Debt Rattle March 26 2026
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Gold & Geopolitics, Daily digest: 2026-03-25
Kuwait airport struck + power grid hit — Iranian drones hit Kuwait International Airport fuel storage tanks; 7 transmission lines knocked out, power outages across the country…
..Strait of Hormuz near-total closure — Ship transits collapsed from 132/day (Feb 26) to effectively zero, now slowly resuming at 6/day as companies pay Iran’s $2M toll. Philippines declared national energy emergency. Shell CEO warns disruption spreads to Europe next month. California diesel hit record $7/gallon…
..Iran firing wave 80+ on Israel + Gulf states — Massive rocket alert covering 6.8M people (215 alerts across Dan, Sharon, Yarkon, Shfela) this morning. Tel Aviv hit with new multi-warhead system (1 missile, 3-4 warheads, ~100kg each, 3 buildings damaged, 4 injured). Israeli lawmaker Meirav Ben Ari’s house struck by Iranian missile while she was in Knesset. Haifa area hits overnight…
..US deploying 82nd Airborne to Middle East — 82nd Airborne commander officially ordered to deploy; 3,000 troops + Brigade Combat Team. Kharg Island seizure being actively considered … Iraq authorized PMF to “resist by any means” after US struck their HQ in Anbar post-ceasefire…
..The diplomacy theater nobody believes – Trump claims Iran “wants a deal so badly” and “agreed to never have a nuclear weapon.” Iran denies every claim publicly, with increasing ferocity. IRGC: “You cannot call your defeat a deal.” Iranian parliament: “We will not restore the Strait of Hormuz to its previous state.”
The leaked 15-point US plan (via Israeli Channel 12) demands Iran dismantle all nuclear infrastructure, hand over enriched uranium, abandon all proxies, keep Hormuz permanently open, and cap its missile program — in exchange for sanctions relief. Iran’s counter via WSJ: close all US Gulf bases, pay war reparations, recognize Iran’s toll authority over Hormuz, remove all sanctions, no missile program discussion.
Iran told mediators it’s been “tricked twice” — bombs falling hours after Geneva meetings in February. Witkoff and Kushner are explicitly rejected…
..Iran has 27 underground missile cities in granite rock. Entrances bombed, reopened in 48 hours. Can’t hit the complexes.
Policy Tensor’s comprehensive analysis: US has suffered “catastrophic military defeat.” Interdiction war going “very poorly.” Iranian strike tempo not dwindling. US faces two choices: humiliating ceasefire on Iran’s terms (Iran becomes regional hegemon) or multi-year ground war it mathematically cannot win.
Tyranny of distance: US fighters have 30-60 min loiter time over Iran. Can never do search-and-destroy on mobile launchers. Iran will outlast US…
..Israel is striking everything – including Russian interests – Israel struck Bandar Anzali port on the Caspian Sea — Russia-Iran supply route. Russia called it “reckless and irresponsible.” Russia’s Lavrov: “Only unification of Middle Eastern countries serves regional interests.”
IDF simultaneously resuming bombing in southern Lebanon (Litani river crossing heavily bombed) while Hezbollah fires rockets.
Netanyahu “feared a deal that falls short of Israeli objectives” — US may cut deal without Israel’s consent.
Jake Sullivan revelation: Israel’s war goal is “just break Iran — cause chaos.” Sullivan admits US doesn’t know why it’s there. “They don’t know why they’re there in the first place.” …
..Petrodollar foundations shaking — Deutsche Bank note specifically on Petrodollar regime under pressure. Oil being sold in RMB (Iran selling to China). https://no1sdailydigest.substack.com/p/daily-digest-2026-03-25Russia got new guidance electronics for long range drones, both on the territories of Transnistria and Belarus, and also the new Starlink type internet system they launched Monday. Putting these in action Tuesday afternoon, with over 500 drones, they hit a whole lot of Ukrainian SBU (secret service) offices during the day, when the staff were all present. On the Brink of Nuclear Escalation – The Battle of Zaporizhzhia – Military Summary For 2026.02.24 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xe-Kg23rV4
That wish might not entail what they presume. Israel Wants ‘Several More Weeks’ of War to Achieve ‘Full Strategic Victory.’
WHO WAS INVOLVED: The Israeli military, President Trump, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Iran, and intermediaries from Pakistan, Egypt, Oman, and Turkey.
WHEN & WHERE: Ongoing conflict centered in Iran and Israel, with diplomatic efforts spanning multiple nations.
KEY QUOTE: “We are in many ways halfway there. There are very significant achievements, both at the tactical level and at the strategic level. But there has not been a full strategic victory.” – Senior Israeli military official. https://thenationalpulse.com/2026/03/24/israel-wants-several-more-weeks-of-war-to-achieve-full-strategic-victory/Military sites are the targets, but never reported upon: Iranian missile barrages hit central Israel, impacts and damage reported in Tel Aviv area
➤ Iran launched repeated missile waves overnight, with at least six alerts issued across Israel since midnight Tuesday, AP reported.
Explosions were heard and smoke seen over central Tel Aviv.
➤ Police said one munition that struck the Tel Aviv area carried roughly 100kg of explosives, damaging buildings and vehicles, according to Channel 12 cited by The Times of Israel https://x.com/DropSiteNews/status/2036332724722524540NEW IRAN POLL: 79% of Trump Voters Support Quick Victory Declaration, End to War https://quincyinst.org/2026/03/18/quincy-institute-and-the-american-conservative-poll-of-trump-voters-on-the-war-in-iran/
Israeli journo snaps on air after officials gloss over failure to intercept Iranian missile barrage https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2026/03/24/765766/Israel-Iran-missiles-Dimona-Arad-war
Expensive drones: IDF Halts Hermes-900 Kochav Armed Drones Operations Over Iran After Over 80% Fleet Shot Down https://www.thedefensenews.com/news-details/IDF-Halts-Hermes-900-Kochav-Armed-Drones-Operations-Over-Iran-After-Over-80-Fleet-Shot-Down/
Escape Key, same drill; different venue: Iran – The third deployment
Ukraine was the first deployment of a template documented across this series. Military destruction of sovereign infrastructure was followed by conditional reconstruction — $588 billion over a decade1 funded through the World Bank, the EU, and the IMF, conditioned on alignment with ‘EU green and digital standards’.
The country does not rebuild on its own terms, but on terms set by international financial institutions whose conditions include ISSB taxonomies, NGFS scenarios, and digital infrastructure specifications…
..Gaza was the second. Total destruction of all infrastructure was followed by the GREAT Trust — a US-run trusteeship governing the territory for a decade, with land rights converted into digital tokens, six to eight AI-powered smart cities built from cleared ground, and every service and transaction mediated through ID-based digital systems.
The exit condition is joining the Abraham Accords. The Board of Peace — whose charter does not mention Gaza — has expanded into an international disputes forum with permanent seats costing one billion dollars…
..In both cases, the same operator cell processed the settlement: Witkoff and Kushner, working outside normal diplomatic channels, at compressed timescales, producing implementation specifications rather than political agreements. Phased conditionality, technocratic administration, international oversight bodies, and infrastructure that embeds compliance into the architecture itself.
The outcome in each case is a territory that retains the trappings of sovereignty — a government, a flag, perhaps elections — but whose financial rails, digital identity infrastructure, and compliance conditions are set by a clearinghouse whose standards the territory did not write and has no mechanism to rewrite. The governments that emerge will govern within parameters set externally.
Iran is the third. https://escapekey.substack.com/p/iran Iran Says “No Talks With US… Which Has Failed In War Goals” – Warns Of “Relentless” Response To Any Island Campaign
Iranian FM says there are no talks with the US, wants a permanent end to the conflict; Tehran demands a permanent end to the war and compensation for destruction. Ghalibaf warns against island campaign.
Iran Does Not Accept Ceasefire, Issues 5 Conditions, Says US Talks Illogical. The statement says that talks are not viable in current conditions, oil rising. WSJ says talks ‘not dead’.
3,000 elite Army Airborne soldiers & Marines still en route after Trump said Monday says Iran has been destroyed “militarily”.
Iran is tightening control of Hormuz, demanding detailed ship data and in some cases large fees for passage.
Iran continues to say it is ready for long war, monitors US troop movements: Parliament Speaker says “Do not test our resolve to defend our land.” https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/iran-warns-it-wont-be-fooled-again-negotiations-attacks-continue-us-troops-en-routeThey did: Israel Seeks To Disrupt Russian-Iranian Arms Transfer Route In The Caspian Sea https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/israel-seeks-disrupt-russian-iranian-arms-transfer-route-caspian-sea
Qatar gas terminal bombing will push prices higher for years
Ras Laffan terminal provides one-fifth of the world’s LNG and will take years to repair the damage caused by Iran’s airstrikes https://asiatimes.com/2026/03/qatar-gas-terminal-bombing-will-push-prices-higher-for-years/ Brussels takes ban on Russian oil off the agenda, spokesperson says Commission remains ‘committed’ to it
War in the Middle East, conflicts over the Druzhba, and soaring prices have given Brussels pause, but for how long? https://rmx.news/article/brussels-takes-ban-on-russian-oil-off-the-agenda-spokesperson-says-commission-remains-committed-to-it/Grounding Planes ‘A Distinct Possibility’: Tightened Global Fuel Supply Hitting Asian Nations Hardest https://www.zerohedge.com/energy/grounding-planes-distinct-possibility-tightened-global-fuel-supply-hitting-asian-nations
The second large oil refinery in two weeks has exploded in the US state of Texas.
https://avia-pro.net/news/vtoroy-za-dve-nedeli-krupneyshiy-neftezavod-vzorvalsya-v-amerikanskom-shtate-tehasCalifornia sues Trump to keep shut oil pipeline on Santa Barbara coast https://ground.news/article/california-sues-us-dept-of-energy-over-sable-oil-pipeline-restart
Philippines declares national energy emergency as Iran war fuels oil shock fears https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/philippines-declares-national-energy-emergency-as-iran-war-fuels-oil-shock-fears?ref=asia
U.S. Army Completes First ‘Dark Eagle’ Hypersonic Missile Battery for Indo-Pacific Deployment https://www.thedefensenews.com/news-details/US-Army-Completes-First-Dark-Eagle-Hypersonic-Missile-Battery-for-Indo-Pacific-Deployment/
‘A Revolting Moral Outrage’: Israeli Soldiers Reportedly Torture Gaza Toddler
Reports of 1-year-old Karim Abu Nassar being burned with a cigarette and pierced with a nail followed the publication of a United Nations analysis detailing Israel’s “systematic” torture of Palestinians since October 2023. https://www.antiwar.com/blog/2026/03/23/a-revolting-moral-outrage-israeli-soldiers-reportedly-torture-gaza-toddler/ Thanks Doc Robinson: The NYPD is not required to protect New Yorkers, city lawyers argue in court filing
The argument came in response to a claim filed by Amanda Luci, who alleged NYPD officers failed to protect her from a mob of young men and boys who she said attacked her in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, in 2025.
In her lawsuit, Luci said she was surrounded, kicked and threatened by the large group of people, most of whom were wearing traditional Orthodox Jewish garb, after they mistook her for a pro-Palestinian protester in front of a historic synagogue. Her lawsuit claims the NYPD officers who responded to the scene emboldened the mob by doing nothing to quell the situation, in part because they also believed Luci was expressing pro-Palestinian views. https://gothamist.com/news/the-nypd-is-not-required-to-protect-new-yorkers-city-lawyers-argue-in-court-filingMore than 300 children killed in Iran, Lebanon since war started: UNICEF https://thehill.com/policy/international/5797207-unicef-reports-324-children-killed/
Israeli colonists attack Palestinian farmers and shepherds in Masafer Yatta https://english-wafa-ps.translate.goog/Pages/Details/168553?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp
IOF, settlers escalate attacks across West Bank https://english.palinfo.com/news/2026/03/25/360041/
UN official warns about ‘alarming rate’ of Israeli occupier attacks in West Bank
‘Daily settler-related attacks escalated, often in presence of Israeli forces, resulting in casualties, property damage, displacement,’ says Ramiz Alakbarov https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/un-official-warns-about-alarming-rate-of-israeli-occupier-attacks-in-west-bank/3877943Gaza: 6–10 patients die daily while awaiting medical evacuation abroad https://english.palinfo.com/news/2026/03/23/359971/
IOF uproots dozens of olive trees, bulldozes swaths of land in W. Bank https://english.palinfo.com/news/2026/03/24/360035/
Israeli Defense Minister Says Israel To Occupy All of Lebanon South of Litani River – No civilians will be allowed to return home until Israel satisfied Hezbollah Is ‘Removed’ https://news.antiwar.com/2026/03/24/israeli-defense-minister-says-israel-to-occupy-all-of-lebanon-south-of-litani-river/
Smotrich urges Israel to annex southern Lebanon as assault intensifies
Israel’s far-right finance minister says Litani River must be ‘the new Israeli border’, as attacks on Lebanon ramp up. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/3/23/smotrich-urges-israel-to-annex-southern-lebanon-as-assault-intensifies Canada condemns Israel’s plan to occupy southern Lebanon, urges de-escalation
‘Lebanon’s sovereignty and territorial integrity must not be violated,’ says Canada’s Foreign Ministry https://www.aa.com.tr/en/americas/canada-condemns-israel-s-plan-to-occupy-southern-lebanon-urges-de-escalation/3878005 Celia Farber, It Is Being Reported That 1 Million People Have Been Displaced From Lebanon In Just Weeks, As Massive Bombings From IDF Decimate Entire Towns. – HOW CAN THIS BE HAPPENING? https://celiafarber.substack.com/p/it-is-being-reported-that-1-million
Lebanon says over 1.16M people displaced by Israeli attacks
At least 1,039 people killed, 2,876 injured in Israeli attacks since March 2, say Lebanese authorities https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/lebanon-says-over-116m-people-displaced-by-israeli-attacks/3876412Over 25% of Lebanon displaced as Israeli offensive drives mass exodus
Lebanon’s Social Affairs Minister Haneen Sayyed announced today that more than 1.16 million people have been forced out of their homes since Israel’s offensive began on March 2, calling it the most sudden wave of displacement in the country’s history.
➤ UNICEF says over 350,000 children have been forced from their homes.
➤ Around 133,000–134,000 people are staying in more than 630 official shelters, while most displaced families are staying with relatives, renting privately, or sleeping in public spaces and cars https://x.com/DropSiteNews/status/2036217058631807396 US seeks access to 3 new defense areas in Greenland: Report
Denmark and Greenland ‘very cooperative,’ says Gregory Guillot, commander of US Northern Command https://www.aa.com.tr/en/americas/us-seeks-access-to-3-new-defense-areas-in-greenland-report/3877927She laughed AFTER that, when she said that none were interested in military service. Von Der Leyen Laughs at Idea of Sending HER Children to War https://www.armstrongeconomics.com/world-news/war/von-der-leyen-laughs-at-idea-of-sending-her-children-to-war/
Hungary To Halt Gas Deliveries To Ukraine Over Its Energy ‘Blackmail’: Orban
Prime Minister Viktor Orban in a fresh social media video address reiterated that Ukraine has blocked the Soviet-era route for a month, and he newly warned: “As long as Ukraine does not provide oil, it will not receive gas from Hungary.” https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/hungary-halt-gas-deliveries-ukraine-over-its-oil-blackmail-orbanAid Vessel Arrives in Havana as Cuba’s Economic and Energy Crises Deepen
On Tuesday, the vessel Maguro arrived in Havana carrying humanitarian aid including solar panels, food, and medicine as part of the ‘Our America Convoy’ to assist Cuba’s energy crisis.
President Donald Trump’s energy blockade, imposed in January, has deepened Cuba’s crisis; the country endured two nationwide blackouts this past week and three months without diesel, fuel oil, and gasoline supplies.
The convoy mobilizes more than 650 participants from 33 countries, with 30 people aboard the first ship delivering 50 tonnes of aid to a nation facing severe blackouts and a crumbling power grid. https://ground.news/article/aid-vessel-arrives-in-havana-as-cubas-economic-and-energy-crises-deepen_65b9a8 Antibiotics, insulin, asthma inhalers, and even basic painkillers are now scarce or unavailable in Cuba, a U.S.-based humanitarian group warned, as the U.S. government continues to “punish Cuba” and “strangle the Cuban economy.” Bob Schwartz, head of Global Health Partners, told CNN that the country’s health system is now “pretty much on life support,” after years of tightening U.S. sanctions. https://x.com/DropSiteNews/status/2036117291633422711
Insider Trading Runs Rampant in Trump Administration, SEC Official ResignsSEC Enforcement Director Margaret Ryan Resigns
Reuters reports US SEC’s ex-enforcement chief clashed with bosses over Trump cases before leaving
..At around 6:50 a.m. in New York, S&P 500 e-Mini futures trading on the CME recorded a sharp and isolated jump in volume, breaking from an otherwise subdued premarket backdrop. With thin liquidity typical of early trading hours, the sudden burst stood out as one of the largest volume moments of the session up to that point.
A similar pattern was observed in oil markets. West Texas Intermediate May futures also saw a noticeable pickup in trading activity at roughly the same time, with a distinct volume spike interrupting otherwise quiet conditions.
Roughly 15 minutes later, at 7:05 a.m., Trump said on Truth Social that the U.S. and Iran had held talks and that he was halting planned strikes on Iranian power plants and energy infrastructure. That announcement prompted an instant rally in risk assets, with S&P 500 futures soaring more than 2.5% before the opening bell. West Texas Intermediate futures dropped nearly 6% following the announcement…..In one move, $1.5 billion in S&P 500 (ES) futures were bought. $192 million in oil (CL) futures were sold.
This is 100 percent insider trading. It’s mammoth and undebatable. The SEC can easily see who placed these bets right before Trump’s big lie. https://mishtalk.com/economics/insider-trading-runs-rampant-in-trump-administration-sec-official-resigns/Judge says government’s Anthropic ban looks like punishment https://www.npr.org/2026/03/24/nx-s1-5759276/anthropic-pentagon-claude-preliminary-injunction-hearing
Making fun of an elected official in a post: Offended Michigan sheriff arrests an American citizen over a meme… https://revolver.news/2026/03/offended-michigan-sheriff-arrests-an-american-citizen-over-a-meme/
A Texas town arrested a reporter for getting info from a cop. The Supreme Court declined to hear the case. https://san.com/cc/a-texas-town-arrested-a-reporter-for-getting-info-from-a-cop-the-supreme-court-declined-to-hear-the-case/
Tom Elliot really brings the goods on live-Epstein jail-extrication: After the Epstein Files, It’s Become All But Impossible To Believe He Killed Himself
It’s time to talk about the ultimate Epstein conspiracy theory https://substack.com/home/post/p-191779102I came to the same conclusion in 2019, based on photos now missing from the internet, but like those he posts, comparing Jeff Epstein to the dead guy.
8/14/19 Epstein’s Dead Ringer https://www.johndayblog.com/2019/08/epsteins-dead-ringer.html
8/15/19 Whose Murdered Corpse https://www.johndayblog.com/2019/08/whose-murdered-corpse.htmlJeffrey Epstein’s Zorro Ranch Searched by ‘Dogs Trained to Find Corpses’ as Authorities Reinvestigate Claim 2 Girls Were Buried There https://okmagazine.com/p/jeffrey-epstein-zorro-ranch-searched-dogs-trained-find-corpses/
Being A PEDOPHILE Now Not Enough To Warrant Deportation – How is this person still here?
A convicted paedophile migrant who failed to disclose his child sex offence when applying to stay in Britain has won an appeal against deportation – because a judge ruled the omission was simply an “honest mistake.”
Edi Cardoso Ramos, who was convicted in Portugal of molesting a five-year-old child, can now fight to remain in the UK after the Upper Tribunal accepted his explanation that he thought the immigration form only asked about UK convictions. https://modernity.news/2026/03/24/being-a-pedophile-now-not-enough-to-warrant-deportation/ BREAKING VIDEO – James O’Keefe releases Part 2 of “Cash for Ballots” election fraud series in Los Angeles
In Part II of Cash for Ballots, series hidden camera footage shows petition circulators paying homeless individuals $2–$3 per form to sign ballot petitions using the names and addresses of real registered voters and forging their signatures. Circulators provided printed lists of voters, assigned identities, and directed the homeless individuals exactly what to write, monitoring them to ensure the information matched so the circulators get paid. https://therightscoop.com/breaking-video-james-okeefe-releases-part-2-of-cash-for-ballots-election-fraud-series-in-los-angeles/Paris, Barcelona and Brussels are the most dangerous cities in Europe. On the other hand, Prague, Warsaw and Budapest are really safe, even for women at night. How did this happen? https://x.com/MichaelAArouet/status/2036133611464785958
Marine LePen remains under house arrest and forbidden from running. France. Anti-Immigration Party soars at the Ballot Boxes
The National Rally has secured seats in nearly 70 cities, leader Jordan Bardella reveals.
Marine Le Pen’s anti-migrant National Rally (RN) party has won votes in dozens of small towns.
It has also gained support in mid-sized towns during the French municipal elections. However, the party faced several disappointments in immigrant-infested larger cities.
Jordan Bardella, the party’s Eurosceptic, anti-immigration leader, has remained a favorite in approval polls for the 2027 presidential race. https://michaelwalshwriter.com/2026/03/24/france-anti-immigration-party-soars-at-the-ballot-boxes/ It may be “more apparent than real”: A Victory for Free Speech and the ‘Disinformation Dozen’
On Tuesday, March 24, 2026, in a major rebuke to the Biden administration’s ruthless censorship of content posted on social media that contradicted the government’s official narrative about Covid-19, a Louisiana court ruled in favor of the plaintiffs in Murthy v. Missouri...
..The new decree specifically bars the U.S. Surgeon General, the CDC, and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) from pressuring platforms to censor, suppress, or otherwise curate content.
Federal officials from these agencies are now also prohibited from threatening social media companies with legal, regulatory, or economic sanctions in order to remove, suppress, or algorithmic reduce protected speech.
The decree further states that the government cannot use labels such as “misinformation,” “disinformation,” or “mal-information” as a justification to bypass First Amendment protections. https://www.themahareport.com/p/a-victory-for-free-speech-and-the Supreme Court Limits ISPs’ Liability For Online Piracy
Justice Clarence Thomas said a service provider is liable for a user’s infringement only if it intended its service to be used for that purpose. “The provider of a service is contributorily liable for a user’s infringement only if it intended that the provided service be used for infringement, which can be shown only if the party induced the infringement or the provided service is tailored to that infringement,” he wrote.
Such intent exists only when the provider actively induces infringement – such as by marketing a product as a tool for piracy – or offers a service that is “not capable of ‘substantial’ or ‘commercially significant’ noninfringing uses,” https://www.zerohedge.com/political/supreme-court-limits-isps-liability-online-piracy Jensen Huang just reverse-engineered why Elon Musk operates at a speed no one on the planet can match.
Three traits. The first is deletion.
Huang: “He has the ability to question everything to the point where everything’s down to its minimal amount.”
Most engineers solve problems by adding. Musk solves them by subtracting. https://x.com/r0ck3t23/status/2036217108330172757 Goodbye rich black farm soil of Webberville, Texas: Elon Musk’s Terafab announcement is so ridiculously ambitious it should actually scare you — these numbers are straight-up mind-blowing:
•The factory will pump out 70% of TSMC’s entire global capacity (10 GW) and scale all the way to 1 terawatt at full build-out.
•Two AI chips per year will be enough to power a BILLION Optimus robots… plus millions of AI satellites.
•80% of the chips head straight to orbit, where the satellites pull 5× more solar power 24/7 to train Grok — and it’s way cheaper up there.
•The plant itself is 100 million square feet… literally the size of San Francisco. https://x.com/XCorpHub/status/2036196434371027121 Paul Marik MD, Fasting and Fasting-Mimicking Diets During Chemotherapy: Promise, Mechanisms, and Caution – How fasting may be beneficial
Interest in short-term fasting (STF) and fasting-mimicking diets (FMDs) during chemotherapy has surged because of compelling preclinical biology and early human feasibility signals.
The clinical question is whether deliberately inducing a fasting-like metabolic state around chemotherapy cycles can:
reduce toxicity and improve tolerability (support dose intensity),
enhance antitumor efficacy (response, pCR ), and/or
improve patient-reported outcomes (fatigue, QoL).
Short-term fasting (STF) typically means 24–72+ hours of water (or near-zero calorie) intake before chemotherapy, sometimes continued for 12–48+ hours after. https://substack.com/home/post/p-189606321 BREAKING: Senate Investigation Finds Federal Officials Buried COVID-19 Vaccine Stroke Risk
Health officials detected a significant ischemic stroke signal in seniors—then pushed booster uptake anyway, downplayed the risk internally, and told the public “no change” was needed. https://www.thefocalpoints.com/p/breaking-senate-investigation-finds This is a bad strain of meningitis, possibly from a lab, but cases are being overestimated. The Kent Meningitis Scare – Problem, reaction, solution – it’s playbook time again. https://metatron.substack.com/p/the-kent-meningitis-scare
Likely 60,000 German Deaths from mRNA COVID Vaccine – Deposition from Former Pfizer Toxicologist at German COVID Inquiry https://www.globalresearch.ca/likely-60000-german-deaths-from-mrna-covid-vaccine/5919651
Sasha Latypova, Report from the Health Summit with Dr. William Makis in Rochester NY, March 21, 2026.
I endorse Dr. William Makis, and I recommend that my subscribers follow and support him. Welcome to the United States, Dr. Makis! https://sashalatypova.substack.com/p/report-from-health-summit-with-drThe American, Israeli (and a few notable others) governments are acting on the belief that it is okay for them to prevent their own populations from finding out that they are LOSING an existentially important war.
That is not a tenable position. In a very short period of time everyone in the whole world is going to wind up knowing the “big secret” anyway.
A political settlement
My way or the highway
“We negotiate with bombs,” – Pete Hegseth
Peace with strength
No nuclear weapons
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• US Sends 15-Point Peace Plan, Iran said NO
“They will never have a nuclear weapon. They’ve agreed to that.” – Trump
Trump wasn’t listening, Iran has always said that.
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Iran sent a 6 points peace plan
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Pentagon
Dream defense budget totaling a whopping ONE POINT FIVE TRILLION DOLLARS.• Ford-class aircraft carriers (10)
• Columbia-class nuclear missile submarines (12)
• F-47 sixth-generation fighters/loyal wingman stealth drones (~185)
• B-21 Raider heavy bomber (145)
• Sentinel ICBM (400 operational, plus 200+ spares/test units)Trump – We don’t produce enough artillery shells, bullets, drones, and everything else we need for a comparatively simple air war against a third-rate power like Iran.
Against China? Fuggidaboudit.
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The hardest choice we must make is whether we want to be a welfare state in long-term decline, or the fit and fearsome America left to us by the Greatest Generation.
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Interference
“Fake news, lies, are used to manipulate politics, the financial the oil markets, the peace negotiations.
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“Russia is well positioned for the predicted and emerging Era of Extreme Scarcity.” [..]
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Copilot says:
The phrase “Era of Extreme Scarcity” is not a single branded report but a convergence of several major scientific and economic assessments pointing to the same conclusion: the world is entering a period where water, energy, food, and critical materials face structural, long‑term shortages rather than temporary crises.The most authoritative, citable links that explicitly describe this emerging era come from water scarcity research, UN reports, and supply‑chain scarcity analyses.
🌍 Scientific foundations of the “Era of Extreme Scarcity”
The strongest empirical basis comes from Nature Communications, which identifies the first global emergence of unprecedented water scarcity—what they call Day Zero Drought (DZD)—as a structural, climate‑driven phenomenon.
🔗 Key scientific source
Nature Communications (2025): “The first emergence of unprecedented global water scarcity in the Anthropocene.”
This study shows that many regions will face irreversible, recurring water scarcity events as early as the 2020s and 2030s, marking a shift into a new scarcity regime.
This is the closest scientific equivalent to a formal declaration of an “Era of Extreme Scarcity.”🚱 UN confirmation: “Global Water Bankruptcy”
The United Nations has already declared that the world has entered an era of global water bankruptcy, meaning humanity is consuming water faster than natural systems can replenish it.
🔗 UN‑linked reporting
Smithsonian Magazine (2026): “United Nations Declares That the World Has Entered an Era of ‘Global Water Bankruptcy.’”
This report describes irreversible depletion of groundwater, collapsing hydrological systems, and multi‑billion‑person exposure to scarcity.
This is effectively a political and scientific acknowledgment of extreme scarcity becoming the new normal.🔥 Global drought acceleration and scarcity hotspots
A second major scientific study warns that 750 million people are approaching severe water scarcity far sooner than expected.
🔗 Climate physics research
SciTechDaily (2025): “750 Million at Risk: New Study Warns Extreme Water Scarcity Is Closer Than We Think.”
This analysis identifies accelerating Day Zero Drought events across the Mediterranean, southern Africa, and North America.
This reinforces the same trajectory: scarcity is structural, accelerating, and unavoidable without systemic adaptation.📦 Economic framing: The post‑abundance supply‑chain era
Outside climate science, supply‑chain economists describe a shift from the 2010–2019 era of abundance to a post‑pandemic era of scarcity, driven by geopolitical fragmentation, climate shocks, and resource constraints.
🔗 Supply chain analysis
SCF Community (2023): “Revisiting an Era of Scarcity Prediction.”
This analysis argues that global systems have entered a long-term scarcity cycle affecting commodities, labor, and logistics.
This is the economic counterpart to the scientific scarcity literature.🧭 How these sources converge into the “Era of Extreme Scarcity”
Across climate science, hydrology, economics, and supply‑chain analysis, the same pattern emerges:
– Water scarcity becomes structural, not cyclical
– Climate‑driven droughts intensify and repeat faster than recovery periods
– Groundwater and reservoirs are being depleted beyond renewal rates
– Food systems face chronic stress from water and heat extremes
– Supply chains shift from abundance to persistent shortages
– Geopolitical instability amplifies resource scarcity
This is why researchers and institutions increasingly describe the coming decades as an Era of Extreme Scarcity—even if the phrase itself varies.🧩 If you want the most direct “Era of Extreme Scarcity” link
The Nature Communications and UN water bankruptcy reports are the closest to a formal scientific declaration of this new era.
————–Ottomans made it way up north of Greece, all the way to the border of Croatia and today’s Bosnia.
The highest concentration of Moslims, that are descendants of converts, is in Bosnia and after the last war they call themselves Bosniaks. Capital Sarajevo was founded by Ottomans as outpost in the XV century and with that brought slice of Istanbul right to the Europe’s doorstep.
They, Muslims, lived through the centuries with Croat Catholics, Serb Orthodox and small Jewish minority. The latter, unlike the creeps in the West, “behaved themselves” probably because the bruise of Ferdinand’s boot and Isabella’s stilletto in their rear was felt for many centuries for one, and that “other three” would not take their crap as more likely
the case..Two more smart guys analyzing the current situation world-wide, and predicting some outcomes. NOT a so-called “easy listen”, and not short either, but it has some very good content.
Speaking of Spain, some more of Muslim presence in Europe.
As an irony of ANY conquest of the past. I am trying hard to imagine Spain, in some mad WOKE repulsion, demolishing, say, Alhambra.
When Amers conquer now days they leave path of utter.destruction@DBS
Maybe they couldn’t discern the Real Motive behind the Lies, Lies, Lies
Trump supporters could gravitate to being Groupies for a has-been Heavy Metal rock group
Make Empire Great Again
I figure that new meningitis strain (found exclusively on the tip of a pcr swab) ought to get to the states around the midterms.
OR….Meningitis is commensal. Hmmmm. How can we get it across the blood/brain barrier?
“To save on prickly swabs/tests, we’re first going to swab your throat, then your nose, okay?”It’s going to be a real headache. (yuk yuk)
The antichrist and his allegiances are many different characters and they see us as the idiots with thought prisons, enjoying their circuses.
mickitiki seems to be trapped in a thought prison and in some degree we all are.
The Palestinians, Libyans, Iraqis, Syrians and Lebanese are still waiting for the peace, freedom and democracy that US (israel) where supposed to bring.
A fact is information minus emotion. An opinion is information plus experience. Ignorance is an opinion lacking information and stupidity is an opinion that ignores facts.
1. S&P Global Market Intelligence (via CNBC)
Since the war began on Feb 28, 2026, only:
– 21 tankers have successfully transited the Strait
2. Maritime News (March 24, 2026)
Over a nine‑day period, only:
– 66 commercial vessels total (all types) were recorded transiting
This includes tankers, bulk carriers, and cargo ships.
3. Real‑time tracker (March 22, 2026)
Daily throughput has fallen to:
– 9 ships per 24 hours (all categories)
– 2 ships currently transiting at any given moment
This is 3.3% of normal traffic.
🧭 Consolidated count
If you combine all available data:
– 21 tankers since Feb 28
– 66 total ships (all types) over a nine‑day window
– Daily average now ~9 ships/dayNobody told Trump the real numbers
“no base heat shield needed…”
Ah. That film studio must be up and running again.Hey Jensen! Do it NOW!
The speed of light is a snail’s pace in the great big universe.Real futurists.
Markets channel ‘This is fine’ meme energy as every major oil & gas site in Mideast is bombed, closed or on fire
Oil prices have surged 40%+ since February 27, with Brent crude up from ~$72 to $100+. Natural gas has been even more volatile, with European benchmarks climbing 57-64% amid supply and shipping fears.
But as commodities trader Jack Prandelli points out, traders globally seem to be under some kind of Trump-induced trance, betting that a ceasefire in the Iran-US/Israel war could fix things “overnight,” even though “every single major oil and gas node in the Gulf has already been hit.”
➡️ South Pars: largest gas field in the world: Iranian section struck by Israel on March 18.
➡️ Kharg Island: Iran’s primary oil export facility. The US hit military sites there on March 13, and Trump has threatened to escalate.
➡️ Ras Laffan: “crown jewel” of Qatar’s LNG empire. “Extensive damage” reported March 18 in an Iranian retaliatory attack. Could take “three to five years” to repair.
➡️ Ras Tanura: Saudi Aramco’s biggest refinery. Targeted by drone (https://t.me/geopolitics_prime/65909) (possible Israeli false flag) on March 2, shut down amid security concerns.
➡️ Samref: another major Saudi Aramco refinery. Targeted by a drone last week.
➡️ Habshan gas facility and Bab oil field in the UAE were taken offline after recent Iranian missile strikes, with the Ruwais refinery (922k bpd) shuttered after a separate incident, and Fujairah Port suspending its oil loading operations.
➡️ Production and exports from Iraq’s major Rumaila, West Qurna 2, Zubair and Maysan fields curtailed or shut down completely amid Hormuz Strait’s closure, with production and pipeline shipments in Kurdish areas also curtailed.
Larry Fink told the BBC Wednesday that $150 a barrel oil will trigger a “probably stark and steep recession.”
Traders like Prandelli suggest we may already be there, and that markets simply haven’t responded yet.https://t.me/geopolitics_prime/67297
Posted by: Framarz | Mar 26 2026 9:18 utc | 593
https://www.zerohedge.com/military/13-us-bases-uninhabitable-pentagon-admits-much-iran-war-overseen-personnel-working
’13 US Bases Uninhabitable’: Pentagon Admits Much Of Iran War Overseen By Personnel ‘Working Remotely’
by Tyler DurdenFrom Iranian media –
Over A Million Iranian Combatants Organized for Ground Battle with US
An informed military source told Tasnim on Thursday that with the growing speculation about the possibility of a “historical folly” by the US in launching a ground invasion on the southern front of Iran, a wave of enthusiasm has emerged among Iranian ground fighters to create a “historical hell” for the Americans on Iranian soil.
The source noted that in addition to organizing more than one million fighters for ground combat, in recent days there has been a massive influx of requests from Iranian youth directed towards the centers of Basij, the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), and the Army to also participate in this battle.
“The US wants to open the Strait of Hormuz with suicide and self-destructive tactics; that’s fine. We are ready for both their suicide strategy to be executed and for the Strait to remain closed,” the military source added.
From Iranian media (translated from Persian) –
“Araghchi: US troops hiding in hotels in Persian Gulf countries”
According to the Tasnim News Agency, Foreign Minister Seyyed Abbas Araghchi announced: Since the beginning of the war, the US military has left their military bases in the Gulf Cooperation Council countries and turned to hotels and office buildings to hide. They use citizens of these countries as human shields.
Special issue of the Tehran Times –
Pigs will fly before a Trump deal happens.
Why Iran is so skeptical of Washington’s negotiation intentions – and what evidence and experience show.
Iran:
One result of Israel and US eliminating the top layers of Iran’s government leaders, is the younger lees experienced hardmliners have suddenly started moved up a notch or two.
I doubt that this happening, is a bug but rather a desired feature.
The older leaders were more wary of engaging in war and giving Israel and US any excuses to start a war.
However, the younger Iranian leaders are more willing to fight.
This feature plays into Israel’s and US’s hands, as they desired a war outcome.
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