THE BIG PICTURE

Amazon Web Services Cloud that Stores the CIA’s Data Goes Down and Takes Much of the Internet Down as Well – “While AWS initially said the problem was related to a DNS (Domain Name System) issue that they had fixed, the outages have continued and AWS is now looking at other problems. What is rather amazing, so far, is that the corporate media, in unison, is either not even exploring the possibility that this is a cyberattack, or they are downplaying it, saying that it is “unlikely”, without giving any reason why they believe that. So I will speculate about the possibility that this is a cyberattack.” – Brian Shilhavy

The Day the Internet Went Dark – “Our ancestors had backup mules. We have Downdetector and Grok. Apparently Amazon Web Services—the invisible scaffolding propping up half the modern world with its cloud services—had had what tech experts sometimes refer to as a moment. Well into the afternoon, the internet itself seemed to forget how to internet. Snapchat snapped. Apple Music went mute. Netflix chilled—alone. Influencers were forced to wear ‘fits and eat meals nobody would ever see. Banks, airlines, and cryptocurrency exchanges froze like deer in Alexa’s headlights. It was the digital equivalent of the planet’s mom yanking the Wi-Fi router out of the wall and announcing, “It’s family time!” Tech analysts say this is what happens when the internet—originally designed to survive even if individual parts of it went down—now runs almost entirely through a few server farms the size of Rhode Island. It’s like wiring every traffic light, pacemaker, and espresso machine to a single power strip—and then hoping nobody powers the hair dryer and the International Space Station at the same time.” – Jenna McCarthy

Technocracy Expanding: BlackRock Buying Up Power Companies | Daily Pulse Ep 131 (VIDEO) – “BlackRock is buying up a whole host of power companies as the technocrats expand their AI control grid, USDA is dropping live-virus shedding ‘vaccines’ by aircraft across the U.S., and protests explode in the UK as the people resist Digital ID en masse.” – Maria Zeee

The Lost Art of Biblical Cinema – “What Died When Hollywood Stopped Believing” – The Wise Wolf and Lily-Rose Dawson

Japan Has a Flu Epidemic! Are You Ready for a BAD Flu Season? – “An early and severe flu epidemic in Japan is closing schools and straining hospitals. It may foreshadow what’s ahead for the U.S. Flu Shots?” – Joe Graedon  – YEP THAT TIME OF THE YEAR, TIME TO PUSH SOME MORE JABS. JUST CURIOUS, IS ANY FLU SEASON GOOD. YOU NEVER HEAR OF A GOOD FLU SEASON!!!!

What Are The Chances Of A Food Stamp Collapse In November? – “A classic saying among preparedness experts in the US is that America is capable of weathering many crises, but when the food stamps shut down all bets are off. In other words, when the free stuff army loses their handouts, that’s when all hell breaks loose. The US government spends over $100 billion on SNAP programs every year; the largest single food welfare project in the world. It’s difficult to predict what an end to SNAP might look like. It really depends on Democrats. A number of economists are warning that the nation’s largest “anti-hunger program” has a contingency fund of about $6 billion, but November benefits are expected to total around $8 billion. The USDA’s shutdown plan noted that funding is available in the event of a lapse, but if the current conditions hold, SNAP would ostensibly run out of cash in early November. ” – Tyler Durden

The NY Times acknowledges that autism is NOT primarily genetic – “The mainstream autism narrative is crumbling before our eyes” – Toby Rogers

The Temperature Illusion: Heat Hysteria Debunked – “Why warming reduces cold-weather deaths… and why the media keeps pretending otherwise” – Dr. Matthew Wielicki

Shaken Baby Syndrome: The Lie That Protects Big Pharm – Dr. Sircus

The Charlie Kirk Hysteria Is a Blueprint for Future Political Chaos – “Despite their stark differences, both partisan reactions stemmed from deeply held beliefs expressed with intense emotion. Many of these beliefs concerned the biggest threats facing the United States. The mainstream right-wing reaction generally reflected a narrative familiar to their worldview: the evil left killed Charlie Kirk. Meanwhile, left-wing indifference and celebration reflected their worldview: that Charlie Kirk was a Nazi, and MAGA is largely a collection of evil fascists. The reactions to the assassination have settled down—for now. But the collective reactivity it triggered is cause for both concern and curiosity and applies to far more than his murder.” – Carey Wedler

NEWS

The West Conquers Itself – ““Divide and rule” tactics are as old as human conflict. Instead of building consensus among the members of a tribe or nation, rulers exacerbate grievances that exist between social groups. By doing so effectively, a military or political leader with only minority support can maintain control over a much larger group of people who refuse to work together. Julius Caesar used this strategy to conquer Gaul. Modern Western politics is an endless “divide and rule” operation. Rarely do political leaders speak in terms that will unite strong majorities of their peoples. “‘ – J.B. Shurk

American Imperialism Explodes again as History Starts to Rhyme in South America – “The president even placed himself as a king inside a fighter jet to make it clear where he is headed, after also posting something like 90,000 more years of Trump!” – David Haggith

Will Trump Quit Chasing Optics—In Favor of Substance? – “As readers know, I’m no fan of Trump—but I need to follow the facts. Though I plan to eviscerate him over Thomas Massie and the murder of untold women and children, and, being nothing be a pirate/murderer of Venezuelan fishermen, Trump may yet pull us back from nuclear war. Historically, Obama (as much as I detest the man), corrected Anthony Blinkin (who was part of his entourage), to desist with the notion that given the right weapons, Ukraine was capable of defeating Russia. Obama was intelligent enough to see a fact. Then, Blinkin became the SEC/State under Biden and he shifted back to his earlier notion that UKR could take on and defeat Russia. Sleepy Joe bought into that notion.” -Erik @ neverhadaboss.com

Trump’s White House Demolition Is the Perfect Symbol of His Presidency – “On Monday, construction crews began tearing into the East Wing of the White House. The demolition marked the start of President Donald Trump’s long-promised “State Ballroom” — a 90,000-square-foot addition he approved and announced without waiting for the usual review process. The federal commission that oversees major White House projects, the National Capital Planning Commission, had not yet signed off on the ballroom’s construction plans. In any other administration, this would be a scandal. In Trump’s case, it’s a governing principle.” – Colby Hall

How To Elect a Girlboss Governor – “Comrades: Democrat girlboss governors will destroy your state – unless you vote. On November 4, Virginia and New Jersey will elect new governors. Democrats Abigail Spanberger (VA) and Mikie Sherrill (NJ) are the frontrunners. They are manchurian candidate clones grown in the DNC.AWFL.PMC.NPC.AI lab. Both regurgitate the same Kamala-style word salads. Both platforms are copy pasta: orange man bad, abortions good, sanctuary state, climate hysteria, protect LGBTQ+ trans kids. Both pushed masks, school closures, and jab mandates during COVID.” – Yuri Bezmenov

Defending the National Guard – “The Guard Shouldn’t Be Used in Undeclared Foreign Wars. Nor Should It Be Subject to the Whims of a Vainglorious and Unstable President” – Bill Astore

You Are Being Lied To About ICE – “Under Obama, stories such as these were barely covered by the mainstream news. When ICE made mistakes under Obama, they were treated as just that, mistakes, not signs of malicious intent. Democrats might have grumbled now and again. But they never claimed Obama was terrorizing the country. Never said ICE was “invading” their communities. Never called it authoritarianism. So why are they – and their legions of mindless followers – doing so now? The one and only reason is that Trump – not Obama – is in the White House, and Democrats want to portray everything Trump does as a sign that he’s a scary authoritarian. Even the claim that there’s been a massive surge in deportations under Trump is wildly misleading, because the comparison is always to the Biden administration – which did nothing – not to Obama (who was once called the “deporter in chief”) or George W. Bush before him.” – I & I Editorial Board

How ‘Little Marco’ Became Trump’s Top Hawk on Latin America – “Trump has long flirted with toppling Venezuela’s Nicolas Maduro, and he has effectively positioned Marco Rubio to do it.” – Kelley Beaucar Vlahos

John Bolton bombs himself in a blaze of poetic justice – “The man who was so eager to destroy whistleblowers faces prison for leaking classified intel” – Rachel Marsden

Black Fatigue in a Zionist World – “The monsters in our midst. Bluntly stated, those of us who aren’t “African-American” are saddled with a minority group that we cannot help but interact with at times. This group, although only about 12 percent of the population, is a very loud demographic, and their concerns and alleged mistreatment at the hands of the other 88 percent of the people is drummed into our heads continuously by what Donald Trump has christened the Fake News.” – Donald Jeffries

Exclusive: FEMA Workers Improperly Collected Data About Politics of Disaster Victims – “Politicized distribution of hurricane aid money before the 2024 election was no “isolated incident,” a Homeland Security follow-up report sadly concludes” – Matt Taibbi  – I THINK WE KIND OF KNEW TGAT ABOUT A YEAR AGO!!!

Louvre Heist: The Italian Job but French and Somehow Dumber Yet More Successful – “How to Steal Napoleon’s Wife’s Jewelry on a Vespa Scooter” – The Wise Wolf

Can the Trump-Putin Meeting in Hungary Succeed? – “The meeting between Trump and Putin in Hungary, assuming the pre-meeting negotiations between the envoys of the two presidents get that far, is likely the last chance for peace instead of war. An agreement between the two presidents will require large adjustments in position for one or the other or both. Either Trump would have to understand and accept that the solution is to get NATO off of Russia’s border and agree to a mutual security agreement between Russia and the West, or Putin would have to give up his goal of a mutual security agreement that brings an end to hostility, sanctions, and ceaseless provocations of Russia.” – Paul Craig Roberts

Fuel shortages in Russia is the price Moscow pays to remain the world’s moral superpower – “It’s a well-known fact that Moscow has a moral duty to supply subsidized energy to countries openly hostile to Russia, so why are gasoline-starved Russians complaining?” – Edward Slavsquat / Riley Waggaman

Media Reveals Trump’s Private ‘Inversion’ of Ukraine War Beliefs – Simplicius

Merkel Is Half-Right & Half-Wrong About Who’s Responsible For The Ukrainian Conflict – “The US was most responsible for the Ukrainian Conflict by refusing to reach a compromise with Russia for defusing their security dilemma, but Germany deserves as much blame as Poland and the Baltic States, perhaps even more because it was the EU’s de facto leader at the time.” – Andrew Korybko

Gaza ceasefire is an illusion – starvation and killings still continuing – “Just how much of what we see in mainstream media about Gaza is the real story? Actually none of it is true as the bigger, darker game being played is all about preparing for a war with Iran.” – Martin Jay

Israel’s Untold Environmental Genocide – “On September 23rd, the UN published a little-noticed report highlighting a barely-acknowledged facet of the 21st century Holocaust in Gaza. Namely, the Zionist entity’s genocide is wreaking a devastating environmental toll not merely on occupied Palestine, but West Asia more widely – including Israel. The damage is incalculable, with air, food sources, soil, and water widely polluted, to a fatal extent” – Kit Klarenberg

ECONOMIC NEWS

The Great Global Melt Up is Not Over… Yet – “The Great Global Melt Up is taking a breather… but do NOT mistake this breather/ correction for the end. Globally, the world is awash is too much debt. The US has a Debt to GDP ratio of 120%. Europe is ~100%, though numerous large countries (France, Italy, Spain) are well over that. Japan has a Debt to GDP of 200%. And even China has a Debt to GDP ratio of 120% when you include local government debt that is typically kept off the national balance sheet calculations. Put simply, for 50+ years, ever since the world ended the Gold Standard, governments have engaged in a massive debt binge. And there is no way they can ever pay this back.” – Graham Summers, MBA

The Precious Metals Pullback is No Reason to Panic – “Friday’s pullback was expected after such a strong surge, but all signs point to the bull market remaining firmly intact with at least another decade to go.” – Jesse Colombo

Who’s Selling Today, and Selling What… Metal or Paper? Journalists won’t ask! – “Market analysts are searching for an explanation for today’s bombing of gold and silver prices. Unfortunately, this search will not extend to the connections between central banks, bullion banks, and their daily and usually surreptitious interventions in the markets, both buying and selling, to defend their currencies against market forces. But who knows and will report which entities were selling today, and exactly what they were selling — real metal or paper derivatives? What journalist will telephone a central bank or a bullion bank with an inconvenient question and report his inability to get an answer?” – Chris Powell

The Gold Mania Isn’t Over Yet (New Forecasts) – “Gold keeps breaking records – but the real story here is about more than price.” – Peter Reagan

The “Triumph of Big Government” Created the Current Sovereign Debt Crisis – “No one really believes developed nations’ governments will control their public finances, and constant tax hikes and excessive regulation have choked the productive economy. Employment is showing the negative effect of the “triumph of big government”. Bloating government spending may disguise GDP but does not create jobs.” – Daniel Lacalle

Time For A Rethink On Tech Resiliency? – ““Did someone forget to feed the hamster?” Western economies are dependent on functional tech. Yesterday’s Amazon outage suggests the resiliency of tech infrastructure is creaking, raising multiple issues about dependency and costs.” – Bill Blain

SURVIVAL, PREPAREDNESS AND SELF-SUFFICIENCY

SHTF Stockpile Priorities: What Are You “Piling” For? – “I love my stockpile! I also like to reflect on it periodically. For this reason, my stockpile has changed and evolved over time as my knowledge has improved. This month, I decided to take a close look at my stockpile from the perspective of my top priorities. I thought I would give folks a “peek” into how I’m thinking about my preparations for SHTF at this time.” – Rowan O’Malley

The Pioneer Way to Dig a Well by Hand (No Equipment Needed) – Steve Nubie

How I Prepare My Perennial Garden for Winter – Lindsay Miller

Instant Eggs: The Survival Protein They Don’t Want You to Have – ““Instant eggs” are just dehydrated or freeze-dried eggs that rehydrate with warm water — no fridge, no electricity, no expiration panic. The kind that can sit in your bug-out bag or off-grid pantry for years. But here’s the catch: most commercial “instant eggs” you find online are loaded with anti-caking agents, preservatives, and fillers. They taste like chalk mixed with regret — and you’ll be paying survival-brand prices for something that barely qualifies as food. Real instant eggs, the kind you make at home, don’t rely on artificial nonsense. They’re simply eggs — dried, stored, and ready.” – Ask A Prepper Staff

Best Herb Drying Methods for Every Level of Harvest – Tasha Greer

VERSE FOR THE DAY

Matthew 7:3   And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother’s eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?

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