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After a full week of jury duty and a lot of outdoor chores and grandson-tending this weekend, I am trying to put together all of these catch-up links and headlines, as we enter another busy week in our world.
Driving into the loading areas of a Deep Underground Military Base in Missouri in a truck, while muttering on camera. https://x.com/BGatesIsaPyscho/status/1919524246180790384
More on that from Alex Jones: Major New Revelations Concerning The Deep State's Construction Of $21 Trillion Of Secret Underground Cities REVEALED
Dark Journalist Daniel Liszt Breaks Important Intel On FEMA’s Role In Continuity Of Government Operations & The Covert Testing Of Advanced Technologies https://x.com/RealAlexJones/status/1920251661664071871
And More: We don’t really have a $36 trillion debt. What we have is $21 trillion of our money pumped into underground infrastructure, secret tunnels, and black budget projects the public will never see. https://x.com/Restricted_on_X/status/1919561869280329756
Caitlin Johnstone: Israel Really Is As Evil As It Looks
Israel's controversial aid plan for Gaza revealed in new document
Document sets out how hitherto unknown organisation set to administer Israel's controversial humanitarian plan will operate, and who is behind it Israel has just bombed an aid center in northern Gaza, killing dozens of civilians. In doing so, it paves the way to force the population into submission to the U.S. starvation plan through a private company, ending the role of UNRWA and international agencies. https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-controversial-aid-plan-gaza-revealed
Celia Farber, Has Donald Trump Severed Ties With Netanyahu, Having Discovered Manipulation?
Israeli Army Radio reports that President Trump has decided to 'cut contact' with Netanyahu, stating that Netanyahu and his associates act 'arrogant' and try to push around the President. Close associates of Trump told Israeli Minister of Strategic Affairs, Ron Dermer, that the President feels disrespected and manipulated by Netanyahu, and that there's nothing he hates more than 'appearing as easily manipulated' in public. https://x.com/Megatron_ron/status/1920559405411786795
Word is, Trump privately accused the Israeli PM of dragging his feet on a Saudi normalization deal and being too eager to pull the U.S. into a strike on Iran. The final straw? Trump’s surprise ceasefire with the Houthis and quiet nuclear talks with Iran—both of which caught Jerusalem flat-footed. Trump still wants Israel in the Saudi deal. But for now, he’s done waiting. Netanyahu’s response? Israel “can defend itself by itself.” https://x.com/MarioNawfal/status/1920594558636999134
Trump’s Houthi deal channels America First, leaving out allies who refused to support U.S. action
An 'America First' watershed? The Houthis, also called Ansarallah, were undaunted after joint operations from the U.S. and UK under the Biden administration. The deal does not address ships from Israel, Greece, Great Britain the UAE and other nations. https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/america-first-watershed-trumps-houthi-deal-left-out-allies
Simplicius, The Establishment Slowly Wearies of Netanyahu and Israel First came reports that Trump is allegedly readying to recognize Palestine as a state, then take over Gaza with a temporary ‘American administration’ in imitation of the British Mandate of the early 20th century... ..More and more the entire establishment appears to be turning against the apartheid state; it seems even the elites can no longer stomach the brazenness of Israel’s crimes—which is saying something. Either that, or they’re resentful of how bad Israel is making them look by so openly flaunting its genocidal appetites. “Can’t you murder those Palestinians a little more quietly?” the elites seem to groan... .."Just spoke with a General who is in the Mar-A-Lago crowd. He said that AIPAC is getting shut out of the Trump administration, confirmed that Walz was trying to undermine Trump by working with Netanyahu, and said he is hopeful that the U.S. will decouple from Mossad & MI6."
This comes alongside news that SecDef Pete Hegseth cancelled his trip to Israel... ..Iraq war-era arch-neocon and three-time Pulitzer winning journalist Thomas L. Friedman has dropped this bombshell[NYT]piece, which really reflects the current pulse behind the scenes... ..But even he has apparently drawn his line at naked genocide. In his open letter to president Trump he warns:
"[It] suggests to me that you are starting to understand a vital truth: that this Israeli government is behaving in ways that threaten hard-core U.S. interests in the region. Netanyahu is not our friend." Then he articulates it even more clearly:
"But this ultranationalist, messianic Israeli government is not America’s ally. Because this is the first government in Israel’s history whose priority is not peace…Its priority is the annexation of the West Bank, the expulsion of the Palestinians of Gaza and the re-establishment there of Israeli settlements."
Caitlin Johnstone, Multiple Western Press Outlets Have Suddenly Pivoted Hard Against Israel
Trump Delinks Saudi Nuclear Energy Deal From Israel Normalization The United States is no longer linking negotiations for a Saudi nuclear energy program with a normalization deal for Riyadh to recognize Israel based on the Abraham Accords. https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/trump-delinks-saudi-nuclear-energy-deal-israel-normalization
Trump doesn't want Netanyahu to spoil his Gulf visit. And it's causing tension
Trump has taken several decisions in the lead up to his Gulf visit that have ignored Israeli interests https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/trump-doesnt-want-netanyahu-spoil-his-gulf-visit-its-causing-tension
US ceasefire in Yemen: Retreat masquerading as restraint The war devolved into a costly, high-stakes exercise in attrition – one Yemen emerged from stronger, not weaker... ..Yemen’s use of low-cost, high-impact weapons – ballistic missiles and drones – pierced even US carrier strike groups.
Second, the campaign failed to protect Israeli or allied shipping. Third, Ansarallah exposed Israeli-American spy networks and clung to its demands: Namely, an end to the war on Gaza. Fourth, apart from Bahrain, Washington’s Arab allies declined to join the US-led coalition. Fifth, the financial cost spiraled, with the US spending millions on interceptors to counter drones built for mere thousands... ..The US suffered further humiliation: a destroyer and three supply ships were sunk, and both the USS Abraham Lincoln and Harry S. Truman aircraft carriers were targeted. Despite spending another $500 million on interceptors, the results were negligible. The image of US warplanes crashing into the sea, and of exhausted troops – some 7,000 deployed – unable to break Yemen’s resolve, dented American prestige. https://thecradle.co/articles/us-ceasefire-in-yemen-retreat-masquerading-as-restraint
Hamas To Release American-Israeli Hostage As Goodwill Gesture To Trump https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/hamas-release-american-israeli-hostage-goodwill-gesture-trump
Trump Admin To Accept 'Palace In The Sky' 747 Jet From Royal Family Of Qatar https://www.zerohedge.com/political/trump-will-accept-luxury-747-gift-royal-family-qatar-abc-says
Surplus Energy Economics, At the end of modernity, part one THE CONSEQUENCES OF COLLECTIVE SELF-DELUSION What is particularly striking is the contrast between the abundant evidence of economic contraction and a near-universal refusal to accept this reality.
In practical terms, this means that “modernity” will end, not gradually, but very rapidly indeed... ..Our specific ‘remedies’ for the ending and reversal of growth are monetary innovation and technological advance. Such propositions disregard the facts, which are that money commands value only as an exchangeable claim on the material, and that the potential scope of technology is bounded by the limits of physical possibility... ..Essentially, the problems of government are a compulsion, knowingly or not, to promise a prosperity, and a continuity, that cannot be delivered. The public, for the most part, seems to believe that all and more of the benefits of growth are being skimmed off by an already super-wealthy minority.
The underlying reality – which might come as scant comfort to a discontented majority – is that the economy has started to contract, and that the much-publicised gains of the elites exist only in a paper form which is GTC (“good till cancelled”) by the looming financial crisis. In these conditions, cherished notions will be invalidated just as surely as existing systems will fail. Far from being the highest possible iteration of the human project,a post-capitalist economic model, powered by consumerism and dominated by multinational corporations, is nearing its end.
A further denied truth, visible everywhere but admitted nowhere, is that of nations and societies scrapping over decreasing resources. https://surplusenergyeconomics.wordpress.com/2025/05/05/302-at-the-end-of-modernity-part-one/#like-44348
Last Thursday: Trump calls for ‘unconditional ceasefire’ in Ukraine
The US president has urged a longer truce amid Kiev’s reported refusal to even observe a 72-hour pause unilaterally declared by Moscow https://swentr.site/news/617071-trump-ukraine-russia-ceasefire/
Last Thursday: Vance outlines changed US strategy on Ukraine Washington wants to look for other ways to end the conflict besides Ukraine’s idea for a 30-day ceasefire, the vice president has said https://swentr.site/news/617008-vance-changed-strategy-ukraine/
Saturday: Putin ‘doing whatever possible’ for Ukraine peace – Kremlin Russia hopes Donald Trump will help bring more “wisdom” in discussions with Kiev, spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said https://swentr.site/russia/617272-putin-doing-whatever-possible-ukraine-peace/
Saturday after meeting with Macron, Starmer and Merz: Zelensky voices demands to Russia after high-profile talks in Kiev The Ukrainian leader has pressed for a full and unconditional 30-day ceasefire, warning Moscow of new EU sanctions https://swentr.site/russia/617329-zelensky-talks-unconditional-ceasefire/
Saturday: Moscow says it won’t be pressured over Ukraine 30-day truce Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has questioned Kiev’s silence on Russia’s three-day Victory Day ceasefire https://swentr.site/russia/617340-peskov-ukraine-ceasefire-demand/
"Pick up where we left off in 2022": Putin Proposes Peace Talks With Ukraine on May 15 in Istanbul Without Any Preconditions https://sputnikglobe.com/20250510/putin-delivers-major-address-following-victory-day-diplomatic-marathon-1122025553.html
Ukraine Seeks to Reload, Not Negotiate Peace — US Army Vet https://sputnikglobe.com/20250511/ukraine-seeks-to-reload-not-negotiate-peace--us-army-vet-1122027616.html
US greenlights long-range missile transfer to Ukraine – NYT
Washington has approved American weapons deliveries from German stockpiles, as Moscow calls for negotiations https://swentr.site/russia/617361-us-greenlights-long-range-missile/
The man who took 5-6 bullets for his independence: Slovakia’s Fico Torches West’s Peace Hypocrisy: They Want Endless War Robert Fico has blasted the West’s pushback against direct peace talks between Russia and Ukraine. “It is extremely important for many Western countries to keep this war going,” the Slovak prime minister said at a press conference upon completing his visit to Russia.
Still, he remained cautiously optimistic, saying: “I believe that this point of view will change, I will remind you again that this is a matter for Ukraine and Russia, if they are interested in negotiating, let them do so.”
But don’t forget who sabotaged such talks back in 2022, he noted, in an apparent reference to Ukraine and its handlers. (BoJo, as I recall) https://sputnikglobe.com/20250511/slovakias-fico-torches-wests-peace-hypocrisy-they-want-endless-war-1122030829.html
Scott Ritter: Putin's Peace Talks Push Forces Zelensky to Either 'Put Up or Shut Up' There is no circumstance under which Russia would accept Zelensky and Europe's '30-day ceasefire' demands, Ritter says.
“The moment Russia agrees to a 30-day ceasefire, thousands of European troops will pour into Ukraine…It would be suicide for Russia to agree to a 30-day ceasefire without addressing the root causes of the conflict, which is why Russia insists that first there be negotiations. Russia is actually looking at a path of genuine peace to solve the problem so that when this war ends, there won't be another war in five, ten, twenty years," he emphasized. https://sputnikglobe.com/20250511/scott-ritter-putins-peace-talks-push-forces-zelensky-to-either-put-up-or-shut-up-1122032666.html
Sunday: Ukraine should agree to Putin’s proposal of talks ‘immediately’ – Trump https://swentr.site/news/617386-ukraine-agree-putin-talks-trump/
Zelenskyy says he will be ‘waiting for Putin’ in Turkey
Ukrainian president’s challenge comes after Donald Trump tells him to take up Moscow’s offer of direct negotiations in Istanbul. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/12/ukraine-war-briefing-zelenskyy-says-he-will-be-waiting-for-putin-in-turkey
Their job is to follow-orders from Blackrock: The death of Old Europe: The living corpses in Brussels have forgotten how to fight for their world Between uncontrolled migration, propagandistic ideology and self-suffocating green agenda, the EU has only itself to blame for its decline https://swentr.site/news/616855-old-europe-death-ideology/
The new "Three Stooges"? Russian Spokeswoman, Maria Zakharova regarding the "cocaine" video of Macron, Starmer and Merz:
"In the video: the President of France, the Prime Minister of Britain, and the Chancellor of Germany. Having pushed Zelensky into yet another hellish intrigue to sabotage a settlement and continue the bloodshed in Europe, like in the joke, the Frenchman, the Englishman, and the German got on a train and... took a hit. Apparently, they did it so thoroughly that they forgot to hide their paraphernalia (a little baggie and a spoon) before the journalists arrived. https://x.com/Megatron_ron/status/1921608285419143354
Watch Macron & Merz: https://x.com/CollinRugg/status/1921568553553240099
Watch in slow motion: https://x.com/angeloinchina/status/1921551299222339977 Any questions?
"Absurd Conspiracy": French Media Rushes To Quash Claims Macron, Merz & Starmer Caught Hiding Cocaine On Kiev-Bound Train https://www.zerohedge.com/political/absurd-conspiracy-french-media-rushes-quash-claims-macron-merz-starmer-caught-hiding
A "bridge too far" against Germany's most popular political party? German spies grant AfD reprieve
The country’s domestic intelligence agency has suspended its ‘extremist’ designation for the party following legal and public backlash https://swentr.site/news/617283-german-spies-grant-afd-reprieve/
Fico had to fly 10X the usual distance to Moscow, due to EU airspace access refusals: Slovak PM slams Western ‘Iron Curtain’ in talks with Putin Robert Fico was the only leader of an EU state to defy pressure from Brussels and visit Moscow on Victory Day https://swentr.site/russia/617249-slovakia-fico-putin-victory-day/
Not suicidal: Hungary Prepares for Battle Over EU’s Plan to Phase Out Russian Energy https://sputnikglobe.com/20250509/hungary-prepares-for-battle-over-eus-plan-to-phase-out-russian-energy-1122016310.html
EU-NATO Lost Bulgaria?! Ukraine’s cause is ‘doomed’ – EU state’s president Continued European support for Kiev will only bring more victims, destruction, and lost territory, Bulgaria’s Rumen Radev has said https://swentr.site/news/617276-bulgaria-president-ukraine-cause/
Reports Of Huge India-Pakistan Jet Dogfight; Blackout Across Jammu & Kashmir Some 125 Indian and Pakistani fighter jets battled for over an hour in one of the biggest dogfights in recent history, according to a Pakistani security source quoted by CNN. If the numbers of aircraft were confirmed, it would make it one of the largest air battles since World War Two. https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/pakistan-claims-it-killed-50-indian-soldiers-fresh-border-clashes
Andrew Korybko asks: Who Won The Latest Indo-Pak Conflict? India arguably won seeing as how it punished Pakistan for the Pahalgam terrorist attack by bombing multiple bases, the Indus Waters Treaty remains suspended, and a new military doctrine has entered into effect.
Opinions are mixed about who came out on top in the latest Indo-Pak conflict, but one thing is for certain, and it’s that India’s new doctrine is the lasting takeaway. According to reports, India will regard all future acts of terrorism as acts of war by Pakistan, which will result in cross-border strikes. That might not deter Pakistan, whose military leadership relies on the unresolved Kashmir Conflict to legitimize its outsized influence, but it could still make them think twice about orchestrating future attacks.
Thursday's news of a reasonable bilateral trade deal: Where’s the Beef? It’s in Trump’s Unprecedented Trade Deal With Britain https://pjmedia.com/victoria-taft/2025/05/08/wheres-the-beef-its-in-trumps-trade-deal-with-britain-n4939594
Weekend negotiations with China produced a reasonable transitional-deal: U.S., China Reach Agreement To Lower Tariffs In 90-Day Cool-Off Period https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/us-china-reach-agreement-lower-tariffs-90-day-cool-period
China is dumping exclusive high-end products on nearby countries with the labels removed at 80-90% discounts: Kyle Bass, China came begging to the United States as thousands of Chinese business shuttered and failed each and every day over the last few weeks. 1,800 businesses (Shenzhen and Zhejiang closed in major area of China this week alone. The impact on Chinese manufacturers has been profound. Factory activity contracted at its fastest pace in 16 months, with the official manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) falling sharply. This downturn has resulted in widespread factory closures and job losses, particularly in provinces like Zhejiang, where over 50% of export companies are expected to halt production and take extended breaks. Worker protests have erupted in various regions as employees demand unpaid wages amid the economic strain. https://x.com/Jkylebass/status/1921510619410223447
Republicans Push to Refill the Strategic Petroleum Reserve With $1.3 Billion https://oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-General/Republicans-Push-to-Refill-the-Strategic-Petroleum-Reserve-With-13-Billion.html
They can't say it was space weather. They are telling energy companies it was cyberattacks. Interior Secretary Warns U.S. At Risk Of Spain-Style Blackouts Interior Secretary Doug Burgum warned the United States is at risk of suffering from blackouts that recently brought most of Spain to a halt due to over-subsidizing intermittent renewable energy sources. https://www.zerohedge.com/energy/interior-secretary-warns-us-risk-spain-style-blackouts
This gave her the leave to announce it: James O’Keefe has released footage showing Attorney General Pam Bondi in a restaurant just days ago, having a conversation with a stranger about the Epstein files.
In the video, Bondi admits they have “so many videos” involving Epstein and children, and that each one has to be reviewed. O’Keefe is now demanding answers, questioning why she was casually discussing sensitive Epstein files with an unknown individual in public before making any announcement to the public. https://x.com/ShadowofEzra/status/1920628023025676537
Epstein calendar names, dates, times and correlations, with lame denials: I still can't believe Fox News actually aired this https://x.com/redpilldispensr/status/1921528495764611174
I have followed this closely. Team Trump wants to maintain the viable-threat for negotiations with Big Pharma vs. The People, through Casey Means, who looks stressed, and will be broadly disliked for what she must do. Means has been chosen over Victory to Avoid Kinetic War: “A Puppet of the Empire” — Dr. Jack Kruse Exposes the Agenda Behind Casey Means’ Surgeon General Nomination
While @POTUS announced Dr. Casey Means as the new Surgeon General nominee, insiders confirm that @RobertKennedyJr originally backed @DrKellyVictory —someone with years of credibility in the health freedom movement. So why the switch? https://x.com/RealLindellTV/status/1920637341699617192
Celia Farber, from last Thursday: More Maha Chaos: Nicole Shanahan Tweets: "Yes, It's Very Strange," About The Appointment of Casey Means As Surgeon General, Says It Is Inconsistent With What She Was Promised Says "Someone" Is "Controlling His Decisions." Jack Kruse Says That "Someone" Is Susie Wiles
Steve Kirsch, Among other things, RFK is prohibited from removing statements from the CDC website saying vaccines do not cause autism. In short, Senator Bill Cassidy is trying to ensure that most people will never find out that vaccines cause autism. https://x.com/stkirsch/status/1921243948812825057
Global Pharma Stocks Tumble On Trump's Plan To Slash Drug Prices https://www.zerohedge.com/medical/trump-announces-order-reduce-prescription-drug-prices
Jessica Rose Ph.D. has more detailed information on how some of the very high adverse-event COVID-vaccine lots were administered, often well-after they should have been discarded: Lots scheduled for removal associated with high SAE rates
Pfizer mRNA Shots Alone Likely Responsible for Over 470,000 American Deaths: MIT/Florida Surgeon General Study
Analysis of Florida health data reveals Pfizer’s mRNA shot alone may have caused more U.S. deaths than any war in modern history.
Steve Kirsch on All Cause Mortality increase: Every honest doctor in the world should be calling for the Pfizer shots to be immediately halted The critics have been unable to attack the Levi paper showing a 36% ACM increased caused by the Pfizer shots. That's a train wreck. Vaccines are NEVER supposed to increase ACM even by a little.
Dr. Vinay Prasad Replaces Ousted Peter Marks as Chief FDA Vaccine Regulator
Dr. Vinay Prasad, a hematologist-oncologist and outspoken critic of COVID-19 vaccines for children and the government’s responseto the pandemic, has replaced Dr. Peter Marks as the director of the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, the federal agency that oversees vaccine approval. https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/dr-vinay-prasad-replaces-ousted-peter-marks-chief-fda-vaccine-regulator/
That's not a bug... COVID-19 mRNA Shots Destroy Over 60% of Women’s Non-Renewable Egg Supply New study finds rats injected intramuscularly with human-equivalent mRNA doses suffered irreversible loss of primordial follicles — the foundation of fertility.
Testicles are MIA too. Physicist Anastassia Makarieva, Does the concept of ‘pollution’ match the complexity of human–biosphere interactions? Let’s not oversimplify by blaming everything on pollution—we can do better intellectually. Multi-generational disconnection from nature may erode our very humanity, including the ability to reproduce.
Relatively Undamaged (pictured giving Grandson his first wheelbarrow ride recently)
If Israel can “Defend itself by itself”, as Netanyahu says, then U.S. should stop subsidizing them altogether. Let Israel be its own independent country. He just admitted, they don’t need U.S. Good! We don’t need Israel. We certainly don’t need to be subsidizing them. At OUR expense! In more ways than one.
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