Topic: Hague Convention

William Howard Taft, a member of Skull and Bones, is identified as a key figure in transforming the opium trade. While serving as the civilian governor of the Philippines, Taft made opium illegal, which Milligan argues was a move to benefit smugglers by increasing the product's value. This led to the Hague and Shanghai conventions, establishing modern global drug prohibitions.

Jim Fetzer analyzes the scale of the Jade Helm military exercise, citing the massive assembly of equipment in Colorado as evidence of an imminent deployment. He references a 2012 Pentagon study regarding the willingness of different military branches to fire upon American citizens. Concerns are raised about the Department of Homeland Security's acquisition of hollow-point ammunition.