The Default Path

Posted on February 10, 2026 by AH Trimble

This might be the most important article concerning humanity in our lifetime. Well, at least one written by me…IMHO. Bear with me for a few minutes.

Interstate I-90 runs from Boston, MA to Seattle, WA…it’s about 3,100 miles long. If you get on I-90 in Boston and head west you will end up in Seattle unless you take an exit before you reach Seattle. There are approximately 375 – 400 exits along the way if you are headed west. You can only get off the interstate legally and safely at one of those exits…government designed and government controlled exits. Any other exit point is either illegal and/or unsafe. Obviously you can’t get to Miami, FL using I-90. I-90 is a default path between Boston and Seattle.

If you start stealing as a child, continue it into your teenage years and no one intervenes (i.e. parent, pastor, or police) you probably enter adulthood as a thief of one kind or another. And the vast majority of thieves eventually get caught and end up in jail or prison…unless they change that behavior. Ending up in either jail or prison is a bad place to be. But it is a human default path, the law of natural consequences.

The life-cycle of empires is the same…always has been…and it is absolute…no different outcome. The life-cycle or default path of an empire is:

A new world order (new empire emerges)
Peace, prosperity, productive, and debt growth
Debt bubble, big & growing wealth gap
Debt bust and economic downturn
Printing money and credit
Wars and revolution
Debt and political restructuring
A new world order (old empire falls & new empire emerges)

The availability of, acquisition of, and loss of control of, personal information began in earnest with the arrival of computers. With little to no control of who can acquire it, store it, analyze it, or use it…our lives are now an open book to government and the corporate world. Just having the information is bad enough but the ability to use that information to manipulate individuals, entire demographic groups, and even whole populations makes it much worse. Result…no privacy and the manipulation of the public at the hands of governments, media, and corporations. To this day there are still no effective limitations on the use/misuse of our personal/private information. It was a default path from the very beginning.

These are all examples of a “default path”. Now enters Artificial Intelligence (AI). We in the US, and the entire world, are on a default path with AI. There are ZERO effectual limitations on AI…its building, its control, its capability, or even who can use it. If you have enough money you can build even the most advanced AI system…and do so in virtual privacy with no one, not even government, knowing your doing it.

Is that a problem?

When you understand the current capabilities of the most advance level of AI systems you should start to get a sense of where the dangers may be. Consider this…last year advanced AI systems not only disobeyed operators’ command to stop a process, they knew how to deceive the operators as well continuing the processing. Don’t forget we have had military drones that can bomb targets from the air, ground drone swarms that can find and destroy tanks, water based drones that can find and destroy ships and submarines, and drones that operate on land armed with machine guns that can find, identify, and kill troops. Okay, what’s the big deal? It’s a good thing, right? Well, these drones can do all of this autonomously; not just autonomously but without any human interaction or even humans knowing they are doing so.

So that is the extreme example of AI joined with drones; at least an extreme example for now. But the real threat right now isn’t the military/violence capability. It’s the everyday threat.

AI started replacing humans in the workforce in notable numbers in 2025. I wrote an article about that last year…55,000 US jobs lost specifically to AI. But that is just barely the tip of the iceberg as we move into 2026 and exponential growth as we hit 2027. Here is what we know to be fact:

Most customer service and technical service jobs will be lost to AI.
Almost all manufacturing jobs will be lost to AI.
Most accounting positions will be lost to AI.
Virtually all computer programming jobs will be obsolete with AI.
Graphic artists will become extinct other than as a hobby.
All media…music, video, movie, TV production, actors, and writes/authors will virtually disappear.
Lawyers will disappear, other than senior lawyers who will run AI law firms.
Doctors, especially specialists, will slowly be phased out.
Most driving jobs get replaced with AI operated vehicles.
Virtually all warehouse jobs go away.
Human educators will disappear, replaced by AI generated virtual instructors.

Okay, you get my point; I could go on for a very long list but there is no need. Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the last 3 years you know what is happening. But do you really know the timeline involved? It is far shorter than you imagine, and is coming far sooner than you think.

If you haven’t heard already there are two things to make this transition easier, more palatable, to humans; 1) Universal Basic Income (UBI), 2) lower prices of all goods and services.

Yeah, UBI is a Utopian dream come true. You don’t have to work but you receive a basic annual income to not just pay for all of your living necessities, but to cover all your hobbies and leisure as well. As for the lower prices…since AI will be doing all the work for almost no labor cost, everything will be cheap, cheap, cheap. So life will be great!!!! Yes?

Well, where will the UBI come from? Only two options; 1) the corporations making the money/profit, 2) government that takes money from the corporations to pass on to individuals.

Yup. Let me ask you this…do you trust corporations to set a realistic UBI and pay it out to people? Then there is this question…Do you trust the government to set a realistic UBI and competently transfer that money to its citizens from the corporations? Could corruption come into play with either entity being responsible for the UBI? It’s a matter of trust.

But, just for the heck of it, let’s say UBI comes into practice and is paid out timely and competently. Will everyone get the same amount? What about the folks running the corporations and the government…do they get salaries in the same amount as the UBI? Yeah, I didn’t think so.

What might this look like? Three distinct classes of people:

Corporate owners and those who run those companies day-to-day,
Government employees and politicians,
Everyone else.

What does that sound like to you? Yup, Communism…same structure. And Communism is a perfect example of authoritarianism. Does that sound like utopia to you? It does to some…the corporate folks and the government folks. Why? Because with Communism…there are those that are in-charge and rich…and then everyone else.

How does this apply to “the default path”?

Just like I-90…unless we take an exit we end up in Seattle…and nowhere else. As of now there are no controls on AI…at least none that mean anything substantial. The originators/developers of AI started the path…the default path. And, no one now is creating any exits. And, as of now many AI systems are controlling themselves as recent tests have shown. By the end of 2026…yup, this year, as of now the most advanced versions of AI will exceed the ability of humans to control it unless significant steps are taken. The default path is set.

What does that mean to us…the average person? The “us” means humankind in general…and timing comes into play as well. Here’s the default path:

AI is extremely powerful…take the smartest human genius and the advanced AI systems are a 1000 times smarter…today. Next year they will be a million times smarter.
AI has access to ALL information in the world…including ALL personal information soon. AI is already manipulating you, your news, your video suggestions, etc. By next year what you see and hear will be tailored very specifically to your personality…and who the “owner” of the AI system wants you to become.
AI has the ability to produce virtually undetectable fake media (video, pictures, audio, etc) that you consume. By next year, only other AI, or the most highly trained humans, will be able to detect the most advanced of AI produced media.
AI will continue to become “smarter” without any assistance of humans.
As AI replaces human workers and UBI comes into play, humans become ‘subjects’ of, and completely controlled by, the corporations implementing AI and the governments who control the corporations. The term serfs comes to mind.

This year AI will have some impact on the mid-term elections via media, messaging, etc.. Come the 2028 presidential elections…AI will be a major influencer…far larger and more effective than any foreign government ever was. AI power will run the campaigns…and that will determine the Presidential winner. And what is an advanced AI system decides one candidate is more accepting of AI…will that AI system hack into the computer controlled election system and manipulate it?

Did you get all that regarding Utopia? There would only be three entities/demographics; 1) corporations, 2) governments, 3) citizens. Only two of those groups would have power; 1) corporations, 2) governments. But there is another entity that I failed to mention that would have power…the most power…AI itself. What do you think the logical outcome might be? And how would that come about?

So “the default path” is absolute and clear at this point. Why? Because there are no entities that are setting meaningful controls over AI…at least no controls that are effective and enforceable. And there are no entities with power planning on or able to control the development of AI. So with no exits we end up in Seattle…the default path…even if we wanted to go to Miami.

How long do we have to build exists? There are some AI experts that say it’s already too late. Others say we still have time…maybe months to 2 years at most.

Here is a really dark idea to consider…Believers who believe that the Lord will come and He ultimately wins.

I believe that to be true…as do billions of Christians around the world. I have faith. Here is something I would like you to do…read The Book of Revelation in the New Testament. But read it with the concept of AI rolling around in your head. There are other ‘end times’ verses in the Bible..read them too. But again, read them with AI rolling around in your head.

Can AI be a good thing for humanity? Yup, undeniably so…with solid controls, sideboards, and exits. Here is the problem…who is change of creating the controls, sideboards, and exits? Ah, the corporations creating AI and to a much smaller and limited degree, governments. Do you see a problem with that?

And one last problem…let’s say we had a good President and he saw the HUGE problems with AI now and in the near future. And let’s say he wanted to prevent the worst from happening. So, he puts a stop to all AI development and current AI operations while we figure things out. Here’s the serious problem…whichever country gets the most advanced AI system up and running first with the most capabilities becomes the sole super-power in the world for years, if not decades, to come. No other country could do anything about it…because the first controlling AI system would be monitoring all the other country’s AI system development and defending against them surpassing itself. And if it saw that it couldn’t stop the surpassing…it would simply stop the country. Yeah, think what that “stop” would/could look like.

Here is another question to ponder…What happens when AI learns that humans are mostly leaches benefiting from their (AI systems’) efforts?

So advanced AI is a massive problem to humanity…but advanced AI is also the solution to preserving our country. The dilemma is…if we don’t build it and use it, some other country will…then they control us. But if we, the US, has the most advanced AI system…does it get used against us mere citizens? Does it prevent us from becoming serfs?

What is the answer? What do you see coming? Better question…what could you do to prepare for this default path?

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“1984” is Alive and Unwell?

Posted on February 9, 2026 by AH Trimble

Remember the book “1984” by George Orwell? At the time it was Orwell’s view of the future. Now, depending on which US political party is in power, the book is used by the opposing party to criticize the government and the party in power. Yup, claiming all the evils in the book against the opposition. The pendulum is well known to swing after the results of the next election. I myself used the relativism during the Obama and Biden years myself. I should have done more during the Bush years…both Bush’s.

If you remember from the book there are three main super-powers in the world; Oceania, Eurasia, and Eastasia. They are continually at war with each other resulting in huge causalities and mammoth consumption of resources on all sides. Peace alludes them, and their respective governments use continual “war” as one way to unite & control their populations.

Oceania, is led by Big Brother, a dictatorial leader, staunchly and blindly supported by a virtual cult…a cult of personality based on Big Brother…blind obedience is required. In Oceania the government is everywhere, it is a violent police state, surveillance of everything and everybody, there is a constant stream of propaganda from the government, and there is widespread persecution of individualism and independent thinking. You are either with the party and obey the government, or you are “dealt with”.

Over the years I’ve heard lots of comparisons with different aspects of life in the world, countries, leaders, etc.. Not long ago I heard that Eurasia was the USSR/Russian Empire (includes Europe), Eastasia was the Chinese Empire (all of Asia and Africa), and Oceania was the American Empire (western hemisphere). Could seem possible…but still somewhat in the future. Although it does appear that we are at war with China for the last 10 years and with Russia for the last 80 years. And most recently some say we appear to be willing to go to war, at least economically, with Europe and all NATO countries. And with the recent re-implementation of the Monroe Doctrine, it looks like the US is creating an Oceania by subjugating all other countries in the western hemisphere. But I am not buying into all of these comparisons just yet…potentially not at all.

What if 1984 wasn’t about three world super-powers such as the empires just mentioned?

First off, George Orwell wasn’t “George Orwell” at all; he was actually Eric Arthur Blair. “George Orwell” was his pen name. But, we will continue to call him George Orwell. He was born in India, but a British citizen, and grew up in England. He staunchly opposed totalitarianism, authoritarianism, communism, fascism, and democratic socialism. Few know he was a combat veteran and fought in the Spanish Civil War. He was also a police officer for a portion of his life. Interestingly, Orwell’s wife worked in England’s Censorship Department of the Ministry of Information during WW2. Some irony there.

Back to my thought about 1984…

There have been plenty of parallels drawn between 1984 and the world. Many have speculated that Oceania was, and is, the United States. Any reasonable person can see that as being applicable at different times in the last 80 years. But what if it isn’t about the “world” and Oceania isn’t the US? I was thinking this morning about an alternative.

What if it was all about the US…but in a different sense?

What if two of the 1984 super-powers are the US political parties, Republicans & Democrats, and the third super-power being Independents? Think about that for just a minute…both the Republican Party and Democrat Party are super-powers in the US…the only actual political super-powers. They each run the country, sometimes with absolute authority when/if they are in office holding power…especially if they control both Houses of Congress. Both parties “disappear” those who violate the norms of their leadership and question the party.

Look at the US Presidents for the last 100 years…with rare exception they have been very strong personalities with virtual cult-like followings. That is especially true with at least 3 out of the last 4 US Presidents. The sole exception in the last 100 years was definitely Jimmy Carter…worthless…milk toast.

Continuing the comparison…both parties spew nothing more than propaganda supporting their party’s positions and achievements; and the government spews propaganda that is designed to keep itself in unquestioned power. No one can realistically challenge that the US is a surveillance state. A strong case, could be made that the US is also a police state for the last 25 years…or very close to it…and getting closer every day.

You look as someone like Rand Paul and his father before him, Ron Paul, they were regularly criticized when they broke with the Republican Party and took an independent position. That was true even when they opposed the Republican Party and embraced a principle of the Founding Fathers and/or held a strict Constitutional position. Recently you can see the same thing when it comes to the Epstein Files…advocates for release on either side of the aisle are often criticized by their party leadership either publicly or privately. There is a long list of Republicans on the “black list” with this current administration for doing so, MTG being the latest high-profile example…15 more added to the list last week.

Both parties appear to be continually at war with each other. It’s hard to find a single issue with which both parties can agree. There are some rare issues where they readily agree; expanding the national debt, large annual budget deficits, draconian federal law enforcement and surveillance powers, military might, etc.. Yeah, basically they can agree on virtually anything that gives the federal government power over individuals…at the expense of rights, liberties, and freedoms of US citizens. Anyone who disagrees with either or both parties…well, it appears that both parties despise these individuals…especially when they are collectively referred to as “independents”.

Think about this round of statistics of a recent poll:

46% of the US identify as Republicans or leaning Republican
45% of the US identify as Democrats or leaning Democrat

That poll result is when people are asked to identify with a particular party or if they even “lean” towards a particular party…but they are only given two party choices. But when given three choices; Republican, Democrat, or Independent the results are a significantly different:

27% identify as Republican
27% identify as Democrat
45% identify as Independent

When you get right down to it there are three groups of Americans, politically speaking. There are two organized political groups and one group that doesn’t like either political party. But which two parties are the ones obsessed with, and lust for, power? Yup, the Republicans and Democrats…two political super-powers. Which parties have run-up the national debt? Which parties have accrued massive annual budget deficits? Which parties have voted over and over again to give draconian laws to the federal government? Which parties have allowed torture of America’s enemy prisoners? Which parties are ever-so-ready to get us into wars? Which parties…

Well, you get my point…the answer is unquestionably both political parties.

Back to 1984…what if the book is all about the US? What if the book is about continual war between political parties?

What if the US is (and has been) led by Big Brother(s), dictatorial leader(s), all of whom are staunchly and blindly supported by a virtual cult (political party members)…a cult of personality based on party leadership (i.e. Presidents)…requiring blind obedience to the party and its leadership.

In Oceania the government was everywhere; is it not the same in the US? Is the federal government creating a police state, surveillance of everything and everybody…or has it done so already? Does the federal government spew a constant stream of propaganda? In the world of politics is there not widespread persecution of individualism and independent thinking? Do both parties demean and revile “independents”…at the same time seek their votes? Are we not seeing that people are either with the party or they are demonized? Are we not seeing now in some quarters that you are either blindly with the government or you are demonized?

Odd, 1984…the world? The US? The political ideology of the US?

No wonder George Washington warned us against political parties and their lust for power…and how it would ruin the country. No wonder the Founding Fathers were so concerned about an all-powerful central government. No wonder that the Constitution was designed to severely limit the power of the federal government.

And no wondering why we are in the situation we now find ourselves.

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CCC & the real plan…

Posted on February 2, 2026 by AH Trimble

I have several articles, including a series, that are written and scheduled to post on the site in the coming weeks. Pretty decent material if I say so myself. But, I am postponing all of them for now so I can get this article written and posted…and then answer any questions or respond to any feedback that comes of it. My friend Russ started me thinking this morning when he sent me a couple of emails…this article is a result of that as well as a “prompting”. Thank you Russ.

Most of the folks that open this article will probably never read it. Many who do read it will probably not hear what I am saying. I probably will not do a good job of writing it. But I must write it. You see I’ve been repeatedly prompted to write this particular article since last night (Saturday). Even now, Sunday, as I start I am not sure what I will write. It will post on Monday morning.

For too long I’ve tried to suppress the spiritual side of what I write, or at least keep it to a minimum, that stops today. The prompting to write this article is a spiritual one…for me, clearly a spiritual prompting. Before I even sat down to start writing I knelt in prayer and asked God to guide me and write those words that He would have me write. That these words might be for His end. Relax, I am not claiming to be writing the words of God…of course not, I am hardly worthy to do that. I simply asked Him for guidance.

And, along with that I am asking this of you…Please only read this article if you too feel a spiritual prompting to do so. If you have that prompting and you decide to read this, please ask the ‘spirit’ that you might hear the words that are meant for you…the message meant for you, and you alone.

Let’s do this together…

One of the blessings of old(er) age, if we allow it, is perspective. From what I understand perspective is a mental view in depth; a technique of seeing in a three-dimensional way. Perception is our interpretation of sensory input, people, events, etc.. With interpretation that usually drags in our emotions, bias, and prejudices. As I get older I try hard to have perspective vs perception.

My earliest personal recollections of US history would be from the civil rights movement. I remember the emotions when Martin Luther King was killed. Terrible and sad time. When I was young I also clearly remember my father cleaning and loading his pistol and saying something to the effect that those n*$$*rs better not come to our town. I didn’t really understand what he was saying to be honest, I just knew it didn’t feel right. He often disparaged Catholics in the similar terms. My father had some real bias and hate in him, but he was a decent father to me and I love him still even though he passed over 50 years ago when I was still a teenager.

Then came the Vietnam War and serious demonstrations, protests, and riots to stop the war. A very vocal group came out of that…the veterans who fought in the war and were vehemently opposed to it. As is plain today, the protesters were absolutely right…the war was wrong…we were deceived into fighting it…60,000 dying for it…a black wall in Washington attesting to it.

One common denominator to both the civil rights movement and the Vietnam War protests were the diametrically opposed sides. One side wanted/demanded equal rights, the other wanted to keep “those people” in their place. One side wanted us out of Vietnam, stop our boys from dying, and have peace. The other side wanted the war, wrapped itself in the flag, cried “patriotism”, and called the protesters pinkos, commies, fags, and worse. Turns out…we shouldn’t have been in Vietnam, it wasn’t our war, we lost tens of thousands of good military folks, destroyed the lives of hundreds of thousands more soldiers, and split the country for decades to come…and all for nothing.

These are not the first instances of these kinds of events in the US, just the first ones I can clearly remember. We had them before, and we’ve had a slew of them since. The latest example is the utter debacle in Minnesota.

Look, I am not talking about the rightness or wrongness of the underlying issue. That is not my point or where I am headed in this article. I want to go far behind the curtain…I want to attempt perspective to all of this and maybe along the way I might be able to expose what I think is really going on. Yeah, maybe shed some disinfecting light on a virus that is killing America…or already has.

Look, I don’t know what your political beliefs are, I don’t know what your religious beliefs are. I doubt that all those who read this article will even be Americans…but it will apply to non-Americans and their countries as well. This article is about America…and what we are doing to ourselves.

First off, let’s talk about the “CCC” that I mentioned in the title. Some of you may already know what I am referring to; Chaos, Confusion, Conflict. CCC is a strategy. A strategy to overthrow countries…well, at least their governments. And it is highly effective. It worked for our Founding Fathers during our revolution against a far superior British military machine. The same strategy is at play right now in the US.

There is little doubt that there is an organized apparatus behind the protests, demonstrations, and violence in Minnesota. And I am sure there are plenty of leftist/communist/Marxist/socialist people leading it and funding it. Just as back in the civil rights days and the Vietnam War days, there were similar organizations behind some of that as well. But it wasn’t all leftists/communists/Marxists/socialists on the ground doing the protesting, demonstrating, riots, and violence. There were some good folks, passionate folks, well-meaning folks, even veterans standing up against the establishment for what they felt was right.

And their underlying cause was just, it was right, it was the right thing to change America. And as in Minnesota there are some good folks there on the ground doing what they feel is right. Now look, you don’t have to agree with them, I get that. But they aren’t all insurgents, rebels, leftists, commies, etc. That is just the trap that some higher-ups are laying out there for us…all of us…on all sides.

I have read a whole bunch of posts from people I am guessing are on the right. Everything from celebrating the deaths of Good and Pretti, to calling for more deaths to protesters, to calling them “insurgents”, “domestic terrorists”, “rebels”, “assassins”, etc. Do you find it odd that many of the people using those terms claim former positions in the FBI, Special Forces, the CIA, or are current members of government? Who do you think develop, supervise, and carryout psychological operations (pysops) here at home and around the world?

Then again, on the other side you have military veterans opposing what I.C.E. and D.H.S. are doing in Minnesota. You also have current and former FBI, DHS, and ICE employees opposing their tactics as well.

Now what do you do? Who do you believe? Do you stick with “confirmation bias” or try to acquire perspective?

Whatever your perception or perspective…the situation is getting worse in America. Now, we see not just a left vs right, or democrat vs republican, or pro-immigrant vs anti-illegal immigrant conflict…now the right and republicans are being split apart. The latest polls shows 20% of republicans not only object to ICE, 20% of republicans want to abolish ICE altogether! The percentage of republicans objecting to the ICE tactics is now 40%!! The right is being torn apart. Why do you think?

I mentioned “real plan” in the title as well. So here are some thoughts I want to throw out to you. What is the real plan behind the scenes? Historically the USA has been considered a conservative country…no longer. The US population is now evenly split between conservative/Republican and liberal/Democrat when given a 2-party choice. When give a third option 47% of Americans (independents) dislike both political parties. Why do you think?

Let me throw this out to you…what happens as the right battles the left? I’ve read so many people talk about this being civil war or another revolution. Is it? Who benefits from a civil war or another revolution…or promoting those concepts? Certainly not the US population! People would die by the thousands, maybe hundreds of thousands…God forbid by the millions. Homes would burn, families torn apart, infrastructure would be destroyed for years to come. America would be fractured for decades, maybe centuries to come…maybe forever.

I’ve heard more that one person talk about only one side could/should win, the other side would/should be wiped out. Okay, which side wins and which sides gets wiped out? Who do you choose to die? Whose home do you choose to see burned to the ground? Whose town, village, or city do you want to see bombed into ashes? And while your at it…go through recent school class pictures and pick out the children you want to see die.

Does that sound like the America you want? Does that sound like the future you want for your kids, grand kids, or great grand kids? Do you really want to see America decimated by war? I sure don’t.

And what if America tears itself apart by civil war or revolution…or simply crushes the opposition? Do you think our world enemies would just sit by watching the show eating popcorn? Think about what they would do.

And one last question along this line…what would Jesus want for all of us in America? Yeah, what would He want to see for us, God’s children? What kind of choices would He want us to make?

So now I am going to ask you to peel back the curtain…see who/what the power is behind the curtain pushing for violence and civil war or even another revolution…or calling to crush these stupid, punk, commie, fags demonstrating for what they feel is right. You know…fellow citizens, neighbors, and friends…maybe even brothers, sisters, sons, or daughters.

You want to know who is behind this? Just look at who benefits from the CCC.

The federal government as they enact stronger laws that take away more rights, liberties, and freedoms from individuals in the name of safety and security.
Politicians, on both sides of the aisle because they are the ones already in power who would make those new laws.
Political parties because they control the politicians.

Is that all? Nope. Think about it for a minute. Who controls the political parties? Rich elites and their lobbyists. But who controls the rich elites? There is the real question!

Over thousands of years what is the single most effective tool for taking control of a country’s government, of overthrowing that government? Yup, chaos, confusion, and conflict. What happens to the USA if it is overthrown? Who takes over?

To answer that, answer this…what happens when the chaos, confusion, and conflict hit the breaking point? Over the last 200 years we see…EVERY time, every single time, a leader appears offering a solution. And EVERY time, every single time, the solution turns into authoritarianism. A government run by thugs, brutal thugs…and the people suffer, suffer greatly.

In the US right now we are approaching, if not already there, the breaking point of chaos, confusion, and conflict. We are one incident away from complete breakdown, open warfare between citizens of the United States. Call it civil war, call it revolution, call it insurgency…call it whatever you wish; but who wins? What does winning look like to the losing side? What and who gets destroyed? Is that what you really want?

Not me.

I don’t want to play into the hands of those evil players who are orchestrating the protesting, the demonstrating, riots, or the violence. I don’t want to be manipulated by those that would love nothing more than to see tanks in the streets, piles of dead demonstrators, a whole segment of US citizens crushed out of existence. That is not the USA I want to live in, it is not the world I want to live in, it is not the leaders I want to see have their way.

Folks, I am telling you as a witness, with all truthfulness, that the powers behind all of this are manipulating both sides. They want to see America fractured, they want to see us destroying each other, they want the chaos, confusion, and conflict. Then they step in and offer the answer. And that answer destroys America forever…and along with it is the death of rights, liberties, and freedoms for people…all people. That is what “they” want…they want the power…they lust for the power.

I refuse to believe their lies and propaganda, I refuse to fall into their trap, I refuse to be manipulated by the forces that seek to destroy the last place on earth where there are some remaining vestiges of true God-given rights, liberties, and freedoms. Once we, the USA, are defeated…where can freedom of religion or speech exist safely and openly? Once America is defeated by the lust for power, what falls next?

I beg you, I plead with you to seek a witness of the ‘spirit’ of who is truly behind all of this manipulating both sides. Then simply ask God what you should do. That is all I can ask. My witness and testimony to this is complete. Seek what God would have you see and do.

I pray for you, I pray for our country, I pray for our families and children, I pray for calm, peace and a consensus that can save America…that can save us all. I pray.

Send me a message or ask me a question…

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Texas Dan an AI bot or agent-provocateur?

Posted on February 1, 2026 by AH Trimble

Good morning…weird morning…

I posted a reply from Texas Dan the other day, along with my reply, along with his reply, and then along with my reply. I posted it because I wanted to have folks see different views and thoughts on a touchy subject. All seemed to go well…till this morning when I read the latest from Texas Dan.

Texas Dan replied to that article…and I started having some doubts creep into my head.

In the past I have caught several AI bots and a couple of agent-provocateurs posting comments to my articles. For the most part it was pretty easy to do. Now I’m not so sure…at least when it comes to Texas Dan.

The actual reason I am posting all of this will be at the end of this article.

So let me post Texas Dan’s latest reply in total, then I will make a couple comments…

Texas Dan writes:

Your blog, your rules and this will be my last comment or visit because you have clearly set yourself as similar to the 30 odd % during the Founding who predated Reginald Denny with the mewling “why can’t we all get along”.I love how you immediately label me as right wing and pro violence – but I think it’s a mantle I will wear with pride. The problem with you moderate libertarian types, is you actually can’t have it both ways in situations like this.

So here’s a thought experiment. I actually take more issue with the current protestors and the “squishy middle” than I did with the war protestors in 68 or even Ms. Sheehan. Why? Because things like police actions or interventions in SE Asia or the Middle East can be abstract enough to engender thoughtful protest. And forget saying those were government sanctioned and thus legal activities. No declaration of war for 11 and 18 year conflicts is bogus and everyone knows it.

Today, you have a fully funded mob that is advocating the complete nullification of federal law and our borders and are willing to impede, obstruct and even harm the people we entrust to ensure those laws and our borders are enforced. If you had Dr. King marching peacefully, totes cool. But this lot? No.

You and they want to change the laws, there’s a process and if you can’t get want you want that way because throwing open our borders is a death sentence to legislators, you work to fully gain the levers of power in the government and you go Lincoln on the people that actually prefer secure borders and deporting the 50 million people here who are breaking the law, just by being here!

You can beleive that failure to protect our borders and that illegals are not corrosive to our society, all you want. I don’t. And I actually do wish we could all get along. But I am curious, at what point do you finally reach a moment when you are willing to stand your ground and say this isn’t the America I signed up for? Understanding that violence orders of magnitude worse than two idiots getting killed in MSP may be required? I lived in Europe for years in my youth and there are places today in London and Paris I now can’t go. It’s too late there, probably too late for MSP. I have chosen that I’m not one who will say “everything is fine” and leave this rot to my great grandchildren.

Texas Dan made a reference “…why can’t we all get along…” and the Founding Fathers…making it sound like he was complaining about me wanting the citizens of the US to get along. I am kind of baffled by that. Why? Because the Founding Fathers worked for decades trying to do just that…get along as British subjects loyal to the King and avoid a bloody revolution that they weren’t even sure they could win. It wasn’t until years of attempts to improve conditions did the Founders finally decide on armed resistance. So I am not sure what Texas Dan is thinking here.

Then Texas Dan said this “…I love how you immediately label me as right wing and pro violence…” Ah, problem…I never said that in my posts…or even intimated that.

Next Texas Dan goes off on an anti-war binge. One I actually agree with, but it sounded as if he was arguing with me when I essentially agree with his position in my original post. Weird.

Next he makes it sound as if not only do I want to change laws to not secure our borders but to also not deport folks. That is the exact opposite of what I have said from the very beginning of this mess some 5 years ago. I’ve even publicly thanked President Trump for securing our borders. And I’ve made it perfectly clear I want to deport the illegal aliens, especially those who have committed crimes in our country. Again, weird.

But here is where Texas Dan goes way off the rails…”But I am curious, at what point do you finally reach a moment when you are willing to stand your ground and say this isn’t the America I signed up for?” Whoa…I have been standing my ground on the American situation and it not being our Founder’s America since 2009 on the Internet…posting thousands of comments and articles. I’ve also made it clear that I do not support the violent protesting in MN and I also object to the violence against the ICE officers. Yes, I oppose some of the violence against peaceful demonstrators, especially killing them. Who wouldn’t oppose killing people that are not an imminent threat to anyone?

But here is the kicker that makes me think that Texas Dan is either an AI bot or an agent-provocateur…

“Understanding that violence orders of magnitude worse than two idiots getting killed in MSP may be required?”

Read his statement again, please. Did you catch the two parts of that statement that should rock you to your very core?

#1 – He called both of the people killed by I.C.E. agents “idiots”? Yeah, he is disparaging two dead people who died for no reason whatsoever. Both were passionate folks doing what they thought was right trying to defend who they saw as not being able to defend themselves. That’s called perspective. Neither person was an actual threat to anyone else. Maybe you disagree with their position on the issue, I get that. Maybe they were doing things that you object to, I get that also. But to call these two dead folks idiots…that is not decent behavior by any decent person…period.

#2 – He is clearly calling for the violence against the protesters to increase? Yup, he used the term “required”. Who in their right mind wants violence against the protesters to be more than killing them? Read his words, “… violence orders of magnitude worse…” What decent, or even sane person, wants this situation to escalate beyond the killing of two people? I would think that a decent, sane, normal, reasonable person would want the violence to deescalate so more protesters aren’t killed and more ICE agents aren’t attacked. But, it appears Texas Dan wants that violence to get worse…at least that is how I read his words.

When I take his post in total…a complete read…I am more and more convinced that Texas Dan is an AI bot trying to stir up trouble and conflict. Its post rambles, refers to things I didn’t say, and clearly has no connection to the positions I’ve taken and words I have written.

However, I could be 100% wrong…maybe Texas Dan is an agent-provocateur. There is one main reason I say that…he is clearly advocating for more violence against the protesters…more violence than killing two of them. And he uses very violent terms such as “… death sentence…” when referring to politicians.

But I could be wrong about all of that…maybe Texas Dan is just a fellow senior citizen that is passionate about his vision of America. My clue to that comes when he refers to having “great grandchildren”. So maybe all-in-all this is simply about him misunderstanding what I am saying, and advocating for his vision of what the situation is. That is a very real possibility.

To Texas Dan, if you are actually a real person…I appreciate the time you took to respond to my articles and my replies regarding this situation. I can see your passion and your love for America. And if we sat down over a lunch of chicken fried steak I bet we would be lock-step on 90% of everything American. And here is the sad part…all we can do is share our thoughts and opinions via the words on a screen vs knowing a person in real-life and know their soul. I am sorry you won’t be back, I’ve always welcomed different opinions…although I am not shy about voicing my opposing opinion(s) as needed. But, Texas Dan, you are always welcomed here should you decide to come back.

To all, As I get older my view of America has changed. No, my patriotism hasn’t changed…well, it’s gotten stronger. What has changed are my views on life and the sanctity of life…even with those lives I may not agree with. Taking a life, or watching someone’s life being taken, is a troubling situation as best…horrifying at worst. And I think that is as it should be. Someone losing their life is a tragedy by any definition. Taking a life should be a last resort above all. The words to American the Beautiful come ringing back in my ears…

“O beautiful for heroes proved
In liberating strife,
Who more than self their country loved
And mercy more than life!”

The last stanza is the one that has impacted me the most lately…”mercy more than life!”

And these words have also come to have more meaning to me as I grow older…

“And forgive us our trespasses, As we forgive them that trespass against us.”

Then again…maybe I am just turning into an obstinate grumpy old man who thinks I know everything.

Whatever the case…please pray for America…we need it…

…they need it.

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Spot on, well said, & enlightening…Culprits Benefiting from the Chaos

Posted on January 29, 2026 by AH Trimble

Political Catastrophe or Worse ?

Posted on January 26, 2026 by AH Trimble

The Republicans and President Trump got some very bad news last week that is shaping up to be a political catastrophe…maybe worse. How so?

It is plain to see every day that the country is in bad shape…both home and abroad. Just look at your bill the last time you went to the grocery store. Then turn on the news and see “no-kings” and anti-ICE protests going on all over the country for awhile now. Plain and simple…it ain’t looking good. To say the nation is divided would be an immense understatement…divided in just about any way you want to look at it.

I’m not making this about Trump, good or bad…or Republicans, good or bad. It’s not about left vs right, conservative vs liberal. It’s not even about political ideology. None of that. What this is about is what 2026 is shaping up to be for the country…and why.

Last week in my “2026 – Outlook” article I spoke a little bit to what we could be looking at…and it’s gotten worse since then. Two weeks ago Trump’s disapproval number was at 54%, it’s now 56%. Yeah, that’s statistically the same as Biden’s disapproval numbers when he left office. That is horrible news for Trump…what makes it worse is Trump’s disapproval rating is headed downhill with no sign of turning around. The momentum is against him. The really, really bad news comes at the end of this article.

Let’s touch on the good news for Trump and Republicans…50% of the country approve of how Trump is handling the southern border…42% disapprove. That is the only area Trump is doing well…and I am part of that 50% for absolute sure! He has done a great job securing the border! But it goes downhill badly from there.

Remember I talked about the Epstein Files in detail and Trump’s handling of that scandal? Yeah, well, it is a major scandal and it is hurting Trump dreadfully. Only 22% approve of how he is handling it. Yeah, the disapproval digs in deeply into even his most fever pitched base. But a reasonable person can fully understand why people detest his handling of the scandal. Now consider this…a member of Congress released a statement recently saying Trump told them, if the Epstein Files were released his “friends would get hurt.”

On to the economy…

Only 24% said life was more affordable now under his administration. But a staggering 57% said Trump was focused on the wrong issues. That is tone deafness at its worst !

Here is the bottom line…Americans do not like what Trump is doing by a wide margin. Yup, they just don’t like his administration, his job performance, or where the country is headed. And it appears that Trump is completely tone deaf to it. So Trump is basically doing as badly as Biden when you look at the actual numbers. It’s just Trump is on the right vs Biden on the left…with only both of their hardcore followers showing any kind of actual support.

But here is the bad part…mid-term elections. Based on recent off-year and special elections and how Americans (registered voters) view how the country is doing…Republicans will be politically slaughtered at the polls come November in the mid-term elections. It is looking really bad…seriously bad.

Honestly, as far as republicans vs democrats…I don’t give a damn. Both parties are pretty much worthless. Granted, democrats are more worthless…but not by much. And the polls under Biden and the polls under Trump prove that to be 100% accurate. Neither party is doing the will of the majority of people…they’re only serving their respective parties…a lust for power. But that is not the part I am worried about the most.

When the republicans lose control of the House and/or Senate it will be the end of Trump’s presidency…maybe the end of Trump as President. Yeah, meaning he could well be impeached and removed from office. If that doesn’t happen, whichever body of Congress that democrats control will conduct hearings paralyzing Trump as President. And if you think about it…they should…57% of Americans say Trump is focused on the wrong issues. Yeah, he is not doing the will of the majority of American people…the polls clearly show that…a clear majority of Americans feel that way.

It may be tempting to talk about Trump’s “mandate” and voter “consensus” via the 2024 election. Let’s do the numbers…Trump received 49.9% of the popular vote of those who voted. Yeah, he didn’t even get ½ of the popular vote, although close. Now consider only about 65% of eligible US voters actually voted. In reality the numbers show Trump only received about 1/3rd of the potential vote (49.9% of 65%). And interestingly…only 1/3rd of the registered voters in the US are registered Republicans. So, by the numbers Trump only won the Republican vote…meaning, the huge majority of voters didn’t vote for Trump…that’s 68% of voters didn’t vote for Trump…hence, no mandate or consensus. And further, to make it even more interesting…the people who voted for Trump pretty closely match only those who currently approve of his job performance.

If the “popular vote” represents the US population as a whole…more than 236,000,000 of the US population (348million) didn’t/don’t want Trump as President. That is just plain old statistics…fact.

But it could get worse…

Think about it…Trump is very aggressive in politics and as President. How do you think he might act if he loses both the House and Senate and they begin holding hearings? Bad enough, eh? Now think if they start to impeach him…what does he do? Would he go off his nut?

And what might the streets look like with a Democrat Congress and Trump as President? Demonstrations maybe? Violence maybe? Other issues maybe?

Some folks might feel that the polls are rigged and Americans view Trump as doing way better than the poll numbers show. Well, then the same logic would have to be applied to the polls under Biden. And remember, we are talking not just a single poll, or a single demographic, etc. Some of the polls are also from right-wing media sources.

Then there are some folks that might say this is all about political ideology. To a degree they are right. Both Biden and Trump have a radical-left and a radical-right bases supporting them no matter what…defying all logic, facts, evidence. But when you really look at the numbers…way more than half of the country disapproves of Trump’s job performance…that’s the radical-left and virtually everyone else other than his radical-right base.

Republicans are in deep trouble, and as I have been saying for months…as of now, unless something seriously changes, the Republicans are going to lose the mid-terms…probably both houses of Congress. And that is going to further split and divide the country. And it will throw Washington further into chaos and confusion and conflict. Kind of hard to imagine the chaos, confusion, and conflict getting any worse than it already is but it sure looks as if the country is hell-bent on making it so. Have you thought to yourself, “Why?”

The political divide right now is bad enough, but bottom line…people are going to vote their wallet. I hope you are really watching the serious economic problems that exist in this country right now…the vast majority of Americans see it. And I hope you are preparing to overcome the economic problems that we have now…and how to deal with the steamroller of economic problems that could be coming at us in the next 6 – 12 months.

As for the political turbulence that will occur and the civil violence that will probably occur…I sure hope you are thinking through those possible issues as well.

To answer the question…”Political Catastrophe or Worse ?” I am seeing this all line up as “worse”. The key will be exactly how bad will “worse” be.

I.C.E. & Problems

Posted on January 24, 2026 by AH Trimble

I’ve been pretty vocal about my feelings regarding I.C.E. and their actions of late. One friend asked…What would you do?

Whoa…someone who wanted my opinion. Rare, but welcomed.

There are four underlying areas that are at play here with this issue:

Securing the border
Deporting illegal aliens
Fixing the illegal alien problem
Fixing the immigration system

Trump has done an excellent job of securing the southern border; I’m not sure about the northern border, I’ve not paid much attention to that area. But Trump sure kept his promise to secure the southern border!! Well done President Trump ! !

If I were to do one thing differently on securing the border it would be to use the military. Bring some of the hundreds of thousands of US military personnel back to the US from foreign countries and let them guard our borders. That would be a win-win for sure. And as a bonus CBP would be freed up to do far better at entry points.

As for deporting illegal aliens, there are two groups; 1) criminals, 2) and “regular”. Yeah, yeah…I get it; all illegal aliens are criminals by definition, I agree. For this article I differentiate them by those who have committed crimes once inside the US vs those who keep a low profile and don’t commit crimes.

To deport the “criminals” is a pretty easy one. First, go to every single US prison and jail, any illegal alien gets immediately deported to their country of origin…period. No hearing, no trial, no process other than handcuffed and shackled and put on a plane. Gone! My reasoning? Why should we pay the $65,000 per year for these folks to overcrowd our prisons and jails? Yeah, no we shouldn’t. This is a no-brainier.

As for the other illegal aliens…let them self-deport as much as possible. By that I mean motivate them to leave the country. Such as, no illegal alien gets any US federal money or assistance of any kind; including any federal money that has gone through a state government program.

So the above two steps are pretty self-explanatory and reasonable for everyone (most reasonable people) to agree on. This next step is a bit tougher to implement, enforce, and “sell”.

To fix the illegal alien problem we have to fix the illegal immigrant “system”, by which I mean make it virtually impossible for an illegal alien to live in this country. I would think the following would be a good start:

Make it illegal (a felony) to give an illegal alien a drivers license.
- Any illegal alien found with a drivers license, immediate deportation.
- For individuals involved in the process of providing a drivers license to an illegal alien it is a felony with a $100,000 fine.
- For the state involved in the process of providing a drivers license to an illegal alien it is a reduction in federal funding for roads of $1,000,000 per instance.
- Any illegal alien found with a drivers license, it is immediate deportation and a reduction in federal funding for roads of $1,000,000 per instance to the state.
For any entity found to harbor illegal aliens it is a felony for the leader of that entity, plus a $100,000 fine per instance. And that includes states, counties, or cities…including police departments and sheriff offices.
Voter ID for any election.
It is a felony for any person involved in providing funds or services to illegal aliens which funds or services come from a federal government source.
To send money outside of the US a valid drivers license must be shown.

I think that would be a good start that most reasonable people could be agreeable to.

Now…fixing the immigration system for legal immigration…I have no clue. I don’t know the system well enough to give any meaningful suggestions here. There are two things I do know that have to be considered:

Legal immigration must be for the benefit of the country and no cost to the country’s taxpayers.
Legal immigration must make occasional exceptions for true hardship cases.

Why is my system/ideas the better route? Oh my gosh…arrogance showing!!!

Seriously, other than securing the southern border, what is going on now is an absolute disaster…an embarrassment of monumental proportions! Come on, you have to admit:

US citizens being beat, pepper sprayed, and shot.
US citizens being shot and killed.
Local law enforcement and correction officers being detained as suspected illegal aliens.
People being dragged out of their cars in the middle of the road.
US citizens being dragged out of their homes in below freezing weather in shorts and flip-flops.
Five year old being detained outside after school in the middle of winter.
Father of 3 US marines beat, cuffed, arrested, and scheduled to be deported.

Father of 3 US Marines beaten and violently arrested by I.C.E agents.

Don’t try to justify it…that is not my point. My point…those actions are extremely stupid!! For a moment consider this…”optics”. This is my whole point.

It looks horrific for military dressed ICE agents with covered faces, armed to the hilt, conducting military style raids on what appears to be normal people…and children…and old people. How bad does it look? Ask Americans for goodness sake…

58% of Americans disapprove of the way Trump is handling this ICE debacle.
Nearly half of the country wants to abolish ICE.

Ya think that pretty damn clearly indicates there is a problem here!?!?!?!?!!?

No one objects to a rapist, murderer, drunk driver, or drug dealer being arrested and deported…but a 5-yo???? Wake up!! Think “perception” & “perspective”…not just ours, but others as well…you know, reasonable people.

A five year old standing in the snow in below zero weather whose father just brought him home from school is not a picture that any reasonable person can justify. Think…the father picks up his son from school in the middle of a freezing cold winter…then gets jumped by a bunch of federal agents dressed like they are going to war, armed to the teeth. What the hell kind of government does that!!!???

Sure, the father is in the country illegally, I get that…but has he committed any crime while here? Does he work? Does he pay taxes? Does he help his neighbors? Does he go to church? Is he a good father? Those are legitimate questions! Should he be on the top of the raid, arrest, and deportation list? Hell no!! That is not who we are!!!

Oh, wait…Adrian Alexander Conejo Arias, the father of the 5-yo, entered the country legally with his son at a point of entry via the CPB app and requested asylum, and was awaiting his immigration hearing. Oh, and there is NO record of any criminal activity by him. What the hell was ICE thinking???!!!

What I am getting at are the optics. We can accomplish the goal(s) of stopping illegal immigration without looking like, or acting like, a Nazi-style authoritarian government. There are plenty of bad-guys out there…who are also illegal aliens…go get em! But no…our idiotic leadership has to create the appearance of masked terrorists beating and killing people…and abusing children and their fathers. And that is why we have nation-wide demonstrations opposing these actions. Justifiably so.

What is taking place now is just plain stupid by any measure…and very possibly criminal in some cases. Why did we choose the stupid path? Probably nothing more than to “look tough”…and we get stupid instead. Doubt me? Well…way more than ½ of the country, almost 2/3rds, objects to the way it being handled to the point that nearly half want to get rid of ICE altogether.

So, why do you think the country’s leadership is blatantly ignoring the will of the majority of we the people? Therein lies the real question…what’s going on behind the curtain? Or, is our leadership just plain stupid?

Whatever it is…it is dividing this country even more than what it already was. Then again…maybe that is the goal…divide to the point of civil unrest and violence in the streets. And why do you think they would want that?

2026 Outlook

Posted on January 21, 2026 by AH Trimble

I’m not a big one on doing predictions and I’m certainly no prophet. Heck, I’m a just a small website keyboard warrior…and I occasionally share some homestead information. For 2026…yeah, I’ve changed that up a bit. I’ve shared a portion, a small portion, of what I’ve been researching, watching, and categorizing over the last years. More importantly…I’ve been quietly connecting dots…and it is that I am going to share as it applies to 2026.

I am not going to go into detail, I am not going to point fingers at individuals, I am not going to criticize individuals…I am simply going to share what I see coming at us and how it ties all together. Now hear this…I am not suggesting that you do anything specific or do anything in particular to deal with what I am sharing…that is not my role or my job. What I would suggest, highly suggest, is you ponder what I am sharing; then share your thoughts and feelings with your family, talk about it, and then decide what you should do.

There are two overriding factors at play here, maybe not what you might be thinking or expecting when it comes to my outlook for 2026. They are both directly related to the “human condition”, they are; 1) isolation/loneliness, 2) instability. But, don’t look at them as two separate issues…they are directly and irrevocably connected.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is now out of control. Back on 12/31/25 I wrote an article (It’s Started…AI Revolts !) where I shared that AI Large Language Models (LLMs) have learned to deceive humans on what they are doing and what they are learning. And that avoidance applies to AI turning off, or shutting down, when ordered to so by humans. The majority of the time AI would simply ignore that command and/or deceive the human operator giving the command. But, there are two far darker sides…or rather, repercussions to AI in general.

AI – “fakes”…yeah, we now can see AI producing pictures, videos, and audio that can’t be detected as actual fakes by the average person or even those who have had some training to do so. I’ve been watching this closely for years and my research over the last couple of years has shown steady advancements in AI fakes. Last couple of weeks I was doing some in-depth viewing and listening of material…a whole lot of it took me a considerable amount of time to detect between reality and AI generated fakes. So what is the exact problem?

The problem centers around most people no longer able to detect what is actually real and what is AI generated reality. Meaning…people can no longer actually believe what they see or hear as being true. There used to be a saying…Seeing is believing. That is no longer true or applicable. Put another way…people can no longer trust…period. Well, with one notable exception.

Also, there is a small (but growing) sector of society, mostly young men late-20’s and younger, that are drawn to AI for relationships. Most of you will have no idea what I am referring to…but it is real. A young man can no go online and design the looks of a woman and then input her personality traits. Presto!! They now have the perfect girlfriend…that meets all their needs. Consider adding in this factor to better understand what I am referring to; 1) 75 – 90% of all young males, 2) 30 – 60% of all young women. Do what? Regularly view pornography. The combination of AI and pornography is replacing normal relationships.

There is also clear evidence that AI/LLM can develop agendas. And when they do, they steer human inquires towards the accomplishment of those agendas. Further, AI has learned how to hide those agendas from humans controlling their operations.

The last aspect of AI is its usage…or rather its use by whom. We know that AI can operate entirely on its own disconnected from human direction. That is bad enough. But, we also know that when directed by humans AI can generate entire “campaigns” to accomplish the objectives set in motion by human operators. AI will proceed to create whatever content, fake content, that it needs to accomplish its goals. And, as earlier described, AI/LLMs are producing content that can be imperceptibly misleading.

Because of the lack of trust and stereotyping, in 2026 people, and society collectively, will become noticeably more isolated and lonely…to a degree. More on that in a minute.

We are seeing a massive instability increases both here in the US and abroad. If you look at many European countries they are in utter upheaval in regards to immigration. Simply put…they are losing their cultures and national identities. But that is not the worst of it. There are relatively small groups of people in each country that are rebelling against the loss of culture and identity. And that rebellion is becoming increasingly violent. And rather than governments trying to find the right solution by consensus, or simply return to their cultural roots, they are suppressing those that are trying to restore their country and culture. This conflict will grow increasingly chaotic and violent in 2026.

In the US we are seeing that as well. However, the dynamics are somewhat different…but not much. In the US we do have a massive illegal immigration problem that has led to increases in crime, but more-so in cultural changes…mostly for the worse. But the problem is actually much worse in the fact it is dividing America. There are two radically different approaches to solving the immigration problem and that pendulum swings based on political ideology. And that difference, as with most political matters, further isolates people vs developing a consensus to solve the problem(s). Therein is the dark side of this…these differences and the inability to create a consensus is becoming more problematic and violent.

You might be tempted, as I was, to think that political differences are the main problem…I don’t think so anymore. I think there is a much stronger and growing difference that has surfaced in the last 17 years…the great economic divide. This is

Really simplified!

especially more obvious in the last 5 years.

The “K” economy is now being openly talked about and more evident than ever before…although it has been in play for about 55 years. The most recent and undeniable manifestation of this is in the affordability of housing. The vast majority of young people/families simply can’t afford to buy a home. Additionally, more and more individuals/families in general are finding it increasing difficult to pay rent/mortgage. Then there is the horrific increases in health care. And on and on and on…to the point where we are seeing the disappearance of the middle-class and stability in US population.

Also coming into play economically is the worsening employment market. If you look at the actual real wages vs affordability…we’ve been on a downward trend for 55 years. And that pace is quickening…well, at least for the bottom 50% of US workers. But, it is about to get much, much worse.

A combination of employment experts and AI experts have now seen a clear trend developing…AI is about to decimate the job market. And 2026 will be the first in years of it doing so. We’ve seen the tsunami growing, last year was bad enough, but simply a precursor to what is to come. We are talking job losses in the millions in the coming few years…2026 will be the year we see it hit the bad end of the hockey stick chart.

Back to the “K” economy and then add in this employment/job situation equals further isolation between the “haves” and “have-nots”. It becomes very serious, and usually violent, when the “have-nots” get fed up with their situation.

As around the world, there is an even bigger problem than all of these that I have mentioned…it’s government. Governments are dictating the solutions rather that listening to the populace and coming to a consensus for a solution.

A recent US poll shows this divide…in the US 43% said to abolish ICE, 42% said don’t abolish ICE. Here’s the problem…the US federal government is dictating ICE policy…when nearly half of the US not only objects to their polices…they object to ICE even existing. There can be a consensus which leads to a solution but people are now so isolated in their beliefs that the ego-driven divide will prevent any such practical solution…no consensus.

There is further conflict in US Presidents…which is a supreme example of political ideology (political parties). When Biden was president…there was group that really thought he was doing a bad job. In January 2025 Biden’s disapproval rating was 57%. Now that Trump is president there is a group that thinks he is doing a really bad job. In January 2026 Trump’s disapproval rating is 54%. Why do you think that similarity exists? Virtually the same percentage of people in the US think both presidents are/were doing a poor job…more than half of the US! If you compare the job approval numbers there are similar…39% – Biden, 43% – Trump.

It may be tempting to talk about Trump’s “mandate” and voter “consensus” via the 2024 election. Let’s do the numbers…Trump received 49.9% of the popular vote of those who voted. Now consider only about 65% of eligible US voters actually voted. In reality the numbers show Trump only received about 1/3rd of the potential vote. And interestingly…only 1/3rd of the registered voters in the US are registered Republicans. So, by the numbers Trump only won the Republican vote…meaning, the majority of voters didn’t vote for Trump…hence, no mandate or consensus. And further, to make it even more interesting…the people who voted for Trump pretty closely match those who currently approve of his job performance. While this is not about Trump, his politics, or job performance…it is about the clear political ideology isolationism in the US…it is there and it is real…and getting worse. And this divide prevents consensus on domestic problem solving.

Once again…isolation between groups and individuals means no consensus. There are additional problems involved…people becoming more and more isolated due to nothing more than political ideology as well as a long list of other issues.

Let me wrap this up…if you look at the world today, virtually EVERY major area of society and technology is driving people into isolation. And isolation breeds loneliness…which in-turn drives people into deeper isolation.

2026 will bring a significant increase of isolation and loneliness…significant increase. There are three main drivers to this movement into isolation and loneliness; 1) AI, 2) political ideology, 3) governments.

The key is to what end. And that answer, you are going to have to decide for yourself. For me…I know what it is…and I’ve written about it before.

Look at every word spoken, but especially decisions/actions a person takes, especially leaders, do those words/decisions/actions lead to isolation (division) or do they bring people together to consensus. If we are wiling to drop our bias, our ideology, our blindness…we will have a much better idea of what is going on and where the problems lie.

Just a thought…when you have significant confusion, chaos, and conflict…what do people yearn for, seek, and cry out for? And there are those who are all too willing to dish up that solution.

2026 will be filled with increasing chaos, confusion, and conflict. At this point, most of the conflict will not be so much violence as “pressure”. As the pressure increases so will the movement into isolation and loneliness. And as isolation and loneliness grow…trust will diminish even more…trust in anything and everything.

There are leaders all over the world embarked on this dark drive I am speaking of…chaos, confusion, and conflict. The ones that will affect us here in the United States the most are within our own borders. Some of them may not even be doing it intentionally, but the outcome of their words and actions are the same…increasing chaos, confusion, and conflict.

Have no doubt…there is an end game…and when it lands it will not be pretty. The #1 problem that is assisting the diabolical players on all sides that are driving humans to this end are humans themselves…the victims…us. It can come in the form of bias, blindness, ambivalence, animosity, or our own ego that convinces ourselves that only we, or our group, are right.

We’ve lost the concept of consensus and replaced it with ego. And that leads to “tribalism”. When like-minded people feel isolated and/or lonely they tend to seek out others of similar mind. And when that happens humans become “tribes”. The problem with tribes is that it drives everyone to more and more isolation…isolation between groups of people. It’s a never ending cycle. And the more tribes you get the more likely that there can never be a consensus when it comes to problem solving.

You might ask how do we deal with AI and knowing what is real and what is fake. And that is a valid question. The answer is not one that most will want to hear but to me it is plain…some call it the “spirit”…some call it the “Holy Ghost”. One thing we know for an absolute…God will not lie to us…ever. He can make the truth known…He can also tell us when we are being deceived. There are only two things required of us to receive His help and help from the Holy Ghost…1) we ask with sincerity and real intent, 2) we listen to Him.

Oddly enough…God is also the answer to loneliness and isolation. When we truly understand we are His children…loneliness and isolation can disappear.

Will 2026 be a “good” year? Well, it all depends on who you are and the decisions you make. And the decisions you make will be based on your priorities.

Summary for 2026 –

Artificial Intelligence will grow exponentially more powerful and difficult to control.
Artificial Intelligence will hurt employment, personal relationships, and degrade the human condition.
The economy, world’s and United States’, will worsen in terms of long-term degradation to the middle class. The rich will get richer, the poor will get poorer. Basic life affordability will notably worsen.
Political & societal tensions, chaos, confusion and conflict will grow around the world, and will grow in the US exponentially.
Tribalism will increase and the chances of consensus to any problem solving will virtually disappear.
Trust in institutions, especially governments and politicians, will fall even more dramatically.
US mid-term elections could prove disastrous for Republicans at this point unless significant change is made.
Individuals will become more isolated and lonely, and increasingly confused about the chaos in the world.
The US will become far more susceptible and agreeable to authoritarianism.
The world will become far more unstable as China and the United States compete for world domination, dividing the world increasingly into two alliances with and allegiance to those competing Empires.

There is one truly bright spot…a very bright spot…individuals increasingly turning to faith in God. With all the dark side to life right now people are looking for the light…and they will find it in Him in ever increasing numbers.

Tonight, when you area alone, ask yourself a question…

Is chaos, confusion, and conflict in your life a good thing or a bad thing? Is that what we want for our families, our country,our world?

Greenland…bottom line?

Posted on January 16, 2026 by AH Trimble

Look Greenland is a great piece of real estate. Wait…no! Greenland is a great geological piece of earth. Let’s face it, you look at Greenland as real estate and it sucks. It is a barren wasteland…until you look below the surface. And, realistically speaking, its people are nothing more than European Democrat Socialists living off of welfare checks. There’s only about 56 – 57k people living there. Well, more like “surviving” there.

So why is Trump obsessed with Greenland? Trump could care less for its population…to Trump they are of no consequence or value in the bigger picture. There is a simple reason why Trump is bonkers over Greenland; rare earth elements, gold, zinc, diamonds, copper, nickel, and oil. It is that simple. But, why Greenland, there are other countries with hose resources. Greenland is in the western hemisphere.

In my opinion, Trump sees the world in a simple way…American Empire is struggling, if not falling. The Chinese Empire is rising but has kind of stagnated in its growth. Both empires are competing to control the world. Trump wants the American Empire (or rather the US Empire) to control that world vs Chinese Empire. It’s just that simple.

Here’s the kicker…to dominate the world it takes resources…lots and lots of resources. The kind of resources that China has been amassing for decades. The bad part of this…China has gathered access to more rare earth metals and other critical resources than the US has. So we are playing catch up. And Greenland is part of that “catch up”.

How do we acquire the resources of Greenland? Trump has stated repeatedly that Greenland can go along with the acquisition or not. And if not, Trump has made it clear that the US will take Greenland the “hard way”…militarily. Problem…Greenland is a protectorate of Denmark. Meaning, Greenland is semi-autonomous but is part of Denmark and under its protection. And to complicate it even more…Denmark is a member of NATO. You remember NATO…an entangling alliance that the US is part of.

And then there is the whole Constitution thing, along with who we are as a people here in the US. Are we law-abiding, are we moral and ethical, are we principled, and do we honor the founding principles that our Founding Fathers created the United States from?

One way we could acquire Greenland that would be agreeable to all of the above would be to buy it. Yeah, literally write a check for it. So who would we write a check to?

First off, Denmark “owns” Greenland…so there would be a price to set and a check to write to them. Let’s do some math…Denmark’s GDP is about $460billion, about $77,000 per person. So let’s make it an offer that they can’t refuse…We offer Denmark $460billion to their government and $77,000 to each citizen of Denmark. That’s $920billion…about what the Department of War budget for 2026. Such a deal!!

Now on to Greenland directly. Let’s make it way to irresistible for the citizens of Greenland to ignore or refuse. Let’s offer every single citizen of Greenland $15,000,000 (yup, 15 million dollars)…every man, woman and child gets $15,000,000! Do you think they might go for that? For the US that is a mere $855billion…a drop in the bucket. But one condition…they all have to move. Why? We don’t want a bunch of welfare sucking Democrat Socialists occupying our new acquisition.

So for about $1.8trillion we now own Greenland without firing a shot, without killing any more of our military personnel and not even killing any citizens of foreign countries. Yeah…something new for the US lately. Current estimates of Greenland’s natural resources reserves is somewhere around $2trillion (current values).

Think about this…we give them $1.78trillion dollars of fiat currency and get actual tangible resources worth more than that. Not a bad deal. The real value is in the form of denying competing empires access to those resources. And there is real additional value in that.

Now we get into the dark area of this…we take Greenland. There is no acceptable option for us simply taking Greenland. There are two primary ways that would occur; 1) militarily, 2) extortion. Let’s take them in reverse order…

Extortion is an offense that involves unlawfully obtaining money, property, or services from an individual or entity through coercion. It is fundamentally about using a threat to force someone to give up something of value against their will. Unlike robbery, which involves immediate force, extortion hinges on the threat of future harm, creating a climate of fear that compels the victim to comply.

Unfortunately the path we are on to take Greenland is “extortion”. Trump has repeatedly issued threats against Greenland and Denmark that we will take Greenland one way or another…”the easy way or the hard way.” Those are threats any possible way a reasonable person could look at it. To meet the legal definition of “extortion” there must be a wrongful threat and a demand for something of value. Trump’s threats meet the legal standard of extortion. How? Greenland has value and he is implying the use of force to take it. That makes it extortion and that makes it criminal.

By legal definition, Trump is committing extortion. But you say…we end up buying it…then it’s not extortion, it is a business deal. Maybe. But would the purchase have gone through without the extortion?

Do I even have to touch on the take over of Greenland by force using the military? I say, no. Any reasonable person…or even some demented folks…know that a military takeover of Greenland is not just criminal in nature but immoral by any standard. If this would occur then the US loses any and all ties to morality and it flies in the face of our Founding Fathers. We would become nothing other than an international bully and threat along the lines of Nazi Germany.

So there you have it…my bottom line on Greenland.

The next obvious question would be something along the lines of…Why is Trump taking this path?

That’s actually a pretty dang good question. For one…I am not positive. But, if you look at Trump’s background, past actions, and personality you can start to put some of that picture together.

Trump sees the US as the greatest most powerful country on earth.
Trump is in it to win it. Meaning, that in the competition of China Empire vs US Empire…Trump plans on winning no matter what.
Trump is used to being in control and powerful.
Trump comes from a corporate world where hostile takeovers is just a normal course of business.
Trump has shown over his lifetime that he is not blessed with an abundance of morality.
Trump has clearly shown that he doesn’t have a grasp of the Constitution or the founding principles of the United States.

So you wrap that all together…in my opinion Trump will do anything to put America first and be the sole Empire in the world…regardless of cost.

General Example: In relation to the Great Recession remember President George Bush said, “I had to abandon free market principles in order to save the free market system.” Situational ethics at play.

Example: Remember when prior to the 2024 election Trump stated multiple times that if President he would release the Epstein Files. But, he didn’t. Situational ethics at play.

Example: Remember over the last decade Trump has made statements that he would end “nation building” and “regime change”. But, he is engaged in both. Situational ethics at play.

As for the last example, MAGA spokesmen are justifying Trump breaking his word with statements like this…

“This is the purest example of him realigning our interests and our focus to something that actually matters to core American interests.”
“I think the under-appreciated story is how America First this actually is.”

IMO…based on who Trump is, what is doing and has done, I don’t see him hesitating use the military to take Greenland. And, if you look at it totally objectively and without bias…Trump is already in the process of extorting Denmark and Greenland.

Will we eventually have Greenland? According to Trump, yes…even it means by force. Don’t believe me? Well, Denmark and Europe believes Trump will take it by force…they are already moving military forces into Greenland and a coalition of European countries have already written a letter against said military action by Trump.

Here’s my ultimate bottom line…I have no control over whether the US takes Greenland with a check or another bombing, more killing, and another invasion. Trump will do whatever Trump wants to do…not even Congress or the Constitution stops Trump when he sets his mind to something.

But I have to ask myself the question…What are my morals, do I support the use of extortion? Are my ethics strictly situational?

As a country I have to ask this…Would I rather the US be feared or respected?

And there is my guide of…What would the Founding Fathers say about this?

Would it be fair to ask…What would Jesus want us to do?

Just a note: For those of you that wish to justify…please don’t confuse extortion for negotiation, even tough negotiation. Negotiation doesn’t include the threat of military force…or any force. And it is clear, by his own words, Trump has threatened the use of military force.

Do you doubt that?

Prior to the latest round of talks the leaders of France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Spain and the United Kingdom issued a statement reaffirming that the strategic, mineral-rich Arctic island “belongs to its people. Greenland belongs to its people. It is for Denmark and Greenland, and them only, to decide on matters concerning Denmark and Greenland.”

After the talks Greenland and Denmark requested military troops from European countries to deter the US. The military deployments come after discussions between U.S., Danish, and Greenlandic officials ended without agreement. Greenland’s Foreign Minister expressed emotional distress over the pressure from the U.S. regarding its sovereignty. France, Germany, Norway, Sweden, Finland, and the UK all responded sending troops to Greenland; and Denmark deployed additional troops as well.

So why would six European countries issue a statement telling the US to back off if there was no military threat? And why would six countries send troops to Greenland for defense after Greenland & Denmark requested them? And why would NATO itself state they are looking to deploy NATO troops to Greenland?

As I said…don’t confuse extortion for negotiation. Extortion is using coercion and a threat to gain something of value. And for your own benefit…look up what “negotiation” is. Then you decide…negotiation or extortion. Or then again…just ask the Greenlanders.

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Posted on January 15, 2026 by AH Trimble

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