IMF/WB Group Spring Conference 2014 Meeting Schedule from Stage3Alpha

THE INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND/WORLD BANKING GROUP SPRING CONFERENCE 2014 MEETING SCHEDULE



Posted by EXOGEN on April 6, 2014 at 11:12am



Monday, April 7, 2014



8:00 a.m. Press Credentials Pick-Up Opens

1850 I Street, NW, Washington, DC



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Tuesday, April 8, 2014



9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.



IMF Press briefing: World Economic Outlook (WEO) with Olivier Blanchard, IMF Economic Counsellor and Director of Research Department



IMF HQ2, Conference Hall 2 (Press Briefing Room)



10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

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An Overview of the World Bank Group's New Country Engagement Model

• Ana Revenga, Acting Vice-President for the Poverty Reduction and Economic Management Network, World Bank Group


• Kyle Peters, Vice- President, Operations Policy &; Country Services, World Bank Group

Follow the event on Twitter by using #wblive



Organized by the World Bank Group



World Bank J Building, J B1-080



2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.



The World Bank Group Press Briefing: MENA Economic Update



Organized by the World Bank Group



World Bank J Building, J 1-050



2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.



Program-for-Results (PforR): Two-Year Review to Take Stock



Organized by the World Bank Group



World Bank MC Building, MC 4-800



4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.



IMF Seminar: Managing Transition to Normality—Implications for Fiscal Policy



Panelists:

• David Lipton, IMF First Managing Director


• Tim Adams, President and CEO, Institute for International Finance


• Willem Buiter, Global Chief Economist, Citibank


• Alistair Darling, former Chancellor of the Exchequer, United Kingdom


• Jose DeGregorio,Professor of Economics, University of Chile


• Charles Evans, President, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

Moderator:

Rob Cox, Reuters



Organized by the International Monetary Fund



IMF HQ2, Conference Hall 2 (Press Briefing Room)



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Wednesday, April 9, 2014



9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.



IMF Press Briefing: Global Financial Stability Report (GFSR) with José Viñals, Financial Counsellor and Director of the IMF's Monetary and Capital Markets Department



IMF HQ2, Conference Hall 2 (Press Briefing Room)



9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.



A Conversation with Al Jazeera's Ali Velshi and Jim Yong Kim



Moderator:

Ali Velshi, Host, Al Jazeera America



Join the conversation via #askjyk



Organized by the World Bank Group



World Bank MC Building, Preston Auditorium



9:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.



IMF Seminar: Africa Rising: Building to the Future ;
Organized by the International Monetary Fund



Full Agenda ; ;



George Washington University, Jack Morton Auditorium



10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.



Paving the Way to Shared Prosperity in Europe and Central Asia



Organized by the World Bank Group



World Bank MC Building, MC2-800



11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.



LAC Semi-Annual Economic Perspectives Report

• Augusto de la Torre, World Bank Chief Economist for Latin America and the Caribbean

Organized by the World Bank Group



World Bank J Building, J 1-050



11:15 a.m. - 12:45 a.m.



Digital Finance: Innovation at the Core of Big Development Changes



Moderator:

Tilman Ehrebeck, CEO, CGAP



Join the conversation via #digitalfinance



Organized by the World Bank Group



TBD



11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.



IMF Press Briefing: Fiscal Monitor Report with Sanjeev Gupta, Acting Director of the IMF's Fiscal Affairs Department



IMF HQ2, Conference Hall 2 (Press Briefing Room)



11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.



Digital Finance: Innovation at the Core of Big Development Challenges

• Jin-Yong Cai, Executive Vice President and CEO, IFC


• Sandhya Rani Kanneganti, Postmaster General, Andhra Pradesh


• Kamal Qadir, CEO, bKash


• Thomas Duveau, Head of Business Development, Mobisol


• Arjuna Costa, Investment Partner, Omidyar Network


• Hortensia Contreras Torres, Vice President Electronic Services, Grupo BIMBO / General Manage BLM


• Walt Macnee, President MasterCard Center for Inclusive Growth and Vice Chair


• Chidi Okpala, Director & Head, Airtel Money – Africa


• Tilman Ehrbeck, CEO, CGAP

Follow the event on Twitter with #digitalfinance



Organized by the World Bank Group



World Bank MC Building, Preston Auditorium



11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.



Syrian Crisis: The Art of Resilience

• Chris Gunness, Spokesperson and Director of Communications, UNRWA


• Jihad Yazigi, Founder and Editor, Syria Report


• Laura Trevelyan, Anchor & Correspondent, BBC World News America


• Dr. Jim Yong Kim, President, World Bank Group


• Inger Andersen, Vice President of Middle East and North Africa region, World Bank Group

Follow the event on Twitter by using #withsyria &ArtofResilience



Organized by the World Bank Group



World Bank MC Building, Jim Wolfensohn Atrium



2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.



World Bank Press Briefing: ECA Economic Update



IMF HQ2-3-748



2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.



Closing Feedback Loops: From Engaged Citizens to More Responsive Governments

• Sanjay Pradham, Vice President, World Bank Institute


• Anabel Cruz, Founder Director, Communication and Development Institute


• Ellen Miller, Co-founder and Executive Director Sunlight Foundation


• Chris Underwood, Global Action, Making All Voices Count


• Edwin Lacierda, Presidential Spokesperson, Government of the Philippines

Moderator:

Stella Dawson, Chief Correspondent, Thomson Reuters Foundation



Join the conversation using #opengovnow



Organized by the World Bank Group



World Bank J Building, J B1-080



2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.



IMF Seminar: Fund Surveillance in an Interconnected World



Organized by the International Monetary Fund



George Washington University, Lisner Auditorium



3:45 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.



IMF Seminar: Africa Rising: Policies for Sustained and Inclusive Growth



Chair:

Antoinette Sayeh , IMF



Panelists:

• Daniel Kaufman, Revenue Watch Institute


• Benno Ndulu, Central Bank Governor, Tanzania


• Lant Pritchett, Harvard

Organized by the International Monetary Fund



George Washington University, Jack Morton Auditorium



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Thursday, April 10, 2014



8:45 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.



IMF Press Briefing: IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde



IMF HQ2, Conference Hall 2 (Press Briefing Room)



9:30 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.



The World Bank Group Press Briefing: World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim



IMF HQ2, Conference Hall 2 (Press Briefing Room)



9:45 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.



IMF Seminar: Enhancing Emerging Markets’ Resilience



Organized by the International Monetary Fund



Full Agenda ; ;



George Washington University, Jack Morton Auditorium



10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.



Global Commission on the Economy and Climate: Briefing for Delegates



World Bank MC Building, MC 13-121



10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.



Talking About a Data Revolution

• Dr. Jim Yong Kim, President, World Bank Group


• Mahmoud Mohieldin, President’s Special Envoy, World Bank Group


• Jan Eliasson, Deputy Secretary General, United Nations


• Professor Mthuli Ncube, Chief Economist and Vice President, African Development Bank


• Nick Dyer, Director General, Policy and Global Programmes, Department for International Development


• Gavin Starks, Chief Executive Officer, Open Data Institute


• Haishan Fu, Director, Development Economics Data Group, The World Bank Group

Moderator:

Lindsey Coates, Executive Vice President of Interaction



Join the conversation using #datarev



Organized by the World Bank Group



World Bank MC Building, Preston Auditorium



10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.



What Have Young People Gained from the Arab Spring?

• Sri Mulyani Indrawati, Managing director & Chief Operating Officer, World Bank Group


• Inger Andersen, Vice President of Middle East and North Africa region, World Bank


• H.E. Mohamed Ouzzine, Minister of Youth and Sports, Kingdom of Morocco


• Ahmed Alhindawi, Youth Envoy of the UN Secretary General, Jordan


• Shatha al-Harazi, Academic/Journalist/Activist, Yemen


• Mouheb Ben Garoui, I-WATCH Executive Director, Tunisia

Moderator:

Abderrahim Foukara, Al Jazeera Bureau Chief, Washington, D.C.



Follow the event on Twitter with #ArabYouth



Organized by the World Bank Group



World Bank J Building, J B1-080



10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.



Procurement Reform at the World Bank - Update and Implementation



Organized by the World Bank Group



World Bank J Building, J 1-050



12:00 p.m. - 12:45 p.m.



#EndPoverty 2030 - Millenials Take on the Challenge

• Dr. Jim Yong Kim, President, World Bank Group


• Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations


• Hugh Evans, Co-Founder and CEO, The Global Poverty Project


• Ashish J. Thakkar, Founder, Mara Group and Mara Foundation


• Chernor Bah, Chair, Youth Advocacy Group, Global Education First Initiative


• Nargis Shirazi, Nargis Shirazi

Moderator:

Isha Sesay, Anchor and correspondent, CNN



Join the conversation using #endpoverty



Organized by the World Bank Group



World Bank MC Building, Jim Wolfensohn Atrium



2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.



IMF Seminar: Conversation on Global Economy

• Christine Lagarde, IMF Managing Director


• Charlie Rose, PBS

Organized by the International Monetary Fund



George Washington University, Lisner Auditorium



2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.



Making Innovation Policy Work: Learning from Experimentation

• Jim Yong Kim, President, World Bank Group


• Ángel Gurría, Secretary-General, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)


• Carl J. Dahlman, Program Manager, OECD


• Mark Dutz, Lead Economist, Latin America and the Caribbean, World Bank Group


• Eduardo Bitran, Executive Director of Corfo, Chile, and former President of the National Innovation Council and General Director of Fundación Chile


• Božidar Đelić, Managing Director,Sovereign Advisory Group, Lazard Frères


• Esperanza Lasagabaster, Service Line Manager, Financial and Private Sector Development, World Bank Group


• Yevgeny Kuznetsov, Senior Research Fellow, the Migration Policy Institute, and Consultant, World Bank Group

Follow the event on Twitter with #InnovationPolicy



Organized by the World Bank Group



World Bank MC Building, MC 13-121



2:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.



2014 Learning for All Symposium: Investing in a Brighter Future

• Dr. Jim Yong Kim, President,World Bank Group


• Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations


• Gordon Brown, Special Envoy for Global Education, United Nations


• Børge Brende, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Norway


• Amadou Ba, Minister of Economy and Finance, Senegal


• Alice Albright, Chief Executive Officer, Global Partnership for Education

Moderator:

Judy Woodruff, Co-anchor PBS NewsHour



Join the conversation using #educationfirst



Organized by the World Bank Group



World Bank MC Building, Preston Auditorium



3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.



Ending Conflict and Building Peace in Africa: A Call to Action



Organized by the World Bank Group



World Bank J Building, J 1-050



4:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.



IMF Seminar: Enhancing global safety nets to strengthen buffers in EMs



Panelists:

• Naoyuki Shinohara, IMF Deputy Managing Director ;


• Yi Gang, Deputy Governor People’s Bank of China


• Mateusz Szczurek, Minister of Finance of Poland


• Liaquat Ahamed, Pulitzer Prize writer, author of Lords of Finance

Moderator:

Yanqing Yan, China ; Business News



Organized by the International Monetary Fund



George Washington University, Jack Morton Auditorium



4:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.



New Paths for Development Finance



Organized by the World Bank Group



World Bank MC Building, MC2-800



6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.



Years of Living Dangerously - Climate Change Series Premiere



Organized by the World Bank Group



World Bank MC Building, Preston Auditorium



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Friday, April 11, 2014



8:15 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.



IMF Press Briefing: Asia and Pacific Economic Outlook



IMF HQ2-3-748



TBD



G-20 Ministerial Meeting



IMF HQ2, Conference Hall 1



8:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.



Toward Universal Health Coverage for 2030

• Dr. Jim Yong Kim, President, World Bank Group


• Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations


• Lawrence H. Summers, Professor and President Emeritus, Harvard University


• Michael Bloomberg, Former New York City Mayor, UN Special Envoy for Cities and Climate Change


• Margaret Chan, Director-General, World Health Organization

Join the conversation using #UHC2030strong>



Organized by the World Bank Group



World Bank MC Building, Preston Auditorium



9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.



Ending Poverty: How Should the World Bank Group Measure its Contribution?



Organized by the World Bank Group



TBD



9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.



Meeting Africa's Youth Employment Challenge

• Makhtar Diop, World Bank Vice President for Africa Region


• Deon Filmer, Lead Economist, Africa Region, World Bank


• Hon. Njuguna S. Ndung'u, Governor, Central Bank of Kenya


• Hon. Serigne Mbaye Thiam, Minister of Higher Education and Research, Senegal


• Simbarashe Mhungu, Managing Director of Harvest Fresh, Zimbabwe


• Louise Fox, Visiting Professor, UC Berkeley; Former Lead Economist, Africa Region, The World Bank

Follow the event on Twitter by using #Jobs4Africa



Organized by the World Bank Group



World Bank MC Building, MC 4-800



9:15 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.



IMF Press Briefing: European Department Press Conference



IMF HQ2-3-748



9:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.



IMF Seminar: The Macroeconomics of Income Inequality: A Global Perspective



Panelist:

• Min Zhu, IMF Deputy Managing Director


• Jeff Sachs, Columbia University


• Jose DeGregorio, University of Chile


• Tyler Cowen, George Mason University


• Guy Ryder, Director-General, International Labour Organization (ILO)


• Winnie Byanyima, Executive Director, Oxfam International

Moderator:

Gabriela Frias, Business anchor, CNN en Español



Organized by the International Monetary Fund



George Washington University, Jack Morton Auditorium



10:15 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.



IMF Press Briefing: Middle East and Central Asia Regional Economic Outlook



IMF HQ2-3-748



11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.



Emerging Economies: Views from East and South

• Barry Eichengreen, Professor of Economics and Political Science, University of California, Berkeley


• Zeti Akhtar Aziz, Chairman of Bank Negara Malaysia


• Cesar Purisima, Secretary, Department of Finance, Philippines


• Mauricio Cardenas, Minister of Mines and Energy, Government of Colombia


• Augusto de la Torre, Economista en Jefe para América Latina y el Caribe


• Bert Hofman, World Bank's Chief Economist for the East Asia and Pacific Region


• Alberto Arenas, Minister of Finance, Chile

Moderator:

Phillip Yin, Business Anchor, CCTV America



Organized by the World Bank Group



World Bank J Building, J 1-050



11:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.



Supporting the Creation of Large African Firms



Organized by the World Bank Group



World Bank J Building, J B1-080



12:15 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.



IMF Press Briefing: Western Hemisphere Regional Economic Outlook



IMF HQ2-3-748



1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.



China: A New Approach to Efficient, Inclusive, Sustainable Urbanization

• Hou Yongzh, Director General, Dept. of Development Strategy & Regional Economy, Development Research Center of the State Council, P.R. China


• Bert Hofman, Chief Economist for the East Asia & Pacific region


• Axel van Trotsenburg, Vice President, East Asia and Pacific Region, World Bank Group

Follow the event on Twitter by using #UrbanChina



Organized by the World Bank Group



World Bank MC Building, MC 4-800



1:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.



G-20 Press Briefing



George Washington University, Jack Morton Auditorium



2:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.



A Look Back at Agriculture and Food-based Approaches to Malnutrition



Organized by the World Bank Group



World Bank MC Building, MC 13-400



4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.



Sharing Prosperity, Delivering Results

• Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations


• Dr. Jim Yong Kim, President, World Bank Group


• Jeffrey D. Sachs, Dir Earth Institute &; Columbia U. Prof. Special Advisor to the UNSG Dir., Millennium Villages Project


• Kaushik Basu, Senior Vice President and Chief Economist, World Bank Group

Moderator:

Annie Lowrey, New York Times Reporter



Join the conversation using #wblive



Organized by the World Bank Group



World Bank MC Building, Jim Wolfensohn Atrium



5:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.



The Resilience Dialogue



Organized by the World Bank Group



World Bank J Building, J B1-080



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Saturday, April 12, 2014


TBD



International Monetary and Financial Committee (IMFC) Plenary



IMF HQ2, Conference Hall 1



9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.



Increase Agricultural Productivity in Africa Today!



Organized by the World Bank Group



World Bank J Building, J 1-050



11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.



IMF Press Briefing: African Finance Ministers



TBD



11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.



State of the Africa Region



Organized by the World Bank Group



World Bank J Building, J B1-080



1:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.



Press Briefing: IMFC Chair Tharman Shanmugaratnam and IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde



IMF HQ2, Conference Hall 2 (Press Briefing Room)



1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.



IMF Seminar: Arab Economic Transformation Amid Political Transition



Organized by the International Monetary Fund



George Washington University, Jack Morton Auditorium



3:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.



Development Committee (DC) Plenary



World Bank MC Building, Preston Auditorium



3:45 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.



IMF Seminar: IMF 70 Years Later: Reflections and Looking Ahead



Panelist:

• Christine Lagarde, IMF Managing Director


• Robert Gordon, Northwestern University


• Madeleine Albright, former U.S. Secretary of State


• Andrew McAfee, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)


• Peter Ho, Center for Strategic Futures

Moderator:

Ali Velshi, Al Jazeera



Organized by the International Monetary Fund



George Washington University, Lisner Auditorium



5:30 p.m. - 6:15 p.m.



Development Committee Press Briefing : Marek Belka, Development Committee Chair; Jim Yong Kim, World Bank President; Christine Lagarde, IMF Managing Director



IMF HQ2, Conference Hall 2 (Press Briefing Room)



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Sunday, April 13, 2014


9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.



IMF Seminar: Monetary Policy in the New Normal



Organized by the International Monetary Fund



George Washington University, Jack Morton Auditorium

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Randy Koonce Update Saturday 4-5-14

Randy Koonce Update.....How are you makin it.



I am adding a date to archive..Saturday, April 5, 2014



I have again waited a little while before I send out a note..



I know everyone wants me to have a call but these notes do the trick too......



Ok. the pressure is on for Maliki he is just about to bounce off the walls to get this out and the IMF has drug their feet and making Maliki sign off on things Like HCL and Budget, and etc....



I am going to state every thing is done that has to be done for the RV to take place so no one has to ask the question does Iraq need this to RV..... Answer is NO... They are Ready...


Every Day is a Hot day until the election.....

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I want everyone to know that this can go off on any day of the week, I like Sundays and Thursdays but that means nothing the window is as open as I have ever seen this thing be......


You ask why can't I give a specific date..... the reason is I do not control the RV "i wish I did would save me many a phone call.."



Ok here is the Skinny....... I cannot give you intel because it is very sensitive at the time ......


I can say the CBI is ready Maliki is ready and the IMF is getting ready so when the stars align like they are now the window is open wide........ and do not worry about what ifs just wait until it happens and then go to a bank and cash in if you have more than 1 million in dinar you can negotiate the cbi rate and no fees.



The thing with groups pick people you know do not fall for the 800# and private stuff the rate will be the rate and you will not be able to get more than what the bank pays..... the last rate that was given to us is between 2 and 3 dollars.


The Banks all and I mean All banks will participate in the exchange, that deal in foreign currency. DO NOT WORRY ABOUT whether or not you will be able to cash in Take your time and Breathe..... if you want cash a little then go back do some more.....



I BELIEVE THAT WE WILL BE DONE BY THE MIDDLE OF APRIL...... if for some reason we are not I will get the reason..... but for now all parties are aligning very well.



So tonight to the middle of April is extremely important to us in this investment.....


Continue to check the cbi website for the rate change...... if they do it in the mornings Iraq time that is around 12 midnight to 2 in the morning..... those have been good window following when the bank updates its screens.



RELAX and be smart about your money it is a currency very hard to track... so do not give it to anyone other than a bank or dealer on exchange and get your money back at the same time if you have to wait go somewhere else..... DO NOT LET IT OUT OF YOUR SITE UNTIL YOU GET MONEY IN RETURN..... PLEASE BE SMART ABOUT IT...



I have started making plans for the Austin event so if you want to go just send me email.... i will setup a web page to register.... if we get past the next 4 days and no RV I will do a call.......



Check CBI.IQ



Breathe,,,



Check www.cbi.iq every day to see if it has changed... do not take a guru or a post about in country RV or any thing else do not be fooled just check the CBI



Do not let your emotions get to you.



Randy Koonce

koonce@randykoonce.com

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"Stick to Your Plans" from Bluwolf Friday Afternoon

As I wait for the final notice, it seems that a lot of misguided or a strange information or disinformation has been placed.



The truth being that all is still going to occur according to the plan and no changes have been made on any account.



Though I cannot speak for a certain group about being dismantled my thoughts being that there silence is golden and honestly with 158,000 in that specific group I don't think so.



So we still wait on the US to give us our final signal to go exchange, my advice to all is to stick to your plans, for you to hold on to your monies, for you to make your appointments and for you to sign or not sign your nda but let it be you, your choice.



There are many scammers coming out of the woodworks so please be careful not to fall for them. There are no new deals on the table, only the ones that we know about and nothing has changed going forward.



We are very close but like I said above, the whole world is just waiting on guess who, the US to do their share on giving its GO. Be blessed Bluwolf

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Friday News Summaries from Aggiedad77 at KTFA

aggiedad77 » April 4th, 2014,



Friday News Summaries



Commission Najaf: Distribution of [730] A voter card across the province



Across the province of Najaf, the distribution of voter ID cards has reached about 85%.....so they continue to work on getting these cards into the hands of all eligible voters.



Website: Iraq is seeking to borrow two billion dollars from a U.S. bank to finance the purchase of 40 Boeing aircraft



The Iraqi Ministry of Transport is attempting to obtain a $2 billion dollar loan from the Export-Import Bank in the US for the purchase of 40 Boeing aircraft that have been committed to Iraq for delivery. It will be interesting to see how they manage to pay for these aircraft....hope the loan goes thru.

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Central bank: 15 Arab and foreign banks opened branches in Iraq since the beginning of this year



Over the past three months there have been 15 Arab and foreign banks opening branch offices in Iraq....these banks have been approved by the CBI.



Nassif accuses Najafi duplicity and withdrawal of members of the mass of the parliament session and the disruption of budget



There continue to be complaints made about the Speaker of the House, Najafi, so what else is new.....this is dirty politics at its greatest...pretending to the public to be in favor of passing the budget but on the inside.....not allowing it to happen....shaking my head.....Maliki continues to try to circumvent the Parliament by going to the Federal Court...in the meantime Parliament is adjourned until Sunday.



First Kurdistan stock exchange to be opened in August



The Erbil Stock Exchange has plans to open in August 2014.



Kurdish lawmaker holds the government responsible for the legal errors in the budget and the delay in approval


An MP from Kurdistan is stating that the federal government is a fault for the problems and issues found within the 2014 budget and for the delay in getting it approved.....this MP makes good and valid points at to the problems....but they are past problems.....which will do nothing for today.....or Sunday.....to remedy issues of differences....work on the here and now and forget what happened or didn't happen in the past....fix it now and move on.



Kurdish channels broadcast images of a "new" Talabani and sources suggest his return to Iraq in two weeks



Kurdistan news channels have been broadcasting new photos of Talabani in what appears to be a return on his part to Iraq within the next 2 weeks.....they are stating that the photos of T were taken on March 21 of this year.



News Summaries thus far for Friday......Randy

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Transcript of Christine LaGarde IMF Speech Today

Christine LaGarde IMF - Today



Link to: Christine LaGarde IMF - Today - Fast forward to 15 min. mark -



http://ift.tt/1jZqNJu listen thru 18 plus minutes



Here is the text for those that would prefer to read it.



The Road to Sustainable Global Growth—the Policy Agenda By Christine Lagarde



Managing Director, International Monetary Fund School of Advanced International Studies



Washington, DC, April 2, 2014 Webcast of the Speech Webcast



As Prepared for Delivery



Good morning. I would like to thank Provost Lieberman for his warm introduction. I am also appreciative of Dean Vali Nasr’s kind invitation to join you today. And I want to salute my friend and former IMF colleague, John Lipsky, who will be moderating today’s session.

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I am delighted to be at SAIS, one of the world’s top learning institutions, with a faculty and student body renowned not only for their intellectual ability but also for their international commitment—which includes campuses on three continents. I understand that the school’s theme for this year is “Emerging Markets.” This seems most appropriate, since emerging market economies now account for the bulk of global growth.



Next week, Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors of our 188 member countries— emerging markets, advanced economies and low-income countries—will gather in Washington for our Spring Meetings. Today, with this global audience at SAIS, let me give you a preview of our global policy agenda.



Strengthening International Cooperation is a Priority



I want to begin with what will be a priority issue. At a time when the world is still recovering from the Great Recession—and at a time when geopolitical tensions are rising—how can we strengthen the international cooperation that is key to addressing these challenges?



Certainly the global economy has stabilized since the onset of the financial crisis, but the recovery is too weak for comfort. Moreover, unless countries come together to take the right kind of policy measures, we could be facing years of slow and sub-par growth—well below the solid, sustainable growth that is needed to create enough jobs and improve living standards into the future.



This is not inevitable. As Aristotle wisely said: “We become just by performing just actions, temperate by performing temperate actions, and brave by performing brave actions.”



Now is the time for brave action.



The major G20 countries, at their meeting in Australia in February, recognized that the right policy actions by countries—and the right cooperation across countries—could raise world GDP by over 2 percent over the next 5 years.



This would place the global economy on a substantially different and better trajectory from today.



At that same meeting in Sydney, the IMF was asked to monitor country-specific plans and tasked with assessing possible “spillover” effects—how one country’s policy actions might affect others. With our global membership, technical expertise, and cross-country experience, the IMF is well placed to help.



We have been doing that for 70 years: after the Second World War, during the Asian and Latin American financial crises, and during the Great Recession. A more recent example is the assistance that we are proposing for Ukraine—and where IMF support will galvanize support from others.



It is international cooperation in action. It is the IMF in action.



Our role is generally well recognized. Consequently, almost our entire membership has approved a set of governance reforms aimed at strengthening our resources and better representing the changing dynamics amongst our shareholders.



The exception to this support, unfortunately, is the United States—our leading shareholder and a founding member. Just last week, legislation that would have brought these reforms into effect did not make it through the Congress. This is disappointing, but it is not the end of the story. We shall carry on.



The U.S. Administration has reiterated its commitment to see the reforms approved as soon as possible. The rest of our membership remains committed. And I am personally committed—because these reforms are good for the IMF, good for the U.S. economy, and good for the world.



So, international cooperation will be high on the agenda next week. What else?



Three broad topics:



(i) The state of the global economy: how is the growth engine running?



(ii) Short-term obstacles on the road ahead: how can they be navigated?



(iii) The medium-term horizon: how do we shift gears and get the global economy up to cruising speed—meaning stronger, more sustainable growth?



Let me discuss each of these.



1. State of the Global Economy



First, a quick check of the global economy. We will be releasing our new forecasts next week, so I will just touch on broad trends.



The global economy is turning the corner of the Great Recession, although overall growth remains too slow and weak. In 2013, global growth was about 3 percent; we project modest improvements in 2014 and 2015, although still remaining below past trends.



Economic activity in the advanced economies is improving, albeit at varying speeds. This is good news, because for the past 5 years the emerging market and developing economies have been shouldering the burden of recovery—accounting for 75 percent of the increase in global growth since 2009. The recovery is finally becoming a bit more balanced, in an overall economic landscape that has changed significantly.



In the advanced economies, growth is strongest in the United States, supported by robust private demand and an easing of the short-term fiscal brake. Even so, it will be critical to continue to carefully manage the gradual withdrawal of monetary support by the Fed, and to put in place a durable medium-term fiscal plan.



In the Euro Area, a modest recovery is taking hold—stronger in the core but weaker in the South. Encouraging steps have been taken recently to establish a banking union—which the IMF has been urging for some time. Implementing a common fiscal backstop remains key, as is the upcoming asset quality review of banks.



In Japan, the world's third largest economy, activity is seeing a boost from the monetary "arrow" of Abenomics. For growth to be sustained, the remaining two policy "arrows"—structural reforms and a concrete medium-term fiscal plan—also need to be comprehensively fired.



Activity in emerging market economies, which has been slowing, picked up slightly in the latter part of 2013—driven by stronger demand from advanced economies. Although tighter external financial conditions will be a drag on domestic demand, emerging Asia in particular will continue to be a bright spot, posting the world's highest growth rate of more than 6½ percent this year. China also will continue to be a key driver, albeit at a slower, more sustainable pace.



Many low-income countries too have been a bright spot. After Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa has been the most dynamic region in the world during the crisis, growing at around 5 percent per year on average. This should continue, although in several countries rapid debt accumulation and erosion of fiscal space will need to be watched.



Turning to the Arab Countries in Transition, their prospects are held back by the difficult socio-political context. Those countries striving to advance much-needed reforms deserve firm support from the international community.



So this is a snapshot of the global economy. I would summarize it this way:



A modest and fragile recovery is underway—and needs to change gears toward more rapid and sustainable growth.



2. Removing Obstacles to Short-run Growth



This takes us to my next topic: what short-term obstacles are emerging on the road to get there? I see three.



The first obstacle is in the advanced economies. There is the emerging risk of what I call "low-flation," particularly in the Euro Area. A potentially prolonged period of low inflation can suppress demand and output—and suppress growth and jobs. More monetary easing, including through unconventional measures, is needed in the Euro Area to raise the prospects of achieving the ECB's price stability objective. The Bank of Japan also should persist with its quantitative easing policy.



The second obstacle is in the emerging market economies. Corporate leverage has been rising, and there is a risk of heightened market volatility associated with the tapering of quantitative easing in the U.S. This is combined with a generally less benign external financial climate. What we saw from the recent bouts of market volatility is that countries with weaker fundamentals—larger domestic and external imbalances—are likely to be more affected. By the same token, strong policy responses by those economies are likely to be the best safeguard against turbulence.



Navigating the choppy waters of financial normalization will require a collaborative approach among all countries. That means building a shared understanding of the risks and the policy responses. It means cooperation among central banks and financial regulators to contain adverse policy “spillovers” and subsequent feedback to source countries—“spillbacks.” It also means, and as I have emphasized repeatedly, continued, clear communication among all central banks.



The third obstacle is the rise of geopolitical tensions, which could cloud the global economic outlook. The situation in Ukraine is one which, if not well managed, could have broader spillover implications. There are also other cases of geopolitical tension. Resolving them requires not only good policies, but good politics. Both are essential to enable the global economy to move into a higher gear.



3. Reaching Cruising Speed for Medium-term Growth



This brings me to my third and final topic—how do we reach cruising speed over the medium-term? How do we achieve higher quality, more sustainable growth that is more broadly shared?



We know that the costs of continued sluggish growth are high: modest income gains and meager reductions in unemployment and inequality. Indeed, the risk is that without sufficient policy ambition, the world could fall into a medium-term low growth trap. How can we avoid this?



We first need to fix problems that have been with us for some time during the crisis:



Unemployment—far too many people are still out of work, especially young people;

High levels of debt—meeting the challenge of fiscal consolidation while safeguarding growth; and

Financial uncertainty—completing the reforms necessary to place the global financial system on a sounder footing.



While some progress has been made on each of these, none has yet been overcome.



The economic, fiscal, and monetary policies that I have already mentioned are a big part of the solution. But with space for supportive policies narrowing in many countries, the role of structural reforms as a policy lever will increase.



What does that mean in practical terms? It means more and better-targeted investment, more labor market reforms, and more product market and services reforms.



First, public investment has taken a hit over the years in many countries; higher, well-prioritized investment would increase potential output and jobs. In Brazil, India, South Africa, and across the ASEAN countries, more public and private investment is essential to close infrastructure gaps. Investment to upgrade existing infrastructure networks is also needed in a number of the advanced economies—for instance, in Germany and the U.S.



Second, inclusive labor market reforms can go a long way in boosting potential growth. In countries with aging populations, increasing participation of underrepresented groups can help to keep them dynamic. In Korea, for example, measures to increase the participation of women and older workers should appreciably boost potential growth and more than offset the impact of aging. Recent IMF research has pointed out that, in many countries, increasing women’s participation in the workforce can be a powerful impetus to growth.



In countries with high levels of youth unemployment or informality, labor market reforms can be critical in avoiding a lost generation. In Mexico, for example, it is estimated that reforms to reduce hiring barriers in the formal sector could create nearly 400,000 new jobs annually.



Third, reforms to product markets and services can help break down vested interests, boost competition, and unleash huge growth and employment potential. This is the case not only in advanced economies such as Japan or Germany, but also in emerging market economies such as China.



Why? Because the innovation and productivity that underpin the services sector are the drivers of a modern economy. Think technology, communications, or finance. These, in turn, depend on effective, accountable and rules-based institutions.



That is why capacity building efforts are so important. That is also why capacity building is the largest service that the IMF provides today—in almost 90 percent of our 188 member countries, as diverse as Greece, Georgia and Guinea.



In Myanmar, for example, which I visited late last year, we are making a major effort to strengthen key areas of macroeconomic management as the country strives for reform. And through the IMF, the international community is coming together to help the country open up to the world.



All of which brings us back to where I began—on the role of the IMF and the importance of cooperation.



Conclusion



On that note, let me conclude.



In many ways, the world is at a critical juncture: emerging from the greatest financial crisis in almost a hundred years. Recovery is taking hold but is too slow and it faces several obstacles along the road. Bold policy steps can overcome these obstacles and take the global economy to the next level of more rapid and sustainable growth.



I have outlined a number of those steps today and they will be discussed further by our global membership next week. It is already clear that one policy step, above all, is key: a strengthening of international cooperation, a renewed commitment to multilateralism.



In our interconnected 21st century, no country can go it alone. National prosperity and global prosperity are linked; they depend, more than ever before, on our working together. The IMF is indispensable for this global cooperation.



Victor Hugo said: “Perseverance is the secret of all triumphs.”



The global economy is turning the corner—we need to persevere and push on together to complete the journey.



Thank you.



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[flgirl] Jester Hope you had a good Monday. Any new news worth talking about on our republic?

　

[Jester] flgirl LOTS OF INTERESTING STUFF FLOATING ABOUT... GOT ANYTHING IN PARTICULAR YOU ARE CURIOUS ABOUT?

　

[flgirl] Jester i have seen all kinds of rumors also. I do not have any specific questions.



[ModelWoman] Jester Not Dinarland but Computer Magazine has currencies revaluing and devaluing tomorrow???

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[MotoXR] Modelwoman I heard a few stories today that apple sent out a similar email to some customers



[ModelWoman] Saw that too in Recaps......this was the actual magazine article I found.

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[pokerbrat] Hello Jester How about your thoughts on the Malaysian Airlines flight

　

[pokerbrat] No bodies no floating seat



[Jester] pokerbrat IT IS LOST... HAHAHAH



[Jester] pokerbrat WELL I TELL YOU THAT IT BIG SURPRISE TO ME THAT THEY CAN READ YOUR DANG WRISTWATCH FROM A SATELLITE BUT THEY CANNOT FIND A PLANE... HOW STUPID DOES IT SEEM THAT AN ENTIRE PLAN CAN DISAPPEAR AND NO ONE KNOWS ANYTHING... I SAY BS... OTHERWISE PEOPLE WOULD BE SNEAKING STUFF ALL OVER CREATION FOR NEFARIOUS REASONS..



[Wadein] Jester you are absolutely correct. Spent many years in affiliated businesses. There is a wash job for some reason.



[angelheart] Jester I agree. Those 20 computer specialists must have Some information

　

[Betsy Ross] angelheart Of course they did.



[Hannah] Jester I just want to know if the 3rd man is in place yet? Hahahahaha! Just kidding　 　



[Jester] Hannah NOT SURE THAT IS EVEN PART OF THE PICTURE ANYMORE... BUT NO...



[Hannah] Jester Haha ... I didn't really want to know. Just being silly tonight.



[Jester] OK GOOD GRIEF... NO ONE RESEARCHED ANYTHING GOOD TODAY... SO NOW YOU HAVE TO LISTEN TO WHAT I WILL LIKE TO... HAHAHAH



[ModelWoman] Think you missed this a few minutes ago Jester .....Did you ever figure out a way to present us with the info from your new friends? Or have you presented it and we didn't know it?



[Jester] ModelWoman HOLDING ON TO IT FOR NOW... DO NOT LIKE TO UPSET THE APPLE CART AND CAUSE WAVES AT THIS TIME.



[Jester] JUST NOT NECESSARY TO THE OPERATION RIGHT NOW TO LET THAT　 　OUT TO RUN AROUND... ONE YOU TAKE THEM OUT IT IS HARD TO PUT THEM BACK... HAHAHAHA

　

[Jester] BUT THE FACT IS THE POSSIBILITY EXISTS... BUT IF YOU GUYS HAVE NOT HEARD ANYTHING ABOUT IT YET THEN IT WILL PROBABLY NOT MAKE SENSE TO YOU...



[angelheart] Jester but but Russia is backing down and wants to　 　and make up to O



[Jester] angelheart NOT THE WAY I SEE IT...



[Jester] LET ME GIVE YOU A COUPLE REASON I THINK EVERYONE IS MISSING THE BIG PICTURE AGAIN...



[angelheart] Listening to BBC right now. Russia is retreating (a little)



[Jester] After sanctioning several Russian banks to punish Russia for Crimea, the Washington politicians were told by the financial power-to-be to step back because obviously, the Wall Street vampires understand that putting Russian banks outside the reach of their blood sucking teeth is never a good idea. For Wall Street and the city’s financial services, countries like Russia should always have an open financial door through which their real economy can be periodically looted. So Washington announced that it was a mistake to enforce sanctions on all Russian banks; only one, the Rossiya bank shall be hit by sanctions, just for propaganda reasons and to make an example out of it.



[Jester] 　THAT MAKES ME THINK THEY HAVE PUTIN SCART TO DEATH...



[DEVINEHEALTH] Jester is the rossiya bank bankrupt?



[Jester] DEVINEHEALTH I SINCERELY DOUBT IT...



[Jester] According to the Judo strategy, the sanction attack created the ideal situation for a “defensive” move that would redirect the brute force of the adversary against him. And now it’s happening. Bank Rossiya will be the first Russian bank to use exclusively the Russian ruble



[Wadein] Jester I feel Putin's reasoning is to stop the stupid platitudes as reaction to anything he says. Therefor he is backing off a little.



[Jester] Wadein I DON'T THINK HE IS BACKING OFF AT ALL... I THINK HE HAS A PLAN AND HE IS WORKING IT AND OUR GOVERNMENT IS SO INEXPERIENCED AND ILL EQUIPPED TO PLAY THIS GAME THAT THEY ARE GETTING THEIR BUTTS HANDED TO THEM....



[Jester] DOES NOT SOUND LIKE HE IS ALL THAT SCART TO ME...



[MotoXR] Jester , so one would think that Putin would have the other banks start following the same to pull away from the Us dollar



[LuckyB] Russia has oil and natural gas and gold they are not broke .....



[Jester] In fact, the officials are very clear on their intention to punish the western speculators that have been looting their country for a long time: “Russia, at its present stage of development, should not be dependent on foreign currencies; its internal resources will make its own economy invulnerable to political wheeler dealers.”



[Jester] LOOKS TO ME LIKE THEY HAD A PLAN AND JUST NEEDED AN EXCUSE TO MOVE IT FORWARD... EITHER THAT OR PUTIN IS EXTRAORDINARILY QUICK ON HIS FEET... BUT IT ALL BOILS DOWN TO THE FACT THAT O IS VERY OUTMATCHED...



[dckb75] I read something about making smaller groups paired together so if for example USA has another financial crises the whole world is not tied together.



[angelheart] Jester should be how we are but...



[MotoXR] So if Russia is going that way China may be next all going away from the US dollar makes it go boom worthless





[angelheart] Truth IMO we are are mess and no one is willing to buck the system to clean it up because they'll be killed. Putin has guts.



Jester] I DO BELIEVE THAT THE GLOBAL RESEARCH ARTICLE WAS IN PART TAKEN FROM THIS...



[Jester] MOSCOW, March 30. /ITAR-TASS/. An action in support of bank Rossiya which has decided to work exclusively with the national currency will take place in Moscow on Sunday. The Golden Symbol of Russian Rouble installation in front of the bank’s office in Perevedensky pereulok in Moscow will symbolize the rouble’s stability and its backing by the country’s gold reserves, the action’s organizers explained to Itar-Tass.


Bank Rossiya plans to work only with Russia’s national currency The action is designed to voice support for the Rossiya bank, which is creating a precedent and can make those who have initiated penalties against Russia to feel sorry about their decision. The bank’s transition to using exclusively the rouble may prove the Russian currency’s viability and independence in world economy. “Russia, at its present stage of development, should not be dependent on foreign currencies; its internal resources will make its own economy invulnerable to political wheeler dealers,” the action’s organizers said.



[Jester] The Russian joint-stock bank, AB Rossiya, decided on Friday that it would work only with the national currency to protect its customers from dishonest actions by foreign financial institutions. “In order to protect the bank’s customers from dishonest actions by foreign financial institutions AB Rossiya has decided to operate only in the domestic market and exclusively with the national currency of the Russian Federation - the rouble,” AB Rossiya said in a statement released on Friday.



Jester] SOOOOOOO.... WHO THINKS THE US IS SCARING PUTIN??? I SURE DON'T... HAHAHAHAH...



[Truth] Jester nor I



[Jester] The bank Rossiya’s decision to give up foreign currency and start working exclusively with the Russian rouble is a step forward towards converting the Russian economy and banking sector to national currency, Andrei Kostin, the VTB bank president, said in an interview with the Russia 24 TV news channel commenting the decision of bank Rossiya to operate only in the domestic market and exclusively with the Russian rouble. “We have been moving towards wider use of the Russian rouble as the currency of settlement for a long time. The rouble became fully convertible quite a long time ago.


Unfortunately, we have seen predominantly negative consequences of this step so far revealed in the outpour of capital from this country. The influx of foreign investments into Russia has been speculative and considerably destabilizing to our stock markets,” Kostin went on to say. The VTB chief said that Russia should sell domestic products - from weapons to gas and oil - abroad for roubles and buy foreign goods also for roubles.


“Only then are we going to use the advantages of the rouble being a foreign currency in full measure,” Kostin said, adding that AB Rossiya would form a vital part of the Russian banking system and would closely cooperate with other Russian banks, which would also expand the rouble’s use in settlements. “A new imperative motive has appeared for that now,” the VTB chief stressed.



[Jester] LOOKS LIKE HE IS USING IT FOR AN EXCUSE TO MOVE THE RUBLE RIGHT ON UP THE LADDER TO WHERE HE WANTS AND USING OBOOBOOB AS AN EXCUSE FOR DOING IT...



[MotoXR] Jester, the more stand up like this the quicker the Cables fail?



[angelheart] Putin is clever



[Jester] angelheart WELL YES HE IS... THE PROBLEM HERE IS THIS... HE MAY BE OUR BEST FRIEND RIGHT NOW... NOT THE GOVERNMENT... BUT THE PEOPLE...



[Jester] THEY COULD SCREW US TO THE WALL RIGHT NOW BY FLOODING THE BONDS INTO THE MARKET... AND THEY REALIZE THAT THIS WOULD BE CATASTROPHIC FOR OUR ECONOMY.... THEY HATE THE GOVERNMENT... NOT NECESSARILY THE CITIZENS OF THE GOVERNMENT... OR WE WOULD ALREADY BE HISTORY IN MY OPINION...



[Jester] MotoXR AND THAT IS THE REASON HE IS MORE LIKE A FRIEND RIGHT NOW... YOU GOT IT...



[Jester] pokerbrat THE GOOD THING IS THAT IT IS THE GOVERNMENT THAT WILL LOSE... NOT NECESSARILY US...



[angelheart] Jester I'm not sure they would do that without hesitation.



[Jester] angelheart THAT IS YOUR OPINION... IF THEY THOUGHT IT WAS THE BEST THING TO DO THEY WOULD...



[gbs] keep your friends close and your enemies closer



[angelheart] Jester Ok looking at it from that point of view you are right



[Jester] WE DON'T GET IT... THEY DON'T CARE... THEY HAVE PLANS IN PLACE TO GET AROUND OUR MONOPOLIES NOW...



[Jester] ALTERNATE RESERVE CURRENCIES... BRICS... SHEESH... THIS IS A GAME THAT REAGAN TAUGHT THEM.... WE DID IT TO THEM YEARS AGO... THE WALL CAME DOWN... AND THEY LEARNED... THEY LEARNED WHAT TO DO... AND THEY LEARNED WELL... AND AT THAT TIME WE ELECTED A COMMUNITY ORGANIZER THAT COULD NOT ORGANIZE A HOT DOG STAND.... AND THIS IS WHAT YOU GET... OUTFOXED BY A TRUE LEADER...



[MotoXR] I'm liking how many are standing up to the bully on the block and saying no more!!



[msgwen] Jester so this is really going to or is helping our Republic move into position? maybe?

　

[Jester] msgwen I DO.... OTHERWISE WHAT WOULD THEY BE WAITING ON? WHY NOT JUST PUNT THE US AND GET ON WITH LIFE...



[pokerbrat] Jester Agreed



[msgwen] Jester yes, makes sense.



[Jester] WHAT WE HAVE DONE HERE TONIGHT IS TAKE SOMETHING THAT OTHERS ARE USING AS "THE ONE THING" AND BREAK IT DOWN TO WHAT IT REALLY DOES MEAN... THANKS FOR LISTENING



[Jester] Truth CHANGE YOUR THINKING... WHO TOLD YOU RUSSIA WAS A BAD GUY? HMMMMM



[Jester] IT WILL TAKE YEARS AND YEARS TO OVERCOME THAT OLD INGRAINED THINKING...



[Jester] SO IF THAT IS SO THEN DO WE REALLY BELIEVE THE BOOGEYMEN THEY TRY TO MAKE US BELIEVE OR DO WE WAKE UP AND REALIZE THAT THERE IS A WORLD OUT THERE LARGELY TRYING TO GET ALONG AND WE ARE REALLY THE BULLIES ON THE BLOCK THAT NEED TO BE TAKEN DOWN A NOTCH...



[Truth] Jester did not mean that.Thinking that looking at it from a surface view, it would appear as a negative for US with the way we are thinking things are, and honestly, I guess that view long ingrained does enter the picture. Thanks for pointing that out.



[Jester] Truth THAT IS THE WAY I TOOK YOUR COMMENTS... WE ARE ON THE SAME PAGE...



[Truth] Jester I agree. Just don't like to be the boogyman. It is not my truth.



[Jester] Truth WELL I WAS SIMPLY POINTING OUT THAT WE HAVE BEEN MISLEAD ABOUT WHO THE BOOGEYMAN IS…





[msgwen] Truth It is our fiat government not the people. Americans have been lulled to sleep for a long time.



[Truth] msgwen I know, it is a shame. Glad we are being told the truth and coming into a reality check so we can deal with the changes forthcoming.



[BocaLinda] Lets not put Putin on too high a pedestal. He is regularly removing free speech in Russia. ..



[Jester] BocaLinda ANY GOOD REASON THAT I SHOULD ASK IF YOU HAVE EVEN ONE ARTICLE BACKING THAT UP?



[Jester] NIGHT NIGHT EVERYONE....



[Jester] SEEYALATERBYE....

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