Power is not chaos. It is architecture — deliberate, structured, and played like a chessboard. Governments, corporations, and individuals all use this architecture, knowingly or not. Each has pieces: kings, queens, bishops, knights, rooks (castles), and pawns. Each piece has its range of motion, its strengths and weaknesses, its sacrifices and
Trending: * On October 2, 2025, a 35-year-old man named Jihad Al-Shamie, a Syrian immigrant who arrived in Britain at age six and later obtained citizenship, carried out an attack outside the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue in Manchester during Yom Kippur services. He drove a vehicle into a group of
Mind control is the deliberate shaping of human perception, attention, and behavior, refined over thousands of years. It has been wielded by individuals, priests, kings, generals, corporations, and governments to steer populations at every level — local, national, regional, and global. It is the most scalable power on Earth. Armies can
Trending: * As of October 1, 2025, the U.S. federal government entered a partial shutdown after Congress did not pass funding bills for the new fiscal year starting at midnight, resulting from disagreements between Republicans and Democrats on budget priorities. About 750,000 federal workers are impacted, with many placed
Economics & Markets: * Yesterday’s U.S. stock market: * Yesterday’s commodity market: * Yesterday’s crypto market: Geopolitics & Military Activity: Environment & Weather: * On September 30, 2025, a 6.9-magnitude earthquake occurred in the Visayan Sea in the central Philippines at about 9:59 p.m. local time (13:
Trending: * On September 29, 2025, U.S. President Donald Trump presented a 20-point plan to resolve the Gaza conflict during a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House, describing it as a structured approach for an immediate ceasefire, hostage releases, and long-term reconstruction, with a 72-hour
Trending: * As of September 29, 2025, the status of the TikTok situation in the U.S. involves a framework agreement approved by President Trump through an executive order signed on September 25, which deems the proposed divestiture of TikTok's U.S. operations compliant with the 2024 Protecting Americans
Power is the hidden skeleton of civilization. It is not inherently good or evil; it is neutral, like electricity, waiting to be harnessed. Depending on who holds it and how it is structured, power can illuminate entire societies or burn them to ash. To understand power is to understand how
Trending: * On September 25, 2025, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, speaking from New York during the UN General Assembly, announced the deployment of the Spanish Navy's Maritime Action Vessel (BAM) Furor to support and protect the Global Sumud Flotilla, a civilian-led humanitarian mission aiming to deliver aid to
Economics & Markets: * Yesterday’s U.S. stock market: * Yesterday’s commodity market: * Yesterday’s crypto market: Geopolitics & Military Activity: * On September 24, 2025, Ukrainian forces carried out drone strikes on Russian Black Sea ports, including the Rosneft-operated oil export terminal in Tuapse using unmanned surface vehicles like the
Economics & Markets: * Yesterday’s U.S. stock market: * Yesterday’s commodity market: * Yesterday’s crypto market: Geopolitics & Military Activity: * On September 23, 2025, France initiated nuclear strike exercises under the name Operation Poker, involving at least five Airbus A330 Multi-Role Tanker Transports, one E-3F Sentry Airborne Early Warning
Economics & Markets: * Yesterday’s U.S. stock market: * Yesterday’s commodity market: * Yesterday’s crypto market: Geopolitics & Military Activity: * Yesterday, September 22, 2025, Russian officials confirmed that the final S-400 Triumf air defense system under a 2018 contract with India, valued at USD 5.43 billion, will be
