Freddie Ponton21st Century Wire Islamabad was never a peace conference in any honest sense. It was the moment Washington tried to turn military failure into diplomatic blackmail. What it could not break with bombs, it tried to extract across a polished table. Iran answered by making clear that sovereignty defended under attack would not be…
Amid war build-up, Selective Service System sends the White House its plan to identify and locate potential draftees On March 30th, the Selective Service System (SSS) sent the White House its proposed regulations for “automatic” [sic] draft registration for review and approval before they are made public. This is the first visible step in the transition from trying to get young…
Hating Israel without hating the western empire is nonsensical, because Israel would not exist without western weapons, military support, narrative control, and diplomatic cover. Reading by Tim Foley: Everyone hates Israel now, which is as it should be. But we all need to understand that Israel has never acted alone. If Israel were acting alone,…
Donald Trump sure has a strange approach to making housing more “affordable”. He apparently wants lower costs for buyers and higher prices for owners and sellers! “I don’t want to drive housing prices down. I want to drive housing prices up for people who own their homes.” Needless to say, as the Donald’s scrambles about seeking housing…
Introduction: The Flicker of Hope, Extinguished I watched the so-called ceasefire announcement with a sense of exhausted disbelief, a feeling I suspect many of you shared. Here we are, in April 2026, and the charade continues. President Donald Trump, fresh from his 2024 victory, declared a ‘two-way ceasefire’ with Iran, a move breathlessly reported by…
The Iran War is bringing trustless payments back to the forefront. The market is reacting. Since the U.S. and Israel began striking Iran on February 28, 2026, markets have had to wrestle with the financial and economic implications. The IEA described the disruption through Hormuz as the largest supply shock in the history of the global oil…
This will be the most profitable podcast episode you’ve ever listened to because you can learn how to leave the Federal government system, become a State citizen, and legally ditch paying taxes forever. Don’t expect your accountant to know these tricks because it puts them out of a job. For over three decades, Christopher Gronski…
The Man Who Priced Gold for 200 Years Most people recognize Sir Issac Newton for his work on gravity, but in 1717, he was more than a great scientist. He was Master of the Royal Mint of England, and he had a problem to solve: What should an ounce of gold be worth in British…
Is personal freedom a reality or a myth? Does the government execute the will of the governed or the will of those who finance its officials? Does the Bill of Rights restrain the government? Are the levers of government power pulled by those the governed have elected or those we don’t see? Do elections change…
Ahistoric synagogue in Tehran, originally built in 1958, was destroyed on the Jewish holiday of Passover by Israeli airstrikes on April 7th. The Rafi-Nia Synagogue, located in central Tehran, was one of the longstanding institutions serving Iran’s Jewish community. Constructed in 1958, it stood as both a place of worship and a symbol of the…
