One of earliest Project August dreams that turned into a predicted headline involved China inviting the dreamer to a BBQ in celebration of a great financial accomplishment.<\/p>\n
Well, I\u2019m not ready to pair up the next financial-type story with this dream, but I bring it up because it does have the same sort of feel here. Of course, the timing is off by about a month, but the rest really does seem strangely similar.<\/p>\n
Introducing Chen Guangbiao, a very wealthy Chinese man who invited 1,000 homeless people in New York City yesterday for a great big meal. The article doesn\u2019t specifically mention a BBQ, but I would imagine some sort of large-scale cooking arrangement here.<\/p>\n
Snippet from Reuters:<\/p>\n
Chinese millionaire set for lunch with 1,000 homeless in NYC<\/strong><\/p>\n (Reuters) – A wealthy Chinese businessman who tried to buy the New York Times planned to serve a free lunch to 1,000 homeless people in New York’s Central Park on Wednesday with 250 of them dining in the park’s Loeb Boathouse restaurant.<\/em><\/p>\n Chen Guangbiao, who made his fortune in the recycling business, took out newspaper advertisements last week inviting “poor and destitute Americans” to lunch in the park.<\/em><\/p>\n During the meal, the Chinese philanthropist has promised to serenade his guests by singing “We Are the World,” the 1985 charity hit song to fund African famine relief.<\/em><\/p>\n “I want to spread the message in the U.S. that there are good philanthropists in China and not all are crazy spenders on luxury goods,” Chen told the South China Morning Post about his motivation for the lunch.<\/em><\/p>\n Source<\/a><\/p>\n (You know, the story doesn\u2019t really give a strong sense of when this thing occurred or will occur, and I wonder whether August might be on the table.)<\/p>\n So, that was a story that relates to the BBQ dream in a very direct way (the manifest content), but the next story matches our more metaphoric Project August headline (which was, \u201cIt\u2019s Now Official: China Overtakes US as Biggest Economy.\u201d)<\/p>\n So, wouldn\u2019t one expect some very good GDP numbers if you saw all green up arrows on the stock markets yesterday?<\/p>\n Welcome to the land where good news brings stock markets up, but so does bad news! <\/strong><\/p>\n Here\u2019s the deal\u2026<\/p>\n \u201cUS GDP shrinks 2.9% in first quarter<\/a>\u201d<\/p>\n Wow, that\u2019s quite a lousy number, but there\u2019s nothing to see here, folks, nothing at all! Just look at all the green up arrows\u2026.see, the market is fantastic!<\/p>\n I find it hilarious that I have to locate this news overseas at the BBC. Another indicator about what gets fed to our bashful investing sheep.<\/p>\n Ask any financial analyst about why something like this could occur. I mean, if the GDP is going down, then what\u2019s so \u201cup\u201d about the market?<\/p>\n They will invariably mention that it\u2019s not the actual number that matters, it\u2019s how it compares to the ESTIMATES. Ah, so if they have an estimate of negative 5%, and the number comes in at negative 2.9%, then that\u2019s a huge celebration, right?<\/p>\n By the way, why don\u2019t we ever see even numbers, like 3.0%. The economic numbers always<\/strong> look like food prices\u2026you never see a $5 gallon of milk, it\u2019s always like $4.98 to trick you into thinking it\u2019s cheaper than it really is. Certainly the government isn\u2019t doing that to our economic data?<\/p>\n Okay, so anyway, the estimates of our GDP were probably bigger than 2.9% and thus Wall Street celebrating a lower loss than expected, right?<\/p>\n HA! Tricked you there\u2026.<\/p>\n Get this (and I quote from BBC<\/a>):<\/p>\n \u201cThis was worse than the previous estimate of a 1% contraction, and also worse than economists’ expectations.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n Well, there has to be something of good news in there! How about this next snippet? It gets even worse!<\/p>\n \u201cConsumer spending – which is responsible for more than two-thirds of US economic growth – increased by 1% in the quarter, rather than the 3.1% rate as first estimated <\/em>[oops, I was wrong about the food-price thing].<\/em><\/p>\n Trade was also a bigger drag on the economy than previously thought, with exports falling by 8.9% rather than a previously estimated 6%.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n What the Bleep is going on here? Rigged markets? It\u2019s the only thing I can think of, but going back to our Project August headline: It\u2019s still on target\u2026.as the US loses ground, China gains.<\/p>\n I include this next bit because I love a good paradox. The headline is this:<\/p>\n \u201cWhole Foods to pay $800,000 in overpricing case\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n I can envision all the healthy people doing what my initial reaction was: Hooray!<\/p>\n However, this is a huge whammy for the little capitalism we have left in this country\u2019s oligarchy-run trainwreck. This story has Ayn Rand\u2019s Atlas Shrugged <\/em>written ALL over it. Basically, Rand\u2019s USA government was stepping in and determining all the laws and selling prices for the big corporations (anti-trust and anti-monopoly was the big them in Atlas Shrugged)<\/em>.<\/p>\n This Whole Foods story is slightly the same\u2026the government (the courts) deciding what\u2019s appropriate or not appropriate.<\/p>\n Granted, WF apparently did some devious things that aren\u2019t related to honest monopoly, but the accusation of \u201covercharging customers\u201d has a pretty definite anti-trust sort of feel to it. So, we have big government on the prowl, making everything right.<\/p>\n Here\u2019s the paradox\u2026Who DOESN\u2019T feel that they are being gouged at the organic health food stores? On the flip side, who likes living in a free democracy with a free capitalistic structure to it? Okay, well there you have it. You can\u2019t have it both ways, so let\u2019s invent a new system that won\u2019t have this problem.<\/p>\n I nominate Jacque Fresco\u2019s Resource-Based Economy<\/a>. Any other ideas? If you\u2019re thinking socialism, real capitalism, or any sort of \u2013ism, chances are that it will rape the Earth, and therefore, I will not support it. But you never know\u2026give me a try.<\/p>\n If you want to keep a money system, then at least get rid of big private interests (the word “interest” is referring to every single way you can interpret that word). You\u2019ll want to look into something like William Spademan\u2019s rCredits<\/a> up there in Massachusetts.<\/p>\n Another possible starting point for research is here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Interestingly, it seems the well-to-do countries are doing so at the expense of the non-well-to-do countries. This inequality may not last too much longer, as indicated by this meeting of the lower 133 countries recently<\/a>.<\/p>\n If you’re ready to explore what might happen after the current bubble economy pops, you might want to start with this thrilling Project August dream.<\/a> The dreamer was floored when she found out who visited her in the dream. You might be floored too, especially if you’re at all familiar with constellations…<\/p>\n I hope you’re seeing how all these dreams are coming together. In this section you’ll see how the previous dream might be so vital in the coming days, perhaps even as early as August.<\/p>\n To get into this material,\u00a0check out this link<\/a>, but then be sure to get the background on how our Project August dreamer pegged this whole potential meltdown. The article, which includes full analysis, is here<\/a>, and the recent update is here<\/a>. Don’t miss it!<\/p>\n Copyright \u00a9 2014 Chris McCleary. 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Conscientious objectors or sheeple syndrome?<\/h2>\n
Unrelated to Project August but still economic<\/h2>\n
Solutions?<\/h2>\n
The dream of 2014?<\/h2>\n
\u00a0…and Finally…the clock is ticking…
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