Globalism / Great Reset –
JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon said in his annual shareholder letter Tuesday that the government may need to seize private property to advance clean energy initiatives.
Dimon discussed the need to quickly begin investing in solar projects and other green initiatives and suggested that the government should use eminent domain to seize property for those projects.
“At the same time, permitting reforms are desperately needed to allow investment to be done in any kind of timely way. We may even need to evoke [sic] eminent domain – we simply are not getting the adequate investments fast enough for grid, solar, wind and pipeline initiatives,” Dimon wrote.
https://dailycaller.com/2023/04/05/jpmorgan-ceo-jamie-dimon-eminent-domain-green-energy/
OBSERVATION – Coming soon to a community, farm or ranch near you.
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The CDC had said in documents and public statements that the goal of the new codes, in the International Classification of Diseases (ICD) system, was “to track people who are not immunized or only partially immunized.”
The CDC now says it does not have access to the data, but that health care systems do.
“The ICD codes were implemented in April 2022, however the CDC does not have any data on the codes and does not track this information,” CDC officials said in the emails.
CDC also stated that the WHO is the source of the creation of these codes.
OBSERVATION – Another step in the global tracking of individuals under the banner of the wuhan plandemic. Future Orwellian applications are more than readily apparent.
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According to reports quoting Russian lawmaker Alexander Babakov, the BRICS nations are in the process of creating a new medium for payments – established on a strategy that “does not defend the dollar or euro”. He reportedly indicated that the new currency would be secured by gold and other commodities such as rare-earth elements.
OBSERVATION – This could potentially impact the US dollar in about 3-5 years according to some ‘experts’, short a major, global event. The dollar has been the reserve currency of the world for a very long time and has been the leverage for many sanctions pushed by the US in recent years. Both Russia (facing current sanctions) and China (facing potential sanctions) are laying the ground work to mitigate sanctions. This will also challenge the US domination of the global commerce. Were the US dollar to lose its reserve currency status, an equivalent magnitude 10 earthquake would hit the US economy. Biden’s handling of foreign policy has accelerated the growing BRICS problem.
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The Fed just announced it will introduce its “FedNow” Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) in July. The Fed will initially limit its CBDC to interbank transactions .
OBSERVATION – Remember the phrase from over a decade ago -INCRAMENTALISM – here it is at work. The old frog in a pot. In this case, the fed is structuring the system for relatively quick switchover to the full fledged CBDC being forced on all persons for all transactions, with the eventual folding in of social credit score and programmed ‘allowable’ spending.
Wuhan virus –
See non-vax’d tracking under Globalism / Great Reset above.
CW2/Domestic violence –
DOJ admits that of the 13 Proud Boys involved with J6, eight or more of them were paid by the FBI to provide the government information about the group. The FBI was the majority of Proud Boys - only 5 are being prosecuted. The DoJ also admits that another 40 undercover agents were with the Proud Boys on J6 - from HSI - Homeland Security Investigations. The vast majority of the group was paid by the government as either W2 employees or CHS.
OBSERVATION – Being posted here under CW2 because it is evidence of the regime working to ferment events that would permit them to crack down on politicial opposition. Every and I mean EVERY patriot group must take measures to identify these agent provocateurs and remove them from their organization and neutralize any potential acts at rallies or other events.
Domestic / International Terror (modified)-
Situational awareness as Ramadan continues.
Strategic Activity / Deployments –
From June 12-23, NATO will execute “Air Defender 2023” with 10,000 troops and 220 aircraft across Europe. This exercise will be the largest the alliance has ever conducted and will include newly added Finland and Sweden. The Air National Guard from 35 U.S. states will send 100 aircraft and 2000 troops to participate.
POLITICAL FRONT –
More reverberations from the Trump indictment. Most interesting on my radar are DAs from red states looking into how they can apply the same to democrats.
China –
Speaker McCarthy met with Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen. China responded by sailing the Shandong Carrier Strike Group near Taiwan and demanding to board and inspect all vessels in the Taiwan Strait for the next three days. The exercise launched by China involves the deployment of forces to two zones to the east of Taiwan. There is nothing to prevent the Chinese from extending that period. Taiwan said it would refuse all boarding requests and contact the Taiwanese Coast Guard.
OBSERVATION – This is a serious escalation of pressure by China. The threat to board and inspect is a direct aggression not only towards Taiwan but internation shipping in general – much of which passes through the region. This is a borderline blockaide. Should the Taiwan CG respond to a forced boarding, shooting could commence.
The Nimitz CSG is currently exercising with S Korean forces and could be redeployed to the Taiwan region on short notice. This could turn into a game of chicken, one that biden may likely blink.
Russia -
WAR WATCH - into the second year of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine - Feb 24th, 2022
CURRENT ASSESSMENT
Russian forces have initiated an offensive who’s declared goals are to reach and secure the Luhansk and Donetsk oblast borders — an objective that Russian Chief of General Staff Army General Valery Gerasimov had also outlined on December 22, 2022. Troop and equipment build up is being noted
This offensive action is focused on several fronts –
1) the Svatove-Kreminna front,
2) Bahkmut region,
3) Donetsk region and
4) Zaporizhizhia Oblast around the town of Vuhledar.
Analysts are noting that the Russian offensive operations are winding down. Some offensive operation will continue to be attempted, however, a lot of assessment indicates they’ve lost the capability to sustain a credible offensive to try to capture the Donbas region having frittered away resources against Bahkmut.
Russia is also capable of launching cruise/ballistic missile attacks directed against Ukrainian infrastructure - primarily its power grid, but massively reduced inventories of such missiles means these barrages will be further apart.
While Russia has nuclear capability, the probability is low that any will be used in the near future.
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French diplomatic source: Macron urged Xi not to provide arms to Russia, Xi said it was not his war
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The head of Russia’s private Wagner militia said on Thursday that Ukrainian forces were not abandoning the city of Bakhmut but that, even if they did, he would need more support from the regular military before trying to advance further.
NOTE - One needs to hold this guy’s assessments and comments out at arms length. He is locked in a behind the doors knife fight with the MoD and he is leveraging his statement - essentially saying Wagner could win the war if the MoD would provide all the support it desires. Also note - Early in the war, internal Russian fighting for resources were one of many reasons their logistics go to constipated and couldn’t resupply their forces. See that they haven’t learned this lesson.
Ukraine -
WEATHER FORECAST – Temperatures with highs now reaching the 60’s with rain/snow over continuing over most of the forecast period.
24 HOUR ROUND UP –
Fighting around Avdiivka and Bakhmut still appears to be stalling ou for Russia. Zelensky yesterday said they were monitoring the situation in the city and will pull forces back should the situation require. Bakhmut is strategically important to Ukraine because of Russian doggedness and drive to capture the city – to gain a PR victory – because it is such a Russian meatgrinder. Clearly, Zelensky is weighing if the defense is reaching a point of diminishing returns as it is an economy of force operation and reinforcing it would take away forces being mustered for his offensive.
The Svatove-Kreminna, Zaporizhizhia and Crimean fronts were relatively quiet, with mostly scattered and sporatic Russian artillery strikes.
OUTLOOK –
Expect fighting in Avdiivka and Bakhmut to increase when weather improves. Delays in Russia’s pressing of attacks takes away from its initiative/momentum and gives Ukraine a chance to regroup and reorganize.
Reported removal of Mig-31K from Belarus (see below) has interesting implementations regarding if Russia has sufficient “hypersonic” missiles these air craft are designed to carry.
Speaking of missile strikes, the likelihood of a new barrage is increasing and perhaps they will try targeting assembly areas of the units Ukraine is putting together for their offensive. Ukraine must execute excellent OPSEC and not get lax.
Belarus -
Russia reportedly moving all 3 Mig-31K from Belarus back to Russia
Israel –
A barrage of about 34 (100?) missiles were launched from southern Lebanon in 10 minutes at N Israel overnight by Islamic factions (PIJ likely included) not technically affiliated with Hezebollah. Israeli news sources state that most of the rockets fired from Lebanon are Katyusha and Grad models. A few rockets were also reported being fired from Gaza towards S Israel.
IDF Artillery fired retaliatory strikes. Northern airspace has been reportedly closed. At this stage Israeli airstrikes have not occurred nor have been ruled out. Hezebollah has warned against any retaliatory airstrikes.
UNIFIL have ordered their members to enter bomb shelters on the border.
Lebanon govt says it will open an investigation, in cooperation with UNIFIL, to find out who is responsible for launching the rockets.
OBSERVATION – Today is the start of Passover – so the timing is clear. Hamas and PIJ elements in Gaza are quiet, allowing affiliated groups in Lebanon to do their dirty work.
In 2021 and 2022 rockets were launched from Lebanon into Israel. They do so under a limited umbrella of protection by Hezebollah who lets nothing happen without their approval. However, it seems this is the largest attack from Lebanon by non-Hezebollah forces to date.
The current use of artillery vs air strikes suggests that Israel is not trying to escalate the situation. Primary since this is Passover. Were this any other time, I suspect Israel would be more aggressive in its retaliation.
Iran –
Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman: The Foreign Minister’s meeting with his Saudi counterpart was positive, and it can be said that official relations between the two countries have been activated.
OBSERVATION – This is one of the many biden foreign policies “mistakes” (I don’t think they are mistakes, but deliberate) that are making the world a less safer place.
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Student poisonings have resumed in Iran, indicating that the regime has failed to take the necessary security measures to permanently prevent these attacks.
OBSERVATION – The imans in Tehran mouthed a relaxation of policies, but now are resuming giving the blind eye to hardliners in their group to continue to attack young women as a way to oppress them. This will only add more fuel to the fire when the populace finally explodes.
Lebanon -
See Islamic radical factions firing rockets on Israel below.
Saudi Arabia –
See Iran on restored diplomatic relations.
Mexico -
Mexican president essentially called the US a “Banana Republic” in regards to the politically inspired indictments of Trump
Misc of Note –
There have been at least 478 tornado reports across 25 states so far this year and that’s double the average for this point in a year.
OBSERVATION – We are transitioning out of a prolonged La Nina cycle towards a potential El Nino. The weather will be unsettled for the year across the country. Be ready and situationally aware.
Also, with substantially above average snowpack across the west, increasing concerns of spring flooding are going up. If you are on a flood plain – get your act together now for potential evacuation.
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Happy Good Friday to all Christians out there. Today we recognize the great price paid for our lives to cancel out sin. I recommend any who have doubts about just how high a price that was paid should sit down and watch the “Passion”. I will, just to remind myself again.
Globalism / Great Reset –
The UK just announced it wants to force farmers to feed their cows red seaweed based ‘methane blockers’ to stop them from farting and burping. Guess who invested $12m into a company that produces red seaweed methane blockers 2 months ago?
Bill Gates.
Wuhan virus –
Missed this in yesterday’s post –
On April 3, 2023, the now retired Dr. Fauci made an appearance at a townhall discussion with Jim Acosta at James Madison University. In the discussion, Dr. Fauci states that “there will absolutely be an outbreak of another pandemic.” He then suggests it could be “next year” or it could be in our “grandchildren’s lifetimes.”
Economy –
Total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 236,000 in March, and the unemployment rate changed little at 3.5%, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.
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West Texas is one month away from cotton planting season, but the land is so dry farmers fear they won’t even be able to plant. Travis Mires, a farmer in O’Donnell, Texas, said, “I’ve been farming for 40-something years, and last year was the first year I didn’t have a row of cotton on any of my farms. We didn’t even get our irrigated up. Without some help from mother nature, with our limited irrigation, we can’t grow a crop.”
OBSERVATION – Drought conditions have eased for most of the rest of the west. Continuing drought conditions are hitting Colorado, New Mexico, Nebraska, Oklahoma, and Kansas. Wheat crops are especially at risk.
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The Pacific Fishery Management Council on Thursday approved the closure of the 2023 season for all commercial and most recreational chinook fishing along the coast from Cape Falcon in northern Oregon to the California-Mexico border. Limited recreational salmon fishing will be allowed off southern Oregon in the fall.
“The forecasts for Chinook returning to California rivers this year are near record lows,” Council Chair Marc Gorelnik said after the vote in a news release. “The poor conditions in the freshwater environment that contributed to these low forecasted returns are unfortunately not something that the Council can, or has authority to, control.”
OBSERVATION – If you like salmon – better stock up now as there will be shortages in the coming months with even higher prices.
Invasion of Illegals –
Recent tweet by Border Patrol Chief Raul Ortiz that in the last 48 hours, 10,070 apprehensions were made. These included 5 sex offenders, 4 outstanding warrants, and one gang member. There were tens of pounds of drugs confiscated including Fentanyl, Ecstasy, Meth, and Cocaine. Firearms and stolen vehicles were recovered, too.
Border agents in Texas have encountered several large groups in recent weeks. The agency considers groups of more than 100 “large groups.”
Also on Monday, agents in El Paso uncovered two stash houses holding 146 migrants in the city’s Lower Valley.
OBSERVATION – Remember, Title 42 is still in effect for a little while longer. Illegal immigration observers are noting a significant rise in other countries arriving in border areas ready to take advantage of the even greater open border.
Biden / Harris watch –
Strong Intelligence indicates IRA factions plotting terror attacks against police officers ahead of Joe Biden and Rishi Sunak’s arrival in Northern Ireland to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement
OBSERVATION – IRA still around? And why is biden going to Ireland anyway with all the dumpster fires hitting the country and world? Oh that’s why.
CW2/Domestic violence –
Preface for today – violence created by Transtifa is the new BLM/Antifa violence threat to America now. Granted, Antifa will be there hand in hand, any event that pushes back against the radical Transtifa agenda will be met by violence from trans activists (backed by Antifa). There are indicators that Transtifa will resort to lethal methods to push their agenda.
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Two Tennessee Democrats were expelled from the Tennessee General Assembly by the Republican supermajority-controlled House of Representatives on Thursday. The third state representative facing expulsion held her seat by a margin of only one vote on a historic day in the Tennessee legislature. The close vote came as a shock, as eight Republican lawmakers broke ranks to vote against the expulsion of Rep. Gloria Johnson of Knox County.
Resolutions to expel the members were introduced on April 3 after the lawmakers led protesters with a bullhorn in chants calling for tighter restrictions on gun rights while on the House floor. This came after the deadly Covenant School shooting in Nashville the week before.
OBSERVATION – This could be the start of a significant push back against leftist terror at the state level. I certainly hope this is the case as republicans have been too spineless over the year to give the democrats a taste of their own medicine. Dem Johnson claims her retention was an act of racism. Funny, I don’t see her resigning any time soon.
The hybred leftist protest of pro-trans / anti gun is exposing the riot manifest of the left for this coming summer (and beyond?). The transtifa elements are increasingly violent and this is not good see below.
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Violent trans radicals assaulted Riley Gaines at a TPUSA event on campus at SFSU tonight. She is still barricaded inside an undisclosed location as they work to get her to safety. Videos show her being assaulted by men claiming to be ‘women’ as she is hurried to a safe room. Her guilt is speaking out against men participating in women’s swimming events.
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The Biden Education Department just dropped new Title IX rules that bar schools that receive federal funding from enforcing policies that ban biological males from playing girl’s sports. The proposed regulations must undergo a period of public comment before they become law. It would ban schools from categorically students from competing with the sex they identify as but give room for schools to consider “fairness” for older students.
Even with this threat, more states are barring biological men from women’s sporting events.
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William Whitworth, a 19-year-old male who claims to be female and goes by the name “Lilly,” has been arrested in Colorado Springs, Colo., after threatening various local schools. Whitworth has been charged with two counts of criminal attempt to commit murder in the first degree, as well as criminal mischief, menacing, and more.
When the deputies asked Whitworth if he was planning to shoot up a school, he nodded. When they asked him why he would do such a thing, Whitworth replied: “Why does anyone do it?” He was then asked if he planned this massacre at Timberview Middle School, which he had attended, and he nodded again. Asked why he picked that school, he mumbled: “No specific reason.” He added that he also planned shootings at local churches.
OBSERVATION – Recent Transtifa and other leftist rhetoric (even from the WH) is encouraging this kind of violent behavior.
Domestic / International Terror (modified)-
Situational awareness as Ramadan continues.
Strategic Activity / Deployments –
The Nimitz Strike Group is moving to the Philippine Sea with one carrier, at least three destroyers, and a cruiser following the S Korean exercises.
POLITICAL FRONT –
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced he is stepping in to challenge the Democratic incumbent for his party’s nomination in the upcoming presidential election.
OBSERVATION – Very interesting development. From what I’ve been able to gather he is a moderate which puts him very much to the far right of most of today’s democrat party. Will this accelerate the Marxist left’s discarding of biden in exchange for Newsom?
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Manhattan DA removed the Trump indictment from its site on the *same* morning that Jim Jordan subpoenaed former Manhattan DA Mark Pomerantz to testify about why he resigned last yr over Bragg dropping Trump charges.
The subpoena directs Pomerantz to appear before the committee April 20th.
OBSERVATION – The saga continues. Is Bragg feeling more heat?
Russia -
WAR WATCH - into the second year of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine - Feb 24th, 2022
CURRENT ASSESSMENT
Russian forces have initiated an offensive who’s declared goals are to reach and secure the Luhansk and Donetsk oblast borders — an objective that Russian Chief of General Staff Army General Valery Gerasimov had also outlined on December 22, 2022. Troop and equipment build up is being noted
This offensive action is focused on several fronts –
1) the Svatove-Kreminna front,
2) Bahkmut region,
3) Donetsk region and
4) Zaporizhizhia Oblast around the town of Vuhledar.
Analysts are noting that the Russian offensive operations are winding down. Some offensive operation will continue to be attempted, however, a lot of assessment indicates they’ve lost the capability to sustain a credible offensive to try to capture the Donbas region having frittered away resources against Bahkmut.
Russia is also capable of launching cruise/ballistic missile attacks directed against Ukrainian infrastructure - primarily its power grid, but massively reduced inventories of such missiles means these barrages will be further apart.
While Russia has nuclear capability, the probability is low that any will be used in the near future.
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There appears to be a religious conflict brewing in Russia between Muslims & Christians, which erupted after protests started against the constructions of a mega-mosque in Moscow. Overnight, militants attacked Russian security forces in 2 villages in Ingushetia. 2 policemen killed,6 wounded. Muslims also burned down an orthodox church in Russia a few days ago.
Logistics –
Russian forces may have withdrawn equipment from occupied Crimea for redeployment elsewhere in southern Ukraine. Satellite imagery shows the withdrawal of a significant amount of armored fighting vehicles, tanks, and towed artillery systems from a depot in Medvedivka (20km northeast of Dzhankoy along the M18 highway) between March 17 and April 5. Some analysts believe it is in response to growing concerns over Ukraine’s planned offensive.
Ukraine -
WEATHER FORECAST – Temperatures with highs now reaching the 60’s with rain/snow over continuing over most of the forecast period.
24 HOUR ROUND UP –
Fighting around Avdiivka and Bakhmut continues. . Russian forces are conducting frontal attacks again to try to gain ground in the central part of Bakhmut and may have had some success by seizing portions of the west bank of the Bakhmutka River. Rumors are that Wagner forces are being rotated out of the Bakhmut fight and ‘top line’ Russian forces replacing them. Those rumors have occurred in the past and Wagner was never pulled out.
The Svatove-Kreminna, Zaporizhizhia and Crimean fronts were relatively quiet, with mostly scattered and sporatic Russian artillery strikes.
OUTLOOK –
Expect fighting in Avdiivka and Bakhmut to continue, but no significant breakouts by Russia. Ukraine still holding the option to stage a strategic withdrawal from Bakhmut if necessary, but that doesn’t seem imminent. Lesser withdrawal are likely as Ukraine continues to execute an economy of force – defense in depth operation that is tying up (and chewing up) Russian units.
Israel –
Fighting got hot overnight as Israel struck Hamas and related targets in Gaza and the Islamic groups retaliated with largely ineffective rocket fire, followed by more Israeli airstrikes.
IDF confirms it struck Hamas targets in Southern Lebanon and says that it holds Lebanon responsible for attacks from its soil. Air strikes on Hamas related facilities in Lebanon occurred near the Rashidieh camp in southern Lebanon near Tyre. The barrage of rockets from Lebanon was the biggest launch in 17 years.
Hezbollah affiliated media Al Mayadeen Live report that “The resistance has put it’s long-range missile units on high alert”. “If Israel attacks [Lebanon], we will bomb Haifa”
Israel’s chief of staff has ordered the “mobilization of reserves with an emphasis on the air defense and offensive formations of the Air Force”.
U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem alerts U.S. government employees to avoid all travel above Highway 85 and Highway 87 in northern Israel, approximately 18 kilometers from the Israel-Lebanon border.
OBSERVATION – Israel is dancing carefully with strikes in Lebanon – it is essentially controlled by Hezbollah. Lebanese military interestingly enough (see Lebanon below) appears to be very aggressive in identifying the Hamas-related terror cell launch sites. These smaller terror groups are a thorn in the side of Hezbollah as well as the Lebanese people in general, so I suspect that they are taking the opportunity to do some house cleaning. Can’t say just how high Hamas is willing to escalate things to, but Israel is taking precautions to deal with it. Reportedly additional Iron Dome units have been deployed in northern and southern areas of Israel and Tel Aviv in particular (only Hezbollah has rockets capable of hitting). However, direct conflict with Hezbollah is not in the immediate picture. That could change in a heart beat though.
Lebanon -
The Lebanese Army - Rocket launchers and rockets ready for launch were found in the south of the country, and work is underway to dismantle them. The Lebanese Army also issued a statement saying rockets targeting northern Israel were launched from the towns of Qlaileh, al-Maaliyah, and Zibqin.
OBSERVATION – Example of cooperation by the Lebanese Army who really don’t want to get into a scrum with Israel.
Syria -
Syrian opposition sources report that the “alert level” has been raised among Palestinian factions in Syria. Also claims that Iranian militias have evacuated outposts in the vicinity of Damascus Int. airport. Confirmation is still pending.
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The Saudis have invited Bashir Assad, the Iran backed Syrian leader to the next Arab League meeting on May 19th. This one is being held in Saudi Arabia. In late 2021 Syria was invited to attend the March 2022 Arab League meeting of all 22 members. President Assad has been negotiating with Arab League members since 2017 about abandoning Iran and rejoining the league.
OBSERVATION – This change is believed to be due to the ongoing renewal of diplomatic relations between Iran and Saudi Arabia.