Debt Rattle October 2 2026
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[See the full post at: Debt Rattle October 2 2026]Trump about to self-destruct over latest diesel initiative?
The West is run by the dumbest leaders ever.Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su
It is a mark of our times that Western leaders are not only the weakest that they have ever been, but they are also the dumbest – with Donald Trump leading the pack. His latest initiative has enraged the business press, who have wheeled out all the experts to shoot it down in flames. Trump wants to limit diesel exports from the U.S., which he believes will drive down diesel pump prices in the U.S., but it is such a stupid idea that many political commentators are pointing out his own level of desperation by playing what one called “an economics game of roulette where if the ball lands on a red number we lose everything”. Experts predict that such an initiative would only reduce diesel prices by about 5 percent for American truckers, but, according to the economists at Goldman Sachs, will drive up gasoline prices at the pumps. Quite apart from the diesel ban also wrecking the global oil economy – which will have its own blowback with American consumers – Trump is showing that not only does he not have smart economists around him advising him on these late-night whims which come to him, but he himself understands practically nothing about how the U.S. economy works.
After giving the most vulgar and disgraceful speech at the UN, talking about himself like a Roman Emperor “annihilating” Iran – a civilisation which is about 4,000 years old – it is easy to see, though, how leaders like Trump exist, when there is practically no safety mechanism in place for a U.S. president to behave so appallingly and to be so reckless with the economy. Nothing from Congress, or even either the Speaker of the House or even leaders of either party, to condemn such narcissistic speeches or foolish policy decisions by a man who represents the greatest wrecking ball to Western civilisation as we know it. And even though we saw a glimmer of hope from U.S. media groups who boycotted his Oval Office sessions, few if any journalists are prepared to report on Trump accurately, preferring to give a gloss or simply bypass his buffoonery altogether. In such an environment where the press gives you a free card, is it any wonder that Trump in his second term in office is basically a New Jersey mobster who has lost his mind entirely – drunk on power and corrupted by it, like Rome’s last emperor who was looking for his chicken while the entire empire was collapsing around him?
The sad thing, though, is that he is not alone.
In the EU, we’ve never had such unremarkable, dithering, under-performing, corrupt political wasters as the current coterie of losers running the UK, France and Germany. The UK is particularly bad, as Andy Burnham and Ed Miliband capture the internet’s imagination for a few brief moments as they enter the UN auditorium – and the main takeaway from their perplexed expressions as they look into someone’s camera is that they appear to be both lost and out of their depths, like children on their first day at the big school. While all three throw all their weight behind war talk about the Russians coming – a scam designed to distract people’s attention away from failed public sectors, immigration and economies in tailspins – Burnham stood out this week, though, for a new policy initiative. He’s going to create an Orwellian new police department to control content on the internet, perhaps inspired by the EU’s own German fascist leader – er, European Commission president, I mean – Ursula von der Leyen, who hates free speech so much that she wants it outlawed altogether.
Trump may well end up looking smarter than the leaders of the UK, France and Germany, as these three bankrupt economies now have only one modus operandi, which is to create a phoney war with Russia – which they believe will deflect any blame aimed at them for when these economies hit rock bottom and all these clowns can offer is to turn to international banks and borrow even more. They know their time in office is limited, and so a war is the perfect solution – not only to divert attention away from their own failure but to also give a massive boost to their friends in the industrial military complex, who will be very grateful for the huge new contracts given to them. We should not be surprised that both the children of Trump and even Tony Blair have huge stakes in weapons companies and could really do with a war which shovels billions their way. Yet the diesel initiative from Trump could actually be the last nail in his coffin, as if he goes ahead with it and it proves to actually jack up gasoline prices, he is likely to lose both houses. Already droves of Republican senators and representatives are distancing themselves from Trump’s Iran war and higher pump prices; it’s hard to imagine how many more stupid lies Trump can tell, blaming others for his own self-made calamities.
Call It Evil: Understanding the Trump Era is a 2026 book written by the eminent moral philosopher Susan Neiman. Published by W. W. Norton & Company, the 240-page book examines how the erosion of shared values has left democracy vulnerable to contemporary demagogues.
The book is available on Amazon Canada for $37.99 CAD.
📖 Core Summary & Overview
Despite its provocative title, Neiman clarifies that this is not a book about Donald Trump specifically. Instead, it explores the structural and cultural conditions that allowed his political era to thrive.
• The Reclaimed Definition of Evil: Neiman rejects the “gothic, tabloid” archetype of evil (like cartoonish, gleeful villains). Instead, she defines it as the widespread, cynical conviction that raw power and narrow self-interest are the only true drivers of human behavior.
• Misunderstood Science & Economics: She argues that public life has been quietly bombarded by misreadings of Charles Darwin and Adam Smith. These misreadings have trickled down into modern “common sense,” falsely convincing society that moral ideals are naive, hypocritical, or only for “losers”.
• The Danger of Safe Language: Neiman critiques modern liberals and institutional Democrats for relying on cautious, clinical language. She argues that by refusing to call out systemic cruelty and corruption by its true name—evil—society has been lulled into a dangerous complacency.
• A Call for Moral Clarity: Drawing parallels to historical frameworks like European fascism, she asserts that reclaiming a bold, unapologetic moral vocabulary is the vital first step toward restoring justice and saving democratic institutions.
🛒 Buying Formats & Platforms in Canada
If you are looking to purchase or read the book, it is available across several major platforms:
• Physical Hardcover: Available on Amazon Canada for $37.99 CAD with free shipping, or at Indigo Chapters for $37.99 CAD.
• Kindle / eBook: Available on Amazon Canada for $28.51 CAD, or through Kobo for $28.89 CAD.
• Audiobook: Narrated by Katharine Chin. You can buy it via Google Play Audiobooks for $24.95 CAD or Kobo Audiobooks for $28.99 CAD.
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In her new book, “Call It Evil: Understanding the Trump Era,” Susan Neiman investigates the structural evils of the Trump administration and how people are becoming ‘Good Germans’ in our fascist era.
“Canada, skies (tariffs)”
Canada is selling off their airports, that’s how successful it’s going.
“Iran is going after America’s debt
It can’t beat the US military, so it’s targeting the $40 trillion America owes.Are you kidding? CHINA wasn’t able to do this. That’s what “Operation Twist” was and didn’t make a ripple. Iran has no remaining connection to the banking system anywhere on the world, AND has 25,000% inflation. I think we can take them. But “Iran INTENDS” Iran had thoughts and said things. Yes. They did, true. They did think things.
“Below the formula, he wrote, “You can’t 25bp a chokepoint.”No. You can’t. But the straits are moving 12M bbl/day. Like 70% of prewar levels already. And First the Taylor Rule is false bc it’s Keynesianism. He’s going to shoot us with his light saber from the movies, not a real thing.
“ the Fed raises rates every time oil prices jump”
Yes but the Fed Chair already said he doesn’t believe this and it’s crap. It’s the remaining Globalists on the board that are doing it. ON PURPOSE. IN AN ELECTION. To destroy the U.S. Not because of economics. So if you want to say “We have Iranian traitors posted in Wall Street and the Federal Reserve Board,” then Yes. I know. But that’s not economics. Nothing says we have to obey traitors.
Anyway: they promised $250/bbl and it’s not even $100. We’ve had $100 all the time and nothing happened. The price isn’t “Real” it’s set by the Polymarket fantasy football in Brent/London, and run by the MEDIA. Not economics.
Both Diesel is NOT the Straits, And Fertilizer was supposed to sink us last year and had no effect. Now it’s winter, we don’t need it. How often can you be wrong?
Yeah, we know, always knew, from 1979 that Iran’s Plan was to shut the strait and cause the world pain. But looks like that didn’t work. It’s working 2/3rds even less now. The U.S. may take pain but Europe will collapse. So the danger isn’t over here at all, you’re looking in the wrong place and you’re attacking your ALLIES, not your enemies.
“’Iran’s Deadline Expires Today’: Tehran Threatens Renewed Attacks As Blockade Bites, Rial Collapses
Headline: “Iran Says Things.” Look: there is no deadline. Not only did Trump short-circuit with “No” and he’s the only one relevant to it, but Iran attacked ships every day all along. “Threatens renewed Attacks” when they attacked yesterday. Sirs: you have to STOP in order to “Start” again, or have any threat of starting.
“Trump Chooses WAR! Iran BLOWS OPEN Israeli Airport Hoax | Larry Johnson & Col. Lawrence Wilkerson — Danny Haiphong
Same crew so you know it’s retarded AF. Because Trump has NOT chosen war before now? That’s what 200 days of all the Congressional discussions of “Continuing resolutions” were? That is concerning ‘cause if everything in Iran was blown to bits in “Not War” (according to Haiphong) then you can only imagine how blown to bits they’ll be “In War”. So I guess Trump might start the war tomorrow!
Trump also unconditionally surrendered last month, but also nuked everyone.
Every day and person is like Bedlam, or else I’m much mistaken. Every utterance is lunacy. And more because AFTER they say it, and AFTER we check, they STILL continue on believing it.
“Supertanker Ablaze After Iran Attack In Hormuz As US Deploys 10K More Troops & Third Carrier To Mideast
Finally a tanker is hit. Good work. How do I know? Why was this headline NOT printed the last 30 days? A: Because they were “Targeted” with intent but no contact, they were “Hit” with 2lb Amazon drones, but not, as this one, actually damaged. Because journalists would rather be drawn and quartered than tell the truth, we don’t know how many were “Hit” vs “Targeted” vs “Smoke bombs”, but the headline shows that actually lighting one on fire has been quite rare, considering.
This is with again, what is NOT reported, because journalists would rather be drawn and quartered than tell the truth, that the US Navy “just said” in the Indian sea: “Don’t you ships move or we’ll sink you” to all the Iranian tankers (essentially) So they have been completely idle, not trying to run the gauntlet at Oman. That is: the Navy let all Iran’s tankers OUT “to sell to China”, and Ha ha! Iran called it a win! …But not back IN within 1,000 miles of Iran.
THIS was why Iran said they’re attacking the whole Indian Ocean. But because journalists would rather be drawn and quartered than tell the truth, we didn’t know these two facts existed and were straight cause and effect. Because journalists would rather be drawn and quartered than tell the truth. Thanks.
It’s like saying “Some kids did graffiti and the police are trying to lock them up for life” only to find out the Kids are the Manson family and the graffiti was the Tate murders. Uh, no, those facts are EXCLUSIVELY RELEVANT to the actions, and withholding them is a galactic level of open deception. But I already said that when I said “Media.”
Of course this means the US$ will collapse which is why it is 102. And the U.S. will collapse which is why a trillion is flooding into the Indexes. That’s how mad everyone is at us, with China cutting new deals.
“Gold falling” which is why you know there’s a larger war and Trump is going to nuke everybody to stop the nuking of everybody, after having won and the flows are now 70% of prewar. ‘cause: Reasons. Really those signals are a US$ crisis of a different kind. There’s a USD SHORTAGE, as Bessant squeezes the Eurodollar system that had been controlling us since 1970. Europe is in big trouble, which is why they’re selling off gold, but buying dollars, and hiding money in US Indexes, even tho they’re all wildly overpriced. It’s complex bc you have to look at hints and relationships and flows, but it’s also exactly what you’d expect. Or expect when looking from my paradigm.
And Krainer is definitely on Luongo’s “London Plan” and definitely doesn’t want to say so. I listened to his last one – sorry didn’t link – and like the others, changed his whole view, NOT talking about Trump, but IS talking about other things, Afghanistan, and the long-term monetary (British) Empire. But in a way Europeans and Trump haters can accept and digest. The reason he doesn’t bring up Trump – and I wish to God other people wouldn’t either, since he’s mostly not relevant – is 1) It’s almost always distracting and counterproductive but 2) You’d find out that his actions make sense according to this British Financial Globalist Empire theory. Once you know that’s the goal, then his actions are logical, and anything you say explaining that sounds like you’re apologizing and defending Trump, which thanks to media and the soft, pudding-heads of most people, is unacceptable.
But this will take more data points. If not, it’s a very strange, very sudden right turn from his accusations and emotional meltdown over Trump starting February, but suddenly stopping Sept 1. Because he stopped thinking with emotions – as we’re all pissed off – and started engaging his brain again in cold logic. And I understand.
Back to Iran, Iran issues a 75 page plea to the American people to stop the war. …As One Does…when one is completely winning. Yeah, you know, when I’m winning, I don’t usually go around the President and beg the people to stop the war. You just stop talking, carry on, and win it.
“Europe’s Housing Crisis Is An Immigration Crisis, Berlin Data Confirms
In a system that rejects mass immigration, the population can fall, opening up room for cheaper housing, lower rents, and even an increase in the birthrate…”But GDP Go Up!! No, really. Remember August 2020 the day before Covid all the markets broke, and we’d have a crisis that only war-like printing and “Digit-go-up” could prevent. What a Coincidence! Then a Miracle Happened! Ah. Yes. So the only way “Digit-go-up” and stop the debt collapse is to import people and jack prices. If digit ever go down, with this leverage, debt-based system, you’d have an ‘08 collapse overnight. So you see the Migrant problem has nothing to do with migrants. Mostly. It still kills your own citizens, so that’s a plus.
…And that’s true here too. You remove 2 million, 20 million people and yes, houses drop. …But houses are COLLATERAL for the entire U.S. System. No collateral = collapse. …I mean unless you had a stablecoin in the system or something instead. NOT debt-based system, Gold-based system as Shelton is put into Treasury, running stablecoins, and it CAN have a Deflation and survive.
They can’t TELL the people that, so they look like traitors. But that’s only because they ARE traitors, and if they told the truth: “We’re importing infinity rapists so the FTSE stays high” will rightfully communicate they’re killing YOU so a few thousand connected financial, Epstein-Class people don’t lose money. Uh, no. That’s a WORSE explanation, actually. But it’s the true one. They tell themselves because a collapse and world Depression would be worse — and it’s really bad, no question! — but the PEOPLE would survive. And is that Depression any worse than the intolerable system we have now? Not really. Only better for them. Honesty is better for us. Same as Germany after 1945. Honest money = Instant prosperity, even though every object in all Germany was rubble.
“Trump Explains Why He’s Okay With North Korea Having Nukes, But Not Iran
Because what are we supposed to do? Land and invade? That’s the same problem with Israel: what do you want us to DO about it? Invade Israel and make them cease to exist as a nation? Yeah 1) Nobody will like that and call us the villains, not the heroes 2) Israel will use the nukes, obviously, that’s exactly the scenario they exist for.
So what do you want us to do? Be practical. Answer: “Wah wah wah wah wahhhhhhhh! I want a PONY!” What you do is bad, but I have no answers at all, and do no work. And Why Us? Why don’t YOU do something? Ah, the answer and approach of a child. Shut up now, Daddy’s busy.
France Erupts Into Chaos As “Rioting Migrant” Kids Torch Schools And Busses
Those darn Mormon youth again. Why can’t they go back to Utah where they came from?
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