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.
Trump isn't making peace, he's breaking it across the globe, and instilling ill will for the US around the world. He's on the brink of an illegal invasion of Venezuela, possibly Iran, and escalating the Ukraine proxy war with Russia. As a finale for the political circus ring master, there are tariffs and sanctions here, tariffs and sanctions there, tariffs and sanctions everywhere...all bound to boomerang right back to the US. Looks like the Don's goal is to hasten the end of the US/NATO empire...that certainly appears to be the inevitable outcome to me.
Palestinians continue to be targeted and shot. The Zionists have hired Islamic terrorist gangs to do their killing in Gaza. Hamas is shooting back and protecting the Gaza residents. Israel claims it is Hamas who is breaking the cease fire. They call for Hamas to disarm. When has Israel ever abided by a cease fire? There's still talk of attacking Iran soon. The situation in Ukraine is equally farcical. Russia continues advancing and destroying Ukrainian troops and equipment. I look for the possible meeting of Trump and Putin in Hungary to be as fruitful as their Alaska summit, which is to say, "empty". In the Caribbean, the US navy continue blowing up boats claiming they are shipping drugs without a particle of evidence nor legality. Then there's an announcement of a CIA operation to kill Maduro in Venezuela...I guess it is covert turns overt? So not much peace in the western sphere.
The decay of US empire is all around us...crumbling infrastructure, increasing poverty and homelessness, and an economic system in decline. We used the power of the dollar to sanction and bully other countries to the point they united and developed a new means of exchange (BRICS pay) bypassing the USD and SWIFT system. The FED has for decades cranked up the presses to over produce dollars, increasing the debt to the point the interest on the debt is about equal to our GDP. Much of the currency creation has been to finance the endless war - profiting the MIC, the bankers, the oil industry, and the elite. In fact, over spending on the Vietnam war caused Nixon to take the USD off a gold standard because we didn't have the gold to back all the dollars created. Since then it has gotten worse, and the wars more numerous in an effort to prop up the failing system.
Did you hear the speeches at the Generals and Admirals gathering. Trump suggested training the armed forces in US cities. We have met the enemy and he is us...WTF. War abroad and at home. So on the target list we have Venezuela, Iran, Russia, China, and democratic party led cities? Quite the list for a peace president. You can't make it up...
As the Turkish proverb goes: “When a clown moves into a palace, he doesn't become a king, the palace becomes a circus”.
...It is the start of the season, the fate of US empire, and the future of the U$D. Autumn is off to a lovely start here in NE Alabama. The wildflowers are outstanding this year. Peak leaf color is at least a month away, but you can already see the start of the change. The US empire belittles itself almost daily. Many are wondering why Hegseth has called all the generals and admirals (some 800) together next week. Is it a new war strategy against Iran, or Venezuela, or ...? Or is it to get them to swear a loyalty oath like Hitler? Perhaps we'll find out next week. As to the dollar, I do most our our grocerying and every week the cost is higher. The Italian wines I like have really jumped in price. I wonder if it is the tariffs. Well, all that and more below the fold.
Do schools even teach civics anymore? It seems no one read the Constitution, including our Attorney General. Free speech for accepted thoughts, but not for wrong thought. Get ready for the new "Censorship Industrial Complex". De-platform any media which doesn't ban the people we tell them, or provides imagery of the genocide which we deny. Conduct illegal acts of war with no oversight. Declare elected leaders in other countries illegitimate. Impose tariffs without congressional approval. Then there's constant surveillance and monitoring of social media. Not to mention the majority of elected leaders more loyal to Israel than the US. Someone needs to start a Constitution Party to get the US back on track...yeah, and unicorns and rainbows too. Orwell was a prophet.
The US brought the foreign wars back home. There were two county deputies walking around Trade Day yesterday. They looked like storm troopers with their vests and arms...militarized. Used to be Andy Griffith like, but no more. Here at home we have all the ice raids, the National Guard patrolling some streets, and murders/assassinations like Charlie Kirk's. Yesterday I went in our small grocery and asked if they had any chuckeye steaks. "No, we can't get them. Ice has been raiding all the processing plants, and they don't have enough help." That's all bad enough, but our widespread mischief overseas is over whelming. We've got color revolutions all over the world. Nepal being the most obvious this week. Last week it was Venezuela. Plus there's ongoing interference in Serbia, Georgia, Thailand, Indonesia, Taiwan, and many other locations around the world. Is it possible to curb the US war machine? I can't see how...
Maybe the Donald is playing 5D chess in his quest for the peace prize. He has certainly brought the non-western world together like never before as they unite in an effort to cope with US bullying. Their unity was on display this week at the SCO, the China celebration of the end of WWII, and the Eastern Economic Forum. Meanwhile in the west there was an impotent meeting of the so called coalition of the willing in France. The US illegally blew up a suspected drug boat in its effort to stir up a war with Venezuela, and the big pharma shills in congress attack RFK and his reforms.
The first myth to dispel is the notion that America is the shining city on the hill. Sadly the US is anything but...we are war profiteers spreading death and destruction around the world, that is the US business model. Another of the many myths is the idea Putin is the antichrist when in fact He is an Orthodox Christian in a secular nation with many faiths. The last myth I want to address is the concept that there are "chosen people" more important to "God" than any other. That belief provides for smug superiority and empowers them to mass murder the "unwanted". All of these myths (and many others) lead to the many wars and conflicts around the world.
