Rosaline Carter? Aus, can you expound on this?
see Daveās bibliography
Concerning Dave Collumās āTommyās PodCastā discussion of Satanic ritual abuse, I had to shut it off when he started describing the horrors the children are made to endure. Which is unusual for me because a lot of my advantage in understanding the world comes from entertaining possible disasters well outside the Overton Window. I read several accounts of that level of abuse twenty years ago, and the mere thought of it can weigh you down if you donāt also have access to equally powerful thoughts of peace and hope. And since that is an oblique reference to my Christian worldview, Iāll offer a thought that is generally not visible outside it: Those who would make a spectacle of destroying those destroyers of children may not themselves be as righteous as they seem, but merely a Right-hand path answer to the Left-hand path, a set-up for a false Messiah.
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Sorry, I gave up halfway through when I saw that this yearās YIR was mostly the sort of abstruse financial market stuff that really isnāt my forte.
I never thought that was a big deal. Gacy was very politically active in his localiity so when he was at some democrat fundraiser where the carterās were they took a photo together.
From google AI:
John Wayne Gacy and Rosalynn Carter met and were photographed together at a political event in Chicago in May 1978, a fact that became an embarrassment to the United States Secret Service after Gacyās arrest. [1, 2]
Gacy, who was active in local Democratic Party politics and the director of the Polish Constitution Day Parade, was part of a reception where he met the First Lady. A photograph shows him shaking hands with her, wearing an āSā pin on his lapel, which indicated he had been given special security clearance by the Secret Service. He later had the photo autographed by Rosalynn Carter, with the inscription: āTo John Gacy, best wishes, Rosalynn Carterā. [1, 2, 3]
At the time the photo was taken, Gacy had already murdered over 20 young men, though his crimes were still undetected by the public and officials. He was arrested later that year, in December 1978, for the disappearance of Robert Piest, which led to the discovery of 33 bodies buried in or around his home. The existence of the photo became publicly known in January 1979 and was widely published in newspapers like The New York Times. [2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
FWIW.
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Always an interesting read. Um: Maybe I need another cup of morning coffee, but I am not finding the references? Hoping someone can guide me to them. Thank you.
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You gave me a lot to think about. Thank you.
Thank you so much for sharing this podcast. Iāve never come across Tommy before and I am hooked with the calibre of his guests.
Any time Iām not directly looking after my boys Iām binging this.
This one was particularly good:
It was an epic deep end to jump in that I want to share here.. so many things to look into to just to keep up with the conversation!
Dave,
I cant imagine the volume of work the longer form versions required in the past. There is a time in any ongoing effort where we decide that it might be time to cut back. You have earned the right to enjoy the fruits of your labors.
I imagine that this effort, and all the darkness discovered along the way, would wear on the soul. I say share as you are willing but less is just fine. A great man of the screen once said āa mans gotta know his limitationsā. Knowing we have come to that place is a valuable signpost. Thanks for all the great content!
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Dave:
I can understand your desire to step back and not spend so much time and energy producing your annual reviews. If you do stop entirely, I will sorely miss them. Savoring the review has become a happy annual ritual for me. Your insights always help me process the past year and orientate my brain for whatās coming. Thanks for all your efforts over the years!
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@thomas
Thank you for another great read. And thank you for the numerous interviews through the year (maybe one podcast should be renamed āCoffee, Dave, and a Mike!ā).
Any comments on the Deagle report? 2025 was the big year.
Happy new Year!
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Dave, thank you most sincerely for producing a year in review this year. It is something Iāve come to look forward to like so many others. That said I fully understand the desire to pull back from it as well. I guess thatās why I appreciate it all the more this year!
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Re: THE MOTH IN THE IRON LUNG: ā¦but there is no āpoliovirusā, wild or tame (except maybe for whateverās in the polio vax, which certainly isnāt a virus, as there are no pathogenic viruses, not that anyone has successfully proven (YET). Basically, virologists have been fudging the āscienceā since the get-go. Free articles from Wissenschafftplus Magazin featuring Stefan Lanka (virology criticism) : Wissenschafftplus, Stefan Lanka : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
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@thomas whatās your take on Martin Armstrong? Of Armstrong economics? Thanks.
Iām not here to defend Stalin, but other European leaders were not angels. Stalin spent years trying to form an alliance against Hitler, just to be ignored. Poland was the first nation to enter into a non aggression pact with Nazi Germany and others followed suit, even before the USSR did. Needless to say, the only signatory of such pacts that was not overrun by the Nazis was the latter.
Dave would profit more by reading the works by scholars who actually speak Russian, like Prof. Paul Robinson and the diplomat Patrick Armstrong.
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Thereās also case for platinum in the future that thereās gonna be a lot more significant uses of platinum because of new technologies and stuff like that, and also Guy that I follow for investment ideas showed the chart that he found somewhere , and itās a , like over hundred year platinum chart , starting around Weimar Republic hyperinflation time when platinum to gold ratio was like five and a half to 1 and it was absolutely enormous gigantic falling wedge till nowā¦
He pointed out that platinum go up significantly in inflationary environment. And since it looks like we gonna go into another very high inflationary Time, it seems like the potential for platinum might be significantā¦
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That quote is gold 
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Love your review every year. I was pondering your tucker interview comments about platinum. I started thinking about backing up the truck, then realized a flaw in that investment strategy: you donāt have money till you spend it. What I mean is, if you own platinum in a few years, it wonāt be worth much because it wonāt be an industrial metal anymore. If they run out of platinum, theyāll stop using it, and move on to other methods. They wonāt buy your 10 or even 100 ounces and start making catalytic converters again. Youād have to sell near then end as they are getting desperate, but havenāt changed. Iām not good at selling, so Iād probably miss it.
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I am thinking that for that type of investing, paper is likely best. You need to be able to sell it on a broader market than that which surrounds your tailgate, Lol
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After reading this, listening to the accompanying podcast twice, and taking in this weekendās events, Iām just going to go on with 2026 with a very watchful eye over one shoulder.