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Wuhan virus -
India is pressing forward with the use of Ivermectin to treat wuhan patients, reportedly with great success. Remember, these treatments have been put down repeatedly by the ‘experts’

“I think we will almost certainly require a booster sometime within a year or so, after getting the primary [shot], because the durability of protection against coronaviruses is generally not lifelong,” Fauci said about the future of the coronavirus vaccines.
NOTE - and he wonders why people have lost trust in govt medical authorities.
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Economy -
(FO) Sea-based shipping data shows vessels are late 60% of the time arriving at port. The delays have compounded for months as supply chains feel pressure from increased raw material costs, missing key components or land-based capacity crunches in trucking and fuel delivery. The greatest U.S. backlog continues in the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach as docks remain crowded. “It [normally] takes 14 days to sail from Shanghai to Los Angeles; today it takes 33 days,”

Brazil is suffering from a deep drought in what is normally its wet season. The cost of this year’s drought could severely impact coffee, sugar, and orange crop yields.
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Invasion of Illegals -
Congressional democrats objecting to the deportation of gang members here illegally - claiming it is ‘racist’
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Biden watch -
biden became verbally abusive when the Coast Guard graduating class refused to clap in response to what seems to have been a back handed insult. “Wow, you’re a really dull class,” Biden then yelled. “I mean come on man, is the sun getting to you? I would think you’d have an opportunity when I say that about the Navy to clap, but we came here together.” biden also quoted Mao Zedong. -
“There’s a saying…’Women hold up half the world.’” Biden said as he quoted the communist murder. “It’s an absolutely stupid position not to make sure sure they represent at least half of what we do.”

Also, his spin around the parking lot in an electric Ford truck had a second steering wheel in it and some one doing the steering. . . .
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CW2/Domestic violence -
(FO) Following yesterday’s report of increased social media scrutiny for the Defense Department, the Pentagon is denying any new program exists. “There’s no pilot program being run by Mr. Garrison or the extremist working group to examine social media,” DoD spokesman John Kirby said. This appears to be a carefully worded position as the contractor involved (Dataminr) was awarded a $35,766,667 contract in 2019 for a “First Alert proprietary alerting system” which leverages big data for first responders in “humanitarian situations.”

District Attorney that no officers will be charged in the shooting of Andrew Brown Jr. so BLM related protests in various cities in addition to the pro-palestinian ones on going.

Five Oregon counties voted overwhelmingly to join Idaho. At least a dozen more are looking at measures to do the same. Idaho Gov. Brad Little, a Republican, said he supports the measure but acknowledged there’s a long way to go toward making it a reality, The Oregonian reported. “I understand why many people want to be Idahoans,” Little said in a statement, according to FOX 12. “They’re looking at Idaho fondly because of our strong economy, regulatory atmosphere and our values. Still, the decision to change Idaho and Oregon’s borders would need to go through both states’ legislatures and the U.S. Congress for approval. There’s a lot that needs to happen before the border is within the realm of possibility.”
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POLITICAL FRONT -
The “June 6” commission was passed in the House with support by 36 RINOS. It currently faces little chance of passing the Senate.
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China -
People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) conducted multiple strike, missile defense, and maritime assault exercises within the past few days. Observers note that this is probably a rehearsal for an eventual assault on Taiwan.
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North Korea -
South Korean President Moon Jae-in is meeting with biden today on NK issues. Typically, Kim uses meetings like this as an excuse to throw a temper tantrum of some kind.
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Russia - MAINTAINING WATCH

biden lifted sanctions against the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, allowing Russia to control natural gas supplies to Europe.
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Israel - WAR

OVERNIGHT SUMMARY - Quiet, increasing intervals between rocket launches and fewer rockets launched. Overnight in Israel, there rockets stopped for 8 hours - the longest period since the war began. “Heavy” rocket barrages now consists of a half dozen rockets compared to hundreds last week. Just enough to keep people running to shelters. IAF tempo also slowing down. Huge increase in cease fire talk and speculation. Israel continues to have the upper hand and will maintain the operation until they are satisfied with the results.

For the first time in a week, twitter feeds are not totally clogged with war news. There are rumors of a cease fire agreement pending. Neither side will confirm at this time, but it is doubtful when PM Netanyahu on Wednesday says that he’s “determined” to continue the offensive in Gaza, rebuffing President Joe Biden’s call for an immediate and significant “de-escalation” in the fighting. Netanyahu said the operation will continue “until its aim is met,” per the Associated Press. Some rumors place the start of the ceasefire as being Friday. Six hours ago Hamas official to CNN: Ceasefire will be announced within 24 hours. More rumors as Netanyahu convenes the security cabinet at 7PM Jerusalem time to discuss the Gaza operation and the possibility of a ceasefire. At this stage a lot of speculation and little facts.

4 rockets were fired from Southern Lebanon into Israel, reportedly from near Tyre. Israeli artillery reportedly attacked the launch location. The Sadikin area in southern Lebanon was the launch location and is a Hezbollah stronghold and no one approaches there within a 5 km radius without their approval.

Reports that Gaza rockets hit industrial area of Rahat, Israel’s largest Bedouin city (and second-largest Arab city in the country). That will make friends of potential arab allies fast.

Iran sticking its nose into the conflict - Netanyahu announced that a drone Israel shot down 2 days ago on the border with Jordan was an Iranian armed drone launched from Syria or Iraq. IRGC-Quds Force Commander Esmail Qaani sends letter to Hamas’ Qassam Brigades commander Mohammad Deif praising him for winning the war .

OBSERVATION - A cease fire will take place when Israel is ready and has met its objectives - period. The muted global outcry against Israel is dynamic on many fronts.
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Iran -
See Israel above
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Lebanon -
See Israel above
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Turkey -
(JP) Turkey’s anti-Israel rhetoric has rapidly increased during the past eight days of fighting. The rhetoric targeting Israel and Jews has reached such heights that the US has condemned Turkey’s president for antisemitic comments. Ankara had consulted with Tehran last week about how to confront Israel, and Turkey has called on the pope and others to encourage sanctions against the Jewish state.
OBSERVATION - In the day, Israel and Turkey had reasonable relations. Since Erdogan rise to power and the control of the culture switching to more radical islamists, it has gone down hill. Last year, an effort was being made between the two countries to try to patch some matters up, but I suspect that this will be a wrecking ball to that effort
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Wuhan virus -
Many stories / reports talking about how the CDC has been manipulating the numbers on wuhan infections and deaths. This was noted here as far back as Jan 21 IIRC. Gaining more notice.

The Japanese Red Cross is reportedly turning down blood from vaccinated donors. The warning seems specifically targeting the two main ones, Pfizer and Modera. Other vaccines require a waiting period. The American Red Cross is allowing individuals who have received the coronavirus vaccine to donate their blood.
NOTE - There is still no long term documentation of how these mRNA pseudo vaccines will have on their recipients. Japan is being cautious but in a world where the pressure is for 100% vaccination, blood supplies could be significantly impacted.
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Globalism / Great Reset -
The Treasury Department proposed a 15% global minimum corporate tax rate during meetings with officials from other countries. Yellen made the initial comments on this several weeks ago, now the proposal is morphing into a action stage. The 15% figure is lower than anticipated and was pitched this week to negotiators from two dozen countries that are part of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, the Treasury Department announced on Thursday. “Treasury made clear that a global corporate minimum tax rate would ensure the global economy thrives based on a more level playing field in the taxation of multinational corporations, and would spur innovation, growth, and prosperity while improving fairness for middle class and working people,” the department said in a news release.
NOTE - global taxation is one of the main goals of the Great Reset as a means of wealth redistribution and ‘fairness’.

——The following items regard wuhan and vaccinations but because of the left using them to hammer submission to the globalist agenda are listed here. ——

Push for wuhan ‘passports’ in the US is having mixed impacts. Touted as the way to freedom, the pushback has been strong, only gaining some traction in deep blue ruled cities and states.

One state where the vaxxers are clearly in charge is the Peoples Socialist Oregon, where ‘passports’ are being required for businesses and even churches. No wonder the eastern red counties want out from under that tyrant.

Businesses in Santa Clara County, California are required to submit vaccination status of all employees.
According to the county’s public health order, “All businesses and government entities must ascertain the vaccination status of personnel and must comply with the rules for personnel who are not fully vaccinated, as required under section 9(c) and 9(d) of the County Health Officer’s May 18, 2021 Order.”
Under the health order, the employee can decline to provide their vaccination status to their employer. If the employee declines to offer the information, the employer “should assume the employee may be unvaccinated and follow State and local requirements for unvaccinated employees.”
Creating a dual class citizenship and trying to force vaccinations on those unwilling.

See also biden desire to enlarge the IRS below.
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Economy -
More and more shortages and sky rocketing prices have major economists worried. Computer chip shortage is now impacting farm equipment.
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Invasion of Illegals -
Nearly 60 days and no harris presser or visit to the border. biden is allowing such insubordination to go unchecked.
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Biden watch -
Biden on Thursday delivered remarks at a bill signing ceremony for the Asian Hate Crimes bill. He randomly started shouting in the middle of his remarks like a tyrant and slammed his hand on the podium.

biden also tried to claim the Hamas/Israel ceasefire as his own success - exempt that it was Egypt that brokered it.
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CW2/Domestic violence -
Scattered across the US have been attacks on Jewish citizens and businesses by anti-Israeli, predominantly arab thugs. No solid national news coverage (the media is in bed with the terrorists), but local news is continuing to report. BLM announced it was fully behind Hamas and associated terrorists and with Antifa have conducted ‘marches’ in their support. Major blue metropolitan areas like NYC and LA have been harboring the most violent attacks/incidents.

biden’s Treasury department is asking to add nearly 87,000 employees to the Internal Revenue Service, make banks report more information to the agency and require stricter cryptocurrency compliance. This essentially doubles the size of the IRS and most certainly will be targeting political opponents to the extent that 0bama was unable to.

Although the House passed legislation calling crime against Asians a “hate crime”, asians continue to be assaulted and robbed across the country, the perpetrators continue to be predominantly black or hispanics. As such, the ‘hate’ component of the legislation will likely go unused.
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POLITICAL FRONT -
Pelosi waging war against predominantly Republicans again. In the past it was fining them for not walking thru metal detectors that she exempted herself from . Now she is fining republicans for not wearing masks on the house floor, while she has exempted herself from mask requirements at House events. In a news conference she proclaimed “unvaccinated lawmakers are selfish, and she suggested they eventually may be required to vote from the House gallery instead of the House floor.”
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Strategic Developments /Deployments -
USS Curtis Wilbur, an Arleigh-Burke class destroyer, sailed past the Paracel Islands on Thursday.China accused the warship of ‘illegally’ entering its territory and said the vessel was ‘expelled’ by its naval and air forces. But the Navy’s 7th Fleet hit back, saying the ship was not ‘expelled’ and that China does not control those waters - which are also claimed by Vietnam and Taiwan.
NOTE - This has become the standard response from China to any freedom of navigation exercise by any country, not just the US.
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China -
See strategic developments above.
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Russia - MAINTAINING WATCH
Putin has issued a fiery rebuke to those who, he says, are intent on bringing about the breakup of the world’s largest country, insisting that Russia will defend itself from potential interference from overseas. He stated “everyone wants to bite us somewhere, or to bite something off of us.” If or when this happens, he said the country will “knock out the teeth” of those who try.
NOTE - Weakness on the part of America is emboldening our nation’s enemies like Russia.
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Israel - CEASEFIRE

Over night summary - Israel accepted a ceasefire proposal crafted largely by Egypt. Israel’s acceptance is ‘unconditional’ meaning that conditions Hamas claims to have gotten into the agreement is untrue. Ceasefire came into effect 2 AM local time. This after Israel hammered Hamas into largely rubble after 11 days of fighting. An Egyptian delegation has entered Gaze to help monitor the situation.

Netanyahu warned Hamas on Friday that his military will respond with a “new level of force” if the terrorist group decides to start firing rockets into Israel again. “If Hamas thinks we will tolerate a drizzle of rockets, it is wrong,” the Israeli leader said, adding that his military would strike back with “a new level of force against any expression of aggression against communities around Gaza and any other part of Israel.”
NOTE - IDF has ground forces poised to enter Gaza and this would likely be a major component of a ‘new level of force’ that could be added to the mix.

Failures of Hamas rockets have in some instances been spectacular and many have been recorded by the plethora of live stream videos in Gaza. Out of the 4000+ launches, IDF estimates that nearly 700 failed, falling back on Gaza and inflicting damage/death on the civilians there. This is made worse in that the launchers almost always are imbedded in residential areas using the civilians as a shield.

Hamas claimed victory as large areas of Gaza were rubbled, smoldering and destroyed.

Israeli Home Front Command instructs Israelis to remain in their homes, close to bomb shelters, despite ceasefire potentially going into effect at 2:00 AM

Israel’s security cabinet has approved the unilateral ceasefire according to reports, at this time it is unclear from when. Reports are that Egypt was the leader in getting the cease fire. From what I have read Israel has not accepted any of the precursors Hamas laid out such as vacating the Temple Mount or such. This has totally been Israel’s call and they made it based on achieving its objectives against Hamas.

There are reports that biden has said the US would replenish all the missiles utilized by Israel’s “Iron Dome” defense system over the past 11 days. Expect leftist, anti-Israel heads to be exploding everywhere.

IDF operational report for the conflict. IDF destroyed over 100 km of Hamas tunnels, hundreds of militants assassinated, about 570 strikes impacted militants rocket abilities, with 70 strikes on MLRS, strikes hit Hamas’s weapons development and production bases. The also said that they killed over 200 Hamas and PIJ operatives (senior leaders) in Gaza strikes. ( This doesn’t include the numbers killed in the lightning strike on the underground “metro” system.) Hamas missile failure rate ran from 15-20%.

Like clockwork - Palestinian “worshippers” brought stones and Molotov cocktails to the Temple Mount/Al Aqsa compound , a place they claim is sacred to them. The Gaza factions , including Hamas and the PIJ , had boasted about how they’re going to retaliate if there will be any “aggression towards the Al Aqsa mosque” Israeli police have arrived and stun grenades were fired near 1 of the entrances to the compound (not in the compound itself) , after rioters started throwing items towards police forces. Riots and confrontations with Israel police have also been occurring in predominantly arab towns in Israel.

OBSERVATION - Time will Hamas et al be able to keep their hot heads under control and prevent any rogue rocket launches? No doubt Israel is maintaining combat patrols over Gaza and lots of jets fueled and loaded ready to rock and roll some more. Israel achieved their goals to their satisfaction without having to conduct a ground invasion. Remarkable achievement in itself, but still a potential action should the cease fire break down.
Post conflict analysis will likely focus on the robust defense of Iron Dome which showed itself far more capable than initially let on. Hezebollah/Iran will be closely studying and adjusting their future rocket attack plans. Israel had abundant targeting intelligence they developed over the years and used quite effectively. Finally, relative silence from arab states - the Abrahamic Accord treaties and general distaste for Hamas really gave Israel free rein to go after targets. Even biden’s lukewarm support was surprising, holding back the virulent anti-Israel faction of the democrat party.
Hamas losses of leadership, facilities and munitions will take years to replace. Though they claim ‘victory’ it is mostly an arab face saving effort, everyone knows they lost and big.
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Iran -
Iranian President Hassan Rohani says the broad outline of a deal to end major sanctions on his country has been reached during talks with world powers aimed at restoring a 2015 troubled nuclear deal, although some difficult issues remain. Key concessions to Iran appear to be eliminating /reducing U.S. sanctions on sectors such as oil, shipping, insurance, and Iran’s central bank.
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Syria -
Multiple IRGC affiliated flights have arrived in Damascus over the last 11 days, including another “dark flight” from Caspian Airlines EP-SHH which is always one to watch (suspected of carrying munitions).

ISIS has been active in eastern Syria, launching many small ambush and IED attacks.
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Afghanistan -
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg told reporters in Paris announced that NATO will continue to have military stationed in Afghanistan to “advice and capacity-building support to Afghan security institutions, as well as continued financial support.” The mechanics of such a continued presence are not certain, even as the US military struggles to figure out biden’s orders to withdraw.
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Black Swans -
NOAA predicts 13 to 20 named storms this hurricane season. US is struggling with wuhan recovery shortages, agriculture struggling to produce food and if these rascals do some serious hits, things can get very messed up for the rest of the country in a hurry. The biden administration has no clue how to handle such disasters.