Open Thread - 06-20-25 - State of Fear

Don't you just love having your life hang in the balance of psychopaths?

What will Trump do? The world is on edge. Trump doesn't care, he loves this reality show. He loves being the center of the universe.

Did he know Netanyahu was going to attack Iran? He said he didn't. If he didn't know why is he now taking the lead in the decision making? Is this Israel's war, or is it the US' war?

The battle plan is obvious. Preoccupy Russia with a war in Ukraine, take out Iran's proxies one by one, and then when they're isolated, attack.

Who's next?

The world has been held in a state of fear since covid was unleashed, and it is escalating. We're expected to be afraid of our own shadows.

Have you asked yourself why?

What is the end game? Whatever it is, it must be close to fruition.

I have my theory. Total control and authoritarianism in one form or another. Probably CBDCs with full spectrum dominance.

What's yours?

Share
up
11 users have voted.

Comments

I find the effort to rebrand the US into everything Trump and his family is very telling. There have been some huge egos that have tried to rule the world down through history, this one may just take the cake.

Whatever the grand plan they have for us, I suspect it will fail. Too many people are waking up.

Do not comply.

up
12 users have voted.
Lookout's picture

The WMD's story is wearing thin for most people.
Screenshot 2025-06-20 at 09-33-48 Trump approval falls Israel-Iran conflict anti-ICE protests and vaccines June 13-16 2025 Economist_YouGov Poll YouGov.png
And I agree the Plandemic made many suspicious as it should have.

Trump thrives on being adored. That, in fact, is the hope for why he will not strike Iran.
Screenshot 2025-06-20 at 09-37-51 Trump approval falls Israel-Iran conflict anti-ICE protests and vaccines June 13-16 2025 Economist_YouGov Poll YouGov.png
Lots of other forces are pushing him to do so. We'll see who wins. Sad to think how many lives rest on his decision.

Been out mowing and pruning back the grapes. Starting to get hot next week. Welcome to summer. At least we've had nice rains so far. The solstice occurs like 9:45 or so this evening. There after the sun will start its slow decent to the south until December. Round and round we go on many levels.

Thanks for the OT!

up
12 users have voted.

“Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.”

@Lookout
citizens never want to go to war. It's the sociopaths and psychopaths that work their way to to the top that push for war out of lust for greed and power.

Trump better be mindful of the upcoming 2026 elections. He's blowing it with much of his base. If the Democrats win back the House and Senate we may see another impeachment that may stick this time. Then again, that may be the script, to get the Peter Thiel acolyte and big tech friendly, JD Vance, in as president to institute technocratic governance.

I hear you about the mowing. I have about 8 acres I need to get mowed before the next rain event that looks like it may happen Monday and Tuesday. With all the rain we've been getting things are lush and green. The crepe myrtles are blooming and they're spectacular this year.

Have a good one, mi amigo.

up
8 users have voted.
QMS's picture

.
.

one of the ongoing psyops is to make us aware of our
inconsistencies, then exploit that as being a weakness.
Which is somehow designed to voluntarily conform us to the
single world view of domination.
Acceptance of flaws is not a crime, so much as a springboard
for change. Which the PTB fear.
Just a theory.

Thanks for the OT.

up
7 users have voted.

Zionism is a social disease

@QMS
the psyops are so ubiquitous that reality is obscured by the smoke and mirrors.

You're right, TPTB's big fear is that their bullshit wont work and the hoi polloi will clamor for change, pitchforks and all.

Thanks Cap.

up
5 users have voted.

hyperinflation coming soon to our neighborhoods. The article I recently read gave a good and practical example of what will happen when the tariff wars and de-dollarization kick in.
Simple: dress shirt at Walmart for $15. Dress shirt at the store in the mall, $50. Then, Walmart shirt is $50. Then, $100. Then the mall store closes. Then, Walmart shirt is $200. Soon, Walmart store shelves are skimpy. Then Walmart store closures.
Inflation is happening right now. We can't depend on gummint to help us. Gummint has caused this.
Which group, the co-ops and communes, or the raiding gangs of thieves will prevail?
Which side are you on, boy?

up
7 users have voted.

"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." ---- William Casey, CIA Director, 1981

@on the cusp
inflation is a tool used by the monied class to move wealth from your pocket into theirs. The fear of going broke and not being able to put food on the table is a strong impetus to force compliance. But the monied class best tread lightly, that fear has also proven to be a catalyst for revolt.

Which side am I on? We the People's side, of course.

up
8 users have voted.
QMS's picture

@JtC
.
as long as the monied class lose slower than us po' folks
they see that as a win. Kinda weird IMO.

up
6 users have voted.

Zionism is a social disease

stay in power and it is only beginning.

The rest of the tweet:

For Hezbollah, this is not a matter of political calculation but of existential survival. The logic is binary: either all fall together, or they endure together. The same dynamic applies in Iraq, where the resistance factions understand that if Iran is neutralised, they will be the next target.

Yet despite the stakes, Iran has not requested support from its regional allies. For now, this war remains between Iran and Israel. But the calculus would shift instantly if the United States enters the battlefield. Iran’s allies in Lebanon, Iraq, Yemen, and elsewhere will not wait for the knife to reach their necks—they are prepared to act before the noose tightens.

up
8 users have voted.

@humphrey
would have to be a bit worried as well, IMHO.

up
7 users have voted.

“ What is the end game? Whatever it is, it must be close to fruition.”

A very interesting and compelling explanation, at least in what’s left of my mind, is elucidated in the paper found at the following link: Evidence of Present-Day Western Ruling Powers’ Preparation for an Imminent Geophysical Cataclysm

In short, ‘The End is Near’ and a certain group of elites intend to land on their feet as the rulers of all who happen to survive, and have been working toward this end for generations.

It is an insane plan, but that does not preclude the possibility that periodic destructive geophysical shifts in the Earths crust are recurring features our planet has suffered over the life of this ‘ill fated’ planet.

up
9 users have voted.

“The story around the world gives a silent testimony:
— The Beresovka mammoth, frozen in mud, with buttercups in his mouth…..”

The Adam and Eve Story, Chan Thomas 1963

@ovals49
have seen the speculation, and I would not dismiss the idea. I try to keep my mind open.

Out of magnetic pole reversal, giant volcanic calderas, sun spot flare ups, etc, I find the idea of Planet X the most intriquing.

I would fully expect the meglomaniacs in power positions would try to leverage any natural disaster to their benefit.

Thanks for weighing in ovals.

up
7 users have voted.
TheOtherMaven's picture

@ovals49

17 levels "straight down", under the White House, in Washington DC, which is barely above sea level? How would they keep from being flooded out in the event of sea level rise or other major disruption of the oceanic status quo? (We saw what Hurricane Sandy did to Manhattan, which is pretty much solid bedrock all the way down.)

Of related interest, here's how much the gummint admits knowing about the underpinnings of the DC area: https://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/0217/report.pdf

Nobody is reporting on Mount Weather, which would be an optimal location for such an elaborate network of tunnels and subterranean hideouts. Of course, it has supposedly been handed over to FEMA and made into a civilian "command post", since its "secrecy" has been a joke since the 1950s.

The Middle East is an entirely different situation, as much of it is high plateau and mountainous terrain, highly suitable for digging into.

up
6 users have voted.

There is no justice. There can be no peace.

@TheOtherMaven
Very little of what we think we know and understand that is based on government data and information is reliably accurate. In the current iteration of the role of global governance, control of the population is accomplished by the controlling information. We are routinely mislead by lies, particularly lies of omission. This creates a Matrix like ‘reality’ where those who seek the truth must question absolutely everything. Neo and the woman dressed in red comes to mind.

The realization that our government is not committed to either the truth nor our safety and well being has been a long and difficult process for me. It no stretch to think that if there is actually knowledge of a regular pattern of geophysical catastrophe that government would do its best to suppress it and spin the narrative into a baseless Conspiracy Theory. Otherwise panic might turn the general population into an uncontrollable mob.

Some humans have managed to survive each of previous geologic catastrophes. Some survivors left warnings for future generations in the form of oral traditions, religious texts, architecture and art. Today governments don’t want us to know anything about these warnings.

up
4 users have voted.

“The story around the world gives a silent testimony:
— The Beresovka mammoth, frozen in mud, with buttercups in his mouth…..”

The Adam and Eve Story, Chan Thomas 1963

up
8 users have voted.

@humphrey
Netanyahu looks like he's aged 10 years in that last photo.

up
7 users have voted.
usefewersyllables's picture

@JtC

age another 50 or 60 or so overnight, I’d be quite grateful…

up
2 users have voted.

Twice bitten, permanently shy.

fight someone better equipped than the Palestinians trapped in Gaza.

up
10 users have voted.
usefewersyllables's picture

@humphrey

enemies that can actually shoot back. The schadenfreude is very real, at least for me...

up
9 users have voted.

Twice bitten, permanently shy.

QMS's picture

@usefewersyllables
.
.
go ahead and be aggressive in the extreme and savor your just rewards.
even the simple minded can figure that one out

up
7 users have voted.

Zionism is a social disease

up
6 users have voted.
usefewersyllables's picture

@humphrey

n/t

up
6 users have voted.

Twice bitten, permanently shy.

up
5 users have voted.
Cassiodorus's picture

I heard Larry Johnson interviewing Alastair Crooke today. Toward the end, Johnson speculated that Trump's behavior was caused by dementia... the whole thing is worth watching

I will not post the video of Alex Christoforou of today. Christoforou still believes in "negotiations." What kind of blindness is that? Best that the US goes in, drops one bomb, declares victory, and withdraws while Iran destroys Israel's attacking capacity.

up
7 users have voted.

"It's time for a revolution, but probably not in the terms that people imagine it" -- Frank Zappa

QMS's picture

@Cassiodorus
.
.
they demand, threaten and bluster
which somehow appeases their egos

up
7 users have voted.

Zionism is a social disease

@Cassiodorus

to late stage egomania mixed in with a bit of the Epstein Files.

up
9 users have voted.
QMS's picture

@humphrey
.
.
wouldn't want to be in his shoes
when the deep snake cocktail hits
but then, the filters are clogged

up
5 users have voted.

Zionism is a social disease

@Cassiodorus
I thought he was a stable genius. Don't believe me, just ask him.

up
5 users have voted.
QMS's picture

@JtC
.
as genius being stable
flexible thinking is involved
with a modicum of intelligence

up
4 users have voted.

Zionism is a social disease

@QMS
as stable as a Uranium-235 isotope.

up
4 users have voted.
QMS's picture

@JtC
.
.
just informed by the spouse it is all my fault.
Guess that clears her? Ha, not even close.
Bye

up
5 users have voted.

Zionism is a social disease

Cassiodorus's picture

@JtC Remember Narcissus? In my imagination he was the guy who was so in love with his own image that, upon seeing his reflection in a pool of water, he fell into the water and drowned...

up
3 users have voted.

"It's time for a revolution, but probably not in the terms that people imagine it" -- Frank Zappa

orlbucfan's picture

for too many years. One thing history can't answer is the X Factor: Rapidly worsening climate crisis. How is that going to affect this Dark Age? We don't know. There are times when I've wished I was a dumb Rube, but I'm not. Sadly Rec'd!!

up
4 users have voted.

Inner and Outer Space: the Final Frontiers.