Turkey has declared independence from Washington D.C. The post-World War II international order is reaching the end of its shelf life. With every day that passes where President Erdogan is not removed from power or Turkish banks don't fail, is another day for Turkey to shake its fist at the U.S. for its fomenting a … Continue reading How to Invite a Crisis – Turkey Provokes Asian Realignment
Interviews -Browder, Turkey and Where We Go Next
In the past couple of days I've done a bunch of talks around the horn. From last friday's appearance on Fault Lines with Lee Stranahan and Garland Nixon to today's appearance on Radio Sputnik. https://soundcloud.com/radiosputnik/erdogan-has-leverage-because-everyone-is-going-to-take-the-pain-here-expert https://youtu.be/oJX4zgvzKL8?t=20m19s
Inviting Chaos and Creating Martyrs: Alex Jones and Erdogan
“I never pay for the same real estate twice.” -- Patton Political chaos hit a peak this week with the coordinated banning of Alex Jones from polite social media society and the collapse of the Turkish Lira into the weekend. How could Alex Jones and Turkey’s currency collapse be related? They both reveal the desperate … Continue reading Inviting Chaos and Creating Martyrs: Alex Jones and Erdogan
Gold Goats ‘n Guns Live — Sanctions, Sanctions, Sanctions
In real estate everything comes down to location, location and location. In geopolitics, everything comes down to leverage, leverage, and more leverage. The U.S. has financial leverage over much of the world through the use of economic sanctions. And with each passing day the evil of The Magnitsky Act and its progeny shows itself upon … Continue reading Gold Goats ‘n Guns Live — Sanctions, Sanctions, Sanctions
Private Blog – Market Report August 12th -Turkey’s Troubles
New Private Blog post up for Patrons. The Market Report for today clarifies my position on Turkey and relates it to the history in Syria as well as where we're headed in the coming weeks. The Private Blog is available for Patrons at the $4/month level and higher.
Lira Collapse To Jump the Mediterranean
The Turkish Lira crisis is fundamentally different than the Russian Ruble crisis of 2014/15. This one has contagion risk. Back then no one was worried about the fall of the ruble having spillover effect. If Sberbank failed, it wouldn't jump to Europe. Then again, there was little worry about that since the Russians had more … Continue reading Lira Collapse To Jump the Mediterranean
Alex Jones, YouPorn and the New Resistance
Rey; "How do we rebuild The Resistance from this...?" Leia: "We have everything we need." -- The Last Jedi Monday's coordinated hit on Alex Jones and InfoWars was an act of desperation. Control of information is one of the pillars of social control and Jones, for all of his faults, is a threat to … Continue reading Alex Jones, YouPorn and the New Resistance
Private Blog – Market Report for 8-8-2018
Today's 15 minutes of Charts & Commentary focuses on Alex Jones and the Fate of the Euro. Check it out Patrons here. For those that would like access to these as they are released please head over to Patreon and subscribe at the $4/month or higher level.
