Coffee with Zester and Andy Schectman!

 Coffee with Zester and Andy Schectman!

Some highlights by PDK-Not verbatim

Disclaimer: Please consider everything on this call as my opinion. People who take notes do not catch everything and its best to watch the video so that you get everything in context.  Be sure to consult a professional for any financial decisions

Zester: Welcome everyone and Happy birthday to Andy Schectman who is joining us today.

Zester: Good morning all! Praying for Mark and praying THIS is our week!!!

Member: Happy birthday Andy hope your day is filled with joy and happiness

Zester:  Update on pops: (MarkZ) He is feeling particularly well this morning. He is done with all his different treatments. He is still a little sore but sounded chipper this morning.  They are in the process of getting to the airport to come back to Puerto Rico this evening. He should be back about 8 or 9 pm tonight assuming all of the flights are on schedule .

Zester depending on how tired he is – may or may not be on the podcast tomorrow morning.

​​Member: RUMOR:  Farm Claims of 43,000 Americans being paid out TODAY from a 2.2 billion dollar Farm Claim Payout???

Zester: Very quiet from all the contacts today. Pops has not received any responses from contacts since last night …We are sitting here waiting.  If pops gets any announcements he will be blowing up my phone with it while we are live so I can jump in with it for you all…..If not- he hope to have an explanation for this silence by this evening.

Member: Bond news?

Zester: The bond news as of last night was they were expecting major updates…but since then –its been quiet. I am sure they will have an update soon….Usually when its this quiet they are keeping things close to their chest….. .

Member: Silence is golden????

Member: If they are under NDA, they are not going to talk

Member: This is taking utterly to long, everybody is losing hope….we need something to happen soon.

Member: Thanks Zester and Andy…..have a great day everyone.

Andy Schectman from Miles Franklin joins the stream today. Please listen to the replay for his information and opinions.

NO ZESTER’S CRAZY CRYPTO PODCAST AT 5:00 PM EST. HE WILL ROLL IT IN AT THE 7:00 PM PODCAST. AND W&W WILL FOLLOW AT 8:00 PM EST! THANKS

THE CONTENT IN THIS PODCAST IS FOR GENERAL & EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY&NOT INTENDED TO PROVIDE ANY PROFESSIONAL, FINANCIAL OR LEGAL ADVICE. PLEASE CONSIDER EVERYTHING DISCUSSED IN MARKZ’S OPINION ONLY.

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Within 14 days, about 3 million foreign visitors entered Iraq, 21 AUGUST

Within 14 days, about 3 million foreign visitors entered Iraq

Local | 08/21/2024   Mawazine News - Baghdad   The Border Ports Authority announced today, Wednesday, the entry of about 3 million foreign visitors within 14 days.

The spokesman for the Border Ports Authority, Alaa Al-Din Al-Qaisi, said in a statement to the official agency, which was followed by / Mawazine News /: "The border ports recorded the entry of 2,937,112 foreign visitors to the country from August 6 to the 20th of the same month, while 1,328,484 of them left."

He added that "the nationalities of these visitors are from Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Azerbaijan, in addition to different nationalities," noting that "the number of visitors is increasing.

He continued, "There is great cooperation between the border ports and the departments supporting their work, and there is integrated work between the Ports Authority and the Ministries of Health, Transport, Interior, and the rest of the ministries concerned with the Arbaeen visit in order to organize visitors to the holy Karbala."   https://www.mawazin.net/Details.aspx?jimare=253680

Our MONTHLY Recap Headlines, PART. 6, BY MNT GOAT, 21 AUGUST

 PART. 6

• MONEY LAUNDERING: 500 ELECTRONIC PAYMENT CARDS USED TO TRANSFER MONEY OUTSIDE IRAQ WERE SEIZED AND THEIR HOLDERS WERE ARRESTED IN BAGHDAD The Intelligence Agency announced the seizure of 500 electronic payment cards used to transfer money outside Iraq and the arrest of their holders in Baghdad.

Mnt Goat: Oops they did it again…

• NEARLY 200 BILLION DINARS IN “FINES” FROM THE CENTRAL BANK OF IRAQ ON BANKS AND EXCHANGE COMPANIES The Central Bank of Iraq announced on Tuesday that fines imposed on banks and non-banking institutions (exchange companies) amounted to more than 181 billion Iraqi dinars during the past six months.

Mnt Goat: Oops they did it again…

• 😊 IS IT TIME TO MAKE A DECISION TO REMOVE THE ZEROS Economist Yasser Al-Mutawali,  From the above analysis, it is clear that the procedure of deleting zeros is not appropriate at the present time. When use of electronic payment tools reaches 90 percent of citizens, then the decision to delete zeros can be implemented easily and smoothly.

Mnt Goat: Oops they did it again…

• ECONOMIST IDENTIFIES WEAKNESSES IN BANKING SYSTEM: 80% OF MONEY SUPPLY IN CITIZENS’ HOMES – URGENT Financial and economic affairs expert Alaa Jaloub Al-Fahd revealed today, Sunday (August 18, 2024), a weakness in the Iraqi banking system.

Mnt Goat: Oops they told us again…

• GOVERNMENT ADVISOR: “PETRO DINAR” REQUIRES GOOD STOCK OF FOREIGN CURRENCIES AND GOLD The Prime Minister’s advisor for financial affairs, Mazhar Muhammad Salih, explained today, Sunday, that “the adoption of the dinar in pricing oil, or what is called (petro dinar), requires, first of all, the availability of foreign reserve currencies or gold.

Mnt Goat: Could this be why Iraq has been beefing us their reserves with so much GOLD? just asking…. lol,,lol,,lol,,

• 😊 SUDANI: THE GOVERNMENT PAYS GREAT ATTENTION TO THE ELECTRIC POWER FILE P rime Minister Mohamed Shia al-Sudani said on Sunday that the government pays great attention to the electric power file. (Mnt Goat – is needed for the e-banking…right?)

Mnt Goat: Oops they did it again…

• GOVERNMENT ADVISOR EXPLAINS THE POSSIBILITY OF USING THE DINAR INSTEAD OF THE DOLLAR IN OIL SALES The Prime Minister’s Advisor for Financial Affairs, Mazhar Mohammed Salih, clarified today, Sunday, what is being circulated in some media outlets regarding the possibility of using the dinar instead of the dollar in oil sales.

• 😊 A DEPUTY REVEALS THE RESULTS OF THE WAR ON “HARD CURRENCY” SMUGGLING  “The efforts of the Ministry of Interior with the Central Bank and supporting formations contributed to reducing the file of hard currency smuggling by 80%, while directing 11 specific strikes to companies and offices dealing in the file of selling currency illegally.”

• AS THE REGION CONTINUES TO STEAL OIL…THE OIL AND GAS LAW IS IN THE PARLIAMENT’S DRAWERS Independent politician Adnan Abdullah confirmed on Thursday that oil smuggled from the Kurdistan region is sold for less than half its value. Abdullah told Al-Maalouma, “The region smuggles about 300,000 barrels per day, and this is no secret and the government and all political forces know about it.”

Mnt Goat: Oops they told us again…

• 😊 ATTRACTING INVESTORS AND LIMITING CURRENCY SMUGGLING.. SPECIALIST EXPLAINS THE IMPORTANCE OF “DIGITIZING” IRAQI BANKS Financial and economic expert Nawar Al-Saadi revealed, today, Friday (August 16, 2024), the importance of the benefits of “digitizing” financial transactions for Iraqi banks, while pointing out that digitization can enhance financial inclusion by attracting users who do not deal with traditional banks by providing easy-to-access and easy-to-use services.

Mnt Goat: Oops they told us again…

If you want to take a look at the previous list of events for previous months we have never seen such progress, please click on the LINK HERE to get to this blog page to read all the other events since December 2022. It all started HERE in December 2022.

https://mntgoatnewsusa.com/latest-mnt-goat-newsletter/

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Reuters: BP's deal with Iraq will be based on profit-sharing model, 21 AUGUST

 Reuters: BP's deal with Iraq will be based on profit-sharing model

 An agreement with BP to develop oil and gas fields in Kirkuk will be based on a profit-sharing model, and a final deal is expected by the end of this year, two oil ministry officials told Reuters.

Iraq and BP signed a preliminary agreement this month to develop four oil and gas fields in the Kirkuk region of northern Iraq, an area where BP estimates about nine billion barrels of oil could be extracted.

The two officials said the ministry and BP, which is returning to the region after an absence of about five years, are expected to sign an agreement, the terms of which will not be disclosed, this week under which Iraq will hand over a data package for the four Kirkuk fields and their facilities.

The two officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the press.

BP has not yet responded to a request for comment.

BP withdrew from the area in late 2019 after a service contract signed in 2013 expired without reaching an agreement to expand the field.  link

Our MONTHLY Recap Headlines, PART. 5, BY MNT GOAT, 21 AUGUST

 PART.5

• PARLIAMENTARY INTEGRITY COMMITTEE PREPARES TO QUESTION THE GOVERNOR OF THE CENTRAL BANK OF IRAQ

Member of the Parliamentary Integrity Committee, Hadi Al-Salami, revealed on Thursday that his committee has been following up for more than a year on the file of ending the assignment of the Governor of the Central Bank, Ali Al-Alaq, from his position. 

Mnt Goat: Oops they did it again… You see, Alaq can’t reveille the entire plan to the committee as they would see a huge spur of corruption later is selling and buying dinar. Its called insider trading…. Get it?

• CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR’S RESIGNATION: ADMISSION OF FAILURE OR ESCAPE FROM THE REPERCUSSIONS OF THE FINANCIAL CRISIS? The Governor of the Central Bank of Iraq, Ali Al-Alaq, submitted a request to relieve him of his post to Prime Minister Mohammed Al-Sudani, amid a series of issues and problems in the financial and banking sector in Iraq, which include the failure to control the dollar exchange rate on the black market.

Mnt Goat: Remember that the GOI has not yet accepted his resignation. Alaq does not want to leave the CBI as he feels he is doing a great job but his plan takes time but they are getting impatient. Then the Feds stepped in…..

• 😊 AFTER SANCTIONS.. A NEW AMERICAN STEP TOWARDS IRAQI BANKS The United States of America did not stop at punishing some Iraqi private banks by preventing them from participating in the currency auction held by the Central Bank of Iraq daily to sell the dollar, but the US Treasury Department recently returned and informed it of the need to merge and close some of those banks, thus deciding their fate after many suspicions had been raised about them.

Mnt Goat: Yes, yet another reason why the US Treasury and Feds have set up shop in the CBI. They are going to reorganize the entire banking system in Iraq. Literally almost start from scratch!

• AN EXPECTED MEETING IN NEW YORK.
   Al-Alaq said that “there will be meetings with the Federal Bank and the US Treasury Department at the end of August to review all aspects related to foreign transfer operations and discuss sanctions on some banks

• THE CENTRAL BANK OF IRAQ HAS PLACED ZAIN IRAQ ISLAMIC BANK UNDER GUARDIANSHIP, in a move that reflects the bank’s unsound practices and unsatisfactory management performance, threatening the independence and integrity of the Iraqi banking system.

Mnt Goat: Oops they did it again… Yes, yet another reason why the US Treasury and Feds have set up shop in the CBI. They are going to reorganize the entire banking system in Iraq. Literally almost start from scratch!1

• TRADE BANK OF IRAQ INVITES EXCHANGE COMPANIES TO PARTICIPATE IN THE DOLLAR SELLING WINDOW It is noteworthy that the Central Bank of Iraq decided on July 4, 2024 to start selling dollars to travelers, exclusively through corporate and banking outlets at international airports.

• 😊 RAFIDAIN ANNOUNCES THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE COMPREHENSIVE BANKING SYSTEM IN 37 BRANCHES The media office of Rafidain Bank stated in a statement received by the Iraqi News Agency (INA), that “in implementation of the government program to move from paper transactions to electronic ones to provide the best services to citizens, the comprehensive banking system was applied.

Mnt Goat: Opps, here it is again the “digital transformation! You think it’s important?  You think the Feds and US Treasury are pushing this to combat corruption?

• DUE TO FINANCIAL VIOLATIONS, A REPRESENTATIVE DEMANDS THAT SUDANESE TERMINATE THE ASSIGNMENT OF GOVERNOR OF THE CENTRAL BANK Today, Monday, member of the Parliamentary Integrity Committee, Hadi Al-Salami, called on the Prime Minister to end the assignment of the Governor of the Central Bank, Ali Al-Alaq, stressing that he will direct oral questions to the Governor of the Central Bank.

Mnt Goat: Oops they did it again…

• 😊 GOVERNMENT ADVISOR: INCREASED EXPORT CAPACITY BOOSTS CURRENCY VALUE financial advisor to the Prime Minister, Dr. Mazhar Mohammed Saleh, stated that the global currency rates are determined in two main ways: floating and fixed prices, indicating that there are many local and international factors that control the strength of the currency, such as supply and demand, interest rates, inflation, growth in the local economy, trade balance, and others.

• 😊 A NEW EPISODE OF THE ECONOMY IN A WEEK PROGRAM.  AGAIN ABOUT THE PROJECT TO REMOVE ZEROS FROM THE IRAQI DINAR AND ALSO ISSUE A NEW CURRENCY  A training film for the Iraqi citizens on the project to delete the zeros is broadcast throughout Iraq. You can watch the film and get more info HERE.

Mnt Goat: Oops they did it again…

• 😊 CENTRAL BANK PREPARES FOR NEW TALKS WITH THE FEDERAL RESERVE :  CANCELLATION OF ELECTRONIC APPLICATION FOR TRAVELERS’ DOLLARS TO PREVENT FRAUD In response to what Al-Zaman published on its front page in previous issues, the Central Bank obligated banks to ensure that the process of purchasing dollars and depositing dinars must be done in person by the beneficiary exclusively.

• 😊 CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR PARTICIPATES IN A WORKSHOP SPECIALIZED IN ELECTRONIC PAYMENT The Governor of the Central Bank of Iraq, Mr. Ali Mohsen Al-Alaq, participated in a specialized workshop on accelerating the transition to electronic payment......TO BE CONTINUED

https://mntgoatnewsusa.com/latest-mnt-goat-newsletter/