Bret Weinstein has been talking about, what he calls, our Cartesian Crisis for years which probably goes as far back, or at least we can spot its origins, in the Wilsonian propaganda campaign during WW1, and refined through the contributions of men like Edward Bernays, Jacque Ellul, and Walter Lippmann. Nearly all that we think we know about the world comes to us from people we have never met. Journalism is corrupt beyond recognition because it's designed to support narrative rather than fact. The only truth is inside the covers of the Bible.
Which Bible? Which translation? WHO OWNS the copyright to that Bible?.... Roman Catholic Bible, or Protestant Bible?.... The Bible also contains untruths....
I assume you've never read one translation all the way through. There are also reference publications that break down languages and word meanings to help clarify understanding of the passages. It's not a hard endeavor.
I've even read the apocryphal books. But the truth can be gleaned from every one of them if you understand the purpose of the biblical account. It has only one message, along with the history that led to it. One important point that almost all Bibles point to is the fall of the Jewish system and the loss of spiritual protection for that nation. Jews today don't buy that, but the fact remains that the ancient Jewish system was completely destroyed, not a stone on a stone is left. There is no longer a physical representation of God's protection of any nation; it's all spiritual. No nation has any protection, not even the US.
Can you share the biblical untruths with us you speak about? The Roman Catholic bible includes some of the books that are in the apocrypha (14 additional books left out of the Hebrew bible, the old testament) where the protestant bible does not. see this https://www.christianity.com/wiki/bible/what-are-the-apocryphal-books-and-do-they-belong-in-the-bible.html The King James and New King James translations are some of the translations that use the Textus Receptus for the Greek text of the New Testament where most of the more modern translations use the Nestle-Aland Greek for their New Testament translation. See https://equipthesaints.church/2020/08/01/greek-texts-and-textual-differences-in-bible-translations/ But even with those differences "they contain the same teachings and present the same gospel" and "Doctrine is not hindered by the differences".
Mary, I might expand truth to things we can test and repeat. I've talked with Mr. Weinstein about the Cartesian Crisis which echos Plato's cave and earlier insights into 'reality'. We have a triple layer of illusion to manage these days; one is the information filtered and fed to us by entities with agendas, another is AI which can present illusion so convincing we cannot distinguish it from that which is real, and finally is the veil of the senses (Which is what Descartes was grappling with) where all our experience is mediated by nerves which transmit them to the brain for interpretation. The Bible points to truths that are universal to all who achieve deep insight into God, Spirit, Tao, Nirmanakaya, etc. Those truths are pointed towards inner experience/realization that cannot be corrupted. Good luck out there.
I have read all of your columns, I believe, and notice of late the drift to gaslight one key fact: Shia Islam in general and the Iranian version of it holds to the goal of eliminating Jews, Israel, the US and most of the West by whatever means are necessary and as long as it takes.
One would think the atrocities of Oct 7 would unmistakably signal the reality of what we face. But instead, Mr. Leake prefers to ignore it and claim instead it is we who ignore reality.
Don't ever get trapped in a wet paper bag. Your thinking capacity is summed up in the Neocon propaganda from whatever news organization you follow. The Oct 7 was allowed to happen. They gave Netanyahu the ability to destroy Gaza. Think, man, stop believing the shit they are spewing.
I like Malone, but he really misses some important data points. What he describes could have also be applied to the Continental Army in the revolutionary war of 1776. This rag tag outfit infuriated the Brits because they were using guerilla tactics unknown to a conventional army. It's common when Goliath faces the guy with a sling shot. Whose mind really needs expansion, Nasty?
What about the synagogues in Iran? Israel just bombed one the other day. I’d say there’s one country dead set on eliminating their neighbors and it’s not Iran.
"One would think the atrocities of Oct 7 would unmistakably signal the reality of what we face."
A perfect example of what Leake is talking about--tribal thinking and alternate realities. One small example: Did Hamas behead 40 babies? Apparently not, as the Israeli government press office confirmed to Le Monde that there were never 40 decapitated babies in Kfar Aza or any other kibbutz. Then there's the widespread concern inside Israel that there was a standdown, and the admission by Israeli officials that Israelis were killed by IDF in some places under the Hannibal Directive or similar orders to prevent them being taken hostage. Indeed, it seems Hamas' goal with the attack was to take hostages that could be exchanged for some of the 10,000 Palestinians held by Israel under deplorable conditions. Two-thirds of Hamas' hostages were returned alive.
Of course it isn't only Israelis and Oct. 7. Truth is the first victim of any war. Look at how Trump lied about the double- or triple-tap missile strike on the girls school in Iran. Plus, the West has been exploiting, invading, and occupying Iran since 1908. As economist Murray Rothbard wrote, governments are criminal gangs writ large.
I think Mr. Leake might have written this article with people like you in mind. How do you know Shia Islam is dedicated to the destruction of Israel, can you cite some evidence? Israel is on record stating they wish, like Donald Trump, to destroy them and wipe them off the face of the earth. That is a Zionist position and it is well documented. Your comment shames all informed people with a knowledge of history. Mr. Leake just wrote about trusting news and the news we get from the M.E. has generally been propaganda.
Cosmo, you know that Islam is determined to convert or kill all non-muslims. It is the rest of us versus them. Are you one of us or one of them spreading propaganda?
Anyone who talks "Zionism" is a propagandist, by definition, Cosmo. You are clearly "One of them". You ae to be ignored as an activist. Shout your negative messages into an empty vacuum.
How so, please show me where I can find that definition? One of them? You mean a decent human being with compassion and a set of principals and knowing right from wrong who has studied history and the tenets of all three major Monotheistic religions to know that Islam and Judaism are two sides of the same coin.
Cosmo, surely you must have just awoken to world events? I'm neither a Zionist or pacifist. Read and become a little more enlightened than you appear to be...
Instead of using someone else to make your argument why not make one in your own words and philosophy. I find guys like you tedious.. You tell me to read more and I can assure you I have likely read far more than you have given your stunted thinking and limited ability to express those thoughts in a cogent argument and in your own words.
And by now, one would think that the propaganda and false information you're parroting after drinking the kool-aid out of the toilet of lies, would have become obvious with just a little bit of research and historical accuracy. Alas, your preference for false narratives shows the raging desire to remain an NPC in the matrix.
The foundational basis of Socratic inquiry is challenging underlying beliefs in an effort to find the truth. It appears to me that you've decided Trump is the problem and you're assembling arguments to justify that belief.
That being said, I can't read your mind; I don't have solid evidence for that thesis. Correlation does not prove causation. Maybe you're right about Trump but it's fairly evident your mind is made up.
Is this what Trump promised. John helped him get elected as did many of us, but Trump’s disregarded all his promises and doesn’t seem to care about MAGA, MAHA or any of the folks who got him into office.
Your "questioning everything" ideals appears to subside when it comes to certain aspects of the party that requires questioning ie Biden's dementia, Kamala's parents background, Biden, and his son foreign financial intrigues, Jan 6th, the list is actually endless. You don't seem to grasp human nature. Probably because you spent more time with Kipling than you did with The Bible.
if you had bothered reading most of my columns between 2022 and 24 you would know that you are being a knucklehead. I have consistently criticized the criminality, insanity, and dementia of the Dem establishment.
You know who uses the Bible to justify killing innocents? Demons and false prophets. Keep pointing out the irrationality of our current political and elite class. I enjoy seeing the stories of history that demonstrate humanity has always struggled with tribalism, religious warfare and narcissistic pursuits of material gains.
One would think it would be obvious that for the money being spent on foreign wars America could literally subsidize the production of every type of good its people desire and virtually cut off all need to export its jobs overseas, or come up with incentives to get rid of corrupt judges that do the unthinkable and release criminals over and over again back into society, or figure out how to combat the constant abuses of our First Amendment such that we are inundated with non-stop pro-Israeli and anti-American propaganda (like we see in your substack). But, no. People come here to beat the drums of war against who - African nations slaughtering their own people or European nations like the UK who have completely abandoned all manner of democracy and free speech - nope. Enemies of Israel. Exclusively.
The signs are everywhere yet those who see the signs see them through two lenses: pro-Israel or anti-American. Is the ownership of Paramount and by extension CBS news (incl the propaganda slop 60 Minutes) pro-Israel or anti-American? How about the ownership of TikTok?
It doesn't really matter what the occassional zealot in these forums posts. The cat is out of the bag. Iran is the cock of the walk in the Middle East and the world's eyes have been opened to the truth about Israel. Instead of showing any sort of recognition of these facts or any humility by Bibi's crew they just screech the same old song of the left-wing loon: Racism! Racism! Racism! Sun up until sundown. The world has now recognized this for what it is. Loon-acy.
"If you had bothered....." Apparently he didn't read your articles from 2022-2024.
So, it's his fault, he didn't read your articles then... right?
Question; if he had read those articles, would he still be a knucklehead? or since he didn't, he's a knucklehead.... right?
Pompous juvenile punk, smart ass speak, from you, Leake. Do you speak to strangers that way in person? If you did, you wouldn't have any teeth left, in your punk mouth.
Why are you black pilling, the current admin?
Forget the historic wars, TODAY drones, nukes and inter continental ballistic missiles dominate the action. Crazed terrorists in Iran don't act like any historic foe - they didn't have the tools to wipe out hundreds of thousands in a few strikes - or a single nuke strike or thousands of drones targeting thousands of targets.
Your holier than thou attitude, whether you're right or wrong, is sickening.
You stated that you thought he would follow through and destroy Iranian civilization. Own that statement.
It's one thing for an American to sense that the president is using New Yawker hyperbole, and it's quite another to be an IRGC sitting in the Zone contemplating the game of cosmic chicken.
The IRGC is going to meet the deadline if for no other reason than to buy time--forget whether he truly believes the warning or not. You sit in your living room with a predisposition to hate Trump. Therefore, your view of Trump's actions is biased, and your ability to relate to acute danger of bombardment is nonexistent. It stands to reason that your analysis would be jaded, or at least faulty.
Trump was serious in this sense: major difficulty would ensue in Iranian daily life if forced to follow through. He would not put life in Iran on the bubble, but he would drop the quality of life a definite material amount--as necessary to impede IRGC operations and also raise the pressure among civilians to act.
As to wanting to be your own man, you do understand Bastiat's rationale for government, don't you? Our system of govt is not set up to respect your desire. But, it's the world you live in, so figure out how to navigate it. Long story short, Trump is a benefit to your desired state of autonomy. If you don't understand that, then you are agitating counter to your desires.
Sure sounds and feels like a breakdown in common ground, at the same time elites and billionaires are intent on stealing the actual commons! (Even our carbon emissions are/were being considered) Permitting these same billionaires to own mainstream media is one giant factor precipitating distrust of whatever agenda-based fantasies spills out across the airwaves, aka polluting w propaganda. These symptoms are the handwriting of serious future disaster?
I haven't had time to read this entire column. Gotta get in the mushroom woods, morel season is short. I did read enough to ask you one question: Are you on a campaign to lock yourself in as one of the smartest and most insightful writers in the world? More and more with every great column? Well, that's what you are doing. Thanks for another winner.
We are all against the bluster and lies on these Truth Social posts. Especially the Easter Sunday post. Completely unacceptable by any authority figure. I just didn’t believe it for a minute. It would have been a war crime that almost no military officer would agree to carry out. Not sure if we even had the fire power left to try it. Plus it would further tank the economy. At least we finally live in a time when authority figures are not trusted by either party. They never deserved trust (with a few exceptions in every era). I understand going on the record against the Easter Sunday post. Just not giving it an ounce of credibility. Now we have to ask ourselves what is the next step? Give up on our empire and leave the Middle East and NATO. The western hemisphere can be self sufficient. Focus on domestic issues. It will be painful, but we are better off in the long run accepting a multipolar world. Free ourselves from those bleeding us abroad.
I haven't found the difference between an epistemic crisis and an existential crisis. I suppose I would guess an epistemic crisis is where we are uncertain of the underlying Gnosis (e.g., Knowledge) whereas perhaps an existential crisis occurs when Gnosis is subverted by Globalist misinformation (e.g., the Plandemic).
I suppose I have become inured to Trumps pompous statements over the past 10 years. 'We may have to destroy the Iranian civilization' appears to be more bluster -- perhaps to bring the Iranians to the negotiation table. If it were up to me I would have first threatened to destroy all of their Mosques as destroying their gas/electric facilities might serve to turn the Iranian's against us.
My main reason for supporting the invasion of Iran goes along these lines: 1) Iran cannot be allowed Nuclear Weapons or ICBMs, 2) it may destroy Iran's Islamic proxies (Hamas, Hezbollah and the Houthi's, and 3) The Iranian people want to be liberated from the Islamic Theocracy in Iran. But the overarching reason is Political Islam must be neutralized because it is fully incompatible to the individual's inalienable rights to both practice a religion and yet to be protected from any singular religious ideology. The pattern has been obvious since the 1st Hijra in 622 AD. I cover all of this in much more detail in my recent series of essays:
The Urgent Need for Global De-Islamification: Free 460 page series on why Islam is dangerous.
I find a lot of support for my views on Social Media. But for some odd reason Social Media has decided to censor my voice. I find it odd because I really don't engage in hate speech toward anyone.
Yeah I got permanently suspended from Facebook 01/06/2026 and X 04/05/2026. I'm surprised by X suspending me because I have been writing about "The Urgent Need for Global De-Islamification since early December 2026 till present. Surprised because Musk basically supports what is in the essays. So why are Tucker, X, Facebook suddenly against the criticism of Political Islam? Money? Blackmail? Muslim Groups being able to censor content on Social Media Platforms? Whatever is happening is not organic and suggests a powerful individual or group is behind all of this. I can't believe that Tucker has reversed his views on Islam. Makes no sense to me.
The Urgent Need for Global De-Islamification: Free 460 page series on why Islam is dangerous.
If the world must rid us of Islam should the world also rid ourselves of Zionism? They are not part of any solution that can be detected and they do not stand on a higher moral ground with an excess of humility and compassion for those who are not of the tribe.
I think Islam is much more of a threat than Zionism. But I would favor getting rid of all Halal and Kosher foods nationwide. In both cases they slit the animals throat and let it bleed to death. The "bolt method" is much more humane.
I'm just guessing, but I think you're probably being censored simply for your truth-telling, and not for a narrow, ideological reason.... X just closed my account without warning, notice or chance to appeal. Yahoo is also using AI to censor comments as innocent as using the word "Hollyweird"!.... Sometimes, censorship happens because that's what censors do....
Thanks for writing Bill. And yes I think the increasing use of AI Agents is responsible for the increasing deplatforming of largely Anti-Globalist voices. These Social Media Platforms were primarily constructed to pacify, monitor and manage us serfs. And it is so weird. Facebook has been notorious for shutting down Stop 5g, the Canadian Trucker protest groups etc. But somehow they allow young leftists to organize disruptive street events and mass gatherings in Daytona, Fort Lauderdale etc. The censorship needs to stop. Our 6th Amendment Rights should be protected on Social Media. When you get deplatformed you should be made aware of the post that led to the punishment and the person, bot or whoever demanded your deplatforming. When I got banned from both X and Facebook they never bothered to cite the post that led to the deplatforming. What a crock . . .
After all all, Social Media was largely paid for by OUR tax dollars. And I can't even tell you how many have written me lately, saying "I was just permanently banned as well." This is both dangerous and an affront to our First Amendment Rights. As George Washington once said (and of course Google will say he didn't, LOL):
If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.
Quotes really don't spread because of who said them. They spread because they expose a hidden truth that the masses understand.
Good piece, John. Sometimes you outdo yourself. You bring a not-frequently-encountered cultural/historical quality in your contributions to the larger conversation. And tribal people will inevitably misinterpret that.
I sense your knuckles don't allow for a more expansive vocabulary while dragging across the keyboard or are you grunting dictation into a microphone and that's what it could translate?
John you are spot on to question - in my opinion you’re just barely scratching the surface. Don the Con (who I voted for 2x) is not calling the shots - he’s a puppet like every other president save JFK, Lincoln & Jackson (& you will note their demise..Jackson averted his assassin). For you & any open minded readers…
Oh, John Leake. I so much want to agree 100% with you, but I just can't. First, you mention those "Iranian, Russian, Chinese psychologists", who you assume have been studying Trump. They have. As have Iranian, Russian & Chinese military & intelligence agents. And they don't all have the same set of facts regarding Trump, nor do they all have the same perspective. Russian psychs used to regularly "diagnose" political dissidents as having "mental illness", to create the pretext for incarcerating those dissidents, for example. So, the seemingly discrete group "Russian psychologists, +/- psychiatrists, will NOT have a common perception of Trump. And, they don't SET Russian military or political policy, only "influence", or "affect" it. Life, and people, just aren't as single-minded as you seem to want to believe they are. See what I mean? But, as for the "crisis of TRUTH", so to speak, YES, you're on the right track.....
Today, the local newspaper, which bills itself ad nauseum as being a "trusted news source", had a "meet the staff" event at a local leftist coffee shop.... I showed up as one of the VICTIMS of their BIASED reporting. Of course, they couldn't handle my presence. I simply spoke the truth to them, and they got defensive, scared, and indignant. I left before their heads exploded. Yes, I'm greatly over-simplifying this example, but it shows my point. I think in some ways, we are at a worse place than you want to realize. Look at the mass protests happening in England right now....That's actual tribal warfare, IMHO....
Sadly, that's what WE NEED. A GLOBAL WAR....TO THE DEATH....GOOD vs. EVIL....
I know what side I'm on. I'm glad you & I are at least on the same side, John Leake, even if you choose to be a pacifist, non-violent, conscientious objector.....
If that's the path he chooses, he's not on your side, he's in the side of the enemy.
At the very least he is currently trying to give aid and comfort to the enemy, and has a very biased view of the world that prevents him from accepting facts because the are dissonant from his view.
As they say, How do you know politicians are lying? Their lips are moving! Never trust a politician by what they say. And only believe half of what they do. Because some how or some way there seems to always be some sort of benefit coming to them.
Bret Weinstein has been talking about, what he calls, our Cartesian Crisis for years which probably goes as far back, or at least we can spot its origins, in the Wilsonian propaganda campaign during WW1, and refined through the contributions of men like Edward Bernays, Jacque Ellul, and Walter Lippmann. Nearly all that we think we know about the world comes to us from people we have never met. Journalism is corrupt beyond recognition because it's designed to support narrative rather than fact. The only truth is inside the covers of the Bible.
Which Bible? Which translation? WHO OWNS the copyright to that Bible?.... Roman Catholic Bible, or Protestant Bible?.... The Bible also contains untruths....
King James was a fraud. Ethiopian Bible holds many truths.
I assume you've never read one translation all the way through. There are also reference publications that break down languages and word meanings to help clarify understanding of the passages. It's not a hard endeavor.
You assume wrong, Phil.... And, since you're here, have YOU ever read a NON-copyrighted Bible?....All "Bibles" are NOT the same....
I've even read the apocryphal books. But the truth can be gleaned from every one of them if you understand the purpose of the biblical account. It has only one message, along with the history that led to it. One important point that almost all Bibles point to is the fall of the Jewish system and the loss of spiritual protection for that nation. Jews today don't buy that, but the fact remains that the ancient Jewish system was completely destroyed, not a stone on a stone is left. There is no longer a physical representation of God's protection of any nation; it's all spiritual. No nation has any protection, not even the US.
Check out @sir escanor..
Can you share the biblical untruths with us you speak about? The Roman Catholic bible includes some of the books that are in the apocrypha (14 additional books left out of the Hebrew bible, the old testament) where the protestant bible does not. see this https://www.christianity.com/wiki/bible/what-are-the-apocryphal-books-and-do-they-belong-in-the-bible.html The King James and New King James translations are some of the translations that use the Textus Receptus for the Greek text of the New Testament where most of the more modern translations use the Nestle-Aland Greek for their New Testament translation. See https://equipthesaints.church/2020/08/01/greek-texts-and-textual-differences-in-bible-translations/ But even with those differences "they contain the same teachings and present the same gospel" and "Doctrine is not hindered by the differences".
Which bible, Mary Ann?
https://www.malone.news/p/geneva-convention-and-forever-wars?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3d1a854d-ab11-47b3-8a1f-668a1efc82c5_762x576.png&open=false
1 AD PsyOp. Read Roman history and what they did as its society fragmented.
Mary, I might expand truth to things we can test and repeat. I've talked with Mr. Weinstein about the Cartesian Crisis which echos Plato's cave and earlier insights into 'reality'. We have a triple layer of illusion to manage these days; one is the information filtered and fed to us by entities with agendas, another is AI which can present illusion so convincing we cannot distinguish it from that which is real, and finally is the veil of the senses (Which is what Descartes was grappling with) where all our experience is mediated by nerves which transmit them to the brain for interpretation. The Bible points to truths that are universal to all who achieve deep insight into God, Spirit, Tao, Nirmanakaya, etc. Those truths are pointed towards inner experience/realization that cannot be corrupted. Good luck out there.
Right on Target John - Thank you!
https://unbekoming.substack.com/p/the-silent-drift-of-western-institutions
I have read all of your columns, I believe, and notice of late the drift to gaslight one key fact: Shia Islam in general and the Iranian version of it holds to the goal of eliminating Jews, Israel, the US and most of the West by whatever means are necessary and as long as it takes.
One would think the atrocities of Oct 7 would unmistakably signal the reality of what we face. But instead, Mr. Leake prefers to ignore it and claim instead it is we who ignore reality.
https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/iran-news/article-892314
https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/iran-news/article-858885
https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-847599
https://www.malone.news/p/geneva-convention-and-forever-wars?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3d1a854d-ab11-47b3-8a1f-668a1efc82c5_762x576.png&open=false
Don't ever get trapped in a wet paper bag. Your thinking capacity is summed up in the Neocon propaganda from whatever news organization you follow. The Oct 7 was allowed to happen. They gave Netanyahu the ability to destroy Gaza. Think, man, stop believing the shit they are spewing.
Indeed...John is so blinded by his expansive view of ancient history he can't see what's currently in front of him...now.
and you do?
Expand your mind Cosmo:
https://www.malone.news/p/geneva-convention-and-forever-wars?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3d1a854d-ab11-47b3-8a1f-668a1efc82c5_762x576.png&open=false
I like Malone, but he really misses some important data points. What he describes could have also be applied to the Continental Army in the revolutionary war of 1776. This rag tag outfit infuriated the Brits because they were using guerilla tactics unknown to a conventional army. It's common when Goliath faces the guy with a sling shot. Whose mind really needs expansion, Nasty?
Cosmo, double up on the Adderall and go back, read slowly with current events in mind....
I suggest you take your own advice.
What about the synagogues in Iran? Israel just bombed one the other day. I’d say there’s one country dead set on eliminating their neighbors and it’s not Iran.
"One would think the atrocities of Oct 7 would unmistakably signal the reality of what we face."
A perfect example of what Leake is talking about--tribal thinking and alternate realities. One small example: Did Hamas behead 40 babies? Apparently not, as the Israeli government press office confirmed to Le Monde that there were never 40 decapitated babies in Kfar Aza or any other kibbutz. Then there's the widespread concern inside Israel that there was a standdown, and the admission by Israeli officials that Israelis were killed by IDF in some places under the Hannibal Directive or similar orders to prevent them being taken hostage. Indeed, it seems Hamas' goal with the attack was to take hostages that could be exchanged for some of the 10,000 Palestinians held by Israel under deplorable conditions. Two-thirds of Hamas' hostages were returned alive.
Of course it isn't only Israelis and Oct. 7. Truth is the first victim of any war. Look at how Trump lied about the double- or triple-tap missile strike on the girls school in Iran. Plus, the West has been exploiting, invading, and occupying Iran since 1908. As economist Murray Rothbard wrote, governments are criminal gangs writ large.
I think Mr. Leake might have written this article with people like you in mind. How do you know Shia Islam is dedicated to the destruction of Israel, can you cite some evidence? Israel is on record stating they wish, like Donald Trump, to destroy them and wipe them off the face of the earth. That is a Zionist position and it is well documented. Your comment shames all informed people with a knowledge of history. Mr. Leake just wrote about trusting news and the news we get from the M.E. has generally been propaganda.
Cosmo, you know that Islam is determined to convert or kill all non-muslims. It is the rest of us versus them. Are you one of us or one of them spreading propaganda?
So, is Zionism sans conversion. What propaganda?
Anyone who talks "Zionism" is a propagandist, by definition, Cosmo. You are clearly "One of them". You ae to be ignored as an activist. Shout your negative messages into an empty vacuum.
How so, please show me where I can find that definition? One of them? You mean a decent human being with compassion and a set of principals and knowing right from wrong who has studied history and the tenets of all three major Monotheistic religions to know that Islam and Judaism are two sides of the same coin.
Cosmo, surely you must have just awoken to world events? I'm neither a Zionist or pacifist. Read and become a little more enlightened than you appear to be...
https://www.malone.news/p/geneva-convention-and-forever-wars?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3d1a854d-ab11-47b3-8a1f-668a1efc82c5_762x576.png&open=false
Instead of using someone else to make your argument why not make one in your own words and philosophy. I find guys like you tedious.. You tell me to read more and I can assure you I have likely read far more than you have given your stunted thinking and limited ability to express those thoughts in a cogent argument and in your own words.
And by now, one would think that the propaganda and false information you're parroting after drinking the kool-aid out of the toilet of lies, would have become obvious with just a little bit of research and historical accuracy. Alas, your preference for false narratives shows the raging desire to remain an NPC in the matrix.
The foundational basis of Socratic inquiry is challenging underlying beliefs in an effort to find the truth. It appears to me that you've decided Trump is the problem and you're assembling arguments to justify that belief.
That being said, I can't read your mind; I don't have solid evidence for that thesis. Correlation does not prove causation. Maybe you're right about Trump but it's fairly evident your mind is made up.
Is this what Trump promised. John helped him get elected as did many of us, but Trump’s disregarded all his promises and doesn’t seem to care about MAGA, MAHA or any of the folks who got him into office.
Because John we have come to know YOU.
Your "questioning everything" ideals appears to subside when it comes to certain aspects of the party that requires questioning ie Biden's dementia, Kamala's parents background, Biden, and his son foreign financial intrigues, Jan 6th, the list is actually endless. You don't seem to grasp human nature. Probably because you spent more time with Kipling than you did with The Bible.
if you had bothered reading most of my columns between 2022 and 24 you would know that you are being a knucklehead. I have consistently criticized the criminality, insanity, and dementia of the Dem establishment.
You know who uses the Bible to justify killing innocents? Demons and false prophets. Keep pointing out the irrationality of our current political and elite class. I enjoy seeing the stories of history that demonstrate humanity has always struggled with tribalism, religious warfare and narcissistic pursuits of material gains.
One would think it would be obvious that for the money being spent on foreign wars America could literally subsidize the production of every type of good its people desire and virtually cut off all need to export its jobs overseas, or come up with incentives to get rid of corrupt judges that do the unthinkable and release criminals over and over again back into society, or figure out how to combat the constant abuses of our First Amendment such that we are inundated with non-stop pro-Israeli and anti-American propaganda (like we see in your substack). But, no. People come here to beat the drums of war against who - African nations slaughtering their own people or European nations like the UK who have completely abandoned all manner of democracy and free speech - nope. Enemies of Israel. Exclusively.
The signs are everywhere yet those who see the signs see them through two lenses: pro-Israel or anti-American. Is the ownership of Paramount and by extension CBS news (incl the propaganda slop 60 Minutes) pro-Israel or anti-American? How about the ownership of TikTok?
It doesn't really matter what the occassional zealot in these forums posts. The cat is out of the bag. Iran is the cock of the walk in the Middle East and the world's eyes have been opened to the truth about Israel. Instead of showing any sort of recognition of these facts or any humility by Bibi's crew they just screech the same old song of the left-wing loon: Racism! Racism! Racism! Sun up until sundown. The world has now recognized this for what it is. Loon-acy.
Funny how racist supremacists like Netanyahoo always cry racism or antisemitism to deflect from their innate depravity.
"If you had bothered....." Apparently he didn't read your articles from 2022-2024.
So, it's his fault, he didn't read your articles then... right?
Question; if he had read those articles, would he still be a knucklehead? or since he didn't, he's a knucklehead.... right?
Pompous juvenile punk, smart ass speak, from you, Leake. Do you speak to strangers that way in person? If you did, you wouldn't have any teeth left, in your punk mouth.
Why are you black pilling, the current admin?
Forget the historic wars, TODAY drones, nukes and inter continental ballistic missiles dominate the action. Crazed terrorists in Iran don't act like any historic foe - they didn't have the tools to wipe out hundreds of thousands in a few strikes - or a single nuke strike or thousands of drones targeting thousands of targets.
Your holier than thou attitude, whether you're right or wrong, is sickening.
Your comment clearly indicates you haven't come to know, John.
You stated that you thought he would follow through and destroy Iranian civilization. Own that statement.
It's one thing for an American to sense that the president is using New Yawker hyperbole, and it's quite another to be an IRGC sitting in the Zone contemplating the game of cosmic chicken.
The IRGC is going to meet the deadline if for no other reason than to buy time--forget whether he truly believes the warning or not. You sit in your living room with a predisposition to hate Trump. Therefore, your view of Trump's actions is biased, and your ability to relate to acute danger of bombardment is nonexistent. It stands to reason that your analysis would be jaded, or at least faulty.
Trump was serious in this sense: major difficulty would ensue in Iranian daily life if forced to follow through. He would not put life in Iran on the bubble, but he would drop the quality of life a definite material amount--as necessary to impede IRGC operations and also raise the pressure among civilians to act.
As to wanting to be your own man, you do understand Bastiat's rationale for government, don't you? Our system of govt is not set up to respect your desire. But, it's the world you live in, so figure out how to navigate it. Long story short, Trump is a benefit to your desired state of autonomy. If you don't understand that, then you are agitating counter to your desires.
At least somebody knows what they're talking about here. Contrary to our author who can't get passed his desires narrative.
Why read his articles then?
Sure sounds and feels like a breakdown in common ground, at the same time elites and billionaires are intent on stealing the actual commons! (Even our carbon emissions are/were being considered) Permitting these same billionaires to own mainstream media is one giant factor precipitating distrust of whatever agenda-based fantasies spills out across the airwaves, aka polluting w propaganda. These symptoms are the handwriting of serious future disaster?
Allowing Zionists to use our media to peddle their lies is the real problem.
I haven't had time to read this entire column. Gotta get in the mushroom woods, morel season is short. I did read enough to ask you one question: Are you on a campaign to lock yourself in as one of the smartest and most insightful writers in the world? More and more with every great column? Well, that's what you are doing. Thanks for another winner.
LMFAO!
We are all against the bluster and lies on these Truth Social posts. Especially the Easter Sunday post. Completely unacceptable by any authority figure. I just didn’t believe it for a minute. It would have been a war crime that almost no military officer would agree to carry out. Not sure if we even had the fire power left to try it. Plus it would further tank the economy. At least we finally live in a time when authority figures are not trusted by either party. They never deserved trust (with a few exceptions in every era). I understand going on the record against the Easter Sunday post. Just not giving it an ounce of credibility. Now we have to ask ourselves what is the next step? Give up on our empire and leave the Middle East and NATO. The western hemisphere can be self sufficient. Focus on domestic issues. It will be painful, but we are better off in the long run accepting a multipolar world. Free ourselves from those bleeding us abroad.
I haven't found the difference between an epistemic crisis and an existential crisis. I suppose I would guess an epistemic crisis is where we are uncertain of the underlying Gnosis (e.g., Knowledge) whereas perhaps an existential crisis occurs when Gnosis is subverted by Globalist misinformation (e.g., the Plandemic).
I suppose I have become inured to Trumps pompous statements over the past 10 years. 'We may have to destroy the Iranian civilization' appears to be more bluster -- perhaps to bring the Iranians to the negotiation table. If it were up to me I would have first threatened to destroy all of their Mosques as destroying their gas/electric facilities might serve to turn the Iranian's against us.
My main reason for supporting the invasion of Iran goes along these lines: 1) Iran cannot be allowed Nuclear Weapons or ICBMs, 2) it may destroy Iran's Islamic proxies (Hamas, Hezbollah and the Houthi's, and 3) The Iranian people want to be liberated from the Islamic Theocracy in Iran. But the overarching reason is Political Islam must be neutralized because it is fully incompatible to the individual's inalienable rights to both practice a religion and yet to be protected from any singular religious ideology. The pattern has been obvious since the 1st Hijra in 622 AD. I cover all of this in much more detail in my recent series of essays:
The Urgent Need for Global De-Islamification: Free 460 page series on why Islam is dangerous.
https://brucecain.substack.com/
I find a lot of support for my views on Social Media. But for some odd reason Social Media has decided to censor my voice. I find it odd because I really don't engage in hate speech toward anyone.
Yeah I got permanently suspended from Facebook 01/06/2026 and X 04/05/2026. I'm surprised by X suspending me because I have been writing about "The Urgent Need for Global De-Islamification since early December 2026 till present. Surprised because Musk basically supports what is in the essays. So why are Tucker, X, Facebook suddenly against the criticism of Political Islam? Money? Blackmail? Muslim Groups being able to censor content on Social Media Platforms? Whatever is happening is not organic and suggests a powerful individual or group is behind all of this. I can't believe that Tucker has reversed his views on Islam. Makes no sense to me.
The Urgent Need for Global De-Islamification: Free 460 page series on why Islam is dangerous.
https://brucecain.substack.com/
Censorship of Free Speech and Muslim Immigration
https://brucecain.substack.com/p/censorship-of-free-speech-and-muslim
Pat Condell: An early British voice warning against Political Islam
One of my favorite commentators and comedians
https://brucecain.substack.com/p/pat-condell-an-early-british-voice
If the world must rid us of Islam should the world also rid ourselves of Zionism? They are not part of any solution that can be detected and they do not stand on a higher moral ground with an excess of humility and compassion for those who are not of the tribe.
I think Islam is much more of a threat than Zionism. But I would favor getting rid of all Halal and Kosher foods nationwide. In both cases they slit the animals throat and let it bleed to death. The "bolt method" is much more humane.
I'm just guessing, but I think you're probably being censored simply for your truth-telling, and not for a narrow, ideological reason.... X just closed my account without warning, notice or chance to appeal. Yahoo is also using AI to censor comments as innocent as using the word "Hollyweird"!.... Sometimes, censorship happens because that's what censors do....
Thanks for writing Bill. And yes I think the increasing use of AI Agents is responsible for the increasing deplatforming of largely Anti-Globalist voices. These Social Media Platforms were primarily constructed to pacify, monitor and manage us serfs. And it is so weird. Facebook has been notorious for shutting down Stop 5g, the Canadian Trucker protest groups etc. But somehow they allow young leftists to organize disruptive street events and mass gatherings in Daytona, Fort Lauderdale etc. The censorship needs to stop. Our 6th Amendment Rights should be protected on Social Media. When you get deplatformed you should be made aware of the post that led to the punishment and the person, bot or whoever demanded your deplatforming. When I got banned from both X and Facebook they never bothered to cite the post that led to the deplatforming. What a crock . . .
After all all, Social Media was largely paid for by OUR tax dollars. And I can't even tell you how many have written me lately, saying "I was just permanently banned as well." This is both dangerous and an affront to our First Amendment Rights. As George Washington once said (and of course Google will say he didn't, LOL):
If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.
Quotes really don't spread because of who said them. They spread because they expose a hidden truth that the masses understand.
Good piece, John. Sometimes you outdo yourself. You bring a not-frequently-encountered cultural/historical quality in your contributions to the larger conversation. And tribal people will inevitably misinterpret that.
LOL
I sense your knuckles don't allow for a more expansive vocabulary while dragging across the keyboard or are you grunting dictation into a microphone and that's what it could translate?
So you go right to insults huh?
John you are spot on to question - in my opinion you’re just barely scratching the surface. Don the Con (who I voted for 2x) is not calling the shots - he’s a puppet like every other president save JFK, Lincoln & Jackson (& you will note their demise..Jackson averted his assassin). For you & any open minded readers…
https://unbekoming.substack.com/p/which-path-to-persia?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email
https://substack.com/home/post/p-193533008
Oh, John Leake. I so much want to agree 100% with you, but I just can't. First, you mention those "Iranian, Russian, Chinese psychologists", who you assume have been studying Trump. They have. As have Iranian, Russian & Chinese military & intelligence agents. And they don't all have the same set of facts regarding Trump, nor do they all have the same perspective. Russian psychs used to regularly "diagnose" political dissidents as having "mental illness", to create the pretext for incarcerating those dissidents, for example. So, the seemingly discrete group "Russian psychologists, +/- psychiatrists, will NOT have a common perception of Trump. And, they don't SET Russian military or political policy, only "influence", or "affect" it. Life, and people, just aren't as single-minded as you seem to want to believe they are. See what I mean? But, as for the "crisis of TRUTH", so to speak, YES, you're on the right track.....
Today, the local newspaper, which bills itself ad nauseum as being a "trusted news source", had a "meet the staff" event at a local leftist coffee shop.... I showed up as one of the VICTIMS of their BIASED reporting. Of course, they couldn't handle my presence. I simply spoke the truth to them, and they got defensive, scared, and indignant. I left before their heads exploded. Yes, I'm greatly over-simplifying this example, but it shows my point. I think in some ways, we are at a worse place than you want to realize. Look at the mass protests happening in England right now....That's actual tribal warfare, IMHO....
Sadly, that's what WE NEED. A GLOBAL WAR....TO THE DEATH....GOOD vs. EVIL....
I know what side I'm on. I'm glad you & I are at least on the same side, John Leake, even if you choose to be a pacifist, non-violent, conscientious objector.....
If that's the path he chooses, he's not on your side, he's in the side of the enemy.
At the very least he is currently trying to give aid and comfort to the enemy, and has a very biased view of the world that prevents him from accepting facts because the are dissonant from his view.
WHO exactly, is this "enemy" you speak of?....
As they say, How do you know politicians are lying? Their lips are moving! Never trust a politician by what they say. And only believe half of what they do. Because some how or some way there seems to always be some sort of benefit coming to them.
If a President is threatening to destroy a whole civilization, this is genocide. Is the world just going to stand by, once again?
Quite frankly, Iranian Shia civilization NEEDS to be destroyed.
They are ACTIVELY trying to destroy mine, and you're helping them.
There is NO COEXISTENCE with these zealots, and you have demonstrated that you very clearly do not understand Islam