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World War III Madness

July 23, 2026

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Money & Markets

World War III Madness

“World War III madness” is John’s theme this week — from mounting U.S. troop casualties and Iran’s rejection of the Qatari cease-fire proposal to a Fox News segment telling viewers to expect twenty more years of war.

Catherine and John walk the week’s stories: CentCom bombing commercial shipping, the Houthi maritime ban, Trump Media’s $100,000-a-month feed, SpaceX stock pumpers, Flock and Axon building the surveillance state, Kalshi bettors’ half-billion in losses, and Maryland’s first-in-the-nation ban on surveillance pricing.

Music: Beethoven, Piano Sonata No. 14 “Moonlight”, Op. 27 No. 2, performed by Paul Pitman (public domain, Musopen).


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41 Comments

  1. Catherine and John, what is going on with the Israeli / Pentagon “merger”? This seems catastrophic… Hoping you can shed some more light on how and why this can possibly be happening, and what it says about our Congress and the rule of law going forward.
    We watched the Tucker/Kucinich interview (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQ1u16CwUuk), have been following and reaching out to our representatives, and are left utterly speechless about what is happening.

    1. J F, if I may butt in with my half-baked assessment: it’s like we’ve heard said here, many’s the time – Gaza is a method. The recent reference to the Brian Berletic post linking to the “Which Path to Persia?” whitepaper sealed it for me. Essentially a confession that Israel/radical Zionism is yet another proxy army of blunt-force thugs providing a disposable (when/if the time is right) layer of abstraction between the Everything Industrial Complex and its targets – the rest of humanity. How could this be happening? It was the plan all along.

  2. I just wrote a comment in the last M&M about me not being able to understand/hear Catherine and having to use CC. To my surprise, I could hear everything clearly as I start watching this tonight. New earbuds?

  3. I agree with you, Faye. The past few M&M Catherine has sounded muffled, with a softer volume. The current broadcast has volume and clarity crystal clear.

  4. If Mr. Global is shifting to a multipolar world where US power is limited to the western hemisphere, then the US military has to pull back from its bases across the world that are in regions which will be controlled by other powers. Losing a war in which the US bases and military infrastructure in these regions gets destroyed helps devolve the US military into a regional hegemony. It also creates profit for the bankers and profit for the syndicates who get a piece of the reconstruction pie. US oligarchs and the criminal syndicates still win while the US taxpayers foot the bill and the loses. With this in mind, I think the real controllers of the US fully intend to lose the Iran War. There are still a few dots that I have not fully connected yet that I think are connected: 1.) What is Mr. Global’s plans for Israel? If the US does lose the Iran War, how does the state of Israel survive in the Middle East? It’s hard to imagine that Iran will leave Israel alone should the US retreat from the Middle East. The Zionist believe in their end time apocalypse prophecies and I think they intend to force them to come true which means the second temple in Jerusalem needs to be destroyed and third temple built. Iran could be used to accomplish this. I think the timing of the recent bills to reinforce the military partnership between the US and Israel relates to the possibility of Iran attacking Israel and it could be an attempt to salvage Israel military technology, surveillance systems, etc. by merging them with the US in preparation for the destruction of the state of Israel. 2.) What is Mr. Global’s plans for the Ukraine? Russia has been very calculated in their response to NATO attacks. Perhaps they are being patient and trying not to start WWIII…but it seems more likely to me that they are playing the role they have been given by Mr. Global. I feel the Ukraine War, the announcement of US bio weapons labs in the Ukraine, the deindustrialization of Germany, the destruction of the Nordstream Pipeline, the expansion of US investment firms like KKR in Europe, and the strengthening of US military presence in Europe via the defense agreements with Sweden, are all connected. It could simply be the US preparing for a war with Russia. But I think it signals an agreement made between the future world powers, that Western Europe will remain in the US/Anglo sphere of control in the new multipolar world and perhaps Russia agreed to this in exchange for regaining control of the Ukraine. With control of the Ukraine and Odessa, Russia would control the Black Sea which is a vital node in world trade and would offer trade protection for Russia as the US increases its military presence in the Arctic. 3.) How will the “financial industrial complex” institute its currency reset in reference to the 80 to 100 year cycle of the central banking warfare model? The global reserve currency must be enforced by a powerful military. If the US military is receding from a global empire to a regional empire, then the global reserve currency cannot remain solely based in the US. Therefore, the currency must partly or fully move to another part of the world. This goal would be aided if the US brand was weakened across the world. If the US were to lose the Ukraine War and Iran War, this would hurt the US brand just as the release of the Epstein files has. 4.) Mr. Global has no problem fomenting major wars to expand control and reduce the population while making a profit. But if Mr. Global is trying to institute a digital control grid and is building immense infrastructure to accomplish this (5G tower rollouts, data centers, etc.) would they risk destroying this infrastructure via a major military conflict in WWIII? I think where and how a military conflict would occur would reflect protecting the existing infrastructure while targeting areas where the infrastructure needs to be built. Perhaps Iran does not have the proper infrastructure in place to enact the digital control grid. Could US targets in Iran have to do with setting the ground work for this infrastructure to be built post-war? Thanks again for everything you do!

    1. Have always thought that the Ukraine was backup when and if Israel was destroyed. It is certainly part of the New Israel project. Have always assume that this deal has been cut with Putin taking the eastern part and the rest being the New Israel on the silk road.

      1. Catherine, did you know that Z appointed Chrystia Freeland as an economic development advisor? Watch Mark Carney become the leader of the Commonwealth countries as England goes thru weak Prime Ministers. IMO Europe is using Ukraine as a proxy against Russia.

    2. Hope these are also questions to an open floor.

      Aren’t we already awhile in WWIII? If the world is cut of from a large % of oil that will have an effect on the whole planet. Billions affected that could lead to large scale genocide.

      Could Mr. Global see itself as a hegemon? Meaning, not necesarely a place on a map and therefore also not capable of any negotiations? Hasn’t Israel served its purpose by never from its inception adhering to international law and over time infected the USA + Europe in ditching international law also as we all can see today? Now is the time to subdue the whole planet in being greater Israel, no exceptions allowed!

      All religions seem infected and created appropriate apocalyptic prophesies to go with various times. This is not just Christians and Jews. Ideologies seem for our entertainment due to their great effectiveness.

      Bigger question could be with the Iran war and its turning out, if many countries and especially the big ones like India, China & Russia have awakened enough that there is no halfway pleasing the hegemon. It demands the whole way and total submission! Do they have (scalar) weapons to counteract an attack if it comes their way?

      Interview with Chris Hedges, especially his take on religion was enlightening.
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2IgA0U9lltc

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