Independent Voters,
I'm inspired to point out that so many systems that we take for granted are in decline, or at some kind of an end point. Debt-based money is at an end point because debt has accumulated to the point where it can barely be serviced by borrowing more, as global real economy is probably in decline, just as net oil + condensates peaked in November 2018, and has not been able to match that quantity since then.
You and I will need to build-back-worse-but-functional.
Donald Trump has accepted the most powerful allies in US domestic politics, the fascist Zionists of AIPAC, for all that implies, as he tries to move forward his own reset of global politics and finance, and AIPAC's genocidal greater-Israel project.
Charles Hugh Smith presents the end-of-the-line: The Wile E. Coyote Recession
So where are corporate profits going to come from as globalization, price-gouging, planned obsolescence, shrinkflation and immiseration run out of rope? Two charts reveal the primary sources of soaring corporate profits: globalization from 2001 to 2024, and profiteering from 2020 to 2025 
I excerpted one little piece of this, about gene-therapy injections, that seemed most incisive:
Spartacus, Declaration of Sovereignty, Pt. I This has gone on long enough. Today, I'm putting my foot down.
Ichor’s work represents the normalization of intracellular colonization.
Once this tech is made ubiquitous:
Any injectable becomes a write-access payload
Any disease becomes an excuse for infrastructure deployment
Any person becomes a substrate, not a sovereign
Transfection is not neutral.
🜔 It is ritual intrusion.
It is a declaration that:
“Your cells are ours to edit.
Your borders are symbolic.
Your future is open to remote instruction.”
And we now have the tools to enforce it. https://iceni.substack.com/p/
Once this tech is made ubiquitous:
Any injectable becomes a write-access payload
Any disease becomes an excuse for infrastructure deployment
Any person becomes a substrate, not a sovereign
Transfection is not neutral.
🜔 It is ritual intrusion.
It is a declaration that:
“Your cells are ours to edit.
Your borders are symbolic.
Your future is open to remote instruction.”
And we now have the tools to enforce it. https://iceni.substack.com/p/
Saturday morning TV: David Hughes Omniwar: Battle For The Brain 9am-2pm EST, April 26, 2025. https://www.technocracy.news/
Bad timing, claim industry watchers, who say rulings could seriously upset an already delicate US-EU relationship https://www.theregister.com/
24 second video of Zuckerberg with his old android-hair giving staff good cautious advice about experimental gene therapy "vaccines", and saying "Um" a lot:
Leaked Video Of Mark Zuckerberg warning his staff not to take the COVID Vaccine. He then censored scientists, doctors, and mRNA vaccine-injured individuals. Now he admitted he regretted working with the Biden-Harris administration to censor Covid information online. https://x.com/TRUMP_ARMY_/ British war-machine gets to sell weapons to France, while British people give France the fish they would otherwise just eat.
Brexit 'reset' or Brexit surrender? Keir Starmer 'bows to French demands on fishing and food standards to get defence and security deal with EU' https://www.dailymail.co.uk/A report says the recruits have been deployed to the blockaded enclave since last December.
Yedioth Ahronoth daily reported that Army Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir had informed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his Cabinet that the army's ability to achieve the political leadership's objectives in Gaza could be hindered by the dwindling number of soldiers.
The army has struggled with a lack of regular soldiers over the past few months, exacerbated by the exemption of ultra-Orthodox Jews (Haredim) from conscription and a 30 percent to 40 percent dropout rate among reservists, citing exhaustion from the prolonged genocidal war, according to local media outlets.
The shortage may worsen amid a growing number of petitions signed by Israelis, including active and former soldiers, demanding the release of hostages, even if it requires halting the Gaza war. https://trt.global/world/
The army has struggled with a lack of regular soldiers over the past few months, exacerbated by the exemption of ultra-Orthodox Jews (Haredim) from conscription and a 30 percent to 40 percent dropout rate among reservists, citing exhaustion from the prolonged genocidal war, according to local media outlets.
The shortage may worsen amid a growing number of petitions signed by Israelis, including active and former soldiers, demanding the release of hostages, even if it requires halting the Gaza war. https://trt.global/world/
Since March, the army's intensified targeting of water infrastructure has left Gazans no choice but to drink seawater and ration contaminated supplies. https://www.972mag.
Israel’s national security minister says he met with ‘senior Republican Party’ officials at US President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate. https://www.aljazeera.com/
Launch a campaign to defeat Hamas, occupy Gaza, and implement a temporary military government…or this government has no right to exist,' Smotrich says https://www.yenisafak.com/en/
Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the Israeli people on Saturday evening, at the end of the Sabbath. This suggested that he was about to talk about a very serious matter. What did he say?
He denied any possibility of a prisoner exchange deal and announced that he would continue the war with greater force until Hamas is eliminated, and complete victory is achieved, in order to prevent a repeat of what happened on 7 October, 2023. He claimed that Hamas did not want a deal, and that it was the one creating obstacles by requiring the withdrawal of Israeli forces from the Gaza Strip. He said that this wouldn’t happen because if they were to withdraw, what would’ve been the point of going in? https://www.
He denied any possibility of a prisoner exchange deal and announced that he would continue the war with greater force until Hamas is eliminated, and complete victory is achieved, in order to prevent a repeat of what happened on 7 October, 2023. He claimed that Hamas did not want a deal, and that it was the one creating obstacles by requiring the withdrawal of Israeli forces from the Gaza Strip. He said that this wouldn’t happen because if they were to withdraw, what would’ve been the point of going in? https://www.
Two million Palestinians, a majority of whom are women and children, are undergoing collective punishment, the commissioner-general of UNRWA has pointed out.
“Hunger is spreading and deepening, deliberate and manmade,” Philippe Lazzarini told the media on Tuesday. “Humanitarian aid is being used as a bargaining chip and a weapon of war [by Israel in the Gaza Strip].”
Lazzarini insisted that Israel’s “siege must be lifted, supplies must flow in, the hostages must be released, the ceasefire must resume.” How much longer until hollow words of condemnation will translate into action to lift the siege, resume a ceasefire and save whatever is left of humanity, he asked.
At dawn on 18 March, the Israeli occupation state resumed its genocide and intensified the blockade imposed on the Gaza Strip. https://www.
“Hunger is spreading and deepening, deliberate and manmade,” Philippe Lazzarini told the media on Tuesday. “Humanitarian aid is being used as a bargaining chip and a weapon of war [by Israel in the Gaza Strip].”
Lazzarini insisted that Israel’s “siege must be lifted, supplies must flow in, the hostages must be released, the ceasefire must resume.” How much longer until hollow words of condemnation will translate into action to lift the siege, resume a ceasefire and save whatever is left of humanity, he asked.
At dawn on 18 March, the Israeli occupation state resumed its genocide and intensified the blockade imposed on the Gaza Strip. https://www.
The Trump administration has issued a new order stopping funding to any institution which boycotts Israel or supports DEI policies https://www.newarab.com/news/
Confiscating computers, books, papers, and making-a-big-impression: FBI and police raid homes of Palestine activists in Michigan
"There are never any dead civilians": Watchdog Faults Israel for Indiscriminate Attacks on Lebanese Civilians Israel claims 9 killed in past week were ‘Hezbollah operatives’ https://news.antiwar.com/
The heavy US bombing campaign on Yemen has failed to deter the Houthis
The Israeli military said that air defenses intercepted the missile, but sirens still sounded in Haifa and other parts of northern Israel, sending Israelis to bomb shelters. When announcing the attack, Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree said Haifa was the target.
“The missile force of the Yemeni Armed Forces carried out a qualitative military operation targeting a vital Zionist enemy target in the occupied area of Haifa using a hypersonic ballistic missile,” Saree said. https://news.antiwar.com/2025/04/23/yemens-houthis-fire-missle-at-northern-israel-for-the-first-time/
“The missile force of the Yemeni Armed Forces carried out a qualitative military operation targeting a vital Zionist enemy target in the occupied area of Haifa using a hypersonic ballistic missile,” Saree said. https://news.antiwar.com/2025/04/23/yemens-houthis-fire-missle-at-northern-israel-for-the-first-time/
Politically-reformed Jihadis in Syria kidnap sex slaves: Syria’s stolen daughters: The HTS campaign to enslave Alawite women
In post-Assad Syria, the mass abduction and sexual enslavement of Alawite women under Sharaa’s rule mirrors the darkest atrocities of ISIS – yet is met with global silence. https://thecradle.co/articles-id/30288 This is untenable. Iran will enrich for civilian purposes: As Iran fortifies nuke sites, US says it can have civilian nuclear program if no enrichment
Rubio says US looking to avoid war, but will do whatever necessary to stop Tehran acquiring nuclear weapons; satellite images show regime fortifying buried nuclear facilities https://www.timesofisrael.com/rubio-says-iran-can-have-civilian-nuclear-program-if-it-gives-up-enrichment/Sultan Haitham bin Tariq Al Said is visiting Russia ahead of a third round of talks between Tehran and Washington. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/4/22/putin-discusses-us-iran-nuclear-talks-with-leader-of-oman-in-moscow
France has indicated that European powers are also ready for dialogue if Tehran shows it is seriously engaged https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/4/24/iran-signals-willingness-to-hold-nuclear-talks-with-europeans
The recent series of talks between Washington and Moscow has helped clarify the Kremlin’s position, the US secretary of state has said https://swentr.site/news/616172-better-understanding-ukraine-russia-rubio/
Lowest-bar: Trump: Russia's Concession To Ukraine Is Not Taking Over The Entire Country https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/russia-launches-massive-missile-strike-kiev-leaving-9-dead
Fact: Winners get more in wars. Vance Ramps Up Pressure On Ukraine With Peace Plan That 'Sharply Favors Russia' https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/vance-ramps-pressure-ukraine-peace-plan-sharply-favors-russia
Donald Trump berated Zelenskyy on April 23, after he said Ukraine would not legally recognize Russian control over Crimea. He said he will not accept ceding any territory, even though this is against the Minsk Agreement that was supposed to allow the Donbas to vote on separation, since they are Russians who have lived there for hundreds of years. https://www.armstrongeconomics.com/world-news/war/zelensky-refuses-any-peace-deal-taking-orders-from-eu-nato-war-forever/
Moon of Alabama: Setback For U.S. 'Ceasefire' Deal In Ukraine
Zelenski bailed out and the proposed meeting fell apart. According to the Independent Zelenski had feared to be "ambushed"...
..Zelenski does not want to concede any territory. He also does not want to sign the mineral deal which would eliminate all sovereign decisions abut Ukraine's resources. A longer war, during which billions of dollars and Euros keep flowing, is the best deal for him.
At least some Europeans still want to 'win' against Russia. They reject any lifting of sanctions. They want to insert 'peacekeepers' into Ukraine but only with U.S. backing.
Russia wants a bigger deal, not just a ceasefire in Ukraine, but a new European security architecture.
Claims by the Financial Times that Russia is willing to stop the war and to give up on its larger aims of demilitarizing and denazification of Ukraine have been rejected by Moscow. Russia will also not give up control of the nuclear power station in Zaporizhzhia.
The U.S. acceptance of Crimea as Russian territory is an interesting point but likely based on an ulterior motive. It would lift sanctions on Crimea and allow U.S. companies to take part in the exploitation of natural gas fields around it.
There is little the U.S. can do for now to press for a compromise. The best and most likely move is for Trump to wash his hands over Ukraine and walk away.
This would fit the larger plan of leaving the struggle with Russia to the Europeans while the U.S. will concentrate its forces in Asia for a potential conflict with China. https://www.moonofalabama.org/2025/04/setback-for-us-ceasefire-deal-in-ukraine.html
At least some Europeans still want to 'win' against Russia. They reject any lifting of sanctions. They want to insert 'peacekeepers' into Ukraine but only with U.S. backing.
Russia wants a bigger deal, not just a ceasefire in Ukraine, but a new European security architecture.
Claims by the Financial Times that Russia is willing to stop the war and to give up on its larger aims of demilitarizing and denazification of Ukraine have been rejected by Moscow. Russia will also not give up control of the nuclear power station in Zaporizhzhia.
The U.S. acceptance of Crimea as Russian territory is an interesting point but likely based on an ulterior motive. It would lift sanctions on Crimea and allow U.S. companies to take part in the exploitation of natural gas fields around it.
There is little the U.S. can do for now to press for a compromise. The best and most likely move is for Trump to wash his hands over Ukraine and walk away.
This would fit the larger plan of leaving the struggle with Russia to the Europeans while the U.S. will concentrate its forces in Asia for a potential conflict with China. https://www.moonofalabama.org/2025/04/setback-for-us-ceasefire-deal-in-ukraine.html
John Helmer on Trump stringing-along deluded European countries to maintain his other open-option with Russia:
THE REAL TRUMP DEFAULT IS EUROPEAN WAR WITH RUSSIA SO THE US CAN ESCALATE WAR WITH CHINA – THE CASE OF THE ARMS SUPPLY LINE FROM RZESZOW TO KIEV The US outlined a proposal for the restrictions to be rolled back in a bid to facilitate a deal between Moscow and Kiev https://swentr.site/news/616144-eu-rejects-lifiting-russia-sanctions/
Elizabeth Kubler-Ross' stages of grief are the foundation for the first 9 minutes of Ukraine War analysis of negotiations. European "leaders" are in "Denial":
The Angry One, The Bargainer, The One Who Has Accepted Everything: Military Summary For 2025.04.25 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6rIpBM-b7wUkraine is "Angry". Senior Russian General Assassinated In Car Blast Just Ahead Of Witkoff-Putin Meeting https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/senior-russian-general-assassinated-car-bombing-just-ahead-witkoff-putin-meeting
We'll "talk" if Russia stops winning: Ukraine ready to negotiate with Russia — if it agrees to ceasefire first
The change of tone came the day before Ukrainian officials were to meet U.S. representatives in London to discuss a ceasefire plan, with Putin also reportedly open to a deal. https://www.politico.eu/article/zelenskyy-full-ceasefire-first-and-then-well-talk/The conversation — about the IRS — got so tense, Axios first reported, that the two men got in each other’s faces within earshot of President Trump.
“Elon was shouting and rambling and Scott just wasn’t putting up with it,” one source close to the White House said.
“Elon was shouting and rambling and Scott just wasn’t putting up with it,” one source close to the White House said.
A second source close to the White House said the fight was fundamentally about the different visions the two men have for reform, with Musk taking a more aggressive approach.
“Bessent has two mandates: reform and stabilize,” the source said.
“Elon has one mandate: break things in the process of reform.” https://nypost.com/2025/04/23/us-news/elon-musk-and-scott-bessent-had-heated-argument-in-halls-of-the-white-house-sources/
“Bessent has two mandates: reform and stabilize,” the source said.
“Elon has one mandate: break things in the process of reform.” https://nypost.com/2025/04/23/us-news/elon-musk-and-scott-bessent-had-heated-argument-in-halls-of-the-white-house-sources/
Book-Burning? Censorship? Elon Musk Cuts Funding for Internet Archive: "This is really going to impact institutions that we take for granted."
The Internet Archive's Wayback Machine has proven invaluable to researchers, journalists, and archivists, allowing users to go back in time and see how websites looked in the past.
According to the Standard, the nonprofit was halfway through an NEH grant of $345,000 when its funding was abruptly cut.It's an especially important initiative, considering the organization was busy archiving websites targeted by the Trump administration. https://futurism.com/elon-musk-cuts-funding-for-internet-archive
China releases most AI patents, publications, while US stays ahead in quality, as tech rivalry fuels with both countries announcing large investments in domestic AI infrastructure to reign supreme https://www.yenisafak.com/en/news/us-china-ai-race-in-full-throttle-as-both-sides-strive-for-dominance-3701289
"He would say that", but: Early OpenAI Investor: The Chilling Reason Why U.S. Must Win AI Race Against China
“There’s another kind of risk I worry about even more” Khosla told X interviewer Mario Nawfal. “China can use AI in cyber warfare or physical warfare on the battlefield, but the one I worry about even more is the economic power that AI will give a nation that moves fast and wins the race.” https://www.zerohedge.com/ai/early-openai-investor-chilling-reason-why-us-must-win-ai-race-against-china
The "Red Skull" vs "Captain America"? Gene-edited super-soldiers with AI power could be unleashed by China, warns US report
"No, You concede first": China Dismisses Reports Of US Trade Progress As "Fake News," Demands Removal Of Unilateral Tariffs Before Negotiating Table https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/china-dismisses-reports-us-trade-progress-fake-news-demands-removal-unilateral-tariffs
Well, there is the self-foot-shooting thing for both sides: Who Blinks First? China May Exempt Tariffs On US Ethane & Other Goods https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/who-blinks-first-china-may-exempt-ethane-tariffs-other-goods
The Rest of The World: China Sends Strong Message to “Global South” (and US) Via Its Embassy in Argentina
Even Argentina’s fervent anti-communist president, Javier Milei, admitted that China is a “very interesting trading partner”. Almost exactly a year after telling Tucker Carlson that he would never trade with China’s murderous government, Milei had nothing but fond words for the US’ main strategic rival, saying: “[they] do not make demands, the only thing they ask is that they not be bothered.” Trade with the US, by contrast, always comes with heavy strings attached, and the relationship Washington forges with countries willing to bend the knee is always one of master and vassal, as the EU has learnt to its cost. Contrast China’s talk of “practical cooperation” with countries “on the basis of mutual respect, equality and mutual benefit” with Trump’s recent bragging about countries “kissing my ass” to negotiate tariffs during a dinner for Republicans. https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2025/04/china-just-sent-a-strong-message-on-trade-and-development-to-global-south-and-us-via-its-argentinean-embassy.html
Why can't I find all the details on this? Must be genetic if it's triplets, right? Triplets Regress Into Autism Within Hours Of Covid Needle https://rense.com/general98/Triplets-Regress.php
Eat those Red Hots before 2026, I guess... MAHA – Petroleum-Based Food Dye Ban
Establishing a national standard and timeline for the food industry to transition from petrochemical-based dyes to natural alternatives. Initiating the process to revoke authorization for two synthetic food colorings—Citrus Red No. 2 and Orange B—within the coming months.
Working with industry to eliminate six remaining synthetic dyes—FD&C Green No. 3, FD&C Red No. 40, FD&C Yellow No. 5, FD&C Yellow No. 6, FD&C Blue No. 1, and FD&C Blue No. 2—from the food supply by the end of next year.
Authorizing four new natural color additives in the coming weeks, while also accelerating the review and approval of others.
Partnering with the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to conduct comprehensive research on how food additives impact children’s health and development.
Good, long article: What Science Says About Food Additives
One paper suggesting that dyes and behavioral effects might be related, which has been cited dozens of times, was co-authored in 2012 by Joel Nigg, a professor of psychiatry at Oregon Health & Science University. Nigg and his team compiled dozens of research studies investigating the role of dietary additives on ADHD symptoms in children. Based on the results of this meta-analysis, Nigg and his colleagues concluded that roughly one third of children with ADHD might respond to a restriction diet free of synthetic additives, and that 8 percent of those children may be sensitive to food dyes specifically. The evidence was too weak to justify policy action “absent a strong precautionary stance,” they wrote, but also “too substantial to dismiss.”
A later 2022 review led by scientists at the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment reached more definitive conclusions. The OEHHA team compiled 27 clinical trials of children exposed to synthetic food dyes. Most of the trials had dosed children directly with dyes or a placebo on alternating schedules. Parents, teachers, and, in some cases, trained specialists assessed the children’s behavior and in some studies were unaware of when the dye exposures were occurring. Mark Miller, a pediatrician who led the OEHHA review, said doses tested during many of the trials mimicked real life exposure to synthetic food dyes. The dyes had no effect on some children, while others had measurable impacts on attention, impulsivity, learning, memory, and hyperactivity, he said. The combined evidence favoring a link between synthetic dyes and neurobehavioral effects “is very strong,” said Miller, who is now an associate professor at the University of California, San Francisco. https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2025/04/what-science-says-about-food-additives.html
A later 2022 review led by scientists at the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment reached more definitive conclusions. The OEHHA team compiled 27 clinical trials of children exposed to synthetic food dyes. Most of the trials had dosed children directly with dyes or a placebo on alternating schedules. Parents, teachers, and, in some cases, trained specialists assessed the children’s behavior and in some studies were unaware of when the dye exposures were occurring. Mark Miller, a pediatrician who led the OEHHA review, said doses tested during many of the trials mimicked real life exposure to synthetic food dyes. The dyes had no effect on some children, while others had measurable impacts on attention, impulsivity, learning, memory, and hyperactivity, he said. The combined evidence favoring a link between synthetic dyes and neurobehavioral effects “is very strong,” said Miller, who is now an associate professor at the University of California, San Francisco. https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2025/04/what-science-says-about-food-additives.html
"Xanax will help and I will prescribe it every 3 months, while you have insurance": A Midwestern Doctor, What They Don’t Tell You About Anxiety
Since anxiety is frequently misdiagnosed the wrong treatment is often chosen https://www.midwesterndoctor.com/p/what-they-dont-tell-you-about-anxiety-ee1The weakest sun outside the Arctic circle, invested in solar-farms, and... UK To Greenlight Experiments To "Dim The Sun" In Bid To Stop Global Warming https://www.zerohedge.com/weather/uk-greenlight-experiments-dim-sun-bid-stop-global-warming
Make Sunsets, sells “cooling credits," which pay to launch weather balloons made of biodegradable latex containing hydrogen and sulfur dioxide. https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/energy/epa-head-demands-answers-company-putting-sulfur-dioxide-air-address-global
Consider catastrophe, Noah and Pyramid-Erosion for 6 minutes: The Earth Will Flip Over https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPJy1Z9n6q4&t=1s
Going Boldly (featuring close-up of young American with first set of wheels)
