Bill’s latest with Dave Janda (also posted under Interviews)

Bill’s Commentary:

“This may just be one of the last articles you will read from PBS as their funding will be cut. Rich, if you asked me!”

Musk says Trump ‘agreed’ USAID should be shut down, staffers told to stay out of agency’s headquarters

WASHINGTON (AP) — Staffers of the U.S. Agency for International Development were instructed to stay out of the agency’s Washington headquarters, and yellow police tape and officers blocked the agency’s lobby on Monday, after billionaire Elon Musk announced President Donald Trump had agreed with him to shut the agency.

USAID staffers also said more than 600 additional employees had reported being locked out of the agency’s computer systems overnight. Those still in the system received emails saying that “at the direction of Agency leadership” the headquarters building “will be closed to Agency personnel on Monday, Feb. 3.” The agency’s website vanished Saturday without explanation.

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Bill’s Commentary:

“I’m not sure, but the 3rd paragraph sounds like “leveraged Communism”?”

Trump signs order establishing a sovereign wealth fund that he says could buy TikTok

President Donald Trump on Monday signed an executive order that outlines plans for a government-run sovereign wealth fund to serve as an economic development tool and perhaps be used to buy TikTok.

Among the aims for the fund would be developing infrastructure such as airports and highways, and it could help the U.S. extend its influence in areas such as Panama and Greenland.

“We’re going to stand this thing up within the next 12 months. We’re going to monetize the asset side of the U.S. balance sheet for the American people,” U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said during a media parley. “There’ll be a combination of liquid assets, assets that we have in this country as we work to bring them out for the American people.”

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Bill’s Commentary:

“This certainly will not make their fan base happy…”

Roger Goodell Discusses The NFL’s Full-On Embrace Of Its DEI Program Which Is Not Being Rolled Back

NEW ORLEANS – A considerable list of corporations and businesses in the United States have announced they are shuttering their diversity, equity and inclusion programs because they apparently figured out that hiring based on race or gender doesn’t often lead to finding the most qualified people. Well, the NFL doesn’t share that opinion and isn’t rolling back its DEI program.

The NFL’s robust DEI arm is going to remain, commissioner Roger Goodell said Monday. And his defense of the league’s DEI program was so positioned as to make it sound as if it’s not about tipping the scales to minorities and women at all.

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Bill’s Commentary:

“Trust breaks right before your eyes!

 Gold has been a tractor in first gear since January 1st. Many claim that the recently announced tariffs are the reason. I do not believe this, rather, I believe the Feb, COMEX deliveries are way outsized and require this gold from London to avoid default. In silver, the same situation is stacking up for March deliveries. Here is an in depth take of the “plumbing” behind the scenes;

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Additionally, it looks like the Treasury department has been blindly cutting checks. Often times fraudulently and to fund some pretty evil operations. This revelation will have a chilling effect on the “trust” in the US both internally and internationally.

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Another area where Americans and also foreigners will have concern is the pushback being brought on to Tulsi Gabbard. “Globalists” are shitting their pants after her testimony where she has basically said our intelligence community has gone off the rails. Her stance is noble and truthful in my opinion, I believe the vast majority agree with this. “Trust” is on the line here, and thus so is CONFIDENCE or the lack of!

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January alone has seen at least a decade’s worth of change and action. I believe the next month may very well top January. Gold has already broken out to all time highs versus ALL currencies. Another way to say this is; ALL currencies have collapsed to all time lows versus gold, and thus all time lows in purchasing power. I believe the extremely long wait in silver will finally come to a head in this episode. We will find out shortly whether the silver even exists to make delivery. Below is a 5 year weekly chart of silver.

 It is an easy view to see this 5 year period as an inverted head and shoulder pattern that completes once silver is over $35. The next target will obviously be $50. Going back to 1980, silver blew out to make a $50 top, the same occurred in 2011 to form a 30 year “cup”. Breaking over $50 now will finalize THE longest cup and handle formation of anything that I know of throughout history. 

  People ask me all the time as to what type of extreme numbers for gold and silver they should expect? I can only answer that this cannot be estimated in any mathematical way other than pointing out that the opposite of zero, is infinity. Yes, I understand that the word “infinity” sounds like carnival barking. But can the same be said for the word “zero”? 

  Just understand that every Ponzi scheme ever performed throughout history has ALWAYS ended at this number we call zero. Finance in today’s world is a fractional reserve Ponzi scheme that has run on one thing alone …CONFIDENCE! Confidence has been chipped away at for years as people see bullshit all around them with their own eyes. They see it financially, they see it socially, and also politically. Governments became so brazen as to try to shame people by telling them “who are you gonna believe, us, or your lying eyes”? A failure to deliver will answer any and all questions!”

Standing watch,

Bill Holter

www.BillHolter.com

Bill’s Commentary:

“It will be much worse this time, especially for the US as we no longer manufacture much of anything. The adults might finally be in charge, but I think they skipped their history classes…”

The Great Depression Lesson About ‘Trade Wars’

In 1930, the Smoot-Hawley Act raised tariffs across the board and hurt the U.S. economy.

President Donald Trump has argued that “trade wars are good and easy to win.” But many economists have disagreed that raising tariffs sharply can improve the economy. In particular, experts have pointed to the failure of the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act, passed in June 1930, to protect U.S. industries from tariff increases.

Although this came several months after the stock market crash of 1929, the U.S. hadn’t yet entered “the full onset of the Great Depression,” says Claude Barfield, a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute. The thinking among Congress and President Herbert Hoover was that by raising taxes on thousands of imports no matter what country they came from, the act would protect American farmers and secure the nation’s economy. But experts disagreed.

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Bill’s Commentary:

“Edward Snowden had patriotic balls, and my respect!”

Elon Musk calls Indiana Senator Todd Young a ‘deep state puppet’ in now-deleted post

INDIANAPOLIS — In a now-deleted post on X, Elon Musk called Indiana Senator Todd Young a “deep state puppet” over reports that Young would not support the nomination of Tulsi Gabbard to be the next director of national intelligence.

Young has not yet said how he’ll vote on Gabbard’s nomination.

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Bill’s Commentary:

“This is NOT “ending the war on day one.” Rather, it is a massive escalation. One can now only imagine the tone of any meeting between Trump and Putin?”

US Transfers 90 Patriot Missiles From Israel To Ukraine In Pivot

This week defense officials told Axios that the United States has begun transferring Patriot air defense interceptors from storage in Israel for eventual delivery to Ukraine.

Some 90 Patriot missiles will first be sent from Israel to Poland, after which they’ll go to Ukraine as part of stepped-up efforts of Washington to boost Ukraine’s air defenses. Russian missiles and drones have been pummeling Ukrainian cities, and especially power and energy infrastructure, on a near daily basis.

The Patriot system has become somewhat irrelevant or outdated in Israel since it was first introduced there some three decades ago. Israel is now reliant on the Iron Dome and its other domestically developed systems.

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Bill’s Commentary:

“Unfortunately, after less than 2 weeks in office, this cartoon seems to be correct…”

Bill’s Commentary:

“Lemmings with the same computer program?”

The Hidden Dangers of AI in Finance

Jim Rickards recently published a compelling article on AI risk for Insider Intel subscribers.

In it, Jim discusses a different way in which AI could crash markets. One that is totally separate from the DeepSeek, China, and NVIDIA angle we’ve been covering for the past week.

Today we’re going to review his key points and explore them in detail.

Here’s Jim:

“The ultimate danger arises when a large cohort of asset managers controlling trillions of dollars of assets all employ the same or similar AI algorithms in a risk management role. An individual robot working for a particular asset manager tells the manager to sell stocks in a crashing market. In some cases, the robot may be authorized to initiate a sale without further human intervention.

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The latest from USA Watchdog –

Bill’s latest interview with Andrew Maguire (Also posted under Interviews)

Bill’s Commentary:

“50 years ago, this number was .50 cents or less…”

It Took $5.8 In Debt To Generate $1 Of US “Growth” In The Fourth Quarter

We will have much more to say on the composition of yesterday’s first estimate of Q4 GDP which as we highlighted was a very ugly print, and only another quarter of extensive government spending (the 10th quarter in a row) and a record beat of consumer spending relative to expectations, prevented the GDP print from sliding into the 1% range…

… but even if one assumes that there was nothing abnormal about the number itself, the context in which it was derived was astounding. Here’s why.

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Bill’s Commentary:

“Informed consent? Are you kidding me?”

The latest from Erik –

Bill’s Commentary:

“Just some country folk with common sense…”

Bill To Block Firing Of Doctors Who Prescribe Ivermectin For Covid Advances

A bill that would block Wyoming hospitals and clinics from firing doctors who prescribe drugs for off-label uses, such as Ivermectin for Covid, passed a state House committee on Monday.

A Wyoming doctor who was fired after prescribing Ivermectin and Hydroxychloroquine to COVID-19 sufferers urged state lawmakers Monday to pass a bill preventing doctors from being fired or stripped of their licenses for doing what he did.

The House Labor, Health and Social Services Committee did advance House Bill 164 on a 7-1 vote Monday.

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Bill’s Commentary:

“Just a quick thought; many of you may remember some 10+ years ago when Germany repatriated 300 tons of gold from New York. It took almost 3 years to get this accomplished as they claimed “it was just too much weight and too dangerous to ship all at once”. I researched back then and found a 747 cargo plane could carry something like 95 tons, so 3 shipments and another to clean up the scraps would have sufficed. Now, 10 years later and after forgetting that whopper, we are told that some 400 tons have been shipped in emergency fashion from London to New York. What has changed? Gravity? 400 tons is no longer as heavy? Or is it safer from an insurance standpoint to send $2,800/oz gold as opposed to $1,200? These people are so full of shit, they cannot even remember previous lies? There is a very real possibility that failure to deliver is the final product. As I have said all along, I believe silver will be the fuse to the nuclear gold market. Time will tell…”

Bill’s Commentary:

“Tomorrow could be a VERY interesting day chart wise for gold and silver. The last day of the week and last day of the month…it will be interesting if gold closes at a new high and silver takes out $32. “Supply” seems to be a problem here for big buyers, sorry, but fractional reserve gold and silver mathematically had to end this way!”

Bill’s Commentary:

“The turtle or the hare?”

The latest from Erik –

Bill’s Commentary:

“The best part of this is, because she accepted a pardon, she cannot plead the 5th Amendment and must answer questions honestly. She has no pardon for perjury…”


Despite Pardon, House Subcommittee Could Force Liz Cheney To Testify About Jan. 6

A new U.S. House subcommittee will investigate the events that took place before and after Jan. 6, 2021, which could involve requiring former Wyoming Congresswoman Liz Cheney to testify. “Buckle up,” said U.S. Rep. William Timmons.

Former Wyoming Congresswoman Liz Cheney would likely have to testify before a new U.S. House subcommittee that’s investigating the events that took place before and after Jan. 6, 2021, if she gets subpoenaed, which a subcommittee member has already said is likely to happen. 

Despite Cheney receiving a pardon from former President Joe Biden during his final hours in office, presidential pardons come with the caveat that they remove Fifth Amendment privileges for the recipient. The Fifth Amendment grants the constitutional right to not answer questions in a court of law. 

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The latest from USA Watchdog –

Bill’s Commentary:

“Our tax dollars have funded everything WE DO NOT BELIEVE IN!”

The latest from Erik –

“It’s our dollar, but it’s your problem.” John Connally, 1971

Bill’s Commentary:

“This guy is very light on “proof.” The color of his skin is called golf, not conspiracy shit…”

https://www.bitchute.com/video/MpaNv6sLdhj6

Bill’s Commentary:

“No matter how many (if any) go to jail, it can never make up for the millions of shattered and disrupted lives they have caused…”

BOMBSHELL, Peer-Reviewed Autism/Vaccine Study Draws Disturbing Conclusions

The pro-vaxx propagandists are going to have a hell of a time “debunking” this one, although they’re already on the case (more on the coming up). The “debunking” will escalate, surely, if they can’t achieve their preferred objective when it comes to inconvenient narratives of getting it sufficiently suppressed and memory-holed.

RelatedPfizer Knew of COVID-19 Vax Risks to Breastfeeding Babies in April 2021

The study followed kids enrolled in government healthcare from ages 0-9 to suss out any correlation between the number of vaccine appointments and incidence of neurological disorders.

The result was a shocking, if not surprising, 4.4-fold higher rate of autism among children with 11 or more vaxx visits to the state vs. those with none.

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Bill’s Commentary:

“This is hilarious!”

Costco may want to rethink its new DEI brand ambassador: Al Sharpton

January 27, 2025 | Frieda Powers |  Print Article

The Reverend Al Sharpton’s stunt to support Costco’s “strong commitment” to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) could be the “kiss of death” for the wholesale giant.

Despite a turnaround by other major retailers in dropping DEI procedures, Costco shareholders voted overwhelmingly to keep incorporating identity factors such as race and gender into the company’s policies. Sharpton suggested that consumers boycott companies that focus on merit.

With 100 members of his National Action Network, the MSNBC host walked through the Harlem Costco in New York calling for a “buy-in ” at a press conference where he explained that he had bought $25 gift certificates for the group.

Leading a buy-in with 100+ @NationalAction members at the @Costco location in Harlem, NYC to show support for the company’s strong commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI).

This comes as DEI policies face growing attacks from both President Trump and the private… pic.twitter.com/D2eYTeAZlV

— Reverend Al Sharpton (@TheRevAl) January 25, 2025

“We’re going shopping at Costco because they’ve stood with us. People that stand with us, we will stand with them,” he said.

During a speech at Metropolitan AME Church in Washington, D.C.  to honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Sharpton defended DEI policies and called for boycotts even as President Trump soon issued executive orders ending DEI initiatives from the federal government.

“Why do we have DEI? We have DEI because you denied us diversity, you denied us equity, you denied us inclusion. DEI was a remedy to the racial institutionalized bigotry practice in academia and in these corporations. Now, if you want to put us back in the back of the bus, we going to do the Dr. King-Rosa Parks on you,” Sharpton said.

Bill’s Commentary:

“Talk about inbreeding?”

https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/world-news/holy-grail-fertility-research-could-34563712

Bill’s Commentary:

“A very bad explanation. In my opinion, it is a coverup of some sort… but a pretty poor one at that.”

https://twitter.com/Jules31415/status/1884304691481174211

Bill’s Commentary:

“Send your kids to trade school… problem solved!”

National faculty union urges resistance to Trump efforts: ‘vigorously and loudly oppose’

Scholars should “loudly oppose” and resist compliance with the Trump administration, the American Association of University Professors said in a new report.

Titled “Against Anticipatory Obedience,” the report, published this month, states the re-election of Donald Trump poses significant threats to higher education, including potential assaults on tenure and academic freedom.

“As Donald Trump assumes the presidency for a second time, the outlook for higher education is dire,” it states, adding:

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Bill’s Commentary:

“Hopefully President Trump misspoke when he said 800,000 Russian casualties. No one is going to blow smoke up Vladimir Putin’s ass, this would be a bad place to begin negotiations from, no?”

Russian Casualties and the Russian Economy — A Memo for President Donald Trump

Read on blog or ReaderSite logo imageSonar21Russian casualties and the Russian Economy — A Memo for President Donald TrumpBy Larry C. Johnson on 23 January 2025Mr. President, I believe that the CIA is providing you inaccurate, false intelligence about Russia’s casualties and the condition of its economy. If you hope to realize your goal of opening negotiations with President Vladimir Putin to bring an end to the war in Ukraine, you must be equipped with the best information available.You have been briefed that Russia has suffered devastating losses — as many as 800,000 casualties — and that Russia’s economy is weak and fragile. Data from open sources paint a diametrically opposite picture.One of the best open sources for information about Russian casualties is Mediazona:Mediazona (Russian: Медиазона) is a Russian independent media outlet focused on Anti-Putinist opposition that was founded by Maria Alyokhina and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, who are also co-founders of the protest group and band Pussy Riot. The outlet’s editor-in-chief is Russian political journalist Sergey Smirnov.Mediazona is an independent organization that is ideologically opposed to Vladimir Putin. It is the antithesis of a Russian propaganda outlet. Mediazona employs a multi-faceted methodology to track Russian casualties in the Ukraine war, which includes:Open-source intelligence gathering: They monitor publicly available information from news agencies, social media platforms, official military reports, and local residents’ groups.Collaboration: Mediazona works closely with the BBC Russian Service to track and verify casualty reports.Comprehensive database: They maintain a regularly updated casualty list, which currently contains over 44,600 names of Russian soldiers killed in action.Probate Registry analysis: Mediazona combines their casualty list with data from the Probate Registry database to estimate the true mortality rate among Russian men.Statistical modeling: They use a method that accounts for all excess male mortality up to age 50, considering factors such as social composition, delays in notary consultations, and death registration delays.Cross-referencing: The team verifies information by cross-checking multiple sources and databases.Volunteer network: A team of volunteers assists in data collection and verification.Continuous updating: The database is regularly updated to reflect the most current information available.According to Mediazona’s latest data, there are 88,726 confirmed Russian combat deaths since February 2022. Mediazona estimates, using probate registry data, that the number may be as high as 120,000. This is a far cry from the numbers claimed by Ukrainian intelligence, which forms the basis of CIA estimates.It is essential that you understand that Russia views this war as vital to its continued existence. Russia is not fighting to reconstitute the Soviet Empire. It sees Ukraine as a Western-proxy being used to attack Russia with US and NATO supplied weapons and intelligence, with the ultimate goal of destroying the current government. Accordingly, the only satisfactory outcome for Russia is to end this threat. President Putin is willing to accept a negotiated settlement provided that Ukraine is stripped of its capacity to launch future attacks on Russia and that NATO ends any consideration of making Ukraine a member of NATO.According to the latest IMF projections, Russia’s economy is expected to grow by 1.4% in 2025, a slight increase from their previous forecast of 1.3%. This represents a slowdown from the estimated 3.8% growth in 2024. The IMF attributes this slowdown to several factors:Transition from a “war economy”: Russia’s economy has been running hot, fueled by substantial public spending on the war effort.High inflation: The IMF reports inflation in Russia at 8.3% in 2024, with sequential inflation even higher at above 9%.Monetary tightening: In response to high inflation, the Central Bank of Russia has raised interest rates to 21%, which is expected to weigh down economic activity.The IMF’s forecast for Russia in 2025 is lower than the Russian Economic Development Ministry’s baseline forecast of 2.5% growth. However, it falls within the Central Bank of Russia’s current forecast range of 0.5-1.5%.It’s worth noting that some Russian officials, including Economic Development Minister Maxim Reshetnikov, have criticized the IMF’s forecasts as overly pessimistic, arguing that they don’t account for measures taken by Russian authorities to support the economy.Here is the critical point: Despite the projected slowdown, the IMF’s forecast suggests that Russia’s economy continues to show resilience in the face of Western sanctions, largely due to factors such as robust oil and commodity exports to countries like India and China, and the expansion of its military-industrial complex.The Russian government view of its economy remains upbeat, with officials highlighting strong growth figures and resilience in the face of Western sanctions. The Russian government points to several key indicators to support this optimistic view:GDP growth: The economy grew by 3.6% in 2023 and is expected to grow by around 4% in 2024, making Russia one of the fastest-growing major economies13.Low unemployment: The unemployment rate dropped to 2.6% in 2024, a historically low level14.Rising global economic status: According to the World Bank, Russia has overtaken Germany and Japan to become the fourth-largest economy in the world when measured by purchasing power parity1.Increased investment: Fixed capital investment grew by 9.8% in 2023 and 14.5% in the first quarter of 20241.Trade surplus: Russia enjoyed a surplus of $50.2 billion in 2023 and $40.6 billion in the first half of 20241.President Vladimir Putin uses these economic indicators to argue that Western sanctions have been ineffective and to showcase Russia’s economic model to partners in Asia and Africa.If you consider Russia’s perspective on the war in terms of casualties and the economy, Vladimir Putin is under no pressure to reach a negotiated settlement that does not address Russia’s strategic concerns that it will no longer face a military threat from NATO. If you fail to understand this and adjust your strategy to make a deal, your efforts to negotiate an end to war in Ukraine will not succeed.

Bill’s Commentary:

“AMEN!”

DEFENDING WOMEN FROM GENDER IDEOLOGY EXTREMISM AND RESTORING BIOLOGICAL TRUTH TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including section 7301 of title 5, United States Code, it is hereby ordered:

Section 1.  Purpose.  Across the country, ideologues who deny the biological reality of sex have increasingly used legal and other socially coercive means to permit men to self-identify as women and gain access to intimate single-sex spaces and activities designed for women, from women’s domestic abuse shelters to women’s workplace showers.  This is wrong.  Efforts to eradicate the biological reality of sex fundamentally attack women by depriving them of their dignity, safety, and well-being.  The erasure of sex in language and policy has a corrosive impact not just on women but on the validity of the entire American system.  Basing Federal policy on truth is critical to scientific inquiry, public safety, morale, and trust in government itself.

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Bill’s Commentary:

“So, how much do you believe your property is worth?”

U.S. Homes Sales in 2024 Fell to Lowest Level in Nearly 30 Years

U.S. existing-home sales fell in 2024 to the lowest level since 1995, the second straight year of anemic sales due to stubbornly high mortgage rates.

High costs related to homeownership sapped sales again. The average rate for a 30-year fixed mortgage has hovered between 6% and 8% since late 2022, making it prohibitively expensive for many Americans to buy homes at current prices, which hit record highs last year. Rising home insurance and property tax costs are also adding to homeowners’ expenses.

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Bill’s Commentary:

“Mountain DEW?”

 HustleBitch⁦‪@HustleBitch_‬⁩🚨#BREAKING: Trump just admits on live tv that “SOMETHING HIT” LA and caused the fires.⚠️”It looks like…I don’t want to say what it looks like.”⚠️”We won’t talk about what HIT IT.”⚠️”It is a bad bad situation.”What do you think he’s referring to? pic.x.com/GWEJ4nBorI 1/24/25, 10:44 AM 
 

Bill’s Commentary:

“Maybe we will soon get to see whether “preemptive” pardons are Constitutional?”

Bill’s Commentary:

“If this is true, it is brilliance!”

https://twitter.com/In2ThinAir/status/1882200675083268122

Bill’s Commentary:

“17 times?”

Bill’s Commentary:

“All I can say is this; EMBARRASSING!”

Bill’s Commentary:

“”No more gain of function except for the AI generated MRNA shots?

Trump Order Seeks to Stop Virus Research That Critics Have Linked to Covid

The Trump administration is preparing an executive order that would halt federal funding, at least temporarily, for a risky and controversial kind of research into viruses that makes the pathogens more dangerous or contagious.

The goal of the order would be to stop scientists with U.S. funding from conducting “gain-of-function” research on viruses that could endanger human health, people familiar with the plans said. 

Some viruses, such as the H5N1 bird-flu pathogen, might be exempt from the order, one of the people said. 

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Bill’s Commentary:

“Shredding leftards to their face, a pretty funny 5 minutes!”

Bill’s Commentary:

“Gold is breaking out higher in ALL currencies.”

The Next Phase of Gold’s Bull Market Has Just Begun

Following more than two months of stagnation after the U.S. presidential election, gold is now breaking out decisively, signaling its readiness to resume its rally toward $3,000 and beyond. While this recent pause has tested the patience of many investors, I’ve consistently maintained that it was a healthy consolidation phase, paving the way for even greater gains. Now, as I’ll demonstrate with numerous charts, gold is breaking out of its post-election trading range across nearly every major currency, reaffirming its bullish momentum.

In my view, the most important gold chart to monitor is the COMEX gold futures chart, priced in U.S. dollars. Over the past few months, a triangle pattern has taken shape—a formation that is typically a continuation pattern, suggesting the uptrend preceding it is likely to persist. Today, gold broke out of this triangle, an encouraging development. Notably, as I recently explained, a similar triangle formed in late 2007, and its breakout signaled substantial gains in the ensuing months.

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Bill’s Commentary:

“I am most concerned with something not mentioned by Erik… going to jail for criticizing anything Israel does. If this “law” or Executive Order comes forth, it will be the tell…

And by the way, if we were ever to get to a true “golden age,” it would mean the currency would have blown up and the only road to acceptance would be currency backed by gold. Pain IS coming, one cannot erase 60 years of perverse spending.”

The latest from Erik –

Bill’s Commentary:

“Good timing!”

On the eve of Trump, Iran and Russia launch historical deal

Timing is everything in geopolitics. This past Friday in Moscow, only three days before the inauguration of US President Donald Trump in Washington, top BRICS member leaders Russian President Vladimir Putin and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian signed a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership Agreement, detailed in 47 articles, twice as many as in the recent Russian–North Korean deal.  

This strategic partnership is now set in stone just as the – unpayable – humongous debt of the US government reaches an unprecedented $36.1 trillion, equivalent to $106.4k per American, and just as the US share of the global economy falls below 15 percent for the first time, based on World Bank/IMF figures.

In sharp contrast, the Russia–Iran strategic partnership aims to solidify even more the interlocking drive of crucial multilateral organizations driven to organize the new multimodal world: BRICS+, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), and the Eurasia Economic Union (EAEU). 

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Bill’s latest interview (Also posted under Interviews)