By increasing the size of his military, Putin is gearing up for the Spring Offensive to take it all the way to Kiev and Odesa. Zelensky is about to FAFO.
Russia has been holding back for a long time. Now he is going to get serious. This will bring Ukraine to its knees. About time. We should be ashamed since it was Biden who said Ukraine was going to get into NATO.
They already have 1.5 million under arms. There has not been a conscription since Sept 2022--thousands have voluntarily joined up every month. These are meticulously trained over a long period of time, not just thrown into the trenches with or without an AK.
If they are calling up more men, it is because we have threatened to bomb the daylights out of Iran. Russia does not want Iran to have a nuclear weapon either (apparently Iran does not--although maybe they should, considering what happened to Gaddafi when he voluntarily gave up Libya's weapons), but Russia will not tolerate us destroying Iran.
Dont blame Putin. The Western Private Central Bankers can only keep their system alive by continuing to inflate by means of WAR. We all know this. When has there ever been the absence of war anywhere since the FED was created in 1913? As Investors we need to try to benefit for what they do until they are gone.
I am thinking that maybe this increase in Russia's military isn't meant for Ukraine, but for helping Iran and Yemen. That would make more sense to me.
I think this whole escalation with Iran might really go places. Iran isn't going to sit idly by forever and strength, coming by way of support from Russia and China, will make the US and Israel look like the Podunk.
I heard very recently (Can't remember the specific source) that Russia was planning on sending troops along it's entire border with Ukraine, so all will be covered. This decision seems reasonable now that England and France are embedding their troops in Ukrainian forces. This is expanding now into a war between NATO and Russia directly, no longer with Ukraine as proxy.
Expanding troops all along the border, also, may accelerate the progress to the border along the Denieper (spelling?) river, the natural border between East and West Ukraine. Once this border is reached, Russia is likely to negotiate peace. Michael Yon mentioned in a recent interview that those borders that fall along natural ethnic lines prove to be the most stable. This may be Putin's objective, as he mentions often wanting to get to the roots of the conflict and create a stable solution.
Listened to a fascinating interview with a Russian soldier/officer who describes well the reasons why progress in this regard has been so slow, dealing with the flat nature of the natural landscape and only strips of trees between fields to provide cover for troops, making it very difficult to progress durning the day where their movement can be easily seen. The whole interview is well worth listening to: https://www.brighteon.com/39e28692-f44c-4488-a2f3-a8a662fe03cb
It appears to be the hope on the part of UK and France, that if their soldiers are killed by Russian forces, this may bring more of the EU into an open war with Russia. Article 5? Russia may be expanding its forces now, too, in anticipation of this broader war.
If these foreign troops are where they should not be... On loan to Ukraine then no article 5 will count. Russia has not attacked any NATO countries... Yet... But keep pushing Pandora and you will find out..
We will reap what we sow. As a Trump voter I’m embarrassed. Stealing the Russian reserves was the Coup de Grace of the once trustworthy (?) USA. Trump will be???- fill in the adjective.
The United States is reportedly looking into the possibility of seizing some 300 billion dollars in frozen Russian assets. The Biden administration is exploring the idea as future US funding remains caught up in a domestic budget dispute.
Obviously, 🙄, but still carrying the Biden’s water forward along with Gaza genocide, now bombing Yemen, threatening Iran with strikes, et al..
What happened to the Nobel peace prize quest? He should be working with BRICS to resolve trade issues- not trying to continue hegemonic aspirations. Those days are over, especially with the Russian theft by Biden.
He talks about holding cards, but he only holds aces and eights if he continues with war, threats of war, sanctions, etc.. Sadly, he is destroying his presidency just as he gets started. I had great hopes for the administration, but fear they will be targets with demonstrations and riots- even by some of his supporters. The left will stop at nothing and he is handing them the club.
His mandate is the country not foreign more foreign wars.
For 2,000 years, gold has held value while fiat currencies—like Rome’s denarius or Weimar’s mark—collapsed. Bretton Woods ended gold-backed money in 1971, but gold remains the benchmark. The Fed’s money printing—M2 jumping from $8T (2008) to $21T (2022)—didn’t kill the dollar globally, but it crushed the middle class. Rents in NYC, Charleston, and CT surged 45-55% in four years, while wages crawled up 20%. CPI at 2.8%? Fiction. Food’s up 30%, essentials are skyrocketing, and hedonic adjustments hide the pain. The Fed can print without collapse, but real-world inflation proves who pays the price.
The Fed’s Real Priorities
Bernanke’s “Helicopter Ben” joke became reality—$4T in QE saved banks, not homeowners. Powell’s no different: SVB, Signature, First Republic failed in 2023, and the Fed quietly backstopped them with $400B. “Too big to fail” never left; it just got quieter. Now, with $1T in commercial real estate exposure, banks like JPMorgan and Wells Fargo brace for impact. Meanwhile, Fed losses top $100B a year, QT is stalling, and inflation isn’t 2.8% when your grocery bill is up 40%. The pattern? Banks get saved—people get squeezed.
Why Smart Money Buys Gold
Gold at $3,112 isn’t a fluke. Central banks bought 1,500 tons (2022-24), and top investors—Dalio, Tudor Jones, Druckenmiller—see the playbook repeating. In 1933, FDR confiscated gold, then revalued it up 69% to devalue the dollar. In 1971, Nixon ditched gold, and silver exploded 50x as inflation hit 13%. Buffett holds $277B in cash, avoiding Fed bonds, while Dalio bets on gold, not trust. These aren’t gold bugs—they’re reading history.
The Fed Survives—People Struggle
The Fed’s not broke—it prints at will. But its bailouts and inflation tax the middle class hardest. Your apartments are a hedge—real assets win when fiat fades—but tenants won’t stomach 55% rent hikes forever. Gold? A hedge against what’s coming. The dollar holds (for now), but if trust cracks, today’s $3,112 gold could look cheap. The game’s rigged—smart money knows it. So should you.
Zelensky and the EU want a forever war. what is Putin supposed to do?
Hopefully end it. FTS I am tired.
ya FTS!
the worst crop of world 'leaders" ever assembled, bunch of clowns or simply employees of the "stop it!" crew!
So do the bankers.
If he gets out of Ukraine the war is over. Wouldn’t even got started in the first place if he didn’t crossed the border.
American soldiers are about to DIE FACE DOWN IN THE SANDS OF IRAN begging for their mommies as they are GENOCIDED! 👍 😃
Those dummies are about to be trump's willing Guinea Pigs going STRAIGHT to the SLAUGHTER! 🤣 🤣 🤣
By increasing the size of his military, Putin is gearing up for the Spring Offensive to take it all the way to Kiev and Odesa. Zelensky is about to FAFO.
wonder if z man gets to pick his preferred tree or one is selected for him...
Russia has been holding back for a long time. Now he is going to get serious. This will bring Ukraine to its knees. About time. We should be ashamed since it was Biden who said Ukraine was going to get into NATO.
Holding back? They move in with donkeys nowadays. Hè tried and families misserebly.
They already have 1.5 million under arms. There has not been a conscription since Sept 2022--thousands have voluntarily joined up every month. These are meticulously trained over a long period of time, not just thrown into the trenches with or without an AK.
If they are calling up more men, it is because we have threatened to bomb the daylights out of Iran. Russia does not want Iran to have a nuclear weapon either (apparently Iran does not--although maybe they should, considering what happened to Gaddafi when he voluntarily gave up Libya's weapons), but Russia will not tolerate us destroying Iran.
Trump had a chance..but Russia could see he wasn't serious
Dont blame Putin. The Western Private Central Bankers can only keep their system alive by continuing to inflate by means of WAR. We all know this. When has there ever been the absence of war anywhere since the FED was created in 1913? As Investors we need to try to benefit for what they do until they are gone.
He's moving forward
I am thinking that maybe this increase in Russia's military isn't meant for Ukraine, but for helping Iran and Yemen. That would make more sense to me.
I think this whole escalation with Iran might really go places. Iran isn't going to sit idly by forever and strength, coming by way of support from Russia and China, will make the US and Israel look like the Podunk.
I heard very recently (Can't remember the specific source) that Russia was planning on sending troops along it's entire border with Ukraine, so all will be covered. This decision seems reasonable now that England and France are embedding their troops in Ukrainian forces. This is expanding now into a war between NATO and Russia directly, no longer with Ukraine as proxy.
Expanding troops all along the border, also, may accelerate the progress to the border along the Denieper (spelling?) river, the natural border between East and West Ukraine. Once this border is reached, Russia is likely to negotiate peace. Michael Yon mentioned in a recent interview that those borders that fall along natural ethnic lines prove to be the most stable. This may be Putin's objective, as he mentions often wanting to get to the roots of the conflict and create a stable solution.
Listened to a fascinating interview with a Russian soldier/officer who describes well the reasons why progress in this regard has been so slow, dealing with the flat nature of the natural landscape and only strips of trees between fields to provide cover for troops, making it very difficult to progress durning the day where their movement can be easily seen. The whole interview is well worth listening to: https://www.brighteon.com/39e28692-f44c-4488-a2f3-a8a662fe03cb
It appears to be the hope on the part of UK and France, that if their soldiers are killed by Russian forces, this may bring more of the EU into an open war with Russia. Article 5? Russia may be expanding its forces now, too, in anticipation of this broader war.
If these foreign troops are where they should not be... On loan to Ukraine then no article 5 will count. Russia has not attacked any NATO countries... Yet... But keep pushing Pandora and you will find out..
He must do this as the European Union and the USA are threatening Russia more.
We will reap what we sow. As a Trump voter I’m embarrassed. Stealing the Russian reserves was the Coup de Grace of the once trustworthy (?) USA. Trump will be???- fill in the adjective.
It wasn't Trump that stole the Rubles . . .
It happened on his watch, so it was trump.
I thought this began under Biden ?
The United States is reportedly looking into the possibility of seizing some 300 billion dollars in frozen Russian assets. The Biden administration is exploring the idea as future US funding remains caught up in a domestic budget dispute.
Obviously, 🙄, but still carrying the Biden’s water forward along with Gaza genocide, now bombing Yemen, threatening Iran with strikes, et al..
What happened to the Nobel peace prize quest? He should be working with BRICS to resolve trade issues- not trying to continue hegemonic aspirations. Those days are over, especially with the Russian theft by Biden.
He talks about holding cards, but he only holds aces and eights if he continues with war, threats of war, sanctions, etc.. Sadly, he is destroying his presidency just as he gets started. I had great hopes for the administration, but fear they will be targets with demonstrations and riots- even by some of his supporters. The left will stop at nothing and he is handing them the club.
His mandate is the country not foreign more foreign wars.
GOOD! Maybe NATO will get the point and get out of Israel and Ukraine!! NATO STARTED IT ALL!!
When no options people are against the powers that bee, time for WAR let's drop bombs!!
Gold, Fiat, and Inflation: The Real Story
For 2,000 years, gold has held value while fiat currencies—like Rome’s denarius or Weimar’s mark—collapsed. Bretton Woods ended gold-backed money in 1971, but gold remains the benchmark. The Fed’s money printing—M2 jumping from $8T (2008) to $21T (2022)—didn’t kill the dollar globally, but it crushed the middle class. Rents in NYC, Charleston, and CT surged 45-55% in four years, while wages crawled up 20%. CPI at 2.8%? Fiction. Food’s up 30%, essentials are skyrocketing, and hedonic adjustments hide the pain. The Fed can print without collapse, but real-world inflation proves who pays the price.
The Fed’s Real Priorities
Bernanke’s “Helicopter Ben” joke became reality—$4T in QE saved banks, not homeowners. Powell’s no different: SVB, Signature, First Republic failed in 2023, and the Fed quietly backstopped them with $400B. “Too big to fail” never left; it just got quieter. Now, with $1T in commercial real estate exposure, banks like JPMorgan and Wells Fargo brace for impact. Meanwhile, Fed losses top $100B a year, QT is stalling, and inflation isn’t 2.8% when your grocery bill is up 40%. The pattern? Banks get saved—people get squeezed.
Why Smart Money Buys Gold
Gold at $3,112 isn’t a fluke. Central banks bought 1,500 tons (2022-24), and top investors—Dalio, Tudor Jones, Druckenmiller—see the playbook repeating. In 1933, FDR confiscated gold, then revalued it up 69% to devalue the dollar. In 1971, Nixon ditched gold, and silver exploded 50x as inflation hit 13%. Buffett holds $277B in cash, avoiding Fed bonds, while Dalio bets on gold, not trust. These aren’t gold bugs—they’re reading history.
The Fed Survives—People Struggle
The Fed’s not broke—it prints at will. But its bailouts and inflation tax the middle class hardest. Your apartments are a hedge—real assets win when fiat fades—but tenants won’t stomach 55% rent hikes forever. Gold? A hedge against what’s coming. The dollar holds (for now), but if trust cracks, today’s $3,112 gold could look cheap. The game’s rigged—smart money knows it. So should you.
Elon is openly saying the Fed must go. Maybe he is the smartest guy in the world.
The system rigged for super wealthy people its amazing fraud...
those troops will get canceled just like the prior 916,000 just like them. you would fight to be free from poohtin too or is it putler?