A War of Choice
for the Epstein Class

I expect the war begins next weekend after the "State of the Union Address" this Tuesday. I'm reminded of the start of the irrational Iraq war. Here we go again, only this time I suspect we might have our ass handed to us...meaning we don't know what we're in for. China and Russia are working with Iran, and though I'm sure we will pull some unforeseen shenanigans, I think there's some new arms technology that will be deployed which will catch the US and Israel off guard. At least that is what Alastair suggests in a couple of the clips below the fold. As to the question of why conduct another unnecessary war? To my mind it is to appease the Epstein class (banksters), which Robert Barnes discusses in a couple of today's clips.

I suspect Epstein worked primarily for the Rothschild banking cartel as a spy, blackmailer, and fixer. That could explain his unearned wealth at a minimum.
Robert Barnes offers some insight into the Epstein class.
ALERT: What Trump Must Understand EPSTEIN CLASS v. WORKING CLASS /Robert Barnes

(50 min) Robert Barnes argues that President Trump faces serious political danger if he does not change course, particularly regarding accountability for Jeffrey Epstein-related matters and avoiding war with Iran. He claims that powerful elites and government insiders have long concealed wrongdoing, and that fully exposing Epstein’s connections could destabilize governments because it would implicate influential figures. He suggests that meaningful reform would require a new wave of political leaders, similar to post-Watergate reformers.
The speaker warns that Trump risks losing congressional support, being impeached, or even removed from office if scandals, war, or economic problems occur. He alleges that some of Trump’s advisers and officials are disloyal, driven by corporate or political interests, and could turn against him. He also predicts that establishment Republicans might abandon Trump to protect themselves politically, especially if public opinion shifts.
Overall, the speaker portrays Trump as being at a political crossroads, arguing that failure to act decisively against entrenched elites and internal advisers could lead to his political downfall, while also predicting growing populist backlash and demands for systemic reform.

Robert is back in a discussion with George Gammon on the Epstein class

(78 min) Epstein Files Are Just The Beginning… W/Robert Barnes

Whitney Webb on Massive Epstein Document Revelations, Palantir, Clintons and "Kill List" (68 min) Epstein’s longtime patron and financial benefactor, Leslie Wexner, was finally brought before lawmakers on Wednesday — but not in a congressional hearing room, not under the glare of cameras, and not in Washington.
Instead, members of the House Oversight Committee traveled to Wexner’s private estate in Ohio to conduct a closed-door deposition about his decades-long relationship with Jeffrey Epstein. No Republicans attended in person. There was no public testimony. No televised moment of reckoning. Just a small group of Democratic members questioning an 88-year-old billionaire in the comfort of his own home.

Government Corruption Runs Even Deeper Than We Thought | Mike Benz
Mike looks at many of the dirty tactics of the deep state, from JFK's assassination to 9/11 to COVID. He suggests Epstein was a link between the civilian and military parts of the deep state.

(73 min) The release of millions of formerly classified pages related to Jeffrey Epstein is giving Americans an inside look into a web of collusion and deception that spans multiple countries, agencies, and administrations. Matt Kibbe is joined by Mike Benz, executive director of the Foundation for Freedom Online, to take a deep dive into the links between the military, wealthy individuals like Bill Gates, and the public health apparatus that gave us the COVID-19 pandemic. The deeper you dig, the worse it gets. But there’s a bright spot in all this: The transparency we’re now getting, thanks to the efforts of Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.), is allowing the American people to finally see what’s been going on behind the curtain, and that knowledge is the first step toward reform.

John Kiriakou discusses the intelligence relationship between the US and Israel.
"They Are Keeping This From You" (13 min)
A former CIA officer delivers a blistering indictment of what he describes as a deeply dysfunctional intelligence relationship between the United States and Israel—one marked, in his telling, not by mutual trust but by asymmetry, espionage, and political indulgence. He argues that while Washington refrains from spying on Israel, Israeli intelligence services such as Mossad and Shin Bet have consistently operated inside the United States, often with little consequence due to the political sensitivity of the alliance.
At the center of this claim is the case of Jonathan Pollard, the U.S. Navy intelligence officer who passed thousands of classified documents to Israel. According to the account, Pollard’s espionage was not ideological but financial, and the intelligence he provided was allegedly traded onward, including to the Soviet Union. Despite his life sentence, Israeli leaders—most prominently Benjamin Netanyahu—repeatedly lobbied American presidents for his release. The episode is framed not merely as betrayal, but as evidence of a political double standard: strategic loyalty demanded publicly, but quietly undermined.
The speaker expands the critique beyond espionage to what he views as a broader moral contradiction in U.S. foreign policy. He recounts experiences in the Middle East, including human rights reporting during his diplomatic service, where official condemnations of abuse stood in tension with covert practices such as secret detentions and outsourced interrogations. The result, he argues, is a credibility crisis: a nation that proclaims itself a global defender of human rights while selectively ignoring violations by allies and engaging in its own shadow policies.
His reflections on the Iraq War further sharpen the indictment. He describes internal discussions preceding the 2003 invasion, including what he interpreted as strategic overreach and historical ignorance among senior policymakers. The removal of Saddam Hussein, he contends, destabilized the Sunni balance of power in the region, empowering Iran and unleashing sectarian violence that cost millions of lives. In his telling, ideological ambition and geopolitical hubris eclipsed sober intelligence analysis, with figures inside the national security apparatus convinced that American dominance was self-justifying and historically inevitable.

The political circus is a pretty disgusting place, and Epstein doesn't even play into the discussion. John Kiriakou discusses his working relationship with John Kerry. John's story reveals the underbelly of US politics.

(12 min) Ambition, betrayal, and political theater collide in this revealing account of life inside Washington’s foreign policy elite. In this story, the mystique surrounding John Kerry unravels into something far more human—and far more calculating. What appears in public as seasoned diplomacy and moral gravitas is described here as insecurity, bitterness, and relentless careerism. From private grievances about losing the Secretary of State position to Hillary Clinton, to public slips exposing promises allegedly made by Barack Obama, the story captures the transactional core of modern political power.
At the center lies a broader truth about Washington: ambition often trumps principle. The account weaves through the dashed expectations of Bill Richardson, the internal maneuvering of Senate offices, and the fragile egos of men who believed history owed them more. The contrast between Kerry’s patrician detachment and Joe Biden’s retail political instincts underscores a system built less on ideology than on survival and perception. Even symbolic acts—like the famous Vietnam medals controversy—are reframed as carefully managed political mythology rather than pure defiance.
Beyond personalities, the deeper implication is institutional decay. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee’s investigative function, once a vehicle for oversight, becomes another casualty of ambition and inertia. Foreign policy rhetoric collides with private relationships—such as the uncomfortable familiarity with Bashar al-Assad—revealing the moral ambiguities embedded in American diplomacy. The result is a sobering portrait of Washington as a place where alliances are conditional, loyalty is fleeting, and power is pursued with cold precision. As Harry Truman once warned, if you want a friend in Washington, buy a dog.

Rubio came right out and said the obvious at the Munich Security Meeting last week... We are a colonial, imperialistic power which doesn't recognize international law. The Duran explain.

(30 min) EU elite angry with Rubio speech, but give him standing ovation
Speech transcript here.
... we can no longer place the so-called global order above the vital interests of our people and our nations. We do not need to abandon the system of international cooperation we authored, and we don’t need to dismantle the global institutions of the old order that together we built. But these must be reformed. These must be rebuilt.
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An alliance ready to defend our people, to safeguard our interests, and to preserve the freedom of action that allows us to shape our own destiny -- not one that exists to operate a global welfare state and atone for the purported sins of past generations. An alliance that does not allow its power to be outsourced, constrained, or subordinated to systems beyond its control; one that does not depend on others for the critical necessities of its national life; and one that does not maintain the polite pretense that our way of life is just one among many and that asks for permission before it acts.

The Iran War
So we've massed the most armament in the Middle East since our Iraq invasion. However Iran and its allies are a much larger challenge than we've faced in the past.

(80 min) Alastair Crooke: War Closer Than Ever, Iran's GAME CHANGING Retaliation Boxes In Trump -Former UK Diplomat Alastair Crooke joins the show to discuss bombshell reports indicate the Trump administration is set to go to war with Iran in a matter of weeks if not sooner. Iran has sent a brutal warning shot to Trump about the consequences of this war, and we discuss what this all portends for the region and the world.

More from Alastair...

(77 min) Alastair Crooke: Trump’s Final Gamble: Iran Dares to Strike Back

Pepe Escobar : China and Russia Won’t Sit This Out!

(22 min)

I think Iran is cocked and loaded. What a foolish choice to go to war...
Seyed M. Marandi: "War for Survival" - Iran’s Strategy as War Is Imminent

(57 min) Seyed Mohammad Marandi is a professor at Tehran University and a former advisor to Iran's Nuclear Negotiation Team. Prof. Marandi argues that an existential war is likely imminent, and it will set the entire region on fire.

Larry J. and Larry W. offer their analysis of the upcoming war.

(67 min) Larry C. Johnson & Col. Larry Wilkerson:
Iran Warns U.S. in Urgent Letter to UN Vowing to WIPE OUT Israeli and US assets if attacked.

COL. Douglas Macgregor : Bombing Iran Won’t Fix This

(32 min)

All wars are bankster's war.
The Great Taking: How JP Morgan & Central Banks Plan to Take All Your Assets - Insider Reveals

(45 min) Fast forward through the one ad. @ 22 min or so he explains all wars are banksters wars.
“We are in a global bubble, and the scale of criminality has no limit because the criminals run the entire system,” warns David Webb, author of The Great Taking. In this urgent return to the Daniela Cambone show, Webb reveals that despite two years of effort, the fight to fix UCC Article 8 is stalling, not because the truth is refutable, but because the financial services industry is too fearful to step forward. While the headlines focus on market volatility, Webb pulls back the curtain on the machinery of control, explaining that the global bubble was inflated to collapse on purpose. Watch the video to hear Webb expose how the 'banking cabal' engineered the global bubble to trigger a controlled collapse.

What about the tariffs?

(40 min) TARIFF abuse. Trump, 'I can destroy the country.' Iran leaders targets. Zelensky, Ukraine winning
00:00 Introduction & The AIPA Tariff Issue
01:12 Supreme Court Ruling on Trump's Tariffs
02:21 Trump's Tariff Policy Pivot & Trade Act of 1974
03:40 Implications of the Supreme Court Ruling
04:44 Tariffs as a Weapon and Their Fallout
07:00 Potential Tariff Refunds & Financial Maneuvers
09:09 Trump's Comments Post-Ruling: Power & Limitations
10:29 Al Galani and the Role in Syria
11:51 Trump's Views on Europe and 'Wokeness'
13:21 Tough Love for Europe & Globalist Critique
13:25 Rising Tensions: US-Iran Situation
15:41 Trump's Demands on Iran and Diplomatic Stakes
17:22 Iran's Possible Response & Negotiations
18:34 Limits of Negotiation: Disarmament and its Risks
20:22 Possible War Timelines & State of the Union
21:55 Transition to Ukraine: Diplomacy and War
23:02 Ukraine's Affirmation Strategy & Leadership Narratives
25:09 Three-Year War Message & Western Expectations
27:00 European Politicians, NATO Ambitions & Delusions
29:03 Missile Strikes, Plant Attacks & Military Updates
32:25 Hungary Blocks Ukraine Loan & Pipeline Drama
36:05 EU Tensions: Hungary, Slovakia, and Ukraine
38:08 Clown World Segment

Well, the Epstein files have certainly revealed the dark nature of the elite, and now I hear many analysts call them the Epstein Class. Sure makes it obvious that we are ruled and controlled by a sick class of people who see themselves as above the law, much like Trump sees the US. For this class of low life to choose an unnecessary war probably starting WWIII is beyond contemptible. I suspect this time next week we will be in the midst of this conflict of choice which can only serve the elite class.

So to take your mind off the coming disaster, how about looking at a barely averted disaster. We just rewatched this film from 1964, and it stands up well. JFK encouraged the film and wanted it seen.

(about 2 hours) It happens with startling swiftness and violence. An armed cadre seizes state control. Fortunately, a coup d'etat can't happen here. Or can it? A classic of suspense directed by John Frankenheimer, Seven Days in May tautly explores that possibility. At odds are a popular general and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman and an unpopular President with a pacifist agenda. At stake is the survival of the Republic. A vigilant colonel uncovers the scheme. But are the seven fateful days ahead enough time to derail a takeover? The clock is ticking.

Have a great Sunday! The thread is open for any and all stories, ideas, and insights. Onward through the fog...