The Big Man doesn’t believe in rules at all. Not the liberal rules. Not in the conservative rules either. He is the law. He is the State. His will is writ.
It seems to me that you think you are the Big Man who understands what is going on and how to interpret it. The Big Man interprets everything incorrectly but society isn't all that excited about men in women's sports or having trans queens dance in front of their kindergartners or how well the US Dept of Ed is producing for the country or having globalists deciding who gets to move into their communities and interrupt their culture at their expense and who gets to lose their freedom of speech and who gets to disrupt elections in their favor and who gets to start coups in other countries to pursue their desired agenda. Or stealing American's money through USAID to put on muppets show in Africa. It appears you are OK with all this shit, Bill. Maybe when they confiscate your jet and money you might wake up to the Big Man having some of your interests.
I would seriously appreciate a response from BB but I won’t hold my breath. I read Bill in order to stir some critical thinking inside. But he is truly Mr Myopic. Bill, PLEASE RESPOND to Mack’s concerns.
Yes but Bill's comments don't make sense specifically given his positions but there is a lot not making sense these days and a lot of bots and other nonsense. I'm just frustrated with him not realizing we are in a war with globalists and their absurd agenda. Can't help but comment on that once in a while, as much for fun as anything else.
Please be serious, the left would burn a guy like Bonner, as a greedy capitalist from hell. Let me remind you: his clique is recommending to buy fossil energy, to protect your wealth from gov's shenanigans in gold, and, maybe, even to contemplate the idea to escape overseas. Does this really look like a leftist agenda?
I don't blindly root for Bonner. I'm still disgusted by his recent disingenuous ad hominem defense against Forbes accurately naming Agora's marketting as the snake oil business it is (not defending Forbes in general either, but in this one case they pretty much nailed it in my opinion).
But his positioning is quite limpid for anyone not stuck in 2D politics. It's not socialism. He's probably hammering so much more on Trump because, for one, firing on the left would be beating a dead horse with his audience. But above all, and on this we'll come together, Trump is a rare meaningful piece in politics. What's in the meaning is the burning, yet unresolved, question. Libertarians have been split on it, a lot of his promises being indeed alluring. Bonner's never smelt it good and took the risk to bet against early on. Here he gets my respect. For now, with a bit of insight, the delivering on the promises has been far from a great success, at best.
You all piling up "TDS" and "leftard" comments here isn't contributing much except mental fatigue -- and, worse, giving weight to his narrative that the ship is capsizing one side or the other.
Libertarians in general consider your side like the socialist one as short sighted emotional authoritarians. Bonner waxes poetic about how yielding your liberties to Caesar in the name of a greater good and in the face of an immediate danger will get you Nero, a mad imperor, in the end. (One with nukes, mind you.)
You want to debate? Go on, debate that. Give us constructed ideas and opinions. Try to elevate yourselves above a friggin echo chamber.
Great comment IMO. As far as elevating out of the echo chamber - how about BPR reporting HONESTLY on the hugely positive changes we are already seeing? Nah - won't happen in the missives, so straight to the comment board to get a hate-free dose of Reality. One question:
Can you articulate exactly what Liberties we need to surrender to Trump et al as a result of his, so far, extremely successful policies? Just one or two would be great to know.
The Planitir(sp?) thing might, 𝙢𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩, result in increased surveillance - but I contend they collect WAY more info about us than they admit to, plus we are heading that way already and third, what can we do about it?
Hi again, Starboard. I truly appreciate your willingness to actually engage in meaningful discussion.
But unfortunately no, I can't give you specifics on what liberties are being surrendered right now.
I'm just a little man sipping pastis from the corner of my own pampa. I try to remain informed on what's going on at the head of the empire, but I don't credit myself with strong actionable knowledge. (That's why I follow the like of Bonner, trying to build myself into a more useful force).
That said, I'm not into just giving up, and I'm willing to put my feable weight on trying to help correct the obvious mistakes my limited wisdom allow me to identify.
Of which, accusing Bonner of pushing a liberal left agenda does appear like a big one. At that point I feel compeled to call for you guys to shake up and ask yourselves if your still fighting the good fight or just trying to convince yourself that you are.
Still not knowing much about the deep Truth but, from afar, I can tell that the Capitol assault or the ongoing ICE abuses don't make for strong signals about not relaxing individual rights and Liberty.
Well, your last paragraph tells me all I need to know about where you are coming from. Thanks for the clarification.
I would only suggest you look deeper than the narrative/headlines about both subjects. Or not - enjoy your time being comfortable in the Age of Deception....
Ouch, shouldn't have answered so late on the night. Anyway, can you please help me and give me the truth about those events, how you got it, how you know you can trust those sources, and explain me how they are actually signs of increasing individual liberties?
I gave up on doing research for others (particularly anyone with a leftist lean, as a group they are too indoctrinated to acknowledge Facts or Evidence) many years ago. I will say that I glean information from a 𝘁𝗼𝗻 of sources, both Right and Left, then make decisions on what I believe. Pro Tip: My conclusions rarely if ever completely match the propaganda that either side is spewing on any particular issue.
But to respond to your questions -
1. You used the word "assault" re. J6. Do you know that ZERO police Officers died that day? It's true - even Officer Sicknik (who was allegedly hit with a fire extinguisher) is seen on video walking around doing "policey" stuff hours after the alleged assault. He died days later from a stroke. Our "media" would have us believe 6 officers were "murdered" during the "insurrection." Demonstrably FALSE. Two individuals DID die on that day at that scene - Ashley Babbit, a retired AF Vet, shot in the neck while unarmed by a capital "police" office (Mr. Byrd?) who has yet to be charged, and Roselyn Boyle, trampled to death by the capitol "police" on the steps. There are multiple, very clear videos of both of these incidents available - go find them if you care, because your "media" buried them long ago.
2. There is yet to be a single documented and VERIFIED instance of ICE violating the Rights inherent to any US CITIZEN. Several people have been swept up by mistake, then PROMPTLY released once their Citizenship Status was verified - actually, it is a surprisingly SMALL number based on the total amount of illegal invaders that have been picked up. You may not like what they are LAWFULLY doing to people here illegally, but they are abiding by existing Law - so get over it and quit believing everything the Fear and faux Outrage machine tries to feed you.
3. I never said anything about "increasing" individual Liberty. Biden and the dims tried to LIMIT our Freedoms through dozens of easily-proven actions, EOs, directives, etc. Trump has his hands full just trying to get back what we lost under dimocrat rule, and to maintain what we still have with regard to Liberty....
PS - Not at all interested in arguing. The solid EVIDENCE for what I have asserted is easily found on the internet. Don't come back at me to tell me how wrong I am if you haven't at least gone beforehand and found FACTS that disprove what I have said. Just because your "media" neglected to tell you about something or lied about the Reality of something does NOT make what you believe true. Good Luck with that...
I doubt very much that BB has a jet nor that he supports your long list of "shit" as you so aptly describe in one word the times we find ourselves in.
What I believe Bill is doing is alerting us to the predicted Big Man the world appears to crave at times like these.
Julius Caesar, Napoleon Buonaparte, Adolph Hitler to name but a few were hailed as saviours at times like these. Initially their executive orders appeared to the majority to be good until the wheels came off.
Only time will tell whether your faith in DJT to do the right thing and save the US from economic and moral collapse, will come to pass.
Well said. Bill is like all Dems. All negative but never any answers. When the dems commie party takes over America, rich people like Bill are first on their list.
People - wake-up and pull your heads out. The U.S. is in a death spiral that it can't recover from no matter what you wish and hope for. Read any tea leaves you want but the TACO Clown isn't making anything great again. He is an imbecile and thinks -apparently as you people do - he is the Light and the Way. Just wait - and when the SHTF I suspect none of you will be back apologizing to Bill for pointing out what lays ahead. There is a good chance Trump can't even find the Middle East or Ukraine on a map. Complete lunacy.
Sigh Ol Man- so tiresome. Re-read your insults and try to understand how immature and ignorant you sound.
Again, and I'll type it slowly: WE ALL KNOW HOW THIS IS GOING TO END UP, THAT IS WHY WE ARE HERE. You hate-filled ignorers of valid, good results (that are the early stirrings of a revitalized America) are floundering while trying to pin FEAR of the inevitable collapse on Trump. Not gonna fly.
We've been hearing the sky is falling for 50 years - so far nada. I know you will continue to ignore the low inflation and low unemployment numbers, continue to ignore the FANTASTIC trade deals Trump is signing, continue to ignore the RECORD revenue from tariffs, continue to ignore the explosion of small and medium businesses making product and filling orders from Countries we used to barely sell to, continue to ignore rising wages for the Middle Class and on and on. And on. You're exceptionally transparent in your hate and denial - fancy words don't hide the childish envy or the ill-placed anger.
What are you scholars gonna do when everything eventually collapses and Trump is out of office or dead from old age? You'll look extra foolish trying to blame it all on him then - but it is apparent that, as a group (cult), you are mostly oblivious, devoid of Shame and not quite well-adjusted enough emotionally to get it all together - so surely it must be Trump and his supporters fault....
Ol' Edge - once again we find each other totally looking at the world differently. There is no envy of Trump - just disguise. There is no envy of Israel - just a sad way to see the Jewish state disappear. Think what you want - obviously, you do - and I'll think what I want. Trump is going to save the U.S. anymore than Bibi is going to save Israel. So you have your view and I have my view. The crash isn't far ahead - but, I am sure, you won't be back to say - "Gee, I didn't get it."
You don't know me very well, LSO. When I have been wrong, or had my mind changed, I have absolutely come here and admitted/disclosed it. It just hasn't happened with any regularity.
As for the "Big Crash" being right around the corner - the late, great Rush Limbaugh questioned the accuracy of that sentiment (in light of History) over 10 years ago, and in great detail. We're all still waiting.
Meanwhile, there are a slew of us here at BPR that are watching Reality closely and banking great gains from the Trump Bump + Crypto - for the rest, it's hard to make money from under the bed....
At least Trump is a cultural conservative and without culture … you have nothing!! Yet for some reason we are expected to accept ‘other’ cultures before our own … even those of illegals. Bizarre.
Beautiful Mack! Bill did state one fact…”‘Liberals’ want more laws...more rules to force people to do what they want. Recycle your trash. Drive an EV. Pay a higher minimum wage. The rules can cover just about anything and everything.(Bill Left out all the truly insane, anti American, anti human pet projects of the leftist like abortion and open borders. Killing American babies so all the trash of the world can fill the dead baby’s void).
Conservatives believe in rules too. They just want the important ones – thou shalt not steal…thou shalt not kill, etc. They also want rules – such as the US Constitution – that make it hard for the feds to impose additional rules. “.(Bill also left out that our prisons are filled with “liberals” who make a living stealing and enjoy killing. It’s part of the mental illness). My issue with Bill or his ghost writer is, knowing the above fact, how can anyone in their right mind call themselves “liberal”? Exactly what we know. Not too many on the left are of right mind, and that is why they are the party of mental illness, and as we see their reaction to all of Trumps WINS, the party of Severe Mental Illness 🤔 TDS
The "Big Man" in my day was Lyndon Johnson. The "Big Man" prior to that was Franklin Roosevelt. There's always been a "Big Man" in American politics, whether on the local level or all the way to the top. Even the lowliest of the lowly, Hunter Biden, realized that Daddy Joe was "The Big Guy". There are times when circumstances call for The Big Man, because everybody else around him is either a) cowed (Republicans), b) corrupt (Democrats), or c) incompetent (both). Nature abhors a vacuum, as we are told. What are we supposed to do? Let everything go to hell to please a commentator's sensibilities, or should we try to right the ship, before she capsizes? The argument seems to be we lose either way. If that's the case, as Jerry Lee "The Killer" Lewis famously said, "If I'm going to Hell, I'm going playing the piano." Best always. PM
The argument is indeed we lose either way. The subtext is not "give up" but "find another way".
The other way is not subtly hinted: look down, at the end of the world.
The commentator is old, almost assured he won't be affected by the downfalls, and has enough (maybe questionably built) wealth to reasonably hope his heirs won't be either.
Yet here he is, trying to push some wisdom. To me the message is not to abandon, but to fight. And to fight for the right cause, not just the immediately available lesser evil.
Specific suggestions, please? Feel free to mention any of the EO's, Policies or Actions that Trump has already taken that fit the bill of "fighting for the right cause".
Does Trump do everything right? Nope - I have a list of grievances, though it is not very long. It appears that we are, finally, heading in the right direction. When the debt starts getting paid down (likely before the year's end), I will be excited to see what the leftardes here switch to bitching about.
Don't forget to give us those suggestions, please....
Well Bill, you missed that one by a mile, but at least you got your daily jibe in on your "enemies." Pathetically, the rest of today's drivel wasn't much closer to the Truth. Your words are marinated in elitism and drip with envy - do you really think you are providing value to the paying subscribers when all you do is obsess over Trump and try (unsuccessfully) to generate Fear with every missive?Pfffft - 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 of us not that gullible, uninformed or flimsy.
We "bask" in Trump's Words, Actions and Results because they:
1. Make sense if one cares about our Country and our Future;
2. Aggressively address REAL problems that could and probably will destroy our Culture and Society if allowed to continue;
3. Are a complete repudiation of the degeneracy, corruption and stupidity that the left has imposed on us through fraud and election theft over the past 60 years.
I could go on all day while the ignorant, indoctrinated, brain-dead seals clap and bellow because, well, haven't you watched CNN, scrolled through Business Insider or read Politico? Orange Man Bad - like Caesar, Hitler, Dictator bad, amIright? With every Trump success, you and yours are looking more wrong and ridiculous by the day, even by the hour at times.
So as you hide out in one of your many boltholes, slinging jealous mud, not dealing with the fallout of 9% inflation, or the imposition of the grinding halt to Energy Production, or the invasion of MILLIONS of generally low-skilled, uneducated 3rd-world peasants, or recent TREASON at the highest levels, etc., the rest of us will continue cheering on and supporting Words and Actions that fight back against the enforced misery you obviously endorse. If your ilk gets "offended" by our happiness, too bad. The "Liberal Order" you so approvingly chirp about had nearly 100 years to improve the world. Y'all blew it - and when our successfully fighting back without fear makes you even angrier - 𝗴𝗼𝗼𝗱.....
Thanks Starboard, but unfortunately I don’t Bill will ever stop with his “jackassery”. It’s become painfully and pathetically clear that he’s got a terminal case of TDS. President Trump is living in Bonner’s head, rent free. And it’s equally clear that President Trump understands it and plays his enemies for the complete fool’s they expose themselves as, on a daily basis.
Who is any man? “A man in his time plays many parts.” “Know thyself, Narcissus! What should a leader be? Who was Eisenhower? He organized DDay, but was he an effective general or more figurehead? Did Marshal and Roosevelt rule? If Patton had had his way, would the war have ended early, my brother be alive?
What is a leader? Are experts overrated?
Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, both Roosevelts were Big Men.
What is wrong with populism, true democracy, change, disquiet, discomfort, and anger at the status quo?
The American system is about as perfect as it gets; at various times different men are patched in, some good some bad, the people are prosperous or not, things vary but history marches on. Some need to be fired others exalted, new things tried, new darts thrown at the old dartboard. Hopefully, the silent hand, “His truth goes marching on.”
Trump, good or bad, is necessary. Helps to understand ourselves, the new transformation, the new self.
Everything evolves and we all play a part, good, bad or indifferent.
Brother Xave, I can tell you one thing Eisenhower was: he was an opportunist. At the outbreak of WWII, he was on staff with MacArthur in The Philippines, and when MacArthur was facing obliteration there in the face of the Japanese advance, he sent Eisenhower to lobby DC for more assistance. What did Ike do? He spent time running down his boss to the Brass in DC, presenting himself as a better, more hep, cool, and with it alternative! Meanwhile, MacArthur was buying time as best he could, and all the while his trusted staff member and appointed ambassador was busy ignoring his boss's plight for his own personal gain. Best always. PM
P.S. I lived in Germany 1972-73. When I first got there, I would occasionally have discussions with Germans whom I encountered, discussions concerning my opinion of the "Eisenhower Death Camps". I had no idea such a thing existed and had to plead ignorance (which they, of course, doubted), whereupon they explained to me the phenomenon, alleging that Eisenhower set up Andersonville-like prison camps amidst the chaos of the last days of the war, when German soldiers, mostly by that time teenagers, were struggling to escape the East in order to be able to surrender to the Americans. I was incredulous. Enter a search term "Eisenhower Death Camps" and see what comes up. PM
Not to mention the fact that Eisenhower ignored Patton, gave up the fight when we had the war won, and sacrificed the whole of Eastern Europe to the murderous Stalin regime. Those same people we were supposedly fighting to free. Eisenhower completely sold them out! He demoted Patton because he was telling the truth about Stalin and the Russians.
Eisenhower was only doing what his boss, FDR, foreordained at Yalta, putting down Churchill (and by extension, the western allies), and exalting Stalin, his big-government partner in crime. 4 terms of that guy, and damn-near 50 years of the commie Russkies. Truly amazing. Best always. PM
Yes Paul, FDR believed communism was a good belief and supported it, unknowingly. Most of his advisors were at least socialist(many communists), and his actions proved he was not in control. The Joe Biden of his time….
Seriously.......Russia won the war for the West. Russia lost over 20 million and actually invade Germany to put an end to the war. Ever since the U.S. and the West has been complaining about Russia and now China. Weird world we inhabit.
You could call them Eisenhower Death Camps. America had to feed about 12 million prisoners, the French and British opted out. In those days, Germany destroyed, most productive lands under Soviet control, the German population was subsisting on 800 calories a day. Everyone was starving. There was no food; Russian production in Ukraine destroyed.
The prisoners, reclassified, starved.
We probably could have done better. McArthur did well in Japan.
I always thought McArthur was the best general, he did awesome with Japan…a lasting legacy. He got a raw deal from Truman and the Democrats. They eliminated a competitor for the presidency.
When I landed in Germany at the tender age of 19, knowing NOTHING of what the Germans wanted to discuss, you can imagine my discomfiture, having truly nothing with which to form an opinion, much less offer a response. There is doubtless little anyone could do, except for this: the German soldiers were done. Many starved within eyesight of their homes. They had surrendered their weapons. There is no easy answer in war. In all the lessons, history, and discussion in my primary and secondary educations, nothing was ever said about the Alesian-Andersonvillian fate of the German soldiers. There was a ton, justifiably, about the horrors of the Holocaust. Best always. PM
Yes Paul, the same people that caused the Great Depression and built the German war machine that sent “their own” to the chambers, also controlled the media and Hollywood. How convenient and how things continue to change, yet stay the same 🤔….whoever controls the money controls the government….whoever controls the narrative, controls the nation….
I have read Bill's comments for many years. And I think his main overarching point has been the creation of money out of nothing and the financial reckoning that we will see from it i am in full agreement with. Trump may well continue to add to that debt. If I'm correct even the great Ronald Reagan did not reduce spending nor reduce debt. Our financial reckoning may come regardless of who is in power, but Trump is the only president in my 67 years has looked to reverse in some way the welfare state of Wilson and Roosevelt. Where the supreme court allows Trump appears to be doing all he can to reduce the size and scope of government. Maybe he wants a larger IRS, a powerfull not gutted EPA, or department of education with Woke indoctrination. Maybe decades of of gutting out our manufacturing business by offshoring them, not for the benefit for americans, vut for pure geoplolitical ànd military gains. Howabout increased regulations and make us all like California. Maybe the unelected beuracracy that makes rules at will is his idea of a better republic. Or letting the market place decide that butchering children for experiments in "gender affirming" and let " Buyer Beware" be our means of protecting the less educated and week minded. It shouldn't amaze me but even the brightest among us are biased by our individual ideology. Im talking to you Bill.
I agree generally with your evaluations with regard to what Bill has been selling through the years. It wasn't always as it is now. Bill was essentially laissez-faire: our beat is MONEY, he would solemnly intone. Bill got hyper-moral in his daily missives when Hamas murdered, raped, pillaged that fateful October day in 2023, and then the Israelis retaliated, and decided to make the problem go away permanently, upsetting his sense of reciprocity and fairness. Never a fan of the Donald, it got personal for Bill when The Big Man got re-elected. Bill's never been the same since. My take, at least . Best always. PM
I wonder if the thought ever enters his mind what will become of his grandchildren when they come under the clutches of the Leftist scum he so obviously approves of? Apparently he doesn’t give one whit about the average American citizen. He’s pathetic.
"George Pappas, Jennifer Peyton and Carla Espinoza were all federal immigration judges fired this month by email. The three ruled on thousands of immigration cases in Chicago and Boston."
Immigration judges are not constitutionally protected from the president's influence. They are part of the executive branch hierarchy and can be managed (or dismissed) by the DOJ under presidential leadership.
The will of the People!!
What fascinates me is the thought of how you would get yourself elected and then fix everything you bitch about all in the 4 or 8 ( if you were lucky ) years you had to fight a system that allows its rulers to destroy it! You are no different than the common prole when it comes to making a difference—just noise.
Perhaps you would come across less curmudgeonly and hateful if you offered alternative ideas on how to direct the process toward the intention of our founders.
Yes. “The three ruled on thousands of immigration cases in Chicago and Boston.” Perhaps a breakdown of the rulings would shed some light on the firings, Mr. Bonner. If a city manager is fired because he had the city’s reservoir drained, might it make a difference if the mayor fired him because he had it emptied because too many golf balls we’re being lost by the elite from the driving range of a fancy nearby golf club or because it was needed to contain an unstoppable conflagration that was ravaging through the city?
What you are asking for would require a leftarde (Bill Bonner) to actually take responsibility and be evaluated on results. That is kryptonite to his type. It's ALL about "Good Intentions" and "Feelings" - screw the Outcomes. And if they can skim a little graft off the top of other people's money while they are doing the Virtue Signal Boogie - well, all the better. In their minds they deserve it...
History has a way of repeating itself. Can't argue the Ceaser-Trump analogy, I voted for the guy and didn't expect this behavior, my argument with myself is the other choice was worse.. or was it? I don't believe we can grow ourselves out of debt as the Trump approach seems to take. I apologize to my grand daughter for what I'm leaving her to deal with.
Not only can we not grow out of the existing debt, Trump has handed the very same criminals—DOD, State, CIA, USG, etc.—who created this disaster new means of creating vastly more debt. Simultaneously he’s destroying real wealth-producers (farms, tourist resorts, small entrepreneurs) while enabling new, very expensive, spook hate-mongers.
Ed, spot-on. Trump isn't doing anything to address U.S. short-comings. Take a gander at this list: The power gap - China 10.1K to U.S. 4.4k - clearly helps explain why manufacturing has steadily migrated to China. Consequently, it also shows up in the vast disparity between the two countries in output of key industrial goods. Consider the following 2023 figures:
* Steel production: China 1.02 billion tons vs. U.S. 80 million tons.
* Cement production: China 2.02 billion tons vs. U.S. 90 million tons.
* Electrolytic copper: China 13 million tons vs. U.S. 1.1 million tons.
* Electrolytic aluminum: China 41.6 million tons vs. U.S. 2.1 million tons.
* Coal production: China 4.7 billion tons vs. U.S. 520 million tons.
* Shipbuilding: China 42.32 million tons vs. U.S. 600,000 tons.
* Automobile production: China 30.16 million vs. U.S. 10.61 million.
* Industrial robots: China 430,000 units vs. U.S. 44,000 units.
* Computer production: China 330 million units vs. U.S. 70 million units.
* High-speed rail: China 45,000 km vs. U.S. 2,500 km.
* Highways: China 184,000 km vs. U.S. 106,000 km.
* Rail freight: China 5 billion tons vs. U.S. 2 billion tons.
The list goes on, but the pattern is clear. No wonder China’s the factory of the world—and the U.S. is hooked on imports.
So accurate. Why does your intelligence and common sense not enable you to apply what Trump has done and is doing to see that the majority of his policies are aimed at reducing those disparities?
Oh yeah - it's Donald J. Trump and he is bad, so.
SMH at the immaturity.....
PS - Um, remind me who was running things since '20? Surely that band of our betters had nothing to do with the '23 numbers you cite....
Billy boy you are a piece of work... at least we know who Trump is... more and more I wonder who you are. Let us know your answer to that Big Man Billy?
I don't recall Caesar having his edicts challenged, by an oversight court of equal weight in establishing policy -the Senate there just killed him. Regardless, this brings to mind the nature of the power that "Trumpus Magnus" is wielding so successfully, the world over. For instance, what drives the EU NATO spokesman to refer to him as "daddy"? It all just makes me laugh, actually.
But we shouldn't laugh. The problems Trump is dealing with are real and, I suspect, our own problems are as well, Here I refer to the upcoming symphony of angst over charges to be leveled against the real-life midwives of Deep State actors within our intel agencies. This ought to be entertaining and I'm sure we'll all soon be humming right along.
However, if anyone is interested in reviewing the sordid history that was actually revealed in "real-time", back in 2016, I recommend the book by Peter Schweizer, "Secret Empires". This was my first introduction to what the Bidens were up to in Ukraine with Hunters' Burisma gig that has left me with several unanswered questions for these "spooks" for the past ten years.
Question one is to ask why no one has decided to sue Schweizer for libel as was done successfully with Fox news? Schweizer's book was a best seller and I'm certain there was some money involved there. Why no takers?
The second question is why no one reacted to Schweizer outing (R) Orrin Hatch's kid working with Burisma too - or better yet - Irish mobster James "Whitey" Bulger's kid. - all there at the same time and place?
What a crazy world we live in. The sons of a leading democrat, a republican and a mobster affiliate, all working together, and no one even showing any curiosity as to how this could be or better yet, why?
Same for RFK's book about the demon Fauci and his crimes against humanity over many decades. No refutations, no lawsuits - just lots and lots of dead men, women, children and animals. Hmmmmmm....
I think we all know the answer as to WHY NOT - yet the moronic leftardes still support the criminals and degenerates, all the while falsely believing themselves to be superior to the rest of us.....
Jeff Childers of COFFEE And COVID is one of the best minds on Substack and definitely worthy of our support. Mr Bonner has proven without a doubt that he is no longer in control of his site or mind as we see….but we stay for Dan the man, who still gives a good account of how deep in the 💩 we truly are. And I thank God every day that a demented democrat is not in charge 🙏
I love silver Bill! Buy buy buy! Especially pre-1965 coins. Will come in handy for buying anything under the table, when all fiat money goes digital 😊 at this point you should own at least 100lbs for future personal content…
I’m hoping Ol’ LSO - that loves spewing TACO - is man enough to read the article, and eat his words. Trump played the TACO-clowns like a Stradivarius…Bonner, too 😂
OMG Bill, your whining is endless. None of your prose has manifested where you trash Trump e.g. (even when the victory is an underhanded 15% federal sales tax), where is your proof. You are like that idiot on this blog Ol LSO, making unsubstantiated claims trying to sway the populace. So many times I asked him to substantiate and got rants of "oh so sorry, your meg. is really sorry". He cannot produce substantiation, just more BS - Sort of like Mark Kelly going to red states to state how great the (D)'s are, when they really have nothing new in terms of messaging - it continues to be Trump Sucks!
Thank God you partnered with Tom and Dan, where making money is their focus, I guess giving you the ability to publish your bullshit. What happened to the guy who was usually on the side of truthful commentary? Instead, you continue to publish this blather.
If it was truthful, I would be the first to support it. Instead.....well you get the message I hope.
I won't leave, I like the work of the Tom/Dan, made substantial cash on the shipping stocks and like the compelling cases they publish to support their claims.
But frankly the prose you turn out, being consistently negative on the PRESIDENT has become a Bore.
yet, no alternatives are put forward. So cry me a river....
It seems to me that you think you are the Big Man who understands what is going on and how to interpret it. The Big Man interprets everything incorrectly but society isn't all that excited about men in women's sports or having trans queens dance in front of their kindergartners or how well the US Dept of Ed is producing for the country or having globalists deciding who gets to move into their communities and interrupt their culture at their expense and who gets to lose their freedom of speech and who gets to disrupt elections in their favor and who gets to start coups in other countries to pursue their desired agenda. Or stealing American's money through USAID to put on muppets show in Africa. It appears you are OK with all this shit, Bill. Maybe when they confiscate your jet and money you might wake up to the Big Man having some of your interests.
Mack!!!
Bravo!
I would seriously appreciate a response from BB but I won’t hold my breath. I read Bill in order to stir some critical thinking inside. But he is truly Mr Myopic. Bill, PLEASE RESPOND to Mack’s concerns.
Thanks
What happened. Unfortunately.
Yes but Bill's comments don't make sense specifically given his positions but there is a lot not making sense these days and a lot of bots and other nonsense. I'm just frustrated with him not realizing we are in a war with globalists and their absurd agenda. Can't help but comment on that once in a while, as much for fun as anything else.
Please be serious, the left would burn a guy like Bonner, as a greedy capitalist from hell. Let me remind you: his clique is recommending to buy fossil energy, to protect your wealth from gov's shenanigans in gold, and, maybe, even to contemplate the idea to escape overseas. Does this really look like a leftist agenda?
I don't blindly root for Bonner. I'm still disgusted by his recent disingenuous ad hominem defense against Forbes accurately naming Agora's marketting as the snake oil business it is (not defending Forbes in general either, but in this one case they pretty much nailed it in my opinion).
But his positioning is quite limpid for anyone not stuck in 2D politics. It's not socialism. He's probably hammering so much more on Trump because, for one, firing on the left would be beating a dead horse with his audience. But above all, and on this we'll come together, Trump is a rare meaningful piece in politics. What's in the meaning is the burning, yet unresolved, question. Libertarians have been split on it, a lot of his promises being indeed alluring. Bonner's never smelt it good and took the risk to bet against early on. Here he gets my respect. For now, with a bit of insight, the delivering on the promises has been far from a great success, at best.
You all piling up "TDS" and "leftard" comments here isn't contributing much except mental fatigue -- and, worse, giving weight to his narrative that the ship is capsizing one side or the other.
Libertarians in general consider your side like the socialist one as short sighted emotional authoritarians. Bonner waxes poetic about how yielding your liberties to Caesar in the name of a greater good and in the face of an immediate danger will get you Nero, a mad imperor, in the end. (One with nukes, mind you.)
You want to debate? Go on, debate that. Give us constructed ideas and opinions. Try to elevate yourselves above a friggin echo chamber.
Hi Eric -
Great comment IMO. As far as elevating out of the echo chamber - how about BPR reporting HONESTLY on the hugely positive changes we are already seeing? Nah - won't happen in the missives, so straight to the comment board to get a hate-free dose of Reality. One question:
" 𝘉𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘢𝘹𝘦𝘴 𝘱𝘰𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘺𝘪𝘦𝘭𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘊𝘢𝘦𝘴𝘢𝘳 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘕𝘦𝘳𝘰, 𝘢 𝘮𝘢𝘥 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘰𝘳, 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘥."
Can you articulate exactly what Liberties we need to surrender to Trump et al as a result of his, so far, extremely successful policies? Just one or two would be great to know.
The Planitir(sp?) thing might, 𝙢𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩, result in increased surveillance - but I contend they collect WAY more info about us than they admit to, plus we are heading that way already and third, what can we do about it?
Appreciate your rational, balanced thoughts....
Hi again, Starboard. I truly appreciate your willingness to actually engage in meaningful discussion.
But unfortunately no, I can't give you specifics on what liberties are being surrendered right now.
I'm just a little man sipping pastis from the corner of my own pampa. I try to remain informed on what's going on at the head of the empire, but I don't credit myself with strong actionable knowledge. (That's why I follow the like of Bonner, trying to build myself into a more useful force).
That said, I'm not into just giving up, and I'm willing to put my feable weight on trying to help correct the obvious mistakes my limited wisdom allow me to identify.
Of which, accusing Bonner of pushing a liberal left agenda does appear like a big one. At that point I feel compeled to call for you guys to shake up and ask yourselves if your still fighting the good fight or just trying to convince yourself that you are.
Still not knowing much about the deep Truth but, from afar, I can tell that the Capitol assault or the ongoing ICE abuses don't make for strong signals about not relaxing individual rights and Liberty.
Well, your last paragraph tells me all I need to know about where you are coming from. Thanks for the clarification.
I would only suggest you look deeper than the narrative/headlines about both subjects. Or not - enjoy your time being comfortable in the Age of Deception....
ICE abuses?
Ouch, shouldn't have answered so late on the night. Anyway, can you please help me and give me the truth about those events, how you got it, how you know you can trust those sources, and explain me how they are actually signs of increasing individual liberties?
Hi Eric -
I gave up on doing research for others (particularly anyone with a leftist lean, as a group they are too indoctrinated to acknowledge Facts or Evidence) many years ago. I will say that I glean information from a 𝘁𝗼𝗻 of sources, both Right and Left, then make decisions on what I believe. Pro Tip: My conclusions rarely if ever completely match the propaganda that either side is spewing on any particular issue.
But to respond to your questions -
1. You used the word "assault" re. J6. Do you know that ZERO police Officers died that day? It's true - even Officer Sicknik (who was allegedly hit with a fire extinguisher) is seen on video walking around doing "policey" stuff hours after the alleged assault. He died days later from a stroke. Our "media" would have us believe 6 officers were "murdered" during the "insurrection." Demonstrably FALSE. Two individuals DID die on that day at that scene - Ashley Babbit, a retired AF Vet, shot in the neck while unarmed by a capital "police" office (Mr. Byrd?) who has yet to be charged, and Roselyn Boyle, trampled to death by the capitol "police" on the steps. There are multiple, very clear videos of both of these incidents available - go find them if you care, because your "media" buried them long ago.
2. There is yet to be a single documented and VERIFIED instance of ICE violating the Rights inherent to any US CITIZEN. Several people have been swept up by mistake, then PROMPTLY released once their Citizenship Status was verified - actually, it is a surprisingly SMALL number based on the total amount of illegal invaders that have been picked up. You may not like what they are LAWFULLY doing to people here illegally, but they are abiding by existing Law - so get over it and quit believing everything the Fear and faux Outrage machine tries to feed you.
3. I never said anything about "increasing" individual Liberty. Biden and the dims tried to LIMIT our Freedoms through dozens of easily-proven actions, EOs, directives, etc. Trump has his hands full just trying to get back what we lost under dimocrat rule, and to maintain what we still have with regard to Liberty....
PS - Not at all interested in arguing. The solid EVIDENCE for what I have asserted is easily found on the internet. Don't come back at me to tell me how wrong I am if you haven't at least gone beforehand and found FACTS that disprove what I have said. Just because your "media" neglected to tell you about something or lied about the Reality of something does NOT make what you believe true. Good Luck with that...
Yep, Forbes sure got it right, snake oil salesmen!
I doubt very much that BB has a jet nor that he supports your long list of "shit" as you so aptly describe in one word the times we find ourselves in.
What I believe Bill is doing is alerting us to the predicted Big Man the world appears to crave at times like these.
Julius Caesar, Napoleon Buonaparte, Adolph Hitler to name but a few were hailed as saviours at times like these. Initially their executive orders appeared to the majority to be good until the wheels came off.
Only time will tell whether your faith in DJT to do the right thing and save the US from economic and moral collapse, will come to pass.
WOW. Mac, you are so on target. I agree.
Well said. Bill is like all Dems. All negative but never any answers. When the dems commie party takes over America, rich people like Bill are first on their list.
Rush L. used to converse about his jet. Does Bill B. even have one?
I don't know but Bill is supposedly a billionaire. So I'm guessing.
People - wake-up and pull your heads out. The U.S. is in a death spiral that it can't recover from no matter what you wish and hope for. Read any tea leaves you want but the TACO Clown isn't making anything great again. He is an imbecile and thinks -apparently as you people do - he is the Light and the Way. Just wait - and when the SHTF I suspect none of you will be back apologizing to Bill for pointing out what lays ahead. There is a good chance Trump can't even find the Middle East or Ukraine on a map. Complete lunacy.
Sigh Ol Man- so tiresome. Re-read your insults and try to understand how immature and ignorant you sound.
Again, and I'll type it slowly: WE ALL KNOW HOW THIS IS GOING TO END UP, THAT IS WHY WE ARE HERE. You hate-filled ignorers of valid, good results (that are the early stirrings of a revitalized America) are floundering while trying to pin FEAR of the inevitable collapse on Trump. Not gonna fly.
We've been hearing the sky is falling for 50 years - so far nada. I know you will continue to ignore the low inflation and low unemployment numbers, continue to ignore the FANTASTIC trade deals Trump is signing, continue to ignore the RECORD revenue from tariffs, continue to ignore the explosion of small and medium businesses making product and filling orders from Countries we used to barely sell to, continue to ignore rising wages for the Middle Class and on and on. And on. You're exceptionally transparent in your hate and denial - fancy words don't hide the childish envy or the ill-placed anger.
What are you scholars gonna do when everything eventually collapses and Trump is out of office or dead from old age? You'll look extra foolish trying to blame it all on him then - but it is apparent that, as a group (cult), you are mostly oblivious, devoid of Shame and not quite well-adjusted enough emotionally to get it all together - so surely it must be Trump and his supporters fault....
Ol' Edge - once again we find each other totally looking at the world differently. There is no envy of Trump - just disguise. There is no envy of Israel - just a sad way to see the Jewish state disappear. Think what you want - obviously, you do - and I'll think what I want. Trump is going to save the U.S. anymore than Bibi is going to save Israel. So you have your view and I have my view. The crash isn't far ahead - but, I am sure, you won't be back to say - "Gee, I didn't get it."
You don't know me very well, LSO. When I have been wrong, or had my mind changed, I have absolutely come here and admitted/disclosed it. It just hasn't happened with any regularity.
As for the "Big Crash" being right around the corner - the late, great Rush Limbaugh questioned the accuracy of that sentiment (in light of History) over 10 years ago, and in great detail. We're all still waiting.
Meanwhile, there are a slew of us here at BPR that are watching Reality closely and banking great gains from the Trump Bump + Crypto - for the rest, it's hard to make money from under the bed....
Spot on Mac 🙏
At least Trump is a cultural conservative and without culture … you have nothing!! Yet for some reason we are expected to accept ‘other’ cultures before our own … even those of illegals. Bizarre.
Thank you Mac!
Beautiful Mack! Bill did state one fact…”‘Liberals’ want more laws...more rules to force people to do what they want. Recycle your trash. Drive an EV. Pay a higher minimum wage. The rules can cover just about anything and everything.(Bill Left out all the truly insane, anti American, anti human pet projects of the leftist like abortion and open borders. Killing American babies so all the trash of the world can fill the dead baby’s void).
Conservatives believe in rules too. They just want the important ones – thou shalt not steal…thou shalt not kill, etc. They also want rules – such as the US Constitution – that make it hard for the feds to impose additional rules. “.(Bill also left out that our prisons are filled with “liberals” who make a living stealing and enjoy killing. It’s part of the mental illness). My issue with Bill or his ghost writer is, knowing the above fact, how can anyone in their right mind call themselves “liberal”? Exactly what we know. Not too many on the left are of right mind, and that is why they are the party of mental illness, and as we see their reaction to all of Trumps WINS, the party of Severe Mental Illness 🤔 TDS
The "Big Man" in my day was Lyndon Johnson. The "Big Man" prior to that was Franklin Roosevelt. There's always been a "Big Man" in American politics, whether on the local level or all the way to the top. Even the lowliest of the lowly, Hunter Biden, realized that Daddy Joe was "The Big Guy". There are times when circumstances call for The Big Man, because everybody else around him is either a) cowed (Republicans), b) corrupt (Democrats), or c) incompetent (both). Nature abhors a vacuum, as we are told. What are we supposed to do? Let everything go to hell to please a commentator's sensibilities, or should we try to right the ship, before she capsizes? The argument seems to be we lose either way. If that's the case, as Jerry Lee "The Killer" Lewis famously said, "If I'm going to Hell, I'm going playing the piano." Best always. PM
The argument is indeed we lose either way. The subtext is not "give up" but "find another way".
The other way is not subtly hinted: look down, at the end of the world.
The commentator is old, almost assured he won't be affected by the downfalls, and has enough (maybe questionably built) wealth to reasonably hope his heirs won't be either.
Yet here he is, trying to push some wisdom. To me the message is not to abandon, but to fight. And to fight for the right cause, not just the immediately available lesser evil.
Specific suggestions, please? Feel free to mention any of the EO's, Policies or Actions that Trump has already taken that fit the bill of "fighting for the right cause".
Does Trump do everything right? Nope - I have a list of grievances, though it is not very long. It appears that we are, finally, heading in the right direction. When the debt starts getting paid down (likely before the year's end), I will be excited to see what the leftardes here switch to bitching about.
Don't forget to give us those suggestions, please....
Excellent Paul
"𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘛𝘳𝘶𝘮𝘱 𝘴𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘴 ‘𝘸𝘰𝘯’ 𝘢 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘦𝘨𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘑𝘢𝘱𝘢𝘯, 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘦𝘹𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮, 𝘩𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘣𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘧𝘭𝘺, 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘭𝘶𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘸𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘳."
Well Bill, you missed that one by a mile, but at least you got your daily jibe in on your "enemies." Pathetically, the rest of today's drivel wasn't much closer to the Truth. Your words are marinated in elitism and drip with envy - do you really think you are providing value to the paying subscribers when all you do is obsess over Trump and try (unsuccessfully) to generate Fear with every missive?Pfffft - 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 of us not that gullible, uninformed or flimsy.
We "bask" in Trump's Words, Actions and Results because they:
1. Make sense if one cares about our Country and our Future;
2. Aggressively address REAL problems that could and probably will destroy our Culture and Society if allowed to continue;
3. Are a complete repudiation of the degeneracy, corruption and stupidity that the left has imposed on us through fraud and election theft over the past 60 years.
I could go on all day while the ignorant, indoctrinated, brain-dead seals clap and bellow because, well, haven't you watched CNN, scrolled through Business Insider or read Politico? Orange Man Bad - like Caesar, Hitler, Dictator bad, amIright? With every Trump success, you and yours are looking more wrong and ridiculous by the day, even by the hour at times.
So as you hide out in one of your many boltholes, slinging jealous mud, not dealing with the fallout of 9% inflation, or the imposition of the grinding halt to Energy Production, or the invasion of MILLIONS of generally low-skilled, uneducated 3rd-world peasants, or recent TREASON at the highest levels, etc., the rest of us will continue cheering on and supporting Words and Actions that fight back against the enforced misery you obviously endorse. If your ilk gets "offended" by our happiness, too bad. The "Liberal Order" you so approvingly chirp about had nearly 100 years to improve the world. Y'all blew it - and when our successfully fighting back without fear makes you even angrier - 𝗴𝗼𝗼𝗱.....
Thanks Starboard, but unfortunately I don’t Bill will ever stop with his “jackassery”. It’s become painfully and pathetically clear that he’s got a terminal case of TDS. President Trump is living in Bonner’s head, rent free. And it’s equally clear that President Trump understands it and plays his enemies for the complete fool’s they expose themselves as, on a daily basis.
Off topic, SE, but how do you do it? How do you get those italicized quotes and the bolded words? When I post I don't see those options anywhere.
Check your Substack DMs...
Thanks again!
You're welcome, brother...
Who is any man? “A man in his time plays many parts.” “Know thyself, Narcissus! What should a leader be? Who was Eisenhower? He organized DDay, but was he an effective general or more figurehead? Did Marshal and Roosevelt rule? If Patton had had his way, would the war have ended early, my brother be alive?
What is a leader? Are experts overrated?
Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, both Roosevelts were Big Men.
What is wrong with populism, true democracy, change, disquiet, discomfort, and anger at the status quo?
The American system is about as perfect as it gets; at various times different men are patched in, some good some bad, the people are prosperous or not, things vary but history marches on. Some need to be fired others exalted, new things tried, new darts thrown at the old dartboard. Hopefully, the silent hand, “His truth goes marching on.”
Trump, good or bad, is necessary. Helps to understand ourselves, the new transformation, the new self.
Everything evolves and we all play a part, good, bad or indifferent.
Brother Xave, I can tell you one thing Eisenhower was: he was an opportunist. At the outbreak of WWII, he was on staff with MacArthur in The Philippines, and when MacArthur was facing obliteration there in the face of the Japanese advance, he sent Eisenhower to lobby DC for more assistance. What did Ike do? He spent time running down his boss to the Brass in DC, presenting himself as a better, more hep, cool, and with it alternative! Meanwhile, MacArthur was buying time as best he could, and all the while his trusted staff member and appointed ambassador was busy ignoring his boss's plight for his own personal gain. Best always. PM
P.S. I lived in Germany 1972-73. When I first got there, I would occasionally have discussions with Germans whom I encountered, discussions concerning my opinion of the "Eisenhower Death Camps". I had no idea such a thing existed and had to plead ignorance (which they, of course, doubted), whereupon they explained to me the phenomenon, alleging that Eisenhower set up Andersonville-like prison camps amidst the chaos of the last days of the war, when German soldiers, mostly by that time teenagers, were struggling to escape the East in order to be able to surrender to the Americans. I was incredulous. Enter a search term "Eisenhower Death Camps" and see what comes up. PM
Not to mention the fact that Eisenhower ignored Patton, gave up the fight when we had the war won, and sacrificed the whole of Eastern Europe to the murderous Stalin regime. Those same people we were supposedly fighting to free. Eisenhower completely sold them out! He demoted Patton because he was telling the truth about Stalin and the Russians.
Eisenhower was only doing what his boss, FDR, foreordained at Yalta, putting down Churchill (and by extension, the western allies), and exalting Stalin, his big-government partner in crime. 4 terms of that guy, and damn-near 50 years of the commie Russkies. Truly amazing. Best always. PM
Yes Paul, FDR believed communism was a good belief and supported it, unknowingly. Most of his advisors were at least socialist(many communists), and his actions proved he was not in control. The Joe Biden of his time….
Seriously.......Russia won the war for the West. Russia lost over 20 million and actually invade Germany to put an end to the war. Ever since the U.S. and the West has been complaining about Russia and now China. Weird world we inhabit.
Russia didn’t win crap. Patton would have wiped the floor with them. Eisenhower was Stalins bitch.
As was Rooosevelt, another commie loved by Bonnie. I’m sure he loved Stalin also, another Big Man Bonnie seems to love.
Nice! Might want to check history but, of course, why do that - just ask the TACO Clown - I am sure he'll know.
🤣 if you knew anything about history you’d know this yourself. But of course you’re as delusional as Bonnie!
You could call them Eisenhower Death Camps. America had to feed about 12 million prisoners, the French and British opted out. In those days, Germany destroyed, most productive lands under Soviet control, the German population was subsisting on 800 calories a day. Everyone was starving. There was no food; Russian production in Ukraine destroyed.
The prisoners, reclassified, starved.
We probably could have done better. McArthur did well in Japan.
I always thought McArthur was the best general, he did awesome with Japan…a lasting legacy. He got a raw deal from Truman and the Democrats. They eliminated a competitor for the presidency.
It has always been a dirty game.
When I landed in Germany at the tender age of 19, knowing NOTHING of what the Germans wanted to discuss, you can imagine my discomfiture, having truly nothing with which to form an opinion, much less offer a response. There is doubtless little anyone could do, except for this: the German soldiers were done. Many starved within eyesight of their homes. They had surrendered their weapons. There is no easy answer in war. In all the lessons, history, and discussion in my primary and secondary educations, nothing was ever said about the Alesian-Andersonvillian fate of the German soldiers. There was a ton, justifiably, about the horrors of the Holocaust. Best always. PM
Yes Paul, the same people that caused the Great Depression and built the German war machine that sent “their own” to the chambers, also controlled the media and Hollywood. How convenient and how things continue to change, yet stay the same 🤔….whoever controls the money controls the government….whoever controls the narrative, controls the nation….
Another big man.
I have read Bill's comments for many years. And I think his main overarching point has been the creation of money out of nothing and the financial reckoning that we will see from it i am in full agreement with. Trump may well continue to add to that debt. If I'm correct even the great Ronald Reagan did not reduce spending nor reduce debt. Our financial reckoning may come regardless of who is in power, but Trump is the only president in my 67 years has looked to reverse in some way the welfare state of Wilson and Roosevelt. Where the supreme court allows Trump appears to be doing all he can to reduce the size and scope of government. Maybe he wants a larger IRS, a powerfull not gutted EPA, or department of education with Woke indoctrination. Maybe decades of of gutting out our manufacturing business by offshoring them, not for the benefit for americans, vut for pure geoplolitical ànd military gains. Howabout increased regulations and make us all like California. Maybe the unelected beuracracy that makes rules at will is his idea of a better republic. Or letting the market place decide that butchering children for experiments in "gender affirming" and let " Buyer Beware" be our means of protecting the less educated and week minded. It shouldn't amaze me but even the brightest among us are biased by our individual ideology. Im talking to you Bill.
I agree generally with your evaluations with regard to what Bill has been selling through the years. It wasn't always as it is now. Bill was essentially laissez-faire: our beat is MONEY, he would solemnly intone. Bill got hyper-moral in his daily missives when Hamas murdered, raped, pillaged that fateful October day in 2023, and then the Israelis retaliated, and decided to make the problem go away permanently, upsetting his sense of reciprocity and fairness. Never a fan of the Donald, it got personal for Bill when The Big Man got re-elected. Bill's never been the same since. My take, at least . Best always. PM
I wonder if the thought ever enters his mind what will become of his grandchildren when they come under the clutches of the Leftist scum he so obviously approves of? Apparently he doesn’t give one whit about the average American citizen. He’s pathetic.
He thinks he's insulated his progeny. So, what's to worry? Best always. PM
Just pick up and move to another country before it hits the fan.
Bill already did!
"George Pappas, Jennifer Peyton and Carla Espinoza were all federal immigration judges fired this month by email. The three ruled on thousands of immigration cases in Chicago and Boston."
Immigration judges are not constitutionally protected from the president's influence. They are part of the executive branch hierarchy and can be managed (or dismissed) by the DOJ under presidential leadership.
The will of the People!!
What fascinates me is the thought of how you would get yourself elected and then fix everything you bitch about all in the 4 or 8 ( if you were lucky ) years you had to fight a system that allows its rulers to destroy it! You are no different than the common prole when it comes to making a difference—just noise.
Perhaps you would come across less curmudgeonly and hateful if you offered alternative ideas on how to direct the process toward the intention of our founders.
Yes. “The three ruled on thousands of immigration cases in Chicago and Boston.” Perhaps a breakdown of the rulings would shed some light on the firings, Mr. Bonner. If a city manager is fired because he had the city’s reservoir drained, might it make a difference if the mayor fired him because he had it emptied because too many golf balls we’re being lost by the elite from the driving range of a fancy nearby golf club or because it was needed to contain an unstoppable conflagration that was ravaging through the city?
What you are asking for would require a leftarde (Bill Bonner) to actually take responsibility and be evaluated on results. That is kryptonite to his type. It's ALL about "Good Intentions" and "Feelings" - screw the Outcomes. And if they can skim a little graft off the top of other people's money while they are doing the Virtue Signal Boogie - well, all the better. In their minds they deserve it...
Just as an FYI. I cancelled.
Thank goodness. One less to sprew BS.
Careful mate, you'll end up in an echo chamber...
He's the door man there...
History has a way of repeating itself. Can't argue the Ceaser-Trump analogy, I voted for the guy and didn't expect this behavior, my argument with myself is the other choice was worse.. or was it? I don't believe we can grow ourselves out of debt as the Trump approach seems to take. I apologize to my grand daughter for what I'm leaving her to deal with.
Not only can we not grow out of the existing debt, Trump has handed the very same criminals—DOD, State, CIA, USG, etc.—who created this disaster new means of creating vastly more debt. Simultaneously he’s destroying real wealth-producers (farms, tourist resorts, small entrepreneurs) while enabling new, very expensive, spook hate-mongers.
Ed, spot-on. Trump isn't doing anything to address U.S. short-comings. Take a gander at this list: The power gap - China 10.1K to U.S. 4.4k - clearly helps explain why manufacturing has steadily migrated to China. Consequently, it also shows up in the vast disparity between the two countries in output of key industrial goods. Consider the following 2023 figures:
* Steel production: China 1.02 billion tons vs. U.S. 80 million tons.
* Cement production: China 2.02 billion tons vs. U.S. 90 million tons.
* Electrolytic copper: China 13 million tons vs. U.S. 1.1 million tons.
* Electrolytic aluminum: China 41.6 million tons vs. U.S. 2.1 million tons.
* Coal production: China 4.7 billion tons vs. U.S. 520 million tons.
* Shipbuilding: China 42.32 million tons vs. U.S. 600,000 tons.
* Automobile production: China 30.16 million vs. U.S. 10.61 million.
* Industrial robots: China 430,000 units vs. U.S. 44,000 units.
* Computer production: China 330 million units vs. U.S. 70 million units.
* High-speed rail: China 45,000 km vs. U.S. 2,500 km.
* Highways: China 184,000 km vs. U.S. 106,000 km.
* Rail freight: China 5 billion tons vs. U.S. 2 billion tons.
The list goes on, but the pattern is clear. No wonder China’s the factory of the world—and the U.S. is hooked on imports.
So accurate. Why does your intelligence and common sense not enable you to apply what Trump has done and is doing to see that the majority of his policies are aimed at reducing those disparities?
Oh yeah - it's Donald J. Trump and he is bad, so.
SMH at the immaturity.....
PS - Um, remind me who was running things since '20? Surely that band of our betters had nothing to do with the '23 numbers you cite....
Trump has been nothing but constrained by liberal judges, writing law. Caesar would have had them killed. The comparison is dubious.
IMO the Orange man is not a contemporary phenomenon as Mr. Bonner suggests, rather a reaction to decades of singular bias.
Those inflicted with TDS seem to think Trump's tenure will be eternal.
Cleaning up a mess requires implementing tools soap, brushes and rags.. that while engaged are also messy...
Billy boy you are a piece of work... at least we know who Trump is... more and more I wonder who you are. Let us know your answer to that Big Man Billy?
Imprisoned corrupt dem leadership. I’m all for it! Hail Trump!
OMG Bill! FUBAR!
Ali
I don't recall Caesar having his edicts challenged, by an oversight court of equal weight in establishing policy -the Senate there just killed him. Regardless, this brings to mind the nature of the power that "Trumpus Magnus" is wielding so successfully, the world over. For instance, what drives the EU NATO spokesman to refer to him as "daddy"? It all just makes me laugh, actually.
But we shouldn't laugh. The problems Trump is dealing with are real and, I suspect, our own problems are as well, Here I refer to the upcoming symphony of angst over charges to be leveled against the real-life midwives of Deep State actors within our intel agencies. This ought to be entertaining and I'm sure we'll all soon be humming right along.
However, if anyone is interested in reviewing the sordid history that was actually revealed in "real-time", back in 2016, I recommend the book by Peter Schweizer, "Secret Empires". This was my first introduction to what the Bidens were up to in Ukraine with Hunters' Burisma gig that has left me with several unanswered questions for these "spooks" for the past ten years.
Question one is to ask why no one has decided to sue Schweizer for libel as was done successfully with Fox news? Schweizer's book was a best seller and I'm certain there was some money involved there. Why no takers?
The second question is why no one reacted to Schweizer outing (R) Orrin Hatch's kid working with Burisma too - or better yet - Irish mobster James "Whitey" Bulger's kid. - all there at the same time and place?
What a crazy world we live in. The sons of a leading democrat, a republican and a mobster affiliate, all working together, and no one even showing any curiosity as to how this could be or better yet, why?
Same for RFK's book about the demon Fauci and his crimes against humanity over many decades. No refutations, no lawsuits - just lots and lots of dead men, women, children and animals. Hmmmmmm....
I think we all know the answer as to WHY NOT - yet the moronic leftardes still support the criminals and degenerates, all the while falsely believing themselves to be superior to the rest of us.....
Lol 🤣 Hey Bill, you should refer back to the Julius Caesar quote that you opened this claptrap with. It fits your “musings” perfectly.
Mike, good observation!
For Mr. Bonner and the TDS / TACO crowd (read and weep):
https://open.substack.com/pub/coffeeandcovid/p/orange-men-monday-july-28-2025-c?r=12ghgx&utm_medium=ios
Jeff Childers of COFFEE And COVID is one of the best minds on Substack and definitely worthy of our support. Mr Bonner has proven without a doubt that he is no longer in control of his site or mind as we see….but we stay for Dan the man, who still gives a good account of how deep in the 💩 we truly are. And I thank God every day that a demented democrat is not in charge 🙏
☝️EXACTLY !
I would just ask for proof of life.. Bill, what's your opinion of the SLVR recommendation?
That's sad.I've been burned by silver before. It's always risky but it really should be in a break out
I love silver Bill! Buy buy buy! Especially pre-1965 coins. Will come in handy for buying anything under the table, when all fiat money goes digital 😊 at this point you should own at least 100lbs for future personal content…
EXCELLENT! Thanks, Sluggo. A small dose of Reality that results from an EXPERT BUSINESSMAN putting America first. Eat it, leftardes.
From Mr. Childers' Stack:
"𝘍𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺, 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘪𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘭𝘭. 𝘜𝘳𝘴𝘶𝘭𝘢 𝘷𝘰𝘯 𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘓𝘦𝘺𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘮 𝘰𝘧 𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘌𝘶𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘯 𝘧𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘦𝘶𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥, 𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘥, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘢 𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺’𝘷𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘳𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘯 𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦-𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘶𝘧𝘧𝘰𝘰𝘯. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘥 𝘶𝘱 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘥, 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘬𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘯𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘺𝘱𝘦𝘥 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘺 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘧𝘴, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘺, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘶𝘧𝘧𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘛𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘺 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘖𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘢 𝘓𝘰𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘨𝘰𝘵 𝘴𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘞𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘞𝘰𝘯𝘬𝘢 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘰𝘶𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘭𝘶𝘦𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘺 𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘧𝘧 𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯."
And it will ALL be ignored by Bill Bonner - right here on the "We Lie About Select REAL WORLD News" BPR Substack....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ZTR_B4Mzbg
Nailed it, SE!
I’m hoping Ol’ LSO - that loves spewing TACO - is man enough to read the article, and eat his words. Trump played the TACO-clowns like a Stradivarius…Bonner, too 😂
Such factual video brother, but we know how the party of mental illness hates facts 😊
Everybody should watch this.I hit the subscribe button, but it didn't come alive. I enjoyed it. It's very enlightening.You guys should check it out.
LHM makes GREAT content. Very balanced and loves to point out the never-ending Hypocrisy....
Thank you, once again, Bongo Bill, for your superficial and biased assessment of Trump.
OMG Bill, your whining is endless. None of your prose has manifested where you trash Trump e.g. (even when the victory is an underhanded 15% federal sales tax), where is your proof. You are like that idiot on this blog Ol LSO, making unsubstantiated claims trying to sway the populace. So many times I asked him to substantiate and got rants of "oh so sorry, your meg. is really sorry". He cannot produce substantiation, just more BS - Sort of like Mark Kelly going to red states to state how great the (D)'s are, when they really have nothing new in terms of messaging - it continues to be Trump Sucks!
Thank God you partnered with Tom and Dan, where making money is their focus, I guess giving you the ability to publish your bullshit. What happened to the guy who was usually on the side of truthful commentary? Instead, you continue to publish this blather.
If it was truthful, I would be the first to support it. Instead.....well you get the message I hope.
I won't leave, I like the work of the Tom/Dan, made substantial cash on the shipping stocks and like the compelling cases they publish to support their claims.
But frankly the prose you turn out, being consistently negative on the PRESIDENT has become a Bore.
yet, no alternatives are put forward. So cry me a river....