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Animal Spirits Roar Back – Tuesday, Dec. 7

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Market View: A return of risk appetites can be seen through the capital markets today, arguably encouraged by ideas that Omicron is manageable and China’s stimulus. Led by Hong Kong and Japan, the MSCI Asia Pacific rose by the most in three months, while Europe’s Stoxx 600 gapped higher, leaving a potentially bullish island bottom in its wake. US futures point to a gap higher opening when the local session begins.

The bond market is taking it in stride. The US 10-year Treasury is slightly firmer at 1.44%, while European yields are 1-3 bp higher. The dollar-bloc currencies and Norway are leading the move higher among most major currencies. The yen and euro are softer. Sterling struggles to sustain upticks. Among emerging markets currencies, the Turkish lira is bouncing, while most central European currencies are being dragged lower by the weaker euros.

The JP Morgan Emerging Market Currency Index is slightly higher after four consecutive losses. Gold is trading within yesterday’s narrow range. Oil continues to recover, and the January WTI contract is up around 2.5% (after yesterday’s 4.9% advance) and is above $71.50 a barrel. US natgas prices dropped 11.5% yesterday and have come back firmer today, while the European benchmark (Dutch) is up 7% today (~+0.5% yesterday) to near last week’s highs. Iron ore prices jumped 7.7% today after 2.5% yesterday, perhaps encouraged by strong Chinese import figures. Copper prices are also firm.

Read More @ Talk Markets HERE

Trudeau’s ‘conversion therapy’ ban could result in parents being jailed

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Assessment: Bill C-4 would punish anyone helping children or others with gender confusion or unwanted same-sex attraction with jail time of up to five years … 

Canada’s national pro-life organization Campaign Life Coalition (CLC) warned that a radical pro-LGBT bill banning so-called “conversion therapy” in all its forms could lead to parents and pastors being jailed.

Bill C-4 was passed without debate last Wednesday with sweeping bipartisan support, after Conservative Party of Canada Member of Parliament Rob Moore successfully motioned to have the bill “fast-tracked” to the Senate.

“And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a debased mind, to do those things which are not fitting” Romans 1:28

In essence, Bill C-4 would punish anyone helping children or others with gender confusion or unwanted same-sex attraction with jail time of up to five years.

In a new video titled, “Trudeau Liberals admit ‘conversion therapy’ ban can put parents & pastors in jail,” CLC showed past video clips of Trudeau ministers speaking about previous iterations of Bill C-4.

CLC linked what Liberal party ministers have said in the past about its attempts at so called “conversion therapy” legislation, to what could happen today should Bill C-4 become law.

On March 9, 2020, then Justice Minister David Lametti was asked by reporters if the first attempt at a conversion therapy ban with Bill C-8 “would make it illegal for religious leaders to condemn homosexuality.”

Read More @ Zero Hedge HERE

Germany is trying to go dark by shutting down all nuclear power plants, leaving only unreliable wind and solar

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Assessment: “In just over a month,” reports Peter Bardland, “Germany will close 3 of its newest and best nuclear power plants and more than 4050 MW of electricity will disappear from northern Europe’s power grid …

The European powerhouse of Germany is on a mission to phase out all of its nuclear power plants and replace them with massive wind and solar farms.

By the end of 2022, it is being reported, Germany will have shuttered another six nuclear plants with a total baseload capacity of 8.54 gigawatts, which is enough to power the entire nation of Denmark twice.

“The wise lay up knowledge, but the mouth of a fool brings ruin near.” Proverbs 10:14

Why is Germany doing this? Because the globalists want to phase out all viable sources of electricity generation throughout the West and replace them with unreliable “clean” energy.

Ironically enough, the nuclear plants currently slated for closure in Germany actually saved that country from a blackout earlier this year when wind and solar power failed to deliver as expected.

Read More @ Natural News HERE

Italy Bans Unvaccinated From Public Life With ‘Super Green Pass’

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Assessment: European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has also encouraged forced vaccination, calling on EU-wide discussions of the measure in a move described as the “Chinafication of Europe” …

Italy is rolling out its ‘Super Green Pass’ today, barring the unvaccinated from a variety of events and amenities, even if they have a negative COVID test.

Unvaccinated individuals are now barred from eating indoors at restaurants, attending sports events, concerts, theatres, and other public events, regardless of whether or not they have tested negative for the Chinese Coronavirus, reports Italian newspaper Il Giornale.

“Like a roaring lion and a rushing bear
Is a wicked ruler over a poor people.” Proverbs 28:15 

The new measures are part of the implementation of the new ‘Super Green Pass‘, which will further delineate between vaccinated and unvaccinated people in Italy. Those who have recently recovered from the virus will also be able to get the new pass, the paper says.

Mandatory vaccination is also being expanded, according to a report from Sky News, with school staff, police, and those working in the military now forced to take the jab or risk their job from next week. Healthcare workers in the country are already subject to the requirement.

Restrictions are also being rolled out to public transport, with passengers needing to show a ‘basic’ green pass, proving that they are vaccinated against COVID, have recovered from the disease, or have a negative test within 72 hours to ride.

Police are set to carry out spot-checks on public transport to ensure that the new rules are being followed, with those found to be contravening the new restrictions facing fines of up to €1,000.

Read More @ Breitbart HERE

UN adopts three resolutions condemning Israel, ignores Jewish ties to Temple Mount

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Assessment: UN Watch recently launched a detailed database that documents the U.N.’s bias against Israel. It revealed that since 2015, the General Assembly has passed 115 resolutions condemning Israel and only 45 against other countries …

The U.N. General Assembly passed three resolutions this week that targeted Israel, which brings the total to 14 resolutions being adopted in the next month that single out the Jewish state.

“Yet I have chosen Jerusalem, that My name may be there, and I have chosen David to be over My people Israel.” 2 Chronicles 6:6

“The U.N’s assault on Israel with a torrent of one-sided resolutions is surreal,” said UN Watch executive director Hillel Neuer after the three resolutions were adopted on Wednesday. “It’s absurd that in the year 2021, out of some 20 U.N. General Assembly resolutions that criticize countries, 70 percent are focused on one single country—Israel. What drives these lopsided condemnations is a powerful political agenda to demonize the Jewish state.”

One of the resolutions from Wednesday refers to the Temple Mount, Judaism’s holiest site, only by its Muslim name, “Haram al-Sharif.” Another resolution solely puts the blame on Israel for the lack of peace in the Middle East and makes no mention of terrorist attacks and human-rights violations by the Palestinian Authority, Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad.

The resolutions were adopted two days after the United Nations held its annual “International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People” on Nov. 29.

Key Pharmaceuticals Could Be Threatened By Supply Chain Backlogs, Warns FDA

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Assessment: “We estimate companies covered by the mandate could lose 37% of drivers at a time when the nation is already short 80,000 truck drivers …

The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is warning that supply chain bottlenecks are threatening the availability of over 100 pharmaceutical products.

According to its website, the agency has “asked manufacturers to evaluate their entire supply chain, including active pharmaceutical ingredients, finished dose forms, and any components that may be impacted in any area of the supply chain due to the COVID-19 outbreak.”

“… And there will be famines, pestilences, and earthquakes in various places” Matthew 24:7

Fox Business reported that among the 111 items on backorder are “heart medications, antibiotics, and cancer drugs.”

For the past several months, international supply chains have been disrupted by renewed lockdowns in Asian economies and labor shortages in the United States — preventing consumer goods from reaching American shelves. According to the Council on Foreign Relations, American companies have grown increasingly reliant upon pharmaceutical imports from China and India. As of March 2020, 80% of active pharmaceutical ingredients and 90% of generic medicines come from the two nations.

Beyond pharmaceuticals, the supply chain and labor shortage crises are affecting the defense industry.

Dozens of industry groups recently warned that the Biden administration’s COVID-19 vaccine and testing mandate will worsen the supply chain crisis by barring some truck drivers from the job market.

Read More @ Daily Wire HERE

Watch: Israeli Stabbed at Damascus Gate Shabbat Afternoon, Terrorist Eliminated

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Assessment: Kensett members from the Joint Arab List called the shooting of the terrorist an “execution.” …

Around 4:30 PM on Shabbat, a terrorist arrived near the Damascus Gate of the Old City of Jerusalem and after approaching a civilian, 20, who passed by him, pulled out a knife and started stabbing him. He then tried to stab a Border Police officer who was at the scene.

A vigilant Border Police officer took aim at the terrorist and shot him several times. The terrorist was eliminated.

“Because the Lord has sworn: the Lord will have war with Amalek from generation to generation.” Exodus 17:16 

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The victim, who was stabbed in the neck, was evacuated in a moderate to serious condition to Shaare Zedek Hospital in Jerusalem.

Read More @ Jewish Press HERE

Nevada Becomes First State To Impose Surcharge On Unvaccinated Workers

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Assessment: Revenue from the surcharges is expected to be about $18 million a year. Testing costs are pegged at ranging from $12 million to $24 million …

Nevada on Thursday became the first U.S. state to impose a surcharge on workers who have not gotten a COVID-19 vaccine, though the penalty doesn’t take effect until the middle of next year.

All but two members of the state’s Public Employees’ Benefit Program Board (PEBP) voted during a meeting to approve a surcharge of $55 a month on unvaccinated workers.

“He causes all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hand or on their foreheads” Rev. 13:16

The approved proposal also stipulates a surcharge of $175 a month for workers’ spouses, partners, and dependents 18 and older. That could be adjusted down the road.

The surcharges will go into effect on July 1, 2022.

They’ll help offset the costs of COVID-19 testing, Laura Rich, executive officer of the board, said.

Testing costs through September were estimated at $3.3 million.

The board did not analyze the cost of COVID-19 hospitalizations for the proposal because that would have made the surcharge for spouses and dependents “significantly higher,” Rich said. State rules bar making the surcharge on workers any higher.

Nevada’s Department of Labor last month released guidance saying the surcharges were legal, and Rich compared them to surcharges on smokers imposed by plans in the past.

Exemptions are available for religious or medical reasons, as required by law.

Read More @ Zero Hedge HERE

House Overwhelmingly Passes Bill to Fund Government Vax Database

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Assessment: The bill’s main sponsor, Representative Ann McLane Kuster (D-N.H.), said in a statement that the legislation will help “to better prepare our health care system for future public health crises …

The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill that would allow the federal government to know each and every single American’s vaccination status — knowledge it supposedly needs to “prevent future public health crises.”

In a 294-130 vote on Tuesday, the House approved the Immunization Infrastructure Modernization Act of 2021, or H.R. 550, which provides $400 million for “immunization system data modernization and expansion, and for other purposes.” Every Democrat voted in favor of the bill. It was also supported by 80 Republicans, while 130 Republicans voted “nay.” Now the bill is sent to the Democrat-controlled Senate, where it will likely be passed.

“Here is wisdom. Let him who has understanding calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man: His number is 666.” Rev. 13:18

The legislation defines “immunization information system” (IIS) as “a confidential, population-based, computerized database that records immunization doses administered by any health care provider to persons within the geographic area covered by that database.”

The bill starts with and specifically outlines an expansion of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Public Health Department capabilities and enhances the ability of state and local health departments, as well as public and private healthcare providers, to share immunization data with the federal government.

Read More @ New American HERE

Biden Admin Waives Sanctions on Iran as Nuclear Talks Restart

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Assessment: Obama 2.0. Coddling terror regimes to the detriment of Israel …

The Biden administration quietly waived sanctions on Iran to allow the hardline regime to sell electricity to Iraq, according to a non-public notification obtained by the Washington Free Beacon that was provided to Congress just as nuclear talks between the United States and Tehran resumed this week.

The timing of the waiver notification—which was signed Nov. 19 but not transmitted to Congress until Nov. 29, the day nuclear negotiations resumed—has prompted accusations the Biden administration is offering concessions to Tehran to generate goodwill as talks aimed at securing a revamped version of the 2015 nuclear deal restart following a months-long standoff.

“I will bless those who bless you,
And I will curse him who curses you;
And in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.” Genesis 12:3 

During the several-month pause, Tehran increased its nuclear program, including the enrichment of uranium and installation of advanced nuclear centrifuges. One senior congressional source familiar with the matter said the delay in transmitting the waiver to Congress indicates the administration is sensitive to the optics of waving sanctions just as negotiations resume.

Richard Goldberg, the former director for countering Iranian weapons of mass destruction on Trump’s White House National Security Council, told the Washington Free Beacon that the latest electricity waiver amounts to a “dressed-up Chanukah present to” Iran.

“This is just another unfortunate example of projecting weakness and deference at a time when the U.S. needs to build leverage and project strength,” said Goldberg, who is now a senior adviser to the Foundation for Defense of Democracies think tank. “If the waiver was going to be renewed for Iraq relations, it should have been messaged and announced well before arrival in Vienna. It just screams desperation.”

Iran insists the United States unwind all economic sanctions that were imposed by the Trump administration, a demand the Biden administration says it is willing to make good on.

Read More @ Free Beacon HERE