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It smells like a scam and it smells like a Maheu operation that got sidetracked due to his death and a determined effort by TPTB to delay the distribution of the winnings.I can still see both as the truth.Mahue being used and duped by a penny stock promoter makes less sense to me so I'm going with the successful sting and funds in a frozen trust story.I can't see Maheu getting duped and exploited by UC. And I don't see Desperado being duped by Acca. And I don't see Acca doing his thing until 2016 unless he was indeed getting his info directly from Robert and Peter. So I'm waiting for the DOJ restitution show to end. After that there will be a .40pps notification from a Vegas law firm or it was all a very cruel lie that I can move on from.
The money is in the trust Robert Maheu set up. His death opened the door for the long delay of the inevitable distribution as Peter and the trustees didn't have the iron will that Robert Maheu had. 2022 is shaping up to be the year.IMO
End the public legal show and let's get paid. The restitution process is the last delay tactic IMO. The alleged frozen trust should be unleashed right after the restitution show ends. Everything fits, including the size of the prize at .40pps.Cheers
All stocks are "speculative" especially in the big Wall Street casino supported by exponentially growing financial heroin and protected by government agencies who are protecting the scam that they depend on. This doesn't end well but until the day of collapse it beats working for a living. LOL! Riding the bull trend until 2027 is looking good. DOW 70,000 and S&P 1,000 here we come. IMO! Cheers n Hugs,HH
United States v. Brian Dvorak, et al (CMKM)
Case number: 2:09-CR-00132-RLH-RJJ
www.justice.gov/usao-nv/victim-witness-assistance/us-v-john-edwards-et-al-cmkm
United States v. Brian Dvorak, et al (CMKM)
Case number: 2:09-CR-00132-RLH-RJJ
January 3, 2022: Criminal charges in the case which involves defendant(s): Nickolaj Vissokovsky were dismissed on December 29, 2021. Since the charges have been dismissed, there are no longer any bail restrictions on the defendant's release.
We will have a town hall at the end of January to update the victims.
Please accept our apologies for any inconvenience due to the delayed update, and please know that your case is a priority for the dedicated staff professionals and AUSAs in our office.?
Defendants
Jeffrey Turino, Melissa Spooner, Ginger Gutierrez, James Kinney and Jeffrey Mitchell
Many are learning the prepper mentality the hard way.No TP and empty food shelves was a great learning experience.Many will develop preparedness thinking and practices.I am optimistic while staying realistic.New thinking is here and that includes "food insurance" for families.Many are waking up to the limitations of institutions and the vulnerabilities of our instant gratification life styles. Localization is catching on. The pandemic shook everyone to the core. Some are stressed out and acting out while others are reassessing and changing their lives. The door is wide open for healthy change and many are doing just that.This is the start of a new and much better age.Happy Holidays My Friend!
Acca was paid for 7 years by the Maheus to tell CMKXers what they wanted us to hear.Was it all a lie? Acca came back when asked even after he quit.He was loyal to the Maheus as he believed them and he knew about the trust.I'm not inclined to believe he was duped by an elaborate show that lasted until Peter died.Acca met many players he couldn't tell us about.Acca saw and heard things he couldn't share with us but much was shared with Des. I believe the trust exists.
That seems to be a majority opinion but I don't buy it.Des confirmed Acca got his info from both Maheus and Des stood by Acca for over a decade. Acca's role was classic Maheu and not classic penny stock scam.After Peter died I reached out to a member of the Maheu inner circle and they said they knew about the trust.As long as the government drags things out legally I suspect the trustees are powerless.The DOJ restitution show feels like one more legal obstacle blocking the release of the funds.I'm not waiting on the NESARA/GESARA nonsense but the DOJ thing does fit the delay delay delay game.We shall see.............
Maheu was clear headed until the day he died.
During the Second World War Rober Mahue posed as a Nazi-sympathising Canadian and infiltrated New York's German-American Bund, passing disinformation to spies who were eventually arrested." On his deathbed, Robert Maheu reminisced with his longtime friend Gordie Margulis about several moments in his life:
Interview with Robert Maheu
Remembering Robert Maheu
Former Gov. and Sen. Paul Laxalt:
“I don’t know of anybody who has contributed more to Nevada than Bob Maheu. He was one of the most gracious men I’ve known. He reminded me of Ron Reagan.”
Former Gov. and Sen. Richard Bryan:
“There was a kind of commanding presence about Bob Maheu. He was very charming, elegant and very sophisticated. There was never any doubt that when you were talking to Bob Maheu, you were talking to a man with a commanding presence, substance and style. He carried himself with a sense of authority, but not arrogance.”
Former Gov. Bob List:
“He was a big part of our history in this state in the last 50 years. He was a central figure in the development of Las Vegas (and) charming, a great raconteur who had a great amount of history in his head. In some ways he was as mysterious as Mr. Hughes himself. He loved his role and played it well.”
“He didn’t mention it by name — the Bay of Pigs — but he said he went home that night and told his wife, Eve, to go to bed and then he put on some classical music,” Margulis said.
“Bob sat in his chair all that night and through the next day and did not move or say a word. He was despondent because he knew the United States was not going to back the invasion he helped put together. He knew those men were going to die and he couldn’t do anything about it.”
Margulis said his friend of 40-plus years was an honorable man who put love of family and friends and patriotism above all else.
“He was a giant, this guy — a giant with a heart,” Margulis said.
Margulis was at Maheu’s bedside when Maheu, best-known as the alter-ego of billionaire businessman Howard Hughes, died of congestive heart failure Monday night at Kindred Hospital on Flamingo Road at age 90. “Everything he did he did with enthusiasm and loyalty.”
https://lasvegassun.com/news/2008/aug/06/his-was-influence-backed-hughes-cash/ ROBERT MAHEU: 1917-2008:
His was the influence that backed Hughes’ cash
Former spy brokered big deals that led to mob’s exit
By Ed Koch Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2008
Mr. Maheu and Son were selected for good reason.
Far reaching connections and vast experience:
February 02, 1998
"Mining for business intelligence"
LV firm has ties to government and business operatives
By Richard N. Velotta
LAS VEGAS SUN
When the Berlin Wall crumbled and the Soviet Union dissolved, there were a lot of stories making the rounds about out-of-work spies.
Where would undercover agents go to find work when the nation no longer needed organizations like the CIA?
One answer appears to be Las Vegas. A company with worldwide contacts in business, government and politics has opened here to gather and interpret information for businesses planning to compete in the global marketplace.
Global Intelligence Network is an information-gathering company led by a group that says it has past and present associations with the Central Intelligence Agency.
The company's mission: to give companies the information they need to make intelligent decisions before they invest millions of dollars in an operation abroad. That includes due diligence investigations, competitor analysis, checking out new business partners, customers and vendors and verifying financial, technical and political capabilities.
"Every case is different," said Peter Maheu, one of the five principals of the enterprise. "In some cases, we can find out what we need to know with a few phone calls and a little research. Other jobs can take longer and take contact with several people."
Maheu, former president of Trademark Protection Services, has done intelligence and investigative work in the United States and abroad and has written and lectured on business fraud. Among his clients from previous business associations have been the Hard Rock Cafe, 20th Century Fox, Mirage Studios and the Walt Disney Co.
Other principals of Global Intelligence, each of whom have worked directly or indirectly with CIA contacts:
* Robert Maheu, Peter's father, who for years was the primary consultant to Howard Hughes and his various Nevada enterprises. His clients have included the United Steelworkers of America, Greyhound Exposition Services, Sunbelt Communications Inc., Starvos Niarchos, Beijing Guoan Advertising Corp. and the CIA.
* Lawrence Casey, nephew of William Casey, the late director of the CIA, a former senior official in the Reagan and Bush administrations. Based in Palm Beach, Fla., Casey also has served in executive staff positions to several members of Congress.
* Thomas Lorentzen, a former top executive within the U.S. Small Business Administration in two presidential administrations. With a background in economics, business and politics, Lorentzen has worked with the American Gaming Association, International Game Technology and the Consumer Electronics Manufacturers Association. The owner of McKinley Group, a public relations and political consultant group, Lorentzen assisted in political campaigns at all government levels, working to elect President Reagan and Sen. Paul Laxalt and on the gubernatorial campaign of Cheryl Lau.
* Sam Nixon, an expert in regulatory compliance, fraud investigation and criminal intelligence. A member of the Economic Crime Investigators Association, the North American Gaming Regulators Association and the International Association of Financial Crimes Investigators, Nixon worked previously with the Arizona Department of Gaming as a division manager specializing in corporate investigations.
While the principal operators of the company know their way around American intelligence circles, their contacts in the outside world are astonishing. Global Intelligence says it has a working rapport with the CIA, the FBI, the National Security Agency and the Office of Naval Intelligence. The company also is affiliated with the Association of Former Intelligence Officers, Israel's Mossad and the former Soviet Union's KGB.
The associates pride themselves in having inside knowledge on government, politics and business affairs all over the world. They have contacts worldwide and while regimes rise and fall wherever there's turmoil, operatives usually stay in circulation in their respective countries because they stay neutral in their political affiliations.
So why would a company need such high-powered intelligence?
"We're able to give our clients the best possible information," said Casey. "We can save companies millions of dollars on the front end."
In the global economy, many businesses are seeking opportunities beyond U.S. borders. With doors opening in Eastern Europe and China and the lifting of sanctions in South Africa, business people have become aware of vast markets for everything from potato chips to computer chips.
But wandering into a foreign country to set up shop isn't for the inexperienced. Lorentzen recalled an experience with a company that was attempting to secure a gas pipeline project in the Middle East.
"There were a series of meetings between representatives of the company and a man who said he was a representative for the sultan of Brunei," said Lorentzen. "Meetings were conducted in a nice residence in Southern California and everything seemed on the up and up."
But the company sought some background on the representative to make sure he was able to make a deal he said he could. Lorentzen said company officials were told to ask to see the representative's letter of authority from the sultan, a common documentation from the ruling family of that country.
"When he (the representative) was asked for that, he apparently got very nervous and the company backed off on the deal," Lorentzen said. "He didn't have the authority to make the deal on behalf of the family. That was a case where the process ended before it even got started, but it saved the company a lot of money."
Peter Cunningham, the state's international trade director, said that since 23 percent of the nation's gross national product is attributed to international commerce, the more companies there are compiling accurate information, the better.
"The majority of companies in our state engaged in international business have been doing it at various levels of expertise," Cunningham said. "When you're dealing with a country with some perceived instability, like Russia, for example, these types of export management companies can be very valuable."
Cunningham said the state had its own brush with a company seeking to conduct business, but the representative's claims "sounded too good to be true."
"We did some checking and we found that, indeed, this person was not the most legitimate person we could be dealing with" and the process came to a halt, he said.
The reports Global Intelligence will deliver to clients will be comprehensive, the younger Maheu said. In addition to gathering facts and figures from the databases like Lexus and Nexus, the company will gather reports from operatives within the country under consideration.
While the company's focus is on the more complex international operations, it's capable of handling domestic inquiries.
The company has affiliate offices in New York, Washington, San Francisco, Phoenix, Palm Beach, Fla., and Shanghai, China.
Florida-based intelligence analysts interpret the information and prepare a briefing similar to those the CIA generates for the president and other high-ranking government officials.
"We put together a coherent package," Maheu said, "that will tell you what's in the wind."
"Global is an interpreter as opposed to a translator," said Casey. "An interpreter not only tell you what is said, but also tells you what it means. Several intelligence companies provide a mountain of information in reports; we can provide valuable assessments for successful business decisions."
In addition to checking references and gathering information, the company leaders say they have the resources to collect debt from people overseas, track hidden assets in foreign countries and develop contacts that can serve as reliable escorts to people traveling abroad.
Although the company leaders discount the cloak-and-dagger nature of their work, they still abide by principles commonly associated with the world of secret agents -- the necessity of confidentiality, discretion and trust.
As a result, they don't hand out lists of satisfied customers and they don't discuss their fees. There's no rate card and every contract is negotiated individually.
They aren't glorified private investigators and they say they won't take every client that comes through their door.
So why establish headquarters in Southern Nevada?
The elder Maheu has been sold on the area since he began working with Hughes here through the 1960s. And, like many other businesses that set up shop in the area, Global Intelligence enjoys the tax advantages the state has to offer.
"We really could set up anywhere," said Peter Maheu. "With telecommunications the way it is, we just need to be able to make contact with the outside world."
The company's modest office on Eastern Avenue, just south of Tropicana Avenue, doesn't have any specialized telephones or supercomputers on site. Most of the communicating they do is over standard phone lines and the Internet sleuthing they do is possible for any user. They talk, they fax, they e-mail -- no secret codes or encrypted messages are necessary.
Principals maintain offices and a small conference room in the headquarters decorated with renderings of the seals of the agencies with which the company associates. The conference room has a sign forbidding the taking of pictures, a souvenir from the Berlin Wall; and other walls have signed pictures from national heroes, mostly astronauts commemorating historic space missions.
Another reason the principals like Las Vegas is that, like other business people, they enjoy the access to top-notch entertainment and accommodations to wine and dine clients. World-class McCarran International Airport allows them to shuttle in and out quickly to virtually any destination, Maheu added.
But another key to locating in Las Vegas is its proximity to the heavy hitters of the gaming industry. With the amount of international diversity occurring in that industry, Global Intelligence officials see an opportunity to use their expertise on behalf of companies planning to build casinos in Australia, Southeast Asia and South Africa.
Gaming analyst Dave Ehlers of Las Vegas Investment Advisors said there's also a need for casinos to check out players who purport to be high rollers.
"In this country, there are ways to get bank records to get the full story on a player," Ehlers said. "It's not as easy to check out players from other countries. This company seems to have the right cast of characters to do that kind of investigating. If they can't figure it out, who could?"
Ehlers said most casinos "go it by happenstance" when making decisions on how to compensate top players. Casino companies are going to great lengths to take the guesswork out of establishing a comp level that best rewards the top players. Some are investing in high-tech tracking systems, but background information on players can be even more helpful in establishing credit limits and comp packages.
"Anytime you can learn more about a marketplace or about business partners in an investment opportunity, any of that kind of intelligence is helpful," said Bob Shriver, executive director of the Nevada Commission on Economic Development. "It's just a matter of whether the cost associated with gathering the intelligence is worthwhile."
Shriver said most business people are honorable people -- but it never hurts to have additional information on prospective partners, clients and intermediaries.
"The old saying is that your word is your bond, and that still applies in Asia and in Latin America," Shriver said. "But the more you know about the people, the better off your business will be."
https://lasvegassun.com/news/1998/feb/02/mining-for-business-intelligence/
Desperado,Jan 11, 2016:"Remember the paramount reason we are nearing the successful end of our Journey... "CMKX Stockholder Unity". It was how the forces of "GOOD" defeated the forces of "Evil". And don't forget to pass the saga on to future generations, as how a relatively small group of individuals would not cave in against those who tried desperately to defeat us and failed!!! ~ Desperado
Sept 10,2015:"my duties of working with Pro, and our old team, have required Pro and I to stay in a very low-key position, until more credible information was available and provided, in order to prevent another "false-start", as has happened in the past"...~ Desperado
William Earl Bodenmiller AKA Desperado
William Earl Bodenmiller was born in Detroit on December 23, 1945. https://merklefh.com/tribute/details/7125/William-Bodenmiller/obituary.html#tribute-start In October 1987, Bill, would meet a special lady, Sandy (Moore) Cousino, a dealership office manager. The two quickly became good friends. In 2000, they began dating and finally in 2017 he asked for her hand in marriage.
Bill, age 74, of Monroe passed away on Saturday, February 22, 2020 in the Emergency Department of Promedica Monroe Regional Hospital. In addition to his parents his passing was preceded by a sister: Carol Shirley Westveer; a stepson: Dennis Cousino; and a brother-in-law: Delmar Moore.
Obituary of William Earl Bodenmiller
William Earl Bodenmiller was born in Detroit on December 23, 1945. He was the son of the late Homer A. and Genava Mae (Smith) Bodenmiller. When Bill was quite young his father would pass away. At this time his aunt, Bonita Joyce Smith, would move in with Genava to help raise the children. Bill was a 1963 graduate of Western High School. Later he would continue his studies to earn his Degree in Civil Engineering.
Bill enlisted in the United States Army and became one of the elite Green Beret. He would serve honorably from August of 1966-January 1989, spending three tours in Vietnam and being injured five times. For his exceptional service and bravery, Bill, was awarded three purple hearts, three bronze stars: two with valor, and a silver star.
Bill was also very active, working in the automotive industry for forty years. He performed in many capacities from car sales, management, consultant for Ford Motor Company, and had owned three dealerships in Tennessee, Ohio, and Indiana. On numerous occasions, Bill, had earned the prestigious Ford President’s Award. He would retire in 2005.
Bill was awarded the key to the City of Dearborn for saving a police officer’s life. This event also awarded him the privilege of wearing the Navy Trident on his Army uniform.
In October 1987, Bill, would meet a special lady, Sandy (Moore) Cousino, a dealership office manager. The two quickly became good friends. In 2000, they began dating and finally in 2017 he asked for her hand in marriage.
Bill was a food connoisseur, and in fact had a knack for finding great places to eat. He was a member of the NRA, enjoyed hunting and collecting guns, military memorabilia, and watching John Wayne movies.
Bill, age 74, of Monroe passed away on Saturday, February 22, 2020 in the Emergency Department of Promedica Monroe Regional Hospital. In addition to his parents his passing was preceded by a sister: Carol Shirley Westveer; a stepson: Dennis Cousino; and a brother-in-law: Delmar Moore.
To cherish his memory he leaves a beloved wife: Sandy of Monroe; two children: Rhonda (Don) Baron of Clarkston and John (Sally) Bodenmiller of Olathe, Kansas; a step daughter: Heather Mesagna of Dearborn; a brother: Ray "Rocky" (Carmine) Bodenmiller; a sister-in-law: Delorse Moore; two grandchildren: Christian (Mikela) and Christopher Bodenmiller; five step grandchildren: Zoe and Mary Catherine Matje, Cailyn (Steven) Flood, Madison and Grayson Cousino; one great granddaughter, the apple of his eye, 3 year old: Jazelle; and a special, long-time friend: Roberta Katona, Bob "Butch" Maley, along with many others.
Friends may gather from 2:00pm-8:00pm on Thursday, February 27, 2020 and from 10:00am until 11:00am on Friday, February 28 at Merkle Funeral Service, North Monroe; 2442 North Monroe Street (734)384-5185. Military honors will be provided by Monroe Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1138 at 11:00am Friday also at Merkle’s followed by a Celebration of His Life with Chaplain Paul Bentley officiating. Burial will take place at Great Lakes National Cemetery.
Memorials are suggested to the Wounded Warriors Project or the Salvation Army. Online guests may visit www.merklefs.com.
To send flowers to the family of William Bodenmiller,
Sep 14, 2015 Accadacca:
Accadacca:
$0.40 per share was accepted reluctantly as deal. $0.14 is going to another entity. The number has been lowered drastically due to the amount of corruption. There was no other choice but make a deal with the opponents. Acca is not happy with the number, but yet happy that it would bring closure. In a way it is a slap in the face, but such a return is still difficult to achieve otherwise. This is the only payment. No other payments will follow this one. Acca cannot say who made the deal on our behalf (sounds like he is not allowed to tell). There is no taxes on the $0.40 per share.
The settlement has to happen before April 2016. If it does not happen by April 2016, Acca would become extremely concerned. If it does not happen by then, big CMKX whales and Accadacca will become whistleblowers to make this end.
Bonafied will get packets.
The trust was frozen. IBM set it up.
Acca indicates he was sent. It was not his own choice.
Acca indicates this will be paid in US currency aka Federal Reserve fiat currency which will be exchangeable one for one for US Treasury Notes.
If you do not take the $0.40, you are playing the lottery. You are rolling the dice.
Acca states he met IBM, Peter, Don, Roger Glenn, Urban. I think it would be accurate to state he considers them all as friends.
$0.40 per share was accepted reluctantly as deal. $0.14 is going to another entity. The number has been lowered drastically due to the amount of corruption. There was no other choice but make a deal with the opponents. Acca is not happy with the number, but yet happy that it would bring closure. In a way it is a slap in the face, but such a return is still difficult to achieve otherwise. This is the only payment. No other payments will follow this one. Acca cannot say who made the deal on our behalf (sounds like he is not allowed to tell). There is no taxes on the $0.40 per share.
The settlement has to happen before April 2016. If it does not happen by April 2016, Acca would become extremely concerned. If it does not happen by then, big CMKX whales and Accadacca will become whistleblowers to make this end.
Bonafied will get packets.
The trust was frozen. IBM set it up.
Acca indicates he was sent. It was not his own choice.
Acca indicates this will be paid in US currency aka Federal Reserve fiat currency which will be exchangeable one for one for US Treasury Notes.
If you do not take the $0.40, you are playing the lottery. You are rolling the dice.
Acca states he met IBM, Peter, Don, Roger Glenn, Urban. I think it would be accurate to state he considers them all as friends.
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The following $3.87 trillion lawsuit article is significant not only due to it being the largest lawsuit ever, or that it exposes 'official' financial-fraud policies, or that it is still not being reported widely by mainstream media, but what is really special is that the examiner.com article supports the accuracy and integrity of Christopher Story's reporting, with its significance in naming the crooks by following the money trail.
• 09 January 2010: Text of the CMKM/CMKX lawsuit against the S.E.C.
Case Number CV10-00031-JVS (MLGX)
This Bivens action suit represents the largest fraud case in world history, and was filed in the U.S. District Court, Central District of California, on January 8th by Pasadena attorney Al Hodges
CMKM/CMKX $3.87 TRILLION LAWSUIT GOES 'MAINSTREAM'
CMKM was used by the U.S. government as part of a covert sting operation – unbeknownst to shareholders
"Agents and employees of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Department of Justice have represented repeatedly that the release of moneys for distribution was imminent, and/or would occur within several weeks, and/or would occur within less than a month. Each of said representations have been made knowing them to be false, and at the specific direction of the named Defendants"
At some date prior to June 1, 2004 the Securities and Exchange Commission in concert with the Department of Justice of the United States, together combined with Robert A. Maheu and others to utilize CMKM Diamonds, Inc. for the purpose of trapping a number of widely disbursed entities and persons who were believed to be engaged in naked short selling of CMKM Diamonds Inc. stock and cellar boxing the company.
The Securities and Exchange Commission and the Department of Justice, with assistance from the Department of Homeland Security, believed and developed evidence that said short sellers were utilizing their activities to illegally launder moneys, wrongfully export moneys, avoid payment of taxes, and to support foreign terrorist operations.
To fulfill the plan to criminally trap such wrongdoers, the Securities and Exchange Commission, with assistance from the Departments of Justice and Homeland Security:
To fulfill the plan to criminally trap such wrongdoers, the Securities and Exchange Commission, with assistance from the Departments of Justice and Homeland Security:
(a) Assisted in and approved the retention of Roger Glenn, an ex-SEC trial attorney and drafter of Sarbanes-Oxley, to join CMKM Diamonds Inc. for the purpose of verifying claims value, increasing authorized shares of stock to 800,000,000,000, and supervising from the inside of the company;
(b) Encouraged the company to expand its promotional activities, assisted in the set up of the “racing activities” of the company, and underwrote a substantial portion of the cost of such activities;
(c) Consented to, facilitated, and supported the sale of certain company claims to several foreign corporations;
(d) Consented to, facilitated, and supported the conferences between Robert A. Maheu and his associates on the one hand, and the wrongdoing short sellers on the other, all for the purpose of settling the potential liability of said wrongdoers with consent of the U. S. Government and a representation of no criminal prosecution for such illegal sales;
(e) Consented to, facilitated, and supported the declaration of dividends payable by the company to each common shareholder of CMKM Diamonds, Inc.
(f) Consented to, facilitated, and supported the distribution of shares of CIM, a private company owned by Urban Casavant, as a stock dividend, including consent and approval of distribution of said shares to holders of more than 1.4 Trillion shares of CMKM Diamonds, Inc. common stock.
Based on these assertions, CMKM was used by the U.S. government as part of a covert sting operation – unbeknownst to shareholders –
to apprehend criminals for their offenses. However, instead of prosecuting most of them, restitution deals were apparently cut:
• [Complaint paragraph 34] During the period from March, 2004 through August, 2006, on behalf of CMKM Diamonds, Inc. Robert A. Maheu, with assistance from others, negotiated a settlement with the illegitimate brokers, dealers, market makers, hedge funds, and other persons and entities that had engaged in naked short selling of CMKM Diamonds Inc. stock and cellar boxing the company. In exchange for a U. S. Government promise of no prosecution for such sales, the wrongdoers each promised to pay negotiated amounts to a frozen trust for disbursal at a later time.
Plaintiffs herein are informed and believe, and based thereon allege, that other moneys have been collected for the benefit of the shareholders of CMKM Diamonds, Inc. from the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation, from the United States Government, and from the sale of additional assets including consent to enter into joint venture agreements with other companies holding mineral claims in Saskatchewan, Canada. Plaintiffs herein are further informed and believe, and based thereon allege, that said moneys, collected for the benefit of shareholders have also been placed in a trust or are otherwise now held in trust by the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation and the United States Treasury.
Therefore, the crux of this complaint – and the massive fraud allegedly committed by the SEC (and Department of Justice) – is as follows:
• [Complaint paragraph 36] Plaintiffs herein are informed and believe, and based thereon allege, that at all times mentioned, the Securities and Exchange Commission reserved unto itself the sole and absolute discretion to determine when moneys collected pursuant to the scheme set forth above would and could be released for distribution.
• [Complaint paragraph 37] Demand for release of said moneys has been repeatedly presented to the Securities and Exchange Commission without result.
---->"Agents and employees of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Department of Justice have represented repeatedly that the release of moneys for distribution was imminent, and/or would occur within several weeks, and/or would occur within less than a month. Each of said representations have been made knowing them to be false, and at the specific direction of the named Defendants"
http://911blogger.com/news/2010-04-02/cmkmcmkx-387-trillion-lawsuit-goes-mainstream
HOW MUCH MONEY DID THE FEDS REALLY COLLECT FOR RESTITUTION?
@ .40 pps the answer is $200 billion
We are adapting and changing as always. Things are looking good to me. Got EV, got AI and got new thinking replacing old stagnating thinking. A sustainable and more healthy world is being created as we speak. The key is to avoid systemic seizure while we transition. So far so good even with supply tightness in many areas. We will adjust and transform IMO. No global depression,no WW III and no die off. Just a lot of uncertainty and anxiety as things get bumpy during this birth of a better way of doing everything.Take Care! https://www.tesla.com/semi
? The "END CMKX NOW" team is forming a new corporation:
From the Telegram CMKX Chat - Don Mccurdy
Some here may have already signed up, and some may not want to be part of this...however, this is a compilation of information to help you understand what is going on..and any questions/answers you may have to email me. Feel free to forward this to others
WELCOME The "END CMKX NOW" team is forming a new corporation to represent the CMKX shareholders, who are verified shareholders, and are willing to sign a contract with the corporation to be a client.
The corporation will hire the professionals needed to seek money for the CMKX clients who were defrauded by various people and agencies!
Upon collecting any compensation, the corporation will collect the money in escrow and upon completion of any settlements pay the clients 90% of what is collected and retain 10% for the work required to achieve a positive outcome. It's that simple. No money required. No shares surrendered. Shares will not be accepted from anyone. It is the law.
HOW MUCH WILL THIS EFFORT COST ME?
100 percent of nothing is nothing. So far, that is what we have gotten in the last 20 years.
This new effort is only an opportunity -without risk- to receive something. It's a no-brainer. If the team pulls out a victory, you pay the New Corporation 10% of your return. Remember, 10% only if we win. EXAMPLE: We get $1.00 a share. You get .90 cents and the Corporation keeps .10 cents. You get the 90%, period. It will state that on your contract.
The Corporation covers all costs for the professionals. SO IT'S 90% RIGHT OFF THE TOP - NO HIDDEN CHARGES OR LAWYER FEES?
The money for the professionals/lawyers fees is technically coming from the investors in the New Corporation. Not CMKX shareholder clients. The lawyers will be paid by the New Corporation.
You have no obligation to pay them anything.
This was designed to help ALL shareholders. I think some CMKX shareholders think they are paying the attorneys. They are not. The working money comes from money raised by the New Corporation - separately from the CMKX shareholders. The only money the New Corporation gets from it's CMKX clients is a total of 10% for their efforts, period.
AM I GIVING UP MY RIGHT TO RECEIVE OTHER RUMORED COMPENSATION RELATED TO CMKX - such as victim restitution and distributions - dividends, trusts, fines & penalties? NO. This has nothing to do with those speculations. It is totally unrelated. If they become a reality at some point, they will be entirely separate from the New Corporation effort. Win-Win.
WILL I HAVE TO SURRENDER MY CERT TO THE NEW CORPORATION OR GIVE UP MY RIGHTS AS A SHAREHOLDER? NO. You keep your cert and all related legal rights as a CMKX shareholder. Shares will not be accepted from anyone. It's the law.
WHAT IS THIS "NEW CORPORATION"? The New Corporation is its own entity with no affiliation to CMKX. The New Corporation will have both investors and clients. It is a business.
? Investors choose to purchase shares in the New Corporation just like any other company on the stock exchange. It is the money from investors that fuels the company and pays the professional fees.
? Clients are those who receive services from the New Corporation. Clients pay for services by contract. The investors in the new Corp are the risk takers. The CMKX shareholders are the clients.
HOW DO I BECOME A CLIENT OF THE NEW CORPORATION AND BENEFIT FROM ANY COMPENSATION FROM THIS EFFORT? Submit your cert information so that the Master Shareholder List can be verified - and your certs can be verified as legitimate.
NO CMKX form submitted owes anything to this effort. So enter your cert information, it's easy, secure and without obligation. After the certificate information is confirmed, you will be asked to sign a contract with the New Corporation which upon you will agree to the 10%. You can decide to sign or not sign. Always your choice. Only CMKX shareholders who submit the form, are verified, and sign the contract will benefit from any compensation received from this effort.
Please get the word out to any shareholder you know so they can participate and not be left out!
*THE DEADLINE TO SUBMIT YOUR FORM IS AUGUST 22, 2021 at NOON CDT*
Remember to re-submit the form for each CMKX certificate you own.
Here's the link to enter your CMKX certificate:
https://endcmkxnow.wufoo.com/forms/end-cmkx-now-shareholder-cert-submission/?fbclid=IwAR1E6sd__ALpWZZ1U2ZZtN7ON7wXX_VAfwDHXlM1gM3CWHRxrkRMamb4Ndg
If you'd like to read up and be part of the END CMKX NOW community on Telegram, here's the invite link: https://t.me/joinchat/bnT6X-w2rb85Nzcx?fbclid=IwAR0AXLLyN1c4xnbg4rFdDyDaog3ikV_WGJ3UkyHOglB8jwOtOPRZAPfjoz0 Thank you!
First part of form:
Contact info ( this means give your contact information that you want the New Corporation to have in order to send you, call you or email you anything important)
First Name: Enter your name or if 2 on Certificate or an Entity first full name
Last Name Enter your last name or second full name or type of entity (LLC, etc)
The rest is self explanatory
Second part of Form:
Enter Name as it is on Certificate or on Account if only Shares
First Name: First name and middle name or initial here or Entity name
Last Name: Last name or type of Entity here (LLC etc- only if on Cert or Account)
Cert#: if you have your cert enter it here - will need a seperate form for each cert you have. If shares only or can not find your cert, damaged or lost, then email Matt to get a temporary number for this
Matthew Kulig
mkulig@aisle411.com
How many shares? be careful with the zero's here...many are not counting correctly and requires them to fill out a new form.
Relationship to Purchaser: Yourself if you bought yourself, Use Other if you are managing some Families accounts and explain in the Note Box. They will contact you to understand the verification of those certs to your situation.
Cert Date: it is on your certificate or if electronic shares use purchase date.
Source of certificate: Magenta cert - Texas/ White and Blue - Texas The SEAL states the State the Company was in..located on the Certificate.
Date Purchased: if you know then enter; if you do not then don't 9 not mandatory
download a copy of your cert - not necessary now if you don't have one but may be required later. Best to enter now but better to just get this form submitted.
Check everything before pressing the SUBMIT button...it is super easy but some shareholders have some cert/share issues so had to break it down.
Feel free to send this email out to others that you know that need help as well.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/269515763099182/
https://cmkxgroup.proboards.com/thread/23644/cmkm-cmkx-buzzz-june-2020?page=10&scrollTo=264338
The Casavants are good people and good citizens.UC and his family participated in a joint effort with the U.S. government to deal with naked shorting and the SEC has fought to keep the results secret at the expense of the Casavants and 50,000 shareholders.The Casavants visited sick children in hospitals as the race team traveled around the country.The Casavants sacrificed the financial potential of CMKM for themselves and their reputations.All of the financial gains from the company's assets were to go to the shareholders.The money Robert Maheu collected and protected for shareholders in a frozen trust languishes as the government continues to drag out the official legal proceedings including the current restitution process.They have been dragging out the legal proceedings for almost two decades.It's obvious the sting was real,the 2 trillion naked shorted/counterfeit shares are real and the $200 billion settlement waiting to be distributed is real.Everything fits the CMKM Robert Maheu sting operation was a huge success.It is so huge the SEC still fears the truth getting out even now.Hopefully 2021 is the year for the .40 pps distribution as the official legal show comes to an end.All IMO!Cheers!
It's sad to see people taking pleasure in other's pain.EOM
"Hyper Inflation, Shortages and DARK TIMES Ahead"...Not!
Fear and gloom n doom is not the reality.The healing has begun.The transition from fear,slavery and control is just getting started.Prepare for good times ahead.A new age has arrived!There will bumps on this new journey but the trend will be towards real peace and a lasting prosperity shared by more and more.Bad guys and bad thinking are loosing their grip and they are in panic mode.The positive shift is so strong supply restraints have developed but these are very temporary.Stay calm keep on growing yourself and your garden.The pandemic opened up a door for wonderful change.A much needed healthy transformation of our world is upon us.Every institution will be challenged and improved.Or they will become irrelevant.
When you and I change
The World will Change.
To Heal and Grow we must Choose
to Face our Fears and
Release our Tears.
As we Transform we will Grow wings
and Together we will Soar like birds in the sky.
We will Dream,Dance and Sing new songs.
Knowing we all Belong.
Flying in the skies above
Filled with Hope,Joy and Love.
May I always be myself and be kind to others.
May I begin each day with an attitude of gratitude,
a glass of water, and gentle stretching.
May I seek to Learn,Grow and Share what I know.
May I dream big,take risks and embrace my mistakes.
May I Never Quit as I strive for strength and resilience.
May I remember that Gradual,Gentle Growth is Good.
May I thrive,share my smile and look for opportunities
to say hello to potential new friends daily.
May I die exploring and climbing towards new vistas.
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During the Second World War Rober Mahue posed as a Nazi-sympathising Canadian and infiltrated New York's German-American Bund, passing disinformation to spies who were eventually arrested.He knew how to lie and how to perform in dangerous situations.Acting in a court setting would be natural for him as he was working for government agencies and shareholders in another secret operation he was chosen for because he could be trusted.The article below shows Maheu was clear headed until the day he died.It also confirms his honest character was seen by all who were long time friends." On his deathbed, Robert Maheu reminisced with his longtime friend Gordie Margulis about several moments in his life, but perhaps none as poignant as what happened on April 16, 1961, the night before the doomed invasion of Cuba
Bob Maheu describes how he transformed from Howard Hughes' right hand business man, into the billionaire's alter ego.
Interview with Robert Maheu
Remembering Robert Maheu
Former Gov. and Sen. Paul Laxalt:
“I don’t know of anybody who has contributed more to Nevada than Bob Maheu. He was one of the most gracious men I’ve known. He reminded me of Ron Reagan.”
Former Gov. and Sen. Richard Bryan:
“There was a kind of commanding presence about Bob Maheu. He was very charming, elegant and very sophisticated. There was never any doubt that when you were talking to Bob Maheu, you were talking to a man with a commanding presence, substance and style. He carried himself with a sense of authority, but not arrogance.”
Former Gov. Bob List:
“He was a big part of our history in this state in the last 50 years. He was a central figure in the development of Las Vegas (and) charming, a great raconteur who had a great amount of history in his head. In some ways he was as mysterious as Mr. Hughes himself. He loved his role and played it well.”
“He didn’t mention it by name — the Bay of Pigs — but he said he went home that night and told his wife, Eve, to go to bed and then he put on some classical music,” Margulis said.
“Bob sat in his chair all that night and through the next day and did not move or say a word. He was despondent because he knew the United States was not going to back the invasion he helped put together. He knew those men were going to die and he couldn’t do anything about it.”
Margulis said his friend of 40-plus years was an honorable man who put love of family and friends and patriotism above all else.
“He was a giant, this guy — a giant with a heart,” Margulis said.
Margulis was at Maheu’s bedside when Maheu, best-known as the alter-ego of billionaire businessman Howard Hughes, died of congestive heart failure Monday night at Kindred Hospital on Flamingo Road at age 90. “Everything he did he did with enthusiasm and loyalty.”
https://lasvegassun.com/news/2008/aug/06/his-was-influence-backed-hughes-cash/ ROBERT MAHEU: 1917-2008:
His was the influence that backed Hughes’ cash
Former spy brokered big deals that led to mob’s exit
By Ed Koch Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2008
Robert Maheu was sharp as a tack in his latter years.The CMKM situation was a perfect Maheu operation from every angle.He was in top form and he said CMKM was his proudest accomplishment of all his exploits.A $200 billion win to be shared with 45,000 shareholders would be a great finish for Iron Bob's amazing life.Everything fits!
I think Robert Maheu an American businessman and lawyer, who worked for the FBI and CIA, and as the chief executive of Nevada operations for the industrialist Howard Hughes being involved in CMKM and the way things have unfolded fit a sting/settlement/frozen trust scenario.The length of the court case now followed by an official restitution process fits a long delay game being played out to hinder the private distribution of the alleged .40pps which likely would be dependent on legal issues being resolved.IMO everything fits a long delayed payday.2021 is looking like the year for the prize of the rumored big win to be delivered into the hands of 45,000 shareholders with an average holding of 11 million shares.The math adds up to a $200 billion secret settlement that has been too big to tell for all these years.Everything fits IMO!
I feel your fear and pain.I hope you heal and learn to love yourself before it's too late.Take care
This still fits IM0:January 2010 "At some date prior to June 1, 2004 the Securities and Exchange Commission in concert with the Department of Justice of the United States, together combined with Robert A. Maheu and others to utilize CMKM Diamonds, Inc. for the purpose of trapping a number of widely disbursed entities and persons who were believed to be engaged in naked short selling of CMKM Diamonds Inc. stock and cellar boxing the company.
The Securities and Exchange Commission and the Department of Justice, with assistance from the Department of Homeland Security, believed and developed evidence that said short sellers were utilizing their activities to illegally launder moneys, wrongfully export moneys, avoid payment of taxes, and to support foreign terrorist operations. To fulfill the plan to criminally trap such wrongdoers, the Securities and Exchange Commission, with assistance from the Departments of Justice and Homeland Security:
(a) Assisted in and approved the retention of Roger Glenn, an ex-SEC trial attorney and drafter of Sarbanes-Oxley, to join CMKM Diamonds Inc. for the purpose of verifying claims value, increasing authorized shares of stock to 800,000,000,000, and supervising from the inside of the company;
(b) Encouraged the company to expand its promotional activities, assisted in the set up of the “racing activities” of the company, and underwrote a substantial portion of the cost of such activities;
(c) Consented to, facilitated, and supported the sale of certain company claims to several foreign corporations;
(d) Consented to, facilitated, and supported the conferences between Robert A. Maheu and his associates on the one hand, and the wrongdoing short sellers on the other, all for the purpose of settling the potential liability of said wrongdoers with consent of the U. S. Government and a representation of no criminal prosecution for such illegal sales;
(e) Consented to, facilitated, and supported the declaration of dividends payable by the company to each common shareholder of CMKM Diamonds, Inc.
(f) Consented to, facilitated, and supported the distribution of shares of CIM, a private company owned by Urban Casavant, as a stock dividend, including consent and approval of distribution of said shares to holders of more than 1.4 Trillion shares of CMKM Diamonds, Inc. common stock.
33. During the period from November, 2004 through April, 2005, CMKM Diamonds, Inc. negotiated the sale of some of its Saskatchewan, Canada, mineral claims to three Chinese domiciled corporations with the advice and consent, inter alia, of the Securities and Exchange Commission. Proceeds from the consummation of such sales were placed into a frozen trust for disbursal at a later time.
34. During the period from March, 2004 through August, 2006, on behalf of CMKM Diamonds, Inc. Robert A. Maheu, with assistance from others, negotiated a settlement with the illegitimate brokers, dealers, market makers, hedge funds, and other persons and entities that had engaged in naked short selling of CMKM Diamonds Inc. stock and cellar boxing the company. In exchange for a U. S. Government promise of no prosecution for such sales, the wrongdoers each promised to pay negotiated amounts to a frozen trust for disbursal at a later time.
35. Plaintiffs herein are informed and believe, and based thereon allege, that other moneys have been collected for the benefit of the shareholders of CMKM Diamonds, Inc. from the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation, from the United States Government, and from the sale of additional assets including consent to enter into joint venture agreements with other companies holding mineral claims in Saskatchewan, Canada. Plaintiffs herein are further informed and believe, and based thereon allege, that said moneys, collected for the benefit of shareholders have also been placed in a trust or are otherwise now held in trust by the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation and the United States Treasury.
36. Plaintiffs herein are informed and believe, and based thereon allege, that at all times mentioned, the Securities and Exchange Commission reserved unto itself the sole and absolute discretion to determine when moneys collected pursuant to the scheme set forth above would and could be released for distribution.
37. Demand for release of said moneys has been repeatedly presented to the Securities and Exchange Commission without result. Agents and employees of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Department of Justice have represented repeatedly that the release of moneys for distribution was imminent, and/or would occur within several weeks, and/or would occur within less than a month. Each of said representations have been made knowing them
to be false, and at the specific direction of the named Defendants. These actions of withholding distribution of said moneys, without compensation and without due process of law, amount to a taking of the property of the individual Plaintiffs and of all similarly situated.
38. At all times mentioned herein, the Defendants acted with deliberate indifference or reckless disregard for the Constitutional and other rights of all Plaintiffs, or with the intention and knowledge that they were violating Plaintiffs’ Constitutional or other rights or to cause them other injuries, losses and damage.
39. As a result of the Defendants’ misconduct, each of the named Plaintiffs and all of those similarly situated, have been denied their Constitutional rights, including, but not limited to, their Fifth Amendment right to be secure in their property, free from taking without just compensation and without due process of law, and have suffered injuries and property loss in excess of Three Trillion Dollars.
....On and after January 1, 2006, the Defendants, acting alone and acting in concert with each other, and acting without just cause, did consciously, knowingly, intentionally and wrongfully cause certain acts and omissions to proceed in such manner as to hinder, delay, and ultimately prevent the distribution of moneys held for the benefit of Plaintiffs, and all similarly situated, said moneys being payable to each said person on a per share basis.
(c) The Defendants, and each of them, acted in their individual and their official capacities with deliberate or reckless disregard for the Constitutional and other rights of Plaintiffs and all similarly situated or with malicious intent and with the knowledge that their acts and omissions violated and denied the Constitutional and other rights of Plaintiffs and all similarly situated, or that their acts would cause said Plaintiffs and all similarly situated other injuries.
(d) The Defendants, and each of them, did unlawfully and wrongfully cause certain acts and omissions to proceed in such manner as to hinder, delay, and ultimately prevent the distribution of moneys held for the benefit of Plaintiffs and all similarly situated, even though the Defendants knew that said persons had a vested interest and Constitutional right to receive said moneys in a timely, unfettered and unconstrained manner.
(e) The Defendants, and each of them, knew that Plaintiffs and all similarly situated had a vested interest and Constitutional right to receive said moneys in a timely, unfettered and unconstrained manner when they committed the acts and omissions set forth above, causing each said person to be deprived of property without just compensation and without due process of law.
Why so long to wind up this "obvious penny stock scam"?Me thinks the Robert Maheu sting and the frozen trust story explains this never ending smoke screen legal drama that continues to drag on with the current DOJ restitution process.Me thinks there is a pot of gold waiting to be released after the legal drama concludes.Me thinks there is a pending .40pps distribution from a frozen trust waiting for this lengthy legal display to go away.Me thinks everything fits the rumors of a big win for shareholders with stock certificates in hand.2021 looks to be the year for the release of the big prize Robert Maheu allegedly collected and protected for shareholders way back in 2005/2006.Cheers!
Pending CMKX distribution is .40 pps Fact.PERIOD!
2015.09.14 - Accadacca and Desperado
"long term hold" LOL!EOM
I am full of hope that a better America is about to emerge
from a terrible period of pain and destruction.I am determined
to do what is required to see the promise of our Constitution become reality and clearly the time for major change has arrived.While sheltering in place I have been searching for the best solutions we can now put to work.The key ingredients for our goals are inside us and they are crying out to be fully expressed in our institutions.
I believe we must treat others as we would like to be treated in
our schools("Teach Like Finland" by Timothy Walker),
in our courts("Restorative Justice", Fania Davis) and
in our prisons("Incarceration" by Christine Montross).
IMO the 3 authors above must be involved in the transformation of our nation.There are plenty of reasons to believe the season for real and meaningful change has arrived.CHANGE IS IN THE AIR!Take Care
The new America we are now rebirthing is going to see the resilience required for a realistic range of shocks.Infrastructure spending this next decade will be a massive positive for the upgraded economy we are going to enjoy.The fun has just begun!This isn't the end of the glory days it's the beginning of a glorious new age.The transformation has arrived!Gloom n Doom thinking is an illness.I've been cured.No more fear based thinking or living for me.The future is bright my friend.Man's potential for amazing transformation has been underappreciated.This is our finest hour yet.Pessimism and fear lost the tug of war.New COVID cases are crashing.The healing and renewal will be beyond all prior recoveries.We can expect an 8 fold increase in the pace of systemic change.The ammount of change that took place in the last 8 decades will happen in one.The global transformation will be utterly shocking.Real global peace and prosperity by 2031 is in the air.There will be bumps and bruises and perfection is not possible but old patterns of conflict and global violence are behind us.The winds of positive change are now blowing.Good bye doom,hello BOOM.
Grab your wings and prepare to fly!
Together we will soar like birds in the sky.
We will dream,dance and sing new songs.
Knowing we all belong.
Flying in the skies above
Filled with hope,joy and love.
KC,2/12/2021
Stay Safe!
Gasoline Industry Is About to Become Totally Worthless Morgan Stanley Warns
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What we have here is peak oil production,peak global warming hysteria and a birth of a new age of peace and prosperity.The times they are a changin!
"Some parts of Texas were colder than Alaska. Before dawn yesterday morning, it was 5°F in Dallas...and 18° in Anchorage. About 800 daily records for cold temperatures were set in the last week, according to Bloomberg."
"Picture an overheated car (and what we drive), an overcooked dinner (and what we eat), and someone sick with a fever (and how we act). Now imagine that on a planetary scale." https://www.jpost.com/jerusalem-report/climate-change-an-existential-threat-to-humanity-and-how-we-can-survive-643267
In this period of mass hysteria we are demonizing CO2.They want remove CO2 from the atmosphere.This is amazing!As the climate cools more carbon in the atmosphere could help reduce the cooling.
Don't panic! We will survive and we will thrive.Gloom n Doom thinking is a disease.Positive change is breaking out in 2021 and the next ten years will be fun as hope increases and healthy changes bring healing and harmony to all.Reforms in schools,courts and prisons will open up a wonderful era of peace,prosperity and joy.
From a letter I wrote and am sharing with some national leaders:
Dear.....,
I am full of hope that a better America is about to emerge
from a terrible period of pain and destruction.I am determined
to do what is required to see the promise of our Constitution become reality
and clearly the time for major change has arrived.While sheltering in place
I have been searching for the best solutions we can now put to work.The key
ingredients for our goals are inside us and they are crying out to be fully
expressed in our institutions.
I believe we must treat others as we would like to be treated in
our schools("Teach Like Finland" by Timothy Walker),
in our courts("Restorative Justice", Fania Davis) and
in our prisons("Incarceration" by Christine Montross).
IMO the 3 authors above must be involved in the transformation of our nation.
A note I wrote that I am sharing with friends and family:
Be Kind To Your Mind:
Lifting Our Thoughts
One beautiful way of lifting our thoughts to a higher level and thus raising our energy is to tap into a stored memory of joy, love or self-confidence. It takes only a few moments to make this happen.
Choose a time when you felt full of joy, love or self-confidence. You can choose another high-energy feeling if you wish. Close your eyes for a few minutes and picture how you felt at that time. Remember it with all your senses. As you breathe in and out, feel that experience all through your body.
The HeartMath Institute suggests that you place your hand over your heart during this exercise. After a few minutes, you can open your eyes. Practice this a few times to establish this memory within you.
When you feel yourself filling with emotions like fear or anger, place your hand over your heart and watch how the negative feelings are replaced by feelings of joy and love. Remember that everything begins with a thought. A thought of fear leads to a feeling of fear. A thought of resentment leads to feelings of anger. When you become willing to get out of your head and come from your heart, your feelings change to loving feelings.
John Grassi, a teacher I had in graduate school, told me a wonderful story to illustrate this. At recess one day, two young students were getting ready to have a fight. A girl caught the attention of one of the boys and put her hand over her heart to remind him to come from his heart. In turn, that boy put his hand over his heart and stopped acting out his anger. The second boy saw this gesture, put his hand over his heart-and the fight was over.
It is such a simple exercise but it works every time we have the willingness to change.
Neale Donald Walsh writes, "The Highest Thought is the thought which contains joy. The Clearest Words are those that contain truth. The Grandest Feeling is that which you call love. Joy, truth and love. These three are interchangeable, and one always leads to the other. It matters not in which order they are placed."
Here is a guided imagery that can help connect you with a higher frequency of energy for faster healing:
Imagine that you have a cord connected from the top of your head reaching up to all the energies of the universe. You can feel it vibrating. See a glow of light all around you, expanding wider and wider until all you see is light. Feel it vibrating as you sit in the center of all this energy. Feel your entire body alive and connected to this higher frequency. Feel yourself surrounded by love. In this powerful place, say to yourself, All the energies of the universe are healing my body today. See this manifesting. Know this is a reality.
Now give thanks for the manifestation of this affirmation.
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Making time every day for listening to guided meditations can work wonders.You can "loop" these videos by right clicking on the image and selecting "loop" so they repeat over and over causing you to drift off into a dream state allowing the affirmations to access your subconscious mind to reprogram your brain with upgraded "software":
I Am Worthy | Affirmations for Self Esteem and Self-Love
You can send documents by mail: Attn: Victim Witness CMKM – 501 Las Vegas Blvd. South # 1100, Las Vegas, NV 89101 or by email at: USANV.CMKM@usdoj.gov
This is the form to fill out: https://www.justice.gov/usao-nv/page/file/1311411/download Victim Impact Statement
There has been talk about a CMKM trust set up by Robert Maheu and there are some who claim it's real but no evidence yet for me and other active message board participants.Now the talk is we will see the cash in the trust released after the DOJ restitution process plays out.The board was shut down a few weeks ago so there is no talk now.You can check the DOJ link https://www.justice.gov/usao-nv/victim-witness-assistance/us-v-john-edwards-et-al-cmkm which has this update:
United States v. Brian Dvorak, et al (CMKM)
Case number: 2:09-CR-00132-RLH-RJJ
January 22, 2021: The U.S. Attorney’s Office will host a virtual town hall in mid-February for victims in this case to describe the current status of the criminal case and explain the upcoming restitution process. The link to the virtual town hall will be available on this webpage in early February. Review of the more than 1,000 submissions from potential victims in this case is ongoing. If the FBI requires any further information from a victim, they will contact that person using the contact information provided on the victim impact statement.
the message board was https://millionaires.proboards.com/
Tiny urban patio garden keeps man in fruit and vegetables for nine months.
https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/alessandro-vitale-grows-food-in-tiny-yard-in-pandemic/
There is talk about a big distribution following the official DOJ restitution process.The .40pps sitting in a frozen trust is said to be real and it will come shortly after the DOJ public "show" ends.The fun continues!Did we win a huge prize or was it a cruel lie?The DOJ should be putting out an update soon. https://www.justice.gov/usao-nv/victim-witness-assistance/us-v-john-edwards-et-al-cmkm
United States v. Brian Dvorak, et al (CMKM)
Case number: 2:09-CR-00132-RLH-RJJ
December 16, 2020: The U.S. Attorney’s Office has received submissions from more than 1,000 potential victims in this case. The FBI is reviewing the submissions and accompanying documentation to determine who may be eligible for restitution. If the FBI requires any further information from a victim, they will contact that person using the contact information provided on the victim impact statement. Once a victim is verified, that victim will be notified through the DOJ’s Victim Notification System (VNS). The U.S. Attorney’s Office will provide another update on this webpage in mid-January.
Those boards where infected with QAnon thinking and so much hate and anger.If you posted anything positive about Biden/Harris you were attacked and called a socialist who should move to Venezuela ect...Amazing time in this country.
"In accordance with Section 25(a) of the ProBoards Terms of Service, this forum has been taken offline." https://millionaires.proboards.com/board/25/uarr-cmkx-investors-dd-forum
Food and energy security=world peace and prosperity.We are almost there!The trends are in place for U.S. energy and food security which will lead to global energy and food security which ends our cycles of depressions and war.COVID-19 opened the door to transform the world in time to avert WW III and a massive die-off.We can feed the hungry in the U.S. tomorrow, once we decide no child should go to bed hungry.That changes EVERYTHING!Eliminate childhood hunger trauma and we will see reversing negative trends in a myriad of social problems from education,crime and violence.We have the food we simply do not distribute it effectively and the cost is minimal and will be covered by the reduced costs in health care and criminal justice.U.S energy security is improving and it will accelerate as we replace the crude oil driven fleet with EVs and increase our nuclear power capacity which is going to happen as we move to catch up with China who is already leading the way in both efforts.This decade is going to be amazing!Massive positive change is in the air thanks to the horrible pandemic.It's time for a Secretary of Food and Agriculture and for fixing childhood hunger.It's coming soon as change is being demanded and pragmatic solutions are available.The world can feed itself and we can reduce our crude oil consumption.Stay Safe and dare to dream BIG!
Chef José Andrés urges Biden to think of food as 'national security issue' as millions go hungry
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/chef-jose-andres-urges-biden-to-think-of-food-as-national-security-issue-as-millions-go-hungry-114232107.html
“We need to have somebody near the president, near the power centers that thinks of food as a national security issue. The same way that September 11 happened, the same way that this pandemic happened one day we may be in a moment where all that food that looks plentiful right now is not there anymore,” Andrés said. “Let's make sure we give the importance to food it deserves. The most important energy on planet Earth is not oil. Oil only moves my car. The most important energy on this planet is food, more food moves all of us.”
The money printing is working and the dollar is in good shape so we are not going to plunge into a depression.Yes there is pain but not enough damage being done to bring the system down.Food issues will improve as checks are being issued and the Biden/Harris team will likely address food deserts and expand food stamps.There may even be a Secretary of Food. Secretary of Food article by José Andrés: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/08/opinion/covid-pandemic-food-crisis.html?auth=login-google1tap&login=google1tap I am a chef who believes in feeding the many, not just the few. So when quarantines were first introduced around the United States earlier this year, my team at World Central Kitchen, a network of chefs and community organizers stationed around the globe, looked for places where we could feed the masses affected by the combined crises of the pandemic and the recession that it has caused.
You didn’t need to be a genius to find them. The communities suffering most from the effects of Covid-19 are those suffering most from the effects of poverty and economic injustice — places like the Navajo Nation in the American West, which is larger in area than 10 of our states but often remains forgotten when we tell the American story.
For a fraction of the cost of an industry bailout, we can upgrade public school kitchens across the United States and pay the real cost of a free and nutritious school lunch. In times of disaster, our schools can become community kitchens; there are still food deserts in this country, but there are few school deserts. We can dramatically improve the health of our most vulnerable families by improving the food supplies in our corner stores and in our classrooms.
Rather than relying on private donors to fund charities and nonprofits, we can spend federal funds to get our cafes and restaurants back on their feet while the Federal Emergency Management Agency pays for real food programs. We can target our subsidies toward smaller farms and farmers selling healthier foods to their local markets. More than a century after Upton Sinclair’s revelations about the squalid conditions of meatpacking plants in Chicago, we can improve life for our essential workers not only in the fields but in those same plants today.Above all, we can prioritize and streamline food policy under a new cabinet-level Secretary of Food and Agriculture, with a seat on the National Security Council and a mission to improve our nation’s sustenance. We know that a poor diet leads to poor health, so while we wait for new coronavirus vaccines and therapies, improving the quality of our nourishment is the best way to improve our health. We need to prepare not just for recovery but for the next pandemic and the catastrophic threats represented by the climate crisis. By doing so, we can heal much more than hunger.
In central California, in the middle of the pandemic, my team was preparing meals for some members of the United Farm Workers, who pick America’s crops. “We work so hard so that people can get food on their tables. And yet we are the ones who do not have food for ourselves,” said Carolina Elston, who picks blueberries and table grapes. “Receiving this food is a recognition of how hard we work and contribute to the well-being of the country.”
Food is the fastest way to rebuild our sense of community. We can put people back to work preparing it, and we can put lives back together by fighting hunger. We need to hope for a better world in 2021, and there’s nothing more hopeful than the thought of sharing our food, and feeding a nation.
José Andrés is a chef and the founder of World Central Kitchen.
Interesting article that deserves to be addressed.I think we will find a good energy usage mix that will work for 50-100 years until better energy solutions emerge.We will continue to use crude oil and all it's products just at a sustainable rate that allows us to avoid a peak oil production crash.The ev/nuclear solution isn't expected to eliminate crude oil use just offset it for a time.We need to continue industrial growth and bring modern farming to all regions which requires modern farming vehicles and fertilizers.We can do this.America did it.We lost forests and now we have new forests.We will adjust!"Apocalypse Never" by Michael Shellenberger is a must read.He covers food production,plastics,global warming hysteria and nuclear power.There are real reasons to be hopeful.Social justice,economic and spiritual issues are being addressed.Yes they are.Enjoy the book!
"Covid-19 has accelerated long-term trends that are transforming where our energy comes from. Some of those changes will be permanent."
https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2020-peak-oil-era-is-suddenly-upon-us/
A year ago, if anyone in the petroleum business had suggested that the moment of Peak Oil had already passed, they would have been laughed right off the drilling rig. Then 2020 happened.
Planes stopped flying. Office workers stayed home. “Zooming with the grandkids” replaced driving to see family. A year of global hunkering yielded the sharpest drop in oil consumption since Henry Ford cobbled together the first Model T. At its worst, global demand dropped by a staggering 29 million barrels a day.
As a once-in-a-century pandemic played out, British oil giant BP Plc in September made an extraordinary call: Humanity’s thirst for oil may never again return to prior levels. That would make 2019 the high-water mark in oil history.
BP wasn’t the only one sounding an alarm. While none of the prominent forecasters were quite as bearish, predictions for peak oil started popping up everywhere. Even OPEC, the unflappably bullish cartel of major oil exporters, suddenly acknowledged an end in sight—albeit still two decades away. Taken together these forecasts mark an emerging view that this year’s drop in oil demand isn’t just another crash-and-grow event as seen throughout history. Covid-19 has accelerated long-term trends that are transforming where our energy comes from. Some of those changes will be permanent.
It’s often difficult to recognize civilization-sized shifts in behavior until after they’ve occurred. Until the pandemic none of the major oil forecasters had seen an imminent demand peak. The debate won’t end now, especially with signs that the pandemic will ease in 2021. But if we look back from here and see the oil peak clearly in the past, what follows will be the evidence of how the energy future snuck up on us.
The peak no one saw coming
Energy analysts usually present multiple scenarios. The gap between each forecast comes down to differing assumptions about government policies, economic conditions and consumer preferences for things such as new electric cars and solar panels. A business-as-usual scenario assumes little impact from policy shifts or new technology.
Most analysts had only predicted declining demand for oil in improbably green scenarios that could only be achieved with far stronger global climate policies. What made BP’s 2020 forecast unique is that peak oil now snuck into its business-as-usual baseline. If technologies and pollution rules improve, the dropoff in demand would be even more swift.
The prospect of a 2019 peak went largely overlooked when BP released its highly regarded Energy Outlook in September. Pinpointing it was made more difficult by the fact that the company hadn’t yet included the latest real-world energy data from 2019.
The chart above updates the outlook with BP’s own oil figures for last year. It also presents estimates using BP’s calculations in exajoules—a more precise measure of energy consumption than a barrels-per-day figure. Without those changes, BP’s scenario suggested oil demand might plateau for the next decade before declining once and for all. BP didn’t respond to requests for comment.
A shakeup in oil accounting
Like any forecast, only time will tell if peak oil demand happened already or won’t come until 2040. That inescapable uncertainty is less important than the newfound agreement that a turning point is here.
The list of energy analysts who now foresee a peak in oil demand keeps growing. It includes Norway’s state-owned oil company Equinor (peaking around 2027-28), Norwegian energy researcher Rystad Energy (2028), French oil major Total SA (2030), consulting firm McKinsey (2033), clean-energy research group BloombergNEF (2035), and energy-industry advisors Wood Mackenzie (2035). The exporting nations of OPEC put the peak in 2040 while acknowledging that its new forecast might still prove too optimistic for oil.
Notable exceptions include the International Energy Agency, which sees demand “plateauing” but not quite peaking, and the U.S. Energy Information Agency. Both of these agencies advise governments on policy.
Fatih Birol, who leads the IEA, said oil demand can only come down with stronger government policies promoting electric cars and regulating petrochemicals. Even though a peak isn’t guaranteed, he told Bloomberg, “the value of oil is going down” and oil-dependent economies “have to prepare themselves before it’s too late.”
The year that lasts a generation
Oil prices rose this November, boosted by positive data from coronavirus vaccine trials and recovering demand in Asia. The sooner an effective vaccine can be deployed, the sooner the world can return to some picture of normalcy. But what will that look like?
“We’re not going back to the same economy,” U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell cautioned in mid-November. “We’re recovering, but to a different economy.” That new economy means people will continue working more from home, traveling less, and staying in to binge on digital programming. About two thirds of Covid’s impact on oil demand will be from setbacks to the global economy, according to BP’s estimates, and one third will be from permanent changes in behavior.
The gap between BP’s predictions for declining demand and the more bullish forecasts of OPEC and IEA can’t be explained by economic outlooks or remote work. Instead, it comes down to different readings of another shift clearly visible this year: drivers switching to battery-powered cars and trucks. Transportation slurps up more than half of the world’s crude, and three quarters of that goes specifically to wheels on the road. Forecasts for electric vehicles end up shaping the outlook for oil.
Electric cars didn’t brake for Covid
For the first nine months of 2020, car sales cratered. Every major automaker was affected—with the notable exception of Tesla. The electric automaker sold more cars than ever before. Even as the rest of the economy stood frozen, Tesla posted its longest stretch of profitable quarters and ended the year with inclusion in the S&P 500 stock index.
A closer look at the data shows it wasn’t just a Tesla story. Electric vehicles in general managed to thrive even as sales of traditional cars broke down. Both Volkswagen and Daimler saw record-setting declines in total sales, even while sales at their EV divisions doubled.
For backers of electric cars, 2020 was a gut check. It could have been disastrous. Some of the most important EV models to date were launched smack in the middle of the pandemic, including Tesla’s Model Y sport utility vehicle in February and VW’s ID.3 hatchback in September. If consumers rejected them, it could have set back EV investment by years. They did not.
At a time when the world turned upside down, sales of electric cars defied gravity.
No comeback for fossil-fuel cars
During the lockdowns of 2020, city skies cleared of pollution. Bike sales took off. Ethanol intended to be used as a gasoline additive instead made it into hand sanitizer. In many places the faltering economy wasn’t a reason to eliminate environmental regulations—it became a moment to double down.
The divided fortunes of internal combustion engines (ICE) and electric drivetrains was first noticed in 2018, a year when EVs bucked the trend of slowing auto sales. Some analysts started to wonder if fossil-fuel vehicles might never return to sales levels of 2017. Back then the idea of Peak ICE was just a theory. The pandemic made it real.
For peak oil to stick, it will require gradually supplanting more than one billion vehicles in the world. It also means batteries will have to prove themselves in challenging new markets such as freight trucks, which account for more than 15% of oil use, and gas-guzzling pickup trucks, which in 2020 surpassed car sales in the U.S. for the first time.
Batteries for everything on the road
Automakers are working on 35 new all-electric vehicles to be released next year, according to a tally by BNEF. In 2020, Tesla broke ground on a factory in Austin, Texas, to build pickup trucks and big rigs. Well-funded EV startups Rivian and Lucid Motors put the finishing touches on their make-or-break vehicles. Volkswagen sold the first cars on its new modular platform underpinning dozens of future electric models. Chinese automakers prepared for debuts in new Western markets: BYD’s Tang EV600, Geely’s Polestar 2, Xpeng’s P7.
Here are some of the most hotly anticipated models getting ready to hit the streets in 2021.
Battery cars achieved a price-parity milestone
Batteries are a technology, not a fuel, which means the more that are produced, the cheaper they are to make. In fact, every time the global supply of batteries doubles, the cost drops by about 18%, according to data tracked by BNEF. Historically, EVs have been more expensive to build than gasoline cars. That’s changing.
The past year saw the first companies reaching the Holy Grail in battery packs: a cost of $100 per kilowatt hour. That’s the point that analysts have long believed will bring the cost of building electric cars in line with similar gasoline-fueled vehicles. After that, EVs will only get cheaper.
Volkswagen, the biggest automaker by cars sold, confirmed that its batteries had reached the $100 threshold for its 2020 ID.3 sedan and upcoming ID.4 compact SUV. China’s CATL, the world’s biggest battery supplier, also claimed $100 battery nirvana as it struck deals across the auto industry.
Not to be outdone, Tesla hosted an elaborate “battery day” event in September. The audience watched from a parking lot full of Teslas as CEO Elon Musk showed off plans to manufacture battery cells, a first for any
automaker, and to reduce battery costs 56% by 2023. Even if Musk’s estimates are a few years too optimistic—as they sometimes are—it would still put Tesla years ahead of mainstream industry forecasts.
Mass-market EVs became possible only with the falling price of batteries. What comes next could be a virtuous cycle of cost declines. As battery prices improve, customers will snap up more electric cars, making battery prices even cheaper.
Europe’s electric push
Europe has taken back the electric-vehicle crown from China. This year, tough new EU fuel-efficiency regulations kicked in just before the virus did. Consumers responded. In oil-rich Norway, more than 70% of new cars sold in 2020 came with a plug. EV market share across Europe soared to 11% of all new cars in the third quarter, nearly doubling the adoption rate in China.
Under Europe’s new fuel-efficiency rules, companies that fail to reduce their emissions must pay steep fines or else pay a company with cleaner cars to pool emissions and avoid the fees. That option has been a boon for Tesla, creating a revenue stream big enough to pay for its first European factory. Tesla broke ground in Berlin during the pandemic and will start producing cars there next year.
In China, meanwhile, the pandemic provided an unexpected boost for EVs. As part of a pandemic stimulus, EV subsidies that were set to expire in April were extended through 2022. Then in September, the country shocked the world with a pledge to eliminate the net carbon dioxide emissions of the world’s most polluting economy by 2060. Japan and South Korea followed, vowing net-zero emissions by 2050.
The last geopolitical piece to fall into place in 2020 was the U.S., which is responsible for burning one out of every five barrels of oil in the world. President Trump had pulled the U.S. from the Paris Climate Accord, slashed vehicle efficiency standards, and allowed clean-energy subsidies to expire. Then he lost the election.
One of President-elect Joe Biden’s first moves afterwards was to name former Secretary of State John Kerry as special envoy for climate, a new cabinet-level position. Kerry, an architect of the Paris pact, vowed to rejoin it on the new administration’s first day. A push to set a 2050 end-date for U.S. emissions and a drive to clean up the U.S. electrical grid are likely to follow.
Now the three biggest global powers—the U.S., China, and Europe—are poised to push again on policies that accelerate the transition from oil. Together, the three are responsible for burning more than half of all the world’s crude.
Shifting winds of politics aren’t included in most energy forecasts, says Nat Bullard of BloombergNEF. The geopolitical backdrop gives further credence to the idea that oil demand will plateau and decline, rather than breach new highs. “This moment we’re in has accelerated a lot of change and, amazingly, kept a lot of climate-change policy on the books that could have easily been reneged on,” Bullard says.
California sets a road block for gas cars
There are policy tools available for weaning the world from oil-burning vehicles. One is to simply ban them. Dozens of cities, states, countries and regions have set such targets to phase out new sales of gasoline cars. This year California joined the bunch, setting a phaseout goal of 2035. If California were a country, it would rank above Russia among the top 10 car markets in the world.
The U.K. likewise moved its goal to 2035, up from 2040 previously. Prime Minister Boris Johnson also required that any new car sold after 2030 must at least have a hybrid drivetrain capable of running on a battery.
Most of these bans aren’t codified into laws—at least not with repercussions for cheaters. Instead, policymakers use them to support ambitious policies along the way that are necessary for hitting the target. California has successfully used similar long-term targets to shape its renewable-energy policies, making it one of at least a dozen U.S. states that have policies to eventually mandate entirely green electricity grids.
21st century power transitions
At a London hotel in February, BP’s new chief executive, Bernard Looney, delivered his first speech from a podium bedazzled with a green “Reimagine BP” logo. He described one of the industry’s most far-reaching plans to cut net emissions to zero in 30 years. Two months later, Royal Dutch Shell said that it, too, would zero out emissions by 2050. In May came Total SA, France’s biggest oil producer. Spain’s Repsol and Italy’s Eni had made their own pledges back in 2019.
While key details varied—and were sometimes conspicuously lacking— “net zero emissions” became a sort of demarcation line drawn through the oil industry. Lined up against the old guard are the oil companies that no longer want to be known as oil companies.
It’s difficult to tell which came first for the transitioners. Did a changing outlook for long-term demand result in an overhaul in business strategies?Or were the forecasts for peak oil meant to justify a new business strategy born of public pressure? Perhaps a bit of both—and for the end result, it may not matter.
For investors, one thing is clear: the oil patch has lost its shimmer. Exxon, which was the most valuable company in the world as recently as 2013, was removed from the Dow Jones Industrial Average index this year. It’s now vying to remain above the market value of NextEra Energy Inc., a Florida-based mega-utility focused on wind and solar, which briefly overtook it in October.
Tesla’s stock this year has been on a record-breaking tear, surpassing the value of the next five automakers combined. Stock markets reward growth. Just look at Amazon’s sky-high stock price back when online retail was still a novelty or Netflix’s valuation when cable-TV still dominated. When it comes to the future of oil demand, the market is speaking very clearly.
The term “peak oil” didn’t always refer to demand. It started with the premise that the world’s supply of crude was finite. Eventually no matter how hard drillers tried, they wouldn’t be able to pull more oil out of the ground. A transportation crisis would ensue.
The peak oil hypothesis dominated economic thinking for decades. But it turned out that with fracking, deep-water drilling, and oil sands, there’s a lot more oil than we once thought. More recently, the idea of a demand-driven peak took hold. Petrostates fear it, environmentalists pray for it.
‘The writing is all over the bloody wall’
The reason so much attention is given to peak oil is that it can be a turning point from a market where oil is scarce to one where there’s more cheap crude than people know what to do with. The risk of investing in new oil supplies increases. Investors pull back. Political power wanes.
In many ways, Big Oil already began transitioning to an era of excess supply during the oil crash of 2014 to 2016. In the years preceding that crisis, oil prices averaged roughly $110 per barrel and most forecasts imagined similar prices for decades to come. Then came a glut of unexpected supply, driving prices down to less than $40. The value of oil assets was written down by more than $500 billion, according to data
collected by research firm Evaluate Energy. The outlook never recovered.
In the first half of 2020, when oil demand suddenly vanished in the pandemic, the industry wrote down a fresh $170 billion. For U.S. companies, it was the equivalent of 18% of proven reserves. That’s money wiped from the books because companies no longer believed in the value of their oil deposits.
The 2020 write-downs are exceeded only by the second half of 2015, the peak of the last crisis. And there’s more to come. Exxon on Monday logged record charges of as much as $20 billion.
For the five Western supermajors, the 2020 write-downs have already exceeded the last crisis, by far.
If oil companies were only focused on a short-term pandemic crash, BNEF oil analyst David Doherty believes the response would not have been so severe. These charges are more about faltering confidence in long-term demand—peak oil. “The writing is all over the bloody wall,” Doherty says.
Most oil forecasts—at least the business-as-usual scenarios—estimate that even if oil demand peaks, it will continue to play a defining role in energy markets for the foreseeable future. Markets for petrochemicals will continue to grow, and both aviation and shipping will be relatively untouched.
Don’t be so sure. The same market pressures being applied to road transport and moving into other industries. Alternatives to petrochemicals are under development. Small electric planes and hybrid aircraft for longer distance are moving out of the prototype stage. It’s only a matter of time before tanker ships start running on hydrogen.
Once a technology reaches scale and price parity, conditions can change dramatically. That happened with coal, which was expected to dominate for decades—until cheaper natural gas and renewable energy came along. U.S. coal demand peaked in 2008. Nine years later Peabody Energy, the world’s largest coal producer, was bankrupt.
Sunshine is the new oil
For the last century, transport fuels and electricity generation have been almost entirely separate industries. Oil was for vehicles, coal was for power. Drillers versus miners, petrostates versus power utilities. There was very little crossover. For years, the oil industry has watched what was happening to coal and insisted it wouldn’t happen to them.
Back in 2015, ConocoPhillips CEO Ryan Lance told Bloomberg it would take another 50 years for electric cars to have a material impact on oil demand—probably not in his lifetime. That was the widely held view just five years ago. Few in the oil industry would make that case today.
With the electrification of transport, the distinction between liquid fuels and power markets is blurring. Solar power is now the cheapest form of new energy capacity in most of the world, which means that as power markets grow to meet the new demand from EVs, oil is being largely displaced by power from the sun.
Forecasting energy transitions is painstaking work. For almost two decades, the International Energy Agency’s base scenario has consistently underestimated the rise of solar power. Every year, the models expected the rate of growth to level off, for the industry of solar installers to stop hiring. Every year it did the opposite. This record shows the hazards of basing decisions about the future on today’s policies and technologies, especially when history shows that neither stands still.
The IEA changed its view on solar this year. In the introduction to its 2020 World Energy Outlook, the IEA’s Birol dubbed solar “the new king of electricity.” He wrote that “based on today’s policy settings, it is on track to set new records for deployment every year after 2022.”
When discussing their forecasts, energy analysts take great pains to point out that they are not making predictions of what will happen but rather presenting different scenarios about what could happen. As Birol frequently points out, the timing of peak oil depends entirely on what the world does next.
The food system is global so there is more good than bad as food can be imported and farming production can be increased as one region gets hit by bad weather,disease or insects.There is storage and people can adjust their consumption so things are not terrible.I would love to see more local gardens in every city and town.Schools and other institutions can have gardens as well.It will be interesting to watch for a reversal of the centralization of food production.It's hard to change habits but the AI trend will kill off jobs and a new focus on less time working is going to change life as we know it.Big change is required and new thinking will develop and shape societies much more than most can imagine.The only chains we have are brain chains.We are shifting into a new age.This is going to be an amazing transformation.Most of our beliefs are going to get a big shock.We have barely scratched the surface of human potential.Keep on growing your own food and keep on growing your mind.You are doing great!