THE BIG PICTURE
America Is Already Great; Its Leadership Class Is Not – ” America and its hard-working people are already great, and never stopped being great. They don’t need to be “made great again.” America’s self-serving Leadership Class–those in power–has failed the nation and its people.” – Charles Hugh Smith
Is the Birth Certificate a Tool for Control? – “Separating Fact from Fiction Using History. What if this document, which every one of us receives automatically at birth, without consent, serves a function far beyond what we have been told? For years, many dismissed it as just another conspiracy theory, the idea that our birth certificates are more than just a record of our existence. The truth is, curious mind, birth certificates are part of a complex financial web that most people know nothing about.” – Jordan Nuttall – HAD HEARD THIS A LONG TIME AGO, BUT JORDAN PROVIDES THE DOCUMENTATION!!
European Regimes Renew Their Attacks on Free Speech – “In Europe, the anonymity issue is no minor affair. In Germany, there are literal speech police who will arrest ordinary citizens merely for saying things online or reposting memes. It’s easy to see why anonymity could be an essential tool in posting ideas and facts the regime doesn’t like. A European regime insisting on abolishing online anonymity is essentially tantamount to announcing that these regimes want the ability to make more arrests for wrongspeech.” – Ryan McMaken
Nobody Voted For This – “Article I, Section 7 of the Constitution says all bills for raising revenue shall originate in the House of Representatives. Toss that right in the sewer. The US Constitution is now little more than a rhetorical weapon for those not in power to use against those in power, while those in power ignore it. Four years later, reverse the parties, same crap. Despite the Constitution, the most reliable revenue source in modern America originates not in the House, but at the Federal Reserve. When it comes to the US dollar, inflation is not something that just happens. Officials at the Fed and the banks together choose to create inflation, and the US government politicians are thoroughly complicit. There are real people, making real decisions, who create inflation. Why would they do this? Because inflation is revenue for the government and the banks” – John Hunt, MD
Who let the dogs out? Ring knows. – “Ring’s new neighborhood network promises to reunite missing pets with their owners. Question is: what else are these owners signing up for?” – Collapse Life
Why are tech oligarchs silently prepping for ‘AI apocalypse’? – “Humanity is not ready for what’s coming. Checklist includes several weeks worth of cash, emergency communications, backup power and ‘weeks of food and water’” – Leo Hohmann
Was Burnham Appointed to Destroy Britain? – “”I have little doubt that it was behind the scenes machinations from the conspirators which resulted in the appointment of Andy Burnham as Prime Minister. And I fear that the people now pulling his strings have ordered him to destroy what is left of Britain. And he’s doing a good job.” – Dr Vernon Coleman
NEWS
How to Win America’s Wars – “Don’t Fight Them to Begin With. Vietnam? Don’t fight there. Iraq and Afghanistan? Don’t fight there. Iran? Don’t fight there. None of these countries planned to attack or invade the United States. And please tell me how America’s “short” wars turned into long slogs. What is the Democratic Party going to do if it regains control of the Senate and House in November? What’s the agenda? With respect to the Iran war and the Israeli genocide in Gaza, there’s no promise of change. Democratic leaders like Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries are Zionists; they are also war-lovers. In fact, Schumer and Jeffries are perhaps more likely to see Russia and China as major threats than Trump is.” – Bill Astore
From France to Albania, social unrest is setting Europe’s streets ablaze – “Crowds have protested for weeks in major cities, with some demonstrations marked by arrests, looting, injuries and violence across France, Italy and Albania. In Spain and Portugal, tent camps have sprung up to protest unaffordable housing.” – Teresa Medrano and Suman Naishadham
Much Ado About Russia – ” In the eyes of national-security statists, it is imperative that we continue hewing to the official narrative. Russia is coming to get us, just like before. We need ever-increasing budgets for the national-security establishment and its ever-growing army of voracious fat-cat “defense” contractors. Who cares if the United States goes bankrupt in the process? We need to again be kept “safe” from the Reds — I mean, the Russians (and from the terrorists, Muslims, drug dealers, and illegals.) Oh, and don’t forget the Cuban Reds! They are coming to get us too.” – Jacob G. Hornberger
Iran Rejects Report That Deal Is ‘Close’ After Qatar, Pakistan Push ‘Compromise Proposal’ To End War – “Here we go again… By Tuesday morning, we have a return of another round of ‘deal imminent’-style headlines, which has gained more visibility over the last couple hours, resulting in oil prices tumbling:” – Tyler Durden
Vice President J.D. Vance’s Deceptive ‘Antiwar’ Campaign Speech – “J.D. Vance is approaching the halfway point of his term as vice president in an administration that has committed the United States to wars in locations from Ukraine to Venezuela to Somalia to Iran and beyond. All the while, the administration has threatened sending the military into other places across the world including Mexico, Greenland, and Cuba. In short, this presidential administration is fully committed to a warmongering agenda.Over his 14 years as a United States House of Representatives member, Mike Rogers similarly established his reputation as a committed advocate for US warmongering across the world. Given this context, it seems almost unimaginable that Vance would stump in Michigan for electing Rogers to the US Senate by asserting that Vance and Rogers are supporters of peace. Yet, that is what Vance did in a Monroe, Michigan speech on Thursday.” – Adam Dick
Amid ‘Compromise’ Chaos, Analyst Sees 90% Chance Of Iran War Round 3 As Hegseth Makes ‘Secretive’ Israel Visit – “The Monday surprise visit of US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth to Israel where he met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has set off an avalanche of speculation regarding the likelihood of another major round of fighting in the Iran war. While the Pentagon did not immediately comment, Israeli media has also been reporting on the high profile visit to the airbase. The Trump administration has remained silent on the visit. But what has taken over by Tuesday morning are more ‘deal imminent’-style headlines, coming out of Gulf-aligned sources:” – Tyler Durden
Five Observations About Netanyahu’s Regional Alliance Map – “The top takeaway is the innuendo that the Sudanese War has become an Israeli-Egyptian proxy war. Netanyahu displayed a map of three regional alliances during a press conference over the weekend that’s since gone viral on social media due to its implications.” – Andrew Korybko
Trump Unveils $8 Billion Harvest Fuel Relief Program to Support Farmers – “The president made the announcement during a campaign stop near Wichita, Kansas.” – Travis Gillmore
Disarming the Pencil Pushers? Administrative Agencies Begin to Cut Spending on Guns, Ammo – “One would expect federal law enforcement agencies like the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Secret Service, Customs and Border Protection and Drug Enforcement Administration to have guns to carry out their daily responsibilities. But what about the administrative agencies like the Internal Revenue Service, Social Security Administration and Small Business Administration? These and dozens more pencil-pushing federal agencies have spent millions on guns, ammunition and other military-style equipment.” – OpenTheBooks – THEY SHOULD BE CUTTING SPENDING. THERE’S NO NEED FOR MANY OF THESE AGENCIES TO EVEN HAVE WEAPONS. BUT HEAVEN FORBID IF YOU HAVE ONE LEGALLY, THOUGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Alberta rejects move toward independence from Canada in a victory for Carney – “The vote was not a direct referendum on independence but would have set the oil-rich province on a path toward a future vote on separation from Canada.” – Rob Gillies
Alberta – It Ain’t Over Til the Fate Lady Sings? – Martin Armstrong
How Trump Plans to Steal the Midterm Elections (VIDEO) – “The Trump administration has not succeeded n implementing all its election demands, but it has not abandoned the possibility of declaring emergency powers or martial law to order federal agents to confiscate election materials and ballots. he Trump administration has already seized ballots from previous elections.” – Chris Hedges
ECONOMIC NEWS
The Big AI Bust Hits the News on Multiple Fronts – “The tenor of the talk has turned the other way from the old ‘It is the wave of the future, so it can’t go bust” to “How bad will the breakup be, and how quickly will it come?” ” – David Haggith
US pending home sales tumble to record low in September – “Contracts to purchase previously owned US homes plunged to a record low in September as rising mortgage rates depressed demand for housing. The pending home sales index tumbled 7.3% to 66.0 last month, the lowest level since the series started in 2001, the National Association of Realtors said on Tuesday.” – Reuters
The Gold Price Dip Everyone Wants Is Here – “And the thing about lows? Afterward, we go up. Let me remind you: None of the forces that drove gold through its earlier highs have gone away. They are multiplying.” – Peter Reagan
Delinquent Auto Loans Are Rising And The Industry Could Come Crashing Down: Report – “Remember the subprime mortgage crisis that ultimately resulted in the global financial meltdown of 2008? Lessons were learned and measures have been taken to make sure something like that never happens again – right? So you’d think, but there’s a reason why we’re bringing up the GFC and it most certainly isn’t good. Many parallels can be drawn between where said market stands right now and the factors leading to the housing crash nearly two decades ago, which is rather concerning to say the least.” – Silvian Secara
Economist Peter Schiff Warns America’s Next Financial Crisis Has Begun (VIDEO) – Cyrus Janssen
The S&P Is Soaring, But Two-Thirds of Stocks Are Stalling – “The S&P 500 promises broad exposure to American business. But with ten companies accounting for 40 percent of its value, investors may be far less diversified than they believe.” – Peter C. Earle
U.S. Treasury, Bank of Japan, and Gold Prices – “At the G20 meeting in late August, an official statement was made that “coordination on shared macroeconomic policies” was needed between the U.S. Department of Treasury and the Bank of Japan. Did last week bring the first unofficial instance of that new policy?” – Craig Hemke
SURVIVAL, PREPAREDNESS AND SELF-SUFFICIENCY
Living a Principled Life in an Age of Compromise – “In the next few years, as our society and economy deteriorate, as CBDCs are rolled out, and as surveillance and control increases we will very likely be faced with some tough decisions. Up until now, participation in The System has largely been optional, Beyond externally-imposed restrictions and mandates, there are still plenty of choices that are up to us, if we are willing to budget ourselves and forego the consumer lifestyle and some creature comforts.” – James Wesley Rawles – VERY GOOD READ FROM JAMES!!!!!!!!!
27 “Non-Perishable Foods” That Will Actually Spoil in Under 2 Years – “There was a time when a farmhouse cellar held rows of jars, each marked in pencil with the month it was put up. The family ate the oldest jars first, every single time, and nothing on those shelves sat long enough to go bad. Somewhere along the way, folks traded that habit for a printed date on a cardboard box, and we’ve gotten soft about it.” – Olivia Brooks
American Households Crushed: Housing Freezes, Car Loans Go Bad, and Electric Bills Keep Climbing – “Preparing for the Financial Squeeze Before It Gets Worse” – OFFGRID Survival – HAVE ALWAYS SAID THAT MY 4 CATEGORIES ALL BLEND TOGETHER, THIS IS A PRIME EXAMPLE AS THIS COULD HAVE BEEN IN THE ECONOMIC NEWS AND BIGGER PICTURE AS WELL, BUT IT’S ABOUT BEING PREPARED FOR WHAT IS COMING!!
Clear Does Not Mean Clean: Why I Filter The Water My Family Drinks – Alec Deacon
Can You Find Your Cache Again? – “A wilderness supply cache can reduce the load carried between a home, retreat or outpost. It can provide a reserve if equipment is lost or a camp becomes inaccessible. But concealment is only one part of the job. A dependable cache must survive storage, remain reachable and be recoverable by someone who may be cold, tired and working from written instructions. That takes more planning than burying a bucket and saving a waypoint.” – denob
VERSES FOR THE DAY
Revelation 18:2-3 And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird. For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies.
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