As the world turns, these are the days of our lives. Tomorrow, the Federal Reserve’s FOMC will release their latest decision and dogs will sleep […]
Tag: WAR
More Inflation Warnings at the Pump
There isn’t much need for commentary as this chart via StockCharts.com says it all: For the record, early 2008 and 2022 did not end well […]
The Liver is Evil and Must Die: Tonight’s Presidential Speech Drinking Game
It’s been a while since America has had a chance to play and with the national past time on vacation more or less, it’s time […]
Beware the CPI Trap Door Tomorrow
In my nightly review of financial and social media trying to get some feeling for where the CPI print will come in tomorrow morning, I’ve […]
Marigolds, LBJ, and Tehran
The number of Americans who have a clue about this title probably is under 100 out of 350 million. What the hell does a common […]
Wash, Rinse, Repeat: Stocks Hit Another All Time High
But Where oh Where Have I Seen this Before Before the numerous critics of, as we say in the South, ‘this here website’ go into […]
Trucking’s Pre-Recession Warning or Impending Recovery?
The recent recessionary directional indication from the 4th quarter GDP reading should have set off some alarm bells within the economic community. However it is […]
Just a Quick Quarter End Note
As the financial media got all excited about the alleged news that Iran is ready to end the war (Hint: they aren’t) and the algorithms […]
It’s TACO Tuesday And Trump is Chickening Out Again; Or is He?
The proverbial “fog of war” continues to descend faster than Trump’s poll numbers and tonight is no different. This headline from the Wall Street Journal […]
Third Day of 2026, Two Predictions Nailed
This humble author doesn’t want to make his readers tremble in anticipation or fear, but 2026 has started out pretty much as I sort of […]
It’s All Falling Apart: Iran Edition
From Currency Wars by Jim Rickards, the Afterword: In 2012, we saw the rise of actual warfare with currencies as the weapon. Here we refer […]
It’s All Falling Apart: Cameroon Edition
Another African nation in the series, another nation rich in natural resources under strife as the remnants of colonial Europe attempt to retain some foothold […]
It’s All Falling Apart: Thailand-Cambodia War Edition
ON December 12, 2025 America’s leader of the free world posted the following on the seldom read, seldom joined social cult media site known as […]
It’s All Falling Apart: Guinea-Bissau Edition
At about this moment, many of my readers are asking themselves, “where the hell is Guinea-Bissau and why should I care?” It is another one […]
It’s All Falling Apart: Tanzania Edition
I know what my readers are thinking: Why are these pages wasting space on a, as Trump calls them, S-hole nation and the conflicts occurring […]