“We'll know our disinformation program is complete
when everything the American public believes is false.”
- William Casey, former director of the CIA
So, we rise from the rubble...
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Wednesday, June 3, 2026
Dan, I Allegedly, "You're Paying More and Getting Less Every Single Day"
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Dan, I Allegedly, 6/3/26
"You're Paying More and
Getting Less Every Single Day"
"For millions of Americans, it feels like there's no relief in sight. Utility bills are climbing, housing regulations are becoming more expensive, restaurants and franchises are struggling, and companies continue pushing AI solutions that often create more problems than they solve. In this video, Dan breaks down the latest examples of how rising costs, government policies, business failures, and corporate decisions are impacting everyday people across the country. From homeowners facing costly energy-efficiency mandates to consumers paying more for electricity, food, and basic services, the financial pressure continues to build. We also discuss restaurant industry shakeups, franchise struggles, AI disruptions, government spending concerns, and the broader economic trends that are changing the way Americans live and spend money. If you're concerned about personal finance, inflation, the economy, business news, and where things are headed next, this is a discussion you won't want to miss."
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"U.S. Economy Could Implode"
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Col. Douglas Macgregor, 6/3/26
"U.S. Economy Could Implode"
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World Affairs In Context, 6/3/26
"America's Debt Bomb Explodes: $1.25 Trillion
in Credit Card Debt Signals Economic Crisis"
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Adventures With Danno, "Shocking Prices At Walmart"
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Adventures With Danno, 6/3/26
"Shocking Prices At Walmart"
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“They Couldn’t Have Known..."
“They couldn’t have known that even this was a lie – that we never really choose, not entirely. We are always being pushed and squeezed down one road or another. We have no choice but to step forward, and then step forward again, and then step forward again; suddenly we find ourselves on a road we haven’t chosen at all. But maybe happiness isn’t in the choosing. Maybe it’s in the fiction, in the pretending: that wherever we have ended up is where we intended to be all along.”
- Lauren Oliver
Tuesday, June 2, 2026
"US Gas Stations Out Of Fuel - Chevron Warns Of Imminent Gas Shortages!"
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Snyder Reports, 6/2/26
"US Gas Stations Out Of Fuel -
Chevron Warns Of Imminent Gas Shortages!"
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Canadian Prepper, "No Deal. Missiles Launched! Iran Nukes?"
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Canadian Prepper, 6/2/26
"No Deal. Missiles Launched! Iran Nukes?"
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"China Trumps U.S.: The Business of America is War, and the Business of China is Business"
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Gerald Celente, 6/2/26
"China Trumps U.S.: The Business of America is War,
and the Business of China is Business"
"China is advancing global power through trade and economic expansion, while the U.S. continues to prioritize military spending and war. There is no end in sight to the Iran War, and Israeli forces continue pushing deeper into Lebanon. U.S. stocks and oil both moved higher. Gold rose, while bitcoin fell."
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"The Trick..."
“The trick is in what one emphasizes. We either make ourselves miserable,
or we make ourselves happy. The amount of work is the same.”
- Carlos Castaneda
Native Elder, "How to Leave Something Behind That Actually Matters"
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Native Elder,
"How to Leave Something Behind That Actually Matters"
Here's My Book: - https://theoldway.site/
"A Look to the Heavens"
“Large, dusty, spiral galaxy NGC 4945 is seen edge-on near the center of this rich telescopic image. The field of view spans nearly 2 degrees, or about 4 times the width of the Full Moon, toward the expansive southern constellation Centaurus.
About 13 million light-years distant, NGC 4945 is almost the size of our own Milky Way Galaxy. But X-ray and infrared observations reveal even more high energy emission and star formation in the core of NGC 4945. The other prominent galaxy in the field, NGC 4976, is an elliptical galaxy. Left of center, NGC 4976 is much farther away, at a distance of about 35 million light-years, and not physically associated with NGC 4945.”
"Slow Down to Smell the Roses"
"Slow Down to Smell the Roses"
By Mark Ford
"If you want to not only achieve your goals but also have time to enjoy the ‘little’ things in life, you need to eliminate your energy-sapping time-killers. There are obvious time-killers - like watching TV, playing video games, and surfing the net. But the worst one is stress.
Why is stress a time-killer? Because it fills your otherwise productive hours with unpleasant, unhelpful thoughts and feelings. As a result, anything you can do to reduce stress will give you more time. That said, here are some stress-busting suggestions inspired by Ilene Birkwood’s "Stress for Success", and "The Guide to Managing Stress" by J Robin Powell.
1. Identify your stressors: Make a list of the stressful things you encounter on a daily basis: people who are late, long lines, inconsiderate drivers, juggling your kids’ afterschool activities, etc. After you complete the list, take a few minutes to look it over. You will find that you can completely eliminate many of these stressors. For instance, to get a head start on making dinner, or to just take a few minutes for yourself, you can enlist another parent to drive your daughter to soccer practice. If you manage to trim down the list by even two or three items, you will have significantly reduced your level of stress.
2. Identify - and make time for - your favorite pastimes: Make a list of the things you enjoy doing most: fishing, listening to music, writing poetry, etc. Are you taking time to do these things? If not, why not? Remember, balance in life is very important. Taking an occasional break to do something that gives you pleasure will increase your level of happiness and provide you with much-needed stress relief.
3. De-stress your diet: Lack of proper nourishment accelerates cell degeneration in the brain and creates stress in your body. Good nutrition helps you physiologically deal better with stress. You can build healthy eating habits by following three general rules: reduce your intake of calories from fat and meat; double your intake of calories from vegetables, fruits and whole grains; and lower the amount of meat you eat while adding more fish or vegetable protein, like nuts, peas, beans and lentils.
4. Exercise: Exercise can truly relax you. So make it your goal to exercise at least three times a week by doing something you enjoy. This is important because, if you enjoy the activity, you’ll be more likely to make it a habit. Another consideration: Choose an exercise that is invigorating and doesn’t add to your stress. Even if you love racquetball, for instance, it may be a bad choice for you because it is such an intense (and therefore exhausting) game.
My advice is to do yoga every morning for 15 minutes - and then another 15 minutes of exercise later in the day. That’s all you need to be flexible, fit, and feel good. It’s also good to have a physical hobby - a sport like tennis or jiu-jitsu, which you enjoy at least once a week. But don’t count that as exercise, because it’s not. It’s fun.
5. Get a good night’s rest: Lack of sleep (or lack of restful, non-REM sleep) can add to your stress. Doing something that relaxes you before bed - maybe listening to soothing music or taking a bath - will help you fall asleep, and sleep deeply and restfully. It also helps to give yourself plenty of time to digest a heavy meal and avoid alcohol, arguments, and any stimulating mental or physical activity before bedtime.
6. Take regular work breaks: When you feel particularly stressed at work, take a short break. In fact, don’t wait for that to happen. At least once an hour, get up from your chair and walk around your office or down the hall - maybe even take a little trip outside. Get a glass of water or take a minute to stretch. This will revive you and allow you to approach your work with renewed enthusiasm.
7. Laugh: Laughter is one of the best ways to release stress. Regularly expose yourself to things and people that make you laugh.
8. Have realistic expectations: Things don’t run smoothly 100% of the time. People are late for meetings. Traffic slows to a standstill. Your son’s trumpet lesson lasts 20 extra minutes.
9. Leave your work at work: If you consistently bring work home with you, you will be a prime candidate for burnout. Reserve your time away from the office for relaxation, recreation, and your family.
10. Make a big change: Sometimes you can resolve or eliminate stress only by making a major change. If you feel constantly overwhelmed and anxious at work, perhaps you need to rethink your career goals. Major changes like this should not be approached lightly. They may, in fact, cause stress of their own in the short term. But if the long-term benefits could greatly outweigh the immediate stress, it’s something to seriously consider.
One more thing… There’s one more technique I’d like to give you to help you slow down and increase your enjoyment of life. This is not a new technique - there are spiritualists, physical fitness gurus, and yogis who have been teaching it for thousands of years. It’s stayed alive because it works. And it works because it draws from the most fundamental human activity: breathing.
To appreciate how important breathing is to you, do this: Put your head under water and hold your breath for as long as possible. Make several attempts to go as long as you possibly can. Now consider this: That’s how long you could maintain consciousness (even life) without being able to breathe.
So take a full breath right now, and enjoy. Consider how amazing it is that you keep breathing without any conscious effort, and that you have been breathing, more or less without interruption, for your entire life. At an average rate of about 12 breaths per minute, that’s 720 per hour, 17,280 per day, and 6,307,200 per year. That amounts to over a quarter of a billion opportunities to appreciate your life in a 40-year timespan!
Promise yourself that you will never again take breathing for granted. Spend at least a few minutes every morning and evening consciously practicing breathing - enjoying the miracle of each inhalation, and the relaxation possible with each exhalation. And, during the day, when you get into stressful situations, count your breaths - but count them consciously and gratefully.
Today’s action plan: I remember how much my father wanted extra time when he was dying. And I know how much my friend, who’s struggling with cancer now, would give to gain some extra time. He too is thinking in terms of years or months. But maybe he doesn’t have to think that way. Maybe he can extend the life he has - however long it may be - by making it feel longer. By savoring every moment. By measuring it with nature’s metronome…breathing.
Try it now. Close your eyes and imagine that you are locked in an airtight chamber and have only two minutes to live. Rather than panicking away those precious moments, enjoy each breath that you have. Breathe in. Breathe out. This is the essential gift of life. Be thankful for it.”
"Brian Eno’s Remedy for Burnout and Despair"
"Brian Eno’s Remedy for Burnout and Despair"
by Maria Popova
"There comes a moment in every life when you find yourself suddenly wondering about the point of it all - the point of all that productivity, the point of so-called success, the point of the poem that is the universe. It is a hollowing, a withering, a deadening of the spirit that can manifest as burnout or creative block, as a breakdown or a midlife crisis, or as the persistent low-frequency din of despair. Often, it comes in the wake of some great achievement. Often, it strikes at 4AM. Always, you simply have to live through it until you glance over your shoulder staggered by the recognition that it had been a vital period of recalibration and regeneration - fallow ground for the rewilding of your spirit.
In 1995, shortly after a major retrospective of his work had been released, Brian Eno hit that point of pointlessness. In a stirring entry from A Year with Swollen Appendices: Brian Eno’s Diary (public library), he writes: "After several months of work, I slowly grind down and it all starts to seem like “my job.” I do it, and I probably don’t do it too badly, but I find myself working entirely from the momentum of deadlines and commitments, as though the ideas are not springing forth but being painfully squeezed out. At the back of my mind, unadmitted to, are some nasty thoughts swimming about in the darkness. They whisper things like: “You’ve had it” and “You’re out of steam.”
Experience has shown me that, when I reach this point, all the distractions I can muster are only postponements. It’s time to face up to total, unmitigated despair. I sometimes do this by going alone on a “holiday” - though that word scarcely conveys the crashing tedium involved, for I usually choose somewhere uneventful, take nothing with me, and then rely on the horror of my own company to drive me rapidly to the edge of the abyss."
One thing experience shows us over and over, if we pay enough attention, is that the way out of such suffering, out of the abyss of self-concern with our mattering project, is always unselfing. Eno describes the cycle: "It goes like this: me thinking, “What’s it all for? What’s the bloody point? I haven’t done anything I like and I don’t have a clue what to do next. I’m a completely empty shell.” This lasts two days or so… Then I suddenly notice - apropos of something very minor, like the way a plane crosses the sky, or the smell of trees, or the light in the early evening, or remembering one of my brother’s jokes - that I am thoroughly enjoying myself and completely, utterly glad to be alive. Not one of the questions I asked myself has been answered. Instead, like all good philosophical questions, they’ve just ceased to matter."
By the end of the year, Eno had pioneered generative music and had traveled to war-torn Bosnia, across the border from where I was growing up, to lead music therapy workshops for orphaned children in the grounds of a shelled primary school. Half a century earlier, traveling through these same troubled lands in the interlude between two world wars, Rebecca West had written: "Art is not a plaything, but a necessity, and its essence, form, is not a decorative adjustment, but a cup into which life can be poured and lifted to the lips and be tasted."
It is, in the end, the taste of aliveness that saves us. But we must choose to raise the cup, may even have to make it. A generation after Albert Camus observed that “there is no love of life without despair of life,” Eno captures the resuscitation of the creative spirit - that terrifying, transcendent transmutation of despair into a defense of joy: "The process involves reaching the point of not trying any more to dig inside, but just letting go, ceding control… And at the point of giving up I’m suddenly alive again. It’s like jumping resignedly into the abyss and discovering that you can just drift dreamily on air currents. This feeling, of sheer mad joy at the world, is ageless. It’s the fresh, clear stream at the bottom of the abyss."
"Millions of Americans Are Quietly Burning Out"
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Finance Economist, 6/2/26
"Millions of Americans Are Quietly Burning Out"
"67% of American workers are burned out the highest ever measured. 89% of parents. One in four before age 30. A systematic review found burnout predicts heart disease, stroke, and death before 45. And they told you it was your fault. It is not. This video shows you who built the system that is burning you out and the one thing research proves actually brings you back."
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"The 11 Nations Of The United States"
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"The 11 Nations Of The United States"
by Andy Kiersz and Marguerite Ward
"This map above shows how the US really has 11 separate 'nations' with entirely different cultures. Author and journalist Colin Woodard identified 11 distinct cultures that have historically divided the US. His book "American Nations: A History of the Eleven Rival Regional Cultures in North America" breaks down those cultures and the regions they each dominate.
From the utopian "Yankeedom" to the conservative "Greater Appalachia" and liberal "Left Coast," looking at these cultures sheds an interesting light on America's political and cultural divides. In response to the coronavirus pandemic, some governors are acting among these factions - like California, Oregon, and Washington, of all which have parts comprising of "The Left Coast" group."
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The Poet: John Clare, “I Am”
“I Am”
"I am - yet what I am none cares or knows;
My friends forsake me like a memory lost:
I am the self-consumer of my woes -
They rise and vanish in oblivious host,
Like shadows in love’s frenzied stifled throes;
And yet I am, and live - like vapors tossed
Into the nothingness of scorn and noise,
Into the living sea of waking dreams,
Where there is neither sense of life or joys,
But the vast shipwreck of my life’s esteems;
Even the dearest that I loved the best
Are strange - nay, rather, stranger than the rest.
I long for scenes where man hath never trod,
A place where woman never smiled or wept,
There to abide with my Creator, God,
And sleep as I in childhood sweetly slept,
Untroubling and untroubled where I lie,
The grass below - above the vaulted sky."
- John Clare
About the poet: John Clare (13 July, 1793- 20 May, 1864) was an English poet. He was born in Northamptonshire, England in the family of a farm laborer. Clare's poetic work mostly showcases his celebratory representations of the English countryside. In his time, Clare was commonly known as "Northamptonshire Peasant Poet" His early work delights both in nature and the cycle of the rural year. "I Am" is a commentary on the complexity of existence.
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“We don't read and write poetry because it's cute. We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race. And the human race is filled with passion. And medicine, law, business, engineering - these are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life. But poetry, beauty, romance, love - these are what we stay alive for.”
- “Dead Poets Society”
"When People Tell You..."
"When people tell you who they are, Maya Angelou famously advised, believe them. Just as important, however, when people try to tell you who you are, don’t believe them. You are the only custodian of your own integrity, and the assumptions made by those that misunderstand who you are and what you stand for reveal a great deal about them and absolutely nothing about you."
- Maria Popova
"Microsoft Windows Has Become Spyware - Here’s the Evidence"
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"Microsoft Windows Has Become Spyware -
Here’s the Evidence"
by Mike Adams
"Windows PCs Are Spying On Their Users: I have spent over two decades investigating corporate surveillance and the erosion of digital privacy. After years of watching Microsoft’s behavior, I believe Windows is no longer simply an operating system but a surveillance platform designed to extract data from every user. From telemetry that can’t be turned off to a built-in screenshot keylogger called Recall, Microsoft has made spying a core feature. Here’s why this matters: your privacy is not an inconvenience to be traded for convenience - it’s a fundamental right that Microsoft is systematically violating.
Back in 2015, I warned that Windows 10 was “the world’s first spyware OS” because it tracked and logged everything you do on your own computer. Yet Microsoft has doubled down. They now gather diagnostics, browsing habits, location data, and even voice recordings in some cases - all under the guise of improving your experience. Courts have recognized that using sense-enhancing technology to peer into what we do is a search, yet Microsoft does it without a warrant, without your meaningful consent, and with opt-out options that are deliberately confusing.
Windows Recall: A Keylogger Baked Into the OS: The most egregious example is Windows Recall, a feature that takes screenshots every few seconds of everything you do - passwords, bank details, private conversations - and stores them locally by default. Even after Microsoft encrypted the data, the feature remains a massive security risk: any attacker who gets your unlocked PC can search your entire digital history. Critics rightly call it spyware - and I agree. A feature that records your every move without your knowledge is the definition of surveillance.
This is not just a privacy nuisance; it’s a gift to hackers. As a whistleblower once explained to me, major tech platforms have “gaping holes” that intelligence agencies exploit to install spyware on any computer. By building a continuous screenshot recorder into Windows, Microsoft has handed a master key to every cybercriminal and three-letter agency. In my view, this is a frightening weakening of security in exchange for data collection, and it makes a mockery of Microsoft’s claims to care about user safety.
Telemetry That Never Stops - Even When You Opt Out: Experiments show Windows 11 sends data to Microsoft and third-party ad servers before you even open a browser or connect to the internet. You can disable optional diagnostics, but required telemetry remains, and only expensive Enterprise editions let you truly turn it off. In my view, this is not diagnostic data - it’s a blatant data grab. Microsoft uses its monopoly to force users into a surveillance system that generates revenue from advertising and AI training.
The data collection is reminiscent of the DiagTrack controversy from 2015, when Microsoft’s background tracking device raised concerns about privacy and allowed advertisers to obtain user identity information. Little has changed since then. In fact, the model has grown more aggressive. As I’ve seen in my own research, the telemetry is designed to be impossible to fully disable without resorting to third-party tools or registry hacks - exactly the sort of cat-and-mouse game that spyware authors play.
OneDrive and Gaming Copilot: More Malware-Like Behavior: OneDrive installs automatically, syncs files without explicit consent, and can delete or move your data - behavior that looks a lot like malware, not a helpful tool. Gaming Copilot sends your text, voice, and gameplay screenshots to Microsoft’s servers for AI training, enabled by default without asking. On the few Windows systems I run, I’ve removed OneDrive completely and disabled every AI training toggle. No user should have to fight their own OS to keep their data private.
This aggressive bundling mirrors the tactics used by adware companies. The merger of database marketer Abacus Direct with online ad company DoubleClick sparked a federal investigation when it was revealed that the company had compiled profiles of users without their knowledge and intended to sell them. Microsoft is following the same playbook - collect everything, ask forgiveness later. And because Windows runs on billions of devices, they have an unparalleled pipeline into our personal lives.
The Pattern Is Clear: Windows Is a Surveillance Tool (Use Linux Instead): Forced Microsoft accounts, advertising IDs, in-OS ads, and browsing history scraped for Start menu recommendations - it all points to one conclusion. Microsoft treats users as products, not customers. Privacy controls are opt-out, incomplete, and reserved for premium editions. We must demand better. Until then, I recommend using third-party debloat tools or switching to a privacy-respecting operating system like Linux.
As I’ve discussed with tech innovators like Zach Vorhies, the shift toward open-source solutions enhances security and transparency and provides users with greater sovereignty over their technology use. The CrowdStrike incident that bricked millions of Windows servers showed how fragile and opaque the entire Windows ecosystem is. I am now using Linux-based systems for my daily work, and I encourage others to explore alternatives like Above Phone’s de-Googled notebooks. The most effective way to stop the spying is to simply stop using the spyware."
"Bamboozled Once Again"
"Bamboozled Once Again"
by Jim Quinn
“Narcissists are unstable and go through repeated cycles of self-destruction, with other people usually paying the heft of the price. They are aware of what they are doing to others - but they do not care. Narcissists tend to be divisive, vindictive, confrontational, aggressive, hate-filled, raging, incoherent, judgment-impaired, and irrational.” – Sam Vaknin, Malignant Self-Love
Carl Sagan‘s words from 30 years ago, about the American public no longer caring about the truth and unwilling to acknowledge they have been bamboozled by the men controlling the levers of power over our civilization, has never been more prescient than during our current period of delusion, degradation and decay. As the crumbling American empire of debt and denial approaches its disastrous rendezvous with destiny, the populace remains gloriously and willfully ignorant of reality, mathematical certainty of collapse, and the treachery of those constituting the Deep State ruling class. We are truly living in a demon haunted world, run by child rapists and satanists.
It’s interesting Sagan had the foresight to make this brilliant observation in 1995, well before it became readily provable here in this century of the bamboozle, where the banality of evil, inflicted upon the masses by faceless apparatchiks, at the behest of soulless billionaire psychopaths in suits, has turned a once vibrant republic into a dying totalitarian hollowed out husk of a nation. I was bamboozled for about the first forty years of my life, but the weapons of mass destruction bamboozle in 2003 was the final straw. My eyes were opened to the utter corruption and lies of those hand selected by the real ruling class to lead our nation.
I’m convinced this century will see the end of the American Empire, likely to last less than 100 years (1946 – 2033?). As we approach the final blood letting that always marks the final years of a Fourth Turning, the malevolent, degenerate billionaires who currently control our world and pull the levers manipulating the willfully ignorant masses, are maximizing multiple bamboozles in an attempt to expand their wealth, optimize their power, and exploit the system to control the masses in an AI based technocratic gulag. We are nothing but expendable pieces in their demented game of Risk.
These Deep State fiends are the ruling social order doing everything in their power to avoid being swept away by the forces of this Fourth Turning, including mass murder (Covid jabs), global war, assassinations, planned starvation, imprisonment of truth tellers, and unrelenting propaganda designed to bamboozle the public into believing these totalitarian charlatans are actually doing these things (AI data centers, Iran War for Israel, kidnapping world leaders, waging a proxy war against Russia, threatening to invade multiple sovereign nations) for their own good. These bamboozles did not happen by happenstance.
As Edward Bernays explained in his 1928 book – Propaganda – there has always been a ruling elite who knew they could manipulate the minds of the masses in order to control the world. Back then they only had newspapers and radio. Bernays would be flabbergasted at the propaganda tools currently in the hands of the bamboozlers. Convincing a massively dumbed down populace of anything today is like taking candy from a baby.
“The conscious and intelligent manipulation of the organized habits and opinions of the masses is an important element in democratic society. Those who manipulate this unseen mechanism of society constitute an invisible government which is the true ruling power of our country. We are governed, our minds are molded, our tastes formed, our ideas suggested, largely by men we have never heard of. This is a logical result of the way in which our democratic society is organized. Vast numbers of human beings must cooperate in this manner if they are to live together as a smoothly functioning society. In almost every act of our daily lives, whether in the sphere of politics or business, in our social conduct or our ethical thinking, we are dominated by the relatively small number of persons who understand the mental processes and social patterns of the masses. It is they who pull the wires which control the public mind.” – "Propaganda"
The bamboozles went into overdrive at the start of this century. Those who profit from chaos, war and debt were down in the dumps, as there were no major conflicts in the world, deficits and government spending were under control, the internet was going to make our lives easier, and the optimism of a new century was lifting the spirits of America. The Deep State bad actors needed to rectify the situation and the 9/11 bamboozle was just what the doctor ordered. This inside job, probably in cooperation with Israel, ignited two decades of war, tens of trillions in government debt creation, implementation of the surveillance state through the pre-written Patriot Act, 100% increase in inflation (using the fake CPI number), and multiple bubbles/crashes used to lure the masses into consumer debt servitude to the Wall Street banking cabal.
Sagan feared the dumbing down of America through government indoctrination centers, known as public schools, would lead to a celebration of ignorance (have you seen the high school graduation videos floating around on-line?). With a populace unable or unwilling to think critically, the mouthpieces for the ruling elite in the media were easily able to manipulate the emotions, fears and greed of the average person and convince them to act in a way that would benefit the agenda of our overlord class. The slow decay of our culture turned into an avalanche of degeneracy and deceit.
Our world is supposedly driven by science and technology, but our schools matriculate mostly morons into society. The elitists who declare themselves scientific and medical experts (Fauci, Birx, Gates), technological geniuses (Musk, Karp, Altman, Theil) and social philanthropists (Soros, Adelson, Hoffman) are either mass murders, chaos coordinators, grifters, war mongers, and/or totalitarian minded pretentious traitors to mankind. These people have far too much power and dominion over the narratives spun to sway the public. Truth is of no interest to these demons. The current combustible amalgam of public ignorance and elitist wealth and power is destined to ignite and create a conflagration which could burn our nation to the ground.
I certainly have a foreboding we have entered an age of darkness, where the “invisible government” (aka Deep State), who have relied on Huxley’s soft totalitarianism, where the masses have learned to love their servitude, have begun to lose control of the narrative, as financial collapse looms, and are now turning to Orwell’s “boot stamping on your face forever” totalitarianism, with AI data (Surveillance) centers providing the backbone and enforcement mechanism for this authoritarian dystopian future.
“There will be no curiosity, no enjoyment of the process of life. All competing pleasures will be destroyed. But always - do not forget this, Winston - always there will be the intoxication of power, constantly increasing and constantly growing subtler. Always, at every moment, there will be the thrill of victory, the sensation of trampling on an enemy who is helpless. If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face - forever. ” - George Orwell, "1984"
The Covid bamboozle perfectly captures the willful ignorance of the vast majority of Americans, who refuse to accept the unequivocal fact they were bamboozled by Fauci, Gates, Trump, Biden, and hundreds of other so called bought off “experts”. As a key element of their de-population agenda, a fake pandemic with a billion dollar marketing campaign; 24/7 media fear propaganda; never ending lies about cases, deaths, and treatments; killing patients with remdesivir and vents while paying hospitals per death; suppressing ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine because they worked; and forcing a toxic gene therapy (not a vaccine) to be injected into billions of guinea pigs across the world. Despite real scientific proof the shots killed people and will continue to kill people into the future, most of the jabbed prefer to remain bamboozled because the truth of their acquiescence to authority is too painful to confront. Willfully ignorant they prefer to remain.
Sagan foresaw the gutting of American jobs, the rise of technology in the hands of a few, and a populace so bamboozled by those in control of the narrative, they were incapable of resistance and unable to discern truth from falsehood. The unpayable national debt exceeding $39 trillion and the unfunded social welfare liabilities exceeding $200 trillion are guaranteed to create a governmental financial collapse. Credit card debt, mortgage debt, auto loan debt and student loan debt are at all-time highs, with defaults accelerating. We are losing a war, AI is taking our jobs, inflation is soaring, and the average schmuck is buying stocks at all-time highs, when a crash is inevitable. It seems Americans love being bamboozled, until the consequences land on their heads like a ton of bricks. Sagan warned us.
“I have a foreboding of an America in my children’s or grandchildren’s time - when the United States is a service and information economy; when nearly all the manufacturing industries have slipped away to other countries; when awesome technological powers are in the hands of a very few, and no one representing the public interest can even grasp the issues; when the people have lost the ability to set their own agendas or knowledgeably question those in authority; when, clutching our crystals and nervously consulting our horoscopes, our critical faculties in decline, unable to distinguish between what feels good and what’s true, we slide, almost without noticing, back into superstition and darkness… - Carl Sagan, "The Demon-Haunted World"
We are currently experiencing the biggest bamboozle of them all – Trump’s presidency. His Make America Great shtick convinced millions to vote for him, but a huge chunk voted for him because his 75 IQ cackling hyena whore of an opponent was an absolutely unacceptable alternative. Virtually everything he promised to do turned out to be a lie. His extreme narcissism was perfectly described by Sam Vaknin in the quote above. Trump stated how little he cares about the financial plight of average Americans when questioned recently. “I don’t think about Americans’ financial situation, I don’t think about anybody,” – Donald Trump
Trump was going to end the Ukraine war in a week. He was going to keep us out of Middle East wars. He was going to reduce the deficit. DOGE was going to reduce government waste and save trillions. Gas was going to be $2.00 a gallon. Tariffs were going to restore manufacturing to America. He was going to release ALL the Epstein files. He was going to deport all the illegal invaders. He was going to prosecute all his enemies who stole the 2020 election and persecuted him and the J6ers. He was going to make future elections safe and fraud free. Everyone was going to get DOGE checks. Everyone was going to get tariff checks.
It is crystal clear to anyone with two brain cells Trump has failed to deliver on any of these campaign promises. The country was clearly bamboozled, but the MAGA NPCs reject all evidence of the bamboozle. They are captured and unwilling to recognize they were lied to and misled. It is too painful for those who saw Trump as some sort of savior to admit they have been bamboozled. The older I get, the less sure I am about what is happening in this world and who is responsible for the insanity. When every conspiracy theory comes true, I am now inclined to believe the worst scenario in every staged situation presented to the public by our overlords. Was Trump in on the bamboozle from the get go, or did something or someone “convince” him it was in his best interest to follow orders and set in motion the downfall of an empire?
In my estimation, the dystopian nightmare ignited by Trump at the start of 2026 is entirely related to the Epstein files and Israel blackmailing Trump, politicians in both parties, and billionaires who liked to rape children. Trump kidnapping foreign presidents; threatening to invade Greenland, Cuba and numerous other sovereign nations; turning on the America First patriots who got him elected (Massie, MTG, Carlson); embracing the traitorous Israel Firsters (Levin, Loomer, Huckabee); ramping up the Ukraine proxy war against Putin; and ultimately being Netanyahu’s bitch by insanely going to war with Iran under the false pretense of them being 2 weeks away from a nuclear bomb they would use on Israel, has set in motion a series of financial, political, and societal events which will have disastrous consequences for Americans and the world.
And still, the vast majority of Americans are either oblivious to the gathering storm, or openly cheering on their own downfall, because they refuse to believe they have been bamboozled once again. This tweet from X poster MW4Liberty succinctly and brutally captures this moment in time:
"We live in an open air prison called America.
Debt slaves to central bankers who counterfeit our money.
Ruled by Baal worshiping pedos who traffic kids and souls.
Many of you out there?
Perfectly content in your recliner.
TV on. Phone in hand. Brain off. Worshiping a politician.
Mention any of this? Question the war?
You EXPLODE. You rush to defend your chains. That’s the conditioning talking.
The fear. The manufactured consent.
The illusion of choice they programmed into you.
Your “agency” is a f***ing joke.
They own your thoughts, your outrage, your vote. You’re a good little order taker.
History will not remember you well."
We have passed the point of no return. It is impossible to wake a vast majority of bamboozled boobs from their self-induced stupor. They will need to experience a banquet of consequences, on par with the Red Wedding scene from "Game of Thrones", before reality will set in. There are a tireless, irate minority of men and women who still adhere to Samuel Adams‘ belief in prevailing over the forces of evil by setting brush fires of freedom in the minds of men. I consider myself a member of this small club.
This irate minority who form the resistance to the Deep State and their malicious machinations are why those pulling the levers of our society are accelerating their diabolical plans. They are scared of us because they are actually the minority, pretending to be the majority. They have abruptly abandoned their climate hoax bamboozle because it does not jive with their new AI surveillance center bamboozle that requires more electricity and water than exists on the planet today.
At the outset of 2026 you barely heard a peep about data centers. Now, there is a frenzy of planned data (surveillance) centers because they are the key cog for pedo-billionaires to technologically control the global population through permanent surveillance, dominion over your financial assets, social credit scores based on your obedience to their commands, and ability to ruin your life with the push of a button. Believing their bamboozles has given you the illusion of freedom. But your controllers have decided the illusion has become to expensive to maintain, so these data (surveillance) centers are the brick wall at the back of the theater, described many years ago by Frank Zappa. Our choice is sedately accept our techno-imprisonment or fight using any means necessary. This is how Fourth Turnings roll. Good luck and Godspeed.
“The illusion of freedom will continue as long as it’s profitable to continue the illusion. At the point where the illusion becomes too expensive to maintain, they will just take down the scenery, they will pull back the curtains, they will move the tables and chairs out of the way and you will see the brick wall at the back of the theater.” - Frank Zappa
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Tip of the hat to Jim Quinn and
The Burning Platform for this material.
"The AI Banking Nightmare is Here - Your Money is at Risk"
Full screen recommended.
Dan, I Allegedly, 6/2/26
"The AI Banking Nightmare is Here -
Your Money is at Risk"
"The AI banking revolution is accelerating, and millions of customers may not be ready for what's coming next. In today's video, I break down massive banking layoffs, including HSBC's plans to eliminate thousands of jobs as artificial intelligence replaces tellers, customer service representatives, and mid-level managers. As banks push AI-driven systems to cut costs, consumers face new risks involving customer service, fraud protection, account security, privacy concerns, and access to their own money. Is the future of banking becoming less personal and more dangerous? While exploring Newport Beach and the Huntington Beach Volkswagen Bus Festival, I discuss how AI is transforming the financial industry, why bank executives are celebrating these changes, and what it means for everyday Americans. We also cover protecting your money, data privacy, banking security, property taxes, inflation, housing affordability, and the broader economic impact of automation. Let me know if you trust AI with your finances and whether you believe banks are moving too fast toward a fully automated future."
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Bill Bonner, "Cash In The Bank"
"At the beginning of June, 2025 our national debt was sitting at $31,467 trillion. Today, it has risen to $39.20 trillion.That means that we have added eight trillion dollars to the national debt in just twelve months. It is the largest single debt in the entire history of our planet, and it will never be paid off." - https://www.usdebtclock.org/
"Cash In The Bank"
by Bill Bonner
Gualfin, Argentina - "In 2007, just as the financial crisis was taking shape, households faced about the same interest rates as today. But between that crisis and today, total debt has doubled. Yesterday, we were focusing on simple things. For example, as consumer debt, prices and interest rates increase, those who don’t own Nvidia stock gets squeezed. Simple enough. But the feds feel the vise tightening too. Instead of paying interest at below 2% on new debt, with the total debt at $27 trillion as it was in 2020...they’re now paying 5% to borrow, with a debt load $13 trillion heavier. And while much of America’s debt was contracted at low rates, that ‘old’ debt will gradually be replaced by ‘new’ debt at higher rates.
At today’s 5% long-term rate, the after-inflation yield is only 1% or 2% - which is historically low...and almost certainly too low to attract new lenders. In order to give investors a real rate over 3%, the nominal rate on US bonds would have to be around 7%. So, looking a few months into the future...when US debt has been rolled over at the new rates...we will have $40+ trillion in debt and interest payments rising to $2.5 trillion - and beyond.
And returning to the poor folks on the downward stroke of the K-shaped economy, the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget projects that in 10 years the interest cost - per household - on federal borrowing could reach $17,000 per year. That is pretty easy to understand, too. You spend more than you can afford for too long and pretty soon it’s out of your control. Then, lenders - sensing a train wreck - want more interest to protect themselves. And you can’t go on.
Pretty obvious too is what you should do about it. Stop…while you still can. But the feds - both Republican and Democrat - show no signs of being aware that the bridge is out...or, if they are, no willingness to put on the brakes. Why not? That’s where it gets complicated. But to simplify, the money they are spending goes to people who don’t want to see it stop. They have power. They have influence. And they want more. What, you’re not one of them? Too bad.
For most households, the news just gets worse. The latest job numbers are so low, we haven’t seen anything like them since 1969. CNBC: According to the Department of Labor, seasonally adjusted initial claims fell to 189,000 for the week ending April 25, down 26,000 from the previous week’s revised level of 215,000. The four-week moving average also dipped to 207,500. Bloomberg reported that the figure marked the lowest level since 1969. Economists had expected 212,000 claims - meaning the actual number came in far below forecasts.
Yesterday, we mentioned how tariffs and the attack on Iran are pushing up prices. Almost everyone assumes that these problems will soon be behind us. Maybe not. “You ain’t see nuthin’ yet,” argues the Ashland Chronicle: "We are running an economy this week on the country we were in February. The shelves still look mostly normal. The shipping bays still seem mostly full. The cargo still appears mostly on time where it is supposed to appear. None of this is the world we are actually living in. We are spending down the last inventory of the country we used to have and we are spending it down on a clock."
Inventory is mercy. Inventory is the cushion the world leaves you between the moment a thing breaks and the moment you feel it break. The blast wave is real, but the blast wave is also delayed by the length of a supply chain, by the contents of a warehouse, by the days it takes a tanker to cross an ocean. Inventory is a pile of firewood...a well-stocked supply chain for food and medicines...oil reserves...and cash in the bank. But who looks at the woodpile until the temperature drops?"
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Jethro Tull, "Locomotive Breath"
"Does Iran Have a Nuke? Well Placed Source Says, 'Yes'”
"Does Iran Have a Nuke?
Well Placed Source Says, 'Yes'”
by Larry C. Johnson
"Pepe Escobar and I received the following intelligence report last Thursday, which was produced by a knowledgeable source with access. I am not reproducing the entire report, but want to highlight the issue of whether or not Iran now has, or soon will have a nuke. Let me emphasize that I firmly support past US intel community assessments that Iran, until now, had no interest in obtaining a nuke.
However, it appears that the surprise attack on 28 February, which followed the aborted color revolution attempted in late December 2025, played a decisive role in changing Iran’s view on this matter. Here is a portion of what Pepe and I received last Thursday:
"The public narrative surrounding the events of May 25, 2026, has fundamentally misdiagnosed the operational reality. We are witnessing an irreversible shift in the regional power structure, driven by a sequence of highly calibrated escalations that have exposed the limits of American coercive power and the fragility of the post-1991 Gulf security paradigm.
The structural reality is clear: The United States is operating from an eroding basing infrastructure, with a compromised executive, against an adversary that has mastered asymmetric escalation. Following Trump’s maximalist public response, the Supreme National Security Council deployed its ultimate deterrent. Through Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif - currently the only trusted back-channel between Washington and Tehran - Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian communicated a formally structured, three-step strategic ultimatum if US strikes continued:
1. Immediate Withdrawal from the ongoing nuclear peace talks.
2. Total Abandonment of the prospective Nuclear Treaty framework.
3. The Detonation of a Nuclear Device on Iranian soil - executed not as a weapon of war, but as an undeniable demonstration of sovereign capability and ultimate control over the escalation ladder.
Transmitted by Pakistani FM Ishaq Dar to US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, this was not rhetoric; it was a binary geopolitical shock warning. Rubio recognized the gravity, immediately moving to suppress the White House’s escalatory posturing.
Here is my analysis of this information. The Iranian National Security Council met last week in the aftermath of US strikes on Qeshm Island and Bandar Abbas. The Council directed President Pezeshkian to deliver a message to Pakistan’s Prime Minister, Shebas Sharif. Pezeshkian’s message was simple and direct. Prime Minister Sharif then directed his Foreign Minister, Mr. Ishaq Dar, to deliver the message to US Secretary of State Marco Rubio. Let me emphasize that the source of this information was involved in the decision making process that culminated in the warning delivered to Rubio.
The key phrase - If US Strikes Continued - was delivered to Rubio on Thursday. Based on Iran’s announcement today (Monday) that it was withdrawing from further talks with the US until the Israeli attacks on Lebanon and the Palestinians ends, I believe this intelligence report to be credible.
The ball is now in the hands of Donald Trump and Bibi Netanyahu. If Israel persists in bombing Lebanon - Beirut in particular - then we should expect Iran to announce that it is withdrawing from the NPT. Once free of the NPT obligations, Iran will be free to carry out item 3, i.e., Detonating a Nuclear Device on Iranian Soil. This will be a demonstration intended to warn Israel and the US that further attacks on Iran would carry catastrophic consequences.
Pepe and I received clarification on how Iran has obtained a functioning nuke. The information regarding the construction of this device (or devices) was provided by a third country that does have proven capabilities in this area. Iran’s objective is, with the backing of Pakistan, China and Russia, to raise the risk to Israel of engaging in future attacks on Iran.
The source also provided the following assessment of the consequences of US and Israeli actions on the global security and financial architecture: The secondary effects of this standoff are rewiring the global strategic and financial architecture in real time:
• The Collapse of the Abraham Accords: The political infrastructure sustaining Israeli-Arab normalization is functionally dead. Pakistan has publicly rejected it, Saudi Arabia has frozen all back-channel discussions, and Qatar and Oman are actively preparing a six-to-nine-month timeline for U.S. forces to vacate their military installations.
• The Emerging Security Axis: A new Saudi-Pakistan-Turkey-Egypt security architecture is being constructed, completely detached from U.S. backing. Pakistan has elevated itself from a peripheral player to the indispensable operational pivot, leveraging an Islamic cultural proximity that neither Washington nor Beijing can replicate.
• Systemic Risk to the Global Order: An Iranian nuclear demonstration would obliterate the global non-proliferation framework and hand Beijing an unearned, definitive proof-of-concept regarding the limits of American hegemony.
Donald Trump still has time to de-escalate the situation and avoid catastrophe, but it will require some unpalatable, difficult decisions on his part. First, and most important, cut aid to Israel and compel Netanyahu to end his attack on Lebanon and withdraw Israeli forces from Gaza. I doubt that Trump has the spine to do this, but it is the kind of dramatic step required to persuade the Iranians that Trump is serious about negotiating a genuine settlement. Second, lift the sanctions - at least on Iranian oil - and return frozen Iranian assets. Third, accept that Iran has jurisdiction over those parts of the Strait of Hormuz that sit in Iran’s territory under international law.
I doubt that Trump is willing to entertain these options, which means a high probability that the fighting will reignite. If Israel continues to attack Lebanon - Beirut in particular - Iran has made it quite clear that it will attack Israeli military sites and personnel in northern Israel. Last week’s market euphoria about an impending peace deal has evaporated. Now the Western world must come to grips with the reality that Iran, with the firm backing of China and Russia, is prepared to resist US pressure and threats until the Iranian forces prevail."
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