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.

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Wuhan virus -

CDC has stopped using the herd immunity as a national goal. Part of this is the CDC admitting that the ‘vaccines’ so called immunity is only good for a few months. Dr Oliver Brooks, member of the CDC’s advisory committee on Immunization Practices warns that such a de-emphasis will demotivate many from vaccination.

CDC Admits No Record Of Naturally Immune Transmitting COVID-19
The CDC’s disclosure drew responses from several medical experts, including Johns Hopkins Dr. Marty Makary, who said it underlined how little data the agency has released concerning the recovered. Makary called on the CDC to make public data on any re-infections that have resulted in hospitalization or death, with information on the patient’s comorbidities or lack thereof. “CDC should be transparent with data on natural immunity. Instead we get glimpses from FOIA requests like this one,” he wrote on Twitter.

Taiwan’s Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) head Chen Shih-chung (陳時中) said on Wednesday (Nov. 10) that a panel of experts has decided to suspend administering second doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech (BNT) COVID vaccine to children 12-17 years old amid concerns it may increase the risk of myocarditis. Cases of myocarditis (inflammation of the heart muscle) and pericarditis (inflammation of the outer lining of the heart) have been reported after BNT vaccination of children between 12 and 17 years of age. According to U.S. statistics, the risk of youths experiencing myocarditis after receiving the second BNT dose is 10 times higher than after the first dose. Pfizer is linked to roughly 75% of the US mycarditis cases reported.

Fauci told The New York Times that officials are starting to see some waning immunity against both infection and hospitalization several months after the initial vaccination. He then cited data from Israel, which he said tends to be about a month to a month and a half ahead of us in terms of the outbreak.
“They are seeing a waning of immunity not only against infection but against hospitalization and to some extent death, which is starting to now involve all age groups. It isn’t just the elderly,” Fauci said. “It’s waning to the point that you’re seeing more and more people getting breakthrough infections, and more and more of those people who are getting breakthrough infections are winding up in the hospital.” Because of this, Fauci is claiming that it’s crucial for people who have been vaccinated to get their booster shot.

OVERALL OBSERVATIONS - The wuhan narrative is slowly crumbling and the globalists are struggling to get more jabbed before is falls apart further. However, the left is throughly entrenched and nothing short of a massive purging of their ranks will stop their efforts.
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Globalism / Great Reset -

China and India torpedoed a key component of the COP26 accord by substantially watering down the anti coal provisions. Both are facing severe energy shortages due in part to coal shortages for their power plants.

Austria is set to impose a new nationwide lockdown, Chancellor Alexander Schallenberg announced Sunday, with the restrictions limited to the unvaccinated. Schallenberg said that starting Monday, unvaccinated Austrians 12 and over will be ordered to remain at home, and will be allowed out only for a limited number of purposes. The lockdowns are to be enforced with random spot checks for the next 10 days with police patrols being stepped up. It will then be reviewed, according to the government.

SEE Economy for further related items.
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Economy -

Its bad and the govt doesn’t recognize it. Three US companies publish national rent indexes – CoreLogic, Zillow and Apartmentlist.com – and their readings of year-on-year rent inflation range from 9% to 16%. But the US Bureau of Labor Statistics reports a year-on-year rise in the rents of just 3.4%. Shelter represents a third of household expenditures according to the Consumer Price Index.

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Sunday said that if inflation were going to end, it would depend mainly on how the pandemic goes.
“It really depends on the pandemic,” Yellen said, speaking with CBS’ “Face the Nation.” And “the pandemic has been calling the shots for the economy and for inflation. And if we want to get inflation down, I think continuing to make progress against the pandemic is the most important thing we can do.”

OBSERVATION - Easy to blame. Wuhan lockdowns started the ball rolling, but deliberate incompetence by biden et al has added to the mess.

Looting has become a fixture across the country, some estimating upwards of 100 million being stolen every day. Retail theft is now said to be responsible for $45 billion in annual losses in the U.S., according to one trade association. Many states have changed their laws to be more lenient on shoplifters in recent years, and this appears to be helping to fuel an enormous boom in organized retail theft

Larry Summers, who was Secretary of the Treasury under Clinton and directed the National Economic Council under Obama, said on CNN recently that inflation is going to be unavoidable for the near future. “I think the odds are that we’re going to have inflation of a kind we haven’t seen in 30 years, until either the Fed takes some significant move with respect to monetary policy, or until there’s some kind of accident that disrupts the economic growth we’re enjoying.”
“I think it’s possible but quite unlikely that inflation will recede back to its normal 2 percent level without some significant change in the path we’re now — we’re now on.” Summers continued by pointing out that he things the Biden administration is acting incorrectly and making the situation worse:

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Biden watch -

All eyes on the discussion with China’s Xi this evening. How badly will he botch it up.
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CW2/Domestic violence -

Closing arguments in the Rittenhouse trial begin today - 2.5 hours for each side. Kenosha and other cities are preparing for rioting.

Antifa radicals and anti-vaccine protesters appeared to clash Saturday night outside Gracie Mansion, the mayoral residence in New York City. The event came amid a wave of anti-vaccine mandate protests in New York City and around the country.
One independent journalist on Twitter recorded a confrontation between the two sides that included one person called the anti-vaccine mandate protesters “Nazi scum.”
America First protesters were also seen shouting “f-— Antifa” during the protest.
Contributing to this situation, Fox news called the antivax protestors “White Nationalist”, a term that has since been ‘edited’ out.

OBSERVATION - Antifa is turning their eyes increasingly upon anti-vax protests, seeing those nasty ‘nazi’s ‘ behind them. Antifa has supported some anti mandate protests but this counter protest may signal a new target of their wrath.

A Far-Left activist in a Fort Worth Independent School District Board meeting threatened parents all because they were criticizing CRT. The activist said that he would bring 1000 soldiers and that he will be “lock and loaded” next time.
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POLITICAL FRONT -

More insider rumblings against VP Harris and her ineptness as VP. Increasing scrutiny may well represent an attempt to get someone else into the position before jettisoning biden. The friction between factions has even forced CNN to sit up and take notice. Now reports that Harris staffers are leaking that biden administration is racist.
NOTE - Getting rid of Harris is a difficult challenge - if she doesn’t want to leave. This developing split may further lock up moving forward with biden’s agenda.
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Strategic Activity / Deployments -

Gulf Arab navies have held their first joint military exercise with Israeli warships, co-ordinated by the US Navy. The five-day drill in the Red Sea involved warships from the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Israel and the US. It began last Wednesday and included boarding, search and seizure tactics “to help ensure freedom of navigation”.
US Naval Forces Central Command said the training would “enhance interoperability between participating forces’ maritime interdiction teams”.
The exercise follows the signing of the Abraham Accords in September 2020, which saw the UAE and Bahrain normalise their relations with Israel. Since then, there has been an intense exchange of diplomatic, military and intelligence contacts between Israel and those Gulf states, as all parties share their concern over Iran’s activities.

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Cyber Warfare -

US and Israel announce joint efforts to combat cyber attacks.
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China -

“China’s daily coal output has reached 11.93 million tons, the highest level in recent years, and increasing coal supplies have laid a good foundation to ensure energy supply security and residential heating during the winter, the nation’s top economic planner said on Monday, as many parts of the country were hit by a severe cold wave over the weekend,” The Global Times, the state-run media outlet, reported last week.
SEE ALSO Globalism above.
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Russia -

See Ukraine and Belarus activity
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Ukraine -

Russian President Vladimir Putin said in an interview broadcast on Sunday that he had rejected a defense ministry proposal to hold snap Black Sea military drills in response to NATO activity because he did not want to escalate tensions in the region. “So the defense ministry is limiting itself to escorting (NATO) jets and ships,” Putin told the Rossiya-1 channel.

Russia has never planned on invading Ukraine, and won’t do so “unless provoked,” Russia’s deputy U.N. ambassador said on Thursday. His words followed sharp criticism from the United States over reports of a troop buildup at Ukraine’s border.
“Never planned, never did,” said Dmitry Polyanskiy when pressed by a reporter at U.N. headquarters on whether Russia is planning on a military invasion of Ukraine, amid reports of a surge in troop presence along the countries borders.
“Never going to do it unless we’re provoked by Ukraine, or by somebody else,” or if Russia’s national sovereignty is threatened, added Polyanskiy, First Deputy Permanent Representative of Russia to the United Nations.

Hundreds of British special force troops are ready to deploy to the Ukrainian border at a moment’s notice, amid rising tensions and fears of a possible Russian invasion in the region, according to reports.
The UK’s Special Air Service and Parachute Regiment are prepared to enter the region with medics, engineers, signalers, and hundred of paratroopers, The Mirror reported.
“The high readiness element of the brigade was told it may need to deploy at very short notice, a source told The Mirror.
“Between 400 and 600 troops are ready. Their equipment is packed and they are ready to fly to Ukraine and either land or parachute in. They have trained for both eventualities.”

Ukraine’s Foreign Minister - speaking at joint press conference with NATO chief - says the Russian troops build-up on Ukraine’s border and Moscow-ally Belarus’s use of migrants to destabilize European Union should be seen as one hybrid operation

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Europe General -

Great Britain - Three men have been arrested under the terrorism act, after a taxi exploded outside the Liverpool Women’s Hospital on Sunday morning. The passenger died and the driver was wounded. Police say a local taxi driver picked up a man yesterday who asked to go to Liverpool Women’s Hospital. As the taxi approached the drop off point an explosion took place. But the driver escaped the cab. Police say this was terrorism. “An improvised explosive device had been manufactured” by the passenger in the taxi. But the motive and the reason for the sudden explosion are not known.

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Iran -

See Syria above
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Syria -

Iran seems to be overstaying its welcome as Syria appears to now regret inviting Iran to help quell a long and ongoing insurrection in the country. According to Saudi news network AlHadath, Iran has repeatedly violated rules set by the Syrian regime in regards to deployment of forces and attacks on third parties like Israel and American military forces. That could explain why Syria’s other ally in this fight, Russia, has consistently turned a blind eye to Israeli strikes against Iranian forces in Syria.
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Central America General -

Argentina’s President Alberto Fernandez suffered a severe setback in midterm legislative elections held on Sunday, with his ruling Frente de Todos (Front for Everyone) coalition losing control of the Senate for the first time in almost 40 years. With over 90% of votes counted, the coalition — made up of a collection of Peronist and leftist parties — looked set to drop from 41 to 35 seats in the 72-member Senate. The conservative opposition, which was badly defeated in a presidential election two years ago, won almost all the key races in the legislative ballot, as voters turned away from the government amid widespread discontent over a deepening economic crisis, spiraling inflation and rising poverty.

OBSERVATION - Continued instability as leftists ruin the economy and the right overcorrects - common pattern throughout Central and South America.
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Venezuela -

Two members of the Lebanese Hezbollah terrorist organization were arrested in Colombia two months ago, Colombian Defense Minister Diego Molano revealed in an interview with the Colombian newspaper El Tiempo on Sunday.
Molano stated that in several meetings Colombian officials have held with different intelligence agencies, “there are concerns about the presence of Hezbollah in Venezuela and its relationship with terrorist groups and their financing,” according to El Tiempo.
Concerning the two Hezbollah-backed criminals who were arrested and deported from Colombia, Molano said that they intended to commit a “criminal act” in the country.
OBSERVATION - Iran’s support for Venezuela comes with this bonus - a base of operations to enable it to work its way into Central and South America. Principle goal would be to attack US and Israeli interests.
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Colombia -

See Venezuela above
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Belarus -

Polish Ministry of National Defense: The camp where the migrants have been so far is empty. People who were there moved to the border crossing. The migrant march took place under the control of the Belarusian services. Polish sources warn that these latest movements suggest that these migrants with the help of Belarus elements will forcefully attempt a border crossing very soon. Overnight 60 migrants tried to cross the border by force.

Kremlin’s spokesperson Peskov: Russia is ready to help resolve the migration crisis on the border of Belarus and the EU as a mediator. The Kremlin considers it wrong to blame Lukashenka for the migration crisis
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Armenia/Azerbaijan -

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan accused Azerbaijan’s troops on Monday of violating the border between the two countries and sacked his defense minister, the Interfax news agency reported.
Another Russian news agency, RIA, quoted Armenia’s Security Council as saying the incident took place on Sunday but the Azeri troops had since left.
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan accused Azerbaijan’s troops on Monday of violating the border between the two countries and sacked his defense minister, the Interfax news agency reported. Interfax also quoted an Azeri foreign ministry spokesperson as saying Azeri forces were operating on the country’s own sovereign territory and accusing Armenia of “provocations.”
The incident marked an escalation of tensions between the two former Soviet republics, which fought a 44-day war last year that killed at least 6,500 people and ended in a decisive victory for Azerbaijan.

OBSERVATION - This is Russia’s circus, as they’ve placed peace keeping forces in Armenia to prevent this.

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Wuhan virus -

Germany and France have decided that because of the excess risk of myocarditis the Moderna vaccination should not be given to people less than 30 years old. News reports suggest that myocarditis is 5 times more common with Moderna than Pfizer at these ages. Moderna now acknowledges its higher rate of myocarditis. The US, like multiple other countries now, should favor Pfizer over Moderna for males under 30.https://t.co/uXneLDWXGZ
— Walid Gellad, MD MPH (@walidgellad) November 11, 2021

Pfizer is not out of the woods either. Clinical trials conducted by drug giant Pfizer were too short to determine long-term myocarditis risks in children who take the Covid-19 vaccine, the company admitted in documents submitted to the FDA.
The information appears on page 11 of an FDA advisory committee briefing from late last month, where Pfizer even admits its sample size of clinical trial volunteers was also too small to detect myocarditis risks in children aged 5 to 12.
“The number of participants in the current clinical development program is too small to detect any potential risks of myocarditis associated with vaccination,” Pfizer states in its Overall Risk-Benefit Conclusions.
“Long-term safety of COVID-19 vaccine in participants 5 to <12 years of age will be studied in 5 post-authorization safety studies, including a 5-year follow-up study to evaluate long term sequelae of post-vaccination myocarditis/pericarditis.“

https://www.fda.gov/media/153409/download

Pfizer Inc. has signed a deal with a U.N.-backed group to allow other manufacturers to make its experimental VOID-19 pill, a move that could make the treatment available to more than half of the world’s population.
In a statement issued Tuesday, Pfizer said it would grant a license for the antiviral pill to the Geneva-based Medicines Patent Pool, which would let generic drug companies produce the pill for use in 95 countries, making up about 53% of the world’s population.

NOTE - As always, follow the money
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Globalism / Great Reset -

Dr. Fauci on Sunday told CBS “Sunday Morning” senior contributor Ted Koppel that there’s a “misplaced perception” about people’s rights superseding “societal safety.”
“One of the things that to me was most difficult to accept is that we put together a good plan for how we were going to try and dampen down the spread of infection early on thinking that that was accepted by everybody,” Fauci said to Koppel. “And then, the next day you have the president [Trump] saying, ‘Free Michigan. Free Virginia.’ I didn’t quite understand what the purpose of that was, except to put this misplaced perception about people’s individual right to make a decision that supersedes the societal safety. That, to me, is one of the things that, I think, went awry in all of this.”
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Economy -

On Sunday, California gas prices rose to a record-setting high average of $4.676 per gallon for regular gasoline, according to the American Automobile Association (AAA). The previous record average price of $4.671 was set in October 2012.

NOTE - Kalifornia gasoline situation is a little different from the rest of the country. It only permits fuel refined within the state for sale due to special formulation requirements. Secondly, twice a year prices spike as these refineries switch over to specific seasonal formulas. This may be what is happening here. BTW, Kalifornia prices are also closely linked to Saudi prices, the major supplier source to the state.

Spire Energy, a natural gas firm that supplies 1.7 million homes in Missouri, Alabama, and Mississipi warned custormers in an email that a federal review of the STL Pipeline could jeopardize their energy supply.
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) will discuss revoking the pipeline’s permit during a Nov. 18 hearing.
In an email to customers, Spire Energy president Scott Carter wrote that “The STL Pipeline was built to support your energy needs, along with those of more than 650,000 homes and businesses in the St. Louis region,” adding that “Since 2019, this safe, fully operational pipeline has been bringing even more reliable and affordable natural gas to our community. Unfortunately, while the STL Pipeline continues to operate todat, it is now in jeopardy.”
The STL Pipeline runs from Illinois to Missouri and received initial FERC approval in 2018, beginning to serve customers in mid-2019.

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Biden watch -

The President devoted three hours yesterday to a phone call with Chinese President Xi Jinping. Judging by the announcements that followed the call, there wasn’t much progress to report. Basically, China said it will continue what it has been doing. China announce the call a ‘success’ - indicating that the US side made no progress.
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CW2/Domestic violence -

Closing arguments in the Rittenhouse trial are complete and it is in the jury’s hands. Tracking threats of riots. Many voices in social media are calling for riots. MSM has been trying to inflame matters through lies and false reporting. Haven t seen development on the grass roots level though.

OBSERVATION - Regardless of the verdict, there will be riots. The only question at this stage is how violent and widespread. Winter conditions will help mitigate turnout to a degree.

A spokesperson for the Pentagon insisted on Monday that Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has the authority to overrule Oklahoma’s highest-ranking military official and force members of the state’s National Guard to get a COVID-19 vaccine. “Refusing to do that, absent an approved exemption, puts them in the same potential [for disciplinary action] as active-duty members who refuse the vaccine,”
NOTE - This isn’t the final action in this matter. The federal govt holds the purse strings on National Guard funds and the president can nationalize them - taking them away from the governor’s control.

The President of the Scottsdale Unified School Board in Arizona was removed from his position as president on Monday night, after it was discovered that Jann-Michael Greenburg had access to an invasive dossier that sought to compile “dirt” on Scottsdale parents who oppose mask mandates and anti-white Critical Race Theory.
The dossier in question featured pictures of parents’ homes, their children, and even pictures of their license plates. Greenburg’s trove of information amounts to little more than spying on the part of a public official against his own constituents.

OBSERVATION - Remember, as far back as 0bama the left talked about having a ‘database’ on opponents. This case just goes to show who the real domestic terrorists and serve as a warning that many on the right are on some kind of a list.

Speaking of lists, evidence that the ATF has already amassed records on over 54 MILLION gun-owning citizens in 2021 alone. This is a defacto core of a national gun registry.
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CANCEL CULTURE FRONT -

According to a new Hill-HarrisX poll, 71% percent of “all voters” strongly or somewhat agree “that cancel culture has gone too far.”
Seventy-six percent of GOP voters strongly/somewhat agree, while 70% Democrat and 68% independent voters said they strongly/somewhat agree.
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Russia -

Russia conducted an anti satellite test yesterday destroying a non -functional old comm sat, but it was a an orbital level that forced the ISS crew evac into return capsules in the event of an impact. They have received a lot of condemnation because now the lower orbital zone is cluttered with more dangerous space trash. The intercept created as many as 1500 trackable pieces.
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Israel -

The US would like more countries to establish diplomatic ties with Israel, following the Abraham Accords, US Ambassador to the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield said during her first-ever visit to Israel on Monday.
Following a meeting with Foreign Minister Yair Lapid, Thomas-Greenfield tweeted: “Encouraged to hear about the tangible progress of the Abraham Accords during my meeting with [Lapid]. The United States will continue to encourage countries in the region to normalize relations and expand cooperation with Israel, including at the UN.”
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Iran -

Pentagon says an Iranian helicopter approached USS Essex in the Gulf of Oman and operated in an “unsafe and unprofessional manner,” flying proximately 25 yards off port side of Essex at one point as low as about 10 feet off the surface of the ocean & circled ship 3 times.

Excellent analysis on Iran from strategy page -
The new radical government has been around for three months and is already in trouble for overpromising and under delivering. The hardline decisions made since August in Iraq, Syria and Yemen have not had the desired result. In each of these countries there is a Quds Force general who directs the activities of all Iranian controlled or supported local forces. In Iraq this led to a failed assassination of the nationalist Iraqi prime minister who opposes Iran. In Syria the Assad government, which has developed relationships with Russia, Turkey, and Israel, demanded that the current Quds Force general in Syria be replaced, and that was done. In Yemen the Iranian “ambassador” in the Shia rebel-controlled capitol, ordered the Shia rebels to seize control of the inactive (since 2015) U.S. Embassy compound and take hostages among the Yemenis who currently are employed as compound caretakers or had previously held those jobs. The Shia rebels scoured the empty embassy compound for “evidence” of American plots against Iran or the Shia rebels. This was a violation of international law and not quite a repeat of what the Iranian radicals did in 1979 to the operational U.S. embassy in Iran. The U.S. began negotiating for the release of hostages and got most released but the Shia are demanding ransoms for the few still held. Several days before the embassy compound attack the Shia rebels began arresting Yemenis working for the UN and American foreign aid groups. The Shia rebels have bullied the UN and foreign aid workers in the past, usually to keep the aid coming despite the rebels diverting much, or most of it to support their military operations.

https://www.strategypage.com/qnd/iran/articles/20211116.aspx

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Cuba -

Cuban police deployed in large numbers on the streets of Havana Monday ahead of a rally the opposition has vowed to hold despite it being banned by the one-party state. Along the city’s seaside esplanade, armed police in uniform gathered on nearly every corner, while others in civilian dress patrolled the city’s squares and parks.
Cuba’s opposition has said the “15N” (November 15) gathering would go ahead in the face of the official ban, and the risk of criminal prosecution with hundreds still in jail after earlier protests that were put down by the armed forces.
The government claims protest organizers are seeking regime change with the backing of the United States, which maintains sanctions against the communist island.
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Belarus -

Another night of chaos as islamic migrants, driven and supplied by Belarus agents, attempted to force a border crossing. Polish police and military responded with tear gas and flash bang grenades. Latest reports that migrants are now withdrawing from the area of standoff on the border to the camp.

OBSERVATION - Situation remains tense on the border, but it seems Belarus is being slowly reeled back. It seems Putin isn’t ready to start a war due to hot head Lukashenka rants and actions.
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Wuhan virus -

Data from the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) may indicate that wuhan vaccines may be creating an Acquired Immuneodeficency Syndrome. Needless to say, pro-vax elements are saying the data is being misinterpreted and the results of the data study are still initial. This is not the first time concerns over the effects fo the mRNA ‘vaccines’ are having to depress natural immune system responses, but could be the most serious established cause-effect documentation to date.

Protests against wuhan tyranny are occurring around the world - inspire of silence from the media. Protests in New Zealand and now in Austria are on the rise.

On Nov. 16, 2021, the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced it is suspending all implementation and enforcement efforts related to the Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) on mandatory COVID-19 vaccination and testing in the workplace. The announcement follows the Nov. 12, 2021 order from the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals staying enforcement of the ETS pending a final ruling on its legality.
NOTE - Expect biden et al to continue to encourage businesses to ignore the court order and force vaccinations.
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Globalism / Great Reset -

For current lack of categorizing, except that this could be the next stage in trying to force the reset, Yahoo news reports that
“The FBI and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are investigating “questionable vials” labeled “smallpox” and found in a freezer last night at a Merck facility outside Philadelphia, according to an alert sent to Department of Homeland Security leadership on Tuesday night.
There were reportedly a total of 15 questionable vials, according to the unclassified “For Official Use Only” alert, a copy of which was obtained by Yahoo News. Five of the vials were labeled as “smallpox” and 10 were labeled as “vaccinia.” The vials were secured immediately.
The discovery of the vials prompted a lockdown of the facility, which has since been lifted. The FBI and CDC launched investigations, which remain ongoing.
Smallpox, a disease caused by the variola virus, is considered so deadly that only two labs in the world are authorized to store samples of the virus, including one in Russia and the other at the CDC in Atlanta.”

OBSERVATION - Two weeks ago Bill Gates commented on the globe needing to be ready for another small pox outbreak. As noted in wuhan above, there is strong evidence that the jab significantly impacts natural immunity and unleashing small pox (possibily modified) could be really devastating. This would provide additional impetus for global response and controls.

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Economy -

Tyson Foods Inc. is planning further increases in meat prices citing soaring costs as the biggest U.S. meat company works to recover inflation. The company announced the plans while reporting significant growth in its fourth-quarter earnings and sales, benefited by sharply raised meat prices.
On the company’s quarterly earnings call, Tyson Foods CFO Stewart Glendinning said, “We expect to take continued pricing actions to ensure that any inflationary cost increases that our business incurs are passed along. Pricing has lagged inflation, but we expect to recover those cost increases during fiscal ‘22.”
The meat giant raised prices across all of its major divisions in the quarter, noting that raw material cost, logistics, ingredients, packaging, labor increased its cost of production. Pork average sales price increased more than 40 percent, and chicken average sales price improved over 20 percent.

Back like a bad check, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is back and telling congressional leaders Tuesday that the federal government could default on its debt soon after Dec. 15 without action to raise the federal borrowing limit.
OBSERVATION - This will throw a serious glitch in democrat efforts to get biden’s trillion dollar boondoggles passed for signature. If McConnell is true to his word (yeh, I know) and republicans refuse to bail the democrats out this time, then serious game of chicken will ensue with a massive govt shutdown over the holidays.

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Invasion of Illegals -

The budget reconciliation package pushed by Democrats creates a new expanded child tax credit (CTC) that would pay illegal immigrants some $10.5 billion next year. All immigrants with children are eligible, regardless of how they got here and whether their children are U.S.-born. This includes the roughly 600,000 unaccompanied minors and persons in family units stopped at the border in FY2021 and released into the country pending a hearing.

The number of illegal immigrants apprehended at the border last month—over 164,000—l marked the worst October in DHS history. Just last month, the Biden administration released 17,126 illegal immigrants into the U.S. That brings the total to over 264,629 illegal immigrants released into the U.S. under Biden. Most of the migrants are from Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras.

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas told the Senate Judiciary Committee Tuesday that the American immigration system is “broken,” while stating that not all of the 1.2 million illegal immigrants with final removal orders should be deported. He doesn’t believe they received ‘due process’.
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Biden watch -

biden continues to garble his remarks, most recently at a speech touting his infrastructure bill.
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CW2/Domestic violence -

Rittenhouse jury deliberation continue for a second day. Yesterday a small group of BLM/Antifa protestors arrived at the court house. Today supporters are showing up opposite BLM/Antifa threats. Still looking for intelligence of riot planning and calls for assembling of terrorists to Kenosha.. Rhetoric has been rising on social media and chatrooms by BLM/Antifa elements.

RUMINT - US marshals saying jurors are afraid of repercussions and delaying the decision. If so this is a major breach of security for jury deliberations. The rumor has been promulgated by Jack Posobiec of Human Events. I’ve looked at his recent ‘leaks’ on other issues and have found them to be sadly inaccurate and unsubstantiated.
Point 1 - U.S. Marshals don’t interact with the jury in a state criminal case. The only one with that potential to overhear this is the bailiff.
Point 2 -Judge Schroeder has put up with no crap in the trial an I believe he would have been all over this like white on rice over this.

OBSERVATION - Again, riots will occur no matter what the verdict. Scale of which is not yet clear.
RELATED - Defense has filed for mistrial with prejudice over the sudden release by the prosecution of a HD quality FBI video.

AG Garland may have perjured himself in congressional hearings now that a DOJ memo has been uncovered. House Republicans in the Judiciary Committee have sent a Tuesday letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland after an FBI whistleblower provided ‘a protected disclosure’ revealing that “the FBI’s Counterterrorism Division is compiling and categorizing threat assessments related to parents, including a document directing FBI personnel to use a specific “threat tag” to track potential investigations.”
IN RELATED - Emails between the WH and the National School Boards Association show prior coordination prior to the ‘domestic terrorism’ letter and DOJ involvement in investigating parents.

OBSERVATION - Direct lies by the AG and active monitoring and ‘tagging’ of cities by FBI counter terror resources are forbearers of desired tyranny.
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POLITICAL FRONT -

More rumors are flying about Vice President Kamala Harris and the tensions that may be growing between her and President Joe Biden. This in the face of WH attempts to cover up the apparent split with white wash releases over her excellent performance as VP.
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India/China -

At the height of the border standoff with India in 2020, China installed a fibre optic network at certain remote locations of the western Himalayas, giving them new near-real-time ISR (intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance) capabilities in the area, a Pentagon report claims.
Citing the recent Pentagon report, the Hindustan Times. wrote that the communist superpower has continued “taking incremental and tactical actions” in the LAC, despite bilateral dialogue between Delhi and Beijing that aims to deescalate the situation.

The People’s Liberation Army has deployed at least one long-range strategic H-6K bomber to its borders with India in a move meant as a warning to the Indian military not to escalate tensions over winter, analysts said. The aircraft can be armed with short-range KD-63 missiles and long-range CJ-20 cruise missiles.
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Russia -

In a statement issued today, Bundesnetzagentur said it would only be possible to certify an operator of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline if that operator was organized in a legal form under German law. With about 40% of natural gas in EU coming from Russia, leading energy traders have warned of the risk of rolling blackouts in Europe in the event of a colder than average winter. Prices jumped upon announcement of the suspension of the certification work.

OBSERVATION - Europe is experiencing global ‘cooling’ with one of the coldest fall period in many years and energy shortages.
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Israel -

2 missiles were launched by IAF jets from Golan, one of them hit a building in south of #Damascus and the other one was reportedly shot down.
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Turkey -

The Turkish Lira has been on the verge of collapsing. Thursday the Turkish central bank will meet where they are expected to cut interest rates further even as Turkish inflation tops 20%.

OBSERVATION - Turkey’s economy has been stretched by the global crash caused by wuhan as well as its aggressive regional moves to become the new leader of an Islamic Caliphate.
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Belarus -

Polish Border Guards: Yesterday, 161 attempts were made to cross the border illegally at the Belarus-Poland border. Against 34 foreigners, Border Guard officers issued decisions on the obligation to leave the territory of the Republic of Poland. Two force attempts to cross the border were also recorded in the evening hours. Polish Border Guard said Tuesday that migrants camped out near the Bruzgi-Kuźnica checkpoint were behaving “aggressively,” throwing stones and various objects at the Polish services. “In order to prevent illegal border crossing, water cannons were used against aggressive foreigners,” the security agency said on Twitter.
In response to the escalating border crisis, Poland is considering triggering Nato’s Article 4. Nato’s Article 4 provides for joint consultations should a member state consider its territorial integrity, political independence or security to be under threat. On Monday, Lithuania’s president declared, after a meeting with his Latvian and Estonian counterparts, that the Baltic states stand ready to support Poland if it decides to activate Article 4.

Electricity supplies to Ukraine will be suspended starting November 18 - Ministry of Energy of Belarus

Belarusian Border committee reports Lithuanian border guards foiled an attempt of migrants to enter Lithuania at border near Klevitsa

OBSERVATION - Belarus will continue trying to force the border with islamic migrants to attempt to destabilize the region. Russia appears to continue to back off but Belarus continues to push the issue.
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Wuhan virus -

Other fallout from the wuhan craziness. More than 100,000 Americans died of drug overdoses during the 12 months following the COVID-19 lockdowns, the most overdose deaths ever recorded in a one-year span, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. “Two forces here are the negative economic impact of the pandemic as well as the emotional impact,” said Dr. Paul Christo, associate professor of anesthesiology and critical care at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. “That led a lot of people to use drugs ... to cope.”
IN A RELATED - medical authorities are noting an increase in deaths from ‘other’ causes, many associating them with decreased medical examination/ monitoring of other conditions.

Germany’s Covid cases hit another high with 65,371 daily cases recorded. Chancellor Angela Merkel has said a fourth wave of Covid is “hitting us with full force”. German MPs vote in favor of a new set of measures, including access to public transport only for people who have been vaccinated or tested. Much of Europe is facing a spike in cases, with new measures introduced in countries including Austria and Belgium.

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Globalism / Great Reset -

One more step - there are rumors Austria is discussing forced Jabs into every person in the country.

Discussions floated around within various “academic” journals expressing the need for a “Personal Carbon Allowance,” or PCA. Some argue that PCAs are the ultimate means of battling climate control. The concept is that each individual on the planet has a set number of Personal Carbon Allowances they may use per day. This usage is tracked by a universal credit card system/social score system under global control. One result of exceeding your PCA is a shut down of your account, a more sinister result could be fines.
According to Mastercard, they have integrated the Carbon Calculator across their global network. Mastercard Chief Digital Officer Jorn Lambert seems to give further proof we will see this technology soon by saying,

“Companies, consumers, and communities must work together to make the significant changes needed to effectively address climate change.” “New research on sustainability, commissioned by Mastercard, reveals a marked increase in consumer passion for the environment as a result of COVID-19. More than half of those surveyed across the world (54%) see reducing their carbon footprint as more important now than pre-pandemic.”

According to the WEF:
“While many of us are aware that we need to reduce our carbon footprint, advice on doing so can seem nebulous, and keeping a tab is difficult. DO monitors and cuts off spending when we hit our carbon max.”

OBSERVATION- Global warming is fast becoming the next wuhan event globalists will leverage for control of the population. Creation of such a “carbon score” linked to a social credit score - and likely to a wuhan passport fits nicely into the WEF’s started control needs.

One of the first countries to introduce “vaccine passports” for the Wuhan coronavirus (Covid-19) is already demanding a third injection in order for people to keep their credentials up to date.
French citizens who fail to take a “booster” shot for the Fauci Flu will reportedly now be locked out of certain parts of society. This includes people who took the first two mRNA (messenger RNA) jabs but not the third, fourth and however many more are introduced in the future.
The new rule currently applies to French people over the age of 65, who are being told that their passports will be “deactivated” if they refuse to comply once they become eligible.
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Economy -

Biden is asking the Federal Trade Commission to look into behavior from energy companies as prices at the pump hover around a seven-year high. In a letter to Chair Lina Khan Wednesday, Biden said there’s “mounting evidence of anti-consumer behavior by oil and gas companies.” The letter noted that prices at the pump have remained high despite a decline in the price of unfinished gasoline. “This unexplained large gap between the price of unfinished gasoline and the average price at the pump is well above the pre-pandemic average,” the letter said.
The national average for a gallon of gas stood at $3.41 on Wednesday, according to data from AAA. That’s up from $3.31 one month ago, and $2.12 one year ago.
NOTE - SMH, the only ‘anti-consumer’ behavior is that from the biden WH.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture approved an increase in pork processing line speed for 12 months. Some lawmakers criticized Secretary Vilsack for waiting months to release the new rules, which bring pork production back to pre-Biden levels. In June, the bipartisan group asked the USDA to raise production limits but never received a response from regulators. Rep. Hagedorn (R-MN) believes this will temporarily reduce food prices and improve localized shortages heading into the winter.

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Invasion of Illegals -

Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas says he expects that by the end of this calendar year, more than two million illegal aliens will have attempted to cross the United States-Mexico border. Mayorkas did not disclose the number of illegal aliens who have successfully entered the U.S. through the southern border, stating he did not have the information on hand.
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Biden watch -

Politico has come out with a poll where the majority doubt biden’s mental facilities .Per Politico:
* 50% of Americans say Joe Biden ISN’T STABLE, vs. 44% that say he is.
* 50% say Biden ISN’T IN GOOD HEALTH, vs. 40% that say he is.
* 48% say Biden ISN’T MENTALLY FIT, vs 46% that say he is.

The Presidents of Canada and Mexico will meet with Biden in Washington DC on Thursday and significant friction is expected, even though these leaders are referred to amicably as the “three amigos”. Apparently a joint press conference was cancelled by the WH - likely over concerns over biden gaffs.
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Rittenhouse jury deliberations day 3. Some verbal arguments between opposing demonstrators, Kenosha Police come in to move the crowd out of the street. Some fist fights broke out among opposing groups with two BLM/Antifa types being arrested. The BLM/Antifa elements were identified as part of the Revolutionary Communist Party.

Defense requested another mistrial with prejudice over the discovery that the prosecutor didn’t turn over a high definition version of the FBI video. The Judge is looking too hold a special session to place prosecutor staff under oath to explain how this happened.

There are reports of pallets of bricks being found in unusual areas of town, where there is no construction.

OBSERVATIONS - No clear indicators in the tea leaves. If convicted, legal analysts like Alan Dershawiz say there is tones of support for a verdict to be overturned on appeal. I think the current judge is trying to avoid that but has been place into a corner by the prosecutor’s ethical violations.
The discovery of orphan brick stashes are of serious concern. This indicates that the Antifa hierarchy is looking to violence in the event of a not guilty verdict. Brick placement has been noted throughout the 2020 riots. Be on the lookout for chartered buses and cargo trucks showing up at protest staging areas. Currently, it appears that BLM/Antifa activists are mostly local, with some coming from surrounding metropolitan centers. First night of violence may be tempered unless more rioters show up sooner. Protest size over the past few days has been relatively minimal.
One final concern is that with a not guilty verdict, BLM/Antifa may go weapons free, since they view the ‘victims’ as heroes. 2020 protests saw increasingly aggressive protestors armed with firearms. During this relative ‘lull’, selected Antifa elements have been arming and equipping up, with additional training being given. Just like the early Berkerly riots and organization displayed in the 2020 riots, armed elements would likely be hidden within the black bloc apparel and cannon fodder protestors, only to come out to make a strike and retreat back into the anomous mob - much like the berkeley strike teams.

A VOA’s Pentagon correspondent reported that an unnamed Defense official says if the Oklahoma National Guard doesn’t comply with COVID vaccine requirements, they will no longer be “maintaining national recognition,” . Some are inferring that it would become a ‘state militia ‘ This means no federal funds or equipment sources.

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POLITICAL FRONT -

More rumors about Harris leaving the VP. Such a ‘removal’ this close to midterms would create a virtual s-storm among democrats and toss water onto their sinking hopes of retaining control of both houses, let alone the WH in 2024.
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Cyber Warfare -

A hacking group “sponsored” by Iran’s government is launching disruptive cyberattacks against a wide range of U.S. companies, including healthcare providers and transportation firms, according to a cybersecurity alert
https://us-cert.cisa.gov/ncas/alerts/aa21-321a
published by the U.S. Homeland Security Department (DHS) on Wednesday.
The warning, jointly authored by the FBI and DHS’ Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, said the hackers were exploiting old software vulnerabilities in products made by Microsoft and Fortinet to break into victim computer networks. While the vulnerabilities were patched, some customers haven’t updated their networks.
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China -

The Philippines on Thursday condemned “in strongest terms” the actions of three Chinese coast guard vessels that it said blocked and used water cannon on resupply boats headed towards a Philippine-occupied atoll in the South China Sea.
Foreign Secretary Teodoro Locsin said no one was hurt during Tuesday’s incident at the Second Thomas Shoal but the Philippines boats, which were transporting food to military personnel based there, had to abort their mission.
“China has no law enforcement rights in and around these areas. They must take heed and back off,” Locsin said in a statement, reminding China that a public vessel is covered by a Philippines-United States Mutual Defense Treaty.
The Second Thomas Shoal, 105 nautical miles (195 km) off Palawan, is within the Philippines’ exclusive economic zone and a small contingent of military have occupied it since 1999 having intentionally grounded a navy ship on the reef.
China regards the shoal as its territory as it falls within the “nine-dash line” that it uses on maps denoting its claim to almost the entire South China Sea. A 2016 international arbitration ruling, however, said the Chinese line had no legal basis.

China Evergrande Group is selling its entire stake in streaming services firm HengTen Network Group for HK$2.13 billion ($273.5 million), as the cash-strapped developer boosts efforts to avoid a debilitating default on its debts.
Evergrande, the world’s most indebted developer, said on Thursday it would book a loss of HK$8.5 billion from selling the 18% stake in HengTen, in which Chinese gaming and social media giant Tencent Holdings holds around a 20% share.
Other Chinese property developers are also stepping up financing efforts via share sales as liquidity in the offshore bond market dries up due to fears over any contagion from Evergrande’s troubles.

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Russia -

See Ukraine discussion
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Ukraine -

Russia will deploy additional airborne regiment in occupied Crimea before December - Russian Military

The US is “not sure exactly what Mr. Putin is up to,” the US secretary of defense admitted on Wednesday. “The truth is...we’re not sure exactly what Mr. [Vladimir] Putin is up to, but these movements certainly have our attention,” said Austin. “I would urge Russia to be more transparent about what they’re up to and to take steps to live up to the Minsk Agreement. Our support for Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity remains unwavering.”
The Minsk agreements were signed in order to end the fighting in the Donbas region of Ukraine in 2015.

France and Sweden announced their support for the former Soviet nation. French defense officials warned of “serious consequences” for further incursions into Ukrainian territory by “separatists” or uniformed Russian forces. Sweden is not a NATO member, but participates in security agreements with NATO and individual nations. Swedish Defense Minister Hultqvist said, “Now all eyes are fixed on Poland and on what is happening at the border, which may mean that Ukraine will be somewhat in the shadows.

OBSERVATION - Concern high, but on the short term <30 days I don’t seen any conflict. Putin’s forward positioning of forces gives hims many options as Ive been stating. He can move into Ukraine, or Poland and the Baltic stats via Belarus with short notice. Any such action would almost immediately pull the US into the conflict as a NATO ally. But Russia , as well as Europe, are slogging thru wuhan economic devastation. Russia has an upper hand because of the EU energy crisis and may continue to leverage restricted natural gas with ongoing destabilization efforts like in Belarus to weaken them without weakening himself - wearing them down. Ukraine is in the primary crosshairs and has the greatest likelihood of limited Russian attacks like happened in Crimea and Dombas regions, to bite away territory but without triggering a full NATO confrontation.

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Israel -

Palestinian civilians warned that the violence could lead to “civil war,” especially between large clans and armed gangs in Hebron and the northern West Bank. In the past few days, four universities were shuttered due to violent clashes on campuses between students and rival clans. In addition, dozens of houses, businesses and shops were set alight, especially in Hebron, where masked gunmen have been engaged in street fighting over the past week. Most of the gunmen belong to the Ja’bari and Al-Awaiwi/Abu Eisheh clans.

OBSERVATION - The PA is having internal problems over leadership - Abbas is losing favor. This is creating a power vacuum which is being filled the old fashioned way through tribal/clan conflict. Concern being that it could bring a more radical leadership, like Hamas in Gaza, and spill out into Israel.
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Saudi airstrikes on Houthi-controlled air base near Sana’a in Yemen, AlArabiya_Brk claims the strikes are targeting sites where Hezbollah and IRGC members are operating, destroyed workshops and warehouses for ballistic missiles, drones, and communications systems.

OBSERVATION - SA’s war against the Houthi has not been going well as some alliances have stepped back, including the US. Iran is feeling more aggressive in its support of this proxy against its historic enemy given the bypassing and non enforcement of sanctions allowing more money to come in to support operations.

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Belarus -

Polish Border Guards report that on November 17, on the border between Belarus and Poland, 501 illegal attempts to cross were made. Border Guard officers issued 31 orders to leave the territory of the Republic of Poland. There were several attempts to cross the border by force by large groups of foreigners - one of them numbered about 500 people.
Hundreds of migrants who were camped in the cold on the Poland-Belarus border have been moved to a nearby warehouse in Belarusian territory, reports said Wednesday. Migrants with bags and backpacks were observed being directed by Belarus forces away from the camp near the Kuznica border crossing, and Polish Deputy Interior Minister Maciej Wasik said he had received information they were leaving on buses.
The Belarus state news agency Belta reported they were moved to a heated, warehouse-like building about 500 meters (yards) from the border near Bruzgi, giving them the chance to rest indoors after many days in tents.

Belarusian president Lukashenka suggested to Merkel that the European Union open a corridor for the crossing of two thousand refugees to Europe.

Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation and U.S. National Security Advisor Sullivan discussed Ukraine and situation with migrants on the border of Belarus and EU in a phone call last night

OBSERVATION - Belarus is now having to do PR work to prevent a massive migrant catastrophe from forcing these migrants into the elements of an unusually cold European fall. Belarus isn’t getting the world support for these poor migrants - Europe doesn’t want them. Russia isn’t happy because they have lost some control over the action. Both server to pressure Belarus into stepping back an deescalating the situation for a moment.
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First of a weekly temperature check on threats to the US. Again, qualitative and subjective to the extent of interpretation of daily news. This will be evolving. Included are my view of trends and chief cause(s) for the rating.

Color Key
BLACK - An area worth noting, but not immediately impacting on US safety
BLUE - Incidents increasing and needing further monitoring
YELLOW - This is the moderate concern level. Definitely becoming a threat but in the longer term.
ORANGE - A definite threat in both short term and long term. Some active events occurring
RED - Active and ongoing. Examples of this would be 2020 rioting, etc.

Sorry folks but black and white - too fat fingered to type codes all the posts.

As I compiled today’s post, I realized that there needs to be some structural changes to categories that have gone mushy over the course of the year. OODA in full effect. Working the changes out now and will probably be incorporated over time
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Wuhan virus - YELLOW, trending neutral
Wuhan still around. However biggest threat are spinoffs.

Biden on Thursday announced the United States is buying 10 million courses of Pfizer’s Covid-19 treatment pill, in a $5.3 billion deal he touted as “critical” to fighting the pandemic. Pfizer applied this week for US emergency use authorization for its Paxlovid antiviral pill, shown to be highly effective in preventing hospitalization and death among high-risk patients.
While the deal hinges on the treatment’s approval by the Food and Drug Administration, Biden said he had taken “immediate steps to secure enough supply for the American people.”

OBSERVATION - Merik and Pfizer’s pills remarkably are alleged to attack the virus in the same way as the far cheaper Redizmier

More fear porn - Dr. Mark Dybul, a professor at Georgetown University and immunologist is warning us to expect a fully “vaccine” resistant strain of COIVD to start spreading in the spring. Dybul, who is currently the CEO of Enochian BioSciences and a professor at Georgetown University Medical Center’s Department of Medicine, is warning that this new variant will hit in the spring unless we all just take the shots.

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Globalism / Great Reset - YELLOW trending upward
Powers that be still trying to get pieces together

World Economic Forum founder Klaus Schwab announced a new globalist initiative called the Great Narrative during a summit in Dubai last week.
“We are here to develop the Great Narrative, a story for the future,” said Schwab on Thursday, joined by United Arab Emirates Minister of Cabinet Affairs Mohammad Abdullah Al-Gergawi.
From the WEF -
The Great Narrative meeting is a linchpin of the Great Narrative initiative, a collaborative effort of the world’s leading thinkers to fashion longer-term perspectives and co-create a narrative that can help guide the creation of a more resilient, inclusive and sustainable vision for our collective future.
Top thinkers from a variety of geographies and disciplines – including futurists, scientists and philosophers – will contribute fresh ideas for the future. Their reflections will be shared in a forthcoming book, The Great Narrative, expected for publication in January 2022.

Just three days after restrictions were announced for unvaccinated Austrians, a provincial governor is pressing for a nationwide lockdown of all residents as Covid-19 infections continue to hit record highs.
“If no national lockdown is ordered tomorrow, there will definitely have to be a lockdown of several weeks in Upper Austria, together with our neighboring province Salzburg as of next week,” Upper Austria Governor Thomas Stelzer told lawmakers on Thursday.
That will mean at least two of Austria’s nine provinces will be in full lockdown mode just days after the nation created a two-tier society by locking down approximately two million unvaccinated Austrians.
Five Italian Governors have called for lockdown measures to be imposed on the unvaccinated, following the example of Austria, while Czech Republic and Slovakia are also moving to enforce similar measures.

OBSERVATION - It’s about control and these ‘measures’ are becoming punishments to force compliance.

NPR reports the details of the lockdown under the headline ‘New Delhi’s air pollution is so bad, officials are calling for a citywide lockdown’.
“India’s Supreme Court is calling for a lockdown in the capital, New Delhi. It’s because of a health emergency, but it’s not about COVID-19. It’s about air pollution,” states the piece.
Authorities are set to ban all nonessential travel on roads in the national capital region while ordering tens of millions of people to work from home.
Construction sites are also closing along with schools, many of which only recently opened after the COVID-19 lockdown.
Delhi’s chief minister is also calling on neighboring states to impose similar measures.
OBSERVATION - I’ve said before - climate lockdowns are coming.

Electronic ‘drivers licenses’ are gaining steam across the US. States are increasingly rolling out digitized versions that “go way beyond what a driver’s license is about.”1 Arizona, for instance, released a mobile driver’s license (mDL) app in March 2021. These digital documents can also contain a plethora of other information such as vax statue, social credit score, etc.

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Economy - ORANGE trending upward
On multiple fronts, the economy is very shaky and could collapse with just the right push

Biden’s social spending plan passed the house today but will still hit a wall in the senate. Minority leader McCarthy attempted to “filibuster” the bill, but only succeeded to delay the vote. It is expected to pass and move to the Senate, where it remains to be seen if Democrat Sens. Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema will fall in line

OBSERVATION - this is a socialist spending-polusia. Entitlement/green new deal bill was pretty much assured after the Congressional Budget Office on Thursday issued its estimate “that enacting this legislation would result in a net increase in the deficit totaling $367 billion over the 2022-2031 period. Others see as much as nearly a trillion deficit.

The U.S. has asked Asia’s largest economies to consider releasing oil reserves to combat rising energy prices, Reuters reported, citing unidentified sources. The sources told Reuters that talks are happening specifically with China, India, Japan and South Korea.
One source reportedly said that 20 million to 30 million barrels of the oil held in reserves would need to be released in order to have an impact on the U.S. market.
OBSERVATION - More evidence of deliberate degradation of US resources and attempts to get outside sources to fill the gap just so biden’s war on fossil fuels in the US can continue. Twisted thinking at best.

The Fed has finally increased its inflation outlook and believes “core inflation,” which measures inflation without changes in food or energy prices, will be at or above 4% by the end of the year — more than twice what the Fed ostensibly wants or expected. During the Great Inflation, which lasted from the mid-1960s to the early 1980s, the Fed oversaw runaway inflation even during a period of steep interest rate hikes, which we could see again. Former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers began warning of runaway inflation earlier this year, and is further warning the Biden administration that excessive inflation led to the election of Richard Nixon in 1968 and Ronald Reagan in 1980. This high inflationary environment, he warned, “risks bringing Donald Trump back to power.” Meanwhile, interest-rate futures show that the odds the Fed raises rates by at least half a point next year is 83%. In September, that percentage was only 22%. (FO)

Several meat processors are warning that vaccine mandates will lead to critical supply shortages for beef, pork, and poultry products. According to one processing employee, an estimated 25-35% of the meat production workforce faces losing their jobs over noncompliance with the vaccine mandate. This may also affect some USDA plant inspectors, which could lead to plant closures for those lacking inspection.

Container ships in the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach (LA-LB) have started to reroute destination ports to other areas around the country. The relocation of these container ships has dropped the number of vessels anchored off the coast of California back down to pre-COVID levels, with roughly 5.4 container ships arriving per day during the past two weeks, November 1st through November 17th.
NOTE - This may provide some relief, however the country is short some 80K drivers/trucks. However, these other ports are not constipated by Kalifornian limitations of truckers.
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Invasion of Illegals - ORANGE trending upward
Illegals continue to push across the border with record numbers of intercepts

During a morning press briefing this week, Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador praised President Joe Biden, claiming no other U.S. counterpart had made a commitment to address 11 million illegal immigrants. Implied by his comments was a veiled threat to Republican congressmen who oppose an immigration deal.
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Biden watch - ORANGE trending upward
Mental facilities being questioned by leftist media.

ALERT - Harris receives full power of presidency while biden undergoes sedation for a colonoscopy at Walter Reed Hospital.

Three Amigos summit was awkward to say the least and there was no joint press conference as biden’s handlers kept him out of any considerations.

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CW2/Domestic violence - YELLOW trending neutral
On lulll from 2020, Rittenhoiuse trial could up this level

Entering day 4. Rumors of a deadlocked jury - possibly the jury foreman being the constipating element. Five Kenosha, WI schools went virtual due to protests ahead of Kyle Rittenhouse trial verdicts. Judge Bruce Schroeder banned yesterday NBC and MSNBC journalists from the Kenosha courthouse. This was the result of one of their ilk following the juror bus after a session.
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Strategic Activity / Deployments - BLUE trending neutral

According to a joint order issued by William Houston, commander of the US Submarine Force, and Jeffrey Jablon, commander of the Submarine Force in the Pacific, the US nuclear submarine force has received a “navigation pause” order, stars and Stripes reported Wednesday. Naval Submarine Forces spokesman Cmdr. Paul Macapagal told Insider that “the Submarine Force is conducting Force-wide navigational safety training as a result of the incident onboard the Seawolf-class fast-attack submarine.
NOTE - Due to the recent submarine collision with a ‘seamount’.
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China - ORANGE trending neutral to upward
China continues to push domination of the South China sea white internal economics threaten to spill over into foreign policy decisions.

China has threatened to punish Chinese Taipei’s pro-independence “diehard” politicians over criminal charges and warned to ban their visit to the mainland as tensions between the two sides spiked to their highest level in years.
“The mainland will pursue criminal responsibility for Taiwan independence diehards in accordance with the law, to be effective for life,” China’s Taipei Affairs Office in Beijing said in a statement on Friday, referring to Chinese Taipei’s pro-independence leaders.
OBSERVATION - General quiet out of HK following China’s effective crushing of the democracy movement with the aid of the wuhan shutdowns and associated.

Taiwan reportedly deployed advanced fighter jets on Thursday in a show of strength and cooperation with the U.S. amid rising tensions with China, which claims sovereignty over the democratically run island.
Taiwan’s president, Tsai Ing-wen, showed off the 64 upgraded F-16V fighter jets at an air force base in Chiayi, The Associated Press reported.
The news service noted that the fourth-generation fighter jets have the ability to track 20 targets at a time and use advanced weaponry, adding that the U.S., China and Russia possess fifth-generation aircraft. Taiwan’s 141 F-16 A/B jets are also set to be retrofitted by the end of 2023, according to the AP.

(FO) China’s economy weakened in October, and indicators show that the decline may continue. Market shocks have stemmed from demand, where the nation has seen increasingly difficult deadlines for a backlog of orders and supply as many manufacturers can not get the resources or materials to produce goods. Power shortages continue, with the government rationing electricity. Chief China Economist at financial services firm Nomura says that the “worst is yet to come” for China, particularly addressing the economy overall to include housing, where we’ve seen recent trouble in China from large companies such as Evergrande. Chinese economic growth slowed by 3% in Q3, down from 7.9% in Q2, the first decrease in 2021 below expectations, with the highest quarterly growth rate of 18.3% in Q1 2021.
OBSERVATION - Internal economic turmoils spill out to other areas of China’s policy. Aggressive territorial actions with a controlled media can bolster Xi for so long. If the China economy crashes, Xi will have to look inward even more, so there may be a push to secure territorial gains like Taiwan before that happens.

South Korea scrambled fighters on Friday as Russian and Chinese warplanes on a joint exercise briefly entered its air defense identification zone, military chiefs in Seoul said. However, “there was no invasion of airspace”, the South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement.
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Israel - ORANGE trending neutral to upward
Ongoing threat from Hezebollah and Iran continues.

A financial crisis and a failure to enforce law and order have brought a bad mood to Ramallah. The PA is facing an acute financial crisis, mainly as a result of a sharp decline in financial aid from the international community.
NOTE - As reported yesterday, the PA leader - Abbas - is losing support which is creating power vacuums being filled by increased clan fighting. The financial crisis is one symptom of the progressive failure of Abbas and the PA to move forward.
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Belarus - YELLOW trending neutral to down
Migrant ‘crisis’ still a severe concerns in EU, but recent events appear that Belarus is potentially deescalating the situation.

(Reuters) - Belarus authorities on Thursday cleared the main camps where migrants had huddled at the border with Poland, in a change of tack that could help calm a crisis that has spiraled in recent weeks into a major East-West confrontation.
In another potential sign of the crisis easing, hundreds of Iraqis checked in at a Minsk airport to fly back to Iraq, the first repatriation flight since August. However, the European Commission and Germany rejected a Belarus proposal that EU countries take in 2,000 of the migrants currently on its territory, and the United States accused Minsk of making migrants “pawns in its efforts to be disruptive”, signalling tensions with the West were far from over.

Polish Border Guards: Yesterday, 255 attempts to cross the Belarus-Poland border illegally. Border Guards functionaries issued 45 orders to leave the territory of Poland. Two large groups tried to cross the border by force - one had 500 and the other 50 foreigners. The people were aggressive.
Minister of National Defense @mblaszczak of Poland: the night was no different from the previous ones, there were attempts to cross the border. A slightly different method of operation has been adopted. After the assault in Kuźnica, now smaller groups are attacking the border elsewhere
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Wuhan virus -

Europe is reporting a new wave of infection, while here in the US the trend is downward.

FDA requesting that Pfizer wuhan jab data remain sealed for the next 55 years - allegedly for proprietary purpose.
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Globalism / Great Reset -

Scary developments on totalitarianism rising from wuhan

- Things in Hungary have turned ominous. Vaccination of all Hungarian citizens against Covid-19 is inevitable, PM Viktor Orban has said, stating that even the most hardline anti-vaxxers will ultimately face a choice between dying with the virus and getting a jab.. “In the end, everyone will have to be vaccinated; even the anti-vaxxers will realize that they will either get vaccinated or die. So, I urge everyone to take this opportunity.”

- More glaring red flags. The Austrian government has announced it will be forcing all residents to take a Wuhan virus vaccine. Those who refuse will face heavy fines and possible prison sentences starting in February. Herbert Kickl, the leader of the populist Freedom Party (FPÖ) and former interior minister, said the mandatory vaccination proposal crossed a “dark red line” and declared “Austria is a dictatorship today!”

- Dutch police fired warning shots, injuring several people, after rioters against a partial Covid lockdown torched a police car and hurled stones in Rotterdam on Friday. Chaos broke out after a protest in the port city against the coronavirus restrictions and government plans to restrict access for unvaccinated people to some venues. The Netherlands went back into Western Europe’s first partial lockdown of the winter last Saturday with at least three weeks of curbs on restaurants, shops and sports.

- White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Thursday that private businesses with 100+ employees should move forward with implementing President Joe Biden’s vaccine or testing rule, despite news that the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) was forced to suspend enforcement due to a court order.

- Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII), the parent company to Newport News Shipbuilding, suspended its federally-enforced coronavirus vaccine mandate after the U.S. Navy “confirmed that our contracts do not include a requirement to implement the mandate,” and some workers threatened to quit, according to the Daily Press and WTKR. Initially, the shipyard announced all 25,000 employees would be required to be fully vaccinated by December 8 as a “condition of continued employment,” according to WAVY. That deadline was extended to January 4, with the blessing of the federal government, but has now been suspended.

- The U.S. Army has started to weed out unvaccinated soldiers by blocking their re-enlistment, including Reserve troops and Guardsmen. Fox News obtained a Nov. 16 memorandum from Secretary of the Army Christine Wormuth detailing how commanding officers should flag soldiers who refuse COVID-19 vaccination orders, which will allow the service to retire the troops or separate them “upon expiration of term of service.”

OBSERVATION - Tactics are becoming more and more coercive and punishment to force all to get the jab. Levels of similar tyranny already in effect for Australia, New Zealand, Canada and Germany for example. More and more, its not about a disease with a 99.7% survival rate - but all about control.

Former U.S. Secretary of State and Democrat presidential candidate Hillary Clinton slammed cryptocurrencies on Friday, calling on nation-states to keep a tab on their rise.
“One more area that I hope nation-states start paying greater attention to is the rise of cryptocurrency because what looks like a very interesting and somewhat exotic effort to literally mine new coins in order to trade with them has the potential for undermining currencies, for undermining the role of the dollar as the reserve currency, for destabilizing nations, perhaps starting with small ones but going much larger,” Clinton said during a panel discussion at the Bloomberg New Economy Forum in Singapore.

OBSERVATION - Globalists cannot allow commerce via crypto currency without out its oversight and control/taxes. What is destabilized is the goal to control this aspect of the economy.

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Economy -

The North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC), a nonprofit corporation responsible for overseeing US’ power grid, published a new report on the risk of rolling blackouts if persistent cold weather is observed this winter.
NERC’s three-month (December–February) winter report is an assessment that identifies potential reliability issues of interest across six regional power grids. Power grids are expected to have sufficient supplies under normal operating conditions between the three months. But if unseasonably cold weather is observed, fossil fuel generators (powered by crude, coal, or natural gas) may experience shortages due to supply constraints. For instance, the report warns about potential coal delivery problems.

OBSERVATION - Current La Nina conditions could potentially create a repeat of the Texas shutdown of a couple years ago.
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Biden watch -

President Joe Biden is healthy, vigorous, and fit for duty, his physician wrote in a memo after the president’s annual physical Friday morning at Walter Reed Medical Center. He also received a routine colonoscopy Friday while at Walter Reed, a process that required anesthesia and a short transfer of power to Vice President Kamala Harris for 85 minutes.
NOTE - What is missing is any discussion on his mental facilities.

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CW2/Domestic violence -

Rittenhouse found not guilty on all counts. Leftist media types erupted in volcanic manner, equating the verdict to white racism, and over all gross murder/vigilantism - claims that they have been making for the past year and parroted by the MSM.

Rioting/protests were limited overnight. Kenosha was pretty quiet. Protests were noted in at least Brookland NY, Chicago, Portland, Seattle, Sacramento and LA. Only the Portland event turned violent.

Broader protests are being organized in many cities across the US for Sunday. Announced lcations include Kenosha, Chicago IL, New York City, Portland Washington DC,Philadelphia and Los Angeles.

Seattle protests revealed a developing tactic by Antifa - the car brigade -: a group drives behind Antifa and makes a shield with their vehicles to allegedly prevent other vehicles from hitting them. Car brigade makes it harder for police to intervene and ambulances to pass by if needed.

OBSERVATION - This case lacks dead blacks and that lack hasn’t raised the passion of many blacks, not enough of a ‘trigger’ event. Leftists with their helpers in the MSM have been trying to raise the white racist card to bridge this gap. With broader protests being called for this Sunday, the effectiveness of this toxic rabble rousing will be seen. IMHO, the gap between nationwide BLM/Antifa protests of 2020 and today has also put a damper on rioting, as they (those prone to riot) have had to struggle with the economic conditions the rest of the country has, diverting their attention. As I said, not quite enough of a trigger event.
Leftist OTOH will not let the matter drop. These were casualties of their ‘heroes’ - a trend that we can see paralleling Venezuela, where the criminal element becomes the foot soldiers for the leftists to use.

An insightful article concerning a branch of Antifa -
“As revolutionary Antifa-spinoff groups go, the Revcoms should be at the top of everyone’s watch-list. Why? Because they are NOT just an Antifa spinoff, though some are characterizing them as such. In fact, they’ve been around accumulating resources and recruiting comrades for longer than most Antifa members have been alive.
They are preparing to do something big and they have been mobilizing Neo-Marxists around the country to burn Kenosha and other cities to the ground.”

https://thelibertydaily.com/why-we-must-take-the-revcoms-call-for-violent-revolt-after-rittenhouse-acquittal-seriously/

OBSERVATION - Revcom has been very outspoken in the Rittenhouse case. I’ve noted in the past of hard core elements of the left taking preparation for kinetic actions very seriously and should not be overlooked. While Antifa has a lot of ‘cannon fodder’ supporters, there is a deeper organization within it generally, and in some affiliated groups specifically.
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China -

The U.S. is “considering” a diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China, President Joe Biden told reporters Thursday. “something we are considering” during a bilateral meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. A diplomatic boycott would allow for U.S. athletes to attend and compete in the games, but the U.S. would not send a delegation of prominent officials to attend. It is common for a vice president or first lady to attend the games alongside a number of senior officials.

IN Related - The UN and the United States on Friday demanded proof of Peng Shuai’s whereabouts, amid rising concern for the Chinese tennis star’s wellbeing. The player has not been seen in public since alleging on November 2 that she was sexually assaulted by China’s former vice-premier.

OBSERVATION - Chinese slave labor, genocide of the Uyghur peoples, quashing Hong Kong independence movement, bullying in the S China Sea, threats to Taiwan and now this threatens a broader boycott of the Olympics being hosted by China. A broad boycott would be a severe insult to China pride and may escalate tensions in the western Pacific.

See Russia discussion on war below
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Russia -

Concerns being made regarding recent joint military exercises between Russia and China. These concerns focus on a thought that the two nations may launch operations against Ukraine and Taiwan, respectively, at the same time. Such an action would freeze the US and Nato allies response - especially under biden’s watch. Both countries are watching the economic/political situation in the US to discern an optimal weakness time. In the Ukraine section below, some analysts are looking at something as early as January. /This would strike at a US point of turmoil in the military side of potentially thousands os US military members being expelled from service due to wuhan mandates. Another threshold in the US are the mandated jabs in the private sector that can cause economic turmoil. These could provide opportunities to launch their operations. A emasculated US military and foreign resolve may increase the possibility of nuclear weapons being used by either side - first strike by China and counter move by US lacking convention force readiness to counter a Taiwan invasion.
Stay tuned.
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Ukraine -

Western intelligences are increasingly convinced that President Putin is considering military action to destabilize Ukraine or take control of a larger swath of the county.
- Officials believe a military campaign could start as soon as January. (NYT/CNN).
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Iran -

The IRGC has seized “a foreign ship” in the Persian Gulf for “smuggling more than 150,000 litres of diesel”, according to Iran’s state broadcaster. All 11 crew members have been detained.

OBSERVATION - This is a form of blockade and Iran is getting away with it. Expect more and more aggressive seizures in the region.

Thousands gathered in central Isfahan, outraged over government mismanagement which has allowed a key river to dry up completely. “Footage broadcast by state television and dozens of videos circulating on social media on Friday showed a sea of farmers and other people standing on a huge barren strip of dirt where the major Zayandeh Rud River used to flow, near the iconic Khaju Bridge in Isfahan province,” Al Jazeera reports. The current protest in Isfahan has been underway for much of the past week, but Friday saw the biggest gathering yet, gaining international media attention. Isfahan is the country’s third-largest city.

OBSERVATION - Iran has substantial internal issues that threaten the ruling mullahs. This continues to be made worse as Iran devotes limited resources to its proxy forces to wage war and other resources to its nuclear bomb program.

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Central / South America General-

The Nicaraguan government has started the process of withdrawing from the Organization of American States (OAS) after the regional body denounced the country’s recent presidential elections as illegitimate.
Nicaraguan Foreign Minister Denis Moncada on Friday accused the OAS of interventionism and being controlled by the United States.
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Belarus -

According to reports, the Embassy of Belarus in Damascus has stopped granting visas for both Syrians and Palestinians until further notice. The Belarusian airline Belavia has also suspended tickets for Syrians, Yemenis, and Palestinians.

Polish Border Guards: Yesterday on the Belarus-Poland border- by the section protected by the Outpost in Dubicze Cerkiewne, there were several attempts to force the border over the border. The largest group consisted of about 200 foreigners, the rest several dozen. The foreigners were aggressive - they threw stones, firecrackers, used pepper sprays

On Friday, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Lukashenko held another phone call about the crisis and stressed the importance of cooperation between Minsk and the EU, the Kremlin said.

OBSERVATION - There has been some deescalation of the situation, but wheels have been set in motion opposite of Belarus to further fortify their border seeing that Belarus has ‘weaponized’ the islamic migrant into a crisis level.
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Wuhan virus -

Narrative of ‘safe’ vaccines continues to crumble - with silence from the MSM of course. Here are some key news points.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released new data today showing a total of 894,145 adverse events following COVID vaccines were reported between Dec. 14, 2020, and Nov. 12, 2021, to the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS). VAERS is the primary government-funded system for reporting adverse vaccine reactions in the U.S.
The data included a total of 18,853 reports of deaths — an increase of 392 over the previous week — and 139,126 reports of serious injuries, including deaths, during the same time period — up 3,726 compared with the previous week.

This is not limited to the US. European Medicines Agency, an official site for the European Union, according to their reports through November 13th, they had 30,551 fatalities and 1,163,356 people who had adverse reactions to the vaccines.

OBSERVATION - EU is slightly larger in population than the US , and its stats show it, though very parallel to the US. Pro-vaxxers claim the numbers are inflated by anti-vaxxers, but this would have to be a conspiracy of immense proportions. In the US alone, 3/4ths of the death reports have been filed by medical entities.

Just released is a new forecast of the coming COVID death toll on March 1, 2022. It comes from the group that has been doing the most thorough studies and modeling of the US pandemic. It is the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME), an independent global health research center at the University of Washington. It forecasts a total of one million COVID deaths by that date.
That means in about 3.5 months there will be another roughly 250,000 COVID deaths. That is over 70,000 deaths a month. That compares to about 65,000 a month since the pandemic began. Does that sound like progress? Does that sound like the mass vaccination effort is the solution?
Their projection may underestimate what will be happening because “That forecast may be optimistic because we have not yet built into the modeling that we are releasing right now the explicit analysis around waning immunity for vaccine-derived immunity.” And there is now a strong consensus among medical experts that current vaccines loose their effectiveness in about six months. That is why booster shots are now being pushed so hard.
https://thebluestateconservative.com/2021/11/21/why-the-pandemic-will-not-end-mass-vaccination-fails/

On November 15 Fauci admitted: “[Vaccinated people] are seeing a waning of immunity not only against infection but hospitalization and death. It’s waning to the point that you’re seeing more people getting breakthrough infections and winding up in the hospital.” And on November 19 the head of the World Health Organization admitted that the pandemic was surging in countries with high vaccination rates, because vaccines do not stop transmission of the virus.

From FR threads HT LucyT
New study from Germany confirms higher vax coverage —> higher excess mortality
substack.com ^ | November 19, 2021 | Steve Kirsch]
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4014446/posts
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All Cause Mortality in Britain: Vaccinated people under 60 are twice as likely to die as unvaccinated people. And overall deaths in Britain are running well above normal.
t.me ^ | November 20, 2021 | Alex Berenson
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4014428/posts
With thanks to ransomnote.

https://freerepublic.com/focus/chat/4013598/posts?page=1054#1054
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Globalism / Great Reset -

Protest against wuhan tyranny and oppression continue to gain traction. In Australia, thousands protested in Australian cities on Saturday, demanding an end to what they called the “tyranny” and “oppression” of lockdowns, vaccine mandates, and the proposed expansion of the government’s pandemic powers.
In Europe, The World Health Organization (WHO) said it was “very worried” about rising coronavirus cases on the continent.
Its regional director, Dr Hans Kluge, told the BBC that unless measures were tightened across Europe, half a million more deaths could be recorded by next spring. That has triggered the increasingly totalitarian lockdowns that are receiving pushback.
Fresh unrest has erupted in the Netherlands against new lockdown rules. Home addresses of Dutch politicians are circulating in social media as the wuhan pushback gets serious.
Thousands of demonstrators also took to the streets in Austria, Croatia and Italy as anger mounted over new curbs.
- Tens of thousands of people protested in Austria’s capital, Vienna, after the government announced a new national lockdown and plans to make jabs compulsory in February 2022. It is the first European country to make vaccination a legal requirement.
- In Croatia, thousands marched in the capital, Zagreb, to show their anger at mandatory vaccinations for public sector workers, while in Italy, a few thousand protesters gathered at the ancient Circus Maximus chariot-racing ground in Rome to oppose “Green Pass” certificates required at workplaces, venues and on public transport.
- French authorities are sending dozens more police officers to quell unrest on the Caribbean island of Guadeloupe, a French overseas department.

OBSERVATION - Continued obsession with forcing the jab by denying and criminalizing basic human rights. However, until people actually start overthrowing leaders, the globalist supporting govts will continue to twist the screws even tighter.
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Economy -

Eleven U.S. Senate Democrats have called on President Joe Biden to do something about rising gas prices while also expressing support for policies that energy industry says are contributing to seven-year high costs at the pump, including oil and gas tax increases embedded in the Build Back Better Act. The 11 senators wrote this month that they support the president’s commitment to the development of “clean renewable energy” but “must ensure that Americans are able to afford to fill up their cars at the pump in the meantime.”
The average cost for a gallon of gasoline Friday was $3.41 a gallon, according to AAA. That’s $1.20 more a gallon than this time last year.

OBSERVATION - These senators know their constituents are NOT happy about skyrocketing prices. Now they want to have their cake and eat it too. Never the less, they will support the destruction of the US fossil fuel industry to placate the globalists. Fuel cost increases are one of the foundational reasons for inflation in other areas of the economy.
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Invasion of Illegals -

A law enforcement source within Customs and Border Protection (CBP) says between 1,800 and 2,000 migrants are managing to elude apprehension daily along the southwest border. The total number of migrants escaping apprehension, a term referred to as the “got-away count,” reached 75,000 in the fiscal year of 2022, beginning in October this year. Currently, the migrant got-away count for 2022 is likely to exceed more than 400,000 as reported in fiscal year 2021.
NOTE - this doesn’t include the tens (hundreds) of thousands given ‘catch and release’ treatment.

Mexico is deploying National Guard troops to high-end resorts in Cancun down to Tulum amid a spate of cartel shootings that have killed and injured tourists this year.
The Secretary of National Defense, Luis Cresencio Sandoval, reported the creation of the Tourist Security Battalion of the National Guard that will deploy 1,500 Guardsmen “to ensure the tranquility of tourists,” according to Yucatan Times.
Tulum is undergoing a dangerous turf war among drug cartels. Six cartels operate in the area, including the powerful Jalisco New Generation Cartel, the Zetas Vieja Escuela (Old School Zetas), and the Sinaloa Cartel. Cartels are fighting for control because supplying party drugs to millennials on holiday is a lucrative business.

OBSERVATION - Cartel operations in the US are a growing concern given the wide open borders. They a an aggressive presence in human trafficking across the border and have gained a drug production foothold in the Antelope Valley region of California. Observers wonder when similar violence will spill into the US .

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Biden watch -

Twitter video out there showing a little girl rejecting the advances of biden.

https://twitter.com/ArtValley818_/status/1462221193369378817

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CW2/Domestic violence -

Protests against the Rittenhouse verdict remain relatively peaceful. Most incidents consisted localized looting and some vandalism. Political aspects are coming out. Yesterday, Chicago protestors openly called for a communist revolution. The Chicago protest was also organized by Revcom - see yesterday’s post on that Antifa offshoot.
There are still rumblings out there of broader, organized protests today. Keep your ear on the monitor.

OBSERVATION - MSM and leftist mouth pieces in the social media realm continue to try stoke the fires for widespread riots but not gaining traction.

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.) as well as some other congressional democrats, are calling on the Department of Justice to review the verdict.
NOTE - Watching this for developments. The DOJ has been weaponized as displayed by their investigations into ‘domestic terrorism’ of parents opposing CRT and other disgusting school curriculum. This in the face of a Department of Justice Inspector General release of a report this week criticizing the politicization of the department.

OBSERVATION - This would be a dangerous development and the final step of the DOJ to the dark side.

The Seattle City Council voted against a budget amendment that would eliminate over 100 unfilled positions with the city’s police department. The amendment was sponsored by exiting Council President Lorena Gonzalez. She based her amendment using Mayor Jenny Durkan’s budget proposal plan, which funds the vacant positions.

OBSERVATION - Reality is hitting these blue cities and even their dark blue supporters are crying because of increased violent crime. Problem is that is not going to reverse the out flow of officers resigning/retiring and the reluctance of new hires working for a city who at a whim will drive a knife into their backs.

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POLITICAL FRONT -

Congresscritters enter into their Thanksgiving recess. We can be thankful they won’t be voting on new ways to impose communism on the US for a little while.
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China -

Missing tennis star Peng Shuai reappeared in public Sunday at a youth tournament in Beijing, according to photos released by the organizer, as the ruling Communist Party tried to quell fears abroad while suppressing information in China about Peng after she accused a senior leader of sexual assault. Peng’s disappearance and official silence in response to appeals for information prompted calls for a boycott of the Winter Olympics in Beijing in February, 2022 a prestige event for the Communist Party. The women’s professional tour threatened to pull events out of China unless the safety of the former No. 1 doubles player was assured.
Peng adds to a growing number of Chinese businesspeople, activists and ordinary people who have disappeared in recent years after criticizing party figures or in crackdowns on corruption or pro-democracy and labor rights campaigns.

OBSERVATION - China’s (and asia in general) is very sensitive to situations that bring embarrassment to their country, in comparison to the US. Olympic boycott may seem benign to us in the west, if would be a serious insult to China.
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Russia -

See Ukraine discussion.
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Ukraine -

“Russia has more than 92,000 troops amassed around Ukraine’s borders and is preparing for an attack by the end of January or beginning of February, the head of Ukraine’s defense intelligence agency told Military Times.” “Budanov said U.S. and Ukraine intelligence assessments about the timing of a Russian attack are very similar.
‘Our evaluations are almost the same as our American colleagues,’ he said.”

Reports allege that Russia has started withdrawing equipment from storage to place it near the border. A BMP-3 train from Buy to Valuyki. Buy hosts the 22nd Central Reserve and Maintenance Tank Base. Videos show the equipment on trains near the storage area. Final destination not certain, but currently the assumption is towards Ukraine.

OBSERVATION - Open source analysts see this surge in armor movements with increasing seriousness. Initial assessments was a Russian campaign to secure Dombas. Now it appears a much larger campaign is potentially being planned, one where Russia launches a blitzkrieg attack and Dneiper River in days. This level of campaign was noted last spring when Russia did their first deployment to the region.
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Europe General -

NATO considering staging nuclear weapons further east towards Russia.
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Middle East / N. Africa General -

U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin sought on Saturday to reassure allies in the Middle East. Gulf Arab states, heavily reliant on the U.S. military umbrella, have expressed uncertainty about Biden’s focus on the region, especially after the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan. They are now closely watching efforts to revive a global-powers nuclear pact with Iran. However, Austin made no new commitments to countries in the region.

OBSERVATION - These ME countries see the US as a paper tiger already. As they say here in the Redoubt - all hat and no cows. . . .
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Israel -

Israel has budgeted billions in preparation for eventual war against Hezebollah and Iran.
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Iran -

Iran today possesses an extensive infrastructure in Syria. This includes exclusive control of a border crossing, (Albukamal-Al Qaim, between Iraq and Syria,) and the roads leading from it, and an extensive archipelago of bases and positions extending to the border with Israel. It has established Hezbollah-style militias in southern Syria, recruited for pay from among the impoverished Sunni population. In addition, through such formations as the National Defense Forces, it has created structures that are today part of the official security forces. Certain bodies of long standing within the security forces, such as Air Force Intelligence and the 4th Division also work closely with the IRGC. Basically its own ‘deep state’.

OBSERVATION - Syria president Assad has in recent days been attempting to diminish Iranian influence, but doesn’t have the leverage yet to totally free himself from their influences in the country.

Water protests continue - Protests in the Iranian city of Isfahan on Friday against worsening economic conditions and water shortages contained boos against the country’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and opposition to Iran’s pro-Palestinian policies in the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip.
The London-based news organization - Iran International - showed video footage of Iranians expressing disgust with the rule of Khamenei and the clerics who govern over the theocratic state.

Nuclear weapon development may have just gotten a new twist. Weapons experts suspect that Iran may eventually develop a plutonium-enhanced warhead. In this, the plutonium enhances the reaction of the Uranium. It is believed that the N Korean tests used such a mechanism. Iran has been working closely with NK and could possibly procure plutonium form them. Any tests of a warhead would almost have to be after Iran has multiple warheads already created as such a test would instantaneously provoke Israel to go after the entire Iranian program. If NK has sold the plans for such a device to Iran, it has the capability of fabricating a warhead.
Thus the close watch of Iranian uranium enrichment levels has taken a new turn.
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Syria -

See Iran discussion
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Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan -

U.N. committee prepares to meet to consider the Taliban’s demand to be given the Afghanistan seat at the world body, the current holder of the seat appealed again to the U.N. not to recognize the “Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan” or any government that is imposed by force. Addressing a Security Council meeting on the crisis, Ambassador Ghulam Isaczai said the terrorist group that seized power in August continues to defy international calls to respect Afghans’ human rights, to form an inclusive government, and to cut ties with international terrorist groups, while continuing to impose “gender apartheid.” He recalled that council members have said they would judge the Taliban on its actions, not words, and said Afghans expect them to keep their promise. (CNS)
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Belarus -

Polish Border Guards: Yesterday, at the Belarus-Poland border, Border Guard officers recorded 208 attempts to illegally cross it. One illegal immigrant, from Iraq, was arrested. 31 decisions were issued to leave the territory of Poland. Other attempts were prevented.

OBSERVATION - It seems there is a continued effort to de-escalate the border situation, but only very slowly. Belarus may be getting bogged down by the numbers it now has to feed/house with winter already upon them and the stiff resistance of Poland et al to their efforts.
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Wuhan virus -

More legitimate studies being ignored buy the jab-happy nutz like Fauchi. -

“We conclude that the mRNA vacs dramatically increase inflammation on the endothelium and T cell infiltration of cardiac muscle and may account for the observations of increased thrombosis, cardiomyopathy, and other vascular events following vaccination.”
https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/circ.144.suppl_1.10712

OBSERVATION - With time, these adverse affects will continue to come forth. Already, the mRNA jabs are the most deadly ‘vaccines’ in history. They are coming to a degree that they cannot be swept under the rug anymore.
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Globalism / Great Reset -

Globalists cannot have their narrative interrupted with truth. What I would have at one time called conspiracy theory is no longer given the current world situation as we’ve seen conspiracy theories two years ago become orwellian realities today.

One organization that is attempting to censor speech is called the International Grand Committee on Disinformation1 (IGCD) consists of “an international array of legislators, policy advisers, and other experts” who work together “to forge international alliances that bring shared, effective strategies into the battle against online disinformation.”.. Logistics for the IGCD are provided by the Reset Initiative (a not-so-subtle reminder that censorship is a requirement for The Great Reset), which is part of The Omidyar Group of philanthropies. Its current efforts are primarily about silencing questions and inconvenient truths about the COVID shots, but in the future, these laws will allow them to silence discussion on any topic that threatens undemocratic rule by globalists. More details here -

https://basedunderground.com/2021/11/22/globalist-organization-attempts-to-end-free-speech-worldwide/

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Economy -

A CBS/YouGov poll published November 21 shows Americans are feeling the effects of President Joe Biden’s struggling economy. The poll registered Biden’s overall job approval rating at 44 percent, as the majority of respondents disapprove of Biden’s performance at 56 percent. Eighty percent of Democrats approve of Biden’s handling of the presidency, while just five percent of Republicans approve. Of independents, 39 percent approve of the president’s performance, and 61 percent disapprove.
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CW2/Domestic violence -

Protests over the Rittenhouse verdict were relatively subdued over the weekend. Only serious event is the following in Waukesha.

At least 5 dead and more than 40 injured, including several children, after an SUV drove into a Christmas parade in Waukesha . There were initial reports that the occupants of the SUV were firing on the crowds, but it turns out the gunshots came from a police officer shooting at the SUV after it crashed through barricades. False news rumors that the vehicle was being chased by police initially came out as well.
Law enforcement sources confirm that the suspect now in custody, Darrell Edward Brooks, in the Waukesha parade incident is a 39-year-old domestic abuse suspect who just posted $1,000 cash bond in a domestic abuse and bail jumping case on Friday. He is a career criminal that is also faces charges of recklessly endangering safety and possession of a firearm by a felon from an incident in July 2020. While he was awaiting trial on that case, he was arrested for domestic abuse this month . Sources indicate the suspect was involved in a violent incident in Waukesha, possibly a stabbing, earlier this afternoon and fled from the scene. The incident does not appear “at this time” to be an act of terrorism, one official said. Brooks is also a rapper who creates songs that include lyrics about kidnapping, drugs, gang violence, and murder.
Last night two other suspects were being sought.

OBSERVATION - I categorized it here versus domestic terror on these reasons.
- Profile of the suspect matches that of violent BLM followers
- Proximity to Kenosha (about one hour away)
- Waukesha is a predominantly white, conservative suburb of Waukesha and the victims predominantly white.
This would be classified as a ‘lone wolf’ kind of attack. Don’t expect the MSM to report if this was the case.

BTW - leftist response to this attack was intensely putrid to say the least.

Muriel Bowser, mayor of Washington, D.C has had an awakening - she is going to get tough on crime. In a contested reelection against two leftist opponents, she has decided to become a ‘law and order’ candidate. This follows polls indicating that DC residents are fed up with the rampant crime and no longer want to defund the police. Her actions mirror in some degree the changes in heart of Seattle and Portland, long turned into crime strongholds due to BLM/Antifa leftist dominance .

More than 80 people stormed and robbed a Nordstrom in the liberal suburb of Walnut Grove, California on Saturday night, according to a police report from the Walnut Creek Police Department. The robbery was over within minutes as thieves armed with crowbars and wearing ski masks streamed out of the Nordstrom into the dozens of cars lining the block.

OBSERVATION - This has been brought on by the policies of liberals in Kalifornia and it has come home to roost in their back yard. Over the past couple years, we’ve seen crime like this decimate businesses in the Bay Area, now into the east bay. This migration outward is understandable. First, stores worth looting are becoming scarce in the urban centers, necessitating seeking richer pastures and second, continued lax laws and law enforcement of these types of crimes. In some ways I can relate this to a kind of ‘soft’ slavery reparations, except all races can participate .
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POLITICAL FRONT -

“Let’s not present what the Republicans say as any fact,” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) instructed reporters Friday, responding to a question about Democrats’ $1.7 trillion tax-and-spend “Build Back Better” bill.
At a press event celebrating House passage of the “Build Back Better” bill, a reporter asked Pelosi the following question:
“How do you respond to Republicans today that say Democrats lied to the American public when they said this plan costs zero dollars when the CBO says it, at least, adds $160 billion to the debt?”
“Let’s just not present what the Republicans say as any fact that you’re predicating a question on. I mean, understand what’s happening around here, okay,” Pelosi told reporters.
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China -

Chinese leader Xi Jinping on Monday said his country will not seek dominance over Southeast Asia or bully its smaller neighbors, amid ongoing friction over the South China Sea.
Xi made the remarks during a virtual conference with the members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, or ASEAN, held to mark the 30th anniversary of relations between China and the grouping.

The South China Morning Post reports China is offering their clean energy and mass produced nuclear plant expertise to their Belt and Road partners. IMHO this is just another baited hook China will use to corrupt and control these countries for its own purposes by placing the country into enormous debt. One example is the Revantador dam, built on the foothills of an active volcano in Ecuador. Predictably, the dam was silted up and cracked by almost continuous earthquakes within months of construction. A lot of government officials, including senior politicians in Ecuador, went to jail over the deal. But this doesn’t help Ecuador, which is struggling to service their enormous debt to China. I think its fair to say Ecuador now pretty much has to do whatever China tells them, or face the consequences of a massive debt default.
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Russia -

See Ukraine discussion.
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Ukraine -

France is concerned about a buildup of Russian forces along the border of Ukraine; any violation of the border, any intrusion would lead to ‘extremely grave consequences,’ French Foreign Minister Le Drian said.

NATO’s top officer, Adm. Rob Bauer, told me at Halifax this weekend Russia’s massing of troops near Ukraine is worrying in the number, type, and placement of forces, but also “it looks more thought through than the [buildup] we saw in spring.”

There are reports of Russian reservists now being called up (covertly, as NATO intelligence suggests), as there is no announcement by the Kremlin. However this may refer to something called the BARS program, which was announced in August. The first training exercises were in the Southern Military District in October and the next starts tomorrow in the Western Military District

(Reuters) – A ship carrying two refitted former U.S. Coast Guard patrol boats designed to beef up the Ukrainian Navy transited the Dardanelles strait on Saturday days after Ukraine said it feared Russia might be preparing an attack on it.
The ship carrying the two Island-class patrol boats departed Baltimore for the Ukrainian port of Odessa on Nov. 8. Ukrainian sailors have already undergone extensive training on the vessels in the United States. Ukraine got two similar vessels in 2019.
The two new boats are part of a security package to Ukraine worth over $2.5 billion. Ukraine lost most of its Black Sea naval power after the annexation of Crimea when Russia seized much of its navy. It has since been trying to rebuild its navy with the help of NATO countries.

OVERALL OBSERVATIONS - If I were Putin and wanted to launch an offensive against Ukraine, I’d try to quietly preposition forces and stage ‘withdrawals’ and exercises as excuses. The winter scenario from yesterday would make sense for better soil conditions to maneuver heavy equipment over. With forces in Belarus, /Crimea and just easier of the Ukraine border he can hit from multiple directions with forces outnumbering Ukraine and get in place before any meaningful NATO responses.
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Europe General -

Poland recently announced it was doubling the size of its military to 300,000 troops, giving the largest force among the European NATO nations. The Polish military currently consists of 110,000 troops in the land forces and 40,000 in the air force (16,500), navy (7,000), special forces (3,500), military police (4.500) and command/support (9,000). The largest component is the land forces which consists of four divisions and five independent brigades, plus support units and 30,000 TDF (Territorial Defense Force) troops. The expansion would increase the overall force to 250,000 regular troops and 50,000 TDF.

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Iran -

A cyberattack against Iran’s Mahan Air, which has provided services to the IRGC, has been foiled, Iranian state media reported on Sunday, adding that the aircraft’s flight schedule was not affected by the attack
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Belarus -

Polish Border Guards: Yesterday, ie on November 21, on the section protected by the Post in Dubicze Cerkiewne , about 150 aggressive foreigners tried to break into the territory of Poland. The attack on the Polish border was supervised by the Belarusian services Migrants at Polish-Belarusian border attempted to cross it 346 times. Against 58 people, SG officers issued decisions to leave the territory of Poland. The remaining attempts were prevented. 3 people were arrested for aiding: 2 from Syria and 1 Georgia

OBSERVATON - Situation is still tense, but deescalating.
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Misc of Note -

Some US Navy sailors say they’re being forced to take out loans after months-long delays in receiving their pay as they struggle to keep up with living expenses.
The Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society, which lends money to Navy members and their families, said it’s seen an increase in loan applications in recent months. Society vice president Gillian Gonzalez told an industry publication that she recently helped one solider who’d gone without pay for three months because of an enlistment extension and pay error.
Despite his command post working around the clock to resolve the issue, the sailor ran out of money while waiting to be paid, Gonzalez told Military.com.
One source told told Military.com that the troubles began when officials began consolidating personnel and customer support detachments four years ago, leading to staff shortages.

OBSERVATION - Though I am an Army vet, this is totally unacceptable and enrages me. To me this is just another step in the administration/deep state war against the military. There are other reports of members in other branches having to apply for welfare as the chain of command has failed them as well.
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