How many more innocent people will die ?
By Philip Giraldi
The Unz Review
October 23, 2026
If one were seeking to create something like a modern-day folk tale based on current realities and having the theme of "good versus evil" there are any number of real-life narratives available that could be exploited to invite speculation on actual environments that might have served as models for the fiction.
By Charles Hugh Smith
OfTwoMinds.com
October 23, 2026
That The Hidden Looting by the Rich leads to the Physical Looting by Those Who've Been Looted is so obvious that it is strictly taboo in the polite circles of those tasked with protecting The Hidden Looting by the Rich behind the cliches of "market forces" and the many carefully obscured mechanisms of state subsidies, tax giveaways, insider trading, market manipulation, and so on.
By Doug Casey
International Man
October 23, 2026
International Man: The SEC just approved a new generation of funds that offer three times the daily performance of commodities like gold, silver, and oil. Wall Street is making it easier than ever for ordinary investors to take leveraged bets on volatile markets. What do you make of these products?
Doug Casey: Leverage is great-when you guess right.
By Karen Kwiatkowski
October 23, 2026
Iran is correct to prepare for imminent attacks by the US and Israel. Netanyahu's Defense Minister Israel Katz nervously warned last week:
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By Tyler Durden
Zero Hedge
October 23, 2026
French soldiers will take over guard duty so that police and gendarmes can be moved onto the streets for Saturday's expected protests, Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez told parliament on Tuesday.
Nuñez said troops from Operation Sentinelle, the anti-terror deployment, would replace internal security forces mainly on static guarding duties. Prime Mini
Moon of Alabama
October 23, 2026
There was some grumbling in Congress when the Trump administration installed Stephen Feinberg, a billionaire from New York, as the second man in the Pentagon. Feinberg had previously led Cerberus Capital Management which has various financial interests in Pentagon purveyors. He had also been chair of the President's Intelligence Advisory Board from 2018 to 2021, during the first Trump administration.
By Paul Craig Roberts
PaulCraigRoberts.org
October 23, 2026
In 13 days Americans will vote on the midterm Congressional elections. The outcome will determine whether the Democrats control Congress, or enough of it, that Trump's presidency is at an end.
Even some MAGA Americans are indifferent, because Trump, rather than end money-draining wars, expanded them by attacking "at Israel's request" Iran, which has proven to be a strategic disaster for the United States, with its bases in the Persian Gulf destroyed and oil flows restricted by victorious Iran.
By Aysar Yousef
Gaze At This
October 23, 2026
The Ottoman Empire's downfall was shaped by more than war. England expanded its power by establishing a bank in the heart of Istanbul, using foreign loans and financial influence to gain control over Ottoman finances.
The Ottoman Empire offers a case study in sovereign debt risk. During the nineteenth century, military spending and fiscal pressures pushed the government toward foreign borrowing.
By Murray Sabrin
Murray's Newsletter
October 23, 2026
Dedication
To the memory of my parents and the millions who suffered under the tyranny of totalitarian governments, and to all Americans who deserve to live in a country where individual liberty, personal responsibility, sound money, peace, voluntary cooperation, and constitutional government are not forgotten ideals, but living principles.
Komla YAWO
Le Cameroun a été auditionné jeudi 22 octobre à Genève par le Comité des droits de l'homme des Nations unies sur l'application du Pacte international relatif aux droits civils et politiques. Corruption, violences dans les régions anglophones et l'Extrême-Nord, détentions arbitraires, justice militaire et droits des personnes homosexuelles; les préoccupations soulevées mettent en lumière les défis persistants du pays en matière de libertés fondamentales.