Debt Rattle November 29 2025
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Kiting Checks For War https://drjohnsblog.substack.com/p/kiting-checks-for-war
Simplicius: Another Failure: EUCO Summit Conditions New Ukrainian “Loan” Repayment on Total Victory Over Russia
The EUCO summit was a disaster for Ursula von der Leyen and Friedrich Merz. Despite having enough for a qualified majority in EUCO, the opposition of Belgium and 6 other countries meant that Russian assets were not seized. Despite promising to give Ukraine somewhere between 140-210 billion Euros, EUCO decided to give just 90 billion and the cherry on top, strong opposition from France and Italy meant that the Mercosur free trade deal was postponed. The EU is more divided than ever…
..In other words, the agreed amount is just enough to keep the country afloat a little longer and prevent bankruptcy, but it does not provide the capacity to go further or to significantly acquire new military capabilities.
But here’s the most important and astounding kicker—the loan is entirely conditioned on Ukraine first receiving reparations from Russia; i.e. only if and when Ukraine receives Russian reparations is Ukraine then obligated to repay the loan...
..And how can Ukraine force Russia to pay it hundreds of billions in reparations? That’s simple: Win the war.
So, as long as Ukraine wins the war, the EU will get its money back. Sounds like a surefire bet, no?
Facetiousness aside, what this means is two things: Firstly, that the EU has just criminally robbed its citizens of €90B by essentially issuing a fake loan which is in actuality another free grant, given that there is zero chance of its repayment ever happening, since Ukraine has zero chance of ever decisively winning the war in such a way as to somehow “force” Russia into paying reparations—a laughable concept that no one even amongst the EUCO cattle could possibly imagine has a chance of happening.
But the second is the far more significant and sinister point: it legally ties the EU as a party to the war by giving it major stakes for winning the war against Russia. That means from this point forward, the EU is virtually obligated to do everything in its power to defeat Russia on the battlefield in order to win back its citizens’ criminally stolen assets. https://simplicius76.substack.com/p/another-failure-euco-summit-conditions Alex Krainer, Toward the European spring of 2026?
U.S. National Security Strategy marks a break with America’s globalist committments. Yet its regime-change playbook and capabilities remain intact through the NED.
NSS25 may not have openly declared diplomatic war against the EU, but it might as well have: it positively asserts the “Primacy of Nations,” spelling out that “the world’s fundamental political unit is and will remain the nation-state,” and that, “The United States will put our own interests first and, in our relations with other nations, encourage them to prioritize their own interests as well.” The document further declares that:
“We stand for the sovereign rights of nations, against the sovereignty-sapping incursions of the most intrusive transnational organizations, and for reforming those institutions so that they assist rather than hinder individual sovereignty and further American interests.”
The above paragraphs spell out an unambiguously hostile stance against the EU, as well as the U.S. intention to stand up “for genuine democracy,” and encouraging U.S. political allies in Europe to promote their sovereigntist “revival of spirit.” https://alexkrainer.substack.com/p/toward-the-european-spring-of-2026 The last time that went down (Macron is no de Gaulle): Les Soixante-Huitards: The French Student Demonstrations of May 1968
The French student demonstrations of May 1968 were a series of protests in France challenging traditional values, government authority, and the established social order. https://www.thecollector.com/may-1968-french-student-protests/ Moon of Alabama on why WW-3 against Russia is not longer what Hip Eurocrats are pitching: “What changed with the German Minister of Defense, and why did it change so fast?”
Just last month, Boris Pistorius warned a German newspaper that Europe may already have seen its last peaceful summer and that Russia and NATO could be at war next year.
Now he says there will be no Third World War and that talk of a NATO–Russia conflict is “figurative exaggeration.”
What changed, and why did it change so fast?
One Dimitry Medvedev asks a similar question:
The ‘European peacemakers’ are surprising. Pistorius said he doesn’t believe war will break out between NATO and Russia, and Stubb admitted our country has no interest in attacking alliance members.
So, what happened? Sobering up or have the Christmas holidays simply begun?
My answer to both is: Tulsi Gabbard: DNI Tulsi Gabbard @DNIGabbard – 21:02 utc · Dec 20, 2025
“No, this is a lie and propaganda @Reuters is willingly pushing on behalf of warmongers who want to undermine President Trump’s tireless efforts to end this bloody war that has resulted in more than a million casualties on both sides.
Dangerously, you are promoting this false narrative to block President Trump’s peace effort, and fomenting hysteria and fear among the people to get them to support the escalation of war, which is what NATO and the EU really want in order to pull the United States military directly into war with Russia.” https://www.moonofalabama.org/2025/12/what-changed-with-the-german-minister-of-defense-and-why-did-it-change-so-fast.html Russia lacks capability to conquer Ukraine or Europe: US intelligence chief
Gabbard denies reports claiming that US intelligence supports EU, NATO views of alleged Moscow plans to invade Europe, says they aim to undermine Trump’s peace efforts https://www.aa.com.tr/en/americas/russia-lacks-capability-to-conquer-ukraine-or-europe-us-intelligence-chief/3777030 Zelensky reveals full 20-point peace plan draft backed by Ukraine, US
“So we are in a situation where the Russians want us to withdraw from Donetsk Oblast, while the Americans are trying to find a way for us not to withdraw because we are against withdrawal,” Zelensky said.
“They are looking for a demilitarized zone or a free economic zone, meaning a format that could satisfy both sides. We consider a free economic zone a potential option for a sovereign state to choose such a path. We fought for a single word — ‘potential.’ We believe that such potential economic zones can exist,” he added.
“We are saying: if all regions are included and if we remain where we are, then we will reach an agreement. That is why it says ‘potential zones’ here. But if we do not agree to ‘remain where we are,’ there are two options: either the war continues, or something will have to be decided regarding all potential economic zones.” https://kyivindependent.com/zelensky-reveals-20-point-peace-plan-draft-backed-by-ukraine-us/And certainly not Ukrainians in Russia: Citizens In Eastern Ukraine Will Not Be Allowed To Vote, Zelensky Says https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/citizens-eastern-ukraine-will-not-be-allowed-vote-zelensky-says
The piece of Odessa Oblast that connects with Romania is being cut off from Ukraine by destroying 3 bridges. NATO can supply Ukrainian soldiers deposited there by airplane, but… “A target for Oreshnik”: an expert assessed the emergence of a NATO logistics center in Romania https://en.topcor.ru/67137-cel-dlja-oreshnika-jekspert-ocenil-pojavlenie-logisticheskogo-centra-nato-v-rumynii.html
This is a critical bridge: Russian Strike on Mayaki Bridge Threatens Up to 60% of Ukraine’s Fuel Supply https://www.thedefensenews.com/news-details/Russian-Strike-on-Mayaki-Bridge-Threatens-Up-to-60-of-Ukraines-Fuel-Supply/
A sharp change in rhetoric towards Russia indicates an imminent split in Europe: First, Macron refused to support the European Commission’s decision to transfer frozen Russian assets to Ukraine, and now the Finnish president has admitted that Russia does not threaten Europe. According to the Finnish leader, talks about the “Russian threat” are needed primarily to justify increased military spending. https://x.com/Zlatti_71/status/2003330296104566816
Don’t pull that trigger if you don’t want to be shot in the face. “Panic has arisen in the West over Putin’s remarks about Kaliningrad” – British press
The publication notes that the Russian leader promised a “harsh response” from Russia in the event of an attempt to blockade Kaliningrad. He stated that such a threat (challenge) would lead to an unprecedented escalation of the crisis, taking it to a whole new level, escalating into a full-scale armed conflict. https://en.topcor.ru/67092-na-zapade-voznikla-panika-iz-za-slov-putina-o-kaliningrade-pressa-britanii.html Adelson putatively paid for Rubio to be in the Trump administration. Trump’s headache: Witkoff and Rubio are enemies
This is the president’s headache: opposing subordinates. Rubio already has friction and “different views” with Vice President J.D. Vance, and now the top US diplomat has a new enemy: Witkoff. https://en.topcor.ru/67155-golovnaja-bol-trampa-uitkoff-i-rubio-vragi.html This 1994 book chapter explains the rigid religous-Zionist perspective that the only purpose of non-Jews is to serve Jews, and that they must all be removed from the land that God gave the Jews. This absolutist perspective commands the actions of the “Jewish state”.
Please take 10 minutes to read Chapter 6 of Israel Shahak’s 1994 book Jewish History, Jewish Religion, titled “Political Consequences”.
“The persistent attitudes of classical Judaism toward non-Jews strongly influence its followers, Orthodox Jews and those who can be regarded as its continuators, Zionists. Through the latter, it also influences the policies of the State of Israel. Since 1967, as Israel becomes more and more ‘Jewish’, its policies are influenced more by Jewish ideological considerations than by those of a coldly conceived imperial interest. This ideological influence is not usually perceived by foreign experts, who tend to ignore or downplay the influence of the Jewish religion on Israeli policies. This explains why many of their predictions are incorrect.” https://x.com/ireallyhateyou/status/1996885256255701217I have seen rumors that Donald Trump converted to Judaism since his first term. This is widely believed in Israel. Politically he’s a member of The Tribe.
Why Donald Trump is being called ‘first Jewish president’ despite being Christian – Donald Trump hosted a White House Hanukkah celebration on Tuesday (December 16) https://www.tyla.com/news/politics/is-donald-trump-jewish-christian-857163-20251218Netanyahu To Ask Trump To Support Another Attack on Iran
“The June war resulted in mutual deterrence, a situation Iran can accept, but one that is intolerable for Netanyahu and his legacy. Ultimately, the conflict was neither a victory for Israel nor for Iran,” Parsi wrote in Responsible Statecraft on Sunday, responding to the NBC report.
“It is precisely this balance of terror that prompts Israel to seek a new round – Israel’s military doctrine does not allow for any of its regional foes to deter it or challenge its military dominance. Iran’s missile program currently does exactly that,” Parsi added. “And this is precisely why Trump must say no to Netanyahu. Because Israel’s objective is not security in the conventional sense, but rather absolute dominance.” https://scheerpost.com/2025/12/22/report-netanyahu-to-ask-trump-to-support-another-attack-on-iran/Israeli Ambassador to Washington, Mike: Huckabee: Iran ‘didn’t get the full message’ when US bombed its nuclear sites https://ground.news/article/huckabee-iran-didnt-get-the-full-message-when-us-bombed-its-nuclear-sites_9d4172
From Churches to ChatGPT: Israeli Contracts Worth Millions Aim to Influence U.S. Public Opinion https://israelpalestinenews.org/chat-gpt-israeli-contracts/
California’s New Law Outlawing Criticism of Israel Quashes Academic Freedom, Criminalizes Teachers https://scheerpost.com/2025/12/22/californias-new-law-outlawing-criticism-of-israel-quashes-academic-freedom-criminalizes-teachers/
The New York Times ignores an essential part of the Jeffrey Epstein story — Israel https://israelpalestinenews.org/the-new-york-times-ignores-an-essential-part-of-the-jeffrey-epstein-story-israel/
MAGA divided: Zionist influence sparks GOP backlash over Israel-First politics https://www.naturalnews.com/2025-12-02-zionist-influence-sparks-gop-backlash-over-israel-first-politics.html
Steve Bannon UNLOADS on Ben Shapiro at TPUSA’s America Fest: “Ben Shapiro is Like a Cancer, and that Cancer Spreads” https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/12/steve-bannon-destroys-ben-shapiro-tpusas-america-fest/
JD Vance: Nick Fuentes ‘can eat shit’
JD Vance has for months faced mounting pressure to censure Nicholas J. Fuentes and his army of boisterously racist and antisemitic supporters, known as Groypers. Speaking exclusively to UnHerd at the vice president’s residence on Friday, he doesn’t mince his words. “Let me be clear,” he says. “Anyone who attacks my wife, whether their name is Jen Psaki [the former Biden press secretary] or Nick Fuentes, can eat shit. That’s my official policy as vice president of the United States.”…
..Says Vance: “I think that Nick Fuentes, his influence within Donald Trump’s administration, and within a whole host of institutions on the Right, is vastly overstated, and frankly, it’s overstated by people who want to avoid having a foreign-policy conversation about America’s relationship with Israel.” That is, the Hitler-praising Groyper king functions as a useful foil for pro-Israel hard-liners in the Right’s raucous internal debate over America’s alliance with the Jewish state. https://archive.is/ptyxj#selection-815.0-829.220“God says …” Israeli forces on Monday bulldozed agricultural land in the town of Silat al-Harithiya, west of Jenin in the occupied West Bank, Palestinian media reported, quoting local officials.
The mayor of Silat al-Harithiya, Samir Zayoud, told local media that Israeli bulldozers began early in the morning, levelling farmlands in the Suruj area, located between Silat al-Harithiya and Ya’bad. He added that the lands, which have grown olive trees for over 30 years, are classified as state lands and cover an area estimated at 45 hectares. https://x.com/MiddleEastEye/status/2003193590734872829 411 Gazans killed, over 1,100 injured in Israeli attacks since ceasefire, media office says – Gaza media office documents 875 Israeli violations of ceasefire since Oct. 10 https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/411-gazans-killed-over-1-100-injured-in-israeli-attacks-since-ceasefire-media-office-says/3778128
‘Alarming’ medicine shortages in Gaza amid Israeli restrictions
Gaza’s Health Ministry says the most critical drug shortages are in emergency services. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/12/21/alarming-medicine-shortages-in-gaza-amid-israeli-restrictions”God says to dig in”: Satellite Analysis Shows Israel Entrenching Control in Gaza
Satellite evidence points to expanded Israeli military infrastructure in Gaza during the ceasefire, undermining commitments to a gradual withdrawal. https://www.telesurenglish.net/satellite-analysis-shows-israel-entrenching-control-in-gaza/ Israeli defense minister vows no full withdrawal from Gaza, occupied Syrian territories
Katz’s office claims his comments on building settlements in Gaza ‘were made solely in a security context’ https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/israeli-defense-minister-vows-no-full-withdrawal-from-gaza-occupied-syrian-territories/3778947Is this politically possible? Pakistan Army to Deploy Troops to Gaza by January 2026 Under Trump–Munir Deal, $500 Per Soldier https://www.thedefensenews.com/news-details/Pakistan-Army-to-Deploy-Troops-to-Gaza-by-January-2026-Under-TrumpMunir-Deal-500-Per-Soldier/
‘No Alternative’ to the IDF: Israel Privately Presses Trump To Give International Troops Deadline To Disarm Hamas https://freebeacon.com/israel/no-alternative-to-the-idf-israel-privately-presses-trump-to-give-international-troops-deadline-to-disarm-hamas/
6 Children Killed: Israeli Attack on Gaza School Sparks Global Outrage https://www.telesurenglish.net/israeli-attack-on-gaza-school/
Israel is directly responsible for babies freezing to death – Not a Ceasefire Day 72 https://israelpalestinenews.org/israel-is-directly-responsible-for-babies-freezing-to-death-not-a-ceasefire-day-72/
Israel Demolishes Residential Building in East Jerusalem https://english.aawsat.com/arab-world/5221954-israel-demolishes-residential-building-east-jerusalem%C2%A0
Army-“settler” tag-teams: Israeli settlers rampage across West Bank as army raids intensify
Palestinians across the West Bank faced settler attacks amid Israeli army raids on several villages as Israel’s assault on Gaza continued. https://www.newarab.com/news/israel-settlers-rampage-across-west-bank-army-raids-intensifyCoordinated: Israeli army, settlers storm al-Zawiya, al-Khalil, Ramallah https://en.mehrnews.com/news/240016/Israeli-army-settlers-storm-al-Zawiya-al-Khalil-Ramallah
It may be too late for these political prisoners. Medical Crisis in UK Prisons – 800 Doctors Warn of ‘Imminent Deaths’ Among Palestine Action Strikers https://israelpalestinenews.org/medical-crisis-in-uk-prisons-800-doctors-warn-of-imminent-deaths-among-palestine-action-strikers/
BREAKING: Greta Thunberg arrested under the Terrorism Act for holding a sign which says “I support Palestine Action prisoners. I oppose genocide” She was detained at the Prisoners for Palestine action at Aspen Insurance in London, insurers for Israeli weapons firm Elbit Systems. https://x.com/Prisoners4Pal/status/2003412797158494365
“Sudan is experiencing the largest humanitarian crisis in the world. Yet it has received less than 35 percent of its global funding needs.” https://x.com/AJEnglish/status/2003393868021244368
Tens of thousands flee DR Congo to Burundi amid rebel takeover of key city
UN refugee agency says women and children arriving ‘exhausted and severely traumatised’ after fleeing eastern DRC. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/12/19/tens-of-thousands-flee-dr-congo-to-burundi-after-rebel-takeover-of-key-cityThat’s where nuclear-armed ICBMs are always put: Why has China loaded over 100 Nuclear ICBMs into silos? https://endtimeheadlines.org/2025/12/why-has-china-loaded-over-100-nuclear-icbms-into-silos/
China Completes Production of Four Attack Submarines Expected to Carry Pakistan’s Maritime Nuclear Deterrent https://militarywatchmagazine.com/article/china-completes-four-attack-submarines-pakistan#google_vignette
Marines know we don’t kill unarmed survivors for a reason – It’s not in line with the US military’s historic tradition or ethical standards, and puts troops at risk https://responsiblestatecraft.org/second-strike-hegseth-narco/
Gilbert Doctorow, Either rule of law applies to everyone or it applies to no one
The addition of retired Swiss intelligence officer Jacques Baud to the list of persons sanctioned by the European Council a little more than a week ago has shocked the community of Alternative Media, precisely because it indicates that the European Institutions have gone rogue, are trampling on the concept of freedom of expression with impunity and operating in completely opaque fashion so as to frustrate any possibility of recourse to justice by any of our dissidents. https://gilbertdoctorow.com/2025/12/23/either-rule-of-law-applies-to-everyone-or-it-applies-to-no-one/ Gilbert Doctorow, ‘Judging Freedom’ edition of 24 December: The Totalitarian EU
In today’s conversation with Judge Andrew Napolitano, we discuss the terrible sanctions recently imposed by the European Council on retired Swiss military intelligence expert Jacques Baud for what is said to be his pro-Russian disinformation (an outrageous defamation) and the precedents for such extrajudicial violations of citizens’ rights to free speech, to property rights and more. https://gilbertdoctorow.substack.com/p/judging-freedom-edition-of-24-december-bd8“It’s legal. Be informed. We will do this to you”: The new EU fascism explained by the German Foreign Office spokesman https://x.com/battleforeurope/status/2003506371774525551
Germany’s far-right AfD accused of gathering information for the Kremlin
Alternative for Germany’s opponents accuse the party of attempting to disclose sensitive information on arms supply routes and drone defenses. https://www.politico.eu/article/germanys-far-right-afd-accused-of-gathering-information-for-the-kremlin/“Thou shalt not Bear false witness”: Flock and Cyble Inc. Weaponize “Cybercrime” Takedowns to Silence Critics
When a government contractor pays a company for “Takedown Services” to prevent transparency in government
Cyble, claiming to act on behalf of Flock, filed a series of demonstrably false abuse reports with our hosting provider, Cloudflare, to scrub this site from the internet. Their strategy? Accuse us of “phishing” and “trademark infringement” to hide the information we publish. https://haveibeenflocked.com/news/cyble-downtimeFacial recognition of pedestrians: Flock Exposed Its AI-Powered Cameras to the Internet. We Tracked Ourselves https://www.404media.co/flock-exposed-its-ai-powered-cameras-to-the-internet-we-tracked-ourselves/?ref=daily-stories-newsletter
BREAKING: The Trump administration is in talks with former intelligence analyst Edward Snowden for a TOTAL AND COMPLETE PARDON as well as Snowden’s return to The United States. These talks are reportedly being led by Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, a long time advocate and supporter of clemency for Snowden, who EXPOSED the fact that the NSA has been secretly spying on the communications of American citizens WITHOUT PROBABLE CAUSE FOR DECADES after the passage of The Patriot Act https://x.com/JoshHall2024/status/2003236267249529114
Orwell in Australia: BREAKING: Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan will push to legislate stronger hate speech laws by compelling social media platforms to identify people behind anonymous accounts used to ridicule another person or group, with a specially appointed jurist to make it legally possible. https://x.com/ausvstheagenda/status/2002929856833810454
Governments in the West Are Turning Their Sights on VPNs As They Escalate Their Assault on Online Privacy and Anonymity
“Politicians have now discovered that people are using VPNs to protect their privacy and bypass these invasive laws. Their solution? Entirely ban the use of VPNs.” https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2025/12/in-their-total-war-on-online-privacy-the-liberal-democracies-of-the-collective-west-are-now-turning-their-sights-on-vpns.htmlTrump Suspends $40BN Tech Deal With UK Over Free Speech Crackdown https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/trump-suspends-40bn-tech-deal-uk-over-free-speech-crackdown
Just a few as an example: Trump Admin Bans Anti-Free Speech EU Globalists From Entering US https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/trump-admin-bans-anti-free-speech-eu-globalists-entering-us
Why the US-led Pax Silica tech alliance snubbed India
Exclusion reflects US desire for a ‘Goldilocks India’—strong enough to balance China, but not enough to rival US tech https://asiatimes.com/2025/12/why-the-us-led-pax-silica-tech-alliance-snubbed-india/Trump administration to start seizing pay of defaulted student loan borrowers in January https://www.cnbc.com/2025/12/23/student-loan-borrowers-wage-garnishment.html
They spotted the little square antenna on a passing ship: China Issues First Penalty for Starlink Use in Territorial Waters https://gcaptain.com/china-issues-first-penalty-for-starlink-use-in-territorial-waters/
Trump doubles down on claim that US must take over Greenland for national security: ‘We’ll have to work it all out’
The comments follow President Trump announcing a new special U.S. envoy to Greenland over the weekend https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-greenland-envoy-annex-national-security-b2889360.html Lawsuits are bad for business: Why Trump backs Bayer in Roundup weedkiller cancer battle
Biden’s Justice Department had argued that federal pesticide law does not shield Bayer from state‑court lawsuits, since liability and consumer protection are traditionally matters for individual states…
..By contrast, the Trump administration has now urged the Supreme Court to accept Bayer’s argument that federal law preempts such lawsuits, effectively narrowing the scope for the 65,000 remaining plaintiffs…
..Trump’s team has also reframed the Roundup litigation as an unnecessary burden on business, as it exposes Bayer to massive, unpredictable liabilities even when the EPA has approved its products…
Bayer has lobbied US legislators over the mass lawsuits and petitioned Supreme Court justices to review a ruling by a court in Missouri that upheld a $1.25 million jury award to John Durnell, who claimed his non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma was caused by exposure to the weedkiller.
The German pharmaceutical and biotechnology giant has cited decades of studies that it says show Roundup is safe for human use. This argument was, however, weakened when a key review paper from 2000, often cited in defense of glyphosate’s safety, was retracted earlier this month due to undisclosed ghostwriting by Monsanto and other ethical issues. https://www.dw.com/en/donald-trump-backs-bayer-in-roundup-weedkiller-cancer-battle-court-case/a-75188139 Aspartame (check your toothpaste) in small doses per month: Artificial sweetener found in Diet Coke and chewing gum could trigger heart AND brain damage, study suggests https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-15398793/Artificial-sweetener-Diet-Coke-chewing-gum-trigger-heart-brain-damage-study-suggests.html
Nicolas Hulscher, BREAKING STUDY: Infant Vaccination Increases Death Risk by Up to 112% vs Unvaccinated
Louisiana Department of Health death records reveal that infants vaccinated at 2 months are far more likely to die in the following month than unvaccinated infants. https://www.thefocalpoints.com/p/breaking-study-infant-vaccination “Naw, you’re not sick enough”: Breaking: Government Program for Compensating COVID Vaccine Injuries Is ‘Unconstitutional,’ Lawsuit Alleges
Two women, with support from Children’s Health Defense, are suing the government agency that oversees the compensation program for COVID-19 vaccine injuries. https://tdefender.substack.com/p/cicp-lawsuit-chd-covid-19-vaccineWe made medical care so bad that AI will be good enough for you: HHS aims to accelerate healthcare AI adoption https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/healthcare-information-technology/ai/hhs-aims-to-accelerate-ai-adoption-in-healthcare/?
Take good care of your own health, please: Congress leaves town until 2026 with no health care deal, forcing premium hikes https://ground.news/article/with-affordable-care-act-subsidies-set-to-expire-soon-for-millions-of-americans-what-happens-next_19aa45
“This century” is already well underway. New ACEAS Explainer highlights risks of slowing global ocean overturning circulation
“This is a wake-up call,” said author and ACEAS Deputy Director, Professor Matthew England (UNSW). “The evidence shows us clearly that the MOC has slowed down, and if this trend continues the impacts on human societies, climate and ecosystems will be profound.” …
..A weakened MOC would alter global heat distribution, shift rainfall belts, and disrupt marine ecosystems. Western Europe could experience regional cooling and heightened weather extremes, while tropical regions could experience major changes in rainfall. Fisheries that depend on nutrient‑rich upwelling would be adversely impacted, threatening food security and livelihoods worldwide. https://antarctic.org.au/new-aceas-explainer-highlights-risks-of-slowing-global-ocean-overturning-circulation/OPPPS!
A different bubble.Christmas is not a Western story – it is a Palestinian one
“Christmas is a story of empire, injustice and the vulnerability of ordinary people caught in its path.Every December, much of the Christian world enters a familiar cycle of celebration: carols, lights, decorated trees, consumer frenzy and the warm imagery of a snowy night. In the United States and Europe, public discourse often speaks of “Western Christian values”, or even the vague notion of “Judeo-Christian civilisation”. These phrases have become so common that many assume, almost automatically, that Christianity is inherently a Western religion — an expression of European culture, history and identity.
Christianity is, and has always been, a West Asian / Middle Eastern religion. Its geography, culture, worldview and founding stories are rooted in this land — among peoples, languages and social structures that look far more like those in today’s Palestine, Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, and Jordan than anything imagined in Europe. Even Judaism, invoked in the term “Judeo-Christian values”, is itself a thoroughly Middle Eastern phenomenon. The West received Christianity — it certainly did not give birth to it.
And perhaps nothing reveals the distance between Christianity’s origins and its contemporary Western expression more starkly than Christmas — the birth story of a Palestinian Jew, a child of this land who was born long before modern borders and identities emerged.In the West, Christmas is a cultural marketplace. It is commercialised, romanticised and wrapped in layers of sentimentality. Lavish gift-giving overshadows any concern for the poor. The season has become a performance of abundance, nostalgia, and consumerism — a holiday stripped of its theological and moral core.
Even the familiar lines of the Christmas song Silent Night obscure the true nature of the story: Jesus was not born into serenity but into upheaval.
He was born under military occupation, to a family displaced by an imperial decree, in a region living under the shadow of violence. The holy family were forced to flee as refugees because the infants of Bethlehem, according to the Gospel narrative, were massacred by a fearful tyrant determined to preserve his reign. Sound familiar?
Indeed, Christmas is a story of empire, injustice and the vulnerability of ordinary people caught in its path.For many in the West, Bethlehem – the birthplace of Jesus – is a place of imagination — a postcard from antiquity, frozen in time. The “little town” is remembered as a quaint village from scripture rather than a living, breathing city with actual people, with a distinct history and culture.
Bethlehem today is surrounded by walls and checkpoints built by an occupier. Its residents live under a system of apartheid and fragmentation. Many feel cut off, not only from Jerusalem – which the occupier does not allow them to visit – but also from the global Christian imagination that venerates Bethlehem’s past while often ignoring its present.This sentiment also explains why so many in the West, while celebrating Christmas, care little about the Christians of Bethlehem. Even worse, many embrace theologies and political attitudes that erase or dismiss our presence entirely in order to support Israel, the empire of today.
In these frameworks, ancient Bethlehem is cherished as a sacred idea, but modern Bethlehem — with its Palestinian Christians suffering and struggling to survive — is an inconvenient reality that needs to be ignored.
This disconnect matters. When Western Christians forget that Bethlehem is real, they disconnect from their spiritual roots. And when they forget that Bethlehem is real, they also forget that the story of Christmas is real.
They forget that it unfolded among a people who lived under empire, who faced displacement, who longed for justice, and who believed that God was not distant but among them.So what does Christmas look like when told from the perspective of the people who still live where it all began — the Palestinian Christians? What meaning does it hold for a tiny community that has preserved its faith for two millennia?
At its heart, Christmas is the story of the solidarity of God.
It is the story of God who does not rule from afar, but is present among the people and takes the side of those on the margins. The incarnation — the belief that God took on flesh — is not a metaphysical abstraction. It is a radical statement about where God chooses to dwell: in vulnerability, in poverty, among the occupied, among those with no power except the power of hope.In the Bethlehem story, God identifies not with emperors but with those suffering under empire — its victims. God comes not as a warrior but as an infant. God is present not in a palace but in a manger. This is divine solidarity in its most striking form: God joins the most vulnerable part of humanity.
Christmas, then, is the proclamation of a God who confronts the logic of empire.
For Palestinians today, this is not merely theology — it is lived experience. When we read the Christmas story, we recognise our own world: the census that forced Mary and Joseph to travel resembles the permits, checkpoints and bureaucratic controls that shape our daily lives today. The holy family’s flight resonates with the millions of refugees who have fled wars across our region. Herod’s violence echoes in the violence we see around us.
Christmas is a Palestinian story par excellence.Bethlehem celebrates Christmas for the first time after two years without public festivities. It was painful yet necessary for us to cancel our celebrations; we had no choice.
A genocide was unfolding in Gaza, and as people who still live in the homeland of Christmas, we could not pretend otherwise. We could not celebrate the birth of Jesus while children his age were being pulled dead from the rubble.
Celebrating this season does not mean the war, the genocide, or the structures of apartheid have ended. People are still being killed. We are still besieged.
Instead, our celebration is an act of resilience — a declaration that we are still here, that Bethlehem remains the capital of Christmas, and that the story this town tells must continue.
At a time when Western political discourse increasingly weaponises Christianity as a marker of cultural identity — often excluding the very people among whom Christianity was born — it is vital to return to the roots of this story.
This Christmas, our invitation to the global church — and to Western Christians in particular — is to remember where the story began. To remember that Bethlehem is not a myth but a place where people still live. If the Christian world is to honour the meaning of Christmas, it must turn its gaze to Bethlehem — not the imagined one, but the real one, a town whose people today still cry out for justice, dignity and peace.
To remember Bethlehem is to remember that God stands with the oppressed — and that the followers of Jesus are called to do the same.”Posted by: Republicofscotland | Dec 25 2025 11:51 utc | 150
“He was commenting on remarks by NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, who said the Alliance must be prepared for a war “on the scale experienced by our grandfathers and great-grandfathers”. Pistorius responded bluntly, saying this was most likely a figurative exaggeration. “I do not believe in such a scenario. In my view, Putin does not intend to wage a full-scale global war against NATO.” At the same time, he stresses that this does not remove the need to rearm the Bundeswehr. Recently, he said that the past summer may have been “the last peaceful one” for Europe.”
Like everything, Schrodinger’s reality. Soooo…no war at all. Russia isn’t invading, at all. Okay, great!
This is “The Last Peaceful year for Europe.” Who are you fighting then? Who? Not Russia. You just said. Who?
1) The European people en masse. Okay this is already happening, so yes.
2) The United States, who just double-crossed and collapsed you. Who you are presently beginning to SAY is your direct enemy. Huh. And who the U.S. is saying EUROPE is our direct enemy. Huh. Since we’re friendly with and have bases increasing in, eg Italy, but are erasing and removing all the Brussels zone, eg Poland. So “Europe” is not one amorphus enemy.This is one of those quotes that keeps on giving.
“Russia Captures Another Ukrainian Town While Zelensky Still Insists On Altering Trump Peace Plan
Continues to balk at territorial concessions, seeks urgent meeting with Trump…Man there’s no one better than Zelensky. He’s Russia’s secret weapon. Not only will there be no Ukrainians when he’s done, there will also be no Ukrainian territory. Russia will just take all at Ze’s insistence. This happened, what not this summer but last, Putin offered a peace deal probably no one in Russia would support, knowing he can look good and Ukraine would definitely reject it, and they did? So he exposed Europe’s heart to the Russian people AND has taken the nation down the Dnipr River. Couldn’t have done it without you. Here’s another $4 Billion dollars to stash in Miami, my good and faithful servant.
Canada defies Trump” Carney after giving Trump everything at every turn, now is not. Alrightiee then. But they’ve said this since the first day of his candidacy, and he’s looked like a Trump stooge for a year. So far I can’t name a single thing except blather he doesn’t publicly reverse.
“EUCO decided to give just 90 billion and … the Mercosur free trade deal was postponed.”
“it legally ties the EU as a party to the war by giving it major stakes for winning”What’s really happening is they’re drawing out the cockroaches into the light. After saying “There isn’t any” then “It’s all the United States” then… Wait: does this sound familiar? 1) It isn’t happening 2) If it’s happening it’s your fault 3) If it’s happening it’s a good thing, tho… etc?
Yes, that’s exactly the path of the “Psychotic Ex-Girlfriend” “we” are playing on Europe. They need to be exposed as the vicious, soulless, mass-murdering psychopaths they are. AND the way they are buying our Congress just as they are right now shutting down our free speech, a year after trying to topple our elections – again. You can’t play miss innocent now, which is their M.O.
That’s fine: BE a maniac if you want to. But WE will just see it clearly and respond. That’s how Reality works. So it’s excruciating to me, having seen this since 1999, but the rest of the world needs to see and face the true heart of the maniacs mass-murdering (another) 2 Million men and a whole ethnic people. Again. And then…not to be against Europe here… EUROPE, that is, her common man, will rise up and depose or dispose these guys at the top, who are no longer hidden, plausible. And generally they will, I believe in Europe in that way.
However, I see their being “Too Family” in that they don’t criticize, and do soft feminine attacks like this mean the rot always is allowed to fester Waaaaaaaaaaaaay too long. So now, not ONLY will they have to purge their nations of these Globalist Engineers and mass-murderers, but BECAUSE they couldn’t just state the obvious, they now have to round up and – something something – with 100 million immigrants too? Yes, well, when you do that, not everyone is going to leave nicely, man. There’s now a 90% chance they will – and possibly have to – go full serbian ethnic cleansing on immigrants, even excessively placid, legal-centrist types like Sargon or Connor, who even to now haven’t lifted a finger. Not even on 10 years of non-stop rapes, supported enthusiastically by the whole of police and the Prime Minister. Understand? And the Social Engineers KNEW this, and 40 years from now after you’ve cleaned it back up, are going to try to leverage your children’s guilt about it again. But it’s because you let it go too far.
None of this is good, and I can only point to history as a guide, not what I want to happen, but what will actually happen. Because without open discussions, we can’t come up with a new and revolutionary Plan C. So it doesn’t bear bothering about how Europe can fix this nicely, which I’m quite sure they can. Because that won’t happen. Europe will now cease to exist, or they will eject all foreign cultures very, very violently.
All this rests, at the upper end, of Europe – the People – seeing and having their leaders exposed for who they really are, because Europe – the People – have an outsized capacity for denial. …And that’s not to say they’re not in the worst situation, with a continent-wide media blackout of any true fact for lifetimes. They are. It sucks. It’s hard. But you have to act, same as any other prison camp.
We’re doing our part, exposing Europe with their actions, Musk, Vance, Putin etc. But you have to take the material and leverage we’ve given you and use it yourself now.
“Les Soixante-Huitards: The French Student Demonstrations of May 1968” The French can do this, and can, and are. Ireland too. It’s midwinter and they’re protesting seriously, unlike our minimum wage Soros workers here.
“there are two options: either the war continues, or something will have to be decided regarding all potential economic zones.” That’s but One option, sir. The War continues. Something will have to be decided by whom? Oh you mean the U.S. enters the war, nukes Russia and gives it to you. That’s Plan A, you fool. Uhhh, No.
“I have seen rumors that Donald Trump converted to Judaism”
Donald Trump would never lie. If he swore to be Jewish to get a contract, it’s not like he wouldn’t deeply, passionately mean it. And the same thing when he says he’s a Scottish Christian. Both are True. Neither. Aiii.
Answer: Which one makes Orange Man Bad? That’s the one I’ll believe, even if it’s both. Both are opposites, and I’ll believe them at the same time if it allows me to hate, Hate, HATE Orange Man. Hate is GOOD. “Let the Hate FLOW through you…” Hate always leads to clear thinking, and the greatest, highest ends. That’s why I hate Orange Man as much as possible. All things are Orange man. My cornflakes are Orange Man. Media sez so.
“Netanyahu To Ask Trump To Support Another Attack on Iran”
I’m sure they do! And our ferverently-hated NeoCons here (Huckabee). Because they were going to use his involvement in the war, and the major break in the Right-side over Israel to neuter and depose Trump. That’s what the Candice-Shapiro-Kirk thing was about for just one of them. Everyone has been activated, especially at Fox News, to insure they remove Trump and destroy all Republicans. That’s what Fox News is, always has been. Uh…no, people say a lot of things. No this isn’t happening. Ppl in America Dgaf about any of you.
“the Hitler-praising Groyper king functions as a useful foil for pro-Israel hard-liners in the Right” Ding Ding Ding!!!
It’s so obvious I’m now running into normal, uninformed Republicans who can see it. …But Fox news can’t. All the Pundits, the Judge, Johnson, Wilkerson, can’t. Riiiiiight. Okay well now Cleetus knows but you don’t. Explain. Because Fox News has always been Goldberg. That’s why it’s started and run by Murdock, dummy. The Ultra-Uber far Left, the Ultra-mega British Empire Man. There was never a day this wasn’t true.
“BREAKING: Greta Thunberg arrested under the Terrorism Act for holding a sign” It’s nice to be such a privileged chicken-hawk that she will never serve the 8 years in prison that everyone around she encouraged will. And also: UK. 30 ppl a day arrested for speaking as Englishmen. Gee, why is Vance picking on them? They’re only mass-internment camp Nazis, who let rapists of 13 year olds free in order to make the free space for grandma.
“Gilbert Doctorow: Either rule of law applies to everyone or it applies to no one”
As we’ve said for more than 25 years since the Nazi coming out Party with the 2001 Patriot Act. Some guys get irradiated and get cancer, what was it, 5k a year? And some walk out on the tarmac without papers and fly on their private jet. But either way, zero bombs are stopped. All three of these are statistical facts. …Oh, and the best part? It costs billions to fail this hard. Billions directly to Chertoff’s private corporate stocks.
“The Trump administration is in talks with former intelligence analyst Edward Snowden for a TOTAL AND COMPLETE PARDON as well as Snowden’s return to The United States.”
I mean, great, but would you trust him/them? I wouldn’t. Tell you what: arrest everyone in the NSA, CIA, FBI, and elsewhere who violated all Human Rights on this subject. When you have those 10 prisons chock-full, I’ll consider it. Arrest-o-Meter on this Dec 25, 2025: ZERO.
“Trump doubles down on claim that US must take over Greenland for national security: ‘We’ll have to work it all out’
We do actually, but it’s down the road. Several levels: our present nuclear security depends on our counter-missiles parked in Europe. Looks like that stops, so we, and Canada, will have no defense. But second Europe is becoming our avowed enemy, and that means Denmark is on our direct border. And will park Europe’s nukes there and point them at us with extortion. Uhh, no, that’s not going to happen.
“Europe should smarten up and join in with BRICS as Putin suggests”
Sure, but that’s like Russia joining NATO: NATO exists to destroy Russia. Europe exists to destroy BRIICS and the Global South. So no.
“The United States has failed”
The United States has won.” It’s over. We got the colonists out, stopped the color revolution, ended the empire, and reset the currency. Both as desired, and as we intended. Since 1993, 1963. This is all past tense. Silver is not going back to $20, nor Gold to $300. Every dollar makes China and Russia stronger, and Europe weaker. At this point we’re essentially unassailable.
It’s over. It is no more, it has passed on, it has gone to join the choir invisible, it is an Ex-War and an Ex-Empire. The Republic has been restored.
“Game over, Trump just dug his grave.” — Haiphong.
Yup, 70 hundred million-billion men have been killed in Caracas now, America has fallen, its name erased, and Trump is no longer President. In fact, Maduro has invaded, and taken over the whole North American Continent. Congressmen are being rounded up by the PDVSA and being hung in Fairfax. Could someone PLEASE get a grip?
My level of genius now had decayed to “A thing happened” vs “No thing happened” and they are #Opposites.
No Thing Happened < —– You are here.
A Light Shines in the Darkness
The Darkness Has No UnderstandingA joyous Christmas to all.
Best Wishes for improved health Mr. Meijer
Silver again. I’m squawking out loud that the sky is falling not because I have any special feelings about silver itself. I’m raising an alarm because of the downstream consequences of silver being the Black Swan financial/industrial event of the century (which it is). The downstream consequences of the silver disaster will be devastating to those who have not taken steps to prepare themselves for the realities of a truly monumental “market correction”. You better have already prepared financial defenses for what’s already here.
Kicked out of 109 countries, over a 1000 times. Keep Christ in your Christmas, your heart and soul. His warnings are now our reality. Face the Demon. Take no quarter. They need to be confronted before God’s green earth is a complete living Hell.
* Silver
– Is required for tech, AI and war
– Has 12X to go
– Is plentiful at $100 and ounce
– Will gum up the works at $200 an ounce* The Benighted States of America
– Changes are coming
– Europe should join BRICS
– “Trump Class” is and oxymoron
– US has to rollover 3 trillion dollars of debt
– The US is a failure but getting Greenland will make it a success
– Putin: You know what the US is? It’s a sitting duck. A road apple, Donald. The US is weak. It’s feeble. I think it’s time to put the hurt on the US.
— Donald: I come from US. You not say US is weak! (smashes board)* And…
– Illusions continue as long as they are profitable
– The light shines in the darkness and darkness cannot overcome it
– All vaccines work as intended
– Aliens visited the earth back when it was flat* We highly resolve that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom – and that border control of the immigrants, by the immigrants, for the immigrants, shall not perish from the earth.
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