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Anthropic Records $42 B Loss, OpenAI Scraps Astra, Taxpayers Paid $600 M for Vaccine Data They Can’t Get
Today's Digest covers Anthropic losses, copper markets, housing delinquencies, Disney AI downsizing, OpenAI safety, AI governance, nuclear non-proliferation…
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The Fat Pipe 09/28/26: Serious Lying, Diesel Shortages, the Future of Oil, and Grab Bag
It was another truly wild weekend of explosive news. Things are definitely speeding up.
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Trump’s FDA Pick Says Vaccines Safe and Effective, Italy Caps Fuel Prices, Gates Says AI Can Kill Billions
Today's Digest covers vaccine safety, Canada's MAID surge, Italian fuel caps, Iran attacking Hormuz ships, SCOTUS blocking Missouri remap, UK Ministry of Truth…
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Long Rates Spike as Confidence Keeps Sliding – Dollar Rallies While Crude and Heating Oil Correct
Long rates jumped 16 bp as U.S. confidence kept sliding. The dollar rallied four days out of five while crude and heating oil sold off hard. Treasuries…
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Democrats Favor a Military Coup, 43% of Americans View Socialism Positively, and AI Agents Go Rogue
Today's Digest covers diesel bans, Syria-Iraq fuel shipments, Democrat coup polling, socialism trends, internet regulation, Collins probe, OpenAI agent…
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France to Send Troops to Saudi Arabia, Britain Assigns Every Billionaire a Tax Compliance Officer
Today's Digest covers French Saudi-port troops, Chinese nuclear construction, Ukraine-Russia refinery strikes, Louisiana diesel emergency, oil-gas prices…
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Energy Shortages, Diesel Bans, and the Bond Market’s Warning with Cambone and McElroy
Chris joins Daniela Cambone and Ken McElroy's shows to discuss the energy shock, a possible diesel export ban, pump prices versus futures, inflation, yields…
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The Fat Pipe 09/25/26: Weekend at the Farm, the Continuing Energy Crisis, Bonds(!), Stocks, and Grab Bag
It's another packed Fat Pipe. Things are definitely speeding up. As expected.
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Good News Friday: Homeschoolers Top National Averages as HHS Opens EMF and Glyphosate Reviews
Today's Digest covers homeschool scores, Idaho medical-freedom, EMF and glyphosate reviews, mRNA halt demand, interstate handguns, dairy ESG ban, ACA cuts…
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Good Retirement Planning Requires Knowing The Risks, Pros and Cons of Your Strategy
Do you plan to retire in comfort? Then you needs to know and agree to the risks as well as the pros and cons of your current strategy. Paul Kiker breaks this…
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Episode #25 of The Wake-Up Call: Common Knowledge Alert!
We're living through the most extraordinary times. The level of racketry, obfuscation, lying, and just generally ignoring everything that has anything to do…
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Bessent Threatens Shutdown of Iranian Airlines, White House Debuts TrumpTV, Anthropic Enters Pharma
Today's Digest covers Iran sanctions, Hormuz, missing F-35s, media bans, Trump TV, copyright bill, pronouns incident, another AfD win, Swedish sharia court, UK…
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The Fat Pipe 09/21/26: Voted In, Capitalism on the Ropes, Oil Supplies Strained, Destroying the West, Economic Pain on the Way, and Life Comes at You Fast
As is typical, this edition of The Fat Pipe is out of step with the ""markets"" and with most official pronouncements. But Common Knowledge is rapidly…
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Trump Mulls Blowing Up All of Iran, and Hackers Unlock Flock Secrets – Will the Rate Hike Fix Inflation?
Today's Digest covers Iran developments, Houthi pause, Israel's West Bank trench, AIPAC influence, diesel embargos, Venezuelan oil, inflation concerns, a new…
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Ukraine Strikes Moscow Refinery and Houthi Strike Saudi Fuel Tanks as Democrats Avoid Republican Beef
Today's Digest covers Moscow refinery, Houthi Riyadh strike, Red Sea coalition, space weapons, moon race, VAERS, LEDs, Silicon Valley Bank, teacher unions…
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Nominal Retail Sales Jump 1.2% as Fed Hike Sparks a Dollar Rally and Dow Slides
Nominal retail sales jumped 1.2% last week as the Fed hiked 25bp. The dollar rallied 1.1% while the Dow slid 1.7%, with most sectors lower in a risk-off week.
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Record Diesel, Missing Oil, and Why Energy Prices Won’t Plunge with Daniel Davis and Mario Nawfal
Chris appears on Daniel Davis and Mario Nawfal’s shows to discuss the Iran war’s energy damage, record diesel prices, global supply shocks, inflation risks…
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Diesel Crisis Intensifies, US to Sign Greenland Agreement, and AI Nearly Starts War
Today's Digest covers diesel squeezes, refinery outages, trucker strikes, Pakistan rationing, Hormuz extended closure, Russia sanctions, Greenland pact, AI…
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Get Ready, Interest Rates and Inflation Are About to Rip Higher
After more than 200 days of war, and no progress toward resolution, people are waking up to the ideas that (a) this won't be temporary at all and (b) things…
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Good News Friday: SNAP Reform Saves $5.8 B, Judge Refuses to Dismiss Dr. Nass’s First Amendment Case
Today's Digest covers SNAP fraud, hunting executive order, Second Amendment news, Epstein Transparency Act, AI infrastructure, energy advancements, Dr. Nass…
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Is It Too Late? Here’s What Former CIA Senior Operations Officer Jim Erdman Thinks
The second installment of this series features the CIA whistle-blower who got into hot water with his agency because of his public Senate testimony and related…
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Shanghai Crude Hits $138, Massie Moves to Impeach Hegseth, Trump Calls Butler a ‘Democrat Plot’
Today's Digest covers $6.27 diesel, US diesel export ban, Saudi pipeline halt, US base damage, War Powers vote, MA gender battle, Hegseth impeachment, 8.6%…
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When Official Stories Collapse: 9/11, Charlie Kirk, and the Fight for Western Values
Chris appears on Liberty Lockdown with Clint Russell and Bret Weinstein to examine 9/11 and the Charlie Kirk shooting, expert capture, COVID, the Clancy case…
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Robert Kiyosaki & Chevron CEO Warn That Crisis Has Arrived, SCOTUS Blocks USPS Mail-In Ballot Rule
Today's Digest covers Kiyosaki's crash warning, Chinese auto bans, diesel Hormuz crunch, energy-infrastructure strikes, Iran sanctions, Space Force weapons…
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Trump Asks Ukraine to Stop Targeting Refineries as Diesel Hits $6.20 and BRICS (Incl. Iran) Bypass SWIFT
Today's Digest covers Ukraine refinery strikes and diesel shortages, U.S. refining plans, BRICS payment system, Costco oil rationing, debt-trap risks, a…
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The Fat Pipe 9/14/26: A Drastic Blow to Oil Supplies, the War Comes Home, Russia Takes the Gloves Off, and Grab Bag
The is she most important Fat Pipe since the war began. Things just took a massive shift for the worse, and we'll be struggling with the consequences for the…
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Treasury Rates and Energy Scream Higher on Hot CPI/PPI as Metals Fade Ahead of Near-Certain Fed Hike
Hot CPI and PPI prints sent energy and Treasury yields screaming higher. Gold, silver, and miners faded. A September Fed hike is nearly locked in at 87%.
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The State-Corporate Merger, Pacing the Frontier, ‘Racist’ Toddlers, and the US’s Final Strategic Blunder
Today's Digest covers Iran war blowback, US corporatism and census rules, UK toddler racism training, civil-service ethnic quotas, UK dissolution, AI pacing…
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Copper Shortages, Record Diesel, and a Multipolar Shift with Mario Nawfal
Chris joins Mario Nawfall to discuss farmland and gold, copper’s structural shortage, record diesel prices, the SPR drawdown, and the shift toward a multipolar…
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Saudi Arabia Shuts Down Major Pipeline as Diesel Markets Tighten and the UK Builds Diversity Monuments
Today's Digest covers strike on major Saudi pipeline, Hormuz GCC talks, UAE AI sites, diesel crunch, Texas gas plants, Ukraine draft and Gaza claims, Chinese…
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Dutch Remove 86 Tonnes of Gold from US/Canada, China Approves Brain-Computer Interface
Today's Digest covers Dutch gold, yen risks, agricultural prices, mind-reading, Nepal floods, Japan fires, Russia-Iran missile support, Ben-Gvir video, COVID…
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Can the Country Be Rescued (or Is It Too Late)?
Positive change always begins with awareness and open debate. Join me with our incredible guests as we explore how to create a world worth inheriting.
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US-Iran Trade New Blows, Tungsten Supply Threatens US, 400k CA Voters Provided No Documentation
Today's Digest covers US-Iran strikes, Putin's Iran support, Netanyahu's manipulation, tungsten supply, G20 meeting, psychosis ruling in murder trial, CA…
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Slouching Towards Bedlam
Could bond yields double in the next year? Yes, here’s how: My thesis is that bond yields are reacting to oil prices.
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EU President Eyes Securitizing Bank Deposits as Iran/Russia Promote Sanction-Proof Development Bank
Today's Digest covers EU deposit plans, SCO geopolitics, US defense resignations, AI data centers, mail-in voting, YouTube probe, financial AI risks, Epstein…
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The Fat Pipe 08/31/26: Hormuz, Trouble at Home, Revolting Bonds, UKR and RUS Pummel Each Other, and Food Prices Launching
Well folks, the Iran war is back on the front burner, food prices are finally reacting to all the pressures, and rare and notable dissent is brewing within the…
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China Leads Robot Arms Race, US Attacks Larak Island, Trump Falsely Claims Venezuelan Oil Can Refill the SPR
Today's Digest covers Chinese humanoid robots' military potential, the AI race, LLM job myths, China-Taiwan vessels, Israel-Greece arms deal, US-China tariffs…
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Jackson Hole Reaction: Gold, Silver & Miners Slump as the Dollar Rallies
Warsh’s hawkish Jackson Hole speech sparked Friday selling in gold, silver, and miners as the dollar rallied. Home prices kept falling, GDP jumped without much…
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Drug Shortages a U.S. Security Threat, Crude Tankers Hit $647K/Day – Is Dropping Flock ALPRs Enough?
Today's Digest covers U.S. drug shortages, DMSO, Flock and ALPR surveillance, Hormuz tanker costs, Central Asian power outages, a Ukraine depot strike, Ceuta…
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Jay Martin: AI Financing Is the Key (and It’s Bonkers)
You're in for a real treat with this podcast. Grab a cup of coffee, or go mow the lawn with your headphones on, and tune in.
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Fauci Advisor Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy, Japanese Life Insurers Face 30 Trillion Yen in Bond Losses
Today's Digest covers Morens' guilty plea, DSA candidate win, Jeffries SCOTUS plans, Japan bond losses, Russian bank run, US Iran strategy change, ICC…
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Diesel Crack Spread Passes $100 and Iran Issues Ultimatum as SPR May Only Have Until October
Today's Digest covers U.S. diesel prices and SPR lows, Germany's gas levels, China's five-year energy plan, Iran's ultimatum, socialism polls and WNBA…
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The Fat Pipe Monday 08/17/26: Limitless, Inflation Incoming!, Schrodinger’s Strait, Russia Warns
A LOT is happenign right now with diesel prices spiking and bond yields heading higher. Here's what I've managed to scout up this weekend.
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US Forces Allies to Choose Sides on AI, Armstrong Predicts EU Breakup and Collapse of Republican Gov’t
Today's Digest covers Martin Armstrong's forecasts, US AI coalition ultimatum, Ukraine drone attack, robotic phlebotomy, BMJ paper retraction, measles in…
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Harvard’s $630M China Funding Under Scrutiny as AI Judges and Data-Center Power Crunch Gain Attention
Today's Digest covers Harvard China funds, secret college classes, Islamic school field trips, AI judges, data-center power shortfalls, Ukraine-Russia strikes…
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“No Inflation” CPI Meets Screaming Heating Oil, Falling Retail Sales, and a Split Market
Soft CPI and PPI met a near-10% surge in heating oil. Retail sales declined, long rates rose, TLT hit a 19-year low, and Nasdaq outperformed a falling Dow.
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O’Keefe’s Undercover Voting Sting, Anthropic’s Epstein Controversy, and Private Credit’s Rising Red Flags
Today's Digest covers Minneapolis voter-vouching, Trump's Aramaic Zohar (Pinchas), WNBA's undefined "woman," Anthropic adviser Clark's Epstein pitch…
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Good News Friday: State Dept Targets Birth Tourism & Sham Marriage as CMS Ends Child Gender Care
Today's Digest covers immigration crackdowns, a sex trafficking takedown, election integrity, Truth API lawsuit, CMS gender care, cell tower dumps…
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The Markets Have Become Casinos
Can the markets remain irrational longer than we can make podcasts? We hope not!
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EIA Cuts Its Oil Forecast Through 2027, Mental Health Crisis Aboard the USS Lincoln, AI Answers 911 Calls
Today's Digest covers Hormuz oil and EIA forecasts, Ukraine strikes on Russian ships, Navy mental-health crisis, Lindell's primary, AI for 911, Trump's claimed…
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HHS Reduces Vaccination Schedule, Fauci Texts Warned of Miscarriages, SPR Drops Below 300 Million Barrels
Today's Digest covers Trump's childhood vaccine executive order, Canadian MAID case, Fauci texts, SPR drawdown, NVIDIA/Intel AI deals, bankruptcies, Saver's…
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The Fat Pipe 08/10/26: Trump Ready To Walk Away, Ukraine FAFO’s, “”Markets,”” Silver & Gold, and Grab Bag
Trump has zero good options left with Iran and the Strait; he's out of options and out of time. Israel says they will choose if the war is over or not. Russia…
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Armstrong Warns of an EU Civil War, American Conservatives Fracture, and Bond Market Angst Sets In
Today's Digest covers EU migration unrest, New IRA threats, US-Israel policy split, Wikipedia bias, justice failures, rising bond yields, student debt…
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Weak Payrolls but Miners Scream Higher – Metals Follow as Paper Crude Declines
Weak payrolls and heavy downward revisions arrived alongside a soft dollar, while miners and metals broke out strongly, equities hit new highs, and paper crude…
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Israel Readies Iran Attack, Houthis Strike Berri Gas Plant, and Royce White Enters WNBA Draft
Today's Digest covers Israel military plans, Houthi strike and Europe energy crisis, Black Sea restrictions, glyphosate attacks, WEF pivots, Flock errors…
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The ‘End’ of the Iran War, Strait of Hormuz Control, and the Yen Crisis with Mario Nawfal
Chris joins Mario Nawfal to discuss the "end" of the Iran war, Iran’s growing control of the Strait of Hormuz, collapsing oil flows, and the deepening yen…
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mRNA Flu Vaccine Approved as AI Designs Viruses, US-Saudi Oil Imports Hit Zero, “Muslim NATO” Forms
Today's Digest covers the Moderna mRNA flu vaccine approval, AI-designed viruses, zero Saudi crude imports, energy stock draws, Lindsey Graham's Russia-Iran…
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The Fat Pipe 08/07/26: Deal or No Deal? US Treasuries “Not Fit for Purpose,” and Grab Bag
As the Iran war simmers along, increasingly concerning events are unfolding in the financial world. Can Bessent prevent Japan's illness from spreading to the…
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Good News Friday: Fauci Held in Contempt, Trump Hits Birthright Citizenship, and the Flock Revolt Continues
Today's Digest covers Fauci contempt and COVID apology, birthright citizenship orders, suppressor ruling, Florida waste cuts and kids act, insider trading…
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Record-High Stocks and Federal Debt Square Off Against Oil, Gold and Japan
Stocks set new record highs! But so did government debt. And the Strait remains closed. Here's what comes next.