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The Bulletin: August 6-12, 2025

The Bulletin: August 6-12, 2025 This past week’s articles of interest… CLICK HERE If you’re new to my writing, check out this overview. Maine Organic Farmers Organization Suing EPA over PFAS in sludge–which has shut down many farms in Maine Dennis L. Meadows on the Future of our Planet The Silent Collapse: What the Disappearance […]

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The Bulletin: December 19-25, 2024

The Bulletin: December 19-25, 2024 The Great Simplification in Action: Building Resilience Through Local Communities Antarctica’s tipping points threaten global climate stability Coal use to reach new peak – and remain at near-record levels for years | Energy industry | The Guardian Homesteading 101: Regenerative Farming and the American Farmer. A Predicament With An Outcome […]

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Carbon Credits Are the Biggest Scam Since Indulgences—How You Can Avoid Being Fleeced

Carbon Credits Are the Biggest Scam Since Indulgences—How You Can Avoid Being Fleeced  Subscribe to International Man In the Middle Ages, the Catholic Church convinced the commoners to buy indulgences to alleviate their sins. And they made a fortune in the process. Similarly, today, our overlords—the mainstream media, central bankers, and their political allies—are working overtime […]

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Is Hyper-Inflation that Destroys a Currency a “Solution”?

Is Hyper-Inflation that Destroys a Currency a “Solution”? This contrarian sees a strong consensus around the notion that hyper-inflation is the inevitable end-game of nation-states / central banks issuing fiat currencies, i.e. currencies that are not restrained by being pegged to tangible assets such as gold reserves. The temptation to issue (via “printing” or borrowing […]

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The Biggest Risks of This Decade

The Biggest Risks of This Decade Since the 2020 pandemic, many things have changed, but nothing more than geopolitics. Wars and clashes that used to be largely national have given way to more regional conflicts that threaten to upend the current world order. The Ukraine War and Israel-Iran conflicts have the potential to lead to […]

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Yoyo Fed and Yoyo Markets

Yoyo Fed and Yoyo Markets Once again, we have a report saying consumer sentiment is collapsing just as economists were projecting it would be continuing to float along, and once again we have a report of rising inflation, just as the Fed decided to reduce its fight against inflation by slowing down QT to save the […]

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Dear Jerome Powell, Is Everything Under Control? Spotlight Gold and Silver

Dear Jerome Powell, Is Everything Under Control? Spotlight Gold and Silver The US stock markets are all at record highs, gold is at a record high, and silver is at the highest price since 2013. Welcome to the everyone wins market, no craps allowed. Chart courtesy of BullionStar Congratulations to silver bulls, copper bulls, gold […]

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Why The Gold Rush Is Just Beginning, In Six Charts

Why The Gold Rush Is Just Beginning, In Six Charts A lot of embarrassed investment advisors out there… Gold blew through $2400/oz this morning: And the world’s central banks continue to add gold to their monetary reserves. Note that the real action coincided with the outbreak of the Ukraine war, when the US started slapping […]

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The Fed Is Preparing to End Money as We Know It

The Fed Is Preparing to End Money as We Know It Big Banks, FedNow, and the Road to Fedcoin Every quarter, U.S. Bancorp (USB) releases something called U.S. Bank CFO Insights Report. It gathers insights from over 2,000 senior finance officers (CFOs) nationwide. It might not be everyone’s go-to read, but it’s a good way […]

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Record PBoC gold purchases may indicate that China is planning to invade Taiwan – Experts

Record PBoC gold purchases may indicate that China is planning to invade Taiwan – Experts (Kitco News) – China’s massive and sustained central bank gold purchases are raising fears that the country may not only be shoring up its currency but may also be laying the economic groundwork for a full-scale invasion of Taiwan, according […]

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Unification Of CBDCs? Global Banks Are Telling Us The End Of The Dollar System Is Near

Unification Of CBDCs? Global Banks Are Telling Us The End Of The Dollar System Is Near World reserve status allows for amazing latitude in terms of monetary policy. The Federal Reserve understands that there is constant demand for dollars overseas as a means to more easily import and export goods. The dollar’s petro-status also makes […]

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IMF Prepares Financial Revolution – Say GOODBYE to the Dollar

IMF Prepares Financial Revolution – Say GOODBYE to the Dollar Global reserve currency status allows for amazing latitude in terms of monetary policy. The Treasury Department understands that there is constant demand for dollars overseas as a means to more easily import and export goods. The petrodollar monopoly made the U.S. dollar essential for trading oil globally […]

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“We Will Have A Hard Landing At Some Point. I Guarantee You That.”

“We Will Have A Hard Landing At Some Point. I Guarantee You That.” Can you guess who the quote in the article title is from?  I will give you a hint.  It wasn’t me.  I know that it sounds like it could have come from me, but it actually comes from a very big name […]

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Never Ending War on Cash

Never Ending War on Cash In the last few decades, there has been a global shift towards a “cashless world,” a trend that continues to shape financial autonomy. Physical currency is becoming increasingly rare as the majority of the world’s money supply exists in electronic form. Governments and financial institutions are actively promoting a cashless […]

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Central Banks Will Keep Gobbling Gold in 2024

Central Banks Will Keep Gobbling Gold in 2024 The first half of 2023 was a record-breaking moment for central bank gold buying, led by none other than China and Russia. Organizations like the World Gold Council reported a staggering increase compared to 2022: “On a year-to-date basis, central banks have bought an astonishing net 800t, 14% higher than […]

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