Planefag:Gulf-Europe-Med-Activity: Belgians NW from Tel Aviv stop of 1h13m, POKER45 C-560 and RCH801 C-5 NW from Kuwait, Polish AF in at Tel Aviv, Spanish AF heading to Iraq after Turkey overnight, Blackhawk and Chinook north from Constanta Int'l-Romania, Italian AF back to Rome grom Gdansk stop, DUKE18 US Army Super King Air 200 SW from Helsinki stop of 2 hours-NATO AWACS in outta Turkey

Belgian AF BAF89 NW from Tel Aviv ground stop of 1h 13m and muh guess is that this is somethig to do with the E.U and Israeli gas connection cause they trying to get that from them

POKER45US Army C-560 NW from Kuwait-Ali Al Salem Air Base after hanging around dhere for a few days'''

RCH801 C-5 Galaxy also departed Kuwait NW

Poilish AF PLF030 C-295 Persusader on ground at Tel Aviv from Wroclaw AB, Poland stop anf Krakow depart prior

NATO01 E-3TF Sentry AWACS SE from Geilinkirchen passing SW of Istanbul with NATO11 heading NW to Konya, Tukey

Spanish AF AME3154 A400M entering Iraqi airspace from the north after a Adana, Turkey depart/overnight

R20820 US Army Blackhawk and R08478 US Army Chinook north from Constanta Int'l Airport

HKY168 USAF C0130 Hercules also departed Constanta Int'l WN

Italian AF 1439 KC0767 back to Rome after 1h40m stop at Gdansk Int'l

DUKE18 US Army Bech Super King 200 Air SW from Helsinki stop of about 2h-departed Weisbaden AB earlier then over to Nuremburg and then NW to Helsinki

VALOR29 USAF G5 SE from Prestwick Int'l and heading back to Ramstein AFB, Germany

morning all

>>144014

a leetle...drop in anytime (as time permits)

>>144017

ok..slow start this morn.at least it's staying cool still no AC until later (and just fine as they keep raisn' elec rates so muh not using it is not producing much of a savings)-usually by later July its on in the by the mid morning

>>144015

don't worry about that..we berry informal here and since you are trusted the 'packaging' isn't important...the info is-that all that matters

>>143892, >>143893 Ag dropped in front of Weds FOMC rate hike-do it again tomorrow so it doesn't get over $19 upon Weds rate hike release

There ya go...knew you were gonna do that again just off by one day and the usual right on the NYMEX (red arrow) open-now we wait for "good/bad cop" Bostic and his GDPNOW release which should be just prior to the FOMC release-and still shows the 75bp or 0.75% hike with a just under 24% chance of 1%

https://www.kitco.com/charts/livesilver.html

https://www.cmegroup.com/trading/interest-rates/countdown-to-fomc.html

The 'economist' here at the NAR-always the perpetual cheerleader** (see it's 'peaked')-the one prior to him wrote a book in 2005 then re-released in 2006 just as the housing market topped later that year that was titled 'Why the Real Estate Boom Will Not Bust—And How You Can Profit from It.' They can't spin this as the the refinance index since 1990 graph in cap#1 and then MBA mortgage purchase index

NAR: Pending Home Sales Decreased 8.6% in June

Pending home sales decreased in June, following a slight increase in May, according to the National Association of REALTORS®. All four major regions posted month-over-month and year-over-year pullbacks, the largest of which occurred in the West.

The Pending Home Sales Index (PHSI), a forward-looking indicator of home sales based on contract signings, dipped 8.6% to 91.0 in June. Year-over-year, transactions shrank 20.0%. An index of 100 is equal to the level of contract activity in 2001. "Contract signings to buy a home will keep tumbling down as long as mortgage rates keep climbing, as has happened this year to date," said NAR Chief Economist Lawrence Yun. **"There are indications that mortgage rates may be topping or very close to a cyclical high in July. If so, pending contracts should also begin to stabilize" According to NAR, buying a home in June was about 80% more expensive than in June 2019. Nearly a quarter of buyers who purchased a home three years ago would be unable to do so now because they no longer earn the qualifying income to buy a median-priced home today.

...

The Northeast PHSI slid 6.7% compared to last month to 80.9, down 17.6% from June 2021. The Midwest index dropped 3.8% to 93.7 in June, a 13.4% decline from a year ago. The South PHSI slipped 8.9% to 108.3 in June, a decrease of 19.2% from the previous year. The West index slumped 15.9% in June to 68.7, down 30.9% from June 2021. This was well below expectations for this index. Note: Contract signings usually lead sales by about 45 to 60 days, so this would usually be for closed sales in July and August.

https://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2022/07/nar-pending-home-sales-decreased-86-in.html

Mortgage Applications Decrease in Latest Weekly Survey

Mortgage applications decreased 1.8 percent from one week earlier, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ending July 22, 2022.

... The Refinance Index decreased 4 percent from the previous week and was 83 percent lower than the same week one year ago. The seasonally adjusted Purchase Index decreased 1 percent from one week earlier. The unadjusted Purchase Index decreased 0.4 percent compared with the previous week and was 18 percent lower than the same week one year ago.

“Mortgage applications declined for the fourth consecutive week to the lowest level of activity since February 2000. Increased economic uncertainty and prevalent affordability challenges are dissuading households from entering the market, leading to declining purchase activity that is close to lows last seen at the onset of the pandemic,” said Joel Kan, MBA’s Associate Vice President of Economic and Industry Forecasting. “Weakening purchase applications trends in recent months have been consistent with data showing a slowdown in sales for newly constructed homes and existing homes. A potential silver lining for the housing market is that stabilizing mortgage rates and increases in for-sale inventory may bring some buyers back to the market during the second half of the year.” Added Kan, “With mortgage rates remaining well over 5 percent, refinance applications are now 83 percent below last year’s pace.”

...

The average contract interest rate for 30-year fixed-rate mortgages with conforming loan balances ($647,200 or less) decreased to 5.74 percent from 5.82 percent, with points decreasing to 0.61 from 0.65 (including the origination fee) for 80 percent loan-to-value ratio (LTV) loans.

https://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2022/07/mba-mortgage-applications-decrease-in_01710756148.html

Bottom Line: The system is running (ran out basically) of qualified buyers across the board and todays rate raise will just pound the nail furhter into housings coffin-probably see a lot of house listed taken off the market.."waiting" for conditions to improve"

in five minutes...WATCH: Biden delivers remarks after testing negative for covid-19

Biden to speak at 11:30 a.m. Eastern after testing negative for COVID

President Joe Biden tested negative for COVID-19 on Tuesday evening and Wednesday morning and "will discontinue his strict isolation measures," said his physician in a letter released on Wednesday by the White House. The president, who first tested positive for COVID on Thursday, will wear a mask when he is around others until it has been 10 days since his positive result, added Dr. Kevin O'Connor. Biden is slated to give a speech in the White House's Rose Garden at 11:30 a.m. Eastern, the White House's press office said in a statement.

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/biden-to-speak-at-1130-am-eastern-after-testing-negative-for-covid-2022-07-27

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTfZb393x_U

>>144027

>on to monkey pox and aliens

kek

bring on da awiens!

'bout all they have left

yep had the WHO declaring the first stage of emergency (which means a totally mail in election a comin)

he still doin nuffin-

>delivers remarks 11:30am

and dhat IT-per usual vanishing act-watch him bail 'to' delaware tomorrow or friday

they already 'ran out' of monkey pox vax in SF and dhat WH NSO AC was dhere at the same exact time >>143968 lb

The vid they made last week with him (potato) in the same spot as 45 (when he took the mask off upon return from Greenland..oh sorry Walter Reed Hospital..kek) he din't habs no mask on at all.

>>143952 lb Biden To Sell Additional 20 Million Barrels Of Oil From Strategic Reserve Just Ahead Of The Midterms-and are set to conclude just days before the November midterm elections.

US Crude Exports Gain 21% to Hit Record High, EIA Says

US crude exports set a new record as Europe scrambles to replace Russian oil supplies amid the superpower’s war on Ukraine.

Exports gained 21% to 4.55 million barrels a day during the week ended July 22, according to Energy Information ccAdministration data released Wednesday. Total crude and oil-product shipments also rose to the highest on record. Those strong flows are likely to continue in the coming weeks as the spread between the US and global oil benchmarks continue to widen, incentivizing exports. That’s in part due to US emergency crude releases that have added to supplies, while the rest of the world grapples with shortages.

https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/us-crude-exports-gain-21-to-hit-record-high-eia-says-1.1797695

EIA Inventory Report Pushes Oil Prices Higher

Crude oil prices rose today after the Energy Information Administration reported a crude oil inventory draw of 4.5 million barrels for the week to July 22. This compared with a modest inventory decline of 400,000 barrels for the previous week. It also compared with an estimated crude oil inventory draw of 4 million barrels for last week, as reported by the American Petroleum Institute.

At 422.1 million barrels, U.S. crude oil inventories are about 6 percent below the average for this time of the year. In gasoline, the authority estimated an inventory decline of 3.3 million barrels for the week to July 22, which compared with a build of 3.5 million barrels for the previous week. Gasoline production last week averaged 9.7 million barrels daily, which compared with 9.4 million bpd a week earlier. In middle distillates, the EIA estimated a stock draw of 800,000 barrels for the week to July 22. This compared with a draw of 1.3 million barrels for the previous week.

Middle distillate production averaged 5 million barrels daily last week, which was almost unchanged on in the previous week.

https://oilprice.com/Energy/Oil-Prices/EIA-Inventory-Report-Pushes-Oil-Prices-Higher.html

Kek..anyone thinks she gonna go all the way to Japan, which she has to stop off at Yokota AB-kinda like Blinken stopping in Japan to 'pay respects to Abe' where he was already gonna be for a refuel and just spent an extra 2 hours-anyway for a refuel and then NOT go to Taiwan?...they just trying to make this look like the actual trip

U.S. House speaker Pelosi looks to visit Japan in August

U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi is planning to visit Japan early next month, diplomatic sources said Wednesday, amid reports that she is considering a trip to Taiwan in a move almost certain to trigger an outcry from China. Pelosi’s trip to Taiwan, if realized, would be the first by a serving U.S. House speaker in 25 years. The administration of U.S. President Joe Biden has been enhancing ties with the self-ruled democratic island. China has been increasing its pressure on Taiwan, which Beijing views as a renegade province awaiting reunification with the mainland, by force if necessary. During her expected stay in Japan, Pelosi is likely to hold separate meetings with Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Japan’s House of Representatives Speaker Hiroyuki Hosoda, the sources said.

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and China’s growing maritime assertiveness in the Pacific are among the expected topics of their talks, according to the sources. It remains unclear whether the U.S. House speaker and an accompanying group of Democrat lawmakers intend to stop by Japan before or after a possible trip to Taiwan See above. In April, Pelosi postponed her planned visit to Asia including Japan after testing positive for the coronavirus. She had also considered visiting Taiwan during the trip, according to Taiwanese and Japanese media.

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian told a press conference Wednesday in Beijing that China has repeatedly made clear to the United States its “stern position” against Pelosi’s potential visit to Taiwan. “We’re fully prepared for any eventuality. If the U.S. side insists on making a visit, the Chinese side will take firm and strong measures to safeguard our sovereignty and territorial integrity,” he said, adding that Washington “must assume full responsibility for that.”

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2022/07/27/national/pelosi-japan-august/

CFC1 Challenger CL-60Trudopeheading to Quebec for Pope Frank's next stop andPope Frankin ITY4001 A330 departed Edmonton Int'l heading to Quebec

Pope Francis to arrive in Quebec City Wednesday afternoon

https://ici.radio-canada.ca/rci/en/news/1901254/pope-francis-to-arrive-in-quebec-city-wednesday-afternoon

Quebec City, Quebec

The Prime Minister will join Her Excellency the Right Honourable Mary Simon, Governor General of Canada, to welcome His Holiness Pope Francis to the Citadelle of Quebec and deliver remarks. The Prime Minister will have an audience with His Holiness Pope Francis and meet with the Secretary of State of the Holy See, Cardinal Pietro Parolin.

https://pm.gc.ca/en/news/itineraries/2022/07/26/prime-ministers-itinerary-wednesday-july-27-2022

>>143929 lb

FORGE63 US Army G5 east after an overnight at JB Lewis-McChord inbound from JBA yesterday

"Good cop", for them today since he doesn't vote on policy matters, Bostic out with his latest update and it's 'less' negative growth-The GDPNow model estimate for real GDP growth (seasonally adjusted annual rate) in the second quarter of 2022 is-1.2 percent on July 27, up from -1.6 percent on July 19

After recent releases from the US Census Bureau and the National Association of Realtors,They actually say this?..did you not read it?? >>144024 NAR: Pending Home Sales Decreased 8.6% in June the nowcast of the contribution of inventory investment to second-quarter real GDP growth increased from -2.50 percentage points to -2.30 percentage points, while the the nowcast of the contribution of the change in real net exports to second-quarter real GDP growth increased from 0.18 percentage points to 0.59 percentage points. This is the last GDPNow forecast for the second quarter. The first GDPNow forecast for the third quarter of 2022 will be on Friday, July 29. Please see the "Release Dates" tab below for a list of upcoming releases.

https://www.atlantafed.org/cqer/research/gdpnow

All setting up very nicely as predicted-they get to then bring this back to flat after the next CPI # release on Aug. 10 (for July's reading and Gas dropped a bit and last years CPI leveled off (we been over this many times) but they also have another 'update' to this on friday-he will continue to bring this to 'less negative growth' and then shortly after the Aug 10th release it will be flat to positive-the real Derp moment in todays adjustment is saying you base it on the NAR #s-those are horribruh and even they can't shine that turd with a sales drop (% terms) like that but lets take 4 tenths of a % of the 'negativity' out-since a housing market about to (actually already doing that) self-immolate is a great reason to adjust that closer to positive-I'm actually thinking they may even take one of these off at the FOMC November meeting (which would be the ultimate act of desperation) a week prior to the election as look what they have done with the SPR releases that end right before the election >>143952 lb'''

>>143954 Credit Suisse CEO Thomas Gottstein set to depart

>>143789 lb Credit Suisse Mulls Job Cuts as Losses Mount and background on CS, BoD member Blythe Masters/CFTC and US Mint fuggery past posts

Credit Suisse Names New CEO After $1.65 Billion Quarterly Loss

Credit Suisse CS +3.54% posted a wider-than-expected loss in the second quarter, leading to the resignation of Thomas Gottstein, the Swiss bank’s chief executive.

Credit Suisse Credit Suisse reported a second-quarter loss of 1.59 billion francs ($1.65 billion) — its third straight quarterly loss — compared with a year-earlier profit of 253 million francs.

Revenue at the investment bank fell 43% on a U.S. dollar basis. “Our results for the second quarter of 2022 are disappointing, especially in the investment bank, and were also impacted by higher litigation provisions and other adjusting items,” Gottstein said in a statement. “The bank’s performance was significantly affected by a number of external factors, including geopolitical,macroeconomic and market headwinds.” since none of this was gonna habben even with you're 'scuses right?..GTFO'

Revenue at the wealth management business fell 34% in the second quarter, while revenue at the bank’s asset-management division dropped 25%. Gottstein, who in the same statement announced his resignation, said the “urgency for decisive action is clear and a comprehensive review to strengthen our pivot to the Wealth Management, Swiss Bank and Asset Management businesses, supported by a fundamental transformation of our Investment Bank, is underway.” Gottstein, who served as CEO of the bank for more than two years, will be replaced by Ulrich Körner, who now serves as head of asset-management. American depositary receipts of Credit Suisse were rising 5% in premarket trading Wednesday to $5.48. The stock rose 2.3% in Switzerland.

https://www.barrons.com/articles/credit-suisse-earnings-chief-executive-51658909208

https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/CS

>>144012

POKER45US Army C-560 east after a stop at Muwaffaq Salti Air Base, Jordan and Spanish AF AME3154 A440m went to Baghdad

Russian AF 30775 Antonov AN-148 departed Kaliningrad after about 4h on ground-heading to St. Petersburg-nao

BH305 US Navy P-3 Orion out of Pt Mugu. trackin' just south of the Channel Islands

3 P-8 Poseidons back to NAS Jax after some Gulf 'o Mexico werk-not unusual to see one or two but a bit odd to see three in the same place

FOMC raises rates 0.75% and then talksbullshitabout it's balance sheet

The Committee seeks to achieve maximum employment and inflation at the rate of 2 percent over the longer run. In support of these goals, the Committee decided to raise the target range for the federal funds rate to 2-1/4 to 2-1/2 percent and anticipates that ongoing increases in the target range will be appropriate. In addition, the Committee will continue reducing its holdings of Treasury securities and agency debt and agency mortgage-backed securities**, as described in the Plans for Reducing the Size of the Federal Reserve's Balance Sheet that were issued in May.

The rest is just pandering "we're looking at everything..blah,blah, blah"

https://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/pressreleases/monetary20220727a.htm

**Except you are NOT doing this and have only reduced them with ONE operation that was a disaster >>138076 pb and then you did a few ones of $25m as 'small value exercises' so this is complete and utter BULLSHIT as you just bought $832m-see cap #2-of them today-which were 30 year Fannie/Freddie, $492m yesterday, $832m monday...I could go on here.... and they showed up to sell $3.615B in today's example

'''And such a surprise the rise in Ag is capped at just under $19 ($18.98 to be exact) with the two hit jobs..monday and earlier today

>>144021, >>143892, >>143893 pb Ag dropped in front of Weds FOMC rate hike-do it again tomorrow so it doesn't get over $19 upon Weds rate hike release

>>143679 Economic Schedule for Week of July 24, 2022-FOMC raises rates 75bp and official GDP report out after the Atlanta FED update (higher-of course or less negative growth but this will be positive well before Sept Mtg)-just before the FOMC announcement on Weds (some scenarios to watch fer)

>(and watch them sky the markets as soon as 'Jerry' opens his mouth-bet ya they say something like "at the next meeting we will either stop or only raise 0.25bp" since KANGZZZZ Bostic (Atlanta FED GDPNOW) will have raised his expectations just prior to this release at 2pm est

Already had the GDP revision up >>144035 (as predicted) with another one coming on friday and the next leg up in the market will commence just after (about 10 minutes into it) he starts talking in about 10 minutes

>>144045

saw dhat last night

and they just go lalalalalalalala..wut?

>>144043

>and the next leg up in the market will commence just after (about 10 minutes into it) he starts talking in about 10 minutes

ok so it was 6 minutes and not 10

>>144043, >>144047

https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/%5EIXIC

>>144031

Pope Frankin ITY4001 A330 on ground at Quebec Intl' from Edmonton Int'l depart and landed about 10 minutes ago

>>144050

deez ones fer sure-they sat on this shit and knew and then got the 'letter" put out saying it was all BS

naww I wouldn't take the other side of that bet

kek

>>143988

>>143990

#975

>>143992 Sakurajima Volcao Live Camera-laser from sky?

>>143999, >>144000, >>144002, >>144010 UK anon with London Eye dig update(s)

>>144012 Planefag:'''Gulf-Europe-Med-Activity: Belgians NW from Tel Aviv stop of 1h13m, POKER45 C-560 and RCH801 C-5 NW from Kuwait, Polish AF in at Tel Aviv, Spanish AF heading to Iraq after Turkey overnight, Blackhawk and Chinook north from Constanta Int'l-Romania, Italian AF back to Rome grom Gdansk stop, DUKE18 US Army Super King Air 200 SW from Helsinki stop of 2 hours-NATO AWACS in outta Turkey

>>144021, >>144035 There ya go...knew you were gonna do that again just off by one day and the usual right on the NYMEX (red arrow) open-now we wait for "good/bad cop" Bostic and his GDPNOW release

>>144022, >>144023, >>144025 Q drop(s) summary TRUTH, UNITE, PEOPLE, PUBLIC, CONTROLLED, SHEEP, WORLD and drop # 133 Does Satan exist-does the thought of Satan exist-who worships Satan? "The New World Order-A Direction for the Future" Harvard Univ Dec 1993 Center for Int'l Affairs release cap

>>144024 NAR: Pending Home Sales Decreased 8.6% in June-Mortgage Applications Decrease in Latest Weekly Survey

>>144029 US Crude Exports Gain 21% to Hit Record High, EIA Says-EIA Inventory Report Pushes Oil Prices Higher

>>144030 U.S. House speaker Pelosi looks to visit Japan in August-but they "don't know" if she is going to Taiwan...nigga Paleeze

>>144031, >>144049 CFC1 Challenger CL-60 Trudope heading to Quebec for Pope Frank's next stop and Pope Frank in ITY4001 A330 departed Edmonton Int'l heading to Quebec

>>144034 FORGE63 US Army G5 east after an overnight at JB Lewis-McChord inbound from JBA yesterday

>>144035 "Good Cop"-today- Bostic doing his job perfectly with a revision upwards...The GDPNow model estimate for real GDP growth (seasonally adjusted annual rate) in the second quarter of 2022 is -1.2 percent on July 27, up from -1.6 percent on July 19

>>144036 Credit Suisse Names New CEO After $1.65 Billion Quarterly Loss

>>144037 POKER 45 US Army C-560 east after a stop at Muwaffaq Salti Air Base, Jordan and Spanish AF AME3154 A440m went to Baghdad-Russian AF 30775 Antonov AN-148 departed Kaliningrad after about 4h on ground-heading to St. Petersburg-nao

>>144038 BH305 US Navy P-3 Orion out of Pt Mugu. trackin' just south of the Channel Islands

>>144039 3 P-8 Poseidons back to NAS Jax after some Gulf 'o Mexico werk-not unusual to see one or two but a bit odd to see three in the same place

>>144043, >>144047, >>144048 FOMC raises rates 0.75% and then talks bullshit about it's balance sheet

>>144044 ICYMI — Brian Auten, the FBI analyst accused of wrongly labeling evidence about Hunter Biden as disinformation has been linked to special counsel John Durham's upcoming Danchenko trial.

>>144045, >>144046, >>144050, >>144051 Dirty Cop FBI Agent Thibault, Posted Lincoln Project Anti-Trump Tweets, Covered Up Hunter’s Laptop, and Was FBI Spokesman for Election Integrity Before 2020 Election

ima gonna rest fer a bit nao

back later

>>143820, >>143828, >>143854, >>143929, >>143854 pb

C101 US Coast Guard G5 inbound to Reagan National from Seattle Boeing Field overnight

SAM573 USAF G5 back to JBA after a 46m ground stop at MacDill (CENTCOM)

PAT009 US Army C-560 back to JBA from a 29m stop at Ft. Bragg then over to Dobbins ARB, GA for a flyover at 1k ft

>>144035, >>144043

Imagine that...the expectation for Sept. FOMC meeting for a 25bp (0.25%) raise-imo by the time we get to that all of the various indicators they "are always watching", cough-manipulating, they won't even do that-back to the original prediction that Sept. they pause-July's CPI # showing a slowdown (again 'peaked') but this time instead of "hoping" it has it will actually show it-that is temporary-and also dependent on what goes on over those next few months

https://www.cmegroup.com/trading/interest-rates/countdown-to-fomc.html

>>144056

do some OG here

Nancy can't even do insider trading right-it was up 7.6% today but they probably did this to create the "see I lost money" excuse

Pelosis sold $5M in Nvidia stock ahead of vote on chipmaker subsidies

As a Capitol Hill vote looms this week on a controversial, $52 billion subsidy to chipmakers, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband quietly offloaded a chunk of shares in semiconductor giant Nvidia, according to public filings.

Paul Pelosi sold the $5 million trove of shares Tuesday at a loss of more than $300,000. It’s unclear whether the couple sold their entire stake or just a portion of it. They could still own as much as $6.5 million in Nvidia, according to congresstrading.com. Meanwhile, the Pelosis still hold a stake in semiconductor company Micron worth as much as $500,000, filings show.

The Nvidia selloff is a dramatic reversal for the Pelosis. Paul began snapping up semiconductor stocks in June 2021 — the same month the first draft of the bill was introduced. He bought between $2.75 million and $11.5 million over the past year and has been actively trading these shares the entire time the bill has wended its way through Congress. Just last month as the bill moved towards a vote, now slated for Thursday in the House, Pelosi bought between $1 million and $5 million more in Nvidia shares. The numbers aren’t clear because members of Congress are only required to list wide ranges in dollar values of their stocks rather than precise figures. They can also use more complex financial instruments like options to get exposure to stocks without holding shares.

“All this shows is she and her husband are still actively trading,” Walter Shaub, senior ethics fellow at the Project on Government Oversight, told On the Money. “Wait until we see where she puts the money … will she buy more stock and create another conflict of interest?” Likewise, skeptics aren’t satisfied by the fact the couple lost money on the chip stock purchases.

https://nypost.com/2022/07/27/pelosis-sold-5m-in-nvidia-stock-ahead-of-chipmaker-subsidy-vote/

VV700 US Navy G5 NE from an overnight at Moffett Federal Airfield-and not hanging around at 542kts @41k ft

Alphabet has a 60 lease on a large portion of this old Navy Base and it looks like they finally started up the work again on restoring Hangar One-Google signed a 60-year lease on the property through its subsidiary Planetary Ventures LLC. Specific plans for use of the hangar are unknown.

Been on the top of that thing in the mid 90's-littered with empty liquor bottles and used condoms.

from May

Google's Restoration Begins on Iconic Hangar One at Moffett Field

https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/googles-restoration-begins-on-iconic-hangar-one-at-moffett-field/2883692/

Same shit here with the 'Goodwill' accounting bucket-$20.229B for this qtr, cost of revenue (CoR) up substantially $16.397B vs $8.690B-this for Q 1-2 compared with last year, second number is 2021 Q1-2, Stock repurchase down to $5.233 from $7.079B last year but increased sharply in the Q1-2 this year $14.739B vs $11.018 same period last year, strong dollar and yen not helping either -$550m vs + $117m last year

All figures taken form the filing listed below

https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0001326801/000132680122000079/meta06302022-exhibit991.htm

Meta Platforms Q2 Results Decline

Meta Platforms, Inc. (META) on Wednesday posted lower results in the second quarter. The company posted net income of $6.69 billion or $2.46 per share in the three-month period, down 36 percent from $10.4 billion or $3.61 per share in the same period last year.

Total revenue fell to $28.8 billion from $29.1 billion a year ago. On average, 40 analysts expected the company to post earnings of $2.61 per share on revenues of $28.9 billion in the second quarter.

Looking ahead, the company anticipates third quarter 2022 total revenue to be in the range of $26-28.5 billion. Meta Platforms said that the outlook reflects a continuation of the weak advertising demand environment experienced throughout the second quarter, which is being driven by broader macroeconomic uncertainty.

Separately, the company also announced that effective November 1, 2022, current Chief Financial Officer David Wehner will take on a new role as Meta's first Chief Strategy Officer, where he will oversee the company's strategy and corporate development. Susan Li, current Vice President of Finance, will be promoted and serve as Meta's Chief Financial Officer.

https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/meta-platforms-q2-results-decline

>>143983 Alphabets Latest 8-K and the 'magic' of the 'Goodwill' Accounting bucket-$23.949B for this Qtr, and share buybacks of $15.179B + as a bonus: moar revenue in a department that still lost $858m-Cloud

>>144062

VV700 US Navy G5 went to Des Moines, IA Int'l Airport

>>143951, >>143955 lb

C102 US Coast Guard G5 back at Reagan National from Tegucigalpa, Honduras-Toncontin Airport overnight and it looks like this is an extradition flight for Herlinda Bobadilla-see below

She and the US Drug Enforcement Administration agents on this flight

Honduras Extradites Alleged Drug Matriarch To The US

Honduras on Tuesday extradited Herlinda Bobadilla, a 61-year-old alleged gang leader arrested in a shootout that killed one of her sons, to the United States on drug charges. A US indictment alleges Bobadilla, also known as Chinda, and two of her sons led the "Los Montes" drug cartel -- one of the largest in Honduras. Los Montes is "responsible for the distribution of multi-ton quantities of cocaine into the United States valued at millions of US dollars," the indictment said. The clan matriarch was captured with three other people in the mountainous department of Colon in the country's northeast in May.

One of her sons, Tito, was killed in a shootout. Another fled and is still on the run. The trio had allegedly taken control of Los Montes after Bobadilla's other son, Noe Montes-Bobadilla, was arrested and extradited to the United States in 2017 and subsequently sentenced to 37 years in jail for drug trafficking. In handcuffs and surrounded by members of the special forces, Bobadilla was taken Tuesday to the air force base at Toncontin near the capital Tegucigalpa. She was handed over to six members of the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and escorted onto a plane that took off for the United States. She will be tried in the Eastern District Court of Virginia on a charge of conspiracy to distribute cocaine to be "unlawfully imported into the United States," according to the indictment. Honduras is a major transit country for Colombian cocaine and other narcotics headed mainly to the United States. The US had offered rewards of up to $5 million for information leading to the capture of Bobadilla and her sons.

https://www.barrons.com/news/honduras-extradites-alleged-drug-matriarch-to-the-us-01658860508

morning

Planefag:Europe-Med-Gulf: NATO weenies from Stuttgart, Some German AF activity-one on ground at Rzesow (sorry lost him but dhere)-departing Warsaw Int'l after overnight, "N" Russian AF on ground at Athens and now departed, Greece (sez it's an SU-57 but I doubt it), RAF Rivet Joint on it's Black Sea harassment program, Swiss AF F-18 Hornet switched on (not an everyday sight that)

SPAR79 USAF G5 departing Stuttgart Int'l (AFRICOM)-after arriving on 0726 from Chievres AB, Belgium

'''REDEYE6 E-8C Joint STARS tracking NE of Warsaw (looking for Polish President to depart in PLF101 soon-kind of a pattern at times with this one)

RAF RRR7228 RC-135 Rivet Joint over Black Sea

'N' Russian AF (identified as an SU-57 however it is too slow to be that-and ADS-B does miss-label at times-no way this isan Su-57 based on speed-88kts-it would stall so possibly a drone)

DUKE60 and 67 US ARmy Beech Super king Air NW from Constanta AB, Romania

German AF GAF302 C-130 J Super Hercules on ground at Rzesow AIrport, Poland after stops at Stuttgart and Zweibrucken Airport (sw of Ramstein)-lost him on cap but he is there'

German AF GAF602 GLEX NW from Warsaw Int'l after arrivng yesterday

NATO02 E-3A Sentry AWACS trackin' jsut SE of Hamburg

Italian AF IAM3115 Falcon 50 NW from Ali-AL Salem AB Kuwait afterabout 2h stop

French AF CTM1280 Falcon 200 north over Algeria from Abidjan, Cote d'Ivory after 2h 40m stop

French AF FAF902 E-3CF Sentry AWACS had it's turn over eastern Romania and Black Sea earlier and back to Bourges AB

and file under not something seen very often Swiss AF J5232 FA-18 Hornet switched on at Emmen Airport

>>144035, >>144043

>he will continue to bring this to 'less negative growth'

and this is why KANNGGZZ Bostic (Atlanta FED) has another op., tomorrow, to update the GDPNOW projections so he can "good cop" it as it will likely be changed to reflect this new #-mentioned this the other day-that will be below the -1% or mebby even closer to flat

Real GDP decreased at 0.9% Annualized Rate in Q2

Real gross domestic product (GDP) decreased at an annual rate of 0.9 percent in the second quarter of 2022, according to the "advance" estimate released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis. In the first quarter, real GDP decreased 1.6 percent. ...

The decrease in real GDP reflected decreases in private inventory investment, residential fixed investment, federal government spending, state and local government spending, and nonresidential fixed investment that were partly offset by increases in exports and personal consumption expenditures (PCE). Imports, which are a subtraction in the calculation of GDP, increased.PCE increased at a 1.0% rate, and residential investment decreased at a 14.0% rate. Change in private inventories was a huge drag in Q2, subtracting 2.01 percentage points. The advance Q2 GDP report, with 0.9% annualized decline, was below expectations.

https://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2022/07/bea-real-gdp-decreased-at-09-annualized.html

When you still habs the NYFRB buying Mortgage-Backed Securities to the tune of just under $1B every day-$830m today and they (the banking system) showed up with $2.431B yer gonna achieve a 'result'..you also have the rest of muh Bond market on the 'spin cycle' to the tune of $30-mid $40B**every night as well-and you wonder how rates drop while they are raising prime?....THAT is why

US Mortgage Rates Dip to 5.3% in First Decline Since Early July

Mortgage rates in the US dropped for the first time in three weeks. The average for a 30-year loan slipped to 5.3% from 5.54% (see above) last week, Freddie Mac said Thursday in a statement. That’s a level last seen the week of July 7. Rates that have climbed from 3.11% at the end of last year are cooling the once-overheated US housing market. Pending sales of homes in June fell by the most since April 2020. PulteGroup Inc., a national builder based in Atlanta, reported earlier this week that cancellations of home orders have ticked up.

“Purchase demand continues to tumble as the cumulative impact of higher rates, elevated home prices, increased recession risk and declining consumer confidence take a toll on homebuyers,” said Sam Khater, Freddie Mac’s chief economist. “As the market adjusts to a higher-rate environment, we are seeing a period of deflated sales activity until the market normalizes.” The torrid pace of pandemic-era price gains is starting to ease, with the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller index showing a slight deceleration in May. “Higher borrowing costs have already hit the real estate landscape, and are having a noticeable impact on demand,” said George Ratiu, Realtor.com’s manager of economic research. “We can expect the rebalancing in housing markets to continue and to pick up speed, especially as we look toward the fall and winter seasons.”

https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/us-mortgage-rates-dip-to-5-3-in-first-decline-since-early-july-1.1798297

I dunno where they seeing 5.30% as the general 30 year fixed mortgage rate (cap #2) ain't been near there at all but I suppose if you say it enough times people will believe it-and that it comes from Freddie Mac-who is at the center of the NYFRB Mortgage backed Securities Operations-since the bulk of those Operations in that area are 30 year Fannie/Freddie MBS

**Cap #3 is from yesterday and wuz $36.873B and the bigger amount were these: 912796V71 6 month bill @ $3.690B, 3 year note @ $2.788B, 30 year Bond @$2.697B

https://www.newyorkfed.org/markets/desk-operations/securities-lending

6 month bill

https://www.treasurydirect.gov/instit/annceresult/press/preanre/2022/A_20220421_4.pdf

3 year note

https://treasurydirect.gov/instit/annceresult/press/preanre/2019/R_20191209_3.pdf

30 year bond

https://www.treasurydirect.gov/instit/annceresult/press/preanre/2022/R_20220210_3.pdf

>>142799, >>142800, >>142801 pb

Understanding NYFRB Operations:How this influence(s) market directions-Hypothecation and Rehypothecation of assets creating 1000s of claims

>remember this is "MbS on MBS" (Mortgage Backed Securities) and not a suggestion or a connection that he is involved in this-just a play on the acronym

>>144072

SPAR79 USAF G5 back to Chievres AB from whenst it departed from on 0726

and check THIS out...JFC that this is even being mentioned right? I say put him in cause why not a comical chief for a comical place-they have already decided to put a woman in charge of this and were floating that last year before Stoltenberg's tenure was extended by one year but this quite funny

Boris Johnson could be in line for top Nato job, say Conservative allies

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/boris-johnson-nato-conservative-secretary-general-jens-stoltenberg-b1015076.html

>>144072

German AF GAF302 C-130 J Super Hercules departing Rzesow west after a quick ground stop

>dis the one that I lost switching around

Lt. Gen. Chance Saltzman nominated to be next Space Force Chief of Space Operations

Lt. Gen. B. Chance Saltzman has been nominated to be U.S. Space Force’s next Chief of Space Operations.

If confirmed by the Senate, Saltzman will become the service’s highest ranking officer and the second Chief of Space Operations in the young service’s history. Saltzman will step into the position currently held by Gen. John W. “Jay” Raymond, who has led the Space Force since its establishment in December 2019. Raymond is projected to retire later this year. ”I am very honored and humbled by the nomination to be the second Chief of Space Operations. If confirmed, Jennifer and I will be committed to building on the incredible foundation Gen. Jay and Mollie Raymond put in place for our service and we are forever grateful for their service and dedication,” said Saltzman.

Raymond praised Saltzman and his nomination and paid tribute to the Guardians and Airmen that he has led over his career. “It has been the honor of a lifetime to lead Guardians and Airmen and to serve as the Space Force’s first Chief of Space Operations. I couldn't be more excited about the next chapter for the world’s greatest Space Force and the nomination of Chance Saltzman to serve as our next CSO,” Raymond said. “His extensive space experience and deep understanding of how to integrate space into the defense of our nation have made him indispensable to the establishment of this service and Guardians the world over will not find a more loyal teammate.” Raymond said. Likewise, Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall praised Raymond for his tenure and for the way he built the Space Force. Kendall said that Saltzman was the ideal nominee to build on the Space Force’s accomplishments. "General Jay Raymond has worked tirelessly to create a strong foundation for the Space Force and to set our Guardians up for long term success. Every American should be grateful for what he has accomplished,” Kendall said. “I'm certain that General Saltzman has the skill and the drive needed to build on that foundation, and if confirmed, I'm looking forward to the opportunity to work with him as the second Chief of Space Operations,” he said. If confirmed, Saltzman would inherit a Space Force as it continues its transition from the early planning and organizational phases required to form the first new branch of the military since 1947 to one that focuses more on the Department of the Air Force’s operational imperatives.

Since August 2020, Saltzman has served as Deputy Chief of Space Operations for Operations, Cyber, and Nuclear. In this role, Saltzman has overall responsibility for operations, intelligence, sustainment, cyber, and nuclear operations for the Space Force.

Commissioned in 1991 after graduating from Boston University, he has deep operational experience with missile and space systems as a Minuteman III launch officer and as a satellite operator for the National Reconnaissance Office. He also served as the first Chief of Combat Plans for the Joint Space Operations Center, and later, as Chief of Combat Operations. Saltzman has commanded at the squadron, group, and wing levels including the 614th Space Operations Squadron and 1st Space Control Squadron at what is now Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, as well as the 460th Operations Group at what today is Buckley Space Force Base, Colorado.

Before serving in his current assignment under Raymond, Saltzman was the Deputy Commander, U.S. Air Forces Central Command; Deputy, Combined Force Air Component Commander, U.S. Central Command, Southwest Asia.

During his time in the Air Force and later, the Space Force, Saltzman has earned a collection of notable awards and decorations, including Defense Superior Service Medal with oak leaf cluster, Legion of Merit with two oak leaf clusters, and Defense Meritorious Service Medal.

https://www.spaceforce.mil/News/Article/3108506/lt-gen-chance-saltzman-nominated-to-be-next-space-force-chief-of-space-operatio/

*aggressive is early 1980s when Volcker jacked them to over 20%-cap #2 and left them-they were over 10% from 1979 to 1985...even if they did that now (no chance in hell) and left them there for 2-3 years it might have the desired result but since they call 1.50% "aggressive" you'll be seeing the result of all this just after the election in November and it's not going to be pretty either-this 'recession' will be declared over by the time Oct rolls around and the recent SPR release (just announced) ends just before the election as well

Biden, Warren Throw Powell Under The Bus: "No Surprise Economy Slowing As Fed Acts"

Over the weekend we wrote that "Democrats Prepare To Unleash Hell On Fed Chair Powell For The Coming Recession" for the simple reason that, well, dems will never take responsibility for their catastrophic policies which first sparked near hyperinflation and then, when Powell was browbeaten into pretending he is Volcker, sparked a dramatic slowdown in the economy.

Well, now that the US is officially in a recession...the Democrats' brilliant plan has sprung into action, with Biden taking the lead and saying in a statement after the dismal GDP print, that “coming off of last year’s historic economic growth – and regaining all the private sector jobs lost during the pandemic crisis – it’s no surprise that the economy is slowing down as the Federal Reserve acts to bring down inflation."

Translation: just like rising gas prices are Putin's fault while falling gas prices are entirely thanks to Joe, so the post-covid bounce was entirely thanks to Biden... while the subsequent recession is - well - all Powell's fault.It wasn't just Biden though: Powell's old nemesis, clueless econo-hack Elizabeth Warren, was also out for blood, and in a tweet shortly after the market open, she said that "the Fed’s aggressive interest-rate hikes risk pushing the U.S. economy into recession — and the evidence is in the data. While failing to address many drivers of inflation, the Fed is pumping the brakes on the labor market and slowing the economy." The Fed’s aggressive interest-rate hikes risk pushing the U.S. economy into recession — and the evidence is in the data.(aggressive?...hardly*....)

While failing to address many drivers of inflation, the Fed is pumping the brakes on the labor market and slowing the economy.

Congress needs to step up. — Elizabeth Warren (@SenWarren) July 28, 2022

(and do wut now?)

She concluded that "Congress needs to step up" although it wasn't clear if that means Congress should fire Powell or launch another stimmy to undo the recession, even as it pushes inflation into turbo overdrive.

As for Powell - and we thought we'd never say this - our condolences to the Fed chair who thought he was doing just what Biden wanted... at least until he got the inevitable recession. And now Biden will find out what polls (much) worse: galloping inflation or millions of layoffs as a result of an acute recession.

https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/biden-warren-throw-powell-under-bus-no-surprise-economy-slowing-fed-acts

French AF CTM0001 A330Macron (merdeboi1) on this onedeparted Bissau after stops in Cameroon, Benin, and Guinea-Bissau

French AF CTM0005 Falcon 7x and CMT0014 Falcon 900 also departed Dakar as the escorts

Macron pledges food, security boost during West Africa trip

https://www.euractiv.com/section/global-europe/news/in-competition-with-russia-macron-pledges-food-security-boost-during-west-africa-trip/

At the same time the Lavrov was in Africa too...not a coincidence

Just think how much higher Ag would be had they not attacked it on Monday and yesterday +0.86 +4.48%

A little technical perspective on Ag trading-and keep in mind technicals mean very little in a rigged paper-based market but they do use them to trade the COMEX contracts which sets spot prices

Now the technical traders will have seen that this price action has pierced through the top of the Bollinger Bands-see cap #3 (a trading indicator) two days ago-it doesn't mean a lot in the grand scheme of things but those traders look for two major areas: the 200 Day Moving Avg (200DMA) and the 50 Day Moving Average (50DMA) both of which are above $20 (50 is $20.62 and the top end of the Bollinger band is $20.25 so the last few days has allowed that to occur-again not a bid deal but they watch for this stuff on these DMAs to decide whether to be long or short...the 200 DMA (which is the major place they start to make those decisions) is not even in play and won't be until $23.

Just something to look out for as the selling has been exhausted on that drop to just below $18 a few days ago

>>144081

>trade the COMEX contracts

Yesterday saw quite a jump in volume (compared to the rest of the week) in these contracts

67,961 contracts x 5k oz per contract is 339,805,000/ozs at an input price of $18.80 (the 'print price' at 1:30pm est) gives you $6,388,334,000 total cost for just under 1/3rd of all the Silver ozs mined in one year (2021)..in one day

Tuesday saw 45,822 contracts and monday saw 46,521

https://www.cmegroup.com/markets/metals/precious/silver.volume.options.html#optionProductId=458

CFC1 CL-60Trudopedeparted Quebec back to Ottawa after moar BS wif Pope Frank and his AC still on the ground at Quebec as EI-EJH from it's Edmonton Int'l arrival yesterday

edit above.had ta

SAM577 USAF G5 on ground at Nellis AFB from Tinker AFB stop of 3h 20m and JBA depart earlier

AE67CB US Navy P-8 Poseidon back to NAS Whidbey Island after some werk off SoCal at low altitude race tracking at about 5k ft..the rest at under 500 ft in criss-cross patterns

They use a newer system called Advanced Airborne Sensor (AAS) which looks for the invisible wakes left by submerged subs and that radar uses smaller modules instead of one big one that use multiple frequencies so it is less susceptible to jamming (Advanced Electronically Scanning Array (AESA) radar

https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/aviation/a34716703/navy-detect-submarines-with-airborne-radar-p8-poseidon/

>>144086

and AE67CB was replaced by AE678C who has picked up the werk and at under 500ft nao

SAM543 USAF C-40B NE from Hickam AFB Oahu and this AC was part of the forward team of Caroline Kennedy starting tenure as Australian Amb.-the next trip for her is with dude Wendy Sherman where both go the Soloman Islands and that takes place Aug 6-8

Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman To Visit Solomon Islands To Commemorate the 80th Anniversary of the Battle of Guadalcanal

https://www.state.gov/deputy-secretary-of-state-wendy-sherman-to-visit-solomon-islands-to-commemorate-the-80th-anniversary-of-the-battle-of-guadalcanal/

>>144089

doing ok

>per post captcha

the moar things change..looking earlier it's not eben worth doing a captcha

got an appt on Tuesday lined up at the referral (finally returned call) Dr. so not having to wait another 2 months just fer that

Apple Share buyback Q3 2022 $21.86B and they do not use 'goodwill' or intangible assets as an accounting entry but when you buy back $64.974B of your own shares in 3 Qs you kind of don't need to as with just 3 Qtrs of share buybacks this fiscal year (ends on Sept 30th) it would put them 83rd in the world as far as GDP-and they still have this qtr to go(this is JUST on it's share buyback program)

They avg $18.17B per qtr over the last 5 years and are the undisputed KING of low-balling forward guidance so they usually always beat it-but din't release any this time

https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0000320193/000032019322000069/a8-kex991q3202206252022.htm

Apple reports only slight growth in Q3 2022 earnings report

Apple reported its earnings for the third fiscal quarter of 2022 on Thursday, and like many of its peers in consumer electronics, the company barely eked out growth over the same quarter last year. Overall revenue was up just 2 percent year over year at $83 billion.

The company's services business, which includes everything from Apple Music to iCloud and AppleCare+, was the growth leader with 12 percent increased revenue compared to the same quarter last year. That's for a total of $19.6 billion.

But the company still earns most of its money from other categories, none of which grew as quickly. The iPhone earned $40.67 billion during the quarter—just 3 percent more than last year. And all three of the company's other categories were down against last year. The Mac fell 10 percent to $7.38 billion, the iPad was down 2 percent at $7.22 billion, and other products—including the Apple Watch, AirPods, and others—were down 8 percent to $8.08 billion. Of course, none of this came as a surprise to most investors, given inflation, global supply challenges, and worries about a coming recession. In fact, Apple slightly beat analysts' estimates going into the earnings report.

Apple CFO Luca Maestri described the current situation as "a challenging environment," and CEO Tim Cook noted that the company is seeing inflation impacting its cost structure. The company didn't offer specific guidance for the next quarter, but Cook said in an interview with CNBC that he expects things to pick up a little bit in the September quarter, "despite seeing some pockets of softness."

The company is expected to ship new iPhone and Apple Watch models later this year, and updated M2 Macs and iPads are also possibilities. There have been rumors Apple will introduce its newest product category—a mixed reality headset—by the end of this year, but some reports have indicated those plans may slip into 2023. In light of the economic climate, Apple has joined many other tech and consumer electronics companies in declaring that it expects to slow hiring and act conservatively in the coming months.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/07/apple-reports-only-slight-growth-in-q3-2022-earnings-report/

>>144091

it's a bit of a hike but I'll manage-ANYTHING to get this moving in right direction after this wasted time.

This Dr werks on muh primarys father so I was willing to put up with some BS -like waiting 10 days for a call back-otherwise I'd have moved on after about 4 days

Microsoft had$67.524Bin 'Goodwill' accounting bucket for FY2022 vs $49.711 in 2021 and repurchased $28.33B of it's own shares for FY 2022 ($40.7B remain of that program authorized in Sept 2021-they began Q1 2023 as on July 1st 2022

https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0000789019/000156459022026876/msft-10k_20220630.htm

Microsoft Q4 FY2022 Earnings Report Recap

https://www.investopedia.com/microsoft-earnings-what-happened-with-msft-q4-fy2022-6260471

>>144096

hope so-been overly patient (to a fault at this point)

So I'll take the vibes any way/how can get them

so send TONS on yer late Tuesday anoon

kek

AF2 USAF C-32A departed Gabreski Airport Long Island with a prior stop at Laguardia Airport earlier and was black today in Brooklyn

Kamala Harris visiting Brooklyn to tout spending, infrastructure laws

https://nypost.com/2022/07/28/kamala-harris-to-tout-spending-infrastructure-in-brooklyn/

yeah sounds like a PERFECT time for Nancy to pay a visit but also shows the desperation (((they)) are at as well when the 'solution' is to pile a bunch of politicians on an AC to go "check it out"

Taiwan Fires Warning Flares On Chinese Drone That Buzzed Airspace

At a moment of boiling tensions surrounding Taiwan, its military says it chased away a Chinese drone by firing warning shots as a UAV buzzed a heavily fortified island that has long been under Taiwanese control.

The Taiwanese Defense Ministry believes what was at first deemed an "unidentified drone" was possibly probing its Taiwan's defenses as it "glanced by" Dongyin island, which lies near the Chinese coast but has been in Taiwan's hands since 1949. "The Dongyin command fired flares at the drone to warn it away, the ministry said, without identifying it further," writes Reuters. "A senior official familiar with the security planning in the region told Reuters that it was a Chinese drone, likely one of the country's new CSC-005 drones." Though a relatively minor encounter, said to be the second such incident involving a Chinese drone this year, the engagement suggests the ease with which a small unplanned incident could trigger bigger escalation, even leading to a shooting war.

Considered the front line of Taiwan's defenses, Dongyin island is described as follows in Reuters: It is the northernmost territory Taiwan holds, sitting at the top end of the Taiwan Strait, a choke point through which at least part of any Chinese invading force would have to traverse. Military experts believe Dongyin's forces are equipped with Taiwan's self-made Hsiung Feng II anti-ship missile as well as Sky Bow II surface-to-air missiles.

In recent years Chinese PLA jets have flown into or near Taiwan's 'Air Defense Identification Zone' on an almost weekly basis, which Taipei sees as a threat. Taiwan typically scrambles fighters to warn off and 'mirror' PLA jets, however without any kind of firing incident. #Taiwan (🇹🇼) fired flares to warn away a drone that “glanced by” the airspace of Dongyin island, one of the Matsu islands.

An official said that the drone was launched from #China (🇨🇳), but this is not confirmed (yet). It’s the second such incident near Dongyin this year. pic.twitter.com/vhFdPRAoEG

— Aerospace Intelligence (@space_osint) July 28, 2022

This fresh encounter between Taiwan and PLA weaponry comes as the entirety of the democratic-run island of Taiwan is engaged in 'invasion preparedness' drills - an annual exercise - which has a civilian response as well as military components, including emergency alerts and evacuation simulations conducted in cities and towns.

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/taiwan-fires-warning-flares-chinese-drone-buzzed-airspace

>>143988

>>143990

>>144052

#975

>>143992 Sakurajima Volcao Live Camera-laser from sky?

>>143999, >>144000, >>144002, >>144010 UK anon with London Eye dig update(s)

>>144012 Planefag:'''Gulf-Europe-Med-Activity: Belgians NW from Tel Aviv stop of 1h13m, POKER45 C-560 and RCH801 C-5 NW from Kuwait, Polish AF in at Tel Aviv, Spanish AF heading to Iraq after Turkey overnight, Blackhawk and Chinook north from Constanta Int'l-Romania, Italian AF back to Rome grom Gdansk stop, DUKE18 US Army Super King Air 200 SW from Helsinki stop of 2 hours-NATO AWACS in outta Turkey

>>144021, >>144035 There ya go...knew you were gonna do that again just off by one day and the usual right on the NYMEX (red arrow) open-now we wait for "good/bad cop" Bostic and his GDPNOW release

>>144022, >>144023, >>144025 Q drop(s) summary TRUTH, UNITE, PEOPLE, PUBLIC, CONTROLLED, SHEEP, WORLD and drop # 133 Does Satan exist-does the thought of Satan exist-who worships Satan? "The New World Order-A Direction for the Future" Harvard Univ Dec 1993 Center for Int'l Affairs release cap

>>144024 NAR: Pending Home Sales Decreased 8.6% in June-Mortgage Applications Decrease in Latest Weekly Survey

>>144029 US Crude Exports Gain 21% to Hit Record High, EIA Says-EIA Inventory Report Pushes Oil Prices Higher

>>144030 U.S. House speaker Pelosi looks to visit Japan in August-but they "don't know" if she is going to Taiwan...nigga Paleeze

>>144031, >>144049 CFC1 Challenger CL-60 Trudope heading to Quebec for Pope Frank's next stop and Pope Frank in ITY4001 A330 departed Edmonton Int'l heading to Quebec

>>144034 FORGE63 US Army G5 east after an overnight at JB Lewis-McChord inbound from JBA yesterday

>>144035 "Good Cop"-today- Bostic doing his job perfectly with a revision upwards...The GDPNow model estimate for real GDP growth (seasonally adjusted annual rate) in the second quarter of 2022 is -1.2 percent on July 27, up from -1.6 percent on July 19

>>144036 Credit Suisse Names New CEO After $1.65 Billion Quarterly Loss

>>144037 POKER 45 US Army C-560 east after a stop at Muwaffaq Salti Air Base, Jordan and Spanish AF AME3154 A440m went to Baghdad-Russian AF 30775 Antonov AN-148 departed Kaliningrad after about 4h on ground-heading to St. Petersburg-nao

>>144038 BH305 US Navy P-3 Orion out of Pt Mugu. trackin' just south of the Channel Islands

>>144039 3 P-8 Poseidons back to NAS Jax after some Gulf 'o Mexico werk-not unusual to see one or two but a bit odd to see three in the same place

>>144043, >>144047, >>144048 FOMC raises rates 0.75% and then talks bullshit about it's balance sheet

>>144044 ICYMI — Brian Auten, the FBI analyst accused of wrongly labeling evidence about Hunter Biden as disinformation has been linked to special counsel John Durham's upcoming Danchenko trial.

>>144045, >>144046, >>144050, >>144051 Dirty Cop FBI Agent Thibault, Posted Lincoln Project Anti-Trump Tweets, Covered Up Hunter’s Laptop, and Was FBI Spokesman for Election Integrity Before 2020 Election

>>144055 C101 US Coast Guard G5 inbound to Reagan National from Seattle Boeing Field overnight-SAM573 USAF G5 back to JBA after a 46m ground stop at MacDill (CENTCOM) PAT009 US Army C-560 back to JBA from a 29m stop at Ft. Bragg then over to Dobbins ARB, GA for a flyover at 1k ft

>>144058 expectation for Sept. FOMC meeting for a 25bp (0.25%) raise..won't do eet d'oh the "indicators they watch" will have given the "all-clear" sign and "conditions improved dramatically" mantra it full effect by then

>>144060 Pelosis sold $5M in Nvidia stock ahead of vote on chipmaker subsidies-Nancy can't even do insider trading right-it was up 7.6% today but they probably did this to create the "see I lost money" excuse

>>144062, >>144064 VV700 US Navy G5 NE from an overnight at Moffett Federal Airfield-and not hanging around at 542kts @41k ft and went to Des Moines

>>144063 Meta Platforms Q2 Results Decline-Same shit here with the 'Goodwill' accounting bucket-$20.229B for this qtr, cost of revenue (CoR) up substantially $16.397B vs $8.690B

>>144065 C102 US Coast Guard G5 back at Reagan National from Tegucigalpa, Honduras-Toncontin Airport overnight and it looks like this is an extradition flight for Herlinda Bobadilla-see below

>>144072, >>144077 Planefag:Europe-Med-Gulf: NATO weenies from Stuttgart, Some German AF activity-one on ground at Rzesow (sorry lost him but dhere)-departing Warsaw Int'l after overnight, "N" Russian AF on ground at Athens and now departed, Greece (sez it's an SU-57 but I doubt it), RAF Rivet Joint on it's Black Sea harassment program, Swiss AF F-18 Hornet switched on (not an everyday sight that), German AF GAF302 west from Rzesow stop

>>144073 Real GDP decreased at 0.9% Annualized Rate in Q2-and this is why KANNGGZZ Bostic (Atlanta FED) has another op., tomorrow, to update the GDPNOW projections so he can "good cop" it

>>144074 US Mortgage Rates Dip to 5.3% in First Decline Since Early July-NYFRB still buying almost a billion of that a day (MBS) and the bond spin cycle via Securities "lending"

>>144075 Some good info on some TrueTheVote projects. When "The Pit" info gets released, itsagonnabea good time.

>>144076 SPAR79 USAF G5 back to Chievres AB from whenst it departed from on 0726-and the comical headline from yesterday-Boris Johnson could be in line for top Nato job, say Conservative allies

>>144078 Lt. Gen. Chance Saltzman nominated to be next Space Force Chief of Space Operations

>>144079 Biden, Warren Throw Powell Under The Bus: "No Surprise Economy Slowing As Fed Acts" and bitching about "aggressive rate hikes" haz NO clue wut that means or looks like

>>144080 French AF CTM0001 A330 Macron (merdeboi1) on this one departed Bissau after stops in Cameroon, Benin, and Guinea-Bissau back to Paris

>>144081 Just think how much higher Ag would be had they not attacked it on Monday and yesterday +0.86 +4.48%- A little technical perspective on Ag trading...what those COMEX traders watch

>>144082 Ag: $6,388,334,000 total cost for 339,805,000/ozs 'traded' yesterday 0727 on the COMEX

>>144083 CFC1 CL-60 Trudope departed Quebec back to Ottawa after moar BS wif Pope Frank and his AC still on the ground at Quebec as EI-EJH

>>144086, >>144087 SAM577 USAF G5 on ground at Nellis AFB from Tinker AFB stop of 3h 20m and JBA depart earlier-P-8 Poseidon off SoCal done and replaced by anutha

>>144088 SAM543 USAF C-40B NE from Hickam AFB Oahu and this AC was part of the forward team of Caroline Kennedy starting tenure as Australian Amb-Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman To Visit Solomon Islands To Commemorate the 80th Anniversary of the Battle of Guadalcanal Aug 6-8

>>144092 Apple reports only slight growth in Q3 2022 earnings report-share buyback program puts them at 83rd in the world (as GDP) with one moar qtr to go

>>144095 Microsoft had $67.524B in 'Goodwill' accounting bucket for FY2022 vs $49.711 in 2021 and repurchased $28.33B of it's own shares for FY 2022

>>144099 AF2 USAF C-32A departed Gabreski Airport Long Island with a prior stop at Laguardia Airport earlier and was black today in Brooklyn

>>144100 Taiwan Fires Warning Flares On Chinese Drone That Buzzed Airspace-yeah sounds like a PERFECT time for Nancy to pay a visit but also shows the desperation (((they)) are at as well when the 'solution' is to pile a bunch of politicians on an AC to go "check it out"

>>144101

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can ya do a freshy since we on stuff from yesterday?