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Maybe they tried to milk the cows a little too much and the cows died. Like the future of the US economy stock markets, and world banking system. If you milk them bone dry, there will nothing left at the end of the line.

The Dow Jones has been taking a beating lately. Due to inflation, rising interest rates, and consumers not spending much. A disconnect between the DOW & NASDAQ, traveling on opposite trajectories surely of sign of impending doom. Wobble, wobble, wobble, wobble....wobble, wobble. ๐Ÿ˜‚

Major banks on the verge of collapse, what do you think they are going to do with their stock and security holdings?

Hold them tight and buy the dip? Hahaha!

Very unlikely, they are going to fudgecake SELL everything in their portfolios before throwing in the towel and sink the markets like a stone vessel.

Major institutions (banks) will probably sell large volumes of S&P 500 company holdings before they kick the bucket! Not a pretty picture that will be, or chart pattern for that matter! ๐Ÿ˜‚

โ€œLive long and prosperโ€ folks. ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

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March 30, 2023
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Cool stuff, I will especially heed the "upstream from the herd" advice.

What's with the new handle?

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Hey Mr. Fishin' -

It's all good as long as you remember that we appreciate your contributions and educational postings ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜† more than any school of fish ever will...

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I won't bore you with my story, but it puts a huge smile on my face to know about your love of baseball. I'll just say "Baseball been berry berry good to me!" (Cue Garrett Morris' "Saturday Night Live" imitation of Manny Mota, whose oldest son I had the pleasure of coaching when he was 14).

Enjoy yourself, you've earned it.

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March 31, 2023
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Thank you, catch some tasty ones and tip a glass for all of us trying to connect the dots here at BPR.

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For another view of how the elites could stumble, read @DeepThroatIPO's financial 'fantasy' tale:

http://www.deepthroatipo.com/how-to-wreck-a-big-old-gsib-bank/

Trigger warning - in this version most of us go down with them, but at least we'd have company.

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Yup. Anne's link ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐˜† illustrates how very easy it is to scam the "laws" of God and man. Brother, there is a hol'nuther world(s) out there that most of us have no idea about.

I shudder when I think about the amount of pure EVIL going on that we never see. God has got to be just about over it I would think...

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Fed or no Fed, if/when the Petro yuan/BRICS gold backed currency takes hold, the ship goes down.

The Western elites against the Mid/Eastern Elites will be one hell of a religious war. At the end of it all, the only rule of mankind is Tribalism. And war is the health of the state (tribe).

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Hey Bill, when are you going to tell us what killed those cows of yours? You mentioned it and that was it. Inquiring minds want to know!

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Bill, excellent article. It's true, there is enough blame to go around; unfortunately, we still have a lot of deniers. It's always the Democrat's fault for anything that goes wrong in our country. If you don't believe it, just ask a Republican.

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Yes my sweet Dorothy, so much blame going around and so many deniers doing what they do best. Unfortunately, the absolute insanity of your democratic cult is even starting to effect pure innocents such as yourself. Many are starting to admit they were wrong. Very tough thing to do for a cult of serial deniers ๐Ÿค”

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SL: Maybe it's you not me..did you ever think of that? Why you would call it a "cult" is beyond any comprehension sweet Steve. I know you will want to explain but save your time to respond. I have heard that from others but it's mostly "what the hell is happening to the Republicans?". So, you see, it goes both ways. Enjoy your weekend!

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Hi Dot -

Is there a secret handshake or just a catchy password to get inside your bubble?

;)

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SE: No, not yet!

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GF: Hope you feel better now.

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I suspect, like the US and Argentina, most other indebted countries will never be able to pay their respective national debts. This prompts me to wonder if there should be a world wide re-set whereby all countries default simultaneously on all national debts. It wouldn't restore any fiscal discipline, sadly. But it would be refreshing to begin anew even if our first Federal budget reflects spending far in excess of revenues.

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Great idea Jimm. Seriously.

Wanna take a bet that us sheep aren't included in that ol' timey Jubilee? Or that, at least here in our "country", the current "leaders" would use the opportunity to pick the winners and losers in the world of Business, Services, Manufacturing and Finance? Imagine the damage they could do!! It'd be a beautiful thing...

"Attention anyone who produces anything - yes, we're talking to YOU there 40% of America. The amount of personal and professional debt you will be "allowed" to write-off in this "Brave New Reset" will be in direct proportion to your or your business' cumulative total "Social Responsibility Score" - determined by factors including the level of ESG participation, the depth of DEI implementation, the estimated Carbon Footprint produced (obviously a negative factor for any amount above zero) and your measurable level of Wokeness on a scale of 1 to 100. Also, membership in certain organizations can have a significant impact on your score - Unions, BLM or ANTIFA commitments will result in a positive effect, where as Church Membership, Firearm Ownership and Homeschooling will knock points off your total. Bonus points are available for proof of regular attendance at your local Drag Queen Story Hour, if you have an offspring that has begun the Transition Process toward a different Gender (either Hormone Treatments and/or Surgery are acceptable), or your Social Media Bio contains the Rainbow or Ukrainian flag. To get an idea exactly how much personal or professional debt you will be entitled to stiff others for, visit your area DNC office, ActBlue..com or email your dimocrat Representative..."

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Agree brother Star on what the possible outcome of another term of psychotic "democrats" or Trump would do to America.

I believe, as do most "American's", that this insanity will come to a head soon, and we the people will end this craziness once and for all. Or at least for a couple of more decades, before we become complacent again.

Such a wonderful time to be alive, and so looking forward to the chance we have to truly, Make America Great Again...without Trump of coarse :)

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Savior Javier Milei might want to study his Roman history. The first guy who tries to buck the elites, usually gets stabbed in the back. I wish him well, and hope South America will become a shining light to North America.

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I feel so strongly that We really need someone like Bill Bonner to run for president then the rest of his group could come onboard and get things straightened out.

It would take some time but the people would have confidence in the leadership!

There must be a group of fine intelligent people who have the talent and the money to get into the White House.

Who agrees?

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The problem is, that Bill wants to live to a ripe old age. Not be the target of an elite's bullet.

Because everything that Bill stands for, is counter to what the Elite would want to see. They want to see free money fall into their laps. They want war, because it's all about the $$. They want to keep things status quo, because they control the narrative.

Bill will never run. Its much safer being a columnist (and a damned good one at that), raising a family and bringing a bit of goodness to 4 corners of the earth, by the spreading of his honest work and word.

And even if he did, he would never get a chance to implement all his ideas. People that try to do good things inside the white house, never get anywhere.

Just ask JFK.

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BS: But where do you find them? Most of us are still looking. Not much luck so far...but don't give up. We may get lucky yet!

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My substack's open - need to add some posts to it. Spoilt for choice this month with so many things going on at once. My career's been spent mostly in the commercial side of the energy business, and I've tried to practice what I tell clients to do in terms of looking for evidence that isn't in the MSM before blindly jumping off a cliff with the other lemmings. This guy stopped me cold in terms of how much of this makes sense. Added to a chart I saw showing how much money flows through countries that don't even show up on a map, too much of this adds up.

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A: Unfortunately, Dolly doesn't seem to be a political person...Maybe Whoopie?

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Egads!! God save us...

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Star. Did she really say that?

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Hahaha..I have no idea what Whoopie's likes or dislikes are and I like it that way.

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Alt.. Dean Cain on cover of NRA magazine this month. Conservative.

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