We are reaching levels of openness previously thought impossible…

This is how we know the US dominance of Iran is working and Safe & Effective.

Red & Blue, working together to screw you.

U.S. 30-YEAR YIELD NEARS HIGHEST SINCE 2002 The U.S. 30-year Treasury yield climbed to 5.58%, within 1 basis point of its highest level since 2002, extending its rise for a sixth straight session. The 10-year yield reached 5.24%, its highest since 2007. High oil prices, inflation concerns, heavy debt issuance and fiscal worries are fueling the global bond selloff, with Treasuries down 2.6% this year.

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US bond market volatility is at historic levels. The MOVE index jumped +19% last week, its largest weekly increase since April 2025, following "Liberation Day." This index is also called the "VIX of bonds" and measures the yield volatility of 2Y, 5Y, 10Y, and 30Y Treasuries. This marks its 3rd-largest weekly increase since the 2022 bear market. The move comes as the 10Y Note Yield jumped +17 basis points last week, to 5.17%, its highest level since June 2007. At the same time, the 30Y Note Yield rose +16 basis points and surpassed 5.50% for the first time since June 2004. To put this into perspective, in the week ending March 17th, 2023, the MOVE Index surged +29% following the US banking crisis, when 3 regional banks collapsed. The US Treasury market is experiencing crisis-like volatility.

Don’t worry, using taxpayer dollars to run ominous campaign ads of the President has been done before and is completely legal… in banana republics.

Another chance to… start another war? add another $4 trillion to the debt? spy on Americans w/o a warrant? fund a genocide? keep the Epstein files hidden? send more weapons to Ukraine? Usually when someone asks for another chance, they tell you what they’d do differently.

Hear me out… perhaps the Republican leadership shouldn’t have shut down Congress until after the election just to stop the rest of the Epstein files from being released.

If I were an empire I would install people with basic dignity as my satraps to give people the illusion of self-respect. I would not install hilarious clowns to insult the local population. But we are very, very late empire - and the bureaucrats running these losers are clowns.

What's left of MAGA, anyway.

Builder results are out and August was a real dumpster fire for combined sales; #2 behind 2010 going back to 1999 for worst Aug And inquiring minds will want to know which segment of the economy pulled back...even before this most recent rate move m3melody.substack.com/p/frea…

BREAKING: 30 year average mortgage rates have hit 7.25%, per MortgageNewsDaily.

Gasoil futures, the main feedstock to distillate products from diesel and jet fuel to heating oil and fuel oil, jumps 5.3% after Trump said he backs banning exports of diesel as soaring fuel prices squeeze American farmers and truckers and threaten to fuel further inflation ahead of November’s midterm elections. Brent now trades at a USD +103/b premium above gasoil Chart source: Bloomberg

Exercise, a balanced diet, sunlight, and at least 7 hours of sleep a night is the key to happiness.

Very revealing statistical comparison. Data trumps opinion and propaganda.

Shocking stat of the day: The Breakwave Tanker Shipping ETF, $BWET, is up +5,820% over the last 12 months. This ETF reflects futures linked to the cost of transporting crude oil from the Middle East and West Africa to China and other destinations, making it highly sensitive to disruptions in global oil shipping. In 2026 alone, $BWET is up +4,556%, leaving it the world’s best-performing ETF this year. The surge reflects skyrocketing tanker shipping costs amid disruptions to global oil transportation caused by the Iran War. We are seeing an unprecedented global energy shock.

Current situation: 😂😂😂