The US Budget Is a Bank that Is Freely Robbed $521 billion known to be stolen each year, but only 64 of 2,200 federal payment programs are reviewed for improper payments each year. 21 states are refusing to cooperate with federal efforts to vet their food stamp programs for fraud. https://www.zerohedge.com/political/report-us-taxpayers-currently-lose-500b-annually-fraud  The Pentagon has never had a successful audit.  Covered by "national security" the stealing...

More Russian Blustering but Never Any Action Putin's ever-widening war Russia Views Potential US Deployment of Troops to Baltic States as Escalation https://sputnikglobe.com/20261008/russia-considers-deployment-of-us-troops-in-baltic-states-as-escalation---foreign-ministry-1124851686.html    Is Putin taking his goody two shoes role too far? It is extraordinary how accommodating Putin is to NATO's "unwavering support for Ukraine" If the generals had been Muslims traveling to Tehran to show unwavering support for Iran, the US and...

Is Trump Stupid Enough to Renew Attacking Iran Just before the Midterm Election? Paul Craig Roberts Bloomberg reports that Oil Soars Above $105 a barrel as Trump orders Pentagon to prepare for renewed attack on Iran. Why renewed attack if the Trump administration is telling the truth that the Strait is open, under US control,  and oil deliveries are back to normal? Renewed attack would...

The Day Accountability Arrived Paul Craig Roberts The multicultural tower of babel collapsed when the fictional narrative of the US Navy escorting millions of barrels of oil daily exiting the Strait of Hormuz could no longer be maintained.  This orchestrated hoax in the Western media had kept the future price of oil below the current price at the pump and provided reassurance that things would...

Pusillanimity Leads to War Paul Craig Roberts "The reputation of one's arms in war is everything, and equivalent to real forces." -- Napoleon Russian President Putin's neglect of Napoleon's 14 words explains why Gideon Rachman has endorsed the conclusion by me and Gilbert Doctorow that "no one takes Putin's nuclear threats seriously any more." Years ago I made the point that Putin's nonresponse to Washington's...

US city council in Iowa opens with ‘Hail Satan’ prayer Another sign of Christian collapse https://www.rt.com/news/646909-ottumwa-hail-satan-prayer/

Three years into Israel’s Gaza genocide, NYC mayor decries US ‘complicity’ NY Mayor more honest than US President https://www.presstv.co.uk/Detail/2026/10/07/777842/Zohran-Mamdani-decries-US-%E2%80%98complicity%E2%80%99-in-Israel%E2%80%99s-genocide-Gaza-war-anniversary

Europe plundered to the brink by oligarchs and US Sanctions on Russia is falling apart Leaders are trying to foment fear of Russia to hold things together https://www.rt.com/news/646897-eu-revolt-protest-wave/

Caitlin Is Hopeful that Israel's Day in the Sun Is Over https://caitlinjohnstone.com.au/2026/10/07/no-one-gives-a-fuck-about-october-7/