something stinks in Georgia.

"In the race for insurance commissioner, Trump-endorsed candidate Patrick Witt lost to a nobody named John King — and John King got 70% of the votes!

Now take a look at Patrick Witt’s numbers county by county: he got the same percentage of votes in 122 out of 159 counties in Georgia.

Let me repeat: the same percentage. Patrick Witt gets the same percentage in deep blue counties as he gets in deep red counties. Uniform numbers."

https://emeralddb3.substack.com/p/something-stinks-in-georgia?s=r

>>136010

Fergot about this one from earlier

already back from Paris

Hungarian AF HUAF609 Falcon 7x back at Kecskemet AB after a short stop at Paris-Le Bourget Airport turn and burn after 35 minutes on ground

>>136068

>Let me repeat: the same percentage. Patrick Witt gets the same percentage in deep blue counties as he gets in deep red counties. Uniform numbers.

How dafuq can...nevermind

all you can do is laugh and it's not funny iykwim

After Russia’s third rate cut in two months, some air is finally coming out of the ruble

Flying under the radar for investors who are grappling with inflation and global stock corrections right now is one of the world’s best performing currencies. It just happens to be housed one of the world’s most (wrongly imo) vilified nations, and few investors may be willing to go near it, for obvious reasons.

The Russian ruble USDRUB, +7.17% has been on a relentless march higher since the lows seen after the country invaded Ukraine three months ago, and as Western nations piled on sanctions. But after breaking below 60 rubles per U.S. dollar earlier this week, a level not seen since 2018, some biggish air finally started to come out of the currency on Thursday. In its third cut since April, the Bank of Russia lowered its key interest rate to 11% from 14%, and the Russian currency was last trading down more than 6% at 64.37 per dollar. Still, that key rate remains some ways off from where it was sitting in late February, at 9.5%, before the bank was forced to jack it up to 20% to keep a lid on surging inflation. The ruble traded at a low near 158 rubles per dollar on March 7, according to FactSet. Tight capital controls, imposed shortly after the invasion to keep Russian exporters from abandoning the currency are part of the story of the ruble’s strength. The other half is high oil and gas revenues, with some EU countries setting up ruble accounts to buy Russia’s gas as the bloc struggles to get a cohesive ban on the country’s energy.

Recognizing its currency was a bit too strong, the government earlier this week lowered the percentage of foreign-currency that exporters were required to convert into rubles to 50% from 80%. A strong national currency, traditionally lines up with a strong economy, though that’s not a hard and fast rule. According to most forecasters, Russia is facing bleak economic prospects amid rising costs from the biggest land war in Europe since WWII, and as countless western businesses have turned their backs on the warring cleaning up decades of NATO fuggery FIFY nation.

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/after-russias-third-rate-cut-in-two-months-some-air-is-finally-coming-out-of-the-ruble-11653580603

Silver (Ag) COMEX #s for May 25th, 2022: 181,145,000/ozs @ $21.85 input price =$3.985B

The COMEX #s been dropping ever since the SLV shit was exposed (have seen THAT NOWHERE-almost as if they are totally avoiding it-hint they are) >>135209 Private Advisors Group sold $1.2B in SLV-Q1 2022-after buying roughly same amount in Q4 2021

The next delivery month (bigger Volume is June-May not really and accounts for the fuggery they were able to accomplish with the over $6 drop-thanks niqqas I'll take that to add to the 'kitteh'. Declining as already mentioned but these will pick up LARGE next month.

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

Unless that SLV thang is them exiting the position to convert and delivery accepted via the LBMA-doubt it-that is why the price dropped-no other reason.

There is what is called EFP and that is not what the acronym suggests as if you don't actually read it you think it means 'Exchange for Physical" when it means this: An exchange for physical trade (EFP) is a privately negotiated and simultaneous exchange of a futures position for a cash position.

A payoff of already owned contracts and not what the acronym suggests-this is why it pays to read this shit before jumping to conclusions and assuming that is what it means. The third party portion of that is so the CME group circumnavigates it's own rules that make it illegal to payoff customers who try and stand for delivery.

Italian AF IAM1423KC-767 Tanker/transport leaving Rezsow Airport after the clean socks delivery for Zelensky about 2 hours on the ground arrived from Mario di Bernardi AB

Spanish AF AME4596 Falcon 7x departed Baghdad Int'l after 2h 30min on ground

Italian AF IAM4668 C-130 Hercules west from Beirut ground stop of 90min-came from Pisa Int'l

Polish AF PLF104 G5 heading to Rabat Morocco from Warsaw

RCH908 C-17 Globemaster east from Ramstein to Rzesow

BO of /qrb/ here?

Wanted to ask if possible to switch catalog to 400 threads in catalog.

I just noticed that the other place is at 380 or 400, at the maximum. Why not hear as well?

Mkt Fag: Confirmation the FRB is gonna stop in September-Global shares rally on relief after Fed minutes-like you din't know this in Feb? and GDP at -1.5% and pending home sales...Muahahahaha! matters not-edition

The housing market continues it's implosion with the NAR data-can't shine THAT turd no mater how hard you try >>136022 NAR: Pending Home Sales Decreased 3.9% in April

A big acquisition here in the Chip Biz >>136028 Chipmaker Broadcom to buy VMware in $61 bln deal Michael Dell owns 40% of VMware so he and Silver Lake Partners are all too happy to accept this at an almost 50% premium. >>136032 The system is limiting access to trading and having technical 'issues' Can't have retail with an ability to get out of the bloated shit they have so let's slow it down while we pump it for this. The S&P managed to scramble back above 4,000-Surprise, Surprise!! (in muh best Gomer Pyle voice).

NAS had a big block at 1:24pm est @ 2.44B reported as a buy and closed just slightly below that level. RUT +39.07(+2.17%) Everybody's volume sucked overall so no news there. And no these markets are NOT broken and need over $2T to just get to the next day news look at dis...NVIDIA Corporation (NVDA) Down over 10% after hours (yesterday) after missing the bottom-line and cutting guidance... only to end the day up 6% on 1.57x avg volume. There is still noboby home-see cap #5 for the "biggest,best and most liquid markets in the world"and how much it takes to move it-hint--not much at all 'and if they would let you do it=that is the key point cause they won't- it would take a few million $'s to do whatever you wanted the this

>>136036 Stocks rally after strong outlooks from retailers mentions the upped guidance from the low-cost retailers but doesn't mention the real reason why that is habbeneing...

This doesn't matter to mkts either and pay CLOSE attention to the estimates (preliminary), revisions, and then the final #s in those columns-no werds for that If you did that in muh Co (i don't habs btw) you'd be fired on the spot for such a YUGE fugg up

Trading HaltsCryptyde, Inc. 9.00-1.90 (-17.43%) limit down on: Vinco Ventures, Inc. (NASDAQ:BBIG), a digital media and content technologies holding company (“Vinco Ventures,” “Vinco,” or the “Company”), today announced that, due to contractual and regulatory conditions, the Company’s Board of Directors has decided to delay the distribution date for the previously announced spin-off of Cryptyde, Inc. (“Cryptyde”). and this one from yesterday that went public w days ago MSP Recovery, Inc. (MSPR) 2.5700-1.1600 (-31.10%) MSP Recovery, Inc. provides compliance solutions for the healthcare industry in the United States.

https://www.nasdaqtrader.com/Trader.aspx?id=TradeHalts

"Most Shorted" stocks are up 12% off Tuesday's lows, seemingly stalling at key resistance for now...Here is the Short Interest defined as the companies with the largest proportions of outstanding shares currently sold short. https://www.marketwatch.com/tools/screener/short-interest

Top winner/loser Dow, NAS, SP500, NASDAQ 100-focus on NAS because it is by FAR the most bloated of all

Top winner/losers-DOW https://markets.businessinsider.com/index/market-movers/dow_jones

Top winner/losers-NAS 100 https://markets.businessinsider.com/index/market-movers/nasdaq_100

Top winner/losers- SP500 https://markets.businessinsider.com/index/market-movers/s&p_500

Treasury complexSee Cap #3 . All Bonds dropping Yields which is confirming the headline of today and cap#3 here >>135931 pb "know when to fold 'em....they totally did and that what you seeing across the whole complex today-with the bulk of the Securities lending facility at the NYFRB for the past 3 days has been the 2-Year Note CUSIP #91282CEK3 biggest at $5.282B-yesterday and that is the "fold 'em" moment as that is what they use to show what they gonna do with Prime rates-even thought he bond marker tells the FRB what they are going to do-been over this many times. Summary: Treasury yields were mixed and marginal today with everything out to 10Y unchanged and 30Y yield sup only 1-2bps. On the week, 30Y is unch while 2Y is down 9bps

>>136066 Spectacular, Blowout 7Y Auction Stops-Through With Best Metrics Since March 2020 Covid Crisis Peak

Ain't no fuggen Kenny's Chicken for them now

FOREX-US$, Ruble, Yen, Pound, EUROSee Cap#4 Ruble-well now-that is gonna hurt a bit but still well over where it was not very long 0.015462-0.001108 -6.69%. Keep this in mind: 52 Week Range is 0.006317 - 0.018018 and this is what did that today: >>136071 After Russia’s third rate cut in two months, some air is finally coming out of the ruble

The dollar reversed yesterday's dead cat bounce gains closing at 101.77 -0.28 -0.28% and muh yen 127.08-0.20 -0.15% and it TOTALLY knows that 'Jerry and the bois are gonna save it-see news item in NTFRB operations below for the 'test' coming. Pound up a leetle 1.2606 0.0031 0.25%, Euro 1.0729-can see that in cap 4

MetalsBoth Ag and Au did nuffin today but they were pushed around quite a bit but the end result is flat for both. >>136076 Silver (Ag) COMEX #s for May 25th, 2022: 181,145,000/ozs @ $21.85 input price =$3.985B

Oil/EnergyCap#5 gives you Energy and Metals pricing WTI up large today and continues to ignore chinese demand destruction. WTI closed @(+3.53(+3.20%)-nope no reality here just moar of muh russia sanctions

and the Hungarians went to Paris for 35 minutes too >>136010, >>136069 pb

Hungarian Foreign Minister: Hungary not in line with ban on Russian oil-sauce in linky 010

Natural gas futures are trading higher late in the session on Thursday, but off their highs of the session. While a weak storage injection underpinned prices, causing the intra-day spike to the upside, speculators looked a little reluctant to chase the market higher without supportive weather forecasts. But they have come off those highs and are under $9 from it's peak of $9.329 about 6 hours ago-close to our close they are showing a drop from the initial spike from European trading 8.6395 -0.2475 (-2.78%)

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NYFRB Operations today-the paper game vs 'cash'

'''News from May 24th-missed this and they are telling you that they will be doing moar MBS swap and Currency Swap (i/e. preparing to soak up an ASS-TON of YEN) bullshit

The New York Fed undertakes certain small value open market transactions from time to time for the purpose of testing operational readiness to implement existing and potential policy directives from the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC). The FOMC authorizes the New York Fed's Open Market Trading Desk (the Desk) to conduct these exercises to test its operational readiness in the Authorization for Domestic Open Market Operations and Authorization for Foreign Currency Operations. In connection with these authorizations, the Desk intends to conduct four small value agency MBS coupon swap operations on June 2, 2022. On this day, the Desk intends to swap out of the following unsettled June To-Be-Announced (TBA) positions for other readily available MBS: 30-year UMBS 3.5 and 4.0 percent coupons and 15-year UMBS 2.5 percent coupon. Each operation will have a face value of $5 million, for a total current face value of $20 million across the four operations.

https://www.newyorkfed.org/markets/opolicy/operating_policy_220524a

They always start with small amounts to 'test it' then they go full retard

A total of$2.068Tin overall transactions today just to get to the next day-nuffin to see here-this Repo is for overnight and uses 94 counter-parties an increase of $41B over Weds but still over $2T overall 6th day over the $2T mark and this is to get to Friday'''

Reverse Repossee cap #2 $2.007T and $20.70B moar than weds and second stand alone Reverse Repo over 2$T and second highest ever'''

'Temporary' lending at a $2t level...they said the same thing about removing the $ from muh Gold standard in 1971..."it's just temporary"

https://www.newyorkfed.org/markets/desk-operations/reverse-repo

Mortgage backed Securities (MBS) See Cap #3 slowing down a little on the acceptance side $4.012B submitted vs. $1.521B accepted in two operations-less submitted today by $2.108B and less accepted by $200m Done early again submitted @ 11:30am est and completed by 11:50am so same as yesterday

'''After an increase of submissions yesterday it appears the message is being rec'd by the counter-parties. Still dunno how they gonna stop doing this-the housing market will totally crater (already starting based on data-except in a few locations and San Diego is a big exception to all of those price problems surfacing now)

This is what 'started' the 2008 event in early Sept when Dick Fuld decided to start dumping this shit on the open market (watch Margin Call movie-it is ALL about that however be careful as the entire reason for that movie being allowed is the underlying message-and that is no matter 'how bad' it is....the system still 'functions'. The CEO at the firm in movie (Jeremy Irons plays-does a great job with the total nailing the don't give a shit about others attitude too) name is Tuld-Lehman Bro's CEO at time was Dick Fuld-great name that!!.. Sure he did not know any of this was coming because you would sell a $14m mansion in FL to yer wife for $100......"Dick" move that and they allowed it to stand. Yesterdays Pic in cap#3 is "Richard" >>135932 pb

Lehman's Fuld sold Florida mansion to wife for $100 in November of 2008 after the biggest part of this habbened and quieted down towards the end of Oct-but they din't turn the markets around until the third week of March 2009-after they bottomed the SP500 the friday prior at 666.xx (intra-day March 9th) and Black Jebus arrived to save the day. You may recall he actually came out and said the stocks were a great thing to invest in and NO sitting POTUS has EVER done that I can recall.''' He had Turbo-Tax Timmy and Ben Bernancke pushing the buttons to make sure that habbened starting on March 15th, 2009. I know all about-stuck on a plane and could do nuffin as they SKY'd it. The big difference is this: The U.S. Stock Market bottomed in 2008. The SP500 bottomed in 2009-the March 9th intrday 666 prin

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-lehman-fuld-idUSTRE50P04A20090126

https://www.newyorkfed.org/markets/desk-operations/ambs

Securities Lending OperationsSee Cap #4 '''$39.201B submitted and $37.282B accepted-

Moar today submitted by $379 and moar accepted naturally-that by $1.699Bwith 2-Year Note CUSIP #91282CEK3 biggest at $4.227B of that-the same as Friday, Monday, Tuesday and yesterday. So they 'use' the 2 year to gauge what the FRB gonna do with Prime rate rises and it is NO mistake they are 'lending' the 2y in over $20B of them since last friday-ON TO YOU!!!'''

And also done earlier then normal by one hour and it continues to be the 2 year note which they just auctioned off moar of that yesterday see here >>135795 pb

SInce this is the 'lending' they do for shorting-ProTip: why the DTCC never full clears the daily action so they can continue to look the other way and the biggest ever Naked short was on, surprise...Lehman Brothers (the largest Bankruptcy in history and those were never covered cause they'd have to have paid cap gains tax on it so that was just an exercise in keeping it ded. They actually tried to resurrect this last year from the pink sheets OTC but it never got out of that but those shares still exist as Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. (LEHJQ)

https://www.newyorkfed.org/markets/desk-operations/securities-lending

Central Bank Liquidity Swap OperationsNone Reported

https://www.newyorkfed.org/markets/desk-operations/central-bank-liquidity-swap-operations

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

https://www.marketwatch.com/investing/bond/tmubmusd30y

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

https://www.investing.com/charts/forex-charts

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

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

https://www.livecharts.co.uk/MarketCharts/ngas.php

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

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

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

https://tradingeconomics.com/commodities

SPAR14 USAF C-40B departed JBA ne across the pond after arriving from Peterson AFB last night-departed JBA and stopped at Scott AFB before Peterson arrival yesterday

SPAR=Special Priority Air Resource

C202 US Coast Guard G5 back to Reagan National after an overnight at St. Johns Int'l, Newfoundland

FIAT40 USAF DC-10 Extender inbound to Dover it looks like from JB Elmendorf

pic-rel

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L3TEST USAFSOC C-32B out on a test flight from Majors

techno

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One of the FBI agents who investigated the Alfa Bank hoax - Agent Heide - was there to oversee the ludicrous early morning arrest of Roger Stone.

Pictured - Stone and Agent Heide.

Kash Patel

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Replying to @techno_fog

And he was one of the lead agents for Clinton email server criminal cover up

>>136088

TheStormHasArrived

@TheStormHasArrived17

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BREAKING: Nancy Pelosi’s favorite RINO Liz Cheney just filed to run for re-election in Wyoming.

MistyG

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Unbelievable.. Ulvade police waited an entire hour on Border Patrol to arrive, while the shooter was in the school firing

Patel Patriot

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Devolution pt 22

My article dropping tonight at 9EST may give insight to that.

Maybe…

Patel Patriot

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Anybody else find it interesting that a FOIA on the Bush administration PEADs was just released?

H/T @CognitiveCarbon

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/26/us/internet-president-emergency-orders.html

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Patel Patriot

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🔥 Devolution - Part 22 🔥

Join me in the chat to watch @realpgunnels live reading of part 22.

Show starts at 9 EST.

You don’t want to miss this one.

rumble.com/v167qzw-patel-patri

The article is based off the Ghost in the Machines video which you can find here:

youtu.be/VA4e0NqyYMw

>>136095

Patel Patriot

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Replying to @CognitiveCarbon and @patelpatriot

Another MSM outlet discussing continuity of government.

I’ll discuss this Saturday on my show!

RedstateWatcher

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BREAKING: White House eyes restarting idle oil refineries

>>136092

For the keks!

>>136092

Brian Cates ⭐️⭐️⭐️

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[Forwarded from Breaking911 on Telegram]

REPORTER: "We've been given a lot of bad information so why don't you clear all of this up now—and explain to us how it is that no officers went in there for an hour?"

TX DPS Director Escalon: "We will circle back with you."

[Brian Cates: we got a Jen Psaki fan here? ]

CFTC Orders Glencore to Pay $1.186 Billion for Manipulation and Corruption

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission today issued an order filing and settling charges against Glencore International A.G. of Switzerland, Glencore Ltd. of New York, and Chemoil Corporation of New York (collectively, Glencore), an energy and commodities trading firm, for manipulative and deceptive conduct. The conduct, which spanned from least 2007 to 2018, involved manipulation and foreign corruption in the U.S. and global oil markets, including manipulation or attempted manipulation of four U.S. based S&P Global Platts physical oil benchmarks and related futures and swaps. Glencore is required to pay a total of $1.186 billion, which consists of the highest civil monetary penalty ($865,630,784) and highest disgorgement amount ($320,715,066) in any CFTC case. The CFTC’s order finds that Glencore’s manipulative and fraudulent conduct—including conduct relating to foreign corruption—defrauded its counterparties, harmed other market participants, and undermined the integrity of the U.S. and global physical and derivatives oil markets. Platts physical oil benchmarks, including those that were the subject of Glencore’s manipulative conduct, serve as price benchmarks for end-users and market participants, and are incorporated as reference prices for the settlement of numerous derivatives. “When individuals and entities seek to disrupt the reliability of benchmarks, they interfere with the proper functioning of the markets that directly impact consumers,” said Chairman Rostin Behnam. “Without question, manipulating oil markets can drive up the cost Americans pay at the pump or to heat their homes. And today my message to the markets is clear: the CFTC will continue to pursue even the slightest hint of manipulative, corrupt, or fraudulent behavior.”

Acting Director of Enforcement Gretchen Lowe commented, “Today’s enforcement action demonstrates that the CFTC will work with its enforcement partners around the world to ensure that the U.S. markets operate free of manipulation and corruption, and the CFTC will impose substantial and robust sanctions against those market participants who engage in such conduct.” The order finds that from as early as 2007 (try since the 1970's biotch-like since the petro-dollar introduced-see moar below) through at least 2018, Glencore sought to increase profits from its physical and derivatives oil products trading by manipulating or attempting to manipulate U.S. price-assessment benchmarks relating to physical fuel oil products, and related futures and swaps, in order to benefit Glencore’s trading positions. https://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/8534-22

Marc Rich, Glencore founder pardoned by Clinton, dies

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-23061802

There is not enough space to even scratch the surface here so here's what I know: Kissinger hired Rich (Marc Rich and Co. for the coming Petro-dollar (rig oil markets) because they knew they had to control the Gold and the Oil. The deal they made (backroom w/ the Saudis) was that Gold would drop when oil rose and vice-versa. This all connected to Mossad of course and then since that worked out SO well (for them) they turned him loose on the metals markets. Marc Rich & Co. was split off into Trafigura and Glencore with (Glencore public/Trafigura private). You can see how he got pardoned by Bubba in the last hours of his second term in article above. Tax evasion-bigges one ever at the time, oil deals with Iran,..it is a LONG list

moar on next post

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James Comey and the Marc Rich Pardon

Bill Clinton formerly created the William J Clinton Foundation in 2001 at the end of his presidency. On January 20, 2001 – and just hours before formally leaving the presidential office for good – Bill Clinton pardoned Marc Rich, an international commodities trader. Rich had been indicted on charges of tax evasion and illegally trading oil with Iran. It was the biggest tax evasion case in U.S. history. He was indicted on 65 counts but fled to Switzerland. The man who brought the indictment against Rich was none other than Rudy Giuliani. Rich was pardoned after his ex-wife gave over $1 million to the Democratic Party – including $100,000 to the senate campaign of Bill’s wife, Hillary Clinton – and $450,000 to the Clinton Library. The pardon also happened after senior UBS executive, Pierre de Weck, sent a letter to Clinton requesting the pardon and offering a… you guessed it…paid speech. Note that UBS has factored significantly among the Clinton Foundation donors in more recent years per Wiki Leaks. There are other long-lingering ties stemming from Rich’s pardon. Large Clinton Foundation donors Nigerian businessman Gilbert Chagoury and Russian investor Sergei Kurzin (Uranium One deal), among others, both had close ties to Rich (Kurzin had worked for Rich). The pardon was extremely controversial with even president Jimmy Carter saying there was no doubt that “some of the factors in his pardon were attributable to the large gifts”. A NY Times editorial called it a “shocking abuse of power”. Rich’s attorney, Jack Quinn, had been Vice President Al Gore’s Chief of Staff and then became White House Counsel to President Bill Clinton. Quinn also had a close relationship with Deputy Attorney General (later Attorney General) Eric Holder. It was Holder who decided the pardon petition should bypass normal procedures and be submitted directly to the White House. A Federal Prosecutor, Mary Jo White (currently Chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission), was appointed to investigate President Clinton’s pardon of Rich. She ultimately stepped down from the investigation and was replaced with a man who had been a vocal critic of both Eric Holder’s pardon recommendation and the pardon itself. The man who replaced White was…Current FBI Director James Comey.

The Marc Rich pardon scandal is important on several fronts:

*It was in essence the formulation of the Clinton Foundation,it allowed the Clinton’s to recognize (and realize) their monetary power that stemmed from Bill’s presidency

*It brought many of the current players in the Clinton Foundation into the Clinton fold

The Clinton Foundation Investigation had been proceeding on a parallel track due to the exposure brought on by Peter Schweizer’s book “Clinton Cash”. Note that Comey specifically refused to comment on the Clinton Foundation when he testified before Congress. For those of you who thought the sudden release of Marc Rich’s pardon documents two days ago by the FBI was a bit strange, perhaps this all makes matters a bit more clear. The release of the Marc Rich documents was a message. The Clinton Foundation Investigation is not over.

https://themarketswork.com/2016/11/03/james-comey-and-the-marc-rich-pardon/

>>136105, >>136107

Fast forward to today and all this market rigging still goes on they just do it with what is know as High Frequency Trading (HFT) and a large portion of this is facilitated by a Virtu Financial who is a market-maker in all WW markets-they are not the only one however they are the most brazen-see below for the 1 loss in 1,238 trading days-and that was actually in the filed paperwork for the first IPO attempt. The SEC was just gonna let that one go and the only thing that turned up the heat on them was the release of the the Michael Lewis book 'Flash Boys'-good read but it is very dry so don't expect something like the Big Short or other titles by him.

Below is article from 2021 the GME and AMC trading frenzy and they were 'defending' their position as a HFT trade-providing "deep liquidity" However if you look at just today's depth they have a serious problem see cap #5 here >>136079

High-Speed Trader Virtu Fires Back at Critics Amid Meme-Stock Frenzy

High-speed trader Virtu Financial Inc. VIRT 1.24% is pushing back against critics in Washington who say the stock market is rigged against small investors. Virtu’s business of executing individual investors’ orders is facing scrutiny from lawmakers and regulators following the surge in shares of meme stocks like AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc. and GameStop Corp. Payment for order flow has existed for decades and has come under scrutiny before. See here >>135898 pb Nasdaq, NYSE Dealt Blow in Clash With SEC Over Market-Data Feeds-deal wif 'spoofing' "Gary" otherwise this is useless and how "Gary (worthless POS he is) is trying to deal with this by NOT addressing the kickbacks they get for order flow. But it received fresh attention after the wild volatility in GameStop shares in January. At one congressional hearing in February, Rep. Sean Casten (D., Ill.) referred to Robinhood Markets Inc.’s practice of sending orders to high-speed traders as “a conduit to feed fish to sharks.” Last week, the new chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, Gary Gensler, said he has asked SEC staff to explore changes to the rules governing how investors’ orders are handled. The review will include a practice known as payment for order flow, in which brokerages send many of their customers’ orders to trading firms in exchange for cash payments. Virtu’s stock sold off sharply after Mr. Gensler’s remarks.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/high-speed-trader-virtu-fires-back-at-critics-amid-meme-stock-frenzy-11623592801

They had some 'issues' when they tried to go public in 2014-they eventually did in 2015

How a Book Crushed the Virtu Financial IPO

It was going to be a stellar debut. The IPO roadshow was kicking off in just a few days. Goldman Sachs, Citigroup, Credit Suisse, and J.P. Morgan were lined up to take the company public in a matter of weeks. With plans to raise $250 million from investors, the IPO pegged the value of Virtu Financial at $3 billion. The little-known firm had carved out an extremely profitable niche in the financial sector. Its business is known simply as “high-frequency trading.” And it’s an incredibly profitable business. In fact, it’s so profitable that Virtu never loses money. According to the firm’s S-1 filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the firm is profitable 99.92% of the time.The SEC filing reports “As a result of our real-time risk management strategy and technology, we had only one losing trading day [out of] a total of 1,238 trading days.”Aside from a little hand-wringing, the high-frequency trading firms Michael Lewis accused of “rigging” the stock market in his groundbreaking new book, “Flash Boys: A Wall Street Revolt,” haven’t been tangibly impacted yet. Except one. Virtu Financial, a multinational electronic trading firm that claims to “lower costs for both retail and institutional investors,” was set to embark on its pre-IPO road show in early April. Yet immediately following the release of Flash Boys, Virtu indefinitely postponed its initial public offering. No official reason was given for the delay of the Virtu Financial IPO. But every analyst knows why: In the wake of Lewis’ book, this is not a good time for high-frequency trading (HFT) firms to be going public. The public backlash has been too great, with investors around the world expressing outrage over some of the claims made in Flash Boys. For those who aren’t familiar with the book, the premise is that high-frequency trading firms are robbing traders by using computers that are able to identify the way someone is about to trade. In doing so, they jack up the price by a penny or two before the investor is able to buy the stock. In essence, it allows traders who use sophisticated computer programs to skim profits away from traders employing simpler tools and techniques. A penny or two more doesn’t sound like much. But when it’s done millions of times per day … that adds up. “Legalized front-running” is what Lewis called this predatory trading activity in a recent “60 Minutes” feature (click here to watch the full interview). Virtu Financial is one of the firms Lewis accuses of doing this “legalized front-running.” He only mentions them by name in a footnote in the book. But that was enough to turn public sentiment against them. The Virtu Financial IPO has been indefinitely suspended out of fear that the bad publicity might result in a low valuation once the company goes public. Virtu was seeking to raise $250 million in its IPO, which would give the company a valuation of close to $3 billion. While Virtu may still go public at a later date, the company appears to be waiting for the smoke surrounding high-frequency trading to clear first. That hasn’t happened yet. KCG Holdings (NYSE: KCG), another high-frequency trading firm with shares on the New York Stock Exchange, has fallen 17% in the month since Flash Boys was released.

https://www.wyattresearch.com/article/virtu-financial-ipo/

The founder of Virtu Financial is "Vincent" Goombah Viola and he was actually put forth as a nominee by45to be United States Secretary of the Army (but withdrawn thank god-seriously what were you thinking with that one) and he also the former Chairman of the NYMEX-that 'fine upstanding market that allows the huge drops in Ag when it opens taking thousands of contracts created out of thin-air and dumping them onto the open market. And then the CFTC Chair (Gary was that in the past) Rostin Benham-cap #5 looks the other way.

Vincent Viola

Executive Chairman since November 2013. He previously served as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of Virtu Financial and its predecessors since April 2008. Mr. Viola is one of the nation's foremost leaders in electronic trading. He was the founder of Virtu East in 2008, a founder of Madison Tyler Holdings in 2002 and the former Chairman of the NYMEX. Mr. Viola started his career in the financial services industry on the floor of the NYMEX and became Vice Chairman from 1993 to 1996 and Chairman from 2001 to 2004. Mr. Viola graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in 1977. He later graduated from the U.S. Army Airborne, Infantry and Ranger Schools and served in the 101st Airborne Division. In 1983, he graduated from the New York Law School. Mr. Viola's extensive business experience in the financial services industry provides the board of directors with valuable knowledge and experience in the electronic trading and market making business. In addition, as our founder, Mr. Viola has successfully led Virtu since its inception and provides the board of directors with valuable insight regarding strategic decisions and the future direction of our Company.

He is the current Chairman Emeritus of Virtu

Cap #2 is an example of Goldman Sachs being observed hanging out some offers on both sides bid and ask of a small position hoping that it fools others (humans) into taking the bait so that it also triggers others to come and an play. These orders are quickly pulled because they don't want to fill them they just want to see what humans are up to and use that as a way to flush out what real orders may be waiting to be placed.

And "Gary" current SEC Chairman who was at the helm of the CFTC when they killed off the the Silver manipulation investigation and was theCFO of Hillary 2016 is gonna "fix' all of this.

LOKI82 USAF E-4B Nightwatch just finished up a refueling exercise with OKIE52 KC-135 tanker over Nebraska and Northern Kansas

They switch off the Nighwatch while they do this -the dotted trace is the signal 'catching up' to it as it is switched back on.''

It is heading to Dyess AFB in TX-one of five places it resides-Lincoln Muni Airport, NE (temporary home while Offutt AFB runway is being replaced), Wright-Patterson AFB, OH-Robbins AFB, GA and occasionally it goes to Seymour Johnson AFB in NC-also stops at JBA as well but those 5 are where they usually are.

MALT45USAF KC-135 tanker out of MacDill AFB, Tampa heading sw along SC/GA coastline

COBRA49 USAF RC-135 Combat SENT arriving at Yokota AB Japan from Lincoln Muni departure earlier today

Only two of these

All RC-135U aircraft are equipped with an aerial refueling system, giving it an unlimited flying range. Communication equipment includes high frequency, very high frequency, and ultra high frequency radios. The navigation equipment incorporates ground navigation radar, a solid state Doppler system, and an inertial navigation system that merges celestial observations and Global Positioning System data. Although the flight crew stations are similarly configured, the reconnaissance equipment is slightly unique within each airframe. The aircraft are identified by their distinctive antennae arrays on the "chin" and wing tips, large cheek fairings, and extended tail. Crew composition includes two pilots, one navigator, two airborne systems engineers, and a minimum of 10 electronic warfare officers, or "Ravens," and six or more electronic, technical, and area specialists.

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

RCH597 USAF C-5 Galaxy departing Yokota AB

Italian AF PERSEO71 G5 E550 AEW ISR over eastern Romania

This same as the Israeli AF Nachshon Eitam

The G550-AEW aircraft provides detection range of more than 200 nautical miles, enabling RSAF to respond more effectively to aerial threats in various operational situations. 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.

>>136080

Dollar sinks to one-month low amid easing Fed rate hike bets

The U.S. dollar sank to a one-month low versus major peers on Friday as traders lowered Federal Reserve rate hike expectations amid signs the central bank might slow or even pause its tightening cycle in the second half of the year. The dollar index , which measures the greenback against a basket of six major peers, fell as low as 101.43 for the first time since April 25. A rally in Asian stocks also sapped demand for the greenback as a haven.

Against the euro , the U.S. currency also slipped to the weakest since April 25 at $1.0765, and dropped to the lowest against sterling since April 26 at $1.2607. The risk-sensitive Australian dollar rallied 0.51% to $0.7136, while the New Zealand dollar jumped 0.49% to $0.6510.

The dollar index is headed for a 1.5% drop this week, following last week's 1.37% slide. That would be the first two-week decline since the turn of the year. It reached a nearly two-decade peak above 105 mid-month, but retreated amid signs that Fed tightening may already be slowing economic growth. Treasury yields have also dropped from multi-year highs, further undermining the dollar. The dollar weakened 0.3% to 126.69 yen, sliding gradually over the past three weeks from a two-decade high of 131.35.

https://www.reuters.com/markets/europe/dollar-sinks-one-month-low-amid-easing-fed-rate-hike-bets-2022-05-27/

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

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

I'm gonna say that by tomorrow we will see 'Jerry' and the NYFRB Bois will have done a USD/YEN swap...an hour later and the Yen falls....GTFO

At the very least they are on notice that they are gonna do it so cart leads the horse mebby but the $ dropping to a one month low on a friday before a holiday weekend....GTFO

>>136120

>not all Mossad

no not at all

be back in a few

>>136003

>>136005

#921

>>136008 RCH880 (tail #02-110) and habbenings on 0211in history

>>136010, >>136069 Hungarian AF HUAF609 to Paris and left after 35 minutes

>>136014 @stormypatriotjoe"Why is @realDonaldTrump making such big point to show he endorsed Oz-Mail-in voting started"

>>136015, >>136039, >>136064 PAT44 US Army G5 nw from JBA-the last time this was PAT44 it went to Stansted, London and at the same time as the SAM911 stuffs see here JBA-Pierre 90min gs-JBA

>>136016, >>136056 @realLizUSA-Save America Announces Program Speakers for Casper, Wyoming

>>136020 Planned Parenthood officials admit under oath to selling aborted body parts

>>136022 NAR: Pending Home Sales Decreased 3.9% in April-oops

>>136026 02-4452 USAFSOC C-32B departed McGuire AFB ws +USAFSOC ACs wut they are

>>136028 Chipmaker Broadcom to buy VMware in $61 bln deal

>>136029, >>136030 @WallStreetApes Can I ask a question, is it possible for the world leaders & government to just f.ck off? I’ve traveled a lot & every country I’ve been to including China the people have been amazing, friendly, welcoming.."

>>136031, >>136067 SAM161 USAF C-32A west from JBAWH NSO AC past usage by them-dunno if 'fooked Jake Sullivan on board but they WH NSO use this one all the time

>>136032, >>136034, >>136035, >>136037 SHOCKER!!! Would you look at that AGAIN the fraud market reporting service is down

>>136033 @grrrgraphics "our Thursday Morning Montana moment- It's beargrass time!"

>>136036 Stocks rally after strong outlooks from (discount) retailers

>>136045 Q1 GDP Growth Revised down to minus 1.5% Annual Rate-and whoever "approves" those preliminary releases is an ijit

>>136047 @BradCGZ "Judge Cooper's Final Instructions to the 'Sussman Trial' Jury"

>>136048 @grrrgraphics-Good Fella gone home- RIP Ray Liotta

>>136049 @redstatewatcher Schumer Blocks School Safety Bill

>>136061, >>136062 @RealSKeshel-Audit the Vote PA informs me all 2020 election ballot images have been secured for Lycoming County..My estimate is 4,000 excess votes.

>>136064 South Dakota Pot Legalization Initiative Qualifies for November Ballot

>>136066 Spectacular, Blowout 7Y Auction Stops-Through With Best Metrics Since March 2020 Covid Crisis Peak-Directs not buying now cause they can't flip to NYFRB

>>136068, >>136070 @Kanekoa-Something stinks in Georgia

>>136071 After Russia’s third rate cut in two months, some air is finally coming out of the ruble

>>136076 Silver (Ag) COMEX #s for May 25th, 2022: 181,145,000/ozs @ $21.85 input price =$3.985B

>>136077 Italian AF IAM1423KC-767 Tanker/transport leaving Rezsow Airport after the clean socks delivery for Zelensky about 2 hours on the ground

>>136079, >>136080, >>136083 Mkt Fag: Confirmation the FRB is gonna stop in September-Global shares rally on relief after Fed minutes-like you din't know this in Feb? and GDP at -1.5% and pending home sales...Muahahahaha! matters not-edition

>>136081 SPAR14 departure nw from JBA/C202 US coast guard from St. Johns to Reagan National FIAT40 tanker

>>136082 L3TEST USAFSOC C-32B out on a test flight from Majors

>>136087 @techno_fog-One of the FBI agents who investigated the Alfa Bank hoax - Agent Heide - was there to oversee the ludicrous early morning arrest of Roger Stone.

>>136089 Nancy Pelosi’s favorite RINO Liz Cheney just filed to run for re-election in Wyoming.

>>136092, >>136102, >>136104 @MistyG17-Unbelievable.. Ulvade police waited an entire hour on Border Patrol to arrive, while the shooter was in the school firing

>>136094, >>136097 @patelpatriot-Devolution pt 22-My article dropping tonight at 9EST may give insight to that.

>>136095, >>136098 @patelpatriot-Anybody else find it interesting that a FOIA on the Bush administration PEADs was just released?

>>136101, >>136115, >>136116, >>136118, >>136120, >>136122 @redstatewatcher-White House eyes restarting idle oil refineries

>>136105, >>136107, >>136109 CFTC Orders Glencore to Pay $1.186 Billion for Manipulation and Corruption + Glencore co-founder Marc Rich/James Comey Clinton Foundation and Market Rigger Virtu Financial all connected

>>136110 LOKI82 USAF E-4B Nightwatch just finished up a refueling exercise with OKIE52 KC-135 tanker over Nebraska and Northern Kansas

>>136112 MALT45 USAF KC-135 tanker out of MacDill AFB, Tampa heading sw along SC/GA coastline

>>136117 COBRA49 USAF RC-135 Combat SENT arriving at Yokota AB Japan from Lincoln Muni departure earlier today

>>136119 Italian AF PERSEO71 G5 E550 AEW ISR over eastern Romania

>>136121 Dollar sinks to one-month low amid easing Fed rate hike bets-Jerry and The NYFRB doing a swap right nao?-Friday Holiday wknd and $ drops to 1 month low...:I

all yers

>>136130

Glad that got cleared up

They gotta take $ to get elected I totally get that but making up shit about huge 'secret' funds that are exactly equal in size to the Cayman Sov wealth fund-in that case- was a little too easy to derp it

dunno where some of these peeps get that shit from-but it must work otherwise they wouldn't try it

Team effort all the way!