Threat Matrix 2020

Established in 2001 after the 9/11 attack on America, this thread is designed to identify threats to America, both internal and external, and evaluate the probability of those threats occurring and the extent of potential damage. Discussions may stray into ‘tinfoil’ territory, but the goal is to peel back and confirm information so we can make founded decisions and actions.

Wuhan Virus -
Most recent data dump from DoughtyOne 11/17/20

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3907080/posts

Panic buying is on - in Washington, California, Virginia, Indiana, Ohio, New Jersey, New York, Michigan and Missouri.

Pennsylvania’s Democrat Governor Tom Wolf has announced new COVID restrictions, including ordering people to wear masks inside their own homes. Additionally, anyone who visits PA from another state must get tested within 72 hours before entering the state or quarantine for 14 days. Residents who traveled to other states must follow same rules when coming home. There will be an exemption for those who commute to and from another state for work or medical treatment.
Pennsylvanians who have guests over their own homes will be required to wear masks.

Michigan lawmakers examining impeachment of Gov whitmer over her continued oppressive wuhan virus edicts.

Infection rates are over stated in the lockdowns - what is understated are the demographics of the dead - which is more important. The data gathered by the CDC from the NVSS also shows that people over the age of 65 made up the majority of COVID-19 deaths between May and August. According to the data, -
21.7 percent of the people who died from COVID-19 are between the ages of 65 and 74.
26 percent of the deaths come from people aged 75 to 84, and
30.4 percent come from people 85 and above.

People between the ages of 50 to 64, though not dying at the same rate, were also more susceptible to the virus, with the age range representing 16.4 percent of coronavirus deaths. People who were 49-years-old and below only accounted for less than six percent of all COVID-19 fatalities.

Remember, recent CDC study showing majority of people infected with coronavirus wore MASKS consistently.

Economy -
8 million Americans have entered ‘poverty’ due to the wuhan virus induced economic chaos.

2020 Election-
Lawsuits and accusations continue but the clock is ticking down.

CW2/Civil Disturbances -
Leftist organizations continue to logistically plan for violence should Trump emerge from the post election legal scrum a victor.

Strategic Deployment -
Acting Defense Secretary Chris Miller on Tuesday announced a U.S. troop drawdown to 2,500 in both Afghanistan and Iraq, consistent with President Trump’s promises to bring U.S. troops home and his goal to end the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
“I am formally announcing that we will implement President Trump’s orders to continue our repositioning of forces from those two countries,” Miller said. “By January 15th, 2021, our forces, their size in Afghanistan, will be 2,500 troops. Our force size in Iraq will also be 2,500 by that same date.”

N Korea -
Independent analysts estimate that N. Korea has 60 nuclear weapons. What is not known is what their delivery system for those weapons is.

Israel -
Israel struck a number of targets in Syria overnight. IDF says the strikes were in response to IEDs discovered in Israel. Syria locals were used to place the devices, but guidance and control was by Iran IRGC quds force. It consisted of three connected claymore charges anti-personnel, found near IDF post. IDF: Our response we wanted to convey message to Syrian regime and Iran, we struck military targets of QUDS force and Syria armed forces and hope it is clear that Syrian regime allows and tolerates use of Syria as linchpad for attacks on Israel

Iran -
(Reuters) - Iran has fired up advanced uranium-enriching centrifuges that it had installed underground at its Natanz site. “On 14 November 2020, the Agency verified that Iran began feeding uranium hexafluoride gas (UF6) into the recently installed cascade of 174 IR-2m centrifuges at the Fuel Enrichment Plant (FEP) in Natanz,” the IAEA report to member states dated Tuesday said.

MY OBSERVATIONS - Feeding the UF6 gas is close to the last step necessary to concentrate the uranium to weapons grade. This may be the last straw for Israel/US. Trump in recent weeks asked for military options, but has held off. Potential that 2020 may end with a very big bang.

Afghanistan -
Fighting back against Taliban truce violations, Afghani forces announced the names of 70 Taliban commanders killed in response to attacks across the nation.

Iraq -
Following a month of no activity, the US embassy in the Green Zone was targeted by rockets. Reporters in Baghdad heard several loud blasts echoing from the Green Zone, followed by rapid-fire bursts and red flares indicating the US embassy’s C-RAM rocket defense system was deployed. Twitter videos captured some impressive footage of the shoot downs. Reports that at least 7 rockets were fired towards the embassy. Of the rockets, 4 were accurately pointed at the embassy, the other three missed and hit other districts in Baghdad.

Syria -
See Israeli above

Armenian / Azerbaijan -
The Unified Information Center of Karabakh reports that the villages of Nor Maraga, Nor Aygestan, Nor Seisulan, Nor Karmiravan, Nor Haykadzhur, Ovtashen and Nor Jraberd of Martakert district are being evacuated before returned under Azerbaijani control. The message says that the Aghdam region will be returned to Azerbaijan on November 20

Wuhan Virus -
Most recent data dump from DoughtyOne 11/18/20

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3907080/postshttps://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3907374/posts

Deaths attributed to the wuhan virus passed 250K. What is being covered over is the looseness of what defines a wuhan death, as many deaths are due to another cause, the presence of the virus is enough to change the cause of death.

Europe’s daily cases continue to drop. In France, the number of critical cases began to plateau recently. One should expect a plateau and a subsequent drop in daily death tolls if this trend is to continue.

Doctors are now saying that a negative COVID-19 test not reliable safety net for holiday gatherings. Just one more step in the path of attempting to quash one of the more important holidays Americans look to. Christmas will be next.

Economy -
More stress on grocery supply chains as wuhan lockdown fears increase.

2020 Election-
In an extraordinary turnabout that foreshadows possible legal action, the two GOP members of Wayne County’s election board signed affidavits Wednesday night alleging they were bullied and misled into approving election results in Michigan’s largest metropolis and do not believe the votes should be certified until serious irregularities in Detroit votes are resolved. These members of the election board had their families doxxed by leftists and threatened with harm.

CW2/Civil Disturbances -
Leftists continue to remain generally calm, assuming a Biden win. Three worst case scenarios are on the radar.
1. Trump overturns the current results and remains president - this outcome has the potential to generate the most serious rioting and conflict.
2. Trump remain in office under a plethora of court challenges and slowed USSC decisions.
3. Ignoring conclusive evidence of fraud, Trump is forced to step down, generating violence from supporters on the right and counter violence from the left.

Leftists are calling for counter protests of Trump supporter rallies in Atlanta GA who are holding a 4 day stop the steal event. Probability of violence is high.

Strategic Deployment -
Two B-1 bombers transited the China Sea region and temporarily enter the Chinese (declared) air defense identification zone. The US and other nations do not acknowledge this zone. China scrambled jets to intercept, but the B-1s were long gone by the time they got there.

China/India -
China reportedly used a microwave weapon against India to drive them from a position.

Israel -
Palestinian Authority announced resumption of civil /security ties w/ Israel. Ties were severed in May due to threat of West Bank annexation.

The IDF has revealed that the terror cell behind the placing of anti-personnel mines and other improvised explosive devices (IEDs) on the Golan Heights is Unit 840, which is being operated by Iranian Quds forces. This week, IAF struck Iranian/syrian targets as a result of another attempt by this group to install antipersonnel mines.

Wuhan Virus -
Most recent data dump from DoughtyOne 11/19/20

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3907794/posts

Pfizer To File Today For Emergency-Use Approval For COVID-19 Vaccine!

Meanwhile from the swamp, even a highly effective COVID-19 vaccine may not prevent people from getting infected with coronavirus or spreading it to others, Dr. Anthony Fauci said Thursday. Onward to unending wuhan shutdowns, its not about the disease, it’s about control.

CDC says Americans should not travel this Thanksgiving. Christmas plans shouldn’t be bright either.

The CEO of the California Medical Association and a lobbyist for the organization were among the guests who partied with Gov. Gavin Newsom at a large gathering held after the state went under tightened coronavirus restrictions. Again, the liberal elite consider themselves above the requirements they’ve placed on the little people.

Economy -
““The advance number of actual initial claims under state programs, unadjusted, totaled 743,460 in the week ending November 14, an increase of 18,344 (or 2.5 percent) from the previous week. The seasonal factors had expected a decrease of 13,302 (or -1.8 percent) from the previous week.” (Philly Fed)

Mnuchin is asking congress to reallocate $580 billion of funds that have already been appropriated. This as an interim measure pending another stimulus package.

2020 Election-
The legal and legislative fight continues.

CW2/Civil Disturbances -
Another “March for Trump” is being scheduled for Dec 12th in DC with likely smaller rallies in other cities across the country. BLM/Antifa has already stated that they will counter protest these rallies. Very high probability of violence.
MY OBSERVATIONS - I expect that the patriots will be better prepared to defend themselves this time around, though I also expect BLM/Antifa to employ more people and more harmful/deadly attack methods. Monitoring.

Russia -
Military analysts are following continued cuts to the Russian naval related programs. These cuts are driven by Russia’s dismal economic woes. Cuts have included reduction in the numbers of new surface ships, refurbishing older ships and nuclear submarine cancellations.

Israel -
Mike Pompeo on Thursday visited the Golan Heights, a first trip to the contested territory since Washington recognized Israeli sovereignty over the plateau last year.

Armenian / Azerbaijan -
Reports coming in about Azeri mistreatment of Armenians in the surrendered territories and destruction of churches contrary to promises otherwise.

Wuhan Virus -
Most recent data dump from DoughtyOne 11/20/20

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3908158/posts

In addition to Pfizer, BioNTech also applied for emergency approval of its vaccine.

Economy -
JPMorgan, in its 2021 outlook, now says first-quarter growth will be negative due to the spreading virus and associated restrictions. Wall Street has been looking to a positive first quarter and improving growth. Time will tell the impacts of new virus lockdown, but for an economy that is still frail, JPMorgan could be correct.

2020 Election-
Republican Mike Garcia declares victory in race for CA25, Katie Hill’s former seat. If it holds, it will be the 3rd US House seat in SoCal the GOP has flipped back red since the blue wave in 2018, and it looks like GOP is now on track to flip a 4th with CA21. Check my count but I think this puts the republicans in the house at a total of +10 in gains.

Dominion voting systems pulled out of a Pennsylvanian State Government Committee meeting at the last minute and is reportedly lawyering up.

CW2/Civil Disturbances -
Michael Yon makes the following observation -
“The big step into insurgency warfare comes when average, intelligent people see the government as illegitimate. And are willing to do something. Actively or passively. This means, among other forms of war being waged from different corners, we face insurgency, civil war, and revolution.
Our situation is no longer is ‘a possibility,’ or ‘at some point if we are not careful.’ We are there. This is it. While we’ve been running around the world dumping trillions to install ‘democrazy’ (as Thais call it), and to rescue people who don’t want our help, our own house crumbles. We’ve elected people who could not pass an algebra class pretending to understand climatology and solar cycles.”
https://www.michaelyon-online.com/dispatch-46-revolution-insurgency-and-civil-war-we-are-there.htm

Patriots and supporters raised the bail for Kyle Rittenhouse who was then released Friday from law enforcement custody. His arrest and outrageous, politically based bond and prosecution is potentially a taste of what the left desires for all trump supporters.

Strategic Deployments -
F-117 stealth bombers have been quietly been brought back on line after being ‘retired’. Analysts believe that they retain their combat role while some are being modified for stealth reconnaissance missions and training of

Terror -
Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri, also known as “Dr. Death,” has reportedly died of natural causes related to asthma. Pakistan and other sources close to AQ echoing the same report. Al-Zawahiri was indicted in 1998 for his part in the attacks on US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania, which left more than 224 people dead and thousands injured. Despite a manhunt after the September 11 attacks, al-Zawahiri has remained in hiding for almost 20 years.

Iran -
(AP) — Iran has instructed allies across the Middle East to be on high alert and avoid provoking tensions with the U.S. that could give an outgoing Trump administration cause to launch attacks in the U.S. president’s final weeks in office.

Iran has made much to do about its new ‘warship’ which is essentially a rolloff freighter that has been modified to carry helicopters and vehicle mounted ADA systems and surface-surface missiles. It also carried four small fast boats, the kind routinely used in the Persian Gulf.

Lebanon -
(AP) In Lebanon, the leader of the Iran-backed militant Hezbollah group, Hasan Nasrallah, warned followers and allies to be vigilant during Trump’s remaining weeks in office.

Talks with Israel on defining Mediterranean sea areas between the two countries have hit a major bump. Lebanese negotiators reportedly continue to change their position and demands. Lebanon is desperate for oil/gas revenue to aid its collapsed economy but so far has been unsuccessful in finding any resources in regions clearly defined under its control The drift of talks indicate that Lebanon is trying to push the demarcation border further south towards oil and gas fields already developed by Israel.

Iraq -
9 rockets were fired into the green zone as the iranian supported militias continue their hit-and-run campaign, unafraid of US retaliation during the election drama.

Wuhan Virus -
Most recent data dump from DoughtyOne 11/21/20

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3908425/posts

FDA says its panel of outside advisors will meet on December 10 to discuss Pfizer’s emergency use application for its Covid-19 vaccine. One has to ask - why waiting until Dec 10th (20 days)? Aren’t they taking this epidemic seriously enough? Labs were ready to start issuing the vaccines within 24 hours as per the Warp Drive guidance.

Regeneron was granted emergency use authorization by the FDA. This is the same treatment given to President Trump in October.

China’s “bat woman” says that a new batch of tests prove that the coronavirus did not originate at her Wuhan virology lab. China is pushing a narrative that the disease originated in Italy.

Economy -
Food banks are reporting a substantial increase in requests for assistance. In LA for instance, requests are up 145% and a turkey giveaway in Dallas TX had a line that stretched for miles.

2020 Election-
After certifying his state’s election results, Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp is now urging his state to conduct an audit comparing the signatures of voter applications and mail-in ballot envelopes to those on the approved voter file to determine if fraud occurred. Pretty screwed up sequence of events.

Republicans have officially gained 10 seats overall in the House. There are four races still too close to call, but the GOP candidates are leading in all four.

CW2/Civil Disturbances -
A biden supporter drove their vehicle into a crowd of Trump supporters at a rally in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin., injuring two. Driver of the vehicle is still on the loose after fleeing the scene.

Strategic Deployments -
US Navy Secretary Kenneth Braithwaite’s called for the establishment of a new naval fleet at the intersection of the Indian and Pacific Oceans. This fleet would directly oppose the aggressive expansionism of China, a move that triggered the standards series of threats from China.

Israel -
Standard fare, Gaza launches a rocket at Israel, Israel bombs Gaza further back into the stone age.

Afghanistan -
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met Afghan government and Taliban negotiators in Doha, calling for them to speed up their peace talks as Washington accelerates its military withdrawal from Afghanistan. This meeting occurred after a rocket attack, consisting of nearly 2 dozen rockets, on Kabul that killed at least 8 people. Taliban denied responsibility for the attack while the Islamic State group did claim the attack.

Syria -
See Israeli airstrike above.

Wuhan Virus -
Most recent data dump from DoughtyOne 11/22/20

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3908687/posts

Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director of the World Health Organization (WHO) tweeted that social lockdown and other current measures will not end with the distribution of vaccines for the wuhan virus. He stated -

“A vaccine on its own will not end the COVID19 pandemic. We will still need to continue:
-Surveillance
-Testing, isolating & caring for cases
-Tracing & quarantining contacts
-Engaging communities
-Encouraging individuals to be careful”

Pretty clear, by moving the goalposts they want to continue the controls of humanity and keep them scared/cowered.

Some numbers now suggest that infection rates are declining in all states except Nebraska and New Mexico.

There is also reportedly a flare up in china of the virus affecting millions in the cities of Tianjin, Shanghai and Manzhouli

Economy -
Hyperinflation versus deflation - economist continue to argue which will develop as the economy continues to struggle against wuhan derived shutdowns.

2020 Election-
Sidney Powell was officially released from the Trump legal team yesterday. It is unclear to me the extent that she will continue to participate in voter fraud cases. This is not a good sign to me to have such a heavy weight lawyer of her high reputation being set aside. Follow on messages by both sides didn’t clarify matters either. The clock is ticking and there are no big lawsuits pending - except for an appeal in PA. If the Trump campaign has the goods, they need to get it in court this week as there is only about 3 weeks to final vote certification.

CW2/Civil Disturbances -
Things continue at a relative calm pending resolution of the Trump challenges to the elections. This doesn’t mean it is over by any means under a potential biden administration. The marxist BLM/Antifa axis is pushing for its agenda and pay back from biden. They are also in data / intel gathering mode - expect them to target Trump supporters under biden. How violent the targeting will be is still being assessed. But as their media/hollywood mouthpieces continue to demand prison and even death sentences for Trump supporters this could get nasty.

Strategic Deployments -
The U.S. military deployed B-52 bombers to the Middle East Saturday, conducted on “short notice” to “deter aggression and reassure U.S. partners and allies.” It marks the first B-52 mission to the Middle East in several months. It is unclear where the B-52H bombers went in the Middle East Saturday, but they left from Minot Air Force Base in North Dakota.

Russia -
United States withdrew from Open Skies treaty with Russia. Warning was given 6 months ago. The past three administrations have identified and reported on Russian breaches of the treaty. In the 0bama adminstrations’ final annual Open Skies Treaty compliance report, released in the spring of 2016, it said, “Russia continues not to meet its treaty obligations to allow effective observation of its entire territory, raising serious compliance concerns.” It added that U.S. efforts to discuss the problems “have not resolved any of the compliance concerns.”

Taiwan -
A US admiral reportedly visited Taiwan on Sunday (Reuters). China responded that the visit upset the delicate nature of the current situation and would take legitimate and necessary responses as they see fit. Over the past several months, the administration has increased visits and commitments to Taiwan as a counter to China.

Israel -
Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu travelled secretly yesterday to the city of Neom in Saudi Arabia and had a trilateral meeting with Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Israeli source tells me. Netanyahu’s office didn’t deny the story. May indicate a normalization agreement is close. Also sends a message to Iran and Biden that the two major anti-Iran countries in the region are working on a united front against the mullahs.

Internal disputes between Fatah and the Palestine Liberation Organization over the PA’s renewal of talks with Israel. Fatah complaining that they are being increasingly excluded from Abbas’ decision making processes. This schism also is seen as growing along with a similar one between the PA and Hamas.

Saudi Arabia -
Reports claim a Quds-2 cruise missile launched by Iranian-backed Houthis in Yemen has hit an Aramco distribution station in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. A storage tank was reportedly damaged by the blast.

Iraq -
“The truce with the Americans has ended due to its conditions not being met,” Qais al-Khazali, leader of the Iranian-backed Shiite militia group Asaib Ahl Al-Haq, said in an interview with Iraqi state media on November 19, Kurdish news agency Rudaw reported on Friday. This announcement interfaces with recent shoot and scoot rocket attacks against the US and allied facilities in the Green Zone. I expect to see a continuation of almost nightly attacks using small numbers of rockets to keep nightly tensions high.

OMG, last post was the nefarious 666.

Wuhan Virus -
Most recent data dump from DoughtyOne 11/23/20

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3909047/posts

Curfew Crashing protests sprung up in over a dozen cities in California opposing Newscum’s curfew and other oppressive orders.

Astra/Zeneca has applied for emergency approval of its vaccine. Current reports “effectiveness” of the different vaccines are:

-Pfizer: 95%
-Moderna: 94.5%
-Oxford/AstraZeneca: an average of 70% up to 90%

After promoting vaccines, now these ‘health professionals’ are warning that the side effects are dangerous as well.

More than 17,000 employees at Shanghai’s international airport were sealed on the premises Sunday night after two cargo workers tested positive for the novel coronavirus.

Economy -
Federal unemployment benefits from the wuhan stimulus will expire for hundreds of thousands next month. With this many controls on mortgage foreclosures and expulsions from rentals for nonpayment.

Holiday travel is set to be very large - and of course setting off all the wuhan alarms, demanding essentially shutting down Thanksgiving and Christmas.

Public health officials in Los Angeles county announced Sunday that they would be forcing all restaurants to cease in-person dining, both indoor and outdoor, in an effort to slow the spread of COVID-19 in the region. The order also prevents bars, wineries, and breweries from opening, as well. Restaurants and similar businesses could barely survive on the limited reopening granted by Kalifornia. So unless you are a favored establishment by Newscum, you’re closed.

2020 Election-
President Trump has ‘allowed’ the GSA to permit transition activity with the biden camp. He still refuses to concede the election.

The courtroom challenges have been far below the expectations put forth by pro-Trump lawyers. Even Rush notes this - “Conservative radio show host Rush Limbaugh says President Donald Trump’s legal team “promised blockbuster stuff” and then “nothing happened.” (Newsmax) They have the next two weeks to make their case else biden/democrats will have run the clock out.

CW2/Civil Disturbances -
Police are leaving the Seattle police department at an accelerating rate, crime has increased proportionally and the city council is looking at a further cut of 17% out of the police budget.

Strategic Developments -
Note retitling. A F35 fighter dropped an inert B61-12 bomb at a Nevada test range. This new generation of nuclear gravity bomb is under development and designed to fit into the weapons bay of the F35 - permitting stealth carry at supersonic speeds.

Taiwan -
Government announced that they are going to build a submarine force to counter Chinese aggression. Many observers believe that under a biden administration, china may feel encourage to finally use military force to capture the island.

Hong Kong -
China threatened to ‘pluck out the eyes’ of the Five Eyes alliance (Britain, Australia, US, Canada and New Zealand) following their condemnation of the expulsion of four pro-democracy legislators from the HK parliament.

Israel -
Netanyahu reportedly is planning to meet the Crown Prince of Bahrain soon.
See Saudi Arabia for more.

Saudi Arabia -
Saudi Foreign Minister trying to walk back reports of a meeting with Netanyahu and denies a meeting took place between Saudi Crown Prince and Israeli officials.

Turkey -
Turkey accused the German navy of conducting an “unauthorised” search of a Turkish flagged freighter over the weekend. Germany replied that they were enforcing the UN arms embargo on Libya. According to a German source, everything went according to protocol. Turkey has been aggressively supplying arms and munitions to the official libyan government - largely because they have an agreement for oil and gas exploration in the libyan economic zone of the Mediterranean sea.

Armenian / Azerbaijan -
As the disputed territory is being divided up and Azerbaijan takes control, Armenias are not happy with the governments concessions of the territories. The Armenian majority in the territory is a key reason it was under Armenian control. The citizenry doesn’t realize that their military was vastly out gunned and maneuvered by the Turkish supported Azeri forces and that Russia was impotent to stop the aggression.

Wuhan Virus -
Most recent data dump from DoughtyOne 11/24/20

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3909388/posts

MSM noting that the crest of the latest ‘wave’ of wuhan infections may be here, though they seem to want to throw cold water on it - can’t let the contrived panic die down quite yet.

Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar said that the U.S. federal government is conducting a practice run this week of its coronavirus vaccine distribution networks with some test shipments as the drugs await emergency approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in “just a few weeks.”

NM Governor has ordered some grocery stores to be closed with the Thanksgiving holiday approaching. This has created local panic in more rural areas where shoppers had to travel a considerable distance to get food.
NYC has set up wuhan ‘checkpoints’ to nail anyone without a recent negative test result. Targeting in specific those with out of state/town license plates or arriving on commercial buses/trains/planes.
Maryland sending out state police to enforce anti-thanksgiving edic
Michigan Gov encourages citizens to become a reincarnation of East Germany and report wuhan violators to the stasi.
Mayor of LA threatening again to shut off power and water to wuhan virus ‘violators’

Economy -
This Dow broke through 30,000 for the first time ever. It is uncertain how long it can maintain such a rally given that the latest rounds of wuhan shutdowns are going to be hitting during the biggest time of the year for consumer spending - spending that won’t likely be happening absent an injection of relief $$$$ from congress.

Unemployment claims increased due to new wuhan virus shut downs. So as we enter the Christmas season, when job demands seasonally rise, the trend is fewer of those jobs.

2020 Election-
More lawyer claims of devastating proof of fraud. We are three weeks into this and into the second week of waiting for the lawsuits to hit.

CW2/Civil Disturbances -
An individual calling himself Adam Rahuba - Antifa Leader issued a threat on twitter to President Trump stating that if he doesn’t concede the election by Sunday, Antifa would begin to blockade conservative areas and threaten to shoot anyone who pushes through those road blocks. Rahuba’s account is currently suspended and is allegedly a leader in the Pittsburg area. Rahuba may well be an Antifa ‘loose cannon’, but his threats do echo those going around in chat rooms and other areas of the internet. Road blocks do not require large numbers of rioters and the inclusion of threatening drivers by pointing weapons at them multiplies their terror projection. For those who’ve followed these riots and tactics will note that past road block operations included threatening with (and in a few cases actually shooting at) firearms and having a quick response element (vehicles, motorcycles, etc) to chase down any vehicle that pushes through the blockade in order to stop them long enough for the crowd to catch up and deliver ‘retribution’. BE SITUATIONALLY AWARE if you live in the maggot infested liberal urban (and adjacent suburbs) areas for this activity.

Note too, that ‘indigenous resistance’ protests will increase as we get closer to Thanksgiving.

Strategic Developments -
B1 bomber successfully tested an external payload deployment of a cruse missile designed for stealth. The B1 has had that capability, but has been utilized for its large internal capacity so far.

Russia -
Russia’s Ministry of Defense claimed that a U.S. warship left Russian waters after its own warship threatened to ram the USS. John McCain. The incident occurred in the Peter the Great Bay in the Sea of Japan, which Russia claims as part of its territorial waters, but the U.S. does not recognize the claim.

Israel -
Over night, IAF struck a number of targets around Damascus. Initial reports identify the targets as Hezbollah munition storage facilities and related sites. Syrian targets were also hit, most likely those tied to supporting Hezbollah as well as ADA. The hardest hit region was around Quneitra, a providence immediately to the east of Golan. Israel has repeatedly warned Syria and Hezbollah about trying to increase their presence in that region as a threat to the Golon. A NOTAMN was issued by Israel covering the area following the end of attacks.

Reports out in Israeli news that the government has ordered the military to prepare for any potential military strikes against Iran by the US prior to Jan 20th. Officials recognize the period between the election and then as very sensitive. President Trump has made one of his campaign promises that Iran would not get the bomb, and facing a potential removal from office might make good on that pledge. Could explain some of the recent diplomatic meetings in the region.

Afghanistan -
International officials trying to prosecute American military personnel will not be allowed to enter the United States, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced Friday. The visa’s were pulled from these individuals who were working for the ICC to “investigate” war crimes in Afghanistan.

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Posted on 11/25/2020, 3:46:55 PM by mabarker1:

How Islam progressively takes over countries Mark Ellis By Mark Ellis

Peter Hammond Dr. Peter Hammond In Dr. Peter Hammond’s book, “Slavery, Terrorism and Islam,” he documents the way Muslims slowly develop a presence in various countries and as their population numbers build, become more aggressive and assertive about exercising Sharia law.

“Islam is not a religion, nor is it a cult. In its fullest form, it is a complete, total, 100% system of life,” Dr. Hammond notes in his book. “Islam has religious, legal, political, economic, social, and military components. The religious component is a beard for all of the other components.”

Their takeover of a country, what Dr. Hammond refers to as “Islamization,” begins when the population of Muslims reaches a critical mass, and they being to agitate for various privileges.

Open, free, democratic societies are particularly vulnerable. “When politically correct, tolerant, and culturally diverse societies agree to Muslim demands for their religious privileges, some of the other components tend to creep in as well,” he notes.

This is how it works, according to Dr. Hammond:

When the Muslim population remains under 2% in a country, they will be seen primarily as a peace-loving minority and not as a threat to other citizens. This is the current situation in:

United States — Muslim 0.6% Australia — Muslim 1.5% Canada — Muslim 1.9% China — Muslim 1.8% Italy — Muslim 1.5% Norway — Muslim 1.8%

As the Muslim population reaches 2% to 5%, they begin to recruit from ethnic minorities and disaffected groups, within prisons and street gangs. This is happening in:

Denmark — Muslim 2% Germany — Muslim 3.7% United Kingdom — Muslim 2.7% Spain — Muslim 4% Thailand — Muslim 4.6%

“From 5% on, they exercise an inordinate influence in proportion to their percentage of the population,” Dr. Hammond notes. “For example, they will push for the introduction of halal (clean by Islamic standards) food” and increase pressure on supermarket chains to feature such food on their shelves — along with threats for failure to comply. This is happening in:

France — Muslim 8% Philippines — 5% Sweden — Muslim 5% Switzerland — Muslim 4.3% The Netherlands — Muslim 5.5% Trinidad & Tobago — Muslim 5.8%

Soon they begin to apply pressure to allow Sharia law within their own communities (sometimes ghettos).

“When Muslims approach 10% of the population, they tend to increase lawlessness as a means of complaint about their conditions,” Dr. Hammond notes. “In Paris, we are already seeing car-burnings. Any non-Muslim action offends Islam, and results in uprisings and threats, such as in Amsterdam, with opposition to Mohammed cartoons and films about Islam.” These tensions are seen on a regular basis in: Guyana — Muslim 10% Riots in Pakistan, 2013 Riots in Pakistan, 2013 India — Muslim 13.4% Israel — Muslim 16% Kenya — Muslim 10% Russia — Muslim 15%

The violence increases when the Muslim population reaches 20%. “After reaching 20%, nations can expect hair-trigger rioting, jihad militia formations, sporadic killings, and the burnings of Christian churches and Jewish synagogues,” such as in:

Ethiopia — Muslim 32.8% “At 40%, nations experience widespread massacres, chronic terror attacks, and ongoing militia warfare,” such as in:

Bosnia — Muslim 40% Chad — Muslim 53.1% Lebanon — Muslim 59.7% From 60%, persecution of non-believing “infidels” rises significantly, including sporadic ethnic cleansing (genocide), use of Sharia law as a weapon, and Jizya, a tax placed on infidels, such as in: Albania — Muslim 70% Malaysia — Muslim 60.4% Qatar — Muslim 77.5% Sudan — Muslim 70%

After 80%, expect daily intimidation and violent jihad, some State-run ethnic cleansing, and even some genocide, as these nations drive out “infidels,” and move toward a 100% Muslim society, which has been experienced to some degree in:

Bangladesh — Muslim 83% Egypt — Muslim 90% Gaza — Muslim 98.7% Indonesia — Muslim 86.1% Iran — Muslim 98% Iraq — Muslim 97% Jordan — Muslim 92% Morocco — Muslim 98.7% Pakistan — Muslim 97% Palestine — Muslim 99% Syria — Muslim 90% Tajikistan — Muslim 90% Turkey — Muslim 99.8% United Arab Emirates — Muslim 96%

A 100% Muslim society will theoretically usher in their version of peace — the peace of ‘Dar-es-Salaam’ — the Islamic House of Peace. “Here there’s supposed to be peace, because everybody is a Muslim, the Madrassas are the only schools, and the Koran is the only word,” such as in:

Afghanistan — Muslim 100% Saudi Arabia — Muslim 100% Somalia — Muslim 100% Yemen — Muslim 100%

Dr. Hammond observes this Islamic ideal is seldom realized. “Unfortunately, peace is never achieved, as in these 100% states the most radical Muslims intimidate and spew hatred, and satisfy their blood lust by killing less radical Muslims, for a variety of reasons.”

“It is important to understand that in some countries, with well under 100% Muslim populations, such as France, the minority Muslim populations live in ghettos, within which they are 100% Muslim, and within which they live by Sharia law,” he states.

Dr. Hammond is also concerned by demographic trends. “Today’s 1.5 billion Muslims make up 22% of the world’s population,” he observes. “But their birth rates dwarf the birth rates of Christians, Hindus, Buddhists, Jews, and all other believers. Muslims will exceed 50% of the world’s population by the end of this century.”

Dr. Peter Hammond is a missionary who has pioneered evangelistic outreaches in the war zones of Mozambique, Angola and Sudan. Peter has travelled hundreds of thousands of miles to deliver Bibles to persecuted Christians in Africa and Eastern Europe.

He is the Founder and Director of Frontline Fellowship, the Founder and Chairman of Africa Christian Action, the Director of the Christian Action Network and the Chairman of The Reformation Society and the author of numerous missions-related books. He is the Editor of both Frontline Fellowship News and Christian Action.

Peter has developed the Biblical Worldview Seminar and Great Commission Course to mobilize churches to comprehensively apply the Lordship of Christ to all areas of life and to fulfill the Great Commission.

Peter was born in Cape Town and brought up in Rhodesia – now Zimbabwe. He converted to Christ in 1977, worked in Scripture Union and Hospital Christian Fellowship, served in the South African Defense Force and studied at Baptist Theological College, Cape Town. He also earned a Doctorate in Missiology. For more information about his book, go here.

11 posted on 11/25/2020, 3:46:55 PM by mabarker1

May all have a happy Thanksgiving with friends and family today.

Wuhan Virus -
Most recent data dump from DoughtyOne 11/25/20

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3909685/posts

USSC rejected Coumo’s wuhan virus anti-church edicts in a victory for religious freedom.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are considering retooling their recommendations on coronavirus quarantine periods from the current 14 days to as few as seven.

Economy -
Third Quarter GDP reportedly at 36% growth, but the legs are weakening across the economy as individual spending has decreased and unemployment rises.

2020 Election-
Ok, the counter offensive appears to be gaining traction. In summary :
- Pennsylvanian Judge stops certification with a big helping of a legislative review that damned the election official that even the MSM couldn’t avoid.
- Nevada judge rules lawsuit can go forward challenging results, permitting Trump to present evidence.
- Independent lawsuit targeting Michigan (where the AG is threatening reprisals against any opponents to certification)
- Georgia headed for the 11th Circuit court
- Sidney Powell added her lawsuits to Georgia and Michigan

Now the Thanksgiving pause, won’t hear the initial results until next week.

CW2/Civil Disturbances -
Rumors coming out of Portland of a developing schism between more moderate elements of BLM and Antifa. At issue is the constants hijacking of protests to have ‘white boys’ start random destruction of property and assaults. This has resulted in some ‘canceling’ of the more moderate BLM elements by the leftists. BLM joined Antifa early on, so when you lay down with dogs, you get their fleas.

Strategic Developments -
President Trump is considering withdrawing hundreds of US military troops from Somalia. The thought of removing our military out of harms way has caused many to convulse in opposition.

Turkey -
EU voted unanimously on a draft motion to condemn Turkey and calling for sanctions in response to Turkey’s actions against Cyprus and its actions throughout the eastern Mediterranean not to mention its combative disagreements with France, Germany and Greece.

Now is the time to work off those excess calories fighting through the crowds on Black Friday.

Wuhan Virus -
Most recent data dump from DoughtyOne 11/25/20 No update for the 26th yet.

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3909685/posts

President Trump said on Thursday that delivery of the coronavirus vaccine would begin next week and the week after. Meanwhile, AstraZeneca’s application for emergency approval has hit some turbulence over reports that their supporting data from testing is lacking proper rigorous standards.

Based on data though September, the CDC has estimated that as many as 53 million Americans had been infected. That is just under eight times the confirmed cases reported at the time. This makes the survival rate even higher given the substantially higher number of infected versus death “related” (related - the new inclusive term being used since it has been shown that wuhan may not be the primary cause of deaths in those with preexisting conditions, to justify the high “death rates”)

Chinese state media outlets are claiming that “all available evidence suggests” the coronavirus did not originate in Wuhan but instead came to China via imported frozen food. This as the WHO claims it will have figured out how the pandemic got started ‘soon’.

Economy -
A snapshot of sectors of weakness in the economy, Walt Disney Co said on Wednesday it would lay off about 32,000 workers, primarily at its theme parks, an increase from the 28,000 it announced in September, as the company struggles with limited customers due to the coronavirus pandemic.

2020 Election-
A few observations I’ve gleaned from the inter webs regarding Sidney Powell.
1. Releasing her from the ‘Official” Trump defense team frees her hands from election and funding restrictions.’
2. The pardon of Gen. Flynn frees her from having to answer the asinine prattling of Judge Sullivan.
3. The whole ‘kraken’ spy story is a little deep for me, but with 1 & 2 above, she may well be the kraken.

President Trump has announced rallies in Georgia to support republican candidates for US Senate.

CW2/Civil Disturbances -
Denver should be bracing for riots over the ruling that police were justified in shooting (and killing) Christopher Escobedo Sept 12th. Escobedo was shot while holding a gun to a female hostage’s head. Police were able to take advantage of opportunity to fire and did so, freeing the hostage. With all those facts, rioters don’t need no stinking facts, could be a busy weekend in the Denver region.

Russia -
Russia claims that it has finally completed modernization of at least one of 17 elderly Cold-War era Tu-160 heavy bombers. The primary obstacle to completing this long-delayed Tu-160 modernization was the new NK-32-02 engine. Getting that new engine to work reliably turned out to be more difficult than anticipated. That is not unusual as the Russian jet engine industry has had problems with several different commercial and military engine designs that sought to match the performance of Western engines.

N Korea -
North Korea has greeted the last two U.S. presidents with tests of missiles or nuclear bombs within weeks of taking office. And experts see something similar happening with Joe Biden, whom the regime has called “a rabid dog.” Kim and his advisors may well consider biden’s administration to be a replay of 0bama, who’s lack of leadership allowed NK to significantly progress both on nuclear weapons as well as ICBM to deliver them to the US.

Israel -
In November 2020 Israel accepted its first of four Saar 6 corvettes being built in Germany. The 1,900-ton Saar 6s are the largest ever ships to serve in the Israeli Navy. The Saar 6 is based on the German Braunschweig class corvettes, which have been in service sone 2008 and proved effective. Israel is spent $100 million to equip all its Saar type ships with the latest version of the 76mm Oto Melara rapid fire cannon. The Israeli Navy has wanted these guns for a long time and American sailors who used them on the U.S. Perry class frigates spoke highly of them as did sailors in navies throughout the region. This cannon, along with other weapon systems create quite an impressive and flexible combat vessel.

Iran -
The US is lining up even more sanctions against Iran in the event that the election contest turns out to a biden victory.

Venezuela -
Echos of what America could turn into under progressive democrats, Venezuela dictator Nicolás Maduro’s government agents have raided the offices of a children’s food charity and frozen its bank accounts (NYT) Using food as a weapon, its not about feeding hungry children, its about power.

It is beginning to look like 2020 is going out with a bang. Buckle up!

Wuhan Virus -
DoughtyOne has decided to cease his monumental data crunching of the wuhan virus stats. An epic task, one that he is setting aside to pursue other items. Many thanks for your contributions to FR.

LA county has instituted a ban on gatherings of people from different households under a new “safer-at-home order” triggered by a spike in Covid-19 cases, with religious services and protests exempt. The order will take effect Monday and last at least three weeks, until December 20.

Economy -
Black Friday sales were muted across the nation. Called “black” because starting on the day after Thanksgiving, business sales would put the revenues into the ‘black’ for the year. This year, particularly small businesses will be struggling not only to keep the doors open thru Christmas, but into 2021 as well.

2020 Election-
Based on the AP race calls, the GOP is currently at +9 in the House but that doesn’t include several races in which Democrats have already conceded. In particular, Democrat Max Rose conceded to Nicole Malliotakis in the NY-11 race more than a week ago. So the GOP will be at +10 once the AP catches up.

The Arizona State Legislature will hold a hearing on election integrity Monday, November 30. Rudy Giuliani and Jenna Ellis will be present on behalf of President Donald J. Trump.

MSM focusing on the minor legal losses by the Trump team and totally missing some of the big wins. Pennsylvania is one of them where an emergency injunction was issued prohibiting certification of the election.

CW2/Civil Disturbances -
Numerous statues were torn down and defaced over the past several days by groups obliquely protesting Thanksgiving.

We will see after tomorrow is BLM/Antifa based threats against Trump supporters/conservatives in Pennsylvania will be carried out. Sunday was the deadline given for Trump to concede the election or blockades of conservative areas by armed BLM/Antifa groups will begin.

Strategic Developments -
The aircraft carrier USS Nimitz is being moved back into the Persian Gulf region along with other warships to provide combat support and air cover as US troops withdraw from Iraq and Afghanistan by January 15 under President Trump’s orders (CNN). USNI had the Nimitz steaming eastward in the vicinity of the southern tip of India. According to their tracking it is headed west again towards the Arabian Gulf. Monitoring to see if other naval assets are being redeployed too the region. Unnamed officials state that the movement was decided before the assassination of Fahrizade. B52 bombers and some accompanying F16 and F15 fighters are in the gulf region.

Russia -
Russian supported forces in Eastern Ukraine have been stalled since 2015. This is in part due to growing defensive skill of Western Ukraine forces combined with casualties and equipment losses by Russian backed forces. Russia has a lot of irons in the fire - Syria, Libya, Armenia and else where. With its economy still crippled by sanctions and a loss of oil revenue, it has been hard pressed to modernize its forces and replace that which has been lost.

Taiwan -
State Department director of policy planning Peter Berkowitz voiced support “Taiwan’s freedom and independence”. This reflects increasing diplomatic and military actions in support of Taiwan and serves as a warning against Chinese aggression. China has not been pleased with the support Taiwan has been receiving this month.

Israel -
Israel put its embassies around the world on high alert after the assassination of Fahrizade, as Iran vows to avenge his killing. Israeli military is already on heightened alert for the past couple weeks following word that President Trump was evaluating first strike options against Iran.

Iran -
Mohsen Fahrizade the architect of Iran’s military nuclear program was assassinated in Tehran, Iranian media reports. Iranian state television said an old truck with explosives hidden under a load of wood blew up near a sedan carrying Fakhrizadeh. As Fahrizade’s sedan stopped, at least five gunmen emerged and raked the car with rapid fire, the semiofficial Tasnim news agency said. Analysts have compared Fahrizade to being on a par with Robert Oppenheimer, the scientist who led the U.S.′ Manhattan Project in World War II that created the atom bomb.

Protests have broken out in Tehran calling for revenge for the assassination. Reports also indicate the crowd was chanting calls for war with America - common rhetorical fare. Iranian Revolutionary Guards Commander reportedly has stated “We have decided to retaliate and punish severely those who planned, carried out and supported the assassination”. Both the US and Israel are considered by Iran as being responsible for the assassination. However, Israel is the target of the primary anger, with Iranian officials stating “serious indications of Israeli responsibility” . Rhetoric is also being directed to historical arch enemy Saudi Arabia for their ‘cooperation’ with the US and Israel.

MY OBSERVATIONS - the next few days will be tense. Iran is in the horns of a dilemma. It wants to avoid poking the US bear too severely so that it triggers a massive US strike that would likely target its nuclear development facilities as well as key military targets. The President has a history of not pulling punches. With the help of Hezbollah, a strike on Israel is more likely, however short of the Hezzies launching open war, Israel too may strike Iran’s nuclear program sites - possibly with nuclear weapons (lacking the convention munitions and delivery system the US has available). If they do nothing, their regime could further collapse into chaos - losing face. Very serious situation.

Iraq -
Iran has directed its puppet militias in Iraq to stand down and cease violence against the US until the election is settled. The mullahs’ see a big target painted on them. However, the assassination of Fahrizade may change matters.

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