It's all about Japan today. At this point, the BoJ had a choice: defend its currency or continue defending its bonds.

The BoJ chose to defend the currency by RAISING the target yield for 10-Year Japanese Government Bonds from 0% to 0.5%. This was an implicit admission that it would print less money defending bonds. And it’s why the Yen began to rally in late 2022. That's when I went long the YEN.

Unfortunately, that’s the end of the good news. The bond market has begun testing the BoJ’s resolve, with

What is a digital watermark? A digital watermark is a kind of marker covertly embedded in a noise-tolerant signal such as audio, video or image data.

It is typically used to identify ownership of the copyright of such signal.
"Watermarking" is the process of hiding digital information in a carrier signal; the hidden information should,but does not need to contain a relation to the carrier signal.
Digital watermarks may be used to verify the authenticity or integrity of the carrier signal or to show the identity of its owners.

Euthanasia – meaning literally the good death – has roots in ancient Greece, where hemlock was used to quicken a patient’s death. In modern times, laws around assisted dying, including euthanasia, and assisted suicide first took shape in Europe.

https://twitter.com/MsResJudicata/status/1615250183310438400

Today, eligibility for euthanasia, the practice of a medical practitioner ending a patient’s life at his or her explicit request, is most expansive in the so-called Benelux countries; it has been legal for 2 decades in Belgium & the Netherlands, & since 2009 in

Let me show you the dirty little number the wizards behind the curtain don't want you to grasp.

It is one of the reasons that Powell is under pressure to be replaced by a Fed Chairperson with "Climate Change" as a priority. When did this ever become even a possibility of being the purview of Monetary policy?

zerohedge.com/political/bide… Tyler Durden:
"Late last night, the New York Post published a story about what appears to be a
"Biden federal program" secretly moving undocumented migrants arrested at the border - who are mostly teens and young adults - to shelters and other "resource centers" in

Less than 9 months ago we were finally energy independent. We were selling oil to our allies.
Now with BIDEN Democrats in charge we are buying it from our enemies.

When Biden took office gas was $2.24 a gallon & today $3.33. This is a seven year high. Natural gas this winter is expected to double and with possible shortages.

When Biden took office inflation was 1.4% and has increased every month to a current 13 year high of 5.4%.

The increase in inflation has added a BIDEN $2,100 inflation tax a year to everyone.

I was reading an interesting blog and came across this passage.I thought it was a pretty good insight.
Let me know what you think.Recall that small moves today can/will have major impacts down the road.

China’s Bitcoin Ban
From my latest Crypto Capitalist letter, I cover the general situation in China:
China’s crypto ban is actually less about crypto & more about state control over everything. There are rumours that China will soon break up Alipay, the overarching pattern is that China perceives Big Tech & decentralized tech as threats to the CCP

wsj.com/articles/big-g… If Biden wants to understand why his $3.5 trillion entitlement spending plan is stalled in Congress, he might look at the new poll from Gallup.

Asked whether govt should do more or less to solve the country’s problems, 52% of Americans said government is doing too much!

Over the last 13 years QE has been utilized for extended periods to help spur the economy, and consequently the stock market, during slowdowns. However, never before has this monetary experiment been implemented in such an aggressive manner. Between March and June of 2020, the Fed expanded its balance sheet +$3 trillion.

Additionally, since June of 2020, they have been purchasing $120 billion worth of securities
($80 billion U.S. Treasurys and $40 billion Mortgage-Backed Securities) per month!

How to Be a Smarter Shopper Right Now - Consumer Reports consumerreports.org/shopping/how-t… Find the Best Deals Online
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A heartfelt note I received today shook me.
It said "everything in the USA is changing for the worse. Something evil has invaded our nation & now we have entered Orwellian Terriority. The nation that has lost its collective mind.
And here are just a few examples I was given: "If a guy pretends to be a woman, you are required to pretend with him.

Somehow it is unAmerican for the Census to Count how many Americans live in America. (Is this because their plan is one world government?)

Biden’s immigration agenda suffered a fresh setback Wednesday when the arbiter of Senate rules said that Democrats’ alternative plan for providing a path to citizenship for millions of immigrants in USA illegally couldn’t be included in $3.5Tn budget plan moving through Congress. Democrats had been hoping to use the wide-ranging climate and social-policy package, which they can pass with a simple majority of votes, to enact major immigration changes without Republican votes.

As BIDEN announced, MANDATES applies to all employees, even those who work at home, as millions have done during the pandemic.

It’s simultaneously too narrow, failing to require vaccination for contractors, customers and other nonemployees who may be present at the work site. It’s overbroad in another way:
Previous Covid infection doesn’t excuse employees from the vaccine requirement.

Natural immunity tends to be more robust and longer-lasting than vaccinated immunity, according to Marty Makary of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.

Biden’s Lawless Vaccine Mandate by @DavidRivkin and Robert Alt wsj.com/articles/biden… OSHA’s job is to promote safe workplaces, not to dictate medical decisions to employees.

"131 Federal Judges Broke the Law by Hearing Cases Where They Had a Financial Interest"

The judges failed to recuse themselves from
685 lawsuits from 2010 to 2018 involving firms in which they or their family held shares. Many could now be reopened. wsj.com/articles/131-f… James V. Grimaldi, Coulter Jones and Joe Palazzolo did the Wall Street Journal investigation.

Corruption run wild under Democrats.

Blue States Ask American Taxpayers to Fund Housing for Afghans breitbart.com/politics/2021/… On the federal level House Democrats have approved a spending package that includes $6.4 Billion in taxpayer money to fund Biden’s massive resettlement operation, which includes covering housing costs and providing cash assistance to Afghans after they arrive in the U.S.

President Biden’s $3.5 trillion tax and spend plan is full of subsidies for the upper middle-class.
(those making +$400 000 yearly.) wsj.com/articles/entit… President Biden is trying to rescue his $3.5 trillion tax and spend plan by playing the class card, claiming it will help “working people” who are “struggling” to pay the bills.

This makes it sound like a safety net program for the poor rather than what it really is:

Jonathan Wheatley 4 HOURS AGO
"Georgieva data scandal heightens IMF identity crisis" ft.com/content/82e01e… The fund’s reputation for scrupulous data is jeopardised by a scandal that has engulfed its managing director, Kristalina Georgieva, from when she previously headed the World Bank. In fact, the fund may never be the same again.

Jamie Smyth, Nikou Asgari in New York,John Burn-Murdoch in London 2 HOURS AGO
‘Totally exhausted: latest Covid wave pushes US nurses to brink" Acute shortage of staff forces hospitals in worst-affected states to ration patient care in states like California ft.com/content/d703e1…

Naomi Rovnick, Tommy Stubbington and Nicholas Megaw in London
8 MINUTES AGO
"Government bond yields rise as traders react to hawkish signals"
Brent crude rallies to highest level in almost three years "Brent crude settled 1.8% higher to $79.53 a barrel on Monday, its highest level since October 2018.

The international oil benchmark has advanced about
9% this month after the producer group Opec forecast that demand for oil next year would slightly exceed 2019 levels.

Taylor Nicole Rogers and Joshua Chaffin in New York 3 HOURS AGO
"New York pleads with unvaccinated health workers as mandate looms "ft.com/content/4b4ddb… New York braced for labour shortages at hospitals and nursing homes hours before a vaccine mandate was set to take effect.

The mandate, first issued in August, requires all healthcare workers in hospitals and nursing homes to receive at least one dose by