The Frankish Reich

Well, no. Not yet. Both sides think they can make public opinion think the other side is at fault. Too soon to tell.

There are multiple factors in gold's rise. A quick look at the value of gold in Swiss francs suggests that about 1/3 of the rise in the price in USD is due to excess inflationary expectations in the US. Gold is up YTD about 30% in USD, about 20% in CHF. I have long had about 10% of my retirement portfolio in gold, so I'm (personally) happy, but generally concerned. Laddered TIPS are also great, and I've shifted to about a 60/40 domestic US to international equities mix over the course of the year. Some International equities are seeing a boost from the dollar's depreciation.

(((They))) took out Charlie! Isn't that the way QAnon used to do it?

Some things don't go away. It takes them a while to bubble up in public consciousness, but they don't go away. We understand there's a video of him taking the cash. That video will surface. Note that Homan himself did not repeat the Leavitt talking point that he didn't take the money ...

Here come the FAA sickouts. Burbank first. https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-10-06/burbank-airport-air-traffic-control-tower-temporarily-unmanned-amid-government-shutdown Will they deny it's a sickout? Of course. Is it a sickout? Of course it is. Can they prove it's a sickout? No, not unless they controllers were stupid enough to send emails over official channels or post something calling for a sickout, etc.

https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5542714-bondi-bribery-allegations-trump-border-czar/ NBC News: there's video of Homan taking the Cava bag full of $50,000 cash. Karoline Leavitt: Your facts are wrong, he never took the cash. Question to Pam Bondi: Did he take the cash? Answer from Pam Bondi: The investigation is closed. Question: so where is the cash? Answer: the investigation is closed (Bondi will not repeat the "he didn't take the cash" talking point)

It was just locker room talk.

This one is not arguable: a weak dollar is our policy. And it is happening.

Well, not everything, since the Chiefs had a couple of key penalty calls against them in the 4th. I actually thought that was a good sign the Chiefs Privilege was starting to fade.

Ted Cruz's father and Oswald will be back. I sense Teddy is Ready for a 2028 run.

Surprised by the whole Sanchez Rage thing. Shocked by how many TBD posters are living the White Lotus life.

You can do better. Remember, Be Best!

Nice work! But it kind of reminds me of the bad old days where Bill from NYC would have to go digging for positives like "I don't care what anyone says, Da'Norris Searcy is a good player."

Can you not see how silly all of this is? "Narrative control" on the tiny backwater of a football fan forum? So let's create a dozen new topics with decoder ring titles like "Bills Lander in Limbo: Commie Say What? Yeah, that'll reclaim this uber-important narrative.

Well, if I'm the enemy I'm a helluva lot more scared of the Darth Vader on the left than the Charlie Kirk on the right.

Thank you. From now on, it's Giant Douche Canoe.

This appears to be misdirected. I will try to forward it to Trump's Deputy Chief of Staff.

Giant Douche Canoe.

It would have passed with support from Trump.

You usually don't get the Nobel Peace Prize after one side has been bombed to smithereens. People can argue till the cows come home about whether we should've dropped the bombs on Japan, but one thing we know is that Truman wasn't a Nobel winner.

With his arm, size, and intensity I'd say the guy could've been a MLB quality pitcher. But baseball is probably the most difficult sport to project; at a minimum, it would have taken a full-time commitment. I definitely think he could have been a track and field decathlete.

What is this Project 2025 you speak of? I vaguely recall Trump saying he knew nothing about it, so I never bothered to study it.

This is one of the weirdest attempt to massage the numbers that I've ever seen ... The real numbers, unmassaged: https://www.natesilver.net/p/trump-approval-ratings-nate-silver-bulletin https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/polls/donald-trump-approval-rating-polls.html

Heat pumps are great ... in the right climate. It just won't work for me in Colorado, or in Northern NYS. Probably Buffalo is marginal? It doesn't get as cold thanks to the damn lake effect, but it's close. So yeah, bad plan if it doesn't differentiate Lake Placid from Staten Island ...