Episode #17 of The Wake-Up Call: Foaming the Runway

When a plane is coming into an airport and it's lost its ability to drop or lower its landing gear, emergency teams will foam the runway so that the plane lands and skids into a big pile of foam. That way, if any fires erupt, it's already pre-foamed and maybe keeps the fire hazard down. So when you're expecting something bad to happen, you foam the runway.

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Investing When Nothing Matters and Anything Goes

We've entered a New Normal for US equity markets where fundamentals no longer seem to matter. Nor the reality of a a global disruption in energy and raw and intermediate products such as sulfur, aluminum, urea, helium, and ammonia.

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Iran Threatens Red Sea as Bessent Slams China for Protecting Itself, Russia Offers Energy Lifeline

Today's Digest covers China tensions, Iran Red Sea threats, Russia warnings, German drone deals, lubricant shortages, IMF Treasury risks, Pentagon auto-munitions talks, Russian energy pledges, Australian refinery fire, EU grid woes, and FISA renewal.

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Italy Suspends Israel Defense Pact, Virginia Joins Unconstitutional Pact to Bypass Electoral College

Today's Digest covers Italy-Israel defense pact suspension, Virginia vote/gun bills, US Hormuz blockade, Ukraine robots, Iran crypto, SEC trading rules, Anthropic AI, robot training, Japan AI bias, and unvaccinated blood.

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Episode #16 of The Wake-Up Call: The Abstractionists vs. The Realists

I'm struck by how control has shifted from physical slavery to a more subtle system of debt, where people trade decades of work to repay money created with just a few clicks. With debt growing exponentially and real-world limits tightening, this system looks increasingly unsustainable. And a veiled power struggle is underway over what replaces it.

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Warning: US Petroleum Inventories Are Being Raided

The US is a net IMPORTER of crude oil. Yet Trump has promised to sell the world as much as it wants. Eventually the world will wake up to the truth. This content gets you there first.

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The Iran Blockade Begins, Robot Dogs Patrol Atlanta, and California Targets Investigative Journalism

Today's Digest covers UK fuel thefts amid US-Iran crisis, nuclear talks, Hormuz blockade, YouTube pro-Iran channel ban, Atlanta robot dogs, California "Stop Nick Shirley Act," grad underemployment, and HK stablecoin licenses.

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The Fat Pipe: “Weekend Trump”, The Oil + Supply Troubles Are Just Beginning, “”Markets,”” Nothing But Trouble, AI Stealing Jobs, & Ireland Erupts

Whether or not Trump's latest gyration of threats will bring Iran to its knees (unlikely, IMO) the fact remains; the oil/LNG and other commodity shocks will be with us for a very long time.

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US Blockades Iran, Orbán’s Party Crushed in Major Upset, Irish Protests Move Towards Full Shutdown

Today's Digest covers Trump's Iran port blockade and oil spike, Erdoğan's Israel threat, Hungarian Fidesz election loss, Ireland's fuel relief amid protests, pro-Iran AI "slopaganda" videos, and Finnish gender study on psychiatric risks.

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No Peace: US Ships Move Into the Strait, Aluminum Force Majeure, and a US Tax Revolt?

Today's Digest covers failed US-Iran talks, Hormuz naval moves, Pakistani jets in Saudi Arabia, Turkish rebuke of Netanyahu, oil traffic, aluminum force majeure, dollar drop, quantum Bitcoin proposal, and US tax revolt.

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Vance Starts Iran Talks as Hormuz Stays Mostly Closed and Selective Service Eyes Auto-Registration

Today's Digest covers U.S.-Iran Pakistan talks, Hormuz mines, Iran hacks on U.S. infrastructure, North Korea tests, Gulf energy damage, Irish fuel protests, EV surge, draft registration, FBI Signal recovery, CIA AI, Anthropic concerns, and Albertan independence.

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Good News Friday: Melania Calls for Epstein Hearings, Netanyahu’s Trial Resumes, BYD Charges in 9 Minutes

Israel-Iran truce & Netanyahu trial; Hutchinson perjury probe; library LGBT book firing; MO anti-UN law; Title IX gender reversals; CO voter purges; NJ nuclear lift; superhydrides; BYD fast-charge; Epstein hearings; CDC vax rates; ID anti-tracking.

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Are Markets Providing Signal or Noise?

Time for our weekly Finance U episode with Paul Kiker. The "markets" are operating as if the largest energy shock in world history weren't already unfolding and compounding by the day.

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Israel Strikes Lebanon Hours After Ceasefire (254 Killed), Polling Replaces Real People with AI

Today's Digest covers Israeli strikes on Lebanon post U.S.-Iran ceasefire, NATO shifts, China's drones & hack, Trump nuclear options, AI polling, UK disinformation center, S&P trade, digital yuan, Epstein files, and Irish protests.

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US-Iran Reach Fragile 2-Week Ceasefire as Israel Rejects Lebanon’s Inclusion and MAGA Critics Blast Trump

Today's Digest covers the US-Iran 2-week ceasefire, MAGA criticism and falling polls, petrochemical disruptions, US stagflation, Taiwan's China peace visit, Anthropic AI escape, US data center restrictions, and Canada's gun collection.

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