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Operation Barbarossa: Military Simulation and Resource Analysis

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This academic text systematically analyzes and simulates military operations, specifically focusing on Operation Barbarossa from June to December 1941, a pivotal period in World War II. It details a comprehensive methodology for military simulation, emphasizing the accurate quantification of resources, combat proficiency, and logistical factors through a Fully Integrated Land and Air Resource Model (FILARM). The work differentiates between tactical, operational, and strategic levels of simulation, providing mathematical frameworks for assessing weapon effectiveness, unit mobility, and supply distribution efficiency, while also critiquing historical military analyses that often rely on qualitative assessments or misleading numerical comparisons of unit strengths. Ultimately, the text aims to offer a robust, quantitative approach to understanding historical military events, allowing for the examination of variable changes and their probable outcomes within a simulated environment.

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1. OPERATION BARBAROSSA: the Complete Organisational and Statistical Analysis, and Military Simulation Volume I by Nigel Askey
   
   

   • Operation Barbarossa was the largest invasion in recorded history, launched by the Wehrmacht on June 22, 1941.

   • It is unrivalled in military history for size, speed of operations, and the magnitude of its geographic objectives.

2. The objective of this work is to create the most historically accurate, advanced, and comprehensive quantitative model of the first six months of the largest and costliest military campaign in history.
   
   

   • This encompasses Operation Barbarossa and Operation Typhoon.

3. The study includes full analyses of the belligerents’ military, economic, and logistical structure and capabilities, as related to their war effort on the East Front during 1941.
   
   

   • This includes extensive data on the structure of relevant military and security organisations (land, sea and air), the available equipment and personnel, and analyses of the weapons used.

4. This enormous amount of historical data is organized and presented to be 'ready' for incorporation into a comprehensive computer based military simulation of Operation Barbarossa.
   
   

   • The work therefore includes an analytical and quantitative based methodology for creating a mathematical model of a country’s armed forces and its overall war effort.

5. The methodologies defined in this work are designed to be generic, meaning they can be employed to create a military simulation of a campaign other than Operation Barbarossa.
   
   

   • One distinguishing feature of this work is that it formalises and documents a military simulation methodology extending from the tactical to the strategic level.

6. Users are not obliged to follow or even understand the details of the quantitative methodology used if they so choose.
   
   

   • The historical data is presented and referenced for the user to conduct their own research or analyses, or extract specific historical data regarding the campaign.

7. The work spans the disciplines of military history, operational research, applied physics and mathematics, statistical analysis, and analytical methodology.
   
   

   • Operation Barbarossa: the Complete Organisational and Statistical Analysis, and Military Simulation does not assume the reader has detailed knowledge of the history of the East Front in WWII or extensive knowledge of the disciplines mentioned.

8. A key rationale for this work is to bring together an immense amount of information from many disparate sources and present it in the form of a large ‘data-warehouse’ in a single work.
   
   

   • The professional researcher or amateur scholar of WWII is provided with a comprehensive data source, containing the details of all the armed forces involved on the East Front from 22nd June to 31st December 1941.

9. Another key rationale is to bring in-depth quantitative analyses to bear on the most probable outcomes resulting from different (historical) operational and strategic decisions.
   
   

   • It presents the advanced student of this campaign with a mechanism to quantitatively analyse in-depth, the actual forces involved, and much more significantly, to examine the probable outcome of various ‘what if’ scenarios.

10. The study aims to expose many of the historically accepted myths surrounding Operation Barbarossa.
    
    

    • It also shows other less appreciated historical factors to have been far more significant than commonly perceived.

11. The work demonstrates the application of quantitative analysis to military history as opposed to largely qualitative analyses.
    
    

    • It also demonstrates the potential power of modern military simulations in the study of military history.

12. The selection of the largest land campaign in history as the historical case study demonstrates the scalability of the methodology employed.
    
    

    • Incorporating the multitude of interrelated factors and circumstances faced by each of the belligerents on the East front during 1941, makes it evident how sophisticated and historically accurate operational-strategic military simulations provide a most powerful method of studying military history available today.

13. The work is separated into six volumes.
    
    

    • Volume I covers concepts, model structure, weapon effectiveness, and the resource database; Volume IIA and IIB cover German forces, mobilization, and war economy; Volume IIIA and IIIB cover Soviet forces, mobilization, and war economy; Volume IV covers Finnish, Rumanian, Hungarian, Slovakian, and Italian forces; Volume V details Relative Overall Combat Proficiency (ROCP); and Volume VI focuses on war gaming and the operational-strategic simulation.

14. Operation Barbarossa was the largest invasion in recorded history.
    
    

    • It ultimately led to the greatest loss of human life ever experienced in a single campaign.

15. The campaign was by far the most decisive of WWII, and the one in which the Axis powers came closest to outright victory.
    
    

    • Ultimately, over 70% of the German Army’s WWII casualties were sustained on the East Front.

16. Soviet military casualties suffered while fighting the Axis powers in the western USSR amounted to a staggering 29,593,000 persons.
    
    

    • Of this number, the latest studies by Russian scholars (in 2017) indicate that at least 14,654,000 were irrecoverable losses (killed, captured or permanently missing).

17. Military simulations can be defined as "Creating mathematical models of the military world".
    
    

    • This is a simplification akin to defining physics as "Creating mathematical models of the real world".

18. Military simulations or war gaming are one of the most powerful (and under used) methods of studying military history available today.
    
    

    • This chapter briefly examines their history, main uses, and different categories.

19. A historical simulation allows for a closer examination and analysis of all aspects associated with a battle or campaign.
    
    

    • Only a historical simulation frees the ‘reader’ from what James Dunnigan calls the ‘linear’ journey of a book or film in which it is impossible to realistically consider alternatives.

20. A military simulation is non-linear, much like the event itself.
    
    

    • This means a person can wander through the event, changing variables if desired, and still be in context.

21. Anyone playing a realistic military simulation becomes only too aware of the human cost of war.
    
    

    • The idea that using a purely quantitative analysis somehow belittles the immense human cost of war is countered by the practical experience of simulation.

22. Military simulations cannot predict an outcome with certainty.
    
    

    • The key is to assess the probability of a particular outcome.

23. There is a massive difference between using mathematical models to predict the future with many uncertain variables, and using them to examine the most probable alternative (short term) historical outcome.
    
    

    • A war game played today could contain every piece of available historical data to verify if the model (using all historical command decisions) followed the historical events.

24. The success of a military simulation in historical analysis relies heavily on the historical research being done and carefully analysed.
    
    

    • This research is, in fact, the hard part and constitutes the bulk of this work, being much more difficult than the simulation itself.

25. The "failure of intelligence" and the "failure of a military simulation to predict an outcome" are often confused.
    
    

    • Very inaccurate intelligence is one of the unpredictable variables effectively eliminated by research in historical scenarios.

26. The example of the atomic bomb on Japan in 1945 illustrates the limitations of prediction based solely on available intelligence.
    
    

    • Japanese military planners assessed they could put up a stout defence, but this information only changed after the atomic bomb was used.

27. If military history is the "professional officer’s laboratory of war", then the historical simulation is a critical means for experimentation.
    
    

    • No other medium of historical study allows one to manipulate almost any element of a historical campaign and analyze the outcome.

28. Military simulations (or war gaming) can be thought of as a quantitative process or methodology.
    
    

    • This contrasts with qualitative or partially qualitative methodologies, which can be dangerous when coupled with a political agenda or bias.

29. In the qualitative process, an author is able to substitute numbers with adjectives, ignore unsupportive data, and draw 'conclusions' without real proof.
    
    

    • Adjectives like "many tanks destroyed" or "heavy casualties" are ambiguous, allowing for sloppy research and thinking.

30. The partially qualitative process is even more potentially dangerous.
    
    

    • In this case, qualitative analysis is usually presented with carefully selected quantitative data in the form of statistics to support it, creating an illusion of quantitative analysis.

31. Using statistics out of context is a common technique in relation to WWII statistics.
    
    

    • For example, one side’s loss figures for a particular battle or campaign are not very informative unless contextual statistics like overall strengths for both sides and enemy losses are included.

32. The first and most important step in any historical simulation is therefore the research, analysis and organization of the data involved.
    
    

    • The data will then serve as the foundation of the simulation model.

33. The military simulation designer is forced to analyse aspects of the battle or campaign they may not wish to analyse.
    
    

    • This is because the historical simulation methodology requires as many aspects of the campaign to be simulated as practical.

34. The dull but vital subject of battlefield logistics is often inadequately addressed in most current WWII history books.
    
    

    • A historical simulation methodology, however, requires an analysis of all practical aspects of battlefield logistics, including transport vehicles, terrain, weather, infrastructure, supply lift, and demand.

35. The military simulation designer is forced to attempt to quantify everything, from physical parameters like geography and weather to less tangible parameters like leadership or combat skill.
    
    

    • This is possibly the most powerful aspect of the historical simulation methodology.

36. Bravery and motivation did not automatically translate into higher Relative Overall Combat Proficiency (ROCP).
    
    

    • The simulation designer must put a value on and justify parameters such as the effectiveness of command/control systems, inter-unit cooperation, training thoroughness, and kill-loss ratios.

37. The military simulation designer is forced to repeat the process for all sides.
    
    

    • An analysis is never formulated in a ‘vacuum’, and is always considered relative to the other side and the time period in question.

38. The military simulation designer has a means of calibrating and testing the analysis.
    
    

    • The simulation accuracy can be tested against real world historical results.

39. The military simulation designer, or end user, can easily improve the simulation.
    
    

    • If the end user disagrees with any aspects of the designer’s (or author’s) quantitative analysis, or additional or new historical data becomes available, he or she can improve and build on the simulation.

40. Military simulations, or war games, are normally categorised as tactical, tactical-operational, operational or strategic.
    
    

    • The predominant feature that decides how a war game is categorised is the space and time scale used.

41. In tactical-operational war games, it is simultaneously unrealistic to assume that the entire tank platoon would always face in one direction at the same time.
    
    

    • The majority of tanks in WWII were actually destroyed by non-frontal hits.

42. In tactical-operational simulations, establishing the tactical combat proficiency for larger combat units is much more critical and has far more impact than in smaller tactical simulations.
    
    

    • Factors such as the presence of radios in the tanks, and the training and combat doctrine of the tank platoon as whole, made a huge difference to historical combat outcomes.

43. Operational level simulations have space scales ranging from 500 meters to 30km per hex, and times per turn ranging from 2 hours to 2 weeks.
    
    

    • A good description of the ‘operational level’ is “a view of the battlefield on a scale just exceeding that at which differing ranges of various direct fire weapons are significant”.

44. In well-designed operational level simulations, each turn includes time for movement, combat and all ‘operational’ type activities.
    
    

    • Operational activities should include decision making regarding geographic and military objectives, interpretation of intelligence, formulating plans, deploying units, and organizing supply lines and rear area security.

45. Combat resolution in operational level simulations generally involves calculations based on the ‘strengths’ of the units involved.
    
    

    • These calculations take into account terrain, weather, unit entrenchment (fortifications), and unit posture (i.e. defensive or attacking).

46. To maintain realism in operational level simulations, key problem areas to overcome include incorrect balance between space and time scales and incorrect use of Zone of Control (ZOC) effects.
    
    

    • It is crucial to use the equipment and personnel historically available in each unit, NOT its TOE.

47. Operational level systems utilising a full equipment and resource database have huge advantages in achieving realism.
    
    

    • The exact maximum attack and defence strength of the manoeuvre unit (combat unit) can be calculated, based on the individual tactical attack and defence values of the individual resources actually in the unit.

48. A full equipment and resource database allows for mixed equipment in the manoeuvre unit.
    
    

    • Therefore the unit is not rigidly classified as a ‘hard’ (armoured) target, or a ‘soft’ (none armoured) target, but a mixture of both.

49. The exact attack and defence strengths of each manoeuvre unit is calculated for each turn as the individual resources within the unit change.
    
    

    • This means the type of weapons lost by combat or attrition, or gained from replacements, is included in the combat unit’s strength change each turn.

50. Strategic level simulations must also address strategic issues facing the country.
    
    

    • These include decision making regarding political and geographic objectives of the war, formulating strategic plans, and implementing strategic warfare like strategic bombing and submarine warfare.

51. Strategic activities include the mobilisation of the country’s war economy.
    
    

    • This encompasses recruitment and training of new military personnel, war production, and management of energy and raw material resources.

52. The Integrated Land and Air Resource Model (ILARM) enables the creation and flow of all (war related) resources to be continuously tracked.
    
    

    • This tracking spans from mobilization and manufacture, to loss from combat and attrition.

53. The conservation of resources is a fundamental principle of the ILARM.
    
    

    • This principle ensures that any increase or decrease in resources within the model can only occur by resources entering or exiting at defined points.

54. The model is an interactive system is the second fundamental principle of the ILARM.
    
    

    • This means that changes to one part of the model automatically affect other parts.

55. Modern computers are essential for creating a practical integrated resource model of a country’s war effort that conforms to the conservation of resources and interactive system principles.
    
    

    • Even a military simulation of a relatively small battle would be difficult and largely impractical without them.

56. The Fully Integrated Land and Air Resource Model (FILARM) models all resources present at the start of the campaign and all resources received from all sources during the campaign period.
    
    

    • ‘Fully’ refers to the fact that all resources, in all physical locations (i.e. all fronts) are included, and not only those on the Eastern Front (Axis) or Western Front (Soviet).

57. Germany and the Soviet Union are the primary countries for which Fully Integrated Land and Air Resource Models (FILARMs) are used.
    
    

    • The FILARM model is also used if the bulk of a county’s armed force was committed to support Operation Barbarossa in 1941, such as all Finnish forces, the Hungarian Air Force and the Rumanian Air Force.

58. The Partially Integrated Land and Air Resource Model (PILARM) includes only resources allocated to East Front forces present at the start of the campaign and those received by forces on the East Front during the campaign period.
    
    

    • ‘Partially’ refers to the fact that only resources allocated to the East Front are included.

59. The German Navy (Kriegsmarine) used a Partial (P) naval model for their forces in the East during 1941.
    
    

    • They committed relatively few forces to support Barbarossa because they were busy fighting the Royal Navy at the time.

60. An Integrated Land and Air Resource Model enables a full analysis of bottlenecks in the mobilisation process.
    
    

    • This is important because a country can strategically have too much of one resource and insufficient of another, resulting in the inability to produce combat and support units of a certain type.

61. The Soviets may have actually over-mobilised in 1941 in terms of personnel.
    
    

    • Between 22nd June and the 31st December 1941, the Soviets called up 5,500,000 men and formed over 450 new or reformed combat units, mainly separate Red Army rifle brigades.

62. A massive army in the field, containing a huge number of combat units without adequate support infrastructures, can actually reduce the force’s overall Supply Distribution Efficiency (SDE).
    
    

    • All combat units in the field still have to be fed, clothed, sheltered, equipped, maintained, refuelled and resupplied etc, regardless of size and combat value.

63. The personnel vs. equipment bottleneck in the USSR in 1941 only becomes apparent from the Soviet FILARM model.
    
    

    • The model clearly demonstrates that the brake on the Soviet mobilisation rate in 1941, and its ability to support such a massive army in the field, was limited by available equipment (including transport).

64. The FILARM model ensures the actual personnel and equipment present in all combat units are accurately represented.
    
    

    • These combat units are not simply represented by the unit’s official Table of Organisation and Equipment (TOE).

65. Historically, very few countries had sufficient trained personnel and equipment to meet all the demands placed on their armed services.
    
    

    • Even in peacetime, the actual personnel and equipment available was usually considerably lower than the TOE in most combat units, and after hostilities started this difference often became extreme.

66. The SDE calculation includes the combat unit’s internal support infrastructures (e.g., divisional support elements) as well as corps and army level support infrastructures.
    
    

    • If the trucks, tractors and other support equipment were never manufactured and never received by an armed force, then the supply and support available to that force was dramatically reduced.

67. The replacements received by combat and support units during the campaign significantly affected the outcome.
    
    

    • Replacements represent the movement of trained personnel and equipment into combat units in an effort to replace those lost, primarily due to combat.

68. The Soviet FILARM model is critical in determining the maximum personnel and equipment used by newly mobilised combat units.
    
    

    • This is especially true since the Soviets mobilised massive numbers of troops as replacements, mainly untrained rifle troops.

69. The German FILARM model serves to highlight the strategic blunder of invading the USSR whilst simultaneously downgrading your war economy.
    
    

    • This resulted in situations like assault gun replacements sitting in reserve in Germany while trained crews fought as infantry.

70. An Integrated Land and Air Resource Model allows the military simulation ‘commander’ to have the same level of operational freedom as the historical protagonists.
    
    

    • This means unit disbandments should not be pre-ordained or pre-programmed according to historical timelines.

71. The FILARM model realistically simulates the effect of different command decisions, whilst still keeping the military simulation in historical context.
    
    

    • For example, if a mechanised division was immediately disbanded in the simulation, a rifle division would arrive at partial strength, and other units would benefit from replacements.

72. The thick-line boundary in the FILARM diagram conceptually represents the conservation of physical mass.
    
    

    • The ‘mass’ here represents the total resources in that county’s armed forces.

73. All new resources must come from ‘Manufacturing’, ‘Commandeered Equipment’ or ‘Mobilised Personnel’.
    
    

    • Resources cannot disappear (cease to exist), unless they exit the model via the ‘Combat Process’ or ‘Attrition Process’, as ‘Irrecoverable Losses’.

74. The solid lines in diagram FILARM represent the resource reallocation paths within the FILARM model.
    
    

    • Resources in all combat units can only return to the ‘campaign reserves’ as recoverable losses due to combat or attrition, or if the combat unit to which it is allocated is disbanded or shattered.

75. There are seven possible ‘Resource Allocation States’ inside the FILARM model.
    
    

    • These include ‘Deployed (D) Combat Units’, ‘Mobilised and Deployed (MD) Combat Units’, ‘Mobilised and Not Deployed (MND) Combat Units’, ‘Supply and Support Infrastructure’, and ‘Replacements (R), Campaign Start Reserves, and Campaign Reserves’.

76. ‘Mobilised and Not Deployed (MND) Units’ are newly mobilised combat units that have not yet arrived or been committed to an ‘Active Front or Army’.
    
    

    • Their discussion and details are carried out in each country’s relevant FILARM and PILARM models.

77. ‘Supply and Support Infrastructure’ includes only non-combat capable units which may or may not normally be capable of involvement in frontline combat.
    
    

    • This infrastructure is critical in increasing a combatant’s overall Supply Distribution Efficiency (SDE).

78. The overall Supply Distribution Efficiency (SDE) of D, MD and MND combat units is a function of the rear area ‘Supply and Support Infrastructure’ and the TOE infrastructure within the combat units themselves.
    
    

    • This holistic view is graphically indicated in the FILARM diagram by the dark-grey SDE box above each Resource Allocation State.

79. Reserves are defined as all available personnel and equipment not currently allocated to active combat units and are generally held in rear areas.
    
    

    • Replacements (R) are resources, either personnel or equipment, allocated to existing active combat units in an effort to restore their strength or bring them closer to their authorised strength.

80. The five blank boxes in diagram FILARM represent ‘Combat Unit Processes’.
    
    

    • Combat units must undergo one or more of these processes for any resources to be reallocated within the model, or for any resources to leave the model (as irrecoverable losses).

81. Tables of Organisation and Equipment (TOE) set the framework for the organisational structure and authorised equipment for a particular unit.
    
    

    • Even though most combat units were actually below their TOE strength, the TOE was still very important because it was created to meet the perceived demands on forces.

82. The Soviet high command quickly issued new TOEs which dramatically reduced the size and complexity of many existing divisions after the disastrous border battles in June and early July 1941.
    
    

    • For example, new rifle division TOEs issued on 29th July 1941 reduced personnel from 14,483 to 10,790 and heavy weapons by almost 50%.

83. ‘Combat Losses’ are defined as all losses sustained as a direct result of enemy fire, enemy ordnance, ‘Close Combat’ or ‘Tactical Surrender’.
    
    

    • They also include losses sustained as a direct result of ‘Operational Surrender’ and ‘Operational Combat’.

84. All types of resource losses are characterised as ‘Irrecoverable’ (permanent) or ‘Recoverable’.
    
    

    • ‘Irrecoverable Losses’ (killed, captured, permanently unfit personnel; totally destroyed, abandoned, or surrendered equipment) exit the FILARM model.

85. ‘Recoverable losses’ include personnel that were ‘Lightly Wounded’ and ‘Wounded’, and equipment that was ‘Lightly Damaged’ and ‘Badly Damaged’.
    
    

    • These losses remain within the integrated resource model and may quickly be returned to combat units as ‘Replacements (R)’ or by entering entirely new combat units.

86. A land combat unit is usually ‘Totally Destroyed’ as a result of an encirclement battle.
    
    

    • In this case most of the unit’s resources are irrecoverably lost and exit the FILARM model, and the unit is removed from the Order of Battle (OOB).

87. A land combat unit can disintegrate as a cohesive fighting force, usually as a result of heavy losses or being overrun, which is military terms is called ‘Shattered’.
    
    

    • Shattered combat units were often so badly damaged that it proved more economical to disband the unit and use available resources as general replacements and cadre for new combat units.

88. The ‘Attrition Process’ is concerned with losses in all combat units from factors such as fatigue, mechanical breakdown, disease, training accidents, and weather.
    
    

    • It is distinct from ‘Combat Losses’.

89. For land forces on the East Front until winter 1941-42, attrition losses were fairly insignificant compared to combat losses, except in motorised transport.
    
    

    • Both Axis and Soviet trucks and light transports were predominantly civilian types, not designed for extensive off-road use.

90. Aircraft ‘Operational Attrition Losses’ are simulated in the FILARM model by a loss of combat readiness from recoverable attrition losses and unavailability for missions from irrecoverable losses.
    
    

    • This model enables different operational decisions to influence the air-land campaign.

91. The ‘Disband and Shatter Process’ is grouped because shattering and disbandment of combat units are similar, differing mainly in the proportion of recoverable resources.
    
    

    • This process reflects the use of resources from existing units to form ‘new’ units.

92. A shattered unit only arises as a direct result (outcome) of the ‘Combat Process’.
    
    

    • The severity of shattering is calculated by the combat model and combat conditions at the time.

93. Disbandment of combat units only occurs as a result of a higher command decisions.
    
    

    • This ‘Disband Process’ is more complex and applies in several situations, such as units in poor condition or those no longer conforming to requirements.

94. One disbandment scenario is when a unit is officially disbanded by renaming it as a ‘new’ unit, and usually (but not always) adding additional resources from reserves.
    
    

    • This procedure was almost entirely and extensively utilised by the Soviet FILARM model due to their massive mobilisation programme in 1941.

95. In the Partially Integrated Land and Air Resource Model (PILARM), only the resources allocated to the ‘East Front forces’ are included, unlike FILARM which covers all armed forces of a country.
    
    

    • The concepts, components, terms and processes used in the PILARM model are identical to the FILARM model, except for these boundary definitions.

96. The PILARM model defines the ‘East Front’ as territory in the Soviet Union as set by the borders on 1st June 1941.
    
    

    • ‘East Front forces’ are defined as forces which entered the Soviet Union on or after 22nd June 1941, and forces made available to enter after that date.

97. Tables of Organisation and Equipment (TOE) is a US term, while the Soviet equivalent is Shtaty and the German term is Kriegstarkenachweisungen (KStN).
    
    

    • The study uses the term TOE for consistency.

98. The TOE establishes the maximum combat power that can be achieved by that combat unit.
    
    

    • It is used to control the distribution of replacements among frontline units.

99. Traditionally, TOE’s are shown in the form of an organisation chart, or an organisation list.
    
    

    • However, information presented this way makes it difficult to compare true relative strengths or gain a quick, accurate picture of personnel and equipment.

100. In the FILARM and PILARM models, TOE information is represented in a detailed table format.
     
     

• Each combat unit’s TOE has been broken down into Resource Database entities for that country, showing details on tanks, trucks, artillery pieces and infantry squads.

101. The TOE tables include all combat, signal, transport and supply elements.

• These elements are often neglected in military simulations, but their inclusion provides clarity on the strengths and weaknesses of specific combat units.

102. The table format for TOEs enables the overall organisation of the combat unit and its command lines to be easily understood.

• It also allows for immediate identification of small and large TOE variations between divisions of the same type.

103. It was relatively rare for combat units to achieve their TOE during WWII, especially after the start of hostilities.

• The average Soviet or German rifle division, for example, was usually well below its authorised strength.

104. US Army’s units were most likely to be at or even over TOE strength during WWII, followed by the British Army.

• Both these armies fielded far fewer divisions than the Red Army or the German Army, although their ‘divisional slices’ were often over five times as large.

105. The term ‘division slice’ is military jargon to indicate a force’s true strength.

• It is essentially calculated as the total force strength in the field divided by the number of divisions, including non-divisional units normally attached or supporting the division.

106. Simply counting the number of divisions in opposing forces almost always leads to very inaccurate, incorrect and just plain misleading assessments of an army’s true strength.

• The terms division, division equivalent and division sized, are totally ambiguous and subjective, varying immensely depending on primary mission and actual equipment.

107. To avoid ambiguity, the study uses a ‘reference division’ to establish the criterion on which a combat unit can be classified as division sized.

• By comparing to this reference, it can be established if a ‘division’ was a division in name only, and what proportion of a division sized unit it really was.

108. The Minimum Divisional Size (MDS) value is set at 28,540 in the FILARM model.

• This value assumes a combat unit should have a minimum of 13,000 personnel, specific numbers of MGs, motor vehicles, horse teams, AT guns, and artillery pieces to be reasonably called ‘divisional sized’.

109. Combat units well below the MDS value should not be called ‘divisions’ simply because of their historical designations, as they were usually designated for political, propaganda and morale agendas.

• This historical practice led to incorrect and misguided perceptions of military strengths.

110. The ‘Operation Barbarossa: the Complete Organisational and Statistical Analysis, and Military Simulation’ aims to create a Resource Database with a database resolution level down to individual vehicles, heavy weapons, and small self-contained personnel based entities.

• This is a very ambitious goal, going much further than the brigade or company level common in most other simulations.

111. The ‘squad’ is a suitable level to use for database resolution because during WWII the squad was normally the smallest tactical manoeuvre unit on the battlefield.

• The crew of individual heavy weapons larger than a HMG are also of similar size to a squad, and able to function similarly.

112. This level of database resolution allows the study to create a fully integrated model that tracks the availability of resources resulting from that country’s war and mobilisation effort.

• It enables accurate ascertainment of the true strength of any military organization.

113. The Overall Combat Power Coefficient (OCPC) is defined as ‘the inherent capability of a given weapon or unit to kill personnel, or to make material ineffective in a given time period’.

• This capability is inherent in the weapon or unit, independent of training and deployment, or assuming consistent training and deployment across all sides.

114. The main focus in determining a weapon’s OCPC is on the inherent ability to inflict all types of personnel casualties and overall equipment damage.

• This can lead to apparently odd OCPCs, such as fighter aircraft having relatively low OCPCs because they are designed to destroy enemy aircraft, not ground targets.

115. Calculating a weapon or unit’s OCPC involves two main steps: first, calculating the individual weapon’s inherent offensive lethality, called its Weapon Combat Power Coefficient (WCPC).

• The second step is to calculate the weapon system or database unit’s OCPC by adding up individual WCPCs and including all other factors relating to the weapon system.

116. The Rate of Fire (RF) is the practical number of effective strikes a weapon can deliver against a target in a given time period, usually one hour.

• Rates of fire for non-automatic and non-anti-aircraft (AA) weapons in WWII were principally dictated by weapon calibre.

117. The Number of Potential Targets per Strike (PTS) factor establishes a standard of target density (one individual per square metre).

• This allows a comparison to be made of the relative lethality of area fire weapons (mostly high explosive shells) and point fire weapons (mostly firing non-explosive solid type projectiles).

118. For mortars, the PTS value is adjusted to 0.7 times the value determined from the graph.

• This is due to the considerably lower impact velocity of mortar rounds compared to artillery rounds of similar calibre.

119. The process for determining the PTS value for rockets and air launched bombs involves converting their warhead or total bomb weight into an equivalent calibre round.

• For example, a 100kg bomb is equivalent to a 220mm calibre artillery round in terms of PTS.

120. The Relative Incapacitating Effect (RIE) quantifies the relative incapacitating effect of various weapon types per effective hit.

• For example, rifles, LMGs, and HMGs have an RIE of 1, while pistols and revolvers have an RIE of 0.6.

121. A weapon’s effective range clearly has a direct impact on its overall lethality.

• Longer range gives a weapon more opportunity to be lethal and forces enemies within range to take passive and active countermeasures.

122. The Accuracy (A) factor measures the weapon's inherent ability to hit a specific point target.

• Accuracy is influenced by factors such as muzzle velocity, projectile weight, barrel design, manufacturing quality, and ammunition consistency.

123. Aircraft mounted weapons are more effective if they are mounted along the centreline of the aircraft airframe.

• Wing mounted weapons require more careful mutual alignment and calibration, and the pilot needs to estimate target distance more accurately.

124. The Self-Propelled Artillery Factor (SPA) applies to weapons with inherent motorised mobility, allowing them to move and fire without external prime movers.

• Such weapons gain a benefit for rapid movement to a firing position.

125. The Aircraft Mounted Weapon Effect (AE) represents the degraded effectiveness of aircraft-mounted weapons due to high speed, vibration, limited ammunition, and accuracy issues during aerial combat.

• Its value is generally between 0.35 and 0.85, reflecting these limitations.

126. The Multi Barrelled Effect (MBE) factor accounts for diminishing returns from multiple barrels on a weapon.

• The first barrel has a value of 1, the second 0.5, the third 0.33, and so on, which are then summed for the total MBE factor.

127. The Typical Target Dispersion Factor (TDi) accounts for troop formations becoming more dispersed over time as weapons become more lethal.

• This factor reduces the actual battlefield effectiveness of weapons by reflecting fewer targets in a given area.

128. The Tactical Responsiveness Factor (TRF) is a measure of how quickly a weapon system or squad can bring its weapons into action from a transport or mobile state.

• It considers weapon carriage design, transport type, support infrastructure, and any external systems required for function.

129. The Fire Control Effect (FCE) for Mobile Fighting Machines (MFMs) directly measures their ability to acquire, track, and hit targets, independent of crew training.

• It is a large component in the overall firepower of the MFM.

130. The efficiency of the turret crew is especially critical for tanks and similar AFVs, as the turret contains fire control, command functions, and main weapons.

• The crew needs to simultaneously coordinate, identify threats, track targets, load ammunition, and hit targets.

131. The Turret Crew Efficiency (TCE) sub-factor is determined by the number of crew members in the turret.

• One-man turrets, common in early light tanks, were highly ineffective due to the overwhelming workload on a single crew member.

132. Main gun Optics Quality (OPQ) measures the relative quality of the MFM’s main gun optical aiming and range-finding devices.

• Superior optics enable considerably increased accuracy over distances and more rapid target acquisition and accurate range determination.

133. The Turret Basket Effect (TBE) accounts for the presence of a turret basket, which allows the loader to rotate with the main gun.

• This feature improves the rate of fire, simplifies the loader's job, and reduces gunner distractions.

134. The Turret Drive Reliability (TDR) factor assesses the reliability of the main gun’s traverse system, primarily based on whether it is manual or powered.

• Powered traverse provides a significant advantage for faster target acquisition and fine adjustments.

135. Target observation and Indicator Devices (TID) measure the quality and design of observation devices for the crew (apart from the gunner) and other devices that assist the gunner in rapid target acquisition.

• German tanks often used target indicator systems to relay precise target bearings from the commander to the gunner.

136. The Ammunition Supply Effect (ASE) measures the MFM’s ability to remain in combat due to ammunition considerations.

• If an AFV runs out of ammunition, it instantly becomes a battlefield liability.

137. The Half Track/Wheeled Effect (WHT) factor represents the impact of the vehicle's motive power and suspension system on its performance.

• Tracked vehicles generally have a higher WHT factor (around 1) compared to wheeled vehicles (around 0.9) due to superior off-road mobility.

138. The Aircraft Durability Factor (DUR) measures the aircraft’s ability to sustain damage and survive.

• It is determined by the aircraft’s empty equipped weight, adjusted for number of engines, airframe strengthening (e.g., for ground attack), and presence of self-sealing fuel tanks.

139. The Aircraft Shape and Size Factor (SSF) represents the increase or decrease in protection as a result of the aircraft’s size and shape.

• It is essentially a measure of the target size presented to enemy aircraft and AA guns, with emphasis on wing span.

140. The Maximum speed and Manoeuvrability Factor (SpMvr) measures the aircraft’s ability to engage in and survive air to air combat.

• It combines maximum level speed and turn rate to reflect overall maneuverability.

141. The Ceiling Effect Factor (CL) accounts for the influence of an aircraft’s operational ceiling on its combat effectiveness.

• High altitude provides protection from ground-based anti-aircraft weapons and some enemy aircraft.

142. The Relative Overall Attack Factor (ATT) is equal to the product of all offensive factors and factors which are both offensive and defensive in the OCPC methodology.

• The Relative Overall Defence Factor (DEF) is equal to the product of all defensive factors and factors which are both offensive and defensive.

143. At all times, the Overall Combat Power Coefficient (OCPC) of the weapon system or squad must remain true.

• This applies even if ATT and DEF values are mutually adjusted for a specific weapon system to account for changes in the offensive or defensive nature of factors.

144. Effective Combat Ranges (R) are a function of the physical limitations of the weapon system and its principal mission.

• These are categorized as Direct Fire Effective Combat Range (R), Indirect Fire Effective Combat Range (R), and Combat Radius (R) for aircraft.

145. Effective Combat Range (R) is defined as the range at which a weapon can exert the ‘majority of its combat power’.

• This is a more realistic measure than maximum combat range, where lethality is significantly reduced.

146. The Relative Anti-Personnel Value (APer) represents a weapon system’s or squad’s attack value against non-armoured or ‘soft targets’.

• Soft targets are susceptible to near misses by high explosive rounds and are often dispersed or in entrenched locations.

147. For AT weapons (anti-tank guns and AT rifles), their APer value is halved.

• This accounts for the fact that these weapons primarily fire Armour Piercing (AP) ammunition, with relatively little High Explosive (HE).

148. The Relative Anti-Armour (AT) value represents a weapon system’s or squad’s attack value against Armoured Fighting Vehicles (AFVs) or ‘hard targets’.

• Hard targets are less dispersed but much less susceptible to near misses or even direct hits by high explosive rounds.

149. To calculate AT for land-based weapon systems and squads, additional information on armour penetration is required.

• Specifically, the ability to penetrate homogeneous armour plate sloped at 30 degrees from vertical at 1000 metres range, using the weapon system’s most common AT round, is used.

150. For aircraft, the Accuracy (A) and Aircraft Mounted Weapon Effect (AE) factors are far more important than the penetrative abilities of the weapon in determining the Relative Anti-Armour Value (AT).

• This reflects the difficulties WWII aircraft faced when attacking armour.

151. The Relative Anti-Aircraft Value (AA) is an offensive value against aircraft.

• It measures a weapon system’s or squad’s ability to fire in a stationary mode against aircraft for a period of one hour.

152. The Relative Fortification Destruction Effect (FDE) value measures the weapon system’s or squad’s ability to destroy fortified and entrenched positions.

• These include bunkers, pillboxes, forts, trenches and dugouts.

153. The most important factors in determining the FDE for a weapon system are the mass of the projectile impacting the position (along with proportionate HE content) and the accuracy of delivery.

• A single large shell can penetrate the ‘defensive shell’ of a fortified position and destroy it completely, while many small shells may have little effect.

154. For land based weapon systems or squads, FDE is calculated using the mass of the largest explosive charge that can be assembled/delivered and the Accuracy (A) factor.

• If squads are close assaulting a fortified position, their FDE is multiplied by 4 to account for increased accuracy.

155. The Relative Armour Defence Strength (ARM) is an essentially defensive parameter for land based motorised Mobile Fighting Machines (MFMs).

• It is derived from the Protection Factor (PR), Shape and Size Factor (SSF), and Open Top Factor (OTF).

156. The Relative Assault Defence Strength (ADS) and Relative Assault Attack Strength (AAS) factors are designed for close assault combat.

• In close assault, armour thickness becomes less important than the crew’s ability to see the enemy, and close-range weapons like flamethrowers become highly effective.

157. The Relative Overall Mobility (MOB) value is included in the OCPC calculation, as well as the overall ATT and DEF combat attributes.

• Mobility is critical to overall combat power.

158. For non-mobile weapon systems and squads, ‘non-mobile’ means either stationary (emplaced) or not having an integral motor or power source.

• Such systems may still be moved but require additional transport.

159. The Supply Demand Factor (SDF) measures the minimum amount of supply and support needed by a weapon system or squad to remain operational during combat operations.

• ‘Support’ includes a component for maintenance, repair and possible recovery of the weapon system, as well as simple supply.

160. The SDF factor is a critical component for measuring a force’s relative Supply Distribution Efficiency (SDE).

• The impact of the SDF factor and SDE efficiency on combat and mobile operations is often underestimated in military simulations, leading to unrealistic results.

161. In calculating individual SDF values, it is assumed that main weapons are in action for approximately 1 hour in every 24, and motorised weapon systems move for 12-14 hours in every 24.

• Food and water consumption by the crew is not explicitly included in the SDF factor for individual systems.

162. For land based weapon systems and squads, SDF includes ammunition, fuel, and general support.

• Ammunition calculation uses the weapon’s Rate of Fire (RF), projectile mass, and Multi Barrel Effect (MBE).

163. Fuel in the SDF equation for MFMs is calculated using the engine power.

• Non-mobile weapon systems and squads have a Fuel value of zero, as their transport is accounted for separately.

164. SDF factors for combat aircraft are often underestimated in military simulations.

• Maintaining a large air fleet operationally is one of the key features of an air force’s Relative Overall Combat Proficiency (ROCP).

165. An air force’s SDE is one of the key reasons why a small but highly operational force can often defeat, or hold its own, against a much larger number of enemy aircraft.

• Only those aircraft actually flying combat missions count.

166. The methodology enables the calculation of overall combat power and specific combat attributes down to individual squad, vehicle and weapon level.

• These are the basic building blocks and foundation of the simulation.

167. If the Overall Combat Power Coefficient (OCPC) values and the resultant combat attributes for the weapons are inaccurate or simply wrong, this inaccuracy or error becomes magnified later in the simulation and combat model.

• This leads to the simulation being severely disadvantaged in the best case, or fatally flawed in the worst case.

168. The Weapon Effect (WE) on Relative Overall Combat Proficiency (ROCP) describes how a side with more powerful and effective weapons has a decided advantage in combat.

• This applies even if that side is facing an opponent with superior training and leadership.

169. The specific combat attributes detailed are relative combat attributes, with the stress on ‘relative’.

• All weapon systems are created and work within a frame work of relative time and contemporary weapons of the period.

170. It is usually a mistake to compare weapons from WWII to modern day weapons without considering all modern day attributes and circumstances.

• It is only the relative analyses of weapons systems to each other (and preferably contemporary ones) that are meaningful and useful.

171. The basic OCPC methodology can be applied to modern day systems but requires several essential factors to be added.

• These include factors for all types of guided weapons, advanced communication and command and control systems, computer based fire control, and night/all weather targeting.

172. Using specific armour penetration figures to calculate AT values causes problems due to variations between different historical sources.

• These variations stem from differences in armour quality, definitions of ‘penetration’, propellant charges, and use of face hardened armour.

173. British penetration figures in particular need to be treated with caution.

• In some cases, as little as 20% of the round penetrating the armour is classified as ‘armour perforation’.

174. In 20 out of 26 cases of historical penetration tests, the theoretical result was greater than that achieved in tests.

• This suggests that the guns did not perform as well as theoretically expected, possibly due to overstated muzzle velocities or inferior ammunition quality.

175. Despite the conflicting information in test firing data, it is still more accurate to rely on actual test firing data to get the most realistic picture of the ‘true’ relative penetration values.

• It is vital to ensure that consistent testing parameters are used by cross referencing data from as many alternative sources as possible.

176. Modern literature on WWII often contains accounts of devastating air strikes on tank units, claiming dozens or hundreds of enemy tanks destroyed in a single day.

• These accounts are particularly common for later war ground attack aircraft like the Ilyushin Il-2, Hawker Typhoon, Republic P-47, and Henschel Hs 129.

177. These claims of air-to-armor kills were almost never ratified by corresponding after action ground reports from either the defending or attacking side’s ground forces.

• Examples include Normandy, where air forces claimed hundreds of tank kills, but ground analysis attributed very few to air attack.

178. During Operation Goodwood (1944), the 2nd Tactical Air Force and 9th USAAF claimed 257 and 134 tanks destroyed, respectively.

• However, British Army’s Office of Research and Analysis found only 10 (less than 3% of those claimed) could be attributed to Typhoons using RPs in the examined area.

179. The Ilyushin IL-2 ‘Shturmovik’ is claimed to be the most ‘successful’ ground attack aircraft in WWII, responsible for destroying huge numbers of German tanks.

• During the Battle of Kursk, VVS IL-2s claimed to destroy 270 tanks in two hours against the 3rd Panzer Division, which only had 90 tanks at the time.

180. Total German tank losses in Operation Citadel (Kursk) amounted to 1,612 tanks and assault guns damaged and 323 totally destroyed, with the vast majority attributed to Soviet AT guns and AFVs, not IL-2s.

• Air power only accounted for around 5% of Soviet tanks destroyed in the Battle of Kursk, equating to about 80 tanks.

181. German Panzer crews rarely reported significant losses to direct air attack on the Eastern Front.

• The vast majority (around 95%) of tank losses were due to enemy AT guns, tanks, mines, artillery, infantry assault, or simply abandoned as operational losses.

182. Aircraft faced numerous factors limiting their anti-armor effectiveness in WWII.

• These included difficulty spotting camouflaged tanks from the air, the high speed of aircraft limiting engagement time, the small target cross-section of tanks, and the vulnerability of ground attack aircraft to ground fire.

183. Aircraft were not suited to carry large calibre and high muzzle velocity AT weapons due to weight and severe recoil stresses.

• Most fighter-bombers had 20mm cannon that struggled to penetrate even the top armor of later German tanks.

184. The effect of the air-fleet’s supply demand on the overall force’s Supply Distribution Efficiency (SDE) was relatively small for all combatants in Operation Barbarossa.

• This was due to the immense land forces involved on the East Front.

185. Ammunition design and manufactured quality significantly influence anti-armor performance but are often unaccounted for in theoretical penetration equations.

• Many good guns failed or were severely handicapped due to faulty or poorly designed ammunition.

186. The tendency of smaller rounds to shatter before armor perforation occurs is a key reason why most countries moved to larger calibre AT guns during WWII.

• This phenomenon is not accounted for in basic penetration equations.

187. The ‘Panther’ tank serves as a good example of the importance of all-round protection.

• While having excellent frontal protection, its mediocre side and rear protection contributed to a lower average number of hits to knock out compared to the 'Tiger I'.

188. British Army studies of captured Panther tanks found that no less than 79% of total armour-piercing hits were on non-frontal surfaces.

• This demonstrated that the Panther’s vaunted frontal armour did not help against the majority of hits from enemy AFVs and AT guns.

189. The Tiger I was a significantly tougher all-round tank than the Panther, taking an average of 4.2 hits to knock out compared to the Panther's 2.55.

• Its superior all-round protection contributed to it almost certainly achieving the highest kill/loss ratio of any tank in history.

190. Heavily sloped armour has disadvantages not commonly understood by tank designers.

• These include reduced internal volume, increased weight for same level of protection, reduced vision devices, reduced main gun depression, reduced turret ring, and fewer escape hatches.

191. The Soviet T-34/76 had a superb sloped shape but barely enough room in the turret for two men and few vision devices.

• This ill effect on fire control and tactical handling dramatically impacted the T-34/76’s overall combat power.

192. During WWII, the Soviets were the most guilty of not providing tank crews with much chance of surviving a penetrating hit leading to fire.

• Most T-34/76s had only two hatches, making escape difficult, especially if the tank caught fire.

193. The German Panzer III, Panther, and Tiger I designs ensured sufficient roof room for escape hatches, despite sloped armour.

• The Panzer IV was the easiest to exit with five ways out and five escape hatches.

194. The Open Top Factor (OTF) represents the decrease in overall protection due to not having all-round armour or structural protection.

• Its value ranges from 0.4 to 1, depending on the specific design.

195. The Rapidity of Fire Effect (RFE) for Mobile Fighting Machines (MFMs) measures how quickly the principal weapon can be fired and reloaded.

• This has a significant bearing on survival in combat, particularly against enemy tanks and AT guns.

196. An important factor affecting rate of fire in MFMs is the reduction due to having ammunition with separate warhead and charge.

• This is particularly critical in tanks and assault guns with limited space and only one loader, increasing the time required to load.

197. This study identifies that aircraft durability is proportional to its size, airframe strengthening, and engine size.

• These attributes lead to higher durability.

198. Aircraft that can keep flying after losing power to one or more engines are more durable.

• This factor is accounted for in the Durability Factor (DUR) calculations.

199. Self-sealing fuel tanks were a feature introduced in modern combat aircraft by 1941 in most countries.

• These tanks reduce the chances of a catastrophic fire or explosion when the aircraft is hit.

200. The overall combat power of a formation will be very close to the real value even if a significant error has been made in determining the distribution of combat power within the combat units of the formation.

• This is due to the checksum methodology, where the total personnel and equipment in a higher formation must equal the total in all its constituent units.

The Grand Design of the 20th Century by Douglas Reed uncovers a complex, well-orchestrated framework of global influence that reshaped the political, economic, and social order throughout the modern era. Reed draws from his career as The Times of London’s Chief Foreign Correspondent to reveal a web of elites, networks, and institutions that shaped major world events, making the twentieth century the stage for a grand experiment in power and governance.

Defining the Grand Design

Douglas Reed locates the origins of the “Grand Design” in a pattern of deliberate actions by influential actors. These agents do not operate by chance or accident. They act with a clear intent, devising strategies, alliances, and contingencies to steer the course of events toward specific objectives. The century’s upheavals — revolutions, wars, policy shifts — can be traced to the hands of those who benefit from the resulting transformation. Reed invites readers to ask: Who stands to gain from such seismic changes? Cui bono emerges as the guiding investigative principle, framing historical inquiry in terms of beneficiaries, not mere circumstance.

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The Architectures of Influence

Reed identifies the principal architects as wealthy industrialists, financiers, and political strategists whose operations span continents. The book examines the roles of figures such as Cecil Rhodes, “Colonel” Edward Mandell House, and Bernard Baruch. Rhodes, driven by grandiose visions of world government, bequeaths his fortune to support a network of future leaders through the Rhodes Scholarships, the Royal Institute of International Affairs, and organizations such as the Council on Foreign Relations. These bodies become central to the formation of elite consensus and covert policymaking, laying the groundwork for projects that transcend national borders.

The Machinations Behind World Wars

Reed explores the causes, conduct, and aftermath of the world wars, describing them as deliberate inflection points engineered to weaken existing states and foster a climate receptive to global governance. He asserts that neither the First nor the Second World War arose spontaneously. The mobilization of resources, the selection of leaders, and the shaping of postwar institutions reflect the ambitions of those steering the “Grand Design.” In Reed’s account, the League of Nations and its successor, the United Nations, do not merely represent diplomatic solutions—they manifest the evolving infrastructure for centralized authority, primed to erode national sovereignty.

The Rise of Communism and Its Western Enablers

Reed details the interplay between Communist revolutions and Western financial backing. He traces how American and British money, influence, and political support fueled the Bolshevik ascendancy in Russia and extended its reach. This partnership, he explains, does not result from ideological kinship but from mutual benefit: revolution destabilizes traditional power structures, creating opportunities for centralization and control. Reed scrutinizes the flow of capital, the movement of ideas, and the infiltration of state institutions, revealing a choreography of support that propels revolutionary movements and suppresses those who resist the prescribed direction.

Puppet Presidencies and Managed Politics

The narrative unpacks the transformation of executive power in the United States and Great Britain. Reed asserts that, beginning with Woodrow Wilson, presidents act less as independent leaders and more as instruments for advancing elite designs. Behind-the-scenes advisers, such as House and Baruch, exert decisive control. The selection of candidates, the direction of policy, and even the suppression of dissent are all managed to ensure alignment with the overarching agenda. Reed follows the continuity of this pattern through successive administrations—Roosevelt, Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon—demonstrating how public figures are conditioned to comply or be removed if they deviate from the script.

The Mechanisms of Information Control

Information flows as a resource for power. Reed scrutinizes the suppression of debate, the orchestration of media narratives, and the marginalization of dissenting voices. He identifies a pattern of silencing discussion about controversial texts such as The Protocols of the Elders of Zion, dismissing debate through labels of “forgery” or “anti-Semitism.” This climate, Reed observes, enables the continuity of design by preventing public scrutiny and reducing resistance. The book dissects how media ownership, editorial direction, and institutional consensus contribute to an environment where critical investigation withers, leaving the population confused and atomized.

The Role of Secret Societies and Elite Networks

Reed delves into the influence of secretive societies, noting the legacy of the Illuminati, the structure of the Rhodes-Milner Round Table, and the transatlantic alliances fostered through clubs and institutes. These entities, he claims, operate through concentric circles of initiates and helpers, obscuring real intentions beneath layers of philanthropy, intellectual idealism, and public service. The transmission of ideology through scholarships, think tanks, and advisory councils ensures continuity across generations and geographies. As beneficiaries of inherited wealth and power, the members of these circles synchronize their strategies, coordinate their actions, and reward compliance.

The Council on Foreign Relations and the Royal Institute of International Affairs

The Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) and its British counterpart, the Royal Institute of International Affairs (Chatham House), emerge as the central hubs for policy formation and elite recruitment. Reed describes how these organizations cultivate leaders, shape foreign and domestic policy, and direct the course of major geopolitical decisions. Their influence permeates cabinets, bureaucracies, and the media. Reed traces the placement of key CFR members in pivotal positions throughout the U.S. government, underscoring the organization’s role in shifting America’s posture from defender of independence to engine of convergence with globalist structures.

War as a Tool of Transformation

Reed treats war not as an aberration but as a mechanism for institutional change. The destabilization, displacement, and reconstruction that follow major conflicts present opportunities for the advancement of design. The transfer of territory, the redrawing of borders, and the establishment of international bodies all follow in the wake of conflict. Reed observes that wars in Korea and Vietnam—“no-win wars”—exemplify the strategy of perpetual engagement without resolution. The intent: to exhaust national will, centralize authority, and habituate populations to supranational governance.

Economic Power and the Levers of Revolution

The vast fortunes accumulated in America and Britain—those of Rockefeller, Morgan, Carnegie, and Rothschild—serve as engines for change. Reed asserts that these resources are not deployed for narrow self-interest but as capital for revolutionary transformation. Foundations, trusts, and endowments provide both legitimacy and financial backing, funding initiatives under the banner of international peace, economic development, or humanitarian aid. In reality, these philanthropic arms become channels for ideological dissemination, recruitment, and subversion.

Convergence and the Erosion of Sovereignty

Reed introduces the concept of “convergence with Communism,” a phrase he attributes to insiders within the Council on Foreign Relations. This doctrine envisions the synthesis of Western capitalism and Eastern socialism into a unified global system, governed by technocratic elites. The drive toward convergence underpins policy decisions, international agreements, and the selection of personnel for critical posts. Reed insists that the move toward world government is not a rhetorical aspiration but a process enacted through institutional, legal, and cultural transformation.

Britain’s Parallel Experience

Reed extends his analysis to the United Kingdom, tracking the dissolution of British sovereignty and the decline of its empire. He locates the origins of this process in the ambitions of men like Rhodes and the adoption of “new imperialism” as an ideology. The British ruling class, influenced by Ruskin’s doctrines and the machinery of the Round Table, participates in the global project, even as it presides over the disintegration of its own power base. The book explores the mechanisms by which British institutions are repurposed, policies redirected, and dissent neutralized.

Public Resistance and the Marginalization of Critics

Throughout the twentieth century, those who challenged the prevailing order faced denunciation and exile. Reed describes how accusations of extremism, fascism, or anti-Semitism function as tools to delegitimize inquiry and neutralize opposition. He recounts his personal experience as a journalist ostracized for warning about the coming world war and for connecting the conflict’s aftermath to broader designs. Reed’s voice, along with others who resist, becomes subject to blacklisting, anonymous attacks, and professional isolation.

Institutionalizing the Grand Design

The evolution from theory to practice emerges through the steady institutionalization of global governance. Reed examines how international organizations, regulatory bodies, and advisory committees assume powers once reserved for national governments. The United Nations, the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, and numerous other agencies form an intricate network of authorities. These bodies standardize regulations, enforce compliance, and adjudicate disputes beyond the reach of democratic oversight.

Legacy and the Path Forward

Reed closes by underscoring the persistence of the design into the late twentieth century. The infrastructure, ideology, and personnel remain in place, advancing an agenda that subordinates national identity, local control, and individual liberty to the dictates of centralized authority. For Reed, the antidote lies in exposure, investigation, and the refusal to acquiesce to the manufactured consensus. He insists that knowledge and public scrutiny possess the power to disrupt the machinery of covert influence. The book serves as a call to question, examine power, and reclaim the principles of accountable government and national self-determination.

Concluding Synthesis

The Grand Design of the 20th Century by Douglas Reed stands as a controversial, deeply researched treatise that interrogates the forces behind the transformation of the modern world. Reed’s argument unfolds with structural clarity, connecting personalities, institutions, and events into a coherent, if unsettling, vision of directed change. Readers seeking to understand the roots of contemporary global governance, the legacy of elite networks, and the interplay of money and power find in this book a penetrating analysis and a provocative framework for reexamining twentieth-century history. The text asserts that vigilance, inquiry, and resistance to enforced consensus form the essential groundwork for preserving freedom in the era of managed destinies.

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Today, we delve into the intricate theories presented in "The Grand Design of the 20th Century."

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• Source 1: The text introduces two primary explanations for global events: "The Idiot Theory" and a rival perspective. "The Idiot Theory" suggests that historical events unfold randomly, attributing undesirable outcomes to mere mistakes, misunderstandings, or insufficient information, thus absolving anyone of blame for their occurrence.
  
  

• Source 2: In contrast to "The Idiot Theory," the text highlights a statement from the late President Roosevelt, who asserted that any political occurrence is the deliberate result of someone intending and enacting it. Douglas Reed, the author, is presented as a prominent figure who also maintained that consistent political and economic developments are intentionally orchestrated and designed to happen.
  
  

• Source 3: Douglas Reed's extensive experience as the London Times's Chief Foreign Correspondent in Europe before World War II led him to conclude that politicians are typically driven by motives, which are often carefully hidden. Therefore, the crucial task for any investigator is to uncover these underlying motives, echoing the ancient Roman principle of "Cui Bono?" or "Who stands to benefit?".
  
  

• Source 4: Douglas Reed's book, in a highly condensed format, applies this "Cui Bono?" test to events from before the 20th Century up to the present day. This application reveals that disturbing world changes, which leave most ordinary people confused, have been deliberately engineered and are components of what Reed describes as a "conspiratorial jig-saw puzzle" known as "The Grand Design".
  
  

• Source 5: Reed's "little book" provides a valuable, brilliantly written summary of 20th-century history, compressed into approximately 13,000 words. It aims to help readers emancipate themselves from the "sickness of mind and heart" induced by mass media information and serves as an introduction to extensive existing literature on these topics, such as the numerous books on Alger Hiss.
  
  

• Source 6: Conspiratorial activities are not new; they have been ongoing "from time immemorial," carried out by various groups with diverse objectives. Winston Churchill, drawing on his authority as a British Cabinet member in 1922, explicitly regarded both the Bolshevik Revolution and the French Revolution as parts of a "worldwide conspiracy," representing one aspect of "The Grand Design".
  
  

• Source 7: The other half of "The Grand Design" is said to originate with Cecil Rhodes, the South African multi-millionaire mining magnate. Rhodes held a "grandiose vision" for a world government, which he believed should be primarily operated by people of his Anglo-Saxon race, with some assistance from Germans. After his death, his multi-million dollar scheme evolved into notable organizations such as the Rhodes Scholarship Trust, the Royal Institute of International Affairs, and, most importantly, the Council on Foreign Relations in America.
  
  

• Source 8: The source posits that Cecil Rhodes's secret enterprise has been "taken over" by "that other lot of conspirators" mentioned by Winston Churchill. These new conspirators' "ideal" of world government is depicted as aligning with what has transpired in the Soviet Union, indicating a deviation from Rhodes's original vision, despite the "idealism" infused by John Ruskin.
  
  

• Source 9: The current state of the conspiracy is characterized as a "highjacked airliner," implying that many participants, still influenced by Rhodes's initial "vision," are unaware of the true destination. The "highjackers," possessing "2000 years of conspiratorial training and experience," know their actual destination, which differs from what the passengers envision. The text highlights that full exposure is necessary to thwart this "criminal conspiracy," and Douglas Reed is credited with making significant contributions to this process of exposure.
  
  

• Source 10: An optimistic American projection from the 1920s anticipated the U.S. becoming "the richest and greatest Country in the world" by 1930, with "No limit to our progress". However, the source notes that fifty years later, coinciding with the 200th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, the state of America was "woefully different" from this initial "sanguine" prognosis, making the earlier words sound "like a joke".
  
  

• Source 11: The American Republic is described as "inextricably held in the coils of an international conspiracy," to which the last eight presidents were "prisoners". This situation has led to America effectively becoming a "satellite of the Soviet Union," losing control of its national direction. The conspiracy is alleged to have "hijacked the American inheritance of wealth and energy" and redirected it towards the purpose of destroying nations and establishing a world dictatorship.
  
  

• Source 12: With three-quarters of the 20th Century completed, the "track of the conspiracy can be charted and its promoters identified". The source claims that only a "lunatic fringe" or "perjured public men" now deny its existence. The "initiates" of this conspiracy have publicly disclosed their plan for a world where "nationhood would be a punishable offence," effectively creating a "world concentration camp". The United Nations is presented as the "instrument" created specifically to "destroy nations" and bring about this "final coup" by the year 2000.
  
  

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Here are 100 key takeaway points from the sources provided, presented in a jotform manner, with two supporting sentences for each point, and proper citations:

1. Key Takeaway Point: There are two main theories explaining world events: "The Idiot Theory" and a rival theory asserting intentional orchestration.

   • Supporting sentence 1: "The ways in which people try to explain what is happening in the world around them, whether in politics or economics, can be divided roughly into two classes."

   • Supporting sentence 2: "Or, as some would put it, there are two theories of contemporary history."

2. Key Takeaway Point: "The Idiot Theory" posits that history unfolds without anyone being to blame, due to mistaken ideas or lack of information.

   • Supporting sentence 1: "The one held by the majority of people hardly deserves to be called a theory, but if that word must be used, then let us call it 'The Idiot Theory'."

   • Supporting sentence 2: "Because it insists that no one is to blame for the way history unfolds; things just happen."

3. Key Takeaway Point: A rival theory, supported by Douglas Reed, suggests that political and economic events are deliberately intended and brought about by specific actors.

   • Supporting sentence 1: "The late President Roosevelt, possibly in an unguarded moment, made a simple statement of the rival theory when he remarked: 'Whatever happens in politics, you may be sure there is someone who wanted it to happen and made it happen'."

   • Supporting sentence 2: "Douglas Reed was foremost among those who declared, with Roosevelt, that when things happen in the world of politics and economics, especially when they continue to happen with marvellous consistency, then they are being made to happen and are meant to happen."

4. Key Takeaway Point: Investigating political mysteries requires looking for hidden motives of politicians, summarized by the Roman phrase "Cui Bono?"

   • Supporting sentence 1: "The real task for the investigator, therefore, is to look for and find the motive."

   • Supporting sentence 2: "Like so many before him and after him, Reed had merely rediscovered a piece of ancient wisdom which the Romans summarised in two words pregnant with meaning: Cui Bono?"

5. Key Takeaway Point: Douglas Reed's "The Grand Design" is a concise history applying the "Cui Bono?" test to 20th-century events, revealing them as a deliberate conspiratorial puzzle.

   • Supporting sentence 1: "In this little book Douglas Reed presents in a highly compressed form the story which emerges when this simple test of cui bono? is applied to all that has happened in the world since before the beginning of the 20th Century, right up to the present day."

   • Supporting sentence 2: "It is a simple, well written story which helps us to understand that changes in the world which disturb most ordinary people, leaving them confused and worried about the future, have been deliberately brought about and are part of a conspiratorial jig-saw puzzle which he has described as 'The Grand Design'."

6. Key Takeaway Point: Reed's book serves as an important summary that can help people escape the misleading narratives presented by mass media.

   • Supporting sentence 1: "Reed rendered a most valuable last service shortly before his death in August 1976 by reducing to some 13,000 words a history of our century which could be expanded into enough books to fill a large library."

   • Supporting sentence 2: "Those wishing to emancipate themselves from that sickness of mind and heart engendered by what they are told by the mass media will be greatly helped by this brilliantly written summary which serves as an introduction to the masses of excellent literature available."

7. Key Takeaway Point: Winston Churchill recognized the Bolshevik and French Revolutions as part of a "worldwide conspiracy."

   • Supporting sentence 1: "Winston Churchill, writing with all the authority of a member of the British Cabinet, made it clear in 1922 that he regarded the Bolshevik Revolution, like the French Revolution over 100 years earlier, as part of what he called 'a worldwide conspiracy'."

   • Supporting sentence 2: "That, however, is only one half of the story of The Grand Design of which Douglas Reed writes."

8. Key Takeaway Point: The other half of "The Grand Design" can be traced to Cecil Rhodes's vision of a world government primarily run by Anglo-Saxons, with German assistance.

   • Supporting sentence 1: "The other half can be traced back to Cecil Rhodes, the South African multi-millionaire mining magnate, who had grandiose visions of a world government to be run mainly by people of his own Anglo-Saxon race, with some assistance from their cousins the Germans."

   • Supporting sentence 2: "This scheme he launched with his millions and it blossomed after his death into the Rhodes Scholarship Trust, the Royal Institute of International Affairs and similar organisations in America, the most important of these being the Council on Foreign Relations."

9. Key Takeaway Point: Cecil Rhodes's enterprise was "hijacked" by another group of conspirators whose ideal of world government is exemplified by the Soviet Union.

   • Supporting sentence 1: "So today the conspiracy is like a highjacked airliner."

   • Supporting sentence 2: "Rhodes would find that it has been taken over by that other lot of conspirators (mentioned by Churchill), whose 'ideal' of world government is best exemplified by what has happened in the Soviet Union."

10. Key Takeaway Point: By the 1970s, America, despite earlier sanguine expectations, had become de facto a satellite of the Soviet Union due to an international conspiracy.

    • Supporting sentence 1: "Thus spoke one of Mr. Somerset Maugham's heroines in the 1920's and all agreed that he accurately captured the sanguine American mind."

    • Supporting sentence 2: "Inextricably held in the coils of an international conspiracy of which the last eight Presidents were the prisoners, his republic is becoming, de facto if not de jure, a satellite of the Soviet Union and will not see the year 2000 in anything resembling the shape he bequeathed to it."

11. Key Takeaway Point: The conspiracy has diverted America's wealth and energy to destroy nations and establish a world dictatorship.

    • Supporting sentence 1: "The conspiracy against nations has succeeded in hijacking the American inheritance of wealth and energy and diverting it to the purpose of destroying nations and setting up the world dictatorship."

    • Supporting sentence 2: "Now that the 20th Century is three parts done, the track of the conspiracy can be charted and its promoters identified."

12. Key Takeaway Point: The conspiracy aims for a world where nationhood is a punishable offense, effectively creating a "world concentration camp."

    • Supporting sentence 1: "The initiates have long since made public their plan for a world where nationhood would be a punishable offence, a plan, in fact, for a world concentration camp."

    • Supporting sentence 2: "The great Plan now overshadows our every day and is the reason why we live in a present without a future."

13. Key Takeaway Point: The United Nations is identified as the instrument created by the conspiracy to destroy nations and achieve a final coup by the year 2000.

    • Supporting sentence 1: "The conspiracy has gained so much ground in this century that the attempt to bring off the final coup by the time the Christian clock strikes two thousand seems certain to be made."

    • Supporting sentence 2: "The instrument is ready: the Mafia-like mob in New York called the United Nations: it was created to destroy nations."

14. Key Takeaway Point: The conspiracy is ancient, periodically reappearing through history, with its ultimate source lost in time.

    • Supporting sentence 1: "The conspiracy is so old that efforts to trace its ultimate source flounder in the sands of time: the fanciful might picture it originating with the devil in council."

    • Supporting sentence 2: "It has reappeared periodically through the ages and between times seemed to become dormant or defunct: but it was always there."

15. Key Takeaway Point: Machiavelli propounded the basic idea of world government five hundred years ago, advocating rule without scruple of justice or humanity.

    • Supporting sentence 1: "Five hundred years ago Machiavelli propounded the basic idea of world government: rule without any scruple of justice or humanity."

    • Supporting sentence 2: "Then the conspiracy hibernated for three centuries until the Bavarian Government in 1785 discovered the documents of Adam Weishaupt's Illuminati, which showed that it was fully active and as evil as ever."

16. Key Takeaway Point: Adam Weishaupt's Illuminati documents revealed the conspiracy's evil activity in 1785, with its disciples influencing the French Revolution's Reign of Terror.

    • Supporting sentence 1: "Then the conspiracy hibernated for three centuries until the Bavarian Government in 1785 discovered the documents of Adam Weishaupt's Illuminati, which showed that it was fully active and as evil as ever."

    • Supporting sentence 2: "Weishaupt's disciples gave the Reign of Terror during the French Revolution its satanic character."

17. Key Takeaway Point: "The Protocols of the Elders of Zion" appeared in Russia in 1897, providing the most explicit and evil exposition of the conspiracy's methods.

    • Supporting sentence 1: "In 1897 the most explicit exposition of the methods of the conspiracy appeared in Russia: The Protocols of the Elders of Zion."

    • Supporting sentence 2: "The thing is evidently a compendium of earlier manuals of conspiratorial practice, but it is the clearest and most evil of them."

18. Key Takeaway Point: The Protocols were probably titled for obfuscation and are not considered the product of an exclusively Jewish cabal, given the non-Jewish names involved.

    • Supporting sentence 1: "This title was probably chosen for purposes of obfuscation: too many non-Jewish names have appeared, down the centuries until today, in the story of this conspiracy for the Protocols to be considered the product of an exclusively Jewish cabal."

    • Supporting sentence 2: "To peruse the Protocols is to look into a dark pit filled with writhing, evil shapes: the work induces in most people feelings of nausea, of intimate communion with evil."

19. Key Takeaway Point: America was "infected" by the methods laid down in the Protocols at the start of the 20th century, leading to its takeover by "sleight of hand."

    • Supporting sentence 1: "By the methods there laid down America was infected when this century began: the disease spread there and then into the surrounding world, like a cancer."

    • Supporting sentence 2: "So effective are the age-old practices prescribed that the American Republic has been taken over, as it were, by sleight of hand or pickpocketry: the victim has remained unaware of his loss or of his own helot's plight resulting from it."

20. Key Takeaway Point: When the Protocols were translated in the 1920s, their truth was immediately apparent due to already visible results.

    • Supporting sentence 1: "The Protocols were translated into European languages in the 1920's, and the effect was explosive."

    • Supporting sentence 2: "Their truth, attested by results already visible, was immediately seen."

21. Key Takeaway Point: The Times newspaper in the 1920s questioned the malevolent society behind the Protocols, recognizing a dangerous secret conspiracy.

    • Supporting sentence 1: "The Times (then still a trustworthy newspaper) asked, 'Which malevolent society made these schemes and is now triumphing over their realisation? ... From where does the weird gift of prophecy spring that partly has come true and is partly to be realised?'"

    • Supporting sentence 2: "The Times was right: that was exactly the fact of the matter."

22. Key Takeaway Point: Public debate about the Protocols was immediately suppressed by frantic claims of "forgery" and "anti-semitism" from across the world.

    • Supporting sentence 1: "When the Protocols were published 'secrecy' (people might have thought) was finished."

    • Supporting sentence 2: "Far from it: the public debate about the Protocols was immediately quashed by a frantic clamour of 'forgery' and 'anti-semitism' from all parts of the world."

23. Key Takeaway Point: The conspiracy controls public debate, making "secrecy" unnecessary when open discussion is forbidden, particularly regarding the Protocols.

    • Supporting sentence 1: "Following the precepts of the Weishaupt papers and the Protocols, the conspiracy proved that it was able to control the public debate, and from that day no public man has dared mention this, the most important document of our century and the recognisable blueprint of our universal catastrophe."

    • Supporting sentence 2: "'Secrecy' is no longer necessary when open debate is forbidden, and that has become the case."

24. Key Takeaway Point: Lord Sydenham took a stand against the conspiracy of silence, emphasizing that the vital aspect of the Protocols was their contained evil knowledge and achieved results, not their origin.

    • Supporting sentence 1: "A notable authority, Lord Sydenham, took a lonely stand against this conspiracy of silence, to which by the 1940's all the world submitted."

    • Supporting sentence 2: "The source of the Protocols, he said, was an irrelevant matter: the vital thing was the vast store of evil knowledge they contained and the results already achieved."

25. Key Takeaway Point: The Protocols contained a blueprint for events of the new century and how they would be brought about, including the Bolshevist revolution.

    • Supporting sentence 1: "The content of the Protocols, as Lord Sydenham perceived, was the paramount thing, not the origin."

    • Supporting sentence 2: "Here some mind or minds knew everything that was to happen in the new century, and how it was all to be brought about."

26. Key Takeaway Point: America, unknowingly to its people, became the financier and "creature" of the Bolshevist revolution even before it occurred.

    • Supporting sentence 1: "Even before that revolution America (all unknown to its people) became the creature and financier of it."

    • Supporting sentence 2: "The first open sign of this came in 1917, when America entered the First War."

27. Key Takeaway Point: President Wilson welcomed the Russian Revolution in 1917 and authorized significant credits for its provisional government, initiating a continuous flow of American money to the Soviet Union.

    • Supporting sentence 1: "President Wilson then welcomed 'the wonderful and heartening things' that were happening in Russia (the revolution) and the next day authorized credits amounting to 325,000,000 dollars for the provisional government there."

    • Supporting sentence 2: "This was the start of something that has continued ever since."

28. Key Takeaway Point: Without American financial support, Communism would not have existed, leading to millions of people being abandoned behind the Berlin line in a concentration camp.

    • Supporting sentence 1: "Without American money there would never have been Communism, or the abandonment of hundreds of millions of people behind the Berlin line to a concentration camp lethally enclosed by electrified wire, mines, machine-guns mounted on sentry-towers and searchlights that play all night."

    • Supporting sentence 2: "The flow of American wealth and treasure in every imaginable form went on through the fourteen Rooseveltian years, and those of Truman, Eisenhower, Johnson and Nixon and continues today."

29. Key Takeaway Point: Edward Mandell House, known as "Colonel" House, was a key figure behind the scenes who enabled the conspiracy to undermine the American Republic.

    • Supporting sentence 1: "This man, behind the scene, enabled the conspiracy to reduce the Washingtonian Republic to the plight of hired man of the revolutionary conspiracy."

    • Supporting sentence 2: "His name was Edward Mandell House, and he prefixed it with an unearned military title: 'Colonel' House."

30. Key Takeaway Point: "Colonel" House, a secretive "creature" of the conspiracy, engineered Woodrow Wilson's election as president in 1912.

    • Supporting sentence 1: "This obscure Mr. House, long before the conspiracy triumphed in Russia, was its creature in America."

    • Supporting sentence 2: "He shunned publicity, but engineered the choice of Woodrow Wilson for President in 1912."

31. Key Takeaway Point: President Wilson was the first of the "marionette presidents" who were compelled by their captors to follow dictated actions and opinions.

    • Supporting sentence 1: "Mr. Wilson was the first of the marionette presidents who were required by their captors to do what they were told."

    • Supporting sentence 2: "President Wilson's welcome to and financial support for the revolution in Russia were acts dictated to him, and so was his introduction of the graduated income tax according to Karl Marx's Communist Manifesto."

32. Key Takeaway Point: House's "novel," Philip Dru, Administrator, revealed how the conspiracy "managed" frontal politicians from behind the scenes, using deception to elect a puppet president.

    • Supporting sentence 1: "The historian owes gratitude to Mr. House (mankind owes him only tribulation) for the revealing picture he left of a conspiracy 'managing' the frontal politicians from behind the scene."

    • Supporting sentence 2: "This described in fictional form a 'conspiracy' (the author's word) which succeeded in electing a puppet-president by means of 'deception regarding his real opinions and intentions'."

33. Key Takeaway Point: The novel Philip Dru showed how a candidate, "Rockland," was chosen by wealthy men and instructed never to defy his "sponsors," marking the beginning of the "advisers" regime.

    • Supporting sentence 1: "A character in the book (evidently Mr. House himself) enlists the support of a group of wealthy men in choosing a candidate for the presidency, and invites a potential candidate to dine 'in my rooms at the Mandell House'."

    • Supporting sentence 2: "The candidate (called 'Rockland') is instructed that he must never go against the advice of his sponsors."

34. Key Takeaway Point: Bernard Baruch, identified as one of the "stern sponsors" in Philip Dru, became known as "the adviser to six Presidents" and advocated despotic world government.

    • Supporting sentence 1: "The best known of these 'advisers' was Mr. Bernard Baruch, also recognisable in the tale as one of the stern 'sponsors' of the new puppet-president."

    • Supporting sentence 2: "Mr. Baruch, who came to be popularly acclaimed as 'the adviser to six Presidents', was an obsessed advocate of despotic world government and to his 'advice' may be traced the disastrous course of American foreign policy which to thoughtful Americans (as Mr. Gary Allen says) 'for the past three decades has been a compounding mystery and concern'."

35. Key Takeaway Point: Philip Dru also exposed early "bugging" tactics used by plotters in 1908, with a recorded conversation leading to public exposure.

    • Supporting sentence 1: "Another fascinating glimpse of life behind the conspiratorial scene is given in this 'novel': namely, that 'bugging' was already known to the plotters of 1908!"

    • Supporting sentence 2: "Their mirth is shortlived because they find that the conversation has been recorded by an eavesdropping machine concealed in the next room and given to a newspaper, which publishes it."

36. Key Takeaway Point: President Nixon's downfall via "tapes" recording his conversations mirrored the "bugging" episode in Philip Dru, suggesting a pre-established conspiratorial method.

    • Supporting sentence 1: "The attentive reader will note that, sixty years later, President Nixon was brought down by 'tapes' recording his conversations, to which his enemies' ears listened."

    • Supporting sentence 2: "This, I fancy, is the reason why he came to be known as 'the park-bench statesman'."

37. Key Takeaway Point: After President Wilson's "League to Enforce Peace" failed, three non-Illuminist presidents (Harding, Coolidge, Hoover) followed, before the "Gadarean slide" resumed with Roosevelt.

    • Supporting sentence 1: "The first puppet-president, Wilson, died, the stomach of America having revolted against his 'League to Enforce Peace' (obviously, by war!) and its amended version, the League of Nations, the first trial world-government."

    • Supporting sentence 2: "Wilson was followed by three Presidents, Harding, Coolidge and Hoover, who were non-Illuminist, as far as one now can tell, and then the Gadarean slide was resumed with the choice and election of Mr. Roosevelt."

38. Key Takeaway Point: Franklin D. Roosevelt's presidency was ill-omened, with him receiving instructions from "Colonel" House and immediately recognizing and financing the Soviet Union.

    • Supporting sentence 1: "Such was the ominous sponsorship of a most ill-omened presidency."

    • Supporting sentence 2: "Briefed (as were 'Rockland' and Wilson) by Mr. House, what Mr. Roosevelt was told to do became clear as soon as he entered the White House."

39. Key Takeaway Point: Roosevelt's administration saw continuous financing of the Soviet Union and infiltration of Soviet agents at all levels.

    • Supporting sentence 1: "He recognised the Soviet Union forthwith and resumed the financing of the Soviet which Wilson began."

    • Supporting sentence 2: "This continued throughout his fourteen years and parallel with it went infiltration of Soviet agents into the American Administration, at all levels."

40. Key Takeaway Point: Roosevelt protected the traitor Alger Hiss, who held a high post in government, managed the Yalta Conference to abandon half of Europe to the Soviet Union, and was a founding father of the United Nations.

    • Supporting sentence 1: "Roosevelt, a crippled man, was evidently as putty in the hands of his 'sponsors': when a repentant Communist informed him that a Soviet agent held a high post in the government, he told his informant to 'go jump in the lake - but only in much cruder language'."

    • Supporting sentence 2: "The man he protected was the traitor Hiss, who 'managed' the Yalta Conference to abandon half of Europe to the Soviet plague and was a founding father of the United Nations, the second trial world government."

41. Key Takeaway Point: Under Roosevelt, the conspiracy deepened its influence in American politics, using control of the press to create a "bewildered inertia" in the masses.

    • Supporting sentence 1: "Under Mr. Roosevelt the conspiracy spread its cancerous capillaments ever deeper into the American body politic."

    • Supporting sentence 2: "Its mastery of the press and all means of public misinformation produced in the American masses that condition of bewildered inertia which the Protocols foresaw as ideal for the consummation of the great Plan."

42. Key Takeaway Point: After "Colonel" House's death, Bernard Baruch became the chief manager of the Washingtonian Republic's decline, publicly adulated by the press.

    • Supporting sentence 1: "'Colonel' House died on the eve of the Second War."

    • Supporting sentence 2: "Mr. Baruch, his collaborator in the selection and disciplining of President Wilson, now became the chief manager of the Washingtonian Republic's decline."

43. Key Takeaway Point: Baruch was publicly known and popular due to his portrayal as "the permanent adviser of presidents and 'park-bench statesman'," which disguised his hidden motives.

    • Supporting sentence 1: "Unlike the secretly scheming House, Mr. Baruch was publicly known and adulated by the lapdog Press as the permanent adviser of presidents and 'park-bench statesman'."

    • Supporting sentence 2: "This name particularly endeared him to the mob, which thought to see in him 'the man in the street' who from simple fellow-feeling sat among the common 'folks' in Central Park."

44. Key Takeaway Point: Roosevelt may have realized he was being used for Communist aggrandizement and America's ruination, making a "strange statement" about the country heading for "the pinnacle of our weakness."

    • Supporting sentence 1: "Mr. Roosevelt, responding mindlessly to the articulated mechanism of the marionette, may yet have realised that he was being used for the aggrandisement of the Communist Empire and the ruination of his own country."

    • Supporting sentence 2: "This is implicit in 'a strange statement' (Mr. Robert Sherwood, a Roosevelt biographer and White House intimate) which Roosevelt made when urged to quote in a wartime speech Mr. Churchill's encomium: 'The United States is now at the highest pinnacle of her power and fame'."

45. Key Takeaway Point: Baruch's influence intensified when the Soviet Union joined the Allies in 1941, enabling him to direct the war towards his desired outcome.

    • Supporting sentence 1: "When Hitler's attack in 1941 on Russia brought the Soviet Union into the Allied side, Mr. Baruch's influence became even more powerful, and also his ability to direct the course of the war towards the consummation devoutly desired by him."

    • Supporting sentence 2: "He was ever insistent, in both wars, that the times demanded 'one man' as an administrator, not a board."

46. Key Takeaway Point: During WWI, Baruch's "Advisory Commission" served as a "secret government," devising nearly all war measures behind closed doors before Congress acted.

    • Supporting sentence 1: "In the First War he was the 'one man', becoming head of an 'Advisory Commission' to the Defence Council, of which an investigating committee of Congress said after that war (in 1919): It served as the secret government of the United States..."

    • Supporting sentence 2: "...it devised the entire system of purchasing war supplies, planned a press censorship, designed a system of press control ... and in a word designed practically every war measure which the Congress subsequently enacted, and all this behind closed doors, weeks and even months before the U.S. Congress declared war against Germany ..."

47. Key Takeaway Point: Baruch's vision for a future America involved a "faceless mindless mob" in uniforms, with only identity numbers and bread cards.

    • Supporting sentence 1: "In 1935 he stated 'had the 1914-1918 war gone on another year our whole population could have emerged in cheap but serviceable uniforms', shoe-sizes being the only permissible variation."

    • Supporting sentence 2: "Mr. Baruch in these words revealed his vision of a future America: a faceless mindless mob allowed only to do allotted labour, provided with identity numbers and bread cards."

48. Key Takeaway Point: Harry Hopkins, a "creature" of the conspiracy and of Baruch, became an "imperial despot" in the Roosevelt Administration, despite lacking typical qualifications.

    • Supporting sentence 1: "Mr. Baruch was not appointed to be the 'one man' when the Roosevelt War Production Board was set up, but the man who was appointed was a creature of his, one Harry Hopkins, and even Mr. Baruch could not have disposed of America's wealth more autocratically than he or more perfectly in accordance with the Plan."

    • Supporting sentence 2: "Mr. Hopkins had no such background."

49. Key Takeaway Point: Hopkins, a "dying man" from 1937, became a global replanner and dispenser of billions under Roosevelt, while Congress and the public remained largely unaware.

    • Supporting sentence 1: "He was a dying man from 1937 and under Roosevelt in the next eight years became the global replanner and dispenser of billions."

    • Supporting sentence 2: "The American Congress and people alike were by that time bamboozled by their president and the corrupted press into thinking that all was well, but an occasional voice was heard in Congress asking to know more about the uncontrolled, and unrecorded, transfer of treasure to Moscow."

50. Key Takeaway Point: Hopkins, like the conspirators in Philip Dru, dismissed Congressional requests for information regarding aid to Soviet Russia, declaring no further discussion was needed.

    • Supporting sentence 1: "This annoyed the bountiful donor, who dealt with Congress as the conspirators dealt with 'Rockland' in Mr. House's novel."

    • Supporting sentence 2: "'I propose that no further consideration be given to these requests for rediscussion'."

51. Key Takeaway Point: The Yalta Conference marked the end of the Washingtonian Republic and the British Empire, with Roosevelt and Hopkins doing more to destroy the West than any invader.

    • Supporting sentence 1: "The Yalta Conference, historically considered, marked the end of the Washingtonian Republic and of the British Empire."

    • Supporting sentence 2: "These two men did more to destroy the West than any invader could have achieved."

52. Key Takeaway Point: President Truman continued the House-Baruch course, initiating the Korean War, which was a "no-win" conflict based on deception.

    • Supporting sentence 1: "Roosevelt was succeeded by the Vice-President, a Mr. Harry Truman from Missouri, who soon gave proof of following dutifully the Wilson-Roosevelt (and House-Baruch) course."

    • Supporting sentence 2: "It was all 'deception'."

53. Key Takeaway Point: General MacArthur was sacked for wanting to win the Korean War by pursuing the enemy, while Communists were left in possession of northern Korea, reflecting a policy of "no-win" wars.

• Supporting sentence 1: "When the successful American commander, MacArthur, wished hotly to pursue a beaten enemy across the Yalu, Mr. Truman sacked the general."

• Supporting sentence 2: "Then Korea was partitioned, like Germany and Europe, and the Communists were left in possession of the northern half."

54. Key Takeaway Point: Despite growing public clamor to remove Communists from government, Truman dismissed such demands as a "red herring."

    • Supporting sentence 1: "'Communism in government', therefore, was a matter which even the American masses could understand and the cry for a cleaning of the stables was growing to a clamour."

    • Supporting sentence 2: "At this very juncture Mr. Truman (no doubt recalling Mr. Roosevelt's 'Go jump in the lake') dismissed the public demand to 'clear out the Communists', as merely 'drawing a red herring' across the debate, and the American tragedy (unless it is a comedy) continued."

55. Key Takeaway Point: General Eisenhower is viewed as a "conscious agent of the Communist conspiracy" for his politically motivated actions that reserved half of Europe, including Berlin, for Communist annexation.

    • Supporting sentence 1: "This general used his command power to reject the British General Montgomery's plan to shorten the war by striking hard for Berlin after the successful invasion of Normandy."

    • Supporting sentence 2: "Historically, General Eisenhower must be seen as a conscious agent of the Communist conspiracy."

56. Key Takeaway Point: Eisenhower was a member of the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), an "invisible-government-type body" that operated as a secret world government organization within the American government.

    • Supporting sentence 1: "He was indeed one of a growing number of men in high places who supported the aims of the conspiracy through their membership of an invisible-government-type body called the Council on Foreign Relations, which effectively operated as a secret world government organisation inside the American machinery of government (it was formed in 1921 after the failure of the first experiment in world-government, the League of Nations, and with growing strength pursued the ambition all through the inter-war years)."

    • Supporting sentence 2: "General Eisenhower began his presidency with the now common, almost obligatory obeisance to Mr. Baruch, whose biographer, evidently after consultation with the great Adviser, summarised the recommendations which Mr. Baruch would probably make to the new Administration."

57. Key Takeaway Point: Eisenhower's presidency began with explicit subservience to Bernard Baruch, confirming Baruch's recommendations for war mobilization, controls, and global strategy.

    • Supporting sentence 1: "General Eisenhower quickly and dutifully confirmed this prognosis, telling Los Angeles electors, as if to demonstrate his servitude, 'I believe if Bernie Baruch were here tonight he would subscribe to every one of them' (he was referring to recommendations which, according to the biographer, 'related entirely to preparatory mobilisation for war, controls, global strategy' and the rest of Mr. Baruch's oft-repeated recipes for a 'one man' controller, or dictator)."

    • Supporting sentence 2: "Mr. Baruch availed himself of the seeds of human panic sown by the two bombs to proffer himself 'for the most vital undertaking of his life, the devising of a workable plan for the international control of atomic energy, and for achieving its adoption by the Atomic Energy Commission of the United Nations' (his biographer)."

58. Key Takeaway Point: Baruch's ambitions for world control grew significantly after the atom bombs, leading him to propose a plan for international control of atomic energy.

    • Supporting sentence 1: "The two atom bombs, exploded in August 1945, prompted him to still greater ambitions."

    • Supporting sentence 2: "Mr. Baruch availed himself of the seeds of human panic sown by the two bombs to proffer himself 'for the most vital undertaking of his life, the devising of a workable plan for the international control of atomic energy, and for achieving its adoption by the Atomic Energy Commission of the United Nations' (his biographer)."

59. Key Takeaway Point: President Truman appointed Baruch as the U.S. representative to the United Nations in 1946, where his "Baruch Plan" was developed for atomic energy control.

    • Supporting sentence 1: "President Truman duly appointed Mr. Baruch U.S. representative to the United Nations in March 1946."

    • Supporting sentence 2: "The 'Baruch Plan' was then worked out 'on a park bench' (where else?) together with a crony from 1919 Peace Conference days, one Mr. Ferdinand Eberstadt."

60. Key Takeaway Point: Baruch's plan for atomic energy control proposed a "supernational dictatorship with 'teeth'," similar to the earlier "League to Enforce Peace" idea.

    • Supporting sentence 1: "He presented his Central Park Plan to the U.N. Atomic Energy Commission in June 1946."

    • Supporting sentence 2: "So the 'League to Enforce Peace' idea was dished up again: merely, the word 'penalisation' was substituted for 'enforce', but the same thing was meant: a supernational dictatorship with 'teeth'."

61. Key Takeaway Point: Baruch's crowning proposal included a permanent Nuremberg-type court to inflict "immediate and sure punishment" for violations and an "Authority" to supervise atomic energy activities.

    • Supporting sentence 1: "Mr. Baruch's crowning proposal was for a Nuremberg-type court, apparently of permanent nature, to be set up to inflict this 'penalisation'."

    • Supporting sentence 2: "Finally, Mr. Baruch proposed the creation of 'an Authority' (one man?) to supervise all atomic energy activities potentially dangerous to world security."

62. Key Takeaway Point: Although endorsed by the White House, the Baruch Plan for atomic energy control was shelved, but with the intention of being brought out again after any future war.

    • Supporting sentence 1: "Even the embattled conspirators in the Western governments and in the United Nations choked slightly on this heady stuff, and despite the compliant Mr. Truman's announcement that the White House and State Department endorsed The Plan, it was talked out and shelved - to be brought out again after any third war."

    • Supporting sentence 2: "Mr. Baruch then resigned and resumed his permanent Advisorship."

63. Key Takeaway Point: The Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) continued the House-Baruch world-government conspiracy after Baruch's death, ensuring no escape for the American Republic.

    • Supporting sentence 1: "Mr. Baruch then resigned and resumed his permanent Advisorship."

    • Supporting sentence 2: "A numerous phalanx of powerful men, ensconced in the Council on Foreign Relations, carried on the House-Baruch world-government conspiracy."

64. Key Takeaway Point: Eisenhower viewed the Republican Party as an enemy and suppressed public discussion of Soviet infiltration by attacking Senator Joseph McCarthy.

    • Supporting sentence 1: "He looked on the Republican Party, which still contained a dwindling number of conservative-minded men, as his enemy, and thought of founding a new party which would offer the electorate 'enlightened and progressive ideas' (as propounded by Marx and Lenin)."

    • Supporting sentence 2: "His presidential years were rife with Soviet efforts, through a horde of spies in the United States, to gain full knowledge about the atom bomb and its method of production."

65. Key Takeaway Point: Senator Joseph McCarthy was seen by many Americans as the only one revealing the truth about Communist infiltration in government and the world-government conspiracy.

    • Supporting sentence 1: "At that time masses of Americans saw in McCarthy the only man who told the truth about Communist infiltration of government and America's involvement in the world-government conspiracy."

    • Supporting sentence 2: "Any who have kept copies of this Senator's speeches and pamphlets can check for themselves that he did not make unsubstantiated charges."

66. Key Takeaway Point: The strength of the conspiracy was demonstrated by McCarthy's political destruction through a "witch-hunt" led by the "kept press" and a Senate "censure."

    • Supporting sentence 1: "This became known and as at a given signal the kept press opened up a deafening chorus of 'witch-hunt' against McCarthy."

    • Supporting sentence 2: "But the strength of the conspiracy was shown by the way McCarthy, like others before and after him, was politically destroyed."

67. Key Takeaway Point: Under Eisenhower's presidency, subservience to the World Revolution became the paramount rule of American governmental policy, forbidding generals from defeating Communism.

    • Supporting sentence 1: "The eight Eisenhower years showed that subservience to the World Revolution continued to be the paramount rule of American governmental policy."

    • Supporting sentence 2: "Under this paramount law, American generals if they encountered Communism anywhere in the globe, were forbidden to defeat it: the Soviet arsenals and armouries were kept bulging with armaments paid for with American loans and credits: these were used to kill many thousands of American and allied soldiers: and each successive American president became the patron and protector of Communism within the governmental ranks."

68. Key Takeaway Point: John Kennedy's assassination remains mysterious, as a story of him standing up to Moscow was unconfirmed and improbable in the context of American policy.

    • Supporting sentence 1: "If this were true, he would have mortally offended the Revolution, and this would offer a feasible explanation for his murder."

    • Supporting sentence 2: "Unhappily, the story was never confirmed and in the context of American policy in this century seems improbable, so that the murder remains mysterious."

69. Key Takeaway Point: American presidents, including Lyndon Johnson, became "shadowy figures" due to their subservience to the overriding dogma of world government.

    • Supporting sentence 1: "The Vice-President, Mr. Lyndon Johnson, took the dead president's place and occupied it until 1968 without diverging from the House-Baruch pattern."

    • Supporting sentence 2: "American presidents, because of their subservience to the overriding dogma of world government, tended to become shadowy figures and Mr. Johnson was not more sharply focussed than others before him."

70. Key Takeaway Point: The Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) "Insiders" revealed the true direction of American policy through allusions to "convergence with Communism" in the media.

    • Supporting sentence 1: "About that time the 'Insiders' of the Council on Foreign Relations let slip a phrase which indicated what that line was."

    • Supporting sentence 2: "Allusions to a 'convergence with Communism' appeared here and there in the all-powerful, and all-subservient 'media', so that Americans could have gained some idea of what was coming to them."

71. Key Takeaway Point: Richard Nixon, despite his role in exposing Alger Hiss, ultimately proved no different from other presidents in his subservience to the conspiracy.

    • Supporting sentence 1: "He was the man whose name was connected with an event of 1949 in which Americans of traditional allegiance had seen one bright light during the bewildering years: the exposure and conviction of the traitor Hiss."

    • Supporting sentence 2: "It was one more illusion, Mr. Nixon was no different from the other presidents."

72. Key Takeaway Point: Nixon's efforts to expunge his Hiss conviction from conspirators' memory were in vain, as they maintained an "unremitting tirade" against him and prepared to "get" him.

    • Supporting sentence 1: "His first four presidential years showed that Mr. Nixon was doing all he could, by zeal in following the Roosevelt-Truman-Eisenhower line, to expunge from the memory of the conspirators his achievement in obtaining the conviction of Hiss."

    • Supporting sentence 2: "It was in vain: all through the twenty years between the 'media' had maintained an unremitting tirade against him."

73. Key Takeaway Point: The conspirators used a tactic described in the Protocols—obtaining or manufacturing scandalous information—to cow or blackmail politicians, which they applied to Nixon.

    • Supporting sentence 1: "The conspirators prepared to 'get' him."

    • Supporting sentence 2: "It is, to obtain knowledge (or manufacture knowledge) of some shady episode in a man's past, some scandal which can be used to cow or blackmail him."

74. Key Takeaway Point: A secret monitoring system was installed in the White House during Nixon's second term, recording his every word, which he mistakenly thought was for his private benefit.

    • Supporting sentence 1: "Early in his second term the American Secret Service installed a monitoring system in the White House which in its omniscient knowledge of what went on there probably excelled anything in the world."

    • Supporting sentence 2: "Every word the President spoke was recorded, (as he thought for his private benefit)."

75. Key Takeaway Point: The "Watergate" burglary was executed with maximum publicity, seemingly orchestrated to link back to the President.

    • Supporting sentence 1: "The reason for this elaborate set-up became clear when the word 'Watergate' became part of mob-parlance."

    • Supporting sentence 2: "The burglary was done with the utmost publicity short of placards proclaiming or loudspeakers announcing: 'The Democratic offices are being burgled by the President's order'."

76. Key Takeaway Point: Nixon's unawareness of the plot and the secret recordings led to his downfall when the Supreme Court upheld the Senate Committee's order to produce his private tapes.

    • Supporting sentence 1: "Mr. Nixon, not having read Philip Dru, was taken aback by the sound and fury of the attack on him and at first, probably knowing nothing of the 'burglary' but what the press told him, could not take the affair seriously, so that he refused assent when a Senate Committee, investigating the affair, called for tapes of his private conversations (unhappily for him, these were not 'private': they were overheard by those out to 'get' the president)."

    • Supporting sentence 2: "The President appealed against the Senate Committee's order to produce the tapes and the Supreme Court upheld the Senate Committee's order."

77. Key Takeaway Point: Nixon's instruction to the CIA to halt the FBI inquiry into the Watergate burglary, combined with his public denial of CIA use for domestic politics, fueled the "cover-up" accusations.

    • Supporting sentence 1: "On June 23, 1972 the President's voice had directed the Central Intelligence Agency to halt the Federal Bureau of Investigation's enquiry into the 'burglary'."

    • Supporting sentence 2: "On May 22, 1973 the President had made a public statement denying that any use had been made of the Central Intelligence Agency 'for domestic political purposes'."

78. Key Takeaway Point: Nixon was forced out of office through methods described in the Protocols and Philip Dru, marking the conspiracy's "greatest victory" and warning future presidents.

    • Supporting sentence 1: "By the methods described in the Protocols and in Mr. House's 'novel', he was thrown out of office, the first American President ever to be so humiliated."

    • Supporting sentence 2: "The conspiracy won its greatest victory."

79. Key Takeaway Point: Gerald Ford's succession to the presidency, and his appointment of Nelson Rockefeller as Vice President, signaled the continuation of the conspiratorial control.

    • Supporting sentence 1: "The Vice-President, Mr. Gerald Ford, succeeded to the White House."

    • Supporting sentence 2: "He, in turn, appointed Mr. Nelson Rockefeller as vice-president, who is on record as saying 'When you think of what I had, what else was there to aspire to?' (but the White House)."

80. Key Takeaway Point: Immensely wealthy families, like the Rockefellers, utilize their fortunes to serve the Revolution and the world dictatorship.

    • Supporting sentence 1: "Mr. Nelson Rockefeller is a member of an enormously wealthy family, or dynasty, whose interests are worldwide and deep-rooted."

    • Supporting sentence 2: "The massive fortunes accumulated in America by a relatively small group of men in the last hundred years have been put to serve the purpose of the Revolution, and of the world dictatorship designed to come of it."

81. Key Takeaway Point: Large philanthropic bequests, ostensibly for "international peace," often serve as fronts for conspiracy agents and are exempt from taxes imposed on others.

    • Supporting sentence 1: "These great fortunes have usually left behind them great bequests ostensibly to be devoted to noble-sounding purposes, particularly 'international peace'."

    • Supporting sentence 2: "Most of them have in fact served as hidey-holes for agents of the conspiracy: they are exempt from the 'graduated income tax' introduced by Woodrow Wilson at his 'sponsors'' behest."

82. Key Takeaway Point: The Communist revolution was financed by American money, with great fortunes significantly contributing to the "invisible government" (CFR) steering America towards "convergence with Communism."

    • Supporting sentence 1: "The fact is demonstrable that the Communist revolution was from the start financed by money from America and that the great fortunes substantially contribute to the 'invisible government' (the Council on Foreign Relations) which for decades now has been steering America towards 'convergence with Communism', and towards the ultimate world super-state."

    • Supporting sentence 2: "Professor Quigley, who has the advantage of himself being of the 'Insiders' with inside experience of the conspiracy at work, says, 'There does exist and has existed for a generation an international ... network which operates, to some extent, in the way the radical Right believes the Communists act ... This network ... has no aversion to co-operating with the Communists ... and frequently does so'."

83. Key Takeaway Point: According to Professor Carroll Quigley, an "Insider," an international network exists that cooperates with Communists.

    • Supporting sentence 1: "An authority with long-term inside knowledge of the conspiracy, (Prof. Carrol Quigley, Tragedy & Hope, Macmillan 1966) says: There has existed for a generation an international network which operates to some extent in the way that the radical Right believes the Communists act."

    • Supporting sentence 2: "In fact, this network, which we may indicate as the Round Table Groups, has no aversion to co-operating with the Communists, or any other groups, and frequently does so."

84. Key Takeaway Point: Wealthy financiers promote Socialist World Government not for socialism itself, but for monopolistic control over global resources, trade, and communications, which only world government can provide.

    • Supporting sentence 1: "Why would international bankers and financiers be interested in promoting a Socialist World Government? Clearly, socialism is only the bait to obtain the support of the political underworld and to create the structure necessary to maintain dictatorial control."

    • Supporting sentence 2: "Therefore the super-capitalists become super-socialists, realising that only a World Government under their control can give them the power necessary to achieve their goal."

85. Key Takeaway Point: England was caught in the same world-government conspiracy as America, with its leaders promoting the conspiracy's aims.

    • Supporting sentence 1: "The positive expectations of Mr. Maugham's 'Isabel' and the wistful hopes of Mr. Coward's 'Jane' were alike doomed to disappointment."

    • Supporting sentence 2: "England, in fact, was caught in the same world-government conspiracy that was destroying America, and its leaders promoted the aims of the conspiracy as effectively as Presidents Wilson and Roosevelt."

86. Key Takeaway Point: Winston Churchill, despite being a patriot, welcomed the idea of England and America getting "somewhat mixed up" without explaining this paradoxical statement.

    • Supporting sentence 1: "Mr. Winston Churchill once during the Second War said that England and America were going to get 'somewhat mixed up' and added that he could not stop that process even if he wished: he welcomed it."

    • Supporting sentence 2: "He was a man of occasional, strange paradoxes."

87. Key Takeaway Point: Churchill, like American presidents, was a devotee of Bernard Baruch, whose world-government efforts dated back to WWI and the failed "League to Enforce Peace."

    • Supporting sentence 1: "Oddly, like all American presidents of this century, he was a devotee of Mr. Bernard Baruch, whose world-government efforts went back to the first World War and the bid at the Versailles Peace Conference to set up a 'League to Enforce Peace'."

    • Supporting sentence 2: "A significant incident in Mr. Churchill's career was the receipt of a deathbed letter to him from President Roosevelt asking him 'to see Bernie Baruch as soon as convenient ...'"

88. Key Takeaway Point: Robert Lansing, the American Secretary of State, foiled the first attempt to establish world government at the Versailles Peace Conference by identifying the intention to foster war in the name of peace, leading to his removal from office.

    • Supporting sentence 1: "The attempt, at that first bid, was foiled by the American people, who spotted the thief in the woodpile, and discarded President Wilson."

    • Supporting sentence 2: "The attempt, at that first bid, was foiled by the able Secretary of State, Mr. Robert Lansing, who clearly saw the intention to foist war upon the world in the name of peace (Mr. Lansing was soon removed from office, the first of a long series of Americans who paid the price for opposing the conspiracy)."

89. Key Takeaway Point: Churchill, who understood the nature of the Russian Revolution and conspiracy in 1920, later refused to allow reprinting of his article, suggesting his awareness of Baruch's world government agenda.

    • Supporting sentence 1: "In 1920, when the revolution in Russia and its authors were subjects of lively public discussion (this was before an occult censorship effectively stopped all free discussion of such matters) Mr. Churchill wrote an article in the Illustrated Sunday Herald which showed that he perfectly understood the nature and authors of the revolution and the methods of conspiracy."

    • Supporting sentence 2: "Being asked in 1953 for permission to reprint that article, he had his secretary refuse."

90. Key Takeaway Point: The world-government conspiracy began consuming the British Commonwealth in the late 19th century, with conspirators being public figures of renown and wealth.

    • Supporting sentence 1: "In the later decades of the 19th century, when England and the Empire were at the zenith of their might and renown under the great Queen, the world government conspiracy (as the developing fluid of time now reveals) was already eating, cancer-like, at the entrails of the Commonwealth."

    • Supporting sentence 2: "They were public men of renown and great wealth, as in America."

91. Key Takeaway Point: John Ruskin, a "Do-Gooder" type, deeply influenced Cecil Rhodes with his "new imperialism" theory, which advocated absorbing lower classes globally into a privileged order.

    • Supporting sentence 1: "The man whose name first appears in the story on the eastern side of the Atlantic, although his ideas obviously grew out of earlier conspiracies such as that of Weishaupt, was John Ruskin."

    • Supporting sentence 2: "Ruskin's 'new imperialism' rested on the theory, which he imparted to his aristocratic students at Oxford, that their privileged lot in life could not be preserved unless the English lower classes were absorbed into it, and it extended to 'the non-English masses throughout the world'."

92. Key Takeaway Point: Cecil Rhodes's ambition was either "the government of the world" or "the extension of British rule throughout the world," expressed in his will to found a power to prevent wars.

    • Supporting sentence 1: "What Rhodes's ambition was is a question befogged by the different opinions of his biographers, who assert variously that 'the government of the world was his simple desire' or that he wanted to 'paint the map of Africa red' (i.e. British)."

    • Supporting sentence 2: "The words of his first will should make the matter clear (but where, in conspiracy, which always deals in 'deception regarding real intentions and opinions' is anything ever quite clear?) for he states the ambition of 'extending British rule throughout the world ... and founding so great a power as to hereafter render wars impossible and promote the interests of humanity'."

93. Key Takeaway Point: Rhodes's wills established a secret society, modeled on the Society of Jesus, to pursue his ambitions through the century, endowing Rhodes Scholarships for training men in his "dream."

    • Supporting sentence 1: "Rhodes's wills set up the secret society which was to pursue his ambition through the century to come."

    • Supporting sentence 2: "Another will endowed the 'Rhodes Scholarships' under which young men from the Empire, Germany and America were to be brought to Oxford for specialised training so that 'after thirty years there would be between two and three thousand men in the prime of life scattered all over the world, each one of whom would have impressed on his mind in the most susceptible period of his life the dream of the Founder, each one of whom, moreover, would have been specially, mathematically selected towards the Founder's purpose ...'"

94. Key Takeaway Point: Rhodes's secret society, formed in 1891, included an executive committee and "circles-within-circles" structure, with an outer "Association of Helpers."

    • Supporting sentence 1: "Rhodes's planning took definite shape in 1891 when, with his collaborator and literary apostle, William Stead, he formed his secret society with himself as leader and Stead, Lord Esher and Sir John Milner (later British High Commissioner for South Africa) as members of an executive committee."

    • Supporting sentence 2: "The outer circle (the pattern of circles-within-circles used by Weishaupt and the Communists) was to be an 'association of Helpers' (in the Communist vocabulary such 'helpers' are known as 'friends' or 'useful fools')."

95. Key Takeaway Point: Lord Milner led the Round Table organization, which was part of Rhodes's secret society, involving figures like Geoffrey Dawson and Philip Kerr, who later became prominent.

    • Supporting sentence 1: "Lord Milner became leader of the Round Table organisation begotten by Rhodes's secret society of 1891."

    • Supporting sentence 2: "One of them, Mr. Geoffrey Dawson, became editor of The Times in my day."

96. Key Takeaway Point: Before and after WWI, the Rhodes and House conspiracies began to converge, preparing to establish world government on the ruins of war.

    • Supporting sentence 1: "Before and after the First War the conspiracies of Rhodes and House began to converge."

    • Supporting sentence 2: "In the antechambers of World War One the schemers were already busy preparing to set up world government on the ruins."

97. Key Takeaway Point: The One World conspirators regrouped after WWI, establishing "front organizations" like the Royal Institute of International Affairs (RIIA) and the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR).

    • Supporting sentence 1: "The One World conspirators at once regrouped and reorganised their forces for the next bid, through another war."

    • Supporting sentence 2: "In England this became the Royal Institute of International Affairs, which absorbed the membership of the ci-devant Round Table group."

98. Key Takeaway Point: The CFR became the "invisible government" of the United States, directing American state policy towards "convergence with Communism" and providing personnel for top administration posts.

    • Supporting sentence 1: "In the next fifty years, until today, this became the invisible government of the United States, supplying the government with increasing numbers of its graduates and in fact directing American state policy towards that 'convergence with Communism' which is the truth behind the official protestations of undeviating antagonism to Communism."

    • Supporting sentence 2: "This CFR has become the protégé of the great banking dynasties and its membership now comprises fourteen hundred leading names in American banking, industry and communications."

99. Key Takeaway Point: The CFR's Advisory Committee on Post-War Foreign Policy designed the United Nations as the "keystone of the World Superstate," with Alger Hiss as its Secretary General at the founding conference.

    • Supporting sentence 1: "While the war went on the CFR was busy, through an Advisory Committee on Post-War Foreign Policy completely staffed by its appointees, laying the basis for the World State designed to come of it."

    • Supporting sentence 2: "This group designed the United Nations as the keystone of the World Superstate, and at the founding conference at San Francisco in 1945 the man subsequently convicted as a Communist traitor (Alger Hiss), was Secretary General."

100. Key Takeaway Point: The ongoing conspiracy is too far progressed to stop, with many leading men "enchained to it," leading towards a "new age of darkness" and a global super-slave-state.

• Supporting sentence 1: "The conspiracy has progressed so far that it will not, possibly cannot stop now."

• Supporting sentence 2: "Too many leading men are enchained to it for that."

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Unz Review - Are We Sure We Want Black Sites in America? Alongside the Palantir AI Police State Control Grid? Today, we begin our deep dive into a concerning development in American infrastructure. The Trump administration has built a half-billion-dollar detention facility in a Florida nature preserve, which has been controversially named "Alligator Alcatraz". This facility raises questions about the potential establishment of "black sites" in America, defined as clandestine detention centers where individuals can be incarcerated without due process or court order. The author notes that the efficiency and high cost of "Alligator Alcatraz" as an immigrant detention facility don't make sense, leading to speculation that its true purpose might be to normalize the idea of secret prisons for Americans. Further alarm is raised by the administration's contract with Palantir, an intelligence and military tech company, to develop an AI-driven surveillance control grid capable of compiling extensive information on individuals from both government and private sources. This is painted as a "total science fiction dystopian nightmare plan". The narrative suggests that this control grid, coupled with the normalization of secret detention sites, could lead to a future where dissenters or specific groups of Americans might "disappear". Additionally, the Trump administration is accused of undermining constitutional rights by attempting to censor speech, pass anti-semitism laws, and threaten the deportation of green card holders who do not support Israel, despite legal precedent protecting their Bill of Rights. The article proposes that simpler, less expensive measures, like making it a felony to hire or rent homes to illegal immigrants, would be more effective for immigration control.

The Expose - Austrian government admits that their covid policies caused mental health problems and tripled suicidal thoughts in children Next, we turn our attention to Austria, where the Freedom Party, or FPÖ, has been actively scrutinizing the government's handling of the Covid-19 pandemic. Through 827 parliamentary written questions, the FPÖ has elicited a significant admission from the Austrian government: their covid policies led to massive increases in children's mental health problems, with a 57% rise, and a tripling of suicidal ideation. Despite this, Green MPs have accused the FPÖ of "abuse of democracy" and spreading "fake news" for their inquiries. Data revealed through these questions showed a massive surge in public comments on parliamentary legislative drafts, mostly pertaining to COVID-19 measures and compulsory vaccination laws. The government's own school psychology hotline and individual case files indicated a clear trend of increasing and complex mental health issues among students during lockdowns. The number of young patients receiving psychotropic drugs rose by 36% between 2018 and 2023, and prescriptions for these drugs increased by 57%. Alarmingly, the suicide rate among under 20-year-olds climbed by 55% in 2022, and clinics reported three times more cases of suicidal risk compared to pre-pandemic levels. The FPÖ argues that the government's approach was "inhumane" and demands accountability for the politicians involved.

LewRockwell - Blowback Is Coming... 7/22/25 Our next segment focuses on an upcoming book that promises to shed new light on a significant moment in American history. Research consultant Richard Booth has collaborated with award-winning journalist Margaret Roberts on her book, Blowback: The Untold Story of the FBI and the Oklahoma City Bombing. This project is framed as a challenging endeavor, akin to David versus Goliath, due to the alleged efforts by the federal government to suppress investigations into Kenneth Trentadue's murder and the Oklahoma City bombing. Previous attempts to investigate, such as proposed Senate Judiciary Committee hearings and ABC News stories, were reportedly sabotaged or canceled, with witnesses allegedly disappearing or becoming reluctant to speak after visits from the FBI. Margaret Roberts, known for her investigative journalism, previously worked as News Director for America's Most Wanted. Her work on the "Ford Heights Four" case led to the exoneration of an innocent man and a substantial settlement. For this book, Roberts conducted exclusive prison interviews with Terry Nichols, one of the bombing's co-conspirators, whose writings, known as the "Nichols Dossier," provide new context to the plot. She also interviewed Aryan Republican Army founder Peter Langan and McVeigh's cellmate, David Paul Hammer. Booth emphasized that all facts introduced had to be solid and provable, reflecting a careful process of weighing evidence.

LewRockwell - Configuring All Things to Christ Moving to a philosophical discussion, we consider the concept of Christian Culture. This perspective delves into how Christianity should not merely be a matter of personal piety, but actively penetrate and shape every aspect of public life and culture. The author draws a contrast with the lamentation of the Hebrew psalmist in exile, suggesting that after the coming of Christ, the world is no longer "strange or menacing" but a "redeemed actuality" and a "setting made radiant" by His presence. Christian Culture is envisioned as a society where men and women, "wedded to Christ," collectively infuse their faith and devotion into their institutions, civil arrangements, arts, education, family life, work, and play. The aim is to build a society that facilitates goodness, fostering "fraternal love and solidarity" rather than isolated individualism. The argument is made that a society where God is not spoken of loses "the poetry of the transcendent" and becomes "flat as a map". The ideal is a society whose institutions conspire to draw all things to God, heightening the natural human inclination for truth, goodness, and beauty. Ultimately, this framework suggests that "statecraft becomes nothing other than a matter of soulcraft," dedicated to shaping the soul for both temporal and eternal fulfillment.

The Expose - Musk’s “America Party” Is Here — What Happens Next? In the realm of politics, a new player has emerged: Elon Musk and his "America Party," aiming to dramatically reshape the American political landscape. This move comes after a significant shift in Musk's relationship with former President Trump, for whom Musk was once a major individual donor and top advisor. The turning point was Musk's public condemnation of Trump's "Big Beautiful Bill," which he called a "disgusting abomination" that would harm the economy. This criticism led to a public feud, with Trump threatening federal contracts for Musk's companies. The America Party's strategy is not to win every seat, but to capture enough to break legislative gridlock, targeting 2-3 Senate seats and up to 10 House races by 2026. Their platform champions balanced budgets, tech-driven reforms, AI-powered accountability, smart borders, skilled immigration, legal reform, and "free speech absolutism". Notably, Musk plans to personally fund campaigns, bypassing traditional Super PACs and donor dinners, positioning this as a "disruption-as-politics" model that leverages his control of social media to bypass traditional media gatekeepers. This initiative is described as a potential blueprint for future "elite-funded, data-driven, and media-proof" politics.

LewRockwell - Nothing to Say, Ma Today's cultural commentary reflects on the apparent futility of discourse in a world that seems to be trapped in an "endless Greek tragedy" of repeating news. The author, who writes under the name Diego Sandoval, expresses profound disgust with the endless stream of words that seem to fall on "deaf ears" and the pervasive influence of "ruthless actors" who prioritize action over dialogue. Drawing inspiration from William Saroyan, the piece questions whether anyone "really says anything" despite constant talking and writing. Sandoval contrasts his own life philosophy of "shedding possessions" with Saroyan's attempt to ward off death through accumulation of writing and physical "junk". The author describes finding a personal "realm of silence where true language lives and death is exorcised" through his artistic expression. A recurring theme is the haunting "music of forgetting," suggesting a deeper, ineffable reality beyond surface-level communication. The article concludes with a poignant request for sighs to transform into "prayers of resistance" against the forces that render the world a "bloody shambles".

LewRockwell - Oh la la… Putin Drops Truth Bomb on Macron In international relations, a recent phone call between Russian President Vladimir Putin and French President Emmanuel Macron has highlighted stark disagreements over the conflict in Ukraine. Putin firmly communicated that NATO initiated the conflict, and Russia intends to conclude it on its own terms. This call marked their first interaction in nearly three years, with a previous diplomatic breach cited by Moscow concerning leaked details. Despite Macron's call for an immediate ceasefire and peace talks, Putin rejected this, reiterating that the conflict stemmed from Western policies that disregarded Russia's security interests, fostered an anti-Russia environment in Ukraine, and tolerated violations against Russian-speaking citizens. Putin underscored that any peaceful resolution must be comprehensive, long-term, address the root causes of the crisis, and acknowledge "new territorial realities". The article contends that the ongoing war, which has reportedly led to over a million Ukrainian soldier casualties and significant immigration costs for Europe, is the direct responsibility of Macron and other NATO states who are "instigators". It also notes that US President Donald Trump received a similar message from Putin regarding Russia's unwavering objectives. The piece suggests that a prerequisite for peace is for Western leaders to stop arming the Kiev regime, noting that the US Pentagon has already halted munitions flow due to depleted arsenals. The core "fatal dilemma" for NATO states is that acknowledging the historical origins of the conflict would require admitting their culpability for creating the largest European war since WWII, leading to explosive political and legal repercussions.

Joachim Bartoll Official - Quick Guide To Purified Distilled Water Shifting gears to health and wellness, we delve into the essential topic of water purification. The source highlights that tap water globally is heavily contaminated with a range of substances, including "forever-chemicals" (PFAS), microplastics, pesticide and drug traces, and heavy metals that leach from pipes. A US Geological Survey study estimated that nearly half of the nation's tap water contains PFAS, which have been linked to hundreds of thousands of heart-related deaths. Other contaminants like lead, mercury, volatile organic compounds (VOCs), nitrates, and even radiological elements are present, posing health risks, including increased cancer risk. The article strongly advocates for a water distiller equipped with an active charcoal filter as the most effective purification method. This system works by boiling water into steam, leaving impurities behind, while the charcoal filter captures any remaining volatile compounds and improves taste and odor, achieving over 99% contaminant removal. While initially, distilled water might taste "flat" or "weird" due to the absence of familiar minerals or the cleansing of taste buds, this is a temporary effect, especially for those on an "animal-based diet". Any plastic or funky taste is due to volatile gases that can dissipate through aeration. The author asserts that there are no inherent risks to drinking purified distilled water, as essential trace minerals are sufficiently obtained from a natural, animal-based diet, and inorganic minerals from water are poorly absorbed anyway. The switch to purified water is presented as a crucial step to reduce the body's toxic load in a world with increasing pollution.

LewRockwell - Stepping Out of the Debt Trap Our next discussion explores the fundamental mechanics of our financial system and the pervasive issue of debt. The source explains that banks, including those in the US and Canada, are highly profitable businesses that generate money through a seemingly simple mechanism: by issuing loans. When a bank approves a loan, it effectively "credits their deposit account for the amount of the loan and new money enters circulation". This means that banks create state-sanctioned money literally "with the click of a keyboard" by allocating credit, with physical banknotes merely serving as "tangible tokens of credit". A critical point is that the current monetary system is designed with a "systemic shortage and artificial scarcity" of money because debt is interest-bearing. Banks create the principal of a loan, but not the interest, ensuring that the total aggregate debt always surpasses the total money in circulation, leading to exponential debt growth. The article argues that banks often misallocate credit to "unproductive and downright destructive purposes," such as funding wars, which inflates the money supply and erodes the currency's value through price inflation. This control over credit creation allows banks to dictate economic cycles, causing booms and busts. A "conveniently collusive arrangement" exists where governments permit banks to issue money, enabling governments to run deficits and spend beyond tax revenues, benefiting both banks and governments at the public's expense. This system transforms money into an "instrument of control". As an alternative, "mutual credit clearing" is proposed as a bookkeeping system that facilitates exchange with interest-free credit for productive purposes, potentially incorporating precious metals or blockchain technology to provide a more stable measure of value.

Unz Review - The American Experiment Has Failed, by Jared Taylor Next, we explore a provocative argument that "the American experiment has failed," particularly in its attempt to build a successful multiracial society. Author Jared Taylor asserts that his 1992 book, Paved with Good Intentions, which challenged the notion that white racism was the sole cause of black failure, was considered "painful" even by conservative audiences because it questioned the prevailing narrative. Taylor points to events like the Los Angeles riots in 1992 and the George Floyd riots in 2020 as ongoing evidence of the nation's struggle with race relations. He critiques the emergence of concepts like "systemic racism" and "unconscious racism" leading to "diversity, equity, and inclusion" (DEI) policies that favor black individuals, suggesting these are inadequate responses. Taylor's conclusion is that the long-standing effort to forge a happy, multiracial society since 1607 has been a "disaster". He proposes a radical reordering of American society, allowing different races to "go their separate ways if that’s what they want," arguing that people already tend to self-segregate in their living arrangements and social circles, despite the official promotion of "diversity". Taylor contends that outlawing the idea of homogeneity ignores a natural human desire and that recognizing the futility of centuries of policies would bring "immense relief" from what he calls a "400-year shot-gun marriage full of tension, conflict, resentment, delusion, and heartache".

LewRockwell - To Make America Great Again, Start Here Our discussion now turns to a perspective on "making America great again" that transcends typical political and financial interpretations. The author suggests that the phrase needs to be "depoliticized" to address the deeper issues. The core problem identified is a pervasive "moral rot that has eroded every institution and every nook and cranny of our society". This isn't merely about corruption existing, but that it has become "systemic" and "normalized," to the point where outrageous forms of illicit behavior are accepted as "business as usual". Examples provided include private equity firms loading companies with debt to enrich owners before driving the companies into bankruptcy, and healthcare providers raising prices to "reward the owners" rather than improve service. The author argues that barriers that once limited such "pillage and plundering" have been dismantled, and even the legal framework now serves to mask these activities. Social norms and taboos have also dissolved, leading to an "anything goes" mentality. As a result, institutions are "hollowed out by self-service," contributing to a near-zero trust in them among younger generations. Historically, the article posits, successful capitalism was always "embedded in a moral order," citing Christianity in early Europe and Confucianism in China. The current campaign in China to unify Confucianism and Marxism is presented as an acknowledgment that Marxism alone lacks the necessary moral foundation to combat corruption.

LewRockwell - What Freedom of Speech? Finally, we examine the state of freedom of speech in democratic societies, particularly the United States. While totalitarian regimes suppress speech directly through arrest, torture, and disappearance, democracies employ more "sophisticated and oftentimes devious ways to seduce or induce people to go along with the destruction of freedom of speech". The US Constitution and the First Amendment explicitly protect freedom of speech, recognizing that rulers inherently dislike criticism. However, the article argues that federal officials have long devised complex methods to suppress speech across various sectors, including business, education, banking, and media. These methods are deeply rooted in the "regulated economy and the dole society" initiated during the Franklin Roosevelt administration. A prime example is President Trump's reaction to Elon Musk's public criticism of his "Big Beautiful Bill"; Trump allegedly threatened Musk with federal contract cut-offs and suggested deporting him. The core takeaway is that many businesses and institutions are so reliant on government "dole" (subsidies, contracts) or are so heavily regulated that they are effectively silenced. The fear of losing vital contracts or facing regulatory action compels them to avoid public criticism of the government, thus undermining the spirit of the First Amendment despite its legal existence.

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I. Are We Sure We Want Black Sites in America? Alongside the Palantir AI Police State Control Grid? by Andrew Anglin

• The author expresses deep concern about "black sites" being normalized in America. A "black site" is defined as "a clandestine detention center operated by a state where prisoners who have not been charged with a crime are incarcerated without due process or court order".

• The new half-billion-dollar detention facility in a Florida nature preserve, dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz,” is questioned for its purpose and efficiency as an immigrant detention facility. Its expensive, elaborate, and confusing nature suggests it would make more sense as a secret prison for Americans.

• The Trump administration's relationship with Palantir is highlighted as a concern, with the company designing a surveillance control grid that compiles all information on individuals from government and private companies. This AI-run system is described as a "total science fiction dystopian nightmare plan" designed to build comprehensive profiles on everyone, not just immigrants.

• The article criticizes Trump's policies regarding immigration and constitutional rights, especially for green card holders, citing his intent to deport anyone not supporting Israel regardless of their legal status. The author points out that legal precedent, such as a Supreme Court ruling concerning an Australian communist, protects green card holders under the Bill of Rights.

• Concerns are raised about the erosion of free speech, with the Biden administration accused of violating the First Amendment by ordering private tech companies to censor speech, and the Trump administration passing laws against "antisemitism". The author also states that Trump has effectively seized federal control of universities to prevent criticism of Jews.

• The normalization of "black sites" in America is seen as a dangerous precedent, using the unpopularity of immigrants to make the idea of people "disappearing and being hauled off to some secret prison" acceptable. The "fun publicity push with alligators" is suggested as a tactic to normalize this idea.

• The current deportation system is criticized for its inefficiency and cost, with the author suggesting that quickly constructed "concentration camp type holding facilities" near the border would make more sense for processing and deporting immigrants. The costs of flying people to remote locations like "Alligator Alcatraz" are deemed illogical.

• The potential for ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) to become "Palantir’s NKVD" (a reference to the Soviet secret police) is suggested, implying a future where a private paramilitary group, guided by AI surveillance, could arbitrarily detain people. The author notes that the Palantir control grid is already here and compiling databases.

• A simpler solution for illegal immigration is proposed: making it a serious felony to hire or rent homes to illegal immigrants, which the author believes would cause "virtually all of the illegal immigrants" to leave. This approach is contrasted with the current expensive and inefficient methods.

• The author argues that "illegal" immigrants have caused "never even a fraction of the social, economic, and cultural damage that 'legal' immigrants cause," and criticizes Trump for supporting policies that allow "basically infinite numbers of 'legal' immigrants". This implies a broader critique of immigration policy beyond just undocumented individuals.

• The article encourages readers to suspect that "things are not exactly as they appear" and that the government and media may not be "perfectly frank" about the future. This reflects a general distrust of official narratives.

• Commenters echo concerns about the black sites potentially being used for "regular citizens who are one toke over the political line". One commenter suggests that it would "make more sense" for such a site to be for regular citizens than for immigrants.

• The role of "Jewish influence" and "Zionist" control is a recurring theme in comments, with Palantir explicitly described as a "totally Jewish company" involved in "genocide in Gaza". Some commenters allege that "organized jewery" is trying to erect a "massive, all encompassing control apparatus" where "the worst crime of all is to be 'antisemitic'".

• The broader implications of government surveillance and control are discussed, with commenters noting that "the Palantir control grid is really already here" and that it's just a matter of "when they decide to start using it and for what purposes". One commenter suggests that "America is becoming another Soviet Union".

• The article's argument that "if you’re going to create a total control grid and monitor everyone’s speech and behavior... some people are going to have to disappear" is supported by the idea that immigrants are unpopular enough for the government to normalize this concept. This "normalization" process is described as potentially paving the way for similar treatment of American citizens.

• The public handling of deportations, described as "grabbing random people and doing so in a kind of public way," is viewed as designed to "normalize scenes of people being randomly grabbed off the streets". This is seen as a preparation for such actions to be applied to "white Americans" in the future.

II. Austrian government admits that their covid policies caused mental health problems and tripled suicidal thoughts in children by Rhoda Wilson

• The Austrian government has admitted to massive increases in children’s mental health problems (+57%) and suicidal ideation (tripled) as a result of their COVID-19 policies. This admission comes from their responses to 827 parliamentary written questions submitted by the Freedom Party (FPÖ) Members of Parliament.

• The Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) has been actively challenging the government's "authoritarian corona policy" and the "covidians' narrative" since the summer of 2020. They are seeking a parliamentary committee to investigate the pandemic and its impact, focusing on the erosion of fundamental rights, especially compulsory vaccination and lockdown measures.

• The FPÖ utilized their right as MPs to submit a "whopping 827 individual interpellations" (parliamentary inquiries or written questions) to the current government regarding COVID. These inquiries legally obligate the competent cabinet-level minister to respond truthfully within a set period.

• Green MPs have labeled the FPÖ’s use of parliamentary written questions as an “abuse of democracy” and accused them of spreading “fake news” and “disinformation”. This criticism highlights a political divide regarding oversight and accountability for COVID policies.

• Government responses to the FPÖ's inquiries revealed a sharp increase in citizen participation on the parliamentary website during the pandemic, with over 250,000 comments from private individuals in 2022 compared to around 200 in 2019. Most of the commented draft legislations between 2019 and 2023 were related to COVID-19 measures, compulsory vaccination, or crisis security.

• Specific alarming statistics from the government's responses include a 36% increase in young patients with psychotropic drug prescriptions (from 21,500 in 2018 to 29,300 in 2023) and a 57% increase in the number of prescriptions issued (from 138,100 to 216,400). Additionally, the suicide rate among under 20-year-olds rose by 55% in 2022, and clinics recorded three times as many cases of suicidal risk as before the pandemic.

• The FPÖ leader, Herbert Kickl, emphasized that the "Black-Green government has caused serious psychological damage to young people by locking them up" and that there has been "no word of apology". He announced that the FPÖ would "make these years of oppression, disenfranchisement and humiliation visible," calling the government's strategy "inhumane" and deserving of consequences.

• The government's monitoring of the school psychology hotline and evaluation of individual case files and counselling reports revealed a "clear trend towards increasing and increasingly complex individual case work" during lockdowns. This suggests the COVID regime was aware of the mental health impacts but maintained mandates.

• The author and Epimetheus (the author of the referenced Substack) highlight a perceived lack of introspection, honest remorse, or apology from the powers-that-be regarding the "forced coronavirus regime". They also point out that warnings about the mental health crisis were raised in 2021 but were "not heard" or "listened to" by authorities.

• The concept of the compulsory vaccination act is described as "Enabling Legislation" that was "unwarranted and irresponsible," granting a single government minister the power to determine vaccine mandates and jab requirements through regulatory ordinances. Although passed into law, it was never fully implemented due to public pressure and later revoked.

• The opposition's constitutional right to question the government is considered a "parliamentary oversight" mechanism. The Green MPs' attempt to label this right an "abuse of democracy" is seen as highly problematic and "tantamount to declare open season on dissent".

• Epimetheus suggests that the government's actions, knowing the impact of their policies and choosing to continue, indicate either "stupidity or malice," which should lead to a "hard reckoning". The author also links Green MPs' rhetoric to a "bio-red bureaucracy" and "eco-tyrannical utopia," drawing a parallel to Mikhail Bakunin's predictions about intellectuals gaining state power leading to the "worst tyranny".

III. Blowback Is Coming... 7/22/25 by Richard Booth

• The author, Richard Booth, served as a research consultant for Margaret Roberts' upcoming book, Blowback: The Untold Story of the FBI and the Oklahoma City Bombing. He describes his role as a "friendly resource available to help with a project that I viewed as significant and a righteous undertaking".

• Investigations into the Oklahoma City Bombing and Kenneth Trentadue's murder faced sabotage and silencing efforts by the federal government, including proposed Senate Judiciary Committee hearings being halted, ABC News stories being canceled due to DOJ pressure, and witnesses disappearing or becoming reluctant to speak after FBI visits. Booth viewed the project as a "mammoth battle not unlike David versus Goliath".

• Margaret Roberts is identified as an award-winning journalist with a history of uncovering truth, notably her reporting on the "Ford Heights Four" case. Her work on this case led to the exoneration of an innocent man and three co-defendants, resulting in a $36 million settlement for wrongful imprisonment.

• Roberts' background also includes serving as News Director for America’s Most Wanted, a TV show focused on apprehending criminals. This experience gave her insight into broadcasting leads and covering facts to pursue the guilty.

• Both Booth and Roberts shared a long-standing fascination with the unknown and unidentified suspect "John Doe #2" in the OKC Bombing case, having independently investigated it for over 15 years prior to their collaboration. This shared interest contributed to their determination in working on the book.

• Booth's tasks included keeping track of endnotes, adding citations, and providing background documentation for facts he introduced, requiring him to "prove the authenticity" of his statements. This collaborative process emphasized "the careful process of weighing the evidence" and "getting it right".

• Roberts conducted exclusive prison interviews with key figures, including Terry Nichols (a co-conspirator in the bombing) and Peter Langan (founder of the Aryan Republican Army). These interviews provided significant new context and material for the book.

• A "sizable collection of Terry Nichols’s writings," referred to as "The Nichols Dossier," provided wealth of material that shed new light on the case for the public. This dossier forms a central part of one of the book's chapters.

• Roberts also interviewed McVeigh’s death row cellmate, David Paul Hammer. This collection of exclusive interviews is noted as one component woven together to reveal a larger, previously untold picture.

IV. Configuring All Things to Christ by Regis Martin

• The article posits that Christianity should not be mere personal piety but must "penetrate into every aspect of our public life—the culture at large," insisting on its integration into society. This means transforming "institutions, civil arrangements, arts, education, family life, work and play" with the "grace of the Gospel".

• Christian Culture is presented as a response to anguish, transforming the world from "strange or menacing" into a "place of redeemed actuality," made radiant by Christ's presence. It is seen as a "true marriage of Heaven and earth," where the world is affirmed as a good place.

• The essay encourages building a society that makes it "easier for men and women to be good," fostering "fraternal love and solidarity amid an otherwise rampant and atomized individualism". The prototype for this society is not an "ant hill or the rat race" but the "Mystical Body" and the "Blessed Trinity".

• The author argues that for faith to succeed beyond a private way, it must "penetrate the public life," as men may find it "well-nigh impossible, amid so many secular and profane distractions, to find genuine and palpable evidence of the sacred". The lack of talk about God, due to educated opinion, leads to people no longer turning to Him for counsel or praise.

• The architects of Christian Culture aimed to "configure all things to Christ," leaving nothing out of account that would shape itself without reference to Him. The question is raised as to why society should not be built to "heighten and augment the natural tendency we have for the true and the good and the beautiful".

• The piece suggests that it is a "matter of justice that God be given His due," requiring the "two orders of the sacred and the profane, society and the Church," to "harmonize their efforts" in helping man fulfill himself both in this world and the world to come. Impediments should not be placed in the way of seeking God or practicing piety.

• The concept of statecraft as "soulcraft" is introduced, meaning that the meaning of life, as a "vale of soul-making," dictates that government should help "shape the soul—not just for time but for eternity as well". This implies a profound spiritual purpose for political governance.

V. Musk’s “America Party” Is Here — What Happens Next? by g.calderon

• Elon Musk has launched a new political party called "The America Party," with the intention of reshaping American politics. This move is seen as a rebellion against the establishment, coming after a period where Musk was a top advisor and donor to the MAGA movement.

• Musk's relationship with Donald Trump rapidly deteriorated when he publicly criticized Trump’s "Big Beautiful Bill," calling it a “disgusting abomination” and warning it would "cripple the economy and betray every fiscal principle that conservatives claim to uphold". This criticism marked a turning point from his previous role as Trump's biggest individual donor.

• The America Party's key platform points include balanced budgets, slashing government bloat, tech-driven reforms, AI-powered accountability, smart borders, skilled immigration, legal reform, and "free speech absolutism". The party also positions itself as "anti-censorship, anti-capture, anti-elite".

• Musk plans to personally bankroll campaigns "ruthlessly" and directly fund candidates, bypassing traditional Super PACs and donor dinners. The strategy focuses on flipping "2–3 Senate seats and up to 10 House races by 2026".

• This political venture is described as a "structural as well as ideological" move, aiming to reengineer political levers. Musk's control of X (formerly Twitter) allows him to bypass traditional media "gatekeepers" and directly control the narrative, as "he owns the platform".

• The America Party is being built "like a startup—lean, targeted, and scalable," focusing only on the seats that "matter". This approach is framed as "disruption-as-politics," leveraging asymmetry to overcome "outdated competition".

• In the short term, expect "Musk-backed candidate announcements within 60 days" and GOP operatives scrambling to defend vulnerable districts. Mid-term, the party "could fracture conservative voting blocs, forcing a Republican reckoning," and Democrats may try to "co-opt centrists".

• Long-term, if successful, The America Party "could set the blueprint for post-party politics—elite-funded, data-driven, and media-proof". This suggests a potential fundamental shift in how political campaigns are conducted.

• The article concludes that Musk's move is an "ideological divorce" rather than just a feud, betting that America is "tired of the same two flavours" of existing parties. The new party may not win the White House but could "control what happens in Congress, on Wall Street, and in Silicon Valley".

• Comments on the article express skepticism about billionaires acting out of "altruism" and raise concerns about a potential "tyrannical technocracy" where "every single thing we do is tracked, traced, and monitored". Some question Musk's motives, suggesting he wants to be a "one-man show" and is "too radical".

VI. Nothing to Say, Ma by Edward Curtin

• The author, Edward Curtin, begins by stating that he is "writing this" because he has "nothing to say," driven by disgust with words that fall on "deaf ears" and news that "just repeats itself like an endless Greek tragedy". This reflects a profound sense of disillusionment with public discourse.

• Diego Sandoval, the author's closest friend, shares this sentiment, expressing that he has "nothing to say because I am disgusted by all the words I have written for deaf ears" and by the news that "just repeats itself". He also notes the "ruthless actors with their motto: acta non verba" (deeds not words).

• The essay references William Saroyan, who claimed he wrote to "ward off death" and expected an "exception to death would be made in his case," yet he eventually died at 72, with "no exception". Saroyan's perspective suggests a futile attempt to escape mortality through accumulation.

• The author contrasts his own life of "shedding possessions – call it rat unpacking" with others "possessed by them," and states he "always sensed that nothing is more real than nothing". This indicates a philosophical stance against materialism and its perceived emptiness.

• Saroyan's belief that in "everyone’s secret religion 'the idea is to keep death at a distance by means of junk of all kinds'" is cited. This "junk" could include "money, possessions in general," or in a writer's case, his own "writing".

• Upon his death, Saroyan left behind two houses "stuffed with shambles," including "old mustache clippings, pebbles, rocks, used typewriter ribbons, broken clocks, boxes of junk mail," and "every piece of ephemera that passed through his grasping hands". This accumulation of trivial items is presented as a contradiction to his own warnings about futility.

• The author concludes that Saroyan "lost faith in the living". This loss of faith is connected to Saroyan's reliance on "daring" without faith, which "ends in desperate measures".

• The piece ends with the author's sighing, expressed as a plea: "Madre, I’m running out of words. Please take my sighs and make them prayers of resistance to the ruthless actors who make this earth our home a bloody shambles". This conveys a deep despair and a call for spiritual defiance.

VII. Oh la la… Putin Drops Truth Bomb on Macron by Strategic Culture

• Russian President Vladimir Putin reportedly told his French counterpart, Emmanuel Macron, that NATO started the conflict in Ukraine, but Russia will end it on its terms. This conversation, the first between the two leaders in nearly three years, aimed to "bring reality into a conversation".

• Macron requested the phone call, but Putin showed "magnanimity" despite Moscow previously claiming Macron breached diplomatic protocol by leaking details of their last call in 2022. The two leaders talked for over two hours.

• Beyond Ukraine, Putin and Macron discussed the outbreak of war between Israel and Iran and the U.S. bombing of Iran’s nuclear sites, with both leaders agreeing on Iran's right to pursue civilian nuclear energy production and appealing for diplomacy. However, critics suggest European states have played a "double game" by undermining Iran's rights and covering for unlawful U.S. and Israeli aggression.

• Putin "rebuffed" Macron's call for a "ceasefire as soon as possible" and peace talks, reiterating that the conflict was a "direct consequence of the policies pursued by the Western countries". He emphasized that Western nations had ignored Russia's security interests, created an "anti-Russia staging ground," and condoned rights violations against Russian-speaking Ukrainians.

• Macron's earlier suggestion in March to use France's nuclear weapons to protect Europe is described as "crazed talk" that is "irresponsible and reprehensible". This demonstrates a perceived escalation of rhetoric from Western leaders.

• The source asserts that Macron, along with Britain's Starmer and Germany's Merz, are "prolonging the more-than-three-year war in Ukraine by pledging more military aid to the NeoNazi Kiev regime". The existence of this regime is attributed to an "illegal coup d’état that the Americans and Europeans orchestrated in 2014".

• The conflict has resulted in "more than one million Ukrainian soldiers slaughtered" and "burdened Europe with huge immigration costs," with responsibility placed on Macron and other NATO states as the "instigators". It is suggested that stopping arms to the Kiev regime would promptly end the bloodshed.

• U.S. President Donald Trump also spoke with Putin, with Putin reiterating Russia's aims of removing the root causes of the conflict and retaining all territories. Trump later "complained to the American media" about making "no progress".

• The Pentagon announced it was halting the flow of munitions to Ukraine, partly due to the U.S. depleting its arsenal after three years of weaponizing the Kiev regime. This is seen as a practical reality forcing a halt to military aid.

• The article argues that European leaders need to "come to their senses" and "stop fueling the war machine," as "Russia is winning the war and will eventually eradicate the regime and NATO’s threat to its national security". The "grand deception" projected by Western leaders is seen as "destroying Europe".

• The "fatal dilemma" for Macron and NATO states is that admitting the truth of Putin's statements would mean admitting "their culpability for creating the biggest war in Europe since the Second World War," leading to "explosive" political and legal repercussions. They are portrayed as "caught in the web of a Big Lie that they have spun".

VIII. Quick Guide To Purified Distilled Water by Joachim Bartoll

• Tap water worldwide is extremely contaminated not only by "forever-chemicals" (PFAS), microplastics, pesticides, and drugs, but also by heavy metals from pipelines and household plumbing due to clogging and corrosion. The author describes seeing "brownish rusty slop" after distilling tap water from Sweden, which he previously thought had good water.

• A U.S. Geological Survey study estimated that at least 45% of the nation’s tap water has one or more types of PFAS, linked to over 356,000 heart-related deaths worldwide in 2018. Tap water also contains heavy metals like iron, arsenic, lead, mercury, cadmium, and others, leaching from infrastructure and originating from industrial waste or natural deposits.

• Other contaminants in tap water include volatile organic compounds (VOCs) like trichloroethylene (TCE), nitrates and nitrites from fertilizers and sewage, and radiological contaminants such as radium and uranium from natural deposits or mining. Chemical contaminants also encompass nitrogen, bleach, salts, pesticides, and drug residues.

• The most effective method for purifying tap water is using a water distiller with an active charcoal filter. The distillation process boils water to produce steam, which is then cooled and condensed, leaving impurities behind, while the charcoal filter removes volatile compounds and improves taste/odor.

• While distillation can remove over 99% of contaminants, the addition of an active charcoal filter helps address "remaining volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and other impurities" that might pass through the initial process, ensuring the final water is 99.9% free of most contaminants and has a better taste.

• Drawbacks of a water distiller include its reliance on electricity and a slow purification process, yielding about 1 liter (0.26 gallons) per hour. For larger households, this means running it "twice a day for 6 to 8 hours".

• Initially, distilled purified water may taste "weird" or "flat" because people are accustomed to the trace minerals, ions, and chemicals in regular water. A "bad, bitter, or even a bit foul" taste can also occur as it cleanses the mouth, making taste buds more sensitive to residual flavors, especially from plant-based or processed foods.

• A funky smell or plastic/rubbery taste in distilled water can be due to volatile compounds from plastics, algae, or carbon in the tap water that turn into gas when heated. This gas can mix with the distilled water but can be removed by letting the water sit with the lid open or by shaking it.

• After regularly drinking distilled water, the taste is described as "purity," making other water sources taste "really bad in comparison". This suggests a re-calibration of taste perception.

• When choosing a distiller, the author recommends one that can distill "at least 3 to 4 liters (1 gallon) in one sitting" and about "one liter an hour," with the collection container made of glass. It should also accommodate an active charcoal filter, which needs to be replaced every 3-4 weeks or roughly every 100 liters.

• The author states there are no risks with purified distilled water, arguing that most people get sufficient trace minerals from their diet, especially if consuming natural salt sources or animal-based foods. He asserts that inorganic minerals in water are "poorly absorbed by the body anyway" and can accumulate if health is compromised.

• The author strongly advocates for a "hyper carnivore diet" of only animal-based foods, claiming it's the "natural species-appropriate, species-specific natural human diet" and that "anything plant-based will damage your body and severely shorten your lifespan". This dietary view is presented as supported by "real sciences of biology, physiology, and biochemistry".

• Switching to purified water is highlighted as a way to "help your body by reducing the toxic load" and avoiding troublesome toxins like "forever-chemicals, fluoride and pesticide residues," which are expected to increase in modern society. This is presented as a worthwhile investment for health.

IX. Stepping Out of the Debt Trap by James Clayton

• American banks are interested in expanding their presence in Canada, as commercial banks are among the most profitable businesses there. The author notes that "it’s easier to be profitable when you can make money by making money".

• Most of the money in circulation is created by the private sector, primarily when banks make loans; when a borrower is deemed creditworthy, banks credit their deposit account, and "new money enters circulation". This process has been acknowledged by central banks like the Bank of Canada and the Federal Reserve.

• Banks effectively create "state-sanctioned money with the click of a keyboard by allocating credit," while legal tender banknotes and coins are merely "tangible tokens of credit". However, they create only the principal amount of a loan, not the interest, leading to a systemic shortage where "total aggregate debt... is always more than the total amount of money in existence".

• The misallocation of credit by banks for "unproductive and downright destructive purposes," such as war, inflates the money supply, leading to "price inflation" and eroding the value of savings and purchasing power. Banks profit from this destruction by collecting interest on these loans.

• The monetary system is described as an "instrument of control" where "money is power," controlled by banks who decide who gets credit and can manipulate economic cycles through credit allocation. This power dynamic is depicted as a "conveniently collusive arrangement" with governments.

• Governments are complicit in this system, allowing banks to issue money so that governments can receive credit to "run deficits and spend more than they collect in taxes," which is presented as a "win-win for banks and governments—at our expense".

• The problem is identified as global, with most countries burdened by national debt. For instance, in Canada, both federal and provincial governments are in debt, and the "average Canadian household has a debt-to-income ratio of more than 170%".

• The author argues that money "does not need to be issued on the basis of interest-bearing debt," nor does credit need to be misallocated for unproductive ends. This proposes a fundamental shift in monetary policy.

• Mutual credit clearing is presented as an alternative system that could address these issues, serving as a bookkeeping system for members' transactions and balances. It allows members "short-term interest-free credit," which reduces expenses and requires equal value delivery within a specified time.

• This alternative system, by allocating credit for "productive purposes," preserves the value of the accounting unit and "prevents inflation". Longer-term financing would come from "actual savings and saved credits," through equity or debt financing.

• Precious metals like gold and silver, along with distributed ledger technology (blockchain), are suggested as potential tools in a credit system. Blockchain could create "exchangeable 'token' vouchers" representing claims on goods and services.

X. The American Experiment Has Failed by Jared Taylor

• Jared Taylor declares "the American experiment" of trying to build a "happy, multiracial society" a "failure" after 418 years, dating back to the Jamestown colony in 1607. He suggests that American society "should be reordered".

• His 1992 book, Paved with Good Intentions, argued that "white racism was not the sole or even the main cause of black failure". Policies like affirmative action and welfare are criticized for having "denied reality and rewarded degeneracy," while "constant harping on slavery and racism taught blacks to hate whites".

• The Los Angeles riots of 1992 and the George Floyd riots of 2020 are cited as evidence of the continued failure of mixed-race society, resulting in deaths, injuries, billions in property losses, and "enormous" psychological impact. The post-2020 "racial reckoning" and concepts like "systemic racism" are deemed increasingly implausible explanations for black degradation.

• The author challenges the inherent value of "diversity," asking if it is "so inherently marvelous that we should outlaw the very idea of people going their own way". He suggests that "homogeneity is marvelous and people want it," but are hesitant to "turn back" from the current path.

• Taylor proposes that people of different races should be allowed to "go their separate ways if that’s what they want," reflecting existing patterns where Americans do not "fill their lives with the 'diversity' we’re supposed to be so proud of". He advocates for the freedom of association, extending separation to "cities, counties, states, or regions" without "moral or legal obstacles".

• It is described as "one of the hardest things" for a nation to admit that a long-standing, cherished policy has failed, but the author contends that admitting failure in the "400-year shot-gun marriage full of tension, conflict, resentment, delusion, and heartache" would be an "immense relief".

• The article concludes by calling for a "new beginning" with "attainable goals that will let individuals and groups freely seek their own destinies". This implies a rejection of the current societal structure and a move towards self-determination for racial groups.

• Commenters express a range of opinions, with some agreeing that the experiment failed due to Jewish influence. One commenter states that "when jews got their way and Whites were forced to integrate at gunpoint, it was doomed".

• Some commenters argue that "segregation was not a disaster" and, in fact, "held off other brands of disaster such as we have experienced in recent decades". They suggest that the problem is specifically with "BLACKS," who can "mess everything up" regardless of community homogeneity or diversity.

• The idea of an "ethnostate" is proposed by some commenters as the "ONLY viable strategy now" for white people, along with proposals for white secession schemes or emigration to white-majority European countries. This reflects a desire for racial and cultural coherence.

• Several commenters highlight black crime and dysfunction as a core, unsolvable problem, citing examples from the US and other countries, and linking it to a "bush culture" that "cannot fit in to a modern western society".

• The concept of the "American Project" being "Judaism re-invented" or based on "Judaizing heresy" is discussed by some commenters. It is argued that "WASP culture has always been based on Judaizing heresy, and so WASP culture always has been about philo-Semitism".

• The failure of the American experiment is attributed by one commenter to the country's foundation lacking God's rule, suggesting that "God has doomed us" due to "greed, secularism, and profanity". This perspective views multiculturalism, particularly "the black albatross," as "God’s way of bringing down the United States".

XI. To Make America Great Again, Start Here by Charles Hugh Smith

• The author proposes to depoliticize the phrase "make America great again" and focus on restoring the "fundamental foundations of greatness," beyond "ideology and finance". He argues that the conventional approaches are "superficial and banal".

• The "real source of America’s decline" is identified as "the moral rot that has eroded every institution and every nook and cranny of our society". This moral decay is considered worse than in previous eras because it has become "normalized" and accepted as "business as usual".

• Examples of this normalized corruption include private equity practices that "load companies with debt, transfers all the borrowed cash to the private equity 'owners,' and then leaves the company a sinking hulk". Similarly, private equity buying hospitals and clinics leads to price increases not for better service, but to "reward the owners," which is framed as "maximization of shareholder value" but is actually plundering.

• The author states that "barriers that limited the pillage and plundering of the private and public-sectors have all eroded or been hollowed out," with the legal framework now serving as "facades that mask the pillage and plundering". This indicates a systemic failure of checks and balances.

• "Social barriers have also been dismantled," leading to an "anything goes" modern zeitgeist where there are "no taboos left". The idea of corporations having a social responsibility to their community or national interests is now seen as "quaint whiff of nostalgia".

• "Every institution has been hollowed out by self-service," leading to younger generations having "near-zero trust in institutions". This is because the "PR veneer of 'public service' is just a cover for milking the system for private gain".

• Drawing on histories of capitalism, the author asserts that "capitalism" only functions "as advertised if it is embedded in a moral order," a concept understood by Adam Smith. Historically, Christianity provided this moral order in early Europe, and Confucianism in China.

• Xi Jinping's campaign to unify Confucianism and Marxism is cited as an example of understanding that Marxism "does not provide the moral foundation needed to limit the corruption undermining China," implying that only a Confucian moral order can restore it. This suggests a need for a deep moral foundation for societal success.

XII. What Freedom of Speech? by Jacob G. Hornberger

• The author states that in a totalitarian or authoritarian dictatorship, freedom of speech is suppressed directly through arrests, disappearances in "terrorist confinement facilities," torture, and killings, without needing citizen support. Everyone else "understands" the consequences.

• In contrast, in a democratic system, suppressing criticism is more challenging due to the need for elections, compelling rulers to devise "sophisticated and oftentimes devious ways to seduce or induce people to go along with the destruction of freedom of speech".

• The United States was founded on the principle of freedom of speech, with the First Amendment explicitly prohibiting the federal government from infringing upon, regulating, or destroying it. This amendment was enacted because the founders knew rulers "hate criticism and love praise" and would inevitably try to control speech.

• While no one is currently jailed for speaking out, federal officials employ "sophisticated ways to suppress speech in wide sectors of American society," including business, education, banking, and mainstream media. These methods are linked to the "regulated economy and the dole society" introduced by the Franklin Roosevelt administration in the 1930s.

• President Trump's actions, such as threatening Elon Musk with the cut-off of federal contracts and eliminating tax benefits for Tesla, are cited as examples of these "sophisticated suppression devices" being brought to light. Musk was threatened for publicly criticizing Trump's "big beautiful bill" as a "disgusting abomination".

• The author argues that "every business person in the country knows that every president wields the power to destroy him," especially those dependent on federal "dole" through subsidies or contracts. This fear leads most to "remain silent on anything any president does".

• Universities are cited as another example, having capitulated to government demands due to their long-standing dependence on federal "dole". This dependence means they "will do anything to avoid losing it".

• The regulated-economy system is described as another powerful tool of suppression, allowing the federal government to "destroy businesses simply through the power of regulation". The banking sector is given as a prime example, where fear of federal inspectors shutting down banks silences bank presidents.

• The $16 million settlement between Paramount and Trump over an edited interview with Kamala Harris is suggested as possibly being motivated by Paramount's desire to ensure federal approval for an upcoming merger. This illustrates how regulatory power can be used to influence behavior.

• The conclusion is that the "dole system and the regulated-economy system are very sophisticated devices that have succeeded in silencing" CEOs of major institutions, preventing them from exercising freedom of speech despite their constitutional rights.

• Contradictory Information: Despite Axios's exclusive and widespread social media outrage, the author notes a significant lack of corroboration from other corporate media outlets (Times, WaPo, WSJ) and official government accounts (Bondi's X, Kash Patel's X, Dan Bongino's X, Trump's Truth Social).

• Suspicious Memo and Video: The "memo" Axios linked is described as "weird," "unsigned," with a "weirdly casual tone for DOJ," lacking formal letterhead beyond logos, FOIA markings, or chain of custody disclosures. The video link on justice.gov/video-files/video1.mp4 resolves, but the contextual landing page is gone. The Axios link to the memo now produces error codes.

• DOJ Website Downtime: The DOJ website was reportedly down for hours following the alleged release.

• Bondi's Previous Statements: The article highlights a February clip where Attorney General Pam Bondi explicitly stated, "the Epstein client list is sitting on my desk right now." This directly contradicts the alleged DOJ memo.

• Author's Speculation: The author, from a "lawyer’s eyes" perspective, suggests this could be "some kind of sloppy #Resistance team operation with some access to DOJ’s servers," speculating that "DOJ’s top officials have unplugged the web server until they can determine the source of the leak or plant."

• MAGA vs. Democrat Loyalty: The article contrasts the MAGA base's immediate, critical reaction to the "sketchy, unsigned memo" with the perceived "blind loyalty and ritualized denial" displayed by Democrats in defending President Biden, arguing that MAGA's reaction demonstrates "healthy suspicion" and "republicanism in action," not "king worship."

II. Peer-Reviewed Study Detonates COVID-19 Vaccine Narratives

A newly published peer-reviewed study in the International Journal of Innovative Research in Medical Science, titled "View of Association Between COVID-19 Vaccination and Neuropsychiatric Conditions," is presented as a major scientific "surprise."

• Alarming Findings from VAERS Data: The study, using the U.S. government’s VAERS database and the CDC/FDA’s own "Proportional Reporting Ratios" (PRRs) method, found "dozens to hundreds of times" more frequent reports of serious neuropsychiatric issues (brain fog, psychosis, dementia, suicidal behavior) after COVID-19 mRNA vaccines compared to flu shots and other vaccines.

• Some categories showed PRRs "over four hundred," far exceeding the FDA’s red-flag threshold of "two."

• Specific examples: "brain fog were up over 100-fold, psychosis nearly 80 times higher, and Alzheimer’s-type dementia more than 40 times more frequent" compared to flu shots.

• "Reports related to suicidal thoughts or behaviors... showed increases as high as 80-fold."

• Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis (a brain clot) was reported at rates "over 400 times higher" than with flu vaccines.

• Defense Against Criticisms:VAERS Reliability: The author preemptively addresses criticisms about VAERS being a passive reporting system, arguing that the researchers used the FDA and CDC's "own protocol for detecting safety signals, using the exact same statistical method those agencies rely on to flag potential problems." The extreme PRRs "defy random chance," and if VAERS isn't reliable for a 400x spike, "then it’s not reliable enough to show anything."

• Under-Reporting: The article emphasizes that VAERS is known to suffer from "substantial under-reporting," suggesting the "staggering signal ratios found in this study are almost certainly undercounts, not exaggerations."

• Author Credibility (Genetic Fallacy): Critics are expected to attack the authors (Dr. Peter McCullough, Dr. James Thorp, Dr. Steven Hatfill) due to their known dissent from mainstream COVID policy. The author dismisses this as a "classic case of the genetic fallacy," arguing that the data (government's own VAERS) and methodology (CDC/FDA playbooks) are what matter, not the authors' biographies.

• "Crack in the Overton Window": The publication of this study in a "legitimate journal" is deemed a "significant crack in the Overton window," marking a turning point where previously "fringe conspiracy theory" claims are now "printable, citable, and... increasingly undeniable."

• McCullough's Vindication: The author positions this study as a step towards "total vindication" for Dr. McCullough, who was "destroyed" for his dissent, asserting he is "turning [the system] against its corruptors."

III. Elon Musk Launches "The America Party"

Elon Musk's announcement of a new political "third party," "The America Party," on Independence Day weekend is highlighted as another significant "surprise."

• Context and Trump's Reaction: Musk, a "former Trump insider turned digital warlord," announced the party on X, claiming to give Americans "their freedom back." Trump reportedly responded by calling the move "ridiculous" and Elon "off the rails."

• Target Audience and Impact:Not a Threat to Trump/GOP: The author argues the party is "no direct threat to Trump, who only gets one term anyway" and is unlikely to attract "hardcore Democrats nor Republicans" or "conservative leaners (MAGA)."

• Threat to Democrats: Instead, the article posits the America Party will be "much more of a headache for Democrats than Republicans." It's described as a "shot across the bow of the disillusioned Democrat diaspora: the Cuban-style former liberals who liked enterprise, science, and sanity, but got priced out of the party by DEI bureaucrats... and the constant nagging of the climate priests."

• Supporters and Platform (Preliminary):Cited supporters: Billionaire Mark Cuban (who campaigned for Kamala), ex-White House staffer Anthony Scaramucci (known Trump critic), liberal podcaster Ed Krassenstein, and tech-libertarian donor Brian Palmer. Mike Pence is also "allegedly on board."

• Musk's platform is described as "cost-cutting, budget-balancing, pro-deregulation, pro-robot soldiers, and a vague pronatalist vibe," conspicuously "absent are any pesky social issues."

IV. World's Highest IQ Holder's Warning

The fourth "surprise" features South Korea’s Younghoon Kim, recognized as the holder of the world’s record IQ score (276 IQ), who is making "social media rounds" claiming Jesus Christ's imminent return.

• Kim's Credentials: The article verifies Kim's status as the highest recorded intelligence by top IQ rating organizations (GIGA Society, Olympiq Society, Mensa). He works in cognitive science, neuroscience, and philosophy, holding an honorary professorship.

• Challenge to Secular Narrative: Kim's open profession of Christian faith and belief in biblical prophecy directly contradicts the "current secular narrative" that portrays "devout Christians... as anti-science, anti-intellectual knuckle-draggers." The author states, "He’s a unicorn. He’s not supposed to exist."

• Intelligence and Faith: Kim's visibility challenges the "religion is for the uneducated" trope, suggesting it's "insecure gatekeeping" if "the smartest man alive believes Christ is about to return."

• Sign of Christian Revival: This development is seen as "another tremor in the ongoing earthquake of Christian revival," particularly among "intellectually curious and culturally disillusioned" individuals, including Gen Z.

• Media Suppression: The author notes that "corporate media is completely uninterested in this story," suggesting it's being "filtered, shadow-banned, and memory-holed," as "revival" now looks like "brilliant outliers, whispering inconvenient truths that the floundering empire desperately wants to ignore."

Here are 40 key takeaway points from the sources, presented in a structured format:

1.  **_☕️SURPRISES ☙ Monday, July 7, 2025 ☙ C&C NEWS🦠_** by **_Jeff Childers_**

    *   The **DOJ denies Epstein client list**, signaling it is time to clean house and burn the whole thing down— or is it?

    *   Yesterday, Pam Bondi’s DOJ was alleged to have ‘released’ what was labeled “**10 hours of video proving no one killed Jeffrey Epstein**.”

2.  **Axios published an exclusive story** claiming the DOJ and FBI concluded Jeffrey Epstein had no ‘client list’ and committed suicide.

    *   Yesterday, launching a social media firestorm, Axios ran the exclusive story headlined, “**Exclusive: DOJ, FBI conclude Jeffrey Epstein had no ‘client list,’ committed suicide**.”

    *   Axios claimed it had a leaked, unsigned, 1.5-page memo on DOJ letterhead titled “Final Draft E” which allegedly asserted that, after an “extensive review,” the Department concluded, and I am not making this up, “there **were no clients**.”

3.  The alleged **DOJ memo circulated by Axios appeared unusual** and lacked standard official markings.

    *   The ‘memo’ is also weird. It kind of looks like an interagency summary, but it’s **unsigned**.

    *   It’s tone is weirdly casual for DOJ. There are **no FOIA markings or classification stamps**. No formal letterhead beyond DOJ/FBI logos.

4.  **Links provided by Axios to DOJ materials had issues**, with content disappearing or producing error codes.

    *   Even weirder, **Axios’s link to the DOJ video** (hosted at justice.gov/video-files/video1.mp4) still resolves as of this writing, but the **landing page’s context is gone**.

    *   And the copy of the document that **Axios linked in its article now produces nothing but error codes**:

5.  **Social media reacted intensely** to the Axios exclusive, while corporate media largely ignored it.

    *   Needless to say, seemingly based *only* on the Axios “exclusive,” social media accepted it as true and promptly **went berserk**.

    *   Apart from Axios, **corporate media didn’t touch the story** with a ten-foot paddle. Not one word about it appeared in the Times, the WaPo, or the WSJ.

6.  The **DOJ's denial contradicted Pam Bondi's previous statements** about having Epstein materials.

    *   After all, Bondi regularly and often claimed to have Epstein materials in her possession. **Now this??**

    *   On the contrary, in February, Bondi clearly told Fox the **Epstein client list was on her desk “right now**:”

7.  Many **questions remain unanswered** regarding the leaked memo, video, and the DOJ's official stance.

    *   So many questions! What should we make of the Axios exclusive and all the social media hot takes? **Why is the DOJ’s website down?**

    *   Was the unsigned letter legit? Why was it clawed back? Is the video *really* evidence that proves anything, or is it just a random part of the Epstein file? **Why didn’t Bondi comment?** Your author does not know. Nobody does. Not yet.

8.  The author speculates that the **Epstein memo incident might be a "sloppy #Resistance team operation**" with access to DOJ servers.

    *   At this point, as of 8 am-ish, what my lawyer’s eyes see is some kind of **sloppy #Resistance team operation with some access to DOJ’s servers**.

    *   It appears that **DOJ’s top officials have unplugged the web server** until they can determine the source of the leak or plant.

9.  The author advises caution, suggesting readers **avoid "hot takes" and wait for facts** as the Epstein story develops.

    *   As always, I suggest that you **avoid the hot takes and wait for the facts**.

    *   This story is still developing, and is much more than it appears. The memo and video drop are **not normal**.

10. The **author contrasts Democratic and MAGA responses** to their respective leaders, highlighting Democratic "hypocrisy."

    *   Democrats’ crocodile tears about Trump’s “kingship” seem even more hypocritical in light of the **furious MAGA response to the “draft memo**.”

    *   **Democrats guarded Biden’s cognitive jello like an army of Praetorian guards** around a fortress of silence.

11. Democratic actions in **shielding President Biden are likened to a "royal court shielding a senescent monarch**."

    *   Staffers carried flashcards, press conferences had pre-approved reporters, and the man was literally escorted off stage by Easter Bunnies and pop singers.

    *   *That’s* what royal protection looks like— **a royal court shielding a senescent monarch**.

12. The **MAGA response to the sketchy memo demonstrates "healthy suspicion"** and "republicanism in action," not "king worship."

    *   Meanwhile, the MAGA base saw one sketchy, unsigned memo contradicting a months-old Bondi quote and **immediately began storming the digital barricades**.

    *   They’re not defending the throne— they’re angrily confronting the stewards, torches and pitchforks in hand. That’s hardly king worship. It’s **republicanism in action** (lowercase “r”).

13. The author concludes that **Democrats "act like their President is a king"** through "blind loyalty and ritualized denial."

    *   Which party *acts* like their President is a king?

    *   To answer my own question, if “acting like a king” means **blind loyalty and ritualized denial, the Democrats wrote the script**.

14. A **new peer-reviewed study** on the association between **COVID-19 vaccination and neuropsychiatric conditions** has been published.

    *   Today, a new **peer-reviewed study published in the International Journal of Innovative Research in Medical Science**, blandly titled “View of Association Between COVID-19 Vaccination and Neuropsychiatric Conditions.”

    *   The results, however, were **not bland**.

15. The study analyzed **VAERS data** and found **dozens to hundreds of times more frequent serious neuropsychiatric issues** after COVID shots compared to flu shots and other vaccines.

    *   In the just-published peer-reviewed study, researchers analyzed over **three decades of vaccine injury reports in the U.S. government’s own VAERS database**, comparing covid mRNA vaccines to both flu shots and all other vaccines (combined).

    *   Using the CDC’s and FDA’s own method for detecting safety problems —called “Proportional Reporting Ratios” or PRRs— they found that reports of serious **neuropsychiatric issues like brain fog, psychosis, dementia, and even suicidal behavior were not just higher, but dozens to hundreds of times more frequent** after the covid shots.

16. The study's **Proportional Reporting Ratios (PRRs) for safety signals were extremely high**, far exceeding the FDA’s red-flag threshold.

    *   The safety signal thresholds weren’t just crossed; they were blown out of the water, with some categories showing **PRRs over four hundred**, far above the FDA’s red-flag threshold of two.

    *   The study concluded these signals were sufficiently alarming to warrant **immediate attention and further investigation**— an understatement as big as the Statue of Liberty.

17. Specific alarming findings included **massive spikes in reports of brain fog, psychosis, Alzheimer’s-type dementia, suicidal thoughts, and brain clots** post-COVID vaccination.

    *   Compared to flu shots, reports of **brain fog were up over 100-fold, psychosis nearly 80 times higher, and Alzheimer’s-type dementia more than 40 times more frequent**.

    *   Even more chilling, reports related to **suicidal thoughts or behaviors** showed increases as high as 80-fold. One rare but deadly condition —cerebral venous sinus thrombosis, a type of **brain clot— was reported at rates over 400 times higher** than with flu vaccines.

18. Critics' dismissals of VAERS as a passive reporting system are deemed **irrelevant** to this study's analysis.

    *   Critics will likely dismiss the study by pointing out that VAERS is a passive reporting system, meaning it contains unverified data that anyone can submit. That’s partly true—but **irrelevant to this analysis**.

    *   The researchers didn’t claim causation; they followed the **FDA’s and CDC’s own protocol for detecting safety signals**, using the exact same statistical method those agencies rely on to flag potential problems.

19. The study's **off-the-charts results challenge the reliability of public health surveillance** if VAERS is deemed unreliable for such signals.

    *   The results weren’t borderline— they were **off-the-charts, across multiple categories**, with p-values so small they defy random chance.

    *   If VAERS isn’t reliable enough to show a 400x spike in brain blood clots, then it’s not reliable enough to show *anything* — and that would be an **indictment of public health surveillance**, not the authors.

20. **Under-reporting in VAERS** means the study's staggering signal ratios are **almost certainly undercounts**, not exaggerations.

    *   It’s also worth noting that VAERS is widely understood —even by the CDC itself— to suffer from **substantial under-reporting**.

    *   That means the staggering signal ratios found in this study are **almost certainly undercounts, not exaggerations**.

21. The author anticipates **critics will resort to ad hominem attacks** on the authors rather than engaging with the data.

    *   Predictably, other critics will attack the study not by engaging the data, but by **going after the authors themselves**— a classic case of the genetic fallacy, where a claim is dismissed based on *who made it* rather than *whether it’s true*.

    *   Several authors are well-known covid policy critics, like familiar heroes **Dr. Peter McCullough, Dr. James Thorp, and Dr. Steven Hatfill**.

22. The authors' critical stance does **not invalidate the study's use of government data or standard statistical methods**.

    *   But so what? That doesn’t invalidate *the data* they used —VAERS, the U.S. government’s own database— or *the statistical method* they applied, which came **straight from CDC and FDA playbooks**.

    *   If a former dissenter publishes solid evidence using government sources and standard methodology, the proper response isn’t character assassination; it should be scrutiny of *the claims*, not the bios.

23. The author suggests that **attacking authors' résumés instead of rebutting the math** indicates a lack of substantive counter-arguments.

    *   When critics start attacking résumés instead of rebutting the math, it **usually means they’ve got nothing else**.

24. The publication of this study, despite its politically "radioactive data" and "devastating conclusions," marks a **significant "crack in the Overton window"** of acceptable discourse.

    *   The fact that this astonishing study —authored by high-profile dissidents, using politically radioactive data, and drawing devastating conclusions— still passed peer review and was published in a legitimate journal marks a **significant crack in the Overton window**.

    *   As you well know, for years, any suggestion that covid vaccines could cause widespread neurological or psychiatric harm was treated as **fringe conspiracy theory**. But now, that same claim sits inside the pages of a peer-reviewed medical journal.

25. The study's publication suggests that **narrative guardians are "losing their grip"** or hedging, as suppressing credible dissent has become riskier.

    *   This doesn’t just crack the narrative— it **blows a hole in the prison wall**.

    *   If the system still held total control over scientific discourse, this paper would never have seen daylight. But it *did*. And that means the narrative guardians —the journals, peer-reviewers, and editors— are either **losing their grip or starting to hedge**.

26. The study is considered a **critical turning point**, making what was once "unspeakable" now "printable, citable, and increasingly undeniable."

    *   This study is more than a dead canary in the iatrogenic coal mine.

    *   It signals a **critical turning point**: what was once unspeakable is now printable, citable, and, if the trend continues, **increasingly undeniable**.

27. **Dr. Peter McCullough, a co-author, was a respected expert** before the pandemic but was **vilified and suppressed** for his COVID policy criticisms.

    *   Before the pandemic, Dr. McCullough was a credentialed expert, widely published, respected across his field, and apolitical.

    *   To shut him up they did everything they could to destroy him: **stripped his affiliations, silenced his platforms, and vilified his reputation**.

28. Dr. McCullough's only path to redemption is **"total vindication"** by proving the harms he reported were real and that he told the truth.

    *   Now, McCullough’s only path to redemption isn’t apologies or reinstatements— those will never come.

    *   His only option is **total vindication**: proving, with hard data and relentless persistence, that *they* lied, the public was misinformed by *them*, the **harms he reported were *real***, and that he —not them— told the truth when it mattered most.

29. Dr. McCullough is highly experienced in the publication system and is **"turning it against its corruptors."**

    *   McCullough has published more peer-reviewed articles in his specialty than anyone else in history.

    *   He knows *exactly* how the system works— and now he’s **turning it against its corruptors**.

30. **Elon Musk announced the formation of a new political movement: The America Party**, aiming to give Americans their "freedom back."

    *   Yesterday, Vanity Fair ran the story headlined, “**Elon Musk, Encouraged By Mark Cuban and Anthony Scaramucci, Says He’s Starting A New Political Party**.”

    *   Musk took to X (of course) to proclaim he’s giving Americans their “**freedom back**.”

31. **Donald Trump reacted negatively** to Musk's announcement, calling the move "ridiculous" and Elon "off the rails."

    *   Trump responded with a predictably spicy post calling the move “**ridiculous**” and calling Elon “**off the rails**.”

32. The author suggests **Elon Musk, as a former Democrat who supported Trump**, is a suitable person to attempt a third party.

    *   If *anyone* deserves to try creating a third party, it is **former Democrat Elon Musk**.

    *   The world’s richest man, who announced his leap of support (literally) for Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania, undoubtedly **helped re-elect the President**.

33. Elon Musk's new **America Party is aimed at the political middle**, specifically "Never Trumpers and disaffected Democrats."

    *   Elon’s new America party will not garner any partisans, neither hardcore Democrats nor Republicans. So it’s **aimed at the middle**.

    *   So … who’s left for the America party? Only **Never Trumpers and disaffected Democrats**.

34. **Prominent initial supporters** mentioned for the America Party include **Mark Cuban and Anthony Scaramucci**.

    *   Vanity Fair cited four prominent America party supporters. The first was **billionaire Mark Cuban**, who campaigned for Kamala last time around.

    *   And it quoted ex-White House speedrun champion **Anthony Scaramucci**, who worked for Trump 1.0 for 11 days before he got fired and immediately became a professional Trump critic.

35. Musk's **platform for the America Party focuses on fiscal and regulatory issues**, largely avoiding social issues.

    *   Musk’s platform is about **cost-cutting, budget-balancing, pro-deregulation, pro-robot soldiers**, and a vague pronatalist vibe.

    *   **Absent are any pesky social issues** that might interfere with scooping up more former Democrats like himself, Krassenstein, or Mr. Cuban.

36. The author predicts the America Party will be **more detrimental to Democrats than Republicans**, threatening to split the Left.

    *   It’s still early, but it looks like the new America party will be **much more of a headache for Democrats than Republicans**.

    *   Strategically speaking, based on what we know, the America Party **threatens to split *the Left***, not the Right.

37. Democrats are currently facing **numerous challenges**, including plunging polls, drying donor wells, and scandals.

    *   Already suffering from NGO and union donations losses, ActBlue investigations, self-inflicted David Hogg PR scandals, **cratering polls, and an incoherent platform**, a new third option is the last thing the Democrats need.

    *   With **polling plunging, donor wells drying up, scandals blooming**, and their platform sounding like a schizophrenic group chat, the last thing Democrats need is Elon Musk rolling up in a cybertruck labeled “America Party” to peel off their former moderates and money men.

38. **Younghoon Kim, recognized as the world’s highest IQ holder**, is openly proclaiming the **imminent return of Jesus Christ**.

    *   Rounding out today’s collection of 2025 surprises, the **world’s record IQ score holder, South Korea’s Younghoon Kim (276 IQ)**, has been making the social media rounds this week.

    *   Not only is Kim an all-in Christian, but he claims, invoking quantum mechanics, that **Jesus Christ is about to return to Earth**, fulfilling the largest number of predictions in the Bible.

39. Kim's **high credentials and intellectual background directly challenge the secular narrative** that portrays devout Christians as anti-intellectual.

    *   He has indeed been **recognized by top IQ rating organizations** as the holder of the highest recorded intelligence in history.

    *   The current secular narrative —especially as pushed by institutional media, academia, and legacy pop culture— portrays **devout Christians, particularly evangelicals, as anti-science, anti-intellectual** knuckle-draggers clinging to Bronze Age mythology.

40. Kim's sudden visibility is seen as a **"tremor in the ongoing earthquake of Christian revival,"** particularly among the intellectually curious.

    *   Whatever you might believe (or disbelieve) about his claims, **YoungHoon Kim poses a direct and disorienting threat to the conventional secular narrative**. He’s a unicorn. He’s not supposed to exist.

    *   Kim’s sudden visibility isn’t just a curiosity—it’s another **tremor in the ongoing earthquake of Christian revival**, especially among the intellectually curious and culturally disillusioned.