THE BIG PICTURE

Surface Thinking – “People don’t care because they don’t know. Simple as that. My stepson got married a few weeks ago, and I officiated the ceremony. Even though I did not know everyone who attended, I had the chance to talk to a lot of people. The thing I found strangely disturbing—and what inspired this article—were the odd conversations I had over the two days we were in attendance. Everyone involved, and most of the guests I am presuming, were liberals. But these people I talked to at the wedding (not just the conversation about evil Trump) probably know less than 1%. Of course, the obvious reason is the source of information these one-percenters use. I doubt a single one of them reads anything but the New York Times, the Washington Post, or listens to NPR or some other tainted news source. Or, of course, they get their social-media news fix from Facebook, Instagram, or X. They join other liberal echo chambers where the aforementioned news sources’ propaganda is chewed up, spit out, and mangled beyond recognition—like a pack of hyenas devouring roadkill. Read something, sheepsters! Go deeper. Obviously, most people are just too lazy to do more than listen to mainstream media sound bites. It is simply too much work to shove real information into a hardened and swollen brain. Have these people all lost their ability to think critically? Yes. But it doesn’t take a genius to put two and two together. The people I am talking about not only lack critical thinking. They lack the ability to think at all.” – Todd Hayen, PhD, RP   -GOOD ONE FROM TODD AS USUAL!!!!!!!!!

Our Minds Cannot Process This Much Information (VIDEO) – “Think about all the violence, all the things that our minds have processed in our lifetime, right? things that we see not just in person but across social medias. All the lust and the greed and the and just darkness everywhere and we look at all of these things and we’ve been convinced that this is normal. No, my friend, this is just further evidence of the little g god of this world.And my prayer for you is that you receive eyes to see and ears to hear. that it’s a good thing, my friend, to shut out all the information and just focus on the truth.” – Armor Of Truth Ministry

Are Fossil Fuels Real? – “When the Facts Point Toward a Startling Conclusion. There are two fundamental ways to understand where crude oil comes from, The first, the one we are all taught, is called the biotic theory. It tells us that oil and gas are the remains of plants and animals, buried and compressed beneath the ground over millions of years. These are the so‑called fossil fuels, formed so slowly that we are burning them far faster than nature could ever replenish them. But there is a second explanation, one that does not begin with ancient life at all. It is called the abiotic theory, and it suggests that oil forms from non‑living matter, through natural chemical processes that continue even now.” – Jordan Nuttall

The Vatican’s Green Gospel – “How the Roman Catholic Church moved from its great commission to save souls to its current obsession with saving the planet is not clear. But it is obvious that the hierarchy of The Church have drunk deeply of the climate change Kool-Aid and, while it would be unfair to say that it has abandoned saving souls, its mission has certainly drifted considerably into an area which is not exactly within its area of expertise.” – Roger Watson

The AI Bird-Flu Scenario They Just Published – “A month ago, Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall laid out a scenario in Foreign Affairs. She is not a science fiction author. She was White House Homeland Security Adviser from 2021 to 2025. She coordinated the response to the 2024 H5N1 (Bird Flu) outbreak in US dairy. She wrote: In the foreseeable future, a terrorist group with minimal skills could access a jailbroken AI model… The group could use the model to design a new strain of H5N1 avian influenza that is more lethal and more easily spread from animals to humans than existing strains. I’d prefer this remains a fictitious scenario for thinktanks and tabletop exercises. People with that job title don’t publish fiction. They prepare us for the future they are staffed and funded to manage.” – UNSHADOWED (formerly known as Ice Age Farmer)

What’s the Point of AI, Anyway? – “The point of AI is profit, dependence and dominance cloaked with Happy Story Hoopla about super-abundance. Yes, we have a super-abundance already–of malicious mayhem and cognitive impairment.” – Charles Hugh Smith

 

 

 

NEWS

RETRACTION: President’s Emergency Announcement May Be Fake AI-Generated News – David Haggith

Ghetto Leaders in a Ghetto World – “Fortunately, we have a real “racist” in the White House. At least that’s what they tell us. An impossibly White male who irrationally hates all the nonwhites. You know, like the millions of illegal immigrants he has never deported. He does keep talking about it on social media, though. That’s pretty much the same thing. As for African-Americans, as Trump dutifully calls them, sure he’s friends with Mike Tyson, and pardoned the president of Death Row Records, but rest assured that, underneath that orange exterior, he’s a stone cold White Supremacist. He just seemed to be enjoying himself in photos with racial huckster/FBI informant Al Sharpton, twice convicted killer Don King, or P. Diddy, the Jeffrey Epstein of the Ghetto World. He likes to keep his supremacism to himself.” – Donald Jeffries

Keep calm and prepare for war – “Britain is rebuilding the machinery to move the country from peacetime to “warfighting readiness.” That battle is proving to be a challenge, to say the least.” – Collapse Life

Why Won’t The US Nuke Iran & Russia Nuke Ukraine? – “They can’t answer the questions of what exactly they’d nuke there and how exactly that would achieve their stated goals in their respective conflicts.” – Andrew Korybko

The Psychological Mind Of A Serial Killer – “Foremost, a Serial Killer makes a concerted ‘choice’. It is not accidental, it is not revenge, it is not a crime of anger or lust, it is a crime of appeasement. As though the killer was on a mission. Netanyahu, the Israeli Government, are psychologically trained Serial Killers. Absence of remorse, guilt, or compassion for anyone is predictive. The selection process for the White House, our Intel Agencies, and the governments across Europe are built on the psychology of a Serial Killer. This is how ISIS and al Qaeda were created, birthed and trained in the Art of Evil. They were hand-picked. They had trainers. But they needed to pass various levels such as those employed by Freemasons, before they could be released to exact their Killing Rampage.” – Helena Glass

The calm before the showdown – “This was supposed to be the calm before the storm. Where the Epstein Syndicate would schmooze the Global South gathered in New York for the – comatose – UN General Assembly and seduce them with assorted “gifts”, wooing them away from the impending Great Debacle and deflecting attention from the breathtaking speed of the collapse of Pax Americana. Cut to Wednesday, when we have Day One of the UN General Assembly Debate, with Neo-Crassus/Neo-Caligula/Goldfinger/Psycho Toddler supposed to deliver a speech. On the same day, he meets with the Gulf petro-sheiks for what could become some sort of suicidal pact. And then on Friday, Xi Dada in person comes to the U.S. on an official state visit. (Invisible) sparks are guaranteed to fly.” – Pepe Escobar

Carney Marries Canada to Dying Europe – “Bon voyage and bonne chance, poor, misguided snow socialists. What will the good people of Canada gain by marrying the European Union? They will get additional “green energy” regulations, a slower economy, and more inflation. They will get to watch more of their businesses close shop and relocate to the United States. They will get to send more of their taxes to Ukraine so that some of the most corrupt government officials on the planet can continue to buy luxury cars and vacation homes. They may even get to send their children off to fight a European war against Russia! ” – J.B. Shurk

Macron, Carney pledge closer ties in Atlantic island meeting amid strains with Trump – “Our societies are being ⁠shaken by new storms: the upheavals, caused by climate change, the erosion of democratic norms, and new threats to our sovereignty,” ​Carney said in a statement alongside Macron. “The time has come to strengthen our ties.” – John Irish

Gov. Pritzker opens up about his 80 lb. weight loss, use of GLP-1 — ‘I think it’s what I need to succeed’ – “The disclosure also comes just months before Democrats are expected to announce their intentions to run for president.” – Tina Sfondeles   – HE DEFINITELY NEEDS SOMETHING TO SUCCEED. iLLINOIS IS THE WORSE STATE IN ABOUT EVERY CATEGORY. IT’S GOING TO TAKE MORE THAN GLP-1 TO HELP THAT CLOWN!!!!

IL homelessness prevention costs taxpayers over $600 million – “The Center Square asked state Sen. and task force member Li Arellano, R-Dixon, why the state is spending so much taxpayer money when the homelessness problem does not appear to be getting better. “That’s a great question,” Arellano said. The Dixon Republican said homelessness roughly tripled in Chicago during the illegal immigration surge under the Biden administration.” – Jim Talamonti

Drug 10 Times Stronger Than Fentanyl Seized in San Francisco – “Police arrested four suspects and seized over 20,000 counterfeit pills, some containing cychlorphine, a synthetic drug 10 times stronger than fentanyl. The drug was first detected in the United States at a Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) laboratory in Florida in April 2024. As of March 2026, at least 24 states have reported overdoses or deaths related to cychlorphine.” – Cynthia Cai

 

 

ECONOMIC NEWS

Diesel New Record High Every Day, When Will Gasoline Follow? – Mish

Which President Gave Us the Highest Petroleum Prices? – “Seeing Petroleum Prices in the Context of Inflation. Obama wins!” – John Hunt, MD

Tap Out: Near Zero Crude Oil Draw From Strategic Petroleum Reserve -“Now even as diesel shortages spread globally and US diesel prices spiral higher due to this increasing shortage, the weekly crude draw of 400k bbl from the SPR is nearing zero indicating that this hard operational limit appears to be at hand: Diesel, upon which 80% of industrial activity and food production depends, is essential for social stability and continuation of life. Discontinuities in its availability is guaranteed when stockpiles are drawn-down.” – David Jensen

What Happens When China Starts Buying Again? – “Seven months into the Hormuz shutdown, the world’s biggest oil buyer is running on storage. Which makes you wonder how much longer they’re prepared to keep doing that, and what happens to the price if they stop while this war is still going. That question isn’t academic, and it brings us directly to what happened last week. On Wednesday the Fed raised rates a quarter point, its first hike since 2023. It did it because of energy prices. But there’s one problem. The Fed can set the price of money. It can’t produce a barrel of oil or reopen a strait.” – Lau Vegys

Consumer sentiment is in the dumps despite a solid economy. Goldman Sachs blames ‘lower happiness’ – Alex Harring  – SOUNDS LIKE A CROCK TO ME. WHEN PEOPLE CAN’T AFFORD TO PAY BILLS, NATURALLY THEY ARE NOT HAPPY. BLAME THE REAL CULPRIT, AFFORDABILITY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Bessent: I AM THE HOUSE NOW – “Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has effectively challenged the bond market to a fight, telling traders, “I have asymmetric information. I am the house now,” and that they can “bet against him if they want.” Bessent should know better than almost anyone that governments ALWAYS lose when they attempt to fight the market. He worked alongside George Soros and Stanley Druckenmiller when they famously took on the Bank of England in 1992.” – Martin Armstrong   – ALSO READ MN GORDON’S ARTICLE FROM YESTERDAY!!

Warsh’s Policy Error – ” Eager to prove his bona fides and establish his gravitas, new Fed chair Kevin Warsh hiked the fed funds rate last week. In doing so, he revealed to the investment world that he is nothing more than the direct descendant of Bernanke and Yellen. Not a new leader with new priorities for a changing world but, instead, just another devotee to the Phillips Curve and Keynesianism.” – Craig Hemke

Eurozone inflation is re-energized – “Inflation will diverge across member states because of differences in demand, energy-price pass-through, and fiscal support. Among the four largest member states, Spain is expected to record the highest inflation in 2026–27 and France the lowest.” – Elwin de Groot, Maartje Wijffelaars and Bas van Geffen

Friends Don’t Let Friends Wear Dow Hats – “Wall Street keeps celebrating bigger numbers while the dollar used to measure them keeps getting smaller. When the Dow first crossed 10,000 in March 1999, traders cheered, confetti flew and “Dow 10,000” baseball caps were tossed onto the floor. And back then, maybe the hats actually made sense. The enormous advance in American equities over the preceding generations represented, to a meaningful degree, an extraordinary expansion in American productive capacity, corporate earnings, technological progress and real wealth creation. That distinction matters because today we increasingly celebrate the scoreboard without asking how much the measuring stick itself has changed. If tomorrow we woke up and every stock doubled in dollar terms while every house, gallon of milk, insurance premium, restaurant bill and salary also doubled, would America suddenly be twice as prosperous? Of course not. But hey….hats.” – Quoth the Raven   – GREAT POINT FROM THE RAVEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Bigger Than the Federal Reserve: How Tether and Samsung Are Quietly Cornering Physical Silver – The Silver Academy

 

 

 

SURVIVAL, PREPAREDNESS AND SELF-SUFFICIENCY

The Last Safe Corners of America: Where Life Could Continue After a Collapse When America Goes Dark – “Before looking at specific places, we need to understand what separates locations where people lived from locations where they died. Modern America was built for specific conditions: abundant energy, working supply chains, available pharmaceuticals, climate control. Remove those, and the map redraws itself.” – Madge Waggy

The Ultimate Canned Food Tier List – “Your pantry is only as good as what you chose to put on it, and the difference between a shelf that feeds your family in year six and a shelf full of rusted disappointment has nothing to do with the date stamped on the lid. What Actually Decides the Tier Four things separate a great survival can from a mediocre one.” – Olivia Brooks

Power Rationing After Day Three – “A blackout becomes a supply problem when every remaining watt must accomplish something important. During the first day of a power failure, most households try to preserve normal life. Lights remain on. Phones are charged whenever convenient. The refrigerator runs normally. Someone makes coffee with an electric appliance because the backup system appears to have plenty of capacity.” – denob

How to Make Bouillon Cubes – Steve Nubie

Lentils for Long-Term Food Storage: The Low-Fuel Alternative to Beans – “Lentils have much in common with dry beans. They’re inexpensive, nutritious, compact, and capable of very long storage when properly packaged. But lentils have one advantage that becomes especially important during a power outage or grid-down situation. They don’t need soaking, and most lentils cook in about 15 to 30 minutes.” – Ken Jorgustin

 

 

 

VERSE FOR THE DAY

2 Corinthians 2:11  Lest Satan should get an advantage of us: for we are not ignorant of his devices.

 

IMAGE FOR THE DAY