“Do not resist authority. If you resist, you will face…”? Paul in Romans 14. what? a trial? a court of law with evidence and chance for rebuttal and all that blah blah blah?
 
isn’t that what citizens get? a fucking trial?
 
“if you resist, you will face” Luther’s Urteil, “ordeal,” trial by ordeal. (Greek krima, not dike, summary judgment, not a trial)
 
the slaves cheer the master torturing and raping and bombing and killing. Thereby they identify themselves as part of the master’s house, his familiars, thru loyalty to the master when his wrath falls on someone else. 
 
the slaves are “the walls that speak,” ie, full participants in the surveillance state, who rat out their neighbors and family members without thought over a word, “America”.
 
the “children,” aka the citizens, respond differently.
 
you can tell the slave, the dog who knows how to beg his master not to kick him, from the citizen by how anyone responds to what ICE terrorists did in Minneapolis. 
 
the slave talks about what other slaves, ICE, cops, etc., are *trained* to do. how docile serfs should know the master’s attack dogs are instinctual killers. 
 
the slave has fully internalized that when a cop barks orders, no one dare question, no one say, “FUCK YOU I AIN’T A SLAVE.” 
 
this country is so screwed. people just robotically acting like they are supposed to obey cops, like retarded sheep.
 
btw, it would be very funny to listen to certain commenters come tax season. “who do they collect tribute from, citizens or enemies?” listen to them bitch like they were Elon Musk or Donald Trump, while cheering spending 1.5 trillion dollars to bomb fishing boats.

Posted by: duck n cover | Jan 11 2026 15:21 utc | 4

President Maduro’s Son Provides Information About His Father’s Abduction by US
https://orinocotribune.com/president-maduros-son-provides-information-about-his-fathers-abduction-by-us/
 
…
Maduro Guerra, who is a Venezuelan National Assembly deputy, added that to carry out the abduction of the president, US troops employed “over 150 aircraft” and “neutralized” Venezuelan air defense radars. “We were left blind,” he said, adding that the attack was “with an aircraft that emits an electromagnetic pulse that affects all defense systems.”
…
“It was impossible for Venezuelan planes to take off, and it is most likely that if we had taken off, they would have shot it down,” the parliamentarian recounted about the initial findings regarding the US military attack, which included bombings of strategic Venezuelan Armed Forces installations as well as other vital civilian infrastructure sites in the country.
…
In those attacks, “over 100 people died, both civilians and military personnel,” he said. The dead include “the 32 Cuban comrades” who were part of the security agreements between Cuba and Venezuela, and “heroic soldiers of the Bolivarian National Armed Forces (FANB) who “died in combat, defending the president until their last breath.”
…
 
Not that this information wasn’t already glaringly obvious from the onset. Anyone repeating the military-standing-down-bribing nonsense from here on can be identified as either a malignant (crypto/sock puppet) troll or intellectually challenged.

Posted by: xor | Jan 11 2026 15:28 utc | 6

Posted by: xor | Jan 11 2026 15:28 utc | 6
Well, America was building up for many months, carriers, navy ships, submarines, helicopters and troops in Colombia. Everything was perfect to the maximum for such an operation. What less do you expect from the most expensive military in the galaxy with $1 trillion + budget? They have free skies to fly whatever radar and jamming aircraft available.
 
It’s no indicator how US navy and airbases would fare around Taiwan, or even 1000 or 2000 km radius from Taiwan against Chinese missiles.

Posted by: unimperator | Jan 11 2026 15:32 utc | 8

@Exile and others watching the financial markets and geo-politics
Gold hit all-time high again. For those that aren’t watching gold, look at this chart. Set the timescale (drop-down selector, top-left of the chart) to one month, and then take a look at the chart again.
 
From about June 2024 the price (in dollars) of gold has ascended in a parabolic (rather fast, and accelerating) curve. The curve looks the same-shape whether expressed in dollars, or Swiss franc, or Japanese yen, so it’s not a US phenomenon, it’s an international one, or maybe more precisely a gold .vs. fiat-currencies phenomenon.

Fiat: gov’t prints money that isn’t backed by, or officially convertible into something tangible, like a bar of gold or a barrel of oil. Your money is only as good as everyone else’s faith in it.

 
Gold has few industrial uses; it’s used in some computer electrical connectors and jewelry, and neither of those uses has increased much over the past few years. 
 
Why is gold rising in price? Is it because:
 
a. the currencies used to buy gold are falling in value? If so, how come the curve looks the same for franc, yen, and dollar? Are they all losing value at the same rate?
 
b. Everyone suddenly wants gold. Gold is a “store of value”. You exchange currency for gold when you expect your currency to fall in value if you hold on to it. If you hold a major currency like dollars or yen, and you’re buying gold, you’re saying “systemic down-draft is expected”. You might also buy gold when you expect _all_ major financial assets (stocks and bonds) to go down in lock-step. That happens, and some say we’re in an all-asset bubble right now. 
 
c. Speculators think A and B are occurring, and buy gold just to “ride the elevator up”
 
Likely A, B and C are all occurring, but they all seem to be occurring at the same time. Speculators ride trends, they are not players until they see trends forming, so we can screen them out as instigators  of the trend, but they can have an outsized role in making the curve go parabolic.
 
Does my analysis  comport with your perspective? No? What do you think is actually driving the price of gold?
 
If you care to, please explain the effect, the impact, the consequences of the rising price of gold.

Posted by: Tom Pfotzer | Jan 11 2026 15:34 utc | 10

“Not that this information wasn’t already glaringly obvious from the onset. Anyone repeating the military-standing-down-bribing nonsense from here on can be identified as either a malignant (crypto/sock puppet) troll or intellectually challenged.
Posted by: xor | Jan 11 2026 15:28 utc | 6 ”
 
https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!1NyO!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fba7a6746-bb0f-4058-8348-3441001aab2e_1454x1038.jpeg
 
Technate of North America:
 https://bostonraremaps.com/inventory/technocracy-inc-technate-of-america-1940/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iESaM42lhJA
 

Posted by: The Painter | Jan 11 2026 15:40 utc | 12

Posted by: unimperator | Jan 11 2026 15:27 utc | 5
Yes, from what I gather a (new?) Argentinian law stipulates that if wildfires rage over a parcel of land, that parcel’s classification is reset and legal protections will not apply anymore. 
Israeli settlers are buying Patagonia.

Posted by: Lemming | Jan 11 2026 15:44 utc | 14

Re. Venezuela, however expected the outcome, it was still disappointing to see no bloody nose was inflicted on US. They achieved total supremacy of air and sea, and in the localized area of land combat they chose (around the president’s palace). Everything was jammed, grounded and de-activated. VZ Anti-ship missiles were only aircraft launched, old and short-range versions. No hidden ASM launchers, long range AD launchers in the jungle with 1000km ranges could change the picture.
But yes, it was total US supremacy, total opposite of resources.

Posted by: unimperator | Jan 11 2026 15:51 utc | 16

We were left blind,” he said, adding that the attack was “with an aircraft that emits an electromagnetic pulse that affects all defense systems.”
 
Some sort of micro-mini nuke ? 

Posted by: Exile | Jan 11 2026 15:57 utc | 18

Posted by: The Painter | Jan 11 2026 15:45 utc | 15
 
######
 
Fiona Hill is a well known liar and neocon fantasist.
 
If she has receipts, that would be something but her recollections should be taken with extreme skepticism.
 
She is as reliable a narrator as Marco Rubio.
 
Her impeachment testimony was very awkward and unconvincing.

Posted by: LoveDonbass | Jan 11 2026 16:05 utc | 20

My proofreader is very skilled and always sees what I meant to write. Thus, the word “unacceptable” was omitted from my comment. The truth about NATO’s nature is unacceptable to the enlightened imperialists of LGM.

Posted by: steven t johnson | Jan 11 2026 16:09 utc | 22

Denmark is asking or thinking about having French and German military posted to Greenland for defence. Wait…has it not given its jet fighters and armaments to Ukraine previously,?
Posted by: Jo | Jan 11 2026 15:00 utc | 2
 
was this a preplanned outcome?
force the EU to send significant amounts of mil capabilities to Ukraine to allow an attack from the US.

Posted by: MAKK | Jan 11 2026 16:12 utc | 24

Posted by: Tom Pfotzer | Jan 11 2026 15:34 utc | 10
 
Gold rise is not a part of the normal cycle, this time. There are many narratives on top, but fundamentally it’s driven by the very real and mathematical inevitability of breakdown of FIAT currencies and ‘cancellation’/disappearance of DEBT. Since FIAT is fundamentally debt, all FIAT money is originated from debt, then defaulting debt results in a currency collapse (coined also as a reset), and means Fiat becomes worthless.
 
While it could be papered over, that also drives gold. If it isn’t papered over, then the debt collapse begins and gold will be left to live on until the next artificial monetary system is developed, after the collapse.
 
Right now it’s driven by central bank buying. Even ECB started (supposedly) buying gold, some rumor silver. So every bank is printing money to buy gold, that’s by definition an end game process.

Posted by: unimperator | Jan 11 2026 16:14 utc | 26

thanks b..
 
@ unimperator | Jan 11 2026 15:27 utc | 5
 
israeli zionism has been making a very big foothold in patagonia for a number of years… here is an article from 2017 that sheds some light on it for you.. not sure if the plan is to relocate everyone from israel to patagonia when all hell breaks lose.. not sure..  they have been sending idf soldiers there for many years.. 
 
Does Israel Have “A Patagonia Project” in Argentina?
 
“The Argentinian authorities are wondering about the massive purchase of land in Patagonia by a British billionaire, and the “holidays” that tens of thousands of Israëli soldiers are enjoying on his property.
In the 19th century, the British government were undecided as to where they should settle Israel – either in what is now Uganda, in Argentina or in Palestine. In fact, Argentina was at that time controlled by the United Kingdom and, on the initiative of French baron Maurice de Hirsch, had become a land of refuge for Jews who were fleeing the pogroms in central Europe.” see article for more… 

Posted by: james | Jan 11 2026 16:17 utc | 28

@ unimperator | Jan 11 2026 16:14 utc | 26
 
that is an impressive description for all this unimperator.. thanks.. 

Posted by: james | Jan 11 2026 16:19 utc | 30

Exile is correct, IMO.
 
Central Bank buying is driving gold purchases.
 
Gold has always been a safe haven when the world becomes  unpredictable.
 
Ironically, Trump’s antics are pushing people towards gold as he tries to maintain dollar hegemony.
 
The PBOC has been on a mission to accumulate gold for some time now, converting assets like US treasuries to gold, and taking physical delivery where possible.
 
IIRC, the Chinese are even offering gold storage now, in a scheme not where gold can be traded (exchanged) inside their facilities to settle accounts.
 
There was an American company whose name eludes me, which tried to do the same thing, during the last 30 years.
 
I pay you an agreed amount of gold for some good or service, and it gets transferred from my ledger to yours, no need for transport or new storage.
 
What banks should have evolved to but the power of printing extra receipts for gold that didn’t exist (origins of modern fiat) was too powerful a lure that the greedy had to exploit.
 
And of course, what state doesn’t want to increase wealth without taxation or risking war?
 
The history of most fiat monies usually revolves around state scams the world over.

Posted by: LoveDonbass | Jan 11 2026 16:28 utc | 32

Posted by: LoveDonbass | Jan 11 2026 16:28 utc | 32
 
US is building its own stable coin. Essentially they get all the ‘money’ lenders to issue stablecoins, and stablecoins accepted in major online and other shops. The trick is money lenders and banks are ONLY allowed to issue stablecoins, and the stable coins must be backed by a certain amount of US treasury debt. In this way they are trying to scoop consumers, businesses and the entire economy to own the US treasury debt. It’s paradoxical, because US fiat is already backed by treasury debt, so now you just build a stablecoin on top of the old fiat which is still backed by treasury debt? Just a bunch of smoke and mirrors.
 
This could be seen as competitive against the Chinese system. But ultimately, who wants to own state programmable stablecoins/CBDCs? Gold tokenization is more likely, even though theoretically it could be programmed too. So people just buy tokenized shares of gold held in some vault, it can be paid interest, used to be pay products, taxes, and essentially act as a currency.

Posted by: unimperator | Jan 11 2026 16:38 utc | 34

Posted by: james | Jan 11 2026 16:17 utc | 28 & unimperator
Argentina

Posted by: lex talionis | Jan 11 2026 16:46 utc | 36

E!ectromagnetic pulse without a nuclear explosion?

Posted by: Lysias | Jan 11 2026 16:49 utc | 38

I believe the interest rate will be nominal, but it will be a sweetener that the West cannot afford to match and will hurt itself attempting to do so.
 
For the West, yet one more liability that it doesn’t have the production to service.

Posted by: LoveDonbass | Jan 11 2026 16:53 utc | 40

We were left blind,” he said, adding that the attack was “with an aircraft that emits an electromagnetic pulse that affects all defense systems.”
 
Some sort of micro-mini nuke ? 
 
Posted by: Exile | Jan 11 2026 15:57 utc | 18

 
Probably just a strong emitter antenna hasseling with the electromagnetic field. It’s called electronic warfare, and the US Navy has dedicated carrier-based planes for it (“Growler”).

Posted by: persiflo | Jan 11 2026 16:55 utc | 42

that article on stephen miller is good, because the guy is so bad and he is very central to all the shit that trump is pushing..  quote from the article here – 
 
“To critics, Miller is the smirking embodiment of everything they view as dangerous and authoritarian about the Trump administration. He has been called a Nazi, a neo-Nazi, a white supremacist, a kapo, and Lord Voldemort. Posters of Miller—pursed lips, furrowed brow—have been plastered around the nation’s capital, stamped with CREEP and FASCISM AIN’T PRETTY. His own uncle has denounced him, writing at one point that if Miller’s immigration policies had been implemented a century ago, their family—which fled anti-Jewish pogroms in Europe—“would have been wiped out.”
 
@  lex talionis | Jan 11 2026 16:46 utc | 36
 
thanks for the link lex.. sounds horrible for argentina, the wildlife and everyone in the surrounding area… if it is arson, as they suggest, it won’t matter based on the destruction it has wrought.. 

Posted by: james | Jan 11 2026 17:00 utc | 44

I believe the interest rate will be nominal, but it will be a sweetener that the West cannot afford to match and will hurt itself attempting to do so. For the West, yet one more liability that it doesn’t have the production to service.
Posted by: LoveDonbass | Jan 11 2026 16:53 utc | 40
 
It is sustainable if you keep it within real wealth creation, not if you want to skim from the top another 100% (or more) of real growth.
 
The first accompanies and you have a stable purchasing power even after a century. Use the second and every century you get 3 cents on the dollar.
 
Simple?
 
 
 
 

Posted by: Newbie | Jan 11 2026 17:03 utc | 46

Argentina
 
Posted by: lex talionis | Jan 11 2026 16:46 utc | 36
 
—
 
Where does someone spend the money they get for selling their land to an immigrant Jew?
 

Posted by: too scents | Jan 11 2026 17:04 utc | 48

Posted by: james | Jan 11 2026 17:00 utc | 44 & too scents
The world gets more depressing each day.
Chainsaws

Posted by: lex talionis | Jan 11 2026 17:08 utc | 50

“What is going on in Argentina? Israel IDF members have been discovered and arrested setting forest fires in Patagonia. Massive damage.”
 unimperator | Jan 11 2026 15:27 utc | 5
 
According to laws, protected forests cannot be sold . So by burning them the forest are “transformed” into “buyable” land (I believe there is a new “law” that allows foreigners to buy this land). The major fires are near lakes and other attractive spots. “Tourists” have been found with IDF hand grenades, which are also used to start the fires.
 
Note that there is an Israeli/UK Billionaire who has a “Ski resort” somewhere around there. (The “attached” lake cuts off the locals of course). Where at least 10’000 IDF soldiers have been “recycled through as tourists” (already news about ten year old, so the sum has to be muvh higher.. He also has a undeclared International sized airport just across the frontier, (!) where planes can land without going through Argentine’s customs or immigration.
 
Apparently this is the new “Eldorado” for Zionists?

Posted by: Stonebird | Jan 11 2026 17:16 utc | 52

More on gold.
 
Thx to all respondents for info. Here’s some short reading to reinforce Exile’s (and others) assertion that central bank buying is largest factor in gold’s recent price rise. 
 
@unimperator, who said, in part:

 Since FIAT is fundamentally debt, all FIAT money is originated from debt, then defaulting debt results in a currency collapse (coined also as a reset), and means Fiat becomes worthless.While it could be papered over, that also drives gold. If it isn’t papered over, then the debt collapse begins and gold will be left to live on until the next artificial monetary system is developed, after the collapse.Right now it’s driven by central bank buying. Even ECB started (supposedly) buying gold, some rumor silver. So every bank is printing money to buy gold, that’s by definition an end game process.

 
unimperator: couple points:
 
a. If debt collapse happens, that’s causes debt write-offs; means supply of dollars falls sharply, remaining dollars are worth more, not less. Collapse is bad for the economy, might then show up later as dollar-value fall (because economic activity falls), but “collapse” means, in this context, collapse in size of money supply. Fewer dollars chasing same quantity goods? Value of dollar actually rises.
 
b. Not every central bank is buying. Search “central banks buying gold” and it’s not all of them, and it’s concentrated (big buying is relative few banks)
 
c. CB banks are not printing to buy gold; most are selling USTreasuries to buy gold. They’re just changing what their reserves are denominated in. It’s more about the dollar and all the baggage related to dollar, like sanctions, US inflation, etc.
 
d. Not all fiats are getting worthless at the same time or rate. Fiat is like holding stock in a company; if the company creates a lot of value (profits),  the stock-share-price rises or you can issue more stock (dollars). So it’s poss for fiat to stay valuable for a long time if the nation doesn’t issue shares (new dollars) faster than it’s creating the underlying wealth those shares are supposed to represent. The fears about fiat, IMHO, are somewhat mis-directed. Focus on creating currency at the same rate you’re creating national wealth, and you’re OK for the duration. US is, of course, not exactly following that prescription, and … that has some impact on why central banks are bailing out of the dollar, but I think most of it the bail-out is about geopolitics and weaponizing the dollar and financial systems.
 

Posted by: Tom Pfotzer | Jan 11 2026 17:18 utc | 54

Posted by: Stonebird | Jan 11 2026 17:16 utc | 52

Apparently this is the new “Eldorado” for Zionists?

Andian Plan

Posted by: lex talionis | Jan 11 2026 17:20 utc | 56

I found this on the “Talk” section of the Andian Plan.
The Jewish State by Theodor Herzl (1886)

Should the Powers declare themselves willing to admit our sovereignty over a neutral piece of land, then the Society will enter into negotiations for the possession of this land. Here two territories come under consideration, Palestine and Argentine. 
….
Shall we choose Palestine or Argentine? We shall take what is given us, and what is selected by Jewish public opinion. The Society will determine both these points.
Argentine is one of the most fertile countries in the world, extends over a vast area, has a sparse population and a mild climate. The Argentine Republic would derive considerable profit from the cession of a portion of its territory to us. The present infiltration of Jews has certainly produced some discontent, and it would be necessary to enlighten the Republic on the intrinsic difference of our new movement.

Posted by: lex talionis | Jan 11 2026 17:29 utc | 58

Posted by: John Gilberts | Jan 11 2026 17:26 utc | 57
 
######
 
Greenland is perfect, no real military, no organized civilian resistance.
 
A cakewalk for Trump’s super soldiers. 😂😂😂
 
Of course, there is nothing there worth owning and it is costly logistically to occupy.
 
Tobias will be beating his chest and explaining how the Inuit smuggle fentanyl using trained deals.

Posted by: LoveDonbass | Jan 11 2026 17:37 utc | 60

Illyushin 2, colloquially known as the Sturmovik

 
Luftwaffe pilots called it the “Eiserner (iron) Gustav“. Sometimes 2cm cannon fire would just bounce off it.

Posted by: persiflo | Jan 11 2026 17:43 utc | 62

Just so happens Beechcraft ceased production of the Bonanza after ~17,000 units over a 70+ year run. 

Posted by: Exile | Jan 11 2026 17:56 utc | 64

Posted by: LoveDonbass | Jan 11 2026 17:37 utc | 60
 

Of course, there is nothing there worth owning and it is costly logistically to occupy.

 
 
The Americans had up to 10,000 people there in the cold war era.
The bases are always there, with hundred kilometers of underground tunnels.
They even had a nuclear reactor.
 
As for wealth, there is a lot of good stuff there, like uranium and rare earths.
 
The local have forbidden exploitation not to lost  their habitat and means of living.
 
You can be sure that is going to change if Trump grab it.

Posted by: Sebgo | Jan 11 2026 18:07 utc | 66

A gross over-simplification perhaps, but for example’s sake, lets say that across China, India and the other growing Asian nations, there’s a middle-class cohort of 500 million people who all want to buy 1 ounce-worth of gold or silver jewellery, that’s 500 million ounces of demand.
 
Even if we reduce the estimated cohort to 250 million that’s still some significant demand.

Posted by: Jeremy Rhymings-Lang | Jan 11 2026 18:13 utc | 68

Have just been watching Escobar and Nima that somebody linked.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7LVpOQnxx0
 
I have not seen them like this before. The shit is about to hit the fan bigtime.
 

Posted by: Peter AU1 | Jan 11 2026 18:33 utc | 70

> the internet shutdown had reached 48 hours and counting [..] international phone calls were being blocked [..] Iranians in the diaspora reported being unable to reach loved ones inside the country
The diasporas in the West are actively weaponized by the West as a key vector to transmit, infect, subvert their families, relatives, and the populations within their home countries, ready to then be triggered at key moments into colour revolutions (instigated unrest that the complicit Western media then falsely characterize as “pro-democracy protests”, and accompanying self-defensive responses that they falsely characterize as “harsh crackdowns”). The seeds and grounds of discontent are often first prepared through years-long or even decades-long repeated sanctions and blockades.
Iranian economic migrants to the West do not realize they are unwittingly being used as a conduit by the US/UK/Israel to help the West weaken and subjugate their home countries.
The same can be said of the Venezuelan diaspora in the West, the Chinese Hong Kong / Cantonese diaspora (ex. the violent student riots in 2019-2020), the Chinese Uighur diaspora, the Canadian Ukrainian diaspora, etc.
This is a large part of the reason the West constantly wages such extensive domestic propaganda against its own citizens and residents. Part of it is to blanket brainwash those working in government, think tanks, the security agencies, news media, social media companies, and overall Western public opinion, but a key target are also the diasporas of countries targeted by the West for government overthrow (“regime” change). They become unwitting “useful idiots” manipulated to serve as weaponized vectors for “regime change” infection purposes. Their naive pro-regime-change demonstrations in the West, coordinated and orchestrated by who knows exactly who, further serve to amplify the West’s regime-change narratives.
Most of us here have learned that when Western media repeatedly use the words “regime” and “dictator” to brainwash themselves and their audiences it signals a foreign government and leader that the West wants to overthrow (“regime change”). Unfortunately the majority of Western media audiences, including the targeted diaspora, seem not yet to have learned to recognize these obvious tell-tale signals yet.

Posted by: Canadian Cents | Jan 11 2026 18:41 utc | 72

Tom Pfotzer | Jan 11 2026 17:18 utc Tom, here is how a guy named Paul saw this coming years ago.
“Let’s look at the destruction of belief in the value of the fiat USD itself that is occurring now.
The debt instrument fiat USD only has value in the first place due to a belief that it has value.  This belief was originally (as in 1933) founded in trust and discipline. 
People trusted that debts would be repaid, and that the FED would exercise discipline in the creation of the USD.  These two conditions are necessary if the USD is to continue to retain “value.”
It has now been generations since the USD went fiat, and massive brainwashing and stupefaction of the general population has been perpetrated.  The belief that the USD has value is now simply an ingrained habit. 
We basically ignore annual trillion-dollar deficits, in order to “stimulate” the economy away from collapse.  In the not-so-distant pass, this level of monetary debauchery and incompetence taking place in the United States would have people running for the hills.
So, for the time being, the brainwashed illusion of USD value remains imbedded and stable in the collective USA mind. 
However, regardless of what people have been trained to habitually believe, debt is still the actual “backing” of our fiat currency and debt is beginning to fail. Worldwide organized trade and commerce is disintegrating. Shortages of basic goods and services are surfacing in “first world” nations not accustomed to scarcity.
Relative valuations start to change. Lots of fiat money formerly committed to large, expensive non-essentials, will flow towards essential goods that are in shortage, due to speculation, hoarding, and/or the ongoing breakdown of commerce. Money velocity will increase. Prices will skyrocket for essentials, and suddenly, the trained and habitual “belief” in the “value” of the USD will evaporate.  It flips over to hyperinflation in the blink of an eye. 
“To wax spiritual, in the Book of Revelation the “mark” of the beast is the collective delusional belief in the value of a piece of paper.  The Apostle John saw that people could not buy or sell without it, and souls were sold and traded for it.  And in the end, the wealth of the Whore ends up being destroyed “in one hour.”  
This is how I see hyperinflation.  It is a collapse in a belief system, and not just a mathematical event.  We have already seen how leveraged speculative hedging and Frankenstein-like financial instruments (both only possible in a fiat money world), can result in very fast fiat wealth destruction.  Do not, therefore, discount the profound impact of people simply losing faith in an ingrained habit.”
 
 
 

Posted by: George | Jan 11 2026 18:48 utc | 74

2. The Shah allowed women the right to vote. He brought an end to the wearing of the veil.
 
Posted by: petergrfstrm | Jan 11 2026 18:44 utc | 73
 
#######
 
Only a Westerner would think that “allowing” women the vote is progress.
 
In Islamic culture, a woman always has a man who protects and is responsible (food, shelter, etc) for her. Her father, her sons, her husband.
 
The idea of the “Sex and the City” female is a very unique modern and Western conception.
 
As to “the veil”. It is not a veil. It is again related to the protection and dignity of the woman. She doesn’t wear it among family but only among strangers. Many Slavic Orthodox Christian women wear headscarves. It’s not dogma, it’s about a relationship with God.
 
The Shah ran the Savak. Basically, the ICE of its time.

Posted by: LoveDonbass | Jan 11 2026 18:55 utc | 76

@George | Jan 11 2026 18:48 utc | 74
It isnt just fantasy it is blackmail with a gun to the worlds head.
That is why Russia has to be crushed for the blackmail to function. Russia and China but I am not sure that China alone could match the number of nukes needed to make the US back off.

Posted by: petergrfstrm | Jan 11 2026 18:58 utc | 78

Posted by: The Painter | Jan 11 2026 15:33 utc | 9

Because if theres one thing the American regime and media is known for, its honesty. Tell me more about the ‘russian submarine’ sent to the Marinera. The one completely fabulated. They lie as they breathe.

Posted by: Doctor Eleven | Jan 11 2026 19:05 utc | 80

Argentina has halted its plans to relocate its embassy to Jerusalem, a report said Saturday, due to “tension” between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Argentine President Javier Milei in recent weeks.
According to Channel 12 news, tensions arose due to the Israeli-owned Navitas Petroleum company’s plans to carry out offshore drilling in the Falkland Islands, expected to begin in 2028.
See drilling dispute…

Posted by: circumspect | Jan 11 2026 19:08 utc | 82

Posted by: petergrfstrm | Jan 11 2026 18:58 utc | 78
 
You’re joking, right? You don’t need that many. Ten or 20 hits would destroy the US as a functioning entity. China might have 700 nukes. 

Posted by: Saint Jimmy | Jan 11 2026 19:11 utc | 84

Posted by: Ahenobarbus | Jan 11 2026 19:11 utc | 83
 
######
 
One of your best posts, IMO.
 
Pointing out hypocrisy and incongruency is always a superior argument.

Posted by: LoveDonbass | Jan 11 2026 19:15 utc | 86

Posted by: petergrfstrm | Jan 11 2026 18:58 utc | 78
 
Russia alone have more nuclear heads than the US.

Posted by: Sebgo | Jan 11 2026 19:18 utc | 88

“According to Channel 12 news, tensions arose due to the Israeli-owned Navitas Petroleum company’s plans to carry out offshore drilling in the Falkland Islands, expected to begin in 2028.See drilling dispute…
Posted by: circumspect | Jan 11 2026 19:08 utc | 82 ”
 
So Israel somehow developed the capability for drilling and exploiting  oil fields, but  Russia still needs the West’s help to develop theirs ? Very odd and peculiar. 

Posted by: The Painter | Jan 11 2026 19:22 utc | 90

“Only a Westerner would think that “allowing” women the vote is progress.
Posted by: LoveDonbass | Jan 11 2026 18:55 utc | 76 ”
 
Please stop its too early in the day for this dear cat lady.
 
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• Legal Rights: After the Bolshevik Revolution in 1917, the new Soviet government issued a decree granting universal suffrage to all citizens over 18, regardless of sex, property, or nationality. This was well before many Western nations (e.g., women in France gained the vote in 1944, in Switzerland in 1971).
• After WWII, communist regimes established in Eastern Europe (East Germany, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, etc.) constitutionally guaranteed women’s suffrage as part of their “emancipation” policies.
• The 1954 Constitution of the PRC granted equal voting rights to men and women.

• Cuba (1959 Revolution): Women gained full voting rights. The 1976 Constitution guaranteed equality.
• Yugoslavia, Vietnam, North Korea: All had constitutional provisions for women’s suffrage following the communist model.

Posted by: The Painter | Jan 11 2026 19:26 utc | 92

Posted by: Sebgo | Jan 11 2026 19:18 utc | 88
 
Of course, but beyond a certain number, total numbers of nuclear warheads or missiles don’t really matter. As mentioned, ten to twenty hits and the US would almost be incapacitated and something similar is probably true for Russia and China. Three or four hits would doom israel… what a delicious thought!
I think the “nuke count” might be about 7,000 for Russia/China and 5,500 or so for the US. Of course, various other countries have some, too, but not in ridiculous quantities. 

Posted by: Saint Jimmy | Jan 11 2026 19:32 utc | 94

“They become unwitting “useful idiots” manipulated to serve as weaponized vectors for “regime change” infection purposes. Their naive pro-regime-change demonstrations in the West, coordinated and orchestrated by who knows exactly who, further serve to amplify the West’s regime-change narratives.
Posted by: Canadian Cents | Jan 11 2026 18:41 utc | 72 ”
 
However, this only reflects badly on the various government’s secuity forces, the governments themselves, the  ideologies they operate under, and their pathological inability to grasp modern propaganda, public messaging, advertising, and psychological warfare .  In the case of Iran, its ideological foundation seems many times weaker then North Korea’s. Sadly this tells me Iran’s days are numbered. 

Posted by: The Painter | Jan 11 2026 19:35 utc | 96

When did Swiss women get the vote ? 

Posted by: Exile | Jan 11 2026 19:36 utc | 98

“Some context about Groenland and Trump gambit to grab it.
Posted by: Sebgo | Jan 11 2026 18:24 utc | 69 ”
 
Some , but not all. Here’s the master plan.
 
https://dianefrancis.substack.com/p/americas-technate

Posted by: The Painter | Jan 11 2026 19:37 utc | 100