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Proverbs 1:2-5 To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding; To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment, and equity; To give subtilty to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion. A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:

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Remembering What Comes Next – “Thirty years ago, when Bill Clinton was caught chasing interns around the Oval Office, many assumed it was the end of him. Instead, he not only wriggled free of the scandal, and many other scandals, but he seemed to be stronger for it. The reason is Clinton was an extraordinarily clever man. he Clintons, of course, set the tone for post-Cold War politics. This sort of politics selects for clever over smart. When everything is done in the moment, there is no patience for deliberative politics. In the current Middle East crisis, for example, the information space is controlled by actors chanting rehearsed lines to the other actors in the media. This sort of public environment rewards those who can quickly slip out of a self-created mess and focus the crowd on the next performance.” – The Z Man

They’re warning us about “weaponised weather modification”…here’s why. – “There are multiple levels of psy-op happening here, and it’s interesting to break it down. It wasn’t long ago we were confidently told that weather modification technology was a conspiracy theory. Then suddenly it was both real AND a vital tool to combat climate change. Now it’s real and an existential danger to the nation. Why? What is the journey here?” – Kit Knightly

Bilderberg Talks “Depopulation” in Sweden Amid Global Chaos – “Elitist bankers, politicians, and businessmen-the Deep State Behind the Deep State-just met in Sweden to conspire against faith, family, freedom and sovereignty. Fake media looked the other way” – Alex Newman

Secretary Kennedy: Let’s Make Vaccines Great Again! 6 COVID Vaccines Approved by FDA So Far in 2025 – Brian Shilhavy – MORE MAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Trump FDA Chief Headlines Gates-Tied ‘BIO 2025’ Biotech Convention as Pandemic Infrastructure Expands – “Makary represents Trump admin at world’s most powerful biotech gathering, where Gates-funded partners and federal agencies coordinate vaccines, AI drug platforms, and “universal” pandemic solutions.” – Jon Fleetwood

International study reveals glyphosate weedkillers cause multiple types of cancer – GM Watch

Excess Deaths Surging in Nations with Highest Covid ‘Vaccine’ Rates – Frank Bergman

Senate Duo Pushes Total Pharma Ad Ban Bill – “If you’ll indulge me a digression from the start, I generally lost all regard for Bernie Sanders after Hillary Clinton stole the primary election from him and all of his voters in broad daylight in 2016 and, in response, he fully capitulated like a total bitch. Profiles in courage, huh? Despite Bernie’s best performative cuckoldry, Hillary, on account of being a demonic orc from the pit of hell, managed to lose the election anyway, so all of his brutal betrayal of his followers turned out to be for naught in the end anyway. Still, credit where credit is due. Occasionally he shows some testicular fortitude in actually using his office to take on the power structure — which is otherwise totally lacking in Congress on either side of the aisle.” – Ben Bartee

Ask your doctor if banning ads is right for you – “Senators are trying to kick Pharma off the public stage. But history says they won’t leave quietly. Here are six thoughts on what may come next.” – Collapse Life

Peer-Reviewed Study Documents Post-Vaccine Magnetism – “Magnetism appeared months after mRNA injection—Pfizer “F” lots were disproportionately linked, with proposed mechanisms involving spike-induced iron metabolism disruption. Another day, another farfetched and nightmarish Modified mRNA slow kill bioweapon “vaccine” conspiracy “theory” becomes irrefutable conspiracy fact.” – 2nd Smartest Guy in the World.

NEWS ( HEAVY ON THE ISRAEL, IRAN, TRUMP DEBACLE TODAY )

Trump Is the Perfect Stooge for His Evil Zionist Deep State Controllers – “Trump has supported, funded, and armed Zionist Israel all along, (as have many other tyrants) has been a partner in the murder of innocents in Gaza and Palestine, but also in Lebanon, Syria, Jordon, Ukraine, and now Iran. Trump is anxious to embroil this country in war, regardless of the mass death and destruction that is sure to follow. He cares not one iota about any American or anyone else.” – Gary D. Barnett

It Looks Hopeless – “What’s Trump opting for? The peace prize is gone. Credibility for his presidency is gone. Trump doesn’t just want to be an American Idiot, a deep state operative—he wants a seat at the table where rulers pull the levers. Such is his delusion of grandeur. Begging a question, maybe Trump’s as ignorant about his tariff BS? Watch the horizon.” – Erik @ neverhadaboss.com

Peace Through Strength – Trump is Taking America To War – “While the west focuses on Israel and Iran, and Trump is at the G7 meeting with the globalists and burlesque dancers, China’s Xi Jinping is making deals. Why? Because he is representing his country and his people in achieving prosperity. Since Trump took a more friendly approach to Russia, the ‘bad guy’ syndrome so important to the Deep State Cartel has shifted its rhetoric back to China Bad. The main agenda is oil. Because oil drives every global economy. Iran’s oil is on the table. China buys most of Iran’s production. Iran is debating shutting down the Strait of Hormuz which is the freeway of oil. ” – Helena Glass

America First – We Hardly Knew Ye – “What in the hell is the Donald doing bringing America to the brink of yet another Forever War against a country that is in no way, shape or form a threat to the Homeland Security of the United States? Indeed, the whole Iranian imbroglio is a direct repudiation of the entire America First proposition. So what we really have unfolding in front of our very eyes is a real world demonstration of the folly of Empire, global alliances and allies and the related costly, unnecessary military footprint that spans the globe.” – David Stockman

Who Really Decides What “America First” Means – “The base and those top influencers who channel their interests (and at times add their own insight) arguably define MAGA, but Trump is the only one with the power to implement it at scale, and he now believes that he knows better than them.” – Andrew Korybko

“We” Now Have Total Control Of Iran’s Skies, Trump Demands “Unconditional Surrender. President Trump has very quickly followed up with even more bellicose and alarming statements directly threatening Iran, repeatedly using ‘we’ – as if the United States military is already directly involved in the ratcheting war.” – Tyler Durden – “THE SUPREME” SPEAKS. WHO IS TRUMP TO MAKE DEMANDS, WHERE IS CONGRESS IN ALL OF THIS. HAVE WE DECLARED WAR!!!!

‘I don’t care what she said’ – Trump dismisses Tulsi Gabbard’s Iran claims- “Iran was “very close” to obtaining a nuclear weapon, US President Donald Trump has said. ” – RT – OH, NOT ONLY SAY THAT “WE” ARE AT WAR, BUT DISMISS YOUR DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE CLAIMS AS WELL!!!

Israeli Ambassador to US Delivers Ominous Warning to Iran: ‘Expect a Surprise Later This Week’ – “As the ongoing conflict between Israel and Iran rages on, Israeli ambassador to the US Yechiel Leiter told Merit TV Monday: Expect a surprise later this week. Let’s just say the world will understand how serious we are about stopping Iran’s capabilities — and not just in Gaza or southern Lebanon.” – Bob Hoge

THE DEEPER DIVE: The Iran-Israel Conflict will not be World War III – “It will be popular for some on the far right to predict Israel’s attack on Iran is the start of WWIII, but mark my words: Bad as the war may be, it’s not World War III.” – David Haggith – MAY HAVE NOT LOOKED THAT WAY TESTERDAY, TODAY, MATBE!!!

From Decapitation to Obliteration? – “Rapid-Fire War Strategy in Motion. The core tactic in Israel’s US-backed war strategy began as decapitation, that is a systemic elimination of much of the top leadership of the Axis of Resistance. The Axis of Resistance begins and ends with the Islamic Republic of Iran. From there the Axis of Resistance connects to Hezbollah in Lebanon, to Ansallah among the Houthi in Yemen, to the Shia militias in Iraq, and to Hamas, the sole military force actively defending the populations of Gaza and the West Bank subject to the incursions of genocidal ruthlessness. Once again the Israeli-US partnership is exposing the underlying fiction of supposed equality before the law. Either you are with the Chosenites or you are Amalekites.” – Anthony James Hall

Why Are Large Numbers Of U.S. Air Force KC-135R Stratotankers And KC-46 Pegasus Tankers Flying East Across The Atlantic? – Michael Snyder

How to Win a Nuclear War Without Nukes – “Iran’s missile deterrence central to its battle with Israel and the US. This war is one of missiles and minds, of who has the greater weapons and the strongest will. Although it lacks a nuclear weapon, Iran has proven it has the missile technology to deal a devastating blow to Israel. Iranian culture is an Aryan one, its people willing to face martyrdom. It is this will to victory and sacrifice that may ultimately prove decisive.” – James Eden / The Right To Dissent

Reflections from the Heart of the Empire: Dances of Madness and Rumbles of Discontent – Ohio Barbarian – GOOD RECAP OF THE WEEKEND NEWS AS USUAL!!!

Trump just issued 2 contradictory mass deportation orders; does he even know that? – “This is not what you want to be doing in the middle of nationwide riots against the deportations.” – Jon Rappoport

The Summer of Cloward-Piven – “Cloward-Piven is rarely mentioned by corporate media and is seldom heard from the lips of elected officials. Instead, it is regarded as a conspiracy theory only discussed on A.M. talk radio by knuckle-dragging, white, heterosexual, Christian Trump supporters. Cloward-Piven’s objective is chaos and turmoil, or in their words, “A massive drive to recruit the poor onto the welfare rolls.” This is followed by: “A federal program of income redistribution has become necessary to elevate the poor en masse from poverty.”” – Brian C. Joondeph

Father of Teen Who Was Killed at Track Meet Questions His Son’s Alleged Killer Being Allowed to Graduate – “An advocacy group confirmed that while Karmelo Anthony will receive his degree, he will not be allowed to participate in any graduation activities. “We are proud to share that Karmelo Anthony will graduate and receive his high school diploma, and that his academic achievements will not be disrupted,” Minister Dominique Alexander, president of NGAN, told the outlets. “As the largest social justice organization in North Texas, NGAN has worked diligently alongside the Anthony family’s legal team to bring about this fair and student-focused resolution. This is a moment of dignity for Karmelo and a reminder of the power of advocacy done right.”” – Charlotte Phillipp – THIS ARTICLE IS ABOUT THREE WEEKS OLD, BUT I DON’T REMEMBER THE MSM SAYING SHIT ABOUT IT. PEOPLE MAGAZINE SAYS ALLEGED KILLER. NOTHING ALLEGED ABOUT IT. KARMELO STABBED AUSTIN AND IT’S ON VIDEO SUPPOSEDLY. WHO GIVES A RAT’S ASS ABOUT A MOMENT OF DIGNITY FOR THIS SCUM, THEY DON’T SEEM TO CONCERNED ABOUT AUSTIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Europe’s Lunatics Double Down on the Way to Poverty and War – “The leadership of Europe are dangerously rattled by the inevitability that their lies will eventually melt under the blistering truth most people already see. Their exposure is dangerous because the only “out” they can see is another world war. Now, the elites who caused every war in history have set out to impoverish the continent to prepare the masses for war.” – Phil Butler

The Profits from Taking Gaza – Eric Zuesse

SITREP 6/16/25: Slowly Abandoned, Ukraine Gets Squeezed by Russian Pressure – Simplicius

Largest Russian Strikes In Months Hit Ukrainian Capital, Killing 15 & Wounding Over 100 – Tyler Durden

ECONOMIC NEWS

(THE FIAT SYSTEM COLLAPSE). “PROBLEM, REACTION, SOLUTION.” (FULL BREAKDOWN) (VIDEO) – “This is huge, you know. Look, man, war is not going to stop. The war that was supposed to end on day one, we’re talking about the Russia Ukraine war, it is raging and now we have a new war. This one between Israel and Iran. This is deeper and we’re going to discuss why. This new war will likely not stay contained and proof positive right here, If in fact this wasn’t a navigational error in the Strait of Hormuz over here and these ships were attacked. What does that tell you where is this going” – Gregory Mannarino

Illegal Alien Economy: How Foreign Nations Exploit U.S. Borders For Profit – “Well, the tensions over mass illegal immigration in the US are finally coming to a boil after 4 years of open borders under the Biden Administration and six months of obstruction by Democrat politicians and judges interfering with deportations. The progressive establishment position on illegals is clear: Make it as easy as possible for anyone to enter the country and make it as difficult as possible to kick them out. Think about it for a moment and ask yourself: Why is the rest of the world in our business? Why do they care if we have tighter controls on borders and stricter vetting for immigration? Why don’t foreign governments also complain about Chinese immigration standards, or Saudi Arabia’s standards, or even Australia’s standards? Why does everyone else think they have a say in how America handles immigration?” – Brandon Smith

The Dangers Of Complacency As The Tremblors Mount. – “Global Oil Markets have shrugged off the supply threats. Markets seen unfazed by the economic consequences of trade ructions and tariffs. Rising instability elicits little more than yawns. Are we walking into a crisis?” – Bill Blain

Oil Surges over 3% As Israel Strikes Iran’s Natanz Enrichment Facility – Charles Kennedy

Retail Sales Down Much More than Expected, Drop 0.9 Percent – “Retail sales declined 0.9 percent led by autos down 3.5 percent.” – Mish

Another Fed Shrug? – “Jay Powell May Have Missed The Moment For A Rate Cut. The Iran-Israeli War is dominating the headlines for obvious reasons, but we do well to remember that other news has not stopped. The Fed continues its (mis)management of the money supply, and today begins its June session of the Federal Open Market Committee, where it will determine the federal funds rate for the next month.” – Peter Nayland Kust

The Most Splendid Housing Bubbles in America, May 2025: The Price Drops & Gains in 33 Large Expensive Metros – “US year-over-year home-price gain shrinks to +0.4%. Prices drop YoY in 18 of the 33 metros: San Diego, Austin, Tampa, Miami, San Francisco, San Antonio, Dallas, Phoenix, Orlando, Atlanta, Denver, Raleigh, Houston, Seattle… YoY gains nearly vanish in Los Angeles, San Jose, Charlotte, shrink in Boston, Chicago, New York, Columbus…” – Wolf Richter

Evaporating Silver – “All those missiles… But it’s validating for us cynical stackers, as all the silver in those missiles is reduced to its molecular components and scattered in the wind. Barring a nuclear holocaust, the world’s militaries will be massive buyers of missiles, and therefore silver, for years to come. The silver deficit will continue to expand until the paper games end and physical panic buying sends the price into triple-digits. So keep stacking, no matter what happens in the next few months.” – John Rubino

SURVIVAL, PREPAREDNESS AND SELF-SUFFICIENCY

How I’m Prepping for the Potential of War – “We all hope that the world will dodge a bullet again and avoid diving into World War III. But things aren’t looking great. However, the signs and omens of war are not what this article is about. Here’s where I’m putting my money right now as far as preps are concerned.” – Daisy Luther

The “Microbial Magic” That Happens When You Mulch Your Garden – Bill Heid

Surviving the Flood You Didn’t Plan For – “When most of us think of flooding, we think of water several feet deep, covering the entire ground.While that’s clearly a flood, that’s not the only thing that can be considered to be a flood. The water that seeps under my garage wall is a flood as well, just not as serious a one. What makes it bad isn’t the severity of the flooding, but the frequency of it. I can count on that water getting into my workshop a good six to eight times a year, enough to cause some rather serious damage.” – Bill White

How to Prevent Barn Fire and What to Do When It Happens – Rebekah Pierce

Rights You’ll Lose Under Martial Law – “The idea of martial law is unsettling, especially for those of us who cherish our God-given rights to freedom and self-reliance. When martial law is declared, the government steps in and takes control, often stripping away personal liberties under the guise of maintaining public safety. What’s even more alarming is how close to home this possibility now feels.” – Matt Wright

VERSE FOR THE DAY

1 Thessalonians 4:4 That every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honour;

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16 Monday Jun 2025

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It depends which side you’re on… Kit Knightly – SHORT GOOD READ FROM KIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Welcome to PSYOP Season – “They Gave You a Script. You Called It Conviction. Someone sent me a direct message calling me “a dangerous leftist Jew who hates Israel” and accused me of breeding antisemitism. That’s the level of discourse now. You say, “maybe don’t kill people,” and suddenly you’re the enemy. That’s the cost of identity-based programming. It turns neighbors into enemies, disagreement into heresy, and war into a loyalty test. When belief becomes a badge, you’ll defend anything just to keep wearing it. Welcome to PSYOP season, where every crisis is a product launch and your outrage is the purchase.” – .Joshua Stylman

It’s OK (VIDEO) – “I’m Ellie, don’t feel bad it’s okay, it was a long time ago, 1962. I just thought maybe you don’t know about me. My parents didn’t want me anyway The doctor worked with scientists and they took my organs out as soon as I was aborted. It had to be done right away because the organs need to be fresh, it’s okay it wasn’t just me there were 32 of us they sent our organs to the United States for the experiments iI was my lung they ended up using FAL celline w38 38 because that’s how much experiments they did on us ” – Choice42 – SHORT 5 MINUTE VIDEO. A MUST WATCH. IF IT MAKES YOU ABORTIONISTS FEEL BAD, WELL, IT’S OK!!!!!

Assuming the Worst – “I used to think that people were pretty smart. It was the “common sense factor” . . . CSF, rather than IQ, that made me feel more comfortable—an assumption, which back then was a plausible assumption, that most people had at least an average CSF. I have no way to know, however, if my assumption was accurate, but I think it was more accurate then than it is today. In fact, now there is no assumption that all of the people I run across in a casual way—in the mall, on the street, in a crowded theatre, etc.—have an average CSF.” – Todd Hayen, PhD, RP

Portrait of a Psychopath – “It all began when a worker at a nursing home in Australia called police – aka, called for armed government workers – which many do on the errant presumption that they are calling for help. What they get is often something very different. The worker at the nursing home called for help because a 95-year-old resident with dementia was shuffling around the place – using a walker – ostensibly “threatening” people with knives she’d found in the kitchen. The real threat, however, came in the form of the AGW who arrived at the home to “help.” Despite being a man – nominally – and less than half the old woman’s age and having a strength advantage of probably five times as much as a frail old lady he made no attempt to just take the knives away from the old lady. Instead, he took her life – by shooting her with a Taser. The elderly woman’s body could not take the shock and she died. More shocking, however, was what happened afterward. ” – Eric Peters

Three More States Diverge From CDC on COVID-19 Vaccine Recommendations – “Health officials with California, Oregon, and Washington state said in a joint statement that they “continue to recommend all individuals age 6 months and older should have access and the choice to receive currently authorized COVID-19 vaccines, with an emphasis on protecting higher risk individuals,” – Zachary Stieber

“Riot” Update From Atlanta – “I live here. I want to be clear here. I am not saying that the footage being circulated is entirely fake shit on a green screen. Some or all of it might be…I don’t know. What I am saying is what is being shown to people is absolutely NOT accurate. What is being shown is meant to elicit a strong emotional response. And to incite the behavior associated with that response. When you are looking out the porthole of a boat, it’s very easy to be quite sure you are in the middle of the ocean….” – Conspiracy Sarah

Which Cancer Drugs Work? Does Ivermectin and Febendazole cure cancer? What about FDA approvals? (VIDEO) – Vinay Prasad MD MPH

FDA Vaccine Chief Says Alternative and Mainstream Chemotherapy is a Disaster – ” Is Ivermectin and Fenbendazole the miracle cure for cancer, that doctors don’t want you to know about, and is the US FDA doing a good job of regulating anti-cancer drugs so that the approved drugs are guaranteed to improve your survival quality of life? The sad answer to both questions is no, and that’s the conundrum we find ourselves in: the US FDA is doing a terrible job when it comes to anti-cancer drug regulation and policy. Medicare is doing a terrible job, the NCCN is doing a terrible job, but also the alternative medicine and fringe people who say they have the cure for cancer, they’re also being deceptive and dishonest. That’s the mess we have ourselves in.”My only complaint with his video is that he has nothing to say about what does work in terms of cancer treatment.” – Dr. Sircus

Cropcircles (VIDEO) – Greg Reese

NEWS

King-less? – “Speaking of A;ex Soros, Saturday also happened to be his wedding day, to Huma Abedin, former Hillary Clinton sidekick and BFF (and ex-wife of disgraced congressman and convicted sex offender Anthony Weiner.) The nuptials happened at the Soros’s Hamptons estate. Cable news covered the fabulous cavalcade of black Escalade limousines conveying the super-elite of Progressive-Wokery to the glorious event. “The Clintons and Kamala Harris Descend on a Hamptons Wedding of Liberal Royalty – NY Times headline”. “Liberal royalty?” Say, what. . . ? There is such a thing? In the party of No Kings? What’s the deal, then? Just princes and princesses, dukes and duchesses, earls, viscounts, baronets, lairds, marquis, knights and dames, and so on. Yet, no king? Well, if you asked the fortunate wedding guests, they might aver to Hillary Clinton as a sort-of Queen of the party, or maybe just Queen Bee.” – James Howard Kunstler

World War III and Other Simulacra – “And so the global-capitalist empire’s destabilization and restructuring of the Middle East continues. You’ll forgive me if I don’t engage with either the official “Israel is defending itself from the nuclear weapon that Iran has been days away from developing for the last twenty-five years” narrative, or the unofficial “the evil Zionists who control the US government are trying to draw Trump into a war for Israel” narrative. The global-capitalist empire, not “America” or “Israel,” has been destabilizing and restructuring the Greater Middle East since the end of the Cold War. It is going to continue to do that until every nation in the region is playing ball with the empire. “America” is not the empire. “The Zionists” do not control the world. The USA and Israel are components of the global-capitalist empire. Israel is the empire’s Middle East HQ. The US military-industrial complex and its international partners are the empire’s muscle.” – CJ Hopkins

The American Alcibiades – “One of the features of the Trump era has been the sense of chaos that seems to surround everything about the man. Whether as a candidate, as president or as the hero in the fight against the villains of Washington, there is always a whirlwind of action around him that makes understanding it difficult. We now see this in his foreign policy which looks more like a game of flipping over tables and smashing things than a coherent strategy to advance national interests.” – The Z Man

Fox News Just Helped Netanyahu Spread The Lie That Iran Tried To Assassinate Trump – “The lies about Iran are just getting started. There will be more. Don’t buy into any part of this scam.” – Caitlin Johnstone

As War Looms – “The Israel-Iran war, with the potential to go worldwide, is still, as of this writing, a regional war and that’s where it should remain. I personally don’t care about either side and I certainly don’t want the US to get involved with either side. I am, in all things, firstly, an American, a Constitutionalist, not for the magic words on paper, but for the undeniable logic of individual rights securing freedom and liberty that must be defended with one’s life.” – T.L. Davis

USS Nimitz Carrier Group On Way To MidEast As Iran Reportedly Seeks De-Escalation With Israel – Tyler Durden

Beware the coming false-flag or green-flag operation – “If you are a neocon warmonger, and you REALLY want to set off WW3, this would be a great way to do it. Send an old CVN [about to be scrapped anyway] and 5,000 Navy sailors to the bottom of the sea.” – Matt Bracken – ANOTHER GOOD ONE FROM MATT BELOW!!!

Israel vs. Iran: Will the U.S. Be Drawn Into a Regional War? | Syriana Analysis [This is BY FAR the best analysis of the recent Israel/USA vs Iran conflict I’ve seen. BY FAR.] (VIDEO) – “Kevork Almassian is a Syrian Christian who was forced to leave Syria before the current CIA-ISIS destruction of the Assad regime. His family originally came to Syria during the Ottoman genocide of Christians in Turkey. Be that as it may, it’s just background. His analysis is brilliant. Israel-USA is continuing to dominate on the escalatory ladder, thus Iran has no deterrent against Israel to Israel’s further escalation. Iran is always on the back foot, Israel is happy to continue ratcheting upward on the ladder. The goal of Israel-USA was never to remove Iran’s nuclear program (not possible) and not even me change, but destroying Iran as a nation, as we have done in Libya, Syria, etc.” – Matt Bracken

Israel isn’t a state with an army – it’s an army with a state – “Israel is not a normal country with civilian governance, but a militarized occupation masquerading as one” – Vanessa Beeley

Large Numbers in Congress Back Attack on Iran, Call for US to Support Israel – “Rep. Massie was the only member of Congress to point out that the attack Israel launched on Friday was an offensive war of aggression. “Israel doesn’t need US taxpayers’ money for defense if it already has enough to start offensive wars.”” – Kyle Anzalone

War with Iran is Contrary to U.S. National Interests – Dr. Joseph Sansone

The ISIS-Israel-U.S.-NATO Alliance to Eliminate the Gazans – Eric Zuesse

Bond’s Villains are Todays Zelenskky, Netanyahu & Trump – “The parallels between Netanyahu and Zelenskky are rife with the psychology of madness. Neither listens. Neither wants peace. Neither cares about their people. The extant of narcissism is off the charts. Therefore, you have to partially come into their world as a calm force of grounding which eliminates their control. Don’t bend to their provocations. Emotional conditioning means averting defensiveness which they glean as a means to regain control. When I look at these two men, I keep seeing the James Bond villains all wrapped into one giant reality. Ernst Biofeld petting his cat. The smirky smile always gleaming from Netanyahu. The coke addled Zelenskky unable to form thoughts in a brain fried by drugs. Scheming megalomaniacs,” – Helena Glass

We Voted to Deport Every Single One of Them – “It’s strange how I keep being told by the regime media and Democrat political flunkies, to the limited extent that those are different things, about how I didn’t vote for what Donald Trump is doing to illegal aliens. I find that odd because I voted to send every single one of them back. And by “every single one of them,” I mean every single one of them. No exceptions. No quarter. No carveouts for farm or hospitality workers – the people trying to convince Trump to let up on that simply want to keep their serfs. Send them all back. We tried tolerance, and 20 million uninvited Third World peasants settled here. It wasn’t just without our permission. It was against our express will, as manifested by our elected representatives passing laws and our elected president signing them. The Democrats babble endlessly about Our Democracy, but it’s weird that when we vote on something, they think they can tell us, “No, you can’t have what you voted for.” – Kurt Schlichter – THEY ARE CALLED “ILLEGALS” FOR A REASON!!!!!!!

The Astronomical Costs of Illegal Immigration Escalate – ” “Anchor babies” sink public school funding” – John Klar

Trump orders ‘largest mass deportation in history’ – “The US president has urged ICE agents to focus on Los Angeles, New York, Chicago and other Democratic strongholds” – RT – BECAUSE, WELL, THAT’S WHERE THEY ARE!!!

After Trump Threatened Apple, His Sons Announce a Made-in-America Phone – “Trump Mobile and a $499 “Glued-in-America” phone is coming in August.” – Mish

ECONOMIC NEWS

ACTION TO TAKE RIGHT NOW. (THE STOCK MARKET, GOLD/SILVER, CRYPTO, BITCOIN, XRP… MORE). (VIDEO) – ” I have created a breakdown of the reality being forced upon us and the right action to take based on my own opinion. Now you, guys and girls, are free to have your own opinion as well this is mine uh This may not work for everyone but it’s pretty much on point so let’s do it. So expect escalating war people” – Gregory Mannarino – RECOMMEND THIS ONE FROM GREG TODAY. SOME GOOD ADVICE, PART ECONOMICS, PART PREPPING, AND ABOVE ALL, THE BIG PICTURE!!!

The Fed Is Powerful—That’s the Problem – “Interest rates are arguably the most important prices in the economy.” – Matthew Blakey

The Iran-Israel Conflict And The Likely Impact On The Market – Lance Roberts

IMF Wants Gold-Back ZiG to Be Zimbabwe’s Only Currency – “Currently, the U.S. dollar serves as the country’s primary currency, with about 80 percent of the country’s transactions using greenbacks. Also known as Zimbabwe Gold, the ZiG is a structured currency backed primarily by 2.5 tons of gold, along with other foreign exchange reserves, including $100 million USD. 100 Gram Gold Bar (Brand our Choice) 100 Gram Gold Bar (Brand our Choice) Price & Buy The government introduced the gold-backed currency in an effort to stabilize the country’s financial system in April 2024.” – Mike Maharrey

U.S. Construction Industry Squeezed by New Tariffs – Metal Miner

Why Gold is Still King – “While gold has been used to hoard wealth since the beginning of history, many mainstream experts still deride it in favor of nearly any newly invented investment opportunity. Financial advisors only suggest that gold should make up under 10% of an individual’s portfolio. The idea that human progress and the stock market will rocket up together for all time is a belief that many of our ancestors would have found laughable. ” – Peter Schiff

SURVIVAL, PREPAREDNESS AND SELF-SUFFICIENCY

7 Uses for a Smartphone Once the World Goes Dark – “Discover how to repurpose your old smartphone into a vital survival tool for preppers. ” – J.G. Martinez D

Planning for the Worst-Case Armed Home Defense Scenario – “Any good armed home defense plan should start with just that—a plan. The first goal should be to avoid ever being targeted with an attack on your home. The second goal should be a plan, like when confronted with a fire, you have a plan for safe escape. However, any plan also needs to consider the possible reality of needing to defend one’s home.” – Joel T. Nadler

Canning Supplies: The Ultimate Guide for Preppers – “Canning isn’t just a hobby—it’s a survival skill. Whether you’re preserving your summer harvest or prepping for the next blackout, canning gives you the power to build a shelf-stable food supply that lasts for years. But if you’re new to it, walking into a store or browsing online can be overwhelming. Do you really need all those gadgets? What’s essential, and what’s just fluff? What are the most important canning supplies?” – Ask A Prepper Staff

30 First Aid Items That Will Vanish When The SHTF – Tricia Drevets

10 Plants You Should Never Touch – “Out here, one mistake can cost you dearly. The wrong plant, and suddenly you’re dealing with burning pain, blistered skin, or a poison that works its way in before you even know what’s happening. In a survival situation, it’s not just uncomfortable — it can be the difference between making it home or not. The last thing you need is a medical emergency caused by a plant you didn’t recognize.” – Michael B

VERSE FOR THE DAY

Revelation 13:9-10 If any man have an ear, let him hear. He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity: he that killeth with the sword must be killed with the sword. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints.

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15 Sunday Jun 2025

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iran, israel, middle-east, politics, russia

THE BIG PICTURE

We Choose To Follow Or To Not Follow – “We are our own worst enemy. That is a lesson I relearn fairly often. Sadly, it is a lesson I apparently never manage to learn completely. Almost without exception, every difficulty I have faced in life comes about at least in part because of some bit of stupidity on my behalf. I let my pride get ahead of my reason.” – Peter Nayland Kust

A Father Must Have a Code – “When it comes to the exercise of government power, real men are a constant threat. If they refuse to cover their faces with cheap paper masks, then COVID mandates fail. If they refuse to let boys beat up their daughters in competitive sports, then “transgender” delusions are relegated to the psych ward. If they refuse to allow government welfare programs to play “daddy” to their families, then Marxist Democrats can’t turn children against their parents. If they refuse to bow down to the strictures of “political correctness,” then critical thinking skills are passed from one generation to the next.That code doesn’t come from the government or some contingent of “woke” culture police. It comes from deep inside the men who operate as individuals with purpose. They are not merely shaped in this world; they are characters who shape their world..” – J.B. Shurk –

Watch the US Army robot dogs at the DC military parade (VIDEO) – NOW from FOX – AND WHEN THEY DEEM YOU A TERRORIST THIS IS WHAT THEY’LL SEND AFTER YOU. FIRST THE MILITARY, THEN THE POLICE WILL HAVE THEM IN A POLICE STATE, IF THEY DON’T ALREADY!!!

Chronocide: How technocracy is erasing the past, present and future – Niall McCrae

Cell Towers & the NIH CONTRACT You’ve Never Heard of – “This sh*t just keeps getting crazier… I’m going to tell you a story, a true story, but you are going to think it’s batsh*t crazy nuttery… until you look at the evidence. Why do I say this? Because I thought it was batsh*t crazy nuttery… until I looked at the evidence.” – Agent131711

First Dallas Measles Case Found in ‘Fully Vaccinated’ Woman – “Does the MMR vaccine work?” – Jon Fleetwood

India Sounds Alarm as Sudden Deaths Skyrocket Among Covid-Vaxxed -Frank Bergman

NEWS

True Promise 3: Iran Responds With Long-Awaited Hypersonic Retaliation – “Iran launched the next stage of their True Promise 3.0 operation, targeting various sites of Israeli energy and military infrastructure. This time it reportedly included the latest Fattah-1 hypersonic missiles, which made quite the dazzling impact all over Tel Aviv and northern Israel—a sight so spectacular it is rivaled only by last year’s Oreshnik strikes:” – Simplicius

Israel urges US to join bombing as Iran sends HUGE missile shower: Tower block turns to rubble with at least 13 dead and hundreds more injured amid retaliation strikes that leave Tehran ‘burning – ‘Perkin Amalaraj – ISRAEL STARTS IT AND THEN CRIES TO THE U,S, TO JOIN IN WHEN IRAN RETALIATES. WHAT DID THEY THINK THEY WOULD DO, DUH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Trump Hints At ‘Possible’ US Entry Into War Amid Stepped-Up Israeli Daytime Attacks On Tehran – “He told ABC’s Rachel Scott that “it’s possible we could get involved” ” – Tyler Durden – AND AWAY WE GO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Donald Trump is a repeat of the evil (neocon) George W. Bush – Eric Zuesse

This Was All So Very Avoidable – “It was only by the most tenacious of efforts by the very worst people in the world that we wound up here. It is only by those same efforts by those same terrible people that we continue along this horrifying trajectory instead of taking the final off-ramp.” – Caitlin Johnstone

Where Are Iran’s Allies? – “Plenty Of Words But No Actions. Iran and Israel are at war. After the past 48 hours, there is no question about that. Nor is there any doubt about who sides with Israel in this war: The United States. There is, however, plenty of doubt about who sides with Iran. While several nations are willing to verbally condemn Israel, even Iran’s presumably closest allies, Putin’s Russia and Xi Jinping’s China, have only offered words. When it comes to actually fighting a war with Israel, Iran right now stands very much alone.” – Peter Nayland Kust – PERHAPS THEY HAVE MORE COMMON SENSE AND ARE NOT IN A HURRY TO START WWIII, UNLIKE SOME OTHER WARMONGER COUNTRIES!!!!!!!!!!!!

Geopolitical Fallout: China and Russia React to Middle East Conflagration – “Given Iran’s accession to the burgeoning alternative to the neoliberal order of the West, BRICS, in January of last year, it comes as no surprise that the two juggernauts of that group, Russia and China, have expressed indignation that their staunchest ally in the Middle East faces, perhaps, existential peril. All said, it’s unclear to what lengths nuclear-armed Russia or China would be willing to go to defend what it sees as its interest in maintaining the current Iranian regime. Yet, here we are, yet again, flirting with nuclear Armageddon.” – Ben Bartee

The REAL deal in Iran and the role Trump is expected to play – “What is really unfolding in Iran and what specifically is America’s objective and role in the conflict?” – Martin Jay

Zelensky’s Latest Tweetstorm Is Full Of Panic – “Even if only some of what Zelensky is worried about comes to pass, especially reduced US aid and forthcoming American pressure upon Ukraine to comply with Russia’s demands, then the conflict might end sooner than expected.” – Andrew Korybko

No Kings: A Rigged, Paid Uprising (As Usual) That Seems To Be Playing Out Like A Rigged, Paid Uprising – “On June 14, 2025, The Day After Israel’s Strike On Iran, With Gaza Under Never Ceasing Bombardment, This Thing Is Sour, Wet, and Irrelevant” – Celia Farber

Immigration Debacle – “Some Suggestions” – Bert Powers / (John Barleycorn) – GREAT POINTS FROM BERT!!!!

ECONOMIC NEWS

Israel/Iran War Kicks Financial Table Over (VIDEO) with Bill Holter – Greg Hunter -BILL AND GREG BELOW, TWO OF MY FAVORITE LISTENS AS USUAL!!!

MARKETS A LOOK AHEAD. WAR, ROT, AND A TIMELINE…(VIDEO) – “Let me start off with again what everyone’s talking about, you can’t get away from it, it is everywhere. This new war, where it’s going, what just happened with the UK and the United States now positioning just just as we would expect to see”. – Gregory Mannarino

Iraq warns of $300 per barrel oil – “The escalating conflict in the Middle East could send the commodity skyrocketing – Foreign Minister” – RT

Only Bitcoin and Gold Can Stop Governments from Destroying the Currency. – Daniel Lacalle

Is the Fed Behind the Curve in Cutting Interest Rates? – “The reason we don’t know what the Fed should do is no one can possibly know what Trump will do or how the US and global economy will react to those moves. Nor do we know what happens to the One Big Beautiful Bill. If there is a reasonable chance for stagflation, and there is, then the Fed is best advised to wait.” – Mish

How ‘Nostalgianomics’ Went Mainstream – “Economists have struggled to counter nostalgianomics precisely because its appeal is rooted more in psychology than economics.” – Jon Miltimore)

‘No Way Out’ As Debt Crisis Looms (VIDEO) with Matt Piepenburg – Adam Taggart | Thoughtful Money®

SURVIVAL, PREPAREDNESS AND SELF-SUFFICIENCY

Living in a World of Ongoing Shortages – “The toilet paper shortages of 2020 may be behind us, but that doesn’t mean that everything is hunky-dory. Shortages continue to plague not only our land but the world as a whole.” – Dave Jefferson

Top 50 Self-Reliant Books to Read in a Lifetime Homesteading – Tom Marlowe – NOT NECESSARILY MY LIST, BUT SOME TO EXPLORE WHEN YOU HAVE TIME!!!

Pros and Cons of 8 Types of Garden Mulch – “I think all gardeners can agree on one thing: mulch is essential! Good mulching practice saves water, naturally controls weeds, enhances soil fertility and plant health, and spiffs up the appearance of a space. Yet everyone has varying opinions on what type of garden mulch they prefer to use. Straw, compost, bark, leaves… there are many different mulch materials to choose from!” – Deanna Talerico

How to Get Rid of Raccoons in Your Garden Humanely – Ame Vanorio

Urban Evacuation Planning: A Medic’s View,- Christian Bahr-Lopez

VERSE FOR THE DAY

Proverbs 23:24 The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise child shall have joy of him.

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LYRIC FOR THE WEEK

There’s colors on the street
Red, white and blue
People shuffling their feet
People sleeping in their shoes
But there’s a warning sign
On the road ahead
There’s a lot of people saying
We’d be better off dead
Don’t feel like Satan
But I am to them
So I try to forget it
Any way I can

Keep on rocking in the free world
Keep on rocking in the free world
Keep on rocking in the free world
Keep on rocking in the free world

I see a woman in the night
With a baby in her hand
Under an old street light
Near a garbage can
Now she puts the kid away
And she’s gone to get a hit
She hates her life
And what she’s done to it
There’s one more kid
That will never go to school
Never get to fall in love
Never get to be cool

Keep on rocking in the free world
Keep on rocking in the free world
Keep on rocking in the free world
Keep on rocking in the free world

We got a thousand points of light
For the homeless man
We got a kinder, gentler
Machine-gun hand
We got department stores
And toilet paper
Got Styrofoam boxes
For the ozone layer
Got a man of the people
Says keep hope alive
Got fuel to burn
Got roads to drive

Keep on rocking in the free world
Keep on rocking in the free world
Keep on rocking in the free world
Keep on rocking in the free world

( Keep On Rockin’ In The Free World by Neil Young )

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Pearl Jam with Neil Young – Rockin’ in the Free World Toronto 2011 COMPLETE

13 Friday Jun 2025

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And So It Begins – “Call it whatever you want–how about the Great Unraveling for starters–and perhaps it’s appropriate to discuss it on Friday the 13th, as old tales and superstitions are part of the mix.” – Charles Hugh Smith

(STAGED). A NEW WAR TO DISTRACT THE WORLD. (VIDEO) – ” It’s the same playbook over and over and over again and people if any of you out here who follow this blog didn’t see this coming, well you know then you’ve been lost, Babylon playing the same tired script again, again, again. Many are blind. Remember the pattern. First, financial cracks (stock volatility, debt stress). Then, propaganda surge (media beating war drums). Then, a shock event (false flag or real provoked war). Finally, tighten the control grid (financial lock-up, digital fiat rollout, censorship, martial measures).”- Gregory Mannarino – GREG ON THE BIGGER PICTURE WHICH OF COURSE INCLUDES THE ECONOMY AS WELL!!!!!!!!!!

Kennedy appoints Robert Malone to new Vaccine Advisory Committee—really? – Jon Rappoport

About that myocarditis warning that the good-FDA slapped on Pfizer jab… – “Urging for removal of mRNA shots from market qualifies as a hate group, in the newly appointed ACIP committee member’s opinion. Well, duh, of course that would be the case if one holds patents for mRNA and has financial interest in several pharmaceutical companies and military industrial complex. Malone is the CEO of RW Malone MD, LLC, a consulting firm; the specific clients are not detailed but the firm is stated to have “yielded clients billions of dollars”. His past industry roles include CMO at Alchem Laboratories, CEO of Atheric Pharmaceutical, and Director of Clinical Development at Solvay Pharmaceuticals (now Abbvie). But these are “good” conflicts of interest, you see, not the “bad” ones, like in those other ACIP members that got fired. God help us all when our DARPA/DTRA man is in charge of vaccine recommendations! ” – Sasha Latypova

Through The Madness We Must Go – Nuke Biolab in South Korea – Middle Eastern Madness Grows – Dr. Sircus

AI Control of the US Military (VIDEO) – “Following orders will no longer be a concern. In the military, a “kill chain” refers to the sequential process of finding, fixing, tracking, targeting, engaging, and assessing a target. And the US military war machine has found that humans are not as willing to kill as much as they’d like them to. After World War II, studies conducted by Brigadier General S.L.A. Marshall showed that only 20% of U.S. infantrymen fired their weapons at the enemy, even when under direct threat. He attributed this to an innate human resistance to killing. It is for these reasons that the IDF, with the help of the US military and Palantir, have been utilizing Artificial Intelligence on the battlefield. Destroying an entire building to kill one person may seem extreme for a human, but not for AI.” – Greg Reese

Palantir: The Intersection of Government and Corporate Power – Doug Casey

Bilderberg 2025 Elites Quietly Discuss ‘Depopulation’ Behind Closed Doors in Stockholm – “Bilderberg’s press release webpage refuses to be archived by Wayback Machine or archive.ph.” – Jon Fleetwood

NEWS ( LOT OF TAKES ON THE ISRAEL BOMBINGS )

BREAKING: ISRAEL ATTACKS IRAN IN “OPERATION RISING LION” – “Crossing a “point of no return,” Israel has launched a full attack on Iran’s nuclear and military facilities, pledging there will be no nuclear possibilities left when it is done” – .David Haggith

The whole planet is being kept hostage by a death cult – “It’s no wonder Washington is all in. This is now the Circus Ringmaster War.” – Pepe Escobar

US-Israeli Deception Gave Iran False Security Amid Washington Green Light – “Fresh reporting as well as new Friday statements by President Trump reveal that the US and Israel practiced deceptive diplomacy, as Israeli and American officials worked together to convince Iran that nuclear negotiations were progressing. Yet all the while an elaborate Israel attack on Iranian nuclear sites was being planned, and Tehran was given a false sense of security, and ill-prepared for its defense.” – Tyler Durden – SO MUCH FOR TRUMP BEING A MAN OF PEACE!!!!

Will War Be the Hallmark of the Trump Administration? – Paul Craig Roberts

SPECIAL BULLETIN: Israel Launches Major Strikes on Iran – “The Israeli rogue state added another of its neighbors to the long list of regional nations it is currently bombing. From Lebanon, Palestine, Syria, Iraq, Yemen, international waters, and now Iran—Israel now bombs them all with impunity while crying out about its own ‘security’. The attacks are reportedly just the first stage of a long wave of aggression that will span days or weeks according to announcements from top officials:” – Simplicius

Operation Rising Lion: Israel Attacks Iran (VIDEO) – “Israel bombed Tehran and Natanz, assassinating the leader of IRGC Major General Hossein Salami. It also attacked Iran’s nuclear enrichment program and also its ballistic missile program.” – Makia Freeman

Five Questions Surrounding Israel’s Unprecedented Strikes On Iran – Andrew Korybko – GOOD QUESTIONS FROM ANDREW AND GOOD CIVIL COMMENTS!!!!!!

Memo from Iran: WE ARE READY – “Washington’s Perennial Policy Towards Iran: Hector, Belittle, Bully, Repeat” – Mike Whitney

Let’s talk about…Israel’s Iran Strikes – “It’s hard to see what the point of the bombing – nicknamed Operation Rising Lion – could possibly be, aside from escalation for escalations sake. On the US side, Donald Trump and Marco Rubio have both claimed they knew about the strikes but that they were a “unilateral decision” by Israel, and the US was not involved.” – Off Guardian

And So It Begins: Leftist Monkey Wrenching Is Leading To Civil War – “If you thought that the leftist delusions of grandeur had finally hit their peak you are about to be unpleasantly surprised. There are no limits to the insanity that progressives will embrace in their pursuit of power, and they continue to adhere to the fantasy that they are the “good guys” despite the fact that most of the world has been telling them for the past several years that their ideology is repugnant. The events in Los Angeles are just the beginning and the path this situation will take is relatively predictable. There is a large enough percentage of the US population (around 25% to 30%) that is inexorably rooted in the ideologies of Marxism and multiculturalism. Many of them might not even understand what they’re supporting, but they’ll still do what they’re told by their gatekeepers.” – Brandon Smith

Gun-grabbing leftists go nuts on lies about ‘silencers – “You can always depend on certain aspects of life: the sun coming up in the morning and setting in the evening, and leftists exploiting lies and blatant fear-mongering to keep a grip on power. It should be no surprise that the gun-grabber ghouls are going apoplectic over the removal of taxation and deregulation of firearm suppressors, because they are forever in love with the twin evils of taxing and regulating commonsense human rights to hold power over the people.” – D. Parker

MAGA Influencer Calls to Deploy Palantir on LA Streets – “Less than six months ago, Loomer viciously condemned Palantir’s CEO, Alex Karp, as a “career leftist” who “thrives off of conflict and war as a business model.” In 2023, she exposed Karp for bragging that Palantir “single handedly stopped the rise of the far right in Europe,” likely in reference to Germany’s AFD and similar parties across the EU. So, what happened to Laura? Why the sudden change of heart? The federal government recently dramatically expanded its partnership with the surveillance behemoth to the tune of hundreds of millions of dollars in contracts across multiple agencies.” – Ben Bartee – SHE CHANGED HER TUNE BECAUSE THIEL IS BUDDY, BUDDY WITH TRUMP!!!

Reflections from the Heart of the Empire: All the Wrong Moves – Ohio Barbarian – EARLY WEEKLY RECAP FROM THE BARBARIAN!!!

Is Putin really Hitler? – “Part of the propaganda messaging the neocons love to repeat ad nauseam is that Russia is the new Nazi Germany and Putin is the modern Hitler. It makes good TV but what’s the evidence for this?” – Leo Hohmann

TACO Trump Backs Down on Farm and Hotel Worker Deportations – “Trump is suddenly worried about “impossible to replace hotel workers”.” – Mish

How Mass Migration Creates Labor Shortages – “For starters, there’s a world of difference between legal immigrants. Who may vote socialist but at least commit very little crime, start businesses, and tend to move up the economic ladder. Versus illegal immigrants, who by definition wouldn’t have passed our already generous immigration standards. Because we already have plenty of low-skill workers — there is no shortage, in fact we have government make-work programs for low-skill Americans. Yet low-skill migrants actually *import* an identical shortage of high-skilled jobs. To see why, if you import a million low-skill migrants, you now have too many farm laborers or janitors — the wages drop. But you’ve got a precisely identical new shortage in the high-skill workers who serve the farm workers and janitors — doctors, dentists, teachers.” – Peter St Onge

If you boys feel froggy, then jump – “I’m not a warmonger. I’ve seen and learned enough to know that war is not desirable. I’m also realistic enough to know that sometimes, war is inevitable if you’re to maintain any strength as a nation. The president of Mexico literally called for zero tax on remittances to her country. Why? Because she wants more of the money and screw the US. Now they’re suggesting they have an actual claim on land they held as a nation for a quarter of a century while we’ve had it for many times as many years, and they don’t think we can or will do anything about it, that we should have to put up with illegal immigrants because they lost a war. Screw. That.” – Tom Knighton

ECONOMIC NEWS

The CAPE Crusader Unveils a Bubble – “From our perspective, this isn’t a genuine recovery. Clearly, it’s not being driven by strong economic fundamentals. In fact, it’s not a new bull market at all. It’s the same old bull market that’s rising on a tide of ever-increasing debt. The prospect of Fed rate cuts is adding more fuel to the fire. President Trump is aggressively lobbying Fed Chair Jerome Powell to cut interest rates by a full percentage. He wants Rocket Fuel! Rising stock prices in the face of deteriorating economic fundamentals is the best kind of bull market. It rewards mindless risk takers and punishes prudent pragmatism. The risks, however, should be appreciated. The popular financial services industry wants you to believe the party in the stock market can go on forever. ” – MN Gordon

Is It Trump? Or Just Luck? – “Inflation May Rise But Only Very Slightly” – Peter Nayland Kust

Dollar down, gold up – “The dollar’s trade weighted index just hit multi-year lows. To make things worse, Israel attacked Iran overnight, escalating ME tensions. Comex gold is waking up to the implications Last week, it was silver. This week it is gold. In European trade this morning, gold was $3416 having hit a high of $3443 in Asia overnight, up $112 on last Friday’s close. Silver was $36.25, below its Monday high of $36.88, up 23 cents on balance over the same timeframe. That leaves the gold-silver ratio at 94. We have seen the remarkable dichotomy of gold close to all-time highs while open interest on Comex has indicated that futures remain oversold. That is beginning to correct as the next chart shows, but this contract is still in oversold territory:” – Alasdair Macleod

Oil Prices Soar After Israel Targets Iran’s Nuclear Program – Michael Kern

Dollar Hits 3-Year Low—Here’s What It Means for Precious Metals – ” Twitter/X Reddit Pinterest LinkedIn Email The U.S. dollar is undergoing a major technical breakdown—a highly bullish development for commodities, especially precious metals and their mining stocks.” – Jesse Colombo

SURVIVAL, PREPAREDNESS AND SELF-SUFFICIENCY

15 Ways to Prep When Strapped for Cash – Cache Valley Prepper

A Mobile Device Mounting System, – ” I have discussed the use of various mobile electronic devices to support field operations in a post-disaster world. These can be anything from wireless cameras for security or surveillance to a simple flashlight to see what you’re doing. One common factor among all electronic mobile devices is that they need to be optimally positioned to provide the maximum benefit.” – J.M.

How to a Pressure Canner Correctly to Preserve Almost Any Food – Jennifer Poindexter

Better Than Bread – “For generations, bread has been a kitchen staple. But long before store-bought loaves and expensive machines, people relied on simple, shelf-stable recipes to get them through food shortages, hard winters, and uncertain times.” – Sunny M

25 Ways to Save Money on Food – “Every dollar counts, and small changes in your shopping habits can add up to big savings over time. Whether you’re feeding a large family or just trying to cut back on waste, these tips will help you save money on food without sacrificing nutrition or flavor. Many of them take time and patience, but it’ll be worth it.” – Alan Urban

VERSES FOR THE DAY

Matthew 24:7-8 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places. All these are the beginning of sorrows.

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