China got Hillary Clinton's E-mails as soon as it was sent

"A Chinese-owned company operating in the Washington, D.C., area hacked Hillary Clinton’s private server throughout her term as secretary of state and obtained nearly all her emails, two sources briefed on the matter told The Daily Caller News Foundation.

The Chinese firm obtained Clinton’s emails in real time as she sent and received communications and documents through her personal server, according to the sources, who said the hacking was conducted as part of an intelligence operation.

The Chinese wrote code that was embedded in the server, which was kept in Clinton’s residence in upstate New York. The code generated an instant “courtesy copy” for nearly all of her emails and forwarded them to the Chinese company, according to the sources.

The Intelligence Community Inspector General (ICIG) found that virtually all of Clinton’s emails were sent to a “foreign entity,” Rep. Louie Gohmert, a Texas Republican, said at a July 12 House Committee on the Judiciary hearing. He did not reveal the entity’s identity, but said it was unrelated to Russia."

So, once again we are given PROOF of Hillary's unfitness for the highest office in the U.S.

The Death Spasm's of OPEC and the Rise of American Energy Independence.

"It isn’t often you see the death of a major worldwide industry. Last week I saw the death of the “Big Oil” economic model. It just died at the hands of Texas oil frackers who have developed a new “disruptive technology” that has made obsolete all the pillars of technology underpinning large, vertically integrated oil companies. More importantly, the same is true of all the petro-states that nationalized Big Oil’s assets in the 1960s to make all the state oil companies around the world today.

I found this out doing my day job last week as a Defense Department quality auditor visiting a mid-sized oil service company diversifying into federal contracts. The meeting was about issues with the contract they won and touched on others they have bid on. As a side bar at lunch the following points about their main business came up:

1. Oil field spending has died. Rig count in the USA is the lowest it has been since 1940.

2. One oil rig controller company these folks worked with saw a year over year drop of 72% in its business.

3. Another company they supplied had their “Cap-X” budget drop from ~$400 million for 2015-2016 to little over $30 million for 2016-2017.

4. One drilling company they supplied went from 120(+) new wells last year to _12_ this year.

5. This supplier sold a lot of copper tubing for “frack-log” drilling. That is the drilling of holes in good oil-bearing rock without fracking rock for oil immediately — and here is the new part — to take advantage of a new long-flow fracking technique.

While most of the points above are due to the Saudis’ oil price war on Texas frackers. An ex-Big Oil geologist I know put it this way —

The entire reason for the price drop was because the Saudis wanted to destroy fracking in the United States in order to keep us dependent upon them in order to keep them getting a free defense. The Saudis will have to diversify and start spending money on defense before the price goes back up, or they will be in serious trouble.

The technique in Point #5 above marks another “fracking revolution” that is of growing importance to the USA. This new fracking energy revolution will upend the world order as we know it. Political winds willing, America may well be a net hydrocarbon exporter in five to eight years."

What this means, is that the possibility that America, might be able to knock down the influence of not only Saudi Arabia, Russia and China, but also, Iran and it's proxies ie: ISIS

If the US can dominate the Oil Markets and Dictate the price of a barrel of oil, America can make it so Iran, Saudi Russia China and all the other rabble rousing countries can't AFFORD to bankroll their proxies anymore.

World War III starts in the Pacific

"China has deployed surface-to-air missile launchers on an island in the South China Sea, satellite images appear to show, dramatically upping the stakes in a territorial dispute involving the US and its regional allies.

Tensions in the South China Sea, a vital shipping route, could rise after two batteries of eight missile launchers and a radar system were deployed to Woody Island in the past week, according to images taken by the private company ImageSat International.

The images were first published by Fox News. The Chinese foreign minister, Wang Yi, did not deny that missile launchers had been installed but said the reports were an attempt by certain western media to create news stories.

“As for the limited and necessary self-defence facilities China has built on islands and reefs stationed by Chinese personnel, that is consistent with the self-defence and self-preservation China is entitled to under international law,” he said."

What they are not saying in the various stories is that Russia is supplying a LOT of the technology in those missiles,

The whole Idea is to force a confrontation in the Pacific to draw eyes away from Europe and the Middle East.

Just watch and wait for it.

I wonder why I'm suddenly popular in China?

That is the 4th time they've shown up in my logs in the last 3 days.  Same IP Address for all 4 of them too.

Could it have something to do with the cameras I bought off of E-bay?  One of which is still giving me fits.  It is supposed to be a WiFi enabled Camera, and yet I still cannot get it to connect to my tablet, my computer, or my cell phone.  Not even after resetting it to factory defaults twice.

Maybe it something to do with the fact that USPS, CBP, or the NSA, held on to my camera for almost a full week before sending it back on it's way to me?

If so, THANKS!!, GUYS and GALS!!

One of the reasons I GOT this camera was because it is WiFi capable and you messed that up so I can't use like I intended to.  Mainly by putting it down range and viewing it's output on my tablet so I can see better, how my shots are.

It took almost a full month to get to me, and according to the USPS site, you guys had it in your grubby little digits, from the time it entered the country until it was finally delivered to my house, for a grand total of 12 days.

I'm just betting, the BoreScope Camera I ordered, which is still "SOMEWHERE" in transit will be delayed as well.  Uhh, Guys and Gals, I NEED my stuff to WORK the way it's SUPPOSED TO!!  Not, I get it and it doesn't work like advertised which means I have to waste time e-mailing back and forth, then sending stuff back and waiting for it to be replaced/repaired and sent back.  Plus paying for the return shipping, which has a few times been almost as much as I PAID for the camera or other item.

Please Guys and Gals, quit messing with my stuff.

If you want to know what I'm doing with my stuff, my E-mail is over there on the right under where it says "Send a Missive"   But Hey, you guys probably have my cell number anyway, just send me a Text Message.  Heck you can even go to the shooting range with me sometime to see me using the stuff.  Please quit messing with my stuff.  I can't afford to send the stuff back to get it fixed.

But I still can't figure out why my little corner of the innertubes is getting traffic from China,

Hey DC are you paying attention?

China Calls to End Use of US Dollar as International Reserve Currency

That right there is the death knell to the US Economy and the US as a superpower.  Are you paying attention?  Or do you still have your panties in a twist because President Petulant can't get his own way?

Obama's triumph - GM Building cars.... In China?

"Obama constantly brags about saving GM from bankruptcy, but in reality, the company has outsourced much of it’s car making to China."

Click the above link to go see the video over at Hillbuzz

Far East South East Asia

We are about to get our hind ends handed to us handily.  And the Obama Administration and the Media don't care.

Umm....Not so fast...

You really really need to look at the map, and yes it IS to scale.

The Mother of All Debt Bombs in China?

"From the beginning of 2009 to the end of June this year, Chinese banks have issued roughly 35 trillion yuan ($5.4 trillion) in new loans, equal to 73 percent of China's GDP in 2011. About two-thirds of these loans were made in 2009 and 2010, as part of Beijing's stimulus package. "

This could be THE tipping point for the collapse.  Many may think I'm calling wolf, but can we really tell?  Don't be the person who goes door to door tryingt o find food fore your family.  Make your preparations, have at LEAST 2 weeks worth of food in your house, home, apartment whatever, try to have a few days to a week worth of water.  If you take medicines for chronic health needs contact your physician and try to get a couple extra weeks of your meds NOW before the cots and availability go beyond your reach.

H/t Insty

Food from China - Food Safety

Peter at Bayou Renaissance Man has some links you need to read.


Why I avoid foods made or packaged in China