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.

Globalism / Great Reset -
Israel is trying to implement a green passport program to encourage vaccination. Protest are breaking out to push back on the policy.

Economy -
The GameStop short sell war has heated up again.

The number of Americans filing for first-time unemployment benefits unexpectedly dropped last week as the labor market continues its slow recovery from the coronavirus pandemic. Figures released Thursday by the Labor Department show that 730,000 Americans filed first-time jobless claims in the week ended Feb. 20, lower than the 838,000 forecast by Refinitiv economists.

The Fed stated that they will not be raising rates, the DOW went up over 400 points in response, increasing the bubble.

Invasion of Illegals -
biden cancelled Trump’s “Operation Talon” program that targeted sex offenders in the US illegally. 18 state AG’s have petitioned the regime to reverse the cancellation. This begs the question - if the US will not remove even convicted sex offenders, just who WILL it remove.

Biden watch - NEW
More rumblings on the lack of a SOTU address. There has been recent speculation about Biden giving the State of the Union online, most of it related to his believed physical capacity to give one.
MY OPINION - I think there is great fear of a teleprompter error leading to an address melt down by biden.

CW2/Domestic violence -
Chicago police also released the final crime number for 2020 Friday which showed that shootings and murders jumped up by more than 50% in 2020. In 2020, there were 769 murders, up considerably compared to the 495 murders tallied in 2019. As for shootings, the city logged 3,261 last year, a big jump from 2,140 shootings in 2019. The number of shooting victims climbed to 4,033 in 2020, up from 2,598 in 2019.
MY OBSERVATION - One of the key tactics for marxist overthrow of the country is to create so much turmoil and fear that people will look to the very government that created the situation for help. There can be no other answer for the insane lack of law enforcement of today - from essentially catch and release of criminals, emptying out prisons, zero bail, selective police response, etc.

Five Oregon counties will ask voters in the next election whether they want to detach from the deep-blue state and join neighboring red-state Idaho. Move Oregon’s Border, also known as Greater Idaho, confirmed Tuesday that the initiative to move swaths of largely rural eastern and southern Oregon into Idaho qualified for the May 18 special election ballot in five counties: Baker, Grant, Lake, Malheur and Sherman. In Baker County, organizers far exceeded the 496 signatures required by submitting 746, with the clerk reporting that 630 were accepted. The county population is about 16,000.
MY OBSERVATION - This is one of three grassroots efforts of red rural county areas of blue states to free themselves from the oppression of the marxist state governments. The other two being the State of Jefferson movement (Kalifornia) and the State of Liberty movement (Washington). IF a CW2 hot scenario kicks off, the red/blue conflict along the west coast would be one of the focal points, and one where the blue urban areas will likely become serious kill zones. These state realignment movements are in various stages of legal work, but in CW2 all bets are off.

Terrorists who threw a lit Molotov cocktail into a police car during Black Lives Matter protests in New York last summer have been quietly offered a plea deal, according to court documents released yesterday. Urooj Rahman and Colinford Mattis, both attorneys from New York, faced life behind bars if successfully prosecuted. Now, it appears there’s a possibility they will not receive any jail time at all, although details of the deal have not been released.
MY OBSERVATION - Perhaps the new AG’s view is moving forward already - it happened after dark so it couldn’t be terrorism.

La Mesa-Spring Valley School Board member compares school reopening to slavery, ‘White Supremacist Ideology’ REMEMBER - its not about the virus, it has become all about control and keeping society disrupted.

POLITICAL FRONT -
All eyes/ears will be on Trump’s appearance at CPAC. Polls already show him to be the hands down front runner for presidential nomination in 2024 and other polls indicate that a majority of republicans would follow him to another party if necessary.

Domestic Terror -
People have tried to sneak onto Air National Guard (ANG) bases 13 different times so far since the start of 2021. “Most of them come in, they don’t realize that they’re coming on a base, that they’re supposed to stop, and they pass through,” Loh told Air Force Magazine. But in “a couple” of incidents, Loh said individuals attempted to “jump the fence and steal stuff” before being apprehended by base security.
OBSERVATION - concerning especially if the number of ‘fence jumping’ incidents increase and individuals target more sensitive areas of the bases.

Strategic Developments /Deployments -
The USN is having its sailors re-do their oath to defend and protect the constitution and in addition, each sailor will have an obligation to support the CRT and LGBT-eieio agendas.

Cyber Warfare -
Yesterday, the Federal Reserve system went down for unknown reasons, stopping financial transactions across the nation. It does not appear to be the result of a cyber attack, but “operational error. 3 Trillion dollars in transactions were frozen for more than three hours.
MY OBSERVATION - This was not due to a cyber attack, but clearly demonstrates how an attack can shut down the macro economy. If money can’t be moved, things stop. Consider if banking in general was hit and SNAP cards didn’t work or the stores card readers were shut off due to an attack. This could cause things to go sideways very quickly in some communities.

Russia -
The Russian space program, Roscosmos, is in shambles. 2020 they only launched 16 missions - the lowest since 2008. Corrupt officials were a bumper crop instead. For example 80 Roscosmos officials have been convicted for Vostochny-related corruption.

Middle East General -
biden’s removal of the terrorist label for the Houthis demonstrates an incredible level of stupidity. In justifying the removal, SoS Blinken said the decision “is a recognition of the dire humanitarian situation in Yemen”. “The revocations are intended to ensure that relevant US policies do not impede assistance to those already suffering what has been called the world’s worst humanitarian crisis”
OBSERVATION - This means that humanitarian aid will be directed thru the Houthis, totally ignoring that it is the Houthis that have created this crisis to begin with and have consistently used withholding of food as a weapon to control/influence local populations. They are also documented as stealing humanitarian aid and enriching themselves and supporting their terrorism.

Iran -
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on Tuesday admitted that Iran is enriching uranium up to 20%, a technical step before weapons-grade enrichment.

biden has encouraged S Korea to release some of the billions in Iranian assets seized under sanctions.

Saudi Arabia -
The biden administration is about to release a public report to blame Saudi crown prince for 2018 killing of Jamal Khashoggi. The information, based on a CIA assessment, has been out there for a while, however, the public release of the report is sure to dampen any opening of relations with SA. During the 2020 election campaign, Biden promised to make the Saudis “pay the price and make them, in fact, the pariah that they are.”
Biden has ended American support for Saudi Arabia’s war in Yemen, but he has not moved to cut off military aid to an important Middle East ally and counterterrorism partner.
MY OBSERVATION - Cutting military aid/support for SA is a measure of appeasement to Iran. SA is the major moslem counterweight to Iran in the gulf other than Israel. SA may not be the sweetest group in the world, but they don’t have plans to nuke every enemy in range either. This is also not the best move either with biden implementing plans to gut US oil production.

Turkey -
Turkish President Erdogan appears to be reconsidering his decision to let Turkish-U.S. relations deteriorate. Erdogan acknowledged the deterioration in relations with America and then characterized the Turkish-U.S. strategic relationship as vital. That statement alone was a backdown from his accusations in mid-February that America was supporting the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK). The U.S. does not support the PKK. The U.S. labels the PKK a terrorist organization.
MY OBSERVATIONS - It all comes down to money and power positioning with the biden administration. Turkish military is stretched across the region from the Caucasus to Libya. Its heavy handedness in the Med has strengthened French/Greek resolve to push back while Israel continues to profit off its massive natural gas discoveries. I am not sure if biden is going to back off from the Turkish purchase of S-400 air defense systems from Russia but this may be one of the angles Turkey is fishing for. That and getting the F-35.

Armenia/Azerbaijan -
Political unrest in Armenia with PM Pashinyan in a political struggle with Onik Gasparyan, Armenian Armed Forces chief of staff whose dismissal today precipitated army’s statement. Pashinyan accused him of planning a military coup. A sizable list of people from the Police of Armenia have come out in support of the Army and for the resignation of Prime Minister Pashinyan and the Government. Armenian citizens and elements of the military have been very upset at the essential surrender of Armenia to Azerbaijan following their war last summer. Many demand that he providences be retaken. Russia provided minimal support to Armenia and strove to avoid a more direct confrontation with Turkey who aggressively sided with the Azeri forces. Russia maintains a peace keeping force in the captured province but Azeri forces have had their way generally.

Wuhan virus -
Much ado about the success rate for just a single shot of the mRNA ‘vaccines’ against wuhan. As with much of the whole mess, i suspect that this is an attempt to sway the unwilling (like myself) to get the shot.

A federal district court judge ruled that the CDC attempt to enforce an eviction moratorium against landlords was unconstitutional. The judge’s retort to the CDC: “Although the COVID-19 pandemic persists, so does the Constitution.”

Economy -
Pelosi, is vowing to keep the minimum wage hike in the $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package when the House is expected to take it up on Friday. Her decision came after Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough ruled the wage hike must be dropped from the massive relief bill.

CW2/Domestic violence -
Acting Capitol Police Chief Yogananda Pittman said Thursday that security presence in D.C. will remain elevated after intelligence revealed a threat that participants from the January 6th riots may be planning an attack on the upcoming State of the Union address. However, there is no scheduled SOTU address on the WH calendar
MY OBSERVATION - This is just a cover to justify the continue presence of NG and the wall around the capitol. Pittman has already shown she is incompetent as the acting police chief and “intel” is based on forum discussions monitored on the internet. Again, there is no SOTU on anyone’s calendar yet.

House Democrats Thursday in passing the “Equality Act” by an 18-vote margin (including 3 republicans). This is the most extreme attack launched on American culture in its history and directly targets the evangelical core of conservatism and Trump support. This bill crosses so many lines I’ve lost count. If it passes the senate, expect the ‘culture war’ to get extremely active as federal supported radical LGBT types will launch legal and cancel operations against multiple dozens of individuals and organizations across the country. This in turn, will only widen the red/blue gap and basically destroy any “unity” dialogue by the democrats.

Strategic Developments /Deployments -
Two U.S. Navy warships operating in the Mideast have been struck by coronavirus outbreaks, authorities said Friday, with both returning to port in Bahrain. Sailors from the USS San Diego, an amphibious transport dock and the guided-missile cruiser USS Philippine Sea tested positive for wuhan.

China -
China conducted anal wuhan virus testing on some US diplomats, and then apologized and denied it. Harbinger of things to come? BOHICA

Israel -
Israel is reportedly in talks on defense alliance with Gulf states. The talks are likely designed as a means to counter the “growing Iranian threat” in the region ahead of a possible resumption of talks on a nuclear deal between Tehran and the West. These talks appear to be spring boarding from the Abraham Accords. These nations are not convinced that biden will be able to keep Iran contained and nuclear free.
MY OBSERVATION - Trumps Abraham Accords initiative was forward looking, giving the parties a tool to counter Iran.

Netanyahu issued a warning to Iran Tuesday - “On the eve of the holiday of Purim I am telling those who want to destroy us, Iran and its proxies throughout the Middle East: 2,500 years ago, a different oppressive Persian regime tried to annihilate the Jewish nation and just like they failed then, so too will you fail today. We will not allow your extremist, brutal regime obtain nuclear weapons.”

Iran -
Pentagon: “At President Biden’s direction US military forces earlier this evening conducted airstrikes against infrastructure utilized by Iranian backed militant groups in eastern Syria (around Al-Bukamal in the vicinity of Imam Ali Base ). These strikes were authorized in response to recent attacks against American and coalition personnel in Iraq, and to ongoing threats to those personnel. Specifically the strikes destroyed multiple facilities located at a border control point used by a number of Iranian backed militant groups including Kait’ib Hezbollah and Kait’ib Sayyid al Shuhada. The operation sends an unambiguous message; President Biden will act to protect American coalition personnel.” Reportedly 17 militia members were killing in the strike. Strike possibly also included a munitions convoy passing the checkpoint. U.S. reportedly notified Israel and Russia (Russia later issued a condemnation) in advance about strike.
MY OBSERVATIONS - This airstrike was in retaliation for an iranian backed militia strike on a Iraqi coalition facility that killed a US contractor. As far as a counter strike goes, at least someone in the Pentagon isn’t suffering from dementia. Striking the militia site in Syria spares Iraqi response and gives them room to act against the militia without the bad press of the Americans striking in Iraq. This does throw the US policy into some degree of confusion - are we going to hard line Iran or buy them off? Though this was a strong response, Iran still sees US as weak, and may result in a strong counter response.
BTW - democrats were very much against airstrikes like this under Trump - now nothing but crickets.

Iraq -
See Iran/syria airstrike above.

Short report today, much to do about a lot of things around the home. some key things to keep in mind.

Wuhan virus -
Now the MSM is acknowledging the super abnormally non-existent flu season and are trying to spin it off to maintain the narrative that distancing and masks have succeeded.

Globalism / Great Reset -
US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen told her G20 colleagues Friday that Washington is dropping a push for a controversial provision in a global digital tax, opening the door to a likely agreement. The constitutional ramifications are enormous and law clearly prohibits a foreign country to extract taxes for businesses headquartered here.

Economy -
Home prices have increased at the fastest pace since 2014. Due in part to low interest rates, but also mass migration out of blue states (Kalifornia one of the major ones) to less restrictive areas. (In the American Redoubt where I live, housing prices are skyrocketing to Kalifornia levels - pushing locals out of the market. Many homes being sold sight unseen).

During the night, the house passes the pork-ladened 1.9 trillion stimulus package.

Biden watch - NEW
Hot mike caught biden asking “what am I doing here” during his tour of Texas.

CW2/Domestic violence -
Congressional testimony indicating that pelosi had a big part to play in the lack of any preparedness for any incidents at the capitol on Jan 6. Reportedly she told the Sgt at Arms to deny NG at the capitol due to ‘optics’.

POLITICAL FRONT -
Federal judge in Arizona ruled in favor of the state senate, requiring that Maricopa County turn over 2.1 million election ballots for examination.

Durham has resigned as a US Attorney effective Feb 28 (Biden called for all attorneys to resign) but holds position as Special Council on the Muller Russia collusion fiasco. Highly doubtful he will receive any help/support from biden’s AG pick.

Strategic Developments /Deployments -
US military forces in Iraq (and probably throughout the region) are on alert status for Iranian backed retribution for the air strike that hit a supported proxy militia in Syria.

Cyber Warfare -
Possibly related to the Fed’s operational “error” on Thursday, credit/debit transactions across the country were affected across the country on Friday. NOTE - no call of cyber attack causing the problem, however this show just how things could go sideways if an adversary got into the system.

Israel -
An Israeli cargo vessel was attacked in the Gulf of Oman. Little info as to means / method of attack, however released photos indicate the ship was hit above the water line and ripped through both hulls. Crew and ship reported to be ‘safe’. Israeli officials believe Iran is the culprit.

Saudi Arabia -
Saudi Arabia says it “categorically” rejects the U.S. ODNI report on the Khashoggi assassination. Report may throw US - SA relations back a couple decades.

Black Swans -
Earth quakes intensify and inflation increases due to magma movement in Iceland. The combination poses as serious risk of a major eruption that could disrupt european air travel.

Wuhan virus -
See link for recent graph of wuhan infection trends. Then ask why is the country still in shut down.
https://data.buzzfeed.com/projects/2020-02-covid19/us-cases-chart.png

Globalism / Great Reset -
President Joe Biden on Friday restored an Obama-era calculation on the economic cost of greenhouse gases, a step that will make it easier for his agencies to approve aggressive actions to confront climate change. $51/ton of carbon released into the atmosphere. He is expected to increase the cost based upon what climate scientist’s new ‘research’.

The World Economic Forum (WEF) faced a barrage of criticism before deleting a social media video which praised coronavirus lockdowns for “quietly improving cities around the world”.
In the video, the WEF said that as a result of people using less public transport and factories closing down during the lockdown, noise and air pollution fell in cities throughout the world. The video also celebrated the ability of scientists to discover earthquakes due to the low level of seismic noise on the planet as populations were locked in their homes. (Breitbart) However, pushback and criticism was almost immediate and the WEF pulled the video with the following explanation - “We’re deleting this tweet. Lockdowns aren’t ‘quietly improving cities’ around the world. But they are an important part of the public health response to COVID-19.”

Economy -
(Reuters) - Texas’s largest and oldest electric power cooperative on Monday filed for bankruptcy protection in federal court in Houston, citing a disputed $1.8 billion bill from the state’s grid operator. Brazos Electric Power Cooperative Inc is one of dozens of electricity providers facing enormous charges stemming from a severe cold snap last month.
MY OBSERVATION - the combination of a screwed up over emphasis on ‘green’ energy combined with incompetent leadership/direction by the ERCOT panel (most of whom lived out of state) will leave the Texas energy companies struggling for years to recover from this debacle. The biggest hit was ERCOT allowing spot prices to soar 1600%, devastating consumers and power companies both.

Invasion of Illegals -
DHS his preparing for a massive surge to hit in May. Holding facilities are being identified and prepared in many places. One must wonder if it would be cheaper to complete the fence and hold to the immigration practices of the past 4 years.

Biden watch - NEW
A lot of background chatter that biden’s days are numbered and that harris’ replacement is accelerating. Its been noted that Jill biden is almost constantly at his side and that she has even interjected her answers over joe’s in what is an obvious act to prevent another ‘mis-statement’.

(PJM) On Saturday, Joe Biden did it again. While attempting to list off the names of several Democrats, even he was surprised by his own forgetfulness.
“… and Representatives Shir-Shirley Jackson Lee, Al Greene, Sylvia Garcia, Lizzie Penelley, ugh, uh, excuse me, Pannill, and, ugh, what am I doing here? I’m gonna lose track here,” Biden wondered aloud. Her name is Sheila Jackson Lee… and she’s hardly forgettable. But his remark, “What am I doing here?” was very telling. Of course, we’ve all been wondering that for weeks. What is Joe Biden doing there in the most powerful position in the world?

CW2/Domestic violence -
BLM/Antifa continued its riots in Portland over the weekend. Though down in numbers, they made up for it in destruction and violence. Some of the focus of the rioting was biden’s reopening of the ‘cages’ to hold separated children illegals. Portland police said they couldn’t respond to the riots in a stronger fashion was because they were tied up in responding t multiple shooting incidents across the city.

BLM activists in Seattle, Washington are posting notices on local businesses that they are “putting vulnerable people in danger” when they call the police. They provided a list of alternatives — including crisis hotlines and social services — for businesses to call instead of calling the police.

Derek Chauvin goes on trial for murder in the death of George Floyd on March 8. BLM/Anfifa and affiliated groups are organizing nation wide protests/riots in response. The city of Minneapolis has erected a triple deep array of fences around the courthouse in anticipation of trouble. The court and environs are to be protected by officers and troops numbering in the thousands. The city is paying “social media influencers” to spread the party line among those who might be tempted to riot. It is also advertising on radio stations whose audiences are minority communities, and undertaking an effort to educate Minneapolitans on how the legal system works.

POLITICAL FRONT -
Last night President Trump gave the State of the Union address in front of CPAC. Reality is, the psychopathic fixation by the democrats to destroy Trump have only served to strengthen him and in many ways, unite the Republican base. He called out prominent RINOS in both houses - “The Democrats don’t have grand-standers like Mitt Romney, little Ben Sasse, Richard Burr, Bill Cassidy, Susan Collins, Lisa Murkowski, Pat Toomey; and in the House, Tom Rice, South Carolina, Adam Kinzinger, Dan Newhouse, Anthony Gonzalez,”. . “Fred Upton, Jamie Herrera Butler, Peter Meyer, John Katko, David Valadeo. And of course the warmonger, a person that loves seeing our troops fighting, Liz Cheney,”

MY OBSERVATIONS - 2022 elections could see republican retaking both houses and that realization may make democrats more frantic and desperate to lock in their socialistic plans and damage to America within the next year before being occupied with defending themselves and records for the midterms.

China -
Hong Kong police detained 47 pro-democracy activists on Sunday in the largest charge against demonstrators since the city’s national security law came into effect last June. The activists who were arrested were previously detained in a police operation in January but were released. In the latest arrest, the police accused demonstrators of conspiracy to commit subversion under the law. Those who have been detained again are expected to appear in court on Monday.
MY OBSERVATION - China worked the chaos of the wuhan virus lockdowns to their advantage to gain both the political and police leverage over the pro democracy movement in HK. I don’t see evidence that the people will throng into the street as they did a year ago. The CCP has effectively broken most of the population with draconian lockdowns and now police oppression.

Russia -
More Russians are opposed to President Vladimir Putin’s re-election today than at any other point since the 2014 annexation of Crimea, according to a new independent survey (Moscow Times)

Israel -
Netanyahu: “This [Helios Ray incident] is indeed an action by Iran, it is clear, it is Israel’s greatest enemy and we are beating it in the whole region. The Iranians will not have nuclear weapons - with or without an agreement. I also said this to my friend Biden.”
NOTE - the explosive devices have been identified as “limpets”, magnetic bombs set by swimmers to the sides of ships. They can be detonated by timers or remotely. They have been used extensively by Iran to harass shipping in the Persian Gulf. Installed when the ship is docked, many times they explode after the ship has been unloaded, raising the bomb well above the water level, doing structural damage but not sinking the ship.

A military source is reported to have said that tonight’s (Sunday) airstrike near Damascus, attributed to Israel, “is retaliation for the attack against the MV Helios Ray, an Israeli-owned ship hit by an explosion in the Gulf of Oman last Thursday night.” At the target area, Hezbollah and Iranian militias imposed a security cordon in the vicinity of Sayyida Zainab in Damascus countryside. Syria also claimed that they shot down most of the Israeli missiles, but historically, those claims are over exaggerated. Sayyida Zainab facilities are though to be operated by Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)

We are barely into the third month of 2021 and the absolute craziness of the far left is beyond comprehension in addition to the over threat against our country’s base. This is beginning to make 2021 seem like 2020 on steroids.

Wuhan virus -
Texas and Mississippi have totally dropped all wuhan restrictions. Missouri and Iowa are also rolling measures back. CDC is stomping its feet demanding that the restrictions stay in place.

biden announced that U.S. expects to take delivery of enough coronavirus vaccines for all adult Americans by the end of May, two months earlier than anticipated. This is largely based upon the third vaccine - J&J - coming on line and increasing the available vaccines. However, with the ineptitude of his administration, it is unlikely they will be able to get the vaccines to the public in an efficient manner.

Globalism / Great Reset -
LAUSD and Microsoft are working on a unique QR system to authorize students/staff into school as long as they have a negative wuhan test and no symptoms. Called “Daily Pass”, it also works to get students and staff vaccinated.

On a larger scale, the EU is reportedly set to initiate the creation of a “Digital Green Pass”, similar to the Israeli system with the same name. It will provide proof of vaccination, test results for those unvaccinated and successful recovery from infection. Lack of this ‘pass’ will prohibit international travel.

OBSERVATION - these wuhan pass ports are part of the global reset’s attempt to control the people’s movement and commerce, as step necessary to implement their plans for a better world order - according to them.

Economy -
National debt (what they’ll admit to) topped $28 Trillion for the first time.

Invasion of Illegals -
At least 13 individuals were killed and 12 were injured after a sports utility vehicle crashed into a semi-truck near the Mexican border of California during the early hours of Tuesday morning. Media is silent as to the immigration status of the occupants, but the pattern of overloaded vehicles suggests the occupants were probably illegals.

Biden watch - NEW
From Trending Politics,
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3938977/posts

MY OBSERVATION - The MSM is increasingly failing to cover for biden’s slips and physical/mental readiness to remain in office. Even overseas agencies are openly questioning his mental health. The question now is will he make it into summer before being forced out?

CW2/Domestic violence -
In its death throes, QAnon followers and pinning their hopes that Trump will be sworn in tomorrow March 4th. Capitol Police have beefed up security in anticipation of something happening.

BLM shut down traffic in Louisville, Kentucky Tuesday night to show support for Breonna Taylor. Another BLM group harassed police near the Kentucky capitol building. (since these occurred at night they weren’t “terrorism”).
OBSERVATION - Traffic harassment doesn’t require too many people and can spread fear to those caught in the road blocks. It has become a popular tool of the left and a dangerous one.

FBI chief Wray continues to parrot the leftist narrative that there was no evidence of Antifa or affiliated groups playing any role in the Jan 6 capitol protest. His statements are contradictory to those made by ex-Capitol Police Chief Steven Sound as well as more substantial information that has come forward since.
OBSERVATION - needless to say, the swamp NEEDS to maintain the false narrative to justify its intended crackdown of the right.

Plans for the trial of Derek Chauvin, accused of the death of George Floyd, move forward with the installation of fencing and other protective barriers go up around the Hennepin County Courthouse and some 2,000 National Guard troops and 1,100 out-of-state police officers joining the security effort. Monitoring of internet chat rooms, etc by civilian intelligence reporters indicate that the left is planning ways to defeat the barriers as well as expansive protest plans.

Rumblings also indicate violent protests will break out in other major cities. Leftist riots in support Floyd are expected to kick off March 6th. One of the major organizers of these riots is the Youth Liberation Front (YLF) They have been very active in the Portland and Seattle rioting of late. In Seattle YLF has threatened businesses boarded up were a “health risk” and that calling for the police endangers civilians. Also in Seattle, they are supporting a Black Trans Lives Matter rally on March 7th. Other declared riot/protest locations for this weekend include Eugene OR and Colorado Springs CO.
OBSERVATION - I expect these BLM/Antifa related riots to gain traction over the coming months base on reaction to immigrant policies, the Floyd trial and improving weather conditions. These groups have openly stated that they oppose biden as much as they did Trump, though Trump was a bigger target, and want all the government torn down, regardless of which party in in control.

biden/leftist gun control agenda may force open a fault line that will generate more to flock to milita or similar groups. The first bills are coming out in Congress consisting of universal background checks on all firearm sales (gun show “loop hole”). Given the astounding sales of weapons over the course of the past year, it is likely people will not cooperate with federal law banning semi automatic weapons or limiting magazine capacity - let alone any confiscation efforts. Depending how intense the effort is - this could lead to some ‘hot’ scenarios as well as conflicts with State governments exerting state rights to protect constitutional rights of its citizens.

Asians are coming under assault (literally) by blacks/hispanics due to the extrapolation of critical race theory (CRT) by the left. This is due in part to Asians being seen as more academically gifted and as such they are ‘racist’ because they out perform people of color. This discrimination has been very prevalent in west coast universities with many lawsuits being filed by asians demonstrating preferential enrollment of other minorities with lower academic scores over asians.

CYBER/CANCEL CULTURE FRONT -
The activist group called DDoSecrets Collective reportedly hacked into Gab and collected about 70 gigabytes of user data including passwords and private messages from thousands of accounts. Their states purpose was to “document” communications in association with the Jan 6 infiltration into the capitol.
Gab,has also said it has been deplatformed from three different banks over negative coverage in the legacy media. The latest actions are part of a multiyear wave of blacklisting by tech companies and financial institutions intent on shutting Gab down. The founder and CEO of Gab, Andrew Torba, told Breitbart News that “Gab was banned from three different banks,” describing the one justification provided to him as “the bad things the press has written about us.”
NOTE - the left is continuing to try to purge any thing conservative and republican off the internet. Doxxing is still the method of choice.

Twitter is developing a “strike system” to combat what they call wuhan virus misinformation. Repeat ‘offenders’ can get as many as 5 ‘strikes’ before being locked out or permanently suspended. Twitters standard are that of the left’s narrative to suppress any contrary discussion or evidence surrounding the virus.

CANCEL CULTURE FRONT -
First it was Mr. Potato Head, now it is Dr. Seuss getting the axe. Seuss’ publishing company is pulling six titles from its collection because of ‘racist’ undertone. Amazon is going Fahrenheit 451 pulling books that contain “hate speech.”

Cyber Warfare -
Chinese hackers have been attacking Microsoft exchange servers for the past several days. Microsoft pinned the blame on a sophisticated Chinese APT operator called HAFNIUM that operates from leased VPS (virtual private servers) in the United States. HAFNIUM primarily targets entities in the U.S. across a number of industry sectors, including infectious disease researchers, law firms, higher education institutions, defense contractors, policy think tanks, and NGOs.
Chinese hackers have also been identified as using hacking tools believed to have come from those stolen from the NSA.

OBSERVATION - China believes in an Open War concept that transcends standard shooting combat to fully engage in cyber warfare to disrupt opponents domestic infrastructure, such as power grid controls, internet commerce/communications etc. It is understood that chinese hardware that has been installed in numerous systems in the US contains stealth chips or firmware designed to aid any cyberattack and stealthily transmit data to Chinese intelligence.

Russia -
The Biden administration sanctioned seven mid-level and senior Russian officials on Tuesday, along with more than a dozen government entities, over a nearly fatal nerve-agent attack on opposition leader Alexei Navalny and his subsequent jailing. Protests in support of Navalny recently broke out across a large number of Russian cities opposing Putin’s actions. The U.S. intelligence community concluded with high confidence that Russia’s Federal Security Service used the Russian nerve agent Novichok on Navalny last August. Russia says it had no role in any attack on the dissident.

Iran -
On Tuesday, Tehran officially suspended its implementation of the Non-Proliferation Treaty Additional Protocol, which gave nuclear inspectors increased access to Iran’s nuclear program, including the ability to carry out snap inspections at undeclared sites. Earlier Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei said that Tehran could enrich uranium to 60% purity if it so desired. US State Department spokesman Ned Price said the comment “sounds like a threat” and referred to it as “posturing.”

Iraq -
This morning at least 10 - 122mm rockets were fired at Ain Al-Assad Airbase, Iraq. One Iraqi contractor reportedly died as a result of a heart attack. The smoldering remains of the launch vehicle was found in a near by neighborhood. The vehicle was a dump truck with the rocket tubes in the bed with a false bed on top of it, the cab was burned up. CRAM defense system did engage on nearly half of 122 mm rockets that were fired. This continues to be the ‘shoot and scoot’ method the iranian backed militias have been using for quite some time now.

Good morning fellow Neanderthals . . .

Wuhan virus -
With infections/deaths dropping over 80%, wuhan lockdownists are still convulsing at the decision of Texas and Mississippi to open things up 100%.

Globalism / Great Reset -
Gov. Cuomo on Tuesday announced a new program that will require New Yorkers to show a COVID-19 “passport” to enter sports arenas, theaters, and other businesses. The plan establishes an “Excelsior Pass” which will use secure technology to prove that a state resident has been vaccinated against COVID-19 or has had a recent negative test. Sites included in the rollout plan include Madison Square Garden and the Barclays Center, both sports and entertainment venues.
OBSERVATION - control of the movement of people is an essential component of the Globalist agenda.

ICC is persecuting Israel - see Israel.

Economy -
Numbers are not too good this week so far, generating talk of the return of the misery index, a la Carter years.

Labor Department reported that 745,000 Americans filed first-time jobless claims in the week ended Feb. 27, slightly lower than the 750,000 forecast by Refinitiv economists. Last week’s figure was revised up from 730,000 to 736,000.

Meanwhile, the Senate is pecking away on the House wuhan recovery package, narrowing the qualifications for individual payment as well as pulling out some of the pork stuffed in to benefit democrat regions and award blue state mismanagement.

Invasion of Illegals -
Border patrol confirmed that the SUV that crashed into a gravel truck killing 13 was one of two SUVs that crossed the border at a location where there were only bollards, and not the Trump fence. One SUV caught fire and the occupants were captured by BP, the other got away only to collide with the gravel truck. BP states it was part of an illegal smuggling ring.

Meanwhile, 108 illegals released by the BP tested positive for wuhan. Looking at your policies biden, endangering our citizens.

CW2/Domestic violence -
Capitol police continue to claim they have credible intelligence that Qanon supporters are going to storm the capitol. So much so that the House will not be in session today, although the Senate will be. For now.
OBSERVATION - This is nothing but political BS to project to the American people that Trump supporters are maniacal despots set on destroying the nation. Congressional testimony this week has exposed the shallowness of their claims in regards to Jan 6th. The optics of a ‘threat’ by the right needs to be maintained to provide the democrats cover to push their anti american legislation through like HR 1.

BLM/Antifa and affiliated groups are calling for a nationwide march in multiple cities on 13 March, on the anniversary of the shooting death of Breonna Taylor. Recruitment and propaganda posters are being distributed through Leftist chat rooms. The Seattle Black Anarcho Collective (SBAC) and antifascists in Portland, Oregon have already announced plans to “burn it down” that weekend. Given the statements made by groups such as the SBAC, there is high likelyhood of violence and destruction Portland and Seattle.

Leftists are planning to counter a Proud Boys car caravan demonstration in Salem, Oregon on 28 March. Far Left activists discussed options such as blocking the highway and deploying caltrops to disable or impede the caravan.

The FBI said that its background check tally of 3,442,777 was the highest February count ever and followed January’s 4,314,804 monthly record over the 24-year-old system. This indicates approximately 1.5 million guns were sold in February, 10% higher than February 2020.

The biden administration has dismissed dozens of charges against violent rioters in Portland, Oregon for their attack on the Federal court house and other federal facilities. They have dropped charges such as assault on a law enforcement officer, arson, and other violent crimes. Many have been dropped with prejudice, meaning they can’t be re-litigated in the future. According to a local news outlet, federal prosecutors have dismissed more than one-third of the pending charges from last summer’s violent protests in Portland. The outgoing U.S. attorney for Oregon, Billy Williams, said in an interview that nobody in their right mind thinks this is OK.

CANCEL CULTURE FRONT -
In what is being called an “unprecedented” move, the left-leaning newspaper corporation Gannett, which owns USA Today and a number of other papers throughout the country, has pulled the popular “Mallard Fillmore” cartoon from its pages. Gannett’s decision to expunge the conservative duck from its papers was reportedly due to two “offending cartoons” skewering biden’s support of transgender participation in women’s sports.

POLITICAL FRONT -
House of Representatives passed H.R. 1, the “For the People” Act, which federalizes state election law and undermines key safeguards such as voter ID. The constitution will be essentially gutted under the provisions of this act. The house also passed a police “reform” bill. A major component of the bill are unfunded mandates that would be imposed on police departments across the nation - effectively diverting fund from policing to meeting these “mandates” - a back door method of defunding the police. The total cost of all of the mandates in the bill would run into the hundreds of millions of dollars nationally. This could put it in violation of the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995, which caps unfunded mandates at $85 million. But then, democrats have no concern for the law when it comes to their policies. Other hits include limitation or eliminate qualified immunity for police officers, leading to an explosion of frequently frivolous lawsuits. It would ban the use of chokeholds entirely, further limiting the non-lethal options officers have when subduing violent suspects. It eliminates no-knock warrants in federal drug cases.

Israel -
ICC persecution of Israel begins in earnest now that Trump is no longer president. International Criminal Court Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda announced on Wednesday that she is opening a full war crimes probe against Israel and the Hamas terrorist group in the Gaza Strip. “The decision to open an investigation followed a painstaking preliminary examination undertaken by my office that lasted close to five years,” Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda said in a statement.
State department spokesman said “The U.S. opposes and is disappointed by the international criminal court decision to open an investigation regarding the situation in the West Bank and Gaza. We are committed to Israel’s security and to counter actions that treat Israel unfairly.
MY OBSERVATION - Israel is not a member of the ICC and this effort to exercise jurisdiction is another example of the anti-jewish bias of the global community. ICC will be the hammer for the globalists to use against recalcitrant nations/peoples who resist the reset.

Last week, a large oil spill impacted the northern coast of Israel, creating an environmental disaster. Information now appears that Iran is responsible for the oil spilling by Libyan boat which contaminated the Israeli beaches. The Libyan-owned ship, named as the Emerald, was smuggling crude oil from Iran to Syria at the time of the spill, according to the Environmental Protection Ministry, which said the vessel was flying a Panamanian flag.

Iran -
Looks like things may be escalating as biden pushes us to another war. US Secretary of State Tony Blinken said the US will respond to the rocket attack on US forces In Iraq on Wednesday “at a place and time of our choosing,” once it is determined who is responsible.

Iraq -
See Iran above on rocket attack. See Syria below on Iranian munitions storage issues

Lebanon -

Saudi Arabia -
Overnight, according to an official statement by a Houthi spokesman, they targeted the Aramco refinery at Jeddah, again. They allegedly used a Quds-2 Cruise missile. One storage tank appears to have been hit, with minimal damage. Remember, biden just removed the Houthis from the terrorist list . . . . .

Syria -
The near regular Israeli attacks on Iranian/Hezbollah munitions depots in Syria has generated attempts by Hezbollah to try to initiate movement of these depots into residential areas - using Syrians as human shields, like they have the Lebanese peoples. Syrian citizens are not so willing to participate. Historically, Israeli airstrikes have killed few civilians, but the secondary explosions are the ones that kill. This is driving a shift in public opinion against Iran and causing difficulties for Assad because Iranians are deeply embedded into government and the military. Assad cannot afford to lose the support of the civilian population in the middle of a civil war, so there are rumors that he may switch to an Arab coalition that opposes Iran. However that is not without dangers of its own - with Iran striking back against Assad.

Black Swans -
Monitoring - Potential volcano eruption near Mount Keilir on the Reykjanes peninsula. Scientists are reporting “earthquake patterns” that are similar to the start of an eruption. These “patterns” are likely to be the absence of shear waves or S-waves as well has harmonic features that indicate the movement of magma. The ICAO airport code for kefairport and Reykjavik airport have been raised to Orange - which indicates a high likelihood of imminent eruption. Again, Icelandic volcanic eruption have caused chaos in Europe, mostly due to ash destroying aircraft engines (as well as other engines) and poor air quality. The major eruption of the Eyjafjallajökull volcano in 2010, caused one of the world’s largest air-traffic shutdowns since World War II. During a press conference, officials said an eruption could be hours or days away. Activity could also subside without an eruption. They said any eruption would likely consist of lava flows rather than explosive activity.

Good morning fellow Neanderthals . . .

Wuhan virus -
A study by Dr. Hervé Seligmann, a faculty member at Aix-Marseille University in France demonstrated using a full mathematical analysis that among “those vaccinated and above 65, 0.2% … died during the three-week period between doses, hence about 200 among 100,000 vaccinated.” “This is to be compared to the 4.91 dead among 100,000 dying from COVID-19 without vaccination,”
OBSERVATION - There have been other reports circulating out there in the interwebs that the ‘vaccine’ (mRND versions) have been lethal to the elderly and potentially covered up by the media et al. Same for the extent of ‘adverse’ reactions to the vaccines. mRNA alterations have not been done on this scale - ever.

Globalism / Great Reset -
The Publicis Groupe, an international PR firm, is a partner with the World Economic Forum, which is leading the call for a “reset” of the global economy. It is also connected to the drug industry, banking industry, government and NGO globally. It is one of the key players attempting to manipulate public opinion on the global reset and those activities being conducted to bring it about, such as response to the wuhan virus.

A new report in the journal Nature Climate Change recommends governments consider imposing pandemic-scaled lockdowns on their populations every two years in order to decrease carbon emissions. The report noted that the global arrest of economic activity stemming from COVID-19 stay-at-home orders caused carbon emissions to drop dramatically. In order to meet the aggressive goals set forth in the Paris Climate Agreement, the authors suggest similarly designed economic shutdowns may be the only option. They suggests that “structural changes” like an international abandonment of fossil fuels, coupled with the economic shutdowns, could close the gap.
NOTE - these ‘authors’ probably work in an echo chamber environment - unaware of the impact the lockdowns have had on the rest of society.

Economy -
The Food and Agriculture Organization’s Food Price Index rose for a ninth consecutive month in February, hitting levels not seen since July 2014, led by sugar and vegetable oils. The FAO Food Price Index (FFPI) measures the monthly change in international prices of a basket of food commodities, such as cereals, oilseeds, dairy products, meat, and sugar. FFPI average 116 for the month, versus 113.2 in January. A considerable amount of this increased demand comes from China who through weather disasters, pig virus and locust had its production hammered. They have been buying up as much as they can on the markets. The rest of asia, suffering similar production problems are trying to do the same. Problems with US supply and distribution due to wuhan has not helped the picture here.
OBSERVATIONS - Stock up on food now, months worth if possible. Individual families are still being hammered by the loss of work due to wuhan and now being put out of work by biden edicts. Poorer countries and expect instability as prices outstrip the ability to pay - a recipe for internal strife and violence.

10-Year Treasury yields reached a high of 1.6% last Thursday, trading at their highest levels since pre-pandemic, which might force the Federal Reserve to tweak its policies as soon as 16-17 March. This suggest that market growth is weakening and sent stocks on a tumble. The specter of high inflation has many economists worried, especially with government spending, a depressed economy and biden policies that are going to make matters worse.

Invasion of Illegals -
Things are starting to explode along the border and will only get worse with time. Over 100,000 UNACCOMPANIED children are expected to flood across the borders - overloading federal facilities to house and feed them. BP notes that just about every illegal is pleading for asylum - a golden ticket as it were to get in easier.

Biden watch - NEW
Harris spoke today to Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu, the White House says. She’s appears to be taking over that function traditionally done by the president.

Congress is looking at ways to remove biden’s ability to authorize military actions. MSM indicates that this was intiated as a result of the recent airstrikes ordered against Iranian backed militias in Syria. This action also follows demands to release the nuclear codes to congress as a means to limit presidential authority. Bottom line - they don’t trust his judgement (or the judgement of his handlers).

The left is becoming increasingly upset at the pace that biden is pushing their agenda. Hard to imagine given the dozens of EO’s he signed. Such dissatisfaction may accelerate his eventual removal due to medical reasons, which is becoming harder to hide by the MSM.

The White House suddenly cut the feed of a virtual event after biden said he was “happy to take questions” from Democratic lawmakers on Wednesday night. After asking for questions, the live video feed was abruptly shut off and no questions were permitted by his handlers. MSM clamoring for a press conference, noting that his predecessors all had one within a couple months of taking office.

CW2/Domestic violence -
March 4 came and went and no massive assault on the capitol. Even the leftist WaPo writes this was a false event. This will increase the call by some to stand down the security measures, including NG presence. However, the DC police have requested NG to remain for at least two more months and pelosi has stated that their presence should be open ended.

Domestic Terror -
Iranian militia groups claim to have active cells of operatives stationed in Washington, D.C., and other U.S. cities, according to chatter in online forums used by these groups.
OBSERVATION - back when TM was started, there was much discussion regarding sleeper cells of islamic radicals here in the US. Since 9/11, islamic violence has been carried out essentially by ‘lone wolf’ style attacks, where one or two individuals launch violent attacks. Nothing larger has been executed, though over the years the FBI has managed to arrest some smaller groups. I am convinced that there are Iranian cells in the US - it fits their pattern used around the world - particularly Europe. With increasing instabilty in the US from political strife, wuhan and biden, I think there is an increasing chance that these cells would start operating on a larger scale. They can hide within BLM/Antifa actions, conduct cyber attacks or selective physical attacks on infra structure. If things deteriorate over the summer, they may try more aggressive measures - attacks against government personnel and facilities. Definitely need to keep ears to the ground for valid intel and avoid internet speculation and misinformation that has plagued us in the past.

Strategic Developments /Deployments -
U.S. is seeking to bolster its conventional deterrence against China, by establishing a network of precision-strike missiles along the so-called first island chain as part of $27.4 billion in spending to be considered for the Indo-Pacific theater over the next six years. The plan calls for “the fielding of an Integrated Joint Force with precision-strike networks west of the International Date Line along the first island chain, integrated air missile defense in the second island chain, and a distributed force posture that provides the ability to preserve stability, and if needed, dispense and sustain combat operations for extended periods.” The first island chain consists of a group of islands including Taiwan, Okinawa and the Philippines.
MY OBSERVATION - With a growing Chinese military presence and an increasing capability to lethally strike our carrier battle groups, a missile network is a practical development. China still hasn’t the anti-ballistic missile systems the US has, making their forces vulnerable to this kind of counter attack element. China has set up similar offensive capability across from Taiwan for some time now.

China -
China has announced that its defense budget will grow 6.8% in 2021. This year’s planned defense spending will be about 1.35 trillion yuan (about 209 billion US dollars), based upon the draft submitted to the fourth session of the 13th National People’s Congress for deliberation.

The People’s congress is also preparing a new law to ensure only “patriots” can govern Hong Kong, as Beijing tightens its grip on the city with changes to the electoral system. Under the plan, the city’s heavily pro-Beijing electoral committee would get new powers over the parliament, or Legislative Council (LegCo).The committee would effectively be able to vet all LegCo candidates and elect many of its members, diluting the number directly elected by the public.

North Korea -
Observers are noting activity at NK’s nuclear plant that suggests that they have restarted the refinement of plutonium for the construction of more nuclear weapons.

Israel -
The IDF is updating its attack plans against Iran’s nuclear facilities, Defense Minister Benny Gantz revealed on Thursday in an interview with Fox News. Israel is fully aware that biden will morph into an 0bama 2.0 in regards to policy against the nation and has to plan on going on its own against Iran. The Iranian nuclear threat is so strong now that other Arab nations are willing work with Israel, rather than against, to deal with Iran.

Iraq -
Thousands of Iraqis are waiting along the airport road in Baghdad, where Pope Francis is set to land any moment as in makes his historic trip to Iraq. The Pope is planning a three-day pilgrimage in the country.

US State Dept has issued this warning for Iraq - “Extremist groups and regional actors have conducted destructive and sometimes lethal attacks against a variety of targets, including places frequented by Westerners. U.S. citizens should remain alert in case of additional attacks.” Iranian backed Militias in Iraq announced a General mobilization against US forces in the country according to Hashd telegram.
MY OBSERVATIONS - Iran and its proxies are going to push biden as far as they can to see what will force a US response and the severity of that response. Highly dangerous period.

Saudi Arabia -
Houthi’s have launched a sustained attack via drones. For the 5th time today, Saudi Air Defenses have reported intercepted a suicide drone launched by Houthi’s over Khamis Mushait.

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