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Joe Kronner's avatar

Glad to see you pumping this one out BB, thanks for sharing some of your pecious family time with us.

IMHO You have the best outlook on the Golden Age... Bright!

I absolutely agree that the fiat sytem is at the center of what must be fixed to ensure Evil is defeated. Loved your thoughts on how Trump and team are working those levers.

Looking forward to your next installement.

Hope you really enjoy your 1st Father's Day next weekend.

God Wins!

God Bless!!!

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Wild Bill's avatar

As I view the 'frenemy' escapade you ended this piece on, I'm reminded of your piece "The Players and the Game" -- another piece that while still fairly young, appears to be aging quite well.

https://burningbright.substack.com/p/the-players-and-the-game:

"And if you’re looking for a bonus figure—one as enigmatic as the others and perhaps even more manufactured, and I don’t mean it as an insult—perhaps Elon Musk enters the chat as the Ranger of the group, able to harry and harass enemies on multiple layers at once, never staying in any one fight too long to stagnate, and never giving away his movements in advance of making them, instead picking and choosing his spots to alternatively stress the enemy or augment the various battles his compatriots take part in."

I'd say you nailed that one. His present kayfabe with Trump is a lightning rod. Drawing attention away from whatever it is that Trump is doing behind the scenes. While Elon appears on the surface to have lost all credibility with his 'Trump and Epstein' comment, looked at in a Bicameral way, instead he seems to be taking on the role of the court jester, for now anyway. Whenever any of these 'reveals' gets too stupid to be believable (like Kash and Bongino saying "Epstein committed suicide" in such a clownish way as to make it obvious they did not really think so), it begs a deeper look: what is really going on here, in the mists over the lake?

The most recent action provides a way for Elon to segue back to his businesses (for a while anyway) and for Trump to take narrative control of the budget scenario. There's been quite a debate going on here on Substack about the One Big Beautiful Bill, and I like Jim Schout's analysis of it best: it is a 'win-win-win' for Trump.

"It makes sense to me both ways. By pushing for the existing OBBB he is agreeing to accept the laws as written that created the over-spending. Then, he can attack the over-spending using DOGE and logic with the public.

If the Senate chops the waste, as they should, the House will agree with the cuts and Trump will sign the revised OBBB and praise the sanity. Either way, Trump wins with the idea of OBBB. It was brilliant because it will pass because the government is not going to shut down.

If it were to not be passed, Trump wins because he will prove everything will still work well without government being open. I hope you agree this is getting really great! I am loving every day!"

https://badlands.substack.com/p/badlands-news-brief-355/comment/122890241

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