THE BIG PICTURE
Will We Yet Be Weighed, Measured, And Divided? – “We may be equally certain that we can change our choices. We can choose to honor God’s commandment to love our neighbor even as we love ourselves. We can choose to help people find work, or get the skills needed for them to take on more challenging work. We can choose to stand for peace and not for war everywhere in the world. These things we can choose. These things we can choose today.” – Peter Nayland Kust
Why You NEED to Find Your PURPOSE In Life (VIDEO) – Bjorn Andreas Bull-Hansen – GOOD ONE FROM BJORN AS USUAL!!!!!
Some “Mighty Fine Police Work” – “In a small town in New York, armed government workers cuffed and berated an 11-year-old girl who had done nothing more to warrant it than being dressed in clothes similar to those worn by another (older) girl who was apparently involved in a car theft. The armed government workers treated her as if she was the suspect they were looking for rather than treating her as if she might be – a distinction that used to be important. They also presume she is some kind of threat – which would be funny were it not so pathetic. Several armed adults vs. one 11-year-old girl – who is remarkably calm and cooperative with her accosters even when they accuse her of lying, which is another way of them saying they are certain she is guilty.” – Eric Peters – WELCOME TO THE POLICE STATE ONCE AGAIN!!!
Mapping the damage from the Eaton and Palisades fires – “In the 10 days since Los Angeles’ unprecedented firestorm began, the Eaton and Palisades fires have consumed nearly 40,000 acres of homes, businesses and landmarks in Altadena and Pacific Palisades and have killed at least two dozen people. Both fires now rank among the 10 most destructive in California history and the most costly in U.S. history. Fire crews have yet to fully contain the blazes. As of Friday afternoon, the Eaton fire was 65% contained. The Palisades fire was 31% contained.” – Sean Greene, Sandhya Kambhampati, Colleen Shalby and Noah Haggerty
What Lies Beneath When the Smoke Clears – “Navigating the Aftermath of Wildfires, Toxic Contamination, and Insurance Controversies. Gov. Gavin Newsom Should Face Recall after the LA Fire! The devastation in Pacific Palisades is staggering: over 10,000 buildings destroyed, with 95% of the neighborhood gone. In the 21st century, it is unacceptable for the richest state in the richest nation on earth to allow this level of devastation. Make no mistake, this tragedy was allowed to happen.”- Tracy Slepcevic
Report: RFK Pressures Trump to Ban Direct-to-Consumer Pharma Advertising – “File what follows under: believe it when I see it. A lot of people are black-pilled about Trump and whether he’ll deliver the goods on the Big Pharma front, and with good reason. I don’t blame anyone for their skepticism after relentless, brutal lies over the past five years (much longer, actually, but five years in the COVID context). But we’ll know for sure here in about a month once the rubber hits the road; allowing a little bit of grace period is in order once he takes the reins, no?” – Ben Bartee
If You Are Over 50 Your Government Wants You Dead – Dr. Vernon Coleman via Lioness of Judah
Why do some vaccine-injured people wake up – but others don’t? – Rebekah Barnett
How Much Of The World’s Plastic Waste Actually Gets Recycled? – “The United States, the world’s largest plastic polluter, recycles a mere 5% of its household plastic waste. Around the world, the situation is slightly better, but a staggering 91% of plastic waste is still incinerated, landfilled, or mismanaged (e.g. dumped into the ocean).” – Tyler Durden
How Do Nanobots Know What To Do? Siemens Patent From 2011 Uses Self-Assembly Nanorobots To Create Stents And Catheters For Interventional Cardiac Procedures And Explains The Program Of Claytronics – Ana Maria Mihalcea, MD, PhD
FACT-CHECKERS EXPOSED: The Truly Pathetic Evidence Base Behind Children’s Vaccines – “The long-term, placebo-controlled studies showing childhood vaccines are safe and effective? Sorry PolitiFact, but they don’t exist.” – Anthony Colpo
NEWS
How To Assimilate into American Citizenship and Culture – “Comrades: Assimilation is the most critical component of successful immigration policy. America is a country, not an economic zone. Unity is our strength, not diversity. America has always embraced immigrants who embrace America. We have a distinct history and culture that welcomes newcomers who assimilate into them.Limited merit-based legal immigration with full assimilation is the only acceptable form of immigration. Assimilation is the responsibility of the immigrants. If they don’t like American culture, then they should return to their original countries. Our current system incentivizes the exact opposite with migrants demanding American culture accommodate theirs. I say this as the American born son of immigrants. Today, I will break down the three types of assimilation, estimate how many post-1965 immigrants fit into each cohort, and propose the way forward.” – Yuri Bezmenov
See For Yourself: Newsom Is All Smiles As L.A. Burns – “Has there ever been a more reprehensible human being in charge of the once-great state of California? As fires were consuming homes and destroying neighborhoods – largely due to the criminal incompetence of Gov. Gavin Newsom, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, and the legions of hopelessly inept leaders in the one-party state – Newsom seemed to be having the time of his life. We can’t read his thoughts. But from his expressions, it’s as if this is all great news to Newsom because it gives him more time in the spotlight. He can’t seem to help himself but smile as the news media descend on Los Angeles, follow him around with cameras, let him bloviate, and make him the center of attention. The only time Newsom genuinely expressed anger and frustration was when responding to President-elect Trump’s criticism of his failed leadership during this crisis.” – I & I Editorial Board
DEBATE: Is the new $TRUMP Memecoin a Way to Send Anonymous Crypto Bribes to the President? – “A Conduit for Bribes or a new way to make America great?” – Igor Chudov
The Billionaires Flocking to Mar-a-Lago to Meet With Trump – “Six of the 10 richest people on the planet had a common destination in recent months: Palm Beach International Airport.” – Sophie Alexander and Biz Carson
‘El coco’ Trump – “As a kid in a Spanish-speaking household, I remember all of those folk stories about “el coco.” He is like the Spanish version of the Boogeyman, or the monster you are afraid of when you are a kid. Down in Mexico, “el coco” is President Trump. The left is going crazy and preparing for an invasion of Mexico. The right doesn’t know what to make of him, but its members do share some of his concerns about the cartels. Senator Rubio’s confirmation hearings for secretary of state are the latest in the “el coco” episodes, especially all of the talk about cartels controlling territory south of the border. Rubio did not rule out the possibility of the incoming administration of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump designating Mexican drug trafficking organizations as terrorist groups while noting the potential complications that would come with said action. Well, it’s the “not ruling out” part that got them excited.” – Silvio Canto, Jr.
From the Back Forty: Folks Grimace Over the Last Hurrah of Biden – “How can we make it make sense? The Biden administration spent a long week patting itself on the back for a well-done job, delivering sappy goodbye speeches and offering an uncanny number of federal pardons. Heartlanders of a certain political ilk, however, were excited that the book containing this recent chapter of American history would be slammed shut and reshelved in the archives.” – Sarah Cowgill
Biden didn’t know he signed Executive Order banning natural gas exports! – “House Speaker Mike Johnson just revealed, on 1/17/25, that Biden didn’t know.After being stonewalled for eight weeks, Johnson finally got a face to face meeting with Biden in January of 2024, a year ago…and asked the President: “Sir, why did you pause LNG exports to Europe? Liquefied natural gas is in great demand by our allies. Why would you do that?’” Biden said, “I didn’t do that.” Ah, but he did. So we’re just hearing about all this now, a year later? What? Speaker Johnson didn’t blow the whistle THEN?” -Jon Rappoport – PAID ARTICLE, BUT YOU GET THE IDEA!!!
Americans Remain in Dark Over Origins of Mysterious Drones – “Drone sightings caused a national stir and sparked debate over their capabilities and future of the technology.” – Janice Hisle – AND JUST LIKE THAT, THEY WERE GONE!!!!!!!!!!!!
Netanyahu Assures Israeli Public In TV Address That Trump Will Let Him Resume The War If He Needs To, And It Will Be With “Tremendous Force” – Celia Farber
With Trump in power, Orbán says he will expel the Soros network from Hungary and calls on patriots across Europe to do the same – “The Hungarian prime minister also said Brussels needs to “sober up” and “adapt”” – Liz Heflin
The Russian-Iranian Partnership Might Be A Game-Changer, But Only For Gas, Not Geopolitics – Andrew Korybko
Africa’s most populous country becomes BRICS partner – “Nigeria has officially joined the economic bloc as its ninth partner state, Brazil has announced” – RT
ECONOMIC N EWS
What Will You Do When You Can’t Buy Or Sell Anything On The Internet Without Your UN-Mandated Digital Identity Chip? – Michael Snyder
The Fed’s mandate cannot be government excess. – “The two pillars that support the entire modern monetary system—that central banks have a clear mandate for price stability and that they are independent from governments—have crumbled over time. For years, people have questioned the independence of central banks. However, from 2020 onward, this independence has virtually vanished. A monetary authority that does not consider monetary aggregates in its policy is effectively abandoning price stability as a target.” – Daniel Lacalle
The US Trade Deficit with China is Understated by as Much as 30 Percent – “Normal trade math does not add up. US imports and China exports are not in sync.” – Mish
The Correction Continues – “There are no extremes either way in Gold right now, meaning neither extreme overbought or bullish, or vice versa. We’re in no man’s land following the fake breakout and then the breakdown from the bear flag. The same goes for Silver: no extremes in either direction to rely upon.” – David Brady
Swissgrams: the natural progression of the Krugerrand in the digital age – “Having worked in the precious metals industry for decades, I have had countless opportunities to have very honest and very enlightening conversations with numerous investors and partners alike. One of the key questions that popped up over the years, was that of accessibility, or what would happen if banks and logistics companies shut down in a harsh crisis scenario. How one access their gold in that case or, even better, how could they directly trade it against other goods. I believe this is not as far-fetched a question as many might think” – Claudio Gras
The Big Cities with the Biggest Price Declines of Single-Family Houses or Condos from their Peaks: From -9% to -21% – Wolf Richter
Is Placing a Wager in a Casino an “Investment”? – ” Absolutely! An “investment” is now defined as a wager, often leveraged, at a gaming table in the casino. Anything that offers a gain is an “investment.” This is of course at odds with the classic understanding of “investing in new productive assets” that is core to classical capitalism in which the open market for goods, services, labor, risk and capital allocates capital to the highest and best use, i.e. the most profitable use, via the maximization of self-interest by all participants. Once upon a time, increasing productivity was the most profitable deployment of capital. Now financial trickery in the casino is the source of outlandishly large gains. ” – Charles Hugh Smith
SURVIVAL, PREPAREDNESS AND SELF-SUFFICIENCY
How to Start Seeds Indoors: The Ultimate Guide + Seedling Care Tips – Deanna Talerico
A Prepper’s Carpentry Toolkit – Part 2 – “I classify this next group of tools as beneficial because they make carpentry easier, but not having any or all of them would not stop the building progress. ” – A.F. – PART 2 OF A TWO PART SERIES. THE FIRST PART WAS LINKED YESTERDAY. GOOD ARTICLE!!!
Your First Gun: Readers Weigh In – “Maybe a revolver or something non-lethal?” – John Rubino
How to Build a Survival Seed Bank – Alan Urban – ALSO SEE STEVIE NUBIE’S SIMILAR ARTICLE LINKED ON 09/19/23!!!!
Tangible Skill Development Part 1: Food Production for Home and Community – “Even before you notice the first signs of a weak economy, events associated with a major crash may already be in motion. Being able to navigate suddenly becoming homeless or a severe income loss may revolve around skills you can barter or trade in exchange for the necessities of life. In particular, food production skills are essential if you decide to go to a rural area.” – Fred Tyrell
1 Tree That Every Homesteader Should Plant – Kristina Phelan
VERSE FOR THE DAY
Leviticus 24:20
IMAGES FOR THE DAY
LYRIC FOR THE WEEK
On a dark desert highway, cool wind in my hair
Welcome to the Hotel California
Her mind is Tiffany-twisted, she got the Mercedes bends
So I called up the Captain
Welcome to the Hotel California
Mirrors on the ceiling
Last thing I remember
(Hotel California by Glen Frey, Don Felder and Don Henley )
VIDEO
Nothing New Under The Sun 2016 