July 21, 2026
Digital Gold Gets Its First Real Test
For over a decade, Bitcoin marketed itself as gold's modern upgrade. Then 2026 got scary, and only one of them showed up for work.
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Today’s Financial Absurdity
The news they report. The part they leave out. Make of it what you will.
July 9, 2026
Not Worth a Continental
We picked up an old phrase this week — one nobody under seventy has ever used. Turns out it has a birth certificate, and it's dated 1775.
July 1, 2026
My Poker Buddies Call Me "The Annoyer"
My poker buddies call me 'The Annoyer' for pointing out the obvious. Here's the one I can't stop pointing out: you can hold the best hand in the deck and still lose — when the dealer keeps inventing wild cards.
June 12, 2026
The Government Owes More Than Everything We Make.
The federal government now owes $31.3 trillion — roughly equal to the entire U.S. economy.
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June 7, 2026
Gold: The Original, Now Considered Alternative
For roughly 5,000 years, gold was money. Not 'alternative money.' Not a commodity. Not an asset class. Money. Then, in 1971, we were sold a different story.
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June 6, 2026
The Dollar Just Had One of Its Worst Six Months in 50 Years
When you go to the grocery store, fill up your tank, or look at your electric bill — does it feel like your money is going as far as it used to? It isn't. And the numbers finally caught up with what most of us have been feeling in our gut.
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