Douglas Macgregor, 12/5/25
"Brace for Total Chaos!"
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So, we rise from the rubble...
Friday, December 5, 2025
"Breaking! Nuclear Base Fires At Drones! Germany Starts Forced Conscription!"
Prepper News, 12/5/25
"Breaking! Nuclear Base Fires At Drones!
Germany Starts Forced Conscription!"
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"People Are Selling Everything To Buy Time - What Happens When There's Nothing Left To Sell?"
Jeremiah Babe, 12/5/25
"People Are Selling Everything To Buy Time -
What Happens When There's Nothing Left To Sell?"
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Adventures With Danno, "People Acting Crazy...This Is Ridiculous"
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Adventures With Danno, 12/5/25
"People Acting Crazy...This Is Ridiculous"
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"Americans Are Relocating By The Millions As They Get Priced Out Of This Economy"
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Epic Economist, 12/5/25
"Americans Are Relocating By The Millions
As They Get Priced Out Of This Economy"
"Millions of Americans are packing up and leaving the country. Not for vacation. For good. Doctors, teachers, young families, retirees. People from all walks of life are relocating overseas because they simply can't afford to stay. The cost of living has gotten so out of control that hardworking folks are finding a better quality of life in Spain, Poland, Thailand, Vietnam, and beyond.
In this video, we're looking at real stories from real people who made the decision to leave. Some of them left years ago and can't believe what America has become when they come back to visit. Others are planning their exit right now. And the reasons keep coming up over and over again: housing costs, grocery prices, healthcare, safety concerns, and a retirement system that doesn't add up anymore.
This isn't about hating America. It's about asking why the promise we grew up believing in feels so far out of reach for so many people. When a thousand dollars a month gets you further in Europe than five thousand does here, something has gone seriously wrong.
We're also hearing from people who stayed and are struggling to make ends meet. Families choosing between groceries and rent. Young graduates buried in debt with no jobs waiting for them. Parents doing mental math at the movie theater just in case something goes wrong. The American Dream used to mean something. Owning a home. Raising a family. Building a life. Now it feels like survival mode for too many of us.
Whether you're thinking about leaving or you're committed to staying and fighting for something better, this video is for you. These are conversations we need to be having. Because when this many people are heading for the door, it's time to ask why. Drop a comment and let me know what you're seeing in your community. Are people talking about leaving? Are you thinking about it yourself?"
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Musical Interlude: Soothing Relaxation, "Dance of Life"
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Soothing Relaxation, "Dance of Life"
Be kind to yourself, forget all the troubles
for a little while and enjoy this beautiful video...
"A Look to the Heavens"
“NGC 253 is not only one of the brightest spiral galaxies visible, it is also one of the dustiest. Discovered in 1783 by Caroline Herschel in the constellation of Sculptor, NGC 253 lies only about ten million light-years distant.
NGC 253 is the largest member of the Sculptor Group of Galaxies, the nearest group to our own Local Group of Galaxies. The dense dark dust accompanies a high star formation rate, giving NGC 253 the designation of starburst galaxy. Visible in the above photograph is the active central nucleus, also known to be a bright source of X-rays and gamma rays.”
"Guard Your Honor..."
"Reputation is what other people know about you.
Honor is what you know about yourself."
- Lois McMaster Bujold
"One Chance..."
“You get that one chance, and damn it, you’ve got to take it! If there’s one lesson I know I will take with me for eternity, its that there are those things that might happen only once, those chances that come walking down the street, strolling out of a café; if you don’t let go and take them, they really could get away! We can get so washed out with a mindset of entitlement – the universe will do everything for us to ensure our happiness – that we forget why we came here! We came here to grab, to take, to give, to have! Not to wait! Nobody came here to wait! So, what makes anyone think that destiny will keep on knocking over and over again? It could, but what if it doesn’t? You go and you take the chance that you get; even if it makes you look stupid, insane, or whorish! Because it just might not come back again. You could wait a lifetime to see if it will… but I don’t think you should.”
- C. JoyBell C.
"The False Choice Society"
"The False Choice Society"
by The Zman
"The false dichotomy, sometimes called the false choice, is one of the most popular rhetoric tricks used in liberal democracy. The point is to frame the debate in such a way as to either avoid some unpleasant topic or narrow the scope to the benefit of one party in the debate. “We either do X or we allow this terrible thing to continue” is an effective way to compel action. After all, everyone knows that doing nothing in never an acceptable action. Only monsters choose that option.
It is fair to say that our political system is built upon the false choice. Every election we are asked to choose between the two offerings put forward by the parties. In most cases, one option is ridiculous. That is why over 90% of incumbents win reelection. In races with real competition, the options put forward are nearly identical. Both parties offer up a plank of wood spouting whatever slogans are popular at the moment. The voters select between two robots programmed by the same people.
The reason this is a false choice is there is at least one other option. The voters could stage a boycott of the election. Maybe demand some reforms as a condition of rejoining the charade of democracy. Of course, the voters could riot at the polling stations, hurl the voting machines into the river and burn the ballots. They could vote for a third party candidate as a protest. Picking from one of the two options offered up from the uniparty is a false choice, because there are other options.
Of course, people do not select the other options because they are constantly reminded that those are all bad options. No rational person votes third-party. Even the most cynical critics of democracy say the third party option is a waste of time. Similarly, boycotts are dismissed as pointless. Rebellion, of course, is dismissed out of hand, despite the fact the country was literally founded on rebellion. The one thing everyone seems to agree upon is you have no choice but to pick from the two parties.
Another example of where the false choice is the foundation of liberal democracy was in the Covid panic. The reason the rulers took a wrecking ball to society is they were sure they had just two options. It was either the wrecking ball or do nothing and we all know that doing nothing is never an option. They had to do something, and all of the choices were bad, so they happily went with the bad option. When you eliminate the best option, you are always left with the worst options.
The false choice plays out in more subtle ways too. Unwilling to leave well enough alone, the rulers then tried to impose a vaccine passport. The idea was to require this for travel or to attend public gatherings. Given that liberal democracy looks a lot like fascism, businesses and banks were making noises about requiring the vaccine in order to have a job or use the financial system. You could get the vaccine, the choice was yours, but you may not be able live in society.
People are rightly upset about this turn of events. House broken conservatives were banging on about how the vaccine passport was just like when their grandparents made the Jews wear gold stars. The point of the yes/no debate on the vaccine passport was to distract from the real problem. The people in charge of public health are incompetent and had turned a minor public health problem into a disaster. Worse yet, they seemed to take some pleasure in being incompetent at it.
Not so long ago, proof of vaccination was a common requirement for travel. People were given a card that showed their vaccinations. This was before computers when the people in charge were somewhat competent at their jobs. People went along with it because they understood it was for public health. They could trust the people in charge enough to go along with it. The people who cured things like polio and smallpox were proud of it and the policies that made it possible.
Today, of course, no one trusts anyone. There can be no public pride in collective accomplishment because we have accomplished nothing, other than putting men in dresses and desecrating some statues. This is why half the public was skeptical of the vaccine and the passport business. Instead of dealing with that reality, we chose to have a debate about the passport itself. The false choice here was whether to get the vaccine or not. Whether to have a proof of vaccine or not.
The promise of democracy is that public policy is no longer set according to the narrow interests of a small ruling class. Instead, the marketplace of democracy will set the priorities and select the polices based on majority will. In reality, democracy is a mass delusion where the public debates pointless issues and selects from identical options, all in order to avoid facing reality. Say what you will about aristocracy, at least everyone knows who is in charge and who is to blame.
The Covid hysteria underscored how the false choice society staggers on through inertia and dumb luck. Faced with a real crisis, the current regime would collapse in a pile, with the people bickering with one another over how best to celebrate the pile once the dust settles. The false choice society is a society built on lies the people tell one another in order to avoid reality. The trouble is reality is the thing that does not go away when you stop believing in it."
Judge Napolitano, "INTEL Roundtable w/Johnson & McGovern: Weekly Wrap 5-Dec"
Judge Napolitano - Judging Freedom, 12/5/25
"INTEL Roundtable w/Johnson & McGovern:
Weekly Wrap 5-Dec"
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“What Mark Will You Leave On The World?”
“What Mark Will You Leave On The World?”
by Maria Rodale
“As some of you know, this time of year is my favorite time to truly reflect on the past and the future. Things seem to slow down enough that there’s finally time to ponder and think and plan and dream. The questions and thoughts change as I get older. When I was younger, it was more about what I wanted to accomplish (although I still have a VERY ambitious list for that). Now, it’s a little bit more of what do I want to leave behind?
The thing about life and reality is that it is so fleeting. Things that seem huge and vastly important can become footnotes to history or, like handprints in the sand – here today, gone tomorrow – washed away by wind or a wave. But I firmly believe that if we don’t think about it – and aren’t awake about it – we simply drift through life asleep and miss the best of it. In fact, I kind of believe that part of our purpose here in life is to create it, create change, push evolution forward, and improve things. To me, leaving a mark isn’t about getting credit or recognition, but making sure that the things we do have a positive impact rather than a negative one, and I think that starts in our heads and our hearts.
So I urge you to take some time for yourself this week, carve out an hour or, better yet, a day when you can really open your heart and calm your head enough to dream about what you truly desire. If you can dream it, you can create it. And then your life will leave a wake of happiness and joy.”
“Yet now, as he roared across the night sky toward an unknown destiny, he found himself facing that bleak and ultimate question which so few men can answer to their satisfaction. What have I done with my life, he asked himself, that the world will be poorer if I leave it?”
- Arthur C. Clarke, “Glide Path”
The Poet: W. H. Auden, “The More Loving One”
“The More Loving One”
“Looking up at the stars, I know quite well
That, for all they care, I can go to hell,
But on earth indifference is the least
We have to dread from man or beast.
How should we like it were stars to burn
With a passion for us we could not return?
If equal affection cannot be,
Let the more loving one be me.
Admirer as I think I am
Of stars that do not give a damn,
I cannot, now I see them, say
I missed one terribly all day.
Were all stars to disappear or die,
I should learn to look at an empty sky
And feel its total dark sublime,
Though this might take me a little time.”
- W. H. Auden
Chet Raymo, “The Sound And Fury”
“The Sound And Fury”
by Chet Raymo
“Once I mentioned here Himmler and Heydrich, two of Hitler's most terrible henchmen. A friend said to me: "If there's no afterlife, no heaven or hell, then those two diabolical creatures got away with it. Their fate was no different than that of any one of their victims, an innocent child perhaps." And, yes, if there is no God who dispenses final justice, then we are left with an aching feeling of irresolution, of virtue unrewarded, of vice unpunished. Heydrich was gunned down by partisan assassins, and Himmler committed suicide a few hours before his inevitable capture, both fates arguably less tragic than that of their victims. How much more satisfying to think that the two mass murderers will spend an eternity in hell, while their victims find bliss.
This may not be a logically consistent argument for the existence of God, but it is certainly compelling. My friend says: "If there's no afterlife, then it's all sound and fury, signifying nothing. Of course, this emotive argument for the existence of God is balanced by another argument against his existence – the problem of evil: How can a just and loving God allow the existence of a Himmler or Heydrich in the first place. Here the argument is not just emotional, but consists of a thorny contradiction.
It comes down, essentially, to head vs. heart- what we would like to be true with all of our heart, vs. what our head tells us is an unresolvable conundrum. So each of us decides: To follow our hearts and make the blind leap of faith, or to follow our heads and learn to live with the sound and the fury. For those of us who choose the second alternative, the relevant words are that distressing coda, "signifying nothing." Our task is one of signification, of finding a satisfying meaning this side of the grave.
For many of us, that means finding our place in the great cosmic unfolding, and of recognizing that our lives are not inconsequential, that by being here we jigger the trajectory of the universe in some way, no matter how small, and preferably for the good and just. Yes, we make a leap of faith too, I suppose - that love, justice, and creativity are virtues worth living for - but at least it is a leap of faith that is not into the unknown, does not embody logical contradiction, and is consistent with what we know to be true, or at least as true as we can make it.”
This may not be a logically consistent argument for the existence of God, but it is certainly compelling. My friend says: "If there's no afterlife, then it's all sound and fury, signifying nothing. Of course, this emotive argument for the existence of God is balanced by another argument against his existence – the problem of evil: How can a just and loving God allow the existence of a Himmler or Heydrich in the first place. Here the argument is not just emotional, but consists of a thorny contradiction.
It comes down, essentially, to head vs. heart- what we would like to be true with all of our heart, vs. what our head tells us is an unresolvable conundrum. So each of us decides: To follow our hearts and make the blind leap of faith, or to follow our heads and learn to live with the sound and the fury. For those of us who choose the second alternative, the relevant words are that distressing coda, "signifying nothing." Our task is one of signification, of finding a satisfying meaning this side of the grave.
For many of us, that means finding our place in the great cosmic unfolding, and of recognizing that our lives are not inconsequential, that by being here we jigger the trajectory of the universe in some way, no matter how small, and preferably for the good and just. Yes, we make a leap of faith too, I suppose - that love, justice, and creativity are virtues worth living for - but at least it is a leap of faith that is not into the unknown, does not embody logical contradiction, and is consistent with what we know to be true, or at least as true as we can make it.”
"Life's Funny..."
"Life is painful and messed up. It gets complicated at the worst of times, and sometimes you have no idea where to go or what to do. Lots of times people just let themselves get lost, dropping into a wide open, huge abyss. But that's why we have to keep trying. We have to push through all that hurts us, work past all our memories that are haunting us. Sometimes the things that hurt us are the things that make us strongest. A life without experience, in my opinion, is no life at all. And that's why I tell everyone that, even when it hurts, never stop yourself from living."
- Alysha Speer
"The joke was thinking you were ever really in charge of your life. You pressed your oar down into the water to direct the canoe, but it was the current that shot you through the rapids. You just hung on and hoped not to hit a rock or a whirlpool."
- Scott Turow
"Life's funny, chucklehead. You only get one and you don't want to throw it away. But you can't really live it at all unless you're willing to give it up for the things you love. If you're not at least willing to die for something - something that really matters - in the end you die for nothing."
- Andrew Klavan
"The Addiction to Entertainment: The Cause of Intellectual and Cultural Decline"
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"The Addiction to Entertainment:
The Cause of Intellectual and Cultural Decline"
by The Psyche
"In a world drowning in constant noise, instant stimulation, and endless scrolling, have we unknowingly become addicted to entertainment? And more importantly - what is this addiction doing to our minds, our culture, and our ability to think? This video explores the profound psychological and cultural consequences of living in an era where silence feels uncomfortable and distraction feels necessary. Inspired by insights from Kierkegaard, Postman, Huxley, Adorno, Nietzsche, and modern neuroscience, we reveal how entertainment has evolved from a source of joy into a subtle form of control - one that shapes our attention, weakens our intellect, and erodes our inner world. In this deep and eye-opening journey, you will discover:
• How infinite entertainment rewires the brain and destroys focus.
• Why boredom is the birthplace of creativity - and why we avoid it.
• How algorithms hijack our dopamine systems.
• Why overstimulation creates emptiness instead of fulfillment.
• The cultural decline that begins when entertainment becomes a lifestyle.
• How silence, reflection, and depth are becoming rare - and revolutionary.
• The hidden psychological mechanisms that make distraction addictive.
• How to reclaim your mind in a world built to steal your attention.
This is not just a video - it’s a wake-up call. If you’ve ever felt mentally exhausted, emotionally numb, or trapped in endless consumption… this message will show you why - and how to break free. Stay until the end - the final revelation may change the way you see entertainment, culture, and even your own life."
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Dan, I Allegedly, "Amazon's 30 Minute Delivery Kills Small Businesses!"
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Dan, I Allegedly, 12/5/25
"Amazon's 30 Minute Delivery Kills Small Businesses!"
"Amazon’s 30-minute delivery is here, and it’s a game-changer! Imagine needing something last-minute - like eggs for your cake or trash bags - and getting it delivered to your door in just 30 minutes. This innovation, already rolling out in cities like Seattle, Philadelphia, and now Fort Worth, Texas, might just revolutionize shopping as we know it. But what does this mean for small businesses already struggling with record bankruptcies? Let’s break down the numbers, the impact, and what this means for the future of retail."
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"Doug Casey: Why Making $300,000 No Longer Means You’re Secure"
"Doug Casey: Why Making $300,000
No Longer Means You’re Secure"
by International Man
"International Man: A recent BHG Financial survey found that 62% of Americans earning over $300,000 a year still struggle with credit card debt. What’s your take on this?
Doug Casey: BHG is basically a Shylock for the upper middle class. They loan mainly to doctors and successful small businessmen, typically at around 12%. They’re in a position to know when their demographic is in trouble. But why are they in trouble? I suspect it’s because middle-class borrowers have assumed lower-class time preferences. In other words, instead of saving for something you want - a house, a car, or whatever - people want it now and are willing to mortgage their futures to get it.
The average person’s psychological mindset is “I want it all, and I want it now!” I guess you can get it now - but only by borrowing. If you think like a consumer rather than a producer, you likely won’t have savings. And if you live even more imprudently, not only won’t you have savings, but you’ll have lots of debt. We famously live in a “Consumer Society” - a ridiculous and degrading concept. Once upon a time, America identified as a country of producers, not consumers.
It’s hard for a middle-class person to get by when a new car, one that you feel suits your station in life, costs $50,000 or even $100,000. And it’s financed over seven years. Or leased, so there’s zero chance you’ll ever own it. So I don’t doubt that what BHG says is true: almost everybody is in debt, and few have any savings. It makes for a very unstable financial, economic, political, and social situation.
International Man: Is the erosion of the upper-middle class deliberate or an unintended consequence of inflation?
Doug Casey: Socialists - in fact, all stripes of statists, elitists, and authoritarians - despise the middle class. That’s because the bourgeois tend to be independent and entrepreneurial. Lenin famously wanted to grind them between the millstones of taxation and inflation. It’s a question of eroding values. It is not just a deteriorating economic situation we’re dealing with; the culture and public psyche are on a slippery slope as well.
In other words, it seems that society has adopted a hand-to-mouth approach to living. That’s the antithesis of the American Dream. The BFG people found that the average person has little or no savings. An article by an investor named Michael W. Green has gone viral because he calculates that a family of four needs about $130,000 per year in earnings to stay out of poverty. That’s pretty shocking, in that the official poverty line is $31,200, and the median income is $80,000.
The argument is that if the Joe Sixpack family earns $130,000, both parents need to work, which necessitates childcare (about $32,000), which is their largest single expense. Then comes housing ($23,000 - seems low), food ($15,000), transport ($15,000), healthcare ($12,000 - very low, in that average medical insurance alone is twice that), and other essentials ($21,000). Taxes are about $18,500. There’s no room for either bad luck or saving for the future. This large subset of the population doesn’t get any welfare benefits from the government - food stamps, Medicaid, or a myriad of other freebies. The above calculation doesn’t include debt service, which almost everybody in what passes for the middle class has lots of. The numbers just don’t work.
Trump’s promised fraudulent so-called “dividend” of $2,000 from import duties is trivial by comparison if it’s even paid, which I doubt.
International Man: If even relatively high earners are now pushed into survival mode - a sign the system has drained almost everyone - does this point to an approaching collapse or a fundamental change of the political and economic system?
Doug Casey: I’ve been saying, for about 10 years, that we’re headed not only for the Greater Depression, but something like a civil war. One thing that’s for sure is that people close to Washington, D.C., and New York, who are wired to the current political and financial systems, are making much, much more than the median. And they benefit from the newly created money early on before it loses value as it “trickles down.” Again, this has created an unstable system. So yeah, we’re headed for a serious political, economic, and social upset. That’s been predictable for decades. But it would seem we’re now at the edge of the precipice.
What makes it worse is that stocks, bonds, and housing are at close to all-time highs. There’s reason to expect a lot more stress is about to be added to the system as they revert to the mean, or go further, to the opposite extreme. That’s not a prediction, so much as an inevitability.
International Man: If income no longer maps onto wealth, mobility, or destiny, what does that do to the cultural mythology of the American Dream?
Doug Casey: Sweeping away a country’s founding principles - it doesn’t matter if they’re essentially myths - is very dangerous. But it’s happening. The next generation is being born into serfdom because of the national debt - about $38 trillion officially, but over $100 trillion in reality, if you count the many contingent and deferred liabilities. US citizens, especially the young and unborn, will have to pay it, one way or the other.
Why? Because the prime directive of all living things, from amoebas to governments, is: “Survive!” And if the US government’s going to survive, it must service its debt, which means its subjects must pay for it. Kids born today are being born behind the eight-ball. Meanwhile, Trump comes up with ridiculous palliative solutions, such as the 50-year mortgage. It’s odd to take a 50-year mortgage on your house. Most houses built today won’t last 50 years. Nor will the average buyer, who’s about 40. That’s apart from the fact that houses aren’t investments - things that produce more wealth. They’re just long-lived consumer goods.
Most kids go to school, financed by $1.9 trillion of loans. They need a car, which accounts for the $1.7 trillion of auto debt. Add on about $1.3 trillion of credit card debt, which is financed at around 20%. It seems that everybody is living on debt today. The American Dream didn’t used to be about being buried in debt. As George Carlin liked to say, you have to be asleep to believe in the American Dream.
International Man: What practical steps should individuals take to avoid going down with the ship?
Doug Casey: Debt does not have to be a bad thing. The other side of debt is savings. They’re loaned, paying savers interest. But, historically, and in a sound baking system, savings were loaned for production, not consumption. In other words, debt was incurred to build factories and farms. The factory’s and field’s production made the debt self-liquidating. But consumer debt is never self-liquidating, and the average American doesn’t borrow for production purposes. He borrows to increase his current standard of living. It’s a dead-end road for the borrower, as well as the banks. But the banks are another story…
In a sound economy, you produce more than you consume, and you save the difference. But when the currency is inflated, how can you save? You’re saving something that’s losing value almost as fast as you can save it. This is a real problem for Americans. Inflation is forcing the average American to speculate in stocks, real estate, or cryptos, in the hope of staying ahead of currency debasement. But the average person is not qualified to do that. It can only end badly."
"Announced Job Cuts Hit 1.17 Million In 2025 – 54 Percent Higher Than Last Year"
"Announced Job Cuts Hit 1.17 Million In 2025 –
54 Percent Higher Than Last Year"
by Michael Snyder
"It is getting very hard to deny that the U.S. economy is moving in the wrong direction. Yesterday, ADP reported that the U.S. economy shed tens of thousands of jobs last month. Today, Challenger, Gray & Christmas is reporting that U.S. employers announced a grand total of 1.17 million job cuts through the first 11 months of 2025. That represents a 54 percent increase from the first 11 months of last year…
"U.S.-based employers have cut more than 1.17 million jobs so far in 2025, the highest level since the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new report from outplacement firm Challenger, Gray and Christmas. From January to November of this year, employers cut 1,170,821 jobs, a 54 percent increase from the 761,358 jobs cut during the first 11 months of 2024."
In 2020, large numbers of Americans were being temporarily laid off due to the lockdowns. But we don’t have any lockdowns in 2025. What we have instead is a rapidly deteriorating economy. Traditionally, employers have been hesitant to lay off workers just before the holiday season because it can mean bad publicity. But this November employers were not as hesitant to swing the axe as usual, and the telecom industry led the way…"Telecom alone slashed 15,139 jobs, its worst month since April 2020, when the pandemic forced widespread shutdowns. For the year, telecom layoffs are up a staggering 268 percent."
Other industries aren’t doing much better: tech job losses are up 17 percent in 2025, food distributors (especially those that produce beef) are up 26 percent, and service-sector layoffs have climbed 64 percent. The primary reason why the total for the telecom industry was so high last month is because Verizon suddenly decided to fire more than 13,000 employees…"Verizon is set to lay off over 13,000 workers in the coming weeks as part of a cost-cutting and restructuring initiative.
“Today, we will begin reducing our workforce by more than 13,000 employees across the organization, and significantly reduce our outsourced and other outside labor expenses,” newly appointed CEO Dan Schulman writes in a memo to employees that it also published online. “Every part of the company will experience some level of change.” Verizon had just over 100,000 employees as of Sept. 30, meaning the layoff will reduce the headcount by 13%. Perhaps Verizon’s new management can turn the company around. But considering the trajectory that Verizon is currently on, it will take a miracle.
If you are searching for a job in this very tough economic environment, I feel very badly for you. We are being told that 30 percent of all job postings are fake, and competition for any decent jobs that are available has become extremely fierce.
In the old days, having a college degree would give you an edge, but now that is a lot less true than it once was…"College graduates may be losing their edge in the labor market, as the unemployment gap between them and workers with only high school degrees has narrowed and reached its lowest level in decades, according to a new report. The Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland analyzed unemployment trends for high school and college graduates between the ages of 22 and 27, as high school graduates have typically experienced relatively higher levels of unemployment. The Cleveland Fed economists found that the unemployment gap has continually declined since the 2008 financial crisis and recently reached its lowest level since the late 1970s."
In September, 25 percent of all unemployed Americans actually had a college degree. Things are particularly tough for new graduates. As I discussed the other day, Nikki Haley’s son says that not a single one of his friends that recently graduated from college has been able to land a job yet.
How can anyone spin that to make it sound good? It can’t be done. We have a giant mess on our hands, and more businesses are going belly up with each passing day. In fact, a restaurant chain that had been in business for 88 years just closed their final 8 locations…"Another family restaurant chain has abruptly closed all of its locations for good. K&W Cafeteria - an 88-year-old institution across North Carolina and Virginia - closed its final eight restaurants on December 1, marking the end of a dining tradition generations grew up with. ‘It is with a heavy heart that we share this news,’ the owners posted on Facebook." When I first started writing about America’s “restaurant apocalypse”, some of the skeptics thought that I was exaggerating. Of course nobody thinks that I am exaggerating now because thousands of locations have been getting permanently shuttered.
U.S. manufacturing has fallen on hard times too. In fact, the Institute for Supply Management is telling us that U.S. manufacturing activity has now fallen for nine months in a row…"American manufacturing contracted for the ninth straight month, a survey showed, as uncertainty tied to ever-changing tariffs and a historic government shutdown weighed on business. A closely followed manufacturing index fell to a four-month low of 48.2% in November from 48.7% in the prior month, the Institute for Supply Management said Monday. Any number below 50% signals contraction."
As I have been detailing for weeks, just about every single economic number indicates that a major economic downturn is upon us. Some pundits are using the term “recession” to describe what is ahead, but the truth is that this crisis isn’t just going to be another bump in the road. As I stated yesterday, we are more than 104 trillion dollars in debt. I hope that the “prosperity” that we enjoyed during the past several decades was worth it, because now we are going to pay a very great price.
Of course it isn’t just us. As Glenn Beck has aptly pointed out, this is the first time in world history when every major civilization is simultaneously facing a historic debt crisis… “For the FIRST time in recorded history, EVERY major civilization - America, China, Europe, Japan - is hitting the absolute peak of the debt super-cycle AT THE EXACT SAME MOMENT. There is no rising power waiting in the wings like there always has been. When this resets, it won’t be regional. It will be global, systemic, and sudden.”
I have never had anyone explain to me in rational terms how this is going to end well. We all know that the system is going to collapse. It is just a matter of when it will happen. Considering how rapidly things are starting to unravel in 2025, it may happen a lot sooner than many people think."
Bill Bonner, "War of Fog"
"War of Fog"
by Bill Bonner
"I was just following orders."
- Adolf Eichmann
Baltimore, Maryland - "‘Where were you when they were murdering those guys?’ Will our grandchildren ask? What will we say...that we voted for Kamala? That we didn’t vote at all? Or, like the billboard we saw on the Garden State Freeway, ‘We didn’t vote for this!’ As a society twists and turns...persuaded by false money...it tends to bend in a predictable, but sinister, direction. Democracy trends towards the Big Man...and the Big Man tends to go for violence.
But wait. Here’s the latest from the Washington Post: "The renamed ‘Donald J Trump Institute of Peace’ hosts first event. President Donald Trump is eager to be recognized as a peacemaker. His administration obliged Wednesday by renaming the building that houses the U.S. Institute of Peace in downtown Washington."
Is Mr. Trump an exception to the rule? Is he a peace president? Empires are naturally inclined towards violence anyway. That’s how they become empires, by conquering other nations. And that’s why the US has been almost constantly preparing for war...tempting war...or actually in a war ever since WWII. It is the hegemon supreme...reigning over much of the world, a successor-in-interest to the British Empire.
And now, with the whole world watching, the same scoundrels who got us into Afghanistan and Iraq...are aiming for Venezuela and Iran - fogging the facts, as necessary. Elliot Abrams, for example, has his fingerprints on nearly every foreign policy disaster, unnecessary war, and gratuitous massacre of the last half-a-century. Now, he’s pushing for another one, Substack:
"Former Reagan, Bush, and Trump administrations official Elliott Abrams, who has been involved in some of America’s worst crimes in South America under the Reagan administration, and regime change attempts in Venezuela under Bush and Trump, recently wrote an article for Foreign Affairs calling for a regime change war in Venezuela. [He] wrote that Trump should, “eliminate”, “the possibility of more talks with Maduro...Iran plans to transfer missiles to Venezuela...[it] uses Venezuela as a base for Hezbollah activity.”
And here is perhaps the dumbest, and/or the most corrupt member of the senate, Lindsey Graham (who has gotten more than $1 million from the defense industry): ”I very much appreciate and respect the determination by President Trump to deal with the drug caliphate countries that inhabit our backyard - chief among them Venezuela.” The US has at least ten times as many illegal drug users as Venezuela, per capita. But it’s always someone else’s fault.
And what we learned in America’s great experiment with Prohibition is that you can make something illegal, but you can’t make it unattractive. Prohibition raises price margins and brings forth more supply, not less. But Mr. Trump himself seems determined to get the US into another hot conflict. Associated Press: "Trump says that the US will start doing strikes on land, aimed at drug cartels, soon."
And then this from the New York Times: "Trump Declares Venezuelan Airspace Closed." "President Trump said days earlier that the United States could “very soon” expand its campaign of killing people at sea suspected of drug trafficking to attacking Venezuelan territory."
And if Maduro is captured...will he then be pardoned? USA Today: "President Donald Trump pardoned a former Honduran leader sentenced to prison on cocaine distribution charges, a move the White House says doesn’t undermine Trump’s anti-drug campaign that includes military strikes on alleged drug boats near Venezuela."
Remember the Maine…Tonkin Gulf…weapons of mass destruction…Cartel de los Soles—it’s all there. Delusions, Lies. Fog. And another phony war paid for with phony money."
Thursday, December 4, 2025
"Alert! Zelensky Assassination? "Tactical Nukes Will Be Used"; Russia Kills Internet"
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Prepper News, 12/4/25
"Alert! Zelensky Assassination?
"Tactical Nukes Will Be Used"; Russia Kills Internet"
"Zelensky was targeted in the UK, is a false flag being planned? Europe leader
says nukes will be used, Russia cancels internet platform in preparation for SHTF."
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"Warning: The US Economy Can't Be Saved, Americans Are Playing With Economic Dynamite"
Jeremiah Babe, 12/4/25
"Warning: The US Economy Can't Be Saved,
Americans Are Playing With Economic Dynamite"
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"Layoffs Mount, AI Steals More Jobs, Market Bust Will Follow FED Cuts"
Very strong language alert!
Gerald Celente, 12/4/25
"Layoffs Mount, AI Steals More Jobs,
Market Bust Will Follow FED Cuts"
"The Trends Journal is a weekly magazine analyzing global current events forming future trends. Our mission is to present Facts and Truth over fear and propaganda to help subscribers prepare for what’s next in these increasingly turbulent times."
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"Go To The Stores And Stock Up Now Because Prices Are About To Explode This Winter"
Full screen recommended.
Epic Economist, 12/4/25
"Go To The Stores And Stock Up Now
Because Prices Are About To Explode This Winter"
"Grocery prices are skyrocketing, and insiders say it's about to get worse. Store shelves are emptying across America. Beef is up 51% since 2020. Dollar Tree raised their prices again. And people who work inside food distribution are warning their friends and family to stock up now before winter hits. In this video, we're looking at what's really happening in grocery stores right now. From meat shortages to cereal costing nearly $10 a box. Real people are sharing their receipts, their frustrations, and their strategies for getting through what's coming. If you've noticed your grocery bill climbing week after week, you're not imagining it. And if you want to know how to prepare, stick around. Have you noticed prices going up in your area? Drop a comment and let me know what's changed at your local stores."
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"A Look to the Heavens"
Sculpted by stellar winds and radiation, a magnificent interstellar dust cloud by chance has assumed this recognizable shape. Fittingly named the Horsehead Nebula, it is some 1,500 light-years distant, embedded in the vast Orion cloud complex.
About five light-years "tall", the dark cloud is cataloged as Barnard 33 and is visible only because its obscuring dust is silhouetted against the glowing red emission nebula IC 434. Stars are forming within the dark cloud. Contrasting blue reflection nebula NGC 2023, surrounding a hot, young star, is at the lower left. The gorgeous color image combines both narrowband and broadband images recorded using three different telescopes.”
"Humanity Today..."
"Humanity today is like a waking dreamer, caught between the fantasies of sleep and the chaos of the real world. The mind seeks but cannot find the precise place and hour. We have created a Star Wars civilization, with Stone Age emotions, medieval institutions, and godlike technology. We thrash about. We are terribly confused by the mere fact of our existence, and a danger to ourselves and to the rest of life."
- Edward O. Wilson
"All That Matters..."
"Angel: Well, I guess I kinda worked it out. If there's no great glorious end to all this, if nothing we do matters... then all that matters is what we do. 'Cause that's all there is. What we do. Now. Today. I fought for so long, for redemption, for a reward, and finally just to beat the other guy, but I never got it.
Kate Lockley: And now you do?
Angel: Not all of it. All I wanna do is help. I wanna help, because I don't think people should suffer as they do. Because, if there's no bigger meaning, then the smallest act of kindness is the greatest thing in the world.
Kate Lockley: Yikes. It sounds like you've had an epiphany.
Angel: I keep saying that, but nobody's listening."
"Angel", 2001
"Steve Jobs: A Billionaire's Last Words"
"Steve Jobs: A Billionaire's Last Words"
by Ella D. Tran
"On his deathbed at the age of 56 from pancreatic cancer Steve Jobs said this... "I have reached the pinnacle of success in business. In the eyes of others, my life is the epitome of success. However, apart from work, I have little joy. In the end, wealth is just a fact of life that I am accustomed to.
At this moment, lying on my sick bed and looking back on my entire life, I realize that all the praise and riches I was so proud of have faded and become insignificant in the face of impending death.
You can hire someone to drive the car for you, make money for you, but you can't have someone carry the disease for you. Lost material things can be found. But there is one thing you can never find when you lose "Life".
When a person enters the operating room, he or she will realize that there is a book that he or she has not yet finished reading: “The Book of Healthy Living.” Whatever stage of life we are in at the moment, we will eventually face the day when the curtain falls. Feel affection, love for your family, love for your spouse, love for your friends... Treat yourself well. Appreciate others.
As we grow older and therefore wiser, we gradually realize that wearing a $300 watch or a $30 watch both tell the same time...Whether we carry a $300 wallet or a $30 wallet, the amount of money inside is the same; Whether you drive a $150,000 car or a $30,000 car, the road and distance are the same and you arrive at the same destination. Whether you drink a $300 bottle of wine or a $10 bottle, the hangover is the same; whether the house we live in is 300 square meters or 3000 square meters, the loneliness is the same.
You will realize that your true inner happiness does not come from the material things of this world. Whether you fly first class or economy, if the plane goes down, it goes down with it…
So… I hope you realize, when you have companions, friends and old friends, brothers and sisters, with whom you chat, laugh, talk, sing, talk about north-south-east-west or about heaven and earth. Enjoy life and don't obsess over material things." He was silent for several minutes, then uttered his final words, "Oh, wow. Oh, wow. Oh, wow..."
"Clear Focus Ambient Space Music for Concentration - Isochronic Tones"
Full screen recommended.
Jason Lewis - Mind Amend,
"Clear Focus Ambient Space Music for Concentration -
Isochronic Tones"
Ambient electronic space music with low-intensity
beta and alpha wave tones for clear focus.
Headphones Are Not Required
How does it work? This is a brainwave entrainment music track using isochronic tones combined with music. The music has also been embedded with amplitude entrainment effects, where the music is subtly distorted and vibrates in unison with the same frequency of the isochronic tones. This helps to add further strength to the entrainment effect.
What does this track do? A soft house upbeat study music mix with beta wave isochronic tones. Designed to produce a deep focus mental state while studying or working. This session stimulates Beta, SMR and Alpha, alternating in 2 minute increments to help keep the user relaxed and engaged. Note: SMR (sensorimotor rhythm) relates to the frequency range between 12 – 15Hz. It’s associated with sensory processing and motor control. Stimulating this can result in relaxed focus and improved attention. This session is meant to speed up the brain while keeping the left hemisphere dominant (good for attention, concentration and reducing emotional response and hyperactivity). ADD and similar disorders are often characterized by “slow-wave” EEG patterns, particularly in the left frontal region. As such, this session stimulates the left brain hemisphere with Beta frequencies and the right with SMR.
Can it be used to help with studying and if so, when should you listen to it? Yes, it can be helpful to use while studying, and if you read through the many comments about this track, you’ll see that many people have successfully used it for studying. You can either listen to it while you are studying, to get your brain into a good mental state when you need it. Or if you are someone that gets a bit distracted by music while studying, listen to it just before you begin.
How Loud Should The Volume Be? There is varying advice and opinions on the impact of volume with brainwave entrainment, with some saying the louder it is the more impact it has. From my own experience, my advice is to play it at a volume level you feel comfortable with. The main thing to consider is that it should be loud enough to hear the repetitive isochronic tones, so you don’t want it so quiet you can hardly hear them. But you also don’t want it so loud that its uncomfortable for you. Somewhere in the middle is my recommendation.
Use this session in the morning or afternoon, to train your brain for better cognition, such as clearer and faster thinking. You can either sit somewhere quiet and comfortable with your eyes closed and give your brain a nice workout, or you can also listen to this while doing an activity that requires a boost in concentration, like studying.
How long should you listen for to get a good effect? It takes around 6 minutes for your brainwaves to fall in step with the tones and become entrained. It then takes time to be guided along the frequency range used in the track. Listening to about half way through is the minimum in my opinion, but 30 minutes is the optimum and preferred length to listen for.
IMPORTANT RECOMMENDATIONS:
• Drink some water – Make sure you are well hydrated before listening to brainwave entrainment.
WHY? Your brain is made up of around 75% water, so it needs plenty of water to function well. When you stimulate your brain in this way, you’re increasing electrical activity and blood flow in the brain and giving your brain a good workout, so it can be a good idea to drink before listening, so that your brain can fire on all cylinders.
• It is not recommended to listen to this while driving or operating machinery.
WHY? Brainwave entrainment involves a process of stimulating your brainwaves and changing your mental state. While this is safe to do and use in normal situations, it can sometimes zone you out during the track, as you focus in on the sound of the tones. This could result in you being distracted temporarily, which is not a good thing while you’re driving or operating machinery. Some people also experience tingling and other sensations from the stimulation. While that might feel quite nice sitting in a comfortable chair at home, it could cause you to be distracted while driving and result in an accident.
• It is not recommended to listen to this while under the influence of drugs or alcohol, or any mind altering substance.
WHY? When your brain is under the influence of drugs or alcohol it’s not operating to it’s full capacity, and you react differently to stimulation and situations, compared to when you are sober. So as a precaution and because I don’t know how you will react in that situation, I recommend you do not use it in that situation.
• Who should NOT listen to this audio? Those who should not listen to this video/audio include: Those who are prone to or have had seizures, epilepsy, pregnant or wear a pacemaker should NOT listen to this video/audio.
WHY? There is insufficient research data in this area, so as a precaution, if you are among the categories listed above, I would recommend you consult a doctor or medical professional before listening to this video/audio.”
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Whether you want to know it or not we're all in the fight of our lives, for our lives. Some of you reading this will not survive, and I may not either, so I for one will take any edge I can get, and so should you. This works, I suggest you use it.
- CP