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Luke 21:25 And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring;

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17 Friday Apr 2026

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The End Of The Islamic Republic: Acid Tripped? – “The fog of war has so far made a mockery of a number of prognostications about Operation Epic Fury and the war with Iran. We have not started World War III. The world economy has not collapsed. Iran is not “winning”, and the US has not (yet) “won”. Just about every “expert” analysis has been wrong. Consequently, when even alternative media outlets such as ZeroHedge puts out yet another “doomsday” headline about the Persian Gulf, we are well advised to regard what follows with more than the usual skepticism. With bias a near constant fixture in what passes today for journalism, we owe it to ourselves to both be aware of any outlet’s narrative lens and to remain focused on the facts without regard to the narrative lens.” – Peter Nayland Kust – GOOD POINT FROM PETER!!!!!!!!!!!!

2026 Super El Niño Threatens Global Crops – “Beneath the surface of the Pacific, a massive pool of heat is preparing to reshape global weather patterns. Time is running out to prepare for a climate shock of unprecedented scale. The El Niño-Southern Oscillation, or ENSO, is the primary driver of the Earth’s natural, year-to-year climate changes. It is essentially a giant heating and cooling cycle operating in the tropical Pacific Ocean. When this cycle shifts, it physically moves the world’s major wind currents, steering storms off their usual paths and triggering extreme weather thousands of miles away. Once it begins, a typical El Niño event lasts between nine and twelve months.” – Sarah Connor – AND THIS IS ON TOP OF ALL THE “BS” HAPPENING GLOBALLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Are World Leaders Possessed? The Ancient Technology of Demonic Transfer – “The Vatican just declared a global emergency. Tucker Carlson called the President the Antichrist. A historian who infiltrated a UN-connected mystery school explains what you are watching unfold.” – Dr. Heather Lynn

The Varieties of Cultural Enrichment – “There are numerous varieties of cultural enrichment. The Islamic variety may be the worst, but there are other contenders constantly vying for the title. I was thinking about this fact yesterday when I read the news stories about Olaolukitan Adon Abel, the young “British” man who is now a naturalized American citizen. Mr. Abel recently went on an alleged shooting and stabbing spree in DeKalb County, Georgia, killing two people and critically wounding a third. One of the people he allegedly killed was a DHS employee named Lauren Bullis who was taking her dog for a morning walk. Olaolukitan Adon Abel has certainly enriched both Britain and the USA, although possibly not in the way ardent multiculturalists may have intended. Before I could post anything about Mr. Abel, an alert British reader named Mark sent me a link to an article about an alleged “British” murderer named Oluwadamilola Ogunyankinnu. So what do these two accused murderers have in common? Both of them are “British”, and both of them have unpronounceable African names. And the uncanny similarities don’t stop there: the two young men apparently share a background in the Yoruba tribe, which mostly originates in Nigeria, but also in Benin and Togo.” – Baron Bodissey

Avril Haines Is the Allen Dulles of the Plandemic, Her Father Was a Rockefeller Scientist Who Helped Develop the Lipid Nanotechnology Used in the mRNA Vaccines, and Her Husband Runs His Own Palantir – “Thomas Haines was an expert in squalene, a natural lipid nanoparticle implicated in the anthrax vaccines’ Gulf War Syndrome and used today in Fluad and other vaccines.” – Alexis Baden-Mayer

The King James Bible Is The Only Version That Accurately Predicted The War And Restrictions On Eating Meat – “Show this prophecy to people, as the evidence for it is undeniable.” – The WinePress

Unlucky coincidence? One of Australia’s only two oil refineries up in flames during fuel crisis – “You have to admit it looks suspicious when one of Australia’s only two remaining oil refineries goes up in flames in the middle of a fuel crisis.” – Rebekah Barnett

NEWS

Israel Considers Ceasefire a Betrayal – “Iran opens the Strait of Hormuz during 10-day ceasefire. In Israel, response to the ten-day ceasefire was met with anger and hostility by officials, journalists, and analysts. According to Israeli Channel 14, Netanyahu’s cabinet members reacted angrily at learning of the deal through social media. Israeli media framed the ceasefire as a betrayal and sellout to Hezbollah. Tamir Morag of Channel 14: “The way President Trump announced the ceasefire was embarrassing for Israel. It was clear that Israel’s interest was to continue fighting against Hezbollah.”However, considering Israel’s history of ceasefire violations, and the response by Hezbollah and Iran, it is entirely possible hostilities will resume and the strait will once again be closed to tanker and carrier traffic, thus dashing hope the war is now winding down and there is a peace deal on the horizon. As noted above, Israel has indicated it will continue military operations at its discretion. ” – Kurt Nimmo

Donald Trump Pulls the Trigger And the world goes “boom!” – “Many Americans are coming around to the view, based on what comes out of President Donald Trump’s mouth and what he writes down on his Truth Social site, that the US Head of State is insane. Larry Johnson is reporting “shocking details of what is going on behind the scene at the White House [where] Donald Trump began exhibiting signs of early dementia in September 2025… He frequently confabulates, he routinely loses his temper and unleashes screaming rants, and he is incapable of doing critical thinking. [As a result] Trump’s senior White House staff are behaving like children with an abusive, drug-addled father… i.e., they walk on egg shells fearful of saying anything that might ignite Trump’s rage.” And the American public is beginning to pick up on the dysfunction. ” – Philip Giraldi

War On Iran: – Ceasefire In Lebanon, – Hormuz Re-opened, – Talks To Continue – “There are several issues which are still open. The ceasefire in Lebanon is fragile and unlikely to hold: Rather than creating a realistic mechanism for de-escalation, it embeds a framework of asymmetry that neither side can genuinely sustain. It does not resolve a single core dispute. It does not create balance. It does not oblige Israel to end its destruction of southern Lebanon. It does not remove the trigger that can restart the war in a matter of hours. It simply postpones the next collision.” – Moon of Alabama

Hegseth urges Iran to make deal, but U.S. ‘locked and loaded’ – “The Pentagon has given an update on military operations in the Middle East amid the ongoing ceasefire with Iran. On Thursday, War Secretary Pete Hegseth sent a warning to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and regime leadership urging them to make a lasting deal for peace. “To the CAGE leadership and IRGC leadership, we’re watching you,” Hegseth stated. “Our capabilities are not the same, our military and yours. Remember, this is not a fair fight.” The secretary said Iran has the choice between a prosperous future or bombs.” – Chloe Hauxwell

Hegseth, Hollywood and “The Path of the Righteous Man” – “America’s current leaders are they themselves the result of generations of propaganda” – Ashes of Pompeii

What will unfold in Lebanon after Iranian pressure on Trump to enforce a provisional Zionist ceasefire? (VIDEO) – “This is a very personal review of recent regional tragedies from Lebanese journalist and mother of three Marwa Osman. She talks about her own personal loss during ‘Black Wednesday’ when the Zionists carried out 150 airstrikes across Lebanon in 10 minutes, massacring civilians even in areas where Hezbollah has no presence.” – Vanessa Beeley

It’s now MAGA to be in favor of warrantless government spying on American citizens – “Why? Because Trump changed his mind and said so!” – Leo Hohmann

Drought Engulfs 60% Of U.S. As Farmers Begin Spring Planting – “A massive drought has emerged across large swaths of the US agricultural belt, threatening crops and livestock and eventually affecting food prices, at a time when fertilizer and diesel costs are soaring.” – Tyler Durden

Trump Goes Ballistic Over Stoppage of His Ballroom – “One seriously has to wonder what Trump’s top priority is. Trump just cannot control himself.” – Mish

The Demographic Shift Which Will Rock America, and Wreck Israel, Has Arrived Early – “The Dazed and Confused generation now dominates the 65 and older demographic. In a way, the genocidal apartheid State of Israel has adversely affected our lives for 53 years now. Most of us are sick and tired of being sick and tired of those bloodsuckers and their obnoxious, liberty-hating backers dictating American government policy and stealing our hard-earned wealth to finance their atavistic Greater Israel Project at the expense of our own children! As we said when I came of age, Fuck that shit.” – Ohio Barbarian

Hochul Joins Mamdani in New York’s “Eat the Rich” Movement – “The hunt is on. New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani used Tax Day to announce a new fee targeting wealthy people who still linger in the city after moving their primary residences to other states. The tax, called pied-à-terre (or “foot on the ground”) is designed to hit people who still maintain high-value properties in the city. It is a remarkably moronic effort to ensure that wealthy people cut all ties with the city. However, Gov. Kathy Hochul has yielded to the far left and joined the effort. Mamdani, a socialist who supports the “decommodification” of private property, is seeking major tax increases, including a 10% property tax, to fund his pledges for free buses, city-run stores, and other policies.” – Jonathan Turley – THIS NEVER WORKS OUT!!!!

U.S. Navy Spy Drone Circles Cuba As Report Says Pentagon Weighing Possible Military Ops. – “With President Trump signaling on Thursday that a deal with Tehran could be close, and indicating that another round of talks may take place this weekend, the focus is already beginning to shift beyond the Gulf region and back toward the Gulf of America, where reports earlier this week suggested the U.S. military was preparing for some form of intervention against the communist regime in Cuba.” – Tyler Durden

Collapsing Empire: Hezbollah Crushes ‘Greater Israel’ – “On April 8th, the Zionist entity struck a demonic blow to the heart of Beirut, dropping 1,000 pound bombs in densely packed residential areas, killing untold civilians and injuring many more. One of Lebanon’s most dire mass-killings since the end of the 1990 civil war, it marked the resumption of Israel’s avowedly genocidal invasion. Unable to sustain a grand battle against a triumphant Iran even with US help, Israel is now overextending itself yet further into southern Lebanon. Hezbollah remains undefeated, and the wider Resistance is watching intently.” – Kit Klarenberg

How Likely Is It That Russia Attacks The Foreign Companies Supplying Ukraine With Drones? – “Typically cautious Putin isn’t going to risk World War III over foreign drone companies when he wouldn’t risk it after Ukraine attacked his country’s nuclear triad with Western support last summer.” – Andrew Korybko

ECONOMIC NEW

Traders place $760 million bet on falling oil ahead of Hormuz announcement – Amanda Cooper – WONDER WHO THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN, YOU THINK SOMEONE HAD A LITTLE INSIDE INFO., NOTHING TO SEE HERE!!!!

Prices For Physical Oil And Fertilizer Go Absolutely Nuts As A “Summer Of Shortages” Looms On The Horizon – “Most people out there still seem to believe that the war in the Middle East will rapidly come to a conclusion and economic conditions will return to normal soon. Meanwhile, the price of physical oil is going absolutely nuts, the price of fertilizer is going absolutely nuts, and we are being warned that a “summer of shortages” is looming on the horizon if the Strait of Hormuz remains closed. ” – Michael Snyder

Slowing Consumer Debt Likely Signals Growing Consumer Stress – “As the Times put it, “The enduring strength of consumer spending…has been the main reason that the United States has evaded a recession through successive drubbings over five years: roaring inflation, a rapid run-up in interest rates and a barrage of tariffs.” The dirty little secret is that “enduring strength” was courtesy of Visa, Mastercard, Discover, and Amex. And the problem with running an economy on credit cards is a pesky thing called a limit. And it appears Americans are getting close to that line.” – Mike Maharrey

America Is In A Recession Carved By Trump’s War Machine – “According to Business Insider, the US is not facing a recession – we are effectively in one. Caused by economic uncertainty directly related to Trump’s War Machine. The Hit to Taxpayers to date for the Iran War alone is $58 Billion. Hegseth has now asking GM and Ford to cut their car manufacturing and retool more weapon manufacturing. Fires are burning amidst a massive drought across Colorado and Trump has twice refused Governor Polis any aid support. US infrastructure needs a $3 Trillion boot to upgrade from its C Rating. And America has become the Pirates of the sea confiscating oil.” – Helena Glass

Brazil Quietly Shifts Away from the Dollar to Gold – Martin Armstrong

Fed’s Waller turns cautious on rate cuts and worries about a ‘lasting increase in inflation’ – “Influential Fed governor worries high oil prices could persist and damage the economy. Federal Reserve governor Chris Waller said the surge in oil prices tied to the Iran war and lingering effects from U.S. tariffs could “lead to a more lasting increase in inflation,” potentially forcing the central bank to eschew further interest-rate cuts.” – Jeffry Bartash

Surreal markets – “In short supply already, anyone can see that demand for gold and silver will increase substantially. Yet markets are worryingly complacent, and it’s not just in precious metals. Surreal hardly describes it. Equities are hitting new highs on the back of little more than Truth Social posts.” – Alasdair Macleod

Oil Shock Breaking The System… Silver Could Go PARABOLIC Next (VIDEO) with David Jensen – Liberty and Finance

SpaceX’s IPO Feels Like A $2 Trillion Trap Door – “With a wild valuation and immediate retail investor access, this IPO is marketing overvalued distribution as investor democratization.” – Quoth the Raven

SURVIVAL, PREPAREDNESS AND SELF-SUFFICIENCY

Pour This On Your Garden Tonight… By Morning, You’ll Know the Truth About Your Soil – “Most homesteaders know this feeling all too well. You step into your garden, press your hands into the soil, and instead of that dark, rich, living earth you were hoping for… you get something dry, tight, and stubborn. It crumbles like stale cornbread. It looks like soil—but it doesn’t act like soil. And no matter what you try, it just won’t cooperate. You haul in bags of fertilizer. You water faithfully. You read labels, try new products, and follow every “proven” method you can find. But when harvest time rolls around, the plants look tired, the yields disappoint, and the ground still feels lifeless. Here’s the hard truth most people never hear: That soil isn’t just hungry. It’s dead.” – Bill Heid – GOOD ONE FROM BILL!!!

Rebuilding Stronger: Life After a Crisis – “Surviving a tough event—whether it was a physical and mental struggle, even a sudden job loss, a health scare, or something bigger—is only the first part. The real victory comes afterward, when you put yourself back together in a way that leaves you stronger and more capable than before.” – Brian Duff

When Your Home Stops Being Safe: Floodproofing and Emergency Shelter Decisions in Canada – “Preparedness isn’t just about protecting your home. It’s about recognizing when your home is no longer worth protecting—and having a plan to move before conditions trap you. This is where most preppers get it wrong.” – denob

Understanding Monoculture and Why It’s Bad – “What Is Monoculture? Let’s break this word down into its two parts: “mono” meaning “one”, and “culture”, as in cultivation. As such, “monoculture” is the practice of cultivating one single crop or plant species in a particular area. A perfect example of monoculture would be a well-groomed grassy lawn. This is utterly devoid of herbs, flowers, or other so-called “weeds.” In fact, the only thing that grows there is a particular grass species.” – Catherine Winter

Preparing Future Generations for an Uncertain Future – Part Six – Single Farmer

VERSE FOR THE DAY

Revelation 2:17 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it.

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15 Wednesday Apr 2026

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A Spanbergering – “Virginia’s new governor did something interesting the other day. Or – rather – signed something interesting. She has outlawed the issuing by the state – the DMV – of the Sons of Confederate Veterans license plates that people used to be able to get. The bill she just signed was originally put forward by state rep. Dan Helmer, of Fairfax County. Fairfax is the very heart of darkness of Northern Virginia, which is ironic in view of the fact that Robert E. Lee commanded the Army of Northern Virginia in its fight to gain independence for the Confederate States of America. That is not, of course, how the victors saw the fight. Nor modern re-interpreters of politically incorrect history such as Helmer, who opined that “The Confederacy was a four year period in which traitors hellbent on preserving slavery tried – and then failed – to divide the Union.” But that’s not quite right, is it? The Confederacy did not seek to divide the union but rather to leave it. Yes, of course, slavery was an issue. But the core issue was whether a state (any state) had the right to leave a “union” its people – via their representatives – no longer wished to be a part of. What the Confederate states did – what they tried to do – was exactly what the 13 colonies did, successfully” – Eric Peters

The Spirit of Sodom Not a place, but a verdict… – “October 7th is now routinely invoked as the explanation for the unbridled violence and psychopathic disregard for human life displayed by Israel in its recent wars in both Gaza and the Middle East as a whole. That is just an excuse however, an occasion to unleash what has been simmering beneath the surface for decades, now openly expressed across Israeli national conduct as a whole. No clearer example of that condition can be seen than inside Israel’s prison and detention system, particularly as it relates to the treatment of the Palestinian peoples. The Gazan Genocide, for all of its evils, has shined a light on the plight of this people like never before. With it, the victims of the Israeli regime describe a system in which severe physical abuse, humiliation, and sexual violence are routine occurrences.” – Scipio Eruditus

Francesca Albanese Delivers Strong Address At Human Rights Council | DRM News | AC1F (VIDEO) – DRM News – THIS VIDEO GOES ALONG WITH THE ABOVE ARTICLE. THIS SHORT 9 MINUTE VIDEO NEEDS TO BE LISTENED TO BY ALL. HOW SOMEONE CAN POSSIBLY CONDONE THESE ACTIONS IS BEYOND ME!!!!!

When Bullshit Gets Reported as Fact – “Listening to MSN, one might think that a Chinese tanker heading out of the Gulf, laden with Iranian oil, that gets turned around by a US blockade, is actually breaking some law rather than the whim of demented King Trump. It makes me wonder how long the Chinese/Russians will put up with this nonsense and what happens when they don’t? What happens when Iran/China/Russia/BRICS stand-up to the Zionist Empire. If there is a God, will that God come out on the side of the Zionist Empire? If God is all-knowing, God knows who follows teachings of God’s children (a shout-out to major religions that share more than not).” – Erik @ neverhadaboss.com

One Of The Largest Food Producing Nations On The Entire Planet May Soon Be Forced To Ration Fuel – “The real pain from the closure of the Strait of Hormuz hasn’t even hit us yet.” – Michael Snyder

Biotech lobby groups are set to trap farmers and breeders in patent minefield – “Deregulation of new GM crops will increase seed market concentration, undermine resilience of the food system. A new EU law that would scrap any safety or labelling rules for a class of new GM crops produced with new genomic techniques (NGTs) is in its final stages. As all GM crops are covered by patents, this will negatively impact the way our food is produced – meaning more market power in the hands of just a handful of corporations, less choice in seeds for farmers and more risk of being sued, and restricted access to plant genetic material for smaller plant breeders. This raises strong concerns, as our food security depends on the availability of diverse and locally adapted seeds.” – Corporate Europe Observatory and GM Watch

German Court Orders BioNTech to Hand Over 32 Internal Safety, Toxicity, and Manufacturing Records on ‘Comirnaty’ COVID-19 mRNA Vaccine – “Court affirms injured patients’ right to access manufacturer data, forcing disclosure.” – Jon Fleetwood

3 Reasons You Should Say Something – “It’s important that we share our testimonies. Not just about how God gifted our salvation, but about the times when God does great things. Don’t we want our kids and grandkids to know that God will help them when they think the situation is hopeless? Or how they can depend on Him when everyone else fails them?” – Kate Dreston

Yet Another HISTORIC CHURCH TORCHED In Canada – “Another historic church lies in ashes after a major fire tore through Saint-Romain, Quebec, last night. The building, whose construction began in 1893, is the latest casualty in a relentless campaign against Canada’s Christian institutions that has seen arsons more than double since 2021. Western nations are watching the same erosion. In the UK, churches face more than 10 crimes every single day.” – Steve Watson

NEWS

The Trump Empire – A Colossal Investment and Political Failure – “AFFINITY Partners: Founded July 2021 by Jared Kushner with initial funding coming at the behest of Bin Salman in the amount of $2 billion. The stated purpose was to initiate funding in American and Israeli projects and companies in Israel, India and Africa. As of 2024, despite the firm being given upwards of $6 billion, no profits had been generated at all.” – Helena Glass

Anti-Blockade Blockade Comes Into Effect to Mass Confusion – “Yesterday Trump’s “blockade” went into effect, with an alleged 16 US warships attempting to enforce it somewhere outside the Strait of Hormuz. This has led to a wide array of speculation on what exactly is happening, and how much fact vs. fiction there is in Trump’s ambitious claims. AP confirmed that not a single US warship was in the Persian Gulf:” – Simplicius

Empire of Piracy blockades Iran and China – “Iranians are itching to fight – in case the ceasefire collapses. All hail the almighty return of Pirates of the Caribbean, now upgraded to Pirates of the Persian Gulf. The spectacular collapse of the Islamabad diktats – Barbaria came to dictate, never to negotiate – has been followed by a coercion psy ops on steroids: Jesus! (literally, as he posted it on Truth Social) threatening every single ship now paying the Strait of Hormuz toll booth. As every grain of sand from the Gobi to the Sahara already knows, this is all about China.” – Pepe Escobar

Reflections from the Heart of the Empire: Machinations of Madness and Mayhem – “Let’s recap. Trump started a war with Iran because Israel wanted him to, the Israeli plan failed miserably, Iran closed the Strait of Hormuz but only if you insist on paying in dollars, so the US Navy will now blockade the Strait from at least 500 miles away so its ships don’t get sunk until Iran denies its own sovereignty over its half of the waterway. That is not a blockade. That is piracy on the high seas, one ship at a time across an awful lot of ocean, and it cannot possibly work.” – Ohio Barbarian – THE BARBARIAN’S WEEKLY RECAP!!!!

ULTIMATE MAGA BETRAYAL: Trump Urges Congress To Extend The Very Same FISA “Law” That Illegally Spied On His Campaign. – 2nd Smartest Guy in the World

No rules: Where could the next war erupt? – “How the US attack on Iran is pushing the world towards chaos and new conflicts. Iran’s desperate confrontation with two nuclear powers which have a vast network of allies and client states represents a move toward the erosion of the remnants of a unipolar international system. Tehran’s resistance is accelerating the relentless, albeit gradual, shift toward multipolarity. ” – Georgy Asatryan

All-or-Nothing ‘Diplomacy’ Always Fails – “The president isn’t interested in resolving disputes through diplomacy. He wants to dominate the other side and be seen doing it.” – Daniel Larison

Trump’s Great Reset Or Great Blunder? (VIDEO) with James Corbett – Ryan Cristián / The Last American Vagabond – GOOD ONE WITH JAMES AND RYAN. WATCH WHEN YOU HAVE TIME!!!!

Luigi-Inspired Arsonist Threatened “Our Way of Life,” Feds Say – “Does that mean gas prices will go down now? Get used to stuff like this. As I reported in January, a leaked draft copy of the Department of Homeland Security’s upcoming annual Homeland Threat Assessment introduced a new “extremism” threat category: “class-based or economic grievances.”” – Ken Klippenstein

The Numbers Don’t Lie – ‘Shock’ Report Says Dem-Run States Flounder Economically While Red States Thrive – “In the last several years, we have watched as beleaguered taxpayers flee the blue states of the East and West coasts for the less expensive cost of living of places like Florida and Tennessee. Elected officials from those blue states try to brush it off, but it’s pretty easy to see that taxpayers are voting with their feet and a U-Haul. Now, there is a new report that backs up what appears to be happening.” – Becky Noble

The EU Didn’t Just Influence Hungary’s Election, It Engineered the Outcome – “Magyar’s 1.85% Voting Record Tells You Everything Brussels Wanted Hidden” – Alexander Muse

AIPAC ‘slimeball’ Eric Swalwell leaves the stage – “Antiwar reformer Rep. Pete Stark warned the public about Swalwell, and was destroyed for it. In Congress, Swalwell provided a reliable rubber stamp for military aid to Israel while distinguishing himself as the most cartoonish promoters of the Russiagate hoax. When he ran for president in 2019 – polling around 0% throughout his campaign – he branded himself the “Guns and Russia” candidate, meaning he would restrict guns for Americans while forking over billions in military aid to Ukraine. With Swalwell’s demise, Pete Stark may have gotten the last laugh. But in a Democratic Party that is hostile to class politics, overrun by corporate lobbyists and occupied by Israel, Swalwell was a prototype. In his wake, new slimeballs will rise to the surface.” – Max Blumenthal

Iran’s Petroyuan Tollbooth Inadvertently Put China In A Zugzwang – “Iran calculated that closing the Strait of Hormuz would put pressure upon the US from its Gulf allies and the rest of the world alike to return to the status quo ante bellum in exchange for reopening it. Reportedly charging yuan for transit was meant to serve the dual purpose of further pressuring the US and encouraging China to extend more support to Iran. Instead, these moves only provoked Trump into ordering the US’ blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, which economically harms Iran and also China.” – Andrew Korybko

ECONOMIC NEWS

Trump Will Need Plenty of Inflation to Finance His New War – “While it’s true that the war will lead to the production of fewer goods and services, and lead to relative scarcity in oil, this will not be the foundational cause of price inflation, which is a general increase in prices. A general increase in prices only occurs because of increases in the money supply. In an inflationary environment, as goods become more scarce, there are also more dollars chasing all goods and services. If we’re looking for someone to blame for the price hikes, the first places to look should be the US Treasury and the Fed, which relentlessly work in tandem to exploit the people to enrich the regime.” – Ryan McMaken

The Trump Administration Is Manipulating Inflation Data — And Gold Knows It – “The Trump administration is now actively gaming the inflation data. For decades, the U.S. has understated the true state of inflation by applying various accounting gimmicks to the inflation data: the Consumer Price Index (CPI) and the Producers Price Index (PPI). The primary reasons for this are because A) it allows policymakers to hide the decline in living standards in the U.S. and B) the U.S. can continue to underpay Social Security COLA benefits based on lower inflation data.” – Graham Summers, MBA

March PPI: Better Than Expected – “Energy Prices Surged. Other Prices Not So Much” – Peter Nayland Kust

Inflation watch: High oil prices boost the cost of imports again. How long will the pain last? – “Flat import prices minus energy offer some hope” – Jeffry Bartash

New Steel and Aluminum Tariff Rules Further Increase Costs—Whether the White House Admits It or Not” – Clark Packard

Is The Iran War Good For The Petrodollar? – “Diana Choyleva wrote an excellent editorial for the Wall Street Journal entitled “The Iran War Is A Boon For The Petrodollar.” She pushes back against claims that the Iran conflict is accelerating the death of the petrodollar.” – Tyler Durden

What’s Really Inside Those Fort Knox Gold Vaults? – “We don’t really know what’s inside the Fort Knox gold depository because the government refuses to do a comprehensive audit. But even if we take the government’s claims at face value, we do know that the bulk of the U.S. gold reserves is made up of impure “non-standard” bars that don’t qualify for use in international settlements.” – Mike Maharrey

Strait of Hormuz Hostilities: Silver Surge Ahead as Markets Misprice Risk | Midweek Macro April 15 2026 (VIDEO) – The Contrarian Capitalist

SURVIVAL, PREPAREDNESS AND SELF-SUFFICIENCY

“Here Are Some of the WORST Pieces of Prepping Advice I’ve Heard”- “The competition for the worst prepping advice out there is pretty sharp. It’s been going on for many years and has a tendency to get even more ridiculous as time goes on. One reason is that a lot of the advice is pushing you in the direction of buying something, and when you need to buy something things can go weird and false. Another reason is the fact that there are numerous “experts” out there, and it does not have to be about selling. Often it can be that people just want to be known as experts because they feel more important or whatever.” – Selco

Liberty Lifestyle: Become Self-Sufficient with a Backyard Garden – “Living a liberty-first lifestyle starts with a seed.” – Elizabeth Lawrence

How To Prune Tomato Plants Properly (For a Larger Harvest) – “You may have never pruned your tomatoes and never had an issue. If that is the case, keep on keeping on. However, if you have dealt with tomato diseases and the frustration of losing your harvest early, then learning how to prune tomato plants is definitely something you should try. ” – Jessica Sowards

8 Spring Weeds You Must Pull Before They Flower Stop weeds early to protect your lawn and garden. – Ashley Zlatopolsky

Preparing Future Generations for an Uncertain Future – Part Four – Single Farmer

VERSE FOR THE DAY

Psalm 145:4 One generation shall praise thy works to another, and shall declare thy mighty acts.

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14 Tuesday Apr 2026

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THE BIG PICTURE

This So-Called ‘War’ Is a Fraud Meant Only to Force Chaos to Gain Control – “All war is based on deceit and lies, is rarely if ever defensive, with the exception of those countries aggressively attacked by the U.S. In the case of American wars, minus the South’s defense of its independence, all wars have been offensive and based on very nefarious agendas driven by banking and political desires.Yes, all U.S. wars are about gaining more power so as to control its own people. This long-planned, purposely plotted ‘war’ against Iran is based on this exact model, and will likely prove to be a successful coup in order to soon enslave this weak and indifferent society through previously tried and tested means. ” – Gary D. Barnett

Unfit to Govern: We Need a 25th Amendment for the American Police State – One week after posting a profanity-laced Easter message threatening to wipe out the entire civilization of Iran, Donald J. Trump, the 47th president of the United States, spent the night of April 12 and into the early morning hours unleashing a barrage of AI-generated images, threats and insults. Blasphemous. Profane. Threatening. Self-aggrandizing. These posts are not anomalies. They are part of a pattern—one that appears to be escalating. What was once dismissed as erratic now feels increasingly unhinged. What was once provocative now borders on delusional. What was once ego now approaches outright megalomania. Consider the trajectory.” – John & Nisha Whitehead

A Few More Conquests Like This, and the Empire Will Be Done For! – “The President’s account on TruthSocial is a noxious stew of misleading information, outright lies, and amoral imperialism. Last year’s “Donroe Doctrine” is a cheap snark of the 1800’s Monroe Doctrine, with no trace of the latter’s objective. This year, in addition to two new criminal wars of aggression and regime change, Trump’s contempt for real faith leads him to personally post images of himself as Christ, egged on by his deranged “spiritual” guide Paula White. When questioned about the now-deleted post, he lied saying it was a picture of himself as a doctor, making people better, something “he does a lot.” Like increasingly noticed US military capabilities, Trump’s lies are vapid and hollow.” – Karen Kwiatkowski

Dear American Tax Cattle – “A letter that every parent should give their children when they receive their first paycheck and file their first tax returns. Dear American Tax Cattle, Congratulations! You are now an American taxpayer. For the rest of your life, you will pay ~30% of your income to the federal government and ~10% more to state and local governments. That means in your 8-hour workday, everything you do before lunch goes to the government. In your 5-day work week, Monday and Tuesday goes to the government. For a year of your labor, January, February, March, April, and May goes to the government. If you somehow save enough money, you can buy a house. For the right to live your home, you must pay the government 1-3% of its value every year. Like all other taxes, if you don’t pay them you will be arrested at gunpoint and thrown in jail. Think of it like a mandatory Netflix subscription that is enforced with a monopoly on violence.” – Yuri Bezmenov

Commitment Always Defeats Plans – “The Eternal War never fucking ends! Not because the Responsibles keep drawing up smarter plans. Because the Resentfuls roll in every single day with nothing but raw, teeth-bared commitment. They don’t write white papers. They don’t wait for consensus. They hijack yours. Then they weld their agenda of guilt, envy, and chains straight into the guts of whatever you built.” – E.M. Burlingame

The Article That Definitely Won’t Get Me Killed Because Everything in It Is Fiction (Please Don’t Kill Me) – “An Entirely Fictional Story About an Entirely Fictional President Whose Family Definitely Did Not Turn a War Into a Casino” – 🐺The Wise Wolf – GOOD ONE FROM THE WISE WOLF!!!!

Wind power is not the harmless energy source liberals said it was – “Illegal logging, huge decommissioning costs, and even ecological damage plague the supposedly ‘green’ generators” – Robert Bridge

Secretive Bilderberg Meets in DC to Discuss AI & War with Trump Officials – “The shadowy Bilderberg meeting just happened in D.C., drawing key U.S. cabinet officials, Big Tech oligarchs, and international Deep State bigwigs. We break down what Bilderberg is and why it matters.” – Alex Newman

NEWS

The madness of King Trump: Decoding 47 – “Trump has lost his mind. At least according to America’s most loved MAGA pundit influencers and politicians who have been attacking Trump all season, casting him as irredeemably insane in light of his apparent grotesque mutation or cooption as an unhinged warmonger subordinated to neoconservatives at home and to Likudnik Israel abroad. Gone are the days of peacemaking and unexpected diplomatic moves like the North Korea opening, rapprochement with Russia as a major and highlighted theme; moments that left progressive doves envious and exposed their own inability to deliver on the hopes they once placed in Obama. What happened to reindustrializing the country, affordable housing and healthcare, taking on the CIA and the globalists, and in short, ‘Making America Great Again’?” – Joaquin Flores

The Iranian inkblot part 2 – ” Some additional perspectives. i’m honestly not sure I’ve ever seen a disconnect like the Iran war in terms of the way so many people are looking at the same things and coming to such radically different conclusions and, to be brutally honest, in many cases flat out abandoning sense, core principles, and even basic discernment in their pursuit of wild, questionable conclusions. It feels like derangement.” – El Gato Malo

Unjust Wars The Catholic Church Takes a Stand. In the New York Times send-out this morning, the pope and president are described as “clashing.” That’s one way of putting it. Actually, the pope is arguing for peace and against war and the death of innocents while Trump has been railing about exterminating an entire civilization. A “clash” for sure.” – Bill Astore

Vance and the Uniparty Lack the Courage to Impeach Dementia Don – “Trump will remain in office until the democrats are a majority.” – Kurt Nimmo

American farmers fertilizer Trump risks war backlash from the heartland: American farmers – “Even if Gulf shipping reopens tomorrow, supply lags and energy costs are driving fertilizer and other input costs sky high — just in time for planting season” – Blaise Malley

MORE WAR: The War Powers of the Middle East ReArm to Have another Go at it – “Since Israel’s contribution to the ceasefire was to pummel Lebanon harder than ever before, Iran responded during negotiations by bombing a Saudi pipeline that serves as an alternative route for Saudi oil by transporting the oil over to the Red Sea, rather than out of Persian Gulf ports. That eliminated another 10% of Saudi Arabia’s oil capacity, taking yet more oil out of play for an extended time. Overall oil production from OPEC nations has fallen 27%.” – David Haggith

President Trump & Philip II of Spain: Unconstrained Executive Power – “Philip II’s 1588 misadventure to invade England with his Grand Armada was unconstrained by checks and balances within the Spanish state. Is President Trump any different?” – John Leake

Can US Oil Replace Strait of Hormuz? No. – “A brutal global reckoning remains imminent. Scroll through your social media feeds today, and you will find a dangerously pervasive delusion: the narrative that American oil production is going to swoop in and save the global economy. This myth did not materialize out of thin air. It bears the distinct fingerprints of political operatives desperate to spin a catastrophic war with Iran as an accidental (or masterful?) American triumph.” – Sarah Connor

Trump’s Blockade: Another Bluster Or The Real Agenda? (VIDEO) – Ryan Cristián

La Marxista: Mamdani Pledges to Open First City-Run Store with Projected $30 Million Initial Cost – “It will follow a long line of failed state-operated and city-operated stores. Chicago’s mayor, Brandon Johnson, also pledged such city-run stores. It is notable that the stores received such emphasis by Mamdani. It is not difficult to set up a grocery store, particularly when you run the city that approves permits and compliance conditions. It is not even difficult to set up a money-losing store as long as you have a city budget to pay for it. It is far more difficult to set up an independently sustainable store.” – Jonathan Turley

Irish Government on the Verge of Collapse Amid Massive Protests? – “The restless natives of the Emerald Isle, facing what would otherwise be universally recognized as an attempted genocide were they not white, have made their largest showing of defiance to date over the last couple of weeks.” – Ben Bartee

Syria Wants Russia To Compete With Ukraine For Its Loyalty – “Russia’s loss in this new competition could lead to the removal of its air and naval bases.” – Andrew Korybko

ECONOMIC NEWS

The Dollar As The Global Reserve Currency Is Wobbling Precariously – “As the Global Reserve Currency, the dollar dominance is directly correlated to perceived safety and security of the government, and the economy in relation to other dominant economies. Alternative currencies at this stage are not a threat, however, Trump’s Tariffs and Warring have created a wobble. A wobble in earth’s rotation creates fragmentation, a wobble in the global financial system can create a collapse.” -Helena Glass

The Dollar Isn’t Collapsing – It’s Being Replaced Slowly – “The U.S. dollar has been the world’s reserve currency (as the petrodollar) for decades now, but the current conflict in the Middle East seems to have accelerated the dedollarization trend. Now, I’m not talking about an immediate radical shift in how the world approaches the dollar. But I am talking about a clear and definite shift away from the dollar, a shift that didn’t start in the last few weeks.” – Peter Reagan

The U.S.-Iran war dealt a big blow to the global economy. The IMF tells us how bad it could get. – “The latest war illustrates how the international order remains under siege” – Jeffry Bartash

PPI Jumps by over 6% Month-to-Month Annualized for 3rd Month in a Row. Energy Price Spike just Latest Wrinkle – “The hit from energy in March was softened by food and services, which briefly backed off. In prior months, services were the driver.” – Wolf Richter

Europe and Asia fear that Trump’s Hormuz blockade will deepen the oil and gas shortage – “”The Persian Gulf is home to the world’s largest net exporter of crude oil (Saudi Arabia) and the third largest exporter of natural gas (Qatar). Faced with the sudden withdrawal of production from this region from the market—because ships cannot pass through the Strait of Hormuz—the 27 EU member states, and particularly Rome and Berlin, have been forced to pay a premium on their supplies for almost six weeks. In short, the bidding war for tankers and LNG carriers already en route has reignited, with ships changing course depending on who makes the highest bid. – Ignacio Fariza and Guillermo Abril

The Coming Copper Price Shock (v-VIDEO) Rick Rule – “We have under-invested in production for so long that “there’s nothing we can do” to avoid the copper price rising to the point where rationing begins,” – Adam Taggart | Thoughtful Money®

SURVIVAL, PREPAREDNESS AND SELF-SUFFICIENCY

Sounds That Give Away Your Location And How to Control Them When It Matters – “Most people go through their entire lives generating noise without a second thought. Your keys jangle against your hip, your jacket swishes with every step, your phone buzzes on a hard surface, and somewhere down the hall, your generator hums loud enough to wake the neighbors. In ordinary life, none of that matters much,but the moment you find yourself in a situation where staying undetected becomes a priority, whether that is moving through backcountry wilderness, maintaining operational security in a rural retreat setting, or simply wanting to understand how sound betrays position, all of that casual noise takes on a very different meaning.” – Bob Rodgers

Nature’s radiation shield has been sitting in plain sight for centuries. The Aztecs knew it. Soviet doctors proved it. Now it’s your turn. – “If Radioactive Fallout Were Falling Tomorrow… This Is the One Thing I’d Want in My Pantry” – Bill Heid

Almost 50% of Americans Cannot Afford Food. Will You Be Next? – “There’s a gut punch hiding in the latest numbers, and if you’ve been feeling the squeeze at the grocery store, you’re not the only one.” – Kate L. Gilmour

Freeze Dried Strawberries: How to Make, Store, and Use Them at Home – “Fresh strawberries are one of the best things about summer. They are also one of the most perishable crops you can grow or buy. A flat of strawberries picked at peak ripeness has maybe three days before it starts going south, and if you are growing your own, you know that the harvest does not come in conveniently. It comes all at once, faster than you can use it. Freeze drying solves that problem better than any other preservation method.” – Self-Sufficient Projects Staff

Preparing Future Generations for an Uncertain Future – Part 3 – Single Farmer – THE FIRST 2 PARTS HAVE BEEN LINKED THE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS!!!

VERSE FOR THE DAY

Ecclesiastes 10:13 The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness: and the end of his talk is mischievous madness.

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Iran War Explained for Dummies! (VIDEO) – AwakenWithJP -THIS SHORT 6 MIN. VIDEO BY JP SEARS NAILS IT. IGNORE THE LAST MINUTE, JUST AN AD!!!!

The Birthday Balloon Gas That Controls the Future of Civilization (And Why China Is the Only Country That Seems to Know It)- ” Everyone Thinks the War in Iran Is About Oil. It’s Not. And the People Who Benefit Most From Your Ignorance Are 5,000 Miles East of the Strait of Hormuz.” – Lily-Rose Dawson

“The government is lying to us”, says the government. – “Friends, I rarely get shocked these days but this piece of government propaganda was a shocking shock. On April 8, RFK Jr posted an announcement from his official government account on X that he, as HHS Scy, is launching a podcast. The announcement is bizarre. At the start of the clip, RFK Jr says “the government actually lies to us”: Is he unaware that he is THE GOVERNMENT? If he is aware, then is he admitting that he is lying to us, or is he mocking us?” – Sasha Latypova

IRAN: Why the Blockade Is an Oracle Story (VIDEO)- “In January 2026, the UN Security Council voted to endorse an international body called the Board of Peace, with a stated purpose of overseeing Gaza’s reconstruction. Twenty-six countries signed on, Trump was named chairman, and on paper it looked like multilateral diplomacy finally catching up to a catastrophe. But the Security Council voted on the concept before the charter was ever made public, which means they endorsed an idea of the Board before anyone outside a very small circle had read the actual rules. An international body was legitimized before anyone knew what it was, which is not a procedural footnote. It is the whole trick. When the charter finally surfaced, two things became clear. The first is that Trump is named in it personally, not as President of the United States but as a private individual, as lifetime chairman. The second thing is that the charter does not mention Gaza. The word is not in the document.” – Audrey Henson / The Drey Dossier

Beware the Millennium Challenge War Game – “The 2002 U.S. Joint Forces Command war game found that a US carrier battle group in the Persian Gulf would suffer catastrophic destruction from asymmetrical attacks. The outcome shocked the exercise controllers, and a few days later, the war game was suspended. It was then restarted, with Blue forces resurrected and Red Team heavily constrained: certain weapons and tactics were disallowed, Red unit locations were sometimes revealed to Blue, and free-play rules were so suppressed that the final result appeared preordained. Blue ultimately “won,” but van Riper resigned in protest midway through, later describing the revised exercise as rigged to reinforce existing doctrine rather than genuinely test it. He publicly called the entire effort a waste of taxpayer money.” – John Leake

OPERATION FLICKER: The Time the Government Accidentally Caught… Itself… – “When the government takes down a child predator website, obtains the customer list, and sees who those bad guys are, they come to some alarming realizations…” – Agent131711

BREAKING: Study of 15,000 Nursing Homes Finds Death Risk Lasted Far Longer in the COVID-Vaccinated Than in the Unvaccinated After Infection (VIDEO) – “Analysis of CDC nursing home data—now deleted from government servers—reveals COVID shots failed and backfired in the elderly, the very group these “vaccines” were claimed to protect.” – Nicolas Hulscher, MPH

How America’s Largest Bank Ran Payroll For Epstein’s Child Trafficking Ring & Kept Its Bonus Structure Intact – “JPMorgan Chase processed payments tied to Jeffrey Epstein for over a decade, and it barely caused a ripple. What Was Epstein Actually Worth To The Bank? Here is the question that the financial press has shown almost no interest in asking, which is how much money Epstein was generating for JPMorgan that the largest bank in America was willing to risk federal exposure to keep the relationship alive, because compliance officers screaming human trafficking and executives overruling them doesn’t happen for a client with a savings account and a modest portfolio.” – Joe Martino – ALSO SEE THE WISE WOLF’S ARTICLE LINKED YESTERDAY ON THIS!!!!

Hamburg prosecutors open criminal investigation into Christian YouTubers for criticising Islam – “This is another in a long series of cases where we find the German state pursuing small-time content creators for posting the most benign things that would have attracted no attention had there been no criminal investigation.” – eugyppius

NEWS

Trump, in melt-down mode, portrays himself as Jesus Christ – “Is this just the latest attempt by Trump to distract the public from his epic failure in Iran, and the fact that he’s delivered almost nothing of what he promised? After tremendous pushback which he apparently didn’t see coming, Trump deleted the post Monday morning. But by that time, it had already been passed around millions of times.” – Leo Hohmann – PURE BLASPHEMY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Trump Claims He Personally Posted the AI Jesus Photo but Thought It Showed Him as a Doctor and ‘Had to Do with Red Cross’ – Meredith Kile – HE MUST NREALLY THINK WE ARE STUPID!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Tel Aviv Terrorists Running the World – “The Unchosen are in charge. There is now no doubt about it. The “power behind the scenes” that Disraeli and so many others have referenced throughout history, is centered in an ever widening part of the Middle East. There’s still probably an Illuminati-like group above it all, but as far as what we can see and hear, the ones in charge are the troublemakers in Tel Aviv. I’ve run out of analogies to describe our relationship with Israel. It’s really no fun to have Israel as your ally. I mean, they just ignore any attempt at diplomacy. Like their sycophant Pushup Pete Hegseth, they negotiate with bombs.” – Donald Jeffries – VERY GOOD READ FROM DONALD!!!!

Mafia Don Trump Whacks the Opposition John Gotti ordered the murder of five people, while Trump ordered the murder of thousands. Trump, however, is a piker when compared to the Zionists. The Zionist crime organization allegedly planned to murder Iran’s negotiators in Islamabad, but for Trump that was a step too far. “Don’t fucking do that,” he reportedly demanded.” – Kurt Nimmo

Global Food Shortages Will Hit The World Like A Freight Train In 6 To 9 Months Because Virtually Nothing Will Get Through The Strait Of Hormuz Now – Michael Snyder

Climate Lockdown: Trump Announces He Will Blockade The Blockade In Strait Of Hormuz, Says Gas Prices Will Remain Elevated Through November – “Cosmic checkers, of course… MAGA base is melting down, too. After peace talks reportedly and inevitably fell through in Pakistan — with Vice President JD Vance and envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff — President Donald Trump today announced a naval blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, opening the doorway for a much longer conflict that could drag in more players, keep energy prices higher for longer, coupled with many other shortages such as fertilizer and other commodities.” – The WinePress

So you want to blockade Iran . . . – “It may prove a bit more difficult than blocking the Strait of Hormuz. For the record, I am not pro-woodchipper, or pro-porcupine, or pro-Iran. I am trying to keep the potentially coming Great Energy World War sea battles in the realm of reality, and not a recurring fantasy of our Navy’s glory days of WW2. This coming sea war will not be Tom Cruise in Top Gun slapping around Grenada, Panama, Libya or Venezuela. Iran can bite back. Already, we have exposed our inability to close with Iran.” – Matt Bracken

Masterful 5D Stroke: Trump’s Blockade Charade Deflects From Ceasefire Flop – “As expected the Iran-US talks in Pakistan have led to a deadlock—or, in other words, failed. The entire foundation on which the talks were premised was phony because the US is agreement-incapable and does nothing but lie at every stage of the process.” – Simplicius

‘Israel First’ in Iran War Sparks MAGA Civil War (VIDEO) with Max Blumenthal – Glenn Diesen – GOOD VIDEO WITH MAX AS USUAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

US Allies Loudly Reject Trump’s Scheme To Blockade Hormuz: ‘Not Getting Dragged In’ – “Prime Minister Keir Starmer made clear his stance that “we are not supporting the blockade.” As fully expected Spain’s government also condemned the US move, with the country’s Defense Minister Margarita Robles having said, “It’s just another episode in this downward spiral we’ve slipped into,” adding that Trump and Netanyahu “want to impose rules on the international community, which is illogical.”President Emmanuel Macron said, “As regards the Strait of Hormuz, in the coming days, together with the UK, we will organize a conference with those countries prepared to contribute alongside us to a peaceful multinational mission aimed at restoring freedom of navigation in the strait.” ” – Tyler Durden

The Causes & Consequences Of Orban’s Downfall – “Most Hungarians came to take his achievements for granted and won’t appreciate what they had until it’s gone.” – Andrew Korybko

IRISH FUEL PROTESTS: The People Of Ireland Are Fighting Back Against Their Treasonous Government With A National Strike “SHUTTING DOWN HARD!” – “After crippling fuel taxes were imposed by their NWO globopedo captured government, truckers, farmers, and bus drivers blockaded highways, ports, and key intersections all across Ireland in protest. And just like in Canada during the PSYOP-19 scamdemic truck protests when that WEF “penetrated” neo-communist government froze the bank accounts of patriots, so too is the Irish government now seizing the bank accounts of nationalists:” – 2nd Smartest Guy in the World

ECONOMIC NEWS

Mindless Cheerleading Over Trump’s Blockade as Oil Surges by $9 to $105 – “The market immediately responded to Trump’s nonsensical blockade.” – Mish

The Energy Shock Has Arrived – “Inflation Or Stagflation? It was obvious there would be an energy shock when the February CPI print came out.” – Peter Nayland Kust

Buyers and sellers are both sitting out the spring home-buying season – “Real-estate agents turn gloomy as home sales fall to a nine-month low” – Greg Robb

Global Physical Oil Supply Picture Is Dire – And Getting Worse – “Goods Price Inflation To Reset Gold And Silver” – David Jensen

5 Commodity Charts to Watch Now – “Here are the visual storylines in the world of commodities we’re watching right now. ‘ – Nomi Prins

The Signal Fired. The Window Is Closing and so is this opportunity.. – “Something just happened in the silver market that almost nobody understands—but the people who matter are already moving. When the so-called Iran “ceasefire” hit the wires…Gold and silver didn’t drop. They ripped higher.” – Kerry Lutz

From Algeria to Turkmenistan: Europe’s Desperate Search for Gas (VIDEO) with Brawl Street Journal – “3 things that won’t happen after this energy crisis passes over, and why we shouldn’t trust the ceasefire.” – The Contrarian Capitalist

SURVIVAL, PREPAREDNESS AND SELF-SUFFICIENCY

When The Government Claims It Owns The Rain – “”Is It Legal to Collect Rain on Your Own Land? What Every Off-Gridder Needs to Know Step outside after a good rain and take a look around. The soil is dark and alive, the gutters are running, and every inch of your land is drinking in what just fell from the sky. It feels simple. Natural. Like a gift. But here’s the part most people don’t realize until it’s too late: in some places, that water isn’t legally yours to keep. And no, that’s not a fringe theory—it’s baked into American water law. – Bill Heid

SUT 101: Light Discipline at Night – “Remember the Fundamentals. They will Keep you Alive!” – The Tactical Hermit

Protecting Chickens From Predators – “Raising chickens is a valuable practice for any homesteader, but protecting chickens from predators can be a tough job. Your backyard chickens depend on you for health, housing and safety. In return, they will supply you with eggs, entertainment, pest control, fertilizer, meat and more. But as prey animals, chickens are also the subject of great interest to everything from domestic dogs to snakes, rats, owls and hawks. You should expect to lose a bird to predation occasionally, but there are some tips that will go far to help keep your flock safe.” – Hank Will

When the Road Ends: When a Bug-Out Turns Into a Wilderness Survival Situation – ” There’s a quiet assumption built into most bug-out plans: that movement equals safety. You leave early, you follow your route, and you arrive where you’re supposed to be. But across Canada—whether it’s wildfire evacuations in British Columbia, washed-out roads in Quebec, or sudden highway closures in Northern Ontario—there’s a growing pattern. People don’t fail because they didn’t leave. They fail because they couldn’t finish the trip.” – denob

Preparing Future Generations for an Uncertain Future – Part 2 – Single Farmer

VERSE FOR THE DAY

2 Timothy 3:2 For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,

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Trump Posts: ‘World’s Most Powerful Reset!!!’ – “Trump continues to rub it in people’s faces and people STILL don’t get what’s going on. It’s incredible. Yesterday morning, President Donald Trump, with no context or preamble, posted on Truth Social a cryptic message: “World’s Most Powerful Reset!!! I’ve said repeatedly over the last several weeks that the Iran War, with the Covid-style climate lockdowns and energy shocks caused by it, and the push for this new multipolar world order and interoperable tokenized global economy is the next leg of the Great Reset — a term coined by the World Economic Forum and its founder Klaus Schwab.” – The WinePress

Roy Cohn and the Orange Colored Con Man (VIDEO) – “According to Psychologist Maria Konnikova’s landmark study on the subject, there is a choreography that con artists have refined over centuries: The Put-Up identifies the mark. The Play is when an emotional connection is built by mirroring the mark’s values and gaining their confidence. The Rope, the Tale, the Convincer, and the Breakdown are various levels of getting the mark so emotionally invested that they begin to persuade themselves and rationalize away any doubt that may arise. The Touch is the final grift, and the Blow-Off and Fix is when the con artist exits. Rather than deal with the humiliation, the mark rarely reports what happened. But you don’t have to be stupid to fall for the con, studies show us that the victims of the con game are often successful and highly educated. Donald Trump’s mentor, Roy Cohn, understood this better than most.” – Gteg Reese

“A permanent hit to living standards” – Iran War agenda revealed. – “The Iran War has been going on for less than six weeks, has thus far involved no infantry engagements of any kind on either side, and is currently in the middle of a ceasefire. Does that sound like a conflict that can already be described as going to “define our generation”? Because that’s what Sir Keir Starmer said earlier today. Now, politicians engaging in hyperbole for the sake of a soundbite is hardly rare, but Starmer is far from alone in this over-statement…This is a LOT of premature narrative formation. Propaganda that spits out the answer before the teacher has even finished asking the question. And it’s a tell-tale sign of narrative roll-out, rather than an organic reaction to real events. I wonder what the end goal might be…” – Kit Knightly

The Coming 6G Deployment – “With governments and corporations alike working feverishly on 6G deployment with AI-native tech and implantables (like BISC) that will be “interoperable,” the year 2030 is coming fast.” – Makia Freeman

Valley Of The Dolls In A World According To Trump – “John Barnetts death was ruled a suicide despite his fingerprints NOT being found on the gun. Charlie Kirks autopsy report was never released to the public. Seth Rich’s FBI file remains classified and is not available for the public. Gary Webb died by TWO gunshots to the head – still classified as suicide. This is the American government. Not some rogue communist Bolshevik regime occupied by Stalin. And here we have – in the midst of the most egregious war and genocide across the Middle East – Trump posting a rendering of his Triumphal Arche to be built in his legacy of WAR, Death, Genocide, and CHAOS – because monuments and awards and accolade and praise are the Valley of the Dolls in the World according to Trump.” – Helena Glass

Yes, the President Could Actually End Civilization and Nobody Could Stop It – “If you ask the average person if a single, unhinged president can just decide to end the world, they’ll probably say no. They figure there must be some failsafes or checks in place, right? Well, hate to break it to you, but they’re totally wrong! The one person who holds the ultimate power to launch thousands of nukes actually said this recently: “A whole civilisation will die tonight, never to be brought back again. I don’t want that to happen, but it probably will.” – President Trump, April 7, 2026. He basically warned that an entire civilization would be wiped out if Iran didn’t back down. He wasn’t talking about small, targeted strikes—he explicitly talked about hitting civilian infrastructure like bridges and power plants.” – Sarah Connor

Does the Bible Forbid Cremation? – “The answer is fairly straightforward…” – Jim McCraigh

NEWS

The MAGA Meltdown Explodes into an Enormous Conflagration! – “The fire is spreading out of control now as major supporters flee the burning heap that was MAGA and turn on each other.” – David Haggith

The Implosion of Maga from the Core Is a Sight to Behold – “MAGA splinters big time over the war. Trump’s reaction makes things worse.” – Mish

The United States Have Always Been a One Party State – “and they’ve usually had two of them. They still do. The names have changed, the issues have changed, which particular type of political snake-oil each party peddles changes every few years, and sometimes they even change roles, but the end result is always the same—the ruling class maintains control. The American people get to change nothing directly, we must always wait for the politicians do that.” – Ohio Barbarian

Neocon Don’s exit ramp in Iran is a cliff – “When President Donald Trump vowed to neutralize the warmongering neocon establishment in Washington, hardly anyone imagined his master plan would involve hugging it so tightly that he couldn’t tell where it ended and he began — and then politically self-immolating like he was chasing 72 virgins. “We’re fighting wars. We can’t take care of day care,” the President told a White House Easter brunch. “It’s not possible for us to take care of day care, Medicaid, Medicare, all these individual things.” Apparently, Trump’s long-promised “Golden Age” features Tomahawks, not toddlers.” – Rachel Marsden

When Is a Ceasefire a Scam? – “Trump and Israel will make sure the war against Iran continues” – Philip Giraldi

Resident Fellow at Zionist Think Tank Demands Murder of Iran’s Negotiators – “The CIA’s favorite newspaper, The Washington Post, is demanding the US continue its wanton terrorist murder in Iran by taking out negotiators currently meeting in Islamabad, Pakistan, with J.D. Vance and two Zionist real estate developers. Marc Thiessen, a columnist for the newspaper and a resident fellow at the neocon American Enterprise Institute, writes that if Iran refuses to capitulate, Trump should murder the negotiators. “Total and complete victory. 100%. No question about it,” Trump told Agence France-Presse on April 7. Pete Hegseth, the Jerusalem Cross tattooed Secretary of War, peddled a similar deception. “Operation Epic Fury was a historic and overwhelming victory on the battlefield, a capital-V military victory,” he lied during a Pentagon press conference the following day. “Epic Fury decimated Iran’s military and rendered it combat-ineffective for years to come.” This twaddle might work on your average incurious and intellectually disadvantaged American commoner tuned into Fox News and CNN, but it is a couple hundred light-years away from the truth: ” – Kurt Nimmo

“Verified” vs. “Verifiable”- ” Is it the new norm in negotiations (with USA)” – Ashes of Pompeii

Iran threatens to attack US Navy ships entering Strait of Hormuz after first American vessels moved through channel – Katherine Donlevy

The Iran War Has Been A Catastrophe For The US — But Israel Wants More – “Despite the publicly espoused hubris of the Trump administration, its war of aggression against Iran has been a costly embarrassment, replete with failures. Yet its continuation is still being actively encouraged by Israel. This is because the Israeli goals remain unfulfilled, while Washington’s strategic interests are not a consideration in Tel Aviv.” – Robert Inlakesh

Orban Warns “We Could Now Lose Everything”: Sunday’s Hungarian Elections Have Profound Implications For Europe – Tyler Durden

Jockeying for Attorney General Spot Begins – “Deputy AG Todd Blanche is the acting AG for now. Will President Trump seek his confirmation or select someone else?” – Julie Kelly

Dems Roll Out Ultra-R3tard3d Midterm Blueprint – “Apparently short of another viable strategy to attract voters, or else just hopelessly nostalgic for the good old days — when they magnanimously granted themselves the power of God to decide who could eat in a restaurant or fly on an airplane, when they could strap masks on public schoolchildren at will as a symbol of domination — the Democrats find themselves back at that decrepit old well for one more draw. Hence the “People’s Health Platform,”” – Ben Bartee

Mamdani’s First 100 Days Aren’t Getting High Marks From Voters – Tyler Durden – YOU GET WHAT YOU VOTE FOR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Trump Is Quietly Sending Ukraine Billions While Europe Continues to Send Putin $2 Billion a Month – Alexander Muse

Replacing Cops With Social Workers – What Could Go Wrong? – “A sword-wielding man attacking an officer and mental health professional is only one example.” – Kelli Ballard

ECONOMIC NEWS

This is the Rally You Do Not Sell (VIDEO) with Bill Holter – “I can’t tell you from day to day what is going to come. All I can do is tell you what the end game is going to be. The endgame is gold and silver can’t bankrupt in a world that is in the process of bankrupting. Gold and silver are God’s money. They are physical assets. Fiat currencies are debt outstanding, and those are manmade and they will collapse under their own weight.” – Greg Hunter – GOOD ONE WITH BILL AS USUAL!!!

The Big Money Mirage – ““Big money will be made.” The remark was made by President Donald J. Trump on Truth Social following the ceasefire deal with Iran. Who will make the big money is unclear. But it sounds good, nonetheless. With the announcement of the two-week reprieve in bomb dropping and missile strikes, and the supposed resumption of shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, the price of oil promptly dropped over 16 percent. By Wednesday morning both WTI and Brent crude were below $95 per barrel. Perhaps two weeks will turn into a permanent ceasefire with Iran. As far as the greater Middle East is concerned, it’s unlikely. Israel was quick to clarify that the ceasefire with Iran does not include Lebanon. The war campaign in Beirut continues.” – MN Gordon

Sick Behavior From Financial Psychopaths – “The Fed is likely thinking bailout or backstop for private credit, while banks look to monetize its demise. I’ve been saying this for months: despite “experts” just sounding the alarm moments ago: the private credit unwind that started months ago and has now spiraled into a very real liability for the economy wasn’t some unknowable tail risk lurking in the shadows. It couldn’t have been clearer if it was a fucking neon sign blinking THIS ENDS BADLY” – Quoth the Raven.

Dieselflation Sparks Energy Emergencies – Byron King

US Government Sold $620 Billion of Treasury Securities this Week. 10-Year Yield Ends at 4.31%, 30-Year Yield at 4.91% – “Those yields look too low for what’s coming at the bond market: The next wave of Inflation and a Fed that’s comfortable with 3%+ core PCE inflation.” – Wolf Richter

Inflation Was Already Rising Before the War – Now the Real Surge Begins – Martin Armstrong

SURVIVAL, PREPAREDNESS AND SELF-SUFFICIENCY

Uncertain Times? Plant Food. (VIDEO) – Modern Refugee. – EARLY PLANTING TIPS!!!

Tornado Myths Debunked: Separating Fact from Deadly Fiction – “When it comes to tornado safety, what you think you know can be just as dangerous as what you don’t. Over the years, a mix of folklore, outdated advice, and pure fiction has created a set of myths about tornadoes that stubbornly persist. Acting on these myths during a real emergency can waste precious seconds and put you and your family in greater danger.” – Brian Duff – #1 I ALWAYS THOUGHT WAS TRUE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Getting Organized – Big John – A GOOD READ!!

The Batteries That Don’t Die: Why Smart Preppers Are Switching to Rechargeables Before It’s Too Late – “Most people think about generators when they think about power. That’s a mistake. Because when the grid goes down for good—or just long enough to matter—it’s not your fridge that fails first. It’s everything small. Quiet. Essential. Flashlights. Radios. Headlamps. Thermometers. Night vision. Small medical gear. Even your ability to communicate. And almost all of it runs on one thing: Batteries.” – denob

6 Things to Put in the Bottom of a Large Planter (Before You Add Soil) – Casey Clark

VERSE FOR THE DAY

Acts 13:41 Behold, ye despisers, and wonder, and perish: for I work a work in your days, a work which ye shall in no wise believe, though a man declare it unto you.

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10 Friday Apr 2026

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I’m 85. Society Calls Me A “Failure,” But I’m The Happiest Man Alive. (VIDEO) – “Meet Artie Pendelton. In 1961, he had a full-ride scholarship to Yale Law. He was on the fast track to the “American Dream.” He walked out after 14 minutes and never looked back. Today, Artie lives in a 1974 Airstream with zero assets, no 401k, and a net worth that wouldn’t buy you a nice dinner in the city. But while his “successful” classmates were dying of stress-induced heart attacks in mahogany offices, Artie was busy becoming the richest man in the world—measured in time, peace, and freedom. In this 20-minute masterclass on “The Art of Losing,” Artie deconstructs the “Success Trap” and explains why your “personal brand” is actually your prison.” – The 11th Hour – GOOD VIDEO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I Can’t Escape the Twilight Zone – “Things became even more surreal for me when I noted that few people seemed to be bothered by the instant death dispensed to alleged Venezuelan cocaine smugglers. On multiple levels, this bothered me terribly. As far as I knew, this was also a new development (a significant change) as I could not recall any other president who had authorized bombing missions to take out crew members who might be transporting cocaine. Instant death for alleged/likely/possible cocaine traffickers was apparently now okay. Not only that, this new drug-fighting policy seemed to be quite popular as many Americans were cheering on this instant judicial verdict and ultra-swift punishment. Don’t get me wrong; I know cocaine can be a bad and dangerous drug that destroys lives. But I didn’t know Venezuela was the worst country for drug cartels. I thought the most-reviled cocaine nation was Mexico, but I could find no stories about drug boats 20 miles off the coast of Mexico that were suddenly being blown up by Hellfire missiles every day. I actually thought our nation’s cocaine epidemic had long ago been replaced by heart-tugging stories of citizens addicted to, say, meth, fentanyl or even perfectly-legal opioids. That is, I didn’t know cocaine was once again the No. 1 target of our vast “War Against Drugs” ” – Bill Rice Jr.

Trump-Linked WLFI Uses 5 Billion Own Tokens to Drain Lending Pool and Strand Depositors as Funds Hit Coinbase Prime – “Onchain data shows $75 million in borrowed stablecoins routed out of the protocol, leaving a maxed‑out pool, trapped depositors and an unanswered question: where did the money go?” – The Silver Academy – LOOKS TO ME LIKE THE TRUMPS ARE MAKING MONEY WHILE EVERYBODY ELSE IS STRANDED AND CAN’T GET THEIR MONEY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Welcome to the Theater of the Absurd – “Every detail has been designed to create the illusion of permanence and power to rivet our attention and distract us from noticing that behind this faux fabrication, the world is on fire. Since the entire point of the theatrics is to cloak the decay of the status quo from serving shared interests to a craven scramble of self-enrichment, no expense is spared in the theatrics,” – Charles Hugh Smith

Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs (NSAIDs) are Way Overrated and Potentially Dangerous – “Most people have no clue how much these drugs suck. The oft-cited rationale for quelling inflammation with NSAIDs is “so the body can begin the healing process.” Today, you’re going to learn why the research does not support this contention.” – Anthony Colpo

Man Lights Toilet Paper Warehouse On Fire, Says He Should Have Been Paid More – A Sign Of Things To Come – “Gerald Celente of the Trends Journal says it best: “When people lose everything, and have nothing left to lose, they lose it.”. It’s almost a little surprising that this sort of thing hasn’t happened more frequently, but it will as things in this country continue to spiral out of control. We’ve talked many times about the rapidly worsening economic conditions in this country and in Western nations, and beside the obvious reasons as to why arson is wrong, you are going to see more of this.” – The WinePress

9th NASA Secrets-Linked Scientist Dies Mysteriously – Frank Bergman

BREAKING: The First Lady Just Said Epstein Was Not Alone. Here Is the Federal Archive That Proves It. – “Melania Trump stood at the White House today and said what needed to be said. Within two hours, Twitter had 260,000 posts about it. Most of them missed the point. The denial was not the story. What came after it was. She called for congressional hearings centered on survivors. Sworn testimony. A permanent public record. Each and every woman should have her day.” – Sayer Ji

WHO OWNS THE CENTRAL BANKS? – “And what are their principle objectives? Institutions like the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) are owned exclusively by 63 central banks, representing countries accounting for roughly 95% of world GDP. Theories claiming ownership by private families like the Rothschilds are false; central banks are public institutions or state-owned entities, and private banking groups operate separately from these monetary authorities.” – Frances Leader

NEWS

Is MTG Right? – “Marjorie Taylor Greene – who was an ardent supporter of Trump until Trump betrayed MAGA – told Alex Jones the other day that the time has come to “burn the Republican Party to the ground” because it is lousy with foreign agents working for MIGA. That is to say, the Republican Party – and Trump, specifically – are (effectively) agents of the state of Israel. Or at least, so slavishly beholden to its interests that they might as well be literally on the payroll. Or just a member of the cult. The one that believes – say it with the eyes-shut, jazz hands fervency of a Christian evangelist preacher such as John Hagee – that the state of Israel, run by secular (and militantly socialist) Zionists – is the incarnation of the Israel mentioned in the Bible The modern Israelis – the Zionists – certainly believe it. Or at least, act on it. It amounts to the same thing. They are self-chosen and their destiny is to rule the world. Imbeciles such as Hagee believe they will rule alongside. They are the latter-days incarnation of Lenin’s “useful idiots.” She has, as they say, a point. Put another way, what was the point of voting for Trump given what we got was MIGA rather than MAGA?” – Eric Peters

The Promises Were Big. The Delivery Wasn’t. – “So much winning with this guy… I’ve been thinking about all the stuff Trump promised that either never happened, or got replaced with something nobody asked for and spun into a “win” by him and his administration when selling it to the American people. A lot of people voted for action. What they got instead was a lot of talk, a lot of spin, and the same old government garbage dressed up with a different label. Let’s be honest about it. There’s been a whole lot of “America First” talk and what we’ve got is Israel first kissing the wall like all the others who kissed it before him. But actual Americans are still paying more for food, more for household goods, more for everyday necessities, and getting less in return.” – M.D. Creekmore – M.D. LAYS IT ALL OUT, PRETTY MUCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Military Times: “Automatic registration for US military draft-eligible men to begin in December” – “Get ready to give your children to the Tribe” – Sage Hana

Is the Samson Option unthinkable? – “Could Israel contemplate going nuclear if Trump turns away? The Samson Option, Israel’s doctrine of last-resort nuclear retaliation, is no longer a theoretical contingency. At the end of seven weeks of war in the Persian Gulf, the conditions that might trigger it are not emerging; they may already be present. What began as a joint US/Israeli campaign for regime change and decapitation of Iran’s leadership has collapsed into a protracted strategic failure. ” – Ashes of Pompeii – WAIT, WHAT, ISRAEL HAS NUCLEAR WEAPONS. WHO WOULD’VE THOUGHT!!!

The Madness of King Trump and his Schmeacefire – “The whole world is mocking the TACO King’s claim of victory. Apparently the reason there is so much confusion over Trump’s Schmeacefire is that no written agreement signed by all parties exists! Iran is operating off any one of three lists of its own demands, believing (or claiming to believe) that one of those is what the Trump Administration agreed to. Team Trump is operating off of the list of its demands, claiming that was what was agreed to. Israel is operating off wanton desire to exploit the void. JD Vance, Trump’s key negotiator with Iran now, is operating on the basis that this is all just a simple misunderstanding between mortal enemies.” – David Haggith

Trump vows ‘complete decimation’ in ceasefire warning to Tehran – “US warships are being reloaded with ‘the best weapons ever made’ for the ‘complete decimation’ of Iran, which Donald Trump says will be unleashed if peace talks in Pakistan fail” – Joe Smith, Christopher Mallett, Tannur Anders,and Tim Hanlon

Speculation Surges That Pakistan Talks Are A Delay Tactic Ahead Of Expanded US Action On Iran – “President Trump has made clear that American forces will still be “hanging around” the Persian Gulf area with an eye on Iran, while demanding that the Strait of Hormuz be opened to global energy transit once again. ” – Tyler Durden

Bogus Iran ceasefire discredits US leadership (VIDEO) with Max Blumenthal – “Trump is being played by Netanyahu, the White House is lying about Lebanon, and Iran has actually emerged stronger through Hormuz leverage, diplomatic openings, and strategic endurance. The punchline: Washington looks weak, Israel calls the shots, and the empire keeps exposing itself.” – Judge Andrew Napolitano

Israel Again Sabotages Ceasefire, $200B Iran War Budget & Did The Trump Admin Fake A Rescue Mission? (VIDEO) – Ryan Cristián

Trump Crowns His Military Humiliation in Iran with Tabas II – “The US Air War and Ground War Merge in the Wreckage Near Isfahan. The Zionist media still has not grasped the scale of the military fiasco created by the Trump’s clown-like Military Team who have managed to undermine the credibility of the whole US Armed Forces. Part of the disgrace belongs to the USA’s Presstitute Legacy Media. Most of their members continue to sit on top of the huge military scandal that has yet to be properly exposed.” – Anthony James Hall

Hunter Biden has quietly bolted from the US and claims he is $17 million in debt – Peter Rubinstein

The US Separation From Europe And NATO Is Long Overdue – “As much as many centrists and libertarians are opposed to Donald Trump’s ongoing strikes against Iran, I have to say, the downstream result might end up becoming one of the most libertarian results I have ever seen. For decades, small government activists like those in the Ron Paul movement have been calling for a comprehensive US divorce from NATO and the shutdown of America’s military bases overseas. Trump has, either deliberately or inadvertently, set this very process in motion.” – Brandon Smith

Why Does Russia Consider The Ceasefire To Be A “Crushing Defeat” For The US? – “Russia’s assessment is political in nature and intended to challenge the US’ claims of victory.” – Andrew Korybko

The EU Calls Orbán a Dictator, But Its Own President Was Installed in a Soviet-Style Backroom Deal – “The EU’s Unelected Elites Are Deciding Who Gets to Lead Each Member State” – Alexander Muse

ECONOMIC NEWS

Why $61 Billion Of Foreign Aid Should Be Abolished Entirely – “Needless to say, saddled with nearly $40 trillion of public debt, which is sure to hit $60 trillion by the early 2030s and a crushing society-destroying $150 trillion by mid-century, America is in no fiscal position to be an international philanthropist.” – David Stockman

February PCE: The End Of “More Of The Same” – “Precursor And Prelude To War’s Inflationary Price Shocks” – Peter Nayland Kust

Peace Deal or Not, the Inflationary Shockwave Is Already in the Pipeline – “Residential construction feels the impact of an energy price spike fastest through lumber (energy-intensive to produce and ship), while also getting hit on the demand side — mortgage rates stay high if the Fed can’t cut because of inflation re-acceleration. In this scenario both supply and demand deteriorate simultaneously. This is why the homebuilding index remains near its March lows despite the cease-fire agreement with Iran: the sector is realizing that the economics no longer work and won’t work for some time.” – Graham Summers, MBA

First Wave of Energy Price Spikes Hit CPI Inflation – “Energy that Americans pay for directly: Gasoline, propane, fuel oil, other fuels, utility natural gas, and electricity.” – Wolf Richter

Americans blame Iran war for worsening economy, pushing consumer sentiment to record low – “Consumers’ views sour on business conditions and personal finances, and inflation expectations soar” – Greg Robb

Have gold and silver bottomed? – “The controversy is now about escalating risk and how to hedge it. Let’s make something clear before addressing this question: regulators train and legislate investment managers into believing that gold is not the way to hedge investment risk. Gold is not a regulated investment and therefore not an investment at all. An investment manager can hold a small amount of unregulated investments if his compliance officer signs it off. But the compliance officer is there to discourage or prevent an investment manager from even considering investing in unregulated investments. Consequently, investment managers see the risk-free position to be cash in their accounting currency, even to the extent of not buying physical gold or silver ETFs. It amounts to a cop-out. This meddling with markets by the authorities is at the root of the current period of confusion in western capital markets over how to respond to black swan events such as the war against Iran.” – Alasdair Macleod

The 1970s Are Back – But This Time the Fed Is Cornered – “The big question isn’t whether today perfectly mirrors the 1970s. It’s whether the underlying forces – persistent inflation, energy instability and constraints on monetary policy – continue to build. If they do, history suggests gold could remain an important part of the conversation. If they don’t, gold may still respond – but for different reasons tied to shifting policy expectations. Either way, one takeaway stands out: This environment is not defined by a single outcome – but by competing forces pulling in different directions. And in that kind of environment, clarity is scarce – but signals matter more than ever.” – Peter Reagan

The $75 Silver Signal Just Fired – “The next move will not be obvious—unless you see what the market is really saying. Silver crossed and held $75. That was not noise. That was the signal. When the so-called Iran ceasefire hit, gold and silver should have backed off. Instead, they surged. That is not how a peace trade behaves. That is how markets react when they know the real story is still ahead of the headlines. This is not just another metals rally. It is a repricing event driven by instability, supply pressure, and the growing realization that inflation is not dead—it is mutating.” – Kerry Lutz

Study: 86% of AI Unemployed will be Women – “AI is coming for Karen. The reason is the industrial revolution took jobs from people who work with their hands — routine physical work. But AI is taking routine paperwork — people who forward emails, schedule meetings, and sit on diversity committees.” – Peter St Onge

SURVIVAL, PREPAREDNESS AND SELF-SUFFICIENCY

Why Off-Grid Thinkers See What Others Don’t – “Let’s put this where it actually lives… right outside your back door. The man checking his livestock at sunrise, watching the wind shift across his pasture, noticing when the birds go quiet… he’s paying attention to signals most people never even think to look for. Meanwhile, the guy inside—coffee in one hand, phone in the other—is scrolling through headlines, reacting to noise, and calling it “being informed.” But here’s the uncomfortable truth. One of those men is tuned into reality. The other is tuned into a feed. (Yep, he’s being fed)” – Bill Heid

Solar Electric Fence for Garden: Battery-Powered 3-Wire Setup – Ken Jorgustin

Here’s How To Grow Food Without Land – “The standard assumption about food production is that you need land. A backyard, a farm, a patch of actual ground that belongs to you. For most of human history that was largely true. It is not anymore.” – Ask A Prepper Staff

Weed Control Plan for an Organic Vegetable Garden – “There are a lot of great methods for controlling weeds without the use of chemicals. In fact, I can name 18 effective ways of controlling weeds off the top of my head. You could even use weeds in creative ways, and some are even edible! But, when you are growing an organic garden, you need more than a great repertoire of techniques to control weeds. You need a master weed control plan!” – Tasha Greer

How to Make a Bean Teepee for Pole Beans – Amanda Whittington

VERSE FOR THE DAY

Ecclesiastes 2:13 Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth darkness.

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09 Thursday Apr 2026

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The great 1913 con and how it affects you today – “The largest check I’ve ever written was to the Internal Revenue Service. It all began in 1913 when a new tax was explicitly designed as a tax on the rich, sparing the vast majority of working- and middle-class Americans entirely. The following content is organized into subsections for greater clarity, making it easy to read and understand.” – Kenn Gividen – MOST OF THIS I ALREADY KNEW BUT IT’S A GREAT READ ON HOW INCOME TAXES AND THE FEDERAL RESERVE GOT STARTED AND WHY WE HAVE LOST SO MUCH VALUE FROM A DOLLAR!!!!!!!!

You Can’t Make This Stuff Up Sometimes Your Brain Feels Like It Is On Fire – “5G towers are every where and if you feel like you can’t think for yourself, it could easily be that you live near way too many cell phone towers.” – Mitch Santell -SHORT OLDER VIDEO BUT WELL WORTH WATCHING!!!!!!

Oracle and the Rise of the AI Surveillance State Under Trump – “While Peter Thiel’s firm Palantir has rightfully gained the ire of the American public, Larry Ellison’s Oracle is also steadily becoming entangled with the US government—and that should worry all Americans.” – Derrick Broze – SEE THE DREW DOSSIER’S VIDEO FROM YESTERDAY ON ELLISON AND ORACLE!!!!!!!

World Economic Forum Says Water, Soil, And Oxygen Should Not Be Infinitely Accessible. They Are Assets That Should Be Included In Global Economic Balance Sheets -““The More Smog in the Sky, The More People Will Buy!” -Mr. O’Hare. All of these things must and will be tokenized, reducing everything to datapoints and lines of code.” – The WinePress

NEWS

Amendment Twenty-Five NOW! – ” I can say without hesitation that America has not had an Honest and Wise man in the White House for the entirety of the current century. And while I presumed that no future president could ever be worse than Joe Biden, Donald Trump quickly proved me wrong. Except for the brainwashed, braindead evangelical Christian Zionists, the whole world knows that Donald Trump is certifiably insane. They also know that he is an international war criminal. It’s one thing to be demented, as was Biden during the last two years of his term in office; it is quite another thing to be criminally insane, as is being clearly demonstrated every day by Donald Trump. America has a madman in the White House! And while the Twenty-Fifth Amendment to the Constitution authorizing the administrative cabinet to remove an unfit president from office has never been used, the time has come for its implementation. And I mean NOW!” – Chuck Baldwin

TACO King Declares Ceasefire with NOTHING Won! – “Trump lost EVERY possible objective he boasted about during his Iran War. I will lay that out plainly for all to see.” – David Haggith

Why the Ceasefire is Doomed – Chris Hedges

Who’s Afraid of Emmanuel Macron? – “Europe’s weak leaders made Europe weak. What a tool. I understand that “the powers that be” have so successfully co-opted the West’s political systems that they regularly install absolute nincompoops as nominal leaders (Biden, Starmer, Carney, Merz, and European Queen Ursula, just to name a few) and call it “democracy,” but Macron is such a doofus that his “leadership” is laughable. Remember when the little Rothschild banker came to power a few months after President Trump had taken office and he couldn’t stop talking about standing up to “bullies”? After putting on some high-heeled loafers and taking some lessons on masculinity from his former-schoolteacher-turned-much-older-wife, Macron insisted on turning a handshake with Trump into a death grip meant to showcase French power.” – J.B. Shurk

Iran war day 41: What’s happening in Lebanon, Middle East and beyond? – “Lebanon has declared a national day of mourning after Israeli attacks killed at least 254 people in a single day. “The scale of the killing and destruction in Lebanon today is nothing short of horrific,” UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk said. “Such carnage, within hours of agreeing to a ceasefire with Iran, defies belief.”” – Elizabeth Melimopoulos and Reuters

Ceasefire-Allergic Israel Bombs Lebanon after Pakistan-brokered Deal – “Iran said if Israel doesn’t stop bombing civilians in Lebanon, it will not respect the ceasefire. Within hours of the ceasefire between Iran and the United States, Israel launched a massive attack, bombing multiple sites simultaneously in Lebanon. Pakistan mediated the agreement and Lebanon was included in the two-week ceasefire. Israel reacted predictably. It conducted more than 100 airstrikes within ten minutes on South Lebanon, Beirut, and the Bekaa Valley. The IDF said the attacks are the “largest coordinated strike across Lebanon” since March 2.” – Kurt Nimmo

Israel Blows up Lebanese Town of Naquora – “Video footage reveals explosive charges exploding what appears to be the entire village. How does one justify laying explosive charges all over a town in southern Lebanon and detonating them at once, thereby destroying what appears to be the entire village?” – John Leake

Iran Took Trump to the Cleaners! (VIDEO) with Larry Johnson – “Larry, who who sought who begged for a cessation of violence in the Iran war? Was it Israel? Was it the US? Was it Iran? Donald Trump. It was Donald Trump. The United States. They started, you know, the second week of the war, so about mid-March, sending intermediaries to to the Iran. Hey, hey, let’s let’s get together and talk. How can we settle this? Iran says we we don’t have anything to talk to you about. Period. I think what changed or what made yesterday possible is the Chinese intervened or the Chinese spoke to the Iranians ” – Judge Andrew Napolitano / Judging Freedom – GOOD INTERVIEW!!!!

US Soldiers in Middle East abandoned without Direction, Strategy, or PLAN B – “Trump has announced that 100,000 troops stationed across Europe will come back to the US to punish Europe for not bombing Iran. Additionally, given many bases in the Middle East were leveled, as in completely uninhabitable, leaving those 30,000+ troops to be reassigned as well. Where will they go? US bases have been in various stages of extremely uninhabitable to barely habitable due to mold, dirty water, and lack of repairs or maintenance. Will European bases be abandoned? Germany alone hosts 20 bases housing 35,000 troops. The threats continue while the logistics are not considered. The bases across Europe were established as central to bomb Middle East and African countries as a Defense hub. Defense has been renamed War by Trump. Because the only country America ‘defends’ is Israel.” – Helena Glass

Max Blumenthal on the Israeli network in the White House (VIDEO) – “Max Blumenthal, breaks down how Israel captured the Trump administration, why the US is now stuck in a war with Iran, and what it will take for Trump to finally pull back.” – The Grayzone

White House Says Cuban Regime Is ‘Bound to Fall’ – “The press secretary made the remarks about the communist regime in response to a question from The Epoch Times.” – Travis Gillmore

ECONOMIC NEWS

How the ‘TACO’ trade went from a lighthearted Wall Street joke to a serious moneymaker – “Since the start of Trump’s second White House term, nine of the 10 top days for the S&P 500 have been spurred by de-escalations involving tariffs or Iran” – Joseph Adinolfi – APPEARS LIKE TRUMP JUST DOES THINGS TO SPUR THE MARKET, HOW MUCH IS HE AND OTHER BILLIONAIRES MAKING BY DOING THIS!!!!

Real Personal Income Declines in February, You Lost Money to Inflation – “Economists missed this result by miles.” – Mish

The economy slowed sharply even before the Iran war. Where does it go from here? – “Fourth-quarter GDP growth cut to a scant 0.5%” – Jeffry Bartash

The Market Law Of One Price—How The Donald Bombed Energy Consumers, Too – “The Donald plunged into one hell of a hornets nest when he took the bait from Bibi Netanyahu and launched an all out “kinetic” war on Iran. But now that the gasoline pump price has breached $4/gallon and is heading higher, he’s desperately looking for an off-ramp. The presumption, of course, is that because the US imports virtually no petroleum from the Persian Gulf the new Hormuz toll booth is Europe’s and Asia’s problem, not Washington’s. And that’s technically true but here’s the spoiler alert: What matters is not the geography of where the barrels of hydrocarbon molecules are moving from and to at any given point in time, but the level of hydrocarbon prices embedded in the digital bits coursing through the global futures and cash markets all the time and everywhere.” – David Stockman

$112 Oil, Crashing Wages, and the War Nobody Can Afford (VIDEO) – ” Schiff warns that stagflation is now undeniable and that oil-driven inflation will force massive government spending and money printing, ultimately crushing the dollar and sending gold well above $5,000. He criticizes Trump’s economic lies, the Supreme Court’s ruling striking down Liberation Day tariffs as unconstitutional, Warren Buffett’s Fed praise, and growing redemption freezes across investment funds as signs of a brewing financial crisis.” – Peter Schiff

$41.72 trillion in hard liabilities on top of $88.4 trillion in unfunded promises – “$130 Trillion dollar debt. Years of “war first, math later” have done what no foreign enemy could: they have rendered the United States insolvent by its own audited numbers. Trump and Netanyahu didn’t just light a war; they lit the fuse on a bankrupt empire and dared the world to notice.” – The Silver Academy

Saying the Quiet Part Out Loud (PODCAST) with Mike Maharrey – “Why Did France Really Sell It’s New York Gold and What Are the Ramifications?” – Midweek Memo

SURVIVAL, PREPAREDNESS AND SELF-SUFFICIENCY

How to Stockpile Medication – “In the days of insurance, strict rules, and shortages, putting back a personal hoard of important medication isn’t as easy as it used to be. If you or someone you love has a required prescription, this article on how to stockpile medication is for you. Now, let me preface this with the disclaimer that all of these suggestions will not work for every single person with every single illness in every single situation. My hope is that you can find a strategy that works for you or perhaps cobble a few strategies together to build up your personal supply.” – Daisy Luther

The $2 “Survival Fishing” Magnet Hiding in Plain Sight – “Right now, sitting quietly on a dusty shelf in your local garden center, there’s a dark red powder most folks walk past without a second glance. It costs about two bucks. It fits in the palm of your hand. And pound for pound, it might be the most powerful fish attractant you’ll ever use.” – Bill Heid

If You Hear This Sound, It Might Be Too Late – “Print Friendly, PDF & Email You hear a quiet hum in the sky. And before you realize it, a drone has already surveyed your property, probably even recorded you speaking to your neighbor. Who was flying it? Why were they above your house, and what will they do with your data? By the time you question if this is intrusive, it’s already too late. Drones used to be military hardware or expensive toys for professional filmmakers. Not anymore. Now they’re buzzing over farms, circling construction sites, and yes, flying through your neighborhood. Technology has exploded, and most of us haven’t stopped to think about what that actually means.” – Jaxon Anders

When the Shelves Go Silent: The Approaching Collapse of the Global Food System and the Quiet Beginning of a Hunger Crisis No One Is Ready to Face – Milan Adams

How to Keep Deer From Eating Plants – “Your garden’s aesthetic doesn’t have to suffer for the sake of pest protection.” – Ben Whitacre

VERSE FOR THE DAY

Deuteronomy 31:17 Then my anger shall be kindled against them in that day, and I will forsake them, and I will hide my face from them, and they shall be devoured, and many evils and troubles shall befall them; so that they will say in that day, Are not these evils come upon us, because our God is not among us?

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08 Wednesday Apr 2026

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THE BIG PICTURE

When Life is Unfair, 3 Things to Hold Onto – “Christians have hope in the midst of an unfair world.” – Kate Dreston

America Last: War Abroad, Tyranny at Home—and the Theft of a Nation – “Every bomb dropped abroad is a bill sent home. Every war waged in the name of “security” is paid for by Americans who go without—without affordable healthcare, without stable housing, without a government that prioritizes their well-being. As the U.S. pours trillions into endless wars and military expansion, Americans are left paying the price—not just in dollars, but in lost freedoms and eroded constitutional protections. This is not national defense. This is organized theft. While Americans struggle with rising gas prices, soaring grocery bills, and mounting debt—fueled in part by reckless tariffs and preemptive wars—the federal government is spending money it doesn’t have on military expansion, foreign conflicts, and presidential excess. This is not America First. If anything, it is becoming painfully clear that Donald Trump’s “America First” approach to governing puts America last every time.” – John & Nisha Whitehead – ANOTHER GOOR READ FROM JOHN!!!!!!!

It’s Time. Drey V. Oracle – “The Third Amendment Case Nobody’s Filed Yet. I’ve spent more time in hospital rooms than most people my age. Some of that is growing up around horses, and some of it is just being the kind of person who finds the ground faster than other people seem to. But there are other scars I don’t have to wear every day, and those are the ones that get made in a different kind of room. Those are the rooms where the doctor asks how many drinks you have in a week, and you have to decide, in the half-second before you answer, whether the number you say is going to be the real number or a smaller one. The ones where a nurse asks if you feel safe at home and you do the same calculation. The reason I’m laying all of this out is that a medical record isn’t a spreadsheet and it isn’t a file. It isn’t a row of data points or a de-identified genomic sample or whatever language the industry is using this quarter to make it sound like something you wouldn’t miss. It’s a catalog of small private decisions a person made about how much of herself to hand over in exchange for help, made inside rooms where the person across from her was bound by an old covenant to use what she said only to try to make her better. That covenant is the thing being destroyed right now. Last month, without asking any of us, a man named Larry Ellison moved 150 million of those rooms onto a server next to a weapons program.” – Audrey Henson / The Drey Dossier

Did The NY Times Just Find Satoshi Nakamoto? – “It is one of the most enduring mysteries in modern technology: the true identity of Satoshi Nakamoto. It’s always baffled me that, in this day and age, we still can’t definitively identify Satoshi Nakamoto. I can’t even buy a Twinkie at a 7-11 without leaving a digital trail…scanning a rewards card, driving through multiple EZ-Pass checkpoints that log my movement, and carrying devices that track my location down to the second. In an era defined by data and forensics, it feels almost impossible that someone could create something as significant as Bitcoin and remain completely anonymous” – Quoth the Raven

Our Post-Truth, Post-Trust World – “A system that comes to depend on synthetic signaling for its “information” is doomed to Model Collapse, as its signaling has completely detached from the real world.” – Charles Hugh Smith

The Nazis Were NOT the ‘Good Guys’ – “Because Apparently Someone in My Comments Section Thinks They Were and Now I Have to Write This Article. I want to understand how a person arrives at that conclusion. And the answer, unfortunately, is the same way people arrived at it in 1933. Because the entire Nazi movement was financed by an occult group called the Thule Society that needed a loud-mouthed blowhard they could prop up as the figurehead of their little project. This is called a demagogue.” – 🐺The Wise Wolf

“Pfizer KNEW the covid shot was a POISON from the very beginning” Court Documents reveal (VIDEO) with Sasha Latypova – “we dig into Sasha’s claims about DARPA’s early pandemic planning, the role of the Department of Defense, the February 4, 2020 timeline, and why she believes the public was sold a very different story from what was happening behind the scenes. If her interpretation is correct, this was not just a public health response — it was something much bigger.”- Redacted

Browsergate: LinkedIn Caught Spying On Users’ Browsers, Providing Stolen Data And Digital IDs To American-Israeli Tech Firm – “LinkedIn has not disclosed this practice in its privacy policy. There is no mention of extension scanning in any public-facing document.” – The WinePress

NEWS

From Dire Straits to Done Deal: Triumphant Trump Re-Opens Hormuz- “Threatening to genocide an entire civilization is a new low, even for the lowest of the low. But this is a “man” who has harbored a secret vendetta against Iran for over 40 years, and his rise to power has supplied him the ticket he needed to believe he can finally fulfill his lifelong destiny. Trump is one of those classic big-thinkers who is all vision and no completion, all ambition, no follow-through. Trump’s wide-eyed, slur-mouthed grope from one “cookie jar” to the next, from Greenland, to Venezuela, to Iran—always back-peddling then re-doubling—clearly demonstrates this. It is the style of rulership of a spoiled manchild. The deranged outbursts leading to threats of genocide and annihilation accurately depict this low-impulse short fuse: the inability to properly internalize and process failure and humiliation. Now both sides have announced a major ceasefire deal—or so it seems on the surface:” – Simplicius

Reflections from the Heart of the Empire: Patterns of Farce and Catastrophe – “There has been much ballyhooing over the American operation in Iran which successfully rescued some downed pilots, but what were they doing over central Iran in the first place? Iran thinks they were trying to steal some enriched uranium, using some 170 aircraft, That does sound like something our Mad Emperor would try. So many Israelis are fleeing the country through Egypt that they are calling it a “reverse Exodus.” Somehow, this time I don’t see the Egyptians trying to prevent them from leaving Egypt for a second time. As usual, Africa is being hit harder by the disruption to trade caused by the latest Middle Eastern war more than anyone else. They should have heeded Bob Marley (AFRICA UNITE) instead of Western imperialists. ..and more – Ohio Barbarian – THE BARBARIAN’S WEEKLY UPDATE. GOOD A USUAL!!

The End Of The Islamic Republic: Apocalypse Later? – “The “Experts” Have Proven They Do Not Know What They Are Talking About The past few days have proven one thing above all else: “Expert” analyses are not worth much, if anything. We know this because, when it came to the war with Iran and Operation Epic Fury, self-anointed “expert” after self-anointed “expert” made their predictions, gave their projections, and what we have as of this writing was not what any of them anticipated.” – Peter Nayland Kust

First Impressions Of The Surprise US-Iranian Ceasefire – “The victor only be confidently determined upon the conclusion of a peace deal based on the fate of Iran’s enriched uranium, nuclear program, missile program, oil exports to China, and the petroyuan.” – Andrew Korybko

Schrödinger’s Ceasefire – “Unfortunately it is nearly impossible to write anything about this ceasefire because most of what one might say about it is disputed and it appears to be crumbling as I type.” – eugyppius

Back from the brink, at least for now? – “U.S. and Iran agree to temporary ceasefire deal. What a roller coaster day this has been. At approximately 7 p.m., one hour before Donald Trump’s 8 p.m. EST deadline for Iran to capitulate to his demands, it looks like Trump may have agreed to the bulk of Iran’s demands. But this is only a ceasefire. Nothing permanent has been agreed to. But if the final deal is anything similar to what Trump has agreed to temporarily, then Iran is going to be much more powerful than it was before this war started.” – Leo Hohmann – A TWO WEEK CEASEFIRE TO MAKE THE MARKETS GO UP. NOTHING HAS CHANGED!!!

Ceasefire with Iran – “But will it lead to an end to a disastrous war?’ – Bill Astore

Sour Grapes: Israel Not Happy With Two Week Ceasefire Between US and Iran, Says It Is Abiding “Reluctantly,” But Stresses The Deal “Does Not Include Lebanon.” – Celia Farber

Scenes of devastation after Israel bombs Lebanon 100 times in 10 minutes – Sarah Hooper – LET THAT SINK IN 100X. ISRAEL CARES FOR NO ONE BUT THEMSELVES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Trump and Iran Reach Historic Ceasefire. It lasted about two hours. – “Within hours of the ceasefire announcement, Iran was already claiming it had been attacked—without naming who did it—while fresh strikes, drones, and sirens were still being reported across the region. Gulf states were intercepting incoming fire. Israel is right this minute bombing Lebanon—an effort to dismantle Hezbollah—with Netanyahu claiming that “Lebanon isn’t part of the two-week ceasefire. ” As of now, the world is pretending the ceasefire means something. Both the U.S. and Iran have “claimed victory.” (Maybe if we let them both believe it, this thing will end?) Oil prices are already dropping. Stocks are soaring, the markets are rebounding, and investors are treating this like stability—even though, technically, nothing has been resolved.” – Jenna McCarthy

Hours After Ceasefire, Iran’s Lavan Oil Refinery Hit as Fragile Truce Wobbles – Arpita Ghosh / Times Now

First Two Ships Pass Through Strait Of Hormuz Since Ceasefire As Iran Demands Payment In Crypto – Tyler Durden

Why Might China Have Pressed Iran To Compromise With The US? – “The sequence that Trump threatened if no deal was reached before the expiry of his deadline would have cut China off from half of the oil that it imported by sea last year and likely set Afro-Eurasia aflame in resource wars for the indefinite future that would have derailed China’s superpower rise.” – Andrew Korybko

ECONOMIC NEWS

The Petroyuan Shift Has Begun – “As Hormuz oil flows increasingly shift toward yuan settlement, Iran may be forcing the dollar-based energy order into crisis before China even makes its final gold-backed move.” – Alasdair Macleod

US Futures, Global Stocks And Bonds Soar On Ceasefire Relief, Oil Plummets – Tyler Durden

The Explosive Bounce Is Here — And What Comes Next Will Surprise You – “The explosive bounce I wrote about is here. Stocks, precious metals, heck the entire financial system except oil, is ripping higher today on announcements of a two-week cease-fire between the US, Iran and Israel. What’s truly incredible is that the markets knew this was coming.” – Graham Summers, MBA

Silver Knows Something About Iran That the Headlines Don’t – “The Iran War Isn’t Over — And Silver Already Knows It. Silver just did something it’s not supposed to do. War breaks out → it drops. Ceasefire hits → it rips higher. If you’re trading headlines, you’re getting played. This isn’t random volatility. This is what happens when a market stops reacting to events and starts reacting to the system underneath them. The old model — fear equals metals up — just broke.” – Kerry Lutz

Price Inflation and the Price of Oil – “Are rising oil prices responsible for inflation? While some economists and many in the media make that connection, the reality is much different. Inflation occurs because of expansion of the money supply.” – Frank Shostak

NYC Mayor Mamdani Has Declared War on Gold – “On the heels of a credit outlook downgrade for New York City, Mayor Zohran Mamdani and the state legislature have just declared war on the financial center’s vibrant gold bullion market. Among revenue-collection ideas proposed by Mamdani’s office is a new tax on investment-grade gold and silver bars—and coins, and rounds as well. Mamdani may be greedily eyeing hundreds of millions of dollars in revenues from taxes on gold and silver, but these estimates fail to account for the financial devastation that the entire industry would face. With this new tax, dealers would close their doors, institutions would leave New York, and the tax base would shrink rather than grow. Conversely, when states remove sales taxes on gold and silver, there are new jobs and revenues created.” – Jp Cortez

SURVIVAL, PREPAREDNESS AND SELF-SUFFICIENCY

How to Read a Topographic Map – “Your GPS battery is dead. The cell signal is gone. The trail you were following disappeared two miles back. What you have left is a folded paper map and a compass. That is the moment when knowing how to read a topographic map stops being a hobby skill and becomes a survival skill.” – Ask A Prepper Staff – LINKED A VERY SIMILAR ARTICLE BACK ON 12/26/18 BY BILL WHITE. BETWEEN THE TWO YOU SHOULD HAVE ALL THE INFO YOU NEED!!!

How to Find, Identify, and Harvest Wild Asparagus – “Free food growing along the side of the road sounds too good to be true. But wild asparagus is exactly that — and it’s available every spring across most of the country. You just need to know when to look, what to look for, and how to get there before the plant outgrows its harvest window.” – Lisa Bedford

Dirt Cheap Rifles Smart Homesteaders Are Snatching Up Before the Window Slams Shut – “The 2026 supply glut has finally hit the ground—and if you’ve been waiting for the right time to fill the gaps in your gun safe, this is it. Rifles that were back-ordered six months deep and priced like a used tractor just a couple years ago are now sitting quietly on shelves with tags that almost look like a mistake. And here’s the part most folks miss. This kind of window doesn’t stay open.” – Bill Heid

Mastering the Basics: Essential Outdoor Survival Tips (VIDEO) – “In this quick tips video, we cover essential skills every adventurer, prepper and survivalist should know:” – Jason Salyer

The First Nine Survival Items You Should Buy – Big John – SOME GOOD IDEAS HERE, BUT THEN AGAIN, EVERYONE HAS THEIR OPINION ON THIS ONE!!!

VERSE FOR THE DAY

Romans 5:10 For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life.

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04 Saturday Apr 2026

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THE BIG PICTURE

Crucifixion and Renaissance – Whether one believes in the deity of Jesus or not, whether one believes that Christ was resurrected on an April day 2000 years ago, or not, there is no disputing the magnificence of the “New Way” brought into being by the Nazarene. It toppled the Roman code in a relatively short time. And despite the corruption of its message by the institutions entrusted to promote it — alas, the fate of institutions is always one of perfidy — it has survived in many of us, skeptics, agnostics, atheists and believers, and it guides our approach to life.”” – New Zealand Doc – VERY GOOD READ, HIGHLY RECOMMENDED AND DESCRIBES THE SUFERING JESUS WENT THROUGH BECAUSE CRUCIFIXION WAS DESIGNED TO MAKE THE PERSON SUFFER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Easter Isn’t God Saying “You’re Fine as You Are”… It’s God Making You New -Bill Heid

The System Being Built While the World Burns (VIDEO) – “Announced at Davos in January 2026, the carbon market platform EcoGuard automates the full carbon credit lifecycle. The carbon market is expected to reach $5 trillion by 2035. This infrastructure is designed to be “invisible and ubiquitous” — the goal is for every transaction, settlement, and data point to be managed behind the scenes so that the user is not aware of it. Also at Davos last January, Palantir CEO Alex Karp said that AI “will destroy humanities jobs,” and described a future in which high school students train for factory jobs, no one goes to college or immigrates, and black-box software run by major government contractors determines whether society is being run properly. For the more compliant, the so-called 15-minute city, smart city, and freedom city models are being built to incorporate digital ID, carbon tracking, and population monitoring. Where you live, how far you travel, and what your carbon footprint is are already being tracked in multiple countries and several US cities” – Greg Reese – ANOTHER GOOD ONE FROM GREG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The Seditious Global Censorship Project Tightens Its Noose – “That the assassination of Charlie Kirk might have been a shadow government operation is gaining traction in the hive mind. Some of Candace Owen’s suspicions are gaining serious adherents in that the curious are nailing down some of her assertions, scattered as they are, preposterous as some appear. The Egyptians, the Masons, the building in Delaware, what the what? I don’t know if Erika Kirk is an old fashioned MKUltra sex operative – they apparently specialized in creating them – but Kirk himself apparently, was entirely within her thrall, uxorious in the extreme. Until he wasn’t. She was a full-on partner at Turning Point, managed the donors, their money and put on events especially for them, and he was sent out as the face of the operation. On his last night, there is suspicion – given his actions and his texts to friends – that they were headed for a divorce as he planned to uncouple from his Chabady Jewish supremacist funders. Plus, very against the Iran war.” – Elizabeth Nickson

The Deep State Doesn’t Send Hitmen — It Sends Invoices. Until now… – “People imagine the deep state as shadow figures and black helicopters. That’s the movie version. The real version is a law firm’s billing system. The deep state’s most reliable weapon has never been secrecy. It’s been time — specifically, the billable hour. Every motion filed, every extension requested, every round of “further review” is another invoice. Another drain. Another reason to quit. You don’t need to defeat someone on the merits if you can exhaust them on process. The Parking Fight Is the Template. It sounds small. That’s why it’s perfect. Most people assume they’re wrong when they get a ticket. The system counts on that assumption. The cost of fighting — time, process, confusion — exceeds the fine. So they pay. Multiplied by millions of citations a year, that’s a billion-dollar operation built entirely on the expectation of surrender. But once you understand the actual foundation — notice requirements, sign compliance, proper setup under federal standards — you start asking different questions. Those questions expose structural cracks that were always there. The system just depended on you never finding them. The parking fight is a microcosm of every fight against an institution that weaponizes process.” – Kerry Lutz

The ‘Anti-Cancer,’ Heart-Friendly Seed That Pharma Doesn’t Want You to Know About – “Flaxseed contains some of the most well-studied anti-cancer, cardioprotective compounds in all of nature. It costs pennies. It grows in the ground. And yet — it remains one of the best-kept secrets in modern medicine.” – Sayer Ji

Alberta Quietly Clears the Way for the World’s Largest AI Data Centre, No Environmental Review Required – “From Farms to Server Farms: Alberta’s AI Buildout Is Happening — And Most People Don’t Even Know” – Connie Shields

ONGOING 5G RESEARCH – “What studies are currently investigating the impacts of electromagnetic fields on human health and well-being of citizens?” – Frances Leader – FRANCES SHARES SOME GOOD LINKS HERE ON 5G RESEARCH!!!!!

IBM Says ‘The Tokenized Economy Is Here.’ Tokenized Real Estate And Fractional Ownership Go Mainstream, As The IMF Says Global Financial System Is Undergoing A ‘Structural Reallocation’ – “By 2030, tokenized assets, stablecoins, and central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) won’t be experimental. They’ll be table stakes.” – The WinePress

NEWS

Trump & The Pentagon Will Collapse America Into Darkness – “Hegseth Firing 4 star Generals. There are varying reports regarding the number of generals and admirals Hegseth has fired, with numbers ranging between now 23 to 34. The reason is clear – Trump will only tolerate ‘Yes Men’ and Hegseth complies while depleting not just the highest ranks, but destabilizing war and troop strategies that will put thousands of lives in imminent danger. The idea of Marines on the ground is suicide. The idea that some two-bit former Fox News Host can fire a 4 star general is insanity! It is incredibly demeaning. The outcome should result in mutiny. It is like putting sailors on a ship with no captain or parachutists on a plane with no pilot.” – Helena Glass

Warrior USA – “This might be the most hilarious self-own ever: “Imagine an Iran that, instead of spending their wealth, billions of dollars, supporting terrorists or weapons, had spent that money helping the people of Iran,” Secretary of State Marco Rubio said. “You’d have a much different country.” Yes, indeed, we’d have a much different America if the government wasn’t spending trillions of dollars buying weapons, supporting terrorists, and waging wars, but that’s not what corporate elites and wannabe warlords want.” – Bill Astore

Why the US Regime Pretends Israel’s Nuclear Weapons Don’t Exist – “It’s difficult to find much of anything we might call “good” coming out of the current US-Israel war against Iran. Yet, one positive development has been the fact that Israel’s deceitful practice of pretending it has no nuclear weapons program is now untenable. ” – Ryan McMaken

At The Mountains of Madness and Empire – “The Mad Emperor of the US Empire went on live television the other night and did the Dementia Dance. We saw this before during the four long, increasingly irrational and hysterical years of the Biden Administration. Trump just hasn’t deteriorated to slurring. Yet. We all know the drill. The President of the United States stands there and repeats one favorite trope after the other, in no particular order. All his old one-liners, jumbled up and spun in contradictory directions because the mind of the speaker is out to pasture, or maybe reminiscing about a rich pedophile’s hideaway. Donald Trump is not in charge. He’s a trapped and scared old man, unable to think as well as he could just a few years ago,The problem is, he is trapped by people who have the goods on him and they are even more insane than he. These people are called Zionists, and they are utterly mad, ” – Ohio Barbarian

Disaster: Operation “Stone Age” Begins to Backfire – “A mere day after Trump promised to send Iran back to the “stone ages”, the US had its most disastrous 24-hours of its airwar against Iran thus far.” – Simplicius

Iran war: A Grand Imperial Fantasy? (VIDEO) – “Vnessa Beeley, “Ryan Cristián (The Last American Vagabond ), and Myriam Charabaty – “We all sit down with BettBeat Media to add invaluable context to the genocidal project in West Asia and Persia, led by Washington and the Zionist cult, with British puppeteers in the shadows. We discuss the portrayal of the wars for survival in this region from Western outlets, the lack of cultural perspective and civilisational understanding with some of the conclusions being reached.” – BettBeat Media

Iran’s Oil Reserves & Foreign Aggression – “Much of world’s third largest reserve consists of Iranian Light crude, which is almost as valuable as West Texas Intermediate.” – John Leake

Netanyahu Boasts 70% Of Iran’s Steel Production Capacity Destroyed – “What has become clear is that Iran’s two largest producers – Khuzestan Steel Company and Mobarakeh Steel Company – have both been knocked offline after repeated US-Israeli strikes, with officials warning it could take months to restore operations, and that’s assuming this can be done even as the bombs still rain down. President Trump has meanwhile warned that Washington has yet to begin “destroying what’s left” of the Islamic Republic’s infrastructure. Major bridges have already been taken out, and even medical and pharmaceutical complexes, along with instances of deadly attacks on schools.” – Tyler Durden

How Likely Is It That The Gulf Kingdoms Diversify Their Export Routes After The War Ends? – “They now hate Iran for damaging their energy infrastructure and therefore don’t want to indefinitely pay it “petroyuan” as part of the “toll” system that the Islamic Republic is flirting with imposing.” – Andrew Korybko

Islamic Networks Now Inside Catholic Charities – “Actively Importing Muslims into America for Grant Money…” – Jim McCraigh

Kid just SMOKED a CNN reporter outside of Artemis II launch: (11 second VIDEO) – “CNN: “Why do you want to be here?… Why do you love being a part of history? Kid: “We’re going back to the f*cking moon, that’s why!” ” – Libs of TikTok

DOJ Is DONE Releasing Epstein Files – “New acting AG Todd Blanche declares full release complete — even as millions of pages remain unreleased. Todd Blanche wastes no time covering up for the Epstein child trafficking network and says he has no idea which country Jeffrey Epstein was working for or spying for. He says there is no evidence in the Epstein files that proves Epstein was a spy.” – Steve Watson – GUESS TRUMP HAS GOT THE RIGHT MAN TO RUN THE DOJ NOW!!!

ECONOMIC NEWS

A Storm Is Coming: High Prices and Slowing Growth Are Converging – “Rising prices. Slowing growth. Supply strain building beneath the surface. These aren’t isolated problems – they reinforce each other. And history shows what can happen when they collide all at once…” – Peter Reagan

Household Survey Shows a YTD Loss of 1.4M Jobs – “Ignore the unexpected positive job growth this month. The full data shows a very negative picture. Household Survey: recession level ugly QCEW Shows 633k jobs lost in first 3 quarters of 2025 Revisions: constantly moving downward Labor force participation falls to a multi-year low This is the sign of an economy hanging by a thread.” – Peter Schiff

What’s Next for Affordability With $100 Oil Prices and $4 Gas? – “The Iran war is causing cost-of-living challenges for Americans.” – Andrew Moran

An Oil Squeeze Just Weeks Away Threatening Far Higher Oil Prices (VIDEO) with David Jensen – ” In this in-depth conversation, David Jensen breaks down the real global risks of escalating conflict involving Iran — and why we may be approaching a critical tipping point in global energy markets. We explore how a disruption in oil and natural gas flows could force major Asian economies like India, Bangladesh, Vietnam, Thailand, and the Philippines into aggressive bidding wars for limited supply — potentially sending prices to extreme levels. But the consequences don’t stop at energy.” – maneco64

Past Oil Bull Markets Have Been Bullish for Precious Metals – “Contrary to the recent narrative, soaring oil prices have not been bad for precious metals but have moved higher alongside them, as the 1970s and the 2000s show.” – Jesse Colombo

Oil Price Shock To Cause A Recession This Year?(VIDEO) with Lance Roberts – Adam Taggart | Thoughtful Money®

THE GPU Standard: When the Chips Go Dark, Money Disappears – “If war or sabotage kills the data centers, trillions in AI‑backed debt, credit, and “innovation” valuations evaporate overnight — crashing markets built on always‑on compute.” – The Silver Academy

Are We Losing Independent Thought at the Exact Time We Need it Most? Your context and your attention matter more than you realize. Yield doesn’t tell you what you’ll make. It tells you how much risk you’re taking. Most investors have this backwards. The recent breakdown of Private Credit markets is a lesson we shouldn’t be repeating at this point. We are staring at a structural shift in the face. Nobody knows exactly what’s on the other side, but history is clear on one thing: it will not look like what came before it.” – . Kane McGukin -KANE LINKS 3 VIDEOS WORTH WATCHING!!

SURVIVAL, PREPAREDNESS AND SELF-SUFFICIENCY

What the US Embassy Attack in Baghdad Means for Preppers – “The Global Ripple Effect Why should a drone attack halfway around the world matter to your family’s preparedness plan? Because it proves that cheap, easily transportable, and concealable, mass-produced drones can successfully defeat multi-million-dollar defense systems. If state and state-funded actors can mass-produce $50,000 drones to overwhelm advanced security, they can target military bases, critical infrastructure, and shipping routes globally. This creates a chain reaction that directly impacts your daily life: When the seriousness of the world ramps up, the best response is calm, practical action. So, the focus should be on building resilient systems for your family. With that in mind, here is what you can do right now to prepare for these global shifts.” – Brian Duff

DIY 5-Gallon Bucket Gardening Stand – “While growing food in the ground is the traditional way to garden, it can be pretty frustrating. You have to deal with pests, disease, too much sun, too much rain, and sometimes even too much wind if a major storm blows through. Any of these can easily kill plants you’ve been nurturing for months. All of this is why bucket gardening has become so popular. You have more control over the soil, it’s easier to prevent pests and disease, and you can move them around if the weather isn’t ideal. To make them look even better and to use your space more efficiently, you can put them in a raised bucket garden stand.” – Heidi Hawthorn – NICE STURDY STAND THAT ANYONE CAN BUILD, DEFINITELY BOOKMARKING OR PRINTING THIS ONE MYSELF!!!

11 Forgotten Methods to Preserve Food Without Power. #1 Will Surprise You! – “You probably have a freezer full of food right now. Maybe a chest freezer in the garage, a freeze dryer you’re proud of, and a pantry that took years to build. That setup is impressive, but it has one weakness that most preppers don’t like to think about: every single bit of it depends on the grid staying on. When the power goes out for a day, it’s an inconvenience. When it goes out for a week or longer, your stockpile starts a countdown you can’t stop.” – Olivia Brooks

“The Walking Dead” Part One Part One…- ” From the Civil Defense Manual. How to increase your chances of surviving a gun battle. These tips and your behavior pattern may be the difference between walking away… or not.” – Jack Lawson

Atrial Fibrillation Off The Grid – ” I’m going to talk about a problem rarely discussed in survival circles and my thoughts on what you could do about it off the grid. I’m talking about “Afib.” Today, at least 2.7 million Americans are living with AFib so you might have someone with it in your survival group.” – Joe Alton MD – AS I HAVE THIS CONDITION, IT’S GOOD TO KNOW SOME OF THIS INFO IF YOU DON’T ALREADY!!

VERSES FOR THE DAY

Matthew 27:57-61 When the even was come, there came a rich man of Arimathaea, named Joseph, who also himself was Jesus’ disciple: He went to Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus. Then Pilate commanded the body to be delivered.And when Joseph had taken the body, he wrapped it in a clean linen cloth, And laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out in the rock: and he rolled a great stone to the door of the sepulchre, and departed. And there was Mary Magdalene, and the other Mary, sitting over against the sepulchre.

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