Bill Bonner

POITOU, FRANCE – In professional wrestling, scriptwriters always include what they call a “Holy Sh*t!” moment. That’s when one of the stars takes a hit so brutal or so fantastic that the fans yell: “Holy sh*t!” Donald J. Trump, a…

POITOU, FRANCE – St. Augustine blamed the fall of Rome on the failure of its pagan gods. Historian Edward Gibbon took the opposite view: He thought the empire had been weakened by Augustine’s god. Here at the Diary, we take no…

POITOU, FRANCE – This week, we are talking about the perishable nature of gods. Yesterday, the city fathers of our hometown of Baltimore let it be known that it was time to toss out the old deities. Reports the Associated Press:…

POITOU, FRANCE – First, let us begin with an echo from last week… “Hey, Dad, bitcoin went over $4,000 yesterday. An all-time high. I made another $20,000. Not bad.” Pride goeth before a fall, of course. Profits go before losses….

POITOU, FRANCE – Our in-house expert left us this morning; we have no update on his cryptocurrency speculations. He and his family boarded the 6:22 train to Paris, en route back to Florida. About a half hour after we had taken…

A cousin, visiting from Maryland, probably spoke for millions of people. The subject was bitcoin. And he was right. It’s not “real” in a traditional sense. You can’t touch it. You can’t see it. You can’t stack it up and…

And it’s time, time, time And it’s time, time, time It’s time, time, time that you love And it’s time, time, time… – Tom Waits POITOU, FRANCE – “So how much did you make last night?” “We made about $15,000,”…

POITOU, FRANCE – “Dad, last week I made another $20,000 off that NEO cryptocurrency I bought. “And last night, I made another $5,000 on my other cryptocurrency investments.” Our in-house crypto expert was either boasting or pulling our leg; we…