US 30 Year Bonds Hit 5.33% ... Extended

Published: 2026-08-21Updated 2026-08-22: Created a new sub-section ‘Post Publication References’ into which interviews with Alastair Crooke and Jimmy Dore were placed.The ‘download’ button is hidden behind the ‘…’ button hidden in the “player” image above.This episode extends:* US 30 Year Bonds Hit 5.33%; YesXorNo; 2026-08-19and/or you can support this work via Buy Me A Coffee or Patreon.[The graph from Robin J Brooks, reprinted from an earlier podcast.]SourcesThe US Is Pressuring China to Adopt Economic War Against Iran; Kyle Anzalone; Antiwar; 2026-08-20* Ha ha ha. The Chinese government are not going to break their own law, dimwit Bessant.Trump Says He’s Launching the ‘Most Crushing Economic Operation Ever’ Against Iran; Dave DeCamp; Antiwar; 2026-08-19* New policy is the 2017 policy (“Maximum Pressure Sanctions”), which was the old policy since 1979.Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent Says the US Must Grow Its Way Out of the National Debt; townhall.com; Archive.today; 2026-08-21Scott Bessent embraces ‘voodoo economics’: Says tax cuts lead to GDP growth. Where’s the proof? ;Daily Kos; Archive.today; 2025-05-23* Bessant has been spouting “grow out” of debt by expanding the US economy for 15 months. The opposite has been happening. The “economy” is stagnant. The debt is growing.US imposes new sanctions on Cuba, targeting 9 entities and 3 people; Al Mayadeen English; Al Mayadeen English; 2026-08-20* In a few weeks every nation on Earth, except the US and Israel, will vote condemning the eternal financial war which the US has been running against Cuba since Cuba defeated pathetic US attempt at invasion, known infamously as the “Bay of Pigs”. * That was an attempt to mouse-trap President Kennedy into a war he had refused to support. The Military-Industrial-Complex has been running US foreign policy since before Eisenhower warned about it in January 1961. The Bay of Pigs fiasco is proof of this. It was being planned before Kennedy took office.Armed forces target sensitive Saudi target at Najran airport, Aramco facilities; N/A; Yemen News Agency (SABA); 2026-08-20Spokesman Denies Trump’s Claim of Backchannel Talks with IRGC - Politics news; N/A; Tasnim News Agency; 2026-08-17* CIA attempt to bribe the IRGC … failed. Iran != Venezuela.Ukraine’s Economy Braces for Disaster as Zelensky Faces New Political Challenge; Simplicius; Simplicius’ Garden of Knowledge; 2026-08-19* Political challenge for the top corruption role in Kiev.Iran’s Strategy Vindicated as US’s Logistics Chain Hobbled and Stretched by Early Strikes ; Simplicius; Simplicius’ Garden of Knowledge; 2026-08-17* US Navy without the 5th Fleet’s home base is implodingTrump deputes Vance to reach out to Modi; M. K. Bhadrakumar; Indian Punchline; 2026-08-16* Trump asks India to jump on the sanctions train.Why Trump’s blockade cannot turn Iran into an island; Pepe Escobar; Strategic Culture; 2026-08-19* The “Iron” blockade is made of wishful thinking. It is defeated by Iran’s geography, and has been for 3,000 years.VideosTrump’s Disappearing Presidency; Judge Napolitano interviews LtCOL. Karen Kwiatkowski; Judging Freedom; 2026-08-18Trump Issues Unhinged Threat Against Iran’s Trading Partners; Reason2Resist with Dimitri Lascaris; Reason2Resist with Dimitri Lascaris; 2026-08-20Iran LAUNCHES Offensive!? Missiles SLAM UAE — US Army FLEES Middle East; Danny Haiphong interviews Pepe Escobar; Danny Haiphong; 2026-08-19Ukraine Loses Black Sea Ports and Air Defense Options; Christoforou and Mercouris; The Duran; 2026-08-18U.S. Considers Nuclear Strike Against Iran; Glenn Diesen interviews Lawrence Wilkerson; Glenn Diesen; 2026-08-19Did Israel Win Syria—But Lose the Middle East?; Kevork Almassian interviews Elijah Magnier; Syriana Analysis; 2026-08-19Post Publication ReferencesBessent Doesn’t Understand that He Can’t Weaponize the Dollar with Iran and Bank On It with China; Larry C. Johnson; SONAR 21; 2026-08-21VideosIran Knows: THE WEST MUST FEEL PAIN /Alastair Crooke & Lt Col Daniel Davis; Daniel Davis / Deep Dive; Daniel Davis / Deep Dive; 2026-08-21* Alastair Crooke provided a concurring analysis of this podcast. * He provided additional detail. The US sold short term bonds in an effort to purchase much of its 30 year liabilities. This was to control the bond market rates. It failed. The US is losing control over the bond market, its rates, and the associated interest rates and inflation. This is another red flag for an upcoming 2008 type crash/market rebalance. Jimmy Dore: WHO’S RUNNING THIS COUNTRY?; Daniel Davis / Deep Dive; Daniel Davis / Deep Dive; 2026-08-20* In the first 10 minutes, Dore gives a brilliant summary of the disaster in which the US has been placed by the Trump 2.0 regime due to it’s and Israel’s illegal war of choice against Iran.The Decline of the U.S. Empire Is Accelerating Fast; Glenn Diesen interviews Richard Wolff; Glenn Diesen; 2026-08-22Copyleft: CC0 Get full access to YesXorNo at yesxorno.substack.com/subscribe