Bill’s Commentary:
“And you thought the banking crisis was over? The title of this well-researched report pretty much says it all.”
From Pam and Russ Martens –
“Treasury Secretary Yellen recently warned that the banking ‘turmoil’ from the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, Signature Bank, and First Republic might lead to more mergers and that regulators would be – quote – ‘open to’ them. Then the New York Times also reported that Secretary Yellen privately told big banks that she would, and I quote, ‘welcome more mergers.’ ”
Watchdog, Better Markets, Investigates the Bank that has Lost 65 Percent of its Market Value in Two Months and Downgraded to Junk by Moody’s
The widely respected banking and Wall Street Watchdog, Better Markets, has a new report out on the latest teetering bank holding company, New York Community Bancorp (ticker NYCB). The title of the well-researched report pretty much says it all: “A Frankenstein Monster Federal Regulators Created.”
NYCB has lost 65 percent of its stock market value year-to-date and was downgraded to a junk credit rating by Moody’s after the stock market closed on February 6. Moody’s wrote in its downgrade that a third of the bank’s deposits lack FDIC insurance.
Bill’s Commentary:
“Who would have thunk it?”
DOE National Accelerator Labs Prove Gold’s Resistance to Laser Attacks, Projecting 22.4 Million Ounce Demand
Article Key Points:
1. New Research at SLAC National Accelerator Lab at Stanford, where Gold Gets Stronger when subjected to laser pulses.
2. Lasers are the “bullets in space.”
3. Having gold-plated armor means space stations, satellites, and spacecraft will need gold housing or cladding to endure all space voyages.
4. This Breakthrough is the Biggest and Bullish Gold Story since Space Exploration Started. (If you can think of a more significant Gold story than the one you are about to read, please write it up and send it everywhere you can.)
5. Preliminary Gold Demand Math Modeling starts at 22.4 Million ounces of Gold.
6. If the SLAC labs are accurate in their science, this will be the most significant industrial use of Gold ever recorded.
Bill’s Commentary:
“Only because the lies have gotten too big and outlandish to be believed!”
US mired in impunity and corruption, SVR veteran says US mired in impunity and corruption, SVR veteran says in open letter
Dear Mr. Burns,
I have read with interest your article named “Spycraft and Statecraft: Transforming the CIA for an Age of Competition” published by Foreign Affairs Magazine on January 30, 2024. I have worked myself for a long time in the system of Soviet, later Russian foreign intelligence, and I still keep in close touch with my SVR colleagues. I would like to give my assessment to the ideas you have presented.
I must admit that American and Russian understanding of the status of intelligence in the modern – transitional – period of international relations is much the same. Thus, I take as quite reasonable the assertion that the weight of intelligence services in the system of foreign policy has generally increased, including through maintaining specific confidential channels of interstate communication in case an official dialogue is difficult or impossible. The “strategic declassification” tool to undercut rivals without jeopardizing sources also plays a significant role in the activities of intelligence services. One cannot leave out the topicality of challenges and possibilities associated with development of the newest digital and artificial intelligence technologies.
Bill’s Commentary:
“So let me get this straight, Covid is what finally cured the flu?”
Bill’s Commentary:
“This is totally normal, I remember this when I was a kid back in the 1960’s…”
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