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I wrote in an earlier post the following predictions:

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Whether they will be due to a pandemic or some other disaster, I cannot say.
But in order to suppress inflation (and save the banks) multiple nations will have to lock people down.

It also means the war in ukraine will likely wind-down and the potential war over taiwan won't happen. War production raises demand. Higher demand means higher prices, means price hikes in everything.

If the u.s. can't afford it, it must mean no one is interested in our debt anymore. Only way to fix that is either repatriate gold/silver (might be the reason for them pushing stacking through the 'alt media' since 2008). That or destroy the banks. Or both.
I don't think we're getting a digital currency yet, but the introduction of the next crisis will be used as the pretext for it:
its how you'll get your gas/food rations, and how they track your vaccination status.
You won't be able to buy gas without it (though vaccination will still be optional, if not strongly coerced.)

Food, gas, and electricity will be the big gotchas for rationing. Compliance with vaccination, will yield "rewards" in the form of larger rations. This will be struck down by courts if theres too much backlash, and then re-instituted by other courts when things simmer down, and then struck down again if people get upset, ad infinitum. The courts job is to whipsaw policy in the right tempo, at a rate that legislative and executive action can't.

Likewise I expect using your "full ration" will only be possible if you go indoors, which will require masks. Everyone else gets a half ration or something if they pay at the pump. Or maybe the majority of checkout lanes are mask/vax only, so you wait much longer.

Whatever the policies will be, expect them to squeeze you in every which way.

They won't likely put a direct limit on how far you are allowed to drive each day, except in places like the west coast and parts of the east (though toll roads may raise fees significantly).

Instead they'll just limit your gas.
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However, in light of china's recent backtracking on lockdowns, some assumptions have changed, and that has altered my predictions significantly.

Based on china deciding not to lock down, we can say:
They have sufficient control in the u.s. now and the u.s. is on economic decline.
China locking down would not pursue taiwan, as the lockdown affects war production.
Conversely, deciding not to lockdown indicates china expects issues with us dollar inflation
(affecting the value of its holdings) and likewise impacting global trade. That means unemployment.
That means instability within china.

From this we can draw inflation likely won't be suppressed, which means globalist nations know hyperinflation is coming. Others predicting that it turns out, are correct: you can't unwind a ponzi.
This means powell and the fed WONT end up pivoting, even if they at first slow down.
That tells me either they will briefly slow down to look like a pivot (and then ramp up again
"due to inflation") or they won't slow down at all but end up keeping the same pace.
if the effect in any case, regardless of their decision, is to raise inflation, then we can know,
based on what I've wrote, that this is the intent. Which means the source of inflation is
the very thing supposedly intended to fight it. This also represents a conflict between u.s.
geopolitical interests (maintaining the supremacy of the u.s. dollar), enemies who have co-opted
our leaders wanting to crash america, those same enemies wanting to maintain stability long
enough to dump their dollar holdings. This tells me we are in fact co-opted by foreign nations.
It also tells me those nations have it out for us, and the dollar-dump is coming.
Which means globalism is in fact failing and rumors of a "decoupling" are REAL.

From all of this we can say, to preserve globalist shadow cash flows and influence brokering
(vis-a-vis standard playbook 'end of empire' type stuff), I would be WRONG about my initial
take on the war in ukraine ending. Rather it would have to continue and escalate.
I posted predictions as such recently, but didn't have this current chain of reasoning to back it
up--at least not until china's recent actions.

The u.s. will attempt to ramp up war production but hit bottlenecks and struggle significantly.
This may even be used as a bargaining chip by china, to "keep the u.s. out of taiwan" if or
when china makes any geopolitical, or war moves.

This suggests demand will be lower for now, even though inflation is high and going higher.
Which better aligns the model with existing conditions of stagflation, not depression.
We're not in the collapse period at the tail end of the roaring 20s.
We're in the same sort of stagflation that characterized the 1970s leading into the vietnam war.
To confirm this, we can look at the cost of gas at its peak in the 70s and the contrast of purchasing
power then vs today.
One dollar in 1974 is nominally equivalent to $6.04 today.

In 1974 gas was $0.59 cents, or roughly $3.56 a gallon today. Until recently we experienced that
very price range, and even higher. Economically, excluding debt, we are exactly where we were in the 1970s.
It would not, in this light, be unreasonable to assume
1. some sort of war in the middle east caused by instability
2. oil embargoes causing oil shocks in the u.s.-- as we are already seeing in europe.
3. a new major war between china, the u.s. and russia, or baring that, a direct war between the u.s. and russia.
All sides were involved in vietnam, and what ukraine looks like is a repeat of that dynamic and the conditions
that lead to it.

It also likely means new large scale immigration pushes will succeed in the u.s. for a variety of reasons, not
least of which is the cost of labor. That and political infighting requiring new support bases, not unlike the
1965 immigration act. This jibs with my current predictions that amnesty will pass. Either before, or even
after the new congress gets into office.

All of this slow-walking also indicates, contrary to previous predictions, there is still heavy foreign interest
in u.s. debt-denominated fiat. The cleanest dirty shirt theory appears to be true. Maybe not as true as the u.s.
wants it to be, but sufficient to drive a strong bifurcation in world monetary support. We'll see a much stronger
divide between BRICs+ and USD. Globalism isn't collapsing therefore, but rather breaking up, retreating, and regrouping.
Others still have large portfolios and reserves dominated in dollars, so there is desire to maintain that while the transition is complete. The failure of the USD in this light can then be seen as a controlled demolition, which makes
sense in light of 'great reset' talks.
Two controlled opposition spheres of influence begin to form from this picture, not unlike the soviet eurasian sphere and the west during the coldwar.

If this is true, much more control will be needed to complete the transition. Both over proxy states, and over citizens--if stability of existing regimes is to be maintained. The predictions that central bank crypto would fail or wouldn't be pursued until a new crisis, would therefore appear to be premature. Rather we see the crisis, both started early by the banks (so as to avoid an organic collapse) and the solution for it to appear before the crisis is fully apparent to even the everyday citizen.

The transition when the crisis is in full swing, will therefore appear natural, and on the one hand the economic pressure caused by the 'collapse' will push citizens into digitized currency, and on the otherhand it will seem to those adopting the measure, to be voluntary and have arrived "just in time."

I still predict it will be used for gas/food rations and things like healthcare tracking (vaccination status), though these may come after, or before, or be incrementally introduced. Likewise 'rations' may be implemented in a variety of ways, from soft-control as is the obama and cass sunstein playbook (the "nudge") or specific "temporary emergency" limits or restrictions.

There is the possibility of a strong centralization in government, of the functions banks used to play. And a dismantling or proper absorption (here to be called "oversight" and "heavy new regulation") of the banking industry in many nations, including the u.s.
It would explain the dysfunction and infighting over the last 20 years in the u.s: a fight between the banks/financial sector and centralized government.

If this is true, then gold and silver is irrelevant and a distraction, and other assets will become much more volatile, and significant due to an environment of policy whiplash over the next 2-4 years.

Alternatively, banks and financial institutions will seek to acquire as much as possible, forcing fed puts on the PM market to artificially lower prices. These banks will essentially be seeking the most liquid possible assets to take with them as they close up shop and 'abandon ship' to foreign countries and foreign currencies. As a consequence I would expect strong churn and volatility in PMs if this scenario appears to be unfolding. Naturally, this is not financial advice.

I expect a mixture of approaches in terms of control and lockdown. For example, limiting driving. I expect many places to simply have prices that vastly drive down demand as people choose to stay home. Other places will use explicit rationing such as california and most of the west coast. Masks will make a return in order to drive division in the public, while in other places vaccination will become a big issue again.

Finally, on the war front, if escalation is correct, then it makes sense the u.s. bombed russian nuclear bombers. The u.s. will attempt to double-down as a tactic to explicitly saber-rattle russia. Which tells me the u.s. is still underestimating russia, and believes russia's redlines are bluffs. We can therefore expect further attacks on russia's nuclear preparedness (exactly something you do before heading into a major war with a nuclear power) and large scale readiness to push this redline. Meanwhile the provision of u.s. tanks to poland, unlike outdated missiles provided to ukraine (a glorified cleaning of our warehouses to leverage contractors as control over the pentagon), appears to be a backstop against russia.

Which means the u.s. is likely preparing an even larger provocation.

If we're "running out" of weapons to send ukraine, then it is not unlikely to suggest we are using this as a cover to convert to a wartime economy. This policy is schizophrenic, because it is clear some elements of the u.s. are uncertain about winning a war against russia, while others are suicidal at best. Speaks to the u.s. government not being entirely under u.s. control.

Likewise if these actions are designed to destroy, make vulnerable, deplete, and push russia into the arms of china, then we can safely assume new and greater provocations against russia. Especially if significant elements of the u.s. government and war policy are being run by the CCP.

This confirms the ccp will make a move on taiwan, sooner, rather than later.
Likely within 1-2 years, but possibly even sooner.
The green scam being foisted onto u.s. contractors goes beyond mere money laundering to the uniparty, into the territory of explicit threat to u.s. operational preparedness and national security. We can only assume it is motivated and directed by foreign enemies preparing to make direct moves that would otherwise require a response from the u.s. military under normal circumstances.

Thats all for now.