"The Preservation of Sanity And Civilization"

"The Preservation of Sanity And Civilization"

by Paul Rosenberg

"I hadn’t planned on this post, but the ongoing mania compels me to contribute something toward the preservation of sanity and civilization. And so, here are some things to remember:

Humans are idolaters. Or at least most are when pressured. What we’re seeing now is an expression of idolatry and dogma. And bear in mind that the proudly anti-religious are often the most idolatrous and dogmatic. Whenever people are getting whipped up for a cause – any cause – that’s the right time to step away. And if they start chanting, move away quickly. I’ll forgo the long explanation, but joining the pack slays reason, and for as long as you remain in the pack. And this really is idolatry, because whatever we place above reason… whatever we place above open questioning… has become our god.

The crowd is always a deceiver. No one expressed this more concisely than Simone Weil, when she said, “conscience is deceived by the social.” Conscience is individual, social is collective, and the two are at odds. Likewise, sanity is individual and mania is collective. Within the crowd, malice appears as duty, honor, order and justice. To reside in the crowd is to be deceived; the only question is how much. Just a few specifics:

• Any time you surrender your decision-making to outsiders, you are making an error. (And yes, that means that authority is fundamentally a scam.)

• The more intimidated you are, the less your better functions can operate.

• Moral courage is far, far more important than physical courage.

• The mob is the enemy of what’s best in you. Separate from it at the first opportunity.

Civilization is not a function of systems, it’s a function of what’s in us. We are the primaries; all systems, good, bad or indifferent, are derivatives. The great error of the democratic era, certainly true over my now-fairly-considerable lifetime, was that people believed Democracy would solve all their problems, and would by itself assure civilization. That was always an idolatrous dream. What matters is what we are as individuals. No institution is to be taken as anything more than a blunt tool. The civilization we hold in ourselves is what holds the world in sanity, and nothing else can, no matter how it is advertised.

Grouping degrades human function. As individuals, we are magical creatures who can reverse entropy willfully. Within the group, we are a collection of pieces trying to feel powerful. Being grouped degrades us and teaches us bad lessons. Standing as an individual makes us better, sometimes in spurts and sometimes slowly. Whatever exceptions and gray areas may exist, joining a crowd makes us worse. What makes us better is freedom of conscience, a recognition of human dignity, and a belief in our own efficacy.

Finally…I want to make one statement very clearly, and I hope you remember it: The people who marshal movements are taking advantage of human weaknesses. And yes, many of them are aware of it. So step away from the crowd, cultivate your individual mind, and have civilization in yourself."

- https://freemansperspective.com

"The Middle East: Prelude To All Out War"

MUST VIEW BRUTAL TRUTH!

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"Scott Ritter Expose: Israel Is Modern-day 

Version Of Hitler's Nazi Germany"

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Judge Napolitano - Judging Freedom, 4/4/24

"Max Blumenthal: 

Netanyahu's Crimes Against Humanity"

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Hindustan Times, 4/4/24

"Iran To Attack Israel Within 48 Hours? 

Massive Preparations For 'Mega Strike Underway'"

"Iran is completely exasperated ever since 'Israel attacked' its consulate in Syria. The Middle East media is claiming that Tehran's revenge strike could hit Israel soon. Some outlets, citing military sources, said the attack could take place within 48 hours. According to these reports, Iran's response could spark a major regional conflict. Israel has bolstered its air defenses amid reports of Iran's possible retaliation. The IDF has called up reservist soldiers to prepare for a possible Iranian attack."

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Times Of India, 4/4/24

"'Israel Will Be…' Iran Hosts Mega Meeting With 

Hezbollah, Hamas & Houthis In Tehran"

"Iran vowed to avenge the killing of its 7 commanders who were assassinated in an Israeli strike. At least 16 people were killed including 7 from the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in a strike in the Syrian capital. Mohammad Reza Zahedi, head of the Quds Force in Lebanon and Syria, was killed in the attack. Now, Iran is in talks with leaders of Hezbollah and Hamas to take an action against Israel. On the other hand, Israel said that they would not spare anyone who would act as an enemy of Israel. Israel has not taken responsibility for the attack in Syria."

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"Iran's Nukes, Hezbollah's 150,000 Missiles, 

Israeli Iron Dome: Clock Ticking For Biggest Middle East War?"

"It is believed that Iran could also respond to Israeli attack by accelerating its nuclear program. If Iran tries to increase purity of its enriched uranium to 90%, which is considered bomb grade, it could invite Israeli or US strikes."

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"Israel is Evil personified. 

Israel is Evil embodied."

- Scott Ritter

You cannot reason with or change the behavior of rabidly vicious mad dogs or psychopathically degenerate, bloodthirsty monsters. There is only one solution...

Stipendium peccati mors est, Israel. 

So be it...

Gregory Mannarino, "AM/PM 4/4/24"

Gregory Mannarino, AM 4//4/24

"Horror Show: Mass Layoffs Skyrocket! 

Business Leaders Warn 'More Are Coming'"

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Gregory Mannarino, PM 4/4/24

"Trump Says The US Is An 'Economic Cesspool"

 And He Is 100% Correct!"

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Adventures With Danno, "Stock Up Now On These Deals At Kroger!"

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Adventures With Danno, AM 4/4/24

"Stock Up Now On These Deals At Kroger!"

"In today's vlog, we are at Kroger and are seeing some amazing deals on groceries. With prices going up everywhere, we encourage everyone to stock up on these sales before they're gone! Get your notepad ready as you do not want to miss this!"

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Bill Bonner, "Poisoned Pennies"

"Poisoned Pennies"

Artificially low interest rates are a problem in themselves. They distort the real cost of capital, tempting people to borrow too much money. Debt increases...leading to a debt crisis of some sort.

by Bill Bonner

Dublin, Ireland - "What a delight! A presidential candidate - neither Democrat nor Republican - who has begun to address the important issues of our time. Moneywise: 'The most pernicious and insidious regressive tax on the poor': RFK Jr. slams the Fed, calls inflation and rate hikes 'poisonous medicines.' But he says there's an even bigger problem. Inflation impacts everyone by eroding the purchasing power of money. However, independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. asserts that it's low-income Americans who suffer the most from rising price levels.

As you’ll recall from yesterday, debt growth is ‘unsustainable.’ It’s growing much faster than the economy that supports it. Somethins gotta give. Either the problem is solved intentionally... or unintentionally. RFK, Jr. is a graduate of the London School of Economics. He’s the only candidate to recognize that there is a debt problem. He’s proposing to tackle it. He’s also read at least a few of our Bonner Private Research posts. Whether they had any effect, we don’t know, but if he succeeds in solving America’s debt crisis, we intend to claim credit.

In his interview at Fox News, Kennedy went on to target high interest rates as a source of woe: “Our kids cannot get into a home because the interest rates have gone from 3% two years ago to - for them, the real cost - about seven-and-a-half or 8% to buy a home,” he said. Uh oh... was he suggesting that interest rates should be held down by the Fed? Didn’t he know that it was the Fed’s ultra-low interest rate policy that caused today’s huge debt overhang?

Instead, Kennedy came up with a fairly original and interesting angle: Kennedy believes that both inflation and rate hikes are mere stopgaps for a more significant issue. “The long-term issue is spending, because inflation and high interest rates are just medicine and they both are poisonous medicines,” he argued. As a result, he suggests that “we need to get spending under control” and “dramatically reduce” military spending. Artificially low interest rates are a problem in themselves. They distort the real cost of capital, tempting people to borrow too much money. Debt increases... leading to a debt crisis of some sort.

American Milei: But Kennedy is right. The feds spend too much. They borrow too much. They need lower interest rates to support the debt. And they ‘print’ money to help keep rates low. Low rates... high rates... inflation... inflation control – all are linked to excess spending. The dots connect. And if the problem is to be addressed, intentionally, spending is the place to begin. It has to be brought under control.

It would be nice if a real reformer – maybe like Milei in Argentina or Kennedy in the US -- could solve the problem in an orderly... sensible... way. The wars could be stopped. The budget could be balanced. Peace and prosperity could be restored to the land. But it seems unlikely. Biden and Trump are the front runners. Neither has any interest in the problem – or even any awareness of it. And the whole Beltway, Wall Street, University, Media, Military Establishment benefits from the system as it is. Would this ‘Deep State’ permit a turnaround? Probably not.

So, let’s look at how the debt crisis might play out — unintentionally. We got a hint of it on Tuesday. MarketWatch: "After months of range bound trading, the benchmark 10-year Treasury yield appeared to be settling into a pattern similar to what was seen last October, when the rate soared to its highest level since 2007 and briefly burst through 5%. The 10-year rate — used as a benchmark for everything from student debt to auto loans and mortgages — rose 3.4 basis points to end at 4.363% or its highest level since Nov. 27. Yields as far away as Asia, Australia, New Zealand and Europe climbed in unison."

In simple terms, as the US debt grows - we now see it easily going to $50 trillion by 2034 - so does the interest expense. It was $659 billion in 2023... and next year it will approach one trillion. No one really cares how large the debt becomes. But the cost of servicing it must come out of current income. And every penny of earnings that we must devote to paying for yesterday’s bungles is a penny less we can enjoy today. At some point, we have few pennies left...

RFK, Jr. is the only candidate taking the danger seriously. He says the interest will go to 50 cents of every tax dollar within five years. In ten years, it will take 100% of tax revenues. Somewhere along the way, the bond market will spook. Interest rates will soar. And the cost of carrying debt - or adding new debt - will be too much to bear. Then, the US will have no choice. Either it admits that it must cut back, drastically... or it panics, prints money and sends the whole world economy into a real inflationary catastrophe. More to come..."

- https://www.bonnerprivateresearch.com/

Greg Hunter, "Biden 8% Approval Means Panic & War"

"Biden 8% Approval Means Panic & War"

by Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com

"Legendary financial and geopolitical cycle analyst Martin Armstrong has new data on President Biden’s approval numbers. Nearly two years ago, President Biden’s real job approval rating in America was just 12%. More than one year ago, the real Biden approval number slipped to 9.5% (and stayed there) according to Armstrong’s world renowned “Socrates” predictive computer program. Now, Biden’s rating tumbled again. Armstrong says, “It is basically hovering around 7.5% to 8% at this stage. I know this goes against the mainstream media, but if you look at Google, it is really politically motivated. The other number you need to look at is the confidence in government, and it is at 28%. This number is unheard of since World War II. (I have another confidential data miner source who backs up Armstrong’s numbers, including the latest 8% job approval number, with nearly identical Biden job approval numbers going back two years. So, yes, there are two solid sources for Biden’s true approval rating.) You will never see Biden’s real numbers on the Lying Legacy Media (LLM), but everybody at the top of the D.C. swamp knows how weak Biden really is.

What does this record low Biden approval rating mean? Armstrong explains, “What you have to be concerned about is our computer is showing a massive panic cycle in September. This is very curious because the Democrat convention is August 19th. At that convention, they can just draft somebody. That has been the rumor for quite some time. They know Biden is really quite pathetic. The Neocons like him because they can do whatever they want. The climate change people are doing the same thing. The President is supposed to act as a referee in the cabinet, and he’s not even there 40% of the time. The collapse in government is because all these agencies are just doing the wrong thing, and nobody is standing in-between. You’ve got the State Department threatening World War III. The problem is a government will fail when you can’t sell the new debt to pay off the old. That’s when a default comes. That’s how a default takes place. You have these Neocons in the State Department constantly trying to create WWIII. Why would you buy a 10-year bond in the face of war? Interest rates always go up in wartime. We don’t have a President running as referee between all these agencies.”

Armstrong says, “Everything is pointing towards war.” Armstrong sees an important turn date coming up and explains, “If we don’t have war, the Fed may do a rate cut after May. I don’t see Powell doing a rate cut at this stage. Our computers see the economy expanding into May, and the ideal peak is May 7th. After that, we are going to move into a recessionary atmosphere up to 2028. It is an inflationary period, and inflation will be rising above economic growth, and that is stagflation.” On record high gold prices, Armstrong says, “Gold prices go up when confidence in government goes down. I expect the gold price will be at least around the $5,000 per ounce level by 2027 or 2028.” There is much more in the 50-minute interview.

- https://usawatchdog.com/

Join Greg Hunter on Rumble he goes One-on-One with Martin Armstrong, who will preview his “Mid-year Seminar” in London at the end of May. 

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"Alert! Run On ATMs Panic; NATO Troops In Ukraine In Weeks; Zelensky Exit Plan; Russia ICBM Scare"

Canadian Prepper, 4/4/24

"Alert! Run On ATMs Panic; NATO Troops In Ukraine In Weeks;

 Zelensky Exit Plan; Russia ICBM Scare"

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Judge Napolitano, "Phil Giraldi: US A Rogue Power"

Judge Napolitano - Judging Freedom, 4/3/24

"Phil Giraldi: US A Rogue Power"

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"Israel Bombed Foreign Aid Workers 

Three Times Until They Were All Killed"

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"Latest Huge Transfer of 2,000-Pound Bombs From

 US to Israel Not Newsworthy to the New York Times"

Jeremiah Babe, "This Is A Real Life Nightmare, You Should Be Very Worried"

Jeremiah Babe, 4/3/24

"This Is A Real Life Nightmare, You Should Be Very Worried;

 Endless Disasters Occurring Daily"

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Adventures With Danno, "Dollar General Made A Big Mistake!"

Adventures With Danno, PM 4/3/24

"Dollar General Made A Big Mistake! 

Why This Is A Bigger Problem Than People Realize!"

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Musical Interlude: Creedence Clearwater Revival, "Bad Moon Rising"

Creedence Clearwater Revival, 

"Bad Moon Rising"

"A Look to the Heavens"

"Who knows what evil lurks in the eyes of galaxies? The Hubble knows -- or in the case of spiral galaxy M64 - is helping to find out. Messier 64, also known as the Evil Eye or Sleeping Beauty Galaxy, may seem to have evil in its eye because all of its stars rotate in the same direction as the interstellar gas in the galaxy's central region, but in the opposite direction in the outer regions. Captured here in great detail by the Earth-orbiting Hubble Space Telescope, enormous dust clouds obscure the near-side of M64's central region, which are laced with the telltale reddish glow of hydrogen associated with star formation. 

M64 lies about 17 million light years away, meaning that the light we see from it today left when the last common ancestor between humans and chimpanzees roamed the Earth. The dusty eye and bizarre rotation are likely the result of a billion-year-old merger of two different galaxies."

- https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap210329.html

Walt Whitman, "Animals"

"Animals"

"I think I could turn and live with animals, they

are so placid and self contain’d;

I stand and look at them long and long,

They do not sweat and whine about their condition;

They do not lie awake in the dark and weep for their sins;

They do not make me sick discussing their duty to God;

Not one is dissatisfied - not one is demented with

the mania of owning things;

Not one kneels to another, nor to his kind that

lived thousands of years ago;

Not one is respectable or industrious over the whole earth."

- Walt Whitman

The Poet : Mary Oliver, “Can You Imagine?”

“Can You Imagine?”

“For example, what the trees do

not only in lightning storms

or the watery dark of a summer’s night

or under the white nets of winter

but now, and now, and now – whenever

we’re not looking. Surely you can’t imagine

they don’t dance, from the root up, wishing

to travel a little, not cramped so much as wanting

a better view, or more sun, or just as avidly

more shade – surely you can’t imagine they just

stand there loving every

minute of it, the birds or the emptiness, the dark rings

of the years slowly and without a sound

thickening, and nothing different unless the wind,

and then only in its own mood, comes

to visit, surely you can’t imagine

patience, and happiness, like that.”

- Mary Oliver, “Long Life”

Free Download: Erich Fromm, “The Fear of Freedom”

“Automaton Conformity”

by Erich Fromm

“In the mechanisms we have been discussing, the individual overcomes the feeling of insignificance in comparison with the overwhelming power of the world outside himself either by renouncing his individual integrity, or by destroying others so that the world ceases to be threatening. Other mechanisms of escape are the withdrawal from the world so completely that it loses its threat (the picture we find in certain psychotic states), and the inflation of oneself psychologically to such an extent that the world outside becomes small in comparison. Although these mechanisms of escape are important for individual psychology, they are only of minor relevance culturally. I shall not, therefore, discuss them further here, but instead will turn to another mechanism of escape which is of the greatest social significance.

This particular mechanism is the solution that the majority of normal individuals find in modern society. To put it briefly, the individual ceases to be himself; he adopts entirely the kind of personality offered to him by cultural patterns; and he therefore becomes exactly as all others are and as they expect him to be. The discrepancy between “I” and the world disappears and with it the conscious fear of aloneness and powerlessness. This mechanism can be compared with the protective coloring some animals assume. They look so similar to their surroundings that they are hardly distinguishable from them. The person who gives up his individual self and becomes an automaton, identical with millions of other automatons around him, need not feel alone and anxious any more. But the price he pays, however, is high; it is the loss of his self.”

- Erich Fromm, “The Fear of Freedom”

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"Mortals, All..."

"We are mortals all, human and nonhuman, bound in one fellowship of love and travail. No one escapes the fate of death. But we can, with caring, make our good-byes less tormented. If we broaden the circle of our compassion, life can be less cruel."

- Gary Kowalski

The Daily "Near You?"

Camberwell, Southwark, United Kingdom. Thanks for stopping by!

"The Majority Of Us..."

"The majority of us lead quiet, unheralded lives as we pass through this world. There will most likely be no ticker-tape parades for us, no monuments created in our honor. But that does not lessen our possible impact, for there are scores of people waiting for someone just like us to come along; people who will appreciate our compassion, our unique talents. Someone who will live a happier life merely because we took the time to share what we had to give. Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have a potential to turn a life around. It’s overwhelming to consider the continuous opportunities there are to make our love felt."

- Leo Buscaglia

"Complexity Theory: the Avalanche and the Snowflake"

"Complexity Theory: the Avalanche and the Snowflake"

by James Rickards

"One of my favorites is what I call ‘the avalanche and the snowflake’. It’s a metaphor for the way the science actually works, but I should be clear: it’s not just a metaphor. The science, the mathematics and the dynamics are actually the same as those that exist in financial markets.

Imagine you’re on a mountainside. You can see a snowpack building up on the ridgeline while it continues snowing. You can tell just by looking at the scene that there’s danger of an avalanche. It’s windswept… it’s unstable… and if you’re an expert, you know it’s going to collapse and kill skiers and wipe out the village below. You see a snowflake fall from the sky onto the snowpack. It disturbs a few other snowflakes that lie there. Then, the snow starts to spread… then it starts to slide… then it gains momentum until, finally, it comes loose and the whole mountain comes down and buries the village.

Question: What do you blame? Do you blame the snowflake, or do you blame the unstable pack of snow? I say the snowflake’s irrelevant. If it wasn’t the one snowflake that caused the avalanche, it could have been the one before, or the one after, or the one tomorrow. The instability of the system as a whole was the problem. So when I think about the risks in the financial system, I don’t focus on the ‘snowflake’ that will cause problems. The trigger doesn’t matter.

A snowflake that falls harmlessly – the vast majority of all snowflakes - technically fails to start a chain reaction. Once a chain reaction begins, it expands exponentially, can ‘go critical’ (as in an atomic bomb) and release enough energy to destroy a city. However, most neutrons do not start nuclear chain reactions, just as most snowflakes do not start avalanches.

In the end, it’s not about the snowflakes or neutrons. It’s about the initial critical state conditions that allow the possibiity of a chain reaction or an avalanche. These can be hypothesized and observed at large scale, but the exact moment the chain reaction begins cannot be observed. That’s because it happens on a minute scale relative to the system. This is why some people refer to these snowflakes as ‘black swans’, because they are unexpected and come by surprise. But they’re actually not a surprise if you understand the system’s dynamics and can estimate the system scale.

It’s a metaphor, but really the mathematics behind it are the same. Financial markets today are huge, unstable mountains of snow waiting to collapse. You see it in the gross notional value of derivatives. There is $700 trillion worth of swaps. ($2.5 Quadrillion by other reputable estimates. - CP) These are derivatives off balance sheet, hidden liabilities in the banking system of the world. These numbers are not made up. Just go to the IS annual report and it’s right there in the footnote.

Well, how do you put $700 trillion into perspective? It’s ten times global GDP. Take all the goods and services in the entire world for an entire year. That’s about $70 trillion when you add it all up. Well, take ten times that, and that’s how big the snow pile is. And that’s the avalanche that’s waiting to come down."

- https://caperebel.com/blogs/

Scott Ritter, "Israel's Irremediable Defeat On War With Iran And Hezbollah"

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Scott Ritter, 4/3/24

"Israel's Irremediable Defeat 

On War With Iran And Hezbollah"

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Danny Haiphong, 4/3/24

"Scott Ritter: Israel Crossed Iran's 

Red Line and Total War is Coming"

"Former Marine Corps Intelligence Officer and UN Weapons Inspector Scott Ritter reacts to Israel's latest escalation with Iran that left several of its top military brass slain in Syria. What happens next will shock you."

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Judge Napolitano, "Col. Douglas Macgregor: Israel Is Desperate"

Judge Napolitano - Judging Freedom, 4/3/24

"Col. Douglas Macgregor: Israel Is Desperate"

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"How It Really Is"

Oh no we haven't, not even close. 

This is just beginning, and you ain't seen nuthin' yet, but you will...

Dan, I Allegedly, You Can’t Pay By Check Anymore"

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Dan, I Allegedly, 4/3/24

"You Can’t Pay By Check Anymore"

"People are stealing mail all around the country. It’s a huge problem. Now the bad guys are taking these checks and stealing not only your banking information, but they are washing the checks and changing the payee."

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Bill Bonner, "Unsustainable At Any Price

"Unsustainable At Any Price

If they measured inflation as they did during the Reagan years, 

it would show real GDP not growing at all, but falling like a badly made cake.

by Bill Bonner

Five years from now, the interest on the national debt will take up 

50 cents on every dollar of revenues. Ten years from now it will be 100 cents."

- RFK, Jr.

Dublin, Ireland - "Democrats say we are protecting democracy in the Levant. Republicans say we are protecting democracy in Eurasia. Both say we are protecting democracy by spending trillions of dollars we don’t have. Hillary Clinton says a vote for Biden is a vote to ‘protect democracy;’ she claims Donald Trump is a ‘threat to democracy.’ RFK, Jr. says Biden is an even bigger threat to democracy than Trump. What to make of it? 

Yesterday, we looked at Donald Trump’s new media company. As we saw, the numbers make no sense. The company has few sales and many losses. It merits a market value of about... zero. And yet, investors see in it a company worth $10 billion. And Donald Trump is suing his partners to get more of it for himself.

The nation’s GDP growth rate, meanwhile, is entirely dependent on the inflation computation... which is as inconstant as a doughy moon. The feds knead it, and roll it, and bake it in the oven... until they get the flavor and consistency they want. If they measured inflation as they did during the Reagan years, however, it would show real GDP not growing at all... but falling like a badly made cake.

A badly made cake: The stock market, too, bobs up and down on the waves like a kitten in a coffee can. But measured in gold, stocks are still down 13.6% from their 2021 highs. Is there anything real…indisputable…worth worrying about? Alas, yes: debt. It’s not going away. It’s growing. And it’s headed for disaster. Bloomberg: "The Congressional Budget Office warned in its latest projections that US federal government debt is on a path from 97% of GDP last year to 116% by 2034 — higher even than in World War II. The actual outlook is likely worse. From tax revenue to defense spending and interest rates, the CBO forecasts released earlier this year are underpinned by rosy assumptions. Plug in the market’s current view on interest rates, and the debt-to-GDP ratio rises to 123% in 2034. Then assume — as most in Washington do — that ex-President Donald Trump’s tax cuts mainly stay in place, and the burden gets even higher."

There are a lot of known unknowns in the debt figures, but they almost all lead to the same place. Bloomberg economists ran a million simulations to see what might happen. In 88% of them, the “debt to GDP ratio” proved to be an “unsustainable path.”

What happens when the unsustainable path comes to an end? Fortune: "America will be left with ‘severe, irreversible scars’ if national debt goes unchecked. Now, a blockbuster report warns the bill is higher than believed, hitting $141tn by 2054: "A  March report from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO)... estimates that by 2054 public debt will represent 166% of GDP, reaching $141.1 trillion."

Currently the nation's $34 trillion debt is approximately 99% of GDP and, according to the CBO, will steadily increase over the next 30 years. In the near term, the CBO expects debt as a percentage of GDP to exceed the record peak of the Second World War by 2029. This mounting debt, the CBO writes, "would slow economic growth, push up interest payments to foreign holders of U.S. debt, and pose significant risks to the fiscal and economic outlook; it could also cause lawmakers to feel more constrained in their policy choices."

Yes, dear reader, America’s debt is something we can depend on. But as it gets bigger and bigger (relative to the economy that supports it) it becomes ‘unsustainable.’ Then, something else must happen. What? The real question is whether the change occurs intentionally or unintentionally.

The ‘intentional’ solution is obvious... but unattainable. It would require a political clarity and will that does not exist. Spending would have to be cut by more than one trillion dollars per year. But since the deciders are also the spenders... and since their cronies and supporters are the ones who get the money... there is very little likelihood of a voluntary solution.

It’s the ‘unintentional’ resolution that will do the real damage. And yesterday, we had a hint of how it might come about. Stay tuned."

- https://www.bonnerprivateresearch.com/

Canadian Prepper, "Alert! Iran Moves Missiles; 48 Hour Warning; Bird Flu Triggers"

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Canadian Prepper, 4/3/24

"Alert! Iran Moves Missiles; 48 Hour Warning; 

Bird Flu Triggers"

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Gregory Mannarino, "AM/PM 4/3/24"

Gregory Mannarino, AM 4/3/24

"It's Happening Worldwide: Economic Disaster On A Massive Scale,

 People Are Being Destroyed"

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Gregory Mannarino, PM 4/3/24

"A Very Disturbing Paradox: Without Much 

More Easy Money This Entire Thing Ends!"

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Dan, I Allegedly, "No One Can Afford This"

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Dan, I Allegedly, 4/2/24

"No One Can Afford This"

"Everything is going up in price. Plus, we are hearing that pensions are being cut in the UK . we also hear that Tesla sales have dropped dramatically in the fourth quarter of 2023 and high-end retailers are not selling their goods."

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"Brighteon Broadcast News: Why Israel Is America’s Most Dangerous Enemy"

Brighteon Broadcast News:

Why Israel Is America’s Most Dangerous Enemy"

The world must stop Israel or we all die in a nuclear holocaust.

by Mike Adams

"Israel Is Evil personified. Israel Is Evil embodied."

- Scott Ritter

"Israel has gone off the rails and is now being described by former US Congressman Dennis Kucinich as a "rogue government" that follows no laws, no treaties and no humanitarian rules whatsoever. With Israel now targeting and murdering international food aid workers (on purpose), and targeting, bombing and destroying an Iranian consulate building in Syria, Israel is announcing to the world that it will never stop committing violence, war and genocide until the world finds a way to stop Israel first.

That's the critical message today: The world must stop Israel. If we don't, we all die in a nuclear holocaust as regional war transforms into world war, and world war unleashes nuclear weapons that decimate life on planet Earth. Israel is now the most dangerous nation on the planet, and it is in the hands of a murderous psychopath (Netanyahu) who gladly risks the deaths of billions of people in order to try to save himself."

Full details in today's Brighteon Broadcast News here:

- https://www.brighteon.com/

- Israel's attack on Damascus, #gold prices, and decentralization of speech. (0:03)

- Government control and the phase-out of gas-powered vehicles. (4:59)

- Combustion engine vehicles, EVs, and government regulations. (10:42)

- #Immigration and border security in the US. (15:05)

- Trump's wealth and potential legal challenges. (21:08)

- Insect protein in your food. (29.06)

- Israeli missile strike on Iranian embassy in Syria, killing high-level officials. (33:08)

- US-Israel relations and potential conflict with #Iran. (38:18)

- Free speech, decentralization, and #podcasting with Adam Curry. (54:01)

- Payment friction, solutions, and privacy in #crypto. (1:27:40)

- Alternative economies and media platforms. (1:30:24)

- #NPC theory and its implications. (2:08:07)

- Faith, spirituality, and religion. (2:19:12)

Adventures With Danno, "Outrageous Price Increases At Walmart!"

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Adventures With Danno, AM 4/3/24

"Outrageous Price Increases At Walmart!"

"In today's vlog, we are at Walmart and are noticing some outrageous price increases on different grocery items. It's getting rough out here as many families struggle to put food on the table."

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Musical Interlude: Deuter, “Loving Touch”

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Deuter, “Loving Touch”

"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.”

- http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap111220.html

"We're All Mad Here..."

"But I don't want to go among mad people," Alice remarked.

"Oh, you can't help that," said the cat. 

"We're all mad here. I'm mad. You're mad."

"How do you know I'm mad?" said Alice.

"You must be," said the cat, "Or you wouldn't have come here."

- Lewis Carroll,

"Alice's Adventures in Wonderland"

Oh, I know, I know, some days...

Anymore, every day.

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"We work in the dark. We do what we can to battle the evil that would otherwise destroy us. But if a man's character is his fate, this fight is not a choice but a calling. Yet sometimes the weight of this burden causes us to falter, breaching the frazzled fortress of our mind, allowing the monsters without to turn within. We are left alone staring into the abyss; into the laughing face of madness." - "Fox Mulder", "The X-Files"

"Our Perspective..."

¨"There are some oddities in the perspective with which we see the world. The fact that we live at the bottom of a deep gravity well, on the surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles away and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be."

- Douglas Adams

Chet Raymo, “Caught In The Middle”

“Caught In The Middle”

by Chet Raymo

"It doesn't take a genius to recognize that human males have a propensity for intergroup violence, and that the killing is often accompanied by rape. One need only read the newspapers. The only question is to what extent these tendencies are innate or culturally inculcated. Nature or nurture? Or both? A book, "Sex and War: How Biology Explains Warfare and Terrorism and Offers a Path to a Safer World," by population biologist Malcolm Potts and science writer Thomas Hayden, dishes up a bit of both. The violence is in our (male) genes, they maintain, but it is susceptible to cultural control.

What the authors calls "behavioral propensity to engage in male coalitional violence" evolved as far back as the common ancestor of humans and chimps, they claim, although our other close relations, bonobos and gorillas, seem to have found more peaceful ways of living. Genes predispose, say Potts and Hayden, but cultural forces can alleviate the worst of male nastiness. By empowering women to be leaders in cultural, social and political spheres, the violent propensities of men can be restrained. Further, empowerment will give women control of their reproductive destinies, and will therefore result in fewer offspring. Less population pressure will reduce other factors fueling violence and conflict, the authors claim.

Anthropologist Hillard Kaplan reviews the book in the October 9, 2009, issue of "Science." He agrees that the available evidence suggests that male intergroup violence has a long evolutionary history. He believes this tendency was exacerbated into large scale warfare with the development of agriculture and the associated larger population groups and competition for fertile land. Kaplan believes that male group violence is stoked by poor economic prospect for young males. To the empowerment of women he would add education and jobs as a way to reduce antisocial behavior.

There is nothing particularly new or revolutionary about any of this. Progress? Yes, I suppose so, but we clearly have a long way to go before women exercise equal power in society, or before young men in the developing world, especially, have an economic stake in social stability. Meanwhile, as the painting above by Jacques-Louis David, "The Sabine Women," suggests, women and children will continue to be caught in the middle.”

- http://blog.sciencemusings.com/

"Ex Obscurum"

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"Ex Obscurum, Adagio for Strings, Op. 11"

"From emotional turmoil, hatred, and addiction the miracle of recovery begins in this Spadecaller Video entitled "Ex Obscurum" (From Darkness). Featuring original poetry narrated by the author and visual artist, Matthew Schwartz. Composer Samuel Barber's powerful musical score, adopted for the movie "Platoon", (Adagio for Strings) sets the background for this spiritual exodus "From Darkness."

- https://www.youtube.com/

The Poet: Robert Service, "Prelude"

"Prelude"

"In youth I gnawed life's bitter rind

And shared the rugged lot

Of fellows rude and unrefined,

Frustrated and forgot;

And now alas! it is too late

My sorry ways to mend,

So sadly I accept my fate,

A Roughneck to the end.

Profanity is in my voice

And slag is in my rhyme,

For I have mucked with men who curse

And grovel in the grime;

My fingers were not formed, I fear,

To frame a pretty pen,

So please forgive me if I veer

From Virtue now and then.

For I would be the living voice,

Though raucous is its tone,

Of men who rarely may rejoice,

Yet barely ever moan:

The rovers of the raw-ribbed lands,

The lads of lowly worth,

The scallywags with scaley hands

Who weld the ends of earth."

- Robert Service

Gerald Celente, "Trends Journal", 4/2/24

Strong language alert!

Gerald Celente, "Trends Journal", 4/2/24

"For Covid War To World War: What's Next, What To Do?"

"'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."

- https://trendsjournal.com/

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The Daily "Near You?"

Arvada, Colorado, USA. Thanks for stopping by!

"Col. Douglas MacGregor: 'Israel Wants USA To Attack Iran, Dragging Us Into War'"

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Redacted, 4/2/24

"Col. Douglas MacGregor: 

'Israel Wants USA To Attack Iran, Dragging Us Into War'"

"Israel attacked an Iranian consulate in Syria and this could mean war for us all! This could drag us all into this war because Iran is vowing to respond big time and Israel will drag the U.S. into its defense. It is absolutely taboo to attack embassies folks! Lets remind ourselves why! Colonel Douglas MacGregor tells Redacted News that there's one reason Israel attacked Iran, to drag the U.S. into war."

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"They Can't Hide The Economic Disaster They Created, The Crisis Is About To Get Painful"

Jeremiah Babe, 4/2/24

"They Can't Hide The Economic Disaster They Created, 

The Crisis Is About To Get Painful"

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Dan, I Allegedly, "How Bad Will It Get In 2024?"

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Dan, I Allegedly 4/2/24

"How Bad Will It Get In 2024?"

"Here we are six weeks into the new year, and there have been massive amounts of layoffs in every single sector. Doesn’t matter what industry you’re in you’re going to see layoffs. Plus people are cutting cost now more than ever. Trouble is coming."

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