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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