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  1. SO NOW-PACIFIC WEST JOINING IN. THE FRAY
    ..PARTICIPATES IN FEDNOW.HMMM…NOTHING BEATS INSTANT!!!!!!!!

  2. You’re shepherding wealthy people, who are well-heeled, maybe not the savviest people on Earth, not a bad business to have.

    Where could organic wealth-holders take their deposits other than JPM?

    If there’s any truth to the claims by Mike Gill, could uninsured funds have been placed at targeted institutions, to trigger bank runs via coordinated withdrawals?

    Stock markets have “circuit breakers” which automatically stop electronic trading after large price movements. Are there bank mechanisms to slow or stop rapid electronic withdrawals?

    1. https://tomluongo.me/2023/05/04/this-debt-ceiling-fight-is-truly-different-this-time/

      we’ve been led to believe there is an incipient meltdown of the US financial system thanks to a whisper campaign in a concentration of California regional banks taking the focus and pressure off Europe … after the FOMC goes into blackout mode, a whole slew of California banks stocks got b***h-slapped, leading to PacWest is in the early stages of collapse. Now, to me this screams coordinated attack by someone … Bank runs aren’t rational. They are a panic. Who benefits from a panic within the US regional banking system?

  3. Catherine and John,
    About Intel, the problem is industry wide. According to Fred Hickey, this is a normal cycle in semi-conductors but was intensified by the scamdemic. Vendors double and triple booked their orders to guarantee supply. These vendors have too much inventory because of their stockpiling, and now their markets are tanking–cell phones and PC especially, and more recently cars–and they are cutting orders, forcing the price of chips down. In addition, the semi-conductor companies haven’t been slowing down their production quickly enough and are sitting on large inventories, too. This has nothing to do with engineering quality at all. I highly recommend Fred Hickey’s High Tech Strategist.

    On another note, I know I’m a broken record, but the idea that Asians are advancing past us because of their own efforts just doesn’t wash with me. Tptb packed up US manufacturing and shipped it to Asia, and we funded their resulting manufacturing with our purchases for decades. Explain to me how all those Chinese engineers did anything.

    I know a science PhD who studied at a top 20 university with plenty of Chinese and Indian colleagues. He says one of their cultural attributes is that they cheat. They cheat and it is considered completely normal. For example, he told me that when they have a problem set and each person in their clique will do one problem, then they all share the answers. It’s sop to them.

    Another friend, a well-known scientist in her field with a 40 year career, said she doesn’t put any stock in journal articles from Chinese researchers.

    The advancement of science requires honesty, integrity and a reverence for truth. It doesn’t matter how many Asian engineers there are. Haven’t you seen the vids of the empty cities in China with collapsed buildings? You don’t see that kind of failure in the West (not yet, anyway).

    Here’s another data point. A friend told me nobody wants to play online computer games with Chinese gamers, not only because they cheat, but also because they can’t depend on the Chinese gamers to support the team. They will purposely throw the game rather than take any kind of hit to their character despite being strategically important to do so.

    There is a reason these countries are third world.

    And now tptb are importing these people to our countries. They took away a major source of our wealth, and are importing the third world here in return. Major corporations are either letting go or refusing to hire the successful white male engineers and replacing them with Asians. Great, what could go wrong?

    And then there’s the fact that the vast majority of invention came from the West.

    The problems tptb are causing in the West are a disaster for the whole human race. No amount of Asian engineers will ever rescue us.

    1. I should not for the presumptuous class, I have nothing against any race, religion, color, etc. I’m very open-minded and well-traveled. I work with, am friends with, and have family members from all over the world. Regardless of their origin, they’re great people, excellent workers, etc. I’m pointing out how the elite oppress one group by exploiting another, even though those being exploited are benefitting from another’s loss. That’s all.
      But aim sure I’ll get backlash.

    2. Sorry, but Site would not let me edit so I had to repost with the edits. I’d delete the unedited one but it doesn’t seem to allow deletes.

    3. Cathy, This is so true and has been happening for over 20 years. They are decimating US Citizens on the white collar side using the Indians and Chinese, and then the blue collar side using Central and South Americans.

      If people read Howard Zinn’s, A People’s History of the US, they’ll understand that this same tactic has been used throughout US history. That is, use division via race and immigrants to ‘take’ US jobs. The word ‘take’ is in quotes because these jobs are actually given to others to oppress the current citizens and appear to benefit the immigrants. Really, the immigrants are being exploited. They too will be replaced, eventually.

      It’s well know among Asian cultures that It’s part of the their culture to lie and cheat in business. I knew a Korean woman who said Asians look upon successful business people with complete distrust and almost disgust because of this characteristic. She said that Academics are revered.

      I’ve witnessed it myself for the past 20 years in Corporate. In fact, I had my resume stolen by an Indian man, named Krishna Kumar. He called me posing as a recruiter. I remember speaking with him at length. He seemed so nice and sincere on the phone. I actually felt hopeful about getting a job through this recruiter! How do I know he stole my resume and had the epiphany he was ‘grilling’ me! I had my contact in the footer of the document. He obviously uploaded it to job boards and only replaced my name, in the header, with his name but didn’t replace the contact info in the footer.

      I started getting inundated, and I mean bombarded, with calls and emails regarding excellent jobs with great pay…during what was a ‘down market’ in the US. But, the calls were requesting Krishna Kumar! They’d leave messages saying how they needed to talk to him (me) immediately because they loved my resume and had an excellent job and they’d quote the pay!!! The pay was what I’d have expected at that time for someone with my experience and education!! But keep in mind, it was a down market and I couldn’t find a job that paid more than my starting salary 20 years prior if my life depended on it!!!! Yet, here I am getting dozens and dozens of calls from Indian recruiters so excited to hire Krishna Kumar, based on my resume!!!! The only consoling point was at least it confirmed what I knew, that I had great experience and a great background and I was being discriminated by foreigners in my own country!!!! And there wasn’t one ounce of recourse I (we, because I know this impacted the entire country) had!

      That’s when I knew this was orchestrated!!! There is NO lack of jobs. Anyway, I then contracted for a company, via Accenture and they made me go to an ‘all hands’ meeting. It was a sea of almost 200+ Indians. I was the token US white woman. There was one token US white make. One token US black woman. and One token US black male. Two token US Asians.

      Just walk around NYC! Everyone going in the Corporate buildings are Indian males wearing Armani suits and shoes!! People think they’re tourists because they’re not American.

      Another time my friend was on the bike trail by Vanguard, mid-week, at lunch, and said, “You know, I know why Americans are so fat!” I said, “Why?” He said, “Look around! It’s lunch hour and not one American is out walking, only Indians!” My response was, “You’re only seeing Indians because Vanguard only hires Indians! They Americans that use to work there are either working through lunch for fear of losing their jobs, or have been laid off, outsourced, bought out, or fired.” For those that don’t know the area, Vanguard has its own zip code and USPS Post Office.

      But if one speaks out about facts, they’re racist, xenophobic, offensive, ignorant. Most US citizens have no idea that it’s common practice for these people to lie and cheat and support each other. It’s cultural. If one studies International Business or International Development, this is common knowledge. But most Americans are so internationally ignorant. They think all countries operate like the US use to (with labor laws, etc.) I’ve experienced this almost every day in Corporate for the last 20 years.

      Lastly, keep in mind that India is a British Commonwealth.

    4. Cathy, This is so true and has been happening for over 20 years. They are decimating US Citizens on the white collar side using the Indians and Chinese, and then the blue collar side using Central and South Americans.
      It’s well know among Asian cultures that It’s part of the their culture to lie and cheat in business. I knew a Korean woman who said Asians look upon successful business people with complete distrust and almost disgust because of this characteristic. She said that Academics are revered.

      I’ve witnessed it myself for the past 20 years in Corporate. In fact, I had my resume stolen by an Indian man, named Krishna Kumar. He called me posing as a recruiter. I remember speaking with him at length. He seemed so nice and sincere on the phone. I actually felt hopeful about getting a job through this recruiter! How do I know he stole my resume and had the epiphany he was ‘grilling’ me! I had my contact in the footer of the document. He obviously uploaded it to job boards and only replaced my name, in the header, with his name but didn’t replace the contact info in the footer.

      I started getting inundated, and I mean bombarded, with calls and emails regarding excellent jobs with great pay…during what was a ‘down market’ in the US. But, the calls were requesting Krishna Kumar! They’d leave messages saying how they needed to talk to him (me) immediately because they loved my resume and had an excellent job and they’d quote the pay!!! The pay was what I’d have expected at that time for someone with my experience and education!! But keep in mind, it was a down market and I couldn’t find a job that paid more than my starting salary 20 years prior if my life depended on it!!!! Yet, here I am getting dozens and dozens of calls from Indian recruiters so excited to hire Krishna Kumar, based on my resume!!!! The only consoling point was at least it confirmed what I knew, that I had great experience and a great background and I was being discriminated by foreigners in my own country!!!! And there wasn’t one ounce of recourse I (we, because I know this impacted the entire country) had!

      That’s when I knew this was orchestrated!!! There is NO lack of jobs. Anyway, I then contracted for a company, via Accenture and they made me go to an ‘all hands’ meeting. It was a sea of almost 200+ Indians. I was the token US white woman. There was one token US white make. One token US black woman. and One token US black male. Two token US Asians.

      Just walk around NYC! Everyone going in the Corporate buildings are Indian males wearing Armani suits and shoes!! People think they’re tourists because they’re not American.

      Another time my friend was on the bike trail by Vanguard, mid-week, at lunch, and said, “You know, I know why Americans are so fat!” I said, “Why?” He said, “Look around! It’s lunch hour and not one American is out walking, only Indians!” My response was, “You’re only seeing Indians because Vanguard only hires Indians! They Americans that use to work there are either working through lunch for fear of losing their jobs, or have been laid off, outsourced, bought out, or fired.” For those that don’t know the area, Vanguard has its own zip code and USPS Post Office.

      But if one speaks out about facts, they’re racist, xenophobic, offensive, ignorant. Most US citizens have no idea that it’s common practice for these people to lie and cheat and support each other. It’s cultural. If one studies International Business or International Development, this is common knowledge. But most Americans are so internationally ignorant. They think all countries operate like the US use to (with labor laws, etc.) I’ve experienced this almost every day in Corporate for the last 20 years.

      Lastly, keep in mind that India is a British Commonwealth!

  4. Oh, Catherine. You mention loving Bruce Springsteen. We were at his concert last Friday in Barcelona because we love him too.

    And guess who were there with him? Having a highly publicised lunch beforehand? Even “jamming” with him on stage? The bleeding Obamas.

    Did you know he has a podcast series with Barack?

    I was disappointed when I learned he jumped on the unvaccinated (or wrong vaccine) fan-ban in 2021.

    But this kind-of takes the cake. Why would he politicise his music?

    And anyway, a 73 year old man looking and performing like he does ATM makes me wonder if he is a) miming, or b) having a fetal stem cell regeneration regime…!
    😉

    2. When I worked at Morgan in the 80’s, Mr. Fake Blue Collar was one of their clients. Long before they merged with Chase, Morgan’s niche “was 3% of the wealthiest in the World.” He’s extremely wealthy. His daughter is in the ‘horsey-set.’ Usually the ‘horsey-set’ are part of the ‘agenda,’ including ChesCo, PA! Imagine that?! He’s a complete shill as you pointed out with facts, Marianne.

      RE: CAFs ‘speaking out comment’ I was removed (censored) from UPenn’s Alumni list when I replied to Amy Gutmann’s begging email requesting Alumni hire new graduates during the 2008 crash. I asked her about the rest of the graduates and Alumni that have been outsourced, lost their jobs to off-shore, who are or were homeless, who have student debt, etc. She knows the corporate ‘shelf-life’ of an employee, for recent graduates, is 5 years. They don’t want anyone vested because their pension funds are broke. The don’t want anyone over 40 who might end up disabled (stats: over 40, 1in 4; over 50, 1 in 2). Solari Circles is also censoring, conflicting with what CAF says in this M&M report.

      1. Leslie:

        We reserve the right to ask people to take down contact or to delete contact that creates unnecessary entrapment risk – often for little or no benefit. That is particularly likely when the post looks or smells like a potential contrived entrapment, whether intended or not since we can not tell, including one engineered with influence or mind control. You should educate yourself by reading The Terror Factory about how this game works or the history of mind control.

        Solari is a business. We are not a government with jurisdictional powers or taxing powers. We are required to cover our payroll and expenses. If someone puts the entire operation at unnecessary risk without discernment for little benefit that is playing to lose – something we prefer not to do. I take my obligations to ALL subscribers very seriously.

        If you find that unacceptable, I suggest you re-read the terms and conditions for the Solari Report and appreciate that we intend to be useful and effective and do our very best to keep all commitments. Our intention is to do the best we can with what we have to work with. We are under no obligation to promote one subscribers right to recruit other subscribers how to make guns and do so in a manner that could put those subscribers at risk that they do not understand. We are certainly not censoring them. They are free to promote their stuff in the world to the entire world and public on their own site, on social media and at their own expense.

        If you want to wire us $25MM for a litigation fight fund, we are happy to do more. As Penske said, “speed costs money, how fast to you want to go?”

        Catherine

        1. Sure Catherine. Point well-taken. As per your recommendation. I’ll read the Terror Factory.

          I’m not trying to rock any boats, be disrespectful, insult, harm, or cause any controversy. I’m just truth seeking and trying to educate myself on how to improve all of our circumstances overall.

          I’m not recruiting other subscribers, nor do I intend to. I think that was someone else.

          I admire and respect you and Solari which is why I’m a paying member.
          However, I do feel very innocuous comments I’ve made have been misconstrued, criticized and censored.
          If, however, you’d like them removed, I’m happy to do so. Please just let me know.

          Respectfully,
          Leslie

          1. Don’t mean to give offense – just to be clear. When I see a subscriber post something on Solari Connect that could cause other subscribers to be entrapped, to lose their jobs or get arrested and prosecuted as domestic terrorists, what would you recommend I do? And if I request someone take down a post in that instance is that censorshop? Not allowing our platform to be used in a possible entrapment – what do we call that? I am referring to an instance yesterday where I asked a subscriber to remove a post that was recruiting others into a private telegram chat to learn how to make guns.

            Smelled like a trap to me – whether or not the subscriber intended to. No way to tell, but why run the risk.

            Catherine

          2. Agreed. You’re probably right. That’s actually alarming from your perspective. To be quite frank I didn’t even think of that aspect and I’m usually more aware.
            Please accept my apologies as I didn’t mean any offense either. I completely respect you, John, your business, your colleagues, and all of the heartfelt work everyone does. I’m grateful for all of the things I learn here. Some things I know, from life experience. Some fortunate, some unfortunate.
            My interpretation was that he was trying to get people onto Telegram because he didn’t like the new people (me being one of them) and didn’t like that people aren’t sharing solutions, so I thought he was being censored. The recruitment scenario didn’t even cross my mind. Thanks for looking out for us!
            I also went to Barnes & Noble to sit in the Cafe and read the book but they didn’t have any copies in the store. Then I got to working on my mother’s Estate issues, so it was a working day for me. Many thanks Catherine. We are blessed to have you!

  5. A question about the possible logistics of the proposed carbon footprint tracking in New York: Supermarket owners will be shooting themselves in the foot offering this information for tracking, no? Why would they comply? How would the Mayor force their compliance? I’m thinking Walmart & Costco would probably, and somehow still show profit but the corner stores will no doubt find ways around the system. Could it be a Yay! for decentralisation and knowing your farmer/store owner?

  6. Last month at the Dulles International Airport, there was no option to decline a face scanner before my flight to Dublin. They told us it was mandatory.

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