Meanwhile, refineries are earning more per barrel of oil input ("3-2-1 crack spread") than ever before, at least in America. Somehow the refineries are buying oil cheap and only raising the distillate prices modestly, because the ratio of gasoline prices to WTI is within historical norms.
Is the government engaged in shenanigans, supplying the refineries with heavy sour crude from the SPR at discounted prices?
Was Trump gambling that America's and China's oil reserves would be enough to make up the difference for the world economy before Iran reopened the Strait?
At some point, the loss of about one fifth of the world's crude oil supply will make its presence felt. But when? Here we are, mid July, and WTI is still acting as though all this will be resolved soon. When? SPR 250 million barrels? 200?
Strange times, indeed. This is like Atlas Shrugged levels of confusion. Ayn Rand (born Alisa Rosenbaum) is generally despicable, but her depiction of the chaos that even the best society can decline into is chilling. Frankly, mispricing is more worrisome than supply shortages: When trust is lost, society tears apart.
Or (wild and crazy thought, but it must be considered), there is MASSIVE demand destruction going on, worldwide in most everything. Great Depression 2 is inbound but only the market knows so far.
I don't know if I buy that either, but if the AI bust is real, then that takes away all the power needed, and all the copper and silver?
Or more likely the fictionalization of everything has just stolen the last useful function of the market. (setting the price)
I know and I considered that indeed. However, around me, I don't see that at all. Everything is still going on normally, I still see the same amount of people in the train, I don't hear any muttering of hardships. Which - if this massive demand destruction would be real - would for sure show up somewhere already...
What's wild and crazy about that thought? The whole Western economic system has become unhinged and lost its bearings (along with those of its national political systems). Who is willing to cross the strait of economic construction when all former anchoring points of economic and political reference have pulled entirely out of the ground?
Another wild and crazy thought -- what happens westward if China decides to restock its crude reserves again -- say, just before the US midterm elections?
I guess when everything is going wrong the only thing to do is speculate on the price of things that have actual tangible value.
THE US, ISRAEL AND THE EU ARE AT FAULT FOR ALL THE WAR AND AGGRESSION.
Because of them the world will be drawn into the worse war and destruction humanity has ever seen.
It’s not Russia’s fault that the US and Europe over threw the peaceful Ukrainian government in 2014 and then the neo-Nazi that took over attacked the Russian speaking people in Donbass and Lukansk killing more than 14.000 innocent men women and children in a genocidal way. Russia’s reaction was a peace deal that the Europeans and US refused to allow Ukraine to sign as if they were intent on waging war on Russia that it could not avoid.
It’s not Iran’s fault that Israel is conducting a land thief operation with the intention of stealing not just Palestinian land but Syrian and Lebanese land as well with the support and funding of the US. For decades Israel has been committing a brutal genocide against the Palestinians. A genocide where the Israelis’ specifically target children for death and starvation as well as commit rape and torture of prisoners. It’s not Iran’s fault that the Zionist murderers have control of the American government and use US money and weapons to conduct the genocide and use the American military power to attack Iran and murder it’s people also. Ironically, the government in Israel supports the neo-Nazi in Ukraine.
It’s not China’s fault that the US has surrounded it with deadly weapons and coerced Japan, Philippines and Taiwan into belligerence against China. The US constantly sells weapons to these countries to provoke hostility toward China and undermine it’s government. The US openly states that China is it’s greatest threat. Ironically, Taiwan was brutally occupied by the Japanese for 30 years before WWII.
The British hatred of all things Russian is pathological. I come from a British family, my father was a senior officer in NATO mobile command. As a teenager I was fascinated by the USSR - not by communism itself, but by the fact that they seemed so much like us, so why all the anger and confrontation? They were our allies after all. Long story short, my father saw a book I was using to learn Russian and was all, why the hell are you studying that? I mean he was genuinely annoyed which struck me as strange. Even if Russia is now our enemy it would still make sense to study their language to learn everything you can about them from an intelligence standpoint. He was after all, encouraging me to pursue a military career. I don't think that ever occurred to him though, it was just a knee-jerk reaction. Same thing when in 2016 I went to dinner with him and a friend of his who was the editor of a major English newspaper. The conversation inevitably turned towards Ukraine, and just like you I had all my ducks in a row, but it made no difference. Neither of them could see what was actually happening and it got fairly heated until the wives called for calm.
I've since distanced myself from all things British. I won't set foot in a place that considers me some kind of "subject" just because I was born there. Even burned my passport. There are of course good British people such as Roger Waters, but I fear at this point they're too small a minority to make any difference.
Whether in England or US the disparity in generational geopolitical views shows itself more strikingly within family. We can be grateful for that at least that something may be getting better.
'Epitaph' song by King Crimson (21st Century Schizoid Man)
I personally am sad to report that the 'Crazy' times we live in, promulgated and expanded by the 'Empire of Chaos' - Pepe Escobar called it - makes no sense on purpose; by design. Chaos.
If the psychopathic cabal can't have it all = control all central banks/resources/denominate their currency/control all few remaining sovereign states, then they will destroy the whole system, as they cannot abide by another 'power'. With other payment rails. Beyond their fiddling. They are not quite ready to launch their new system, but by Zeus they will not allow another payment system other than Swift, or other NY/London/Brussels sanctioned DLT, distributed ledger technology. A centralized "decentralized" system. (Shhhhh don't say it is centralized... )
I think it was Francis Hunt, market sniper on utoob, stated a while ago that petrol prices go up when times are good economically, and they come down when hard times/inflation are happening. Keeps the proles from rebelling... . It took me a while to get this psychological approach (of the same crazy entities), but it seems true.
Sorry for the length but I think people here are creative and intelligent, and their are very very few people I can even discuss this with. I was looking up a patent pending for the DTCC and crypto (basically creating Root Wallets with some control or clawback powers inserted INTO Distributed Ledger Tech... for our safety of course) and I found a link to an X post, which I do not belong to, but got the verbage for. Very interesting and so far it proves to be a working thesis.
Silver is currently being mined at a gold/silver ratio of 7:1. According to geologist, silver is running near peak production which should be noticeable in the next few years. So by 2029, peak silver will be known to the world. Unfortunately by then, most of the "pure" silver mines which are located in Mexico will have been fully taken over by the cartels which should make for some fun times.
If you don't like what is happening-wars, AI, data centers, surveillance state, economic collapse yada yada yada. NONE OF IT CAN HAPPEN without silver! So stop complaining, go find a local dealer and start stacking, there is a silver bullet for these times and it is made out of silver.
Oh by the way, rare earth metals have been a KNOWN issue since at least 2012 so it is the millionth example of the failure of deep state leadership that the sheep have been celebrating for decades.
After Pepe spoke eruditely for 30 minutes, he finally got to the bottom line: what does this all mean?
He says, and this makes sense to me too, that the only plausible explanation for what Trump is doing is that those who control Trump have a potential plan to bring on the Great Reset. And since they control how it will go down, they can profit as it happens.
Pepe says (my transcription):
“This is not a conspiracy theory. I heard this same possibility of discussion from well placed, anonymous sources. It is a calculated implosion of the global economy. ‘Let’s blow it all up.’ As our last measure, because it [things] won’t get better. Of course we can profit. We can zero out our foreign debt. We can restart all over again.’ So this would be the new meaning of the Great Reset. This is the only plausible, logical, rational explanation….”
I have a different take on this than Pepe, although I do respect his analysis. I’ve been hearing about The Great Reset (tm) since long before 9-11. One thing I’ve noticed in recent years is that no matter what alt-news site or alt-YT channel you tune in to, there’s always someone there promoting the idea. When you strip out the details, the common element seems to be that “they’re all in it together” - ‘they' being everyone from Putin to Xi to the Eurocrats, Bankers and the entire “Epstein Class” as they’re now known. In short, that Big Club that Carlin talked about. I’m not saying the Big Club doesn’t exist, but I would argue that it’s not nearly as big or as powerful as we’re led to believe.
I’m sure everyone is familiar with the 'Big Lie’ theory, and to me that’s what it seems like. A big lie meant to discourage us from engaging in any sort of political or social movement to counter the excesses of a ruling class that’s made some very bad miscalculations and is now in serious damage control mode. It’s easy enough to start false rumours - we’ve seen enough examples of that over the years, and now with AI it’s possible to fake all sorts of events. Unfortunately, a lot of people will take those lies and run with them as if they somehow explain what’s going on. It’s human nature to search for explanations of course, and whatever sounds plausible tends to get traction with the masses regardless of the lack of hard evidence. This is especially true today in the Internet age where a meme can spread like wildfire, or ‘go viral’ as they say. That definitely has not gone unnoticed by our elites and it works to their advantage to promote the idea that they’re in total control so you may as well just give up.
I don’t have any more evidence than the people promoting the theory, but I do have some background to draw on, going back to Robert Anton Wilson’s 1975 parody “Illuminatus” which a lot of people took seriously at the time, including a friend who became obsessed with the idea and saw evidence of it under every rock, none of which met any reasonable standard of evidence. Some of you probably remember the Discordian movement that grew out of that book. I followed that movement very closely at the time, and also the earlier work of Mae Brussel and later Art Bell. Umberto Eco (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foucault's_Pendulum) also had something to say on the subject. I guess you could call me a 'conspiracy analyst’ for want of a better term. I was fascinated by the effect the new media environment was having on people. Something I picked up from reading RAW, Marshal McLuhan and later on Alfred Korzybski.
To summarize, I believe we’re being fed a narrative that the world is heading in a certain direction according to some master plan, possibly of recent origin, possibly ancient, depending on which version you ascribe to. I also believe that any such plan is eventually doomed to fail for the simple reason that most seekers of power tend to be psychopaths. Not in the Hannibal Lecter meaning of the term, but the clinical definition - entirely devoid of empathy and morals and very clever at disguising themselves. These people, given their manipulative abilities, gather other psychopaths and sociopaths around them and form cabals similar to Mafia families that variously cooperate or fight one another, depending on circumstance. The reason they ultimately fail is simple enough. They overestimate their own abilities and overreach, which eventually destroys their plan whatever that might be. Even without the overreach their plans often fail simply because they have too many variables that can't be controlled.
Anyway, that’s my theory of the way the world operates. Kind of bleak I admit, but it at least holds out some hope that the powers that rule over us today will eventually meet the same fate as those who went before, and in that regard I have a lot of historical evidence to draw on.
Not particularly bleak, nor do I particularly disagree, because different power centers are seeking to push somewhat different narratives.
If the decline from growth to contraction of real economy is baked-in, and all the players know it, they will seek to front-run it with their own control-narratives, most of which will be variations on "We're Under Attack!"
That is addressed here, and is certainly part of what is about to go down. Take your money out of "Cede & Company" while you can and put it in something without so much counterparty risk... https://drjohnsblog.substack.com/p/global-financial-crisis-2026
I fear the insanity we are seeing is directly proportional to the decreasing amount of good options our betters have left in the quiver. In other words desperation is driving the ship.
Trump boasting about front running markets. And for a modest fee you can join in the fun. I honestly believe in my heart EVERYTHING is cooked right now. This includes the stock market and job market alike. If that sounds crazy ask yourself this question; why wouldn’t they do it? Gives them a lot more control over the masses.
It’s one damn insane (or stupid) thing after another. I have been hit with a very troubling thought. In 2023 a movie was released with Obama’s fingerprints all over it. “Leave the World Behind” I didn’t like Obamas then and nothing has changed but I still couldn’t help but feel it was a warning. A warning as to what might happen when they run out of options.
Spoke to a Black lady friend the other day. Had always considered her a normie in a sense. She’s smart tho and keeps up. She had a soft spot for the O’s so I thought I might test her. I asked her without Google what comes to mind when I mention Obama and Movies? She immediately answered the title. The O’s have apparently been involved with 20 or so movies but that’s the one everyone knows. I asked her how she felt when she saw it. She said she thought it was a warning as well (no guidance from me) and went out bought some solar charging equipment.
Seriously, I was completely floored by this. I have a feeling Barry saw a playbook as to what might happen once our elite get low on options. That’s the ominous undertone that has been clawing at me for some time.
I remain of the view that the "Law of Supply and Demand" is inviolate. It is a law after all - all the paper in the world can't break it.
It is a matter of whether the open air markets are fair or not - and that is another matter entirely - and one easily compromised no doubt - as the evidence is in on that.
But the Law of Supply and Demand - it is like economics 101 - it is foundational - tis inviolate.
Fiat on the other hand often becomes worthless no doubt.
This is exactly why any smart individual be advised to have a "stash" of physical items of value in the homestead - cause who knows what happens when fiat burns - and burn it will if all faith and trust is lost.
So - get it while you can - while it is bottoming out maybe - or maybe not.
I mean - one would be amazed how far irrational behavior and prices can go - but still get it now and start accumulating a little stash - for the sake of your family and such.
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As a little side-note - just don't get "too much" otherwise - you become a target of those who realize items physical is where value truly resides.
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So a couple weeks ago on one of No1's articles I pondered how low can the price of oil go - and now it is heading upwards - and seems it is on a trajectory higher - cause pretty soon there is going to be a lack of supply.
Correct?
Same holds true for silver - why you think it ran up like it did - but then the "fiat players" played their cards - and now one wonders - will there ever be balance in supply in demand cause let me tell ya - you can't make fine solder connections without silver nor a mirror reflects back purely no matter how much fiat you use.
Oh maybe solder connections basically reliable can be made without silver - but seriously - if you want the "best" then demand silver. So a little detour here:
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Lead-free solder without silver, such as the Kester K100LD (SC100 alloy, 99.3% Tin/0.7% Copper), is a viable option for fine connections, though it requires higher temperatures (~390°C) compared to silver-bearing alternatives. While silver content in alloys like SAC305 improves reliability and reduces gold leaching on contacts, silver-free tin-copper alloys are less expensive and sufficient for general purposes when paired with proper flux and technique. For the finest work, such as surface-mount technology (SMT), ultra-fine wires or solder pastes are typically used, and while silver-containing pastes exist, many manufacturers successfully use non-silver eutectic Sn62 or Sn63 pastes for standard components.
Temperature: Silver-free tin-copper solders generally require higher heat (390°C) than silver-bearing solders (370–380°C).
Application: Silver is often added specifically to prevent tin from dissolving gold layers; for copper or nickel surfaces, silver-free alloys are standard and effective.
Quality: With adequate flux and proper tools, silver-free solder produces reliable connections comparable to silver-bearing variants for most electronic applications.
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But let me ask the "ai" a follow up question:
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Hope this shows up correctly - but here is the answer:
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what is the most conductive solder connection made of
Finished
The most conductive solder connection is made from pure silver or high-silver alloys, though practical applications often balance conductivity with cost and melting point.
Conductivity Hierarchy
Silver-based solders offer the highest electrical conductivity among standard soldering alloys. Pure silver has the highest conductivity of any metal (~106% IACS), and alloys with high silver content (such as 96.5% Tin / 3.5% Silver) approach this performance while maintaining a usable melting point (~221°C).
Pure Silver: Theoretically the most conductive, but rarely used as a standalone solder due to its very high melting point (961°C) and cost.
Tin-Silver (SnAg): Alloys like Sn96.5/Ag3.5 provide excellent conductivity (resistivity ~15 µΩ·cm) and are superior to lead-based options.
Indium: Pure indium offers higher conductivity (~15.6 × 10⁶ S/m) than tin (~9.1 × 10⁶ S/m) and is used in specialized low-temperature or cryogenic applications, though it is expensive.
Tin-Lead (SnPb): Traditional eutectic solder (63% Tin / 37% Lead) is highly conductive (resistivity ~15.88 µΩ·cm) but slightly less so than high-silver variants and is restricted in many regions due to toxicity.
Practical Considerations
While silver provides the peak conductivity, copper remains the standard conductor in electronics (100% IACS) because solder is only a thin interface layer. The joint's overall resistance is dominated by the copper wires and pads rather than the solder alloy itself. Consequently, lead-free Tin-Silver-Copper (SAC) alloys are the industry standard for high-performance, RoHS-compliant electronics, offering a near-optimal balance of conductivity, mechanical strength, and thermal reliability.
Don't forget to remind readers that for wire connections to common household appliances like inverters, charge controllers, batteries, etc., you do NOT want to use solder! Assuming you use pure copper wire ( not the cheap copper coated aluminum stuff), you want to use good copper lugs to prevent galvanic corrosion from dissimilar metals. And these connections should be made using a physical crimp. Not solder!
"FYI - on that video shared - I didn't share the "crimping" aspect of it, but rest assured I crimped it after the fate and put another sleave upon it - it is now - good to go!"
Exactly - and silver does tarnish - that is it weakness - but for some bizarre reason it remains the metal of kings no doubt!
Crimping you say....
When I set up the solar panels had to do some of that - can't find what I was looking for - but maybe this will be good info to share.
I mean silver is the metal of kings - even if it tarnishes but for most everyday purposes copper gets the job done - assuming it is crimped properly and such - and fact of the matter is alloys are used for solder - but silver really is the best metal out there for conducting electricity - and it is most reflective as well - silver is the metal of kings no doubt.
If you want the best most conductive metal - then silver is demanded. No wonder demand exceeds supply as the markets for these electronic products increases exponentially - and really tis known - silver is the most conductive and truly - PRECISION is demanded in fine electronic instruments - and no better metal for that than silver.
I believe the prices of oil, silver, gold, etc are artificially held down - by deplating reserves and by financial tricks - so when the game comes to the end, the collapse will be much bigger and stronger than if markets were now allowed to react to the crisis.
'They' are engineering a collapse so big and so complete, to make it more likely that everyone will be happy to surrender their sovereignty and any resources and houses they still own, for their solution to the collapse - digital controlled programmable currency and total surveillance - for some food and some material/financial security (as long as your social credit score is good enough).
And to engineer that, you need actors to implement and fuel the collapse, which you attract by enriching them through the process - cue in Trump and the rest of the Epstein class, and ongoing wars and destruction of production.
Also from a PM dude on You toob, again I think it was Francis Hunt regarding USA/COMEX s Gold leaving the system:
".....you've done it four, five months in a row. Single biggest product sale. Which is another reason why I say to the revaluation guys, why would America seek to revaluate....
when they are dumping it and selling it at record rates to China
unless they're trying to do a controlled demolition of America?
Unless they're trying to do
something destructive that ascends China at the cost of America because they're selling all the stuff they're going to be revaluing up immensely that's suddenly going to be worth a lot more.
Why would you do that? So there's there's so many narratives that need unpicking."
This makes a lot of sense. Jamie Dimon, BlackRock etc are Nation agnostic. Now they want (and are currently doing so) to scrape American's assets, and America's Assets, along with the whole world's Assets, in order to not have any leaks in their closed system. (Tokenized Water - just come into daylight - see UN...).
All of this is awful. EVERY Government is in it for themself- NOT for their people, voters, citizens, no allegiance, no judicial consequences, no Geneva convention considerations, just perpetual anarcho-terrorism & future destruction/ deconstruction. It’s like The Clash of the Titans- Sorry mortals!
Regarding the oil "glut", I read somewhere (maybe here?) that prices are being pushed down partly because in order to tempt tankers to take the risk and enter the Persian Gulf to buy it, gulf producers must sell at a discount. The market is misinterpreting this as a glut.
As for who controls the strait, I'd say that whoever needs to sneak through in the dead of night with their lights and transponder off, taking a route as far away from the Iranian coast as possible, is not the one in control...
The problem with oil is that the refineries around the world are running at max capacity so they can’t take any more oil which is limiting the price. Regarding silver, it’s not unusual after a parabolic spike for the price to retreat by 2/3. But it still in deficit and it’s a strategic metal needed by data centers, solar panels, and weapon systems. if it goes to 50 or below I’ll be backing up the truck to quote Benjamin Graham” in the short term the market is voting machine in the long-term It’s a weighing machine”
le prix n'est pas le prix
Meanwhile, refineries are earning more per barrel of oil input ("3-2-1 crack spread") than ever before, at least in America. Somehow the refineries are buying oil cheap and only raising the distillate prices modestly, because the ratio of gasoline prices to WTI is within historical norms.
Is the government engaged in shenanigans, supplying the refineries with heavy sour crude from the SPR at discounted prices?
Was Trump gambling that America's and China's oil reserves would be enough to make up the difference for the world economy before Iran reopened the Strait?
At some point, the loss of about one fifth of the world's crude oil supply will make its presence felt. But when? Here we are, mid July, and WTI is still acting as though all this will be resolved soon. When? SPR 250 million barrels? 200?
Strange times, indeed. This is like Atlas Shrugged levels of confusion. Ayn Rand (born Alisa Rosenbaum) is generally despicable, but her depiction of the chaos that even the best society can decline into is chilling. Frankly, mispricing is more worrisome than supply shortages: When trust is lost, society tears apart.
Or (wild and crazy thought, but it must be considered), there is MASSIVE demand destruction going on, worldwide in most everything. Great Depression 2 is inbound but only the market knows so far.
I don't know if I buy that either, but if the AI bust is real, then that takes away all the power needed, and all the copper and silver?
Or more likely the fictionalization of everything has just stolen the last useful function of the market. (setting the price)
I know and I considered that indeed. However, around me, I don't see that at all. Everything is still going on normally, I still see the same amount of people in the train, I don't hear any muttering of hardships. Which - if this massive demand destruction would be real - would for sure show up somewhere already...
What's wild and crazy about that thought? The whole Western economic system has become unhinged and lost its bearings (along with those of its national political systems). Who is willing to cross the strait of economic construction when all former anchoring points of economic and political reference have pulled entirely out of the ground?
Another wild and crazy thought -- what happens westward if China decides to restock its crude reserves again -- say, just before the US midterm elections?
Last graph I saw had China starting to restock. But it's only 1 data point, so I don't know...
I am glad I am not the only one confused. But, misery loves company.
I guess when everything is going wrong the only thing to do is speculate on the price of things that have actual tangible value.
THE US, ISRAEL AND THE EU ARE AT FAULT FOR ALL THE WAR AND AGGRESSION.
Because of them the world will be drawn into the worse war and destruction humanity has ever seen.
It’s not Russia’s fault that the US and Europe over threw the peaceful Ukrainian government in 2014 and then the neo-Nazi that took over attacked the Russian speaking people in Donbass and Lukansk killing more than 14.000 innocent men women and children in a genocidal way. Russia’s reaction was a peace deal that the Europeans and US refused to allow Ukraine to sign as if they were intent on waging war on Russia that it could not avoid.
It’s not Iran’s fault that Israel is conducting a land thief operation with the intention of stealing not just Palestinian land but Syrian and Lebanese land as well with the support and funding of the US. For decades Israel has been committing a brutal genocide against the Palestinians. A genocide where the Israelis’ specifically target children for death and starvation as well as commit rape and torture of prisoners. It’s not Iran’s fault that the Zionist murderers have control of the American government and use US money and weapons to conduct the genocide and use the American military power to attack Iran and murder it’s people also. Ironically, the government in Israel supports the neo-Nazi in Ukraine.
It’s not China’s fault that the US has surrounded it with deadly weapons and coerced Japan, Philippines and Taiwan into belligerence against China. The US constantly sells weapons to these countries to provoke hostility toward China and undermine it’s government. The US openly states that China is it’s greatest threat. Ironically, Taiwan was brutally occupied by the Japanese for 30 years before WWII.
https://substack.com/@wilrodx108853
The British hatred of all things Russian is pathological. I come from a British family, my father was a senior officer in NATO mobile command. As a teenager I was fascinated by the USSR - not by communism itself, but by the fact that they seemed so much like us, so why all the anger and confrontation? They were our allies after all. Long story short, my father saw a book I was using to learn Russian and was all, why the hell are you studying that? I mean he was genuinely annoyed which struck me as strange. Even if Russia is now our enemy it would still make sense to study their language to learn everything you can about them from an intelligence standpoint. He was after all, encouraging me to pursue a military career. I don't think that ever occurred to him though, it was just a knee-jerk reaction. Same thing when in 2016 I went to dinner with him and a friend of his who was the editor of a major English newspaper. The conversation inevitably turned towards Ukraine, and just like you I had all my ducks in a row, but it made no difference. Neither of them could see what was actually happening and it got fairly heated until the wives called for calm.
I've since distanced myself from all things British. I won't set foot in a place that considers me some kind of "subject" just because I was born there. Even burned my passport. There are of course good British people such as Roger Waters, but I fear at this point they're too small a minority to make any difference.
Whether in England or US the disparity in generational geopolitical views shows itself more strikingly within family. We can be grateful for that at least that something may be getting better.
Confusion ? Will be my Epitaph....
As I crawl, a cracked and broken path
If we make it, we can all sit back and laugh
But I fear tomorrow I'll be crying....
'Epitaph' song by King Crimson (21st Century Schizoid Man)
I personally am sad to report that the 'Crazy' times we live in, promulgated and expanded by the 'Empire of Chaos' - Pepe Escobar called it - makes no sense on purpose; by design. Chaos.
If the psychopathic cabal can't have it all = control all central banks/resources/denominate their currency/control all few remaining sovereign states, then they will destroy the whole system, as they cannot abide by another 'power'. With other payment rails. Beyond their fiddling. They are not quite ready to launch their new system, but by Zeus they will not allow another payment system other than Swift, or other NY/London/Brussels sanctioned DLT, distributed ledger technology. A centralized "decentralized" system. (Shhhhh don't say it is centralized... )
I think it was Francis Hunt, market sniper on utoob, stated a while ago that petrol prices go up when times are good economically, and they come down when hard times/inflation are happening. Keeps the proles from rebelling... . It took me a while to get this psychological approach (of the same crazy entities), but it seems true.
Sorry for the length but I think people here are creative and intelligent, and their are very very few people I can even discuss this with. I was looking up a patent pending for the DTCC and crypto (basically creating Root Wallets with some control or clawback powers inserted INTO Distributed Ledger Tech... for our safety of course) and I found a link to an X post, which I do not belong to, but got the verbage for. Very interesting and so far it proves to be a working thesis.
https://x.com/onechancefreedm/status/1915444724644635017
PS I have nothing to do with ^ this or any money making scheme. Good luck to us all mates.
Silver is currently being mined at a gold/silver ratio of 7:1. According to geologist, silver is running near peak production which should be noticeable in the next few years. So by 2029, peak silver will be known to the world. Unfortunately by then, most of the "pure" silver mines which are located in Mexico will have been fully taken over by the cartels which should make for some fun times.
If you don't like what is happening-wars, AI, data centers, surveillance state, economic collapse yada yada yada. NONE OF IT CAN HAPPEN without silver! So stop complaining, go find a local dealer and start stacking, there is a silver bullet for these times and it is made out of silver.
Oh by the way, rare earth metals have been a KNOWN issue since at least 2012 so it is the millionth example of the failure of deep state leadership that the sheep have been celebrating for decades.
From Meryl Nass MD https://merylnass.substack.com/p/2-things-having-and-treating-cyclosporiasis
After Pepe spoke eruditely for 30 minutes, he finally got to the bottom line: what does this all mean?
He says, and this makes sense to me too, that the only plausible explanation for what Trump is doing is that those who control Trump have a potential plan to bring on the Great Reset. And since they control how it will go down, they can profit as it happens.
Pepe says (my transcription):
“This is not a conspiracy theory. I heard this same possibility of discussion from well placed, anonymous sources. It is a calculated implosion of the global economy. ‘Let’s blow it all up.’ As our last measure, because it [things] won’t get better. Of course we can profit. We can zero out our foreign debt. We can restart all over again.’ So this would be the new meaning of the Great Reset. This is the only plausible, logical, rational explanation….”
I have a different take on this than Pepe, although I do respect his analysis. I’ve been hearing about The Great Reset (tm) since long before 9-11. One thing I’ve noticed in recent years is that no matter what alt-news site or alt-YT channel you tune in to, there’s always someone there promoting the idea. When you strip out the details, the common element seems to be that “they’re all in it together” - ‘they' being everyone from Putin to Xi to the Eurocrats, Bankers and the entire “Epstein Class” as they’re now known. In short, that Big Club that Carlin talked about. I’m not saying the Big Club doesn’t exist, but I would argue that it’s not nearly as big or as powerful as we’re led to believe.
I’m sure everyone is familiar with the 'Big Lie’ theory, and to me that’s what it seems like. A big lie meant to discourage us from engaging in any sort of political or social movement to counter the excesses of a ruling class that’s made some very bad miscalculations and is now in serious damage control mode. It’s easy enough to start false rumours - we’ve seen enough examples of that over the years, and now with AI it’s possible to fake all sorts of events. Unfortunately, a lot of people will take those lies and run with them as if they somehow explain what’s going on. It’s human nature to search for explanations of course, and whatever sounds plausible tends to get traction with the masses regardless of the lack of hard evidence. This is especially true today in the Internet age where a meme can spread like wildfire, or ‘go viral’ as they say. That definitely has not gone unnoticed by our elites and it works to their advantage to promote the idea that they’re in total control so you may as well just give up.
I don’t have any more evidence than the people promoting the theory, but I do have some background to draw on, going back to Robert Anton Wilson’s 1975 parody “Illuminatus” which a lot of people took seriously at the time, including a friend who became obsessed with the idea and saw evidence of it under every rock, none of which met any reasonable standard of evidence. Some of you probably remember the Discordian movement that grew out of that book. I followed that movement very closely at the time, and also the earlier work of Mae Brussel and later Art Bell. Umberto Eco (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foucault's_Pendulum) also had something to say on the subject. I guess you could call me a 'conspiracy analyst’ for want of a better term. I was fascinated by the effect the new media environment was having on people. Something I picked up from reading RAW, Marshal McLuhan and later on Alfred Korzybski.
To summarize, I believe we’re being fed a narrative that the world is heading in a certain direction according to some master plan, possibly of recent origin, possibly ancient, depending on which version you ascribe to. I also believe that any such plan is eventually doomed to fail for the simple reason that most seekers of power tend to be psychopaths. Not in the Hannibal Lecter meaning of the term, but the clinical definition - entirely devoid of empathy and morals and very clever at disguising themselves. These people, given their manipulative abilities, gather other psychopaths and sociopaths around them and form cabals similar to Mafia families that variously cooperate or fight one another, depending on circumstance. The reason they ultimately fail is simple enough. They overestimate their own abilities and overreach, which eventually destroys their plan whatever that might be. Even without the overreach their plans often fail simply because they have too many variables that can't be controlled.
Anyway, that’s my theory of the way the world operates. Kind of bleak I admit, but it at least holds out some hope that the powers that rule over us today will eventually meet the same fate as those who went before, and in that regard I have a lot of historical evidence to draw on.
I appreciate and share your rational take, ebear. You might find my take on the topic entertaining, as it echoes your own in many respects. https://decentralizedintelligence.substack.com/p/grand-worldview-theories
A fellow Conspiracy Analyst! Very interesting. Thanks & subscribed!
Not particularly bleak, nor do I particularly disagree, because different power centers are seeking to push somewhat different narratives.
If the decline from growth to contraction of real economy is baked-in, and all the players know it, they will seek to front-run it with their own control-narratives, most of which will be variations on "We're Under Attack!"
Today's post "Global Financial Reset 2026" opens with a short essay and a few supporting links. https://drjohnsblog.substack.com/p/global-financial-crisis-2026
Thanks, will read that later tonight.
The Great Taking - Official Trailer
3:59 min
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDrj7iDUly4&list=PL2Em9WNIK6m4sXSmiZFhTiTmZjR3Bw0B1
And the full version:
The Great Taking - Documentary
1:12 hr
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dk3AVceraTI&t=1s
That is addressed here, and is certainly part of what is about to go down. Take your money out of "Cede & Company" while you can and put it in something without so much counterparty risk... https://drjohnsblog.substack.com/p/global-financial-crisis-2026
I fear the insanity we are seeing is directly proportional to the decreasing amount of good options our betters have left in the quiver. In other words desperation is driving the ship.
Trump boasting about front running markets. And for a modest fee you can join in the fun. I honestly believe in my heart EVERYTHING is cooked right now. This includes the stock market and job market alike. If that sounds crazy ask yourself this question; why wouldn’t they do it? Gives them a lot more control over the masses.
It’s one damn insane (or stupid) thing after another. I have been hit with a very troubling thought. In 2023 a movie was released with Obama’s fingerprints all over it. “Leave the World Behind” I didn’t like Obamas then and nothing has changed but I still couldn’t help but feel it was a warning. A warning as to what might happen when they run out of options.
Spoke to a Black lady friend the other day. Had always considered her a normie in a sense. She’s smart tho and keeps up. She had a soft spot for the O’s so I thought I might test her. I asked her without Google what comes to mind when I mention Obama and Movies? She immediately answered the title. The O’s have apparently been involved with 20 or so movies but that’s the one everyone knows. I asked her how she felt when she saw it. She said she thought it was a warning as well (no guidance from me) and went out bought some solar charging equipment.
Seriously, I was completely floored by this. I have a feeling Barry saw a playbook as to what might happen once our elite get low on options. That’s the ominous undertone that has been clawing at me for some time.
So, if you needed a movie to watch there ya go.
You are onto something! The only question is, are they framing this as inevitable? Ultimate propaganda.
I remain of the view that the "Law of Supply and Demand" is inviolate. It is a law after all - all the paper in the world can't break it.
It is a matter of whether the open air markets are fair or not - and that is another matter entirely - and one easily compromised no doubt - as the evidence is in on that.
But the Law of Supply and Demand - it is like economics 101 - it is foundational - tis inviolate.
Fiat on the other hand often becomes worthless no doubt.
This is exactly why any smart individual be advised to have a "stash" of physical items of value in the homestead - cause who knows what happens when fiat burns - and burn it will if all faith and trust is lost.
So - get it while you can - while it is bottoming out maybe - or maybe not.
I mean - one would be amazed how far irrational behavior and prices can go - but still get it now and start accumulating a little stash - for the sake of your family and such.
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As a little side-note - just don't get "too much" otherwise - you become a target of those who realize items physical is where value truly resides.
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So a couple weeks ago on one of No1's articles I pondered how low can the price of oil go - and now it is heading upwards - and seems it is on a trajectory higher - cause pretty soon there is going to be a lack of supply.
Correct?
Same holds true for silver - why you think it ran up like it did - but then the "fiat players" played their cards - and now one wonders - will there ever be balance in supply in demand cause let me tell ya - you can't make fine solder connections without silver nor a mirror reflects back purely no matter how much fiat you use.
duh.
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Oh maybe solder connections basically reliable can be made without silver - but seriously - if you want the "best" then demand silver. So a little detour here:
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Lead-free solder without silver, such as the Kester K100LD (SC100 alloy, 99.3% Tin/0.7% Copper), is a viable option for fine connections, though it requires higher temperatures (~390°C) compared to silver-bearing alternatives. While silver content in alloys like SAC305 improves reliability and reduces gold leaching on contacts, silver-free tin-copper alloys are less expensive and sufficient for general purposes when paired with proper flux and technique. For the finest work, such as surface-mount technology (SMT), ultra-fine wires or solder pastes are typically used, and while silver-containing pastes exist, many manufacturers successfully use non-silver eutectic Sn62 or Sn63 pastes for standard components.
Alloy Composition: SC100 (Sn99.3/Cu0.7) lacks silver, whereas SAC305 (Sn96.5/Ag3.0/Cu0.5) contains 3% silver.
Temperature: Silver-free tin-copper solders generally require higher heat (390°C) than silver-bearing solders (370–380°C).
Application: Silver is often added specifically to prevent tin from dissolving gold layers; for copper or nickel surfaces, silver-free alloys are standard and effective.
Quality: With adequate flux and proper tools, silver-free solder produces reliable connections comparable to silver-bearing variants for most electronic applications.
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But let me ask the "ai" a follow up question:
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Hope this shows up correctly - but here is the answer:
~ the question:
what is the most conductive solder connection made of
Finished
The most conductive solder connection is made from pure silver or high-silver alloys, though practical applications often balance conductivity with cost and melting point.
Conductivity Hierarchy
Silver-based solders offer the highest electrical conductivity among standard soldering alloys. Pure silver has the highest conductivity of any metal (~106% IACS), and alloys with high silver content (such as 96.5% Tin / 3.5% Silver) approach this performance while maintaining a usable melting point (~221°C).
Pure Silver: Theoretically the most conductive, but rarely used as a standalone solder due to its very high melting point (961°C) and cost.
Tin-Silver (SnAg): Alloys like Sn96.5/Ag3.5 provide excellent conductivity (resistivity ~15 µΩ·cm) and are superior to lead-based options.
Indium: Pure indium offers higher conductivity (~15.6 × 10⁶ S/m) than tin (~9.1 × 10⁶ S/m) and is used in specialized low-temperature or cryogenic applications, though it is expensive.
Tin-Lead (SnPb): Traditional eutectic solder (63% Tin / 37% Lead) is highly conductive (resistivity ~15.88 µΩ·cm) but slightly less so than high-silver variants and is restricted in many regions due to toxicity.
Practical Considerations
While silver provides the peak conductivity, copper remains the standard conductor in electronics (100% IACS) because solder is only a thin interface layer. The joint's overall resistance is dominated by the copper wires and pads rather than the solder alloy itself. Consequently, lead-free Tin-Silver-Copper (SAC) alloys are the industry standard for high-performance, RoHS-compliant electronics, offering a near-optimal balance of conductivity, mechanical strength, and thermal reliability.
Don't forget to remind readers that for wire connections to common household appliances like inverters, charge controllers, batteries, etc., you do NOT want to use solder! Assuming you use pure copper wire ( not the cheap copper coated aluminum stuff), you want to use good copper lugs to prevent galvanic corrosion from dissimilar metals. And these connections should be made using a physical crimp. Not solder!
I found it - I know I made a mistake but I fixed it later - it shows a "crimping" video.
Scroll down a bit - and there is a video in it - starts after the text:
A video I share on April 2. 4226 1510
I ain't kidding around.
https://buffaloken.substack.com/p/2026-garden-ambitions-9-33126-1439
"FYI - on that video shared - I didn't share the "crimping" aspect of it, but rest assured I crimped it after the fate and put another sleave upon it - it is now - good to go!"
Exactly - and silver does tarnish - that is it weakness - but for some bizarre reason it remains the metal of kings no doubt!
Crimping you say....
When I set up the solar panels had to do some of that - can't find what I was looking for - but maybe this will be good info to share.
I mean silver is the metal of kings - even if it tarnishes but for most everyday purposes copper gets the job done - assuming it is crimped properly and such - and fact of the matter is alloys are used for solder - but silver really is the best metal out there for conducting electricity - and it is most reflective as well - silver is the metal of kings no doubt.
https://buffaloken.substack.com/p/a-solar-panel-journey
If you want the best most conductive metal - then silver is demanded. No wonder demand exceeds supply as the markets for these electronic products increases exponentially - and really tis known - silver is the most conductive and truly - PRECISION is demanded in fine electronic instruments - and no better metal for that than silver.
DUH.
Supply and Demand.
I believe the prices of oil, silver, gold, etc are artificially held down - by deplating reserves and by financial tricks - so when the game comes to the end, the collapse will be much bigger and stronger than if markets were now allowed to react to the crisis.
'They' are engineering a collapse so big and so complete, to make it more likely that everyone will be happy to surrender their sovereignty and any resources and houses they still own, for their solution to the collapse - digital controlled programmable currency and total surveillance - for some food and some material/financial security (as long as your social credit score is good enough).
And to engineer that, you need actors to implement and fuel the collapse, which you attract by enriching them through the process - cue in Trump and the rest of the Epstein class, and ongoing wars and destruction of production.
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Also from a PM dude on You toob, again I think it was Francis Hunt regarding USA/COMEX s Gold leaving the system:
".....you've done it four, five months in a row. Single biggest product sale. Which is another reason why I say to the revaluation guys, why would America seek to revaluate....
when they are dumping it and selling it at record rates to China
unless they're trying to do a controlled demolition of America?
Unless they're trying to do
something destructive that ascends China at the cost of America because they're selling all the stuff they're going to be revaluing up immensely that's suddenly going to be worth a lot more.
Why would you do that? So there's there's so many narratives that need unpicking."
This makes a lot of sense. Jamie Dimon, BlackRock etc are Nation agnostic. Now they want (and are currently doing so) to scrape American's assets, and America's Assets, along with the whole world's Assets, in order to not have any leaks in their closed system. (Tokenized Water - just come into daylight - see UN...).
All of this is awful. EVERY Government is in it for themself- NOT for their people, voters, citizens, no allegiance, no judicial consequences, no Geneva convention considerations, just perpetual anarcho-terrorism & future destruction/ deconstruction. It’s like The Clash of the Titans- Sorry mortals!
Pretty "amusing"...as always, great! TY!
Unfortunately we get to know what we'd rather not...and cannot forget...and can do nothing about...
Regarding the oil "glut", I read somewhere (maybe here?) that prices are being pushed down partly because in order to tempt tankers to take the risk and enter the Persian Gulf to buy it, gulf producers must sell at a discount. The market is misinterpreting this as a glut.
As for who controls the strait, I'd say that whoever needs to sneak through in the dead of night with their lights and transponder off, taking a route as far away from the Iranian coast as possible, is not the one in control...
The problem with oil is that the refineries around the world are running at max capacity so they can’t take any more oil which is limiting the price. Regarding silver, it’s not unusual after a parabolic spike for the price to retreat by 2/3. But it still in deficit and it’s a strategic metal needed by data centers, solar panels, and weapon systems. if it goes to 50 or below I’ll be backing up the truck to quote Benjamin Graham” in the short term the market is voting machine in the long-term It’s a weighing machine”
Excellent in-depth summary of the broken price mechanisms in financial markets, No1! I recently did a thought experiment on the same topic. You may find it entertaining. https://wavetech.substack.com/p/the-future-looks-bright-at-first
Great minds think alike!
Nothing makes any sense anymore...