ONE WAY TO LOOK AT IT.

US Federal Reserve lowers interest rates to create liquidity. 
The Price of oil goes up sopping up liquidity, as the key pivot/pillar/building block  to economic growth oil shows it’s power in the dance between fiat money and commodities.

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The greatest challenge facing the United States in the next 20 years .

The greatest challenge facing the United States in the next 20 years is the conflict within it’s ruling class on how to deal with China. In this business power dynamic the conflict is between the allure of access to cheap Chinese labor and potentially large market, and in staying in control and remaining the global Hegemon.

It all starts with a look.

It all starts with a look.
An affair,
A sexual relationship
A fight
A cab ride
It all starts with the first look.

The 4 Posts

                                                                   ILLINOIS
                                                                   CHICAGO



CALIFORNIA                
LOS ANGELES                                                                        NEW YORK                          




                                                                   TEXAS
                                                                   DALLAS
                                                                   HOUSTON

The cross or diamond shape that create the 4 posts that are the major metropolitan areas that create the exoskeleton for the perimeter of the Continental United States.