"Panic Food Buying - Stores Closing, Gas Surging, War Escalating"

Jeremiah Babe, 3/8/26

"Panic Food Buying -

" Stores Closing, Gas Surging, War Escalating"

The U.S. economy is sending warning signs everywhere - luxury stores like Saks Fifth Avenue and Marcus are shutting down, gas prices are soaring, and global tensions in the Middle East are intensifying. From food shortages in Dubai to critical supply chain disruptions through the Straight of Hormuz, the world is facing challenges that could affect everyone. In this video, I break down: The shocking closures at Saks Fifth Avenue and South Coast Plaza Grocery Outlet shutting 36 stores across 16 states. How rising inflation and global conflict are affecting gas, food, and prices. The role of gold and silver as safe-haven assets in uncertain times. Steps you can take to prepare for economic, social, and global disruptions. Stay alert, stay prepared, and protect your resources. This is about more than money - it’s about survival, security, and being ready for the unexpected.

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"In 24 Hours Everything Could Change"

Redacted, Clayton Morris, 3/8/26

"In 24 Hours Everything Could Change"

"In the next 24 hours everything could change around global oil markets. The war with Iran is quickly turning into a full-blown economic crisis, with the Strait of Hormuz at the center of it all. Rising oil and diesel prices, collapsing supply routes, freight and insurance shocks, weak jobs numbers, and a housing market already under pressure are now colliding in real time. We also look at the latest fallout from the past few hours, including new signs of disruption across global energy infrastructure, what this means for your gas bill and grocery bill, and why the White House is reportedly in full panic mode over the political and economic consequences."

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"Israel's Home Front Command Is Breaking Down - 9 Million People Have Nowhere Left to Run"

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Prime John AG, 3/8/26

"Israel's Home Front Command Is Breaking Down - 

9 Million People Have Nowhere Left to Run"

"In this video we step back from the headlines and break down what is really happening, why it matters, and what the next days and weeks could look like. This channel is about calm, data-driven geopolitics - no hype, no clickbait, no team jerseys. We connect wars, elections, sanctions, and energy routes to the deeper forces of power, money, and long-term strategy. Everything you hear here is educational commentary and personal opinion based on publicly available information. It is NOT political advice, financial advice, or a call to action. Always compare multiple sources, think for yourself, and make your own decisions. By watching this video, you acknowledge that you are solely responsible for your own views, choices, and outcomes."

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Money Over History, 3/7/26

"Israel Just Told Millions of Citizens: 

“We Can’t Protect You Anymore”

"Israel has issued one of the most alarming warnings of the entire conflict. Millions of citizens were informed that the country’s early warning and missile defense systems may no longer guarantee protection against incoming attacks.For decades Israel invested heavily in advanced defense systems such as Iron Dome, Patriot, and other missile interception technologies designed to detect and stop incoming threats. But recent developments suggest that warning times for incoming missiles may be dramatically reduced, leaving civilians with only seconds to react. In this video, we break down what this announcement means, how missile defense systems work, and why early warning networks are critical for civilian protection during modern warfare. We also analyze the broader regional escalation involving Israel, Iran, and multiple Middle Eastern countries, and what these developments could mean for global security and energy markets."

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Stipendium peccati mors est, Israel, 

and you so deserve everything you get...

Musical Interlude: 2002, "Courting the Moon"

Full screen recommended. Beautiful!

2002, "Courting the Moon"

"A Mayan legend says that the hummingbird is actually the sun

 in disguise, and he is trying to court a beautiful woman, who is the moon."

"A Look to the Heavens"

“What will become of these galaxies? Spiral galaxies NGC 5426 and NGC 5427 are passing dangerously close to each other, but each is likely to survive this collision. Typically when galaxies collide, a large galaxy eats a much smaller galaxy. In this case, however, the two galaxies are quite similar, each being a sprawling spiral with expansive arms and a compact core. As the galaxies advance over the next tens of millions of years, their component stars are unlikely to collide, although new stars will form in the bunching of gas caused by gravitational tides.

Close inspection of the above image taken by the 8-meter Gemini-South Telescope in Chile shows a bridge of material momentarily connecting the two giants. Known collectively as Arp 271, the interacting pair spans about 130,000 light years and lies about 90 million light-years away toward the constellation of Virgo. Recent predictions hold that our Milky Way Galaxy will undergo a similar collision with the neighboring Andromeda Galaxy in a few billion years.”

- http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap130825.html

"Gas Shortages Are Coming - Chevron Sounds the Alarm"

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Dan, I Allegedly, 3/8/26

"Gas Shortages Are Coming -

Chevron Sounds the Alarm"

California may soon face serious gas shortages as energy companies warn that new carbon restrictions could force oil refineries to leave the state. In a stunning letter, the CEO of Chevron warned Governor Gavin Newsom that California’s energy policies could create fuel supply problems, drive gasoline prices even higher, and threaten the stability of the state’s energy infrastructure. If refineries shut down or relocate, the consequences could ripple across the entire economy, impacting transportation, businesses, and millions of working families who already struggle with rising fuel costs.

The warning also raises major national security concerns. California currently supports dozens of military installations that rely on stable fuel supplies, and disruptions could impact defense readiness. As energy regulations tighten and oil companies reconsider operating in the state, many are asking whether California’s policies are pushing the energy industry away entirely. On i Allegedly, we break down what this letter means, why gas prices could spike again, and how these policies may affect the future of fuel supply in California and across the United States."

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Jay Reed, 3/8/26

"Gas Prices Just Skyrocketed Overnight 

And It’s Getting Worse - Here’s Why"

"Gas prices have surged again - and many drivers are feeling the pressure at the pump. In this video, we break down what’s causing the latest spike in fuel costs, why prices may keep rising, and what it could mean for everyday Americans. From global supply disruptions to geopolitical tensions and refinery constraints, this isn’t just a one-time blip - it’s part of a bigger story. For commuters, truckers, travelers, and families budgeting at home, this isn’t abstract - it hits the wallet directly. Watch until the end to see the factors experts are watching closely."

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Currency Archives AG, 3/8/26

"Iran Destroyed Israel's Biggest Refinery - 

Now The Whole World Will Pay"

"The world just crossed a line it cannot uncross. Iran's drone strike on Israel's Haifa refinery was not simply an act of military retaliation - it was a calculated economic weapon aimed at the heart of global energy stability. When a facility this critical burns, the consequences do not stay contained to one country or one conflict. They spread. Through oil markets, shipping lanes, supply chains, and fuel prices that affect every single person on this planet. In this video, Currency Archives breaks down exactly what happened, why it happened, and what it means for the global economy moving forward. We analyze the strategic thinking behind the strike, the immediate market reaction, and the terrifying possibility that this is only the beginning of a full-scale energy war between major powers.

If you care about your money, your business, or your future - this is not a story you can afford to ignore. Watch until the end, because the final part of this analysis may completely change how you think about energy, conflict, and economic survival in today's world.

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Adventures With Danno, "Food Shortages Coming?"

Adventures With Danno, 3/8/26

"Food Shortages Coming?"

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"People Are Stocking Up Like Never Before As Something Major Is Coming For America"

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Epic Economist, 3/8/26

"People Are Stocking Up Like Never Before

As Something Major Is Coming For America"

"Something big is shifting in America right now, and millions of people can feel it. From rising grocery prices to supply chain warnings from the CEOs of major retailers, everyday Americans are quietly stocking up on essentials like never before. In this video, we take a look at what people across the country are doing to prepare for what many believe is a massive wave of economic instability heading our way.

Tariffs, inflation, and growing uncertainty have pushed more and more families to start thinking seriously about food storage, emergency supplies, and financial preparedness. What used to be considered extreme is now becoming common sense. People are buying rice, beans, canned goods, frozen vegetables, and meat in bulk. They are filling pantries, organizing go bags, and stocking up on medical supplies and household essentials. And they are doing it not out of panic but out of a genuine desire to protect themselves and their families from what could be a very difficult period ahead. We also look at how people are rethinking their finances. From keeping cash on hand to cutting unnecessary subscriptions and doing full financial audits on their spending habits, Americans are finding creative and practical ways to stretch every dollar. Many are turning to community and neighbors as well, splitting bulk purchases and sharing subscriptions to save money together. This kind of cooperation and resourcefulness is exactly what gets people through hard times.

Beyond food and finances, some people are preparing for more extreme scenarios. Power outages, cyber attacks, natural disasters, and even civil unrest are all on the radar for a growing number of preppers. Emergency radios, solar generators, water filtration systems, and communication devices are showing up in more and more households across the country. Whether or not these worst case scenarios ever come to pass, the mindset of readiness and self reliance is something that benefits everyone.

This video features real people sharing their honest thoughts and practical tips on TikTok about how they are getting ready for what is coming. Their advice ranges from simple and affordable steps anyone can take today to more advanced preparation strategies for those who want to go further. No matter where you are in your journey, there is something here for you.

If you have been feeling like something is off or you have been thinking about getting more prepared, you are not alone. Millions of Americans are feeling the same way and taking action. Start where you are, do what you can, and remember that even small steps add up over time.

Share your thoughts in the comments below. Are you stocking up? Have you started prepping? What tips or strategies are working for you? This community is full of people looking for practical and affordable ways to get ready, and your experience might help someone else take that first step."

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"Rules Versus Righteousness"

"Rules Versus Righteousness"

by Paul Rosenberg

"Yes, we’ve seen a string of irrational, malicious and even murderous rules lately, but that’s not what I’m addressing in this post. Today my point is that rules by themselves – rules by their essence – are the opponents of righteousness. I know this strikes most people as impossible, but I’m convinced that it’s correct and important. I expect this concept to take root slowly; human psychology is just that way: It takes time to absorb and sift ideas that are not only new, but which stand against basic assumptions. So, if this seems like it’s “too far out there,” please try to let it remain in your mind as a possibility, even if a far-fetched one. Thanks.

It Nearly Always Comes Back To Structure: There are multiple ways to analyze almost anything, but the one that stands out to me is analyzing the structure of things. As it happens, this type of analysis is rarely done for human affairs, which I think accounts for a significant share of our problems. What I want to do, briefly, is explain the structure of righteousness, and show you why rules oppose it. So, let’s start with a definition: Righteousness is not merely doing the right thing, or even knowing that you are doing the right thing. It is doing the right thing by your own will.

You don’t improve your inner workings by following rules. Rather, you surrender them to an exterior command. That insults your inner parts rather than using and upgrading them. Once, however, you generate your own desire to do beneficial and courageous things, you both strengthen your inner parts and know that you are a source of benefit in the universe. That is righteousness, and it’s a massively beneficial thing.

The great difference in the two models is that in one of them our inner parts are subsidiary and inferior to something external… our actions are derived from something outside… our goodness is not inherent, but subsidiary. In the other model, our inner parts generate goodness, making us primary and potent beings; beings who continually improve. Once we begin to see and accept this, we become objectively better beings… we grow and expand… and we very certainly become more confident and reliable beings.

Still, it’s notable that the best human actions arise where rules are absent or disregarded. The human who surrenders his or her judgment to rules is highly unlikely to show courage and to stand up for the oppressed. The man or woman who summons the courage to act beyond the rules is the actual hero. As Martin Luther King noted:"We should never forget that everything Adolph Hitler did in Germany was “legal” and everything the freedom fighters did in Hungary was “illegal.”

One final point: Humans have promoted rules as a path to goodness for millennia, with a doggedness to rival any compulsive disorder. If rules worked, we’d be a race of angels by now.

So…Rules do not engender human progress, rather they hinder it. Again, I know that this seems strange and even threatening, but I submit to you that while the concept may be foreign, it is true all the same. Rules displace and disgrace our inner mechanisms. We and our entire world will be far better off once we stop treating them as idols. Thanks for considering it."

- https://freemansperspective.com

"The Consequences Of Our Choices..."

“Life does not require us to be consistent, cruel, patient, helpful, angry, rational, thoughtless, loving, rash, open-minded, neurotic, careful, rigid, tolerant, wasteful, rich, downtrodden, gentle, sick, considerate, funny, stupid, healthy, greedy, beautiful, lazy, responsive, foolish, sharing, pressured, intimate, hedonistic, industrious, manipulative, insightful, capricious, wise, selfish, kind or sacrificed. Life does, however, require us to live with the consequences of our choices.”

- Richard Bach, “Running From Safety”

The Poet: Rod McKuen, “A Cat Named Sloopy”

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“A Cat Named Sloopy”

“For awhile

the only earth that Sloopy knew

was in her sandbox.

Two rooms were her domain.

Every night she’d sit in the window

among the avocado plants

waiting for me to come home,

my arms full of canned liver and love.

We’d talk into the night then,

contented,

but missing something.

She the earth she never knew,

me the hills I ran

while growing bent.

Sloopy should have been a cowboy’s cat,

with prairies to run,

not linoleum,

and real-live catnip mice,

no one to depend on but herself.

I never told her,

but in my mind

I was a midnight cowboy even then.

Riding my imaginary horse

down Forty-second street,

going off with strangers

to live an hour-long cowboy’s life.

But always coming home to Sloopy,

who loved me best.

For a dozen summers

we lived against the world.

An island on an island.

She’d comfort me with purring,

I’d fatten her with smiles.

We grew rich on trust,

needing not the beach or butterflies.

I had a friend named Ben

Who painted buildings like Roualt men.

He went away.

My laughter tired Lillian

after a time,

she found a man who only smiled.

But Sloopy stayed and stayed.

Winter,

Nineteen fifty-nine,

Old men walk their dogs.

Some are walked so often

that their feet leave

little pink tracks

in the soft snow.

Women, fur on fur,

elegant and easy,

only slightly pure,

hailing cabs to take them

round the block and back.

Who is not a love seeker

when December comes?

Even children pray to Santa Claus.

I had my own love safe at home,

and yet I stayed out all one night,

the next day too.

They must have thought me crazy

screaming SLOOPY!

SLOOPY!

as the snow came falling

down around me.

I was a madman

to have stayed away

one minute more

than the appointed hour.

I’d like to think a golden cowboy

snatched her from the window sill,

and safely saddlebagged

she rode to Arizona.

She’s stalking lizards

in the cactus now perhaps,

bitter, but free.

I’m bitter too,

and not a free man anymore.

But once upon a time,

In New York’s jungle in a tree,

before I went into the world

in search of other kinds of love,

nobody owned me but a cat named Sloopy.

Looking back,

perhaps she’s been

the only human thing

that ever gave back love to me.”

- Rod McKuen 

"How Could You? A Dog's Story"

"How Could You? A Dog's Story"

by Jim Willis

"When I was a puppy I entertained you with my antics and made you laugh. You called me your child and despite a number of chewed shoes and a couple of murdered throw pillows, I became your best friend. Whenever I was "bad," you'd shake your finger at me and ask "How could you?" - but then you'd relent and roll me over for a bellyrub.

My housetraining took a little longer than expected, because you were terribly busy, but we worked on that together. I remember those nights of nuzzling you in bed, listening to your confidences and secret dreams, and I believed that life could not be any more perfect. We went for long walks and runs in the park, car rides, stops for ice cream (I only got the cone because "ice cream is bad for dogs," you said), and I took long naps in the sun waiting for you to come home at the end of the day.

Gradually, you began spending more time at work and on your career, and more time searching for a human mate. I waited for you patiently, comforted you through heartbreaks and disappointments, never chided you about bad decisions, and romped with glee at your homecomings, and when you fell in love.

She, now your wife, is not a "dog person" - still I welcomed her into our home, tried to show her affection, and obeyed her. I was happy because you were happy. Then the human babies came along and I shared your excitement. I was fascinated by their pinkness, how they smelled, and I wanted to mother them, too. Only she and you worried that I might hurt them, and I spent most of my time banished to another room, or to a dog crate. Oh, how I wanted to love them, but I became a "prisoner of love."

As they began to grow, I became their friend. They clung to my fur and pulled themselves up on wobbly legs, poked fingers in my eyes, investigated my ears and gave me kisses on my nose. I loved everything about them, especially their touch - because your touch was now so infrequent - and I would have defended them with my life if need be. I would sneak into their beds and listen to their worries and secret dreams. Together we waited for the sound of your car in the driveway. There had been a time, when others asked you if you had a dog, that you produced a photo of me from your wallet and told them stories about me. These past few years, you just answered "yes" and changed the subject. I had gone from being your dog to "just a dog," and you resented every expenditure on my behalf.

Now you have a new career opportunity in another city and you and they will be moving to an apartment that does not allow pets. You've made the right decision for your "family," but there was a time when I was your only family.

I was excited about the car ride until we arrived at the animal shelter. It smelled of dogs and cats, of fear, of hopelessness. You filled out the paperwork and said "I know you will find a good home for her." They shrugged and gave you a pained look. They understand the realities facing a middle-aged dog or cat, even one with "papers."

You had to pry your son's fingers loose from my collar as he screamed "No, Daddy! Please don't let them take my dog!" And I worried for him and what lessons you had just taught him about friendship and loyalty, about love and responsibility, and about respect for all life. You gave me a goodbye pat on the head, avoided my eyes, and politely refused to take my collar and leash with you. You had a deadline to meet and now I have one, too.

After you left, the two nice ladies said you probably knew about your upcoming move months ago and made no attempt to find me another good home. They shook their heads and asked "How could you?"

They are as attentive to us here in the shelter as their busy schedules allow. They feed us, of course, but I lost my appetite days ago. At first, whenever anyone passed my pen, I rushed to the front, hoping it was you - that you had changed your mind - that this was all a bad dream... or I hoped it would at least be someone who cared, anyone who might save me. When I realized I could not compete with the frolicking for attention of happy puppies, oblivious to their own fate, I retreated to a far corner and waited.

I heard her footsteps as she came for me at the end of the day and I padded along the aisle after her to a separate room. A blissfully quiet room. She placed me on the table, rubbed my ears and told me not to worry. My heart pounded in anticipation of what was to come, but there was also a sense of relief. The prisoner of love had run out of days. As is my nature, I was more concerned about her. The burden which she bears weighs heavily on her and I know that, the same way I knew your every mood.

She gently placed a tourniquet around my foreleg as a tear ran down her cheek. I licked her hand in the same way I used to comfort you so many years ago. She expertly slid the hypodermic needle into my vein. As I felt the sting and the cool liquid coursing through my body, I lay down sleepily, looked into her kind eyes and murmured "How could you?"

Perhaps because she understood my dogspeak, she said "I'm so sorry." She hugged me and hurriedly explained it was her job to make sure I went to a better place, where I wouldn't be ignored or abused or abandoned, or have to fend for myself - a place of love and light so very different from this earthly place. With my last bit of energy, I tried to convey to her with a thump of my tail that my "How could you?" was not meant for her. It was you, My Beloved Master, I was thinking of. I will think of you and wait for you forever. May everyone in your life continue to show you so much loyalty."

- http://www.crean.com/jimwillis/

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"If there are no dogs in Heaven,

then when I die I want to go where they went."

- Will Rogers

"How It Really Is"

 

"The Next Economic Crisis Is Weeks Away"

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Snyder Reports, 3/8/26

"The Next Economic Crisis Is Weeks Away"

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"US-Israel-Iran War, 3/8/26"

Danny Haiphong, 3/8/26

"Iran's Missiles Devastate Haifa Port & Tel Aviv,

 Trump Eyes Ground War"

"The US and Israel have opened up a new front in the war that has seen an even more furious retaliation from Iran and Hezbollah. The future of the war is moving rapidly toward even further escalation, and the crises keep piling up for the aggressors. War correspondent Elijah Magnier joins the show to break it all down."

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OPTM, 3/8/26

"Iran Just Destroyed Israel’s Biggest Refinery –

 Last Energy Gateway From Israel Incinerated"

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Times Of India, 3/8/26

"Iran Missiles Leave Central Israel ‘Devastated’;

 ‘Explosions, Smoke, Injuries Tear Tel Aviv Apart"

"Central Israel was rocked by powerful explosions after Iran launched another wave of ballistic missiles towards Tel Aviv and nearby cities. Dramatic visuals from the Bnei Brak area showed thick black smoke rising into the sky and a vehicle overturned on the street following the impact. Authorities reported multiple strike sites across the region, raising suspicions that at least one missile may have carried a cluster-type warhead. Emergency teams from Magen David Adom rushed to the scenes, initially reporting three people injured by shrapnel. Officials later confirmed that at least six people were wounded, including a man in his forties seriously hurt in Tel Aviv and several others injured in Petah Tikva. Search-and-rescue teams and investigators are now assessing the damage as tensions between Iran and Israel escalate sharply."

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"Jiang Xueqin: Is This WW3? The Greater Israel Project: Truth or Conspiracy?"

Dialogue Works Highlights, 3/8/26

"Jiang Xueqin: Is This WW3? 

The Greater Israel Project: Truth or Conspiracy?"

"This interview explores the growing conflict in the Middle East and the risk of a wider global war. It examines the escalating tensions between the United States and Iran, the possibility of ground troops, and how control of energy routes like the Strait of Hormuz could draw major powers into the conflict. The discussion also looks at the geopolitical impact of the Ukraine war, shifting global alliances, the role of Gulf states, and the fragile balance of power shaping the future of the region and the world."

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"Col. Doug Macgregor: We're in a Run Up to WW3"

Daniel Davis, Deep Dive 3/8/26

"Col. Doug Macgregor: We're in a Run Up to WW3"

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"Scott Ritter: Trump’s Iran War is Doomed! “Something BIG Is About to Hit Israel and America”

"Scott Ritter: Trump’s Iran War is Doomed!

“Something BIG Is About to Hit Israel and America”

Global War Analysis, 3/7/26

"Former UN weapons inspector and military analyst Scott Ritter has warned that any escalation of the war with Iran into the nuclear domain would have catastrophic consequences for all sides. Ritter argues that using nuclear weapons in the Middle East would not bring victory but instead trigger uncontrollable escalation and long-term global instability.

Ritter has repeatedly warned that once nuclear weapons are used, the situation could spiral beyond anyone’s control because other powers and regional states would feel compelled to respond or develop their own nuclear deterrents. He has previously stated that the use of nuclear weapons in the region could lead to devastating retaliation and potentially guarantee Israel’s destruction, as it would encourage adversaries to pursue nuclear arms and escalate the conflict further.

Meanwhile, the current war between the United States, Israel, and Iran is already raising global fears of escalation. Experts warn that attacks on Iran’s nuclear facilities may actually push Tehran closer to pursuing nuclear weapons, especially if Iranian leaders believe their survival is threatened. Ritter’s broader argument is that wars launched with the expectation of quick victory often turn into strategic disasters, especially when they provoke stronger resistance, widen the battlefield, and risk triggering nuclear brinkmanship among major powers."

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"Israel Just Told Millions of Citizens: “We Can’t Protect You Anymore”

A MUST VIEW!

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Money Over History, 3/7/26

"Israel Just Told Millions of Citizens: 

“We Can’t Protect You Anymore”

"Israel has issued one of the most alarming warnings of the entire conflict. Millions of citizens were informed that the country’s early warning and missile defense systems may no longer guarantee protection against incoming attacks.For decades Israel invested heavily in advanced defense systems such as Iron Dome, Patriot, and other missile interception technologies designed to detect and stop incoming threats. But recent developments suggest that warning times for incoming missiles may be dramatically reduced, leaving civilians with only seconds to react. In this video, we break down what this announcement means, how missile defense systems work, and why early warning networks are critical for civilian protection during modern warfare. We also analyze the broader regional escalation involving Israel, Iran, and multiple Middle Eastern countries, and what these developments could mean for global security and energy markets."

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Stipendium peccati mors est, Israel, 

and you so deserve everything you get...

Musical interlude: 2002, "Remember Now"

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2002, "Remember Now"

"A Look to the Heavens"

“A now famous picture from the Hubble Space Telescope featured Pillars of Creation, star forming columns of cold gas and dust light-years long inside M16, the Eagle Nebula. This false-color composite image views the nearby stellar nursery using data from the Herschel Space Observatory's panoramic exploration of interstellar clouds along the plane of our Milky Way galaxy. Herschel's far infrared detectors record the emission from the region's cold dust directly. 

The famous pillars are included near the center of the scene. While the central group of hot young stars is not apparent at these infrared wavelengths, the stars' radiation and winds carve the shapes within the interstellar clouds. Scattered white spots are denser knots of gas and dust, clumps of material collapsing to form new stars. The Eagle Nebula is some 6,500 light-years distant, an easy target for binoculars or small telescopes in a nebula rich part of the sky toward the split constellation Serpens Cauda (the tail of the snake).”

- http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap160728.html

"A Lot Of People..."

"When science discovers the center of the universe

a lot of people will be disappointed to find they are not."

- Bernard Baily

"The Difference..."

"One of life's best coping mechanisms is to know the difference between an inconvenience and a problem. If you break your neck, if you have nothing to eat, if your house is on fire – then you’ve got a problem. Everything else is an inconvenience. Life is inconvenient. Life is lumpy. A lump in the oatmeal, a lump in the throat and a lump in the breast are not the same kind of lump. One needs to learn the difference."

- Robert Fulghum

"Peak Focus for Complex Tasks, With Beta Isochronic Tones"

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"Peak Focus for Complex Tasks, 

 With Beta Isochronic Tones"

by Jason Lewis - Mind Amend

"This is a high-intensity audio brainwave entrainment session, using isochronic tones. Listen to this when you need a strong burst of intense focus to concentrate and study things like advanced mathematics, scientific formulas, financial analysis or any other complex mental activity. Listen to this track with your eyes open while doing the task/activity you want to focus on. Use this session in the morning, afternoon or early evening, to train your brain for better cognition, focus and thought processing. 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.

Headphones are NOT REQUIRED for this video.

Although headphones are not required you may find they produce a more intense effect, because they help to block out distracting external sounds.

Isochronic tones are a fast and effective audio-based way to stimulate your brain. Among many of the benefits, they can help improve focus, relaxation, energy levels, sleep and more, without taking drugs or needing any special equipment. What isochronic tones essentially do is guide your dominant brainwave activity to a different frequency while you are listening to them, allowing you to influence and change your mental state and how you feel."

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"Isochronic Tones –

How They Work, the Benefits and the Research"

This is a brainwave entrainment audio session using isochronic tones combined with music. The isochronic tones are the repetitive beats you can hear on top of the music throughout the track. If you are new to this type of audio brainwave entrainment, find out how isochronic tones work and how they compare to binaural beats here: 

- https://www.mindamend.com

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Listen folks, we're out of time! Whether you want to know it or not we're literally in the fight of our lives, for our lives right now, and it's going to get much, much worse. Some of you reading this will not survive, and I may not either, so I'll take any edge I can get, and you should too... This works for me. Prepare yourself, brace for impact...

- CP

The Daily "Near You?"

Maineville, Ohio, USA. Thanks for stopping by!

"The Denial Of Death"

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"The Lie We Created to Survive Life: 

The Denial of Death"

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"The Denial Of Death"

by Ernest Becker

"The idea of death, the fear of it, haunts the human animal like nothing else; it is a mainspring of human activity - designed largely to avoid the fatality of death, to overcome it by denying in some way that it is the final destiny of man."

Excerpt: "The prospect of death, Dr. Johnson said, wonderfully concentrates the mind. The main thesis of this book is that it does much more than that : the idea of death, the fear of it, haunts the human animal like nothing else; it is a mainspring of human activity - activity designed largely to avoid the fatality of death, to overcome it by denying in some way that it is the final destiny for man. I believe, that knowledge is in a state of useless overproduction

I have had the growing realization over the past few years that the problem of man’s knowledge is not to oppose and to demolish opposing views, but to include them in a larger theoretical structure .

CHAPTER ONE: Introduction: Human Nature and the Heroic: Freud discovered that each of us repeats the tragedy of the mythical Greek Narcissus: we are hopelessly absorbed with ourselves. If we care about anyone it is usually ourselves first of all. This narcissism is what keeps men marching into point-blank fire in wars: at heart one doesn’t feel that he will die, he only feels sorry for the man next to him.

The unconscious does not know death or time: in man’s physiochemical, inner organic recesses he feels immortal . In man a working level of narcissism is inseparable from self- esteem, from a basic sense of self-worth. In childhood we see the struggle for self-esteem at its least disguised. The child is unashamed about what he needs and wants most. His whole organism shouts the claims of his natural narcissism.

We like to speak casually about “sibling rivalry,” as though it were some kind of by-product of growing up , a bit of competitiveness and selfishness of children who have been spoiled, who haven’t yet grown into a generous social nature. But it is too all-absorbing and relentless to be an aberration , it expresses the heart of the creature : the desire to stand out , to be the one in creation. When you combine natural narcissism with the basic need for self-esteem, you create a creature who has to feel himself an object of primary value: first in the universe, representing in himself all of life .

Sibling rivalry is a critical problem that reflects the basic human condition: it is not that children are vicious , selfish , or domineering. It is that they so openly express man’s tragic destiny: he must desperately justify himself as an object of primary value in the universe; he must stand out, be a hero, make the biggest possible contribution to world life, show that he counts more than anything or anyone else.

It doesn’t matter whether the cultural hero-system is frankly magical, religious, and primitive or secular, scientific, and civilized. It is still a mythical hero-system in which people serve in order to earn a feeling of primary value, of cosmic specialness, of ultimate usefulness to creation, of unshakable meaning .

Society itself is a codified hero system , which means that society everywhere is a living myth of the significance of human life, a defiant creation of meaning. Every society thus is a "religion” whether it thinks so or not: Soviet “religion” and Maoist “religion” are as truly religious as are scientific and consumer “religion,” no matter how much they may try to disguise themselves by omitting religious and spiritual ideas from their lives .

CHAPTER TWO: The Terror of Death: "Is it not for us to confess that in our civilized attitude towards death we are once more living psychologically beyond our means, and must reform and give truth its due ? Would it not be better to give death the place in actuality and in our thoughts which properly belongs to it, and to yield a little more prominence to that unconscious attitude towards death which we have hitherto so carefully suppressed? This hardly seems indeed a greater achievement, but rather a backward step… but it has the merit of taking somewhat more into account the true state of affairs..." - Sigmund Freud

Of all things that move man , one of the principal ones is his terror of death. Heroism is first and foremost a reflex of the terror of death. We admire most the courage to face death; we give such valor our highest and most constant adoration; it moves us deeply in our hearts because we have doubts about how brave we ourselves would be. The hero was the man who could go into the spirit world, the world of the dead, and return alive .

These cults, as G. Stanley Hall so aptly put it, were an attempt to attain “an immunity bath” from the greatest evil: death and the dread of it. Zilboorg says that most people think death fear is absent because it rarely shows its true face; but he argues that underneath all appearances fear of death is universally present: Let sanguine healthy-mindedness do its best with its strange power of living in the moment and ignoring and forgetting, still the evil background is really there to be thought of, and the skull will grin in at the banquet.

Such constant expenditure of psychological energy on the business of preserving life would be impossible if the fear of death were not as constant. The very term “ self-preservation ” implies an effort against some force of disintegration ; the affective aspect of this is fear, fear of death .

Therefore in normal times we move about actually without ever believing in our own death, as if we fully believed in our own corporeal immortality. We are intent on mastering death… A man will say, of course, that he knows he will die some day , but he does not really care. He is having a good time with living , and he does not think about death and does not care to bother about it - but this is a purely intellectual, verbal admission. The affect of fear is repressed. Repression takes care of the complex symbol of death for most people."

“Death twitches my ear; 'Live,' he says...

'I am coming.” - Virgil

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"Above All..."

"Above all, don't lie to yourself. The man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to a point that he cannot distinguish the truth within him, or around him, and so loses all respect for himself and for others. And having no respect he ceases to love. " 

- Fyodor Dostoevsky, "The Brothers Karamazov"

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"Mohammad Marandi: Iran Can Send Oil Prices 

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$250 a barrel? Then YOU will pay $20 a gallon, if you can find it...

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Prophetic...

“My own view is that this planet is used as a penal colony, lunatic asylum and

dumping ground by a superior civilization, to get rid of the undesirable and unfit.

I can’t prove it, but you can’t disprove it either.”

- Christopher Hitchens

"March, 6-7: The Grind Goes On"

"March, 6-7: The Grind Goes On"

By NO1

"These are the main highlights of March 6 & 7. It took a bit longer than expected because events kept on happening, and I had to add them. It’s a bit rough, a lot of datapoints, but you’ll get the gist of it. Four days became four weeks became eight weeks became a hundred days became six months. Six months. CENTCOM is now planning “through September”. The goalposts haven’t moved. They’ve been loaded onto a kamikaze drone and fired through Hormuz. Let me give you a picture first, because the individual events won’t make sense without it.

Both sides are hammering each other simultaneously, every hour, across multiple countries. Iran is absorbing thousands of airstrikes while firing back at Tel Aviv, Haifa, and every US base from Kuwait to the UAE to Baghdad to Erbil. Israel is hitting Lebanon. Hezbollah is hitting Israel. Iraqi resistance groups are hitting US positions in Baghdad and Kurdistan. Iranian navy drones are burning tankers in the Gulf. And ships are pretending to be Chinese to sail through a strait that used to be international waters.

It’s not a war. It’s seven wars being prosecuted simultaneously with one set of logistics. And the US, eight days in, is down half their THAAD batteries, five F-15Es, multiple Reapers, and is currently on its seventh extension of the official timeline.

Tehran is burning. Not a base on its periphery, not a missile complex in the Zagros. The capital. Full of people. Devoid of missile launchers. Mehrabad Airport took a full wave of Israeli strikes overnight. Mehrabad isn’t a military target - it’s Tehran’s domestic hub, thirteen million passengers a year. But it shares its runways with IRGC transport infrastructure. An old Boeing 747 is burning on the tarmac. One of the few aircraft Iran inherited from the Shah and kept airborne for fifty years. Irreplaceable due to the sanctions.

Fifty Israeli aircraft dropped a hundred bombs on Khamenei’s underground bunker complex. New management had already moved in, apparently trusting the concrete. Humint suggested they were there. Suggested.

Absard missile base. Jomhuri Avenue - a major artery through central Tehran. Multiple strikes near Tehran University. A military academy. Power outages in Parand. All residential areas. Over 3,000 targets struck since day one. 1,230 dead, 6,000 wounded. 181 children. Then Shiraz. An ambulance station and a children’s playground struck in a suburb. Twenty dead. Thirty injured. Then Qazvin. A boys’ school, narrowly missed. Minab. The school with girls aged 7 to 12. The most damning civilian toll of the opening strikes. 165 dead. And the official position was silence. “Unable to confirm”. “Under review”. “Fog of war”.

In a classified briefing, Congress was told the school was on the Pentagon strike map. NBC confirmed it. The building was a deliberate target. They went to school one morning. Never came back.

“In memory of the schoolgirls of Minab.” One of last night’s Khorramshahr missiles had something written on it.

“Giveth and thou shalt receive”… And oh boy, receive Israel did. Waves 20 through 24 of True Promise 4 arrived across a sixteen-hour window. The IRGC stopped bothering with the cheap stuff. Khorramshahr-4s. Fattah hypersonics. Kheibar Shekan. Cluster submunitions over Tel Aviv - at least 80 per warhead from what the footage shows.

Tel Aviv took hit after hit. Bat Yam too. Fires across central districts. I wrote yesterday about the first missiles arriving without sirens - today that became routine. Israeli Channel 14 admitted the late warnings are caused by the destruction of US radars. The sensor network isn’t degraded anymore. It’s got holes you could drive a missile through. Which is exactly what keeps happening.

The warning time collapse I’ve been tracking since day three is now a daily reality. MIT’s Ted Postol explained it simply: with five minutes of warning you can calculate the ballistic arc and place interceptors properly. With sixty seconds you can only fire into the descending path with almost no margin for error. Iran didn’t destroy the radars as preparation for the war. It is the war.

And it didn’t slow down on Saturday morning. Multiple ballistic launches at 05:00, 05:30, 06:30 targeting central and southern Israel. Then 14:49. Then 15:33. Then 271 alerts in a single Hezbollah barrage. Geroman tracked one salvo for over thirty minutes without a single interception being reported. Thirty minutes. I can barely find video of any of this. That’s not an accident.

The BBC’s own reporter said it: the censorship right now is unprecedented. Not my word. Theirs. Journalists are banned from broadcasting live during strikes. Banned from showing footage of the city. So I’m piecing this together from secondary effects, from people on the ground who still have a signal. Hearsay and inference, basically - because the alternative is nothing at all.

And it’s not just Israel. The UAE filed a takedown request with X to scrub low-resolution satellite images of damage inflicted. Planet Labs quietly delayed all Gulf imagery by 96 hours. They called it “operational security”. Iran has Chinese reconnaissance satellites. They know exactly what’s down there. The damage isn’t being hidden from the enemy. It’s being hidden from us.

Now let’s go through what’s burning. Ali Al Salem Air Base in Kuwait. Hit again. Still burning from last time. All radomes and satellite communications at Camp Arifjan confirmed destroyed by satellite imagery. The Kuwaiti Air Force quietly moved its KC-130J tankers to a Saudi base rather than park them next to American aircraft. Hard to blame them.

Al Dhafra in the UAE: hit twice in twenty-four hours. The IRGC Navy drone unit struck it again this morning - air warfare centre, satellite communications, early warning radars, fire control radars. The IRGC also stated, publicly, that the Minab school bombing “was carried out from this base”. The UAE hasn’t commented.

Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia took a ballistic missile on video. Flash, impact, soldiers nearby. Multiple US personnel reportedly injured. Hours before, an F-35 had flown there from an Israeli base with its transponder on. Visible on Flightradar24. Broadcasting the exact route Riyadh had publicly promised Tehran it would never allow. Smooth move.

Erbil, Iraqi Kurdistan: Shahed-101 kamikaze drone. The IRGC claims eleven US soldiers killed. CENTCOM hasn’t confirmed this. Given their track record on casualty counts, that’s not especially reassuring either way.

Victory Base complex, Baghdad: Arash rockets and drones. Fires. Five US bases in three countries hit in one day. The US State Department, bypassing Congress, authorized emergency delivery of 12,000 aerial bombs to Israel. $151.8 million. Because everything is going so swimmingly.

Half the THAAD batteries America has on earth are confirmed dead.

Eight worldwide. Four gone. Prince Sultan in Saudi Arabia. Abu Dhabi and Al Ruwais in the UAE. Muwaffaq Salti in Jordan. Ground-level photographs of the Jordan site show a shattered radar array, housing torn open. I’ve been reporting IRGC claims on these since day one. All confirmed now. By CNN. By satellite imagery. By photographs. More reliable than CENTCOM...

Foreign Policy quietly confirmed that Qatar’s radar (killed on day 1) will take 5~8 years to rebuild. The Bahrain one: 1~2 years. And that assumes the raw materials exist. China banned rare earth exports. Yttrium - which goes into every radar and sonar the US manufactures - is up 140 times in price. China holds 98% of global production. You can’t rebuild what you can’t source. The radar network being dismantled is, in practical terms, permanent.

And in case you thought it was only radar: Iran has shot down another MQ-9 Reaper today, this time over Hormozgan Province. Roughly 50 surveillance drones claimed downed. Without persistent ISR you can’t tell real missile launchers from decoy trucks. Which explains why CENTCOM keeps releasing footage of destroyed trucks.

The CIA station in Saudi Arabia is confirmed “inoperable” after a direct drone hit. A Patriot battery in the UAE was photographed post-impact, the hangar gutted. Both runways at Ali Al Salem reportedly cratered. The US infrastructure in the Gulf isn’t just being degraded. It’s being dismantled. Piece by piece, base by base, radar by radar.

And somewhere in the middle of all this, Trump went on Truth Social:

“UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER!” All caps. No context.

He would work to rebuild Iran and give it a great future. MAKE IRAN GREAT AGAIN (MIGA!).

MIGA.

He actually wrote MIGA.

The oil market, processing this faster than the State Department, sent Brent straight through $90 the moment the post landed. Crude is apparently a more attentive reader of US foreign policy than the people conducting it. Roosevelt used that phrase in 1943 too. Took two more years, a land invasion, two nuclear bombs, and about twenty million additional corpses. Iran’s response was to fire more missiles.

Pezeshkian announced that the Temporary Leadership Council approved ceasing attacks on neighboring Arab states. Sounds peaceful. Unless you read the subordinate clause: unless attacks on Iran originate from their territory. Every Gulf state hosting a US base now has to decide whether it’s “neighboring” or “complicit”. Kick out the Americans: you’re a neighbor. Keep hosting them: you’re a target. Iran isn’t stopping the war. They’re franchising it.

Trump immediately posted that Iran had “apologized and surrendered to its Middle East neighbors”. Sirens in Bahrain, hours later. Kuwait declared Force Majeure on oil production. Dubai’s billionaire Khalaf Al Habtoor went public: “Who gave you the right to drag our region into war with Iran?” Nobody answered.

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