THE BIG PICTURE

Our Governments Have to Stop Hurting Us. They Have to Stop Inflicting Fake Science on Us. They Have to Stop Their Slow Genocide. They Have to Let Us Grow. Now would be a good time.- ” Let’s start with energy. No matter what I write I cannot seem to convince anyone of the fundamental damage that “climate change” has done. Globalization and ‘climate’ stripped us of infrastructure investment, removing tariffs that protected our manufacture and any innovation that might grow out of manufacturing success. Our energy grid runs on a flea market approach, bits and pieces, feeding in wind and solar, limping along. You cannot build anything on such a structure. This is a basic economic principle, which we have forgotten.” – Elizabeth Nickson

Millions of Children Are About to Fill Their Halloween Bags With Arsenic-Contaminated Candy (VIDEO) – “As millions of American children prepare to go trick-or-treating this Halloween, troubling findings from the Florida Department of Health are raising serious concerns about toxic contaminants in some of the nation’s most recognizable candy brands.” – Nicolas Hulscher, MPH 🎃 🎃 🎃 🎃 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Municipal Government shuts down church Feeding the Homeless in a municipal parking lot. Here’s their emails. – “Can’t feed the homeless in a parking lot remember when your city wants you to put on a mask because it Saves lives?” – LawyerLisa – CANADA IS JUST AS FUCKED UP AS THE U.S.!!!

Why Canada Has Never Been a “Free” Country – “Top Constitutional Law Scholar Bruce Pardy on the real Canadian Problem” – Karla Treadway

Competitive Bodybuilding: A Corrupt Farce That is Now One of the World’s Most Dangerous Sports – “Live fast, die young, and leave an exhausted, dehydrated corpse.” – Anthony Colpo

CRISPR Gene-Edited Strawberries Have Entered the U.S. Food Supply Without Required Labeling – “The genetically engineered fruit developed by SIMPLOT is being distributed through U.S. wholesale foodservice channels.” – Nicolas Hulscher, MPH

The NASA FOIA: He Just Wanted to See 2006 Spacewalk Footage, How Hard Can That Be? [Part 1] – “Welcome to the must-read story of YouTuber Jaren Campanella-a man who sent a Freedom of Information Act request for the full 7-to-8 hour historic spacewalk of 2006… Spoiler: It didn’t go as planned…” – Agent131711

Stephen King’s Favorite Stephen King Movies (and the One He Hated) – “Happy Halloween.” – Jon Miltimore

 

 

NEWS

Is This the Best Economy Ever? The White House Thinks So – “Why a lot of Americans disagree with this assessment.” – Andrew Moran

US’s Swelling Hormuz Costs Drain Treasury Amid Promises of Renewed War – “As the midterms approach, Trump has been busy insinuating a renewed assault on Iran. Nonsensically, after remarking that Iran “cannot and will not have a nuclear weapon”, he then claims that ability is now “buried under thousands of tons of rock.” The logical question which follows is why, then, the need for further attacks? It’s the same old inexplicable contradiction that the gullible MAGA base is meant to swallow like morning porridge.” – Simplicius

Trump Can Start It But He Can’t Finish It. Now He Wants to Island-Hop – “Washington has a plan for Iran. According to a source close to the White House, the plan is to seize one or more of Iran’s islands in the Persian Gulf. Senator Chris Murphy, who says he has been briefed on what the administration intends to do after Tuesday’s midterms, summed it up this week in four words: “their plan is insane.” For once, a United States senator has understated something.” – Larry C. Johnson

US Army Quietly Begins Drills That Will Chill You To The Bone – “The U.S. Army has conducted military exercises involving the excavation of mass battlefield graves, preparing for a potential future war in which casualties could become so overwhelming that bringing fallen soldiers home promptly would no longer be possible.” – Tyler Durden

A Not ‘Very Elegant’ Coup In Poland – “Late Friday the neoliberal-centrist government of Poland under Prime Minister Donald Tusk attempted a coup against the Constitutional Tribunal of Poland. The two leading judges of the court were suspended and police surrounded the court’s building: Poland took a step toward removing the president of the country’s top court, kicking off a showdown with the nationalist opposition ahead of a parliamentary election next year. Police entered the Constitutional Tribunal’s premises late on Friday as its president, Bogdan Swieczkowski, and his deputy were served with a one-month suspension. Polish President Karol Nawrocki returned to Warsaw after ordering his plane en route to Senegal to be turned back, he said in a post on X social media platform. Nawrocki, who was elected in 2025, is on the side of the conservative-nationalist Law and Justice (PiS) party.” – Moon of Alabama

Polish president storms into besieged court amid constitutional crisis (VIDEOS): As it happened – “The power struggle between the country’s Euroskeptic president and pro-EU government escalated as riot police surrounded the Constitutional Tribunal in Warsaw” – RT

Hand In Hand Toward The Abyss – “Hand in hand, Germany and France are steering toward the abyss — with different domestic political goals, perhaps, but with the same fatal outcome. This is an important lesson for all those who still believe that government debt can solve social problems — or even generate prosperity: State consumption crowds out the private economy. France has made this dish its recurring daily menu.” – Thomas Kolbe

Syria’s descent into greater chaos, Brazil’s election result, Israel’s voting farce and US global aggression (video) – “Another episode of Critical Perspectives with Fiorella Isabel – we try to unpick many of the recent global developments…” – Vanessa Beeley

 

 

 

ECONOMIC NEWS 

A DEEPER DIVE FOR STOCKS: The AI Boom Just Went BOOM! – “The deep dive of some tech companies on Thursday just went deeper still and turned into a real Halloween blowout for Friday!” – David Haggith

Tech stocks wipe out $1 trillion in value as concerns deepen about the AI boom – “The broader S&P 500 lost 1.8%. The Nasdaq 100 index fell 3.4% in afternoon trading, its worst one-day drop since mid-June.” – Steve Kopack

Oh, By The Way, Private Credit Defaults Just Hit A Record… – “Fitch says private credit defaults have reached an all-time high, with lenders increasingly relying on accounting gymnastics and debt extensions to keep troubled borrowers afloat.” – Quoth the Raven

Did The Market Just Break? (VIDEO) with Lance Roberts – “Is this the start of a much larger correction? Ooof! This was a painful week for the markets. A.I. stocks got clobbered, gold & silver got hammered, and Bitcoin dropped following the Binance hack.” – Adam Taggart | Thoughtful Money®  – ADAM’S WEEKLY INTERVIEW WITH LANCE!!!

Third-quarter U.S. GDP increases a better-than-expected 3.4% as September inflation accelerates. – “Consumer spending was slightly below forecasts, though still up 0.5%. Personal income increased just 0.2%. The pace of price increases stepped up in September, keeping inflation well above the Federal Reserve’s target, while the economy grew faster than expected in the third quarter, according to Commerce Department reports Thursday.” – Jeff Cox

JPMorgan’s Gold Vaults Are Being Emptied – David Jensen Sounds the Alarm. (VIDEO) – “We examine the massive withdrawals of gold from JPMorgan’s COMEX vaults, Jamie Dimon’s reaction to investors repatriating their gold, the opaque workings of the London bullion market, and the risks posed by highly leveraged, unallocated precious metals contracts. David also explains why physical silver shortages could expose weaknesses in the bullion banking system, how China continues accumulating precious metals, and why the growing global sovereign debt crisis could ultimately undermine confidence in fiat currencies.” – maneco64  – GOOD VIDEO WITH DAVID!!!!!!!!!!!

Reset in Peace? – “Every currency dies, those who understand Reset In Peace inherit the estate instead of attending the funeral. Every fiat currency is a promise. Every promise has an expiry date. History has never once failed to collect. A currency reset is the moment a monetary system is forced to admit what markets already know: the money in circulation is worth far less than the promises denominated in it.” The Macro Butler

France’s Debt Alarm Gets Louder: Fitch Cuts Outlook To Negative In Surprise Warning – Tyler Durden

Commodity Wrap 30/10/2026 – Gold Below $4,000. Silver Below $50. What Next? – “Can gold and silver stabilise, and will mining shares confirm this? No is the simple answer to this. This week saw a further selling off in gold and silver. The reasons for this are likely threefold.” – The Contrarian Capitalist

 

 

SURVIVAL, PREPAREDNESS AND SELF-SUFFICIENCY

Best States to Live Off-Grid in 2027 – “Living off the grid once meant a cabin at the end of a dirt road and neighbors who minded their own business. That life is still possible in 2027, although the state a family picks decides much of how hard it will be.” – Kate L. Gilmour

Here’s Why the Tomahawk Will Never Die – “With the variety of edged weapons on the market today, we might tend to think of the tomahawk as an outdated relic that only belongs on the American frontier. Well, think again. Discover the ancient origins of this simple tool, and learn how it can still be a useful part of your outdoor kit. ” – Tim MacWelch

101 Uses for Paracord – “practical ways to repair, organize and improvise with paracord. A broken zipper pull rarely makes anyone’s disaster plan. Neither does a missing bootlace, a flapping tarp or a pack strap that gives up halfway back to camp. But those small failures can turn ordinary work into a miserable afternoon, especially when the nearest replacement is a long drive away—or no longer available. Paracord earns its place by keeping useful things working.” – denob  – HAVE LINKED ON PARACORD USAGE IN THE PAST. HERE’S THE CANADIAN PREPPER’S TAKE AND THEY ARE GOOD IDEAS!!!

WROL: Without Rule of Law – How Preppers Can Protect Their Families When Society Breaks Down – “What Happens When the Rule of Law Disappears?” – HamRadioToday

200 Skills You Need to Become 100% Independent – “Most homesteading books follow a single path. You get a gardening book, a canning book, a chicken book, or a DIY book. That’s fine when you need to go deep on one subject, but real homesteading isn’t separated into individual categories. Everything you do affects the whole system. Your garden affects your pantry. Your water setup affects your garden. Your storage affects what you decide to grow. A good repair can save you from replacing something that still has years left in it. The Lost Skills of Independence moves through all of that.” – Olivia Brooks  – YOU MIGHT WANT TO CHECK THIS BOOK OUT!!!

 

VERSE FOR THE DAY

Jeremiah 17:18    Let them be confounded that persecute me, but let not me be confounded: let them be dismayed, but let not me be dismayed: bring upon them the day of evil, and destroy them with double destruction.

 

IMAGE FOR THE DAY

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