Nothing New Under The Sun 2016

THE BIG PICTURE

The Financial System Has Failed: Currency Debasement and Inflation Will Now Scream – “Well, it is a new year, and much more manipulation is happening in the paper silver contracts, as regulators under the idiotic banner of “market stability” have raised margin requirements and position limits twice in a few days. This is of course, all done to protect the institutional short sellers, mainly the banks, as they face great losses when silver or other commodities rise against their shorts. Also, this is a way to hold down the price of precious metals, especially silver, in order to cover up the inevitable collapse of the dollar. So what does all this mean? It means that the financial system is so fragile and bankrupt, that it is close to failure, and extreme measures are being taken by government and the Federal Reserve just to keep it afloat. This is certainly attempting to kick the can down the road a bit further, but the can itself is obviously coming apart. This is leverage upon leverage, vastly increasing debt, and who knows where all this is going and when? One thing is for sure; monetary debasement is greatly expanding, and massive price inflation will follow. The metals signal is crystal clear, as gold and silver are indicating that this debt-based financial system is ending.” – Gary D. Barnett  – FOR MORE ON THIS SEE THE ARTICLES IN THE ECONOMIC SECTION TODAY AND THE PAST FEW DAYS SINCE MONDAY. IT’S ECONOMIC NEWS BUT REALLY IT ALL TIES IN TO THE “BIG PICTURE”!!!!!!!!!!!

The Cycle of Freedom – “Periodically, I offer up a statement by Scottish Economist Alexander Tytler, “The average age of the world’s greatest civilizations has been about 200 years. These nations always progressed through this sequence: From Bondage to Moral Certitude; from Moral Certitude to Great Courage; from Great Courage to Liberty; from Liberty to Abundance; from Abundance to Selfishness; from Selfishness to Complacency; from Complacency to Apathy; from Apathy to Dependency; from Dependency to Bondage.” Tytler had it right. There is a Freedom Cycle. It’s not an accident. It’s based upon human nature, which is perennial.” – Jeff Thomas

A Shrewy New Year: Back to the Trenches – “As the twinkling lights of Christmas fade and the echoes of holiday cheer dissolve into the crisp air of January 2026, we shrews find ourselves at a familiar crossroads. The season brought a rare respite—a peaceful interlude where families gathered without the shadow of mandates looming quite so heavily, where conversations flowed freely, unmarred by the usual divides. But make no mistake: this tranquility is fleeting, a mere pause in the symphony of struggle. The world hasn’t healed; it’s merely caught its breath. Now, it’s time to sharpen our claws, dust off our vigilance, and plunge back into the trenches. There’s no room for relaxation in a world still shrouded in deception.” – Todd Hayen, PhD, RP

Men Must Once More, Great and Small, Truly Think! – E.M. Burlingame  – GOOD READ FROM E.M.!!!!

Expertise Remains Indispensable – “The lesson of the past few years is not that expertise is obsolete or, in and of itself, dangerous; it is that expertise, severed from humility and institutional restraint, can be misused and even weaponized.” – Peter C. Earle

In 2026, the line between reality and virtual reality, the real and the fake, will continue to blur – “It’s time to unplug from the matrix. The alternative in a digitized world is to let it consume your humanity. And once it’s lost there’s no guarantee you can get it back.” – Leo Hohmann

You’ll Want to See This Before 2026 Gets Going – “The battle intensifies… Even though the calendar has rolled over, the battle remains the same; in fact, it is intensifying. The world will continue increasing its assault on those who would stand firm against the temptation to compromise one’s Biblical values. In other words, stand firm…” – Jim McCraigh

CDC’s Measles PCR Test Matches Human DNA, Raising Questions About What It’s Detecting – “Are some measles PCR “positives” detecting human genetic material instead of measles virus?” – Jon Fleetwood

Three Independent Estimates Yield 470,000–840,000 American COVID-19 “Vaccine” Deaths – Nicolas Hulscher, MPH

Hunger Games: World Bank And Cargill Simulated Food Crisis That Started In 2020 During A Pandemic, Predicts Carbon And Meat Taxes In The Future – ““There is a hope that a crisis will create the ability for us to do things better and reconfigure the world in a better way,” said one of the authors.” – The WinePress

NEWS

“Boots on the Ground” – “Hopefully, the scruffy little dictator of Ukraine is lying – or being misquoted. Nonetheless, it is alarming – if you’re among the sane – to read that, supposedly, “US BOOTS ON THE GROUND in Ukraine (is) being discussed.” The good news is “troop deployment is UP TO THE UNITED STATES.”  This being “good news” in the same way that being told you have cancer – but it hasn’t spread yet – is “good news.” If you voted for Trump, did you vote to send American troops to . . . Keeeeeeeeeeeeev? That would be bad enough, given that sending American troops (and American tax dollars) to these shithole countries where no American interest are involved – as opposed to the interests of the people who control the government that rules America – is always a bad idea for Americans, who get nothing in return except slain and crippled Americans and higher taxes as well as the well-earned contempt of the people who live in the countries curb-stomped by American troops.” – Eric Peters

The “Year of Chaos” Arrived Late but Hit in Full Farce – “Many are saying in one way or another that 2025 was the most chaotic year they’ve experienced.” – David Haggith

$21 Trillion Dollars Is Missing From the U.S. Government. That Is $65,000 per Person—As Much as the National Debt! (VIDEO) – “What’s going on? Where is the money? How could this happen? How much has really gone missing? What would happen if a corporation failed to pass an audit like this? Or a taxpayer?” – The Solari Report

Trump says construction of the ‘Triumphal Arch’ to begin in ‘2 months’ – “The monument would be a centerpiece of the White House’s plans for America’s 250th birthday.” – Sophia Cai   – STARTING TO LOOK MORE AND MORE LIKE THE ROMAN EMPIRE WHEN IT WENT DOWN THE “SHITTER”!!!

The global resource war is going kinetic – “In my opinion, we are moving from peacetime economic trade war conditions to a quazi-kinetic war for the control of the critical natural resources that are needed by the major powers in our emerging multipolar world.” – Matthew Bracken  – GOOD READ FROM MATT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

New Trump-Xi Showdown Approaches As Chinese Tankers Press Ahead To Venezuela Despite Blockade – Tyler Durden

Dark Alliance: key US ally Daniel Noboa linked to S. American drug trade (VIDEO) – “Oscar Leon interviews Andres Durán, an Ecuadoran investigative journalist who has had to flee his country due to his allegations that billionaire, US-allied President Daniel Noboa, the Noboa family and their inner circle are involved in the international drug trade. Durán reveals the following: Ecuador, not Venezuela, is the primary departure point for cocaine shipments to the US and Europe, with President Daniel Noboa’s family businesses repeatedly linked to drug seizures. Multiple cocaine trafficking scandals involve Noboa-owned companies.” – The Grayzone

US Bombed Seven Countries in 2025 as Trump Dramatically Expanded Airstrikes – ” Iran, Iraq, Nigeria, Somalia, Syria, Venezuela,Yemen” – Dave DeCamp

Only the Bad Man – “How many countries will America bomb in 2026? Is there anything more embarrassing or self-debasing than continuing to be a Trump supporter in 2026? It’s just degrading and cucky at this point. Trotting alongside Netanyahu and promising to help him bomb Iran while lying and claiming Israel has been “100 percent” abiding by the ceasefire in Gaza. Bombing Venezuela, Nigeria, Somalia, Yemen, Iraq, Iran, Syria, and all those boats off Latin America in a single year after campaigning as the “anti-war” candidate. ” – Bill Astore

How a ‘Muslim’ Scammer Used AI-Generated Children To Steal Over $100,000 From Substack Users – “A meth head in Pakistan is pretending to be a desperate dad in Gaza and your retired mother just sent him her Social Security money.” – 🐺The Wise Wolf and Lily-Rose Dawson

30 black-on-white homicide reports noted in December, 2025 – “Four white-on-black reports” – Kenn Gividen – AND AS ALWAYS, LITTLE OR NONE MSM COVERAGE ON THESE CRIMES!!!

Israel to ban more than 30 aid groups operating in Gaza – “West Jerusalem will prohibit the organizations if they fail to provide information about their Palestinian staff” – RT

Is A Revolution In Iran Part Of The Plan? – Michael Snyder

A Low-Risk Strategic Win: Trump Should Recognize Somaliland – “There is an easy argument for recognizing Somaliland, and it is not the one that State Department lifers will offer you in a memo. The easy argument is that it would enrage Somalia-born Rep Ilhan Omar. That is not a reason by itself to reorder US foreign policy, but it is a useful diagnostic. When a policy move reliably provokes a loud, immediate denunciation from Omar, that usually means it cuts against a particular combination of interests, ideology, and constituency. Somaliland recognition does exactly that.” – Amuse on X

ECONOMIC NEWS ( CANT STRESS ENOUGH WHAT IS GOING ON IN THE FINANCIAL MARKETS) PRETTY MUCH ALL OF THESE ARE MUST READS AND LISTENS )!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Pretense, Staging, Expediency: the “Solutions” That Implode the Whole Shebang – “2026 is the year when all the “solutions” of Pretense, Staging and Expediency implode on every level: household, enterprise, local, state and national, for Pretense, Staging and Expediency are scale-invariant “solutions”: cooking the books, staging and hiding debt works for the state and nation just as well as it does for the sole proprietor and bankrupt household. The only difference is the depth of the deviousness.” – Charles Hugh Smith

Uruguay Latest Country Hoping to Ditch the Dollar – “Uruguay is the latest country hoping to ditch the U.S. dollar. That won’t be an easy task, given that Uruguay ranks as the most dollarized Latin American nation. However, the fact that the government is even trying to limit dollar dependence reflects a growing de-dollarization trend that threatens the primacy of the greenback. Uruguay Central Bank President Guillermo Tolosa recently announced policy changes designed to de-incentivize dollar use and boost the Uruguayan peso.” – Mike Maharrey

Derivatives and Financial Disaster with (VIDEO)- “Yanis Varoufakis as a Witness, Real or Fabricated, to the Financial Crisis Engulfing Us. The video above is attributed to Yanis Varoufakis, a prominent public intellectual who has served the Greek government as Minister of Finance and in a number of other capacities. The video highlights the thinker’s reflection on an alleged secret meeting said to have taken place at the Bank of International Settlements in Basel Switzerland. Varoufakis begins by proclaiming his video report violates many confidentiality agreements.” – .Anthony James Hall

Perfect Storm for Debt, Economy, War, Gold & Silver (VIDEO) with Martin Armstrong – Greg Hunter

Silver’s 2026 Open: Irresistable Force Meets Immovable Object – “The paper metals markets have traditionally responded to spiking prices by raising margin requirements. Players who can’t come up with the extra money have to liquidate their positions, which causes prices to fall. That accounts for at least part of the brutal end to last year’s silver price action. The Comex exchange just raised margin requirements again. Does this mean silver will fall hard when trading opens later today? GoldSilver’s Mike Maloney says yes: It really doesn’t matter what silver does today. Its long-term story is that deficits produce shortages, which in turn produce higher prices, so we should be agnostic about any given day’s action.” (VIDEO) – John Rubino

In A Desperate Attempt To Stop The Bleeding, A Conspiracy To Force The Price Of Silver Down Is Unfolding Right In Front Of Our Eyes – “They aren’t even trying to pretend to hide what they are doing. Everyone knows that the meteoric rise in the price of silver in 2025 has put an immense amount of stress on certain financial institutions. Of course nobody is publicly confirming how much damage has been done, but it must be pretty severe if CME Group is taking such extreme measures to force the price of silver down. For the second time in less than a week, CME Group has abruptly raised margin requirements on precious metals futures…” – Michael Snyder

Is Cash Now Trash? (vs Gold, Silver & Bitcoin) (VIDEO) with Lawrence Lepard – Adam Taggart | Thoughtful Money®

  

SURVIVAL, PREPAREDNESS AND SELF-SUFFICIENCY

10 Things That Will Be More Valuable Than GOLD During SHTF! (VIDEO) – “When shelves are empty, power is down, and desperation takes over, practical survival items will become the true currency.” – Jason Salyer

New Year’s Day Preparedness Reset: A Calm, Practical Way to Start 2026 Ready – “Preparedness built in theory often fails in practice. Preparedness reviewed during winter, however, reveals the truth quickly. Cold exposes weak batteries. Short daylight exposes lighting gaps. Storms expose communication and coordination problems. That’s why New Year’s Day is one of the most valuable preparedness days of the year. Instead of vague resolutions, today is about quiet, deliberate improvement.” – denob

26 Clothesline Ideas to Hang Dry Your Clothes and Save You Money – “Do you miss the old days? Remember when days moved a little slower, and we could get outside and enjoy our chores? Well, those days don’t have to be over and done with, and you can still put a little joy into your daily tasks. For instance, doing laundry isn’t so bad when you can get out in the sunshine to hang them up to dry and take them down. But before you can begin to line dry your clothes, you first need a clothesline. So I’m bringing you a bunch of clothesline ideas to help you find the perfect one for you.” – Jennifer Poindexter

Build a Self-Cleaning Chicken Coop – Steve Nubie

Vision Issues, Part 4: Eye Trauma – “In long-term survival, the medic must optimize the vision of family or group members in order to optimize the chance for success. They must be prepared for mishaps or hostile encounters that occur and cause traumatic eye injuries. Some good news: The conformation of the human skull is such that your eyes are slightly recessed in bony sockets, which helps protect them from injury. Despite this, there are many activities of daily survival that can cause an eye injury. Here are just a few:” – Joe Alton MD

VERSE FOR THE DAY

2 Corinthians 5:17    Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.

IMAGE FOR THE DAY

THE BIG PICTURE

New Year, Better Year, an obligatory communication – “We live in a world defined by wielders of great power. We live in the spaces delineated by them. Unless we amass an opposing power to oppose the inevitable march of Power towards greater aggrandizement, we will be fodder, pure and simple. Covid showed just how perilous our position is — we who have been raised in our ‘civilized’ Western world of democratic slogans. Power is not terribly kind. To get its way it will maim, murder and annihilate. The single most important element that stands in the way of a truly united front against Power is the inability of our so-called brothers and sisters in victimhood who REFUSE to believe that governments and other entities will lie, cheat, steal and kill, despite an historical record that is as long as it is bloody and despite the very obvious depredations during covid, which included the unnecessary and dangerous Jabs.” – New Zealand Doc

‘Super flu’ cases rising across US: What to know – “As the winter season fully kicks in, it’s expected that people across the country will get sick. Except this time, a new illness has sounded the alarm — the “super flu.” The “super flu” is a variant of influenza A H3N2 called subclade K that doctors say is more severe and takes longer to recover from. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the super flu first made headlines in the United Kingdom, before making its way over the Atlantic to the U.S” – Rob Taub  – BEWARE THE SUPER FLU. THIS YEAR’S SCARIANT!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2025: The Year the Government Stopped Pretending It Cared About Freedom – “Some years chip away at freedom. Others tear the mask off. 2025 was the year the government stopped pretending it was constrained by the Constitution—when executive power expanded openly and unapologetically, surveillance became ambient, dissent became dangerous, and the machinery of militarized government embedded itself into daily life. Under Trump 2.0, the erosion of civil liberties gave way to something more brazen: the dismantling of constitutional government itself.” – John & Nisha Whitehead

Stargate LLC: An American AI Project. Kind Of. (VIDEO) – “I’ve spent the last year documenting Larry Ellison’s empire. Media consolidation through his son’s acquisition of CBS and Paramount. The pursuit of Warner Brothers for CNN and HBO. Healthcare data through Oracle’s Cerner acquisition with 9.5 million patient records. Behavioral surveillance through TikTok ownership. Biometric data through facial recognition. Medical records through Oracle Health. I thought I understood what he was building. Surveillance capitalism at scale. But Stargate revealed what I’d been missing. This isn’t about predicting what you’ll buy or watch. This is about genomic data itself. The permanent hereditary code that makes all other surveillance inescapable. Because here’s what makes this different: You can delete your Facebook account. You can change your phone number and move cities. You can wear masks and avoid cameras and use cash if you’re determined enough. Behavioral surveillance is theoretically escapable. But you cannot change your genome.” – Audrey Henson

Over 400 Citizen Reports of Weather Modification Filed With Louisiana Environmental Agency After State Criminalizes Geoengineering – “Local news outlets attack residents they claim to serve instead of listening to them.” – Jon Fleetwood

As Mexico’s Biometric ID Draws Closer, Implementation Remains Uncertain – Derrick Broze

LL COVID Vaccinated Individuals Should Undergo Cardiac Screening to Prevent SUDDEN DEATH – “…new study indicates that ~1-3% of vaccinated individuals suffer subclinical heart damage — and fatal cardiac arrest can be the first manifestation.” – Nicolas Hulscher, MPH via Lioness of Judah

Most authors of an influential Lancet paper proposing a broader obesity definition declared pharmaceutical industry ties. – “NovoNordisk was mentioned 62 times, Eli Lilly 42, AstraZeneca 16, Pfizer 13, Amgen 7, Roche 4, Zealand Pharma 4. These are the companies that sell GLP-1s. They’re changing the clinical definition of obesity to expand their market. Widening definitions is Big Pharma’s most valuable tactic” – Jonathan Engler  –  WHAT A CROCK OF SHIT. NO WONDER THEY’VE GOT EVERYONE ON DRUGS AND THE DOCTORS JUST GO ALONG WITH IT.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

United States President George H.W. Bush promoted a “A New World Order” on 9/11. And by 9/11, I mean 9/11/1990 – “Probably just a coincidence” – Sage Hana

The Dumbing Down: New Report Shows 21-33% Of YouTube’s Feed Contains AI Slop Or Brainrot Content – “South Korea has the most total views from trending channels by a wide margin, followed by Pakistan and the United States. People are being dumbed down intentionally.” – The WinePress

NEWS

The servant becomes the master. – “The corrupt are easy to capture. I’m not sure who needs to hear this, but there is nothing even remotely sophisticated about these endless Somali and NGO/immigration frauds. Not PPP, not food, not autism, and not daycare or welfare or SNAP or free rent. It’s all blatant, hammer in the face stuff. All these politicians and purported public servants knew full well what was occuring. They were all a part of it. They bragged about it. Listen to Tim Walz from the presidential debates. (This aged like a bait bucket left in the trunk of a car in July.) This is modern day Barbary piracy. The only difference is that it was invited in and protected by its patrons.” – El Gato Malo

The Massive Fraud Scandal No One Is Talking About – “Everybody’s buzzing about that Minnesota Medicaid mess with Gov. Tim Walz. Some are even calling it the largest fraud scandal ever. But what happened in the land of 10,000 lakes is tiny compared to the fraud in California under Gavin Newsom. Heck, it makes Minnesota look like pocket change. But here’s where things get really interesting. While pressure is on in Minnesota to get to the bottom of the state’s fraud, California seems to be under the radar. Now get this. Right in the middle of the fraud apocalypse, a new ballot initiative seeks to impose a one-time 10% wealth tax on billionaires’ assets.” – Matt Margolis

The Israeli Government Put My Name At The Top Of An ‘Antisemite’ List – “My name appears at the top of a list in a document the Israeli government released earlier this month in order to draw false associations between the Bondi Beach shooting and online criticism of Israel and its atrocities. This word “delegitimization” appears throughout the document, which I personally find funny. They knew the “antisemitism” claim couldn’t stand on its own, so they had to tack on this weird extra complaint about people “delegitimizing” the state of Israel — as though that’s a bad thing. I’ll always deny harboring any hatred toward Jews or Judaism, but I’ll happily admit to trying to delegitimize a genocidal apartheid state that cannot exist without nonstop violence and abuse.” – Caitlin Johnstone

Reflections from the Heart of the Empire: Recognitions, Strikes, and Madness – “Speaking of numero unos, have you ever noticed how often American and Israeli spokescritters incessantly babble about chopping off the head of a snake and so the snake will die? And then brag of chopping off said heads? How many times has Israel bragged about assassinating the head of the PLO, of Hamas, of Hezbollah, or of the Houthis? How many top Iranian military officers and scientists have been assassinated to a chorus of HALLELUJA ! from Western corporate media? How many times have Americans been told we must purge the evil Husseins, Khomeinis, Castros, Maduros, Kims, and Putins of the world? How many times has chopping off that snake’s head done nothing to the snake except to make it stronger? How many times have misses made the existing heads even stronger and more popular than ever?” – Ohio Barbarian  – THE BARBARIAN’S WEEKLY REFLECTIONS, GOOD AS USUAL!!!

They can only push so far – “Back in March, I addressed the outright hostility the left shows toward Christianity, how they mock the faith repeatedly, and simply assume Christians won’t do anything about it. Sooner or later, I suspect they’ll hit a point where that’s simply not the case anymore. It’s like they want the violence. And that scares the hell out of me, because once Christians start being violent like Muslims, then we’re likely to have some very horrible things happen in the name of God, but it will only escalate as the leftist media won’t get the intended message for quite a long time, thus making out like Christians have always been the threat. No good comes out of this, but how far can you push a group before they start pushing back?” – Tom Knighton

All News Outlets Are Political Echo Chambers – “They Are That Way By Choice. They Can Do Better. You Deserve Better” – .Peter Nayland Kust

Trump Can’t Keep Quiet About the CIA Attack in Venezuela – “Trump illegally orders attacks on other countries mostly for his own gratification and self-aggrandizement. Keeping the aggression secret spoils it for him.” – Daniel Larison

Charting Trump’s Senile Empire on the Road to Fiasco (VIDEO) with Max Blumenthal – “Trump’s Venezuela adventure is being choreographed by Marco Rubio, the neocon golden boy with the highest approval in Trumpworld and the worst foreign policy record to match.” – The Grayzone ·

Trump Is Creating A Shadow CBDC Via His Direct Deposit ‘Trump Accounts’ Per The ‘One, Big, Beautiful Bill’ – “Millions of babies born over the next several years will have accounts created for them managed and held at the Federal Reserve, which is effectively a CBDC in practice.” – The WinePress

Somalis Gone Wild: The Wildest Migrant TikToks – “To the extent that they could ever have said to have been domesticated in the first place, the Somali migrant colonists of the West have gone feral in the aftermath of the mass exposure of their Minnesota fraud schemes. What follows is a compilation of their wildest TikTok declarations of war on Minnesota and the West more broadly.Moving right along, this one promises that he “will not tolerate” disrespect in the “state of Somalia,” even though he’s not in Somalia but in Minnesota.” – Ben Bartee

Hawkstone: Jeremy Clarkson’s Beer That Reminds Britain What It Is -“Britain is in the middle of a confidence crisis. You feel it in the daily irritations that have become permanent, the creeping sense that decisions are made far away from ordinary life, and the growing belief that the people who built the country are now expected to apologize for it. This is why Jeremy Clarkson’s Hawkstone Brewery matters. It is not just a celebrity sideline, and it is not just a good pint. It is a small and stubborn demonstration of what Britain looks like when it remembers that local work is dignified, that craft can be profitable, that rural communities are not an embarrassment, and that pride is not a pathology.” – Amuse on X

Zelensky claims to be discussing US deployment to Ukraine with Trump – “The American president had repeatedly ruled out sending soldiers to defend the country” -RT

2025 Is Ending With A Whole Lot Of Bombing – Michael Snyder

ECONOMIC NEWS  

Your bank doesn’t have your money – “When infinite paper meets reality. Remember Greece in 2015? Banks closed. ATMs limited to €60 per day. Then €50. People queuing for hours to withdraw their own money from their own accounts. That wasn’t theoretical. That was real people discovering they were unsecured creditors in a banking system that had taken exorbitant risks with their deposits. And I have a feeling it’s about to happen again. Not specifically in Greece. In banks across Europe that you’ve never heard were in trouble. Because they made bets on the two most boring asset classes imaginable. A metal. And bonds. Your deposit isn’t sitting in a vault with your name on it. It’s part of a giant pool that banks use to make investments, provide liquidity, and generate returns. When those investments go bad, your deposit becomes a liability banks can’t honor.” – No1  – GOOD READ, COULD HAPPEN IN THE U.S. AS WELL!!!!!!!!!!!!

The Dollar’s Death In 2026 Is Now A Mainstream Talking Point ” – Quoth the Rave

Honest Supply-Side Economics Versus Laffer’s Bogus Curve – “Part 1” – David Stockman

Did Silver Just Survive The First Big Test To Stop Its Epic Breakout? – “Do even higher silver prices lie ahead?”- Adam Taggart

Silver Stumbles On (More) Margin Hikes, Export Restrictions- Tyler Durden

Alasdair MacLeod: China BROKE the SILVER market (VIDEO) – “Alasdair shares why this setup could become the biggest silver squeeze in history, how China is reshaping the physical silver market and what forced short covering, margin dynamics and declining liquidity could mean for price discovery.” – Gold Republic Global

PHYSICAL OWNERSHIP IS NON-NEGOTIABLE – “Silver may rise faster but with greater volatility; gold remains the long-term foundation of stability.” -Egon von Greyerz

SURVIVAL, PREPAREDNESS AND SELF-SUFFICIENCY

Regional and Seasonal Camouflage Clothing and Gear – “” – James Wesley Rawles

Winter Vehicle Survival: Stay With the Car or Walk Out? (VIDEO) – “In most winter storm scenarios, staying with the vehicle offers the highest chance of survival. Your vehicle provides shelter from wind, visibility for rescuers, insulation, and a controlled environment. That said, every survival situation has variables, and understanding when those variables change the decision is critical.” – Jason Salyer

Vision Issue, Part 3: Vision Defects – Joe Alton MD

How to Recognize Risks Before Anything Happens – “Most disasters, attacks, and violent incidents rarely happen “out of the blue.” Usually, there are warning signs that something feels “off.” These signs may be small and easily dismissed, but you need to learn how to pick up on those clues before it’s too late. Here’s how to train yourself to recognize danger signs no matter where you are.” – Bernie Carr

Here’s How You’ll Die When the SHTF (and How to Prevent Your Untimely Demise) – Daisy Luther

VERSE FOR THE DAY

Proverbs 9:11    For by me thy days shall be multiplied, and the years of thy life shall be increased.

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THE BIG PICTURE

The Flight To Egypt – “If the Hebrew midwives at the time of Moses’ birth could see the pure evil in ordering the killing of children, surely Herod’s soldiers could see that also. That Herod’s soldiers apparently opted to go along with such evil is a further stark comment on the spiritual state of the people of Israel. When Jesus was born, the narrative makes it clear that Israel was suffering spiritually as well as politically. Joseph acted to preserve the infant Jesus. By making the hard choice to risk the journey into Egypt, Joseph made possible Jesus’ sacrifice on the Cross at Calvary, and His Resurrection. Through the hard choice to risk that journey into Egypt, God began in Joseph the transformation of writing His Law upon the hearts of all men.” – Peter Nayland Kust

The True Gospel of Jesus Christ Threatens the Business of the Freemasons and Technocrats – “As we come to the end of 2025, the United States still leads the world in several notorious categories. We are the #1 destination for pedophiles and child sex trafficking, we are the world leaders in technology and AI, we are the world center for Freemasonry which controls the worldwide financial system, and the United States is also home to the richest billionaire Zionists who sit at the top of the Freemason pyramid. Those who desire hope in 2026 by looking for change in politics or religion, will continue to follow false hopes that will never affect real change in modern-day American culture. As I have reported for the past few years, America is fulfilling her destiny, as the United States of America was founded by Freemasons to create a “New World Order” as is plainly stated on our national seal, which is also printed into our currency.” – Brian Shilhavy

BMW’s Screw That No One Else Can Turn – “While Mercedes aims to make cars easier to repair, BMW has patented roundel-shaped screw heads that push owners to dealer-only servicing and repairs. While BMW can argue that this is partly about design consistency, the patent itself makes the real goal clear: preventing loosening or tightening with common tools by unauthorised persons. In practical terms, that means you, your local garage, and your trusted independent mechanic, unless they are willing and able to source a very specific BMW-only tool.” – Marnus Moolman

Did TSA Finally Grab the Wrong Groin? – “Evita Duffy-Alfonso, the pregnant daughter of Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy, tore into TSA last week over the abuse she suffered prior to a recent flight. Writing on X on Thursday, she called for abolishing TSA:” – James Bovard

Drought Deception – “Northwest drought is being exaggerated by a group including publicly funded agencies, the media, local government, and climate activists. At its essence, it is ideological, anti-science, political, and self-serving. To see how nonsensical and anti-science this effort is, consider the latest drought map for Washington State (released yesterday, and shown below). Most of Washington State is “abnormally dry” or in drought, with severe or extreme drought over the eastern slopes of the Cascades and the far portion of the state (see below). As shown below, this is total nonsense and inconsistent with hard data. Precipitation has been above normal, soils are moist, rivers are above normal levels, reservoirs are above normal, and snowpack is in decent shape.” – Cliff Mass

No Storms, No Spin: A Quiet Hurricane Season That Even NOAA Missed – “Straight reporting from Rigzone shows it was a near-normal season—with facts, not climate hype.” – Linnea Lueken

Mainstream media participate in an omertà in relation to the sudden death of a Norweigen Olympic athlete. – “Sivert Bakken was a Norweigen Biathlete who tragically died a few days ago at the tender age of 27. When I read the above, which referred to heart problems interrupting his career in 2021-22, I naturally thought “covid vaccine-induced myocarditis”, and that this was almost certainly linked to his sudden death. However, as you will note, no such link is made in either of these articles.” – Jonathan Engler

 

 

 

NEWS

Mr Zelensky Goes to Washington (Again) – “President Trump has already hinted that he expects little of value to come from Zelensky’s return to the White House. He told Politico after Christmas that Ukraine’s holdover president (who has remained in office nearly two years beyond his elected term by declaring a state of martial law) “doesn’t have anything until I approve it…So we’ll see what he’s got.” Still, President Trump continues to give Zelensky and Europe’s mouthy warmongers (or as Europe’s militarily weak but loud and threatening “leaders” prefer to describe themselves, “the coalition of the willing”) every opportunity to bark like small dogs, run in circles, nip at America’s heels, and pee on the Oval Office carpet.” – J.B. Shurk

Chevy’s Christmas Commercial – “This year, Chevy – General Motors – elected to produce a not-Woke commercial for Christmas. But it is an embarrassing commercial for GM, nonetheless – because it features a vehicle of the type that Chevy used to make but doesn’t anymore. Well, it sort of does. The featured vehicle is a Chevy Suburban. The 1980s version. The version that average American families could afford to buy back in the ’80s. Back in 1982, a brand-new Suburban stickered for about $10k – if you can imagine that. According to the government’s BLS inflation calculator, that $10k works out to about $34k today. That amount of money will buy you about half a 2026 Suburban, which stickers for $63,400 to start.” – Eric Peters

From the Back Forty: Heartlanders Give Trump Their Resolutions – “Middle America calls for a resolution to a couple of nagging problems. Although the coastal regions may disagree, conservatives, Blue Dog Democrats, and a good share of the libertarian kind are ready to oust those responsible for major fraud in Minnesota and the giant sucking sound coming from Ukraine.” – Sarah Cowgil

Everyone Is Sick Of It (VIDEO) – “Not the world you grew up in. . Romantic as it is, I get the feeling she’s not that into him. He just wants to make nice.  Again, get the feeling she’s not interested. An everyday experience for young women in Europe. Or just a mythical far-right narrative. We’ve got our own scumbags, our own predators, and our own sex piss. We do not need to bring in more. This is not racism, they say, and they’re not the far right. But a lot of what we heard sounded an awful lot like the far right’s narrative. Oh, yes, that horrendous far-right narrative of checks notes mothers not wanting their daughters to be predated on.” – Paul Joseph Watson  – GOOD ONE AS USUAL FROM PJW!!!!

The Starmer regime is turning Britain into a police state – “The UK’s crackdown on protests against the Gaza genocide is the worst example of the authoritarian trend evident in Western Europe” – Tarik Cyril Amar

Vivek’s Annual Christmas Crash-Out Veers Into Pop-Psychoanalysis. – “Vivek Ramaswamy, an anchor baby whose Indian parents migrated to the United States shortly before his birth in 1985, is, dubious claims to authority notwithstanding, always eager to share — for some reason, every year around Christmas — his thoughts about the merits (or lack thereof) of American culture, who qualifies as “American,” etc. Which might strike some as a bit presumptuous.” – Ben Bartee

10 videos that will make you… – “…watch and let me know” – Kenn Gividen

Trump Blockade Leaves $1 Billion Of Venezuelan Crude Stranded On Tankers – “Based on our visual analysis from both shore and space, we estimate that there are around 17.5 million barrels of crude oil floating onboard tankers in Venezuela which are unable to depart due to the ongoing US blockade,” independent research Tanker Trackers wrote on X. “That’s around $900M of oil.” – Tyler Durden

Trump DOJ: AR-15s Protected by the Second Amendment, Switchblades Not So Much – Tom Knighton

Trump and Netanyahu Meet Again – “Both seek to dominate the world. As has been reported, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will yet again be in Washington on Monday December 29th. It is a visit that initial media reports claimed had been requested by Trump, which would underline the value of the relationship to the US president.Netanyahu is not likely to raise the claimed “threat” posed by Iran’s alleged secret nuclear weapons development as Trump continues to insist that the US attack on Iran in June “obliterated” the nuclear program. ” – Philip Giraldi

Netanyahu Is Visiting Trump For The FIFTH Time This Year, And Other Notes – “But of course it would be antisemitic to suggest that there’s anything strange about the US president meeting with the Israeli prime minister more frequently than with any other foreign leader on the planet.” – Caitlin Johnstone

The Saudis’ Threats Against South Yemen Expose Their Geopolitical Motives – “They expect to obtain a client state in at least part of Yemen as their reward for fighting the Houthis.” – Andrew Korybko

 

 

ECONOMIC NEWS  ( WE’LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS IN THE SILVER MARKET TOMORROW )

Silver Up 7 Bucks—Is Not Business As Usual – “This morning, I called some who keep large bank balances to warn them. Though I can’t know for sure, a daily gold price up $30/100/silver up 2/7 bucks, this is the right time to get dollars you can’t afford to lose out of the banking system. If mortgages are owed, pay them down. Or, at least, secure your dollars—in your own possession.” – Erik @ neverhadaboss.com  -GOOD READ FROM ERIK ONCE AGAIN!!

2026: A Monetary Tsunami – “For much of the past 50 years, gold and silver were seen as relics of the past. Irrelevant shiny rocks from another era. Mainstream news told us precious metals were worthless. “Pet rocks”. Even as recently as September of 2022, the Wall Street Journal ran a headline proclaiming “Gold Loses Status as Safe Haven”, written by one Hardika Singh: Gold is up about $2,800/oz since that article was published. This is your reminder to ignore mainstream financial news. I haven’t sold anything yet. Miners, ETFs, vault holdings, nada. These investments act as a personal floodgate. If you ever need them, you’ll really need them. And with the trajectory the world is on, a tsunami is inevitable. This wave will come in the form of money printing and inflation at a scale that will shock the world. We’re approaching a historic financial and monetary reckoning.” – Adam Sharp

The Biggest Credit Bubble in History (VIDEO) with Alasdair Macleod – WTFinance   – A HALF HOUR “MUST WATCH”!!!!!!

Comex: Physical Silver Demand Keeps the Market in Backwardation – Peter Schiff

Gold & Silver Price EXPLOSION is a Sign of Something BIG Coming (VIDEO) with Bill Holter & David Morgan – “it’s important to understand that gold and silver don’t change. They don’t go up and down. An ounce is an ounce. announced today is announced 100 years ago and will be announced 100 years from now. What’s changing are the currencies and I believe what you’re looking at right now is this is the end of the fiat experiment. You’re watching uh currencies devalue. I mean if you have something go up 100%. It means if you’ve got silver or gold that goes up 100%. That’s a devaluation of 50% of the currency. And that’s what you’re watching worldwide is that all currencies worldwide are are devaluing.” – CapitalCosm – TWO MORE OF PRECIOUS METALS’ BEST ANALYZERS. ALSO SEE BILL’S VIDEO WITH GREG HUNTER LINKED ON FRIDAY!!!

 

 

 

SURVIVAL, PREPAREDNESS AND SELF-SUFFICIENCY

The Truth About Planting By The Moon – “Most people plant when it is convenient, like when the weather cooperates or when the family is home and can pitch in to help. But there are advantages to planting according to the stages of the moon.” – Ame Vanorio

Talking Seeds! (VIDEO) – Modern Refugee.

27 Free Seed Catalogs to Request in January – Anna K. Cottrell  – THIS ONE KIND OF GOES ALONG WITH THE ABOVE VIDEO BY MODERN REFUGEE. I HAVE USED SOME OF THESE BRANDS OF SEEDS IN THE PAST!!!

This Week in Canadian Preparedness: Real Winter Disruptions and What They Exposed – “This past week offered several quiet but instructive reminders of how Canadian infrastructure responds under normal winter stress. None of these incidents were catastrophic. All of them were disruptive enough to expose preparedness gaps — especially for households relying entirely on external systems. For preppers, these are the most valuable events to study.” – denob

Winter Sowing: The Cheap & Easy Gardening Technique for Starting Seeds Now – Jenna Clark

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to TEOTWAWKI – Part 4 – “WEAPON , FOOD AND WATER, MONEY and STRESS AND DURESS: It’s important to always maintain situational awareness wherever we are, and even more so when hitchhiking. There was only one time in all my hitchhiking travels where I had a negative experience during a ride. It got to the point where I thought it might be necessary to calmly let the driver know I was armed.” – St. Funogas

 

 

VERSE FOR THE DAY

Psalm 119:45     And I will walk at liberty: for I seek thy precepts.

 

IMAGES FOR THE DAY

 

 

 

LYRIC FOR THE WEEK

You ask me where to begin
Am I so lost in my sin?
You ask me where did I fall
I say I can’t tell you when

But if my spirit is lost
How will I find what is near?

Don’t question, I am not alone
Somehow I’ll find my way home

My sun shall rise in the east
So shall my heart be at peace
And if you’re asking me when
I’ll say it starts at the end

You know your will to be free
It’s matched me, love, secretly
And I belong to your brand
Somehow you’ll find you were there

Your friend lives close by your side
And speaks in far, ancient tongue
A season’s wish will come true
All seasons speaking with you

One world we all come from
One world we mend into all
Just hold my hand and lean back
Somehow we’re going somewhere
Somehow we’re going somewhere

You ask me where to begin
Am I so lost in my sin?
You ask me where did I fall
I’ll say I can’t tell you when

But if my spirit is strong
I know it can’t be long

No question, I’m not alone
Somehow I’ll find my way home
Somehow I’ll find my way home
Somehow I’ll find my way home

( I’ll Find My Way Home by Jon Anderson and Vangelis )

THE BIG PICTURE

The West’s Awake 2025: A Jumbled up Year in pictures – Gerry O’Neill  – GOOD ONE FROM GERRY. NICE TO GET SOME GLIMPSES FROM A PERSON AS TO HOW THEY THINK AND FEEL!!!

THE DEATH OF REAL JOURNALISM AND THE RISE OF AI SLOP – “How Scammers, Bots, and Celebrities Are Drowning Independent American Journalists. I hate that I have to write this, but I’m watching everything I’ve built over the past three years get buried alive by an avalanche of garbage and I refuse to go down without saying something about it.” – 🐺The Wise Wolf and Lily-Rose Dawson  – A MUST READ!!!!!

The Playboy Shadow Mansions, the CIA & Drug Trafficking [PART 1] – “It’s time to fire up an old-school flowchart…” – Agent131711  – AND YOU THOUGHT IT WAS ALL ABOUT PARTIES, SEX AND CENTERFOLDS!!!!

Trump Slip? 6G, Bio-Tech, and the Future of Human Control short, one minute (VIDEO) – watchman73

15-MINUTE CITY NIGHTMARE UNLEASHED: Glasgow Joins Worldwide 2026 Open-Air Prison Rollout – “The globalist plan is accelerating at breakneck speed.” – Baxter Dmitry via Lioness of Judah

NEWS

Decline and Fall – “The British Empire, in steep decline on the eve of World War I, is a cautionary tale for a decayed U.S. Empire a century later.” – Chris Hedges

Trump Inciting The Mothership of Global War – “Trump is bombing ISIS in Nigeria. He is saving Christians from slaughter. The region specifically targeted is the northwest. But Christians live primarily in the Southeast, South and Southwest. So who lives in the northwest? The northwest is comprised of 7 political zones which are primarily home to the Hausa and Fulani peoples numbering 71 million. They are dominant – Sunni Islam with mosques dating from the 15th century. So why would Trump bomb this well grounded civilization? “Northwest Nigeria holds significant untapped rare earth mineral potential, primarily in the form of monazite sands rich in key elements like neodymium, lanthanum, and cerium vital for EV’s, defense weapons, smartphones. and turbines.” What there are not? Christians. Never were. What is being bombed? Mosques and civilian populations. Who gave the order? Israel. Who started the rumor of Christian genocide in Nigeria? Netanyahu.” – Helena Glass

Netanyahu pushes for more strikes on Iran, clashing with Trump’s priorities The US president’s base opposes intervention in Iran while pro-Israel donors and hawks push for heightened US involvement.” -Ali Harb

New Attacks Shake Kyiv Just Ahead of Zelensky’s High-Stakes Meeting With Trump – “Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky is supposed to meet with U.S. President Trump on Sunday to hammer out details on a proposed peace deal. But only hours ahead of that meeting, it sure looks like Russia’s President Vladimir Putin is sending a message to Ukraine and, indirectly, to the United States, as Russia has launched yet another attack on the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv.” – Ward Clark

Strategic Reality: The Conflict of Attrition, Ukraine Cannot Win – “There is an unavoidable military reality that Europe continues to deny, even as its own officials whisper it in private briefings and NATO commanders leak the same conclusions to any journalist willing to hear. The conflict is not merely going badly for Ukraine; it is structurally unwinnable.” – Phil Butler

Trump sanctions EU officials over censorship rules row. But there’s more to it – “Europe needs the Ukraine war to continue to cover up a multitude of policy failures and the damaging work of third-rate politicians. Just how aligned are the EU and the Trump administration on their longer-term objectives?” – Martin Jay

How Corporations View (and Own) the U.S. Military – “Corporate Capture Is Not Just Lobbying. Big business works hard to influence the U.S. government. Corporate capture happens when it succeeds. Massive corporations work together to influence the government’s institutions and decision-making so that policy and regulation (or lack thereof) increase corporate profit instead of public well-being. You likely know about think tanks, lobbying, and legal bribery. This corporate capture — mind and body — guarantees that government policy will help to maximize corporate profit. The annual military policy bill known as the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) is crafted in the environment described above. Corporate lobbyists and U.S. Congress pack the NDAA with section after section designed to increase corporate profit.” – Christian  – GOOD READ ON HOW THE MILITARY INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX WORKS!!!

Spook Story: Ex-US amb. to Venezuela monetizes coup-plotting alongside former CIA officials – “While pushing for war on Venezuela in legacy media, former US ambassador Jimmy Story is soliciting clients for consulting firms run by notorious ex-CIA officials” – .The Grayzone

Front Companies? Bombshell Report Exposes Network Of Somali-Linked “Empty” Daycares Across Minnesota – “Shirley and the investigator visited several childcare facilities that had no visible children, toys, or activities during peak hours. Staff could not answer basic questions about rates or licenses. Both were denied entry to the reception areas of these facilities: Quality Learing Center: Licensed for 99 children; received $4 million over two years. Sign misspells “learning” as “learing”; no children visible, doors locked, no playground.” – Tyler Durden

Ilhan Omar’s Husband’s $30M Firm Scrubs Names from Website Amid Scrutiny Over Rep’s Sudden Wealth and Minnesota Welfare Fraud Ties – “This comes as the Minnesota Democrat faces intensifying questions about her family’s explosive wealth surge, from near bankruptcy to millions, amid one of the largest welfare fraud scandals in U.S. history, centered in her own district.” – Cassandra MacDonald

Russia’s hidden assault on Europe – “Most Europeans still think the war stops at Ukraine’s border. It doesn’t. While Russian artillery pounds Kherson and Kharkiv, a parallel, quieter campaign is being fought inside the engine rooms of Europe’s economy. The weapons are not tanks but malware, forged documents, anonymous leaks, shadow tankers and well-timed “grassroots” protests. The targets are the very things Europe needs to free itself from Russian energy and Chinese raw materials: new liquid natural gas terminals, wind-farm control systems, undersea data cables, rare earth element mines, and the companies bold enough or foolish enough to build them. The numbers can no longer be ignored.” – James Durso

ECONOMIC NEWS

The Silver Market Just Nuked The Narrative – “I want to take a walk down memory lane — but before I do, let’s start with Friday, because it was not just “a big day” for silver. It was a statement. It was the kind of violent, undeniable, face-ripping move that doesn’t just show up on a chart, it closes an argument. Silver didn’t merely rally — it ripped higher in a way that perfectly wrapped up a year where the precious-metals markets have done nothing but confirm what some of us have been warning about for a very long time: the global financial system is fundamentally broken, monetary policy is a farce, and the theoretical scaffolding holding modern finance together is rotting at the seams. I’ve been yammering about this for the better part of 7 years now.” – Quoth the Raven

JPMorgan Sees $5,000 Gold Coming Soon – “JPMorgan now sees gold pushing beyond $5,000 and the bull run lasting into 2027. Silver is breaking away all by itself. These aren’t isolated headlines – they’re signals of a world quietly repricing money, risk and sovereignty itself…” – Peter Reagan

CPI Price Inflation Slows as Oil Prices Fall and Rents Flatten – “This will mean falling prices in spite of continued monetary inflation. In other words, as we see price inflation growth flatten, it will be due to larger economic softening, and not to imagine Fed efforts to return to “price stability.” Unfortunately, all this means ordinary people will have no chance of regaining any of the lost purchasing power—especially purchasing power lost due to supercharged price inflation that occurred during 2022 and 2023.” – Ryan McMaken

BRICS launch gold-backed currency – “The BRICS countries are moving away from the US dollar as the currency that settles international transactions, and gold is an integral part of the new settlement mechanism. The Unit On Oct. 31, 2025, researchers launched a pilot to test a gold-anchored settlement “Unit” inside the 10-member BRICS+ bloc of countries, which includes Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa, Egypt, Ethiopia, Indonesia, Iran, and the United Arab Emirates. This was followed by a Unit prototype launched on Dec. 8. The Unit is a “digital trade currency” pilot created for settlement between BRICS economies. The initiative came from IRIAS, the International Research Institute for Advanced Systems. Importantly, the Unit does not replace national currencies. Rather, it aims to act as a neutral settlement tool that reduces reliance on the US dollar in trade between BRICS economies. The BRICS Unit is a gold-anchored digital trade currency designed for cross-border settlement.” – Richard Mills

5 Reasons 2026 Will Be A Wild Ride, Likely Catching Investors By Surprise (VIDEO) with Michael Lebowitz – Adam Taggart | Thoughtful Money®

SURVIVAL, PREPAREDNESS AND SELF-SUFFICIENCY

9 Quick and Easy Tips on Creating a Low Maintenance Homestead – Jennifer Poindexter  – GREAT TIPS HERE FROM JENNIFER!!!

When Butchering a Cow the Best Cuts of Meat to Get – “When getting your beef from a local farmer or raising beef yourself, you need to know when butchering a cow (technically a bovine and usually a steer or heifer) cuts of meat that are essential to make sure you’re getting the most from the animal and the cuts that will serve you and your family best.” – Melissa K. Norris

Preparedness Is a Gift You Carry Through Winter: Resilience, Routine, and Community at Christmas – denob

How to Care for Your Herb Garden Through the Winter – Lindsay Miller

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to TEOTWAWKI – Part 3 – “TRAVEL LIGHT The more belongings you have, the less the chances are that you’ll catch a ride in a timely manner. A single backpack will be more appealing than a bunch of gear. GENDER AND NUMBER OF HITCHHIKERS Most of the hitchhikers you see are men. For the ladies, hitchhiking is far easier” – St. Funogas

VERSE FOR THE DAY

Matthew 2:16     Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had diligently inquired of the wise men.

IMAGE FOR THE DAY

THERE IS NO POST TODAY. HOPE EVERYONE HAS A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS AND SPENDS TIME WITH THEIR FAMILY AND LOVED ONES; BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT LIFE IS REALLY ABOUT.  THE NEWS FOR TODAY IS THAT WE CELEBRATE THAT CHRIST OUR SAVIOR WAS BORN. MAY EVERYONE HAVE PEACE AND JOY ON THIS CHRISTMAS DAY AND FORGET ABOUT THE MEANINGLESS FAKE NEWS THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH WHAT LIFE IS ALL ABOUT. GOD BLESS YOU ALL!

VERSE FOR THE DAY

Isaiah 9:6    For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.

IMAGE FOR THE DAY

THE BIG PICTURE

EU Sanctions Coming to a Neighborhood Near You – “In a time of fake war, many fake accusations must be made. The EU, led by what the whole world recognizes as a group of literal idiots, sanctioned a 70 year old Swiss intelligence analyst, The sanctions require that Colonel Baud’s accounts be frozen, his property seized, that he remains in Belgium, that he shall have no assistance moral, financial or practical, from friends, neighbors, his publishers, or anyone else. The rats in Brussels are currently being starved just in case Colonel Baud needs to have a head cage installed, as he most obviously deserves one. All crimes against the EU, and its trembling military faction, must be punished! Lies and counter-narratives be silenced! Those with eyes to see, ears to hear, and IQs above room temperature must be stopped!” – Karen Kwiatkowski

Land of Confusion: The Great Reset in Motion – “Moving forward, what can we expect? We will see the elite continue to rollout the narrative of permanent emergency under the guise of climate crisis and Russian threat to provide the ideological discipline required to justify a boosted austerity. Meanwhile, digital ID and central bank digital currencies will create a system of total surveillance. In this emerging system, the citizen is replaced by the ‘managed subject’, whose access to the economy is contingent upon a social credit score.” – Colin Todhunter

If Jesus Were Born Today, Would He Survive the American Police State? – “Every Christmas, Christians celebrate the birth of a child born into oppression—an occupied land, a climate of political fear, and a government quick to crush anything that threatened its authority. Two thousand years later, the parallels are unmistakable. If Jesus were born in modern America, under a government obsessed with surveillance, crackdowns on undocumented immigrants, religious nationalism, and absolute obedience to a head-of-state rather than the rule of law, would he survive long enough to preach about love, forgiveness and salvation? Would his message of peace, mercy, and resistance to empire be branded as extremism? As familiar as the Christmas story of the baby born in a manger might be, it is also a cautionary tale for our age.” – John & Nisha Whitehead

Pennsylvania High Court Rules Police Can Access Google Searches Without Warrant – “The court’s ruling suggests that using the internet now means agreeing to be searched.” – Christina Maas

THE STRANGER IN THE MANGER: A Christmas Deep Dive into Christ – “The Weird, Wild, and Wonderful Things You Never Learned in Sunday School About the Most Famous Person in History” – 🐺The Wise Wolf  – INTERESTING READ FROM 🐺THE WISE WOLF!!!!!!!!!!!!

Jesus’ Disciples who Changed the World After His Death were All Jews, NOT Christians – “Last week I wrote about how modern-day Christians who are part of the Evangelical Church need to be evangelized, because most of them do not know the true Gospel of Jesus Christ, which states that we are all “One in Christ”, and that there is no favored nation or race of people that are “chosen” with special privileges. Such a belief that one group of people based on nationality or religion are better than other human beings, is called “racism” and is described as “prejudice” and “discrimination.”” – Brian Shilhavy  – GOOD READ FROM BRIAN!!!!

Tucker Carlson Is A CIA Operative Used To Help Create Discord And Division, A Propagandist Pretending To Be A Populist While Promoting The United Nations – “He thinks the world of Jeffrey Sachs president of the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network, and an SDG Advocate for UN Secretary-General António Guterres on the 17 SDGs.” – The WinePress

Top Vaccine Pimp Paul Offit Ensnared in BRAZEN Lie – “Of course, Paul Offit and Co. are cretins, which the revelations only serve as further proof of — not that anyone in the know needed any more. Exposing and shaming them is all good and well, which we’ve done in independent media ad nauseam.” – Ben Bartee

Freudian Slip Of The Year: Erika Kirk Calls TPUSA A ‘Grift,’ Says Wicked Rapper Nicki Minaj Has A ‘Heart And Soul For God’ – “The Con Inc. – TPUSA psyop is getting out of control, it’s professional wrestling while promoting vile satanists. It’s a script in a battle for your mind. Another day, another installment of “The Days of Our Lives,” starring America’s happiest widow, Erika Kirk, and the gang from Con Inc. and Turning Point USA! This past week, Turning Point USA, now headed-up by Erika Kirk, widow of the organization’s founder Charlie Kirk, held a big AmericaFest convention that brought a number of speakers and pundits within the mainstream ‘conservative’ circles to talk about the current state of the country and where it needs to go. The event was like a WWE professional wrestling event, with bright lights, pyrotechnics, and a packed stadium of cheering fans crying out for their favorite politicians and political apologists.” – The WinePress

WHO Demands 90,000 Influenza and COVID PCR Tests Per Month Worldwide, Spanning 153 Labs in 131 Countries, Including U.S. CDC – “Unelected foreign group dictates how sovereign nations must commit to “enhancing influenza pandemic response.”” – Jon Fleetwood

Poison in the Water: Is Your Family Safe? – “An Investigation into America’s Poisoned Water Supply” – 🐺The Wise Wolf and Lily-Rose Dawson

NEWS

Transparent Trump Reveals he Has MUCH to Hide in The Epstein Files – “The Epstain all over Trump’s white shirt just keeps getting uglier and uglier as the pretty girls victimized in these statutory rapes by rich elites keep getting less and less justice.” – David Haggith

Does The Rise Of Socialism Risk The End Of Western Civilization? (VIDEO) with Matt Taibbi – “Today we’re going to start with our usual financial fare, but then branch out into other important topics impacting society today, like the state of free speech, media bais and the role of government. I’m taking the license to do so because of our good fortune to be joined today by Matt Taibbi, one of the few remaining truly great independent journalists — a rare breed these days.” – Adam Taggart | Thoughtful Money®

Trump says Colombian president ‘better watch his a**’ after ‘stolen land’ comments – “Over the weekend, Petro made comments echoing left-wing criticism of the U.S., questioning its legitimacy in Texas, California, and other southwest states due to their acquisition after a war with Mexico between 1846 and 1848. When asked about the comments by a reporter on Monday, Trump voiced his anger against the left-wing president.” – Brady Knox

MSM Stays Silent As Horrific Video Emerges Of Attack On 75-Year-Old Woman In Seattle – “Outside of local reporting in Seattle, corporate media outlets at the national level have entirely ignored the brutal attack on a 75-year-old woman by a repeat offender. The silence is telling and underscores how progressive criminal justice reforms continue to backfire spectacularly, enabling a revolving-door chaotic environment that releases serial offenders back onto the streets with nation-killing consequences. That’s correct. There has been no coverage in the mainstream press. The reason is very simple: corporate media outlets no longer function as independent news organizations, but as public-relations arms that filter stories based on narrative control rather than public importance. What’s most shocking is that body camera footage from officers at the scene described Pea as a “regular” and noted, “He’s notorious for random assaults on Third.”” – Tyler Durden

From Punchlines to Politics: How Late Night Lost the Plot – “Turns out when your “jokes” are nothing but partisan jabs, viewers notice. Once upon a time, late-night comedy existed for the sole purpose of eliciting laughter. There was no moral, no message, no obligatory agenda. When jokes did get political, the butt could be left, right, or whoever happened to get busted taking a public selfie at a memorial service that week Those days are officially over.” – Jenna McCarthy

The EU’s Failed Attempt To Steal Russia’s Seized Assets Was Self-Discrediting – Andrew Korybko

Another Failure: EUCO Summit Conditions New Ukrainian “Loan” Repayment on Total Victory Over Russia – “The European Council summit that took place between December 18-19th in Brussels was declared a major ‘victory’ by the Eurocrats, when in reality it was again a resounding failure for von der Leyen’s rotten regime and her attempt to utilize stolen Russian assets for Ukraine’s war. The goal was to try to fully seize and use—rather than merely ‘immobilize’—the assets, but instead all they could manage was to create a €90B “loan” for Ukraine—from their own coffers, at that—a far cry from the upwards of €210 they had wanted.” – Simplicius

Has the EU just funded a new drone program for Ukraine to stay in the war? – “We can assume that half of this money is going to get swallowed up by Zelensky and his cabal.” – Martin Jay

ECONOMIC NEWS

No Senor Lacalle, Trump Didn’t Make The US Economy Better – “One rightest pundit who has apparently succumbed to TDS 2.0 ( Trump Defense Syndrome. )is Daniel Lacalle, who is a Spanish fund manager and pundit that has ordinarily been pretty much on the libertarian, sound money side of the economic debate. Alas, neither of these three bolded claims are even remotely defensible.” – David Stockman  – LINKED DANIEL’S ARTICLE ON SUNDAY FOR THOSE WANTING TO READ HIS TAKE ON THE TRUMP ECONOMY!!!!

Destabilisation And Peak Exuberance – ” Markets are winding down for the holiday break, but the news flow continues to hint at rising destability and noise, hinting the future economic path will get more twisty and difficult. Lower rates and QE fuelled markets (but not growth) in the 2010s, but won’t work when there is a strong inflationary impulse in place!” – Bill Blain

Financial Bubbles: How they Make Us Poorer – Frank Shostak

“Do Not Wait” – Silver to Hit $100 in 2026 & Gold to $5,000 (VIDEO) with Peter Schiff – “Schiff explains why the Fed’s new “reserve management” is actually the start of a massive balance sheet expansion that could reach $20 Trillion. He lays out his roadmap for 2026, predicting a “quick” move to $100 Silver, a potential banking collapse worse than 2008, and the terrifying possibility of “Capital Controls” locking investors into a failing Dollar.” – Kitco NEWS  – SEE PETER’S VIDEO FROM YESTERDAY AS WELL!!!

Here’s Where Precious Metals Stand Now – “The entire precious metals complex, from metals to miners, is in a strong position, and the next phase of the bull market is just waiting on gold to surpass the critical $4,400 hurdle.” – Jesse Colombo

Gold and silver prices soar to new highs as the yellow metal reemerges as a hedge – Tasmin Lockwood – AS BILL HOLTER SAYS, “REEMERGE, WHO ARE THEY KIDDING”!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Real GDP Has Exceeded GDI for 12 Straight Quarters, What’s Going On – “Let’s discuss the statistical discrepancy. Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and Gross Domestic Income (GDI) are two measures of the same thing. GDP measures total spending on final goods and services, while GDI measures the total income earned from producing them (wages, profits, interest, taxes). Income theoretically must equal expenditure, but they often differ in practice due to data collection lags and methods.” – Mish?

Silver Mania And The Predictable Bust – “Silver’s parabolic rise has been remarkable. Its price has more than doubled this year and is nearly three times higher than in 2023. The current surge closely mirrors two previous price jumps shown below. In this article, we examine the two similar price surges shown below to provide context for what may be occurring today and, importantly, for what might cause this bubble to pop tomorrow. Accordingly, we think it’s only a matter of price before the CME and/or governmental action pulls the rug out from silver speculators.” – Michael Lebowitz  – THE 2 PREVIOUS RISES WENT BUST BECAUSE THE CME RAISED MARGIN REQUIREMENTS AND INVESTORS WERE SPECULATING WITH OPTIONS. THIS TIME IT’S MORE OF A DEMAND PROBLEM AND NOT SPECULATION. PRICES ARE RISING BECAUSE BUYERS WANT THEIR ACTUAL SILVER AND NOT PAPER. WE SHALL SEE!!!

SURVIVAL, PREPAREDNESS AND SELF-SUFFICIENCY

The Prepper’s Sabbath: Why You Should Still Slow Down Once a Week – Bob Rodgers

Winter Survival Tips I Essential Skills for Cold Weather Emergencies (VIDEO) – “When winter’s chill sets in, being prepared for survival situations becomes even more crucial. In this enlightening video, we delve into essential winter survival tips that could save your life in cold weather emergencies.” – Jason Salyer

How To Make Metal Tags For Your Garden – “Wondering how to make metal tags for your garden? Learn how to make DIY metal plant tags by turning washers into garden markers”. – Stephanie Rose  – INTERESTING DIY PROJECT TO WORK ON OVER WINTER. I PERSONALLY JUST BUY METAL TAGS FROM THE PAW PAW EVERLAST LABEL COMPANY. WORK GREAT FOR INDIVIDUAL PLANTS AND ROW MARKERS. LINK BELOW!!

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The Hidden Dangers of Neighborhood Watch – “Neighborhood Watch programs are often presented as a wholesome and effective way to protect our communities. After all, what could be wrong with neighbors looking out for one another? But just like anything that involves people, power, and perception, there’s another side to the story. If you’re in a prepper mindset, or just someone concerned about security, privacy, and autonomy, it might be time to rethink the Neighborhood Watch.” – Matt Wright

How To Get More Eggs From Chickens Over Winter – “Backyard chicken owners dread winter! Winter conditions and changes in sunlight cause a decrease in chicken’s egg production. While this can be bothersome to see your investment of egg-laying hens “close up shop” during winter, (and you’re still footing the bill for the cost of feed) there are some things you can do to help them.” – Tess Pennington

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