THE BIG PICTURE

I Am Sick and Tired of the Ignorant Ad Hominem Term “Deranged Syndrome” – “The term “Deranged Syndrome,” most often used as ‘Trump Deranged Syndrome,” (TDS) and now also “RFK, Jr. Deranged Syndrome,” is not only an ignorant response to any challenge, but is rude and worthless as an ‘argument,’ and only the fodder of functionally illiterate, brainwashed fools. Too harsh you say? No, too kind I say. Nearly every time I call out the evil Trump or the hypocrite RFK, JR., I receive emails and comments accusing me of having this non-existent ‘syndrome.’ I know this because the use of the word “syndrome” only refers to something that has no validity whatsoever. It is simply psycho-babble meant to appease those who constantly look for something to use so that they can think of themselves as victims.” – Gary D. Barnett

3 Ways to Fight the Spiritual Battle We’re In – “Stop feeling like a wimp and start believing you’re a warrior.” – Kate Dreston

What To Know About The New Updated Covid Vaccines For 2025-2026 – “To date, there will be three new updated Covid vaccines. A Moderna vaccine has been approved for those six months of age and older, a Pfizer vaccine for those five years of age and older, and a Novavax vaccine for those 12 years of age and older. The updated vaccines will target the JN.1 lineage of Covid-19, using the LP.8.1 strain. This lineage is a descendant of the Omicron variant of the virus. Currently, the dominant strain in the United States that is causing most infections is the XFG, or “stratus” variant, according to data from WastewaterSCAN.” – Omer Awan  – WHO CARES. . OBVIOUSLY THIS IS GOING TO HAPPEN EVERY YEAR, JUST LIKE GUESSING ON WHAT VARIANT TO USE FOR THE FLU SHOT. BUT HEY, WE CHECKED SEWER WATER TO FIND OUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

How Long Can You Hold Your Breath? – “This isn’t about Ostriches. It’s about whether Canada still breathes free.” – Connie Shields

How Tyranny Becomes Entrenched: 9/11 and the Police State’s Endless Power Grabs – “They said it was for safety. They said it was for order. They said it was for the good of the nation. They always say it’s for something good… until it isn’t. Nearly a quarter-century after 9/11, we are still living with the consequences of fear-driven government power grabs. What began as “temporary” measures for our security have hardened into a permanent architecture of control. The bipartisan police-state architecture that began with 9/11 has been passed from president to president and party to party, each recycling the same justifications—safety, security, patriotism—to expand its powers at the expense of the citizenry.” – John & Nisha Whitehead

Digital ID: The Rising Debate Over Freedom, Privacy, and Control – “Currently in the UK, a Wallet and Digital ID App – a mobile app called ‘GOV.UK Wallet’ is set to launch at the end of 2025 (for both Android and iOS). It allows users to store government-issued documents, like veteran cards and digital driver’s licenses. By 2027, all UK government services issuing physical credentials must offer a digital alternative.” – Mairi Allan

Meet the Radical Silicon Valley Pro-Extinctionists! – “Pro-extinctionism is no longer a minority view — to the contrary, it’s becoming the mainstream position within Silicon Valley, which is terrifying because these people are serious.” – Émile P. Torres

Alaska Took This Man’s Airplane Over a Six-Pack of Budweiser. Will the Supreme Court Make Them Return It? – “Civil asset forfeiture strikes at the very heart of the Constitution. Just ask Ken Jouppi” – Jon Miltimore

Several states are planning to use “standing orders” to kill in hospitals. – “Most states have similar laws on the books. Yes, Florida, too.” – Sasha Latypova

Pfizer Knew: mRNA Nanoparticles Attack Baby Boys’ Testes, Damaging Masculinity and Fertility for Generations – “Leaked internal Pfizer documents have revealed a disturbing truth: the vaccine’s greatest impact may not be on the lungs, but on the future of human reproduction. Instead of primarily targeting the respiratory system, the data shows an obsessive focus on the organs of fertility—particularly those that define masculinity itself.” – Baxter Dmitry

 

 

 

NEWS

Poland says it shot down Russian drones that violated its airspace during attack on Ukraine – ““This situation brings us the closest we have been to open conflict since World War II,” Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said. Russia labeled the accusations “groundless” and said it did not plan to attack any targets in Poland.” – Mithil Aggarwal and Freddie Clayton

Kremlin responds to Polish ‘drone attack’ claims – “Western leaders have consistently accused Moscow without providing any actual evidence, spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said” – RT

Trump reportedly pushing EU to join him in punishing China and India with massive tariffs for defying his orders to stop buying Russian oil – “Is the U.S. in a position to dictate the terms of a peace deal to Russia when it is winning its war with Ukraine? Trump thinks so and he’s willing to gamble with U.S. national security.” – Leo Hohmann

BRICS—No Longer Fighting On The Back Foot – “For you who yet accost me for my assessment of Trump, know that what happens in Qatar/Syria is murder. For Trump to issue a 100 word threat that Hamas had better negotiate (at a location next to Qatar hospital/elementary school), so Israel could murder the negotiation team, you function as accomplices for war criminals—and murderers. Any who follow combat sports will understand fighting on the back foot. The back foot is a defensive maneuver for those who can’t take on an opponent, close-in—in the pocket. Nor can they stand/strike, center ring, against bigger/more powerful opponents. This has been the case for decades for those nations now banded together as the BRICS.” – Erik @ neverhadaboss.com

In Defense of Radical, Real Ukrainian Sovereignty – “My view on the deadliest war in modern history would likely be different had I not lived in Ukraine — probably one of indifference. But I have. Ukrainians are kind and giving when you break through the exterior, but exceedingly hard on the surface. And why would anyone expect it be any other way? The land has soaked in centuries of blood right into the rich black soil, and you can see it in its people’s faces. These are noble people; these are entirely decent people; the amber waves of grain could easily be mistaken for my home state of Kansas; its women are arguably the most beautiful in the world.” – Ben Bartee

Reflections from the Heart of the Empire: Escalations to Entropy – “American troops came under “indirect fire” in Somalia. WTF are American troops doing in Somalia, you ask? Somalia has the 13th largest known oil reserves in the world. The US has moved F-35 jets to Puerto Rico in preparation of a possible airstrike against Venezuela, undoubtedly yet another regime change operation.” – Ohio Barbarian – THE BARBARIAN’S WEEKLY RECAP AND AS USUAL, IT DOESN’T PAINT A PRETTY PICTURE!!!

THE CAMP OF THE SAINTS – “The situation of white people worsens by the day. For years the media has ignored vast numbers of black-on-white crimes and focused on few instances of white-on-black crime. Journalists know that if they write outside the official narrative they would write themselves out of a job. The stabbing murder of a young blond woman on public transportation in Charlotte, North Carolina, by a black career criminal was carefully ignored by the US media. Try to understand what this means. Blacks are racially privileged that their crimes are not reported in news. Therefore, the narrative becomes black victimhood at the hands of racist whites. Think of the George Floyd event–an orchestration–that justified burning down business centers in American cities.” – Paul Craig Roberts

Charlotte’s Crime Sanctuary: You Can’t Spell Violence Without Vi – “Iryna Zarutska’s murder on Charlotte’s Lynx Blue Line light rail was not a “tragic situation.” Charlotte Mayor Vi Lyles responded to the killing with platitudes about “mental health” and “homelessness,” calling it a “tragic situation” and warning that “we will never arrest our way out” of such problems. How about at least trying, Madam Mayor? The mayor’s line might impress a sociology seminar at UNC Charlotte, but it is asinine nonsense when a predator with more than a dozen arrests is free to cut down a defenseless woman in public. Charlotte didn’t need a therapy session that day. It needed law enforcement to be expanded, visible, and embraced.” – Charlton Allen

Qatar Says It Reserves Right To Retaliate Against ‘Barbaric’ Netanyahu – Tyler Durden

Some Days There’s Just Too Much Israeli Psychopathy To Write About – “An assassination strike in Qatar to sabotage peace talks, a second drone attack on the Global Sumud Flotilla, and a Guardian article featuring an IDF sniper who discussed killing civilians like a trophy hunter talking about game animals.” – Caitlin Johnstone

Death of the Holocaust Industry – “The genocide in Gaza has exposed the weaponization of the Holocaust as a vehicle not to prevent genocide, but to perpetuate it, not to examine the past, but to manipulate the present.” – Chris Hedges

 

 

 

ECONOMIC NEWS

No Kidding? (Employment) – “If you’ve followed my reports on the employment situation this would not have surprised you. Why not? Well, because from March 2024 to March 2025 the 12-month population adjusted employment figure went from -997,000 -> -3,083,000. That’s wildly negative relative to population change and, I might add, the delta in said non-institutional population was 273,023 – 267,884 which is 5.1 million — an implausibly monstrous number unless Biden let ~3m people into the nation unvetted.” – Karl Denninger

The Media Just Noticed The Labor Crash. We’ve Been Living In It. – “The Feds Just Slashed Last Year’s Job Numbers—And the Media Is Shocked” – Peter Nayland Kust

Yield Curve Control Is Coming – Analysis of Gold & Silver Prices – “If you’re wondering why the gold price is screaming higher for the second consecutive year, look no further than the policies being pursued by the U.S. Fed and Treasury. Yes, rate cuts are pending but so is a policy of Yield Curve Control. These two factors will combine in 2026 to create prices that we could only imagine were possible as recently as a few years ago. ” – Craig Hemke

How Much Is Inflation Reducing Your Hourly Wages? – “Let’s compare what the BLS and Department of Labor say to reality. Real wages are down over the last four years no matter what the economists think and the BLS says.” – Mish

France’s Financial Misery Is a Bad Omen for Other Countries – “Financial and debt crises aren’t so much solved as covered up by political actions aimed at alleviating market anxieties.” – Fabian Wintersberge

Americans’ Wages Haven’t Kept Up With Inflation Since Biden Was Elected – Tyler Dyrden

One Big, Beautiful Tradeoff for the Fed – “Raising the debt ceiling takes the Fed out of the reserve volatility frying pan—but may land it in the debt-monetization fire.” – Nicolas Cachanosky

Homeowners dash to refinance as mortgage rates dive — with some home buyers coming off the sidelines – “‘The downward rate movement spurred the strongest week of borrower demand since 2022,’ industry group says” – Aarthi Swaminathan

 

 

 

SURVIVAL, PREPAREDNESS AND SELF-SUFFICIENCY

Maximizing Prepping Storage Space – Part 2 – “Now get started building! Here are step-by-step photos of my project:” – Iowa Dave  – PART 2. THE FIRST HALF WAS LINKED YESTERDAY!!!

Squash: The Off-Grid Superfood Growing Right in Your Backyard – Bill Heid

The Frugalite’s Guide to Flat Broke Grocery Shopping – Daisy Luther

24 Things to You Should Not Throw Into the Compost Bin – “You can technically compost almost anything that was once a living plant, but some things are better left out of the compost for one reason or another. Understanding the dynamics and makeup of compost is vital for success, so let’s get started.” – Bethany Hayes

10 Natural Remedies for Common Livestock Ailments – Sunny M

 

 

VERSE FOR THE DAY

Isaiah 46:4    And even to your old age I am he; and even to hoar hairs will I carry you: I have made, and I will bear; even I will carry, and will deliver you.

 

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