SOFR has been mentioned here before.

If our ports were under UN control, would that have been done by treaty or contract?

What jurisdiction were they under originally, federal or state, or possibly even local/private?

This probably wouldn’t just apply to our naval ports, but also our air ports, and possibly even our international network ports as well?

Worth looking into.

We are members of the IMO via treaty in Geneva in 1948 (nobody ever talks about Truman, and I don’t know much about him, but I don’t trust him to have been good)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Maritime_Organization

“Embassy Art Program”

Remember how the “dancing Israelis” at 9/11 were art students? Relevant?

FAPE is tied to Bloomberg…. didn’t he run for president or something?

https://fapeculturaldiplomacy.org/ (See “Bloomberg Connect”)

Began in 1953, also under True Man

https://art.state.gov/faq/

AIE hires specialized fine art handlers to assemble, pack, crate, and safely ship works of art to and from our diplomatic facilities. Art in Embassies fully insures each shipment of art (door-to-door) and on location.

AIE complies with all shipping requirements from our lending partners. The terms of many loans, particularly those from museums, often include strict requirements pertaining to packing and crating, shipping, courier accompaniment, handling, placement, and light and humidity levels. Art in Embassies registrars ensure that lender requirements are upheld.

JFK pulled them under the state department.

They are planning a “250 for 250” event, currently. 👀👀

Their website doesn’t have a security certificate…. “Gosh I wonder why.”

SOFR replacements

https://www.jpmorgan.com/insights/markets/libor/the-global-move-away-from-LIBOR

The Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR) is J.P. Morgan’s preferred alternative to USD LIBOR.

Well, that’s not good.

https://thetradinganalyst.com/what-is-sofr/

We haven’t looked into this enough. The replacement is well underway, and LIBOR and SWIFT have ruled the world for decades. If SOFR is the new system, we should know about it. Haven’t seen a update notice from any ports yet, or read these two links myself yet, but they look like good starts.

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