THE BIG PICTURE

Did Trump Just Dump Us? – “With millions of other Americans, I voted for Donald Trump in part to get us out of other peoples’ sandboxes in all parts of the world. So how has it happened that we will now “run” Venezuela? From a troubling venture into another country’s internal affairs, President Trump is now leading us into something out of a comic opera, an American invasion of Denmark. Denmark has already offered us everything we need in Greenland: military bases, mineral rights, good spots for whale watching, etc. What do we do if, following an American invasion of Greenland, Denmark invokes Article 5 of the NATO treaty whereby an attack on one member is considered an attack on all? Will we see American troops under NATO command fighting other American troops taking orders from President Trump?” – William Lind

What is left of America? – “Why is President Trump picking fights with Venezuela, Columbia, Mexico, Cuba, Denmark, Iran, Russia, and China when he cannot even put down insurrection inside his own country? Is he unable to govern at home and covers up this fact by claiming to govern foreign countries? Why is it more important to steal Venezuela’s oil and Denmark’s territory then to put down treasonous insurrection on the part of the Democrat party in the streets of the United States?” – Paul Craig Roberts

Murphy’s Laws, Empires, and the Dialectic – “Empires always begin with an incredible amount of luck that never lasts” – Ohio Barbarian  – GOOD READ FROM THE BARBARIAN!!!

Why Did It Take Mark Carney Saying “New World Order” for People to Listen? – “They Told Us Years Ago … We Just Didn’t Want to Hear It” We’ve been conditioned to treat truth as legitimate only when it comes from sanctioned authority … central bankers, global institutions, or credentialed insiders. When independent voices warn us, we’re taught to doubt them, label them as conspiracy theorists. When wanna be power aka Carney admits it openly, can we finally pay attention? That’s the real problem.” – Connie Shields

Western Megabanks Are Now Going All-In On Bitcoin, Stablecoins And Tokenization – “Big banks aren’t debating crypto anymore — they’re building it. From tokenized cash to ETFs, Wall Street is quietly going onchain.” – The WinePress

The Plaque-Reversing Study Cardiology Willfully Ignored for Over Two Decades – “The Story of a 2004 Study That Should Have Changed Everything. What happened next defies everything we’ve been told about the irreversible march of cardiovascular disease. One group reversed. The other progressed. Divergent trajectories from matched starting points. The only variable was a food. The intervention was almost absurdly modest: roughly 50 milliliters of pomegranate juice daily—about what you’d pour into a small juice glass. ” – Sayer Ji  – A MUST READ FROM SAYER!!!!!!!!!!

Your Grandchildren Will Be Ruled by Robots Unless You Pay Attention Right Now – “5 Million Shitty Jobs, 5 Million Robots, and a Plan You’re Not Supposed to See. The energy requirements for AI are astronomical. The cooling requirements are even worse. Greenland offers both in unlimited quantities, far from prying eyes, far from environmental regulations, far from anyone who might ask uncomfortable questions about what exactly is being built out there in the frozen wasteland. This is not about protecting America. This is about building the infrastructure for a future that most Americans have not even been told about yet. And you are not invited to that future by the way. You are the labor they are trying to replace.” – 🐺The Wise Wolf

NEWS

On ICE? – “The tactics we’re all seeing – masked/heavily-armed “agents” snatching people off the street and shoving them into often-unmarked vehicles – are immensely stupid or immensely evil. Which do you suppose is more likely? It is stupid to do it this way because it is not necessary to do it this way. It is gratuitous – and that is politically stupid. If the desire is to deal with the problem of illegal aliens accessing taxpayer-financed government services, then it’d be much more effective – as well as right – to just cut off the services to people who have no legal right to them because they have no legal right to be in this country. Trump loves to issue edicts. Well, why not issue an edict that requires proof of citizenship as a mandatory condition of receiving any taxpayer-financed services? None of this would require masked/heavily armed “agents” Hut! Hut! Hutting! on American streets. Put another – more important – way, none of this would entail Americans getting used to the sight of masked/heavily armed “agents” Hut! Hut! Hutting! on America’s streets. This is something at least as dangerous as the normalization of seeing “masked” American citizens on American streets” – Eric Peters

The Government from Hell – “Donald Trump and the destruction of the world” – Philip Giraldi

Trump’s Neo-Colonialist Reach-Around – “The MAGA voting bloc may have been willfully deceived, but one year into Trump 2.0, it is kind of obvious who is getting the shaft, and how Trump’s neocolonialism is actually working. The American Republic was a hard won escape from European serfdom and British colonialism. The evolution of the United States into global empire is the most fundamental problem that faces America. Yet this is a problem Trump celebrates rather than rejects. His enthusiasm for control of everything from electricity prices, state ownership of portions of major industries, personal direction of trade policy and visas, random bombing and regime changes, and forced takeovers of desired foreign real estate all violate the literal US Constitution in terms of permit and process.” – Karen Kwiatkowski

Trump Will Take Greenland … And Then Go For More – “Trump will continue to demand Greenland until something is done by Europe to decisively stop him.” – Moon of Alabama

Monsters of the Deep – “Minneapolis, the sucking chest wound on America’s body politic, gets a break this week from Gawda’mighty, who is turning the heat down to subzero so that ICE-Watch nose-rings can hole-up in their Soros-paid motels, play League of Legends with their DoorDashed Chick-fil-A nuggets, and rest up for the next inning of their motley revolution. ICE itself might even have to lay off its daily round-up of rapists, cut-throats, and child-molesters, to wait out the cold-snap. Meanwhile, things elsewhere roughen up a little. For instance: Davos, Switzerland, where the World Economic Forum (WEF) holds its annual jamboree of vampire squids. Klaus Schwab is out, by the way. He skulked off in a malodorous cloud of embezzlement and sexual irregularities, to be replaced by Larry Fink, CEO of BlackRock, the hedge fund that owns everything in the USA and wants more.” – James Howard Kunstler

A DEEPER DIVE into the Chaos – “Or, as I now call it, the “Chaos of Peace.” The whole world took a deeper dive into chaos this week as the Peace President rapidly expanded his war threats around the globe.” – David Haggith  – GOOD INFORMATIVE READ FROM DAVID!!!!!!!!!

All Eyes Now turn to Palestine as Trump Unveils his “Board of Peace” for Gaza Which Could Replace the UN – “The Trump Administration sent shock waves across the world on Friday when the White House announced a new “Board of Peace” that is allegedly part of the next phase of the plan to take over Gaza. The Board consists of heads of states and billionaires. Trump was announced as the Chairman of the Board, and other countries can allegedly buy a “permanent” membership (if they are invited by Trump) to the new Board with an investment of $1 billion U.S. dollars.” – Brian Shilhavy

Putin offered seat on Trump’s peace council – Kremlin – “The body proposed by the US president is intended to manage Gaza following the Hamas-Israel war” – RT

Empire of Chaos, Plunder and Strikes in panic of being evicted from Eurasia – “Tehran will never bow down to the diktats. The neo-Caligula regime change obsession – in fact mirrored as a NATOstan obsession – will keep ruling. Tehran is not intimidated.” – Pepe Escobar

The Barking Madness of Trump’s Minneapolis Overkill, Part 1 – “According to Grok 4 there are now about 3,000 Federal law enforcement agents in the Twin Cities, including ICE, Border Patrol, FBI, DEA, Federal Marshals and sundry others. So if we prorate this army of cops by population among the two cities, the implied number of Federal law enforcement agents in Minneapolis is about 58% of the total or 1,740. Actually, what we are getting at is that according to the FBI crime statistics for the most recent complete year (2024), Minneapolis reported 76 homicides and a total of 4,955 violent crimes, including murder, negligent homicide, rape, robbery and aggravated assault. So that means the Donald’s surge of Federal agents to Minneapolis pencils out to— 23 Feds per annual homicide. one Fed for every 2.85 violent crime of all types. We either have a Federal system in which police work is preponderantly delegated to state and local governments or we have a centralized monster that is the very antithesis of our Constitutional order.” – David Stockman

Yesterday Cameras Rolled While Conservatives Were Hunted – “What happened in Minneapolis should disturb anyone who still believes journalism is a civic vocation rather than a predatory trade.” – Alexander Muse / Amuse on X

Germany: 4 suspects arrested for destroying young medical student’s leg in vicious attack, 3 from Syria, Iraq, and Afghanistan – “Germany was promised migrants would be doctors and engineers, but they also appear to be beating the aspiring doctors” – Remix News Staff

The GOP Takes Laps in the Swamp, Keeping Waste Afloat – “The fight for taxpayer savings could be a losing battle.” – Corey Smith

ECONOMIC NEWS

And Now For Something Completely Different – “Rising risks, geopolitical positioning, conflict, and strategic compression will be the themes for coming decade. Who will rise, who will fall? What are the implications for markets. Do not expect easy answers. This is unlikely to play out as anyone predicts.” – Bill Blain

Countdown to May Madness – “May 2026 cannot come soon enough for Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell. That’s when his term is up. He can hang around as a Fed governor until 2028. Though, in the past, most Fed chairs have stepped down when their term is over. Perhaps he will get picked up by one of the big banks and get paid big bucks. Or maybe he’ll write a book and go on a speaking tour and collect big fees. Or, if he’s smart, he’ll go fishing, indefinitely. Who knows? In the meantime, he’s got President Trump and the Department of Justice (DOJ) all over his backside.” – MN Gordon

Inflation: A Dirty Word for “Accommodation” – “As a “stealth tax,” inflation requires no legislation to impose, no agency to collect, and diverts responsibility for damages onto politicians’ favorite whipping boys. It gives government the ability to buy almost anything for nothing, while creating endless problems that serve as a pretext for intervention. Inflation is the foundation of arrogant government and a prescription for our own demise. Government inflates through its central bank, the Federal Reserve System. ” – George Ford Smith

Michael Oliver: Why Silver at $500 Isn’t Crazy – and Why We’re Still Early – “With gold potentially on its way to $8,000, a 3%–6% ratio implies silver between $240 and $500. That mathematical relationship — not hype — underpins Oliver’s “couple hundreds” forecast” – The Silver Academy

Exuberant Silver Investors on Hair Trigger, Susceptible to Overhype – “A rumor has been circulating on social media that the U.S. Mint is PLUM OUT of silver… implying silver will soon become “unobtainium” across the board. The evidence loosely backing the claims is a notice on the U.S. Mint website, which is, indeed, not selling certain collectible silver items for now.  In order for the Mint to adjust to the growing demand in silver and silver coin buying, and to continue profiteering off of the public with their high-margin “collectibles,” government managers needed to put a pause on silver sales until they can determine new product pricing. Conspiracy theories, hearsay, and precious metal dealer hype may have contributed to a misunderstanding that there is little to no silver available in the market.” – Joshua D. Glawson  – NOTICED THEY HAVE REPRICED SOME OF THEIR EAGLE TO $175, QUITE A MARK UP, I WOULD SAY!!!

SURVIVAL, PREPAREDNESS AND SELF-SUFFICIENCY

Year-Round Prepping Plan: What to Prepare Each Month Before Crisis Hits – “Most people do not fail at preparedness because they lack concern or awareness. They fail because they try to do too much too fast, get overwhelmed by choices, and eventually abandon the effort altogether. One stressful weekend turns into a cart full of random gear, followed by months of neglect, poor storage habits, and equipment they never properly learned how to use. That pattern creates the illusion of readiness while leaving real vulnerabilities untouched. A year-round prepping plan corrects this by imposing structure, pacing, and clear priorities. ” – Bob Rodgers  – GOOD ONE FROM BOB. ALWAY LIKE HIS ARTICLES!!!!!!!!

There Isn’t Just One Way to Prep – “We all have different budgets, different lifestyles, different homes, and different skills. Trying to say that there’s only “one way” to prep is honestly ridiculous. We all have variables:” – Daisy Luther

Mobility & Transportation in a Canadian Emergency – “Mobility is one of the most deceptively complex areas of preparedness. Many people assume transportation planning begins and ends with a reliable vehicle, but in Canada, mobility is a system, not a possession. Winter weather, fuel distribution, long rural distances, limited road redundancy, and fragile digital infrastructure all combine to make movement during an emergency far more dangerous than most people anticipate. Preparedness is not about moving fast — it’s about maintaining choice when others have lost it.’ – denob

How To Store Your Dried Plants (For Years) – Steve Nubie

How to Improve Vocational Skills – “Let me tell you something most people don’t want to hear. If the system hiccups for even a short time, a scary number of people would have absolutely no idea what to do next. Not because they’re stupid. Not because they’re lazy. But because modern life trained them to depend on everything working perfectly. Electricity always on. Stores always stocked. Someone else always fixing the problem. That illusion is cracking fast. ” – Ask A Prepper Staff

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