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Who's Glued To The 'Telly'? The United Kingdom has a particularly strong culture of television viewership. As Statista's Anna Fleck reports, according to a survey by Statista Consumer Insights, almost a third of UK respondents watch at least 11 hours of television per week. You will find more infographics at Statista This is slightly higher than other European nations such as France at 29 percent, or Germany at 28 percent. By contrast, China has a far lower share of heavy TV users, at just 16 percent. Tyler Durden Fri, 12/12/2025 - 02:45

Brussels Bureaucrats Push For Expanded Legal Migration Routes Into Europe To Help Those Who 'Dream Of A Better Life' Authored by Thomas Brooke via Remix News, The European Union must expand legal migration channels and intensify pressure on the criminal networks behind illegal border crossings, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Wednesday at a global migration conference in Brussels. Von der Leyen argued that creating structured, regulated routes into the EU is essential if the bloc wants to reduce reliance on smuggling networks. “We must open more […]

NYT Editorial Board Urges US To Prepare For Future War With China Authored by Dave DeCamp via AntiWar.com, The New York Times editorial board released a video this week calling for the US to "prepare for the future of war" and urged the Pentagon to take drastic steps to be better prepared for a potential fight with China, a conflict that could quickly turn nuclear. "US politicians often boast that America has the ‘Strongest and most powerful military in the history of the world’ but behind closed doors, they’re being told a different story," the editorial board said. […]

Gaming The System: Huge Proportion Of 'Elite' University Students Claiming Disabilities Just when you thought the ongoing cultivation of weakness in American youth couldn't get much worse, huge proportions of the student bodies at US universities are enrolling with official disability designations that bestow various accommodations upon the students who claim them. As you may have expected, the alarming trend is most pronounced at what are supposed to be the most "elite" institutions.  We're not talking about people in wheelchairs, but rather students snagging diagnoses […]

FDA Investigating Deaths Potentially Linked To COVID-19 Vaccines Across Age Ranges Authored by Aldgra Fredly via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is looking into the potential links between COVID-19 vaccination and deaths in various age groups, according to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). A nurse holds a COVID-19 vaccine in Miami, Fla., in this undated file photograph. Joe Raedle/Getty Images The FDA investigation is being carried out as part of a safety review, a HHS spokesperson said on Dec. 9. The probe follows […]

Criminalizing Bible Verses? Canadian Lawmakers Target Religious Expression With Proposed 'Hate Speech' Amendment In a move that should alarm anyone who is pro-free speech, members of Canada’s Liberal Party have capitulated to pressure from Quebec’s ultra-secular separatist party by voting to strip away a longstanding religious exemption from the country's hate-speech laws as part of the draconian Bill C-9, also known as the so-called Combating Hate Act. Clergy stand outside of the Martyrs' Shrine in Ontario, Canada Canada’s Criminal Code has long shielded good-faith […]

Jordan Peterson Out Of Hospital But Still "Very Unwell", Daughter Says Authored by Jennifer Cowan via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Canadian psychologist and public speaker Jordan Peterson is continuing to fight an uphill battle with his health but has returned home after spending several months in the hospital, his daughter says. Author, media commentator, and clinical psychologist Jordan Peterson addresses the 5th Demographic Summit in the Fine Arts Museum in Budapest on Sept. 14, 2023. Attila Kisbenedek/AFP via Getty Images Mikhaila Peterson shared an update on social […]

US Solar Installations Soar As Developers Rush To Secure Tax Credits The U.S. solar market saw a significant jump in capacity installations in the third quarter as developers ramp up activity and construction to qualify for the last investment tax credits that are being phased out by the Trump Administration. As OilPrice reported, the industry added 11.7 gigawatts direct current (GWdc) of solar power capacity in the third quarter of 2025, up by 20% from a year earlier and a massive 49% surge compared to the second quarter. That was the third-largest quarter for deployment in the […]

Israel Used Palantir Technology In Its 2024 Lebanon Pager Attack Via Middle East Eye Palantir software was used by Israel in its 2024 pager attacks in Lebanon, according to a new book by Alex Karp, co-founder of the Palantir tech company. On September 17, thousands of pagers belonging to Hezbollah members, including civilians not involved in any armed activity, were detonated across Lebanon. Many showed "error" messages and vibrated loudly prior to exploding, luring Hezbollah members or, in some cases, their family members to stand close by at the point of detonation. The […]

Top Democrat: Murder Of DC National Guard Just An 'Unfortunate Accident' During a heated House Committee on Homeland Security hearing on Thursday, Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.) sparked outrage by dismissing the Thanksgiving-eve shooting of two National Guardsmen in Washington, D.C., as an "unfortunate accident." The casual characterization of what DHS Secretary Kristi Noem quickly corrected as a terrorist attack revealed Thompson's apparent inability—or refusal—to acknowledge the gravity of the attack that left 20-year-old U.S. Army Spc. Sarah Beckstrom dead, and 24-year-old […]

The Million Petty Annoyances Of California's Regulatory State Authored by Edward Ring via American Greatness, The litany of reasons California is broken is well documented. The highest cost of living and the highest taxes. The highest percentages of homeless people and people living in poverty. Unaffordable homes and unaffordable rent. High crime and failing schools. A hostile business climate and record migration out of state as people and businesses flee. But not often enough are we reminded of the countless small things that have gone wrong. Small things that add up to a […]

Blue State Governors Are Refusing To Implement Trump's 'No Tax On Tips' On the campaign trail, President Donald Trump promised to end federal taxes on tips and overtime. Democrats dismissed it as an election-year ploy to win votes, but Trump delivered on that promise when he signed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act on July 4, which eliminated taxes on tips and overtime for service and hospitality workers. However, blue-state Democrats like New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, and Colorado Gov. Jared Polis are, in the words of Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, […]

What Is Really Happening With Vaccination Policy? Authored by Jeffrey A. Tucker via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The national press was overtaken with hullabaloo following the recent meeting of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP). This is a committee that serves under the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), providing a check of outside expertise on what would otherwise be a bureaucratic edict. Dr. Robert Malone speaks during a meeting of the CDC Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) in Atlanta, Ga., on Dec. 5, 2025. Elijah […]

Letitia James Off The Hook Again As 2nd Grand Jury Refuses To Indict New York Attorney General Letitia James has dodged yet another bullet from the Trump DOJ, after a second federal grand jury in Alexandria, Virginia declined to indict her on mortgage fraud charges for the second time in a week, after their first case against James was dismissed because a federal judge ruled that Halligan's appointment as interim US attorney was invalid under federal law because she took office after the statutory 120-day interim appointment period had expired.  Apparently "any good […]

Senate Democrats Unite To Condemn Tucker Carlson Over Nick Fuentes Interview Authored by José Niño via Headline USA (emphasis ours), Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer just forced Republicans into an uncomfortable corner over antisemitism, and the silence from the GOP side of the aisle speaks volumes. On Monday, Schumer introduced a resolution condemning nationalist influencer Nick Fuentes over 'antisemitism' and Tucker Carlson for platforming him.  Chuck Schumer / PHOTO: Senate TV via AP All 47 Senate Democrats signed on as co-sponsors. However, no Republicans have […]

Prepare For Coming World War, NATO Chief Says NATO chief Mark Rutte on Thursday gave a major address in Berlin wherein he pleaded with members of the alliance to drastically step up joint defense efforts, in order to face down a coming conflict with Russia that could be "on the scale of war our grandparents and great-grandparents endured." It in the "keynote speech" he chastized those alliance partners who don't feel the urgency of the 'Russian threat' to Europe.  "We are Russia's next target. I fear that too many are quietly complacent," he said. "Too many don't feel the […]

Waste Of The Day: Shockingly, Inmate Phone Calls Lead To More Criminal Activity Authored by Jeremy Portnoy via RealClearInvestigaions, Topline: A new program that gives unlimited free phone calls to Massachusetts prisoners cost taxpayers $12.5 million in fiscal year 2025, according to the Boston Herald.  Key facts: The program was meant to allow inmates to stay connected to their family members and other outside support systems, helping the rehabilitative process. It has not always had its intended effect. Bristol County Sheriff Paul Heroux told the Herald that inmates at […]

Jasmine Crockett Announces US Senate Run And It's Already Comedy Gold Democrat meme and congresswoman Jasmine Crockett is running for the US Senate in the deep red state of Texas, and Republicans are cheering.  Notorious for providing some of the worst political takes of the past year, Crockett is widely considered to be the embodiment of leftist DEI - A low intelligence person artificially elevated into law and politics because of her minority status.  Her presence on the national stage has produced endless comedy gold, but it's about to get better.   Crockett's last minute […]

"Fraud On Epic Scale": Do Kown Gets 15 Year Prison Sentence For $40BN Terraform Fraud Many will point to the collapse of the Terra ecosystem in May 2022 as the trigger for the last crypto crash/winter which eventually culminated with the collapse of FTX. And moments ago, a judge added a prison sentence for the mastermind behind it all.  Terraform Labs co-founder and onetime fugitive Do Kwon, who in August pled guilty over one of the largest frauds in crypto history, was sentenced to 15 years in prison for the fraud that led to the company’s $40 billion collapse in 2022 and […]

Pritzker Signs Law Limiting Federal Immigration Enforcement In Illinois Authored by Aldgra Fredly via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker signed a bill into law on Dec. 9 that will limit federal immigration enforcement in the state, including in its courthouses and hospitals. Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker speaks during a press conference with Texas Democrats at the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades union hall in Aurora, Ill., on Aug. 5, 2025. Scott Olson/Getty Images “With my signature today, we are protecting people and institutions that […]

2.5 Million Illegal Immigrants Deported Under Trump Admin: DHS Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), More than 2.5 million illegal immigrants have left the United States under the Trump administration, a “record-breaking achievement” in a year, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said in a Dec. 10 statement. U.S. Customs and Border Protection security agents guide illegal immigrants onboard a C-17 Globemaster III assigned to the 60th Air Mobility Wing for a removal flight at Fort Bliss, Texas, on Jan. 23, 2025. Dept. of Defense photo by […]

Asset Purchases Begin: Fed To Buy $8.2BN In Bills Friday; Full Monthly Schedule Released It's only appropriate that one day after Powell unveiled QE, pardon NOT QE, pardon Reserve Management Purchases (as we said he would a month ago), that the New York Fed would do what it did for the entire duration of QE 1, QE 2, QE 3 and so forth, and publish the POMO, pardon NOT POMO schedule of daily asset purchases. But since it's Bills and not long-duration Notes or Bonds, it's not QE... or some banana logic.  As shown in the schedule below and as was first announced yesterday, the Fed […]

White House: Seized Dark-Fleet Tanker Now En Route To U.S.; Track Its Position Here Update (1540ET): White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters Thursday that the VLCC Skipper, seized by U.S. forces on Wednesday, is inbound to a "U.S. port and that the U.S. intends to seize the oil. However, she noted that there is a legal process for such a seizure, and that process will be followed." ⚠️🇺🇸 TRUMP ORDERS SEIZURE OF VENEZUELAN TANKER OIL – US forces stormed Skipper tanker off Venezuela coast yesterday; vessel heads to US port for legal forfeiture of […]

After Polar Vortex US Freeze, Global Warming Returns Before Christmas The Mid-Atlantic and Northeast have been locked in an extended period of unseasonably cold weather, with multiple rounds of accumulating snowfall over the past several weeks. Another surge of Arctic air is expected to arrive this weekend and persist into early next week. However, there is good news for those hoping for a break from the cold: the latest model guidance indicates a significant warm-up is likely across much of the eastern half of the Lower 48 heading into Christmas. In energy markets, U.S. […]

OPEC Maintains Bullish Oil Demand Outlook, IEA Trims Oil Glut Forecast Oil prices are lower this morning despite a less-hawkish-than-feared Fed cut and a double-whammy of relative optimism from OPEC and the IEA... IEA Trims Oil Glut Forecast as Supply Surge Halts OilPrice.com's Tsvetana Paraskova reports that the oil market still faces record oversupply next year, according to the monthly report by the International Energy Agency (IEA), but the glut estimate is now trimmed by about 230,000 barrels per day compared to the November forecast.  The market is headed to as much […]

The Federal Reserve delivered its third rate cut of 2025, but deep divisions on the committee signal uncertainty ahead. Silver surged to an all-time high of $62.89, capping a historic 113% gain this year. Meanwhile, the race to replace Jerome Powell is heating up.

The price of silver futures have surged above $63 as more QE sends metals prices higher.

The disconnect between paper silver and real-world demand is widening fast. In this episode, Mike and Alan reveal why a silver COMEX breakdown is becoming more likely — and what happens when industrial buyers need physical metal the futures market can no longer deliver.

Fed launches QE5 sending gold and silver higher and the dollar lower.

Silver shattered records this week, topping $60 per ounce while central banks accelerated gold buying to the highest level of 2025. Meanwhile, Trump sets "immediate" rate cuts as his litmus test for the next Fed chair, and his $12 billion farm bailout reveals the true cost of his trade war.

Investors need to buckle up ahead of fiat currency destruction and increased inflation heading into 2026.

The price of gold is coiled to skyrocket vs the stock market, but look at silver...

Silver has shattered its psychological barrier, breaking past $60 per ounce for the first time in history. This milestone in the precious metals bull market signals fundamental shifts in industrial demand and monetary dynamics that could sustain higher prices for years. Discover the five key drivers behind this unprecedented surge...

What is happening behind the scenes in the gold market is absolutely wild.

Gold trades steady at $4,200 as the Fed prepares a hawkish rate cut Wednesday. Global central banks are pumping the brakes on easing, while persistent inflation keeps Americans struggling with soaring costs for food, housing, and childcare—fueling safe-haven demand.

Look at who just said silver might spike above $500.

Gold and silver consolidation continues, what to do with miners?

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell is set to deliver another rate cut this week despite growing dissent among policymakers. Meanwhile, China's central bank extended its gold buying streak to 13 consecutive months, even as prices trade near record highs. State Street Global Advisors sees a potential path for gold to...

Today the short squeeze in the silver market continued with shortages of physical metal being seen across the world.

Institutions are turning increasingly bullish on gold, with many forecasting prices above $5,000 by 2026. Driven by record central bank buying, rising geopolitical tensions, and persistent inflation, the 2026 gold price prediction reflects powerful structural forces reshaping the market. Is your portfolio positioned for what comes next?

Yes, gold, silver, copper, but look at this metal...

Markets are holding their breath ahead of today's delayed PCE inflation report—the Fed's preferred gauge and final data point before next week's rate decision. Gold is consolidating near $4,235 while silver holds near record highs after hitting $58.98 this week. Meanwhile, Treasury bonds are suffering their worst week since June...

Look at who has lost control, plus another gold and silver bull catalyst.

Silver pulled back from an all-time high of $58.98 while gold consolidated near $4,200 as traders await next week's Federal Reserve meeting. Markets are pricing in an 89% chance of a rate cut, while mixed labor data and plunging oil prices signal both resilience and caution in the global economy.

Silver just hit all-time highs — but according to Mike Maloney and Alan Hibbard, the real move is still ahead. With a 7-year supply deficit, a historic 45-year technical breakout, and a collapsing gold-to-silver ratio, the fundamentals point to dramatically higher prices. Here's why it's not too late to buy...

Most investors lose money because they never learned how to choose investments in the first place. In 2026, you don't need more complexity—you need clarity. Alan Hibbard's 3-question framework cuts through market noise so you can evaluate any asset based on fundamentals, not emotions.

Bank of America's investment team says the dollar's dominance is over—gold is in. Central banks are accumulating at record pace, the Fed is cutting rates, and jobs data is weakening. Silver just doubled in 2025. For precious metals investors watching the macro shift unfold, the message is clear.

Copper just joined gold and silver in record territory for the first time in decades — a powerful signal that investors are rotating into real, tangible assets. With supply tightening, central banks ramping up gold purchases, and global PMI data flashing slowdown, hard assets are emerging as the preferred hedge...

Designing the perfect money reveals a simple truth: you can’t escape the Perfect Money Trilemma. Gold, silver, and Bitcoin endure because they choose security and decentralization over scalability—unlike most cryptocurrencies that only appear decentralized. This episode breaks down why real value always circles back to sound, Layer 1 money.

Silver touched a record high of $57.86 per ounce Monday, surging nearly 90% year-over-year as physical supply tightens and traders price in a December Fed rate cut. Gold also climbed to a six-week high of $4,241, with major banks including JPMorgan and Goldman Sachs now projecting prices could surpass $5,000...

Silver’s rally didn’t break — the CME did. As trading halted across major markets, silver kept surging, breaking out above prior highs despite margin hikes. With confidence in fiat eroding and price signals returning, this move mirrors the explosive setup of the late 1970s. Silver may be leading the next...

For more than a century, the London Gold Fixing—now the LBMA Gold Price—has set the benchmark that guides global gold transactions. Today’s transparent, twice-daily electronic auctions reflect real-time supply and demand, shaped by central bank policies, inflation, currency movements, geopolitics, and physical market fundamentals. Understanding these forces helps investors interpret...

Is gold truly expensive at $4,000—or is the real price being held down? Mike Maloney and Alan Hibbard reveal the LBMA gold suppression chart, the structural silver deficit, and why both metals may be headed much higher.

Gold pushed higher overnight as traders priced in faster Fed easing and Treasury yields retreated. But the bigger story: with Jerome Powell's term ending in early 2026, uncertainty over Fed leadership is mounting. From Kevin Hassett's pitch to a shortlist of five candidates, the race to lead the Federal Reserve...

Is socialism really “on the way,” or has the U.S. already crossed the line? Mike Maloney and Alan Hibbard break down the systems, incentives, and policies that reveal how deeply government control is embedded in everyday American life — and why it matters for anyone protecting their financial future.

Trump's $21 trillion investment claim shrinks to $3 trillion under scrutiny, while delayed GDP reports and disappointing retail sales raise questions about data integrity and economic strength. With consumers tapped out from years of rising costs and producer prices jumping again, the economic picture is murkier than ever. Meanwhile, China's...

Most cryptocurrencies claim decentralization, but few truly achieve it. Alan Hibbard breaks down why most networks remain centrally controlled—and why only systems governed by math or physics, like Bitcoin and gold, avoid the risks investors overlook.

Gold held near $4,080 Monday as December Fed rate cut expectations surged, but a strong dollar and divided Fed officials kept gains modest. Treasury Secretary Bessent claimed tariffs don't drive inflation—contradicting CPI data showing a jump from 2.3% to 3.0% since April. UBS sees silver's pullback as a buying opportunity...

Mike just stepped off stage at the world’s oldest investment conference — and if you weren’t there, you missed something.  The New Orleans Investment Conference just wrapped with a record crowd. “We were bursting at the seams,” producer Brien Lundin told Mike.  But these weren’t casual observers. These were investors...

Gold investors face whiplash as conflicting signals roil precious metals markets. While New York Fed President Williams opened the door to December rate cuts, stronger-than-expected jobs data has traders second-guessing the Fed's next move. Meanwhile, gold demand is cooling across Asia amid price volatility, job openings continue their post-ChatGPT slide,...