Nueva Democracia: FEB 18- 2021 ND SIT EC y POL

FEB 18- 2021 ND SIT EC y POL

ND denounce Global-neoliberal debacle y propone State-Social + Capit-compet in Eco

ZERO HEDGE ECONOMICS

Neoliberal globalization is over. Financiers know it, they documented with graphics

Crypto Crash-Up Continues As Dollar Drops, Oil & NatGas Tumble

...and GME crashed.

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REAL YIELDS ARE RINGING A WARNING BELL FOR THE RISK RALLY

By Laura Cooper, macro strategist at Bloomberg

See Nice Chart

Rising U.S. real yields could eventually derail the everything rally. Gains across stocks, credit and emerging markets are predicated on forever-loose monetary policy, and lofty valuations are harder to sustain when conditions hint at future

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GAME STOPPED FOR GRIFFIN? MAXINE BLASTS "FINANCIAL THREAT" CITADEL FOR "FLEECING" RETAIL INVESTORS

The 5+ hours hearing is finally coming to an end....

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GUNDLACH CHANGES HIS MIND ON BITCOIN AS FIRST NORTH AMERICAN CRYPTO ETF LAUNCHES

"I am a long term dollar bear and gold bull but have been neutral on both for over six months. Lots of liquid poured into a funnel creates a torrent. Bitcoin maybe The Stimulus Asset."

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HICKMAN: 4TH-WAVE OF COVID-19 WILL PUSH RATES TO ZERO

Apt fiscal and monetary injections forestalled a deeper contraction. Still, it is a delusion to think we will get out of this for free – especially in a world economy that was overdue for a retraction anyways.

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AS RATES/CURVES SOAR, NOMURA SEES 3 TRILLION REASONS WHY 'VOLMAGEDDON 2.0' MAY BE COMING

... eerily triggered by Fed policy-tightening concerns after a series of better than expected inflation / price data over the month of January culminated in a big CPI beat the Friday prior to “Volmageddon” on Monday

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HOW TO TRADE THE COMING TAPER TANTRUM

Buckle up!

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NATGAS PRICES PLUNGE 99% IN OKLAHOMA

Limit-down circuit breakers would have been good today on Thursday as One ok NatGas Spot prices crashed down 99% to 'norms' around $4 as temperatures rose.

See Chart:

https://cms.zerohedge.com/s3/files/inline-images/bfm6EEF.jpg?itok=PskaWPGz

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SOURCE: https://www.zerohedge.com/commodities/natgas-prices-plunge-99-oklahoma

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US DOMESTIC POLITICS

Seudo democ duopolico in US is obsolete; it’s full of frauds & corruption. Urge cambio

WHAT POISONED AMERICA? MUST READ!

Authored by Charles Hugh Smith via OfTwoMinds blog

America's financial system is nothing more than a toxic waste dump of speculation, fraud, collusion, corruption and rampant profiteering.

The question boils down to this: what problems cannot be addressed by the status quo?

The two that appear impervious to reform are 1) soaring wealth-income-power inequality and 2) the dominance of special interests. In both cases, the corporate foxes are guarding the hen house, so any reforms with real teeth are watered down to PR by those reaping the vast majority of the financial gains. Corporate profits are in the billions while you can buy elected officials' cooperation for mere millions. There is no way to get around that asymmetry.

I would propose an even deeper systemic poison: zero-interest yield on capital. For a variety of reasons, the yield on capital is either zero or less than zero if we factor in inflation. We now earn (heh) 0.1% on our cash while inflation is somewhere between the "official" rate of 3% and more real-world measures between 5% and 10%.

This is a significant change from the days when savings (in savings and loans institutions) earned 5.25% by regulation.

While ordinary capital earns nothing (or less than zero), the capital and income of the top 0.01% has rocketed to unprecedented levels.

To understand why yields on capital have fallen to zero while wealth-income has flowed to the top elites, we need to look at wages share of the economy and capital's share of the economy. Wages share (i.e. labors' share) has been falling for the past 45 years, while corporate profits and the wealth of America's top tier has soared.

See chart below:

Relentles 50 years decline in wages

https://cms.zerohedge.com/s3/files/inline-images/wages-share-income7-19a%20%283%29.png?itok=IZtxB75L

It is not coincidence that as interest rates fell to zero the wealth and income of the top 0.01% soared while ordinary wage income fell 10% when adjusted for the purchasing power of the earnings.

What happens when the purchasing power of the earnings of the bottom 90% declines for decades?

Households cannot borrow as much money as they once could because their earnings simply don't go as far; there is less disposable income to support more debt service.

See Chart:

National income: Corporate profits before tax

https://cms.zerohedge.com/s3/files/inline-images/corp-profits2-21a.png?itok=g-GxzB5b

What happens when corporate profits skyrocket as jobs are offshored and corporations arbitrage all the goodies of globalization? The corporations don't need to borrow as much money as they have trillions in profits to work with.

In other words, demand for credit stagnates while at the same time, the Federal Reserve has flooded the economy with near-zero rate credit. Demand has stagnated along with wages while supply has rocketed into the trillions thanks to unprecedented central bank credit creation.

The reason why central banks have slashed rates to zero is obvious: if the bottom 90% can't borrow more money at 5% to consume more goods and services, they can certainly borrow more at 1.5% because the interest part of their monthly payment drops significantly.

In other words: as the purchasing power of wages has relentlessly declined, the "fix" is to substitute debt for earnings. The fact that eventually stagnating earnings cannot support more debt at any rate of interest is inconvenient, so it's been ignored.

Zero-interest rates has played out differently in Corporate America: since capital is so cheap to borrow, why not borrow a few billion dollars at 1.5% and use the money to buy back shares of the company's stock, which generates a hefty 10% annual increase in the share price? Indeed, why not?

The net result of near-zero yields on capital? The top 0.1% own more wealth than the bottom 80%. Roughly 75% of all income gains have gone to the top 0.01%.

See Chart:

The net result of near-zero yields on capital? The top 0.1% own more wealth than the bottom 80%. Roughly 75% of all income gains have gone to the top 0.01%.

See Chart:

The top 0.1% now own more than the bottom 80%

https://cms.zerohedge.com/s3/files/inline-images/wealth-inequality4-20_3.png?itok=L0z4OdEt

READ THE FULL ARTICLE AT:

SOURCE: https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/what-poisoned-america

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FALSE: ww3 MAKE NOT SENSE at the age of Multiple Nuke Power= zero WW3

BILL GATES PLUGS "NEXT GEN" NUCLEAR THAT SOLVES ALL ISSUES OF 'SAFETY & ECONOMICS'

The new generation of nuclear power companies have solved issues of economics and safety, according to Gates.

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This is pure war-mongerism coming from an ‘ilustrated mind’

Besides “nuke confrontation= no winners, all losers: huge destruct & genocide

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ONE MORE:

IF Biden initiate war with IRAN (start of WW3), our Nation will initiate a REV agst him

IN MAJOR NUKE DEAL BREAKTHROUGH, BIDEN TELLS IRAN 'WE'RE READY FOR EU-SPONSORED TALKS' [ Presid Biden you must DE-NUKE ISR, then they listen to you ]

Sudden change of tune after Iran poised to boot inspectors: "We are ready to show up..." [ Inspect your partner ISR the most genocidal State in othe region]

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People’s FRONTS & armed brigades not only happens in GOP (day 6). Many more org are ready to initiate a real REV to stop Billonaires’ neoliberal staff.

Y a mí que me registren: no estoy en eso, no vi nada, ni se nada. Solo intuyo, said my wife, my first partner in Nueva Democracia.

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NASA poor rover no encontró vida en marte. Les dije que los marcianos ya están aquí

NASA ROVER SUCCESSFULLY LANDS ON MARS TO SEARCH FOR EXTRATERRESTRIAL LIFE

It's a big day?... or a common day? No encontrar metales preciosos ni vida allí. Los marcianos mutan y adoptan la naturaleza del país o mundo al que llegan.

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TRUMP: "BIDEN IS EITHER LYING OR MENTALLY GONE"

“I’m the only one who gets impeached and my numbers go up. I mean figure that one out.”

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US-WORLD ISSUES (Geo Econ, Geo Pol & global Wars)

Global depression is on…China, RU, Iran search for State socialis+K-, D rest in limbo

TEXAS BLACKOUTS COST MEXICAN MANUFACTURERS $2.7 BILLION

GM, Mazda and Volkswagen suspend some operations in Mexico

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Cuando llueve y no hay luz todos se mojan y algunos roban al por mayor

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SPUTNIK and RT SHOWS

GEO-POL n GEO-ECO ..Focus on neoliberal expansion via wars & danger of WW3

- E3, US Call on Iran to Avoid Any Additional Steps to Suspend Nuclear Protocols, Limit IAEA Access

- How Texas Energy Grid Unpreparedness Magnified Winter Storm Danger

- Robinhood CEO Admits That Company Did Not Respond Ideally to GameStop Short Squeeze

- Netanyahu Thanks Putin for Assisting in Returning Israeli Citizen From Syria

- Ted Cruz and Bernie Sanders Into First Photos From Perseverance Rover on Mars

- Vaccine for COVID South Africa 'Mutant' Virus Variant May Take Months,

- First Batch of Sputnik V Vaccine Against Coronavirus Arrives in Paraguay

-- US Ready to Accept EU Invitation to Attend P5+1 Meeting With Iran

- Researchers Call for Second Pfizer Dose to Be Delayed as First Dose Highly Effective

- Russian, Mexican Top Diplomats Discuss Deliveries of Sputnik V Vaccine

- Pentagon Chief Tells NATO US Will Not Undertake Hasty Exit From Afghanistan

- US Call on Iran to Avoid Any Additional Steps to Suspend Nuclear Protocols, Limit IAEA Access

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FEB 18 -2021 ND SIT EC y POL SPANISH ++

REBELION

Opin : El desarrollo del subdesarrollo Andre Gunder Frank 1966

OR-PROX: EL FIN DE LA GUERRA EN YEMEN? Brian Terrell

FEM: Decir que feminicidas son loquitos enfermos es maniobra masc

Mund: Stalingrado, batalla que enrumbó a la historia Rodolfo Bueno

Perú: RACISMO Y MARGINALIDAD Raúl Allain

Jauría: Tan convencidos de no haber hecho nada malo Natalia Laube

Chile: Nueva amenaza contra Veróni Vilches, activ por derech al agua

BOL: Vigorosa esterilidad de la ‘izquierda señorial’ Virginia G

Econ: SOBRE LOS TIPOS DE INTERÉS NEGATIVOS J. W. Mason

Chile: CARABINEROS DEBE DEJAR DE EXISTIR Felipe Lagos

Cuba: Ocho intentos de interpret de realidad cubana Flor, Diego, Ma

US: BIDEN: ¿DIPLOMACIA O MÁS MILITARIZACIÓN? Pablo Ruiz

Africa: Frente Polisar acusa a La Razón de difun info falsa Alfonso L

Cuba Felicita a Gambia por 56 aniversario de su Independencia

India Una caja de herramientas para el cambio Ashish Kothari

China: EL BUEY QUE TIRA DE CHINA Xulio Ríos

ISR: APARTHEID SANITARIO Y LA METÁFORA ‘KIBBUTZ’ Var aut

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RT EN ESPAÑOL

"Colombia es un verdadero narcoestado": Las dura crítica de Maduro a Iván Duque https://actualidad.rt.com/actualidad/384005-maduro-acusa-colombia-narcoestado-produce-cocaina

Todos los países amaz siembran coca (son potenciales ‘narco estados’) y el imperio solo acusa a quien no trabaja con la DEA y Maduro solo a COL. La cocaína venga de donde venga va al US y la mayoría la provee la DEA (aliada al PENTA). La única critica valida es a la DEA. La crítica de Maduro debió ser solo a la DEA. NO a COL EN GENERAL. Es Ivan Duque un narco traficante? No hay evidencias al respecto. No se lo debió mencionar. Yo estoy contra los ataques imperiales a VEN. Eso es terrorismo imperial y fascism.

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US aceptaría invitación de UE para conversa sobre posible regreso de Irán al ac-nuclear https://actualidad.rt.com/actualidad/384011-eeuu-iran-ue-acuerdo-nuclear

El Ado nuclear fue un chantaje imperial impuesto por el US-ISR contra Iran (se buscaba evitar que Iran construya su bomba atómica para la autodefensa contra ISR).el Acuerdo suponía frenar el violentismo terrorista de ISR en la zona (pero ISR-US tomaron control de parte del petróleo de Siria y ha destruido en forma despiadada ese país con sus bombardeos a pueblos desarmados). Cuando ingreso Turquia al conflicto (quería también el petróleo de Siria) se habló de desaparecer a Siria del mapa. RU lo impidió, armo a Siria. El Ado nuclear fue violado por US-ISR y si hay nuevo este debe incluir el desarme nuclear de ISR. Eso es imposible dice ISR . Iran dice que es posible el derecho a la autodefensa y lograr similar poder nuclear. Para Irán es el derecho a la auto-defensa lo que esta en juego y RU-CH ++ apoyan ese derecho de IRAN. Es lo más justo y es lo que hay que presionar. A nivel mundial lo que queremos es el desarme nuclear global, única garantía de paz mundial. Rechazamos por tanto toda guerra en favor del WW3. La guerra contra IRAN puede desatar el WW3. El ACUERO US-UE DEBE SER POR TANTO DESARME REGIONAL DE AMBOS: ISR E IRÁN.

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INFORMATION CLEARING HOUSE

Deep on the US political crisis: neofascism & internal conflicts that favor WW3

-NATO’s Mission Impossible By Finian Cunningham

- The American Century Ends Early By Tom Engelhardt

- It’s Not Political Problem, It’s Propaganda Problem: By C Johnstone

- The Slippery Slope from Censoring ‘Disinformation’ to Silencing Truth

- If it were a narco lab, it would be working By John Perry

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GLOBAL RESEARCH

Geopolitics & Econ-Pol crisis that leads to more business-wars from US-NATO allies

-Alert Message about COVID-19. United Health Professionals By UHP

- Under Pressure, NY Ends Mandat COVID Testing in Schools By Ch H D

- FDA ‘Misled the Public’ on Pfizer Vaccine Efficacy By Ch H D

- ISR: Election of New ICC Prosecutor Raises Qtions for War Crimes

- Atlantic Council Urges Biden to Enforce Reg Change in Belarus By PA

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VOLTAIRE NET ORG https://www.voltairenet.org/en

News in Brief

BIDEN REOPENS OFFICE OF FAITH-BASED PARTNERSHIPS

Sunday, 14 February 2021, President Joe Biden by decree re-established the White House Office for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships [1].

This body was created by President George W. Bush, then reformed by President Barack Obama and dissolved by President Donald Trump.

The existence of this Office has given rise to considerable controversy. It aims above all to promote the development of religious charities. It began by outrageously helping right-wing believers during Bush Jr.’s tenure, and then just as outrageously favoring left-wing believers under Obama’s watch.

CONTINUE READING AT

SOURCE: https://www.voltairenet.org/article212248.html

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DEMOCRACY NOW

Amy Goodman’ team

- Texas Power Grid Collapse Impacts Mills. Black & Brown Communit Are Worst Hit

- How to Wear a Mask & When to Wear Two to Reduce COVID Transmission & Increase Vaccine Effectiveness

- “Not Doing This Is a Choice”: Biden Drags His Feet on Canceling Student Debt Despite Campaign Pledge

- “No Hate! No Fear!” Democracy Now! Co-Host Nermeen Shaikh Celebrates 10 Years Covering War & Peace

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