The German Grocers Followed Through with Massive Price Increases

In the wee hours of this morning Zero Hedge posted up the following story: German Retailers To Increase Food Prices By 20-50% On Monday Some […]

Saudi Aramco Raises Oil Prices to Record Levels

Good thing those guys are our “ally” and they listen to Senile Joe, right gang? From Reuters: Saudi Arabia raises May Arab Light crude prices […]

Russia – Ukraine War: An Avoidable Conflict?

For the regular readers of these pages, this is not the daily update of the war in Ukraine. Instead, this is a query into the […]

04.03.22 Russia-Ukraine War: Odessa Under Attack

16:00 UTC UPDATE: More attacks in the center of Ukraine tonight with news of another attack on Mykolaiv: Apparently the German government is trying to […]

04.02.22 Russia Cuts off Gas Shipments to Germany

This story is presented with one caveat as the only news source is the UK Express at this time: ‘Hostile environment!’ Germany left scrambling as […]

04.01.22 Russia-Ukraine War: The Fog of Fog

When this war started over a month ago, many of the bloggers, writers, and “experts” were under the impression that the Russian military had restructured […]

More Proof America is Doomed in Two Tweets

Sometimes, I just review Twitter for breaking news, weird takes, or fun stuff like the Trump information provided by the neo-socialists at Business Insider. Then […]

Two Charts Says the US Economy is Doomed

And I don’t mean just 2008 doomer radio doomed like I used to broadcast via shortwave radio. I think this time we are doomed like […]

03.30.22 09:00 UTC Russia-Ukraine War Update: China Throws a Wrench into Peace Proposal

The world’s markets rallied once again on fake news that the “peace” overtures by the Russians and Ukrainians meant that this war is almost over. […]

03.29.22 21:00 UTC Russia-Ukraine War Update: No Rubles, No Gas and No Ceasefire

The story yesterday about Ukrainian forces executing captured Russian soldiers was bad enough, but if the reports originating from pro-Russian media are true, it is […]

The Undeclared War on Gold and Oil

One might just ask a very logical question: Who and how does one declare war on inanimate objects? If it means the end of Western […]

Ignore This Economic Marker at Your Own Risk

This is what is known as a major macroeconomic data point which will have major repercussions by end of 2022: With the 3’s, 5’s, 7’s, […]

Last Week in Equities: Just like the Oscars, a Bad Remake

Last night the Academy Awards were held in the land of fruits and nuts and when all is said and done nobody will care because […]

03.28.22 Russia-Ukraine War Phase 2: Total War

While phase one of the Russian invasion of Ukraine might well have best been described as “shock and awful,” the next phase is going to […]

03.24.22 Russia-Ukraine War Update: Ukraine Sinks Russian Navy Vessel

The war continues with a very smart attack by Ukrainian forces which begs the question where were Russian S-400 anti-missile/anti-aircraft systems for the port of […]