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January 23, 2026 at 2:53 pm #228898
Raúl Ilargi Meijer
KeymasterJasper Johns Map 1961 (yes, it’s the US) Post brain fart, we’ll slowly be coming back, having used the forced pause to make some long intended changes
[See the full post at: 23-1-2026 US GDP]January 23, 2026 at 4:06 pm #228907D Benton Smith
ParticipantThe United States soaring GDP is a direct reflection and consequence of soaring money supply as the Fed’s printers roar into overdrive to somehow keep ahead of the poly-collapse of the Silver market, the bonds market, and GROSS overinvestment in Artificial Intelligence (which not only diluted the currency, but consumed resources that could not then be used to make REAL things.), and perhaps biggest of all, the dreaded rise of BRICS Plus.
January 23, 2026 at 4:23 pm #228908D Benton Smith
ParticipantDo these fires in Patagonia remind y’all of anything like Los Angeles or Maui? These idiots really are idiots. So arrogant that they don’t even feel the need to change their M.O. . I think they WANT us to see the connections because the openly contemptuous flamboyance of the insult adds to the pathological thrill of their narcissism.
January 23, 2026 at 4:27 pm #228909D Benton Smith
ParticipantHey Ilargi, good to see you’re back in the trenches. Welcome back to the home you built, man. We’ve missed you, and need you at the helm.
January 23, 2026 at 4:35 pm #228910D Benton Smith
ParticipantTraci Derwin is a bright lady looking into all the right places. A rising star I predict.
https://www.youtube.com/@brushjunkie6384/videosJanuary 23, 2026 at 5:04 pm #228912D Benton Smith
ParticipantOne of the reasons that we live in a technological society is that science, mathematics and the technological devices and capabilities which they engender gives the holder of superior science and technology an overwhelming advantage in most contests against less well-equipped competitors and adversaries.
That’s why knowledge of those advanced technologies are kept top bloody secret for as long as possible before they are eventually leaked, duplicated or released.
To ALWAYS be 30 or 40 years ahead of the competition is simply unbeatable. Well, that’s what happened when the British and American Military-Intelligence-Industrialized-Finance leadership acquired nearly miraculous technological advantages of the electronic computing machine and controlled atomic fission near the end of WW2 (the ’40s).
They kept it top bloody secret. A physicist or arms manufacturer or banker with a COMPUTING MACHINE can, will and DID run circles around the competition. And they used that advantage to remain 30 or 40 years ahead of all challengers. In short, they ruled the world.
But the run is over because the competition has caught up, and without the unfair (and top secret) advantages of having more advanced science, technology and electronically computed mathematics the Old Guard who grabbed the brass ring back in Bletchley Park and Los Alamos are at the end of their run. They hit the wall. Dead ghoul walking.
I hope these references are not too obscure, but I just don’t have the heart to write it all out in grisly detail. The sharper (and more well read) among you will get the drift.
I’m happy to report the historical details to any who are interested. Inquire herein.
January 23, 2026 at 5:05 pm #228913Sylvia 1
ParticipantYea!! So happy to see a post from you and look forward to seeing many more. Your friend Sylvia in Dallas where we await “stormaggeddon” and a river of ice!
January 23, 2026 at 6:15 pm #228916Dora
ParticipantGreat you see you back again! Huzzah! and Happy New Year.
January 23, 2026 at 6:34 pm #228918Dora
ParticipantIn Holland? Try https://swentr.site/
January 23, 2026 at 6:51 pm #228919Raúl Ilargi Meijer
KeymasterIn Holland? Try https://swentr.site/
That’s the one we just lost. RT News spelled backward.
January 23, 2026 at 6:52 pm #228920tboc
ParticipantGood to hear from you Mr. Meijer.
would anyone be surprised that the federal debt rose +- 5.26% in 2025?
Federal US government borrowed $602 billion in first three months of 2026 – https://www.crfb.org/press-releases/treasury-confirms-602-billion-deficit-first-three-months-fy-2026
$602 billion is equal to 1.58% of US GDP (annualize that number)
Consumer debt rose +-2% in 2025
which segments of the economy grew?GDP grew X% this month (annualized in inflation corrected dollars)
“There are lies, damned lies and statistics” – Mark TwainJanuary 23, 2026 at 10:25 pm #228929ram
ParticipantGlad to see you are recovering Ilargi.
January 23, 2026 at 11:19 pm #228933kultsommer
ParticipantWelcome back RIM and I wish you speedy full recover
….These idiots really are idiots….
The group has a name Mr Deebson!
Patagonia fires are “catching fire” on the internet and every blogger, for the millionth time, has to announce the distinction between Zionists and the Jews. Not so fast and unfortunately this is how the things will unfold:
Obviously there are honorable exceptions, the Jews opposing what is currently going on with Israel, Actions of that state is already creating world awakening and the backlash is slowly unfolding. In the US, for the possible event that it may go out the control or even before that, magically the ICE agents will turn into goons for “protection of Jews” and with that, wait for it, the “good Jews”, out the self preservation, will side with such policy, Again, now with the ever shrinking, honorable exceptions.January 23, 2026 at 11:21 pm #228934kultsommer
Participantrecovery
January 24, 2026 at 3:18 am #228947tboc
Participant@ kultsommer – “magically the ICE agents will turn into goons for “protection of Jews”….
interesting hypothesisJanuary 24, 2026 at 1:40 pm #228956Dr. D
ParticipantGold/Silver
Sachs says 1% move is world-ending, making Presidents snap to heel.
$114.47 silver in Shanghai, now 7% on the day. No comment. No one cares.
“It Exists, So We Lied!!!” the media said. Would that be as they say, the BRITISH media? Total blackout of all events that are BRITISH weakness? Yup. And Trump weaknesses, of which there are many that are real?NOPE. They only make s—t up. Make up things that never happened, never talk about the ones that did.
Just like EVERY Impeachment. These several Presidents did real crimes. They Impeach for kissing a girl or using the phone instead.
Okay, so what is the sitch? Yeah, um, TEN PERCENT Arb on silver. $100>$114. Find a bag of coins, have Homeland Security put them in a suitcase and escort you through security at the Minneapolis airport like they do for Somalis, and fly to China. Boom, instant millionaire.
THEY ARE NOT. I don’t think it’s that Wall Street traders don’t like money, so it must be the other thing: LONDON DOESN’T HAVE ANY. Cause the U.S. has a tonnn. We have more mines than Mexico (although all closed atm). American people have more silver stashed under the couch than possibly anything, including meth. $100 isn’t shaking it out of them? A quarter is now worth $20 (which is about what it should be). We have no drug addicts in the U.S. no mo’?
Do tell. Discuss among yourselves.
You know what’s really going on though? 6 Sigma end of Japanese Bond market.
No news at all, so it must be important. Boy the British News groups sure make a lot of Accidents, all in one direction! Boy are they careless about world-ending events, and drop the biggest stories of this century!
Whooopsie! It’s all One. Big. Accident. All run by the same Murdoch, Soros, Bezos…
““This is how tyranny looks in the modern world. It arrives dressed as dialogue, consensus, and expertise. It is imposed by people who sincerely believe they are doing nothing at all.” —DataRepublican, (re: Jeffery Sachs)
“Minnesota Judge Blocks Federal Charges Against Don Lemon Over Anti-ICE Church Disruption
You know, I’m down for a lot of Reindeer Games, but the Judge “Doesn’t allow” being charged? Isn’t that what a court is for?
Amazing coincidence: now that the Protestors have been paid and activated, this charts shows the exact lowest temps are directly over Minneapolis.

But I am a coincidence theorist, and it is Winter in North America.“Finnish President Claims Europe Can ‘Unequivocally’ Defend Itself Without US
Sold! You don’t have to say it. We’re gone. We can save a billion-trillion dollars now. By the way Finland was telling all Europe and the United States how it’s gonna be now. About Russia. Goooooo Finland!
Speaking of: “Canada’s Military Preps Model of Hypothetical US Invasion in Historic First
Good. You should. Maybe then you’ll train more than 10 men. And order HR Karen to abuse them one by one in continuing rotation.
“House Speaker Endorses Impeachment of Federal Judges Over Rulings
Congress pursuing the process of enforcing process of existing law. That is indeed headline news. But hasn’t happened yet. Don’t hold your breath: they’re Republicans.
“Trump Suggests He Can Send $2,000 Tariff Rebate Checks Without Congress
Proving it. Sooooo…Republican Congress would all vote AGAINST winning the election AND lowering taxes? What did I just tell you: They’re Republicans. Of course they would.
“Richard Wolff & Michael Hudson: This Could Break NATO: Trump, Rutte, and Europe’s Last Stand
Dialogue Works 5.8K viewsOh noes! Army of the Empire dissolves! We’re doomed! Wolff and Hudson say this is terrible! Empire must not end! Trump works for the Derp State we’re sure bc he keeps trying to disband their army all the time!
“Max Otte: How Germany Destroyed Itself – No Turning Back Glenn Diesen•116K views•3 days ago
Now Germany destroyed themselves. America wasn’t anywhere near them! Make up your mind.
“Fauci Knew Natural Immunity Was Real BEFORE Vax Mandate
Newly released emails show that Anthony Fauci KNEW that natural immunity was more effective than the COVID vaccine. If you want to understand how the modern world is collapsing, you have to stop pretending this was ever purely about “health.” Nooo!!! Wha????6 Years later…

Gulf of ArrestsIt’s Magic: you can BOTH admit it, openly, AND take no punishment for it. And they’re LESS mad that it takes longer!
Anyway, It was all for Statism, house arrest, no rule of law, and Digital ID. Wait! I thought Trump was the first guy in American history who ever dodged the Constitution. But here this was all tried and totally misfired! What happened? He’s in there now, totally Derp State which is why he keeps assassinating himself, and isn’t promoting this now but the opposite. Whazzap??Michelle Obama says she’s an open racist, boycotts all products based on skin color. Sold. Okay, Mickey, we all only buy products from our own race from now on. That’s openness and tolerance.
“Trump Touts “Total And Permanent” Access To Greenland, While Nobody Has Any Clue What’s In The Deal
Wow, no one except Kunstler. “We spoke therefore we lied.”
“What really happened at Davos this week is uproariously simple. Mr. Trump just notified the parties involved that an agreement dating from 1951 gives the USA “unrestricted access” to Greenland, for the excellent reason that the US military prevented the Nazis from seizing it during World War Two, with all that implies. Fait accompli. The USA will now do what it [wants].”
That is. THERE IS NO NEGOTIATION. Never was. It was already signed in 1951, Trump just dug it up, dusted it off, and handed it to them. HOW DARE YOU??? How dare you bring to our attention contracts already signed by Eisenhower?
Soooo…what was all this nonsense about? Just to make you all run around like idiots and lose your minds. Johnson. Wolffe. Ritter. Alex. Wilkerson. Like I said, illustrates Europe plans to defend 600,000sq miles by sending THREE soldiers, while we have large (underground) U.S. military bases there.
ARE we on 5% GDP? Errr. Yes, but it’s statistics. Apparently it’s a lot with trade deficits, etc., so there’s statistical arcana that isn’t “real”. Sort of. Is there “real” GDP in the sense we knew before? Welllll…. THAT GDP last 40 years was all fake too! 1) It was measuring things that don’t have effects on daily life 2) Misreporting inflation so 5, 10, 20% inflation (like for a few months under Biden) would have NEGATIVE 15% GDP. And GDP off and on negative since 1999. How do you THINK the country got smaller and gutted and nobody makes anything, 20M eligible workers unemployed? 20M on Food Stamps?
Okay, taking that aside, IS there ANY GDP rise in the U.S.? Yes. But back-end. Russell 2000 is finally strong, but that means business owners are buying (probably borrowing) capital equipment and making plans. That pays a FEW people, but not broadly line-workers. It’s still very rough here. So it’s still just statistical anomalies, slowly heading in the right direction, first time in a generation. That’s how you know he’s Derp State. Bc he’s paying Main Street for us to regain sovereignty.
What is it REALLY here, in “this is how it usually FEELS terms?” 2% GDP stamp coming off a hard recession. And very little confidence. They’re just one day at a time, easy to reverse. Employment refuses to rise bc they won’t do wages (A warehouse driver and an architect are both at $25/hr) and they still want insane asks, like 5-specialty server admins who carry a cell phone, but also want to drive to sites at Buck-ees and fix one cash register on the floor in the salt and grease using their own car. No. Are you mental? That’s never happened in employment history since Octavian. Get your brains on.
We need to take 20 years of HR Karens and dunk them like witches. And it’s January: I’ll break the ice for them.
DBS, yes, it’s hard for us normals to understand but the POINT is for you to know the Lie. They Want and Need you to know. They want to dare you to talk about it. The point of the lie is the demoralization. If you thought it was true, that wouldn’t happen. Cue Orwell and Solzhenitsyn quotes but I’m too tired to look them up.
Now you mean RT is gone as in it’s been banned in your area? Anyone able to light up a 2005 laptop in the corner of the basement in America Raul can just remote into?
January 24, 2026 at 2:54 pm #228960Noirette
ParticipantIlargi, hope you are doing well, getting better.
GDP is one measure of the ‘Economy’ and not a particularly good one.
Made up crude ex.:
If in a small ‘State’, Area, 59 Tesla cars crash / explode, 7 ppl die bang off, and 40 ppl in dire conditions are hospitalised, 8 die after all kinds of measures, all the cars have to be ‘recycled’, ‘processed’ dealt with somehow..
The car-loss leads to (say 60) new buys of other cars, the handicapped need new homes, equipment, funeral homes up their takings, the recyle plants earn more, etc.
All of which leads to higher GDP figures (tally of goods and service exchanges) ….to what end?
January 24, 2026 at 3:07 pm #228962Noirette
ParticipantFrom Switz. RT (and many others) never banned.
Not internet savvy, so maybe no use…
January 24, 2026 at 3:40 pm #228970kultsommer
Participanttboc
….interesting hypothesis
It’s “no-brainer” and already creeping in.
This one from Caitlin J and what is happening in Australia, out of many.
January 24, 2026 at 3:46 pm #228973thomasjkenney
ParticipantI tried to post a little more, but my post gave some bot a sad, and it’s been axed. Here are some clues:
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January 24, 2026 at 3:47 pm #228974kultsommer
ParticipantAnyone able to light up a 2005 laptop in the corner of the basement in America Raul can just remote into?
A classic “middle-manager shtick” and source of a many nightmares that smart employees had to endure.
January 24, 2026 at 3:48 pm #228977thomasjkenney
ParticipantAdditionally, the bot ‘helpfully’ linkified 2 domain names in the above output. The ‘http’ was added by the bot, and should not be there.
January 24, 2026 at 4:32 pm #228983Doc Robinson
ParticipantThird attempt to post, now with only one link.
re: RT
Archived copies of the present day’s RT can be found at the Wayback Machine archive[dot]org.
Search for RT[dot]com in the Wayback Machine search line at top.
Click on the most recent snapshot time shown on the calendar.Today’s result
https://web.archive.org/web/20260124115405/https://www.rt.com/with links to articles like this one (from today)
Does Russia need Greenland’s resources?January 24, 2026 at 5:14 pm #228987my parents said know
Participantooh! ooh! ooh! (Toody reference):
Check out this tiny video from Kamchatka!
Now THAT’s snow!!!It’s great to hear from you again, RIM!
January 24, 2026 at 5:40 pm #228988Germ
ParticipantGlad you’re back Raul @
Infected folks were duped into getting vaxxed – and they knew.
It’ll all come out eventually.
Shame so many folks got wrecked for profit.January 24, 2026 at 5:40 pm #228990Germ
Participant“Children should never have been vaccinated”
No shit!
January 24, 2026 at 7:08 pm #228993Doc Robinson
ParticipantThe Tehran Times says the Iranian military is ready to counterattack heavily if attacked, since “the growing consensus in Tehran is that the Trump administration must be made to pay a heavy price at home to be reined in within West Asia.”
Statements by the Chief Commander of the IRGC and the Defense Ministry’s spokesman on Saturday affirmed that Iran’s “finger is on the trigger” and that the country possesses superior missiles and defensive capabilities compared to last summer.
Furthermore, Reuters quoted a senior Iranian official stating that Iran is ready for the “worst-case scenario” and that any attack, however limited, will be treated as an “all-out war.”
Iran’s Security Chief Ali Larijani previously warned that Tehran will look to kill American soldiers in the event of a new war, a measure it refrained from during previous military engagements with Washington. Approximately 40,000 to 50,000 American soldiers are stationed in West Asia, leaving them vulnerable to the Iranian missiles and drones that the country has shown it can fire by the hundreds simultaneously. The growing consensus in Tehran is that the Trump administration must be made to pay a heavy price at home to be reined in within West Asia, the Tehran Times understands.
Another option for Iran is to constrict the flow of energy through the Strait of Hormuz, a move floated by Parliament Speaker Qalibaf this month, which would cause oil prices to skyrocket and trigger global economic repercussions. Iran has also reportedly warned its neighbors that it will strike their strategic assets if they allow the U.S. or Israel to use their airspace to attack Iran.
Analysts say the occupied territories would also be targeted by barrages of Iranian missiles, with Israeli officials and experts warning in recent days that the regime lacks the capacity to withstand such attacks, even for the 12 days it endured back in June. According to American reports, Israel was already running out of air defense missiles during the previous confrontation.
https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/523069/NO-anxiety-in-Tehran-as-commanders-declare-readiness-for-war
January 24, 2026 at 7:37 pm #228998D Benton Smith
Participant@DrD
“Trump Touts “Total And Permanent” Access To Greenland, While Nobody Has Any Clue What’s In The Deal
What the deal consists of can be deduced. Denmark gets to pretend to the world that it is continuing to own and run what is known as Greenland. Meanwhile, the United States gets to do whatever it damn well pleases on, for or with the actual island of Greenland, entire … and Denmark will not say a word about any of it or publicly complain. Good deal for the Donald and the business interests that he represents. They now have carte blanche to do anything they want in that place, totally above any earthly law, and not even pay rent.
January 24, 2026 at 7:50 pm #229000D Benton Smith
ParticipantApparently the people who actually have to live there do not want to have a civil war taking place in their neighborhood, regardless of who’s on which side, and would therefore appreciate it if the White House and its mouthpieces toned down the rhetoric and stopped shooting civilians, because those actions are inciting an actual insurrection of considerable size.
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/border-patrol-agent-shoots-armed-suspect-minneapolisJanuary 24, 2026 at 8:03 pm #229001D Benton Smith
ParticipantTrump is working his ass off creating the crisis conditions and chaos that made it so attractive to have a madman like that get his hands on the levers of power.
January 24, 2026 at 8:07 pm #229002D Benton Smith
ParticipantWhy is everyone so surprised that Trump is running the Empire in the same way that he ran his televised wresting, Fake Beauty Pageants and other shady real estate and “Reality” TV scams?
January 24, 2026 at 8:17 pm #229003SeaBirds
ParticipantWelcome back Raúl!
https://www.rt.com/ works for us in France and Germany even without a VPN.
You should use a VPN in Holland choosing a location different from Holland, and maybe using the Tor browser might help.
We’ll test this next week when travelling through Holland!
January 24, 2026 at 9:02 pm #229007Michael Reid
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January 24, 2026 at 10:51 pm #229017Michael Reid
ParticipantRussia Captured a whole PLATOON of ELITE Foreign Mercenaries and Ukrainian Soldiers
January 24, 2026 at 10:55 pm #229018Michael Reid
ParticipantPoland owes Germany $1.3T for “complicity” in NordStream sabotage. Iran ready for US+Israel attack
January 24, 2026 at 11:15 pm #229020Michael Reid
ParticipantJanuary 24, 2026 at 11:54 pm #229027my parents said know
ParticipantHow are you doing down there in Texas, Dr. Day?
January 25, 2026 at 12:31 am #229029Michael Reid
ParticipantJanuary 25, 2026 at 1:33 am #229031Michael Reid
ParticipantJanuary 25, 2026 at 2:13 am #229050Michael Reid
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