If CBDC’s are broadly implemented, it’s over. There will be no more privacy, no more freedom, and our lives will be controlled by unseen people and AI programs nudging us toward thinking, saying and buying only the “right things.”Click Here for Part 2

Watch what they do, not what they say. Stocks are busy telegraphing the signal that ‘all is well!’ while bonds are sneaking out the back door.

The yen slices right through Japan’s defensive line at 160, housing sales slump as prices make one last push into truly insane territory and the equity “”markets”” are not behaving as if they are tethered to either economic data or geopolitical risk.

Tracy Thurman, an expert in food policy, discusses challenges in the food industry, legal battles over ultrasound usage on cows, controversies surrounding Amish farmers and vaccine injuries. The podcast also covers the importance of supporting local farmers, concerns about totalitarian control, and promoting decentralization in the food supply chain.

The podcast explores the challenges of fiscal irresponsibility and the Fed's dilemma between saving the Dollar or Treasury bond market. It discusses market risks, economic concerns, financial strategies, and the impact of geopolitical tensions. The conversation emphasizes the need for preparedness, quick decisions, and focusing on creating lasting infrastructure projects. Additionally, it touches on commodities, printing money, hydro outflows, rocket launches, Boeing quality issues, and historical accountability.

As we lurch toward war, the sensitive topic of the drained strategic petroleum reserve is sure to crop up. Perhaps in an effort to blunt that among its dwindling viewer base, MSNBC tells a whopper of a lie.

The BLS turns in a whopper, continuing the steady stream of fraudulent economic statistics we been gaslit with of late. Oh, and Saudi Arabia is frowning at the Kissinger era petrodollar agreement…so the US has offered a binding treaty to come to their aid if they are attacked. Wait…I thought the US didn’t need anybody’s oil anmore?

When shall the US government return to sanity? “Nevermore!” our guest Chris Irons might say. Without necessary guardrails and consequences the failed leadership of DC and the Fed have taken us down a paths that had a binary outcome; bad and worse.Click Here for Part 2

Trying to make sense of the world these days is certainly a full-time job. Among the many puzzling signals right now are Us and European equities powering higher and higher without any apparent regard for the risk of a war with Russia, deteriorating consumer data, or a still inverted yield curve (a historically accurate indicator of an imminent recession).Paul Kiker and I discuss some of these confusing signals and what they potentially mean for investors.

“Consilience” is when different avenues of study land on the same spot. How did a long time financial professional end up concluding that resilient communities and homesteads were an important response the same as Chris? Tune in to find out…