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Wuhan virus -
WHO and Pfizer are saying that current ‘vaccines’ are effective against Omicron . HOWEVER, I still am not seen deaths associated with Omicron being reported.
Another Israeli study documenting the superiority of natural immunity versus the jab.
https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.12.04.21267114v1.full.pdf
A federal judge in Georgia issued a nationwide injunction that prevents the U.S. government from enforcing a COVID-19 vaccine mandate on federal contractors, temporarily shutting down the last remaining vaccine requirement by the Biden administration.
U.S. District Judge Stan Baker in Savannah, Georgia, said Congress did not clearly authorize the president to use procurement to impose a vaccine requirement on contractors that will have “vast economic and political significance.”
OBSERVATION - Current court orders have negated all of biden’s mandates issued in September. Appeals will continue by the administration, but the strength of the decisions.
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Globalism / Great Reset -
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern smashed any hope that the small country intends on moving past the increasingly ineffective and dangerous coronavirus injection.
During an interview with Mihingarangi Forbes of New Zealand’s “The Hui,” the Kiwi Dictator said in part that there will be no “endpoint” to the country’s vaccination program. “You know I don’t ever think I will be satisfied so long as there’s someone whose eligible whose choose… you know who – whose eligible and hasn’t been [vaccinated],”
“That’s were I’ve said – there’s not going to be an endpoint to this vaccination program. Once we’ve…obviously we’re rolling out boosters now so we’ve got another wave of people that we need to make sure we’re protecting again. So those who were vaccinated six months ago we really need them to come back or we need to go to them.”
Starting Saturday, December 4, New Brunswick will allow grocery stores to ban unvaccinated people from buying food, True North reported. The province announced the measure as part of the so-called “winter action plan”. The plan will allow businesses to ban unvaccinated individuals if they wish to do so. Grocery stores are among the businesses allowed to ban unvaccinated individuals.
The plan raises serious questions about human rights infringements as the province will legalize discrimination that could prevent individuals from obtaining food and feeding their families.
The Trudeau government has recently banned unvaccinated individuals from travelling within the country or to other countries using trains and airplanes.
OBSERVATION - Control the food, control the population. This is a huge civil rights violation.
Biden administration will continue to force Americans to wear masks on airplanes, trains, buses, airports, and train stations through mid-March at the very least, sources told Reuters.
Sources told Reuters that a formal announcement extending the compulsory measures through at least March 18th is expected on Thursday. The White House and Transportation Security Administration (TSA) reportedly declined to comment. TSA previously had extended their forced masking order in August to run through January 18th.
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Economy -
President Biden has accepted Saule Omarova’s request that her name be withdrawn for the nomination for Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, per a statement from him.
OBSERVATION - She was the latest of a line of extremely radical socialists. In her case she couldn’t lie her way out of her paper/speech trail.
The U.S. Treasury Department, as part of its efforts to combat corruption and terrorism, proposed a new rule Tuesday that requires companies to identify who owns and controls them, rather than the names of the people who formed the company. The proposal will “help close the loopholes that undermine U.S. national security, bolster economic fairness, and protect the integrity of our financial system,” Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said in a statement.
Companies would be required under the proposal to disclose any “beneficial” owners. These people either exercise “substantial control” over the company or own in some form at least 25% of the company, according to a Treasury Department summary.
House Democrats forced through a bill on Tuesday creating a one-time exception to the filibuster to raise the nation’s borrowing limit before next week’s deadline. It is expected to pass the Senate.
OBSERVATION - in the deal, the debt limit will only be kicked down the road a couple of months. Democrats have no power to do anything else and as the focus turned quickly towards the 2022 midterms it will hang as an albatross on their necks.
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Biden watch -
biden’s call with Putin is receiving underwhelming reviews by the MSM.
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CW2/Domestic violence -
Prosecutors in San Diego filed charges against at least 10 anti-fascist protesters who allegedly tried to disrupt a pro-Trump rally earlier this year with “violent criminal acts.” The defendants “are self-identified to be affiliated with Anti-fascists or Antifa” and gathered on Jan. 9 in San Diego to take “direct action” against a pro-Trump “Patriot March,” according to the San Diego County District Attorney’s Office. “Direct action” is defined as “acts of violence such as assault, battery, assault with deadly weapons, arson, and vandalism,” according to the DA’s office.
ALSO TRENDING - Hell suffering from a sudden cold snap. This is one of the very few cases being brought against Antifa elements.
The holiday display Christmas tree in front of News Corp. at 1211 Sixth Ave. was set on fire early Wednesday. A suspect has been arrested. Very little out there yet on motive. However, the link with Fox news suggests that there is a leftist motive for the attack.
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Cyber Warfare -
Chinese hackers on November 27, attacked Queensland’s CS Energy in a sustained ransomware attack which sources familiar with the matter say was only stopped at the last minute before it had the potential to shut down the company’s two thermal coal plants.
Had the attack been successful, it could have taken 3500 megawatts of power out of the grid – enough to power between 1.4 and three million homes – illustrating the devastating potential of cyber attacks to cripple the nation.
OBSERVATION - China has emphasized cyberwarfare as a key component of its war doctrines. With Australia’s announced support for Taiwan and now joining the US in a diplomatic boycott of the China olympics I’d expect more Chinese based cyber attacks and probes against Australian interests.
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China -
UK would not send any ministers to the Olympiad in protest of China’s genocidal policies, joining the US, Australia and Lithuania.
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Russia -
Biden warned Putin of countermeasures- including a threat to shut down Nord Stream 2 - if Russia further invades Ukraine. But a video call between the two leaders produced no breakthroughs, and 100,000 Russian troops remain near Ukraine’s borders. Russia will respond IF NATO troops are sent to Ukraine. Kremlin’s aide says that Biden promised Putin to discuss issue of non-enlargement of NATO to the east with allies
OBSERVATION - Probability of a Russian invasion of Ukraine has risen as a result of this video call. Putin is fully versed in the political dumpster fire that biden has created here and knows full well that biden is all talk and little do.
Lets be real, Putin knows full well that
- Biden is suffering from dementia and other health issues that impair his decision making abilities
- His WH is in disarray, with a totally incompetent VP and staff infighting
- Democrats in congress are more interested in their power and creating a socialist nation (one that would be after Putin’s heart) than waste energy on global issues
- The US military is in disarray with incompetent generals and demoralized servicemen. It is in not currently capable of deploying in mass to counter a Russian move.
Following biden’s lead, NATO is hesitant to put together a cohesive response. Putin is apparently driven by two principles - restoration of a ‘soviet union’ and creating a buffer against NATO expansion eastward. On its current trend, Putin could have as many as 200,000 troops staged to support an invasion, not counting Belarus forces. I think his military strategists will not make the same mistakes as 2014 that resulted in the stalled situation in Dombas. However, his forces will still need to be able to execute a quick victory as it is estimated that Russian forces only have supplies/fuel to last a few days because Russia has not got the supplies for anything longer. The invading units will go for some logistic targets that will provide needed fuel and food, but that cannot be relied on.
A Russian invasion will do the opposite of what he desires, causing NATO forces to reply further east into Poland and the Baltic States. A Ukraine invasion would be easy justification as Russian demonstrates hostile / aggressiveness towards the west. Thus tensions will only continue to rise and not decline. If Russia attacks, Putin is basing it on the concept that the additional leverage he has controlling natural gas as well as military positioning will blunt any NATO response to Ukraine falling under the resurrected Russian (Soviet Union) influence.
My tea leaves suggest that January 2022 could be the critical go/no go month for a Russian attack is they don’t get the concessions from NATO and Ukraine they want.
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Ukraine -
See Russian discussion above.
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Europe General -
NATO warning of repercussions if Russia invades Ukraine. Still drawing short of deploying forces into Ukraine.
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Iran -
The head of the Central Intelligence Agency said Monday that the United States does not have evidence that Iran has made a decision to weaponize its nuclear program. The US spy agency “doesn’t see any evidence that Iran’s Supreme Leader [Ali Khamenei] has made a decision to move to weaponize,” CIA Director William Burns told the Wall Street Journal’s annual CEO Council, according to CBS News.
OBSERVATION - This has got to be one of the most ignorant statements by anyone in the biden administration. Iran has been enriching to 60% purity, only a small technical step away from the 90% necessary for weaponization.
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Belarus -
The Biden admin is watching for the possibility that “Russia could actually use Belarusian territory to march on Ukraine and/or mask its forces as Belarusian forces,”
OBSERVATION - There is also a strong possibility that Belarus forces could join Russian forces in any attack.
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Wuhan virus -
WHO says the Omicron variant appears to be no worse than other coronavirus mutants. CDC says it still appears to be ‘mild’. Rochelle Walensky told the AP that out of the 43 known U.S. cases of Omicron, just one has been hospitalized.
European CDC: Out of hundreds of cases of Omicron here, not a single one involves severe illness. All cases for which there is available information on severity were either asymptomatic or mild. No deaths have been reported among these cases so far.
OBSERVATION - The massive cry of “WOLF” over Omicron appears to be a nothing burger so far.
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Globalism / Great Reset -
DR. FAUCI: “I would prefer, and we all would prefer that people would be voluntarily getting vaccinated, but if they’re not gonna do that, sometimes you’ve got to do things that are unpopular, but that clearly supersede individual choices...”
NOTE - “individual choices” = rights.
Fauci said during a CNN interview on Wednesday that it’s only a matter of time before the definition of being fully vaccinated against COVID-19 changes. Fauci’s words came in response to a question from CNN host Kate Bolduan who asked, “Is it a matter now of when, not if, the definition of fully vaccinated changes?”
US Senate passed a bill to ban biden’s OSHA vaccine mandates for private employers.
Justin Trudeau regime will spend at least another $5 million to establish more “isolation” and “quarantine” camps in British Columbia.
Known as “Canada’s Safe Voluntary Isolation Sites Program,” the scheme is supposedly being expanded for the purpose of facilitating people who are unable to “self-isolate” at home and require “assistance” from the Canadian government. Since Fall 2020, the federal government of Canada has pumped around $100 million into its Safe Voluntary Isolation Sites Program, which currently has locations in not just B.C., but also Ontario, Saskatchewan and Nova Scotia. While the claim is that these facilities will always be “voluntary,” the reality is that local health officials still have the ability to determine who needs to go to one. In other words, they can quickly become “mandatory” on a whim.
OMICRON OBSERVATION - See Wuhan above. It appears that much of the globalist world jumped the gun and the globalist powers that be were caught with an underperforming variant upon which to base their desires for increased restrictions and removal of individual rights.
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Biden watch -
Scheduled to speak with the Ukraine president today.
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CW2/Domestic violence -
At least 12 major U.S. cities have broken their annual homicide records. Two other cities are on the verge of doing so.
The cities that have already suffered a record number of homicides are:
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Columbus, Ohio
Indianapolis, Indiana
Louisville, Kentucky
St. Paul, Minnesota
Portland, Oregon
Tucson, Arizona
Toledo, Ohio
Austin, Texas
Rochester, New York
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
The two cites that are likely to break their annual record before the end of the month are Minneapolis and Milwaukee.
OBSERVATIONS - Very little doubt this is linked to the BLM/Antifa riots of last year combined with the defund the policed efforts (and drastic reductions in police forces) as well as leftist governments and DAs refusing to prosecute criminals.
Some BLM elements are supporting Jussie Smollett and there are hints that violent protests could be triggered if he is found guilty.
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POLITICAL FRONT -
Recent polling indicates that only 22% want biden to run for president in 2024. Only 18% want harris. Democrats are in a serious pickle to retain control of the House and Senate with such unpopular presidential numbers.
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Strategic Activity / Deployments -
The House passed the defense spending bill and the Senate expects to follow suit next week. Notable additions include $7.1 billion for a Pacific Defense Initiative, $4 billion for the European Defense Initiative, and removing female Selective Service registration from the final version. Overall spending increased by $25 billion above the President’s original request.
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China -
Chinese property giant Evergande has defaulted for the first time, Fitch Ratings agency said Thursday, as authorities scrambled to avoid contagion throughout the world’s second biggest economy. Fitch also declared Kaisa, a smaller property company but one of China’s most indebted, had defaulted on $400 million of bonds. More than 10 Chinese real estate firms have now defaulted in the second half of this year.
OBSERVATIONS - Impacts still to be seen in global markets. Part of the delay has been China’s efforts to mitigate any fallout from the failure.
China has been flying military aircraft into the Taiwan ADZ on nearly a daily basis. There have been no large number sortiess lately.
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India/China -
The Air version of Indian BrahMos supersonic cruise missile was successfully test fired from the supersonic fighter aircraft Sukhoi 30 MK-I at 1030 hrs from Integrated Test Range, Chandipur off the coast of Odisha on December 08, 2021.
OBSERVATION - This development has implications in the current standoff with China, providing India more flexibility in launching this standoff weapon that would be difficult for China to shoot down.
India’s Defense Chief General Bipin Rawat, his wife, and 11 other people were killed after a military helicopter they were traveling in crashed in the southern state of Tamil Nadu, the Indian Air Force (IAF) has said.
OBSERVATION - It is too early to tell how the death of Rawat will impact India’s defense posture along its disputed border with China.
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Russia -
Putin was dutifully unimpressed by biden’s threats from yesterday’s call. Russia continues to make preparations for war. The leverage is clearly on Russia’s side right now, taking advantage of weak Western leaders, political environment, energy crises, and their proximity to potential targets
Russian Chief of Staff Gerasimov at the meeting with Foreign military attaches, denied that Russia prepares to attack Ukraine, calls lies any information about it He further said 95% of Russian nuclear forces are ready for combat use and accused United States in training launches of cruise missiles against targets in Russia by strategic bombers
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Ukraine -
Biden said Wednesday he would not deploy US troops to Ukraine to deter a possible Russian invasion, telling reporters the option was “not on the table.”
For the first time, Kyiv’s City Hall has issued a public service announcement about bomb shelters, and emergency alert systems. On its Facebook page, City Hall shared this post by Deputy Mayor – Secretary of the Kyiv City Council Volodymyr Bondarenko.
State Dept spokesman stated that the US is coordinating with allies “to ensure that we’re operating from the same sheet of music, that we have a common understanding of Russia’s plans, but also to see to it that we have a common understanding of what would need to happen” if Russia invades Ukraine.
Recent Russian battle preparations include sustainment and medical assets arriving in Ukraine’s border regions. A Russian “flying hospital” moved from the Central Military District (Moscow) to Rostov-on-Don, well within the so-called “golden hour” for many combat casualties. The aircraft likely delivered not only medical supplies and personnel but could serve as a staging area for hospital operations and evacuations. This indicates Russia is prepared to take and treat casualties, something not seen as a component of recent military exercises.
Communications networks have been deploying closer to the Ukraine border, with some stations now broadcasting for the first time in two years.
OBSERVATION - Some analysts suggest that the Baltics, Romania, and Poland are likely to send troops to Ukraine in the event of invasion. This would trigger NATO and US involvement in combat. The recent Russian deployments seem to reinforce the assumption that Russia if going to invade no matter what, taking advantage of a weak and indecisive US and expected delayed response by NATO forces/countries. Putin claims he wants NATO eastward expansion to cease, but may actually get just the opposite if he attacks.
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Europe General -
Germany has tacitly agreed to cease gas flows from Russia’s NordStream I & II if Ukraine is invaded further. Their hesitance to agree is the result of a months-long scheme by Russia to reduce natural gas reserves in Europe. Winter storage levels are around 12-15% of capacity, meaning the Germans and several other European nations have mere weeks of fuel reserves. This will become a major geopolitical bargaining chip and touch-point for citizens in support of a conflict against Russia. Quality of life impacts will be felt immediately as rolling blackouts would become commonplace until at least the summer when alternative power sources become viable. (FO)
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Israel -
US official tells reuters Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz, is heading to DC this week, will discuss w Secretary of Defense Austin possible military exercises ahead of worst case scenarios in the event nuclear talks w Iran fail.
In one potential scenario Israeli strike plan in Iran will focus on 4 key sites: Isfahan, Arak, Fordow & Natanz,. IDF will mobilize over 100 planes for assault; satellites closely monitoring nuclear facilities to detect any changes and track Iranian progress.
Israel has completed its massive 30-foot wall at the Gaza Strip, and defense officials are calling it a “game-changer,” reports Newsmax Jerusalem correspondent Daniel Cohen.
The wall runs 40 miles, end-to-end, and covers the entire length of the Gaza Strip both above and underground.
“The barrier stops those who try to cross above ground and more importantly, below ground as well. [This is] an important countermeasure developed after Hamas militants used tunnels to blindside Israeli troops in a war in 2014.”
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Iran -
Biden administration is moving to tighten enforcement of sanctions against Iran, according to senior U.S. officials, the 1st sign of Washington increasing economic pressure on Tehran as diplomatic efforts to restore the 2015 nuclear deal falter.
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Iraq -
The Iraqi National Security Adviser announces the end of the combat missions of the international coalition forces in the country. This follows a Joint statement expected today on U.S. transition to non-combat roll in Iraq. “U.S. forces will remain in Iraq . in an advising assisting enabling an intelligence sharing role to support the Iraqi Security Forces in their fight against ISIS.”
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Poland -
Poland’s PM Morawiecki after a meeting with Italian PM Draghi in Rome: on Sunday I will call on chancellor Scholz not to succumb pressure from Russia and not to allow NordStream2 to be used as instrument for blackmail by Russia
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Belarus -
Belarus has opened a new military outpost on the border with Ukraine, near the town of Malorita in the Brest region. By the end of the year, the Belarusian Border Committee promises to open two more such outposts on the Belarusian-Ukrainian border.
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Black Swans -
Continuing in the inter webs are concerns that China may have hidden strategic rockets in containers stacked on ships around the world - particularly the US. This delivery method is not new, intial fears surfaced after 9/11 that Iran or Iraq could hide a simpler short range missile in the containers and launch against the US. Even the EMP concerns are relatively old. As I pointed out the last time I address this, such an attack does fit the Chinese asymetrical military doctrine of open warfare. Included in this are cyber and other attacks.
The uniformed have been quick to say the ‘big one’ is about to hit the Cascadia subduction zone due to a series of earthquakes hitting off the coast of Oregon, U.S. on December 7 and 8, 2021. The quakes are taking place at a shallow depth of about 10 km (6.2 miles), some 500 km (320 miles) W of Salem, Oregon.
These quakes are right lateral faults associated with the Blqnco Fault zone, a transform fault zone associated the the Juan De Fuca spreading zone. This spreading zone is on the western margin of the plate with the Cascadia zone on the eastern margin. Separated by distance, this swarm is unlikely to trigger the big one on their own. They do represent the active tectonic forces overall driving the plate beneath the Pacific Northwest which WILL trigger the next one. But on their own, don’t jump on the doom wagon.