New York Dexy - The Capitol Taken E-Book

Tapio Tiihonen

• Herausgeber: Books on Demand
• Kategorie: Gesellschafts- und Liebesromane
• Sprache: Englisch

Seitenzahl: 800

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2021

Beschreibung

The thriller continues. The pandemic is its worst and our business goes from Europe back to the states. The peak is the conquering the Capitol. The tension is immense and the text is written in spontaneous form, so nothing is added afterward. So ideas, opinions, and reflexes are fresh. There are no excuses. I wished so that festival shall be on the crossroad of Center République, Koenigshofen, Montagne-Verte, Meinau, Neudorf, Schluthfield, Port du Rhin, but the only performance happens in Luxembourg. We jump on the stage. Layin´ on da Bryan? Well, if Jay-Z, Memphis Bleek, Beanie Sigel, Amil, Cam´Ron, and Kanye West have signed to Roc-a-Fella, surely, we can do this. Meanwhile, the BEA-numbers go record high in the U.S., and opening country feeds the virus. The U.S. presidential election and the pandemic take all the attention, and at the same time, the brand new 5-G world´s tech is melting everywhere. Our love story, business deals, straight gunrunners actions, the pandemics waves, political play, huge gatherings in the U.S., come together and everything goes to the peak of the storm. The wireless cloud system, political trash, our Rikers Island gig, Trump´s moves among stock market benefits, huge virus case, and death numbers, good market news, everything goes to the Grande Finale. And there comes the day when hundreds of thousands of people gather in Washington D.C. And ... on Capitol Hill, one police officer made a wrong move. He said to one Arkansas someone who wore clothes from Dixie Outfitters, had Confederate Battle Flag on everything, and generally destroys our heritage: "Hey, you, how cool are you?" And the answer was, before history was made: "Pretty eff´n cool dudie." It is very hard to come out of that chaotic swamp, but still"you are from the Bronx, and yesterday´s inauguration noice stars Jennifer Lopez is from the Bronx, and Lady Gaga from Upper East Side (of Manhatt), so, there is nothing what we, near, deep Brklners cannot do".

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Goethe says: “Thinking is easy, acting difficult, and to put one's thoughts into actions the most difficult thing in the world .”

And I say: “ Nothing is impossible, just make the green rain .”

No Big Festivals

I go to the lake. It reminds me of lessons of today and yesterday. Swimming has mental, moral, and physical value, it is the development of wind and limb, so there you breathe new ideas and spit out the oldies.

Stock markets aren´t alone, with hard to predict laws. There are Algorithms like Aleksa & robots like Al. And they belong to the Chaos/free market. The algorithm is timing, price, quantity, living math marketing model, which updates itself. Must have IoT-detector/sensor-5G-AR-VR. It will automatically monitor the stock price (and the moving average indicators) and place the buy and sell orders when the defined conditions are met. Trades with best possible prices, order placement instant and accurate takes care of significant price changes, reduced transaction costs, simultaneous automated checks on multiple market conditions, backtests historical and real-time data, place a large number of orders at rapid speeds across multiple markets, and decision parameters, mid pension funds, mutual funds, insurance companies, algo-trades to purchase stocks in large quantities when they do not wanna influence stock prices with discrete, large-volume investments, alto-trading market makers (brokerage houses) speculators, and arbitrageurs, aids in creating sufficient liquidity for sellers in the market, algo-t helps also trend followers, hedge funds, or pairs traders. I come back to the house and have an idea.

I call John to the Wall Street. He says: "Yes, my algorithm follows averages, channel breakouts, price level movement, and related tech indicators, heh, heh, risk-free profit or arbitrage. It does, index fund rebalancing, it trades on a combination of options and the underlying security, it identifies and defines a price range and implementing an algorithm based on, takes care of VWAP, TWAP and POV, minimizing the execution cost of the order (real-time thing). It doesn´t go with sniffing algorithms. It doesn´t care much about British LSE. I play right now with Free Stock Simulator and risk-free virtual cash, connect with 700 000 worldwide. If you have nothing else, buy, buy." I laugh and come to you. We kiss, and I put up a hologram of book towns cash flows.

So we sit on the great terrace and servants give us a breast of chicken, creamy honey pepper sauce, warm vegetables, matchstick fries, broiled chicken, blue cheese cream sauce, crisp cut potatoes, warm vegetables, grilled halloumi cheese or goat cheese, crispy mixed salad, cucumber, sundried tomato, honey roasted sunflower seeds, sweet pepper, and lemon vinegar, sirloin beef steak in pepper cream sauce, warm-season vegetables oven-baked potato, a lovely stew of mushrooms and onions in sour cream, oven-baked potato. And some ice-cream and fruits and juices, red wine, beer, champagne, and milk.

We discuss about how Dow rates are up 227,51, S&P 500 29,04, Nasdaq 61,91. The economy has been recovered, and they are thinking about new deals. The U.K. broke the deal with Huawei, and the same seems to be happening in France also. Apple and Microsoft look very good right now.

I call John again. He says: "China data, a Twitter hack, geopolitical tension, and virus concerns are scaring investors out of stocks on Thursday, with more earnings and weekly jobless claims ahead. And markets were cheering positive vaccine news just a day earlier. The week has seen the Nasdaq Composite COMP, +0,59% wobble, down 0,6% week-to-date, versus a 3% gain for the Dow industrials DJIA, +0,85%.”

Yeah, that´s true. And Microsoft´s Azure is well-positioned to benefit from share gains in cloud computing. Street estimates for Azure growth are still low (algorithms know nothing about that), providing opportunities for faster growth to drive faster EPS (=earnings per share), as well as potentially help margin expansion, which would also help EPS growth. M benefits from the electronification of corporate workflows. Apple APPL is an attractive target for app developers. This translates into large revenue opportunities for Apple in apps and services and new hardware products. Users need new products and services to keep generating more revenue Grasfeder´s Accenture uses its scale to drive operational benefits and gain share companies such as IBM who have not been as forward-thinking. Elevated volatility throughout the summer, and that the election and U.S.-China relations could combine with COVID-19 resurgence concerns to create swings in the market through August and September.

It is 11:30 pm. The U.S. is making everything it can to kick off Huawei from Europe. Trump has pressed Germany, and Huawei is going off from that land. And cos Huawei cannot use Google, Gmail, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and so on, France and UK must soon follow Germany. Big American businesses have gone from China. For example, Amazon shut down its Chinese domestic e-commerce business. And many countries in Asia, Europe, and South America are doing the same. We have our market ways from China to Europe, America. If that confrontation comes harder, our Chinese friends begin to ask too many questions.

You ask: "How can we make that tour although big gatherings are forbidden in Europe. And now for example Spain makes more lockouts, cos there are new corona cases. Europe isn´t stable at all. It has just come out of lockouts and reopening businesses and borders." I: "China´s economic growth shall be 2 % this year. It has rolled right now strong. Europe is recovering. And in Germany you get, thanks to state aids, a dodgem car almost for free. They have hired dodgems there for free. The last hiring projects got 3 000 happy dodgem drivers.”

There is now a lot of free markets, cos there is almost no competition at all. If Trump succeeds to take Europe in the U.S. preserve, it means also that European companies must make deals with just the U.S. big companies. And then European business goes to the U.S. big companies´ authority. And that should be a very bad thing for the European health care and tech innovations. Those big companies should rob the know-how and take innovation and make health care systems profitable, which should mean immense feedback to European medical and hospital systems. But right now, China has given the U.S. the corona storm and it hinders those big companies to attack Europe. It is our opportunity to make good deals.

We look at the hologram information: Primavera Sound is postponed to 26-30 August. Normally this traveling music festival tends to come around late-May to early-June and start in Barcelona, then move to Porto. There shall be pop, rock, and electronica commanding stages. There shall be Erykah Badu, Tame Impala, Solange, Cardi B on the list. The venues are also smacked bang in the heart of each city, making this an accessible and crowd-pleasing festival.

Isle of Wight Festival, the biggest music festival in the UK, has been canceled. So, Noel Gallaher´s High Flying Birds, George Ezra, Biffy Clyro and so - forget that. Glastonbury Festival has also canceled. So now Kylie Minogue, Stomzy, Liam Gallaher, Sir Paul McCartney, The Spice Girls, Kendrick Lamar and so. Ibiza canceled June-September. This heap of parties that are hosted by every bar and club on the island arrives next year. Download Festival is canceled. No Slipknot, Slash, Trivium, Lamb of God, Slayer. But Roskilde Festival ended already 4.7. There was The Cure, Travis Scott, Cardi B, and Mo. Sónar Barcelona arrives today and ends on Sunday. Just creativity and tech music. Meadows in the Mountains are canceled in the Rhodopes Mountains. No split between live and DJ sets. No splurge on a pool party, spa facilities, outdoor pools. Rick Am Ring ended 7.6. In this one of the largest music events in the world were for instance, hm, Slipknot, Die Antwood, Alice in Chains and Foals.

Tinderbox ended in 27.6. There were Red, Blue, and Magicbox stages. Bernal, Dropkick Murphys, Lana Del Rey, Lydmor, and Macklemore were there. And, ofc, a heady three-day music binge-fest. Ye, Drink up-thing. Secret Solstice has been canceled. No midnight pool parties in bright sunshine, exclusive raves in a glacier, dances in a 5 000-year-old lave tunnel, and DJ sets in naturally heated lagoons. There were last year Black Eyed Peas, Rita Ora, Morcheeba, Kerri Chandler, Jeremy Underground, and Patti Smith.

Hm, cultural and food festivals have Art Basel, postponed until September. The festival travels between Basel (June), Hong Kong (March), and Miami Beach (December). El Colacho (Baby Jumping Festival) was 14.6. You know, Bab, brave babies undergo an aerial baptism by leaping lucifer´s in this boisterous festival. There those newborns have been relieved of original sin. Lajkonik Festival was 18.6. It is dictated by Corpus Christi. There are pagan rituals and the great commemoration of a Medieval fight. Holi Fusion Torino was 12.6. Just color, music, dance, and all manner of wicked fun is bound to go down. Stonehenge Summer Solstice was 18-22 June. There you met druids, hippies, and new age prophets.

Bloomsday was 13.6. A poetry Brothel thing. Batalla Del Vino was 29.6. Thousands of people made the pilgrimage from the township of Haro up the mountain in La Rioja. Well, Mozartfest has classical, chamber, symphonic, vocal, and world music. Taste of Amsterdam is postponed to September, with its restaurants, cafes, bars, and producers, cooking demonstrations and workshops,

You: "And book towns?"

I think: "Just some fests. Ascona-Locarno I give some examples: JazzAscona ended 4.7., Moon & Star Locarno ends tomorrow, Luci e Ombre Locarno-Muralto ends 25.7., Fireworks Ascona 1.8., Locarno Festival 5.-15.8. Bécherel has Nightfall Festival, there went just 14.7. French National Day, there was the Rendez-vous aux Jardins garden festival. 11.7. Bellprat had Livestream Barcelona beach fest. Bredevoort have for instance Woodstock@Roepaen 22.8., Schlagerkrone Oberhausen 14.11. Clunes book town festival is canceled.

In Wairarapa is a garden tour 7.-8.11. The Wine Harvest Festival is in March 2021. Fontenoy has Festival de BD 25.-26.7. Hay Festival (Welsh: Gwyl Y Gelli) is normally held in Hay-on-Wye but will now take place solely on the internet. No hundreds of thousand people over the U.K., Europe, America, and the rest of the world will not come for 11 days this year. No Writers, politicians, poets, scientists, comedians, philosophers, and musicians are not coming together on the greenfield site to talk, eat, think, drink and be merry with children, families, and so.

La Charite-sur-Loire has 4.-6.9. Le Festival des Idées. 23. And 17.-19.7. there is Medieval Festival Montereggio, one of the oldest medieval festivals in Italy, but now it is canceled. Now visitors get not a chance to play medieval games, watch artisans at work and try something for themselves, and attend colorful, costumed parades with knights, warriors, and elegant dames. Not night street shows, dancing, and fireworks. Bab, Barchetta al Castello (Banquet at the Castle) is normally a perfect start to the festival, set in one of Italy´s most bootiful spaces - but not this year. But next year, MyQueen, Piazza Roma, the main square of the castle, will create an unforgettable atmosphere for the event. The food reflects those great times and is prepared according to those marvelous traditions.

Festival Printemps des Castes Montmorillion has been canceled. Obidos four-day festival (three weekends), 16.7-2.8. has been canceled. This year nobody sees the medieval market, where Portuguese artisans and merchants travel from far and wide to attend and making an astonishing atmosphere. There were two main meals eaten per day - one late morning and the other around dusk. This year nobody prepares to be indulged with the meal staples of bread, meat, and wine enhanced and seasoned with citrus juices, olive oils, butter, and spices.

And MyLady and YourKnightMe will need to dress up in medieval costumes. Near the castle, there shall be next year minstrels, jugglers, noblemen and -ladies, beggars, and dancers. St-Pierre-de-Clages La Grande Fete du Livre is canceled. Sysmä book festival and other events have been canceled. Wigtown book festival is 25.9.-4.10.”

So here are the festivals. The lazy bands and screaming woman, who likes the list sublime, Silverchair, Iron Maiden, yök, brand new, Mariah Carey, John Deere (man calls himself the best of the best), Three Days Grace, Nevershoutnever, Rakim, Strokes, Papa Roach, a7x, Jin, Motley Crue, the Fray, the Beatles, Offspring - and she things she sells better than the best damn car in the world Volkswagen. They come one after another, a list of names. Daddy Yankee has a too big a stomach, he should train with the Puetarican dancing girls, do some splits and jump flips.

I say: “They do not allow big gatherings. That means in one place. That ´one place´ isn´t a solid piece of rock everywhere, its melts like an ice cube: it means one place in a municipality, county, province, suburb and so. We must look at the place that is in no man´s land, on the border of two, three municipalities, and so on. There we can put a big show on, and make people move from area to area and but their holograms too, so those municipal authorities cannot find the borders and we can always give Portuguese salute."

You: "Persuade with some Benjamins? And if the people get the pandemic?" I feel uncomfortable: "It is like you investigate do I know the top 15 favorite black people foods. Ye, I know: 15) Gumbo, 14) Fried Chicken, 13) Corn Bread, 12) Mashed Potatoes, 11) Gravy, 10) Watermelon, 9) Dumplings, 8) Collard Greens, 7) Catfish, 6) Candy yams, 5) Balck Eyed Peas, 4) Macaroni and cheese, 3) Sweet potato Pie, 2) Kool-Aid, 1) Crack Cocaine."

That was very stoopid, so I tell the truth: "My idea was that coronavirus cases should decrease and Trump administration should make deals with European countries like Germany, France and the U.K., and with China. Well, I hoped it shall happen 8.7. Today is 19.7. And there have come more corona cases. We cannot wait anymore. I and algorithm-Aleksa have looked at some places already. Aleksa/Guinevere recommends Strasbourg. I contacted the mayor, the famous Roland Ries. We went through the community´s actions, legal proceedings, relations with State authorities, and official receptions. He is such a charming and educated gentleman. He was ready as the executive authority of the city to carry our festival proposal to the City Council, and he was sure that he and the council shall change the budget for our little maneuver. When I told him our little gift to the city, he told me that he has administrative police power and he takes care with his police officers of everything running matters of festival order. We talked about coronavirus, and he is responsible for all measures relating to public health and hygiene, serious threats, and catastrophes. He said that Brooklyners are more than welcome, but they must be two weeks in quarantine, but that is just a drop in the sea of time, as he put it.

He understood that part of the festival shall be arranged in Germany. He promised to check with his dear neighbor mayor that the laws and regulations of the Republic and German edicts and regulations are in great harmony and understanding. He convinced me that he shall, under the authority of the Perfect, make all necessary appointments, discipline measures, meetings and hand shakings, with a smiling face and without inconvenient delays. He assured that he shall fulfill his tasks himself and shall not move any parts of the task to deputies. So, he shall not delegate any areas of his specific responsibility. He was more than happy that the city shall have this honor. He had heard about that festival in Barcelona, and he forecasts that in five years that happening shall be in the books of history as a classic modern performance.

It was just an official mutual understanding. We talked, as is appropriate, about philosophical and natural climates and ongoings. I congratulated him that the city is the ninth-largest metro area in France and home to 13% of the Grand Est region´s inhabitants. He was so happy that Strasbourg has the honor to be one of the four main capitals of the European Union, and the seat of the European Parliament, the Eurocorps, and the European Ombudsman of the European Union. He promised to inform all these about our great arrival. And of course, the Council of Europe (with its European Court of Human Rights, and it is European Directorate for the Quality of Medicines. I must admit that I bring up some common features with Strasbourg and New York City."

You: "Really, please, inform us."

I say: "I reminded him that together with Basel, remember Bank for International Settlements, Geneva, yes sir United Nations headquarters in Europe, and NYC, United Nations world headquarter, as you know, Strasbourg is among the few cities, as is the pearl of the world, New York City, not being a state capital and hosting international organizations of the first order. The mayor laughed and laughed more.

He is so pure-blooded gentleman that he almost reminds me of Sir Gawain, as you know, in love with Lyonesse. The words courteous, courtesy, and courteously have been used in reference to Arthurs nephew as 178 times, moral than for all the other knights in Arthurian literature. His Reputation, His Courtesy, and His appearance as a real knight.

Anyway, we made it as I wished so that festivals shall be on the crossroad of Center République, Koenigshofen, Montagne-Verte, Meinau, Neudorf, Schluthfield, Port du Rhin. The main place shall be the terrace of the Palais Rohan. The mayor said he shall contact organizations which seat Strasbourg is, but I asked him a favor. And he accepted that I can contact myself Central Commission for Navigation on the Rhine, Council of Europe, European Parliament, European Ombudsman, European headquarters, Franco-German television channel Arte, European Science Foundation, International Institute of Human Rights, Human Frontiers Science Program, International Commission of Civil Status, Assembly of European Regions, Centre for European Studies and Sakharov Prize. And the mayor insisted that he shall seal all those deals. So, on behalf of your permission, I did that."

You ask: "Are the canceled many events?" I: "Just a few of 186: Festival du Houblon, Iggy Pop concert. There are 184 upcoming live music events in some of the city´s 392 venues, such as La Leiterie - Grande Sale, and Z´nithg de Strasbourg. The mayor promised to market well our festival I called it Cristal Rapping-House Tournament. The mayor promised that good people of Strasbourg and nearby shall not miss the biggest event of this year."

You: "Can you tell me something about other concerts?" I: "Very well, IAM, Peter Hook & The Light, The Rabeats, The Pineapple Thief, Magenta, The Avener, 47Ter, Josman, Sting, Hang Massive, Caravan Palace, Yelle, I Muvrini, Maceo Parker, Izia, Kokoroko, Status Quo, Da Uzi ..." I present 12 more festival places. You say: "Isn´t that number 13 bad luck number?" I: "As per angelic number readings, it means angles are with you. It´s a Fibonacci number. A happy number, a b-happy number is a natural number in a given number base b that eventually reaches 1 when iterated over the perfect digital invariant function for p=2. A lucky number is a number in a set that is generated by a certain sieve. The sieve is similar to the Sieve of Eratosthenes that generates the primes, but it eliminates numbers based on their position in the remaining set, instead of their value." You: "So you calculated and found it positive after all." So."

It is almost 12 pm. Cliver and Frank go to their rooms, and we sit looking at the purple sunset from 21 huge windows of the sitting room, which is also reflected from the lake. What a noice silence, and we sit silently and look at the imaginary words around us.

The Second Dash

The United States of Europe

The Real Deal

In the U.S. are 3 835 430 cases, deaths 142 883, recovered 1 775 450. So, recovered from 1 918 333 cases which had an outcome are 93%. Others rest in peace.

Trump tweets: "Make America great again!" And more: "We are trying to help Portland, not hurt it. Their leadership has, for months, lost control of the anarchists and agitators. They are missing in action. We must protect Federal property AND OUR PEOPLE. These were not merely protesters. These are the real deal!" Kitty tweets: "It is ILLEGAL for police to hide their identity. If I was being swooped up by unidentified men, black bagged, and being pulled into an unmarked van, I will assume I am in imminent danger and will shoot them. I will use my 2A against them."

In NYC an Astoria public school teacher was caught on video calling a Black Lives Matter protester an "Asian b***h" in Bayside this past weekend. The Teacher, Katina Garages, called 19-year-old BLM shit a bitch and telling her not to curse in front of my kids. That protester said f*** the NYPD. Garages teach social studies to 6th graders at P.S. 122 - The Mamie Fay School in Astoria, where unfortunately 27% of students are Asian. A Department of Education spokesperson confirmed that the incident is under investigation. The DOE stands against racism and our teachers and staff must foster safe and supportive learning environments.

There were also violent confrontations between Back the Blue pro-NYPD demonstrators and Black Lives Matter protesters. One of those protestors was arrested on charges of inciting a riot, attempted assault, disorderly conduct, and harassment.

Meanwhile, Gov. Cuomo gives a rule that a bar and restaurant that takes three strikes shall be closed. No drinking will be allowed unless patrons are seated at a table spaced 6 feet apart. Customers must also order food- Mp walk-up bar service is allowed. Cuomo says that officials looked at 5 000 downstate bars and restaurants and found mass noncompliance with social distancing. NYC indoor spaces won´t reopen in NYC phase 4. Forest Hills Streets have opened to the outdoor dining on Friday. Mayor Bill says that the open restaurants' program has worked. The program shall be extended until Oct.31, giving 8 600 NYC restaurants, and counting, a chance to serve food and drink through the last bit of good weather.

The Dancing Stars 

It is about 5 am, and Immentalisation. How I get those people from the U.S. to Europe, and right away to do business? 13 performances mean over 30 days, so all shall be done in September. Three towns have given them permission, but not yet signed deals. Shall I get those Americans to Europe with military way, just go from place to place, take control of administration and media, and do what I want. I cannot request 100 000 visitors, not even 30 000.

Starting from 1.6. member states of the E.U. have started gradually lifting the travel restrictions at the external borders for residents of Algeria, Australia, Canada, Georgia, Japan, Morocco, New Zealand, Rwanda, South Korea, Thailand, Tunisia, Uruguay, and China. Hm. The State Department tells that it should allow some au pairs and family members of visa holders in the U.S. to stay there. The EU began to allow non-essential travel from a limited number of countries last month, but such travelers from the U.S., where coronavirus cases have risen rapidly in recent weeks, remain banned. The U.S. decision to allow European students comes days after the Trump administration agreed to drop a policy that could have forced tens of thousands of international students to leave the United States if their classes went entirely online. The reversal came amid legal challenges by major universities and pressure from business and tech companies. China, Brazil, and Iran face similar travel bans, but students from those nations were not included in the U.S. exemptions. Students in European countries who already have visas to study in the United States are exempt from the ban. The State Department agrees that spouses and children of certain foreign workers coming to the U.S. could qualify for exemptions, including the spouses of skilled workers with H-1B visas.

Even if U.S. infection rates were under control, which they aren´t, the U.S. travel ban against Europe will likely need to be lifted before Americans are allowed into the E.U. And that ban, announced 11.3., prohibits entry to the U.S. of all foreign nationals who have been in the 26 Schengen countries within the previous 14 days. As high COVID-19 rates lock U.S. tourists outto the E.U., other places are taking precautions and inviting them back in. The E.U. doesn´t allow American tourists entry.

The good news is that U.S. passport holders can still visit multiple countries in the Caribbean, many states in Mexico (though its land border remains closed), and several farther-flung locales. Canada remains on the no-entry list.

A doctor and the director of the Israel Center for Disaster Medicine and Humanitarian Response, E. Bar-On says that travelers assume the responsibility to exercise precautions. Their potential for spreading the virus from highly endemic countries to those less affected is still great. Mexicans aren´t happy about Americans in their country. The state of Sonora severely restricted tourism arrivals from the U.S. due to the high coronavirus caseload in Arizona across the border. Jamaica requires travelers to apply in advance for a Jamaican coronavirus travel authorization, a personalized same-day health risk assessment essentially giving vacationers the green light to hit its beaches. Visitors from high-risk locations and those showing symptoms will be tested on arrival and quarantined.

Hmm, countries do not take Americans with happy faces. Belize reopens on 15.8. Americans can go for instance to Table Rock Jungle Lodge near San Ignacio, but India remains closed. Grenada slowed its reopening. Grenada´s prime minister isn´t happy about the U.S. rising infection rate. Although tourism is essential for the economies of many destinations, they do not want undisciplined Americans there. Visitors of the Maldives, on as of 15.7., are required to fill in a health declaration and, until 1.8., restricted to stays on liveaboards or otherwise-uninhabited resort islands like Coco Bodu Hithi. If an American shows COVID-symptoms, he/she shall be kick off right away.

Sri Lanka, set to open 1.8., may have the most stringent protocols: all foreign visitors must have a negative COVID test 72 hours prior to departure and then submit to more tests upon arrival and on the fourth and tenth days of their trip. Countries tend to prefer certification via the COVID-19 PCR test (despite the fact, that false negatives can range from 2 to 29%) though the time it´s deemed valid varies from country to country. Antibody tests are seen, as less reliable.

Canada and South Africa aren´t rushing to open borders. When South Africa´s lockdown began, the tourism minister said international travel might not restart until 2021. They do not want Americans there. Some years ago, Americans dropped 144 billion on tourism, making them the world´s biggest travel spenders after the Chinese. When some 15 million of them choose Europe, mostly in the sunny summer. But European want to protect European lives.

Hm. Europe´s door isn´t permanently locked - its members will reevaluate border politics every two weeks. But closed borders, cautious reopening, and the WHO´s 30.6. a statement that the worst is yet to come is much-needed cautionary reminders for all travelers.

Trump forbids Europeans to come to the U.S. just before nobody should allow Americans to come to their countries. And he put the U.S. outto WHO before that great organizations should have given scientifically proved edicts against the U.S., who didn´t respect at all the WHO recommendations. The European Council releases its approval list of 14 countries whose citizens can enter the E.U. borders and travel within its 27 member states, as well as in Iceland, Lichtenstein, Norway, and Switzerland. The U.S. wasn´t included in either the final 14 or the 54 countries first considered.

The U.S. Travel Association´s executive vice president for public affairs and policy, Tori Emerson Barnes, calls the E.U.´s news incredible disappointing and a step in the wrong direction as "we seek to rebuild our global economy". Mrs. Barnes said angrily that there will be major negative implications for an economic recovery. Epidemiology - rather than economics or retaliation - seems to be the main factor behind the E.U.´s determination of which countries are (and remain) on its welcomed list. Countries´ epidemiological situations are compared to the E.U.`s. The number of new COVID cases in the last 14 days per 100 000 population needs to be close to or below the E.U.´s 15.7. number - 16. Then the number in the U.S. was 107. It also tells, how reopening states in the U.S. have declined any hopes to make economic deals with Europe and China. Trump and his coronavirus country can only accuse others, especially China and domestic "enemies", cos the situation has been burning Trump´s administration's feet.

Countries also need to have credible data, a stable or decreasing trend of new cases, and satisfactory COVID response, including testing, surveillance, contact tracing, containment, treatment, and reporting. Trump talks that America is the best-tested country in the world, and its tests are scientifically better than anywhere else. That is a lie. The WHO should have given a hard warning to the U.S. and its testing systems and sent control persons, specialists to check the situation, but Trump fucked off like a snake and could breathe cos nobody came to check the real situation. Now those unbelievable high numbers of cases tell that coronavirus lives well in the U.S.

It is near 6 am, and everybody else is still sleeping, but not me. I continue thinking, which doesn´t make me happy, cos this situation means that I must make risky steps before getting my Brklners & Indians to Europe.

It is very easy to say: the faster the U.S. gets its COVID cases under control, the faster Europe should reopen to Americans. Trump has forbidden the WHO scientists and other forces to help the U.S., accusing others of his mistakes and hiding the shit under the carpet. And the transit passengers and long-term E.U. residents are among the handful of exceptions. There´s an exception open to Americans too: Serbia, not yet part of the E.U., reopened for tourism on 22.5. Hmm, how could I get my Americans over the Serbia border to other parts of Europe, and how they can be checked safely, and our festival gathering possible? My brains begin to warm.

The E.U. officials try to base their decision on scientific criteria, in part to depoliticize the process and shield themselves from diplomatic pressures, and that many countries, among them the U.S., lobbies hard to be granted entry. But how the country, which has clearly most cases in the world can get in? Reciprocity (not retaliation) seems to have been considered. The E.U.´s 30.6. the statement said that if China adjusts its rules to allow E.U. residents access, it will become the 15th member on the E.U.´s list. China has this in reserve when trying to make a business deal with the Trump administration. And they have made it clear to Trump that they shall do it if Trump does not be more open-minded to its former biggest business friend. The problem for China is that the U.S. has been pressing Germany, France, and the U.K., with success. On June 2, Trump hinted the ban could be lifted for European countries with low transmission rates, but it has yet to occur. Trump plays with China.

The U.S.´s travel bans - against China as of 31.1., followed by Iran, Europe, the U.K., Ireland, and, as of May 7, Brazil - do not seem to be solely based on epidemiology. India and Russia, recently with the world´s third- and fourth-highest cases counts, are not banned. Neither are Peru, Chile, or Mexico, which all have more cases than Iran. 21 countries have higher case counts than China. Just cos a country hasn´t banned you from entering doesn´t mean you have the green light to travel.

While U.S. tourists are allowed into Cambodia again, the kingdom requires a 3 000 d U.S. deposit to cover COVID testing, isolation, and healthcare, including 1 500 d for funeral costs. Cambodia wants health insurance coverage of 50 000 d. The requirement is complicated in that most travel insurance excludes COVID-19. The best practice is to keep the CDC´s and U.S. Department of State´s advisories in mind (which remain do not travel) and choose when and where to go thoughtfully.

Trump´s Crunch Time

And Trump is staring down a ticking economic bomb. It is now Trump´s crunch time. The key issue is how the U.S. economy will look like in October before voters make their final decisions. Trump must make those deals with Europe and China before that. Governors must tame raging COVID-19 outbreaks across the South and West to avoid another lurch into a deeper recession. Whether cities and states reopen their schools on the schedule will determine whether many of their parents can return to work. Congressional leaders are starting to debate a fourth economic resume package to prop up a shaky recovery - while Trump monitors cues from the stock market, one of his favorite barometers of success. Still, 54% of voters approve of Trump´s handling of the economy. If he has now a success, that should change everything. He negotiates for a payroll tax cut. Shall Congress give a new aid package to unemployed Americans? Senior administration officials are exploring ways to incentivize states and cities to open by redirecting funds or giving extra money to districts, or earmarking parts of the upcoming stimulus package for the state.

Meanwhile, there are 3 898 550 cases in the U.S., deaths 143 289, recovered 1 802 338. Active cases in NY 163 129, California 278 631, Florida 307 133, deaths in NY 32 570, California 7 713, Florida 4 985. Yesterday were 65 279 cases, but deaths went down to 412.

European stock edged higher, with top leaders still negotiating on a rescue fund to bolster the economic response to the virus. The European leaders shall agree on 390 billion e worth of grants on a fund that could be worth between 700 billion d and 750 billion d. The summit heads into its fourth day is a good sign. A deal shall be ready at this summit already, parts of it are still on the table.

The Wings of Pestilence

It is 7 am, and I look at the hologram: I have that Black Lives Matter protestors´ Harvard lab. Those Indians and Brklners must be tested before sent to Europe. And how the hell I shall have the visas.

I go to wake up Cliver: "Hey, you, no time to hit the sack. Wake the f*** up, oh, I mean wakey, wakey." Cliver: "I was listening to old-timers A Tribe Called Quest and Award Tour, Bonita Applebum, Electric Relaxation, Da booty, Check the rhyme, Can I kick it? and Find a way. And then just snoozle. So, who we shoot today?"

I: "Derren Brown, that f**er, mind-controlling suave suited fella from Croyden who tried to shoot himself in the head. Let´s finish the job. Just snoogins. I have been thinking muslimland, Yurop, American view of world war II, illegal immigrants, Portugal, Brussel, education, snow dust (mostly used in Europe), and the final countdown."

Cliver: "Tell."

I: "Can you make 230 visas and perhaps some 56 ID-cards, to be shown in Europe, in different countries." Cliver: "Yeah, I can. But I need some Brimms with me." I: "Okay, how long it shall take to make them?" Cliver: "How long visas?" I: "33 days." Cliver: "Let´s say 30." I: "Ride the wings of pestilence."

The Transmission Risk

Meanwhile, we are talking about how great Americans shall be taken to Europe via no-man´s-land, Phase 4 of NYC´s economic recovery has just started, five months after non-essential services were shut down in an effort to combat the pandemic. The city has now managed to meet all state-imposed guidelines needed. Phase 4 has already started in the rest of the state. Well, NYC saw the bulk of NY´s confirmed cases and deaths. Phase 4 typically permits the opening of malls and other arts and entertainment venues. Gov. Cuomo does best as he can to stop any additional indoor activity in the city. He says: "We limit the transmission risk."

As everybody knows, NYC has also been barred from opening-up indoor dining, which has been allowed in the rest of the state. Now NYC is no more on pause. Big wheels begin to roll again. It is amazing, how everything seems to be outto control and then that chaos has order and discipline inside it. Phase 3 was a success in NYC and NY. And although there are top cases in the South and West, Trump´s risk seems to bear fruit. He fucks with regulations, makes protectionist and reopening orders - and the new tech world and stock markets and algorithms love that. The man seems to be at the same time a crock and a great statesman. And he hasn´t made deals with China and Europe. He plays hard and normally the toughest guy cleans the table.

NYC´s new normal means a lot of residents are staying at home, but economic activities are gradually being reopened. Construction sites, restaurants have bought the city´s streets back to life. Many personal care businesses had opened in Phase 3. In Phase 4, botanical gardens and zoos reopen at 33% capacity, production of movies and TV shows proceeds, and professional sports, for example, baseball, shall be played without fans in the stands. Businesses that pose significant safety concerns such as movie theaters and gyms are not, unfortunately, included. The state shall study these activities and determine when they can reopen safely.

NYC will employ a test and trace program with the goal of limiting the spread of the virus as people slowly return to life as normal and may be forced into situations where social distancing becomes difficult. Everything is going back to its coronavirus times, or better, the coronavirus has made tech to mild better in everyman´s life. And shall make it more effective, happy, and luxurious. And the city has, without the WHO, a force of thousands of contact tracers to interview people who test positive for the coronavirus, determine who else needs to be tested bases on those interviews, and order people to be isolated as needed.

Statistics released Friday show NY with 776 confirmed cases, representing 1% of all tests. The number of people hospitalized with COVID-19 on Thursday dropped to 765 and 10 people died. And no fear to go to Gowanus´ Public Records, Prospect Lefferts Gardens´ & Sons, the Flatiron District´s Undercoat, Times Square´s 701 West, and, yeah, Greenwich Village´s Bar Pisellino.

And as things are coming back to normal New Yorkers begin to see damn high rents. Affording a two-bedroom apartment in NYC requires the equivalent of a 37.52 hourly wage or 78 040 d a year. The renter pays about 30% of his/her income on housing. Fair market rent for a two-bedroom apartment is 1 691 d, meaning renters would have to make 32,53 d an hour to afford it. Those numbers dip significantly in non-metro parts of the state, down to 816 d and 15,66 d. In Manhattan rents still stand at 3 236 d a month. Well, for low-income renters the coronavirus is looking around the corner. They are unable to afford their rent prior to the crisis, and who lack emergency savings, are dealing with even more hardship today.

Bob´s Message

Cliver and I know these things, but we are missing still the stock market news. I have a list of performers in front of me. There are those possible places, schedule, how much they shall cost. It shall be a great profit. Cliver asks: "Festival. What Festival? The name?" I: "The United States of Europe."

We go through those European things. We agree that in every place we sign the final deals when the team is there already. It is a very good sign that all over NY is now going on Phase 4. The number there is near that European number 16. I call that John the Protestor and say that we need that lab on next week Wednesday. The tour isn´t a problem when you have money. And if not, you are the first who belongs to jail. I call Bob the Banker.

He answers: "Tapio, noice. How are you? Here is 3fine. Almost the Definite Jux & Mr. Lif." I: "13th step, almost NE/SE 555, Timer IC developed by Bobby Widlar. One question: what do you think about European Central Bank, right now?"

Bob: “That´s very interesting. In Europe, everything is developing now quickly and should progress more rapidly if there weren´t so many of those regulations which DEMs of the U.S. imitate. Put 1,46 trillion d in long-term, ultra-cheap credit to hundreds of banks as part of the emergency support aimed at cushioning the impact of the COVID-19 on businesses and workers. The three-year loans aim at making sure banks keep lending to companies. 742 banks across the 19 countries that use the euro currency took up the credit offer.

It put the negative interest rate as minus 1.0% so long as banks keep up their lending to businesses. ECB pays the banks to borrow the money. Similar measures to loosen credit have been deployed by the U.S. Fed Reserve. The net amount loaned was 548 billion euros since banks were allowed for exchange earlier, less favorable loans in return for the new offering. And think this hasn´t eliminated viable businesses. The eurozone economy will not shrink by 7,75% this year as The European Union´s executive commission estimated in April.

So that 1,35 trillion e or 1,46 trillion d, how you wanna say, goes to the ECB Pandemic Emergency Purchase Program (PEPP) and up to 1,8 trillion euros. The eurozone economy is now stabilizing, and the ECB board thinks that the entire PEPP envelope might not be spent. The ECB has stabilized markets and helped narrow euro area bond spreads. The real action will and can only come once we have July macro data. This will be for the October meeting. And the U.S. third-quarter meeting is almost at the same time. Trump plays a hard game now, putting the U.S. economy up everywhere, and he doesn´t care about corona cases. The U.S. Economy must look better in October than the European economy. And there shall be a hard meeting in September when the U.S. Fed Reserve bank´s representatives meet ECB-boys."

I: "And?" Bob: "You noticed! Yes, equities fell after Californian Governor Gavin Newsom ordered renewed measures on Monday to stem the rise in COVID-19 infections there. Market sentiment also took a hit from worsening U.S.-China relations, after the U.S. rejected China´s claims to offshore resources in most of the South China Sea. Most euro zone bond yields were about 2-5 basis points lower, with the 10-year Bund yield - the benchmark for the region - down around 4 basis points at -0,444%. The fall cancels out some of Monday´s bps rise, the biggest daily gain in over a month. I think Trump did that on purpose, so the ECB and the E.U. shall not be too calm.

The ECB´s meeting was on Thursday and now the E.U. summit discusses the proposed 750 billion euros coronavirus recovery fund. German Chancellor Angela Merkel wants to give countries big loans, but Holland, Norway, Denmark, Austria, and Finland do not want big recovery money just low loans. Now everybody waits for the result of that E.U. summit. The ECB waits for it. Marathon negotiations between European leaders on a massive coronavirus recovery package are now entering the crucial phase. German Chancellor says as she walks into the negotiation room that leaders have agreed on a framework for a possible agreement. The summit was originally planned to end on Sunday. And Trump waits for the answer, too. On the focus is a 1,68 trillion package, a seven-year budget, and a coronavirus recovery fund. In Europe, funds are an important role, cos around them European puts their strategic reserves, so there are the economies surprise attacks also. And Trump is studying now what the E.U. and the ECB do with the strategic funds.

The meeting has started and Eastern Europe leaders opposite attaching rule of law conditions, while southern European countries are rejecting demands from the so-called frugal four, now, countries - Netherlands, Austria, Finland, Denmark and now Sweden - for a large share of the package to be bound by economic reform requirements. Merkel is not stupid she reaffirms her support for substantial parts of grants to be handed outto countries most severely hit by the virus.

Now the marathon summit turns into a fight over sovereignty. There the members do not talk about money but a tug-of-war over political sovereignty. Dutch prime minister insists on a cap of 350 billion e worth of grants - preferring loans of strict conditions. The recovery fund had originally set 500 billion e to be handed out as grants and 250 billion in loans. 27 leaders talk about the balance within the package between grants and loans. It´s the first time the E.U. borrows money to give it as grants to countries. Holland and those four others are in favor of a larger share of repayable loans, rather than grants, and they want more conditions and control over how the money is spent. The European strong country Germany try now to give lower grants and bigger loans to those five countries. This is the momentum Trump is waited for. What shall be the answer, if those five countries agree then the European economic union is stronger than ever via ECB. And it means that Trump must give more to Europe if he wants to deal with it. Then he must forbid the U.S. companies not to try to take Nokia and Ericson and other bit-tech firms of Europe. Stronger Europe means also that Huawei shall be back in business. And then Trump must take a deal with them both. Put negotiations continue right now."

I thank Bob for his words and we will decide the decision of the E.U. summit, cos we can make our tour The United States of Europe in very strong Europe, which shall be then in the economical focus of the world for a while.

Yes, They Understand

This shall be a real thriller. The biggest economies in Europe Germany, France, Spain, and Italy want loose money. So grants, so they can give big grants everywhere. Stingy countries and hardest working (well, Germany also), Netherlands, Sweden, Finland, Denmark and Austria want just loans. The E.U. Summit shall divide 750 billion euros. The European Commission´s chairman gave a proposal of 500 billion grants, 250 billion loans. The Stingy country´s laughs that proposal outto door. They begin the hard negotiations.

The French president hits his fist to the table and shouts in the first night (Friday): "Don´t the stringy countries understand ..." But it wasn´t a question of what the hardest working countries understand or not, question was that they didn´t want to give lazy money to lazy France, Spain, and Italy whose economies do not rap&roll. And two eastern European shit countries Poland and Hungary do not want in that agreement anything about constitutional states, cos they aren´t the right kind of democracies. So there comes a very hard Saturday day and night and on Sunday morning Mr. Charles Michel had an idea. He thought as I thought last night that the E.U. summit shall divide 750 billion euros differently to grants and loans. Poorer land in South and East shall get 390 billion grants. And stingy and other richer countries 360 billion loans.

In this situation, Trump hasn´t reacted. He waits. But China sends an ultimate message to Europe: if Nokia and Ericson shall end cooperation with Huawei like France and the U.K., and do not do 5G-cooperation, there shall be sanctions. On Monday both the U.S. and China were very concerned about what shall happen at the E.U. Summit. If the summit is a success the E.U. shall be economically stronger than ever. And they just got rid of the U.K., a real problem state, which living standard is well under Finland, and the land is full of British Commonwealth´s living standard refugees, who has done to Britain shame as blacks and South American poors to the U.S. That was very lucky that the U.K. fucked off.

So on Monday, as we in VictoriaCourt wait for the solution, Mr. Michel comes after 16 pm and gives his proposal to the round table: 1) Grants 390 billion, loans 360 billion; 2) 70% of grants shall be used in next two years, and the next 30% in 2023, 3) the main argument for giving grant is land´s unemployment level before corona time, 4) the country must use 30% of the given grant to the project, which blocks the climate change, 5) country shall make a program how is shall develop itself after corona time, 6) majority of the table (27 countries) must approve the proposal, 7) the payment shall come, if country´s constitutionals state´s right is in order, 8) the proposal for the budget is 1 850 billion euros (years 2021-2027).

There was a proposal that the sum shall be 672m5 billion, so 77,5 billion less, and grants shall be 360 billion and loans 312,5 billion. But that proposal didn´t give the E.U. might and fist and all, it was laughed out. So, the begins the thriller-night Monday/Thursday. Poland and Hungary want that constitutional state clause out, but Germany and stingy countries make them clear: no, no, and no. Then begin that hard twist about 390 billion and 360 billion and who gets what. And Finland´s prime minister got 400 + 100 million, a ridiculous sum, cos that woman is a weak coward. Anyway, 1,82 trillion COVID-19 recovery deal and budget, isn´t just about recovery from coronavirus, it is mostly about new times Europe, which economic is unit like the United States of Europe. But it is much stronger than the U.S., cos it has a united economic base which everybody must follow, and it shall be controlled towards a climate-friendly, constitutional state, and digitalized Europe.

We laugh, and I almost throw you to the air. YesssSSS. That means a very good thing to rural areas digitalization and Book Towns Group which looks for cultural centers a la 5G and entrepreneurs and Book Towns Group -homes a la VictoriaCourt. Now there is cash flow approval from the highest European power to our development. And not just the old-fashioned E.U. but strongest ever. Now neither the U.S. nor China commands Europe anymore. Europe is great again. Two world wars were fought in Europe and thanks to them the U.S. became the greatest. But now there is the good chance Europe shall be the greatest.

I laugh: "Look what Russians write about fraudulent Europe and its crazy deal. Heh, heh, now Russians really are afraid of Europe again. Now Europe really goes to the federation, The United States of Europe, and it is the cultural cradle which nobody in the world can compete with. Trump is silent, China is silent. At last, the two copyist-countries get against them a coalition that innovates and can now use its own innovations as it really wants.

Great European Council chairman/president C. Michel says: "It is a good deal, and Europe is solid." French President E. Macron doesn´t hit with his fist anymore to the table but laughs and says a historic day for Europe. So-called frugal five - Netherlands, Austria, Finland, Sweden, and Denmark are - happy as flappy birds (= things harden than a Nokia phone, known to frustrate teenagers and many your adults). The fucker, a Franco-German alliance supported and pushed forwards 500 billion and 250 billion but was kicked to its face. Anyway, Austrian Prime Minister S. Kutz smiles stoopidly and says: "Good result for the E.U." The negotiations have taken 90 hours - a new record (the last one was from 2000, Nice summit, 85 hours).

Michel says: "A pivotal moment for Europe."

Stock markets across the E.U. opened higher and the euro touched a four-month high 1,1470 d (so the deal was in dollars 2, 08 trillion. This agreement sends a concrete signal that Europe is a force for action, they laughed. In an unwieldy club of 27 countries, each with veto power was happy. Rich northern countries shall help poorer Italy, Spain, and other Mediterranean countries. In the U.S. you do not expect and do not get that kind of help from the state to state, although they are in the same country.

For instance, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte and Italian counterpart, Giuseppe Conte, think politically differently, like to argue with each other - and they are friends, not like Trump, who abuses his opponents with low style words.

And this agreement changes the power situation, the traditional Franco-German engine will not lead anymore. This is the first step towards a U.S.-style fiscal union, but the modern version, with melting tech and opposite sizes cooperation. The U.S. is silent about the agreement. Trump has nothing to say about it. He tweets: "Tremendous progress being made on Vaccines and Therapeutics!!" And I say: there are now 3 961 805 cases in the U.S., deaths 143 864, recovered 1 850 988, NY 434 871 cases, California 399 898, Florida 360 394, cases yesterday 62 879, and deaths 545.

Compare now the stock markets: Europe DAX rates 225,46, FTSE MIB 413,87, IBEX 35 131,80; Asia: Asia Dow 55,83, Nikkei 225 166,74, Hang Sung 577,67, Sensex, 511,34; the U.S.: Dow 8,92, S&P 500 27,11, Nasdaq 263,90. It is clearly European day, and more, it is all over tech day, as it has been whole corona time.

Stronger Europe

Trump is not happy. He has used to cooperate with the U.K. and get the E.U. to do what he wants. Now he sends foreign minister/secretary of state M. Pompeo to the U.K. Now when the E.U. doesn´t give benefits anymore to the U.K., it is in big trouble. Its debt-to-GDP reaches the highest level since 1961. That ratio has reached 99,6%, Debt at the end of June was enormous, 2 46 trillion dollars. Trump´s government has taken down 25 000 regulations, which has occurred also in corona time, which means that the U.S. has failed to institute an effective contract tracing system.

For instance, South Korea, Taiwan, and Japan have fewer than one coronavirus death per 100 000 people, in the U.S. the number is 42,95 death. They have rules and strategies for coronavirus, they are disciplined, and Americans are unruly. Trump wants regulations, taxes down, and entrepreneurs and people to make their own decisions. Well.

Trump starts again give his coronavirus briefings, which he hasn´t done after April. He hoped the virus go away, but he was wrong. But now the signs are clear: cases are turned to go down. Trump looks at the figures. Germany´s DAX turns positive for the year after the E.U. leaders agree with the coronavirus recovery package. Republicans will start work in Senate on the 1 trillion d coronavirus relief package. Now Europe has done it first. And China has blown its opportunity to control the world with soft power. Instead of befriending other countries with carrots, Beijing is beating them with a stick. China´s lending terms-interest, grace period, and maturity - are much more onerous than those offered by the World Bank and its concessional lending arm, the International Development Association. China didn´t provide unconditional short-term liquidity- in both renminbi and dollars - to developing and other economies facing major capital outflows. China owns its 3 trillion-plus in dollar reserves. China didn´t offer freer market access to poorer countries ravaged by COVID-19. It didn´t ramp up the production of essential medical supplies to fight the coronavirus, face masks, testing kits, protective equipment, and ventilators. assuring their high quality and offering to make them available to any country via the WHO at concessional prices. China fucked up.

Instead of helping other countries, China´s communist party has ordered strategic business attacks towards Xinjiang, Tibet, Taiwan, Honk Kong, India, the South China Sea, the Philippines, Australia, Europe, the U.S., and Canada. The powerful West had kept a weak China in check since the early 1800s. China´s leaders think that the roles are reversed, and it is time to correct historical injustices. President Hi Jinping, the admirer of Mao, looks for returning to the glory days of the Middle Kingdom. Well, Europe is now very strong, right now.

I didn´t expect that to happen. Well, good. I'm always good, no matter what. I'm waiting for the European magazine boss the give his statement about my deal proposal with concerns BTG-house (Book Towns Group) and central fund and his Finnish book town. They meet on Saturday at 1.8. The problem with these Finnish people is that they are focusing just on Finland, and I'm not focusing on Finland. And never had. Well, VictoriaCourt is an exception, but it doesn´t look like a Finnish thing.

I say to you, Frank and Cliver: "Cos that deal concerns 27 lands of Europe and our festival tour goes there, not elsewhere, I must say something." Cliver: "Coppin´ a gnarly swell, plasma poor, thumbs down." You: "My knight in shining armor."

I continue, and say that I do not repeat what you already know: "As we know, the E.U. is now stronger than ever compared with China and the U.S. You phrase goes ´the EU and its Member States have had to adopt emergency measures to preserve the health of the citizens and prevent a collapse of the economy´. The amounts due by the Union on a given year for the repayment of the principal shall not exceed 7,5% of the maximum amount of 390 billion for expenditure.

Actually, it goes like this: recovery and resilience facility 672,5 billion, of which loans 360 billion, of which grants 312,5 billion, ReactEU 47,5 billion, Horizon Europe 5 billion, InvestEU 5,6 billion, Rural Development 7,5 billion, Just Transition Fund 10 billion, RescEU 1,9 billion. Member states' national recovery and resilience plans must be ready in 2022 to take account of the final allocation of funds for 2023. Effective contribution to the green and digital transition shall also be a prerequisite for a positive assessment. ReactEU will provide the following additional allocations: Luxembourg (100 million); Malta (50 million). Climate action shall base on Paris Agreement objectives (which kind of the U.S. does not accept). The overall amount of commitments is 1 074, 3 billion. Health will be increased to 1,7 billion in line with the proposal of the Commission to respond to COVID-19. Special instruments 5 billion will be used for a new special Brexit Adjustment. The total annual amount of appropriations for commitments shall not exceed 1,46%. The new Multimedia Financial Framework (MFF) will cover seven years. The budget goes with the light of the Bratislava roadmap, as well as the Rome and Sibiu declarations and the Strategic Agenda for 2019-2024. The MFF is reinforced by New Generation EU (NGEU). Healing concerns the single market, innovation, and digital, cohesion, resilience and values, natural resources and environment, migration and border management, security and defense, neighborhood and the World, European public administration. The maximum figure for expenditure for the EU-27 is 1 074 300 million.

I laugh. Cliver looks bored as hell and Frank is focused and you more than focused, you smile. I continue: "Heh, heh, now interesting: The European Investment Bank (EIB) shall have the necessary capital to implement Union politics. The EIB Nord of Governors shall decide on the size and modalities of any capital increase by end of this year. All Special Instruments will be placed outside the MFF ceilings and commitment and payment appropriations or constitute off-budget items. The role of the EU budget in supporting the effective implementation of EU wide policy objectives will be further enhanced, notably by strengthening the link between the EU budget and European Semester, including facilitating the implementation of the European Pillar of Social Rights, as well as in the areas of migration, environment, and climate things and so. A comprehensive approach to migration that combines more effective control of EU external borders increased external action and the internal aspects. The Union´s financial interests shall be protected in accordance with the general principles embedded in the Union Treaties. The single market, innovation, and digital investments are from 18518-19 721 million euros. For instance, the financial envelope gives for the implementation of the Space program 13 202 million. The InvestEU Fund will act as a single EU investment support mechanism for internal action, replacing all existing financial instruments, The Union needs an up-to-date, high-performance infrastructure to help connect and integrate the Union and all its regions, in the transport, energy, and digital services. The financial envelope for the implementation of the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) distributes for instance for digital 1 832 million. The Digital Europe program will invest in key strategic digital capacities such as the EU´s high-performance computing, artificial intelligence, and cybersecurity. It will complement other instruments, notably Horizon Europe and CEF, in supporting the digital transformation of Europe. The financial envelope for the implementation of the Digital Europe program is 6 761 million.

Frank says: "Ohhoh." I continue: "Cohesion, resilience, and values shall get 377 768 million. The European Regional Development Fund, the shared management strand of European Social Fund Plus, and the Cohesion Fund invest for jobs and growth in Member states and regions, to be supported by all the Funds, and European territorial cooperation, to be supported by the ERDF. That is for our Book Towns Group, Bab. For instance, 47 789 million for transition regions, 27 212 million for more developed regions, 500 million for interregional innovation investments. Resources for the European territorial cooperation will amount 7 950 million. 0,35% of the global resources will be allocated to tech assistance at the initiative of the Commission.

Everything is put in very exact form. For instance, minimum and maximum levels of transfers from the funds supporting economic, social, and territorial cohesion (capping and safety nets. From the Funds to each individual member state will be determined as a percentage of the GPD of the Member State, whereby these percentages will be as follows: a) for member states whose average GNI per capita for the period 2015-2017 is under 55% of the EU-27 average: 2,3% of their GDP, and so on. Natural resources and the environment get 356 374 million. Migration and border management get 22 671 million. Security and defense get 13 185 million. Neighborhood and the World 98 419 million.

In order to increase the coherence, transparency, flexibility of Eu external cooperation, most existing instruments will be merged into a Neighborhood, Development, and International Cooperation Instrument with a total financial envelope of 70 800 million.

European public administration shall get 73 102 million. For instance, a new Solidarity and Emergency Aid Reserve (SEAR) envelope should cover the European Union Solidarity Fund and Emergency Aid Reserve. The annual amount of the Reserve is fixed 1 200 million."

I laugh: "Do you know what this means? It means now the first time the E.U. does with its budget, as it wishes, also globally. So, this is not an operational budget for the E.U. It is a strategic budget for the world." You: "It is just a COVID-19 repair budget." I laugh: "Not it isn´t. Is Germany just a state in Europe? So, the same thing with this budget. Europe shall be very strong economically. Everybody notice Germany in Europe after this budget everybody notice the E.U. in the world. And now we know exactly what our festival tour much do in Europe." Frank: "And that is?" I: "We make festivals at the strategic places of the E.U., ofc. We shall concentrate where we can get money to BTG-houses (houses or center for entrepreneurs) and shall create a top modern real-virtual package of the world. Europe is very clear, China somehow clear, and the U.S. a mess right now.

The Public Enemy No 1

Trump: "We have conducted nearly three times as many tests as all of the other countries in the western hemisphere combined. As one family, we mourn every precious life that's been lost. I pledge in their honor that we will develop a vaccine, and we will defeat the virus. Fatalities have fallen nationwide, and we are surging supplies, personnel, and therapeutics where they are needed. We're asking everybody that when you are not able to socially distance, wear a mask. The virus will get worse before it gets better. My Administration has ZERO outstanding requests for equipment from the states." He promises 27 million tests by the end of March. It´s now 22.7. and only 50 million tests have been conducted. So how about rest? Trump claimed that everybody that wants a test shall have it and free. "Things will get worse before they get better!" Thank God, for our stable genius.

So, if tests explain everything, why there are 145 000 deaths?

The U.S. ranks no. 21 in terms of a number of tests/1 million people.

One public enemy no.1, as Trump puts it, says that the fiasco has exposed the country´s incoherent leadership, self-defeating polarization, a lack of investment in public health, and persistent socioeconomic and racial inequities that have left millions of people vulnerable to disease and death.

Debbie writes: "America now stands almost alone among wealthy nations for its failure to contain the disease. Infection rates have tapered off or flatlined in Europe, Canada, and Japan — where many people have watched in shock as the US gets sicker and sicker."