ZeroHedge – $242 Billion: That Is How Much Record “Window Dressing” Banks Got Today Thanks To The Fed – 31 March 2014

The last time banks scrambled to pad their books into the quarter end, and come begging at the front door of the NY Fed’s Liberty 33 office, was on the last day of Q4 and 2013, when nearly $200 billion in Treasurys were handed out by the Fed to over 100 counterparties in what was the largest reverse repo operation conducted by Ben Bernanke, and his brand new Fixed-Rate Reverse Repo operation, in history.

That was the record until today, when just over an hour ago the Fed disclosed that as part of its most recent reverse repo operation, it had handed out to 93 dealer banks and other financial intermediaries, both foreign and domestic, some $242 billion in Treasurys in what is now the biggest reverse repo operation in history, a privilege for which the collateral-starved banks paid the Fed the king’s ransom of 0.05% in annual interest, i.e., nothing.

Read the full story at: www.zerohedge.com /link to original article

TheIndependent – Switzerland Launches Probe Into FX Rigging – 31 March 2014

The Independent

By Nick Goodway

Barclays, Royal Bank of Scotland and six other banks are being officially investigated over alleged rigging of foreign exchange rates, the Swiss Competition Commission announced today.

Read the full story at: www.independent.co.uk / link to original article

POOF Ness – Susan & ZAP – “Happy” – 31 March 2014

POOFness for MAR 31: “Happy”

Posted By: Mr.Ed [Send E-Mail]
Date: Monday, 31-Mar-2014 11:59:40

In Response To: POOFness for MAR 5: “Blowin” In The Wind (Mr.Ed)

PHARRELL WILLIAMS LYRICS
“Happy”

[Verse 1:]
It might seem crazy what I’m about to say
Sunshine she’s here, you can take a break
I’m a hot air balloon that could go to space
With the air, like I don’t care baby by the way

NOAA – Spaceweather – Solar Flare M Class Today – 31 March 2014

Solar X-ray Flux

This plot shows 3-days of 5-minute solar x-ray flux values measured on the SWPC primary GOES satellite. One low value may appear prior to eclipse periods. Click on the plot to open an updating secondary window. 6-hour 1-min Solar X-ray Flux plot.

Read the full story at: http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/today.html

Pam Younghans – NorthPoint Astrology Journal – 31 March 2014

Highlighted Aspects this Week

MON: Ceres conjunct North Node; TUE: Jupiter square Sun; WED: Uranus conjunct Sun, Neptune sesquisquare Mars, Mars quincunx Mercury, Jupiter sesquisquare Venus, Saturn trine Mercury; THU: Pluto square Sun, Uranus semisquare Venus; FRI: Pluto semisquare Venus; SAT: Venus enters Pisces

“ENGAGE.” This week we begin the month of April. That means we also start our most direct work with the energies of the Cardinal Grand Cross of 2014, building to the exact cross and strongest effects during the week of April 20.

Wes Annac – Planetary Healing : Restoring Humanity’s Awareness From The Spirit World – 31 March 2014

The following was written by Wes Annac for the “planetary healing” segment of The Aquarius Paradigm Weekly Newsletter, which is being offered for $11.11 a month (credit and debit cards accepted).

Subscribers are needed more than ever at the moment, because my family and I are about to move into our first home and need all of the financial support we can receive. The hope is for the newsletter to start providing us with a living, and the option to subscribe will be given at the top and bottom of this post. If you have the extra $11.11 a month, your support is greatly, greatly appreciated!(find donation button at his blog via original article link)

We left off last week with some quotes from an unnamed spirit communicator through Charlotte Dresser about the work that’s done in spirit to help us become aware of the reality of our existence, and we’re going to continue our discussion with another quote from this specific entity.

This discussion is intended to move in a forward direction instead of aimlessly talking about the idea of higher-dimensional service for weeks on end, and you might find that we’ve actually been addressing different aspects of our spiritual family’s service to humanity.

Wes Annac – Discernment In A Spiritually Abundant Era: Continued – Part 2/2 – 31 March 2014

Written by Wes Annac, The Aquarius Paradigm

Concluded from Part 1

Archangel Michael through Ronna Herman tells us about the increasing availability of spiritual material and the growth of our discernment and analysis.

‘EU More Worried About Its Reputation, Not Extremism In Ukraine’ – 31 March 2014

Brussels was busy with downplaying the role of the violent groups that influenced the so-called revolution in Ukraine, but now when it cannot be hidden anymore they have to distance themselves from the Right Sector,journalist Manuel Ochsenreiter told RT.

Brussels was busy with downplaying the role of the violent groups that influenced the so-called revolution in Ukraine, but now when it cannot be hidden anymore they have to distance themselves from the Right Sector, German journalist Manuel Ochsenreiter told RT.

RT: Moscow’s been vocal about the extremist threat in Ukraine from the very beginning. Why only now is it worrying the EU?

Manuel Ochsenreiter: The EU is not worried about extremism or about violence in Ukraine. The European Union is actually worried about its own reputation, about the reputation of Brussels because they were busy with downplaying the role of these disgusting violent hooliganism groups taking influence on the so-called revolution in Ukraine. So now when it cannot be hidden anymore: they have to go on distance. This is the whole background of the condemning and of the criticism of Brussels against the Right Sector right now.

Read the full story at: www.rt.com /link to original article

Turkey Elections: Erdogan Won’t Show White Flag – 31 March 2014

Author: Nadezhda Kevorkova is a war correspondent who has covered the events of the Arab Spring, military and religious conflicts around the world, and the anti-globalization movement.

Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Recep Erdogan announced that recent local elections were a test of his popularity and he won. What is next?

Erdogan’s ruling party received around 45 percent of the national vote and won in Istanbul and Ankara, running neck-in-neck with the main opposition party.

The art of keeping people on their toes

Tensions were mounting throughout the entire Sunday. Voting stations in the east of Turkey stopped working at 4pm – in the west of the country at 5pm.

The sad news about fatal clashes among voters in Hatay fueled the concerns. By the evening, the knifing among villagers became more of “an armed conflict at the Syrian-Turkish border.”

Read the full story at: www.rt.com / link to original article

Irish MP Slams West For Supporting ‘Right-Wing, Semi-Fascist’ Forces In Ukraine – 31 March 2014

Irish MP Joe Higgins has rounded on Western nations for supporting “xenophobic, semi-fascist” elements within the Kiev’s new government. He accused the EU of using hardline groups such as the Right Sector to push a neoliberal agenda in Ukraine.

In a question to the Irish Prime Minister, or Taoiseach, Enda Kenny, Dublin West MP Joe Higgins accused his government of hypocrisy and challenged him to explain his support of the West’s policy on Ukraine. While he maintained Russia should be condemned for its interference in Ukraine, Higgins argued this could not justify “installing a worse neoliberal economic regime” in Kiev.