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Submitted by Lookout on Sun, 01/04/2026 - 6:46am

Welcome to 2026

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I'm not sure if we're in WWIII or just in wars all around the world. The US criminal enterprise has now kidnapped the president of another country in order to steal their resources. The fake cover story of drugs is more bogus than Iraq's WMD. Next up, Iran, where Trump has green lit an attack by Israel which he will back. I have no idea how western powers will cope with their loss in Ukraine, but my guess is badly. And then we have China, where we're sending weapons to one of their provinces (Taiwan) in order to provoke war there. Absolute insanity. This is a war on BRICS+ in order to thwart their rise. We remain ignorant to the fact that our actions have increased the influence of BRICS+ as the rest of the world tries to escape US bullying.

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Submitted by Lookout on Sun, 12/28/2025 - 6:02am

Creating a Positive Future

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I thought it might be nice to close the year out on a constructive note. I tend to focus on all the insanity, but there's many good things going on around the world. People are creative, and folks, given our path, we better be able to adapt and be constructive. It will be up to us. My major prof often said our job is to develop farming methods that work to sustain and improve soils. My better half's mentor emphasized building a positive future image of where you're going (in order to get there). In the decades since, we've tired to practice both of these philosophies.

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Submitted by Lookout on Sun, 12/21/2025 - 6:26am

The Longest Night

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Each trip around the sun seems to speed faster and faster. We better treasure our time friends! I think, we in the west, are indeed in our longest night as our power continues to wane and the BRICS+ model rises. This is a time of great flux. The US, EU, and Israel are doing great harm to their international relationships with illegal wars, economic sanctions, and aggressive attitude. This is the nature of empires. These cycles have occurred over and over through human civilization.

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Submitted by Lookout on Sun, 12/14/2025 - 6:10am

Pirates, Thieves, and Murderers

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Onward with the degradation of the West. Taking tankers full of oil...how do they connect that with a so called drug war? Then in the EU the bureaucrats dictated new laws with no vote to allow Ursula fond of Lying to steal Russia's money deposited in the EU. Murder in Gaza, the West Bank, Lebanon, Syria, and Yemen continue unabated using US weapons that we tax payers purchased. Meanwhile Russia continues to advance in Ukraine. End of empire is in the air...

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Submitted by Lookout on Sun, 12/07/2025 - 5:43am

Welcome to Winter

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December marks the start of meteorological winter, and so far that's been accurate. We had several days this week that didn't get out of the 30's. Here in NE Alabama we don't have severe winters typically. Last year we did have a week of teens and single digits. At least that helps control the insect population, but given the rate of insect extinction that may not be such a good thing. Today marks the anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor. My mother was there as a child. Only in the last decade or so have I come to understand that the Japanese attack was provoked. Plus a few news stories and more below the fold.

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Submitted by Lookout on Sun, 11/30/2025 - 5:55am

Enemies of Peace

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Many forces are arrayed to block any chance of peace around the world. Forces like the MIC, big oil, the banksters, war whore neocons and neolibs, the EU vassals, Zionists, the deep state graft machine, the five eyes, media propagandists, and more. No wonder there's forever war all over the globe.

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Submitted by Lookout on Sun, 11/23/2025 - 6:35am

Pretending Peace

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So a 28 point Ukraine peace plan has been leaked...most of which seems unrealistic to me. Perhaps it will serve as a starting point for conversation and reconciliation. Just returning to normal relations...like we had during the entire "cold war", would be an improvement. Things like having functioning embassies, direct flights, trade...would be a step in the right direction. Meanwhile in SW Asia, we have the Gaza (and West Bank) genocide continuing under the cover of a supposed ceasefire. Many continue to think a new conflict with Iran is in the offing. The aggression against Venezuela seems to be in a holding pattern. Perhaps someone has explained to Trump what an utter shitshow an invasion would be...at least I hope so. Here at home the government reopened with a whimper. The unclassified Epstein files were voted to be released, to which Pam Bondi declared "new information" has caused her to reopen the case and classify most of the documents. Nothing to see here...move along! The big news here locally is MTG has resigned. Many speculate she's planning a presidential run?

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Submitted by Lookout on Sun, 11/16/2025 - 6:07am

New Week, Same Old News

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To my mind, the primary story continues to be the fall of the US empire and the rise of the BRICS+ alliance. The repercussions of the empire's death throes appear to be war and more war amid economic collapse. Seems to me, the possible (likely?) illegal Venezuelan war is a distraction from the rapidly approaching loss in Ukraine, the on going Gaza genocide and Zionist aggression in Syria and Lebanon, the economic misery of so many US citizens, and the revelations in Epstein files. I find it amazing how the people are fooled time after time...WMDs in Iraq seems the same lie as drugs in Venezuela...we are lied into war time after time.

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Submitted by Lookout on Sun, 11/09/2025 - 6:37am

Random Thoughts and Observations

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We spent last week as agritourists at Will Harris' White Oak Pastures in the small town of Bluffton, GA. I'll write an essay about the visit next month, but since I featured our local farm, Windy Hill, last week, we'll give farming a break and briefly look at at the current state of geopolitics below the fold.

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Submitted by Lookout on Sun, 11/02/2025 - 5:51am

Regenerative Grazing

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Our local monthly paper has been featuring a series of articles on regenerative agriculture. I was asked to write one of the articles. It appears below the fold. It features one of the farms we frequent. As a bonus I've added an interview with Thomas Massey about his cattle operation and pending legislation. We're on the road today, so I'll see you later in the week.

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