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The Trump-Kushner Gaza Gambit: A Toy Train Set in the Middle East
By Fred Gransville
It should come across as interesting to you: How a man who once sold steaks, vodka, and a gilded illusion of success imagines himself to be now brokering real estate deals with the entire world. Two weeks into his second term, Donald Trump called Gaza U.S. property-complete with boots on the ground. Were audacity not so frequently ignorance's mask, one could have called this the Art of the Deal.
Gaza, over the years, has been many things: haven, prison, battleground, icon of resistance; war-scarred strip of land-and now U.S. real estate? Like Afghanistan and Iraq before it? The consequences are more than just a change of policy, but a cataclysmic declaration that jettisons history and realpolitik in favor of branding and bravado. What does the U.S. hope to gain? A foothold in one of modern history's most politically unstable regions? An exercise in flexing power with an inevitable price? All lessons derived from past interventions into the Middle East have been bloody, expensive, and futile.
The Democratic Party's Slide into Moral Turpitude and Political Suicide: A Tragic Comedy, 2000-2025
Tracy Turner
Once upon a time, there was a Democratic Party: the hope of the working man, a champion of economic policy equity, civil rights, and the idea that good things might be done with government. Fast-forward to 2025, and that party is a cartoon version of itself: an empty vessel for elite interests, performative wokeness, and a whole laundry list of "non-issue" issues that has the traditional base of the party scratching its head, fleeing for cover. How in the name of all things holy could the party of FDR and LBJ be transformed into that of avocado toast, gender-neutral pronouns, and virtue-signaling billionaires? A tour de force through the abject moral turpitude of the Democratic Party and their not-so-funny tendency to commit political suicide.
Economic Fairness? More Likely Economic Farce
Does anyone remember when Democrats fought for workers, for unions, for social safety nets? Yeah, those days are about as dead as Blockbuster Video. In fact, by 2025, the party had swallowed hook, line, and sinker the neoliberal agenda: cuddling up to Wall Street, Silicon Valley, and the 1% they once pretended to fight. These days, they will talk about 'income inequality', but their actions are a joke. But of course, they virtue-signal about Universal Basic Income and student loan forgiveness, yet really did little to fix the problem that creates the economic disparity in the first place. Instead, they are a party of Big Tech monopolies, corporate bailouts, and tax loopholes for their billionaire donors. What do they give the working class? A promise of a $15 minimum wage—good as a screen door on a submarine.
Does a State of Civil War Exist Between the US Government and American Patriots?
Chris Spencer
Capitol Riot Response (2021): Ashli Babbitt killed
Abstract: The question is not abstract or rhetorical. Since the beginning of the 20th century, in concert with the military-industrial complex, the tech-industrial complex, and private intelligence networks, the US federal government has waged a secret and not-so-secret war upon American patriots and dissidents. It has taken many forms: physical violence, for-profit prisons, PSYOPS, surveillance, and the systematic erosion of civil and constitutional rights. From J. Edgar Hoover's FBI to the modern-day surveillance state, the government has declared war on its people using tools of repression that have grown more sophisticated with time.
1. A Chronology of Warfare: Whom the US Government Has Targeted Since 1900
Targets of the US Federal government and its methods of war used against individuals, groups, and movements Throughout history:
Early 20th Century: The Roots of Repression
1919: The Palmer Raids, a watershed moment in the history of government repression. Target: Anarchists, socialists, and labor activists. Despite the overwhelming power of the government, these brave individuals stood up for their beliefs.
- Method: Under Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer, the Department of Justice arbitrarily arrested and deported large numbers with even less regard for the law.
- Branch: DOJ, FBI (then Bureau of Investigation).
1920s-1930s: The Bonus Army
- Target: World War I veterans who were out to get paid promised bonuses
- Means: The US Army, under President Hoover's command, brutally suppressed the protesters in 1932 using tanks and tear gas, a stark display of the government's power. Branch: The US Army
US to Impose Tariffs on Canada, Mexico, and China on Feb. 1 and Tyranny on America
Paul Craig Roberts
The US will impose 25 percent tariffs on Mexico and Canada, and 10 percent on China, the Trump White House said. The purpose of tariffs is to protect domestic manufacturers and their work forces. What American manufacturers and workers are being protected by Trump’s tariffs? So much of US manufacturing is located offshore, what purpose are the tariffs serving?
The “tariffs” in reality are taxes imposed on imports of foreign produced goods, including the offshored production of US corporations of goods and services sold in the US. If the tariffs are paid by the consumer rather than by the US corporations that offshore their production for the American market, the effect will be to reduce the quantity demanded because of the higher price. How much this harms the offshore producers depends on whether their products are price elastic or inelastic. Some are one and some are the other.
This approach to bringing offshored US jobs back to America is incorrect. It demonstrates the economic ignorance of Trump and his advisors. Consider, for example, if US auto assembly relies on parts made in Canada, a 25% rise in parts cost could shutdown auto assembly and result in US unemployment. As best as I can tell, few auto parts are any longer produced in the US, so there is no industry to protect or to supply the parts that tariffs keep out. Before you can protect industries, you first must have them.
The Dialectics of Virtue: DEI and the Social Justice Ecosystem: A Review
Fred Gransville
Abstract:
Modern social justice introduces its protagonists-an eldritch theatre of characters in ever-altered roles, upon whose stages everybody in the audience seems constantly torn between cheering them on or just getting up to leave. This paper tries to deconstruct this intricate ballet called DEI-not with the scalpel of earnest critique, but rather with the feather duster of satire. It is an analysis of the paradoxical nature of DEI, its noble aims, and often farcical execution that attempts to throw light on the absurdities that arise when virtue becomes a commodity and morality a marketable asset. And because I'm feeling particularly curmudgeonly today, I'll throw in a few grumpy asides about why no one seems to notice how ridiculous this has become. Introduction:
The DEI movement was born from a laudable desire to correct historical injustices, but it has grown into a sprawling ecosystem of policies, training, and performative gestures. This is the world where even the very language of liberation has been hijacked by structures that it seeks to dismantle, each reflection being a distorted image in the hall of mirrors that signifies progress.
Therefore, the dialectics of virtues are debated in this paper, with satire being the magnifying glass that brings into full view its numerous hypocrisies and paradoxes.
Since I am on a roll, I will add, well, why nobody appears to have the guts to state that, well, the emperor's new clothes are, well, a patchwork quilt of buzzwords and good intentions gone wrong. Some sort of disgusting, absurd play in which the actors had forgotten their lines and the audience wasn't quite sure whether to applaud. Chapter 1: The Virtue Bazaar
Post-Cold War America: The Revival of the Cold War and the Rise of the Tech-Industrial Complex
Tracy Turner
Nothing gives the American People meaning better than Statism, and nothing says Statism better than war, hot or cold
The Cold War ended in 1991 and dramatically recast the structure of world geopolitics. As it happened, with the Soviet Union imploding, the United States emerged into a position which it had never previously occupied-that of sole superpower and unipolar hegemon in military, economic, and cultural influence. This was, however, a uniquely absent existential threat in the way America had seen and experienced under its political and economic order. For nearly half a century, the Cold War had dominated US foreign policy, but perhaps even more significantly, it had been an engine driving the country's technological and industrial advancement.
The military-industrial complex was what President Dwight D. Eisenhower termed in his farewell address in 1961, one which prospered on the perpetual tension and competition in adversarial opposition to the Soviet Union. To a large degree, without the adversarial condition, the US faced the likelihood of stagnation in its so-called defense sectors, which, by now, had become entrenched in its very economic and strategic lifeblood.
The Hidden Infrastructure of Electromagnetic Warfare and Surveillance: A Deep Dive into Schriever Air Force Base, Directed Energy Weapons, and Space-Based Tracking
Fred Gransville
The modern battlefield is no longer confined to the traditional physical terrains but has extended into the electromagnetic spectrum, outer space, and cyberspace. As the USAF and Space Force continue to expand their capabilities, installations like Schriever Space Force Base (formerly Schriever Air Force Base) in Colorado have become central hubs for advanced technologies, including electromagnetic weapons, satellite-based surveillance, and cyber warfare systems. Publicly available information gives only an insight into such development, while the full potential of the U.S. military to monitor and act upon electromagnetic environmental modification in bulk remains cloaked in secrecy.
Schriever Space Force Base: Where Space and Cyber Meet
Schriever Space Force Base, located near Colorado Springs, is one of the most critical installations to U.S. space and cyber operations. It hosts the 50th Space Wing, with satellite command and control, missile warning systems, and GPS operations. The base also hosts components of the National Reconnaissance Office and the U.S. Space Force, which manage intelligence-gathering satellites and strategic space defense initiatives.
The Arbitrary Hypocrisy of American “Justice”
Paul Craig Roberts
US Democrat Senator Bob Menendez, Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee was sentenced to eleven years in prison by federal district judge Sidney Stein for acting as an illegal agent for Egypt and accepting cash and gold bars as payment.
How does this differ from the $1,417,811 bribe that Big Pharma pays in campaign contributions to Senator Bernie Sanders or the $821,941 campaign contribution Big Pharma pays to Senator Elizabeth Warren? If you think these sums don’t make Sanders and Warren agents of Big Pharma, you are out of your mind. Warren is doing her Big Pharma assigned job by trying to block Robert Kennedy’s confirmation as Secretary of Health and Human Services.
Congress is up for sale, and it is purchased with campaign contributions. Everyone in Washington knows that members are purchased by lobby groups, such as Big Pharma, the military/security complex, agribusiness, energy, the Israel Lobby, and so on. A corrupt or stupid Supreme Court legalized the purchase of the US government by lobby groups. This is the reason that Congress does not represent the people who elect Congress. You can blame your lack of representation squarely on the US Supreme Court. One can’t help but wonder if there were under the table payoffs.
A Holistic Approach to Health: Traditional Chinese, Kampo, and Ayurvedic Medicine
Tracy Turner
Before beginning any herbal regimen, consult a licensed physician and also be sure to ask about drug interactions with herbs. This article is not a substitute for a licensed physician and does not constitute medical advice.
Traditional Chinese Medicine, Kampo Medicine, and Ayurvedic Medicine have been practiced over several millennia. Each provides a total approach to health that stresses the importance of balance within the body and mind.
These ancient systems employ herbs, spices, and natural compounds to promote well-being and address the root causes of health issues rather than merely treating symptoms, with a key focus on preventive care. In this article, we review how traditional systems of healing provide powerful, natural remedies that can promote apoptosis, improve memory and cognition, and support cardiovascular health. From ancient wisdom to modern biohacks, combining these can support your overall health in a holistic and sustained manner.
Italian Fascism: An Interpretation
James B. Whisker
When the Grand Council of Fascism on 25 July 1943 removed Benito Mussolini from his position as head of government, fascism ended in Italy. Its ending was as surprising as its beginning, when, on 28 October 1922, some 300,000 Blackshirts under Mussolini's command seized the Italian state. The events between those dates can be chronicled. The explanation of what had transpired is much more elusive. Fascism was touted by Mussolini as a unique combination of thought and action, yet fascism was still seeking an ideology after the Second World War was over.
The roots of fascism are many and complex.[1] The fascist leadership, notably Mussolini, admitted the multi-faceted influences of liberalism, marxism, syndicalism, risorgimento, socialism, catholicism and nationalism on their ideology.[2] Their speeches and writings were replete with quotations from Schopenhauer, Hegel,[3] Sorel, Saint-Simon, Pareto, Mosca, Mazzini and a hundred other writers. They admitted fascism was a unique blending of all of these and much more, yet they were never able to wholly explain it to their own satisfactions.
Italian fascism was the first application of what would become a generic ideology encompassing, or allegedly encompassing, movements of the political right in every nation of Western Europe, the United States, the British Commonwealth nations and even Japan.[4] It was believed by Italian leaders to be highly exportable, yet it carried strong Italian nationalistic overtones. It was essentially non-racist, yet in Italy it preached the gospel of the coming Italian race of overmen.
