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Bill’s Commentary:
“Truth, justice, and the American way?”
Trial in Bombing of U.S. Warship Set to Start 25 Years After Attack
The death-penalty trial of a prisoner accused of plotting the bombing of the U.S.S. Cole warship has been set to begin in October 2025. If the plan holds, the trial would coincide with the 25th anniversary of the Qaeda attack, which killed 17 U.S. sailors off the coast of Yemen.
Col. Matthew S. Fitzgerald, an Army judge, reserved a courtroom at Guantánamo Bay for the trial from Oct. 6, 2025, until Dec. 19 of that year, according to an order released by the court on Friday. Based on the court calendar, it would reach trial before the Sept. 11 case, whose judge has set 23 weeks of pretrial hearings for next year.
Bill’s Commentary:
”Don’t ever forget, when all is said and done, price ALWAYS follows volume…”
US Existing Home Sales Puked (Again) In July…
US existing home sales slumped for the fourth straight month in June, plunging a worse than expected 5.4% MoM (the worst MoM drop since Nov 2022) and dragging sales down 5.4% YoY…
Notably, existing home sales have not risen on a YoY basis since July 2021, with the SAAR total back below 4mm, near COVID lockdown lows…
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Bill’s Commentary:
”A good history and explanation of silver price manipulation.”
Suppressing silver prices has been official U.S. policy since 1965
In the July 18 edition of Gold Newsletter, editor and publisher Brien Lundin wrote about the failure of silver prices to keep up with gold prices. “I’m not the kind of conspiracy buff that many of my friends in the industry are,” Lundin wrote, “but it’s hard to look at silver and not see some hidden hands at work (especially considering who holds so much of the metal in both physical and paper forms while acting as custodian for the biggest silver exchange-traded fund).”
Of course Lundin meant investment bank JPMorganChase and silver ETF SLV.
Bill’s Commentary:
”Update on Silver;
We posted this chart a little over 3 weeks ago. Silver did break higher but was contained at $32. Was it real selling or paper? I believe it was vastly paper but for now it does not matter, price is price. It will certainly matter when failure to deliver finally arrives. So here we are, right back at $29 support. This should hold, if not there is strong support at $25.50-26. If it does hold, it will require a week or two to stabilize but $32.50 should fall. This is all short term technical stuff, the reality is fundamental, not technical. The Western world has gone hyperbolic in its issuance of debt, $2-3 trillion per year just from the US alone, then add the other sovereign treasuries. Silver supply/demand has been in deficit for 3+ years and continues today. Between the supply deficit, Western central banks shortly being forced to ease due to financial stress and the fact that they have reached “debt saturation” levels, once this pullback is done, silver looks to me like we will see a spectacular 2nd half of the year after performing as the best asset in the 1st half. Hold tight and do not be shaken out. The biggest outlying gains always come in compressed timeframes! A great change in “global currency” is about to occur, you must be in place while it happens. You will either be IN, or you will be OUT, likely for the remainder of your financial life!”
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Bill’s Commentary:
“The Babylon Bee is more honest than nearly any mainstream media source …”
Jill Biden Drops Out Of Presidential Race
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Jill Biden has formally dropped out of the 2024 presidential race, she announced today at a press conference that was supposed to be for her husband.
“I cannot in good conscience continue,” the acting president said as her husband wandered around somewhere backstage.
Bill’s Commentary:
”How is it possible that Joe got dumped on National Ice Cream day?”
National Ice Cream Day is on Sunday. Here’s where to get free ice cream this weekend.
WASHINGTON — Looking to score a sundae on Sunday? National Ice Cream Day 2024 is this weekend, meaning there’s plenty of offers and deals for a sweet treat.
The national holiday takes place every third Sunday in July, which is also known as National Ice Cream Month. It’s all thanks to President Ronald Reagan who signed a proclamation 40 years ago, partly due to his love of the frozen delight, designating the national month and holiday.
Bill’s Commentary:
”Weekend Erik for you”
The latest from Erik –
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Bill’s Commentary:
”They lied?”
Bill’s Commentary:
”Weekend comedy/tragedy”
Bill’s Commentary:
”Is this the pot calling the kettle black?”
Treasury warns that anti-woke banking laws like Florida’s are a national security risk
WASHINGTON — WASHINGTON (AP) — The Treasury Department is warning that state laws that restrict banks from considering environmental, social and governance factors could harm efforts to address money laundering and terrorism financing.
The Associated Press obtained a copy of the letter sent Thursday to lawmakers. The letter singled out a law signed by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantisin May that says it would be an “unsafe and unsound practice” for banks to consider non-financial factors when doing business. The letter concludes that “such laws create uncertainty and may inhibit” national security efforts.
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Bill’s Commentary:
“How is this, any of this, possible?”
Trump Gunman Flew Drone Over Rally Site Hours Before Attempted Assassination
A gunman who tried to kill Donald Trump was able to fly a drone and get aerial footage of the western Pennsylvania fairgrounds shortly before the former president was set to speak there, law-enforcement officials briefed on the matter said, further underscoring the stunning security lapses ahead of Trump’s near assassination.
Thomas Matthew Crooks flew the drone on a programmed flight path earlier in the day on July 13 to scour the Butler Farm Show grounds ahead of Trump’s ill-fated rally, the officials said. The predetermined path, the officials added, suggests Crooks flew the drone more than once as he researched and scoped out the event site.
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Bill’s Commentary:
”An irritated Erik on the Trump assassination attempt”
The latest from Erik –
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Bill’s Commentary:
”Since when does a CEO not attend an earnings call?”
Jamie Dimon Goes Missing from Earnings Call, After Dumping $183 Million of His JPMorgan Chase Stock Earlier this Year
We can’t remember a time when the Chairman and CEO of the largest, most complex and scandal-ridden bank in the United States, Jamie Dimon of JPMorgan Chase, was too busy to squeeze in an appearance at the company’s heavily-scrutinized quarterly earnings call with analysts. That happened last Friday.
When something happens for the first time at a bank that has racked up five felony counts, has been doled out non-prosecution and deferred-prosecution agreements by the U.S. Department of Justice in a steady drumbeat since 2014, and spent most of last year in the headlines for a decade of sluicing tens of thousands of dollars per month in hard cash to the international sex trafficker of children, Jeffrey Epstein, it pays to sit up and pay attention.
Bill’s Commentary:
”Where is this found in the Western news media?”
Bloomberg: Saudi Arabia threatens G7 to “dump” European securities if Russia’s frozen assets are confiscated
Ukraine risks being left without the Russian frozen assets promised to it by the West; the G7 countries received a corresponding warning from Saudi Arabia. Bloomberg reports this.
According to the agency, at the beginning of the year, Saudi Arabia hinted to the G300 countries that it could get rid of European debt obligations if they touched frozen Russian assets in the amount of $XNUMX billion. Although Riyadh did not directly say which countries’ securities were at risk, France would presumably suffer the most.
Bill is interviewed by Dave Janda at Operation Freedom
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Bill’s Commentary:
”So much for draining the swamp? How do you make the CEO of the largest bank in the US that has already pled guilty to 5 felonies the head of the US Treasury with a straight face? This is beginning to sound like 2016-2020, left right, left right left where we march in beat to the Uniparty. Sorry for my cynicism but this smells so bad on so many levels…!”
Donald Trump is considering Jamie Dimon for Treasury Secretary after a ‘lovefest’ CEO meeting
Donald Trump is weighing tapping JPMorgan Chase chief Jamie Dimon as his next Treasury Secretary.
“I have a lot of respect for Jamie Dimon,” Trump said.
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, whom Trump threatened to fire during his first term, also seems to have some job security. If elected, Trump said he would allow Powell to complete his four-year term as chair, which is set to end in May 2026.
Bill’s Commentary:
”This is exactly as it was for 911, massive put option buying on the airlines where they never followed the money. All they need to do is trace who bought outsized amounts of puts on DJT over the last couple weeks to discern who was in on the assassination plot. Very simple indeed!”
Bill’s Commentary:
”Isn’t this the 3rd or 4th (or 5th) time he has had Covid? Either the vaccines don’t work, or he is faking it to stay away from cameras and the limelight? Take your pick!”
Biden tests positive for COVID, cancels speaking engagement on Strip
President Joe Biden pulled out of a speech before the nation’s largest Latino organization on Wednesday after he tested positive for COVID-19.
The positive test was initially announced by UnidosUS President and CEO Janet Murguia who promoted audible gasps as said she had bad news.
“We are disappointed to not hear from him here today,” Murguia said to the crowd gathered at MGM Grand on the Las Vegas Strip. “We appreciate very much his wanting to have been here.”
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Bill’s Commentary:
”We are now way past “gaslighting” when the head asshat at Secret Service says they did not station anyone on the shooter’s roof because it was “sloped” and too dangerous. This is a joke as the slope was nearly a flat pitch. The reality is this, if agents needed to scale a cliff and “hang” in order to protect their asset, it would be done. This woman who directs the Secret Service should be fired and ALL benefits/pension revoked. These people are far more stupid than what they believe those they are lying to.”
Secret Service boss blames ‘sloped roof’ for not putting sniper team on building used by would-be Trump assassin
Embattled Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle says she has no plans to resign, even after the stunning revelation that the agency decided not to guard the roof from which Thomas Crooks opened fire on former President Donald Trump because it was too slanted.
“That building in particular has a sloped roof at its highest point. And so, you know, there’s a safety factor that would be considered there that we wouldn’t want to put somebody up on a sloped roof,” she told ABC News in a startling admission.
Bill’s Commentary:
”Some frugal Erik for you”
The latest from Erik –
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Bill’s Commentary:
“With as messed up as the world we live in is today, wouldn’t it be good to be able to be as joyous as this pup?”
Bill’s Commentary:
“He might do better hiring some bouncers on his own rather than be protected by “wait until the shooter fires before you take him out”? Our tax dollars are wasted in so many different ways; protecting presidential candidates, no matter what party they represent …is NOT a waste. It may not look like it yet, but our world did change drastically Saturday afternoon. Pooh pooh this now, you will soon plainly see this…”
Biden orders Secret Service to protect RFK Jr. after attempt on Trump’s life
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden has directed the U.S. Secret Service to protect independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., after the attempted assassination of Donald Trump, the Homeland Security secretary said Monday.
Kennedy is a longshot to win Electoral College votes, much less the presidency. But his campaign events have drawn large crowds of supporters and people interested in his message. His campaign has been urging the president to provide him with Secret Service protection for months, and has sent multiple requests after various incidents.
Bill’s Commentary:
“Crooks was in an ad for Blackrock …you cannot make this shit up!”
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