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Bribery Biden’s Government Is Invasive and Corrupt – Here’s One Way to Protect Your Right to Privacy
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Bill’s commentary:
“Gold, the “ace” in every central bank’s black hole of defaulted debt…”
It’s no secret that central banks around the world are buying up gold.
In the first three months of the year, central banks bought a combined 228 tonnes, the most ever seen in a first quarter, World Gold Council data revealed.
This follows up on what was already a record year in 2022, during which 1,136 tonnes of gold worth some $70 billion were added to the banks’ reserves. Compared to the 450 tonnes bought during 2021, that represents a whopping 152% year-on-year increase!
Bill’s commentary:
“Global Ponzi. Who has the Gold/silver? – Dave”
Major economies that fail to address their mounting debt issues will die a “fiscal death,” the head of investment and wealth advisory Laffer Tengler Investments, Arthur Laffer, has warned.
In an interview with CNBC this week, he predicted a “decade of debt,” adding that the borrowing crisis has embraced both developed and emerging countries, and it is not going to “end well.”
Bill’s commentary:
“And you thought the banking crisis was over?”
New York Community Bancorp (NYCB) closed out 2023 with a share price of $10.23. At the closing bell yesterday, its share price was $4.20 – a year-to-date decline of 59 percent. More pain is expected today as the credit rating agency, Moody’s, cut the regional bank’s credit rating two notches to junk after the market closed yesterday.
Bill’s commentary:
“The definition of “$1″ in The Constitution is 371.25 grains of silver. So no, we no longer follow The Constitution…”
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Bill’s Commentary:
“Can “confidence” in money continue when the overlords of that money do what they do and get caught?”
DERBY: Thank you for taking my question. You noted earlier in the press conference that you weren’t aware of the trading activity of the Boston and Dallas Fed Bank presidents. As you know, those, all 12 regional Fed Bank presidents, just went through the renomination process earlier this year. And Governor Brainard described it as a rigorous process at the time. So I want to know, did anybody know—did anybody at the Board level know about the stock trading activity? And, going forward, do you still have confidence in the Dallas and Boston Fed Bank presidents to do their job?
POWELL: So these, I don’t need to tell you, we file, people file these reports annually. And I think they were just quite recently filed for 2020. So I don’t have any reason to think people at the Board would have known about particular trading that’s going on. They will see that—there are people at the Fed who see the, you know, see the trading reports when they’re, you know, when they’re annually filed. You know, in terms of having confidence and that sort of thing, I think no one is happy, no one on the FOMC is happy to be in this situation, to be having these questions raised. It’s something we take very, very seriously. This is an important moment for the Fed, and I’m determined that we will rise to the moment and handle it in ways that will stand up over time. I’m very reluctant to get ahead of the process and speculate, though, about different things. And, you know, when we have things to announce, we’ll go ahead and do that, but that’s really what I have for today.
Torres was explaining to Powell that there is no reason for the dates of Kaplan’s trades to be withheld from the public because of any ongoing investigation because that information, per the Fed’s disclosure rules, was previously legally owed to the American people and Kaplan didn’t provide it as legally required. When Kaplan made his multiple “over $1 million” trades in bets on which way the stock market would move using S&P 500 futures – during the year of 2020 when he was both sitting as a voting member of the Fed’s FOMC as well as making market-moving comments himself to the media – he was legally obligated to report the dates of each individual buy and sell on the form provided to him by the Dallas Fed. Every other regional Fed Bank President listed the dates of the buys and sells. But Kaplan simply wrote the word “multiple” where the date was required. (See Kaplan’s financial disclosure forms from 2015 through 2020 here.)
By eliminating the dates from his financial disclosure forms, it was impossible to see if Kaplan was trading during Fed blackout periods and if he was shorting the market and then the dates when he covered his shorts.
A Gallup poll released in May of last year found that just 36 percent of those Americans surveyed said they had either a “great deal” or a “fair amount” of confidence in Fed Chair Powell. Clearly, Michelle Smith’s endeavors to colonize the minds of a free press are not working out as planned.
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Bill’s commentary:
“Rule of law …what rule of law?”
Bill’s commentary:
“45% of realtors are having a problem paying rent? Just wait until price follows volume (or lack thereof), then we’ll really get to see who is swimming naked!”
Bill’s commentary:
“You do not see any of this from Western media, these are some really pissed farmers!”
Holy cow. The farmers are not messing around. This is Augsburg, Germany. Today marks the third consecutive day of blockades and convoys, in protest of crippling tax hikes on diesel.
Bill’s commentary:
“The COO of the CFTC? Gee, I wonder what he knew?”
Former Trump Administration official Mike Gill has died after being shot in front of his wife during a carjacking in Washington DC.
Gill, a married father of three, was shot by Artell Cunningham on K Street NW about 5.45pm last Monday and died in hospital on Saturday.
He was collecting his wife, an education lawyer, when he was shot inside the car by the attacker. He stumbled outside the vehicle and collapsed.
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Bill’s commentary:
“Gold & Silver Fight Tyranny – Catherine Austin Fitts.”
Catherine Austin Fitts (CAF), Publisher of The Solari Report, financial expert and former Assistant Secretary of Housing (Bush 41 Admin.), says, “The federal government is being run as a criminal enterprise. . . .not just a little criminal, but a lot criminal.” CAF thinks now is the time for state governments to act to protect their citizens from the dangers of a falling dollar and increasing central control over “We the People.”
Bill’s commentary:
“How easy will it be for the US Treasury to rollover $6 trillion in maturing debt? Maybe the movie ‘Rollover’ was only 40 years ahead of its time? “
Yesterday the Treasury Department announced that they expected to increase the national debt by a whopping $760 billion this quarter alone… and another $202 billion next quarter.
In short that means almost $1 trillion added to the national debt just in the first half of this year. And, again, these are the Treasury Department’s own estimates.
Bill’s commentary:
“I said this several years ago and was lambasted as a nutcase by the trolls. Bloomberg states the obvious and it’s just business as usual?”
When the US borrows money, it needs to pay its loans back with interest—just like any other borrower. But America’s national debt is currently $34 trillion and rising. Soon, the US will need to spend more each year paying interest than what it spends on national defense.
Bill’s commentary:
“The numbers for commercial real estate did not make sense anyway and cannot be refinanced anyway. Illegal immigrants occupying and destroying American cities is only the cherry on top…”
The mayors of the largest cities are now crying ‘uncle’ as the cities and metropolitan areas of New York, Chicago and more are starting to collapse under the weight of an international confidence game orchestrated by the powers that be. Carried out by Border States and Governors, with a helping hand from the UN (and IOM) they use a lot of US taxpayer dollars (the US funds 28% of the UN budget) to fund the movement of immigrants from one country and even continent, to the US.
Bill’s commentary:
“So, if they wanted to do a ‘mini series’, what else did they facilitate to make it far more dramatic? These people are sick…”
The committee was derided by critics as a “show trial” because then-Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) rejected the nominees of the minority party, for the first time in American history, and appointed anti-Trump Republicans in their place.
Every single member of the committee opposed Donald Trump, and testimony was initially held behind closed doors, meaning witnesses were denied due process, since the other side of the argument was never represented, nor contrary evidence brought.
Bill’s commentary:
“Erik on immigration”
Bill’s commentary:
“This qualifies as a big UH OH!”
BREAKING: New York Community Bank stock, $NYCB, the bank that acquired the collapsed Signature Bank, falls 40% after earnings. The bank announced that they will be cutting their dividend by 70% to meet regulatory requirements.
Bill’s commentary:
“Wages down and the cost of housing skyrocketing, what wonderful combination?”
“I have noticed that even people who claim everything is predetermined and that we can do nothing to change it, look before they cross the road.” Stephen Hawking. (1842-2018.)
Here. All this’ll keep y’all goin…
Bill’s commentary:
“Whether you like Trump or not, THIS is truly the stuff of Banana Republics!”
Following a bombshell $83.3 million award against Donald Trump, his rape accuser E. Jean Carroll, whose case was bankrolled by his enemies, couldn’t remember basic facts of her own claim, once described rape as “sexy,” and whose “off the rails” tweets weren’t allowed to be shown to the jury – just put on an absurd display.
Bill’s commentary:
“CV19 Vax is Anti-Christ Technology– Karen Kingston.”
Karen Kingston is a biotech analyst and former Pfizer employee who has been reporting on the nightmare of the CV19 vax that she tagged as a bioweapon from the very beginning. She was the first to say the CV19 vax was created to hurt and kill people. She was one of the first to warn people not to take the CV19 vax. Kingston predicted that “vaccine” makers wanted to get people sick and then come up with new treatments to make money off the people they caused to get sick.
Bill’s commentary:
Da’ boyz are back! We did a recorded call for the first time at BillHolter.com. As you know, we used to do a weekly call back at JSMineset. We may do a bi-weekly call if there does seem to be any interest. Please let me know if you feel these calls are useful? Bill
Click here to listen to the call
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Bill’s commentary:
“Things getting very real …very fast!”
Operation Lone Star integrates TMD with the Texas Department of Public Safety to deploy border security assets to high threat areas to deny criminal organizations the ability to illegally move drugs and people into Texas.
Bill’s commentary:
“Yes, “strange” indeed …if you don’t have a functional brain!”
In a recent survey of 269 embalmers across four major countries and three continents, more than 70% reported finding strange fibrous white blood clots in significant percentages of corpses in 2023 — clots they were not finding pre-pandemic.
Bill’s commentary:
“Score one for the home team!”
The FBI’s seizure of contents from safe deposit boxes during a raid on a Beverly Hills vault in 2021 violated the U.S. Constitution, a federal appeals court ruled on Jan. 23.
Bill’s commentary:
“So much for the rule of law?”
A California woman who fatally stabbed her boyfriend more than 100 times during what prosecutors called a “cannabis-induced” psychosis has been spared prison time, a judge ruled on Tuesday. The decision drew sobs of relief from the woman and a rebuke from the victim’s father.
Bill’s commentary:
“An issue that should not be divisive in any way, looks like a wedge growing between the coasts?”
BREAKING: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin, Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt, South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp, and Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte all announced that they stand with Texas and Gov. Greg Abbott in the border dispute with the federal government.
Bill’s commentary:
“Bill, This is obscene. The FED is worse than the Mafia!” – David
“David, very true, but also not surprising in the least…” – Bill
To read main stream media headlines, one would think that the Federal Reserve Inspector General’s Office has exonerated former Dallas Fed President Robert Kaplan of any legal action for trading like a hedge fund kingpin while he was privy to insider information at the Fed.
Bill’s commentary:
“Holding ANY reserves is so “passe” in today’s world …”
China said Wednesday it would next month cut the amount banks must hold in reserve in order to boost lending, state media reported, as officials look to reignite stuttering growth.
The decision comes as the world’s second-largest economy faces multiple headwinds, including a prolonged crisis in the property sector, sluggish domestic consumption and weakening foreign demand.
Bill’s commentary:
“From Wall Street on Parade”
Gerald Epstein is Professor of Economics and a Founding Co-Director of the Political Economy Research Institute (PERI) at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. A book he has spent the past decade researching and writing comes out today from the University of California Press: Busting the Bankers’ Club: Finance for the Rest of Us.
Bill’s commentary:
“Just a 75% drop in value since 2014. Nothing to see here!”
I have no experience in Commercial Real Estate (CRE) except that when I was an investment broker I always worked in some concrete structure that was most likely financed by a commercial real estate mortgage. The once great story of CRE is falling apart.
On Jan. 17 The New York Post broke a story that Blackrock has defaulted on its Manhattan property that it had purchased in 2014 for more than 600 million dollars.
Bill’s commentary:
“So earnings have dropped 20% and the equity market went to a new high? “
If at first you don’t succeed, try again. Then, give up. No point in being a damned fool about it. W.C. Fields.
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Bill’s commentary:
“Erik on the vaccine. I am not a doctor or scientist, so I don’t know if what he says is hard fact or not. What I do know, if you took the vaccine then YOU are the guinea pig. I said this on several interviews back in 2021. The result was Youtube marking a strike against 3 separate channels within just a couple of weeks and shutting ALL 3 down for vaccine misinformation. There are now a huge number of families that have watched members die or be seriously injured from the vaccine. How quaint Youtube, you were doing humanity a favor? They can kiss my unvaxxed ass!”
Bill’s commentary:
“Our pal Grizzly with great news, NAC’s have been blocked thanks to Wyoming’s lead.”
The Securities and Exchange Commission issued a statement on Jan. 17 that the New York Stock Exchange was withdrawing a proposed rule change which would have allowed the exchange’s listing of Natural Asset Companies or NACs.
This proposal would have allowed for the buying and selling of undefined “rights” to certain private and public lands, including to foreign nations and noncitizens, to terminate and prevent all economic activity on the properties, including national parks, national forests and private lands with a conservation easement in place.
Bill’s commentary:
“Price, always follows volume …”
Sales of previously owned homes fell 1% in December compared with November to 3.78 million units on a seasonally adjusted annualized basis, according to the National Association of Realtors. Sales were 6.2% lower than in December 2022, marking the lowest level since August 2010.
Bill’s commentary:
“It’s OK, they were just kidding?”
It’s hard to think of a worse environmental scandal in recent years than
Volkswagen’s 2015 diesel-emissions cheating. The German automaker was rightly pursued by regulators, enforcement agencies and class-action lawyers.
Bill’s commentary:
“Mao must be rolling in his grave with this word ‘derivatives’?”
What On Earth Is Going On With China Stocks: Snowball Derivative Liquidations Triggered As Critical Support Looms
Bill’s commentary:
“Wow, someone telling the truth and making common sense at Davos?”
Argentina’s President Javier Milei had a warning for those attending the annual WEF meeting in Davos, Switzerland; ‘the Western world is in danger’ from ‘collectivist experiments’ such as Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI), and has called on the world to reject socialism and instead embrace “free enterprise capitalism” to end global poverty.
Bill’s commentary:
“You didn’t know the system was rigged against you?”
Anat Admati, Professor of Finance and Economics at Stanford Graduate School of Business, and German economist Martin Hellwig, have performed a public service to all Americans with their newly released, updated and expanded book The Bankers’ New Clothes: What’s Wrong with Banking and What to Do about It. It puts the interlocking web of corruption that is mistakenly referred to as the U.S. banking system into a pristinely documented and highly readable book.
Bill’s commentary:
“Coming due? How about, IT IS ALREADY HERE!”
The troubled commercial real estate market is bracing for a record amount of maturing loans, boosting the prospect of a surge in defaults as property owners are forced to refinance at higher rates.
In 2023, $541 billion in debt backed by office buildings, hotels, apartments and other types of commercial real estate came due, the highest amount ever for a single year, according to the data firm Trepp. Commercial-debt maturities are expected to continue rising, with more than $2.2 trillion coming due between now and the end of 2027, Trepp said.
Bill’s commentary:
“Wow, China is already becoming a “high cost” producer?”
‘When you know what not to do in order not to lose money, you begin to learn what to do in order to win. You begin to learn!’ Jesse Livermore. (1877 –1940)
Bill’s commentary:
“Posted without comment…”
Sixty-eight percent of Iowan caucusgoers do not believe President Joe Biden legitimately won the 2020 election, while 30 percent think he did, a CNN entrance poll found Monday evening.
Bill’s commentary:
“More property grab by the federal government …”
If it ain’t broke, break it.
This is Joe Biden’s guiding principle. He took President Donald J. Trump’s much-tighter southern border and ripped it as wide open as a gutted trout’s belly. Biden turned Trump’s energy independence into begging Iran and Venezuela to pump more oil. He also devolved Trump’s peace in the Middle East into a five-front Arab war on Israel and let the Houthi terrorists convert the Red Sea into a shooting gallery.
Bill’s commentary:
“Securitizing and selling off public lands? Banana Republic much?”
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Bill’s commentary:
“We have already crossed the “debt service” Rubicon. How does interest get paid (not to mention the principal) without printing the funds to do so? Can you say banana republic with no possible way out?”
The U.S. federal government published a December deficit of $129 billion, up 52% from the previous year. The private sector recession is clear as expenses continue to rise while tax receipts decline. If we look at the period between October and December 2023, the deficit ballooned to a staggering $510 billion.
Bill’s commentary:
“James Howard Kunstler over the target, a life-long well “grounded” liberal, sounds like the far right. He says what most think but are unwilling to say….”
You know why the judge let provocateur Ray Epps off the hook for his antics before and during the so-called J-6 “insurrection,” don’t you? Well, yes, it was partly because he was acting at the direction of blob officials, most likely the FBI, but possibly the CIA, Defense Intelligence, or some black-box fed outfit no one ever heard of (but somehow gets half a billion in funding every year). Ol’ Ray pleaded to one year’s probation (no jail time), 100 hours of community service (checking books out at his local library?), and a $500 fine. Say, what. . . ? A speeding ticket on the Rockville Pike would probably cost you more.
Bill’s commentary:
“$Trillions upon $trillions spent over more than 20 years …and the end result is just another embarrassing boondoggle loss for the US? Can you imagine the better standard of living were these funds not wasted on global hubris?”
Iraq’s parliament has announced that it will stick to a resolution passed in January 2020, urging the Iraqi government to expel the US-led coalition forces from the country.
Bill’s commentary:
“I normally don’t comment much on either the right or the left of the “UNI-PARTY”, but this is too funny on several levels!”
If you are fine with showing your I.D. while entering a Costco warehouse but believe it’s beyond the pale to be asked to provide an I.D. when voting for the president of the United States, you just might be a Democrat.
Bill’s commentary:
“Who is flying your plane? I have been a good customer of United Airlines for may years. I quit!
Scott Kirby, the CEO of United Airlines (@united), wants to emphasize that Diversity Equity and Inclusion (DEI) guided racial and gender quotas are the key considerations when determining who will be piloting your upcoming flight.”
Bill’s commentary:
“This is pretty much true…”
Bill’s commentary:
“0% Interest Rates Coming Back When System Implodes“
Financial writer, market analyst and precious metals expert Craig Hemke says the variables are so numerous it is nearly impossible to predict exactly what is going to happen in 2024. One thing is for sure, the variables are all bad. There is the exploding federal debt, now at $34 trillion. The federal government is on track to increase the debt by a whopping $2 trillion in one year!!!
Bill’s commentary:
“A twofer from Erik”
Bills’ commentary:
“Piss on you Klaus …and praise God for his given rights! Make no mistake, the tide is turning because people worldwide will only take so much stupidity.”
Bill’s commentary:
“Our pal from down under sends us charts of debt, debt, and more debt!”
‘By the time a man is wise enough to watch his step, he’s too old to go anywhere.’ Billy Crystal. (1948-)
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Bill’s commentary:
“As I said to you yesterday, the whole system is a Ponzi.” – Dave
“Dave, you mean we were not nuts 20+ years ago when we first figured this out?” – Bill
Last September, speaking at a conference sponsored by the nonprofit watchdog, Better Markets, to examine if “too big to fail” banks had materially changed in the fifteen years since the 2008 financial collapse, Anat Admati, Professor of Finance and Economics at Stanford Graduate School of Business, offered her assessment of the U.S. banking system: “Corruption has become the system.”
Bill’s commentary:
“Believe your own eyes and your own gut, and trust that it is not you who is insane!”
We were told, over and over again, “It’s going to look like Trump won, but then Biden will win at the last minute because of postal ballots”.
And gosh darnit – they were right!
Out of nowhere Joe Biden – ‘Creepy Uncle Joe’ – who in early 2020 was obviously the least popular democratic candidate, and even more obviously going senile – is transmogrified into the most popular presidential candidate.
Bill’s commentary:
“Please understand, Vladimir Putin does not bluff.”
Bill’ commentary:
“Trump is the Winter Coat”
Renowned geopolitical and financial cycle expert Charles Nenner has been warning of a huge war cycle that happens every 120 years or so. With Tiawan/China and Russia/Ukraine and Israel and the Middle East conflicts, we are clearly in this huge war cycle. Nenner also says we are simultaneously entering a huge financial down cycle that could easily turn into the Greatest Depression–ever.
Bill’s commentary:
“What’s in your stomach?”
Local media, The Lancaster Patriot, reports that the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture served an all-natural Amish farm in southeastern Pennsylvania with a search warrant on Thursday afternoon.
Bill’s commentary:
“Blatantly bad pretending, and you are a whack job if you believe reality instead?”
Rachel Maddow pretended to cry about “kids in cages”. Matt Hancock pretended to cry about Covid vaccines. Sarah Sidner pretended to cry over covid. Anderson Cooper pretended to cry about Israel, so did John Kirby. Van Jones pretended to cry after Biden “won” the 2020 “election”. Adam Schiff and Adam Kinzinger both pretended to cry about January 6th.
“Bill, have you seen this? If you said 5 years ago this would happen they would have called you crazy.” – Dave
“Yes, we all have in real time!” – Bill
A third of UN member states have already opted for de-dollarization and decided to rely on national currencies to conduct payments, Sputnik’s analysis has found.
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Bill’s commentary:
“Bill, payments are expected to triple from nearly $475 billion in fiscal year 2022 to a stunning $1.4 trillion in 2032. By 2053, the interest payments are projected to surge to $5.4 trillion.
To put that into perspective, that will be more than the U.S. spends on Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid and all other mandatory and discretionary spending programs.” – Dave
“Dave, $5.4 trillion is more than 100% of tax revenue currently. …And we are already over $1 trillion! Growth forever?” – Bill
The U.S. national debt topped $34 trillion for the first time ever, crossing a critical milestone at a time when government spending is already under scrutiny.
Bill’s commentary:
“Our pal Dave from down under checks in with some ugly charts!”
‘The surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that it has never tried to contact us.’ Bill Watterson.
Bill’s commentary:
“A reflective Erik”
Bill’s commentary:
“Top 20 Zerohedge articles of 2023”
One year ago, when looking at the 20 most popular stories of 2022, we said that the year would be a very tough act to follow as the sheer breadth of stories, surprises, plot twists and unexpected developments made 2022 the most memorable year yet in our brief but turbulent history. This proved accurate: while 2023 did have a seemingly endless variety of social, economic, political, geopolitical and of course, financial and market, drama, the unprecedented onslaught of 2022 – which saw both the deadliest and most consequential global war since WWII and a historic inflationary onslaught – simply proved too great to beat…. although we are confident that’s only because the newsflow was merely resting ahead of 2024 when, thanks to a record number of elections across the world…
Bill’s commentary:
Pushback to Tyranny & Control Increases in 2024 – Catherine Austin Fitts
Catherine Austin Fitts (CAF), Publisher of The Solari Report, financial expert and former Assistant Secretary of Housing (Bush 41 Admin.), says the top story (out of 20 top stories) of 2023 was massive, documented pushback to tyranny and control by the evil Deep State globalists. CAF explains, “Our top story of 2023 is ‘The Year of Pushback.’ It was so long, and it was so big, we had to make a special page and move the other 19 top stories to a whole different section on another page.”
Bill’s commentary:
“Wait a minute, don’t we already have a “heart failure/blood clot/stroke” pandemic worldwide already? And I suppose the response to this new scare will be what …a new and improved “super duper quackzine”? So we will again hear the shrills from idiots telling us “just do the right thing”? Or, not vaccinated you lose ALL your rights? Experts? Yeah right!”
A new strain known as JN.1 will cause many people to suffer from “reduced cardiac function,” according to the report.
“Japan’s top research institute Riken has now issued a warning in the new report, which states that the ACE2 receptors, which the coronavirus clings to within human cells, are ‘very common’ in the heart,” reports GB News.
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