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Steve L's avatar

“When you see that trading is done, not by consent, but by compulsion - when you see that in order to produce, you need to obtain permission from men who produce nothing - when you see that money is flowing to those who deal, not in goods, but in favors - when you see that men get richer by graft and by pull than by work, and your laws don't protect you against them, but protect them against you - when you see corruption being rewarded and honesty becoming a self-sacrifice - you may know that your society is doomed.”

Ayn Rand

John P Gallien's avatar

Yup. Excerpt from the famous money speech by Francisco d’Anconia. in the novel, "Atlas Shrugged" by Ayn Rand. Here's the whole speech:

https://capitalismmagazine.com/2002/08/franciscos-money-speech/

Bob O'Brien's avatar

As I write this the stock market is up 500 points, the economy is growing and the gdp is north of four percent, maybe higher. Illegal border crossings by many many felon murderers, rapists, and gangsters of every kind are down to almost none. Inflation has gone down in one year from 6% to 2.5%. Our gold and silver investments are solid gains as are most everyone’s retirement and investment accounts. All done by a billionaire businessman working for free seven days a week. He gave up a lifestyle almost as good as yours to save a country sliding towards being the next Venezuela. Is your TDS so terminal you can’t squeeze out one attaboy. Pitiful.

Steve L's avatar

Thank you Bob, as those are only a few examples of the incredible work that this administration has accomplished. Only a small amount of positive progress that one man has achieved for a dying nation. Hope. Hope is what we are building on while the leftist loons, or “looters” as we like to think of these most vile creatures, are continuing to work their deranged ways to destroy. I have hope and will continue to support our country, president and people against these demented idiots.

John P Gallien's avatar

Yes, his TDS is terminal. 😊

Paul Murray's avatar

Consistent with my new year's pledge to read these missives from the perspective that it the piece is completely correct, proper, and applicable, I was doing fine, even coming to the end when I read this: "the Republicans’ grip on Congress is likely to weaken." And I lost it, big-time lost it. Don't you have to have a grip first of all, much less one that is "likely to weaken"? Seems to me what isn't there to begin with can't be "weakened." Maybe Bill should have used a modifier, like, you know "alleged", "nominal", "theoretical", or "purported". Maybe then I could have made it to the end. A Republican grip? Get a grip! No such thing. Best always. PM

Steve L's avatar

Thank you Paul 🙏 Bill or his ghost writer friend, have been 100% wrong on everything that has been printed out of their PC for many months now. Following BPR for almost a decade now, and knowing “Bill” and how he wrote over this period, tells me we are either not dealing with “Bill” anymore, and that he has either collapsed mentally, or given his voice to a new writer. Yes Paul, seems they lost their “grip” when President Trump won for the Third Time 🤔

Don Hrehirchek's avatar

Paul, do not let Your common sense slip away . Please!

An Ol' LSO's avatar

Well, that took strong coffee to get through. Ol' Bill was on target this AM laying it out with clarity and vigor. January was a "year all by itself" and now we rumble into February with who knows what lays ahead. Maybe war in the Middle East because if Iran is attacked, it won't be a one country war and the World may see Israel disappear. And, Mr. Bonner didn't even touch on the coming fiasco in the Treasury Market. Going to be quite a month with each day having seven (7) chances to bring enlightenment to us peons. Has anyone wondered that why the Epstein files took so long to release was to make sure any and all mentions of Trump were erased? Just a thought and I am sure just a conspiracy theory. Valentine's Day lays ahead - plan early!

working stiff's avatar

here he goes making up shit to support his bullshit narratives... You really must not have a lot to do, your mind constructs all theses bullshit scenarios that you then try to convince the rest of us is accurate - You certainly have become the FORK. "Fountain of redundant Knowledge"

Steve L's avatar

Just another deranged useful idiot. Still trying to figure out what use🤔

William McLaughlin's avatar

I think the one thing that will save Republicans in the 2025 election will be its complete theft by Trump. False results. Destroyed ballots. It is a real possibility. I know plenty of people who think the anti ICE claims are bogus.

working stiff's avatar

OMG Billy boys long lost cousin....

James F's avatar

I guess you meant 2026 elections. As of now, looking at the Texas election results, things will go very bad for Republicans. But November is a long way off, so who knows? I'm predicting that if Republicans lose, Trump will claim the election was stolen.

Angry Icebergs's avatar

"A caterpillar doesn’t choose to become a butterfly. And people don’t really choose what they think."

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I thought Mr. Bonner more enlightened...

"If" caterpillars think, they would definitely think differently once becoming a butterfly.

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And folks do indeed choose what they think, that is, those that actually do think.

As thinking is an evolving process, rarely an epiphany.

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The Germans, once they discovered the propagated lies of the Nazi's naturally turned against them.

Much like the lies of the progressives and globalists now unfurling...

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The exception it seems are "liberals".

To quote Bill: "don’t really choose what they think."

drtomcor's avatar

Polymarket has US/Israel strikes Iran by Feb 28 at 25% prob. So, the rest of the month should be a lesson in how to scare another dictator half to death, or all the way? Interesting times...

John P Gallien's avatar

Mr. Bonner writes in today's column:

"A caterpillar doesn’t choose to become a butterfly. And people don’t really choose what they think."

Ah, does that mean you're a determinist Mr. Bonner? And does it apply to you? If so, what does that say about your columns?

Invector's avatar

Cut him some slack, John.

If people can't choose what they think, then Bill can't choose what he writes. 😉

Steve L's avatar

Bill also evidently can’t choose what he thinks anymore

MoodyP's avatar

“He lost and later committed suicide”.

He probably didn’t commit suicide. That’s the official story of course. His wife tells a much different story. The evidence wasn’t exactly convincing to an objective observer. But the authorities refused to do much investigation. The long time ‘gonzo journalist’ thorn in their side was dead. Suicide or not, it was a timely death for the local authorities and politicians who hated him.

My favorite HT quote.

"The edge... There is no honest way to explain it because the only people who really know where it is are the ones who have gone over”.

Hells Angels 1966

Kirk Monnie's avatar

Bill the article was not to bad. It's just you have to make ignorant digs! You and the NYTimes would say young woman shot by ICE, Fox news would say, woman runs into ICE officer and was shot. The truth would be, woman trained to obstruct ICE runs into ICE agent and was shot. Also the agent was dragged by a vehicle recently. All are important facts if you CAN'T control the need to talk about it. BUT kudos on a decent article from a Trump VOTER, why you have to say fans is another dig I'm talking about. Final thought, leave the tired Hitler references out, guns and religion are doing fine. Those are usually the top 2 things an authoritarian goes after as you well know.

JW's avatar

Bill, referencing Genesis 3:15 about the serpent, gets the pronouns backwards. The actual quote is:

" And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her Seed; He shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise His heel.” (Gen 3:15 NKJV)

Notice "her Seed" is capitalized and treated as a singular. Christians interpret this one Seed as Jesus Christ. Apostle Paul does the same in Galatians 3:16 when he identifies the promises to Abraham and to his Seed, as being fulfilled in the One Seed, Jesus the Christ. Obviously, the One bruising the head is victorious over the one bruising the heel.

You can decide where Bill's coral snake fits in. But let's get the Biblical reference right, anyway.

working stiff's avatar

stopped reading about half way through. I actually thought you might make it, but alas, no. More of the same old blah, blah, blah - still not one alternative presented. You really have become quite boring as you (as Reagan said) "Ride off into the sunset"..... oh yea, one more thing...

Blah, Blah, the bit bopping, diddle diddle do, blah.....

Pick a new target already, we get it - you hate Trump at all costs. The man could cure cancel and you would post he is putting Hospitals and Doctors out of business - we get it.

We also get, YOU have no alternatives. Just constant bitching. There look, you got me doing it...

Jimm Roberts's avatar

Try writing a thoughtful rejoinder

Clear: You don't like the inferences he draws from Trump's actions.

Not Clear: Why?

Mark H's avatar

Fallujah ready? pfft.

david  menkhaus's avatar

Wasn’t reading Bill 2 years ago — was he questioning Biden’s mental competence?

Steve L's avatar

🤣😂🤣😂🤣, no David, but it was about the time Bill started losing his….

Thomas Vincze's avatar

"Trump added $2.25 trillion to the national debt in his first year back in charge", watchdog says.

Is that all? MAGA!

http://fortune.com/2026/01/20/how-much-national-debt-grew-trump-first-year-back-in-office-president/