Pjohnschwartz

[Pjohnschwartz @Pjohnschwartz1]

@JamesGRickards I have a question. Why doesn’t the Secret Service decide what the coverage needs to be. Why in the hell is a political Presidential Administration in charge of deciding Secret Service Issues like this

[Catherine Austin Fitts @austin_fit76995]

🚨 The goal is to extract money from the US and Europe through Ukraine and return it to the hands of a transnational elite (Globalist Agenda 20 30)"

"The goal is not to win any war, but to maintain permanent conflicts that feed that power circuit"
——— Julian Assange

[Mr. Relatable @MrRelatable88]

This man is the only Republican who voted to cut off foreign aid to Israel.

[🇦🇺Craig Tindale @ctindale]

https://t.co/vWLN07swYq

[🇦🇺Craig Tindale @ctindale]

Logistics has always decided wars, but whats changing is that it has become more visible, vulnerable and easier to attack directly.

The old image of war is infantry, armour and aircraft meeting head-on, with victory going to the side that destroys more enemy units. Straight forward

The emerging model is different: instead of destroying every tank, aircraft or battalion individually, you attack the system that allows them to function.

“Unrestricted Warfare” simply means any domain any means .

A tank without fuel, ammunition, spare parts, maintenance, communications or targeting data is not really power. You need have all the ingredients , a supply kine can fail with the failure of just one link .

Modern surveillance, satellites, drones, intelligence networks and long-range precision weapons make it increasingly possible to identify and strike bridges, ports, railways, fuel depots, repair facilities, power systems and communications links far behind the front.

This is an important change in our assumptions about war . It was thought till recently military assets deep inland we strategically safe . Russia proves they are not . Russia also proves that those assets probably aren’t safe in China , US Europe or Australia

This assumption that Iran is impervious to military pressure is untested . The idea that they remain a constant is yet to be seen . You’re one of the first expressions of AI who were experiencing as a civilisation. Is it using warfare.

The objective is not simply attrition but paralysis. You make the enemy unable to move, shoot, repair, communicate or replace losses.

Britain survived the Second World War because the Allies protected the Atlantic shipping routes that supplied it; Japan was progressively crippled when its shipping and access to raw materials were cut; German forces in North Africa repeatedly stalled because fuel and supplies could not reach them; and more recently, pressure on Russian crossings and supply routes around Kherson helped make its position west of the Dnipro unsustainable.

We must assume these issues are still relevant to any war

What is new is the speed, accuracy and reach with which logistical pressure can now be applied. A single bridge or port may matter more than dozens of front-line vehicles if an entire force depends on it.

It doesn’t mean infantry and armour are obsolete, because forces are still needed to seize and hold territory. Nor does it mean logistics attacks can’t be countered through redundancy, dispersal, stockpiles, deception and rapid repair.

I’m just pointing out that it’s happening at a greater rate .

Everything is becoming contested in some way .

[Steve Hanke @steve_hanke]

For the 6th CONSECUTIVE night, the U.S. has launched a wave of strikes on Qeshm Island, Bandar Abbas, Bushehr, and other areas across Iran.

US & ISRAEL + IRAN = CLIMBING A DANGEROUS ESCALATION LADDER.

[Luke Gromen @LukeGromen]

Seemingly moving toward the “Yes, China’s cheaper but the quality is worse” to “Uh-oh, China’s cheaper AND better” tipping point many Rust Belt manufacturing execs became all-too-familiar with 2002-2020…

…just seemingly much faster than it happened in manufacturing.

[Dave Collum @DavidBCollum]

Twitter is getting toxic again. People don't just disagree; they jam a hot poker up your ass. The confidence levels are way too high.

[Dave Collum @DavidBCollum]

SpaceX closed at $131. VC guys must have sphincter cramps.

[Dave Collum @DavidBCollum]

Gold is up 28% yoy and 119% over five years. Don't be a pussy.

[Otavio (Tavi) Costa @TaviCosta]

Thanks for having me @Charlotte_McL

[Willem Middelkoop @wmiddelkoop]

One more reason I will never retire 😇

[Rick Rule @RealRickRule]

" Trust me", he says.
It is our gold, how about an audit?

[The Hormuz Letter @HormuzLetter]

BREAKING: Iran calculated $9 billion in profits from market manipulation by "individuals close to Trump," mainly Kushner and Witkoff, and formally requested $4.5 billion of that sum be allocated to Iran through intermediaries, adding that "the exchanged texts will ultimately become part of the historical record," a senior Iranian official tells Drop Site.

Iran sent a private message to Vance during the Switzerland talks warning that Kushner and Witkoff were "abusing" the negotiations, "more interested in exploiting insider knowledge to profit in financial markets than reaching a deal."

Iran also expressed concern about repeated leaks from Kushner to Netanyahu, since Witkoff and Kushner “talk almost every day to Netanyahu” and the head of Mossad.

[bob coleman @profitsplusid]

Precious Metals Industry Alert

Gold Dealers and promoters are trying to convince consumers a new Florida Bill to regulate the gold dealer and Custodian Industry as being bad.

This should be embraced as a positive. The dealer industry does not want regulation because it will impact their profit margins and force better business practices.

The bill creates operational requirements for custodians of gold and silver coin.

Custodians must:
Be located in a manner that enables rapid law enforcement response time;
Maintain high-security, monitored vaults with physical barriers, intrusion detection, biometric or multi-factor access controls, and 24-hour video surveillance;
Maintain disaster resistant facilities;
Maintain accurate accounting records of customers’ and the custodian’s gold coin and silver coin and records detailing its inventory system;
Segregate asset classes that are not gold coin or silver coin;
Store gold coin or silver coin on a fully allocated6 basis with an undivided interest7 for each owner;
Comply with chain of custody requirements prescribed by FSC rule;
Be subject to examinations of holdings or audits at least annually;
Insure the full replacement value of all stored gold coin or silver coin;
Employ specified cybersecurity measures;
Maintain custody within Florida of the exact quantity and type of gold coin or silver coin as that entrusted by each owner of such coin; and
Comply with all applicable state and federal law and regulations, including anti-money laundering regulations. (Section 9)

Is this a bad thing?

https://t.co/5i604IBNh7

[Pjohnschwartz @Pjohnschwartz1]

@austin_fit76995 Then why in the hell did Rand vote yes for the bill

[Lawrence Lepard, "fix the money, fix the world" @LawrenceLepard]

Get ready to rumble!

[Pjohnschwartz @Pjohnschwartz1]

@TrumpStan__ @RussianSpoof I thought Trump said 50x that the Iranian Air Force was destroyed in February

[Porter Stansberry @porterstansb]

Trump's face on a fake, $1 gold coin?

Is there a better metaphor for what a shit show our country has become...?

https://t.co/gkvjlre1wD via @WSJ

[Steve Hanke @steve_hanke]

According to EY-Parthenon, trying to decouple from China will cost the US, EU & UK a STAGGERING $23.6 TRILLION by 2050.

THIS ARGUES THAT THE WEST SHOULD PROMOTE GOOD RELATIONS & COMMERCE WITH CHINA. IT WOULD BE GOOD FOR CHINA & GOOD FOR THE WEST. IT WILL SAVE A LOT OF MONEY.

[Steve Hanke @steve_hanke]

While the US Consumer Price Index (CPI) FELL to 3.5%/yr, the US Producer Price Index (PPI) SURGED to 5.5%/yr.

As I said for months, the US INFLATION GENIE IS OUT OF THE BOTTLE. It will prove to be Trump's Achilles heel.