thanx !!
a treefrog @ treefrog manor
this little guy showed up yesterday. i had been clearing out some brush, and in the process, cut a camphor sapling at about waist high. we have been having some dry weather, and i’m guessing he was attracted by the sap that came up on the fresh cut. sapling is about 2″ diameter.

Alex
He’s a bit of a leftist socialist but he made some good points. I did kinda like the idea he had he got from a country in Europe of employees of manufacturing company having a partial ownership of a company they work. That would not only keep interest in production and sales since their income is also tied to it but the workers would have the right to vote if they want the company to be out- sourced or not. I heard that one back when o-bummer was in office and employees were being forced to train.their replacements. But still the owners choice.
So I thought what is he going to say. I was surprised.
Maddog @ 14:17
re: Zelensky’s pal. LOL LOL LOL that’s hilarious! ![]()
I wonder how long Zelensky has? Months? Weeks? Days? He’s certainly on the way out.
Maddog @ 12:19
If the EU was part of the negotiations then odds of a decent agreement or any agreement go to 0! I don’t know why the leadership in Europe wants war so bad!
Been doing some stuff … may not be around much this week.
After hours
Yet another after hours scum attack.
Dig
Alex
So the real ratio is now 7-1.
I guess we’re closer to the bottom than the top.
GSR at 7-1 puts silver @$600. Assuming gold doesn’t go up from here. I’ll settle for $400.
Good video. 👍
ferrett @ 13:56
Great logic and common sense and funny.
Good post … always appreciated
Maddog
We’ll see… Notice by that chart they like to rather quickly fill in the gaps they could just let it happen sooner than later then keep moving up but then I don’t think or know if big money is paying attention with shortages going on. If you merge the today’s red candle with yesterday’s green, you’ll see what they’re trying to do. .. or tried although sellers took control for now.
If someone has already posted this , my apologies
But then the Internet goblins warn us that a reasoned viewpoint is somehow based on fiction.
Who’s trying to sell and hope they have the phyzz to do it
They tried for a shooting star sold a bit but body, buyers still.holding.
Not much time left for Ukraine to finish the war “with dignity”.
There won’t be much dignity involved in scrambling to replace a corrupt, illegitimate president with a respectable alternative who, if such a person exists, won’t have any experience in government.
The NATO thing is hilarious!
Firstly, an Italian is wanting to go to war with Russia, without actually declaring war. An Italian!
Apparently Eastern European diplomats are demanding a response – Hungary, Slovakia? – but aren’t diplomats supposed to work to avoid a response?
Thirdly, actually this would be fun, for about thirty seconds; I’d love to see the Italians act more aggressively on the battlefield than the Russians.
And then he immediately bogs himself down in paperwork!
Fifthly, it is from the Financial Times.
I don’t think I would worry about these Keystone Cops, apart from how much damage they might do to themselves.
{edit} but wait! There’s more!! from the indescribababble Kaja Kallas:
Ukraine negotiations: “I fear that all the pressure will be put on the weaker side, because Ukraine’s surrender is the easiest way to end this war,” said EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas in Brussels
Deer79
they’re definitely playing some games with SOME of the shares, which is odd to me. But they’re not having a lot of success keeping silver at bay since we’re up near 4%.
QQQ’s are coming back, no surprise there. The one thing that’s not bouncing back is Bitcoin. Crypto looks really injured to me.
The way silver is going it will hit $60 tonight. I suppose we’ll then see some round number games. Maybe.
Dollar has come back against the Yen quite a bit and gone positive against the sterling. Probably keeping gold tempered for now.
ipsofacto
Re NATO etc…notice the peacetalks are happening and only the US, Russia and Ukraine are involved, all other NATO members are excluded…that FT article and the FT is a Globalist mouthpiece , sounds like a desperate attempt to stay relevant, but just makes them look even madder than they are……
From what I see , if Zelensky doesn’t sign up v soon, even more filth about his regime will be ‘released’….including him probably.
Feels like
the scum are using everything in the playbook to try and contain Silver…….
Maddog 658
Hopefully that’s a hammer not a hangman.
It’s past time we should disassociate ourselves from these lunatics!
NEXTA
@nexta_tv
⚡️BREAKING: NATO may carry out a preemptive strike against Russia
For the first time, the alliance is discussing the possibility of a preemptive strike on Russia in response to its hybrid attacks. Admiral Giuseppe Cavo Dragone, the head of NATO’s Military Committee, told Financial Times about this.
According to the newspaper, a number of Eastern European diplomats are demanding that NATO stop merely “expressing concern” and deliver a response.
Dragone acknowledged that preemptive actions can be considered self-defense, but this “goes beyond traditional thinking.”
“Perhaps we should act more aggressively than our opponent. The questions are about the legal framework, the jurisdiction: who will carry it out?” he added.
Silver Bullet
Re 400million Oz
Here’s how it works….the last Friday of the preceding month ( Nov for Dec), is what is called first notice day…if you are long, a short can deliver to you on any day until expiry, the last trading day in this case 31 Dec…..you then have to either accept the delivery, or sell yr long contract, or roll it into anther month and re-deliver the warrant you got initially…..what seems to have happened last Friday, is a long of 400 million Oz’s was delivered , who said thankyou…..and when his/her broker gulped and said are you st, st , st stan…stand standing for the whole lot, they said yes….or some sort of conversation…..
Now Crimex has nowhere near that amount of silver registered for delivery….
you get the picture….Crimex will probably have to cash settle, where the long gets the closing price for the Dec contract, but no metal…or very little…..which means Crimex is effectively in default.
I will say…this might so far be an overeaction someone may have seen the Open Interest for Dec and assumed it was all going to be asked for delivery…it may not…..but if you look at the spreads the cost of rolling the contracts fwd, is way beyond finance …so asking for delivery makes far more sense……Dec to March silver is 0.72 cents….finance at 4.00 % shud be 0.564 cents
The daily delivery and stoppage details are going top be fascinating……
Ted Butler details them well daily here
https://silverseek.com/article/ted-butlers-silver-bonfire-has-been-lit
Dollar/Yen
Dollar cratering against the Yen. Picking up downside steam against the other currencies. Rates still moving up.
Yes, Alex. This is getting interesting old friend. 🙂
There must just be mountains of shorts they’ve got to cover.
First attempted waterfall of the morning for silver
Started around 7:40 am EST
First of many, no doubt. More of a probe than a waterfall.

