THE BIG PICTURE

God Is Trustworthy. Men Are Not. – “The priests of the Temple wanted the people of Israel to follow them—to follow men. Peter, in preaching the Good News of Jesus Christ, wanted the people of Israel to follow God. We need no profound revelation of faith to understand that, whenever the choice is between God and Man, the right choice is always God.” – Peter Nayland Kust

Before There Were Therapists… There Was Grandpa – “Why Christian Homesteaders Need to Bring Back the Lost Art of Proverbs Before Another Generation Grows Up Without Them The Lost Art Of Biblical Proverbs And Why They Still Solve Problems Modern Psychology Often Can’t” – Bill Heid

Project Spotlight: CNN Is Missing From Its Own Merger (VIDEO) – “Three sovereign wealth funds are buying thirty-eight and a half percent of the new Warner Brothers Paramount, and everybody I have raised it with shrugs.” – Audrey Henson / The Drey Dossier  – ANOTHER GOOD INVESTIGATION FROM AUDREY!!!

Extractive Capitalism – “Gusher Up, Trickle Down, Leads Me to a Sinking Feeling. We’ve been living through a brutal experiment of how much work and wealth can be extracted from the working- and middle classes and funneled upward before the former are exhausted. It’s truly amazing how much wealth is being extracted from workers. The tax code targets wages more than capital gains. Inflation (gas, groceries, and other essentials) cuts into largely fixed incomes. Health care costs continue to rise and are the leading cause of personal bankruptcies. Higher education often leads to onerous student debt that cannot be discharged through personal bankruptcy. Workers are bombarded with ads to bet money on sports using apps on their phones. Lottery tickets are everywhere, selling the dream of a financial windfall at very long odds. Expensive prescription drugs are sold as a solution to excessive weight and even to addiction to other drugs such as opioids. The term “debt slavery” describes the status of many Americans;” -Bill Astore

They Built Cities Beneath Your Feet: The 170 Bunkers They Don’t Want You to Know About – Madge Waggy  – MORE ON DUMBS (DEEP UNDERGROUND MILITAY BASES). HAVE LINKED SIMILAR PREVIOUSLY. I BELIEVE MADGE WAGGY IS JUST A MADE UP NAME AS I HAVE SEEN ARTICLES SUPPOSEDLY BY HER, THAT I HAVE ALSO SEEN THAT OTHERS HAVE WRITTEN EXACTLY THE SAME THING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Geoengineering Watch Global Alert News, August 1, 2026 ( VIDEO ) – ““Millions under heat alerts as life-threatening heat dome bakes the West with triple-digit temperatures” (FOX Weather). “US Nearing Earth’s Hottest Temperature Ever Recorded” (Newsweek). “Las Vegas airport in chaos as extreme heat forces pilots to leave passengers behind” (Yahoo News). “Trump ally floats Republican pitch for sun-blocking technologies” (Politico). And how are those “sun-blocking technologies” (solar radiation management / geoengineering) going so far after over 80 years of deployment? The latest installment of Global Alert News ” – Dane Wigington

NEWS

“Resembles a Turtle” – “Some brilliant person put up a bunch of Missing Person flyers around downtown DC. The flyers describe 84-year-old Senator Mitch McConnell – last seen actually alive, for sure – back in June – as “turtle like” – along with a picture that makes the point. Well, an AIgenerated image (probably) of the Dirty Old Turtle, as he is unaffectionately known. The whole thing reached a level of absurdity – and criminality – weeks ago. It is coming up on two months since the Dirty Old Turtle disappeared from public view and going on two weeks now since the AI generated image of him sitting up in bed, looking like a healthy Dirty Old Turtle with his cheerful looking wife by his side was issued as proof of life. If that image weren’t AI-generated, the Dirty Old Turtle ought to have been out of bed by now – or at least in front of a camera. We’re told – and they actually think we’ll believe it – that the Dirty Old Turtle is just recovering from a mild fall and a bout of not-so-serious pneumonia.” -Eric Peters

Trump Revives Greenland Threat, Discusses Venezuela as the 51st US State – “Witness another set of truly delusional Truth Social posts.” – Mish

Trump Says “Perimeters Of A Deal Reached” With Iran To Reopen Hormuz After Call With Saudi Crown Prince – “The past few days have been tense. Although no US strikes were launched from Friday night into Saturday morning and the Gulf region remained quiet early Sunday, anticipation surrounding President Trump’s next move is keeping energy traders and Gulf governments on edge.” – Tyler Durden – ONCE AGAIN: WE HAVE A DEAL ONE DAY, NEXT DAY, “WE ARE GOING TO BLOW THE HELL OUT OF THEM”!!!!

THE DEEPER DIVE: World War III Is Suddenly Emerging out of Trump’s Quagmire – “You’ve not heard me make a claim like that before as I am not one to jump on the WWIII bandwagon every time the US incites more war; but this week all the chemistry of the Iran war changed.” – David Haggith

Welcome to the mega-war: Mideast and European conflicts merge, sucking in more countries along the way—even ones claiming neutrality – “Wars in Iran and Ukraine are increasingly overlapping while also expanding, as the U.S. mulls whether to make another attempt at delivering a knockout blow against Tehran.” – Jason Ma

Get ready to flee, Americans in ten countries warned as US embassies issue stark alert over spiraling Iran war – “The US Embassy has urgently advised US citizens across the Middle East to ‘consider departing or be ready to depart if there is an escalation,’ just hours after Trump signaled fresh strikes on Iran could come as soon as this weekend. The warning now covers 10 countries: the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Qatar, Oman, Iraq, Jordan, Israel, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and, most recently, Egypt. ” – Kelly Garino

US Careens Into Senseless Iran Escalation Amidst Lack of Options – “Netanyahu’s recent visit to DC has come with marching orders, which according to reports Trump is dutifully following with plans for launching a major strike campaign against Iran’s energy infrastructure. We don’t know yet for certain if it will happen, but there are definitely signs, such as this account which follows US carrier group movements indicating that carriers always begin distancing themselves from Iranian shores just before major onslaughts:” – Simplicius

No spontaneous combustion? Regarding the causes of the Ceuta migrant surge, look who’s gloating – “The Ceuta migrant surge was sold as a border panic. The harder question is who benefited from lighting the fuse.” – Tarik Cyril Amar

France Is Playing A Leading Role In The West’s “War Of Attrition” Against Russia – “Its leadership apparently calculated that the associated risks are worth becoming the US’ top ally in “NATO 3.0”, but its competition with Germany and the UK for this role is still far from over.” – Andrew Korybko

UK High Court Moves To BAN Display Of English And British Flags – “A Liberal Democrat council has secured a High Court injunction that effectively bans the unauthorised display of the St George’s Cross and Union Flag on lampposts and public highways across an entire English county.” – Steve Watson

ECONOMIC NEWS

Is the government lying to us about inflation? – “Many investors worry that the consumer-price index is being manipulated” – Mark Hulbert

Six Years into Bond Bear Market, 30-Year Treasury Yield Hits 5.28%, Yield Curve Steepens, but Spreads Are still too Narrow – “Warsh wants the bond market to do its job and look at inflation and the economy — and not at the Fed — and it’s finally doing it.” – Wolf Richter

Holding the Ice Cube: The Best Lesson on Fiat Money I’ve Ever Heard (VIDEO) – David Morgan

The Debt to GDP Ratio – “There are very few economic statistics that actually matter. Most of what governments publish every month is little more than political theater. They constantly revise GDP, unemployment, inflation, and virtually every other number after the headlines have faded. One measure, however, deserves attention because it tells you whether government is expanding faster than the economy that supports it. That is the debt-to-GDP ratio.” – Martin Armstrong

Oil, Gold, Stocks, Real Estate & Banks (VIDEO) with Charles Nenner – “Renowned geopolitical and financial cycle expert Charles Nenner is usually way ahead of market moves. When nobody wanted silver ($29), he was buying it. When everyone wanted silver a few months ago ($120), he was selling it. So, what is Nenner seeing in the markets right now? ” – Greg Hunter

China’s U.S.-bound shipments fall in July after brief recovery, survey shows – Evelyn Cheng

SURVIVAL, PREPAREDNESS AND SELF-SUFFICIENCY

Things Are Not What They Seem. (VIDEO) – “At some point I believe hostilities will come here. ” – Modern Refugee.  – GOOD ONE FROM THE REFUGEE!!!!!!!!!!

The Prepper’s Practical Firearms Guide: What You Need and What You Don’t – M.D. Creekmore

Top 10 Manual Laundry Tools for Grid-Down Living – “Laundry rarely receives much attention in emergency planning. Most households assume they can tolerate dirty clothing until the power returns. That might work during a two-day outage, but it quickly becomes a sanitation problem during a prolonged emergency.” – denob

Water Preparedness Starts at Home: Why I Replaced My Berkey with Phoenix Filter Elements – Apartment Prepper

Important Papers to Keep in Case of Emergency Preparing an emergency documents binder can save time and heartache down the line. – “I call this the grab-and-go binder because it’s the one you’ll want to grab on your way out the door in an emergency. If the worst happens — you wake up to the smell of smoke or the call comes telling you to evacuate now — this will be the thing you grab after your kids and pets. Your binder holds hard copies of all the details of life that help you navigate the electronic and bureaucratic world we live in. If nothing terrible ever happens, if your life flows by without a single serious event, you will still be grateful to have your paperwork organized and at your fingertips.” – Kathy Harrison  – HAVE LINKED ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS BEFORE!!!

VERSES FOR THE DAY

Leviticus 26:3-4     If ye walk in my statutes, and keep my commandments, and do them;  Then I will give you rain in due season, and the land shall yield her increase, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit.

IMAGE FOR THE DAY

LYRIC FOR THE WEEK

( Gimme Three Steps by Allen Collins and Ronnie Van Zant )

THE BIG PICTURE

Ceuta as the bridge too far and the fulcrum of change – “One thing is certain: everywhere clan Soros crops up, this disease spreads. They are the plague rats of institutional and incentive capture and like them or hate them, they are incredibly effective. Spain looks to be in real danger of falling as a nation. They created a mass amnesty for illegal immigrants from places that do not believe in spain but only in tribe and who do not believe in rights but only in who may dominate whom. if one seeks to be a wrecker, it’s a brilliant incentive. pardon a million and give them access to your social safety networks and welfare payments which fund a lifestyle far in excess of where they came from. The media is, predictably, either ignoring this or pretending it’s a humanitarian crisis of families and babies. it’s not. this is damn near all men. and they are not behaving well.” – El Gato Malo

BlackRock’s Larry Fink Says AI Data Centers Are Going To Be The Next Revolution In Finance,’ As Trump Says ‘You Can’t Fight Against’ Data Centers – “”It’s very important because you have to convince your community how great these things [are] — you can’t fight it, you have to go with it,” Trump said.” – The WinePress

The Plot to Poison Farmland with Sewage Sludge… and Then Take It Out of Production – “Companies like DuPont and 3M are knowingly poisoning our water and farmland with PFAS “forever chemicals.” They’re not doing it just for profit, or population control, or to make us sick and tired so we can’t resist their rule. Those are side benefits. They’re waiting for the day when they can say that real food is too toxic, even (especially?) the organic farms need to be shut down, and we have no choice but to eat synthetic food made from genetically modified microorganisms raised on waste. That time is drawing near, so we’re hearing a lot about the problem of PFAS, the government is starting to use it as an excuse to condemn farmland, and the corporate overlords are starting to roll out their Frankenfood solution.” – Alexis Baden-Mayer

Ancient Structures From Canada No One Can Explain! (VIDEO) – “From a prehistoric medicine wheel older than the pyramids and eerie Arctic stone faces to forgotten Indigenous earthworks, mysterious runic carvings hidden deep in the forest, and the terrifying Valley of Headless Men, these incredible places continue to leave archaeologists searching for answers. Some of these mysteries have finally been solved, while others remain as baffling today as they were centuries ago. Let’s dive in.” – Origins Explained

‘Genetically Altered’ Nuclear Monster Sharks Could Be Eating Whales – “Just what we need right now… A mysterious predator has been tearing into whales, seals, and giant tuna off the New York coast, leaving bite marks the size of dinner plates and sparking theories of a radioactive “Sharkzilla” spawned by decades of government nuclear waste dumping. Because nothing says summer 2026 like the possibility that Cold War bureaucrats cooked up a genetically enhanced killing machine in the Atlantic.” – Steve Watson

NEWS

The First Waves of the Paradigm Shift Have Arrived – “The tsunami hasn’t. Yet. But it’s building. The first warning waves are already eroding the vacationland shore of establishment politics, both in the United States and Europe. I know the US better, so will focus on it. In Maine, an anti-Zionist veteran seemingly came out of nowhere to clinch the Democratic nomination for US Senate, but our kleptocracy and Israel’s minions managed to put the kabosh on him. In Kentucky, the same people were able to scare enough older Boomers and Silents to the polls to defeat libertarian and anti-imperialist Tom Massie in one congressional district. The problem for them is that the paradigm shift away from Empire and towards utter revulsion and contempt for the genocidal apartheid state of Israel is too large, too deep, and too connected to the dialectical materialist contradictions of the US Empire to be contained. Opposition to AI data centers is now the most anti-establishment position a politician can take to guarantee a lot of instant votes for him or her, and socialists are leading the charge.” – Ohio Barbarian

Corrupt and Despotic Ukraine Is Not Worth Fighting WWIII – “This war is about money, not saving ‘democracy.’ Seeing Ukrainian dictator Volodymyr Zelenskyy at Senator Lindsey Graham’s funeral seemed fitting: Z-Man’s money-laundering operation in Kyiv was the proximate cause of Graham’s death. Had the senator not been working so hard to add to the butcher’s bill in Europe, he would still be alive today. Surely there is a lesson here for some people to see.” – J.B. Shurk

July homicide report: 31 lives lost to black-on-white homicide – “Six white-on-black deaths noted” – Kenn Gividen  – AS USUAL. KENN IS THE ONLY ONE I KNOW THAT REPORTS ON THIS!!!

‘Kind of madness’: Iran vows to target US, Israeli energy assets if attacked as Trump weighs fresh strikes – “Iran fully prepared’ for retaliation” – Economic Times

Cuba Crisis: Assessing the Claims Against Havana – “When President Donald Trump declared Cuba an “unusual and extraordinary threat” to U.S. national security in a January 2026 Executive Order, the designation was accompanied by a series of sweeping claims. Among them were accusations that Cuba “provides support” to Russia, China, Iran, Hamas, and Hezbollah, that it “supports terrorism,” and that the Cuban government supports actors who “seek to destroy the United States.” Claims this broad require clear evidence. The history of disputed intelligence assessments including Iraqi weapons of mass destruction, “yellowcake” uranium, and mobile biological weapons programs, are just a few examples where assertions were made while evidence remained lacking or fabricated.” – Patrick Pillow

TO DIE AMONG STRANGERS: ACCELERATION OF THE GREAT REPLACEMENT IN SPAIN” – Publius

22 EU Leaders Demand “Immediate Action” As Migrant Invasion Raises Fear Of Hybrid Warfare – “We cannot allow uncontrolled mass crossings, the instrumentalization of migration or other hybrid threats…” – Tyler Durden

Zionists celebrate Spanish migrant invasion – “The Israeli right views the storming of Ceuta as divine punishment for Spain” – RT

Iran’s Shock Strike Strategy Against US Assets Opens Multiple Fronts -Yemen Enters The Chat (VIDEO) – “his isn’t just a regional skirmish; it’s a direct confrontation between corrupt imperial power and oppressed people fighting for their sovereignty. We break down the strategy, the stakes, and the social justice implications of resisting American imperialism.” – Robert Inlakesh / MintPress News

ECONOMIC NEWS

One Month of Falling Prices Won’t Restore Price Stability – “June’s PCE report showed prices falling as energy prices retreated, but underlying inflation and nominal spending remain too strong.” – Bryan Cutsinger

The “Paycheck to Paycheck” Problem – “Even before this energy price spike, affordability was a big problem. A structural, long-term trend. Hospital services are up nearly 300% in 26 years. Tuition more than 165%. Daycare costs up 150%. And these are based on government statistics, which always undercount true inflation. There are fluctuations, but the pattern is clear. Steadily higher. As a percentage of income, these items are eating up a bigger piece of the pie.” – Adam Sharp

Government Takes a Stake in 6 More Companies, New Total Is 30 Companies – “The federal government is now acting as regulator, customer, financier, and shareholder. Decisions involving contracts, trade restrictions, permits, and additional subsidies can affect the value of its holdings. Competitors have reason to question whether the playing field is level.This is state capitalism / corporatist industrial policy. Calling it communism overstates the case. However, and unfortunately, it’s more government economic intervention into the markets.” – Mish  – ALSO WHO IS TAKING POSITIONS IN THESE COMPANIES AS WELL, TRUMP, CONGRESS CRITTERS, CORPORATE INSIDERS?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

30-year Treasury yield hits highest level since 2007 after Fed keeps rates unchanged – Sarah Min and Joseph Wilkins

SPR Gets Drained to Dump Crude Oil on Global Markets: US Exports of Crude Oil & Petroleum Products Spike – “Crude oil exports hit a record of 5.7 MMb/d in May, exports of ultra-low sulfur diesel hit a record 1.54 MMb/d, etc.” – Wolf Richter  – SEE MISH’S ARTICLE YESTERDAY FOR MORE ON THE SPR!!!!!!!!

Steve Forbes Issues New Dollar Warning – “A strong dollar sounds like good news. It sounds solid. Responsible. Adult, even. It sounds like the sort of thing a country should want to have, and feel proud of. But unbacked currencies are tricky things. See, currency “strength” is almost always measured in comparison with other currencies – not in comparison with groceries, medical bills, electricity prices or the cost per gallon of gasoline. That means the dollar can look strong against the yen, the yuan or the euro while still losing purchasing power here at home.” – Peter Reagan

SURVIVAL, PREPAREDNESS AND SELF-SUFFICIENCY

Garlic At Night: Why It’s A Homesteader’s Delight – “Your Body Runs a Night Shift… Garlic Supplies The Crew” – Bill Heid

Five Common Prepper Myths That Could Get You Killed – “There is a lot of good information in the preparedness community. There is also a lot of nonsense. Some bad ideas started in survival fiction, were repeated on blogs and forums, and eventually became accepted as fact by people who never stopped to question whether the ideas made sense in the real world.” – M.D. Creekmore

What You Can Do to Repel Mosquitoes (And Why They Bite Some of Us More Than Others) – “Have you ever wondered why certain people are just mosquito magnets? There are several reasons.” – Daisy Luther

Gardening in August (Garden Tasks by Month) – Melissa K. Norris  – THAT TIME OF THE MONTH AGAIN TO LIST MELISSA’S RECOMMENDATIONS!!!

Cashmere Goats – A Homesteader’s Complete Guide – “The first time I ran a metal comb through a goat’s winter coat and pulled out a handful of fiber softer than anything I owned in my closet, I understood exactly why cashmere carries the price tag it does. Cashmere is not a breed name, it is a fiber classification. Per Werner Creek Farm’s account of raising them, goats naturally grow two types of hair: coarse outer guard hairs and a soft, downy undercoat, and any goat producing a fine enough undercoat can be marketed as a cashmere producer regardless of its formal breed. That is why you will see cashmere coming off Spanish goats, ferals, and various meat-breed crosses, not just goats labeled specifically as Cashmere. Purpose-bred cashmere lines do exist, developed specifically for consistent, high-quality down.” – Self-Sufficient Projects Staff

VERSE FOR THE DAY

Numbers 11:5    We remember the fish, which we did eat in Egypt freely; the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlick:

IMAGE FOR THE DAY (IDEA COURTESY OF THE TACTICAL HERMIT)