Suddenly, everybody is on board. ‘Ready to work with’ Donald Trump. Democrats. Republicans. Tech bros. Hollywood stars. Everyone. All of those who rigged-up the economy now say they are ready to de-rig it. Those who spent money as if they had robbed it from a bank now seek ‘efficiencies.’ Those who loaded $36 trillion of […]
A Completely Foreseeable Crisis
‘A new golden age for America… The decline is over.’ Donald J. Trump ‘The future of civilization is assured.’ Elon Musk It was a winter wonderland here at the farm yesterday. We hunkered down in front of the fire to watch the inauguration. It was unlikely to produce anything really new…but you never know. At […]
Trump America II
‘Together we will determine the course of America, and the world, for many, many years to come.’ Donald Trump, Inauguration 2017 A nation finds the leader it needs when it needs him. England found Churchill. France found Bonaparte. The Soviet Union found Stalin. And now… what have we found… the perfect president for the job […]
Last Bear Standing
‘Behind every great fortune is a crime’, wrote Balzac. On January 29, 2018, YouTube watchers were seeing one. Down the highway rolled a sleek 18-wheeler, a heavy truck that promised not to destroy the planet. It was the creation of Trevor Milton and his hot-shot company, Nikola. Trouble was that the video was a fake. […]
Mag Seven Goes Bafooey
One of the most puzzling features of the 21st century is the almost total failure of its new technology… along with astonishing prices for the companies that produce it. Last year, the Visual Capitalist reported that the Magnificent Seven were worth nearly $16 trillion: ‘Since 2012, the first year all seven companies were public, the […]
Debbie Does D.C.
Debbie Wasserman Schulltz (D-FL), Source Getty Images Mr. Trump, with all his ‘yes men,’ geniuses and jackasses, won’t change course. Look for more war, debt, and corruption. MSN: Dozens of Congress members outperformed the stock market in 2024 The stock market had a record-breaking run last year, but members of Congress still managed to outperform it with […]
Smothering the Natives
‘The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.’ The Tenth Amendment Last week… Amid all the excitement about invading Panama and strong-arming Greenland… A milestone passed with little notice: Jean-Marie Le Pen died. The BBC: […]
Full Speed Ahead
We came back from snowy Ireland to snow covered Maryland. And this morning, we sit in front of the fire and take a break from our customary rigorous analysis and air-tight logic to make some guesses. As reported last week, the Musk/Ramaswamy DOGE group has already admitted that it can’t really eliminate the deficit. Not […]
The Intrinsic Value of Fartcoin
A kiss is still a kiss…and a bubble is still a bubble… Picking fights with other people is still not a good idea… Spending more than you can afford still leads to bankruptcy… And people who say they are going to stop taking so many drugs…or drinking so much…or spending so much, etc. etc. still […]
Invade Canada
Our hypothesis… as far as we know, not shared by any reputable historian, geopolitician or analyst… is that the election of Donald Trump does not represent a real change of direction. Instead, it is an intensification of an existing trend… speeding up towards the final catastrophe of bankruptcy, war and inflation. The Primary Political Trend […]