Meet Joel Salatin, A Leader In Regenerative Agriculture And Self-Described 'Lunatic Farmer'

Joel Salatin, the self-described “Christian Libertarian environmentalist capitalist lunatic farmer,” enthusiastically engages in a free-flowing conversation as he navigates the bumpy mountain roads that wind through his 700-acre Polyface Farms in Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley.

https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/meet-joel-salatin-leader-regenerative-agriculture-and-self-described-lunatic-farmer

https://www.earthday.org/campaign/regenerative-agriculture/

Mossad narrative intensifies

If Biden Wanted To Leave An Easter Egg For Trump, The Dock Workers' Deal Ending On January 15th Seems Like A Nasty One

Last weekend we went with 2025 Will Be Messy. We discussed that subject and the implications on Bloomberg Radio/YouTube (30-minute mark) to kick off the year on Thursday. Unfortunately, Academy also had to publish a SITREP – Terrorist Attack in New Orleans.

We did get some volatility as stocks sold off into the New Year. While assets tried to bounce on the first day of trading, that momentum faded. However, at least stocks (and Bitcoin) performed well on Friday (which, technically, is the last official day of the Santa rally, which the Grinch did seem to hack).

What was noticeable about Friday was how well stocks did after the Speaker was picked on the first vote. While there were some delays as “cloakroom” deals were hammered out (which brought back memories of Hamilton’s “The Room Where it Happens”), the whole thing went relatively smoothly.

Markets were prepared for more of a “mess” (than what actually occurred), and rightfully did well as optimism that the positive things for the economy (and markets) will get done.

The expected deluge of corporate bond issuance got off to a fast start with 10 issuers coming to market on Thursday! (Academy was an underwriter on 5 of those deals).

There are a few important things to watch this coming week, which should move markets in a meaningful way.

Treasury Yields

We raised our near-term target on 10s to 4.75%. With the 10-year and 30-year auctions this week, that should put some pressure on Treasuries. With a very heavy corporate calendar, there should be rate hedging and buyers who prefer corporates to Treasuries (which will also tend to push yields higher). Finally, nothing about this administration (despite D.O.G.E.) points to it being fiscally conservative, so that too will weigh on bonds (yields drifted higher as the Speaker vote proceeded relatively smoothly).

In terms of “only” 1.5 cuts being priced in for 2025, that is starting to seem low, but we are not really prepared to argue against it too heavily one way or the other (basically our higher yield call at the longer end is primarily linked to further steepening of the yield curve).

https://www.zerohedge.com/economics/if-biden-wanted-leave-easter-egg-trump-dock-workers-deal-ending-january-15th-seems-nasty

This clown being pushed by Gayway pundit

Here is Joshua Steinman’s statement posted on Thread reader.

I spent 4yrs on President Trump’s National Security Council – first day to last – and I fear there are mistakes being made NOW re: NSC that will lead to four years of ineffective governance at best, betrayal at worst.

Out of loyalty to him, I am going public.

Here we go:

1/ Let me start by saying, this isn’t about Rep. Waltz or Alex Wang, who I believe love POTUS and mean well.

But it appears they are getting bad advice that will have CASCADING and CATASTROPHIC impact on President Trump’s ability to execute his agenda, end war, bring prosperity, etc.

2/ First: WHAT IS THE NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL?

Most people don’t understand what the NSC actually does. Most people don’t even know that it it as the White House.

I’ll lay it out simply:

If the President is the owner of the football team, the NSC is the Quarterback.

3/ NSC are a group of staff officers who sit in the White House, and whose job is to make sure that the “Departments” and “Agencies” of the United States Government DO WHAT THE PRESIDENT WANTS THEM TO DO.

Their job is to make sure that what the President says, happens.

4/ When it comes to NSC Staff, PERSONNEL IS POLICY.

I’m hearing (from multiple people) that a significant % of NSC Staff have been told that they will be allowed to stay.

This is a serious error if true.

Removing people like this isn’t personal, its just prudent.

Here’s why:

5/ During term one, myself, @EzraACohen, +others advocated for rapid turnover of staff to bring in new blood. Fearing “Optics” of a mass firing, we were told no, and ~50% stayed.

THIS IS WHAT PRESIDENT BIDEN DID, four years later.

WE SHOULD DO THE SAME.

6/ @EzraACohen Rapid staff turnover is CRITICAL.

Because if you remember, guess who stayed on (allagedly), during those early days?

>> the person who (allgedely) kicked off the first impeachment.

7/ Many who stayed undermined President Trump by PURSUING THEIR OBAMA GUIDANCE FROM UNTIL GIVEN EXPLICIT ORDERS TO STOP.

(Some who stayed were great.)

These civil servants had signed for a different POTUS. They weren’t mission aligned.

THE PRESIDENT DESERVES LOYAL STAFF.

8/ Beyond the general fact of many NSC Staff being told that they can stay, there are specific NSC senior leaders –including my successor, Anne Neuberger– who are also angling to stay.

Once you become a “Commissioned Officer” in the White House, you are no longer a career civil servant. You are a political appointee. You have taken sides.

She oversaw the Biden Administration’s efforts on AI policy, tech censorship, cryptocurrency, and the handling of the major cyber incidents of the past 4 years.

I don’t know what was going on there, and tried to stay away from it all, but it’s clear to me that President Trump should have his own team of loyal staff to execute the new direction he campaigned on, across all of these efforts.

9/ Next: The people who are being hired.

Many who have gotten the nod are great. But a significant number of as-yet-unannounced staff have long histories of being vocally “never Trump,” and working for prominent figures who have repeatedly undermined the President.

10/ Remember: NSC are STAFF OFFICERS. They make HUNDREDS of minor decisions a month that affect U.S. foreign policy.

“We need your clearance on this statement by X Ambassador for the UN Gender Conference.”

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This x 100!

Unless they are ALIGNED, it’ll be business as usual.

https://steinman.substack.com/

https://intro.co/JoshuaSteinman

https://x.com/JoshuaSteinman/status/1875974603480416657

https://foundersfund.com/

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/01/former-trump-nsc-senior-staffer-warns-dangerous-move/

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Thomas Massie calls out the entire establishment.

https://rumble.com/embed/v641767/?pub=4

Syria's New Justice Minister 'Oversaw Execution Of Women For Prostitution'

Jihadist videos feature him conducting brutal street executions…

Syria's interim justice minister has come under scrutiny following the resurfacing of old videos reportedly showing him reading execution sentences in Idlib.

The videos, verified by the fact-checking network Verify-sy, appear to show Shadi al-Waisi reading the execution sentences of two women charged with "corruption and prostitution" in 2015.

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/syrias-new-justice-minister-oversaw-execution-women-prostitution

The nose knows

Aussie dollar crashes to five-year low as experts reveal grim predictions

Experts have warned that the Australian dollar could continue to plummet even further after falling sharply to a near-five-year low.

The AUD hit 61.84 US cents during Thursday morning’s trading – a dip not seen since April 7, 2020, when it hit 61.85 US cents – but has since risen slightly to 61.89 cents.

https://www.news.com.au/finance/economy/australian-economy/aussie-dollar-crashes-to-fiveyear-low-as-experts-reveal-grim-predictions/news-story/c3774dca83c78fc90fece4a46523d420

Government advertising lurk unveiled. Public announcements, private secrets

News that the Federal Government has spent a record of $251 million on advertising last year has raised integrity questions, and accusations of vote buying.

Naughty and nice

Of course, some Government advertising is needed and there have been a number of campaigns that would squarely pass the test of being necessary and appropriate.

Defence Force recruitment advertisements, asbestos awareness campaigns and child safety campaigns fit this category. They are ads that seek to encourage individuals to do something; sign up to the ADF; avoid putting themselves in harm’s way in relation to asbestos; or, for parents to talk to their children about inappropriate touching or the inappropriateness of tweens and teens sending naked pictures to ‘friends’ and ‘internet acquaintances’.

Then there is other advertising that is little more than self-promotion. It’s “hey, look at how good a government we are” vote buying advertising.

Tax cuts and FMIA campaigns questionable

Stage 3 tax cuts changes and Future Made in Australia campaigns fit into this second highly questionable category. These campaigns were about increases in the amount on money that automatically went back into a person’s bank account when they received their pay or about a government manufacturing policy. Neither required citizens do anything.

it’s not okay just because the major parties both do it

This is victory lap advertising designed to tell what the Government has done in the hope that voters might be more inclined to vote them back into power.

This is not just the current Labor Government doing this. Coalition governments have done the same when they were in power. But it’s not okay just because the major parties both do it.

But there’s an extra smell to the Albanese Government’s approach.

Cabinet role

In order to understand the smell better, it is necessary to understand the purpose of Cabinet and Cabinet confidentiality.

Australia has a cabinet system of government. That is, a government made up of ministers, drawn from parliamentarians of the party that hold the numbers necessary in the House to pass supply bills. From these ministers the Prime Minister (PM) nominates senior ministers to form Cabinet.

The Cabinet is the central decision-making body of the executive government bound by two conventions; all members are bound to support the collective decisions of Cabinet, and the discussions in Cabinet are absolutely confidential.

All major policies of a government are approved by Cabinet and all major decisions of Government are taken by Cabinet. They are taken secretly and collectively – any revelation of a division in Cabinet (caused by a breach of secrecy) or split in solidarity can give rise to a loss of confidence in the government, which could in turn cause a vote of no confidence in the House of Representatives to discharge a government.

The secrecy of cabinet is really important; but not because of the content being deliberated by cabinet, rather because of the need for collective responsibility.

Federal Court Justice White ruled that PM Scott Morrison’s (and, flowing from that, PM Albanese’s) National Cabinet is not a Cabinet deserving of secrecy, because it is not a body which has collective responsibility; State Premiers and Chief Ministers can walk away from National Cabinet not agreeing with its decisions. (as we saw divided decisions on the closure of schools and borders during COVID).

There are, however, sub committees of Cabinet that enjoy Cabinet secrecy protections – the National Security Committee and the Expenditure (Budget) Review Committee of Cabinet are examples.

https://michaelwest.com.au/government-advertising-albos-secret-sub-committee/

Syria's leader snubs German foreign minister as he refuses to shake her hand 'because she's a woman': Politician hits back over 'handshake scandal'

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14252357/Syria-leader-snubs-German-foreign-minister.html

More narrative building

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All US Military Bases Enact "Heightened Security Measures" After Terror Attacks

VOA's Chief National Correspondent, Steve Herman, has released a new "Urgent Security Update" from the Department of Defense, indicating that, in response to the recent "terror attacks" in New Orleans and Las Vegas, all US military bases will implement "heightened security measures."

https://www.zerohedge.com/military/all-us-military-bases-enact-heightened-security-measures-after-terror-attacks