THE BIG PICTURE

Feel Alone? Remember This. – “You are never as alone as you feel.” – Kate Dreston

BREAKING: US Age Verification Bill PASSED – Unleashing Biometrics in America – “AND THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING…” – Agent131711

Another Scamdemic: The Food Crisis Everyone Says Is Coming from the Fertilizer Shortage Caused by the U.S. and Israel’s War Against Iran – “Food availability will never drive hunger more than income inequality. Will food prices rise and people go hungry? Yes. (What’s new?) It’s all part of the billionaires’ plan for profit and control. The fertilizer shortage caused by the war could be used as an excuse to put the last remaining family farmers in the Midwest out of business. Forty-three percent of these farms are already owned by absentee landlords who employ tenant “farmers,” meaning companies that operate the driverless machinery that plows, plants, harvests, and sprays chemicals all over the fields. The crisis is likely to hit the factory farm livestock farmers the hardest. They’re already serfs on their own land, working for the dairy and egg companies and meat packers. They can’t control the cost of feed and they can’t control the price they’re paid by their corporate buyers. They’re controlled by U.S.-owned Tyson and Cargill, Brazilian-owned JBS and National Beef, and Chinese-owned Smithfield.” – Alexis Baden-Mayer

‘Total Betrayal:’ Trump’s DOJ Files Motion To Supreme Court To Throw Out Lawsuit That Protects Religious Exemptions Over Vaccine Mandates – “The “Father of the Vaccine” sends his blessings.” – The WinePress

REMEMBER WHEN GREEN MEANT SAVING A TREE? – “What Changed? Remember when we were told forced to go paperless? Paperless billing. Paperless banking. Paperless offices. Paperless government. For decades we were told that every piece of paper mattered. Incentives like “get your refund next week by signing up for auto deposit”. “Waive service fees” if you sign up for paperless….. “Save a tree.” “Reduce your footprint.” “Protect the planet.” Children were taught that humans were consuming too much, polluting too much, driving too much, eating too much, and expanding too much. Then suddenly, almost overnight, governments and corporations around the world began promoting one of the largest industrial infrastructure buildouts in modern history:” – Connie Shields

Something Feels Off And Everyone Is Noticing (Mysterious Videos) – Sling and Stone

Reality No Longer Matters, Until Reality Returns – “Reality has lost authority. Reality has been demoted. We now live in a civilization where narratives routinely outrank facts, where perception outranks substance, and where emotional management outranks truth. Entire industries have emerged whose primary function is not to understand reality but to shape it so that it is no longer recognizable.” – Dr. Sircus

An Honest Reflection – “I’ve just gone to war with my county tax assessor for the second time in three years. Yes, Texas, where the property taxes are assessed by some idiot in a mental facility drawing valuations in crayon, when he’s not eating them. It is, in effect, government property, which means, we are not a republic, but a communist state. If one thinks of taxes as rent, we don’t have private property in the US. All we own is our trash.” – T.L. Davis  – SOME GREAT POINTS FROM T.L. HERE!!!

 

 

 

 

NEWS

And The War Goes On – “Well, the “almost done deal” apparently isn’t. Is anyone surprised? By now, everything that Trump says is generally taken by most sane people as either a lie or evidence of early-onset dementia (maybe tertiary syphilis). For instance, his statement the other day that gasoline is “low” and “not very high.” He even had the audacity to claim that gasoline prices had “hit $1.98” per gallon in some states. It leaves one momentarily speechless, doesn’t it?” – Eric Peters

Lobbyists Running The Greatest Show On Earth AIPAC -Helena Glass

“Next Month, Next Quarter, Next Year” – “In a tense Congressional Hearing before the foreign relations committee, Marco Rubio defended the Trump Administration’s war in Iran, praising the success of US military operations destroying Iranian military and nuclear facilities. He also said that a deal with Iran could happen “today, tomorrow, or next week.” However, the recent military escalations between the US and Iran, the refusal of Israel and Hezbollah to cooperate, and reports of Pezeshkian’s resignation — leaving Iran in the hands of the IRGC — mean that a deal seems to lie more on the horizon of next month, next quarter, or maybe even next year.” – Molly Schwartz

Reflections from the Heart of the Empire: Of Turning Points, Grift, and Genocide – “Rumor from Iran has it that Iran either has or soon will have a nuclear weapon, just like North Korea! When was the last time we got into a war with North Korea? Iran, please” – Ohio Barbarian  – THE BARBARIANS WEEKLY RECAP ONCE AGAIN!!

D-Day for Cuba Is Coming Faster Than Anyone Thinks – “Most Americans still think of Cuba as frozen in time. Old cars. Crumbling buildings. Communist slogans painted on concrete walls fading under the Caribbean sun. That picture is obsolete.” – Kerry Lutz!

SPECIAL REPORT: Will The Fertilizer Shortage Create A Global Food Crisis? (VIDEO) with Bruce Sherrick – “The longer the Strait of Hormuz remains compromised, the higher the risk gets” – Adam Taggart | Thoughtful Money®

How the far left took down The Boy Scouts – Kenn Gividen

How Chicago Fumbled Away Its Football Team – “The Bears are walking from Chicago, and they have good reasons to.” – Jon Miltimore

Karen Bass advances to November runoff in L.A. mayoral race – John Ross Ferrara, Marc Sternfield  – PEOPLE  JUST DON’T LEARN!!!

Sovereignty for Sale in Ireland – UK’s Starmer Hates White People – “The European Union has now reached the point where it openly tells nations how many migrants they should accept and what they must pay if they refuse. They no longer even pretend that member states are sovereign countries. Ireland, a nation that fought for centuries to determine its own destiny, is now being told that decisions about its borders, communities, housing, and future will be made by bureaucrats in Brussels.” – Martin Armstrong

US Wallows in “Stalemate” Purgatory of Its Own Making – “We’ve hit another doldrums phase of international conflicts, as Trump’s promises to end both the Ukraine and Iranian war have fallen flat, with all hope now lost. NYT managed to get a bead on this development, noting that both the Russians and Iranians have essentially “tired” of Trump’s wiles and the US’s tricks in general, preferring to take their chances in war than continue the pointless bad-faith negotiations with a deceitful and decrepit American regime:” – Simplicius

What Role Did Germany Play In Ukraine’s Transformation Into An Anti-Polish State? – “Both the anti-Russian and anti-Polish manifestations of Ukrainian nationalism serve German interests.” – Andrew Korybko

 

 

 

ECONOMIC NEWS

Trump’s Economic Director Claims Real Incomes Are Going Up – “Let’s do a fact check on the administration’s claim.” – Mish

US Crude Oil Inventories in Freefall: EIA – “Crude oil inventories in the United States decreased by 8.0 million barrels during the week ending May 29, according to new data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) released on Wednesday. The decrease brings commercial stockpiles to 433.7 million barrels, according to government data, which is now 3% below the five-year average for this time of year.” – Julianne Geiger

Housing Market’s Crucial “Spring Selling Season” Winds Down with a Whimper. So Maybe Next Year? – Wolf Richter

April JOLTS Report: Good Report Or Bad? – “It Depends” – Peter Nayland Kust

The funky math behind how the US economy could double in size. Overnight. – Schiff Sovereign

The Strait of Hormuz Closed When Insurance Companies Dropped a Giant Bomb – “A dozen protection and indemnity (insurance) clubs did what the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps could not.” – John Hunt, MD

Silver Explosion Ahead? Gold Pullback & Stock Market Melt-Up (VIDEO) – “As June begins, Craig Hemke and Chris Vermeulen discussed a market environment that appears increasingly driven by volatility, headlines, and powerful sector trends. While precious metals remain an important topic for investors, much of the attention has shifted toward the remarkable strength of U.S. equities, particularly technology stocks. ” – Sprott Money

Doug Casey: “We’re Living in a Fool’s Paradise” (VIDEO) – Matt Smith @ Crisis Investing

 

 

SURVIVAL, PREPAREDNESS AND SELF-SUFFICIENCY

7 Unusual Ways to Purify Your Water in a Crisis – “If you’ve been at this prepping game for any length of time, you probably already know the standard playbook. You’ve got your Berkey or your Sawyer filters tucked away, a case of purification tablets in the bug-out bag, and probably more unscented bleach than your spouse thinks is reasonable. That’s all solid stuff. But what happens when those filters clog three weeks into a long-term situation? What happens when the bleach you stockpiled has degraded past the point of being effective?” – Kate L. Gilmour

Why $5 Gas May Just Be The Beginning And What To Do Right Now – “The Hidden Oil Crisis Nobody’s Talking About Three months ago, when Iran shut down the Strait of Hormuz in response to U.S. and Israeli missile strikes, most energy traders shrugged. They’d seen crises before. They gave it two weeks, maybe a month, before cooler heads prevailed and oil tankers were back flowing through the world’s most critical waterway. They were wrong. And the longer they stay wrong, the more painful the correction becomes for everyone who fills a gas tank, heats a home, or buys food that traveled more than fifty miles to reach them.” – Bill Heid

Vermicomposting: Worms At Work (VIDEO) – Crystal Stevens

The Role of Community Events Like Preppers Meet – “Why serious preparedness cannot stay locked in the basement forever. There is a dangerous fantasy that runs through parts of the preparedness world. It says that if you stack enough food, buy enough gear, keep your head down, and stay away from people, you will be fine when everything around you starts to crack. That idea sounds clean. It sounds controlled. It also fails the moment an emergency becomes bigger than one household.” – denob

I Can’t Put This Off Any Longer (VIDEO) – M.D. Creekmore / The View From Appalachia

 

 

VERSE FOR THE DAY

Psalm 10:7     His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity.

 

IMAGE FOR THE DAY (BASIC IMAGE COURTESY OF THE WINE PRESS)