Nothing New Under The Sun 2016

THE BIG PICTURE

Fraud Fatigue – “Americans are reaching a breaking point. Fraud fatigue is now a very real thing. People are not only questioning the system, but are completely done with the system and considering not even paying taxes. Why should we? It only gets sent to Somali Pirates, and fraudsters and wasted by the people who are selected to represent us. Is this the turning point?” – AmericanPapaBear™ on X  – GREAT, SHORT, NUST WATCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sin Is A Social Disease – “When people do something wrong in private we call that sin. When people do something wrong in public we call that corruption and crime. Yet when people do something wrong in public it is still sin. If it’s wrong, it’s a sin. Whatever else we choose to call it, if it’s wrong, it’s still a sin. Whether we do what is wrong in private or in public, when we do what is wrong, we sin. There is no escaping that very simple reality.” – Peter Nayland Kust

Varoufakis and AI deep fake! – “I posted a link to a video purportedly by Yanis Varoufakis earlier today. I cautioned viewers that it might be fake, and a number of subscribers have confirmed it is.” – Alasdair Macleod  – I POSTED IT AS WELL, SO DISREGARD. THE DANGERS OF AI ONCE AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

What Everyone Needs to Know About Antidepressants – “The common side effects of SSRIs, the nightmare of quitting them and the safe natural alternatives for treating depression.” – A Midwestern Doctor

The Business of Menopause – “Influencers, Synthetic (Not) Bio-Identical Hormones, GLP-1s, and Novel Drug Approvals…Ladies, YOU are the PRODUCT. An adolescent girl is seamlessly transitioned from her pediatrician to a gynecologist when her monthly cycle begins. This is a major step in a woman’s medical indoctrination process. A process by which women learn that the health and wellness of their body is something to be outsourced. We are placed on our backs, draped, and asked to spread our legs so that someone else can tell us if everything is ok down there. We are not handed mirrors so that we can see what is being done or learn about the anatomy of our bodies. We are not asked to participate in the process of palpating and prodding and probing and scraping. Gloved fingers are placed inside us and cold metal tools follow.” – Conspiracy Sarah

U.K. Approves Experimental Self-Amplifying mRNA (Replicon) Injection — Kostaive by Arcturus Therapeutics – “A catastrophic mistake approving a technology shown to induce severe blood abnormalities in 93% of recipients” – Nicolas Hulscher, MPH.

NEWS ( FOR MORE EXHAUSTIVE LINKS ON VENEZUELA, SEE TODAY’S SPECIAL EDITION )

Russia, China Demand That US Immediately Release Maduro From Custody – “”We firmly call on the U.S. leadership to reconsider this position and release the lawfully elected president of a sovereign country and his wife,” the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement, and described that the crisis should be resolved through diplomatic means.” -Tyler Durden  – FOR LOTS OF INFORMATION ON THE ON GOING VENEZUELAN CRISIS,  SEE TODAY’S SPECIAL EDITION OF NEWS ON IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

They Kidnapped Maduro Because The World Is Ruled By Unaccountable Tyrants – “After all those months of babbling about fentanyl and “narcoterrorism” and freedom and democracy, the Trump administration has come right out and admitted that its regime change interventionism in Venezuela has always been a good old-fashioned oil grab. ” – Caitlin Johnstone

President Trump’s End Game? South America – “What Is The End Game? With Trump’s commentary, as espoused across every mainstream media, that oil is the end game, I believe it is a deflection. Currently, there is a global oil glut. More oil means lower prices – means less profit for the Big Beautiful Oil Companies who may not want to spend Billions on Venezuela oil infrastructure. Takes time. So, what’s the real end-game? Trump is now bragging that taking out Maduro was so easy he wants to take out Cuba, Colombia and Mexico next. With Cuba being the easiest target simply by size. And Rubio more than willing to blow up his country of origin. There are three possibilities: Trump wants to colonize all of South America. An egocentric power grab. Given he can’t have Russia or China. Trump is working on behalf of the CIA drug Cartel which wants to expand their territory. Trump is confiscating gold which belongs to Venezuela and has been frozen in a UK Bank which is being raided as I speak.” – Helena Glass

The American Blitzkrieg on Venezuela: No one is safe – “The military incursion and kidnapping of Nicolas Maduro shows how normalized the outrageous has become” – Tarik Cyril Amar  – AS I STATED THE OTHER DAY, WHO IS NEXT. FROM THE LOOKS OF IT AND ACCORDING TO RUBIO, CUBA MIGHT BE NEXT!!!

Marco Rubio issues huge warning to Cuba after Maduro capture: ‘They’re in a lot of trouble’ – “Secretary of State Marco Rubio did not rule out that the Cuban communist government would become the Trump administration’s next target – Maria Villarroel

The War Powers Resolution Is a Constitutional Mistake We Refuse to Admit – “Last night’s arrest of Nicolás Maduro by US forces has already triggered a familiar reflex in Washington. Members of Congress, some acting in good faith and others opportunistically, have invoked the War Powers Resolution as though it were the relevant constitutional touchstone. It is not. Whatever one thinks of the Maduro operation, it does not fit the statute’s own triggers. But the renewed attention is nonetheless useful, because it forces a question that has been avoided for half a century. Is the War Powers Resolution actually a lawful and workable framework for allocating responsibility over the use of force.” – Amuse on X

The Warmth of Collectivism – “Translating the demoralized doublespeak of Zohran’s inauguration speech. Comrades: New York City has been conquered by the Zohrantifada woke jihad. After being sworn in on a Quran on New Years Day, Mayor Mamdani delivered a inauguration address full of radical Orwellian terms. New York, London, and Hong Kong – the three global hubs of capitalism – are now ruled by communists. Year zero has arrived at Ground Zero. Allow me to translate.” – Yuri Bezmenov  – GOOD ONE AS USUAL FROM YURI!!!!!!!!!

“Negative Nationalism” Is Being Weaponized Against Civilization-States – Andrew Korybko

Mamdani Begins the ‘New Era’ of New York City – For Better or Worse – “Mayor Mamdani hit the Big Apple like a wrecking ball on day one” – James Fite

Trump Uses First Veto Power In Second Term To Kill Bipartisan Bill To Provide Clean Water To Rural Southeastern Colorado – “Ballrooms and arches for the elite, toppling governments and stealing their resources, and the taxpayer pays for it; but no clean drinking water for the serfs.” – The WinePress

Is Nick Shirley’s Somali Exposé an Astroturfed Diversion For Special Interests? – Ben Bartee

Somalians, IQ, and the Fraud of Diversity – “Recently, our invaluable Somalian immigrants have been in the news. For whatever reason, an inordinate number of Somalians migrated to, or perhaps more accurately were placed in Minnesota. Africa is pretty hot. And yet they were attracted to, or steered to, a state with one of the coldest climates in the country. If it seems odd to you that Somalians have somehow cornered the market on day care in Minnesota, you might be a “racist.” Okay, here’s the indelicate part. It’s doubtful that many Somalians are good spellers. This is because, according to the available statistics, the average IQ in Somalia is 68. “Right-wing extremists” note that Somalia is one of the most dangerous and violent countries in the world. So how could our leaders not do all they could to import them here? What exactly could society expect someone with an IQ of 68 to do in the workforce? Beyond mundane physical labor? Well, I suppose not run a fake daycare center, or some other shell company. But would you want one as a surgeon or an airplane pilot? DEI insanity pushes for just that. IQ scores are “racist,” so they are ignored.” – Donald Jeffries

ECONOMIC NEWS ( SEVERAL GOOD VIDEOS ON SILVER TODAY )

The United States Gets Its—Just Deserts? – “My advice: trust no one—especially government cronies. If you wait one day too long and lose everything, especially what you have in the bank, chalk it up to bad judgement. Like the French, prior to Wehrmacht on the move, protected by the Maginot Line—over a weekend, found Germans in their yard. Here, on a not too distant Friday—the banks will close. Nobody but you will care when you are wiped-out, when your stock receipts or mortgaged-backed securities become credit entities that provide neither safety nor credit. That’s my answer. The only safe assets are gold and silver—only for now. ” – Erik @ neverhadaboss.com

Has The Silver Boom Peaked Out? (VIDEO) with Andy Schectman – “After hitting an all-time high of $83/oz in the futures market a week ago, silver has fallen down to $72/oz as of the time of this writing. Did the silver price boom just peak? Could we see a vicious plunge in price from here, as we did during the previous price peaks in 1980 and 2011? Or, are things truly different this time? And are new record highs lying ahead in 2026?” – Adam Taggart | Thoughtful Money®

Bankruptcies Are Soaring, Especially Small Businesses and Households – “Bankruptcies are “all over the place”, not just specific sectors.” – Mish

RED ALERT: THE VAULT DOORS ARE SLAMMING SHUT –(VIDEO) with David Jensen – “January 1st, 2026 is the first day that changes everything for the global physical silver market: Export controls go into effect for the world’s most undervalued tangible asset, PHYSICAL silver. China is locking their vaults as what remains of physical Silver in the West is drained from both the LBMA and COMEX.” – SGT Report  – GOOD VIDEO!!!!

The ‘Rs’ Challenging the US Dollar: Rupee, Rouble, Renminbi, Real and Rand – “A new, more fragmented monetary order is emerging” – Praveen Jagwani

Banks Are Banned From Selling Silver: The $100 “window Just Started Closing (VIDEO) – “Silver has been quietly positioned as one of the most suppressed assets in the financial system — and that’s not by accident. While mainstream media keeps the focus on inflation headlines and stock market noise, something far bigger is happening beneath the surface. Industrial demand is exploding. Physical supply is tightening. And the paper market that’s been used to control silver’s price is showing visible cracks. This video breaks down why silver matters now, how it connects to global debt, currency debasement, and systemic control — and why history shows that silver tends to move last, but move violently when it finally does.” – ContrarianConspiracyChronicles  – INTERESTING VIDEO, ESPECIALLY THE ALLEGORY ON THE WIZARD OF OZ. DID YOU KNOW IN THE BOOK, DOROTHY WORE SILVER SLIPPERS NOT RUBY. LOOK IT UP!!!

“Locked-in” Homeowners Nevertheless Pay Off Below-4% Mortgages: their Share Drops to Lowest since Q4 2020 – “Slowly unwinding a phenomenon that wrecked the housing market.” – Wolf Richter

SURVIVAL, PREPAREDNESS AND SELF-SUFFICIENCY

Balancing Farm Life for Success – SaraSue

How to Make Frybread: A Survival Food Every Prepper Should Master – “This is not trendy food. It’s not comfort food in the modern sense. It’s survival food — simple, calorie-dense, forgiving, and built around ingredients preppers already store. If you know how to make frybread, you’re never more than a hot pan away from a filling meal.” – Ask A Prepper Staff

How to Make Maple Syrup from Scratch – Steve Nubie  – HAVE LINKED SIMILAR IN THE PAST, HERE’S STEVE’S TAKE ON IT!!!

How to Make (and Cook On) a Swedish Fire Log – Catherine Winter

Weekly Prepper News Roundup – What Canadians Should Be Watching Right Now – “As we move deeper into winter, the preparedness landscape continues to shift. This past week offered several developments—some close to home, others global—that reinforce why calm, methodical preparedness remains essential. Below is a focused roundup of events and trends that matter to Canadian preppers, with practical takeaways you can act on immediately.” – denob

VERSE FOR THE DAY

Proverbs 11:21  Though hand join in hand, the wicked shall not be unpunished: but the seed of the righteous shall be delivered.

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LYRIC FOR THE WEEK

Caught up in the whirlwind, can’t catch my breath
Knee deep in hot water, broke out in cold sweat
Can’t catch a turtle, in this rat race
Feels like I’m losin’ time, at a breakneck pace

Afraid of my own shadow, in the face of grace
Heart full of darkness, spotlight on my face
There was love all around me, but I was looking for revenge
Thank God it never found me, would have been the end

(I was) Walkin’ the tight rope, steppin on my friends
Walkin’ the tight rope, (it) was a shame and a sin
Walkin’ the tight rope, between wrong and right
Walkin’ the tight rope, both day and night (Solo)

Lookin’ back in front of me, in the mirror’s grin
Through eyes of love I see, I’m really lookin at a friend
We’ve all had our problems, that’s the way life is
My heart goes out to others, who are there to make amends

We’ve been walkin’ the tightrope
Trying to make it right
Walkin’ the tight rope
Every day and every night
Walkin’ the tight rope
Bring it all around
Walkin’ the tight rope
From the lost to found
Walkin’ the tight rope
Streched around the world
Walkin’ the tight rope
Save the boys and girls
Walkin’ the tight rope
Let’s make it right
Walkin’ the tight rope
Do it, do it tonight
Walkin the tightrope

( Tightrope by Stevie Ray Vaughan and Doyle Bramhall )

THE BIG PICTURE

The Financial System Has Failed: Currency Debasement and Inflation Will Now Scream – “Well, it is a new year, and much more manipulation is happening in the paper silver contracts, as regulators under the idiotic banner of “market stability” have raised margin requirements and position limits twice in a few days. This is of course, all done to protect the institutional short sellers, mainly the banks, as they face great losses when silver or other commodities rise against their shorts. Also, this is a way to hold down the price of precious metals, especially silver, in order to cover up the inevitable collapse of the dollar. So what does all this mean? It means that the financial system is so fragile and bankrupt, that it is close to failure, and extreme measures are being taken by government and the Federal Reserve just to keep it afloat. This is certainly attempting to kick the can down the road a bit further, but the can itself is obviously coming apart. This is leverage upon leverage, vastly increasing debt, and who knows where all this is going and when? One thing is for sure; monetary debasement is greatly expanding, and massive price inflation will follow. The metals signal is crystal clear, as gold and silver are indicating that this debt-based financial system is ending.” – Gary D. Barnett  – FOR MORE ON THIS SEE THE ARTICLES IN THE ECONOMIC SECTION TODAY AND THE PAST FEW DAYS SINCE MONDAY. IT’S ECONOMIC NEWS BUT REALLY IT ALL TIES IN TO THE “BIG PICTURE”!!!!!!!!!!!

The Cycle of Freedom – “Periodically, I offer up a statement by Scottish Economist Alexander Tytler, “The average age of the world’s greatest civilizations has been about 200 years. These nations always progressed through this sequence: From Bondage to Moral Certitude; from Moral Certitude to Great Courage; from Great Courage to Liberty; from Liberty to Abundance; from Abundance to Selfishness; from Selfishness to Complacency; from Complacency to Apathy; from Apathy to Dependency; from Dependency to Bondage.” Tytler had it right. There is a Freedom Cycle. It’s not an accident. It’s based upon human nature, which is perennial.” – Jeff Thomas

A Shrewy New Year: Back to the Trenches – “As the twinkling lights of Christmas fade and the echoes of holiday cheer dissolve into the crisp air of January 2026, we shrews find ourselves at a familiar crossroads. The season brought a rare respite—a peaceful interlude where families gathered without the shadow of mandates looming quite so heavily, where conversations flowed freely, unmarred by the usual divides. But make no mistake: this tranquility is fleeting, a mere pause in the symphony of struggle. The world hasn’t healed; it’s merely caught its breath. Now, it’s time to sharpen our claws, dust off our vigilance, and plunge back into the trenches. There’s no room for relaxation in a world still shrouded in deception.” – Todd Hayen, PhD, RP

Men Must Once More, Great and Small, Truly Think! – E.M. Burlingame  – GOOD READ FROM E.M.!!!!

Expertise Remains Indispensable – “The lesson of the past few years is not that expertise is obsolete or, in and of itself, dangerous; it is that expertise, severed from humility and institutional restraint, can be misused and even weaponized.” – Peter C. Earle

In 2026, the line between reality and virtual reality, the real and the fake, will continue to blur – “It’s time to unplug from the matrix. The alternative in a digitized world is to let it consume your humanity. And once it’s lost there’s no guarantee you can get it back.” – Leo Hohmann

You’ll Want to See This Before 2026 Gets Going – “The battle intensifies… Even though the calendar has rolled over, the battle remains the same; in fact, it is intensifying. The world will continue increasing its assault on those who would stand firm against the temptation to compromise one’s Biblical values. In other words, stand firm…” – Jim McCraigh

CDC’s Measles PCR Test Matches Human DNA, Raising Questions About What It’s Detecting – “Are some measles PCR “positives” detecting human genetic material instead of measles virus?” – Jon Fleetwood

Three Independent Estimates Yield 470,000–840,000 American COVID-19 “Vaccine” Deaths – Nicolas Hulscher, MPH

Hunger Games: World Bank And Cargill Simulated Food Crisis That Started In 2020 During A Pandemic, Predicts Carbon And Meat Taxes In The Future – ““There is a hope that a crisis will create the ability for us to do things better and reconfigure the world in a better way,” said one of the authors.” – The WinePress

NEWS

“Boots on the Ground” – “Hopefully, the scruffy little dictator of Ukraine is lying – or being misquoted. Nonetheless, it is alarming – if you’re among the sane – to read that, supposedly, “US BOOTS ON THE GROUND in Ukraine (is) being discussed.” The good news is “troop deployment is UP TO THE UNITED STATES.”  This being “good news” in the same way that being told you have cancer – but it hasn’t spread yet – is “good news.” If you voted for Trump, did you vote to send American troops to . . . Keeeeeeeeeeeeev? That would be bad enough, given that sending American troops (and American tax dollars) to these shithole countries where no American interest are involved – as opposed to the interests of the people who control the government that rules America – is always a bad idea for Americans, who get nothing in return except slain and crippled Americans and higher taxes as well as the well-earned contempt of the people who live in the countries curb-stomped by American troops.” – Eric Peters

The “Year of Chaos” Arrived Late but Hit in Full Farce – “Many are saying in one way or another that 2025 was the most chaotic year they’ve experienced.” – David Haggith

$21 Trillion Dollars Is Missing From the U.S. Government. That Is $65,000 per Person—As Much as the National Debt! (VIDEO) – “What’s going on? Where is the money? How could this happen? How much has really gone missing? What would happen if a corporation failed to pass an audit like this? Or a taxpayer?” – The Solari Report

Trump says construction of the ‘Triumphal Arch’ to begin in ‘2 months’ – “The monument would be a centerpiece of the White House’s plans for America’s 250th birthday.” – Sophia Cai   – STARTING TO LOOK MORE AND MORE LIKE THE ROMAN EMPIRE WHEN IT WENT DOWN THE “SHITTER”!!!

The global resource war is going kinetic – “In my opinion, we are moving from peacetime economic trade war conditions to a quazi-kinetic war for the control of the critical natural resources that are needed by the major powers in our emerging multipolar world.” – Matthew Bracken  – GOOD READ FROM MATT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

New Trump-Xi Showdown Approaches As Chinese Tankers Press Ahead To Venezuela Despite Blockade – Tyler Durden

Dark Alliance: key US ally Daniel Noboa linked to S. American drug trade (VIDEO) – “Oscar Leon interviews Andres Durán, an Ecuadoran investigative journalist who has had to flee his country due to his allegations that billionaire, US-allied President Daniel Noboa, the Noboa family and their inner circle are involved in the international drug trade. Durán reveals the following: Ecuador, not Venezuela, is the primary departure point for cocaine shipments to the US and Europe, with President Daniel Noboa’s family businesses repeatedly linked to drug seizures. Multiple cocaine trafficking scandals involve Noboa-owned companies.” – The Grayzone

US Bombed Seven Countries in 2025 as Trump Dramatically Expanded Airstrikes – ” Iran, Iraq, Nigeria, Somalia, Syria, Venezuela,Yemen” – Dave DeCamp

Only the Bad Man – “How many countries will America bomb in 2026? Is there anything more embarrassing or self-debasing than continuing to be a Trump supporter in 2026? It’s just degrading and cucky at this point. Trotting alongside Netanyahu and promising to help him bomb Iran while lying and claiming Israel has been “100 percent” abiding by the ceasefire in Gaza. Bombing Venezuela, Nigeria, Somalia, Yemen, Iraq, Iran, Syria, and all those boats off Latin America in a single year after campaigning as the “anti-war” candidate. ” – Bill Astore

How a ‘Muslim’ Scammer Used AI-Generated Children To Steal Over $100,000 From Substack Users – “A meth head in Pakistan is pretending to be a desperate dad in Gaza and your retired mother just sent him her Social Security money.” – 🐺The Wise Wolf and Lily-Rose Dawson

30 black-on-white homicide reports noted in December, 2025 – “Four white-on-black reports” – Kenn Gividen – AND AS ALWAYS, LITTLE OR NONE MSM COVERAGE ON THESE CRIMES!!!

Israel to ban more than 30 aid groups operating in Gaza – “West Jerusalem will prohibit the organizations if they fail to provide information about their Palestinian staff” – RT

Is A Revolution In Iran Part Of The Plan? – Michael Snyder

A Low-Risk Strategic Win: Trump Should Recognize Somaliland – “There is an easy argument for recognizing Somaliland, and it is not the one that State Department lifers will offer you in a memo. The easy argument is that it would enrage Somalia-born Rep Ilhan Omar. That is not a reason by itself to reorder US foreign policy, but it is a useful diagnostic. When a policy move reliably provokes a loud, immediate denunciation from Omar, that usually means it cuts against a particular combination of interests, ideology, and constituency. Somaliland recognition does exactly that.” – Amuse on X

ECONOMIC NEWS ( CANT STRESS ENOUGH WHAT IS GOING ON IN THE FINANCIAL MARKETS) PRETTY MUCH ALL OF THESE ARE MUST READS AND LISTENS )!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Pretense, Staging, Expediency: the “Solutions” That Implode the Whole Shebang – “2026 is the year when all the “solutions” of Pretense, Staging and Expediency implode on every level: household, enterprise, local, state and national, for Pretense, Staging and Expediency are scale-invariant “solutions”: cooking the books, staging and hiding debt works for the state and nation just as well as it does for the sole proprietor and bankrupt household. The only difference is the depth of the deviousness.” – Charles Hugh Smith

Uruguay Latest Country Hoping to Ditch the Dollar – “Uruguay is the latest country hoping to ditch the U.S. dollar. That won’t be an easy task, given that Uruguay ranks as the most dollarized Latin American nation. However, the fact that the government is even trying to limit dollar dependence reflects a growing de-dollarization trend that threatens the primacy of the greenback. Uruguay Central Bank President Guillermo Tolosa recently announced policy changes designed to de-incentivize dollar use and boost the Uruguayan peso.” – Mike Maharrey

Derivatives and Financial Disaster with (VIDEO)- “Yanis Varoufakis as a Witness, Real or Fabricated, to the Financial Crisis Engulfing Us. The video above is attributed to Yanis Varoufakis, a prominent public intellectual who has served the Greek government as Minister of Finance and in a number of other capacities. The video highlights the thinker’s reflection on an alleged secret meeting said to have taken place at the Bank of International Settlements in Basel Switzerland. Varoufakis begins by proclaiming his video report violates many confidentiality agreements.” – .Anthony James Hall

Perfect Storm for Debt, Economy, War, Gold & Silver (VIDEO) with Martin Armstrong – Greg Hunter

Silver’s 2026 Open: Irresistable Force Meets Immovable Object – “The paper metals markets have traditionally responded to spiking prices by raising margin requirements. Players who can’t come up with the extra money have to liquidate their positions, which causes prices to fall. That accounts for at least part of the brutal end to last year’s silver price action. The Comex exchange just raised margin requirements again. Does this mean silver will fall hard when trading opens later today? GoldSilver’s Mike Maloney says yes: It really doesn’t matter what silver does today. Its long-term story is that deficits produce shortages, which in turn produce higher prices, so we should be agnostic about any given day’s action.” (VIDEO) – John Rubino

In A Desperate Attempt To Stop The Bleeding, A Conspiracy To Force The Price Of Silver Down Is Unfolding Right In Front Of Our Eyes – “They aren’t even trying to pretend to hide what they are doing. Everyone knows that the meteoric rise in the price of silver in 2025 has put an immense amount of stress on certain financial institutions. Of course nobody is publicly confirming how much damage has been done, but it must be pretty severe if CME Group is taking such extreme measures to force the price of silver down. For the second time in less than a week, CME Group has abruptly raised margin requirements on precious metals futures…” – Michael Snyder

Is Cash Now Trash? (vs Gold, Silver & Bitcoin) (VIDEO) with Lawrence Lepard – Adam Taggart | Thoughtful Money®

  

SURVIVAL, PREPAREDNESS AND SELF-SUFFICIENCY

10 Things That Will Be More Valuable Than GOLD During SHTF! (VIDEO) – “When shelves are empty, power is down, and desperation takes over, practical survival items will become the true currency.” – Jason Salyer

New Year’s Day Preparedness Reset: A Calm, Practical Way to Start 2026 Ready – “Preparedness built in theory often fails in practice. Preparedness reviewed during winter, however, reveals the truth quickly. Cold exposes weak batteries. Short daylight exposes lighting gaps. Storms expose communication and coordination problems. That’s why New Year’s Day is one of the most valuable preparedness days of the year. Instead of vague resolutions, today is about quiet, deliberate improvement.” – denob

26 Clothesline Ideas to Hang Dry Your Clothes and Save You Money – “Do you miss the old days? Remember when days moved a little slower, and we could get outside and enjoy our chores? Well, those days don’t have to be over and done with, and you can still put a little joy into your daily tasks. For instance, doing laundry isn’t so bad when you can get out in the sunshine to hang them up to dry and take them down. But before you can begin to line dry your clothes, you first need a clothesline. So I’m bringing you a bunch of clothesline ideas to help you find the perfect one for you.” – Jennifer Poindexter

Build a Self-Cleaning Chicken Coop – Steve Nubie

Vision Issues, Part 4: Eye Trauma – “In long-term survival, the medic must optimize the vision of family or group members in order to optimize the chance for success. They must be prepared for mishaps or hostile encounters that occur and cause traumatic eye injuries. Some good news: The conformation of the human skull is such that your eyes are slightly recessed in bony sockets, which helps protect them from injury. Despite this, there are many activities of daily survival that can cause an eye injury. Here are just a few:” – Joe Alton MD

VERSE FOR THE DAY

2 Corinthians 5:17    Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.

IMAGE FOR THE DAY

THE BIG PICTURE

New Year, Better Year, an obligatory communication – “We live in a world defined by wielders of great power. We live in the spaces delineated by them. Unless we amass an opposing power to oppose the inevitable march of Power towards greater aggrandizement, we will be fodder, pure and simple. Covid showed just how perilous our position is — we who have been raised in our ‘civilized’ Western world of democratic slogans. Power is not terribly kind. To get its way it will maim, murder and annihilate. The single most important element that stands in the way of a truly united front against Power is the inability of our so-called brothers and sisters in victimhood who REFUSE to believe that governments and other entities will lie, cheat, steal and kill, despite an historical record that is as long as it is bloody and despite the very obvious depredations during covid, which included the unnecessary and dangerous Jabs.” – New Zealand Doc

‘Super flu’ cases rising across US: What to know – “As the winter season fully kicks in, it’s expected that people across the country will get sick. Except this time, a new illness has sounded the alarm — the “super flu.” The “super flu” is a variant of influenza A H3N2 called subclade K that doctors say is more severe and takes longer to recover from. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the super flu first made headlines in the United Kingdom, before making its way over the Atlantic to the U.S” – Rob Taub  – BEWARE THE SUPER FLU. THIS YEAR’S SCARIANT!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2025: The Year the Government Stopped Pretending It Cared About Freedom – “Some years chip away at freedom. Others tear the mask off. 2025 was the year the government stopped pretending it was constrained by the Constitution—when executive power expanded openly and unapologetically, surveillance became ambient, dissent became dangerous, and the machinery of militarized government embedded itself into daily life. Under Trump 2.0, the erosion of civil liberties gave way to something more brazen: the dismantling of constitutional government itself.” – John & Nisha Whitehead

Stargate LLC: An American AI Project. Kind Of. (VIDEO) – “I’ve spent the last year documenting Larry Ellison’s empire. Media consolidation through his son’s acquisition of CBS and Paramount. The pursuit of Warner Brothers for CNN and HBO. Healthcare data through Oracle’s Cerner acquisition with 9.5 million patient records. Behavioral surveillance through TikTok ownership. Biometric data through facial recognition. Medical records through Oracle Health. I thought I understood what he was building. Surveillance capitalism at scale. But Stargate revealed what I’d been missing. This isn’t about predicting what you’ll buy or watch. This is about genomic data itself. The permanent hereditary code that makes all other surveillance inescapable. Because here’s what makes this different: You can delete your Facebook account. You can change your phone number and move cities. You can wear masks and avoid cameras and use cash if you’re determined enough. Behavioral surveillance is theoretically escapable. But you cannot change your genome.” – Audrey Henson

Over 400 Citizen Reports of Weather Modification Filed With Louisiana Environmental Agency After State Criminalizes Geoengineering – “Local news outlets attack residents they claim to serve instead of listening to them.” – Jon Fleetwood

As Mexico’s Biometric ID Draws Closer, Implementation Remains Uncertain – Derrick Broze

LL COVID Vaccinated Individuals Should Undergo Cardiac Screening to Prevent SUDDEN DEATH – “…new study indicates that ~1-3% of vaccinated individuals suffer subclinical heart damage — and fatal cardiac arrest can be the first manifestation.” – Nicolas Hulscher, MPH via Lioness of Judah

Most authors of an influential Lancet paper proposing a broader obesity definition declared pharmaceutical industry ties. – “NovoNordisk was mentioned 62 times, Eli Lilly 42, AstraZeneca 16, Pfizer 13, Amgen 7, Roche 4, Zealand Pharma 4. These are the companies that sell GLP-1s. They’re changing the clinical definition of obesity to expand their market. Widening definitions is Big Pharma’s most valuable tactic” – Jonathan Engler  –  WHAT A CROCK OF SHIT. NO WONDER THEY’VE GOT EVERYONE ON DRUGS AND THE DOCTORS JUST GO ALONG WITH IT.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

United States President George H.W. Bush promoted a “A New World Order” on 9/11. And by 9/11, I mean 9/11/1990 – “Probably just a coincidence” – Sage Hana

The Dumbing Down: New Report Shows 21-33% Of YouTube’s Feed Contains AI Slop Or Brainrot Content – “South Korea has the most total views from trending channels by a wide margin, followed by Pakistan and the United States. People are being dumbed down intentionally.” – The WinePress

NEWS

The servant becomes the master. – “The corrupt are easy to capture. I’m not sure who needs to hear this, but there is nothing even remotely sophisticated about these endless Somali and NGO/immigration frauds. Not PPP, not food, not autism, and not daycare or welfare or SNAP or free rent. It’s all blatant, hammer in the face stuff. All these politicians and purported public servants knew full well what was occuring. They were all a part of it. They bragged about it. Listen to Tim Walz from the presidential debates. (This aged like a bait bucket left in the trunk of a car in July.) This is modern day Barbary piracy. The only difference is that it was invited in and protected by its patrons.” – El Gato Malo

The Massive Fraud Scandal No One Is Talking About – “Everybody’s buzzing about that Minnesota Medicaid mess with Gov. Tim Walz. Some are even calling it the largest fraud scandal ever. But what happened in the land of 10,000 lakes is tiny compared to the fraud in California under Gavin Newsom. Heck, it makes Minnesota look like pocket change. But here’s where things get really interesting. While pressure is on in Minnesota to get to the bottom of the state’s fraud, California seems to be under the radar. Now get this. Right in the middle of the fraud apocalypse, a new ballot initiative seeks to impose a one-time 10% wealth tax on billionaires’ assets.” – Matt Margolis

The Israeli Government Put My Name At The Top Of An ‘Antisemite’ List – “My name appears at the top of a list in a document the Israeli government released earlier this month in order to draw false associations between the Bondi Beach shooting and online criticism of Israel and its atrocities. This word “delegitimization” appears throughout the document, which I personally find funny. They knew the “antisemitism” claim couldn’t stand on its own, so they had to tack on this weird extra complaint about people “delegitimizing” the state of Israel — as though that’s a bad thing. I’ll always deny harboring any hatred toward Jews or Judaism, but I’ll happily admit to trying to delegitimize a genocidal apartheid state that cannot exist without nonstop violence and abuse.” – Caitlin Johnstone

Reflections from the Heart of the Empire: Recognitions, Strikes, and Madness – “Speaking of numero unos, have you ever noticed how often American and Israeli spokescritters incessantly babble about chopping off the head of a snake and so the snake will die? And then brag of chopping off said heads? How many times has Israel bragged about assassinating the head of the PLO, of Hamas, of Hezbollah, or of the Houthis? How many top Iranian military officers and scientists have been assassinated to a chorus of HALLELUJA ! from Western corporate media? How many times have Americans been told we must purge the evil Husseins, Khomeinis, Castros, Maduros, Kims, and Putins of the world? How many times has chopping off that snake’s head done nothing to the snake except to make it stronger? How many times have misses made the existing heads even stronger and more popular than ever?” – Ohio Barbarian  – THE BARBARIAN’S WEEKLY REFLECTIONS, GOOD AS USUAL!!!

They can only push so far – “Back in March, I addressed the outright hostility the left shows toward Christianity, how they mock the faith repeatedly, and simply assume Christians won’t do anything about it. Sooner or later, I suspect they’ll hit a point where that’s simply not the case anymore. It’s like they want the violence. And that scares the hell out of me, because once Christians start being violent like Muslims, then we’re likely to have some very horrible things happen in the name of God, but it will only escalate as the leftist media won’t get the intended message for quite a long time, thus making out like Christians have always been the threat. No good comes out of this, but how far can you push a group before they start pushing back?” – Tom Knighton

All News Outlets Are Political Echo Chambers – “They Are That Way By Choice. They Can Do Better. You Deserve Better” – .Peter Nayland Kust

Trump Can’t Keep Quiet About the CIA Attack in Venezuela – “Trump illegally orders attacks on other countries mostly for his own gratification and self-aggrandizement. Keeping the aggression secret spoils it for him.” – Daniel Larison

Charting Trump’s Senile Empire on the Road to Fiasco (VIDEO) with Max Blumenthal – “Trump’s Venezuela adventure is being choreographed by Marco Rubio, the neocon golden boy with the highest approval in Trumpworld and the worst foreign policy record to match.” – The Grayzone ·

Trump Is Creating A Shadow CBDC Via His Direct Deposit ‘Trump Accounts’ Per The ‘One, Big, Beautiful Bill’ – “Millions of babies born over the next several years will have accounts created for them managed and held at the Federal Reserve, which is effectively a CBDC in practice.” – The WinePress

Somalis Gone Wild: The Wildest Migrant TikToks – “To the extent that they could ever have said to have been domesticated in the first place, the Somali migrant colonists of the West have gone feral in the aftermath of the mass exposure of their Minnesota fraud schemes. What follows is a compilation of their wildest TikTok declarations of war on Minnesota and the West more broadly.Moving right along, this one promises that he “will not tolerate” disrespect in the “state of Somalia,” even though he’s not in Somalia but in Minnesota.” – Ben Bartee

Hawkstone: Jeremy Clarkson’s Beer That Reminds Britain What It Is -“Britain is in the middle of a confidence crisis. You feel it in the daily irritations that have become permanent, the creeping sense that decisions are made far away from ordinary life, and the growing belief that the people who built the country are now expected to apologize for it. This is why Jeremy Clarkson’s Hawkstone Brewery matters. It is not just a celebrity sideline, and it is not just a good pint. It is a small and stubborn demonstration of what Britain looks like when it remembers that local work is dignified, that craft can be profitable, that rural communities are not an embarrassment, and that pride is not a pathology.” – Amuse on X

Zelensky claims to be discussing US deployment to Ukraine with Trump – “The American president had repeatedly ruled out sending soldiers to defend the country” -RT

2025 Is Ending With A Whole Lot Of Bombing – Michael Snyder

ECONOMIC NEWS  

Your bank doesn’t have your money – “When infinite paper meets reality. Remember Greece in 2015? Banks closed. ATMs limited to €60 per day. Then €50. People queuing for hours to withdraw their own money from their own accounts. That wasn’t theoretical. That was real people discovering they were unsecured creditors in a banking system that had taken exorbitant risks with their deposits. And I have a feeling it’s about to happen again. Not specifically in Greece. In banks across Europe that you’ve never heard were in trouble. Because they made bets on the two most boring asset classes imaginable. A metal. And bonds. Your deposit isn’t sitting in a vault with your name on it. It’s part of a giant pool that banks use to make investments, provide liquidity, and generate returns. When those investments go bad, your deposit becomes a liability banks can’t honor.” – No1  – GOOD READ, COULD HAPPEN IN THE U.S. AS WELL!!!!!!!!!!!!

The Dollar’s Death In 2026 Is Now A Mainstream Talking Point ” – Quoth the Rave

Honest Supply-Side Economics Versus Laffer’s Bogus Curve – “Part 1” – David Stockman

Did Silver Just Survive The First Big Test To Stop Its Epic Breakout? – “Do even higher silver prices lie ahead?”- Adam Taggart

Silver Stumbles On (More) Margin Hikes, Export Restrictions- Tyler Durden

Alasdair MacLeod: China BROKE the SILVER market (VIDEO) – “Alasdair shares why this setup could become the biggest silver squeeze in history, how China is reshaping the physical silver market and what forced short covering, margin dynamics and declining liquidity could mean for price discovery.” – Gold Republic Global

PHYSICAL OWNERSHIP IS NON-NEGOTIABLE – “Silver may rise faster but with greater volatility; gold remains the long-term foundation of stability.” -Egon von Greyerz

SURVIVAL, PREPAREDNESS AND SELF-SUFFICIENCY

Regional and Seasonal Camouflage Clothing and Gear – “” – James Wesley Rawles

Winter Vehicle Survival: Stay With the Car or Walk Out? (VIDEO) – “In most winter storm scenarios, staying with the vehicle offers the highest chance of survival. Your vehicle provides shelter from wind, visibility for rescuers, insulation, and a controlled environment. That said, every survival situation has variables, and understanding when those variables change the decision is critical.” – Jason Salyer

Vision Issue, Part 3: Vision Defects – Joe Alton MD

How to Recognize Risks Before Anything Happens – “Most disasters, attacks, and violent incidents rarely happen “out of the blue.” Usually, there are warning signs that something feels “off.” These signs may be small and easily dismissed, but you need to learn how to pick up on those clues before it’s too late. Here’s how to train yourself to recognize danger signs no matter where you are.” – Bernie Carr

Here’s How You’ll Die When the SHTF (and How to Prevent Your Untimely Demise) – Daisy Luther

VERSE FOR THE DAY

Proverbs 9:11    For by me thy days shall be multiplied, and the years of thy life shall be increased.

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THE BIG PICTURE

The Flight To Egypt – “If the Hebrew midwives at the time of Moses’ birth could see the pure evil in ordering the killing of children, surely Herod’s soldiers could see that also. That Herod’s soldiers apparently opted to go along with such evil is a further stark comment on the spiritual state of the people of Israel. When Jesus was born, the narrative makes it clear that Israel was suffering spiritually as well as politically. Joseph acted to preserve the infant Jesus. By making the hard choice to risk the journey into Egypt, Joseph made possible Jesus’ sacrifice on the Cross at Calvary, and His Resurrection. Through the hard choice to risk that journey into Egypt, God began in Joseph the transformation of writing His Law upon the hearts of all men.” – Peter Nayland Kust

The True Gospel of Jesus Christ Threatens the Business of the Freemasons and Technocrats – “As we come to the end of 2025, the United States still leads the world in several notorious categories. We are the #1 destination for pedophiles and child sex trafficking, we are the world leaders in technology and AI, we are the world center for Freemasonry which controls the worldwide financial system, and the United States is also home to the richest billionaire Zionists who sit at the top of the Freemason pyramid. Those who desire hope in 2026 by looking for change in politics or religion, will continue to follow false hopes that will never affect real change in modern-day American culture. As I have reported for the past few years, America is fulfilling her destiny, as the United States of America was founded by Freemasons to create a “New World Order” as is plainly stated on our national seal, which is also printed into our currency.” – Brian Shilhavy

BMW’s Screw That No One Else Can Turn – “While Mercedes aims to make cars easier to repair, BMW has patented roundel-shaped screw heads that push owners to dealer-only servicing and repairs. While BMW can argue that this is partly about design consistency, the patent itself makes the real goal clear: preventing loosening or tightening with common tools by unauthorised persons. In practical terms, that means you, your local garage, and your trusted independent mechanic, unless they are willing and able to source a very specific BMW-only tool.” – Marnus Moolman

Did TSA Finally Grab the Wrong Groin? – “Evita Duffy-Alfonso, the pregnant daughter of Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy, tore into TSA last week over the abuse she suffered prior to a recent flight. Writing on X on Thursday, she called for abolishing TSA:” – James Bovard

Drought Deception – “Northwest drought is being exaggerated by a group including publicly funded agencies, the media, local government, and climate activists. At its essence, it is ideological, anti-science, political, and self-serving. To see how nonsensical and anti-science this effort is, consider the latest drought map for Washington State (released yesterday, and shown below). Most of Washington State is “abnormally dry” or in drought, with severe or extreme drought over the eastern slopes of the Cascades and the far portion of the state (see below). As shown below, this is total nonsense and inconsistent with hard data. Precipitation has been above normal, soils are moist, rivers are above normal levels, reservoirs are above normal, and snowpack is in decent shape.” – Cliff Mass

No Storms, No Spin: A Quiet Hurricane Season That Even NOAA Missed – “Straight reporting from Rigzone shows it was a near-normal season—with facts, not climate hype.” – Linnea Lueken

Mainstream media participate in an omertà in relation to the sudden death of a Norweigen Olympic athlete. – “Sivert Bakken was a Norweigen Biathlete who tragically died a few days ago at the tender age of 27. When I read the above, which referred to heart problems interrupting his career in 2021-22, I naturally thought “covid vaccine-induced myocarditis”, and that this was almost certainly linked to his sudden death. However, as you will note, no such link is made in either of these articles.” – Jonathan Engler

 

 

 

NEWS

Mr Zelensky Goes to Washington (Again) – “President Trump has already hinted that he expects little of value to come from Zelensky’s return to the White House. He told Politico after Christmas that Ukraine’s holdover president (who has remained in office nearly two years beyond his elected term by declaring a state of martial law) “doesn’t have anything until I approve it…So we’ll see what he’s got.” Still, President Trump continues to give Zelensky and Europe’s mouthy warmongers (or as Europe’s militarily weak but loud and threatening “leaders” prefer to describe themselves, “the coalition of the willing”) every opportunity to bark like small dogs, run in circles, nip at America’s heels, and pee on the Oval Office carpet.” – J.B. Shurk

Chevy’s Christmas Commercial – “This year, Chevy – General Motors – elected to produce a not-Woke commercial for Christmas. But it is an embarrassing commercial for GM, nonetheless – because it features a vehicle of the type that Chevy used to make but doesn’t anymore. Well, it sort of does. The featured vehicle is a Chevy Suburban. The 1980s version. The version that average American families could afford to buy back in the ’80s. Back in 1982, a brand-new Suburban stickered for about $10k – if you can imagine that. According to the government’s BLS inflation calculator, that $10k works out to about $34k today. That amount of money will buy you about half a 2026 Suburban, which stickers for $63,400 to start.” – Eric Peters

From the Back Forty: Heartlanders Give Trump Their Resolutions – “Middle America calls for a resolution to a couple of nagging problems. Although the coastal regions may disagree, conservatives, Blue Dog Democrats, and a good share of the libertarian kind are ready to oust those responsible for major fraud in Minnesota and the giant sucking sound coming from Ukraine.” – Sarah Cowgil

Everyone Is Sick Of It (VIDEO) – “Not the world you grew up in. . Romantic as it is, I get the feeling she’s not that into him. He just wants to make nice.  Again, get the feeling she’s not interested. An everyday experience for young women in Europe. Or just a mythical far-right narrative. We’ve got our own scumbags, our own predators, and our own sex piss. We do not need to bring in more. This is not racism, they say, and they’re not the far right. But a lot of what we heard sounded an awful lot like the far right’s narrative. Oh, yes, that horrendous far-right narrative of checks notes mothers not wanting their daughters to be predated on.” – Paul Joseph Watson  – GOOD ONE AS USUAL FROM PJW!!!!

The Starmer regime is turning Britain into a police state – “The UK’s crackdown on protests against the Gaza genocide is the worst example of the authoritarian trend evident in Western Europe” – Tarik Cyril Amar

Vivek’s Annual Christmas Crash-Out Veers Into Pop-Psychoanalysis. – “Vivek Ramaswamy, an anchor baby whose Indian parents migrated to the United States shortly before his birth in 1985, is, dubious claims to authority notwithstanding, always eager to share — for some reason, every year around Christmas — his thoughts about the merits (or lack thereof) of American culture, who qualifies as “American,” etc. Which might strike some as a bit presumptuous.” – Ben Bartee

10 videos that will make you… – “…watch and let me know” – Kenn Gividen

Trump Blockade Leaves $1 Billion Of Venezuelan Crude Stranded On Tankers – “Based on our visual analysis from both shore and space, we estimate that there are around 17.5 million barrels of crude oil floating onboard tankers in Venezuela which are unable to depart due to the ongoing US blockade,” independent research Tanker Trackers wrote on X. “That’s around $900M of oil.” – Tyler Durden

Trump DOJ: AR-15s Protected by the Second Amendment, Switchblades Not So Much – Tom Knighton

Trump and Netanyahu Meet Again – “Both seek to dominate the world. As has been reported, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will yet again be in Washington on Monday December 29th. It is a visit that initial media reports claimed had been requested by Trump, which would underline the value of the relationship to the US president.Netanyahu is not likely to raise the claimed “threat” posed by Iran’s alleged secret nuclear weapons development as Trump continues to insist that the US attack on Iran in June “obliterated” the nuclear program. ” – Philip Giraldi

Netanyahu Is Visiting Trump For The FIFTH Time This Year, And Other Notes – “But of course it would be antisemitic to suggest that there’s anything strange about the US president meeting with the Israeli prime minister more frequently than with any other foreign leader on the planet.” – Caitlin Johnstone

The Saudis’ Threats Against South Yemen Expose Their Geopolitical Motives – “They expect to obtain a client state in at least part of Yemen as their reward for fighting the Houthis.” – Andrew Korybko

 

 

ECONOMIC NEWS  ( WE’LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS IN THE SILVER MARKET TOMORROW )

Silver Up 7 Bucks—Is Not Business As Usual – “This morning, I called some who keep large bank balances to warn them. Though I can’t know for sure, a daily gold price up $30/100/silver up 2/7 bucks, this is the right time to get dollars you can’t afford to lose out of the banking system. If mortgages are owed, pay them down. Or, at least, secure your dollars—in your own possession.” – Erik @ neverhadaboss.com  -GOOD READ FROM ERIK ONCE AGAIN!!

2026: A Monetary Tsunami – “For much of the past 50 years, gold and silver were seen as relics of the past. Irrelevant shiny rocks from another era. Mainstream news told us precious metals were worthless. “Pet rocks”. Even as recently as September of 2022, the Wall Street Journal ran a headline proclaiming “Gold Loses Status as Safe Haven”, written by one Hardika Singh: Gold is up about $2,800/oz since that article was published. This is your reminder to ignore mainstream financial news. I haven’t sold anything yet. Miners, ETFs, vault holdings, nada. These investments act as a personal floodgate. If you ever need them, you’ll really need them. And with the trajectory the world is on, a tsunami is inevitable. This wave will come in the form of money printing and inflation at a scale that will shock the world. We’re approaching a historic financial and monetary reckoning.” – Adam Sharp

The Biggest Credit Bubble in History (VIDEO) with Alasdair Macleod – WTFinance   – A HALF HOUR “MUST WATCH”!!!!!!

Comex: Physical Silver Demand Keeps the Market in Backwardation – Peter Schiff

Gold & Silver Price EXPLOSION is a Sign of Something BIG Coming (VIDEO) with Bill Holter & David Morgan – “it’s important to understand that gold and silver don’t change. They don’t go up and down. An ounce is an ounce. announced today is announced 100 years ago and will be announced 100 years from now. What’s changing are the currencies and I believe what you’re looking at right now is this is the end of the fiat experiment. You’re watching uh currencies devalue. I mean if you have something go up 100%. It means if you’ve got silver or gold that goes up 100%. That’s a devaluation of 50% of the currency. And that’s what you’re watching worldwide is that all currencies worldwide are are devaluing.” – CapitalCosm – TWO MORE OF PRECIOUS METALS’ BEST ANALYZERS. ALSO SEE BILL’S VIDEO WITH GREG HUNTER LINKED ON FRIDAY!!!

 

 

 

SURVIVAL, PREPAREDNESS AND SELF-SUFFICIENCY

The Truth About Planting By The Moon – “Most people plant when it is convenient, like when the weather cooperates or when the family is home and can pitch in to help. But there are advantages to planting according to the stages of the moon.” – Ame Vanorio

Talking Seeds! (VIDEO) – Modern Refugee.

27 Free Seed Catalogs to Request in January – Anna K. Cottrell  – THIS ONE KIND OF GOES ALONG WITH THE ABOVE VIDEO BY MODERN REFUGEE. I HAVE USED SOME OF THESE BRANDS OF SEEDS IN THE PAST!!!

This Week in Canadian Preparedness: Real Winter Disruptions and What They Exposed – “This past week offered several quiet but instructive reminders of how Canadian infrastructure responds under normal winter stress. None of these incidents were catastrophic. All of them were disruptive enough to expose preparedness gaps — especially for households relying entirely on external systems. For preppers, these are the most valuable events to study.” – denob

Winter Sowing: The Cheap & Easy Gardening Technique for Starting Seeds Now – Jenna Clark

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to TEOTWAWKI – Part 4 – “WEAPON , FOOD AND WATER, MONEY and STRESS AND DURESS: It’s important to always maintain situational awareness wherever we are, and even more so when hitchhiking. There was only one time in all my hitchhiking travels where I had a negative experience during a ride. It got to the point where I thought it might be necessary to calmly let the driver know I was armed.” – St. Funogas

 

 

VERSE FOR THE DAY

Psalm 119:45     And I will walk at liberty: for I seek thy precepts.

 

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LYRIC FOR THE WEEK

You ask me where to begin
Am I so lost in my sin?
You ask me where did I fall
I say I can’t tell you when

But if my spirit is lost
How will I find what is near?

Don’t question, I am not alone
Somehow I’ll find my way home

My sun shall rise in the east
So shall my heart be at peace
And if you’re asking me when
I’ll say it starts at the end

You know your will to be free
It’s matched me, love, secretly
And I belong to your brand
Somehow you’ll find you were there

Your friend lives close by your side
And speaks in far, ancient tongue
A season’s wish will come true
All seasons speaking with you

One world we all come from
One world we mend into all
Just hold my hand and lean back
Somehow we’re going somewhere
Somehow we’re going somewhere

You ask me where to begin
Am I so lost in my sin?
You ask me where did I fall
I’ll say I can’t tell you when

But if my spirit is strong
I know it can’t be long

No question, I’m not alone
Somehow I’ll find my way home
Somehow I’ll find my way home
Somehow I’ll find my way home

( I’ll Find My Way Home by Jon Anderson and Vangelis )

THE BIG PICTURE

The West’s Awake 2025: A Jumbled up Year in pictures – Gerry O’Neill  – GOOD ONE FROM GERRY. NICE TO GET SOME GLIMPSES FROM A PERSON AS TO HOW THEY THINK AND FEEL!!!

THE DEATH OF REAL JOURNALISM AND THE RISE OF AI SLOP – “How Scammers, Bots, and Celebrities Are Drowning Independent American Journalists. I hate that I have to write this, but I’m watching everything I’ve built over the past three years get buried alive by an avalanche of garbage and I refuse to go down without saying something about it.” – 🐺The Wise Wolf and Lily-Rose Dawson  – A MUST READ!!!!!

The Playboy Shadow Mansions, the CIA & Drug Trafficking [PART 1] – “It’s time to fire up an old-school flowchart…” – Agent131711  – AND YOU THOUGHT IT WAS ALL ABOUT PARTIES, SEX AND CENTERFOLDS!!!!

Trump Slip? 6G, Bio-Tech, and the Future of Human Control short, one minute (VIDEO) – watchman73

15-MINUTE CITY NIGHTMARE UNLEASHED: Glasgow Joins Worldwide 2026 Open-Air Prison Rollout – “The globalist plan is accelerating at breakneck speed.” – Baxter Dmitry via Lioness of Judah

NEWS

Decline and Fall – “The British Empire, in steep decline on the eve of World War I, is a cautionary tale for a decayed U.S. Empire a century later.” – Chris Hedges

Trump Inciting The Mothership of Global War – “Trump is bombing ISIS in Nigeria. He is saving Christians from slaughter. The region specifically targeted is the northwest. But Christians live primarily in the Southeast, South and Southwest. So who lives in the northwest? The northwest is comprised of 7 political zones which are primarily home to the Hausa and Fulani peoples numbering 71 million. They are dominant – Sunni Islam with mosques dating from the 15th century. So why would Trump bomb this well grounded civilization? “Northwest Nigeria holds significant untapped rare earth mineral potential, primarily in the form of monazite sands rich in key elements like neodymium, lanthanum, and cerium vital for EV’s, defense weapons, smartphones. and turbines.” What there are not? Christians. Never were. What is being bombed? Mosques and civilian populations. Who gave the order? Israel. Who started the rumor of Christian genocide in Nigeria? Netanyahu.” – Helena Glass

Netanyahu pushes for more strikes on Iran, clashing with Trump’s priorities The US president’s base opposes intervention in Iran while pro-Israel donors and hawks push for heightened US involvement.” -Ali Harb

New Attacks Shake Kyiv Just Ahead of Zelensky’s High-Stakes Meeting With Trump – “Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky is supposed to meet with U.S. President Trump on Sunday to hammer out details on a proposed peace deal. But only hours ahead of that meeting, it sure looks like Russia’s President Vladimir Putin is sending a message to Ukraine and, indirectly, to the United States, as Russia has launched yet another attack on the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv.” – Ward Clark

Strategic Reality: The Conflict of Attrition, Ukraine Cannot Win – “There is an unavoidable military reality that Europe continues to deny, even as its own officials whisper it in private briefings and NATO commanders leak the same conclusions to any journalist willing to hear. The conflict is not merely going badly for Ukraine; it is structurally unwinnable.” – Phil Butler

Trump sanctions EU officials over censorship rules row. But there’s more to it – “Europe needs the Ukraine war to continue to cover up a multitude of policy failures and the damaging work of third-rate politicians. Just how aligned are the EU and the Trump administration on their longer-term objectives?” – Martin Jay

How Corporations View (and Own) the U.S. Military – “Corporate Capture Is Not Just Lobbying. Big business works hard to influence the U.S. government. Corporate capture happens when it succeeds. Massive corporations work together to influence the government’s institutions and decision-making so that policy and regulation (or lack thereof) increase corporate profit instead of public well-being. You likely know about think tanks, lobbying, and legal bribery. This corporate capture — mind and body — guarantees that government policy will help to maximize corporate profit. The annual military policy bill known as the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) is crafted in the environment described above. Corporate lobbyists and U.S. Congress pack the NDAA with section after section designed to increase corporate profit.” – Christian  – GOOD READ ON HOW THE MILITARY INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX WORKS!!!

Spook Story: Ex-US amb. to Venezuela monetizes coup-plotting alongside former CIA officials – “While pushing for war on Venezuela in legacy media, former US ambassador Jimmy Story is soliciting clients for consulting firms run by notorious ex-CIA officials” – .The Grayzone

Front Companies? Bombshell Report Exposes Network Of Somali-Linked “Empty” Daycares Across Minnesota – “Shirley and the investigator visited several childcare facilities that had no visible children, toys, or activities during peak hours. Staff could not answer basic questions about rates or licenses. Both were denied entry to the reception areas of these facilities: Quality Learing Center: Licensed for 99 children; received $4 million over two years. Sign misspells “learning” as “learing”; no children visible, doors locked, no playground.” – Tyler Durden

Ilhan Omar’s Husband’s $30M Firm Scrubs Names from Website Amid Scrutiny Over Rep’s Sudden Wealth and Minnesota Welfare Fraud Ties – “This comes as the Minnesota Democrat faces intensifying questions about her family’s explosive wealth surge, from near bankruptcy to millions, amid one of the largest welfare fraud scandals in U.S. history, centered in her own district.” – Cassandra MacDonald

Russia’s hidden assault on Europe – “Most Europeans still think the war stops at Ukraine’s border. It doesn’t. While Russian artillery pounds Kherson and Kharkiv, a parallel, quieter campaign is being fought inside the engine rooms of Europe’s economy. The weapons are not tanks but malware, forged documents, anonymous leaks, shadow tankers and well-timed “grassroots” protests. The targets are the very things Europe needs to free itself from Russian energy and Chinese raw materials: new liquid natural gas terminals, wind-farm control systems, undersea data cables, rare earth element mines, and the companies bold enough or foolish enough to build them. The numbers can no longer be ignored.” – James Durso

ECONOMIC NEWS

The Silver Market Just Nuked The Narrative – “I want to take a walk down memory lane — but before I do, let’s start with Friday, because it was not just “a big day” for silver. It was a statement. It was the kind of violent, undeniable, face-ripping move that doesn’t just show up on a chart, it closes an argument. Silver didn’t merely rally — it ripped higher in a way that perfectly wrapped up a year where the precious-metals markets have done nothing but confirm what some of us have been warning about for a very long time: the global financial system is fundamentally broken, monetary policy is a farce, and the theoretical scaffolding holding modern finance together is rotting at the seams. I’ve been yammering about this for the better part of 7 years now.” – Quoth the Raven

JPMorgan Sees $5,000 Gold Coming Soon – “JPMorgan now sees gold pushing beyond $5,000 and the bull run lasting into 2027. Silver is breaking away all by itself. These aren’t isolated headlines – they’re signals of a world quietly repricing money, risk and sovereignty itself…” – Peter Reagan

CPI Price Inflation Slows as Oil Prices Fall and Rents Flatten – “This will mean falling prices in spite of continued monetary inflation. In other words, as we see price inflation growth flatten, it will be due to larger economic softening, and not to imagine Fed efforts to return to “price stability.” Unfortunately, all this means ordinary people will have no chance of regaining any of the lost purchasing power—especially purchasing power lost due to supercharged price inflation that occurred during 2022 and 2023.” – Ryan McMaken

BRICS launch gold-backed currency – “The BRICS countries are moving away from the US dollar as the currency that settles international transactions, and gold is an integral part of the new settlement mechanism. The Unit On Oct. 31, 2025, researchers launched a pilot to test a gold-anchored settlement “Unit” inside the 10-member BRICS+ bloc of countries, which includes Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa, Egypt, Ethiopia, Indonesia, Iran, and the United Arab Emirates. This was followed by a Unit prototype launched on Dec. 8. The Unit is a “digital trade currency” pilot created for settlement between BRICS economies. The initiative came from IRIAS, the International Research Institute for Advanced Systems. Importantly, the Unit does not replace national currencies. Rather, it aims to act as a neutral settlement tool that reduces reliance on the US dollar in trade between BRICS economies. The BRICS Unit is a gold-anchored digital trade currency designed for cross-border settlement.” – Richard Mills

5 Reasons 2026 Will Be A Wild Ride, Likely Catching Investors By Surprise (VIDEO) with Michael Lebowitz – Adam Taggart | Thoughtful Money®

SURVIVAL, PREPAREDNESS AND SELF-SUFFICIENCY

9 Quick and Easy Tips on Creating a Low Maintenance Homestead – Jennifer Poindexter  – GREAT TIPS HERE FROM JENNIFER!!!

When Butchering a Cow the Best Cuts of Meat to Get – “When getting your beef from a local farmer or raising beef yourself, you need to know when butchering a cow (technically a bovine and usually a steer or heifer) cuts of meat that are essential to make sure you’re getting the most from the animal and the cuts that will serve you and your family best.” – Melissa K. Norris

Preparedness Is a Gift You Carry Through Winter: Resilience, Routine, and Community at Christmas – denob

How to Care for Your Herb Garden Through the Winter – Lindsay Miller

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to TEOTWAWKI – Part 3 – “TRAVEL LIGHT The more belongings you have, the less the chances are that you’ll catch a ride in a timely manner. A single backpack will be more appealing than a bunch of gear. GENDER AND NUMBER OF HITCHHIKERS Most of the hitchhikers you see are men. For the ladies, hitchhiking is far easier” – St. Funogas

VERSE FOR THE DAY

Matthew 2:16     Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had diligently inquired of the wise men.

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