This is a fun read...

https://www.zerohedge.com/commodities/goldbugs-waited-years-massive-comex-short-squeeze-and-they-finally-got-it-just-wrong

...will be fun to see who is impacted when the music stops...when the options expire.

And gold will have its day one day...

Nothing can illustrate the naked motivation of this BS case without a fracking crime than parading this loathsome serial liar Cohen as the prosecutions star witness!  The whole purpose of this sham is to tie up Trump, prevent him from campaigning in a race he is still out front in!  It is pure 100% prosecutorial misconduct meant to interfere in the 2024 election and the POS Judge is going along with it and his demonic daughter is making money off of it!

President Donald Trump's former attorney Michael Cohen had his "knees chopped out" by Donald Trump's defense attorneys in cross-examination during Trump's 'hush money' trial.

Cohen was grilled by Trump attorney Todd Blanche about a pivotal phone call that connected Trump to allegations that he approved reimbursements to pay porn star Stormy Daniels during the 2016 election. In one exchange, Blanche accused Cohen of lying about speaking with Trump on the phone in October 2016 to reassure his boss that he was handling the payment to Daniels.

Blanche then confronted Cohen with text messages that contradicted the lie - revealing that Cohen in fact spoke with Trump's bodyguard, Keith Schiller.

Trump attorney Todd Blanche grilled him about a pivotal phone call that had connected President Trump to the allegations at the center of the case. He accused Mr. Cohen of calling the former president’s bodyguard, Keith Schiller, to complain about harassing phone calls—not to disclose an update on a plan to purchase the silence of Ms. Clifford.

Mr. Cohen said that the prank calls were a part of the conversation with Mr. Schiller.

“Now your memory is that you were testifying truthfully on Tuesday, and you had enough time to update Mr. Schiller about all the problems you were having with these harassing calls?” Mr. Blanche asked him.

“I always run everything by the boss immediately,” Mr. Cohen said. “It could’ve just been me saying, ‘everything’s been taken care of, it’s been resolved.’”

“That was a lie. You did not talk to President Trump that night,” Mr. Blanche said. “You can admit it.” “No sir, I can’t,” Mr. Cohen said. “Because I’m not sure that’s accurate.”

“This jury doesn’t want to hear what you think happened,” Mr. Blanche said. -Epoch Times

Cohen appeared blindsided by the line of questioning, and wavered in his recollection of the phone call before blurting out "I believe I was telling the truth!"

Blanche then slapped Cohen around for telling Congress that he didn't want to work in the Trump administration - only to be confronted with conversations in 2016 in which he expressed disappointment that he was overlooked for the role of Trump's chief of staff.

Cohen also lied about seeking a pardon from Trump, for which his attorneys later had to issue a statement to correct the record.

After Cohen had his ass handed to him, CNN pundits were beside themselves.

"It was incredible...lawyers want to build a box around the witness & slam it shut--that's what Todd Blanche did to Cohen...it was an extraordinary cross...Cohen was cornered in...a lie," said host Anderson Cooper.

The network's top legal analyst said "I don't think I've ever seen a star witness get his knees chopped out quite as clearly and dramatically as what just happened with Michael Cohen."

Rep. Matt Gaetz says Cohen was "dog walked through the series of lies he has told."
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/cohen-destroyed-trump-lawyers-dog-walk-star-witness-through-lie-after-lie-cnn-pundits

Their star witness is a liar, Daniels was a angry twisted fool...there is no crime...this is all a SHAM!

Before Slovakia national authorities could even come out with a confirmed motive for Wednesday's assassination attempt against its prime minister Robert Fico, the following disturbing quote from EU leadership was reported via Bloomberg:

The European Commission said it’s "actively monitoring" the spread of fake news about Wednesday’s shooting of Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico and warned it can slap Big Tech platforms with fines for failing to tackle disinformation.

The regulator "is equipped with wide-ranging investigatory and supervisory powers, including the power to impose sanctions and remedies," it said in an emailed statement.

Properly translated, this is the EU in effect wanting to control the narrative, or at least make sure there are no inconvenient 'conclusions'. What kinds of stories might they be worried about?...



Interestingly, Slovak Interior Minister Matus Sutaj Estok in a fresh Thursday statement providing an update of the situation appeared to indirectly attack mainstream media gatekeepers who have long smeared Fico and his policies as 'pro-Kremlin', and have at times gone so far as to suggest he's in cahoots with Putin.

Here's what the interior minister had to say in the briefing:

Interior Minister Matus Sutaj Estok asked journalists to “reflect” on how they had covered Fico’s policies. He referred to the suspect — who was charged with premeditated murder — as a “lone wolf” who did not belong to any political groups, though he said the attack itself was politically motivated.

“I can confirm that this person is not a member of any right-wing or left-wing radicalized party,” Estok said.

"I can confirm to you that the reason it was a politically motivated, attempted premeditated murder is as the suspect himself said: the media information that he had at his disposal," he said.

As for what's been officially released on the suspect, who has been charged with attempted murder, the AP writes that "Slovak police have provided little information on the identity of the suspect. But unconfirmed media reports suggested he was a 71-year-old retiree who was known as an amateur poet, and may have previously worked as a security guard at a mall in the country’s southwest."

More speculation of the type that would without doubt be 'concerning' to EU media gatekeepers and bureaucrats...

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/eu-actively-monitoring-fake-news-slovak-prime-minister-assassination-attempt

Same sh*t here!  MFM just keeps harping on Trump being Hitler, will usher in fascism blah blah blah...all the while they do the totalitarian sh*t to him, and cannot wait to get rid of him so they can do it to citizens!!!

H/T-WRSA@GAB

You know Hell has frozen over when the Evil declare the Good as evil!

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/us-wars-are-making-turkiyes-relationship-west-politically-untenable

Idiot writing this is obviously missing a few things for whatever reason...like Turkey kissing a lot of income away by being bitchy with Israel and cutting exports...especially given their shaky economy.  Our inflation might look bad to (snort!) the Italians of all people, but compared to Turkey's inflation we are looking really good.

But, hey...since FJB and the cucks are too stupid to leave NATO maybe a decent consolation prize is getting the dipsh*t Turks to pull out.

 

It looks like the initial taking of several Ukr villages was unexpected.

I doubt RU wants the Baltics back. Full of too many people who dislike them. Some day I will dig into why and how they collapsed when they left USSR. I recll maybe 25 pct of pop left.

Who collapsed?  Knew a gal from Latvia, goes back all the time, showed me pictures and shared stories...sounds nice...people thrilled to be free of Soviet overlords.  And how goddamned hard is it anyway to understand people don't like being occupied?