10 Saturday Jan 2026

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These Abuses Will Continue Until People Force Them To Stop – “There are a whole lot more of us than there are of the tyrants who are inflicting these abuses upon our world, and they know it, and they fear us.Western governments are going to get more and more authoritarian. Police forces are going to get more and more militarized and murderous. Freedom of speech is going to be crushed with more and more aggression. Military budgets are going to get more and more bloated. The imperial war machine is going to get more and more belligerent, genocidal and expansionist. The gap between the rich and the poor is going to keep growing and growing. People are going to get more and more miserable and mentally unhealthy. The systems we use to gather information about our world are going to get more and more tightly controlled by the powerful. ” – Caitlin Johnstone  – GOOD READ FROM CAITLIN. THE MINNEAPOLIS SHOOTING, RIGHT OR WRONG, IS REALLY JUST THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

An Abyss of Lawlessness – “Donald Trump, to put this point simply, is running the same empire that Presidents Johnson, Nixon, Carter, Reagan, Bush I, Clinton, Bush II, Obama, and Biden ran. Trump is merely running it differently — more openly coercive, more nakedly dependent on power alone — because we are in a different time, and imperial America is now late-imperial America. Our age of lawlessness is also our age of desperation, this is to say. Shredding international law and domestic legal regimes while standing in front of a prime-time television camera is a response to an alternative world order swiftly taking shape in the non–West and, so, pressing itself upon the West. The attack on Venezuela was also an attack on this order-in-formation. But the state into which they have led the West is not sustainable. Disorder and lawlessness inevitably degenerate into more and graver disorder, lawlessness, and violence. This is not a winning strategy. History teaches that the turmoil of our time — to describe our circumstance too mildly — can be, far from always, the mulch from which a new order will arise.” – Patrick Lawrence

The Risks Of Cascading Sugar Rush Policy – “President Trump has demonstrated a remarkable genius for dominating the entire eventsphere. After his success in Venezuela, he’s now embarked on a deluge of new announcements – which his detractors have dismissed as the actions of a Toddler on a Sugar High. I can’t remember anything like it in the first week of a new year. Whether its kidnapping foreign leaders, his ICE praetorians murdering citizens and justifying it as a war against leftist domestic terrorism, privateering vs Russian flagged tankers, banning institutional housing investment, threatening to split Nato by seizing Greenland, withdrawing from all international organisations, capping defence industry salaries and bonuses, and then announcing a 50% increase in the US “War” budget from $900 bln to $1.5 trillion per annum, it’s no wonder everyone is wondering what Trump will do tomorrow?” – Bill Blain

How Nations Escape Poverty – “Over the last 35 years, Vietnam has undergone one of the most miraculous economic transformations in history. So how was it achieved?” – Jon Miltimore

MAHA Promised Transparency. FDA Delivered Censorship – “The FDA has formally rejected ANH-USA’s landmark petition seeking to open up Americans’ access to truthful, science-based information about the health benefits of nutrients. In response, ANH-USA will file suit against the FDA in federal court to challenge what we believe is unconstitutional censorship and a clear violation of federal law.” – ANH-USA

Nothing to See Here: MAHA “Winning” Enters the UNIVERSAL FLU SHOT Phase – “No reversals, no accountability, just the same system quietly declaring victory again. Is this what “winning” looks like, MAHA?” – Sense Receptor via Lioness of Judah

Stop hating us! The attempt to destroy white nations. A defense of Western culture – “Attacks on indigenous white European culture seemed to coincide with a coordinated effort to flood Western nations with non-native, non-white people groups—Islamic and Somali in particular. Critics often conflate globalization, colonial history, or the concept of “whiteness” as evil incarnate. This misportrays Europeans as a demonic brood not worthy of existing. In a word, it’s gaslighting. Some note that this framing is ideological, not academic.” – Kenn Gividen

FOUR HUNDRED JOURNALISTS ON THE CIA PAYROLL AND YOU STILL TRUST THE NEWS – “THEY HAVE BEEN PLAYING US OUR ENTIRE LIVES AND I CAN PROVE IT” – 🐺The Wise Wolf

Climate “Solutions” Are the Real Danger – “Why the cure is becoming far more dangerous than the disease” – Dr. Matthew Wielicki

Think Chick-fil-A is a Christian Business? Think Again – “Mocking God is now on the menu…” – Jim McCraigh

NEWS

How Dare You Fight Back Against Communists! – “I’ve looked at all the available video evidence from multiple angles and in my opinion she did in fact try to hit the officer with her car. Frankly, she got exactly what she deserved and I would argue that more of these NGO paid activists need to face similar consequences if we are ever going to stop the engineered communist monkey wrenching in our midst. If we can’t shut the NGOs down, then the people they pay and train need to be pummeled until they realize the money simply isn’t worth it. Leftists function on the assumption that they can skirt the law while using it as a shield against reprisal. They do it over and over and usually they get away with it. They whittle us down by stabbing at us from behind a curtain of gray legality. I’m tired of it, and I think many millions of other Americans are also tired of it. We’re done playing nice. In my studies on various communist insurgencies over the past century there is a clear pattern, a specific strategy that is almost always used. For lack of a better description, today we would call it the strategy of the “Cry Bully.”” – Brandon Smith – I TOO HAVE WATCHED ALL THE VIDEOS AVAILABLE, EVEN THE NEWEST WHERE IT LOOKS PLAUSIBLE THAT SHE MAY HAVE HIT THE ICE AGENT, HOWEVER I’M NOT SURE SHE GOT WHAT SHE DESERVED. THE MAIN POINT HERE, IS THAT ALL OF THIS COULD HAVE BEEN AVOIDED, IF SHE HADN’T BEEN THERE IN THE FIRST PLACE!!!

The true story of the ICE shooting in Minneapolis – The death of Renee Nicole Good would never have occurred if Democrat Minnesota had accepted the will of the American people demonstrated in the 2024 election and cooperated with the nation’s desire to remove the illegal aliens from our presence. Instead, the Democrat party refused to accept the American people’s will, preferring instead the will of noncitizens and aligned themselves with those who entered the country illegally. In my view, the evidence is unequivocally clear that Renée Nicole Good died because of the irresponsibility of Tim Walz, Jacob Frey and Ilhan Omar.” – Paul Craig Roberts

Renee Good’s Partner Made a Revealing Admission About the Shooting – “These weren’t innocent people who randomly encountered ICE agents in the middle of an operation. They were there to obstruct and antagonize. Rebecca not only taunted agents, but told Renee to “drive baby, drive.” And she did, with the agent in her path, forcing him to defend himself after being struck.” – Matt Margolis

No, ICE Is Nothing Like the Gestapo, Except When It Is – “Some readers objected to my use of the word Gestapo to describe ICE. Let’s investigate.’ – Mish

Courting death to own the Nazis – “Objectively speaking, these ICE-watching women engage federal law enforcement officers in repeated rounds of chicken. Their aim is to edge beyond being a mere nuisance and cause meaningful disruptions, while hoping always to stop short of becoming a serious, actionable threat. This is a very hard balance to maintain because of course threats are perceived subjectively. Where exactly the line falls will vary from officer to officer and from situation to situation, according to a multitude of imponderables. Anyone who plays like this is trying to get shot, whether she realises it or not. What makes this balance even harder to maintain, is the fact that none of the politically hysterical imbeciles involved shows any evidence of understanding what it is she’s doing.” – eugyppius

No Ashli Babbitt Treatment for Renee Good -“If Democrats, NeverTrump, and the media did not have double standards, they would have none at all.” – Julie Kelly  – I HAD THE EXACT THOUGHTS YESTERDAY, SEE MY IMAGE FOR THE DAY YESTERDAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ICE WATCH: Manufactured Martyrdom in Minneapolis” – “The domestic terror attack against an ICE agent in Minneapolis earlier this week was not an accident in the ordinary sense of the word. It was not a random tragedy, nor an unforeseeable misunderstanding between a federal officer and a civilian. It was the predictable culmination of a far left political subculture that trains activists to escalate, to provoke, and to treat physical confrontation with law enforcement as morally justified and politically useful.” – Amuse on X

Masked Anti-ICE Agitator Admits She ‘Getting Paid’ to Attend Minneapolis Protest – David Lindfield

This one delusional neocon gives a perfect glimpse into the Ukraine War Fantasy Land they all live in – “Someone really should explain to Mike Pompeo how peace deals actually work” – Rachel Marsden

A Lawless Presidency – “The United States invasion of Venezuela and kidnapping of Nicolas Maduro, the domestically recognized Venezuelan president, violated the U.S. Constitution and international law. ​The Constitution makes clear that only Congress can authorize a foreign invasion. ” – Judge Andrew P. Napolitano

Seizing the Orinoco – “Last weekend’s capture and extraction of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro was both fun and exciting. Disregarding national sovereignty and international law feels good when the outcome is favorable. Doing something reckless, like train surfing or drunk driving, and getting away with it teaches a dangerous lesson. Namely, that you’re invincible and can take things up another notch – or two. Does might make right? The time to answer this question has come and gone. Wrong or right. What’s done is done. Once a cucumber has become a pickle it can never be a cucumber again. There’s no going back. Perhaps Maduro, a corrupt and illegitimate dictator with a long list of abuses, had it coming. Handcuffs appear fitting. Certainly, opinions abound. Ours is of little concern. What we’re interested in better understanding is, what’s the meaning of it all?” – MN Gordon

What Does Venezuela Have to Do with Israel? – “It may have friends that Netanyahu does not like” -Philip Giraldi

It’s Very Difficult To Believe China’s Claim Of Mediating Between India & Pakistan – “China is uniquely unqualified to mediate between them since it has territorial disputes with India and arms Pakistan to the teeth.” – Andrew Korybko

ECONOMIC NEWS 

It’s Strong! (Jobs Report) – “Strong-smelling, that is.” – Karl Denninger

SUN TZU’s SILVER (VIDEO) with Andy Schectman – “Paper Silver cannot stop the unrelenting demand for PHYSICAL silver, and as I’ve noted many times you can’t build the future with paper silver, a lesson the criminal bankers are beginning to understand. China is playing the long game in a Sun Tzu Art of War sort of way hoarding one of the world’s most precious, useful and tangible precious metals.” – SGT Report  – GOOD WATCH WITH ANDY WHEN YOU HAVE TIME. ABOUT AN HOUR LONG!!!

Plundered Coins, Doomed Empires: How Washington’s New “Pirate Dollar” Is Quietly Making Silver the Only Exit – “A “pirate dollar” is a currency no longer backed by industry or trust, but by a rogue superpower’s gunboats and sanctions—forcing the world to hold its money at gunpoint” – Niko Moretti

Why 2026 Could Be Silver’s Breakout Year: The Asymmetric Bet on Monetary Chaos – “I’m interested in silver for one reason only: it’s prone to explosive, crisis-driven upside. Silver may be one of the most explosive ways to profit from a monetary crisis—but it’s only one piece of a much larger picture. What’s coming in 2026 isn’t just another market cycle. It’s shaping up to be the most dangerous economic crisis in a century, with serious consequences for your wealth, your purchasing power, and your personal freedom.” – Nick Giambruno

6 Reasons 2026 Isn’t “Too Late” to Diversify with Gold – “After its strongest year in decades, gold is back in the spotlight – and many investors are wondering whether the move is over. Today, we look past the headlines to explain why gold’s repricing is far from over — and may become the dominant story of 2026… ” – Phillip Patrick

All of the World’s Silver Reserves by Country, in One Visualization – “Peru alone holds roughly 22% of the world’s known silver reserves. Mexico dominates global silver production, but its reserve base is much smaller than several peers.” – Bruno Venditti

SURVIVAL, PREPAREDNESS AND SELF-SUFFICIENCY

WHY TACTICAL Movement Matters More Than Strength! (VIDEO) – “How Not To Shoot The Person In Front Of YOU!. Learning how to shoot, move, and communicate effectively isn’t about tactics or ego. It’s about staying calm, making good decisions, and working as a team in real terrain when pressure shows up.” – Jason Salyer

When Order Still Exists — But Help Is Slow: The Security Gap Most Canadians Ignore – “Most households imagine security as a response to violence. In reality, vulnerability appears much earlier — when visibility drops, routines change, and uncertainty increases. People testing doors or lingering near properties aren’t looking for confrontation. They’re looking for ambiguity. Homes that appear unattended, unobserved, or inconveniently dark attract attention long before any crime escalates. Households that remained comfortable during recent disruptions didn’t rely on complex systems or constant monitoring. They focused on visibility, delay, and routine. Exterior lighting was one of the most effective deterrents.” – denob

How to Turn a Barn Into a House Sustainably – “Changing your life requires courage and imagination, and Cassandra Naylor has plenty of both. After her husband died five years ago, she decided the time had come to simplify her life and practice her beliefs about ecology and conservation. First on Cassandra’s agenda was to give the large stone home, where she had lived all her life, to her son and his family, and move into a smaller, more practical dwelling — an old barn on her property that perfectly suited her simpler tastes and love of nature. ” – Carola Kittredge

How to Make Tinctures for Long-Term Storage – “Let me share some workhorses I keep stocked:” – Bob Rodgers  – FOR MORE ABOUT TINCTURES SEE THE ARTICLE LINKED ON 02/18/23 BY LISA EGAN!!!

How to Make Peasant Bread – “While there isn’t a strict definition for peasant bread, traditionally the basis was simply flour, water, yeast, and salt. ‘ – Jordan Charbonneau

VERSES FOR THE DAY

Job 11:14-15   If iniquity be in thine hand, put it far away, and let not wickedness dwell in thy tabernacles.  For then shalt thou lift up thy face without spot; yea, thou shalt be stedfast, and shalt not fear:

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09 Friday Jan 2026

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SORRY FOR THE LATE POSTING. THOUGHT THIS  WENT THROUGH EARLIER TODAY.

THE BIG PICTURE

Big-Oil Billionaire Makes Big on Trump’s Invasion of Venezuela – “This is Big-Oil intrigue with an imperial golden flourish, Venezuelan style. Paul Singer is one of Trump’s top MAGA megabucks billionaires. Trump admitted he tipped off some billionaires BEFORE he attacked Venezuela, even though he didn’t say anything to congress about the invasion. The biggest beneficiary in the world from oil that is pillaged by way of this takeover is PAUL SINGER because … Less than two months before Trump’s invasion, Singer’s investment firm, Elliott Investment Management, purchased Citgo, the US-based subsidiary of Venezuela’s state-owned oil company, for $5.9 billion—a sale that was forced by a Delaware court after Venezuela defaulted on its bond payments. Singer acquired the three Citgo refineries, 43 oil terminals, and more than 4,000 gas stations at a “major discount” because of Citgo’s distressed status. ” – David Haggith. – AS ARTE JOHNSON ON LAUGH IN USED TO SAY,  “VERY INTERESTING”…..

Quick Take – The world is burning…but are the flames real? – “Is anyone talking about Nuclear war? What happened to Mutually Assured Destruction? When did that stop being a consideration? The only explanation I can think of is that there is an agreement – either tacit or explicit – that these conflicts will be allowed to go so far and no further. And that makes them fake. Unquestionably, irrefutably, fake.” – Kit Knightly

The Gangsters of Manifest Destiny – “American Exceptionalism Gone Wild. Donald Trump has finally done it. Earned the respect of The New York Times and other powerful organs of our state controlled media. CNN unquestioningly parrots the line that “the U.S. runs Venezuela.” So, let’s get this straight- we abducted the leader of another sovereign nation, bombed them, but it wasn’t an act of war. It was justified. Don’t suggest that this is something new. Sure, Trumpenstein’s bombastic theatrical personality makes it seem that way. But this goes back to at least 1953, when the CIA ousted Iran’s prime minister Mohammad Mosaddegh.” – Donald Jeffries

Canadian Government Euthanizes ‘Young & Healthy’ 26-Year-Old for ‘Depression’ -Frank Bergman

How Rockefeller’s Money Decided What Doctors Were Allowed to Learn and How They Treated Patients – Died Suddenly News

UK Plans Digital IDs for Newborns, Musk Says Singularity is Here (VIDEO) – Maia Zeee / Daily Pulse

Eat Real Food: The Most Radical Nutrition Shift in Modern U.S. History (And It’s Finally Here) – “How Flipping the Food Pyramid Signals a Generational Reset in Health, Policy, and Power” – Sayer Ji – GOOD IDEA IN THEORY, BUT IS THERE ANY REAL FOODS OUT THERE? WITH HORMONES AND ANTIBIOTICS IN MOST MEAT AND DAIRY PRODUCTS AND PESTICIDES AND HERBICIDES ON EVERYTHING WE GROW,  AS WELL AS GMO FOODS AND “FRANKENFOODS”;  IT REALLY DOESN’T MATTER WHAT THE FOOD PYRAMD IS. MAKES FOR GOOD PRESS FOR BOBBY HOWEVER!!!!!

Modern Life In Canada Feels Soulless… – Matt Cart  – GOOD VIDEO. THANS TO SYLVIA SHAWCROSS FOR SHARING!!!

A new “life-changing” asthma drug: what does the data REALLY tell us? – “The drug might work (a bit) but it’s a struggle to distinguish it from placebo. With this particular drug, nobody knows what the adverse effects of such a profound inhibition of a central component of human immunity might be, but I certainly wouldn’t like to lay a bet that it will be benign.” – Jonathan Engler

Great Replacement: Boston Dynamics’ Autonomous Robots Have Completely Taken Over A Hyundai Factory, As The Trump Admin Is Using Robots To Prop-Up The Failing Economy – The WinePress

NEWS

A Put Up Or Shut Up Moment – “It feels like we’ve reverse-timed back to the era of The Chimp, which was the last time the Chickenhawk Brigades of the Republican Party got a stiffy for regime-changing in far-away countries they’d personally never “serve” in but were eager for others to “serve” in. What American interests are served? What other interests are served? These are two questions almost never asked, especially at the beginning of the regime-changing, when the chords of Lee Greenwood’s anthem for the Chickenhawks and Flag Humpers is cued up. It is worth remembering that the last time that Lee Greenwood anthem got cranked up and the Chickenhawks and Flag Humpers lined up, The Chimp enjoyed 90 percent approval, according to the polls. It lasted for just as long as it didn’t – and then we got the backlash, in the person of Barry Obama. The we got Trump – and the “emergency” that didn’t end, along with drugs being Warp Speeded and pushed on the entire country by Biden.” – Eric Peters

It Is Time to Clean House – “First and foremost, I hate ‘most’ all politicians, no matter the color, stripe, or party affiliation. In my mind, all politicians are the absolute worst of mankind. I voted only once in my life decades ago, and it made me sick to my stomach. Any human who desires to rule over any other is evil, period.Now, back to Trump, who epitomizes the worst absolute evil of these parasitical political scum. I certainly know that he (Trump) is not in control, but that he is fully controlled by others, especially the criminal and murderous Zionist Jews. With that said, he is a willing puppet of the darkest form of wickedness and vile immorality, so he should never get a pass for anything. In all my years, I have never seen anyone in this position of power who was more blatantly atrocious and disgusting than Trump; and I have seen them all, from Nixon, Johnson, Reagan, Clinton, Bush, Obama, Bush Jr., Biden, and any and all others, but Trump takes the prize so far.” – Gary D. Barnett

The Democrats Last Rodeo – “Chrump, Chrump Chrump. . . . He’s come to occupy the Left’s minds like an infestation of weevils chawing away the ligaments of civilized society. But, of course, the whole wicked, Cluster-B, anomie-driven, insurrectionist extravaganza is a made-for-video production bought and paid for by a tiny coterie of super-wealthy megalomaniacs untouched by consequence — George and Alex Soros (The Open Society Foundations), Shanghai-based American Neville Roy Singham (Codepink and more), Reid Hoffman (funder of Trump prosecutions and more), Lauren Powell Jobs (The Atlantic and the Emerson Collective), Hansjorg Wyss (Berger Action Fund), Bill Gates (of course). . . . Their main client in all this mischief is the Democratic Party, and the Democratic Party’s chief motivation, its raison d’être going on at least ten years now, has been to hide its multifarious crimes, its vast racketeering operations now garishly on display in the state of Minnesota, where the grift just went too far and was done right in America’s face.” – James Howard Kunstler

Tim Walz Calls for an Insurrection – ” I’ve issued a warning order to prepare the Minnesota National Guard,” Walz said in a press event. “We have soldiers in training and prepared to be deployed if necessary. I remind you, a warning order is a heads-up for folks,” Walz said. “Minnesota will not allow our community to be used as a prop in a national political fight.” Walz mistakenly believes those “soldiers in training” are there to protect his own self-interests. State authority cannot override federal authority. The Minnesota National Guard would not openly start a Civil War by listening to Tim Walz over the Commander-in-Chief.” – Martin Armstrong

Minneapolis Crime Tracker Website Shows No Homicides In 2026. That Could Be A Glitch. – “But There Are More Unanswered Questions About The Incident In Minneapolis. I wondered simply how an ICE officer could do something like this, with so little provocation. It seems almost like he is under some kind of MK Ultra spell. Or am I insufficiently understanding of the situation he found himself in? His conduct is very odd. That’s my word: “Odd.” I began to wonder. The footage is decontextualized. It starts just as the very bad events unfold, to the second. Feels like somebody said: “Action!” It has some of the queasy frequencies of a PSY OP, which is not the same as saying “It didn’t happen.”” – Celia Farber

“Everybody want to talk about whether or not the ICE agent should have shot the lady. I’m trying to figure out why she was there in the first place! ” – VIDEO on X  – NOT SURE WHERE YOU STAND ON ALL OF THIS BUT THIS GUY BRINGS UP AN EXCELLENT POINT. A MUST 45 SECOND WATCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Watch: New Footage Shows Federal Agent’s Perspective In Minneapolis ICE-Involved Shooting – Tyler Durden  – THIS VIDEO SHEDS A WHOLE NEW LIGHT ON WHAT HAPPENED.

Federal Fraud Could End the Income Tax – “A nationwide tax revolt is brewing in response to apparently industrial scale federal fraud — of which Somali daycares are the poster child. Raising questions why We the Suckers are still paying an income tax originally imposed as a temporary levy to finance World War One. Which ended some time ago. And that apparently now mainly funds welfare fraud.” – Peter St Onge

First 9 Days of 2026 – “The first nine days of 2026 have been marked by a series of severe global events, including genocides, invasions, targeted killings, and escalating threats. These events underscore a pattern of violence, state-sponsored aggression, and systemic human rights violations across multiple regions, with drones, AI, and foreign intervention playing key roles in escalating conflicts.” – Frances Leader

Trump’s Vengeance: Dozens of Strikes in Syria as the Epstein Files Threaten – “ISIS, al-Nusra, and al-Qaeda: Made in the USA. As the Epstein files continue to plague Donald Trump, the president has turned to a recycled adversary to divert attention away from his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein? In response to an ambush that left two Iowa National Guard troops and a civilian interpreter dead “in a very dangerous part of Syria” illegally occupied by the United States, Trump promised there would be “very serious retaliation” against the Islamic State.” – Kurt Nimmo

How Trump’s oily dreams may collapse in a Venezuelan dark pit – “So the Big Oil Picture in Venezuela is way more complex than the Trump 2.0 gang suspects. Let’s start with neo-Caligula’s new edicts on the imperial satrapy he says he now owns; not exactly edicts but outright threats directed to interim President Delcy Rodriguez:” – Pepe Escobar

We’re Off Our Rockers – “Hyperviolence and War in America. Consider President Trump’s latest call for a $1.5 trillion Pentagon budget in 2027. The Pentagon has failed eight (!) audits in a row but let’s give the military-industrial-congressional complex (MICC) a gigantic increase in money so we can build a “dream” military. Speaking of lies, Trump has told us not to believe our own eyes when we watch video of the deadly shooting of Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis by ICE agents.” – Bill Astore

Get ready for more chaos, globally and within the U.S., as Trump claims total unchecked power to start new wars abroad while threatening to invoke Insurrection Act at home – “President calls for 50 percent increase in war budget and says there is no check on his power outside of his own mind. There’s a powder keg building in Minnesota that bears watching.” – Leo Hohmann

From Caracas to Tehran: How Trump’s Venezuela Invasion Serves Israel’s Geopolitical Agenda -Robert Inlakesh

Trump is Building a Wartime Command Economy Without Declaring War – “He’s not trying to reform the defense sector. He’s preparing to subsume it. Strip the optics. What he’s doing is establishing direct state control over strategic capital flow using loyalty pressure, populist framing, and fiscal levers. He’s not negotiating with defense executives. He’s declaring them subordinate. This is a test run. He is setting precedent to apply this model across sectors:” – Edward Doud via Lioness of Judah

The Ugly Cold War Racket Against Cuba Rears Its Ugly Head Again – “Cuba is now in the throes of a grave economic crisis, one that threatens the Cuban people with death by starvation and illness. That’s because Cuba has long depended on a generous flow of oil from Venezuela, which the U.S. government is now committed to terminating through orders to Venezuelan officials, in the hope of finally bringing down Cuba’s longtime communist regime. I can just hear it now if the Cuban regime falls: “Our 60-year-long economic embargo against the Cuban people has finally worked! It finally caused enough death and suffering among the Cuban people that the Cuban government fell of its own accord for lack of revenue!” The excitement and thrill among interventionists for all this death and suffering only goes to show how the national-security state form of governmental structure has served to warp and stultify American values and stultify the consciences of the American people.” – Jacob G. Hornberger

So… – “I’m watching videos of Russian strikes in Lviv by an Oreshnik missile and in Kyiv by drones. I have no idea if they are real. In fact, what is real? Thems in control are doing their thing. When all else fails they resort to war. ” – Sylvia Shawcros

Swift Retaliation: Putin Launches Oreshnik Strike on “Largest Gas Storage Site in Europe” in Ukraine’s Lvov Region – Simplicius

Russia’s Second-Ever Use Of The Oreshniks Was A Response To Three Recent Provocations – Andrew Korybko

ECONOMIC NEWS

It’s Not a Housing Problem; It’s a Money Problem! – “I can’t afford to buy a home! I hear this lament often, especially from young folks. Boomers often respond, saying, “Quit buying $6 lattes and ordering Uber Eats, and maybe you could save for a house.” It might just be me, but it seems like that may oversimplify things a tad. I mean, there’s no doubt a lot of young people would benefit from budgeting lessons. However, that doesn’t change the fact that there is a significant home affordability problem here in the U.S.” – Mike Maharrey

Nonfarm Payrolls Rise by 50,000 with 76,000 in Negative Revisions – “2025 closed out with a thud. Here are the details.’ – Mish

Jobs: Every Jobs Report in 2025 has Been Revised Lower – “The jobs revisions have gotten so bad that even Jerome Powell has said something about it. In the report last month, the QCEW showed an even more dire picture. Not only are the reports weak, but the downward revisions show an even weaker economy combined with a report that people can no longer trust.” – Peter Schiff

Consolidating amid uncertainty – “Chinese silver demand is on pause allowing prices to drift from all-time highs. Meanwhile, gold marches on towards a test of its post-Christmas highs. However, the physical silver shortage is what matters and will continue to drive prices. In gold, there is a dawning realisation that there must be something solid behind its bull market, with speculators returning to Comex.” – Alasdair Macleod

Trade Deficit Drops to Least Terrible Level since 2009, upon which Atlanta Fed GDPNow Doubles Q4 GDP Forecast to +5.4% – “The GDPNow algo is to be taken with a teaspoon of salt, but it shows that a big improvement of the trade deficit pushes up GDP growth.” – Wolf Richter

The Current Reality of the Stock Market (VIDEO) with Chris Irons/ Quoth the Raven – Market Insider and California Insider

Suddenly A COMEX Silver Delivery Rush On Limited Vault Inventory – “It appears that we are now seeing accelerating silver delivery demand in New York as well as other global markets as anticipated.” – David Jensen

SURVIVAL, PREPAREDNESS AND SELF-SUFFICIENCY

The Power of Prayer (or Pause) in Daily Prep Life – “In a busy prepper life, it is easy to spend every spare minute stocking shelves, tuning gear, or learning new skills. That work matters. But there is another tool that keeps you steady when trouble hits. A short daily pause, whether through prayer or quiet reflection, can do more for your judgment and courage than another piece of steel in the safe.” – Alec Deacon

Lice (and How to Deal with Them) – “This is one of the many comprehensive and various Preparedness and Survival subjects covered in detail by the Civil Defense Manual ” – Jack Lawson

How to Read a Storm With No Forecast App – “My grandfather could tell you what the weather would do three days out just by stepping onto his porch for five minutes. He’d look at the sky, watch the birds, sniff the air like some kind of human barometer, and make pronouncements that proved eerily accurate. I thought it was some kind of rural witchcraft until I realized he was simply reading signs that most of us have trained ourselves to ignore.” – Bob Rodgers

The Cure for Cabin Fever Might Not Be A Vacation South… It Might Be A Tray of Tomato Seedlings – “By the time January settles in for good, most gardeners in northern climates know the feeling all too well. The holidays are over. The ground is locked up tight. Snowbanks feel permanent. And the garden—once buzzing with bees, warmth, and growth—has gone quiet under a hard crust of frost. Meanwhile, seed catalogs begin showing up in the mailbox like little love letters from the future.” – Bill Heid

Beware of Bullpup: Home Defense with the IWI Tavor X95 Bullpup Carbine – P.E. Fitch

VERSE FOR THE DAY

John 8:45    And because I tell you the truth, ye believe me not.

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Make No Mistake – “The Slave Wars Have Begun. The plantation hasn’t vanished; it’s been reconfigured. The new plantation’s the welfare state itself: a system sustained by the votes of a dependent class, which in turn grants politicians the power to extract from a productive class. This isn’t conspiracy but a logical outcome of deindustrialization, financialization, the erosion of wages and the unchecked rise of the bureaucratic state at the careful manipulations of rent seeking monopolists. The masters are distant—executives, investors, and the political class—while the slaves are divided into two interdependent classes: those who still produce, compelled to yield their surplus, and those made dependent, whose votes secure the continuation of the system.” – E.M. Burlingame

What became of America’s “peace president”? – “It is extraordinary that in less than the first week of the new year Trump has put on notice Venezuela, Colombia, Cuba, Mexico, Iran, and Denmark, while taking no meaningful steps to end Washington’s conflict with Russia in Ukraine. As if this aggressive agenda is not enough, the Trump regime is provoking China with the sale of hundreds of missiles to Taiwan that can be used to attack Chinese cities. Clearly, Donald Trump has emerged as anything but a “peace president.”’ – Paul Craig Roberts

New U.S. Food Guidelines Emphasize Actual Food – “In a shocking development that’s left cereal mascots sweating through their marshmallow suits, the U.S. government has released new dietary guidelines that—brace yourselves—recommend eating actual food. Not food-like substances. Not “fortified” rainbow pellets shaped like horseshoes. Not former-foods stripped of anything resembling nutrition or flavor or reengineered to somehow be we-promise-you-healthier than what the Divine Chef designed. On the new menu: Meat. Dairy. Fats. Fruits. Vegetables. Nuts. Olives. Avocados. The kind of stuff humans accidentally survived on for millennia before being told that breakfast should be sponsored by General Mills.” – Jenna McCarthy

More fool you: 10 modus operandi of the mass manipulators – “We are immersed in a behavioural psychology programme. The global elite is manipulating everything from incidents to information, in the process of building an authoritarian technocracy.” – Niall McCrae

Are You Ready For A New World Order And A New World Currency? The World Government Summit Is Asking – “Will that new system of digital money and digital accounting accommodate the competing needs of the citizens of all these locations, so that every human being has a chance to have a better life?” – The WinePress

“The CDC quietly recommends a second covid booster for vulnerable adults” December 30, 2025 Washington Post, – “Leana Wen byline. You don’t say.” – Sage Hana

Curved or Flat? Fascinating Earth Shape Experiments of the 1800s – “Incredibly simple experiments that anyone can perform, yet nobody did… until Parallax came along…” – Agent131711  – NEVER CONSIDERED MYSELF A FLAT-EARTHER BUT THIS ONE WILL MAKE YOU WONDER!!!

NEWS

Gangster Government – “The American people must face it: The U.S. Constitution is dead. The Bill of Rights is dead. The rule of law is dead. Federalism is dead. The American experiment of self-government is dead. The Monroe Doctrine has been replaced with the Donroe Doctrine—a gross perversion of James Monroe’s magnificent manifesto of peace, independence and national sovereignty. G.W. Bush, Barack Obama, Joe Biden and especially Donald Trump have turned our constitutional republic into a Banana Republic. Trump is not a president; he is a dictator—and a mad dictator at that. In many respects, he is not unlike the emperors of Rome. And our national Congress is almost identical to the Roman senate: utterly meaningless and worthless to the maintenance of law in the face of naked aggression by the chief executive. ” – Chuck Baldwin  – A LOT OF PEOPLE BELIEVE THIS COUNTRY IS NOTHIONG MORE THAN GANSTERS. THIS IS ABOUT THE THIRD ARTICLE THAT I HAVE LINKED ABOUT THIS SUBJECT SINCE THE U.S KIDNAPPED MADURO!!!

The Real Tyrannical Regime – “Pretty sure what’s tyrannical is invading a country, murdering scores of people, and abducting its leader in order to steal control of its resources.” – Caitlin Johnstone

Genocide Was Trump’s Gateway Crime. Why the Surprise Over His Vanquishing of Venezuela? – “Trump is a second-rate gangster and he hates it. He wants to be Bibi.” – Ilana Mercer

Israel Has Lost the Narrative War, So It Plays the Neocon Wet Dream Card – “Why Trump is doing all this dangerous, batshit crazy stuff NOW” – Ohio Barbarian

Dividing the Oils of War – “To the winner go the oils. The new Donroe Doctrine is already taking shape around Venezuela’s vast oil plays. Chevron has just contracted eleven tankers to start transporting oil out of Venezuela, making Big, Big Oil the obvious winner.” – David Haggith

Grand Illusion – “All empires, when they are dying, worship the idol of war. War will save the empire. War will resurrect past glory. War will teach an unruly world to obey. But those who bow down before the idol of war, blinded by hypermasculinity and hubris, are unaware that while idols begin by calling for the sacrifice of others, they end by demanding self-sacrifice. Ekpyrosis, the inevitable conflagration that destroys the world according to the ancient Stoics, is part of the cyclical nature of time. There is no escape” – Chris Hedges

President Trump Colonizing Western Hemisphere – Genghis Kahn – “President Trump has stated that he has appointed Zionist Stephen Miller to run Venezuela. Major oil company executives who have remained mum over the course of Trump’s statements regarding Venezuela’s oil infrastructure are meeting with Trump the end of the week. At issue is the cost to rebuild the bombed infrastructure so that oil can be extracted. Given oil companies don’t seem too keen on Trump’s proposal/mandate, Trump has reversed his previous mandate and now states US Taxpayers will foot the majority of the bill… In the meantime, Trump and Miller have announced that Venezuela cannot sell ANY oil – it’s main source of revenue. Making the people suffer! A classic Zionist tactic. Torture and Suffering. Oddly, despite Trump’s massive deviance from his campaign promises, he feigns ignorance as to why his MAGA base is fleeing! ” – Helena Glass

‘There was no regime change’ Venezuela’s ex-FM Jorge Arreaza on US kidnapping raid (VIDEO) – “An exclusive interview with President Nicolas Maduro’s former Foreign Minister on the shocking January 3 US raid on Caracas, and where Venezuela goes now that its leader is abducted.” – Max Blumenthal

The Caracasian Cut – “Regime decaptitation and the consequences of competence” – John Carter – LONG BUT VERY GOOD READ AND ANALYSIS FROM JOHN!!!!

Trump rachets up tensions with Moscow as U.S. military seizes Russian tanker in international waters and talks more about taking Greenland by force – “Russia responds with demands to safely return its citizens currently being detained by the U.S. military.” – Leo Hohmann

Escalation-Mad Trump’s Coast Guard Seizes “Russian” Ship 5,500 km From US Coasts – “Today’s latest Trump escalation brings us the capture of an alleged-to-be Russian oil tanker by the US Coast Guard, operating approximately 5,500km from the US coasts they’re meant to be “guarding”, somewhere between Iceland and the UK.In truth, no one seems to quite know who the ship actually belongs to. It was named the Bella-1 and was “allowed” to re-flag itself under the Russian flag days ago, before it began sailing—apparently—toward Murmansk, according to some sources.” – Simplicius

Three Takeaways From The US’ Seizure Of A Russian-Flagged Tanker In The Atlantic – “The overarching trend is that the US is militarily reasserting its historical “sphere of influence” over the Americas, and enforcing the maritime component of “Fortress America” is so important for Trump 2.0 that it’s willing to rubbish the “rules-based order” over it and even risk an accidental war with Russia.” – Andrew Korybko

Multiple Angles of ICE Shooting – “All the videos that captured the Minneapolis ICE shooting as political war rages over who was to blame”- Laura Parnaby  – HAVE WATCHED ALL THE VIDEOS. DOESN’T LOOK TO ME LIKE SHE WAS TRYING TO RUN OVER ANYONE ON PURPOSE. THEY TRIED TO OPEN HER CAR DOOR AS SHE WAS TRYING TO LEAVE AND AS SHE TRIED TO DRIVE AWAY THEY SHOT HER SAYING THAT SHE TRIED TO HIT SOMEONE ON PURPOSE. I CALL BULLSHIT ON THIS ONE!!!!

The Trump Administration Says It’s Illegal To Record Videos of ICE. Here’s What the Law Says – “The Trump administration believes you don’t have the right to record Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers in public. This stance is both factually wrong and an attempt to chill free speech by conflating it with violence.” – C.J. Ciaramella

Left-Wing Protest Industrial Complex Activates Across Multiple Cities After ICE-Involved Shooting In Minneapolis – “How did the protesters get those nice, fancy signs so quickly? It didn’t take long. Within hours of an ICE-involved shooting in the Minneapolis area, the Democratic Party’s protest industrial complex moved into action, quickly creating conditions for coordinated demonstrations across multiple cities. The rapid response suggested these nonprofit activist networks were on standby, waiting for a catalytic event, as an army of radicals intensified pressure campaigns against federal agents, blocking streets, harassing officers, and openly doxxing them.” – Tyler Durden

Dan Bongino Comes Out Swinging at ‘Black-Pillers’ Ahead of Attempted Podcast Career Revival – “No doubt, Bongino’s been mulling how to posture when he makes the imminent leap from government insider back to dissident outsider, reaching for an angle to hype. After aggressively pushing the Epstein story for years on his podcast and admonishing his audience to never give it up, specifically in the context of discovering once he became FBI deputy director, Bongino claimed Jeffrey Epstein killed himself, offering as evidence he “saw the file” (“trust me, bro.”) in the larger context of the administration’s obvious cover-up of the files. Anyway, best of luck, Dan. It’s gonna be a slog.” – Ben Bartee

New York’s Death Wish – “History — and a gritty 1970s vigilante flick — offers sobering lessons about what happens when public institutions fail at their most basic task: keeping citizens safe.” – Nikolai G. Wenzel

NYC mayoral aide Cea Weaver who says whites owning houses is racist bursts into TEARS when asked about her mother’s $1.4m Craftsman home – Natasha Anderson

ECONOMIC NEWS 

America Needs Jobs. The Economy Isn’t Delivering Them. – “No End To America’s Jobs Recession” – Peter Nayland Kust

Futures Drop After Latest Trump Headline Vortex, Silver Slides Ahead Of Index Rebalance – “Silver investors brace for an annual rebalancing of commodity indexes that could see futures contracts worth billions of dollars sold in the next few days.” – Tyler Durden

Gold overtakes US bonds as largest foreign reserve asset – “Gold has surpassed US Treasuries as the world’s largest reserve asset globally for the first time in 30 years amid rising prices and aggressive buying by central banks. According to new data from the World Gold Council, the value of gold held by foreign central banks is now approaching the $4 trillion mark, more than their approximate $3.9 trillion holding in US Treasuries. The last time that foreign institutions held more gold than US bonds was 1996.” – mining.com

Trade deficit plunges to 16-year low due to U.S. gold rush and shrinking imports – “Still, the trade deficit is growing, not shrinking” – Jeffry Bartash

The Gold/Silver “Rebalancing” Correction Will Run Its Course – “Just the price of success” – John Rubino

India Blows Up the Silver Market: Street Dealers Now Selling Physical at $137.85 an Ounce – “Nearly DOUBLE COMEX’s Paper Fantasy Price. Amid all the metal wars between the United States and China, export controls, whitelists, and geopolitical theatrics, the loudest signal today is brutally simple: silver is already a three‑digit metal in India. China is reclassifying silver as a strategic resource, locking 60–70 percent of tradable refined supply behind an export‑licensing wall, while only 44 firms are authorized to ship it abroad through 2027.” – The Silver Academy

SURVIVAL, PREPAREDNESS AND SELF-SUFFICIENCY

Power Outage Preparedness: How Long Could Your Home Function Without Electricity? – “Understanding Power Outage Duration and Home Readiness” – Jason Salyer

How Much Land Is Needed To Be Self Sufficient? What Grandma Told Me. (VIDEO) – Modern Refugee

Urban Winter Survival: How People Freeze in Cities – “Most people assume cities are safer in winter. More buildings, more people and more services. All the conveniences you can think of in one place. Heat, power, water, and emergency response. It feels logical, but it’s also wrong. Urban winter survival starts with understanding that cities don’t fail slowly in cold weather. They fail all at once.” – Bob Rodgers

How to Get More Fruits and Vegetables in Your Prepper Stockpile – Daisy Luther

Bear Mace vs Pepper Spray: What Actually Works When Things Go Bad? – “When it comes to personal defense, people love to argue gear. Guns vs knives. Tasers vs batons. And one debate that keeps popping up is bear mace vs pepper spray.” – Ask A Prepper Staff

VERSE FOR THE DAY

Psalm 10:15    Break thou the arm of the wicked and the evil man: seek out his wickedness till thou find none.

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Secret ‘Antichrist’ Conferences. Robot Factories. Greenland Annexation. What the Hell Is Going On? – “I Voted for Trump Twice. Now I’m Watching Him Help Billionaires Build a Techno-Fascist Nightmare.” – 🐺The Wise Wolf and Lily-Rose Dawson

Prophecy and mythology – “The word “debunked” gets thrown around an awful lot by the leftist media, and it’s amazing how often it really boils down to “we said it’s false and that’s all you need to know.” In 2009, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin created a sensation when she claimed that government-run healthcare would inevitably lead to the creation of bureaucratic boards responsible for deciding who should and shouldn’t receive treatment. It’s from this charge that we got the term “death panel,” which became a near constant reference during the congressional debate over the passage of the Affordable Care Act. Palin was called a loon and a crank. Fifteen years after Palin’s remark, disability advocate Krista Carr testified before members of the Canadian parliament that her organization receives weekly reports of medical assistance in dying (MAID) services being suggested unprompted to disabled individuals during routine, non-terminal care visits. Who could have predicted that government-controlled healthcare, combined with legalized euthanasia, would eventually lead to the sick and uncomfortable being told to kill themselves? Where does Palin go for her apology?” – Tom Knighton

4 Things To Pray When Making Decisions – “When you’re just not sure what God is telling you to do” – Kate Dreston .

ENSO: The Pacific’s Climate Powerhouse – “The overlooked engine behind global temperature spikes and U.S. weather whiplash. To understand ENSO, let’s start with the basics – no advanced physics required, just some ocean and atmosphere fundamentals. The El Niño-Southern Oscillation is a natural climate pattern in the tropical Pacific Ocean that flips between three phases: El Niño (warm), La Niña (cool), and neutral. It’s driven by interactions between the ocean and the atmosphere, specifically trade winds, sea surface temperatures (SSTs), and air pressure differences. Here’s how it works: ” – Dr. Matthew Wielick

HHS Secretary RFK Jr. Announces New Dietary Guidelines Elevating The Radical Notion Americans Should Eat Real Food. “Protein And Healthy Fats Are Essential And We’re Ending The War On Saturated Fats.” – Celia Farber

Scientists Create Fully Autonomous Micro Robots That Can THINK, Swim, Swarm In Groups and Survive For Months On Light – “Humanity is getting another step closer to the Technocratic Transhumanist Agenda, in which nano and microrobots will not only perform sensing functions but would have the goal according to Ray Kurzweil, to replace humans Atom by Atom. What is so special about these new robots? They are fully autonomous, have a full computer system within them and can think for themselves!” – Ana Maria Mihalcea, MD, PhD

International Monetary Fund Encourages Linking Credit Scores With Internet Search History To Force Tokenization – The WinePress

Greenland’s Ancient Melt: The Bombshell Study That Buries Climate Alarmism – Dr. Matthew Wielicki

NEWS

“Ending the Grip of The Neocons” – “Col. Doug Macgregor was talking with Andrew Napolitano the other day – the day after Trump channeled his inner Chimp and “regime changed” Venezuela on behalf of (among others) his big business buddies in the oil and other natural resources extraction businesses – when he mentioned what RFK, Jr. said to a crowd at a Trump rally back in 2024. It is worth remembering: Don’t you want a president, Kennedy asked, who will “end the grip of the neocons?” By which he meant the Israel Firsters who pretend to be “conservative” so long as it advances the interests of Israel.” – Eric Peters

Trump Embraces the World and Breaks it – “Trump’s team became surprisingly outspoken—even transparent—about their imperial designs today. Team Trump spent today doubling down on US imperialism in surprisingly stark language about the United States’ right to take over and control whatever it wants! I’ve never heard such a blatant embrace of imperialism in the US before.” – David Haggith

Reflections from the Heart of the Empire: Misadventures and Distractions – “No, Palestine, I did not forget you. No, Zionists, I didn’t forget you, either, and I think I will live long enough to see the death of your dark, atavistic dream because It is also inevitable that our Mad Emperor will face severe backlash from his latest misadventure in Venezuela. Ipsos did a snap poll, and it is not good news for the Man with the Golden Crapper.” – Ohio Barbarian

Stop the Steal: Projection, Retaliation, and the Theft of Our Republic – “There’s an old saying that when you point a finger at someone, there are three fingers pointing back at you. It’s what psychologists refer to as projection—the act of accusing others of the very misconduct one is engaged in. While politicians of all political stripes are guilty of projection, Donald Trump, aptly dubbed a “master of projection,” could teach a master class in accusing others of wrongdoing of which he is guilty.” – John & Nisha Whitehead

Hey, POTUS, Venezuela’s Orinoco Belt Ain’t No Ghawar, Part 2 – “The Venezuela saga gets more cockamamie by the day. It turns out that the predicates for kidnapping the president of a country that poses no threat whatsoever to America’s Homeland security are about as threadbare (and even comical) as they come. For instance, did the DOJ writers of the superseding indictment of Maduro and his misses not turn bright red with embarrassment when penning this gem: “Possession of machine guns and destructive devices” and “conspiracy to possess machine guns and destructive devices” in furtherance of the narco-terrorism and cocaine importation conspiracies. WTF! For better or worse, the man was the president of a sovereign nation-state, and the very essence of such institutions is that they have all the guns or at least most of the big, really lethal ones such as military-style machine guns.” – David Stockman

What Would Smedley Butler Say about Venezuela? – “A Banana Republic dependent on oil to sustain its living standards, problems with heavy, high sulfur content crude, butthurt Exxon-Mobile and ConocoPhillips, and crippling U.S. sanctions” – John Leake

¡Don’t Cry For Me, Venezuela! Nicolás Maduro’s downfall and the future of the West.. – “If Maduro was, indeed, an illegitimate dictator, why hand the leadership baton to his equally illegitimate Vice President, Delcy Rodríguez, and not to the candidate who was, until five minutes ago, officially recognized by the US (and many others) as the country’s true leader, Edmundo González (or his Nobel Prize winning backer, María Corina Machado)? Was Maduro’s capture “pre-arranged,” as some have suggested, staged for all the world to see? ” – Joel Bowman

Boast Loudly and Swing a Big Stick – “An Exceptional Thugocracy. The Donroe Doctrine is really about military aggression without respect for international law. President Teddy Roosevelt famously said: “Speak softly and carry a big stick.” Favor diplomacy, but be prepared to use force when necessary. The Trumpian version is “Boast loudly and swing a big stick.” It’s the language of would-be conquerors, of imperators, of tyrants.” – Bill Astore

Trump and Rubio’s Gusano Cronies Teed Up to Loot Venezuela (VIDEO) with Max Blumenthal and Judge Napolitano – The Grayzone

U.S. Captures Russia-Linked Tanker After Naval Standoff in the North Atlantic – “U.S. forces have seized a Russia-flagged tanker in the North Atlantic after a dramatic pursuit that began near Venezuelan waters, marking a sharp escalation in Washington’s enforcement of its global blockade on sanctioned Venezuelan oil. According to the Wall Street Journal, Russia deployed naval assets — including a submarine — to escort the vessel through the North Atlantic and requested that U.S. forces cease pursuit. Some analysts note that the use of a submarine strongly suggests the operation involved more than routine sanctions evasion, with behavior resembling a protected military or intelligence transfer rather than a commercial oil shipment. The incident underscores the Trump administration’s willingness to enforce its Venezuela oil blockade far beyond the Caribbean.” – Tom Kool

Immigration Agents Surge Into Minneapolis in ‘Largest Operation Ever’ – “Thousands of federal agents and officers spread across the Minneapolis–St. Paul area Tuesday.” – Jill McLaughlin

ICE Agent Shoots Woman Attempting To Run Over Officer During Minneapolis Illegal Alien Crackdown – “A federal immigration officer shot and killed a person whom Homeland Security described as a “violent rioter,” while local Democratic lawmakers said she was a “legal observer,” after DHS said she attempted to run over an agent. Video of the deadly shooting has surfaced on X, showing an ICE agent asking the woman, who was blocking the street with an SUV, to step out of the vehicle. She did not comply and instead accelerated toward another agent, at which point the agent fired multiple rounds into the vehicle, striking the woman, who died moments later. New angle from the ICE involved shooting in Minneapolis shows the woman CLEARLY hitting the agent with her car before he fires at her” – Tyler Durden

Mamdani’s Clown Show Offers Its Opening Act – “World Cup tickets. Rising subway fares. Magical “briefings”. And he’s only been in office a week. Zohran Mamdani promised a political revolution. What New York received in his first hours as mayor was a seminar in how slimy, two-faced doubletalk can face-plant when its reality is laid bare.” – Quoth the Raven

EU Strategery – “The EU, so desperate to exert their dictatorial powers, to feel the exhilarating rush of adrenaline from smashing someone’s face with the butt of a rifle, has revealed itself. It is that rarest of all birds, both fascist and communist in its outlook on the world. Having been able to conquer most of Western Europe with a simple change in immigration policy it is heady with success, brazen and anxious to lead the entire world from a small office in Brussels. The aggressive, hostile EU is like a drunk trolling a bar looking for a fight. It’s a different world, now, and these peons who run the EU and NATO believe that because big brother might be able to beat up some drunk in a bar, inciting violence to invoke it is stupid. But that’s the course they’ve chosen. Only now, they seem to believe that they are the puppet masters of the world. It’s bold, I have to give them that, but anyone can see through their tactics.” – T.L. Davis

Germany Is Competing With Poland To Lead Russia’s Containment – “Regardless of whoever comes out on top in this rivalry, the US still wins since they’re both NATO members, but a NATO-Russian Non-Aggression Pact should follow in any case for managing tensions.” – Andrew Korybko

ECONOMIC NEWS 

Job openings slide to 2nd lowest level in 5 years as hiring remains sluggish – “U.S. employers posted far fewer jobs in November than the previous month, a sign that employers aren’t yet ramping up hiring even as growth has picked up.” -Christopher Rugaber

ADP Employment Report: +41,000, Mostly at Medium-Size Companies. Small Companies Had First Payroll Gain in 5 Months – “Private-sector job growth slowed to a crawl in the second half.” – Wolf Richter

Age 65 and Won’t Quit as Younger Workers Struggle Finding a Job – “The average age of workers starting new positions has risen sharply since 2022. ” – Mish

Why Silver Is Not in a Bubble – “Amid silver’s recent surge following a long period of stagnation, a wave of articles and commentaries has emerged calling its rise an unsustainable bubble that’s about to burst and burn investors. I firmly disagree with their assessment, and in this report, I will prove that silver is not in a bubble by examining a wide range of valuation metrics.” – Jesse Colombo

Bank of America Escaping Shorts, Going NET Long & Calling Out $309 per Ounce Silver. – “Ratio-based target Widmer notes the current gold–silver ratio near 59:1 versus historical lows around 32:1 in 2011 and 14:1 in 1980.​ Applying those low ratios to a possible $5,000 gold price implies silver between roughly $135 and $309 per ounce.​” – The Silver Academy

SURVIVAL, PREPAREDNESS AND SELF-SUFFICIENCY

Winter Shelter Failure Points Canadians Ignore Until the House Becomes Unlivable – “By mid-winter, most Canadian households are no longer planning — they are committed. Heat sources are chosen, windows are sealed, routines are fixed, and fuel is already being consumed. This is precisely why winter shelter failures become dangerous. Once temperatures remain below freezing for weeks at a time, there is very little room left to adapt. Cold itself rarely forces people out of their homes. What actually does it are internal shelter failures:” – denob

What a Green Beret Would Say about Your Guns – “What Green Berets Understand About the Second Amendment. My friend used to say that he doesn’t see the Second Amendment as a talking point or a bumper sticker slogan, but as a practical recognition of human nature and history. Having seen fragile governments collapse and stable societies unravel much faster than anyone expected, he views civilian gun ownership as a stabilizing force rather than a threat.” – Justin K

Why Every Homestead Orchard Is a Medicine Cabinet in Disguise – Bill Heid

How Much Electricity Does a Pellet Stove Use? (Watts, Amps & Power Outage Backup) – “Most pellet stoves use 80–150 watts while running, with a brief startup draw of 300–500 watts. Most pellet stoves require electricity to run the auger, combustion fan, and exhaust fan, even though they burn pellets for heat. If you’re wondering how many watts or amps a pellet stove uses, or whether it can run during a power outage, this article answers both.” – Ken Jorgustin

25 Things To Get Before a Great Depression – Alan Urban

VERSES FOR THE DAY

Acts 28:27-28    For the heart of this people is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes have they closed; lest they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.  Be it known therefore unto you, that the salvation of God is sent unto the Gentiles, and that they will hear it.

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Big Surprise: Legal Story Changes as Maduro Brought to Court – “What do you know? Today in court the Justice Department officially dropped the fake claim that Maduro was ringleader of the fictitious ‘Cartel of the Suns’, which never existed. The theater is not required anymore, you see, now that he’s captured! Convenient how that works, no?” – Simplicius

What Happened to the ¡Fentanyl! Hysteria? The Casus Belli Bait-and-Switch – “DOJ boss Pam Bondi has publicly released the 25-page indictment for the notorious ¡narcoterrorist! Nicolas Maduro, Butcher of Caracas. (She can’t for the life of her seem to find those Epstein files she had “on her desk” almost a year ago, even though she’s now required by law to release them in full, but she can sure get the Maduro grand jury indictment unsealed in a hurry. Weird how government suddenly develops the capacity to move with ruthless efficiency when it wants something done.) The grand jury indictment, after analyzing it, is found to contain no fewer than 67 references to “cocaine” in the context of Maduro’s trafficking operation — but zero references to “fentanyl.” Which might strike some as curious, given that the nonstop line coming out of the Venezuelan regime change proponents for months has been “¡Maduro the narcoterrorist is poisoning the youth of America with fentanyl!” Of course, the reality is, and has always been, that Venezuela has literally nothing, or almost literally nothing, to do with the illicit fentanyl trade — that’s all China, India, and Mexico.” -Ben Bartee

The Republic Our Founders Built Is Gone. Welcome to the American Empire. – “Our Nation Stopped Being a Republic the Night We Kidnapped a President” – 🐺The Wise Wolf and Lily-Rose Dawson

The Great Currency Reset: How Trump And The Federal Reserve Are Working To Crash The Dollar As A Pretext For Full Tokenization – ““Put simply: they’ll move the debt into the crypto cloud, devalue it — and start from scratch. That’s the reality for those who are so enthusiastic about crypto,” said an adviser to Putin.” – The WinePress

CDC Narrows Vaccine Recommendations in Response to Trump Order – “The changes stem from reviewing practices in other nations, including consulting experts in Denmark, Germany, and Japan.” – Zachary Stieber

Gary Webb Died To Tell America How The CIA Was Trafficking Cocaine And Weapons To Fund The Contras: His Work Is More Relevant Than Ever – “Was He Murdered? He Was Murdered Long Before His Death. Blame The Nation’s Three Leading Newspapers, And—His Editors. John Kiriakou, Former CIA, Sums Up The Gary Webb Story. It’s Time To Name Names” – Celia Farber

The British Are Coming … How Financial Empire, Not Armies, Took Control of Canada. While headlines focused on Venezuela, something far more consequential was unfolding, and most Canadians missed it. In this Monday Brief, Susan Kokinda lays out why President Trump’s actions were not about regime change at all, but about exposing the financial plumbing that enables narcotics trafficking, mass migration, and offshore laundering. More importantly, she explains why Canada was quietly put on notice. This video is essential viewing before reading what follows…” – Connie Shields  – THERE’S ALWAYS A BIGGER PICTURE TO EVERYTHING IF YOU TAKE THE TIME TO LOOK FOR IT!!!!

NEWS

Under Trump’s Madness, Insanity Has Consumed This Country – “This pre-planned coup was never once about drugs, (that is just a cover for ignorant American nationalists) for if stopping the flow of drugs and cartels was the objective, all Trump would have to do is shut down the CIA, as it is the biggest drug runner and drug dealer in the world, and controls and funds drug cartels in several countries. To stop drugs from coming into this country, one would only have to eliminate the CIA, legalize all drugs, and shut down the criminal DEA. No, this was never about drugs, and oil was never the main focus, although it is of great importance to the ruling scum, due to the risk to the worthless fiat petro-dollar and its constant debasement due the massive debt run up by this government and Federal Reserve.” – Gary D. Barnett

The Peace President Lays out his Many Goals for American Conquest – “Venezuela is only the centerpiece of a much bigger scheme. The Peace President acted this weekend like he was so angry over being spurned for the Nobel Peace Prize that he’s determined to show those dirty Norwegian rats that he doesn’t need it or want it. He’ll settle for imperial greatness, instead.” – David Haggith

Barbaria strikes again – “The Raging Twenties started with a murder: Gen. Soleimani, Baghdad, January 3, 2020. Ordered by Trump 1.0. The second part of the Raging Twenties starts with a bombing/kidnapping. Mini-Shock’n Awe on Caracas, Delta Force raid. January 3, 2026. Ordered by Trump 2.0. Raging Donald Trump said he will run Venezuela. This trashy neo-Caligula, self-proclaimed Emperor of Barbaria, in the end may not run anything, starting with his own motormouth.” – Pepe Escobar

Frozen Empire: Greenland Minded Its Own Business for Centuries, Now Trump Wants to Invade It? – “Billionaires want the resources, Trump wants the glory, and Greenland’s sovereignty is just collateral damage.” – 🐺The Wise Wolf  – THE GREAT VIKING CONQUEROR “DIONALD THE ORANGE”!!!!

The World Is A Stage (short VIDEO) – “Not everything happening in Venezuela is what it seams…” – Armor Of Truth Ministry

The Unconquerable Legacy of Simon Bolivar – “American imperialists have no idea of what they have awakened” – Ohio Barbarian  – A LITTLE HISTORY FROM THE BARBARIAN!!!!

Max Blumenthal On Maduro Capture, Vice President, Resources & More…(VIDEO) – Mario Nawfal  – GOOD VIDEO WITH MAX!!!!

The Venezuela story has big holes; how many? – “First, how was the Delta raid so successful? Maduro certainly had giant clues that something bad was coming down.” – Jon Rappoport

Reviewing The Russian UN Representative’s Response To The US’ Capture Of Maduro – “His rhetoric aims to retain Russia’s regional influence and complicate the US’ plans there.” – Andrew Korybko

Why Putin and Xi want Maduro dead – “Nicolás Maduro, Venezuela’s dictator, never finished high school. But don’t confuse the lack of formal education with stupidity. It is, after all, his charisma, stature (6’3” among men who stand 5’9”), and intelligence that allowed him to claim the throne of the oil-rich country. But that which led to his success — his advanced mental capacity — could cost him his life. Why? Maduro’s brain is a treasure trove of data — vital information — that his allies want to remain hidden and dead men tell no tales.” – Kenn Gividen

‘North American Technate’: The real reason for conquering Venezuela, and it’s not going to stop there – “Let’s take a critical look at the reasons given for President Trump’s brazen action in Venezuela, followed by threats of more military action in Colombia, Mexico, Greenland, etc.” – Leo Hohmann

How To Assimilate into America – “Profiling the 3 types of assimilation: traditional, woke, and non-assimilation. Comrades: Assimilation is the vital ingredient of successful immigration. America is a country, not an economic zone. Unity is our strength, not diversity. As our nation turns 250, assimilation is the most important issue. We must define what an American is now in order to prosper for another 250 years. America has always embraced immigrants who embrace America.” – Yuri Bezmenov

The Most Generous Goodbye in Presidential History – “Joe Biden will be living large for the rest of his life—and you’re paying for it. After more than half a century in public office, Biden is poised to collect roughly $417,000 a year in taxpayer-funded pensions—a sum that exceeds the salary of the presidency itself. (I’d gladly pay more for him to not be president than to be president, but still.) Not through a single benefit, but by stacking multiple government retirement systems into one very comfortable payout. It’s legal. It’s contractual. It’s the priciest participation trophy known to man. And it’s being paid for, of course, by you. And guess what? Your generosity doesn’t stop there. The General Services Administration has budgeted another (more than) $1.5 million a year for Biden’s post-presidency support. ” – Jenna McCarthy

Perhaps We Should Actually Be Focusing On Fixing America – “Even though we have literally stolen trillions upon trillions of dollars from future generations, our major cities are rapidly decaying, our infrastructure is crumbling, corruption is rampant, the middle class is shrinking, most of the population is struggling to even afford the basics each month, mass layoffs are happening all over the nation, our streets are teeming with hordes of drug addicts and homeless people, large numbers of Americans are selling images of themselves online just to make ends meet, and millions of others are living in their vehicles. So why don’t we use what limited resources we have to fix our own problems?” – Michael Snyder

ECONOMIC NEWS 

We Can Discern Cycles and Waves, But Not the Outcomes – Charles Hugh Smith

Is Silver At $200 Possible? – “One metals market strategist lays out a potential roadmap. In a recent Thoughtful Money interview, my friend, precious metals dealer and market commentator Andy Schectman laid out a simple answer to the “did silver just peak?” question: he doesn’t think we’re anywhere close.” – Quoth the Raven.  – I LINKED THE VIDEO WITH ANDY ON SUNDAY AS WELL!!!!!!!!!

The AI Revolution Is About to Ignite a MAJOR Bull Market in Hard Assets – Graham Summers, MBA

London’s Silver Lie Detonates: How a $90 Shanghai Cat Clawed Its Way Out of a $78 Paper Sack. – “And this silver cat is never going back in the paper bag—Western price fixers can cry all they want. COMEX and LBMA are now reduced to a fiction layered over a market they no longer control, fronting a “global” silver price that China just walked away from in broad daylight. Washington’s protectionist turn under Trump, sold as a way to “win” economic wars, has instead accelerated the collapse of Western paper pricing power and handed real price discovery to Shanghai.​ Two prices, one metal COMEX Feb ’26 silver sits around $78– $79 dollars an ounce, still marketed as the world’s benchmark price.​ So please, I beg of you, don’t sell to any bullion dealers because dealers will use this phony price (and weaker hands often think they are timing a top when this silver bull market is just beginning) Stay tough and recall the current price of silver is now $90” – The Silver Academy

Five Key Commodities On Our Radar in 2026 – Nomo Prins  – YOU MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO GET SILVER, BUT DO YOU HAVE COPPER!

UBS: “Copper Is The Commodity Everyone Wants To Own” – “”Copper extended its rally on Tuesday, with prices surging to a record $13,187 per ton, fuelled by a rush to ship the metal to the US amid tariff uncertainty and persistent supply disruptions,” UBS analyst Aditi Samajpati wrote in a brief note to clients earlier.” – Tyler Durden

Loss Of Control Of Gold And Silver Price Fixing Scheme In London Leads To Kinetic Conflict – “Interest Rates Will March And So Are Troops. The cat is out of the bag on London’s monetary metal price fixing debacle and demand for these essential monetary, strategic, and safe haven metals is going to increase along with interest rates.” – David Jensen

SURVIVAL, PREPAREDNESS AND SELF-SUFFICIENCY

What Off-Grid Living Really Looks Like (And Why It’s More Accessible Than You Think) (VIDEO) with Jeff Burkinshaw Of Gridlessness – Homesteaders of America  – GOOD VIDEO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Raising the “Vibrational Energy” Of Your Homestead – “The kind of place that steadies your breathing, clears your head, and makes you feel capable again the moment you step inside. That’s what raising the vibration of a homestead really means—and it’s something you can start building right where you’re sitting. Your Home Is Either Working For You… Or Quietly Wearing You Down” – Bill Heid

How to Wipe Yourself Off the Grid – Pat Henry  – OLD ARTICLE, BUT STILL HAS SOME GOOD IDEAS!!!

How to Make Gallons of Vinegar for Pennies – “The problem is: if you use vinegar all the time, the cost can add up fast. A gallon of quality raw apple cider vinegar can be pricey, and buying multiple gallons over time really starts to sting. Fortunately, there’s a simple way to make a whole lot of vinegar for very little money, using something you normally throw away: apple peels and cores. This method turns fruit scraps into a fermented vinegar in two stages, and it’s exactly what this video teaches.” – Heidi Hawthorn

Winter Food Resilience: How Canadian Preppers Keep Eating When Supply Chains Tighten – denob

VERSE FOR THE DAY

Exodus 23:22      But if thou shalt indeed obey his voice, and do all that I speak; then I will be an enemy unto thine enemies, and an adversary unto thine adversaries.

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Stolen Soil and Corporate Welfare: The Global Scam of ‘Feeding the World’ – “Supermarket shelves have never been fuller, yet diets have become poorer. Across the world, food systems praised for their productivity now deliver an abundance of calories alongside widespread micronutrient deficiency, ecological collapse and rural precarity. This is the outcome of an agricultural model that equates food security with yield and mass production with nourishment. Sustained by billions in subsidies, industrial agriculture increasingly resembles a welfare state for agribusiness and retail giants whose profits depend on public money. Corporate-driven industrial agriculture claims to feed the world but too often delivers empty calories while starving populations of nutrients.” – Colin Todhunter

Tokenization: How Tokenizing All Assets Fulfills The World Economic Forum’s Stakeholder Capitalism Model, As BlackRock’s Larry Fink And Other Elites Seek To Create Infinite Wealth – The WinePress

Rosa Koire’s 2012 Warning About a “STERILIZATION Vaccine” Everyone Ignored – “Author Rosa Koire claimed U.S.–China coordination on population control nearly a decade before COVID.” – Sense Receptor via Lioness of Judah

Arctic Blasts Will Become More Frequent – “Multiple areas of the United States have been absolutely hammered by record snowfall and bitter cold this Winter, and Syracuse, NY, is among the hardest hit. It has been a fierce winter in the United States, with much of the country hit by severe frigid temperatures over the past several weeks. However, this is just the beginning of Winter. Storm after storm is being announced, and it seems like it’s not going to stop. Hope you are up for a long, cold, snowy winter. For a few hundred million, if not a billion people, it’s going to be hard to believe in man-made global warming.” – Dr. Sircus

Elites, Abortions, Pride & Spies: The Secret World of PLAYBOY [Hugh Hefner PART 4] – “Murders, mayhem, and MKUltra: Here’s the final chapter…” – Agent131711  – AGENT131711 FINISHES HIS DEEP DIVE INTO PLAYBOY!!!

NEWS

The Peace President Goes to War – “Not content with stealing Venezuela’s assets, Trump is also after Iran’s sovereignty. American money has poured into NGO’s in Iran and used to bribe street protests against the government as was done in Kiev when the elected Ukrainian government was overthrown and an American puppet installed. Trump has announced that the United States will intervene in Iran if violence is used against the hired protesters. Just as Washington arranged for shots to be fired in Kiev, Washington can arrange for shots to be fired in Tehran. This way Trump can overthrow Iran without it looking like he is doing it for Israel.” – Paul Craig Roberts

Why Seize Maduro? Power, Plain and Simple Governments Chase Power The Way People Chase Wealth – “Shoutout to one of my regular readers here on Substack, The Watchman, for putting this question directly: Peter, I guess my first question would be “Why are we expanding American Power?” To be the “Big Kid” on the block? To take other countries’ oil? Just what is the purpose of Gunboat diplomacy? Many pundits both pro- and anti-Trump have proffered explanations (or criticisms) of the Caracas raid, all of them proceeding from a particular geopolitical bias.” – Peter Nayland Kust

The US’ Capture Of Maduro Exposed The Reality Of Great Power Geopolitics – “Trump 2.0 boldly explained how the US intends to restore its “sphere of influence” over the Americas in accordance with the new National Security Strategy, thus representing a Hyper-Realist approach in the sense of explicitly embracing the pursuit of power as a goal instead of denying it like before.” – Andrew Korybko

The madness of Trump’s foreign policy. It’s worse than you think – “Does anyone, even in his own circle of fools, believe the Venezuela stunt is really about drug trafficking? Benjamin Netanyahu’s recent visit to Trump’s lair marks their sixth one-on-one meeting since Trump took office – a telling detail on several levels. The main point is that Bibi is struggling to convince Trump that the U.S. and Israel need to go to war with Iran, a move Trump is resisting. The scenario of dragging America into another “forever war” in the Middle East is not appealing to Trump, whose foreign policy misadventures around the globe are backfiring and boxing him into several corners. Some analysts already point to new conflicts brewing on multiple fronts following his preposterous act of high-seas piracy – seizing oil tankers leaving Venezuela.’ – Martin Jay

Maduro’s story is the latest chapter in Latin America’s struggle against empire – “Through centuries, the region has seen leaders who stood for independence, but also traitors willing to sell out to colonial powers” – Nadezhda Romanenko

Colombia president rages ‘come get me, I’m waiting’ in huge taunt to Trump – “Colombian President Gustavo Petro issued a stark warning to Donald Trump after the capture of Nicolas Maduro sent shockwaves around the world.” – Falyn Stempler

We All See What Washington Is Doing – “After the 2024 Israeli program to booby trap commercial pagers, sell them to Hezbollah, and conduct a set of denotations that killed and maimed over 3,280 people, 60 Minutes interviewed a supposed Mossad agent who explained how the world works. “We write the screenplay, we are the main actors, and the world is our stage.” Many were impressed by the pager attack scenario. Many were also a bit terrified, no doubt a key objective of the Israeli effort. The commemorative desktop versions of “the Israeli pagers” given to Trump and Rubio, in gold and silver, were not to celebrate but to warn. A key Zionist achievement of 2025 was gaining command of TikTok, Paramount and CBS. TikTok, in Netanyahu’s own words, was the jewel in the media crown, as the only consistent source of genocide coverage and voices critical of Zionism.” – Karen Kwiatkowski

Trump Signs ‘Make Iran Great Again’ Hat as Iranians Flood Streets in Protests Against Islamic Regime – “President Donald Trump was photographed holding a signed “Make Iran Great Again” hat as mass demonstrations continued across Iran in response to the regime’s political and economic corruption. Trump was pictured with the hat alongside Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC). The image appears to have been captured on board Air Force One. Graham was also alongside Trump while the president spoke with reporters about the capture of Venezuela’s socialist dictator Nicolás Maduro.” – David Lindfield  – GOOD OLD WARMONGER, LINDSEY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Unconfirmed Reports Say Khamenei Is Fleeing To Moscow, After Vowing Crackdown On Street Protests In Iran That Have Killed At Least 16 In Last 8 Days. Trump Says US “Locked And Loaded” To Intervene – Celia Farber

Mamdani’s New Housing Official Called to ‘Seize Private Property’ from Citizens: ‘Especially White Families’ – Frank Bergman

If affordability really matters, then let’s look at electricity – “Zohran Mamdani and the rest of the socialist brigade that is taking office this year, after 2025’s off-year elections, campaigned on affordability. They argue that people are paying way too much for things, and they can fix it. Well, I happen to think that some things are too expensive, too. However, if affordability is going to be the buzzword for Democrats, then maybe they should stop making electricity so damn expensive in their states. Instead of admitting that expensive electricity is a choice they’re deliberately making — your budget be damned — they lie, claiming wind and solar power are “affordable” and “reliable.”” – Tom Knighton

Walz Drops Out Of Governor’s Race Amid Somali Fraud Scandal – Tyler Durden

ECONOMIC NEWS 

Five Million Are Seriously Delinquent on Student Loans, Wage Garnishments Begin – “Wage garnishments start on January 7.” – Mish

U.S. manufacturing slump shows little sign of ending, ISM shows – “Factory index dips to lowest level of the year” – Greg Robb

The Maths of a Debt Trap – “Stagnating economies, together with high government debt loads, inevitably create funding crises and debt traps. Nowhere is this problem more destructive than for the fiat dollar. But it’s not just the dollar. Economies in the Eurozone and the UK have insufficient growth to support their colossal mountains of government debt.” – Alasdair Macleod

Do Central Banks Determine Interest Rates? – “It is commonly held that the long-term interest rate is an average of current and expected short-term interest rates. The short-term interest rate, it is maintained, is determined by the central bank policy rate, such as the federal funds rate in the US. Hence, it follows that the central bank is the key in the interest rate determination process. But does it make sense that individuals have nothing to do with interest rate determination?” – Frank Shostak

Silver Mania Begins – “Everybody loves the idea of a short squeeze, and that could be what we’re starting to witness. One version of the silver squeeze theory argues that big bullion banks are short massive quantities of silver. That they’ve been working with the government to suppress the price of precious metals, so that fiat currency looks good by comparison. Proponents of this theory would argue that what we’re seeing today is the inevitable unraveling of the scheme. Is that what’s actually happening? Maybe, but we don’t have conclusive proof either way. What we do know is that plenty of people are short silver, and they’re getting squeezed out of their positions.” – Adam Sharp

Many Precious Metals Dealers’ Silver Inventories Have Been Wiped Out – Money Metals News Service

SURVIVAL, PREPAREDNESS AND SELF-SUFFICIENCY

10 Things Preppers Are Sick of Hearing – “As a prepper, even though our numbers are growing, we have a pretty unique view of the world. Because of that view, there are things people outside our sphere say to us over and over when they learn of our survival mindset. And if you are one of those unprepared folks, let me put you on notice. There are some things preppers are sick of hearing.” – Daisy Luther

The Survival Garden You Already Own… But Keep Dumping in the Trash – “Most folks think preparedness starts with buying something—another bucket, another seed kit, another “just in case” purchase that promises peace of mind. Don’t get nervous, I fall into this a bit too. But here’s the uncomfortable truth: if the trucks stopped rolling tomorrow, most pantries would go quiet in a week—not because there isn’t food, but because there isn’t food supply…continuity. And the cruel irony is this: the very system that could keep food coming is being scraped into the trash every night after dinner. That onion root you chopped off. That garlic clove you tossed. That handful of seeds rinsed down the drain.” – Bill Heid

Hypothermia 2026 – “Winter is here, but down in sunny Florida, it’s easy to get complacent about cold-related medical issues. Today, however, the temperature went down to the high 30s, so even we friendly Floridians are not immune. Whether in good times or in survival settings, family medics everywhere should know how to recognize the effects of cold temperatures on the human body, and what to do if they come upon a victim of hypothermia. Hypothermia is a medical emergency that occurs when body temperature drops below 95° Fahrenheit (35° Celsius). It occurs as a result of prolonged exposure to cold and can be life-threatening.’ – Joe Alton MD

4 Winter Gardening Tasks That’ll Save You Hours in Spring Cleanup – Jenna Clark

67 Methods to Get Rid Of Weeds Naturally – “When you focus on natural weed control, the goal is not destruction, but to create conditions where weeds struggle to grow. As balance returns to your garden soil, many weeds lose their “advantage”. They simply cannot exist. The methods to get rid of weeds naturally you’ll find below are drawn from long-standing land practices that have proven effective over generations.” – Olivia Brooks

VERSE FOR THE DAY

1 Corinthians 3:10    According to the grace of God which is given unto me, as a wise masterbuilder, I have laid the foundation, and another buildeth thereon. But let every man take heed how he buildeth thereupon.

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SPECIAL VENEZUELAN NEWS ADDITION ( DAY 2 )

LOTS OF GOOD AND VARYING OPINIONS HERE FOR YOU TO READ AND DECIDE FOR YOURSELF.

TMM (Trump’s Macho Madness) – “Needless to say, the Donald is apparently not to be outdone by Tricky Dick in the stupidity department. The stated purpose of his invasion of Venezuela during the wee hours on Saturday and the kidnapping of its pajama-clad president was the latter’s alleged violation of America anti-cocaine laws. As to when, in the first place, Washington was seconded by god or the UN the right to impose and enforce its dubious domestic prohibition laws on the sovereign territory of other nations, our teetotaling president did not say.” – David Stockman

Badass – “It had become obvious, as Mr. Trump and Secretary Rubio explained over the weekend, that Venezuela under Sr. Maduro had become a platform for nefarious adventurism by America’s adversaries, especially the CCP, which was very active all around South America prepping various countries to join its “Belt and Road” initiative, which is to say its proposed global colonial resource network (a.k.a. empire). The day before he was snatched, Sr. Maduro had a visit with CCP emissaries. China had all kinds of deals going in Venezuela, especially for oil. The oil is obviously a big part of the picture.’ – James Howard Kunstler  – NOT SURE I TOTALLY AGREE WITH MR. KUNSTLER’S ASSESSMENT ON THIS ONE, BUT WE SHALL SEE!!!

America the Rogue State – “The evisceration of the rule of law at home and abroad solidifies America as a rogue state” – Chris Hedges

“The Donroe Doctrine”: Are Cuba, Colombia And Mexico The Next Targets, Or Will Someone Else Be First Instead?- Michael Snyder

So… About That Trump–Venezuela Thing (VIDEO) – M.D. Creekmore

Dominos Falling: Trump Tells Press On AF1 That The US Is “In Charge” Of Venezuela, Threatens Imminent Military Action Against Colombia, And Says “Cuba Is Ready To Fall;” Also: “We Need Greenland.” – “This really is one hell of a weekend.” – Celia Farber

Major Questions Finally Answered About Trump’s Venezuelan Adventure – “U.S Secretary of State Marco Rubio admits that abducting Maduro did not solve anything: “All of the problems we had with Maduro when Maduro was there. We still have those problems in terms of them needing to be addressed. We are going to give people an opportunity to address those challenges and those problems. Until they address it, they will continue to face this oil quarantine. Drunk with power, it seems Trump has become a rabid mad dog attacking the entire world at the behest of his Israeli masters. But to accelerationists like myself, it’s not an altogether terrible development as it hastens the awakening of the world to the US’s naked imperialism, which can only embolden the Global South and other resistance movements. As if those threats weren’t enough, today Trump’s admin again reiterated their intent to take Greenland by force, with wife of Trump advisor Stephen Miller, Katie Miller posting this earlier:” – Simplicius

First Venezuela, Next Iran? – “Reports of unusual American military activity in skies over Europe…”- Tyler Durden

The Real Reason the Pentagon Approved Venezuela: Critical Minerals and Adversary Expulsion. – “Understanding the Decision Architecture Before examining the strategic calculus behind the January 3, 2026 military operation in Venezuela, it is essential to understand who actually makes decisions of this magnitude. In the American national security apparatus, the Pentagon does not await presidential direction on major military operations. The Pentagon assesses threats, evaluates strategic priorities, and determines when military action crosses from option to necessity. The president then executes what the military establishment has already decided is required. This is not constitutional theory. This is operational reality. Trump’s public statements about oil and his claim that Venezuela’s resources will benefit the United States represent the political narrative constructed to sell the operation domestically. The Pentagon’s determination that adversary presence and critical mineral vulnerabilities required kinetic action represents the actual decision calculus.” – Tracy (chi)  – INTERESTING READ. THANKS TO JON RAPPAPORT FOR LINKING!!!!!

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Fraud Fatigue – “Americans are reaching a breaking point. Fraud fatigue is now a very real thing. People are not only questioning the system, but are completely done with the system and considering not even paying taxes. Why should we? It only gets sent to Somali Pirates, and fraudsters and wasted by the people who are selected to represent us. Is this the turning point?” – AmericanPapaBear™ on X  – GREAT, SHORT, NUST WATCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sin Is A Social Disease – “When people do something wrong in private we call that sin. When people do something wrong in public we call that corruption and crime. Yet when people do something wrong in public it is still sin. If it’s wrong, it’s a sin. Whatever else we choose to call it, if it’s wrong, it’s still a sin. Whether we do what is wrong in private or in public, when we do what is wrong, we sin. There is no escaping that very simple reality.” – Peter Nayland Kust

Varoufakis and AI deep fake! – “I posted a link to a video purportedly by Yanis Varoufakis earlier today. I cautioned viewers that it might be fake, and a number of subscribers have confirmed it is.” – Alasdair Macleod  – I POSTED IT AS WELL, SO DISREGARD. THE DANGERS OF AI ONCE AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

What Everyone Needs to Know About Antidepressants – “The common side effects of SSRIs, the nightmare of quitting them and the safe natural alternatives for treating depression.” – A Midwestern Doctor

The Business of Menopause – “Influencers, Synthetic (Not) Bio-Identical Hormones, GLP-1s, and Novel Drug Approvals…Ladies, YOU are the PRODUCT. An adolescent girl is seamlessly transitioned from her pediatrician to a gynecologist when her monthly cycle begins. This is a major step in a woman’s medical indoctrination process. A process by which women learn that the health and wellness of their body is something to be outsourced. We are placed on our backs, draped, and asked to spread our legs so that someone else can tell us if everything is ok down there. We are not handed mirrors so that we can see what is being done or learn about the anatomy of our bodies. We are not asked to participate in the process of palpating and prodding and probing and scraping. Gloved fingers are placed inside us and cold metal tools follow.” – Conspiracy Sarah

U.K. Approves Experimental Self-Amplifying mRNA (Replicon) Injection — Kostaive by Arcturus Therapeutics – “A catastrophic mistake approving a technology shown to induce severe blood abnormalities in 93% of recipients” – Nicolas Hulscher, MPH.

NEWS ( FOR MORE EXHAUSTIVE LINKS ON VENEZUELA, SEE TODAY’S SPECIAL EDITION )

Russia, China Demand That US Immediately Release Maduro From Custody – “”We firmly call on the U.S. leadership to reconsider this position and release the lawfully elected president of a sovereign country and his wife,” the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement, and described that the crisis should be resolved through diplomatic means.” -Tyler Durden  – FOR LOTS OF INFORMATION ON THE ON GOING VENEZUELAN CRISIS,  SEE TODAY’S SPECIAL EDITION OF NEWS ON IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

They Kidnapped Maduro Because The World Is Ruled By Unaccountable Tyrants – “After all those months of babbling about fentanyl and “narcoterrorism” and freedom and democracy, the Trump administration has come right out and admitted that its regime change interventionism in Venezuela has always been a good old-fashioned oil grab. ” – Caitlin Johnstone

President Trump’s End Game? South America – “What Is The End Game? With Trump’s commentary, as espoused across every mainstream media, that oil is the end game, I believe it is a deflection. Currently, there is a global oil glut. More oil means lower prices – means less profit for the Big Beautiful Oil Companies who may not want to spend Billions on Venezuela oil infrastructure. Takes time. So, what’s the real end-game? Trump is now bragging that taking out Maduro was so easy he wants to take out Cuba, Colombia and Mexico next. With Cuba being the easiest target simply by size. And Rubio more than willing to blow up his country of origin. There are three possibilities: Trump wants to colonize all of South America. An egocentric power grab. Given he can’t have Russia or China. Trump is working on behalf of the CIA drug Cartel which wants to expand their territory. Trump is confiscating gold which belongs to Venezuela and has been frozen in a UK Bank which is being raided as I speak.” – Helena Glass

The American Blitzkrieg on Venezuela: No one is safe – “The military incursion and kidnapping of Nicolas Maduro shows how normalized the outrageous has become” – Tarik Cyril Amar  – AS I STATED THE OTHER DAY, WHO IS NEXT. FROM THE LOOKS OF IT AND ACCORDING TO RUBIO, CUBA MIGHT BE NEXT!!!

Marco Rubio issues huge warning to Cuba after Maduro capture: ‘They’re in a lot of trouble’ – “Secretary of State Marco Rubio did not rule out that the Cuban communist government would become the Trump administration’s next target – Maria Villarroel

The War Powers Resolution Is a Constitutional Mistake We Refuse to Admit – “Last night’s arrest of Nicolás Maduro by US forces has already triggered a familiar reflex in Washington. Members of Congress, some acting in good faith and others opportunistically, have invoked the War Powers Resolution as though it were the relevant constitutional touchstone. It is not. Whatever one thinks of the Maduro operation, it does not fit the statute’s own triggers. But the renewed attention is nonetheless useful, because it forces a question that has been avoided for half a century. Is the War Powers Resolution actually a lawful and workable framework for allocating responsibility over the use of force.” – Amuse on X

The Warmth of Collectivism – “Translating the demoralized doublespeak of Zohran’s inauguration speech. Comrades: New York City has been conquered by the Zohrantifada woke jihad. After being sworn in on a Quran on New Years Day, Mayor Mamdani delivered a inauguration address full of radical Orwellian terms. New York, London, and Hong Kong – the three global hubs of capitalism – are now ruled by communists. Year zero has arrived at Ground Zero. Allow me to translate.” – Yuri Bezmenov  – GOOD ONE AS USUAL FROM YURI!!!!!!!!!

“Negative Nationalism” Is Being Weaponized Against Civilization-States – Andrew Korybko

Mamdani Begins the ‘New Era’ of New York City – For Better or Worse – “Mayor Mamdani hit the Big Apple like a wrecking ball on day one” – James Fite

Trump Uses First Veto Power In Second Term To Kill Bipartisan Bill To Provide Clean Water To Rural Southeastern Colorado – “Ballrooms and arches for the elite, toppling governments and stealing their resources, and the taxpayer pays for it; but no clean drinking water for the serfs.” – The WinePress

Is Nick Shirley’s Somali Exposé an Astroturfed Diversion For Special Interests? – Ben Bartee

Somalians, IQ, and the Fraud of Diversity – “Recently, our invaluable Somalian immigrants have been in the news. For whatever reason, an inordinate number of Somalians migrated to, or perhaps more accurately were placed in Minnesota. Africa is pretty hot. And yet they were attracted to, or steered to, a state with one of the coldest climates in the country. If it seems odd to you that Somalians have somehow cornered the market on day care in Minnesota, you might be a “racist.” Okay, here’s the indelicate part. It’s doubtful that many Somalians are good spellers. This is because, according to the available statistics, the average IQ in Somalia is 68. “Right-wing extremists” note that Somalia is one of the most dangerous and violent countries in the world. So how could our leaders not do all they could to import them here? What exactly could society expect someone with an IQ of 68 to do in the workforce? Beyond mundane physical labor? Well, I suppose not run a fake daycare center, or some other shell company. But would you want one as a surgeon or an airplane pilot? DEI insanity pushes for just that. IQ scores are “racist,” so they are ignored.” – Donald Jeffries

ECONOMIC NEWS ( SEVERAL GOOD VIDEOS ON SILVER TODAY )

The United States Gets Its—Just Deserts? – “My advice: trust no one—especially government cronies. If you wait one day too long and lose everything, especially what you have in the bank, chalk it up to bad judgement. Like the French, prior to Wehrmacht on the move, protected by the Maginot Line—over a weekend, found Germans in their yard. Here, on a not too distant Friday—the banks will close. Nobody but you will care when you are wiped-out, when your stock receipts or mortgaged-backed securities become credit entities that provide neither safety nor credit. That’s my answer. The only safe assets are gold and silver—only for now. ” – Erik @ neverhadaboss.com

Has The Silver Boom Peaked Out? (VIDEO) with Andy Schectman – “After hitting an all-time high of $83/oz in the futures market a week ago, silver has fallen down to $72/oz as of the time of this writing. Did the silver price boom just peak? Could we see a vicious plunge in price from here, as we did during the previous price peaks in 1980 and 2011? Or, are things truly different this time? And are new record highs lying ahead in 2026?” – Adam Taggart | Thoughtful Money®

Bankruptcies Are Soaring, Especially Small Businesses and Households – “Bankruptcies are “all over the place”, not just specific sectors.” – Mish

RED ALERT: THE VAULT DOORS ARE SLAMMING SHUT –(VIDEO) with David Jensen – “January 1st, 2026 is the first day that changes everything for the global physical silver market: Export controls go into effect for the world’s most undervalued tangible asset, PHYSICAL silver. China is locking their vaults as what remains of physical Silver in the West is drained from both the LBMA and COMEX.” – SGT Report  – GOOD VIDEO!!!!

The ‘Rs’ Challenging the US Dollar: Rupee, Rouble, Renminbi, Real and Rand – “A new, more fragmented monetary order is emerging” – Praveen Jagwani

Banks Are Banned From Selling Silver: The $100 “window Just Started Closing (VIDEO) – “Silver has been quietly positioned as one of the most suppressed assets in the financial system — and that’s not by accident. While mainstream media keeps the focus on inflation headlines and stock market noise, something far bigger is happening beneath the surface. Industrial demand is exploding. Physical supply is tightening. And the paper market that’s been used to control silver’s price is showing visible cracks. This video breaks down why silver matters now, how it connects to global debt, currency debasement, and systemic control — and why history shows that silver tends to move last, but move violently when it finally does.” – ContrarianConspiracyChronicles  – INTERESTING VIDEO, ESPECIALLY THE ALLEGORY ON THE WIZARD OF OZ. DID YOU KNOW IN THE BOOK, DOROTHY WORE SILVER SLIPPERS NOT RUBY. LOOK IT UP!!!

“Locked-in” Homeowners Nevertheless Pay Off Below-4% Mortgages: their Share Drops to Lowest since Q4 2020 – “Slowly unwinding a phenomenon that wrecked the housing market.” – Wolf Richter

SURVIVAL, PREPAREDNESS AND SELF-SUFFICIENCY

Balancing Farm Life for Success – SaraSue

How to Make Frybread: A Survival Food Every Prepper Should Master – “This is not trendy food. It’s not comfort food in the modern sense. It’s survival food — simple, calorie-dense, forgiving, and built around ingredients preppers already store. If you know how to make frybread, you’re never more than a hot pan away from a filling meal.” – Ask A Prepper Staff

How to Make Maple Syrup from Scratch – Steve Nubie  – HAVE LINKED SIMILAR IN THE PAST, HERE’S STEVE’S TAKE ON IT!!!

How to Make (and Cook On) a Swedish Fire Log – Catherine Winter

Weekly Prepper News Roundup – What Canadians Should Be Watching Right Now – “As we move deeper into winter, the preparedness landscape continues to shift. This past week offered several developments—some close to home, others global—that reinforce why calm, methodical preparedness remains essential. Below is a focused roundup of events and trends that matter to Canadian preppers, with practical takeaways you can act on immediately.” – denob

VERSE FOR THE DAY

Proverbs 11:21  Though hand join in hand, the wicked shall not be unpunished: but the seed of the righteous shall be delivered.

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LYRIC FOR THE WEEK

Caught up in the whirlwind, can’t catch my breath
Knee deep in hot water, broke out in cold sweat
Can’t catch a turtle, in this rat race
Feels like I’m losin’ time, at a breakneck pace

Afraid of my own shadow, in the face of grace
Heart full of darkness, spotlight on my face
There was love all around me, but I was looking for revenge
Thank God it never found me, would have been the end

(I was) Walkin’ the tight rope, steppin on my friends
Walkin’ the tight rope, (it) was a shame and a sin
Walkin’ the tight rope, between wrong and right
Walkin’ the tight rope, both day and night (Solo)

Lookin’ back in front of me, in the mirror’s grin
Through eyes of love I see, I’m really lookin at a friend
We’ve all had our problems, that’s the way life is
My heart goes out to others, who are there to make amends

We’ve been walkin’ the tightrope
Trying to make it right
Walkin’ the tight rope
Every day and every night
Walkin’ the tight rope
Bring it all around
Walkin’ the tight rope
From the lost to found
Walkin’ the tight rope
Streched around the world
Walkin’ the tight rope
Save the boys and girls
Walkin’ the tight rope
Let’s make it right
Walkin’ the tight rope
Do it, do it tonight
Walkin the tightrope

( Tightrope by Stevie Ray Vaughan and Doyle Bramhall )

04 Sunday Jan 2026

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SPECIAL VENEZUELAN NEWS ADDITION

LOTS OF GOOD AND VARYING OPINIONS HERE FOR YOU TO READ AND DECIDE FOR YOURSELF.

When “the system” becomes “the enemy” –  “The lessons of international order for domestic systems. The US mission to venezuela, snatching maduro and his wife from their very home, shattering what was alleged to be a next gen Chinese air defense without a single loss of aircraft, and decapitating a (to many minds) illegitimate and certainly (to any reasonable mind) an oppressive government is a controversial act with widespread geopolitical ramifications that go beyond just Monroe Doctrine, energy, and intelligence community/NGO meddling (though it contains all these things). I shall perhaps dig into that in a later stack, but for the purposes of this one I’d like to speak of the tribal and systemic response to the operation in which all the predictable people are saying the predictable things” – El Gato Malo

Gangster Capitalism – “The Donroe Doctrine of Regional Dominance, Obedience, and Theft. The so-called Donroe Doctrine of hemispheric dominance represents the return of unapologetic gangster capitalism. The basic policy of the Trump administration recalls Michael Corleone, the mafia don in “The Godfather” saga. When his consigliere Tom Hagen asks Michael whether he has to wipe everyone out, Michael coldly replies “Just my enemies.” Anyone who defies the Corleone Family must be eliminated.” – Bill Astore  – ALSO READ CHRIS HEDGES ARTICLE FROM YESTERDAY, IT WAS SIMILAR IN NATURE!!!

Trump the neocon pulls trigger on regime change in Venezuela, and now all of that nation’s problems are our problems – “He ran on a platform of ending the nation-building exploits of the globalists, but now Donald J. Trump has outed himself as the quintessential globalist neocon. Will Iran be next?” – Leo Hohmann

The Merchant of Venezuela. – “The New Year begins on the B of Bang. As Trump shuffles to the preachers podium to explain his Venezuelan shenanigans he looks neither particularly wise nor servile. In fact, I’m half expecting him to announce a two-for-one property deal. Invest in a five-star beach front sand hotel in Gaza and receive a nice two-bedroom condo in Caracas absolutely free of any pound of flesh requirements in the future. I notice his voice and energy are ever weakening in public now. The words carry no punch, enthusiasm or fire anymore. He looks old, scripted, tired and dare I say it—bored. Of course, the Trumpster goes through the motions of explaining why the President of Venezuela and his wife are on a ship bound for the Southern District of New York to face US justice. Now, lest anyone forget the Southern District of New York is where justice goes to die in the United States. It is also where justice goes to suicide itself. It was Jeffrey Espteined outta this place a long, long time ago. So, the future for Mr and Mrs Maduro will be an end of days getting free legal advice from El Chapo in some god-forsaken US federal penitentiary.” – Gerry O’Neill

Trump To Maduro: “You’re Fired!” – “Donald Trump Is Expanding American Power By Wielding American Power. ” – Peter Nayland Kust  – ONE MUST ASK WHY ARE WE EXPANDING AMERICAN POWER, FOR WHAT PURPOSE!!!!

14 Points on Trump Kidnap of Venezuelan President Maduro on the Sixth Anniversary of the Trump Assassination of Haj Qassem Soleimani – “I have tried to collate some of the main talking points on the recent criminal events in Venezuela that have shocked the world in their lawlessness” – Vanessa Beeley – SOME GOOD POINTS FROM VANESSA!!

Maduro & Wife Seen Emerging At DEA Offices, Seemingly Calm, As Maduro Repeatedly Says “Happy New Year” in English; Social Media Floods With Clips Of Venezuelans Waking Up To The News, Weeping With Joy – “Maduro has been seen in at least three different sets of clothes, different colors, since his capture. I’m not sure what it means, if anything. Also, what does this thumbs up signify? That he is cooperating fully with the Trump administration?” – Celia Farber

Regime Tweaking, Not Regime Change, Is What The US Just Achieved In Venezuela – “This refers to keeping the targeted state’s power structure in place but after some (at times significant) changes that advance the meddling state’s interests.” – Andrew Korybko

Visualizing All Of The World’s Oil Reserves By Country – “Global oil reserves are highly concentrated. Venezuela ranks first with an estimated 303 billion barrels of oil reserves.” – Tyler Durden – THAT KIND OF SUMS IT UP, DOESN’T IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Venezuelan Fentanyl: Speedboats Can’t Cross Open Ocean and Other Lies They’re Hoping You Won’t Notice – “Or: ‘How Every Country Without a Western Bank Eventually Gets Liberated” -‘🐺The Wise Wolf

Trump Takes Over Caracas – “This morning’s questions from my Sputnik friends, and my answers. 1) What are the concrete objectives behind these US strikes? Is this primarily a regime-change operation, an attempt to assert control over Venezuela’s natural resources, or a combination of both? My Thoughts: It has to be a combination of both, but that seems almost too simplistic. Trump and the people around him seek control over energy and some concept of support for the dollar in the next decade, and they want a major operational position in South America.” – Karen Kwiatkowski

Trump’s Golden Hour: Historically Flawless Military Masterclass or Just Another Theatrical Production? – “For the Sake of US Supremacy: It Doesn’t Much Matter” – Simplicius  – GOOD ANALYSIS AS USUAL FROM SIMPLICIUS!!!!

Venezuela attack raises WW3 risk – “Why the Venezuelan attack might force a multi-front war. This strike extends a violent reorganization of the global order. By seizing control of Venezuelan energy, the US administration intends to grant Western oil companies direct access to reserves, effectively insulating the West from volatile Eastern markets. It is a bold, perhaps desperate, move to secure resource sovereignty in an era defined by a worldwide poly-crisis. The fallout was immediate. For Russia and China, Venezuela is a strategic foothold in the Western Hemisphere.” – Sarah Connor

Entirely irrelevant Eurotards assure the world they are “closely monitoring the situation” after the U.S. strikes Venezuela and captures President Nicolás Maduro – ” Finally, around noon, the mentally vacant EU foreign affairs girlboss Kaja Kallas logged onto X to assure the world that “the EU is closely monitoring the situation in Venezuela,” as if anybody gives the slightest shit what these people are doing.” – eugyppius

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SPECIAL VIDEO FOR TODAY ( THANKS TO BILL ASTORE )

LYRIC FOR THE DAY

I was born on this bank
of the vibrant Arauca River,
I am brother to the foam,
to the herons, to the roses,
I am sister to the foam,
to the herons, to the roses
and to the sun, and to the sun.

The lively Diana
of the breeze in the palm grove lulled me to sleep,
and that is why my soul is like
the exquisite soul of crystal, of crystal.

I love, I weep, I sing, I dream
of carnations of passion,
of carnations of passion.
I love, I weep, I sing, I dream
to adorn the golden mane
of my lover’s colt.

I was born on this bank
of the vibrant Arauca River,
I am sister to the foam,
the herons, the roses
, and the sun.

 (Alma llanera by Pedro Elias Gutierrez and Edman Ayres de Abreu )

03 Saturday Jan 2026

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THE BIG PICTURE

Trying to replace the American dream – In moderation, tolerance is a virtue but in excess it becomes the direst of vices. Zohran’s inuagural speech was quite the revelation.” – El Gato Malo

Remigration NOW. A Cat 5 Hurricane Builds Across the West. – “If someone gave a certain order – there’s a few influential people at ground level – if we gave a certain order, all hell would erupt in the U.K. The troops are aligned, the armies are behind certain people, if certain people said, “enough’s enough”, and they pressed a certain button, you’d have an army of millions who would wipe this place out. “What would cause that button to be pressed?” “Any more children being murdered.” – Elizabeth Nickson

For Whom Is It Humane? – “Government is a criminal enterprise. All of it. “We passed a law” is no defense. The problem with Western civilization is that this idea that the government passing a law is an excuse to violate human rights has existed for far too long. This is the struggle the founders had, how to terminate that thought process. The concept of a republic operating with the will of the people lasted about as long as it took for the ink to dry. Washington himself violated that concept during the Whiskey Rebellion.” – T.L. Davis

Nobel Prize Winner Warns: AI IS COMING FOR YOUR JOB AND CONGRESS IS DOING NOTHING! – “It’s time to wake up America. Artificial Intelligence and Robots are FAR more dangerous than Nuclear Weapons.” – 🐺The Wise Wolf

The SYMBOLISM Is Everywhere!! (VIDEO) – “The secret societies and systems that rule our world are nothing new. They’ve been here since the beginning of time. But thankfully people are waking up,” – Armor Of Truth Ministry  – SHORT VIDEO ON THE NUMBER 33 AND MORE!!!!!

Cloudseeding Above Northern Indiana Skies Are Getting Out Of Control, Nonstop Near Daily Spraying With Impunity – “How much do you want to bet self-assembling nanotech is being deployed with this chemical brew? Yet nobody notices, nobody cares.” – The WinePress

Indoctrination brought to you by Big Sports – “If 100 million people care about sports, the psy-op exerts are going to go where the people are.” – Bill Rice Jr.

Study Finds Bovine Colostrum 3× More Effective Than Flu Vaccination in Preventing Flu Illness – “Participants experienced ~60% fewer illness days and ~75% fewer flu-like episodes with bovine colostrum compared to flu vaccination.” – Nicolas Hulscher, MPH

NEWS

Maduro “Effed Around & Found Out”; Trump Says ‘We Will Run Venezuela’ Until Safe Transition After Operation ‘Absolute Resolve’ – “Additionally, President Trump said Saturday he would allow American oil companies to head into Venezuela to tap its massive crude reserves:” – Tyler Durden

Russia condemns US ‘aggression’ against Venezuela – “The US president has claimed that Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro has been captured and flown out of the country” – RT

China Slams US ‘Hegemonic Acts’ After Strikes on Venezuela – “a Foreign Ministry spokesperson said in a statement late Saturday. “Such hegemonic acts of the US seriously violate international law and Venezuela’s sovereignty, and threaten peace and security in Latin America and the Caribbean region. China firmly opposes it.”” – Bloomberg News

America is a Gangster State – “The kidnapping of Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro and his wife solidifies America’s role as a gangster state. Violence does no generate peace. It generates violence. The immolation of international and humanitarian law, as the U.S. and Israel have done in Gaza, and as took place in Caracas, generates a world without laws, a world of failed states, warlords, rouge imperial powers and perpetual violence and chaos. If there is one lesson we should have learned in Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria and Libya it is that regime change spawns Frankensteinian monsters of our own creation.” – Chris Hedges

Venezuela Attacks U.S. – “President Trump and First Lady Captured; Will Face Trial and Justice in Venezuela. Sometimes, imagining an opposite scenario can bring folly and illegality into relief. Imagine if Venezuela attacked the U.S. Imagine if President Trump and Melania Trump were seized, and that the Venezuelan attorney general said they would face justice in Venezuela. I’d imagine that nearly all Americans would see this as an act of war, a gross violation of national sovereignty. American vengeance would be swift. Of course, this is not Opposite Day. It’s the U.S. that has attacked Venezuela, seizing Maduro and his wife, with U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi vowing “They will soon face the full wrath of American justice on American soil in American courts.”” – Bill Astore

Trump Wakes the Hydra and Seals His Doom His new Venezuela War can only backfire on the Empire. Once again, the Empire has cut off the head of the snake, and will soon discover, once again, that it has only succeeded in waking the hydra. I am not sure what Marco Rubio and Donald Trump think is going to happen; I guess they think all they have to do is wait and the Venezuelan people will “spontaneously” rise up at CIA prodding and install their nice, pliable dictator who will gladly let the US steal Venezuelan oil and enrich Exxon at her own people’s expense because freedom.” – Ohio Barbarian

Yoink! Got Your Dictator! – “Maduro’s on a boat to New York. Trump will take Venezuela’s oil. Nice doing business with you. Let’s not sugarcoat it: this is a notable escalation in U.S. foreign policy and arguably the most direct military intervention in Latin America since Panama in 1989. The fact that President Trump authorized this without a clear public mandate and framed it as part of a broader campaign against cartels and corruption, ensures that debate will rage for weeks. Whether one views the move as bold leadership to remove an ally of China and Russia, or reckless overreach, largely depends on political worldview, but markets do not trade on ideology. One of the most immediate pressure points to watch here is energy. No doubt someone from OPEC getting into his $500,000 Bentley overnight felt a great disturbance in the force. There’s no doubt in my mind that Trump is going to now try and “keep the oil” from Venezuela in one form or another.” – Quoth the Raven  – THEY FRAME IT AS NARCO-TERRORISM SO THAT WE CAN CONDUCT THE OIL-TERRORISM!!!!

What Is Worse Than Donald Trump? – “More Donald Trump. Even when you begin to think that it can’t get any worse with Donald J. Trump as President of the United States the Orangeman does something that is so stupid and so reflective of a man who thinks only about himself that it makes one’s shudder in disbelief.” – Philip Giraldi

Jack Smith’s Tyrannical Arrogance – “Smith believes the government can prosecute any of us for rejecting official ‘truths.’” – J.B. Shurk

Israel Launches Its Latest “Iranian Revolution” As Trump Threatens War – “Israel is currently spearheading an online disinformation campaign against Iran with the intent of creating civil unrest. Agent provocateurs on the ground have weaponized peaceful protests to turn the situation violent. Across social media, AI-generated images and dated riot footage are being used to claim that a revolution has begun, as US President Donald Trump threatens military intervention.” – Robert Inlakesh

How’d Saudi Arabia End Up On The Same Side As The Muslim Brotherhood In Yemen? – “The Saudis’ growing ties with Muslim Brotherhood-aligned Turkiye, Qatar, and Iran; the Gaza War that broke out after October 7th; and the Ummah’s widespread support for Hamas, the Muslim Brotherhood’s Palestinian branch, contributed to the Kingdom coming to see the group in a new light.” – Andrew Korybko

SITREP 1/2/26: Odessa Pressure Peaks, as Zelensky Announces Major Senior Staff Reshuffle – “MSM rags are beginning to cover the ‘urgent’ situation surrounding Ukraine’s Odessa,” – Simplicius

ECONOMIC NEWS

Varoufakis warns of dollar crisis… – “Yanis Varoufakis is well known in European circles as an economist. He claims to have attended a meeting at the BIS where central bankers discussed economic meltdown. this video does appear genuine and the content makes sense, rather than culled by an AI engine. The reason for reposting it is that if it is genuine and not AI-generated, central bank officials share the concerns which we have been writing stridently about particularly in recent months. And like us and Varoufakis, they are aware that there is little they can actually do to prevent a G7 financial collapse, centred on the US dollar. Their machinations will probably lead to capital controls and market closures without notice….” – Alasdair Macleod  – LINKED ABOUT THIS ON THURSDAY AS WELL IN AN ARTICLE BY ANTHONY JAMES HALL. APPEARS TO BE THE REAL DEAL!!!!

Ditching the Dollar Is the New Popular Trump Trade – “Out with the old, in with the new. Trade in your old bucks right on cue. One of the important stories that has been slowly emerging this year is the demise of the dollar. That is worth noting because for more than a decade, I resisted going with the dollar-collapse narrative that is popular in the economic-collapse sphere where I write, and that always proved to be the right position. However, at the start of the year, I switched and finally began predicting the dollar’s collapse was now likely to arrive quickly—” – David Haggith

America’s New “Value Menu” Economy Should Worry You – “The hottest restaurant items of 2025 aren’t gourmet burgers – they’re value meals. When eating out turns into a budgeting exercise, it reveals something deeper about inflation, the rising cost of living and the quiet erosion of our quality of life…” – Peter Reagan

Will 2026 Be The Year Dangerously Overvalued Stocks Revert To The Mean? (VIDEO) with Lance Roberts – Adam Taggart | Thoughtful Money®

SURVIVAL, PREPAREDNESS AND SELF-SUFFICIENCY

The New Year’s Resolution That Makes You “Ready For Anything” – “Every January, off-grid folks make the same quiet promises to themselves. This is the year I finish it. The fence. The pantry. The power backup. The bag by the door. And then life crowds in, the calendar flips, and by fall, most of those promises are still sitting right where they were—about half done. This isn’t about guilt or motivation. It’s about whether the things you’ve been “meaning to get to” would actually work if you needed them tonight. That’s what this piece is about—and why it matters more than any new gear you could buy this year.” – Bill Heid

My Favorite Cheap Chest Rig. (VIDEO) – Modern Refugee.  – SHORT VIDEO, LOGICAL AND INFORMATIVE FROM MODERN REFUGEE!!!

Copper Cookware Pan – Pros, Cons, and Choosing the Right One – “Copper cookware has a long, respected history in traditional kitchens. Its beauty is obvious, but its real value lies in how intuitively it cooks. Copper responds instantly to heat changes, distributes warmth evenly across the surface, and gives you control that few other materials can match. ” – Self-Sufficient Projects Staff

0 Ingenious Ways to Freeze-Dry Your Food at Home for 10+ Years Shelf Life – “Most people think a deep freezer is the key to long-term food storage, but what happens when the power goes out? There’s a reason pioneers and survivalists alike have turned to freeze-drying.” – Ask a Prepper

Winter Security Reset: A Practical Check-Up for Canadian Homes During Outages and Deep Cold – “Winter security isn’t about being dramatic. It’s about not being caught off guard when the conditions that break systems—freezing rain, high winds, heavy snow, long nights—also increase the chances of opportunistic theft and delayed response times. In Canada, January is the month where many households discover their “security plan” was actually just a Wi-Fi camera and a porch light.” – denob

VERSE FOR THE DAY

Habakkuk 3:16    When I heard, my belly trembled; my lips quivered at the voice: rottenness entered into my bones, and I trembled in myself, that I might rest in the day of trouble: when he cometh up unto the people, he will invade them with his troops.

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