The Wall Street Journal calls North Korea “the world’s most surprising economic success story.”

“Arms sales to Russia, supplies & financing from China. Few foreigners who manage to enter the country are amazed by the scale of the changes, especially in Pyongyang”

https://x.com/MyLordBebo/status/2063981274990100968

Carney government to ban social media for kids younger than 16, but will allow exemptions

Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government is expected to table its long-awaited legislation aimed at online safety this week, including a ban on social media platforms for minors.

A government official, speaking on the condition of background, confirmed plans to present a bill in the coming days, which will usher in a path to create a new regulator and target different types of harmful content online.

https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/canada/carney-government-to-ban-social-media-for-kids-younger-than-16-but-will-allow-exemptions/ar-AA256QsR?

 

Canada rapidly moving toward the goal of DIGITAL ID for all citizens (wrapped around protecting children) as is being done throughout Europe as per WEF dictates. The goal is one UNELECTED government for all as Canada and total surveillance/control over populations as Canada shifts to join the EU and remove itself from the American alliance! If you are not yet aware of all this — do some due diligence!

Israeli Air Forces targeted an underground command and control center in Kermanshah, this morning in retaliatory strike against Iran. 06/07/26

Reports claim that multiple senior IRGC officials were killed while discussing attack plans.

https://x.com/RealBababanaras/status/2063882843101815008

IRGC Supreme Commanding General Ahmad Wahidi, who took command after several of his fellow Generals were killed at the start of the War, was killed in an Israeli air-strikes in Tehran tonight!!

https://x.com/defense_civil25/status/2063849621756194857

China kept buying gold through the pullback while Western investors sold.

The In Gold We Trust 2026 report notes that Western investors sold procyclically into the dip, while Asian buyers used the price weakness to build positions.

https://x.com/IGWTreport/status/2063991963700060410

Top Ten Buyers and Top Five Sellers of Gold Reserves, in Tonnes, 2025

https://x.com/IGWTreport/status/2063992105031377307

You wanted accountability?

I bet you never saw this coming— the latest comeuppance-slash-morality tale with the most unlikely cast of characters, some of the most astonishing plot twists imaginable, and a villain who looks like a poorly groomed garden gnome.

JEFF CHILDERS

https://www.coffeeandcovid.com/p/chinks-in-the-plot-armor-monday-june?

Xi Jinping lands in North Korea to meet Kim Jong Un in rare visit

He received a red carpet welcome from North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and his wife Ri Sol Ju, as well as a guard of honour and crowds waving Chinese and North Korean flags.

Xi has praised relations between China and North Korea, saying they stand at a “new historical starting point” and that the pair are “shouldering new missions of the times”, according to a state media report.

https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cdepg4kw985t

Iran Internal Briefing on Potential War

https://www.armstrongeconomics.com/international-news/iran/iran-internal-briefing-on-potential-war/

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Unclear when this was filmed – ie: before the first wave of Epic Fury or during the recent ceasefire — Iran appears to be executing this strategy. 

Houthis (Yemen) Declare “Total Ban” On Israeli Ships As Dual Chokepoint Crisis Stokes Supply Chain Nightmare

“We affirm that we will meet escalation with escalation, and that our military operations will escalate in line with events, the battle…” 

“First: We declare a complete and total ban on maritime navigation for the Israeli enemy in the Red Sea, and we consider all enemy movements to be military targets for our Armed Forces from the moment this statement is issued,”

“Second: We affirm that we will meet escalation with escalation, and that our military operations will escalate in line with events, the battle, and in conjunction with the axis of Jihad and Resistance.”

“Third: We affirm the right of our people and the peoples of our free nation to confront American-Israeli aggression, and that we will not stand idly by in the face of the unjust siege imposed on our people and the peoples of the axis of Jihad and Resistance in Palestine, Gaza, Iran, Lebanon, and Iraq. All enemy attempts will fail, God willing, and our operations will continue as long as the aggression and siege against us and the axis of Jihad and Resistance continue,”

https://www.zerohedge.com/commodities/houthis-declare-total-ban-israeli-ships-dual-chokepoint-crisis-stokes-supply-chain

SKID ROW

It’s been revealed that TENS OF THOUSANDS of homeless people in Los Angeles might be responsible for the last-minute Nithya Raman surge over Spencer Pratt

Recently, voter fraud was BUSTED on Skid Row

I bet many of them are ILLEGAL ALIENS and non-citizens!

Many of these people don’t have IDs and can’t prove who they are.

But leftist activists are deployed to the streets to harvest their “information” so they can get mail-in ballots.

FOX NEWS: “First Assistant U.S. attorney in LA, Bill Essayli, says California has refused to give the federal government its voter rolls and allows first-time voters to use IDs like gym and debit cards.”

“Essayli also writes, California allows third parties to collect and turn in ballots on voters’ behalf, a practice known as ballot harvesting, with few restrictions.”

“This makes it difficult to track who actually received, completed, and submitted each ballot.”

“Now, Essayli says there are ongoing voter fraud investigations here in Southern California. He points to a recent woman who was arrested for allegedly paying people on Skid Row to register to vote.”

https://x.com/EricLDaugh/status/2063979166584676647

DEMS ARE “COOKED”

POLLS AND BETTING SITES SAY THEY WILL WIN

BUT COOK IS A LEFT LEANING POLITICAL ANALYST OUTFIT AND THEY SAY

Truth

US – Supreme Court rules cities can ban homeless encampments

The high court’s ruling essentially rejects arguments that banning homeless encampments went against the Constitution.

The Supreme Court ruled on Friday that cities can penalize the homeless for sleeping outdoors, by upholding a law banning homeless encampments.

The 6-3 decision stemmed from the case of Grants Pass v. G. Johnson, after the Oregon town of Grants Pass started fining people nearly $300 for sleeping outside. If not paid, that fine would increase to $537.60, and multiple citations could expose the individual to criminal trespass charges — which could lead to a heftier fine and jail time.

https://www.kbzk.com/politics/supreme-court/supreme-court-rules-cities-can-criminalize-homelessness-by-penalizing-people-who-sleep-outdoors

European Commission chief urges faster EU enlargement at Western Balkans summit

‘If candidate country delivers on reforms, it has to move forward in closing and opening chapters and clusters on path forward towards the European Union,’ says Ursula von der Leyen

https://www.aa.com.tr/en/europe/european-commission-chief-urges-faster-eu-enlargement-at-western-balkans-summit/3957771

Rosneft CEO predicts India will drive 50% of global oil demand growth by 2035 – INDIA TODAY

Rosneft CEO cited International Energy Agency estimates projecting that India’s oil consumption would reach nearly eight million barrels per day by 2035, representing growth of 44 per cent, while global demand overall would increase by about five per cent.

https://www.indiatoday.in/business/story/india-oil-demand-growth-rosneft-ceo-global-increase-2923045-2026-06-06

India’s Record Crops Counter Food, Warming Alarmism

India ranks as the world’s second-largest producer of rice and wheat, with output reaching 150 million and 117 million metric tons, respectively, in 2024-25. The country achieved record food grain production of 358 million metric tons, reflecting a strong shift towards high-value crops. Between 2020 and 2025, agricultural exports rose 50% to $51 billion. Agriculture and allied activities account for nearly one-fifth of the country’s gross value-added at current prices, employ approximately 46% of the workforce, and support nearly 55% of the population.

Ours is an agricultural golden age. The air is richer in the compound that gives plants life. The weather is more conducive to growing food than it has been in centuries. The fabricated doomsday scenarios of the climate industrial complex are ludicrous.

https://www.realclearmarkets.com/articles/2026/06/05/indias_record_crops_counter_food_warming_alarmism_1186618.html

 

Certainly a contrarian view to the almost daily warnings of the MSM predicting mass famine for 2027 due to lack of fertilizer etc.

Russia Needs 800,000 Workers – Armstrong Economics

According to Russian officials and major financial institutions, the country faces an immediate labor shortage of at least 2.3 million workers. Construction alone is projected to require nearly 789,000 additional workers by 2030. Other estimates suggest Russia needs roughly 800,000 workers in manufacturing and another 1.5 million workers in construction and services. These are not small numbers. These are the kinds of figures that begin affecting an entire economy.

https://www.armstrongeconomics.com/international-news/russia/russia-needs-800000-workers/

Angry Pentagon Sources Leak Report Of Israel’s ‘Unhinged’ Spying On US Officials

Behind the scenes of this alliance which mainstream media and pundits typically project as essentially untouchable, deep-seated friction is boiling over. In an unprecedented move, the Pentagon has officially elevated Israel’s counterintelligence threat level to its highest possible category, driven by surging internal alarm that this primary Mideast regional ally is aggressively ramping up espionage operations targeting senior US officials – even Trump’s own top Iran negotiator.

The intelligence warning, freshly reported this weekend by NBC News and The New York Times, highlights a profound rift within the national security apparatus as tensions mount between the Trump administration and Israel over the ongoing joint war on Iran.

The designation stems from concerns within the Pentagon that Israel is making a particular effort to surveil top U.S. officials to get information on the Trump administration’s internal deliberations and decision-making on the conflicts in the Middle East, the officials said.

The DIA assessment includes a seven-page document and features a chart, according to one of the current U.S. officials. The document says the assessment of Israel is that its ability to conduct human espionage and technical collection is at a “critical level,” according to the official.

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/angry-pentagon-sources-leak-report-israels-unhinged-spying-us-officials

Korea “Black Monday”: Kospi Halted For 20 Minutes After Crashing Almost 10%

… and that appears to be playing out in early Asian trading, as the Kospi index crashed 8.8% just after the open, taking the key index’s decline from its recent peak to nearly 17%, poised to enter a technical correction and on pace for an outright bear market (20% drop from highs) should the local plunge protection team fail to stem the collapse.

https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/korea-black-monday-kospi-halted-20-minutes-after-crashing-almost-10

 

Anyone care to speculate on where US markets will be 15 minutes after opening bell on Monday morning?? 

IRAN UPDATE – 06/07/26 PM – Oil Jumps After Israel Strikes Military Targets In Iran, Ignoring Trump Pleas Not To “Strike Back”

Summary

  • Despite Trump’s pleading to Netanyahu not to respond, Israel launched missiles at Iran striking military targets inside the country. 
  • Iran fires missiles on Israel, after IDF unleashed deadly airstrike on Beirut earlier Sunday.
  • Despite Trump saying on Sunday that he would tell Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu not to strike ?back, an Israeli official warned that “There will be a forceful response.
  • Sunday is day 100 since President Trump launched Operation Epic Fury.
  • Ghalibaf warns after IDF escalation in Lebanon: US & Israeli bases, assets in region are ‘legitimate targets’.
  • Talks stuck on unfreezing assets: “Twenty-four billion dollars is not much for America if he wants to reach an agreement with Iran,” Iranian Gen. Mohsen Rezaei told CNN. “This is our own, not America’s money.”
  • Defying Washington, Iran has been collecting $1.5 million to $2 million per vessel passing through the Strait of Hormuz (Fars).

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/iran-fm-blames-us-contradictions-stalled-peace-talks-tehran-slaps-million-dollar

Pratt out

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South Coast beaches NSW

Beautiful Winter weather on the beach. Low 20’s C, sunny with good wave action.
Shorts and T-shirt weather for me.

Nobody who I have asked, has any concern for fuel shortages. From the amount of traffic over the long King’s Birthday Weekend, no one is concerned. Many drive hybrids. They just sip gas as we have not filled up much.

Tough buggers who live down here. I hear some good stuff about Albo and the woke policies.
It’s heartening. The cities are a different animal.

Iran, Oman to Cooperate on Strait of Hormuz Management – Egypt Oil & Gas Group

$2 million Hormuz ‘service fee’ per ship.

https://egyptoil-gas.com/news/iran-oman-to-cooperate-on-strait-of-hormuz-management/

LA Mayor vote count update (Pratt / Raman / Bass) – SUNDAY 06/07/26

YESTERDAY — https://goldtadise.com/?p=699697 — ““It seems obvious what is happening – they results are being slow walked until PRATT out of the run-off ballot in November. From 50K to 37K to 33K — by end of weekend they might break through the 30K barrier with 300,000 still to be counted.”

TODAY – – https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2026-primary-elections/los-angeles-mayor-results — From 50K to 37K to 33K to 7K — surely she will be leading by tomorrow — still 194,000 votes to count.

They are NOT hiding the steal — simply crediting votes to RAMAN. BASS remains essentially unchange at 35% — creating a DEMOCRAT vs DEMOCRAT runoff in November — PRATT continues to hold his tongue — has not issued public comment of the “vote counting” process we are all witnessing………. Trump has called it out and the DOJ is supposedly gathering evidence …… what do California citizens think?

President Trump CUTS OFF and WALKS OUT of a Kristen Welker interview

He looks her in the eyes and tells her SHE’S A LIAR, then storms off!

“The elections are like a 3rd world country. YOU’RE CROOKED…let’s call it QUITS. I’ve HAD ENOUGH.”

WELKER: Please, I traveled all the way to Wisconsin!

TRUMP: “I’ve sat in the RAIN with you for an HOUR! I’ve given you enough time. You ought to straighten out your press. You know what? A country can never be great with a dishonest press. Let’s GO.”

WELKER: *Whines*

https://x.com/EricLDaugh/status/2063634419106115887

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Iran FM Blames U.S. “Contradictions” On Stalled Peace Talks As Tehran Slaps Million-Dollar Hormuz Tax On Ships

The U.S. and Iran remain stuck in preliminary talks to end the war, with the main obstacle being Tehran’s demand for access to billions of dollars in frozen assets and the Trump administration’s refusal to provide upfront cash or broader sanctions relief.

Tehran is seeking about $12 billion upfront and $24 billion during a proposed 60-day negotiation window. “Twenty-four billion dollars is not much for America if he wants to reach an agreement with Iran,” Gen. Mohsen Rezaei, a senior adviser to Iran’s top official, told CNN on Friday. “This is our own, not America’s money.”

Top Overnight Headlines (courtesy of Bloomberg):

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/iran-fm-blames-us-contradictions-stalled-peace-talks-tehran-slaps-million-dollar

“There is a building material that does not burn, that does not rot” “In 1937 the US Government made it a crime to grow the plant it comes from”

https://x.com/BGatesIsaPyscho/status/2063575359119856115

Grifter Update

“YOU GUYS ALL DESERVE TO GIVE YOURSELVES A PAT ON THE BACK FOR SURVIVING THE GREATEST 10 YEARS OF PSYOPS WE’VE EVER SEEN”

AN EXPOSE ON WHO AND WHAT ISBEHIND THE “FAGA” GRIFT OPERATION

https://forbiddennews.substack.com/p/grifter-update?

SOME RANDOM COMMENTS FROM THE FAITHFUL

Filled up for $3.65 at a station that was like $4.75 a couple weeks ago

Iran has lost all leverage and is still completely blockaded with nothing left to offer. Trump is going to have a golf course on Kharg Island by the end of this.

They thought they could wait out Trump so now they’re acting out trying to to provoke us into a response. But people underestimate how patient Trump is

OPEC+ set for fourth oil quota hike since Strait of Hormuz closure

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/06/07/opec-set-for-fourth-oil-quota-hike-since-strait-of-hormuz-closure.html

High oil prices were the only reason Trump had to try to make a deal quickly.

https://x.com/superballslarry/status/2063448365833093444

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I’ve been telling you for weeks now that I believe it is Trump being difficult about making a deal.

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Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Baghaei accuses the U.S. of offering no concessions on Iran’s blocked assets and of attacking Iranian commercial ships in the Strait of Hormuz and on the high seas – CNN

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BREAKING – U.S. WILL USE TOOLS TO MAKE IRANIAN ASSETS AVAILABLE TO GULF ALLIES TO SUPPORT REBUILDING AND REPAIRS FOR FUTURE DAMAGE CAUSED BY IRAN -SOURCE FAMILIAR

U.S. TREASURY SECRETARY BESSENT DIRECTED TEAM TO ASSESS CONDITIONS AMONG GULF ALLIES, ASSESS COSTS FOR DAMAGE INFLICTED BY IRAN -SOURCE FAMILIAR

U.S. TO CONSIDER WHETHER IRANIAN ASSETS COULD BE USED TO SUPPORT REPAIRS FOR PAST DAMAGES -SOURCE FAMILIAR

HENRY NOWAK

In his final moments, Henry Nowak told police officers nine times “I can’t breathe” and four times that he had been stabbed.

In response police officer dragged him across the gravel, handcuffed and read him his rights.

It was the last thing Henry heard before he died.

https://x.com/visegrad24/status/2061573327911543106

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Henry Nowak died the same way a civilization dies: abandoned, handcuffed by authorities who neither trusted nor cared for him, and accused of hate crimes he did not commit. His murder is as tragic as it is enraging. He should still be alive today, and he would be if the last few generations of European elites had stood their ground against the politics of self-hatred and the mass invasion of migrants, many of whom despise the West and the people who love it.

Henry was far from the first to so needlessly lose his life, and I fear he won’t be the last. Each time a life like his is lost, the proper response—the only response—is righteous anger. One of the most important things the Trump administration has proven to the world is that stopping the flow of mass migration and defending national sovereignty is a matter of political will and leadership. Anything else is an excuse.

It is because we love the West that we want to preserve it. We love our civilization. We love our country. We love our children. And nobody—nobody—should ever die the way that Henry Nowak died. May God comfort those who loved him, and may God rest his soul.

JD VANCE

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I THINK THIS IS THE WATERSHED MOMENT WE HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR…NO MAS !

Not Civil War, Not World War 3, Not Riots in the Street. This Is What’s Next Like you’ve never seen before. Ok, well maybe. Once

ELIZABETH NICKSON ( A BRITISH COLUMBIAN ) KNOWS WHAT TIME IT IS …AND SO SHOULD YOU

There are American flags at the marches (In Europe and the UK), and why so many wear a MAGA hat. MAGA is world-wide now, it will take over the entire world, including China, including Russia. Going forward in the next few years, there may be scraps on the U.K. streets with Muslim gangs but if – as Muslims did last week in England – go hunting British men with baseball bats, they will swiftly learn how Britain conquered the known world with muskets. There is simply no force on earth that can fight it. The ferocity is based in the thousand-year heritage of the northern clans and it has no match on earth, in this or any other century.

https://elizabethnickson.substack.com/p/not-civil-war-not-world-war-3-not?

Latin America Goes Populist

https://www.profstonge.com/p/latin-america-goes-populist?