Debt Rattle February 11 2026
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Commercial flights were mysteriously shut down: Duffy: FAA And Military “Acted Swiftly” To Combat “Cartel Drone Incursion” On US Border https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/special-security-reasons-faa-abruptly-halts-all-flight-operations-above-us-border-town-el
The Honest Sorcerer on the critical shortage of physical silver: Silver: A Story of Converging Supply Crises – Are we in for a Bronze Age Collapse 2.0? https://thehonestsorcerer.substack.com/p/silver-a-story-of-converging-supply
Gold & Geopolitics, This time is different ™ – Shanghai’s watching
You know what I’ve noticed? Every single time someone gets close to actually winning in the silver market, the rules change.
Not some of the time. Not most of the time.
Every. Single. Time...
..COMEX registered silver has dropped from 167.7 million ounces in October 2025 to 102.5 million ounces last report. That’s a 39% decline in four months. The drainage rate is running at around 750k ounces per day.January 2026 saw 49.4 million ounces delivered. That’s 7.27 times January 2024 levels. In a non-primary delivery month. February is showing a 98% delivery rate – nearly every contract standing for delivery instead of rolling forward. Out of 19.11 million ounces of open interest, 18.72 million demanded delivery.
That’s not a futures market. That’s a run on the bank.
The March contract has open interest representing around 380 million ounces. COMEX has 102.5 million ounces registered, falling daily. Even if only 27% demand delivery – conservative given recent rates – they’d need 102.6 million ounces…
..Meanwhile in Shanghai, trader Bian Ximing is short 450 tons. The entire Shanghai Futures Exchange has only 349.9 tons available. This guy is short more silver than exists on the exchange. Add to that the unbelievable drain last Friday! There’s simply no escape. Someone fails to deliver.
The paper-to-physical ratio has reached absurd levels. Some estimates put it at 250:1. For every ounce of real silver, there are 250 paper claims. I’ve seen numbers fluctuating between 400:1 to 25:1...
..I wouldn’t want to be a politician in this environment. Because you’ve got the choice between two evils. Let European banks eat the losses, or permanently losing price discovery to China? Because if they choose to intervene too obviously – liquidation-only, trade cancellations, forced cash settlement – every serious trader routes business through Shanghai. Yuan will become the pricing currency. And China controls yet another strategic market...
..Every intervention proves the game is rigged. But if they intervene too obviously, then Shanghai wins by default.
Traders aren’t stupid. They watch this. If COMEX and LBMA become obvious jokes, if SLV turns into a cash-settlement scam, business moves to Shanghai. Not because China is more trustworthy. But because at least they actually deliver physical when demanded...
..Every time, the authorities changed the rules.
This time it’s European banks versus American banks versus China.
The Americans switched sides. They’re long now. They win if silver runs.
The Europeans are trapped. No escape.
And China? Waiting. Ready to take price discovery if the West plays too many games.
Someone’s going to get sacrificed when the music stops. And to me it looks like Europe drew the short straw. https://no01.substack.com/p/this-time-is-differentHistoric Negative Jobs Revisions: 1 Million Fewer Jobs Added In 2025, Only 15,000 Avg Jobs Monthly https://www.zerohedge.com/economics/historic-negative-jobs-revisions-1-million-fewer-jobs-added-2025-only-15000-avg-jobs
CBO Director Warns US Fiscal Path Is ‘Not Sustainable’ ; Projects Additional $1.4T Deficit Swell Under Trump Agenda https://www.zerohedge.com/political/cbo-director-warns-us-fiscal-path-not-sustainable-projects-additional-14t-deficit-swell
Dreadful 10Y Auction Sees Biggest Tail Since 2024, Foreign Demand Slides
Overall, this was a very disappointing 10Y auction, easily the worst refunding in over a year, and subjectively the ugliest sale of benchmark paper since 2024. https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/dreadful-10y-auction-sees-biggest-tail-2024-foreign-demand-slidesChina has reportedly told banks to scale back holdings of US government debt https://www.businessinsider.com/treasury-bonds-china-holdings-us-debt-sell-america-yields-dollar-2026-2
Predatory lenders unrestrained: ‘This Is Your Money’: Trump Assault on CFPB Has Cost Consumers $19 Billion https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2026/02/this-is-your-money-trump-assault-on-cfpb-has-cost-consumers-19-billion.html
‘Setting this agency up for failure’: Amid staffing crunch, IRS taps employees with no relevant experience to assist during filing season
The tax agency is taking unusual steps to prepare for its busy season after watchdog finds it is severely underprepared. https://www.govexec.com/management/2026/02/setting-agency-failure-amid-staffing-crunch-irs-taps-employees-no-relevant-experience-assist-during-filing-season/411192/?oref=ge-home-top-story Meryl Nass MD, PFAS contamination of our food, water, soil and bodies–an update, and what we at Door to Freedom doing about it
And some good news at last!
The Waterkeeper Alliance (RFK, Jr’s old organization) found PFAS in 98% of waterways tested.
Readers hopefully recall that there was an effort to prevent regulation of PFAS-containing sludge (renamed as “Biosolids” since “sewer solids” didn’t sound so good) in a rider tucked into the Interior, Environment Appropriations Bills in the House and Senate.
Congress had directed the EPA, years ago, to study PFAS in sewer sludge. EPA’s draft report was released on January 15, 2025, just before Biden left office. It acknowledged the health problems of PFAS in sludge. So the industry came up with a clever rider that said that no money could be spent to finalize or otherwise use the report to advance regulation.
In an 11th hour maneuver, the rider got removed from the two bills in January, despite having been approved in committee. This is huge!
Now efforts need to made to be sure that the report gets applied and PFAS (which till now has been unregulated in sludge) will be measured and limits applied. It would be great if it was prohibited, but that simply won’t happen. https://merylnass.substack.com/p/pfas-contamination-of-our-food-waterGlyphosate kills more than “weeds”, too: ‘Stark warning’: pesticide harm to wildlife rising globally, study finds
Toxicity from farm chemicals increased for most species groups between 2013 and 2019, with insects worst affected https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/feb/05/pesticide-wildlife-harm-rising-globally-despite-stark-warning-study Common Sweetener May Damage Critical Brain Barrier, Risking Stroke
Found in everything from protein bars to energy drinks, erythritol has long been considered a safe alternative to sugar...
..A study from the University of Colorado suggests erythritol may damage cells in the blood-brain barrier, the brain’s security system that keeps out harmful substances while letting in nutrients...
..One major study tracking thousands of participants found that those with the highest blood levels of erythritol were roughly twice as likely to experience a major cardiac event. https://www.sciencealert.com/common-sweetener-may-damage-critical-brain-barrier-risking-stroke Coffee and Tea Intake, Dementia Risk, and Cognitive Function
Findings: In this prospective cohort study of 131 821 individuals from 2 cohorts with up to 43 years of follow-up, 11 033 dementia cases were documented. Higher caffeinated coffee intake was significantly associated with lower risk of dementia. Decaffeinated coffee intake was not significantly associated with dementia risk. https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/2844764Wherever they looked, their tests found nothing bad… Moderna tries to whitewash their Biodistribution – Stevie Wonder and Helen Keller can find more. https://anandamide.substack.com/p/moderna-tries-to-whitewash-their
Sasha Latypova, Awkward moment: The FDA refuses to file Moderna’s mRNA flu shot biologics license application.
How long is this standoff going to last? I am not holding my breath for now. https://sashalatypova.substack.com/p/awkward-moment-the-fda-refuses-to A Midwestrn Doctor on re-activating stress-dormant cells: Regenerative Medicine and The Cell Danger Response
How locally resolving the cell danger response allows chronically impaired tissues to heal and resume their normal function https://www.midwesterndoctor.com/p/regenerative-medicine-and-the-cell-6c5China, Korea, Japan, Iran… Average IQ by country (2025 update) https://web.archive.org/web/20250114060922/https:/international-iq-test.com/en/test/IQ_by_country
‘Walk for Peace’: Buddhist monks arrive in in Washington after 108-day journey https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTHyAde49eg
https://www.reuters.com/world/live-trump-netanyahu-meeting-focus-iran-talks-gaza-2026-02-11/
Trump tells Netanyahu that Iran nuclear talks will continue
3 hours ago
12:26 PSTHere’s what happened on Wednesday:
The two leaders discussed renewed U.S. nuclear talks with Iran. Trump said he told the Israeli prime minister that negotiations with Tehran would continue to see if a deal can be reached.
Netanyahu — who had been expected to urge Trump to widen diplomacy with Iran beyond its nuclear program to include limits on Tehran’s missile arsenal — emphasized “the security needs of the State of Israel in the context of the negotiations,” his office said in a statement.
In their seventh meeting since Trump returned to office last year, Netanyahu was looking to influence the next round of U.S. discussions with Iran after talks in Oman between the U.S. and Iran last Friday.
The two leaders spoke behind closed doors for nearly three hours in what Trump described as a “very good meeting,” but he said no major decisions were made.
Trump has threatened strikes on Iran if no agreement is reached, while Tehran has vowed to retaliate, stoking fears of a wider war. He has repeatedly voiced support for a secure Israel, a longstanding U.S. ally and arch-foe of Iran.
You can read the full story here by Matt Spetalnick, Trevor Hunnicutt and Maayan Lubell.“Data is like garbage. You’d better know what you are going to do with it before you collect it.” ~ Mark Twain
Michael:
Carney is deliberately playing upon Canadians emotions to screw us!
Carney is very smart but incredibly, incredibly, evil!
There are some of us Canadians, that know how evil, Carney really is.
That is why Carney is playing the “emotional” card.
He can’t play the facts.
He knows he can’t sell his evil to those of us that know who he really is.
He needs to steamroll us, instead!Trade agreements are much too important to be negotiated, using emotions.
Trade agreements need to be negotiated by someone using cold hard facts , who has Canada’s best interests at heart.
Carney is not the right Canadian to be protecting Canada’s best interests.
Carney is trying to sell us down the river!Carney only has the best interests of foreign powers!
The recent China deal clearly shows who’s interests Carney is protecting!
It sure as hell ain’t Canada’s best interests!
That is one reason Trump is verbally stirring the pot, because he knows the stupid game Carney is playing, is just playing directly into Trump’s hands!
So stir up the emotions and dam the cold hard facts!
I can’t begin to tell you how many battles I have won, when the other side emotionally goes off the deep end, while I have stayed perfectly calm.
P.S. Noticed that Sundance says at the very end of his article, hold the emotions, just watch!
Michael, this is no different than when you are shooting a moose.
You don’t t all emotional, just before shooting.
You stay perfectly calm, check your aim, before you gently squeeze the trigger.
You don’t want the moose to suffer by just merely wounding it.0:36:00
Ritter shares his understanding of how government works in Iran
Then
Ritter shares his experience with being selected to run for government in America
Success of our society depends on growth
Spending is growing
Loans are growing
Debts are growing
Budgets are growing
Denials are growing
Lies are growing
Costs are growing
Social unrest is growing
The rich are getting richerIt’s not bad, I’m still here.
WES,
I realize Carney is pure Davos globalist climate change bullshit eat the bugs evil.
Trump is a Zionist kill rob and steal version of bully evil
China and India have factions that have wealth that would be impaired by US sanctions creating internal problems
Russia is impressive.
Canada occupies the Northern hemisphere with Russia surpasses us maybe because we have been supplying our wealth to England,France and USA
Canada and USA make a perfect marriage but today USA has rabies and needs to be put down so the world is freed of its evil tyranny
Daneel Olivaw lived on the moon because the earth had become too radioactive.
He was a robot. (From the Foundation series by Asimov.)IF Musk had said he’s sending robots to the moon first to lay the groundwork for a launchpad to Mars, I’d find his dreams more credible.
The longer you hate the more you are stressed;
The more you are stressed the badder you feel;
The badder you feel the less you are blessed:
You blame the whole world ‘cause you caught a bad deal.Your hatred and your envy eats you up from the inside
And all that’s good abandons you. You’re mobile- but you’ve died.What did the smart phone deliver?
The stress of the whole fucking world.
The serenity poem in a quiver
Of arrow tips poisoned and twirled.Michael:
If you were going off to negotiate a new trade deal, I would be greatly comforted, if I saw you wearing your ducks, carrying, a tripod over one shoulder, and a moose gun over the other shoulder.
Then, I would know for sure, that you were in a deadly serious mood!
Living On Da Moon:
Seriously, the only way humans could survive for any length of time on the moon, is if they dug themselves homes, under ground!
This would help reduce the severe hot/cold and radiation problems.Maybe that might help explain Musk’s fascination with tunnel boring machines?
So, I would want a variety of different kinds of digging/construction equipment on the moon.
I would also want some explosives, too.
Actually, lots of explosives!This is where Musk’s robots would come in handy!
Since digging on the moon would be a bit different that on earth, Musk’s robots could lead the way by being expendable, should any accidents happen!One great step for robots!
WES,
Carney acted correctly.
We have the cards.
If they don’t give respect, care and love
Then let them know how it feels to have no heat light power or fuel
Then they may appreciate the death they are inflicting on Ukraine
And Russia
Fuck them the world is a big place
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