Midnight Think Tank

[WayneC777]

Date: Thursday, October 7, 2010, 6:37 PM

* Papajack Rumor/Speculation: Just4Dinar 10/07/10

October 7th, 2010 05:18 pm · Posted in RUMORS
If you combine the news and rumors and presume that the rumors have some truth to them I believe we have the PERFECT STORM for an RI this Friday.
First there is no way the government will be formed but does that really matter? Not if the IMF follows through on their threat.
What about all of the contracts that have an effective date of 10/10/10 with the new rate of $3.20?
It was supposed to happen last Friday but didn’t because Maliki got mad and left the country?
It is now close enough to the elections that investors won’t have enough time to help republican campains if Obama is holding back for that reason?
Tax cheat Timmy was just on National Public Radio saying China and OTHER EMERGING COUNTRIES (IRAQ) need to bring their currencies on a par with the rest of the world?
The bank rumors abound and the banks are closed here on Monday for Columbus Day?
This might just be it.
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* Brett Henebery Post: “Something Big is About to Happen”

October 7th, 2010 09:10 am · Posted in CHATS / POSTS
Something Big is about to Happen!
Wednesday, 06 October 2010
Buckle up.
As I type this, a flurry of activity is taking place within security and financial circles around the world. Normally, this would signify just another busy day in the hard-working quarters of modern defence and finance, however this time there is good reason to suspect that the world may be about to witness something historic.
If not something violent, then certainly something spectacular.
I’m not going to waste time on a long, detailed post. Instead, I’m going to present the data, the facts and the patterns. Then I’m going to make you make up your own mind.
First are the financial movements that preceded the security movements, starting with the CNN Money report on October 1st, which shows an unusual .15 yield on treasury bonds. Basically, investors are betting big time on ‘you know what’ hitting the fan shortly.
Digging a little deeper we begin to see something interesting emerge. As of closing (again, October 1) on Friday, we see some unusually high option volume reported in Schaeffer’s Investment Research supporting this trend.
The S&P traders seemed to be on the bandwagon too. This video showing massive “put” options on the S&P for October speaks for itself.
It was only today that it became clear to many that the world economy is actually decoupling from the U.S, fleeing the sinking ship while it still can. In that industry, you look out for yourself.
To top it off, the other global capital of modern finance, London, has even worse news. According to an economic think-tank and Sky News, the UK is on the cusp of a second banking failure.
Now whether all of these events are pointing towards the same thing or not, the theme of something big happening soon is replete throughout the media lately. We should not be scared, nor should we panic. We must take a step back and look carefully at what is going on so that we can assess what, and where, the real danger actually is.
With the unusual activity happening in one place, we could be mistaken for missing the events unfolding in another.
That other place is Western Europe.
This week, the United States and Britain issued a strong travel warning to European-bound tourists. Without offering specifics, they said the threat was “high” and “imminent”, raising more questions than it answered. Yes, this happens from time to time and in most cases nothing comes of it.
That’s why when Japan issued an extremely rare travel warning to its citizens, this developing story suddenly became a lot more interesting to me. An official at the foreign ministry in Tokyo said that the warning “was not prompted by any specific intelligence but by the previous British and American alerts.”
Make of it what you will, but the key phrase here is “unusually rare travel warning”.
So, in summary, we’ve got massive bets on a bumpy ride ahead by prominent investors on the back of warnings concerning imminent terrorist attacks in Europe.
Surely one can’t be blamed if his ears XXXX up. We will hear of wars and rumours of war (or stock market crashes, terrorist attacks, etc, etc)
But rumours aside, something big is about to happen.

[Written by Brett J.Henebery]
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* Dinar Profits: U.S. Should Invest Early in Iraq

October 7th, 2010 12:27 pm · Posted in CHATS / POSTS

U.S. Should Invest Early in Iraq
Guest post by: Daniel Carlson of Dinar Profits

For the first time in 30 years, an American trade delegation visited Iraq to assess investment opportunities in Iraq. The Iraqi trade official that led the group of investors advised the delegation to invest early in Iraq, before a flood of foreign investments come in. Although there are significant security and investment risks to consider, I agree with the Iraqi trade official. If there are U.S. companies that can withstand the short term risk, I do believe that in the long run, their investment will pay off. I also think this parallels the decision to buy Iraqi dinar as well.
Boeing and General Electric have already made significant investments in Iraq and Francisco Sanchez, the U.S. undersecretary of commerce for international trade is advising other U.S. companies to follow suit, as he told the Washington Post, “Opportunities to create partnerships and to engage is not a year and a half from now, or two years from now, where perhaps you will see a continued reduction in attacks or violence. If you want to really play a role here, you have to be here now.” The U.S. has consistently ranked at the bottom with respect to private investments in Iraq, but companies should evaluate Iraq as a serious place for investment. Economically, Iraq is almost like a blank slate as the country has so much need to rebuild infrastructure, which means great opportunities for companies to bid on contracts. In addition, more oil reserves have been discovered, further contributing to Iraq’s economic potential.
Any private investment in Iraq will take time to mature and provide a return. However, if U.S. companies are short sighted, many of them will miss out on huge opportunities. Yes, there are significant risks and upfront costs to provide the security necessary to protect investments. In addition, it is unclear what the political climate will be like in Iraq and if Iraq will adopt business friendly laws to facilitate foreign investment. These are very real hurdles, but if a company can find the right opportunity, it would be worthwhile to navigate through the obstacles. It is important to keep in mind that usually, the greatest reward is accompanied with great risk.
Iraq has so much economic potential and really could become a major player in the global economy. It will take time and most importantly, great execution. Slowly, but surely, Iraq is making progress politically and it will definitely be an eventful next couple of months as hopefully the political deadlock will be resolved so that Iraq and its foreign investors can take advantage of all the opportunities in Iraq.
Daniel Carlson is a dinar specialist at Dinar Profits, call 1-866-544-4132 or visit Dinar Profits for more information
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* Bubbajr Post: One Dinar (19 Points)

October 7th, 2010 05:21 pm · Posted in CHATS / POSTS
This was a done deal a while ago, if we can think back about 3 months ago the Kurds had a 19 points paper and whom ever signed the paper would get the Kurds Vote.
Well no one signed the paper they only agree to it but did Not Sign it.
Allawi agreed to it, but it did not go any further.
Now we come to Maliki… look at the articles
So when it came to the point that Maliki was some how Voted in as PM, the Kurds came down to Baghdad, and use it as a power tool. ( like putting a Carrot before the Horse).
If you want our votes you need to agree on what we want!!!!
Now we have seen that that the National Alliance( Maliki’s and the Sadr’s Group) Is hopefully going to sign the Document and they will get the Kurds Vote.. To put Maliki back into power.
So now we wait and see what the out come will be…
So for all that is out there, we need to look at all of the papers now for when they call the House of Representatives back. That is what will hopefully be the sign we are looking for…
Remember Sadr’s told Maliki he has only 15 days to get enough votes to back him and call the House of Representatives back, or he will Join Allawi… Plus he only Has 15 days per their Constitution.
I hope this sort of help those that needs it … to understand where we are.
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* Med Chat: Dinar Speculator 10/07/10

October 7th, 2010 05:30 pm · Posted in CHATS / POSTS
MED says to (18:00:24):
HI. WELL I HAVE BEEN IN THE FORUMS AND THERE ARE SO MANY ARTICLE BUT MOST ARE OF THE SAME TOPIC. I DECIDED NOT TO COMMENT ON EVERYONE, THEY PRETTY MUCH ARE SAYING MALIKI IS IN A SQUEEZE PLAY RIGHT NOW AND IF HE DOESN’T GET THIS DONE BY THE 15TH HE PROBABLY WONT SEE THE PM AGAIN.
IT SEEMS THAT THE LIST HAS 4 BLOCS IN A POSSIBLE NEW ALLIANCE AND THEY TOTAL 132 SEATS THE EXACT SAME NUMBER THAT MALIKI HAS RIGHT NOW. IF THIS ALLIANCE FAILS TO PUT THEMSELVES ON PAPER THEN I CANNOT SEE THIS CONTINUING, BUT I THINK THEY WILL AND I THINK THE SADRISTS WILL CHANGE POSITIONS AGAIN. WELL, IT IS NOT THE SADRISTS BUT SADR WHO RIGHT NOW LOOKS BAD IN THE EYES OF HIS FOLLOWERS. A REVERSAL BACK TO THE NEW ALLIANCE WOULD REVERSE SOME OF THE DAMAGE HE PUT ON HIMSELF.
I WAS SURPRISED TO SEE THE LIST HAVE SO MANY BLOCS COME TO THEM. I KNEW THERE WERE A LOT OF SMALL ONES OUT THERE THAT HADN’T COMMITTED AND THIS HELPED ALLAWI IN A COUPLE WAY. IT PUT HIM IN THE CONTINUED PRESENCE OF FORMING A UNIFIED GOVT. AND THE NATIONAL ALLIANCE HAS ONLY ONE SECT IN IT, WHICH WILL NOT GET THROUGH PARLIAMENT UNDER THE CURRENT UNDERSTANDINGS OF THE NEW GOVT. IN FACT THE OLDEST MP WON’T EVEN CONSIDER CALLING PARLIAMENT TO CONVENE UNLESS MALIKI GETS THE OTHER BLOCS ON BOARD AND I THINK THIS IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE ESPECIALLY SINCE THE 15TH DEADLINE LEAKED OUT. I’D WAIT 9 DAYS TO PUT MALIKI TO REST.
I ALSO SEE THAT THEY ARE CALLING FOR SEVERAL ECONOMIC ISSUES TO START. FIRST WAS THE PRIVATE SECTOR TO GET GOING. IT IS IN THE STAGNANT TO NON EXISTENT MODE SINCE THEY HAVE NOT REVALUED THE DINAR AND THEY ARE CALLING FOR U.S. COMPANIES TO COME INTO IRAQ TO HELP. WITH ECONOMIC REFORMS, WHICH THEY SAID NO TO UNTIL THE NEW GOVT IS IN PLACE, ALL ARE HURTING THE ECONOMIC GROWTH OF THE COUNTRY AND SOONER OR LATER IT WILL COME TO THE POINT OF NO RETURN ON THE DAMAGE.
THE NEW ALLIANCE CAUGHT ME OFF GUARD BUT IT WAS A WELCOME AND REFRESHING POSITIVE IN ALL THE MONTHS OF NEGATIVE THAT HAS FLOODED THE MEDIA IN IRAQ. I CAN SEE IF THIS CONTINUES AND THE ALLIANCE AGREES TO FORM OFFICIALLY THIS SHOULD BE OVER DURING THE MONTH OF OCTOBER. I BELIEVE THAT A CANDIDATE FROM THE NEW ALLIANCE WILL BE MORE READILY ACCEPTABLE IN PARLIAMENT THAN MALIKI, WHICH WOULD AND COULD HAVE DRAGGED OUT FOR MONTHS. AND ALLAWI IS NOT SAYING HE HAS TO BE PM ALL HE IS ASKING IS THE RIGHT TO FORM AND IS OPEN TO ANY PM CANDIDATE FROM THE BLOCS. HE IS SHOWING QUITE A BIT OF FLEXIBILITY, WHICH IS WHAT IS NEEDED IN A UNIFIED GOVT.
WILL BE BACK LATER ON. TY FOR YOUR PATIENCE LATER GANG.
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Med Chat: Dinar Speculator 10/07/10 3:25pm

October 7th, 2010 05:36 pm · Posted in CHATS / POSTS
guardian says to (14:25:17):
Shawis: Kurds close to ally with Al Maliki http://www.**************.com/showt…0701#post60701
guardian says to (14:26:01):
In reference to Al Iraqiya List, Shawis said:
guardian says to (14:26:08):
“If they insist on demands that other blocs can’t comply with, and we reach a dead end, then there will be no choice but to go with a majority government”.
MED says to (14:27:35):
AND THAT MAJORITY GOVT COULD VERY WELL BE THE IRAQI LIST
NOT THE RULE OF LAW
RIGHT NOW THE LIST IS FORMING A LARGE ALLIANCE
THAT IN SEVERAL DAYS BE LARGER THAN THE NATIONAL ALLIANCE
REMEMBER THERE ARE ONLY TWO BLOCS LEFT IN THE NA
THE SADRISTS TILL THE 15TH
AND THE RULE OF LAW
ALL OTHERS HAVE ABANDONED THE NA
THE ISLAMIC COUNSEL…..VIRTUE PARTY….ACCORDANCE FRONT AND ONE OTHER
AND OTHMAN WHO IS THE ACTUAL LEADER OF THE KURDISTAN ALLIANCE
SAID THAT THEY CANNOT MAKE AN AGREEMENT WITH THE NA UNLESS A MINIMUM OF 4 LARGE BLOCS ARE IN AGREEMENT
THAT IS THE LIST…..RULE…..INA AND KURDS
SO RIGHT NOW…..MALIKI’S CRAP IS WEAK
VERY WEAK
AND NOW THERE IS ANOTHER CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC
UNDER THE CONSTITUTION
THERE MUST BE A VOTE
AND WHOMEVER GETS THE MOST VOTES IS THE PRESIDENT
THAT THROWS A KINK IN ANY PROMISES OF THE POR FOR ANYONE
OR ANY PARTICULAR BLOC
I AM JUST GOING TO WAIT AND SEE FOR A FEW DAYS
TO SEE IF THE LIST AND THE OTHERS CAN BUILD UP TO A LARGER BLOC
AND THERE IS ANOTHER OPTION THAT IS PROBABLY THE ONLY WAY FOR MALIKI TO SAVE HIS JOB
THAT IS BY LIMITING HIS POWERS AS PM
AND GIVING MORE POWERS TO THE POR
AND ALLAWI AS THE POR
WHICH PEOPLE CLOSE TO MALIKI SEEM TO THINK HE WILL ACCEPT THIS
AND TODAY IN EGYPT
ALLAWI DECLARED THE NATIONAL ALLIANCE A FAILURE AND THAT THEY ARE AT THE END
AND ALSO ALL THOSE LIST MP’S WHO WERE SUPPOSE TO GO TO THE ALLIANCE
NOW ARE REPORTED BY THE RULE OF LAW AS NOT COMING TO THEIR RESCUE
BUT USING THE EXCUSE THAT THE BAATHISTS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT FALLING THROUGH
SO NOW WHEN ANYTHING DOESNT WORK
THEY USE THE REFERENCE OF THE SUNNI BAATHIST PARTY
WHICH IS NOTHING BUT TO PUT FEAR IN THE IRAQI PEOPLE
THERE IS A BETTER CHANCE THAT SADAAM COMES FROM THE GRAVE TO BE PM THAN THERE IS THE
BAATHISTS RETURN TO POWER
AFTER 7 PLUS MONTHS
OF READING ALL THE STUFF THAT RULE OF LAW MEMBERS HAVE PUT IN PRINT
WE SHOULD BE IMMUNE TO IT
AND KNOW THAT THESE MEN ARE HABITUAL LIARS
HAS ANYTHING THAT THEY HAVE SAID WAS HAPPENING COME TRUE
THE RUMORS OF THE RV
HAS BEEN MORE SPOT ON THAN WHAT THEY SAY
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that's all for tonight. I'm off to bed soon.
Donna