Is "date-flation" really making it harder for people to find a mate? Join us as we discuss this – and much, much more – in our always wild & wacky weekly financial round-up. Fortified with Squirrel Cam! lenpenzo.com/blog/id91182-bl…

Sometimes we pay way too much for jobs that look this simple.

They hate the guy who wanted to clean up LA. Protect against fires. Get the homeless off the streets. Combat the drug problem. Anybody logical would say “yeah I agree. We need that.” But they laugh at him. If that doesn’t tell you how broken the whole process is at this point.

That’s because fraud at scale takes time!

Central banks have raised gold to ~24% of reserves, the highest since the 1990s

JUST IN: Over 50% of all Bitcoin $BTC in circulation is now held at an unrealized loss.

USD remains most USED global currency. Gold becomes most RESERVED global asset. Behold the new global monetary system, where the "Store of Value" function is separated from the "Medium of Exchange" & "Unit of Account" functions...hiding in plain sight 👇

Trucking spot rates have never moved up this fast, ever - including early COVID. The weekly average for truckload spot rates moves to a new all-time high of $3.71/mile. It took 43 weeks for spot rates to increase by $1.38/mile during early COVID (April - Feb 2021). It has taken only 29 weeks to achieve the same increase (Nov 2025 - June 2026).

The most elite undergraduate institution attended by Fortune 500 CEOs is … the University of Figure it Out (UFO) @StrategasRP

Nailed it. Now get off my lawn!

Forget the fast food industry; inflation is beginning to even take its toll on local BBQ joints. No, really! Join us as we discuss this – and much, much more – in our always wild & wacky financial round-up! Fortified with Squirrel Cam. lenpenzo.com/blog/id91075-bl…

Imagine that. The "higher education" system has become a complete joke thanks to the ideological 🤡🤡 who control it. Who wants to bet that most – if not all – of those same UC Berkeley math professors were actually in favor of the actual policy change that led to this?

The time capsule videos on YouTube are interesting to watch. One takeaway is that the further back in time you go the more calm people were. Everyone moves slower, speaks more slowly and deliberately, and everyone is far more present and less distracted. youtu.be/98VTC_k-10M?si=nCus…

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Robert Reich forgot the 6th and most common way: 6) Build something millions of people actually want

That's a 6% print. You ain't seen nothing yet. keep selling gold

In 1967, Indira Gandhi appealed to Indians: “Don’t buy Gold.” The reason was that India’s foreign exchange position was under stress, imports were becoming difficult, and the currency system needed people to show “national discipline.” But what followed? One of the biggest Gold bull markets in history. From the late 1960s to 1980, Gold exploded higher globally, and in rupee terms the move was even more brutal. This is the real lesson: When governments tell citizens not to buy Gold, they are usually not worried about your jewellery. They are worried about pressure on the currency, pressure on reserves, and pressure on the financial system. Gold doesn’t become important when everything is normal. Gold becomes important when the system starts asking you not to buy it.