Imperial Delusion

It was a week of contrasts. The rising powers held a meeting of the SCO in Kyrgyzstan. There was also a meeting of the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok this week. BRICS+ meeting is next week. Meanwhile the western powers try to maintain their proxy war in the rapidly failing state of Ukraine, as the US continues trading attacks with Iran. We are losing both of these wars of economic and military attrition, and seem unwilling to admit our defeat and cut our losses.

Tower of Lies

Seems like everything that comes out of the Donald's mouth is a lie these days. Add to that his cabinet lying time after time... whether it is Bessent saying he doesn't understand why fuel prices are rising, to Hogsbreath saying Ukraine has Russia on the run, to Lutnick saying he doesn't remember his trip to Epstein Island. It isn't just the administration. Seems most of the beltway class is addicted to lying. The media compliance facilitating the falsehoods point to the Zionist control of the MSM. None the less it seems most folks understand they are being lied to, but it is so common it has become accepted. Eventually the tower of lies will collapse under it own weight like a house of cards.

Fantasy Narratives Collide with Reality

Have you noticed most of the Main Stream Media (MSM) has laid off the 'Ukraine is winning the war against Russia' narrative? I wonder how long Ukraine will last. I'm sure they will continue a war of terror and sabotage for at least several more months (hopefully not years). Then we have the narrative that the US has a total blockade on Iran, and controls the strait. Yeah, right. How about, the US has the best and most powerful military in the world...which was defeated by the Vietnamese, Taliban, Ansarallah (commonly referred to as the Houthis), and now Iran. There's also the myth that the U$D dominates the global economy. Within the next year or two I believe that notion will also be dispelled as US debt cripples the economy and new mediums of exchange emerge. The sun sets in the west and rises in the east. All that and more below the fold...

Weathering Changes

It is summer in Alabama, but until this week it has been very moderate. Last week the furnace kicked on. I've been going out about 6 AM, doing chores, and back in by 9 AM or so. Looks like another week of it. But there's plenty of other changes to weather as well. We call it adventures in aging. Learning to adapt to my new found limitations. The old gray matter just ain't what it used to be, nor my strength and stamina. Then, we have the decline of the US empire and the ensuing economic consequences. Every week there are more and more items missing from the grocery shelves, and gas is back on the rise. Fortunately we are adaptable creatures. Given the future we're looking toward, we will have to learn to adapt to many new challenges. This weeks news and more below the fold...

Running on Empty

The US has run out of missiles. There's plenty of dumb bombs, but you have to fly over to deliver them. That explains the lack of US response to Iran striking ships in the Strait. Also the US strategic petroleum reserves are close to empty which threatens the stability of the salt caverns where the fuel is stored. The US also lacks a plan or strategy in either war, Iran and Ukraine. However, there's no lack of news and stories and we'll touch on several below the fold...

Already August?

The wheel of the year seems to spin ever faster. It is the time of the Caesar's. We left Julius month and are now into Augustus month, the only two 31 day months back to back. Augustus brought on the end of the Roman Republic and the start of the Roman empire, and Julius played his part as well. Perhaps this August we're witnessing the end of the US empire? The D.C. egos will have a difficult time accepting loses in two wars. I suspect we accelerate our terrorism and covert actions around the world in an attempt to suppress the rise of BRICS+ since we seem incapable of doing it militarily. It's ironic, we declare war on terrorism and become the world's biggest terrorist. Well, on we go through time, and the world is changing quickly. More about those changes below the fold.

Dog Days of Summer

You might have heard the hottest days of summer referred to as the dog days of summer … but where did this term come from? It turns out they come from an ancient belief about a star – the brightest star in the sky – Sirius in the constellation Canis Major. Sirius is also called the Dog Star. And the ancient Egyptians believed that when Sirius rose at the same time as the sun, the double whammy of Sirius and the sun caused the hot weather. Voila. Dog days!
According to the National Weather Service:
The “dog days of summer” is a phrase used to describe the hot and humid days of summer. It can be traced back thousands of years to the days of the Roman Empire. It refers to the dates from July 3 through August 11, which is 20 days prior and 20 days after the star Sirius rises and falls in conjunction [sharing the same spot in our sky] with the sun. Sirius was known as the “Dog Star,” because it is the brightest star in the constellation Canis Major (Large Dog).

News and more below the fold...

China in the Crosshairs?

In Trump's speech last Thursday he accuses China of election interference in 2020. He continued by saying the deep state was covering up China's breech of votes. "The cover-up of this colossal security breach is even more disturbing in light of the additional information showing that China engaged in other election related activities to undermine my first administration and our 2020 campaign...“the strategy included efforts to use Chinese contacts with big US companies to influence US business leaders to turn against the president of The United States of America.” ." But have no fear, we don't pull those sorts of stunts on China (and everyone else). So are we going from Russiagate to Chinagate? Sure seems so. Perhaps as OTC's meme yesterday suggests "another distraction for the Epsteinth time", this is just a distraction from the the Iran War and the coming economic catastrophe. Is this a way to invalidate the upcoming mid-term elections? Or, is the Don trying to set up yet another war with China? We know that is the ultimate goal of the Epstein class oligarchs.

The 500th Edition

Almost a decade of weekly watches reviewing the news of the week, and this week is jam full of news. We had the world's largest funeral on record in Iran, and next door in Turkey there was the NATO clown show. The MoU is officially over and the hot war with Iran resumes. The Strait is closed and economic consequences will ensue. Oil, it seems, is the lubricant driving war. Having none pass through Hormuz (along with the other Gulf products- Helium, Natural Gas, fertilizers, and so on) will have global effects. Trump signed an agreement he never intended to honor. It was a stalling tactic to see if he could open the strait...another Minsk style agreement. As Lavrov stated, "The US is agreement incapable". Ukraine and Russia continue the drone wars, and with NATO openly stating they intend to go to war with Russia, giving Russia no choice but to prepare for a war with NATO. These stories and more below the fold.

The Disunited Empire of America

A couple of weeks ago PR added a comment saying 250 years is the average life span of empire. I guess we've arrived. The nation is locked in perpetual war against other countries and our own citizens. The constitution is ignored especially the bill of rights. The nation seems to be under the control of Israel as a bill works its way through congress to unite the US military with Israel's. The petrodollar is on its last leg as nations around the world divest of US dollars and bonds. We're not just a nation divided, we're an empire divided. Much more below the fold...