The Four Jokers of the Apocalypse:

The Four Jokers of the Apocalypse: Carney, Starmer, Macron, and Merz

J.B. Shurk

The so-called “leaders” of Canada, the United Kingdom, France, and Germany are the four jokers of the apocalypse — each doing his damndest to drag what’s left of those nations into Hell.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has given several speeches recently in which he reaffirms his commitment to fighting “climate change” by severely limiting Canadians’ meat and dairy consumption, clothing allowance, private ownership of vehicles, air travel, and other basic lifestyle choices.

U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer — who did nothing while Islamic rape gangs hunted young British girls — has rolled out a totalitarian system for online speech controls, mandatory digital identifications, and device-level scanning under the pretense that Big Brother must “protect the children” from “harmful” content.

French President Emmanuel Macron pretends that Christians are not under attack while churches and other sacred sites burn to the ground.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has decided that the only way to save the German economy from the self-inflicted and “severe strategic mistake” of shutting down its nuclear reactors is to juice Germany’s defense industry by investing in prolonged war with the Russian Federation.

Net-zero communism, online censorship, Christian persecution, and endless war — these are all pillars of the globalist, “progressive,” anti-Western apocalypse that Carney, Starmer, Macron, and Merz continue to unleash. 

The “Build Back Better”-“Green New Deal”-“Net-Zero”-“Great Reset”-“Climate Change” program will make it impossible for people to own anything. 

 “Protect the children” controls over the Internet will make it impossible for people to exchange information freely and anonymously.  

Continued attacks on Christians’ religious beliefs and their houses of worship will make it impossible for people to exercise their freedom of conscience without punishment.  

Using war to distract citizens from “green energy”-induced inflation, central bank currency destruction, and the totalitarian architecture of the West’s national security surveillance State will make it impossible for people to marry, have children, prosper, and live in peace.

Notice how the four jokers of the apocalypse govern by emergency.  When Carney talks about energy controls and economic regulation, he emphatically declares that man-made “climate change” is causing imminent destruction of the planet.  The “science” is not only “settled”; we’re all about to die!  A member of the British government said of Starmer’s social media spying: “Keir has been clear we need a game-changer to keep our children — and future generations — safe online.”  You hear that?  We must give up online privacy in order to keep the children safe!  

In Macron’s France, even circumspect suggestions that millions of unvetted Islamic migrants might have something to do with the inexplicable spate of church fires across the country are met with government “hate crime” charges and public denunciations of right-wing nationalists and racists!  

Poor Merz is so desperate to distract Germans suffering under the continent’s economically suicidal “green energy” policies that he’s substantially increased defense spending and taken steps toward mass conscription while warning that the Russians could invade Berlin at any time!

In other words, if “climate change” doesn’t kill us, “right-wing nationalists” will!  And if those “racist fascists” don’t get us, the Russians will!  And if we somehow manage to survive those villains, too, well, a free, open, and uncensored Internet will certainly murder our children in their sleep!  All very scary things.  No time to use our brains to consider whether the four jokers of the apocalypse might have ulterior motives for their globalist policies. 

Globalism is an evil ideology that generates endless “emergencies” in order to frighten and intimidate people into surrendering their rights and freedoms.  Carney, Starmer, Macron, and Merz sell fear in exchange for power.  They’re good at what they do.  Peddling the apocalypse ad nauseam isn’t easy.  Fear merchants must constantly be ready to produce a new “emergency” just as soon as the current “emergency” grows stale.  That’s how “global cooling” turned into “global warming” before becoming “climate change” which morphed into threats from “extreme weather.”  Every time the temperature changes — heck, every time there’s a little extra sun, snow, wind, or rain — Mark Carney and his fellow “climate change” conmen are ready to sell the apocalypse!

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The “New World Order’s Party Planning Committee” Just Got Hacked

The “New World Order’s Party Planning Committee” Just Got Hacked — And What Leaked Out of Ireland Has Some People Convinced the Future Is Already Being Written

Madge Waggy

Most conspiracy theories die the moment they encounter reality. They survive for years in obscure corners of the internet, feeding on blurry screenshots, anonymous posts, and half-finished stories before eventually collapsing under the weight of evidence that never arrives. Every now and then, however, something happens that briefly reverses the process. Instead of speculation trying to imitate reality, reality begins to resemble the speculation.

That is what made the events surrounding a private gathering outside Dublin so fascinating. Not because anyone discovered proof of a hidden government. Not because somebody uncovered a master plan for world domination. Stories like that belong in paperback thrillers and late-night radio shows. What made this particular leak different was how ordinary it appeared at first glance. A registration page. A collection of names. Internal schedules. Session descriptions. Logistics. The kind of administrative debris that exists behind every conference, summit, and corporate retreat on Earth. The shocking part was not the documents themselves. It was who appeared inside them and the strange picture that emerged when those names were viewed together.

For nearly two decades, a little-known invitation-only gathering known as Dialog had existed largely beneath the radar of public attention. Unlike the annual meetings in Davos or the increasingly famous Bilderberg conferences, Dialog never seemed interested in publicity. It had no appetite for media coverage, public branding, livestreamed discussions, or carefully managed press conferences. The event operated more like a private salon for the powerful, bringing together investors, technology executives, military strategists, policy advisors, intelligence veterans, academics, and political figures for several days of off-the-record discussions. Very little was supposed to leave the room. That secrecy was part of the attraction.

According to the version of events that quickly spread online, the leak did not originate from an insider with a conscience or a disgruntled employee carrying files out of a server room. The information reportedly surfaced through a chain of digital mistakes so mundane that it almost felt absurd. The kind of oversight that would be embarrassing for a small local business became considerably more alarming when attached to an organization attended by some of the most connected individuals in the world. Within days, fragments of attendee information, scheduling material, and internal documentation began circulating across forums, independent news sites, and social media platforms.

The reaction followed a predictable pattern. Most people ignored it. Some dismissed it outright. Others became obsessed.

The obsession was understandable. Human beings are naturally drawn toward mysteries involving power, especially when power attempts to hide itself. Throughout history, secret councils, private clubs, exclusive societies, and closed-door meetings have occupied a strange place in the public imagination. They become blank canvases onto which people project their fears. Sometimes those fears are ridiculous. Sometimes they reveal genuine concerns about accountability. In the case of Dialog, the leak arrived during a period when public trust in institutions was already eroding.

What truly fueled speculation, however, was the language allegedly found within portions of the leaked agenda. Discussions concerning geopolitical instability, emerging military technologies, artificial intelligence governance, social influence systems, and long-term civilizational planning immediately captured attention.

On their own, none of these subjects are remarkable. Think tanks discuss them constantly. Universities publish papers about them every year. Governments spend billions studying them. Yet context changes perception. The exact same conversation sounds very different when it occurs inside a public auditorium than when it occurs inside a heavily restricted conference attended by people whose decisions can reshape industries.

Some imagined the gathering as a modern version of the old elite councils described in conspiracy literature. Others viewed it as a harmless networking event exaggerated by online commentators desperate for clicks. Between those extremes sat a more interesting possibility. What if the real significance of the meeting had nothing to do with hidden conspiracies and everything to do with the concentration of influence itself? What if the unsettling aspect was not that powerful people were plotting something extraordinary, but that the same relatively small circles of people increasingly appear at the center of every major conversation about the future?

The deeper researchers dug into the names associated with the gathering, the more interconnected everything seemed.

Technology investors appeared alongside former intelligence officials. Military advisors appeared alongside artificial intelligence entrepreneurs. Political figures appeared alongside executives responsible for platforms used by hundreds of millions of people. None of this necessarily suggested coordination. Yet it highlighted something that modern society often struggles to acknowledge openly: power rarely exists in isolation. Financial influence, technological influence, political influence, and informational influence increasingly overlap. The individuals occupying those intersections may not agree on everything, but they inhabit the same ecosystems, attend the same events, know many of the same people, and often share remarkably similar assumptions about the future.

That future was precisely what seemed to dominate the discussions scheduled for Ireland. Artificial intelligence appeared repeatedly. So did automation, geopolitical instability, information warfare, and the possibility of large-scale systemic disruption. To critics, those topics sounded ominous. To supporters, they sounded responsible. Either way, they reflected an undeniable reality. A growing number of influential people genuinely believe that the next twenty years will transform civilization more dramatically than the previous hundred.

Whether they are right remains to be seen.

What matters is that many of them appear convinced. And when people with extraordinary resources become convinced of something, they often begin preparing for it long before the rest of the world realizes what is happening.

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How Allegory Reduces The Bible To Nothing More Than A Work Of Fiction

How Allegory Reduces The Bible To Nothing More Than A Work Of Fiction

Robert Gottselig

I remember the day well, when a confused man approached my Friends of Israel Gospel Ministry literature table at a prophecy conference we were invited to, and point blank asked me, “How can you believe any of this?”

He then began pointing to all the different book tables set up by the different ministries and proceeded to tell me what he was struggling with. You see, even though he had not read the books represented, he assumed we all had major differences of opinion regarding the end times (eschatology). In his mind, how could anyone believe any of it?

The Problem of Misinterpretation

After several minutes of discussion, I realized that he had for years been studying different authors who were not dispensationalists. Instead, he had fallen for the teachings of those whose hermeneutic (method of interpreting the Bible) was not to interpret the Bible in a literal, grammatical, historical way. But rather their approach was to look at the Bible in an allegorical and spiritual way. No wonder this man was so confused, as that method of interpretation leads to nothing more than confusion, especially in regard to eschatology.

Charles Ryrie in his book Basic Theology says it well: “If used consistently, allegorical hermeneutics would reduce the Bible to near-fiction, for the normal meaning of words would be irrelevant and would be replaced by whatever meaning the interpreter gives to the symbols. However, for the most part, allegorical hermeneutics is not practiced consistently or thoroughly. Evangelicals who use this system do so usually in the area of prophecy, while using normal or literal hermeneutics in other areas of biblical Interpretation.“

It is amazing that so many Christians who interpret God’s Word literally concerning Jesus’ First Coming now shift gears in the way they read their Bibles concerning events linked to His Second Coming. Such was the case with a former pastor who would expositionally preach a good sermon until he came to Bible prophecy. Because for him, modern-day Israel meant nothing. There was no Rapture, no literal Tribulation Period, Jesus was not coming back literally with two feet planted on the Mount of Olives, and thus no literal 1,000-year Kingdom. Where does it end? How do you decide what to take literally and what not to? 

Why Interpretation Matters

If I had taken God’s Word that way before I was saved, I would have never come to know Jesus as my personal Lord and Savior, because the Bible always could have meant something other than what it really said. Yet God tells us in His Word: 

“Behold, the former things have come to pass, and new things I declare; before they spring forth I tell you of them” (Isaiah 42:9).

“Remember the former things of old, for I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like Me, declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times things that are not yet done, saying, ‘My counsel shall stand, and I will do all My pleasure‘” (Isaiah 46:9–10).

“For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy” (Revelation 19:10).

You see, it is God alone who predicts the future. Prophecy is one of God’s signatures that tells us that we can trust in Him and His Word. It is what separates the Bible from all other religious writings in the world. But if we consistently use allegorical hermeneutics, as Charles Ryrie points out, then in effect what we have just done is reduce the Bible to nothing more than a work of fiction. How tragic!

With hermeneutics like that, it is no wonder so many people want nothing to do with Bible prophecy. It is no wonder pastors refuse to preach and teach events concerning the future, and it is no wonder it can be so hard to understand.

Instead, our approach when reading God’s Word should be: When the plain sense is common sense, seek no other sense. In other words, read God’s Word and believe what He has written without looking for some hidden meaning. Also, get some help from authors whose hermeneutic is to read and interpret God’s Word in a literal, grammatical, historical way. 

In closing, be encouraged, friends, because you too can understand the end times. God isn’t hiding these things from us—He has revealed them in Scripture. As we faithfully study His Word, we’ll begin to understand the end times in ways we never thought we could.

Trump Says Strait of Hormuz is Open With No Tolls After Iran Claims Closure

Trump Says Strait of Hormuz is Open With No Tolls After Iran Claims Closure, Suggests US Will Charge Tolls “For Services Rendered as the Guardian Angel to the Middle East”

Jordan Conradson

US officials, including President Trump, are denying Iran’s claim that the Strait of Hormuz will be closed after accusing the US and Israel of violating the memorandum of understanding. 

“There will be NO TOLLS in the Hormuz Strait for 60 days during the Cease Fire Period, and there will be NO TOLLS after the 60 day period has expired,” Trump said in a statement on Saturday afternoon.

As the Gateway Pundit reported earlier, Iran claimed it was closing the Strait again after continued fighting between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon on Friday and Saturday. Iran says Israel’s refusal to withdraw troops from Lebanon violates the memorandum of understanding between the US and Iran.

However, US Central Command said in a statment this morning that “Commercial ship traffic in the Strait of Hormuz increased June 20 as U.S. forces continued operating in the general area to support freedom of navigation.” The statement continued, “Safe passage through the international waterway remained intact today as 55 merchant ships transited, moving large amounts of cargo and more than 17 million barrels of oil to global markets.”

Vice President JD Vance also responded on Saturday morning. In an update on the talks with Iran, Vance said, "We got 16 million barrels out of the Strait of Hormuz in the last 24 hours. That is basically to where it was before the war even started, and so that suggests that the straits really are open."

"We're not seeing any evidence that the Iranians are still closing down the Strait of Hormuz," he added.

CENTCOM spokesperson Capt. Tim Hawkins also said in a statement, "Iran does not control the Strait of Hormuz. Traffic continues to flow, and U.S. forces are monitoring the situation to ensure this remains the case."

Trump, who is currently on a rare visit to Camp David, declared that the Strait is open and that no tolls will be charged for shipping. He further suggested that the only tolls that will ever be charged in the Strait will be American tolls, "should the deal not be completed, for services rendered as the Guardian Angel to the countries of the Middle East for purposes of both past, present, and future reimbursement of costs."

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Reports: US VP Vance flying to Switzerland today ahead of Iran talks; Witkoff, Kushner, Qatari PM already there

Reports: US VP Vance flying to Switzerland today ahead of Iran talks; Witkoff, Kushner, Qatari PM already there

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US Vice President JD Vance is expected to fly to Switzerland later Saturday to participate in tomorrow’s negotiations with Iran at the Burgenstock alpine resort, Axios reports.

US President Donald Trump’s special envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner have already arrived at the resort, according to reporter Barak Ravid, as have top officials from mediating countries, including Qatar’s prime minister.

Iranian state media reports that Tehran’s negotiating team includes parliamentary Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and central bank and oil officials, among others, some of whom have also already arrived at the resort ahead of the talks, which mediator Pakistan described as “technical.”