Money & Markets Report: May 15, 2025

Justin Woods
May 15, 2025

Money & Markets

Slogging through Patsy Capitalism

May 15, 2025

Money & Markets

Slogging through Patsy Capitalism

In this episode of Money & Markets, Catherine and John Titus discuss the prevailing economic uncertainty and its impacts on business planning. Against a backdrop of erratic government policies, businesses are struggling to navigate the fluid economic landscape marked by fluctuating tariffs and unreliable information.

Beyond the economic ramifications of these uncertainties, the conversation highlights broader issues of trust in governance. Stories on the role of AI in government operations, Palantir’s operational practices, and the financial and ethical controversies surrounding OpenAI underscore the complexities of the current system.

Catherine and John also touch on U.S.-China financial dynamics, evolving geopolitics in Russia and Ukraine, and the misuse of data by federal agencies. Additional topics of discussion include the climate change narrative, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Pope Leo the 14th’s unexpected rise (and financial implications for the Vatican), and private equity’s involvement in the health care sector.

Overall, the discussion paints a picture of a precarious economic environment influenced by political, technological, and financial factors.


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34 Comments

  1. re Alex Carp conversation time mark 35:27

    “Algocracy means “rule by algorithm,” and, as James details in today’s important episode of The Corbett Report podcast, it’s a word that we would do well to become acquainted with. And, as you will discover in this presentation, algocracy is being seeded into the public consciousness right now by the very same Big Tech broligarchs who are now in a position to implement their plan for locking down society in an AI-run dystopian surveillance nightmare.”

    https://corbettreport.com/algocracy/

  2. Thank you for calling out Alex Carp. As my late dear friend used to say, “he could haunt a house!”.

  3. I think Catherine’s comment on the new Pope are both perceptive and accurate. Not only has the Catholic Church seen a decrease of donations, they have been hemorrhaging money in increasing amounts on litigation costs since Vatican II. It is interesting to note that money has come back into the church’s traditional and Latin rite congregations. I can only speak for St. Stanislaus in Milwaukee as it is a parish I attend, but I believe this is generally true nationwide. The best reporting source I know of regarding the state and pulse of the Catholic Church is Rod Pead, editor of the (published monthly) Christian Order.

  4. Florida the freedom state, think again.
    Florida did not ban fluoride in the recent legislation that was passed, but Utah did in its truthfully worded legislation to ban fluoride.
    Rep. Stephanie Gricius Utah https://le.utah.gov/~2025/bills/static/HB0081.html
    https://le.utah.gov/~2025/bills/static/HB0081.html
    Florida did not ban geoengineering. The sky is regulated by the federal government (FAA) not the state. This was known to Florida before passing their geoengineering legislation. It focuses on fines and prison sentences for something that can’t be enforced at the state level.
    Tennessee (TN), the first state to ban geoengineering, found they could only enforce the ban if a geoengineered plane takes off or lands in TN. Geoengineering planes originate and terminate in, out of target state locations. This is why no enforcement in TN has been made to date. Geoengineering is still occurring at an extremely high rate in TN.
    Why does Florida have mainstream media platforms backing its marketing plan as the freedom state when TN had little to none, mainstream media coverage as the first state to ban geoengineering. Where is the reporting on where the real power lies to ban geoengineering?
    Why is Florida pretending to have power to terminate geoengineering and Fluoride. Fluoride is not named in the Florida legislation – the world minerals is while Utah had no problem naming a fluoride ban in its legislation?
    Are Florida’s current legislation efforts just part of a marketing plan to get more freedom loving tax doners to the state? Since the pandemic, according to DeSantis in his recent press conference, and verified by Truth in Accounting, Florida’s financial position has miraculously improved. Florida’s pre pandemic position shifted from financially unhealthy to currently looking financially healthy for potential newcomer freedom lovers, bringing lots of sales tax revenue spending money to the state according to truth in accounting.
    https://www.truthinaccounting.org/library/doclib/Financial-State-of-the-States-2024.pdf

    Florida had $107.2 billion available to pay $82.1 billion worth of bills.
    • The outcome was a $25.1 billion surplus, which breaks down to $3,000 per taxpayer.
    • Post-pandemic economic growth allowed Florida’s sales tax revenue to increase by 7.2 percent, boosting the General Fund.

    Official reality or reality?

    DeSantis pretends to be against the vaccine but boosts about the profit Florida received to improve their financial standing which came directly from the pandemic, not his genius. He said all the right individual freedom things during the pandemic to get freedom loving people to flee to Florida. What a wonderful windfall of sales taxes from that. The accounting improvement came from the citizens of Florida paying taxes, not DeSantis genius.

    These are some of the biggest emotional issues the Florida public is sensitive to being misled on. Fluoridation, geoengineering, vaccines, gold (Floridians are among the highest bank depositors in the USA). https://www.visualcapitalist.com/states-americans-most-cash-bank-deposits/
    https://search.brave.com/search?q=florida+legislation+to+remove+floride&source=newtab&summary=1&conversation=36a920e32746e10f7c495b
    DOUBLESPEAK!
    • Legislation Details: The bill does not explicitly mention fluoride but bans the use of certain additives in water systems. It is part of a larger agricultural bill that includes consumer protections and restrictions on environmental, social, and governance (ESG) practices.
    • Florida legislation does not mention Fluoride, but certain additives.
    https://fox8.com/news/florida-becomes-2nd-state-to-ban-fluoride-from-its-water-system/
    CS/CS/CS/SB 700 — Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
    by Fiscal Policy Committee; Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; Agriculture Committee; and Senator Truenow
    DOUBLESPEAK!
    https://www.flsenate.gov/Committees/BillSummaries/2025/html/3731 Prohibits the use of any additive to a public water supply that is not for the explicit purpose of improving water quality.

    1. Jeanette:

      Have emailed Scott Kiley and asked him to respond. Want to get to the bottom of the fluoride legislation.

      1. Thank you, Catherine. The depths of the depravity must be seen to experience and understand our own minds misconceptions. I had a feeling something was wrong with all the media propaganda around Florida the Freedom State via DeSantis and reluctantly did a little research, not usually my thing. I was startled to see how the depravity works in real time. It is a journey and awakening that cannot be adequately put into words.

  5. Due process is already gone. Talk about binding arbitration the consumer gets bled dry while trying to get justice and has no chance of winning.

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