GORDO16 USAF E-4B Nightwatch departed Offutt AFB ne
This is not the one that went to Seymour Johnson AFB in NC-that is tail #75-0125
Looks like it is setting up for some traces over upper Michigan-done this before
ANON USMC C-130T Hercules departing NAS North Island
It has changed to CNV3261 for call sign.
SPAR65 USAF G5 on ground at LAX after a quick trip from Skunkworks , Lancaster CA
This AC arrived at Skunkworks from Nellis AFB yesterday and had a 2 night stay at Nellis from Scott AFB, IL starting on 0116
Spend big now, pay down debt later, Biden's Treasury nominee Yellen tells lawmakers
Janet Yellen, U.S. President-elect Joe Biden’s nominee for Treasury Secretary, urged lawmakers on Tuesday to “act big” on the next coronavirus relief package, adding that the benefits outweigh the costs of a higher debt burden. Yellen said her task as Treasury chief will be to help Americans endure the final months of the coronavirus pandemic, and rebuilding the U.S. economy “so that it creates more prosperity for more people and ensures that American workers can compete in an increasingly competitive global economy.”
Biden, who will be sworn into office on Wednesday, outlined a $1.9 trillion stimulus package proposal last week, saying bold investment was needed to jump-start the economy and accelerate the distribution of vaccines to bring the virus under control.
Asked what outlays would provide the biggest “bang for the buck,” Yellen said spending on public health and widespread vaccinations was the first step. Extended unemployment and SNAP benefits, better known as food stamps, should be next, she said.
Targeting relief to people in the greatest need, and to small businesses, will create “a great deal of spending per dollar spent, they’ll create jobs throughout the economy,” Yellen said.
“Neither the president-elect, nor I, propose this relief package without an appreciation for the country’s debt burden. But right now, with interest rates at historic lows, the smartest thing we can do is act big,” Yellen, a former Federal Reserve chair, told the Senate Finance Committee.
“Even though the amount of debt relative to the economy has gone up, the interest burden hasn’t,” Yellen said, referring to the amount of money the federal government pays in interest on that debt.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-biden-yellen/spend-big-now-pay-down-debt-later-bidens-treasury-nominee-yellen-tells-lawmakers-idUSKBN29O1WX
https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/%5EIXIC
Gotta make it look good and get peeps all fee-feeing good cause dey stocks going up….
Nevermind how this all going to get paid for though…
pretty quiet upstairs
for now.
Have seen and heard AC's yesterday coming on shore but nothing so far today
Usually by now there has been one or two F-16/18 but nuffin so far.
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SAM43 USAF G5 (KAF AC of Interdast) on it's descent and heading to Port Charlotte FL area.
AC has frozen on scope at this point-think it is arriving at Punta Gorda Airport
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GTMO845 US Navy Beech Huron departed Ft. Lauderdale se and no trip to NAS Jax today.
GHOST53 USMC G4 sw from NAS North Island
Cap #2 what it did last night prior to arrival at North Island
TEAL71 and 72 USAF C-130J Hercules Hurricane Hunters off SoCal
RAIDR34 USMC C-130 Hercules from North Island in between Catalina and San Clemente Island
Guatemala Breaks Up Migrant Caravan and Deports Thousands
Guatemalan authorities say they have deported 2,374 migrants to Honduras who were part of a caravan trying to reach the U.S. Another 955 have been sent to immigration offices, Guatemala’s immigration institute said. A caravan of at least 6,000 people left Honduras last week in a bid to reach the U.S., believing that incoming President Joe Biden will improve treatment of migrants. Guatemalan soldiers and riot police blocked highways to prevent the group from advancing, beating some with sticks and launching tear gas.
Some migrants continued through Guatemala in smaller groups, while others remain stuck near the Honduran border, according to Honduran newspaper La Prensa.
https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/guatemala-breaks-up-migrant-caravan-and-deports-thousands-1.1550833
CIA Director Gina Haspel Announces Resignation
CIA Director Gina Haspel, who has had an increasingly strained relationship with President Trump during the final year of his administration, announced Tuesday that she is leaving the agency. “It has been the greatest honor of my life to lead this remarkable organization,” Haspel wrote in a statement shared by the CIA on Twitter.
Haspel did not articulate the reason for her departure, which comes on the last full day of Trump’s presidency, though Axios reported last week that she had threatened to resign in early December when Trump sought to install loyalist and former Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) aide Kash Patel as her deputy in hopes of pushing Haspel out the agency.
Trump instead installed Patel as chief of staff to acting Defense Secretary Chris Miller, who he reshuffled to the top of the agency after firing Mark Esper post-presidential election.
According to Axios, Trump “spent his last year in office ruminating over Haspel” and reportedly weighed firing her on multiple occasions for a perceived lack of loyalty.
President-elect Joe Biden has named William Burns, a deputy secretary of state in the Obama administration, as his pick for CIA director, however, it’s currently unclear who will serve in the role until a new director is confirmed by the Senate.
The CIA did not immediately respond to questions from Forbes.
Crucial Quote
“You have broken barriers and empowered the next generation of CIA officers,” wrote the CIA of Haspel, who was confirmed as the first female director of the CIA in May 2018.
Haspel was tapped by Trump to replace former CIA Director Mike Pompeo when he was promoted to secretary of state in 2018. Her nomination was rebuked by Democrats in the Senate, who criticized her involvement in the CIA’s torture program during George W. Bush’s administration, and was confirmed on a mostly party-line vote of 54-45. Haspel appeared to fall out of favor with Trump last year when she failed to publicly dispute national security and intelligence reports he disliked, and reportedly feared she would be fired in the months leading up to the 2020 election.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jemimamcevoy/2021/01/19/cia-director-gina-haspel-announces-resignation/?sh=2d0dd4ee7cf2
SCORE92 US Navy E-2D Advanced Hawkeye out of Pax River on the track over Chesapeake Bay
The E-2D Advanced Hawkeye is a game changer in how the Navy will conduct battle management command and control. By serving as the "digital quarterback" to sweep ahead of strike, manage the mission, and keep our net-centric carrier battle groups out of harms way, the E-2D Advanced Hawkeye is the key to advancing the mission, no matter what it may be. The E-2D gives the warfighter expanded battlespace awareness, especially in the area of information operations delivering battle management, theater air and missile defense, and multiple sensor fusion capabilities in an airborne system. With a two-generation leap in radar sensor capability and a robust network enabled capability, the Advanced Hawkeye will deliver critical, actionable data to joint forces and first responders. These advances provide warfighters with the necessary situational awareness to compress the time between initial awareness and active engagement.
https://www.northropgrumman.com/what-we-do/air/e-2d-advanced-hawkeye/
VEXED12 US Navy E-6 B Mercury sw now from earlier Pax River depart
Foreigners Bought A Record Amount Of US Stocks In The Year Ending November, China Restarted Bond-Buying
After foreigners bought a record amount of stocks in the last 12 months into October, the latest Treasury International Capital flow data shows November was a massive month for private inflows overall. After a record stretch of selling which ended in May 2020, foreign central banks bought US Treasury for 3 consecutive months in Aug, Sept and Oct, the longest stretch of buying since June 2014., but November saw the selling stretch resume, with the biggest selling since April 2020.
After 5 straight months of selling, China bought $9bn of US Treasuries in November.
Japan was a seller for the 4th straight month. Foreigners bought everything in November… for the first time since Sept 2017. Foreigners bought $9.640BN in TSYs in November, a reversal from their selling of $20.1BN in October.
They doubled down on purchases of Agencies, buying $53.39BN in November after buying $48.9BN in October.
Foreigners bought $867MM in corporate bonds, after selling $21.5BN in October.
Finally, they purchased $61.9BN in equities in November, the 7th consecutive month of purchases (and second biggest month of foreign stock purchases ever)…But what really stood out, foreigners bought a record $316 billion in US equities in the LTM period ending November 2020-cap#2 Finally, we note that while Treasury holdings overall are rising modestly, but have a long way to go to match the de-dollarization trend seen in gold holdings over the past year
https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/chinas-holdings-us-treasuries-rise-first-time-6-months-foreigners-keep-buying-us-stocks
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RCH954 USAFSOC C-32B on approach for Rota NB from Ft. Bragg ground stop-origin Eglin
Hello be
Howza you doin?
Doggo good but never satisfied.
Get back from long walk and it's "wut is next??"
Heavy traffic but expected for a tuesday.