We know what’s coming and we are prepared.
Craig Bong
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Just google “Pandemic 2025” and the scenarios you will find on full display. How else will the false prophet force the coming mark of the beast?
“And he causes all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:
And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.” - Revelation 13:16-17
🔥 Top Stories
• U.S.-Iran escalation widens — Fresh U.S. strikes hit Iranian military, ports, bridges and air defenses; Iran says it will retaliate, raising war-risk headlines and pushing oil higher
• Hormuz disruption risk spikes — Shipping through the Strait of Hormuz nearly halted; Gulf states issued alerts/sirens as maritime insurance costs jumped
• Oil, gold and bonds react — Brent neared $79, WTI jumped above $75, and gold held above $4,100 as inflation and supply-shock fears returned
⛽ Oil & Energy
• Hormuz/Red Sea flows under pressure — Maersk rerouted one service via the Red Sea while ship traffic in Hormuz slowed sharply
• Global energy supply jitters — Norway flagged rising output losses; Kazakhstan’s Atyrau refinery resumed early; Colombia oil output also slipped
• OPEC+ geopolitics — Iraq said it will stay in OPEC but wants a fairer quota amid broader regional tension
📊 Markets & Macro
• Risk-off then selective rebound — Asia traded mixed as tech shares helped...
We are burning our strategic reserves to manage paper markets while China quietly builds a 900-million-barrel energy fortress. The exact math shows the US hits a critical 150-million-barrel military floor in just 41 days at maximum draw. By artificially suppressing wartime energy prices, the administration effectively handed a generational strategic advantage to our primary global rival. Here is the data-driven teardown of how short-term market optics just sold our physical energy future.👇https://triggledger.substack.com/p/shorting-america-how-trump-sold-our?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=8gc1qf
