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		<title>The Demise of the IRGC Should Be a Welcome Prospect</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Duncan Du Bois]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2026 08:26:41 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Colin Bosman succeeds aptly in reflecting the distorted views of the mainstream media’s coverage of...</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Colin Bosman succeeds aptly in reflecting the distorted views of the mainstream media’s coverage of American intervention in Iran (<em>The Mercury</em>, July 23).</p>
<p>Globalist disparagement of President Trump is grounded in its rejection of the geopolitical transformation he is implementing because it is upending globalism’s corrupt, installed order of indefinite, managed conflict and centralized financial servitude.</p>
<p>Trump declared war on the theocratic Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) – not on the people of Iran. He did so because the IRGC long ago declared war on the US and was pledged to pursue that with nuclear weapons. But that accounts for only half of Trump’s motives. The IRGC is the proxy of European financial sources based primarily in London, as stated in the letters column on July 21.</p>
<p>Through the IRGC, the production, pricing and distribution of Iran’s oil is purposefully controlled and managed in pursuit of global goals. One of those consequences is the IRGC’s financing and sponsoring of the jihadist terror groups Hamas, Houthis, ISIS and Hezbollah.</p>
<p>By crushing the IRGC, President Trump seeks: 1] to remove the threat it poses to America; 2] to liberate Iran from 47 years of draconian, theocratic subjugation and thereby defund and defang the terror groups of radical Islam; 3] to decentralise globalist control of oil, thereby promoting conditions in which true Arab sovereign nationhood can be revived. The Abraham Accords attest to that.</p>
<p>Despite being invited, Nato nations declined to participate in Trump’s removal of the IRGC.  Spain and Italy’s denial of US military use of bases should indicate the extent to which the globalist EU opposes Trump’s geopolitical transformation. That should provoke the question: What benefit does the globalist EU see in sustaining the rule of the IRGC?</p>
<p>The indispensable role of oil in modern life has long been recognized as a means of bankrolling regimes to promote instability and conflict while generating obscene wealth for the manufacturers of war weaponry in the process. Simultaneously, the establishment of OPEC enabled cartelisation to dictate economic trends and impinge on the sovereignty of nations.</p>
<p>Wary of the prospects of Trump succeeding in defeating the IRGC, globalist propaganda now calls on him to quit Iran or accept a long, debilitating war. For Trump’s piecemeal dismantling of the IRGC means globalist control and leverage is being diminished. That was the outcome when he ended the Maduro regime in Venezuela.</p>
<p>Already, the pipelines which Iraq, the UAE and Saudi Arabia are building to be independent of the Strait of Hormuz chokepoint, provide evidence of Trump’s intention to decentralize control of oil.  Financial giant Goldman Sachs estimates that 60 percent of the Gulf’s oil will be flowing through those pipelines by 2028, thereby reducing the leverage of the globalists.</p>
<p>In an atmosphere less distorted by disinformation, the demise of the IRGC should be a welcome prospect.</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://altnewsnetwork.co.za/editorial-and-opinion/letter-to-the-editor/the-demise-of-the-irgc-should-be-a-welcome-prospect/">The Demise of the IRGC Should Be a Welcome Prospect</a> appeared first on <a href="https://altnewsnetwork.co.za">Alt News Network</a>.</p>
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		<title>The ‘Gods of the Antenna’ and US Election Integrity</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Duncan Du Bois]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2026 06:10:17 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>What media historian Bruce Herschensohn called ‘the Gods of the antenna’ were conspicuously on display...</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>What media historian Bruce Herschensohn called ‘the Gods of the antenna’ were conspicuously on display on July 16 when President Trump gave a nationwide address on election integrity and security. None of the mainstream television networks carried it live.</p>
<p>In their role as the arbiters and self-proclaimed gatekeepers of what the public should think,  CNN defended its decision, saying <em>“it felt it would be dangerous to just air Trump’s speech live and unedited.”</em> ABC and NBC broadcast summarized accounts. CBS simply dismissed Trump’s address as “repeated falsehoods.”</p>
<p>Without interrogating the evidence of electoral fraud, the Gods of the antenna, along with the political establishment and their cohorts, have been insisting that the 2020 election was secure. Their word was infallible even though nobody cared to explain how Joe Biden, without campaigning, could have amassed 81 million votes – 15 million more than the darling of the Gods, Hillary Clinton, received in 2016.</p>
<p>Regardless of the efforts of the Gods to deny, discredit and downplay the issue of electoral fraud, with the midterms looming in November Trump has initiated a new narrative on the issue. In opening it, he cited FBI findings on how in 2020 China acquired the data of tens of millions of voters in 18 states either by theft, purchase or hacking.</p>
<p>As is his style, Trump is going to drip out more and more evidence, thereby compelling the Gods and their adherents to take a side: should foreign interference in US elections be tolerated? Already, back on 28 September 2023, <em>Newsweek </em>reported that the Chinese Communist Party had been funding Democrats in New York since 2013.</p>
<p>Faith in the integrity of voting machines has been challenged by various sources. In June 2023, Professor Robert Halderman of Michigan University published a 96-page report which found that Dominion voting machines “suffer from critical vulnerabilities that can be exploited to subvert all their security mechanisms.” Defamation charges against magnate Mike Lindell for accusing Dominion of stealing the 2020 election were recently dropped by Dominion as they were not confident of winning their case.</p>
<p>Ironically, while fraud involving hundreds of billions in federal funding is widely acknowledged and condemned, the Gods of the antenna persist in the narrative that elections are secure and untainted. But they are at odds with many. A current Rasmussen poll shows 64% regarding Chinese interference in elections as likely. In May, the <em>Washington Post </em>conceded that if voter ID and proof of citizenship had applied, Trump would have won New Mexico in 2024. To what extent might Democrat votes have been reduced nationwide had such requirements applied in 2020?</p>
<p>In Maryland, the recent discovery of 500,000 false voter registrations has become the subject of an FBI investigation. In the Senate, despite 80% of Americans being in support of voter ID and proof of citizenship for voting, the Democrats refuse to endorse Trump’s Save America Act.  These are the same people who are opposed to immigration agents being at polling stations to prevent illegal aliens from voting.</p>
<p><em>“If the vote can be obtained by foreign nations or menaces, by fraud or violence, the government may not be the choice of the American people but of foreign nations,”</em> warned John Adams, second president of the US.</p>
<p>And that is the intention of the globalists, which is why Trump rightly sees national security at risk in elections.</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://altnewsnetwork.co.za/editorial-and-opinion/letter-to-the-editor/the-gods-of-the-antenna-and-us-election-integrity/">The ‘Gods of the Antenna’ and US Election Integrity</a> appeared first on <a href="https://altnewsnetwork.co.za">Alt News Network</a>.</p>
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		<title>Is Iran Forcing Trump&#8217;s Hand?</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mr L Oosthuizen]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2026 05:29:05 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>It&#8217;s no secret anymore that what is unfolding in Iran is something equivalent to a...</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It&#8217;s no secret anymore that what is unfolding in Iran is something equivalent to a freakish horror movie! Things that only happen in movies are happening right now as the IRGC orders more killings, additional force and unmatched brutality against its own defenceless citizens.</p>
<div dir="auto">A short while ago, President Trump promised the Iranian people that &#8220;Help was on the way&#8221;. Unfortunately, this hasn&#8217;t materialized as yet. Is Trump playing mind games with the Ayatollahs, or does he know something that you and I don&#8217;t? Only time will tell, but one thing is certain: the IRGC is not afraid of testing Trump and the Free World&#8217;s patience! As it performs gross acts of human indecency and slaughters protestors by the thousands, no one can deny that this is no longer a political issue, but an ideological issue! Pouring acid over a woman&#8217;s face simply for standing up to the regime is not normal! Setting a whole Bazar alight as innocent civilians flee Iraqi militias in fear of being executed anyway, is unthinkable! Not to mention dealing harshly with doctors who dare treat injured protestors or armed forces who no longer wish to carry out the IRGC&#8217;s sick instructions of mass shootings and slaughtering women and children.</div>
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<div dir="auto">President Trump knows he is in a serious battle, and we can only hope he does the right thing. A revolution is taking place in Iran, and unlike before, the people have really had enough! Barack Obama once had a chance to end the number 1 state sponsor of terror, the Ayatollahs and their regime, but he backed down. We trust that Trump will let Khamenei and his henchmen feel the wrath of the US army, and people who blame Trump for wanting to liberate the Iranians must reconsider their intentions. Likewise, those who spread Leftist propaganda and blame the Mossad or Israel for encouraging these protests must know that the World is watching and that justice will eventually be served.</div>
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<div dir="auto">It is long overdue that the demonic forces of the IRGC must fall, and Iranians,  especially women, deserve to live freely, without being treated as objects or symbols of slavery, hiding their faces from the World. May freedom come upon the Iranian people, and may Trump continue to frustrate the Global order of chaos, and demolish the death cult regime that has been terrorizing the Middle East for far too long! Long live the Shah!</div>
<p>The post <a href="https://altnewsnetwork.co.za/editorial-and-opinion/letter-to-the-editor/is-iran-forcing-trumps-hand/">Is Iran Forcing Trump&#8217;s Hand?</a> appeared first on <a href="https://altnewsnetwork.co.za">Alt News Network</a>.</p>
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		<title>WEF Policies at Odds with Trump’s Geopolitics</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Duncan Du Bois]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2026 10:43:55 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Dr Iqbal Surve’s preview of the 2026 Davos meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF)...</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Dr Iqbal Surve’s preview of the 2026 Davos meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) reflects a degree of caution and pragmatism in the light of what he calls “the convergence of threats” (Business Report, January 19). Ironically, much of what threatens Europe, in particular, is a result of WEF policies.</p>
<p>For Europe, the phrase “sustainable future,” to which the WEF aspires, has become a nightmare. As a result of ESG (Environmental Social Governance) Europe has stopped being the continent from which the world buys. Now it is the continent that buys what the rest of the world produces, having embraced de-industrialisation in pursuit of green energy.</p>
<p>Steel production is down 30%. European know-how and factories have moved to China, India, Mexico and Vietnam, where there is cheap energy, less bureaucracy and cheaper labour. While the EU prioritises clean energy and climate change, China is buying European cars: Volvo now belongs to Geely of China; Britain’s MG is another Chinese acquisition.  Mercedes-Benz and Volkswagen have Chinese shareholders.  Italy’s Pirelli tyres have majority Chinese capital.</p>
<p>EU bureaucratic regulations and carbon targets regarding bovine emissions have resulted in the closure of more than three million farms. In the name of “sustainability,” Europe now imports a range of agricultural products from overseas. Warehouses and trucks now distribute imports instead of housing and moving European products for export.</p>
<p>Reliance on green energy sources has massively increased the cost of electricity while simultaneously making its supply inconsistent or intermittent. Nonetheless, that is touted by the promoters of ESG as “progress” in “saving the planet” while making heating unaffordable and increasing unemployment.</p>
<p>The other “threat” facing the WEF is President Trump’s reshaping of alliances and the geopolitical order. Unlike the WEF globalists, Trump does not allow falsehoods about decarbonisation and climate change to chart his course. Moreover, he recognises that such frippery has no place in meeting the challenge China poses.</p>
<p>By removing the Maduro regime from Venezuela, from which China obtains 90% of its oil, Trump has secured leverage over China. It is also the reason he intends to bring Greenland under the aegis of the US because of Chinese and Russian interests in the Arctic region.</p>
<p>Trump is playing the long game, outthinking rivals, securing US energy independence,  restoring and reinvesting in US industry and manufacturing. WEF&#8217;s hopes of investability and sustainability based on the flawed and failed policies of ESG, DEI (diversity, equity and inclusion), and decarbonisation are doomed in the new order of geopolitics Trump is driving.</p>
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		<title>Trump Signs Controversial Bill Releasing Epstein Files Amid Political Uproar</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2025 06:57:22 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Trump Shifts From Calling Issue a “Hoax” to Backing Transparency After initial opposition, Trump backs...</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h2><em>Trump Shifts From Calling Issue a “Hoax” to Backing Transparency</em></h2>
<p><em><strong>After initial opposition, Trump backs the release of Jeffrey Epstein documents, sparking tensions within the GOP and outrage among survivors.</strong></em></p>
<p data-start="439" data-end="899">President Donald Trump has signed the <a class="decorated-link" href="https://san.com/cc/trump-signs-bill-compelling-doj-to-release-jeffrey-epstein-files/" target="_new" rel="noopener" data-start="489" data-end="607">Epstein Files Transparency Act</a>, compelling the Department of Justice to release previously classified and unclassified records related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and his associate Ghislaine Maxwell. The legislation passed Congress with near-unanimous support, with only Rep. Clay Higgins, R-La., opposing.</p>
<p data-start="901" data-end="1338">The bill <a href="https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/trump-signs-bill-to-release-epstein-files-5946903" target="_blank" rel="noopener">mandates that Attorney General Pam Bondi</a> make all records, emails, flight logs, investigative documents, and communications available in a searchable and downloadable format within 30 days. Redactions are permitted only to protect victims, ongoing investigations, or sensitive material. The law also requires the DOJ to publicly explain all redactions and submit a detailed report to the House and Senate Judiciary Committees.</p>
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<p data-start="1340" data-end="1781">Trump’s stance on the files has shifted dramatically. He initially dismissed the release as a “hoax” orchestrated by Democrats. Still, he changed course after a congressional review revealed emails suggesting Trump may have had more awareness of Epstein’s activities than previously acknowledged. This reversal has caused friction among Republicans, including a rift with Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, who warned the fight had “ripped MAGA apart.”</p>
<p data-start="1783" data-end="2070">Survivors of Epstein, including Courtney Wild, welcomed the legislation as a crucial step in exposing all those who enabled Epstein’s alleged crimes. Wild described the bill as “the first step in the right direction to expose the elite pedophile ring who enabled this whole operation.”</p>
<p data-start="2072" data-end="2301">Trump used his post-signing statement on Truth Social to reinforce his claims that Epstein had stronger ties to Democrats than Republicans, framing the release as vindication for himself and a rebuke to his political opponents.</p>
<p data-start="2303" data-end="2444">The legislation marks a critical chapter in the ongoing saga surrounding Epstein, transparency, and political accountability in Washington.</p>
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		<title>Donald Trump Calls Out ANC As Farm Murder Crisis Deepens</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Frederic Egersdorfer]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2025 05:46:49 +0000</pubDate>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h2 data-start="171" data-end="240"><em>Trump Accuses the ANC of Ignoring Violence Against White Farmers Amid Rising Global Concern</em></h2>
<h3 data-start="171" data-end="240">A Divided Narrative: Trump’s Warning And South Africa’s Silence</h3>
<p data-start="242" data-end="653">Donald Trump’s recent remarks have once again ignited a global debate over South Africa’s farm murders and the alleged racial double standards in both local and international coverage. The former U.S. president publicly accused the ANC of ignoring racially motivated violence against white farmers — a claim that has drawn both fierce criticism and silent validation depending on which media outlet one reads.</p>
<p data-start="655" data-end="1165">South African content creator <strong data-start="685" data-end="698">StephanZA</strong> echoed Trump’s sentiments, calling out what he describes as the “media blackout” on farm attacks. In his latest commentary, he referenced the murder of <strong data-start="851" data-end="886">KwaZulu-Natal farmer Mike Pryor</strong>, arguing that national coverage often downplays such incidents or buries them in local news feeds. Pryor’s killing, he claims, is “one of countless tragedies” that point to a targeted trend against white farmers — a claim dismissed by government officials as “misinformation.”</p>
<h3 data-start="1167" data-end="1216">The Facts On The Ground: Mike Pryor’s Death</h3>
<p data-start="1218" data-end="1615">According to a <strong data-start="1233" data-end="1273">report from IOL (Independent Online)</strong>, Mike Pryor was abducted from his home in the Indezi Valley and later found burned in his vehicle. The <strong data-start="1377" data-end="1407">uMngeni Local Municipality</strong> confirmed the tragedy, noting that investigations suggest a possible connection to a disgruntled former employee. The <strong data-start="1526" data-end="1534">SAPS</strong> has opened a murder inquiry, but as of this report, no arrests have been made.</p>
<p data-start="1617" data-end="1996">Local officials, including Deputy Mayor <strong data-start="1657" data-end="1677">Sandile Mnikathi</strong>, condemned the killing and urged vigilance, describing the event as a “reminder of the fragility of our safety.” The IOL coverage, however, remains strictly factual, avoiding any mention of broader racial or political motives — a stark contrast to the narrative emerging from independent commentators like StephanZA.</p>
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<h3 data-start="1998" data-end="2027">The Statistical Dilemma</h3>
<p data-start="2029" data-end="2515">In his video, StephanZA cited official numbers from <strong data-start="2081" data-end="2115">Justice Minister Ronald Lamola</strong>, who reported 53 farmers killed between 2020 and 2024, alongside 101 farm workers. Yet, when adjusted for population size — roughly <strong data-start="2248" data-end="2304">32,000 farm owners versus nearly one million workers</strong> — the per capita murder rate among farm owners is exponentially higher. These figures raise the uncomfortable question: are these crimes simply opportunistic, or is there an identifiable pattern of targeting?</p>
<p data-start="2517" data-end="2806">While the government continues to frame these attacks as part of South Africa’s broader crime epidemic, critics argue that this narrative downplays the demographic consistency of victims and the brutality of the methods used — often involving torture, humiliation, and symbolic violence.</p>
<h3 data-start="2808" data-end="2844">Between Statistics And Silence</h3>
<p data-start="2846" data-end="3308">The ANC’s official position remains that there is no evidence of a racial or political agenda behind farm murders. Yet, the <strong data-start="2970" data-end="3003">lack of proportional response</strong>, coupled with <strong data-start="3018" data-end="3055">mainstream media’s muted coverage</strong>, continues to erode public trust. The growing divide between official statistics and lived experiences within rural communities fuels suspicion of something deeper — a systemic neglect, if not a quiet acceptance, of violence against a specific group.</p>
<p data-start="3310" data-end="3644">As Donald Trump’s comments bring the issue back to the global stage, South Africans find themselves asking hard questions:<br data-start="3432" data-end="3435" />If these attacks were reversed demographically, would the coverage — and outrage — be the same?<br data-start="3530" data-end="3533" />And if the targeting of white farmers continues under official denial, does silence itself become complicity?</p>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mr L Oosthuizen]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Sep 2025 05:04:27 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>President Trump&#8217;s address to the UN General Assembly was enormous! He certainly didn&#8217;t mince his...</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>President Trump&#8217;s address to the UN General Assembly was enormous! He certainly didn&#8217;t mince his words, as he called them out for multiple failures on their part! Most of these failures, in my view, were deliberate attempts to undermine Western civilisation, whilst trying to create an atmosphere of total societal chaos.</p>
<p>Trump listed a number of brainless acts from the UN, from failures to stopping wars and allowing open borders to routing for Hamas, allowing UN nations to buy Russian oil and funding radical Left ideologies. Under the Biden administration, it was almost as if he and the UN had a secret mission to fulfil- flooding first-world countries with illegal immigrants, recognising a Palestinian state, allowing antisemitism and Wokeness to flourish on campuses and in the streets, and criticizing anyone who stood for good governance, free speech, meritocracy and protected borders.</p>
<p>One thing is for sure: since the destruction of Iran&#8217;s nuclear facility and the rise of the American conservative people after Charlie Kirk&#8217;s assassination and Erika Kirk&#8217;s amazing speech, the woke left is losing the battle, despite being shielded by the UN, and nefarious organizations such as the WHO, WEF and UNRWA are being g exposed for what they are: tools of societal destruction and dismantling. With Trump back in office, leaders in countries such as Canada, France, the UK and Australia are gnashing their teeth at the confidence and brutality with which Donald Trump has been targeting the Deep State. Not to mention the sheer dominance of Israel in a war that they should&#8217;ve never won! But they just keep winning, destroying their adversaries in the face of global condemnation.</p>
<p>As a South African Christian, I am a proud supporter of both Trump and Netanyahu. If only we had leaders like them here in beautiful SA! But instead, we have a clown for a president who runs a circus filled with racist cadres, stopping at nothing to loot whatever they can, for as long as possible, whilst the average SA citizenry suffers crippling economic conditions.</p>
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		<title>Trump Liberating USA From the Central Banking System</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2025 05:21:46 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>When he entered the political arena a decade ago, Donald Trump made it clear that...</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>When he entered the political arena a decade ago, Donald Trump made it clear that he intended to break the power of the Federal Reserve central banking system, which has become an economic manipulator exceeding its mandate at the expense of the sovereign rights of the people. Not surprisingly, globalist economist Mushtak Parker (September 5) is in meltdown as Trump implements his intentions.</p>
<p>Contrary to Parker’s claim, the Federal Reserve is not enshrined in the U.S. Constitution. Monetary matters involving regulating commerce, borrowing money, issuing of currency and regulating its value are the responsibility of Congress as specified in section 8 of Article I of the Constitution. But a key aspect of that role was partially usurped by the establishment of the Federal Reserve in 1913.</p>
<p>In part private and in part public, the Fed is a <i>quasi-government</i> entity.  Six of its nine members of the Board of Directors are elected by private commercial banks. The other three are elected by the Board of Governors, whose seven members represent the public in that they are nominated by the President and approved by the Senate. Since members of the Board of Governors are appointed for 14 years, it is not possible for Trump to dismiss the entire Board, as Parker fears. At the most, he could replace one or two.</p>
<p>Inflation, which Milton Friedman defined as taxation without legislation, is caused by the central banking system, which prints money out of nothing and then charges the government interest for its usage. What is alarming the Federal Reserve and its globalist partners in the EU and the Bank of England is that by seeking to restructure the Fed and bring it into the Treasury, Trump is weakening globalist central banking control; hence, the likes of Parker scream that economic disaster is at hand.</p>
<p>That is why they are opposed to Trump’s tariff policy, because not only is it bringing in billions each month – $31 billion in August – but it is resulting in unprecedented investment in the U.S., expected to reach $15 trillion by January 2026. What that means is a diminishing role for the Fed as the government borrows less from it, thereby becoming less indebted to it. Hence, Trump wants the Fed to cut the interest rate from 4.3% to 1.3% to further accelerate America’s prosperity trajectory.</p>
<p>Essentially, Trump is building a parallel economic system to counter the control which the central banking system, with its globalist, green scam ideology, has over most countries. The accelerating gold and silver prices indicate that the existing globalist financial order is imploding. Mainstream media propagation of the system&#8217;s alarmist narrative is purely to deflect attention from the failing ways of its economic hegemony, exemplified by the energy shambles and recession in Germany.</p>
<p>A booming US economy under Trump poses a nightmare to the globalist central bankers because it exposes the extent to which their debt system stifles economic liberation.</p>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Duncan Du Bois]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2025 09:26:53 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>For its hilarity, hyperbole and hypocrisy, the front-page report of Julius Malema’s rant at the...</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>For its hilarity, hyperbole and hypocrisy, the front-page report of Julius Malema’s rant at the weekend claiming Trump poses a danger to global stability would have been more appropriate if featured on page 2 in The Idler’s Column (<em>The Mercury, </em>August 4).</p>
<p>Since his debut on the world stage when Trump screened the little demagogue exhorting the slaughter of whites, Malema’s opinion of himself has challenged the size of his red beret. Fancying himself as a mentor on the world stage, his advocacy that ties with imperialist powers must be cut is laughable given his solid siding with the imperialism of Marxism-Leninism. Simultaneously, it is also contradictory to assert that the EFF is positioned “as an enemy of global imperialism.”</p>
<p>In a word salad of “isms” between imperialism, capitalism and socialism, Malema seems confused about when capitalism is the enemy. It appears to bother him that Trump might destroy capitalism “inadvertently” because his approach to it is “illiterate.” Grand stuff, indeed, from Limpopo province’s sage in adjudicating America’s highly successful capitalist president.</p>
<p>Just how Malema’s goal of socialism is supposed to bestow its enlightenment on the world is also fuzzy. He says if Trump destroys capitalism, that “will kill any and all possibilities of socialist economic order.” Of course, it is common knowledge, as Joe Slovo once conceded, that for the top order of socialists to live in grand style, it is necessary to exploit the pillars of capitalism. Cuba&#8217;s billionaire socialist Fidel Castro exemplified that magnificently.</p>
<p>The ultimate contradiction of Malema’s entire muddled broadside against capitalism is that he is a major beneficiary of it and, as such, a hypocrite of note.</p>
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		<title>Mixed Views of US Bombing of Iranian Nuclear Sites</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Charl Oosthuizen]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2025 06:50:46 +0000</pubDate>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The world at large is a much safer place than it was 2 days ago, but Trump&#8217;s critics are quick to jump to conclusions that there must be some political motivation for this attack on Iran&#8217;s nuclear sites in Fordow, Natanz and Esfahan. Depending on where you stand with Donald Trump as a mere person or what your ideological or religious views are, the way that you reason and the conclusions that you will reach will be directly linked to your personal belief systems.</p>
<p>Personally, I do not believe that when a regime warns of your annihilation and keeps enriching uranium to weapons grade, I must be so naive to believe that they have just been saying this for fun for several decades now. Iran&#8217;s ties with North Korea and Russia, as well as China, are enough to make the hairs stand up on the back of your neck. Some would say that the US should&#8217;ve never joined this war on terror; others would say that Trump betrayed his own voters, whilst some would call Netanyahu a murderer and all kinds of ugly names, when in fact, both Trump and Netanyahu have proven to be men of truth, men of honour and above all, men of extreme strength.</p>
<p>I cannot think of anything stronger and more admirable than 2 godly men who stand up in power for the Free World, doing what no other nation has ever managed to do—striking Iran in its own backyard so quickly that even the Ayatollah had no idea what had just happened. One moment, Trump was saying that he needed 2 more weeks to think about the next step, and then, suddenly, 6 B-2 bomber jets are flying into Iran and dropping bunker-busting bombs—obliterating Iran&#8217;s proudly protected nuclear sites, deep underneath the hardened, mountainous facility. This has left the world both in awe and also divided us into those who oppose Biblical truths and those of us who believe every word it says, like I do. It is unprecedented how the IDF and the US have managed to pull off this stunning victory over their enemies, the IRGC. Let&#8217;s be clear, this war is not against the Iranian people, but against their evil, suppressive regime. The people of Israel love the Iranians, and there have been reports of multiple Iranian people who are now standing up against their own regime, calling for a complete regime change—Muslims are converting to Christianity, and Iranian women, who have been oppressed for decades, want to burn their hijabs and live free from this ideological prison imposed on them since 1979. Videos can be seen of women letting their hair down and literally freeing themselves from oppression—this is very encouraging. As a Christian believer, I am all about this type of reckless abandonment of decades-long oppression at the hands of the Ayatollah.</p>
<p>My prayer is that more people would realise that this is not only a war against a very nefarious regime, but it&#8217;s also about regime change for Iran, and it&#8217;s about setting the captives free—God bless Trump, Netanyahu, and all those who spread the truth to help the world come to know the love of Christ.</p>
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