Bill Bonner

PORTLAW, IRELAND – Last night, we drove over to the harbor town of Dungarvan for dinner. The Irish countryside was idyllic – with rolling hills, forests, and hayfields. Then, arriving at Dungarvan, we saw the Atlantic shining in the distance….

And perhaps you’re alive And perhaps you’re dead Hoo ha ha Hoo ha ha HOO HOO HOO KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK – “Fragment of an Agon,” T.S. Eliot PORTLAW, IRELAND – We’ve always wanted to quote…

DUBLIN – Oil fell below $43 on Tuesday. Brick-and-mortar retailers are being emptied. The auto industry – including $1.2 trillion in auto debt – is stalling. Meanwhile, restaurants are having trouble filling their tables. Consumers aren’t buying, perhaps because their…

 Mayor: Drebin, I don’t want any more trouble like you had last year on the South Side. Understand? That’s my policy. Drebin: Yes. Well, when I see five weirdos dressed in togas stabbing a guy in the middle of the…

DUBLIN – Poor David Bonderman. He said the wrong thing. He should be ashamed of himself. We’ll come back to him in a minute… Stroll Through the Park In the meantime, if you want to enjoy summertime as it should…

LONDON – “Nothing but bad news in the paper,” a colleague saves us the trouble of reading it ourselves. “A building caught fire here in London. Dozens dead. A guy opened fire on Republicans at a baseball field. He shot…

LONDON – Illinois is in trouble. It has $14.6 billion in unpaid bills… not including a pension liability of $130 billion. The state is running a $6 billion deficit, and its government is dysfunctional, operating without a budget for two…

LONDON – It was warm and sunny when we landed in London yesterday. Britain sometimes gets only a few weeks of summer. People rush out into the streets to celebrate, knowing that the very same rose that blooms today may…