Sage of Quay Dispatch is Moving to Substack – Blogspot Version Retiring Early July 2026

 

After many years of running this Blogspot site, the time has come to sunset it.

Google has engaged in persistent shadow-banning and suppression that has made the blog virtually invisible in search results for quite some time now. Despite consistent, high-quality content and a loyal audience, the platform has increasingly limited visibility and reach. At this point, continuing to pour energy into a suppressed outlet no longer makes sense.

My primary home for the past couple of years — and the place where new content is published without interference — is my Substack: 

👉 https://sageofquay.substack.com/

All future articles, videos, interviews, and dispatches will appear there exclusively. If you’ve enjoyed the work here over the years, I strongly encourage you to subscribe (it’s free) and turn on notifications so you don’t miss anything.

This Blogspot site will be fully sunset (taken offline) in early July 2026. It will not remain as an archive.

To everyone who has read, shared, commented, and supported the work here — thank you. Your engagement has meant a great deal. The fight for truth, deeper understanding, and uncensored conversation continues — just on a platform that actually allows it to be seen.

See you on Substack.

Mike Williams

Sage of Quay

June 2026

Japan’s Rate Hikes Just Triggered a Global Financial Time Bomb

Lena Petrova explains how decades of ultra-low (even negative) Japanese interest rates fueled a massive global liquidity machine through the yen carry trade and foreign asset purchases. With Japan now facing inflation, a weak yen, and rising wages, the Bank of Japan is poised to hike rates further — potentially to levels not seen since the mid-1990s. This shift is prompting Japanese investors and institutions to repatriate trillions in overseas holdings, especially US Treasuries. The video warns that a rapid unwind of the yen carry trade and large-scale asset repatriation could spike global yields, pressure stock markets, tighten liquidity, and create serious turbulence for the heavily indebted US economy.

Rick Beato: I Was Right About AI

In this follow-up video, musician and educator Rick Beato revisits his March prediction that AI would follow the music industry’s path toward decentralization. He points to exploding prices for SSDs (4TB drives now $2,000+) and RAM due to massive data center demand, while new hardware from AMD, Microsoft, Nvidia, and Apple is being built specifically to run powerful local LLMs offline. Beato highlights growing anti-AI sentiment among young people and college students who reject AI-generated content, questions the real purpose of enormous data centers amid rising surveillance (license plate cameras, facial recognition), and suggests much of what people need AI for could soon run locally without cloud dependency.

Iran Deal Called a “Dial” – Not Peace, Just a 60-Day Control Knob

In this Intelligence Brief from Station One, host Molly Reid analyzes the freshly released 14-point US-Iran memorandum that reopens the Strait of Hormuz, eases sanctions, and is being sold as the end of the war. She highlights the critical 60-day limit on free passage, conditional $25 billion fund release, and a senior US official’s own description of the deal as a “dial” — something that can be turned up or down based on Iranian compliance. Reid contrasts the victory narrative with ongoing conflicts (Israel-Hezbollah, Ukraine-Russia refinery strikes), unanswered nuclear issues, and historical patterns, urging viewers to watch specific indicators over the next weeks to see if it’s genuine de-escalation or managed theater.

Candace Owens: Did Epstein’s Network Reemerge in Charlie Kirk’s World?

In Episode 352 of her show, Candace Owens examines the assassination of Charlie Kirk and uses it as a jumping-off point to investigate deeper networks. She explores the dark history of private military companies, their alleged ties to human trafficking, connections to figures in Trump’s cabinet, and questions whether elements of Jeffrey Epstein’s influence network have resurfaced in conservative circles around Kirk. The episode blends whistleblower-style revelations, commentary on elite protection rackets, and broader cultural critique, including a segment on Emily Ratajkowski’s essay.

Ian Carroll: Peter Thiel’s Secret Society Leak Is Absolutely Insane

Ian Carroll breaks down the fresh leak exposing Peter Thiel’s long-running “Dialogue” secret society, a 20-year-old invitation-only group that brings together tech billionaires, military leaders, intelligence figures, senators, Treasury officials, and surveillance execs for off-the-record retreats. The exposed 2026 attendee list (222 names) and session topics — including “Build a Cult,” “Navigating World War III,” “How’s Your Sex Life?,” and money-buying-happiness discussions — paint a picture of elite convergence blending power, tech, and strange subcultural vibes. Carroll connects it to past Thiel-Epstein ties, PayPal Mafia influence, and questions how much real-world control operates behind closed doors with Faraday cages and Chatham House rules.

Chris Hedges: Street Battles Against ICE Are the Front Line vs. Police State

In this powerful narrated essay, Chris Hedges reports from the protests outside Delaney Hall, New Jersey’s largest ICE detention center, describing brutal clashes with guards and police using batons, tear gas, and pepper spray. He highlights the human cost — families torn apart, children sobbing as parents are deported — and the horrific conditions inside the GEO Group-run facility: moldy food, contaminated water, medical neglect, and retaliation against hunger strikers. Hedges argues these scenes are not isolated but a training ground and preview for a broader authoritarian crackdown, urging readers to join the fight now to prevent the full consolidation of a police state that strips rights and normalizes cruelty.

Peter Thiel’s Secret Elite Society Leaked: Cults, WW3, and Elite Matchmaking Exposed

In this Breaking Points segment, Krystal and Saagar dive into a major Wired leak exposing Peter Thiel’s ultra-secretive “Dialogue” society. Over 200 global elites — including NATO’s top commander, Trump administration officials, senators, PayPal Mafia members, and surveillance industry leaders — attended off-the-record retreats featuring panels on building cults, navigating World War III, improving sex lives, and AI-driven futures. The group even runs a matchmaking app for “meaningful connections among exceptional people.” The hosts discuss the creepy elitism, the attendees’ obsession with AI, longevity, and power, and how this reflects a new private Davos-style network of the ultra-wealthy who shape technology and policy while craving edginess and validation.

Fix These Hidden Deficiencies Before They Wreck Your Health

In this straightforward video, Chef Caleb breaks down the most common nutritional deficiencies affecting modern people, explaining their subtle (and not-so-subtle) symptoms, why they happen in today’s diets, and practical ways to correct them. He covers magnesium (cramps, anxiety, poor sleep), protein (muscle loss, constant hunger), iron (fatigue, brain fog), vitamin D (low mood, weak immunity), hydration, iodine (thyroid issues), omega-3s, B12, potassium, zinc, calcium, and fibre. The emphasis is on real-food solutions first, with smart supplement advice where needed, making it a clear, no-nonsense guide to feeling better by addressing what most people are unknowingly low on.

Cornell Student Doxxed & Torched for Refusing to Work for the Tribe

Ian Carroll breaks down the rapid escalation of a story involving Cornell student Austin Franco, who privately told a Jewish internship founder (Gabe Einhorn of Verify) that he wasn’t interested in working for a Jew based on past negative experiences. Einhorn doxxed the 19-year-old on X (originally posting his full name), sparking outrage from Joe Lonsdale (Palantir co-founder), who urged “strong Jew” consequences and public shaming. The incident exploded into mainstream coverage in outlets like the New York Post, with calls to ruin Franco’s future employability, family harassment, and even DOJ-level threats, framing it as a textbook example of tribal overreach and intolerance toward dissenting views on Jewish influence. Carroll compares the mob response to broader patterns of hypersensitivity and questions the lack of self-reflection in the community’s reaction.

Black Cubes, AI Blondes & the Economist’s Ominous 2026 Prophecies

In this creepy compilation from SecondsOfHorror, the host examines bizarre TikTok videos and symbolism surrounding Barack Obama’s newly opening Presidential Center in Chicago, highlighting its prominent black cube structure (linked to Saturn/Baal worship) covered in inspirational text, and drawing parallels to other black cube monuments. The video dives into the 2026 Economist magazine cover’s symbolic predictions—including red balloons tied to recent strange events—and analyzes an AI-generated photo of Trump with tall blonde figures in red outfits that eerily matches the cover’s “futuristic AI” character, sparking theories about Nordic aliens, reality testing, and normalization of disorder. It explores how advancing AI blurs truth and fiction, references Trump’s comments on blaming AI for events, and questions whether these visuals are testing public perception for larger agendas like Project Blue Beam or engineered chaos.

Your Daily Moods Are Secretly Rewiring Your Body – The Science Explained

Chef Caleb breaks down how common emotions physically impact your health in this straightforward video. Anxiety floods your system with cortisol and adrenaline, disrupting sleep, digestion, and immunity when chronic. Boredom signals low dopamine and, if smothered with endless scrolling or snacks, desensitizes your reward system and flattens motivation long-term. Anger provides a useful short burst for action but sustained resentment raises blood pressure and heart disease risk. Joy boosts dopamine, serotonin, and immune function while lowering inflammation, whereas loneliness rivals smoking as a mortality risk by elevating stress hormones and shrinking brain areas for memory and connection. The video also covers shame (which paralyzes and promotes self-sabotage), chronic stress (which shrinks the hippocampus), apathy, envy, excitement, sadness, and hope—emphasizing that understanding these mind-body links can help you respond more intentionally to everyday feelings.

The Chaotic Rise and Fall of Faith No More

Guitar Meets Science dives into the turbulent history of Faith No More, the influential alternative metal band from San Francisco. Starting as Sharp Young Men and evolving through multiple names and chaotic lineups—including firing original singer Chuck Mosley after he passed out on stage at their album release party—the band recruited Mike Patton from Mr. Bungle, who wrote lyrics for their breakthrough album The Real Thing in just two weeks. The video covers their massive success with the hit "Epic" (and its controversial fish-flopping music video that drew PETA outrage), internal betrayals like guitarist Jim Martin being fired via fax, touring with Billy Idol, and the bitter breakup where they publicly blamed drummer "Puffy." It highlights the revolving-door drama, animal rights backlash, and how Patton helped transform the group into global superstars before it all unraveled.