Calm before the storm in Venezuela & Colombia w/ Patrick Lancaster and Angelo Giuliano

Merz betrayed. Macron ready to meet Putin. Graham wants Russian tankers seized. Podolyak dismissed
Topic 1914

Russian Sumy Advance Alarms Kiev; Dirty War Escalates; Russian General Killed; Chinese Tanker Seized
Topic 1768

The Duran: Episode 961
France's Marine Le Pen Acquitted in Case Over Violating Hate Speech Laws
https://sputniknews.com/europe/202105041082797685-frances-marine-le-pen-acquitted-in-case-over-violating-hate-speech-laws/

1984 HAS ARRIVED LOCK STOCK AND SANCTION

And we fought two world wars to avoid this.

Watch both of them.

Armstrong has lost the plot. He bases his data on what the Ukrainian defence ministry is reporting. Complete nonsense. I am surprised he is so naive.

https://www.armstrongeconomics.com/world-news/war/1-2-million-dead-russians/

Dec 23rd, TheMacroButler on Substack: author in Thailand not deferring to any one Superpower, positive or negative possible as things change

• My best new source of global macroeconomics in years. And no paywall. Will post the most relevant weeklies. A privilege to share, as long as Substack is allowed to thrive in most countries. Crackdown in Australia has begun.
• lengthy, and a peruse of bold print should suffice
• key line for me "Despite all the hype about an AI-fueled business boom, U.S. activity in December barely crawled along at a six-month low while input costs soared to a three-year high—proving once again that innovation doesn’t pay the bills."

TOPICS

• interest rate fantasies
• asset preservation and allocation
• bonds mathematically cede to gold
• real inflation: even with oil on the floor
• stagflation, defaulting, with war and wartime measures
  SUMMARY
  "an inflationary boom is always followed by an inflationary bust"

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