tyb
dey mad
kek!
SHAG5:5 US Navy E-6B Mercury heading off-shore
CREED16 USAF E-4B Nightwatch still over Vandenberg AFB from Edwards
Short-sellers take aim at Chinese blockchain firm SOS, shares tumble
Short-sellers Hindenburg Research and Culper Research said on Friday they have taken a short position on Chinese blockchain firm SOS Ltd’s stock, sending the company’s shares down 23%.
In two separate reports, they raised concerns ranging from regulatory risk to alleged false claims by the company about its business. SOS, formerly a consumer-lending company called China Rapid Finance, could not be immediately reached for comment outside business hours in China. SOS shares have nearly doubled in value this year since it outlined plans to invest in cryptocurrency on Jan. 13, benefiting from a rise in institutional support for bitcoin and other digital assets. “Stocks tied to blockchain have been on the run lately, swept up in the euphoria of bitcoin breaking all-time highs. $SOS has ridden this wave,” short-seller Hindenburg said in a tweet.
The short-seller said it visited the address listed as headquarters in the company’s regulatory filing and found it to be a hotel. One of the allegations made by Culper is that SOS has not actually purchased the cryptocurrency mining rigs that it said it did.
https://www.reuters.com/article/sos-hindenburg/update-3-short-sellers-take-aim-at-chinese-blockchain-firm-sos-shares-tumble-idUSL4N2KW53V
U.S. SEC suspends trading in 15 securities due to 'questionable' social media activity
he U.S. securities regulator on Friday suspended trading in the securities of 15 companies because of “questionable trading and social media activity,” the latest in a string of temporary trading halts amid volatile trading in so-called “meme stocks.”
The Securities and Exchange Commission acted because none of the companies have filed any information with the regulator for over a year, it said in a statement. This is the regulator’s third and largest wave of suspensions in response to social media activity. Retail interest in certain stocks, most notably GameStop Corp, has surged in a social media frenzy, leading to volatile trading.
The SEC is continuing to review market and trading data to spot other securities to “to potential attempts to exploit investors during the recent market volatility,” the agency said on Friday.
https://www.reuters.com/article/retail-trading-sec/update-1-u-s-sec-suspends-trading-in-15-securities-due-to-questionable-social-media-activity-idUSL1N2KW2UO
Today's order states that trading is being suspended because of questions about recent increased activity and volatility in the trading of these issuers, as well as the influence of certain social media accounts on that trading activity. The order also states that none of the issuers has filed any information with the SEC or OTC Markets, where the companies' securities are quoted, for over a year. As a result, the SEC suspended trading in the securities of: Bebida Beverage Co. (BBDA); Blue Sphere Corporation (BLSP); Ehouse Global Inc. (EHOS); Eventure Interactive Inc. (EVTI); Eyes on the Go Inc. (AXCG); Green Energy Enterprises Inc. (GYOG); Helix Wind Corp. (HLXW); International Power Group Ltd. (IPWG); Marani Brands Inc. (MRIB); MediaTechnics Corp. (MEDT); Net Talk.com Inc. (NTLK); Patten Energy Solutions Group Inc. (PTTN); PTA Holdings Inc. (PTAH); Universal Apparel & Textile Company (DKGR); and Wisdom Homes of America Inc. (WOFA).
The SEC also recently issued orders temporarily suspending trading in: Bangi Inc. (BNGI); Sylios Corp. (UNGS); Marathon Group Corp. (PDPR); Affinity Beverage Group Inc. (ABVG); All Grade Mining Inc. (HYII); and SpectraScience Inc. (SCIE). Each of these orders stated that the suspensions were due at least in part to questions about whether social media accounts have been attempting to artificially increase the companies' share price.
https://www.sec.gov/news/press-release/2021-35
and ya know there will STILL be peeps who think they can beat it the way it is constructed now.
Bagholder next door awfully quiet the last two days..
kek
you get to a point where it either disgusts you or you ignore it
Ignored it for long time
reached that point in 2013 of disgust so..took muh pile
RCH733T USAF C-17 Globemaster arriving at Houston, TX, Ellington Airport from Charleston Int'l, SC depart
Will be picking up the equipment for the Fauxtus "show"
SAM799 USAF G5 just departing JBA to the south and heading nw
SAM744 USAF C-32A appears off NorCal after departing Kahului Int'l, Maui
This AC departed Seattle, WA Boeing Field yesterday after an overnight and arrived at Kahului, Maui
CREED16 USAF E-4B Nightwatch returning to Edwards AFB after Vandenberg AFB runway work
SHAG5:5 US Navy E-6B Mercury still off NorCal
SAM7179 USAF C-17 Globemaster departed Houston, TX ne
This AC arrived from Travis AFB depart yesterday early
SAM744 C-32A on go around #3 at Travis AFB-been busy here the last week with the "T" C-17's and the SAM C-17 (7179) that left for Houston was departing Travis when the Nightwatch showed up.
Nao the Nightwatch is being upgraded at Edwards and has had several flights since arriving last week but do not think it was a coincidence it arrived at Travis and had to hold while SAM7179 departed to Houston-cap2
It then did a runway fly by (mebby a touch and go) followed SAM down the central valley and back to Edwards
NYSE begins move to delist Chinese state oil producer CNOOC
The New York Stock Exchange on Friday decided to begin formal delisting of Chinese state oil giant CNOOC Ltd based on an update to an executive order signed by former U.S. President Donald Trump in November last year.
Prohibitions on CNOOC will take effect on March 9, 60 days after the company was added to the list that prohibits U.S. investments, according to a guidance issued by the Treasury Department on Jan. 27. However, the exchange did not disclose a target date for the completion of the delisting.
The Trump administration had last year moved against certain Chinese companies that Washington said were owned or controlled by the Chinese military in an effort to ramp up pressure on Beijing. The NYSE said CNOOC has the right to appeal the delisting decision. The exchange will include any appeal it receives in its application to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, which will be submitted on completion of all procedures.
CNOOC could not be immediately reached for comment.
https://www.reuters.com/article/usa-china-securities-cnooc/update-1-nyse-begins-move-to-delist-chinese-state-oil-producer-cnooc-idUSL4N2KW5C1
dominoes starting to tip over in the last few days.
Not AF1 10th time
82-8000 USAF 747 departed Houston, TX-Ellington JRB back to JBA
09-0016 USAF C-32A departed Ft. Hood, TX en aftr ground stop
SAM751 USAF G5 on ground at Offutt AFB from JBA depart
Citi Says Regulators in Asia Probing Equity Sales Trading Desk
Citigroup Inc. said regulatory agencies in the Asia Pacific region are probing the firm’s equity sales trading desks. The probes are tied to facilitation trades, or transactions in which the bank “trades fully or partially as principal,” Citigroup said in its annual regulatory filing on Friday. The firm said it is cooperating with the investigation.
The bank also provided an update on the $894 million it mistakenly sent to a band of lenders to the troubled cosmetics giant Revlon Inc. in August. Some lenders opted to return roughly $389.8 million, and the bank sued 10 fund managers to recoup the remaining funds. After a trial that was closely watched across Wall Street in December, Citigroup unexpectedly lost the case earlier this month. The bank continues to believe it is entitled to the funds and has said it will appeal.
“As a result of the court’s decision, Citi now has rights as a creditor related to the Revlon loan,” Citigroup said in the filing.
https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/citi-says-regulators-in-asia-probing-equity-sales-trading-desk-1.1569509
82-8000 USAF 747 at 578 kts or 665mph (weather affected for sure)
09-0016 USAF C-32A began it's descent to JBA
RAINBOWS JUST FLEW OVER MUH HOUSE
Myanmar's UN envoy raises stakes, stating 'coup must fail'
Myanmar's ambassador to the United Nations gave a sweeping denunciation of the coup in his country on Friday, giving a boost to the anti-military protests at home and raised the stakes for U.N. member countries in their responses to the coup that has killed at least four civilians.
In an extraordinary speech to the General Assembly's informal plenary on Myanmar, Ambassador Kyaw Moe Tun called on the international community to reject the coup and "use any means necessary" to act against the military regime and protect the country's people, stating that "the coup must fail." His speech overshadowed, but did not outweigh, the strength of preceding remarks by Christine Schraner Burgener, the U.N. special envoy on Myanmar. For the first time since Feb. 1 coup, Burgener urged countries not to "lend legitimacy or recognition" to the military regime, saying the coup was a clear violation of Myanmar's constitution "regardless of what they claim."
She called for the restoration of democracy and gave the first high-level endorsement to a small group of National League for Democracy members of parliament, who were elected in the Nov. 8 poll but were unable to take their seats due to the putsch. The NLD is the party of Myanmar's democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi, who was deposed as de facto leader after being arrested during the coup. The group, called the Committee to Represent the Pyidangsu Hluttaw (CRPH), is a fledgling movement that began with barely 15 MPs who held a virtual swearing-in ceremony on Feb. 4. The CRPH has since struggled for international acknowledgment. But Burgener's endorsement, which is seen as having the backing of the U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, could give the body legitimacy as a form of "parliament in exile," according to several diplomats at the U.N.
It not only provides Myanmar's vast-but-leaderless protest movement a platform to communicate with the outside world, it provides a channel for the international community to communicate with the protest movement. The CRPH on Wednesday announced it had appointed a representative to the U.N. and to handle international relations. The question now is whether the U.N. can or would accept a CRPH representative, even as an informal envoy, and whether it would stand by Myanmar's incumbent U.N. ambassador – who may be forced to seek asylum in the U.S. or elsewhere.
"The U.N. has now said that the military regime is illegitimate; Ambassador Kyaw Moe Tun's credentials were issued by the unlawfully removed NLD government," said Laetitia van den Assum, a former Dutch ambassador and former member of the Rakhine Advisory Commission led by the late U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan, which investigated the sectarian strife in Myanmar's Rakhine state. "If the junta tries to revoke the appointment of the ambassador and to appoint a new one, U.N. members may be forced to make a choice," she said. Burgener's remarks, she noted, indicated a "game changer" for the U.N. "She clearly stated the junta is illegitimate, while lending credibility to the CRPH. So, it is not the Tatmadaw vs. the NLD. It is the Tatmadawa vs the people of Myanmar," van den Assum added, using the name of Myanmar's military.
Junta leaders have yet to comment on Kyaw Moe Tun's status. In his address to the General Assembly, he spoke in a measured tone that occasionally faltered with emotion, and called for "further strongest possible action from the international community to immediately end the military coup, stop oppressing the innocent people… and to restore democracy."
https://asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/Myanmar-Coup/Myanmar-s-UN-envoy-raises-stakes-stating-coup-must-fail
you know wut is next here…UN troops.
RCH733T USAF C-17 Globemaster departed Houston, TX Ellington Airport
This AC made a run from Charleston Int'l to JBA then Houston on Weds. and back to Charleston-arrived earlier today from there.
SAM7179 C-17 left earlier and went to Fort Campbell, KY
SAM744 USAF C-32A departed Travis AFB after about an hour on the ground-did 4 go arounds prior to touchdown.
From Maui overnight
SAM744 C-32A es to JBA from it's Travis AFB depart after one hour ground stop-did 4 go arounds prior to touching down-bit odd after a long flight from Maui.
SAM799 USAF G5 departed Peterson AFB after another hour or so ground stop (ultra-busy here last few days)
SAM751 USAF G5 on descent for JBA from Offutt turn and burn-upwards of 570kts on dis one most of way.
Nuffin to see here
Late morning hello to Shanghai
BIXBY20 USAF Cobra-Ball ne of Shanghai-dot
The RC-135S Cobra Ball flies Joint Chiefs of Staff-directed missions of national priority to collect optical and electronic data on ballistic targets. This data is intended to support arms treaty compliance verification, and development of U.S. strategic defense and theater missile defense concepts. The RC-135S is a militarized Boeing 707 civilian airliner and is equipped with a sophisticated array of optical and electronic sensors, recording media, and communications equipment, is a national asset uniquely suited to provide America's leaders and defense community with vital information that cannot be obtained by any other source.
There are three RC-135S aircraft in the Air Force inventory all assigned to Air Combat Command and permanently based at Offutt Air Force Base, Neb.. The Cobra Ball is operated by the 55th Wing
https://www.military.com/equipment/rc-135s-cobra-ball
commercial
some irl
nite all