Reader’s Links for May 8th, 2026

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Each day at just after midnight Eastern, a post like this one is created for contributors and readers of this site to upload news links and video links on the issues that concern this site. Most notably, Islam and its effects on Classical Civilization, and various forms of leftism from Soviet era communism, to postmodernism and all the flavours of galloping statism and totalitarianism such as Nazism and Fascism which are increasingly snuffing out the classical liberalism which created our near, miraculous civilization the West has been building since the time of Socrates.

This document was written around the time this site was created, for those who wish to understand what this site is about. And while our understanding of the world and events has grown since then, the basic ideas remain sound and true to the purpose.

So please post all links, thoughts and ideas that you feel will benefit the readers of this site to the comments under this post each day. And thank you all for your contributions.

This is the new Samizdat. We must use it while we can.

**New intelligence suggests a specific course of action concerning use of Substack. For a variety of reasons, who owns it, and who owns the ONLY company that monetizes authors on Substack, the question for us has always been, ‘Why is Substack allowed to exist?” I believe the answer is now known to us. It collects data on you and who you are connected to. Substack does have the best writers out there for counter-narrative views, and does allow the authors to make money at it. Which is suspicious already. But the reasons were made known to us by a Cyber-security professional. The solution seems to be to use a dedicated browser, ONLY for substack. There are many good ones out there now. So downloading another browser is easy. Get the DuckduckGo go one, or Brave or one of many others and use it ONLY for substack and clear cookies after use. Like washing your plate after you eat.

For those interested, please check out https://vladtepesblog.substack.com/ as an another avenue of expression. The Substack is a different project in a sense. It is older videos that in the light of subsequent events, look different or of increased importance, Check it out now and again if you like. But use it safely.

ADDENDUM: 

This site operates more at the philosophical level of the communist/Islamic revolution which is obliterating Western Civilization. Politics, culture, law are all down stream from philosophy. Understanding the philosophy of the attack is to understand what is an attack and develop tactics, both individually and collectively against them. The attack comes entirely (so far) in the form of Dialectics. To understand dialectics, watch and read everything you can by Maj. (Ret.) Stephen Coughlin.

Here is a repost of the simplest explanation, or at least the shortest one, we have been able to think of so far (Placed here by request)

We as humans communicate mostly via conventions. In other words, we decide what a word means by what we, as a culture want it to mean, then fix the term as a convention via a dictionary

or other means so we can express what we want to each other and be understood. It’s a group process more or less but based on what we want expressions, words, concepts and taxonomy to mean.

Dialectics is the imposition of meaning on existing terms for a political outcome which is destructive to what we all consider meaning. It is a complete hijacking of Meaning.

This also applies to taxonomy. The most underrated aspect of epistemology. Of how we see ourselves. Of how we understand the world, via categories. Via labels.

Dialectical taxonomy is what forces us to change everything we think about sexuality and accept political sexuality such as the Trans-movement.

Or somehow convincing everyone that the German National Socialist Worker’s Party is somehow “far right wing”, which may be the most masterful dialectical con of the 20th century.

This deserves a proper essay. But I just want to get the thought out there.

Imposing, forcing meaning on us. Changing terms to mean what a group of tyrants what us to think they mean as opposed to what they do mean and more or less always have meant.

Making words mean something other than what we meant them to mean, then banning or criminalizing them because of their imputed meaning, even though they were good, useful terms that helped hold our culture together.

Attacking us for using perfectly good words with important meanings, then telling us what we meant by what we said, then cancelling us for it in the pre-revolutionary stage, and now in the UK outright arrest you now that the revolution is all but complete.

That is dialectics.

 

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9 Replies to “Reader’s Links for May 8th, 2026”

  2. The United Arab Emirates is in a pickle, and it’s not alone. It is having a debt crisis. Despite being rich in oil it is currently unable to get its oil to market. This means it requires liquidity (dollars) to hold it over until its oil can be delivered safely to market. Iraq is quietly having the same problem as are other Gulf states.

    I have little sympathy. Oil-rich Arab countries have hardly diversified their economies to be less reliant on energy exports. This deficiency now screams its real-world repercussions. This is in stark contrast to its pre-war luxury of ruminating on abstractions only because it could afford it. If it was Allah’s will to enrich Arabs with oil, this is Allah’s will as well. As I said to a friend yesterday, market moves cannot be known on a temporal basis until concrete analysis ticks enough boxes to inform on what is coming. We never know everything, of course, but smart money is able to act when there is sufficient data for pattern recognition to occur combined with good instincts or intuition.

    This luxury of time applies to all of us, in fact. We can have all the assets in the world–stocks, bonds, real estate, cars, fancy watches, fancy guitars–you name it, but if for any reason the market doesn’t want these things, or you cannot bring them to market when your bill is due, you are screwed blue and tattooed for years. Foresight, liquidity accumulation and action in advanced of known payments are critical to financial survival.

    Like a broken record I must say it again: the best liquidity is physical gold and silver. These have no counter-party risk and will always be wanted by the market. One caution, however, is that 1,000 ounce silver bars and one-kilo gold bars will be less liquid than sub-10 ounce silver bars and coins, and gold coins, because not everyone has the cash or need for larger denominations. You will sell them, but you must seek their markets well in advance of the due date of your bills to ensure timely liquidation.

    And by the way, sovereign debt crisis are contagious.

    From AI:

    A sovereign debt crisis occurs when a national government is unable to meet its debt obligations, risking default and triggering economic instability.
    A sovereign debt crisis arises when a country cannot pay back the money it owes to creditors, which may include domestic or foreign bondholders, commercial banks, other governments, or international institutions like the IMF or World Bank. This inability to meet debt payments can be due to insufficient tax revenues, excessive borrowing, or economic shocks that reduce government income. When a government misses scheduled payments of principal or interest, it may default, either deliberately or because it genuinely lacks funds.

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    Key characteristics of a sovereign debt crisis include:
    Rising borrowing costs: Investors demand higher interest rates due to perceived risk, increasing the cost of rolling over existing debt.
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    Loss of investor confidence: This can lead to capital flight and reduced access to international financial markets.
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    Economic impact: Governments may implement austerity measures to regain fiscal control, which can exacerbate unemployment, reduce public services, and slow GDP growth.
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    External vs. internal debt risk: Debt denominated in foreign currencies is riskier because repayment requires sufficient foreign reserves, making countries vulnerable even if domestic revenues are strong.
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    Causes of sovereign debt crises often include high debt-to-GDP ratios (typically above 60–70%), economic recessions, currency depreciation, commodity price volatility, or unexpected fiscal shocks. Historical examples include the Latin American debt crisis of the 1980s, Argentina in 2001, and the European sovereign debt crisis starting in 2009, particularly affecting Greece.
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    Consequences extend beyond the borrowing country, potentially triggering banking crises, recessions, and financial contagion in interconnected global markets. International responses may involve bailouts or restructuring programs, often with conditions that influence national economic policy and sovereignty.
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    In summary, a sovereign debt crisis is a critical financial situation where a government struggles to honor its debt commitments, with wide-ranging economic, social, and international repercussions.

    • Yup, the entire world is discovering that you need to diversify your economy and work hard to make your nation less dependent on foreign energy supplies.

      At a rough estimate precious metals for emergencies should have abt twice the weight of silver (or more if possible) then the weight of gold all of it in small bars.

  3. My best response, today, to the ongoing red-green attack on Christianity:

  4. Great accomplishments of Western civilization must not be forgotten. For your violinist friend, Yucki: