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.

Invasion of Illegals -
The situation along the border is coming unglued - fast. So bad that biden press secretary tossed DHS under the bus saying “talk to them (DHS). . . it’s not our program”. That pegged the stupid meter and may have broken it. Estimates are pointing to illegal crossings to exceed the combined number for the past three years. Alejandro Mayorkas, secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, is asking DHS staff to volunteer to help deal with what he is calling an “overwhelming” number of migrants at the U.S.-Mexican border. Even MSM is taking note of the tailspin and reporting on it.
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Biden watch - NEW
Rumblings are getting stronger about removing biden from the presidency. A recent Rasmussen survey indicates that 50% were not confident that biden was physically and mentally up to the job. Also, 52 percent were concerned that Biden has not hosted a press conference since entering office.

WH staff had to physically remove biden from reporters to prevent questions .
At an event announcing the nomination of two female generals to lead U.S. military combatant commands, biden also forgot the name of his Defense Secretary as well as where he works, being more concerned with prioritizing military development of flight suits for pregnant women than real combat readiness.

VP Harris continues to usurp president prerogative by speaking with the prime minister of Norway, Erna Solberg as Joe Biden wandered around a Washington DC hardware store. Just last month, biden spent an entire weekend napping and playing Mario Kart at Camp David as Harris fielded calls with heads of state.

Probably in response to the rising chatter of his inability to hold office due to health/mental issues, biden has scheduled his first prime time speech this Thursday to commemorate the one year anniversary of the wuhan lockdown. Press secretary Psaki also said biden will hold a formal press conference before the end of March and address a joint session of congress at some point. This “joint session” will not be a SOTU, she said

MY OBSERVATIONS - We are at a dangerous point in the biden presidency. A mentally impaired president makes the country very susceptible to attacks by our enemies, with deadly consequences. As signs of his mental/physical collapse continue to multiply, even the deep state will recognize he has to go and soon. I think a critical point will be his national address as well as his performance at a formal press briefing. If he falls on his face (rhetorically) as either, because of the public nature of the events, it will be hard for democrats to maintain the facade that he is capable of being president. If he continues in office into the summer, I will be greatly surprised.
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CW2/Domestic violence -
Violence against asians is spreading across the country. NYC’s “first lady” called for essentially vigilante actions against those who assault asians. So far, the assailants seem to be blacks and hispanics, so her citizens coming to the aid of asians is unlikely in many ways.

At the end of the first day of jury selection for the Chauvin trial only three jurors had been seated. Looking for 16 — 12 and four alternates — the court might complete the process next week. Opening statements would not kick the trial proper off until March 29.

With BLM/Antifa ramping up riots/protests in response to the Floyd death trial, Portland has started to remove fences and barriers at the federal court house - a popular target of rioters last year. On Friday, 12 March, antifascists in Portland are planning an anti-Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) “autonomous demonstration” in the Pearl District. Activists are calling for black bloc tactics and demanding the abolition of illegal immigrant deportations and borders. On March 11th Anfifa et al is supporting Far Left environmental and indigenous rights group Giniw Collective call for a “week of action” in support of activists attempting to shut down the Line 3 pipeline construction in northern Minnesota.

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has approved keeping nearly 2,300 National Guardsmen at the U.S. Capitol through May 23, the Pentagon said Tuesday evening. The move extends the Guard’s deployment more than two months past when it was supposed to end this week. The number of approved troops is about half of the 5,100 currently stationed at the Capitol.
NOTE - there is continued rumblings from the left about a permanent NG presence around the Capitol. Even though March 4 came and went without incident, Capitol Police still asked the Pentagon to extend the National Guard deployment for another two months. This permanent force has been recommended by retired Army Lt. Gen. Russel Honoré and would form a quick reaction force (QRF). There are persistent concerns about how the NG is being cared for, ranging from quarters to poor food. Not to mention that these are citizen soldiers - and to maintain this presence, units will have to be rotated in and for them to receive full federal benefits while deployed, biden (or who ever the president is) would have to declare essentially a permanent state of emergency. Add to it the hit the NG budget would take.
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CANCEL CULTURE FRONT -
Disney canceling (from children’s list) more historical cartoons, including “Dumbo” and “Peter Pan”. Walt rolling over in his grave. . . . .
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POLITICAL FRONT -
The entire staff of the Nevada Democratic Party resigned after Democratic Socialists took complete control of the organization’s leadership. This will ensure a hard left shift of democrat policies in NV and may hurt them more in the long run. Political analysts have noted that this split has be due for a long time given internal tensions between establishment democrats and the socialists.
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Cyber Warfare -
The hack of Microsoft servers continues rage unabated. As many as 60,000 (double the original estimate) organizations have been compromised. China is believed to be behind this attack.

In response to an alleged Russian hacking attack, it is reported that biden has ordered sanctions and “clandestine actions” (i.e. counter cyber attack) against Russian interests. The attack against the US known as the ’SolarWinds” hack is believed to have compromised over 100 U.S. companies and nine government agencies.
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China -
Analysis and discussion has surrounded reports that China’s naval fleet being regarded by some as the largest in the world. What is overlooked is that it is largely only a regional navy, without ‘blue water’ capabilities. Their aircraft carriers are largely ineffective because they rely upon the old Soviet style ‘ski jump’ launches that significantly limits the munitions and fuel loads on jets. The navy is very practical in projecting force across the South China sea and the major trade routes that pass through there. As such it can threaten Japan, S Korea,, Taiwan, Singapore, Thailand, Indonesia and Australia/New Zealand. Clearly of note - this is just a stepping stone for China who recognizes that its naval forces must evolve further to challenge US forces away from the South China sea. Its fourth aircraft carrier is expected to be China’s first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, and its first to use advanced launching and landing systems, thus, giving China a blue-water navy to challenge the U.S. in several years.
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Israel -
Israeli prime minister Netanyahu will travel tomorrow to the UAE for a 1st official visit less than 2 weeks before the Israeli elections. He will meet Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Zayed in Abu Dhabi.

Unrest in Gaza as Palestinian “elections” were inconclusive and they must now do a second round. Violence, very possibly between factions, has broken out in al-Shuja’iyya, that includes grenades and RPGs. NOTE - this long awaited ‘election’ in both Gaza and the West Bank is fraught with corruption and distrust. Hamas and the Palestinian Authority have no love lost between them.

The Gaza elections have resulted in a change in Hamas control, Hamas chief Yahya Sinwar has lost in elections to Nizar Awadallah, former head of Hamas’ Shura Council, a councilative body responsible for electing Hamas’ politiburo. He is not a new face, but has been active for many years in Hamas.
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Iran -
IAEA reports that Iran has begun feeding natural UF6 into the third cascade of 174 IR-2m centrifuges. Iranian actions will eventually result in an Israeli response of some sort.
Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani held out the option of a gradual return to the 2015 nuclear deal for his country and the U.S., appearing to soften previous assertions the Biden administration must lift all American sanctions at once for progress to be possible.
OBSERVATION - this rhetoric is nothing more than eye candy to obfuscate its goals to the rest of the world.
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Lebanon -
Protest over the country’s financial meltdown and political deadlock have continued in spite of threats by the government to crack down. However, the military is not supporting of any crackdown. Army chief General Joseph Aoun said on Monday the right to peaceful protest would be protected barring damage to public or private property but warned that troops should not get sucked into politics.
OBSERVATION - Generic support of the protests by the military may provoke a Hezbollah response to attack protestors as is has in the past. This my bring a degree of conflict between the official military and the Hezzies, reflecting a nationwide rejection of the radical policies they have inflicted on the county.
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Wuhan virus -
Italy is considering weekend lockdowns to counter surge in infections.

More than 60 million people in the U.S., or 18% of the population, have received at least one shot of a Covid vaccine, according to the latest data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Just over 32 million people are fully vaccinated against the virus, either through two doses of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines or through the one-shot Johnson & Johnson vaccine.

For the first time in nearly three and a half months, the United States recorded fewer than 1,000 deaths in a day from Covid-19 on Monday, according to Johns Hopkins University. In 24 hours, 749 people died from the coronavirus, far below the peak of 4,473 deaths recorded on January 12. The daily US death toll has not been below the thousand mark since November 29, when 822 people died in a 24-hour period.
MY OPINION - The books were cooked in the lead up to the election - to damage Trump - where just the presence of wuhan was the cause of death, even though it was due to something else.

Chickens are coming home to roost for blue state governors who’s policy directives placed wuhan sick individuals in nursing facilities and rest homes. Currently falling the heaviest on NY Gov Cuomo who now faces allegation that he placed infected into homes for disabled, resulting in even more deaths. An April 10 executive order directed residential group homes for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities to accept positive coronavirus patients that were released by hospitals, just like Cuomo’s executive order for nursing homes.
Now Democratic Gov. Whitmer is coming under increasing fire for her similar directives. Whitmer, who now faces potential criminal charges of her own, appears to be engaging in a cover-up as her administration heads to court to keep state death data on nursing homes hidden from public view.
Others facing increasing scrutiny include WA Gov Inslee, Tom Wolf of Pennsylvania, Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan, Phil Murphy of New Jersey, and Gavin Newsom of California.
MY OBSERVATION - These governors and their edicts have been noted here in the past. Not surprising that they believe in abortion - when you don’t value life except as a political tool, you treat life indifferently.
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Globalism / Great Reset -
CA Gov Newscum in his state of the state address announced that Kalifornian will never return to ‘normal’ because ‘normal’ was bad, racist, bigoted etc. He forgets that “normal” is what made Kalifornia a (once) great state to begin with and his (and the rest of the marxists democrat in charge) abnormal is what has put it into the toilet.

(Reuters) - The United States needs to set a target to slash its greenhouse gas emissions between 57% and 63% below 2005 levels by 2030 in order to achieve the Biden administration’s longer-term goal of net-zero emissions by 2050, according to a new analysis released on Thursday.
CAPTAIN OBVIOUS - this will destroy the economy, period.
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Economy -
House passed the senate version of the wuhan sweet and sour pork fest yesterday Bailed out blue state/cities rejoiced and asked if with $1.9 Trillion they get egg roll too.

The list of Southern California stores that have been forced to close over government-implemented “hero pay” hikes has grown to five after three more locations announced they will close their doors.
Two Ralph’s locations and one Food 4 Less location, both owned by the grocery giant Kroger, in West Los Angeles will close due in part, the company says, to a Los Angeles City Council mandate requiring some employers to provide an additional $5 per hour in hazard pay for workers on the “front-lines” during the coronavirus pandemic, according to Fox 11 Los Angeles.
“The mandate will add an additional $20 million in operating costs over the next 120 days, making it financially unsustainable to continue operating underperforming locations,” Kroger said in a news release.
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Invasion of Illegals -
CBP had shut down a trio of checkpoints in Willcox, Arizona in order to divert more man power to the border. The number of child migrants in custody at federal border facilities has tripled to 3,250 over the last two weeks, with many held longer than the three days allowed under the law. CBP is expected to release figures this week that show approximately 100,000 apprehensions in February alone, up from 78,000 in January.(Fox) Overall, it is being estimated that ICE arrests have dropped around 60% in February due to biden directives.
Even the WaPo is piling on biden, reporting that the US currently holds 30% more minors in adult detention centers under biden than at any time during the Trump administration.

Mexican officials are reportedly concerned that biden’s immigration policies are incentivizing gang/cartel activity and human smuggling. They recognize that the expanding criminal activity will damage their country to a great degree.
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Biden watch - NEW
Will he or won’t he - that is the question floated about any ‘press conference’ by biden. WH staff seem increasingly protective of him to isolate from unscripted questions from the press.
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CW2/Domestic violence -
Potential jurors in the Floyd death trial are afraid of being targeted for violence by Floyd supporters.

BLM/Antifa groups continue to be active across the country. Portland is essentially owned by BLM/Antifa elements as there are daily protests/riots.

DOJ is seeking to decapatate Oath Keepers for their participation in the Jan 6 capitol incident. This based on alleged readiness QRF units positioned outside DC on the 6th.
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CYBER/CANCEL CULTURE FRONT -
Apple has declined the social media site Parler’s request to be re-listed on the company’s App Store, Bloomberg News reports. Parler has gone back online, however, and can still be found on search engines.
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CANCEL CULTURE FRONT -
Disney CEO has tried to say that the firing of popular Mandalorian star Gina Carano was not ‘politically motivated’. It was received with much skepticism. Nothing to date has been down about Disney producer Jack Morrissey who tweeted about running children of MAGA supporters through a wood chipper
(https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2019/01/22/jack-morrissey-apologizes-magakids-woodchipper-comment/)
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Cyber Warfare -
Mentioned over a month ago, but biden’s removal last month of a Trump EO prohibiting Chinese imports for the US electrical grid is a very serious threat to US security. A major grid failure - as a result of a cyber attack utilizing buried/hidden Chinese hardware/firmware that take the grid down would be devastating, as the Texas power failure indicates. China’s aggressive cyber activity against the world has increased in recent months and biden seems willing to ignore it.

Two days after the White House telegraphed a retaliatory stealth attack on Russian cyber systems, Russian government websites for the Kremlin and other agencies were knocked offline.
MY OBSERVATION - The WH telegraphing its response to the SolarWinds attack is a dangerous precedent. Russia has in the past considered cyberattacks by a government entity as an act of war against it. By announcing it, it leaves little room for denial and allows Russia to openly respond in kind. The result being cyber warfare that could spin out of control.
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China -
China’s stock market has been all over the map the past few days. Post wuhan rally sent it skyrocketing, yet this week the benchmark CSI 300 Index plummeted 14% from a 13-year high. The turmoil shows that in spite of new trade highs, the economy is still shaky in some areas.
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India/China -
As a developing deterrent to China, India successfully test launched a Solid Fuel based Ducted Ramjet. This technology utilizes the ram jet to collect oxygen to feed into the fuel, rather than relying upon an oxidizer. This will permit larger payloads, speed and ranges.
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Israel -
After a 4th round of voting due to results being so close after each vote, Yahya Sinwar, current leader of Hamas in Gaza, has been re-elected. This is a reversal from yesterday’s first round of voting that indicated he was replaced by Nizar Awadallah after the first round of voting.
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Iran -
The fighting in Syria has been going on for ten years and there is no end in sight as long as Iran continues to use Syria as a staging area for a direct attack on Israel. This has turned Iran into the into the widely accepted bad guy in Syria. This was something Iran sought to avoid but Iran’s “allies” Russia, Turkey and the Assads are all working against Iran. Popular opinion and governments in Iraq and Lebanon are now actively hostile towards Iran. Back home most Iranians see the Syrian War as a disaster for Iran. The cost of the war is pushing more Iranians into poverty and the religious dictatorship that has ruled Iran since the 1980s considers the destruction of Israel as worth any cost. Most Iranians, and everyone in the region, disagrees with this. The Iranian leadership is not dissuaded because they are on a Mission From God which means no earthly power can interfere. This will not end well.
(https://www.strategypage.com/qnd/syria/articles/20210311.aspx)

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Saudi Arabia -
News of extensive air strikes against Houthi targets in Yemen. Most likely in retaliation for the drone/missile blitz against its oil refineries and facilities.
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Syria -
See also Iran above.
Russia, Turkey, Qatar agree to fight separatist attempts in Syria, Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov says. This is interesting in that Turkey has been supporting anti-Assad forces in Idlib and Northern Syria. Other than that, just your normal artillery/counterartillery actions.

Wuhan virus -
One year since the ‘pandemic’ was declared by WHO. A year that the left and globalists seized to throw our country and way of life into turmoil.

Norway, Denmark, Estonia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Latvia, and Italy have now opted to halt use of the AstraZeneca vaccine. This follows incidents involving blood clots in patients who recently received the vaccine. Two incidents were reported in Austria, although Vienna is allowing the vaccine to continue to be used, at least for now. Serious cases of blood clots have been reported in Denmark and other countries as well.
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Economy -
Continued concern by some economists about inflation getting out of control. The Consumer Price Index (CPI) was up 0.4% in February, and up 1.7% from a year ago. Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE) is up 1.5% from a year ago. Both of these numbers remain under the Federal Reserve’s 2% target rate, but that’s likely to change later this year. Former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers remain concerned that inflation will rise considerably above 2%. Summers said that the Fed is making the same mistakes that it made in the late 1960s, where inflation ran away to 6%. However, there are elements that have actually deflated in price, such as airline fares and motel/hotel lodging, etc, due to wuhan shutdowns. Even inflation in food prices has fallen, on average, from an annualized high of 4.5% in June 2020 to 3.6% in February 2021.
MY OPINION - Folks, Im not an economic wizard nor claim to be. Hyperinflation threats have been shouted by some economists for several years now and getting louder in the year of wuhan. As with much of our economy, things are in a delicate way and if we get hit by another event, things may cease to hold together. On the long term, with biden killings jobs right and left, it may still get here, just at a slower rate.

Biden signed the wuhan sweet and sour porkulus bill yesterday.
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Invasion of Illegals -
More evidence that biden has lost control of the border, a NASA site in California is being considered as a potential location to house the growing number of migrants coming across the border, according to sources briefed on the plans.
Sources told ABC News that plans are still in flux, but the site, Moffett Federal Airfield in Mountain View, is expected to house a number of unaccompanied minors in Customs and Border Protection custody. Also noted previously, military facilities in the east are also on the list to receive illegals.

The president of the National Border Patrol Council, which represents roughly 20,000 Border Patrol agents, said the public should be “very concerned” and asserted that if the increase continues, the Border Patrol will apprehend more people in 2021 than in any previous year in its history.
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Biden watch -
Last night was the long awaited address to the nation. As some here on FR noted - Jimmy Carters’ “Malaise” speech was far more positive. He is offering to free the country by July 4th from wuhan (that is as long as we continue to be repressed by the scientific/health elite and stay on the plantation). I checked some of the MSM outlets, their articles appeared to be some what subdued, with CNN by far being the biggest cheerleader. NY/LA Times only had a small headline (on the web). There were no major gaffs noted, other than the whole speech appeared to be underwhelming and lacked some coherency.

May I have some more freedom, please
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CW2/Domestic violence -
Oklahoma passed a law protecting drivers caught in violent road riot/protests if they hit those rioters in an attempt to flee the situation. Similar laws have been working across the country. The marxist/progressive democrats that opposed the Oklahoma bill say they should be addressing systematic racism, etc. However, the public caught or fearing of being caught in one of these traps see it otherwise.
MY OBSERVATION - Remember from my posts last year that BLM/Antifa evolved their road blockage/riot tactics with time. Now it is their preference to include ‘chase’ teams, consisting of bikes/motorcycles/vehicles down the street from the blockage who’s purpose is to chase down and block any vehicle that pushes through a road block. This permits the crowd to catch up and further assault the occupants. Their blockage doctrine/tactic is also independent from their main riots. This builds upon the fact that police are focused on the main rioting and not other areas, permitting smaller groups to block roads and terrorize citizens.

Judge Cahill’s ordered the reinstatement of the third-degree murder charge against Derek Chauvin. This may or may not create an eventual delay in the start of the trial (apart from the jury selection). Third degree murder is a much easier charge for the prosecutors to get since the standards are lower.

Earlier I noted that the physical barriers surrounding the Portland Federal Courthouse were being removed. Well BLM/Antifa wasted little time resuming attacks on the facility. Though a relatively small group, they tried to force their way into the building, set trash cans on fire and threatened security/police presence.
MY OBSERVATION - this was probably a probing attack to evaluate any changes to security and response made to account for the barriers being lifted. BTW - this occurred during the day when the facility was in operation - thus by biden administration standards this should be considered to be a ‘TERRORIST’ attack.
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CANCEL CULTURE FRONT -

The “Super Straight” movement has thrown the LGBT-eieio elements into conniption fits, turning their arguments against them and going viral. Grab popcorn and watch the exploding heads.
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POLITICAL FRONT -
The first of a series of draconian bills targeting the Second Amendment has passed out of the House and headed to the senate. HR 8 will expand background checks to all gun sales as well as other measures that will do absolutely nothing to stop crime. Further, it will set a national registry for guns. The other bill give authorities 10 business days for federal background checks to be completed before a gun sale can be licensed. Concern about this bill is language that infers that the FBI can indefinitely suspend reporting without cause, blocking all purchases.
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Israel -
According to the WSJ, Israel has targeted at least 12 vessels bound for Syria, mostly all carrying Iranian oil, out of a concern that the profits were funding extremism in the Middle East, according to U.S. and regional allies. Israeli campaign at sea has taken place over ~2 years.
NOTE - haven’t heard much about this. Any explosions should have hit global news, like the limpet mine attacks in the Persian Gulf region. Fake propaganda? IDK, but is within Israeli capabilities .
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Iran -
The United States and Iran will soon begin to hold informal talks to resolve the dispute over Iran’s nuclear program and the steps necessary to return to the 2015 nuclear deal, the New York Times reported Thursday. American and European diplomats told the Times that the talks could begin in the coming weeks.
MY OBSERVATIONS - Iran will continue to use these talks as a smoke screen while it ramps up its nuclear program. They will make huge demands, like their multi Trillion dollar demand for reparations, etc to keep negotiations off balance as well as out right lie about other concessions. Since January, the Iranians have installed dozens of advanced centrifuges, threatened to enrich uranium at a 40 percent or 60 percent level, restricted accesses for IAEA inspectors, began producing uranium metal and tested a ballistic missile in disguise as a satellite launch.
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TEOTWAWKI - Mar 13, 2021

Wuhan virus -
A World Health Organization expert advisory committee is currently looking at AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine after some countries paused distribution of it, but there is no reason not to use it, a spokeswoman said on Friday. However, the WHO was still encouraging the use of the drug even while under review.

In the US, over 100 million ‘vaccine’ doses have been administered. Of that, about 35 million ‘fully’ vaccinated (both shots).

Michigan prosecutors investigating hundreds of complaints over Gov Whitmer’s wuhan nursing home policies.

Good ol Dr Fauci is making more waves by admitting that health and govt officials have been essentially swagging it with travel advisories and other actions. This was in regard to CDC guidance on if it is safe for those who’ve recieved both vaccination shots to travel.
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Globalism / Great Reset -
MY OBSERVATIONS -
Driving a global economic collapse in order to usher in the great reset is fraught with consequences these insulated elites apparently have failed to consider. In today’s society, we do not have the depths of moral fortitude our parents did during the Great Depression. Separate them from their internet and smart phones and they melt down quickly. But deeper still the overall societal collapse that will occur just so these elites can create order out of chaos. Economic collapse will cut food production/processing - with associated hunger in the US (and the rest of the world we feed) as farmers and ranchers will be unable to have access to the money needed to produce. They will be further hampered by loss of reliable chemicals and even the fuels for their fields and equipment as those sectors buckle. Violent crime will increase, overwhelming the police. We are already seeing that in the blue metropolitan areas of the nation and yes, even in pockets of red states. This will make travel dangerous not only for individuals, but the massive trucking network that bring essential goods to our cities. Health care will falter and death rates will climb. This is gloomy, but is necessary to break us out of our normalcy bias and make proper preparations now. This trend will eventually grow to apocalyptic proportions.
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Economy -
Sec Treasury Yellen has stated that taxes will rise as money is needed for “priorities”. I think by now we realize what those “priorities” are and that they are not designed to help the American people or grow the economy.
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Invasion of Illegals -
Optics and reports are causing even chucky schumer to tell biden to get the border under control. This comes after even WAPO and CNN admit the border is out of control - CNN anchor Fareed Zakaria admits Joe Biden’s border crisis and the wider issues with asylum in America are “out of control.” The tone of the article is nothing less than scathing, as American liberals come to grips with the massive numbers flooding the borders after being invited by Biden and the left. NPR has chimed in saying that illegal “migrant” kids are being kept in crude facilities because the system is overwhelmed.
OBSERVATION - Videos of hundreds of illegals crossing into the US combined with other reports of the administration scrambling for facilities to house the tens of thousands is unnerving the democrats who recognize this was one of the key issues that caused Trump to win the first time and if republicans get their act together, could bite really hard come midterm elections. But that won’t help the chaos on the border any time soon.
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Biden watch -
Even leftist news overseas is reporting what our MSM refuse to say. From the UK Telegraph - “Joe Biden’s decline has change into so painful to see and so embarrassing to observe that it feels merciless to say it. But it’s much more merciless that Biden’s crew act as if it’s not taking place, and most of America’s media look the opposite manner.

“On Thursday night time, Biden marked the primary anniversary of the Covid-19 shutdowns and his fiftieth day within the White House by giving the primary televised tackle of his presidency. He hadn’t been seen in public for 3 days, which is what he appears to require if he’s to not unravel before the cameras. From the second he wheezed as much as the lectern and peered into the digital camera, you could possibly inform Biden was on high type: croaky sentiment, sporadic belligerence, and solely the occasional second when he regarded oddly distant and perplexed, as if he didn’t perceive the phrases he was studying. He received by twenty minutes, then tottered off with out taking any questions or falling over his canine. This is how low the bar now is for Biden. And we will see how onerous Biden has to combat, and what an extended run-up he requires, if he is to clear it. We can see it in his battle to comply with the straightforward strains on his autocue, and in his bungling of the best ad-libs. We see it within the clips of his more and more determined handlers attempting to dam him from questions at his uncommon and punctiliously managed appearances before the cameras. Most of all, we see it in his eyes.”

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CW2/Domestic violence -
Minneapolis just settled with the Floyd family for 27 million, largest ever before a criminal trial. Some indicate the this could bias the jury even more against Chauvin.

Another night, another Portland riot. Last night (Friday) police surrounded and detained about 100 rioters in the city’s NW Pearl District. The detention was on site and rioters were forbidden to leave during an “investigation of a crime” following vandalism of the district. Rioters were eventually released one at a time. NOTE - news report states that this is the first time police have used this perimeter tactic against BLM/Antifa. This new tactic may have caught riot leaders off guard. Given the relatively small number of protestors, it seems to be efficient for now. The size of last summer’s riots wound be too great for similar tactics absent massive police and NG support. Rest assured that the insurgent leadership will be devising ways to counter this tactic.

Sen Feinswine introduced gun ban legislation that targets 205 different kinds of rifles and shot guns. At this stage, unless schumer goes nuclear, there are not enough votes to get past a filibuster.

Fox news is reporting that the General of the NG wanted to end the deployment of NG to the capitol but was overruled by the SecDefense. “Efforts to date have not secured enough volunteers among supporting states to meet the USCP (U.S. Capitol Police) request of 2,280 soldiers, nor Option B of 1000 soldiers. I am concerned that the continued indefinite nature of this requirement may also impede our ability to man future missions as both adjutants general and guardsmen alike may be skeptical about committing to future endeavors,” Gen Hokanson reportedly wrote.
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Israel -
See Iran below
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Iran -
Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates and Bahrain are “unlikely foolish enough” to enter a defense pact with Israel, Iran’s former Defense Minister and Expediency Council member Brig. Gen. Ahmed Wahidi told Russian outlet RT channel on Wednesday. The statement followed a Reuters report that cited Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz as saying Israel “intends to develop a special security arrangement” with Gulf Arab allies. OBSERVATION - That sucking sound is the removal of US policy strength in the ME, forcing an association of both Israel and Arab nations to join in opposing the common threat in the region - Iran. The only one strong enough to go toe to toe with Iran is Israel, while these arab nations would be not much more than a cheering sections, though potentially providing economic support.

An Iranian container ship traveling in the Mediterranean was damaged in an attack this week, an official said Friday, calling the incident a “terrorist act.” The ship was slightly damaged by an explosive object but no one on board was hurt, Ali Ghiasi, a spokesman for state-run shipping company IRISL told semi-official Nournews, according to Reuters. Photos released by the shipping firm showed a container in the central portion of the ship discharging smoke. More recent photos show that the container had a potentially hazardous cargo of acid based toilet cleaner and other items that through a leak could have exploded.
OBSERVATION - Iran is trying to leverage the incident to bring charges against Israel, which last week it was released that they had allegedly sabotaged / attacked Iranian ships in the Med off Syria. However, it is unlikely that this is such event. Hydrochloric acid and aluminum can create such an explosion. Unless they hid a time delay explosive device, anything launched would have to have taken a high transjectory to this the cargo container in the center of the ship. One would expect an outside container to be hit - unless from a drone strike. I don’t any thing Iran publishes in this event will be objective.
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Morning - Check your clocks . . . . . . . .

Wuhan virus -
A comment that has bubbled out made by biden’s wuhan speech - “Fourth, in the coming weeks, we will issue further guidance on what you can and cannot do once fully vaccinated to lessen the confusion, to keep people safe, and encourage more people to get vaccinated.”
NOTE - The vaccine, rather than freeing us, will bring us even more tightly under government control as the federal government mandates what we can and cannot do.

Dr. Jay Bhattacharya of Stanford University recently said the COVID-19 lockdowns are “the single worst public health mistake in the last 100 years,” adding that “lockdowns themselves impose great harm on people.” Bhattacharya co-authored the Great Barrington Declaration, a document from epidemiologists and public health scientists with “grave concerns about the damaging physical and mental health impacts of the prevailing COVID-19 policies.” The declaration now has signatures from over 13,705 medical and public health scientists and 41,555 medical practitioners.

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Invasion of Illegals -
We’ve been hearing the number of caught illegals at the border, but what we aren’t hearing are the substantial numbers that “got away”, due in part to overwhelmed BP assets at the border. A U.S. Border Patrol source reports the number of migrant “got-away’s” tallied by the agency surpassed 118,000 for this fiscal year. In less than six months, the “got-away” number is nearly double that for all of Fiscal Year 2020. biden has staunchly denied categorizing the rush of unaccompanied migrant children at the border a crisis, but it is now deploying the Federal Emergency Management Agency to the border to address it.
Now, NGOs are criticizing biden policies and are being overwhelmed by the numbers.
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CW2/Domestic violence -
A lot of talk that the govt’s case against protestors at the Jan 6 capitol event is ‘falling apart’, due the investigator’s requests to delay reports 60 days. Many FR threads covering this.

States (primarily red) are bucking up to oppose the radical agendas coming from congress. These include bills to negate any gun laws, voting changes and abortion dictates. This kind of drawing a line in the sand is becoming more like the reactions of the states for CW1, suggesting that if things go sideways there will be actions or support on a state level of any kinetic response.

In Louisville, Kentucky protests / riots were the rule for the one year anniversary of the death of Breonna Taylor. It was recognized in other cities as well. Particular at the almost nightly riot - over a dozen BLM/Antifa rioters were arrested following a night of setting fires and breaking windows remembering Breanna.

This report has been out there a couple of days now. Joshua James was arrested this week and is being charged in connection to the violent events of January 6th in Washington D.C. They used armored vehicles and a plethora of FBI/Police assets in a very VISUAL arrest. Such an arrest is worthy of old fashioned Stazi tactics. His crime - he was seen speaking with two other members of the Oath Keepers that day.

After being overridden by the Pentagon, National Guard Bureau Chief Dan Hokanson is questioning the extension because it was not rooted in specific threats. Refusal to release the NG furthers the image of an alternative reason by the democrats for maintaining the presence.
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North Korea -
biden administration has been trying to contact the NK regime - only to hear crickets back.
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Israel -
IDF preparing for a month’s long exercise to simulate a war against Hezbollah in Lebanese territory.
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Iran -
OSINT sources revealed, by ImageSat International in 2018, a suspected Iranian SSM Facility in Wadi Jahannam (Valley of Hell) in Syria. Additional Storage structures were completed at the end of 2020 and March 2021 at the southern tip of the complex. Further Analysis of the complex performed on March 2021 Satellite Imagery leads to the assessment that the complex is active yet not fully operational although the essential and crucial construction phase has been completed.
OBSERVATION - Israel has probably known of this site for as long if not longer. I would expect to see IAF airstrikes soon if construction/preparation is as far along as indicated.
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Syria -
See Iran above
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Wuhan virus -
FWIW, Fauci saying maybe distancing could be reduced to 3 feet. Lucy holding the football comes to mind.

Officials say the Paris region may be headed toward a new lockdown as new variants of the virus fill up intensive care units and limited vaccine supplies drag down inoculation efforts.

A more contagious coronavirus variant, combined with a slow vaccine rollout, led to a 15 percent increase in cases in Italy last week. In response, three-quarters of Italians entered a strict lockdown on Monday, as the government put in place restrictive measures to fight the rise in infections.
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Globalism / Great Reset -
Pope Francis insists in a new book things will never be the same in a post-pandemic world, calling instead for the establishment of a “new world order.” Read more -
https://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2021/03/15/pope-francis-calls-for-new-world-order-after-the-pandemic/
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Economy -
Air travel has reached levels not seen since March 2020.

Echoing statements by Treasury Sec Yellen, it is being reported that biden is planning the first major federal tax hike since 1993 to help pay for the long-term economic program designed as a follow-up to his pandemic-relief bill, according to people familiar with the matter. Some have estimated that the new taxes would be in the range of $2 trillion to $4 trillion.
OBSERVATION - Democrats don’t learn from history and history shows that massive tax increase on a struggling and hamstrung economy are a recipe for disaster. Even though democrats claim that they will be targeting the rich and big business, reality shows that they are able to shield those costs as well as pass them to consumers.
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Invasion of Illegals -
Border crisis now reaches new highs. It is reported that detained children have had little food and not showers for up to 7 days and sleep on the floor. Facilities are at 729% capacity. But some how it is Trump’s fault.
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CW2/Domestic violence -
It is very clear that DOJ is trying to disband OathKeepers under conspiracy charges. Communications were disclosed to the DOJ by someone(s) in the organization on the group text/calls.
MY OBSERVATION - like may other patriot related organizations and actions (like the Malhur ranch protest), the government has deep moles/sources in the elements of the right/patriot movement, and the ‘leaders’ of this movement still haven’t gotten a clue to tighten up their OPSEC as well as HUMINT. The heavy handed approach of Govt is telegraphing that bad things are being planned and that any organization that can muster an armed opposition must be neutralized.

George Floyd Memorial area has turned into a serious no-go zone covering an area of about 6 square blocks. Even reporters are being prevented from entering the area. Some reportedly in the area are fearful of the tyrannical rule of the radicals in control, with as many as 4 having been killed, one of which over the weekend.

After being taken down, non-scalable fencing has been reinstalled at Mark O’Hatfield Courthouse in Portland, Oregon, on Sunday, after rioters vandalized the building over the weekend, the Department of Homeland Security confirmed to Fox News.
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CANCEL CULTURE FRONT -
Placed here for lack of better, over the weekend, senior military officers/NCOs attacked Tucker Carlson for having the audacity of mocking the biden military efforts to design body armor and flight suits for pregnant military members, among other things. Besides being blatantly against the military code, these attacks on official military social media accounts exposed the rotting undersides of the upper echelons of leadership placed there by 0bama and not removed by Trump. However, when it came down to a battle of wits with Carlson, the military showed up unarmed and received a lot of blow back. Carlson also replied “If the woke generals treat us like they treated the Taliban, we’ll be fine. Twenty years later, and the Taliban is still here.” - OUCH A Marine spokesman has issued what appears to be a kind of apology for their posts. As Scott Johnson of Powerline said “What an utterly pathetic display by the authorities responsible for the defense of the United States.”

MY OBSERVATION - The actions of these military leaders is incredibly disturbing, indicating an intense politicization of the military that our founders sought to prevent. These perfumed princes of the pentagon are sucking up to the marxist in the WH and congress in order to secure their positions and pensions.
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China -
The Federal Communications Commission concluded that five Chinese telecommunications companies, including Huawei, pose a risk to U.S. national security, a significant move early in the Biden administration after the Trump administration’s all-out effort to limit the Chinese tech company’s reach in the United States and abroad.
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Iran -
IRGC released video of an underground missile base designed to threaten the Persian Gulf, probably more specifically the Straits of Hormuz . They didn’t provide any location, however, I’m pretty sure ours or Israeli intel assets have it pretty well pinpointed. Even though underground, its construction and logistic support leaves a pretty noticeable foot print.
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Lebanon -
Protests have continued to increase against the government’s economic policies and lack of concern. The Lyra was dropped more than 85% in value, food is now scarce and when people are hungry, things can become volatile. Lebanese Energy Minister Raymond Ghajar said that cash to fund power generation was running out, warning that the country may be plunged into darkness by April. The widespread protests are considered by some to pose the biggest threat to the nation’s stability since the 1975-1990 civil war. If it blows up, Hezbollah will be drawn into it because they essentially control the country.
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Syria -
10 years ago today- 15th of March 2011- the Syrian Civil War began . Meanwhile, Syrian/Russian missiles are once again attacking oil facilities near the fuel market in Tarhan, east of Aleppo in Turkish controlled northern Syria. The Turkish Ministry of Defense also accused Syrian government forces of targeting oil refinery in Jarablus area, causing heavy material damage. Syria/Russia claim that the oil facilities are funding the revolution against Assad.
MY OBSERVATION - I suspect there may be Turkish counter strikes against Syrian elements that launched or supported the launch of the missiles.
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Happy St. Pats day to ya.
REMEMBER - Tuesdays are bad days for me to get this post together. Some items may be dated.

Wuhan virus -
Moderna has started testing their COVID-19 vaccine on children 12 years old and younger. This age demographic is the least impacted by wuhan. This isn’t ‘testing’, this is human experimentation using mRNA concoctions.

Wuhanists in Germany are warning that cases are growing exponentially once again. Germans are pretty upset at the draconian lockdowns that have been in place, any more will be throwing gasoline on a fire. Lockdowns are being reinstated in France and Italy as previously noted.
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Economy -
AAA and other fuel price analysts indicate that gasoline prices across the nation could reach the average of $4/gallon. Current rises reflect prices/barrel rising to near $80/barrel on the speculation that the combination of removal of economic barriers created by wuhan and the resultant increased demands along with the hammering of the US oil production by biden. Like a tax, disproportionate price increases here will actually depress economic growth and trigger severe inflation.

The cost of imported goods jump 1.3% in February and rose sharply for the third month in a row, reflecting a rebound in inflation that’s been driven in large part by higher gasoline prices.
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Invasion of Illegals -
biden’s immigration plan summed up in two words - “Don’t Come”.

CBS Evening News, citing unnamed sources, reports that the Department of Homeland Security has detained more than 13,000 unaccompanied children at the U.S.-Mexico border since Joe Biden’s inauguration. Fact is CBS is calling it a “humanitarian crisis.”

BP sources say that if the current trend continues, illegal border crossing will be exceeding a 20 year high. Among those recently captured are four wanted terrorists. Three of the people arrested were from Yemen and one was from Serbia.
OBSERVATION - This shouldn’t be a shocker, terrorists have been penetrating the southern border for years. What is concerning is that there will be a likely increase in terrorists crossing, using the tsunami of other illegals for cover.

Reuters recently reported on Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador’s belief that President Joe Biden’s immigration policy is incentivizing not only a surge in illegal immigration but also drug cartel activity. The lack of focus on border security on the part of the Biden administration has served as a greenlight for cartels to ratchet up their drug trafficking operations. Biden’s amnesty plan has worried the Mexican government, which it believes could serve as a magnet for further migration.
OBSERVATION - In short, this creates more chaos as Mexican civilians deal with the crime and social disorder hordes of central american ‘immigrants’ will cause as they cross the country, doubled by cartel exploitation of the chaos to expand operations/control in both Mexico and the US.
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Biden watch -
biden will hold his first formal news briefing on Thursday afternoon, March 25, press secretary Jen Psaki announced Tuesday. His performance will be critical and I expect that any questions will be prescreened. If it goes over 20 minutes I’ll be surprised. Watch who he has standing next to/ near to him.
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CW2/Domestic violence -
More BLM/Antifa related protests are scheduled for this next weekend. Expect this to be the continued and increasing trend.

Asians are increasingly being targeted across the country for a combination of “Asian Privilege” as well as some blaming them for the spread of wuhan. A shooting at an Asian spa in the Atlanta area is one of the most recent incidents. The perp is white, but no political views reported (from photo looks like an Antifa type). Officials declining to say if the attack was race-based. Most reported assaults against asians have been committed by black or hispanics.
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Domestic Terror -
See Invasion of Illegals for capture of 4 terrorists on FBI watch list
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Strategic Developments /Deployments -
Funding for the military is hitting an interesting situation. Democrats on one hand want to freeze and even decrease spending. Yet on the other, democrats (and republicans) are saying the more funding is needed to enlarge the naval fleet to counter China.
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China -
China is angry at its southern neighbor Myanmar (Burma) because a February 1 st military coup put the Burmese army back in charge of the government and unleashed a lot of popular anti-China anger. The coup put an unpopular military government in control. China thought this would make Burma a more compliant and cooperative neighbor. So far at least 30 Chinese factories have been attacked and damaged and at least two Chinese injured. The anti-China aspect of the demonstrations continues to grow and the Burmese military seems to be agreeing with the anti-China anger, if only out of a sense of self-preservation.
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North Korea -
Silence towards biden’s request for dialogue, NK speaks finally. Kim Yo-jong warns the Biden Administration that if it “wants to sleep in peace” for the next 4 years, “it must refrain from causing a stink at its first step”. KJU’s sister Kim Yo-jong also denounced joint US-SK exercises, calling them “aggressive war exercises”.

US intelligence has assessed that North Korea could be preparing to carry out their first weapons test since President Joe Biden came into office, according to several US officials. OSERVATION - Reporting source is CNN, so the validity has a degree of questionability. This pattern is falling back into the one observed throughout the 0bama administration. What is concerning is that Iran has restored its relationship with NK on nuclear weapons development and may be using an nuclear tests by NK to safely test there rather than in Iran where Israeli/global scrutiny could make them vulnerable to sanctions and even military strikes (primarily from Israel).
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Israel -
Israel carried out a joint naval exercise on Friday with Greece and Cyprus, the Israeli military said in a statement. The drill, called “Noble Dina,” took place in the Mediterranean Sea to the west of Cyprus and was led by the Israeli Navy. OBSERVATION - some consider this to be preparation for a conflict with Turkey, since both Greece and Cyprus are in conflict with Turkey. OTOH, Israel has in recent months attempted to smooth over relations with Turkey after its hard turn to more islamic radicalness and desire to restore the Caliphate (which would include Israel). But major friction remains particularly on Israeli plans to build a natural gas pipeline from its Leviathan fields to Europe via Greece. Israel, Cyprus and Greece also signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) earlier this month regarding a project to link their power grids via the construction of the world’s longest and deepest undersea power cable.

Planning continues for the eventual conflict with Iran via its proxy force - Hezbollah. They are estimating about 2000 rockets per day coming from Lebanon. This number doesn’t include any add-on by Hamas or Iranian supported IG elements in Gaza. Part of that preparation has been a significant upgrade in Iron Dome that permits far more targets to bear engaged in a shorter period of time and mix of targets (rockets and drones). IDF released a recent video of this test. Israel has also made it pretty clear to both the govt of Lebanon and Hezbollah that the gloves will come off against assets that attempt to use civilians and civilian facilities as a shield against Israeli counter strikes. Israel believes that Hezbollah has an arsenal of approximately 150,000 rockets and missiles, some of which have the ability to strike anywhere inside the country.

Another day, another IAF airstrike on Iranian munitions being stored in and around Damascus.
NOTE - It isn’t hard to track and predict these strikes. Munitions are being transported in via cargo aircraft that are easily tracked. Israel has an extensive HUMINT network that can then confirm the delivery and storage interim locations. Leaves the material as sitting ducks in spite of Syrian AD.

“I brought peace for peace and there are four more peace agreements on the way,” Netanyahu disclosed in an interview with Ynet TV, one week ahead of local elections. Nigeria and Indonesia are both potential candidates for these new peace agreements. Other potential countries include Oman, Qatar and Mauritania.
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Iran -
Iran has started enriching uranium at its underground Natanz plant with a second type of advanced centrifuge, the IR-4, the U.N. nuclear watchdog said in a report reviewed by Reuters on Tuesday, in a further breach of Tehran’s deal with major powers. This plant enriches uranium to 5% level. Enrichment to 20% is occurring at another facility.
NOTE - We knew this was coming, it has been telegraphed for months.
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Lebanon -
Still monitoring riots/protests against the government
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Hopefully the St Pat’s day hangovers aren’t too bad . . .

Wuhan virus -
AstraZeneca’s vaccine hasn’t been authorized for use in the U.S. yet and US medical officals are trying to lessen concerns that may be unsafe following the decision by several European countries to suspend AstraZeneca’s shot after reports of blood clots. They are trying to say that the benefits of the so called vaccine outweigh potential consequences.

Meanwhile, new cases and related death continue to drop to levels not seen since last summer in the US.
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Economy -
The Fed has indicated that it will be keeping its rates at the present levels for at least through this year and likely into 2023. Inflation is still reported to be the biggest fear of investors and yesterday’s move by the Fed was designed to reduce that fear.
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Invasion of Illegals -
biden administration has placed further gags on Customs and Border Patrol officials speaking to the media in regards to the catastrophe of illegals at our border.

States are now suing the biden administration for stopping the construction of the border fence, based on that congressional funds were allocated for it and it is illegal for the president NOT to spend those funds.
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Biden watch -
biden put his foot into it calling Putin a murder and is going to get it. That rhetoric was the reason for Russia to pull its ambassador to the US for ‘consultations’ yesterday.
OMG - dementia joe trying to start a war with Russia?

Big from yesterday was a video of biden “answering” a reporter’s questions outside the WH. Video shows three microphones in the bottom of the frame and during the short clip, biden’s hand passes THROUGH and in front of the apparent basketball sized mic (in relation the hand). This clip was on the CSPAN feed, so not an outside entity altering the video. The CSPAN clip i saw had a title bar/block positioned to partially cover the are, but was still very visible. Raises all kinds of questions of the validity of the clip as well as other videos. As still and video clips of the doctored event can be found here (among other places)

https://pjmedia.com/vodkapundit/2021/03/17/insanity-wrap-167-did-joe-biden-just-fake-taking-a-question-from-the-press-n1433098

OPINION - Video/photo altering like this is beyond weird and why is it necessary?

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CW2/Domestic violence -
Accused murderer from yesterday’s shooting spree in Atlanta believed to have had ‘sexual issues’ and not racist. We’ll see, however, police forces in cities across the country increased patrols of asian neighborhoods. The Left is trying to blame Trump’s use of the “china flu” term as the reason for this potential racist violence, but again, most assailants have been black/hispanic. Police say investigation is “far from over”.
In response, several marches broke out against Asian hate crimes. Again, the narrative is to try to pin it on white Trump supporters. By and large, these crimes have been committed by blacks/hispanics. In the Atlanta case, it is a white guy, non Trump supporter with a serious mental problem. California’s Asian and Pacific Islander representatives have even urged CA Gov Newsom to appoint an Asian American as attorney general.

Left continues to illegally use uniformed military as props, and gets away with it. Latest incident, Guam Rep. Michael F.Q. San Nicolas and members of the Guam National Guard visited the office of Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene in a action to intimidate her.
OBSERVATION - the politicization of the military was strongly warned against and is a violation of DoD directives. The NG troops should be reprimanded and sent back to Guam . The perfumed princes in their senior leadership won’t do this. Watching this, but it seems that a lot of the politicalization of the military is designed to degrade public confidence in our military.

CRT being used to divide the nation - see Cancel Culture Front below.
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CANCEL CULTURE FRONT -
A group of current and former teachers, activist organizations, and public officials in Loudon County, Virginia, compiled a list of parents suspected of disagreeing with a curriculum based on critical race theory. Luke Rosiak, the investigative journalist for the Daily Wire, reported.
OBSERVATION - The battle over Critical Race Theory (CRT) is going to be one of the major pushes during biden. In Florida, the governor had banned CRT from all schools. CRT is also pushed onto the military and other aspects of government and private sector. Creation of “lists” and doxxing has increasingly become the tool of choice by leftists to selectively target opponents on many issues.
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POLITICAL FRONT -
The Washington Post reports that “momentum is stalling amid congressional efforts to swiftly investigate the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol.” Many of the arguments and accusations by the left surrounding Jan 6th have evaporated and the continued optics of a fenced in capitol complex is going against them. Part of this may be a recent WaPo article where they and Vanity Fair (hardly pro conservative news outlets) show that on January 5th President Trump, acting Secretary of Defense, Christopher Miller, and his chief of staff, Kash Patel told the Pentagon that they are going to need 10,000 troops in DC. The pentagon rejected the request due to ‘optics’.
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Strategic Developments /Deployments -
Deployment of key Naval assets - the Eisenhower CGG is operating in the Mediterranean, the Makin Island ARG is operating in the Western Persia Gulf and Teddy Rosevelt CSG operating off the NW coast of Australia.
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China -
The U.S. sanctioned 24 Chinese and Hong Kong officials “whose actions have reduced Hong Kong’s high degree of autonomy” Tuesday amid Beijing’s latest crackdown on the city’s political freedoms. Sanctioned officials include Standing Committee members of the National People’s Congress (NPC), China’s rubber stamp legislature, and high-ranking members of the Hong Kong police force’s national security division, the State Department announced in a press release Tuesday.
OPINION - China knows these sanctions are the preverbal paper tiger. They will have little weight against China.
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North Korea -
New missile tests expected as NK gives biden a frigid shoulder. Among these are new SLBM and ICBM that were paraded in recent months. Other tests could include another nuclear test, given evidence of the restart of NK’s small nuclear plant that produces plutonium used for its current nuclear arsenal. Choe Son Hui, the first foreign minister, said ”What has been heard from the U.S. since the emergence of the new regime is only a lunatic theory of ‘threat from North Korea’ and groundless rhetoric about ‘complete denuclearization,’” calling the offer for talks a “time-delaying trick.” He reiterated North Korea’s position that no “dialogue of any kind” can be possible unless the U.S. rolls back its hostility. “Therefore, we will disregard such an attempt of the U.S. in the future, too,” Choe said.
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Russia -
See biden watch for his comments. Putin to Biden after ‘killer’ comment: “I wish him good health”. Russia summoned its envoy to the United States to “analyze future ties with Washington” after Biden says that Putin is a “killer”
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Israel -
Pending elections in the west bank, opponents Hamas and Fatah have reportedly agree to criminalize and prohibit the use of weapons during electoral activities, refrain from inciting violence against either candidates or voters, and outlaw using places of worship for campaigning.
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Iran -
Leaders have implemented a campaign to prepare Iranians for a major conflict. On Tuesday, Gen Amir Hatai stated ”We should be prepared to defend our nation against all threats and whatever the enemy may one day use as an offensive tool, including chemical, nuclear and biological weapons,” according to Iran’s Fars News Agency. Coincidentally, Hatami made his comments on the 33rd anniversary of a chemical weapons attack by Saddam Hussein on Iraqi Kurds in Halabja, Iraq. During the Iran-Iraq war that raged from 1980 to 1988, Hussein frequently used chemical weapons against Iran. OBSERVATION - Such ‘preparation’ of the people indicates that Iran is expecting some kind of a strategic strike. The people will be on their own thought. Use of chemical weapons is doubtful, but the use of tactical nuclear weapons by either the US or Israel has high potential - particularly against hardened, underground facilities.

Open source IMINT indicates Iranian Khorgo underground ballistic missile site is almost operational after new launching positions were constructed, reports Fox News. Construction on the ballistic missile site, located in southwestern Iran, started three years ago, though only in recent months did the Iranians ramp up work on the launching positions that can rapidly deploy two ballistic missiles each.
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Syria -
Activity in N Syria region around Aleppo and northern Ain Issa countryside (the ‘buffer zone created by Turkey last year) between Syrian separatists and Turkish backed forces.
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Black Swans -
There are currently 14 confirmed cases of Ebola in the African country of Guinea. Uncertain if this will develop into another epidemic.

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