America Tops All in Global Weapons Sales with $40 Billion

The military-industrial complex is doing just fine these days with upwards of $700b annually spent domestically on defense and another $40b in weapons sales to mostly third world future enemies — far outpacing all others — because that’s what we do.

France came in second with $15b, then the evil Russians at around $11b, followed by the dog eating Chinese at $6b.

Our top customers could all be found in the oil rich Middle East, with Qatar at $17b, Egypt $12b and Saudi Arabia at $8b.

God willing, they’ll crush all of their enemies, both domestic and abroad, with our space aged weapons.

There is cause for alarm, however. Global arms sales did drop in 2015 to just $80b, down from $89b in 2014. Third rate tyrannies only purchased $65b in human killing weapons, down from $79b, as an ISIS inspired peace sweeps the area.

The report, “Conventional Arms Transfers to Developing Nations, 2008-2015,” was prepared by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service, a division of the Library of Congress, and delivered to legislators last week. The annual review is considered the most comprehensive assessment of global arms sales available in an unclassified form. The report adjusts for inflation, so the sales totals are comparable year to year.

Constraints on the expansion of foreign weapons sales are “due, in part, to the weakened state of the global economy,” wrote Catherine A. Theohary, a national security policy specialist at the Congressional Research Service and author of the study.

Among arms manufacturers that also are NATO allies, Germany has found success in marketing naval systems to the developing world, while Britain has done the same with warplanes, according to the report.

The most significant overseas weapons sales for the United States last year included new agreements with Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Qatar and South Korea.

Over all, the largest buyers of weapons in the developing world in 2015 were Qatar, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, Pakistan, Israel, the United Arab Emirates and Iraq.

In the year’s to come, there will be plenty of wars to be waged and fought. Some good old fashioned US military equipment will ensure a successful outcome.

If used correctly, you too can takeover and control vast swaths of oil rich lands — just like ISIS — some of our preferred clientele.

Here’s another shit post — because things are slow. This one goes out to the democratic party, those Vlad haters out there this holiday season.

If you’ve ever wondered why Putin appeals to so many stable minded people in the United States, look no further than this speech where the Russian leader lays into Euro-Atlantic nations for abandoning its Christian roots, placing homosexual relationships on the same level as families, fomenting an environment for paedophilia and creating an atmosphere which will eventually lead to the degradation of civility — leading to the loss of dignity.

Powerful stuff.

This is like a movie playing out in real life. Sometimes reality is more perverse than fiction.

The self proclaimed human rights activist and director of the LA office for CAIR, Hussam Ayloush, tweeted on Christmas that it was too bad more Russians weren’t killed on the plane that crashed in Syria, later backtracking and trying to shove the toothpaste back in the tube.

Here are his flaccid attempts to undo his idiocy.

In addition to being a director at CAIR, naturally, he’s also a board member of the Democratic Party of California. What a year for the DNC, filled with the most disgusting and vile creatures in America — people like Hussam Ayloush.

Source: Wikipedia

Human rights and civil rights activist and community organizer. He is the Executive Director of the Los Angeles Area office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR)
Hussam Ayloush is life-long human rights and civil rights activist and community organizer. He is the Executive Director of the Los Angeles Area office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR).

Ayloush is a second-term elected Executive Board member to the CA Democratic Party (CDP). He also serves on the board of the Muslim American Homeland Security Congress (MAHSC).

As a human rights activist for the Democrats, Mr. Ayloush believes all lives are important, but that some are more important than others.

This is gratuitous. Pardon this shit post, I’ve had 10 french martinis this evening.

Enjoy.

I’d like to be able to say France withdrawing from the EU is a potential downside catalyst for stocks. However, these days nothing matters. Stocks would go up if nuclear war was initiated wordwide. There’s literally nothing that can stop stocks from heading higher.

But in the event you’re still nostalgic about news, France’s Le Pen wants stronger ties with Moscow, out of the EU and NATO — in an effort to make France great again.

She said NATO exists only ‘to serve Washington’s objectives’ and that “it was established when there was a risk from the Warsaw Pact and the expansionism of the communist Soviet Union.’ She furthered, ‘the Soviet Union no longer exists, and neither does the Warsaw Pact. Washington maintains the NATO presence to serve its objectives in Europe.’

On the topic of the EU, Le Pen wants out, saying “the people must have the opportunity to vote for the liberation from slavery and blackmail imposed by technocrats in Brussels to return sovereignty to the country.”

Moreover, she also suggested Portugal, Italy, Spain, Ireland, Greece and Cyprus should leave too — leaving a very cucked Germany by themselves holding their small balls.

As for the topic of refugees and immigration, she wants to send them, the fuck, back.

“I am against the policy which would promote the entry of immigrants into Europe, which cannot accept them … this tsunami of migrants should be limited. Europe does not have the power to ensure they all find work and opportunities to enrich themselves. Immigrants are illegal since once they set foot on European soil … they have violated the law. They must be sent back to their homeland. “

If she wins, the EU is over.

It’s finally over — the seemingly endless expenditures to celebrate the American religion of consumerism. Please thank your Chinese overlords and slave workers at FOXCONN for this year’s bounty. We should all mention them during grace this evening during Christmas dinner.

‘Dear Lord, thank you for these gifts. I’d like you to bless the children working 15 hr shifts at the slave factories in China, who made this joyous day possible for us. Also, thank you for giving the management at FOXCONN the foresight to install suicide nets outside their factories, in order to preserve your precious gifts of life, in order to keep the people inside the factories alive long enough to make our items which we’re enjoying today.

Amen’

I’ll be resting up a bit, then I’ll be preparing for dinner and cocktails — not in any particular order.

Anything worthwhile to dicusss? How was your Xmas? Did you get a lot of fucking presents?

Trump took to Twitter this Christmas Eve to trigger democrats into having apoplectic fits, by siding with Vlad Putin on how ribald the Democratic Party is, wrought with the sort of corruption that would make FDR rollover in his grave (merry fucking Xmas).

Vladimir Putin said today about Hillary and Dems: "In my opinion, it is humiliating. One must be able to lose with dignity." So true!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 24, 2016

When will they learn that Trump is merely playing 4d chess, trying to trigger them into looking rabid? Plus, this forces the media to discuss the issue, which is filled with merits.

Putin did nothing wrong.

I could collect the tweets for your amusement, but it’s Christmas even god damn it and I have things to do.

Ho, ho, ho.

This wasn’t all that crazy, until the very end when he dimmed the lights and executed a fatality move on her. The look on her face was priceless.

Watch the full vid for full effect, so that you can appreciate the fatality move all the more.

I’m all about spreading the holiday cheer. Enjoy this with your families by the fireside.

I’m thinking about allocating 75% of my assets in the next GARP portfolio and using 25% for tactical situations, such as Exodus OS signals — which by the way nailed 2016 in the few times made available — performing at a 92% clip.

Here is the performance data of all Hybrid oversold signals from Exodus in 2016. It’s worth noting, there hasn’t been a signal since late June.

The reason why my GARP portfolio did so well, higher by more than 25% for 2016, is because I built the second half portfolio to do well under a Trump win — the ultimate black swan event.

Here is my current portfolio, which is due to be replaced by year end.

My 2017 portfolio is going to be hard to construct. On one hand, I don’t want to get exposed to an overheated market — heading into a retarded Fed and Chinese trade war. There is a better than average chance that anyone buying in size now will be sorely disappointed in early 2017. On the other, I have to recognize some hard facts, such as a very bullish yield curve, strong dollar, strong consumer sentiment, strong oil price, strong QE support in Europe, strong possibility of fiscal stimulus, strong possibility of regulatory reform and a feel good atmosphere in America not seen since Reagan — thanks to the election of Trump.

Plus, the portfolio is designed for minimal churn, with only two updates per annum. In other words, I need to nail it.

Thinking out loud, I’m fairly certain that the fate of the market will revolve around the dollar. If the dollar weakens, that means a dovish Fed, weaker than expected economy and strong gold. Crude is rigged, so I won’t even guess what happens there.

Should the dollar rally more, both bonds and gold will trade down. American real estate will continue to outperform on the high end and stocks will follow the path of least resistance. Notice how I won’t concede to higher equities due to the nonsensical nature of stocks trading up all the while exporters get hit by the dollar rising. Plus, I am not sure about China. Their FX is a ticking time bomb waiting to explode. When CNY breaks 7 to the upside v the dollar, all hell is expected to break loose.

To simply allocate into a portfolio of 15 stocks, across different industries, for the explicit purposes of finding growth at a reasonable price isn’t exactly easy — especially when stocks are already high priced at 18x earnings.

If a trade war with China occurs, companies focused on domestic trade will thrive, which is why the small caps led the market this year — higher by 20%.

Rising bond yields will crush utilities and REITs in 2017 — especially if the 10yr breaks 3%.

Lots of things to consider.