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The official story laden with gaping holes, a lie from beginning to end, the Charlie Kirk assassination simply dropped off mainstream and most alternative media radar. From Gary D. Barnett at garydbarnett.substack.com:

“The narrative illusion introduces a “mind virus”, which is a syntactical contagion that spreads through communicative vectors and colonizes the cognitive biases of the targeted individual’s psychology, thus transforming the mental processes of that target.”

~ James Scott, Senior Fellow, The Center for Cyber Influence Operations Studies

To begin, let me say that while this might be a bit of speculation on my part, the fact remains that this story has been almost purged from media coverage in an inordinate short amount of time. Should Kirk have really been assassinated, (killed off) the coverage (lack thereof) would not have virtually disappeared, but would have escalated dramatically. It is my assertion that it has been relegated to the dustbin of history, at least as considered by mainstream media and political mouthpieces, due to the obvious coverup of the insane, nonsensical, and blatant lies concerning this Hollywood production and staged setup. By the way, this type of propaganda and fakery could never have been accepted without the completely apathetic and braindead public audience’s gullibility.

One thing that should be immediately clarified is that the entirety of the “Charlie Kirk affair” is that it was a massive psychological operation from beginning to end. Fake people, fake set, fake killer, fake events, fake reporting, fake memorial, fake everything, including a likely fake ‘death.’ (Undeath) The agenda is pervasive, in that all will lead back to one conclusion; that being that “Kirk was shot in the carotid artery, bled out, and was killed (’assassinated’) because he “spoke out against Israel.” Is this idiocy that of which you settled?

Once the stated narrative was questioned, and this was expected, of course, plan B was initiated. This led to the next layer of lies to confuse the already exploitable and naïve population of dupes. The subliminal overtones present in the second tier of deception, and the multi-directive and staged reporting of this event, are part and parcel, the epitome of mis-direction. Since it came from mainstream, both left and right, and alternative sources simultaneously, this just added to the mass mental uncertainty, What this tactic accomplishes is to splatter the psyche with a multitude of possibilities, of which virtually none are actually correct; but have the effect of creating a plethora of possible scenarios so that no one will be sure of anything. This certainly led the herd toward believing the State narrative that a martyr had died for his flock.

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A U.S. invasion of Venezuela would be a huge mistake. That won’t stop Trump. From Daniel Larison at daniellarison.substack.com:

An attack on Venezuela is completely unjustified and illegal.

The Miami Herald reports that the president has decided to order attacks inside Venezuela:

The Trump Administration has made the decision to attack military installations inside Venezuela and the strikes could come at any moment, sources with knowledge of the situation told the Miami Herald, as the U.S. prepares to initiate the next stage of its campaign against the Soles drug cartel.

An attack on Venezuela is completely unjustified and illegal. The president has no authority to start a war with Venezuela. An American attack will be a flagrant violation of the U.N. Charter and international law. The U.S. will be committing criminal aggression against a neighbor on the dubious pretext of combating drug trafficking, but we all know the real goal is to attempt forcible regime change.

No one can be surprised by this news. We know that the administration has been preparing for an attack for months. There were already signs of a new illegal war on the horizon in August when the president ordered the military to use force against cartels. The subsequent military buildup in the Caribbean and the ensuing murder spree at sea confirmed that the U.S. was getting ready to strike. The deployment of the USS Gerald Ford to the region was further confirmation that they intended to escalate with attacks inside other countries.

The administration will probably restrict its intervention to a bombing campaign, but that is hardly good news. If the murder spree at sea is any indication of what to expect, attacks inside Venezuela will kill many civilians on purpose. Given Hegseth’s enthusiasm for “lethality” and war crimes, we should assume that the rules of engagement will be extremely loose. The coming war with Venezuela will likely get a lot of innocent Venezuelans killed.

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Democracy is giving way to dictatorship around the world. Will the U.S. follow the trend? From Paul Craig Roberts at paulcraigroberts.org:

For decades I have been watching American democracy unravel as it became increasingly dysfunctional. US democracy murdered President John F. Kennedy and followed up by murdering his brother, Robert F. Kennedy.  Then President Nixon was murdered politically by democracy with the CIA/Washington Post orchestration of Watergate.

Democracy attempted to frame, indict, and prosecute President Trump for Russiagate, documents gate, insurrection gate, lying on mortgage loan applications, and twice tried to impeach him on false charges.

Democracy and accountable government lied to us about Vietnam, about the USS Liberty, about 9/11, Afghanistan, Saddam Hussein, Ghaddafi, Assad, Sudan, Somalia, Ukraine, South Ossetia, Iran, Russia, China, and Venezuela.

The accumulated failures of democracy eroded its foundations, thereby permitting the executive branch to encroach on the separation of powers and violate the US Constitution.  The US has been in many wars since the last time Congress declared war in December 1941. The president has simply taken war out of Congress’ hands.  

In the 21st century presidents have gone much further by stealing power from the US Constitution and courts.  President George W. Bush declared his power to ignore habeas corpus and to hold American citizens indefinitely on suspicion alone without due process.  President Obama declared his power to murder US citizens on suspicion alone without due process, and he did.  Nothing was done about these unconstitutional acts that ignored judicial authority.

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Before you get too upset about the potential SNAP cutoff, ponder the way the program has expanded (pun intended). From Eric Peters at ericpetersautos.com:

Remember that one?

The government assistance program that issued Food Stamps that could be used to obtain basic staples – such as cheese (as well as bread and milk) to  people who’d fallen upon hard times and otherwise might not eat? The idea being particularly to make sure children and older people who couldn’t provide for themselves would not starve.

Maybe it is just a memory.

Somewhere along the line, Food Stamps became SNAP – Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program – and instead of Food Stamps, people (including abled-bodied men) were issued a credit card (or at least, one that looked like it was that) and it could be used to buy soda, potato chips – even sushi.

Instead of not starving, people got obese. And entitled rather than grateful.

Now – tomorrow – the free lunch (and breakfast and dinner) is going to end, apparently –  and there are predictions of mayhem and even cannibalism. Maybe some of the able-bodied men who can no longer buy sushi will do the unthinkable and get a job. This latter – the italicized words – are regarded as harsh by some tender-hearted folk. Why? Is there any legitimate excuse for a man – a young man, especially – who is physically and mentally capable of doing work not working?

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Markets give, but they also take. From Charles Hugh Smith at oftwominds.com:

When people stop participating in their own servitude, then things change.

A dedicated cadre of readers is devoted to reminding me that I’ve been wrong since 2009, as stocks, housing and GDP have all soared. We skeptics and doom-and-gloomers have all been wrong, and when stocks briefly dip, we’re identified as broken clocks–right on occasion but not for being “right.”

These readers are of course doing well. None are in the bottom 50% of Americans who have already experienced the crash. But since the top 10% dominate the media, both legacy and social media, and they’ve done splendidly in the Everything Bubble that’s been inflating for the past 16 years, then they don’t see the crash the 50% have experienced, for the top 10% live in a completely different world from the bottom 50%, whose experience tracks a third-world country far removed from jetting around the world and complaining about high taxes.

Life has crashed for the bottom 50% since 2009, but since those reporting the “news,” issuing glowing commentary about AI, nuclear power, missions to the Moon, etc., and making big bucks as influencers didn’t experience the crash, it has gone largely unnoticed except for occasional reporting in the legacy and social media: people making substantially more than minimum wage living in vans and cars because they can’t afford the local rents, and similar stories.

In a Snow Paradise, They Live in This Parking Lot People experiencing homelessness can sleep in their cars in this wealthy ski town in Colorado, but only if they have a job.

The Invisible Man We see right through the unshowered soul living in a car by the beach, or by the Walmart, or by the side of the road. But he’s there, and he used to be somebody. He still is. A firsthand account of homelessness in America.

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The panic about Trump’s announcement that the U.S. would begin nuclear tests after 33 years of not doing so was unwarranted. From Moon of Alabama at moonofalabama.org:

A Truth Social tweet by U.S. President Donald Trump on nuclear weapons has led to some confusion and, as I assume, misinterpretations.

Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump – Oct 30, 2025, 1:04 utc

The United States has more Nuclear Weapons than any other country. This was accomplished, including a complete update and renovation of existing weapons, during my First Term in office. Because of the tremendous destructive power, I HATED to do it, but had no choice! Russia is second, and China is a distant third, but will be even within 5 years. Because of other countries testing programs, I have instructed the Department of War to start testing our Nuclear Weapons on an equal basis. That process will begin immediately. Thank you for your attention to this matter! PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP

The Washington Post interprets it as a test of nuclear warheads:

Trump directs Pentagon to test nuclear weapons for first time since 1992 (archived) – Washington Post
The president said he wanted testing to occur “on an equal basis” with Russia and China. The Kremlin condemned the move, and there was no indication of when tests might take place.

President Donald Trump on Thursday morning said he directed the Pentagon to begin testing nuclear weapons “on an equal basis” with Russia and China, an apparent attempt to flex the United States’ military might ahead of a high-stakes trade meeting here with his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping.

Trump’s announcement on Truth Social signaled a reversal of decades of United States nuclear policy that could have far-reaching consequences for relations with U.S. adversaries, though his post included very few details about what the tests would entail. The last nuclear weapon test in the United States was held in 1992, before President George H.W. Bush implemented a moratorium on such exercises at the conclusion of the Cold War.

Trump wrote that the process would begin immediately and was in response to other countries’ testing programs.

The president posted about resuming nuclear weapons testing as his helicopter, Marine One, was in the air on his way to meet Xi at Gimhae Air Base.

The Trump tweet is wrong in that it asserts that the U.S. has more nuclear weapons than any other country. All public sources say that Russia with about 4300 nuclear warheads has slightly more than the United States with about 3,600. China has about 5-600 nuclear warheads and is building up its nuclear weapon arsenal to about 1,000 warheads by 2035.

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If you’re offered a choice between medicine from the medical establishment or your own intuitive understanding of your health, choose the latter. From Dr. Joseph Mercola at mercola.com:

Story at-a-glance

• “The Big Secret” documentary reveals how the U.S. healthcare system was reshaped by corporate and pharmaceutical forces, replacing natural healing with a drug-centered, profit-driven medical monopoly
• The shift began with the Flexner Report, backed by Carnegie and Rockefeller interests, which redefined medical legitimacy and opened the door to corporate control over healthcare
• Modern medicine has wrongly vilified cholesterol, leading to widespread statin use that undermines hormone health, cognitive function, and metabolic resilience
• Industrial agriculture, glyphosate, and processed foods strip essential minerals from the food supply. This has led to widespread nutritional deficiency and chronic disease across generations
• The real “big secret” is that health restores itself once you eliminate what disrupts it and provide the inputs it’s always required

In the modern era of medicine, where innovation is often equated with progress, many people assume that the dominant healthcare model in the United States reflects the best that science has to offer. Yet despite this, chronic illness continues to rise, and more Americans than ever rely on daily medication to maintain a semblance of health.

What part of this equation remains unresolved, and what has the system failed to account for? The documentary above, “The Big Secret,”¹ answers this question by exploring the deeper forces shaping American healthcare and invites you to reconsider many of the assumptions you’ve long accepted without question.

Through interviews with physicians, researchers, and health advocates, it follows the trail of influence that has quietly determined how doctors are trained, how treatments are chosen, how the foundations of care were built, and how those foundations continue to shape health outcomes today.

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Not everyone in Israel is lined up behind the war on Palestinians. From The Cradle at thecradle.co:

Prominent rabbis have repeatedly called on ultra-Orthodox Jews to refuse draft orders despite the Israeli army’s worsening manpower crisis

Hundreds of thousands of ultra-Orthodox Israelis, known as the Haredim, gathered in Jerusalem on 30 October for a mass rally against the arrests of yeshiva students accused of evading military service.

The rally is described by Israeli media as a ‘rare show of unity’ between the divided Haredi factions, who are often in opposition regarding politics and state relations.

The demonstration, named “Cry of the Torah,” was endorsed by nearly all ultra-Orthodox leaders, who instructed followers to attend and maintain order.

Only the Jerusalem Faction, led by Rabbi Azriel Auerbach, refused to participate, accusing organizers of failing to demand the full reinstatement of the long-standing Torato Omanuto exemption system that allows Torah students to defer military service.
The exemption is central to the ultra-Orthodox jewish way of life, allowing yeshiva students to dedicate their time soley to the study of the Torah instead of army duty, a principle many Haredim see as vital to preserving their religious identity.

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The outcome of the Trump-Xi meeting was nowhere near the 12 (on a scale of 1 to 10) that Trump claimed it was. From Simplicus at simplicius76.substack.com:

Yesterday, the long-awaited head-to-head between Trump and Xi finally took place in South Korea.

The ‘showdown’ between the two superpowers of the United States and China had been culminating for quite some time with Trump’s ‘hardball’ tariff war meant to vassalize China in the same way that had been done to Europe. But as we covered recently, China has cultivated a newborn determination and confidence against its stagnant opponent, which has led to startling displays of US ambiguity and backpeddling.

Firstly, let us mention how quintessentially awkward and weak Trump looked in front of Xi:

This is because, as I had mentioned on X, Trump is so used to upstaging his servile and fawning ‘Western’ counterparts with a grab bag of showman’s gags and gimmicks that he looks positively out of his depth before a true statesman of Xi’s caliber. The overly glib demeanor and nervous antics fell completely flat before a stone-faced Xi, who did not seem even remotely impressed by Trump’s boisterous ‘Western charm’. Despite the fact that Trump is actually Xi’s elder by seven years, the optics gave more the impression of a man suffering a manchild, to the Chinese leader’s favor.

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