I’m not commenting of a lot of today’s post. Got a SAR callout last night and didn’t get home until oh dark thirty this morning. Most of the snippets speak for themselves though.
Globalism / Great Reset –
Dissension in the ranks!!! - COP28 president Sultan Al Jaber says there is “no science” behind demands for phase-out of fossil fuels “unless you want to take the world back into caves.
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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced a digital agreement with the European Union (EU) to advance the implementation of a digital identification system and to counter online “disinformation.”
Under the agreement, both Canada and the EU will “work jointly in building on respective bilateral and multilateral cooperation fora such as the G7, G20, OECD, UN and WTO.”
Trudeau has repeatedly shown his loyalty to both EU and United Nation (UN) goals, apparently placing them above the well-being of Canadians.
Economy –
Qualcomm has revealed plans to chop scores of jobs in the Bay Area, cutbacks that have brought the region’s tech layoffs to a grim economic benchmark. …During 2022 and so far in 2023, tech companies have revealed plans to eliminate more than 30,000 jobs in the Bay Area, With the new job cuts the Bay Area has now passed a forbidding milestone for tech layoffs.
CW2 / Domestic violence - Heightened THREAT
Tulsi Gabbard. on X posted -
“By claiming ‘Trump will be like Hitler,’ neocons & Dem establishment rationalize their weaponizing of govt agencies, embolden those in power to further abuse their power, and may encourage a lone wolf to do what people say should have been done to Hitler before he took power. We must send a very direct & clear message at the voting booth that we completely reject these anti-Americans.”
OBSERVATION - Kinda what Ive been saying about the left’s labeling of the right across the spectrum. Preparing the information and the mental/propaganda battlefield.
Wuhan and other “new” Plandemics – HEIGHTENED ALERT STATUS
Multiple lawsuits are looming over Pfizer after the vaccine manufacturer allegedly failed to disclose a specific DNA sequence in their COVID vaccine. Fraud
Biden / Harris Watch –
Harris tells world leaders they “must do more” to fight against those who “deny climate science.”
Russia -
WAR WATCH - into the second year of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine - Feb 24th, 2022
CURRENT ASSESSMENT - Updated Nov 12, 2023
Russia is struggling to gain the initiative on several fronts in easter Ukraine. Attacks to take Adviivka, located near occupied Donetsk has been their priority as well as further north. However, it is on a defensive footing across most of Ukraine.
The Russian army has lost a considerable amount of armor/tanks and personnel in the fight to take Adviivka, causing that offensive to stall considerably and resort to “meat” attacks.
With the arrival of the muddy season, significant offensive actions by Russia are unlikely.
Ukrainian action has forced Russia to move forces laterally to meet the Ukraine advance - thinning critical portions of the line and making them vulnerable to assault.
Russia’s strategic ballistic and cruise missiles continue to show evidence of massively reduced inventories. With the onset of winter, it is believed that Russian is shepherding its stockpile of missiles/drones for an effort to take down the Ukraine power grid as it did last year. This task has become increasingly difficult as Ukraine adds air defense systems and gets better coverage.
The Russian Black Sea fleet is is essentially impotent and hesitant to deploy into now contested waters. Ukraine’s recent attacks on ships in Crimean harbors has forced the majority of the fleet to redeploying out of Crimea and to Russian bases, about 600 Km further away from the front lines.
Russian leadership reportedly planning for a long duration conflict, hoping to wear the Ukraine army down and cause European allies to tire of their support - forcing some sort of cease fire and negotiated peace.
Ukraine –
WEATHER FORECAST – Temps in the 30 -40 degree range with rain and/or snow across the forecast period.
24 HOUR ROUND UP –
Ukrainian Air defense shot down 18 of 23 Shahed drones and Kh-59 missile.
Russian Territory –
3 explosions were reported near Rostov on Don
Outlook —-
Weather and mud conditions are dictating operations. Ground action currently at a minimum but is expected to increase as precipitation decreases and the ground starts to dry or freeze. Also seems that Russia has been able to restore some of their artillery capabilities and focusing on the eastern and southern fronts.
ISRAEL –
Key overnight developments -
- The Israeli military says it’s expanding its ground operation into “all areas” of the Gaza Strip
- Houthi attack two commercial ships and a US Destroyer in the Red Sea.
GENERAL ——————————-
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pledged not to repeat the mistakes made under the Oslo Accords by allowing the Palestinian Authority to return to Gaza after its military campaign to oust Hamas from that enclave is over. “One thing for sure I am not doing. I am not ready to delude myself to say that the defective act that took place under Oslo through a terrible error” must now take place a second time with the return of a “hostile entity” to Gaza and the West Bank, he told reporters on Saturday night.
GAZA FRONT ———————————-
The Israeli army began to operate on the ground using ground forces also in the south of the Gaza Strip, north of Khan Yunis. There are armored forces in the area that have already begun to operate and attack Hamas targets.
Israel Defense Forces (IDF) launched the ground operation in southern Gaza, as combat against Hamas jihadists continues in the northern part of the Strip, Chief of General Staff Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi confirmed on Sunday.
Speaking to troops in southern Israel, Halevi said “yesterday, today, we wiped out Hamas battalion commanders and operatives. Yesterday morning we launched the same type of ground operation in the south of the Gaza Strip.”
“It will be no less powerful than in northern Gaza, it will produce comparable results,” Halevi added. “The Hamas commanders will face IDF everywhere they go.”
Reports that an armor brigade has penetrated from Israel into the central portion of the S Gaza section- essentially cutting S Gaza in half. The tip of the penetration is the eastern portions of Khan Yunis.
LEBANON / HEZBOLLAH——————————-
Eleven IDF soldiers and one Israeli civilian were wounded by a Hezbollah anti-tank missile on Sunday that struck a vehicle in the Beit Hillel area. IDF artillery hit the source of the fire, while other Hezbollah locations were struck by the air force.
SYRIA / HEZBOLLAH / IRAN———————————-
Syrian reports that Israel attacked a location in the Quneitra countryside earlier today following rocket fire into Israeli territory
WEST BANK——————————-
Israeli security forces stormed Askar camp, east of Nablus.
“ISLAMIC RESISTANCE” ———————————
Iranian Sources are reporting that at least 5 Members of the Islamic Resistance in Iraq have been Killed as a result of a U.S. Airstrike near Kirkuk in Northern Iraq; the Islamic Resistance is Responsible for almost 100 Attacks on U.S. Forces in Iraq and Syria since October 7th.
Iranian militia targeted the Al-Omar Oil Field military base & the Green Village east of Deir ez-Zur
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US Central Command: We will discuss with partners all ways to respond to Houthi attacks.
Destroyer USS Carney (DDG-64) shot down three drones in the Red Sea on Sunday while responding to distress calls from several commercial vessels that were attacked by missiles originating in Yemen, according to U.S. Central Command.
“At approximately 9:15 a.m. Sanaa time, Carney detected an anti-ship ballistic missile attack fired from Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen toward the M/V Unity Explorer, impacting in the vicinity of the vessel,” CENTCOM said in a statement.
Several hours later, Carney downed a drone originating from a Houthi-controlled part of Yemen.
“The drone was headed toward Carney although its specific target is not clear. We cannot assess at this time whether the Carney was a target of the UAVs. There was no damage to the U.S. vessel or injuries to personnel,” the statement continued.
About a half hour after Carney shot down the first drone, Unity Explorer put out a distress call, saying a missile originating from Houthi-controlled Yemen hit the bulk carrier. While evaluating damage to Unity Explorer, Carney shot down another drone. There was no damage to the destroyer and no injuries on either ship, but Unity Explorer sustained “minor damage” in the earlier missile strike, according to the CENTCOM statement.
About three hours later, a missile from a Houthi-controlled part of Yemen hit a second commercial ship, M/V Number 9. The ship sustained some damage, but did not experience any casualties.
One hour after the attack on M/V Number 9, bulk carrier M/V Sophie II put out a distress call after getting hit by a missile while operating in the Red Sea.
The Israelis reportedly will deploy several navy vessels and a submarine to the Red Sea, in light of the strikes against shipping in the region by the Houthi.
FORECAST ————————-
Bottom Line Up Front (BLUF) - Israel resumes the methodical elimination of Hamas forces in the north while expanding ground operations in S Gaza.
Israel has likely caught Hamas flat footed with the armor incursion into S Gaza. While the IDF announces that it is a large as the effort north, this appears to be a strong recon in force. This is similar to initial operations in N Gaza. This action is a lot sooner than many had expected.
How quickly IDF will transition from recon in force to full out invasion of the south remains to be seen, but if it follows the pattern in the north, that could easily be by the end of this week.
Clean up operations in the north progress. Hamas still has limited capabilities to launch rockets but after the several barrages after the fighting resumed, their attacks have greatly diminished.
IDF continues to hit a broad range of Hezbollah targets along the border region and is refraining from going after deeper targets. Much of the Hezbollah attacks are essentially harassment fire utilizing ATGMs.
Houthi attacks in the Red Sea have gotten bolder and the time is come to bloody their nose. About 10% of global shipping goes thru the Red Seat to/from the Suez canal and any escalation in attacks could cause shippers to divert around the horn of Africa, increasing shipping time and costs. A ‘proportionate’ retaliatory strike would not be enough to dissuade the Houthi’s continued attacks.
Finally, globally, the call to minimize civilian casualties in Gaza is the key bleat to try to muzzle Israeli attacks throughout Gaza. So far the reverberations from the testimony of the released hostages and the Hamas attitude towards the remaining have dampened a lot of the PR campaign against Israel, IMHO. This will not last long as the drum beat of lies will cycle up. One example has been the use of dolls by Hamas PR to represent dead children from IDF attacks.
Venezuela - Increasing
Venezuelans have approved a referendum called by the government of President Nicolás Maduro to claim sovereignty over an oil- and mineral-rich piece of neighbouring Guyana, the country’s electoral authority announced.
Few voters could be seen at voting centres, but the National Electoral Council claimed more than 10.5 million ballots were cast in the country of 20 million eligible voters.
Venezuela has long argued the territory, which comprises two-thirds of Guyana, was stolen when the border was drawn more than a century ago. But Guyana considers the referendum a step toward annexation, and the vote has its residents on edge.
OBSERVATION - Key drivers - weak US foreign policy but perhaps even bigger is the recent large oil deposits found off shore of the now disputed territory. Maduro is looking to expand Venezuela’s power in the region and this is likely his first step.
OTOH, this action may instigate other territorial ‘expansions’ by other countries in Central and S America - potentially creating a number of local/regional conflicts.
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Globalism / Great Reset –
More COP28 snippets -
Though massive contributors of carbon dioxide, China and India demand to be exempted from any cuts in their coal plants and in stead actually want to be recipients of funding from the multi trillion dollar “loss and damage fund”
Instead of being forced to contribute to the fund, China and India, argue their high levels of emissions are a recent development when compared to the historic emissions of developed countries like the US and the UK.
OBSERVATION - This stance not to reduce has been the cornerstone of China and India for a considerable time now, and doesn’t look to change any time soon. Both China and India are facing serious economic issues and to suddenly shift their economy from reliable coal power to unreliable solar/wind would be devastating - as the US and the rest of the world is just starting to find out. This makes the COP another joke.
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New Prime Minister of Slovakia Rejects Signing the WHO Pandemic Treaty.
Prime Minister Robert Fico calls the WHO Pandemic Treaty “nonsense invented by greedy pharma companies.”
He also said, “One study after another confirms the scandalous consequences of mass vaccination with untested experimental vaccines.”
OBSERVATION - This is another of the countries that has woken up to the threat posed by the WHO treaty. As the number grows, implementation of the ‘treaty’s’ enforcement clauses become more difficult. However, with the big countries and the EU supporting it, Slovakia may be forced to capitulate to a degree as the treaty modification will not be made to allow any dissent.
Economy –
Continued mixed signals from economic forecasters of major investment firms. Most note that the economy is in uncharted waters, still suffering aftershocks from the wuhan shut down, inflation and the record rate hikes by the fed. The tea leaves in some instances bring hope, but only if govt doesn’t screw things up further.
CW2 / Domestic violence - Heightened THREAT
Antisemitic mobs of pro-Palestinian protesters are increasingly seeking out and targeting Jewish owned/operated businesses in the US (concentrated in major cities) for protests and vandalism. They are often very threatening for follow on violence against the business owners as well as customers. So far law enforcement has taken very little action against these threats.
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“The resurgence of public protests in support of Hamas has revealed a disturbing truth: the left-wing rioting following George Floyd’s death in 2020 was not an anomaly, but a tactic that activists can repurpose for any cause. Whether by coincidence or design, these recent outbursts could be a dress rehearsal for possible violence during next year’s election campaign.”
“Progressives are restless and ready. Left-wing activists have established a constellation of institutions to support public demonstrations. Protest NGOs, media entities, research centers, black-bloc (Antifa) networks, and bail funds are all finely tuned to mobilize mass movements. The Left carefully manages its licit and illicit factions: progressive political leaders tacitly delegate the dirty work to anarchist and racialist factions, which can change costumes—for example, from a BLM mask to a Palestinian keffiyeh—at any moment.”
https://www.city-journal.org/article/will-it-be-riot-season-again-in-2024
OBSERVATION - I’ve noted that the violent left has finally found its cause in the pro-hamas protest efforts. As the article accurately notes and has been reported during the 2020 riots, Antifa et al has developed a detailed operation to support its protests, and that has already been seen with the recent pro-hamas events.
One aspect that is different this year are the threats of violence directed towards the Democrat Nat’l convention in Chicago next year. I remember the last time riots were directed against the dem’s there - very ugly.
Overall, the level of violence could easily exceed that of the 2020 riots. The conditions are ripe for a perfect storm scenario.
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Doomsday “prepping” is seeping into the mainstream as Americans of all ages and political persuasions are becoming increasingly worried ahead of the 2024 presidential election about the prospect of a civil war.
Hoarding food, water and weapons was once associated with libertarian extremists, but as a rematch between President Biden and his predecessor, former President Donald Trump, seems all but inevitable in 2024, prepping has become a bipartisan activity, according to a Monday USA Today report.
OBSERVATION - This trend really hit when the wuhan plandemic hit. Watching the events unroll in the people’s republic of kalifornia - seeing with well to do ‘bug out’ as well as watching the grocery rush (yes, I just went to the stores in part just to see how people were reacting) was educational. On its heels, the massive BLM/Antifa rioting leading up to the election drove many, both on the right and left, to arm up as well.
This year with the potential pro-hamas rooted riot potential combined with a ‘white lung syndrome’ epidemic with some calling for wuhan like lockdown/shut down, 2024 may be the worst year our generation has experienced ever.
However, the prepping is just another gauge of public sentiment in regards to a potential civil war and massive political and ethnic uprisings.
Wuhan and other “new” Plandemics – HEIGHTENED ALERT STATUS
The recent findings of DNA fragments in the Pfizer and Moderna Covid-19 vaccines has led many to question why the FDA, which is responsible for monitoring the quality and safety of the vaccines, has failed to sound the alarm.
For years, the FDA has known about the risk posed by residual DNA in vaccines. Its own guidance to industry states:
“Residual DNA might be a risk to your final product because of oncogenic and/or infectivity potential. There are several potential mechanisms by which residual DNA could be oncogenic, including the integration and expression of encoded oncogenes or insertional mutagenesis following DNA integration.”
Put simply, the FDA acknowledges the possibility that fragments of DNA left over by the manufacturing process can be incorporated into a patient’s own DNA, to potentially cause cancer.
With all the new info coming out on the DNA contamination in the mRNA jabs, the FDA has essentially shut down further outside inquires.
https://brownstone.org/articles/fda-shuts-down-enquiries-about-dna-contamination-in-covid-vaccines/
OBSERVATION - This silence is not to last long as FOIA demands and lawsuits will breach the FDA’s defenses. At the very least, the FDA’s allowance of Pfizer to go forward is a serious lapse of regulatory practice. At the very worst, it is conspiracy to place a deadly concoction on the market where the jabs were mandated on sections of the population.
POLITICAL FRONT –
A big driver of division has been seen in the democrat party is between pro and anti Israel factions (a driver for the potential of a ‘hot’ violence scenario this next year). There has been a similar split developing on the republican side as well, now being seen by a rise in the ‘both sides are wrong’ argument. Some of this split is derived from the ‘America First’ elements that want to withdraw from nearly all of the US’s foreign commitments and policies. Republican stance (and according to polls, independents) continues to be strongly supportive of Israel - far more than democrats. This broader support maybe what is preventing a more vitriol split in the republicans as currently demonstrated by democrats.
Going into 2024, this pro/anti split is so far hurting the democrats in that there are large elements of the anti-Israel/pro-Hamas faction threatening to sit out the election and not vote democrat unless support for Israel is stopped.
Biden / Harris Watch –
President Biden received a recurring payment of $1,380 from his son Hunter’s law firm beginning in late 2018 shortly after a bank money laundering officer warned that the same account was receiving millions of dollars in Chinese government-linked funds without “any services rendered.”
OBSERVATION - The evidence continues to pile up and the lack of cover up by the MSM seems to be more evidence of a movement to get biden to fade away from the 2024 election and permit a fresher face without the criminal luggage.
Regardless, biden will not face indictment or impeachment - the deep state wagons are being drawn tightly around him and hunter. Too much damage will hit the democrats in the 2024 election cycle if any serous prosecution - beside house hearings -occurs
Cyber attacks/warfare – HEIGHTENED ALERT
According to a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report released yesterday, 20 out of 23 federal agencies failed to meet cyber incident tracking requirements required by law, and 17 of those agencies were not tracking cyber incidents at all.
OBSERVATION - incompetent or deliberate, our national computer networks are increasingly become more vulnerable.
Illegal Immigration –
The numbers of illegals coming from China has spiked by a couple orders of magnitude this year. Most are military aged males, well equipped when captured and highly disciplined.
OBSERVATION - Continued big red flags on this one.
China –
The Chinese military said that an American naval ship had ‘illegally intruded’ on Monday into waters near the Second Thomas Shoal, the site of a hot territorial dispute between China and the Philippines in the South China Sea.
A Chinese naval force was mobilized to track the USS Gabrielle Giffords during the operation, according to a statement from the People’s Liberation Army Southern Theater.
The U.S. Navy’s 7th Fleet said the ship ‘was conducting routine operations in international waters ... consistent with international law.’
North/South Korea –
NK’s more belligerent posture and actions are increasing concerns of a renewal of combat in the peninsula - not just if but when.
Kim’s sister slammed the US by saying NK is not afraid of a nation that cannot tell a woman from a man.
Japan –
Japan is in the process of building 24 new FFM (missile frigates – to be called the Mogami class). These are being procured in two batches of twelve each. Japan presently has only ten frigates.
OBSERVATION - Details about these new frigates show the japanese giving a lot of thought into the design and mult-roles for these vessels. They are to be very flexible and lethal.
Russia -
WAR WATCH - into the second year of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine - Feb 24th, 2022
CURRENT ASSESSMENT - Updated Nov 12, 2023
Russia is struggling to gain the initiative on several fronts in easter Ukraine. Attacks to take Adviivka, located near occupied Donetsk has been their priority as well as further north. However, it is on a defensive footing across most of Ukraine.
The Russian army has lost a considerable amount of armor/tanks and personnel in the fight to take Adviivka, causing that offensive to stall considerably and resort to “meat” attacks.
With the arrival of the muddy season, significant offensive actions by Russia are unlikely.
Ukrainian action has forced Russia to move forces laterally to meet the Ukraine advance - thinning critical portions of the line and making them vulnerable to assault.
Russia’s strategic ballistic and cruise missiles continue to show evidence of massively reduced inventories. With the onset of winter, it is believed that Russian is shepherding its stockpile of missiles/drones for an effort to take down the Ukraine power grid as it did last year. This task has become increasingly difficult as Ukraine adds air defense systems and gets better coverage.
The Russian Black Sea fleet is is essentially impotent and hesitant to deploy into now contested waters. Ukraine’s recent attacks on ships in Crimean harbors has forced the majority of the fleet to redeploying out of Crimea and to Russian bases, about 600 Km further away from the front lines.
Russian leadership reportedly planning for a long duration conflict, hoping to wear the Ukraine army down and cause European allies to tire of their support - forcing some sort of cease fire and negotiated peace.
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Armenian officials have declined to attend this month’s Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) meeting in Moscow. The CSTO is Russia’s central Asian equivalent of NATO. Armenian was stung this year because Russia and the CSTO did not intervene in their border war with Azerbaijan. Armenian officials have also floated the idea of leaving the CSTO. Armenia is not the only member of CSTO to run contra to Moscow - Kazakhstan too has had a falling out with them as well.
Kerch Bridge update –
Unconfirmed reports of Ukrainian drone attacks against the Kerch Bridge. Locals report considerable ADA activity. Unknown if there is any damage.
Economic Impact –
Loss of manpower in the war continues to affect Russian industry efforts to sustain the war effort as workers are being drained while at the same time production demands are rising.
Ukraine –
WEATHER FORECAST – Temps in the 20-30 degree range with mostly cloudy conditions and more snow towards the end of the forecast period.
24 HOUR ROUND UP –
Unconfirmed reports that drones are attacking the Kersch Bridge. Reports of a lot of russian ADA activity.
Ukrainian air defense shot down 10 of 17 Shahed drones overnight.
Russian forces gained ground on the northern flank of the Adviivka salient.
Russian Ministry of Defense says 22 drones were shot down and 13 intercepted over Azov Sea and occupied Crimea. However, drones reportedly attacked oil base in Feodosiya and the Dzhankoy district, both in occupied Crimea overnight
An oil depot in occupied Luhansk was hit by Ukrainian drones last night.
Outlook —-
Weather and mud conditions are dictating operations. Most significant action continues to be the Adviivka area.
ISRAEL –
Key overnight developments -
- Ground operations is S Gaza continue to expand.
- IDF increasing pressures on remaining Hamas strongholds in the north.
GENERAL ——————————-
Unicef says there are “no safe zones” anywhere in Gaza, while the World Health Organization warns the situation gets “worse by the hour”
NOTE - These UN based and supported organization have received a lot of negative attention with the continued discovery of Hamas equipment of war being associated with their facilities or being aided by these personnel.
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Dr. Renana Eitan , one of the physicians treating the freed hostages, states that survivors are suffering from an unprecedented level of “extremely severe psychological abuse” endured during captivity.
“I can tell you that on behalf of all the medical and psychological teams treating those who return, the mental states we encountered have no precedent in medical literature. We feel that we have to rewrite the textbooks of post-trauma,” Dr. Renana Eitan told “Sunday Night in America.”
“Those held captive were subject to starvation, to beating, to sexual abuse. They were being held in inhumane sanitary conditions. Extremely severe psychological abuse was inflicted on them, including separation from family members, separation of siblings, separation of children from their mothers. They were held in solitary confinement and spent long days in total darkness until they developed severe hallucinations,” Eitan claimed. “Children were forced to watch brutal videos. They were under constant threats by weapons and threats to harm them even after they were released. They refer to the forced use of psychiatric drugs and other substances.”
https://harbingersdaily.com/israel-at-war-week-9/
RELATED - Sources in Israel and D.C. are saying that Hamas refused to release the remaining women and girls to Israel in the last tranche because Hamas did not want the world to find out what had happened to these women while in Palestinian captivity. Had the world heard and/or seen the truth it would have been as shocking as October 7th itself.
OBSERVATION - This treatment is consistent with similar treatment of hostages in the past.
GAZA FRONT ———————————-
In N Gaza, the Israelis move to complete their encirclement of Jabaliya and also begin to encircle Shajaiya.
In S Gaza, reports of intense fighting between Hamas and IDF as Israeli forces push towards Khan Yunis. The Israeli push has cut off the central N-S refugee evacuation route, Israel has been broadcasting to Gazans to use the costal escape route . Reports suggest that the IAF airstrikes in S Gaza and in particularly around Khan Yunis were as intense as any seen in N Gaza overnight.
Hamas and affiliated managed to get several rocket launches off overnight, but as before, with fewer rockets and longer interval between barrages.
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Israel is reportedly setting up large pumps on the coast that could be used to flood tunnels used by Hamas and other armed groups in Gaza and drive out fighters, according to a Wall Street Journal article.
In 2015, Egypt used seawater from the nearby Mediterranean to flood a network of hundreds of tunnels along its border with Gaza and end a flourishing smuggling trade.
The salt water would destroy electrical and other infrastructure as well as weaken the support walls, causing tunnel collapses.
Prior to the war, Hamas claimed that its tunnel network stretched 500km (310 miles).
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Palestinian sources have leaked a video of high- ranking Hamas figures fleeing their stronghold in Khan Younis arriving at a Gazan Hospital while their security is seen shouting to the crowd not to film the event. One person identified was Senior Hamas leader, Nizar Awadallah, was caught on video arriving at a hospital severely wounded.
It has been rumored he later died from his wounds but that is still pending confirmation.
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Situation map at the link below was made by Warmapper.org . It depicts the initial stages of the IDF ground attack into S Gaza as well as operations in the north.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GAiNnU9WAAAJBhF?format=jpg&name=4096x4096
LEBANON / HEZBOLLAH——————————-
Continued harassing fire from Hezbollah positions in Lebanon with Israeli counter fire from artillery and air strikes.
The Israeli army says a “hostile” drone that entered Israeli airspace from Lebanon crashed near the northern community of Margaliot earlier today. It says sappers are examining the device
WEST BANK——————————-
Israeli security forces continue to operate to capture Hamas and affiliated terrorists.
“ISLAMIC RESISTANCE” ———————————
CENTCOM: At approximately 2:15 p.m. on Dec. 3, 15 122mm rockets originating in Iraq were fired at the U.S. base Rumalyn Landing Zone in Syria. There were no injuries to personnel or damage to equipment.Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve located the point of origin with uncrewed ISR assets and passed the location to Iraqi Security Forces who moved to and investigated the site. A fuel truck modified to launch up to 20 rockets was located at the site
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U.S. National Security Advisor, Jake Sullivan stated today that the United States is currently attempting to Build a Maritime Task Force of Partner Nations to provide Protection to Commercial Shipping in the Red Sea and the Bab al-Mandab Strait, as a result of recent Attacks by the Houthi Terrorist Organization in Yemen.
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Calm now in the Yemeni Capital of Sanaa following what was claiming to have been the sound of at least 4 explosions in the city; the dause of the explosions and/or where they occurred is still not known.
INTERNATIONAL ——————————-
Emir of the State of Qatar: We are constantly working to extend the truce, but it is not a substitute for a permanent ceasefire
The Turkish President: We must work to establish an independent Palestinian state
France imposes sanctions on Hamas Gaza chief Yahya Sinwar
FORECAST ————————-
Bottom Line Up Front (BLUF) - Israel resumes the methodical elimination of Hamas forces throughout Gaza.
IDF ramps up the fight in S Gaza, they are having to tread a thin line because there are few areas for the civilians to go and Hamas will maximize them as shields.
Hamas PR continues to suffer from revelations on how they treated the hostages that were released and the cloud hangs over those remaining. Global pro-hamas protests have decreased in some intensity, particularly in Europe, in a push back from growing nationalist trends the protests have triggered.
Pressure is increasing IMHO on Egypt and Jordan to be pressure valves for refugees. Something like 22 arab nations and not a single one has openly announced that they’d take any refugees. They recognize the scorpion.
Venezuela - Increasing potential for war
“This referendum is binding and I abide by the decision of the people,” emphasized the head of state Maduro before the opinion matrix of international media that ignore the Venezuelan Constitution.
Maduro reiterates the ‘binding’ nature of the referendum on the Essequibo: “It is an overwhelming victory beyond any forecast”
OBSERVATION - Watching for any military build up by Venezuela as well as responses by other nations like Brazil. At this point Guyana does’t have the military forces necessary to fend off Venezuela by itself.
If Brazil enters in on the side of Guyana, Venezuela may have to be satisfied in the northern half of the disputed territory - where at least they could claim dominion over the new oilfields and place distance between it and any army supporting Guyana. But I’ve not seen any statement from Brazil in support of Guyana, only in its own territorial defense.
Armenia/Azerbaijan –
See Russia above on CSTO rejection.
Globalism / Great Reset –
More COP28 snippets -
Though massive contributors of carbon dioxide, China and India demand to be exempted from any cuts in their coal plants and in stead actually want to be recipients of funding from the multi trillion dollar “loss and damage fund”
Instead of being forced to contribute to the fund, China and India, argue their high levels of emissions are a recent development when compared to the historic emissions of developed countries like the US and the UK.
OBSERVATION - This stance not to reduce has been the cornerstone of China and India for a considerable time now, and doesn’t look to change any time soon. Both China and India are facing serious economic issues and to suddenly shift their economy from reliable coal power to unreliable solar/wind would be devastating - as the US and the rest of the world is just starting to find out. This makes the COP another joke.
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New Prime Minister of Slovakia Rejects Signing the WHO Pandemic Treaty.
Prime Minister Robert Fico calls the WHO Pandemic Treaty “nonsense invented by greedy pharma companies.”
He also said, “One study after another confirms the scandalous consequences of mass vaccination with untested experimental vaccines.”
OBSERVATION - This is another of the countries that has woken up to the threat posed by the WHO treaty. As the number grows, implementation of the ‘treaty’s’ enforcement clauses become more difficult. However, with the big countries and the EU supporting it, Slovakia may be forced to capitulate to a degree as the treaty modification will not be made to allow any dissent.
Economy –
Continued mixed signals from economic forecasters of major investment firms. Most note that the economy is in uncharted waters, still suffering aftershocks from the wuhan shut down, inflation and the record rate hikes by the fed. The tea leaves in some instances bring hope, but only if govt doesn’t screw things up further.
CW2 / Domestic violence - Heightened THREAT
Antisemitic mobs of pro-Palestinian protesters are increasingly seeking out and targeting Jewish owned/operated businesses in the US (concentrated in major cities) for protests and vandalism. They are often very threatening for follow on violence against the business owners as well as customers. So far law enforcement has taken very little action against these threats.
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“The resurgence of public protests in support of Hamas has revealed a disturbing truth: the left-wing rioting following George Floyd’s death in 2020 was not an anomaly, but a tactic that activists can repurpose for any cause. Whether by coincidence or design, these recent outbursts could be a dress rehearsal for possible violence during next year’s election campaign.”
“Progressives are restless and ready. Left-wing activists have established a constellation of institutions to support public demonstrations. Protest NGOs, media entities, research centers, black-bloc (Antifa) networks, and bail funds are all finely tuned to mobilize mass movements. The Left carefully manages its licit and illicit factions: progressive political leaders tacitly delegate the dirty work to anarchist and racialist factions, which can change costumes—for example, from a BLM mask to a Palestinian keffiyeh—at any moment.”
https://www.city-journal.org/article/will-it-be-riot-season-again-in-2024
OBSERVATION - I’ve noted that the violent left has finally found its cause in the pro-hamas protest efforts. As the article accurately notes and has been reported during the 2020 riots, Antifa et al has developed a detailed operation to support its protests, and that has already been seen with the recent pro-hamas events.
One aspect that is different this year are the threats of violence directed towards the Democrat Nat’l convention in Chicago next year. I remember the last time riots were directed against the dem’s there - very ugly.
Overall, the level of violence could easily exceed that of the 2020 riots. The conditions are ripe for a perfect storm scenario.
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Doomsday “prepping” is seeping into the mainstream as Americans of all ages and political persuasions are becoming increasingly worried ahead of the 2024 presidential election about the prospect of a civil war.
Hoarding food, water and weapons was once associated with libertarian extremists, but as a rematch between President Biden and his predecessor, former President Donald Trump, seems all but inevitable in 2024, prepping has become a bipartisan activity, according to a Monday USA Today report.
OBSERVATION - This trend really hit when the wuhan plandemic hit. Watching the events unroll in the people’s republic of kalifornia - seeing with well to do ‘bug out’ as well as watching the grocery rush (yes, I just went to the stores in part just to see how people were reacting) was educational. On its heels, the massive BLM/Antifa rioting leading up to the election drove many, both on the right and left, to arm up as well.
This year with the potential pro-hamas rooted riot potential combined with a ‘white lung syndrome’ epidemic with some calling for wuhan like lockdown/shut down, 2024 may be the worst year our generation has experienced ever.
However, the prepping is just another gauge of public sentiment in regards to a potential civil war and massive political and ethnic uprisings.
Wuhan and other “new” Plandemics – HEIGHTENED ALERT STATUS
The recent findings of DNA fragments in the Pfizer and Moderna Covid-19 vaccines has led many to question why the FDA, which is responsible for monitoring the quality and safety of the vaccines, has failed to sound the alarm.
For years, the FDA has known about the risk posed by residual DNA in vaccines. Its own guidance to industry states:
“Residual DNA might be a risk to your final product because of oncogenic and/or infectivity potential. There are several potential mechanisms by which residual DNA could be oncogenic, including the integration and expression of encoded oncogenes or insertional mutagenesis following DNA integration.”
Put simply, the FDA acknowledges the possibility that fragments of DNA left over by the manufacturing process can be incorporated into a patient’s own DNA, to potentially cause cancer.
With all the new info coming out on the DNA contamination in the mRNA jabs, the FDA has essentially shut down further outside inquires.
https://brownstone.org/articles/fda-shuts-down-enquiries-about-dna-contamination-in-covid-vaccines/
OBSERVATION - This silence is not to last long as FOIA demands and lawsuits will breach the FDA’s defenses. At the very least, the FDA’s allowance of Pfizer to go forward is a serious lapse of regulatory practice. At the very worst, it is conspiracy to place a deadly concoction on the market where the jabs were mandated on sections of the population.
POLITICAL FRONT –
A big driver of division has been seen in the democrat party is between pro and anti Israel factions (a driver for the potential of a ‘hot’ violence scenario this next year). There has been a similar split developing on the republican side as well, now being seen by a rise in the ‘both sides are wrong’ argument. Some of this split is derived from the ‘America First’ elements that want to withdraw from nearly all of the US’s foreign commitments and policies. Republican stance (and according to polls, independents) continues to be strongly supportive of Israel - far more than democrats. This broader support maybe what is preventing a more vitriol split in the republicans as currently demonstrated by democrats.
Going into 2024, this pro/anti split is so far hurting the democrats in that there are large elements of the anti-Israel/pro-Hamas faction threatening to sit out the election and not vote democrat unless support for Israel is stopped.
Biden / Harris Watch –
President Biden received a recurring payment of $1,380 from his son Hunter’s law firm beginning in late 2018 shortly after a bank money laundering officer warned that the same account was receiving millions of dollars in Chinese government-linked funds without “any services rendered.”
OBSERVATION - The evidence continues to pile up and the lack of cover up by the MSM seems to be more evidence of a movement to get biden to fade away from the 2024 election and permit a fresher face without the criminal luggage.
Regardless, biden will not face indictment or impeachment - the deep state wagons are being drawn tightly around him and hunter. Too much damage will hit the democrats in the 2024 election cycle if any serous prosecution - beside house hearings -occurs
Cyber attacks/warfare – HEIGHTENED ALERT
According to a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report released yesterday, 20 out of 23 federal agencies failed to meet cyber incident tracking requirements required by law, and 17 of those agencies were not tracking cyber incidents at all.
OBSERVATION - incompetent or deliberate, our national computer networks are increasingly become more vulnerable.
Illegal Immigration –
The numbers of illegals coming from China has spiked by a couple orders of magnitude this year. Most are military aged males, well equipped when captured and highly disciplined.
OBSERVATION - Continued big red flags on this one.
China –
The Chinese military said that an American naval ship had ‘illegally intruded’ on Monday into waters near the Second Thomas Shoal, the site of a hot territorial dispute between China and the Philippines in the South China Sea.
A Chinese naval force was mobilized to track the USS Gabrielle Giffords during the operation, according to a statement from the People’s Liberation Army Southern Theater.
The U.S. Navy’s 7th Fleet said the ship ‘was conducting routine operations in international waters ... consistent with international law.’
North/South Korea –
NK’s more belligerent posture and actions are increasing concerns of a renewal of combat in the peninsula - not just if but when.
Kim’s sister slammed the US by saying NK is not afraid of a nation that cannot tell a woman from a man.
Japan –
Japan is in the process of building 24 new FFM (missile frigates – to be called the Mogami class). These are being procured in two batches of twelve each. Japan presently has only ten frigates.
OBSERVATION - Details about these new frigates show the japanese giving a lot of thought into the design and mult-roles for these vessels. They are to be very flexible and lethal.
Russia -
WAR WATCH - into the second year of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine - Feb 24th, 2022
CURRENT ASSESSMENT - Updated Nov 12, 2023
Russia is struggling to gain the initiative on several fronts in easter Ukraine. Attacks to take Adviivka, located near occupied Donetsk has been their priority as well as further north. However, it is on a defensive footing across most of Ukraine.
The Russian army has lost a considerable amount of armor/tanks and personnel in the fight to take Adviivka, causing that offensive to stall considerably and resort to “meat” attacks.
With the arrival of the muddy season, significant offensive actions by Russia are unlikely.
Ukrainian action has forced Russia to move forces laterally to meet the Ukraine advance - thinning critical portions of the line and making them vulnerable to assault.
Russia’s strategic ballistic and cruise missiles continue to show evidence of massively reduced inventories. With the onset of winter, it is believed that Russian is shepherding its stockpile of missiles/drones for an effort to take down the Ukraine power grid as it did last year. This task has become increasingly difficult as Ukraine adds air defense systems and gets better coverage.
The Russian Black Sea fleet is is essentially impotent and hesitant to deploy into now contested waters. Ukraine’s recent attacks on ships in Crimean harbors has forced the majority of the fleet to redeploying out of Crimea and to Russian bases, about 600 Km further away from the front lines.
Russian leadership reportedly planning for a long duration conflict, hoping to wear the Ukraine army down and cause European allies to tire of their support - forcing some sort of cease fire and negotiated peace.
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Armenian officials have declined to attend this month’s Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) meeting in Moscow. The CSTO is Russia’s central Asian equivalent of NATO. Armenian was stung this year because Russia and the CSTO did not intervene in their border war with Azerbaijan. Armenian officials have also floated the idea of leaving the CSTO. Armenia is not the only member of CSTO to run contra to Moscow - Kazakhstan too has had a falling out with them as well.
Kerch Bridge update –
Unconfirmed reports of Ukrainian drone attacks against the Kerch Bridge. Locals report considerable ADA activity. Unknown if there is any damage.
Economic Impact –
Loss of manpower in the war continues to affect Russian industry efforts to sustain the war effort as workers are being drained while at the same time production demands are rising.
Ukraine –
WEATHER FORECAST – Temps in the 20-30 degree range with mostly cloudy conditions and more snow towards the end of the forecast period.
24 HOUR ROUND UP –
Unconfirmed reports that drones are attacking the Kersch Bridge. Reports of a lot of russian ADA activity.
Ukrainian air defense shot down 10 of 17 Shahed drones overnight.
Russian forces gained ground on the northern flank of the Adviivka salient.
Russian Ministry of Defense says 22 drones were shot down and 13 intercepted over Azov Sea and occupied Crimea. However, drones reportedly attacked oil base in Feodosiya and the Dzhankoy district, both in occupied Crimea overnight
An oil depot in occupied Luhansk was hit by Ukrainian drones last night.
Outlook —-
Weather and mud conditions are dictating operations. Most significant action continues to be the Adviivka area.
ISRAEL –
Key overnight developments -
- Ground operations is S Gaza continue to expand.
- IDF increasing pressures on remaining Hamas strongholds in the north.
GENERAL ——————————-
Unicef says there are “no safe zones” anywhere in Gaza, while the World Health Organization warns the situation gets “worse by the hour”
NOTE - These UN based and supported organization have received a lot of negative attention with the continued discovery of Hamas equipment of war being associated with their facilities or being aided by these personnel.
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Dr. Renana Eitan , one of the physicians treating the freed hostages, states that survivors are suffering from an unprecedented level of “extremely severe psychological abuse” endured during captivity.
“I can tell you that on behalf of all the medical and psychological teams treating those who return, the mental states we encountered have no precedent in medical literature. We feel that we have to rewrite the textbooks of post-trauma,” Dr. Renana Eitan told “Sunday Night in America.”
“Those held captive were subject to starvation, to beating, to sexual abuse. They were being held in inhumane sanitary conditions. Extremely severe psychological abuse was inflicted on them, including separation from family members, separation of siblings, separation of children from their mothers. They were held in solitary confinement and spent long days in total darkness until they developed severe hallucinations,” Eitan claimed. “Children were forced to watch brutal videos. They were under constant threats by weapons and threats to harm them even after they were released. They refer to the forced use of psychiatric drugs and other substances.”
https://harbingersdaily.com/israel-at-war-week-9/
RELATED - Sources in Israel and D.C. are saying that Hamas refused to release the remaining women and girls to Israel in the last tranche because Hamas did not want the world to find out what had happened to these women while in Palestinian captivity. Had the world heard and/or seen the truth it would have been as shocking as October 7th itself.
OBSERVATION - This treatment is consistent with similar treatment of hostages in the past.
GAZA FRONT ———————————-
In N Gaza, the Israelis move to complete their encirclement of Jabaliya and also begin to encircle Shajaiya.
In S Gaza, reports of intense fighting between Hamas and IDF as Israeli forces push towards Khan Yunis. The Israeli push has cut off the central N-S refugee evacuation route, Israel has been broadcasting to Gazans to use the costal escape route . Reports suggest that the IAF airstrikes in S Gaza and in particularly around Khan Yunis were as intense as any seen in N Gaza overnight.
Hamas and affiliated managed to get several rocket launches off overnight, but as before, with fewer rockets and longer interval between barrages.
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Israel is reportedly setting up large pumps on the coast that could be used to flood tunnels used by Hamas and other armed groups in Gaza and drive out fighters, according to a Wall Street Journal article.
In 2015, Egypt used seawater from the nearby Mediterranean to flood a network of hundreds of tunnels along its border with Gaza and end a flourishing smuggling trade.
The salt water would destroy electrical and other infrastructure as well as weaken the support walls, causing tunnel collapses.
Prior to the war, Hamas claimed that its tunnel network stretched 500km (310 miles).
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Palestinian sources have leaked a video of high- ranking Hamas figures fleeing their stronghold in Khan Younis arriving at a Gazan Hospital while their security is seen shouting to the crowd not to film the event. One person identified was Senior Hamas leader, Nizar Awadallah, was caught on video arriving at a hospital severely wounded.
It has been rumored he later died from his wounds but that is still pending confirmation.
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Situation map at the link below was made by Warmapper.org . It depicts the initial stages of the IDF ground attack into S Gaza as well as operations in the north.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GAiNnU9WAAAJBhF?format=jpg&name=4096x4096
LEBANON / HEZBOLLAH——————————-
Continued harassing fire from Hezbollah positions in Lebanon with Israeli counter fire from artillery and air strikes.
The Israeli army says a “hostile” drone that entered Israeli airspace from Lebanon crashed near the northern community of Margaliot earlier today. It says sappers are examining the device
WEST BANK——————————-
Israeli security forces continue to operate to capture Hamas and affiliated terrorists.
“ISLAMIC RESISTANCE” ———————————
CENTCOM: At approximately 2:15 p.m. on Dec. 3, 15 122mm rockets originating in Iraq were fired at the U.S. base Rumalyn Landing Zone in Syria. There were no injuries to personnel or damage to equipment.Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve located the point of origin with uncrewed ISR assets and passed the location to Iraqi Security Forces who moved to and investigated the site. A fuel truck modified to launch up to 20 rockets was located at the site
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U.S. National Security Advisor, Jake Sullivan stated today that the United States is currently attempting to Build a Maritime Task Force of Partner Nations to provide Protection to Commercial Shipping in the Red Sea and the Bab al-Mandab Strait, as a result of recent Attacks by the Houthi Terrorist Organization in Yemen.
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Calm now in the Yemeni Capital of Sanaa following what was claiming to have been the sound of at least 4 explosions in the city; the dause of the explosions and/or where they occurred is still not known.
INTERNATIONAL ——————————-
Emir of the State of Qatar: We are constantly working to extend the truce, but it is not a substitute for a permanent ceasefire
The Turkish President: We must work to establish an independent Palestinian state
France imposes sanctions on Hamas Gaza chief Yahya Sinwar
FORECAST ————————-
Bottom Line Up Front (BLUF) - Israel resumes the methodical elimination of Hamas forces throughout Gaza.
IDF ramps up the fight in S Gaza, they are having to tread a thin line because there are few areas for the civilians to go and Hamas will maximize them as shields.
Hamas PR continues to suffer from revelations on how they treated the hostages that were released and the cloud hangs over those remaining. Global pro-hamas protests have decreased in some intensity, particularly in Europe, in a push back from growing nationalist trends the protests have triggered.
Pressure is increasing IMHO on Egypt and Jordan to be pressure valves for refugees. Something like 22 arab nations and not a single one has openly announced that they’d take any refugees. They recognize the scorpion.
Venezuela - Increasing potential for war
“This referendum is binding and I abide by the decision of the people,” emphasized the head of state Maduro before the opinion matrix of international media that ignore the Venezuelan Constitution.
Maduro reiterates the ‘binding’ nature of the referendum on the Essequibo: “It is an overwhelming victory beyond any forecast”
OBSERVATION - Watching for any military build up by Venezuela as well as responses by other nations like Brazil. At this point Guyana does’t have the military forces necessary to fend off Venezuela by itself.
If Brazil enters in on the side of Guyana, Venezuela may have to be satisfied in the northern half of the disputed territory - where at least they could claim dominion over the new oilfields and place distance between it and any army supporting Guyana. But I’ve not seen any statement from Brazil in support of Guyana, only in its own territorial defense.
Armenia/Azerbaijan –
See Russia above on CSTO rejection.