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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 I actually thought our nation’s cocaine epidemic had long ago been replaced by heart-tugging stories of citizens addicted to, say, meth, fentanyl or even perfectly-legal opioids.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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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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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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03 Friday Apr 2026

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Experts Warned For Years That A War With Iran Would Happen This Way – “Time has a new article out in which unnamed sources assert that the Pentagon was caught totally off-guard by Iran’s aggressive retaliation against the US-Israeli onslaught which began last month,..It’s so wild how we keep seeing reports that Iran’s retaliation caught the US off guard. For all the years I’ve been paying attention to this issue I’ve been reading experts and analysts saying if the US attacks Iran, Iran can close the Strait of Hormuz and strike US bases and the energy infrastructure of US allies in the region. ” – Caitlin Johnstone

The White House Prayer Council – A Satanic Ritual in Blasphemy – “Trump’s grip of Christianity was put on full display for all the world to see as he stumbled through a script he apparently did not ‘pre-read’. While his influencers praised the fact that he mentioned Jesus by name is so cringeworthy as to border blasphemy in lauding a script that was decidedly false teachings. Franklin Graham’s choice to read from the Book of Esther brought the house down to its knees in groans and whispers of Zionist infiltration due to its spurious authenticity.” – Helena Glass

The She Wolf’s Husband – “By now, you have heard about – and probably seen – the interesting story regarding the husband of Ilse, She Wolf of the SS. That is, Kristi Noem, the now ex-head of the SS (ICE). Ordinarily, who cares whether her husband likes to wear women’s clothes and preen on TikTok? Private kinks are not the public’s business, so long as it’s consenting adults. But Noem’s business was very public. She is a person who wielded – still wields – government authority and thus the goings-on are very much the public’s business and not just on account of the salaciousness. These revelations about Noem’s husband could have been compromising. I mean, before they were revealed. The threat, that is to say, of their being revealed by whomever had the the kompromat. Was Ilse – is Ilse – under duress?” – Eric Peters

The Red Line – “Why do the news anchor ladies of CNN, Erin Burnett, Kate Bolduan, always look so depressed on the air? They never smile. Their faces always register something between grave concern and hysteria. Is it the network’s cratered ratings? The pending hostile takeover by Paramount / Skydance (led by conservative David Ellison)? Too much botox, zombifying the small facial muscles? Or is it self-loathing from being compelled to slant everything they report on in the direction of a lie? There does seem to be some hidden hand in Narrative Central issuing prescribed story-lines to the networks, and that hand seems to be tinged with malice for anything and anyone seeking to rescue our country from chaos, penury, psychosis, and jihad. ” – James Howard Kunstler

Russia Introduces Its First mRNA-Based Cancer Vaccine. What Could Go Wrong? – The WinePress

Won’t Government Save Us From The Smartphone Zombies?! – New World Next Week (VIDEO) – “This week on New World Next Week: the WHO wants to cattle tag the tax cattle with digital wallet; AI maps the trillion-gene universe; and Big Tech addiction rulings pave the way for age verification laws.” – The Corbett Report

Maryland Bill Lets Pharmacists Order Vaccines for You—Logging Your Name in State Tracking System Without Any Patient-Request Requirement – “HB 1135 anticipates future “public health emergency,” names influenza and COVID-19.” – Jon Fleetwood

and so it goes in the great white north (VIDEO) – (Everything Just Got More Expensive in April… Canadians Are Fed Up – “Mark Carney doesn’t believe in April Fool’s Day. For him, every day is a day to fool Canadians. 0:088 secondsSo, April Fools is actually cancelled in Canada because the entire country is a fucking joke. But a lot of people from Canada were saying it’s impossible. Don’t be surprised if your grocery bills start going up because of the rising fuel costs impacting the supply chain.” – Canadian Rant ) – shared by Sylvia Shawcross

9/11 Jersey Girl Reads: “A Half-Truth Is Still a Whole Lie” (VIDEO) – “The open letter penned 23 March read out by Patricia Casazza. Please note, this reading is very emotional, as words on a screen CANNOT convey the hurt behind what was penned. Too many people call themselves “truth seekers”, but are in actual fact, NOT interested in finding truth for themselves and will rather blindly follow those in the 9/11 “truth” movement, who play the spin game, instead of looking for 9/11 accountability. Jersey Girl and 9/11 widow breaks her silence in a raw open letter to the US Government and the entire truth movement: drop the egos, stop the half-truths, confront ALL evidence!” – 9/11 Revisionist

27 black-on-white homicide reports found in March – Kenn Gividen -ONE PERSON LIKE A DRUG ADDICT/CRIMINAL GETS MURDERED SUPPOSEDLY AND HE BECOMES A MARTYR AND THERE ARE RIOTS. WHITE PEOPLE GET MURDERED ON A MONTHLY BASIS AND YOU DON’T HEAR JACK-SH*T FROM THE MSM ABOUT IT. DO YOU EVER WONDER WHY THAT IS. PERHAPS IT DOESN’T FIT THEIR SO-CALLED RACIST NARRATIVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

NEWS

Trump Blithered and Blustered, and the War Got Worse – “What a difference one little speech makes!” – David Haggith

POTUS Goes Full Stone Age Retard – “It’s pretty clear what the TV screen caption should have read as the Donald expectorated a veritable shower of bully boy phlegm and sputum at the White House cameras last night: Attention JD Vance—activate the 25th Amendment now, POTUS has gone full retard into veritable delusionary madness. That’s right. There was hardly a sentence in the speech that accords with reality in any way shape or form. Not even remotely.” – David Stockman

Trump, fresh off being anointed America’s new messianic savior, purges military of dissident generals, promises to ‘destroy what’s left of Iran’ – “Two U.S. military aircraft, an F-15 fighter jet and an A10 Warthog, downed in the last 24 hours in the Persian Gulf. Everything we are hearing points to an imminent ground invasion of Iran being ordered by Donald J. Trump. This could change, of course, but as of 3 p.m. on Good Friday, it’s not looking good.” – Leo Hohmann

Sanctity Lost: Even Neocon Pantheon Declares US a ‘Rogue Superpower’ The era of American exceptionalism in the eyes of its most fanatic imperialists has drawn to an end. – Simplicius

War On Iran: – Not ‘Getting’ Iran – War Delusions – Losing The Status Of Superpowe – “Trump’s speech on Wednesday night did not offer anything new. But taken together with his threats to bomb Iran back to stone age, points to the further escalation of the war. Trump and some around him still do not ‘get’ Iran. They never in their own life held any principle they would not deviate from if money was to be made. Iran, in contrast, does have principles that are not up for sale. It is beyond Trump’s comprehension that such exit:” – Moon of Alabama

BATTLE OF THE DECADE Floating hospitals, hovercrafts & drone lasers: Trump’s force ready to land in Iran…& what regime has in store for them- “The Sun told how plans had been drawn up for Trump’s 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit to storm vital island fortresses to unlock the Strait of Hormuz. But now the Pentagon has given its clearest sign yet of invasion intentions after ordering prefabricated bunkers for island occupations, sources say. Trump has had his crosshairs firmly set on Iran‘s main oil terminal on Kharg Island – where 95 per cent of its oil is shipped.” – Katie Davis and Martin Arostegui

Hegseth Has Gutted the Entire Joint Chiefs and Replaced Them With People Whose Primary Skill Is Clapping – “The Man Who Hit a Drummer With an Axe on Live Television Is Now Swinging at Four-Star Generals During a War, and Nobody in Washington Will Tell You Why.” – 🐺The Wise Wolf

Senior Iranian Official Involved In Reaching Out To Vance Severely Wounded In Airstrike – “A top Iranian official who was involved in diplomatic outreach and indirect talks or messaging with the United States and Pakistani mediators was reportedly critically wounded in a US-Israeli strike. Kamal Kharazi, an 81-year-old senior adviser to Tehran and former foreign minister, lost his wife in the Wednesday strike on his home, state media has said. Some analysts and pundits have accused Israel in particular of trying to sabotage any US-Iran talks, as the Netanyahu government wants to see complete regime collapse in the Islamic Republic.” – Tyler Durden -THAT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE, TRY TO KILL SOMEONE WHO WANTS TO NEGOTIATE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hit List: Iran Threatens US and Israeli Corporations IRGC said companies have supported US and Israeli military operations in Iran. Eighteen corporations operating in Israel and the GCC nations were warned on March 31 they “will come under attack as they have assisted US-Israeli terror operations inside Iran.” The companies are considered “espionage entities,” according to the Iranian military.” – Kurt Nimmo

Zarif’s Peace Proposal Isn’t Half-Bad – “It’s surprisingly pragmatic and could serve as a face-saving off-ramp for Trump 2.0.” – Andrew Korybko -THE WAY IT’S GOING, I DON’T THINK TRUMP IS LOOKING FOR THE OFF RAMP!!!!

Time for Europe to Defend Itself – “Americans shouldn’t fight for a suicidal continent.” – J.B. Shurk

His Majesty’s head-chopper: Syria’s MI6-backed president bows to King Charles – “Ahmed al-Sharaa’s Downing Street visit offered him a reunion with the British intel operatives who groomed the former Al Qaeda warlord to become president of Syria.” – Kit Klarenberg

ECONOMIC NEWS

Trump Seeks Record $1.5 Trillion for Military, Paid for by Huge Cuts Elsewhere – “To pay for his F-upped war, Trump wants cuts in the EPA, Education, Disaster Funding, TSA, Health. Budget lies also needed.” – Mish

Treasury: Federal Government is Bankrupt – “It’s official: the federal government is bankrupt. You probably knew this. But Treasury admitting it is comforting. Or perhaps terrifying. Last week the Department of Treasury released it consolidated financial statements for fiscal 2025, reporting that the federal government has just over $6 trillion in assets — land, buildings, student loans. But, according to Treasury, it has nearly $48 trillion of debt. That comes to negative $42 trillion. Which is roughly half a million dollars for a family of 4.” – Peter St Onge

Can the Market Economy Be Trusted? – “Contrary to mainstream economics, neither the central bank’s expansionary monetary policy nor the government’s expansionary fiscal policies can cause an increase in savings or production. On the contrary, the expansionary policies weaken the process of savings formation thereby weakening the prospects for economic growth.” – Frank Shostak

This is the Weirdest US Labor Market I’ve Ever Seen – “Weak demand for labor and job destruction at federal & state governments should push up unemployment. But the supply of labor has plunged.” – Wolf Richter

Is the US Dollar Collapse Imminent? (VIDEO) – “Is the “Petro-Yuan” really about to replace the “Petro-Dollar”? 📉 The Macro Butler breaks down the complex reality of global reserve currencies and why China might not want the crown just yet. “The curse of being the manager of the global reserve currency…” – The Macro Butler

Financial storms ahead – “Financial instability is about to get much worse making the short-term outlook for gold and silver uncertain, but long-term being reaffirmed. It is a buying opportunity for the brave. Until this morning, gold and silver were enjoying a reasonable rally while the broader markets appeared to be under the impression that in the war against Iran America’s proposals to end it would get some traction. But markets appeared to be ignoring Iran’s denials that any talks were taking place. ” – Alasdair Macleod

SURVIVAL, PREPAREDNESS AND SELF-SUFFICIENCY

Quiet Strength: How Ordinary People Become Leaders In Hard Times – “There is a particular kind of person who reveals themselves during a crisis. They are not usually the loudest voice in the room, not the one with the most impressive title or the most polished way of speaking. They tend to be the neighbor who was already outside assessing the situation before anyone else had finished panicking, or the coworker who quietly started making a list of what needed to happen while everyone else was still processing the shock. These people do not announce their leadership. They simply begin doing what needs to be done, and others naturally fall in behind them without fully understanding why.” – Bob Rodgers

The Underground Garden Battery: How Wood… Charcoal… And Metal Turns Your Soil Into A Self-Sustaining Engine – Bill Heid

Solar Panels for Off-Grid Living: How to Build a System That Actually Works – “Going off-grid with solar is one of the most significant investments a self-reliant homesteader can make. Done right, it eliminates your utility bill permanently, keeps your property powered when the grid fails, and gives you the kind of energy independence that no amount of prepping supplies can replace. Done wrong, it drains your budget on undersized equipment, leaves you in the dark when you need power most, and sends you back to the hardware store for parts you should have bought the first time.” – Ask A Prepper Staff

5 Tools For Clearing Overgrown Land – “Clearing overgrown land can be a daunting task. Choose the right tool for the job and it can be a breeze! Here are 5 of my favorites that make clearing overgrown land satisfying and fun!” – Grace Campbell

NEVER Throw Away These Items! (Do This Instead) – “If you’re anything like me, you’ve got a corner of the garage or barn where random stuff just piles up. Old jars, bent screws, a cracked garden hose, that washing machine drum you swore you’d do something with. Most people look at that pile and see junk. On a homestead, though, that pile is a goldmine. Every jar, pallet, and stray bolt is a project waiting to happen, something that saves you a trip to the store and keeps perfectly good materials out of the landfill. ” – Olivia Brooks

VERSES FOR THE DAY

Matthew 27:23-25 And the governor said, Why, what evil hath he done? But they cried out the more, saying, Let him be crucified. When Pilate saw that he could prevail nothing, but that rather a tumult was made, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this just person: see ye to it. Then answered all the people, and said, His blood be on us, and on our children.

John 19:28-30 After this, Jesus knowing that all things were now accomplished, that the scripture might be fulfilled, saith, I thirst. Now there was set a vessel full of vinegar: and they filled a spunge with vinegar, and put it upon hyssop, and put it to his mouth. When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost.

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The Technate of America: The 1940 Nazi Blueprint Behind Trump’s Iran War That Makes My Brain Want to Explode – “Jiang asks the question nobody on cable news has the attention span to ask: if the Middle East oil is gone, where does the replacement come from? Canada. Venezuela. The United States. And who just took Venezuela. And who is threatening Canada. And who tried to buy Greenland. And who had his Secretary of War unveil something called “Greater North America” that claims every nation north of the equator as an American security perimeter. Jiang calls this “the Technate” and says it like he invented the concept over lunch. He didn’t. It has a name. It has a history. It has a map. And here is where things go from “interesting YouTube lecture” to “I need to sit down and possibly throw up.” So why isn’t anyone stopping this? Because 70 million Americans think the front man was sent by Jesus. I voted for Donald Trump twice. He was solid the first time. Probably would’ve been fine the second time. But this isn’t the same man. This is an old man nearing the end who can see what Musk and Thiel are building and is making sure the Trump family has a seat at the new table. The Christianity is the costume.” – 🐺The Wise Wolf – HAVE LINKED ABOUT TECHNATE OF AMERICA BEFORE, SEE POSTS ON 09/04/25 AND 01/21/26

Trump Admin Asks Supreme Court To Shield Bayer From Glyphosate Lawsuits. Kentucky Becomes Latest State To Prohibit Lawsuits Against Pesticide Producers – “The USDA last week deregulated genetically-modified (GMO) corn for insect resistance created by Bayer, further proof that the admin. is totally aligned with big-ag and big-pharma.” – The WinePress

Pfizer Halts COVID Shot Trial Because They Can’t Find Enough Test Subjects Willing to Take Another Booster Shot – “Those seeking their 6th booster are now either dead, disabled or have finally woken up to reality.” – Nicolas Hulscher, MPH

Academic Study: Why Won’t German Women Mate With Migrants? – “The ongoing Western social engineers’ jihad to deracinate the white race by herding European women into the warm embrace of Third World migrants has not, so far, gone as swimmingly as the architects of globo-homo race communism had hoped. Indeed, the majority of the migrant-native sexual relations in Europe appear to be the non-consensual type. Enter the crack social scientists of EU-funded academia to figure out what went wrong so as to expedite the mongrelization. Of all the war-torn “refugees” fleeing oppression, they all just happen to be horny men who arrive on European soil with no women of their own to fornicate with. What are the odds the demographic migrant cookie crumbles like that — serendipity for the social engineers who aim to force blonde women into the arms of brown carpetbaggers! Anyway, potential obvious reasons German women won’t take up sexual Congress with Syrian migrants, which one doesn’t need an academic study funded by Brussels to determine:” – Ben Bartee

Big Tech Reverting to Old Ways? – “Meta clamps down on a documentary criticizing Meta. Is old-school digital censorship returning?” – Matt Taibbi

Apple Forces Users To Register Digital ID To Use The Internet In UK, Australia And Some US States. UK Government Will Investigate Complaints Of Climate-Change Denial – “Apple has crossed the Rubicon with this software update which is more like ransomware, holding customers hostage to ID demands that are invasive, exclusionary and unnecessary.” – The WinePress

West Virginia Bill Forces Vaccine History Into Every Sudden Death Under 30: HB4951 – “State builds pipeline linking vaccines to sudden death data—federal CDC registry to receive every case.” – Jon Fleetwood

NEWS

Marco Rubio, Tell Us Again Who The Lunatics Are That Have An Apocalyptic Vision Of The Future – “The lies about Iran emanating from the Trump administration are not only multitudinous; they are malicious and fallacious. It has been confirmed by U.S. intelligence agencies, including by Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard under oath before Congress in March 2025 that Iran did NOT possess a nuclear weapon and was NOT pursuing a nuclear weapon. This has been the consistent testimony of our intelligence agencies for at least the last 20 years. Yet, during those same 20 years, Benjamin Netanyahu and Senator Lindsey Graham have been constantly fomenting that Iran is two weeks away from possessing a nuclear weapon. It was all a lie. And the same people who accused Iran of building a nuclear weapon also accused Iran of being the “Number One sponsor of terrorism.” This is likewise a bald-faced lie. Our own State Department identifies Sunni Islam subgroups such as al-Qaeda, ISIS, ISIL, al-Nusra, etc., as leading the list of terrorist organizations. Yet, these are the groups that Donald Trump helped to put in power in Syria, and he continues to fund, arm and train these terrorist organizations.” – Chuck Baldwin

War May Be about to Widen Hyugely – “Has Israel’s nightmare begun? Are we marching relentlessly toward Armageddon?. Now that the Houthis have joined the war and Iran has stated they are tasked with closing the Red Sea, this war could easily become a global catastrophe. We all know how easily this tiny group of dessert rats managed to shut down the Red Sea for all shipping traffic last year. Imagine that both sides of the Arabian peninsula now become shut down to shipping. Now you’re talking a loss of maybe 40% of oil supply being cut off and an enormous amount of other commercial shipping through the Suez Canal.” – David Haggith

Stone Age Bombing – “I watched President Trump’s speech to the nation last night on the Iran War. The lies and boasts flew thick. According to Trump, America is winning and winning big. Under Joe Biden, America was “crippled” and “dead,” but Trump has reanimated the dead and healed it. (An obvious aside: Trump has a serious Christ complex.) From dead and crippled, America is now the meanest, toughest, hombre in the valley. We take what we want and if you resist we’ll bomb you back to the Stone Age.” – Bill Astore

Trump Rides Crazy Train Straight to Hell – “The president threatens to bomb a nation of 93 million people “back to the Stone Age, where they belong.” After listening to President Trump ignominious, incoherent, and depraved address about the Iran War, I racked my brain to think of other leaders in history who combined mendacity, stupidity, and arrogance in such equal measures. I couldn’t think of any other foreign policy utterance in history that matched the lowness of Trump’s..” – John Leake

Iran and Arabia: A Study in Contrasts – “Shared history: divided geograhies, religions and politics. The geopolitical tension between the Arab world and Iran goes far beyond a contemporary dispute over resources or borders; it is rooted in millennia of distinct historical trajectories, a religious schism dating back over 1,400 years, and a stark contrast in how statehood itself was forged.” – Ashes of Pompeii

“Make A Deal Before It’s Too Late”: Trump Threatens Tehran (Again) As Iran/Oman Draft Protocol To Re-Open Hormuz – “World’s most important oil price hits record high as Trump threatens Iran:” – Tyler Durden

Pam Bondi ousted as attorney general, source says – “She will be replaced for now by Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, who will serve as acting attorney general, Trump said. The president wrote on Truth Social that Bondi would be “transitioning to a much needed and important new job in the private sector,” praising her for her work in his administration and offering no specific reason for why she would be leaving.” – Kristen Holmes, Kaitlan Collins and Hannah Rabinowitz – ANOTHER ONE BITES THE DUST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Pam Bondi’s Two Gigantic Failures Overshadowed Her Middle Management Skills or Fox News Appearances – “There is a particular irony in Pam Bondi’s departure from the Justice Department that the political class seems determined not to discuss. She was confirmed as Attorney General last February with the explicit mandate to restore discipline, accountability, and purpose to a department that had spent four years operating as the enforcement arm of progressive political ambition. By every measure of institutional loyalty, she delivered. The first reason she’s gone is a bit complicated. She couldn’t get any high-profile indictments or arrests to stick. None of them. The second, bigger reason she’s gone is not complicated at all, and it has nothing to do with the usual Washington parlor game of “palace intrigue.” Bondi was removed because she committed what is, in this administration, the cardinal sin: she managed a high-profile political liability with all the grace of a man trying to defuse a bomb with oven mitts. The Epstein files debacle — a slow-motion disaster of mismanagement, contradictory statements, and stagecraft that backfired spectacularly ” – JD Rucker

Trump polled advisers about replacing Tulsi Gabbard as intelligence chief – “Exclusive: Pressure intensifies for Gabbard after president’s displeasure with Iran war testimony” – Hugo Lowel

Gulf States Considering Network Of New Pipelines To Bypass Strait Of Hormuz – Tyler Durden

The US Is Making A Play For Belarus’ Most Strategic Export – “Average consumers across the world have probably never purchased anything from Belarus, but among the agricultural industry, its potash – a high-quality fertilizer – is globally renowned. Not only is it very effective, but it’s also plentiful, with Belarus accounting for 15.9% of total production. This makes it the world’s third-largest producer. The West imposed sanctions on Belarus’ most strategic export after summer 2020’s failed Color Revolution, but the US just removed its sanctions in late March.” – Andrew Korybko

It’s Past Time To Privatize The Post Office – “The USPS in its current form needs to be put out of its misery. The USPS now is the predictable outcome of trying to run a massive logistics operation through a government bureaucracy that moves slowly, resists change, and answers more to politics than to performance. Even Amazon, a company that started as an online bookstore (what could be less efficient to ship than godd*mn books — bricks?), has figured out how to build a better delivery network. Meanwhile, visits to post offices have fallen off a cliff, but the system has barely shrunk its footprint. Labor costs remain enormous, productivity lags, and the workforce is structured in ways that prioritize stability over efficiency. The contrast with private carriers like FedEx and UPS could not be clearer.They have built systems that deliver packages faster, track them more precisely, and adapt to changing demand almost in real time. ” – Quoth the Raven

ECONOMIC NEWS

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 (as distinguished from the brutal economic war Washington has been waging for decades). But now that the gasoline pump price has breached $4/gallon and is heading higher, he’s desperately looking for an off-ramp.” – David Stockman

MAGA FAIL: Real Inflation Is Out Of Control – “Inflation is caused by money printing, and the privately owned central planning politburo known as The Federal Reserve Bank has been conjuring unimaginable amounts of fiat out of thin air so profligately that they are now accelerating the destruction of the value of the dollar at an unprecedented rate.” – 2nd Smartest Guy in the World

ADP Reports Second Consecutive Month Of Solid Job Growth – “The Report Is Good, But Is It Good Enough? While the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ job reports in February blew way past “ugly” and landed square in “fugly” territory, ADP produced job numbers that were far more optimistic.” – Peter Nayland Kust

Private Credit Problems Ending the Party (VIDEO) with Ed Dowd – Greg Hunter

Silver: The Panic Cycle Continues… Just When You Thought It Was Safe to Stack Again – “It almost is.. Silver just pulled the classic trapdoor move. Just when it looked like the dip was buyable and the weak hands were flushed, the market yanked the rug again. This is exactly what a full-blown panic cycle looks like—violent, irrational, and designed to break conviction. If you’re feeling uncomfortable, good… that’s the point.” -Kerry Lutz

Is The Bottom In For Gold? Silver? Bitcoin? (VIDEO) with Lawrence Lepard – Adam Taggart | Thoughtful Money®

Interview with Turkiye’s Diplomacy 02.04.2026 – “The Macro Butler sat down with Umar Tasleem on Türkiye’s A News to deliver what can only be described as 10 minutes of uncomfortable arithmetic. Thirty-two days into a war won comprehensively on Day 1, the real economic damage is now impossible to ignore: oil shortages, supply chain chaos, and a Truth Social account that is the world’s most destabilizing financial instrument.” – The Macro Butler

Homes for Sale in California Rose to the 2nd Highest for March in at Least a Decade as Demand Withered: The Biggest Markets -“In the San Jose metro (Silicon Valley), active listings hit at least a 10-year record for March. But Orange County lags behind.” – Wolf Richter

SURVIVAL, PREPAREDNESS AND SELF-SUFFICIENCY

The Forgotten Shade Crop “Big Timber” Tried to Bury… And Why It Belongs in Your Backyard Right Now – “There’s a berry bush thriving in backyards across Europe that most Americans have never tasted, never planted, and in many cases, never even heard of. That’s not by accident — it was pushed out of sight. Now here’s where it gets interesting. Every gardening book you’ve ever read drills the same rule into your head: fruit needs full sun. Six to eight hours minimum. More is better. It’s repeated so often it feels like a law of nature — as predictable as frost in November. But then along comes a plant that quietly breaks that rule.” – Bill Heid

Top 10 “Normal” Grocery Items That Quietly Become Survival Assets – denob

The Common Mulch Mistake That Causes Root Rot – “Here’s why volcano mulching damages your trees and plants and what to do instead.” – Ashley Zlatopolsky

Sleep Deprivation Survival: 72 Hours Without Sleep Effects in a Crisis and How to Stay Functional – “Sleep Deprivation Survival is not some macho badge of honor, and it is not a niche concern for extreme situations either. In a real crisis, whether you are dealing with a storm outage, a rushed evacuation, a sick family member, civil unrest, or just the grinding stress of staying alert when everything feels unstable, sleep can disappear faster than most people expect. That is when bad decisions start creeping in quietly. You miss details, you overreact and you forget simple steps.” – Bob Rodgers

Gardening in April (Garden Tasks by Month) – Melissa K. Norris

VERSES FOR THE DAY

Matthew 26:15 And said unto them, What will ye give me, and I will deliver him unto you? And they covenanted with him for thirty pieces of silver.

Luke 22:47-48 And while he yet spake, behold a multitude, and he that was called Judas, one of the twelve, went before them, and drew near unto Jesus to kiss him. But Jesus said unto him, Judas, betrayest thou the Son of man with a kiss?

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The Staged ‘War’ Between the U.S., Israel, and Iran Is a Trap – “What began by looking like a simple and horrible ‘war’ of brutal aggression against Iran by the U.S on orders from Zionist Israel, has now shown its real colors. It has become impossible to view this as any real ‘war,’ and it has become obvious that this strategy, all these false flags; are at best a coordinated effort by those globalist oligarchs striving to digitize, starve, and control the world through technocratic means. This is all being played out with a particular script meant to achieve multiple agendas, nefarious all, and to in essence, figuratively capture and cage all of the masses, taking control by psychological, digital, and physical measures to eliminate much of society while taming and altering the rest. All of this is contingent on eliminating the individual.” – Gary D. Barnett

Death Throes of the American Empire – “Iran Might Take it All Down. The American empire approaches a tipping point. The 2026 US-Iran war threatens the dollar’s dominance and the established global order. Every empire comes to an end, often to the sound of applause. Sometimes a new order is formed to pick up the pieces. Sometimes the transition is marked by global chaos, nationalism, and isolationism.” – Sarah Connor

President Trump’s Ballroom Is Cover for the Biggest AI Data Center in the World – “FDR did it. GWB did it. Now DJT is doing it and this is the most consequential White House move in decades. Follow the Money Into the Ground: the donor list deserves scrutiny not because it represents corruption, but because it reveals the project’s actual architecture. Among the 37 confirmed donors are Amazon, Microsoft, Google, Apple, Meta — the full constellation of American cloud computing. Also present: Booz Allen Hamilton, which generates 98 percent of its revenue from U.S. government contracts and specializes in intelligence and data analytics. And most telling: Palantir Technologies and Lockheed Martin. ” – JD Rucker

Canadian Parliament Passes Hate Crime Law That Could Fine And Jail Residents For Quoting The Bible And Promoting Antisemitism – “Free speech and freedom of religion are now under grave threat and scrutiny after the Canadian Parliament passed a bill allowing for the criminalization of religious beliefs, specifically when quoting passages from The Bible. On March 26th, the Canadian House passed Bill C-9, Combating Hate Act” – The WinePress

New Bill Opens Door for Killer AI Weapons—Pentagon Can Override Ban and Deploy Autonomous Lethal Systems – “Waiver clause grants a single Pentagon official the power to authorize AI-driven lethal force under “national security” conditions, with Congress only notified after the factJon” – Jon Fleetwood

The Cult of American Exceptionalism – “American exceptionalism is often mistaken for a political policy, but it is actually a form of religion, a semi-secular cult. It demands faith rather than evidence. While frequently associated with the political right, its core tenets permeate the entire American psyche, including some on the left who claim to oppose the status quo. Above all, stands the absolute conviction of most Americans, but especially the ruling class, that America is divinely graced, on this earth to lead humanity towards prosperity and light. Chosen by God!” – Ashes of Pompeii

NEWS

The Sound of an Empty Chamber – “In the final scene of 1950’s Saturday-afternoon Westerns, the bad-guy pulled the trigger and the only sound from his revolver was the click on an empty chamber. He ran out of bullets—only to meet his fate. That what’s happening in wars perpetuated by the US/Israel. Each has an outcome determined by number of troops—and more importantly, ammunition. For example, in Ukraine, Russia fires 8X more artillery than Ukraine (NATO)—hence 8X more Ukrainians die. There’s a difference. In Ukraine, the Russian strategy is well thought-out. In Iran, the US/Israel has no strategy. If they have a strategy, it’s to create chaos—a strategy devoid of military intelligence, having to rely on decapitation strikes and carpet-bombing. And because Iran is proving to be resilient, US bombing targets are increasingly—war crimes on civilians.” – Erik @ neverhadaboss.com

Trump Signals Final Sadistic Punishment as Consolation For Lost War “If you must end it emptily, end it loudly.” – Simplicius

‘Burn It Down’: Destruction Of Persian Gulf Energy & Fertilizer Production Capacity – “What Is The Primary Goal Of The Attack On Iran? With the daily flip-flopping that we see, the marketing of the war effort has become a farce. Apparently. However, as mentioned previously, the vast scale of the Iranian military’s missile and drone programs were well known before the attack began as was Iran’s resulting attacks on countries supporting the US/Israeli effort. Nobody was shocked. It is thus no surprise that today oil and LNG production and shipping facilities are on fire throughout the Gulf and that production, refining, and shipping capacity will likely be impaired for years to come if things go well.” – David Jensen

Trump lashes out at UK and France, telling allies ‘the U.S.A. won’t be there to help you anymore – Holly Ellyatt and Kevin Breuninger

Gangster Trump The Rhetoric of Obliteration – “Nice country you have there, Iran. It’d be a shame if you lost it. That’s the gist of Donald Trump’s recent threats to Iran on “Truth Social.” It’s hard to exaggerate how demented this post is. So, the Iran War is a war of “retribution”? The U.S. is butchering and killing because allegedly the Iranians have “butchered and killed”? And the Don is going to “obliterate” Iran’s power grid and possibly desalinization plants as well, possibly killing millions of innocents over time, because Iran has quite predictably exerted control over the Strait of Hormuz?” – Bill Astore

Hijacking Religion: How the Pentagon Turned the Sermon on the Mount into a War Manual. – “The language of modern government is the language of empire. It is the language of domination, retaliation, conquest and control—of enemies to be crushed, nations to be subdued, and dissenters to be silenced. Under the Trump Administration, the language of empire has also been imbued with a religious fervor that recasts Jesus Christ—not as a peacemaker—but as a mascot for power, conquest and control. War has been dressed up in patriotism. Wrapped in Scripture. Called “righteous.” Marketed as “peace through strength.” But this is not a holy war. It is a political war dressed up as holy.” – John & Nisha Whitehead

Trump Still Trumped – “Reality speaks louder than the president who keeps tying his own words in knots. First, on the main subject, the president continued today to boast about how well negotiations are going, Iran continues to say everything he says about negotiations is a lie.” – David Haggith

Is Israel behind “Iran-backed terror cell” targeting Europe? (VIDEO) – Wyatt Reed / The Grayzone

In widening NATO spat, Rubio calls for the alliance to be “reexamined” while Trump tells U.K. and other allies that “the U.S.A. won’t be there to help you anymore. – “We’re in the middle of another NATO spat. The Americans are accusing the Europeans of disloyalty and ungratefulness, while the Europeans are quietly (or, in the case of Spain, not-so-quietly) criticising the Iran war and preparing for the looming energy crisis. Spain was the first NATO ally to deny the United States access to the jointly operated Rota and Morón air bases for Operation Epic Fury.” – eugyppius

Trump Goes Commando – “Iran “raid” replaces ground war and you’re supposed to clap. Most Americans are bracing for a massive ground invasion of Iran, one that military sources tell me will not happen. That’s because there’s another plan entirely. What’s in store is a “raid,” all of these sources agree. Of course, it all depends on what Donald Trump orders, and sources say they don’t know what that might be on any given day. So they offer the White House different alternatives,” – Ken Klippenstein

Renowned trends forecaster Gerald Celente predicts Trump won’t order ground invasion of Iran unless… – “He suggests that only one thing could force Trump’s hand to do the unthinkable and launch full-fledged ground invasion” – Leo Hohmann

Warning From The Heartland: Historic Drought And Unexpected Fertilizer Shortages Could Mean Massive Crop Losses – Michael Snyder

US Treasury Launches ‘Office Of The Whistleblower,’ Encourages Americans Report Fraud And Snitch On Churches, Bessent To Offer Cash Rewards “President Trump has been clear that Americans have a right to know that their tax dollars are not being diverted to fund acts of global terror or to fund luxury cars for fraudsters.” – The WinePress – WHICH CONGRESSMAN DO WE START WITH FIRST!!!!

The Kiev grifter regime taps the Gulf war racket – “When Ukraine’s puppet president shows up anywhere, one should immediately suspect a scam in the making. Corruption follows this con artist and his crony regime like a bad smell. His schtick of turning up at summits begging for more Western taxpayer billions has grown tiresome and, frankly, a bit implausible given the embezzlement scandals that the Kiev regime is mired in. But, fear not, the grifter machine that passes for an unelected presidency in Ukraine has found an exciting new diversification for export markets. The trouble is that this capitalist business model has quite a few holes in it, if one cares to look. Five weeks of war in the Middle East have created a profitable business opportunity.” – Finian Cunningham

Ukraine’s Strikes Against Russian Oil Refineries Risk Worsening The Global Energy Crisis – “The further reduction of Russian oil exports could lead to a price spike that destabilizes the global economy and ultimately weakens the US’ one as well, but it’s unclear whether Trump will punish Zelensky for this or if he cynically wants him to facilitate that scenario as part of a global reset.” – Andrew Korybko

ECONOMIC NEWS

Gasoline Prices Top $4 First Time Since Aug 2022, Diesel $0.36 from Record – “The small price to pay keeps rising.” – Mish

Jerome Powell tells Congress: “Good luck with that debt problem…” – “Yesterday, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell admitted that the math no longer works. “Our debt is growing substantially faster than our economy. And in the long run, that’s kind of the definition of unsustainable.” He’s right.” -James Hickman (Simon Black)

Comex Report: Ignore the Paper Price and Watch the Physical Metal – “The CME Comex is the Exchange where futures are traded for gold, silver, and other commodities. The CME also allows futures buyers to turn their contracts into physical metal through delivery. The data below looks at contract delivery where the ownership of physical metal changes hands within CME vaults. It also shows data that details the movement of metal in and out of CME vaults. It is very possible that if there is a run on the dollar, and a flight into gold, this is the data that will show early warning signs.” – Peter Schiff

Farm Action’s Letter to Congress, Lambasting the Concentration of Fertilizer Makers and its Impact on Prices – “Waves of mergers and acquisitions across food and agriculture have funneled power into the hands of a few dominant corporations. Their unchecked integration has hollowed out competition, giving them outsized control over how Americans farm, work, and eat,” – Wolf Richter

The “Good News” Is Always the Same: the Stock Market Is Up–Until It Isn’t – Charles Hugh Smith

THE US IS INSOLVENT THE DEBT CAN NEVER BE REPAID – After a strong rise over the past few years, a correction has naturally raised doubts. But focusing on short-term movements risks missing the broader reality. Because precious metals are not driven by sentiment or market timing. They are driven by the underlying condition of the financial system itself. And that condition is best understood through one simple lens: debt. Over the past decades, US debt has not grown linearly, but exponentially—” – Egon von Greyerz

SURVIVAL, PREPAREDNESS AND SELF-SUFFICIENCY

How Prepper OPSEC Mistakes Turn You Into a Target – “Most preppers spend years quietly building their supplies, skills, and plans. They invest real money in food storage, water filtration, communications gear, and defensive tools. Then, in a single unguarded conversation with the wrong person, or through one too many posts on a public social media account, all of that careful work gets exposed. Operational security, commonly called OPSEC, is what stands between your preparations and the people who would take them from you when things go sideways.” – David Andrew Brown

Growing Potatoes in Laundry Baskets -Alan Urban – HAVE SEEN GROWING THEM IN BAGS BEFORE BUT I DON’T THINK I’VE EVER SEEN THIS WAY TO GROW POTATOES!!!

The Old Lightbulb That Still Pulls Its Weight: Why That Warm Glow Matters More Than You Think – Bill Heid

3 Ways to Prep Your Fridge and Freezer for a Summer Power Outage – Tim MacWelch

Amish Chicken Coops: The Self-Sufficient Prepper’s Ultimate Guide – “When the grid goes down, the supply chain breaks, or inflation makes grocery store eggs a luxury, the people eating well are the ones who built their food production into their property. Amish chicken coops are not a trend. They are not a lifestyle aesthetic imported from a farmhouse magazine. They are a centuries-old engineering solution to a real and permanent problem: how do you keep chickens alive, productive, and secure without electricity, synthetic materials, or factory infrastructure?” – Ask A Prepper Staff

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29 Sunday Mar 2026

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THE BIG PICTURE

The Triumphant Yet Humble King – “The prophecy itself says much about what sort of King the coming Messiah would be: triumphant, victorious, and yet humble, riding on a colt, a foal, the young offspring of a donkey. For all the Messiah’s successes and glories, the prophecy indicates as King He would be on the same level as the people of Israel. With this imagery, the prophecy itself recalls the ancient Mosaic commandments for kings of Israel found in Deuteronomy: the king was to be from among the people of Israel, and no foreigner not of the nation of Israel was to rule; the king was to keep his own copy of the Law, and study it daily; the king was to remember he was as much under the Law as the rest of the people.” – Peter Nayland Kust

Who Controls Your Food… and Your Voice? The Rise of the Precautionary State – “How Risk Management Is Reshaping Freedom in Canada. Most Canadians are too busy living their lives to notice how quietly the rules around them are changing. They are working, raising families, running businesses, and trusting that the systems governing food production, property rights, and public safety exist mainly to protect them. But beneath the surface, a different model of governance has been steadily expanding. A system where authorities can intervene before wrongdoing is proven.” – Connie Shields – A MUST READ FOR ALL CANADIANS AS WELL AS OTHERS!!!

They Want to Stop Lightning Now – “The real danger isn’t climate. It’s the belief we can control nature. There is a point where science stops asking questions and starts issuing commands. We are there. A Canadian startup now claims it can suppress lightning to prevent wildfires. The logic is simple and increasingly familiar. Lightning ignites fires. Fires release carbon dioxide. Carbon dioxide contributes to climate change. Therefore, lightning itself has become a problem to solve. But that conclusion only makes sense if you accept a much deeper assumption. That natural systems are errors. And that we are capable of correcting them. This is not about lightning. It is about a fundamental shift in how nature is being framed.” – Dr. Matthew Wielicki

Geoengineering Watch Global Alert News, March 28, 2026 (VIDEO) – “Climate engineering / weather warfare operations are completely hindering the planet’s ability to respond to damage already done, if these operations are not fully exposed and halted, our days are numbered.” – Dane Wigington

Energy Lockdown: The Drumbeat Begins – “Six years later and nearly to the day, this new attempted lockdown seems to be going the same way, not concerning infectious disease but energy use. Isn’t it remarkable how the officially recommended methods of managing these completely different realms bear so much in common? They both come down to restricting your liberty, rationing your consumption, redirecting your attention, and shouting down critics.Suddenly, this institution called the International Energy Agency holds new prominence in world media. Founded in 1974, it’s an NGO associated with OPEC. It has no hard but only soft power – like the World Health Organization, with whom the IEA shares a similarly authoritative branding. There is a new Fauci too. The head of the IEA is highly decorated and universally praised Dr. Fatih Birol. Though he has never worked in industry, any more than Fauci had seen patients in decades,” – Brownstone Institute

A Scientist Opened a ‘Portal to Hell’ in 1946 and Trump’s White House Just Registered ‘Aliens.Gov’ (Pt. 2 of 2) – ‘Two Department of Defense physicists tried to warn The Pentagon in 1991 and no one listened” – 🐺The Wise Wolf – PART 1 OF THIS INTERESTING READ IS LINKED BELOW, READ IT FIRST. THERE ARE ALSO SEVERAL VIDEOS ON YOU TUBE ABOUT JACK PARSONS!!!

A Scientist Opened a ‘Portal to Hell’ in 1946 and Trump’s White House Just Registered ‘Aliens.Gov’ (Pt. 1 of 2) – “Something is coming through the door Jack Parsons opened. The government wants you to think it’s friendly.” – 🐺The Wise Wolf

SCAMDEMICS RISING: Heavily Mutated PSYOP-19 Variant Spreads Across USA, UK Assigns £1B For “Pandemic Plan” As New Plandemic A “Certainty” & “Vaccine” Shedding Is Real – 2nd Smartest Guy in the World

NEWS

Unfortunately, The Israeli Government Blocks Palm Sunday Worship at Church of the Holy Sepulchre – “For the first time in centuries, the Catholic mass at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem commemorating Palm Sunday, was stopped as a result of security concerns. Palm Sunday commemorates Jesus’ triumphant entry into Jerusalem and launches the Holy Week commemorations for Christians which culminates in Easter.” – Sundance

The Donroe Doctrine After Impact Phil Butler – “The internal transformation of power in the United States and the foreign policy decisions of the Trump administration are leading to a systemic weakening of American influence and an increase in global instability.” – Phil Butler

Geopolitics of the Third World War – “American hegemony or multipolarity. Many analysts are now advancing the hypothesis that the Third World War has already begun and that we are in its first stage. Whether this is so or not will become clear in the near future, but for now let us assume the validity of this hypothesis and attempt to survey its geopolitical contours. The essence of the Third World War lies in a radical transformation of the entire architecture of world politics. The international institutions that exist today have long ceased to correspond to the real state of affairs.” – Alexander Dugin

On The Failure Of Shock And Awe In Iran – “Russia also succumbed to the idea of the shock and awe doctrine. After the war with Georgia in 2008, the Russian military was restructured to carry out rapid and destructive military interventions. However, Russia was the first to stumble on this doctrine. In spring 2022, it faced a critical choice: Either fight a serious, bloody war of attrition or settle for a disgraceful peace. Moscow chose war, and the Ukraine conflict has now entered its fifth year. Trump now finds himself at a similar crossroads: Fight or to concede defeat. The problem is that the entire Western military-industrial complex has spent decades adapting to the shock and awe doctrine; NATO and the US possess unparalleled and exorbitantly expensive airstrike capabilities, but don’t have many other resources. If a targeted nation can withstand the initial air assaults, time will be on its side – unlike Russia, the West lacks the resources for a prolonged military campaign.” – Moon of Alabama

The Horror of Another Week In Washington -‘“Boots on the Ground” coming next but that’s not all.The past week has seen the usual mixture of developments flowing from the United States government that make one either want to laugh or cry. On the humor side, though with more than a bit of extreme disgust, there are the latest moves by the megalomaniac-in-chief in the White House to slap his name and picture all across the nation and even on maps depicting the rest of the world. His latest foray was to drop into an otherwise innocuous speech a suggestion that he might be renaming the much-in-the-news Strait of Hormuz after himself, suggesting he might be calling it the Strait of Trump after the US takes it away from the Iranians. ” – PhilipGiraldi

Over 3,500 US Troops Arrive In Middle East As Houthis Enter War – “” – Tyler Durden

CNN Attacked by IDF – “Dramatic moment CNN journalist is put in CHOKEHOLD by armed Israeli soldiers before news crew is detained” – Laura Acton-Taylor – SURE GLAD WE ARE FIGHTING FOR ISRAEL, AREN’T YOU!!!!

Essential US AWACS Plane Destroyed Amidst New Iranian Attacks, as US Continues Losing Critical Capability in Region – “USS Tripoli has finally arrived in the CENTCOM region, which presumably means somewhere in the northern Arabian Sea. Given that the Lincoln was said to have scurried away to a 1,000km distance, we can only assume the Tripoli will keep a similar range away from Iranian missiles while Trump continues to bide his time with his weak-handed bluffs. In the meantime, US losses have mounted in the region. Today came the following announcements: Saudi Arabian Prince Sultan Airbase was hit with many US KC-135s damaged and destroyed:” – Simplicius

FAILING TO DEFEAT HEZBOLLAH, ISRAEL & US PRESSURE SYRIA’S AHMED AL-SHARAA TO JOIN WAR – “penly declaring its intent to illegally occupy southern Lebanon, Israel finds itself in a costly ground battle with Hezbollah, from which there are indications Syria may soon be roped in. This is born from the understanding that in order to successfully weaken the Lebanese resistance, the Israeli military must penetrate the Bekaa Valley area. Understanding the costly price of attempting to physically take all of south Lebanon militarily, both Washington and Tel Aviv have been attempting to devise strategies that would help achieve Israel’s war goals of weakening Hezbollah. One possible option that has been placed on the table is the use of Syria’s military to invade Lebanon’s border and attack Hezbollah, aiming to go after what is labelled critical infrastructure belonging to the Lebanese group. According to reports, the US Trump administration has directly put pressure on Syrian leader Ahmed al-Shara’a to do just that.” – Robert Inlakesh

Battle for Hungary: EU attacks on Orban are a sign of worse things to come – “Brussels ‘elites’ are displaying an unbroken will to power over what we are allowed to think, say, and vote for” – Tarik Cyril Amar

New estimates claim Spain could legalize nearly 1.6 million migrants, despite evidence of highly disproportionate violent crimes – “A December report found that foreigners make up 31 percent of Spain’s prison population, commit per capita 500 percent more rapes and 414 percent more murders than Spanish citizens” – Remix News Staff

An “Islamic NATO” Is Still In The Cards – “It would revolutionize MENA (Middle East-North Africa ) security even if it’s only a consultative platform, but whether it truly stabilizes this broad region or inadvertently further destabilizes it would remain to be seen.” – Andrew Korybko

ECONOMIC NEWS

Jar Farming for Dummies – “After one month of dropping bombs and launching missiles at Iran, Trump has called for a time out. Month one, by and large, was nothing. The impacts to the average person were mainly limited to sticker shock at the gas pump. Brent crude briefly spiked above $120 a barrel, and everyone’s 401(k) took a modest nosedive. Month two, however, is when things really start to get serious. That’s when higher prices are met with physical shortages. The next 30 days are the real make or break moment for the global economy.” – MN Gordon

$100 Oil Is Solving Russia’s Budget Problem – Charles Kennedy

I’m Sorry, But The Fed Has Run Out Of Road – “There is no painless option left. It’s deflationary depression or crippling inflation. There is a special kind of denial that only financial markets can sustain. It is the quiet insistence that everything is fine because the S&P is only down about 10%, as if that number alone captures the health of an entire financial system. It is the belief that until equities are in full free fall, nothing truly serious can be happening underneath. But as we know, underneath, things are already starting to break. That is the part people are not fully appreciating.” – Quoth the Raven

US Dollar Demand Soars: Dedollarization Was a Fabrication of the Bull Market – ““De-dollarization” was a major market story in 2024 and 2025, not because it was true, but because it sounded plausible enough to scare people out of the most in-demand assets. The reality was much simpler. The US dollar remains the world’s global reserve currency because there is no fiat alternative.” – Daniel Lacalle – DANIEL MAY BE RIGHT ON THAT POINT, BUT BESIDE OTHER FIAT CURRENCYM THERE’S ALWAYS GOD AND SILVER AND PERHAPS BITCOIN!!

Big Questions: Is There Enough Gold For a Gold Standard? – “To sum up, there’s plenty of gold for a gold standard. The government just has to price the metal correctly.” – John Rubino

Tokenization: Fannie Mae Partners With Coinbase To Allow Crypto And Stablecoin Payments For Home Loans And Mortgages – “What could go wrong? This is what I have been warning would happen to housing for some time..I have repeatedly said that tokenization would be introduced to unlock the housing market because tokenization allows for “fractional ownership,” the ability to split assets into multiple pieces and digital contracts. Coinbase and Fannie Mae have just offered that. Moreover, the language used by Coinbase is the same language we have heard BlackRock CEO and World Economic Forum co-chair Larry Fink use to describe tokenization — the talk of updating the “plumbing” of the financial system and the so-called “new physics of money.” ” – The WinePress

SURVIVAL, PREPAREDNESS AND SELF-SUFFICIENCY

Empires Don’t Collapse From War Alone… They Finally Collapse When The Food Runs Out – “Now here’s the part that actually matters. Because while global systems may be fragile, individual households don’t have to be. In fact, this is where small, practical steps start to carry real weight. First, building a food buffer isn’t extreme—it’s historical common sense. Families that had reserves have always weathered disruptions better than those that didn’t. Then, reducing dependence on imported inputs becomes critical.” – Bill Heid

How to Grow and Care for Raspberries – Shelby Deering

Seniors Won’t Survive Without This in a Crisis – Ask a Prepper

White Mildew on Plants – “How do I treat powdery mildew? Powdery mildew fungi have characteristics that help them prevail in late summer, when plants often are too tired to defend themselves. While most fungi only can spread when leaf surfaces are damp, powdery mildew fungi can blow about on humid winds, land on a dry leaf, and promptly gain access by melting cell walls with special enzymes. If they are successful, an outbreak is visible in less than a week.” – Barbara Pleasant

20 Garden Plants That Can Survive a Drought – Alan Urban

VERSE FOR THE DAY

Zechariah 9:9 Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee: he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass.

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LYRIC FOR THE WEEK (USED BEFORE)

I used to watch “Highway Patrol”
Whittlin’ with my knife
But the thought never struck me
I’d be black and white for life
I was raised on law and order
I a community of strife
Became a restless boarder
And I never took a wife.

I went lookin’ for Khaddafi
Aboard Air Force One
But I never did find him
And the C.I.A. said Son,
You’ll never be a hero
Your flyin’ days are done
It’s time for you to go home now
Stop sniffin’ that smokin’ gun.

I was travellin’ with my family
In the Mideast late one night
In the hotel all was quiet
The kids were out like little lights
Then the street was filled with jeeps
There was an explosion to the right
They chanted “Death to America”
I was feelin’ like a fight.

So I ran downstairs
And out into the street
Someone kicked me in the belly
Someone else kissed my feet
I was Rambo in the disco
I was shootin’ to the beat
When they burned me in effigy
My vacation was complete.

( Mideast Vacation by Neil Young )

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