THE BIG PICTURE

IRAN WAR – Due Diligence & Legal Authority Collapse – “Have you done your research? When starting a regional War, Due Diligence is imperative to secure a win. General Patton researched the psyche of his opponents. He studied every aspect of their lives to understand how they responded. To be able to proactively know their reactions and how to anticipate them. Trump and Netanyahu are bullies. They don’t research, that’s beneath their vision of themselves. Hegseth is no General Patton and thus America finds itself in a war guided by guesses and estimates and lies.” – Helena Glass

A Time of Unparalleled Evil & Upheaval (VIDEO) with Steve Quayle – ” I believe there are entities that are supernaturally evil, actually demon possessed world leaders, that follow the commands of Lucifer. They want the destruction of human beings and everything glorious God made. I am talking about blue skies, forget it because of geoengineering. It’s gone. We are watching the identification of humans, the vilification of humans and the nullification of humans. The elite want the destruction of humans. . .. We really are at a time of unparalleled evil and upheaval. ” – Greg Hunter

Noted geopolitical nonentity Ursula von der Leyen announces her determination to begin intensively monitoring the Iran situation as soon as the weekend is over – “These are events of enormous geopolitical importance, and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen wants you to know that she and her fellow commissioners are monitoring the situation very intensely – or at least that they will begin monitoring the situation very intensely as soon as the weekend is over: Von der Leyen’s opinion on these strikes doesn’t matter, her organisation has basically zero geopolitical relevance and her office grants her little concrete diplomatic standing, which means she’s just wasting everyone’s time here. One thing the Eurotards could do that would really help a lot, is try shutting up more. They are not big actors on the world stage, in part because they have chosen not to be; and they rarely have anything to say” – eugyppius

Helen McEntee “Can’t Say” what the difference between right and wrong is….. – “Worrying response to Iranian attacks by the Irish government. When incompetence is promoted, celebrated and then promoted again a nation eventually pays the price. Unfortunately, we are now on the verge of a widespread, pervasive World War and she is currently charged with securing our safety and security while also being tasked with forging our diplomatic response to a globe exploding like an active volcano. Yikes. Or, put another way, the price of incompetence is likely to climb much higher and could get us killed in the not to distant future.” – Gerry O’Neill

Iran’s Golden Age They Stole: How Islam Buried a Civilization The Death of the Supreme Leader and the Birth of a Question: What Did Iran Lose to Islam? Before Islam, Persia was a light unto nations. Its kings did not merely conquer; they built. Cyrus freed the Jews and allowed them to return to Jerusalem, an act of multicultural statesmanship without precedent in the ancient world. Darius codified fair taxation and built canals linking the Nile to the Red Sea. These were rulers who saw themselves as stewards, not just sovereigns. Contrast this with the mullahs who jail journalists, stone women, and crush protests with impunity. The descent is not merely temporal. It is moral. And it is deeply theological in origin.” – Alexander Muse  – VERY GOOD READ !!!!!!!!!!!!!

WHO’s Latest Prescription for Failure: How Three Strains, 200 Viruses, and a Collapsing Paradigm Expose the Flu Vaccine’s Broken Promise – Sayer Ji

Pentagon Insider: UFO Data Is Spiritually Dangerous – “A Pentagon insider suggests what is holding back UFO disclosure is long held religious beliefs that people don’t want challenged.” – Joe Martino

Congress Moves to Codify Federal Poultry Outbreak Control Under ‘National Security’ Law as Bird Flu Infrastructure Expands Globally – “H.R. 7567 would codify federal authority, payment systems, herd buyouts, and biosecurity operations triggered by poultry disease outbreak declarations.” – Jon Fleetwood

NEWS

Carpet Bombing the MAGA Dream – “America First, Zionist Style. Donald Trump, aka Trumpenstein, has really done it this time. As he did last summer, he ordered our military to bomb Iran in the middle of the night. You could almost call it a Dirty Sneaking Rotten Jap kind of thing. And just like last time, peace negotiations had already been scheduled. America 2.0 doesn’t do diplomacy. They say that our brave forces took out an insidious all girls’ school, killing 50 of the budding terrorists in skirts. Only it happened on a Saturday, so some claimed it was fake. Why would anyone doubt that those running America 2.0 would bomb an all girls’ school, in Iran, Afghanistan, Dresden, or anywhere else? It’s the kind of thing that has made us world renowned. But in fact Iranian schools are open on Saturdays.” – Donald Jeffries  – GOOD READ FROM DONALD ONCE AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ayatollah So – “You’ve got to think: if the US military can pinpoint one room in Teheran with a Grand Ayatollah and 39 other high officials in it, then the US military can figure out where Iran’s missiles are being launched from and put a stop to that, too. With no high command left, Iran’s missile batteries have been on their own since Saturday, desperately trying a kind of last-ditch “Samson option” to light up the whole region and bring the House of the Middle East down with Iran. Firing on the Emirates, and Saudi Arabia especially, was maybe not such a hot idea. However this thing goes, Iran will not acquire a nuclear arsenal, and this was, after all, the main issue. Anyway, the Iranians must be sick of the rule of the mullahs. Mr. Trump told them some weeks ago that “help is on the way.” He meant what he said, he didn’t chicken out, and now it’s up to the people of Iran to sort out how they enter the future, starting now.” – James Howard Kunstler

US Calls Iranian Retaliatory Strikes “Unprovoked”, And Other Notes – “Only the United States could bomb a country, kill its leader, massacre its children, declare the intention to destroy its military and topple its government, and then call that country’s retaliation against US military bases “unprovoked”.” – Caitlin Johnstone

A Different Sort of Fury – “We need to understand, as a society, that there are terrorists scattered all throughout our nation, largely invited in by Joe Biden. Pretending is what everyone does now. They pretend that terrorists, once in the US, will become mild-mannered lawn mowers, or shipping clerks or some other innocent worker. They will not. They are here to either take over this land, like they did Iran, the UK and France before it. They will punish the United States citizens for the acts of the government.” – T.L. Davis

The end to deceptive Trumpian diplomacy – “With the demise of diplomacy, the conflict has moved from the realm of strategic calculus and realism into one of psychological conditioning. Thursday’s diplomatic negotiations (26 Feb) – for all the panglossian noise from mediators and negotiators – confirmed the essential impasse. The U.S. demands presented to Iran were:…These demands plainly were formulated to obstruct, rather than facilitate, any diplomatic solution. Reports from the U.S. however, suggest that the decision to attack was already made during the 29 December 2025 Mar-a-Lago summit, between Netanyahu and Trump.” – Alastair Crooke

On Swift Victories – “Why do military planners so often miscalculate?” – John Leake

Trump Vows ‘Big Wave’ Yet To Come As Pentagon Boasts US Took Out Nearly All Iran’s Navy – Tyler Durden

Trump Says ‘There Will Likely Be More US Casualties Before It Ends, That’s The Way It Is.’ Says War Will Last 4 Weeks At Least As Losses Mount – “Unbelievable. You have to watch the clip for yourself to apprehend just how little he cares for our American troops. “That’s the way that it is.” Yet we still have braindead idiots in this country who still worship him like he’s God; and fake tough guys who can’t fight their way out of a paper bag, with big bellies, a big truck, and an even bigger mouth who have no problem sending their own sons and daughters to die for Israel, a war that has nothing to do with us, as they continue to regurgitate whatever Sean Hannity and Mark Levin or Jack Keane says on Fox News.” – The WinePress

China watching as US missile stocks drain over Iran – “Interceptor shortages loom and threaten to turn a regional fight with Iran into a deterrence crisis over Taiwan” – Gabriel Honrada

The Dark Side of Airpower With Iran as the Latest Target – “The Road to Perdition If I had to reduce these tenets to a single maxim, it would be this: all the happy talk about the techno-wonders of modern air power obscures its darker facets, especially its ability to lock America into what are effectively one-way wars with dead-end results. For this reason, precision warfare is truly an oxymoron. War isn’t precise. It’s nasty, bloody, and murderous. War’s inherent nature — its unpredictability, horrors, and tendency to outlast its original causes and goals — isn’t changed when the bombs and missiles are guided by GPS. Washington’s enemies in its war on terror, moreover, have learned to adapt to air power in a grimly Darwinian fashion and have the advantage of fighting on their own turf.” – Bill Astore

180 Schoolgirls Slaughtered, 560 U.S. Troops Dead: This Is What Bankers’ Wars Look Like – “When money is printed without limit, war becomes cheap, children become targets, and soldiers disposable. They called it a “surgical strike.” What actually happened was the annihilation of an Iranian girls’ elementary school — a building whose only “crime” was teaching children how to read and dream. In minutes, classrooms became mass graves, backpacks became body bags, and more than 170 little girls’ lives were erased under rubble and fire. Parents weren’t identifying their daughters by their faces, but by shoes, hair clips, and school uniforms pulled from twisted concrete and glass. No euphemism, no Pentagon press release, can sanitize that reality. ” – The Silver Academy

The Gulf States’ Hosting Of US Forces Actually Made Them Less Safe – “From Iran’s perspective, they’re all complicit in the US’ massive first strike even if the role that US military infrastructure in their countries allegedly played was only indirect in the sense of providing radar or just logistical support, with this perception and its response thereto being totally predictable.” – Andrew Korybko

ECONOMIC NEWS

Will the Situation In Iran Crash Stocks – “In the big picture, the world has fundamentally changed, but it is far too early to ascertain the implications of this. Anyone who tells you they understand precisely what is happening and how this will unfold is lying. What is clear is that Iran has entered a period of intense chaos. And given its geopolitical significance (a primary supplier of oil to China, close alignment with anti-U.S. regimes, funding of terrorist activities) this has shifted power in the world. But again, it is too early to tell how this will play out from a geopolitical perspective. What is clear is that thus far the reaction by the financial system is relatively tame. Oil initially spiked 12% in the overnight session but has since retraced most of these gains.” – Graham Summers, MBA

Inflation Warnings From PPI, But It’s More Complicated Than Tariffs – “What We Can Conclude From The Producer Price Index Data” – Peter Nayland Kust

U.S. manufacturers grow for second straight month, but ‘tariff instability still exists’ – “Replacement tariffs are ‘raising prices while lowering demand and profitability,’ ISM survey finds” – Jeffry Bartash

The Future is Blue Collar – Adam Sharp

Mortgage rates jump sharply higher after Iran strikes, reversing last week’s decline – Diana Olick  – THAT DIDN’T TAKE LONG. JUST LINKED ABOUT THE DECLINE YESTERDAY. SO MUCH FOR THE GLIMPSE OF AFFORDABILITY THAT THAT ARTICLE WAS TALKING ABOUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

10-Year US Treasury Yield Flipflops, Spikes by 14 Basis Points to 4.07%, after Plunging to 3.93%, amid Massive Volatility – “It undid more than the entire haven trade that had started on Thursday and blew through the hot PPI inflation on Friday.” – Wolf Richter

SURVIVAL, PREPAREDNESS AND SELF-SUFFICIENCY

Small Space Prepping Lessons I Learned from Living in a Tiny House – Daisy Luther

Storing Medications for Emergencies the Right Way (US Guide) – “Most people don’t think about their medications until they’re down to the last few pills. That works fine when the pharmacy is open, the roads are clear, and the supply chain is humming along like it’s supposed to. But emergencies don’t wait for refill dates. Hurricanes stall deliveries and wildfires shut down entire towns. Power outages spoil temperature-sensitive prescriptions, and sometimes, shelves just go empty. That’s why storing medications for emergencies isn’t a fringe prepper idea anymore. It’s basic household resilience in the United States.” – Bob Rodgers

The Invisible Signals Spying On Your Homestead – “Right now, while you’re reading this, your phone is quietly whispering to the world. Every few seconds it sends out tiny radio pings that say, “I’m here… I’m here… I’m here.” Those whispers may seem harmless, but together they can be turned into a tracking system that follows you from the couch to the barn and all the way into town. If you want to live more like a ghost in this BLE world, the first step is simple: understand your own emissions.” – Bill Heid

Long-Term Protein Storage for Canadians – denob  – AND NOT JUST FOR CANADIAN PREPPERS!!!!!!!!!!

9 Out of 10 Americans Wouldn’t Survive This Type of Blackout – “Federal officials warn that a full-scale, long-lasting nationwide blackout would be unlike anything American folks have experienced in recent memory. Grocery supply lines, water systems, fuel supplies, medical infrastructure, and communications all hinge on steady power.” – Kate L. Gilmour

VERSE FOR THE DAY

Proverbs 18:6      A fool’s lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for strokes.

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THE BIG PICTURE

A Proper Explanation of the Detestable Terms: “Legal” and “Illegal” – “I find it incredible that so many depend on and allow so few to tell them what they may or may not do, what they may or may not say, what property they may or may not possess, what personal earnings they may or may not keep, where they may or may not be allowed to go, what they may or may not ingest into their own bodies, and in fact, these few are willingly permitted by nearly the entirety of this population, to control every single aspect of their lives and the lives of others, without any regard for freedom of the individual. The detestable terms ‘legal’ and illegal;’ irrelevant! Rules, ‘State ‘laws,’ mandates, and orders are meant for the very weak. Rule can only survive if people act as slaves and blindly obey their masters. No one can rule over a legitimate free man, so never call yourself ‘free,’ never claim that you live in a ‘free’ country, (you do not) unless you are willing to disobey the State at every turn possible.” – Gary D. Barnett

From the Rothschilds to Bohemian Grove, the MSM rushes to prove us right. Again. – “Plastering “Please ignore my big sinister secrets!” across the banner of a major newspaper is such a suicidally bad PR move it’s almost comical, especially from a member of a family who have perfected never appearing in the newspapers. Combine this with the notably unredacted name-drop of the Rothschilds in the Epstein files:” – Kit Knightly

The Empathy Weapon – ‘Same sermon, different pew. This morning The New York Times published an essay by an immunologist who wasn’t vaccinated as a child, found science, got her shots, and now wants to help other parents see the light. It’s got that signature NYT sheen, But this rant isn’t about science. That’s a much longer and more nuanced discussion. It’s about the con. The game is as simple as it is pretty diabolical: frame the debate so that only one conclusion is possible, then demonstrate some sense of open-mindedness about how people arrive at that conclusion. Be empathic about the journey. Be compassionate about the struggle. Just never, ever allow the destination to be questioned.” – Joshua Stylman

The diary of a girl who was used as a human incubator: – “Part II It’s worse than Part I. This transduction took a toll on me, not gonna lie. But it needs to be known – not hidden or redacted. There are some redactions in here. People need to understand that this is going on – not only going on – but at epidemic levels in our world today. You want a frikkin’ pandemic of mass proportions you WEF maniacs? How about the pandemic of using humans for profit and meat and as incubators?” – Jessica Rose  – PART 1 WAS LINKED YESTERDAY. READ IT FIRST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Epstein Cites In An Email Robert Maxwell Was Killed By Mossad: “He Told Them That Unless They Gave Him 400 Million (Pounds) He Would Expose All He Had Done For Them.” – “Maxwell Had Downing St. The White House AND The Kremlin Penetrated With Surveillance—Intelligence Was Piped To Mossad. “He Told His Controllers Who They Should Target And How They Should Do It.”” – Celia Farber

The State of Canada – A snapshot in time of a confederation beset by interlocking economic, demographic, spiritual, and political crises” – John Carter  – LONG BUT GOOD READ AS USUAL FROM JOHN!!!!!!!!!

Money is more important than life – “The massive lies that create our reality. Who else remembers learning about recycling in grade school during the ‘80s? My class made posters, created campaigns, and all learned the “3 R’s” (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle). It all made sense to my 9 year old brain and for about 3 decades I was a believer. This won’t come as a shock to most of my readers, but it was all a lie. Recycling was corporate propaganda to gain public support for cheaper plastic packaging, propel a burgeoning petrochemicals industry, and offload accountability. Every time plastic is melted and reshaped, its polymer chains weaken. A high-quality PET bottle becomes fiber or fleece to make unrecyclable carpets and garments, which eventually hit the landfill. Globally, only 9% of all plastic ever produced has been recycled. Alas, this article isn’t about plastic. It’s about the lies we’ve been told. Millions and millions of dollars have been spent over decades to deceive us into believing corporations have our best interests at heart.” – Sarah Connor

Iowa Funeral Director’s Association Board Member Speaks Out! (VIDEO) – “As of 2025, survey results show the strange white, fibrous structures being found in the bodies of deceased vaccinated are persisting. Iowa Funeral Director’s Association Board Member Dana Goodell joins us to discuss what his colleagues are finding, demanding action is taken by the authorities.” – Maria Zeee

Democrats Introduce Bill to Require Age Verification on Linux, Windows (VIDEO) – “I’ve read through this bill known as the age attestation on computing devices bill or SB26-051 and it is absolutely preposterous. It would apply to all operating systems open source or proprietary. So yeah, Linux is involved. Require the operating system to set a user’s age upon account creation and store that age within the system. along with some mechanism for verifying that, which is undefined. Require the OS to provide an API right a programmer’s interface for application developers to request an age or an age bracket for the user and institutes a up to $7,500 fine per violation for intentional violation of the bill which would include refusing to implement the age verification API.” – The Lunduke Journal

Digital ID Has Become Commonplace In Ireland, Expands Into More Essential Services – “Digital ID is now commonplace in Ireland, becoming mainstream among the Irish public who are turning to digital services more readily.” – The WinePress

NEWS

If Trump Does Not Go To War With Iran, We Will Need To Thank One Man – “However, this week (or next week at the latest) there looms a world-shaking tragedy in the making: Trump is poised to attack Iran. Trump has amassed the equivalent of military air and naval power around Iran to what Bush II did in 2003 when he attacked Iraq. And for what reason would Trump attack Iran? He told the world that his attack against Iran last June “totally obliterated” Iran’s nuclear capabilities. So, why the necessity to attack Iran again? You and I both know the reason: This is another regime change proxy war for Israel. You know, the kind of wars Trump promised he would stop when he became president in 2025. A second attack on Iran would be a global disaster! Benjamin Netanyahu and his ultra-wealthy Zionist lackeys, along with Zionist toadies in the U.S. Congress, are putting on a full-court press to pressure Trump to pull the trigger and attack Iran—NOW. The odds are very high that Trump will continue to do what he always does: submit to his Zionist masters and use the U.S. military as Israel’s proxy army against Iran. But Iran is not Venezuela. It is inevitable that war with Iran would quickly become a regional war involving U.S. military bases scattered all over the Middle East, the Arab Gulf states, the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, with potential spill over into China, Russia and India and a global economic crisis. The self-proclaimed peace president would go down in history as one of the most radical and foolhardy warmongers the Western world has ever seen. But if this attack is called off, if Trump somehow doesn’t pull the trigger and launch the attack against Iran, it very well might be due to one man: Tucker Carlson.” – Chuck Baldwin

Iran crisis: How does Trump get out of the box which he himself has created? – “A series of failed policy decisions from Trump have led us to the Mexican standoff with Iran.” – Martin Jay

The Price of Perfect Nihilism – “When President Donald Trump first announced that he had ordered the Pentagon to attack fishing boats and speedboats on the high seas which he said carried dangerous drugs destined for willing buyers in the United States, many of us who monitor the government for its indifference to the Constitution perceived it as truly criminal and utterly scandalous. ​The order to kill civilian non-combatants is an unlawful order which the military personnel who receive it have a legal and moral duty to challenge and either decline to carry out or resign from the military. ​It was scandalous because the president and his secretary of defense boasted about it. ‘ – Judge Andrew P. Napolitano

Iran Calls Trump’s Bluff as Deep State Rebels Over War – “While the Iranian saga has kept the world on its toes, it has now turned from travesty-in-making to total farce. The USS Gerald R. Ford—the most expensive and ‘advanced’ aircraft carrier in history—has become “mired” in quite a stink—pun intended—as it was revealed that demoralized sailors are potentially sabotaging the ship by flushing items like clothing and mop heads into the ship’s sewage systems, causing widespread septic blockages—a kind of “color revolution of the seas” (color mutiny?), with the color being brown. Now Trump’s initiative is collapsing before his sallow eyes amidst internal revolts as staff leak all kinds of damaging bulletins to the press. The latest from the Pentagon stovepipe is that the US only has munitions for days of a sustained high-intensity conflict with Iran, a fact we’ve known all along.” – Simplicius

The Man Who Might Wreck the Country – “We don’t have an explanation from Senate Majority Leader John Thune as to why he will not do what is within his power to do: pass election reform, known as the SAVE Act, by changing the filibuster procedure. At midweek Sen. Thune said Republicans were “not unified on pursuing a talking filibuster.” Understand that bringing back a real filibuster, with continuous speech in the well of the Senate, only requires the Majority Leader’s say-so, meaning Mr. Thune is prevaricating, concealing the truth.” – James Howard Kunstler

Hillary Clinton Knows Nothing *about Epstein (she repeatedly, vehemently insists). After months of cinematic hemming and hawing, Hillary Clinton finally sat down with U.S. House lawmakers yesterday to share her deep, personal, and utterly nonexistent knowledge of convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein. This was hardly a pivot. The Delete Queen has already made it abundantly clear—loudly, repeatedly, and with the emotional energy of a DMV employee at quitting time—that she knows nothing, saw nothing, heard nothing, and has never in her life been anywhere near anything or anyone that could possibly shed a single ray of light on the tiresome Epstein investigation. If there were a medal for “Least Helpful Witness in Congressional History,” she’d be polishing it right now. And yet, somehow the circus still found a way to circus.” – Jenna McCarthy

The Democrat Party Represents Everybody but Americans – “Democrats love foreigners but despise the U.S.A.” – J.B. Shurk

Fetterman Faces the Party-Switch Question That Won’t Go Away – “If it wasn’t apparent already that the curtain had been yanked back, Tuesday left little doubt. Whether it was Texas Rep. Al Green (D-09) not lasting five minutes before being bounced out of the Chamber, not standing for the people they should have, or outbursts from the likes of Ilhan Omar (MN-05) and Rashida Tlaib (MI-12), Americans now know exactly who and what the Democrat Party is. However, Democrats do not have everyone falling in lock step with the party’s out-of-touch positions. No one would have guessed that after the 2022 election, the voice of reason would be Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA). And on Wednesday, he was asked the question he should probably get used to hearing. ” – Becky Noble

Who are the Real Extremists? – “Mamdani turns New York snowball fight into a snowball fight. But in today’s America, and particularly in Zohran Mamdani’s New York, a snowball flight was elevated to a national security crisis. And not just elevated. Like the killing of two American protesters in Minneapolis, Alex Pretti and Renee Good, the official outrage and the rush to judgment was eerily reminiscent. These officials are the extremists here.” – Ken Klippenstein

DOJ Indicts ‘Squatty Potty’ Inventor For Reams of Child P*rn – Ben Bartee

“Torn The Roof Off” British Politics: Starmer – “Stunned After Green Party Steals Labour Seat” – Tyler Durden

Pakistan Declares ‘All-Out War’ Against Afghanistan, Hundreds Dead In Overnight Clashes With Taliban – “Since the Taliban returned to power in 2021, relations between Afghanistan and Pakistan, which share the disputed 1,600-mile Durand Line, have shifted from cautious engagement to open hostility. The history has been marked by shifting from one-time allies to on-and-off again enemies. Many analysts are pointing to ‘blowback’ for Pakistan after sponsoring the Taliban’s rise in the first place, decades ago (which also had the help of the CIA in ‘Operation Cyclone’).” – Tyler Durden

US pushing Israeli first strike to trigger Iran (VIDEO) with Max Blumenthal – Judge Andrew Napolitano

The Voice of Hind Rajab: The Film They Don’t Want You to See – “Israel and its supporters do not want the outside world to see the bureaucratic machinery that perpetuates its mass slaughter, but I suspect, even more, it does not want the world to see the humanity of the Palestinians who resist.” – Chris Hedges

ECONOMIC NEWS

The Inflation You Feel… But CPI Barely Counts – “Probably the single biggest problem with retirement planning (other than failing to execute that plan) is that most planning which includes keeping inflation in mind uses official government statistics to figure out how much money that you need. That’s not necessarily a bad reference point to start the process, but the problem is that most people assume that official government statistics on inflation are comprehensive in their review of what prices are affected by inflation. And that’s just not the case. Homeowner’s insurance, for example, is massively underrepresented in official consumer price index (CPI) numbers, which means that CPI can use accurate numbers and still paint a distorted picture of the reality of the situation.” – Peter Reagan

Core wholesale prices rose 0.8% in January, much more than expected – “Wholesale prices rose at a faster-than-expected pace in January, countering hopes that inflation was easing, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday. The core producer price index, which excludes volatile food and energy prices, increased a seasonally adjusted 0.8%, more than the 0.6% gain in December and well ahead of the Dow Jones consensus estimate for 0.3%.” – Jeff Cox

Will AI Crash Stockmarkets? – Peter St Onge

The Same Signal That Preceded 2000, 2008, and 2011 Just Triggered Again – “The spread between tech stocks and the rest of the market has reached historic levels. For weeks now, the MAG-7/ Big Tech have been correcting while the broader market index (the S&P 500) has rallied due to defensive sectors (Industrials, Consumer Staples, Energy) igniting. In this context, the #1 question concerning the market is… Are the Mag-7 about to rip higher and rejoin the bull market… or is the overall market going to drop down to the MAG-7?” – Graham Summers, MBA

Silver—What a Difference a Month Makes – “Slammed on 1-30 and back for more on 2-27. That day wasn’t random. It was a classic late-month pressure event. Fast selling. Emotional reaction. Narrative reset. The kind of move designed to convince you the rally was over. But here’s what matters: Silver didn’t collapse. It absorbed the hit. And now — on February 27, 2026 — we’re sitting above $90 after hitting a low of $70. 📈 That’s not just a bounce. That’s recovery with authority.” – Kerry Lutz

THE PAPER SILVER CRISIS HAS BEGUN (VIDEO) – “From London’s Empty Vaults to Shanghai’s Physical Rule: The End of Fractional Reserve Metal Markets.” – Alasdair Macleod  – AND ALSO FROM ALASDAIR, HIS WEEKLY METALS RECAP, BELOW!!

Blue skies ahead for silver – “Gold was steady but silver volatile as Comex March contracts matured. Suspension due to “technical failures” saw high volatility in silver which has since recovered.” – Alasdair Macleod

India’s Market Regulator Just Outlawed Western Price Rigging – A New Era for Gold and Silver Begins – “India shreds LBMA’s grip, dumps Western spot pricing, unleashes silver as bank collateral, and lets ₹30 lakh crore equity funds pile into physical gold and silver for the first time.” – The Silver Academy

SURVIVAL, PREPAREDNESS AND SELF-SUFFICIENCY

Building a 5-Family Mutual Aid Circle (Without Looking Crazy) – “There’s a hard truth most serious preppers eventually face. You can harden your home. You can deepen your pantry. You can install backup power, water storage, and redundant communications. But you cannot realistically duplicate every critical survival skill inside a single household. A well-structured five-family mutual aid circle hits the balance point between capability and trust. It’s small enough to avoid chaos, large enough to cover critical skill gaps, and discreet enough to build without advertising yourself as “the collapse guy on the street.”” – denob

Free Stuff on YouTube That Can Save You Money – “Let’s be real: calling a professional to fix something in your home might be out of budget for a lot of us. And even if it’s in budget, I want to at least try to fix it myself. You can learn to do basically anything on YouTube. ” – Daisy Luther  – I HAVE USED YOU TUBE VIDEOS TO HELP FIX SEVERAL THINGS, ON MY CAR, REFRIGERATOR, SHOWER AND MORE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Essential Things You Need To Know About Feeding Goats – Jennifer Poindexter

Survival Plan Redundancy: How to Build Backups Into Every Layer – “Most people think they have a solid emergency plan because they’ve stocked a few cases of water, stacked canned food in the pantry, and parked a generator in the garage. On the surface, that feels responsible and it looks like preparedness. But the first time something critical fails, whether it’s a dead battery, a blocked evacuation route, or a supply chain disruption that lasts longer than expected, that confidence starts to crack. What seemed like a plan turns out to be a collection of supplies tied together by hope.” – David Andrew Brown

Beaver Control: Why Do Beavers Build Dams? – “Learn why beavers build dams and how to outsmart them using water control structures.” – Doug Thalacker

VERSE FOR THE DAY

1 Timothy 6:4    He is proud, knowing nothing, but doting about questions and strifes of words, whereof cometh envy, strife, railings, evil surmisings,

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THE BIG PICTURE

Judge, Jury, Executioner: When the Government Decides Who Lives or Dies – “What does it say about a government—and a political movement—that claims to value the unborn, but once you are born, that concern evaporates? When life upon birth becomes expendable, subject to force, punishment, neglect, and death so long as it serves “law and order,” “national security,” or political convenience—when you can be shot by the police state, executed by the police state, starved, surveilled, displaced, raided, abused, or discarded by the police state—and this is treated not as a moral failure but as policy and doctrine, then you’re not dealing with a government that is truly pro-life. It is pro-control.” – John & Nisha Whitehead

Finding Peace When Controlling Everything Fails – “Learning how to float through life isn’t all bad” – Kate Dreston.

Afraid of Everything – “As you probably know, it snowed. Cue the apocalyptics. Both before, during and after. The after being the worst because by then you know it wasn’t apocalyptic. But it seems there are lots of people who can’t accept that it wasn’t. Who wanted it to be apocalyptic. They are like the people you see still “masking” up – years after it became obvious that catching a cold wasn’t a death sentence. They seem to want it to be. At least, that’s how it looks. It was the kind of snow that would have caused maybe a two-hour delay (remember those?) back in the day, More finely, I miss the general expectation that you dealt with a little snow instead of panicking like a sheep in need of a shepherd. And yet, so many seem helpless. Seem to want to be helpless. Eager to stay home. A day will come when people will be told they have to stay home – because it might snow. It’s too risky – too unsafe! – for anyone to be out on the roads. Then it will be rain that keeps everyone off the roads. Maybe night-time, too. It’s dark, after all.” – Eric Peters  – FEAR LEADS TO CONTROL. THAT’S PART OF THE PLAN!!!!!!!!!!

Nothing new under the climate change sun – Tom Knighton

Geoengineering a Third World Storm – “The trains aren’t running on time. I have lived in the same county since I was three years old. But we never lost power in all those years, from snow or ice. The electricity might go off for a few hours in a thunderstorm, but that was the extent of it. Days, or incomprehensibly weeks without power was something no one even considered. Then, about 15 years ago, a thunderstorm they called a “Derecho” took out power here for a week. I had never heard of a Derecho before, and there hasn’t been one since. I don’t believe there is such a thing as a Derecho. But the public just nodded and lit more candles. And what about the tsunamis? When I first heard about the devastating tsunami in 2004, the word was foreign to me. I thought it had something to do with Pokemon. Apparently, tsunamis had been a thing throughout history. I half suspected they made up the word in 2004.We certainly seem to have had a lot of severe weather (usually breathlessly reported as “historic”) in recent years, which just coincidentally started once the first efforts into geoengineering the weather began. HAARP was a top secret facility in Alaska, devoted to “studying” the weather, but they wouldn’t let Jesse Ventura into the facility when he visited them for his Tru TV Conspiracy Theory show. Lyndon B. Johnson once said, “He who controls the weather, will control the world.” Now, let’s say hypothetically that our corrupt and incompetent leaders have found a way to manipulate the weather. ” – Donald Jeffries

ICE Making List of Anyone Who Films Them – “We have a nice little database and now you’re considered a domestic terrorist.” – Ken Klippenstein

The Complete Reckoning: 150+ Studies on the Devastating Harms of COVID Lockdown Policies – “They told us it was necessary. The evidence says they were wrong—and children paid the price.” – Justin Hart  – GREAT COMPILATION OF STUDIES, MANY WITH LINKS, FROM JUSTIN!!!

Email campaigns to public officials considered hate speech. A dangerous precedent for the dissent in Canada – Lawyer Lisa

NEWS

Trump: A beautiful armada is headed towards Iran, I hope they make a deal – Elad Benari  -FROM THE ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS. OF COURSE THEY ARE LOVING IT!!!

War Drums In Gulf: US Armada Arrives As Saudi Arabia, UAE Deny Airspace Access – Tyler Durden

Will he, won’t he ‘TACO’ on Iran? – “Is Trump getting the message that an Iran ‘win’ is not ‘Slam Dunk’? – in which case he might decide on a TACO, accompanied by bone-crushing economic threats to Iran. As so often these days, a decisive attack on Iran – comes down in the final analysis to Trump’s psychology, and his need to dominate the attention of everyone around him. He understands that for however much his maximalist pronouncements look — and are — crazy, they nonetheless do usually default to a ‘strong man image’. Trump’s career has been founded on the predicate that his base loves the ‘strong guy’ and any sign of weakness detracts from the illusion of strength. It is the thing that has generally worked for him. European élites however, find this difficult to digest – perhaps understandably – and slide into paroxysms of outrage.” – Alastair Crooke

Trump Wants To Win – But Iran Is No Easy Target – “Mr. Crazy just issued another of his by now typical threats: It is well know Iran does not want to have nuclear weapons. There is even a religious edict that says so. Iran had negotiated a nuclear deal with the U.S. that made sure that Iran would not have the means to build nuclear weapons. It was Trump who killed that deal during his first administration. We therefore know that anything nuclear is not the real issue that this is about. The issue is Iran’s general anti-colonial position and especially its steady resistance to the Zionist occupation of Palestine. Any attempt to change that long held ideological position of Iran by force is likely to fail.” – Moon of Alabama

Creative Energy Diplomacy Might Avert Another American Attack On Iran – “Redirecting Iran’s oil exports from China to India in exchange for partial US sanctions relief could avert another American attack by satisfying its goal of depriving China of some of the resources that it requires for maintaining its rapid superpower rise without risking a potentially disastrous regional war.” – Andrew Korybko

Reflections from the Heart of the Empire: Avalanches Build, Whirlwinds Form – “The Almighty American Dollar now constitutes only 40% of foreign currency reserves. Behold the power of a Mad Emperor to instill confidence in Empire: Secretary of Commerce, creature of George Soros, and Certified Vampire of the Empire Scott Bessent described sanctions as “economic statecraft, no shots fired.” Such refreshingly honest imperialism. Almost as honest as Kristi the Kourageous Dogslayer and Head DHS Bitch, who accused VA nurse Alex Pretti of “assaulting law enforcement officers” by stepping between them and a woman they had just violently shoved to the ground and pepper-sprayed. Plus, he was legally carrying a gun in a holster and foolishly left it there, so ICE had no choice but to shoot him, but only after they had gang-tackled, pepper-sprayed, and taken the gun away from him so they could do so safely. Remember, kids:. Safety First” – Ohio Barbarian  – GOOD RECAP FROM THE BARBARIAN AS USUAL!!!

US Democrats call for Trump to fire Homeland Security chief – “Lawmakers have threatened impeachment against Kristi Noem following two fatal shootings involving federal agents” – RT

Will Democrats help Trump defuse mass protests over ICE killings? – “The mass protests in Minneapolis against Trump’s immigration crackdown have the potential to spark a nationwide revolt.” – Finian Cunningham

SignalGate and the Myth of the Peaceful ICE Protester – “What does it mean to call someone a protester. The term carries moral weight. It suggests expressive conduct, a public statement, and a basic commitment to nonviolence. It implies distance from force, from coercion, and from direct interference with lawful state action. Based on what is now known, it is far more accurate to say that Alex Pretti functioned as an active participant in the ICE Watch insurgency in Minnesota. To see this clearly, it helps to distinguish protest from direct action. Protest expresses opposition. Direct action seeks to obstruct. Protest communicates. Direct action intervenes. Protest attempts to persuade an audience. Direct action attempts to impose costs. ICE Watch was not organized around persuasion. It was organized around disruption. Its purpose was to locate, track, and interfere with immigration enforcement operations in real time.” – Alexander Muse /Amuse on X – AS I POINTED OUT IN AN ARTICLE BY EL GATO ON MONDAY, DID THE MAN DESERVE TO GET KILLED. NOT REALLY, SHOULD HE HAVE BEEN THERE ARMED, NOT REALLY. SHOULD HE EVEN HAVE BEEN THERE AT ALL. AGAIN, NOT REALLY. UNFORTUNATELY THERE IS MUCH TRUTH IN BOTH SIDES OF THIS STORY AND LIKE MS. GOOD’S DEATH, IT ALL COULD HAVE BEEN AVOIDED!!!

The lawlessness of ICE is a betrayal of voters – “Americans want control of the borders and criminals deported, not border agents shooting citizens.” – Fraser Myers

Democrats Turn Minneapolis into Fort Sumter – “Just as it did one hundred and sixty-five years ago, the Democrat Party appears to be making war against the federal government. There are many signs that suggest Minneapolis is home to both a massive money laundering operation and a massive vote fraud scheme. Because the amount of financial fraud is so high, it is difficult to believe that Somali immigrants orchestrated this massive theft on their own. Minnesota and Minneapolis have government agencies whose sole function is to seek, police, and prevent exactly these kinds of taxpayer thefts. The idea that immigrants from across the world could arrive in Minnesota and figure out how to manipulate the existing bureaucracy to orchestrate large-scale fraud is unconvincing.” – J.B. Shurk |

America is losing allies by the droves. – Eric Zuesse

ECONOMIC NEWS

Rage against the dying of the light – “The de-Dollarisation meme rolled on yesterday as the Bloomberg Dollar spot index sank to its lowest reading since February of 2022. The fall became precipitous after Donald Trump was given an opportunity by journalists to talk up the Dollar, but instead replied “no, I think it’s great” when asked whether he was concerned about its recent drop. It would seem that there is no rage against the dying of the strong Dollar from the President. Trump’s Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent had repeatedly assured financial markets last year that the administration still supports the strong Dollar policy. Trump himself has been a little more circumspect over the years, and implied yesterday that a weaker Dollar was good for US trade competitiveness. “Look at the business we are doing. The Dollar’s doing great.”” – Ben Picton

Trump is not worried by a weak dollar. Why the president and investors should be – Sarah Min

Fed Refuses to Cut, Shifts Hawkish in the Statement, with Two Dissenters – ““Everything comes in suggesting that this year starts off on a solid footing for growth”: Powell in the press conference.” – Wolf Richter

Fed Holds. Gold Breaks $5,300. Is the Dollar About to Crack? (VIDEO) – The Contrarian Capitalist

Amazon to Lay Off Another 16,000 Workers, Pinterest 700 Workers – “In AI-related moves, companies are stepping up job cuts.” – Mish

“The Bank Was Saved, and the People Were Ruined.” – “If the reader has not yet been squeezed to the point that his net worth (value of assets, minus debt) is under water, he would be well advised to consider means by which his liquid assets can be removed from the banking system, a system that, if history repeats, may soon take those remaining assets. Does this mean that the reader should run right down to the bank and withdraw his assets? Not necessarily. What it does mean is that it would be best to recognise that a clear pattern has existed for hundreds of years regarding boom-and-bust banking and the reader would be well-advised to ask himself some unpleasant questions. Here are a few:” – Jeff Thomas

12 Signposts That Indicate That A Monumental Economic Meltdown Is Now Upon Us – Michael Snyder

Gold Clears $5,000 as Economic Stress Builds – “Gold rocketed past $5,000, silver just crossed $100 and the headlines are grasping for explanations – from tariffs to politics. When the narratives stop making sense, it’s usually a sign of something deeper. This week, let’s look at the signals…” – Peter Reagan

Increasing Global Silver Shortage Drives Silver Price Surge While Financial Press Cries ‘Bubble!’ – “Bullion Banks Start To Whimper. A shortage of silver in all markets globally is driving silver’s price higher. Voracious metal demand in China and India, but also in the West, underpins silver’s price at these record levels. Overnight, silver’s p.m. price on Shanghai exchanges saw a surge to a record 15% above the London cash silver price.” – David Jensen

The Metal Nobody’s Heard Of (and the Pentagon Is Desperate For) – “While everyone watches gold and silver, there’s a supply crisis happening in plain sight.” – Nomi Prins

SURVIVAL, PREPAREDNESS AND SELF-SUFFICIENCY

1, 2, 3, 4… You’re Ready to Cook in a Power Outage – “You’ll be happy (and relieved) to know that cooking “off-grid”, in your own kitchen is easier than you might think. Step One: The power bank solution. Step Two: The electric tea kettle” – Lisa Bedford

Use Cloches to Add Charm, History, and Functionality to Your Garden – “In the age of electric seed mats, overhead lights, and heated greenhouses, garden cloches have become a thing of the past. Once upon a time though, beautiful bell-shaped glass jars were in use in gardens around the world.” – Tasha Greer

Prepper Checklist for New Parents: What You Really Need – “Becoming a parent doesn’t erase your prepper instincts. It sharpens them, but it also exposes gaps you didn’t know were there. Sleep deprivation changes judgment because a baby changes timelines. Noise discipline, mobility, and even simple errands suddenly carry weight. This isn’t a feel-good checklist, it’s a hard reset for preppers who already know the basics and now have to protect someone who can’t adapt, improvise, or wait.” – Rhonda Owen

Mennonite vs Amish: What’s the Real Difference? – “Most people use “Mennonite” and “Amish” like they mean the same thing. They don’t. Yes, both groups share Anabaptist roots. Yes, both value faith, community, humility, and a simpler way of life. But when you look closer, the differences are real, practical, and surprisingly important, especially if you’re a prepper studying resilient communities. This guide breaks down Mennonite vs Amish in a clear, thorough way, without myths or Hollywood nonsense.” – Ask A Prepper Staff

Are You Emotionally Ready for the Coming Collapse? – Part 2 – “DIFFERING VIEWS OF THE RAPTURE” – Peter Cannon

VERSE FOR THE DAY

John 16:13   Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.

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THE BIG PICTURE

Self-Proclaimed Victims, Users, Weaklings, Wusses and Reality – “I have come to the conclusion that the brainwashing of this population, which has been accomplished much due to ‘public’ (government) schools, media, historical inaccuracy, (lies) and government propagandists, is now not able to be overcome. What that means of course, is that I have accepted that this population as it stands today, will not be able to prevail against the indoctrination, ignorance, and false beliefs, especially ideologically, that are fully imbedded into the psyche of the masses. ” – Gary D. Barnett

Bill Gates and the mark (VIDEO) – J.C.O.M.E.S. Its all about Jesus!  – INTERESTING SHORT VIDEO!!!

Trusted Abroad, Blocked at Home: Why Americans Need a Passport for Proven Medicines – Jeffrey A. Singer and Bautista Vivanco

Explosive Peer Reviewed Journal Article “The virus (and vaccine)……violation of the Biological Weapons Convention!” – “The paper states: The virus (and vaccine) contains evidence of manipulation, and those specific manipulations match the goals of four of seven categories of GOF experiments. Finally, those manipulations represent a violation of the Biological Weapons Convention.” – Dr. Joseph Sansone

The BIG, FAT Tuberculosis LIE: Black Magic Rituals, Vampires, Poison & Sherlock Holmes – “HBO Max can’t compete with this dose of true history… (and don’t ban my account, Substack! This info is from the CDC, historic newspaper clippings & books from the 1800s)” – Agent131711  – AGENT131711 GOES DEEP DIVING AGAIN. THIS TIME ON TB!!!!!

The $5 Cancer Treatment That Embarrassed Modern Medicine – “A Scientific and Spiritual Scandal in Modern Oncology” – Sayer Ji

CDC Director Susan Monarez Ousted In Vaccine Policy Clash With RFK Jr.; Four Top Officials Quit In Leadership Crisis – “Susan Monarez is not aligned with the President’s agenda of Making America Healthy Again” – Tyler Durden

Science-for-hire companies violate scientific norms, degrade public discourse, and facilitate the mass poisoning of society – “Apparently no actual scholars were willing to defend the mainstream position on autism so the NY Times turned to a Pharma mercenary” – Toby Rogers

NEWS 

The flower of Scotland and the horror of invasion and capture. – “In keeping with this week’s theme of immigration, power, and trust, let’s peruse the latest outrage reel from the UK. Here we have a grown man with an immigrant accent (sounds Pakistani or thereabouts to me but i could be wrong) following two young girls and badgering and filming them. One of the girls is armed. she’s not (at the start) threatening or seeking to threaten anyone, She’s trying to get away, trying to leave. But this guy is having none of it. he keeps coming and will not leave her alone. and he wants this documented and will not back off. and then the girl wound up arrested. He did the math correctly. and that means the calculus must change. Let’s be serious about the salients here: “Don’t touch my little sister, she’s f*cking 12!” is not exactly an extreme ask from a child to an adult male stranger. and somehow she’s the criminal in this episode?” – El Gato Malo

MN. Church shooter had two names; that’s all you need to know; there will be no further comments at this time – Jon Rappoport

Psaki, Minneapolis Mayor Eviscerated For MOCKING Prayers Following School Shooting – “While conservatives offered thoughts for those killed and injured, including two young children, leftists immediately jumped straight to their default reactions, politicising the matter and even despicably mocking those offering condolences in the form of prayer. Leading the pack was former Biden Press Secretary turned MSNBC shit-lib Jen Psaki who ranted on X about prayers being meaningless.” – Steve Watson

Which Democrat Will Merge Into the 2028 Sane Lane? – “Supposedly, the tiresome comedy stylings of Gavin Newsom – he’s the equivalent of a Wednesday night prop comic opener down at the Gooberville Giggle Works – have thrust him into the forefront of the Democrat race for the 2028 nomination. A lot of them are trying to crowd into the Fighter Lane. We need somebody who’s going to fight the perilous peril that is Donald Trump and his authoritarian authoritarianism that’s literally fascist Nazism! Of course, the fighting is entirely performance art. You’ve got Pete Buttigieg out there promising to fight. This Navy veteran – he’s all yours, swabbies! – looks less like a bruiser than someone you want to give a wedgie, and who would eagerly receive it. Illinois governor/behemoth JB Pritzker seeks to waddle into the fighter lane, too, though if he does, he’s going to have to wear a sign on his back reading “Wide Load.” Well, he does have weight on his potential opponents – he outweighs all of them put together – but the dude’s not going to have endurance for the long haul; he breaks a sweat resting. The Fighter Lane would be crowded just with JB alone, but with Gov. Hairstyle, Alfred McKins-E Neuman, Spartacus Booker, Big Chief Warren, and others potentially competing, the smart play would be to seek another lane. Call it the Sane Lane.” – Kurt Schlichter

America’s Death Cult Exposed – “Predators over victims… Here we are again in the aftermath of yet another transgender school shooting, this time the target was the Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis. But this time it is different… the Democrats have exposed themselves as the party of unbridled evil. Yesterday and today, they have responded to the school shooting by demeaning and mocking those Christians who pray during times of trouble… even when their children are the victims of violent attack. At the same time, others, including Mayor Frey of Minneapolis, immediately claimed the “trans community” is far more righteous than Christians. Really?” – Jim McCraigh  – WELL SAID BY JIM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Trump’s Justice Department Abets Israeli Pedophile Spy – “Only super-duped MAGA supporters and Israel idol-worshipping evangelicals refuse to entertain the notion that Donald Trump is being bribed by Israel over damning evidence that is buried deep within the Epstein files. But then, even if this evidence is revealed, it won’t matter to the Trump toadies in these groups. And, again, it won’t matter to Trump’s base if there is evidence of Trump’s involvement in Epstein’s pedophile activities. They already know that Trump is a moral degenerate. They already know he is a product of the criminal underworld. And it doesn’t matter to them. Trump can trample the Constitution with impunity. He can maintain the supply of weapons to Ukraine. He can continue America’s sponsorship of the genocide and ethnic cleansing in Gaza and the West Bank. He can continue America’s proxy wars in Lebanon and Syria and expand America’s hot wars to Yemen and Iran. All of this is done with complete impunity. His base doesn’t care.” – Chuck Baldwin

The NYT Wants “Proof” Of Lisa Cook’s Guilt? Here It Is. – “What The New York Times Won’t Acknowledge About Lisa Cook” – Peter Nayland Kust

For Some, Russiagate Never Ended – “Longtime Trump adviser Michael Caputo’s life was upended by Russiagate. Under Biden, he and others were spied on a second time. On the scandal’s unreported second chapter” – Matt Taibbi

WEF Whistleblower COMPLETELY Dismantles Carney’s FAKE Promises – Exposes WHY He FLED To Europe (VIDEO) – Northern Perspective

Fifty shades of the EU: Queen Ursula should start charging to watch her kinky dance with Trump – “Is the US president having his way with the EU, or just getting more “solidarity” smoke and mirrors?” – Rachel Marsden

The Trump Administration’s Famine Denial – “The U.S. position is unsurprising, but it is despicable” – Daniel Larison.

Christian Priests and Nuns Refuse To Leave Gaza City Despite Israel’s Planned Offensive – “Hundreds of civilians are sheltering at the two churches in Gaza City” – Dave DeCamp

How US-Israeli Regime Change in Iran Failed – “In sum, the Zionist entity is a beast encircled, reduced to lashing out through desperation, not strength. Its ability to flail against not merely Iran, but the wider Axis of Resistance, without further endangering its already precarious position is extremely limited, if not non-existent. Wholly dependent on foreign support at a time polls indicate it’s the most hated ‘country’ on Earth,” – Kit Klarenberg

Iran and World War 3 – “In the east, the Roman Empire generally ended where the Persian Empire began. Unlike most other nation states in the Middle East, Iran (known as Persia before 1935) is not an artificial construct. By race, religion, and social history, it is a nation. Iran is Russia and China’s key ally in the Middle East, pushing back against the influence of the US and its allies. The US, Israel, and their allies have not been successful in changing the behavior of the Iranian government. They’ve tried pretty much everything short of a full-scale invasion and using nuclear weapons. In short, the US and its allies have few cards left to play against Iran.” – Nick Giambruno  – ALSO SEE NICK’S ARTICLE LINKED ON 08/20/25 ABOUT THE MIDDLE EAST. BOTH ARE GOOD READS!!!

SITREP 8/28/25: Trump Scoffs at Russian Interests in Gross Display of Hubris – “Trump is asked on his opinion regarding Lavrov’s statement that Russia could not sign a deal with an illegitimate leader like Zelensky. Trump responds by saying such statements are irrelevant because “everyone is just posturing”, and “it’s all bullshit”. Trump could not be more wrong that a civilizational state like Russia is merely “posturing” about its existential interests, and understanding this key divergence is essential for grasping the far larger implications of the ideological rift between West and East.” – Simplicius

ECONOMIC NEWS 

Trump’s Plan to Control Businesses and Ditch the Dollar – “More publications are chiming in about Trump’s rapacious reach for ownership of major US corporations, and we get a glimpse of his plans to kill the dollar by seizing control of the Fed.” – David Haggith

Trump Punishes India with 50 Percent Tariffs for Buying Russian Oil – “Trump’s 50 percent tariffs on India start today.” – Mish

AI: False Savior of a Hollowed-Out Economy – “The real story of the US economy isn’t about AI, it’s about an economy that’s run out of rope. AI is being hyped not just by promoters reaping billions of dollars in stock market gains, it’s being hyped by the entire status quo because it’s understood to be the last chance of saving an economy doomed by the consequences of decades of artifice.” – Charles Hugh Smith

Powell Scraps “Make-Up” Inflation Playbook in Jackson Hole – “Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell used his Jackson Hole podium on August 22 to declare the end of the central bank’s three-year experiment with “flexible average-inflation targeting.” In its place, the Fed is reverting to a straight-forward but “flexible” 2 percent target, a move that comes as economic momentum cools and goods prices perk up. History suggests that once tariffs, wage rigidity, and political pressure take hold, consumer price increases are rarely one-time affairs, and with political pressure rising against the Fed, it’s not obvious this strategy will be pursued for long.” – Peter Schiff

Into Month End for Gold and Silver Prices – Craig Hemke

UBS Upgrades Gold Price Targets; Recommends Buying Gold Now – “UBS calls gold a “must-have asset” against policy risk, and they aren’t alone – China’s insurance industry is now required to own as a safety net. The real question: What does this tell us about the fragility of the global financial system?” – Peter Reagan

S&P Hits Record As Economy Freefalls Faster. short (VIDEO) – Gregory Mannarino  – ONE MINUTE RECAP OF THE MARKET FROM GREG. KIND OF SAD AS YOU CAN GET THIS INFO ANYWHERE. HOPEFULLY HE WILL GET BACK TO SOME ANALYSIS ON THE MARKET WHEN IT CLOSES WHEN HE DOES HIS MARKET CLOSE VIDEO ON YOUTUBE LIKE HE SAID HE WOULD DO!!!!!!!!!!!

Still Waiting for Lower Prices, Higher Incomes, Lower Rates: Mortgage Rates Tick Up, Demand in Deep Freeze, Supply Surges – Wolf Richter

SURVIVAL, PREPAREDNESS AND SELF-SUFFICIENCY

The Importance of Doing the Best YOU Can – “There are a lot of things in the prepping world that seem out of reach for the average Jack or Jill. We all have unique circumstances, benefits, and limitations. It’s up to us to find a way to do the very best we can in those circumstances. And that is unique to every single one of us.” – Daisy Luther

18 Gardening Methods to Choose From to Maximize Your Space – “Whether you’re a beginner or seeking different styles to maximize food production, understanding your options is crucial. Gardening styles and techniques evolve, nowadays you have options that require small spaces, and you can combine multiple forms for different types of plants.” – Jennifer Poindexter

Cost-Effective Mulching With Leaves – “Utilize fallen leaves for a low-cost mulch alternative.” – Will Bonsal

Antiseptics, Pt. 2: Natural Options – “As mentioned in Part 1, many people confuse antiseptics, disinfectants, and antibiotics.” – Joseph Alton, M.D.  – PART ONE WAS LINKED A FEW DAYS AGO!!!

Stop Ignoring These Long-Lasting Protein Sources – “Protein is an essential survival fuel when massive supply chain problems, natural disasters, and other SHTF scenarios strike. Protein keeps your muscles strong, your mind sharp, and your immune system ready, and ensures that young people are growing properly. Stocking shelf-stable sources now, during normal times, can mean the difference between thriving and wasting away when SHTF.” – Eric Beuning

VERSE FOR THE DAY

John 6:29    Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent.

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