THE BIG PICTURE

And the game goes on – “Oh perhaps I’m all wrong, I don’t know. But so it is that people are doing as expected and indeed with reason: complaining about the price of groceries (which are outrageous) so that they can start a pilot project of a government-owned and operated grocery store in Toronto; complaining about the price of houses (which is also outrageous but dropping dramatically) and the number of emigrants coming in looking for houses competing with native-born, and the homeless crisis (all of which are real), so they can eventually provide government-owned and operated housing; Oh, there’s more of course but I’m old and tired and can’t list everything really. It would take a book or twelve. It all seems so militarily centralized doesn’t it? Or am I seeing things again?” – Sylvia Shawcross  – GOOD ONE FROM SYLVIA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Threats to U.S. National Security – “No, Not Iran. Iran has no capability to strike at the U.S. directly, and even if it had, Iranian leaders know that any attack on the U.S. would likely provoke a massively destructive U.S. response that would make the current war look like a schoolyard skirmish. So, looking dispassionately, what are truly the biggest threats to U.S. national security?” – Bill Astore

3 Truths When Spiritual Strength Turns Mushy – “Sometimes our faith can be on fire one minute and a puff of smoke the next.” – Kate Dreston

Non-Irish Gone Wild: Hail the Synagogue of Satan – “Exposed for all the world to see. As we sink deeper into the inexorable Middle East quagmire, it’s increasingly obvious that a tiny but influential segment of our population is more emboldened than ever. The non-Irish, as I prefer to call them, have dropped all pretenses. The leadership of the magical Two Percent is growing more strident, more entitled, and less likeable. I guess that can happen if a superiority complex is instilled in you from childhood. What could be more impressive to put on your resume, than that you are one of God’s “chosen” people? The world’s perpetual victims aren’t satisfied. They want us to destroy all the other countries in the Middle East. They aren’t going to scrap the Greater Israel Project. ” – Donald Jeffries

International Polio Fools’ Day: The original 1941 “isolation” of “poliovirus 1” was a coverup of botched tonsillectomies… and much more. – “The story of Mahoney-baloney… dedicated to Polio Fools worldwide” – Sasha Latypova.

Time to Tune Out Spyworld – “We frogs have been boiling so long, few notice the heat. A major unreported consequence of our acceptance of the fact that both private and public actors analyze our every digital move has been a steady devaluing of privacy. All surveillance states assume the person attempting to retain private thoughts or beliefs must be guilty of something, and since 9/11 both major parties have come to embrace that underlying premise with a vengeance. Every click, post, or right turn now is recorded by surveillance institutions, and we’re drowning in political media that never, ever shuts the fuck up.” – Matt Taibbi

Vaccine definition broadened to push new therapeutics – “Vaccines will be redefined in Australia, paving the way for emerging technologies like monoclonal antibodies and mRNA therapeutics to be listed on the National Immunisation Program (NIP) alongside traditional vaccines. The National Health Amendment (Passive Immunological Products) Bill 2026, passed in the Senate this morning, changes the legal definition of ‘vaccine’ to include passive immunisation products, which give your body pre-made antibodies. The current definition of vaccines only encompasses ‘active’ immunisation products which teach your body to fight a disease by provoking an immune response. The change will be a boon for pharmaceutical companies,” – Rebekah Barnett

Massachusetts Advances H5N1 Influenza Bird Flu Bill with Quarantine Protocols, Surveillance Grid, and Vaccination Strategies – “Lawmakers move avian influenza response infrastructure into study pipeline while preserving full operational framework.” – Jon Fleetwood

How The Illegal Iran War is Profiting the World’s Worst People with Drey Dossier (VIDEO) – Audrey Henson / The Drey Dossier and THE LEFT HOOK with Wajahat Ali

NEWS

Trump Spins New Goals for his War, Denies the Ones he already Talked about as He Hints at Rushing for the Exit – “So much winning, it’s hard to pick the exit. Trump is making overtures of ending his war before he has accomplished any of the objectives he waved around during the war’s first few weeks. Ironically, he has longtime warmonger Lindsay Graham encouraging him to shut it down quickly.” – David Haggith

Trump Threatens to Leave NATO, Chastises European Allies – “Trump threatens to leave NATO if allies don’t help reopen the strait. But it’s not his decision.” – Mish

Is Trump planning a ground invasion of Iran on Good Friday? – “The president’s ‘weaponised unpredictability’ is destabilising for the Middle East and the world — but there is a growing feeling that it is a ploy to buy time” – David Charter,

Reflections from the Heart of the Empire: Stress Fractures and Growing Desperation – “Iran destroyed an AWACS spy plane at Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia. Well, there goes at least $500 million up in smoke. How much more of this winning can the Empire take? I guess we’ll find out. Our Mad Emperor seems to be determined to find out the hard way, by launching a ground invasion of Iran. Just in case the Trump Administration fails to wreck the ship of Empire on the shoals of ancient Persia, there’s a backup plan: Operation Total Extermination. I swear I can’t make this shit up. That’s the name of the operation to arm the Ecuadoran military to the teeth and drop bombs on all its borders to kill druggies, which means druggies who aren’t paid by the CIA.” – Ohio Barbarian  -THE BARBARIAN’S WEEKLY RECAP, GOOD READING AS USUAL!!!

The Iran War You’re Not Hearing About – “Inside the clandestine effort to bring about regime change. “Our objectives here from the very beginning had nothing to do with the leadership,” Secretary of State Marco Rubio told Al Jazeera yesterday, denying once again that the Trump administration is seeking a change in governments. It’s a pretty weird thing to say given that the opening salvo of the now month-long war was to target the leadership in Tehran, killing Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and numerous others at the top lev” – Ken Klippenstein

The Trump Economic Effect – Make America’s Billionaires Bigger Again – “The Strait of Hormuz remains shuttered from every western country with perhaps the exception of Spain. As officials walk out of Military pow-wows shaking their heads in disgust, it appears Hegseth’s advisors have zero strategy with regard to a ground invasion. A suicide mission. Today, Trump has declared the EU must figure out its own means of dealing with Iran given America doesn’t need the Strait… Except America is the reason it is closed. Now Trump is telling Europe they have a choice either buy from America or buy from Russia. Of course, Trump’s specific actions caused that Brent Crude price to spike over $108 settling at $103.7 from its 2025 price of $61. NOT including massive shipping fees from America to Europe – adding an additional near $4 per barrel. Russia has already realigned its clients with India representing a significant increase.” – Helena Glass

TAXES = DEATH: The IRS Just Contracted Palantir To Build An AI‑Driven Audit‑Selection Tool – “The criminal IRS just awarded Palantir a $1.8 million contract on March 6, 2026, for an AI tool called SNAP to prioritize “high-value” audit targets, which in short order will be weaponized against all Americans. The hiring of perhaps the single most dangerous NWO globopedo BigTech company by the Trump administration to help enforce the collection of unconstitutional “income” taxes for the upcoming AI-driven social credit score digital gulag nightmare dystopia is especially troubling.” – 2nd Smartest Guy in the World

ECONOMIC NEWS

February JOLTS Report—”Fugly” Confirmed – “The Jobs Recession Is Getting Worse. After January’s fairly upbeat Job Openings and Labor Turnover Summary report, the lingering question was whether it would last. Now the February report is out, and we have our answer.” – Peter Nayland Kust

U.S. manufacturers see best month in 2½ years, but Iran war threatens to derail progress – “ISM survey hits highest level since 2022, but prices are rising and employment is shrinking” – Jeffry Bartash

An Oil Squeeze Is Near And Threatening Far Higher Oil Prices – “Prepare For Rapidly Escalating Fuel And Price Inflation” – David Jensen

This is the First Real Shot for Bulls Since Iran — And Precious Metals Look Even Better – “As I noted earlier this week, stocks were positioned for a violent bounce. Put simply, this is the first legitimate opportunity the bulls have to take the reins since the war in Iran began. And while the setup is decent for stocks, things look much more compelling for precious metals and precious metals miners.” – Graham Summers, MBA

Silver: Do I Buy, Do I Sell, or Do I Do Nothing? – “Everyone’s asking the same question right now—and for once, it’s the right one. Silver isn’t trending cleanly up or down. It’s sitting right on a decision level, and what you do here matters more than what you did at $120 or $50. This is where positioning gets separated from guessing.” – Kerry Lutz 

The Macro Butler’s Monthly Meditation : From Gas to Glory: The Quiet Force of Helium Scarcity – “Invisible, indispensable, and surprisingly powerful, helium commands attention when it tightens its grip.” – The Macro Butler

SURVIVAL, PREPAREDNESS AND SELF-SUFFICIENCY

Spring Homestead Reset: 9 Things To Do Before Growing Season Hits – Homesteaders of America

Most Preppers Won’t Survive What’s Coming – And It Has Nothing to Do With Gear – “Walk into any prepper forum and you’ll see the same argument playing out: AR vs. AK, freeze-dried vs. canned, bug-out bag vs. bug-in fortress. Everyone’s debating gear. Meanwhile, most of those same people can’t start a fire without a lighter. They’ve never treated a wound beyond a Band-Aid. They have no idea what food grows within five miles of their home. And when the power went out for three days last winter, they were ordering pizza on the fourth night because the frozen meals they stockpiled were already gone.” – Ask A Prepper Staff

Which Herbs to Plant Together: Herb Companion Planting – “Give your garden a helping hand by growing your herbs and veggies together.” – Amy K. Fewell

Why My Grandfather Buried a Coffee Can Under Every Fence Post – “I was maybe ten years old the first time I saw my grandfather put a coffee can into a fence post hole. He didn’t explain what he was doing. He just did it, tapped the post down on top and moved on to the next one. I remember thinking this was one of his weird habits, like the way he’d spit on his hands before grabbing the axe. Years later, I’m out building my own fence line and I catch myself reaching for a coffee can without even thinking about it. In reality, my grandpa wasn’t being strange. Actually, he was a genius. And it turns out, farmers all over the country were using coffee cans, the exact same way, for generations. ” – Olivia Brooks

Facing Death in a Crisis: The Practical and Human Side of Preparedness – denob

VERSE FOR THE DAY

Matthew 26:23     And he answered and said, He that dippeth his hand with me in the dish, the same shall betray me.

IMAGE FOR THE DAY

BONUS VIDEO –  Iran (So Far Away) – Official Music Video by Donald Trump and The Flock of Eagles – Dr Phoxotic