Threat Matrix 2021

Threat Matrix is a thread where global and domestic threats and trends to America are noted and commented on. Goal it to peel back the BS and get to the root of things.

2 Thessalonians 2:11-12 – “Yahweh shall send them a strong delusion, so that they will believe the lie. The result will be that all who have not believed the truth, but have taken their pleasure in wickedness, will be condemned.”

Globalism / Great Reset -
This week, Schwab’s World Economic Forum hosted the world’s elite — everyone from national leaders to billionaire investors, business leaders and economists to social justice activists — most of whom joined virtually. World leaders look to the WEF each year to glean insights into the future of economics, finance, and money. Wuhan’s impact on the global economy was center stage. Much of the discussion of recovery from wuhan pandemic focused on transferring wealth from industrialized countries to the developing world. Discussions stressed that significant changes need to be made on the other side. One point was eliminating nationalism and embracing globalism.

Keep these goals of the great reset in mind as you view the news.
1) Perpetual pandemic lockdowns and economic controls until the population submits to medical tyranny.
2) Medical passports and contact tracing as a part of everyday life.
3) The censorship and de-platforming of all voices that oppose the agenda.
4) Greatly reduced economic activity in the name of stopping “climate change”.
5) Greatly increased poverty and the loss of private property.
6) The introduction of “Universal Basic Income” in which the government becomes the all-powerful welfare provider and nursemaid for a generation of dependent and desperate people.
7) A cashless society and digital currency system where privacy in trade is completely erased.
8) creation of a “shared economy” in which no one will own anything and independent production is outlawed.
9) The deletion of national borders and the end of sovereignty and self-determination.
10) The centralization of global political power into the hands of a select few elitists.

Wuhan Virus - Its not about the virus - its all about control
NYP reports Gov. Cuomo’s Health Department understated the number of New Yorkers who died in nursing homes during the early days of the coronavirus pandemic by more than 50 percent as the facilities struggled to properly isolate and treat residents amid a state order they not turn away COVID-19 patients.
The bombshell finding was contained in a new 76-page report released Thursday by state Attorney General Letitia James, which found that mismanagement and long-standing problems in the private care business turned nursing homes into COVID death traps.

Economy -
STRICTLY MY OPINION, DON’T TAKE IT TO THE BANK. I’m not an economist nor engage in stock market related trading, so I’m trying to get my mind around the whole Reddit group assault on GameShop and AMC stocks (there are other companies that were targeted as well like Nokia). The trading chaos is not the fault of GameStop, AMC, Nokia or others, it is the fault of hedge fund short sales. There are some out there saying this goes beyond the short trading and into the realm of a populist revolt that some link to an incipient Fourth Generation war. Fourth Generation War is waged by tribal entities, against each other or against the state (sometimes both), and it exists because citizens increasingly give their allegiance to their tribes — social, ideological, political, racial/ethnic, religious, etc. — rather than to the nation-state.

Another view is that folks that got burned in 2008 when companies sold naked stocks decided not to be burned this time, organized and pounced. The company “Robinhood” who’s app is used by many traders is now being sued for interfering with trades and potentially illegally selling user stocks in the affair.

Instead of taking the loss, the elite class struck back. Reddit restricted access to the Wall Street Bets forum (where the GameStop plan was hatched), chat service Discord deleted the Wall Street Bets server, NASDAQ (the exchange where GameStop is listed) suggested a future trading halt “to give investors a chance to recalibrate their positions,” and popular trading apps like Robinhood restricted new buy orders on GameStop to reverse the rise of the stock price. Instead of giving up, members of the digital populist revolt are vowing to redouble their efforts to drive the GameStop share prices higher and punish the hedge funds, even if it means financial ruin. Government involvement with new regulations and licenses is a probable outcome.

However, the newly minted Treasury Secretary Yellen received millions from short sell firm Citadel associated with the GameStop upheaval. Citadel handles about 60% of Robinhood’s trades.

Questions are arising if the same tactic is starting to hit the metals market. Precious metals ETFs and mining stocks are suddenly snapped higher Thursday morning, raising questions about whether the Reddit Rebellion is migrating to one of the most manipulated markets of all. As of noon local Thursday, prices were down to a +$0.54 / oz for silver after an initial run of +$1.50/oz, and now back up again to close higher.

BOTTOM LINE - Expect more chaos on these sectors of wall street. The exposure of naked stock sales (made illegal after 2008) show things haven’t changed much. The status quo has been upset. The question is how much of the bleeding reach into the rest of the market?
I don’t know if this helps, but here is an interesting take on the events -
https://taibbi.substack.com/p/suck-it-wall-street
https://www.americanpartisan.org/2021/01/elites-versus-you-the-crescendo-begins-to-peak/

CW2/Domestic violence -
Anarchist groups are calling for shifting the center of their operations from major metropolitan areas like Portland/Seattle, and into suburbs and smaller cities. They believe that they can out maneuver the police in those areas and spreading out other forces. Last summer we saw the attempt to move into these areas and they were met with mixed results, depending on the backbone of the residents. Usually smaller cities gave greater push back than some suburbs where more privileged tended to live.

Authorities are wanting permanent fencing to be installed surrounding the nation’s capitol. Walls work when liberals want them i guess.

POLITICAL FRONT -
A Democratic congressman from California will try to have Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, Georgia Republican, expelled from the House. In a statement Wednesday night, Rep. Jimmy Gomez said he will introduce a resolution to kick Ms. Greene out of the chamber “in light of numerous reports revealing her repeated endorsements of sedition, domestic terrorism, and political violence.”

AOC accused Sen Cruz of “trying to get her killed” all because Cruz agreed with her on a GameStop issue. Democrats in the House have become increasingly hysterical about their safety and threats for the other side of the isle. Pelosi said Thursday that House Republicans pose a threat to Democrats, and she pledged additional federal money to boost security in the Capitol. When asked to elaborate on the enemies comment, Pelosi told the Washington Examiner, “It means we have members of Congress who want to bring guns on the floor and have threatened violence on other members of Congress.”

China -
People with British National (Overseas) status – a legacy of UK rule over Hong Kong up to 1997 – will be able to apply to live and work in the UK for up to five years, and eventually seek citizenship, under rules that were changed after China imposed the National Security Law on the territory last year. Any Hong Kong resident born before 1997 is eligible for BN(O) status and the new rules mean an estimated 2.9 million adults in Hong Kong and a further 2.3 million dependents could be eligible to move to the UK. Hong Kong has a population of about 7.5 million people.
NOTE - this is most of the population of HK and would seriously drain the brain and money trust of the former colony while denying China the wealth therein. I expect that China may retaliate in some measure to prevent an exodus on this scale.

I mentioned the other day that I was concerned of a China/Taiwan clash within the next two years. The following link has a broader discussion of the geopolitical peering into the tea leaves about what is on the mind of Chinese and biden administration leadership. Good read.
https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/2021-year-china-and-taiwan-clash-177022

Lebanon -
Rioting continued in Tripoli, with the town hall being stormed, documents being ‘searched’ and then set on fire.

Afghanistan -
The Taliban are not meeting the promises they made in the peace agreement with the United States, including reducing violence and cutting ties with Al-Qaeda, the Pentagon said Thursday.
“We are still involved in trying to get a negotiated settlement. The Taliban have not met their commitments,” said Pentagon spokesman John Kirby. The Trump administration came to an agreement in February 2020 that required the Taliban to halt attacks on US forces, sharply decrease the level of violence in the country, and advance peace talks with the government in Kabul. In return, the United States would steadily reduce its force level in the country, and remove all forces by May 2021.
OBSERVATION - I suspect the Taliban and AQ see us as week now that biden is president, so i don’t expect much movement on their part. biden won’t drop a MOAB on them like Trump did.

Turkey -
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu to meet with Iranian counterpart Javad Zarif today in Istanbul. They’e expected to focus on developments in Syria and forming a 5+1 group for the Caucasus region that would include Iran, Russia, Turkey, Azerbaijan, Armenia and Georgia.
NOTE - Turkey is trying to further establish itself as the real leader in the region, usurping Russia’s influence (but threw them a bone recognizing that they can’t be ignored).

Relatively short today.

Globalism / Great Reset -
If anyone hasn’t read “Atlas Shrugged”, they should because the discussions at the recent WEF sound like they were taken straight from its pages. A panel on “Implementing Stakeholder Capitalism” identified the need to shift away from shareholder capitalism, in which corporations exist to create a profit for shareholders and replace it with stakeholder capitalism, in which corporations prioritize environmental and social good above profits.
In another panel , “Advancing a New Social Contract,” talks covered government-funded short-time work programs for the unemployed and minimum living income payments (a universal basic income), in addition to corporations to adopting their own social justice programs to solve inequality and a lack of diversity.

Wuhan Virus - Its not about the virus - its all about control
Newscum’s sudden removal of kalifornia’s lockdown decree has only added fuel to the recall fire. Signatures have increased, not decreased.

The latest international testing of hydroxychloroquine treatment of coronavirus shows countries that had early use of the drug had a 79% lower mortality rate than countries that banned the use of the safe malaria drug. The study posted in the American Journal of Medicine in January found that early treatment of coronavirus patients with hydroxychloroquine lowered the mortality rate for the disease.

Economy -
Buried under the Robinhood/GameStop stories, it was reported that the US economy shrank 3.5% for all of 2020. This inspire of a growth of 4% during the last quarter of the year.

Robinhood has strictly limited purchases of specific stocks the target of last weeks short squeeze. It has also capped the maximum holdings of 36 stocks to just one share. However, big players appear to be teeing up to enter on the side of the Reddit insurgents. The legality of Robinhood’s actions are highly questionable and there are reports that the White House directed it to interfere with the rebellion. Reverberations caused stock prices to drop, along with wuhan virus concerns.

United Airlines said the jobs of roughly 14,000 employees are at risk when federal aid expires this spring.

Invasion of Illegals -
There are now six states setting up to sue biden over his roll back of Trump immigration policies.

CW2/Domestic violence -
BLM/Antifa attacked an ICE facility in Portland AGAIN Friday. And of course, those arrested were quickly released without bail. They are set on an anti law enforcement, anti immigration control and anti government in general push, regardless of who’s in the WH. However, the numbers continue to be down due to the change in administration and leftists work to establish a stronger base for further insurgent development.

Domestic Terror -
FBI stating that the pipe bombs found at the RNC and DNC HQs Jan 6th were placed there the night before.

China -
Been sorting this out for validity but it is pretty solid. One of the many Chinese AF flights that probed the Taiwan airspace particularly, the mission on Saturday Jan. 23, was conducted as the Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group (TRCSG), entered the South China Sea (SCS) “to conduct routine operations”. It is pretty firm that the intercepted comments from the chinese pilots confirming orders for simulated targeting and release of anti-ship missiles against the carrier.

I said this was coming yesterday morning and here it is. China said Friday it will no longer recognize the British National Overseas passport as a valid travel document or form of identification amid a bitter feud with London over a plan to allow millions of Hong Kong residents a route to residency and eventual citizenship. However, at this stage, it is uncertain how China will be able to prevent HK’rs from leaving the territory with BNO passports, given the international’s agreements they’ve made.

Russia -
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday signed a bill extending the last remaining nuclear arms control treaty between Russia and the United States a week before the pact was due to expire. Both houses of the Russian parliament voted unanimously Wednesday to extend the New START treaty for five years. Putin and U.S. President Joe Biden had discussed the nuclear accord a day earlier, and the Kremlin said they agreed to complete the necessary extension procedures in the next few days.

Israel -
Blast outside Israel’s New Delhi embassy damages cars; security raised at Israeli facilities worldwide. Nobody hurt in explosion apparently caused by a small improvised deviceDelhi Police Special Cell has found a letter from outside the Israel embassy near the blast site addressed to Israel Ambassador with ‘trailer’ written on it and mentions the killing of top Iranian Military officer Qasem Soleimani & Iranian Nuclear scientist Mohsen Farkhrizadeh. Terrorist organization called Jaish-ul-Hind has taken responsibility for the attack.

Kosovo’s Foreign Minister on Friday said a formal ceremony will be held next week to establish diplomatic ties with Israel. This past September, it was announced that Serbia would be relocating its embassy in Israel to Jerusalem by July 2021 and that Kosovo would recognize Israel. These moves were included in an agreement on economic normalization between Serbia and Kosovo which was signed at a meeting with then-US President Donald Trump in the White House. (AP).

Lebanon -
Protests are still simmering in Tripoli, but not at the level as earlier this week.

Turkey -
Turkey hosted Iran’s Foreign Minister Javad Zarif in Ankara on Friday in a sign of Turkey’s growing relations that seek to work closely with Tehran against US interests in the Middle East.

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