"Isochronic Tones Cognition Enhancer, Extended Version"

Headphones are recommended.

"Isochronic Tones Cognition Enhancer, Extended Version"

by Jason Lewis - Mind Amend

 

"This music can be used for longer study sessions and will help you to maintain a good level of concentration and focus, while at the same time feeling quite relaxed.

This track contains isochronic tones, which is the repetitive beats you hear behind the music. After around 5 or 6 minutes your brainwaves start to synchronize with the frequency of the tones. Then, as the tones change and cycle up and down through a specific frequency range, your brainwaves follow along in step with them. This process is known as brainwave entrainment.

The ‘beat’ frequencies used in this track range between 10 to 20 Hz, which means they beat at between 10 to 20 times per second. At the lowest end of 10Hz, this is known as the Alpha frequency range, which is a reasonably relaxed mental state. At the highest 20Hz frequency you go up into the Beta range. When you are awake, alert and focused during the day, your brain’s dominant frequency will be in the Beta range.

When we are studying or doing things that are mentally taxing, we might feel very alert and focused, but we are also a little tense, perhaps because of the importance of what we are working on, or maybe because we are under a time deadline. This extra pressure can cause mental blocks and make it harder for you to ‘think on your feet’.

This isochronic tones session is designed to help overcome that problem, by increasing your levels of Alpha and Beta brainwave activity, so you get the benefit of having increased beta activity which is good for concentration, but at the same time you have enough Alpha activity to be relaxed, resulting in a state of relaxed focus, where you can think more clearly and overcome mental blocks.

This is an advanced ‘split hemisphere’ isochronic tones session, which stimulates each ear with a different beat frequency. Your right brain is stimulated within the 10 to 14Hz range, and your left brain between 10 to 20Hz, making the left more dominant. The left brain is associated with logic, analysis, maths, language, facts and reasoning, so it can be beneficial to have the left more dominant when studying or other similar mentally taxing activities.

If you are new to this type of audio brainwave entrainment, find out how isochronic tones work and how they compare to binaural beats here: 

- https://www.mindamend.com/

"Arizona Opens Huge Can of Worms"

"Arizona Opens Huge Can of Worms"

by Jim Rickards

"While the hologram known as Joe Biden dazzled a sparsely-filled House chamber Wednesday night with a plan to turn the USA into the Big Rock Candy Mountain, events were spinning out of control so fast elsewhere that Rachel Maddow’s head was revolving like the demon-possessed little girl in "The Exorcist," spewing a pea soup stream of hysteria at her credulous audience. What’s got her noggin in a twist? “Conspiracy Theorists” are auditing the 2020 election ballots in Arizona, causing “grave concern,” she gushed.

An army of DC-based Lawfare attorneys attempted to quash the audit earlier in the week on the grounds that the vote had already been certified and that was that. But Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Daniel Martin ruled otherwise, that it was the prerogative of the state Senate to authorize it, and the audit continues.

Democrats continue trying desperately to hit the pause button on the process. The venue, an old civic arena, is only rented until May 14, so physically disrupting the audit may be their only hope to stop it. But let’s assume for now that the audit does continue. The real question is: what actually happens if the auditors come up with clear and conclusive evidence that the ballot count was wildly incorrect due to fraud?

Opening a Massive Can of Worms: Might the Arizona legislature have to de-certify the election results? One big tamale is the U.S. Senate seat that former astronaut Mark Kelly, a Democrat, took from Republican Martha McSally, giving the Dems a 50 plus one (Kamala Harris) vote advantage. A one-seat swing in the Senate would kill Ol’ Joe’s agenda, right there.

Might Georgia, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Michigan also have to submit to audits? Will it take lawsuits to prompt the courts in those states to order it? More importantly, would it shift public opinion further in the direction of cynicism and mistrust of the establishment - including their local officials and the news media?

The numbers are already pretty grim: 70% of Republicans and 30% of Democrats say they doubt the veracity of the 2020 election. If clear evidence emerges that there was massive, widespread election fraud that decided the election, would it lead to a constitutional crisis? How would Joe Biden survive in office if a growing percentage of the public sees him as illegitimate? Would he step down so Kamala Harris would take his place?

Oh wait, if a president was illegitimately elected, then so was his vice president. Then what? The Speaker of the House is next in line. That means Nancy Pelosi. How many people want that to happen? Would they have to reinstate Donald Trump? If you thought last summer’s riots were bad, imagine the riots then. And what might happen if the establishment would attempt to blow the whole matter off? Can they still say “nothing to see” if the public has seen so much that they can’t unsee?

Elections Must Have Integrity: Now, I don’t know how the Arizona audit will turn out, one way or the other. The same is true for any potential audits in other states. I only hope the process settles the question of widespread fraud once and for all. Then the nation can move on. But as Americans, regardless of party, we should all hope that no serious fraud is discovered.

You may or may not like the outcome of an election, but the vote must have integrity. We need to know the system is honest. If our guy won, great. If our guy lost, oh well. We’ll get ‘em next time. If the people lose trust in elections, how does democracy survive? We’re off to banana republic land. Election integrity aside, plenty of other events are roiling in the background with the potential to go critical.

No Heimlich Maneuver for a Nation Choking on Debt: Joe Biden’s proposals to jack the U.S. economy by $5-plus-trillion won’t be very good for the credibility of the U.S. dollar, with other countries already eager to dissociate themselves from dollar-based global trade payment arrangements. But that’s just financial esoterica compared to what’s happening on-the-ground across America, with households running on debt and back payments for rent and mortgages piling up, and landlords and banks taking the hit in the meantime.

There’s no Heimlich maneuver for a nation choking on debt. And that plan to become the Big Rock Candy Mountain, where they hung the jerk who invented work, is liable to disappoint even the number-spinners in the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Also, meanwhile, the U.S. continues to stupidly stir the pot in Ukraine, to provoke war over the breakaway Donbass region in order to give NATO a reason to exist. The Russians don’t want or need to take responsibility for what has become a failed state. But Ukraine has been their buffer from European invasions for centuries and they won’t permit it to become a forward base-of-operations for NATO. Does the USA actually have any real interests there - other than to justify the earnings of defense contractors? The Biden family is not even taking any more payments out of there (as far as we know).

Wait, There’s More: When it comes to real geopolitical friction, look in the other direction, at China. Not only is U.S. weakness vividly obvious to them, they are substantially responsible for it. The Wuhan virus has pushed the disordered U.S. economy over a cliff, and then helped install their preferred guy in the oval office. Among other stupidities, the USA allowed most of its advanced microchip manufacturing capacity to relocate in Taiwan. We can’t run anything here from cars and refrigerators to municipal water systems, and probably even our war weaponry, without continuous supply and resupply of these chips. Game this out.

Then there is the fantastically stupid agitation and provocation on the home-front of the antifa types, who are too dumb to even understand that if you want a police-state, you need police. Rather, they want to live in chaos and anarchy, the Satanic version of the Big Rock Candy Mountain, where the looters play in the stores all day and the jails have gone away. Joe Biden pimped for that hustle Wednesday night, too, declaring the nation systemically racist and “white supremacy” the nation’s greatest domestic menace. Oh really? Not our own Department of Justice, FBI, and the rest of the Intel Community?

Another Can of Worms: The FBI raid on Rudy Giuliani was an interesting development on that front. Biden’s attorney general, Merrick Garland, may have chosen the wrong guy to mess around with. If the bozos in DOJ actually charge him with something, they might find themselves in a special hell of discovery - that is, discovery of conclusive evidence that the DOJ has become a criminal operation actively working against the public interest. I daresay the truth is that just about everything the DOJ has done for the past five years involves the covering up of their own shenanigans, and a case against Mr. Giuliani could be just the wedge to open up public recognition of all that.

That would be a little bit of a problem when the people lose all faith that their public officials were elected fairly and honestly. The bottom line is, there’s a lot to push through and sort out in the months ahead. We’re all on ship, leaderless and rudderless, heading into a summer maelstrom. Let’s hope we can make it safely to shore."

- dailyreckoning.com

Musical Interlude: Medwyn Goodall, "Eyes of Heaven"

Full screen recommended.

Medwyn Goodall, "Eyes of Heaven"

"A Look to the Heavens"

“These three bright nebulae are often featured on telescopic tours of the constellation Sagittarius and the crowded starfields of the central Milky Way. In fact, 18th century cosmic tourist Charles Messier cataloged two of them; M8, the large nebula below and right of center, and colorful M20 near the top of the frame. The third emission region includes NGC 6559, left of M8 and separated from the larger nebula by a dark dust lane. All three are stellar nurseries about five thousand light-years or so distant. 

Over a hundred light-years across the expansive M8 is also known as the Lagoon Nebula. M20's popular moniker is the Trifid. Glowing hydrogen gas creates the dominant red color of the emission nebulae. But for striking contrast, blue hues in the Trifid are due to dust reflected starlight. The broad interstellarscape spans almost 4 degrees or 8 full moons on the sky.”

- https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap210426.html

"The World As I See It: Albert Einstein's Thoughts on the Meaning of Life”

"The World As I See It:

Albert Einstein's Thoughts on the Meaning of Life”

by Paul Ratner

“Albert Einstein was one of the world’s most brilliant thinkers, influencing scientific thought immeasurably. He was also not shy about sharing his wisdom about other topics, writing essays, articles, letters, giving interviews and speeches. His opinions on social and intellectual issues that do not come from the world of physics give an insight into the spiritual and moral vision of the scientist, offering much to take to heart.

The collection of essays and ideas “The World As I See It”* gathers Einstein’s thoughts from before 1935, when he was as the preface says “at the height of his scientific powers but not yet known as the sage of the atomic age”.

In the book, Einstein comes back to the question of the purpose of life on several occasions. In one passage, he links it to a sense of religiosity. “What is the meaning of human life, or, for that matter, of the life of any creature? To know an answer to this question means to be religious. You ask: Does it many any sense, then, to pose this question? I answer: The man who regards his own life and that of his fellow creatures as meaningless is not merely unhappy but hardly fit for life,” wrote Einstein.

Was Einstein himself religious? Raised by secular Jewish parents, he had complex and evolving spiritual thoughts. He generally seemed to be open to the possibility of the scientific impulse and religious thoughts coexisting. "Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind," said Einstein in his 1954 essay on science and religion.

Some (including the scientist himself) have called Einstein’s spiritual views as pantheism, largely influenced by the philosophy of Baruch Spinoza. Pantheists see God as existing but abstract, equating all of reality with divinity. They also reject a specific personal God or a god that is somehow endowed with human attributes.

Himself a famous atheist, Richard Dawkins calls Einstein's pantheism a “sexed-up atheism,” but other scholars point to the fact that Einstein did seem to believe in a supernatural intelligence that’s beyond the physical world. He referred to it in his writings as “a superior spirit,” “a superior mind” and a “spirit vastly superior to men”. Einstein was possibly a deist, although he was quite familiar with various religious teachings, including a strong knowledge of Jewish religious texts.

In another passage from 1934, Einstein talks about the value of a human being, reflecting a Buddhist-like approach: “The true value of a human being is determined primarily by the measure and the sense in which he has attained liberation from the self.”

This theme of liberating the self is also echoed by Einstein later in life, in a 1950 letter to console a grieving father Robert S. Marcus: “A human being is a part of the whole, called by us "Universe," a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings as something separate from the rest- a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. The striving to free oneself from this delusion is the one issue of true religion. Not to nourish it but to try to overcome it is the way to reach the attainable measure of peace of mind.”

In case you are wondering whether Einstein saw value in material pursuits, here’s him talking about accumulating wealth in 1934, as part of the “The World As I See It”: “I am absolutely convinced that no wealth in the world can help humanity forward, even in the hands of the most devoted worker in this cause. The example of great and pure characters is the only thing that can lead us to noble thoughts and deeds. Money only appeals to selfishness and irresistibly invites abuse. Can anyone imagine Moses, Jesus or Gandhi armed with the money-bags of Carnegie?”

- http://bigthink.com/

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Freely download "The World As I See It", by Albert Einstein, here:

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"Which Lifeboat Will You Choose?"

"Which Lifeboat Will You Choose?"

by Charles Hugh Smith

"Consider a scenario in which we're on a ship that's sinking, and the lifeboats have been launched. Being some of the last still on board the doomed vessel, we can scan who's in each lifeboat and choose which one we'll clamber into. It's a consequential decision because the currents and weather are already separating the lifeboats, and so each lifeboat will be on its own. The seas are increasingly treacherous, and the nearby islands are surrounded by reefs which could shred the lifeboat's hulls in seconds.

While we don't know everyone on board, we've met many of the other passengers and crew and made the acquaintance of a fair number of our fellow castaways. So who do we choose to join? Our knowledge is imperfect: we only have first impressions and intuitions about the people who will potentially impact our life in a very direct and consequential way.

Do we choose to go in the lifeboat with a friend? This is certainly more appealing than a boat full of strangers. Do we choose a boat with an experienced sailor whose skills in the open ocean would improve our chances of surviving the ordeal ahead? Or do we choose a boat which is already under the control of a natural leader? If we understand that dithering and unresolvable conflicts can lead to disaster by default, then having someone in charge might be worth the risk that their leadership will lead to a catastrophically bad decision.

If we feel we have the experience to take charge and bring a lifeboat to safety, then perhaps we look for the disorganized, leaderless boat. Alternatively, we can weed out those boats we'll avoid as potentially dangerous because of the presence of domineering individuals with traits that have poor survival outcomes.

When The Little Prince hopscotches to various planets on his way to Earth, he encounters the King who desires a subject, a conceited man, a tippler (addict), a businessman who claims all the stars as his possessions and a lamplighter busy lighting and extinguishing the lamp every minute. These are parodies of human types, of course; The Little Prince found some modest favor in the lamplighter because he was the only one who was not self-obsessed / self-absorbed.

The boats I would avoid are those with wealthy, powerful people who confuse their position and wealth with competence, when actually there is no connection to competence beyond whatever specialized niche they used to acquire wealth and power. Their assumption (a form of privilege beneath the surface) that their specialized competence grants them universal competence is disastrously wrong-headed.

These are the types who will steer the lifeboat onto a reef despite the warnings of the less wealthy/powerful because their confidence in their judgment exceeds their grasp of risk/reality and their general life competence. They fail to understand the extreme narrowness of their experience and competence and have an overly high opinion of themselves due to their success in a narrow niche.

I would also avoid boats with individuals who triggered my BS detector, our intuitive animal assessment of the trustworthiness and self-absorption of individuals. For those who don't automatically filter out their negative assessments as "bad" and therefore "not allowed," this assessment is remarkably rapid and remarkably accurate.

Boats filled with self-important, self-absorbed people I would avoid as death traps. I would also avoid boats with do-gooders / would-be saints whose motivation (above self-preservation, until it's too late) is to defend the rights of the weak as the most important principle, even in life-and-death circumstances. These types are especially dangerous because their life experience is that Somebody Will Rescue Us. They thus conclude we can devote asymmetric resources to the weakest because Somebody Will Rescue Us.

They are incapable of recognizing the difference between making the vulnerable/dependent as comfortable as possible given the resources available and devoting the primary effort to saving everyone but if this can't be done, then saving as many people as possible. They are unable to recognize the need for difficult decisions that may well have asymmetric outcomes for the individuals on the boat. In demanding equal outcomes, they will lose everyone's lives--an outcome that is certainly equal but foolish.

Choosing a boat with an experienced open-ocean sailor is an obvious choice, as the sailor has experiential skills that apply specifically to the challenge at hand. But let's say that obvious choice means that boat is already filled to capacity.

So if the obvious best choice is not available, then what boat do we cast our lot with? I would look for a boat with low-key individuals with high situational awareness and experience in responding to crises and danger. Combat veterans come to mind, but there are many others with training and experience (or natural abilities) that aids their situational awareness, risk assessment and responses to rapidly evolving threats. The OODA loop (Observe, Orient, Decide, Act) is an example of this process.

I would also look for a boat with the increasingly rare individuals who do what they say they're going to do, and do it without self-obsessed drama/trauma or childish excuses. These individuals have a healthy awareness of their own limits and the limits of human nature. They don't overpromise to make themselves larger than they really are and they won't burden the rest of the boat with their self-absorbed histrionics or adolescent excuses.

Since I'm not qualified to lead as a sailor, and the only boat with an open-ocean sailor is full, I would look for a boat with a balance between hierarchy and self-expression/advocacy. The ideal situation is a boat in which every individual's advocacy of a particular action or strategy is carefully considered but the consensus reaches a decision and grants leadership to those with the best qualifications and most persuasive argument for their decision. Once the decision of a strategy has been made, then the boat unites behind pursuing this strategy.

It's instructive to consider the greatest open-ocean, open-boat voyages that have been recorded. Some had existing military hierarchies (for example, Captain Bligh's epic 4,000 mile voyage in a severely overloaded open launch) while others were castaways lacking a strict hierarchy. Whether the united effort of cooperation is imposed or agreed upon, this cooperation is key, as is a strategy based on the realities and risks.

Going it alone is a high-risk strategy. So is becoming dependent on self-important, self-absorbed people who are incapable of viewing reality as anything other than It's All About Me. I'm sure it's no surprise that the next five years will be risky and challenging; to the degree that we will be reliant on those closest to us, we are sharing a virtual lifeboat. Choose your boatmates carefully."

- http://charleshughsmith.blogspot.com/

- https://www.zerohedge.com/

Gregory Mannarino, PM 4/30/21: “Stock Market Crash Ahead? The FED Warns, Now Sees ‘Excesses and Imbalances'”

Gregory Mannarino, PM 4/30/21: 

“Stock Market Crash Ahead? 

The FED Warns, Now Sees ‘Excesses and Imbalances'”

- https://traderschoice.net/

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The US Now Comes From The Government" 

"This is banana republic level."

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"Dog And Cat Diaries"

"DOG DIARY":

7:00 AM - "Outside! My favorite thing!

8:00 AM - Dog food! My favorite thing!

9:30 AM - A car ride! My favorite thing!

9:40 AM - A walk in the park! My favorite thing!

10:30 AM - Got rubbed and petted! My favorite thing!

12:00 PM - Lunch! My favorite thing!

1:00 PM - Played in the yard! My favorite thing!

2:00 PM - Looked out the window and barked! My favorite thing!

3:00 PM - Wagged my tail! My favorite thing!

4:00 PM - Chased a bird out of the tree! My favorite thing!

5:00 PM - Milk bones! My favorite thing!

6:00 PM - Watched my people eat! My favorite thing!

6:20 PM - Table scraps! My favorite thing!

7:00 PM - Got to play ball! My favorite thing!

8:00 PM - Wow! Watched TV with the people! My favorite thing!

11:00 PM -Sleeping on the bed! My favorite thing!"

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"CAT DIARY":

"Day 983 of my captivity. My captors continue to taunt me with bizarre little dangling objects. They dine lavishly on fresh meat, while the other inmates and I are fed hash or some sort of dry nuggets. Although I make my contempt for the rations perfectly clear, I nevertheless must eat something in order to keep up my strength. The only thing that keeps me going is my dream of escape. In an attempt to disgust them, I once again vomit on the carpet.

Today I decapitated a mouse and dropped its headless body at their feet. I had hoped this would strike fear into their hearts, since it clearly demonstrates what I am capable of. However, they merely made condescending comments about what a 'good little hunter' I am. B*st*rds!

There was some sort of assembly of their accomplices tonight. I was placed in solitary confinement for the duration of the event. However, I could hear the noises and smell the food. I overheard that my confinement was due to the power of 'allergies.' I must learn what this means, and how to use it to my advantage.

Today I was almost successful in an attempt to assassinate one of my tormentors by weaving around his feet as he was walking. I must try this again tomorrow - but at the top of the stairs.

I am convinced that the other prisoners here are flunkies and snitches. The dog continues to receive special privileges. He is regularly released and seems to be more than willing to return. He is obviously retarded."

- Author Unknown

"If You Have Come..."

"If you have come to help me, you are wasting your time.

But if you have come because your liberation is bound up with mine,

then let us work together."

- 1970s Aboriginal activists group, Queensland

"No Tears for the Rich"

"No Tears for the Rich"

by Bill Bonner

"All governments use force and all assert that they are founded on reason. In fact, whether universal suffrage prevails or not, it is always an oligarchy that governs, finding ways to give to “the will of the people” that expression which the few desire."

– Italian economist Vilfredo Pareto

YOUGHAL, IRELAND – “We the People are the government,” said Joe Biden in this week’s historic address to Congress. No truth alarms went off. But the big lie – that government = the people – is central to the whole flimflam of spending proposals unveiled in Biden’s discourse. Just to keep it simple: Some people govern… Others are governed. Some people owe… Some are owed. Some pay… Others are paid.

Here at the Diary headquarters, we take our verbs seriously. We govern no one but ourselves. But the Biden Administration – with the support and complicity of the bureaucracy, academia, a majority in Congress, the media, and Big Business – governs 330 million people. And with its armies and sanctions, it attempts to boss around hundreds of millions more.

Elite Scam: It was the great early-twentieth-century Italian economist, Vilfredo Pareto, who popularized the idea of an “elite.” It doesn’t matter what you call your government, he explained, there are always some who control it… and others who are controlled by it. Pareto is famous for the “80/20 principle” derived from his observation. Eighty percent of the work is done by 20% of the population. Eighty percent of the wealth is owned by 20% of the population. Etc.

But the 20% are not always the same people. The barrier between the elite and everyone else is not like a prison wall. It is more like a prison gate. There’s always a trickle of people coming and going under the watchful eye of the guards. And occasionally – in a revolution, war, or social collapse – the prison walls come down, as they did at the Bastille in 1789.

But the idea that “the people” govern is a fraud. And it is just one of many scams that help the real governors – the elite – remain in power. Today, we explore another one.

Back to Basics: This week, we saw how the Left Wing of the Deep State aims to get an almost permanent grip on the White House. It is going back to age-old basics. To bribery, that is Again, keeping it simple… Rich people have always used their wealth to get power. And powerful people use their power to get more wealth. (“The richest man in Rome,” Marcus Licinius Crassus, is often said to have bought his way into the triumvirate with Caesar and Pompey, for example. But he was also a competent military man, the hero of the Battle of the Colline Gate and of the Third Servile War. The latter was the war with Spartacus, in which Crassus raised an army at his own expense. After he put down the slave uprising, he crucified his 6,000 prisoners, leaving their rotting bodies along the Appian Way as a warning to others.)

Now in control of the full faith and credit of the U.S. government, Team Biden aims to use it to get both more wealth and more power.

$4 Trillion Vote-Buying Scheme: The Democrats are already the party of the elite and “minorities.” But they need to recover at least some of their support among the working classes. Free college, free child care, more paid leave – 12 weeks! – more stimmy, along with new make-work jobs in “infrastructure”… The whole package will cost about $4.1 trillion ($2.3 trillion for the infrastructure plan and $1.8 trillion for the families plan)… but it might be enough to give the Democrats a lock on the White House for decades.

Tax the Rich: But how to pay for all this? Joe Biden proposes not only to give the masses more stuff, but to give them the pleasure of seeing “the rich” get squeezed. From CNBC: "Taxes may soon be going up for the wealthy. President Joe Biden aims to fund expanded education, child care, paid leave and other reforms by collecting more tax revenue from Americans who make more than $400,000 a year. He would do so by raising the top income and capital gains tax rates, changing the taxation of wealthy estates, closing so-called tax loopholes and focusing audits of the rich to prevent tax evasion."

And yes, the plan appeals to the masses. Here’s CNN: "About half of Americans who watched President Joe Biden's address to Congress had a very positive reaction to the speech, and 71% said they walked away feeling more optimistic about the country’s direction, according to a CNN Poll conducted by SSRS." But the Democrats are now the party of the rich. Are they going to allow the taxman to take a bite out of their own fat derrières? We have our doubts.

Tax increases will get no support from Republicans. And many Democrats are nervous about them, too. Already, they are reassuring their rich donors. The Washington Examiner: "The truth, in this case, is that the Democratic Party is currently “pushing a tax cut for the wealthy” by trying to get rid of the cap on state and local tax payment deductions, also known as SALT. […] The only people who would benefit from getting rid of the SALT deduction cap, which is currently set at $10,000 per family, are the wealthy. The average taxpayers who accept the standard deductions and pay less than $10,000 in state and local taxes would not be affected at all."

Elite Rule: What will happen? Most likely, taxes will go up. But while there will be big talk, few will want to walk the walk and really squeeze the rich with substantially higher taxes. And then, when the grandstanding is over… and the committees and tax policy wonks get to work…

"…on subsection 21(a) of Chapter 1031… Part D, as amended by Temporary Federal Statute # 105935, further updated by Tax Court ruling on January 21, Year of Our Lord, 2006, describing how amortization schedules for fully funded legacy accounts, created on or before the 32nd of February by the light of a full moon… are to be discounted…"

…the rich will still be in the 20% who rule… and the 80% will still be ruled. After all, it is the elite who write the laws. It is they who interpret and enforce the laws. And they know which side their bread is buttered on. So, Dear Reader, there’s no need to sob for the rich this weekend. They’ll be okay. But if the rich don’t pay, who will? Stay tuned…"

- www.rogueeconomics.com

"How It Really Is"

"Economic Market Snapshot 4/30/21"

"Economic Market Snapshot 4/30/21"

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"Capitalism is the astounding belief that the most wickedest of men will

do the most wickedest of things for the greatest good of everyone."

- John Maynard Keynes

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"Down the rabbit hole of psychopathic greed and insanity...

Only the consequences are real - to you!

Your guide:

Gregory Mannarino, AM 4/30/21:

"The Economy Continues To FREE-FALL. 

Inflation Rising" 

- https://traderschoice.net/

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"The more I see of the monied classes, 

the better I understand the guillotine."

- George Bernard Shaw

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MarketWatch Market Summary, Live Updates

- https://www.marketwatch.com/tools/marketsummary

CNN Market Data:

- https://money.cnn.com/data/markets/

CNN Fear And Greed Index:

- https://money.cnn.com/data/fear-and-greed/

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A comprehensive, essential daily read.

- http://www.shadowstats.com/

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Financial Stress Index

"The OFR Financial Stress Index (OFR FSI) is a daily market-based snapshot of stress in global financial markets. It is constructed from 33 financial market variables, such as yield spreads, valuation measures, and interest rates. The OFR FSI is positive when stress levels are above average, and negative when stress levels are below average. The OFR FSI incorporates five categories of indicators: credit, equity valuation, funding, safe assets and volatility. The FSI shows stress contributions by three regions: United States, other advanced economies, and emerging markets."

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Daily Job Cuts

- https://www.dailyjobcuts.com/

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- https://www.zerohedge.com/

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- https://www.investmentwatchblog.com/

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- https://wallstreetonparade.com/

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- https://www.whatreallyhappened.com/

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- https://jessescrossroadscafe.blogspot.com/

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Commentary, highly recommended:

- https://www.theburningplatform.com/

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And now, the End Game...

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Oh yeah...

"My Desire..."

 

Greg Hunter, "Weekly News Wrap-Up 4/30/21"

"Weekly News Wrap-Up 4/30/21"

by Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com

"The Arizona 2020 Election audit in of 2.1 million ballots in Maricopa County, Arizona, is going to continue–for now. Is the Biden gangster DOJ or FBI going to shut down the audit before the results are totally revealed? Let’s hope not, but if it does continue, I think it’s going to reveal hundreds of thousands of fraudulent ballots and mistakes. This, alone, will not put Trump back in office as the rightful winner of the 2020 Election, but I think Dem Senator Mark Kelly is toast and will be recalled by the Arizona legislature.

Vice President Biden, the illegitimate winner of the 2020 Election, gave a speech to a joint session of Congress. Nancy Pelosi invited very few Republicans in what was billed as some sort of “unity” message for our deeply divided nation, where at least 51% (according to a recent poll) think Biden cheated to win the White House. His address was some sort of crazy left wing expensive wish list that he is going to have trouble selling to some Democrat Senators. He was also calling the Washington D.C. protests of the election fraud “the worst attack on democracy since the Civil War.” Biden, the drama king, is just stoking the continued attacks on Trump supporters and the GOP (not the RINO co-conspirators of the 2020 Election fraud). Don’t believe me? Just ask former Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani, who was just raided by the DOJ in some trumped up investigation concerning more phony Russian interference narrative.

There is a new report out warning about big food inflation causing civil unrest. Put that with the growing severe drought out west and you have the making of a full blown shortage and price spikes in food costs."

- https://usawatchdog.com/

"Join Greg Hunter on Rumble as he talks about these 

stories and more in the Weekly News Wrap-Up for 4/30/21."

- https://rumble.com/

Gerald Celente, "Billionaire Boom, Freedom Bust"

Gerald Celente,

"Billionaire Boom, Freedom Bust"

"The Trends Journal is a weekly magazine analyzing global current events forming future trends. Our mission is to present Facts and Truth over hype and propaganda to help subscribers prepare for What’s Next in the increasingly turbulent times ahead."

- https://trendsresearch.com/

“2008 A Valuable Lesson; Financial Recklessness; Taxes Will Destroy The Middle Class”

Jeremiah Babe,

“2008 A Valuable Lesson; Financial Recklessness; 

Taxes Will Destroy The Middle Class”

"Brace For Explosive Prices & Extensive Shortages As Supply Chain Crisis Gets Much Worse"

Full screen recommended.

"Brace For Explosive Prices & Extensive Shortages

 As Supply Chain Crisis Gets Much Worse"

by Epic Economist

"The effects on ocean freight capacity are starting to get worse almost a month after the Ever Given ran aground in the Suez Canal. When the Suez was blocked, ships arrived late to critical ports of call. Transporters had to respond by canceling sailings that were scheduled on these late ships. Earlier this month that many of these sailings will likely be delayed for longer than forecasted, and the altered schedules have been forcing transporters to unload cargo at incorrect ports as they attempt to rapidly turn ships around and get shipping containers back to Asia, according to The Loadstar.

"Port congestion and delays at both origins and destinations are expected to make the container shortage in Asia worse over the next few weeks," Freightos said in a market update. Container ships' logjam at US ports isn't helping to ease that situation. Even though the number of container ships stuck at anchor off Los Angeles and Long Beach is down to around 20 per day, from 30 a few months ago, it doesn't mean the capacity crunch in the trans-Pacific market is improving. Nerijus Poskus, vice president of Global Ocean at freight forwarder Flexport, warned the supply chain problem is "not getting better. It’s only getting worse,” he told American Shipper in an interview on Monday. “What I’m seeing is unprecedented. We are seeing a tsunami of freight,” he reported.

Poskus highlights that there's probably a growing export backlog piling up each day in Asia, awaiting available shipping containers. If that backlog grows too much, he said, "I honestly don’t know what’s going to happen." As a consequence of the backlog and restocking demand, he believes "prices will remain high and shipping will probably remain difficult for the rest of this year”. The global trader said the situation today is the worst he has ever witnessed - and he thinks it’s about to get even more severe.

“Buckle up. The month of May will be the worst people have ever seen,” he maintained. As several shippers will have to wait in line behind the ever-growing backlog in Asia, he predicts “what’s going to happen soon is that some importers won’t even be able to get on the boat. For them, it will almost feel like trade is coming to a halt.” He also noted that the Even Given accident resulted in a disastrous shortage of container equipment from the global market, and it will take another four to six weeks to come back to normal.

In case you're wondering how this freight crisis might affect you, it's essential to consider that all companies that need to ship or receive shipments of products have to rent what is known as an intermodal container for that purpose. And knowing that's not an easy task at the moment, logistic disruptions will further delay the delivery of a wide range of products to grocery shelves and several US industries.

So as the container shipping shortage aggravates, the cost of rent and shipment keeps skyrocketing. Before 2020, transporting a standard 40-foot container on a ship sailing from a Chinese port cost about $1,000. Today, considering prices are being negotiated on the spot, companies are being forced to pay roughly $10,000 per container. And, of course, the problems brought on by this crisis are not limited to ports, since the delays also impact other parts of the economy.

Products will continue to face major difficulties getting to their destinations around the world because this crisis on the high seas has completely distressed global commerce. And a wide range of things, including cars, clothing, food, furniture, electronics, and raw materials, usually shipped in those containers, are likely to face shortages even more acute than previously predicted, leaving global traders panicked as high consumer demand is still adding pressure on the issue.

Higher shipping costs will directly affect consumer prices, and analysts have been warning that the supply chain disruption could last a year or longer even if Americans rush in to manufacture missing or delayed products right here at home.

Shortages, higher costs for imports, and a lower variety of products is what is coming next for US consumers. So brace yourselves for a general rise in inflationary pressures over the course of 2021, as global supply chains continue to struggle and the impacts of supply and demand imbalances and the shipping container crunch are forcing prices up - and such significant increases will finally make it to your wallets."

- https://www.epiceconomist.com​

Gregory Mannarino, PM 4/29/21: "The US Dollar Is Being Weaponized Against You!"

Gregory Mannarino, PM 4/29/21: 

"The US Dollar Is Being Weaponized Against You!"

- https://traderschoice.net/

2002, "A Change of Season"

Full screen recommended.

2002, "A Change of Season"

"A Look to the Heavens"

“The dark Horsehead Nebula and the glowing Orion Nebula are contrasting cosmic vistas. Adrift 1,500 light-years away in one of the night sky's most recognizable constellations, they appear in opposite corners of the below stunning mosaic. 

 

The familiar Horsehead nebula appears as a dark cloud, a small silhouette notched against the long red glow at the lower left. Alnitak is the easternmost star in Orion's belt and is seen as the brightest star to the left of the Horsehead. Below Alnitak is the Flame Nebula, with clouds of bright emission and dramatic dark dust lanes. The magnificent emission region, the Orion Nebula (aka M42), lies at the upper right. Immediately to its left is a prominent bluish reflection nebula sometimes called the Running Man. Pervasive tendrils of glowing hydrogen gas are easily traced throughout the region.”

- http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap101005.html

Chet Raymo, “Non-overlapping?”

“Non-overlapping?”

by Chet Raymo

“Let me posit a difference between religion and science:

Religion: Future>Present>Past

Science: Past>Present>Future.

Let me explain. Religion, as it has traditionally been understood in its institutional guise, begins with the dream of a comforting future. An escape from the apparently inescapable reality of death. Which impacts our daily lives in the present. Determines, for example, codes of morality, inspires great deeds of goodness or mayhem. Mandates rites and rituals. Appease the gods and live forever. Which requires a story to satisfy the human need for context. So we look to past reports of foundational miracles. Christ rising from the dead. Muhammad's night flight to Jerusalem. Joseph Smith's encounter with the angel Moroni.

Science, on the other hand, begins with the past. With sequences of events that appear to be causally related. The causal connection is affirmed or refuted by experiment. If such-and-such occurred in certain circumstances in the past, does it also occur in the present? We devise quantitative "laws of nature" that express our consistent experience with the past. Which can be extrapolated to predict probable futures.

Stephen Jay Gould called religion and science "non-overlapping magisteria." But they run in opposite directions in our minds. The a priori future of religion is not the same as the a posteriori future predicted by science. Nor is the a posteriori past promulgated by religion susceptible to the a priori examination of science. The opposing intellectual streams of religion and science may be non-overlapping, but the "real" worlds they hypothesize are sharply divergent. Some folks manage to hold both worlds in their minds simultaneously. To me this smacks of cognitive dissonance. For those who can pull it off, more power to them - as long as they don't restrict my freedom to dissent.”

- http://blog.sciencemusings.com/

"You Can Never Tell..."

"You can never tell what people have inside them

until you start taking it away, one hope at a time."

- Gregory David Roberts

"You Get What You Pay For"

"You Get What You Pay For"

by Bill Bonner

YOUGHAL, IRELAND – "The president spoke to the nation last night. The gist of his speech: Team Biden proposes to tax the rich to create a workers’ paradise. Here’s The Hill: "The American Families Plan calls for a $200 billion program offering universal pre-kindergarten for all three- and four-year-olds; $109 billion for tuition-free community college for any American who wants it; $85 billion to increase Pell Grants to benefit low-income and minority students; and more than $4 billion in funding for larger scholarships, certification and support programs for teachers.

The plan would build upon provisions of the American Rescue Plan by extending the Affordable Care Act premiums tax credits indefinitely and make the earned income tax credit expansion for childless workers permanent. It would permanently make the child tax credit fully available to the lowest-income families, while extending other aspects of the expansion of the credit, such as the increase in the credit amount, through 2025.

The proposal also calls for the creation of a national paid family and medical leave program. The $225 billion investment would provide workers up to $4,000 a month if they require leave to care for a new child, care for a seriously ill loved one, deal with an illness or another serious reason."

“You get what you pay for,” economist Milton Friedman used to say. And if these measures pass, there will be a lot more sick people.

Spend, Spend, Spend: Economically, the whole lot of Democratic programs continue in the direction set by Bush, Obama, and Trump. That is, spend, spend, spend… borrow, borrow, borrow… print, print, print – until you go broke.

This “Families” scheme comes less than a month after the “Infrastructure” proposal was announced. Together, the two programs amount to a kind of fiscal genocide… with more than $4 trillion in new and unnecessary spending. And these come on the heels of Donald Trump’s $2.2 trillion CARES Act, December’s $900 billion stimulus package, Biden’s $1.9 trillion American RESCUE Plan. Altogether, that brings the total for the last 13 months to more than $9 trillion – an amount that should annihilate any residual solvency the U.S. has left.

Big Switch: But, there’s more to the story… as always. Match the Families spending up with Biden’s infrastructure proposals, and the hidden political agenda comes into focus. It is designed to reshape U.S. party alignments, giving the Democrats a more permanent grip on power.

Since the days of George Wallace, the Democrats have been losing their working class base. The “cultural” messages of progressive Democrats – racism, LBGT?, secularism, Me Too – have left much of the middle and lower-middle classes puzzled and cold. Hillary Clinton made one of the most tone-deaf political blunders in history by referring to these people as “deplorables.” Over the years, those deplorables have drifted towards the Republicans, who seem to have a better ear for their kind of tune. In that respect, at least, Donald Trump was a prodigy. His policies and proposals made little sense from a “conservative” perspective… But when it came to the cultural notes, he seemed to have perfect pitch.

Yes, Dear Reader, we have seen that since the 1990s, the two parties have switched. Republicans now represent the working class and the hustling, small-business-owning petite bourgeoisie. The Democrats are now the party of the Grand Bourgeoisie – big business, the rich, the elite, the media, the universities, and the government itself (including the Pentagon).

Pack the Court: The trouble with this realignment, from the Democrat’s perspective, is that there are relatively more deplorable voters than elite voters. In a democracy, where each vote is counted equally, this is a recipe for failure. So far, the Democrats have attacked this problem with two initiatives.

First, they sought to tilt the balance of power by “packing” the Supreme Court. From Politico: "The idea of expanding the Supreme Court became a liberal cause celebré [sic] after Republicans confirmed three Supreme Court justices during former President Donald Trump’s term. Markey’s proposal, introduced with Reps. Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.), Hank Johnson (D-Ga.) and Mondaire Jones (D-N.Y.), would increase the number of justices to 13 from 9." Fortunately, that idea seems to be going nowhere, with several Democratic senators – facing reelection – afraid to touch it.

New State: The other idea was to pack Congress itself, by giving the District of Columbia, aka Washington, statehood. Fox5 has the details: "The House has passed legislation that would grant statehood to Washington, D.C. The 216 to 208 vote followed strict party lines with all Republicans rejecting the statehood bill, known as H.R. 51. The legislation would create the new state of Washington, Douglass Commonwealth, and would give the District one representative and two senators."

Government is the main industry of the District of Columbia. The three new hacks would be reliable shills for the Deep State, guaranteed votes for its expansion in all directions. This effort, too, is unlikely to pass.

Buying Votes: So… the campaign has moved to the fiscal front. These spending proposals aim to win back working class votes by handing out good-paying jobs in the “infrastructure” boondoggle… along with free schooling and other giveaways in the “families” program. Thus, do they hope to bribe into being a more-or-less permanent electoral majority of “people of color,” reclaimed white, working-class Democrats, and the elite itself. And it might work.

But wait… Are the rich really going to pay for all these giveaways? Aren’t the Democrats now the party of the rich? What gives? More to come…"

- www.rogueeconomics.com

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"What Can We Know?"

"What can we know? What are we all?

Poor silly half-brained things peering out at the infinite,

with the aspirations of angels and the instincts of beasts."

- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle