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  • #198890
    those darned kids
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    ta-da!

    #198891
    those darned kids
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    welcome to the next page!

    #198943
    Michael Reid
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    #198944
    Michael Reid
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    #198945
    Dr. D
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    “BREAKING: Jeffrey Epstein was actively working with the Russian government on influencing Trump.”

    Yes! All people all the time! That’s why Meuller found exactly NOTHING on all this, nor Comey, nor Burr, nor 2 impeachments, nor 4 years of Biden.

    Because it’s right there and really happened.

    Man I love this. Trump may have sold Epstein, but DNC can’t shut up about it, are going to force him to release all the names (which have been tampered by now, another pitfall) which will take out 2/3rds of Congress. …But not Trump. They can’t resist!

    Sooo…United Health Care put in AI to process claims. #Winning! More happier! Mo’ faster!

    …Which then denies 90% of all claims.

    …Exactly as the programmers designed it to. But: Computer!

    No, “Computer” is YOU. You created an order-making machine that now makes orders. You made it order 90% of recipients to death. Exactly as they want.

    But if it’s “AI” it’s all smart and moral and okay. Just like when Israel Programmed their AI to level everything in Gaza above 3 feet high. Because it’s very smart, moral, and detail-oriented that way. Then it’s fine, or if it’s not, Blame Computer!

    This happens all the time, and no matter who computer kills, it’s nobody’s fault. What I’m going to do, is tape a CPU to a steak knife and stab somebody with it. Then it will be Computer’s Fault. I go free!

    “Trump BLEW IT: Israel, Candace Owens & Epstein BURY MAGA (But Not How You Think)
    Danny Haiphong•51K views•8 hours ago”

    If by Blew it, he’s still President and nobody noticed, then yes?

    “Trump goes silent Thursday after nightmare scenario”

    I think you may want to check he news feeds. I don’t think not tweeting for 30 minutes is the same as “Going silent”. What’s the nightmare scenario? If I have no idea what you’re talking about, it can’t be much of a concern. Since it’s already Friday and nothing’s happened, was I right?

    “Trump’s Presidency is in ruins…” — Haiphong. Internal emotional state of Trump. All day, every day. There is nothing in the known universe except Trump. Trump is God and we are all living in him.

    Let’s see, I guess something happened since Monday when he crushed the entire DNC Congress and brought them to heel, making them sign a budget getting nothing? Like, maybe nothing has happened between now and then?

    Checked the news: Yup, he’s still President. The Epstein files had nothing in them, as expected, except Wolfe and Jeffy trying to figure out how to create blackmail on him. …Because they already had so much blackmail they were putting heads together to CREATE blackmail? Huh. Then “RussiaRussiaRussia” because Jeffy was going to leverage and sell Any of this to Russia…………who never called him back, dgaf about him. That’s how “Russia rigged the election with Epstein” which Russia never acted on and Meuller never saw.

    So...”We Make S—t Up”? Just make it up. Every minute, every day. Like the BBC does. Not true, no underlyign event that we can point at to even claim we “Misrepresented”, just make things up that never happened, events that never occurred, with people who were never there.

    And so every Haiphong, every Pepe, every Duran, heck every Tucker it seems now. But: keeps it in the headlines, and for Democrats to demand its release, which is awesome. I can’t wait.

    The most fun part about this is, Trump can just release it and end this media circus any minute of any day he feels like. It only goes on bc he finds it amusing that way. …To blackmail all Congress, and Congress will probably cease being in session because of it. Like I said, I think he sold the stay of execution to somebody, prob for the 2025 BBB, but if CONGRESS forces him to reveal, the PEOPLE demand it, well, his hands are clean. He upheld his end. Not his fault if America end-runs the contract deal he made.

    Then also not his fault when the government collapses because of it, and he’s the only guy left there, deciding things.

    That’s my read.

    And not that he won’t also take knocks: I’m sure there are dozens of his allies who will be taken out, for reasons both legit and false. Just that the DNC will have a % more lost than his side. So you can see why you’d want to delay, both blackmail, get things done, sell the delay, prepare for the collapse, brace yourself, gin up infinity media interest, etc. All good. I can’t say I would do the same, but maybe I SHOULD do the same. I’m too honorable in war that way. Sometimes kicking them in the nuts when they’re down is the right thing to do. Queensbury Rules.

    #198946
    those darned kids
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    “If by Blew it, he’s still President homicidal filth who DOES NOT GIVE A FUNK ABOUT YOU and nobody noticed, then yes?”

    #198947
    those darned kids
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    ” Trump is God and we are all living in him.”

    no wonder blackrock keeps upping the rent..

    now that the liver’s a no go zone, i’m moving to the heart as it’s pretty much vacant.

    #198948
    those darned kids
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    you talk as if there were two sides – that is foolish.

    #198949
    Dave Note
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    #198960
    kultsommer
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    If by Blew it, he’s still President homicidal filth who….

    More like enabler. Still a filth tho’.
    Others do the killing.

    Full month of being orphaned.

    #199019
    analoguy
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    @Phoenix
    Dane Wigington has been investigating climate engineering for a long time.

    Main-home

    #199035
    Michael Reid
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    #199036
    zerosum
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    There are two likely scenarios.

    Depopulation and depopulation by another name.

    #199037
    those darned kids
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    not giving a shit has left our friend above rather skinny.

    #199038
    zerosum
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    Another Devastating Strike Delivered
    The Battle for Pokrovsk is Nearing its End
    MS For 2025.11.14

    #199039
    zerosum
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    Price of energy holding at approx.$60.00
    Why Is there no fear of supply disruptions…
    Russia. Venezuela, Iran,

    #199040
    John Day
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    Managing The Near Future https://drjohnsblog.substack.com/p/managing-the-near-future

    Gail Tverberg, A lack of very cheap oil is leading to debt problems – We planned as if the low-priced oil era of 1948 to 1973 would last
    The issue I see is that many promises were made during the period between the end of World War II and 1973, when oil prices were very low, and most people assumed that oil supply could grow endlessly. No one stopped to think that this was a temporary situation that likely could not be repeated. If things didn’t work out as planned, debt bubbles could bring down the economy…
    ..Between 1920 and 1970, US oil supply grew rapidly. The early oil was easy to extract and close to customers wanting to purchase it. There had been warnings from physicists (including, most notably, M. King Hubbert) that this could not go on indefinitely, but most people assumed that any obstacles were far in the future…
    ..Of course, there were other countries producing oil besides the US at that time, so it was possible to purchase imported oil. The US still had some oil it could produce, but it tended to require more complex operations. For example, some of the oil was in Alaska. Bringing this oil to market required working in a cold climate, laying a long pipeline, and using ships to transport the oil to locations with refineries.
    Low oil prices were very beneficial to the economy, for as long as they lasted…

    ..Oil and other energy products are like food for the economy. During the period when oil prices were very low, there was sufficient margin for purchasing all kinds of “extras”…
    ..In the low-priced oil era, small businesses were sufficient for many types of operations. There was little need for a deep organizational hierarchy, or for advanced energy-saving versions of manufactured devices. Most goods used in the US were made in the US…
    ..Once the economy started to need more complexity, things began to change…
    ..The economy needs a strong middle class to maintain the buying power needed to purchase goods such as vehicles, motorcycles, and new homes, to keep the price of oil up. If the middle class starts to disappear, or if young people start earning less than their parents did at the same age (adjusted for inflation), then it becomes difficult to keep the prices of oil and other energy products up. Prices must be both high enough for producers and low enough for consumers…
    ..Recessions took place when oil prices rose. Governments found that they needed to bail out their economies with more debt when oil prices rose. Since 2008, the ratio of US debt to GDP has skyrocketed. Quite a bit of the added debt has been to pay for programs for poor people and the elderly…
    ..The current level of debt of the US government is widely viewed as being too high. One analysis suggests that if the ratio of government debt to GDP exceeds 90%, economic growth is inhibited. The US debt to GDP ratio is now 120% on the basis shown, which is well above the 90% threshold. One concern is that interest payments on debt already exceed the amount the US spends on defense each year. Taxes need to rise, simply to pay the interest on the debt.
    Growing debt, particularly during the Stagflation Stage, is one of the issues mentioned by researchers into so-called secular cycles, which are long-term cycles that take centuries to complete. In the book Secular Cycles by Peter Turchin and Sergey Nefedov, a group of people somehow obtain possession of an area of land (often by cutting down trees or winning a war) that allows the population of the group to temporarily surge. When the population reaches the carrying capacity of the area, population growth greatly slows in a period referred to as Stagflation. Wage and wealth disparity become more of a problem, as does debt.
    Eventually, according to Turchin and Nefedof’s study examining eight societies, populations tended to collapse over long periods, ranging from 20 to 50 years. Such cycles are closely related to the periods of growth and collapse analyzed in Prof. Joseph Tainter’s book, “The Collapse of Complex Societies.”

    The time ahead [“Crisis”] looks worrying, if my analysis is correct. https://gailtverberg.substack.com/p/a-lack-of-very-cheap-oil-is-leading

    The Honest Sorcerer, Life On The Slippery Slope
    Two scenarios for what a world with a declining resource and energy availability could look like https://thehonestsorcerer.substack.com/p/life-on-the-slippery-slope

    Hal Turner, Standard Overnight Funds Rate Plunges – Signals “Panic”
    While, everyone was paying attention to the budget vote — this happened. The Secured Overnight Funds Rate (SOFR) plunged. In matters financial, the SOFR is the world’s most important number.
    On November 6, 2025 the SOFR crashed to 3.92% — the lowest level in two years. It is the benchmark that controls $397 trillion in global contracts, and it just signaled something catastrophic.
    This is not a rate cut. This is a liquidity flood. The rate dropping like this is designed to make it super cheap for Banks and Corporations to borrow funds overnight to balance their books…
    ..Translation: The Fed sees something breaking and is throwing liquidity at it before the fractures become visible. https://halturnerradioshow.com/index.php/news-selections/world-news/standard-overnight-funds-rate-plunges-signals-panic

    Martin Armstrong, Fed Quietly Injects $125 Billion in Repo Market
    The Federal Reserve quietly pumped $125 billion into the repo market during the last week of October. Red flags have been raised that the banks are in desperate need of liquidity, but there is a deeper issue at play—the entire system is under stress…
    ..The central bank stepped into the repo market in 2019 and has not injected an amount this large since the 2020 pandemic. This move comes as bank reserves drop to a four-year low of $2.8 trillion and liquidity is certainly a valid concern. More importantly, the Fed wants banks to trade US debt for cash and force the private sector to absorb the debt. The Fed does not want to publicly provide a bail out so they inject money into the standing repo facility and lend against Treasuries.
    The public must have confidence in the banks, and the banks must have confidence that the Federal Reserve will always catch them before they fall. We’ve seen several smaller banks go under in 2025, yet they were small enough not to raise concerns. The Fed fears panic more than it fears inflation. Powell knows that the central bank lost the ability to control inflation, but for now, it can control panic.
    The cycle cannot be prevented. The systemic issues are too far gone for repair. https://www.armstrongeconomics.com/armstrongeconomics101/economics/fed-quietly-injects-125-billion-in-repo-market/

    #199041
    John Day
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    Yves Smith, Naked Capitalism: Has Ed Zitron Found the Fatal Flaw with OpenAI and Its Flagship ChatGPT?
    Ed Zitron has been relentlessly pursuing the questionable economics of AI and has tentatively identified a bombshell in his latest post, Exclusive: Here’s How Much OpenAI Spends On Inference and Its Revenue Share With Microsoft.
    If his finding is valid, large language models like ChapGPT are much further from ever becoming economically viable than even optimists imagine. No wonder OpenAI chief Sam Altman has been talking up a bailout.
    By way of background, over a series of typically very long and relentlessly documented articles, Zitron has demonstrated (among many other things) the absolutely enormous capital expenditures of the major AI incumbents versus comparatively thin revenues, let alone profits. Zitron’s articles on the enormous cash burn and massive capital misallocation that AI represents have the work of Gary Marcus on fundamental performance shortcomings as de facto companion pieces. https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2025/11/has-ed-zitron-found-the-fatal-flaw-with-openai-and-its-flagship-chatgpt.html

    Ross Perot exited “irrational” markets in May 1987, well ahead of “Black-Monday”, October19: Michael ‘Big Short’ Burry Rage-Quits Market, Liquidates Hedge Fund
    We’ll begin with the famous quote from economist John Maynard Keynes: “The market can stay irrational longer than you can stay solvent.”
    It’s a reminder that even the smartest traders in the room, the ones who’ve built entire careers calling bubbles and shorting tops, can be steamrolled when markets detach from reality. https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/big-short-michael-burry-deregisters-scion-hedge-fund-after-warning-sometimes-we-see-bubbles

    ‘Bankers Know Gold Is Their Money Of Last Resort’; Morgan Warns End Of American Empire Looms
    More than a year ago, economic analyst and financial writer David Morgan predicted we were entering a global Great Depression. With massive AI layoffs, sky rocketing silver and gold prices, exploding debt and civil unrest increasing, it looks like Morgan was right again.
    On the money side, demand is so shaky for US Treasuries that former Trump Federal Reserve nominee, Judy Shelton, was pitching a gold-backed US Treasury Bond on CNBC. Was Shelton running a flag up the pole to gauge the reaction for the White House?
    Morgan says:“You are not getting on CNBC and talking about a gold-backed bond unless it’s been, let’s say, approved by the powers that be.
    This is something that will help restore a sound monetary system with possible gold convertibility.
    Shelton argues that the US monetary system is unstable, inflationary and it erodes purchasing power.
    Shelton says a new bond with a link to gold would restore trust.” https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/bankers-know-gold-their-money-last-resort-morgan-warns-end-american-empire-looms

    “Terrorists”, like “antisemites” are whoever we say: Israeli bill proposing death penalty for ‘terrorists’ clears first parliamentary vote https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20251110-israel-bill-death-penalty-terrorists

    Israeli soldiers speak of ‘shooting without restraint’ in Gaza in documentary testimony
    Israeli soldiers have revealed that they were allowed to shoot freely at their own discretion in Gaza, exposing a disregard for the laws of war in a new documentary set to air on UK public television Monday night.
    The film, “Breaking Ranks: Inside Israel’s War,” offers rare firsthand testimonies from Israel Defense Forces soldiers who describe lawless combat during the Gaza conflict…
    ..Daniel said claims such as those by Israeli President Isaac Herzog, who declared “an entire nation out there that is responsible” for the Oct. 7 attacks, seeped into soldiers’ minds. “You hear that all the time, so you start to believe it.”
    Maj. Neta Caspin, another officer, revealed military rabbis propagated genocidal mindsets, giving religious justification for mass demolitions.
    “One time, the brigade rabbi sat down next to me and spent half an hour explaining why we must be just like they were on Oct. 7,” he said. https://www.arabnews.com/node/2622106/media

    #199042
    John Day
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    Whistleblower Israeli soldiers describe killing unarmed Palestinians as they ‘demolish’ Gaza
    IDF soldiers tell how they use teenage Palestinians as human shields in Gaza and have left the enclave a ‘zombie apocalypse’
    During that time, they said commanding officers told them to ignore international law, use civilians, including teenagers, as human shields, celebrate drone strikes and “take revenge on them all”. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/israel-war-crimes-gaza-whistleblower-itv-documentary-b2862575.html

    241 Palestinians killed in Gaza since ceasefire: Health Ministry https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/241-palestinians-killed-gaza-ceasefire-health-ministry

    Did Israel harvest organs before returning corpses to Gaza? – Not a Ceasefire Day 31 https://israelpalestinenews.org/did-israel-harvest-organs-before-returning-corpses-to-gaza-not-a-ceasefire-day-30/

    ‘We hate winter’: Palestinians face the rain without shelters as Israel blocks tents https://israelpalestinenews.org/palestinians-face-the-rain-without-shelters-as-israel-blocks-tents/

    Israel’s underground jail, where Palestinians are held without charge and never see daylight https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/nov/08/israel-underground-jail-rakefet-palestinians-gaza-detainees

    #199043
    John Day
    Participant

    Palestinian detainees in Israel’s Ofer prison face ‘catastrophic’ abuse
    Palestinian Commission of Detainees Affairs says detainees were punished with solitary confinement, beatings, and electric shocks. https://www.trtworld.com/article/39b89ac24953

    Israeli settlers establish new illegal outpost near East Jerusalem https://en.yenisafak.com/world/israeli-settlers-establish-new-illegal-outpost-near-east-jerusalem-3710418

    Haaretz, West Bank Violence Isn’t Mere ‘Friction’ but One-sided Settler Pogroms Against Palestinians
    The IDF, as the sovereign in the occupied territories, must protect all victims of violence, including Palestinians, from Jewish terror. Government backing of rioters does not absolve the army of this duty https://archive.li/TBD5F#selection-709.0-713.205

    Savage beatings and dying trees: How West Bank settler violence is impacting Palestinians’ olive harvest
    Umm Shukry inspects her olive trees one by one, just as she did every year for a decade. But this olive harvest season is different. Nearly all her trees are damaged; their branches bare and brittle.
    Examining each limb, she feels exhausted with sorrow. “I am suffocated. I am suffocated from seeing my hard work turn out like this,” she told CNN. “I used to spend so much time here under the scorching heat, taking care of them… we’ve had this land for over 50 years.” https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/savage-beatings-and-dying-trees-how-west-bank-settler-violence-is-impacting-palestinians-olive-harvest/ar-AA1PZpbH

    UN says Israeli impediments continue to block Gaza aid access
    ‘There’s no reason not to have border crossings opened’ amid ceasefire, says spokesperson https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/un-says-israeli-impediments-continue-to-block-gaza-aid-access/3740307

    #199044
    John Day
    Participant

    There is an Israeli-military half and a Palestinian half now: Partition of Gaza a looming risk as Trump’s plan falters
    Israel has reinforced its withdrawal line with yellow cement blocks and fortifications. With talks stalled, the “yellow line” may mark a new de facto border. https://www.newarab.com/news/partition-gaza-looming-risk-trumps-plan-falters

    Israel, US reach deal to exile 200 Hamas fighters trapped in Rafah: Report – There was no immediate comment from US, Israel, or Hamas on report https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/israel-us-reach-deal-to-exile-200-hamas-fighters-trapped-in-rafah-report/3741281

    1 killed, others injured in Israeli strike in southern Lebanon despite ceasefire: Reports – No immediate comment from Israeli army on media report https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/1-killed-others-injured-in-israeli-strike-in-southern-lebanon-despite-ceasefire-reports/3739490

    Israeli military begins work to annex parts of S. Lebanon https://en.mehrnews.com/news/238608/Israeli-military-begins-work-to-annex-parts-of-S-Lebanon

    France, Palestine to establish committee to consolidate state of Palestine
    Macron warns Israel that any form of annexation of West Bank ‘red line,’ vows strong response with European partners if plans proceed https://www.aa.com.tr/en/europe/france-palestine-to-establish-committee-to-consolidate-state-of-palestine/3741224

    #199045
    John Day
    Participant

    Iran Ramping Up Missile Production As Another Potential War With Israel Looms
    Building on lessons learned from the 12-Day War, Iran is working to be ready to overwhelm Israeli defenses in a future conflict.
    Meanwhile, Iranian officials have told Ali Vaez, the Iran project director at the International Crisis Group, that “missile factories are working 24 hours a day,” The New York Times reported. Vaez added that if there is another war, “they hope to fire 2,000 at once to overwhelm Israeli defenses, not 500 over 12 days” as they did in June. “Israel feels the job is unfinished and sees no reason not to resume the conflict, so Iran is doubling down preparedness for the next round.” https://www.twz.com/news-features/iran-ramping-up-missile-production-as-another-potential-war-with-israel-looms-on-the-horizon

    In the first 6 minutes Alex Krainer describes the split in the American electorate, which no longer wholly supports Israel, after the horrors of genocide for 2 years. This may give Trump leeway to not jump in on Israel’s behalf if Israel atacks Iran again. Trump Is Turning On Israel — And They Do Not Like It | Alex Krainer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMWj9Erg52g&t=437s

    Paramount ‘blacklisting’ Hollywood figures critical of Gaza genocide
    Since CEO David Ellison took over, several senior staff have been dismissed for opposing the genocide in Gaza, with sources saying the studio now refuses to work with artists it considers ‘hostile to Israeli interests’ https://thecradle.co/articles-id/34178

    Report: 44 journalists killed inside displacement tents in Gaza https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20251110-report-44-journalists-killed-inside-displacement-tents-in-gaza/

    The sadistic (per Virginia Giuffre) former Israeli Prime Minister, Corporate Media Silent as Epstein–Barak Emails Indicate Mossad Connection https://israelpalestinenews.org/epstein-mossad-connection/

    #199046
    John Day
    Participant

    Dems Dump New ‘Epstein Files’ With Trump – Redact Witness (Virginia Giuffre again) Who Already Exonerated Him https://www.zerohedge.com/political/new-epstein-files-drop-except-dems-and-they-involve-trump

    How Speaker Johnson is holding up a vote on the Epstein files https://san.com/cc/how-speaker-johnson-is-holding-up-a-vote-on-the-epstein-files/

    White House Says Trump Committed To $2,000 Tariff Dividend Payments For Many Americans https://www.zerohedge.com/political/white-house-says-trump-committed-2000-tariff-dividend-payments-many-americans

    Trump Outlines Plan To Scrap “Stupid Obamacare”, Redirect Money To Americans
    Trump proposed redirecting massive subsidies away from wealthy insurance companies and straight into the pockets of everyday people.
    “I am calling today for insurance companies NOT to be paid. But for this massive amount of money be paid DIRECTLY to the people so they can buy their own healthcare!” Trump stated. https://www.zerohedge.com/political/trump-outlines-plan-scrap-stupid-obamacare-redirect-money-americans

    Brian Berletic, US Plans for China Blockade Continue Taking Shape
    In 2018, the US Naval War College Review published a paper titled, “A Maritime Oil Blockade Against China—Tactically Tempting But Strategically Flawed.” It was only one of many over the preceding years discussing the details of implementing a maritime blockade as part of a larger encirclement and containment strategy of China.
    At first glance the paper looks like US policy thinking considered, then moved past the idea of blockading China. Instead, the paper merely listed a number of obstacles impeding such a strategy in 2018—obstacles that would need to be removed if such a strategy were to be viable in the near or intermediate future—and obstacles US policymakers have been removing ever since.
    More contemporary papers published, including those among the pages of the US Naval Institute, have updated and refined not just an emerging strategy to theoretically confront and contain China, but a plan of action taking tangible shape…
    ..To understand Washington’s strategy toward China, one should not look to the political rhetoric of “retreat” or “homeland defense” in the Western Hemisphere, but rather to the tangible actions taking place across the Asia-Pacific and beyond—the meticulous encirclement of China’s periphery, the sustained attacks on its critical overland energy and trade links (BRI/CPEC), the calculated incapacitation of Russia as a potential energy supplier, and the establishment of local proxy forces (the Philippines, Japan, separatists on Taiwan) prepared to wage war.
    Far from an abstract or “flawed” concept relegated to think-tank papers, the maritime oil blockade—or wider general blockade against China—is being incrementally prepared in real-time. By systematically removing the very obstacles noted in the 2018 Naval War College Review paper, the US is demonstrating a clear, unwavering commitment to a multi-layered strategy of containment, coercion, and confrontation designed not just to prepare for conflict, but to make that conflict both inevitable and successful for the singular goal of maintaining global American hegemony. https://www.asia-pacificresearch.com/us-plans-china-blockade-continue-taking-shape/5633127

    #199047
    John Day
    Participant

    Chinese Diplomat Threatens to Behead New Japanese Prime Minister Over Taiwan Comments
    China’s mask slipped again when one of its diplomats openly threatened to behead Japan’s new prime minister for warning that a blockade of Taiwan would endanger Japan—turning a blunt truth into a flashpoint that edges Asia closer to war. https://rairfoundation.com/chinese-diplomat-threatens-behead-new-japanese-prime-minister/

    Chinese: Moonshot’s Kimi K2 Thinking emerges as leading open source AI, outperforming GPT-5, Claude Sonnet 4.5 on key benchmarks https://venturebeat.com/ai/moonshots-kimi-k2-thinking-emerges-as-leading-open-source-ai-outperforming

    New bridge between Russia and North Korea will conceal the volume and nature of cargo being transported https://en.topcor.ru/65892-newsweek-novyj-most-mezhdu-rossiej-i-kndr-skroet-obemy-i-harakter-perevozimyh-gruzov.html

    Long range, loitering, “suicide drones” Russia Now Produces 6,000 War Drones Every Month with $20k to $70k Per Unit
    What began as limited use of Iranian-supplied loitering munitions has now evolved into a vast, factory-driven campaign. Moscow is producing over 6,000 Shahed-type “Geran” drones every month, transforming the drone war into a high-volume, low-cost assault strategy designed to exhaust and overwhelm air defenses. https://www.thedefensenews.com/news-details/Russia-Now-Produces-6000-War-Drones-Every-Month-with-20k-to-70k-Per-Unit/

    Bulgaria running low on fuel as US sanctions on Russia’s Lukoil loom – Energy minister says reserves may not last long if Burgas refinery halts production https://www.aa.com.tr/en/europe/bulgaria-running-low-on-fuel-as-us-sanctions-on-russia-s-lukoil-loom/3741137

    #199049
    John Day
    Participant

    Trump said the US is no longer funding Ukraine.
    The United States spent $350 billion on the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, President Donald Trump announced. Now, the American government is not spending money on this conflict, he stated. https://www-kommersant-ru.translate.goog/doc/8193698?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp

    The electricity is out, which was their responsibility: Ukraine Ruled By “Wartime Mafia Network” With “Countless Ties” To Zelensky: Viktor Orban https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/ukraine-ruled-wartime-mafia-network-countless-ties-zelensky-viktor-orban

    French foreign minister says US military operations in Caribbean violate international law https://www.arabnews.com/node/2622278/world

    UK stops sharing some intel with US over Trump’s ‘drug boat’ strikes in Caribbean: report
    Chaos continues off the coast of Venezuela as U.S. administration refuses to name suspects killed in attacks https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/uk-intel-sharing-trump-caribbean-b2863100.html

    Venezuela Mobilizes Forces as USS Gerald Ford Enters Region
    The Ford carries more than 5,000 sailors and can host more than 75 aircraft, supported by guided-missile destroyers and escort warships.
    Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro’s government has mobilized militias, 8 million civilians and 60,000 Army and National Guard members, with Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino saying, The aggression will be responded to with national unity
    https://ground.news/article/venezuela-mobilizes-forces-as-uss-gerald-ford-enters-region_c1281f

    #199050
    John Day
    Participant

    Trump Pardons 77 Citizens Targeted By Democrats In 2020 Election Lawfare
    On Friday, the Trump Administration began contacting the scores of Republicans still facing criminal charges in a handful of blue states for their service as alternative electors — or connection to the alternative electors — conveying the president’s decision to pardon them. https://thefederalist.com/2025/11/10/trump-pardons-77-citizens-targeted-by-democrats-in-2020-election-lawfare/

    ​ Marjorie Taylor Greene Snaps Back at Trump After He Disses Her in Oval Office Presser: ‘I Haven’t Lost My Way’
    Her reaction followed Collins asking Trump for his reaction to Greene, after the Louisiana Republican has criticized the president for grocery prices and for “nonstop” foreign policy meetings.
    ​ “I don’t know what happened to Marjorie,” Trump said at the White House. “She’s a nice woman, but I don’t know what happened. She’s lost her way, I think.”
    ​He added a moment later:
    ​ “So when somebody like Marjorie Taylor Greene, who’s now catering to the other side—I don’t know what, you know, I guess she’s got some kind of an act going—but I’m surprised at her. But when somebody like Marjorie goes over and starts making statements like that, it shows she doesn’t know.”​ https://www.mediaite.com/politics/marjorie-taylor-greene-snaps-back-at-trump-after-he-disses-her-in-oval-office-presser-i-havent-lost-my-way/

    Careful Hormone Replacement Therapy starting at Menopause is mostly-good again, like it used to be. There are many considerations. Provera is still bad. FDA Reverses Decades-Old Warning on Hormone Therapy Products for Menopause https://ground.news/article/fda-reverses-decades-old-warning-on-hormone-therapy-products-for-menopause_bd0b5b

    A Midwestern Doctor, What They Never Tell Us About Salt – Why natural salt is essential for health
    For 50 years, medicine has waged a misguided war against critical sources of health like salt and sunlight while avoiding discussing the real causes of diseases. Because of this, the dangers of salt are relentlessly focused on despite evidence not supporting them.
    ​ In parallel, the extreme dangers of consuming too little salt are rarely discussed in the medical field—despite dangerously low sodium being one of the most common conditions seen in hospitalized patients, and chronically low sodium greatly increasing one’s risk of dying.
    ​ The war against salt originated from the belief salt raises blood pressure—despite the evidence showing it doesn’t.
    ​ Many of the foundational beliefs around high blood pressure are not supported by the existing data, leading to situations where patients are routinely medicated to blood pressures far below what is safe, significantly reducing their quality of life and increasing their risk of severe injuries or death.
    ​ Salt restriction creates many similar complications to dangerously low blood pressures (e.g., fatigue, lightheadedness, erectile dysfunction). Because of this, many find their health and energy dramatically improves once they start consuming healthy salts.
    ​ This article will cover some of the key dangers associated with salt restriction and strategies for locating the healthiest natural salts.
    ​ Many medical policies are driven more by profit than by evidence of what truly benefits patients. Because of this, we frequently see medicine refuse to ever discuss the things that are making us sick (e.g., numerous studies show vaccines make children 2-10X more likely to develop chronic illnesses that are now widespread) while in tandem, we are relentlessly pressured to put all focus onto a few things which do not make enough money for lobbyists to defend them.​ https://www.midwesterndoctor.com/p/what-they-never-tell-us-about-salt

    ​ John Leake, How Did Moderna’s 2016 Patented Gene Sequence Turn Up in SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19 Virus)?
    Moderna CEO Stéphane Bancel, the Wuhan Lab, a critical gene patent, and the U.S. government’s curious lack of interest in what appears to be a smoking gun.​ https://www.thefocalpoints.com/p/how-did-modernas-2016-patented-gene

    #199051
    John Day
    Participant

    CIA Met With Ralph Baric In 2015 To Discuss “Coronavirus Evolution And Possible Human Adaptation”: Emails​ https://www.zerohedge.com/political/cia-met-ralph-baric-2015-discuss-coronavirus-evolution-and-possible-human-adaptation

    ​ This was a horror-show. I always advised pregnant patients against “vaccination”.. Celia Farber, : Preview For Upcoming Podcast: Dr. James Thorp, On The Greatest Catastrophe Of Obstetrical Medicine: mRNA For Pregnant Women
    ​ Dr. Thorp And I Co Wrote The Book: “Sacrifice: How The Deadliest Vaccine In History Targeted The Most Vulnerable”​ https://celiafarber.substack.com/p/preview-for-upcoming-podcast-dr-james

    ​”Don’t Worry. Be Happy”. Just “don’t ask; don’t tell”. EPA proposes exemptions for ‘forever chemical’ reporting requirements https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/5599330-epa-pfas-forever-chemicals/

    ​ Tucker Carlson Covers Geoengineering
    Dane Wigington GeoengineeringWatch.org​ “The government has finally admitted that chemtrails are real. It’s called geoengineering and it’s far worse than anything you imagined. Dane Wigington explains.” ​ Tucker Carlson. My deepest thanks to Tucker Carlson for his exceptional courage in addressing the most dire and immediate threats we collectively face with climate engineering at the top of the list.​ https://geoengineeringwatch.org/tucker-carlson-covers-geoengineering/

    #199052
    John Day
    Participant

    ​A few minutes about this week’s solar storms: FULL Solar Storm Recap, What the Micronova Looks Like | S0 News Nov.13.2025 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_T5oV7Q2jMo

    The Gulf-Stream/AMOC has been weakening for decades. Climate scientists claim Gulf Stream could be near collapse — predicting a new ice age
    Per the new findings, the at-risk current in question is the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, or AMOC, a “conveyor belt of the ocean” that funnels warm water toward the ocean surface from the tropics to the Northern Hemisphere.
    ​ This current, which includes the Gulf Stream that runs from the Gulf of Mexico to the US East Coast and across the Atlantic to Europe, helps maintain the mild climate of Europe, the UK and the US East Coast…
    ..The presence of the marine hot pocket appears to suggest that the current slowdown has been occurring for decades and could foment a total decline before the end of the century, per the study.​..
    ..By examining observational data dating back to 1960, the research team discovered that the mid-depth warming trend that spiked in the late 2000s, indicating that the AMOC’s decline began in the late 20th century…
    ..Should the AMOC slow down too much, they claim, it could have significant ramifications. These include the extreme suggestion that temperatures across Europe to drop by nearly 60 degrees Fahrenheit.
    ​ “Winters would be more typical of Arctic Canada and precipitation would decrease, also,” Jonathan Bamber, a professor of Earth observation at the University of Bristol, told the Daily Mail.
    ​ Coincidentally, the last time the AMOC collapsed was before the last Ice Age that ended about 12,000 years ago, Reuters reported.​ https://nypost.com/2025/11/12/science/gulf-stream-on-the-verge-of-collapse-scientists-warn/

    ​ How Japan Saved its Forests: The Birth of Silviculture and Community Forest Management​ Three hundred years ago Japan was on a course of rapacious deforestation that was turning the nation’s landscape into a wasteland. Community management of village forests was a tipping point that launched a new era of professional silviculture which spread from village to village, restoring Japan’s forests. It saved the nation from ecological disaster.
    ​ Japan had a serious deforestation problem 300 years ago, a consequence of unsustainable forest use that had been building up for a long time (Totman 1989). As long ago as 600-850 AD, construction booms in Nara and Heian, along with demands of the ruling elite for timber to supply armies and build castles and religious monuments, had caused serious deforestation in the Kinai region. Forest use was “exploitative”. Timber and other forest products where taken without regard to replenishing the supply.
    ​ Villagers throughout Japan had depended for many centuries on a variety of non-timber forest products essential to their survival.​ https://ecotippingpoints.com/our-stories/indepth/japan-community-forest-management-silviculture/

    ​The replanting after WW-2 replaced only 2 types of pine trees. Learning From the Past: Japan’s tree-planting efforts provide lessons for other countries https://earthjournalism.net/stories/learning-from-the-past-japans-tree-planting-efforts-provide-lessons-for-other-countries

    #199053
    Michael Reid
    Participant


    A lack of very cheap oil is

    perhaps the reason western elites see the way forward as
    being depopulation of western population instead of
    joining brics and embracing Russia and their mini reactors
    as the energy solution for all

    #199054
    Michael Reid
    Participant

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    Michael Reid
    Participant
    #199056
    Michael Reid
    Participant

    https://www.foxnews.com/video/6384926758112
    President Donald Trump discusses the government shutdown, affordability and 50-year mortgages on ‘The Ingraham Angle.’

    #199059
    Dr D Rich
    Participant

    Hahahaha….

      “Chinese Diplomat Threatens to Behead New Japanese Prime Minister Over Taiwan Comments
      China’s mask slipped again when one of its diplomats openly threatened to behead Japan’s new prime minister for warning that a blockade of Taiwan would endanger Japan—turning a blunt truth into a flashpoint that edges Asia closer to war.”

    Two responses:

    1. China bad.

    2. Nanking won’t soon be forgotten

    #199060

    So at the intersection today I looked at all the fancy cars and said: what if each of them had the horses instead of the engines?
    And we laughed.
    It’d be some mighty slow and slippery going…

    #199061
    Michael Reid
    Participant

    #199089
    kultsommer
    Participant

    And behind this are…..?

    #199215
    Michael Reid
    Participant

    #199266
    Michael Reid
    Participant

    #199495
    zerosum
    Participant

    Donald Trump announced Friday that he was scrapping U.S. tariffs on beef, coffee, tropical fruits and a broad swath of other commodities.

    https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/11/modifying-the-scope-of-the-reciprocal-tariff-with-respect-to-certain-agricultural-products/

    MODIFYING THE SCOPE OF THE RECIPROCAL TARIFF WITH RESPECT TO CERTAIN AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS
    Executive Orders
    November 14, 2025

    #199681
    zerosum
    Participant

    Epstein & Israel: Drop Site News investigates Jeffrey Epstein’s ties to Israeli Intelligence

    Epstein & Israel: Drop Site News investigates Jeffrey Epstein’s ties to Israeli Intelligence
    Drop Site revealed that Epstein had played a role in brokering a security agreement between Israel and Mongolia and setting up a backchannel between Israel and Russia during the Syrian civil war.

    By Amy Goodman -November 13, 2025

    Epstein had an “extensive relationship with Israeli intelligence, U.S. intelligence and the intelligence agencies of other countries as well,” says Murtaza Hussain, reporter for Drop Site News. “He was a deal-maker and a fixer at a very, very elite level.”

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