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To: Maurice Winn who wrote (143354)	9/6/2018 7:36:15 AM
From: elmatador	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 217792

prompting allegations that New Zealand’s passport was for sale. “If you’re the sort of person that says ‘I’m going to have an alternative plan when Armageddon strikes,’ then you would pick the farthest location and the safest environment — and that equals New Zealand if you Google it,” former Prime Minister John Key said in a phone interview. bloomberg.com

To: Maurice Winn who wrote (143354)	9/6/2018 7:50:46 AM
From: Pogeu Mahone	Respond to of 217792

Cryptocurrencies continue to sell-off as bitcoin loses almost $1,000 in 24 hours Will Martin 9m Markets InsiderBitcoin and other cryptocurrencies continue to lose value on Thursday.Bitcoin has dropped almost $1,000 in value over the last 24 hours.Ethereum has slumped 20% to its lowest level in over a year.The move downwards started on Wednesday, and was exacerbated by a Business Insider report that Goldman Sachs has shelved plans to create a bitcoin trading desk. You can track the price of bitcoin and all other cryptocurrencies here. The sharp sell-off that gripped cryptocurrency markets on Wednesday has extended into a second day, with major digital assets across the spectrum continuing to fall during trading on Thursday. Wednesday's initial move seemed to have no real catalyst, beyond a theory put forward by Tanya Abrosimova of FXStreet is that the introduction of a registration process for the popular instant bitcoin exchange ShapeShift may have spooked some users and triggered at least part of the drop. The slump was then exacerbated by a Business Insider report that Goldman Sachs has put plans to launch a bitcoin trading desk on hold for the foreseeable future. That news saw bitcoin hold 4% lower at around $7,000 per coin, before falling again late on Wednesday evening. It has held relatively steady since then, but has now fallen more than $1,000 in value in just two trading sessions. By around 10.40 a.m. BST (5.40 a.m. ET), bitcoin, is trading at $6,340, a drop of 5.4% since the session's beginning. The crypto slump is impacting other currencies, with litecoin and bitcoin cash both lower by more than 4%, while ethereum, has slumped 20% in value over the past 24 hours, falling to its lowest level in over a year. In line with ethereum's latest fall, hundreds of alt-coins on the website coinmarketcap.com have posted declines of around 20% over the last 24 hours. Get the latest Bitcoin price here.>>

To: Maurice Winn who wrote (143354)	9/6/2018 7:52:06 AM
From: Pogeu Mahone	Respond to of 217792

How Tesla Will Fare Against Mercedes, Porsche and Other Competitors The big dogs are coming for Tesla. Can it hold up against a competitive onslaught? Bret Kenwell Sep 5, 2018 2:28 PM EDT Play Video Can Tesla Really Go Private? Or is its CEO Too Much of a Loose Canon? Tesla Inc. ( TSLA - Get Report) remains under pressure, with shares falling almost 3% to roughly $280 in midday trading Wednesday. What's got the stock down? The go-private fiasco from August didn't help, even if the company's earnings a little more than a month ago were better-than-expected. However, competition could be one concern weighing on Tesla. After suspending coverage because Goldman Sachs was going to advise on the go-private deal, analyst David Tamberrino resumed his coverage of Tesla this week. He slapped a $210 price target and sell rating on the automaker, with one of his arguments being an increase in competition. That may have shot an arrow of worry through the bulls' thesis, given that Mercedes (an extension of Daimler ( DDAIF) ) unveiled the EQC all-electric SUV on the same day. The intro shouldn't come as a surprise, particularly as Mercedes has said it plans to introduce 10 all-electric models globally by 2022, while adding electric and/or hybrid options for vehicles in its current lineup. Even between Mercedes and Tesla, that could evolve into a tough matchup for the latter, but throw in General Motors ( GM - Get Report) , which plans to have 13 all-electric offerings by 2023, and the race gets even tighter. Don't forget Porsche, which plans to introduce the very sexy Taycan in late-2019. Porsche, part of Volkswagen ( VLKAY) , could be just one of the latter's brands to offer electric models in a few years. Bentley is already offering its vehicles with hybrid options and is a leader in the electrification of super high-end vehicles. Audi will not be far behind either, with the e-Tron slated for an early 2019 debut. Jaguar, an extension of Tata Motors, has the I-Pace coming out soon, too. Tesla Behind in Model 3 Production -- But It Might Not Matter Goldman Downgrades Tesla Amid Debt Load and Dearth of New Products Tesla's Model X What Does This Competition Mean for Tesla? Tesla wasn't the first company to make an electric car, but it was the first one to do it right. The Model S is gorgeous, fast and has a long range. It's hard not to like it. But now others are playing catch up. An optimist will say that more awareness of electric vehicles thanks to other automakers and their marketing efforts will funnel more interested buyers into Tesla's hands. The pessimist will say the well-established players will crush Tesla. The realist will focus on the one thing that Tesla has going for it: Time. Through the first two months of the third quarter, the company has cranked out more than 50,000 vehicles. Seeing a quarter total of 75,000 or more units wouldn't be surprising. On an annualized basis, that would represent 300,000 total units - a number that continues to grow as Tesla works through numerous production issues. While GM, Ford Motor ( F - Get Report) and a number of others would go bankrupt by producing "just" 300,000 units a year - Ford has sold double that number of F-Series trucks so far this year - it is a fairly large number for the electric vehicle class. Tesla Bonds Just Hit a New All-Time Low Apple Might Seriously Be Thinking About Launching a Car Again Consider that Mercedes' EQC crossover won't hit the market until 2020 or that Porsche will only produce 20,000 Taycan units in its first year. A number of other models will either only be available in limited quantities or will be two years or more down the road (or both). The EQC is attractive and its specs aren't bad, but they lack what Tesla's Model X SUV provides. From what we know, the EQC can sport 200 miles of range on its 80 kWh battery, while Tesla's Model X can achieve almost 240 miles on its base model, which has a 75 kWh battery pack. Both vehicles can do 0 to 60 mph in 4.9 seconds, although Tesla's performance version (the P100D) can achieve 290 miles of driving range and go 0-60 in less than 3 seconds. This isn't to knock Mercedes - not by any means. It's a luxury automaker with great offerings that go beyond 0-60 times and driving range. But it's to show that Tesla is no slouch either, despite having its share of glaring issues - mainly on quality control, production and the balance sheet. Ultimately, Tesla has performance and it has time, which it can use to build its market share lead and win over consumers. If the automaker can clean up some of those issues over the next 6 to 12 months, it has a fighting chance against the big boys. And Tesla better, because when Mercedes, Porsche, Audi, GM and others get into the ring, make no mistake that it will be hard for Tesla to slug it out with them. The auto market is tough enough and it won't get any easier when the big dogs start with electric offerings of their own.

To: Maurice Winn who wrote (143354)	9/8/2018 11:38:36 PM
From: TobagoJack	Respond to of 217792

hello mq, per enforcement action just taken, i take respite to note ... (1) please note that the thread is either thinning out or being deliberately culled, by imperative to save ourselves from ourselves per meme that is progressively happening everywhere (2) so, a review, fwiw and maybe not worth anything ... (2-i) the political situation in many domains trending towards outright dysfunctional and comical logjam, thank goodness for such, as opposed to outright dysfunctional and pervasive doom and gloom when noting above, washington / new york, trump / anti-trumps of course come to mind, and i note at least trump is wobbling the world so that dials might move hard there appears to be many versions of political wobbling happening in many domains to better ensure the hard movement of the dial i despise hard right and abhor solid left, and would welcome a hard moving of the dials whichever way, knowing that the counter-move would soon be, because i am tired of the drip feed of slow poison that pervades the earlier macro (2-ii) the geo-political situation may go from warm to hot, and even so, i find comfort in the fractal versions of "romance of the three kingdoms", that between usa / russia / china, russia / india / china, russia / japan / china, n. & s. korea and japan, russia / eu / china, usa / eu / russia, usa / eu / china, etc etc - all playing quite predictably in tune w/ the music (2-iii) but perhaps as a function of history and circumstances, and in line with electoral mechanism, the games played by the different geopolitical actors seem quite different in strategy, tactics, aim vs strategy / tactics, and therefore likely efficacy. time shall best tell. (2-iv) frankly, even the nature of the games being played seem quite different, as different as checkers, poker, chess and go. (2-v) i like it. (3) on another occasion i hope to note on matters to do w/r to other happenings, but before then, just some bullet points (3-i) collapse is not happening (yet) and trade seems to be doing okay (3-ii) the belt is tightening and the road is growing (3-iii) africa can and does see through the spin proffered by the usual suspects, generally rises, so may do some net-positives (3-iii) the siberia and trans-siberia protocol appears to be progress alright, and i suppose if successful together with the african initiative, a possible abracadabra in the making (3-iv) german may have to think more for self, and does japan (3-v) even as moves are made by many w/r to what could be the final battle in syria, the world peace may be better guarded today than yester-year (3-vi) the naive hopes by bad-actors against world peace (4) still like gold, especially as pricing drops, per like the hard movements of dials best, j

To: Maurice Winn who wrote (143354)	9/11/2018 2:54:44 AM
From: TobagoJack	Respond to of 217792

the tasmania factory is running well fantastically brought back to life by new electricity to process that which be siphoned from the bottom of the pond to give up the goodness in appreciation of the ancients who bestowed wonderful legacy borne of expenditure of ancient workings with most of the costs already paid for some kind of wonderful all good, and environmentally-friendly by cleaning up what is otherwise dirty and hopefully leaving behind only sand

To: Maurice Winn who wrote (143354)	2/8/2019 5:32:59 AM
From: TobagoJack	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 217792

followup to Message 31784329 in alignment of macro, the cargo post-process is beginning to move from Tasmania to Korea pumps, grinders, floaters, dozers, cranes, ships ... child's play :0)

To: Maurice Winn who wrote (143354)	2/8/2019 7:26:09 AM
From: TobagoJack	Respond to of 217792

let's see how this initiative works out at some stage the wheels may come off of existing in-place structures I suppose should the democrats wish to charge collusion w/ Russians, this initiative could be the smoking gun, right out in the open and unchallengeable as far as decisioning is concerned should there be a deep-state, then presumably such a deep-state would make sure that everything which can go wrong shall go wrong, and blame can be assigned wonder if the Vice President gets to own this decision as well zerohedge.com US Military Finally Sets Target Date For "Full Withdrawal" From Syria Here it is finally. The time has arrived for the fabled, confused and precarious US troop withdrawal from Syria despite the best efforts of neocons and interventionistas to permanently stall and alter course, per a new Wall Street Journal report that dropped late in the day Thursday: "the military plans to pull a significant portion of its forces out by mid-March, with a full withdrawal coming by the end of April." But you might be forgiven for remaining skeptical with a "believe it when I see it" approach, as President Trump first announced a "rapid withdrawal" on Dec. 19 which quickly became "no timeline" in the weeks that followed — though it depended on who in the administration or Pentagon was asked — with many determined to quash Trump's prior campaign promises of "bring our boys home." But now the WSJ speaks with a new confidence that this time it's for real: The U.S. military is preparing to pull all American forces out of Syria by the end of April, even though the Trump administration has yet to come up with a plan to protect its Kurdish partners from attack when they leave, current and former U.S. officials said. [url=][/url]US deployment position in Syria, via the AP/Defense OneWhat's hanging the balance, and of concern for US officials, is the unresolved fate of the Kurds who are now looking down the barrels of the Turkish army and the head-chopping knives of their jihadi 'rebel' allies on the ground, poised to invade formerly US-occupied space in Syria. The WSJ report, citing US officials, says that Washington and Ankara have "made little headway" on the Kurdish issue after a series of diplomatic cold shoulders, including John Bolton being personally snubbed by Turkish president Erdogan last month while Bolton was visiting Turkey for talks. The US has aimed to avert a direct fight (in which the Kurds would face slaughter or certain retreat), but simultaneously to prevent its Kurdish allies on the ground from entering the embrace and protection of Assad. Something has to give, so could it be that Trump is willing to accept Kurdish rapprochement with Damascus? It could very well be headed toward a "look the other way situation" on this front, as the WSJ notes "the U.S. military withdrawal is proceeding faster than the political track." “The bottom line is: Decisions have to be made,” one U.S. official told the WSJ. “At some point, we make political progress, or they’re going to have to tell the military to slow down, or we’re going to proceed without a political process.” However, the WSJ also noted that the Pentagon has yet to comment: “We are not discussing the timeline of the U.S. withdrawal from Syria,” said a Pentagon spokesman. It should be noted that Trump's latest rhetoric seems a preparation for quick pullout, or big coming announcement: “It should be formally announced sometime, probably next week, that we will have 100% of the caliphate,” the president said Wednesday during an anti-ISIL coalition speech at the State Department. According to the WSJ report, some 2,000 US service members would withdraw as follows: Under the working military plans, the U.S. would pull all troops out in the coming weeks — including about 200 Americans working out of a base in southern Syria [al-Tanf] that has served as an informal check on Iran’s expansionist ambitions in the region, the current and former U.S. officials said. And on Tuesday, the commander of U.S. Central Command, Army Gen. Joseph Votel, said in testimony before Senate Armed Services Committee, “I am not under pressure to be out by a specific date, and I have not had any specific conditions put upon me,” Gen. Votel said, but crucially he added, “The fact is the president made a decision, and we are going to execute his orders here to withdraw all forces from Syria.” Per Trump's words on Wednesday, will an April "complete exit" be announced from the mouth of the president himself next week, at which point the Pentagon and administration hawks will no longer able to stall?