No doubt about it, we have a financial mess. All BPR readers know that neither political class will do anything to change the direction,,,,,all talk, no real action. Sadly, the best each of us can do is live in our respective "pay grade" and be very selective about where we place our investments. Hopefully this includes a solid portion in gold. As the debt increases and the interest rate continue upward, the price of gold will continue it's rise. Key point to remember, both JPM and Bank of America plus Goldman Sach's project gold over $8000 in a couple years. Question, what do they know that us little people may not see?
Hmmm.......a couple of years you say. Maybe..........but the world is changing fast. Now both Europe and Russia believe the other is an existential threat. And, Iran (and China and Russia) think the U.S. and Israel are too. Trump is looking for an off-ramp but he can't stomach backing down. Plus with not only the shortage of oil wrecking havoc here, there, and everywhere - the other minerals such as fertilizer are raising their ugly heads. Where does this all lead..........frankly, it appears "sooner" than "later" it is coming apart. Will it be another attack on Iran? Or could it be Russia attacking Latvia or Lithuania........
Mr. Marshall, It is: Who can manage--the economic decline--better? And I will choose the GOP every time over the increasingly radical-left Democratic Party and their obsession with tax-and-spend; free-stuff-for-all; individual freedom reduction; Bernie Care causing the middle-class to stand behind the poor for care as the rich buy their way out with concierge care; open borders; and, mass amnesty of Big-Govt.-loving third-world peasants, making them voters.
And amazingly, Bill finally spoke truth about the ChiComs and their economic decline. And when he asked about who will be in trouble first is a good Q. It will be the U.S. first if the radical-left Democrats run things starting Jan. 2029. I doubt there will be a depression. This would be too risky for either party, so I'm certain the Fed will step in when the bubble begins to pop to prevent this by pumping many trillions of phony digital money into the economy, bringing about hyper-inflation. Then the party is over. But unlike Bill, I don't blame the politicians; I blame the folks, especially millions of suburbanites.
The real threat is as Bill O'Reilly pointed out sometime ago: With rural and urban cancelling each other out pertaining to voting, suburbanites decide the critical elections nation-wide and state-wide. And as long as these sheltered, cocooned folks have good jobs, good schools, and low or no crime, they are fat, dumb, and happy. Thus they can be easily swayed by emotional propaganda supplied by leftist media.
Until, of course, in my opinion, things crash with hyper-inflation. Right now, as Mr. O'Reilly points out, so many couldn't care less what happens outside their little suburban worlds until it's too late. What really disgusts me and my wife is these white suburban women and their beta boy husbands who shamelessly virtue-signal about how they love all the little black and brown people, and all the illegal alien peasants---as long as they live in their U.S. third-world city hellholes, far away from these suburban hypocrites. Try placing public housing in their neighborhoods and watch them scream. But, of course, neither party would commit political suicide by remotely trying this. (Ditto with reparations.)
Well, in Sarasota County, FL, low cost housing is proliferating in stable neighborhoods subsidized by government. It is nice to live where people mirror 60’s values. Will it last? These are the Americans I put the most hope in, if there is hope. There is always hope!
AGREE. RICKARDS SAYS IT WILL BE HIGHER.....A LOT HIGHER...BETWEEN 10K AND 15K. NOW ITS LIFEBOAT GOLD.....ON PAPER WILL LOOK GREAT BUT ALSON MEANS BAD INFLATION....AS TITANIC GOES DOWN. BUT IF DEFLATIONARY AS IN 1929-39, THEN LOOKOUT....BUT AT LEAST THEN GOLD IS STILL THE BEST PLACE TO BE....AND WAIT FOR THE BELL TO RING....AND THEN POUNCE AND BUY THE DOWN AT ITS LOWPOINT WE SHALL SEE.
Given that Massie never seemed to have the votes to change things, it seems likely that someone spent $15 million dollars just to silence him.
On an unrelated note, I had the crazy thought that all the data center spending may be for a single purpose--to prop up GDP. That sounds nuts, I know, but it worked for China with their ghost cities for quite a while.
That someone was AIPAC and their affiliates. In the land of the free and the home of the brave a politician is not permitted to vote against sending our tax dollars to Israel even though their debt/GDP ratio is half of ours.
Bill, I was hoping you might mention more about life on the farm, like how you're getting along with those pesky neighbors - what were they called, originarios, or some such?
AGREE.....THOSE WERE FASCINATING. BILL HASNT BEEN THERE IN A LONG LONG TIME.....AND SO ADRIEN AND MARIAH ARE HANDLING IT ALL...AND THEY DONT DISCUSS THE ORIGINARIOS...BUT YES I AM CURIOUS TOO.
Bill I am disappointed in you, surely by now you can perceive that the Donald knows what he is doing.
The reasons behind his 4 dimensional chess moves are beyond the comprehension of us hoi polloi and we just need to keep the faith that all will be well in the end.
I'm beginning to be convinced that our dysfunctional politics will crash the country, before the so-called economy. My reasoning? Both sides of the political divide are mutually dependent upon and participating in the "economy", so it's a wash; it has to continue as is. Both sides are incentivized. Not so with our politics. The Far Left continues to gain incrementally, and we conservatives are powerless to stop it. We are entering a critical, potentially explosive, phase. Best always. PM
Well I wont bash Bill today. He made an effort, either intentional or accidental, not to be too brash belligerent and anti Trump (which irritates me) and so I will follow suit and be kind and accepting. I concur with MUCH of what Bill says overall...the macro stuff and especially on CHINA's PROBLEM...big ones including running out of oil....uh oh....Japan attacked us at Pearl Harbor for PRECISELY THAT when we cut off their oil in the Far East. To stop their Empire. I hope CHINA doesnt do the same thing and we await the REAL news on what Xi and Putin are up to. Bill is EEYORE and always takes the hardest view of futures days of future past as Moody Blues used to sing (I adored them all). And he is ENTITLED to his own opinions and his OUTCOMES based on historical facts the BIGGEST BEING not only EMPIRES FAILED but so did DEMOCRACIES. We are LONG IN THE TOOTH ON DEMOCRACY. VERY LONG. A professor of mine in undergraduate school I adored Phd Tufts..used to say, ALL ROADS LEAD TO FASCISM. INDEED. IN CHINA AND RUSSIA ITS THERE NOW. And is it coming here? I dont know but the SCUMOCRATS are FORCING TRUMP TO DO THINGS HE DID NOT PLAN and the Iranians and Mombasa Man and BidenDroolingMan FORCED HIM to ATTACK and SPARE THE WORLD NUCLEAR ARMAGGEDON which the Iranians DESIRE.....its ALWAYS BEEN TRUE...THEY SEEK THE END OF THE WORLD IN THEIR CRAZY MIXED UP VERSION OF ISLAM...and Saudis Jordanians Kuwaitis Emirates, Qatarians Omanians Egpytians Turkish Syrians Uzbekis and Iraqis ALL AGREE....WITH TRUMP AND USA!!!!!! 99% of those are SUNNIS. Iran is SHIITE. except Iraq which is now half and half but run by Shia. So there is THAT. And my view is TRY TO GET ALONG BUT as Teddy R used to say (and I ADORE HIM STILL) is WALK SOFTLY BUT CARRY A VERY BIG STICK!!! TRUMP IS LESS REAGANESQUE AND MORE TEDDY-ESQUE. GOT IT? Bill prolly hates Teddy R. I dunno.
As for his wine and cattle projects I dont take issue with it as its HIS decision, his investments and his losses and I suggested a GIANT PIPELINE to bring in WATER and then DRONES to bring in cattle feed......we shall see what Bill is gonna do. But he is what? 78? A touch older than me and he wont live forever and if I were him....ahem, I am NOT but still.....I would SELL PROPERTIES and LIQUIDATE and get cash and leave his descendants and spouse LIQUID assets....OR BUY property in the USA....where its safe and protected by US laws, the SEC and DOJ and IRS rules and PROFITABLE and more easily managed....cattle and wine....I KNOW OF SEVERAL PLOTS OF 100 ACRES plus AND HOMESTEAD INCLUDED FOR SALE IN THE CAROLINAS RIGHT NOW...FOR 1.5 MILLION.....PLENTY OF LAND FOR DOING WHAT HE WANTS. LOW TAXES AND GOOD PEOPLE. BUT I DIGRESS.
THATS WHAT I WOULD DO BILL. SELL, CONVERT TO CASH OR REINVEST IN USA (AND USE THE TAX CODE TO PREVENT CAPITAL GAINS IF ANY). SIMPLIFY YOUR LIFE...ADRIEN AND MARIAH CAN JUST DO WHAT THEY DO IN THE USA.....MUCH EASIER SIMPLER AND SO FORTH. SELL IT BILL. ALL OF IT. IRELAND, FRANCE ARGENTINA AND NICARAGUA. AND YOU DECIDE WHAT TO DO WITH IT ALL...NOT THE KIDS. YOU CONTROL IT NOT THEM. GOT IT?
Again too long g but too interesting though. BTW Bill's life, IMO, is very simplified, he love getting his hands dirty and reconstructing loss causes. That kind of work occupies the minds and quenches the soul.
Mr. G, this yelling bloviation is getting on my nerves and borders on elder abuse. I expect to get sensible on subject matter comments on Bills articles. Ur yelling rhetoric is uncalled for in this setting and should be blocked from these pages.
I dont give a damn what you think or say Youre an idiot Yelling is in
Podcasts with SOUND fool
Caps here are emphasis ( mine) if you dont like it dont read it But dont try to control my free speech Its not abusive Abuse is threats or profanity in extreme and pedantic bothering like you do Im an Elder you idiot So go away The end
Well, you can always threaten him like you did to me last week, you know, with all your contacts. I am certain you are very high in the CIA or some other clandestine, deadly organization. Please don't scare me again, sir. I am so fearful of a keyboard warrior like yourself.
No doubt about it, we have a financial mess. All BPR readers know that neither political class will do anything to change the direction,,,,,all talk, no real action. Sadly, the best each of us can do is live in our respective "pay grade" and be very selective about where we place our investments. Hopefully this includes a solid portion in gold. As the debt increases and the interest rate continue upward, the price of gold will continue it's rise. Key point to remember, both JPM and Bank of America plus Goldman Sach's project gold over $8000 in a couple years. Question, what do they know that us little people may not see?
Jim Marshall
Hmmm.......a couple of years you say. Maybe..........but the world is changing fast. Now both Europe and Russia believe the other is an existential threat. And, Iran (and China and Russia) think the U.S. and Israel are too. Trump is looking for an off-ramp but he can't stomach backing down. Plus with not only the shortage of oil wrecking havoc here, there, and everywhere - the other minerals such as fertilizer are raising their ugly heads. Where does this all lead..........frankly, it appears "sooner" than "later" it is coming apart. Will it be another attack on Iran? Or could it be Russia attacking Latvia or Lithuania........
Mr. Marshall, It is: Who can manage--the economic decline--better? And I will choose the GOP every time over the increasingly radical-left Democratic Party and their obsession with tax-and-spend; free-stuff-for-all; individual freedom reduction; Bernie Care causing the middle-class to stand behind the poor for care as the rich buy their way out with concierge care; open borders; and, mass amnesty of Big-Govt.-loving third-world peasants, making them voters.
And amazingly, Bill finally spoke truth about the ChiComs and their economic decline. And when he asked about who will be in trouble first is a good Q. It will be the U.S. first if the radical-left Democrats run things starting Jan. 2029. I doubt there will be a depression. This would be too risky for either party, so I'm certain the Fed will step in when the bubble begins to pop to prevent this by pumping many trillions of phony digital money into the economy, bringing about hyper-inflation. Then the party is over. But unlike Bill, I don't blame the politicians; I blame the folks, especially millions of suburbanites.
The real threat is as Bill O'Reilly pointed out sometime ago: With rural and urban cancelling each other out pertaining to voting, suburbanites decide the critical elections nation-wide and state-wide. And as long as these sheltered, cocooned folks have good jobs, good schools, and low or no crime, they are fat, dumb, and happy. Thus they can be easily swayed by emotional propaganda supplied by leftist media.
Until, of course, in my opinion, things crash with hyper-inflation. Right now, as Mr. O'Reilly points out, so many couldn't care less what happens outside their little suburban worlds until it's too late. What really disgusts me and my wife is these white suburban women and their beta boy husbands who shamelessly virtue-signal about how they love all the little black and brown people, and all the illegal alien peasants---as long as they live in their U.S. third-world city hellholes, far away from these suburban hypocrites. Try placing public housing in their neighborhoods and watch them scream. But, of course, neither party would commit political suicide by remotely trying this. (Ditto with reparations.)
Well, in Sarasota County, FL, low cost housing is proliferating in stable neighborhoods subsidized by government. It is nice to live where people mirror 60’s values. Will it last? These are the Americans I put the most hope in, if there is hope. There is always hope!
AGREE. RICKARDS SAYS IT WILL BE HIGHER.....A LOT HIGHER...BETWEEN 10K AND 15K. NOW ITS LIFEBOAT GOLD.....ON PAPER WILL LOOK GREAT BUT ALSON MEANS BAD INFLATION....AS TITANIC GOES DOWN. BUT IF DEFLATIONARY AS IN 1929-39, THEN LOOKOUT....BUT AT LEAST THEN GOLD IS STILL THE BEST PLACE TO BE....AND WAIT FOR THE BELL TO RING....AND THEN POUNCE AND BUY THE DOWN AT ITS LOWPOINT WE SHALL SEE.
Well Patrick, higher is fine with me!
Given that Massie never seemed to have the votes to change things, it seems likely that someone spent $15 million dollars just to silence him.
On an unrelated note, I had the crazy thought that all the data center spending may be for a single purpose--to prop up GDP. That sounds nuts, I know, but it worked for China with their ghost cities for quite a while.
That someone was AIPAC and their affiliates. In the land of the free and the home of the brave a politician is not permitted to vote against sending our tax dollars to Israel even though their debt/GDP ratio is half of ours.
Bill, I was hoping you might mention more about life on the farm, like how you're getting along with those pesky neighbors - what were they called, originarios, or some such?
AGREE.....THOSE WERE FASCINATING. BILL HASNT BEEN THERE IN A LONG LONG TIME.....AND SO ADRIEN AND MARIAH ARE HANDLING IT ALL...AND THEY DONT DISCUSS THE ORIGINARIOS...BUT YES I AM CURIOUS TOO.
Got a real chuckle from "little town of Perdition, USA". Thanks my friend.
Bill I am disappointed in you, surely by now you can perceive that the Donald knows what he is doing.
The reasons behind his 4 dimensional chess moves are beyond the comprehension of us hoi polloi and we just need to keep the faith that all will be well in the end.
Just like Hitler with Operation Barbarossa.
There is only one God; thou shall not have strange Gods before me.
???
Mistake. I thought, at first, you were praising Trump’s all powerful intellect.
No worries — I was aiming for sarcasm, but apparently my 4-dimensional irony landed in another dimension.
😂😂I thought you were serious at 1st.
lol
I'm beginning to be convinced that our dysfunctional politics will crash the country, before the so-called economy. My reasoning? Both sides of the political divide are mutually dependent upon and participating in the "economy", so it's a wash; it has to continue as is. Both sides are incentivized. Not so with our politics. The Far Left continues to gain incrementally, and we conservatives are powerless to stop it. We are entering a critical, potentially explosive, phase. Best always. PM
Well I wont bash Bill today. He made an effort, either intentional or accidental, not to be too brash belligerent and anti Trump (which irritates me) and so I will follow suit and be kind and accepting. I concur with MUCH of what Bill says overall...the macro stuff and especially on CHINA's PROBLEM...big ones including running out of oil....uh oh....Japan attacked us at Pearl Harbor for PRECISELY THAT when we cut off their oil in the Far East. To stop their Empire. I hope CHINA doesnt do the same thing and we await the REAL news on what Xi and Putin are up to. Bill is EEYORE and always takes the hardest view of futures days of future past as Moody Blues used to sing (I adored them all). And he is ENTITLED to his own opinions and his OUTCOMES based on historical facts the BIGGEST BEING not only EMPIRES FAILED but so did DEMOCRACIES. We are LONG IN THE TOOTH ON DEMOCRACY. VERY LONG. A professor of mine in undergraduate school I adored Phd Tufts..used to say, ALL ROADS LEAD TO FASCISM. INDEED. IN CHINA AND RUSSIA ITS THERE NOW. And is it coming here? I dont know but the SCUMOCRATS are FORCING TRUMP TO DO THINGS HE DID NOT PLAN and the Iranians and Mombasa Man and BidenDroolingMan FORCED HIM to ATTACK and SPARE THE WORLD NUCLEAR ARMAGGEDON which the Iranians DESIRE.....its ALWAYS BEEN TRUE...THEY SEEK THE END OF THE WORLD IN THEIR CRAZY MIXED UP VERSION OF ISLAM...and Saudis Jordanians Kuwaitis Emirates, Qatarians Omanians Egpytians Turkish Syrians Uzbekis and Iraqis ALL AGREE....WITH TRUMP AND USA!!!!!! 99% of those are SUNNIS. Iran is SHIITE. except Iraq which is now half and half but run by Shia. So there is THAT. And my view is TRY TO GET ALONG BUT as Teddy R used to say (and I ADORE HIM STILL) is WALK SOFTLY BUT CARRY A VERY BIG STICK!!! TRUMP IS LESS REAGANESQUE AND MORE TEDDY-ESQUE. GOT IT? Bill prolly hates Teddy R. I dunno.
As for his wine and cattle projects I dont take issue with it as its HIS decision, his investments and his losses and I suggested a GIANT PIPELINE to bring in WATER and then DRONES to bring in cattle feed......we shall see what Bill is gonna do. But he is what? 78? A touch older than me and he wont live forever and if I were him....ahem, I am NOT but still.....I would SELL PROPERTIES and LIQUIDATE and get cash and leave his descendants and spouse LIQUID assets....OR BUY property in the USA....where its safe and protected by US laws, the SEC and DOJ and IRS rules and PROFITABLE and more easily managed....cattle and wine....I KNOW OF SEVERAL PLOTS OF 100 ACRES plus AND HOMESTEAD INCLUDED FOR SALE IN THE CAROLINAS RIGHT NOW...FOR 1.5 MILLION.....PLENTY OF LAND FOR DOING WHAT HE WANTS. LOW TAXES AND GOOD PEOPLE. BUT I DIGRESS.
THATS WHAT I WOULD DO BILL. SELL, CONVERT TO CASH OR REINVEST IN USA (AND USE THE TAX CODE TO PREVENT CAPITAL GAINS IF ANY). SIMPLIFY YOUR LIFE...ADRIEN AND MARIAH CAN JUST DO WHAT THEY DO IN THE USA.....MUCH EASIER SIMPLER AND SO FORTH. SELL IT BILL. ALL OF IT. IRELAND, FRANCE ARGENTINA AND NICARAGUA. AND YOU DECIDE WHAT TO DO WITH IT ALL...NOT THE KIDS. YOU CONTROL IT NOT THEM. GOT IT?
Again too long g but too interesting though. BTW Bill's life, IMO, is very simplified, he love getting his hands dirty and reconstructing loss causes. That kind of work occupies the minds and quenches the soul.
Mr. G, this yelling bloviation is getting on my nerves and borders on elder abuse. I expect to get sensible on subject matter comments on Bills articles. Ur yelling rhetoric is uncalled for in this setting and should be blocked from these pages.
I dont give a damn what you think or say Youre an idiot Yelling is in
Podcasts with SOUND fool
Caps here are emphasis ( mine) if you dont like it dont read it But dont try to control my free speech Its not abusive Abuse is threats or profanity in extreme and pedantic bothering like you do Im an Elder you idiot So go away The end
Well, you can always threaten him like you did to me last week, you know, with all your contacts. I am certain you are very high in the CIA or some other clandestine, deadly organization. Please don't scare me again, sir. I am so fearful of a keyboard warrior like yourself.
Seek help now I threatened nobody You hsve serious issues
Sir, he is just another fool. Sadly we have many At this time an American history.
Whatever became of that chapel you were building on the farm. I believe you had a grandson helping you at one point.