Fun times ahead...

Editor's note: All kinds of serious systemic decay and rot going on across all sectors of American society and institutions, all the way from socialists taking power after the midterm elections, New York's "Mamdami turning New York into a wasteland" like Detroit all culminating in civil unrest as political tensions mount. The we come to the US and Israel. Both the US and Israel are entering a phase of irreversible decline. We can blame post-Cold War neoconservative doctrines (including the Project for the New American Century) and Israel's alleged nuclear/biological threats, false-flag tactics, and potential mass emigration for accelerating the fall of American global dominance. Then toss in the very real possibility the massive private-sector borrowing and investment bubble in AI, driven by U.S. Big Tech's pursuit of monopoly rents rather than sustainable profits, is headed for a crash whose costs in energy, water, debt, and social disruption will ultimately be borne by the public. Description of the week: "US senate and congressional members are worms" (voting is a zero sum game). One group of worms supports Israel and the other group of worms support grift and illegal invaders.
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US Closes Fiscal 2026 With $2 Trillion Budget Deficit, Pays Record $1.4 Trillion In Interest

By Zero Hedge | October 17, 2026

With DOGE disbanded more than a year ago, and tariffs struck down by the Supreme Court, the US is no longer even pretending that there is any hope to normalize spending, or any kind of happy ending to the US debt trajectory.

At 2pm today the US Treasury published the latest, September, monthly budget deficit data, which was also the last month of fiscal 2026, and it will again come as no surprise to anyone that things are looking ever worse.

Total US receipts for the month were $558 billion, a modest 2.6% improvement from the $544 billion a year ago, with individual income taxes accounting for $298 billion, or more than half of the total, and the bulk of the balance coming from Social Insurance and Retirement receipts of $149 billion.

On the spending side, things were ugly: total outlays were $585 billion, a 70% deterioration from the $345.7 billion spent a year ago, although like last month, much of that had to do with the calendar impact of tariffs.

Please go to Zero Hedge to learn more and view the graphics.

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Well of course, inflation is a tax, or if you want to be exact, inflation is theft:

U.S. Families Behind on Bills at Rate Not Seen Since Great Recession, Fed Survey Finds

America is the easiest country in the world to steal from:

NPR investigation finds evidence of widespread fraud at mall kiosks tied to Israeli skincare brand

Up to $87 Million Taxpayer Dollars Vanish in Nithya Raman's Signature Eviction Program

In this debt based system there is always money for weapons because this is how the system we are locked into perpetuates itself. The central bank monopoly on money creation has only one option: inflate, inflate, inflate. A perpetual money creation machine. The projected cost for the full Sentinel ICBM modernization program, including the new missiles, 450 new silos, launch control centers, fiber-optic networks, and related infrastructure, is currently estimated at about $141 billion (specifically $140.9 billion in the most recent official figures). Impressive no? Used against who?

U.S. Plans $50 Billion Push to Build Millions of Autonomous Weapons and Attack Drones.

Air Force May Buy Land for 120 New Sentinel ICBM Silos