Nothing New Under The Sun 2016

THE BIG PICTURE

You Must Choose, So Choose Wisely – “We are free to choose right and wrong for ourselves. We are called to choose right and wrong for ourselves. We are commanded to choose right and wrong for ourselves. We are not guaranteed to get the choice right. We are not guaranteed our choices will work out as we want. We are not guaranteed God will make the choices for us and save us from ourselves. We have to choose, and so it is imperative that we choose wisely, with deliberation and much reflection. That is our best hope—our only hope—for making the right choice, and even then we will get it wrong at least some of the time.” – Peter Nayland Kust  – PETER COVERS A BIBLE STORY THAT YOU MAY NOT BE FAMILIAR WITH TO ILLUSTRATE HIS POINT!!!

TENTH Scientist Reported Missing; Disturbing Dark Project Secrets Pattern Continues – “Nuclear contractor with top clearance vanishes in New Mexico. Yet another high-level government contractor with intimate knowledge of America’s nuclear weapons program has disappeared without a trace—becoming the tenth individual connected to U.S. secrets to die or vanish under suspicious circumstances recently.” – Steve Watson

Duffel Bags Full of Children (How America’s Largest Bank Ran Epstein’s Books) – “JPMorgan Chase Ran Payroll for Epstein’s Child Sex Trafficking Ring for 15 Years and No One Even Cares” – 🐺The Wise Wolf and Explorer

WTF Happened in 1971? – “So, do you want the primer on what actually happened in 1971, the year of Peak Everything? As always, your wish is my command. Let’s go! That’s right! 1971 may have been the year that the world witnessed the death of the Old Gold-Backed Monetary Order and the birth of the New Fiat Monetary Order, but 2026 may very well be the year that witnesses the death of the New Fiat Monetary Order and the birth of the New New Digital Fiat Monetary Order! If you want to see it in pictures, you take this:” – James Corbett  – GOOD ONE FROM JAMES. A MUST READ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

THE FABIANS – “The Secret Society Running Britain’s Left for 140 Years. The Fabian Society has supplied every Labour Prime Minister in history. 141 of 411 Labour MPs are members. More than half the cabinet. And they tell you all this on their website!” – Frances Leader

It takes a lot to shock me, but the euthanasia of Noelia Ramos has left me reeling. – “A doctor overseeing the procedure also acted as a transplant coordinator.” – Jonathan Engler

U.S. Participates in WHO Influenza Conference Despite Withdrawal from Organization, HHS Confirms – ““CDC representatives will take part in the meeting to support international technical collaboration,” the Department of Health and Human Services tells NPR. Despite its public withdrawal from the World Health Organization (WHO), the United States participated in the WHO’s February influenza conference. The move underscores a striking contradiction between the Trump administration’s policy and its actions.” – Jon Fleetwood

The Incredible Secrets of Coconuts – “Note: one of the things that is extremely frustrating about nutritional guidelines is that they always tell you what you should not eat rather than what you should. One of the wonderful things about coconuts is how much easier having them be a dietary staple makes the rest of your diet.” – A Midwestern Doctor

NEWS

Low IQ Losers . . – “How can Trump be “MAGA” when he has repudiated pretty much everyone who is MAGA? Another way to put this is to ask whether MAGA is a set of principles or devotion to a single personality – even when the two things are no longer congruent?Yesterday, Trump released another of his fulminating tirades, this time directed at Tucker Carlson, Candace Owens and Alex Jones. These three have been – along with Marjorie Taylor Greene – the most MAGA of Trump’s former supporters. They no longer support him because – as they have pointed out – Trump is no longer MAGA. At least, his policies no longer are and that’s the thing, as they see it. ” – Eric Peters  – SEE YESTERDAY’S IMAGE FOR THE DAY!!!

Nobody’s “Obsessed” With Israel — It’s Just A Uniquely Horrible Country – “Have you ever noticed how the same people who accuse Israel’s critics of “obsession” with a tiny insignificant country will also fall all over themselves to tell you that Israel is an indispensable ally whose interests are inextricably intertwined with the interests of western civilization?” – Caitlin Johnstone

‘No Deal’: Vance Leaves Islamabad As Iran Talks Stall Over Nukes; US Starts Mine-Clearing Hormuz – “US-Iran peace talks have broken down over Iran’s commitment to no nuclear weapons, Vance said “it’s bad news for Iran, much more than for the US.”” – Tyler Durden

Trump Begins Blockade Of Hormuz Strait, Says Iran “Will Not Be Allowed To Profit From Extortion” – “Any Iranian who fires at us, or at peaceful vessels, will be BLOWN TO HELL!” – Tyler Durden

Hormuz Confusion – Make it make sense! – “Is it closed or open? Who closed it and how? Were there mines or not? These were just some of the questions to which it was impossible to find a single straight answer. Do you remember the mines that both sides said weren’t there? Well, now the New York Times is reporting they are definitely there, but Iran doesn’t remember exactly where…Does that make sense? Haven’t Iran-approved ships from friendly countries been paying at the “toll booth” for at least a couple of weeks? How is that possible if there were mines? Let alone mines that Iran can’t locate? This potential contradiction doesn’t matter in the end, though, because Donald Trump has said the US Navy is already “clearing out” the mines (adding that all 28 of Iran’s mine-laying ships are “at the bottom of the sea”). Does that make sense? Because the US supposedly decommissioned their minesweeping ships back in September, and sailed them out of the Gulf theatre in January (and we know no new US naval assets have entered the Gulf since,” – Kit Knightly

Iran Is Not Collecting Tolls in the Strait of Hormuz and Never Was – “The $2 Million Hormuz Toll Story Falls Apart When You Look at the Ships. ” – Alexander Muse –  A MUST READ, YOU CAN’T ALWAYS BELIEVE THE PROPAGANDA BT THE MSM OR OUR GOVERNMENT!!!!!!!!!!!!

Pakistan Might Assist With The US’ Blockade Of The Strait – “It’s a “Major Non-NATO Ally” located in proximity to the mission area and thus capable of providing logistical support at a minimum with the expectation that its formidable armed forces and nuclear weapons would deter Iranian retaliation if their shared Chinese partner is unable to disabuse it.” – Andrew Korybko

Hungary’s Prime Minister Will Lose Despite (Because?) of Trump’s Endorsement – “Trump sent JD Vance to Hungary to help Victor Orbán. It backfired. But Orbán may not go quietly. There’s a possible court battle.” – Mish

Irish Patriots are Fighting Back – “The spirit of revolution hangs in the air. So you say you want a revolution? Well, take a look at what’s happening in Ireland right now. Tens of thousands of farmers, truckers, and other fed-up “normies” are taking to the streets of Dublin to protest fuel taxes, mass immigration, and poverty-inducing “climate change” policies. For the most part, corporate news propagandists in both Europe and North America are intentionally ignoring the combustible situation. Just when I had begun to think that all the “fighting Irish” had moved to America, the Old Country has started to show signs of life. Perhaps there are still a few irascible pugilists willing to bash heads and take on the globalist empire after all.” – J.B. Shurk

British Greens’ New Masterplan: Throw Open the Doors to Every Soul on Earth – “Pretty much the entire developed world faces the problem of streams of “asylum seekers” and “migrants,” which are the polite terms that the left applies to invading hordes from the Third World. President Donald Trump was elected to his second term in no small part to address this crisis, and he has. Across the Atlantic, though, the British Green Party makes no such appeasing noises. They are for a world without borders, and they are for extending Britain’s generous social welfare benefits to everyone who cares to flood into the British Isles.” – Ward Clark

ECONOMIC NEWS

How the Iranian Regime Turned Oil Money into a Strategic Threat to the United States and the Western Economies. – “Iran is a threat not just for its expansion and terror policies but for its cash flow.” – Daniel Lacalle

The Myth that Won’t Die: “War is Good for the Economy” – “War is the ultimate government intervention. It is the excuse for all kinds of evils to be imposed on the governed. From confiscation through taxes and inflation to restriction of freedom of speech and the redirection and even nationalization of whole industries, nothing increases state power such as war. As the state is predatory and produces nothing of use, it is the ultimate impoverishing situation. From an ideological point of view, it is even worse, mixing love for one’s culture and homeland with the state itself. It reduces individual’s resistance to loss of liberty and creates in their minds the myth of the protecting government. There is also another insidious idea that a lot of people hold: That is that war has economic and other benefits, not to certain individuals or groups, but to the community at large. It is worth examining these supposed benefits to show that no, war does not benefit the community, it is just death and destruction.” – Carlos Boix

CPI Hits 3.3%, Consumer Sentiment Hits Record Low — Stagflation Is Here (VIDEO) – Peter Schiff

Here’s Why March’s CPI Confirms Our Gold Rally Thesis – “With the latest U.S. government data released, the market is missing a key part of the story. Core inflation, which strips out food and energy, rose 0.2% for the month and 2.6% year over year. The monthly core rate was identical to February. In a month where gasoline rose 21%, the underlying price structure of the U.S. economy moved by the same amount it moved the month before the war. That is the most important number in the March report, and it is the one most of the media coverage flashing in the wake of the report missed.” – Nomi Prins

$75 Silver Now… But a SUPPLY SHOCK Is Coming (VIDEO) with David Morgan – “David Morgan breaks down why massive COMEX silver deliveries haven’t reduced inventories and what that really means for the market. He explains how physical silver is quietly flowing to Asia while Western investors focus on misleading signals. Despite a sharp drop in price, fundamentals remain strong with consumption exceeding supply. Morgan warns that a true stress event could emerge if commercial bar delivery fails, triggering a rapid repricing. He also raises concerns about digital currencies and the growing risk of financial surveillance replacing real asset ownership.” – Liberty and Finance

Global Free Float Of Silver Remains Tight While Chinese Silver Premium Remains Above 12% – David Jensen

SURVIVAL, PREPAREDNESS AND SELF-SUFFICIENCY

Preparing Future Generations for an Uncertain Future – Part 1 – “You are currently living in one of the worst, most destructive periods in American History in terms of economics, morality, and family formation. It is my sincere hope that there are families out there somewhere either in the United States or around the world who share a vision of saving Western Civilization. Some people may say what can one man or one family do. Just a small percentage can change the world. It has been said many times that only a very small percentage of the American colonists actively fought in the American Revolution.” – Single Farmer

Spring projects – “Now that the weather is breaking, Don and I are sort of coming out of our winter hibernation mindset. In the spirit of taking advantage of increasingly good weather, we have a number of projects we’re either working on or planning to work on. These include:” – Patrice Lewis

How NOT to Look “Tacticool” as a Prepper – “There’s nothing wrong with keeping things tactical, but before you cross that line to being tacticool, let’s get into what “tacticool” really means. “Tacticool” is generally used as an insult to describe a person (or equipment) that’s obviously trying too hard to be tactical. In the process of trying too hard, most people become more ineffective because they overlook the basics.” – By Reaper

Salt, Smoke, and Time: Preserving Meat Without Refrigeration in a Canadian Climate – “There’s a quiet assumption built into modern life that most people never question: meat is temporary. You buy it cold, store it colder, and trust that refrigeration will always be there to keep it safe. But the moment that system fails—whether for days or permanently—that assumption collapses fast. What you have isn’t food security. It’s a countdown. Long before freezers and vacuum sealers, people across Canada and similar climates preserved meat using three simple forces: salt, smoke, and time. Those methods still work—but only if you understand them properly.” – denob

Should You Get a Barn Cat? Pros and Cons to Consider – Rebekah Pierce  – ALSO SEE ARTICLE LINKED ON 10/12/25 BY CORRINE GOMPF!!

VERSE FOR THE DAY

Isaiah 33:1    Woe to thee that spoilest, and thou wast not spoiled; and dealest treacherously, and they dealt not treacherously with thee! when thou shalt cease to spoil, thou shalt be spoiled; and when thou shalt make an end to deal treacherously, they shall deal treacherously with thee.

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LYRIC FOR THE WEEK 

Since it costs a lot to win, and even more to lose
You and me bound to spend some time wond’rin’ what to choose
Goes to show, you don’t ever know
Watch each card you play and play it slow
Wait until that deal come round
Don’t you let that deal go down, no, no

I been gamblin’ hereabouts for ten good solid years
If I told you all that went down it would burn off both of your ears
Goes to show you don’t ever know
Watch each card you play and play it slow
Wait until that deal come round
Don’t you let that deal go down, no, no

Since you poured the wine for me and tightened up my shoes
I hate to leave you sittin’ there, composin’ lonesome blues
Goes to show you don’t ever know
Watch each card you play and play it slow
Wait until that deal come round, don’t you let that deal go down

Wait until that deal come round, don’t you let that deal go down
Wait until that deal come round, don’t you let that deal go down
Don’t you let that deal go down, don’t you let that deal go down

( Deal by Robert Hunter and Jerry Garcia )

THE BIG PICTURE

Nuclear War, the United Nations, and Permanent Crisis – “War, apocalyptic prophecy, and emergency governance are converging into a doctrine of permanent crisis. This is what we are being asked to accept – and why we must refuse. I don’t think people understand the gravity of the situation as the UN is preparing for possible nuclear weapon use on Iran. This is a picture of Tehran. For you uneducated, untraveled, never-served, warhawks licking your chops at the thought of bombing it. It’s not some low population desert. There are families, children, family pets. Regular working class people with dreams. You’re sick to want war. Tehran is a city of nearly 10,000,000 people. Imagine nuking Washington, Berlin, Paris, London, or beyond, bombed with nuclear weapons.” – Shabnam Palesa Mohamed  – A MUST READ FOR ANY “HUMAN BEING” THAT ISN’T A WAR MONGER REGARDLESS OF YOUR RELIGION OR COUNTRY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Who’s Pulling the Levers? – “Nobody. The levers were pulled long ago and over time the hegemony and Americans have gotten into lock step with the program. What’s the program? It began just after WW2 when Harry Truman, rather than disband the horror being created by the Dulles Bros, allowed them to develop what now rules the world—CIA (in cahoots with Israel). Look no further than the creation of NATO in 1949.” – Erik @ neverhadaboss.com  – SEE HELENA GLASS’ ARTICLE LINKED ON SUNDAY FOR MORE ABOUT THE DULLES BROTHERS!!

The War on God: A History (VIDEO) – “A spiritual war against God’s authority is driving a global conspiracy to dismantle biblical institutions and reshape society under centralized control. Here’s what you need to know to fight back.” – Alex Newman

Christian Zionists and the war in the Gulf – “Apocalypse Now? For millions of American Christians, this conflict is not merely a regional dispute; it is about biblical prophecy. Christian Zionism has evolved from a fringe theological curiosity into a central pillar of US foreign policy, and its influence is now palpable in the escalation dynamics of the Gulf. Forty days into the conflict, the disconnect between strategic reality and theological expectation has never been wider. Christian Zionists are predominantly evangelical Protestants who believe the modern state of Israel is the fulfillment of God’s covenant with Abraham. ” – Ashes of Pompeii

Artemis II Astronaut Caught With ‘Three Legs’ in Live Feed — NASA Moon Mission Exposed as AI Hoax – “The bizarre AI-fueled anomaly, spotted by sharp-eyed viewers monitoring NASA’s official feeds during the crew’s supposed lunar flyby, has sent shockwaves through the independent research community” – Lioness of Judah

Police State: Russia Enforces Police Stops To Check If People Have Banned Apps And VPNs On Their Phones, Forces Residents To Use Its Surveillance App MAX – “We have no options now – if you want to make a doctor’s appointment or pay taxes, for example, you have to get it through Max. The code for accessing government services doesn’t come anywhere else.” – The WinePress

Bill Gates Given Green Light to Build Nuclear Reactor – “Gates’s new nuclear reactor project is the first to win government approval in nearly a decade. The move is raising fresh questions about the growing alliance between Big Tech, government regulators, and the future of America’s energy grid.” – Frank Bergman

If Bartenders Must Answer for Death, Why Are Judges Exempt? – “The Accountability Gap That Lets Judges Release Predators Scot-Free” – Alexander Muse

TRUMP’S THREAT NEWS / SPECIAL EDITION ( LOTS OF OPINIONS ON TRUMP’S LATEST INSANE THREAT. THEY ALL NEED TO BE READ!!!!! )

Trump: “A whole civilization will die tonight” if Iran does not reach a deal to open the Strait of Hormuz – “This may be a big deal. Any escalation against energy infrastructure in Iran is highly dangerous, because it will invite Iran to retaliate against energy infrastructure in the Gulf states, which produce a great part of the world’s oil and gas. The worst result could be a years-long energy crisis that changes all of our lives even more profoundly than Covid. ” – eugyppius

“”The most humane thing you could do is to end this now with nuclear weapons. That’s the case Mark Levin is making to the president.”- Tucker Carlson” – middleeasteye on Intagram

Are You Prepared for Your World to Be Totally Different Tomorrow Morning? Trump Says it Will Be … Forever! – “DEFCON 1 Of course, Trump Always Chickens Out (TACO Trump), so I wouldn’t be surprised if he finds some last-minute argument for why he’s not going to follow through with his newly amplified threats, but for now he has intensified them even above his expletive-laden rants of Easter weekend. He now says that, if Iran does not open the strait, which he just said a couple of days ago he doesn’t even care about anymore, by this evening, ITS CIVILIZATION WILL CEASE TO EXIST! “- David Haggith

Trump Threatens Mass Murder Yet Again – “Preventing Mass Death Isn’t a Partisan Issue” – Bill Astore

Iran: A Whole Civilization Will Die Tonight – “Donald Trump Just Casually Announced the Destruction of an Entire Civilization and I Need a Drink. This guy cares about three things: Money. Power. Screwing teenage girls. That’s the list. There is no secret plan. There is no 5D chess. There is a narcissist who spent more time on Epstein’s island than most people spend on vacation, doing what narcissists do, which is burn everything around them to the ground and then blame you for the fire.” – 🐺The Wise Wolf

Trump’s Biggest Iran Fear – “As tonight’s deadline nears, Trump is desperate for one thing. Don’t let the bravado fool you: he’s scared. On Monday, the president made a rare show of submission, bowing not to Washington or Wall Street, but to the people. The Iran war is deeply unpopular with Americans, basically every poll finding a majority opposed since the war began on February 28 — an extraordinary fact that media have largely glossed over. I do not pretend to know what the president will decide at 8pm ET, his deadline for Iran. I doubt even he knows. But the unprecedented public skepticism is clearly on the top of his mind. And it’s very likely on the Pentagon’s mind, too.” – Ken Klippenstein

Trump: “A Whole Civilization with Die Tonight” – ” Reflections on the deliberate destruction of entire civilizations. If President Trump carries out his threat to kill the entire civilization of Iran, he will join the ranks of Cato the Elder, Genghis Khan, Cortez, and other villains in history who chose the policy of destroying an entire civilization. Needless to say, this is not what Washington, Madison, Adams, Jefferson, and Franklin had in mind when they founded the US Constitutional Republic.” – John Leake

Trump Threatens To ‘Take Out Entire Country Of Iran’ Tomorrow Night, Demands ‘Free Traffic Of Oil’ In Hormuz – “During the Q&A session, Trump signaled undisclosed strategy, saying, “I have the best plan of all, won’t tell you what it is,” while insisting, “we didn’t do this for regime change.” He described Iran’s leadership shift in stark terms: “new regime is smarter, sharper, less radical.”” – Tyler Durden

NEWS

We are entering the Great Energy World War – “February 28, 2026: A date that will live in infamy. WW3 and WW4 are too ambiguous; has WW3 already happened? So in my mind, it’s the GEWW. This complex multi-player war will be about energy flows between the major national suppliers and the major national consumers. It will not be confined to the Middle East. Refineries, LNG plants (liquefaction and gasification) and even tankers on the high seas will eventually be attacked.” – Matt Bracken

ART OF WAR: Russia and China Sun Rising On The EAST – “There is no turning back what Trump has done to America on the global stage. China has most recently developed a trade and security relationship with Vietnam while Trump is cursing and bombing and destroying the last vestige of America’s power. Our 250 year anniversary will be a wake. The Middle East countries that sided with the US, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, UAE, and Kuwait, are likely to maintain a respectful distance given their countries became targets due to the US military bases. Bulldozing those sites, they will make their choices more carefully while enlarging their relations with neutral countries, including China and Russia. The EU has decided its citizens must starve and die in support of the Rothschild’s last bastard child – Ukraine. Depleted. Weary. Rising Inflation will consume the EU. South America is projected to be Trump’s next doomsday revival. Despite Trump’s rhetoric, Venezuela’s economy has slipped further into decay with oil production collapsing under a oil infrastructure in disrepair. ” – Helena Glass

The 5 Types of Suburbs in America – “From favela to country club, America’s suburbs have diverged thanks to vibrant diversity. America’s cities are international embarrassments. Under the radar over the past few decades, their demoralization zones have spread to subvert the surrounding suburbs. As the border opened, the middle class eroded and many towns deteriorated. Every real estate broker and prospective buyer knows the differences, but are not allowed to talk about them. That is why you are here for spicy commentary on the 5 types of suburbs you will find in America.” – Yuri Bezmenov

Tax Season: The Forced Idolatry of Corruption – “The Resurrection of our Lord is the cornerstone of our Christian faith. It is also the time of renewal, when the birds return from the south, and the plants and flowers bloom gloriously. The weather warms up, and the miracle of life is on display everywhere. But it’s also a time when we are reminded, with a figurative blow to the head, that we must submit to the tyrants who misrule us at every level. If you don’t file your taxes, the IRS may be coming for you. You know, the agency that Trump talked about abolishing last year. Right around the same time he suggested that we may not need any more taxes. Right about the time he proposed that no one making less than $250,000 pay taxes. I liked that Trumpenstein a lot better than the delirious warmonger we have now.” – Donald Jeffries

Why the Frickety Frack Isn’t Melania on the Cover of Vogue? – “All right we know why, but dang.” – Elizabeth Nickson

Russia, China Veto UN Res Authorizing Military Force To Reopen Hormuz Strait -“Also, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has stated that if resolution passed it would disrupt “very fragile chances for negotiations.” So essentially Russia and China viewed it as a ‘pro-war’ mandate which is too sympathetic to Washington’s aims in Iran.” – Tyler Durden

Trump: ‘If it were up to me I would take the oil. I’d keep the oil. I’d make plenty of money’ – “Comment comes after posting Easter Sunday message ended with ‘Praise be to Allah’…Trump’s 48-hour deadline for Iran to accept his deal is 8 p.m. EST Tuesday, at which point all hell may break loose” – Leo Hohmann

Fake News Alert: Russia Didn’t Give Iran A List Of Israeli Energy Targets – “The widespread but false perception that Putin is an anti-Zionist secretly allied with Iran against Israel, which has been pushed for years by putative friends and undeniable foes alike, means that many folks the world over will likely fall for Ukraine’s latest information warfare provocation against Russia.” – Andrew Korybko

ECONOMIC NEWS

Recession Watch: Everything All At Once – “Tech layoffs have become front-page news… And the picture for this year’s class of graduating coders is apocalyptic Private credit is looking like this decade’s subprime mortgage bubble, except a lot bigger and more widespread. Oil has gone parabolic, with multiple countries running out of crude, gasoline, and/or diesel. And — no surprise — the bond markets are rebelling, with US 10-year Treasuries back to levels that imply 7% mortgages and 10% car loans. It’s all coming to a head as this is written” – John Rubino

The Iran Conflict Remains the Single Biggest Inflation Wildcard in 2026 – Graham Summers, MBA

Cleveland Fed Projects Highest Month-Over-Month Inflation Levels Since June 2022 – “Inflation is directly ahead, and it will make the Fed miserable.” -Mish

About those Orders for Durable Goods that Factories in the US Received – “The 12-month average, which irons out Boeing’s huge orders, shows the trend: +8.8% year-over-year. Orders excluding aircraft & defense jumped by 1.5% in February from January.” – Wolf Richter

Peter Schiff vs. Saifedean Ammous: Gold vs. Bitcoin – “A must listen for those who follow the “gold vs. bitcoin” debate.Even though it’s already a few months old, I only came across it a few hours ago, and has stood out as one of the best debates on the topics, by the two more important people representing their respective camps. That’s why I’m publishing this recap and the video, because the debate cuts through years of noise and gets to the core disagreements that actually matter. “- Quoth the Raven

Are Gold & Silver Prices Now Too Low? (VIDEO )with Andy Schectman – “I would simply say to you, there are very few things I’ve ever seen in my career that I can’t at least try and explain. This is something that just makes zero zero zero sense to me. And I find it to be the best value I’ve ever seen in silver. ” – Adam Taggart | Thoughtful Money®

Will Gold & Silver Crash Before the Next Big Breakout? )VIDEO) with Chris Vermeulen – “The conversation covers everything from the impact of geopolitical conflict on oil and stocks, to the long-term bull case for gold and silver. Whether investors are looking to buy gold, buy silver, or simply understand where the gold spot price and silver spot price are headed, this discussion offers critical technical context.” – Craig Hemke

When Your Job Vanishes and Your Bank Balance turns Ghostly – “Silver is the antidote to fiat decay” – The Silver Academy

SURVIVAL, PREPAREDNESS AND SELF-SUFFICIENCY

8pm: Waiting for Death – “When the end becomes real. Today’s 8pm deadline feels like we’ve been called back to the doctor’s office to receive bad news. As the appointment arrives, we wonder how bad the news will be. If not tonight, someday something will happen for us to see clearly our days are numbered. A cancer prognosis, a major crop failure, nuclear missiles flying overhead. When the illusion of immortality is shattered, the mental shift is dizzying. I can see it happening right now. It is difficult to fully accept the situation, but we can learn from others’ experiences. Someday, the event will arrive. The skies will blacken. The crops will wither. We will watch our cupboards run bare and our taps shut off. That is the moment we receive the terminal diagnosis for our civilization. At that point, the foundations of our survival have rotted away. There is no longer a store to go to or a skill that can summon food from radioactive soil.” – Sarah Connor

How To Hatch Chicks In An Incubator – Homesteaders of America

Cooking On A Hearth Or Open Fire: Old World Kitchen Skills For Modern Preppers – “Pull up almost any prepper or survivalist checklist and I bet you will find food storage, water filtration, and medical supplies near the top. What you rarely see listed is the ability to actually cook the food you have stored when the stove does not work.” – Bob Rodgers

Ask A Roofer What Kills Moss For Good… He’ll Change the Subject – “Now and then, a solution comes along that’s so simple, so cheap, and so effective… it almost feels like it shouldn’t work. But this one does. In fact, there’s a plain white powder sitting on a dusty shelf at your local hardware store right now—costs less than a cup of coffee—and it can wipe out moss and algae on your roof in a matter of weeks. No ladders. No pressure washers. No hired crew. Just a little know-how and a good rainstorm. And yet somehow, most homeowners never hear about it.” – Bill Heid

Making Repairs – “So you are living in a societal collapse and something breaks. Let’s say that your generator dies. You’ve gotta fix it. The following describes what have I learned about fixing things:” – Big John

VERSE FOR THE DAY

Exodus 23:2  Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest judgment:

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THE BIG PICTURE

Curiosity Kills the Agenda – “Our only real weapon against this slow-motion burial of the human spirit is to keep that spark alive in ourselves and, wherever possible, fan it in others. Poke, prod, question, wonder—even when it feels futile. Because once curiosity is truly extinct, the game is over. Stay curious. It’s the last truly subversive act we have left.” – Todd Hayen, PhD, RP

Your REALLY Digital Ear Tag – “They’re pushing what they call REAL ID really hard. It is the federally pushed replacement for the state-issued driver’s license you’re required to get if you wish to be able to cash a check or buy cough syrup – and also, of course, to be allowed to operate your motor vehicle on the government’s roads. Our onetime right to use the public roads having gone the way of our right to keep what we earn. The driver’s license is of course an ID already. Just not REAL enough, apparently. They want more identification. Because – apparently – the state-issued ID isn’t “real” enough (for them). Of course, the ID they’ve been requiring us to get for decades to be allowed to buy cough syrup or cash a check (and incidentally to be allowed to drive on the government’s roads) is already pretty real – in the ghetto-English usage. The photo they took of you is probably a face scan that can be (and will) be used by facial recognition systems and there is a bar code (and probably an RFID transmitter locater device of some kind built into it, too. They really want a way to track your movements and activities in other words. What that has to do with driving is difficult to divine.” – Eric Peters

Elon Musk’s Trillion Dollar Payday: What If Tesla Isn’t Really About Cars? – “A speculative look at trillion-dollar incentives, robot soldiers, and the strangest email I ever received. Here’s something that has me scratching my head is disbelief. Tesla just announced an incentive package for Elon Musk worth a trillion dollars. You read that right. A trillion. With a T. The company is valued higher than every major automaker on Earth combined. Ford, GM, Toyota, Volkswagen, Honda. Add them all up and Tesla’s worth more. The math doesn’t work. It never has. So what’s the real product? Here’s a fun fact that doesn’t come up much in Musk hagiographies. His grandfather, Joshua Haldeman, was nearly arrested for high treason in Canada. Haldeman was a Technocrat. Not the modern tech-bro kind. The 1930s movement kind. The kind that really ‘respected’ National Socialism if you know what I mean. They wanted to overthrow the Canadian government and replace it with a system run by engineers and scientists.” – 🐺The Wise Wolf

They Called It “Alternative.” It Was Always the Original. – “From the 1899 Merck Manual to a 1932 pharmacist’s map, the historical record is unambiguous: natural medicine was displaced not because it failed, but because it couldn’t be owned.Let’s begin with a question that should unsettle anyone who has ever been told that natural medicine is “alternative”: alternative to what, exactly? Not to the medicine of 1899. Not to the medicine of 1932. Not, in fact, to any era of medicine prior to the mid-twentieth century, when a legal and commercial infrastructure was deliberately built to ensure that the only substances recognized as “drugs” would be those that could be patented, manufactured at scale, and sold for profit. ” – Sayer JI

FBI’s New Political Pre-Crime Center – “Are you on the list of ‘domestic terrorism’ indicators? President Trump’s budget request to Congress contains the largest counterterrorism spending increase in years — and buried inside it is a new FBI-led center dedicated to “proactively” hunting Americans the government classifies as so-called domestic terrorists.” – Ken Klippenstein

$2.46 Billion ‘Momnibus’ Bill Targets Pregnant Women for Vaccination—Builds $715 Million Real-Time Surveillance System Activated During Pandemics – Jon Fleetwood

The Polio-Biowarfare Connection – “What if the scientists who developed the polio vaccine were also secret bioweapons researchers?” – Debbie Lerman

NEWS

Time For The White (jacket) Men – “If you wanted to indulge in partisan spin you could wax hotly about the Donald’s Easter morning desecration of the office of the presidency. His meld of profanity, blasphemy and bellicose madness all rolled into a single social media post could surely calls forth at least that much: But we don’t think “desecration” is the right word for it. There had been plenty of that before the Donald got there. Say going back to LBJ’s murderous mayhem in Vietnam, to Bill Clinton’s blow jobs in the Oval Office, to Joe Biden’s chronic drooling on the Resolute Desk. But what’s sui generis about this particular desecration is that it involves the POTUS threatening to commit flat-out WAR CRIMES against Iran and mayhem against the global economy based on a screaming Big Lie. Well, actually, a four-part Big Lie that is so utterly refuted by the facts and reality as to stand among the worst excuses for war-making in recorded history.” – David Stockman

Trump Says Tuesday Deadline For Iran To Accept Ceasefire ‘Final, Won’t Change’; Israel Takes Out Experienced IRGC Intel Chief – “A Sunday night Axios report on a US-proposed 45-day ceasefire has by Monday morning been rejected by Iran, which later on Monday issued a 10-point letter via Pakistan. ” – Tyler Durden

Trump Talks War for Easter Week – “By the way, who shot Charlie Kirk? Trump, who is affiliated with no known Christian denomination and may in fact be a convert to Judaism, has a so-called Christian spiritual adviser named Paula White-Cain. Early in the week she “advised” that American Christians should tithe their gross incomes and give the money (10%) to Israel. She stated that that would be compliant with what she claimed to be the right thing to do to avoid “disobeying God.” At a lunch at the White House later in the week she also compared Jesus Christ with Donald J Trump, an equation that shocked many in the actual Christian community.” – Philip Giraldi

Trump’s Easter Ultimatum: Open the (Expletive) Strait or Else – ““Open the Fuckin’ Strait” is his latest shibboleth, his battle cry. Trump and his Zionist controllers are drunk on hubris, hopeium, and stupidity. The only sane response to the situation is for the US to declare victory and exit, stage right.” – Kurt Nimmo

Trump is Driven by Low Self-Worth—Netanyahu is Worse – “Hitler had an innate destructiveness that, over time, led to the demise of his regime and himself. This was seen in his listening to no one but himself and paying no heed to his generals when they advised for strategy retreats. Trump shares that trait with Hitler and every other ego-manic down through history. It is that hubris that brings such destruction to the world, but ends in a return to peace once the insane leader is vanquished. Unfortunately for the world—Trump is not alone. Netanyahu, driven by necessity to avoid prison, does whatever is necessary to retain the Prime Minister-ship. Worse than Trump (maybe at the level of Pete Hegseth), Bibi holds no reverence for age-old rules of engagement. Instead, he conducts false flag operations to have it appear that Iran is a criminal nation when it is him. Unconcerned, he kills ambassadors—the sanctity/preservation of ambassadors pre-dates modern states. Though Trump’s madness doesn’t match Netanyahu, he is a man of limited intelligence, and who he gets his advise from is the low end of the intelligence totem pole. And, I’m betting Netanyahu (through Epstein), has Trump in a rear-naked chokehold.” – Erik @ neverhadaboss.com

It’s Official: US Boots-On-Ground Deep Inside Iran Amidst Another Day of Humiliating Losses – “The morning broke with news of a large-scale US operation to supposedly extract the second downed pilot from Iran, who had ejected from his shot-down F-15E on Thursday. The scale of losses for this operation alone turned out to be massive, as the US lost hundreds of millions worth of planes allegedly getting the pilot back to safety. The operation involved all kinds of Special Forces unit which amounted to “boots on ground” inside Iran for the first time—at least officially.” – Simplicius

US Satellite Firm Blacks Out Iran War Images Per US Government Request – “The blackout of satellite imagery from the region is not a story about one firm’s products or customer service. It is a reminder that foreign intervention tends to produce domestic control, often without the drama of a formal censorship order. The same state that wages war can narrow the evidence available to judge that war. The predictable result is that the public is pushed to take the word of the administration’s spokesmen at face value, without timely means to verify or falsify their claims.” – Alan Mosley

The Killing Fields of Lebanon as ‘Israel’ Lashes out Against Civilians – “Israel preys on civilians as it receives deep wounds from the Lebanese Resistance” – Vanessa Beeley

How US Sanctions Are Fueling Hunger in Cuba – “In Cuba today, food is rotting in the fields while families go hungry. On a recent trip to the eastern part of the island, I spoke with farmers who are watching their livelihoods slip away – not because they lack skill or dedication, but because they lack fuel, parts, and basic inputs. One farmer described fields ready to harvest but no diesel to bring the crops in. Others showed broken machinery they have no way to repair. These are not isolated stories; they reflect a system under siege.” – Medea Benjamin

This is why NPR needs to be defunded – “Once again, a federal judge has ruled that the executive branch can’t be the executive branch and do executive branch things. This time, it’s defunding NPR and PBS. The argument is that the president can’t defund them because he doesn’t like what they say about him. Now, I can get that. I can get behind that. They shouldn’t be defunded because of that. They should be defunded because they suck at their jobs, and the American taxpayers shouldn’t have to pay for not just crappy journalism, but a profound bias that thinks everyone who isn’t them is an uncultured swine. One prime example of this is how NPR handled the Hunter Biden laptop story, or, more accurately, how they refused to handle it at all. Yes, that was 2020, but it’s not like I’m going to ever let that one slide.” – Tom Knighton

ECONOMIC NEWS

Another Day, Another Private Credit Fund Takes A Shit – “While the world remains distracted by the Iran war, yet another private credit fund has frozen redemptions. I’m starting to lose count of how many funds have done this so far this year — and it’s only going to get worse in my opinion.” – Quoth the Raven

US paves way for private assets to be included in 401(k) retirement plans – “he Trump administration on Monday issued a long-awaited proposed rule to open up ​retirement plans to alternative assets, paving the way for private equity and cryptocurrencies to be added to 401(k) accounts. The measure, announced by the U.S. Department ‌of Labor, is intended to ease longstanding barriers to incorporating these less liquid and less transparent assets into American retirement plans.” – Utkarsh Shetti, Suzanne McGee, Arasu Kannagi Basil and Isla Binnie  – EXTREMELY BAD IDEA!! MANY OF THESE FUNDS ARE LIMITING REDEMPTIONS RIGHT NOW AND NOT LETTING THE INVESTORS GET THEIR MONEY OUT. (SEE THE RAVEN’S ARTICLE ABOVE).  JUST ANOTHER WAY FOR THE BANKSTERS TO GET THE COMMON PERSON’S MONEY THAT IS IN THEIR 401Ks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The Actual Price For Crude Oil In Europe Is Far Higher Than Quoted In The Media – “The Shortage Of Oil To Market Is Worse You Think – And Intensifying” – David Jensen

Oil, Inflation and Recession – “It’s not the price of oil per se that triggers recession, it’s the underlying vulnerabilities that have been cloaked with happy story narratives to keep the game going.” – Charles Hugh Smith

March Jobs Report: Great Numbers, But Is It Too Good To Be True? – “March May Not Matter In The Face Of The Gathering Storm” – Peter Nayland Kust

Not Your Grandfather’s Stagflation – “It was pretty obvious even before February 28th that the US economy was grinding to a halt, even as inflation was already working up a head of steam. But then came war. We are going to get a globe-shaking economic conflagration erupting from the void that was the Persian Gulf commodity fountain. That includes between 20% and 50% of all the basic commodities that drive global GDP, including crude oil, LPGs, LNG, ammonia, urea, sulfur, helium, and sundry more. Accordingly, the global share of crucial industrial commodities that now stand in harm’s way. This includes both those directly transiting the Strait of Hormuz and also the share of supply from the wider Middle Eastern region that is also exposed to the current Iranian War” – David Stockman

The War Did Not Break Silver. It Created Another Entry Point. – “Here’s why current geopolitical tensions are creating a new opportunity and strategic entry for silver” – Nomi Prins

SURVIVAL, PREPAREDNESS AND SELF-SUFFICIENCY

Garbage During Emergencies: How Trash Becomes a Public Health Crisis – “Most people preparing for disasters focus on food, water, and shelter. Very few think about what happens to their garbage. That oversight can be dangerous and when normal life gets disrupted, so does every system that keeps waste out of sight and out of mind. Within hours of a major emergency, collection stops. Within days, bags pile up outside homes, dumpsters overflow, and decomposing organic matter starts drawing insects and rodents. Within weeks, the situation can become genuinely life-threatening.”- Bob Rodgers

What Actually Stops a Home Invasion When the Grid Is Down – “Across Canada, reports of violent crime and home invasions have been rising in recent years. What once felt rare—forced entries, targeted break-ins, even daytime invasions—are now appearing more frequently in both urban centres and rural communities. The question is no longer “Could it happen?” It becomes “What would I actually do if it did?” There’s a natural instinct to think in terms of force—locks, weapons, confrontation. But in reality, especially during a grid-down event, most threats don’t begin with violence. They begin with observation. Someone is looking for an opportunity. An easy win. A place where risk is low and effort is minimal. And that single truth changes everything about how you should think about defending your home.” – denob

What Your Neighbors Will Do First When SHTF – “The folks around you, though, most of them are working with three days of food in the house on a good week. When the shelves start going bare and the delivery trucks stop coming, that’s when reality lands for them, and that’s when their eyes start moving in your direction. You Were Never as Invisible as You Thought You probably tried to keep a low profile over the years, and that was the right instinct. But the honest truth is that people notice more than we give them credit for. Your neighbor may have seen you hauling in bulk food buckets or stacking firewood along the back fence. Someone else noticed the raised garden beds, the rain barrels, the extra propane tanks by the shed. ” – Kate L. Gilmour

Where You Keep Your Preps Matters – Daisy Luther

Off-Grid Water Systems: 8 Viable Solutions to Bring Water to Your Homestead – “” – Jennifer Poindexter  -HAPPEN TO LINK THIS ONE ABOUT 9 YEARS AGO. IT NO LONGER COMES UP AT THE OLD LINK AND SINCE IT’S BEEN REPUBLISHED LATELY AT A DIFFERENT LINK, HERE IT IS AGAIN!!

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