This was always about Civilization. “A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again.” History will register it with a gaze as pitiless as the Sun. An astonishing barbarian imprimatur, courtesy of the President of the United States, via a social media post. In a nutshell,…
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Elon Musk’s Trillion Dollar Payday: What if Tesla Isn’t Really About Cars?
A speculative look at trillion-dollar incentives, robot soldiers, and the strangest email I ever received. Here’s something that has me scratching my head is disbelief. Tesla just announced an incentive package for Elon Musk worth a trillion dollars. You read that right. A trillion. With a T.
Our Post-Truth, Post-Trust World
That we inhabit a post-truth world seems to be accepted wisdom. But that’s only half of it. We also live in a post-trust world. In a post-truth world, everything is shaped by the implicit goals of the entity claiming to state the “truth,” as the entire point of claiming to state the “truth” is…
Trump Legitimacy Crisis Grows as Battered Gulf States Pull Back on U.S. Investment, Particularly AI
Most readers are likely up to date on the latest Trump cray-cray, but to make sure we are all on the same page, Trump is even more visibly losing his mind. I am providing it with the Marjorie Taylor Greene commentary. As we’ll discuss shortly, it shows that Trump’s…
The Pareto Principle, Political Power, and the Masses
The reality is a grassroots revolution isn’t coming. Here’s how it actually works. Every few years someone publishes a book, a documentary, or a viral thread explaining how the system is rigged. Millions of people share it, feel briefly vindicated, and then do nothing. The most they will do…
We are Entering the Great Energy World War
February 28, 2026: A date that will live in infamy. I think it will be called the Great Energy World War, but perhaps in time it will take on a different name. WW3 and WW4 are too ambiguous; has WW3 already happened? So in my mind, it’s the GEWW.This…
Tax Season: The Forced Idolatry of Corruption
I’m writing this at Eastertime, so Happy Easter to all of you. The Resurrection of our Lord is the cornerstone of our Christian faith. It is also the time of renewal, when the birds return from the south, and the plants and flowers bloom gloriously. The weather warms up,…
Iran and the Agony of the Unipolar World
War, hegemony, and multipolar Resistance. Alexander Dugin argues that Trump has stripped away diplomatic illusions and revealed the raw, brutal essence of American hegemony, turning the conflict with Iran into a decisive battle for the future of multipolarity. Conversation with Alexander Dugin on the Sputnik TV program Escalation. Host: Let us…
World Crisis Update
How it started, how it’s going. I predicted this crisis would unfold as it has, and showed how and when I did so in the previous update on 27th March. This post is intended as a summary of the case for and the conduct of the war, explaining its…
Let the Fourth Turning Games Begin
Fourth Turnings never fizzle out. They always reach a crescendo of violence and blood spilled. Once Trump initiated this Iran War it was destined to plunge the world into a catastrophic period of upheaval, global famine, depression, and possibly nuclear annihilation. There will be no cease fire or negotiations.