Race To The Financial Dung Heap

The nation races to the dung heap and maybe to WW3 (maybe not) while gold and silver race to the top of the mountain.

Oct 08, 2025

No time for an editorial today, but here are some headlines to give you something. It may be this way the rest of the week due to special training sessions at work. When the full-time primary and consistently paying job demands extra time, the low-paying vocational job has to take the hit. Things should be back to normal in a week. In the meantime, I’ll still try to get some content out.

Economania (national & global economic collapse plus market news)

Race To The Financial Dung Heap

Matters (monetary policy, metals, cryptos, currency wars & going cashless)

Gold Tops $4,000 For The First Time, And How Goldman Is Trading The Meltup From Here

Silver Poised to Break (Three) All Time Highs

Wars & Rumors of War (including cyberwar, civil unrest and revolts)

One guy says Trump is avoiding WW3 in the video above. Another, in the article below, says Trump is inserting the US directly into it. It really all depends on which way Trump goes with his next hinted step.

President Trump Opts For Nuclear War - Why? Who Is Controlling Him? Trump Will Lose All MAGA Support

Trump, himself, seemed to hedge on either direction, saying he’s “sort of made a decision” on cruise missiles to hit Russia, but not saying what decision he’s made, qualifying it by saying vaguely, “I’ll have to see where Ukraine intends to send them”:

Watch: Trump ‘Sort Of Made A Decision’ On Tomahawks To Ukraine

Maybe he’s just using his latest Tomahawk cruise missile threat to try to cajole Putin to the negotiating table, but it doesn’t seem to be working, if that is what his aim was.

Top-secret US spy jet spotted circling Russia amid mounting WW3 fears

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Trump Says He May Invoke The INSURRECTION ACT

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Hamas balks at truce talks, demands release of top terrorists in exchange for hostages

As Israelis Mourn Two Years Since Oct.7, Houthis Attack Eliat With At Least 4 Drones