Trump threatens the EU with more tariffs. The EU has reacted in kind. EU to Halt Trade Deal with Trump Yesterday, I commented Trump Hits European Nations With Tariffs Until Deal Reached to Buy Greenland If you need another reason IEEPA tariffs are idiocy, you have one. Here’s the full blown […]
We’re Closer Than You Think If you’ve been paying attention to the slow-motion train wreck that is modern American politics, the idea of America as an empire rather than a republic has been painfully obvious for years. For a long time, there was a concerted effort, a whole song and dance, to […]
In January 2025, silver traded as low as $30 per ounce. Yesterday – just twelve months later – it surpassed $93 recording an all-time high. This isn’t a short-lived spike driven by speculation alone – its surge follows tightening physical supply, rising industrial demand, and growing geopolitical influence over critical materials. Its late 2025 […]
The relationship between energy consumption and national wealth is one of history’s most consistent patterns. From coal-fired Britain to oil-powered America to today’s renewable energy leaders, access to abundant, affordable energy has been the foundation of economic prosperity. This correlation isn’t coincidental — it’s mechanical. Energy powers industry, transportation, communication, […]
Well, it looks like critical minerals are now worth fighting for. This week, after consultation with the Secretary of Commerce, the White House declared the critical mineral supply including silver, copper, palladium, and platinum a threat to national security. For over five decades the world has quietly known oil to […]
What we have witnessed on the streets of Minneapolis this week has been absolutely stunning. It was once such a beautiful city, but now it has been transformed into a war zone. For more than a decade, I have been relentlessly warning my readers that civil unrest would be one of the […]
“You can’t taper a Ponzi scheme.” Financial commentator Max Keiser originally said these simple yet profound words. A Ponzi scheme is an unsustainable scam that relies on a continuous influx of new money to keep it going. The scheme collapses if the flow of new money slows down or tapers. […]
The proposed billionaire tax has caussed $1 trillion in potential tax revenue to flee California. The billionaire tax would require California residents worth over $1 billion to pay a one-time 5% fee on all assets, including unrealized gains. Google co-founder Larry Page fled the state and took his $276 billion net worth […]
“My first rule: I don’t believe anything the government tells me.” — George Carlin The government reported CPI of “only” 2.7% and the financial pundits and Trump toadies celebrated the “lowest inflation in 5 years”. This is after last week’s “surprisingly good” unemployment report where the country added 50,000 jobs and the […]
Responding to crippling input costs, Alex Harrell slashes his cropland in half and predicts significant U.S. acres may be bare come spring. How deep is the farm crisis? Adios to acreage. In November 2025, Alex Harrell, among the most highly reputed producers in the U.S., dropped an old-school grading scale, […]