The U.S. debt crisis is a legacy of endless war. It is also a harbinger of future wars.
The United States hit a dubious milestone this week, announcing that its national debt had exceeded $40 trillion. No other nation comes close to this level of absolute financial indebtedness.
This is not simply a matter of out-of-control financial bankruptcy. It is an ominous sign of an unhinged empire that is desperately trying to salvage its historic failure by scorched-earth tactics of endless war.
Death Can Be the Unintended Consequence of Good Intentions
By Paul Craig Roberts
PaulCraigRoberts.org
August 22, 2026
Yesterday on Canadian Prepper Nate and I discussed the dangers in Putin's patience with an ever-widening war and the puzzle that Putin prefers the risk of these dangers to quickly winning the war.
There is no question that the war has greatly widened. The first widening of the war occurred from the increase in capability of the weapons supplied by the West to the West's Ukrainian proxy.
By George F. Smith
August 22, 2026
I soon realized that there was a limit to how far I could rise in the music business, so I left the band and enrolled at New York University. - Alan Greenspan
When asked why he robbed banks, Willie Sutton reportedly said, "Because that's where the money is."
That wasn't necessarily a wisecrack, and Sutton denied having said it, though late in life he admitted if he had been asked, that likely would be his reply.
By Gary D. Barnett
GaryDBarnett.com
August 22, 2026
"Is there any point in public debate in a society where hardly anyone has been taught how to think, while millions have been taught what to think?"
~ Peter Hitchens
One wonders how we got to where we are today; a society of non-critical thinkers, non-thinkers period, relying on the State as if a parent or god, fully dependent on this failed system of corruption, indoctrination, and control over every aspect of life.
Americans are waking up to ugly truths.
By George D. O'Neill Jr.
Now that the lofty 250th-anniversary rhetoric about the greatness of our country has faded, it is time to face the reality of our country's actual behavior. The U.S. fashions itself as a generous and benevolent world leader enforcing the "rules-based order"-a deceptive construct used by globalist elites to bully other countries.
Martin Jay
With U.S. debt surpassing GDP and de-dollarization accelerating, Trump's second term is destroying the economy he promised to save.
In May of this year, America's debt surpassed its GDP - something that hasn't happened since WWII. This phenomenon has divided economists into two camps. One, which is disturbed by the trend, and the second, which shrugs it off and attributes it to a new global norm which shows America is still a global power and can use its strength to borrow from the rest.
par Al-Manar
Les États-Unis ont transféré le poids de la confrontation avec l'Iran sur le front économique, en annonçant ce qu'ils ont qualifié de sanctions "les plus dures de l'histoire", parallèlement à la poursuite du blocus maritime et au renforcement du déploiement militaire américain dans la région.
Alors que Washington parie sur l'asphyxie de l'économie iranienne et pousse Téhéran à modifier ses calculs de négociation, cette dernière a répondu en affirmant que la pression n'a pas atteint ses objectifs, tout en laissant entendre qu'une nouvelle phase militaire verra l'utilisation d'"armes plus destructrices".
par International Reporters
Des relations très étranges entre Trump et sa plus proche collaboratrice, Natalie Harp, sont apparues au premier plan. La secrétaire blonde de 35 ans adore littéralement le président américain et exécute tous ses ordres avec un zèle servile.
Politologue Malek Dudakov :
Harp a travaillé dans les médias conservateurs avant de rejoindre l'entourage de Trump.
The Treasury Secretary asked for it in public. An emergency facility used once in six years, running on printed dollars.
By Lau Vegys
Snafu Investing
August 21, 2026
Last week, I wrote to you about the operation in which the United States and Japan went into the currency market together to prop up the falling yen, the first coordinated action of its kind since 1998.
Japan reportedly put in around $75 billion of its dollar reserves.
By Paul Craig Roberts
PaulCraigRoberts.org
August 21, 2026
Modern technology has provided government with growing capability to monitor our lives. The amount of freedom in a "free American" is slowly being reduced to nothing. Flock cameras are one such freedom-destroying tool.
This article referenced below about police misuse and incompetent use of Flock surveillance cameras should scare you to death.
By Eric Peters
Eric Peters Autos
August 21, 2026
It is coming up on a year since Charlie Kirk was assassinated - the right word, since this was not merely a murder. We do not use "assassination" to describe ordinary murders, as for example when a thug breaks into someone's home and murders the people within. Assassination are done for political reasons, not economic reasons.
Charlie Kirk did not hold any office but he was the leader of a movement and - had he not been assassinated - it is very possible he might have run for office (and won).
By John J. Mearsheimer
John's Substack
August 21, 2026
On 18 August 2026, I was on "Judging Freedom" talking with the Judge about the Iran war, Israel's never-ending outrageous behavior, the Ukraine war, and President Trump's increasingly erratic behavior, all thoroughly depressing subjects. Given that 1) Trump is destined to suffer a devastating defeat in Iran, 2) Ukraine & the West are almost certain to lose the Ukraine war, and 3) he has no hope of getting the Israelis to accept his peace plan for Gaza, it seems likely that Trump's behavior will become even more erratic in the months ahead.
By John & Nisha Whitehead
The Rutherford Institute
August 21, 2026
"Electric shock has long been amnesty.org
By Tom Woods
August 21, 2026
From the Tom Woods Letter:
I absolutely insist to you: I really am trying to stop writing about this topic. But too much insanity keeps breaking out, and I have no choice but to comment on it.
You know the story: a Cambridge academic, Jason Arday, was found to have plagiarized his dissertation, borrowed heavily from others in his published articles, produced essentially worthless research, called the police on a reporter and on a professor who asked questions about his resume, invented wild tales of athletic and academic achievement as well as philanthropic work, and (of course) accused his critics of "racism." And then, late last week, he was found dead at his home in an apparent suicide.
By Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr.
August 20, 2026
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The strategy is being overseen by Elbridge Colby, the Pentagon's policy chief, who has long called for the US to prepare to fight a "limited nuclear war"
By Dave DeCAMP
The Pentagon is reportedly drafting a new nuclear strategy that's expected to emphasize the use of tactical nuclear weapons to give the president more "options" in a potential nuclear conflict.
The strategy, first reported by NBC News, is being drafted by the Pentagon's policy chief, Elbridge Colby, who has for more than a decade called for the US to develop additional capabilities to fight a "limited nuclear war."
Le journal intime de Fauci est incroyable. Il tient des monologues dignes d'un méchant de Scooby Doo. − El Gato Malo sur "X"
Par James Howard Kunstler - Le 27 juillet 2026 - Source Clusterfuck Nation
Le Dr Anthony Fauci en grande tenue Covid
Vous vous souvenez du Covid-19 ? On dirait que c'était il y a bien longtemps, dans un monde que le temps a oublié. Eh bien, vous allez pouvoir revenir sur toute cette affaire louche mercredi 29 juillet, lorsque le Dr Anthony Fauci sera appelé à témoigner à ce sujet devant la commission sénatoriale de la sécurité intérieure et des affaires gouvernementales, présidée par le sénateur Rand Paul (R-KY).
L'estimation du Pentagone s'écarte considérablement du chiffre de 30 milliards de dollars annoncé publiquement par l'administration Trump.
Source : Sharon Zhang, Truthout
Traduit par les lecteurs du site Les-Crises
La guerre menée par les États-Unis et Israël contre l'Iran a déjà coûté jusqu'à 100 milliards de dollars aux États-Unis, selon les estimations internes de l'administration Trump - soit plus de trois fois le montant avancé publiquement par cette dernière.
Après la victoire d'Abdul El-Sayed dans le Michigan, un nouveau revers pour le lobby pro-Israël est annoncé en Floride et en Californie.
En Floride, Angie Nixon, une candidate ayant fermement condamné le génocide perpétré par Israël à Gaza, a remporté l'investiture démocrate pour le Sénat américain.
En Californie, Aisha Wahab a conservé une courte avance lors de la primaire démocrate, malgré les millions de dollars dépensés par des groupes pro-Israël pour s'opposer à elle.