One Man's Manifesto - In Defense Of 250

A Bad Moon Is Rising On Our Nation's 250th Birthday Authored by James Howard Kunstler, Burning Down The House... "I forgot to get napkins. I just wiped my hand on the American flag behind me." - Darializa Avila-Chevalier, primary election winner, New York’s 13th Congressional District Who are all these Democratic Socialists of America, anyway? DSA on the March shoulder to shoulder with the Pride Brigade “We are Westerners fighting for the total eradication of Western civilization,” one of their spoxes declared on Instagram in 2024. Hmmmm . . . . I wonder if you can be...

Officials say Iran and Oman are making progress toward a deal that would reopen the Strait of Hormuz under Tehran and Muscat’s joint control.  Secretary of State Marco Rubio and his Qatari counterpart said that talks between Oman and Iran have resulted in “progress” towards reopening the Strait of Hormuz. According to officials speaking with […]

Japan Is Telling You To Run To Gold Authored by Matthew Piepenburg via Von Greyerz, Below, we look at lessons from Japan and its latest signals to prepare for a market sell-off, a debasement acceleration and a golden endgame. Pattern Recognition My father taught me long ago that the years teach things the days do not always notice. In all areas of our lives, we slowly acquire perspectives earned by experience over theory and by time rather than guesses. This is equally true of lives spent investing in markets and cycles. A certain pattern recognition...