Zig’s Place Chatroom News Wednesday AM 12-1-21

Zig’s Place Chatroom News Wednesday AM 12-1-21

Zig: Welcome to zig's place, a chat room for dinar speculators and others....discuss any topic that you wish here

butterfly   After announcing the results of the elections, Al-Fateh Alliance warns of "massive public anger" 2021-12-01 03:07   Shafaq News/ Al-Fateh Alliance, led by Hadi Al-Amiri, warned on Wednesday of "massive public anger" due to the Commission's insistence on announcing the results of the early parliamentary elections, without revealing "the fraud and manipulation operations."

The leader in the Alliance, Mahmoud Al-Hayani, told Shafaq News Agency, "The insistence on announcing the results of the early parliamentary elections, without revealing the fraud and manipulation operations, is a clear challenge to the will of the majority, as well as the popular masses who are demonstrating at the gates of the Green Zone and the rest of Iraqi cities."

He added, "the Commission's insistence on proceeding with these false results will erupt great popular anger, and for this there is a possibility that there will be escalation in the popular protest that refuses to steal the votes of the ballots."

Al-Hayali added, "These masses cannot remain silent or withdraw without achieving their demands for which blood was sacrificed."

Yesterday, a source in the Independent High Electoral Commission in Iraq revealed that five candidates won in the House of Representatives, according to the results issued by the judiciary after recounting the votes manually in several polling stations.

The source told Shafaq News Agency, "There are five candidates who won based on the appeals submitted by them."

He indicated that the winners belong to the parties as follows: "a candidate for the Azm Coalition, two candidates for the Al-Fateh Alliance and two candidates for the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan.

Earlier, IHEC released final results on Tuesday from last month's general election, confirming populist Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr's movement's victory as the biggest bloc, with 73 seats in the fractious 329-seat house.

butterfly   The Takadum Party, which draws support from minority Sunni Muslims, won 37 seats. Former Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's State of Law group won 33 seats, and the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) secured 31, according to the results cited by state media.

The results were broadly in line with preliminary figures released days after the Oct. 10 election and unlikely to alter calculations much as politicians negotiate on the makeup of a new government. Pro-Iran groups who performed poorly have refused to accept the results.

The commission said that turnout reached 44%, revised up from the 43% preliminary figure but still lower than in the last election in 2018.

The commission said that more than 9.6 million people cast their ballots in the Oct. 10 vote, where at least 167 parties and more than 3,200 candidates competed for the parliament's 329 seats.

For its part, The Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) commented on the new results saying that "two seats were illegally taken from the party."

Mahmoud Muhammad, KDP's spokesperson, said that the final results of the Iraqi parliamentary elections represent clearly that "two seats were deprived for two of the Kurdistan Democratic Party candidates in the governorates of Erbil and Nineveh."

He added, "We will announce the position of Party about this illegal act after holding the meeting of the political bureau." https://www.shafaq.com/en/Iraq-News/After-announcing-the-results-of-the-elections-Al-Fateh-Alliance-warns-of-massive-public-anger

butterfly   2021-12-01 06:54   Shafaq News/ Huqooq movement, the political wing of Kata'ib Hezbollah (Iran's most powerful proxy in Iraq), voiced its rejection of the final election results announced by the Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC), warning of plunging the country into "dark and perilous" paths.

"The election results are illegitimate given the size of manipulation and fraud the will of the voters was subject to in the 10/10 election," a statement of the movement said on Wednesday.

Huqooq said that "IHEC and the Judicial Commission [for the elections] did not look into the evidence-supported appeals it presented "subjectively and impartially."

"We were prompted to withdraw our observers before the completion of the virtual recount they were running because they were prevented from direct observation."

"IHEC's insistence upon wasting the movement's electoral entitlements by keeping the results as they are will spawn a parliament that lacks legitimacy and does not reflect the Iraqis opinion."

The movement called on the Supreme Federal Court to carefully examine the evidence the movement had presented, warning that "what happened on October 10 is a serious deviation from the democratic course we wish to our country. It threatens to plunge the country into dark and perilous pathways."

Iraq's Shiite firebrand cleric Moqtada al-Sadr was confirmed Tuesday as the biggest winner of last month's parliamentary election, that had sparked charges of voter fraud from pro-Iranian factions.

The announcement of the results had been put off for weeks amid tensions over allegations of fraud and violence, that culminated on November 7 in an assassination attempt targeting Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi, from which he emerged unharmed. The attack was not claimed by any group.

Al-Sadr's movement won nearly a fifth of seats, 73 out of the assembly's total 329, IHEC said, after a lengthy manual recount of hundreds of ballot boxes.

butterfly   PMF leaders had rejected the preliminary result -- which was sharply down from their 48 seats in the outgoing assembly, as a "scam", and their supporters have held street protests chanting "No to fraud".

Their activists have staged sit-in protests outside Baghdad's ultra-secure Green Zone district, where the government, the assembly and many foreign embassies are located.

Despite the significant loss of seats, the Hashed remains a powerful force in the Iraqi political scene, backed by Iran and with a strength of 160,000 fighters.

It can also count on a key ally that made a surprise comeback in the polls, former premier Nouri al-Maliki's pro-Iran State of Law Alliance clinched 33 seats in the legislature.

Analysts have warned that, in a country still recovering from decades of war and chaos, and where most parties have armed wings, political disputes could spark a dangerous escalation.

The final results must now be sent to the federal court for ratification.

The parliament will then hold its inaugural session and elect a president, who will in turn appoint a prime minister to be approved by the legislature.

In multi-confessional and multi-ethnic Iraq, the formation of governments has involved complex negotiations ever since a US-led invasion toppled dictator Saddam Hussein in 2003.

Posts and ministries have typically been handed out according to compromises reached by the main blocs in backroom talks, rather than to reflect the numbers of seats parties have won.

Al-Sadr, a former leader of an anti-US militia who has often surprised observers with his political manoeuvres, has called for a "majority" government with other leading blocs, possibly excluding powerful Shiite actors like al-Fatah.

Analysts said he could strike deals with Sunni and Kurdish groups, such as those of outgoing parliament speaker Mohammed al-Halboosi's bloc, with 37 seats, and/or the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP), with 31. https://www.shafaq.com/en/Kurdistan/Huqooq-denounces-the-ele

butterfly   Where O where did I put those boxing gloves.

butterfly  2021-12-01 07:15   Shafaq News/ The Central Bank of Iraq (CBI) auctioned more than $200 million in foreign currency today, Wednesday.

Shafaq News Agency correspondent said that the CBI sales of foreign currency in today's auction amounted to $202,352,015, 3.06% up from $196,872,406 on Tuesday. The transactions were made at a weighted average of 1460 dinars to every dollar.

Our correspondent explained that 20 banks and 270 exchange companies cashed $64.9 million, while the $137,452,015 went to boost funds abroad in the form of credit and non-cash transactions, with 26 banks meeting those demands. https://www.shafaq.com/en/Economy/CBI-sells-200-million-on-Wednesday-s-currency-auction

butterfly  2021-12-01 06:25   Shafaq News/ Iraq collectively grossed more than 7.5 billion dollars from oil sales last November, according to a survey by the state oil marketer, SOMO.

Crude oil exports amounted to 98,192,317 barrels, yielding 7,590,000,000 dollars, SOMO survey said.

Exports from oilfields in Mid and south Iraq were 95,860,149 barrels, while Kirkuk oilfields, via Ceyhan port, contributed with 2,032,685 barrels.

Iraq's oil exports stood at 3,273,000 barrels per day (bpd), averaging 77.333 dollars a barrel, according to the survey. https://www.shafaq.com/en/Economy/Iraq-yields-7-5-billion-dollars-from-crude-sales-in-November-SOMO-survey

butterfly   2021-12-01 07:14   Shafaq News/ The Iraqi Minister of Oil, Ihsan Abdul-Jabbar expects OPEC to agree on extending its current production policies over the short term, he told the state news agency on Wednesday.

Iraq's stance will be aligned with the outcome of the next meeting of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), the minister said.

OPEC+ ministers, including those from the group's biggest producers Russia and Saudi Arabia, have said there was no need for a knee-jerk reaction to amend policy.

OPEC and its allies begin two days of meetings on Wednesday to decide whether to release more oil into the market or restrain supply amid big gyrations in crude prices and uncertainty about the impact of the Omicron coronavirus variant on energy demand.

Oil prices fell to near $70 a barrel on Tuesday, after hitting a three-year high above $86 in October, posting their biggest monthly decline in November since the start of the pandemic, as the new variant raised fears of a glut. https://www.shafaq.com/en/Economy/Iraq-expects-OPEC-sustains-current-output-policy

butterfly   More to come later.

Zig If you access this chat via https://my.cbox.ws/ZIGPLACE

You can make the box much bigger by clicking this link ZIGPLACE - Cbox

Zig’s Place Chatroom News Tuesday PM 11-30-21

Zig’s Place Chatroom News Tuesday PM 11-30-21

Zig: Welcome to zig's place, a chat room for dinar speculators and others....discuss any topic that you wish here

Butterfly   Rights Reveal New Appeals After The Final Results Of The Elections

11/30/2021 | 6:52 PM   Rights Reveal New Appeals After The Final Results Of The Elections Information / Special..   Rights movement confirmed, on Tuesday, that the approval of the Supreme Judicial Council on the results announced by the Commission is not final and there will be other appeals.

A member of the movement, Hussein Al-Karaawi, said in a statement to the “Information” agency, that “the next stage will be the legal confrontation between those who oppose the current results and the commission before the parliament and in accordance with the contexts of the constitution.”

He added, “Announcing the results and going to the judiciary and approving them does not mean the end of the objections and proceeding according to the principle of the fait accompli. Rather, there will be other fights, but this time it will be under the dome of the new parliament and the commission.”

He pointed out that “the Federal Court and the Supreme Judiciary will bear the greatest responsibility to consider the appeals and not proceed with the ratification of the results without investigating the evidence and evidence that will be presented to them.”

The Electoral Commission had announced, earlier today, the announcement of the final results of the elections, which did not witness significant differences, which enhances the confidence of the objectors and their insistence on the existence of a full-fledged fraud process. Done / 25 SR  almaalomah.me

TWW   Elon Musk said on Tuesday that SpaceX's Starlink satellites have had to dodge debris after Russia destroyed a satellite in a missile test earlier in November. "We had to shift some Starlink satellite orbits to reduce probability of collision," the SpaceX CEO wrote on Twitter. "Not great, but not terrible either."

Russia on November 15 blasted one of its satellites in a missile test, creating debris in orbit and threatening Starlink, the network of SpaceX internet satellites, Insider previously reported.

The debris also forced the crew of the International Space Station to take shelter in evacuation spacecraft. ...https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/elon-musk-says-starlink-satellites-have-had-to-dodge-debris-from-russia-s-anti-satellite-missile-test/ar-AARjn6f?ocid=msedgntp

TWW   https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/elon-musk-says-starlink-satellites-have-had-to-dodge-debris-from-russia-s-anti-satellite-missile-test/ar-AARjn6f?ocid=msedgntp

butterfly   Oil prices are falling to their lowest level since last August

Tuesday 30 November 2021 22:22 The prices of crude oil, from the "Brent" and "West Texas Intermediate" mixes, fell today, Tuesday, to the lowest level since last August.

Brent crude futures for February 2022 fell on the ICE stock exchange in London, according to the data of the trading session on Tuesday until 18:06 GMT, by 7.4% to $67.8 per barrel.

The price of Brent oil fell to a level below $68 for the first time since August 23, 2021.

The price of West Texas Intermediate crude futures for February 2022 fell by 7.51% to $64.7 a barrel, as it also fell to less than $65 for the first time since August. https://ninanews.com/Website/News/Details?key=942166

H

butterfly   Shiite Coordination Framework reject the results of the elections, to discuss the issue in a meeting 2021-11-30 16:02

Shafaq News/ Sources revealed on Tuesday a meeting within the next 48 hours of the Shiite Coordination Framework forces to discuss the final results of the parliamentary elections.

The sources told Shafaq News Agency, “The Framework will hold a meeting at the home of the leader of the Wisdom Movement Ammar al-Hakim in Baghdad within the next 48 hours.”

They added that the State of Law Coalition led by Nuri al-Maliki (involved in the framework) sent a representative to the Sadrists to enter into a strategic alliance to form the next government in exchange for preserving their electoral gains."

The Coordination Framework that includes the majority of the prominent Shiite forces except the Sadrist movement expressed, on Tuesday, its rejection of the final results of the early parliamentary elections.

The Framework said in a statement, "We reject the results of the current elections, as it has become clear that the Electoral Commission has prepared the election results in advance at the expense of the will of the Iraqi people."

He pointed out, "the Electoral Commission and the Judicial Authority did not deal seriously with the appeal file and in accordance with the applicable legal contexts," adding that "the voting procedures have confirmed suspicions in many files, such as invalid votes, canceling stations and identical fingerprints, as well as the observations of local and international observers."

The Framework concluded, "We renew our firm position based on evidence and documents that there is major manipulation in the poll results.”

Earlier, a source in the Independent High Electoral Commission in Iraq revealed, on Tuesday, that five candidates won in the House of Representatives, according to the results issued by the judiciary after recounting the votes manually in several polling stations.

30 Nov 21, 05:44 PM butterfly   The source told Shafaq News Agency, "There are five candidates who won based on the appeals submitted by them."

He indicated that the winners belong to the parties as follows: "a candidate for the Azm Coalition, two candidates for the Al-Fateh Alliance and two candidates for the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan.

Earlier, IHEC released final results on Tuesday from last month's general election, confirming populist Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr's movement's victory as the biggest bloc, with 73 seats in the fractious 329-seat house.

The Takadum Party, which draws support from minority Sunni Muslims, won 37 seats. Former Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's State of Law group won 33 seats, and the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) secured 31, according to the results cited by state media.

The results were broadly in line with preliminary figures released days after the Oct. 10 election and unlikely to alter calculations much as politicians negotiate on the makeup of a new government. Pro-Iran groups who performed poorly have refused to accept the results.

The commission said that turnout reached 44%, revised up from the 43% preliminary figure but still lower than in the last election in 2018.

The commission said that more than 9.6 million people cast their ballots in the Oct. 10 vote, where at least 167 parties and more than 3,200 candidates competed for the parliament's 329 seats.

butterfly   For its part, The Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) commented on the new results saying that "two seats were illegally taken from the party."

Mahmoud Muhammad, KDP's spokesperson, said that the final results of the Iraqi parliamentary elections represent clearly that "two seats were deprived for two of the Kurdistan Democratic Party candidates in the governorates of Erbil and Nineveh."

He added, "We will announce the position of Party about this illegal act after holding the meeting of the political bureau."

butterfly   https://www.shafaq.com/en/Iraq-News/Shiite-Coordination-Framework-reject-the-results-of-the-elections-to-discuss-the-issue-in-a-meeting

butterfly   2021-11-30 08:56

Shafaq News/ The U.S. dollar (USD) exchange transactions against the Iraqi dinar (IQD) closed at a slightly higher rate in the markets of the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, today, Tuesday.

Shafaq News Agency correspondent said that the USD closed at a rate of 147,900 IQD for every 100 in al-Kifah and al-Harithiya Central Exchanges, 100 IQD above the opening rate this morning.

The buying and selling rates of the USD in Baghdad's local markets stood at 148,500 and 147,500 IQD for every 100, respectively. https://www.shafaq.com/en/Economy/USD-closes-higher-in-Baghdad-3

Zig If you access this chat via https://my.cbox.ws/ZIGPLACE

You can make the box much bigger by clicking this link ZIGPLACE - Cbox

He

Zig’s Place Chatroom News Tuesday AM 11-30-21

Zig’s Place Chatroom News Tuesday AM 11-30-21

Zig: Welcome to zig's place, a chat room for dinar speculators and others....discuss any topic that you wish here

Butterfly   Oil is coming down and they are counting the votes. Happy about the oil coming down, scratching head about the votes, going into December and they are wondering who the hell is going to be in charge.

butterfly   The Omicron Strain Raises The Price Of Gold

Economic  Last Update 11/30/2021 | 2:12 PM   Gold prices rose today, Tuesday, after concerns about the impact of the “Omicron” strain of the Corona virus, which may be resistant to vaccines, supported the attractiveness of gold as a safe haven.

Spot gold rose 0.42% to $1,792.18 an ounce, while US gold futures rose 0.43% to $1,792.90 an ounce.

The head of Moderna Pharmaceuticals told the Financial Times that it is unlikely that vaccines against the Corona virus will be as effective against the new mutant “Omicron” as they are against the previous mutant, “Delta”. https://almaalomah.me/2021/11/30/567726/

Zig   All opinions are welcome here if done without attacking other members....attack a viewpoint and not the person giving it....simple though some can not do that.....

butterfly   29th November 2021 in Construction & Engineering In Iraq

From the World Bank:   Iraq: Rising Fiscal Risks, Water Scarcity, and Climate Change Threaten Gradual Recovery from Pandemic

Iraq's economic outlook has improved on the back of the recovery of global oil markets, with its GDP projected to grow from 2.6% in 2021 to over 6% in 2022-23. Nevertheless, without accelerated economic reform, unforeseen domestic and fiscal risks could cause reverses.

The World Bank's new Iraq Economic Monitor titled "The Slippery Road to Economic Recovery" finds the country's economic rebound partly aided by government moves to act on previously recommended reforms. Public transfers, as well as schemes aimed at increasing credit to businesses, had a small stimulus effect, leading to GDP growth of 0.9% in the first half of 2021, in contrast to a 16% contraction a year earlier.

Higher oil prices turned a fiscal balance of 2.2% in GDP surplus, boosting central bank reserves to almost US$55 billion (15 months of imports) in the first half of 2021. Recovery was to some extent curtailed by severe water shortages and widespread electricity cuts following historically low rainfall, impacting the agricultural and industrial sectors. Healthcare services also deteriorated amid a growing number of cases of COVID-19's Delta variant.

GDP from oil, still the main driver of medium-term growth in Iraq, is expected to rise in step with the gradual phase-out of OPEC+ production quotas, while non-oil GDP growth is forecast to remain under 3% in 2021-2023. Upstream risks could include oil shocks, droughts, and new COVID-19 variants.

butterfly  Potential problems could arise from fiscal and other risks, such as growing budget rigidities, the low clearance of arrears and the large exposure of state-owned banks and the central bank to sovereign debt, and the effect of public investment management constraints on public services. Progress on regional economic integration and security, however, could provide new momentum for growth and diversification.

Of key importance to Iraq is dealing with water scarcity and the degradation of water quality in its rivers and groundwater. The new Economic Monitor's special focus titled "Overcoming Water Scarcity and Climate Change Impacts," calls for dramatic sector reforms to capture opportunities and manage risks. A fall of 20% in Iraq's water supply and the related declining crop yields that could accompany climate change, could reduce real GDP in Iraq by up to 4%, or US$6.6 billion.

"Investing in climate smart water management practices provides a concrete opportunity to spur inclusive and green economic growth and development," said Saroj Kumar Jha, World Bank Mashreq Regional Director. "Without action, water constraints will lead to large losses across multiple sectors of the economy and come to affect more and more vulnerable people."

Iraq's water sector relies on highly centralized institutional architecture that creates coordination issues in resource management and service delivery. The sector suffers from a lack of financing (given existing constraints) as well as weak private sector participation and limited revenues from users. The Monitor identifies areas where reforms could improve Iraq's resilience to water scarcity and climate change-efficiency, productivity, and demand management policies; institutional solutions; and regional solutions.

Click here to download the full report. https://documents1.worldbank.org/curated/en/981071637593726857/pdf/Iraq-Economic-Monitor-The-Slippery-Road-to-Economic-Recovery.pdf      (Source: World Bank)

butterfly   A study expects the global economy to grow if global warming does not exceed 1.5 degrees Celsius

- 11 Minutes Ago A new study predicts that the global economy will grow by 2 percent by the end of the century if the world can keep global warming below 1.5 degrees Celsius.

According to Bloomberg News Agency, the researchers noted that most current predictions indicate that the world will exceed the 1.5 degrees Celsius limit for several years or decades.

To get back to the 1.5-degree mark and avoid permanent damage to ecosystems, carbon dioxide must be removed from the atmosphere on a large scale, a process known as net zero.

Study co-author Christoph Bertram, a climate impact researcher at the Potsdam Institute in Germany, said:

"In addition to protecting the planet, achieving net zero emissions, by completely eliminating greenhouse gases from human activity, will have long-term economic benefits."

In fact, global GDP could grow by more than 2 per cent, according to Laurent Drouet, another co-author and senior scientist at the CMCC climate research group in Italy.

Druitt said the calculations used in the study do not include the economic damage from climate change, which would be more severe above 1.5 degrees.

butterfly   The study warned that to stay below this limit, countries must strengthen plans to cut emissions under the Paris climate agreement.

The researchers added that the current pledges indicate slow steps in this regard, which must be significantly intensified.

According to the study, fundamentally changing the transport sector to support decarbonization is the key to success in this field.

The new study was published in the scientific journal Nature Climate Change.

Middle east https://rawabetcenter.com/archives/138685

<

Butterfly   Kuwait confirms receiving $1.47 billion in war compensation from Iraq

2021-11-30 07:45

Kuwait confirms receiving 1.47 billion in war compensation from IraqShafaq News/ The National Bank of Kuwait reported today, Tuesday, that Kuwait has received $1.47 billion in war compensation from Iraq.

The bank said that “Kuwait received compensation payments from the United Nations Committee from Iraq for the war, amounting to 1.47 billion dollars (0.4 billion dinars) in April, July and October of this year.”

He added, “The remaining amount is 629 million dollars for final payment.”   shafaq.com

Butterfly   The rise in the price of the dollar with the closure of Baghdad markets

2021-11-30 07:39   The rise in the price of the dollar with the closure of Baghdad marketsShafaq News/ The exchange rates of the dollar rose against the Iraqi dinar, today, Tuesday, with the closure of the main stock exchange in Baghdad.

Shafak News Agency correspondent said that the Al-Kifah and Al-Harithiya Central Stock Exchanges closed in Baghdad at 147,900 Iraqi dinars, for 100 US dollars.

While the prices recorded this morning 147,800 Iraqi dinars per 100 dollars.

Our correspondent indicated that the buying and selling prices rose in the banking shops in the local markets in Baghdad, where the selling price amounted to 148,500 Iraqi dinars, while the purchase prices amounted to 147,500 dinars per 100 US dollars.   shafaq.com

Butterfly   Muqtada al-Sadr comments on the final results in three words

2021-11-30 07:34   Muqtada al-Sadr comments on the final results in three wordsShafaq News/ The leader of the Sadrist movement, Muqtada al-Sadr, commented on the final results of the early parliamentary elections that took place on October 10, on Tuesday.

“Thank you to the Electoral Commission,” Al-Sadr said in a very brief tweet on Twitter.

Earlier on Tuesday, the commission announced the final results of the early legislative elections, which were led by the Sadrist bloc with 73 seats, while the “Progress” coalition led by Muhammad al-Halbousi won 37 seats, and the State of Law coalition led by Nuri al-Maliki won 33 seats.

The Kurdistan Democratic Party came fourth with 31 seats, while the Al-Fateh Alliance led by the Secretary-General of Badr Organization Hadi Al-Amiri came fifth, with 17 seats, and the Kurdistan Alliance came sixth with 17 seats, with a difference in the number of votes between it and the Al-Fateh Alliance.

The “Azm” coalition won 14 seats, the Extension Alliance won 9 seats, and the New Generation Movement got 9 seats, while the “Canon Sunrise” got 5 seats, the National Contract got 4 seats, the state forces also 4, and the masses of our identity 3 seats, and the movement Three seats were also settled for Islah, the Iraq Turkmen Front one seat, while 16 political parties won one seat each, in addition to the independents winning 43 seats.

The Sadrist movement is seeking to form a majority government, not a consensual one, for the first time since 2005, but its efforts are being rejected by other Shiite forces that have lost many of their seats and reject the election results.   shafaq.com

butterfly   After 40 days of polling, the announcement of the final results of the Iraqi parliamentary elections

2021-11-30 07:30   After 40 days of polling the announcement of the final results of the Iraqi parliamentary electionsShafaq News/ The Independent High Electoral Commission announced on Tuesday the final results of the early legislative elections that took place on October 10.

The Chairman of the Board of Commissioners, Jalil Adnan Khalaf, said in a press conference followed by Shafak News Agency, “After the judiciary completed all the appeals, it made a change in the preliminary results, and it was one seat each in: Baghdad, Nineveh, Erbil, Kirkuk, and Basra,” to include the total of five seats that were changed .

He added that the total number of voters reached more than 22 million, adding that the number of voters reached more than nine million.

Khalaf explained that the number of voters in the elections amounted to 44 percent of the total number of voters.

The members of the IHEC read out the names of the 320 election winners in all governorates of Iraq, including the Kurdistan Region.

The Sadrist bloc topped the final election results by obtaining 73 seats, while the “Progress” coalition led by Muhammad al-Halbousi won 37 seats, and the State of Law coalition led by Nuri al-Maliki won 33 seats.

butterfly   The Kurdistan Democratic Party came fourth with 31 seats, while the Al-Fateh Alliance led by the Secretary-General of Badr Organization Hadi Al-Amiri came fifth, with 17 seats, and the Kurdistan Alliance came sixth with 17 seats, with a difference in the number of votes between it and the Al-Fateh Alliance.

The “Azm” coalition won 14 seats, the Extension Alliance won 9 seats, and the New Generation Movement got 9 seats, while the “Canon Sunrise” got 5 seats, the National Contract got 4 seats, the state forces also 4, and the masses of our identity 3 seats, and the movement Three seats were also settled for Islah, the Iraq Turkmen Front one seat, while 16 political parties won one seat each, in addition to the independents winning 43 seats. shafaq.com

 Zig If you access this chat via https://my.cbox.ws/ZIGPLACE

You can make the box much bigger by clicking this link ZIGPLACE - Cbox

Zig’s Place Chatroom News Monday PM 11-29-21

Zig’s Place Chatroom News Monday PM 11-29-21

Zig: Welcome to zig's place, a chat room for dinar speculators and others....discuss any topic that you wish here

Butterfly   I'm sorry but this makes me laugh with what we just went through. I guess they thought they could try it over there in Iraq: Sheikh Qais Khazali: The announced election results are “funny”

2021-11-29   Sheikh Qais Khazali - The announced election results are funnyOn Sunday, the Secretary-General of Asa’ib Ahl al-Haq, Sheikh Qais Khazali, described matching the results of manual and electronic counting as “laughable.”

Sheikh Khazali said, in a speech, that “the political entities participating in the elections and the European Union mission have proven the existence of circumstances in the election results.”

He added, “Many of the participants in the electoral process are certain that the results are fraudulent,” noting that “6,200 electoral boxes were not closed on time.”

Sheikh Khazali considered that “100 percent matching of the election results after the counting and hand counting is funny.”   burathanews.com

Butterfly   The decline in the price of the dollar with the closure of Baghdad markets

2021-11-29 09:15   The decline in the price of the dollar with the closure of Baghdad marketsShafaq News/ The exchange rates of the dollar decreased against the Iraqi dinar, today, Monday, with the closure of the main stock exchange in Baghdad.

Shafak News Agency correspondent said that the Al-Kifah and Al-Harithiya Central Stock Exchange closed in Baghdad at 147,800 Iraqi dinars, compared to 100 US dollars.

This morning, the prices were recorded at 147,950 Iraqi dinars per $100.

Our correspondent indicated that buying and selling prices decreased in banking shops in the local markets in Baghdad, where the selling price amounted to 148,250 Iraqi dinars, while the purchase prices amounted to 147,250 dinars per 100 US dollars.   shafaq.com

butterfly   Al-Fath: We are looking for the truth and the total count will shock the winners

2021-11-29   Al-Fath - We are looking for the truth and the total count will shock the winnersThe Al-Fateh Alliance confirmed, on Monday, that it would not go back on the option of a total count of the electoral stations and that it would resort to the judiciary for appeal, evidence and appeals.

A member of the coalition, Fadel Jaber Al-Fatlawi, said, in a statement to “The Information”, that “the forces that think themselves winning in the elections may lose many seats if the counting and manual counting are approved, and therefore the aim of this debate is to show the truth that some parties reject.”

And he indicated, “The urgency of the total count, through which we want to reveal the strong supporter of the Commission and the one who stands behind the strong refusal to recount and recount the votes manually and to resort to the judiciary again for investigation and necessary action.”

He pointed out that “the forces of the coordinating framework have so far adhered to the legal procedures, foremost of which is the request for a complaint from the Federal Court and the submission of evidence and confessions that condemn the German examiner.”

Doubts are raised about the recent statements or the observations revealed by the German company that examines the biometric devices, especially since the Commission kept these observations secret and did not give anything about them.   burathanews.com

Zig If you access this chat via https://my.cbox.ws/ZIGPLACE

You can make the box much bigger by clicking this link ZIGPLACE - Cbox

He

Zig’s Place Chatroom News Monday 11-29-21

Zig’s Place Chatroom News Monday 11-29-21

Zig: Welcome to zig's place, a chat room for dinar speculators and others....discuss any topic that you wish here

29 Nov 21, 08:07 AM butterfly   Economist: There is no relationship between the devaluation of the dinar and the central bank's retention of cash reserves

Monday 29 November 2021 The expert in economic affairs, Raad Twij, confirmed: "The devaluation of the Iraqi dinar is not a reason for the Central Bank to maintain cash reserves."

Twig said in a statement to the National Iraqi News Agency / NINA /: “There have been increasing statements from Iraqi officials that the devaluation of the Iraqi dinar has worked to preserve the cash reserves of the Central Bank of Iraq, but in fact, from a practical point of view, there is no evidence for that relationship, and the real relationship is the correlation Between what is sold in the currency window of foreign currency and the price at which that currency is sold in the local currency.

He added: "The pressure caused by the demand for foreign exchange in the currency auction forced the decision makers to take a measure to raise the exchange rate as a result of the high marginal propensity to import and the marginal propensity to consume in Iraq by more than 0.9%." https://ninanews.com/Website/News/Details?key=941758

butterfly   Now do you think the last paragraph is telling?

Zig   I don't know what to think any more about any of this....but :Thankyou: for keeping us informed daily....

butterfly   He is an economist, not a journalist/reporter......

Zig   butterfly : Economists also disagree about many things....just sayin'..... :Nice day:

butterfly   Zig maybe so, but I would listen to an economist before a reporter/journalist.

Zig   True

butterfly   A Decline In The Major Currencies Against The Dollar After Disturbances Due To “Omicron”

ECONOMIC   2021/11/29 | 2:55 PM  The dollar rose, the euro fell, and the yen stabilized on Monday, with markets calming after the first shock of the discovery of a new mutant of the Corona virus.

The mutant Omicron, which was first detected in South Africa, caused global concern, leading to a decline in financial markets on Friday amid fears that its appearance would disrupt the global economic recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic that began two years ago.

And the World Health Organization said it was not yet clear whether Omicron, which was discovered in many countries of the world, was more capable of spreading than previous mutant or if it caused a more serious disease, according to “Reuters”.

Markets calmed somewhat today, while US stock futures and oil prices rose, with investors taking a more balanced approach and accepting to wait until the impact of the new mutation becomes clear.

The US dollar index rose by 08:21 GMT by 0.1 percent to 96.326.n after witnessing the largest decline in one day since May last Friday.

The dollar's status as a safe haven of value qualifies it to benefit from the uncertainties, but it fell on Friday due to expectations that the emergence of the Omicron mutant will influence the timing of when major central banks, including the US Federal Reserve, decide to raise interest rates.

The euro fell by 0.4 percent to 1.12665 ​​dollars. It had risen against the dollar on Friday.

The Japanese yen was stable and rose 0.2 percent against the dollar to hit 113.33 yen to the dollar at 08:29 GMT.

Analysts warned that currency markets are likely to witness more turmoil until more information is known about the new variable.

Investment bank Goldman Sachs said it would not adjust its economic forecast based on the emergence of Omicron until its impact becomes clear.

butterfly   Regarding cryptocurrencies, bitcoin hit a seven-week low on Sunday before rising about 0.1 percent to $57,386.24 at 08:37 GMT, but it remained well below its all-time high of $69,000 hit earlier this month.

Butterfly   Facilitating Iraq's WTO Accession Process 29th November 2021 in Iraq Industry & Trade News Facilitating Iraq's WTO Accession process in collaboration with Iraq's National Committee on WTO Accession.

Iraq's National Committee on WTO Accession participated in a technical session organised in Baghdad on 23rd November.

The session provided a comprehensive overview of the accession process and highlighted the crucial role of the National Committee on WTO Accession in this process.

Iraq initiated its process to WTO Accession in 2004 but due to political and economic instability this was stalled until 2017 when Iraq expressed interest to reinstate their determination to join the WTO. Since then, Iraq has made considerable progress in this front including the recent submission of key technical documents to the WTO secretariat.

Representatives from various government institutions from Baghdad and the Kurdistan Region of Iraq including officials from the Ministry of Trade, Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Industry participated in the session. Various private sector institutions also attended.

The workshop was organized by the International Trade Centre (ITC) a joint agency of the World Trade Organization (WTO) and United Nations (UN), through the "Strengthening the Agriculture and Agri-food Value Chain and Improving trade policy in Iraq" (SAAVI) project.

Funded by the European Union (EU), the project is contributing to inclusive economic growth and job creation, particularly for youth, by improving Iraq's agriculture competitiveness and supporting trade development. It is also particularly focuses on providing support to Iraq in the process of acceding to the WTO.

butterfly   Mr. Adel Al-Masoodi, Director General, Foreign Economic Relations Department, Ministry of Trade opened the day and reaffirmed Iraq's commitment to the accession to the WTO and assured the support of his team to the SAAVI project. In his opening remarks, Mr Al-Masoodi also recognised and congratulated the progress that has been made in Iraq's Accession progress through ITC's SAAVI project

The delegation of the European Union to Iraq was also present at the event and was represented by Mr. Mauro Gioe, who stated that "becoming a member of the WTO will result in a reduction of trade barriers, predictability and transparency of international trade rules, and increased competitiveness, all of which will increase trade for Iraq" adding that "the advantages gained by a new WTO member are always greater than the potential losses that some economic actors may initially face. Overall, the whole country wins".

On behalf of ITC, Mr. Rajesh Aggarwal, the Director of the Division of Market Development opened the session. In his remarks, Mr. Aggarwal focused on the importance of a strong National Committee in place to progress on WTO Accession. The National Committee provides a platform for both the public and private sector to come together and to take key decisions in line with national priorities and domestic policy reform," he said.

The workshop provided an opportunity to reassemble members of the National Committee on WTO accession, created 2004 through a ministerial order. Participants were updated by the Ministry of Trade of Iraq about the recent development which occurred in relation to Iraq's accession process to the WTO. This was followed by a number of technical sessions aimed at building a common understanding of all members with respect to substantive and procedural matters of immediate relevance for Iraq's accession to the WTO.

butterfly   This session is part of a series of capacity building sessions that will be organised through the SAAVI project to support Iraq to accede to the WTO.

Butterfly   WHO warns Omicron variant poses ‘very high’ global risk

New Omicron coronavirus variant could have ‘severe consequences’ in some places, WHO says, as the world grapples to contain its spread. 29 Nov 2021

The heavily-mutated Omicron coronavirus variant is likely to spread internationally and poses a very high risk of infection surges that could have “severe consequences” in some places, the World Health Organization (WHO) says.

No Omicron-linked deaths had yet been reported, though further research is needed to assess its potential to escape protection against immunity induced by vaccines and previous infections, it added on Monday. In anticipation of increased case numbers as the variant, first reported last week, spreads, the UN health agency urged its 194 member states to accelerate vaccination of high-priority groups and ensure plans were in place to maintain health services.

“Omicron has an unprecedented number of spike mutations, some of which are concerning for their potential impact on the trajectory of the pandemic,” the WHO said.

“The overall global risk related to the new variant … is assessed as very high.”

butterfly   European countries clamp down on Omicron variant

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO director-general, sounded the alarm at the start of an assembly of health ministers on Monday that is expected to launch negotiations on an international agreement on preventing future pandemics.

“The emergence of the highly mutated Omicron variant underlines just how perilous and precarious our situation is,” Tedros said.

“Omicron demonstrates just why the world needs a new accord on pandemics: Our current system disincentivises countries from alerting others to threats that will inevitably land on their shores.”

The new global deal, expected by May 2024, would cover issues such as sharing of data and genome sequences of emerging viruses, and of any potential vaccines derived from research.

European Union member countries and others had sought language calling for work towards a treaty, but the United States and some other countries countered that the substance of any accord should be worked out first before any such document is given a name.

A “treaty” would suggest a legally binding agreement that could require ratification – and would likely incur domestic political haggling in some countries.

On Sunday, the United Kingdom’s ambassador in Geneva, Simon Manley, tweeted a copy of the draft text that was agreed by consensus – as required under WHO rules on such issues – and praised Chile and Australia for their work as co-chairs

Butterfly   “The #Omicron variant shows yet again why we need a common understanding of how we prepare for and respond to pandemics, so we’re all playing by the same rules,” he wrote. COVID ‘is not done with us’

The draft makes no reference to the word “treaty” but, among other things, calls for the creation of an “intergovernmental negotiating body” among WHO member states to work out a possible deal to improve pandemic prevention, preparedness and response.

The world should now be “wide awake” to the threat of the coronavirus, “but Omicron’s very emergence is another reminder that although many of us might think we are done with COVID-19, it’s not done with us,” Tedros said.

Omicron was first reported on November 24 in South Africa, where infections have risen steeply.

butterfly   Omicron: World on high alert over new COVID variant

It has since spread to more than a dozen countries, many of which have imposed travel restrictions to try to seal themselves off. Japan on Monday joined Israel in saying it would close its borders to foreigners.

The WHO reiterated that, pending further advice, countries should use a “risk-based approach to adjust international travel measures in a timely manner”, while acknowledging that a rise in coronavirus cases might lead to higher morbidity and mortality rates.

“The impact on vulnerable populations would be substantial, particularly in countries with low vaccination coverage,” it added.

In vaccinated people, meanwhile, “COVID-19 cases and infections are expected … albeit in a small and predictable proportion”.

Overall, there were “considerable uncertainties in the magnitude of immune escape potential of Omicron”, and more data was expected in the coming weeks. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/11/29/who-covid-omicron-variant-very-high-global-risk

Butterfly   Oil crashes as coronavirus strain threatens demand recovery

The emergence of the new strain represents the biggest threat to the recovery in global oil consumption. https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2021/11/26/oil-plunges-as-new-coronavirus-variant-fuels-worries Oil prices crashed more than 10% as a new coronavirus strain sparked fears that renewed lockdowns will threaten a global recovery in demand.

West Texas Intermediate crude tumbled below the $70-a-barrel level on Friday for the first time since late September, while the global benchmark price, Brent, slumped to less than $75.

Zig If you access this chat via https://my.cbox.ws/ZIGPLACE

You can make the box much bigger by clicking this link ZIGPLACE - Cbox

Zig’s Place Chatroom News Sunday 11-28-21

Zig’s Place Chatroom News Sunday 11-28-21

Zig: Welcome to zig's place, a chat room for dinar speculators and others....discuss any topic that you wish here

Butterfly   Coordination Framework to hold a press conference to expose the parties involved in the election fraud 2021-11-28 06:57

Shafaq News/ The Coordination Framework is preparing for a press conference that will provide solid evidence for election fraud, leading of the Coordination Framework said on Sunday.

The member of Asa'ib Ahl al-Haq's Politburo, Saad al-Saadi, told Shafaq News Agency that the forces under the umbrella of the Shiite consortium opted to expose the parties involved in the election fraud and unravel the manipulation mechanism with evidence and documents.

Al-Saadi said that the Coordination Framework has formally requested the Supreme Federal Court to annul the election and issue an order to hinder the ratification of the results. Therefore, in the next few days, we will hold a conference to expose the parties involved in the election fraud with evidence and documents that will be presented to the international community and the public opinion.

"The representative of the Coordination Framework will disclose the evidence that proves the election fraud claims and embarrass the international community that recognized the results," he said, "the documents are sufficient to prove the catastrophic manipulation with the result." https://shafaq.com/en/Iraq-News/Coordination-Framework-to-hold-a-press-conference-to-expose-the-parties-involved-in-the-election-fraud

butterfly   The framework discloses its options if the Federal Court ratifies the results

2021-11-28   The framework discloses its options if the Federal Court ratifies the resultsThe coordinating framework forces confirmed, on Sunday, their adherence to recounting and comprehensive manual counting and will not give up their demand, stressing that the framework forces and the forces rejecting the results will not stand idly by even if the Federal Court ratifies the results.

The leader, Muhammad al-Lakash, said in a statement to “Al-Maalouma”, that “the previous elections were not reported to be 100% fair, but that there was fraud, but the current elections were the most terrible of fraud, because the difference between the traditional forces is very large, and this was pre-ordained by the US embassy and its affiliates. “.

Al-Lakash added, “The coordinating framework forces have taken and will continue to follow the legal and constitutional methods in their objections,” noting that “the coordinating framework forces are still committed to re-counting and comprehensive manual counting and that they will not give up their demand and that they will recognize any result that will appear from him even if they lose all their seats.”

He pointed out that “the forces of the framework and the forces rejecting the results will not stand idly by, even if the Federal Court approved the falsified results.”   burathanews.com

Butterfly   Rights: Al-Kazemi No Longer Has Any Chance Of Obtaining The Premiership Again

11/28/2021 | 8:53 AM   Rights - Al-Kazemi No Longer Has Any Chance Of Obtaining The Premiership AgainThe Information/Baghdad… 

A member of the rights movement Asifa Abbas confirmed that the caretaker prime minister, Mustafa Al-Kazemi, no longer has the opportunity to obtain the prime ministership again, pointing out that the new president will be consensual among all parties.

Abbas told Al-Maalouma, “Mustafa Al-Kazemi’s fortunes have become very weak, and he no longer has any chance of obtaining a second term as prime minister.”

And she added, “The prime minister for the next stage will be consensual, so that he will be chosen by all the parties involved in the political process.”

And she stressed that “there are conditions that will be imposed before the approval of presidencies, especially with regard to the implementation of death sentences and the expulsion of US forces from the country, as well as moving towards a law that allows the prime minister to ratify death sentences.” almaalomah.me

butterfly  AL-KAZEMI’S ADVISOR: THE 2022 BUDGET WILL FOCUS ON IMPLEMENTING INVESTMENT PROJECTS

Sunday, November 28, 2021 3:25 PM   AL-KAZEMIS ADVISOR - THE 2022 BUDGET WILL FOCUS ON IMPLEMENTING INVESTMENT PROJECTSBaghdad/National News Center

The financial advisor to the Prime Minister, Mazhar Muhammad Salih, confirmed today, Sunday, that the next year’s budget is not austerity, while indicating that it will focus on implementing investment projects.

Saleh said in a press statement, “The fluctuations of the oil markets and the global economic situation will cast a shadow over the draft general budget for 2022,” noting that “the next budget will focus on implementing a package of government investment projects that are in line with diversifying the economy and achieving sustainability in growth.”

Saleh explained, “The 2022 budget is not austerity, but rather is subject to the principle of consolidation or financial discipline as much as possible, in order to avoid borrowing except for extreme necessities.”

The Ministry of Planning, earlier, reiterated that employee salaries, social protection and other expenses were not affected by the delay in approving the general budget law for the year 2022, while referring to a small committee studying its basics.  nnciraq.com

UNEEK   Practicing Gratitude Can Help Your Financial Well-Being This Holiday Season

Andrew Keshner Sat, November 27, 2021

Greed and fear are two states of mind sometimes associated with making money, investment decisions and wealth building strategies.

This Thanksgiving, try gratitude instead.

UNEEK   There is a link between gratitude and greater account balances, greater investment portfolios and greater satisfaction over spending decisions, according to financial advisers who have witnessed how money and emotions mix.

“By practicing gratitude, we can overcome the urge to spend on possessions that won’t increase our happiness and focus on areas like spending quality time with family and friends,” said James Vermillion of Vermillion Private Wealth in Lexington, Ky.

“Gratitude can also help us delay gratification and avoid the impulse for immediate reward in return for more worthwhile rewards later.”

To be sure, many people might find it challenging to feel financially grateful when so many aspects of Americans’ financial lives now feel stretched thin.

Consumer sentiment hit a decade low in November, according a closely-watched gauge on consumer mood released Wednesday. People have been buffeted by high inflation that nips and gnaws at their budget.

UNEEK   Incomes rose 0.5% in October but the cost of goods and services increased 0.6% in the same month, according to Wednesday data from the Commerce Department. That follows other government data showing the pace of inflation hitting a 31-year high in October.

And even as the economy recovers from COVID-19’s shockwaves, numbers indicate many people are still unemployed, struggling and even hungry.

Last month, 9.4% of people told Census Bureau researchers they sometimes didn’t have enough food. That’s up slightly from an 8.8% national average one month earlier — and for people on firmer footing, those numbers can serve as another reminder to be thankful.

UNEEK   Gratitude leading to abundance, not scarcity

Is a glass half empty, or half full? The answer may show person’s mental default to scarcity or abundance.

Scarcity, real or perceived, can lead a person to focus intensely — and anxiously — on the shortcomings, studies show. Other studies show mental health can play an important role in shopping habits; a household where someone suffers from depression has “striking differences” in its spending traits, researchers recently said.

UNEEK   “A focus on gratitude for what we have, combined with optimism and positivity about the future, takes us out of a mindset of scarcity and into one of abundance,” said Melissa Walsh of Clarity Financial Design in Winter Park, Fla.

If someone starts with gratitude for what they already have, that mindset “can lower impulse-based financial decisions, like expensive impulse purchases, because gratitude can take us out of the immediate moment and help us refocus on long-term, values-based decision making.”

It’s a point people should remember especially if they are planning on Black Friday shopping, Walsh added.

Knowing when enough is enough

A concept in economics known as diminishing marginal utility essentially says people experience less pleasure or satisfaction from something the more and more they get it. Gratitude can be the safeguard that prevents people from wasting time to seek more, more and even more.

UNEEK   Some of financial planner Elliott Appel’s most content clients are also quite grateful, he said. “I don’t think practicing gratitude will necessarily make you wealthier, but I think it helps you realize when you have ‘enough’ in your life to avoid chasing more and more money that will have little impact on your life,” said Appel, the founder of Kindness Financial Planning in Madison, Wis.

UNEEK   Watch out for the opposite of gratitude

Greed is the exact opposite of gratitude, according to Corey Voorman of Voorman Investment Counsel in Plymouth, Mich. Not knowing when to dial back investment risk can subtract from a portfolio, he noted.

“Greed often comes with a desire for unreasonable control, and is often packaged with worry which can be deleterious for investors’ returns or expectations in any market environment,” Voorman said. “Gratitude is one of the best weapons against greed and fear in investing.”

There’s also a practical side effect of gratitude, many advisers noted: a tax write-off.

Clients filled with gratitude in their life were also the most inclined to donate to charity, they said. People who itemize their deductions can include their charitable contributions and people who take the standard deduction can donate up to $300 (or $600 for a married couple) and shave down their tax liability under current tax rules.

UNEEK  Money becomes a means to higher goals

Gratitude helps set the map on what happens next once a person has accumulated enough for themselves, advisers said. In other words, if the pursuit of more wealth isn’t the final goal, it frees up someone’s mind to consider what is.

“Financial independence is more than just having enough money to meet your needs — it’s about aligning your values with your financial plan: the peace of mind to focus on the things that matter most, the peace of knowing you can live a life of your choosing, and the peace of planning to care for those you love,” said Nicole Gopoian Wirick, founder of Prosperity Wealth Strategies in Birmingham, Mich.

When Leland Gross, founder of PeaceLink Financial Planning in Virginia Beach, Vir., works with clients who look at money through a scarcity lens, he’ll encourages a five-minute exercise where they write the things they are grateful for, whether that’s relationships, finances or otherwise.

It pulls the focus from “what I need” to “what I have,” Gross explained.

That can be a powerful shift when so many people are trying to keep up appearances, he said. “We live in a society riddled with anxiety, constantly comparing itself to one another, everyone feels insecure and everyone feels we are behind,” Gross said. “When more money becomes the goal of our lives, we’re never going to have enough.”

UNEEK   Focusing on abundance can change that — like it did for one of Gross’s clients. The woman, who had already been saving for retirement, inherited $2 million from her parents. But she “felt paralyzed” on whether to use it, for fear of wasting it, Gross explained.

They broke down the money to show what could be spent and what could stay protected with conservative investments. Within weeks, she put in an offer on a “reasonable dream home” and is due to close in the coming weeks, Gross said.

He remembered her reaction when they showed she had enough money to live her life and use some of the money. “She was in tears saying ‘I just feel better. I just feel excited. I feel thankful.’”

UNEEK   https://www.marketwatch.com/story/this-thanksgiving-and-beyond-here-are-3-ways-practicing-gratitude-helps-your-financial-well-being-11637791690?siteid=yhoof2

Zig If you access this chat via https://my.cbox.ws/ZIGPLACE

You can make the box much bigger by clicking this link ZIGPLACE - Cbox

Zig’s Place Chatroom News Saturday PM 11-27-21

Zig’s Place Chatroom News Saturday PM 11-27-21

Zig: Welcome to zig's place, a chat room for dinar speculators and others....discuss any topic that you wish here

butterfly   Head of UN Iraq mission tells Security Council no evidence of election fraud

In her briefing to the UN Security Council, Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert confirmed that there is no evidence for election fraud as claimed by some of the political parties that lost the parliamentary elections and warned of dire consequences if crucial reforms are not implemented. November 26, 2021

The head of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq, Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, assured Security Council members and Iraqi voters Nov. 23 that parliamentary elections were conducted in a fair and free manner.

"The October elections were evaluated as being sound in general," Hennis-Plasschaert said in the briefing, indicating there is no evidence of widespread fraud.

However, she warned of dire consequences if the post-election political deadlock remains and essential reforms are not implemented by the upcoming government.

The political deadlock started when the defeated parties refused to accept the preliminary results of the elections. As a result, the defeated party leaders formed the Coordination Framework to jointly object to the election results.

The framework consists of the political wings of Shiite militias and Ammar al-Hakim’s Hikmat movement, Nouri al-Maliki’s State of Law Coalition as well as Haider al-Abadi’s Al-Nasr Alliance.

The political wings of the militias are divided into two main groups: the Fatah Alliance led by Hadi al-Amiri and including several military factions, most predominately Kataib Sayyid al-Shuhada’s Abu Ala al-Waeli and Asaib Ahl al-Haq’s Qais Khazali, and Kataib Hezbollah's Huqooq.

butterfly   The militias have been protesting in front of two main gates of the Green Zone since the announcement of the results Oct. 12. The protests got violent a few times, resulting in two dead and hundreds of wounded among the security forces and protesters.

An anonymous official told Al-Monitor that the investigation into the incident shows that the first shot was fired by the protesting militias, killing two people and injuring hundreds from both sides.

Immediately after the incident, Muqtada al-Sadr, who at the time was in Baghdad to negotiate with political parties to form the government, immediately returned to Najaf and slammed the militias asking them to hand over their weapons to the state.

A day after the incident, the prime minister's house was attacked by two drones. The initial investigation showed the drones were similar to the ones used by militias who had previously attacked Al-Furat news channel, Sadr himself and Erbil airport.

Moreover, the militias are continuously stating that they will rebel against the government if they are not included in the negotiations.

Kataib Hezbollah media reported that the head of the militia had told Hennis-Plasschaert in her meeting with the Coordination Framework, “We all will benefit or no one will.”

On Nov. 19, Hennis-Plasschaert had met with the members of the Coordination Framework at Hakim’s home to hear their objections and to give them a chance to present their evidence in order to back their claims of election fraud.

butterfly   The militias' media claimed that Hennis-Plasschaert vowed to voice their complaints before the UN and the Security Council. However, what she has reported in her recent briefing shows nothing supporting such claims. She instead reaffirmed "as stated by the Iraqi judiciary, there is no evidence of systemic fraud."

In a hint to the framework members, she also noted, “While losing seats can be difficult to digest, it is important for any party in any democracy to examine the reasons and to learn for future elections.”

The above statements indicate that the evidence presented by the framework was insufficient to prove widespread fraud.

In a statement released by the Independent High Electoral commission, it announced that after manual recounting of the Baghdad and Ninevah ballot boxes, the results were identical and no change in the results was required.

It is expected that the federal court approves the results next week, and no changes are expected to happen.

This will put the militias between a rock and a hard place, as they either should accept the results and remain outside of the government or escalate the protests to confront Sadr who has a military faction as well.

As Hennis-Plasschaert predicted in her briefing, if the militias and Sadr choose to confront each other using military force, this would spiral Iraq into an “intolerable” situation. https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2021/11/head-un-iraq-mission-tells-security-council-no-evidence-election-fraud

butterfly  US gives $19m to Vulnerable Families in Iraq 24th November 2021 The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) welcomes a timely and generous contribution of US$19.24 million from the U.S. Agency for International Development's Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance (USAID-BHA).

The funding will help provide life-saving assistance to 181,000 displaced Iraqis and 72,000 Syrian refugees in the form of cash transfers that support their immediate food needs.

The U.S. support is helping ensure that people can meet basic food and nutrition needs during and in the aftermath of crises - including post-conflict and through the COVID-19 pandemic.

This will also enable them to withdraw the money they are entitled to at their convenience without being limited to one location, encouraging a streamlined and efficient process of humanitarian assistance delivery and social distancing.

"With an estimated 1.2 million people in Iraq who remain displaced and 90,000 Syrian refugees in camps, the United States continues its support to WFP's life-saving efforts to address acute humanitarian needs," said USAID/Iraq Mission Director John Cardenas.

"This contribution will also aim to further digitalize the Public Distribution System (PDS), which is a critical step to strengthening the Government of Iraq's social protection system to address citizens' needs."

butterfly  In addition to helping WFP provide vital food assistance to displaced Iraqi families and Syrian refugees, this new contribution will allow WFP to better support millions of Iraqis all over the country through the digitalization of the PDS system with the Ministry of Trade, which allows for more accurate and timely assistance of actual people in need with monthly food rations provided by the Government of Iraq.

"We are thankful for the steadfast support of the US government and people of the United States in providing assistance to vulnerable displaced Iraqis and Syrian refugees as well as in enhancing social protection, through the reform of the PDS and strengthening the capacities of the Iraqi government," said WFP Representative in Iraq Ally-Raza Qureshi.

"The contribution will ensure that progress made in improving the food security of displaced families and refugees is maintained, and that essential technical support to the Government of Iraq for digitalizing the largest public distribution system which supports millions of Iraqis, continues."

Since 2010, USAID has been a consistent partner to WFP's emergency operation in Iraq. This collaboration expanded to support social protection initiatives in 2019. WFP and the Ministry of Trade continue to roll out the 'Tamwini' ('My Food Ration') smartphone application to families in Najaf governorate and are in the process of scaling up to include people in 15 other governorates.

The app enables households to easily and quickly update their data on their phone, such as a birth or a marriage, saving time and enhancing accuracy.   (Source: UN)

Sparky   ... should be 100 Billion ...... or three times that ... non sence war leaving the ordinary folks starving

butterfly  Sparky the ones in charge in Iraq are doing their part in that also.

Sparky   ... just another in a long line of War, Boom, Bust economy ...

butterfly  Sparky We should have NEVER gone there.

Sparky  ... Colin Powell was played ...... Five Star General ... creator of modern war tactics .... WMD ... he had to play out the fools game ... Rutherford ...... what a super human being Collen Powell was/is ...

Sparky   ... Retired admiral James Stavridis, speaking on MSNBC’s Morning Joe, Powell’s sense of civility and grace. Our impression of generals is too often that of bold, brash and take charge. Powell did the latter well, but he did it with a worldview shaped by his background and his service as a frontline combat soldier.

No one hates war more than soldiers do, Stravridis said, quoting William Tecumseh Sherman and applying it to Powell. Having seen the cost of war up close and personally in Vietnam, he sought to avoid it. But, if it were inevitable, as seen in the first Gulf War, it must be waged vigorously and with the end in sight.

Sadly, no exit strategy was in sight, as Secretary of State in 2003 made a case for war in Iraq because it was believed that Saddam Hussein possessed weapons of mass destruction, at least by the Bush administration. None were found. Powell advised President Bush against the war and later came to regret his role in it and admitted it publicly. “I’m the one who presented it on behalf of the United States to the world,” Powell told Barbara Walters on ABC News, acknowledging that his presentation “will always be a part of my record.” ...

Sparky   ... an honorable man ...... played by jackals for power and greed ...

Zig If you access this chat via https://my.cbox.ws/ZIGPLACE

You can make the box much bigger by clicking this link ZIGPLACE - Cbox

Zig’s Place Chatroom News Saturday AM 11-27-21

Zig’s Place Chatroom News Saturday AM 11-27-21

Zig: Welcome to zig's place, a chat room for dinar speculators and others....discuss any topic that you wish here

Butterfly   Today, Friday, the Governor of the Central Bank of Iraq, Mustafa Ghaleb Makheef, confirmed that the Iraqi economy is achieving good growth.

A statement by the bank, received by the "information", stated that "the Governor of the Central Bank of Iraq, Mustafa Ghaleb Mukhif, met the head of the Banking Licensing and Supervision Authority in Turkey, Mehmet Akban, on the sidelines of the invitation addressed to him by the Turkish Central Bank during his official visit to the Republic of Turkey, accompanied by a number of heads of boards of directors. Iraqi private banks.

The statement added, "The two parties discussed the importance of joint interaction and the exchange of experiences between Iraq and Turkey, and His Excellency stressed the need to develop banking relations between Iraqi and Turkish financial institutions,

in addition to supporting Iraqi banks wishing to open branches in Turkey in accordance with the principle of reciprocity, as well as stimulating bank branches. Turkish licensed in Iraq to develop its business and presence in the Iraqi market.

The Governor of the Central Bank of Iraq said, according to the statement, that “the Iraqi economy is achieving good growth, according to indicators issued by international institutions such as the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank,

and therefore Iraqi banks have the ability and ability to be present in more than one country, such as Turkey and others,” adding that “the Bank The Central Bank has worked over the past period to support the economy through banks, and this helped the development of Iraqi banks. https://almaalomah.me/2021/11/26/566945/

butterfly   2021-11-27 06:37

Shafaq News/ The Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) will submit the results of the contested Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) on Sunday after completing the hand recount and re-tallying of the ballots.

Member of IHEC's Media team Imad Jamil told Shafaq News Agency that the Commission will submit all the results, records, and appeals to the Judicial Commission tomorrow, Sunday.

"The Judicial Commission will look into them. The time needed for it to issue its ruling is not known at the moment," he continued, "the final results will be announced as soon as the Judicial Commission looks into all the appeals."

On Thursday, IHEC said that it had completed the hand recount and re-tallying of the ballots in the contested EVMs in Nineveh, completing the process in the entire country.

The statement said that the recount took place in the presence of representatives of the appealing candidates, international observers, and authorized media persons.

IHEC said that the results of the hand recount were "100% consistent with the electronic recount." 

butterfly   The Bar Association: The Federal Court is awaiting a lawsuit to nullify the dissolution of Parliament for itself – urgent

2021-11-27   The Bar Association - The Federal Court is awaiting a lawsuit to nullify the dissolution of Parliament for itself - urgentToday, Saturday, the President of the Bar, Diaa Al-Saadi, announced that the Federal Supreme Court will consider, on the first of next December, the lawsuit filed by the Syndicate regarding the unconstitutionality of “dissolving Parliament for itself” after it was postponed, indicating that the Syndicate filed this lawsuit before holding the elections, as it is a constitutional violation. .

Al-Saadi told the official newspaper, “The appeal submitted by the Bar Association before the Federal Supreme Court turned to the unconstitutionality (dissolving the House of Representatives on the seventh of last October and that the elections will take place on the tenth of the same month) that the postponed and conditional solution to holding the elections on a specific day contradicts The second paragraph of Articles (64 and 47) of the Iraqi Constitution of 2005,” explaining that “the filing of this lawsuit by the Bar Association was prior to the holding of the last elections for the House of Representatives, and it is not in the interest of any party, bloc or any other political party except the interest of the constitution.”

He added that “the Federal Supreme Court is still under consideration in the case, which was postponed to the first of next December,” noting that “the constitution is clear in the mechanisms (dissolving the House of Representatives) and Parliament does not have the right to set a day to dissolve itself and to set a date for holding the elections, and this A clear violation of the constitution,” noting that “the motive behind the lawsuit is not in the interest of a party, a list, or a political party, but rather the correct application of the constitution.”

burathanews.com

butterfly   Tomorrow.. all election results are on the Iraqi judiciary table

2021-11-27 03:02   Tomorrow.. all election results are on the Iraqi judiciary tableShafaq News/ The Independent High Electoral Commission in Iraq revealed today, Saturday, that it has sent all the results of the stations after re-counting and sorting to the Iraqi judiciary tomorrow.

A member of the Commission’s media team, Imad Jamil, told Shafak News Agency, “The Commission will send, on Sunday, all results of stations, records, and appeals to the judicial authority.”

He added that “the judiciary will consider what was sent by the commission, and it needs an unspecified time according to its consideration of the results and records sent by the commission,” noting that the latter “will announce the final results of the elections after the judicial body has finished considering all the results and appeals.”

And last Thursday, the Independent High Electoral Commission announced the end of all re-counting and manual counting, at the request of forces objecting to the preliminary results.

Dozens of supporters of the losing parties in the general elections that took place on the tenth of last October, at the gates of the Green Zone in central Baghdad, to demand re-counting and manual counting, or the re-election, accusing the commission and international observers of stealing their votes.   shafaq.com

Helen   The only problem with solar as it is now is that once the panels go bad, allegedly in 20 years, and we get 30 year loans from the sharks, is that there is no place to dispose of all the panels that go bad. I did SunRun and have been fighting with them for a year over inverters gone bad, that they replace with new ones that are already bad. Wish I hadn't done it. Cheaper before. Also, if what we hear is all correct, there will be free energy for all. That would be awesome.

Helen  If you are aware of the DUMBs, it may be underground bombing that is taking out your roads, and many places, like Palma, Texas, Florida, east coast, have been the victims of geo-engineering.

Sparky   Helen ... and if your roof leaks after install, they won't be back until you sue them ... must, must do your research on the installation company, and read the fine print ...

Sparky   ... residential solar is a differennt animal from what I do

Zig If you access this chat via https://my.cbox.ws/ZIGPLACE

You can make the box much bigger by clicking this link ZIGPLACE - Cbox

Zig’s Place Chatroom News Friday PM 11-26-21

Zig’s Place Chatroom News Friday PM 11-26-21

Zig: Welcome to zig's place, a chat room for dinar speculators and others....discuss any topic that you wish here

butterfly   GM to all and hope you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday.

butterfly   I found this article interesting: Threshold Of 25 Thousand Pounds, At Its Highest Level Since The Start Of The Crisis

Economic   Last Update 11/26/2021 | 10:59 Am   Today, Friday, the exchange rate of the dollar in Lebanon on the black market (budgetary) crossed the threshold of 25,000 Lebanese pounds, its highest level since the start of the economic crisis in 2019.   The dollar exchange rate ranged between 2540 and 2550 pounds for sale and 24,990 and 2500 pounds for purchase.

At the beginning of this month, the price of the dollar recorded about 22 thousand, and on November 12, its price crossed the threshold of 23 thousand pounds for the first time since July, during Saad Hariri’s apology for forming the government. The first is 24 thousand, and today it exceeds 25 thousand. https://almaalomah.me/2021/11/26/566808/

Butterfly   If you have not heard, there is a new mutant virus coming out of Africa.

butterfly   The biggest decline in 18 months .. Oil plunges by more than 10% amid fears of the new Corona mutator

Friday 26 November 2021 Oil prices tumbled by more than 10 percent, the largest daily decline since April 2020, amid increasing investor concern after the discovery of a new mutated strain of Corona.

Oil fell along with global stock markets on fears that the new strain, which Britain said was the most important strain discovered so far of the Corona virus, could impose travel restrictions and undermine economic growth and fuel demand.

This reinforced fears of a global oversupply inflation in the first quarter of next year.

By this evening, Brent crude fell by $8.77, to $73.45 a barrel, which is equivalent to 10.7 percent.

West Texas Intermediate crude fell $9.12 (11.6 percent) to $69.27 a barrel, after the Thanksgiving holiday in the United States on Thursday.

The two crudes are heading to record losses for the fifth consecutive week and the largest declines ever since April 2020.

Britain and other European countries imposed travel restrictions from South African countries where the new strain was detected.

And authorities around the world moved with great concern, today, Friday, after news of the discovery of the new strain in South Africa, and the European Union and Britain were among the regions that tightened travel procedures, while researchers sought to find out whether the mutations of the new strain were resistant to vaccines.

https://ninanews.com/Website/News/Details?key=941354

butterfly   https://www.gavi.org/vaccineswork/south-african-scientists-who-discovered-new-covid-19-variant-share-what-they-know?gclid=EAIaIQobChMI76_S-d229AIVTnNvBB0FCweBEAAYASAAEgKmOfD_BwE South African scientists who discovered new COVID-19 variant share what they know

Scientists have observed that 501Y.V2 has quickly become "dominant" among multiple variants that have been circulating in the South African population.

Sparky   ... Dow Jones in freefall fall the next varient ... lockdown once again ?

Sparky   ... sell off on "black" Friday ... buy back in on Sunday ... ride the wave ...

Sparky   ... manipulated markets are fun to watch ... mis-information ... fear and greed ...

Sparky   ... I foresee record stock index by Wednesday ...

Dave   Sparky ride the wave.......almost underwater here

Sparky   ... hold on bro, grab a hold of something that " floats " ...

Dave   Atmospheric River.......never heard that before.........never had one

Dave   Back to back to back Monsoons

Sparky  Dave ... climate change ? ...

Dave   To some......

Dave   possiblly to late fer us now ,…  Record Heat waves followed by record rain …glad i cleaned my gutters …may see another 60 cms by Tuesday….Tuesdays forecast only to be worse  Many regions totally isolated......Trans Canada Hiway ......gone 130 kms washed away including large bridges

Sparky  ... almost seems like the earth got pissed off, and is now gonna mess with us humans ...

Dave  get what you give

Sparky  ... future generations have to survive too, not just the fossil fuel magnates ... generational wealth ...HAHA ...  ... better prepare for survival mode ...

Dave   Clomate Change Summit ......going no where....yadda yadda

Dave   Our storms here going to cost Mega billions...........thats not insurance claims on homes.....

Dave   could have hectares and hectares of solar energy/wind turbine farms

Dave   INSTEAD!!!!!     Our East Coast just got hammered also

Dave   Do have hope in Silver RV........lots of silver in solar panels ..solar starting to catch on …. Sparky You wire up solar panels....?    wonder how many mega watts youd get if you spent 5 billion bucks in solar panels

Sparky   Dave ... answer ... 10,000 panel equates to about 1 Meg at 500 W per panel, at $500 per panel ...

Dave   so about 10K to power my home?

Sparky   ... P equals E X I ...

Dave   not including invertor and batteries

Dave   ENGRISH please

<

Sparky   ... watts equals Voltage time current .... wattage is the current draw ...

Dave   guessing 5 billion bucks could power 500,000 homes…  we pay 300/month fer electricity......

Dave   put that into solar panels.......pay fer itself after a few yrs

Solar Guy   ... yup, easily ... that's why hedge funds fund the big projects ...

Solar Guy   ... ie " Blue Wave .... surely knows what he's talkin' about ... sun, wind and water are natural power sources ...

Sparky   ... I'd have to agree ...   ^ Blue Wave ...

Dave   if so cost effective why rely on fossil fuels......

Sparky   Dave ... power and greed ...

Sparky   ... their machine is already set up, and they could give a shit how it effects the climate ...

Sparky   ... it'l take a decade to swap over ...

Dave   Now THIS crap does call fer an Insurrection

Dave   Wonder if Hawaii going geo thermal

Sparky   ... if they figure out how to harness lava eruptions, be set for centuries ... as with lightning strikes, and ebb and flow of tides ...

Dave   tidal energy.....

Sparky   ... simple tides can generate power via underwater turbines ...

Dave   we GREENIES ought to form up a Consortium

Sparky   Dave ... forces of nature, we haven't even come close to figure out how to harness ...

Dave   Sparky BS.......21st Century harness energy from lightening

Sparky  Dave ... Nicola Tesla ...

Dave  Huge capacitor into

Sparky   ... circa 1900 ...

Dave   HMM Luv OPEC......

Sparky  ... and the floods, hurricanes , heat ... ?

Sparky   ... atmospheric damage ...

Dave  Change...... Liberalism....cant say that knee deep in coal and oil since the 1900s

Dave  Better or best pay fer the consequences of Climate change

Sparky   ... John Paul Getty ...

Dave   Tesla lost to Getty

Sparky   ... now, Goldman-Sachs ...Dave ... Westinghouse still makes big $ ...

Dave   World revolting against us now.........

Sparky   ... time to think about Portugal bro .

Dave   Sparky Global......huge fires in Spain last summer

Zig If you access this chat via https://my.cbox.ws/ZIGPLACE

You can make the box much bigger by clicking this link ZIGPLACE - Cbox

Zig’s Place Chatroom News Tuesday PM 11-23-21

Zig’s Place Chatroom News Tuesday PM 11-23-21

Zig: Welcome to zig's place, a chat room for dinar speculators and others....discuss any topic that you wish here

Dave   To form the government… the Sadrists are moving to gather 180 seats, including representatives from the coordination framework

Dave   politics breaking thoracic mass Shiite coordination framework majority government 2021-11-21 06:17A-AA+

Shafaq News/ An informed political source revealed, on Sunday, a move by the Sadrist movement to gather 180 seats in the Iraqi parliament to form the next government.

The source told Shafaq News Agency, “The negotiating delegation of the Sadrist movement moved the Kurdish and Sunni parties to collect 180 seats in the House of Representatives in preparation for the formation of a national majority government in the next stage.”

He added that “the Sadrist movement now has 75 seats instead of 73, in addition to the fact that there are five independent candidates close to the movement, bringing the total number of their seats to 80.”

The source added, “The Kurdish Democratic Parties and the Patriotic Union own up to 50 seats, while the Progress Party, along with the independents close to it, have up to 40 seats in the next parliament,” noting that “there are 10 deputies from the coordinating framework that may join this movement during the coming period.”

The source explained, “The Sadrists now own up to 180 seats, and this is a prelude to the formation of a national majority government,” stressing that “this move and the new alliance led by the Sadrist movement will be announced after the Federal Court ratifies the election results.”    LINK

Dave   well either the election was rigged or we just may see a Govt that may be able to achieve quorum and get stuff done fer the first time EVER.......

Zig   @TWW: Hi...Tell us something good!!....lol

Dave   Commission for Euphrates News: Announcing the final results will not exceed this week and reopening the sorting stations

Dave   {Political: Al Furat News} The Electoral Commission announced that the final results of the parliamentary elections will be announced soon.

A member of the media team of the Commission said that the agency received {Euphrates News}, that “six appeals changed some results, and we are waiting for the results of the rest of the appeals, but the announcement of the final results will not exceed this week.”

He pointed out, “The stations are reopened by order of the judiciary in the counting and sorting center, and tomorrow we will issue a clarification statement on that.”   Raghad Daham   LINK

Dave   looks like we are going to get 2 more major storms this week......much of the region cut off ...no roads electricity ........ (Canada)

Dave   can only purchase 7 gallons of gas....if you can find it........grocery stores running out of food

UNEEK   Soon... A Ministerial Delegation Will Visit Geneva To Discuss Iraq's Accession To The World Trade Organization

Monday, November 22, 2021 8:01 PM Baghdad/National News Center Today, Monday, the Ministry of Commerce revealed an upcoming visit of its minister to Geneva to discuss Iraq's accession to the World Trade Organization, while noting that Iraq needs to pass laws and legislation to support its position internationally.

The official spokesman for the Ministry of Commerce, Muhammad Hanoun, told the official agency, followed by the “National News Center”: “The Ministry of Trade is mobilizing its efforts towards Iraq’s accession to the World Trade Organization, and its minister and at the head of a government delegation will go to Geneva next week to reach an agreement with European trade ministers and European countries.” about joining.

UNEEK   He stressed that "we look forward to finalizing the file of Iraq's accession to the World Trade Organization soon," noting that "the accession process is complex and includes many great conditions."

He pointed out that "Iraq needs to pass laws and legislation on many topics, including the economy, customs, and other required details and controls."

He explained, "The Ministry of Commerce has prepared an integrated file, and we hope to discuss it with the European side with the aim of joining the organization." https://nnciraq.com/103869/

TWW   Zig not at this time. I alrady sent the link abt Biden removing Judy Shelton.

UNEEK   What Would You Pay?   By Donna Freedman Updated on 01-01-19

If you could turn back time, how much would you be willing to pay for the privilege? A company called Bid On Equipment surveyed 2,000 people to ask how much they would pay to go back in time and experience particular moments.

Most of those snapshots of time were related to music, sports, pop culture, and history. The average prices people were willing to pay for these categories ranged from $639 to $39,334.

UNEEK   A few examples:

$4,991 to attend a Tupac Shakur concert

$5,114 to watch the 1975 Muhammad Ali-George Frazier fight

$7,103 to experience the wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer

$11,757 to be at the premiere of ‘Star Wars’

​$26,896 to hear the Gettysburg Address

​The final category, “Personal,” listed 10 magic moments such as your first kiss, attending the prom, getting married, or the day your first child was born. Compared to the other four categories, the virtual price tags here started noticeably higher ($2,540) and topped out at $100,622.

UNEEK   People were willing to pay more to attend their high school graduations ($6,246) than to attend concerts by late great musicians like Johnny Cash ($3,102), Prince ($4,072), Elvis Presley ($4,472), or Tupac Shakur ($4,991).

They valued the simple joy of reliving their first kiss ($12,630) more than big events like Beyonce’s World Formation Tour ($2,389), the Red Sox breaking the curse ($2,782), or being on the set of the “Friends” series finale ($5,731).

UNEEK   Interestingly, the chance to see historical events rated quite high as well, ranging from $5,340 to $39,334. While some of these happened long ago (the signing of the Declaration of Independence), others occurred within living memory (Martin Luther King, Jr.’s “I Have A Dream” speech and the 1969 moon landing).

Inattention Can Cost Us

How does this relate to personal finance? While no one is really able to hop into a time machine and revisit the past, plenty of us would be willing to pay for the opportunity if it presented itself – and it’s the personal and history-making moments that we seem to value the most in hindsight.

A couple of decades from now, will you be lamenting all the unboxing videos you could have watched on YouTube, or wishing you’d spent more time with family and friends?

UNEEK   Will you regret not having hung out with your significant other or your kids in a screen-free environment, playing board games or having actual conversations, or will you sigh over the many thousands of additional dollars you could have spent to drink overpriced beer and watch millionaire athletes run a ball back and forth?

Once the kiss has happened and the child has been born, how much of our time do we spend being absent from our own lives? Too often the fear of missing out keeps us racing from Big Thing to Next Big Thing, worried that some important experience might escape us.

And going back to history for a moment: A whole lot of it gets made all around us, with our without our participation. From a local city council race to a divisive national election, from a regional rally for civil rights to millions massing on the National Mall, none of it can happen without citizen involvement. When we let other citizens do all the work, we forget that our voices matter.

UNEEK   Focus on What Matters to YOU

A reader of my personal blog said she once entered a restaurant and saw a family arranged around a table, heads bowed in prayer. “How nice,” she thought. “They’re giving thanks for what they have.”

Then she took a closer look. Every person at the table was looking down at a smartphone. If they’re that screen-addicted in public, imagine what “togetherness” must feel like at home.

We can’t go back in time, but we can pay attention to the time we have. Rather than veg out in front of small or large screens, or spend most of our non-work hours occupying ourselves with ever-more-costly experiences, perhaps we can think more about actually living the lives we have.

UNEEK   Nothing wrong with a bit of entertainment. But you don’t have to try every single thing that comes along! Ever find yourself saying, “Well, I guess,” when someone suggests an activity you aren’t really that excited about trying?

​It’s really OK to say, “Thanks for inviting me! But I think I’ll skip the stained-glass night/laser tag/pub crawl/dodge-ball session/karaoke/ceramic painting/scarf-dyeing/escape room/whatever.”

Might you miss out on a fun time with friends? Could be. Here’s what else you might miss: Being frustrated because you didn’t feel like painting, dodging, or singing, yet here you are spending $50 because someone else decided it would be fun.

When we spend our time keeping up – with the Joneses, the Kardashians, or even just the sibling who has season tickets for everything – then we then we can’t really call our lives our own. We run the risk of winding up overscheduled, overstimulated, and over-budget.

UNEEK   There’s always going to be a new sensation. Just don’t chase it at the literal expense of the things that matter to you. Otherwise, you might find yourself wondering where the time went, and wishing you could get some of it back.

That’s the ultimate price we pay for inattention – and until someone builds a Wayback Machine, our hearts will feel as empty as our bank accounts.

Award-winning journalist and veteran personal finance writer Donna Freedman is the author of “Your Playbook for Tough Times: Living Large on Small Change, for the Short Term or the Long Haul” and “Your Playbook for Tough Times, Vol. 2: Needs AND Wants Edition.”

​UNEEK   https://www.thesimpledollar.com/financial-wellness/

Zig If you access this chat via https://my.cbox.ws/ZIGPLACE

You can make the box much bigger by clicking this link ZIGPLACE - Cbox

Zig’s Place Chatroom News Tuesday AM 11-23-21

Zig’s Place Chatroom News Tuesday AM 11-23-21

Zig: Welcome to zig's place, a chat room for dinar speculators and others....discuss any topic that you wish here

Sheila   Next few days should be historical. Maybe only see the impact in hindsight?

butterfly  French company: These are our projects to finance power distribution stations in Iraq

Tuesday 23 November 2021 The French Schneider Electric Company disclosed its first projects to finance power distribution stations in Iraq.  The company's regional director in Iraq, Emra Takdemir, said in a press conference today, "Schneider provides technology that contributes to sustainable energy, and we have many plants to produce reduced energy that operates on less fuel."

He explained, "The company signed a memorandum of understanding with the Ministry of Electricity a year ago to develop the power distribution network in Iraq," noting that "Schneider is known for its capabilities in the electricity sector and we contribute to the development of efficient infrastructure."

He added, "The Iraqi and French government are working on investing in electricity projects, as some stations were built from the budget of the Ministry of Electricity and others were done through joint construction," noting that "the company owns thousands of employees, including Iraqi engineers and workers to work in oil and energy projects, and has also trained 2000 Iraqi engineers, and we own 4 production licenses to develop the mechanical sector in Iraq.”

butterfly   He continued, "For two years, Iraq has been planning to build solar plants to generate electric power, and the company can contribute to building secondary plants powered by solar energy and help Iraq in this aspect."

In turn, Walid Shati, director of the Middle East and Africa branch, said, "Schneider has many projects in the field of electricity, internet and digital work, and there is a local team present in the cities of Erbil and Basra," noting that "the company works in the field of gas and oil in the province of Basra, and there Other projects to expand the discovery of oil, and we have efforts in the electrical sector and electricity distribution more during the past year."

He added, "The company does not work on generating electricity, but rather contributes to its development, and we specialize in developing and bringing advanced technology," noting that "all parts of Iraq have become pivotal, and we have a history with local and international oil companies and we have the competence to develop oil fields, and that the new program It is to develop competencies to run factories."

He explained, "The French company has been in Iraq for 40 years, and they are continuing to build new stations, and there is a project that will last for three years, and we have more than 100 stations built for the Iraqi Ministry of Electricity with funding of more than one billion euros."

butterfly   He went on to say, "The problem in the Iraqi electricity sector lies in the traditional production and distribution methods, which are oil and gas," noting that "the new ways are wind, where renewable and clean energy will constitute about 80% of energy production in the coming years."

He explained, "Schneider specializes in the field of distribution, which is the most difficult link in the electricity sector, but often the distribution is very close to the processing areas, so the problems of processing are in this axis." https://ninanews.com/Website/News/Details?key=940718

butterfly   Baghdad sends more than two billion dinars in financial dues to the Kurdistan region

Tuesday 23 November 2021 The federal government sent today, Tuesday, the seventh batch of financial dues to farmers of the Kurdistan region for the year 2021, which is scheduled to be distributed to the provinces of the region.

The Director General of the Directorate of Trade in the Ministry of Industry and Trade in the region, Nawzad Sheikh Kamel, said in a statement today, that the amount sent by the federal government is as follows: Sulaymaniyah one billion and 400 million dinars, Erbil 923 million dinars, Dohuk 140 million dinars.

He explained that after the administrative procedures are completed, the amounts will be distributed to farmers through the Directorate of Grain Trade of the Kurdistan Regional Government, noting that farmers will receive their financial dues as soon as possible from city banks. https://ninanews.com/Website/News/Details?key=940710

butterfly  The bank's sales exceed $200 million

Tuesday 23 November 2021 The central bank's sales of the dollar rose, today, Tuesday, to record more than 200 million dollars.

And the Central Bank stated in a statement, “Its auction for buying and selling US dollars witnessed an increase in its sales by 3.55% to reach 204 million and 800 thousand and 417 US dollars, covered by the bank at a base exchange rate of 1460 dinars per dollar, compared to yesterday, Monday, in which sales amounted to 197 million and 357 thousand and $ 573 US.

I went most of the sales of the bank to boost assets abroad in the form of remittances and credits reaching 143 million and 840 thousand and $ 417, while gold remaining $ 60 million and 960 thousand dollars in cash.

the 27 banks to meet the requests for strengthening the assets in Abroad, including 18 banks to meet cash requests, in addition to 273 mediation companies. https://ninanews.com/Website/News/Details?key=940698

 butterfly   Jamal Cougar to / Nina /: The final results must be announced as soon as the announced boxes are opened yesterday

Tuesday 23 November 2021 The winning candidate, Jamal Kougar, confirmed that: The final results must be announced immediately after opening the announced boxes yesterday.

He told the National Iraqi News Agency ( NINA ): The Election Commission and the Judicial Council, which ordered the opening of the boxes announced yesterday, were supposed to announce that these are the last boxes to be opened and prepared manually until the door is closed for any further step.

He continued, "When this process is over, the results should be announced immediately afterwards, otherwise other voices will rise and the door will be open to many similar demands."

He stressed: The Commission should issue a statement declaring that these funds that will be opened are the last meal.

The spokeswoman for the Independent High Electoral Commission, Jumana Al-Ghalay, announced yesterday that the commission will start sorting 382 new stations today, Tuesday.

Al-Ghalay said in a televised statement: More than 15,000 boxes were re-sorted manually by the Commission, adding that manual counting and sorting operations are taking place in front of international and UN observers.

She explained, that the final results of the elections will be announced by the commission after its approval. https://ninanews.com/Website/News/Details?key=940653

butterfly   Maybe just maybe we will finally find out who won in Iraq.

butterfly  To Reduce Prices, Biden Orders The Release Of 50 Million Barrels Of US Strategic Oil Reserves

ECONOMIC   LAST UPDATE 11/23/2121 | 3:41 PM   The White House announced, on Tuesday, that US President Joe Biden decided to resort to releasing quantities of the strategic oil reserves in coordination with other countries.

Biden decided to use 50 million barrels of US strategic oil reserves in a coordinated effort with other countries to mitigate rising fuel prices.

The White House said: "(The quantity) will be released in parallel with other energy consuming countries, including China, India, Japan, the Republic of Korea and the United Kingdom."

The US decision is part of a plan it has reached with major Asian energy consumers to lower energy prices.

After the White House announcement, US West Texas crude fell $1.38, or 1.8 percent, to $75.37 a barrel.

Earlier, reports indicated that the United States, Japan and India will release crude oil reserves to lower prices despite the risk of faltering demand due to the spread of coronavirus cases in Europe. https://almaalomah.me/2021/11/23/566276/

butterfly  Report: America Pressures OPEC To Increase Oil Production After Prices Rise

ECONOMIC   LAST UPDATE 11/23/2121 | 12:19 PM  A report by Reuters stated that US pressure on the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) to pump more and reduce crude oil prices has shed light on a new problem, which is that a number of these countries do not have the ability to increase production faster, even if they wanted to. .

The report, translated by the "Information" agency, stated that "the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and its allies, known as OPEC + are working to break the record supply restrictions that were imposed in 2020 when demand waned, but not fast enough for Washington, which fears that prices will reach near their highest levels. within three years.”

He added that "OPEC and Russia have resisted US pressure for faster increases, and have stuck to its plan to gradually increase production by 400,000 barrels per day every month since last August, saying that they fear that the faster increase will lead to a large surplus in 2022."

However, OPEC and its allies cannot even achieve those goals. According to the International Energy Agency, OPEC production was 700,000 barrels per day lower than planned in September and October, raising the possibility of a tight market and higher oil prices for a longer period.

And the report indicated that “the decline in investment in production caused by the epidemic and the environmental pressure on the major oil companies, especially in the poorer OPEC countries, means that only three members of OPEC, namely Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and only Iraq, have the additional capacity available to increase supplies relatively quickly.”

butterfly   The report indicated that, “Although high crude oil prices can help increase supply, investment is hampered by environmental, social and governance concerns and concerns about global warming, as banks impose fees on oil loans more than green projects.”

For his part, the president of the Vitol oil company, Russell Hardy, said, "It is clear that the possibility of a rise could reach $100 a barrel." https://almaalomah.me/2021/11/23/566235/

Zig   sheila : Based on what?....Why?

Sheila   Zig Lindell appears before Supreme Court today.

Sheila   @Zig think that's correct information. presenting election fraud information? we shall see.

Zig   sheila : Okay thanks..

Zig If you access this chat via https://my.cbox.ws/ZIGPLACE

You can make the box much bigger by clicking this link ZIGPLACE - Cbox