SUNDAY 7/13/14

Day six begins for the Israel-Hamas conflict with day break not bringing an end to the ongoing explosions and rocket fire. Israel conducts raids into Gaza overnight and says the ground incursions will continue. There are no Israeli deaths thus far but 150 Palestinians have been killed and nearly 1000 people are injured over the last few days. In Iraq, ISIS militants seize nuclear materials adding to their arsenal of chemical weapons and even a Scud missile. The Middle East is spinning out of control. North Korea launches two ballistic missiles into the sea near South Korea to stir up tensions in Asia.

Everywhere you turn there is another mess but traders do not care about geopolitical turmoil since the Fed and other central bankers plan on keeping stock markets elevated forever. The US southern border crisis grows worse by the day. The MS-13 Mexican gangs are being paid $50K per head to bring ‘special immigrants’ into the US including Russians, Chinese and Pakistani operatives that will likely foster future US domestic terrorism. The humanitarian crisis at the border is metastasizing into other States as illegal immigrants are bused and flown to other communities. The southern States face a full-on health crisis. The drug-resistant strain of tuberculosis from Central America is particularly alarming. Border agents are becoming ill and several have now contracted TB.

President Obama continues to take a laissez-faire approach to the border crisis playing golf instead. The president turns a blind eye to the crisis since the illegal aliens entering the US will nearly all become democratic voters. Washington politicians only care about their own futures and how they can extend the ongoing Caligula-style political-media-Fed orgy party as long as possible.

Of grave concern, medical staff and US border employees are instructed to keep their mouths shut and not to talk to the media concerning the diseases and other problems occurring at the border otherwise face jail time. The US government is prohibiting cell phones and cameras in the processing areas. The Nazi Gestapo is alive and well in the US and Japan. Japan muzzles the news flow concerning the ongoing Fukishima nuclear disaster threatening to jail any citizen that does not have their stories and video tape approved ahead of time. And now the US muzzles any negative news stories from the border crisis threatening penalties and jail time. A ‘free country’ is a relative term nowadays since the US is no longer truly free as the government control of news, as well as spying on all Americans, clearly verifies. The upside is that the US is ‘more free’ than most other nations but the veteran’s did not fight for a more free country they fought for a free country. Americans are quick to give-up liberty and Constitutional rights these days without a care or concern. They will care in a few years.

The UAL airplane emergency landing yesterday had a happy ending, however, new concerns are raised that the smell of an electrical fire was in the cabin at takeoff. United Continental should have never allowed the plane to fly so UAL may trade lower tomorrow.

Germany faces Argentina in the World Cup football (soccer) final championship game and after 120 minutes of play Germany wins 1-0; the fourth World Cup for Germany. Argentina and Brazil (the hosting nation) are bitter rivals so the loss by Argentina serves to keep the city streets calm across Brazil. The DAX and German stocks and ETF’s such as EWG may catch a bid when markets open for the new week of trading in a few hours.

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The Society of Professional Journalists and nearly 40 other organizations speak in opposition against the US government suppressing news. President Obama and the US government are preventing news reports from the southern border crisis to lessen the negative political effect on the president. The journalists are equally at fault since they have protected the president in recent years writing puff pieces, asking soft-ball questions and ignoring the ongoing IRS, VA, Benghazi and other scandals. Journalists, reporters and politicians all attend parties and socialize together in Washington, DC, so the political scene is highly incestuous and an insider’s game. The complaints by journalists are a theatrical faux display and will likely fade away into the background. The US controls the media news flow more and more each day which is how Nazi Germany’s rise to power began.

The kidnapped girl’s tragedy in Nigeria continues with the Islamic terrorist group Boko Haram nutcase leader Abubaker Shekau mocking the efforts to find and free the girls. The search for the girls has stalled. First Lady Michelle Obama advertised the #bringbackourgirls hashtag weeks ago to bring attention to the situation but after the photo-op all was forgotten. Hundreds of schoolgirls abducted by Boko Haram remain missing in Nigeria and neighboring countries. Many are likely held captive in caves.