GERMANY - “Carsten Breuer has overseen the Bundeswehr’s rearmament as Berlin seeks to build Europe’s strongest conventional army. German General Carsten Breuer has been chosen as the next chair of the NATO Military Committee as European countries seek to strengthen their armed forces, citing the need to deter Russia. Breuer, inspector general of the Bundeswehr, will succeed Italian Admiral Giuseppe Cavo Dragone, with his three-year term set to begin in the summer of 2027.” (rt.com)

GERMANY - “Occasionally, history does dish out poetic justice. It can also be exceedingly funny, if in a merciless way. Germany’s well-known tragedy – or let’s say, one of them – is that it suffers from a chronic deficiency of irony, so many Germans will fail to see the funny side of what has just happened. And yet, there is something very deserved as well as ironic about the recent catastrophe of the country’s establishment parties in three turning-point regional elections – in Saxony-Anhalt, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, and Berlin.

The stunning successes of the new-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party in two of them (Saxony-Anhalt and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) have attracted most attention. And rightly so: For one thing, any remaining establishment delusions about marginalizing the AfD out of German politics using a ‘firewall’ are now where they have belonged for a very long time: on the trash heap of history.” (rt.com)

GERMANY - “The AfD’s latest gains are only part of the story as Germany’s postwar party system fractures and stable government becomes harder to sustain The latest state elections in Germany have confirmed a trend that is becoming increasingly difficult to dismiss. The issue is no longer the occasional success of one party or failure of another, but the gradual dismantling of a political system that for decades appeared almost permanent. Germany isn’t particularly comfortable with political upheaval and when Germany becomes politically nervous, its neighbors have historically had reason to pay attention.” (rt.com)

GERMANY - “It appears that Germany is quite serious about getting ready for a war with Russia. Every 18-year-old in Germany is being sent a questionnaire that asks them if they are interested in joining the German military. Responding to the questionnaire is voluntary for women, but it is mandatory for men. For a nation that relentlessly preaches ‘equality’ among the sexes, that seems rather odd. Men that indicate that they have zero interest in joining the German military are not off the hook.

Under an ominous new law, all 18-year-old men in Germany must report for mandatory military medical exams to evaluate their fitness for military service. I realize that this sounds like something out of a dystopian novel. But this is actually happening. The German military has confirmed that ‘all men liable for military service who were born after 31 December 2007 must undergo mandatory military medical exams…’” (endoftheamericandream.com)

GERMANY - “From American Tomahawks to Israeli ballistic missiles, the Bundeswehr is building the ability to strike far beyond Germany’s borders. Over the past few months, there’s been a noticeable surge in reports regarding Germany’s interest in missiles – ranging from ballistic and cruise missiles to land- and sea-based systems. Various partners are involved in the initiative, including the US, Ukraine, Türkiye, and Israel. It looks like Germany intends to spend its entire budget on missiles, aiming to become the leading missile power in Western Europe.” (rt.com)

EUROPE - “500,000 Muslims in Europe in 2000 Have Grown to 46 MILLION and It's Supposed to Be Normal?” (rumble.com)

MIDDLE EAST - “Reza Pahlavi is the exiled Crown Prince of Iran and a prominent advocate for democracy and human rights in Iran. Pahlavi holds the title of Crown Prince, though Iran no longer has a monarchy. Currently, Reza Pahlavi is a leading figure in the Iranian opposition in exile. He advocates for democratic reforms and human rights in Iran rather than seeking to restore the monarchy. He is recognized as the leader of the National Lion and Sun Revolution, a movement promoting freedom and democracy for the Iranian people.

Now, watch beautiful France and its rich culture burn. Some media report that it didn’t begin with migrants. It was over GenZ’s discontent with overcrowded schools, mostly due to the invasion. Then the North African and Middle Eastern Islamists took over.” (independentsentinel.com)

MIDDLE EAST - “Saudi-backed forces are seeking to retake territory seized by the Iranian-backed group last month. Yemen’s civil war has intensified, with the internationally recognized government announcing a military operation aimed at retaking territory captured last month by the Iranian-backed Houthis. The Houthis, a Shiite armed group, continued their own offensive, reportedly seizing more towns in southwestern Taiz province near the strategic Bab el-Mandeb Strait.” (rt.com)

MIDDLE EAST - “The Great Middle East War has just entered a very dangerous new chapter. 100,000 troops under the control of the internationally-recognized government of Yemen are going to attempt to end the Houthi threat once and for all. Saudi Arabia will be assisting by conducting constant airstrikes on Houthi positions. In other words, all-out war is coming to the Arabian Peninsula. The United States will be providing intelligence and targeting data for this operation, but officials are telling us that the US military will not be directly involved at this time.

However, Axios is reporting that the US could join the operation at a later date ‘should it go south’. What this means is that there isn’t going to be an end to the Great Middle East war for a long time to come. One of Iran’s core demands has always been an end to the fighting on all fronts. Needless to say, what we are witnessing is the opposite of that.” (theeconomiccollapseblog.com)

MIDDLE EAST - “The United States military has finally withdrawn from Iraq after 12 years, with President Donald Trump criticizing the ‘very bad decision-making that got us involved in this quagmire in the first place.’ The move marked the formal closure of another chapter of US occupation in the Middle Eastern country after troops previously left in 2011 after the Iraq War before returning to fight ISIS in 2014.” (breitbart.com)

FRANCE - “During Pope Leo XIV’s recent visit to France, he emphasized the Catholic Church’s teachings on such profound moral issues as abortion and ‘assisted’ suicide (more like ‘compelled’ in many cases). And the visual tableau of the Pope comforting the afflicted but beloved Marie-Garance Nöel is more powerful and eloquent than a thousand-million-billion words.

The Pope said in France, ‘The motto of the journey was that the world may have life, and these words characterize the Gospel-centered nature of my meetings throughout the visit.’ That doesn’t sound very political, and yet the word ‘life,’ alone, nevertheless does send a jolt. And the Pope knows it: ‘I came to preach the Gospel,’ he said, ‘if that’s politics, I did that.’

Still, the Pope is no pol. Refreshingly above the grubby world of backrooms and bureaucracies, he summons us to God’s higher purposes, not lowest-common-denominator compromises. As he puts it, ‘What is legal is not necessarily moral.’

Some US cities actually fund drug use and provide free housing for sex criminals. Moreover, if any locality is spending money, it’s likely that the federal government is chipping in. The feds spend a trillion dollars a year on various welfare programs, many of which subsidize destructive behavior. Which reminds us of the Pope’s wisdom: Legality isn’t the same as morality. Let’s add: A fully legal policy or program might be immoral.” (breitbart.com)

FRANCE - “Pope Leo XIV urged Europe to remember its Christian heritage and embrace it in a speech delivered in France’s northeastern city of Metz on Monday as he wound up the fourth and final day of his visit. France24 reports the Pope was keen to identify the unifying Christian background that has withstood the test of time and challenges from elsewhere right across Continental Europe as surging mass illegal migration across borders still troubles every nation. ‘One cannot speak of Europe without mentioning Christianity,’ he said, nodding to historians who record the faith has been present in Europe for nearly 2,000 years, arriving in the 1st century AD.” (breitbart.com)

“The Global Debt Crisis of 2026 has begun, and we are being warned that most people have ‘no idea what is about to happen’. The US government is $40,068,807,991,924.84 in debt, and all of a sudden the rest of the world has become a lot more hesitant to lend us money. Bond prices are crashing and rates are spiking. Now we find ourselves in the middle of a financial nightmare with no way out.

Meanwhile, rapidly rising interest rates could set off an unprecedented derivatives implosion. At this point, the total notional amount outstanding for global over-the-counter interest rate derivatives is well over 600 trillion dollars. As long as investors still had faith in the game, everything was going to be fine.

But now investors are losing faith in the US government, the Japanese government and governments all over Europe, because they have been borrowing money at insanely reckless levels. The bottom line is that we are perfectly primed for a stock market crash, and signs of trouble are already apparent. And now we are entering the pivotal month of October when some of the largest stock market crashes throughout history have occurred.” (theeconomiccollapseblog.com)

“This Is what A ‘Perfect Storm’ looks like: A Global Fertilizer Crisis, A Global Fuel Crisis, A Super El Niño And World War 3 All At The Same Time!

What a disaster 2026 has been.

Coming into this year, there was no war with Iran.
Coming into this year, the Strait of Hormuz was still open.
Coming into this year, there was no Super El Niño.
Coming into this year, the price of diesel was actually quite low.
Coming into this year, we didn’t have a global fertilizer crisis which appears to be having a ‘catastrophic impact’ on global food production…” (theeconomiccollapseblog.com)

“Power is shifting East, old hierarchies are cracking, and technology is accelerating the breakdown of the Western-led order. The ’profound changes unseen in a century’ often mentioned by Xi Jinping are no longer merely abstract concepts found in books; they represent the systemic collapse and restructuring currently experienced by the global system.

For centuries, the world operated under a singular order – dominated by the West, characterized by linear development and a hegemonic steady state – which established fixed power structures, rules of engagement, and development paradigms. As we enter the second quarter of the 21st century, this long-standing old order has reached a critical juncture marked by runaway entropy, the collapse of paradigms, and a civilizational transition.” (rt.com)

UK - “For the past ten days, villagers near RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire have felt as if they've been living through their own high-octane movie. That at least is how district councillor Tristan Wilkinson sums up their mood. Few would accuse him of being melodramatic.

'This feels like another plot twist,' he says, referring to America's decision on Sunday to suddenly withdraw its £3.6 billion fleet of B-1 bombers from the base to prevent them being wiped out in a fiendish Iranian drone attack. Villagers evacuated from their homes, police swooping on terror suspects, secret agents deployed across Europe to name but a few. And the question locals keep asking is – what's going to happen next?

A local farmer driving home in the early hours of the morning from a party, came across three seemingly abandoned white vans blocking a quiet country road. When she dialled 999, police were already rushing to the scene because someone tipped them off – one of the masked men who would soon be arrested.

That wasn't the only curious aspect of this case. The Daily Mail's security editor Rebecca Camber revealed that the vans did not contain explosives after all, which is why the five were so swiftly released.

So what on earth was going on? One theory is that it may have all been an Iranian-backed hoax designed to spread panic and send a message to the US about how easy it would be to carry out a bomb attack at the base. Or was it a sinister decoy or dummy run? Questions that will no doubt be answered if the case reaches court.

It was also reported that such was the urgency to withdraw that the B-1s took off while refuelling aircraft were still being arranged to support the flights.

British and American officials said the plot was modelled on the audacious drone attack Ukraine launched last year that wiped out at least 40 aircraft at five Russian bases. That blitz – described as Russia's Pearl Harbor – was estimated to have cost Putin's war machine £5.2 billion and had cut the country's cruise missile power by more than a third. The complex mission involved transporting high-tech First Person View (FPV) drones concealed inside wooden pre-fab housing units loaded on to trucks. Their retractable roofs were opened remotely when the order was given to attack.

General Sir Richard Barrons defended the move saying it was the ‘prudent thing to do …The whole of UK civil society is now a target in the world we live in and our civil resilience is pretty poor.’ It appears then that, even with the bombers gone, the drama for the good people of Whelford will continue.” (dailymail.co.uk)

Its message, in effect, is to enjoy life while you can. Understand that “stuff” happens; the good are not always rewarded and the bad are not always punished. There is nothing a person can do to escape death (and there is no mention of afterlife); the rich and poor are headed to the same end. Everything of beauty and value perishes. And there is no greater pleasure in life than the ephemeral happiness of a good meal with the woman you love.