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Reminder - I won’t be able to put anything of this detail out for a little over a week. Keep alert and share the word on your observations. We are really moving into an increasingly dangerous period in our existence .

Wuhan virus -
B.1.1.7 variant, is now the dominant strain in the U.S. Experts say the variant is more contagious, may cause more severe disease and is also potentially more deadly. Michigan is currently among the hardest-hit states in the country and local officials say the state is in the middle of another surge, reporting thousands of new cases daily.
The state also has the second-highest number of reported cases of the B.1.1.7 variant after Florida, according to CDC data. Yet Florida is doing quite well without lock downs, while Michigan is facing another round of draconian measures.
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Globalism / Great Reset -
A creature of the globalist deep swamp Henry Kissinger warned Washington last week to either agree to a new international system or continue pushing tensions that are leading to a situation similar to the eve of World War One.
In a recent Chatham House webinar with former British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt, 97-year-old Kissinger called on the U.S. to create a balance with existing global forces, adding
“if you imagine that the world commits itself to an endless competition based on the dominance of whoever is superior at the moment, then a breakdown of the order is inevitable. And the consequences of a breakdown would be catastrophic.”
The Kissinger urged the U.S. to understand that not every issue has “final solutions” and warned
“if we don’t get to an understanding with China on that point, then we will be in a pre-World War One-type situation in which there are perennial conflicts that get solved on an immediate basis but one of them gets out of control at some point.”

Cui Bono 2,365 billionaires living on planet earth have seen their wealth increase by a collective $4 trillion - a 54% increase over the span of a year. Put another way, total wealth held by billionaires ballooned to $12.39 trillion, up from $8.04 trillion during the wuhan chaos period. These are those with will initially benefit the most by a ‘global reset’ and are the supporters of it.

22 international “experts” produced a study, saying that people should cut back on meat-eating and to encourage the change in diet, they called for levying taxes on livestock production and meat consumption to reduce the risk of future deadly pandemics. (NOTE the linkage to ‘pandemic’) When one controls the food, they can control the people.

CEOs and executives of more than 100 major corporations took part in a massive Zoom call, to consider a strategy to combat what they claim is “voter suppression” in Georgia and other states currently crafting similar election integrity laws. Corporate ‘buy in’ to the global reset means supporting efforts to gut election integrity.
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Economy -
Average US price of gas holds steady at $2.94 per gallon. Lundberg Survey said prices at the pump are likely to remain stable or drop as wholesale costs begin to decrease. Currently, the price of a gallon of regular-grade gas is 93 cents higher than it was a year ago.

The micro chip shortage is continuing to impact not only the automotive sector but expanding to computer and other electronics as well. A lot of automobile production has stopped because the chips are not available and there is no estimate on when they will be. biden has ordered a review addressing what the federal government can do to move more semiconductor manufacturing to the United States, and to make existing supply lines more resilient. Review isn’t necessary , Trump already identified the issue and was working to get production back into the US.
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Invasion of Illegals -
VP Harris is still AWOL on the border inspire of being assigned that duty by biden 19 days ago.

biden is now looking at a plan that would send American taxpayer money to countries in Latin America in hopes an economic boost would alleviate problems that force citizens in those countries from migrating north to the United States. What could go wrong with that?
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Biden watch -
Biden reportedly spent Sunday afternoon in an unscheduled meeting in the Oval Office with his ‘senior team’, according to the White House. No agenda given, but likely in regards to Iran, Ukrane and Taiwan situations.
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CW2/Domestic violence -
True to form, BLM/Antifa rioters attempted to set fire to the ICE headquarters on Saturday night. Videos show federal agents reacting by firing crowd control munitions at the crowd of black bloc rioters in Oregon’s most populated city.
Shortly before midnight, nearly 100 black bloc demonstrators gathered at the ICE building in Portland for a planned protest, according to independent journalist Grace Morgan.
The ICE building was vandalized with graffiti, including “DHS murders.” Agitators barricaded the front door of the building with a chain link fence.....
“An #antifa gives the #BLM fist salute while the crowd cheers on the burning of the @ICEgov Portland facility last night,” Ngo wrote on Twitter. “Officers were trapped inside when antifa set the building on fire.”
The mob chanted, “Every city, every town, burn the precinct to the ground!”

Riots broke out in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, after an officer involved shooting earlier in the day. Numerous stores were looted/vandalized including included a Walmart, CVS, Footlocker, Little Caesars and what appear to be several local businesses.
The incident being describe by the police “Brooklyn Center Police Department officers initiated a stop for a traffic violation,” the police wrote in a press release. “Officers determined that the driver of the vehicle had an outstanding warrant. At one point as officers were attempting to take the driver into custody, the driver re-entered the vehicle.”
“One officer discharged their firearm, striking the driver.” Though injured, the suspect apparently continued to flee, causing damage to another nearby vehicle. “The vehicle traveled several blocks before striking another vehicle,” the police press release explains. “Officers in pursuit and responding medical personnel attempted life saving measures, but the person died at the scene.”

The ‘white lives matter’ marches this weekend were largely no shows. It did give the left an excuse to muster and cause trouble - as if they need an excuse.

Washington State is about to ban open carry of weapons near any protest. Though ‘blamed’ on whites, the ban will prohibit carry within 250 of protests. A co-founder of the Federal Way Black Collective, Idahosa-Berry worked with police last summer to organize a teachers march in support of the Black Lives Matter movement. On the day of the march, Idahosa-Berry was walking the route to make sure it was in order when she said she spotted an armed group on top of a gun shop. “We’re talking about weapons that are traditionally seen as weapons of war,” Idahosa-Berry told a legislative committee hearing on March 16. “We were put in danger for the purpose of ‘protecting property.’ ”
OBSERVATION - The only way they would have been put “in danger” would have been if they attempt to vandalize/rob that gun store. But that would have gotten in the way of the narrative. In Washington and Oregon, BLM/Antifa ‘protests’ attempted to spread into more rural/red areas where they were often met by citizens openly carrying arms as a deterrent to violence by the marchers. This citizen right to defense would be neutered by this law.
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North Korea -
According to two senior Japanese intelligence officials North Korea is near completion of a submarine that is most likely configured to fire a ballistic missile. According to the Yonhap News “North Korea is reviewing the right timing to roll out the submarine for a strategic effect, including maximizing pressure against the United States.” The report also added that the “North could reveal the submarine at a launching ceremony and actually roll out an SLBM, such as the Pukguksong-3.”
Pukguksong-3 is a two-stage, solid-fueled ballistic missile with a range of 1,900 km (estimated). From OSINT and commercial satellite photos, North Korea has moved a submersible missile test stand barge at a shipyard on its east coast, another possible sign of a potential submarine missile test. Beyond Parallel (A group of NK analysts) did however note that “it is unclear if these movements portend preparations for a forthcoming submarine-launched ballistic missile test.”
April 15 is coming up, the date of North Korea’s ‘Day of the Sun’ holiday, there is chatter at the moment about the possibility of a pending North Korean SLBM test.

OBSERVATION - Though they have had test launches, NK still hasn’t perfected the submarine launch and this submarine who’s construction has been known and watched is limited by fuel (diesel - electric) and would be a greater threat against US assets in Guam and Hawaii than the continental US.
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Russia - POTENTIAL FOR WAR IN UKRAINE

SoS Blinken says they are concerned about Russia’s actions on the border with Ukraine. Blinken: “President Biden’s been very clear about this. If Russia acts recklessly, or aggressively, there will be costs, there will be consequences.

There have been more Russian troop movements video/photographed and reported on twitter, but dates and locations uncertain in many cases.

Continued cease fire violation along the front.

OBSERVATIONS - lacking strong US leadership, NATO cannot find its way out of a paper bag on this crisis. Lack of a strong response will certainly embolden Putin and undercut Ukranian positions - both potentially leading to combat.

OTHER RUSSIAN ISSUE - Last week, Russia filed a submission to the United Nations Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf to extend a claim to the Arctic Ocean seabed. The new submission would push Russia’s claim all the way up to Canada’s exclusive economic zone, an area 200 nautical miles from the coastline, in which Canadians have sole rights to fish, drill and pursue other economic activities. “In effect, they’re claiming the entire Arctic Ocean as their continental shelf in regards to where their Arctic comes up against Canada’s and Denmark’s.” Robert Huebert (political science professor at the University of Calgary) said.
NOTE - Russia is following China’s example and going to press forward with this to the max given the flaccid US administration.
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Iran -
Iran on Sunday described a blackout at its underground Natanz atomic facility an act of “nuclear terrorism,” raising regional tensions. News now leaking out indicates that it was far beyond a power outage but a large explosion that completely destroyed the independent, internal power system that supplies the underground centrifuges”. Intelligence sources in the Middle East said today that the enormous damage to the process of enrichment in Natanz has been completely halted it”
“Sources also said there were impressive explosions that caused fires in the underground area.”
Iranian Foreign Minister Zarif blames Israel for Natanz attack, saying “Zionists want to take revenge for the success in the path of lifting the oppressive sanctions, but we will not allow it and we will take revenge for these actions from Zionists themselves.”

biden administration wasted no time disavowing any participation in the act.

OBSERVATION - If this is true, and details are coming out that confirm it, this is a huge blow to the Iranian uranium enrichment effort. This likely has destroyed not only the new centrifuges, but the older ones as well, setting Iran’s goal to enrich to weapons grade 9 months (intel estimates) if not years back. This is a national embarrassment to Iran as well since to pull this off indicates deep, deep infiltration by Israel in the program. It will be hard for Iran NOT to strike back in order to save face. In the last 12 months there has been three successful operation against the Iranian nuclear program - two explosions at Natanz attributed to Israel by Iranian officials along with the assassination of head nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh in Iran. Intelligence observers will be monitoring new satellite imagery to look for tell tale evidence of this on the surface. This sabotage is going to hit Iran big in the pocket book - syphoning millions of dollars and other resources away from its other adventures to bring this back on line. It also removes a negotiation point away from any new control agreement between Iran and the West (principally the US), as it can’t threaten to continue enrichment.

OSINT of commercial satellite imagery shows the Iranian spy ship Saviz apparently having taken on water in the stern and listing to the starboard. Photo taken on April 11th.
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Saudi Arabia -
Saudi Arabia has temporarily closed some of the largest civil airports because of several Iranian/Yemeni Shia rebel attempts to attack these airports and destroy airliners and kill civilians. Two ballistic missiles and four UAV cruise missiles were apparently sent after the largest airport in the country, outside the capital Jedda. None these strikes have got past Saudi air defenses but the Saudis realized one cruise or ballistic missile warhead hitting any part of an airport or near one would be a major blow to the Saudi reputation for security from airstrikes or Islamic terrorist attacks.
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307 posted on 04/12/2021 6:04:13 AM PDT by Godzilla (Never give up, never surrender . . . . . .)
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To: null and void; aragorn; AZ .44 MAG; Baynative; Beautiful_Gracious_Skies; BusterDog; bgill; bitt; ...

QUICK NOTE AND WARNINGS

Daunte Wright riots scheduled (and have) to break out all across the country. Here is the current roll up of planned/active riots.

Seattle WA
Portland OR
Oakland CA
San Jose CA
LA CA
Olympia WA
Pasco WA
Davis CA
Salt Lake City UT
Brooklyn Center MN
Milwaukee WI
Omaha NE
Kansas City MO
Racine WI
Chicago IL
NYC NY
Ft Wayne IN
Washington DC
Louisville KY
Philadelphia PA
State College PA
Denver CO

The Wright protests and riots are much more organized than the initial Floyd riots in 2020. Leftist intelligence support teams are providing real-time updates on recommended routes, escape/evasion routes, and the location and/or activity of law enforcement in several cities. Antifa militants and BLM rioters conducted multiple waves of attacks on police. In addition, they took advantage of and at times purposefully distracted police to conduct attacks or looting in other locations. Car caravans have been used widely and consistently by looters.

I will try to monitor, but riot season is fully upon us. I fully expect that these riots will attempt to spread to suburban and rural areas like was attempted last year. Leftist have discussed ways to infiltrate into these areas and establish a support base to project influence and launch intimidation efforts.


309 posted on 04/13/2021 9:07:56 AM PDT by Godzilla (Never give up, never surrender . . . . . .)
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To: null and void; aragorn; AZ .44 MAG; Baynative; Beautiful_Gracious_Skies; BusterDog; bgill; bitt; ...

I’m back and a bit overwhelmed so lets get summarizing it.

Wuhan virus -
Science on the mask wearing cult - doesn’t end well for Fauciphiles.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7680614/

European regulators on Tuesday said the coronavirus vaccine made by Johnson & Johnson should carry a warning about rare blood clots, but they placed no restrictions on the use of the vaccine inside the European Union.
NOTE - In the US, only 6 (six) potential cases of blood clots from nearly 7 MILLION injections put the brakes on the use for now. Women face a 2000 times greater risk from the pill causing cots than J&J shot. I think J&J was paused BECAUSE it doesn’t not play God with human RNA/DNA as the other ‘vaccines’ do.

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Globalism / Great Reset -
More media calls for wuhan-style lockdowns to save the planet from warming, eating meat, etc.
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Economy -
Inflation is looming big on the horizon. One factoid that caught my eye was that 40% of the money ‘created’ in the US was pumped out within the last year. Not a good thing for long term stability.
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Invasion of Illegals -
Still explosive and overwhelming the border. biden is trying to walk back some of the Trump policies he vetoed a couple months ago but the lid of off.
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CW2/Domestic violence -
Things held relatively quiet and peaceful last night following the conviction of Chauvin on all three counts with scattered incidents. Consensus from even the left is that the verdict was tainted by threats of violence and fear. Portland was kept at a high level of alert based on BLM/Antifa fliers calling for riots regardless of the verdict.

OBSERVATION - The leftist BLM/Antifa will see this as might makes right - condoning their violence and will embolden them to continue to riot when ever the police have to take a black person down - no matter what the circumstances.
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Strategic Developments /Deployments -
USAF F-15s, F-16s, and C-130s are training in Poland in an agile combat employment exercise that comes as Russia executes a massive buildup on the border with neighboring Ukraine, though U.S. officials say the exercise was long-planned.

Four B-52s deployed to Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, on April 17 in the latest Pacific bomber task force mission.

While the Department of Defense publicly has refused to indicate their posture regarding instability in Europe and the Pacific, US Strategic Command indicated the potential that these conflicts could go nuclear. According to the statement, “The spectrum of conflict today is neither linear nor predictable. We must account for the possibility of conflict leading to conditions which could very rapidly drive an adversary to consider nuclear use as their least bad option.”
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Russia - POTENTIAL FOR WAR IN UKRAINE

Russian President Vladimir Putin, in his annual State of the Nation speech, warned on Wednesday against provoking his country, promising a swift retaliation against anyone who crossed “red lines.“ His warnings were clearly directed towards NATO assistance to Ukrane and any other regional involvement. Russia is currently involved in a diplomatic dispute with the Czech Republic, and is facing increased threats of sanctions. Most recently, in response to recent sanctions and rhetoric surrounding Ukraine, US ambassador to Russia John Sullivan is being sent home by order of the Kremlin to “consult” with the Biden administration about the future of US-Russia relations.

Russian is attempting to close off the Black Sea to other countries. Britain is sending a naval task force to the Black Sea. The US tucked tail and left following Russian threats.

Turkish Foreign Minister confirmed the sale of armed drones to Ukraine, revealed no pre-conditions set on their use, and Ukraine can deploy drones against a third country if it wants. Turkish/Ukrainian military links as being seen as more significant than initially thought. Turkey has been successful in three previous incidents with Russia - Libya, Syria and /Armenia. If supplied with adequate drones and training, Ukraine could reproduce similar successes.

FORCE DEPLOYMENTS - Reports of trains/convoys entering there border region have significantly dropped, indicating that the build up phase has ended.
The current estimate is that there are approximately 150,000 Russian soldiers on the border of Ukraine. Stationed in Crimea is the 76th Air Assault division. This division suffered heavy casualties in the invasion of Crimea and Dombas but has been deployed there again because is it one of the more combat ready units available to Putin. Separatist forces number approximately 50,000, giving a combined force of about 200,000.

Current estimates of Ukraine forces is about 150,000-200,000 active duty and 1 million reserves.

News reports that ‘invasions markings’ have been seen on Russian equipment. Russian Su-30 fighter jets have also been seen in Crimea.
Other strategic assets have been deployed to the region to support operations.

OPERATIONAL CONSIDERATIONS -
Wet/soft soils continued to be a limiter to ground offensive operations. Regional forecasts call for daily rain for the next week at a minimum. With strong armored forces in Crimea and the Voronezh regions and separatists in the center are positioned to make a limited attack into Ukraine to the banks of the Dnieper River, capturing approximately 1/3 the country. The Dnieper River is a substantial obstacle and would require substantial forces and equipment to cross - units not observed as part of the build up.

Such a land grab will be at a cost and I think Russia is fighting the 2014 battle again. Over the past 8 years, Ukraine has increased military spending on training and equipment to meet the shortfalls of 2014 and though facing a larger force, it will be defending the homeland and benefits of internal lines of communication and bonuses of defensive operations if the terrain remains muddy/soft. Watch the weather and moon stage.
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Israel -
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is no longer seeking a government that relies on the outside support of the Ra’am Party (United Arab List), he said Tuesday at a press conference in the Prime Minister’s Office in Jerusalem.
Netanyahu no longer sees any chance of forming a government, although he still intends to maintain his mandate to form a government, which ends on May 4, his associates said. Instead, he would seek a direct election for prime minister, which will pass if Yamina supports it, Netanyahu said. “We don’t need Ra’am,” he said. “We need a direct election to form a government.”
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Iran -
In response to the extensive damage at its underground uranium facility, Iran is threatening to enrich to 60% immediately. Question is from what facility? Its main facility will be down for about 9 months.
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Afghanistan -
biden’s call to remove US forces by 9/11 is an insult to our servicemen and women as a concession that the US lost the war against the Taliban. Actually it was the State Department under Condi Rice that initiated the loss and the whole misplaced rebuild Afghanistan program.
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Black Swans -
Drought conditions in the West and midwest threaten crops for this year. Lack of winter snow and rains threaten not only California but the rest of the Four Corners region and northward to North Dakota. Crop failures will add to the rapidly increasing cost for food this summer.


320 posted on 04/21/2021 7:53:39 AM PDT by Godzilla (Never give up, never surrender . . . . . .)
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