Gold Goats 'n Guns Podcast

The fires may be out for now, but they have not been fully extinguished. The Culture War of the past ten years has quickly exploded into a Civil War. It doesn't matter that this explosion was amplified by agent provocateurs and cynical political operatives hoping to retain control over the power centers.This cultural inversion, in the words of Jonathan Pageau, that we have been going through these past four years in response to the election of Donald Trump is accelerating quickly and will reach its zenith with the November election.And in the cycle of human civilizations after inversion comes death. What kind of death will it be? And what kind of rebirth will occur on the other side of that. Show Notes:Jonathan Pageau - New Media Pundits | The Ragtag Heroes of an Upside Down Worldhttps://youtu.be/OdZB1nKmOxcOperation Occupy White House Enters its Final Acthttps://tomluongo.me/2020/06/06/operation-occupy-white-house-enters-final-act/Episode #9 - The Rise and Fall of Star Warshttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/21035178For This to Slip Would Be the ‘End of Empire’https://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2020/06/08/for-this-to-slip-would-be-the-end-of-empire/

With everything happening at a breakneck pace it seemed prudent to do another one this week and talk with radio personality and former police officer Garland Nixon about the state of things in the U.S. Garland and I discuss the underlying rage and discontent that has been brewing for months in the U.S. at the unfair and rotten system which has driven hundreds of thousands around the world into the streets to vent that rage.The problem is, of course, that this rage is being misdirected and used by very sinister people to achieve terrible political and social goals through violence, looting, rioting and generally carrying on cranky.And we're all being abused by it. Something deep and abiding has to change within us before we can ever attempt to change the system we are a part of. And it is great to see two people from opposite ends of the political spectrum agree about so many fundamental aspects of this current crisis foisted on us to accelerate the descent of our civilization.Show Notes:Episode #5 - Garland Nixon and Chasing Down the Lies on K Streethttps://www.spreaker.com/user/tomluongo/episode-5-garland-nixon-chasing-down-theBurning America: Be Careful What You Wish Forhttps://tomluongo.me/2020/05/31/burning-america-careful-wish-civil-war/One Screen, Two Movies, Three Times the Troublehttps://tomluongo.me/2020/05/30/one-screen-two-movies-three-times-the-trouble/Tim Pool - Exposing Antifa Tactics and Why They Are Fake Anarchistshttps://youtu.be/GnJBOSTZzSc

Legendary trader and blogger Yra Harris drops by to discuss the changes coming to the European Union thanks to Angela Merkel's betrayal of the German people. Debt mutualization is on the table and the acquiescence of the German political class to the financial realities of Europe's mess will usher in, slowly and with a lot more pain for everyone, consolidation of power across Europe.Yra and I also discuss the situations brewing in Hong Kong as well as the U.S. and how the financial world is teetering on a knife edge of deflation, wobbly currency pegs and feckless leadership.Ahh... good times.Show NotesYra's Notes from Underground Bloghttp://www.yragharris.com/Bernard Connolly's The Rotten Heart of Europemailto:\\rottenheartofeurope@gmail.comPodcast Episode #7 Yra Harris and the Rotten Heart of Europehttps://tomluongo.me/2019/12/10/podcast-episode-7-yra-harris-the-rotten-heart-of-europe/

Brexit is back in the news as we approach the deadline for extending the Transition Period between the U.K. being under the auspice of EU law. There is still no appetite within the EU to allow the U.K. to leave on terms which satisfy the Brexit referendum of 2016.If the U.K. caves and files for an extension by the end of June then the Brexit saga will last another two years. EU Chief Negotiator Michel Barnier continues to ply a hard line which has, to this date, gotten him absolutely nothing from the U.K. since the day Boris Johnson became Prime Minister. This week I discuss these dynamics and how a shifting global power structure represented by Donald Trump, Brexit and the populist wave across Europe continues to erode the EU's leverage in Brexit talks. Does Johnson have his ducks in a row to walk away in December on WTO terms? It's a good question.Show Notes:EU Ready to Ease Demands on Fisherieshttps://news.yahoo.com/eu-ready-ease-fisheries-demands-112555805.htmlThe EU Are a Bunch of Karens: Barnier Complains About Brexit Talkshttps://tomluongo.me/2020/04/25/eu-karens-barnier-complains-brexit-negotiations/Did Johnson and Macron Engineer a Hard Brexit in October?https://tomluongo.me/2019/12/28/johnson-macron-hard-brexit-deal/

This week I go off the beaten path a little bit to talk with the Project Lead for one of my favorite cryptocurrencies, Decred, Jake Yocom-Piatt. Jake is a very astute critic of not only the monetary system but the cryptocurrency development scene. Getting his insights into the future of bitcoin and cryptos in general as potential monies in a post-Central Bank dominated world I thought was necessary at this moment in time. With the latest halving of the Bitcoin reward pool occurring against an unprecedented collapse of the global financial system, there will be a lot more people trying to make sense of why we utilize capital the way we do.Trustless systems like Bitcoin and Decred are the true harbingers of what comes next for humanity.Show Notes:Decred:http://www.decred.orgThe Necessity of Bitcoin as Reserve Assethttps://tomluongo.me/2018/05/22/the-necessity-of-bitcoin-as-reserve-asset/The Foundation of the Next Cryptocurrency Bull Markethttps://tomluongo.me/2018/05/22/the-necessity-of-bitcoin-as-reserve-asset/

President Trump tweeted out #ObamaGate recently after the transcripts of the Impeachment interviews conducted by Adam Schiff went public. These confirmed that there was a massive operation to spy on him, his campaign and that no one in the Obama Administration was willing to testify to his guilt under oath.RussiaGate wasn't just a hoax, it was an elaborate false narrative to overturn an election, cover for a guilty now-ex President who had routinely mobilized U.S. law enforcement and intelligence assets to spy on not just Americans but his political opponents.The scale of it makes Nixon's Watergate look like the amateur hour it was. And Obama's future as the trusted face of the oligarchy I call the Davos Crowd is in in serious jeopardy as a vindictive Trump is now clear to go on the warpath on his way to re-election.Show Notes:https://www.zerohedge.com/political/obamagate-trump-tweets-tucker-carlsons-crushing-breakdown-why-former-president-should-beThe Duran's Analysis of ObamaGatehttps://youtu.be/aUG7LXZLGDkGGnG Podcast Episode #2: Epstein and the Post Dorothy Ozhttps://tomluongo.me/2019/11/05/podcast-okeefe-epstein-and-why-v-still-rules-the-political-airwaves/

The lock downs are ending and the fear mongering is ramping up. The natives are getting restless and the powers that be are desperately trying to hold onto their useful idiots who think being afraid of a bad cold makes them the smartest people on the planet.This week we look at fear, the reasons for why they stoke it and why it's beyond time to be outraged about this and reject all forms of government control. The great Scott Adams has reached the state of exasperation and it's a beautiful thing to see. Our politicians are spineless weasels who cannot protect us from the predators looking to destroy civilization for their own gain and their own power. Time to get back to doing the real work of the world.Show Notes:Scott Adams' Amazing Rant Against the Governmenthttps://youtu.be/ILzjaHrhO2cLockdowns Ending but Their Politics Still Rulehttps://tomluongo.me/2020/05/01/lockdowns-ending-politics-rule-desantis/The Pseudoscience Behind the Assault on Hydroxychloroquinehttps://www.zerohedge.com/health/pseudo-science-behind-mysterious-assault-hydroxychloroquine

This week I sit down with journalist and radio host Patrick Heningsen of 21st Century Wire and the host of the weekly show Sunday Wire to discuss the civilizational effects of the COVID-19 lock down and why it has gone on far too long. Patrick brings a breath of needed fresh air into the debate of the efficacy of locking people in their homes while I try to bridge the gap to the economic and psychological devastation the policy has engendered.Sit back relax and know that this is a long one, but one of the best conversations I've had in quite a long time. Show Notes:21st Century Wire:https://21stcenturywire.comComparing the LOCKDOWN to NON-LOCKDOWN Stateshttps://21stcenturywire.com/2020/04/22/covid-19-comparing-results-of-lockdown-vs-non-lockdown-states/Luongo: We Have Become Karen Nationhttps://tomluongo.me/2020/04/22/we-have-become-karen-nation/

This week I sit down with David Stockman, former Director of the Office of Management and Budget under Ronald Reagan and the Publisher of Contra Corner to discuss the pure insanity of the lock down associated with COVID-19, which has now created the Coronapocalypse for our economy and that of nations around the world.David and I take a hard, practical look at the real numbers, inflated though they may be, and how damming they are of the policy of shuttering the U.S. economy while it's clear now that we have good information that this pandemic is not much more than a 3-5% increase on the medical infrastructure of of the U.S. The reality is that the effects on people's lives will be far worse for those that live than those that died, creating an economic depression that dwarfs even the Great Depression of the 1930's. Show Notes:Contra Cornerhttps://www.davidstockmanscontracorner.com/subscriber-update/CDC COVID-19 Statistics:https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/COVID19/index.htmLuongo:https://tomluongo.me/2020/04/18/trump-seen-unseen-vandalism/

This week I sit down with an intrepid young man, Gabriel Scheare, who's working very hard on a project down in Chile called Fort Galt. It's like talking to an even-more committed younger version of myself, going off into the wilds of southern Chile to build a life as free from external interference as possible.If there is something that binds us all together it is the need for community and family. And the drive to achieve that on our own terms is all even the most radical flower-throwing libertarian asks for.Success, failure, satisfaction, travail and toil. These are the essence of our humanity and why leading by example is the only way to show people the path out of the dark place our society has gone to in recent years.Show Notes:Fort Galt:http://www.fortgalt.com