Copper prices are near record highs with spot prices above $11,000 per ton. Grid expansion projects and data centers are copper-intensive, The supply chain in constrained and investors are anticipating future US tariffs reaching 25%. The press is claiming that these projects are the reason for the recent surge in copper hoarding, but the true driver is fear.
Commodities do not move simply because of “supply and demand” in the textbook sense. They move because of capital flows and confidence. Copper has always been called “Dr. Copper” because it supposedly has a PhD in economics. People believe the metal has an ability to predict overall global economic health, especially in terms of manufacturing. The old wives tale states that rising copper prices indicate economic recovery and growth since one would assume manufacturing is increasing.
When people begin hoarding raw materials, it means they no longer trust supply chains, governments, or currencies. This is exactly what happened in the 1970s. Inflation was not caused by “greed” or corporations. Rather, it was caused by government deficits, war spending, and the collapse of confidence in public institutions. The same forces are now aligning again.
Once politicians declare something “critical,” it ceases to be a free market. Governments are now talking openly about stockpiling copper for green energy, military use, and infrastructure. That alone guarantees shortages, because bureaucrats always buy at the worst possible time and hoard at the peak. Trade wars, sanctions, and geopolitical uncertainty force companies to hold excess inventory to hedge against supply chain constraints.
From the standpoint of the Economic Confidence Model, this fits precisely with the transition from private confidence to public distrust. Capital always moves to where it feels safest. When confidence in government collapses, money does not stay in bonds or paper promises. It moves into real assets, whether that is gold, land, energy, or copper sitting in a warehouse.
October retail sales were flat following a downwardly revised 0.1% rise in September, missing expectations yet again. This is precisely the type of number that gets spun as “resilient” or “temporary softness,” depending on the political agenda. But when you actually break the data apart, the internal contradictions tell us far more than the headline figure ever could.
Consumer spending feeds into GDP, and retail sales excluding food, autos, and gas surged by 0.8%. That is a strong rebound from September’s decline and above expectations. Consumers are spending albeit defensively.
Auto sales dropped sharply, down 1.6%, which should surprise no one. Auto affordability has collapsed under the weight of high interest rates, extended loan terms, and mounting delinquencies. People stop buying big-ticket items that require financing when confidence wanes and inflation persists.
Food services declined, consistent with job losses in the hospitality sector. Building materials and garden equipment also declined as house-related spending cools. Furniture, sporting goods, nonstore retailers, clothing, electronics, and general merchandise rose but we are in the midst of the Q4 holiday shopping rush.
We are transitioning from an inflationary shock phase into a confidence erosion phase. Spending does not collapse all at once. Rather, spending fragments as consumers become more selective. Smaller discretionary spending on items like merchandise seems more manageable than larger purchases that require financing. Policymakers will insist everything is fine because GDP has not collapsed, but we are witnessing a clear loss of momentum.
As we move toward 2026, the models continue to point toward rising volatility, weaker capital formation, and a growing divergence between what governments say and how people actually behave. Retail sales are telling a story of adaptation before contraction.
The above is a video representing the mind on socialism. “Free buses means that less drivers will get assaulted so the buses will become safer,” the newly elected New York City mayor concluded.
This is the same logic that believes defunding the police will equate to fewer arrests. It’s the same logic San Francisco used when telling citizens to leave their car doors unlocked to prevent thieves from smashing their windows. Toronto police suggested that citizens leave their car doors open to prevent home invasions. Socialists reframe crime as social injustice that couldbe eliminated through economic equality.
Inequality and capitalism are responsible for the crime rather than the criminal himself.
During the French Revolution of 1789 involved releasing prisoners in an event known as the Storming of the Bastille. Lenin famously emptied the prisons during the 1917 Russian Revolution. Destabilizing society gives the government a reason to expand. The criminal becomes the victim and crime explodes because there are no repercussions. Those who produce are punished through taxation as they believe YOUR wealth must be redistributed.
Economic injustice victims are needed for the Cloward-Piven strategy— overburden the bureaucracy to break the system, create controlled chaos, usurp power as civil unrest peaks, and offer government aid as the only solution.
“Once eligibility for basic food and rent grants is established, the drain on local resources persists indefinitely.” Cloward and Piven wanted to overburden the welfare system at the state level to eliminate state rights. Therefore, under this theory, government is encouraged to market a crisis, antagonize the people, and offer a solution. The only solution being to replace capitalism with socialism or communism by which the people would be entirely dependent on government. You will own nothing and be happy.
People who ask me if I would ever run for politics or accept a position the answer is ABSOLUTELY no way because if it was me testifying before Marilyn Strickland (born 1962) a Representative from Washington State, I would have made her day. She is so unqualified to hold any office it is why we are in such a crisis. She is the first member of the United States Congress of both Korean and African-American heritage, and the first African-American member elected from Washington. That was the cheering point – it was all about ethnic background and race – not qualification?
Ukraine is the motherland of ethnic cleansing. They were killing Polish, Jews, and Russians. Hitler promised them a country, which they NEVER had, so they became Nazis and and began killing anyone who was not of Ukrainian blood. The CIA protected the Ukrainian Nazis because they also hatred Russia. So it did not matter how many Jews they killed. That was sanctions as long as they were also killing Russians. NOT a single Ukrainian was ever put on trial like the Germans for their wear crimes.
As soon as there was the 2014 Revolution which we instigated with John McCain there at Maidan advocating the overthrow of the government against international law and Victoria Nuland handing out sandwiches to the revolutionaries, and then handpicked the interim government which then they instructed to attack the Russian in the Donbas. That was NOT an elected government. This was a NEOCON installed government intended yo start this war with Russia.
Strickland is ignorant of the facts as she wants total war with Russia pushed out of Ukraine and the Russians Russian people of the Donbas should then be subject to Kiev’s ethnic cleansing which started this mess. She is not interested in the fact and clearly is supporting the Ukrainian Nazis at this point.
Many Ukrainians are still Neo-Nazis and hate Russians. They still march with images of the ethnic cleanser Bandara who had Polish, Russians, and Jewish pregnant women cut open, removed their babies, and sewn in live cats. This has all been documented.
Bandara who start the ethnic cleansing in Ukraine is still a national hero. His picture was all over Maidan. This is why I do not want to EVER have any such position in government because I would not be so kind. I would have tore her apart on national TV and set the record straight and ask her so you support the same agenda as Adolf Hitler and the CIA to just kill Russians? So you agree with your Republican Adversary Lindsey Graham this is the best money we ever spent to kill the Russian people? What if you said that about Blacks, Muslims, Jews, or Christians?
Her statement that Russia will then attack a NATO nation. That is a Neocon propaganda. Russian went into the Donbas to protect Russians – not to conquer Ukraine. If you do not understand your enemy, you will lose in this war. Her stupidity is brining us closer to World War III with every stupid word.
During a press conference on Wednesday, a Providence-area radio host, Chas Calenda, directly confronted Brown University officials and law enforcement with information he has received about the school intentionally disabling surveillance systems due to DEI concerns.
The response from university officials and the Providence Mayor indicate Mr. Chas Calenda’s informed accusation and question is directly on target. WATCH:
In addition to information we previously shared {GO DEEP} reflecting requests from various “civil rights” and “humanitarian” groups who demanded Brown University disable their surveillance system, additional information about the issue comes via the Rhode Island ACLU making the same demand in October of this year [SEE HERE].
Brown University was under pressure from far-left groups as an outcome of concern the CCTV and school security system would be used by federal authorities to (a) identify radical leftists expressing antisemitic sentiments, and (b) identify the immigration status of persons on campus. It is not just isolated to Brown University.
Multiple municipal governments, private and municipal agencies have received the same demand in an ongoing effort to block Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations. The mass shooting on Brown University is leading to a larger public awareness of an issue that has been spreading rapidly in the last several months.
The claim by Chas Calenda is that his local sources within law enforcement are confirming the university cowed to the concerns of the civil rights groups, including the removal of cameras. This is why there is no recorded CCTV footage, and the university is talking gibberish in their efforts to avoid admitting what has taken place.
Brown University and Providence police have $8 billion liability reasons to be less than honest with the alarmed public. The political ramifications of the story are also complicating the issue for Brown University, as well as local and national figures.
Here is the full press conference. The key question comes at the very end of the video 49:20.
The ramifications are enormous here, not just to Brown University, Providence Rhode Island or local/state officials. The ramifications here extend into every facet of the leftist operation to disrupt law and order in the United States.
Do not look away from the story of the targeted assassination on the campus of Brown University, or the coverup surrounding why information is not available. Brown University was attempting to create the ultimate leftist locale where every leftist idea and outlook was affirmed, and all leftist policies were implemented. The implications here are extremely important. Do not look away. WATCH:
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