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Monday, April 27, 2026

"Judge Napolitano - Judging Freedom, 4/27/26"

Judge Napolitano - Judging Freedom, 4/27/26
"Ray McGovern: 
Iran and Russia Even Closer Together"
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Judge Napolitano - Judging Freedom, 4/27/26
"Prof. Jeffrey Sachs: Is Trump Trapped?"
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Judge Napolitano - Judging Freedom, 4/27/26
"Larry Johnson: 
Trump Still Poorly Protected"
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"Iran Cuts Israel's GPS Signal, F-35s Fly Blind, IDF Loses Air War, Trump Panics"

Colonel Douglas Macgregor, 4/27/26
"Iran Cuts Israel's GPS Signal, F-35s Fly Blind,
 IDF Loses Air War, Trump Panics"
"Last night, Iran executed a sophisticated electronic warfare operation that partially blinded Israeli F-35s over the eastern Mediterranean - without firing a single missile. GPS signals were spoofed and jammed, corrupting navigation systems on the world's most expensive combat aircraft. IDF strike missions were aborted. Washington scrambled. The assumptions underpinning Israeli air dominance - assumptions built over thirty years - took a serious hit in a single operational window. This is not a glitch. This is a strategic signal. Colonel Douglas Macgregor breaks down exactly what happened, what Iran actually deployed, and what it means for American power in the Middle East."
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"U.S. Is Going Bankrupt"

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Catherine Austin Fitts, 4/27/26
"U.S. Is Going Bankrupt"
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Bill Bonner, "From Bubble to Eternity"

"From Bubble to Eternity"
by Bill Bonner

“In the post-Cold War era, while the undercurrents of US hegemony were always present, Washington at least maintained on the surface the image of a ‘responsible actor’: sustaining alliances, providing some international public goods, and leading the creation and enforcement of global rules... Today, that facade has rapidly fallen away. America has devolved entirely into a rule-breaker...cooperation saboteur...now relying on the naked ‘law of the jungle’ to maintain its dominance.” -The Chinese People’s Daily

Baltimore, Maryland - "What a remarkable set of dots! They include some of the grimmest pictures we’ve seen in years... First are signs of growing lawlessness and corruption. New York Post: "Chaos at White House Correspondents’ Dinner as gunman storms hotel, opens fire outside ballroom and Trump is evacuated

And whenever Trump makes a policy shift....fortunes are made by insiders front-running the news. Common Dreams: "‘Mind-Blowing Corruption’: Traders Placed Massive Bets Minutes Before Trump Post on Iran."

More troubling still are the signs that the US, like a grandmother in the jaws of an alligator, is being dragged into what looks more and more like an expensive quagmire...Asia Times: "America’s Iran quagmire… As the Chicoms suggest, above, a great empire must provide ‘international public goods.’ Typically, it keeps trade routes open and safe...provides a reliable common currency...and establishes basic rules so people know what they can do and cannot do. An empire that becomes unpredictable and unreliable is probably headed for regime change of its own."

And US finances are careening to what looks like certain fiasco. Fortune: When interest on national debt overtook military spending, it triggered a limit where the U.S. may ‘cease to be a great power,’ warns Hoover historian

But if these things are what they appear to be - signals of upcoming calamity - how come the stock market doesn’t see them? Instead, it suggests unbounded optimism. CNN: "Stocks are at record highs and shrugging off the war with Iran By almost all measures, US asset prices are in a bubble. Based on Cyclically Adjusted P/E ratios, for example, the S&P 500 has been this high only one time in history - at the height of the Dot.com bubble. But back then, things were looking up. The US was not at war...and the feds were actually running a budget surplus."

Today, the dots tell an alarming story. But the stock market hasn’t corrected. It’s dark at one end of the tunnel...bright as day at the other. We can’t remember ever seeing such a disconnect. And the harder you look, the wider the divergence appears. America’s blockade of Iran’s blockade is intended to break Iran’s blockade with a blockade of our own. But commuters don’t really care who is blockading them from cheaper gasoline. They need to get to work.

And the oil market affects a lot more than just the price of gasoline. Farmers report that they are unable to buy fertilizers. A lack of sulphur, for example, is causing problems all over the world. Sulphur is used in car batteries and computers...and just about everything. Meanwhile, a Dutch airline announced that it is cancelling flights - because jet fuel is too pricey. Conde Nast Traveller: "KLM has canceled more than 150 flights over the coming month as the cost of jet fuel continues to spike."

So why hasn’t the bubble on Wall Street popped? Maybe it’s something new...an eternal bubble? One that never pops? Tune in tomorrow..."

Dan, I Allegedly, "This Is The Worst Bubble Yet!"

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Dan, I Allegedly, 4/27/26
"This Is The Worst Bubble Yet!"
"Is the stock market heading toward the biggest financial bubble in history? In this video, I break down the warning signs we’re seeing right now - from record highs in the S&P 500 to hedge funds quietly pulling out of tech and artificial intelligence stocks. We’ve seen this before with the dot-com crash and the 2008 housing crisis, but this time it may be even bigger. Investors like Michael Burry are placing massive bets against companies like Nvidia, while others are warning that AI and crypto could be dangerously overhyped. I also cover what major voices like Robert Kiyosaki are saying about gold, real estate, and the future of the economy, plus why banks, mortgages, and lending standards are showing cracks again. If you're wondering how to protect your money, prepare for a potential crash, and understand what the “smart money” is doing right now, this is a must-watch. Stay informed, stay ready, and don’t ignore the warning signs."
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"The Worst Fertilizer Crisis In The History Of The World Will Result In Widespread Famine In The Poorest Nations"

by Michael Snyder

"Thanks to the crisis in the Strait of Hormuz, there isn’t going to be enough fertilizer for everyone in 2026. What is available is going to be gobbled up by the wealthy countries because they have the most money. Of course higher fertilizer costs will ultimately be passed along to consumers, and so we will all be paying much higher prices for food in the months ahead. But in the poorest nations on the entire planet, a lack of fertilizer could mean the difference between life and death. A dramatic reduction in the amount of fertilizer that farmers use will result in a dramatic reduction in the amount of food that is grown in those countries. Of course many of those countries were already dealing with very high levels of food insecurity, and the UN has admitted that acute hunger was already at the highest level ever recorded even before the war with Iran began. What the world is facing is unlike anything that any of us have ever seen before, and large numbers of people could literally end up starving to death.

I wish that I was exaggerating. Without sufficient quantities of fertilizer, there is no way that we could possibly feed the 8 billion people that are living on this planet today. Unfortunately for all of us, spring planting season is here and much of the world’s supply of fertilizer is trapped because the Strait of Hormuz is closed…But the share of world supply of urea – the most popular commonly used fertilizer – that typically passed through the strait before the conflict was more than twice that, at 43%. For sulphur – used to produce phosphate fertilizers – the figure is 44%. For anhydrous ammonia – another nitrogen fertilizer – 27% of global supply on average passed through the strait between 2019 and 2023. In addition, many nations normally use natural gas that is exported through the Strait of Hormuz to make their own fertilizer.

So this is why it is so important for the Strait of Hormuz to be opened as soon as possible. If that does not happen, one UN official is warning that the consequences will be “very significant and severe, particularly for the poorest countries and for the poorest citizens”…In response, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres established a task force to facilitate the safe passage of fertilizers and related raw materials for humanitarian purposes.

It is headed by Jorge Moreira da Silva, Executive Director of the UN Office for Project Services (UNOPS), which provides infrastructure, procurement and project management services across the world. “We can’t wait until everything has been fixed,” he said in an exclusive interview with UN News. “The planting season has already started…So if we don’t get some solution immediately the crisis will be very significant and severe, particularly for the poorest countries and for the poorest citizens.”

This is really happening. I have many regular readers in Africa, and it is being reported that African farmers are facing a major fertilizer shortage this year…Food security in Africa could face major disruptions due to continuing uncertainty in the Strait of Hormuz. The conflict between the United States, Israel and Iran is disrupting global fertiliser trade flows – and this stands to leave millions of African farmers without the ammonia, urea, phosphate, sulphur and other fertiliser inputs vital to growing more food in sub-Saharan Africa.

Even a small drop in fertilizer availability could be catastrophic. The UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization is telling us that just a 10 percent reduction in the fertilizer supply in Africa could mean that 25 percent less maize, rice and what is grown this year… According to the Food and Agriculture Organization, even a 10 percent reduction in fertiliser availability could result in up to 25 percent less maize, rice and wheat grown in sub-Saharan Africa.

Nitrogen fertilizer causes explosive crop development. Without it, many farmers will grow far less food in 2026. Even here in the U.S., there are farmers that have decided not to use any nitrogen fertilizer this year because it now costs way too much…The drought compounds economic strains, including elevated fertilizer costs tied to global events. US Representative Frank Lucas, a Republican from Oklahoma, noted he skipped nitrogen applications on his western Oklahoma wheat fields. “I didn’t have enough moisture - it wouldn’t have done any good,’’ Lucas said. “Number two, I’m not even sure what the cost would be.”

U.S. farmers are currently facing a double crisis. In addition to skyrocketing fertilizer prices, conditions throughout much of the middle of the nation are bone dry. On Friday, I explained to my core supporters that March 2026 was the third driest month ever recorded in the United States. Only July 1934 and August 1934 were drier, and that was during the Dust Bowl days.

Because things are so dry, massive wildfires are erupting with alarming frequency. For instance, two extremely large wildfires have already burned more than 40,000 acres in Georgia…Two massive wildfires in south Georgia have scorched more than 40,000 acres and destroyed over 120 homes. Extreme drought has turned the region into a tinderbox and allowed flames to spread. Overnight, new fires sparked in rural south Georgia. High winds have made efforts to contain the fires difficult, officials said in a news conference Saturday afternoon.

Brantley County Manager Joey Cason called the wildfires a “dynamic situation” in a Saturday morning video posted to social media and begged residents to “please evacuate” if they are ordered to do so. New evacuation orders were issued as the fire spread.

This is going to be such a challenging year. Far less food will be produced in the U.S. than normal this year, and the same thing could be said about many other major food exporters. In Australia, they are projecting that wheat production could be down by up to 25 percent. If farmers do not grow our food, we do not eat.

What we really need is for the Strait of Hormuz to be reopened as quickly as possible, but that isn’t going to happen. In fact, talks between the U.S. and Iran have totally broken down…Hopes of a diplomatic breakthrough in the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran faded on Sunday, as efforts to revive talks stalled and ⁠both Tehran and Washington showed little sign of softening their positions. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi flew back to the Middle East from mediation talks in Pakistan over the weekend, while U.S. President Donald Trump scrapped a planned visit to Islamabad by his envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner.

The Trump administration is not going to compromise on their key demands, because they are afraid that Israel could be destroyed “within minutes” if Iran is able to produce nuclear weapons…US President Donald Trump said Sunday that Israel would be destroyed “within minutes” if Iran obtained a nuclear weapon, warning the world would be in danger. He added that previous US administrations should have acted earlier to stop Iran’s nuclear ambitions.

On the other side, the Iranians have stated that they will not move from their key list of demands, and they are insisting that they are more than ready for fighting to resume…Iran produces more than 1,000 types of weapons domestically, including missiles, drones and military systems, defense ministry spokesperson Reza Talaei-Nik said. “Today, more than 1,000 types of weapons… are produced entirely domestically,” he said, adding the capability is the result of over 25 years of investment in the defence sector. He said production is spread across the country so it can continue even if some facilities are damaged, and added that around 9,000 companies are involved in supporting the defense industry.

The Iranians can hit us much harder and in a lot more ways than most people realize. Even the Trump administration is greatly underestimating Iran’s capabilities, and that could have tragic consequences for the entire globe. Once fighting resumes, I am entirely convinced that we will witness some shocking escalations. And it appears that the Strait of Hormuz will remain closed for the foreseeable future, and that probably means that widespread famine is inevitable now."

"Economic Market Snapshot 4/27/26"

"Economic Market Snapshot 4/27/26"

Down the rabbit hole of psychopathic greed and insanity...
Only the consequences are real - to you!
"It's a Big Club, and you ain't in it. 
You and I are not in the Big Club."
- George Carlin
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Market Data Center, Live Updates:
Financial Stress Index

"The OFR Financial Stress Index (OFR FSI) is a daily market-based snapshot of stress in global financial markets. It is constructed from 33 financial market variables, such as yield spreads, valuation measures, and interest rates. The OFR FSI is positive when stress levels are above average, and negative when stress levels are below average. The OFR FSI incorporates five categories of indicators: creditequity valuationfunding, safe assets and volatility. The FSI shows stress contributions by three regions: United Statesother advanced economies, and emerging markets."
Job cuts and much more.
Commentary, highly recommended:
"The more I see of the monied classes,
the better I understand the guillotine."
- George Bernard Shaw
Oh yeah... beyond words. Any I know anyway...
And now... The End Game...
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Sunday, April 26, 2026

"Trump's Security Is Awful; 40,000 Store Closings Could Be Coming"

Jeremiah Babe, 4/26/26
"Trump's Security Is Awful; 
40,000 Store Closings Could Be Coming"
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"After Pakistan, Iran Flies to Moscow - America's Worst Nightmare Just Began"

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Prof. Marandi, 4/26/26
"After Pakistan, Iran Flies to Moscow -
America's Worst Nightmare Just Began"
Something happened in the last 48 hours that almost nobody is connecting correctly. Not because it is complicated. Because the coverage keeps treating three separate diplomatic moves as unrelated events. They are not unrelated. They are the same move. Executed in sequence. By design. Iran flew to Moscow. After 21 hours in Islamabad that produced no deal. After a ceasefire fraying at its edges. After Iran's military commander warned no port in the region would be safe. And America woke up to something far more consequential than any missile or Houthi attack. Iran is building a diplomatic architecture that cannot be bombed, blockaded, or sanctioned into collapse. Pakistan. Russia. China. Three countries that each hold something America needs. Iran just visited two of them in 48 hours while Beijing moved quietly in the background of both. That is not coincidence. That is strategy."
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Jiang Global Analysis, 4/26/26
"The Global Order Is Breaking - 
And a New System Is Taking Over" 
"This content is for informational and educational purposes only. It does not constitute financial, political, or strategic advice. The analysis is based on publicly available information and interpretative insights. Viewers are encouraged to verify facts independently and consult qualified professionals before making decisions based on global economic or geopolitical developments. The world is not facing separate crises - it is undergoing a massive global shift. From the rise of BRICS to the weakening of the dollar system and shifting power dynamics, the post-World War II global order is breaking down. This video explains what’s replacing it, which countries will benefit, and how this transition could impact your job, savings, and cost of living in the years ahead."
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"Fast Food Chains Are In Big Trouble And It’s Not What You Think"

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Epic Economist, 4/26/26
"Fast Food Chains Are In Big Trouble 
And It’s Not What You Think"

"Fast food used to be the easiest choice. It was quick, affordable, and reliable. Something you didn’t have to think too much about after a long day. But lately, a lot of people are starting to notice that something feels different. Prices are higher, portions feel smaller, and the overall experience just doesn’t hit the same way it used to. In this video, we take a closer look at what’s really going on behind the scenes and why so many people are questioning whether fast food is even worth it anymore.

Across the country, people are sharing their experiences with rising prices at places that were once known for being budget friendly. Meals that used to cost just a few dollars are now creeping into the range of full sit down restaurant prices. And it’s not just one chain or one location. This is happening almost everywhere. At the same time, many major fast food brands are quietly closing locations, filing for bankruptcy, or scaling back operations. It raises an important question about whether the industry is starting to feel the pressure from both sides.

There’s also a growing conversation around value. People aren’t just reacting to higher prices. They’re questioning what they’re getting in return. When quality feels inconsistent or portions seem smaller, it becomes harder to justify spending that kind of money. For many, fast food no longer feels like the convenient and affordable option it once was. Instead, it feels like something you have to think twice about. At the same time, grocery prices are rising as well, which adds another layer to the situation. Even cooking at home has become more expensive, and that leaves people in a difficult position. When both fast food and groceries feel costly, it changes how people approach everyday decisions about food. You can feel that shift in the way people talk about their experiences. There’s more frustration, more hesitation, and more awareness of where their money is going.

This video is about the bigger picture of how everyday life is changing and how people are adapting to it. It’s about value, priorities, and the small decisions that start to add up over time. If you’ve noticed these changes too, you’re definitely not alone."
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Snyder Reports, 4/26/26
"America’s Next Inflation Wave Has Started, 
Millions Will Feel It"
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"Philadelphia Homeless Crisis 2026: Inside America’s Drug Zombieland on Kensington Ave"

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US Homeless Stories, 4/26/26
"Philadelphia Homeless Crisis 2026: 
Inside America’s Drug Zombieland on Kensington Ave"
Philadelphia - a city rich in history - is now facing a crisis that has become impossible to ignore. The Philadelphia homeless crisis 2026 is unfolding in real time, and Kensington Ave has become one of the most visible epicenters of addiction and street survival in America. In this episode we go inside the Philadelphia homeless crisis 2026, focusing on Kensington Avenue - often described as America’s “drug zombieland.” The Kensington drug crisis reveals how addiction, poverty, and homelessness are colliding on a scale that is reshaping entire neighborhoods.

This documentary reveals the harsh truth of homeless in Philadelphia, where many are living in public spaces, facing addiction, untreated illness, and constant instability. The Philadelphia homeless crisis 2026 continues to intensify as fentanyl spreads and more lives are pulled into long-term street survival. Through raw street footage and real human stories, we uncover how the Philadelphia drug crisis is transforming daily life on Kensington Ave. This is a closer look at the Philadelphia homeless crisis 2026 - where addiction, street collapse, and survival define a crisis growing harder to control.
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"Alert! He Predicted Everything, Here's What Happens Next"

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Canadian Prepper, 4/26/26
"Alert! He Predicted Everything, Here's What Happens Next"
"For years, I have been warning about what we are now 
watching unfold, long before it was on most analysts’ radar.
 If you want to know what happens next, stick with me."
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"Shall We Play A Game?"

"Shall We Play A Game?"
“A strange game. 
The only winning move is not to play.”
- "War Games"

"This is the "lesson" scene from the movie "War Games" where we learn that the only way to win in Nuclear War is not to play.

The story behind the quote: The quote comes from the 1983 science fiction thriller, "WarGames." In the film, all of the United States nuclear launch capabilities is given to a computer called “Joshua” or WOPR, which stands for War Operation Plan Response. It is programmed to consistently run military simulations to concoct the best plan of an attack if nuclear retaliation is needed. David Lightman (played by Matthew Broderick) unwittingly hacks into Joshua and causes the computer to think that the Soviet Union has launched missiles at the United States.

The quote comes from the very end of the film. David forces Joshua to play tic-tac-toe against itself in the attempt to make it understand the concept of mutually assured destruction. As Joshua obtains the final launch code, it runs through all the possible scenarios in an attempt to find a winning plan. After cycling through all of them and not finding one where anyone survives, the machine delivers the quote."
"It would indeed be a tragedy if the history of the human race proved to be nothing more than the story of an ape playing with a box of matches on a petrol dump." 
- David Ormsby-Gore

Musical Interlude: Melanie, "Lay Down (Candles in the Rain)"

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Melanie, "Lay Down (Candles in the Rain)"

Once upon a time...

"A Look to the Heavens"

"Where did this big ball of stars come from? Palomar 6 is one of about 200 globular clusters of stars that survive in our Milky Way Galaxy. These spherical star-balls are older than our Sun as well as older than most stars that orbit in our galaxy's disk. Palomar 6 itself is estimated to be about 12.5 billion years old, so old that it is close to - and so constrains - the age of the entire universe. 
Containing about 500,000 stars, Palomar 6 lies about 25,000 light years away, but not very far from our galaxy's center. At that distance, this sharp image from the Hubble Space Telescope spans about 15 light-years. After much study including images from Hubble, a leading origin hypothesis is that Palomar 6 was created - and survives today - in the central bulge of stars that surround the Milky Way's center, not in the distant galactic halo where most other globular clusters are now found."

Chet Raymo, “The Sadist Next Door”

“The Sadist Next Door”
by Chet Raymo

“The TLS (“Times Literary Supplement”) had an absorbing review of American Historian Joel Harrington's book on the manuscript diary of a 16th-century German executioner, Franz Schmidt of Nuremberg. Remarkably, Schmidt kept a full record of the criminals he executed, the crimes they perpetrated, and the gruesome ways they met their fate. It is a tale that would chill most 21st-century readers.

Hangings, beheadings, burnings at the stake, and breakings with the wheel. In the latter custom, a heavy cartwheel is dropped onto the person to be executed, who is tied down spreadeagled on the execution platform, starting with the feet and working the way up to the head. There are also less final punishments: floggings, finger-choppings, ear-choppings, brandings, and an ingenious catalog of tortures.

For Herr Schmidt, it was all in a day's work. He might as well have been a butcher, baker, or candlestick maker. He had a family to support, and he was good at his job. His neighboring townspeople attended the executions. It was good public entertainment.

Of course, there is nothing unique to the 16th century or Germany about any of this. Hideous tortures and executions have been part of human history from the beginning. Think of the Roman gladiatorial entertainments with their cheering crowds. Or the public stonings, beheadings and amputations still common in certain parts of the world today. It seems that only in the post-Enlightenment West do we look with disapprobation on Herr Schmidt's trade, ostensibly at least. We have the grisly torture chambers of the Gestapo and NKVD to remind us that Enlightenment values are fragile.

All of which raises the question: Is taking pleasure in the infliction of pain on others nature or nurture? Are we born with a good angel on one shoulder and a bad angel on the other? How do we explain the huge popularity of slasher movies and shoot-'em-up video games? Is there something of Herr Schmidt in all of us?”

“The Meaning Of Good And Evil In Perilous Times”

“The Meaning Of Good And Evil In Perilous Times”
by Brandon Smith

"Perhaps the most destructive idea ever planted in the minds of the general public is the notion that nothing in this world is permanent – that all things can and must be constantly changed to suit our whims. The concept of impermanence fuels what I call “blank slate propaganda.” The usefulness of the blank slate as a weapon for social control should be explained before we examine the nature of good and evil, because these days it infects everything.

The push for never ending social “evolution” has been called many things over the decades. In the early 1900s in Europe it was called “futurism;” an art and philosophical movement that helped spawn the rise of communism and fascism in politics.The argument that all old ideas and longstanding traditions should be abandoned to make way for new ideas, new technologies, news systems etc., assumes that the supposedly new ways of doing things are superior to the old ways of doing things. Things are rarely this simple, and in most cases the new methods so proudly championed by movements for social change are usually recycled and repackaged old ideas that are notorious for failure.
The blank slate theory is designed to confuse people with self-doubt and to misrepresent the constructs of nature as constructs of society. It most effectively disrupts people’s relationship to their own moral compass by suggesting that moral compass should be completely ignored as artificial. The argument by blank slate proponents is that all boundaries are created by society instead of by inborn conscience, and that these boundaries often hold us back from achieving our goals, bettering ourselves as a species and generally getting what we want out of life.
But the things we want are not always the things we need, and this is something that movement’s for social change often refuse to grasp. If we are all blank slates and if morality and the human soul are myths, why not do whatever the hell we want, whenever we want and live life as if it is one big Roman orgy of feasting, self-medicating and overall addiction to sensation?
The problem with the blank slate concept is that while it purports that all restrictions in the human psyche are taught to us rather than being inborn and that they can be abandoned any time we want, we still can’t seem to avoid the consequences of breaking those restrictions.  People lose their sanity, societies crumble and nations fall to ruin over time the more we cast aside our principles in the name of social evolution or short term gain. It is unavoidable.
The only people who seem to benefit from the spread of the blank slate are the people already in political and economic power. For if they can convince the masses to ignore their conscience, they can then convince us to accept almost any other conditions.
To act in a manner consistent with inherent conscience, or to ignore conscience and act destructively, is a choice. It is the core pillar of free will. The choice to act destructively does not erase the reality of inherent conscience; in fact, people often have to be fooled into believing that a destructive and immoral action is a “good thing” before they are convinced to carry it out. Inherent conscience must be bypassed through trickery.
The problem with choosing to stick by one’s principles is that it is easy during times of relative stability, but increasingly difficult during times of struggle. In perilous days, the temptation to use destructive tactics to maintain an expectation of comfort or to merely survive can be high. It is no coincidence that power elites, the same people that tend to promote blank slate propaganda, also tend to deliberately engineer social crisis and chaos. But perhaps this needs a deeper explanation. We must define something most of us already understand intuitively. We must define “evil.”
Like inherent conscience and moral boundaries, blank slate theorists and social change advocates attempt to muddy the waters of what constitutes evil. Some will say there is no such thing — that evil is whatever we deem it to be in any given era depending on our biases.  Others will claim that tradition, permanence and anything in society that remains static is evil. The only “good” for them is constant change.
But evil is not as illusory and changing as these people suggest. In fact, most men and women recoil automatically from certain specific behaviors regardless of how they were raised, what environment they come from, what culture they were born into or what era they lived.  The people who don’t recoil at these behaviors are the people we have to watch out for because they are missing something integral to the heart and mind that makes the rest of us human.
In psychological terms, the characteristics of high level narcissists and sociopaths match most closely with our historic concept of evil.  And, in my view, most great evils done in history are in fact done by people with multiple narcissistic traits.  As far as global elitists are concerned, they represent a rather insidious threat, because they are narcissistic sociopaths that have organized into a predatory gang, so all the traits consistent with the behavior of your average serial killer are now magnified a thousandfold by their access to unlimited resources.
How do we identify these people? Well, this is a difficult prospect at times because narcissistic sociopaths commonly hide in plain sight.  Some people live with them for years before realizing exactly what they are. They also like to insert themselves into nonprofit organizations that claim to do good for the community as a cover for their more insidious motives.
Some traits and behaviors that are common are a lack of normal emotional response to traumatic events or joyous events, or they will mimic the responses of others to blend in but they come off as “forced” or “fake.” They have no concept of empathy; it does not exist for them.
They seek out centers of power and are drawn to positions of authority. They always seem to be demanding the efforts of others while rarely offering their own help. They make terrible leaders, always attempting to lead from a place of safety while letting their conscripts take the risks. Leading by example is a foreign concept to them.
They will lie repetitively about their accomplishments and their accolades. They will misrepresent their professional achievements in order to gain people’s trust. Ask them to prove through actions that they can do all the things they claim they can do, and they will try to avoid the test or respond indignantly and angrily.
They will gaslight their ideological enemies or people they are trying to control. They will accuse others of being “narcissists” or “sociopaths” or fascists or any moniker that will push the buttons of their target. Whatever evils they are guilty of, they will try to flip and lay at the feet of their enemies.
They always seem to have “minions” to do their dirty work for them and attack those that oppose them. People that have dealt with narcissistic sociopaths in their personal lives sometimes refer to these minions as “flying monkeys,” referencing the flying monkeys enslaved by the Wicked Witch in the Wizard of Oz. Flying monkeys are essentially useful idiots that the narcissist employs through fraud and sometimes through pay. Whenever the narcissist is under threat of being exposed, they unleash their flying monkeys onto the streets or onto the internet to undermine truth tellers.
They do not believe in moral or personal boundaries which is why they are always trying convince people that such boundaries are a myth.  They will cross moral lines, always testing the fences for weaknesses; trying to wear others down until they give up and stop fighting back.
They desperately want to come out of the shadows and into the light of day. They want to be adored as the monsters they are, rather than the fake philanthropists they portray themselves as. In order to do this, every narcissistic sociopath makes it their duty to erase the idea of conscience, whether they are part of the globalist cabal or just another ghoul down the street. Their natural inclination is to corrupt whatever they touch, and if they cannot corrupt a thing, they will attempt to destroy that thing.
Most of all, narcissistic sociopaths want everyone around them to believe that we are just like them. That “deep down” all of us are unprincipled and morally bankrupt and all it takes is a crisis or calamity, just a little chaos to bring out the devil in everyone.
But if this were really the case, then humanity would have died out long ago through endless self-destruction; something keeps bringing us back from the brink in our personal lives and in society as a whole. Conscience keeps defeating evil by refusing to grant evil people the utopia of blank slate chaos they want so badly. And this is what give me confidence that no matter how terrible our days might become there is something on our side that goes beyond the physical world.
Every crisis is a test, a test of each person and a test of our culture. Can we act with reason and courage and principle even in the worst of times, or will we be lured to make our struggle easier through malicious means? Will we do right by those around us, or will we happily trample over them in the name of “survival?”
In the end, the worst men bring the best men to the surface. This is the only “good” they will ever do.”

Free Download: Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, "The Little Prince"

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Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, "The Little Prince"
by Kirstie Pursey

“‘The Little Prince’, by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, is a children’s story with some very profound meanings and some quotes that will really make you think. I have to admit that I never read the ‘Little Prince’ as a child. I think I wouldn’t have known what to make of it if I did. Even reading it as an adult I didn’t know what to make of it!

However, it is clear that “The Little Prince” touches on some very deep themes about the nature of life, love, friendship and more. The following Little Prince quotes show just how many philosophical themes are discussed in this small, but profound work.

The story tells of a pilot who crashes into the Sahara desert. He is attempting to fix his damaged plane when a little boy appears as if from nowhere and demands that he draws him a sheep. Thus begins a strange, enigmatic friendship that is both heartwarming and heartbreaking. The Little Prince, it turns out, comes from a small asteroid where he is the only living being apart from a rather demanding rose bush. The Little Prince decides to leave his home and visit other planets to find knowledge. The story tells of these encounters with rulers of strange worlds and de Saint-Exupéry has opportunities to demonstrate some philosophical themes that will make readers think.

On earth, as well as meeting the pilot, The Little Price meets a Fox and Snake. The fox helps him to truly understand the rose and the snake offers him a way to return to his home planet. But his return journey comes at a high price. The book’s bittersweet ending is both thought-provoking and emotional. I would definitely recommend that you read “The Little Prince” if you haven’t already.

It is one of the most beautiful and profound children’s books there are. If you have older children, then you might like to read it with them as it can be a little overwhelming for them to read alone. In the meantime, here are some of the best and most thought-provoking Little Prince quotes:

• “It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.”

• “A rock pile ceases to be a rock pile the moment a single man contemplates it, bearing within him the image of a cathedral.”

• “All grown-ups were once children… but only a few of them remember it.”

• “Well, I must endure the presence of a few caterpillars if I wish to become acquainted with the butterflies.”

• “Grown-ups never understand anything by themselves, and it is tiresome for children to be always and forever explaining things to them.”

• “The most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or touched, they are felt with the heart.”

• “It is much more difficult to judge oneself than to judge others. If you succeed in judging yourself rightly, then you are indeed a man of true wisdom.”

• “It is the time you have wasted for your rose that makes your rose so important.”

• “I am who I am and I have the need to be.”

• “No one is ever satisfied where he is.”

• “One day, I watched the sun setting forty-four times……You know…when one is so terribly sad, one loves sunsets.”

• “People where you live, the little prince said, grow five thousand roses in one garden… Yet they don’t find what they’re looking for… And yet what they’re looking for could be found in a single rose.”

• “But the conceited man did not hear him. Conceited people never hear anything but praise.”

• “What matters most are the simple pleasures so abundant that we can all enjoy them…Happiness doesn’t lie in the objects we gather around us. To find it, all we need to do is open our eyes.”

• “Where are the people?” resumed the Little Prince at last. “It’s a little lonely in the desert…” “It is lonely when you’re among people, too,” said the snake.”

• “What makes the desert beautiful,’ said the Little Prince, ‘is that somewhere it hides a well…”

• “For me, you are only a little boy just like a hundred thousand other little boys. And I have no need of you. And you have no need of me, either. For you, I’m only a fox like a hundred thousand other foxes. But if you tame me, we’ll need each other. You’ll be the only boy in the world for me and I’ll be the only fox in the world for you.”

• “To forget a friend is sad. Not everyone has had a friend.”

• “Only the children know what they are looking for.”

• “Sometimes, there is no harm in putting off a piece of work until another day.”

• “I should have judged her according to her actions, not her words.”

• “Nevertheless he is the only one of them all who does not seem to me ridiculous. Perhaps that is because he is thinking of something else besides himself.”

• “The one thing I love in life is to sleep.”

• “The machine does not isolate man from the great problems of nature but plunges him more deeply into them.”

• “And when your sorrow is comforted (time soothes all sorrows) you will be content that you have known me.”

Closing thoughts: I hope you have enjoyed these ‘Little Prince’ quotes. Admittedly, they are sometimes difficult to fathom at first. However, like many things in life, the more you think about them, the more they begin to make sense. This is not an easy book to read and the bittersweet ending may leave you feeling a little heartbroken. However, the book offers so many insights into the human condition that it is well worth the time spent thinking about the philosophical ideas contained between the covers.”
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"Cherish Your Doubts"

“Cherish your doubts, for doubt is the handmaiden of truth. Doubt is the key to the door of knowledge; it is the servant of discovery. A belief which may not be questioned binds us to error, for there is incompleteness and imperfection in every belief. Doubt is the touchstone of truth; it is an acid which eats away the false. Let no one fear for the truth, that doubt may consume it; for doubt is a testing of belief. The truth stands boldly and unafraid; it is not shaken by the testing, for truth, if it be truth, arises from each testing stronger, more secure. He that would silence doubt is filled with fear; the house of his spirit is built on shifting sands. But he that fears no doubt, and knows its use, is founded on a rock. He shall walk in the light of growing knowledge; the work of his hands shall endure. Therefore let us not fear doubt, but let us rejoice in its help. It is to the wise as a staff to the blind; doubt is the handmaiden of truth.”
- Robert T. Weston