Higgenbotham's Dark Age Hovel

[aeden]

They cannot fathom what a effective tax rate is and thats when we terminated the brick and mortor in that locality since that segment had a ten year licensing as digital as streaming and layering of services gained traction when we shifted into the ISP and out. You appear earnest and sincere but politicians have one view. What only concerns the Scorpian. I would rather deal with the IRS as indicated and did and some time later with the SEC sanctioning to roll out per the terms of contract. Just as we suggested they will never Lerner nothing and that is true in that context since all thay can do is drive a Bus and run every thing over as it appears for plasuable denial. Day one data fragility was noted and yes your correct that they cannot learn since they are not value added which is clear but I understand the view as gain sharing alluded the map since if no revenue from capex the opex took it out as failed to deliver so why pay anything as terms appear to be what you noted they are basically deluded to lie cheat steal and yea contracts do matter but that never matters the facts at hand.
You lever three scopian fits as there are three ways to make a living in business: be first, be smarter, or cheat.
What we leaned also was if change from the outside is faster that the change on the inside Pareto will sort out
as it will be as though a man fled from a lion only to meet a bear, as though he entered his house and rested his hand on the wall only to have a snake bite him as Amos warned to affairs now here also.
As you alluded to earlier and we noted the Fugger type of logic will get you by as H noted the effects in these Times.
We will double production as water, wheat, weather apply.

[Higgenbotham]

Reuters
Stock markets may face correction, says Goldman Sachs
Nell Mackenzie
Fri, February 21, 2025 at 9:55 AM CST 2 min read

LONDON (Reuters) - Wall Street stocks could be facing a correction because of ructions in the options market, Goldman Sachs specialist Scott Rubner said in a Thursday note seen by Reuters on Friday.

Roughly $2.7 trillion of U.S. stock market derivatives are due to expire on Friday, which if not exercised, will put pressure on stock markets and stoke volatility, the note said.

WHY IT'S IMPORTANT

S&P 500 and European stock markets hit a record highs on Tuesday but have since declined amid Trump's latest tariff warning on pharmaceuticals, semiconductor chips and wood, which among other threats, has exacerbated fears of a broad trade war and unnerved investors.

Stock buying might be slowing for other reasons, as well. Retail traders in the U.S. are trading less because they'll have to pay their annual taxes, and average flows from retirement funds into mutual and exchange-traded funds typically taper in March, Rubner said.

BY THE NUMBERS

About $2.7 trillion of equity options, or derivatives that allow a trader to bet that a stock will reach a certain price, expire Friday, said the Goldman note.

These derivatives include wagers on the S&P 500, as well as U.S. exchange-traded funds and single stocks.

Banks and intermediaries that help put on these bets have over $9 billion of hedges against these trades. These positions have acted as a dampener on volatility, says the Goldman note, "supporting weakness and muting rallies."

KEY QUOTE

If investors do not return to renew their options bets, then intermediaries also have to unwind their hedges, explains Dan Izzo, founder of the hedge fund BLKBRD Asset Management and a former bank trader.

"That translates as a large momentary pressure. The larger risk is if there's no one willing to buy that impact, we could see it trigger a larger sell off," said Izzo.

(Reporting By Nell Mackenzie, Editing by Amanda Cooper and Philippa Fletcher)

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/stock-ma ... 41281.html

The stock market to me is reminiscent of the grind higher 5 years ago before covid hit. For a target under that scenario, I would throw out 3393 plus 2800, or 6193. Then for the trigger I would suggest pandemic 2.0 due to H5N1. Though I am short and not trying to figure out where the exact top will be.

My guess now is it doesn't get to 6193. But I've remained short and haven't been trying to hit the exact top.

The top 5 years ago (and all time high at the time) before covid hit was on February 19, and February 19 was also the top (and all time high) last week. In the market there have been significant highs and lows 5 years apart, sometimes almost to the day.

[Higgenbotham]

Warren Buffett, warning of ‘scoundrels’ and ‘fiscal folly,’ slashes his exposure to U.S. stocks
Story by Brett Arends
Last Updated: Feb. 23, 2025 at 5:41 p.m. ET
First Published: Feb. 22, 2025 at 1:45 p.m. ET

Warren Buffett, warning of ‘scoundrels’ and ‘fiscal folly,’ slashes his exposure to U.S. stocks

It surely says nothing cheerful that Warren Buffett, the world’s most famous and successful investor, now holds more than half of his company’s net assets in cash and Treasury bills.

Or that the legendary chairman of the Berkshire Hathaway conglomerate now has more in cash than he does in traded U.S. stocks.

Or that in his latest annual letter to investors, the 94-year-old has taken a break from his usual patriotic boosterism, and instead is warning about the risks to America from “fiscal folly” and from “scoundrels and promoters” who “take advantage of those who mistakenly trust them.”

“The American process has not always been pretty,” he wrote.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/savinga ... b8f28&ei=8
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/warre ... x#cxrecs_s

[Higgenbotham]

The top 5 years ago (and all time high at the time) before covid hit was on February 19, and February 19 was also the top (and all time high) last week. In the market there have been significant highs and lows 5 years apart, sometimes almost to the day.

I neglected to say that the significant low 5 years ago was March 23, 2020. It would seem too easy to get a crash into that date this year but who knows.

[aeden]

confluence
march sweeps
sentiment of psychological tint
pattern recon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOLqlVlRy4Y

[aeden]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAMdDglEOw0 <------- common sense to reconsider
Yea we are increases local production for family and friends.
The issue is as real as the ignorances that avoid whats been here.
Get a proper check for path forward which is best practice.
The reorder for sweeps would be wise for mapping and order of operation.
Local test wells can provide guidance to risk and reward maps. Get moving.
If your a damned tree hugger and eco eat bark and mountain vibe nut case good luck
stick to traditional benefits and yea we also understand preventive and sane procative measures.
Like H we will build the soil and are for the future based on facts.

[aeden]

-.17%
Confluences into early march as forwarded.
Bond market decided current map imo.
Emo market ripping us off long overdue on tariffs.
For those who hedged early good decision.

[Higgenbotham]

The timeline also indicates that the ascending Kali Yuga, which is the current epoch in which we are living, will end in 2025 CE. The full manifestation of the next Yuga – the ascending Dwapara – will take place in 2325 CE, after a transitional period of 300 years.

According to the Yuga Cycle doctrine, the transitional periods between the Yugas are associated with a collapse of civilisations and environmental catastrophes (pralaya), which wipe out virtually every trace of any human civilisation.

https://www.newdawnmagazine.com/article ... yuga-cycle

That sounds a lot like Howe's astrology.

RADIO February 26, 2025
CRYPTIC Prediction from Controversial Russian Philosopher is NOT Pro-West. It's APOCALYPTIC
Glenn reviews a series of cryptic tweets from Russian philosopher and Putin influencer Alexander Dugin

So let me explain it this way. I want you to imagine a clock tower. Clock tower in an old village, its gears are grinding. Its hands are now sticking. And it's been this way, going for centuries. But it is just barely operating.

That clock is our modern world. Our science. Our democracy. Our smartphones. Our highways.

Built on reason and progress, but things are starting to come up. Right?

So Dugin looks at that clock, and sees that it is breaking. And its gears are rusting. And its hands are spinning out of control.

And when you and I would say, we have to fix that thing, he doesn't say that. He wants to smash it.

He wants to take us back to a time before the clock existed and time didn't matter. Before science and reason. You know, back to a mythical, almost magical age where the world was filled with mystery and kings and gods held sway. Everything felt sacred and ordered. Basically, the heart of what he's after is a return to a past that never really existed. You know, he's looking for king Arthur's castle. But he believes that it can be reborn. But only through Russia.

Now, I want to take you to his post, that he posted yesterday, where he talked about something called Kali Yuga. My gosh. This is like a long winter for the soul of the world, an age of chaos and greed and moral rot! He says, thinkers believe this dark age, that we're currently in may end in 2025. And it will open a door to a new beginning. Now, to you, that might sound like fairytale or horoscopes or whatever. But to Dugin, this is a map. It's a prophecy, that he is using to argue that our world, our jobs, our freedoms, our tech is all falling apart. And he believes, that 2025, this year could be the year, the curtain drops on all of it. Now, he's not just predicting this. He's rooting for it.

https://www.glennbeck.com/radio/cryptic ... pocalyptic



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Foreign Policy as Spiritual Warfare: A Conversation With Aleksandr Dugin
by Edward Stawiarski

Malofeev’s letter demonstrates how Russians like Dugin
view the conflict in Ukraine: as a holy war that will purge
modernity from the Eurasian sphere and end what Guénon
described as the Kali Yuga—the Hindu concept for a
decadent age of strife and sin. It is this deep religious and
spiritual motivation behind Russia’s campaign in Ukraine
that has been dangerously overlooked by Western analysts
and has forced them to misunderstand Russian motives.

To the extent that Dugin does influence Putin and other
Russian leaders, that influence is deeply religious and
frames events as a battle between the ideologies of
modernity and traditionalism. The conclusion of this conflict will
without a doubt have unimaginable consequences upon religion,
culture, and geopolitics for years to come. Dugin’s
philosophy is making its mark on the world, right before
our eyes

https://philarchive.org/archive/STAFPA-3

[aeden]

Trapped Sheep
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-8BocJR14k

[Higgenbotham]

O’Malley: DOGE cuts could soon trigger Social Security system ‘collapse’
by Ailia Zehra - 03/03/25 3:24 PM ET

Martin O’Malley, the former commissioner of the Social Security Administration (SSA), said Monday the recent cuts made by tech billionaire Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) at the agency could result in the “collapse” of the Social Security system “within the next 30 to 90 days.”

O'Malley, a Democrat who also served as Maryland governor from 2007-15, told CNBC the recent DOGE initiatives may jeopardize monthly benefit payments for over 72.5 million Americans.

He warned the current administration’s attempts to reduce the workforce will lead to the departure of vital staff and threaten the agency’s fundamental operations.

“Ultimately, you’re going to see the system collapse and an interruption of benefits,” he said. “I believe you will see that within the next 30 to 90 days.”

https://thehill.com/homenews/administra ... -collapse/