The Farce Of The Deal: Terms Of 'Phase One' Trade Deal Will "Never Be Made Public"; There Will Be No Signing Ceremony

There was much rejoicing and buying of stocks when Trump tweeted, to much fanfare and bombast early this morning, that he is "Getting VERY close to a BIG DEAL with China. They want it, and so do we!." Sure enough, just a few hours later, there was a deal. Or was there? Because whereas we now know that the US & China have agreed to a Phase One deal on Paper, and Trump signed off on it… nobody will ever know what's in the actual deal, even once we pass it!

Here's what we do know: according to Fox Business correspondent Edwards Lawrence, China "verbally agreed to buy $50b in agriculture, but that will not be in writing." In fact it appears that nothing will be.

Also, the deal supposedly includes intellectual property protections, something the US has been asking for as a core demand.

Needless to say, a Chinese IP concession will most certainly not be in writing too.

Other parts of the deal include "increased access to the financial services market. There is language where the Chinese agree not to manipulate their currency. There is enforcement written into the agreement. Dec 15th tariffs do not go forward."

Perhaps most important for traders is that this is the end of the overnight "trade deal optimism" rally: phase two of the trade deal will "begin after 2020 elections." Which means a whole year without Trump tweets that a deal is very close and that China is dying to do it.

Yet for all of the above, here's the most mindboggling part. Lawrence said that the Chinese have requested that the language of the trade deal will never be made public.

That's right - there is (supposedly) a "deal", written on paper somewhere, specifying certain terms, and signed by certain US and Chinese presidents. And nobody will ever see what that deal actually states.

Effectively, the Phase One trade deal "could" be nothing more than a market manipulating blank piece of paper, and since China has only pledged to do something - which nobody will know as it is not written - and since China has not committed contractually in the court of public opinion, it will have absolutely no incentive to abide by the Phase One "deal>"

And just to confirm that it is all a farce, the source said there would be no signing event between President Trump and President Xi, confirming that a a probably never actually happened.

https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/art-secret-deal-terms-phase-1-deal-will-never-be-made-public

Connecticut Mother Convicted of Traveling to Pennsylvania to Attempt to Have Sex with a 14 Year-Old-Boy

PHILADELPHIA – United States Attorney William M. McSwain announced that Sarah Norton, 38, of Jewett City, Connecticut was convicted at trial of attempted enticement of a minor and traveling to engage in illicit sexual conduct with a minor arising from her interactions with a 14 year-old boy.

The defendant, a married mother of three, met the victim while “gaming” online. She then used online and cell phone communications to attempt to seduce the victim into engaging in sexually explicit contact. Norton traveled from her home in Connecticut to Pennsylvania to meet with the boy for sex in a hotel room that she had rented, near where the child lived. Norton’s plan was foiled after the victim’s father became suspicious of the messages the victim had on his cell phone and interrupted the plan.

“Those who sexually target children are among the most depraved in our society,” said U.S. Attorney McSwain. “This is true no matter the gender of the offender or the excuses served up for this type of behavior. We will aggressively pursue and prosecute anyone who targets children for their own sexual gratification.”

https://breaking911.com/connecticut-mother-convicted-of-traveling-to-pennsylvania-to-attempt-to-have-sex-with-a-14-year-old-boy/

Trump's "Space Force" Officially Launched In $738BN Defense Bill

The final 2020 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) passed the House on Wednesday 377-48 at a massive and unprecedented $738 billion, in a nearly united Republican vote which also included over 180 House Democrats. It marks a $22 billion spending increase for the Pentagon.

It's expected to be signed by President Trump likely next week after it goes through the Senate, after it was stripped of all significant items the administration would find objectionable, including a controversial War Powers Act resolution meant to end US involvement in Yemen and which would would have required Congressional approval for military action against Iran.

Interestingly, the House bill also removed language that blocked the Pentagon from researching low-yield nuclear weapons, and the House also backed away from controversial border wall restrictions.

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/trumps-space-force-established-war-limitations-stripped-house-passed-738bn-defense-bill

Strange Things Are Happening In The Waters Along The West Coast, And The Fish Are Starting To Disappear

Something is causing the waters just off the west coast to heat up dramatically, fish are dying off in staggering numbers, birds that feed on those fish are also dying off rapidly, and scientists have discovered 15,000 holes in the ocean floor off the coast of California. Oh, and scientists don’t know for certain why any of these things are happening. Unfortunately, the mainstream media is not emphasizing this crisis, and so most Americans don’t even know what is going on. But the truth is that what we are facing is extremely serious. In fact, officials have taken the “unprecedented” step of shutting down the federal cod fishery in Alaska for the year because of the lack of fish. We are seeing things happen that we have never seen before, and this is definitely going to affect our food supply.

So why are the fish dying?

Well, nobody knows for sure, but some officials are blaming the “marine heat wave” that has been happening in the waters along the west coast. The following comes from KING5 News…

A massive warmer-than-normal pool of water that’s formed in the Pacific Ocean off the Washington coast and up into the Gulf of Alaska may already be wreaking havoc with our weather.

This is something that I have written about previously. Scientists are telling us that water temperatures are “as much as 6 degrees Fahrenheit above normal”, and if such conditions persist we could see millions upon millions of fish die.

At this point, we are being told that this vast expanse of water is roughly “1,000 to 2,000 miles” in size in the eastern Pacific Ocean.

Hopefully this “blob” will go away soon, but that hasn’t happened so far, and nobody really knows what is causing it.

Meanwhile, fish are dying off at an absolutely staggering rate. As I mentioned above, there are so few cod off the coast of Alaska right now that officials felt that it was necessary to shut down the federal cod fishery for the entire year…

In an unprecedented response to historically low numbers of Pacific cod, the federal cod fishery in the Gulf of Alaska is closing for the 2020 season. It’s a decision that came as little surprise, but it’s the first time the fishery has closed due to concerns of low stock.

When I first heard about that, I was quite stunned.

And the outlook for the future looks quite grim, because officials are telling us that there are “next to no” new eggs…

A stock assessment this fall put Gulf cod populations at a historic low, with “next to no” new eggs, according to NOAA research biologist Steve Barbeaux, who authored the report.

At their current numbers, cod are below the federal threshold that protects them as a food source for endangered Steller sea lions. Once below that line, the total allowable catch goes to zero — in other words, the fishery shuts down.

http://themostimportantnews.com/archives/strange-things-are-happening-in-the-waters-along-the-west-coast-and-the-fish-are-starting-to-disappear

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Australian school runs out of water as commercial trucks take local water to bottling plants for companies including Coca-Cola…

The Tamborine Mountain state school has run out of water, even as water miners in the Gold Coast hinterland are sending millions of litres to commercial bottling operations.

Trucks sent by the Queensland government carrying emergency supplies to the school, including Mount Tamborine bottled water, have been passing trucks heading in the opposite direction taking local water to bottling plants for beverage giants such as Coca-Cola.

The school remains open but parents have been advised by teachers to consider keeping their children at home.

Water miners in the Mount Tamborine area supply roughly 130m litres of water each year to commercial bottling operations. Now the local bores are running dry.

“I was staggered,” one local resident, Craig Peters, told Guardian Australia. “It was more or less the final straw for me. The school’s bore is 50 metres deep and has never ever had these issues before.”

“We had an award ceremony at the school yesterday and earlier in the day [the school] sent out an SMS about the water situation.

“At the conclusion of that ceremony they said give serious consideration to not sending kids to school for the rest of the week because of the lack of water.

https://governmentslaves.news/2019/12/12/australian-school-runs-out-of-water-as-commercial-trucks-take-local-water-to-bottling-plants-for-companies-including-coca-cola/

Just a video of James Corney committing perjury

In light of the new report, we can see that Corney committed perjury. Will Schiff hold him accountable?

https://www.investmentwatchblog.com/just-a-video-of-james-corney-committing-perjury/

Jill Stein: Everyone knows the DNC cranked up Russia hysteria to distract from the fact that team HRC sabotaged Sanders, teed up Trump, & still lost…

Jill Stein unleashes on Neera Tanden, president of Center for American Progress and summarises two years of political BS and gaslighting in one sentence.

“Everyone knows the DNC cranked up Russia hysteria to distract from the fact that team HRC sabotaged Sanders, teed up Trump, & still lost. BTW I paid my own way to Russia to call for a ceasefire in Syria, while Bill Clinton went there to pick up $500K from a Kremlin-linked bank.”

https://www.investmentwatchblog.com/jill-stein-everyone-knows-the-dnc-cranked-up-russia-hysteria-to-distract-from-the-fact-that-team-hrc-sabotaged-sanders-teed-up-trump-still-lost/

Nonlinear warfare: A new system of political control [Adam Curtis] 2015 “The goal is to undermine people’s perception of the world so they never know what is really happening.”

Short video explains how politicians and media use “non linear” warfare to confuse the public. They propagate countless stories, many that conflict each other, making it impossible for the public to know what is real and what is true. Through this brand of psychological warfare the public is rendered helpless in creating change because they cannot pinpoint who the enemy is and what exactly is the problem.

https://www.investmentwatchblog.com/nonlinear-warfare-a-new-system-of-political-control-adam-curtis-2015-the-goal-is-to-undermine-peoples-perception-of-the-world-so-they-never-know-what-is-really-happening/