‘Betrayal’: Internal Pentagon Spat Emerges Over Leaked Middle East Deployment Plans

A number of US military top generals have taken the rare step of formally registering warnings to Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth over potential plans for a new phase of strikes against a non-compliant Iran. The warnings reportedly emerged through the Secretary of Defense Orders Book, which enumerates the availability of US military resources and force posture around the world – with direct input from American regional commanders.

“I’m telling you guys and gals here: Trump is getting ready to something batshit crazy–which is why the generals and admirals are leaking SDOB to the WaPo. They’re FREAKING OUT because it’s obvious that Trump and his team are going to make them do something nutty.”

https://www.zerohedge.com/military/betrayal-internal-pentagon-spat-emerges-over-leaked-middle-east-deployment-plans

 

Huge problem is someone in the military is leaking info to the MSM……..US is still in the middle of a war…….treason comes to mind

Iran’s Pezeshkian Gets Red Carpet Treatment Alongside Putin, Xi, Modi & Erdogan At Eurasian Summit

Not quite the isolation Washington was hoping for…

…there’s been a big diplomatic push by the White House to get regional allies on board. But the early case remains that reactions from other Gulf allies have so far been muted, after Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent earlier confirmed that Trump has been phoning world leaders to join him in isolating Iran. But this is what makes images coming out Monday from a place further to the east so resounding, symbolic, and defiant: Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian is busy getting the red carpet treatment while attending the annual Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit.

Chinese President Xi Jinping, his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi have arrived in Kyrgyzstan’s capital Bishkek for the annual Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit. Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian is also attending the summit, which marks 25 years of its existence.

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/irans-pezeshkian-gets-red-carpet-treatment-alongside-putin-xi-modi-erdogan-eurasian

Panic… This is not Confidence

EXCELLENT ARTICLE ON THE ALBERTA SEPARATION STORY HERE . MUST READ FOR ALL CANADIANS ( AND OTHERS INTERESTED )

https://sheldonyakiwchuk.substack.com/p/panic?

WTI Crude vs SPX 100 years.

How cheap is oil when not measured against the USD?

Not my chart, credit to Axis Balance.  Finding Value Finance brought this to my attn.

Canadians are being gaslit

https://tinyurl.com/mup9hvvm

DHS is planning to surge VOTER FRAUD investigation in select states for the midterms starting TOMORROW — CNN

The states: Washington, Wisconsin, Missouri, Georgia, California, Pennsylvania, Nevada, New York and Connecticut

https://x.com/clif_high/status/2094510223516156368

1 minute

Ukraine – WINTER IS COMING: Russia Announces Upcoming Massive Strikes Against Ukrainian Power Generation and Energy Facilities

This has been announced today by the Russian defense ministry.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/08/winter-is-coming-russia-announces-upcoming-massive-strikes/

New federal grand jury subpoena issued to former James Comey advisor in leak investigation: sources

The Justice Department probe targets Daniel Richman over alleged leaks to the New York Times during Trump’s first term

The new investigation is in addition to the one centered on Comey’s alleged threats against Trump.

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/new-federal-grand-jury-subpoena-issued-former-james-comey-advisor-leak-investigation-sources

Good morning, C&C, it’s Monday! Your roundup today is a special edition: a critically important public safety advisory to protect your brain from sneaky political manipulation. We all need this message, now more than ever.

JEFF CHILDERS

https://www.coffeeandcovid.com/p/paid-per-post-monday-august-31-2026?

US – Secret Chinese Buyer Purchased Farmland Near U.S. Navy’s Pacific Fighter Jet Hub – Natalie WInters

A corporation the U.S. Department of Agriculture classifies as Chinese-owned paid $21.2 million in cash for more than 1,500 acres of California farmland roughly 16 miles from the Navy’s principal West Coast fighter-jet base, according to federal and county records reviewed for this article.

More than 1,500 acres belonging to a potentially CCP-linked buyer.

https://nataliegwinters.substack.com/p/exc-secret-chinese-buyer-purchased?

BESSENT

Secretary Scott Bessent just bodied the crap out of Canada!

“At war with Canada? What are they gonna do, take their 2 submarines from the Edmonton Mall and sick ’em on us!?”

“Carney came to power on an anti-American, anti-Trump agenda. He was 20 points behind in the poll, and then he started this, and it’s unfortunate that he’s not doing what’s best for the Canadian people.”

“He’s doing what is best for the Liberal Party, what’s best for Mark Carney, and in the long run, the Canadian people are going to see through that.”

back to “Where’s the Beef?”

https://x.com/jeffreytucker/status/2094421188067930169

read the comments

While I’m waiting for the madness of crowds to wear off…some humor.

OK first, what a douchebag.  Like, you are purposely causing large moves that affect people’s lives as a joke.  I’d like to hook this guys balls up to my car battery and turn on the juice.

Re:Warsh

Yes, he really did. During his highly anticipated August 28, 2026 keynote speech at the Jackson Hole economic symposium, Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh  purposefully opened by talking about nature hikes. 
The Real Intent Behind the “Hikes” Talk
While Wall Street investors and algorithmic trading systems were listening for clues about interest rate hikes, Warsh deliberately used the word “hike” three times in his opening minutes to describe actual treks in the mountains. He used the wordplay to set a tone for his new regime at the Fed: [1, 2]
What a dick.
Humor

Oh Canada

https://www.kunstler.com/p/oh-canada

Jeff Rath speaks on Alberta Independence

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZ5bsRVYKl8

Mises

https://x.com/Handre/status/2094384562994344206

Handre is writing pamphlets on econ, similar to Kristof’s on philosophy

And so it goes!

Breakout would imply $120 oil minimum!

White House press release last week re: Canada –> President Trump Is Finally Ending Canada’s Free Ride

https://www.whitehouse.gov/releases/2026/08/president-trump-is-finally-ending-canadas-free-ride/

Mr. Pool does it again — has anyone heard anything about the “news” he is posting tonight?? It “feels” like a “crock of sheet” — hard to imagine this happening without ANY leaks or MSM coverage at all……..

47 FEDERAL JUDGES ARRESTED. 23 SENATORS AND CONGRESSMEN ARRESTED. 12 CIA OPERATIVES ARRESTED.

I was told by a source inside the Department of Justice — someone I have known for eleven years, someone who has never been wrong before — that the sealed indictments are being unsealed. Not all at once. In waves. So the public can absorb the truth without collapsing into chaos.

Here is what the public does not know yet……….

https://x.com/MrPool_QQ/status/2094186308734157235

Hillary Clinton Gets Bad News as Trump Takes His Legal Battle Against Her All the Way to the Supreme Court

Hillary Clinton received unwelcome news in President Donald Trump’s long-running legal battle over the Russia-collusion narrative after Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas granted Trump more time to seek review of his case. The extension gives Trump and his fellow petitioners until October 9th to file a petition for a writ of certiorari. Trump is asking the nation’s highest court to revisit the dismissal of his civil racketeering lawsuit against Clinton, the Democratic National Committee, and numerous other defendants. The Supreme Court has not yet agreed to hear the case.

https://theamericantribune.com/hillary-clinton-gets-bad-news-as-trump-takes-his-legal-battle-against-her-all-the-way-to-the-supreme-court/?

Trump posts new Truth Social re: Canada

https://x.com/JB_Slear/status/2094164077979500991/photo/1

AND

https://x.com/JB_Slear/status/2094130642992898228/photo/1

 

Will Trump cancel the USMCA agreement when Carney’s “retribution” tariffs take effect? I think the timing was set for this coming Thursday Sept. 3rd (if I recall correctly).

Letitia James is not having a good weekend — after email leaks……NY prosecutor claims Letitia James’ office directed him to target Trump

A prosecutor in the New York attorney general’s office sent an agency-wide email to hundreds of colleagues Friday claiming that he had been instructed by his supervisor “to find and pursue crimes committed by specific individuals and organizations affiliated with Donald Trump,” according to a copy of the email obtained by the Times Union.

The prosecutor, who was assigned to the Investor Protection Bureau, alleged in his email that his bureau chief, Shamiso Maswoswe, had directed him to target “Trump himself, Truth Social, Hewlett Packard (DOJ approved merger) … without having a credible reason for targeting this organizations and individuals.”

https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/ny-prosecutor-claims-letita-james-230515249.html

Iran launches missiles after US strikes Larak island

Summary

  • An explosion was heard near Iran’s Larak Island on Sunday, the IRGC-affiliated Fars news agency reported, adding that the cause was unknown.
  • US forces struck Iranian Revolutionary Guard rocket launchers on Larak Island on Sunday, Al Jazeera and Axios reported, both citing US officials, with Axios saying two launchers were hit after IRGC forces were observed preparing rockets carrying sea mines toward the Strait of Hormuz.
  • Iran’s Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei urged Muslim rulers in a written message on Sunday to identify what he called their true enemy and confront its plans, particularly in West Asia and the Persian Gulf.
  • Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi says Iran and Oman reached an understanding on the Strait of Hormuz, but it will not take effect until the US fulfills its commitments under the Islamabad MoU.
  • Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said implementing the Islamabad MoU with domestic unity could help Iran overcome its problems and prevent the US and Israel from destabilizing the region.

https://www.iranintl.com/en/liveblog/202608292849

YIKES

U.S. President Donald Trump posted an AI generated video of Kharg Island being blown up.

https://x.com/Osint613/status/2094254210845934062

Just in: Tucker Carlson calls for President Trump to be removed from office immediately

https://x.com/TheCalvinCooli1/status/2093840302897238201

HORMUZ OIL TRANSIT REVISED….UP ( A LOT UP )

“Kpler, which for months now has been cited by everyone in the media showing that “no secret tankers exist” has quietly updated their methodology RETROACTIVELY and magically found nearly a billion barrels of oil they missed

Just incredible stuff

In effect Kpler now admits that gulf flows coupled with Suadi and Iraq bypass pipelines basically account for all “missing oil” since about June 1st

Just pathetic stuff”

https://x.com/TonerousHyus/status/2094164931599827446

SOME FUCKTARDS HAVE BEEN CLAIMING THERE HAS BEEN NO (ZERO) OIL TRANSITING

ANOTHER SOURCE

TankerTrackers.com, Inc.
@TankerTrackers
Over the past seven full days, crude oil exports departing the US Navy blockade line averaged 6.7 million barrels per day.

This figure reflects our extensive research, which combines AIS data with hundreds of daily satellite images, including the visually identified AIS-offline tankers; some of which aren’t even pinging in the Middle East. It also includes vessels that reactivate their AIS days after departing the blockade line.

Icelanders vote ‘no’ to talks aimed at joining the EU in close referendum

Voters in the tiny Nordic nation of Iceland decided against resuming talks about the country joining the European Union in a closely contested referendum, results showed Sunday. The vote against the EU won by 52.8 percent, according to RÚV, Iceland’s broadcaster.

https://www.npr.org/2026/08/29/nx-s1-5948759/iceland-european-union-referendum-vote

HARDBALL

Welcome to Texas

h/t dive

NO SHIRT, NO SHOES + (“Plus” is a public safety notice addendum to our service policy.)

We welcome all members of the community and strive to serve all to the best of our ability, regardless of race, color, creed, or orientation. This is Southern Hospitality in the Republic.

If you are drinking to forget, please pay in advance.

We will not require masks at our locale even if there is another “declared” health emergency. We have peer reviewed research of over ten million people which show masks to be ineffective. If you show up wearing a mask, we will assume that you lack basic cognitive skills or your intent is to rob us and our patrons. Be advised.

Situational awareness is a personal skill, but we feel obligated to inform members of the situation. We are in a conservative county. Patrons who visit are expected to treat each other with mutual respect. This means that if a patron shows up with green and purple hair, inked sleeves, and piercings instead of a white Stetson and cowboy boots, their rights will still be respected here.

We recognize the right to bear arms under the 2nd amendment and do not have a metal detector at the door, besides 3D printed weapons easily slip right by so why should we invest in old technology?

We also recognize the 1st amendment and we encourage intellectual debate. We do not encourage arguments, especially heated arguments. If you opponent reduces their defense to name calling and is no longer addressing the issue, exercise the maturity to recognize that you have already won and disengage. However, if the exchange continues to the point of disturbing others, we may ask you and your opponent to move your “discussion” to the private dueling range in the back forty. Paintball guns are available for childish arguments such as religion and politics. If the argument involves family honor and you want to take it to the next level, it is a free country, skip the non lethal option.

(Backhoe rental available for $140/day collected from each participant in advance)

A special note to Transgender patrons; We suggest that you use your spidey senses and not wear rainbow colored attire which may attract unwanted scrutiny by other patrons. Also if your eyes are dilated you may also attract additional unwanted scrutiny. Please be drug free and blend in. Refrain from advertising your sexuality, we don’t care, it is none of our business. Bonus Tip from our cleaning staff: Please refrain from talking to children when their parents are not around.

We reserve the right to discriminate against mass shooters and suicide bombers. Find a different venue as we have informed you that some or all of our patrons may have concealed weapons. Don’t think that you can cherry pick likely targets/responders who may be packing simply based upon long hair, an emblem laden Harley Jacket and silver chain on their wallet. Granny Clampett is just as likely to put a cap in yo ass. Govern yourselves accordingly.

A special note to suicide bombers and mass shooters: If you choose to exercise your right to freely assemble at our venue and challenge our admonitions, it is all on you. However, if you are truly intent on achieving your goal, please have a legitimate coherent point. It would be nice to have your manifesto a few days in advance so we can prepare for your arrival. Do not leave it on your table at home where the investigators will find it posthumously as it shows a lack of courage and conviction. Cowards shouldn’t make headlines.

Welcome to Texas!

Orders at printers are allegedly piling up for 2027 Texas Bar and Restaurant Posters:

Mapped: Lake America and 60 Years of U.S. Renamings

https://www.visualcapitalist.com/mapped-lake-america-and-60-years-of-u-s-renamings/

GOOD JOB CARNAGE

Just a reminder

To paraphrase JP Morgan, Gold is Money and everything else is credit”.

Gold in hand does not have counter party risk.

I’m curious as to the true amount of Gold in the World. How many claims are on each ounce?

Fiat currency is truly a Ponzi scheme relying on the creation of an increasing supply of currency to satisfy the interest charges.
The Central Banks need to print or die. Same as a Ponzi scheme. New suckers are required to keep it going.

No predictions for when the “Gold musical chairs” comes but it is better to be a day early than a day late.