Running late today, sorry
Wuhan virus –
Hat tip TIK - - “A study published in The Lancet found “no clinical benefit” from the use of remdesivir in hospitalized patients.”
“Furthermore, hospitals receive an upcharge of 20% on the entire hospital bill when remdesivir is used.”
(From the article):” John Beaudoin is calling for a criminal investigation into remdesivir, citing data that it may have killed 100,000 people in the U.S.”
“Beaudoin received all the death certificates in Massachusetts from 2015 to 2022, finding 1,840 excess deaths from acute renal failure from Jan. 1, 2021, to Nov. 30, 2022, which he believes may be due to remdesivir. A study published in The Lancet found “no clinical benefit” from the use of remdesivir in hospitalized patients.”
“The U.S. government pays hospitals a 20% upcharge on the entire hospital bill when remdesivir is used.”
“The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authorized the experimental antiviral drug remdesivir, brand name Veklury, for emergency use against COVID-19 in May 2020.” “By October 2020, it had received full approval. It remains a primary treatment for COVID-19 in hospitals, despite research showing it lacks effectiveness and can cause high rates of organ failure.”
OBSERVATION – “Procedure” mandating remdesvir is the likely cause of many wuhan deaths.
Economy –
The U.S. Federal Reserve on Sunday said it had joined with the Bank of Canada, Bank of England, Bank of Japan, European Central Bank, and Swiss National Bank in a coordinated action to enhance the provision of liquidity through the standing U.S. dollar swap line arrangements.
The move came on the heels of a deal brokered by Swiss authorities to have UBS buy rival Swiss bank Credit Suisse to prevent its disorderly collapse and signals the depth of concern central bankers have over the recent turmoil in the financial system on both sides of the Atlantic.
“To improve the swap lines’ effectiveness in providing U.S. dollar funding, the central banks currently offering U.S. dollar operations have agreed to increase the frequency of seven-day maturity operations from weekly to daily,” the Fed said in a statement issued alongside announcements from the other five central banks.
Operations will commence on Monday and will continue at least through the end of April, the Fed said.
Swap lines, according to the The Balance, are arrangements between two central banks to have currency available for each country’s member banks.
“These agreements stabilize markets when markets become stressed,” according to the financial website. “They reassure banks that there won’t be a run on a specific currency that they won’t be able to meet. Swap lines keep plenty of currency available during times of stress.”
https://www.newsmax.com/finance/streettalk/federal-reserve-central-banks/2023/03/19/id/1112699/
Related - UBS Group will acquire rival Credit Suisse for 3 billion Swiss Francs ($3.23 billion) the companies said on Sunday.
Under the terms of the all-share deal, Credit Suisse shareholders will receive 1 UBS share for every 22.48 Credit Suisse shares held for a total consideration of 3 billion francs. ($1 = 0.9280 Swiss francs)
The deal includes 100 billion Swiss francs ($108 billion) in liquidity assistance for UBS and Credit Suisse from the Swiss central bank. A price wasn’t given.
OBSERVATION – Not out of the woods yet.
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In an interview, Yellen let the cat out of the bag over the potential weaponization of the banking bailouts
Q - Will the deposits in every community bank in Oklahoma, regardless of their size, be fully insured now? Are they fully covered, every bank, every community bank in Oklahoma, regardless of the size of the deposit? Will they get the same treatment that SVBP [Silicon Valley Bank] just got or Signature Bank just got?
Please look very closely at Yellen’s terrifying answer:
A bank only gets that treatment if a majority of the FDIC board, a super majority of the Fed board and I, in consultation with the president, determine that the failure to protect uninsured depositors, would create systemic risk and significant economic and financial consequences.
In other words, if the FDIC likes your bank, the depositors are insured. If not, the depositors are not insured over $250,000, which means what?
OBSERVATION – During the crash of the auto industry, 0bama picked and chose which dealerships were to close or remain open. Most cases, dealerships owned by conservatives were ordered closed.
CW2/Domestic violence –
Stonestown Mall is ground zero for juvenile violence and chaos over the weekend. Videos of mobs savagely beating individuals.
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Police are responding to Numerous reports of unmanageable crowds of Spring Breakers in Miami Beach, which have resulted in altercations and instances of individuals jumping on vehicles. Miami Beach Orders midnight curfew and State Of Emergency over shootings that left 2 people dead And ‘unruly’ spring break crowds.
OBSERVATION – Civility is gone in society – particularly among the youth.
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NYC is barricading the municipal court building Trump is expected to be arraigned at tomorrow. Police are expecting considerable violence to break out between pro-and anti Trump elements. FL Gov DeSantes has capitulated to the swamp and will not interfer with what he calls a political indictment and will allow NY law enforcement to execute the arrest warrant in Florida with out a hitch.
Domestic / International Terror (modified)-
Seattle-Tacoma International Airport underwent a temporary closure due to a hazardous package left unattended on the ticketing level. Multiple specialized units, including the bomb squad, were immediately mobilized to respond to the situation. As a precaution, a bomb disposal robot was utilized to navigate the area, and a controlled explosion was carried out.
OBSERVATION – I’ve seen no updates this yet.
North/South Korea –
The North Korean newspaper Rodong Sinmun says 800,000 students and workers signed up to fight the U.S. on Friday, just one day after North Korea fired a ballistic missile into the sea between South Korea and Japan. The total number included many North Koreans who sought to re-enlist, the paper noted.
OBSERVATION – A lot of this is simple propaganda. NK doesn’t have the structure in its current military to absorbe 800K on short notice – short of all out war.
Russia -
WAR WATCH - into the second year of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine - Feb 24th, 2022
CURRENT ASSESSMENT
Russian forces have initiated an offensive who’s declared goals are to reach and secure the Luhansk and Donetsk oblast borders — an objective that Russian Chief of General Staff Army General Valery Gerasimov had also outlined on December 22, 2022. Troop and equipment build up is being noted
This offensive action is focused on several fronts –
1) the Svatove-Kreminna front,
2) Bahkmut region,
3) Donetsk region and
4) Zaporizhizhia Oblast around the town of Vuhledar.
Russia is rapidly losing its capability to sustain offensive operations in these fronts due to the huge resource drain Bahkmut has created. Some offensive operation will continue to be attempted, however, a lot of assessment indicates they’ve lost the capability to sustain a credible offensive to try to capture the Donbas region having frittered away resources against Bahkmut.
Russia is also capable of launching more cruise/ballistic missile attacks directed against Ukrainian infrastructure -primarily its power grid, but massively reduced inventories of such missiles means these barrages will be further apart.
While Russia has nuclear capability, the probability is low that any will be used in the near future.
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Chinese President Xi arrived in Moscow to meet with the Russian President Putin. Chinese President Xi Jinping is welcomed by…. the Deputy Prime Minister Chernyshenko. He is the minister for tourism, sport, culture and communication.
They met for about 4 hours today.
Putin didn’t want to be in a predetermined place outside due to fear of assassination.
Ukraine -
WEATHER FORECAST – Temperatures rising to the mid 30’s – lower 40s with rain/snow over most of the forecast period
24 HOUR ROUND UP –
Fighting continues around Bakhmut and Avdiivka with minor gains by Russian forces. Ukrainian forces stabilizing the northern and southern flanks – pushing Russian forces back in some instances.
Attacks in the Avdiivka area were large and better supported than Bakhmut today – a reversal from the recent trend. Russian forces made gains north of Avdiivka.
Zaporizhizhia Front ———
Ukraine’s military conducted limited probing attacks along Russia’s lines in Zaporizhzhya Oblast in southern Ukraine over the weekend. Russian media said the Ukrainian armored attacks were repelled with anti-tank guided missiles and artillery. Ukrainian losses were reportedly heavy.
OUTLOOK –
It appears Russia may be pressing Avdiivka as the battle wains around Bahkmut. Have to see just how long this change occurs and if there will be any success.
Otherwise, just more of the same for the immediate future.
Poland –
“If today Ukraine does not defend its independence and sovereignty, we will be forced to enter into a conflict with Russia, as the basic principles on which our civilization is built will be in danger,” - the ambassador of Poland in France.
Armenia/Azerbaijan –
Armenia claiming that Azerbaijan is building up forces along the entire line of contact in Nagorno-Karabakh, especially in the direction of Vardenis.
The hatred expressed toward conservative Americans in this country is sickening.
Globalism / Great Reset –
Bill Gates is calling on the leaders of sovereign nations to surrender the authorities of their countries to the World Health Organization’s (WHO) “global health emergency corps.” Gates argues that the WHO should be viewed as a “fire department for pandemics” that seizes control of nations on a global level during health emergencies.
Speaking in a New York Times op-ed published Sunday, Gates voiced his support for the WHO’s Global Pandemic Treaty.
The WHO’s treaty will essentially establish an unelected global regime that will override local laws with global protocols if the United Nations agency declares a health emergency.
By creating a single global authority, the WHO would be able to order once-sovereign nations to roll out vaccination and mask mandates, vaccine passports, widespread lockdowns, and other pandemic measures, all under international law for the sake of public health.
All 194 of the WHO member nations are set to vote on the amendments and finalize the new treaty by May 2024. Biden has already confirmed that he plans to approve and sign the amendments and is pushing to do so without congressional approval.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/19/opinion/bill-gates-pandemic-preparedness-covid.html
OBSERVATION – This is not surprising that Gates would support this spread of medical tyranny. In addition to his involvement in the wuhan plandemic, he and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is already on the hook for lawsuits rising from an oral polio ‘vaccine’ given to children according to the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Burundi and the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI)
The nOPV2 polio vaccine was developed by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
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Biden issued his first presidential veto, in objection to a bipartisan Congressional joint resolution nullifying his administration’s rule freeing asset managers to invest their clients’ retirement savings in political causes, rather than in the most profitable investments.
“[T]his resolution [joint resolution H.J. Res. 30] would prevent retirement plan fiduciaries from taking into account factors, such as the physical risks of climate change and poor corporate governance, that could affect investment returns,” Biden wrote
Under federal ERISA (Employee Retirement Income Security Act) law, asset managers have a fiduciary responsibility to their clients to base investment decisions on their expected financial profitability alone. Recent Studies have documented that ESG investments underperform investments in politically-neutral companies.
But, a Labor Department rule that went into effect in January gave fund managers the freedom to pick investments based on ESG goals, as well, even if that meant sacrificing retirement account growth.
OBSERVATION – Following the WEF guidelines to reduce the wealth production of the country/individuals and redistributing that money to financial black hole projects that will reduce or kill retirement accounts. NOTE – this was a bi-partisan bill.
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UN warns of DOOM - IPCC report says only swift and drastic action can avert irrevocable damage to world
Scientists have delivered a “final warning” on the climate crisis, as rising greenhouse gas emissions push the world to the brink of irrevocable damage that only swift and drastic action can avert.
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), made up of the world’s leading climate scientists, set out the final part of its mammoth sixth assessment report on Monday.
The comprehensive review of human knowledge of the climate crisis took hundreds of scientists eight years to compile and runs to thousands of pages, but boiled down to one message: act now, or it will be too late.
The UN secretary general, António Guterres, said: “This report is a clarion call to massively fast-track climate efforts by every country and every sector and on every timeframe. Our world needs climate action on all fronts: everything, everywhere, all at once.”
OBSERVATION – Another of a long line of warnings of the impending end of human civilization to global warming.
Wuhan virus –
Moderna Inc expects to price its COVID-19 vaccine at around $130 per dose in the U.S. going forward as purchases move to the private sector from the government, the company’s president Stephen Hoge said in an interview on Monday.
OBSERVATION – that could eventually go topsy turvey with liability lawsuits inbound.
Economy –
The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meets today and tomorrow to discuss interest rates. The Federal Reserve is scheduled to make an announcement Wednesday afternoon on whether they will hike the Federal Funds Rate or pause. An increase of 0.25 basis points is currently expected in spite of the current banking chaos.
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Wells Fargo economic analysts said that despite conflicting economic data, they expect a recession in the second half of 2023. Analysts expect the economy to exit any recession by early 2024 but warn of “dire economic consequences” if U.S. authorities are unable to prevent a banking crisis from spiraling into a global financial crisis. (FO)
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“Total red meat and poultry production in 2023 is forecast to decrease for the first time in nearly a decade,” the USDA said in its biannual livestock, dairy, and poultry outlook released in early March.
“This is due to the 6 percent decline in beef production that more than offsets forecast increases in pork (2 percent), broiler meat (1 percent), and turkey (7 percent) production.”
The report said dwindling cattle production would likely cause a “significant year-over-year decrease in beef production, the first decline since 2015.”
OBSERVATION – Agriculture is still facing shock waves from the wuhan supply disruptions and meat processing plant closures followed by severe drought conditions and most recently skyrocketing inflation. This marks more instability in the meats for the near term.
Invasion of Illegals –
The total population of United States citizen children born to illegal aliens (anchor babies) now far exceeds one year of American births, a March analysis shows.
The Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) analysis estimates that about 5.4 million “anchor babies,” the term used to describe the U.S.-born children of illegal aliens who are awarded birthright citizenship, reside across the nation.
The total population of United States citizen children born to illegal aliens now far exceeds one year of American births, a March analysis shows.
The Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) analysis estimates that about 5.4 million “anchor babies,” the term used to describe the U.S.-born children of illegal aliens who are awarded birthright citizenship, reside across the nation.
OBSERVATION – All as planned by the Marxists – destroy the nation with illegals.
CW2/Domestic violence –
Eyes are on NYC and Florida to see how the reported plan to arrest and charge Trump will be carried out. Extra security is in place at the Manhattan court house and apparently a virtural hearing has been tossed out. Rumors continue of a recommendation of no bail and even more rumors that a cell on Rikers Island prision facility has been prepared.
If the NY DA choses foolishly to try to make a spectacle out of it, he may open a pandora’s box that will unleash a lot of unpleasantness.
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Looks like Antifa et al has found a cause to hang their hat on. Anticipating summer protests against children’s trans & drag events, Antifa are sharing Twitter instructions on making projectile weapons to be used against people & property. Ingredients for their “paint bombs”? Glass, sand, house paint & oil.
OBSERVATION – This continues to mark an escalation in the threat posed by Antifa to silence by force any thing appearing anti-transgender. Combined with other political driven actions, this summer could be locally hot.
Domestic / International Terror (modified)-
Iranian backed terror organizations are reportedly at work putting together plans for a Ramadan terror offensive.
Prime target will be Israel and Israeli interests around the world as well as sympathic governments and organizaitons.
POLITICAL FRONT –
House Judiciary Committee Chair Jim Jordan (R-OH), Oversight Committee Chair James Comer (R-KY), and Administration Committee Chair Bryan Steil (R-WI) sent a letter to Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg requesting communications, documents, and testimony related to an alleged $130,000 payment made by former Trump attorney Michael Cohen to adult film actress Stormy Daniels. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) said he would direct committees to probe if federal funds were used in Bragg’s investigation of former President Trump. (FO)
OBSERVATION – Other than expose the evident weaponization of DA’s against politicial opponents, an investigation will do little to stop this instance or future prosecutions. s
China –
SecState Blinken: Chinese President Xi’s visit to Russia after the International Criminal Court’s decision shows that Beijing does not believe in the need to hold the Kremlin accountable for the atrocities committed in Ukraine.
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Chinese president Xi: China is prepared to defend world order alongside Russia in accordance with international law.
OBSERVATION - Thus goes America’s fall as a global leader.
Japan –
On Monday, Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida announced a new economic investment plan to support countries in South and Southeast Asia counter China’s growing influence. The plan, announced in New Delhi, promises billions of dollars in investments aligned with the four pillars of Japan’s new Indo-Pacific plan: maintaining peace, dealing with new global issues in cooperation, achieving global connectivity, and ensuring the safety of the open seas and skies. (FO)
Russia -
WAR WATCH - into the second year of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine - Feb 24th, 2022
CURRENT ASSESSMENT
Russian forces have initiated an offensive who’s declared goals are to reach and secure the Luhansk and Donetsk oblast borders — an objective that Russian Chief of General Staff Army General Valery Gerasimov had also outlined on December 22, 2022. Troop and equipment build up is being noted
This offensive action is focused on several fronts –
1) the Svatove-Kreminna front,
2) Bahkmut region,
3) Donetsk region and
4) Zaporizhizhia Oblast around the town of Vuhledar.
Russia is rapidly losing its capability to sustain offensive operations in these fronts due to the huge resource drain Bahkmut has created. Some offensive operation will continue to be attempted, however, a lot of assessment indicates they’ve lost the capability to sustain a credible offensive to try to capture the Donbas region having frittered away resources against Bahkmut.
Russia is also capable of launching more cruise/ballistic missile attacks directed against Ukrainian infrastructure -primarily its power grid, but massively reduced inventories of such missiles means these barrages will be further apart.
While Russia has nuclear capability, the probability is low that any will be used in the near future.
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Following discussion with Xi (see also China above), Putin promised Xi Jinping that Russia is “open to the negotiations process” and “certainly respects” Chinese peace initiatives.
Economic Impact –
On Saturday, Russia extended the Black Sea grain corridor deal for 60 days. Russia said that any further extension beyond 18 May 2023 would rely on state-owned bank Rosselkhozbank being regranted access to the SWIFT financial messaging system, an unblocking of farm machinery supplies, and an unblocking of foreign assets held by Russian agricultural companies. (FO)
Ukraine -
WEATHER FORECAST – Temperatures rising to the mid 30’s – lower 40s with rain/snow over most of the forecast period
24 HOUR ROUND UP –
Fighting continues around Bakhmut and Avdiivka with minor gains by Russian forces. Ukrainian forces stabilizing the northern and southern flanks – pushing Russian forces back in some instances.
Attacks in the Avdiivka area were large and better supported than Bakhmut today – a reversal from the recent trend. Russian forces made gains north and south of Avdiivka.
Ukraine displayed more long range drone capabilities overnight. About 3 Ukranian drones hit the Russian railyard in Dzhankoi Crimea earlier tonight, reportedly targeting a Russian train carrying Kalibr cruise missiles.
Another series of explosions have occurred at the RU airfield at Dzhankoya in occupied Crimea. It’s noteworthy that no ‘confirmed’ weapon system in UKR’s possession could have reached this target.
OUTLOOK –
Avdiivka is becoming the new Bahkmut as Russian forces have managed to stage some limited breakthroughs of the Ukrainian defenses north and south of the city and are pressing to encircle the town. A Bahkmut – like fight could hamper Ukrainian offensive planning due to having to reinforce the city or deal with it from an offensive. Tactically and strategically Avdiivka is far more an important objective than Bahkmut. Question is does Ukraine have reserve forces in place to stall out the Russian attacks while maintaining planning and preparation for their own offensive. I don’t have an answer to that question as of yet.
Iran –
Iranian security leaders have announced in recent days that they will resume enforcing the mandatory hijab law with a confrontational approach.
OBSERVATION – Iran went through weeks of violent protests as a result of the murder of a young woman not wearing a Hijab and with an additional crackdown, could see a resumption of protests.
Mexico -
Over the weekend, the Mexican military seized a number of assets belonging to American company Vulcan Materials.
“The seizure of a US company’s marine terminal in Mexico has drawn criticism from a US senator and risks sparking more tension between the two nations amid spats over energy and security,” Bloomberg reports. “US construction firm Vulcan Materials alleges that armed forces, including from the Mexican government, launched a takeover of its facility in the country’s southeast on Tuesday. The company says a federal judge in Mexico has ordered a stay on any government effort to confiscate the property.”
This is the latest development in an ongoing dispute between Vulcan and the Mexican government over Vulcan’s limestone mining techniques in Mexico. President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has called the mining operation an “ecological catastrophe.” Mexican authorities shut down the mining operation in May 2022 after Vulcan allegedly continued mining after the government had revoked mining permits.
OBSERVATION – Much of the pushback is the claim that the seizure is totally illegal. Some link the seizure to US rhetoric over using the military to take out narcoterror cartels in the border regions.