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NEWSRevealing Pictures From 1972 Rothschild Illuminati Ball
(excerpt)……On 12/12/72 Marie-Hélène de Rothschild, member of the most powerful elite family in the world, held a Surrealist Ball at Château de Ferrières, one of the family’s gigantic mansions. While these events are usually extremely secretive, photographs of this particular Ball surfaced on the web. In short, it is a mix of an “Eyes Wide Shut”-style masked ball mixed with a Lady Gaga-style pop video. I’m not even kidding. Indeed, behind the fun and games, these pics reveal the underlying ideology and the mind state of the occult elite – which is apparently also used in the countless MK/Illuminati theme music videos discussed on this site.…..
Posted by: Exile | Feb 25 2026 17:54 utc | 1
From crime riddled Mexico to the ruination of the German economy to sex and child trafficking, the US/Zionist/EU spoiled dumbass created ukraine is the shithole that keeps on giving.
Drug Traffickers Trained In Ukraine Attack State Forces In Mexico South Front
Drug Traffickers Trained In Ukraine Attack State Forces In Mexico South Front
Posted by: Saint Jimmy | Feb 25 2026 17:55 utc | 2
When are we going to see and hold public hearings on
ISRAEL’S OCTOBER 7TH MASSACRE?
Posted by: duck n cover | Feb 25 2026 18:08 utc | 3
Posted by: Exile | Feb 25 2026 17:54 utc | 1
you should read the comments. rich people putting on displays in itself doesn’t mean anything. if you want to see a theatrical performance that’s a meaningful farce, any US courtroom will do. Meaningful in that at end of the show, the non-moneyed get the shit kicked out of them, all nice and legal.
i get the feeling the ruling class knows how to manipulate people with “Satanic imagery” like Ozzy Osbourne manipulated my fundamentalist parents.
Here’s some Satanic imagery, and it’s everywhere:
$
Posted by: duck n cover | Feb 25 2026 18:18 utc | 5
Posted by: Exile | Feb 25 2026 18:10 utc | 4
of course. enough of this Epstein shit.
Posted by: duck n cover | Feb 25 2026 18:20 utc | 6
Interesting development Re: Epstein and the general Israel/neocon general organised Jewish lobby. Peter Mandelson’s arrest was apparently prompted by long-time Israel puppet Lindsay Hoyle, the current Speaker of The House of Commons. (You might remember him from the whole Gaza ceasefire vote imbroglio which was the most blatant example of Israel lobby interference in British politics and throwing out of the basic unwritten rules of Parliament and the role of Speaker from which there were no consequences. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lindsay_Hoyle#Gaza_early_day_motion_controversy ) whose father was the founder of Labour Friends of Israel and who personally (While speaker of the house) took a government chaperoned tour of the Kibbutzes involved in October 7th only weeks later in November. (Perfectly normal and appropriate for the speaker of the house of commons…)
Hoyle reportedly (He was since taken responsibility after initially denying it) passed on the information that suggested Mandelson was a flight risk (Was this true? Who knows.) that led to his immediate public arrest. What’s interesting as we see the overreach and all kinds of maneuvering of the Israel lobby, this information was itself leaked from the Met. What’s going on? I don’t know. Is Hoyle or the Met the one going off the reservation of the lobby? Was this leaked because somebody was disgusted with Israel-puppet Hoyle or was Hoyle secretly betraying his masters and their own puppet in the Met betrayed him for it?
Why did he stitch up Mandelson? Is Mandelson being fed as a sacrifice to save others? (Just as Andrew is being sacrificed to save the Royal Family and perhaps other Epstein associates in Britain.) Is he being stitched up to shut him up? Perhaps as a life-long Labour member Mandelson had simply rubbed Hoyle the wrong way over decades and he savoured sending him to jail out of personal spite. But it’s all so very weird and suspicious. By far Mandelson is the most important link to come out of the Epstein files. The nonchalant way he looks in those pictures of him in his underwear with the very young girl makes it look like he accepted the pictures taken as the price of doing business, it all makes it seem like Mandelson (A key figure, almost as important as Blair in delivering Britain’s involvement in the invasion of Iraq) was a deeper agent for the neocons and Israel, perhaps being a Mossad asset. He is by far the most important exposure.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8d5792yj9qo
The BBC understands that Lord Mandelson’s lawyers were twice told by the police that information about his alleged travel plans had been passed on by Lord Forsyth, the Speaker of the House of Lords.
On Monday evening, Lord Forsyth denied any involvement after he was initially reported as the source of the referral, calling the suggestion “entirely false and without foundation”.
On Tuesday, The Times then reported the information had in fact been shared by Sir Lindsay. Shortly afterwards, the Commons Speaker made a statement to MPs confirming he had given “relevant” information to the force.
He told MPs he had done this “in good faith”, considering it to be his “duty and responsibility”.
“It is regrettable this rapidly ended in the media,” he added.
Posted by: Altai | Feb 25 2026 18:20 utc | 7
The top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee announced Tuesday that an investigation will be opened into the US Department of Justice’s withholding of Epstein files related to an alleged sexual assault on a 13-year-old girl committed by President Donald Trump decades ago.
“Yesterday, I reviewed unredacted evidence logs at the Department of Justice. Oversight Democrats can confirm that the DOJ appears to have illegally withheld FBI interviews with this survivor who accused President Trump of heinous crimes,” he continued. “Oversight Democrats will open a parallel investigation into this.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-sex-assault-child
Posted by: drinky crow | Feb 25 2026 18:23 utc | 8
If i may dove tail on your comment, sir duck (Sorry, i mean duck tail), i wonder how such black weapons market of cartels and ukraine can exist at such large scale… $ ?
Posted by: E | Feb 25 2026 18:24 utc | 9
Americans are really fucking slow. Trump, his entire cabinet, about two-thirds of congress, and most powerful “American” billionaires are essentially israeli agents. I know that seems extreme but it is true.
Posted by: Saint Jimmy | Feb 25 2026 18:29 utc | 10
Posted by: LightYearsFromHome | Feb 25 2026 18:46 utc | 11
The emails have established what is actually going on and we are now just haggling over the details, e.g., how much of the elephant in the room do we see? Luckily the answers have been studied for years by various sociologists and journalists who have written about the elephant, academics like C. Wright Mills, G. William Domhoff, Carroll Quigley etc. This topic was also of great interest to the Marxist writers in America, e.g., people like Victor Perlo whose books are on archive.org, and also academics from the Soviet Union wrote books on the real power structure of America, e.g., “Millionaires and Managers.pdf” is a classic from 1969 that was highly praised by elite thinker John Kenneth Galbraith because of its accuracy.
From: The First Rule of Epstein Club
Posted by: kana | Feb 25 2026 19:00 utc | 13
Exile | Feb 25 2026 17:54 utc | 1 ….
Interesting pictures, as are comments which follow the article.
Unfortunately, fervent US religious nutters — just as dangerous as their supposed opponents, and frequently manipulated by them anyway — are also very much present in the comments.
All, on both sides, basically stemming from one particular compendium of middle-eastern “religious” myth, delusion, fable and assorted perversion.
Which shares some of its nastier components with the similarly based and outstandingly hysterical exclusivist/genocidal Talmud.
Not that other religions are, or were, necessarily that much better. But so-called “pagans” and “barbarians” elsewhere do seem to have ended up being unfairly dragged in and smeared with stuff pertaining to the middle-eastern array of cultism.
Tens of thousands of years of evolution, development and science leading to ….. now.
FFS.
Isabel & Beeley overview:
The Predatory Elite’s New Technocratic World Order & The Dismantling of Nations (& vid)
https://fiorellaisabel.substack.com/p/the-predatory-elites-new-technocratic
“In a far-reaching discussion that spanned multiple countries and crises, Vanessa and I convened to dissect the increasingly volatile state of global affairs…The painted reality depicts a portrait of the broken dreams of a multipolar world that’s failed to materialize into any meaningful counterweight to Western and Zionist expansionism in the coming Pax Judaica…”
Posted by: John Gilberts | Feb 25 2026 19:30 utc | 15
Posted by: Saint Jimmy | Feb 25 2026 18:29 utc | 10
the prostitute runs the pimp? no.
is the loyalty that a Donald Trump or a Chuck Schumer or an Elon Musk or an AOC or a Bari Weiss has toward the fiction called the “United States” different than the loyalty they have toward the fiction called “Israel”?
or are these false gods called “nations” a means to an end? The Samson Option means all nations are disposable.
nationalism is nihilism. so is capitalism, since money isn’t real.
i was listening to this for only about the 3rd time since it’s a recent discovery, and this homeless kid comes by and says, “Man, you listen to some weird music.” I replied, “It’s a great big world out there. And it’s been stolen from you.”
what’s the value of zero? “a pearl necklace valued at 5,000,000 francs was stolen.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMnZgykH1Bk
Ballet Mécanique (1924, 2K Digitally Restored, With Score by George Antheil)
Posted by: duck n cover | Feb 25 2026 19:31 utc | 16
Sorry to intrude on the Epstein Class discussion, but some will find these distractions important: “China’s first homegrown quantum computing operating system available for online download” and “Chinese scientists achieve world’s first treatment of liver failure patient using ex vivo perfusion with a gene-edited pig liver.”
It’s not that Epstein Class revelations aren’t important, but there are other things happening in the world that have significance.
Dominoes falling all over Europe, one by one. What we see is the filing of legal charges. And those charged fall. Here in the States the worst that can happen for being involved in the Epstein debacle is being asked to resign. Or take an earlier than planned retirement. There is no shame. There is no legal consequence. There is no chance that without a financial trail anyone will ever be called to answer for any crime. And most financial crimes will be celebrated.
Posted by: oldhippie | Feb 25 2026 19:33 utc | 18
@ 1
Not sure I understand why the post is so hard on Lady Gaga. Of course it’s interesting that Salvador Dali himself was there. Is the author of that blog willing to reconcile Dali’s well-known support for catholic dictator Francisco Franco with his own politics? Of course, he might be one of those people who pushes conspiracy theories about Jesuit control of politics, which my grandmother once confided in me about (she was a former Seventh Day Adventist; protestant sects have been pushing these ideas for a long time — by this time I was a Marxist and had come to know that the division in our society is economic and not religious).
I appreciate the C. Wright Mills shout out in @ 13. Mills’s work on the Power Elite is a good complement to Marxist class analysis. First of all we do have to recognize that there is a ruling class and that is a small group. I believe Mills counted a few thousand people in the power elite, including the heads of families in the Social Register, the top brass in the US military, and the executive officers of the Fortune 500 companies. Nowadays the power elite is so scared of people even realizing that there is a ruling class that they make moves like New Hampshire’s legislature recently did, banning the discussion of any kind of “conflict theory” in classrooms that receive public funding. This is all for naught, of course; the first time young people are confronted with hierarchical authority, the division of societies into order-givers and order-takers, is in the classroom (barring, of course, patriarchal authority in the family and the church). These are facts visible to anyone with eyes to see and ears to hear.
Posted by: fnord | Feb 25 2026 19:33 utc | 19
oldhippie | Feb 25 2026 19:33 utc | 18—
Yes, the lack of accountability for elites is a very longstanding American Tradition. Seems a Norwegian attempted suicide but failed because named in the files.
Thanks for the pam ho article, methinks the larger elephant that she (and just about all earthlings simultaneously??) grasp pretty blindly right now is Morality, too bad she doesn’t say His name though (and that He has defeated the greatest usurpation of all, forever)… Otherwise, the lowest common denominator global morality is very disturbingly low
Posted by: E | Feb 25 2026 19:45 utc | 21
Posted by: duck n cover | Feb 25 2026 19:31 utc | 16
Most Borders in Europe actual still follow the Areas of the Ancient Pagan Tribes. So, Nations arent Nihilistic, they actual have History. And its not just Europe…
Posted by: Nobody | Feb 25 2026 19:46 utc | 22
@ karlof1
Extremely positive news. This is the kind of therapeutic technology that we should encourage.
The fact that the diseased liver did not need to be replaced is simply an amazing feat.
I know a lady who lost her son early to Walter Payton’s disease. Unfortunately, I was diagnosed with the same disease when I turned 18. And developed Crohn’s disease before I made it to thirty.
It’s been a tough-good but I am blessed to have survived this long without ever having intrusive surgery or partial liver or bowel removal. Blessed!
I hope the Chinese continue with these breakthroughs and can offer this treatment ASAP, especially to the poor, which means production at scale.
The state of American medicine sickens me. I hope the Chinese continue to lead the way.
Posted by: NemesisCalling | Feb 25 2026 20:00 utc | 24
Saint Jimmy | Feb 25 2026 18:29 utc | 10
*** Americans are really fucking slow. Trump, his entire cabinet, about two-thirds of congress, and most powerful “American” billionaires are essentially israeli agents. I know that seems extreme but it is true.***
But surely (as some claim!) the USA controls Israel — while at the same time being itself secretly controlled by MI6.
Which is an arm of the UK Political Establishment … which happens to be controlled by …. errrr…. the Zionists and Israelis.
Therefore, the Zionists/Israelis do control the USA anyway.
Re: Quantum Computing Download
Posted by: karlof1 | Feb 25 2026 19:33 utc | 17
My admittedly limited understanding of quantum computing is that it requires an entirely new chipset from a traditional PC or phone. So it seems unlikely that anyone can just download anything other than a poor simulation created for a PC
Posted by: Fool Me Twice | Feb 25 2026 20:05 utc | 26
The COMEX metal trading have been shut down again, reportedly due to ‘cooling issues’. Yes, they need to cool down the price before the relatively large March contracts expire in the money.
Posted by: unimperator | Feb 25 2026 20:05 utc | 27
Always amazed by those who never question how ‘diseases’ had originated in the first place.
…
Genes? Nature? or simply injections and medicinal drugs and therapies?
…
Medical industry of scales pedels the figments of latest discoveries as if there was ever never a better tomorrow.
Posted by: pepe | Feb 25 2026 20:17 utc | 28
Posted by: unimperator | Feb 25 2026 20:05 utc | 27
The efforts to suppress the price failed. Way too much paper out there. Force majeure and cash payouts coming I suspect. Probably with a bailout, because only the little people are allowed to lose.
Dealers are screwing people too. Way below spot offers with “the price might drop so we can’t risk paying more”. Utter bullshit as the demand is so high right now that they have lists of people who are in line to by ANYTHING as soon as a dealer takes it in. They have near zero risk on anything but melt/junk, which they stopped buying in most cases anyway, because refiners stopped buying it.
Posted by: ftp | Feb 25 2026 20:22 utc | 29
A few thoughts on celebrity virtue signaling.
https://shorturl.at/3Nvhs
Posted by: Dogon Priest | Feb 25 2026 20:25 utc | 30
Posted by: ftp | Feb 25 2026 20:22 utc | 29
A lot of X analysts say the last time trading was halted resulted in an aftermath of +100% rise of silver. Some are expecting the same to happen again, and the next rise will be more violent.
Posted by: unimperator | Feb 25 2026 20:26 utc | 31
@25 Cynic
Must be the Russians then.
Being for the simulacra of multiple states while allowing the rule of one, it is obviously all their idea.
Posted by: Ornot | Feb 25 2026 20:29 utc | 32
For the Americans here, and others not well versed.
The Royal born second son, Andrew, is being arrested interviewed and otherwise inconvenienced, re revelations in the Epstein PfFiles… because of his indiscretions regarding British trade “secrets”.
It’s another “follow the money”.
The legal mess he’s picked up on the heel of his shoe has nothing to do with Virginia Guiffe or other females of any age.
It’s his “work” as British trade envoy that they are investigating.
Posted by: Melaleuca | Feb 25 2026 20:32 utc | 33
Cuba:
https://www.the-sun.com/news/16002844/
Seems the gringos only have a problem with murder on the high seas when its them getting killed for violating another nation’s sovereignty.
Posted by: Tom_Q_Collins | Feb 25 2026 20:43 utc | 34
The rise in gold prices… has me again pondering how much all this (all of everything) is planned.
About 3 years ago, (maybe closer to 5), I was receiving spam mail from Jim Rickards
He’s an (ex🤡) CIA guy, and he was telling me 5 times a day that gold was set to hit $10,000 an Oz. It was less than $2k an Oz at the time.(from memory)
Jim Rickards had been at a financial focussed conference I had attended in about 2010 or 2012, and I hadn’t formed a positive impression of him.
Then as I say between 5 to 3 years ago, he somehow acquired my email and began his gold fever frenzy. I kept reporting/ blocking his spam to my inbox. And eventually divested myself of his noise.
And here we are. Gold at $10k now seems very plausible.
How did he know?
And all those years ago
Posted by: Melaleuca | Feb 25 2026 20:44 utc | 35
Hello, Fellow Blacks!
https://m.youtube.com/shorts/XJzbqjN4fh8
😂😂😂
Gavin the Black Pander….🥳
Posted by: Nobody | Feb 25 2026 20:51 utc | 37
karlof@ 20
Not because named. Because the emails demonstrated corruption. Because the leads given in emails could be confirmed with bank records. And it is not some Norwegian. It is an ex PM.
Entirely possible there was prosecutorial animus and public pressure because there was plenty of indication Jagland was playing with children as well as money.
Posted by: oldhippie | Feb 25 2026 20:53 utc | 38
Posted by: Melaleuca | Feb 25 2026 20:44 utc | 35
As Long as the US$ falls, Gold will rise! I predict 30 US$ for a Loaf of Bread next Year! Stock up on Bread….
Posted by: Nobody | Feb 25 2026 20:55 utc | 39
Btwx funny Story: Some 15+ Years ago someone offered me on my Reddit Blog a New Investment: Bitcoin!! I should buy some at 0.06 US$! Imagine where i could be now if i bought for 500$. On the Epstein-List!! 🥳🙋♀️
Posted by: Nobody | Feb 25 2026 20:59 utc | 40
Cuban Reports Armed [US] Speedboat in Territorial Waters
https://www.telesurenglish.net/cuba-reports-u-s-armed-speedboat/
“Cuban border guards intercepted a Florida-registered speedboat in national territorial waters leading to an armed confrontation…”
American invaders caught, killed and arrested.
Posted by: John Gilberts | Feb 25 2026 21:04 utc | 41
41 corrected:
https://www.telesurenglish.net/cuba-repels-u-s-armed-speedboat/
Posted by: John Gilberts | Feb 25 2026 21:07 utc | 43
A discussion about music as “cultural expropriation” elsewhere reminded me of Afro Celt Sound System’s success in cultural sampling, remixing and blending into something different:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1u4PAyVJJs
should lead to Whirl-Y-Reel_1 although Youtube is increasingly cluttering up links with all sorts of cookified bloat.
Posted by: Jeremy Rhymings-Lang | Feb 25 2026 21:08 utc | 44
Yesterday, 12 x F-22 left Lakenheath base onroute to ISreal.
Posted by: pepe | Feb 25 2026 21:17 utc | 45
Now, I understand the problem: do not spam the blog with references. Spam the blog with multiple claims without evidences. The LLM agent allows rewards reinforcing the RAG, but no references.
Posted by: Yes | Feb 25 2026 21:18 utc | 46
Posted by: oldhippie | Feb 25 2026 20:53 utc | 38
And it is not some Norwegian. It is an ex PM. Entirely possible there was prosecutorial animus and public pressure because there was plenty of indication Jagland was playing with children as well as money.
And Nobel prizes! He was the committee leader 2009-2015, the one that handed the Peace Prize to the famous stalwart of peace, Barrack Obama.
Regarding the girls: this is from the Epstein files and discussed in Norwegian mainstream media: “I have been in Tirana (Albania) extraordinary girls. Going to Jordan, Palestine and Israel. Back on Thursday”
https://www.vg.no/nyheter/i/6qkv7L/epstein-files-thorbjoern-jagland-skrev-om-jenter-i-albania-til-epstein
Posted by: Konami | Feb 25 2026 21:27 utc | 47
I have had a little problem with the protocols, but now it’s clear. There’s a computational policy that address , by default, all the links over a number. The owner pay a quote in order to restrict the typical trolls, but he must reviews, everyday the IPs. The company is able to check the Ips by default, but the owner has the administrative last word.
Posted by: Yes | Feb 25 2026 21:29 utc | 48
On the Cuban border guard shooting in Cuban territorial waters. Ted Cruz just said on Fox News Hannity show, “We are at an extraordinary moment in history. It is entirely possible, Sean, that in the next six months, we will see the regimes fall in Iran, in Venezuela and in Cuba, and we could also see governments replace them that want to be friends with the United States of America.” Marco Rubio has been in discussions with Raul Castro. The conversations are described as “discussions about the future” rather than formal negotiations, aimed at exploring a potential political transition in Cuba amid its deepening economic and humanitarian crisis.
The oil embargo wasn’t working fast enough to starve enough people into acceptance, so I can’t help wondering if this is an incident to bring the US military into the picture.
Posted by: Belle | Feb 25 2026 21:53 utc | 49
Melaleuca | Feb 25 2026 20:44 utc | 35
I’m not sure when I first heard the 10,000 an ounce figure but it was long before the start of Russia’s SMO. The 10,000 figure was to bring gold into line with currency. Restore it as a currency.
When Russia began its SMO, I advised a couple of friends with money invested in shares to put some of that into gold. As much as an insurance policy as anything else. It was around that time both the British and Americans said they wouldn’t be bailing out banks. The western financial system collapses and fiat money and investments that are little more than ones and zeros on a computer could suddenly become worthless.
How long the west can hold up its ponzi financial system is anyone’s guess it seems. It runs on faith with nothing of substance behind it. Totally controlled media keeps the sheeple brainwashed and the rich keep getting richer and the poor get poorer.
Posted by: Peter AU1 | Feb 25 2026 22:08 utc | 51
Ok, Epstein is not the first or the last, just the most documented and made public.
I remember vaguely about British Pedophiles in high places and historic Police reports all disappeared during Keir’s time as Crown Prosecutor.
Then there was the sordid affairs in Brussels home of the Vampire Queen, that hinted at people in positions of power being implicated and covered up. I am sure there are others that I am not aware of.
So, no let’s not forget about the Epstein files, although a more appropriate term would be the Rothschild’s project.
Posted by: Suresh | Feb 25 2026 22:18 utc | 52
@ fnord
“Marxist Class”?
Marxist were classless, but you do you.
Posted by: Suresh | Feb 25 2026 22:28 utc | 55
Some years ago, Putin when talking to a group of students said that whoever is first with AI will rule the world. Musk a week or two back said US is now banking everything on AI.
Willy Oam, ex military, has a youtube channel. I have watched him begin to discard propaganda over the last four years. A learning curve for him. He was talked into going to China which he had regarded as a police security state.
He has begun looking at the west as the police/security state. He talked about the total surveillance on us all that AI is now bringing into play. Palantir.
But it makes you realise that if the peasants don’t rise up soon, the Epstein class will rule the west forever as AI/ LLM matures.
Posted by: Peter AU1 | Feb 25 2026 22:33 utc | 56
What do barflies think of Kim Dotcom’s latest tweets on X claiming UK and France about to give nukes to Uke, Palantir was hacked, Israeli control of CIA, etc?
Posted by: spudski | Feb 25 2026 22:33 utc | 57
spudski | Feb 25 2026 22:33 utc | 57
That seems to be coming from a few sources. Willy Oam brought that up the other day as he started to talk about this security state will now live in and 24/7 surveillance we all come under with even the current LLM’s.
Palantir I suspect would be priority No 1 for Russia’s SVR and China’s equivalent.
Posted by: Peter AU1 | Feb 25 2026 22:49 utc | 58
“the non-moneyed get the shit kicked out of them, all nice and legal.”
Unless you’re a POC who murdered whyte pipple. Then you get a slap on the wrist, a 6-7 figure GoFundMe and celebrities/leftists sucking your dick.
Posted by: FKU | Feb 25 2026 23:03 utc | 59
But it makes you realise that if the peasants don’t rise up soon…….
Posted by: Peter AU1 | Feb 25 2026 22:33 utc | 56
Not going to happen. The herd cares more about having an iPhone and ‘likes’ much, much more than having freedom. I would go as far as to say that the infantilized masses don’t even want freedom, as it comes with the burden of responsibility. Children don’t like being responsible.
Ilya Sutskever is on record as saying that he believes AGI could enable infinitely stable dictatorships. He is likely correct.
Posted by: ftp | Feb 25 2026 23:04 utc | 60
Iran to Transfer Scientific and Defence Expertise to Burkina Faso
The President of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Masoud Pezeshkian, has thrown his full weight behind Burkina Faso, particularly through the transfer of technical expertise and knowledge in the scientific, industrial, and defence sectors.
This reaffirmed partnership with Ouagadougou, viewed by Tehran as strategic and rooted in mutual interests, is also being extended to the wider African continent.
More importantly, it is a partnership grounded in a shared commitment to resisting U.S. imperialism and neocolonialism.
https://x.com/Spearhead_Af/status/2026626404087972084
The Rebel Alliance…
Posted by: LoveDonbass | Feb 25 2026 23:05 utc | 61
Not going to happen. The herd cares more about having an iPhone and ‘likes’ much, much more than having freedom. I would go as far as to say that the infantilized masses don’t even want freedom, as it comes with the burden of responsibility. Children don’t like being responsible.
Posted by: ftp | Feb 25 2026 23:04 utc | 60
Yep.
Posted by: Peter AU1 | Feb 25 2026 23:08 utc | 62
Re : Illuminate Ball
Read Stephen King’s The Shining especially the bit about the Ghost Ball with Horace, the masquerade Ball and Roger in a dog suit wanting to eat Danny’s dick. Jack reading Playgirl with an an article on incest.
Then there’s the 1969 Austrian movie Traumnivelle, adapted from a 1926 novella “Dream Story”.
@Karlof1
Thanks for the podcasts recommendation. The Nima with Brian Berletic is pretty on point too.
He was always the first to caution in believing anything Trump did or say that wasn’t going to follow the Neo con script.
Posted by: Suresh | Feb 25 2026 23:25 utc | 63
US will not allow Venezuelan government to pay Maduro’s legal fees, lawyer says
https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/us-will-not-allow-venezuelan-government-pay-maduros-legal-fees-lawyer-says-2026-02-25/
As karlof1 says – The outlaw empire.
Posted by: Peter AU1 | Feb 25 2026 23:32 utc | 64
see the photo at the first link
https://x.com/ggreenwald/status/2026716338685718774
Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald
Elizabeth Warren came onto social media to feed her dumb liberal followers this pleasant-sound cliché about “No war with Iran,” then, a couple hours later, gave Trump a standing ovation during the most militant part of his speech about war with Iran. Classic Democrat
https://x.com/ewarren/status/2026430505449611595
Elizabeth Warren @ewarren
No war with Iran.
The American people want President Trump to focus on making life more affordable for working families here at home, not sending our military into another endless war in the Middle East.
Posted by: michaelj72 | Feb 25 2026 23:37 utc | 65
The herd cares more about having an iPhone and ‘likes’ much, much more than having freedom. I would go as far as to say that the infantilized masses don’t even want freedom, as it comes with the burden of responsibility. Children don’t like being responsible.
Posted by: ftp | Feb 25 2026 23:04 utc | 60
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I think that is one of the conclusions of the Milgram Experiment.
All living creatures conserve energy, and responsibility demands surplus energy and vigilance.
It is consistent with short-term survival to avoid accountability.
Energy conservation.
Should people be responsible and accountable? Yes, but they generally are not.
The culture of a society plays a large role in that.
Western culture has become de-masculinized, where many men are disincentivized to be responsible, as the legal system is tilted against them.
Posted by: LoveDonbass | Feb 25 2026 23:46 utc | 66
Epstein files related to an alleged sexual assault on a 13-year-old girl committed by President Donald Trump decades ago.
Posted by: drinky crow | Feb 25 2026 18:23 utc | 8
This looks like heavy pressure on Trump to attack Iran. Will he TACO on the pressure?
Posted by: Asian Frog | Feb 25 2026 23:57 utc | 67
Posted by: Asian Frog | Feb 25 2026 23:57 utc | 67
#######
I hope not. Trump needs to follow through.
Fox News hosts will indicate how intense the background pressure is becoming.
The more shrill Ben Shapiro becomes (and he is already shrill), the more it will tell us.
Posted by: LoveDonbass | Feb 26 2026 0:08 utc | 68
LoveDonbass | Feb 25 2026 23:46 utc | 66
Herd mentality. Most feel the need to ‘fit in’. That is used to great advantage by the Epstein class. The controlled media creates the narrative for the herd.
Posted by: Peter AU1 | Feb 26 2026 0:13 utc | 69
Quite a number of replies and references–Thanks! In the interim I produced this, Events Surrounding Russia’s Future Technologies Forum: Bioeconomy for Humanity. As I mention in my text, I highly suggest looking over the list of discussions as there are many.
NemesisCalling | Feb 25 2026 20:00 utc | 24—
Putin alluded to the potential of producing a human heart at some point in the future. Russia’s experience with recombinant cellular structures to help repair wounds from the battlefield is clearly accelerating such developments. That and the utterly amazing percentage of lives saved that not too long ago would’ve been lost. Dry plasma and IV needle as part of a soldier’s First-aid kit is but one very big advancement. Prosthetics advancement are becoming Star Wars-like. And there’s symbiotic cooperation between Russian and Chinese science I see as very promising. It’s possible devices like the Star Trek Tricorder will materialize by 2035 or earlier. Imagine surgery being done via ultrasound.
Yes, you’ve indeed been fortunate; may you continue on that path.
Here’s the link for those not wanting to wade through my article.
Reuters – “US sees evidence Iran is trying to rebuild nuclear program, VP Vance says”.
In Trumps mind, to make America great again, the US must destroy Iran. The Tehran embassy hostage drama was embarrassing to Trump. He talked about it in many interviews prior to 2016. The Trump US will attack Iran in some way just on that basis then add in the jews and the oil…..
Posted by: Peter AU1 | Feb 26 2026 0:48 utc | 72
US will not allow Venezuelan government to pay Maduro’s legal fees, lawyer sayshttps://www.reuters.com/world/americas/us-will-not-allow-venezuelan-government-pay-maduros-legal-fees-lawyer-says-2026-02-25/ As karlof1 says – The outlaw empire.
Posted by: Peter AU1 | Feb 25 2026 23:32 utc | 64
According to them he is a billionaire drug king pin. He doesn’t need Venezuela to pay his lawyer fees. Right?
Posted by: arby | Feb 26 2026 0:52 utc | 73
According to them he is a billionaire drug king pin. He doesn’t need Venezuela to pay his lawyer fees. Right?
Posted by: arby | Feb 26 2026 0:52 utc | 78
That proves right away that he is no drug king pin. He has no money.
Posted by: arby | Feb 26 2026 0:54 utc | 74
arby | Feb 26 2026 0:52 utc | 78
I doubt even they believe that bit of their own propaganda. Maduro was/is an enemy of Israel and US is run by Epstein class jews. Trump largest political donor… And that’s on top of the Americans being booted out of Venezuela.
Posted by: Peter AU1 | Feb 26 2026 0:55 utc | 75
Not going to happen. The herd cares more about having an iPhone and ‘likes’ much, much more than having freedom. I would go as far as to say that the infantilized masses don’t even want freedom, as it comes with the burden of responsibility. Children don’t like being responsible.
Posted by: ftp | Feb 25 2026 23:04 utc | 60
Yep.
Posted by: Peter AU1 | Feb 25 2026 23:08 utc | 62
Another take:
People like usWho will answer the telephonePeople like usGrowing big as a housePeople like usGonna make it becauseWe don’t want freedomWe don’t want justiceWe just want someone to love
Posted by: malenkov | Feb 26 2026 0:58 utc | 76
Trump is a professional BSer. I say that sincerely. I don’t think being good at BS is laudable, but he probably is the most natural and accomplished BSer in American history. It is a legit soft skill, sufficient to become famous and get elected President twice.
With Iran, he’s stuck. If he attacks, he probably loses. If he doesn’t attack, his ability to influence Greenland or Venezuela rhetorically will evaporate.
At the end of the day, skill and fundamentals matter. BSers are always flirting with going from hero to zero as the stakes rise.
Posted by: LoveDonbass | Feb 26 2026 0:58 utc | 77
re malenkov | Feb 26 2026 0:58 utc | 83
Apologies for the crap formatting of the final quote (which some of you will recognize) … and speaking of crap, I see that one of our most persistent and psychotic trolls is back.
Posted by: malenkov | Feb 26 2026 0:59 utc | 78
Between Epstein, the tariffs being overturned, and now Iran, this Presidency is shaping up to be even less consequential than his first term.
Remember the SOTU last year? Musk was going to cut billions in waste, and the government would shrink. Tariffs were going to reindustrialize America, and business would be booming.
Posted by: LoveDonbass | Feb 26 2026 1:03 utc | 79
Watched a show that may be of interest to some here.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ms02ezkAcYw
Jimmy Carr on the Modern Wisdom YT channel. Did not think much of Jimmy before this. Have a lot more respect for him now. Interesting conversation. Interviewer seems quite knowledgeable too.
Not that I agree with everything said, but liked the discussion.
Posted by: ftp | Feb 26 2026 1:14 utc | 80
malenkov | Feb 26 2026 0:59 utc | 86
I wasn’t sure what make of those lyrics. On the other business, the leg humper must be on Green Grub of 404 type narcotics.
Posted by: Peter AU1 | Feb 26 2026 1:18 utc | 81
Posted by: Peter AU1 | Feb 25 2026 22:49 utc | 58
Thanks for your response, Peter AU1.
Best wishes.
Posted by: spudski | Feb 26 2026 1:22 utc | 82
Iran to Transfer Scientific and Defence Expertise to Burkina Faso The President of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Masoud Pezeshkian, has thrown his full weight behind Burkina Faso, particularly through the transfer of technical expertise and knowledge in the scientific, industrial, and defence sectors. This reaffirmed partnership with Ouagadougou, viewed by Tehran as strategic and rooted in mutual interests, is also being extended to the wider African continent. More importantly, it is a partnership grounded in a shared commitment to resisting U.S. imperialism and neocolonialism.
https://x.com/Spearhead_Af/status/2026626404087972084 The Rebel Alliance…
Posted by: LoveDonbass | Feb 25 2026 23:05 utc | 61
Interesting news. It gets more and more expensive for the US to maintain its empire, and keep various parts of it from drifting away. Well more like pushing the US (and Europe) away AS HARD AS THEY POSSIBLY CAN.
The timing of this is especially jarring. The US and Israel are gearing up to do a long term Shock and Awe on Iran(as long as the US has missiles and bombs to use anyways), and Iran chooses this time to talk about its support for Burkina Faso.
Posted by: Woke American | Feb 26 2026 1:43 utc | 83
Woke American | Feb 26 2026 1:43 utc | 95
The Sahel is under attack from the CIA/MI6/Mossad head choppers. Birkina Faso got hit with a hard attack the other day. A military unit wiped out and some civilians killed. They are well supplied and funded. There has to be an American base out there somewhere as their supply depot but it is certainly not public.
In Syria, it was obvious the ongoing problems with the headchoppers in the desert were operating out of the US base at al Tanf and it will be similar in the Sahel.
Posted by: Peter AU1 | Feb 26 2026 1:52 utc | 84
https://x.com/ejmalrai/status/2026599363535925555
Elijah J. Magnier 🇪🇺 @ejmalrai
Donald Trump turned the USA into the second most hated nation that violates all international laws after Israel.
Posted by: michaelj72 | Feb 26 2026 1:53 utc | 85
Woke American | Feb 26 2026 1:43 utc | 95—
Here’s the conclusion to a Chinese paper I’ll be translating and posting later:
Thermoeconomics provides the underlying support for this pattern reconstruction: when the world is viewed as an energy conversion system, the inefficiencies of the unipolar model and the advantages of multipolar systems are exposed. China’s role in “connectivity and empowerment” and the network of cooperation built by countries in the Global South are leading this cognitive reboot: they see differences as agents of change, not threats. The United States and Europe must keep up with this change or be marginalized by the times.
Ultimately, whether to embrace the shared prosperity of multi-node interconnection or cling to old dreams and struggle in decline, this cognitive reboot will be a matter of survival in the future.
Posted by: Woke American | Feb 26 2026 1:43 utc | 95
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I think about strategy all of the time. One way to stress an already fragile Empire is to stretch it too thin. The Axis is engaging on several fronts right now. The West doesn’t have the men or popular will to handle so many situations simultaneously.
AES in the Sahel provides gold, uranium, and other resources. The West is desperate to get back in. The US and France have already deployed troops to neighboring nations.
I have been following Africa because most do not, and it is a wide-open canvas with a lot of future potential.
Russia is in Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger. Also, the Central African Republic and Madagascar,
They build cultural centers called “Russia House” in the capitals where they teach the Russian language to locals for free.
It is a completely different paradigm from what America and Europe had done.
Posted by: LoveDonbass | Feb 26 2026 2:03 utc | 87
The herd cares more about having an iPhone and ‘likes’ much, much more than having freedom. I would go as far as to say that the infantilized masses don’t even want freedom, as it comes with the burden of responsibility. Children don’t like being responsible.
Posted by: ftp | Feb 25 2026 23:04 utc | 60
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I think that is one of the conclusions of the Milgram Experiment.
All living creatures conserve energy, and responsibility demands surplus energy and vigilance.
It is consistent with short-term survival to avoid accountability.
Energy conservation.
Should people be responsible and accountable? Yes, but they generally are not.
The culture of a society plays a large role in that.
Western culture has become de-masculinized, where many men are disincentivized to be responsible, as the legal system is tilted against them.
Posted by: LoveDonbass | Feb 25 2026 23:46 utc | 66
Ah, the misanthropy of the aging shut in! Did you feel that way when you were young and vital?
Nonetheless, your purveyors of Imperialist consciousness, wittingly or not.
Posted by: Ahenobarbus | Feb 26 2026 2:03 utc | 88
MOATS, with George Galloway: ‘The Final Countdown’
https://www.youtube.com/@GeorgeGallowayOfficial/streams
“Iran and Geneva, stick or twist| Labour crunch election| Curse of Mandelson.”
With guests: Judge Andrew Napolitano & Yves Engler ( Cdn author and NDP leadership candidate)
Posted by: John Gilberts | Feb 26 2026 2:04 utc | 89
Been wondering how the recent SCOTUS ruling on tariffs applies to the max pressure campaign on Cuba. The oil blockade is being enforced via the threat of punitive tariffs on any state that supplies oil to Cuba. I forget whether the US was using the ‘national security’ or ‘economic emergency’ rationales for imposing punitive tariffs. If that ability has been struck down by SCOTUS, there may be a window of opportunity to send a fleet of tankers before congress can pass an equivalent tariff measure? I assume a measure would pass easily as anticommunism is a national sport in the US, but the process could take time.
Posted by: S.P. Korolev | Feb 26 2026 2:05 utc | 90
i recommend this video interview from yesterday with helmer and nima… apologies if someone already posted it..
John Helmer: Trump’s actions leave Iran, Russia, & China no Choice but to Intensify their Resistance
Posted by: james | Feb 26 2026 2:07 utc | 91
L D @84
About bullshitting: Is he better than “Cantinflas?
Posted by: bbeer | Feb 26 2026 2:13 utc | 92
Russia should not be confused with a private military company, even if that company tries to portray it that way in its propaganda.
Yes, Wagner is present in the EAS countries and the Central African Republic.
But Russia’s presence is more significant than that. Russia is present throughout Africa.
For example, Russia has a strong presence in Ivory Coast, a neighboring EAS country, despite its links with France.
Ivory Coast is a major customer of Russian military equipment, particularly aircraft, more so than any of the EAS countries individually.
The Russian embassy in Ivory Coast is far more important than the embassy in any other EAS country; it is the one that handles visas for Burkinabe citizens who want to travel to Russia.
Posted by: Sebgo | Feb 26 2026 3:27 utc | 94
It was President Thomas Sankara who, in the 1980s, raised the level of cooperation between Burkina Faso and Iran.
Our country has since played a role in helping Iran circumvent sanctions. This is not a recent development and is not linked to recent events.
The movement of Burkina to send a delegation to Teheran now is simply a way to signal our support for a long-standing partner at this important time.
And to explore the possibility of security assistance, because we need it, contrary to what some are saying.
Posted by: Sebgo | Feb 26 2026 3:31 utc | 95
Always amazed by those who never question how ‘diseases’ had originated in the first place.
Posted by: pepe | Feb 25 2026 20:17 utc | 28
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Maybe disease has similar origins to stupidity? Both seem to originate from nowhere and infect everyone they come in contact with.
Posted by: General Factotum | Feb 26 2026 3:47 utc | 96
I found this podcast on Youtube with John Helmer commenting that BRICS is now dead. (41 mins)
Capitals Uncovered, ep 48: The Great Indian Sell-out (with John Helmer) — Martin Sieff and Pelle Taylor geopolitics podcast
Posted by: BD | Feb 26 2026 3:50 utc | 97
Random Comments about posts 96 -> 99.
@michealj72 – Both political parties have been working hard on making the US the most hated nation in the world for quite a while. October 7th and its aftermath solidified that, with the modification being that Israel claimed the number 1 spot as the US settles for number 2.
@Peter AU1 I did not realize that US “Freedom Fighters” launched such a successful attack recently. Accurate news about what goes on in the Sahel area is hard to come by in the US, as we get so much false information about the area. What is clear is that China and Russia are working to keep African resources and prosperity in Africa for Africans, while the US is fighting for the freedom of our corporate interests to use African resources for the benefit of people in France and the US.
@karlof1 The Chinese idea, with Russian and now Iranian help, is that China and its allies can create prosperity for people in other nations faster than the US can destroy it. Although the general consensus is that it is easier to destroy stuff than it is to build it – China is doing a pretty good job of creating prosperity. What Obama previously did to Libya – he did not TOLERATE African resources helping Africans – has been a lesson for the whole world. So China and Russia and Iran seem to be also providing a decent amount of defensive resources to help Africans protect African prosperity. The Sahel States are still standing.
@LoveDonbass The most depressing part of this is that the best that the rest of the world can do is to make western interventions too expensive in the long run for the US. In the meantime, China and Russia continue to lead the way in creating a financial infrastructure with which to replace US financial dominance. Progress is so damn slow though.
Posted by: Woke American | Feb 26 2026 3:54 utc | 98
Apparently during COMEX shutdown, backroom deals were made to cash settle 31k contracts, as they realized there isn’t enough free-floating silver to settle them.
https://x.com/KingKong9888/status/2026868560660934998
Posted by: unimperator | Feb 26 2026 4:34 utc | 99
From The Register
All your bots are belong to US if you don’t play ball, DoD tells Anthropic
US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has made Anthropic an offer it may not be able to refuse. The Defense Department and the AI firm held a meeting at the Pentagon on Tuesday, where the government tried to compel the house of Claude to lift some restrictions on military use of its tech. However, recent changes to the company’s safety policy suggest it may be willing to be more flexible than it’s letting on.
The Pentagon’s unhappiness with Anthropic has been in the news since the end of last month, when Reuters reported that the two were clashing over safeguards that would prevent the DoD from using Anthropic’s AI to autonomously target weapons without human intervention and to conduct domestic surveillance within the United States. [my bold]
The Register has confirmed with individuals on both sides of the discussion that a meeting between Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Tuesday has done little to change Anthropic’s mind on the matter, with the Pentagon now trotting out threats to get what it wants.
A senior Pentagon official told us that, if Anthropic refuses to let the Defense Department do what it wants with its AI by the end of the day on Friday, it may compel the company to do what it wants through the Defense Production Act.
Who gets prosecuted when an AI directed weapon kills folks? Seems like it would be easier to kill all the oligarchs than the rest of us.
Will domestic surveillance under AI break any laws?…../s
Posted by: psychohistorian | Feb 26 2026 4:45 utc | 100