https://freerepublic.com/tag/texasthong/ en-us Thu, 21 May 2026 12:55:18 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4380299/posts Dear Friend of GATA and Gold: In an interview today with Chris Marcus of Arcadia Economics, Money Metals Exchange CEO Stefan Gleason deplores the superficiality with which the issue of auditing the U.S. gold reserve at Fort Knox continues to be treated by the Trump administration and financial news organizations. The audits claimed to have been done by the U.S. government, Gleason says, have not really been audits at all but just a review of paperwork that itself has been improperly altered from time to time. In any case, Gleason says, much of the U.S. gold reserve is impure metal,... Gata https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4380299/posts#comment Thu, 21 May 2026 12:55:18 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4381181/posts The Florida Highway Patrol said the crash happened when a 87-year-old was driving a Tesla Model Y SUV while it was in autopilot.PASCO COUNTY, Fla. — An 87-year-old Florida man is dead after his Tesla, which was in autopilot mode, went off the road and into pond, according to the Florida Highway Patrol, WTSP reports. The Florida Highway Patrol said the Wesley Chapel man was driving a Tesla Model Y SUV around 8 p.m. Eastern on Tuesday on Overpass Road in Pasco County while it was in autopilot.At some point, the Tesla went off the road, hit an electrical box... 12News Arizona https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4381181/posts#comment Wed, 27 May 2026 17:49:21 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4381163/posts Russia is stuck on the Ukrainian battlefield and lashing out with massive strikes on Kyiv. The growing fear in European capitals is that President Vladimir Putin will try next to reshuffle the cards by expanding the conflict to Europe. In recent weeks, Russia has made increasingly bellicose statements against the Baltic states. It has threatened to bomb “decision-making centers” in Latvia after accusing the country of hosting Ukrainian drone operators, an allegation denied by the Latvian authorities. Air-raid alarms were sounded in Lithuania last week, forcing the government into a bunker, after suspected Russian drones approached its airspace from Belarus.... The Wall Street Journal https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4381163/posts#comment Wed, 27 May 2026 14:45:47 GMT