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
Politics
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
No Peace in Strengthening Iran Sanctions
President Trump is out of options. So are his main vectors of information, the Israeli Firsters in his cabinet and family. Israel, the U.S. and Saudi Arabia have lost the Syrian War and the ramifications of that are immense. Because by losing this war the U.S. has been revealed as a paper tiger incapable of … Continue reading No Peace in Strengthening Iran Sanctions
The Curious Case of Bill Browder
"Deserve's got nuthin' to do with it." — William Munny, Unforgiven A couple of weeks ago I told you the first U.S. Civil War was here. What I didn’t tell you was the face of that Civil War is Bill Browder. Browder was responsible for The Magnitsky Act. It handed our government insane sanctions powers on individuals and … Continue reading The Curious Case of Bill Browder
