‘Things tend to go back to ‘normal.’ If not, there would be no “normal.”’ Hallelujah! The economy is weakening! In the perverse world of finance, circa 2024, bad news is good news. Up is down. And lies are as good as truth. Investors don’t need us to connect the dots. When the economy weakens…they look for the Fed to […]
By Bill Bonner,
Victors write history. And they give themselves leading roles in it. Then, with only their own lies for reference, they turn into numbskulls. Immediately after WWII, US officers interviewed captured German soldiers as well as the civilian population. They were amazed to find almost none said they were Nazis. Within weeks after their surrender, the […]
By Bill Bonner,
Thomas Jefferson visited the Bordeaux area in 1787 and noticed that many of the best wine estates had names such as Boyd… Barton… Dillon… Lynch… and, where we dined last night, Kirwan. It might have turned out so differently. That is, if the Spanish had been better organised, better informed, better supplied and better captained. […]
By Bill Bonner,
‘Dying all the time ‘Lose your dreams and you will lose your mind ‘Ain’t life unkind’ Ruby Tuesday, The Rolling Stones Poor Joe Biden. He’s gotten old. Here’s the New York Times on who might take Joe’s place: ‘Kamala Harris Could Win This Election. Let Her. ‘The obvious, logical path out of the mess President […]
By Bill Bonner,
‘Pity the nation whose people are sheep ‘And whose shepherds mislead them ‘Pity the nation whose leaders are liars ‘Whose sages are silenced ‘And whose bigots haunt the airwaves ‘Pity the nation that raises not its voice ‘Except to praise conquerors ‘And acclaim the bully as hero ‘And […]
By Bill Bonner,
‘The war situation has developed not necessarily to Japan’s advantage.’ . Emperor Hirohito, after Hiroshima The situation last week did not develop to Joe Biden’s advantage. But what did anyone expect? Put an old man at a podium; he’s likely to dodder a bit. And so what? Biden was never more than a figurehead anyway. […]
By Bill Bonner,
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