THE BIG PICTURE
Jesus Is The Son Of God – “I believe in God the Father Almighty, Creator of Heaven and Earth; And in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary. So begins the Apostles’ Creed, one of the oldest Christian declarations of faith. This is where my faith begins. These points are the “red lines” of my faith, points which are not open to debate or compromise. This is where I stand in my faith. If you say that Jesus was a “good man”, you and I do not agree, and will not agree. Jesus was not a man. Jesus is the Son of God. Period. End of Sentence. End of Discussion.” – Peter Nayland Kust – GOOD READ FROM PETER AS USUAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Active and Honest Dissent Cannot Exist Without Actionable Intent – “As of late, I hear much blind rhetoric, especially from the ‘alternative’ space, that people are waking up and will not accept the obvious tyranny that has consumed them. This so-called ‘awakening’ could not happen in a vacuum, as the tyrannical behavior by the ruling and political class was voluntarily accepted and allowed to take place, while the general population continues to believe in this heinous system, and continues to attempt to change it by simply putting new tyrants in positions of power. The system itself, which is the problem, has not been altered in any way, and is still embraced by the vast majority. The ‘awakening’ mentioned is false, because it has no teeth.” – Gary D. Barnett
War Tax Report: 04/17/2026 -“In Southwest Virginia, where I live, regular unleaded is about $4 per gallon – “cheap” relative to what it costs in several other states, notably California (where family reports it is closer to $6 per gallon). On a personal level, I am paying an additional $15 to fill up the old truck – which has a roughly 15 gallon tank – and an additional $22 to fill up the old Trans-Am’s tank. Some rough math: An additional $15 per week adds up to about $60 additional per month – which comes to about $720 additional annually I wasn’t having to pay last year. This is what I got for voting for Trump; i.e., a yuge tax increase. In addition to the tax increases Trump likes to refer to as “tariffs,” as if we didn’t have to pay for those, either. If things stay as they are, Trump’s stupid, evil war will have cost me about $2,100 by the time we get to the end of his current term in office. Unlike Trump, I’m not a billionaire, for whom $2,100 is pocket change. Trump, being a billionaire, does not seem to get that $2,100 is a great deal of money for most of us, by which I mean the people who – speaking generally – voted for Trump in the hope that he did understand that $2,100 is a lot of money for us.” – Eric Peters
11 US Scientists Missing or Dead: What We Know and What We Don’t – “A nightmare to unravel a conspiracy theorist’s dream. It’s gotten to the point where President Donald Trump had to be briefed on it.” – Leesa K. Donner
First They Came For the Sheep, and I Did Not Speak Out… – “PETA, eat your heart out!. Via Remix News: “A 19-year-old Afghan national has been arrested and charged following a series of brutal sexual attacks on goats and sheep in Pennes-Mirabeau, a municipality in Bouches-du-Rhône, near Marseille. Frankly, I don’t understand why this love story should provoke xenophobic outrage I’ve seen in response on social media. What’s the big deal? So we’ve got some raped sheep and a few goats with PTSD. To quote Her Grace Hillary Clinton, what difference, at this point, does it make? Diversity™ Is Our Strength, and if those goats can’t appreciate that, I’d say they’re in desperate need of some re-education.” – Ben Bartee – AH YES, JUST A LITTLE CULTURAL ENRICHMENT. I’M SURE THEY’LL LET MORE IMMIGRANTS COME INTO FRANCE ANYWAY!!!
Psychiatrist tells MPs that depression, eating disorders could be acceptable reasons for euthanasia – “As Canada considers expanding Medical Assistance in Dying to include mental illness, Dr. Mona Gupta was questioned by a special committee on possible circumstances for euthanasia.” – Anthony Murdoch
Suicide Should Not Be a Government Service – “MAiD sets the extremely dangerous precedent of granting government the authority to kill an innocent person. The standard rebuttal to this argument is that the innocent person must request the “service” of suicide. MAiD is not a uniquely Canadian issue. State-assisted suicide has spread quickly across the Western world. Increasingly, the media and public have been asking whether the safeguards are being applied or are inadequate. ” – Wendy McElroy
THE EPSTEIN FILES INVESTIGATION – “I’ve heard back from No. 10”: The Epstein Email That Puts a Sitting British Prime Minister’s Downing Street in the UK Visa Expediting Business – “In December 2012, a sitting British Prime Minister’s team personally offered to expedite a UK visa for one of Jeffrey Epstein’s young female associates. The offer routed through the senior British diplomat in New York. The email is sitting in the US Department of Justice’s Epstein Files — and nobody has reported it.” – Sayer J
NEWS
Why Iran can outlast America in this war – “This map provides yet more evidence there was no long-game strategy behind Trump’s decision to launch the catastrophic 28 Feb sneak attack on Iran. The entire world may crash into a great depression, and even famine, but island nations will suffer the most. And island nations are many of our most important allies. The INSTC cuts shipping time from Russia to India in normal times, and during the shutdown of the Strait of Hormuz, it still connects Iran to all of Asia. The North-South route also means Russia is less dependent on sending ships through the Baltic, North Sea, North Atlantic and Mediterranean, which are NATO areas of operation. The Caspian Sea is not. On the other hand, America’s allies, the UK, Ireland, Japan, Taiwan, the Philippines, Australia and New Zealand are island nations, and the closure of the SoH is an absolute catastrophe for them.” – Matt Bracken
Hormuz Deal Collapses Amidst US Lies and Iranian Hardliner Entrenchment – “The Hormuz shuffle has turned into a truly incomprehensible dance. A mere day after Trump had exulted over the full reopening of the Strait, things have again slid into total disarray, with Iran in turn announcing Hormuz’s closure once again to stupefied and exhausted onlookers. The problem seems to have stemmed with a series of grossly inflated US claims about the “deal” that was struck with Iran.” – Simplicius
Trump’s Mysterious Social Media Message Amid Rising Iran Tensions – “Shortly after a crucial meeting in the White House regarding the escalating Iran situation, President Donald Trump ignited speculation with a puzzling social media update. The content featured a video of Frank Sinatra performing the iconic song “My Way,” provoking discussions online about its significance. The song’s themes of determination and independence — particularly the phrase “I did it my way” — led many to speculate on a deeper message. Although many connected the post to the ongoing crisis with Iran, it’s worth noting that this track is a long-standing favorite of President Trump. He has used it on numerous significant occasions throughout his presidency.” – Hunter Fielding – ALTHOUGH HE’S USED IT BEFORE, WHY NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
“Now, The End Is Near” – Trump Posts Frank Sinatra Video, The Song He Played When He Left Office The First Time, As Massive Insider Trading Continues Amidst Iran War 🎵 “And now, the end is near, And so I face the final curtain” 🎵- The WinePress
From Leverage to Liability: The Hormuz Strait Is Now Iran’s Biggest Weakness – “For half a century, the Strait of Hormuz was Iran’s weapon. Today, it is its noose. The mathematics of energy have flipped, and with them the balance of coercive power in the Persian Gulf.” – Daniel Lacalle
JFK Versus Trump on Cuba and the U.S. National-Security State – “According to media reports, it appears increasingly likely that as soon as they put their Iran intervention to rest, President Trump and the U.S. national-security establishment will initiate a military attack on Cuba. Trump himself has alluded to this possibility by saying that he could “take Cuba” or “Cuba’s next.” That’s assuming, of course, that the Cuban people haven’t already succumbed to mass starvation and illness as a result of Trump’s and the Pentagon’s brutal and ruthless oil blockade on the island. The possibility that Trump, the Pentagon, the CIA, and the NSA will attack another sovereign and independent country that has never attacked the United States can’t help but bring to mind President John F. Kennedy as well as the war that he was waging at the end of his life, not against Cuba but rather against the U.S. national-security establishment itself.” – Jacob G. Hornberger
China, Iran, USA: A complex Game of Power – “The ongoing U.S. war against Iran goes far beyond a mere regional crisis; it is a clear demonstration of the persistent instability inherent in American global hegemony. Through their disregard for international law, sovereignty, and multilateral diplomacy, the United States reaffirms its belief in the legitimacy of coercive power as an instrument of control.” – Lorenzo Maria Pacini
Israel’s Southern Lebanon Gambit: When “Self-Defense” Starts Looking Like Conquest – “Escalation in the Middle East has intensified doubts about the reality of a ceasefire between the United States and Iran, as Israel’s military operations in southern Lebanon continue and provoke increasingly serious international criticism.” -Phil Butler
Colombian leader warns US of Latin American ‘rebellion’ – “The Trump administration’s unprecedented interference – including kidnapping Maduro – risks a historic backlash, Gustavo Petro has said” – RT
Britain is turning into a Zionist police state to protect Israel – “The UK is pulling out all the stops to persecute a pro-Palestine activist group, including blanket gag orders and courtroom deception” – Tarik Cyril Amar
Did Zelensky Threaten Lukashenko At Trump’s Behest? – “Something clearly happened over the past month in his talks with the US, perhaps it refusing to compromise as part of the “big deal” that they’re negotiating and instead demanding unilateral concessions, so it might have fallen upon Zelensky to threaten Lukashenko at Trump’s behest.” – Andrew Korybko
ECONOMIC NEWS
Why the Donald Is Up Shit’s Strait Without a Paddle – “You could say the impending stagflationary tsunami serves him right because Trumpy is an arrogant, clueless know-it-all, who basically knows practically nothing at all. At least with regard to the manifold issues of prosperity, constitutional governance and war & peace now plaguing the nation. Thus, he was saying quite militantly before February 28th that there is no inflation, claiming during his recent speech to the 2026 Davos conference that— “We have virtually no inflation… inflation [has been] defeated… Grocery prices, energy prices, airfares, mortgage rates, rent and car payments are all coming down, and they’re coming down fast.” Not so fast would have been the better expression of it, and yesterday’s PPI report for March surely removed all doubt.” – David Stockman
Median Monthly Condo Fee Was $420 in 2025, up 29% from 2019 – “Not a penny of that is in the CPI or PCE. Nor are property taxes, homeowner’s insurance, or special assessments.” – Mish
The Next 30-60 Days Will Be Hugely Violent In World Financial Markets (INTERVIEW) with Alasdair Macleod – “If we look at the US dollar Index fall below 96.8, which is currently trading around 98, then it really does look like curtains for the dollar. And the rise in US bond yield from 1% up to over 4%, when you see that go above 5% you just watch because the equity markets are going to crash. Now the reason I mention this in the context of gold and silver is because there is a lot of financial violence ahead of us in the coming month or two” – King World News
Is A “Vicious” Treasury Market Emergency At Our Doorstep? – “When Henry Paulson steps back into the public conversation after years of relative silence, it’s not random timing. In his interview, Paulson is explicitly warning that the scale of U.S. borrowing is now testing confidence in the Treasury market itself. With federal debt approaching $39 trillion, he points to the risk that the long-standing assumption of endless demand for U.S. government debt may no longer hold.” – Quoth the Raven
Crude Oil Panic To Strike Asia Within 30 Days; Media Wakes To Mispricing In Oil Markets – Silver & Gold Likely Next – “O What A Tangled Web We Weave When First We Practice To Deceive. Some problems cannot be solved with coercion or force. And some problems offer such dangerous consequences of triggering greater system failure, if mishandled, that coercion or force should not even be contemplated. Blowback. The world is observing the latter in the 50 days since the start of the February 28 attack on Iran and the world’s hydrocarbon energy supply. Since the start of the Iran war, lost production has drawn some 650 million (M) barrels of crude oil from global stockpiles.” – David Jensen
The Theft of Your Good Deflation – “Your dollar has lost 96-97 percent of its purchasing power since 1913. This is not bad luck or mysterious market forces. It is the result of deliberate policy choices that steadily, quietly drained your wealth—and convinced you it was being done for your benefit.” – John McKearn
SURVIVAL, PREPAREDNESS AND SELF-SUFFICIENCY
The Day You Realize the Old Answers Don’t Work Anymore – Bill Heid
How to Make Your Own Bricks – ” Bricks throughout history have been made from a variety of materials mostly determined by what was available in any given area and its ability to bind and dry into a strong, workable form.Regardless of the type of brick, most follow a set process in steps: Collection of materials Combining materials Mixing with water Setting the shape of the bricks in forms or molds Releasing and drying the bricks In some instances, an additional step was added which involves firing the bricks either in a kiln or large oven or in a more primitive approach, building a large and very hot fire around the stacked bricks. ” – Steve Nubie
What Batteries Don’t Leak? Best AA & AAA Batteries for Stored Gear – Ken Jorgustin
Your First 7 Days Without Normal Supply Chains – “Most disruptions don’t start with a clear moment. There’s no announcement. No obvious beginning. Things just stop working the way they used to. Deliveries are delayed. Shelves look thinner. Prices shift. Services slow down. What was routine becomes inconsistent—and stays that way longer than expected. You don’t notice it all at once. But you feel it. If you haven’t covered the basics yet, start with the first 72 hours—that’s where most disruptions begin to take shape:” – denob
5 Ways to Prevent Slugs in Your Garden This Spring How to deal with a slug infestation in your garden. – dengarden
VERSE FOR THE DAY
Ezekiel 27:26
IMAGE FOR THE DAY
LYRIC FOR THE WEEK (SPEAKING OF DIRE STRAITS. USED A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, BUT HAD TO USE IT AGAIN)
You get a shiver in the dark
Well, now you step inside
Check out guitar George
And Harry doesn’t mind if he doesn’t make the scene
And a crowd of young boys
And then the man, he steps right up to the microphone
( Sultans of Swing by Mark Knopfler )
VIDEO
Nothing New Under The Sun 2016 