Tulsi Gabbard Resigns After Her Office Contradicted Trump, Pentagon’s Claims on Iran Missile Capabilities
Tulsi Gabbard announced on Friday, May 22nd, her resignation from the position as Director of National Intelligence (DNI),…
Author: Andy Corbley
What’s Behind Predictions of Gold Prices Continuing to Soar? Institutions Hold the Answer
Pierre Lassonde, the famous Canadian gold mining investor and executive, recently said in an interview that he believes gold…
Residents of Turkiye’s Flooded, 5,000-Year-Old Town Struggle to Reinvent Their Lives
In July, 2020, rising waters from a newly constructed dam in Anatolia flooded a small historic town that had…
Gold Jewelry Market Suffers Stiff Downturn Amid High Prices–a Potentially-Terminal Trend
This is part 2 of a 2-part series on the changing use-cases for gold and silver in the modern…
How Data Centers and Debasement Are Changing Millennia-old Use-Cases for Gold and Silver
This is part 1 of a 2-part series on the changing use-cases for gold and silver in the modern…
Intelligence Agencies Claims Iran Retains Substantial Missile Capabilities: Will Trump Ignore Them Again
One week before President Trump launched Operation Epic Fury, US intelligence officials found no evidence to suggest that Iran…
Record Debt Levels are Everywhere – Auto Loans, Credit Cards, Public Finance, Private Credit
Debt of all kinds in the US is reaching levels that seem impossible to manage to any normal set…
When a River on Your Map Rises To Block Your Path—Notes on the Euphrates
For days, I knew I was heading toward the Euphrates River; every kilometer eastward brought it closer and closer.…
Go and Experience Turkish Kurdistan, the Crossroads of Tolerance in Eastern Turkey
From the prophecies of Sanliurfa to the stunning Lake Van, Turkish Kurdistan is like visiting a country in and…
At the Foot of the Poetissima and his Dervishes
My trip began in Konya, where I was surprised to discover that here lay the body of one Jelal…
Eat Your Way Through Gaziantep, Turkey’s Capital of Food
Gaziantep (Antep for locals) has earned a reputation as Turkiye’s food capital of sorts, and while others will disagree,…
How Turkey Became the Most Interesting Country
Turkiye is a rare country: one of (arguably) only 4 that escaped colonization by the Great Powers during the…
EU Citizens Gather 1 Million Signatures for Referendum to Repeal Israel’s European Relations
It’s been reported to be the fastest that any petition to the European Commission has gathered 1 million signatures,…
Countries Using Gold for Liquidity Prove the Yellow Metal Was Doing its Job
The Bank of France (BdF) recently announced it had repatriated all of its remaining gold reserves from New York…
Options for Tin Mining in North America Are Scarce, Even in Canada
Canada is blessed with huge deposits of virtually every so-called critical mineral needed for mass production of 21st century…
750 US Troops Injured or Killed since October 2023 – Investigation
Investigative news outlet The Intercept has reported that the Pentagon and US Central Command (CENTCOM) are engaged in a “casualty cover-up”…
Like Gold, Tin Climbs Back Towards Record-High on Iran War Hopes
Earlier, WaL reported that, for the first time in 5 years, tin (Sn) is predicted to enter a supply deficit this…
The Houthis Enter War on the Side of Iran, Further Straining Israel’s Missile Defenses
Multiple security and financial analysts have observed that all Iran must do to win this war imposed on them…
Another Study Puts a Price Tag on Climate Change Damage, and it’s Just Not That Much
Scientists at Stanford University in the US have attempted to provide a cost estimate of all the CO2 emitted…
Will 2026 Be the Year Russia Finally Breaks Ukrainian Lines?
Multiple reports say that Russia’s spring offensive in eastern Ukraine has just started, following some 948 drones fired across…