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Saudi Aramco Q2 Oil Sales Averaged $108 per Barrel, Ukraine Out of Patriot Missiles, Yen Carry Trade Dying
Today's Digest covers Aramco's profit surge and Hormuz talks, the dying yen carry trade, France's deficit and Fitch downgrade, Kyiv missile strikes, AI wage…
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Oil’s Hidden Crisis with Ken McElroy: Diesel Shortages, Vanishing Reserves and the Coming Inflation Wave
Chris joins Ken McElroy to unpack oil’s strange price swings, extreme backwardation, plunging diesel inventories, SPR drawdowns, and why cost-push inflation…
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Medicaid Fraud Costs Taxpayers $33B, US Age-Verification Bill Looms, British Council Bans British Flags
Today's Digest covers ACA Medicaid improper enrollment, Digital Age Assurance Act, Apple's Telegram removal, UK flag bans and police Ramadan observance, diesel…
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The Fat Pipe 08/03/26: Tough Talk, Tight Oil, Easy Money, and Grab Bag
Thankfully, the US and Israel called off the anticipated weekend attacks. Truthfully, I really don't want Trump and Bibi to destroy the world's economy. Things…
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Analysis Predicts $8+ Diesel as Hope Dwindles for a Negotiated Settlement – What’s Happening in Ceuta?
Today's Digest covers energy shortages and Venezuela oil, Iran geopolitics and cyberattacks, Ceuta migrant crisis, Rhine drought, brain health nutrients…
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Fake Markets, Real Consequences
In times like these you have to widen your view, take in the big picture, and consider every possibility. Philip Pilkington has a rare set of skills and…
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No Fed Rate Hike: Long Bonds Lose, Short Bonds Win, and the Dollar Turns to Confetti
Fed holds rates steady. Markets dump long bonds, pile into shorts, and send the dollar plunging into confetti. Stocks rally while inflation fears and curve…
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US-Japan Yen Intervention Stirs Carry-Trade Fears, Is the Fourth Turning Entering its Terminal Phase?
Today's Digest covers U.S.-Japan yen intervention risks, Fourth Turning predictions, oil inventory and SPR drops, newly approved nuclear campuses, Iran strike…
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Triple Feature: Closed Straits, Hidden Shortages, and the Real Energy Crisis
Chris appears in three interviews examining closed straits, market manipulations masking severe oil shortages, and the real energy crisis now unfolding.
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US-Owned Drone Factory Hit by Russia, Water Systems Hit by Cyberattack, Migrants Swarm (and Exit) Spain
Today's Digest covers Minnesota water cyberattacks, Iranian false-flag tanker claims, US Iraq pullout, Russian Kyiv drone factory hit, Ceuta migrant surge, US…
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UK Shares Electronic Jammers with Ukraine as US Prepares Large Iran Attack & Yen Carry Trade Cracks
Today's Digest covers UK-Ukraine support, Russian Odessa strikes, Indian protests, Iran and US attacks, Japan yen crisis, US student defaults, OpenAI losses…
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Fauci’s Private Diary Exposes Stark Contradictions on Lab Leak, Lethality, Lockdowns & Vaccines
Today's Digest covers Fauci’s diaries revealing COVID lab-leak lies, fatality rate gaps, lockdown advocacy, vaccine ineffectiveness, his post-vax infarction…
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US Draft Simulations Advance as 7M More Barrels Come Offline and Canada’s New Hate Law Takes Effect
Today's Digest covers US draft simulations, Graham's Iran remarks, Abqaiq refinery attacks, Russia fuel crisis, Kazakhstan oil, Trump's Iran pause, Turkey's…
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The Fat Pipe 7/27/26: Lies All The Way Down, Oil “”Markets”” and PsyOps, “Enshitt-AI-fication”, and Grab Bag
What is even happening anymore? Paradoxically, we live in a time when it's possible to be fully informed, yet it's getting harder and harder to separate the…
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AI Firms Destroy Rare Books and US Interceptor Stocks Run Low – Will China/Russia Test the US?
Today's Digest covers Iran interceptor shortages and Russia/China risks, AI rare book scanning, GE Vernova gas turbines, Biden China blackmail claims, housing…
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Big Crude Rally, Metals & Miners Climb as Treasuries and Equities Fall
Crude oil surged 9% this week, its third straight weekly gain, while gold, silver, and miners advanced. Yields rose, TLT hit a multi-year low, the dollar…
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Rand Paul Drops Fauci Diary Bombshell as Wealthy Elites Push Socialism and Ukraine Strikes Iranian Ships
Today's Digest covers Rand Paul’s COVID release, DSA critiques, $225M school fraud, voting reform blocks, Ukraine strikes on Iran ships, WWIII risks, China…
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Houthis Hit 400k-bpd Jazan Refinery, US Blacks Out Gulf Satellites, Commodities Feel the Squeeze
Today's Digest covers strikes on Saudi and Russian refineries, Red Sea tanker detours, Iran war, US strikes and blackouts, commodity price squeezes, AI public…
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Escalation Trap: US-Iran Strikes, Oil Chokepoints, and the Coming Energy Crisis with Mario Nawfal
Chris appears on Mario Nawfal's show to discuss the escalating US-Iran conflict, Trump’s threats, oil chokepoints, and the risks of a broader energy crisis.
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What Happens When When Fake Oil Prices Meet Reality? Hard Times
By holding down the price of oil, "somebody" is setting the table for a very painful price adjustment in the not-so-distant future. They really ought not to be…
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Special Report: Trump’s Shocking 20% Hormuz Toll and Russia’s Destroyed Refineries
Please share this with anybody who needs to be brought up to speed on what's at risk. Because it's quite a lot.
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The Fat Pipe July 13th, 2026: Iran War Is Back, Russia Getting Pounded, WSJ on the SPR, Mitch’s Proof of Life Backfires, and Grab Bag
What an unbelievable flow of news this weekend. Get ready...it's all going to speed up from here.
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Diesel Priced as if Oil is $140/Barrel, Asian Markets Lose $950 Billion, McConnell Statement Sparks Doubts
Today's Digest covers diesel at $140 crude equivalent, oil inventory drops, Hormuz crossing claims, Zelensky reshuffle, $950B Asian market losses, ACA premium…
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Heating Oil Rallies 11.6% as Bonds Sell Off for Second Week and Metals Turn Mixed
Heating oil surges 11.6% while bonds decline for a second week amid rising rates. Metals end mixed with copper gaining and silver pulling back.
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Lindsey Graham Dies, Iran Strikes US Bases with Ballistic Missiles, China Bans Helium Exports
Today's Digest covers Senator Graham's death, Iran missile strikes on US bases, China's helium export ban, rising US bankruptcies, Flock and AI surveillance…
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Ignorance Will Not Be Bliss: Spotting the Risks and Opportunities Begins With Being Informed
Ken McElroy sees the current trends and conditions for multifamily real estate as offering a very rare opportunity for investors. But AI is coming along like a…
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Trump’s Iran Ultimatum & Dead Man’s Switch — Qatar Halts LNG Ramp-Up, 24% of Adults Carry Alpha-Gal
Today's Digest covers Qatar LNG pause and UAE oil surge, Trump Iran ultimatum and strikes, alpha-gal allergy rise, bird flu vaccine death, AI token price…
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The Energy Crisis Is Worse Than You Think
I've been working on another big Theory of Everything. I'm always trying to determine "How do I make sense of this?" Is all of this just what happens... the…
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Good News Friday: Real Food Outpaces Ultraprocessed, HHS Hits Transplant Fraud, Pratt Goes on Offense
Today's Digest covers minimally processed food sales growth, fraud crackdowns on organ transplants and medical equipment, election integrity efforts, Deere…
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The Fat Pipe July 10th, 2026: Ukraine Attacks Russian Tankers, the Fuel Crisis That’s Already Here, How Much longer?, Gold!, and Grab Bag
I keep hoping things will settle down. But they don't. They keep increasing in volume and weirdness.