Monday, July 18, 2022

Links — 18 July 2022 Part 3

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Why Do We Keep Listening to the ‘TV’ Generals on Ukraine? (manufactured perception as "reality" vs. facts as reality)
Lt. Col. Daniel L. Davis (USA ret.), Senior Fellow and Military Expert for Defense Priorities
https://www.19fortyfive.com/2022/07/why-do-we-keep-listening-to-the-tv-generals-on-ukraine/

A Son of the New American Revolution
Ukraine’s Zelensky Has a Counter Intelligence Problem
Larry C. Johnson | CEO and co-founder of BERG Associates, LLC, an international business-consulting firm with expertise combating terrorism and investigating money laundering, formerly Deputy Director in the U.S. State Department’s Office of Counter Terrorism (1989-1993, and CIA operations (1984-1989)
https://sonar21.com/ukraines-zelensky-has-a-counter-intelligence-problem/

CaitlinJohnstone.com
The Biggest Lie The Hawks Ever Sold: Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix
Caitlin Johnstone
https://caitlinjohnstone.com/2022/07/19/the-biggest-lie-the-hawks-ever-sold-notes-from-the-edge-of-the-narrative-matrix/

RT — Question More (Russian state-sponsored media)
Chinese military issues warning to US
https://www.rt.com/news/559204-china-us-taiwan-arms-deal/

South Front (sanctioned by the US Treasury Department)
US Implies Ukraine Can Use HIMARS Against Russian Targets in Crimea
https://southfront.org/us-implies-ukraine-can-use-himars-against-russian-targets-in-crimea/

TASS (Russian state media)
[Former Russian Federation President and Prime Minister Dmitry]Medvedev warns Ukraine of doomsday in case of its attack on Crimea
https://tass.com/politics/1481067

ECNS (Chinese official English news service)
U.S. is acting like mafia boss and the world knows it: FM spokesperson
http://www.ecns.cn/hd/2022-07-19/detail-ihcakxsi6132030.shtml#

Overthrowing foreign governments is deep in bones of how U.S. conducts its foreign policy
http://www.ecns.cn/photo/2022-07-19/detail-ihcakxsi6132145.shtml

Chinese FM spokesperson urges investigations into UK, U.S. war crimes, human rights violations
http://www.ecns.cn/news/2022-07-19/detail-ihcakxsi6131910.shtml

Ian Welsh
Russia Turns Up The Pressure (And off the Gas) on Germany and the EU
https://www.ianwelsh.net/russia-turns-up-the-pressure-and-off-the-gas-on-germany-and-the-eu/


7 comments:

Footsoldier said...

In the spotlight..


Nancy Pelosi’s husband purchased $5mn in stock of Nvidia ahead of a bill that would hand subsidies to chip manufacturers. The bill is set to be voted on next week.

German women are now allowed topless in public pools for the sake of gender equality.

https://the-blindspot.com/in-the-blind-spot-beirut-blast-syria-marbella/


All outdoor public pools in Germany have a nude section were they just walk about completely naked. So now to take a dip they just have to wear bikini bottoms.

All saunas are naked saunas so instead of going for a drink after work colleagues go for a sauna after work to talk about their day. Then have a drink.



Peter Pan said...

Nudity without a mandatory mask requirement?

Outrageous.

No wonder the country is called Germany... it's full of germs and germ spreaders.

Peter Pan said...

Couple, both 100 years old, celebrate 80 years of marriage

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/yarmouth-couple-80-years-anniversary-annie-charlie-muise-1.6523896

They got hitched when Tom was a toddler.

Matt Franko said...

Dude is in big trouble he’s charged with DWI with injuries… which is 1 year jail…

Other guy went to hospital…

82 years old out driving drunk in wee hours after party in a Porsche…. and trading stock options,etc…

Should be home in bed getting required rest and in index annuities…

None of these people act their age…

Matt Franko said...

Some conspiracy theories in MAGA he was perhaps not alone in his car….

From Trump’s Truth himself:

“ The Unselect Committee should be immediately terminated unless and until they are able to answer this overriding question—why did Crazy Nancy not act? Was she too busy policing her husband—who he was with, where, and when? The Committee must get to the bottom of this question, and must get there soon!”

Footsoldier said...

Yet another $ indicator flashing red


1. Lots of distress in frontier markets, but that has ZERO relevance for the big systemic EMs. The big EMs learned long ago not to borrow in hard currency and not to peg their exchange rates. Frontier markets are currently learning those lessons the hard way.


Graph

https://twitter.com/RobinBrooksIIF/status/1548659764455948289


2. The Euro periphery suffered a BoP crisis in 2010. EM recovers from such crises by devaluing. Only way the periphery can devalue is by deregulating markets & cutting wages. No new ECB anti-fragmentation tool can fix this,

Graph

https://twitter.com/RobinBrooksIIF/status/1548969313700388866


3. Real exchange rate depreciation: July 2012 - July 2022


1. South Africa (red): -22.4%
2. Chile (blue): -29.7%
3. Brazil (black): -34.5%
4. Colombia (orange): -44.1%
5. Turkey (pink): -48.9%


Japan's Yen (blue) fell a lot recently, but now is not the time to be short the Yen. Global recession is coming & EM currencies are falling. Both things cause Japanese retail investors to retrench & seek the safety of home. Yen short positioning has started cutting back (black).

I repeat Yen shorts are cutting back.

Graph

https://twitter.com/RobinBrooksIIF/status/1548633112246116352



It's a coming gents and isn't gold linked to the Yen ?


Opportunities opening up for when the Yen turns gentlemen.


Footsoldier said...

Won't be satisfied until all these GROUPTHINK macro fund experts and their $ Milkshake madness that has captured social media like tulips.

Is destroyed.


Then listen and watch how they change the narrative and renounce the $ Milkshake 3 times as if they had never even seen it or heard of it.