US Disabilities Hit an All-Time High of 37 Million In July: UP 23% Since Feb 2021 – Ed Dowd

It’s the continuation of a trend that broke higher more than five years ago and has refused to mean-revert.

https://eddowdbeyondthenarrative.substack.com/p/us-disabilities-hit-an-all-time-high

SC — nearby Rep Primary

https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2026/08/15/south-carolina-senate-race-darline-graham-vs-ralph-norman/

CTH is for the comments, not just Sundance

Can they possibly be more obvious — Democrats will end the filibuster and pack the Supreme Court. Puerto Rico will then become state 51 with two new Dem senators – WSJ

Top Democrat Targets Supreme Court for Changes

‘Variety of different options’ are on the table if Democrats regain power, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries says

https://archive.ph/yNWRQ#selection-557.0-557.117

The Gold Tax Surprise: When Gold Profits Get Taxed At 28 Percent

If you bought gold during its 2023-2026 rally, you may be sitting on a large profit and a tax rule you have never heard of. The IRS classifies physical gold, and even the popular bullion-backed gold exchange-traded funds (ETFs), as collectibles, a category shared with art, stamps, and antiques. That classification changes the tax bill when you sell. Most holders discover it at the worst possible moment: after the sale, when nothing can be done.

Here is the rule to understand before you sign anything.

https://www.zerohedge.com/personal-finance/gold-tax-surprise-when-gold-profits-get-taxed-28-percent

Deja vu All Over Again …. 2006 version two

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zgbzdk-eqJ0

h/t a Lert bear

New mRNA Flu Vaccine Produced Much Higher Rates of Adverse Reactions Than Standard Shot

John Campbell, Ph.D., said Moderna’s clinical trial reported substantially higher rates of adverse reactions among people who received its new mRNA flu vaccine than among those who received a standard flu vaccine. He also questioned why the FDA approved the vaccine one year after HHS announced a federal wind-down of mRNA vaccine development.

https://tdefender.substack.com/p/new-mrna-flu-vaccine-much-higher-adverse-reactions-standard-flu-shot-campbell?

I AM A REAL CANADIAN

https://www.facebook.com/share/v/18LJLiRF6C/?mibextid=wwXIfr

AND

CANADA – A MORAL PRISON OF ITS OWN MAKING

https://www.facebook.com/share/v/19Rx6hSgLu/?mibextid=wwXIfr

A centuries-old transnational terrorist organization, known as the Deep State, released a biological weapon, killed millions, and stole a US presidential election, in conjunction with the CCP…

If you are focused on defending the Antifa furry that murdered Charlie, instead of fighting the Globalist death-cult trying to replace the American People and implement a global one-party rule, you need to unfuck yourself immediately and reorient your priorities.

You and your liberties are under attack. Your way of life is in jeopardy. You are at war, whether you recognize it or not.

It’s long past time for everyone to start acting like it. Stop focusing on unimportant shit, ( like $10 more for a fill up ) and focus on the mission.

CLANDESTINE

Trump’s DOJ Will Reportedly Support End Of National Firearms Act After 92 Years

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/trumps-doj-will-reportedly-support-end-national-firearms-act-after-92-years

Escobar: The New Great Game, Revisited

NOTE: Views expressed in this article are opinions of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of ZeroHedge.

(OR perhaps much of the developed Western World. It is an important part of life to understand what those of different views are saying.)

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/escobar-new-great-game-revisited

It Was Destroyed In Just Days (Spanish enclave of Ceuta) … Take heed Europe

In a matter of days, once-pristine beaches in the Spanish enclave of Ceuta have been reduced to open-air dumps and disease-ridden camps occupied by thousands of illegal migrants who refused to leave after the mass invasion from Morocco.

Locals describe feces, urine, garbage, and makeshift shacks covering the sand. Contagious illnesses are spreading. Mass brawls with bladed weapons have broken out.

What was a quiet coastal stretch has become a third-world encampment on European soil.

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/it-was-destroyed-just-days

Retail investors are piling into gold-mining stocks – The Kobeissi Letter

https://x.com/KobeissiLetter/status/2088238956382990568

Serious consumer delinquencies remain historically elevated in the US – The Kobeissi Letter

US consumers are struggling to keep up with their debt payments.

https://x.com/KobeissiLetter/status/2088392453049237526

New Trump post – Whitehouse Renovations – Treason

https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/2088450443462496312/photo/1

Trump warns ‘gas prices will remain high.’

https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/trump-urges-americans-accept-higher-203543611.html

https://www.the-express.com/news/politics/204715/trump-warns-gas-prices-high

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/trump-warns-gas-prices-may-stay-high-or-even-rise-a-little-bit-higher-before-midterms/ar-AA20IrWZ

Pictured: ‘Russian escort’ accused of assassinating Ukrainian defector – The Telegraph

https://www.yahoo.com/news/world/articles/woman-assassinates-ukrainian-submarine-commander-143742712.html

Russia’s President Putin says “we will promptly retaliate if any western country seizes Russian commercial vessels.”

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/other/putin-says-russia-will-respond-in-kind-if-eu-nations-seize-russian-vessels/ar-AA29VMD8

Also at Reuters but paywalled

AND

UK warned it ‘doesn’t have the firepower’ to stop Russia seizing ships

https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/other/uk-warned-it-doesn-t-have-the-firepower-to-stop-russia-seizing-ships/ar-AA2a5OtY?

Meta removes 756,000 Instagram and Facebook accounts from kids under 16 years old following social media ban in Australia.

https://thearabianpost.com/meta-removes-756000-australian-under-16-accounts/

https://thelogicalindian.com/meta-removes-750000-accounts-122305/

https://cybernews.com/news/meta-deletes-over-750k-accounts-under-australias-social-media-ban/

Russia’s Medvedev threatens Japan following protests of President Putin visiting the Kuril Islands.

https://united24media.com/world/medvedev-threatens-japan-with-monstrous-consequences-over-kuril-islands-dispute-21662

https://www.yahoo.com/news/world/articles/japan-protests-putins-kuril-islands-115600872.html

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/13/japan-protests-as-russias-putin-visits-disputed-kuril-islands

Russia sends official inquiry to US demanding information regarding involvement in Ukrainian attacks on Russian territory.

https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2026-08-14/russia-seeks-answers-from-us-about-alleged-support-for-ukrainian-attacks-lavrov-says

https://www.devdiscourse.com/article/politics/3963864-russia-accuses-us-of-deep-involvement-in-ukrainian-attacks

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/russia-intensify-attacks-sources-western-support-ukraine-lavrov

United States to force other countries to choose between US and China in global AI race or lose access to US AI cooperation.

https://www.reuters.com/world/china/us-tell-partners-they-must-pick-sides-ai-race-with-china-2026-08-14/

BREAKING — ACTIVIST JUDGE CONCEDES DEFEAT

: Leftist Judge Allison Burroughs just had to RESCIND her order blocking President Trump from terminating Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Somali migrants

47 now has the green light to terminate Somali TPS! ?

She has CAVED to the Supreme Court, which made clear Trump has absolute right to end TPS.

This is the exact motion she was filed to be IMPEACHED over. She knew she screwed up.

The rogue judge caved! SEND THE SOMALIS BAC

SCOTT BESSENT VS GEORGE SOROS

Will Cain just dropped a NUCLEAR BOMB on Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent…
“You worked for GEORGE SOROS… What do we misunderstand about him?”
Bessent’s response will DESTROY everything you thought you knew:
“I only ran his INVESTMENT side… never the foundation. We barely talked politics.
We haven’t spoken since right after Trump won in 2016.”
Then the KILL SHOT:
“Election night 2016 was one of the THREE BEST money-making periods of my entire life.
I KNEW Trump was going to win.
The market CRASHED.
It was the greatest buying opportunity of all time.
And later I found out…
GEORGE SOROS was the one DUMPING EVERYTHING.
He was CRASHING THE MARKET on purpose.
He lost SEVERAL BILLION DOLLARS that night.”
The man who is now Trump’s Treasury Secretary
watched George Soros BURN BILLIONS betting against America…
And then made a fortune on the other side.
This is WILD.
This is HISTORY.
This is the clip they never wanted you to see.
Watch it. Share it. Let it SINK IN

https://x.com/ConstitustionX/status/2088213888559161712

CANADA – Montreal police take down high-powered surveillance camera after Radio-Canada story

https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/other/montreal-police-take-down-high-powered-surveillance-camera-after-radio-canada-story/ar-AA2a57ih?

KITCO IMPLEMENTS $5,000 ORDER MINIMUM AS GOLD & SILVER DEMAND SURGES

HO HO HO RMUZ

Here’s what the President means when he says we have control over the Strait of Hormuz. And why the oil flow coming out is bigger than analysts claim

https://x.com/GuntherEagleman/status/2087894593102639216/video/1

Anyone with a brain…

…knew that Joe and his son Biden (the smartest man Joe has ever known, per the Cabbage Patch doll) were so phucking corrupt, and that they were in deep with UKRAINE.  Remember Cabbage Patch braggin about how he told Ukraine they wouldn’t get the billion unless they fired the “uncorruptable” existing state prosecutor…cause he was looking into Burisma holdings….where conveniently his retarded crack smoking son had gotten a board position paying him a million dollars a year…I’m sure the braniac knows about resource mining…if you define resources as cocaine in a hookers butt crack….totally sure there was no other candidates better qualified….omg.

When someone boldly lies to your face and expects you to take it as the gospel, you are either dealing with a retard or a psychopath…..react accordingly.

Good summary of Operation Round River….accusing all republicans of being russian assets and the Bidens and all democrats being angels….

https://www.coffeeandcovid.com/p/down-the-river-friday-august-14-2026?utm_campaign=email-half-post&r=5d177&utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

Interesting Take On Past Gold Swaps

Robert Lambourne suggests the Treasury may confiscate ETF Gold at some point.  While central banks are much less involved in Silver, if they do set a precedent with Gold, Silver being strategic and scarce, wouldn’t be surprised if it too got confiscated, under the right circumstances?                                      https://goldseek.com/article/robert-lambourne-are-bis-swaps-being-used-hide-double-counting-etf-gold

English Village Will Have Six Migrant Men To Every Woman

A quiet North Yorkshire village of roughly 600 people is set to be flooded with around 1,200 single adult male asylum seekers at the nearby disused RAF Linton-on-Ouse base. Local women would be outnumbered six to one.

The base sits beside a primary school and nursery, has only four buses a day into York, and already faces severe shortages of water, sewage capacity and electricity. Maskell has written to border security and asylum minister Anna Turley and is due to meet Home Office officials this month.

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/english-village-will-have-six-migrant-men-every-woman

AND

The Great Decline Of Britain

Britain’s streets are rotting in plain sight. Road signs coated in years of grime, pavements choked with weeds, blocked drains, overflowing bins and potholes have become everyday features of life in what was once a first-world country.

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/great-decline-britain

Gold & Silver – Keys To Next Week

It appears that yesterday’s correction only carried over into the early morning hours.  They both bottomed around 2AM this morning, with Gold reaching around $4310 and Silver $63.50.  I don’t see further downside.  The keys to next week providing increasingly higher prices, will be when Gold takes out $4450, and Silver exceeds $67.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  I would love to see those targets reached today, but that is probably asking a bit much.  Monday is more likely.

“Hell, no” (MN)

Mike Lindell loses GOP primary for governor by floating in direction of immigrant amnesty

https://x.com/i/trending/2087539472107819057

and, even with Trump’s endorsement

Silver chart 30 min

After breaking the uptrend line from Aug 3rd yesterday, it’s held support level 63.5 and broke the mini down channel it started yesterday.  Let’s see if it can post a higher low than the 63.50 level.

Good trading.