THE CAPTIVE MARKET

        As part of the Wealth-Transfer going under the guise of enforcing 'Fair Trade' through Tariffs (which are only the New Right's version of the New Left's policy of imposing Economic Sanctions), at least two dozen countries beginning tomorrow will embargo, suspend, or otherwise limit package deliveries to the United States. India is the largest economy involved, although American consumers will also find themselves unable to purchase products from Japan, South Korea, most of the European Union, Canada, Australia, and a few others. 

       I think that it needs little explanation that part of the transition into the Great Reset involves limiting consumer choice. It's not simply about creating a permanent  Overclass who'll control the means of production and distribution, a Permanent Underclass who'll have consumption controlled is part of the program too.

       None of that will matter, of course, to the True Believers or the Denialists, who'll gladly settle for such conditions---just as long as the Democrats aren't the ones doing it. Too, as the New Right's version of Christianity teaches us, wealth is a sign of Divine Favor and Alphas are the Chosen People. After all, Facts Don't Care About Your Feelings, and if you can't get things, then you don't deserve to have them. 

      For example, this time of the month, I usually shop online. I was thinking about things that I get from overseas buyers. Not to get too personal here, but it is a microcosm of how others will be effected. Often, I purchase books online. Some of them are fairly specialized or not translated into English---getting them from Canada or Europe will be next to impossible now. India has several companies that specialize in reprints of works no longer available, but they're closed to the US now too. Oh well, we still have Internet Archive (for now), but not to worry. Elon Musk has promised an upcoming AI app that will serve as a Universal Encyclopedia, and WEF ideologue Noah Yuval Hariri has even proffered a project to do the same for the Bible and religions in general. Who needs to read and think for themselves when a group of Elites can do all of our thinking for us?

     Another product that comes from these countries are things like precision tools and, I remembered that I get razor blades from Europe. Oh well, who needs to shave anyway? All of the movers and shakers these days wear beards.

         Many I know among the Fair Sex buy things online from Europe like cosmetics, soaps, hosiery, and various other feminine accouterments. Other people whom I know buy nutritional supplements, cookware, and other specialized items not manufactured or not available in the US. Speaking of cooking, what about spices, herbs, and other agricultural products which aren't even produced here? People who own firearms also purchase things like ammunition and gun parts from foreign companies. Many readers, I suppose, could add things to this list. 

        All of these things tie in with the broader Great Reset goals being implemented by the New Right; such as closing Borders, siloing databases on all Americans, hostile Government takeovers of key industries and paramilitary seizures of major cities and transportation hubs, digital currency, etc. The impact of these Trade Policies likely will, however, be met with the same apologies or apathy that these other crimes routinely are met with and accepted as the New Normal. Sadly, this is what American has sunk down to in a single generation.

        

IT'S DISTRACTION SEASON AGAIN

      Here in the Prozac Nation, the Corporate Media was compelled this weekend to take a hiatus from the usual hero-worship and drama due to (yet another) catastrophic natural disaster. This time, a massive flood swept through Central Texas with literally hundreds of people dead or missing. Both wings of the Uniparty, which have continued together ignoring the scandalous condition of American Flood Control systems for many years now, reacted to the disaster with finger-pointing; and, as usual, offered no solutions to address the issue. In Postmodern America, building things like more prisons, internment camps, domestic espionage networks, and border walls are considered priority infrastructure spending: actual Public Safety, not so much. 

     With the flooding and too many questions (finally) starting to be asked in the wake of passing the Neocons' Budget-Bill, an urgent distraction from Reality became necessary. Military showboating against Iran and Elon Musk's further antics simply weren't enough. So the US Department of Justice obliged with the single most reliable tactic to divert public attention: a juicy sex scandal.

      Sunday Night's announcement that the Justice Department has found nothing on the long-moribund Jeffrey Epstein Scandal has sent the American Social Media scene into a spiraling meltdown. To recap the story a bit for context here: Jeffrey Epstein was a Wall Street/WEF hedge-fund billionaire who sidelined as a Globalist Deep State Operative. He owned a private island in the Carribbean where he ran Black Budget operations of every description, mostly on behalf of the CIA, MI-6, and the Mossad, although personal vendettas among the rich and powerful were no doubt had for a price too. Epstein Island was an international hotbed of pay-to-play Political and Corporate organized crime activities that certain interests preferred not be done under the scrutiny of government authorities or curious journalists. There are other places like this in the world, Epstein's happened to be most notorious though. 

     As a front for all of these crimes, Epstein ran an operation--- something like a billionaires' playground, and kept a number of young women around for that purpose. In a deeply sex-negative culture like the United States, Epstein's actual crimes could get a free pass, but the thought that men might be engaging in heterosexual activities is intolerable to contemporary Americans. Epstein's mistake was keeping it all private instead of following Andrew Tate's strategy of opening it all to public gaze. Part and parcel of a sexually puritanical culture like ours is that two of our main national past-times are voyeurism and IRL sex: Tate understands this, but Epstein didn't. Hence, Tate gets to be a national hero while Epstein died under mysterious circumstances. The Deep State subsequently picked the woman who managed the Island's hostesses as a human sacrifice and the scandal went away as the Media found new lurid stories to latch onto. 

     

      Some on the New Right are screaming that the DOJ's announcement is tantamount to Treason; the Whacko Left is touting a Conspiracy Theory that Trump is covering up because he's implicated in something. To cut through the Noise Machine, let us just examine a few actual realities here:

       1. If there really was anything incriminating about Trump in Epstein's files, his enemies wouldn't have wasted time and money on stupid witch-hunts, impeachments, and Lawfare over ridiculously trivial issues and allegations with nothing but rumors to support them.

      2. Even if there were anything scandalous about Trump, we should all know by now that most of his supporters are borderline paranoid fanatics who wouldn't care anyway.

      3. It's somewhat absurd to imagine that the Deep State would be transparent about anything involving a high-profile operative like Jeffrey Epstein. Let's be realistic: Pam Bondi (former lobbyist for Jeff Bezos and current operative of the Bush Machine); Kash Patel (former Obama Administration Official); and Dan Bongino (a wholly-owned toady of Rupert Murdoch) are part of the Deep State, as were their predecessors. 

     The self-righteous reaction of the American public to the DOJ announcement is more akin to the anger most of them feel when there's a power failure in the middle of one of their OnlyFans broadcasts. They were expecting high-octane titillation and got a blank screen. The scandal will blow over though (just like it did before) as soon as new one pops up to grab public attention. It is rather sad that Americans are less concerned about the dangers of a couple dozen Campfire Girls getting drown in a flood because of our failure to build infrastructure than they are about the possibly than one of those girls might be seen kissing a boy; but that's where Trash Culture has gotten us. 

BUSH 3.0 AND BEYOND

       The Neocons' sneak attack on Iran this weekend, using the barbarous Zionists as proxies, has started something of a ripple-effect in even some of the most obstinate supporters of the New Right, including a few within the Administration itself. Cracks were appearing last week, as protests began mounting---even in some very strong rural districts---against the Administration's ruthless deportation policies which are impacting the areas significantly, and considerable reaction to the heavy-handed policies imposed by unelected bureaucrat Elon Musk, who's gone into hibernation for the time being. 

       Throughout Social Media, too, it's not uncommon to hear "this isn't what we voted for!" although the warning signs that we were getting not Trump 2.0, but Bush 3.0, have been apparent and obvious for a long time. Even since the Inauguration, the placement of Deep State apparatchiks and Globalist ideologues in high positions were met with shrugs of indifference or even praise. As of late, however, the denials and excuses are wearing thinner and thinner, and the calls to react to dissent with force a la Bush, growing stronger. 

      Abandoning Reagan's reforms while pretending to uphold his legacy was characteristic of the Neocons between 1988-2016. The current incarnation pretends to uphold MAGA and the reforms of Trump's first term, while undoing everything positive done between then and the Scamdemic. The ICE raids and the pretext of the 'immigrant invasion' is merely a replay of Bush Sr.'s phony 'Drug War' the object of which was expand the powers of the Executive Branch and their collaborators on Wall Street. Junior's 'War on Terror' expanded these things even further, of course. The massive outsourcing of governmental functions and Regulatory Capture under our first and second 'Red Wave' Congresses found its counterpart this time in DOGE. The Democrats, incidentally, have gone along with all of these things.

     The Bush Machine's Foreign Policy was likewise an extension of its Domestic Policies. Attacking smaller countries under the most absurd pretexts was a Foreign Policy hallmark of the Neocons just as it is today; as was sabotaging potential economic rivals such as Russia and China. Like Bush's adventures in Afghanistan and Iraq, the recent Color Revolution in Syria and the attacks on Iran (with the Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine and Lebanon thrown in for good measure) are being carried out with the sole purpose of extending Wall Street/WEF Globalist Commercial and Financial interests to the maximum extent possible. Again, like Bush, we're told this is about upholding American Exceptionalism. 

         The question that should be coming up among Conservatives is how we regain control of the Conservative Movement. The Bush/Neocon Era at least did have some internal opposition, and the MAGA Movement grew out of the Tea Party. There were opposition candidates like Pat Buchanan and Ron Paul, but overall these movements suffered leadership problems. Trump harnessed some of that sentiment during his first term, but likewise suffered from a decided lack of competent advisors and administrators. The second term, with Trump suffering further under age and debility and have made a bad situation worse. 

      Another major part of the problem is that decades of Uniparty control have entrenched the power of the Ruling Economic Class to the point where there are very few avenues left to mount an organized movement. In the 1970s, Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas spoke of Points of Rebellion, explaining where reform movements could arise. Most of these are gone. There are no more labor unions of any significance, Academia and Media have been totally put under Corporate control, and the military and police forces have been sold to Corporate contractors for a long time. Some churches and some courts and a few Congressmen have been fighting mostly a losing battle.

     However, even at this late stage, it is still possible to change course. During the Scamdemic and other Biden/Harris social engineering schemes, networking and community activism caused significant enough resistance that the Oligarchy was compelled to shift from the fake Left to the fake Right and re-package most of their agendas. The one thing that the Oligarchs most fear is the public becoming aware that the both political parties serve exactly the same interests. This is the reason that both the WEF and their current surrogates in the Executive Branch have focused so heavily upon controlling the outlets of information and stepping up police surveillance powers. Whether or not the escalation of the attack on Iran will serve the same purpose as a distraction that Bush's obsessions with Iraq or the Neocons' obsession with Ukraine did, remains to be seen. Iran is a much more formidable opponent for a variety of reasons: and we can't rely upon the psychological stability of the current crop in the White House to guarantee they won't escalate things beyond their ability to control it. We must watch and wait because the Great Reset, or the New World Order, or the Dark Enlightenment, or whatever name they choose to call it, ultimately will fail. 

        

THE NATURE OF THE OLIGARCHY

       So, most of Thursday's news-cycle has been a firestorm of further controversy over the proposed Budget Bill; highlighted by a Social Media feud between co-Presidents Musk and Trump. Whether this whole argument is a meltdown between the two US leaders (as most believe), or a show staged for public consumption (as some suspect), is really immaterial. Either way, the whole affair should expose even the most apathetic Americans to the stark reality of what kinds of characters hold political and economic power in the US. 

     At any rate, the 'feud' is distracting attention away from some of the minor details of the so-called Big Beautiful Bill. Small matters, for example, like exponential expansions of the surveillance state, banning States from regulating AI, massive wealth-transfers to Wall Street interests, usurpation of the Constitutional authority of the Judiciary, etc., most likely won't attract as much attention now while the interests backing them fan public frenzy in another direction. 

       The Social Media exchanges between these two highlights the results of irresponsible, unaccountable power such as American 'leaders' have come to hold in our society. The paroxysms of rage pouring forth are fairly typical of the reaction that most political leaders, corporate executives, school administrators, etc. express whenever their will is thwarted. All of them reach these positions by sheer unscrupulousness, nepotism, and back-stabbing; and they hold them by both bribery and by ruthlessly cutting down anybody whose honesty or intelligence proves a threat to them. They are typically surrounded in these positions by hired flatterers and ambitious sycophants who keep their bloated egos inflated to the point where most of them truly imagine themselves a race of supermen; indeed as earthly gods even though none of them either think or behave in any way one would associate with godly attributes.

     Judging by the online commentary, however, worship of these two powerful men isn't limited to those in their inner circles. Bedazzled by wealth and celebrity, too many Americans actually buy into the Public Relations packaging and forget that these people are mortal men like themselves. In fact, many aren't even the equals of ordinary men. If, for example, Elon Musk hadn't inherited his wealth and made the right connections, he would be indistinguishable from any other strung-out drug addict or mental case that one encounters on city streets: boasting about his superior intelligence that nobody recognizes; his plans to colonize Mars; his goal of inseminating the world's most beautiful women to create a Master Race, and so forth. What could be said of Musk could be said of just about any of the other of the circles that he moves among. Postmodern America is becoming/has become a society much like the Royal-controlled tyrannies of the Middle Ages where the only thing separating the highest and lowest elements in character are their bank accounts and media profiles. Then, as now, both work in a sort of perverse tandem: with one element holding all the wealth and power and the other believing itself entitled to the same; while between them lies the majority who are actually holding things together by their productivity and generally decent behavior.

     

      The operatives and strategists working for these self-styled 'Elites' universally despise the mass-awakening of humanity to its Rights that took place during the Renaissance and the Enlightenment. However, those ideals still have a firm hold in Western Culture, and so the Elites' old methods of imposing their will upon the populace no longer work; hence they've incorporated pseudo-democratic tactics to create the illusion that they are part of a populist movement. Crony-Capitalism they call the 'Free Market;' Police-State Terrorism is called 'National Security;' the Great Reset is resold as 'American Exceptionalism;' the Cultural Marxist philosophy of the Long March Through the Institutions is reframed as 'Christian Nationalism;' and so forth. 

     Royals once deceived us with the 'Divine Right of Kings,' Plutocrats did the same with 'Social Darwinism' and our modern Techno-Fascists have simply fused the two into a Christian-veneered Scientism. We must do as our forefathers did---start questioning what we're being told and who's telling us so---and eject these parasites from positions of power if we hope to regain our liberties and our humanity again. 

     

     

     

QATARI JETS AND OTHER DISTRACTIONS

       The Mass-Distraction of the Week in our nominally free press has been a raging controversy over President Trump receiving a gift of a luxury airliner from the thugs running the Qatari Government. The President and his entourage of WEF linchpins are in that country today, of which the royal-owned Qatar Investment Authority is a WEF Strategic Partner. That, and the $1.2 trillion investment deal signed by the Oligarchs, however, is not the big story as far as the Left is concerned: the new airliner is.

      Anyone who has the patience to read Democrat-leaning sites will get bored rather quickly. Basically, all of them are recycled rhetoric from Kamala Harris' Campaign: identity politics, January 6th, Trump is working with Russia, etc.,etc. Not a peep out of them about the wholesale sell-off of the Federal Government to WEF/Wall Street plutocrats (they don't want to offend the same billionaires who also donate to them). Nor is there any criticism of the blatant shredding of the Constitution under the pretext of a 'National Emergency.' The Democrats hope to regain power in 2028 and want to use these themselves; much as Obama merely extended Bush Jr.'s powers after 2008 or Biden latched onto the Scamdemic after 2020. 

    Some, especially in light of today's trade deals, may consider the Qatari gift a bribe: which is really laughable considering the outright electoral bribery conducted by the Plutocracy on behalf of both nominal 'political parties.' 

     Among the Corporate luminaries on this Whirlwind Tour of the Middle East, we find the CEO of BlackRock who famously boasted that he didn't care who won the Election since he had operatives in both parties. LinkedIn CEO Reid Hoffman, Kamala Harris' top Corporate donor, is also on the trip. So are 'former' Democrat donors like Elon Musk and Sam Altman. All of them are there representing the Great Reset Agenda of the World Economic Forum. 

      Maybe we should all be a little more concerned about things like Corporate Hostile Takeovers of the US Government than we are about politicians giving expensive presents to one another. Or, if we're concerned about gifts, we can talk about Foreign Lobbying of both parties in our Congress (Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates rank 5th, 7th, and 8th respectively on the list of Foreign Lobbying Registrants. Israel, of course, tops all of them, but they are exempt from reporting under FARA). Since the Foreign Agents Registration Act became law in 2000, nearly 100 ex-Congressmen have gone through the Revolving Door and worked as foreign lobbyists. Saudi Arabia has an uniquely bipartisan group of lobbyists in its own corner which has done effective work for them in the past. 

     But focusing on things like the Qatari jetliner provides a useful distraction from such things. This way, we can all pretend that we don't really have a Uniparty working in the interests of an authoritarian Plutocracy; that the American Dream is real; and that we really are superior and exceptional after all. 

      

NEVER KNEEL DOWN

     This morning, China's Foreign Ministry released a video explaining their position on the Tariffs imposed on that country by the Globalist Oligarchs currently in charge of our Government. The video is a little over two minutes long: unlike those produced by our White House it doesn't feature Golden Statues of the Chinese President built atop mass-graves; nor gloating footage of police raids conducted to sports-themed taunt-songs. It's title is Never Kneel Down, and is worth a view; although Congressmen and employees of our Most Free Speech-Friendly Administration in History, may have to use public computers since access to Chinese sites are blocked and, at any rate, interactions with Chinese nationals are likely highly monitored by our Secret Police.  

    Given that Postmodern Americans are in the habit of kneeling down to authority figures on a regular basis, the title alone would probably discourage much investigation. Statements from the video like "Bowing to a bully is like drinking poison to quench thirst; it only deepens the crisis," and "History has proven that compromise won't yield mercy. Kneeling only invites more bullying," and "All bullies are really a paper tiger," can't help but be viewed by today's effete and servile Americans with anything but contempt. 

   In earlier times, Americans also had a reputation for standing up to bullies; but that was then, this is now. In a sociopolitical climate where the likes of Elon Musk and Andrew Tate are held up as national icons; pastors preach that empathy and social justice are sins; and politicians run on slogans like "Facts Don't Care About Your Feelings," ruthless injustice and selfish opportunism are bound be the highest cultural values. 

   For its part, China has taken proactive measures to deal with the economic assault: things more essential than lecturing the population on pulling themselves up by their bootstraps. For example, there is a major initiative by Chinese companies to facilitate stalled exports back into the Chinese retail market, banks are relaxing liquidity requirements to bring cash into the economy, and tax breaks are proposed to boost consumer spending. Meanwhile, the Government is successfully opening new markets to bypass the International Bully. 

   China has immense material reserves enabling it to transition away from unstable economies like the US. In other words, unlike the Neocons, they actually planned for such contingencies. Meanwhile, all that our financial geniuses can do is hunt for scapegoats while the American economy is about to undergo its second major wealth-transfer since the Scamdemic. 

      This is what happens when a whole political movement has no deeper plans or strategy than taking power and owning the Libtards. China claims that even without American imports altogether, the reserves that they have stockpiled is sufficient to meet any short-term shortages. Does anyone suppose that we have? 

      I doubt that to most Americans it will matter too much as long as the pot farms are producing and the media provides sufficient distraction, it won't matter if independent farms go down; Bill Gates will pick up the slack and we can all get American-made ersatz beef and coffee. It won't matter if independent trucking is finally finished off: Jeff Bezos is expanding into domestic shipping. Just accept the Great Reset as the New Normal; which we're certain will be sold by the 'Conservative' media as based and Red-Pilled. 

     

THE ECONOMIC STRATEGY OF TENSION

       Predictably this week, the US Stock Market rebounded after the White House announced a 90-day 'pause' on its phony tariff policy. The Ruling Elites ran the same scam that they always get away with: creating a panic and then buying up distressed stock for bargain prices before inflating them again. All of those True Believers who only a few days ago were proudly boasting that they lost money but were happy to take one for the cause, ended up getting fleeced by the same people whom they are convinced can be a Government instead of elected officials.

      What else would we expect from a Treasury Department headed by a man who built his career crashing currencies and profiting off the ensuing panic?

    The New Right, however, has been carefully trained and conditioned not to blame anything on American Plutocrats; the Official Narrative is that doing so exposes one an envious loser who wants to be bailed out by Government for his own failure to discipline himself. However, when countries like China succeed economically, the Victim Cards come out. Neocons have learned over the years that their supporters will react with visceral rage to any scapegoat they can cook up. Millions of illegal immigrants, trillions in Government waste, Democrats selling out to China: all of these things really exist in the Postmodern Conservative's mind because the Holy Trinity of Trump, Vance, and Musk say so and are believed to be infallible.

    China's reaction has been expressed in the terms of a decent editorial published in their media today. They have a fairly good assessment of the economic damage that the Neocons' economic policies inflict upon average Americans.

     "When the Trump administration threatens to sever trade ties, it is effectively demanding that U.S. industries—many of which have spent thirty years optimizing their operations around Chinese inputs—reconfigure entire supply chains overnight. The economic dislocation this will cause is not theoretical; it is already unfolding in factory towns from Michigan to Texas, where manufacturers face soaring input costs and logistical chaos. The agricultural sector offers perhaps the clearest illustration of this self-inflicted harm. China remains the largest export market for American soybeans, absorbing nearly one-third of U.S. production in peak years. During Trump’s first tariff war in 2018, Beijing’s retaliatory measures devastated rural communities, with soybean prices plunging to decade lows and farm bankruptcies surging. The administration responded with $23 billion in emergency subsidies—essentially transferring wealth from urban taxpayers to compensate for lost trade revenue—but failed to address the structural damage."

     All of this is true, but what the Chinese experts overlook is the fact that economically bankrupting the productive classes is the whole purpose behind American economic policy. Decades of phony 'deregulation' and consolidation; the fake 'national emergencies;' the Scamdemic; the bailouts; sanctions and tariffs---all of these were calculated precisely to cause the kind of situation described in the article. 

     What we're witnessing today is the end-game of the Strategy of Tension played out in the economic sector. By transferring over 90% of the nation's wealth to 10% of the nation's financial overlords, the Elites have set up a situation where people will demand the security of a strong Government to relieve their economic stress. Into the void, the authoritarian Right gladly will step, with Central Bank Digital Currency, guaranteed national incomes, and other programs advanced by the World Economic Forum to bring about the Great Reset. It should be noted that figurehead Trump's two most powerful advisors---JD Vance and Elon Musk---are both partisans of a philosophy under which Constitutional Government is replaced by a Technocratic Elite. 

     No amount of Denialism is going to change the Reality. The New World Order isn't made better by changing elements of the Uniparty and dominating the other side in online debates. We have to focus on who's causing the problems and what their ultimate aims are if we hope to remain free.

     

    

     

     

 

TODAY AMERICA, TOMORROW THE WORLD

       The Alpha gang-bangers now in charge of the US Government have spent the last few days doubling-down on their attempts to impose their New World Order at home and abroad. The White House extended its Rule By Decree, bypassing the Legislative Branch to impose further sanctions and tariffs while boasting about the slavishness of their vassals to cave in to their demands. They also excited the Trash Culture element of their supporters with a taunt-song cheering on their Scamdemic-level tyranny against the mythical Immigrant Invaders poisoning our blood and bringing back Bush-level property expropriations against their perceived enemies. Meanwhile, White Supremacist Pete Hegseth was in Panama, threatening military action in the interests of BlackRock. The verminous Media cartels, of course, are cheering on all of this. 

    The American People long ago lost any will to resist their Corporate Overlords and seem content to accept the Rule of the Alpha Superman. What we're really witnessing here is the logical culmination of three decades of cultural erosion from Bush 1.0's Drug War to the Scamdemic: constant 'States of Emergency;' unchecked Corporate arrogance; a media and academic culture continually pandering to the Lowest Common Denominator: in short, we have made Trash Culture a way of life. 

    The new, improved, leaner-and-meaner version of the Great Reset has abandoned much of its superficial Globalism and adopted Trash Culture Americanism to lead the way into the New World Order. Understanding that Americans are both the most powerful nation at the top and the most slavish and cowed population at the bottom, the Oligarchs feel free to expand Globalism under the cover of American Exceptionalism. They learned well from the Bush Years that anything that the Neocons do will get a free pass. 

   BlackRock is a great example: yesterday, they were evil woke globalists; today they are based and Red-Pilled, America-First globalists so they can get away with doing the same things under a different cover. Biden and Obama never would have gotten away with a fraction of what the Neocons have been excused for doing. For example, when Neo-Nazi and known Deep State spook Jack Posobiec kicked off the 2024 Campaign by announcing the overthrow of Democracy, the New Right's Agenda has followed the same pattern with no significant opposition: in fact, the move towards authoritarianism has been embraced eagerly and alternately cheered on (or denied) by a segment of the population who frankly hates the concept of Constitutional self-government and is so obsessed with its paranoid hatred of 'the Left', the Chinese, the immigrants or whoever the designated Enemy of the Week is that they will willingly submit to anything. 

    Thus, it was only a matter of time before the Alpha Bully-Boys decided that the same Rule-By-Decree approach so successfully used by Corporate CEOs who answer to authority other than their arbitrary will could be imposed without resistance on the United States. They're now extending the same approach in Foreign Policy. It's simply a variation of the Bush Doctrine that anyone not in line with the Neocon New World is an enemy and must be treated as such. 

   We Americans need to start facing reality for a change and asking ourselves if we really want to live under a Corporate Dictatorship. So far, however, we collectively speaking have shown no will to fight back; passively accepting one New Normal after another. This has emboldened the Elites to believe that they can act with complete impunity both at home and abroad. Make no mistake about it: Civilization is facing its greatest threat since the 1930s and all of the Denialism isn't going to change any of that. 

    

     

     

THE TARIFF WEALTH-TRANSFER SCAM

      This weekend the Controlled Opposition was fawning over the imposition of further tariffs, this time against European auto-makers. The Billionaire Class, who've outsourced our entire industrial base celebrated the move, with the usual cadre of paid pundits posing as economic experts squawking like a bunch of Liberals about how unfair our trade policies are. It's the usual bait-and-switch as far as the rhetoric goes: sell out to Globalist enterprises then play the Victim Card and blame everyone else.

    The True Believers swallow all of this; and in true Alpha facts-don't-care-about-your-feelings fashion, the White House issued a statement to the effect that they don't care if already over-inflated auto prices go up; it will force us all to buy American. Let's see if we can sort this out a bit further: first, let's examine the purpose of Protectionist Trade Policies.

    Protectionism and Tariffs are only economically viable policy when countries produce a surplus of certain goods for export. If, for example, a country is producing more cars than it can sell domestically, it makes sense to restrict imports that would undermine an industry that's bringing in revenue by selling abroad. We used to do that in the US when we still manufactured automobiles in a major way. There was a huge backlash in the 1970s when we lifted import quotas against Japanese vehicles---in fact, that was the beginning of the end for our auto industry. The Midwestern Rust Belt is a testimony to Neocon economics to this very day.

    If, on the other hand, we have an economy like we have where a few interlocking Boards of Directors dominating the economic landscape, then it follows that Protectionist policies will only strengthen their monopolistic control over it. Forget all of this baloney about bringing back American manufacturing by limiting consumer choices. An industrial base like we had until just a few decades ago will take years to rebuild. The True Believers have hoodwinked themselves into imagining that an industrial infrastructure magically will appear by the miracle of the Free Market when there is no infrastructure left to build upon. So, with Tariffs, the Corporations which have a foothold here will have a captive market. 

   Let's see if we can think of an example of someone who's built just such a market and will benefit from restricting imports. Someone, for example, who donated to Democrat politicians to get factories built and legislation passed to phase out his competitors, and exemptions from sanctions. Who might an example of such a character be?

    Yes, Tesla certainly would benefit from such restrictions. In the Blue States that Musk donated to for years, legislation has already been passed to phase out gas-powered vehicles. The whole 'Green Energy' approach wasn't popular with Republicans, but...if Musk's electric vehicles are the only affordable options, oh well. Buy American actually translates to Buy Tesla and naturally the True Believers will get over their objections and embrace the New Normal. 

   What about the agricultural tariffs? Well, we saw during the Scamdemic how a certain interested billionaire and his confederates began sweeping up American farmland and imposing synthetic products into the food chain. People weren't buying them, but now we'll be forced to buy American again, meaning that the synthetics will be affordable and natural foodstuffs will not. Who might benefit from that?

    Yes, our old pal, Willy Gates, who held a productive meeting with Trump the day before his inauguration, and whose henchman, Doug Burgum now heads the Department of the Interior. Like Musk, Gates benefitted enormously under the Biden/Harris Junta by promoting 'Green Energy' and fake 'alternative' foods: all subsidized by US taxpayers.

    In other words, the Tariff schemes are nothing but a scam, designed to exacerbate and complete the wealth-transfers begun under the Scamdemic and promoted by Biden and the Republican-controlled Congress during the last four years. The same Billionaire Class running one Government is running the other; all of which is leading up to the Great Reset. Until we stop pretending that the Political Class is anything but a Uniparty operating in the interests of these billionaires, we'll go on to a world of smart cars and synthetic foods by 2030, just as Klaus Schwab and his merry-men desire. 

 

CONSERVATIVES SILENT AS SOROS HENCHMAN RUNS AMOK

       Following yesterday's flurry of Judicial rulings against Musk and his bandits attempting to turn the Federal Government over to Wall Street, the reaction from the True Believers has been predictable: calling for the impeachment of judges, stacking the Courts, ignoring the Rule of Law, etc. True to form, they somehow want to believe that opposing the will of the Neocon Administration is tantamount to treason, all of which is bringing back bad memories of the slavish Bush-worship that we saw 20 years ago.

      One of the strangest forms of Cognitive Dissonance, however, comes from the Musk toadies who seriously imagine that globalist plutocrats who were supporting Democrats until only a few months ago are working in the best interests of the American people. Even stranger is this belief that the so-called 'Private Sector' is less intrusive, less authoritarian, and more respective of popular rights than the Public Sector. How anybody who's had much experience with middle mangers, customer-service departments, HR departments, or even typical landlords can still believe that is truly mind-boggling. These people work for Upper-Level Management who see employees and customers as livestock; and their courtiers treat us accordingly. 

    Take for example, the former COO of George Soros' hedgefunds, Scott Bessent. 

        Bessent, the highest-ranking openly gay official to hold US public office was appointed Secretary of the Treasury by what the Churchian media lickspittles refer to as the most pro-life and pro-family Administration in history. Bessent served his master Soros admirably during the 30+ years that he was connected with him (until last November, in fact). He continues to do so to this very day: pulling off some spectacular financial crimes rivalling even his globalist crony, Musk.

      In the less than two months that Bessent has headed the Treasury Department, he's managed to purge the Federal Consumer Financial Bureau and open access to Treasury Department records to be data-mined and downloaded by Big Tech into the Stargate Project. He likewise succeeded in persuading our figurehead president into signing an Executive Order no longer enforcing the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. Bessent, likewise, to the applause of his WEF bosses, is pushing a nominally 'privatized' system of Central Bank Digital Currency.

    To crown all of his crimes, this week Bessent announced that the US Treasury Department will no longer enforce laws prohibiting High Finance to set up shell companies as money-laundering operations. Soros in particular has found this law a constant thorn in his side; 'philanthropist' Oligarchs set up NGOs for this very purpose. The FDIC, which insures deposits against bank failures, is also on Bessent's bucket-list of regulators to scrap, though it's probably not off the table that the banks will get bailed out, even if depositors don't. 

    Lest any of the True Believers still want to argue that "Oh well, I got mine. At least taxes will be lower," rest assured that none of this deregulation is going to benefit you. While IRS enforcers are still going to be wringing every last dime from us of the Common Herd, Bessent also announced this week that Taxpayer Advocate Services and other agencies to appeal the IRS decisions would be among those most severely curtailed.

     Is everybody tired of winning yet? It doesn't look like George Soros or the rest of the Globalist Banking Establishment is. Just go on believing though that we shouldn't ask questions and that we simply need to trust the plan. Convince yourselves that this is all 3-D chess level strategy moves. Better still, just write it off as fake news and go back to laughing at Liberals online. Bessent and his cronies are laughing too: all the way to the bank.

ON GOVERNMENT WASTE, FRAUD, AND ABUSE

       Despite what Inquisitor-General Elon Musk seems to believe, the existence of waste, fraud, and abuse in the Federal Government is not something that he just now discovered or that the American Public didn't know about. It's been an issue in the US since the 1970s, and there were moves to correct such problems going all the way back to the 19th Century. 

      In order for a Government to function, it has to reply upon Public Trust. Even the Chinese Communist Party figured out this basic fact: which is why China today makes a point of exposing corruption within its ranks unlike the Maoist Era when such things were swept under the rug. Unlike China, however, public apathy and the glorification of selfishness and opportunism here has allowed the problem to fester and grow into a Way of Life.

     The problem is not that these agencies exist. The problem in the US is---and has been throughout recent history---Regulatory Capture.

     Regulatory Capture occurs when there are few to no limitations between Big Government and Big Business, either through weak laws or lack of enforcing existing laws. Typically, government and corporate bureaucrats slide back and forth between Government agencies and Lobbying Firms depending on which wing of the Uniparty is in power. Thus the interests controlling the agencies are in charge of regulating or awarding contracts to the very people they are supposed to be exercising oversight upon. Ignoring this issue is one of the main problems with DOGE's approach. 

    What DOGE is doing essentially is removing the middle-man in the whole cycle of systemic corruption. Yes, DOGE is eliminating governmental waste, fraud, and abuse: but at the same time, it is removing any and all barriers to corporate waste, fraud, and abuse. 1930s Japan and Italy were historical examples of how well societies based on that model succeeded. 

    The Soviet Union and Maoist China operated on a similar principle, except that in their case, monopolies were run by academic 'efficiency experts' as opposed to CEOs. What it illustrates is that the Neocons' worship of Capitalist economic Social Darwinism is really not radically different from the Marxist Historical Determinism that they claim to oppose. 

   If the basic needs of the American citizenry are under the control of an unaccountable Government bureaucracy or a handful of unaccountable Corporate Boards of Directors, the end result is the same. Freedom means nothing without economic freedom. A Corporate Oligarchy is just as much a tyranny as a Political Oligarchy; one is not a solution to the other.

   America was at its most prosperous times when wealth was most evenly distributed. This was not accomplished by Government fiat: it was accomplished by sensible moderation between the Government and the Corporate sector insuring that we had a reasonably level playing field of economic competition. All societies have a segment that is very rich and another that is very poor: such things have always happened and always will. However, a strong and largely independent Middle/Working Class is the backbone of a Constitutional Republic. A people with a measure of economic independence rarely will surrender that independence to power-hungry demagogues. 

     There have been a number of alarming surveys recently showing that in America---especially among the younger people---that Democracy has failed. The reason for this is because the Corporate/Government symbiosis has limited opportunities, especially for young people. Since the National Government and their Corporate Overlords have routinely flouted any pretense that the US is any longer "a government of, by, and for the people" and people under 30 or so have grown up in such a milieu, they mistakenly conflate the ideal of self-government with the abuses of power that they see and experience on a regular basis.

    Giving more authoritarian control to this group or that group will not solve the problem. The proper approach is restricting unaccountable power and returning more of it to the people. That means breaking up monopolies, restoring unions, cracking down on revolving-door lobbyists, smashing criminal NGOs: in short, enforcing the laws. 

   DOGE, however, is taking an approach that will make the problem worse. That, of course, is the plan however much they try to portray it as a populist mandate. Musk and his gangsters are followers of a philosophy which is anti-democratic and regards repressive Technocratic Regimes like Singapore and the United Arab Emirates as models for the United States. 

       Democracy hasn't failed the American People: the American People have failed Democracy. Self-Government without Self-Discipline simply will not work well. As long as we continue as a population to feed on greed, envy, fear, and opportunism, there will be no shortage of demagogues lining up to gratify those selfish desires in exchange for more power and control. 

     The problem that America is facing is not a political one; it is a spiritual one. We've abandoned the ideal that all men are created equal and endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights to one where the ends justify the means; the ends in this case premised on a win-at-all-costs mentality where personal power and status are the highest goals of human endeavor. That is what we must work on changing if we hope to continue as a Free Society.

    

     

THE CONFIRMATION CIRCUS BEGINS

       So, today kicks off the formality of rubber-stamping Executive Branch nominations conducted after every 'election' by the US Senate. They usually start with the nominees that the Madison Avenue PR firms consider most controversial so that said Senators can grandstand and put on performances for their constituents. In reality, these proceedings are decided by closed-door meetings in advance and the whole carnival is about as realistic as a TV quiz show.

       Pete Hegseth is the first of these characters to appear this week, nominated to head the Pentagon and oversee the Military-Industrial Complex. Hegseth is considered controversial; not because he's wholly unqualified, a White Supremacist, involved in a crackpot religious cult, or because he's advocated War Crimes. Apparently, in Hegseth's case, some females have come forward with allegations of sexual impropriety. In American Trash Culture, that is far more serious than any of the other issues, which the Media duly will ignore. 

      Will Hegseth be confirmed? Probably. Will it make much difference? Probably not. It's difficult to imagine the Pentagon being run worse than it already is. The Defense Department is one the worst of Beltway Swamps and a clown like Hegseth is the perfect clueless patsy to put as head of it so that the Deep State can operate there unobserved. 

    The Republican Establishment nominated Steve Feinberg, CEO of Cerberus Capital Management (a Bush Family front) to be Hegseth's Top Deputy, so we know who'll be overseeing things. The other nominations for the Pentagon include Michael Duffey who'll be in charge of Weapons and Procurement. Duffey is a longtime Pentagon/Deep State spook and point-man with Defense Industry lobbyists. Emil Michael, the former CBO at WEF Strategic Partner Uber was picked to head Research and Engineering. Michael has considerable ties to other Corporate Oligarchies but little experience in R&D. 

    Elbridge Colby, grandson of the former CIA Director is a member of the very Deep State organization WestExec Advisors, where he collaborated with Antony Blinken among others. WestExec is a 'consulting firm' that specializes in facilitating Regulatory Capture of various agencies and is the main trafficker of Revolving-Door political operatives. A ferocious anti-Russia and anti-China hawk, Colby will be in charge of Pentagon Policy-Making.

    Keith Bass, the CIA's former medical director who was appointed by Obama in 2011 to their medical division despite having no medical experience and subsequently fired by Biden for gross negligence and incompetence, was selected by Team Woke to head the pentagon's massive healthcare bureaucracy. Revolving-Door bureaucrat, Joe Kasper, is set to be Hegseth's Chief-of-Staff. Daniel Driscoll, a crony of JD Vance, was chosen to head the Department of the Army; while Florida Swamp megadonor John Phelan was chosen to head the Department of the Navy. The chieftain of the Air Force hasn't been chosen yet, but the candidates so far are about the quality we'd expect. 

    Are we all tired of winning yet? Small wonder that the phrase Drain the Swamp was heard so little during the 2024 Campaign. Not to worry, though, there are more Hearings coming up this week until the Media loses interest and everyone else gets passed without comment or discussion. 

UNIPARTY RE-INSTALLS MIKE JOHNSON AS HOUSE SPEAKER

       So on Friday, the Uniparty returned Arch-RINO Congressman Mike Johnson to the House of Representatives' top position. There initially was some pushback from some Republicans, but after one of those productive conversations with the boys at Mar-a-Lago, most changed their minds and went with the New Order. It was somewhat reminiscent of last month's fight over the Spending Bill. Johnson spoke with Trump who demanded it not be passed; but after a hour on the phone with Elon Musk who gave his approval, it passed anyway; which once again demonstrates who is actually in charge of the Republican Party. 

    It's a good thing that we got rid of Biden who was an 80-year old figurehead letting others make his decisions for him, right?

    The Democrats put up some token resistance, voting unanimously for Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries who, like Johnson, is a major recipient of AIPAC lobbying cash. In his concession speech, Jeffries underscored his commitment to the Uniparty, stating: “The American people need us as their elected representatives in this season to put down our partisan swords and pick up bipartisan plowshares. It’s time for us to come together, not as Democrats or Republicans, but as Americans to get things done for the people...House Democrats will work hard to find bipartisan common ground with our Republican colleagues in the incoming administration on any issue, whenever and wherever possible.” 

   By this, of course, Jeffries means the interests of Wall Street, as Johnson is very much owned by Oil Cartels and Defense Contractors. Johnson himself said as much accepting the Speakership: "We are going to pass legislation to roll back the size and scope of government. ... And in coordination with President Trump and his administration, we are going to create a leaner, faster, and more efficient federal workforce...and expedite new drilling permits!" Johnson also added: “It is time now to reinstate fear in our enemies, refocus our mission on lethality, and realign commitment to peace through strength right now. We have to prioritize the things that matter most. We have to make adequate investments in defense!”

   Johnson went on to voice his support for expanding the Police State and sealing the Borders under the pretext of fighting illegal immigration, as Jeffries and the other Democrats nodded in agreement. Actually, fortifying the Borders and expanding the Police State are the only infrastructure and jobs programs that the Republicans offer other than extending H1B Visas to better-paying positions. It's rather like the New Right's version of DEI. 

    It's not surprising that Democrats would put up no resistance. They showed their hand after the first Presidential Debate when a dozen or so Wall Street Oligarchs nullified Biden's unanimous sweep of the Democrat Primaries and coronated Kamala Harris. After Musk/Thiel Trump/Vance were elevated to the White House, these same Oligarchs shook hands with their Republican counterparts and went about organizing the new Administration with nearly two dozen Globalist billionaires and WEF operatives appointed to key positions. 

    The recent controversies over extending the H1B-Visas, the Government Spending Bill and the installment of Speaker Johnson has caused even a few of the True Believers to begin waking up (belatedly) to Reality. They've collectively fallen back on the typical Christian Conservative excuse "We didn't know!" even though the information has been out there for over a year. The Republicans aren't suddenly changing directions, it's the same direction they've been taking for several months. Too many on the Right simply didn't want to see: they were so deeply infatuated with the idea that everything wrong just started under Biden and voting in anybody with an 'R' after his name would bring back America's Glory Years starting on Day One. 

       Instead, what they're going to get is Bush 3.0: while the US catapults full-steam into the Great Reset and the Techo-Feudalism envisioned by the likes of Musk, Ramaswamy, Thiel, and others like them. Soros, Gates, Bezos, and BlackRock aren't going to be left behind either, as they all have several operatives in the New Administration. In short, the supporters of the New Right might not get what they want; but they'll get everything they deserve.