They finally get what they deserve.

I find it interesting that the armed LEO just stands idly by watching. Either he has strict ROE or he’s required to participate, but his heart is just not in it.

Everyone knows that Trump is controlled by Israel and they want to destroy Iran. Then Turkey and Egypt. It sounds like a very poorly written Wag the Dog movie coupled with a cheesy spy novel. Or maybe it is just another example of an out of control proxy administration.

From The Busker

This week, small protests were organised in Kiev against migrants brought into the country due to Labour shortages. Some in the Ukrainian government are concerned that these demonstrators could join with others protesting against mobilization, or the cost of living, to form a new Maidan. They will not be pleased that Hungary has imposed a complete ban on Ukraine’s agricultural produce. This was announced on new Prime Minister Peter Magyar’s X social media page. I hope he doesn’t become another Donald. The mood of the people will not be helped by signs of dwindling support from Europe as the Czechs fail to secure sufficient progress in their ammunition for Ukraine initiative.

The Russians, who have just completed their ‘Oreshnik’ retaliation for the Starobilsk massacre of schoolchildren (see below), will not help matters nor will their promise to target Kiev’s ‘decision making centres’ and ‘military industrial enterprises’ in future. According to Simplicius, the Russians have asked Western Diplomatic Missions and foreign citizens to leave the capital. Some have overreacted to this request, fearing large scale destruction. The indignant Europeans have not taken kindly to Russia’s warning and may place their official’s lives at risk by refusing to evacuate them. A Russian spokesman reassured Ukraine’s politicians that neither the RADA nor Zelensky’s office would be attacked because they are not decision making centres.

It should be noted that the massacre at Starobilsk could not have happened without the assistance of Elon the Musk’s Starlink. Apparently, Musk has now become an accomplice to murder.

Two question emerge. First, have the Ukrainian normies had enough and are ready to throw out the Green Goblin crowd? Second, will we, in the USA, have to reach this same condition before we take out the trash in DC?

One will also note how deftly the Ukrainian men are being eliminated and replaced with ‘migrant’ labor. Surely there’s no nefarious plan …

ALERT MEMORANDUM FOR: The President

FROM: Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS)

SUBJECT: Avoiding Catastrophic Failure in Cuba

Dear President Trump:We are deeply concerned that the current U.S. approach to Cuba makes an ugly humanitarian disaster – for which the U.S. will be responsible – increasingly likely. We also believe that any military option will draw us into a losing war.

Cuba is not Venezuela. U.S. relations with Cuba have never been good, even before Fidel Castro’s rise in 1959. Washington has never grasped Cubans’ deep national pride and yearning for sovereignty, nor their culture of respect for institutions. Whether we like it or not, the government has residual legitimacy, and even Cubans wanting significant change will rally behind the flag if there is an attack from outside.

Continue reading Sonar21 …

In the age of long winters and harsh winds, when the northern forests were still considered halls of the gods, the ancient Germanic tribes knew of a plant that appeared small yet carried within it the very power of the earth. They called it the “creeping green of Nerthus,” for it was believed that Mother Earth had left her mark across the fields, leaving this succulent plant: purslane.

When the summers were short and the warriors returned exhausted from hunting and travel, the women and healers gathered the fleshy leaves among stones and along dry paths. The seers said that the water of Midgard itself flowed in the thick shoots—cooling the blood, strengthening the heart and mind.

Thus, purslane was honored not only as food but also as a gift from the ancestors. The skalds recounted how a wounded traveler once lay beneath the roots of an old ash tree. For three nights, he had neither strength nor hope. Then, in a dream, the goddess Freyja appeared to him, shrouded in green veils. She spoke:

“It is not iron alone that heals the warrior. What creeps from the earth and preserves the sunlight carries wisdom older than kings.”

When the man awoke, he found purslane growing around him. He ate the slightly sour leaves and gained new strength. His wounds healed more quickly, his mind became clear, and his breathing as calm as a still fjord.

The ancients believed that the plant: keeps the blood as supple as fresh spring water, renews the body after long winters, strengthens digestion like the fire of a hearth, and protects the mind from the “gray fog of weariness.”

Today we know that purslane is rich in omega-3 fatty acids, minerals, and healing plant compounds—but for the ancestors, this was not science, but lived experience. They saw in it the connection between humankind, the earth, and the forces of nature.

Some Nordic traditions still say:

“He who honors the green gift of the earth does not forget the breath of his ancestors.”

And so purslane continues to grow—unobtrusively among stones and paths—like a silent reminder of the time of the pagan tribes, when healing, nourishment, and myth were one.

From Huter der Irminsul

Fantastic news for we humans!!!!!

ITEM: The American economy right now is running on a single, dangerously powerful engine — artificial intelligence. The latest macroeconomic data reveals a reality that should make investors deeply uncomfortable. While GDP figures look respectable on the surface, they mask a severe and spreading weakness underneath. The expansion of AI has been responsible for roughly half of total US GDP growth this year. That alone is staggering, but it becomes genuinely alarming when you strip out the frantic spending on data centers, information processing equipment, and software tied directly to the AI boom. Non-residential capital investment that has nothing to do with AI has contracted by about 3% over the past year.

ITEM: Uber’s operations chief, Andrew Macdonald, said it was becoming harder to justify AI costs within the company. He said that, based on talks with Uber’s senior engineering leaders, he realized higher token usage did not translate into a proportional increase in useful consumer features.

ITEM: Duolingo walked back its decision to include AI usage in performance reviews.

This is why I think many, if not most of the planned data centers will never be built. The massive investment into AI is the only thing presently propping up the US economy besides military spending, and the corpocracy’s demand for it has already peaked.

Now, I personally find AI to be incredibly useful and productivity-enhancing. But when I look at how the vast majority of the people I know are using it, to the extent that they’re using it at all, it’s little more than a search engine and a toy. It’s not the basis for a central economic engine upon which the stock markets have gambled.

Which is no doubt why the AI companies are beginning to alter the deal in preparation for a post-Bubble landscape.

On May 20, Meta laid off approximately 8,000 employees, roughly 10 percent of its global workforce, with notifications beginning at 4 AM Singapore time and rolling westward through Europe and the Americas. The company simultaneously eliminated 6,000 open positions and reassigned another 7,000 employees into AI-focused divisions. These cuts arrived during Meta’s most profitable quarter on record: $26.8 billion in net income on $56.3 billion in revenue for Q1 2026, a 33 percent increase from the year before.

From Vox Popoli