QUESTION: Marty, Socrates is just amazing. You have been correlating agriculture and climate as volcanoes that produce major global cooling events. Well, just an observation: Many volcanos are becoming active or erupting simultaneously. Do you see a volcanic winter in the cards?

Sam

ANSWER: There is about a 309.6-year cycle to the big ones that result in volcanic winters. However, that begins with the 43BC eruption Okmok II in Alaska. There is a lack of data that prevents an accurate forecast of such events. However, if we look at just recent recorded events from the 1257 eruption of Samalas volcano on Lombok Island, Indonesia, there appear to be events of this nature on the half-cycle so about 154 years or so. This event of 1257 is now recognized as one of the largest volcanic eruptions of the Holocene epoch.

We have three main sources: Ice Core Data: Sulfate spikes in ice cores from Greenland and Antarctica date to around 1257–1258. Tree rings from 1258–1260 in regions like Europe and North America suggest prolonged cooling and reduced growing seasons. Historical Records from Medieval chronicles, both from Europe and Asia, describe extreme weather in 1258–1259, including unseasonable cold, heavy rains, crop failures, and famines. The English records recorded this as the “year of famine” with widespread starvation. Interestingly, this is why our database on Wheat began in 1259. Because of this crisis, people started to record prices.

This is why I have warned about simultaneous eruptions. There was also a smaller eruption around 1227 (traced to another tropical volcano) may have compounded cooling effects earlier in the century. Thus, this major event may have magnified the volcanic winter.

A giant volcano in Alaska is showing signs of an impending eruption. Significantly elevated levels of volcanic gas emissions were recently observed around Mount Spurr, which is located 75 miles from Anchorage and is home to nearly 300,000 people. The Alaska Volcano Observatory (AVO) said the emissions ‘confirm’ that new magma is flowing beneath the volcano, indicating a foreseeable eruption.

Small earthquakes were detected at Mount Rainier, Mount St. Helens, and Mount Hood during the past week. These are the Cascade Range. We did have the “Volcan de Fuego,” or Volcano of Fire, blowing a thick ash cloud, seen from Palin, Guatemala, on Monday, March 10, 2025. This is more of my concern. Numerous volcanoes can have an accumulative effect.

I can say that a low in 2025 points to higher prices ahead.

Americans are more likely to support Israel amid the Middle East conflict, but support is waning. A Gallup poll found that 46% of Americans feel sympathy toward Israel, marking the lowest support in Gallup’s 25 years of tracking.

Around 33% of Americans reportedly sympathize with Palestine, a six percentage point rise from 2024 and the highest reading on file. Democrats are far more likely (45% v 18%) to sympathize with Palestine over Israel compared to Republicans. This shift for the Democrats occurred in 2022, as prior to that there was bipartisan support for Israel.

Around 40% of Americans say they approve of Donald Trump’s handling of the war. Yet, most Americans want to see a two-state solution where Palestine establishes clear national lines. Around 55% of American adults support this measure and want to see an independent Palestine. Republicans are split on the issue, with 41% in favor and 49% in opposition.

Israel has received $12 billion in foreign military sales from the US since January 2025. A $3 billion arms deal was approved on the first of this month, and a $4 billion military assistance package was also approved on the same date. A $8 billion arms package was sent to Israel in February, with the bulk going toward bombs and guidance kits. Israel already received $3.3 billion annually from the Foreign Military Financing grant provided by the US.

America will continue funding Israel indefinitely. Turning Gaza into the “Riviera of the Middle East” will not likely go over well and we will see a massive humanitarian and refugee crisis as millions of Palestinians will be displaced. As the economy turns down, so will America’s overall support of Israel.

According to the Treasury Department, America’s deficit surpassed the $1 trillion mark this February. The deficit reached $307 billion for the month, marking a 2.5X increase on a monthly basis and 3.7% higher on an annual basis.

The deficit for the first five months of FY25 hit $1.15 trillion, a $318 billion increase (+38%) from the same period last year. America is paying $74 billion simply to finance this debt, with interest payments over the FY rising to $396 billion.

The deficit under the last three years of Biden-Harris grew from $1.38 trillion to $1.83 trillion as the public sector and government spending multiplied. Trump is attempting to make a dent in government spending through DOGE, but he is hitting America’s revenue with these tariffs. Both measures have only just begun and have not made a major impact on the economy yet.

Deficits no longer create economic growth; instead, they now consume it. Each additional dollar of debt generates diminishing returns, meaning the cost of servicing this debt will soon exceed the nation’s ability to function without radical restructuring.

Investors and global capital are beginning to take notice. Foreign demand for US debt has waned, with China and Japan significantly reducing their Treasury holdings. Meanwhile, the Federal Reserve is trapped. If it raises rates to combat inflation, it exacerbates the debt crisis. If it lowers rates, it risks unleashing another speculative bubble, but central banks tend to lower rates when they see a recession looming. There is no way out without structural reform.

Canada has agreed to fund woke programs abandoned by USAID. As the nation grapples with a barely functioning government and cost of living crisis, the Canadian government is funding what it believes to be a top priority – implementing LGBTQ programs in a Muslim nation.

Canada’s Minister of International Development, Ahmed Hussen, announced that the government would send C$272.1 million to Bangladesh and the Indo-Pacific region. “Canada continues to fiercely strengthen our long-lasting friendship with Bangladesh and the wider Indo-Pacific region with our long-standing people-to-people ties,” Hussen said in a statement. “By supporting vulnerable communities’ healthcare services, empowering women and addressing climate change, we are creating a brighter tomorrow for the global community.”

Bangladesh never asked for this funding. A primarily Muslim nation does not want “gender-responsive inclusive education” or “community resilience through locally-led inclusive adaptation.” Over 91% of the population there follows Islamic teachings that certainly do not align with the woke narrative that the liberals are forcing on the world. The money will likely be funneled through an NGO per usual and land in the pockets of pompous bureaucrats who believe they are saving the world.

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Bangladesh does not even support same-sex marriage or civil partnerships. In fact, homosexuality is ILLEGAL in Bangladesh, and breaking the law could result in life imprisonment or death. These programs are placing people in extreme danger. There are no inclusive or safe spaces for members of the LGBTQ community in Bangladesh, and it is wrong to provide people with a false sense of security.

Leave it to the West to enter a foreign nation and force them to adopt a new moral code. The US will no longer fund these pointless woke programs through corrupt USAID, but Carney is willing to pick up the very expensive tab that comes with virtue signaling. Canadians should be outraged that their government is spending hundreds of millions of public funds on programs that benefit no one.

QUESTION: What do you see for the Canadian election?

LW

ANSWER: I have not run the models on that yet. What I do see is that Carney effectively ran against Trudeau. He is one of the founders of NetZero and the Build Back Better agenda. What he is doing is very clever. All governments, when in trouble, need an external distraction. He has succeeded in making resisting Trump the issue, not the economy, climate, or anything else he has stood for. He has tapped into the emotions of Canadians to vote for him to RESIST Trump with what? More tariffs? As the Democrats clung to the single issue of ABORTION, Carney is doing that with Trump. The outcome will not be great. We are headed into a global recession, and this began from May 2024 before Trump took office.

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The Trump Administration added protections for Christians for a reason. Christians have been relentlessly persecuted by the far-left who have turned wokeness into a religion. The media is split after Bernie Sanders, 83, launched his “stop oligarchy tour” with an introduction from a transexual singer who deliberately mocked God, Jesus, Holy Easter, and Christians in general.

The singer in question, Laura Jane Grace, uttered such filth that I do not want to repeat it on this blog, but many of the lyrics were extremely sexual and outright profane. All hell would break loose if this message was directed at anyone other than Christians.

Legacy media outlets are cheering Sanders “as the leader of the anti-Trump resistance.” People who deemed themselves anti-Biden were considered dangerous potential domestic terrorists. Intelligence agencies actually monitored such people and they were often prohibited from speaking out against Joe Biden online. Conservative rallies were closely monitored, unless someone wanted to attempt to assassinate the GOP candidate, and were often compared to Nazi rallies. Who seems to be intolerant here?

“What all of this tells me, is not just in Michigan or in Vermont, the people of this country will not allow us to move toward oligarchy. They will not allow Trump to take us into authoritarianism,” Sanders yelled. “We’re prepared to fight. And we’re going to win.”

Democrats believe that we are under an oligarchy because their candidates have lost. The people VOTED FOR DONALD TRUMP and the policies he campaigned on. Sanders is effectively asking the public to boycott democracy and refuse to accept the leader chosen by the people.

Christians were frequently debanked under the Biden regime for holding opposing views. They were often prohibited from adopting children, and many had their children taken away for refusing to allow their children to switch genders. Pro-abortion protestors stormed churches during mass, shouting at churchgoers for holding differing beliefs. They were fired from their jobs for refusing to take the COVID experimental injection that used stem cells. Bibles were removed from schools and replaced with pro-trans literature for children. Drag queens received public funds to read these books to children, and parents were not allowed to question what was happening.

The woke movement is an anti-Christian movement. Christians cannot express their dissenting views without being perceived as intolerant. Imagine if Trump opened a rally with a singer who sexualized a leader of any other faith?

The newly established White House Faith Office should look into this rally that urged thousands to mock a religion out of pure hate. The Dems know that the woke agenda angers those who live in reality, which is exactly why Sanders’ rally began with a transexual mocking Jesus.

Over 50,000 people are expected to attend the COP30 climate summit this November in Belém, Brazil, where world leaders will concoct new ways to weaponize carbon usage against the people. Brazil’s president touted that it is historical since it is “a COP in the Amazon, not a COP about the Amazon.” Not only will the event be held in the Amazon, but the government has begun clearing tens of thousands of preserved acres within the Amazon ahead of the event.

The government states it needs to clear a section of the forest to build a new road to accommodate the expected 50,000 attendees. “Everything was destroyed,” one farmer told BBC. “Our harvest has already been cut down. We no longer have that income to support our family.” He is currently living off savings as the government has not compensated him for the loss.

Scientists have voiced concerns that the measure will disrupt the ecosystem and lead to a loss of wildlife. “Land animals will no longer be able to cross to the other side too, reducing the areas where they can live and breed,” one scientist stated.

Adler Silveira, the state government’s infrastructure secretary, admitted the measure is not about providing infrastructure to locals, as “more importantly, serve people for COP30 in the best possible way.”

The federal government will invest over $81 million to expand the nearby airport from “seven to 14 million passengers.” As we know, the climate elite prefer to fly privately, although they believe you should drive an EV or take public transportation. The globalists are the “polluter elites” who want to implement prohibitions on consumption for the masses. The Guardian reported that the top 1% produce more carbon emissions than the poorest 66%. The climate change agenda is purely a control tactic, control over our tax spending, energy and food consumption, and freedom of movement. The very people preaching that we must abandon our way of life to save the world KNOW that it is a hoax.

The conference will mark the 10^th anniversary of the Paris Agreement that put nations on a path of economic suicide by suffocating the entire energy sector. It is hard to understand how anyone supports these climate zealots who NEVER follow the rules they impose on the public.

The US federal government weaponized the banking system to attack conservatives during the Biden Administration. A Congressional investigation committee released an extremely concerning report in December entitled: “FINANCIAL SURVEILLANCE IN THE UNITED STATES: HOW THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WEAPONIZED THE BANK SECRECY ACT TO SPY ON AMERICANS” that details how the US government has been monitoring American citizens through bank transactions, with an emphasis on citizens who have expressed conservative viewpoints. The banks were caught red-handed and now some are expressing their need to change, so long as they are in line with whomever is currently in the White House.

JPMorgan Chase announced that it would be updating its code of conduct after conservative group Alliance Defending Freedom accused the bank of religious discrimination. The bank has updated its “diversity and inclusion” section to prevent discrimination against “religious views” or “political opinion.”

JPMorgan Chase and other major institutions deny calculated debanking practices, but the Congressional investigation proved that banks were instructed to target people holding potential political and religious dissenting views under the Bank Secrecy Act. The Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) E-Filing System is a system for financial institutions to file reports required by the BSA electronically. By law, the BSA requires businesses to keep records and file reports to help prevent and detect money laundering. This is how the Biden Administration is attempting to disregard privacy and weaponize financial institutions.

Banks were instructed to search transactions for keywords such as “Trump” and “MAGA” to look for “domestic terrorists.” We are awarded the right to bear arms under the Second Amendment, but the Biden Administration wanted to know who was purchasing firearms as exercising 2A rights was enough to deem any ordinary citizen “suspicious.” Any American who PURCHASE A BIBLE was considered a person of interest. This is extremely troubling and goes beyond government overreach and violated numerous Constitutional protections.

Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 protects American citizens from blatant discrimination based on religion. If a bank refused to allow Hindus, Muslims, Jews, or any other religion to access their bank accounts, there would be civil unrest on the streets. The West permits the open persecution of Christians because 1) they do not want nations to have a united identity (i.e., a Christian nation), and 2) Christians tend to vote conservative.

“In sum, by providing financial institutions with lists of people that it views as generally “suspicious” on the front end, the FBI has turned this framework on its head and contravened the Fourth Amendment’s requirements of particularity and probable cause,” the Congressional investigation states.

Donald Trump called out JPMorgan Chase at Davos in January 2024. “I don’t know if the regulators mandated that because of Biden or what, but you and [JP Morgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon] and everybody, I hope you’re going to open your banks to conservatives, because what you’re doing is wrong,” Trump said at Davos.

Debanking is a worldwide phenomenon of governments weaponizing banking institutions. We saw Trudeau debank protestors among the Canadian trucking convoy movement, for example, and I reported how Britain debanked Nigel Farage for his opposing views.

The UN-backed Net-Zero Banking Alliance aims to punish anyone not adhering to the climate change agenda financially, and over 144 banks have signed on board. I reported that a bullion dealer I personally know suddenly had his credit lines revoked. Governments genuinely believe the people are underpaying taxes by at least 35%. They want to eliminate all financial hedges against government and financially cripple those who do not abide by the agenda.