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Remember September 11th: Entering the Dark Ages

September 11, 2026

https://ericarnow.substack.com/p/remembering-september-11-2001 September 11th, 2001 was a massive attack on our country, but not by incompetent Arab pilots. I’m including a compilation of an earlier video that brings some pieces together. It has a cameo appearance of Ray McGovern, who founded Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity. Loose Change was one of the first whistleblower videos, but it was not the first to question the official story. Curiously, this documentary by Dylan Avery is not on Youtube. It used to be. Why do you suppose Youtube would not want you to watch that video? You can find it on Odysee. …

Soviet Childhood vs. American Dream: The New Iron Curtain?

July 7, 2026

This is what the old Iron Curtain looked like “We Are Living Behind a Double Iron Curtain”: A Soviet Childhood, Propaganda, and the American Dream A candid conversation about growing up in the USSR, the rewriting of history, and why the West might be more isolated today than Russia was during the Cold War. During the tour, I spoke with Gherman, born during Soviet times. After the Soviet Union ended, he lived in Italy for 20 years, and England for 2 before returning to Crimea, Russia. Eric (Interviewer): So, German is the guide for this tour. Who remembers Caribbean conflict. …

The US Housing Crisis The Khrushchev Solution: $700B vs Annual $1.5T Military Budget

March 20, 2026March 20, 2026

https://youtu.be/hVzj19pPlL4 Solve US Housing Crisis Like Soviets? $700B vs $1.5T Annual Military Budget Build Homes Not Bombs The US Housing Crisis: Khrushchev Solution for 2026 In the richest country on Earth, millions sleep on streets or pay crushing rents — while the Soviet Union once housed millions with ultra-cheap apartments and rent at just 3-6% of income. Is it time the US copied the model… minus the authoritarianism? The US Housing Crisis in 2026 – Stark Numbers Record homelessness: ~771,000 people (2024 count, 18% jump year-over-year) Shortage of ~7.2 million affordable/available homes for extremely low-income renters Rents up 38% …

Imperial Decay: Trump’s Greenland and Canada Ambitions Hasten US Decline Like a Giant Red Star

January 22, 2026January 22, 2026

Imperial Decay: Is Trump’s Vision of America, Like a “Giant Red Star”? Late Stage Empire, Imperial Overreach Will Deplete, Not Revivify the USA What’s a Giant Red Star? I checked with Grok to confirm my understanding of what a Red Star Giant is: A red star giant is indeed a star in a late stage of its life cycle that has become very large due to expansion. Here’s a clear explanation of what’s happening: Stars like our Sun (low to intermediate mass, about 0.3–8 times the Sun’s mass) spend most of their lives on the “main sequence,” fusing hydrogen into helium in …

The War on Consciousness: Manufacturing Stupidity

January 25, 2026January 13, 2026

Updated from the original February 2024 article to January 25, 2026 Diplomacy for Dummies Recently, a stark example of the war on consciousness in the West was on full display: https://www.rt.com/russia/592298-polyansky-western-diplomacy-primitive/ Russians have had to dumb down their speeches at the UN so other countries can understand them, deputy representative Dmitry Polyansky has said I don’t know what media you consume for your news, but President Joe Biden, referred to President El-Sisi as the president of Mexico comes to mind. Mexico is on the US border. President El Sisi is the current leader of Egypt, which is what…5000 miles …

Trump Real Estate Geopolitics: Unpacking the One Important Factor in US Foreign Policy in Ukraine

December 31, 2025

Trump Real Estate Geopolitics Trump Real Estate Geopolitics is the core component of how he conducts diplomacy. https://ericarnow.substack.com/p/real-estate-geopolitics-and-the-ukraine?r=1iig8 My central argument is that American foreign policy, particularly regarding critical negotiations like those between the United States and Russia, is increasingly being conducted not by seasoned diplomats, but by real estate speculators. This isn’t just a recent phenomenon; it’s a thread that runs through American history. The Curious Case of Real Estate Diplomacy It’s astonishing to consider that negotiations between two global powers like the United States and Russia have been spearheaded by individuals primarily known for their real estate …

Continuity of Agenda: Unmasking The Real History of US Foreign Policy, War and Hegemony

November 15, 2025November 12, 2025

The Presidents of your country change, but the policy does not change–Vladimir Putin Continuity of Agenda Recently, I’ve been thinking about the work of Brian Berletic, whom I have followed for at least ten years. A former US Marine, he realized that his role as a Marine furthered US foreign policy goals which, if I understand him correctly, are based on hegemony over the entire world. He uses the term “Continuity of Agenda” to describe this. The Continuity of Agenda specifically describes the ongoing war against Russia, using Ukraine as a proxy. You can find his work at https://journal-neo.su/author/brian-berletic/ …

The Gaza Pseudo-Peace Plan Exposed: Trump’s Awful 20-Point Deal is a Colonial Sham for Palestinians

October 10, 2025

Introduction: A What Is Trump’s Gaza Pseudo Peace Plan? I want to talk about President Trumps’ so called ‘Gaza Peace Plan’—or, more accurately, the Gaza Pseudo-Peace Plan. There’s been a lot of confusion swirling around this, with news reports hailing it as a real breakthrough: prisoner and hostage exchanges, the first step toward resolving this terrible crisis. But after digging into articles and commentary from voices I trust, I see something far more sinister. Let me walk you through my thoughts, drawing from sources like Caitlin Johnstone and the World Socialist Web Site, without naming every specific outlet to keep …

The Key Ukraine War Origins: It All Started in the Minds of Western Leaders

October 6, 2025September 29, 2025

The Roots of the Ukraine War: It All Started in the Minds of Western Leaders The Ukraine conflict, and the Ukraine war origins, often portrayed as a response to Russian aggression, has deeper roots in the ideological and psychological framework of Western leadership. This essay explores how historical ambitions, economic missteps, and a refusal to acknowledge self-inflicted wounds have driven the crisis, aligning with Oswald Spengler’s 1921 prophecy in The Decline of the West, where he foresaw the West’s decline despite its apparent power. Early Symptoms: Energy Disputes and Economic Self-Sabotage Poland’s Energy Conflicts with Russia Tensions over energy resources …

Academic Russophobes: Studies in Venality for Private Profit

August 28, 2025August 27, 2025

Introduction: A Comment on Larry Johnson’s article about ‘the sad state of US based Russian Scholars I am posting a comment I made on Larry Johnson’s excellent website, www.sonar21.com, the sad state of US based Russian scholars. See it further down in this article. Academic Russophobes are a whole segment of the Academic and Think Tank Media Complex. https://sonar21.com/the-sad-state-of-us-based-russian-scholars/ Robert Conquest: Historian or MI6 Propagandist? Coincidentally one of the greatest apparent students of the Goebbels school of black propaganda, Robert Conquest, an MI6 pervayor of lies and propaganda asset pretending to be an historian, who died in 2015, was …

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