GDX:GLD

Linear, diesel hurting the bottom line and higher interest rates coming attract the savers. Congrats to Sir Farmer , took some flack and now sitting back….

No Thanks

A two-week-old baby was hospitalized at Wolfson Medical Center with a severe herpes infection after contracting the virus during a brit milah (Jewish ritual circumcision) that involved direct oral suction.  Is this why they push the herpes vax for newborns……

https://t.co/CQBp6my2qI

AND ANOTHER ONE

Report: Kamil Muti? Doust, one of the leaders of the IRGC Quds Force, has been killed.

https://x.com/Osint613/status/2034650947729727676

FROZEN ASSETS

Treasury Sec. Scott Bessent just revealed MAJOR DEFECTIONS are happening to the Iranian regime, and he’s watching their bank accounts

Treasury Sec. Scott Bessent just revealed the Iranian regime is FLOODING MONEY out of the country

“The regime will probably COLLAPSE within itself!”

“We are seeing the defections at ALL levels. They sense what’s going on…we seen where they wired their money out. We’re coming for that, and will get it BACK to the Iranian people

“We’re starting to see defections at Treasury. We now know where the Iranian leadership bank accounts are, and those are being frozen.”

“And we will hold them and see who comes forward in terms of defections!” ??

“We’re back to the stuff of Baghdad Bob! The regime is in collapse, and the people are starting to turn against them!”

“We’re starting to see defections throughout the regime, and that’s how this ends.”

“Kharg Island…if you’re an oil worker, you don’t want to work there. So all the oil workers that are being coerced to stay there, and we will see what happens with whether that eventually becomes a U.S. asset!”
@RapidResponse47

https://x.com/EricLDaugh/status/2034613396167905564

TIME FOR A TRADE

WE WILL GIVE YOU RAND PAUL TUCKER CARLESON AND MARJORIE TAILOR GREEN FOR JOHN FETTERMAN AND FUTURE CONSIDERATIONS

BREAKING: Markwayne Mullin’s nomination as Trump DHS Secretary was just APPROVED by the Senate Homeland Security committee, 8-7

Democrat YEA vote: John Fetterman (PA)
Republican NAY vote: Rand Paul (KY)

Time for a SWIFT Senate confirmation

WHERE THERE’S KURDS THERE’S A WHEY

The Kurdistan Freedom Party (PAK) released a footage urging Kurdish forces to unite against Iran. The fighter shown appears armed with a US-made 5.56×45?mm FN/Colt M4A1 carbine

https://x.com/Osint613/status/2034615692889104666

Iran floats Hormuz transit tolls as Persian Gulf states warn of military response

Iran is considering charging transit fees on ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz, a lawmaker said on Thursday, as officials in Tehran stepped up rhetoric over the strategic waterway after this week’s attacks on energy sites in the Persian Gulf.

Somayeh Rafiei said lawmakers are pursuing a bill under which countries using the strait for shipping, energy transit and food supplies would be required to pay tolls and taxes to Iran, framing it as compensation for providing security along the route.

She also said countries should pay what she described as a security tax in return for Iran maintaining regional security.

https://www.iranintl.com/en/202603196781

 

I am shocked that ANYONE would claim to be an official in Tehran — analagous to signing up for MAID in Canada.

FROM A TOP TIER POLSTER

BREAKING: New poll finds Republican voters OVERWHELMINGLY support President Trump’s Operation Epic Fury, 83%-9% — JL Partners

“Whose foreign policy do you trust more: Trump, or Tucker Carlson and Megyn Kelly?”
Trump: 84% (+78)
Carlson/Kelly: 6%

5 European powers and Japan condemn Iran’s closure of Hormuz – The Times of Israel

The leaders of six democratic countries — United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and Japan — release a joint statement condemning Iran’s closure of the Strait of Hormuz.

“We condemn in the strongest terms recent attacks by Iran on unarmed commercial vessels in the Gulf, attacks on civilian infrastructure, including oil and gas installations, and the de facto closure of the Strait of Hormuz by Iranian forces,” say the world leaders.

They do not commit to sending military forces, but do “express our readiness to contribute to appropriate efforts to ensure safe passage through the Strait.”

https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/5-european-powers-and-japan-condemn-irans-closure-of-hormuz/

FUCK TUCKER CARLSON / JOE KENT ET AL

JUST IN: In a devastating moment for the Democrats, CIA Director John Ratcliffe TESTIFIES UNDER OATH that Iran —

1. Was developing a nuclear weapon prior to Operation Midnight Hammer and committed to continuing development before Epic Fury
2. Would have the ability to develop missiles that can reach the US homeland if left unchecked

Trump vindicated.
@RapidResponse47

https://x.com/EricLDaugh/status/2034638207426458095

ART>>>>DEAL

BREAKING: After pressure from President Trump, six American allies just PLEDGED SUPPORT to secure the Strait of Hormuz shipping lanes

“That’s COUNTER to what they previously said!”

They are: Japan, Britain, France, Germany, Italy, and the Netherlands

https://x.com/EricLDaugh/status/2034648237689164027

Ilhan Omar’s original last name was Elmi before it was changed. This evidence was available, but the Obama Justice Department refused to investigate.

Her brother, Ahmed Nur Said Elmi, and their father, Nur Said Elmi (also known as Nur Omar), used multiple names across different countries. Part of the family fled to the United Kingdom, while Ilhan Omar and others entered the United States under their father’s assumed name, “Omar.”

These name changes and split identities were used to conceal the father’s true war crimes and identity.

https://x.com/RepOfSomaliland/status/2034435436874170758

 

Quite the series of articles — should be easy for DOJ to verify if these are original documents  (if there was a desire to do so)! Also should be easy to verify the claim of war crimes by the father……….

Qatar, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Türkiye and the UAE issued a joint statement calling on Iran “to immediately halt its attacks” after holding a meeting in Riyadh.

https://x.com/AJEnglish/status/2034534685422821414

Treasury Sec. Scott Bessent just announced plans to use Iran’s own oil AGAINST THEM

The strategy: un-sanction 140 million Iranian barrels already on the water, and UNLEASH 10-14 days of supply

“We’d be using the Iranian barrels AGAINST the Iranians to keep the price down for the next 10 or 14 days, as we continue this campaign. So, we have lots of levers!”

https://x.com/EricLDaugh/status/2034617461887119544

2 minutes

Sentiment…in the toilet.

There is some space between here and zero, but not much.

Horvat xau

Silver at an interesting point….

Matching the level of the second plunge in early February.  Will the line hold?  We are going to find out.

Don D’s midweek recap.

Mid-Week Macro

Gold dropped $150 today to $4847. It is now down 13% from its ATH. Silver is at $76 and dow 36% from its ATH. The HUI is at 753 and down 22% from its ATH. The S&P 500 is at 6624 and down 5% from its ATH. Iran is causing havoc. As I have been saying, we can expect a correction in gold below $4800, and that silver and the HUI would follow gold.

My guess is that gold crashed today from countries impacted by the Strait of Hormuz selling gold to raise revenue from lost oil sales. That will be a temporary outcome. Once the Strait is reopened, gold will likely resume its upward trend. My guess is that we will see an ATH in gold by the end of June. If I’m right, then gold should begin to trend higher in May or early June. The chance of an extended correction is low IMO.

The correction is likely not over. My expected range of $4500 to $4800 for the next cycle low in gold might be too optimistic. I hope not. I hope $4500 holds. The gold price will determine what silver and the HUI do. I expected $72 silver to be retested, but now $60 has entered the picture. The HUI might retest $700 (where we began the year), which I did not think would happen. This could be an ugly correction.

The good news is that the macro fundamentals for gold have only improved from this war. The US economy was already weakening into a recession. Now that outcome is becoming more obvious. The geopolitical tension between China and the US is only getting worse. Once the recession arrives, the US economy is in big trouble. Inflation won’t be going away, and stagflation will arrive. The UST bond market will weaken. Gold will rise. Silver will follow.

Consider this a buying opportunity for gold/silver miners. Wall Street is dumping them and doesn’t want to own any gold/silver miners. Consider this a gift. When the Majors are printing as 4-baggers, it doesn’t get much better. You can buy the Elite 8 and average a 4-bagger. Below are the returns of the Elite 8 at $7,000 gold. These returns assume that we reach $7,000 gold in the next 24 to 36 months, and that $7,000 holds for at least 8 months. Plus, inflation costs won’t rise too much.

Anglogold Ashanti: 6-Bagger

Kinross: 5-Bagger

Gold Fields: 4.7-Bagger

Barrick: 4.4-Bagger

Alamos: 4.2-Bagger

Newmont: 4.1-Bagger

Agnico-Eagle: 3.5-Bagger

Lundin Gold: 2.7-Bagger

Link below to sign up for free updates:

https://dondurrett.substack.com/p/mid-week-macro-3182026

Pentagon requests over $200 billion for Iran war – Washington Post

https://www.iranintl.com/en/202603191709

AND

Iran will continue to target ships in Hormuz — even after the war ends.

https://www.iranintl.com/en/202603194821

AND

Iran missile attack on Qatar causes ‘extensive damage’ to facility housing huge gas plant – CNBC

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/18/iran-war-qatar-ras-laffan-natural-gas-lng.html

“We Can’t Live Like This Anymore!” – Residents Demand Action As Migrant-Linked Violence Spirals In Rome

Locals say daily attacks, drug-fueled brawls, and assaults by homeless migrants have made the neighborhood “unsustainable” and increasingly dangerous

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/we-cant-live-anymore-residents-demand-action-migrant-linked-violence-spirals-rome

‘Restore Britain’ Vows To Execute Pedophiles, Deport Millions Of Migrants, Outlaw “Incompatible Cultural And Religious Practices”

A new force in British politics is making waves with an uncompromising vision for national restoration. Just weeks after its launch as a full political party in February, Restore Britain has already overtaken the Conservative Party in membership numbers, reaching over 114,000 supporters and becoming the fourth largest party in the country. 

The growth has been entirely organic through social media and grassroots efforts, with almost no mainstream coverage.

Campaigns director and spokesman Charlie Downes laid out the bold agenda clearly:

“We will not lie to the British people. Restoring Britain will require decisions that are controversial and unpleasant.”

“We are going to strip millions of healthy Brits who refuse to work of benefits. If that causes outrage from those who think the taxpayer owes them a living, so be it.”

“We are going to deport all illegal and burdensome migrants. If that means millions go, so be it,”

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/restore-britain-vows-execute-pedophiles-deport-millions-migrants-outlaw-incompatible

US Naval Escort Won’t “100% Guarantee” Tanker Safety In Hormuz Chokepoint: Report

The paralyzed Hormuz chokepoint is becoming the worst disruption to global energy flows ever, as actual barrels quickly disappear from oil markets, driving prices sharply higher in Asia toward $150 per barrel and potentially setting the stage for demand destruction in the weeks ahead. China and India most pressured.

President Trump has been attempting to fast-track the reopening of Hormuz by providing naval escorts for tankers and other commercial vessels. However, there are a few problems.

First, Western US partners have rejected Trump’s request to send warships to help reopen the strategic waterway, which is plagued by IRGC mines and kamikaze drones.

Second, Arsenio Dominguez, secretary-general of the International Maritime Organization (IMO), told the Financial Times in an interview on Tuesday that even if naval escorts materialize in the narrow waterway, they will not provide a “100% guarantee” of tanker safety.

“We are collateral damage in a conflict when the root causes have nothing to do with shipping,” adding that his organization has major concerns about commercial vessels stuck in the Gulf running out of food and supplies for crews.

https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/us-naval-escort-wont-100-guarantee-tanker-safety-hormuz-chokepoint

Clive’s thoughts…has good macro stuff

Situation is starting to rhyme with GFC…gold and silver led the way down with oil peaking at 140.  Stock markets then followed suit.  PM space bottomed before the markets and started their upward journey to Gold 1900 afterwards.  Realistic that we will repeat the same scenario.  Raise some cash or hedge some of your PM exposure to be prudent.  200 day would be a great turnaround spot as well.  Currently around 4000.

ABC corrections are brutal, sort of the double bottom that needs to form to kill the interest in the sector.  But all the reasons why PM’s are bullish are still there.  Have to ride out this period of volatility the best you can.  We just passed 39 trillion in US Debt, 40 trillion will be July…maybe on the fourth.  Gosh what a 250th birthday present that would be.  All conditions for why silver and gold are still bullish still apply. We are going through the madness in crowds portion of the ride right now, not fun, but in my opinion sets the stage for the next advance.  I am not enjoying this part, have hedged my portfolio with ZSL and DUST (as I don’t want to pay premiums on options right now), and will still lose money, but definitely not as much had I not entered into those positions.  I may pick up SQQQ and some short market positions today as I don’t think the markets have fallen enough at this point.

Take what the market gives you and stay nimble, react to price signals.  Overnight, confirmed weakness for PM’s and would agree with the ABC corrections that Clive has indicated in his article.

Link to article below, read it.

https://goldseek.com/article/stockmarket-crash-and-c-wave-smash

His conclusion paragraph below:

What then are the right tactics in this situation? Bearing in mind that dealing costs these days are very low, the right tactics are thought to be to exit most or all long positions in the broad stock market and in the Precious Metals sector, a notable exception being the oil sector which could rally even if the broad market crashes if the oil price continues higher, although a market crash and the economic depression it signals would eventually take oil and oil investments lower too, as happened in later in 2008. Move the freed funds into cash (cash is a worthwhile position in a situation like this especially if we see a Pavlovian dollar rally) with an eye to buying back PM positions once the correction in them looks to have run its course, possibly at the support levels shown on our charts and in the meantime you can make money on the way down using selected inverse ETFs – it is planned to list some of them later. In addition, provided that you have the requisite experience and are set up to do it, you could buy Puts in something like SPY which could prove to be a spectacular play in this current very rare setup.

Lastly, this is a very dangerous setup that could easily lead to a “Black Monday” selloff, depending on what happens over the weekend. So if you are minded to take the action detailed above, it would probably be best to do it sometime today, as sticking around until Monday could prove costly.

WTI-Brent Spread Explodes As Trump Mulls Export Ban; Iran’s Attack On Qatar’s LNG “Worse Than Nord Stream”

Top Summary:

  • WTI-Brent Spread Blows Out as Traders Price In U.S. Export Restrictions
  • Iran Targets Qatar LNG Plant, Saudi Red Sea Refinery
  • Trump Urges De-Escalation After Iranian Strikes on Qatari Energy Assets
  • Middle East Conflict Escalates Dangerously Overnight Into Direct Strikes on Upstream Energy Assets

https://www.zerohedge.com/energy/worse-nord-stream-irans-attack-qatars-lng-sends-shockwaves-across-global-energy-markets

Teacher Who Resigned Over DEI Says “Ideological Takeover” Is Getting Worse

All evidence confirms that public education is a failure on so many levels.  Idiot students who can’t read or write nor do basic math, while being indoctrinated with socialist, DEI and other imbecilist agendas.  We are long past the point where each state needs to set a timeline where no new students are entered into the current system and vouchers for the dollars spent per individual are credited to parents to choose private schools(or home school if they prefer.)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       This puts quality teachers on notice to start private schools or apply to existing private schools, while those union parasites that are just out for the bucks , will  eventually, be weeded out of the system.                    https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/teacher-who-resigned-over-dei-says-ideological-takeover-getting-worse

Former Air Force Officer Claims UFOs Disabled Nuclear Missiles

Given human stupidity and adding in the spread of AI, let’s hope there is an alien force preventing us from destroying ourselves.      https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/former-air-force-officer-claims-ufos-disabled-nuclear-missiles

New Page From The Old Playbook

Usually, the banksters have had these overnight smackdowns, on Sunday nights, because they start them in the early futures session and get the momentum to the downside, established before the Crimex opens early Monday morning.  Most participants have gotten wise to that, so now the criminals are using the FED meeting smackdown and adding in an overnight futures continuation to their playbook.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           Same basic plan just a little different twist.  I was already writing a post about Silver and saw that yesterday’s decline was building again this morning.  This makes the likelihood that the ultimate bottom between $70 and $65 is likely to occur today, or possibly tomorrow.  The damage has been deep enough for the shorts to cover before the 8AM New York open when buyers are likely to surface.

I Had To Go Back & Look It Up

I didn’t remember the exact date and price, so I had to go back and look it up.  It was on November 20th of last year when I posted that “I’d probably bought my last few ounces of physical Silver, ever.”  The price was at $50 and I called for an explosive rally, which is why I wasn’t going to pay up during that expected run.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Since then I got a lot correct and more recently, a lot wrong.  While I expected a pullback there have been a few bottoms with subsequent rallies but throughout, I still haven’t added to the physical stack (yet). I have traded options on miners and ETF’s and did well on the way up and poorly more recently.  The correction has gone on longer than I expected but while we are getting much closer to a bottom, I still won’t add physical ounces, just yet.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Somewhere between here at $75, and the lowest pullback price around $65, seen back in early Feb., is where I will consider starting to add physical again.     https://goldtadise.com/?p=680890

TUCKER CARLSON / TOMAS MASSIE / JOE KENT AND THE GANG

TUCKER IS ANGLING FOR ATTENTION

WATCH…YOU HEARD IT HERE FIRST

THEY ARE GOING TO START A 3RD PARTY

TUCKER FOR PRESIDENT AND MASSIE OR KENT FOR VP…. MEGAN KELLY… MTG…CANDICE OWENS.. IN THE “CABINET”

THIS GROUP HAS BECOME HOSTILE TO TRUMP AND COMP AND THERE ARE QUITE A FEW OF THEM WITH LARGE FOLLOWINGS ( RICH BARIS / ROBERT BARNES / ALEX JONES / STEVE BANNON )

IF THEY DO THEY WILL TAKE DOWN THE REPUBLICANS BY TAKING VOTES AWAY IN 2028 AND WE WILL HAVE KAMALA AS PRESIDENT

ALSO THEY ENCOURAGE FOLLOWERS NOT TO VOTE IN THE MID TERMS

THEY WILL STRONGLY SUPPORTED BY DEM MONEY OF COURSE AND DEEP STATE DEEP POCKETS

IMO THEY HAVE BEEN ACTIVATED BY YOU KNOW WHO !

COLLECTIVELY THEY CALL THEIR MOVEMENT AMERICA FIRST ….OSTENSIBLY THEY DIFERENTIATE FROM TRUMPISM / MAGA BECAUSE THEY ARE ANTI ISRAEL AND ANTI WAR

ANOTHER GROUP OF ALLIES THEY HAVE AQUIRED IS THE “GROYPERS” LEAD BY NICK FUENTES ( WHO IS WAY FAR RIGHT AND HATES TRUMP AS WELL)

SOME HERE HAVE ALREADY FALLEN FOR THIS SHIT…YOU NEED TO RECONSIDER IMHO

FUCKING RETARDS ALL OF THEM

TREASON

BREAKING: Resigned NCTC Director Joe Kent is reportedly under FBI INVESTIGATION for “allegedly leaking CLASSIFIED INFORMATION”

And the investigation was reportedly going on before he resigned

https://x.com/i/status/2034419303336882662

…………………….

Pro-America | Politics & Markets

We now have a very clear understanding of the flow of information here.

Joe Kent —-> Tucker Carlson —-> higher ups in the Iranian regime.

This is not good. At all.
Pro-America | Politics & Markets
@Pro__Trading
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3h
Joe Kent was leaking war plans to Tucker Carlson so Tucker could put his anti-Israel spin on it?

Really gross and disgusting stuff coming from these two.

And absolutely nobody is surprised

Was
@joekent16jan19
leaking classified information to his groyper buddy Tucker Carlson and is that why Tucker Carlson was under surveillance?

We’re gonna find out soon, but it’s not looking great for them

Tucker Carlson announces to the world that he’s been under government surveillance.

The next day Joe Kent announces he’s quitting his position within the administration and of course, blames “the jooos.”

The following day news breaks that Kent is under criminal investigation for leaking classified information.

And Kent’s very first appearance in the wake of all this news is on, you guessed it, Tucker Carlson’s show.

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Won’t be long until people start connecting the dots.

DISTURBING: Canada Is Turning Its Assisted Suicide Regime Into An Organ Donation Supply Chain

Canada has achieved a grim medical milestone: the world’s first successful heart transplant from a patient euthanized via MAiD.

The heart of a 38-year-old Canadian man who was euthanized was successfully harvested and donated to a 59-year-old American man with heart failure, according to the National Post. The case highlights a growing trend: organs being harvested from euthanasia victims.

Organs being harvested from freshly euthanized patients are becoming more common; while this is the first heart transplant, there have already been liver, kidney, and lung transplants, and “at least 155 people in Canada have donated their organs and tissues after receiving a doctor-administered lethal injection” since 2016, although a “number of doctors are concerned that some Canadians receiving medical assisted death don’t actually meet Health Canada’s criteria for the procedure.”

Considering how lax Canadian MAiD assessors have been thus far – and the fact that up to a quarter of “MAiD providers” in Ontario may have violated the criminal code – it is very unlikely that assessors can be trusted in this regard.

https://lionessofjudah.substack.com/p/disturbing-canada-is-turning-its?

Perfect parody of Canada’s failing socialist healthcare

https://x.com/DrEliDavid/status/2034293378301489259