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Re: Higgenbotham's Dark Age Hovel

by Higgenbotham » Mon Feb 02, 2026 3:07 pm

Fortune

‘Some form of crisis is almost inevitable’: The $38 trillion national debt will soon be growing faster than the U.S. economy itself, watchdog warns

The United States national debt has reached a precarious milestone, hitting 100% of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and placing the nation on a trajectory that could trigger six distinct types of fiscal crises, according to an ominous new warning issued Thursday by the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget (CRFB).

With the national debt now effectively equal to the size of the entire U.S. economy, the nonpartisan watchdog’s latest report, “What Would a Fiscal Crisis Look Like?” outlined a dangerous future ahead. “If the national debt continues to grow faster than the economy,” the report said, “the country could ultimately experience a financial crisis, an inflation crisis, an austerity crisis, a currency crisis, a default crisis, a gradual crisis, or some combination of crises. Any of these would cause massive disruption and substantially reduce living standards for Americans and people across the world.”
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/form-cri ... 55339.html

Re: Higgenbotham's Dark Age Hovel

by Fullmoonn » Mon Feb 02, 2026 2:00 pm

What's apparently becoming evident to those at the helm of this sinking ship is that the fraud needs to be stopped because the country is bankrupt. As in right now. Corporate fraud is a big part of this too, but in the second link there is discussion about the fact that the Trump administration is not doing anything about certain parts of that. At least not yet. But they do have their hands full.
It's becoming abundantly clear for anyone who thought that Mr Trump was going to be the "savior" of our nation that he is, in fact, installed for the opposite reason. Peace? No. Economy. No. Exporting illegals. No( he's just trying to foment civil war and government control).
They'll loot the remainder of whatever can be grabbed before the ship finally goes under. That's what's quite abundantly clear. It's a difficult thing to rectify because it's only been a year since we thought there was a chance for pulling out the spiral from the previous administration. Like Buffet has said regarding who's winning and it not us ( ie anyone not fabulously wealthy already). The worst part is that Trump actually changed his motto from MAGA to MIGA. He's openly stated that he's openly surrendered our nation to a separate entity not related to the Constitution and historical precedent of 250 years of American experience. Such treason was not conceivable only a year ago. The Republic has few supporters and 250 year cycle brings us to the beg of Empire.

Re: Higgenbotham's Dark Age Hovel

by Higgenbotham » Sun Feb 01, 2026 6:18 pm

Manipulation and fraud are the biggest businesses in America today, and waddling up to the window for a bailout is the most in-demand job skill in America today.
Minnesota Fraud Scandal Exposes the Real Crisis Facing the West
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/12/29/ ... e-problem/
Why subscriptions are so expensive
https://www.businessinsider.com/why-sub ... ive-2026-1

The second link is a good piece of journalism, but it's 25 minutes long and it's necessary to listen to the whole thing to get the big picture. I don't necessarily recommend it for that reason.

What's apparently becoming evident to those at the helm of this sinking ship is that the fraud needs to be stopped because the country is bankrupt. As in right now. Corporate fraud is a big part of this too, but in the second link there is discussion about the fact that the Trump administration is not doing anything about certain parts of that. At least not yet. But they do have their hands full.

I think the real issue with getting the criminal illegals out of the country first has to do with inflation. All the freebies they are getting is putting pressure on costs, especially housing and food. The other issue is that when the welfare benefits need to be cut off, perhaps soon, it's best to first have these criminals out of the country.

Re: Higgenbotham's Dark Age Hovel

by vincecate » Sun Feb 01, 2026 5:26 pm

It sure seems like the stock market should crash. There is a slight chance that the money value falls so fast that stocks never crash.

I had Grok read some of my blog on hyperinflation and estimate the chances of getting 5% per month inflation
in the next 5 years and it said 25 to 35% chance. Gemini was 35-45%, Claude 10-20% , ChatGPT 5-10%.

https://x.com/i/grok/share/8a6ed32d0134 ... b3824a8f6d

Re: Higgenbotham's Dark Age Hovel

by Higgenbotham » Sun Feb 01, 2026 12:38 pm

Higgenbotham wrote: Thu Jan 08, 2026 3:56 pm Thirty years ago, plus or minus, I thought things like silver and real estate were good ways to build wealth. I was reminded of that during two recent conversations.

The first was with a man around age 65 who is invested in silver. He said that he wished he had picked up on silver being a good buy a long time ago but he wasn't aware of it. I told him that I had been interested in silver in the 1990s but no longer am. Silver recently passed $75, a new record high. I told him that I am now interested in producing my own food and that I feel food shortages are coming long term. He gave me a rather blank look. That was when I realized that even if I had mentioned silver to him back at $5 I would have received the same blank look, as I recognized that same look in people I had talked to about silver back at that time.
It was only within the past hour that I became aware that silver crashed Friday. Last night I noticed bitcoin is sitting on major support at 76K. So bitcoin has gone from about $124K to $76K in several months whereas silver was able to crash from about $124 to $76 in one day.

I would have to think the stock market will be next to crash. There's no historical precedent to say so that I know of (in other words, that a stock market crash typically follows a silver crash), but, then again, there's no precedent for the current "all one market" bubble.

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Re: Higgenbotham's Dark Age Hovel

by vincecate » Sun Feb 01, 2026 12:30 am

Asked Grok a question about the historical odds of the price of gold getting to 10,000 in a local currency within 2 years of reaching 5,000
and it said 76 out of 76, though this included 56 hyperinflation cases.

https://x.com/i/grok/share/bc28a9f51c79 ... 07f63e7992

Seems like 2 year call options on GLD will probably work.


My song is getting good I think:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56ZwnoEHuYU

Re: Higgenbotham's Dark Age Hovel

by aedens » Sun Jan 18, 2026 3:23 pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALMRQxE80O0
Adapt frequency.

Its here.
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Re: Higgenbotham's Dark Age Hovel

by tim » Thu Jan 15, 2026 1:27 pm

https://x.com/ModernityNews/status/2011556371045736757
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Re: Higgenbotham's Dark Age Hovel

by vincecate » Tue Jan 13, 2026 5:19 pm

Just checking in.

I bought some calls on GLD about 2 years back that were to expire this friday. Probably my best investment ever. I rolled them over into some that will expire in another 2 years. Still think my hyperiflation logic from howfiatdies.blogspot.com makes sense.

Still have and like Bitcoin but did not do much this last year, though previous year was great.

Have some puts on S&P but have lost money on all my previous ones, so small share of my investments now. Still helps me sleep at night though.

Re: Higgenbotham's Dark Age Hovel

by FullMoon » Mon Jan 12, 2026 11:24 am

Knowing when to plant and what you should be growing to have enough food definitely comes with experience. I don't grow tomatoes anymore because they became a fun project that didn't yield their efforts' worth. Roots and greens. Stuff that you can dry and can/pickle. Sure tomatoes work but if you get a bad tummy then it's too much acidity. Also bad for your joints as you age. That's my experience.
Learning to trap, hunt basic animal husbandry will put the meat on your plate. After 10 years of gardening I found that we actually weren't vegetarian and did want/need protein. Some plants provide that but humans in North America are meat eaters. Learn to grow food for your food. And get outside sources as they're available. Pork in Texas is apparently extremely bountiful and needs a little hunting skill. Learning to dry salt and preserve the old fashioned way.

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