THE BIG PICTURE

What Used to be Just Caught a Cold – “I caught a cold about two weeks ago. Something as noteworthy – once – as forgetting your keys. Just something that happens to pretty much everyone, every now and then. No big deal. You might mention it in passing to a friend. It didn’t move the needle much, because it was a normal part of life, like gray hairs. Then it became something to Freak Out about. Because people were encouraged to Freak Out about it. It became almost a badge of honor to announce that one had caught a cold. It became de rigueur to Get Tested! And then make sure to announce to everyone that you had done so – and what the results (always “positive”) were.” – Eric Peters

An Immolationist in Chapel Perilous – “Please don’t burn yourself alive. As this is written, a few hours ago a man stood outside the Manhattan courthouse where Trump’s trial is proceeding, threw an armful of pamphlets in the air, and set himself on fire. Everyone’s first thought, of course, was to wonder why he did it, what it means, who takes the blame, how does this affect my affinity group. Was this a leftist, furious that Trump had not yet been locked up for colluding with Russia to destroy Our Democracy and usher in a dark new era of theocratic Christian fascism? Was this a MAGA-hat wearing QAnon lunatic, enraged at the political prosecution of his tribal chieftain by the illegitimate crypto-communists who stole the election on behalf of their paymasters in the Chinese Communist Party? The immolationist was soon identified as Maxwell Azzarello, a Florida native who’d travelled to NYC a week before, without telling his family. The most disquieting thing about Azzarello’s worldview is not that it is crazy, but that it is not so very thematically different from the way that I, and many others, see the world.” – John Carter  – ANOTHER GOOD LONG READ FROM JOHN!!!

A Coup Without Firing a Shot – “Nothing operates today as it did in 2019. It’s not just that functioning broke. It was broken and then replaced. And the surreptitious coup d’etat with no shots fired is still ongoing, even if that is not the headline.” – Jeffrey A. Tucker

Bird Flu, Censorship & 100 Day Vaccines: 7 Predictions for “The Next Pandemic” – Kit Knightly

Climate Worries Are Non-Credible, Luxury Beliefs That Harm Civilization Itself – “I live in a small village at the edge of lands surrounded by very harsh nature. Many of my fellow villagers entertain all these global ideas—melting glaciers and parts per million–numbers, floods and ethical dilemmas about us vulgar humans making earth inhospitable or uninhabitable. It’s a strange thing to worry about obsessively, while the vicious storm raging outside the double-glazed windows affect nothing about our food supply, electricity use, heating, or ability to participate in the global division of labor—whether in our offices or remotely via high-speed internet. It somehow seems contradictory to passionately rally against capitalism from the comforts of very capitalistically built and maintained houses, hotels, and pubs; to inveigh against the burning of fossil fuels that literally keeps one alive.” – Joakim Book

Klaus Schwab on His Last Limb – “Because Bing’s AI “Copilot” strenuously denying it.” – Andreas Oehler

The World is Jonestown and you must drink the Covid-Ade – “Jabs Bad vs. Jabs Good is the Greatest Asch Experiment ever conducted” – Sage Hana

Fires too intense on 9/11, or were they? – “Hint – Don’t notice the guy in the black suit” – 9/11 Revisionist – GUY IN THE BLACK SUIT – GOOD CATCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Review Article: Artificial Intelligence Enhanced Biomedical Micro/Nanorobots In Microfluidics – Ana Maria Mihalcea, MD, PhD

Digital driving licences are being rolled out across several countries; they’re digital IDs – Rhoda Wilson

CDC is Sued For Scrubbing Digital Records – “AFL sues federal agencies for purportedly destroying CDC emails, questioning the impartiality of federal record-keeping.” – Didi Rankovic

NEWS

The 28th Amendment – “Ethical conflict, and an end to perpetual wars. One of the most effective tools of this “cabal” has historically been war and conflict, and it appears to be back on the docket for ushering in that long-planned one-world government. The wars of today, are not the conflicts of civilizations past. And the masses of debt slaves on the backs of whom these wars are engineered, are (maybe? finally?) waking up to the completely inorganic and manufactured nature of not just today’s conflicts, but every conflict going back two centuries.” – The Good Citizen

Woke or joke – “Let’s play again. So is it woke or is it a joke? You know the game. iIm going to mix up some sincere woke quotes with some woke parody. You’re going to try to discern which is which. Let’s play: First, a free one to get the juices flowing: This absolute word salad is a real quote from Katherine Maher who used to run Wikipedia and who just took over NPR:” – El Gato Malo

‘Truth By Committee’: Lessons From the NPR Melodrama – “Without hyperbole, one would be hard-pressed to imagine a more damning set of former affiliations and employers than those on NPR goon Katherine Maher’s resume. The only missing institutions to round out the smorgasbord of absolute evil are Raytheon and Goldman Sachs (although she did work for HSBC as well, which is morally equivalent to Goldman Sachs). (As a side note, it has been under-reported that Maher occupies a board position on Signal, which should give anyone who uses the app pause to reconsider how confidential their messages therein actually are.)” – Ben Bartee

A risk-free life is not worth living. To abdicate responsibility is also to abdicate power. When we give over to the state the burden of solving our problems, the absence of personal accountability feels pleasant at first, but eventually leads to consternation, constraint and helplessness – which are anything but pleasant. States vary in how they’re organised, but rarely vary in this respect: they never hand power back.” – Lionel Schriver

Biden Cuts Payments to Medicare Advantage Plans – “Pain coming for seniors if the White House axes private medical care services.” – Andrew Moran  – BUT THEY KEEP GIVING MORE MONEY TO ISRAEL AND UKRAINE!!!

Videos: Migrants Complain That New Yorkers Don’t Learn African Languages – “Council member responds “what motivated you to come here thinking the streets are paved in gold?”” – Steve Watson

Democrat House reps stop just short of explicitly calling for Trump’s assassination – “Rep. Bennie Thompson (D. Miss.), who chaired the House J6 Committee, introduced legislation that calls for President Donald Trump to lose his Secret Service protection if he’s convicted and sent to prison. Thompson fully understands that there is a strong likelihood that the current Manhattan hush money trial or the upcoming Georgia RICO trial, both of which are open partisan lawfare rather than justice, will see at least one felony conviction and prison sentence for Trump. In other words, this legislation is an almost explicit call for Trump’s assassination. It’s been apparent since the get-go that the myriad criminal actions against Trump are a form of election interference. Each case has no basis in law or fact.” – Andrea Widburg

The Need to Prevent a Biden Economic Collapse Outweighs Charges Against Trump – “Republicans who attacked Trump have concluded there is no other realistic choice.” – Mish

Homelessness Epidemic: the Public Sector is a Welfare Program – “California’s homeless crisis proves the public sector is a welfare program and political tool. The California State Auditor released a report this month that reveals California’s programs to combat homelessness have been utterly ineffective. Nine agencies funded by the state have received billions from 2018 to 2023, but homelessness is rapidly rising and California hosts the largest homeless population in the nation. What have these public agencies done with the $24 BILLION they were awarded to combat homelessness?” – Martin Armstrong

Major War Just Narrowly Averted & Biden Already Mulls $1BN+ In New Arms For Israel – Tyler Durden

It’s Sacrilegious For Christians To Claim A Religious Obligation To Support Israel – “It implies that those who follow the teachings of Jesus, Who they believe is the Son of God, aren’t as favored by God as those who reject these same teachings and remain committed to what Christians regard as the Old Covenant from the Old Testament. Simply put, it’s a tacit renunciation of their religion’s fundamental tenet that Jesus is the Son of God Whose teachings are divine.” – Andrew Korybko  – WELL SAID BY ANDREW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

SITREP 4/19/24: A Small Gust for Ukraine’s Sails? – “Today we have some interesting thematic developments in the context of Ukraine’s future sustainment outlook. The most talked about of course is the headway being made for the Ukrainian aid bill, which is set to be voted on in both the House and Senate this weekend and early next week, owing to Speaker Mike Johnson’s eye-opening U-turn. The U-turn was in fact so ‘sudden’ as to imply sinister developments behind the scenes—perhaps kompromat waving, threats, and the like. From an alleged CIA/NSA whistleblower:” – Simplicius

EPA Rule Could Put Small Meat Processors Out of Business — and Leave Consumers Out in the Cold – “The EPA’s proposed new limits on how much nitrogen, phosphate and other pollutants meat processing facilities can discharge into surface waters will disproportionately affect small meat processors, likely forcing many of them to close or sell out to big corporations.” – Michael Nevradakis, Ph.D.

ECONOMIC NEWS

What a Wonderful World! – “CNBC reports that government unemployment numbers are cooked to perfection! ou know it is strange anytime the mainstream media starts agreeing with my longtime criticism of government reports, even using my blunt language—that “the books look cooked.” In fact, the Bidenomics unemployment claims reports don’t just look cooked, they look burned to a crisp.” – David Haggith  – BURNED TO A CRISP SUMS IT UP NICELY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Living on Uneasy Street – “It’s nice to anticipate sunny weather, but it’s a good idea to carry an umbrella just in case the forecasts prove overly optimistic. Yes, the market will rally if World War III didn’t start last night. The market will also rally if World War III does start, because the Federal Reserve will surely lower interest rates.” – Charles Hugh Smith

Middle class can’t afford home in nearly half of top 100 U.S. metros, study finds – “Homeownership is no longer a staple of the middle-class American Dream” – Sam Bourgi

Consolidating at the higher levels – “Gold and silver were firmer on the week, with gold trading in Europe this morning at $2390, up $46, while silver was at $28.45, up 60 cents. While both were higher since last Friday, it is best described as a week of consolidation. Later today, it would be reasonable to suggest that the Swaps on Comex will attempt to lower prices, triggering stops. This would be repeating last Friday’s action, ” – Alasdair Macleod

We should probably be watching the BRICS nations closely – “Based on my understanding of macro economics, the 3-D game of geopolitics probably hinges on the sustainability of the U.S.’s ’Magic Printing Press.’” – Bill Rice Jr.

Interest Payments on the National Debt Will Soon Be the Largest Federal Expenditure – “An abundance of financial indicators show how demand for U.S. debt is dwindling in global markets at an ominous time.” – Jon Miltimore

Silver Demand Outstrips Supply for Third Straight Year – Mike Maharrey

$300 SANDWICHES AND $2,000 SILVER (VIDEO) with Bix Weir – SGT Report

SURVIVAL, PREPAREDNESS AND SELF-SUFFICIENCY

The Most Important Prepping and Preparedness Topics – Ken Jorgustin

How to Espalier Trees and Shrubs to Maximize Growing Space – “The espalier technique is ideal for growing fruit trees efficiently in small spaces. It involves pruning and training the tree’s branches against a wall or fence to grow flat rather than outward. While fruit trees are the classic choice, you can do it with many species to create screens or an ornamental focal point.” – Catherine Winter

25 Hand-Powered Tools You Need to Live Off the Grid -Tara Dodrill

Economic Collapse Movies Every Prepper Needs to Watch – “Movies often portray actual or imagined events that could lead to societal collapse. The genre of economic collapse movies does not really portray action-packed scenes of people fighting off infected. However, the reality of financial collapse is much more likely and nefarious.” – Charl M  – SOME GOOD ONES HERE, ALTHOUGH I DON’T WATCH MUCH IF ANY TV, I HAVE SEEN A FEW OF THESE!!

20 EMP-Proof Survival Items You Should Be Stockpiling – Nicholas Oetken

VERSE FOR THE DAY

Revelation 3:3    Remember therefore how thou hast received and heard, and hold fast, and repent. If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come on thee as a thief, and thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon thee.

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