THE BIG PICTURE

EXCLUSIVE! Gold and Silver Dealers Start Restricting Buy Backs – May Soon Stop Buying Back Altogether – “The fact that the rapid rise in value for gold and silver for the past few weeks could actually be negative, is a thought that had never crossed my mind, until this week, when I tried to sell some of my gold, and found out just how difficult it was, and may soon be impossible. I want to be very clear here that I am not offering financial advice, and that this article is ONLY about people who own physical gold and silver that they have in their possession.” – Brian Shilhavy  – VERY GOOD ARTICLE FROM BRIAN. THIS ADDS A WHOLE NEW PERSPECTIVE ON OWNING SILVER AND GOLD. AN ABSOLUTE MUST READ FOR PRECIOUS METAL HOLDERS/STACKERS, PREPPERS ETC. THIS IS  A PART OF THE THE BIGGER PICTURE THAT YOU NEED TO KNOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

What It Means to Die for What You Believe – “When Faith Becomes More Valuable Than Life Itself. There’s a question that separates people who talk about their beliefs from people who actually have them: what would you die for?” – Lily-Rose Dawson  – GOOD READ FROM LILY!!!!!!!!!!!!

Americans already have digital ID: 94% of air travelers are compliant with REAL ID; starting Feb. 1 the non-compliant 6% will be fined $45 and have their biometric data swiped at airports – “The only missing component for a full-on digitalized control grid is tokenized digital/programmable “money” but Trump administration is working on that too” – Leo Hohmann.

Madness!. (VIDEO) – “It seems right enough that we are living through a time of change. But we flatter those elites if and when we think all of that change is entirely of their doing and choosing. They are taking advantage of uncertainty for certain. But the change feels much bigger than them more than they’re doing alone. Maybe they have done no more than take advantage of knowing in advance about the change that’s coming and then then acted selfishly and only in their own interests as we should expect by now.” -Neil Oliver  -GOOD ONE FROM NEIL AS USUAL!!!!

Unraveling Erika Kirk: Skeletons in the Closet or a Whole Damn Graveyard? [Pizzagate Part 2] – “And just like that, the whole narrative implodes… ” – Agent131711  – AGENT131711 GOES DOWN ANOTHER RAABBIT HOLE AND IT’S A DOOZY!!!

ICE’s Secret Watchlists of Americans – “Sparta, Reaper and Grapevine track protesters, their friends (+ others) . Department of Homeland Security spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin’s response was firm: “There is NO database of ‘domestic terrorists’ run by DHS.” There’s just one problem: She’s lying. Two senior national security officials tell me that there are more than a dozen secret and obscure watchlists that homeland security and the FBI are using to track protesters (both anti-ICE and pro-Palestinian), “Antifa,” and others who are promiscuously labeled “domestic terrorists.”” – Ken Klippenstein

Evidence of a World-Wide Flood Charting the History of the World – Jordan Nuttall  – LONG INTERESTING READ WHEN YOU HAVE THE TIME!!!

China Conducts mRNA Influenza Bird Flu Vaccine Trials in Dairy Cows: Journal ‘Research’ – “Government preparation for large-scale mRNA vaccination of livestock.” – Jon Fleetwood

 

 

NEWS

Zero Hour approaching – “So this is how the whole drama is coming to: either neo-Caligula and his “massive armada” pauses, opening some room for talks, and he ends up saving the global economy; or we have the Gates of Hell opened in West Asia.” – Pepe Escobar

American Gestapo/American Psycho – “​The thugs from ICE whom the federal government has sent to Minneapolis have produced murder and mayhem on a scale far more violent, disruptive and disturbing to human life than have the immigrants residing there without papers. ​Under the Constitution, immigration — who can legally come to and remain in the United States — was left to the states to regulate; and naturalization — who can become an American citizen — was left to the feds. ​The White House has defended the ICE killings of two innocent Americans in the maelstrom of Minneapolis by using phrases like terrorist, agitator, assassin and self-defense. In the process of politically smearing two dead victims, it has tried to divert attention away from the ICE Gestapo-like tactics in the streets. And, in an act of obstructing justice, ICE has kept all the evidence of these murders from state investigators. ​Are the masked men in the streets immune from prosecution for murder as the White House claims?” – Judge Andrew P. Napolitano

Noem Invokes the Nuremberg Defense, Blames Trump and Stephen Miller – “Well, this is a fun development.” – Mish

Wild: Dick Durbin Shares Fake AI Picture of Pretti Shooting on Senate Floor Because Nothing Matters – “Sen. Dick Durbin (IL-D) shared a fake AI-created photo of the Alex Pretti shooting on the Senate floor on Wednesday, alleging it was a depiction of the “last second” before he was killed. It shows a CBP officer standing behind Pretti, gun to the back of his head. Another officer is seen taking a knee. The problem? He’s missing his head, and that’s just one of the things that shows it’s AI and not a real representation of the scene.” – Bonchie

New Footage Appears To Show Alex Pretti Spit At ICE, Break SUV Tail Light In Prior Minneapolis Confrontation – “The video, verified by the BBC, captures what appears to be Pretti screaming at federal agents while they were driving away during a Jan. 13 protest. As their SUV leaves, he kicks the taillight – breaking it, causing agents to exit the vehicle and tackle him to the ground. The agents continue to hold him down until he retreats and joins a crowd shouting at agents, as his gun is visibly tucked into the back of his pants.” – Tyler Durden

So why have the ringleaders not been arrested? Why have you not shut down the funding? – Lara Logan on X

The Squirt Heard ‘Round the World – “I am not a connoisseur of apple cider vinegars, so I don’t really know what was going through the head of that weirdo who squirted a flavor injector syringe of the stuff on an ugly sweater Ilhan Omar was wearing Tuesday night, but I suspect it was drugs. OK, I suspect it was either drugs or hoping he’d remember his cue and things would go as well as they did in rehearsal. I’m not saying the whole thing was a staged event, but if you were a stupid person trying to distract from all the problems Omar has found herself in recently, this would be near the top of the list for that. Also curious was Ilhan’s lack of concern for whatever was squirted on her. If you fear for your life, you might worry it was some kind of toxin or acid, but she only asked for a napkin and “refused” to go get medical attention or have it tested.I don’t know how it went it dress rehearsal, but the blocking made the Oswald Prison Transfer look like it was choreographed by Bob Fosse. ” – Derek Hunter

Hate Hoax? The Omar Attack and the Case for a Federal Investigation – “Political violence is corrosive to a republic. It poisons trust, inflames fear, and invites retaliation. That is why the attack on Rep Ilhan Omar demands seriousness, restraint, and a full commitment to truth. In this case, there are reasons to believe the incident could fall into one of two categories. It may have been an authentic attack carried out by a deeply troubled individual. It may also have been a staged or facilitated incident, what is commonly called a hate hoax. At present, both possibilities remain live. That uncertainty alone is enough to require federal intervention.” – Alexander Muse

The dollar is tanking and Trump seems unfazed. Does that make sense? – “The US is trying to balance high deficits, high debt, and also the need to provide dollars to the world to maintain reserve-currency status” – RT

Mamdani Pressures Hochul To Jack Up Taxes On Rich Amid NYC Budget Woes – “Comrades gonna comrade… New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has lots of ideas – virtually all of which require extracting more money from taxpayers, as socialists tend to do. ” – Tyler Durden

“How Silly It Would Be”: Columbia Student Writes on Why She Did Not Report Her Own Gang Rape To Protect Them – “Krauthamer is a prison abolitionist and wanted to protect her rapists, saying it would be “silly and strange” for her to subject these rapists to the carceral state. Instead, she allegedly allowed multiple rapists to potentially rape other women. This is a PhD candidate at a leading university. What is particularly astonishing is that, according to her X profile, Krauthamer is a PhD candidate working on “sexual violence & contemporary fiction.”” – Jonathan Turley

Covering His Tracks? Trump Hard-Pivots Once More to Iran – “This week again Trump is dragging his armada across the world to a new geopolitical hotspot. Having “cinched up” Venezuela with a massive ‘golden’ victory, Donigula is now again re-training his all-powerful military’s sights on Iran.” – Simplicius

 

 

ECONOMIC NEWS

The U.S. trade deficit isn’t actually falling due to tariffs. It’s still near a record high. – “U.S. still has an insatiable appetite for imports — but there’s some fool’s gold involved too” – Jeffry Bartash

Will Gold and Silver Tank Along With Equities? – “The broad equity indexes — especially the tech-heavy NASDAQ — are falling hard this morning. This was always going to happen at some point, with the real question being how it would affect gold and silver. Today, we’re getting a glimpse of an answer. Gold and silver were way up in overnight trading. But when the NASDAQ opened with a quick 400-point loss…the metals tanked in sympathy: Equity flash crashes that pull precious metals down happen every once in a while (most recently in 2020 and 2008), and they’re not pretty. But they’re also temporary, So keep stacking.” – John Rubino

Powell Ignores Jobs Recession, Bows To Wall Street – “Powell Is Clueless About What The Data Actually Says. We do not have to speculate on why Powell is able to get away with his serial confabulations about jobs markets: corporate media is also not looking at (or not understanding) the data. Consequently, they never challenge him on the data.” – Peter Nayland Kust

The US Economy in a Nutshell: A Few Winners, Everyone Else Loses Ground – “Maybe this arrangement isn’t as stable and sustainable as the winners imagine.” – Charles Hugh Smith

Unemployment Insurance Drops to Lowest since Sept. 2024, Layoffs Are Low, Show No Signs of Weak Labor Market – “Despite corporate announcements of global layoffs, including of remote workers (while hiring through the other door).” -Wolf Richter

$5,400 Gold! $117 Silver! Why? Why Are Gold and Silver Climbing Higher Day After Day? – “What Is the Bull Market Telling Us?” – Mike Maharrey

Physical Silver Market BREAKING DOWN (VIDEO) with Alasdair Macleod – “Alasdair Macleod  argues that the surge in gold and silver prices is less a story of metals rising and more a diagnosis of a rapidly falling US dollar, as informed capital such as central banks and sovereign funds quietly exit paper claims for real money. He traces this shift from fundamentals to infrastructure by showing how China has spent decades accumulating gold and silver while building parallel trade and payment systems centered on the Shanghai Gold Exchange and yuan settlement outside the dollar based framework. ” – Liberty and Finance

GM CEO Warns Of ‘Very Slippery Slope’ As Canada To Import Cheap Chinese EVs – “Why of course she did… Chinese automakers, meanwhile, have been rapidly gaining global market share in recent years, but continue to be effectively barred from entering the massive US car market due to triple-digit tariffs on Chinese vehicle imports. Meanwhile, they’re making roughly 25% of new Chinese cars in Mexico. We hear they’re pretty cool too. ” – Tyler Durden

 

 

SURVIVAL, PREPAREDNESS AND SELF-SUFFICIENCY

How to Run a Home on Solar Power Alone – “For serious preppers, “backup power” is not the objective. Primary power is. Running a home on solar power alone is not a fringe experiment or a future concept — it is a proven, working model already used by thousands of off-grid households. What separates success from failure is not technology. It is mindset, system design, and discipline.” – denob

Most Cold-Weather Survival Advice Ignores This One Thing… Blood Flow – “How Beet Root Can Help Keep Frozen Fingers Alive in Winter Most cold-weather survival advice sounds the same for a reason. It’s easy. Add layers. Buy better gloves. Upgrade your boots. Insulate the house. And sure—those things matter. But they all assume the same thing: that your body is actually delivering heat to your hands and feet in the first place. When blood stops moving, no amount of insulation can save fingers that have gone pale, stiff, and useless. That’s the failure point nobody likes to talk about. Because here’s the uncomfortable truth: cold doesn’t just chill you—it shuts systems down. It clamps blood vessels tight, especially the tiny ones in your fingers and toes.” – Bill Heid

Best of SHOT Show: Magpul’s ‘Tactical LEGOs’ – “this year Magpul certainly came though. The manufacturer known for changing the rifle magazine game has now changed the storage game with the release of their “DAKA Universal GRID Organizer”, or as I like to call it, “tactical legos.” According to Magpul, “The DAKA Universal GRID Organizer – Rifle brings Magpul’s innovative GRID organization and protection system to virtually any hard case.” – Kerry Slone  – INTERESTING CONCEPT FOR GUN STORAGE IN A CASE!!!

10 Ways to Light Your Home Without Electricity – Jack

Are You Emotionally Ready for the Coming Collapse? – Part 3 – “In Part 2 of this series, we reviewed the Trumpet Judgments, and how the people on earth will be affected by these catastrophic events. In this installment, we will look at some of the specific events associated with the False Prophet, the Antichrist, the Mark of the Beast and the One-World Money System—and how all of these might affect you. We begin by taking a close look at what Scripture has to say about the “Beast,” also referred to by most Bible experts as the Antichrist:” – Peter Cannon  – PARTS 1 AND 2 HAVE BEEN LINKED. KEEP IN MIND THAT THIS IS JUST ONE PERON’S VIEW OF THINGS AND MAY NOT BE EVERYONE’S!!!

 

 

VERSE FOR THE DAY

Mark 9:35     And he sat down, and called the twelve, and saith unto them, If any man desire to be first, the same shall be last of all, and servant of all.

 

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