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DOUGH

https://fullchan.net/?69e85e08e44d4b26#93C66wq5xDeacAuD2C86GUYFmVL36PpvqKDt6ijgNv9u

>>46005

bounce yo

I watch it till ya get back

g's bumpin but not too much

they know gonna be late mornin so imma clear

mostly

>>46006

roger that. will give a shout when i get back. won't take too long

>>45991

>>46006

morning

>>46008

https://twitter.com/18airbornecorps/status/1383005116412858372

It's Friday morning, friends.

Dragon Family Time coming up.

Let's rally.

STIFF74 USAFSOC C-32B departed Prestwick Int'l Airport, Scotland after an overnight se

Morgan Stanley profit surges, flags nearly $1 billion Archegos loss

Morgan Stanley reported a 150% jump in first-quarter profit on Friday that sailed past Wall Street expectations, while disclosing an almost $1 billion loss from the collapse of private fund Archegos. The Wall Street powerhouse said in a statement that the one-off losses were related to a credit event and subsequent losses from “a single prime brokerage client” that it identified as Archegos on a call with analysts.

Morgan Stanley was one of six banks that had exposure to Archegos Capital Management, a family office fund that defaulted on margin calls late last month and triggered a firesale of stocks across Wall Street.

The bank also reminded investors that it had resumed its share buyback program in 1Q of 2021, and repurchased $2.1BN outstanding stock. As with Goldman and JPM, equities revenue reflected “notable strength in derivatives, driven by continued client engagement and elevated volumes,” the bank said, but also included a “loss of $644 million related to a credit event for a single prime brokerage client, and $267 million of subsequent trading losses through the end of the quarter related to the same event.”

https://www.reuters.com/article/morgan-stanley-results/update-4-morgan-stanley-reveals-911-million-archegos-loss-as-net-profit-jumps-idUSL4N2M92XL

ELVIS93 and 80 Beech MC-12W Liberty(s) south from Hunter Army Airfield Savannah, GA along east coast of Florida

The MC-12W is designed to intensify data collection operations through intelligence-collection capabilities operating in-theatre, allowing real-time full-motion video and signals intelligence for battlefield decisions of military troop leaders. A fully operational MC-12W would comprise sensors, a ground exploitation cell, line-of-sight and SATCOM data links, as well as a robust voice communications suite. It would have manpower sufficient for 24hour deployed operations.

https://www.airforce-technology.com/projects/mc-liberty/

PAT007 US Army C-560 departed Tampa Int'l after a ground stop-inbound from JBA earlier and a quick trip over to Orlando Int'l

https://twitter.com/Breaking911/status/1383037572939722755

https://twitter.com/Breaking911/status/1383038169365553157

https://twitter.com/Breaking911/status/1383041130275672069

Their pandamic is done!

Jack Lombardi for Congress IL-16 R

@JackLombardi

Google deplatformed the Maricopa county audit volunteer observer application.

The audit application was then switched to using wufoo, who also deplatformed them.

What is big tech trying to hide?

1:29 AM · Apr 16, 2021·Twitter for Android

https://twitter.com/JackLombardi/status/1382944319506677760

CM

https://t.me/s/codemonkeyz

China opens its borders to multi-billion dollar gold imports

China has given domestic and international banks permission to import large amounts of gold into the country, five sources familiar with the matter said, potentially helping to support gold prices after a months-long decline.

China is the world's biggest gold consumer, gobbling up hundreds of tonnes worth tens of billions of dollars each year, but its imports plunged as the coronavirus spread and local demand dried up.

With China's economy rebounding strongly since the second half of last year, its appetite for gold jewellery, bars and coins has also recovered, and since January domestic prices have been higher than global benchmark rates, making it profitable to import bullion. GOL/AS

The People's Bank of China (PBOC), the nation's central bank, controls how much gold enters China through a system of quotas given to commercial banks. It usually allows enough metal in to satisfy local demand but sometimes restricts the flow. In recent weeks it has given permission for large amounts of bullion to enter, the sources said.

"We had no quotas for a while. Now we are getting them ... the most since 2019," said a source at one of the banks moving gold into China. Around 150 tonnes of gold worth $8.5 billion at current prices is likely to be shipped, four sources said. Two of the sources said the bullion would be shipped in April. Two others said it would reach China over April and May.

The bulk of China's gold imports typically come from Australia, South Africa and Switzerland. The size of the shipments signals China's dramatic return to the global bullion market. Since February 2020, the country has on average imported gold worth around $600 million a month, or roughly 10 tonnes, Chinese customs data show.

In 2019 its imports ran at about $3.5 billion a month, or roughly 75 tonnes.

The People's Bank of China did not respond to a request for comment.

China's absence made little difference to gold prices early in the pandemic when Western investors fearful of economic catastrophe stockpiled vast amounts of bullion traditionally seen as a safe asset pushing it to a record high of $2,072.50 an ounce.

https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/exclusive-china-opens-its-borders-to-multi-billion-dollar-gold-imports-sources-2021-04-16

>>46006

back yo

>>46008

morn'n gb. habby fryday

Bitcoin falls as Turkey bans cryptocurrency payments

Bitcoin fell early on Friday, after Turkey’s central bank decided to ban the use of cryptocurrencies for payments from the end of the month.

The Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey (CBRT) cited a number of reasons for the ban, including a lack of “supervision mechanisms” and “central authority regulation” for crypto assets. It said that market values can be “excessively volatile,” adding that digital wallets can be stolen or used unlawfully and that transactions were irrevocable. Turkey isn’t the only country looking to take tough measures on digital assets. India is reportedly set to propose a law banning cryptocurrencies and making trading or even holding assets punishable with a fine. The bill was included in a government agenda in January, which also referenced plans to create an official digital currency issued by the Reserve Bank of India. “The bill also seeks to prohibit all private cryptocurrencies in India, however, it allows for certain exceptions to promote the underlying technology of cryptocurrency and its uses,” according to the agenda.

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/bitcoin-falls-as-turkey-bans-cryptocurrency-payments-11618565622?mod=article_inline

>>46021

'member dat

morning

>>46023

>>46028

>>46029

roger that. me n eb ot got errything under ctrl.

Foreign selling in Treasuries in February hits highest since December 2018

Foreign outflows in Treasuries hit their highest in more than two years in February, according to data from the U.S. Treasury released on Thursday, as investors sold government debt on expectations that yields would go higher as the economy emerged from the pandemic. On a transaction basis, foreign investors sold $65.46 billion in Treasuries in the month, the largest outflow since December 2018, compared with outflows of $49.13 billion the previous month. Investors have sold Treasuries in nine of the last 12 months.

Foreign holdings of Treasuries overall declined to $7.098 trillion in February, from $7.119 trillion the previous month. In January, foreign ownership of Treasuries gained the most in six months. Japan led the slide in foreign holdings in February, with $1.258 trillion, from $1.276 trillion in January, which, analysts said, may have been related to the country’s March fiscal year-end. Japanese investors tend to sell U.S. assets and repatriate those proceeds back to their home country for balance sheet purposes, with the approaching fiscal-year end. Japan remains the largest non-U.S. holder of U.S. government debt.

China, on the other hand, raised its holdings of U.S. government debt, with $1.1 trillion, from $1.09 trillion in January. Data also showed foreign investors bought $13.99 billion in U.S. equities in February, from $11.868 billion in January. Foreigners have purchased U.S. stocks for 10 straight months. U.S. corporate bonds had a net inflow of $14.49 billion, from $18.87 billion in January.

Overall, net foreign acquisitions of U.S. long-term and short-term securities, as well as banking flows, amounted to a net inflow of $72.6 billion in February, from a revised $105.8 billion in January.

https://www.reuters.com/article/usa-treasury-securities/corrected-update-1-foreign-selling-in-treasuries-in-february-hits-highest-since-april-2020-data-idUSL1N2M82Z6

Venezuela Cut Off From Share of IMF’s $650 Billion New Reserves (SDR's)

The International Monetary Fund won’t hand over $5 billion of special drawing rights (SDR) to Venezuela to bolster its reserves as part of a massive injection of resources to member nations, due to an ongoing dispute over whether President Nicolas Maduro is the legitimate leader of the country.

Venezuela in theory would be among the biggest recipients in terms of percentage of gross domestic product of a proposed $650 billion in special drawing rights that the IMF is planning to give countries to boost global liquidity. This is part of an effort to help emerging and low-income nations deal with mounting debt and Covid-19. Some Republicans in Congress, including Senators Pat Toomey and John Kennedy, have urged U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen to oppose the creation of the reserves, saying they would reward Maduro, among other U.S. adversaries. But Venezuela won’t be able to access the assets, which most nations will receive via a transfer to their central banks if they are approved as expected by the Fund’s board of governors in the coming months, according to the IMF. That’s because the U.S. and more than 50 other countries regard opposition leader Juan Guaido as the nation’s legitimate leader, following sham presidential elections in 2018. “The ongoing political crisis in Venezuela has led to a lack of clarity in the international community as reflected in the IMF’s membership regarding official government recognition,” IMF spokesman Gerry Rice said in reply to questions from Bloomberg News. Venezuela isn’t able to access its existing SDR holdings and won’t be able to use new ones “until a government is recognized,” Rice said.

The decision is the latest setback for Maduro’s regime, which has been largely cut off from a global financial network due to U.S. sanctions. After seven years of economic contraction following a collapse in global oil prices, the IMF’s handout of $5.1 billion would have been equivalent to 81% of the nation’s existing international reserves. Maduro administration officials are considering whether to invite IMF officials to inspect the government’s economic data a step known as an Article IV evaluation in an effort to mend the relationship following a 14-year data blackout that left most economists guessing the depths of the nation’s monumental collapse, according to three people with knowledge of the matter. Yet, because the Maduro government is barred from having contact, discussions or access to financing from the IMF until it’s recognized as the official government, that Article IV evaluation can’t presently take place. Press officials for Venezuela’s presidency did not respond to requests for comment.

While the IMF suspended Venezuela’s access to SDRs in 2019 citing political chaos, the relationship between the two has long been contentious. In 2007, late President Hugo Chavez pledged to cut ties with the Washington organization, contending that the Fund merely served U.S. interests. “This is the kind of initiative that a country like Venezuela could really take advantage of in the face of the ongoing crisis,” said Temir Porras, a former senior economic aide to Chavez and Maduro. “It’s time for a more pragmatic approach, not just to immediately attend to urgent health needs, but to contribute to the stabilization of our economy.”

Venezuela SDR holdings had fallen more than 99% from their allocated level as of last month, down to just $12.5 million from $3.6 billion in 2009, when it was a recipient of reserves during the global financial crisis, according to IMF data. More than two-thirds of Venezuela’s foreign reserves are in the form of gold, which has been difficult to sell because of U.S. sanctions.

https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/venezuela-cut-off-from-share-of-imf-s-650-billion-new-reserves-1.1591245

02-5001 USAFSOC C-32B departed Eglin AFB north

U.S. stops short of declaring Vietnam, Switzerland, Taiwan currency manipulators

The U.S. Treasury Department on Friday said Vietnam, Switzerland and Taiwan tripped its thresholds for possible currency manipulation under a 2015 U.S. trade law, but refrained from formally branding them as manipulators under a separate law. Switzerland rejected Treasury’s assessment and denied that it engaged in any form of currency manipulation.

An official with Taiwan’s central bank said the U.S. decision showed that there was continued good communication between Taipei and Washington on the issue and that U.S. authorities understood Taiwan’s “special situation.” No immediate reaction was available from Vietnam.

Treasury said no other major U.S. trading partner met the relevant 1988 or 2015 legislative criteria for currency manipulation or enhanced analysis during the review period.

Treasury urged China to improve transparency regarding its foreign exchange intervention activities, the policy objectives of its exchange rate management regime, the relationship between the central bank and foreign exchange activities of the state-owned banks, and its activities in the offshore yuan market.

Treasury said it found that 11 economies warrant placement on Treasury’s “Monitoring List” of major trading partners that merit close attention to their currency practices: China, Japan, South Korea, Germany, Ireland, Italy, India, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, and Mexico. All except Ireland and Mexico were included in the December 2020 report to Congress.

Reaction in the foreign exchange market was muted, with the Swiss franc modestly stronger and the Mexican peso only slightly weaker.

https://www.reuters.com/article/usa-currency-manipulation/update-2-u-s-stops-short-of-declaring-vietnam-switzerland-taiwan-currency-manipulators-idUSL1N2M9129

>>46033

02-5001 USAFSOC C-32B on final approach at Louisville, KY Ali Int'l Airport

>>45876 pb

ODIN99 USAF E-4B Nightwatch departing JBA after an overnight and west

This was TITAN25 and arrived back at JBA yesterday from the Sec. of Defense trip to Tel Aviv, Berlin, Stuttgart, London (Stansted Airport) and back)

>>46030

peekin in

they runnin an hour behind at lab

feelz so much better, you an ebo T on it

LMAO

always lubbed ebo T

dude knows shit

back soon enough

g1 considerin all his savin money bout now

sittin down der with drug tests and welfare moms

LMAO

will mention other half livin, for the keks

Totally normal to hear f22 fly over the whitehouse.

Gunman Kills 8 People at Indianapolis FedEx Warehouse Before Killing Himself

https://www.breitbart.com/crime/2021/04/16/gunman-kills-8-at-indianapolis-fedex-facility-suspect-shoots-himself/

>>46016

>>46017

The link to from Twitter to the Arizona volunteer observer form still works

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeF6HwfjrJ2JJZQGNvJ3NaqGm1Ggvfw914UPAxjzFPGdFG6FQ/viewform

Russia, retaliating against Washington, says it will ask 10 U.S. diplomats to leave

Russia will ask 10 U.S. diplomats to leave the country in retaliation for Washington's expulsion of the same number of Russian diplomats over alleged malign activity, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Friday. The U.S. government on Thursday imposed a broad array of sanctions on Russia, including curbs to its sovereign debt market, to punish it for interfering in last year's U.S. election, cyber hacking, bullying Ukraine and other alleged malign actions. On Friday, Lavrov, speaking at a news conference with his Serbian counterpart, laid out Russia's response.

Apart from expelling 10 U.S. diplomats, he said Moscow would place eight U.S. officials on a sanctions list and end the activity in Russia of U.S. funds and NGOs which it believes interfere in the country's internal affairs. He said Russia was also considering possible "painful" measures aimed at U.S. business in Russia.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov had earlier on Friday called the U.S. sanctions unacceptable, even as it left the door open to dialogue. U.S. President Joe Biden, after imposing the sanctions on Moscow, had called for a de-escalation in tensions and said it was vital the White House and Kremlin kept communication lines open. Biden has proposed that he and Putin meet for a summit.

"(Putin) has repeatedly said we're ready to develop dialogue as much as our counterparts are ready to do so. In this sense it is probably positive that the views of the two heads of state coincide," Peskov told reporters before the Russian counter sanctions were unveiled. "Their views categorically do not coincide when it comes to creating mutually beneficial relations and taking each other's interests into account," Peskov added however.

Fears of U.S. sanctions had caused volatility on Russian markets for weeks and prompted the rouble to fall sharply. The national currency recovered much of that ground though as it became clear the sanctions had stopped short of crippling measures that would ban U.S. banks from holding Russian debt.

https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/kremlin-says-putin-decide-counter-sanctions-against-washington-2021-04-16/

>>46041

>>46043

either Acosta is trolling or he just habbend to be at the right place, right time for this

https://twitter.com/Acosta/status/1383086176278622209

checkin in yo's

g's gettin settled in

I can focus again

mabbe

>>46035

02-5001 USAF C-32B departed Louisville, KY Ali Airport after a quick ground stop and looks like it's heading to Bragg

>>46052

whenever you ready to hand it over

appreciate the six

g's gonna g

shrug.png

confirm handoff

>>46055

they just noticed it...today.

gee..we had dat when it habbened albeit not on dis board.

>>46053

i always kek when i see that one.

Handoff Confirmed

>>46039

>>46046

JUST IN - F-22 fighter jets conduct flyby over the new WW1 Memorial in Washington DC, while

@PressSec

Psaki holds a press conference at the White House.

https://twitter.com/disclosetv/status/1383078060979859456

>>46057

acknowledged

>>46056

>>46060

how long before they figure out the got rid of M3 a little over 15 years ago.

check that date of it stopping too...

Discontinuance of M3

On March 23, 2006, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System will cease publication of the M3 monetary aggregate. The Board will also cease publishing the following components: large-denomination time deposits, repurchase agreements (RPs), and Eurodollars. The Board will continue to publish institutional money market mutual funds as a memorandum item in this release.

Measures of large-denomination time deposits will continue to be published by the Board in the Flow of Funds Accounts (Z.1 release) on a quarterly basis and in the H.8 release on a weekly basis (for commercial banks).

M3 does not appear to convey any additional information about economic activity that is not already embodied in M2 and has not played a role in the monetary policy process for many years. Consequently, the Board judged that the costs of collecting the underlying data and publishing M3 outweigh the benefits.

https://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/h6/discm3.htm

>>46061

https://ktxs.com/news/local/texas-house-gives-approves-constitutional-carry-for-people-to-carry-gun-without-licence

Texas House approves "constitutional carry" to allow people to carry gun without license

https://pjmedia.com/uncategorized/rick-moran/2021/04/16/why-is-the-biden-administration-still-seizing-land-for-a-border-wall-if-hes-not-going-to-build-it-n1440459

Why Is the Biden Administration Still Seizing Land for a Border Wall if He's Not Going to Build It?

The Biden administration is still seizing land along the U.S. southern border for Donald Trump’s border wall despite announcing that he was not going to finish it.

The administration insists they’re in the midst of a “review of federal resources to build the wall” and are allowing Trump-era court cases to proceed, including land seizure cases. That review was supposed to be concluded 60 days after Biden’s inauguration — March 20. The president made the announcement of the wall cancellation with great fanfare and publicity. And yet land has continued to be seized.

“I’m … very, very disappointed in Joe Biden. I thought he was a man of his word but apparently, he’s not keeping his word,” Reynaldo “Rey” Anzaldua Cavazos, a member of the family whose land was taken, told Politico. “He said not one more foot of wall and no land forfeitures. We took him at his word and we want him to keep his word.”

Despite Biden’s promise to quickly reverse Trump’s immigration policies, he has yet to act on many of them — from failing to increase the cap on refugees to rescinding a ban on most migrants at the southern border. But fewer issues carry as much symbolic weight as the border wall. And his actions there threaten to further complicate his pledge to offer a kinder, gentler immigration system where everyone is welcome.

“They can have all the excuses they want but it’s real dicey to look at what they’re doing right now,” said a person who consults with the White House on immigration policy who has grown frustrated. “It’s a lot of stuff Trump was doing.”

When they find out they are destroying the corp constitution........

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/psaki-biden-un-ambassador-founding-documents-weaved-racism

Psaki defends Biden UN ambassador who said founding documents 'weaved' with racism

Linda Thomas-Greenfield criticized over comments about America's founding documents and racism

White House press secretary Jen Psaki on Friday defended United Nations Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield amid criticism over comments that the American founding documents are "weaved" with White supremacy.

Greenfield made the comments in question at a speech for the liberal National Action Network's 2021 virtual convention, as she addressed the U.S. effort to rejoin the controversial U.N. Human Rights Council. She said the U.S. needs to approach "issues of equity and justice" internationally "with humility" because of past American moral struggles.

"We have to acknowledge that we are an imperfect union and have been since the beginning," she said. "I’ve seen for myself how the original sin of slavery weaved White supremacy into our founding documents and principles."

Psaki was asked about Greenfield's comments Friday and any resemblance to moral attacks against the United States by Chinese diplomats last month in a meeting with Secretary of State Anthony Blinken and others in Alaska.

>>46037, >>46051

02-5001 USAFSOC C-32B departed Bragg after a ground stop sw heading back to Eglin most likely

ODIN99 USAF E-4B Nightwatch on ground at Lincoln Muni, NE from JBA

Nebraska’s Governor Pete Ricketts responded to Biden’s actions by declaring the state a “Second Amendment Sanctuary”.

https://www.klkntv.com/there-have-been-more-mass-shootings-in-2021-than-there-have-been-days/Nebraska’s Governor Pete Ricketts responded to Biden’s actions by declaring the state a “Second Amendment Sanctuary”.

House Will Vote on Whether to Make Washington D.C. a State Tuesday

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/04/16/house-will-vote-make-washington-state-tuesday/