THE BIG PICTURE

Freedom Is Much More Important Than Democracy – “Our rights do not come from government.” – J.B. Shurk |

Project 2025: Alumni Claim They Have 80 Members Running Trump’s White Hous – “Project 2025 is backed by over 100 advisory NGO’s – through those Ngo’s the Heritage Foundation established their presence in the Trump White House, While the Heritage Foundation holds some authentic and well-grounded policies, no outside organization should be running the US government. Not Israel and not NGO’s. Every policy, every statement, every narrative out of Trump’s mouth is scripted by the Heritage Foundation’s staff and scholar members” – Helena Glass

From GMO Yeast to Your Child’s Bloodstream: The GLP-1 Pipeline – “What Your Doctor Isn’t Telling You About Where Ozempic Comes From There are two main GLP-1 agonists prescribed for children: semaglutide and tirzepatide (including children as young as 8 ). What Pharma is not telling you is that they are produced by genetically modified organisms in industrial fermentation tanks.” – Michelle Perro, MD

The Disappearance of JonBenét Ramsey – “High-Profile Missing Children and Familiar Names. In the nearly thirty years that have passed since that day, investigators have never been able to establish exactly what happened to the young pageant star. Now, curiosity around her case has surged once more online, after an old photograph resurfaced showing JonBenét smiling brightly into the camera, standing beside a woman who bears a striking and unsettling resemblance to Ghislaine Maxwell; Neither representatives for Maxwell nor spokespeople for the Ramsey family have ever issued any comment regarding this image, curious mind.” – Jordan Nuttall

DOLLY PARTON, CORONAMANIA, GOOD INTENTIONS AND POOR JUDGMENT – “While many complimented Dolly’s avowed—but not always practiced—avoidance of sociopolitical themes in order to simply entertain the masses, she jumped into the Covid crazy pool with both feet. At the deep end. Dolly also posted an Internet video showing her absorbing mRNA and chiding the “cowards” and “chicken squats(?)” who hadn’t. One wonders if the shots caused the unspecified cancer said to have killed Dolly and/or the other kidney and immunological problems she’s had in the past five years. Whether the jabs caused these effects or not, as with the sixteen deceased, Covid-jabbed people I knew, the shots didn’t give her extra years of healthy life. It would have been awesome if straight-talking, real-life Dolly had twangily said in 2021, or later, what was obvious but suppressed by the government and media: “A lot of folks sure did get sick or die after taking these shots. And I haven’t felt so great mahself.”” – Mark Oshinskie  – ANOTHER GOOD READ ON DOLLY AND THE JAB!!!

Every Pesticide Approved Since the Supreme Court’s Roundup Ruling – Jasmine Laws

Vaccinated People Spread Measles. The CDC, the WHO, and Johns Hopkins Just Said So on the Record. – “A preregistered systematic review in Expert Review of Vaccines found 70 vaccinated transmitters, 812 downstream cases, and one small study underneath the claim that MMR reduces onward spread.” – Sayer Ji

 

 

NEWS

Marching Toward Armageddon – “Israeli government cabinet member, Itamar Ben-Gvir, is Prime Minister Netanyahu’s hand-selected minister of national security. As such, he is in charge of Israel’s prison system. That makes the Palestinian internment video he has just posted doubly troubling. Ben-Gvir, never shy about fomenting hatred and heat, has raised a blistering level of international controversy by creating and posting the following pathetic and deeply disturbing AI video, promoting an obviously Hitlerian final solution for Palestinians as a campaign promise” – David Haggith

Points of Contention – “First of all: data centers.I question the need for the vast amount of the data centers being built and the incredible amount of debt being racked up to get them into place before the public has a say in their construction. The data centers represent, to me, the ability to store data surreptitiously accumulated through passive spying on all human communication. The admonition that it’s necessary to keep up with China falls a little flat when China has 385 data centers and the US has 3,600-5,000.All of the usual methods of operating a republic are gone. The constitution is ignored;  a surveillance state is being erected using our own taxes; our resources are being devoured against our interests and no one in congress is listening to our pleas for sanity. This is a classic example of when the people have to fend for themselves and do what is right, not just what is legal. ” – T.L. Davis

Democrats Will Take the US Senate – “The only question is by how much” – Ohio Barbarian 

Trump Presses Self Destruct Button With Iran For Israel’s Sake (VIDEO) – Robert Inlakesh

Why are so many Vance allies leaving the administration? – “Army Secretary Dan Driscoll isn’t the first official to be squeezed out or to leave with little explanation. It’s not hard to figure out what they all have in common.. Driscoll’s departure is the latest in a string of recent high-profile exits by Vance’s allies and ideological fellow travelers, including Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, Deputy National Security Adviser Andy Baker, White House Director of Legislative Affairs James Braid, and Director of the National Counterterrorism Center Joe Kent. All of this takes on heightened significance as the second Trump administration reaches its halfway point.” – Connor Echols and Kelley Beaucar Vlahos

US hits Cuba with new sanctions as island’s crises multiply – “The U.S. government on Thursday slapped new sanctions on Cuba in a fresh push to strangle the island’s economy and deepen its multiple crises. Among those hit with sanctions are Fidel Ernesto Castro, grandson of former President Raúl Castro, and Cuba’s Oil Industry Supply Import Company, known as Abapet. The company is responsible for importing special equipment and spare parts needed to sustain Cuba’s crumbling power grid.” – Dánica Coto  – KNEW THAT THISWOULD BE COMING. THEY’VE BEEN KIND OF QUIET ON THE CUBA FRONT LATELY. TIME TO RATCHET THINGS UP AGAIN!!!

Blue States Keep Putting Violent Criminals Back Into The Streets And Our Entire Society Suffers The Consequences -Michael Snyder

Secretive U.S. Base in Somalia Signals New Phase of War – “Puntland security officials told Drop Site they expect the U.S. air campaign—and CIA operations—in Somalia to intensify” – Mohamed Gabobe

Berlin’s latest Russia panic is reckless even by its own standards – “Berlin blamed Moscow for a drone scare without proof, then used it to deepen a confrontation Germany can least afford” – Tarik Cyril Amar

 

 

 

ECONOMIC NEWS

The Rising Cost Of Electricity In The United States – “Across the U.S., Americans are paying roughly 30% more for electricity than in 2020.” – Tyler Durden

US diesel prices hit a record high, pushing up transportation costs for a long list of goods – ” Diesel hit a record price in the U.S. on Friday, soaring to an average of $5.85 a gallon for the first time as the six-month war with Iran disrupts the world’s flow of fuel.” – Wyatte Grantham-Philips

Private Hiring Grinds to a Near-Halt as Job Growth Hits Seven-Month Low – Peter Schif

“The world as we knew it no longer exists.” – “As we move towards the end of another trading week, most action was again dominated by the now ubiquitous market bugbear of geopolitics. Central banks are trying to reassert themselves, but under that shadow, and as everything they understand starts to fall apart around them.It’s not for nothing that oil, while off yesterday’s peak, is likely to close the week with its largest weekly gain since July, as crack spreads remain staggeringly high and stocks of refined products such as diesel are staggering low. That is a structurally inflationary backdrop because refined products go into or into moving everything. It can only stop being structural if we know both wars are going to end;” – Michael Every

Trade Deficit Leaps 24.4 percent, Highest on Record Excluding Tariff Distortions – “Tariffs did not and will not fix the trade deficit.” – Mish

If Rats Can Eat Your Money, It’s Probably Not Good Money – Mike Maharrey

Inflation Destroys Family Well-Being – “Because inflation acts as a regressive, hidden tax, its physical burdens fall overwhelmingly on the poor and working classes. Unlike high-net-worth individuals, lower-income households spend nearly 100 percent of their earnings on immediate, inelastic necessities like food, energy, and shelter—categories that suffer rapid price hikes during monetary expansions. When everyday expenses—groceries, shelter, utilities, and gas—steadily rise, financial anxiety metastasizes into the underpinnings of home life. The effects on the working class American family can be devastating.” – Angelo Monaco

A yen for gold – “The yen carry trade is blowing up, driving up global bond yields. Investors are slowly learning that the only safe havens are to be found in gold, silver, and storable commodities. It started with Scott Bessent at the US Treasury intervening in the JPY rate doing a favour for Japan’s finance ministry in late-July. As the chart above shows (scale inverted) the yen rallied sharply, did little for a month and this week suddenly rose again. Over the period of a month, the yen has rallied 5% against the dollar. Not only will Japan’s institutions be reviewing foreign bond and equity investments, but the carry-traders buying US treasury bills could become forced sellers to cover their yen shorts.” – Alasdair Macleod

We’re Living in a Tragicomic Parody – “It’s hard to take a joke when our entire economy and financial system is the joke” – Charles Hugh Smith.

 

 

 

SURVIVAL, PREPAREDNESS AND SELF-SUFFICIENCY

What Nepal’s Disaster Teaches Every Homesteader About Planning For The Unthinkable – Bill Heid

The 5 Places in America You Want to Be When Society Begins to Collapse (Most Americans Live in Places That Will Not Survive Prolonged Systems Failure.) – “What follows is not a guide to bunker construction or food storage. It is an examination of five regions where the conditions for long-term survival exist—not because these places are easy, but because they are hard in ways that matter. They possess water, space, soil, and social structures that function without constant external inputs. They demand physical toughness, tolerance for isolation, and willingness to abandon the conveniences of contemporary life. They offer no guarantees. But they offer possibility, which is more than can be said for the places where most Americans currently live.” – John Walter

Waist High, No Weeding: Aquaponics For Elderly And Disabled Preppers – “One thing I have learned about preparedness is that a good system should still work when the person using it is tired, injured, older, or simply unable to do the physical work he once could. That is why aquaponics interests me.” – Darren Kelburn

Which Generator Fuel Wins? – “Buying a generator is easy. Keeping it supplied, maintained and running during a prolonged emergency is the difficult part. Most generator comparisons concentrate on wattage, price and advertised running time. Those numbers matter, but they do not answer the preparedness question: What fuel will still be available when the outage becomes a genuine crisis?” – denob

Old Time Foot Care For People On Their Feet All Day – “Anyone who has spent years working in boots knows that a long day often announces itself first through the feet. Ten hours on concrete, miles of fence line, repeated trips up ladders, or a full shift pushing carts across a warehouse floor can leave the ankles, arches, and heels aching long after the work is finished. Long before gel insoles and specialized foot creams became common, working people relied on simpler routines.” – Bob Rodgers

 

 

 

VERSE FOR THE DAY

2 Timothy 1:13    Hold fast the form of sound words, which thou hast heard of me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.

 

IMAGE FOR THE DAY