Who is in charge of US monetary policy? The US Treasury is now making policy that previously was the FED’s responsibility. Either way, the interest rate is collapsing the USD as the debt crosses $14 trillion.

A viral game on Google Maps has laid bare one of the most glaring cultural realities of the modern world.

Drop a Street View pin anywhere in India and try to find a spot free of garbage, rubble, plastic waste or worse. The “Pindia Challenge” has taken off precisely because it is almost impossible to win. Mountains of trash, rivers of sludge, and streets buried under filth appear with depressing consistency.

But what was once dismissed as a problem isolated to ‘over there’ is now increasingly visible on Western doorsteps through mass migration, turning once-tidy, well maintained neighborhoods into open-air dumps.

The challenge itself is simple and brutal. Players zoom into random Indian locations on Google Maps Street View and screenshot the result. Trash piles, discarded packaging, construction rubble and human waste dominate the frames.

Participants report failure after failure, even in mountainous areas where refuse somehow still appears.

Read the entire post at Zerohedge …

Roth Note: Invite the Third World in, become the Third World. No magic dirt.

Trump is making three victory claims at once. Iran, he says, is “being very badly defeated.” The Strait of Hormuz, he says, is effectively American — “we own it,” the US has “total control,” the waterway is open and the mines cleared. And the naval blockade, he says, is total and biting, strangling Tehran’s economy. Set those three claims down next to a fourth fact — that his own Treasury is scrambling to invent a financial weapon “like have never been seen,” and that he is again threatening “a harsh new attack” if the strait doesn’t reopen “soon” — and they cancel each other out. You do not need an unprecedented new sanctions campaign to defeat a country you have already defeated. You do not need to threaten fresh bombing to open a strait you already own. The escalation is the confession. Each new demand for pressure is an admission that the last claim of victory wasn’t real.

Strip away the theater and the sequence is self-refuting. If Iran’s military were defeated, no unprecedented sanctions “punch” would be needed. If the strait were truly open and American-controlled, oil would not be near $92 with traffic at 17 percent and supertankers turning back. If the blockade were total, Iran’s oil revenue would be zero — instead it is selling to China in yuan, outside the blockade’s reach and outside the dollar’s reach, which is the very reason Bessent has to reach for a financial weapon Washington does not comfortably possess. And the overland bypass through Pakistan is running real cargo through Gwadar while Washington, needing Islamabad as its mediator, looks away — the same administration vowing to seal every door to Iran is courting the government that holds one of the widest doors open. Each claim of victory is contradicted by the next escalation, and the escalation keeps coming. When a government that says it has already won keeps demanding new and more extreme tools to win with, the demand is the evidence. The war is not over, the strait is not ours, and the sanctions are aimed at a chokehold Iran already slipped.

Read the entire post at Sonar21 …

🇮🇱🇸🇾🇹🇷 Israel-Turkey tensions escalate over Syria

The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) struck the Abu al-Duhur airbase in Idlib province, northern Syria, early Tuesday — roughly 70 kilometers from the Turkish border. At least eight bombs hit the runways and hangars, causing damage but no casualties.

Israel says the strike was meant to prevent Turkey from establishing a military presence there. Netanyahu’s office claimed Syria was “on the verge” of breaching an understood security status quo by letting Turkish troops deploy at the base, and that Israel had “repeatedly warned” Damascus against it.

Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani denies this, telling Axios that Damascus had told Israel in advance there was no plan for a permanent Turkish base or troop deployment — the base was being restored for Syria’s own air force, with Turkish officers present only in a training capacity. Notably, a Turkish delegation had visited the base the day before the strike, hours before the bombs fell.

Turkey condemned the strike as a violation of Syrian sovereignty and a threat to regional stability, rejecting Israel’s justification as an attempt to legitimize what it called unlawful aggression against Syria.

US special envoy Tom Barrack, Washington’s ambassador to Turkey, said the strike carried a real risk of “rapid escalation into a direct military confrontation” — noting Turkish forces weren’t informed the Israeli jets were inbound and could have scrambled their own aircraft believing they were under attack.

Turkish media is now openly discussing the growing risk of direct Turkey-Israel confrontation in Syria — the two regional powers now openly competing for influence in the post-Assad vacuum.

🔴 @DDGeopolitics

Roth Note: For the nitpickers: Stock graphic. Not the actual bomb run.

You have to tear muscle to grow it. Why would the mind or spirit be any different?

“The sick are the greatest danger for the healthy; it is not from the strongest that harm comes to the strong, but from the weakest.”
— Nietzsche

“The snake which cannot cast its skin has to die. As well the minds which are prevented from changing their opinions; they cease to be mind.”
— Nietzsche

Roth Note: For the nitpickers: The meme is just that, a meme. I didn’t hear Mr. Paine say the words.

7. Religion in its most beneficial form is the symbology of a People and their culture. A multiracial religion destroys the senses of uniqueness, exclusivity and value necessary to the survival of a race.

8. What men call the super natural is actually the natural not yet understood or revealed.

9. A proliferation of laws with the resultant loss of freedom is a sign of, and directly proportional to, spiritual sickness in a Nation.

10. If a Nation is devoid of spiritual health and moral character, then government and unprincipled men will fill the vacancy. Therefore, freedom prospers in moral values and tyranny thrives in moral decay.

11. Truth requires little explanation. Therefore, beware of verbose doctrines. The great principles are revealed in brevity.

12. Truth does not fear investigation.

13. Unfounded belief is pitfall. A People who do not check the validity and effect of their beliefs with reason will suffer or perish.

14. In accord with Nature’s Laws, nothing is more right than the preservation of ones own race.

15. No greater motivating force exists than the certain conviction that one is right.

16. Discernment is a sign of a healthy People. In a sick or dying nation, civilization, culture or race, substance is abandoned in favor of appearance.

17. Discernment includes the ability to recognize the difference between belief and demonstrable reality.

18. There exists no such thing as rights or privileges under the Laws of Nature. The deer being stalked by a hungry lion has no right to life. However, he may purchase life by obedience to nature ordained instincts for vigilance and flight. Similarly, men have no rights to life, liberty or happiness. These circumstances may be purchased by oneself, by ones family, by ones tribe or by ones ancestors, but they are nonetheless purchases and are not rights. Furthermore, the value of these purchases can only be maintained through vigilance and obedience to Natural Law.

Star Trek was well known for addressing social issues in its episodes. This clip covered the evils of Nazi Germany. It made its point and I did not forget it even though I have not seen this episode in over 40 years.

I would like people to consider some points:

1. The image of Israel in the United States has been severely degraded in the past 12 months.
2. Nazi Germany has seen its image improve in this same period. Were we deceived by the victors writing of history? Is this something that should be discussed? My personal take is that this will be used to divide us. A good analogy is MAGA: who could disagree that the people should want to live in a great country. Instead, EVERYTHING associated with that movement is vilified.
3. The purpose of this PATCON is to have people come together to discuss how to develop and live under a local governance structure for the benefit of everyone.
4. There is a large difference between governance and government. If we do not understand this difference, we will serve under tyranny and our children will be enslaved after the collapse.
5. Why is the United States supporting Ukraine which is openly displaying ties to Nazism?

It seems to me that once again we are being divided and manipulated. Are the above points worth our time and consideration? Should we start with the Constitution and Bill of Rights? Should we start with the Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union? Should we adopt a monarchy as the model portrayed in Heaven? Do we want a the King representing God on Earth as outlined in Romans 13?

I don’t have the answers but I am interested in other people’s opinions. As we have just learned, teachable moments can be positive or negative depending on our motives and desires to be noticed. My motive has not changed: I do not want our children to live in slavery.

Strange how our enemy is using this same logic to gain power. They portray the “Boomers” as the enemy for achieving a measure of success. It is too easy to convince our children that they have no future or freedom making Socialism a logical pathway.

The Constitution was a supposed solution to the failings of the Articles of Confederation. The political class and foreign nations learned how to circumvent the Great Experiment. Do we need a reset of the Constitution or a new government?

In the immutable Laws of Nature are the keys to life, order, and understanding. The words of men, even those which some consider “inspired” are subject to the translations, vocabulary, additions, subtractions, and distortions of fallible mortals.

Therefore, every writing or influence, ancient or modern, must be strained through the test of conformity to Natural Law. The Peoples of the earth must collectively understand that they are equally subject to the iron-hard Laws of Nature with every other creature of the Universe, or they will not secure peace, safety, nor even their existence. The world is in flames because Races, Sub-races, Nations, and Cultures are being forced to violate their own Nature-ordained instincts for self-preservation. Many men of good will, but little understanding, are struggling against symptoms which are the result of disobedience to Natural Law.

As is the Nature of Man, most take narrow, provincial stances predicated on views formed by immediate environment, current circumstances, and conditioned dogma. This is encouraged by that powerful and ruthless Tribe which has controlled the affairs of the world for untold centuries by exploiting Man’s most base instincts. Conflict among and between the unenlightened serves as their mask and shield. A deeper understanding of the Fundamental Laws that govern the affairs of Men is necessary if we are to save civilization from its usurious executioners. The following are not intended to provide a detailed system of government, but as PRECEPTS which, when understood, will benefit and preserve a People as individuals and as a Nation.

Roth Note: I’ll provide a few precepts each day. This information does not necessarily represent this site or its creator.

1. Any religion or teaching which denies the Natural Laws of the Universe is false.

2. Whatever Peoples perception of God, or Gods, or the motive Force of the Universe might be, they can hardly deny that Nature’s Law are the work of, and therefore the intent of, that Force.

3. God and religion are distinct, separate and often conflicting concepts. Nature evidences the divine plan, for the natural world is the work of the force or the intelligence men call God. Religion is the creation of mortals, therefore predestined to fallibility. Religion may preserve or destroy a People, depending on the structure given by its progenitors, the motives of its agents and the vagaries of historical circumstances.

4. The truest form of prayer is communion with Nature. It is not vocal. Go to a lonely spot, if possible a mountaintop, on a clear, star-lit night, ponder the majesty and order of the infinite macrocosm. Then consider the intricacies of the equally infinite microcosm. Understand that you are on the one hand inconsequential beyond comprehension in the size of things, and on the other hand, you are potentially valuable beyond comprehension as a link in destiny’s chain. There you begin to understand how pride and self can co-exist with respect and reverence. There we find harmony with Nature and with harmony comes strength, peace and certainty.

5. Secular power systems protect and promote religions, which teach of an after-life. Thus, people are taught to abandon defenses against the predators of this life.

6. History, both secular and religious, is a fable conceived in self-serving deceit and promulgated by those who perceive benefits.