Northwest Passage

The most likely route would be the most southern route, in my opinion.  According to this map, it would traverse areas that Canada claims as territorial waters.  If it requires Canadian approval, then it may never be developed.

Even if this could be avoided, environmentalists would oppose it.

Nevertheless, a passage through this area could make Greenland more significant.  Note that Greenland is south of the Arctic Circle in the southern regions.  It may also be true of much of the southernmost route in Canada.

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Belaboring the obvious

Much has been made of the market's drop yesterday.

A little perspective here:

Look at this chart.  Even with the drop yesterday, the market is still above the close on August 14.  Yes, it bears watching.  No, it is not time to push the panic button.

The POTUS' moves regarding China are minor moves.  His tweets seem to be more significant, but the market's reaction is overblown.  Of course, the politics of it is off the charts.

One more thing...  Usually when there is recession talk, the Fed is already easing.  Why not now?

Cover-up

Comment:

The FBI refuses to comply with a court order to release documents.  It certainly looks like the FBI has something to hide.

That's only my opinion, of course.  But stuff like that, and then you have this story...

Ohr 302 Notes Prove FBI Tried to Hide True Source of Trump-Russia Allegations https://t.co/ZXYNwHXHF0 via @epochtimes

— Greg Meadows (@BootsandOilBlog) August 23, 2019

Money talks

Comment:

You can believe that there is a sea-change going on out there when the money-grubbers start taking a beating.

Hahahahahahahahahaha.

Deep breath.

Hahahahahahahahahaha.

Idiots. We all saw this coming. https://t.co/nqwqnRUPsF

— Jeff Carlson (@themarketswork) August 22, 2019

Party that claims to be fighting for democracy reveals their hypocrisy

Comment:

Gabbard is being forced out for making Kamala Harris look bad.   Gabbard is ahead of those not forced out yet.

In other words, some rich folks who bankrolled Harris want to punish Gabbard despite Gabbard's rise in the polls.

It's not about democracy, which is how they represent themselves.  Watch what they do, not what they say.

Gabbard seems to be as unprincipled as the rest of this corrupt organization.  The point is that it doesn't matter who wins the nomination.  They are all bad.

Payback: Democrats rig Tulsi Gabbard right out of their next debate https://t.co/tGcKdMuN6o

— Greg Meadows (@BootsandOilBlog) August 23, 2019

Greenland swings like a pendulum do

Comment:

Two observations:

1. The map supplied makes it look like there's a navigable waterway from the North Atlantic to the Arctic Ocean.  If it is, that would seem like news.  There would definitely be an advantage to having that.
2. Trump successfully fought off the Chinese gambit to gain rights to the Island.  If the Danes were seriously considering this, then they must be fools.

The world isn't a kind place.  But the liberals act as if it was.  The only people the libs can hate are the people of the United States of America.

Was Greenland “for sale” when the Chinese were shopping in 2017? https://t.co/c6KPqMGeLL

— Greg Meadows (@BootsandOilBlog) August 22, 2019

Once upon a time...

... I did these videos. 

Why bother with them now?  Just to experiment a bit.  I've learned a couple tricks with video editing software, so I thought I would enhance the old videos and see how they play now.

An asteroid "could" strike too

Comment:

But the odds are against an asteroid strike.   What could really rock DC is if anybody actually held them accountable for their misdeeds.

Note the use of the word "could" in the tweet.  DC is so corrupt that even the truth wouldn't rock these people.

They have to go.  If not now, when?

10 declassified Russia collusion revelations that could rock Washington this fall https://t.co/XS4LDbEFlx

— Greg Meadows (@BootsandOilBlog) August 21, 2019

Biden Doctor reassures skeptics that the former Veep really has a brain

Comment:

His brain works as well as always, or so we have been told.  That might be news in itself.

Biden Doctor Insists: Former VP ‘Has a Brain That Is Functioning’ https://t.co/nOLoh8OFKn

— Greg Meadows (@BootsandOilBlog) August 21, 2019

Germany's bond yields go fully-negative

Comment:

As opposed to Germany, the 30-year yield is still above 2%.  Which of these would YOU prefer?

Might explain some of the lowering long bond yields.

As for the inverted yield curve here in the States, a few oddities need to be mentioned:

1. Usually the short term rates RISE and overtake the longer term rates.  This time, the longer term rates are taking a dive below the shorter term rates.
2. Usually the press doesn't go gaga over an inverted yield curve.  Normally, it is a non-event.
3. Recessions are never blamed on Federal Reserve Policy.  If the Media is complaining about the yield curve now, then this is a first.  When a recession finally hits after a long time with an inverted yield curve, the blame goes to greedy corporations.  If it is a Republican administration, then it is their fault.  If not, it is somebody else's fault.  Never left-wing political moves.
4. A recession is usually accompanied by news that sounds like a recession.  Layoffs, poor economic numbers, and so on.  Instead of that, the numbers are good.

News reporting sucks.  But I repeat myself.

UPDATE 2-Germany sells new 30-year bond with negative yield, a first https://t.co/yB4g2xCsjF

— Greg Meadows (@BootsandOilBlog) August 21, 2019

Money talks

Comment:

So what explains the lack of movement in the Rasmussen polls?  If Trump is gaining among those core Dem constituencies, shouldn't his overall polling rise too?  Or are Trump's followers dropping out?

The last election shows how people will vote.  Nothing much has changed since then since this kind of talk didn't show in the last election results.

Perhaps the voting patterns will change.  If the reporting changes, it will speak louder than these polls since "money talks".  If the public has had enough of the anti-American reporting, the big media conglomerates and multinationals will lose their audience, and hence ad revenues.  Once that starts happening, then the reporting will have to come around, or they will lose even more money.

Trump: Huge Gains Among Blacks, Latinos & Millennials – 2020 Election Alert! https://t.co/TxvFlrEvgK

— Greg Meadows (@BootsandOilBlog) August 21, 2019

"Iwo Jima" hill as the garbage heap known as the "news" media

Comment:

Planting the flag like the Marines did in the Pacific.

Nobody is shooting, yet....

Betsy Ross First Flag Movement – Grrr Graphics https://t.co/FkfpfrBmD2 via @grrrgraphics

— Greg Meadows (@BootsandOilBlog) August 20, 2019

Can't be this bad

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This is Bee-Ess.  The only people who would be harmed would be the ones who don't have the sense to come out of the rain.

All you have to do is unplug.  How friggin' hard is that?

"Beam me up Scotty!"

AND WE’RE LESS WELL-PREPARED: A Major Cyber Attack Could Be Just as Deadly as Nuclear Weapons, Says… https://t.co/bCItXF45Yd

— Greg Meadows (@BootsandOilBlog) August 19, 2019

Or, get the eff outta here.

"Hold on to your butts"

Comment:

The title line was from the movie "Jurassic Park", in which the decision was made to shut down everything and restart.  Nobody was sure what the effects of such a move would be.  Everything seemed okay, but eventually, chaos ensued as the raptor pit was affected in unforeseen ways.  The raptors got loose.

The reason I'm using this phrase is that the political situation is unstable.  Trust is being destroyed.  Epstein's suspicious death raises questions on both sides of the aisle.  Each side is just as likely to blame the other for the convenience of his death.

Now Mifsud is worried about his own safety.  No doubt that there would be people who could find his death very convenient as well.

If he dies mysteriously, who knows what could happen.  Hence the phrase in the title.

Somebody could be setting this whole thing up as a real coup.  The soft coup isn't working, so this one could be the real thing.

Assisted Suicide Avoidance - John Brennan Intel Asset Joseph Mifsud "Gave Audio Tape Deposition Before Going Into Hiding"... https://t.co/lK4SV4fld8 via @thelastrefuge2

— Greg Meadows (@BootsandOilBlog) August 19, 2019

Mainstream Media is not Mainstream

Comment:

They might as well be Tass during the Soviet Union Cold War Era.  At that time, Tass was anti-American and quite hostile to the United States.

If the so-called Mainstream media is mainstream, then I'm an astronaut.