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“It’s about ‘Fortress America’…, and much more.” – The Lonely RealistLoading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player... Hypothesis: Both Donald Trump and Xi Jinping understand that the Thucydides Trap would represent a disastrous outcome for each country. President Trump appreciates that a Thucydides outcome...
“Because Strategy, Inc. is a significant investor in Bitcoin, Bitcoin’s price is being adversely affected by Strategy, Inc.’s price.” – The Lonely RealistLoading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player... TLR wrote in December 2021 about “Bitcon,” using a label intended to highlight what at...
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“The Iran War has strengthened the Islamic Republic…, or has it?” – The Lonely RealistLoading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player... President Trump announced on May 23rd that a “PEACE Agreement” with Iran “has been largely negotiated” and that the details would be “announced...
“Today, the global face of freedom and democracy is Volodymyr Zelensky, the President of Ukraine. That face used to be America’s President.” – The Lonely RealistLoading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player… Volodymyr Zelensky’s March 16th speech to Congress underscored America’s foundational tenets of
The Bloomberg article linked here was published on Monday and mirrors the analysis and conclusions reached in Saturday’s TLR entitled All that Glitters. Bloomberg states in part that “A contingent of market participants has suggested that gold is gaining market share as a reserve asset,”
Today’s TLR is not about music. It’s not about “That Bass” … or “The Treble” (thank you Meghan Trainor). Today’s TLR is about how to target voters in a Presidential campaign – it’s about That Base.Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player… In the
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William (Bill) Natbony is The Lonely Realist, its author and originator. The opinions expressed in TLR are solely Bill’s opinions, have not been edited or reviewed, and do not reflect the views or opinions or any other person.
