by George F. Smith
when peace stands in the way of big profits, the banker/state alliance usually wins. Quoting Ferdinand Lundberg from America’s Sixty Families, G. Edward Griffin writes in his masterpiece, The Creature from Jekyll Island, that
the total wartime expenditure of the United States government from April 6, 1917, to October 31, 1919, when the last contingent of troops returned from Europe, was $35,413,000,000. Net corporation profits for the period January 1, 1916, to July, 1921, when wartime industrial activity was finally liquidated, were $38,000,000,000, or approximately the amount of the war expenditures. More than two-thirds of these corporation profits were taken by precisely those enterprises which the Pujo Committee had found to be under the control of the “Money Trust.” [ A handful of Wall Street banks, primarily those in the Morgan ambit]
The point of bringing all this up is that states are powerful organizations that sell their services (various forms of coercion) to the highest bidders. If the price is right laws will be passed, relaxed, or ignored. If a war is needed to get the public behind some scheme, a Lusitania will sink, a Twin Tower will collapse, with some targeted enemy taking the blame.
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"Incompetence, in the limit, is indistinguishable from sabotage." -- Elon Musk
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Trump hands Putin Ukraine's occupied territories.
The United States is poised to recognise Russia’s control over Crimea and other occupied Ukrainian territories to secure a deal to end the war.
The Telegraph understands that Donald Trump has sent his peace envoy Steve Witkoff and son-in-law Jared Kushner to make the direct offer to Vladimir Putin in Moscow.
The plan to recognise territory, which breaks US diplomatic convention, is likely to go ahead despite concerns among Ukraine’s European allies.
One well-placed source said: “It’s increasingly clear the Americans don’t care about the European position. They say the Europeans can do whatever they want.”
(Gutting NATO would save the US tons of money we badly need.)
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/11/28/trump-to-recognise-occupied-ukraine-part-of-russia/
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MIKE DAVIS: Why SCOTUS must affirm Trump's birthright citizenship order
Answer this dispositive question: If birthright citizenship under the Fourteenth Amendment doesn't apply to American Indians, in what world would it apply to illegal aliens? It simply does not.
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/mike-davis-why-scotus-must-affirm-trumps-birthright-citizenship-order
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The German armed forces (Bundeswehr) are developing a detailed operational plan for the event of an armed conflict with Russia, which includes the deployment of up to 800,000 NATO soldiers on the eastern front of the alliance.
(Better hide this from the voters. No NATO Army can do half of what the Ukraine has done. One Oreshnik and NATO is done.)
https://x.com/geogeolite/status/1994014936209543437
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Pyongyang's missile revolution: The most dangerous program you're not paying attention to
From solid-fuel ICBMs to hypersonic glide vehicles, North Korea now fields an arsenal that can reach any point in the continental United States.
Over the past two years, Pyongyang has revealed new generations of intercontinental, medium-range, and short-range missiles – systems that increasingly resemble those of far wealthier nations and that, in some cases, are already deployed. Understanding these capabilities is essential in attempting to grasp how North Korea sees its own security – and how it intends to defend it. (Russia and Iran are helping. Note: Yemen builds better missiles in their basements for pennies than the Pentagon does with billions of your tax dollars)
https://www.rt.com/news/628299-pyongyangs-missile-revolution/
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