* Guest: Chris Carlson - Discussion of All Things Liberty.

* five reasons gold is an ideal medium of exchange - Doug Casey, internationalman.com. Half of all Americans are net recipients of government money.

* Gold and silver, the traditional hedges against inflation are under continued and constant manipulation in order to keep their prices stagnant, which is also driving even more money into the bubble of stocks and cryptos.

* Higher Inflation Is Here And It Won't Be Short-lived - Joel Skousen.

* Joe Biden is expected to propose a $6 trillion budget for 2022 that would break World War II-era debt records - NYT.

* GOP senators offer new $928B infrastructure plan.