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@ psychohistorian.. i left a link for you on the week in review… you might enjoy reading it.. cheers..
Posted by: james | Aug 27 2026 16:44 utc | 2
here is the link – discusses how banking and it’s control outside public involvement is and has been ongoing for a very long time… inappropriately titled article –
Operation Iraqi Freedom
Posted by: james | Aug 27 2026 16:48 utc | 3
Hey b,
I think I have a good subject.
That you might want to consider.
Know that you are busy.
Posted by: Otto Penn | Aug 27 2026 16:52 utc | 4
When Wall Street Tried To Coup The People
Proposed subject for b. The 18th anniversary of the attempted coup approaches.
https://www.forbes.com/2008/09/20/treasury-paulson-congress-biz-beltway-cx_0920bailouttext.html
Don’t miss these beauties in the document, amongst others that you are sure to find yourself.
**** “shall not be subject to judicial review” ****
“Decisions by the Secretary pursuant to the authority of this Act are non-reviewable and committed to agency discretion, and may not be reviewed by any court of law or any administrative agency.”
Did you catch that? Paulson went further. Not just the courts are cut out but “any administrative agency” as well.
“Any funds expended for actions authorized by this Act, including the payment of administrative expenses, shall be deemed appropriated at the time of such expenditure.”
Paulson also was giving to Himself the authority to APPROPRIATE any funds He wished.
“(5) issuing such regulations and other guidance as may be necessary or appropriate to define terms or carry out the authorities of this Act.”
HE could pass ANY legislation He wanted to.
The word “term” has a dual meaning. It also refers to TIME, as in length of a term.
“(1) appointing such employees as may be required to carry out the authorities in this Act and defining their duties;”
Give powers to anyone and hire anyone He wished to.
“In exercising the authorities granted in this Act, the Secretary shall take into consideration means for
(1) providing stability or preventing disruption to the financial markets or banking system; and
“PROVIDING STABILITY OR ” That is, authority over the police and military.
(2) protecting the taxpayer.
G-d Paulson covered all his bases.
Even the one about being G-d Forever:
“Sec. 9. Termination of Authority.
The authorities under this Act, with the exception of authorities granted in sections 2(b)(5), 5 and 7, shall terminate two years from the date of enactment of this Act.”
Paulson wants you to believe this terminates in two years. However, 2(b)(5) does NOT terminate and that one says he can just place the crown back on His own head:
“(5) issuing such regulations and other guidance as may be necessary or appropriate to define terms or carry out the authorities of this Act.”
Cheers
Posted by: Otto Penn | Aug 27 2026 16:58 utc | 5
Sean Foo: ‘Panic Has Begun’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Z-g-vNb3P8
“Allies are dumping America – Canada’s pivot to EU to break dollar system.”
Posted by: John Gilberts | Aug 27 2026 16:58 utc | 6
Epstein files revive Dutch banker’s 2017 claim of elite child sacrifice rituals
(Powerful video confession)
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XSKlXOG1ws8&ra=m
Posted by: Exile | Aug 27 2026 17:01 utc | 7
Posted by: Otto Penn | Aug 27 2026 16:58 utc | 5
thanks for reminding us. Profound criminality
we are all Amalek now
Posted by: Exile | Aug 27 2026 17:03 utc | 8
On debunking Neo-Classical “Utility Theory”.
Joan Robinson’s Critique of Marginal Utility Theory
Posted on February 17, 2014
In her excellent book Economic Philosophy (available as a PDF here) Joan Robinson undertakes an extensive discussion of marginal utility theory. Here I will be more so interested in her technical criticisms. But before going into these it should be noted that Robinson characterises the impetus of marginal utility theory in a way many might find unusual.
Basically, she claims that it is a revolutionary leftist doctrine. The reason she makes this claim is because if we apply the law of diminishing returns to income it soon becomes clear that radical egalitarianism — indeed, some sort of socialism or communism — is the best manner in which to maximise the utility of society as a whole. Robinson points out that the early marginalists — many of whom, like Walras, were socialists — recognised this full well. She quotes Alfred Marshall in this regard,
Next we must take account of the fact that a stronger incentive will be required to induce a person to pay a given price for anything if he is poor than if he is rich. A shilling is the measure of less pleasure, or satisfaction of any kind, to a rich man than to a poor one. A rich man in doubt whether to spend a shilling on a single cigar, is weighing against one another smaller pleasures than a poor man, who is doubting whether to spend a shilling on a supply of tobacco that will last him for a month. The clerk with £100 a-year will walk to business in a much heavier rain than the clerk with £300 a-year; for the cost of a ride by tram or omnibus measures a greater benefit to the poorer man than to the richer. If the poorer man spends the money, he will suffer more from the want of it afterwards than the richer would. The benefit that is measured in the poorer man’s mind by the cost is greater than that measured by it in the richer man’s mind. (pp52-53)
continues ==> https://fixingtheeconomists.wordpress.com/2014/02/17/joan-robinsons-critique-of-marginal-utility-theory/
Her linked book, published by Penguin copyright 1962, is written in what today is an archaic style that makes for chewy reading. That said it is well footnoted with separate chapters discussing Value and Utility.
Posted by: too scents | Aug 27 2026 17:25 utc | 9
Interesting the vacuum of Epstein discussion (not just here) over the last many months. Scarcer than Melania, I would say. What a surprise to find out Robert Trivers died suddenly, cause undisclosed, March 12. Then again, after seeing the almost 900 results in the available Epstein Files and realizing how dependent and friendly he was with Epstein for well over a decade, despite some ugly issues involving Epstein’s pal Dershowitz (reprisal at Harvard for Trivers’ communicating the NAZI aspects of AD’s zionist stances directly to AD apparently) that makes Trivers look justice minded while still a pedophile and abuser of women, not surprising at all. Considering the funding being solicited, and some of the ideas being hinted at, there is probably a lot to learn about Epstein’s adventures simply by focusing on Trivers and the circle of familiars represented in correspondences. I guess natural selection is more complicated, and female choice less powerful than I realized. He took the easier way out, and that story needs to be told. Serious wrinkles. Lots of light being kept in the dark. Such a long hard fall.
Posted by: Not Ewe | Aug 27 2026 17:28 utc | 10
Mark Carney
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Carney
“…Carney was a member of the Group of Thirty, an international body of leading financiers and academics, and of the Foundation Board of the World Economic Forum. Carney attended the annual meetings of The Bilderberg Group…”
Carney’s Private Meeting With Obama & Alex Soros Raises Serious Questions (May 19, 2026)
https://x.com/Mark80003895666/status/2091281429120405974
“Mark Carney’s closed-door meeting with Barack Obama and Alex Soros is raising fresh concerns about Canada’s sovereignty and the Prime Minister’s globalist ties…”
Carney’s Ex-Company Brookfield Has Deep Financial Ties With The Trump Family
https://www.junonews.com/p/carneys-ex-company-brookfield-has
“In 2018, Brookfield agreed to lease a New York City property from Jared Kushner, US President Donald Trump’s son-in-law. The lease was for a 99-year billion-dollar agreement…”
Beware the oligarchs. All of them. Everywhere.
Posted by: John Gilberts | Aug 27 2026 17:40 utc | 11
Beware the oligarchs. All of them. Everywhere.
Posted by: John Gilberts | Aug 27 2026 17:40 utc | 11
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“When it comes time to hang the capitalists, they will vie with each other for the rope contract.” — V. Lenin
Posted by: too scents | Aug 27 2026 17:47 utc | 12
Robert Trivers……
was among the set of high-profile intellectuals pilloried for maintaining financial and social links to Jeffrey Epstein, even after the latter’s conviction for sex offences. Far from apologetic, Trivers, who accepted funding from Epstein to study the relationship between knee symmetry and sprinting ability, vouched for his integrity; in Trivers’s view, Epstein’s imprisonment was punishment enough and his crimes less “heinous” than they were made out to be.
https://whyevolutionistrue.com/2026/04/07/two-times-obituraries-for-robert-trivers/
Posted by: exile | Aug 27 2026 17:54 utc | 13
Posted by: Otto Penn | Aug 27 2026 16:58 utc | 5
thanks for reminding us. Profound criminality
we are all Amalek now
Posted by: Exile | Aug 27 2026 17:03 utc | 8
Yes, the current crisis was rooted in the global economic collapse of 2008 and the ruling class response to it. Everything since has been expensive adrenaline shots for a moribund patient. Quick boosts that only compound the illness.
Amalek will triumph!
Posted by: Ahenobarbus | Aug 27 2026 17:58 utc | 14
Beware the oligarchs. All of them. Everywhere.
Posted by: John Gilberts | Aug 27 2026 17:40 utc | 11
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“When it comes time to hang the capitalists, they will vie with each other for the rope contract.” — V. Lenin
Posted by: too scents | Aug 27 2026 17:47 utc | 1
Astute and funny to boot!
Posted by: Ahenobarbus | Aug 27 2026 17:59 utc | 15
Beware the oligarchs. All of them. Everywhere
Posted by: John Gilberts | Aug 27 2026 17:40 utc | 11
Beware Abolish the Zio Imperialist oligarchs. All of them. Everywhere.
Little fix. 😉
Posted by: Ahenobarbus | Aug 27 2026 18:02 utc | 16
apologies if already posted:
Linda McMahon, US Sec of Ed and wrestling mogul on the future of AI and education.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U45mWm78xOM
Posted by: duck n cover | Aug 27 2026 18:09 utc | 17
Run a tor relay contribute to network
https://community.torproject.org/relay/
Posted by: Bob M | Aug 27 2026 18:12 utc | 18
@14 ahenobarbus
Back in 2008, the level of cynicism towards government was not at levels we are seeing today.
Today, sentiment is increasingly erring towards believing that government is engineering a collapse event that will precipitate the need for an even greater system of financialized control.
The question I have been increasingly asking myself is if they did not engineer the 2008 event as well. The reason for my suspicion is the thought that the plebs must be brought along incrementally and not all at once.
Think pornographically: the level of depravity in modern mass consumed porn is of a magnitude far greater than what Jews were advocating the distribution of in the 60s.
Like how a serial killer starts with killing squirrels, the people’s reliance on Big Daddy has to be built and conditioned. You come to love the sound of his car coming into the driveway as you prepare yourself willingly to receive his belt on your bottom.
But then I think: if the level of cynicism towards government has seemingly only grown as more people float the question of a planned collapse by the elites for greater central control, then perhaps the notion that 2008 could have also been planned can be proven untrue.
Why would the elite facilitate a greater mistrust of government if they are needing everyone to put their John Hancock on Agenda 2030 when the time comes?
But the point that the plebs must be conditioned to come along stands I would think.
Posted by: NemesisCalling | Aug 27 2026 18:15 utc | 19
Posted by: Not Ewe | Aug 27 2026 17:28 utc | 10
and not missed in the slightest. the global zio-class covers up every crime of Israel. if you want to know what the ruling class monsters are up to, look at Israel.
plus, the whole point of killing Epstein was so you can’t find out, right? and his handlers can dole out bits of info for Enquiring minds.
you know what you can learn from Epstein: the nightmare US for-profit prison gulag killed an unconvicted prisoner cuz it was convenient. any person, incl prisoners, threatening to use the legal system against the ruling class will be assassinated. and as we know from Israel, that most definitely includes children in ICE custody right now.
so there you go. that’s what your Epsteins are up to. why do you need to know more?
Posted by: duck n cover | Aug 27 2026 18:22 utc | 20
“When it comes time to hang the capitalists, they will vie with each other for the rope contract.” — V. Lenin
Posted by: too scents | Aug 27 2026 17:47 utc | 12
The Canadian plan to build an east-west pipeline to transfer oil from Alberta to an Atlantic port for sale to the EU (according to Sean Foo, with estimated completion date = 2032, 6 years from now) is an example of the Epstein Class at war with each other. We are not exactly “dividing and conquering” them, but the weakness of the US is causing Trump to go after Epstein Class members in other nations. EU Epstein Class members have so far capitulated to Trump, but their dire circumstances may result them in working with Canada to create an opposing faction within the Epstein Class.
Posted by: Woke American | Aug 27 2026 18:33 utc | 21
“so there you go. that’s what your Epsteins are up to. why do you need to know more?
Posted by: duck n cover | Aug 27 2026 18:22 utc”
well, after what Ive seen, the generalizations arent gonna cut it.
Why would you want to know less?
While I doubt a serious discussion looms here, I do believe some substantial clarity has yet to be had. Lots of crimes will be buried when Israel goes poof. That aint justice, but it is probably the plan. Who knows what all will be pinned on Israel in the last moments?
Thanks for your generous assistance. and missing the point.
My fault, Im sure. But Im blaming Israel.
Posted by: Not Ewe | Aug 27 2026 18:40 utc | 22
see? proof that USG agents can tell the truth sometimes. Here there are, heralds of communist victory. or maybe they and Dmitri S are lying? do my ears deceive me?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDIkhOgztzc
“Festive Overture” by Dmitri Shostakovich
The United States Airforce Band
Posted by: duck n cover | Aug 27 2026 18:46 utc | 23
Posted by: Not Ewe | Aug 27 2026 18:40 utc | 22
it’s not a question of “knowing less.” you have to do Mission: Impossible inside the FBI (or Mi6 or Mossad) to find out “what’s really going on.” so why waste time on something that can’t be figured out until after the USG is destroyed?
it’s like arguing about the details of 9/11 while missing the obvious: the USG did it. and they aren’t going to prosecute themselves, and what you or any of us know is solely what they want us to know.
in the darkened theater, the magician shines a little light on something. but no magician can pull a rabbit out of a hat unless there’s a rabbit in the hat, can they? so you keep chasing that rabbit. that’s what the magician wants. rather than turning on all the lights in the theater, and exposing the machinery behind the scenes, by which anyone can more easily see where the rabbits come and go.
Israel? it’s like meth. why do i live in a society where people are so easily addicted to meth? does it matter where the meth is from? a country w/tens of millions of drug addicts blames Mexico and China. but why are there so many addicts in the first place?
why are so many people taken in by Jewish Jedi Sith Talmudic Mind Powers? why is the US POTUS the kind of person who could be bought off or blackmailed by either Putin (which is bs, i know) or Bibi? (or Adelson or Tim Cook or Modi?)
why do people confuse symptoms (e.g., Zionism) for the disease? cuz they are engaged in pointless “who is smarter” pissing contests? rather than starting with what is as obvious as the sunshine?
Posted by: duck n cover | Aug 27 2026 19:00 utc | 24
The Outlaw continues its work to isolate itself even further in the area of electric power production and distribution, US grid equipment ban a ‘political show,’ contradicts real industrial needs: experts – Global Times:
The ban’s practical effects would be negative, Zhang said. He described the ban as a fig leaf for industrial protectionism and warned that such political theater carries real economic costs.
“With US transformer lead times already stretching from about 50 weeks in 2021 to more than 120 weeks – nearly 2.5 years – today, restricting Chinese supplies would further delay grid upgrades and raise costs for utilities, which would ultimately be borne by US ratepayers and businesses,” Zhang said.
This report comes on the heels of one about power turbines I linked to a few days ago. The Outlaw is geoeconomically dependent on China for a multitude of products yet is clearly in denial over that very significant fact. Ideology is chocking the Empire’s economy, but it’s not China’s ideology; it’s the American Ruling Class’s.
@ karlof1 | Aug 27 2026 19:01 utc | 25
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This a silly regulatory attempt to reach around China’s advantage in wide bandgap semiconductor materials (GaN, GaO) used in solid state transformers.
The USA doesn’t have sufficient Gallium.
Posted by: too scents | Aug 27 2026 19:14 utc | 26
from Gemini re:
“does israel have high fructose corn syrup in coca cola etc?”
“No, regular Coca-Cola bottled and sold in Israel is sweetened with real sugar (sucrose) rather than high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS).”
does israel use glyphosate etc?
Yes, Israel uses glyphosate for standard domestic agriculture and has faced accusations of using highly concentrated glyphosate in cross-border military spraying.
does Israel use radiological weapons?
no, DU is not a radiological weapon….no record of the nuclear-terrorist state using radiological weapons…
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per Gemini, the US does not even possess such weapons!
disco inferno-the Trammps
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pG8TyIEAqps
Posted by: duck n cover | Aug 27 2026 19:16 utc | 27
Reuters: EU flags shortage of schizophrenia drug injections due to manufacturing issues
Yeah, we can see looking at the average EU politician, they haven’t been taking their medication for a while.
https://x.com/Reuters/status/2093056115869175820
Posted by: unimperator | Aug 27 2026 19:32 utc | 28
Posted by: too scents | Aug 27 2026 17:47 utc | 12
I don’t know if this got a mention here but the founder of Evergrande, the massive Chinese property firm that went spectacularly bust in 2021 and caused Xi to declare “houses are for living in, not speculation” when refusing a bailout, was sentenced to life in jail (minus his ill gotten gains) last week.
Evergrande tycoon at the heart of China’s property crisis sentenced to life in prison
As well as the life sentence, Hui was also ordered to forfeit his personal assets and was stripped of all political rights, China’s official Xinhua news agency reported, citing a verdict handed down by a court in the southern metropolis of Shenzhen.
CPC knows how to encourager les autres.
Meanwhile, the accountants, PwC are being chased via Hong Kong courts:
Hong Kong court says Evergrande liquidators can pursue claim from PwC International
HONG KONG, Aug 26 (Reuters) – A Hong Kong court dismissed on Wednesday an application by PwC International to exclude the firm from a claim made by China Evergrande Group’s liquidators.
- The liquidators are seeking 57 billion yuan ($8.48 billion) in damages from PwC International, PwC HK and PwC’s China arm, accusing them of being negligent in auditing work. The maximum amount that PwC International could be liable for is 38 billion yuan…
CPC don’t mess around with financial crimes – compare that to the financial sewer that is Wall St.
Where would you want to invest…?
Posted by: ChatNPC | Aug 27 2026 19:34 utc | 29
This report comes on the heels of one about power turbines I linked to a few days ago.
Posted by: karlof1 | Aug 27 2026 19:01 utc | 25
could you please repost ?
also note – the data point of lead time for electric transformers extending to 2.5 years (ie 30 months) is confusing. Ultility Grade High Voltage transformers typically had 36 month lead times, sometimes even stretching out to 42 months. Medium and Low Votltage transformers were almost an off the shelf items depending on the exact specs. The destruction of The Ukraine‘s HV transformers would certainly impsct global lead times. Soooo its a little more nuanced than the article presents.
Posted by: Exile | Aug 27 2026 19:34 utc | 30
“why do people confuse symptoms (e.g., Zionism) for the disease? cuz they are engaged in pointless “who is smarter” pissing contests? rather than starting with what is as obvious as the sunshine?
Posted by: duck n cover |”
those contests must not be your thing at all.
Trivers was a professor at my school who had a HUGE influence on me.
I give much less of a fuck about zionism and Epstein (not necessarily the same thing, but nevermind) than I do about what this person was thinking and doing.
go fuck all the way off with your worthless remarks.
Posted by: Not Ewe | Aug 27 2026 19:54 utc | 31
What Does AI Have to Say About the AI Bubble?
Dean Baker
https://www.counterpunch.org/2026/08/27/what-does-ai-have-to-say-about-the-ai-bubble/
The really interesting implication
If many institutional managers face this incentive structure, you can get a situation where almost everyone privately thinks an asset is overvalued but nobody wants to be the person who gets out first.
That can help explain why bubbles can persist.
Posted by: Keme | Aug 27 2026 19:59 utc | 32
duck n cover go fuck all the way off with your worthless remarks.
Posted by: Not Ewe | Aug 27 2026 19:54 utc | 31
100 percent agree
Posted by: tucenz | Aug 27 2026 19:59 utc | 33
Another condo burned down in Florida.
Try to find out the following: what % of US condos (or HOAs) cannot pass basic life safety systems inspections?
Likewise, what % of commercial buildings?
You know why the UK and Minnesota can’t keep sewage out of its drinking water or the water pumps flowing?
Iran.
Try finding out how many water treatment plants the US has bombed since Vietnam.
What % of US NPPs are past their designed useful life? Hydropower facilities?
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=NPwMAfynbZ4&pp=ygUlTG9zIGFuZ2VsZXMgdGltZXMgcGFsaXNhZGVzIGZpcmUgc29pbNIHCQkTDAGHKiGM7w%3D%3D
LA Times: what’s in the soil after the Palisades fire?
Anyway, my people need a place to go…
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=NF4azs25kUw&pp=ygUVZWxlY3RyaWMgNiBtY2RvbmFsZCdz
Electric Six “Down at McDonald’s”
Posted by: Duck n cover | Aug 27 2026 20:07 utc | 34
Posted by: Duck n cover | Aug 27 2026 20:07 utc | 34
Rising real estate tax and insurance may also be causing a lot of these real estate or condo fires.
Posted by: unimperator | Aug 27 2026 20:10 utc | 35
Posted by: james | Aug 27 2026 16:48 utc | 3
Thank you, james. And I thank some cool weather at last. I have got as much caught up as I can, and I am reminded of a trip up to Vancouver with my family as a teenager newly arrived in the US. We enjoyed the beautiful city, were looking for a little store that sold native products we had seen a year or so back, had bought beautiful moccasin slippers; but we never did find that store again. I remember we went into an amazing for us movie theatre which operated continuously recycling an Alfred Hitchcock Jimmy Stewart movie: “The Man Who Knew Too Much.” Great movie.
Boy, do I feel like that man!
Posted by: juliania | Aug 27 2026 20:16 utc | 36
Exile | Aug 27 2026 19:34 utc | 30—
Request filled: (3) (Almost) everyone hates data centers. And the economics are bad. But they also can’t get equipment to build them.
NemesisCalling | Aug 27 2026 18:15 utc | 19
What I dont understand is the level of naivete expressed in your comment. Why do you believe ‘cynical mistrust’ is some kind of recent development?
Like ‘conspiracy’, the power of the word (cynic) relies on a weaponized system that assumes the default is open/trust, therefore dissidents/critics are positioned as outliers.
Assuming some/much of the progressive movement shares similar beliefs that govt used to/should function on behalf of people, it reveals a shocking lack of common sense.
For the entire history of mankind – up until maybe 120 years ago – no one had any allusion that the masses had any influence, much less control – of state apparatus.
It’s only been the recent sales job aka “democracy” that a full on Bernaysian marketing onslaught was unleashed on the unthinking hordes, to the point many actually believe they possess some kind of agency. SMH
It’s not cynicism to see where this is headed; its called reality, and those who insist on pretending otherwise – as if Agenda 2030 will not be fully implemented – are just as foolish as the targeted masses.
Posted by: Hobbes | Aug 27 2026 20:30 utc | 38
For those who want to know the real situation in Venezuela, with a Latin American context free from CIA/Mossad psyops:
Breno Altman – Has Venezuela become a US colony?
https://www.youtube.com/live/-g_IWMo4sq0?is=269g9SLVeKvEFh1A
As I have said before, Altman—obviously a Jew—is a brilliant communist and anti-Zionist activist.
Incidentally, speaking of an “anti-Zionist communist” involves a figure of speech (I don’t know if figures of speech exist in the English language…).
Posted by: Soviético | Aug 27 2026 20:47 utc | 40
@ ChatNPC | Aug 27 2026 19:34 utc | 29
thanks for sharing that.. it’s refreshing to see how china processes these sorts of actions and in direct opposition to how the usa processed 2008 financial crisis… in the one it is screw those who created this mess, and in the other it is screw those who got screwed over by the same folks still running things…
@ juliania | Aug 27 2026 20:16 utc | 36
the native art, or indigenous stores are still around, but harder to find…if you liked vancouver, you’d like vancouver island even more! and yes – you know too much, lol! i never saw the show but it is a fun title..
@ Soviético | Aug 27 2026 20:47 utc | 40
thanks… looks interesting.. a transcript would be better, but i will check it out..
Posted by: james | Aug 27 2026 21:03 utc | 41
That can help explain why bubbles can persist.
My expectation is the market crash will occur in late 2028 or summer 2029. Every resource available will be used to prevent the crash until exhausted.
Posted by: Keme | Aug 27 2026 21:08 utc | 42
Texas has suspended more than 1,000,000 registered voters.
https://newrepublic.com/post/214832/texas-suspended-1-million-voters-ahead-senate-race
Guess they actually are worried this time around. Go figure.
Posted by: Tom_Q_Collins | Aug 27 2026 21:18 utc | 43
ChatNPC.
Thanks for the links regarding these situations in China.
My apologies to everyone.
I forgot to mention that the video is in Portuguese.
James.
Sorry.
I don’t know how to create transcripts.
How do you do it?
Posted by: Soviético | Aug 27 2026 21:22 utc | 44
My expectation is the market crash will occur in late 2028 or summer 2029. Every resource available will be used to prevent the crash until exhausted.
Posted by: Keme | Aug 27 2026 21:08 utc | 42
Id suggest the crash will be the USD, the markets will be just part of the overall failure cascade.
Posted by: Doctor Eleven | Aug 27 2026 21:25 utc | 45
Everyone reading this blog is on a watchlist. Secure opsec setup:
Here
spread to others and maybe use tor and simplex chat over tor and in whonix on qubes
Posted by: Mark Angel | Aug 27 2026 21:40 utc | 46
Everyone reading this blog is on a watchlist.
Oh noes! <spooky.gif>
Posted by: Doctor Eleven | Aug 27 2026 21:45 utc | 47
Everyone reading this blog is on a watchlist
Posted by: Mark Angel | Aug 27 2026 21:40 utc | 46
NoScript breaks stuff, but it gives me the opportunity to investigate what has broken, why, and which third-party script is responsible for the breakage.
If the third-party script is on my blacklist, then stuff stays broken and I close the tab.
Posted by: Jeremy Rhymings-Lang | Aug 27 2026 21:59 utc | 48
That can help explain why bubbles can persist.
My expectation is the market crash will occur in late 2028 or summer 2029. Every resource available will be used to prevent the crash until exhausted.
Posted by: Keme | Aug 27 2026 21:08 utc | 42
Pretty optimistic.
Posted by: Ahenobarbus | Aug 27 2026 22:03 utc | 49
The world doesn’t run on Petrodollars. It runs on the Talmud. such sauvages pensees.
anyway, the great thing about having a mini-me in another part of the world is they can do whatever while Iran (or Russia or NK or China) gets blamed. did Iran “hack” Norway? did Israel? did Norway target itself? do capitalists have to blame someone for their own malicious negligence?
without an enemy, who are you?
Trump goes Pimpzilla on Canada, adjusting the 1%, his people think he’s heaven-sent. Trumpzilla.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iE2H96XmxZM
Posted by: duck n cover | Aug 27 2026 22:07 utc | 50
Everyone reading this blog is on a watchlist.
Oh noes! <spooky.gif>
Posted by: Doctor Eleven | Aug 27 2026 21:45 utc | 47
If the Zio Imperialists are worried about the anonymous, totally unorganized rhetorical opposition of the bar, they are even stupider than I thought.
Maybe just look at a poll or two of attitudes to war, Israel, Ukraine, Trump, the Democratic Party, etc. How about some of these recent election results where the Zio stooge loses despite being flooded with Aipac money?
One would think they’ve got bigger stuff to worry about…
Posted by: Ahenobarbus | Aug 27 2026 22:07 utc | 51
that’s what your Epsteins are up to. why do you need to know more?
Posted by: duck n cover | Aug 27 2026 18:22 utc | 20
Seems to be the theme of our resident Zio gimp today: why even try figuring out where Zio Imperialism is taking society? Why use your brain at all? Why bother trying to defend yourself? Just let the world be subjected to Israeli genocide!
Better to sit back, have a beer and listen to electric six or some Imperialist military band.
Thank you, next…..
Posted by: Ahenobarbus | Aug 27 2026 22:14 utc | 52
Apologies for my oversight if previously cited, but it appears that most have missed the really important news of the day:
https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16085299/Trump-renames-Lake-Ontario-Lake-America-Canada-trade-war-takes-ugly-turn.html
Reportedly, Ontario Premier Doug Ford has responded with a proposal to re-name Lake Michigan to Lake Epstein. It was bad enough when Burger King took over Tim’s, threatening to take over Alberta, etc., now this latest insult.
Posted by: Harmonic Resonance | Aug 27 2026 23:34 utc | 53
Reportedly, Ontario Premier Doug Ford has responded with a proposal to re-name Lake Michigan to Lake Epstein.
Posted by: Harmonic Resonance | Aug 27 2026 23:34 utc | 53
That’s actually very funny. It would only be funnier if it was proposed to rename it “Lake Amalek”.
Trump’s low IQ habit of renaming everything “….x… America” is not only lacking any creativity, it is also perfectly imitative of the LibDemTards “woke” habit of renaming old and well known geographical things like lakes and mountains after unpronounceable and ahistoric “indigenous” names. Just comiing at it from a dumber angle.
Posted by: pointing fingers | Aug 27 2026 23:59 utc | 54
@ Soviético | Aug 27 2026 21:22 utc | 44
your link @ 44 works for me as english with the subtitles of CC feature…. as for creating transcripts, i am just speaking of my personal preference for transcripts, as opposed to 2 hour long video talks… i could read it much quicker if it was in a written – transcript type format… but i don’t know how to convince the rest of the world of my particular bias for wanting to read as opposed to watch… cheers…
Posted by: james | Aug 28 2026 0:24 utc | 55
At some point soon Trump is going to sign an Executive Order renaming planet Earth to “Planet America”. He’s already talking about renaming oceans.
Posted by: pointing fingers | Aug 28 2026 0:27 utc | 56
he can rename his wife too – epstein call girl.. works for me, lol…
Posted by: james | Aug 28 2026 0:34 utc | 57
Dolly Parton= Moderna vaccine=cancer death
She had donated one million dollars towards research for covid vaccine.
Possible connection?
Posted by: Notlurking | Aug 28 2026 1:33 utc | 58
NATO reconnaissance drone loses contact and is circling over the Black Sea
According to SHOT, the RQ-4D Phoenix surveillance drone, call sign MAGMA 10, transmitted an emergency signal 7600, which indicates a loss of two-way communication with the base.
▪️ It is reported that the drone is currently circling over neutral waters of the Black Sea. Prior to this, the drone activated its transponder over Bulgaria.
It is assumed that the RQ-4D Phoenix may have taken off from a NATO base in Sicily. Similar incidents of communication loss with the alliance’s reconnaissance drones have been recorded before.
High-altitude RQ-4D drones are used by NATO for reconnaissance and surveillance. Often, massive Ukrainian attacks begin after their takeoffs.
From cyberspec, it seems Russians are aware of nato drones over the black sea directing Ukrainian attacks. This would be a good area to focus on since its so close to Ukraine.
Since Russia isn’t able to secure the black sea for itself, it can make it unsecure for every nato country bordering it at least balancing the situation.
It would be a rational move as it would interfere with Ukraines military potential, not give its enemies a rallying point to set its full military power, and be relatively low cost. “Accidentally” targeting an plane they could say it locked its weapons systems on one its units.
They could borrow Ukraines idea of putting a SAM system onto an unmanned naval vessel.
Hell, I’d even lie and say the Ukrainians did it get more weapons.
Posted by: Neofeudalfuture | Aug 28 2026 1:38 utc | 59
Posted by: Notlurking | Aug 28 2026 1:33 utc | 58
Yup. I still have respect for her as an artist, though.
Dolly – Busy Signal
Posted by: lex talionis | Aug 28 2026 1:44 utc | 60
Everyone reading this blog is on a watchlist.
Oh noes! <spooky.gif>
Posted by: Doctor Eleven | Aug 27 2026 21:45 utc | 47
If the Zio Imperialists are worried about the anonymous, totally unorganized rhetorical opposition of the bar, they are even stupider than I thought.
I saw this site through zero hedge, multiple times. Millions of people went through here and ZH has been under the radar for a while. In fact it seems to unmentionable here which is curious but really unimportant.
There is some terrific insights here and a wealth of knowledge and some people here exercise some power.
Its what they do after they read things here that is interesting and generally not broadcast back to the rhetorical bar.
Cheers.
Posted by: Neofeudalfuture | Aug 28 2026 1:54 utc | 61
BBC Nepal disaster video shorts collection https://www.bbc.com/news/live/c6y8mjmnpxv0t
Posted by: KM | Aug 28 2026 2:03 utc | 62
Jamarl Thomas: Dimitri Lascaris: ‘Will Carney Fold?’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xg-gf7I5VIs
“Canada goes to war: Will Canadian PM Carney hold the line against Trump?”
PM Goldman Sachs is an elite snake. Don’t be fooled by the Trump-Carney pillow-fight kabuki.
Posted by: John Gilberts | Aug 28 2026 2:14 utc | 63
65 corrected:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xg_gf7I5VIs
Posted by: John Gilberts | Aug 28 2026 2:17 utc | 64
The USA doesn’t have sufficient Gallium. Posted by: too scents | Aug 27 2026 19:14 utc | 26
Yet. It has a huge surplus in plain, unadulterated gall.
Posted by: Melaleuca | Aug 28 2026 2:34 utc | 65
@38 Hobbes
Thx for the response. I had to read it a few times to gather the gist of what you were saying and to formulate my response. I have no qualms with being called naive. That is about one of the nicest things that anyone has said about me lately, so I am just happy to interact with another poster.
Assuming some/much of the progressive movement shares similar beliefs that govt used to/should function on behalf of people, it reveals a shocking lack of common sense.
Well, are your so-called progressives inside/outside the system? I would contend that what you are referring to as the progressive movement in the states is indeed working inside the system, or what a dissident would call “the duopoly” where the game is such that every four years, the other side wins and the retiring party cries, “Awww, shucks. We tried. Lord knows we tried.” All the so-called progressives in the media space right now and in the DSA-party are being funded by the same duopoly money-big shots as everyone else. And I have already predicted that the DSA is just an extension of the Donald J. Trump phenomenon, in that, lip service is paid to an almost revolutionary set of ideals during campaign-time, but when they ascend, and the DSA will ascend, the result of empowerment is instead a coordinated effort to snuff out “the rising tide of antisemitism.” Take that to the bank. Israel is a useful punching bag at the moment, but Jews work it from both sides. The domestic Jews that say they hate Israel now and fund the DSA and progressive-movement will make sure their guys go after domestic anti-semites (read: dissidents) when the opportunity arises.
I have never seen a progressive fold faster than Mamdani not making an earnest effort to command law enforcement under his control into a confrontation with Netanyahu. Mamdani, if he had any agency let alone balls, would have been venerated as a saint by most dissidents in the United States at that very moment, but you see why he very well could not.
And regarding your vision of history especially as it relates to the U.S.:
For the entire history of mankind – up until maybe 120 years ago – no one had any allusion that the masses had any influence, much less control – of state apparatus. It’s only been the recent sales job aka “democracy” that a full on Bernaysian marketing onslaught was unleashed on the unthinking hordes, to the point many actually believe they possess some kind of agency. SMH
I would argue that the plebs do contain agency, intrinsically. That agency is a universal reality for all people. Once recognizing the duopoly, you have no choice but to become a dissident where you must wait outside. That is where I stand currently. The fact I can not wrest control from them does not mean I have no agency. It just means I am on the outside of a delusion. And agency has been granted to me.
I am not a scholar of Lenin or Marx, but I do find it interesting the notion that democratic socialism must arrive and fall for the ascendancy of communism. Or it must be sublated into the final appearance of communism.
By your logic, then, socialism is indeed inside the system if it already has its foot in the door. Or is what the Jews are funding not real progressive socialism?
Well, then, where are all these progressives you are referring to throughout history and without agency? How could we know of them?
Posted by: NemesisCalling | Aug 28 2026 2:34 utc | 66
Does anyone have a 2-paragraph answer as to why CIA Rat-cliffe went to Moscow.
Will anyone watch an hour of Duran and/ or an hour of Larry Johnson so I don’t have to?
Q: In either of the hour-long click fests, do they actually know the answer? A: imma guessing not, but they are each able to fill an hour of content with speculation?
Posted by: Melaleuca | Aug 28 2026 2:40 utc | 67
I am trying to not think of the horse beef story and this story at the same time.
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Books Behind Borders @MHTruthUltra
“Over 1,200 Human Heads And Multiple Human Fetuses Discovered Inside A Detroit Warehouse.
And the trail leads all the way back to Tel Aviv and an extremely well-connected Israeli-Jewish family.”
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https://www.booksbehindborders.org/p/1200-human-heads-and-fetuses-found-in-detroit
“Over 1,200 Human Heads And Multiple Human Fetuses Discovered In A Warehouse In Detroit
As disturbing as that sounds, it’s only the beginning in this house of horrors.
Trigger warning: extremely graphic images and disturbing content.
In 2012, eight human heads were discovered at the Detroit airport. They had arrived from Tel Aviv and were being transported unembalmed, stuffed inside trash bags and sitting in a cooler full of blood. These heads were even infected with HIV or hepatitis.
As disturbing as that sounds, the eight heads were only the beginning.
The discovery eventually led federal investigators to a warehouse in Detroit where they recovered approximately 1,200 human heads, four human fetuses, and other body parts.
…
So who exactly were these human heads being sent to?
The package itself gives us a name: Dr. Milli Raviv.
Raviv, along with her husband and son, runs a dental and medical practice headquartered in Montreal, with an office in Israel. Dr. Raviv is an Israeli Jew who graduated from Tel Aviv University before moving to Montreal.
Which raises another question: why does a Canadian-based medical practice also have an office in Israel?
…
neither the United States nor Canada pursued an investigation of the Raviv family, despite the shipment of human heads being specifically addressed to Milli Raviv and despite her connections to the world of body brokers and cadaver-based medical training. She still provides cadaver courses today.
On the other hand, Rathburn and his wife Elizabeth were arrested in 2016, 6 years after the initial raid and were sentenced to 9 years in federal prison.
Hmm… I wonder if the Raviv’s being a wealthy, well-connected, Jewish-Israeli family has anything to do with the lack of scrutiny? Or maybe it’s because a lot of these body parts ended up in the hands of the U.S. military? Or is it all of the above?
Think of Rathburn as an Epstein-type figure: a supplier and fixer operating inside a much larger network. And just like Epstein, Rathburn became the face of the scandal and the guy who took the fall, while the larger network of suppliers and clients walked away scot-free, and the illegal harvesting and trafficking of human bodies and body parts continues to this day. ”
Posted by: GreatLakesObserver | Aug 28 2026 2:53 utc | 68
Posted by: karlof1 | Aug 27 2026 20:27 utc | 37
thank you for repostong the Gas Turbine link. Its a decent overview.
Re: Bottle Necks – there are 5 smallish companies on earth (out china) that produce the specialty raw forgings for a key part of a Gas Turbine. 1 such company is located north of Pittsburgh. They sre typical of the 5 suppliers. Surf theough their website a bit and realize how tiny and archaic this production line is. Bottleneck indeed.
https://www.ellwoodcityforge.com
Posted by: Exile | Aug 28 2026 3:44 utc | 69
@ Melaleuca | Aug 28 2026 2:40 utc | 71
someone mentioned ratcliffe going to look after the blackrock and etc. contracts and agreements… i doubt putin and company will give a shit about any of that, but who knows…
@ ChatNPC | Aug 27 2026 19:34 utc | 29
apparently in china they use a body double so the guy doesn’t actually go to jail.. rich chinese buy a body double so they don’t have to go… i know… sounds crazy, but my nephew tells me this.. hard to know… also the evergrande corp bought a lot of property in the vancouver area too, as part of it’s financial ponzi scheme…
Posted by: james | Aug 28 2026 3:55 utc | 70
the numbers are changing… b has been deleting posts late night shift..
Posted by: james | Aug 28 2026 3:58 utc | 71
@ james with the link to the guy I already subscribe to…thx
I had a busy day and just now read/skimmed the piece. Good history for those that need convincing we have a God Of Mammon cult in charge.
Rejection of the dollar is also rejection of the BIS, eh?….and SWIFT?
mBridge only has 5 active members and 20 onlookers but CIPS has 100-200 active using nations.
If the world blows up, what will the battle of backroom financial plumbing war look like?
Posted by: psychohistorian | Aug 28 2026 4:12 utc | 72
Another more important part of life without the US dollar is the hopeful end of the private Foreign Exchange casino.
I don’t know what sort of price discovery across nation’s currencies replaces it but anything would be better than the private casino and social manipulation central that the current system is.
Posted by: psychohistorian | Aug 28 2026 4:22 utc | 73
@ pyschohistorian… perhaps things are changing in the way we hope.. we can hope!! off to read a book and bed…
Posted by: james | Aug 28 2026 4:29 utc | 74
If the world blows up, what will the battle of backroom financial plumbing war look like?
Posted by: psychohistorian | Aug 28 2026 4:12 utc | 72
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Carrier pigeons exchanging PKI public keys.
Posted by: too scents | Aug 28 2026 4:53 utc | 75
james | Aug 28 2026 3:55 utc | 70
re Rat-cliffe. Yep. Lotsa speculation.
Guess that’s the whole point of him having a personal trip to Moscow… no one to listen in, no 3rd prying parties privy …
One day he’ll write a book, and tell us a version of what the trip may have been about.
Posted by: Melaleuca | Aug 28 2026 4:56 utc | 76
@ psychohistorian | Aug 28 2026 4:22 utc | 73
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Price discovery is actually pretty good for those with access to Capital.
A far bigger issue is adequately compensating Labour for their Value.
Posted by: too scents | Aug 28 2026 5:00 utc | 77
Re: 1,200 Human Skulls ?
This article might help describe the background:
(Excerpt)…,,,For the Frankist, anarchic destruction represented all the Luciferian radiance, and “great is a sin committed for its own sake.” The Frankists taught that their Four Godheads represented the major religions that needed to be destroyed……
https://www.winterwatch.net/2024/08/the-influence-of-sabbatian-frankism-on-the-world/
Posted by: Exile | Aug 28 2026 5:06 utc | 78
The hits just keep on coming.
Huawei ‘collecting tuition’ from HP carries profound meaning: Global Times editorial
Published: Aug 28, 2026 12:51 AM
The fact that a US tech giant is paying a Chinese company that Washington has placed on its “Entity List” to license the latter’s technology alone is enough to render the clamorous “decoupling” rhetoric within the US utterly hollow. The licensing agreement between Huawei and HP is a vivid illustration of this broader era.
On Wednesday, a piece of news made waves across the global tech industry: HP paid to obtain a global license to Huawei’s patents, including those covering the Wi-Fi 7 standard, while Huawei secures rights to HP’s high-value reciprocal patents.
The fact that a US tech giant is paying a Chinese company that Washington has placed on its “Entity List” to license the latter’s technology alone is enough to render the clamorous “decoupling” rhetoric within the US utterly hollow. This win-win commercial agreement not only marks a reconciliation between two companies, but also offers a glimpse into the remarkable strides China has made in technological innovation.
story ==> https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202608/1369224.shtml
Posted by: too scents | Aug 28 2026 5:22 utc | 79
Posted by: Billhead | Aug 28 2026 5:32 utc | 80
Why would you support the
Sabbatean Frankists ?
sre you an sctive member of the
Sabbatean Frankist cult ? Do you participate in their ritual human sacrifices ?
Posted by: Amalek (né Exile) | Aug 28 2026 5:38 utc | 80
Responding to Delcy, Lula & Sheinbaum Apologists
https://joeemersberger.substack.com/p/responding-to-delcy-lula-and-sheinbaum
“Since January, the US has imposed a level of subordination in Latin America that has not been seen since the early 20th century when it directly occupied Haiti and Nicaragua.
Today, only Cuba and Nicaragua deserve to be called sovereign states in the region.
Trump has succeeded because the Holocaust in Gaza made western imperialists realize that they can get away with far more than they ever thought they could do.
We who live in the imperial core should, at the very least, legitimize armed resistance to western imperialism at home and abroad, not make excuses for cowardly governments…”
Posted by: John Gilberts | Aug 28 2026 6:31 utc | 81
‘Lake America’…
https://www.aljazeera.com/#flips-6404422017112
“Trump crosses out Lake Ontario on a map, renames it ‘Lake America.’
‘And all it takes is a good pen and some intelligence.”
Oh well, one out of two ain’t bad.
Posted by: John Gilberts | Aug 28 2026 6:46 utc | 82
82 corrected: try this:
https://www.aljazeera.com/#flips-6404122017112
Posted by: John Gilberts | Aug 28 2026 6:48 utc | 83
@John Gilberts | Aug 28 2026 6:46 utc | 82
“Trump crosses out Lake Ontario on a map, renames it ‘Lake America.’
It is rumored that Lake Michigan is now Lake Epstein.
Posted by: Norwegian | Aug 28 2026 8:00 utc | 84
Posted by: Norwegian | Aug 28 2026 8:00 utc | 84
F***king Harald er død. Vil nordmenn være bekymret? Når jeg snakker med folkens, så prøver jeg å innskyte at Hakon er Young Global Leader. Trengs mer klassebevissthet i det hele landet.
Posted by: Konami | Aug 28 2026 9:07 utc | 85
@Konami | Aug 28 2026 9:07 utc | 85
Trengs mer klassebevissthet i det hele landet.
Absolutt. Vi er et land av zombier. PS. Hils kona di 🙂
Posted by: Norwegian | Aug 28 2026 9:14 utc | 86
Bessent is buying back the long end at 52 cents on the dollar.
only took two billion and fascinating. So here they took just two QUSIPs off the table or three I guess. This one at 52 cents on the dollar. Um so Philip that that’s that was a 30-year bond trading at 1.87. Ouch. Right. Um 52 cents on the dollar. This one went off at 56. This one at 71. So I’m glad to see they’re not buying him at par and doing a stealth bailout of banks behind the scenes. But somebody’s now going to have to realize these losses I think yet that we know of.
https://youtu.be/HaEo08nUzEA?t=968
Posted by: too scents | Aug 28 2026 9:17 utc | 87
Posted by: james | Aug 28 2026 3:55 utc | 70
Maybe that might have worked a few years ago (they all look the same don’t they?), but in this biometric era I don’t think a body double would pass muster. Starting with fingerprints…
Posted by: ChatNPC | Aug 28 2026 9:37 utc | 88
In order for EU to stop ending up totally collapsing, Norway needs to keep feeding it oil and gas.
Cue here for plausible deniability drone attacks on North sea platforms and pipes.
EUROPE KEEPS ITS WEALTH ONLY IF NORWAY KEEPS PUMPING
If Europe wants to keep factories open, homes warm, and living standards intact, it needs far more energy than the green slogan machine admits. Petoro chief Kristin Kragseth delivered the blunt version. Norway is not a nostalgic oil province. It is the supplier Europe cannot replace.
THE CORE THESIS: ENERGY OR DECLINE
➡️ Europe’s grand plans collapse if European industry cannot get reliable energy at a price it can survive.
➡️ If Europe struggles, Norway struggles with it. That is the trade reality, not a talking point.
➡️ Every serious analysis shows Europe still needs Norwegian gas well past 2050, no matter how optimistic you are about the green shift.
➡️ The transition will take time. Pretending otherwise is a policy fantasy that will be paid for in closed plants and lost jobs.
THE SYSTEM EUROPE REFUSES TO SEE
➡️ Stop talking about oil and gas as one box, hydropower as another, wind and solar as a third.
➡️ It is one energy system. An electron and a molecule both do work.
➡️ Flexibility and infrastructure decide whether power actually arrives when factories need it.➡️ Norway is built for that job: pipeline gas, existing offshore infrastructure, and a political culture that still delivers what it promises.
THE EXPLORATION WAKE-UP
➡️ Equinor, Aker BP and Vår Energi are pooling data, geologists and risk to hunt the next “elephants” on the Norwegian shelf.
➡️ Around 80 percent of drilling stays close to mature infrastructure. The rest goes after bigger, harder targets.
➡️ First high-impact wells are aimed at 2028. That is how you stop a two-thirds production collapse by mid-century.
➡️ Kragseth says this kind of trust-and-share deal would be almost impossible anywhere else. On the Norwegian shelf, a deal is a deal.
THE BOTTOM LINE
Europe can lecture Norway about the energy transition, or it can keep the industrial base that pays for that transition. It cannot do both while starving itself of molecules.
Norway is already positioned to deliver. The only open question is whether Europe is still serious about staying rich.
https://x.com/Mark4XX/status/2093242750619496669
Posted by: unimperator | Aug 28 2026 9:51 utc | 89
Posted by: unimperator | Aug 28 2026 9:51 utc | 89
From what I can tell, Europe had a good plan to transition to renewables. One in which German energy, for example, was produced solely in Germany. Cheap Russian gas was the transitional energy source that could be increased or decreased as needed.
The US convinced Germany to just cut off the cheap Russian gas. That is not the leadership of Europe trying to make Europe rich. This was the leadership of Europe bowing down to Daddy – the US – at the expense of their own people.
Germany cut off their transitional energy source as they moved towards homegrown green energy. They have replaced it with a deal for US LNG that guarantees poverty for Germans, and huge profits for the US. This is not Europeans trying to be rich. Its Europeans sacrificing themselves to make Daddy happy.
There are several ways that Germany could have dealt with the problems caused by cutting itself off from Russian gas. You outlined one, which would mean having deals in place with Norway BEFORE cutting off Russian gas. Another would be reopening their coal mines. The current leadership of Europe is backstabbing citizens of Europe. Blaming it on moving towards green energy misses the point. Blaming it on the Green Party for backstabbing German citizens – well yeah that makes sense. From what I can tell, the current Green Party in Germany is just as interested in impoverishing German citizen for the benefit of Daddy as any other German mainline party.
Posted by: Woke American | Aug 28 2026 10:38 utc | 90
After the flash-flood disaster another?
‘US Pushes Military Pact With Nepal…'(2022)
https://x.com/angeloinchina/status/2092896212311511331
“Will the US try to establish a long-term military presence in Nepal under the disguise of ‘humanitarian assistance’? This is not speculation about a future plot. It is continuity.
Surround China. Use smaller states as platforms. Fund the politics that make the military channel acceptable. The disguise holds until the presence is already a fact…”
Posted by: John Gilberts | Aug 28 2026 12:25 utc | 91
@Posted by: Otto Penn | Aug 27 2026 16:58 utc | 5
How often does history repeat?
When Wall Street Tried To Coup We The People
Title amended, re the 18th anniversary of the attempted coup approaches.
Do you recall when Treasury Secretary threatened martial law while coercing Congress into passing his “bailout bill”?
https://albertpeia.com/PaulsonBailoutMartialLawThreat.htm
Speaking on Tulsa Oklahoma’s 1170 KFAQ, when asked who was behind threats of martial law and civil unrest if the bailout bill failed, Senator James Inhofe named Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson as the source.
“Somebody in D.C. was feeding you guys quite a story prior to the bailout, a story that if we didn’t do this we were going to see something on the scale of the depression, there were people talking about martial law being instituted, civil unrest….who was feeding you guys this stuff?,” asked host Pat Campbell.
“That’s Henry Paulson,” responded Inhofe, “We had a conference call early on, it was on a Friday I think – a week and half before the vote on Oct. 1. So it would have been the middle … what was it – the 19th of September, we had a conference call. In this conference call – and I guess there’s no reason for me not to repeat what he said, but he said – he painted this picture you just described. He said, ‘This is serious. This is the most serious thing that we faced.’”
Inhofe said that Paulson told members of Congress the crisis would be “far worse than the great depression” if Congress didn’t authorize the bill to buy out toxic debt, a proposal “which he abandoned the day after he got the money,” added Inhofe.
Inhofe is referring to the controversy last week when it emerged that the bailout money was not going to buy up toxic debt but instead Paulson, the former CEO of Goldman Sachs, had pulled a bait and switch and ordered the money be injected directly into banks.
Senator Inhofe has slammed the secrecy surrounding the destination of the bailout money, saying that Hank Paulson could have given it to his friends and that the “blank check” must be cancelled now.
Inhofe is now trying to rally support for a freeze on what’s left of the initial $350 billion of bailout money with his “roll back the bailout” proposal, which will also require an affirmative vote on the part of Congress to approve Treasury’s plan for the remaining $350 billion.
In threatening martial law Wall Street makes clear that the attitude of Wall Street is that civilian authority is optional.
How soon will history repeat?
Posted by: Otto Penn | Aug 28 2026 12:41 utc | 92
Foreign Interference in Nepal?
https://x.com/angeloinchina/status/2092963317614538778
“4 of 8 of Nepal’s newly appointed interim ministers have been drawn from US gov’t-funded fronts they headed…”
Posted by: John Gilberts | Aug 28 2026 12:41 utc | 93
The British Empire’s Downfall: From India to Palestine | William Dalrymple
Stuff you don’t get told at skool.
William Darymple is always a good listen. Ignore Zack Polanski.
Posted by: ChatNPC | Aug 28 2026 13:26 utc | 94
Aleksandr Yermakov, an employee of the Center for International Security at IMEMO RAS (Primakov National Research Institute of World Economy and International Relations, Russian Academy of Sciences), on how cheap UAVs have changed warfare:
What are “effectors” and how are they changing the face of modern warfare? (Profil’, Aleksandr Yermakov, August 25, 2026 — in Russian)
In recent years, the world has witnessed a number of revolutions in military affairs. These are primarily related to the Ukrainian conflict. The most noticeable changes have occurred in the face of ground combat, in which light UAVs have become a more important factor than traditional artillery. However, no less significant changes have occurred in the sphere of strategic air strikes, and these are clearly evident in the Middle East, so they can certainly be considered not a local peculiarity, but a global trend.
We are talking about the emergence of a new type of weapons, the classification of which has not yet been fully established. These weapons are united primarily by their extreme simplicity and low cost of production and, consequently, their widespread use. At the same time, they have a significant range, previously accessible only to the most advanced cruise missiles—a couple of thousand kilometers or more. In this regard, it’s tempting to classify these missiles as cruise missiles, which would generally be accurate in terms of their methods of use. However, from a linguistic perspective, calling something with a propeller (and many are equipped with a piston engine) a missile is, to put it mildly, odd. Considering them UAVs? Of course, in a sense they are drones. But if you look at it that way, the Tomahawk is also a UAV, since it doesn’t have a pilot and is also designed for single use. The term “loitering munition” (this term is now falling into disuse) is also far from being always appropriate: most are designed primarily for simple autonomous flight to a predetermined target along a predetermined route, without the operator actually loitering or searching for the target.
The difficulty with classification has led to the widespread use in the West in the last couple of years of the term “effector” or “launched effect,” which is supposed to encompass all these cheap, mass-produced products, with any type of propulsion system and long range, under one umbrella. In Russian, “effector” certainly sounds horrible (there’s plenty of criticism of this word in English-language sources, too). But it’s worth knowing the term, at least to understand what’s meant in a foreign text or a rough translation. The most accurate definition is probably “long-range disposable strike UAV.” But such a definition seems too cumbersome. “Kamikaze drone” is suitable for social media, but it’s not an official definition. At least remember the old Soviet term “aircraft-projectile”!
The secret to success
While the name of the phenomenon remains unclear, the originators of its popularity are clear. It’s certainly the Shahed, or more precisely, the Shahed 131 and its direct descendant, the Shahed 136—disposable attack drones from the Iranian company Shahed Aviation Industries. This company produces a fairly wide range of UAVs, including not only disposable ones, but the success of the 131 and 136 models has created a situation similar to when the Xerox name became a generic name for all photocopiers.
The Shahed 131 has a rather complex and convoluted “biography.” Genealogically, it likely traces its origins to two projects dating back to the 1980s: the German Dornier DAR and the South African Kentron ARD-10. In both cases, the designers were working on low-cost, long-duration loitering munitions, primarily designed to counter radar stations, which they were supposed to detect and destroy independently thanks to a relatively simple guidance system that detected the signal of a radar activated in the patrol area. Even today, scans of newspaper articles from the early 1990s reveal the familiar silhouettes of mid-2020s flying vehicles. Both projects, however, never entered serial production in their home countries (the Germans were hamstrung by the collapse of the USSR, and the South Africans by the collapse of the apartheid system). However, the relevant developments were purchased for a small sum by Israel, where they formed the basis for the IAI Harpy loitering munition.
Then, either through reverse engineering from Israeli Harpy wrecks or through direct sale (there are reports that the South Africans sold their work simultaneously to both Tel Aviv and Tehran), the project found its way to Iran. The Persian specialists were quite creative. Eschewing anything complex and expensive, they created a surrogate cruise missile instead of a loitering munition (in the case of the Harpy, a very advanced and high-tech one). Using commercial components and their copies and simple civilian GPS guidance, they crafted a compact aerial “scooter” with a fuel-efficient engine that, with a loud rumble at low altitude and modest speed, could deliver a small warhead to a fairly decent range. Unexpectedly, this awkward surrogate turned out to be perhaps the most revolutionary weapon in the age of hypersonic missiles. The first confirmed combat use was the Houthi attack on Saudi oil refineries in Abqaiq and Khurais in September 2019. About two dozen drones struck targets located approximately 700 km from the Yemeni border. Although the fires were relatively small and were quickly extinguished, the financial damage from the reduction in oil refining was significant and, compared to the costs of the attack, simply monstrous.
A machine clearly not created by a leading aircraft manufacturer has become a model for imitation around the world. Perhaps the highest form of recognition: last spring, against the backdrop of the war with Iran, the Pentagon, led by the radical chauvinist Pete Hegseth, quite seriously boasted of the “first use of American ‘shaheds’ ” as a major achievement, and a year earlier, Hegseth posed with American copies of Iranian UAVs. The slogan from the May Day demonstration comes to mind: “Yesterday, only Chamberlain had tanks, but today we have them too!” American companies have already quickly created several copies of the ‘shahed,’ some even literally referencing the original in the index; for example, the SpektreWorks FLM-136 is currently in active use. There is much to emulate: the Persian “kamikazes” carried out numerous small but offensive strikes on American bases in the region this spring.
What is so revolutionary about this rather ordinary aircraft? The fact is that the Shahed and its successors offer a new way to penetrate air defenses. For over a century, air defenses were built on the principle that “to disrupt a raid, it’s enough to inflict serious damage on the attacking group of aircraft.” Experience in both World War II and subsequent wars demonstrated that if enough bombers participating in a raid are shot down (a quarter is usually sufficient), the rest simply dump their bombs on the field and fly away. Furthermore, fighters are simpler and cheaper to produce and have smaller crews, meaning there will certainly be more of them than attackers, and the shells of the anti-aircraft guns are even less expensive. The Cold War brought with it long-range anti-aircraft missile systems and countermeasures (both active, such as special air-launched missiles, and passive, such as jamming devices), but the overall principle of air defense remained the same. Even the development of modern long-range cruise missiles (e.g., Tomahawks, JASSMs, and Kalibrs) has made little difference, as these were highly technical feats of engineering, relying on their “outstanding personal qualities” to penetrate air defenses, primarily their extremely low altitude and low observability. Such missiles couldn’t be truly numerous, and it wasn’t a waste of high-tech and expensive air defense systems to develop them.
The Shaheds and other “effectors” are extremely primitive aircraft, even by World War II standards. For example, the cruising speed of the propeller-driven 131/136 is approximately 180 km/h. This is roughly equivalent to the speed of Red Baron von Richthofen’s triplane during World War I. While the “effectors” fly low to hide from ground-based radars below the horizon, they’re not as stealthy as expensive cruise missiles, which can fly at altitudes of several dozen meters at transonic speeds in difficult terrain. They’re also not stealthy in the traditional sense, although some attention is certainly paid to reducing their radar signature. This is aided by the clean, sleek airframe of some models, although it’s important to understand that a propeller-driven aircraft can’t be stealthy.
Unexpectedly, the “shaheds” have converted into a tool for penetrating air defenses… the man-hours required for their production and their cost estimates. The cost of the simplest base models is $15,000–$20,000. This is significantly lower than the average flight hour cost of a modern fighter. Without taking into account the cost of weapons, kerosene and other consumables, an air defense fighter will burn through more fuel during a several-hour patrol mission than the cost of several simple “effectors.” Weapons are a real problem: the price of the new AIM-9X, the main Western short-range air-to-air missile, is at least $400,000. A fighter rarely carries more than four or six missiles, as the maximum payload affects the range and duration of patrols. Medium-range AIM-120 missiles (actively used, among other things, in anti-aircraft missile systems) cost over a million, and long-range missiles are even more expensive. It seems that the “effectors” could be shot down simply with fighter jets’ cannons, but this, oddly enough, is dangerous due to the huge difference in speed: the aircraft could crash into the drone or its debris after the explosion.
Of course, the fundamental principle of air defense has always been that expenditures should be compared not with the cost of the attacking assets, but with the cost of the objects being defended. But the problem is that the attacker can produce drones several times faster than the defender can produce interceptors. After all, money is a measure of the materials and man-hours expended, and if something costs 20 times more, then most likely this means that the comparative production rates will also differ by an order of magnitude. Eventually, air defenses will simply run out of ammo to fire.
And the ability to overload traditional air defenses by simultaneously employing multiple “effectors” is their greatest strength. Kamikaze drones will not falter, no matter the level of losses among the attackers—the traditional principle of inflicting unacceptable damage on them in the fight against manned bombers won’t work. A hundred “shaheds” can be sent against a truly important target, and even if 99 are shot down, the last one will have completed the mission. In principle, traditional cruise missiles could be used in this manner, but it would be monstrously wasteful, and their stockpiles would be exhausted within days. Traditional air defense, which at the beginning of the 21st century was built primarily on high-tech systems with expensive missile munitions, simply doesn’t know how to deal with massive air strikes by “effectors.” The development of anti-aircraft artillery has been rather sluggish in recent decades, after strike aircraft began to move beyond its effective range, and it is difficult for it to counter traditional high-speed cruise missiles.
Disadvantages and difficulties in attempting to fix them
All of the above does not mean that “effector” drones are perfect weapons. They have a number of significant drawbacks. First and foremost, most “effector” drones are equipped with relatively lightweight warheads. For example, the Shahed 131 had a warhead weighing approximately 10–20 kg (depending on the version). In later versions, this was increased significantly, with the most powerful variants weighing close to 100 kg, but this began to significantly impact range. By comparison, a traditional cruise missile is equipped with a warhead weighing up to half a ton (either penetrating or with dispersive submunitions) and hits its target at a speed several times greater than an “effector.” Therefore, kamikaze drones are generally only effective against “soft” targets.
As already mentioned, the warhead could be increased, but then either the range would drop sharply or a more powerful engine would be required. This engine would require significantly more fuel, and the vehicle would become simply enormous. We could try installing a high-tech, fuel-efficient turbojet engine… and after a few iterations, we’d find ourselves designing yet another cruise missile costing several million dollars.
Similar consequences arise from attempts to equip drones with high-tech guidance systems, “swarm intelligence,” and other currently fashionable “AI elements.” The Americans, with their Shahed replicas used in the war with Iran, have already encountered the fact that a SpaceX satellite antenna doubles the cost of the drone. This isn’t to say that specialized modifications shouldn’t be created to supplement the basic arsenal with new capabilities (for example, for striking naval targets) or that capabilities shouldn’t be developed in general. The point is simply that the understandable and correct desire to improve a product can threaten its main advantage—simplicity.
Meanwhile, air defense systems are gradually exploring ways to counter these “effectors.” Western air forces have rushed to introduce repurposed unguided rockets equipped with simple guidance heads as ultra-cheap air-to-air missiles, and this appears to be producing good results. Deploying similar missiles is a key task for the Russian Aerospace Forces. Attack helicopters are proving effective. Ground-based air defense systems are deploying other drones against drones—high-speed interceptor quadcopters based on racing designs. Anti-aircraft artillery is experiencing a renaissance. However, both artillery and interceptor drones have limited range, making it difficult to cover extended areas.
However, all this is a natural process of the eternal struggle between shield and sword. After all, back in the day, no one knew how to counter the German Zeppelin bombers. However, mass-produced strike UAVs, whatever they are called, will likely remain a new weapon of aerial warfare. They will not replace expensive, “advanced” cruise missiles and full-size aircraft (both unmanned and manned), but will complement them, increasing the burden on air defenses. Furthermore, they will make strategic-range strike capabilities available to most countries, which could have an impact on international politics.
Posted by: S | Aug 28 2026 13:38 utc | 95
In threatening martial law Wall Street makes clear that the attitude of Wall Street is that civilian authority is optional.
How soon will history repeat?
Posted by: Otto Penn | Aug 28 2026 12:41 utc | 92
I had a couple of school chums who were mid-level NY Fed apparatchniks during the GFC – they parroted the silliest scare stories (ie paychecks will bounce and so forth) when we met for beers. Those of us who understood simply laughed at them and explained why those scare stories were poppycock.
Posted by: Exile | Aug 28 2026 13:50 utc | 96
@ ChatNPC | Aug 28 2026 9:37 utc | 88
i responded to my nephew in a similar manner… i find it hard to believe…
Posted by: james | Aug 28 2026 14:32 utc | 97
Posted by: james | Aug 28 2026 14:32 utc | 97
Glad to hear it. Let us not forget the the uber-rich are the most paranoid about identity theft (and loss of their ill-gotten gains), so will have made sure their biometrics are recorded and attached to all their vital documents. No doubt some have had their DNA sequenced in the hope that at some point in the future they might achieve immortality, somehow – their vanity knows no bounds.
Posted by: ChatNPC | Aug 28 2026 14:41 utc | 98
Major fire breaks out near Wembley
More than 120 firefighters battle blaze at recycling facility in north London
A major fire has broken out at an industrial site near Wembley Stadium.
Twenty fire engines and 125 firefighters are battling the blaze at a recycling facility in Neasden, north London.
The cause of the fire is unclear at present.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/08/28/huge-fire-breaks-out-north-london-amazon-warehouse/
Posted by: too scents | Aug 28 2026 14:43 utc | 99
5 minute supercut of Hezbollah FPV drones striking Israeli armour in Lebanon.
Hezbollah is increasingly using FPV drones against Israeli troops and military vehicles in Lebanon, turning the systems into a regular tactical weapon.
The low-cost drones have become a growing challenge for the IDF, particularly at close range, forcing Israel to accelerate countermeasures against the expanding threat.
https://t.me/NewResistance/51569
Posted by: too scents | Aug 28 2026 14:58 utc | 100