<script data-pm-proxy="intercept"></script><?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0" xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" xmlns:googleplay="http://www.google.com/schemas/play-podcasts/1.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Karl’s Politics and Finance]]></title><description><![CDATA[I'm one of those anti-war, dirty hippie types that Nixon, Reagan and Jim Crow Joe Biden warned y'all about. 
I love my neighbor, which is kind of weird in today's world, apparently.]]></description><link>https://karlhaynes.substack.com</link><image><url>https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!S9gA!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fkarlhaynes.substack.com%2Fimg%2Fsubstack.png</url><title>Karl’s Politics and Finance</title><link>https://karlhaynes.substack.com</link></image><generator>Substack</generator><lastBuildDate>Sat, 05 Sep 2026 09:04:38 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="/__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/feed" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><copyright><![CDATA[Karl Haynes]]></copyright><language><![CDATA[en]]></language><webMaster><![CDATA[karlhaynes@substack.com]]></webMaster><itunes:owner><itunes:email><![CDATA[karlhaynes@substack.com]]></itunes:email><itunes:name><![CDATA[Karl Haynes]]></itunes:name></itunes:owner><itunes:author><![CDATA[Karl Haynes]]></itunes:author><googleplay:owner><![CDATA[karlhaynes@substack.com]]></googleplay:owner><googleplay:email><![CDATA[karlhaynes@substack.com]]></googleplay:email><googleplay:author><![CDATA[Karl Haynes]]></googleplay:author><itunes:block><![CDATA[Yes]]></itunes:block><item><title><![CDATA[Who are "We The People" mentioned in the Constitution?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hint: they're not every citizen in the USA]]></description><link>https://karlhaynes.substack.com/p/who-are-we-the-people-mentioned-in</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://karlhaynes.substack.com/p/who-are-we-the-people-mentioned-in</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Karl Haynes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2026 23:59:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ZLkm!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5b03868e-d135-4f8b-86e5-90b42f9a1c51_800x532.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<h4>A government built for the Founders and not everyone else</h4><p>Have you ever noticed that the government never seems to take care of most people in the US? Why do politicians keep pushing for wars and AI data centers, when people need jobs, health care and a cost of living we can afford?</p><p>Why do billionaires get everything they want, while so many live in tents; can&#8217;t afford basic necessities; go bankrupt from medical expenses; can&#8217;t give their children a better life.</p><p>Why does voting never change anything?</p><p>I hate to tell you, but trying to get the US government to serve the masses, is like trying to put a square peg, in a round hole. The US government was never designed for most people in the USA.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ZLkm!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5b03868e-d135-4f8b-86e5-90b42f9a1c51_800x532.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ZLkm!, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/w_424, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5b03868e-d135-4f8b-86e5-90b42f9a1c51_800x532.jpeg 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ZLkm!, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/w_848, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5b03868e-d135-4f8b-86e5-90b42f9a1c51_800x532.jpeg 848w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ZLkm!, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/w_1272, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5b03868e-d135-4f8b-86e5-90b42f9a1c51_800x532.jpeg 1272w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ZLkm!, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5b03868e-d135-4f8b-86e5-90b42f9a1c51_800x532.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ZLkm!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5b03868e-d135-4f8b-86e5-90b42f9a1c51_800x532.jpeg" width="800" height="532" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/5b03868e-d135-4f8b-86e5-90b42f9a1c51_800x532.jpeg&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:532,&quot;width&quot;:800,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:null,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;Square Peg in a Round Hole stock image. 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Image of wooden - 6434499" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ZLkm!, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/w_424, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5b03868e-d135-4f8b-86e5-90b42f9a1c51_800x532.jpeg 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ZLkm!, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/w_848, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5b03868e-d135-4f8b-86e5-90b42f9a1c51_800x532.jpeg 848w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ZLkm!, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/w_1272, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5b03868e-d135-4f8b-86e5-90b42f9a1c51_800x532.jpeg 1272w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ZLkm!, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5b03868e-d135-4f8b-86e5-90b42f9a1c51_800x532.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw" fetchpriority="high"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>Why?</p><h4>We the People</h4><p>The Constitution is presented as many things. I am going to examine it as a legal document.</p><p>It was written by the Founding Fathers to develop a government that would protect what they had built in the 13 colonies, after their Declaration of Independence. They had worked hard. They represented the hard work of generations of genocidal, European colonial-settler; building up much, with enslaved humans. Eventually, they decided they didn&#8217;t want to share their wealth with the British Crown, nor the original inhabitants of what became known as the USA.</p><p>They wanted a government that would protect what they had built.</p><p>I want to examine what they meant by &#8220;We the People.&#8221;</p><h4>Who did they think were the people?</h4><p>Were &#8220;the People&#8221; the poor soldiers who fought in the Revolution and later got cheated out of their pay? </p><p>In case you don&#8217;t know, most of the soldiers who fought in the Revolution were poor men. They were paid with paper currency. Some bankers spread a rumor that the paper was worthless and encouraged soldiers to sell their paper for pennies on the dollar. This was a lie. The bankers who bought their paper, cashed in the paper for full price, after most veterans had sold their paper.</p><p>Anyway, who were these &#8220;People&#8221; in 1787 (when the Constitution was ratified) and 1776 (when the Declaration of Independence was signed).</p><h4>&#8220;The People&#8221; were only a few</h4><p>To a normal person, the term &#8220;We the People&#8221; would imply human beings living in the United States. To the Founders, it didn&#8217;t.</p><p>Let&#8217;s start with who it did not include:</p><p>Women: women had almost no legal rights under the law. They couldn&#8217;t buy land, sign contracts, open a bank account and obviously could not vote. An un-married women could own property if she inherited it. A widow could keep land received as a dowry from her marriage contract. Married women had certain privileges if they were married to certain men, but had almost no rights.</p><p>&#8220;Indians&#8221;: the US Constitution specifically identifies &#8220;Indians&#8221; as people that were not represented, so they were not &#8220;the People.&#8221;</p><p>Enslaved people and indentured servants were not included. </p><p>Enslaved people had no rights and were considered the property of wealth land-owners. Indentured servants were often poor immigrants who exchanged their labor for passage to the Colonies and later the USA. They might be indentured for not paying debt or as punishment for a crime. They had some rights, but were not &#8220;the People.&#8221;</p><p>Unlike enslaved people, their indentured servitude often expired after a certain time. They may or may not have been able to elevate themselves to the class of humans known as &#8220;the People.&#8221;</p><p>Benjamin Franklin apparently was indentured for a short time period in 1723.</p><p>Men who didn&#8217;t own land had some rights but weren&#8217;t the &#8220;People&#8221; the Founders had in mind. </p><p>Also, children weren&#8217;t &#8220;the People.&#8221; The first US census only counted people over the age of 16.</p><p>I want to distinguish two things:</p><ol><li><p>Congressional districts were/are defined by the number of humans, over the age of 16, living in an area.</p></li><li><p>&#8220;The People&#8221; whom the Founders were setting up their government to protect throughout time.</p></li></ol><p>The most important characteristic of being  one of &#8220;the People,&#8221; was land-ownership by men. </p><p>Almost all land was owned by white men. About one percent was owned by free black men. Women owned some land, but were not men, so they weren&#8217;t &#8220;the People.&#8221;</p><p>&#8220;Indians&#8221; lived on much of the territory not owned by US land-owners. They weren&#8217;t considered owners of the land they lived on. </p><h4>Genocide some &#8220;Indians,&#8221; steal their land and welcome to the club</h4><p>Every single land-owner of the original USA owned land which was stolen by force, coercion or fraud from the original inhabitants: the &#8220;Indians.&#8221; Or had been purchased by those who originally stole the land.</p><p>Bottom line: to be one of &#8220;the People,&#8221; one had to go murder the original inhabitants and register a deed. </p><p>These land-owning men, represented about 10-15% of the entire population in 1787.</p><h4>&#8220;The People&#8221; grew in numbers as 13 States became 50</h4><p>This also implied that future humans who wanted to be part of &#8220;the People,&#8221; merely had to participate in the ethnic cleansing, expansionism and/or genocide required to enable the 13 States to grow to 50 states.</p><p>There was an incentive to help expand the USA. If a man killed people living in an area, claimed it, and registered a deed, they would become part of &#8220;the People.&#8221;</p><p>If enough land-owners conquered an area, they could set up their own new State. To become a new State in the Union of States, there was one requirement. A large land-mass was cleared of the original inhabitants; occupied and controlled by new land-owners.</p><h4>Not for the many, but for a few</h4><p>In today&#8217;s world, there are many people who own homes, in theory, but in practice they don&#8217;t. With mortgages and property taxes, today&#8217;s home owners don&#8217;t have the same level of land ownership as the Founders.</p><p>Today&#8217;s home owners are, effectively, indentured servants to the federal reserve; &#8220;mortgage&#8221; in French = death pledge. And they are beholden to governments for property taxes which keep rising each decade.</p><h4>Why this matters</h4><p>The Founders wanted to protect the land they stole. They feared the original inhabitants might want it back. Or a European nation might invade and take their property.</p><p>Women, slaves, non-land owners and other governments were seen as a threat, that this new government was designed to defend against.</p><p>It was never designed to protect all human beings in the USA. Trying to change this design might never work. </p><p>Voting for new politicians won&#8217;t for sure.</p><p></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Catch 22 of the AI bubble & the US Military]]></title><description><![CDATA[The US economy depends on making weapons for war and building AI data centers]]></description><link>https://karlhaynes.substack.com/p/the-catch-22-of-the-ai-bubble-and</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://karlhaynes.substack.com/p/the-catch-22-of-the-ai-bubble-and</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Karl Haynes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2026 13:46:37 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!vSjV!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcf6f0b0f-2587-4c59-a0a3-94740ed4050a_1328x992.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<h4>The US economy depends on making weapons for war and building AI data centers</h4><p>AI data centers are appearing out of no where across the US. </p><p>Military spending is breaking new records&#8230;again&#8230;like it does every year.</p><p>There is much protesting and push-back from people who don&#8217;t want data center. </p><p>Many people are sick and tired of seeing children blown up in other nations with bombs made in the USA. When I was a young man, &#8220;Made in the USA,&#8221; applied to cars, TV&#8217;s and other things people needed for a good life. Today, the US only seems to make a living supporting illegal wars and building a police state.</p><h4>People complain, yet still participate</h4><p>People still use AI. Asking Grok, Chat GPT, et al for answers, as if these AI are some oracle of wisdom. Many have fun making AI videos, images, art and music.</p><p>There are high paying jobs building AI data centers that people aren&#8217;t turning down. </p><p>People still go to work for defense contractors.</p><p>Wall Street depends up the PayPal Mafia (AKA Silicone Valley oligarchs) continuing to inflate a massive bubble around AI development. As with all things that billionaires do, they&#8217;re doing it in a way that is most profitable to them, instead of finding the best solutions for the public.</p><p>The Military Industrial Complex provides jobs in every US Congressional District.</p><h4>Americans need jobs.</h4><p>To create these AI data centers, many jobs are created; many industries benefit. It takes a lot of concrete, copper, computers/chips, etc. to build AI data centers.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!vSjV!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcf6f0b0f-2587-4c59-a0a3-94740ed4050a_1328x992.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!vSjV!, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/w_424, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcf6f0b0f-2587-4c59-a0a3-94740ed4050a_1328x992.jpeg 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!vSjV!, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/w_848, 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/__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcf6f0b0f-2587-4c59-a0a3-94740ed4050a_1328x992.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!vSjV!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcf6f0b0f-2587-4c59-a0a3-94740ed4050a_1328x992.jpeg" width="1328" height="992" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/cf6f0b0f-2587-4c59-a0a3-94740ed4050a_1328x992.jpeg&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:992,&quot;width&quot;:1328,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:null,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;AI Boom Creates Gold Rush: Construction Workers Earn $225K in Tech&#8217;s 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24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>There are lots of people working in construction, mining, computer techies, computer programmers, etc.; people building roads, real estate professionals and lawyers; etc.</p><p>This AI bubble is a large part of what&#8217;s propping up an economy that is already broken these days. Most people are suffering from high prices; low-paying jobs, social unrest, etc. Even with all these jobs, things aren&#8217;t doing too well for most Americans.</p><h4>Jobs for blowing up children</h4><p>Lockheed Martin, Boeing etc. hire lots of Americans to make bombs, jets, tanks and ammunition. Soldiers need logistical support, like uniforms, food, guns and artillery.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!rD-d!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F44f09e75-9c9f-4772-b84a-c3c40d86d025_1024x683.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!rD-d!, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/w_424, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F44f09e75-9c9f-4772-b84a-c3c40d86d025_1024x683.jpeg 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!rD-d!, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/w_848, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/c_limit, 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/__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F44f09e75-9c9f-4772-b84a-c3c40d86d025_1024x683.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!rD-d!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F44f09e75-9c9f-4772-b84a-c3c40d86d025_1024x683.jpeg" width="1024" height="683" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/44f09e75-9c9f-4772-b84a-c3c40d86d025_1024x683.jpeg&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:683,&quot;width&quot;:1024,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:null,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;Lockheed Martin Success Story | Texas Economic Development Corporation&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:null,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:null,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="Lockheed Martin Success Story | Texas Economic Development Corporation" title="Lockheed Martin Success Story | Texas Economic Development Corporation" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!rD-d!, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/w_424, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F44f09e75-9c9f-4772-b84a-c3c40d86d025_1024x683.jpeg 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!rD-d!, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/w_848, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/f_auto, 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loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>Silicone Valley also has lots of jobs for providing AI support for the military.</p><p>Elon Musk&#8217;s Star Link is a necessary link in blowing up children in Russia, Iran, Gaza, Lebanon, etc.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!bLyk!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4c4a8c83-6138-4665-8010-0da4b7f32b08_300x168.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!bLyk!, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/w_424, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4c4a8c83-6138-4665-8010-0da4b7f32b08_300x168.jpeg 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!bLyk!, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/w_848, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4c4a8c83-6138-4665-8010-0da4b7f32b08_300x168.jpeg 848w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!bLyk!, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/w_1272, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4c4a8c83-6138-4665-8010-0da4b7f32b08_300x168.jpeg 1272w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!bLyk!, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4c4a8c83-6138-4665-8010-0da4b7f32b08_300x168.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!bLyk!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4c4a8c83-6138-4665-8010-0da4b7f32b08_300x168.jpeg" width="300" height="168" 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/__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4c4a8c83-6138-4665-8010-0da4b7f32b08_300x168.jpeg 1272w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!bLyk!, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4c4a8c83-6138-4665-8010-0da4b7f32b08_300x168.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div></div></div></a></figure></div><h4>Economic disasters if America stops its wars and AI race</h4><p>If the US stops building AI centers and stops blowing up children around the world that would be really great&#8230;right?</p><p>Well. That&#8217;s the Catch 22. If the US stops all these horrible activities, there goes the lifeblood of the US economy.</p><p>Jobs would disappear overnight. People are already struggling to make ends meet. Inflation eats up what earning people make.</p><h4>Unrelated industries</h4><p>People working in defense contractor jobs, the military, and who make AI data centers spend money in other parts of the US.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PQr-!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F142219d3-305e-42af-8b29-05d9271c2a76_1024x616.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PQr-!, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/w_424, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F142219d3-305e-42af-8b29-05d9271c2a76_1024x616.jpeg 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y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why the banking system won't let us have nice things]]></title><description><![CDATA[Have you ever thought about how money comes into existence? 
And why most people can't ever get enough, but a few get sh!t-tons of money?]]></description><link>https://karlhaynes.substack.com/p/why-the-banking-system-wont-let-us</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://karlhaynes.substack.com/p/why-the-banking-system-wont-let-us</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Karl Haynes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2026 16:33:01 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/513501da-5c96-411c-8093-709e99ef9707_500x277.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Have you ever thought about how money comes into existence? This is referred to as the money supply, which billions of people depend upon and compete for, around the world.</p><p>Why is it hard to get funding for things that most people want, yet super easy for others to get shit-tons of money?</p><p>Why does voting seem to make things worse each election?</p><p>As a young man, I thought there was a limited supply of money, and banks managed flows of money; and the government printed money. When I was working on getting a second degree in accounting and a business master degree, someone told me &#8220;money is printed out of thin air,&#8221; and I spent 20 years trying to prove this statement was false. I couldn&#8217;t.</p><p>Yes. The government does print paper currency, but almost all US dollars on earth are digital. Coins are a super small portion of the money supply, so I will ignore them here.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!LxFZ!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9b426821-851a-4928-a271-2fa27801c156_1920x1080.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!LxFZ!, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/w_424, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9b426821-851a-4928-a271-2fa27801c156_1920x1080.jpeg 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!LxFZ!, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/w_848, 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/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!LxFZ!, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9b426821-851a-4928-a271-2fa27801c156_1920x1080.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw" fetchpriority="high"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>If the government wants to buy an aircraft carrier, it doesn&#8217;t go to some vault, or print more paper currency, load it in a fleet of trucks and ship it to Lockheed Martin. Digital transfers occur.</p><p>When Silicone Valley builds a new AI data center, they don&#8217;t go to their vaults and get some cash. Digital transfers occur.</p><h4>Where do these digital dollars come from?</h4><p>If the government spends money that Congress tells it to spend, the US Treasury has to get digital US dollars from taxes or it borrows money. They have to use digital dollars that are already floating around in the economy - technically digital dollars in bank computers. Sometimes the federal reserve provides them with digital dollars, called Quantitative Easing. </p><p>The Treasury can&#8217;t create digital dollars, however.</p><p>When the Treasury borrows money, it doesn&#8217;t go to a bank and take out a loan. It sells securities (AKA bonds) to the public. To someone that buys government debt, it is seen as an investment. Treasury securities are easy to convert into digital US dollars. The Treasury can offer as much debt as it wants. They only have to find investors. They even offer new debt, to pay off old debt. </p><p>Those with tons of money feel safer parking digital cash in government debt, than putting it in a bank that might fail. Historically, these securities (or bonds) were seen as one of the safest investments on earth. The borrowing orgy of recent decades is going to change this dynamic, but I digress.</p><h3>How owns this debt? </h3><p>Despite what many talking-heads on legacy media or economist claim:</p><h5>About 93% of U.S. government debt is owned by American corporations and people (retirement funds, banks, households, and the Fed). </h5><h5>Only ~7% is owned by foreign countries.</h5><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!i6Ep!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F42c6b528-6724-4760-91fe-4eeae6cfc5d0_7062x4486.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!i6Ep!, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/w_424, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/q_auto:good, 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Graph&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:null,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:null,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="National Debt By President Chart Graph" title="National Debt By President Chart Graph" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!i6Ep!, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/w_424, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F42c6b528-6724-4760-91fe-4eeae6cfc5d0_7062x4486.png 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!i6Ep!, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/w_848, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/q_auto:good, 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stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><h4><strong>Who owns government debt?</strong></h4><p><strong>American Investors</strong> (Mutual Funds, Banks, Households, Money Market Funds) own about 53% of all government debt.</p><p><strong>American Retirement Savings</strong> (Pension Funds + Social Security + Other Trust Funds) own about 29%</p><p><strong>Federal Reserve </strong>owns about <strong>12%</strong></p><p><strong>Foreign Countries</strong> own about <strong>7%</strong></p><h4><strong>But, what are these digital dollars and where do they come from?</strong></h4><p>I won&#8217;t bore you with too much history, but money started being used because a barter system is not practical. If I have a cow and I want to trade for some eggs and rice, this is impractical. I can&#8217;t pay the electric bill with part of a cow.</p><p>Sure, I could kill the cow; cut up the meat; and hope that the meat lasts long enough for me to trade it for all the things I need, but I can&#8217;t barter with Door Dash or Amazon.</p><p>People realized it made more sense to have something that worked to exchange their goods and services. I sell my cow for money. I use the money to buy what I want, when I want.</p><p>At some point gold and silver were used as money. Gold and silver don&#8217;t go bad.  In dollar terms, they are often seen as increasing or decreasing in value, but in the physical world, they don&#8217;t deteriorate or disappear from existence. It&#8217;s physics; these metals don&#8217;t rust or decay.</p><p>However, gold and silver are heavy; people who don&#8217;t have it, sometimes steal and/or kill for it. Shipping a boat load of silver was risky when kings/queens ruled the western empires; ships sink and there were pirates.</p><p>So, banks came into existence. Gold and silver could be deposited. In exchange for the metals, paper currency was exchanged. Instead selling my cow for a silver or gold coin, I could sell it for paper cash. I could spend or hold the currency as I saw fit.</p><p>Banks figured out that not everyone would come demand their gold/silver on the same day. They learned they could print more currency than the metals held in their vaults.</p><p>The gold/silver held in vaults were considered &#8220;reserves&#8221; in modern terms. The US dollar used to have reserves of gold in banks. (Technically the US government held the gold; federal reserve banks had gold certificates that claimed ownership of this gold).</p><p>These reserves stay as reserves. They aren&#8217;t lent by banks to people when a person or company gets a loan. They can&#8217;t be touched, except in emergency situations or in certain transactions with the US Treasury.</p><p>When a bank makes a loan, the bank conjures digital US dollars with a complex, globally, integrated balance sheet transaction. Some refer to this as &#8220;printing money out of thin air,&#8221; but it&#8217;s way more complicated than that.</p><p>Before digital dollars, banks issues paper currency, to be exchanged for gold/silver. They issued as much as they felt safe doing so and/or that they could get away with, with few regulations.  Today, there are regulations about how much reserves a bank  must have, set by the federal reserve. </p><p>A bank doesn&#8217;t give away currency, it lends it to people or businesses. That&#8217;s their business. They make money by lending money. They conjure digital dollars with each loan. </p><p>Bank customers have digital balances of dollars that customers get from loans, jobs, investments and/or government handouts. Banks need a way for people to pay back loans, so banks have bank accounts for their customers.</p><h5><em><strong>Bank loans are the primary way the digital US dollar comes into existence. This has absolutely nothing to do with the US Treasury. This is all done in the federal reserve banking system. </strong></em></h5><p>If I want a loan to buy a house, the bank doesn&#8217;t go to their vault. They push a few buttons on their computer&#8217;s keyboard and suddenly, there&#8217;s money in my account. </p><p>Interesting side note: mortgage is French for &#8220;death pledge.&#8221; Don&#8217;t get me started about being indentured to bankers who conjure digital currency on computers.</p><h4>Reserves stopped being gold</h4><p>In 1971 this changed, leading to today&#8217;s situation. In other words, reserves for banks were gold certificates before 1971. Now, they&#8217;re not. The powers-that-shouldn&#8217;t-be wanted to start waging wars that gold reserves couldn&#8217;t back up.</p><p>Today, the total reserves of the federal reserve banking system are:</p><h5><strong>1. Treasury Securities Dominate (~70%)</strong></h5><ul><li><p>The majority of the Fed&#8217;s holdings are U.S. government debt (AKA US Treasury securities)</p></li></ul><h5><strong>2. Mortgage Backed Securities  (~30%)</strong></h5><ul><li><p>Nearly $2 trillion mortgage-backed securities</p></li><li><p>This is a legacy of QE programs during the 2008 financial crisis and pandemic</p></li><li><p>These holdings pay interest based on mortgage rates</p></li></ul><p>In other words, the digital US dollars are mostly backed by US Treasury bonds (AKA government debt). The other big portion are mortgage backed securities. </p><p>A <strong>mortgage-backed security (MBS)</strong> is a bond-like investment created by pooling together hundreds or thousands of home mortgages and selling shares of that pool to investors.</p><h4><strong>How It Works</strong></h4><ol><li><p><strong>Banks lend</strong> money to home-buyers (mortgages)</p></li><li><p><strong>Investment firms bundle</strong> those mortgages into a pool</p></li><li><p><strong>The pool becomes a security</strong> (MBS) sold to investors</p></li><li><p><strong>Homeowners&#8217; monthly payments</strong> flow through to MBS investors as income</p></li></ol><p>One of the key factors of the 2008 crisis was that the federal reserve held lots of mortgage backed securities. These securities were considered to be a safe investment at the time. Over a short time period, these securities became worth pennies on the dollar.</p><p>We&#8217;re supposed to not worry. They say this isn&#8217;t like 2008, because the new MBS&#8217;s are not the risky ones of 2008. They are &#8220;safer&#8221; and backed up by government agencies.</p><p>Technically speaking, in 2007, when the MBS&#8217;s became worthless, central bankers had to beg Congress to bail them out. Currently, MBS&#8217;s are already backed up by government agencies, and the central bankers don&#8217;t even have to go to Congress should these MBS&#8217;s crash in value. A pre-bailout, in essense.</p><p>In case you didn&#8217;t catch this. In 2008, MBS&#8217;s were private mortgages, not backed by government agencies (for the most part). When 2008, there was nothing backing up these MBS.</p><p>Now, they are backed up (insured) by government agencies. The same government that keeps borrowing shit tons of money from the American public. The public keeps investing in government debt. And well&#8230;it&#8217;s a Ponzi Scheme. It&#8217;s all a scam with hard-to-understand words, making it sound solid and impressive.</p><p>I have a more comprehensive article, with all the government and federal reserve gobbly gook <a href="/__u/substack.com/@karlhaynes/p-135043396">here</a>.</p><h4>Who decides who gets the most money?</h4><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!n1lq!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3128e6af-2fdb-44eb-b95f-649af5494a1d_500x277.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!n1lq!, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/w_424, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/q_auto:good, 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6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>To the point of the title: bankers decide who gets digital dollars. </p><p>Those who get digital dollars are beholden to these bankers. Borrowers have to do things that make enough money to pay off loans, and pay their bills, or they won&#8217;t get new ones.</p><p>Workers don&#8217;t earn enough money to pay their costs of living and their debt. They become trapped in taking on more and more debt&#8230;if they can. Or they get black-listed and can&#8217;t pay their loans; go bankrupts; end up on the streets.</p><p>Young people get student loans, backed by the US government; almost all don&#8217;t see their debt go down, even after years and years of paying it; trapped in jobs that are needed to pay their student debt. And they need jobs for health insurance; health insurance companies are partners with bankers.</p><p>Billionaires get massive loans to fund businesses which are designed to exploit their workers and engage in businesses that align with central bankers; providing products/services that get more expensive to their customers each day. Because billionaires have to pay off their debt and get new debt or they won&#8217;t be billionaires anymore.</p><p>Their loans are backed by stocks, mostly. They have to appease Wall Street investors, or their stocks crash and they&#8217;re stuck having to sell other stocks and/or businesses to pay the debt.</p><p>Poor people get hand-outs from the government and nothing from banks; change from people on the streets; food banks, etc.</p><p>The middle class gets mortgages, at low interest, and have to keep re-financing or they can&#8217;t keep up with what&#8217;s needed to stay in their jobs; always trapped in an endless cycle of debt.</p><p>The working class gets high-interest credit cards, which can&#8217;t be paid off, by design.</p><p>The working poor can go to a pawn shop and/or pay-day loans. These aren&#8217;t banking sources.</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[A fading Empire lashes out]]></title><description><![CDATA[The powers-that-shouldn't be control western-aligned nations.
As they face a declining Empire, they seem to be going insane, but there goals make sense in a horrible fashion.]]></description><link>https://karlhaynes.substack.com/p/a-fading-empire-lashes-out</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://karlhaynes.substack.com/p/a-fading-empire-lashes-out</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Karl Haynes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2026 17:38:26 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!VVtM!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa4911800-475a-48ef-8c0a-d8e40967a02e_800x533.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<h4>Empire</h4><p>I want to offer a contrarian view of the global events unfolding right now. Many of the alternative media sources I keep up with can&#8217;t understand the goals of the US, Israel and NATO. To a normal person, it makes no sense. To psychopathic/sociopath elites it probably does.</p><p>I view governments as middle management. The western-aligned nations are the US, Israel, Ukraine, UK, EU, many GCC nations and their vassals. </p><p>These nations are controlled by powerful forces such as western central bankers/Blackrock, the military industrial complex, western intelligence agencies (&amp; Mossad), global crime lords, Silicone Valley&#8217;s PayPal Mafia, western petroleum corporations, et al. A group of competing forces, who have many shared goals.</p><p>I&#8217;ll just say Empire to make it easy to explain. One consolidated force, acting through various means.</p><p>They have dominated and controlled most of the world since the collapse of the USSR with a hegemonic control grid. They work by consolidating power, mass-murder, controlling international finance, monopolistic practices and ever-increasing surveillance. </p><h4>What is their strategy?</h4><p>The Empire faces a crisis, in their minds.</p><p>For hundreds of years, it has colonized and dominated the world. The Empire faced one major competitor, during the Cold War, the Soviet Union. Since it collapsed, they maintained a global hegemon; united in their power. Controlling global energy supplies, economic activity and narrative management.</p><p>The rest of the world has been busy building up an alternative economic prosperity structure. It is starting to break free from the Empire. The Empire cannot tolerate this and is doing everything it can keep control of the world.</p><p>It can either defeat nations militarily or crush the rest of the world&#8217;s economic success. It is currently engaged in two major wars (Iran and Russia) and multiple other smaller wars; one source I heard (and haven&#8217;t confirmed) says there are 65 other, small wars going on currently. I know of several for sure.</p><p>An alternative way to destroying the global majority&#8217;s rise in economic success is to cut the world off from cheap, reliable energy and fertilizers needs.</p><p>I think this is their primary goal. By cutting off energy, there will be a global Depression, destroying rising economic trends. By cutting off fertilizer, the world will not be able to grow enough food to feed 8 billion people.</p><p>This will lead mass starvation and an end to many projects aimed at helping the masses of people. There won&#8217;t be enough food, and what food is available will become unavailable as hundreds of millions of people lose their jobs and livelihoods.</p><p>This will lead to more chaos, more death. Nations will have to focus on internal conflict instead of building a new way to live on this earth without the Empire&#8217;s global hegemony.</p><h4>Probably not nukes</h4><p>The Empire cannot defeat the rising powers from a military standpoint, unless it uses nukes. This is possible, but unlikely. If it does use nukes, the other nations with nukes will destroy Europe and much of the US. The Empire needs these areas to maintain their power. I can&#8217;t rule it out. They&#8217;rd insane, blood-thirsty, genocidal maniacs. Still unlikely.</p><p>The Empire does depend on the western-aligned nations for waging wars and ensuring resource extraction from the world. They seem to think AI, robots and drones can replace many of the humans, but the Empire needs some human, regardless. It cannot keep too many humans in the west, or they will rise up internally an resist the Empire.</p><h4>Mass starvation and a Depression</h4><p>I think their plan is to kill hundreds of millions of human in another way. They are cutting off much of the world from energy and fertilizer. This will likely lead to a global depression. It will also make sure many nations cannot grow enough food to feed their populations.</p><p>If China and Russia continue to grow economically, the Empire feels it will lose much of the power it depends upon. If much of the world is busy trying to survive, the global majority cannot spend time competing with the Empire.</p><p>The Empire cannot compete in business, nor economic means. It only knows war, violence, ethnic cleansing and genocide.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!cHqC!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa36e345d-eb2b-4075-8a71-2696a2b75825_1200x792.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!cHqC!, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/w_424, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa36e345d-eb2b-4075-8a71-2696a2b75825_1200x792.jpeg 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!cHqC!, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/w_848, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/c_limit, 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business opportunities and economic prosperity. </p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!SBDy!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F83406295-c49c-460c-b950-0259668008df_1224x690.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!SBDy!, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/w_424, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F83406295-c49c-460c-b950-0259668008df_1224x690.png 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!SBDy!, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/w_848, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/c_limit, 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NATO (led by the US) has tried and is failing to invade, occupy and colonize Russia. It refuses to cooperate with Russia. Russia has been bleeding NATO dry of advanced weapons.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!mPq1!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fbdebfc9a-b2a2-48ff-8489-07d30b2bf48a_830x900.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!mPq1!, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/w_424, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fbdebfc9a-b2a2-48ff-8489-07d30b2bf48a_830x900.jpeg 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!mPq1!, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/w_848, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/c_limit, 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This drug running also helps destroy the quality of life in the west as disenfranchised people turn to drugs more.</p></li><li><p>Some African nations are becoming an annoyance to the Empire, no longer willing to be enslaved by the colonial-settler regimes of the west.</p></li></ul><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!fDRA!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F493b7982-4455-4d3d-b1fd-03093639b4c8_480x360.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!fDRA!, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/w_424, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/q_auto:good, 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It only has a business model of extracting resources and wealth from most of the world; it can&#8217;t conceive of providing any benefit to others. </p><p>The Empire&#8217;s ability to dominate with its military has been shown to be a house of cards. It can still blow up lots of children, destroy ancient holy sites, kill journalists, and terrorize in brutal fashions, but its limits have been reached.</p><p>It does have nukes. With Bibi and Trump holding the trigger to these nukes, other nations challenging the Empire&#8217;s military might are wary of waging a full war, or these mad-men will start a nuclear war.</p><p>Modern war-fare is evolving. Massive military bases, expensive jets and multi-million dollar defense missiles don&#8217;t work against cheap drones and hyper-sonic missiles. </p><p>Its economic power-house can no longer finance a military presence all over the globe either. The petro-dollar system is showing signs of decline, being challenged by Iran, China and Russia.</p><h4>Objectively, they are slowly destroying many parts of the world</h4><p><strong>Europe: </strong>The UK and EU have been cut off from cheap energy from Russia and now Iran. Their economies are starting to crumble. Their leaders are pushing for a war-based economy. Chaos is unfolding as people from nations destroyed by the Empire search for a safe place to avoid being blown up.</p><p><strong>West Asia:</strong> The Empire has ruled this region for decades, extracting energy and fertilizer for the world. China is working on connecting the East to West Asia with their Belt and Road initiatives, which will undermine the Empire&#8217;s wealth extraction from the region.</p><p>There is also a competing plan to drill for more oil in Gaza; combined with finding a new way to ship western-aligned GCC nations oil and gas to Europe. However, it requires shipping northwards through the Strait of Hormuz.</p><p>Attacking Iran, has provoked it to attack US and Israeli military assets. Military and intelligence analyst have known this would happen for a long time. Many can&#8217;t figure out why the military plans of the US and Israel continue.</p><p><strong>The US: </strong>decades of work has been done to destroy the quality of life in the US. The Empire has slowly siphoned wealth out of the people living in the US. People are turning to drugs supplied by the Empire; immigrants are stoking unrest after their economies have been decimated by the Empire; young people face a bleak future.</p><p><strong>Africa: </strong>Africa is a big place, with many nations. Some nations are challenging their colonial over-lords&#8217; power and resource extraction. Many nations are seeking new arrangements with China and/or Russia, not based on being colonized, but on a win/win relationship.</p><p><strong>China: </strong>China is the biggest threat to these monsters, running the Empire. China was looted for centuries by the Empire. China has thrown off their shackles and now are an economic power house.</p><p><strong>Russia: </strong>Russia has been invaded by Europe since Napoleon's time. Russia was briefly controlled by the west in the 1990s, but the Empire still can&#8217;t colonize it, nor loot its resources.</p><p><strong>Latin America: </strong>Latin America has been &#8220;swinging left&#8221; for a while, threatening an end to complete &#8220;banana republic&#8221; wealth extraction model of old.</p><h4>Some plans they seem to have</h4><p><strong>Military Industrial Complex: </strong>with recent wars, the MIC has thrown all their old weapons into proxy wars; letting old equipment get destroyed by Russia; Iran is destroying billions in assets in West Asia.</p><p>US military budgets are exploding. The UK and EU are gearing up for military spending. When equipment and bases get destroyed, they get to build more and make more money. </p><p>Nuclear arms treaties have been abandoned. The MIC is excited to start a new, global nuclear arms race.</p><p><strong>Financial Industrial Complex:</strong> the era of the US dollar as the world&#8217;s reserve currency is threatened. This status gives the Empire financial weapons of mass destruction;  starving people with sanctions and the ability to harm economic growth by restricting trade in target nations. If there&#8217;s a global depression, the dollar (or its replacement) will have a chance to remain dominant.</p><p><strong>US petroleum corporations:</strong> it has controlled most of the world&#8217;s energy supply since oil and gas started fueling the world&#8217;s energy and fertilizer needs. They are cutting off the world from West Asia&#8217;s cheap energy and starting to focus on other areas. </p><p><strong>Organized crime syndicates:</strong> they get to make money from running drugs, human trafficking and the illegal human organ industry.</p><p><strong>Silicone Valley: </strong>they hope to implement a global surillence and control grid. China and Russia have competing systems, no based on dominating and ethic cleansing. From a marketing standpoint it should be easy to offer the world Chin&#8217;a model ahte the US&#8217;s plans.</p><h4>Will they suceed?</h4><p>My crystal ball is in the shop. I can&#8217;t predict the outcome. It will be a bumpy ride, unfortunately.</p><p>The Empire will either destroy West Asia or hand power to the GCC nations in the region.</p><p>The Empire is shifting to complete control of Latin America.</p><p>If the Empire causes a depression, Russia and China will have fewer markets to sell their goods and services to.</p><p>No matter what, it&#8217;s going to get messy; for many it will be horrible.</p><p>If history repeats, there will be light at the end of the tunnel. It might take a decade or two, but eventually things will improve. I hope the Empire fails and the rest of the world rises up to create a new way for the world to interact, based on mutual cooperation and economic prosperity.</p><p></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Contrarian view of all the wars]]></title><description><![CDATA[Is Trump a madman? Or a scapegoat?]]></description><link>https://karlhaynes.substack.com/p/contrarian-view-of-all-the-wars</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://karlhaynes.substack.com/p/contrarian-view-of-all-the-wars</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Karl Haynes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2026 18:17:53 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!AY4M!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcd7bc98c-82bf-4743-b29c-49e111c5784b_640x513.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The world&#8217;s a complicated place, so this is way over simplified. I am using the &#8220;<strong>if it looks like a duck, walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, then it&#8217;s a duck&#8221;</strong> test.</p><h4>Powers behind the throne</h4><p>True power of the US, UK, EU, Israel and some GCC nations lies in competing, massive powers: western central bankers, intelligence agencies, military industrial complex, Silicone Valley, western propaganda outlets, global crime organization (illegal rugs, organs, human trafficking, etc.), Big Pharma, etc.</p><p>Governments are middle-management for these power structures.</p><p>When I say US hegemony it is not about the US government, but various interests competing for their interests. Now, they are also competing with rising powers running Iran, Russia and China. </p><p>This is pissing off this hegemonic power structure massively.</p><h4>Brief history of WW2</h4><p>WW2 was an effort to re-define the borders of different empires and not really a fight against fascism, despite what western education systems and Hollywood preach. The British Empire and German Empire were fighting over their colonies in Africa, China and Latin America. 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If Germany and the UK had teamed up, based on their shared hatred of anything Russian, they could have conquered the Soviet Union and shared in the spoils of war, instead of destroying each other; a strategic error on Germany&#8217;s behalf.</p><p>After WW2, Europe, China, and the Soviet Union were destroyed. The USA was virtually untouched and became the economic/political powerhouse of everything  except for the Soviet Union: Europe, Japan, Latin America, Africa and China.</p><p>The Marshall Plan gave the US control of Europe and the UK, financially and militarily. US military bases,and US nukes, were placed throughout Europe. The US dollar ruled, after slowly replacing the British pound. This full-filled two objectives: prepare to colonize Russia someday and be ready to put down any uprisings in European nations.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!8wcg!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8b1d97e5-bcf3-4ba2-95ff-61b20f977d6f_600x400.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!8wcg!, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/w_424, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8b1d97e5-bcf3-4ba2-95ff-61b20f977d6f_600x400.jpeg 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!8wcg!, 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Nuclear weapons proliferated, producing a climate of no direct wars, but proxy wars.</p><p>After the USSR collapsed, the US became the global hegemonic power, ruling and dominating the world. For a brief time, in the 90s, it took control of the former Soviet Union and plundered all its resources, plunging that part of the world into chaos.</p><h4>Today</h4><p>The US hegemon is losing its ability to rule the world. It can&#8217;t afford it and tactics of war have changed dramatically in recent years; other economic and military powers are rising, such as China, Russia and Iran. As it does so, the US hegemon is looting as much as it can from the citizens of the USA and Europe, since it can&#8217;t loot China, Russia and Iran anymore.</p><p>African nations are working with China and Russia to resist the US hegemon from looting Africa too. </p><p>The US&#8217;s outpost, Israel, cannot control West Asia anymore. The US is trying to shift power to GCC nations, but this might fail if Iran continues their successes. Pakistan and Iran are working to set up a new power block in West Asia.</p><p>The US spent the last 20 years weakening West Asia and Africa, with their ethnic cleansing campaign: the War OF Terror (AKA War on Terror as the spin-masters called it).</p><h4>Wars everywhere</h4><p>Military and intelligence people have said, for a long time, that if Iran is attacked, it will shut down the Strait of Hormuz and destroy many US military bases.</p><p>It&#8217;s easy to blame Trump&#8217;s insanity for this war with Iran, but it takes the Pentagon, CIA, IDF and Mossad to carry out this war.</p><p>What if they attacked Iran, knowing it would destroy US military bases and erode Israel&#8217;s dominance? If so, why?</p><h4>How can these various western powers consolidate their power?</h4><p>The US can&#8217;t tell the world and its peoples that it wants to voluntarily close the many US military bases in West Asia.</p><p>Trump and Bibi have demonstrated, to the global majority (not western leaders) that Israel is out of control. Israel might become a good scapegoat for putting the blame outside of the west. </p><p>WW2 was blamed on Hitler. If they can blame Bibi and Trump for the coming economic collapse and WW3, they can shift blame away from the powers-that-shouldn&#8217;t-be who caused all this mess.</p><p>MAGA&#8217;s sales pitch was &#8220;America First.&#8221; To some, this meant focusing on the population of the US. Objectively speaking, it seems to mean consolidating US hegemonic power to North, Central and South America.</p><p>Zionists seem to be migrating their efforts to South and Central America.</p><h4>We shall see what the outcome is</h4><p>I can&#8217;t get my crystal ball to work today, nor predict the outcome of the NATO/US war with Russia. I can&#8217;t predict the outcome of the NATO/US/Israel war with Iran. The US is the major player in NATO and uses NATO to maintain US hegemonic power.</p><p>However, global power shift is happening. Obviously, we have some very difficult times ahead. Unless the blood-thirsty, genocidal US or Israel resort to nukes, eventually there will be good times ahead.</p><h4>North, Central and South America</h4><p>MAGA voters were sold a lie, called &#8220;America first.&#8221; They thought it meant to stop wars and focus on US citizens.</p><p>In reality, it means the US hegemon contracting its power base into all the Americas (North, Central and South America).</p><p>While they&#8217;re at it, they are working hard to impoverish as many nations as possible. The US, UK and EU are all having their wealth extracted, in the same way that was done to other nations for decades.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!etSA!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8db51b3a-e582-48b6-9a30-f842694eded0_1000x537.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!etSA!, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/w_424, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8db51b3a-e582-48b6-9a30-f842694eded0_1000x537.jpeg 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!etSA!, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/w_848, 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This fund is investing in GCC nations. It is run by Jared Kushner.</p><p>And Kushner has been appointed to negotiate for the US hegemony, instead of normal diplomats and/or the US State Department. The fund is investing in AI and other activities.</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Western central banking class v. those who resist]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Empire's protection racket]]></description><link>https://karlhaynes.substack.com/p/western-central-banking-class-v-those</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://karlhaynes.substack.com/p/western-central-banking-class-v-those</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Karl Haynes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2026 20:31:34 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!E6-C!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc2d87a94-bbf0-4b33-8192-6c420b7891eb_1376x768.webp" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" 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8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>The financial industrial complex (FIC) is the federal reserve, International Monetary Fund, Bank of International Settlement, Blackrock et al. </p><p>{FIC is a term I&#8217;m borrowing from others&#8230;not my original terminology, but I like how it compares their power to the Military Industrial Complex (MIC). And it&#8217;s easier to type.]</p><p>The FIC concentrates power and wealth through central banks in various western-aligned nations. This FIC class has determined who can do business internationally for hundreds of years.</p><p>They set up the petro-dollar system to force global central banks to hold US dollars as reserves if they want to purchase oil. This is changine slowly, but I&#8217;ll stick with how it&#8217;s been until recently. </p><p>If a business wants to buy something from a business in another country, they need funds to be transferred from their home nation to the nation they&#8217;re purchasing from. </p><p>Central banks have reserves. I won&#8217;t bore you with too many details like I did in what I wrote about the federal reserve a while back. If you have trouble sleeping read it here: </p><div class="digest-post-embed" data-attrs="{&quot;nodeId&quot;:&quot;02b7bf8e-78cd-4e4b-a286-d09b437bbb32&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Wealth Re-distribution system&quot;,&quot;cta&quot;:null,&quot;showBylines&quot;:true,&quot;showDescription&quot;:true,&quot;showImage&quot;:true,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;sm&quot;,&quot;isEditorNode&quot;:true,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;How the federal reserve robs wealth&quot;,&quot;publishedBylines&quot;:[{&quot;id&quot;:19759820,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Karl Haynes&quot;,&quot;bio&quot;:&quot;It's a weird world, isn't it? 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It&#8217;s impractical to ship physical cash or gold for transfers from one nation to another. In order for central banks to trust each other, reserves are an insurance policy. Almost all US dollars are digital and conjured out of thin air.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PvE1!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5542cc49-294b-4635-ac35-92523b4a559d_1280x720.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PvE1!, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/w_424, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5542cc49-294b-4635-ac35-92523b4a559d_1280x720.jpeg 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PvE1!, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/w_848, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/c_limit, 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Gold could be sold if one bank can&#8217;t pay their bills or needed an emergency way to cover transfers if a nation&#8217;s currency collapsed in value. (Note: central banks are buying gold currently)</p><p>Then the gold reserves were abandoned so the Anglo-American Empire could fund massive wars of ethnic cleansing and genocide for the Military Industrial Complex.</p><p>Central banks connected to the western financial industrial complex then switched to holding US dollar Treasury debt as reserves. Treasury debt is nearly as good as cash. To the FIC, this debt is an investment opportunity, called a &#8220;security.&#8221; </p><p>It can be sold a lot quicker than selling gold. The US government can always get the federal reserve to conjure US digital dollars to pay these securities, so it is safer than holding massive amounts of money in a bank that might fail.</p><p>If one nation won&#8217;t bend a knee to the FIC, they get cut off from international trade, like Cuba, Iran, Libya, the former Soviet Union, etc. </p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!pGQo!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe0d04f77-df43-4021-9371-afeb4c161c87_720x545.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!pGQo!, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/w_424, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/q_auto:good, 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allies like Saudi Arabia, Egypt UAE, etc. partner with western central banks&#8217; &#8220;petro-dollar&#8221; system to profit from the blood-thirsty, genocidal western-aligned nations.</p><p>China has a state owned central bank, independent of the west, yet linked for international transactions. Their central banks serves the Chinese people and not the FIC. Probably one of the main reasons why the MIC wants war with China.</p><p>Russia  - I am no expert on their central bank. It seems similar to the federal reserve, but obviously is cut off from the FIC. The FIC wants to colonize Russia again, like they did briefly in the 90s. Hence Blackrock&#8217;s war with Russia; the FIC calls this the &#8220;Russian invasion.&#8221; It won&#8217;t bend a knew and is cut off from the FIC&#8230;hence NATO&#8217;s war on Russia.</p><p>The FIC is backed up by a protection racket type arrangement with the MIC. Their message to the world is clear: play ball or the Empire will kill your nation&#8217;s children until you do.</p><p></p><p></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[The US Constitution doesn't give people rights. It created a government.]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Constitution didn&#8217;t define America, nor give anyone rights.]]></description><link>https://karlhaynes.substack.com/p/the-us-constitution-doesnt-give-people</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://karlhaynes.substack.com/p/the-us-constitution-doesnt-give-people</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Karl Haynes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2026 21:14:47 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!h0NF!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5839d596-0ad0-46ca-b7d4-4ce5fab9c395_1200x1600.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Constitution didn&#8217;t define America, nor give anyone rights. </p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!h0NF!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5839d596-0ad0-46ca-b7d4-4ce5fab9c395_1200x1600.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!h0NF!, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/w_424, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5839d596-0ad0-46ca-b7d4-4ce5fab9c395_1200x1600.jpeg 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!h0NF!, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/w_848, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5839d596-0ad0-46ca-b7d4-4ce5fab9c395_1200x1600.jpeg 848w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!h0NF!, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/w_1272, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5839d596-0ad0-46ca-b7d4-4ce5fab9c395_1200x1600.jpeg 1272w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!h0NF!, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5839d596-0ad0-46ca-b7d4-4ce5fab9c395_1200x1600.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!h0NF!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5839d596-0ad0-46ca-b7d4-4ce5fab9c395_1200x1600.jpeg" width="1200" height="1600" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/5839d596-0ad0-46ca-b7d4-4ce5fab9c395_1200x1600.jpeg&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:1600,&quot;width&quot;:1200,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:null,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;Bill Of Rights Declaration Of Independence &#8211; POIZ&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:null,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;topImage&quot;:true,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:null,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="Bill Of Rights Declaration Of Independence &#8211; POIZ" title="Bill Of Rights Declaration Of Independence &#8211; POIZ" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!h0NF!, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/w_424, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5839d596-0ad0-46ca-b7d4-4ce5fab9c395_1200x1600.jpeg 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!h0NF!, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/w_848, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5839d596-0ad0-46ca-b7d4-4ce5fab9c395_1200x1600.jpeg 848w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!h0NF!, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/w_1272, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5839d596-0ad0-46ca-b7d4-4ce5fab9c395_1200x1600.jpeg 1272w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!h0NF!, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5839d596-0ad0-46ca-b7d4-4ce5fab9c395_1200x1600.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw" fetchpriority="high"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>ALL human beings have many rights, with or without any constitution or government, simply for being alive and human. This was the case before the US government was created and will be the case after the US government comes to an end. </p><p>All things end; ask the dinosaurs that lived for millions of years. Even if it&#8217;s a thousand years from now, the US government will some day come to an end and human beings will still have certain &#8220;inalienable rights.&#8221;</p><p>The Constitution created the US government. A powerful force based on genocide, ethnic cleansing and theft; it has expanded across much of the world.</p><p>The Bill of Rights defines the rights that the government promises it will not punish or reward &#8220;the People&#8221; for living their lives.</p><p>Originally, the government was created for only a small part of humanity: property owning men in the original 13 states. It wasn&#8217;t created to protect women, slaves, indentured servants; it specifically says &#8220;Indians&#8221; are not represented.</p><p>As more states joined this union of states, more property owning men were protected from interference in exercising their rights.</p><p>Consciously, or not, this encouraged more men to gain this protection, by owning land.</p><p>Since the blood-thirsty, genocidal men running this government wanted more land, wealth and resources, there were incentives for non-land owners to join in this expansionism. All they had to do was go kill the people living on a piece of land and the men could claim ownership of the stolen land. Or men could buy land already stolen from others.</p><p>The blood-thirsty, genocidal men running the government learned they could motivate even more people to cooperate with their government with propaganda that everyone living in the USA have rights protected by this government.</p><p>Right from the beginning, the Founding Fathers used poor, landless men to fight in their Revolution. After the war was won, they screwed the poor soldiers out of their pay.</p><p>Objectively speaking, since the founding of the USA, only a small percentage of people benefit from this government. Look around. </p><p>Does everyone have their rights protected? No!</p><p>Don&#8217;t be fooled by their sales pitch. They put &#8220;lip-stick on a pig&#8221; over the last 250 years. 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&#8220;civilized world.&#8221;]]></description><link>https://karlhaynes.substack.com/p/how-do-we-protect-the-children-of</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://karlhaynes.substack.com/p/how-do-we-protect-the-children-of</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Karl Haynes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2026 14:31:16 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ODka!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fac8d1552-de81-43aa-a8ed-a37854e09fc8_622x900.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The children of this world are being bombed, starved and raped by the rulers of the &#8220;civilized world.&#8221;</p><p>A blood-thirty, genocidal elite, upper-class of the west target children, to bring their parents to their knees, unless they submit to western domination.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" 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8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>I was educated in the west and brain-washed into thinking the &#8220;civilized world,&#8221; was a force for good on the planet.</p><p>The War OF Terror shattered this brain-washing for me.</p><p>The ongoing genocides I witness on my screens in recent years have cemented my disdain for the ruling elite - oligarchs, the Military Industrial Complex, Silicone Valley, western central bankers, etc.</p><p>The Epstein files and live-streaming of the Gaza genocide seem to be awakening others in the west to a reality that the global majority have witnessed for generations. The global majority are the 6 billion people living in the &#8220;jungle.&#8221;</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!g5Zw!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa37e49dc-c8f0-407b-ae6c-3973d15e9d00_800x530.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!g5Zw!, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/w_424, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa37e49dc-c8f0-407b-ae6c-3973d15e9d00_800x530.jpeg 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!g5Zw!, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/w_848, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/c_limit, 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12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>The globe could be organized to protect children. Most parents want to protect their children. Children have no way to protect themselves.</p><p>It is up to us adults to protect them. Adults in the west need to unite with adults in the global majority to protect children, or children don&#8217;t stand a chance on this planet.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PMcq!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6f91a30d-bb05-4a3c-bcc6-f5422adf2b05_1080x1096.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PMcq!, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/w_424, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6f91a30d-bb05-4a3c-bcc6-f5422adf2b05_1080x1096.jpeg 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PMcq!, 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Those who love children, more than money and power, need to unite.</p><p>The globe united against Apartheid South Africa. Eventually this regime crumbles. A new system emerged. It faces issues I won&#8217;t discuss here, but the global movement was successful.</p><p>What will it take to protect children of this world?</p><p>Boycotts seem to help. That is one thing each and everyone of us can do on a daily basis.</p><p>Where we shop; where we work; who we give taxes to - these are all things that allow the elite to keep killing the world&#8217;s children.</p><p>Voting for politicians, in a rigged &#8220;democracy,&#8221; sadly, does nothing.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!qfuS!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fda0dc64a-553c-48d2-ab3b-a2bb73b9ebb1_950x1221.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!qfuS!, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/w_424, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/q_auto:good, 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Palestinians?]]></description><link>https://karlhaynes.substack.com/p/nuclear-arms-race</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://karlhaynes.substack.com/p/nuclear-arms-race</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Karl Haynes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2026 12:48:50 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!F7eB!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1e47e901-ac7a-4c00-891b-d47c775f8e57_1376x768.webp" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Military Industrial Complex (MIC) seems to be on a path of providing a new &#8220;investment opportunity.&#8221; A new nuclear arms race. </p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" 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8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>They market their products by waging never-ending illegal wars. Now that they&#8217;ve run out of defenseless countries to destroy, they are running up against China, Russia and Iran.</p><p>The US has been super busy ending all international nuclear arms treaties. They can&#8217;t stop waging illegal wars of aggression or western-aligned economies will collapse.</p><p>The genocidal western nations (which includes Israel) can&#8217;t win a true war with these nations, without using nukes. There are some that would love to nuke China, Russia and Iran.</p><p>However, nuking these nations presents three BIG problems:</p><ul><li><p>China and Russia will respond with nukes, killing billions and billions of people. Probably other nations would launch nukes too.</p></li><li><p>The MIC won&#8217;t have new wars to use as marketing material since most nations will be too dysfunctional to fight wars. </p></li><li><p>There won&#8217;t be enough citizens left to tax, so they can keep blowing up children for fun/profit.</p></li></ul><h4>New Cold War</h4><p>Instead of true war, I think they&#8217;d rather have a new Cold War. Provoke other nations so much that they are encouraged to build lots and lots of nukes. Other nations know how truly evil the US and Israel are. They&#8217;ll want to defend themselves.</p><p>Launching this illegal war of aggression upon Iran has many goals. I suspect one of their goals is to provoke Iran to build nukes, despite the pearl clutching of western pundits and politicians. The MIC would love it if Iran got nukes. This would encourage other nations to want nukes. The GCC nations would line up to buy nukes from the MIC, as well as other nations.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!83by!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Faed87f0d-f16a-41cc-9b85-4c302cce796b_1024x1024.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!83by!, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/w_424, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Faed87f0d-f16a-41cc-9b85-4c302cce796b_1024x1024.jpeg 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!83by!, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/w_848, 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/__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Faed87f0d-f16a-41cc-9b85-4c302cce796b_1024x1024.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!83by!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Faed87f0d-f16a-41cc-9b85-4c302cce796b_1024x1024.jpeg" width="1024" height="1024" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/aed87f0d-f16a-41cc-9b85-4c302cce796b_1024x1024.jpeg&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:1024,&quot;width&quot;:1024,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:null,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;Atomic Bomb Explosion in the Desert | Stable Diffusion 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Why would Iran want to nuke Palestine?</p><p>Currently, Iran has two important weapons:</p><ul><li><p>very effective missiles and drones</p></li><li><p>Strait of Hormuz</p></li></ul><p>If Iran had nukes and actually used them, they would target Israeli targets, but it would destroy Palestine and almost every Palestinian.</p><p>Also, Iran isn&#8217;t like the genocidal west, Israel and GCC nations. They don&#8217;t blow up innocent civilians en masse.</p><p>Iran has proven to be very precise in their targeting. They are a deadly adversary to fascist fucks who want to destroy their nation. Yet, they won&#8217;t follow the lead of the west. They won&#8217;t blow up children, hospitals, journalists, etc.</p><p>IF Iran were to nuke Palestine there would be NO ONE left in Gaza, the West Bank. Probably Lebanon, Syria and a few GCC nations would be un-liveable.</p><p>This is the exact opposite of what Iran wants. Normal, sane people will defend themselves. Only genocidal maniacs are willing to destroy everything to get what they want.</p><h4>Nuclear deterrent</h4><p>Some say that if Iran had nukes, the US, GCC, NATO and Israel would not have waged this illegal war of aggression upon Iran.</p><p>Really? The US, NATO and Ukraine are actively bombing Russian targets un-related to the Ukraine war. Russia obviously has nukes, yet the genocidal west seems hell-bent on having war with Russia.</p><p>China has nukes, yet the US and Japan are provoking them to war. Blockades are an act of war. Japan is considering altering the Constitution to allow rebuilding their military, which violates WW2 peace treaties. The US is committing acts of war with China too.</p><p>So, why would Iran want nukes. The US would definitely push them to a point where they nuked Palestine. Israel can be relocated to Argentina or Ukraine. Palestine is Palestine. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[WW3 - nukes or not?]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Anglo-American Empire is hard at work.]]></description><link>https://karlhaynes.substack.com/p/ww3-nukes-or-not</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://karlhaynes.substack.com/p/ww3-nukes-or-not</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Karl Haynes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 16:32:11 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!RbIb!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F7b871e11-0ce1-457b-a7fb-4b9bbee97cae_1000x537.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Anglo-American Empire is hard at work. Different factions are vying for control, negotiating their positions in a changing global dynamic.</p><h4>Financial Industrial Complex</h4><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!RbIb!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F7b871e11-0ce1-457b-a7fb-4b9bbee97cae_1000x537.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!RbIb!, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/w_424, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F7b871e11-0ce1-457b-a7fb-4b9bbee97cae_1000x537.jpeg 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!RbIb!, 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8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>The central banker class: the federal reserve, BlackRock, Vanguard, BIS, IMF, World Bank, etc. want to make more loans. That&#8217;s their business. Wars are &#8220;good business&#8221; for them. </p><p>They also love their financial weapons of mass destruction. They&#8217;re busy designing new ways to starve children to death and impoverish people around the world. </p><p>The current US dollar as world reserve currency system is coming to an end. They hope to build the next reserve currency, but China, Russia and Iran&#8217;s central banks have a say in this new global currency exchange that will arise soon.</p><h4>Military Industrial Complex</h4><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!IBRS!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd75b0cdd-40fc-42e8-aa13-668460af6706_551x311.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!IBRS!, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/w_424, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd75b0cdd-40fc-42e8-aa13-668460af6706_551x311.png 424w, 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12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>Western arms makers and dealers want a new nuclear arms race.</p><p>They hired US politicians to end global nuclear weapons&#8217; treaties. Many of their other expensive products are showing to be in-effective in modern warfare, facing inexpensive drones and people willing to fight for their lives.</p><p>Their profits are through the roof recently as the Empire uses all the weapons this industry has made in recent decades. They&#8217;re getting contracts for making more WMDs. Western nations are feverishly increasing their military spending.</p><h4>Technical Industrial Complex</h4><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ACJo!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5aee16a1-c4d6-4d62-a369-cc94666fc1ce_1744x969.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ACJo!, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/w_424, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5aee16a1-c4d6-4d62-a369-cc94666fc1ce_1744x969.png 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ACJo!, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/w_848, 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They are working to build a digital control grid within the USA&#8230;hoping to spread it elsewhere.</p><p>They steal our data, manipulate our ability to find news and are building a social credit score upon the population. Palantir&#8217;s AI also targets schools, hospitals, families in tents, fishing boats, etc.</p><p>They also created BlackRock&#8217;s wealth stripping AI - Aladdin. Designed to buy up real estate and other investments at the cheapest prices with cheap loans from the Financial Industrial Complex. Orchestrating investment funds that are un-imaginable.</p><h4>Global organized crime</h4><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!sLlZ!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8955179c-708f-45ea-bae3-870797fd87b9_474x365.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!sLlZ!, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/w_424, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8955179c-708f-45ea-bae3-870797fd87b9_474x365.jpeg 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!sLlZ!, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/w_848, 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Politicians take bribes to look the other way for CIA approved operations. Approved operations receive weapons and training from the west.</p><p>The Opium Wars are a case study in how to weaken a nation&#8217;s population, so they aren&#8217;t a threat to the Empire. Britain ruled the Empire during this time, but it was still the same colonial-settler project.</p><p>Drugs keep flowing into the USA. Why does the Empire want to get so many people in the USA addicted to drugs?</p><h4>Western Intelligence</h4><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!S44A!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fad53980e-896e-4d7e-af87-43e59405eb6a_474x259.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!S44A!, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/w_424, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fad53980e-896e-4d7e-af87-43e59405eb6a_474x259.jpeg 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!S44A!, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/w_848, 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They used to get some funding from USAID, but that was never enough and now it is gone.</p><p>They raised 93% of the global opium supply during the 20 year Afghanistan War of Aggression. They are busy orchestrating cocaine distribution from Latin America these days.</p><h4>Petroleum Industry</h4><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!TxsW!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0384d393-6efd-493c-8f96-5579d9d90aa0_900x600.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!TxsW!, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/w_424, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0384d393-6efd-493c-8f96-5579d9d90aa0_900x600.jpeg 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!TxsW!, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/w_848, 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They cannot any longer, but they are busy working to grab what they can as new global competitors arise.</p><p>This industry receives trillions in dollars in subsidies each year to help them profit more. They never clean up their messes, so others are left with these costs.</p><p>They use the Empire&#8217;s military might to protect their business and are partnered with GCC nations.</p><h4>Other factions</h4><p>There are obviously other factions at work. I won&#8217;t bore you by covering every one of them.</p><h4>Which faction or factions will win out?</h4><p>There are some in the US who think it would be great to nuke China. Some want to nuke Russia. Israel wants to nuke Iran. Some want to nuke them all.</p><p>If they can&#8217;t own the world anymore, there are some who would rather see it destroyed. They think they can re-build a new world, using the few traumatized survivors and AI.</p><p>There are many who want to keep making money. Some are content being able to blow up children in Latin America and Africa, instead of anywhere they want.</p><p>It&#8217;s hard for an Empire to control 8 billion people.</p><p>Palantir&#8217;s death AI might already be calculating where nukes should drop and when. It seems to think blowing up schools, hospitals and journalists is cool. It doesn&#8217;t care about international law nor the fate of the victims it targets.</p><h4>More endless wars</h4><p>Unless something dramatic changes, the Empire continues upon their forever-war path. Also, the Empire is in its final days. It might take several more years, but it is coming to an end. Even if they start a nuclear war, the Empire will die.</p><p>They continue to provoke Russia and China to war. They wage illegal wars with other nations ongoingly. They only know violence and monopoly control.</p><p>Eventually the global majority will have to confront the Empire&#8217;s hostilities. Iran shows that nukes don&#8217;t have to be used to defeat the Empire, so I hope and pray the US or Israel won&#8217;t use them eventually.</p><p>Chances are super high that the US and/or Israel will start using nukes. They&#8217;ve run out of other weapons. They aren&#8217;t adapting to modern warfare. They might eventually realize everything they&#8217;ve built for centuries is at risk.</p><p>We know the US will use them. Israel&#8230;well&#8230;yeah. Them too. Israel kills anyone they can. If they destroy West Asia, they&#8217;ll relocate to Argentina or something.</p><p>Let&#8217;s hope the global majority can stop the Empire before it does use nukes. Thankfully, they are acting wisely and patiently or the US would have dropped nukes already&#8230;</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ending wars would crash the US economy]]></title><description><![CDATA[Trump is threatening a genocide of the Iranian people.]]></description><link>https://karlhaynes.substack.com/p/ending-wars-would-crash-the-us-economy</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://karlhaynes.substack.com/p/ending-wars-would-crash-the-us-economy</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Karl Haynes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 18:25:56 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!oJxr!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd37f511a-32f4-4405-91a4-b2c77b1f49e6_800x610.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" 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8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>Trump is threatening a genocide of the Iranian people.</p><p>Meanwhile, he seems to be carrying out operations that were supposed to make good marketing material for weapons the US weapons&#8217; industry has for sale. Hollywood movies are one thing, but real world footage of a deadly weapon is the most effective way to excite a potential weapon&#8217;s buyer.</p><p>Different power structures benefit from war. That&#8217;s why it seems like normal people want peace, but there is always some nation that the US, NATO and/or Israel has to bomb. They can always find &#8220;terrorists&#8221; somewhere.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!m2O7!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fab6eb1cd-f3c2-451a-a65e-7a3238a2ece3_1920x1080.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!m2O7!, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/w_424, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fab6eb1cd-f3c2-451a-a65e-7a3238a2ece3_1920x1080.png 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!m2O7!, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/w_848, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/c_limit, 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/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!m2O7!, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fab6eb1cd-f3c2-451a-a65e-7a3238a2ece3_1920x1080.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p><strong>Central bankers</strong> provide the funding for the war industry. Normal business during peace time doesn&#8217;t turn a large enough profit. Building weapons and rebuilding after bombs have been dropped, is &#8220;good for business.&#8221; </p><p>Wars and turbulence also force nations to seek emergency loans - with bad terms - in order to survive and re-build after being a target of the Empire&#8217;s violence. When the loans can&#8217;t be repaid, the bankers take natural resources instead.</p><p><strong>The Military Industrial Complex</strong> has job programs in every US Congressional district. The Pentagon hires private contractors to build their weapons. People in every district get jobs building weapons. Congress is pressured to assure the voters that their jobs will remain and Pentagon contracts will be renewed.  </p><p>Every war provides new opportunities to test and demonstrate new weapons. If there are no wars, how will they show their customers what to buy?</p><p><strong>Silicone Valley</strong> gets to integrate their death AIs into military operations. They get to extend their spying and control grid into more and more of the nations of the world. Palantir&#8217;s death AI was battle tested in Gaza. I assume it is now being used to blow up schools, hospitals, bridges, children, etc. in Iran and Russia. &#8220;Walks like a duck&#8230;&#8221;</p><p>It&#8217;s hard to say if Palantir AI&#8217;s targeting is making mistakes, when it drops two missiles on a school filled with young girls, or it is programmed to spread as much terror as possible. </p><p><strong>Intelligence agencies</strong> get to have a field day. The CIA received funding cuts when Trump shut down USAID and restricted National Endowment for Democracy funding. They are being pushed to raise more funds from covert drug and arms running.</p><p>As one example, during the 20 year Afghanistan War, 93% of the world&#8217;s opium was produced in Afghanistan. It was protected by the US military and CIA. </p><p><strong>International criminal organizations</strong> benefit from war. War time makes it easy to capture sex slaves, provide human trafficking, harvest human organs and encourage drug production/trade. Despite the mythology, these organizations work with and support some intelligence and military operations. They benefit from the same marketing and propaganda.</p><p>The <strong>petroleum industry</strong>&#8217;s biggest customer is the US military. Wars help boost sales. A cynic my notice that this industry is making shit-tons of money during the Iran war and really loving it.</p><p><strong>This isn&#8217;t meant to be an exhaustive list.</strong>  Other global powers benefit and participate too. Governments are used by these powers and are middle management.</p><p><strong>War kills and maim</strong> people; it makes people run for their lives to nations that don&#8217;t want them; it destroys the environment with explosions, toxic debris/waste, and destroys ecosystems. </p><p>It terrorizes people. Traumatized people can often be controlled more easily.</p><p>War also provides jobs, provides massive profits, funds election campaigns and makes a few people massively wealthy.</p><p>It&#8217;s screwed up that organized mass-murder (AKA war) can make a few people super-duper rich, &#8220;trickle-down&#8221; to a few support jobs by spreading so much death, destruction and terror.</p><p></p><p></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Epstein's true talent was with money laundering]]></title><description><![CDATA[There is much focus on the evil crap Epstein orchestrated:]]></description><link>https://karlhaynes.substack.com/p/epsteins-true-talent-was-with-money</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://karlhaynes.substack.com/p/epsteins-true-talent-was-with-money</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Karl Haynes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 15:11:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!A-Z5!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc8598dc2-da4a-47ad-b796-705e6890f282_2000x1333.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There is much focus on the evil crap Epstein orchestrated:</p><ul><li><p>child-sex slave operation</p></li><li><p>entrapping politicians with child-sex slaves</p></li><li><p>evil rituals, rumored to include cannibalism and torture of children</p></li><li><p>drugs and other weird stuff I&#8217;ve heard over the last 5 to 10 years.</p></li></ul><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!A-Z5!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc8598dc2-da4a-47ad-b796-705e6890f282_2000x1333.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div 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/__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc8598dc2-da4a-47ad-b796-705e6890f282_2000x1333.jpeg 1272w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!A-Z5!, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc8598dc2-da4a-47ad-b796-705e6890f282_2000x1333.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!A-Z5!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc8598dc2-da4a-47ad-b796-705e6890f282_2000x1333.jpeg" width="1456" height="970" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/c8598dc2-da4a-47ad-b796-705e6890f282_2000x1333.jpeg&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:970,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:null,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;Depraved photos unsealed in Epstein 'sex slave' case&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:null,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;topImage&quot;:true,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:null,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="Depraved photos unsealed in Epstein 'sex slave' case" title="Depraved photos unsealed in Epstein 'sex slave' case" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!A-Z5!, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/w_424, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/f_auto, 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/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!A-Z5!, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc8598dc2-da4a-47ad-b796-705e6890f282_2000x1333.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw" fetchpriority="high"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><h4>However, Epstein talents had more to do with money laundering.</h4><p>He connected some of the most powerful forces on earth, by setting up financing. </p><p>There are lots of people like Epstein. You&#8217;ve probably heard of the Iran-Contra Scandal. The Military Industrial Complex and CIA/Mossad wanted to arm forces in West Asia that US law prohibited. They laundered money illegally to do so. Some got caught and later pardoned.</p><p>I won&#8217;t compile an extensive list of Epstein&#8217;s various money laundering operations. For now, I&#8217;ll say I&#8217;ve seen many reports of various operations involving prominent US bankers, organized criminal organizations, the federal reserve and cryptocurrency scams.</p><h4>Legal v. illegal funding</h4><p>If a billionaire, like Elon Musk, needs financing, he goes to his banker buddies and/or rich friends, give some stocks as collateral and gets funding with cheaper interest than almost anyone else. He&#8217;ll pay the loan with new Pentagon contracts.</p><p>This is all done legally and electronically. </p><p>However, if the CIA wants to arm terrorists inside Iran, as one example, the CIA can&#8217;t go to a bank. The CIA needs cash to hand out.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!p2Da!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa3c03e75-b271-4151-9ee1-6a48f3a673fd_400x227.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!p2Da!, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/w_424, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa3c03e75-b271-4151-9ee1-6a48f3a673fd_400x227.jpeg 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!p2Da!, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/w_848, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa3c03e75-b271-4151-9ee1-6a48f3a673fd_400x227.jpeg 848w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!p2Da!, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/w_1272, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa3c03e75-b271-4151-9ee1-6a48f3a673fd_400x227.jpeg 1272w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!p2Da!, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa3c03e75-b271-4151-9ee1-6a48f3a673fd_400x227.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!p2Da!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa3c03e75-b271-4151-9ee1-6a48f3a673fd_400x227.jpeg" width="400" height="227" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/a3c03e75-b271-4151-9ee1-6a48f3a673fd_400x227.jpeg&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:227,&quot;width&quot;:400,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:null,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:null,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:null,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!p2Da!, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/w_424, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa3c03e75-b271-4151-9ee1-6a48f3a673fd_400x227.jpeg 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!p2Da!, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/w_848, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa3c03e75-b271-4151-9ee1-6a48f3a673fd_400x227.jpeg 848w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!p2Da!, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/w_1272, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa3c03e75-b271-4151-9ee1-6a48f3a673fd_400x227.jpeg 1272w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!p2Da!, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa3c03e75-b271-4151-9ee1-6a48f3a673fd_400x227.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>When the US launched a campaign of multiple war crimes, after 9/11 (War OR Terror) they dropped pallets of cash to fund local fighters in Iraq. Billions were lost; I digress.</p><h4>What&#8217;s the best way to raise cash without government regulators noticing?</h4><p>The CIA can&#8217;t go to a bank and request truck loads of $100 bills. Banks have systems to stop money laundering. It&#8217;s illegal after all.</p><p>They do use banks outside of US jurisdictions also.</p><p>The CIA and Mossad can arm, fund, train and work with international gangs/mafias/mobs/terrorists. They do it outside of US jurisdiction and no one can stop them.</p><h4>The easiest way to get lots of cash is to run illegal drugs, illegal organ sales, human trafficking, sex-slave operations, etc.</h4><p>Cash is the preferred method of buying and selling in these industries. Cash can&#8217;t be tracked electronically, except when one withdraws cash from a bank.</p><p>The CIA takes their cut, for their ability to provide transportation to those partnered with the CIA. They ship the cash to operations in nations they have targeted for destruction, wealth extraction and occupation.</p><p>He was also skilled in using legal methods of off-shore banking, dummy corporations and other tools used by the rich. The most wealth people on earth use these tools to legally protect their assets, avoid taxes (AKA tax havens) and hide their wealth. Maybe you&#8217;ve heard of the Panama Papers or how Apple used Ireland to avoid billions in US taxes.</p><p>Money launders know how to use these tools by integrating some operations that legally acquire cash to these legal international off-shore banking empire. They get the cash illegally, but once it goes into a front business, everything else is done legally.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!IHPD!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6bd9080b-8c38-4f20-afe6-b63a352489cf_474x316.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!IHPD!, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/w_424, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6bd9080b-8c38-4f20-afe6-b63a352489cf_474x316.jpeg 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!IHPD!, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/w_848, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6bd9080b-8c38-4f20-afe6-b63a352489cf_474x316.jpeg 848w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!IHPD!, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/w_1272, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6bd9080b-8c38-4f20-afe6-b63a352489cf_474x316.jpeg 1272w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!IHPD!, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6bd9080b-8c38-4f20-afe6-b63a352489cf_474x316.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!IHPD!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6bd9080b-8c38-4f20-afe6-b63a352489cf_474x316.jpeg" width="474" height="316" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/6bd9080b-8c38-4f20-afe6-b63a352489cf_474x316.jpeg&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:316,&quot;width&quot;:474,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:null,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;Donald Trump: Hillary Clinton to Attack His Business Record | 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class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>Casinos are a big favorite. It&#8217;s probably just a coincidence that Trump loves building casinos, right?</p><p>Without Epstein and others like him, the wheels of the Anglo-American Empire wouldn&#8217;t turn. The Empire would be restricted to using legal financing.</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gas-lighter-n-Chief]]></title><description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s easy to get distracted by what Trump and his administration say publicly.]]></description><link>https://karlhaynes.substack.com/p/gas-lighter-n-chief</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://karlhaynes.substack.com/p/gas-lighter-n-chief</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Karl Haynes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2026 18:57:17 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!TzWl!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1fca3b7a-64e9-4d32-8072-d58e71b24d37_1280x720.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It&#8217;s easy to get distracted by what Trump and his administration say publicly.</p><p>Personally, I had my life up-ended by a gas-lighter two decades ago. I recovered and learned lessons about coping with gas-lighters I will never forget. </p><p>Gas-lighters have what they call &#8220;flying monkeys,&#8221; who are people that don&#8217;t see through the lies, who benefit from spreading lies. They attack anyone who dares to disagree with the gas-lighter.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!TzWl!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1fca3b7a-64e9-4d32-8072-d58e71b24d37_1280x720.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!TzWl!, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/w_424, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1fca3b7a-64e9-4d32-8072-d58e71b24d37_1280x720.jpeg 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!TzWl!, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/w_848, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1fca3b7a-64e9-4d32-8072-d58e71b24d37_1280x720.jpeg 848w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!TzWl!, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/w_1272, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1fca3b7a-64e9-4d32-8072-d58e71b24d37_1280x720.jpeg 1272w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!TzWl!, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1fca3b7a-64e9-4d32-8072-d58e71b24d37_1280x720.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!TzWl!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1fca3b7a-64e9-4d32-8072-d58e71b24d37_1280x720.jpeg" width="1280" height="720" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/1fca3b7a-64e9-4d32-8072-d58e71b24d37_1280x720.jpeg&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:720,&quot;width&quot;:1280,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:null,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;Liar, Liar, Pants on Fire - YouTube&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:null,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;topImage&quot;:true,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:null,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="Liar, Liar, Pants on Fire - YouTube" title="Liar, Liar, Pants on Fire - YouTube" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!TzWl!, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/w_424, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1fca3b7a-64e9-4d32-8072-d58e71b24d37_1280x720.jpeg 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!TzWl!, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/w_848, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1fca3b7a-64e9-4d32-8072-d58e71b24d37_1280x720.jpeg 848w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!TzWl!, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/w_1272, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1fca3b7a-64e9-4d32-8072-d58e71b24d37_1280x720.jpeg 1272w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!TzWl!, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1fca3b7a-64e9-4d32-8072-d58e71b24d37_1280x720.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw" fetchpriority="high"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><h4>Number one bit of advise I received over the years</h4><p>Don&#8217;t listen to what a gas-lighter says. It will drive you insane.</p><p>I see many commentators and journalists analyzing every detail of what the Trump regime publicly says. US Presidents are temps. Their front-men (maybe some day a front-woman) for the Epstein class. The US military  acts like their hired guns. Their central banking system funds the madness.</p><p>Trump says one thing, one day. A few hours later. He says the opposite. Meanwhile, orchestrating plans - for the Epstein class - that enrich Trump and his cronies. And stealing wealth from the masses, blowing up and starving children, etc.</p><p>The collective west has an image problem these days, in the eyes of people living outside the western bubble. Billions and billions of people living in Russia, India, China and Iran see &#8220;behind the curtain&#8221; of the Epstein class.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!pc8A!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8813a7ec-a48d-4ab0-ac50-09a4eb724bc9_720x831.webp" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!pc8A!, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/w_424, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8813a7ec-a48d-4ab0-ac50-09a4eb724bc9_720x831.webp 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!pc8A!, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/w_848, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8813a7ec-a48d-4ab0-ac50-09a4eb724bc9_720x831.webp 848w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!pc8A!, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/w_1272, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8813a7ec-a48d-4ab0-ac50-09a4eb724bc9_720x831.webp 1272w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!pc8A!, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8813a7ec-a48d-4ab0-ac50-09a4eb724bc9_720x831.webp 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!pc8A!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8813a7ec-a48d-4ab0-ac50-09a4eb724bc9_720x831.webp" width="720" height="831" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/8813a7ec-a48d-4ab0-ac50-09a4eb724bc9_720x831.webp&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:831,&quot;width&quot;:720,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:null,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;Dewa Kanaan Baal dengan Foto Netanyahu dan Trump di Bakar Tandai ...&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:null,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:null,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="Dewa Kanaan Baal dengan Foto Netanyahu dan Trump di Bakar Tandai ..." title="Dewa Kanaan Baal dengan Foto Netanyahu dan Trump di Bakar Tandai ..." srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!pc8A!, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/w_424, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8813a7ec-a48d-4ab0-ac50-09a4eb724bc9_720x831.webp 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!pc8A!, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/w_848, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8813a7ec-a48d-4ab0-ac50-09a4eb724bc9_720x831.webp 848w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!pc8A!, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/w_1272, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8813a7ec-a48d-4ab0-ac50-09a4eb724bc9_720x831.webp 1272w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!pc8A!, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8813a7ec-a48d-4ab0-ac50-09a4eb724bc9_720x831.webp 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><h4>Iran - my take</h4><p>The Epstein class wants to finish their project of ethnically cleansing West Asia. They started their War OF Terror, which has already killed and maimed millions. Millions more ran for their lives and ended up in Europe. Once safe in Europe, immigrants and refugees are used to create political turmoil, weaken labor laws and reduce wages for the general population.</p><p>They use a similar strategy with Central and South America.</p><p>The British Empire installed brutal monarch families throughout West Asia 100-plus years ago. They are mafioso type leaders who rule by force, terror and oppression. These families are subservient to the current Anglo-American Empire, which replaced the British Empire: what I refer to these days as the Epstein class.</p><p>Iran kicked out their monarch class in Iran. The Empire has never forgiven them for this act. How dare the Iranian government demand they be treated as equals to western nations. This is not allowed in the minds of these demonic forces.</p><p>The Epstein class has a very strict policy of never treating others as equals and paying a fair price for goods and services. For them it is more fun and profitable to blow up and starve children. They invade, destroy and the survivors have no choice but to become their slaves. &#8220;Surrender or die&#8221; is their mantra, if not in words, in their deeds.</p><h4>Next step</h4><p>Things aren&#8217;t looking good for the Epstein class in terms of Iran. It seems like their goal is to break up Iran into smaller regions, ruled by brutal dictators, that will serve their interests. </p><p>Iran has unified, despite their efforts. The Empire seems to have mis-read the situation. Or this is part of their plan and they wish to lure Iran into appearing horrible in the eyes of people outside the propagandized western nations. A false flag is an option they often use, which will be blamed on Iran.</p><p>I won&#8217;t under-estimate the brutality of the Empire. They MIGHT have some new horrible weapon they&#8217;ll use to kill most of the Iranian people.</p><p>Or they&#8217;ll nuke millions, in areas far from the oil fields. In the end, if they can&#8217;t own Iran, and therefore all of West Asia, they might simply destroy everything and go elsewhere. They are clearly shifting attention towards the Americas (North, Central and South) these days: harvest resource and extracting wealth. Focused on making this region able to fuel their war machine and AIs.</p><p>Whatever they have planned, they need some way to motivate US citizens to sacrifice more of their lives and wealth. They must convince other rising powers that Iran really was evil and the US are the &#8220;good guys&#8230;see we told ya&#8217;&#8221;</p><p>Or they&#8217;ll launch a nuclear war, wipe out billions and hope to rebuild a new narrative to the traumatized survivors.</p><p>I suspect Palantir AI and Aladin AI have already scoped out the &#8220;best&#8221; targets inside Iran. Hopefully the decision to launch horrible, massive attacks will still be done by humans.</p><p>I hope I&#8217;m 100% wrong.</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[The ongoing ethnic cleansing of West Asia]]></title><description><![CDATA[I am quoting from a research project that Brown University did.
These facts speak louder than anything I could write on the subject.
It reveals the horrors done by the Epstein class upon West Asia.
Millions killed, millions maimed, millions displaced.]]></description><link>https://karlhaynes.substack.com/p/the-ongoing-ethnic-cleansing-of-west</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://karlhaynes.substack.com/p/the-ongoing-ethnic-cleansing-of-west</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Karl Haynes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2026 00:37:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!WB2H!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6fb347a9-a35b-4f90-aeef-7f1d6cc8569b_1480x833.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I am only quoting from a research project that Brown University did. </p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!UxXz!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F40c688c6-bda3-4204-a3f8-ad12c01c7319_620x300.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!UxXz!, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/w_424, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F40c688c6-bda3-4204-a3f8-ad12c01c7319_620x300.jpeg 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!UxXz!, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/w_848, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F40c688c6-bda3-4204-a3f8-ad12c01c7319_620x300.jpeg 848w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!UxXz!, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/w_1272, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F40c688c6-bda3-4204-a3f8-ad12c01c7319_620x300.jpeg 1272w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!UxXz!, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F40c688c6-bda3-4204-a3f8-ad12c01c7319_620x300.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!UxXz!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F40c688c6-bda3-4204-a3f8-ad12c01c7319_620x300.jpeg" width="620" height="300" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/40c688c6-bda3-4204-a3f8-ad12c01c7319_620x300.jpeg&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:300,&quot;width&quot;:620,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:null,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;A woman walks past the scene of a bomb attack in Baghdad Jan. 29, 2007. A bomb in a small bus killed one civilian and wounded five others, police said. (REUTERS/Ceerwan Aziz)&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:null,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;topImage&quot;:true,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:null,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="A woman walks past the scene of a bomb attack in Baghdad Jan. 29, 2007. A bomb in a small bus killed one civilian and wounded five others, police said. (REUTERS/Ceerwan Aziz)" title="A woman walks past the scene of a bomb attack in Baghdad Jan. 29, 2007. A bomb in a small bus killed one civilian and wounded five others, police said. (REUTERS/Ceerwan Aziz)" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!UxXz!, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/w_424, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F40c688c6-bda3-4204-a3f8-ad12c01c7319_620x300.jpeg 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!UxXz!, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/w_848, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F40c688c6-bda3-4204-a3f8-ad12c01c7319_620x300.jpeg 848w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!UxXz!, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/w_1272, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F40c688c6-bda3-4204-a3f8-ad12c01c7319_620x300.jpeg 1272w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!UxXz!, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F40c688c6-bda3-4204-a3f8-ad12c01c7319_620x300.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw" fetchpriority="high"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" 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/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!WB2H!, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/w_848, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6fb347a9-a35b-4f90-aeef-7f1d6cc8569b_1480x833.jpeg 848w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!WB2H!, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/w_1272, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6fb347a9-a35b-4f90-aeef-7f1d6cc8569b_1480x833.jpeg 1272w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!WB2H!, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6fb347a9-a35b-4f90-aeef-7f1d6cc8569b_1480x833.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!WB2H!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6fb347a9-a35b-4f90-aeef-7f1d6cc8569b_1480x833.jpeg" width="1456" height="819" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/6fb347a9-a35b-4f90-aeef-7f1d6cc8569b_1480x833.jpeg&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:819,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:null,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;Turbulent nations on frontlines of terror fight | CNN&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:null,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:null,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="Turbulent nations on frontlines of terror fight | CNN" title="Turbulent nations on frontlines of terror fight | CNN" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!WB2H!, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/w_424, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6fb347a9-a35b-4f90-aeef-7f1d6cc8569b_1480x833.jpeg 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!WB2H!, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/w_848, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/q_auto:good, 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stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><ul><li><p>&#8220;The post-9/11 wars in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq, Syria, Yemen, the most violent conflicts in which the U.S. government has engaged in the name of counterterrorism since September 11, 2001, have taken a tremendous human toll. Indirect deaths are estimated to be 3.6-3.8 million, bringing the total death toll, including direct and indirect deaths, to <a href="https://costsofwar.watson.brown.edu/papers/how-death-outlives-war">4.5-4.7 million</a> and counting. Precise mortality figures remain unknown.</p></li><li><p>At least <a href="https://costsofwar.watson.brown.edu/paper/human-cost-post-911-wars-direct-war-deaths-major-war-zones">408,749</a> civilians in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq, Syria, and Yemen died as a direct result of the post-9/11 wars. U.S. drone strikes and other military operations in <a href="https://costsofwar.watson.brown.edu/paper/making-crisis-inevitable-effects-us-counterterrorism-training-and-spending-somalia">Somalia</a>, Libya, and elsewhere have also caused civilian deaths.</p></li><li><p>As of May 2023, more than <a href="https://costsofwar.watson.brown.edu/papers/how-death-outlives-war">7.6 million</a> children under five in post-9/11 war zones suffered from acute malnutrition.</p></li></ul><h4>Displaced People</h4><ul><li><p>Over the course of the post-9/11 wars, over <a href="https://costsofwar.watson.brown.edu/paper/update-creating-refugees-displacement-caused-united-states-post-911-wars">38 million</a> people in from Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, Yemen, Somalia, the Philippines, Libya, and Syria were displaced, either abroad or within their own countries.</p></li><li><p>Being internally displaced by war is associated with higher rates of <a href="https://costsofwar.watson.brown.edu/papers/how-death-outlives-war">indirect deaths</a>.</p></li><li><p>As of August 2021, since the start of the post-9/11 wars, at least<a href="https://costsofwar.watson.brown.edu/sites/default/files/papers/Vine-et-al-Displacement.pdf"> 5.9 million</a> Afghans had fled the country or been internally displaced.</p></li><li><p>As of March 2023, more than <a href="https://costsofwar.watson.brown.edu/sites/default/files/papers/Costs-of-20-Years-of-Iraq-War-Crawford.pdf">1.1 million</a> Iraqis remained displaced.</p></li><li><p>Some who managed to escape the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq fled to nearby states including Pakistan, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, Egypt, Turkey, and Iran.&#8221;</p></li></ul><h4>Journalists</h4><ul><li><p>Threats to journalists in conflict zones are increasing. In 2023, a journalist or media worker was, on average, killed or murdered every four days. In 2024, it was <a href="https://costsofwar.watson.brown.edu/paper/news-graveyards-how-dangers-war-reporters-endanger-world">once every three days</a>. Most reporters harmed or killed are local journalists.&#8221;</p></li></ul><p>If you&#8217;re interested go read about it at: https://costsofwar.watson.brown.edu/costs/human/civilians-killed-displaced</p><p></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Scapegoating - who do we blame? ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Who should we blame for the madness? There is much evil happening now in West Asia, Africa, South America and Asia, by the Anglo-American Empire&#8217;s death-cult/war machine.]]></description><link>https://karlhaynes.substack.com/p/scapegoating-who-do-we-blame</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://karlhaynes.substack.com/p/scapegoating-who-do-we-blame</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Karl Haynes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2026 14:24:28 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!8uwD!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd1e5bec2-df44-4bec-b9d5-9f6dd31881a2_1920x1013.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There is much evil happening now in West Asia, Africa, South America and Asia, by the Anglo-American Empire&#8217;s death-cult/war machine. Blowing up children for fun/profit.</p><p>Who knows what the future will bring?</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!8uwD!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd1e5bec2-df44-4bec-b9d5-9f6dd31881a2_1920x1013.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!8uwD!, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/w_424, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd1e5bec2-df44-4bec-b9d5-9f6dd31881a2_1920x1013.png 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!8uwD!, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/w_848, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/c_limit, 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viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>We will either continue in a world where mass-murdering war-criminals rule - OR - a world where justice reigns? Or they&#8217;ll nuke us&#8230;</p><p>However, I&#8217;m cheering for a future that brings justice:</p><ol><li><p>Where war-criminals are brought to justice.</p></li><li><p>Israel&#8217;s nukes are dis-armed.</p></li><li><p>The bombs stop falling on the people of West Asia, Haiti, Cuba, Somalia, etc. </p></li><li><p>An economic system is established that benefits local and de-centralized economic prosperity and not one that robs the wealth of the poorest on earth.</p></li></ol><h4>Who&#8217;s to blame? Who will be the &#8220;fall-guy&#8221;?</h4><p>I hear people (on-line) placing blame in many places.</p><p>&#8220;It&#8217;s the Jews,&#8221; &#8220;It&#8217;s the Zionists,&#8221; &#8220;It&#8217;s Israel,&#8221; &#8220;It&#8217;s the Muslims&#8221; &#8220;It&#8217;s the Rothschild&#8221; &#8220;The Deepstate,&#8221; &#8220;Bibi&#8221; &#8220;Putin&#8221; &#8220;China wants to rule the world&#8221; etc.</p><p>Currently many voices place the blame on Israel. This would be a good &#8220;fall-guy&#8221; in the minds of those wishing to not be held to account for their actions.</p><p>Either Israel will destroy Iran with nukes and rule West Asia or Israel will crumble. I have my predictions. I won&#8217;t waste your time.</p><p>If Israel is destroyed, the blame could be placed mostly on Israel. Sure other&#8217;s helped them, but &#8220;only because we were forced to&#8230;&#8221; or some stupid shit. </p><p>I don&#8217;t know. I guess this tiny nation has world leaders shitting their pants and bending a knee every day????</p><p>Obviously, this is a collaboration of many forces. Governments, central banks, organized global criminal cartels, the CIA, Mossad, MI-6, multi-national corporations with more wealth than most nations, Silicone Valley, the Military Industrial Service&#8230;etc&#8230;etc&#8230;</p><p>They all have common interests. The share common goals. They also are competing for resource, expanding their reach, constantly re-define terms between these interests.</p><p>Sure, there might be a small group at the top calling the shots&#8230;or maybe the world is too big for one group to rule and they constantly squabble with each other over boundaries.</p><p>National governments are not at the top of power structures. Israel and/or the USA get lots of blame, but they are subservient to this competing group of cannibalistic, child-raping, war-criminals.</p><p>In other words, governments take orders from those with more power. The central banking class. Bond holder that governments owe money to. Multinational corporations that fund governments, etc. </p><p>If the world stops this madness. If the world scapegoats Israel or Trump or Bibi, the &#8220;power behind the throne&#8221; will escape scrutiny.</p><p> We must find those running the various organizations and hold them to account. Or there will never be peace.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Colonial-settler death cult v. the rest of humanity]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Epstein files]]></description><link>https://karlhaynes.substack.com/p/colonial-settler-death-cult-v-the</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://karlhaynes.substack.com/p/colonial-settler-death-cult-v-the</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Karl Haynes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2026 15:43:28 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!zKnF!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5cac235e-6dfc-4683-a18c-c7ab90a943eb_1110x740.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<h4>The Epstein files</h4><p>Epstein ran an operation that isn&#8217;t unique. It probably morphed into something different.</p><p>Much isn&#8217;t revealed. Enough has been seen to give away the plot for those who&#8217;ve kept up for the last decade.</p><h4>Who did Epstein work for? </h4><p>Epstein representing many factions. He was an asset for Mossad, MI-6 and the CIA. Maybe an agent for Mossad. He worked with powerful central bankers, securing funding for those he made deals with. He was connected with the PayPal Mafia, organized crime lords in Europe, Ukraine, multi-national corporations, and Big Pharma.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!dr5e!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd63ee0b0-ed9d-40bf-aab7-5ca3f5dccf88_474x355.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!dr5e!, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/w_424, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd63ee0b0-ed9d-40bf-aab7-5ca3f5dccf88_474x355.jpeg 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!dr5e!, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/w_848, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd63ee0b0-ed9d-40bf-aab7-5ca3f5dccf88_474x355.jpeg 848w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!dr5e!, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/w_1272, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd63ee0b0-ed9d-40bf-aab7-5ca3f5dccf88_474x355.jpeg 1272w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!dr5e!, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd63ee0b0-ed9d-40bf-aab7-5ca3f5dccf88_474x355.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!dr5e!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd63ee0b0-ed9d-40bf-aab7-5ca3f5dccf88_474x355.jpeg" width="474" height="355" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/d63ee0b0-ed9d-40bf-aab7-5ca3f5dccf88_474x355.jpeg&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:355,&quot;width&quot;:474,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:null,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;Jeffrey Epstein&#8217;s private calendar reveals meetings with CIA boss ...&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:null,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;topImage&quot;:true,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:null,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="Jeffrey Epstein&#8217;s private calendar reveals meetings with CIA boss ..." title="Jeffrey Epstein&#8217;s private calendar reveals meetings with CIA boss ..." srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!dr5e!, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/w_424, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd63ee0b0-ed9d-40bf-aab7-5ca3f5dccf88_474x355.jpeg 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!dr5e!, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/w_848, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd63ee0b0-ed9d-40bf-aab7-5ca3f5dccf88_474x355.jpeg 848w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!dr5e!, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/w_1272, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd63ee0b0-ed9d-40bf-aab7-5ca3f5dccf88_474x355.jpeg 1272w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!dr5e!, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd63ee0b0-ed9d-40bf-aab7-5ca3f5dccf88_474x355.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw" fetchpriority="high"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" 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US Presidents, Bibi, European and GCC leaders, etc.</p><p>The people he associated with seem to get high from killing children. They love killing children. They bomb children, starve children, torture children, terrorize children, kill them during sex, etc. Every day, they launch new operations to kill children.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!8wqJ!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb6803830-6f9a-44be-ad6f-1f324f1ed859_1280x1280.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!8wqJ!, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/w_424, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb6803830-6f9a-44be-ad6f-1f324f1ed859_1280x1280.jpeg 424w, 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/__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb6803830-6f9a-44be-ad6f-1f324f1ed859_1280x1280.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!8wqJ!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb6803830-6f9a-44be-ad6f-1f324f1ed859_1280x1280.jpeg" width="1280" height="1280" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/b6803830-6f9a-44be-ad6f-1f324f1ed859_1280x1280.jpeg&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:1280,&quot;width&quot;:1280,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:null,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;How Jeffrey Epstein Tried to Tap Into Trump&#8217;s Circle - WSJ&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:null,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:null,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="How Jeffrey Epstein Tried to Tap Into Trump&#8217;s Circle - WSJ" title="How Jeffrey Epstein Tried to Tap Into Trump&#8217;s Circle - WSJ" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!8wqJ!, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/w_424, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb6803830-6f9a-44be-ad6f-1f324f1ed859_1280x1280.jpeg 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!8wqJ!, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/w_848, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/q_auto:good, 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class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><h4>They think they own the world</h4><p>The people Epstein spent time with are also on a campaign to ethnically cleanse West Asia of Arabs, Persian and any Islamic people who aren&#8217;t part of the Epstein death cult.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!z_f9!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4542ab5b-fa85-4b47-9717-b4d50e5d690d_1280x853.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!z_f9!, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/w_424, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4542ab5b-fa85-4b47-9717-b4d50e5d690d_1280x853.jpeg 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!z_f9!, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/w_848, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4542ab5b-fa85-4b47-9717-b4d50e5d690d_1280x853.jpeg 848w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!z_f9!, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/w_1272, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4542ab5b-fa85-4b47-9717-b4d50e5d690d_1280x853.jpeg 1272w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!z_f9!, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4542ab5b-fa85-4b47-9717-b4d50e5d690d_1280x853.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!z_f9!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4542ab5b-fa85-4b47-9717-b4d50e5d690d_1280x853.jpeg" width="1280" height="853" 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/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!z_f9!, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4542ab5b-fa85-4b47-9717-b4d50e5d690d_1280x853.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>They plan to finish off everyone in Gaza; working hard in the West Bank and Yemen; they&#8217;re killing many in Lebanon; they control what used to be Syria, etc. They&#8217;re working on Iran, and sacrificing GCC nations in the process.</p><p>Surrender to the child-raping, genocide-loving, war-criminal, death cult - or - your children will die.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!zKnF!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5cac235e-6dfc-4683-a18c-c7ab90a943eb_1110x740.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!zKnF!, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/w_424, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5cac235e-6dfc-4683-a18c-c7ab90a943eb_1110x740.jpeg 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!zKnF!, 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/__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5cac235e-6dfc-4683-a18c-c7ab90a943eb_1110x740.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!zKnF!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5cac235e-6dfc-4683-a18c-c7ab90a943eb_1110x740.jpeg" width="1110" height="740" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/5cac235e-6dfc-4683-a18c-c7ab90a943eb_1110x740.jpeg&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:740,&quot;width&quot;:1110,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:null,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;Gaza: One in 100 people has been killed since October 7 | CNN&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:null,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:null,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="Gaza: One in 100 people has been killed since October 7 | CNN" title="Gaza: One in 100 people has been killed since October 7 | CNN" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!zKnF!, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/w_424, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5cac235e-6dfc-4683-a18c-c7ab90a943eb_1110x740.jpeg 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!zKnF!, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/w_848, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5cac235e-6dfc-4683-a18c-c7ab90a943eb_1110x740.jpeg 848w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!zKnF!, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/w_1272, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5cac235e-6dfc-4683-a18c-c7ab90a943eb_1110x740.jpeg 1272w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!zKnF!, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5cac235e-6dfc-4683-a18c-c7ab90a943eb_1110x740.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div 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stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><h4>Ethnic cleansing of West Asia</h4><p>Since 9/11, there has been a coordinated campaign to ethnically cleanse West Asia (AKA the Middle East). The US, NATO, Israel, GCC, EU and UK have mass-murdered and spread terror to multiple West Asian nations. They called it the &#8220;War on Terror,&#8221; but most of the world viewed it as the War OF Terror.</p><p>The final nail in the coffin, is this war with Iran. Former US Vice President Dick Cheney was finally able to let go and die after the first bombing of Iran.</p><p>They&#8217;ve planned it for decades&#8230;because&#8230;you know, there&#8217;s an &#8220;imminent threat.&#8221; I guess they re-defined the word imminent if it takes decades to respond to. Words&#8230;</p><p>Estimates range from 2 to 6 million dead. Seven nations destroyed and terrorized. Millions displaced, which upsets many in Europe as many from West Asia want to go somewhere that the US and/or Israel will not bomb them.</p><p></p><p></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who built that Wall every US President has to kiss?]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Second Temple, in Jerusalem, was rebuilt by the Persian Empire long ago (500 something BCE) when the Empire ruled with a policy of religious tolerance and protecting the rights of minority groups.]]></description><link>https://karlhaynes.substack.com/p/who-built-that-wall-every-us-president</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://karlhaynes.substack.com/p/who-built-that-wall-every-us-president</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Karl Haynes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2026 17:31:56 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!LR3m!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fad386bfe-7230-46eb-b93e-188931809d8c_724x483.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!LR3m!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fad386bfe-7230-46eb-b93e-188931809d8c_724x483.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!LR3m!, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/w_424, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fad386bfe-7230-46eb-b93e-188931809d8c_724x483.jpeg 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!LR3m!, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/w_848, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fad386bfe-7230-46eb-b93e-188931809d8c_724x483.jpeg 848w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!LR3m!, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/w_1272, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fad386bfe-7230-46eb-b93e-188931809d8c_724x483.jpeg 1272w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!LR3m!, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fad386bfe-7230-46eb-b93e-188931809d8c_724x483.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!LR3m!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fad386bfe-7230-46eb-b93e-188931809d8c_724x483.jpeg" width="724" height="483" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/ad386bfe-7230-46eb-b93e-188931809d8c_724x483.jpeg&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:483,&quot;width&quot;:724,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:null,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;Israel's one-state reality is sowing chaos in American politics - +972 ...&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:null,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;topImage&quot;:true,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:null,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="Israel's one-state reality is sowing chaos in American politics - +972 ..." title="Israel's one-state reality is sowing chaos in American politics - +972 ..." srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!LR3m!, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/w_424, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fad386bfe-7230-46eb-b93e-188931809d8c_724x483.jpeg 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!LR3m!, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/w_848, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fad386bfe-7230-46eb-b93e-188931809d8c_724x483.jpeg 848w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!LR3m!, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/w_1272, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fad386bfe-7230-46eb-b93e-188931809d8c_724x483.jpeg 1272w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!LR3m!, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fad386bfe-7230-46eb-b93e-188931809d8c_724x483.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw" fetchpriority="high"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>The Second Temple, in Jerusalem, was rebuilt by the Persian Empire long ago (500 something BCE) when the Empire ruled with a policy of religious tolerance and protecting the rights of minority groups. </p><p>This Empire created a system to rebuild religious structures throughout its Empire and protected their homelands. </p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!AcBX!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F784137a0-77b3-4d02-99e1-a4d1e110ca35_750x422.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!AcBX!, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/w_424, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F784137a0-77b3-4d02-99e1-a4d1e110ca35_750x422.png 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!AcBX!, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/w_848, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/q_auto:good, 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src="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!AcBX!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F784137a0-77b3-4d02-99e1-a4d1e110ca35_750x422.png" width="750" height="422" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/784137a0-77b3-4d02-99e1-a4d1e110ca35_750x422.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:422,&quot;width&quot;:750,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:null,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;The Achaemenid Persian Empire c. 500 BCE (by Simeon Netchev) A map ...&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:null,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:null,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="The Achaemenid Persian Empire c. 500 BCE (by Simeon 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y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>Contrast their policy to Anglo-American Empire policy of today. </p><p>The Persians empowered locals to build what they wanted and live on their homelands. The US/Israeli/NATO/Epstein Empire kills people, forces them off their lands and uses a few surviving locals as slaves to build what the Anglo-American Empire wants.</p><p>The Second Temple was destroyed by Europeans, when the Roman Empire ruled the land. There were some interesting events around the Temple involving Jesus, that many find important.</p><p>Today, there is a small, but insane group that wants to build a Third Temple. They don&#8217;t care that there&#8217;s a sacred Muslim site there currently&#8230;and tearing it down will be 100% worse than killing the Ayatollah.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!TvR7!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F193e65c6-9674-4aea-8cf3-40322c98fb5a_1200x757.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!TvR7!, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/w_424, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F193e65c6-9674-4aea-8cf3-40322c98fb5a_1200x757.jpeg 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!TvR7!, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/w_848, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F193e65c6-9674-4aea-8cf3-40322c98fb5a_1200x757.jpeg 848w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!TvR7!, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/w_1272, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F193e65c6-9674-4aea-8cf3-40322c98fb5a_1200x757.jpeg 1272w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!TvR7!, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F193e65c6-9674-4aea-8cf3-40322c98fb5a_1200x757.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!TvR7!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F193e65c6-9674-4aea-8cf3-40322c98fb5a_1200x757.jpeg" width="1200" height="757" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/193e65c6-9674-4aea-8cf3-40322c98fb5a_1200x757.jpeg&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:757,&quot;width&quot;:1200,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:null,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;Prophecy Update: The Third Temple &amp; The Wheat and The Tares | Z3 News&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:null,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:null,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="Prophecy Update: The Third Temple &amp; The Wheat and The Tares | Z3 News" title="Prophecy Update: The Third Temple &amp; The Wheat and The Tares | Z3 News" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!TvR7!, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/w_424, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F193e65c6-9674-4aea-8cf3-40322c98fb5a_1200x757.jpeg 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!TvR7!, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/w_848, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F193e65c6-9674-4aea-8cf3-40322c98fb5a_1200x757.jpeg 848w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!TvR7!, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/w_1272, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F193e65c6-9674-4aea-8cf3-40322c98fb5a_1200x757.jpeg 1272w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!TvR7!, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F193e65c6-9674-4aea-8cf3-40322c98fb5a_1200x757.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>A remnant of the Second Temple is the Wall all US Presidents and many US politicians come to kiss, whether they&#8217;re Jewish or not. 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high-stakes Middle ..." title="Joe Biden savours Israel 'homecoming' at start of high-stakes Middle ..." srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!XTAm!, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/w_424, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F68186500-7f97-4268-a649-f542751cd9f1_474x266.jpeg 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!XTAm!, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/w_848, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F68186500-7f97-4268-a649-f542751cd9f1_474x266.jpeg 848w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!XTAm!, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/w_1272, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/c_limit, 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/__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd89349a9-2900-4331-b535-f1d3c6f2fca4_600x332.jpeg 848w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Cl-W!, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/w_1272, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd89349a9-2900-4331-b535-f1d3c6f2fca4_600x332.jpeg 1272w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Cl-W!, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd89349a9-2900-4331-b535-f1d3c6f2fca4_600x332.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Cl-W!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd89349a9-2900-4331-b535-f1d3c6f2fca4_600x332.jpeg" width="600" height="332" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/d89349a9-2900-4331-b535-f1d3c6f2fca4_600x332.jpeg&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:332,&quot;width&quot;:600,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:null,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;Gaza Crisis May Pose Early Test for Hillary Clinton - The New York Times&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:null,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:null,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="Gaza Crisis May Pose Early Test for Hillary Clinton - The New York Times" title="Gaza Crisis May Pose Early Test for Hillary Clinton - The New York Times" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Cl-W!, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/w_424, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd89349a9-2900-4331-b535-f1d3c6f2fca4_600x332.jpeg 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Cl-W!, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/w_848, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd89349a9-2900-4331-b535-f1d3c6f2fca4_600x332.jpeg 848w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Cl-W!, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/w_1272, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd89349a9-2900-4331-b535-f1d3c6f2fca4_600x332.jpeg 1272w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Cl-W!, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd89349a9-2900-4331-b535-f1d3c6f2fca4_600x332.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>Hilary Clinton had to go the women&#8217;s only section.</p><p>I&#8217;m not talking about the Walls surrounding Palestinian concentration camps.</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[RIP Ayatollah]]></title><description><![CDATA[Since Jimmy Carter was President I was told to hate, fear and chant for the death of the Ayatollah.
Meanwhile, the collective west was killing millions around the world, to spread "freedom and democracy."]]></description><link>https://karlhaynes.substack.com/p/rip-ayatollah</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://karlhaynes.substack.com/p/rip-ayatollah</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Karl Haynes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2026 16:16:19 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/1b80f338-7358-4d4a-a824-520a2d51c0bd_960x1440.webp" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Since Jimmy Carter was President I was told to hate, fear and chant for the death of the Ayatollah.  I should fear the people of Iran for some stupid ass reason I won&#8217;t even try to type.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!xU9o!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2697e2ab-04df-4291-bbbe-8fb4ed74dc8a_250x375.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!xU9o!, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/w_424, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2697e2ab-04df-4291-bbbe-8fb4ed74dc8a_250x375.jpeg 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!xU9o!, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/w_848, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2697e2ab-04df-4291-bbbe-8fb4ed74dc8a_250x375.jpeg 848w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!xU9o!, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/w_1272, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2697e2ab-04df-4291-bbbe-8fb4ed74dc8a_250x375.jpeg 1272w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!xU9o!, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2697e2ab-04df-4291-bbbe-8fb4ed74dc8a_250x375.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!xU9o!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2697e2ab-04df-4291-bbbe-8fb4ed74dc8a_250x375.jpeg" width="250" height="375" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/2697e2ab-04df-4291-bbbe-8fb4ed74dc8a_250x375.jpeg&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:375,&quot;width&quot;:250,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:null,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;A photograph of Khamenei, 77, in 2017&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:null,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;topImage&quot;:true,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:null,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="A photograph of Khamenei, 77, in 2017" title="A photograph of Khamenei, 77, in 2017" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!xU9o!, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/w_424, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2697e2ab-04df-4291-bbbe-8fb4ed74dc8a_250x375.jpeg 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!xU9o!, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/w_848, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/q_auto:good, 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class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>To many, he was like the Pope is to Catholics.</p><p>The war-criminal, child-raping class tell me the Ayatollah was the Devil.  </p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!7RS_!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb4c460ed-8784-45e2-a2c3-2468aecfc1b6_474x266.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!7RS_!, 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data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/b4c460ed-8784-45e2-a2c3-2468aecfc1b6_474x266.jpeg&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:266,&quot;width&quot;:474,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:null,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;Kids News: Trump touts resort towers for Gaza in Knight cartoon | KidsNews&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:null,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:null,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="Kids News: Trump touts resort towers for Gaza in Knight cartoon | KidsNews" title="Kids News: Trump touts resort towers for Gaza in Knight cartoon | KidsNews" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!7RS_!, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/w_424, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb4c460ed-8784-45e2-a2c3-2468aecfc1b6_474x266.jpeg 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!7RS_!, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/w_848, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb4c460ed-8784-45e2-a2c3-2468aecfc1b6_474x266.jpeg 848w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!7RS_!, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/w_1272, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb4c460ed-8784-45e2-a2c3-2468aecfc1b6_474x266.jpeg 1272w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!7RS_!, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb4c460ed-8784-45e2-a2c3-2468aecfc1b6_474x266.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 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People who defend themselves from these evil-doers are labeled &#8220;terrorists.&#8221; The Anglo-American Empire blows up, starves and rapes children and are labeled  &#8220;civilized.&#8221;</p><p>&#8220;War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.&#8221; George Orwell</p><p>I started to listen to the Ayatollah. He was a pretty cool dude, I have to admit.  </p><p>I understand why so many looked up to him for spiritual inspiration.</p><p>He was also the main reason Iran doesn&#8217;t have nukes. The US and Israel say they don&#8217;t want Iran to have nukes, and they kill the one dude that stopped Iran from getting nukes. </p><p>There I go again. Why bother. The Epstein class are professional gas-lighters. They can&#8217;t be trusted. They lie, cheat and steal. I have learned to ignore their words and watch their actions.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JO51!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F12eaa29a-a113-4c8f-a616-fcca4dce4903_1279x640.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JO51!, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/w_424, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F12eaa29a-a113-4c8f-a616-fcca4dce4903_1279x640.jpeg 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JO51!, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/w_848, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F12eaa29a-a113-4c8f-a616-fcca4dce4903_1279x640.jpeg 848w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JO51!, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/w_1272, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F12eaa29a-a113-4c8f-a616-fcca4dce4903_1279x640.jpeg 1272w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JO51!, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F12eaa29a-a113-4c8f-a616-fcca4dce4903_1279x640.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JO51!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F12eaa29a-a113-4c8f-a616-fcca4dce4903_1279x640.jpeg" width="1279" height="640" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/12eaa29a-a113-4c8f-a616-fcca4dce4903_1279x640.jpeg&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:640,&quot;width&quot;:1279,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:null,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;Deaths of Children at Iran Protests Stir Anger Among Demonstrators - WSJ&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:null,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:null,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="Deaths of Children at Iran Protests Stir Anger Among Demonstrators - WSJ" title="Deaths of Children at Iran Protests Stir Anger Among Demonstrators - WSJ" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JO51!, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/w_424, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F12eaa29a-a113-4c8f-a616-fcca4dce4903_1279x640.jpeg 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JO51!, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/w_848, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F12eaa29a-a113-4c8f-a616-fcca4dce4903_1279x640.jpeg 848w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JO51!, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/w_1272, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F12eaa29a-a113-4c8f-a616-fcca4dce4903_1279x640.jpeg 1272w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JO51!, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F12eaa29a-a113-4c8f-a616-fcca4dce4903_1279x640.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>For decades, Iran withstood abuse, child-starving sanctions, targeted killings, nuclear power plant sabotage, etc. The UK and USA want their oil again.</p><p>Objectively speaking, the Empire has committed multiple acts of war against Iran for years. Illegal acts under international law and US Constitutional law. They have been waging an illegal war of aggression for years.</p><p>Killing the Ayatollah will unite people around the world to join Iran, China and Russia in their quest to rid the world of the Epstein class.</p><p>It&#8217;s gonna get messy, I fear.</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[How much is a US dollar worth?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Stock prices are up.]]></description><link>https://karlhaynes.substack.com/p/how-much-is-a-us-dollar-worth</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://karlhaynes.substack.com/p/how-much-is-a-us-dollar-worth</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Karl Haynes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2026 17:16:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!DBuL!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd8acaa95-d4f0-43c0-9deb-fff90d30bcd5_1200x667.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Stock prices are up. Now they&#8217;re down. Silver/gold is up. Then they&#8217;re down. Bitcoin is up then it is down. </p><p>Food and utility prices always going up. Rent and mortgages always going up. The US Pentagon budget always rises.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!DBuL!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd8acaa95-d4f0-43c0-9deb-fff90d30bcd5_1200x667.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!DBuL!, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/w_424, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd8acaa95-d4f0-43c0-9deb-fff90d30bcd5_1200x667.jpeg 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!DBuL!, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/w_848, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/f_webp, 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/__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd8acaa95-d4f0-43c0-9deb-fff90d30bcd5_1200x667.jpeg 1272w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!DBuL!, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd8acaa95-d4f0-43c0-9deb-fff90d30bcd5_1200x667.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw" fetchpriority="high"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" 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have been conditioning to think that the value of all assets on earth should be measured in the number of federal reserve notes it takes to purchase something. </p><h4>How much does it cost? What is it worth? </h4><p>Obviously, this is important, when one&#8217;s wages are valued in US dollars. A dollar becomes equal to the time it takes for a worker to earn dollars for a wage-earning human being. Many wage earners - outside the US - are paid in physical cash.</p><p>For the few who borrow digital dollars into existence, the US dollar is worth something else. The dollar becomes a month cost to pay for assets (AKA paying loan payments). Those who borrow their dollars deal with digital dollars</p><p>Almost all US dollars are digital, yet, they are spoken of as being physical cash. What would people think about the US dollar if they realized it is based on complex, digital accounting schemes. Banks don&#8217;t keep a pile of cash with your name on it, when you give them cash.</p><h4>Have you ever stopped to think what a dollar is worth? </h4><p>There was a time it was measured in gold. However, now the only promise of the US government is that a dollar is worth a dollar. </p><p>If my dollar bill wears out, I can get a replacement. I can trade it for a real asset when I buy something.</p><p>However, in the grand scheme of things, economists and business people talk about the &#8220;price&#8221; of things. This is usually said based on the assumption that the US dollar&#8217;s value is constant&#8230;and a good measurement tool.</p><h4>Silly example</h4><p>What if I built a house with a measuring tape that didn&#8217;t stay the same? What if: every day, the measuring tape was a tiny bit smaller?</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!8Lnp!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F7f27b8f9-2476-41dd-be3a-227ef0ea57e3_720x720.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!8Lnp!, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/w_424, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F7f27b8f9-2476-41dd-be3a-227ef0ea57e3_720x720.jpeg 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!8Lnp!, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/w_848, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/c_limit, 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1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!8Lnp!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F7f27b8f9-2476-41dd-be3a-227ef0ea57e3_720x720.jpeg" width="720" height="720" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/7f27b8f9-2476-41dd-be3a-227ef0ea57e3_720x720.jpeg&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:720,&quot;width&quot;:720,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:null,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;Bad tape measures : Chinesium&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:null,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:null,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="Bad tape measures : Chinesium" title="Bad tape measures : 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stand up. Things that should fit together - won&#8217;t.</p><p>A silly analogy, but it is how our monetary system is designed.</p><h4>A dollar equals a dollar</h4><p>The ultimate measuring tool of value and wealth is the US dollar. Well, at least according to the genocide-loving, child-raping class that rule much of the planet.</p><p>I&#8217;m not sure why most people play along&#8230;except the people who run the monetary system have all the nukes, cops, prisons, courts, governments and oligarchs under their control. For those who defy them, there are consequences.</p><h4>What gives the US dollar value? </h4><p>Is it useful? Yes. It can be used to buy things in much of the world. If one uses something besides the US dollar to buy oil, there will be problems.</p><p>The US dollar is backed by the ability of the US military to blow up children in nations that resist the use of the dollar. Surrender to wealth extraction from the owners of the federal reserve or die. </p><p>Look at Cuba, Venezuela, Iran, Russia, Libya, etc. They have faced decades of economic war by insisting on being sovereign.</p><p>The US dollar is designed to steal true wealth from those who use it&#8230;skimming a small portion from each and every transaction that involves the US dollar.</p><p>They hope to create a new version of the US dollar, that will be even more effective as a tool of terror, death and destruction. Fully programmable digital cryto-currency that can be turned on/off at will and only spent where and how the genocidal maniacs say it can be spent. </p><h4>Stable Coins</h4><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Kf7S!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Faac22913-33f0-429c-9e40-9554aacc2fad_474x237.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Kf7S!, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/w_424, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Faac22913-33f0-429c-9e40-9554aacc2fad_474x237.jpeg 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Kf7S!, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/w_848, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Faac22913-33f0-429c-9e40-9554aacc2fad_474x237.jpeg 848w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Kf7S!, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/w_1272, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Faac22913-33f0-429c-9e40-9554aacc2fad_474x237.jpeg 1272w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Kf7S!, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Faac22913-33f0-429c-9e40-9554aacc2fad_474x237.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Kf7S!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Faac22913-33f0-429c-9e40-9554aacc2fad_474x237.jpeg" width="474" height="237" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/aac22913-33f0-429c-9e40-9554aacc2fad_474x237.jpeg&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:237,&quot;width&quot;:474,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:null,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;Stablecoin: Understanding the 101 to Stable Cryptocurrency&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:null,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:null,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="Stablecoin: Understanding the 101 to Stable Cryptocurrency" title="Stablecoin: Understanding the 101 to Stable Cryptocurrency" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Kf7S!, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/w_424, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Faac22913-33f0-429c-9e40-9554aacc2fad_474x237.jpeg 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Kf7S!, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/w_848, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Faac22913-33f0-429c-9e40-9554aacc2fad_474x237.jpeg 848w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Kf7S!, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/w_1272, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Faac22913-33f0-429c-9e40-9554aacc2fad_474x237.jpeg 1272w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Kf7S!, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Faac22913-33f0-429c-9e40-9554aacc2fad_474x237.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>What a bizarre name for a cryptocurrency based on the US dollar. They market it as being equal to the US dollar, which they claim is stable. </p><p>To be far, the dollar is stable in that it can be counted on to steal our wealth and decline in value on a daily basis.</p><p>It&#8217;s every other asset on earth that has changing value - not the US dollar. At least that&#8217;s what these monsters claim.</p><p></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[False flag time soon?]]></title><description><![CDATA[How will they encourage US, UK and EU citizens to become hired killers for BlackRock and those who run Epstein's operation?]]></description><link>https://karlhaynes.substack.com/p/false-flag-time-soon</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://karlhaynes.substack.com/p/false-flag-time-soon</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Karl Haynes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2026 14:43:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!XUMQ!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F7cf4fb37-6567-4567-a0e7-47d43105d4cd_610x604.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<h4>The upper class wants war. The masses want peace. What is the plan?</h4><p>The US has a history of lying to encourage their citizens to become hired killers and/or die for the ruling class. </p><p>The government will lie. MSM will lie. They will do false flags. They will provoke other nations into war with aggressive acts of war. </p><p>WMDs in Iraq - is a famous lie. There were no WMDs in Iraq, but Bush and Blair lied about it regardless.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!HGyS!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc77afa87-7af7-4294-a408-8e2a8737c6e0_900x632.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!HGyS!, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/w_424, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc77afa87-7af7-4294-a408-8e2a8737c6e0_900x632.jpeg 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!HGyS!, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/w_848, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/c_limit, 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8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>Sometimes the US provokes another nation to war. They defend themselves and target a US asset. Millionaire talking-heads blame the other nation. US voters cheer for war and elect more war-hungry Democrat/Republicans.  </p><p>During WW2, US citizens did not want to enter WW2. So, the US government carried out an oil embargo upon Japan. With no oil, Japan could not continue their campaign against China.</p><p>Japan bombed Hawaii. Evidence suggests the US stood down and let Japan do more damage than was normally expected for a fully defended US military base.</p><p>By then, many in the US had been brain-washed into a racial hatred of Japanese people. People cheered. The US entered WW2.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!TsUl!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fae91884f-b49c-4f1f-ae19-fbd7e58d4196_655x800.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!TsUl!, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/w_424, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fae91884f-b49c-4f1f-ae19-fbd7e58d4196_655x800.jpeg 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!TsUl!, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/w_848, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/f_webp, 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Germany sank the Lusitania. It was a British ship, but US citizens died when the Germans sank this ship. The ship was carrying weapons used to kill Germans. The British were using US and other Europeans as &#8220;human shields.&#8221;</p><p>The lying US government framed it as an attack on innocent civilians. The US public wanted war.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!iYJP!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F58928b50-a183-4d1d-816d-e16c5af82d35_602x432.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!iYJP!, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/w_424, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F58928b50-a183-4d1d-816d-e16c5af82d35_602x432.jpeg 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!iYJP!, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/w_848, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/f_webp, 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action.</p><p>How will the governments of the US, UK and EU nations encourage their citizens to go to war? How will they frame the next transition? What are they planning?</p><h4>Assassination?</h4><p>Assassinations have been used. Assassinate Putin and Russia will go to war. Full war, like when they defeated the Nazis and marched to Berlin during WW2. Russophic western nations would love a reason to kill Russians and would send as many poor people off to war as they could round up.</p><p>If Mossad assassinated Trump - blaming it on Putin - this would enrage the US public. Democrats seem to be the most Russophobic these days. They&#8217;d love a war with Russia. The MAGA base could be fooled into believing that &#8220;hey, Trump tried peace, then look what Russia did!&#8221;</p><p>Trump wouldn&#8217;t face impeachment after the mid-term elections.</p><h4>Another nation kills some US service members</h4><p>The US is actively provoking other nations to war. The US seems determined to dare another nation to respond.</p><p>What would happen if Russia, China, Venezuela, or Iran defend themselves from US illegals wars of aggression - and kill US service members and/or blow up an aircraft carrier or US military base?</p><p>How would the US public would respond once talking-head millionaires and US politicians started gas-lighting: stating that the US was the victim.</p><h4>Fake alien invasion?</h4><p>Hollywood has primed us to think that if there was a hostile alien invasion, the US would lead the way to saving humanity.</p><p>AI generated images are becoming hard to distinguish from reality.</p><p>If they launched a fake, AI-generated alien invasion&#8230;wow&#8230;that would be big one to rally the US public at least. I&#8217;m not sure if the rest of the world would go along with it, but many would fall in line.</p><h4>A new pandemic perhaps?</h4><p>They&#8217;d love another pandemic. Several times per year, they hype another virus somewhere&#8230;that&#8230;hey&#8230;watch out&#8230;it just might need a new drug and a new set of laws that rob the masses of their wealth.</p><h4>War hungry</h4><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!XUMQ!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F7cf4fb37-6567-4567-a0e7-47d43105d4cd_610x604.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!XUMQ!, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/w_424, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/karlhaynes.substack.com/q_auto:good, 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Wall Street loves war. Pension programs love war. Central bankers love war. Voters need to be convinced, but once they&#8217;re pushed into it, US voters become blood-thirsty, eager killers and cheer-leaders for war: hell-bent on spreading as much violence and destruction as possible. Thinking that if the US terrorizes enough people, they will submit to our will.</p><p>All the time convincing ourselves that we&#8217;re the &#8220;good guys,&#8221; who only blow up children to spread &#8220;peace.&#8221;</p>]]></content:encoded></item></channel></rss>