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Bill’s Commentary:
“OK, so they are now saying the quiet part out loud. Do they just skip the cause and refer to the treatment hoping no one notices?”
Scientists Decode Deadly Blood Clot Disorder Triggered by COVID Vaccines
New research has shown that the dangerous PF4 antibodies involved in vaccine-induced thrombosis (VITT) and similar disorders from common cold infections share identical molecular structures, highlighting implications for future vaccine development and disease management.
New research conducted by Flinders University and global specialists is deepening our knowledge of vaccine-induced immune thrombocytopenia and thrombosis (VITT). During the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2021, VITT was recognized as a new condition linked to adenovirus vector-based vaccines, particularly the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine.
Bill’s Commentary:
“Silver shorts on barbie for Memorial Day!”
“A quick weekend comment. Silver is up $1.50 while COMEX is closed and the rest of the world trades. Remember, margin rates were raised early last week which added to the softness/pullback in price. We will open tomorrow with big margin calls on the shorts, a pressure I am sure that was not anticipated this soon. Bottom line, you are watching physical markets toy with Western paper markets. It is only a matter of time before paper markets can no longer garner the physical supply to satisfy demand. Shorts are on the grill today!”
Standing watch,
Bill Holter
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The latest from Erik –
Bill’s Commentary:
Erik wonders where to ride out the storm? I personally do not have much advice as I’ve already gone this route and decided a “storm cellar” in Texas might be best?
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Bill’s Commentary:
“Central banks are buying gold. Why? Because they “print money” and know its value …or lack of!”
Indian central bank goes on Gold buying spree (fxstreet.com)
The Reserve Bank of India has followed the lead of China and other Eastern central banks and ramped up its accumulation of gold.
According to the latest data released by the RBI, the Indian central bank increased its gold reserves by 24 tons through the first four months of the year. The RBI added 16 tons of gold to its holdings through the entirety of 2023.
The Reserve Bank of India currently holds just over 827 tons of gold in its reserves. India ranks ninth in the world in total gold holdings.
Bill’s Commentary:
“Doesn’t it warm your heart to know that your tax dollars that fund THE biggest military budget on the planet have been pissed down the drain? No worries though cause this is ‘Murica, and nothing bad here can ever happen!”
Russian jamming leaves some high-tech U.S. weapons ineffective in Ukraine
KYIV — Many U.S.-made satellite-guided munitions in Ukraine have failed to withstand Russian jamming technology, prompting Kyiv to stop using certain types of Western-provided armaments after effectiveness rates plummeted, according to senior Ukrainian military officials and confidential internal Ukrainian assessments obtained by The Washington Post.
Russia’s jamming of the guidance systems of modern Western weapons, including Excalibur GPS-guided artillery shells and the High Mobility Artillery Rocket System, or HIMARS, which can fire some U.S.-made rockets with a range of up to 50 miles, has eroded Ukraine’s ability to defend its territory and has left officials in Kyiv urgently seeking help from the Pentagon to obtain upgrades from arms manufacturers.
Bill’s Commentary:
“I have not seen any news at all on lamestream media regarding a Cuban banking crisis, have you? Rest assured, this is coming to a theatre near you!”
As Cuba takes leap towards ‘cashless’ economy, entrepreneurs brace for impact
HAVANA, Aug 21 (Reuters) – When Cuba in early August announced it was taking a major step towards electronic banking and a “cashless” society, the offices of fledgling small businesses across the communist-run country were left scrambling to figure out how to respond.
Most alarming to many budding entrepreneurs was a new 5,000 peso ($20) daily cap on cash withdrawals for businesses, one of several measures the government said were aimed at forcing Cubans to do their transactions electronically, via transfer, online payment and bank cards.
“Can someone verify this?”
Bill’s Commentary:
“Just in time for the election?”
Why Vaccine Stocks Rallied This Week
Shares of vaccine stocks Moderna (NASDAQ: MRNA), Novavax (NASDAQ: NVAX), and BioNTech SE (NASDAQ: BNTX) rallied this week, appreciating 23.4%, 16.4%, and 9.3%, respectively, through Thursday trading, according to data from S&P Global Market Intelligence.
While these three stocks gained notoriety back in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic, it appears this week’s detection of avian bird flu in a second U.S. citizen and the first-ever detection of avian flu in a human in Australia are spurring fears of an outbreak and thus a possible boon for companies that can quickly produce a bird flu vaccine.
Bill’s Commentary:
“If we had a CBDC, this would not be in the news at all. They just would have been shut down and the funds lost …because they are Christian and conservative. End of story!”
Christian legal firm celebrates win as Chase scales back ‘de-banking’ policy
A Christian law firm is applauding a major bank chain for rolling back one of its controversial policies that led to the de-banking of several conservative individuals and nonprofit organizations over the last few years.
JPMorgan Chase, the largest bank in the U.S., rolled back its WePay service that required merchants to refrain from accepting payments or using the service for activities related to “social risk issues,” which the bank defined as anything “subject to allegation and impacts related to hate groups, systemic racism, sexual harassment and corporate culture.”
Bill’s Commentary:
“But the government tells us everything is great? How does a consumer economy survive if the consumer is dead?”
Nearly 80% of Americans now consider fast food a ‘luxury’ due to high prices
Half of those polled said they view fast food as a luxury because they’re struggling financially. This is especially true among Americans who make less than $30,000 a year (71%), parents with young children (58%), and Gen Zers (58%).
Americans love their fast food, but a majority say they are pulling back on their consumption due to high prices. The findings show 3 out of 4 Americans typically eat fast food once a week, but 62% of respondents said they are eating it less frequently due to the cost.
Bill’s Commentary:
“How do you have a cease fire when the other side desperately wants WWIII to cover up criminal activities in all facets of Western life? As I have said many times before, if you have not read any of Mr. Putin’s speeches from the last 2+ years, you are not only uninformed but “have been” misinformed!”
Putin wants Ukraine ceasefire on current frontlines, sources say
MOSCOW/LONDON (Reuters) -Russian President Vladimir Putin is ready to halt the war in Ukraine with a negotiated ceasefire that recognises the current battlefield lines, four Russian sources told Reuters, saying he is prepared to fight on if Kyiv and the West do not respond.
Three of the sources, familiar with discussions in Putin’s entourage, said the veteran Russian leader had expressed frustration to a small group of advisers about what he views as Western-backed attempts to stymie negotiations and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s decision to rule out talks.
“Putin can fight for as long as it takes, but Putin is also ready for a ceasefire – to freeze the war,” said another of the four, a senior Russian source who has worked with Putin and has knowledge of top level conversations in the Kremlin.
Bill’s Commentary:
“I thought this was an Onion headline when I first read it. Didn’t these people already break the law when they entered the country? Why do we need new laws if existing ones are ignored? Ah yes, the Dept of JUST US!”
Dept. of Justice sues Oklahoma over its new law penalizing illegal immigrants
The U.S. Department of Justice sued Oklahoma on Tuesday over a state law that seeks to impose criminal penalties on those living in the state illegally.
The lawsuit in federal court in Oklahoma City challenges an Oklahoma law that makes it a state crime — punishable by up to two years in prison — to live in the state without legal immigration status.
Similar laws passed in Texas and Iowa already are facing challenges from the Justice Department.
Bill’s Commentary:
“The Guardian tells you not to believe your own lyin’ eyes and believe the statistical lies instead. When your neighbor loses his job it’s a recession. When you lose yours it’s a depression!”
Majority of Americans wrongly believe US is in recession – and most blame Biden
Nearly three in five Americans wrongly believe the US is in an economic recession, and the majority blame the Biden administration, according to a Harris poll conducted exclusively for the Guardian. The survey found persistent pessimism about the economy as election day draws closer.
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Bill’s Commentary:
“CNN now has lower viewership than many “alt media” platforms running on a shoestring! I guess if you lie long enough, normal people just turn you off and never come back?”
CNN Sees Lowest Primetime Ratings in Three Decades
The cable news channel CNN has suffered its lowest primetime ratings since 1991, in yet another indication that traditional television news coverage, as well as increasingly left-wing media, has taken a massive hit to its viewership in recent years.
As reported by the New York Post, the week of May 13th through May 19th saw the channel’s 8 PM to 11 PM programming draw just 83,000 viewers in the most crucial demographic of viewers between the ages of 25 and 54. In that same time period, Fox News saw over 186,000 viewers in the same demographic and the same time slots. MSNBC came in second with 111,000 viewers.
The latest from Erik –
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Bill’s Commentary:
“The Fed is already insolvent, it is only a matter of time before the dollar is grossly devalued!”
The Fed is already insolvent. Here’s how we think this plays out
On Tuesday, September 15, 1992, the two most powerful financial officials in the British government held an urgent meeting that night to review their plan for when the markets opened the next morning.
The tone of the meeting must have felt frantic… even desperate… because the value of the British pound had been falling for weeks.
Bill’s Commentary:
“Jamie Dimon sugarcoats it for you.”
JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon says can’t rule out ‘hard landing’ for the U.S., stagflation will be ‘worst outcome’
JPMorgan Chase’s chairman and CEO Jamie Dimon says a “hard landing” for the U.S. cannot be ruled out.
When asked by CNBC’s Sri Jegarajah about the prospect of a hard landing, Dimon replied: “Could we actually see one? Of course, how could anyone who reads history say there’s no chance?”
Bill’s Commentary:
“Of course Community Notes works better than “moderation” (read CENSORSHIP). This way dissenting …and common sense views are heard.”
Elon Musk’s Community Notes Feature on X Is Working
After Elon Musk bought Twitter (now X) in the spring of 2022, the social media company got rid of many of its behind-the-scenes moderators, slashed the system whereby users could flag tweets for review, and ramped up a different system to fight misinformation — a form of crowdsourcing called Community Notes.
A wave of outrage followed these changes. But the Community Notes feature has the benefit of transparency and shows scientific and medical merit. And a new academic review suggests it’s working — a least for scientific issues.
The latest from Erik –
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Bill’s Commentary:
“Is this a very poor thought out policy …or just election interference buying votes? We have “reserves” for a reason, influencing price was probably not on the list when the reserves were first planned?”
Biden releasing 1 million barrels of gasoline from Northeast reserve in bid to lower prices at pump
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration said Tuesday it is releasing 1 million barrels of gasoline from a Northeast reserve established after Superstorm Sandy in a bid to lower prices at the pump this summer.
The sale, from storage sites in New Jersey and Maine, will be allocated in increments of 100,000 barrels at a time. The approach will create a competitive bidding process that ensures gasoline can flow into local retailers ahead of the July 4 holiday and sold at competitive prices, the Energy Department said.
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Bill’s Commentary:
“If this happened 10-30 years ago, it would be the only news you heard for several days. Now? It is not even news …”
D.C. Police Captain Shot 5 Blocks From His Station
A Washington, D.C., Metropolitan Police Department captain who oversees the 4th District Station in the nation’s capital was shot in the head while commuting to work on Monday afternoon. The incident occurred as part of an apparent carjacking attempt around 12:10 PM in the area of 7th Street and Oneida Place Northwest, just five blocks from the police station.Bill’s Commentary:
“So, the guy hates trannies and likes beer, what’s the problem?”
Supreme Court Justice Alito sold Bud Light stock, then bought Coors during boycott
Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito sold shares of beer giant Anheuser-Busch InBev as conservatives were ditching the Bud Light brewer over its partnership with a transgender social media influencer.
On the same day that Alito sold Anheuser-Busch, he then bought the same amount of stock in Molson Coors, a company with a history of facing political boycotts of its own, the filing shows.
The transactions have bred fresh accusations that Alito, one of the high court’s six conservatives, is engaging in or aligning with partisan politics, despite a recently adopted code of conduct that directs the justices to “refrain from political activity.”
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Bill’s Commentary:
”As Warren Buffet says, when the tide goes out, we will find out who is swimming naked!”
Sternlicht’s Starwood REIT Running Low On Cash As Redemptions Soar Amid CRE Storm
Starwood Real Estate Income Trust (SREIT), a $10 billion non-traded REIT ranked second-largest behind Blackstone’s struggling BREIT, faces a severe liquidity crunch as investor redemptions soar amid concerns ‘higher for longer’ interest rates will worsen the commercial real estate storm.
Bill’s Commentary:
”Russia, and especially China, own gold and LOTS of it. THIS is why gold and silver are going “higher,” physical markets are now taking control of the price mechanism!”
America’s Competitors Think That The Window Of Opportunity Is Now Open To Divide The World
“The United States still thinks in terms of the Cold War and is guided by the logic of bloc confrontation, putting the security of ‘narrow groups’ above regional security and stability, which creates a security threat for all countries in the region,” read the 7,000 word Joint Statement of the People’s Republic of China and the Russian Federation on Deepening the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership of Coordination for the New Era in the Context of the 75th Anniversary of China-Russia Diplomatic Relations. Quite a mouthful.
“The US must abandon this behavior.”
The statement followed a two-day meeting between Putin and Xi in Beijing. It is a strong signal, the kind of thing that matters greatly, for decades to come.
The latest from USA Watchdog –
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Bill is interviewed by Liberty and Finance (Also posted under Interviews)
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Bill talks about the precious metals breakout with Sean at SGT Report (Also posted under Interviews)
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