Payroll Department Blitzkrieg
Potentially Defunded,
There is a coup d'etat going on within the empire as we watch the smoke. Unlike most coups, this one is the constitutional order being reasserted upon a longstanding criminal conspiracy of corruption. That's different, is it not?
Mostly, people have not been aware of the depth of the criminal corruption, because there have been cover stories, and groceries and paychecks and TV, though there have been strong suspicions since the Assassinations of the Kennedys and MLK, 9/11 and the Global War on Terror (WW3?), then the COVID lockdowns, waiting for treatment until you are blue, denying antivirals that work, and forcing "vaccines" that weaken the immune system and kill-some-folks.
I believe that the "Military Industrial Complex" that Eisenhower warned about has been running the show for oligarchs and global financiers, but that the forms of parasitic corruption are "killing the host".
Outside the western empire are Russia, China, Iran and other smaller outliers. Russia was not fully consumed by neoliberalism in the 1990s, and under Vladimir Putin, Russia has rebuilt. Russia has the most resources per capita of any country, and the US is #2. Global finance seeks to "own" all resources and maximize profits in their management, which is to remove as much value from real-economy as possible. This has become more sophisticated at the same time as real economy has begun to shrink from more expensive oil, iron, coal, copper, titanium, uranium, and so on. Per capita prosperity in countries like the US & UK appears to have been shrinking since the early 2000s. But gross economy, as measured by monetary flows, "GDP" could still be goosed to "grow". It has grown through extracting actual wealth from the real economy, which is in decline.
Financial neocolonialism has indebted the world, and especially the people, industries and governments of the developed "western" world. It may be surprising that countries in the west have the most to gain by debt repudiation, though the proportionate gain may be more in countries that have to export lithium to pay on IMF loans, for example.
The shocks that I see underway in Trump's first 100 days have probably been planned and gamed for 1500 days. He was supposed to be killed last July, but he turned his head. Team Trump has had all that time to plan an assault despite the deep-state Maginot Line. I think it is a mistake to see it in any other terms than war. The blitzkrieg is on.
Most humans need stability to operate and navigate. A few human beings do not, but are able to navigate within turbulence. Donald Trump seems to be of that sort. His team is navigating within battle plans, and at a rapid pace, maintaining operational initiative, while the deep-state "blob" is stumbling backwards, unable to catch its balance and retaliate, at the moment...
Surplus Energy Economics, Energy, not money – the sequence unfolds TARIFFS & TECH IN A CONTRACTING ECONOMY From the point of view of orthodox economics, Donald Trump’s imposition of import tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China – with the EU, and perhaps Britain, targeted for the second round of his trade war – is yet more bad news.
As well as harming world trade, we’re told, this move risks weakening America’s previously-robust economic growth, and driving up inflation. It’s widely concluded that Mr Trump is ‘playing politics with the economy’.
These statements, whilst they might be ‘true’ in themselves, miss the whole point of what’s actually happening in the world economy.
There is, in fact, a powerful logic informing all of the recent convulsions in the global financial system, from Trump’s electoral success and the “DeepSeek shock” in AI to the erection of trade barriers.
Awareness of this underlying logic enables us to project trends forward with high levels of confidence. We know that DeepSeek is neither the last nor the biggest threat to tech-heavy capital markets; that trying to fuel growth with runaway public borrowing will end badly; and that we’re now into the closing chapter of the “everything bubble” in global asset prices.
None of this can be appreciated until we understand that it’s energy, not money, that drives economic outcomes...
..We cannot say whether Mr Trump and his team saw things in this way, or, perhaps, had an intuitive grasp of these underlying dynamics. They might simply have reasoned that insufficient attention was being paid to the very real hardships inflicted by “the cost of living crisis”.
But we can be clear that the incumbency, and much of America’s business elite, were misled by reported economic data into gravely mistaken expectations.
The dust had barely settled on this upheaval when the advent and immediate popularity of DeepSeek’s ultra-low-cost AI product destroyed the capital-intensive business model favoured by American tech’s “magnificent seven” for the development of artificial intelligence.
From an energy-economics perspective, however, this capital-intensive approach was always doomed to end in failure, with or without DeepSeek. Simply put, this strategy demanded vastly too much energy for any vague and problematic returns that it might deliver.
The imposition of import tariffs is a logical development when seen from this same energy-based perspective. Trade barriers might or might not be a “bad” thing, but they have long been an inevitable one.
Our starting point here is that global economic prosperity is in the process of inflecting from growth into contraction. Relentlessly rising ECoEs mean that no other outcome is possible.
We have spent decades trying, and failing, to stem this process. It explains why we opted for “credit adventurism” in the 1990s, and doubled down with “monetary adventurism” from 2008.Our faith is now vested in the supposed capability of technology, as well as financial stimulus, to return the economy to growth. It should, by now, long have been clear that none of this has worked, and that, back in 1972, the authors of The Limits to Growth got it right.
But admission of the ending and reversal of growth is the great taboo of the modern age. This blinds us to the underlying logic of what is happening. For those who do grasp this logic, many future trends are eminently visible.
So long as growth remains our collective totem, we will continue to ask that governments, on our behalf, try to borrow our way to prosperity. This must lead to the monetization of debt through a reversion to ultra-loose monetary policies. The inflation triggered by this process might be kept in check by the effects of economic contraction, but a“stagflationary” future is now hard-wired into the system.
Eventually, the sheer extent of stress between the “real” (material) and “financial” (“claims”) economies will destroy the stock of claims in the latter.
This contraction will be experienced in its most severe form in sectors supplying discretionary (non-essential) products and services to society.
Politically, the public will continue to demand the ”growth” that no political party can deliver, and this is sure to cause an intensification of instability.
And this is where Mr Trump’s tariffs fit into the sequence. If internally-generated growth has become impossible, the next best thing is to try to insulate national economies from the cold winds of involuntary economic contraction.
On these lines, many future twists in the economic tale can be foreseen, but only if we place energy and money in their correct places in the unfolding of economic processes. https://surplusenergyeconomics.wordpress.com/2025/02/03/298-energy-not-money-the-sequence-unfolds/comment-page-1/#respond
"The Market Wasn't Prepared For It": Futures Tumble, Dollar Soars As Trade War Starts https://www.zerohedge.com/market-recaps/market-wasnt-prepared-it-futures-tumble-dollar-soars-trump-launches-trade-war
A stronger dollar alone raises import prices: US could feel 'pain' in China, Mexico trade war: Trump https://www.northweststar.com.au/story/8882060/us-could-feel-pain-in-china-mexico-trade-war-trump/
The value of the $US has been supported since 1981 by paying interest to borrowers of dollars. That will revert to a trade valuation, supported by goods and services. Elon Musk Positions DOGE to Achieve 'No Inflation' by 2026 With $4 Billion in Daily Cuts
Elon Musk’s DOGE initiative targets a $4 billion daily spending cut with the ambitious goal of zero inflation by 2026, a move that could reshape the U.S. economy. https://news.bitcoin.com/elon-musk-positions-doge-to-achieve-no-inflation-by-2026-with-4-billion-in-daily-cuts/
ALL imports will be taxed, even little things in the mail. The Secret Tariff Code is Buried in ‘Section 2, Item (h)’ of the Executive Order So, Canada and Mexico get 25% tariffs, but China only 10%. Why? The secret is in that subsection “(h)” when it talks about de minimis treatment. Essentially, what President Trump is doing is levying a much more massive import tax, and possible confiscation impact on the core source of fentanyl (and other illegal) substances.
Approximately a billion packages are estimated to enter the USA under the cover of the de minimis exemption. This is where the enforcement mechanism of the “External Revenue Service” combines with the tariff approach and the “state of emergency.” President Trump imposed the tariffs under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, a nearly 50-year law that gives the president sweeping power to impose sanctions after declaring an emergency.
Now the billion packages, mostly from China, Mexico and Canada are going to be subjected to review and interception. https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2025/02/02/the-secret-tariff-code-is-buried-in-section-2-item-h-of-the-executive-order/
This will not be Sir Keir's decision in any way, shape or form. UK’s Starmer seeks strong trade relations with the US in the wake of Trump’s tariffs https://www.arabnews.com/node/2588787/world
A Russian diplomat flew to Caracas at the same time. Other talks?. American Oil Reset: Trump Ready to Cooperate with Venezuela Amid Spat with Canada US President Donald Trump's Special Representative for Special Situations Richard Grenell... flew to Caracas on January 31, shook hands with President Nicolás Maduro, and returned home with six U.S. citizens detained in Venezuela. He announced that Washington had entered into a new relationship with the country and with President Maduro personally. Venezuela agreed to accept, for the first time in nearly a year, migrants deported from the United States, including members of the Tren de Aragua crime gang. https://en.topcor.ru/56266-neftjanaja-perezagruzka-po-amerikanski-tramp-gotov-sotrudnichat-s-venesujeloj-na-fone-razmolvki-s-kanadoj.html
China Reportedly Preparing Trade Talks With Trump After Weekend Tariff Shock https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/china-reportedly-preparing-trade-talks-trump-after-weekend-tariff-shock
China retaliates against Trump tariffs. Beijing has announced its own duties and has imposed export restrictions on key minerals https://swentr.site/news/612144-china-tariffs-metals-trump/
Trudeau Bends The Knee: Canada Will Send 10,000 Troops To Border, Name Fentanyl Czar To Delay Trump Tariffs https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/trade-war-over-mexican-president-says-tariffs-delayed-month-after-deploying-10000-troops
Trump pauses Mexico tariffs for one month after agreement on border troops https://www.cnbc.com/2025/02/03/trump-tariffs-mexico-canada-china-sheinbaum-responds.html
Who has wire-guided FPV Drones? Military Strikes On Cartels Inside Mexico “On The Table”: Hegseth https://modernity.news/2025/02/01/military-strikes-on-cartels-inside-mexico-on-the-table-hegseth/
Preparing or "preparing"? Mexican Cartels Preparing for "War" with US Military https://halturnerradioshow.com/index.php/news-selections/world-news/mexican-cartels-preparing-for-war-with-us-military
USAF Spy Plane Runs SIGINT Operation Near Cabo As US Preps For Potential Cartel Fight Several open-source intelligence X accounts have posted flight tracking data of a US Air Force RC-135V/W Rivet Joint reconnaissance aircraft, indicating it may have conducted a SIGINT operation over the southern half of Baja California, a region home to heavily armed Tijuana Cartel and Sinaloa Cartel members. https://www.zerohedge.com/military/usaf-spy-plane-runs-sigint-operation-near-cabo-us-preps-potential-cartel-fight
Trump Effect Continues: Panama Bends The Knee, Will Not Renew "Silk Road" Deal With China After Rubio Visit https://www.zerohedge.com/political/trump-effect-continues-panama-bends-knee-will-not-renew-silk-road-deal-china-after-rubio
Euro Slides After Report Trump Considering 10% EU Tariff https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/euro-slides-after-report-trump-considering-10-eu-tariff
EU incapable of helping end Ukraine conflict – AfD leader
Alice Weidel has said she hopes that Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin will be able to stop the fighting swiftly Alice Weidel, the co-leader of the right-wing Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, has said that the EU and Germany in particular are unable to assist in finding a diplomatic solution to the Ukraine conflict due to being run by incompetent politicians.... She stressed that Trump “was the only one who actually spoke about peace during his election campaign” last year. https://swentr.site/news/612056-germany-afd-trump-ukraine/
'Shy Musk Voter' Could Hand Victory to Alternative for Germany, Poll Suggests The AfD is now the second-strongest party with 25% support, trailing the conservative Christian Democrats (CDU) by just two points, the poll shows
Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s Social Democrats (SPD) are third place on 15% and the Greens fourth with 13%.
In a surprising twist, AfD co-chair Alice Weidel leads as the most popular choice for chancellor on 35%, leading CDU head Friedrich Merz by nine points https://sputnikglobe.com/20250202/shy-musk-voter-could-hand-victory-to-alternative-for-germany-poll-suggests-1121529597.html
"Everyone Is Tired" – Crisis Grows In The Ukrainian Army As Desertions Accelerate https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/everyone-tired-crisis-grows-ukrainian-army-desertions-accelerate
RFK Jr. with Tucker Carlson, RFK Jr. revealed that USAID was actually a CIA front, secretly funneling $5 billion in 2014 to ignite riots in Ukraine.
According to him, these CIA-backed riots triggered a coup d'état that toppled Ukraine's neutral, democratically elected government. Just one month before the coup, a leaked call between Victoria Nuland and the U.S. ambassador to Ukraine exposed that she had already handpicked the country's new cabinet. "So they're picking the new government a month before the old government is overthrown." https://x.com/ShadowofEzra/status/1886153128757629157?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1886153128757629157%7Ctwgr%5E59bc1f2dd1ae9963190b319f03df8c5ca72a6102%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theautomaticearth.com%2F2025%2F02%2Fdebt-rattle-february-3-2025%2F
Mike Benz educates Joe Rogan on USAID: “There is no aid in USAID. It's not an aid organization. USAID stands for US Agency for International Development. What it's developing is all the activist organizations in foreign countries that the state department is building to gain influence. USAID was created to be a central hub that organized all the different foreign clandestine operations. It has a $50B budget. The entire intelligence community is only $72B. It's more than the CIA and the State Department. It’s a switch player to assist the pentagon, the state department, and the intelligence community.” https://x.com/CatchUpFeed/status/1886013960178040954?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1886013960178040954%7Ctwgr%5E59bc1f2dd1ae9963190b319f03df8c5ca72a6102%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theautomaticearth.com%2F2025%2F02%2Fdebt-rattle-february-3-2025%2F
MIKE BENZ: TRUMP PROSECUTORS WERE FUNDED BY USAID “This push to prosecute Trump by Alvin Bragg, Soros was a minor co-funder. He gave them $10,000, that's it! The $14 million he gave to the parent company, the fiscal sponsor of FJP (Fair and Just Prosecution, a nonprofit that supports and influences progressive prosecutors in the U.S.), well, that ain't shit compared to the $27 million that USAID gave them. Every time you hear the word Soros prosecutor, no, they’re USAID prosecutors.” https://x.com/MarioNawfal/status/1886167348282863630?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1886167348282863630%7Ctwgr%5E59bc1f2dd1ae9963190b319f03df8c5ca72a6102%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theautomaticearth.com%2F2025%2F02%2Fdebt-rattle-february-3-2025%2F
USAID funded bioweapon research – Musk
The billionaire has branded the US Agency for International Development a “criminal organization” https://swentr.site/news/612067-criminal-usaid-bioweapons-musk/
How Trump's Dismantling Of USAID Marks A Seismic, Historic Shift In America's Role In The World Some foreign powers will welcome the news, while many allies as well as an assortment of US-backed 'opposition groups' will feel completely abandoned.
This has meant that pro-Western media outlets, NGOs, and 'soft power' organizations are in panic mode. This has basically overnight shutdown a multi-billion dollar regime change apparatus which pushed or often imposed American interests throughout the globe, especially in the very vulnerable Third World, as well as former Soviet satellite regions. The way this works on a practical, on the ground level is detailed in the well-known book Confessions Of An Economic Hit Man. As for Trump's apparent efforts to dismantle the powerful USAID agency, we compiled some of the best current analysis from around the web outlining the huge significance of this move, which is nothing less than a historic reset (and we say a very welcome reset) of Washington's relations with the rest of the world. https://www.zerohedge.com/political/how-trumps-dismantling-usaid-marks-seismic-historic-shift-americas-role-world
Musk accuses USAID of ‘covering up corruption’
The agency has tried to block an audit by US President Donald Trump’s DOGE https://swentr.site/news/612066-usaid-block-doge-audit/
Jim Kunstler, Last Rites “We spent the weekend feeding USAID into the wood chipper. Could have gone to some great parties. Did that instead.” — Elon Musk USAID was shot dead like a rabid dog over the weekend. The agency had gone completely rogue, serving (Mike Benz explains) as the pivot between every nefarious operation coming out of the CIA, the DOD, and the State Department’s many black box units. The billions of dollars laundered out of USAID went to support hundreds of NGOs, many of them dedicated to harming the life of this nation, such as the orgs that handed out money to illegal aliens and advice on evading detection in-country. And these many NGOs represented an employment racket for the “elite overproduction” of grads coming out of universities with useless degrees and Maoist political training.
No more milk & cookies. Angry Dem Lawmakers Blocked By Security From Entering USAID Headquarters https://www.zerohedge.com/political/usaid-workers-told-stay-home-early-morning-email-musk-spent-weekend-feeding-usaid-wood
USAID Absorbed Into State Department Under Rubio After DOGE Crusade https://www.zerohedge.com/political/musk-doge-cuts-usaid-ball-worms-no-apple-must-get-rid-whole-thing
Netanyahu To Discuss "Victory Over Hamas" With Trump In US Trip When Netanyahu visits Trump at the White House on Feb. 4, it will be the president’s first meeting with a foreign leader since assuming office for the second time. Meanwhile, U.S. and Arab mediators are working toward the next phase of a fragile cease-fire deal to end fighting in the Gaza Strip and return dozens of captive hostages.
Hamas has refused to release additional hostages in the deal’s second stage without an end to the war and Israel’s withdrawal from Gaza, where the Islamic terrorist group resumed control.
However, Netanyahu has been under pressure from governing partners to continue the war with Hamas after the cease-fire’s first phase ends in March. The prime minister has said that Israel remains committed to defeating Hamas and retrieving the remaining hostages captured in the Oct. 7, 2023, terrorist attack that sparked the war.
However, it is uncertain where Trump stands on the issue. While he has remained a steady supporter of Israel, he has also vowed to end wars in the Middle East while taking credit for the cease-fire deal, which put an end to the fighting and brokered the release of 18 hostages who Hamas had imprisoned for more than 15 months, as well as hundreds of Palestinians held in Israeli prisons. https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/netanyahu-discuss-victory-over-hamas-trump-us-trip
Israel’s Smotrich calls for imposing ‘sovereignty’ over occupied West Bank as Netanyahu visits US https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20250202-israels-smotrich-calls-for-imposing-sovereignty-over-occupied-west-bank-as-netanyahu-visits-us/
Israeli forces demolish 100 buildings in Jenin amid ongoing invasion The forced displacement of approximately 15,000 people from the Jenin refugee camp and al-Hadaf neighborhood has led many to seek refuge in nearby villages and towns. https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/israeli-forces-demolish-100-buildings-in-jenin-amid-ongoing
Hospital damaged by Israeli explosions in Jenin refugee camp
Residents of the occupied West Bank's Jenin refugee camp share footage from inside the Jenin Governmental Hospital which has sustained damage after Israeli forces blew up several buildings in the camp. A number of Israeli explosions rocked Jenin earlier today levelling around 20 buildings in the camp https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20250202-hospital-damaged-by-israeli-explosions-in-jenin-refugee-camp/
Israeli army conducts large-scale raid in northern West Bank. Israeli military vehicles storm Al-Far’a refugee camp, Tammun town in northern West Bank https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/israeli-army-conducts-large-scale-raid-in-northern-west-bank/3469224
7 Palestinians injured in Israeli strikes in Gaza despite ceasefire https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20250202-7-palestinians-injured-in-israeli-strikes-in-gaza-despite-ceasefire/
It's a one way street out. Israelis restrict return of Palestinians to Gaza through Rafah: Source The Israeli occupation is restricting the return of Palestinians to Gaza after they left through Rafah for treatment. https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/israelis-restrict-return-of-palestinians-to-gaza-through-raf
Exclusive: Washington using Nile dam dispute to pressure Egypt into accepting Gaza expulsion plan https://www.newarab.com/news/exclusive-us-uses-egypt-dam-dispute-push-gaza-expulsion-plan
Egypt unveils Gaza reconstruction plan 'with Arab consensus' Abdel Aati's remarks come as Egypt remains firm in its rejection of any attempts to forcibly displace Palestinians from Gaza. "We have a clear vision for the reconstruction of Gaza and an Arab consensus on this matter, and we are engaging in discussions with the United Nations in this framework," the top diplomat said during a joint press conference with Djibouti's Foreign Minister Mahmoud Ali Youssouf.
Abdel Aati emphasized that the reconstruction process is part of a phased approach aimed at fostering a credible political process that would lead to the establishment of a Palestinian state. https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/egypt-unveils-gaza-reconstruction-plan--with-arab-consensus
Trump Invites King Abdullah To White House Amid Pressure For Jordan To Take In Gazans https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/trump-invites-king-abdullah-white-house-amid-pressure-jordan-take-gazans
Run by Global finance Syria's de facto authorities execute 'sweeping' neoliberal reforms Days after dissolving the constitution, the US and Gulf-backed transitional government began implementing extensive privatizations and layoffs in the public sector https://thecradle.co/articles/syrias-de-facto-authorities-execute-sweeping-neoliberal-reforms
The vicinity of Tishreen Dam is being subjected to air and ground bombardment carried out by the Turkish occupation state and its mercenaries. https://hawarnews.com/en/tishreen-dam-vicinity-subjected-to-air-and-ground-bombardment
The Forensic Arborist discusses California fires: “They’re burning from the inside out.” Robert Brame on the Unusual Properties of the Pacific Palisades Fires Transcript of Robert Brame from recent episode of Global Research News Hour https://www.globalresearch.ca/theyre-burning-from-the-inside-out-robert-brame-on-the-unusual-properties-of-the-pacific-palisades-fires/5878843
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Censorship algorithms by the CCP, but otherwise pretty good and cheap) DeepSeek Crushes ChatGPT and Becomes the Highest-rated Free App in Apple App Store
Were Western tech companies behind “malicious attacks” on DeepSeek? https://www.globalresearch.ca/deepseek-highest-rated-apple-app-store/5878865
All the black boxes; awaiting the reports. D.C. plane crash live updates: All 3 black boxes found, 67 dead after American Airlines jet collides with military helicopter https://www.yahoo.com/news/live/dc-plane-crash-live-updates-all-3-black-boxes-found-67-dead-after-american-airlines-jet-collides-with-military-helicopter-133227946.html
Walter M. Chesnut: Turbocancers: A Secondary Manifestation of the Spike Protein’s Invasion of the Extracellular Matrix (ECM)? Looking more closely at the mechanisms of the ECM and cancer, the Spike Protein may be initiating cancer and hyperaccelerating what is already there.
Lying Low (pictured in Yoakum garden at winter low point)
President Trump had to win the presidency, if America were to survive at ll. Our country was going downhill so rapidly....and Big Pharma, the UN and the NWO Globalists were ready and waiting to take over....impose more mandates and implement the lowering of the world population further. What can the average person do. ...Get informed! Then, inform your family, your friends, and everyone you meet about the true information you have Let them know that ALL injections from so called vaccines, contain matter that is toxic poison that does not belong in the human body. The only thing our bodies need in our bloodstreams are nutrients from wholesome natural unprocessed, pesticide-free food...They feed the organs and cells in our bodies and keep us healthy. .POISON KILLS!
Great links.
AID, I think, has been a CIA front for a long time. I remember hearing that from a few people who looked at AID programs in south and southeast Asia during the mid-80s. There was purposeful waste, probably siphoned off as bribes.