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So it appears that "Biden" has reached out to Warren Buffett about the banking crisis. Does this mean that "Biden"/Yellen don't have enough control over the Fed and are worried about losing some of their resources?

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-03-18/warren-buffett-in-contact-with-biden-officials-on-banking-crisis

https://twitter.com/FuzzyPandaShort/status/1636786951130062848

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You may already have read Punchline’s latest appraisal of the heightened US-Ukraine-Rusiia, and China as peacemaker - a very insightful exposé - the first sentence refers to “the arrest warrant” and I immediately thought of Trump! But no, MK refers to the ICC’s warrant on Putin. How do you explain the timing? Trump and Putin, the boogeymen of our DS/wef…coïncidence? And both deflect from Zhou’s, corrupt and “deathly embrace” of Zelensky (see end of MK’s piece)!

https://www.indianpunchline.com/us-paranoid-about-russia-china-summit/

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Thank you providing other perspectives, today via Jim Rickards. I follow Tom Luongo, GG&G. His thesis makes sense although it’s still playing out as to how right he will be. It’s necessary to listen and weigh other sources/opinions. I value being able to compare what I take away from TL to your postings and reader comments.

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I take issue with only one of your statements, that everyone seems to have caught on now, and Americans? Not so much. It may be part of a plan. they are still incompetent. I would suggest that Americans are not rallying 'round the flag, but the rather have an attitude of don't fight City Hall. Living in New York, I know one socialist who has always worked for government who favors Biden, and not even one person who is 'woke.' This stupidity of arresting Trump will result in three quarters of the Country coming to the understanding that we live in a banana republic. The danger is that it could be difficult or impossible after that to re-establish respect and trust in our government. Sure, Washington and maybe the Globalists might be able to cement their domination over the 'proles,' but at the expense of never really getting the people behind anything they do.

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That opening paragraph along with the last one are gold. Specifically this: "The regional Fed banks have also been captured in the Left’s Long March through the institutions. That’s why they’re incompetent—it’s part of a plan." (Gramsci is smiling, at least for now.)

What a fascinating and frightening time to be alive, at this inflection point of human history. Good vs. evil. I'm betting on "Good".

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Granted a stock market crash may be bad for everybody. So how do you avoid it? This is the biggest Ponzi scheme in history, and Ponzi schemes always collapse. The market is totally divorced from economic reality and totally dependent on new money coming in. It is now stalled. Our 'woke' government couldn't care less about economic growth and productivity. It's Trump and your gas stove they are after.

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Is this trump arrest nonsense also part of this?

Secondly are you aware of recent deals that Netanyahu made with Italy and Germany to supply significant quantities of natural gas through a new pipeline to built through Greece. He also made multi billion dollar deals to sells them the latest Israeli armaments. Where does that fit in to this? If at all.

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Re the threat of indicting Trump:

Speaker Kevin McCarthy: Here we go again — an outrageous abuse of power by a radical DA who lets violent criminals walk as he pursues political vengeance against President Trump. **I’m directing relevant committees to immediately investigate if federal funds are being used to subvert our democracy by interfering in elections with politically motivated prosecutions.**

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@ThomasJankinson

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It's not a matter of delighting in it. It's just a reality of what needs to happen. **The wealthy need to accept a smaller piece of the pie. If they continue to squeeze the lower classes, the system will collapse.

Corrupting the system eventually breaks it.**

@DiMartinoBooth

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Have you seen private flight volumes? **Wealthy feeling the net worth squeeze, don't you worry. That's the beauty if Powell succeeds in killing the Fed Put. He moves mountains wrt closing the inequality divide.** We'll see if he succeeds in outrunning systemic risk.

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Danielle DiMartino Booth

@DiMartinoBooth

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Even if Fed only pauses come Wednesday, it will still be tightening via QT. Just look at ODL in yesterday’s H.8

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Yellen: "We need another distraction. This bank thing is killing us in the polls."

Zients: " What about UFOs?"

Yellen: "No one cares anymore."

Zients: "OK. Let's arrest Trump."

Yellen: "That'll work."

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