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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.

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Wuhan virus - YELLOW, trending upward
Wuhan still around. Breaking news of a new mutation largely unaffected by the current crop of wuhan vaccines. However biggest threat are spinoffs.

CDC forecasts a new wave of wuhan hitting by the end of December.

Delta variant is old news. The World Health Organization is monitoring a new variant with numerous mutations to the spike protein, scheduling a special meeting Friday to discuss what it may mean for vaccines and treatments, officials said Thursday. British experts have sounded the alarm over a new Covid variant, identified as B.1.1.529, believed to have emerged in ‘Botswana’ that is the most mutated version of the virus yet, Daily Mail reported. Only 10 cases of the strain, which could eventually be named ‘Nu’, have been detected so far.
But it has already been spotted in three countries, suggesting the variant is more widespread. It carries 32 mutations, many of which suggest it is highly transmissible and vaccine-resistant, and has more alterations to its spike protein than any other variant, the report said. Scientists in South Africa are now working to determine what percentage of the new cases have been caused by the new variant.
Professor Francois Balloux, a geneticist at University College London, said it likely emerged in a lingering infection in an immunocompromised patient, possibly someone with undiagnosed AIDS, the report added.
UK Health Secretary Sajid Javid said there were concerns the new variant “may be more transmissible” than the dominant delta strain, and “the vaccines that we currently have may be less effective” against it. According to reports, the new B.1.1.529 variant has 32 mutations in the spike protein, the part of the virus that most vaccines use to prime the immune system against Covid. Mutations in the spike protein make it harder for immune cells to attack the pathogen, just as so many vaccine skeptics have been warning for the past year.

OBSERVATION - Discussion is that the nature of the mutations essentially renders current versions of the ‘vaccine’ useless. Not that the current vaccines have been very successful to begin with. Have to monitor to see if the reality is as bad as the current hype.

Portugal, which has one of the world’s highest rates of vaccination against COVID-19, announced it would reimpose restrictions to stop a surge in cases, ordering all passengers flying into the country to show a negative test certificate on arrival.
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Globalism / Great Reset - YELLOW trending upward
Powers that be still trying to get pieces together. First waves of impacts form layoffs due to mandates are making their presence known.

Effects from the mandates continue to multiply.
Nurses and officials at the Children’s hospital where all the kids injured in the horrific Waukesha car attack were taken have revealed that treatment is being hampered by a staff shortage brought on by the COVID vaccine mandate.
The sources say that the Children’s Wisconsin Milwaukee Hospital struggled to care for 18 children rushed there in the aftermath because there are no longer enough nurses or support staff available.
One nurse speaking anonymously told local media that “It was a nightmare,” adding “We just don’t have enough people and [supervisors] were frantically calling in everyone they could, but it wasn’t enough.”
“We are taking care of everyone the best we can, but it’s hard,” the nurse added.
A hospital official also noted that there are currently over 200 open positions at the site, and more than 450 across all of the institute’s campuses, primarily because people have been forced out of work by the vaccine mandate which came into effect on November 15.
The report notes that 70% of religious exemption requests were denied and some clinics have been forced to close.

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Staff at the the Mount Sinai South Nassau hospital in New York were given two options, get vaccinated, or be barred from working. Some chose the latter, causing a freestanding emergency room to cease operations.
The Mount Sinai South Nassau hospital’s freestanding emergency room in Long Beach has temporarily ceased operation after a New York state requirement that medical workers had to be vaccinated was not followed by all employees.
“The staffing shortage and closure of the LBED is a result of the Hospital’s compliance with the NYSDOH’s mandate ... requiring the suspension of all staff working under temporary religious exemptions who could not show proof today of receiving a first dose of COVID-19 vaccination or a valid medical exemption from receiving it.”

OBSERVATION - Shortages of medical staff were warned about - but ignored by the powers that be. Multiple ways the globalists can use this, but the most immediate threat is that there will be a greater demand for forced vaccinations of all people and that loss of medical services will create greater social chaos that can be exploited.

Vice President of the Lower Austrian Medical Association Gerrit Loibl has suggested that the government should levy a monthly fine of up to €100 to anyone unvaccinated.
OBSERVATION - Punish the unvaxxed - force compliance.

Roughly 10,000 of its 186,000-strong active duty force are positioned to miss the deadline the Department of the Navy set for all Marines and sailors to become fully vaccinated, according to the latest data, representing the highest proportion of any of the military services potentially to violate direct orders from the chain of command.
Even those who may have waited until the final weeks to begin the vaccination process will ultimately miss the deadline, which requires Marines to have completed the two-week vaccination process. The 38,000 Marine Corps reservists face a later deadline of Dec. 28.
OBSERVATION - US Military will soon be feeling the pinch of the loss of key personnel just like hospitals and other industries. Diminishing the US military is a must for globalists.

Europe’s first cold spell of the heating season has arrived, pressuring power prices higher as freezing temperatures ushers in increased power demand to heat building structures across the central-west region.
German day-ahead power prices jumped to the second-highest level ever, 273.89 euros per megawatt-hour. Day-ahead power prices are also higher in France and Netherlands.

OBSERVATION - And so it begins for a long, cold winter. Globalist desired ‘green sources’ incapable of filling the gap.

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Economy - ORANGE trending upward

Dow futures were sliding (as much as 800 points) on Thursday night when amid fears that a new coronavirus strain detected in South Africa, known as B.1.1529, reportedly carries an “extremely high number” of mutations and is “clearly very different” from previous incarnations, which may drive further waves of disease by evading the body’s defenses.
Earlier overnight, the 10-year Treasury yield is down 11.2 basis points and West Texas Intermediate crude prices are down 6.62%.
European markets were down, too on the news.
OBSERVATION - Spinoff of wuhan chaos. Shows how delicate the economy’s state is.
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Invasion of Illegals - ORANGE trending upward
Illegals continue to push across the border with record numbers of intercepts

More evidence that almost none of the 82,000 Afghans who are now in the United States after being airlifted out of Kabul in August were vetted. This revelation comes from a memo that Senate Republicans drafted in October, in which, according to a Wednesday report in the Washington Examiner, “senior officials across the departments of Homeland Security, Defense, State, and Justice described a disastrous screening and vetting process.”
OBSERVATION - Now they are running across the US countryside virtually unmonitored. This was not by accident, but by design.

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Biden watch - ORANGE trending upward
Mental facilities being questioned by leftist media and even 0bama’s doctor.

Biden re-appointing Powell as Fed chief is being viewed by some as an expression of panic in the WH due to skyrocketing inflation and falling off the cliff approval numbers in response. Powell is more inclined to reverse easy money and by doing so, decrease some inflationary pressures .
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CW2/Domestic violence - YELLOW trending neutral
No violence from major trial results this week. However, violent groups like the New Black Panthers have announced they are ready to create “hit’ squads if trials don’t go their way.

Law enforcement across the country is on alert for flash ‘smash and grab’ crime sprees triggered by those in Kalifornia this week.
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POLITICAL FRONT - BLUE trending upward

A leaked memo from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) reveals plans by the Biden administration to make changes to Americans’ First Amendment rights and other religious liberty protections. The internal memo describes plans to “sign delegation of authority on the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) and religion clause of the First Amendment” to the Office for Civil Rights (OCR).
“The action will likely be well-received among civil rights advocates and litigators, as well as groups advocating for the separation of church and state,” the memo reads.
“Groups who share the prior Administration’s broad view of the application of RFRA or who will interpret this action as an indication that the Department is abdicating its responsibility for compliance with RFRA will likely issue strong negative reactions,” it continues. “This includes members of Congress who have been outspoken about OCR’s conscience and religious freedom activities and who have repeatedly asked questions about changes to OCR’s organizational structure and legal authorities.”
The memo recommends HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra sign the action as soon a possible.

OBSERVATION - This will make it less likely that religious freedoms will be protected and violations more likely to be ignored. Can be placed also under Globalism because of its goal of diminishing the influence of Christianity.
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China - ORANGE trending neutral to upward

A US congressional delegation has gone through with a trip to Taiwan, brushing off a demand from China to cancel the visit amid rising geopolitical tensions over the self-governing island.
Five US House of Representatives members arrived in Taiwan on Thursday for meetings with government officials, after celebrating America’s Thanksgiving holiday with US troops in South Korea. The visit, which marked the second trip to Taiwan this month by members of Congress, was billed as an effort to discuss economic and security issues while reaffirming the “US commitment” to the Taiwanese.
Representative Elissa Slotkin (D-Michigan) said that when news of the latest trip broke on Wednesday, her office received a “blunt message” from the Chinese Embassy calling for her to cancel the meetings in Taipei.
“We strongly urge the congresswoman immediately cancel the planned visit to Taiwan and not to support and embolden separatist forces of Taiwan independence, lest it cause huge damage to the China-US relations and the peace and stability of Taiwan Straits,” the embassy told Slotkin.
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Russia - YELLOW and rising
Ukraine situation potentially worsening.

See Ukraine discussion below
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Ukraine - YELLOW and rising
Potential coup causing rising concerns

Russia has denied any involvement after Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Friday that an attempted coup d’etat is being planned in his country to take place next week.
Zelenskyy told reporters that Ukraine had uncovered a plot for an attempted coup and that Ukrainians and Russians were involved, The Washington Post reported. While he also spoke of a threat of military escalation from Russia, he fell short of accusing the Kremlin of an involvement in the planned coup, according to Reuters.
“We have challenges not only from the Russian Federation and possible escalation – we have big internal challenges. I received information that a coup d’etat will take place in our country on Dec. 1-2,” Zelenskyy said, adding that his country was prepared for any escalation, Reuters reported.
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, denied Russia’s involvement in any coup against Ukraine.

OBSERVATION - A December coup falls into the winter timeline being spoken about lately for a Russian invasion. It could be used as an excuse to ‘protect Russian citizens’ in the same manner Russia used to to justify the invasions of Crimea and the Dombas regions.
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Israel - ORANGE trending neutral to upward
Ongoing threat from Hezebollah and Iran continues.

See Iran below for US threat of military actions that will result in Israeli involvement as well
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Iran - ORANGE and increasing

General Kenneth McKenzie told TIME magazine in comments published Wednesday that the Iranians are “very close this time” to a nuclear weapon. “Our president said they’re not going to have a nuclear weapon,” McKenzie said. “The diplomats are in the lead on this, but Central Command always has a variety of plans that we could execute, if directed.”
“I think they like the idea of being able to break out,” he said.
This was the first time a U.S. official has clearly implicated that a military intervention was on the cards.
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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.

Polish Border Guards: Yesterday, on November 26, 217 people tried to illegally cross the border between Poland and Belarus. BG officers issued decisions against 12 people to leave the territory of Poland. In the section protected by the Border Guard Post in Czeremcha, a group of almost 200 aggressive foreigners forcibly forced the border.

Two repatriation flights bringing more than 600 migrants back from Belarus landed in Erbil early Friday morning
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Black Swans - BLACK

Grímsvötn volcano in Iceland is under close observation due to the sudden lowering of its ice cap. In the past such lowering has created floods (jökulhlaups -glacier outburst floods) when melting raises the water level high enough to lift its ice dam) and that the loss of water mass (water and ice) has historically triggered eruptions in the past. According to Benedikt Gunnar Ófeigsson, deformation scientist at the IMO, there is every indication that the Grímsvötn volcano is ready to erupt.2
The last eruption of this volcano took place in 2011 — it was a large and powerful VEI 4 eruption. The average eruption frequency during the last 1 100 years is 1 eruption per 10 years.

OBSERVATION - These eruptions can essentially close down air traffic in UK as well as parts of Europe. Those disruptions will impact economy.. The 1783 eruption was devastating to Iceland, produced the world’s largest known historical lava flow and extensive crop damage and livestock losses creating a severe famine that resulted in the loss of one-fifth of the population of Iceland.

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Wuhan virus -

The next wuhan panic struck with the force of a hurricane yesterday. The new variant NOW named OMICRON (that which was formerly known an Mu and skipped over Xi) set off the globe to suddenly start chasing their tails. Epidemiologist warns Omicron could cause ‘pandemic 2.0’ and believes it’s already spread worldwide.

However, very little is know about this variant.

- Regarded as the most heavily mutated variant of the Coronavirus, thus far, as it has 32 mutations in the spike protein and 50 overall. More specifically, scientists have highlighted that there are 10 mutations vs 2 in the Delta variant regarding the receptor binding domain, which is the portion of the virus that makes initial contact with cells. Additionally, the virus contains mutations that have been seen in other variants and appear to make transmission easier.

- The Omicron variant was identified 5 days ago initially in Botswana with subsequent confirmation and sequencing in South Africa with about 100 confirmed cases. Cases have been detected in Israel and Hong Kong and as of this morning, in Belgium.

- The Botswana government released a letter stating that the new variant cases “were reported and recorded” on November 22. “The preliminary report revealed that all the four had been completely vaccinated for COVID-19.

- South African doctors and experts have found no evidence that the new B.1.1.529 COVID-19 variant causes severe illnesses, Health Minister Joe Phaahla stated during a press conference on Friday. “[At this stage], the scientists have found no evidence that this variant will create severe illnesses,” the health minister noted. He also emphasized that no scientific evidence regarding an increased aggressiveness of the B.1.1.529 variant had been reported so far. “Scientists have found no evidence that this variant is more transmissible,” Phaahla pointed out. The health minister mentioned that it was too early to say how the new COVID-19 variant would behave. “[The South African] government is aware that the announcement which was made by scientists has created panic and some uncertainty,” Phaahla said. “This reaction was unjustified.”

Some how, the jabbers are quick on the fix. As reported by CNBC, Pfizer and BioNTech said they are investigating omicron. They said that they believe their vaccine can be adapted quickly should it be needed to curb the spread. “We understand the concern of experts and have immediately initiated investigations on variant B.1.1.529,” the companies said.
They also estimated their mRNA vaccine, administered via a series of two shots, could be adapted within six weeks and shipped within a little over three months.
Not to be outdone, Moderna, which like Pfizer has produced an mRNA vaccine administered through two doses, said it will test three booster candidates against omicron.
Meanwhile, Johnson & Johnson said it’s already testing its single-dose vax against omicron.
And within 72 hours of the announcement of the existence of Omicron,– Novavax Inc said on Friday it had started working on a version of its COVID-19 vaccine to target the variant detected in South Africa and would have the shot ready for testing and manufacturing in the next few weeks. The company’s COVID-19 shot contains an actual version of the virus’ spike protein that cannot cause disease but can trigger the immune system. The vaccine developer said it had started developing a spike protein specifically based on the known genetic sequence of the variant, B.1.1.529. Novavax’s vaccine received its first emergency use approval earlier this month in Indonesia followed by the Philippines. (Reuters)

Convulsive knee jerking hit across the world.
New York state - The governor of New York on Friday declared a state of emergency as COVID transmission reached rates not seen since April 2020. Included in the order is the cessation of optional surgical procedures in hospitals identified as being understaffed to handle increased wuhan patients.

The US restricted entry to travelers from eight southern African countries over concerns about a new COVID-19 variant found in South Africa The restrictions will be effective Monday and apply to South Africa, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Lesotho, Eswatini, Mozambique and Malawi. Fauci initially said it was too early to institute bans, but saw the light two hours later and concurred with the new restrictions. Other countries have initiated similar travel restrictions.

Global stock markets hit the skids with the DOW dropping over 900 points. See Economy below

OBSERVATIONS ABOUT OMICRON - Globalists will take advantage of Omicron just as they took advantage of Covid-19 in the beginning, and just as they tried to do with Delta. They need a new poster child to force more vaccinations and subjugate more under increasingly tyrannical measures. And speaking about vax, amazing the quick response of big pharma to the new threat.
Expect greatly conflicting claims about the transmissivity and lethality of this variant. Expect shrill calls for more jabs - even mandating forcibly vaccination.
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Globalism / Great Reset -

The Great Reset agenda requires compliance and obedience. Nothing in the modern era has been able to push the American people to be more docile and dependent than this pandemic. Omicron is just the next tool for them to use

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Economy -

The Biden administration on Friday recommended an overhaul of the nation’s oil and gas leasing program to focus on areas that are most suitable for energy development and raise costs for energy companies to drill on public lands and water.
The long-awaited report by the Interior Department stops short of recommending an end to oil and gas leasing on public lands, as many environmental groups have urged. But officials said the report would move toward a more responsible leasing process that provides a better to return to U.S. taxpayers for oil and gas drilling on the nation’s vast public lands and waters.

OBSERVATION - biden made a big to-do over releasing oil reserves to dampen the price of oil Now this policy will act to increase it. Those wonderful “better returns” in increased leasing fees will be passed on to the consumers in the form of higher prices.

Friday when wuhan new its the markets took it in the shorts. It was Russell 2000’s worst day since June 2020. The Dow had the worst day since October 2020. S&P and Nasdaq both suffered its biggest daily loss since September 2021.
Brent Crude oil prices dropped more than 10% - doing more to lower prices than biden’s initiatives.

BLACK FRIDAY - initial reports are that crowds were relatively subdued and small. This doesn’t bode well for fixed store retailers. More definitive data should be coming out soon.
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China -

Things are not as peaceful in China as they ‘seem’. President Xi Jinping hanged the rules of China’s Communist Party to allow him to serve as general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party for life, instead of being limited to two five-year terms, it was easy to conclude that he had all the power and that he could operate unopposed. However, there are powerful elements in the CCP that aren’t too pleased with Xi and the current transjectory of policies. Economic conditions have made many party leaders very wealthy and they see Xi’s crackdown on wealth threat to continuing their prosperity. Analysts studying the tea leaves see that even theChinese media, usually anxious to curry favor, are letting the Chinese public know there is conflict among the rulers.

Via Business Insider Ships in Chinese waters have vanished from tracking systems the maritime industry uses, a development that could worsen the global supply chain crisis.
The Automatic Identification System (AIS) — which relies on ships to send data to stations along the coastline or via satellites — has witnessed a plunge in the signals it receives in recent weeks.
Data from market intelligence and valuations provider VesselsValue show the number of signals in Chinese waters plunging 85% in under a month — from more than 100,000 a day on October 28 to over 15,000 a day on November 17.

OBSERVATION - The simple fact that this makes ships harder to track.. We’ve already seen Iran use this to ship petroleum products to nations like Venezuela. It also poses a serious national security threat as many countries have developed weapon systems that sit in containers that can be activated for surface to surface attacks. An untraceable ship(s) could launch a surprise attack. Such a tactic fits into China’s war doctrines nicely.

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Ukraine -

White House: “National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan spoke today with Head of Presidential Administration Andriy Yermak of Ukraine about recent eventsThey agreed that all sides should pursue diplomatic efforts to de-escalate tensions”
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Belarus -

Border incidents with Poland continue but at a lower tempo. More repatriation flights taking islamic migrants out of Belarus and back to respective middle eastern countries.
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Black Swans -

Experts are warning that the United States is vulnerable to a Nuclear electromagnetic pulse (EMP) attack from adversaries such as China and North Korea, which could render the nation helpless and shut down basic components such as military communications, water delivery systems, food, and transport. A scenario made relatively famous by the book “One Second After” suggests the US could revert to near chaos with nearly 90% population deaths over the course of one year.

Former President Donald Trump issued an executive order on March 26 2019 to harden America’s critical infrastructure against EMP attacks. However, under biden, the Department of Energy (DOE) and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) have done nothing very little in the way of protecting the national electric grid or other critical infrastructures of which 330 million Americans are dependent upon.

The effects of a Nuke EMP on modern electronics has been widely debated for years now. Only a little data is available from the open air nuclear test age to evaluate. However, if a military opponent thinks they could try it and get away with it, it could render the US easy pickings without nuclear contamination that a nuclear war would bring.