Nothing New Under The Sun 2016

 

 

THE BIG PICTURE

Silver: The Most Abused Money and Intentionally Devalued Commodity – “Is silver the forgotten money, or is this complicated market so corrupt and manipulated that most all have abandoned any connection, mentally and physically, to real money in favor of credit, debt, and fiat currency? It seems obvious that both of these statements are correct. This is not a good sign for the future of economic soundness, as without real money, gold and silver, what is left is only fake money, and fake money is a constant depreciating asset. This is easy enough to understand, when the currency of choice in this country is the ‘dollar,’ which in reality, has lost over 98% of its purchasing power since 1913, the time of the creation of the Federal Reserve. There is much argument about this, but when one looks to the mainstream or so-called ‘fact-checkers’, it is obvious that they either live on another planet, are complete economic ignoramuses, or pathological liars.” – Gary D. Barnett  – WAS GOING TO PUT THIS IN THE ECONOMIC SECTION BUT ACTUALLY, IT IS THE BIG PICTURE!!!

Tax Day Truth Bomb: Where Your Climate Dollars Really Went – “Global emissions are up. Western economies are down. Someone’s winning… and it’s not you. Let’s start with what the data shows. According to the Global Carbon Project, since the year 2000: China’s emissions have soared by over 208%, India’s by 155%, While the U.S. has reduced emissions by 10% and Europe by 16%. At first glance, that might look like climate progress. But it’s anything but. Those reductions in the West haven’t occurred because of cleaner innovation alone, they’ve come because we outsourced our manufacturing and heavy industries.” – Dr. Matthew Wielicki

The Forecast calls for Warm Sun and Heavy Metals – “Thank you for your service, Pilots! Continue dropping God Knows What on the hapless victims” – Sage Hana

Is Blackrock an entity prioritizing metrics over people? – “What are the implications of AI’s role in seeking data-driven returns? Did you know what Blackrock is? Is it a simple asset manager? Who manages it currently? Is is a human-run company or is Aladdin at the helm?” – Jessica Rose

What’s Scarier Than a 33rd Degree Bilderberger? – “The monsters on main street” – Donald Jeffries

‘Globally significant’ Covid vaccine study biobank to be destroyed – “The Queensland Government says there is “no longer a scientific and public health need” for this valuable biobank and linked data” – Rebekah Barnett  – OBVIOUSLY COVERING UP SOME TRUTHS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Trump Administration Fast-Tracks Controversial Self-Amplifying mRNA Vaccine for H5N1 Bird Flu – Jim Hᴏft

Why Plastic Bag Bans Fail to Deliver – Jon Miltimore

Why Do White Supremacists Love Raisins? Social Justice™ Cultural Learnings – “Before the white man benefited from the tutelage of learned Persons of Color™, he lived a miserable existence devoid of any spice or flavor. Particularly, according to this FOX SOUL lady, whites have some weird fascination with raisins, which she doesn’t understand nor approve of.” – Ben Bartee

 

 

NEWS

The conquest of the west – ” A conflict of irreconcilable visions. a society is a people arranged around values, mores, ethics, and norms. Some societies are high function, high trust, high freedom. they allow human flourishing and human safety. they build the modern world and just about all the useful things and innovations in it. Some societies are low trust, nasty, brutish, and oppressive. they organize not around the protection of the individual but the suppression of them. government is the biggest gang and imposes some order on who gets to plunder whom and force things upon them. in general, they do not innovate, produce little. and fail to flourish. These visions are not compatible. There is no compromise possible.” – El Gato Malo

Trump Used ‘Emergency Powers’ to Impose His Tariffs. Should We be Concerned? – “The problem with “America First” economic policy, is that other countries are going to defend their own economic interests, too. So, if someone like Trump tries to arbitrarily scrap the current system of international trade and impose his own version, he’s going to encounter stiff opposition. (which he has.)” – Mike Whitney

El Salvador’s President Issues the Ultimate Challenge to Trump – “Bukele dropped a line so good, President Trump asked if he could steal it “You have 350 million people to liberate,” he said as a challenge, looking Trump in the eye. This wasn’t just talk. Bukele said it while pointing to how he turned things around in his country, El Salvador. “We turned the murder capital of the world—that’s what the journalists called it—into the safest country in the western hemisphere,” he said. Some critics have focused on the mass arrests his administration carried out, but Bukele reframed it, saying, “Sometimes they say we imprisoned thousands. I like to say we liberated millions.” Trump couldn’t help but smile.” – .The Vigilant Fox

Austrian Catholic Students Singing Ramadan Song – ““Ramadan Rap” for Easter? The country that gave the world Mozart, Schrödinger, Schubert, Haydn, and Klimt now appears to be caught in an ever-accelerating death spiral… all in the name of “religious dialogue”. Years of unchecked mass immigration (Sound familiar?) are turning Austria into an empty shell of what it once was. Austria is fast losing its religious heritage and its mind… Now Catholic kids are forced to sing a Ramadan song at a primary school in Salzburg’s Flachgau region.” – Jim McCraigh

Whoopi Has Brief Moment of Clarity, Shockingly Backs Key Trump Proposal—ABC Cuts to Commercial -Mike Miller  – WHOOPI HAS A MOMENTARY LAPSE OF REASON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Trump’s FTC Head Talks Just Like Elizabeth Warren – “Meet Andrew Ferguson, an Elizabeth Warren sound alike.” – Mish

Zelensky Charms CBS, as Trump Throws Impatient Tantrum – “Today brings us a new 60 Minutes interview with Zelensky, which was rife with ‘interesting’ moments, the first being Zelensky’s proclamation of his undying hatred for Putin: For his part, Trump erupted over the interview, calling CBS a failed station, and other predictable insults. The problem is, Trump has been floundering on his Ukraine position, digging himself a deeper hole out of desperation to save face over the failed talks with Russia. Trump went on the offensive to claim it is Biden’s conflict, after all. But at the same time, he goes on to brag that he was the president to give Ukraine its first big military boost with the Javelins, which won them their ‘first big battle’ and allegedly destroyed a lot of Russian tanks: So, whose war is it, really? This reeks of infant desperation:” – Simplicius

Spoils of war: Time for Trump to send off the clowns in Ukraine – “Talking directly to Putin across the big table might be the only way forward as the two clowns he has given the task to seem to be only prolonging the agony” – Martin Jay

Kamala Harris’ Coconut Tree Think Tank – “Governor, president, or policy institute creator — what’s her next career move? ” – Kelli Ballard  – KAMALA STARTING A THINK TANK. THAT OUGHT TO BE A GOOD ONE. BRING OUT THE VENN DIAGRAMS!!!!

A Conspiracy Theory That Is Being Pushed By The Left Claims That Something Really Big Is Going To Happen On April 20th – “Most people on the right have no idea just how crazed many people on the left have become. Right now, a conspiracy theory which claims that President Trump is preparing to declare martial law in the United States is spreading like wildfire on social media. Early last month, an article that was published by the San Francisco Chronicle got the ball rolling by highlighting the fact that the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Homeland Security will soon submit a report to President Trump recommending whether or not to invoke the Insurrection Act…” – Michael Snyder

A Brilliant European Stock Advisory – Sell, and Fast! – “The news that Jaguar and Land Rover have halted shipments of high-end vehicles has struck fear into the greedy hearts of American trophy wives. Everyone else in the U.S. couldn’t care less about British luxury, as President Trump moves to reinvigorate America’s auto industry. One has to wonder whether or not the Europeans have forgotten economics completely. The Europeans simply have no cards at all. In the end, I suspect, the people of Europe will have to lower their expectations and tighten their belts. ” – Phil Butler

 

 

 

ECONOMIC NEWS

SITUATION-CRITICAL. WARP SPEED “FINANCIAL EUGENICS.” (DESTROYED FROM WITHIN WITH PURPOSE). (VIDEO) – Gregory Mannarino

China Limits Stock Sales To Maintain Impression Of Stability, As Bessent Hints At Boosting Treasury Buybacks If Fed Does Nothing – Tyler Durden

No, a 50-percent tariff doesn’t mean a 50-percent price hike – “The tariff doomsday machine is roaring again. This time, it’s over talk of a 50% tariff on certain imports. Predictably, the panic-peddlers are out in force, warning that such a tariff means retail prices will skyrocket 50%. It’s an easy line to chant, but it’s wrong — flat wrong — and anyone with a basic grasp of economics should know better.” – Randy White

Just What Does A World In Which The Dollar Isn’t Reserve Currency Look Like? – Michael Every

Here’s Why This Gold Run is Just Getting Started – “Unpack the latest in the gold market and what it could mean over the long term. – Nomi Prins

Tariffs Trigger Looming Financial Crisis (VIDEO) -“When Trump announced these reciprocal tariffs, he was so proud. All this fanfare, this is liberation day: He’s like, ‘This is great, I’m hitting them, America is fighting back, we’ve been screwed over, we’ve been taken advantage of, now we’re fighting back, this is our Independence Day, this is our liberation.’ It was all BS. What I said at the time on my podcast is he’s liberating us from our standard of living, from all of our low-cost goods. He’s liberating us from low interest rates, he’s liberating us from our stock portfolios and our equity in those portfolios.‘” – Peter Schiff

‘This Is Not About Tariffs’: Ray Dalio Fears “Something Worse Than A Recession” – “Billionaire investor Ray Dalio warned that President Trump’s shifting tariff policy is part of a broader set of economic and geopolitical pressures that could trigger a crisis “worse than a recession.” “I think that right now we are at a decision-making point and very close to a recession,” Dalio said. “And I’m worried about something worse than a recession if this isn’t handled well.” The founder of the world’s largest hedge fund, Bridgewater Associates, said in an interview with NBC’s Meet the Press that the foundation of the American economy – the “monetary order” — is under threat.” – Tyler Durden

 

 

SURVIVAL, PREPAREDNESS AND SELF-SUFFICIENCY

When the World Changes: Surviving Environmental TEOTWAWKI – “My wife doesn’t believe in man-made climate change any more than I do. The climate has always been changing. That’s reality. But that doesn’t mean that the world is going to end in the next ten years if we don’t give billions of dollars to government bureaucrats and the more extreme environmental organizations. In reality, I find that the average prepper is just as concerned about the environment as most non-preppers are. In other words, we don’t willingly destroy our environment. More than that, we care about the impact that our environment has on us, which clearly includes environmental TEOTWAWKI events, such as a CME, the eruption of the Yellowstone super-volcano, and a massive asteroid striking the Earth. But it’s not limited to those major disasters, as most smaller disasters are environmental events as well.” – Bill White

Health Prepping: Did AI Just Cut Cancer Risk by 90%? – John Rubino

20 Cheap Items You Can Use As Gardening Supplies – Heidi Hawthorn

Scurvy and the SHTF- “Are you prepared for the potential of scurvy? Yeah, I know what you’re saying….scurvy is so 19th century….That can’t possibly be a problem for me, SHTF or not! Well, read on, dear Prepper, and you can draw your own conclusions about whether scurvy might be a real problem for you or not, if the you-know-what starts spinning and the you-know-what gets to hitting it.” – Rowan O’Malley

When to Harvest Butternut Squash or Pumpkins (How to Cure and Store) – Deanna Talerico  – SAVE THIS ONE FOR THE FALL!!!

 

 

VERSES FOR THE DAY FOR HOLY WEEK

Mark 11:12-14    And on the morrow, when they were come from Bethany, he was hungry: And seeing a fig tree afar off having leaves, he came, if haply he might find any thing thereon: and when he came to it, he found nothing but leaves; for the time of figs was not yet.  And Jesus answered and said unto it, No man eat fruit of thee hereafter for ever. And his disciples heard it.

 

 

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THE BIG PICTURE

Is “De-Dollerization” On The Table? BRICS Summit Approaches As Trade War Simmers – “For many years now I have been talking about the growing global economic divide between East and West. This volatile opposition between the BRICS nations and the US is not a product of the Trump era. It has been decades in the making with a myriad of complex working parts and numerous US trading partners have been preparing for the fallout as far back as 2008. At the same time behind the scenes there have been malicious influences at play: Special interests within the Davos community have been working diligently to undermine the US economy and the dollar. But what is the ultimate aim of this agenda?” – Brandon Smith

Desperate housewife of South Dakota, Kristi Noem wants you to use Real ID. Say no. Here is how. – Sasha Latypova – INCLUDES A GOOD SATIRE OF KRISTI’S REAL ID AD ON X!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Cobwebs and Chemtrails: Prophecy, Policy, and the Battle for Our Skies – Sayer Ji

Trump-Vance billionaire backer Peter Thiel sells ‘Smart AI warfighting’ system to NATO while talking up U.S. trade war with China – “Stock in Thiel’s company, Palantir, soars Monday on news of major new deal inked with NATO Allied Command Operations. Thiel is an agent of the global deep state and the Western military-industrial complex. He not only co-founded PayPal, which was intended to replace paper money with digital and conditioned Americans to accept digital transactions, he also was one of the earliest investors in Facebook.” – Leo Hohmann – HAVE LINKED ON THIEL AND PALANTIR BOTH IN THE PAST. PUT EITHER ONE IN THE SITE’S SEARCH BAR FOR MORE ARTICLES!!!!

RFK Jr Moves to Block Food Stamps from Buying Sugary Soft Drinks – “Kennedy is making waves due to his stance on eliminating junk food from the American diet. Specifically, he’s been targetting the ability to purchase these food and drinks on welfare schemes such as the food stamp program.” – Nick R. Hamilton

3 Decades Wiped from Life Expectancy of Covid-Vaxxed – Frank Bergman

NEWS

Systemic Considerations – “Whatever else you think is happening in our world, contraction is the reality-based order-of-the-day, and everything else is downstream of that. The world has to get by with less. Nothing is going to fix this for everybody, though any number of schemes for redistributing what’s left will preoccupy the political mojo. Right now, it’s tariffs, which are an attempt to restore industry ceded to the formerly left-behind people elsewhere in the world — taking back what we used to do. Many of us are aware that the hour for this is late. We’ve already lived through our decades of pumping cheap oil out of American ground, extracting the ores, fashioning the metal into I-beams and rails, raising the skyscrapers, laying the asphalt ribbons of highway, and strewing the landscape with split-level houses and strip-malls. Let’s not try a re-run of that. What have we got to work with?” – James Howard Kunstler

Arrests Are Imminent! – “Maybe you saw or heard the news that Attorney General Pam Bondi says “Huge Arrest Coming Within the Next 24 Hours.” That was more than 24 hours ago – and the promised “arrest” has not happened. More to the point, the promised arrests have not happened. The arrests of criminals such as the pedophiles on Epstein’s list, for instance. Nor the “COVID” criminals – including Dr. Fauci and the head of Pfizer, Anthony Bourla. They are free to make book deals and give speeches (Fauci) and to continue manufacturing dangerous drugs (Bourla). Gretchen Whitmer and Kathy Hochul and JB Pritzker are still the governors of their respective states, despite having turned their states into police states.” – Eric Peters  – ALL A PART OF THE DOG AND PONY SHOW. FUNNY HOW NOTHING REALLY CHANGES NO MATTER WHO IS THE SO-CALLED “EL PRESIDENTE”!!!

Wild Boars – “The European Zionists who created the modern state of Israel may have been cursed from the beginning, not because they were Jews, but because they were urbanites. In other words, they were not then, and are not now, farmers or ranchers, to use the American term. Americans throughout the midwest and south know what feral pigs can do. Whole service industries have grown up to control wild pig populations, and repairing and protecting farms, ranges and suburbs from their rapacious environmental damage. Americans embrace their natural rights to protect themselves, their children and their property, and to bear arms. Palestinians, on the other hand, live under Israeli laws that do not rest on a written Constitution, but reflect only the shifting needs of Zionism. It is “illegal” for them to bear arms, or otherwise protect their property from settlers, or from the feral pigs those settlers send their way.” – Karen Kwiatkowski

Critiquing President Trump & Musk Has Become SHREWISH – “Why are various Libertarian and conservative news sites becoming so pronounced with anti-Trump rhetoric? Trump has been in office 83 days. And the sour-mouth shrews are everywhere. ” – Helena Glass

A Revocation of Consent – “As Trump approaches the 90 day mark of his second term, there are reasons for encouragement, but there’s also a sense that none of this has gone according to plan. Without criticizing the man, I understand the role of the presidency, especially a controversial presidency. Everything he does has to be defended in court. That’s not something with which Democrat presidents are encumbered. Look at the level of outright criminality taking place in every agency from the FBI itself to the Department of Agriculture and everything in between.” – T.L. Davis

The DOGE Is All Wrong – “You can’t do a wrong thing the right way. What we need is an effective government that does the right thing. The DOGE associated with Elon Musk can’t seem to recognize that you can’t do a wrong thing the right way. If you’re doing a wrong thing, you must stop doing it. Period. Genocidal nuclear missiles are wrong. Stop building them. Genocide in Gaza is wrong. Stop supplying Israel with weapons. Waging war for peace is wrong. Stop doing it. You don’t do it by rewarding it with more money. But that’s exactly what President Trump, Elon Musk, and Congress are doing. They all seek a trillion dollar war budget. They all want the Pentagon to grow and then grow some more.” – Bill Astore

Bomb, Bomb, Bomb Mexico? – “According to press accounts, the Trump administration, which some right-wing libertarians have humorously described as being “antiwar,” is now contemplating dropping bombs on Mexico. Yes, real bombs that kill people and destroy things, just like the bombs that U.S. national-security state officials used to kill people in Iraq, which, like Mexico, never attacked or invaded the United States. More specifically, such a bombing campaign would target drug cartels in Mexico. Make no mistake about it. When one nation-state drops bombs on another nation-state, that is an act of war.” – Jacob G. Hornberger

China’s Century of Humiliation (VIDEO) – “The key to understanding Chinese foreign policy today. From the 1840s through the 1940s, China endured what Chinese people today call “the century of shame and humiliation,” when Western powers, and later Japan, took full advantage of historical happenstance to exploit China as much as they could.” – Ohio Barbarian

Incoming German government from hell enthusiastically promises to artificially inflate energy prices, regrets that the social welfare state must absorb ever more of our income – eugyppius

Three Arguments For & Against Russia Extending Its “Energy Ceasefire” With Ukraine – Andrew Korybko

ECONOMIC NEWS

GET OUT OF THE DOLLAR… I REPEAT! GET OUT OF THE DOLLAR NOW. (Critical Updates). (VIDEO) – Gregory Mannarino

Is It Too Late? – “One of the questions rarely asked regarding the ongoing American crisis is whether we have passed the point where reform is possible. Few want to consider that possibility for obvious reasons. If reform through the regular political process is no longer possible, then only unpleasant alternatives remain. One of those alternatives is some form of collapse. Typically, the reason for dumping treasuries is a liquidity issue, either in the system as a whole or in a segment of it. In this case, the consensus is that hedge funds were raising cash due to the market decline. That could be true, but it is also possible the basis trade was unraveling. This is when hedge funds bet on tiny changes in treasury yields—a major way they generate profits within the system. When Trump’s tariffs caused this system to go haywire, triggering a panicked demand for cash, he had no choice but to back off. It was not that the bond market revolted due to a philosophical disagreement with the policy. Rather, this massive system is a house of cards that cannot tolerate even minor disruptions. Trump’s tariff regime should not have caused chaos, but the fact that it did suggests even small changes are no longer viable.” – The Z Man – GOOD EXPLANATION FOR THOSE NOT FAMILIAR WITH HOW THINGS REALLY WORK IN THE MARKETS!!!

Yield Spreads Suggest The Risk Isn’t Over Yet – Lance Roberts

Trade, Tariffs, Currencies, Colonialism, the Gold Watch and Everything – “The present-day tariff-trade-war conflicts boil down to Neocolonial strategies to gain control of markets for exports and resource extraction on terms that are only favorable to the Neocolonial power. Let’s start by dispensing with the conveniently pliable fantasy of “free trade.”” – Charles Hugh Smith

As Global Tariffs Escalate, The Elites Are Buying Gold & Silver (VIDEO ) with Andrew Sleigh – Sprott Money

SURVIVAL, PREPAREDNESS AND SELF-SUFFICIENCY

Diseases That Will Affect Everyone After a SHTF Event – “When the SHTF event hits, the chaos won’t just be about looting, violence, or food shortages—it’ll be about the silent killers creeping in through contaminated water, infected wounds, and the very air you breathe. Most preppers focus on stockpiling weapons and canned goods, but the real threat after a SHTF event will be the diseases that modern medicine once kept at bay.” – Bob Rodgers

Cheap Items That Could Save Your Life During an EMP – “Hand tools will be a true lifesaver in a post-EMP world. Hammers, multitools, hatchets, handsaws, screwdrivers, pliers, and adjustable wrenches will be called on every day to handle the jobs you’ll need to do.” – Eric Beuning

Stonemasonry: Building a Stone Wall – John Vivian

Prep Chat 4/13/25 Prepping Groups & Keeping The Household Together. (VIDEO) – Modern Refugee.

Aran Dharmeratnam of Tri Tier Training Discusses the Importance of Blending in – Mark Jacobs

VERSE FOR THE DAY

John 12:31    Now is the judgment of this world: now shall the prince of this world be cast out.

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THE BIG PICTURE

Peace In Heaven, Strife On Earth – “Today is Palm Sunday. According to tradition, today we celebrate Jesus’ arrival in Jerusalem, surrounded by His followers and disciples. According to the Gospels it was quite a large crowd! All were praising His name. All were giving glory to God. All had heard Jesus’ teachings of mercy and forgiveness and felt uplifted by them. All celebrated Him as the Messiah, as the Christ. All looked longingly and passionately to Him for redemption, for forgiveness, for mercy….for salvation. All were sinners. On this the Sunday before Easter we often hear much about Jesus, about His coming to Jerusalem, about what awaited Him—arrest, crucifixion, death, and resurrection. But what about the people? ” – Peter Nayland Kust

Hateful Curmudgeon – “Sadly, I have now become a hateful curmudgeon. I’ve always been a bit of a curmudgeon, at least since after the age of 60, but only recently have I become hateful. I admit this reluctantly, and I must say that I still consider this description to be largely selective, meaning I don’t think I am hateful to everyone (being a curmudgeon, however, typically applies with no discrimination). And even the word “hateful” isn’t quite accurate. I don’t HATE anyone, for any reason. This is more like disgust, disagreement, and incredulousness (I don’t know if that is even a word). I have come to this realization after several years of personal observation.” – Todd Hayen, PhD, RP – GOOD ONE FROM TODD AS USUAL. READ IT AND YOU WILL SEE WHY HE HAS BECOME A HATEFUL CURMUDGEON !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Did Head of CDC Vaccine Safety Office Delete COVID Vaccine Injury Records? – Michael Nevradakis, Ph.D.

How They Drive Us Crazy – “or try to … Sometime in sixty-plus years since I was afflicted in childhood, having measles has become tantamount to a national emergency, and a death ‘attributed’ to or even temporally linked with measles has become a epic tragedy. And why? It’s because the authorities are SO VERY CONCERNED about our welfare and well-being and our precious lives, that’s why! Every death counts! Every life matters! Except when it comes to other things, many other things, like unnecessary war. Like the blind eye and ear turned to jab-related deaths and miseries.” – New Zealand Doc

You got a licence for that? – “The most anodyne of everyday activities are now regulated, banned or criminalised by the state” – Josie Appleton.

Vaccines Cause Autism: The Burden of Proof Has Been Met – “They said the autism science was settled. It isn’t. In fact, it now shows what many have long suspected—and others have tried desperately to suppress.” – Sayer Ji

UNTOLD HISTORY: Constructing the New Testament – How the Famous Book ACTUALLY Came to Be – Agent131711  – AGENT131711″S SERIES CONTINUES!!!

Your Brain is the Next Battlespace – “All of this outer space hype might lead you to believe that the real battles of the 21st century are going to be taking place above Earth. But, with all due respect to Captain Kirk and his crew, space is not the final frontier, and whatever fireworks are taking place up in the night skies is simply a distraction from the real battle taking place down here on Earth. Yes, as it turns out, outer space isn’t the next great battlespace. Inner space is.” – James Corbett

NEWS

Reflections from the Heart of the Empire: Money Talks and Bullshit Walks – “Throw in the fact that fewer than half of Americans sympathize with Israel over the Palestinians, a number that is plummeting right now because of those massacred medics, and Big Oil and the Pentagon start to see advantages for themselves in ending the Zionist ethnic cleansing project. Did you hear those two big bells quietly tolling, Netanyahu? Your destiny is closer than you think. Expect a large American oil company announcing divestment from your insignificant country by the end of the year. Now you’re up against the real movers and shakers of the Empire. Do you begin to feel the weight? Speaking of insignificant countries in the eyes of the Empire, Ukraine will have to cede those 4 ethnic majority Russian eastern oblasts to the Russian Federation.” – Ohio Barbarian – THE BARBARIAN’S WEEKLY NEWS WRAP UP!!!

Where does Kennedy’s compromise end? – Jon Rappoport

The newest hate crime in England: ‘Speak English’ *UPDATED* – “The Mother Country of Great Britain gave the American colonists the idea that free speech is a good thing. That’s why it’s so tragic to see that free speech in the United Kingdom is rapidly becoming a distant memory. I say this because we’ve just learned that the newest “hate crime” in England, a country determined to control its citizens’ speech, is asking someone to speak English.” – Andrea Widburg

Democrats Found Their Next Anti-Trump Conspiracy – “You knew it was coming: the next big conspiracy theory about President Trump. They clung to Russia as long as humanly possible, parlayed that into “He’s Putin’s puppet,” and rolled into the idea that he’s corrupt beyond belief without being able to name anyway in which he is, in fact, corrupt, which would seem like a crucial element of a corruption charge. Well, now they’ve collectively come up with a new one, still vague, but new – insider trading. Elizabeth Warren told a reporter, “I think we need a full independent investigation into who was trading, who made money, who knew what and when they knew it.” You know who else has “prior knowledge of what the President would do”? Anyone who paid attention to anything he said about trade and tariffs over the last 20 years, at least. Everything the President has done is everything he said he would do; what he campaigned on. If you missed it somehow, or were caught off guard by it, you’re a moron. ” – Derek Hunter

Whitmer’s Out: Who Can Take the Reins in Michigan? – “Is the move to the political middle spreading?” – Sarah Cowgill

It’s Offical: UN Accuses Israel of Genocide in Gaza – Kit Klarenberg – SORT OF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

How the U.S. Government Pretends to Be a Democracy – “It’s done in the usual way that ‘democracies’ do: by fooling the public and then ‘justifying’ its actions by citing polls showing that the public has been successfully fooled to support what it’s doing.” – Eric Zuesse

Audit: Cuomo Spent $453M On 247,343 Medical Devices For COVID… State Used Only 3 – “Worse, the waste was only compounded by the state’s utter neglect of its fiduciary duties to taxpayers. Rather than finding buyers for the once-valuable assets, bureaucrats have been content to let the equipment age and decay in warehouses. As if the erosion of the stockpiles weren’t bad enough, New York is also wasting money on storage costs. ” – Tyler Durden – SOMEBODY MADE MONEY OFF OF THIS SOMEWHERE. THIS ONE REEKS OF CORRUPTION!!

Man With CZ Scorpion Charged With Pistol Brace Ownership, May Set Dangerous Precedent – “In 2021, the Biden Administration tasked the ATF with targeting and cracking down on firearms equipped with accessories known as “pistol braces.” These accessories were originally designed to allow disabled gun owners to “brace” a handgun against their forearm, aiding in shooting longer and heavier firearms with one hand. According to a study from the Congressional Research Service, up to 40 million of these firearms are in private ownership throughout the country. But that wasn’t going to stop Biden’s Department of Justice and ATF from working to make owners of these pistol-brace-equipped firearms into felons with the stroke of a pen. To do this, ATF decided to reclassify virtually all pistols with stabilizing braces as “short-barreled rifles” Biden’s rule is no longer in effect, and ATF has been ordered not to enforce it. But this hasn’t stopped anti-gun bureaucrats at ATF from attempting to continue to enforce the underlying legal theories that inspired the rule in the first place. And now, we have our first example of this in the case U.S. v. Taranto.” – Gun Owners of America,

US and Iran talk again. Is war really off the table? – “Their first indirect talks in years offer a diplomatic opening, but deep mistrust and military preparations threaten progress” – Farhad Ibragimov

Worsening Tensions Between Algeria & The Sahelian Alliance Put Russia In A Predictable Dilemma – Andrew Korybko

ECONOMIC NEWS

MARKETS A LOOK AHEAD: THIS WILL BE THE NEXT SHOE TO DROP… (BE READY FOR IT). (VIDEO) – Gregory Mannarino – LONG ONE FROM GREG TODAY. LISTEN UP!!!

Confused? Join the Club: Inflation Plunges While Inflation Expectations Spike – John Rubino

Tariff Clown Show Continues, Tech Tariffs Back On, Separately – “What a revolving door circus Trump’s tariff policy has become.” – Mish

10-Year Treasury Yield Snaps Back to February’s 4.5%, Yield Curve Re-Un-Inverts, Mortgage Rates Back at 7% – “The aggressive Bash-Down by the White House of long-term Treasury yields and the dollar since January worked. Until it didn’t.” – Wolf Richter

Weekly Market Recap: Basis Trade Blowing Up (VIDEO) – “And if it gets out of control, it could trigger a financial crisis” – Adam Taggart

Federal Budget: Q1 2025 – DOGE has not Moved the Needle – Schiff Gold

SURVIVAL, PREPAREDNESS AND SELF-SUFFICIENCY

16 Best Gardening Books + Other Homestead Guides – Deanna Talerico

Different Types of Farm Fencing – “You’ve got a piece of land and a dream to keep some livestock, but your place doesn’t have good fences — not yet, anyway. Many types of fences are available, and installing a fence is a job you can do yourself. Fencing can range from about $200 to $1,500 per quarter mile (1,320 feet), but your selection criteria will involve more than just the cost. Your choice should be based on the livestock you want, the terrain of your land, the life span of various fencing options and the amount of effort and tools it will take to build and maintain each type.” – Steve Maxwell

The Repair Teardown – Part 2- “A factor that makes it difficult for the average homeowner to do their own repair jobs is that some manufacturers design their products to be serviced solely by them and not by you. Something to look for in a product before you buy it would be to find out how easy it is to repair. Product reviews are a way of doing that. A very helpful piece of information when viewing a product’s reviews is to look for a notice on the frequency of returns; this can be a more accurate indicator of the value of the item than the customer reviews are.” – R.T.

Best Tasting Powdered Milk 20-Year Shelf Life Long Term Storage – Ken Jorgustin

7 Household Items That Can Fertilize Your Garden Naturally – Alexa Weeks

VERSES FOR THE DAY

Romans 3:23-24     For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;  Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:

IMAGE FOR THE DAY

LYRIC FOR THE WEEK 

I saw a werewolf with a Chinese menu in his hand
Walking through the streets of Soho in the rain
He was looking for the place called Lee Ho Fook’s
Going to get a big dish of beef chow mein
Werewolves of London

If you hear him howling around your kitchen door
Better not let him in
Little old lady got mutilated late last night
Werewolves of London again
Werewolves of London

He’s the hairy handed gent who ran amuck in Kent
Lately he’s been overheard in Mayfair
Better stay away from him
He’ll rip your lungs out, Jim
I’d like to meet his tailor
Werewolves of London

Well, I saw Lon Chaney walking with the Queen
Doing the werewolves of London
I saw Lon Chaney, Jr. walking with the Queen
Doing the werewolves of London
I saw a werewolf drinking a pina colada at Trader Vic’s
His hair was perfect
Werewolves of London again
Draw blood

( Werewolves of London Warren Zevon, Waddy Watchtel and Leroy Marinell )

 

 

THE BIG PICTURE

Stop pretending, you feudal media lords – “This is a Berlin Wall moment. Forget the liberal press. You feudal CONSERVATIVE media lords are becoming a red meat story yourselves. An intriguing story. Because you have no good reason for concealing the whole MEDICAL TRUTH NOW from your readers. See, you’re way off on your estimate of what MAHA really means. It isn’t an afterthought on Trump. Not at all. Without knowing it, you’re strangers in a strange land. It isn’t stop the COVID vaccine and clean up some chemicals in the food supply and we’re all good. Far from it. You can’t walk in this strange land and play superficial games. You look completely stupid. In fact, you look like the people who defended the Berlin Wall and kept it propped up as long as they could. You want to have it both ways. You yell about COVID and Biden once in a while, and you protect the bulk of the most corrupt medical system in the world. It’s not going to work.” – Jon Rappoport

The real dirt on the future of farming (VIDEO) – “As tariffs dominate the headlines and the “Make America Healthy Again” (MAHA) gains its place in the national conversation, the people who grow our food find themselves caught in an interesting tug-of-war. Zahra Sethna sits down with returning guest Chris Rawley, CEO of investment platform Harvest Returns, to unpack the forces reshaping the future of agriculture — from trade policy and food tech to raw milk, glyphosate lawsuits, and the role of robots in the fields.” – Collapse Life

The Stablecoin Trap: The Backdoor to Total Financial Control – “The walls are closing in on your financial freedom—but not in the way most Americans believe. While the debate rages over the future threat of Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs), a far more insidious reality has already taken hold: our existing financial system already functions as a digital control grid, monitoring transactions, restricting choices, and enforcing compliance through programmable money.” – Aaron McKeon

33 Shocking Facts That Prove That The Entire U.S. Healthcare Industry Has Become One Giant Money Making Scam – Michael Snyder

84% of Christians REJECT this Key Biblical Truth – “This is mind-blowing… The bottom line is that only 16% of self-identified Christians believe in the existence and influence of all three persons of the Trinity.” – Jim McCraigh

Who Wrote the Bible? – Questioning My Religion [Part 4] – Agent131711 – MORE FROM AGENT13711 QUESTIONING HIS BELIEFS. INTERESTING SERIES!!

Does the UK’s “REACT-2” antibody study prove that a novel virus was in circulation in 2020? – “TL;DR This study is a “hot mess” which tells us nothing.” – Jonathan Engler, Martin Neil and Jessica Hockett

Geothermal electricity generation – “Geothermal power stations are mature technology with proven performance, reliable operation and ideal for baseload generation. The units are synchronous, so they support the grid. The production from them is considered by most to be renewable. They do not use fossil fuels to provide the heat. It is not “carbon free”, but no generation truly is. It has a relatively small footprint, environment harm is low, and it can coexist with farming or industrial development. Most developments have a cheaper energy cost than onshore wind, using published accounts for analysis. For countries or areas where the resource is there, geothermal generation is very viable.” – Chris Morris – SOMEWHAT LONG, BUT A VERY INTERESTING READ!!!!

Water Wars, Begun They Have – “Water conflicts are on the rise around the world, according to data from the Pacific Institute.” – Tyler Durden

The Self-Amplifying RNA Vaccine Threat and the Rise of Bio-Digital Warfare – “Biotech without consent: saRNA meets the surveillance state.” – Sayer Ji

 

 

 

NEWS

Is This What We Voted For? – “Rubio gloats about deporting 300 students for protesting, non-violently, against murder/ genocide. Trump has a plan to have US citizen/criminals deported to a maximum security prison in El Salvador. And once again he’a regaling Gaza as a wonderful piece of real estate Israel gave away (Israel illegally took Gaza in 1967 war that Israel started). That same land, Israel occupied from then to now (UN decreed, in vain, for Israel to withdraw from occupied Palestine). Two evil twins, Donald/Bibi, having lunch in the Oval Office, expounding on the residents of Gaza, free to live safely wherever they want—as long as it’s not Gaza. Until then, continue on with the slaughter of innocents. Trump tells it that Iran will experience a bad day if they do not come to terms, while sitting with Netanyahu who possesses illegal nuclear arms. Remember how we got here.” – Erik @ neverhadaboss.com – ERIK IS SPOT ON AS USUAL. NO WE DID NOT VOTE FOR THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

A Financial Coup: How the Deep State Is Using Manufactured Crises to Seize Power – “What we’re witnessing is the calculated use of emergency powers to concentrate power in the hands of the president, enrich the Deep State, and dismantle what remains of economic and constitutional safeguards. Nearly 250 years after our nation’s founders rebelled over abused property rights, Americans are once again being subjected to taxation without any real representation, all the while the government continues to do whatever it likes—levy taxes, rack up debt, spend outrageously and irresponsibly—with little concern for the plight of its citizens. Nothing has changed for the better with Donald Trump. Indeed, it’s getting worse by the day.” – John & Nisha Whitehead

Did You Support this Regime, Profit by it, Sell it as Good? I Hereby Declare You Canceled. – “You stole the hope of three generations.” – Elizabeth Nickson – INTERESTING READ!!!

Tariffs – Trump Blinks Again – “The high China tariffs would inevitably lead to a steep raise of U.S. prices for consumer electronics which, at least partially, are nowadays coming from China. For big U.S. companies, foremost Apple, this would have entailed large losses. So Trump blinked again:” – Moon of Alabama

Why China won’t call a ‘tariff-wielding barbarian’ – “Three wise monkeys are perfectly aware of what a pigeon posing as eagle is really up to. The Toddler Temper Tantrum-style Trump Tariff Tizzy (TTT), now accelerated to 145% – and counting – is yet another thunderous trademark pigeon smashing the chessboard gambit. It won’t work. Trump claimed that China would call him to “make a deal”. That’s reality show territory. Reality is more like the statement by the Customs Tariff Commission of the State Council: “Given that U.S. exports to China already have no market acceptability under the current tariff rates, if the U.S. further imposes additional tariffs on Chinese goods, China will simply ignore them.” Translation: keep vociferating/tariffing. We don’t care. And we will stop buying from you. Anything. The Chinese Foreign Ministry: A “tariff-wielding barbarian can never expect a call from China.”” – Pepe Escobar

Trump Orders Military To Seal Southern Border As US Accelerates Hemispheric Defense – “Days after NBC reported that the Trump administration had considered launching drone strikes on drug cartels in Mexico, President Trump issued a memorandum Friday night to the heads of four federal departments, expanding the U.S. military’s role in securing the southern border ” – Tyler Durden

Another Week In the Twilight Zone – “One day we will really all be victims. Many Americans will be relieved to learn that US Embassy employees and their families in China can no longer have “romantic or sexual relations” with local Chinese. It is certainly a move long past due which will keep us safer together with those 125% tariffs that we will be hitting the Chinks with. But beyond that good news, it has been another interesting week in the fantasy world created and sustained by President Donald J Trump.” – Philip Giraldi

Bill Maher Breaks His Silence on His Private Meeting With President Trump – “You won’t believe what you’re about to hear. Bill Maher just spilled the beans about his private meeting with President Trump on his show, Real Time, describing Trump as “different” in person than he expected. “And I know, as I say, that millions of liberal sphincters just tightened. Oh, my God, Bill. Are you going to say something nice about him? What I’m going to do is report exactly what happened. “You decide what you think about it. And if that’s not enough pure Trump hate for you, I don’t give a f***,” Maher said.” – The Vigilant Fox

Trump Concocted the ‘Tariffs Hoax’ to ‘Decouple’ with China – Mike Whitney

These Are Most Common Types Of Fraud In America – Americans are losing more money to scams than ever before. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) estimates that Americans lost $12.5 billion to fraud schemes in 2024, up $2.5 billion from the previous year. In 2023, consumers around the world lost almost half a trillion dollars to scams.”” – Tyler Durden

Israel is About to Empty Gaza – “The Israeli government, backed by the Trump administration, is laying the groundwork for the full expulsion of Palestinians from Gaza, a move that has the potential to ignite a regional conflagration.” – Chris Hedges

Netanyahu enforces Jewish nazism in Israel. – “Jewish nazism — that’s to say Jewish racist-supremacist expansionist nationalism, or “Zionism” — is now being enforced by the far-righting Israeli President Netanyahu against dissenters in his own military, though not yet as forcefully as Hitler did in his German variety of this ideology (he had such dissenters promptly executed; so, Netanyahu isn’t yet as extremist as Hitler was).” – Eric Zuesse

 

 

 

ECONOMIC NEWS

AMERICA AND THE US DOLLAR ARE DEAD. ITS REALLY OVER… (CRITICAL UPDATES). (VIDEO) – Gregory Mannarino

Trump Plays with Fire – “Bear markets are for the patient few. Those who can resist the countless occasions to lose money. With each bounce comes an opportunity for investors to buy higher so they can later sell lower. Major U.S. stock market indexes continue to deliver whipsaw results. The selloffs are abrupt. While the bounces come with incredible vitality. The timing can be tricky. Dip buyers pile into the rallies and attempt to trade the swings. Others see what look to be discounted share prices. The apparent deals are too good to resist.” – MN Gordon

Dead Bull Walking – “The bull is dead. But no one’s told your portfolio yet. Volatility is flaring. Headlines are swinging from panic to euphoria. One day it’s a crash, the next it’s a 10% rally. Every move feels like a trap. Trump announced a 90-day pause on most tariffs two days ago — a headline that lit up screens and triggered a wave of panic buying. But the truth is, the pause doesn’t matter” – Greg Guenthner

THE DEEPER DIVE: The Economic World Order Is Cracking up and Taking the Dollar Down with it – “This may be my most earth-shattering Deeper Dive to date.” -David Haggith

A Week Is A Long Time In Politics And Markets – “The irresistible force of Trump has hit the immovable rock of Economic and Market Reality. The inconsistencies of Trump’s tariff policies – the centre-plank of his economic understanding – have been exposed as bogus. It begs the question – What Next? Which is why markets are braced for even more dislocation.” – Bill Blain

Tariff-Related Auto Price Increases Have Arrived, Will Get Much Worse – “New Car Prices Are Ticking Up. Sales “Hangover” is Likely as Trade Wars Heat Up.” – Mish

Deflation On Deck? – “Some Teasing Hints In The PPI Data” – Peter Nayland Kust

Gold Jumps $200: Is This A New Era? (VIDEO) – Schiff Gold Friday Gold Wrap

 

 

 

SURVIVAL, PREPAREDNESS AND SELF-SUFFICIENCY

Buy Tangible Hard Assets With Your Devaluing Dollars – “While we need dollars to pay bills, purchase consumable supplies, and accumulate savings, the dollar constantly depreciates. The dollar is not an investment; it is only a medium of exchange.” – Ken Jorgustin

Building a prepper food stockpile on a budget: A practical guide for every household – “In an era of unpredictable events and rising costs, building a food stockpile has become a practical strategy for anyone seeking security and peace of mind. If you stockpile food, you can get a sense of security and stability because it is a practical way to ensure your family’s well-being during financial hardships, natural disasters or personal crises.” – Zoey Sky

The Repair Teardown – Part 1 – “My dad lived through the Great Depression on a farm in the western plains of Minnesota. When there was a breakdown of the machinery there was no thought of ordering a replacement from the Sears & Roebuck catalog as they needed it “right now” and not in 4-to-8 months. Their only options were; go to town to the hardware store, or the blacksmith shop, or fix it themselves. I was born and grew up in the city after they sold the farm, but he never abandoned his frugal handyman ways, which I inherited. Although I did not think it was unusual that he would spend an afternoon pulling nails from old boards to save them, it did get my attention.” – R.T.

15 Survival DIY Projects You’ll Need When the Grid Goes Down – Cache Valley Prepper

The humble Potato: Nutritional benefits and how to enjoy it the healthy way – Originating in the Andes, potatoes became a global staple due to their hardiness and nutritional value. A medium baked potato with its skin on provides fiber, potassium (more than a banana), vitamins B6 and C, and antioxidants.”” – Laura Harris

 

 

 

VERSE FOR THE DAY

Proverbs 14:11    The house of the wicked shall be overthrown: but the tabernacle of the upright shall flourish.

 

IMAGES FOR THE DAY

THE BIG PICTURE

Government and medical establishment continue to poison our children with mercury and then lie about it to parents – “Thimerosal, an ingredient in several childhood vaccines, is linked to autism and other neurodevelopmental disorders” – Leo Hohmann

It’s not a Pediatric Vaccination Schedule—let’s call it what it really is: the Pediatric Poisoning Schedule. – Dr. Sherri Tenpenny on X

UN Shipping Tax to Fuel Global Tyranny – “A powerful but little-known UN agency is quietly plotting to impose global taxes on all international maritime shipping under the guise of fighting CO2 emissions and “climate change.” Americans are expected to pay the bulk of the financial costs. But all of humanity will bear the brunt of a radically empowered UN.  Historically, the UN’s inability to impose taxes has served as one of the most powerful restraints on its power. Once it has direct access to money without being forced to beg its member governments, it can fund “peace” armies, police, courts, bureaucracy, social-engineering, propaganda, and more essentially without limit.” – Alex Newman

Scientists Shocked: World’s FIRST Peer-Reviewed Paper Confirms Pfizer mRNA Vaccine Contaminated with DNA and Dangerous SV40 Enhancer (VIDEO) – “We finally have it—the very first published scientific evidence showing that the mRNA vaccine, Pfizer vaccines, were contaminated with bacterial plasmid DNA” – Aussie17

In Defense of America’s Most Hated Energy Source – “The fuel that built modern America isn’t obsolete… It’s essential!” – Dr. Matthew Wielicki

Steve Kirsch Claims He Has “The Inside Scoop” About RFK Jr.’s Surface Level Party Line Speak On MMR For “Measles” – “”Has RFK Gone Rogue” His Piece Asks—Comments Mostly Support Support And Patience, But Some Are Never Returning To The Fold. I think “Inside Scoop” was overplayed. No sources, named or unnamed, very vague, no details. What I see: Kirsch got The Phone Call, and was essentially asked to tell people to stay calm, and know that RFK Jr. is playing the long game, has his reasons, has a strategy, the new CDC Director is sound, etc etc. We have heard this before. My beef is this: A) If this was so important, as wartime messaging, why couldn’t the very wealthy Steve Kirsch make it free content?” – Celia Farber – GOOD POINT FROM CELIA. I THINK THAT BOTH KIRSCH AND MALONE ARE  CONTROLLED OPPOSITION!!

Hawaii’s First Measles Case Occurs After Gov’t Vaccination Campaign: Cause and Effect?- ” Hawaii rewrites vaccine exemption rules to pressure religious families to accept MMR jab.” – Jon Fleetwood

Idaho Legislature Clears Way for Ivermectin to Be Sold Over the Counter – “If the governor signs the bill into law, Idaho will become one of a handful of states to allow ivermectin sales without a prescription.” – Jack Phillips

NEWS

President for Life – “Not quite three months into Trump’s second term and there is talk – some of it emanating from Trump himself – about a third term. What that talk is really saying is that Trump may be considering a presidency for life. The kind that Idi Amin, the “president” of Uganda had. Well, why not? The hideous truth is we already have a de facto Idi Amin presidency and it preceded the inauguration of Trump (both of them). The president has not been the thing described in the Constitution for hundreds of years, at least since the presidency of John Adams ” – Eric Peters

The enemy of US industry Looking inward. – “I’d like to offer three important perspectives on US manufacturing that are seemingly absent in these hyperbolic times as the jingo of trade war drums is intersecting with populist mythology on trade: the idea that “US manufacturing is gone/has hollowed out” is not factually correct. it simply changed and moved as evolving industries do. US industrial output was like a bird hitting a window in 2008 and has not grown since. this change was abrupt and broke a long term tend from the 1940’s to now and there has been no recovery from it. this was not a result of tariffs or foreign action: it was caused domestically with bad energy and labor policy, over support of unions, and horrible litigation risks and hurdles especially driven by the EPA and other federal agencies. So long as this issue remains unresolved (and it does), if the world moved to 100% free trade tomorrow with no country limiting US goods and the US limiting no goods from any nation, this would not drive an onshoring of industry to the US. it would drive more industry offshore because that’s how comparative advantage works” – El Gato Malo

There’s Nothing Free about ‘Free Trade’ – “How “free” can international trade be if its proponents depend upon a labyrinthine system of rules that requires thousand-page treaties and guidance from the United Nations, the World Trade Organization, the Export-Import Bank of the United States, the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank, central banks galore, the Bank for International Settlements, international standards organizations, law firms (and more)…” – J.B. Shurk

Global tariff war: Key developments – “Washington has paused nearly all reciprocal tariffs for 90 days, excluding China, which now faces steep 125% tariffs” – RT

Migrants Told to Self-Deport or Pay Hefty Fines – “Ironic or deserved – sending them home the way they came. ” – Kelli Ballard

What’s This? Actual Application Of The Law? – “The Trump Administration has announced intent to actually apply the law for once. Which law? The law in 1996 that states that overstaying a visa, or otherwise remaining the US after being ordered removed, carries a civil fine of $998 per day of non-compliance, with a statue of limitations of five years (which is common to many offenses.) That’s a maximum (assuming five years) of $1,821,350 by the way, if you don’t have a calculator handy (365 x 5 x $998) Oh by the way, in case you forget, Bill Clinton was the one who signed that bill into law in 1996 so spare me any invective about how “mean” the GOP is. ” – Karl Denninger

It’s Time For Christian Zionists To Put Their Money Where Their Mouth Is – “Since Israel broke the ceasefire agreement and resumed its genocide of the Palestinians in Gaza almost a month ago, the IDF is deliberately and wantonly slaughtering over 100 precious, innocent little children every day. And there is barely a peep of protest by so-called Christians. And why should we expect anything different? Evangelical “Christians” have cheered for Israel’s mass murderous genocide and ethnic cleansing of the Palestinian people from the beginning—going all the way back to 1947. All over America, evangelicals—in public and private—justify this murderous carnage in Palestine on the outlandish and cultic belief that the Zionist State of Israel is a revived Old Testament Israel” – Chuck Baldwin

Russia–Iran–China: All for one, and one for all? – “Although perhaps not yet obvious to Washington, a US war on Iran will be viewed as one against Russia and China too. Both Putin and Xi know that Trump’s war is singularly directed at the transformational global ‘changes they are driving together.'” – Pepe Escobar

Iran’s regime unlikely to back down as Trump plays with fire – “The real worry now for Iran, China and the rest of the world is that Trump’s second term in office is more isolationist.” – Martin Jay

Austin Metcalf and the Endless Race War – “Recently, a young Black male killed another young White male. This is hardly news, seeing as how every day, young Black males kill. It’s a ‘hood workout. The apparent motive in this case, was that the young Black male felt “disrespected.” In ghetto culture, you don’t accept “disrespect.” You have to respond, too often in a deadly way. Now why this story has become national news is puzzling. But they did report this one. Why? And the reaction has been predictable; uniform and irrational Black solidarity online. I’m sure Joy Reid and the shrews from The View will be chiming in soon. There is no other racial group that would attempt to justify cold blooded murder. You couldn’t find a single White person on earth defending this killer, if the races were reversed. This case is as cut and dry as can be. A knife to the heart for being asked to move from a restricted area? This is the problem we face, and have faced for a very long time. It’s why I have African American Fatigue Syndrome (AAFS). We have to pretend that Blacks don’t kill Whites and Asians far, far more often than the reverse. If any White person kills any Black person, you’ll know, because it will become front page news.” – Donald Jeffries

What we should be wondering about IRS head’s resignation – “I think that, by now, it’s pretty clear that the Trump administration has a set of priorities that focus on illegal immigration, international trade, and removing absolutely anything that falls under the category of waste, fraud, and abuse. Everyone knows this. It’s obvious. Which is why it’s hilarious to me that the acting head of the IRS quit because of an agreement to share data with immigration officials. I find it interesting how many people would rather be without a job than do as they’re instructed by the Trump administration. Then they can go on and pretend to be the victim because they couldn’t do what their boss told them to do. If I don’t do what my bosses tell me to do, I get fired. That goes for everyone else.” – Tom Knighton

Fake news stoking regional war, Trump and Iran, Israel and Turkey – who will blink first? (VIDEO) – “The activity in West Asia is reaching a point that signals escalation – will there be a false flag or naked aggression against the entire Resistance Axis?” – Vanessa Beeley

ECONOMIC NEWS

(DOLLAR DEATH). US DOLLAR CRATERS AFTER TRUMP TARIFF PAUSE. (CRITICAL UPDATES). (VIDEO) – Gregory Mannarino

A Third of Yesterday’s Massive Rally Vanishes, Who Knew What When? – “Check out an interesting chart of options trading ahead of the rally.” – Mish

Trump Speaks and Stocks Spike, after Trump Spoke and Stocks Plunged (Makes You Wonder, Why even Own Stocks?) – Wolf Richter

Bathwater, Baby, and Silver – “Crashes like this one are fire sale scenarios. Everything goes. For the most part, it doesn’t matter how cheap or insulated the asset is. Even hedges like gold and silver get sold. Panic rules the day. This is the stage where leverage unwinds, and it does so violently. In other words, all the people who were long stocks on margin (debt) either sell or get liquidated. Price becomes irrelevant. Getting out is the only thing that matters. Those who owned 2x and 3x long ETFs sell in a panic. All of this leverage unwinding has a cascading effect across markets. ‘ – Adam Sharp

The Great American Liquidation Sale Has Begun, and Stocks Exploded Higher! – “It’s “sell America” everywhere in a tectonic-scale economic breakdown. Get out of American stocks, then leap back in. Dump US bonds, then buy hard. Ditch the dollar. Get your gold out of the country.” – David Haggith  – LONG BUT VERY GOOD READ FROM DAVID. GOOD ANALYSIS OF THE MARKETS!!

What Did We Learn, Palmer? And just like that, it was mostly over as quickly as it started.” – Quoth the Raven – THE RAVEN TAKES A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE ON THE MARKET. IS IT OVER. DON’T THINK SO!!!!!!!!!!!

Major Technical Update on Silver and Gold Market Action – Jesse Colombo

One Of The Largest Malls In The U.S. Just Defaulted On Its $300 Million Mortgage – Tyler Durden

SURVIVAL, PREPAREDNESS AND SELF-SUFFICIENCY

How to Prep for the Trade War – Daisy Luther

What Food-Producing Bushes Are Worth Keeping On Your Property – “When it comes to self-sufficiency, few things are as satisfying as stepping outside and picking fresh food right from your own backyard. For us preppers, growing food-producing bushes are a no-brainer. They’re low-maintenance, resilient, and can provide a steady supply of nutrients when you need them most. But with so many options out there, which bushes are truly worth the space and effort?” – Bob Rodgers

How to Build a DIY Raised Garden Bed: Step-by-Step Guide – Deanna Talerico  – DEANNA HAS A LOT OF GOOD RAISED BED ARTICLES WHICH I HAVE LINKED PREVIOUSLY. DON’T SEE WHERE I HAVE EVER LINKED THIS ONE, BUT MAY HAVE LINKED SIMILAR BY OTHERS. REDID MY BEDS A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO!!!

No Seeds Needed! How to Grow Tomatoes from a Single Slice Posted – “Did you know that you could have an endless harvest from a single slice of tomato? It’s just one of those things you plant once, then harvest forever. You don’t need any store-bought seeds or special tools. If you’ve got one tomato, you’ve got everything you need to start a thriving plant.” – Olivia Brooks

Post-SHTF Lighting – Part 2 – “PARAFFIN LAMPS and OIL LAMPS” – St. Funogas

VERSE FOR THE DAY

Ecclesiastes 1:9    The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.

IMAGES FOR THE DAY

THE BIG PICTURE

RFK Jr. Speaks Approvingly, As Though Not Himself, On MMR, Setting Fire To MAHA, As Troops Desert: At The Same Time, Vaccine Empire Reveals Battle Over VAERS Data That Resulted In Marks’ Ouster – “the word “Hindenburg” came to me, regarding MAHA. It was as if somebody said, “pull it,” (like Building 7,) and down it went. At the same time, it was not making any sense. Was that really what was happening, and merely that—destruction, betrayal, ruin? The notion that this MAHA Hindenburg was the secret plan all along has caught fire” – Celia Farber

READ THIS NOW SOMETHING IS IN THE WIND – “MEDICAL TRUTH NOW.. Everything I just wrote above is magnified by Kennedy just coming out and supporting the use of the MMR vaccine against measles. We want medical truth now. Not tap dancing. Not compromises. So, if Kennedy himself is one of the people we need to impress with our determination to get the whole truth out there, so be it. The MMR vaccine? Is Kennedy kidding? That’s the vaccine the CDC lied about in 2014, when its own researchers found a link to autism ” – Jon Rappoport – JON AND SAYER JI, BOTH HAVE BEEN FOR KENNEDY AS HAVE MANY, BUT WHAT ARE HIS REAL GOALS!!!

RFK Jr. Moves to End CDC Fluoride Endorsement — A Landmark Victory for Truth & Bodily Autonomy – “HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. publicly announced that he will urge the CDC to end its longstanding support for water fluoridation in the United States. Citing serious health concerns backed by robust scientific evidence, Kennedy’s statement marks what may be the beginning of the end for one of the most controversial public health policies in modern history.” – Sayer Ji -JUST BECAUSE HE SUPPORTS IT, DOESN’T MEAN IT WILL HAPPEN!!!

WHO Runs 2-Day Pandemic Simulation: ‘Exercise Polaris’ – “Hundreds of health officials attend.” – Jon Fleetwood  – HERE WE GO AGAIN. WHAT ARE THEY UP TO NOW!!!

When poison pays: Bayer’s $2 billion cancer verdict and the push to outlaw justice – “A Georgia man wins big against Roundup’s makers. Bayer responds by trying to rewrite the rules to dodge the next blow.” – Collapse Life

The FCC Must Prioritize Public Health Over Telecom Profits – “The FCC has been prioritizing telecom profits over public health by failing to update outdated safety standards for wireless radiation, despite growing scientific evidence linking RF exposure to serious health issues like cancer and neurological disorders. The agency relies heavily on industry-funded research and self-reported data, with outdated testing protocols that don’t account for children’s vulnerability, while resisting calls for independent testing and transparency. Federal actions and proposed legislation have undermined local governments’ ability to regulate 5G infrastructure.” – ANH-USA

Neil Oliver: The “Climate Crisis” and “Convid 1984” Were Both HOAXES, Designed to Manipulate and Herd Humanity into “The Digital Gulag” (VIDEO) – “Also: Neil Oliver challenges the Covid lab leak theory as a “red herring”, arguing there was no novel disease at all” – lLioness of Juidah

When murder goes viral – “Snuff videos are no longer relegated to the dark corners of the internet. There is, however, a big difference between reporting atrocities plainly and dwelling on victims’ final moments in fetishistic fashion. Algorithms, automated accounts and media barons may have worked out that the pornification of death is a cheap way to drive clicks, but that doesn’t mean we, as a society, should be relaxed about it. It’s time we interrogated this obsession with death, and asked why murder is so often going viral.” – Henry Williams

NEWS

“His Majesty—Donald Trump” – “Trump is no constitutionalist, nor an admirer of the Bill of Rights. He’s a would be, selfproclaimed king wanting to be announced when he enters a room as “His Majesty— Donald Trump”, with musical accompaniment, ‘Hail to the Chief’. He is the sole decider. He’s the guy W Bush wanted to be. Now Trump is that guy—make no doubt about it. Anybody not seeing Trump’s resemblance to American Revolution, King George, is not watching closely. We fought for independence because we were being taxed without representation. Those were same conditions as now. Tariffs are a tax, only to be imposed by Congress (constitutionally). Now Trump is taxing the hell out of Americans. ” – Erik @ neverhadaboss.com  – ERIK CUTS NO SLACK ON EITHER SIDE OF THE FENCE, WHICH IS WHY I LINK HIM A LOT!!!

Liberation or Obliteration? – “President Trump was elected in part because he promised to reduce prices and not drag the country into foreign wars. Sadly, President Trump has adopted a tariff policy that will raise prices and abandoned his “America First” foreign policy in favor of a return to Bush-era neoconservatism. Despite criticizing President Biden for bombing Yemen, President Trump has authorized bombing that country under the false pretense that Yemen’s Houthis are threatening international shipping. President Trump has also threatened to bomb Iran. A false justification for this threat is that Iran is controlling the Houthis. If President Trump follows through on this threat against Iran, it could lead to another “forever war.” He has also continued US support for Israel and Ukraine’s wars. President Trump started a trade war by imposing a ten percent universal tariff on imported products and other tariff expansions.” – Ron Paul

Trump tariffs will impact his own grassroots supporters – “Trump 2.0 would appear to be a very different model than its predecessor. The tariffs tantrum appears to be born of frustration from his first term in office, both not pulling off many of his election promises and wanting to garner more respect around the world. He has certainly got the attention of world leaders as markets continue to tumble – in particular in Asia – and many of them he claims told him in phone calls that they “don’t blame him” for the move. And yet the case for the tariffs – that they will boost the U.S. economy – is hardly a clear-cut case. ” – Martin Jay

Trump’s Chaos is Making Way for (Technocratic) Order (VIDEO) _ Makia Freeman

The Poverty of the Criticism of Trump’s Agenda – “The left rages against Trump but offers no real alternatives on debt, trade, or immigration—just noise, while results quietly pile up. ” – Victor Davis Hanson  – NOT SO SURE YET THAT THE RESULTS ARE PILING UP;  BUT VICTOR IS RIGHT, THE LEFT OFFERS NO ALTERNATIVES TO SOLVE THE PROBLEMS!!

Does every democracy corruptly degenerate into control by the richest? – Eric Zuesse

The Right to Bear Arms – “Countless Americans believe that they have the right to bear arms, so that they can protect themselves and their homes from burglars or other miscreants. Others, particularly those who live in rural areas, believe in the right to go hunting if they wish. Whilst both of these concerns are reasonable, they’re not by any means the reason why the founding fathers were so adamant that the right to bear arms is critical. The Gunpowder incident not only led directly to the creation of the Second Amendment. It led directly to the independence and liberty of the American people. Think that over for a moment, with regard to the present times.” – Jeff Thomas

Where are the anti-war movements hiding when you need them? – “As the nations hurdle toward WWIII, we’ve seen very little backlash to date.” – Leo Hohmann

Trumpwood – “A Twisted and Bizarre Version of Hollywood. You may know that Donald Trump, who’s appeared in movies and had his own popular TV show, The Apprentice (where his signature line was, “You’re fired!”), has his very own star on Hollywood’s walk of fame (and shame). It’s rather amazing to recall that Trump was once seen as an entertaining billionaire buffoon, a friend to the Clintons, among other liberal A-listers. Trumpwood, I’d argue, is a twisted and bizarre version of Hollywood, where the Oval Office is just a set to him, where the world is just a stage where he manifests all his hatred and trauma and egotism.” – Bill Astore

Two…men…advance to women’s pool championship – “The state of modern “women’s” sports is downright hilarious: Two men will face each other for a women’s championship title at the Ultimate Pool Women’s Pro Series Event 2 tonight in Wigan, UK. Harriet Haynes and Lucy Smith, both trans-identified males, beat all female competitors to take the spots in the women’s final event.” – Olivia Murray – AND SOME PEOPLE THINK THIS IS NORMAL!!!!!!!!!!!

Trump and Netanyahu Reaffirm Their Vision for the Ethnic Cleansing of Gaza – “Trump called Gaza an ‘incredible piece of real estate’ and suggested the US could be a ‘peace force’ there” – Dave DeCamp

Timeline: A Recent History of Tariffs – “A look at the tariffs imposed from 2002 – 2024, and the stances of Sens. Schumer and Cornyn” -Greg Collard

German journalist sentenced to seven months of probation for a Twitter meme poking fun at the the Interior Minister’s lack of commitment to free speech – “This is like when somebody calls you violent and so you punch them in the nose to show them how wrong they are” – eugyppius

ECONOMIC NEWS

THE FED PROMISES MORE EASY MONEY AND STOCK FUTURES SKYROCKET! (THE GAME CONTINUES). (VIDEO) – Gregory Mannarino  – KEEP IN MIND THIS WAS BEFORE THE MARKET OPENED, NOW THAT THE CHINA TARIFFS ARE IN, IT’S A WHOLE DIFFERENT BALL GAME!!!

Stocks Erase Early Gains As White House Pulls Trigger On 104% China Tariffs – Tyler Durden

Are You Ready To Pay A 104% Tariff On All Products From China? – Michael Snyder

The Media’s Piss Stain Starts To Dry – “I can’t help but laugh watching some analysts take their first deep breath in four days. Over the last few days, I’ve been part of an extraordinarily small contingency of people not freaking out and losing their minds over President Trump’s new tariff plan or the ensuing stock market pullback.” – Quoth the Raven

A Flight to Treasuries? – “Some believe that Donald Trump is deliberately attempting to cause a sharp downturn in equities to force a flight into treasuries. If so, the Federal Reserve would have more of a reason to slash interest rates—Trump’s longstanding desire. Trump has stated that the markets are undergoing an “operation” of sorts, but I would not underestimate his long-term plan here.” – Martin Armstrong

Jump Jelly Belly – “Tariffs, reshoring, something deeper, something darker. The US equity investor has been coddled and spoiled. US equity investors have been complacent, relying on the Fed Put and Greater Fools to follow them. They’ve celebrated the idea of ignoring valuations, they’ve been bailed out at the expense of non-asset owners, they’ve piled into a broken market structure. No, I’ll shed no tears for the US equity investor. Let’s talk about something else. Let’s talk about something deeper. Something darker.” – Phil Bak

Do Your Own Research: The Economy – “In good times, companies lie about their stability, and analysts lie about markets. In a crisis, the press doesn’t know what it’s talking about. Where to find your own data” – Matt Taibbi

Did Ukraine Really Break Through Into Russia’s Belgorod Region? – “Whatever it might have achieved isn’t militarily significant enough to warrant much attention.” – Andrew Korybko

SURVIVAL, PREPAREDNESS AND SELF-SUFFICIENCY

Trump’s Tariff War and How It’s Shaking Up the Prepper World – “Preppers are used to preparing for disasters, but economic warfare is its own kind of SHTF. Tariffs create shortages, drive inflation, and make critical goods harder to find.” – Bob Rodgers – GOOD ARTICLE FOR WHAT PREPPING ITEMS WILL BE AFFECTED, SUCH AS SOLAR  AND MUCH MORE. AND BOB OFFERS WORK AROUNDS!!!!

21 Budget-Friendly Items to Stockpile Now – “So, whether you’re brand new to all this or just tightening up your existing setup, here are 21 budget-friendly essentials worth stockpiling now, before things get dicey. These relatively low-cost, high-value items’ll help keep you ready, comfortable, and ahead of the curve when trouble happens.” – Brian Duff

How to Revive the Lost Art of Scratch Cooking – Daisy Luther

What’s that Weed? Common Garden Weed Identification (with Photos) – “Identifying and Controlling 13 Common Lawn and Garden Weeds. Weed: A plant that causes economic losses or ecological damages, creates health problems for animals or humans, or is undesirable where it grows.” – Catherine Boeckmann

How to Create a Chicken Garden to Promote Health in Your Flock -Amanda Pieper

VERSE FOR THE DAY

Psalm 82:3    Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy.

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THE BIG PICTURE

Delusional Tech Bros (Forever 404): Soul Not Found – “There’s something uncanny about them—that dry, sterile glow that no LED panel or nutrient infusion can fix. They don’t look younger. They look embalmed. Preserved. Bryan Johnson, Silicon Valley’s poster boy for techno-immortality, spends over $2 million a year trying not to die. His daily life is a spreadsheet of sacrifice: 100+ pills, a 2,250-calorie vegan diet with no joy or necessary healthy animal fats, biometric tracking, blood tests, morning workouts timed to the minute, shockwave therapy to the groin, and plasma infusions from his teenage replicant son—all in service of the belief that aging is optional if you just “optimize” hard enough. His body is a lab. His mind, a dashboard. His meals are sterile bowls of mechanized goo-gruel designed to feed mitochondria that power a silicon soul. This isn’t defying death or transcending anything—it’s transhumanist cosplay, and Bryan Johnson isn’t alone. The Mount Rushmore of the Immortality Industrial Complex is a rogues’ gallery of men who fused Dr. Frankenstein with his monster and constantly tweak the product while selling t-shirts, supplements, and tickets to the operating room:” – The Good Citizen

How X Suppresses Reach – “Elon Musk’s X is supposedly a place where people are allowed to speak – that is, post – freely. And that’s technically true. Elon generally permits people to post freely. But whether anyone sees what they post is another matter. Some days, they’re allowed to see. But the next day, no one sees. It’s as if you’d never posted all the things you posted. No. It’s not “as if.” It’s exactly like that. As in you might as well not have posted anything at all. This pattern repeats regularly. It is indicative of both suppression and manipulation. The suppression part is obvious enough. You post – but no one sees. More finely, the algorithm keeps anyone from seeing – including people who have “followed” you – unless they take the additional step of finding your “feed” and checking to see what you’ve posted. They are not notified that you have posted something, in other words. This is a very clever – and very subtle – form of suppression.” – Eric Peters

Catherine Austin Fitts: The Current Administration Was Put Into Place by the Bankers to Get the Control Grid Accomplished “– “It’s not technocracy. It’s slavery.” – Lioness of Judah

Choosing To Do The Right Thing – “While we cannot control what priority others place on something, we do choose the priority we ourselves place on that same thing. As with all our choices, we do well to choose our priorities wisely. Are we choosing to make a priority of whatever calling God has for us? Are we choosing to make a priority that which is in keeping with God’s Law? Most of all, are we choosing to make a priority of doing the right thing, whatever that right thing is? Are we clear in our own minds what that right thing is?” – Peter Nayland Kust

Trouble in MAHA Paradise? RFK and Trump Teams Allegedly at Odds Over Measles Response – “Progressive/corporate state media has been pimping hard of late an alleged intra-administration conflict over the official response to the “measles outbreak,” with the clear agenda of ginning up controversy and division within the MAGA/MAHA coalition.” – Ben Bartee

BANNED: The Sleep Drug So Effective, It Became Public Enemy #1 – “If you thought what they did to ivermectin was bad, wait till you hear what they did to this drug.” – The Vigilant Fox

Geoengineering Watch Global Alert News, April 5, 2025 (VIDEO) – “Millions of people have been evacuated as torrential rains overwhelm cities and infrastructure. Emergency services are working to rescue those trapped by rising waters, with widespread damage reported. The unusual intensity of the floods has left many regions facing unprecedented challenges.” And from WRAL news, “Weather whiplash takes us from 90 degrees to the 30s”. Climate engineering and climate chaos are inseparable, what will it take before populations wake up, look up and stand up to what is taking place in our skies?” – Dane Wigington

The End of Medicine: Why And How Doctors Are Now Paid To Kill Their Patients – 2nd Smartest Guy in the World

NEWS

Beware the Taxman! – “There was a time when we didn’t have to ask permission from the government or pay taxes to: collect rain water, go fishing, own a property, start a business, renovate a home, build a home, drive a vehicle, get married, hunt, own a weapon, cut hair, sell a product, protest, grow your own food on your own property, set up a lemonade stand or sell food. Today, you can do virtually nothing without being extorted by the government and obtaining their permission first. Bottom line: if the average American citizen handled their money the way our federal government does, they’d be in prison. But it’s even worse than that.  Imagine if the average American citizen handled someone else’s money the way our federal government handles our money. They’d be behind bars the rest of their lives. They’d never again see the light of day. But again: “Rules for thee, but not for me.” April 15 is coming, folks, and you’d better have your papers in order. If you don’t, Beware the Taxman.” – Rob Pue

The Disarray Around Trump—How to Stay Clear of It – “Even with all my criticism of Trump (he is so deserving), I have some hope he accomplishes his suggested halving of the defense budget. And he tends to say these things about things for which he has no constitutional mandate. So, which of the Trumps do we get? With Trump, there’s only 2: worst-case scenario you get the tyrant who knows what’s best for everyone. Best case scenario: the benevolent dictator. Either way, buy metals.” – neverhadaboss.com

FAFO, Donald, – “More government theft won’t MAGA. Liberation Day has come and gone. If Trump’s War on Foreign Goods (WOFG) is genius, we’ll take idiocy. It’s a stitched-together concatenation based on meretricious metrics, a Son of Smoot-Hawley that will ensure Trump a place in the presidential pantheon right next to Herbert Hoover. Like Hoover, Trump has a business background; like Hoover he never shuts up, and like Hoover he will preside over a disastrous tariff regime. The best that can be said of the tariffs is that they will hasten what was going to happen anyway. Trump wants to FA, he will FO. The WOFG will be his biggest mistake since Warp Speed,” – Robert Gore

Reflections from the Heart of the Empire: Arrogance & Stupidity Efficiently Packaged – “Last week, the same US intelligence agencies that once swore Russia interfered with our elections and that Hunter Biden’s laptop did not exist reported to Congress that Iran is not developing a nuclear weapon. Why are they telling us the truth now? Because they are signaling that they are very much opposed to a US attack on Iran. This means that the Pentagon, the intelligence community, and Big Oil are all aligned against a war with Iran. I certainly don’t mean the Pentagon, the spooks, and Big Oil have suddenly turned pacifist. They have no objection to a new war, just not against a nation that is actually capable of defending itself.” – Ohio Barbarian  –  THE BARBARIAN’S WEEKLY NEWS WRAP UP!!!

Trump Sets a Huge Tariff Sucker Trap for Taiwan and its Chip Industry – “Trump cares less about Taiwan than Ukraine.” – Mish

Will the West’s Paranoia of Russia Destroy the World? – “Do you remember the James Bond film in which a deranged Soviet General wanted to launch a nuclear war, or Dr. Strangelove, an American deranged general who wanted to do the same? Well, Dr. Strangelove is still with us, but he is no longer considered insane. In today’s Pentagon spreading nuclear weapons among allies who lack them in order to conduct an even larger nuclear war is just good war planning. ” – Paul Craig Roberts

Trump will make China great again – “In the end, then, the biggest victim of Trump’s attack on free trade will probably be America itself. This year, and possibly for several years to come, its economy will underperform compared to its recent rate, and the country will gradually lose influence over others as they diversify away from it. Meanwhile, the “exorbitant privilege” of the dollar’s status as a reserve currency may in time be lost, which will hurt the living standards of ordinary Americans. Unable to live off the world’s credit, they’ll need to cut their spending and pay higher prices. All told, this will probably accelerate the transition to a post-American age, particularly as other countries are already starting to regard China as a more predictable partner. ” – John Rapley

The Inevitable, Just Sooner – “People rush to throw our country under the bus the second someone shakes the precious, coddled economic snow globe they live in. Maybe President Trump’s tariffs will cause a prolonged trade war and a Great Depression in the United States the likes of which we’ve never seen before, sending the nation into a spiral of chaos and hell on earth. But walking around outside today, three days after the tariffs were announced and barely a day after many of the minimum tariffs went into effect, life seems oddly normal.” – Quoth the Raven

‘Free Marine Le Pen!’ — Trump slams European ‘lawfare’ tactics in fiery defense of French nationalist leader – “Donald Trump has defended Marine Le Pen in a social media post, condemning her prosecution as politically motivated “lawfare” and comparing it to his own legal battles” – Thomas Brooke

Police make 30 arrests a day for offensive online messages – “Civil liberties groups say that the authorities are over-policing the internet and threatening free speech using vague laws. Leicestershire police had the highest rate of arrests per 100,000 with 83. Cumbria police was second (58) and Northamptonshire police third (50).” – Charlie Parker, Yennah Smart and George Willoughby  -AH, YES, FREE SPEECH IN THE U.K.!!!!!

Tulsi Gabbard Takes Aim at Censorship: Justice for the ‘Disinformation Dozen’ – “How Tulsi Gabbard’s commitment to transparency may unravel the most coordinated censorship campaign in American history. Hours ago, Tulsi Gabbard, newly appointed Director of National Intelligence under the Trump administration, publicly confirmed her intention to declassify the Biden administration’s classified domestic surveillance and censorship strategy — a document described by insiders as the “blueprint for silencing dissent.”” -Sayer Ji

House Fiscal Conservatives Blast “Unserious And Disappointing” Senate GOP Budget Blueprint – Tyler Durden

72 Hours to Alarm: Orbán Suspects the EU Is Preparing for War – “Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has raised alarms over the EU’s new directive urging citizens to prepare 72-hour emergency kits, calling it a veiled signal that Brussels is preparing for war.” – Phil Butler

Are Trump’s Advisors Lying to Him About Iran?? – “Donald Trump’s advisors are withholding critical information that could dramatically impact his decision to launch preemptive air-strikes on Iran. Trump’s assumption –that the United States can inflict devastating damage on Iran without suffering significant losses itself– speaks to Trump’s ignorance about the breathtaking improvements in Iran’s state-of-the-art air-defense systems and hypersonic missiles.” – Mike Whitney

UN Exposes Systematic Israeli Rape of Palestinians – Kit Klarenberg  – YOU DON’T HEAR ANYTHING ABOUT THAT IN THE U.S. NEWS, BUT IF IT WAS THE OTHER WAY AROUND YOU SURE WOULD. WHY IS THAT!!!!

The EU’s Military-Industrial Plans Could Accelerate The US’ Disengagement From NATO – Andrew Korybko

ECONOMIC NEWS

MARKETS A LOOK AHEAD: A PLEA FOR ACTION AND AWARENESS.(VIDEO) – “We have covered for as far back as you want to go how this system is being deliberately taken apart piece by piece only to issue in a new system one of extreme control and that’s exactly what they’re leading us into here and I want to shed a little light on that” – Gregory Mannarino

Surging Trade Deficit Likely to Reverse in the Months Ahead – “Trump is playing with fire by targeting our trade partners. If we see Imports start to slow dramatically in the months ahead, it could result in a big spike in prices. The huge deficit surges these last two months are anomalies.” – Peter Schiff

When Keynesians predict a disaster, start buying. – “I always get excited about a market correction when I read the Keynesian consensus predict a disaster. The same people who claimed massive money printing and soaring government spending wouldn’t cause inflation are the ones who know exactly how tariffs will impact aggregate prices. Fascinating.” – Daniel Lacalle

Deflation Watch: Cheaper Oil = Cheaper Everything = Lower Interest Rates – John Rubino

Understanding the bear market(VIDEO) – “This video explains in simple terms what is driving markets. An imploding credit bubble and trade tariffs drove Wall Street down in 1929—32. This time is even more scary” – Alasdair Macleod

Trump Tariffs Threaten UK Economic Stability – City A.M

Inventories of Existing Homes in Florida Spike in March to Highest since at Least 2016, Massive Jumps in Tampa, Miami, Orlando, as Buyers Are on Strike – Wolf Richter

SILVER: Extreme Volatility Is Setting Up an Opportunity – ” The chart above shows silver is still up 10% after its recent correction. Interestingly, silver miners and junior silver miners have doubled the metal’s return since the start of the year. I also think that silver did not rally to the same extent as gold in recent weeks due to its industrial component. Fears of global economic slowdown have weighed somewhat on the metal’s price. The concern is if/when we get a recession industrial demand for silver will soften. I think those fears are somewhat overblown and that demand would remain surprisingly robust thanks to solar, EV, and other green applications. Silver is down about 6% since the sweeping tariff announcement. To some extent, I believe silver was signaling a correction in gold over the past couple of weeks.” – Peter Krauth

SURVIVAL, PREPAREDNESS AND SELF-SUFFICIENCY

Tornado Survival: How to Stay Safe Without a Shelter or Basement – Lisa Bedford

How to Germinate Seeds – “Figuring out how to germinate seeds is one of the most useful gardening skills that I’ve learned, but it also seems to be one of the hardest to master. While germinating seeds might be a fundamental task in gardening, plenty can go wrong.” – Bethany Hayes

A Working Man’s Property Patrol Kit (VIDEO)- Modern Refugee.

Effective Ways to Protect Young Trees From Deer and Other Animals – Harold Thornbro

Mole Management: How to Identify Mole Activity and Protect Your Crops – “”Noticing tunnels or raised mounds in your yard is a huge sign that moles might be invading your homestead. Often misunderstood, moles help aerate the soil and eliminate harmful insect populations from your garden ecosystem. However, their activity can sometimes damage your carefully tended crops. So, can you benefit from moles while keeping your crops safe? Don’t worry. We have got you covered! – Sunny M

VERSE FOR THE DAY

Luke 2:1     And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be taxed.

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LYRIC FOR THE WEEK

Let me tell you how it will be
There’s one for you, nineteen for me
Cos I’m the taxman, yeah, I’m the taxman

Should five per cent appear too small
Be thankful I don’t take it all
Cos I’m the taxman, yeah I’m the taxman

If you drive a car, I’ll tax the street
If you try to sit, I’ll tax your seat
If you get too cold I’ll tax the heat
If you take a walk, I’ll tax your feet

Taxman!
Cos I’m the taxman, yeah I’m the taxman

Don’t ask me what I want it for (Aahh Mr. Wilson)
If you don’t want to pay some more (Aahh Mr. Heath)
Cos I’m the taxman, yeah, I’m the taxman

Now my advice for those who die
Declare the pennies on your eyes
Cos I’m the taxman, yeah, I’m the taxman

And you’re working for no one but me
Taxman!

( Taxman by George Harrison )