A major US strike on Iran may be coming right after the midterms, and in this episode we explain why Netanyahu's strong showing in the Israeli election makes it all but certain. They break down the Wall Street Journal reports on JD Vance reaching out to Iranian hardliners, the Saudi, Turkish and Pakistani delegation to Tehran, Lavrov's visit, and why Iran refuses to surrender the Strait of Hormuz, its allies, or uranium enrichment. Could Trump be launching a conflict that is easy to start but nearly impossible to end?
Timeline:
00:00:00 Israel election, US midterms and the WSJ Iran report
00:00:55 Why the Israeli election matters most
00:03:03 Saudi, Turkish and Pakistani delegation in Tehran
00:04:30 Iran refuses to back down
00:06:02 US demands on Hormuz, Houthis and enrichment
00:07:19 Is Iran stronger than in February
00:07:56 Lavrov in Tehran and the Russian grain lifeline
00:10:48 The April MOU Trump walked away from
00:12:31 Easy to start, hard to end
00:13:07 Post midterm calculus and the impeachment factor
Douglas Macgregor tells Judge Napolitano that China is now larger economically than the United States in purchasing power, and that Trump may now understand there is no military solution. He says the wars with Iran and Russia already showed that forces placed inside an adversary's weapon range would be destroyed.
Ukraine's flagship missile programs are finished, and Alexander explains why the Flamingo cruise missile and the FP7 and FP9 ballistic missiles were really cancelled as Zelensky leaves Kiev ahead of a massive Russian strike. He also covers the Russian advance near Orekhov and Dobropolye, the growing campaign against the Dnieper bridges, the stalled Freya air defense project, and the striking phrase in the Kremlin readout of Putin's call with Stubb and Store. Is Putin now signaling a demand that goes far beyond Istanbul plus?
Timeline:
00:00:00 Intro
00:00:31 Putin hosts African leaders in Moscow
00:01:51 Zelensky leaves Kiev for the Netherlands and UK
00:04:56 Big Russian missile and drone strike expected
00:07:25 Firepoint ends the Flamingo cruise missile
00:16:26 Why the Flamingo program really collapsed
00:18:24 FP7 and FP9 ballistic missiles cancelled
00:22:11 The S300 missile and the Taurus theory
00:27:10 Ukraine now depends on drones alone
00:30:40 Russian advance speeding up despite autumn rains
00:31:53 Ukrainian defenses north of Orekhov collapse
00:32:42 Dobropolye, Leman and Sumy fronts
00:35:43 Russian buildup near Aleshki and Kherson
00:39:08 The Freya air defense project delayed
00:44:36 Russia targets substations and Dnieper bridges
00:49:08 Iskander accuracy and the Rassvet satellite theory
00:53:22 Norway debunks the FT on the Putin call
00:57:52 Ushakov shuts Europe out of Abu Dhabi
00:59:48 Putin's "without any conditions" readout
01:07:28 Gordon Hahn on tougher Russian demands
George Beebe is the former CIA Director for Russia Analysis and currently Director of Grand Strategy at the Quincy Institute. He tells Glenn Diesen that Europe must face U.S. consequences if it blocks a Ukraine peace agreement.
Timeline:
00:00:00 Introduction and Context of the Ukraine Conflict
00:05:35 Diverging Expectations in Diplomatic Talks
00:15:45 The Complexity of European Security Architecture
00:25:17 The Role of NATO and Future Security Guarantees
00:30:45 Negotiation Dynamics and the Need for Unity
00:35:46 Final Thoughts on the Future of the Conflict
Andrei Martyanov says Trump's $1.5 trillion Pentagon plan is not what it seems inside the United States, and he cites reporting that a failed NDAA would leave the Pentagon with few options to replace weapons spent in the war with Iran.
CIA Analyst Larry Johnson and Col. Lawrence Wilkerson discuss the massive preparations leaking out of the US military establishment for a 'doomsday' war with Iran following Israel's elections and the geopolitical implications of the escalations underway.
Reports say Washington is warning its vassal states in the Persian Gulf that an attack on Iran is coming from the U.S. and Israel, following next weeks Mid-Term U.S. Elections, and that it will be a “short, intense” round of war. This, as the U.S. sends a Patriot missile system to Israel, for a sorry attempt at protection from Iran’s retaliation.
Former U.S. Diplomat and Geopolitical Analyst, Jim Jatras, noted that even if the U.S. uses the ‘Mother of All Bombs’ or Israel carries out a nuclear strike, there is no indication that it will be enough to severely disable Iran’s military capabilities. And both the region and the global economy will be devastated by Iran’s retaliation.
Christine Lagarde is leaving the European Central Bank early and heading for the WEF, and Alex breaks down what it means for Macron and the ECB. Alex also covers Obama's midterm attacks on Trump over Ukraine, the UK's record 10 billion pound package for Zelensky, Dutch PM Rob Jetten calling Russian gas stupid, Ushakov shutting Europe out of the Abu Dhabi talks, Bolsonaro's exile letter, Mike Waltz clashing with Cuba at the UN, and Ursula von der Leyen's failed plan for Canada. Is Bolsonaro about to become the next Juan Guaido?
Timeline:
00:00:00 Intro
00:00:37 Lagarde stepping down early from the ECB
00:02:47 Obama hits the midterm trail against Trump
00:08:00 Trump's $5,000 dividend and Mar a Lago
00:10:03 Trump takes aim at Talarico in Texas
00:11:37 UK hands Zelensky a record £10 billion
00:16:00 Netherlands aid and Jetten on Russian gas
00:19:17 Ushakov on Abu Dhabi talks; Lavrov to the G20
00:22:08 Zelensky and European security architecture
00:24:49 Norway's leader rebuts the FT on the Putin call
00:26:32 Bolsonaro in Miami and the exile letter
00:31:36 Israel election count update
00:34:55 Vance letter to Iran's hardliners
00:36:58 Waltz clashes with Cuba at the UN
00:40:27 EU Canada summit and Ursula's label flop
Nima Alkhorshid asks Michael Hudson about a Politico report that Israel's inconclusive election disappointed officials in Washington. Hudson says a tie will probably mean little change, and that the Trump administration and congressional Democrats support the same policy toward Israel and the attack on Iran.
What if aliens aren't visitors from another planet, but humans travelling back from the distant future? And what if UFOs are actually time machines?
In this episode of the Polarity Podcast, I'm joined by Dr. Michael P. Masters, a biological anthropologist, professor, and author best known for his groundbreaking Extratempestrial Hypothesis, which proposes that UFOs and UAPs may represent advanced technology operated by our own future human descendants.
We explore the fascinating connections between human evolution, alien encounters, UFO sightings, time travel, and the mysteries of human consciousness. Could the beings described in extraterrestrial encounters actually be humanity thousands or even millions of years into the future?
Dr. Masters opens up about his extraordinary personal experiences involving non-human intelligence, unexplained communication, altered states of consciousness, reincarnation, and the possibility of higher dimensions beyond our physical reality.
Could consciousness hold the key to understanding the true nature of extraterrestrial contact? Is our perception of time fundamentally misunderstood? And what might these encounters reveal about humanity's origins, destiny, and place in the universe?
Timeline:
00:00:00 Introduction
00:04:11 Meet Dr. Michael Masters
00:06:45 Are Aliens Actually Future Humans?
00:13:25 UFO Encounters, Religion & the Supernatural
00:18:15 How Could UFO Time Travel Actually Work?
00:24:20 Is the Future Already Predetermined?
00:30:00 Consciousness Beyond Space and Time
00:33:20 Michael's Extraordinary Personal Experiences
00:37:00 A Mysterious Encounter in Phoenix
00:45:00 Contact with an Unknown Intelligence
00:54:20 The Strange Experiences Inside His Home
00:58:00 Out-of-Body Experiences & Life After Death
01:02:00 Reincarnation, Near-Death Experiences & the Soul
01:04:00 Free Will, Fate & Pre-Birth Agreements
01:07:40 Could Grey Aliens Be Evolved Humans?
01:16:00 The Mystery of the Grey Alien's Black Eyes
01:21:00 Cryptoterrestrials & Hidden Civilizations
01:23:00 Alien Abductions, DNA & Genetic Experiments
01:29:30 Artificial Intelligence & Humanity's Future
01:32:00 Are Future Humans Trying to Prevent a Catastrophe?
01:34:15 When Do Humans Become Aliens?
01:36:40 UFO Secrecy & Government Cover-Ups
01:39:00 The Terrible Truth Behind UFO Disclosure
01:46:00 Reincarnation, Karma & the Purpose of Life
01:54:30 Could UFOs Accelerate Human Consciousness?
Former Lt. Colonel Anthony Aguilar and Matthew Hoh discuss Netanyahu's major setback in the Israeli election and why the conditions have now been laid for a renewed and dangerous escalation in the war against Iran, plus much more in geopolitics.
Pepe Escobar tells Judge Napolitano that Pakistan is not siding with Iran militarily. He says Field Marshal Asim Munir proposed the Tehran meeting, where the Turkish intelligence chief, the Saudi defense minister, and Munir sat with Mohsen Rezaei, and that Pakistan is mediating between the Mecca Defense Alliance and Iran, and between Iran and the United States.
With about 77% of the Knesset vote counted, Nima Alkhorshid says Netanyahu's bloc is near 54 seats and the other bloc near 49, both short of 61, and Elijah Magnier says neither can form a government on its own. Nima cites a Wall Street Journal report that the United States warned Gulf Arab states to prepare for a brief, intense military campaign against Iran after the midterms, and Magnier says more bombing would not bring Iran to the table.
Scott Ritter sits with Jacques Baud in Brussels and introduces the Swiss colonel to an American audience, opening on Europe and free speech. Baud describes his path as a citizen-soldier and strategic-intelligence analyst, from Warsaw Pact work and training in the US and UK to UN peacekeeping and a NATO small-arms post that took him to Ukraine in 2014.
American power rests on five pillars: the dollar and the financial system, the military, monopoly over advanced technology, fossil fuels, and soft power. Ben Norton's argument is that all five are now cracking.
In his lecture at the Fudan University Summer School on the Global South, Norton begins with theory, because the theories disagree in a way that matters. In the classical account, running from Hobson through Lenin and Rosa Luxemburg, imperialism is a stage: overproduction and insufficient demand at home, markets forced open abroad.
For the Patnaiks, in Capital and Imperialism, the root is raw materials and the deliberate depression of incomes across the tropics. For the dependency school and the world-systems analysts — Samir Amin, Wallerstein — capitalism is a single global division of labour: a core that monopolises high value added, and a periphery kept from climbing the chain.
Norton is frank about which of the three he finds most useful, and about the difference that follows: for Lenin, imperialism is a stage of capitalism; for the others, the two were never separable. Colonialism, he notes, is older than capitalism by millennia.
In this episode we break down a new Atlantic article confirming that CIA director John Ratcliffe is running Project Ukraine, while Elon Musk accuses Zelensky of violating Starlink's terms of service and draws a hard line between Starlink and the Pentagon's Starshield. As the Starlink fight exposes a deep power struggle inside the Trump administration, Putin keeps betting on Dmitriev, Witkoff and Kushner to deliver a new European security architecture that Rubio insists is only about Donbas. Who is really running Washington's Russia policy, and does Putin's unusual diplomacy stand any chance?
Timeline:
00:00:00 Atlantic article: CIA and Ratcliffe run Project Ukraine
00:01:57 Power struggle in Washington: CIA vs Musk
00:04:43 The Starlink Wars explained
00:06:48 Ratcliffe's close ties to Trump
00:09:06 Ratcliffe's Moscow trip and Putin message
00:11:16 Tulsi Gabbard sidelined and the neocon faction
00:12:47 Bessent, Vance and Musk on the other side
00:14:03 Starlink vs Starshield: civilian and military
00:16:31 Musk's X posts on Ukraine terms of service
00:20:10 Provisioning issue and Russian jamming risk
00:23:18 Did the CIA tell Ukraine to ignore the rules?
00:26:43 Ukraine caught between the CIA and Musk
00:28:38 Putin, Dmitriev, Witkoff and Kushner talks
00:31:08 Putin's push for a new European security architecture
00:35:56 Why Lavrov and Rubio sat out the talks
Pepe Escobar on Transition Protocol. Flávio Bolsonaro reportedly crossed into Argentina on foot with just his ID; Argentina says it has no record of his entry, and his whereabouts are unknown. And MBS didn’t want the Tehran meeting at all: sources say Pakistan’s army chief persuaded him, and MBS sent his brother, Defense Minister Prince Khalid bin Salman.
Timeline:
00:01:24 Bolsonaro’s son: on foot to Argentina, with only his ID — as reported.
00:04:25 What Trump said about Brazil’s vote — and about Lula.
00:25:59 Why MBS sent his brother to Tehran — per the person who organised the meeting.
00:35:01 What Riyadh asked Iran — and what Yemen did hours later.
Douglas Macgregor tells Glenn Diesen that calls to Vladimir Putin by the leaders of Finland and Norway mark the start of the end of the Ukraine war, because Europe knows the Ukrainian state is on life support and will have to make its own arrangements with Russia. He says NATO has no leadership left, that no European state will attack into Ukraine, and that Donald Trump is not interested in organizing Europe.
Timeline:
00:00:00 Introduction to Current Global Conflicts
00:06:06 The State of NATO and European Leadership
00:12:01 The Implications for Europe and NATO
