By George F. Smith
October 3, 2026
It is sometimes helpful to preface an essay with a strong quote or two to give the reader direction in what follows. In this case, I found many quotes worthy of that task, so I cite the following and ask the reader's forbearance:
"Should Saddam Hussein choose confrontation, the American people can know that every measure has been taken to avoid war, and eve
By David Stockman
David Stockman's Contra Corner
October 3, 2026
Black Monday's 23% collapse of the stock market came on October 19, 1987.
We happen to recall this event vividly because when the market was experiencing its sizzling morning plunge on that day, we were speaking to a large auditorium of Salomon Brothers clients; and it was during the days before cell phones, at that.
Yet we had barely gotten wound up with dire talk of the fiscal disaster we had left behind in Washington when the room was soon abuzz; then it was roaring with desperate conversation; and finally, it just emptied itself in droves.
A Senate hearing exposed what was done to the unvaccinated inside America's hospitals-and why the system drives out the doctors patients most need.
By A Midwestern Doctor
The Forgotten Side of Medicine
October 3, 2026
The ruling elite typically aims to accumulate an immense amount of wealth, which often can only be obtained by extracting it from a large number of people, hence requiring each of those people sacrifices their quality of life to meet the elite's needs.
As The Global Energy Crisis And The Global Food Crisis Both Intensify
By Michael Snyder
The Economic Collapse
October 3, 2026
The months ahead are shaping up to be a time of war, economic problems, food shortages and global chaos. There is no end in sight for the war in the Middle East or the war with Russia. Meanwhile, global energy supplies and global food supplies both continue to get even tighter.
By Donald Jeffries
I Protest
October 3, 2026
My X feed is filled with Republicucks breathlessly announcing that some Deep State Villain is about to get his/her/they/their comeuppance. Trumpenstein and his loyal team, FBI Director Kash Patel and Attorney General Todd Blanche, are on the verge of busting everything open. Finally, at long last, the Swamp will be drained.
Even though the QAnon psyop has been rejected by almost all who once believed it, the hopium mentality remains.
By Veronika Kyrylenko
The New American
October 3, 2026
More than five years after the Covid vaccine rollout, some states, thankfully, are still unwilling to close the books on what happened during the pandemic.
Florida is opening another front.
On Thursday, Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier sued Pfizer and its chairman and CEO, Albert Bourla, accusing them of deceiving Floridians about the safety of the company's Covid vaccine, overstating its ability to stop transmission, suppressing criticism, and using those practices to build a hugely profitable market.
By Paul Craig Roberts
PaulCraigRoberts.org
October 3, 2026
The letter is truthful, a point made early in the letter:
"As the first casualty of the endless wars waged by the US government has without exception been the truth, with the American people perpetually receiving the greatest harm as the result of the US government's campaign of deception, we wish to highlight some of the facts that are being withheld from the American public.
By Gary D. Barnett
GaryDBarnett.com
October 3, 2026
"Alas, when the freedom of the individual is defined and woven into the freedom of an imaginary whole, the individual ceases to have any freedom uniquely their own. It is no longer your freedom, but our freedom. It is no longer about your health, but our health. It is not about you, but us."
~ Aviel Oppenheim
The bane of society lives and breathes in the fog of collectivism.
Par Moon of Alabama - Le 2 octobre 2026
Que faire quand quelqu'un a des pouvoirs mais pas d'éthique ?
The Times a interviewé Trump :
Dans le bureau ovale, la décoration de Trump est impossible à manquer. Il y a de l'or partout, des plâtres décoratifs jusqu'aux inscriptions au plafond et aux cadres dorés qui encombrent les murs. La pièce est tellement éblouissante que vous avez pratiquement besoin de lunettes de soleil.
Par Tawfiq Al-Ghussein
Avec les milices supplétives, l'argent et les enclaves protégées, Israël "palestinise" l'occupation.
La dernière enquête menée par Forensic Architecture va au-delà du récit bien connu selon lequel Israël armerait des groupes palestiniens agissant pour son compte. Elle met en lumière les prémices d'un phénomène plus durable : des groupes armés se voient accorder l'argent, la protection et l'espace physique nécessaires pour recruter, s'implanter et s'intégrer au paysage.
Par le Comité de rédaction du WSWS
Le monde est-il au bord de la guerre nucléaire ? La question se pose directement au vu des événements de ces derniers jours, alors que la guerre des États-Unis et de l'OTAN contre la Russie en Ukraine bascule dans un affrontement ouvert entre puissances dotées de l'arme nucléaire.
La Russie a déclaré cette semaine qu'elle était prête à recourir à l'arme nucléaire si l'OTAN s'engageait dans le blocus de Kaliningrad, territoire russe de la Baltique situé entre la Pologne et la Lituanie.