The level of crazy across the world and this country continues to ratchet up.
Globalism / Great Reset –
According to a new white paper published Wednesday by the Davos outfit in partnership with McKinsey & Company, it’s time to print more money to further devalue the wealth of the common man, in order to pursue the apparent noble goal of “decarbonization.”
“The world needs up to $3.5 trillion of additional investments each year to reach net-zero and restore nature,” the report highlights state, adding that an organization spun up by the WEF called Giving to Amplify Earth Action (GAEA) is determined to shake down the relevant parties for the money.
According to the whitepaper, which is creepily titled, “The Role of Public-Private-Philanthropic Partnerships in Driving Climate and Nature Transitions,” private organizations should surrender their autonomy to governments in exchange for an endless amount of credit and a backstop of protection should their business fail in the open market.
Two weeks ago, the WEF declared in another report that $13.5 trillion would be needed as soon as humanly possible to avoid a climate catastrophe. According to the report, (which was written with the help of Accenture, another pay to play “consulting” outfit) the date for which the earth will melt has been rolled back from 25 years ago to 2050.
https://www.dossier.today/p/world-economic-forum-demands-35-trillion
OBSERVATION - Watch as these demands are incrementally met by compliant world governments and corporations. It is part of the overall plan for the WEF to eventually control the global economy.
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A new study led by Dr. Nicholas Cowan, an atmospheric physicist at the UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology in Edinburgh, claims gases exhaled by humans when breathing contribute to global warming.
Sadly, this isn’t a parody.
“It has been reported that exhaled human breath can contain the greenhouse gases methane (CH4) and nitrous oxide (N2O), both of which have a much higher global warming potential than carbon dioxide (CO2),” the study reads.
“Where hydrocarbon chains (food types) are consumed by humans and turned into CH4 (and N2O from nitrogen intake), the global warming potential is no longer neutral, and human respiration has a net warming effect on the atmosphere,” it adds.
https://100percentfedup.com/scientists-now-say-breathing-harms-the-environment/
OBSERVATION - So goes the saying - “We are the carbon they want to reduce”.
CW2 / Domestic violence - Heightened THREAT
A majority of Americans in a new survey said they are concerned about political violence, with many linking the idea to the Jan. 6, 2021, riots on the Capitol. The new poll from Navigator — a Democratic research firm — found 83 percent of participants were concerned about the threat of political violence in the U.S. today. About 42 percent of this group said they are “very concerned,” while 41 percent said they are “somewhat concerned.”
They also indicated they are worried about rising political violence in the future, with 85 percent expressing some degree of concern.
Democrats are slightly more likely to be worried than Republicans about a perceived threat, the pollsters found.
Republicans are also perceived as more prone to use political violence to push their agenda, with 47 percent of participants agreeing with the sentiment. Broken down by party, 80 percent of Democrats said Republicans are more prone to political violence, while 68 percent of Republicans said Democrats are more prone to it. Among independents, 38 percent said Republicans, 23 percent chose Democrats and 39 percent said they were unsure.
OBSERVATION - This poll is designed to shape opinions going into the 2024 elections. Contrary to all history of past and current leftist violence, they continue to want to paint Republicans as the dangerous ones. This moved to shape perceptions is designed to add another foundational piece to the overall goal to demonize the right and justify their violence.
RELATED - I noted yesterday the 0bama produced movie “Leave the World Behind” (The tagline is “All Empires Fall.”), , about the collapse of America following a catastrophic cyber attack. Yesterday, trailers were released for another movie, some consider to be predictive programming as well, called “Civil War”, a movie that follows some journalists who document a war between a Texas-Kalifornian lead confederacy against the US govt under a 3d term president. Yes the basic scenario is very far fetched and details are still missing, but the recurring theme from the left (and has spilled into the right) is that of a pending CW of some sort and magnitude. Both movies feed upon the growing anxiety of potential chaos in the coming year, but to what extent are they predictive?
A CW is commonly linked to some other event - in conjunction with a World War III scenario, cyber attacks, grid-down, etc. In the course of my life rotating around the sun, the potential reality of such a scenario once thought to be outrageous becomes more and more realistic with each day.
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Pro-hamas protesters blocked the 110 freeway in downtown Los Angeles yesterday morning. CHP say that 75 were arrested. As part of their protest they erected a menorah on the freeway, just to make sure that they spread lots of Jew-hatred among people who just want to get to work or school.
OBSERVATION - Traffic blockage has quickly become a popular protest method. In Europe and some other places, the anti-oil groups have been using it. These recent blockages have been passive and non-violent - by at least the protestors - unlike the BLM/Antifa riots of 2020. However, being downstream of those blockages, drivers are less accepting and are reaching a boiling point. Yesterday saw numerous motorists getting out of their vehicles to try to drag or chase the protestors off the freeway. That’s when the CHP finally stepped in and warned everyone they had to leave or face arrest.
The erection of a menorah is an interesting twist - to try to generate hatred towards jews as the cause for the blockage.
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More govt attacks on Americans.
In a last-minute rush to sanction spending before the end of the year, the Senate enacted a $886 billion defense spending proposal Wednesday, sponsored by President Joe Biden, that includes financing for Ukraine, yearly pay hikes for personnel, and most controversially, a reauthorization of the the National Defense Authorization Act.
Among many objections to the bill is the reauthorization of the secretive FISA Court and rubber-stamp mass warrantless surveillance.
“The Senate just voted to waive the point of order against the NDAA,” Sen Lee said prior to the bill’s passage. “35 of us opposed the motion to waive. We needed only 41 to prevent this outcome, and to remove FISA 702 from the NDAA.”
See my comments under “Misc of Note” below. This is an example of those republicans who claim to “. . represent our side but are actually working against us.”
IN RELATED -
A handful of the 51 signatories of the debunked letter which falsely called Hunter Biden’s laptop “Russian disinformation” are now calling on Congress to expand the scope of domestic surveillance in the United States.
As reported by the Daily Caller, the letter to House lawmakers on Tuesday was signed by former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, former Deputy Director for the National Security Agency (NSA) Richard Ledgett, former Deputy CIA Director Michael Morell, former CIA Chief of Staff Jeremy Bash, and former NSA General Counsel Glenn Gerstell. All five men had previously signed the controversial letter in 2020 claiming, without evidence, that information found on the recently-unearthed laptop of Hunter Biden was all “Russian propaganda” meant to influence the 2020 election.
In their new letter, the former intelligence community officials voiced their opposition to a bill that would reduce the ability of intelligence agencies to spy on Americans without a warrant. At the same time, they offered up praise for a bill that would allow surveillance of any location where internet access is provided.
“We cannot hamstring the U.S. Intelligence Community either by failing to renew Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act or by limiting it in ways that would make it difficult for the government to protect Americans,” the letter reads in part. “To be clear, Section 702 saves American lives and helps keep Americans safe from international terrorist attacks, foreign cyberattacks, overseas fentanyl suppliers, and other threats to our national security. There’s no substitute for it.”
OBSERVATION - If I used the words I’d like to use to describe these lowlife scums I’d be banned from FR. nuf said.
Economy-
(FO) Analysts at Swiss bank UBS predict a mild U.S. recession in the second and third quarter of 2024, and they reviewed historical U.S. stock data to better inform their clients about the market peak and recession risk. Over the past 65 years, U.S. stock prices peaked on average 6.5 months before a recession, and reviewing the past 40 years of data, U.S. stocks peaked three months prior to a recession, according to this UBS report.
OBSERVATION - Timing and size of the recession is still very fuzzy and various economic analysts disagree on both. A recession in a presidential election year goes very badly for the incumbent, and biden is already under water in recent polls.
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The Federal Reserve on Wednesday held its key interest rate steady for the third straight time and set the table for multiple cuts to come in 2024 and beyond.
Along with the decision to stay on hold, committee members penciled in at least three rate cuts in 2024, assuming quarter percentage point increments. That’s less than market pricing of four, but more aggressive than what officials had previously indicated.
OBSERVATION - This will still leave the inflation rate well above target levels. However, to stave off a major recession during an election year the Fed is planning to move them down anyway. This may backfire and create a new round of inflation as more money is released into circuit. However, rate reductions for overall economic recovery will not be immediate as the general rule of thumb IIRC is a 6 month delay in Fed action before the impacts ripple through the system.
BTW, Moody Analytics doubts the Fed will lower rates three times next year - how’s that for a clear path forward.
Wuhan and other “new” Plandemics – HEIGHTENED ALERT STATUS
The pressing reports of White Lung Syndrome have dropped off the radar screens on news services. Not ready to say it is due to a false alert or being overwhelmed by other news just yet, but monitoring.
POLITICAL FRONT –
The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) announced it will hear an appeal from January 6th defendant Joseph Fischer, arguing that the Obstruction of an Official Proceeding charge is not valid.
OBSERVATION - This hearing could well set the prosecution of Trump on these charges as well as unleash a flood of other mis-use of the statue that has seen dozens of J6 protestors being jailed for considerable time. Ruling in favor will likely torpedo most of the accusations against Trump under his current trial as well and cause leftist heads to blow up and may serve to increase violence in protests.
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Hunter Biden was due to appear for a compelled deposition in front of the House Oversight Committee yesterday. Instead he decided not to attend and gave a statement outside the Capitol. The interview is part of the House investigation into President Joe Biden and the sprawling money trail that involves his family and dozens of shell corporations to which only Hunter Biden can provide answers. Instead, Mr. Biden gave a speech at the Capitol building.
OBSERVATION - Republicans are waffling over to have him charged with disobeying the subpoena and arrested. Trump allies who refused to do the same under the democrats controlled house were immediately arrested. We are seeing here both a two tiered law enforcement as well as spineless republicans with no taste for a fight.
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The House voted Wednesday to formally authorize an impeachment inquiry into President Biden, allowing committee chairmen to compel interviews, obtain documents and further their case that he improperly benefitted from his son’s foreign business dealings.
The vote broke down along party lines, with 221 Republicans in favor of the inquiry and 212 Democrats against.
OBSERVATION - Moving slower than a glacier with little sense of urgency.
Biden / Harris Watch –
The WH released a freeky video showing the season’s decoration. Some likened it to something out of Hunger Games.
Cyber attacks/warfare – HEIGHTENED ALERT
U.S. officials say Russian hackers are targeting servers hosting outdated versions of software made by the Czech tech company JetBrains for potential SolarWinds-style espionage operations.
In a statement released Wednesday, the U.S. National Security Agency, the FBI, and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, the cyber watchdog agency known as CISA, accused the hackers, sometimes known as Cozy Bear or APT29, of trying to hijack the servers in a bid to access software developers’ source code, something that could potentially allow them to tamper with its compilation or deployment.
A similar technique was used to doctor software made by the U.S. software firm SolarWinds, the statement noted. That cyberespionage campaign led to a wave of serious breaches across the government that were discovered in 2019.
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/us-russia-cybersecurity/2023/12/13/id/1145875/
OBSERVATION - There has been a noticeable increase in cyber warfare related articles and threats over the past few weeks. As a cyber attack has been foretold by those affiliated with the WEF, the growing appearance of such threats going into 2024 is increasingly concerning.
Illegal Immigration –
Illegals filmed lining up by the thousands to try to piggy back on trains headed to the border.
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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Holding his first major news conference since he launched his first full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin has told Russians that peace with Ukraine will only take place “when we achieve our objectives”.
Putin said that “there will be peace [in Ukraine] when we achieve our objectives”. Those “objectives do not change”, he said, listing “denazification, demilitarisation and its neutral status”. These are themes he has highlighted from the start of the war.
At one point he revealed that Russia currently has a total of 617,000 troops fighting in Ukraine. He also claimed that on top of 300,000 people called up for service last year, another 486,000 have signed up voluntarily as contract soldiers.
OBSERVATION - Putin in this news does a good job exuding confidence that Russia is on the brink of prevailing in the ongoing war. Assumptions of the breakdown of western support to Ukraine coupled with the successful deflection of any major territorial gains by Ukraine during the summer offensive has bolstered his attitude. He seems unconcerned with the massive losses of men and material.
Ukraine –
WEATHER FORECAST – Temps in the 20-30 degree range with on again, off again rain and snow.
24 HOUR ROUND UP –
Weather continues to dominate action.
Russian aircraft were busy attacking deep targets. Explosions were reported near Starokostyantyniv after Russian planes launched Kh-47M2 Kinzhal missiles.
Ukrainian Air defense shot down 41 of 42 Shahed drones overnight, also Russia launched 6 S-300 missiles from occupied part of Kherson region towards Mykolaiv region
Drones / missiles also stuck the Odesa region.
Ukraine kept Russia busy with drone attacks on the Moscow region. According to Russian media Ukrainian drones attempted to attack military units in Alabino and Podolsk of Moscow region
Kherson Axis -
Putin claims that Russian troops had withdraw from Krynky in Kherson region of Ukraine just to save their lives, claims Russian troops suffered minor casualties
Outlook —-
Weather and mud conditions are dictating operations. Limited operations across most fronts.
The major action continues to be dueling drone/missile deep attacks by both sides. The Ukraine attacks on the Moscow area are likely a retaliation for recent Russian attacks directed against Kyiv.
ISRAEL –
Key overnight developments -
- Heavy rains have impacted Gazans forced to relocate from combat zones and complicating relief efforts.
- Continued cries for a ‘humanitarian ceasefire’
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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told soldiers on Wednesday that Israel “will destroy Hamas” regardless of “international pressures.”
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Hamas released a new propaganda video explicitly threatening American and English people, as well as all other allies of Israel.
“We need violent acts against American and British interests everywhere, as well as the interests of all the countries that support [Israel].”
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Heavy rains have hit Gaza, causing local flooding and increasing stress on evacuees with little or no protective covers such as tents.
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A senior Hamas official suggested the terror group could recognize the State of Israel in order to end the current war between Israel and the Gaza-based group.
Mousa Abu Marzouk stated, in an interview with the news website Al-Monitor from his office in the Qatari capital, Doha: “You should follow the official stance. The official stance is that the PLO [Palestine Liberation Organization] has recognized the State of Israel.”
Marzouk also added that “Israelis deserve rights, but not at the expense of others.”
NOTE - Islamic doctrine clearly states that it is permissible to lie until the situation changes and they can once again go on the offensive.
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Israel Defense Forces has recovered the bodies of two Israeli hostages during a rescue operation in Gaza.
Special forces found the remains of 27-year-old Eden Zakaria who was kidnapped from the Nova Music Festival and 36-year-old Sergeant Major Ziv Dado. Dado was taken hostage on October 7th while on active duty.
IDF spokesperson Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari stated that the bodies were recovered in a heavily populated civilian area of Gaza, which complicated the rescue operation.
“Our special forces located the bodies of the hostage inside an underground infrastructure in a densely populated area in Gaza. Hamas is holding our people hostage in brutal conditions while hiding among and under the people of Gaza,” Hagari said. “Among and under the people of Gaza.”
NOTE - This loss was reported earlier but this adds detail such as where and conditions under which they were being held.
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Pockets of stiff Hamas resistance still being encountered in N and S Gaza. Israel continues to tighten the noose around those areas, but have suffered higher casualties as well.
Hamas et al still managed to get some small rocket barrages off towards Israel, many still originating from designated humanitarian safe zones.
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Flooding of Hamas terror tunnels is increasing.
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Border fight continues with little change as Hezbollah continues to fire mortars and ATGMs along the Lebanon border, with IDF artillery and air strikes in response.
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Violent clashes reported between Palestinian fighters and Israeli security forces near Al-Damj neighborhood, west of the Jenin camp.
Fighting also reported in numerous other areas of the West Bank.
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Rocket attack by Iranian backed militias targeted the “American” base in the Koniko field, east of Deir ez-Zor.
CENTCOM: At approximately 0830 (Sanaa time) on December 13, in the southern Red Sea, the Arleigh-Burke class guided-missile destroyer USS Mason (DDG 87) was responding to a mayday call from the Marshall Islands-flagged tanker Motor Vessel Ardmore Encounter, which was under attack from Houthi forces. These forces first attempted to board the tanker via skiffs. When this was unsuccessful, a pair of missiles were fired from Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen at the vessel, which both missed. While responding to the distress call, the Mason shot down an unmanned aerial vehicle also launched from Houthi-controlled areas. The UAV was heading directly towards the Mason and was shot down in self-defense. There were no injuries to personnel and no damage to any vessels. The Ardmore Encounter was able to proceed without further incident
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Turkey expects from US not to further obstruct the UN Security Council attempts to call a ceasefire in Gaza, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan says
NOTE - Potential threat given the recent US veto of a security council resolution demanding an immediate ceasefire.
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Bottom Line Up Front (BLUF) - Israel continues the methodical elimination of Hamas forces throughout Gaza.
Global calls for ceasefire continue and are totally absent of reference to Hamas war crimes or actions. One of the most hypocritical voices are UN based agencies crying about the lack of food and supplies to Gazan refugees, while Hamas hijacks relief trucks as well as uses UN facilities throughout Gaza as military bases.
Little bubbling up regarding Israel’s push for Lebanon to demilitarize the southern part of the country. This is something that Israel will not give up on as it is using it to prepare the propaganda battlefield for its likely second phase of the war - eliminating the Hezbollah threat.
Iran –
Iran has showcased its strides in military technology with the revelation of a new air-launched ballistic missile (ALBM), the Arman, displayed during an Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) aerospace exhibition.
Reportedly adapted from the Ababil (al-Fat’h) single-stage solid-propelled short-range ballistic missile, the Arman represents Iran’s venture into an air-launched weapon, reminiscent of the Russian Kinzhal missile. This adaptation reflects Iran’s efforts to expand its aerial arsenal and further solidify its defensive and offensive capabilities. Images released from the exhibition feature a Su-22 aircraft equipped with the Arman.
OBSERVATION - Iran has come a long way with its military program, but is still lacking in some measures. That they showed it hooked up to a old cold war era Su-22 (!) is a case in point. Iran has made a purchase of Russian Mig-35’s but how soon they will be delivered is based on shortages of key components and the ukraine war.
Misc of Note –
Reading the blog of NCRenegade this morning and came across this quote -
“I have no need to warn people concerning the government’s tactics to divide and conquer us. Race, religion, sexual gender, politics and cancel culture are everywhere. While we are seeing propaganda being exposed (mainly by Tucker Carlson and Elon Musk), we also have to be wary of people who seemingly represent our side but are actually working against us.”
https://ncrenegade.com/its-time-to-consolidate-your-trust-and-operations/
This explains many of the ‘republicans’ in congress. All talk lately, but when it comes down to a vote - BAM, sides with globalists policies to strip 4th amendment rights, vote for expanded, wasteful spending, fail to vote to impeach some of the most corrupt members of any administration ever, etc. Yes, it is increasingly apparent that they are working against us.
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After a slow start, forecasts suggest a system bringing clouds, low-elevation rain showers, and mountain snow to Northern and Central California soon. This is likely to be followed by a more potent storm early next week, potentially bringing significant rain to Northern and Central California and even some parts of Southern California’s coast. The storm’s progression could lower freezing levels over the Cascades and the northern Sierra Nevada, leading to snowfall down to pass levels.
OBSERVATION - Real climate matters vs fake global warming continues to have strong impacts. Hopefully, some of this moisture will reach my corner of the Redoubt, else next summer will be VERY dry as there is very little snowpack in the mountains. Forecasters are concerned that the moisture track will shift more southward to affect S Kalifornia and the southern state and not my neck of the woods. Pay attention to those in these areas and live in flood prone areas, conditions may change - have your flood BUG OUT plans ready and bags packed.
CENTCOM: At approximately 0830 (Sanaa time) on December 13, in the southern Red Sea, the Arleigh-Burke class guided-missile destroyer USS Mason (DDG 87) was responding to a mayday call from the Marshall Islands-flagged tanker Motor Vessel Ardmore Encounter, which was under attack from Houthi forces. These forces first attempted to board the tanker via skiffs. When this was unsuccessful, a pair of missiles were fired from Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen at the vessel, which both missed. While responding to the distress call, the Mason shot down an unmanned aerial vehicle also launched from Houthi-controlled areas. The UAV was heading directly towards the Mason and was shot down in self-defense. There were no injuries to personnel and no damage to any vessels. The Ardmore Encounter was able to proceed without further incident
And Biden's response? Spend more treasure and weapons on that hellhole call Ukraine.
Globalism / Great Reset –
The Saudi Arabian energy minister said Wednesday that the new United Nations (UN) green energy transition pledge will not diminish the country’s ability to sell fossil fuels, according to Al Arabiya, a Saudi Arabian news outlet.
“The pharaoh methodology of dictating things has been buried, and so people are free in their choices,” Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman, the oil minister, told Al Arabiya in an interview. He also said explicitly that the COP28 pledge would not hurt the country’s ability to sell crude oil.
OBSERVATION - With the dust settling, the apparent implosion of the anti-fossil fuel radicals in the global community hit the preverbal brick wall. When the bottom line hit the Saudi bottom line, that’s where the game ended. Now this leaves the globalists with having to pressure the existing compliant countries even more and try to use that as some sort of leverage on these hold outs. Short some kind of disaster that centralizes control globally, OPEC and coal producers will not yield.
RELATED -
Michael Mann … “The agreement to ‘transition away from fossil fuels’ was weak tea at best,” he told AFP. “It’s like promising your doctor that you will ‘transition away from donuts’ after being diagnosed with diabetes. The lack of an agreement to phase out fossil fuels was devastating.”
Mann called for a substantial reform of the COP rules, for example permitting super-majorities to approve decisions over the objections of holdout petro states like Saudi Arabia, and barring oil executives such as COP28 president Sultan Al Jaber from presiding over future summits.
OBSERVATION - As I said, something needs to happen to allow FORCE to be applied to insure compliance with COP goals and standards. Another unanswered question is just how this ‘supermajority’ will actually enforce COP dictate when a nation like China says “No”.
CW2 / Domestic violence - Heightened THREAT
The House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved Congress’s $886 billion defense policy bill just before leaving Washington for the holidays. The National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for fiscal year 2024 passed 310 to 118, with a majority of Republicans and Democrats voting for it.
In addition to laying out the next year’s Pentagon policy priorities, this year’s bill also includes an extension of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act’s (FISA) Section 702, a tool that allows the intelligence community to spy on foreign nationals outside the U.S. without a warrant, even if the person on the other side of their communications is an American citizen. (Fox)
OBSERVATION - Republicans say that they are for us, but when the voting time comes, they show that they are against us. The NDAA has morphed into a frankenstein monster since 9/11 and it is time to put it out to pasture. But it gives the Deep State powers that it would not otherwise have, and as such, it continues to live.
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Democrat majority in Oregon banned half the Republican Senate delegation from running for reelection. Oregon’s conservatives, who have been otherwise shut out of the legislative process, have taken to protesting extreme bills by staging walkouts. Currently , Oregon Senate Republicans are battling the Democrat majority in court. At the heart of their court battle is the question of whether a majority can simply eliminate political dissent.
OBSERVATION - The walkouts last year froze some of the most extremist pieces of legislation in the country. Democrats have commonly used similar tactics in other states. But the liberal, big city controls of the state seek to further cancel the rights and representation of the minority republicans. Hence the rapid growth of the “Greater Idaho” movement. Blindly, democrats miss the fact that when people are not allowed to be represented and have a voice in govt - basically taking away the ballot box - they leave only the ammo box as the only remaining option.
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Being Friday, there are a number of pro-hamas marches/protests being scheduled for this weekend. At least 20 cities by one count.
Yesterday, pro-hamas protestors blocked the I-76 in Philadelphia. Expect this tactic to be used in an increasing manner. While it gains them news time, it tends to backfire in angering citizens into not supporting their ‘cause’.
Also expect continued disruption of Christmas related activities such as shopping, ceremonies, etc.
The LGBT crowd continues to join these pro-hamas protests with the fanciful idea that islam respects and loves them. True to the axiom that the ‘enemy of my enemy is my friend’ I see these islamics tolerating this addition - but not for much longer as it takes the message away from genocide of Israel to the growing LGBT sexual revolution theme.
Terrorism - Level is HIGH due to increased lone wolf threats.
Three federal agencies issued a public safety warning on Tuesday night, saying that the threat of violence — especially by lone actors — in the United States is heightened through the upcoming Christmas and New Year’s holidays.
The FBI, Department of Homeland Security and the National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC) warned of lone actor violence targeting large public gatherings throughout the winter” as a result of the conflict in the Middle East between Israel and the Hamas terrorists in Gaza.
“Although this announcement is not in response to any specific plotting activity, these targets likely remain attractive to lone actors inspired by a range of ideologies due to their accessibility and symbolic nature,” the agencies said in the release.
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/fbi-dhs-heightened/2023/12/12/id/1145736/
OBSERVATION - Specifically, continued warnings of lone wolf attacks.
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There are increasing bomb and related threats towards Jewish schools, synagogues and businesses. Given the presence of Hamas and related terrorists agents in country, these threats should be considered serious and credible.
Military / Strategic Activity / Deployments –
The Defense Department’s senior officials testified Wednesday about shortfalls in Army, Navy and Air Force recruiting in the fiscal year that ended in September at a hearing of the House Armed Services Military Personnel Subcommittee. The Marine Corps and Space Force made their recruiting goals.
Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness Ashish Vazirani said that during fiscal year 2023, the military services together missed goals by about 41,000 recruits.
OBSERVATION - They are decrying this as the collapse of the all volunteer military - forgetting the they demonized the majority of Americans they rely upon to fill the ranks of the military. I’m seeing this more and more as an effort to end the volunteer military and institute the draft.
Wuhan and other “new” Plandemics – HEIGHTENED ALERT STATUS
An active-duty officer, Navy Health Administrator and Medical Recruiter in the US Navy Medical Service Corps blew the whistle and revealed data indicating a significant rise in heart-related issues among military pilots following covid injections. Two weeks later he was placed under investigation.
According to the data from the Pentagon’s Defence Medical Epidemiology Database (“DMED”) presented by Lieutenant Ted Macie, there has been a dramatic increase in various heart-related ailments among fixed-wing and helicopter pilots in 2022.
The figures show dramatic increases in hypertensive disease (36%), ischemic heart disease (69%), pulmonary heart disease (62%), heart failure (973%), other forms of heart disease (63%) and cardiomyopathy (152%) compared to the pre-2022 five-year average.
OBSERVATION - This Navy officer killed his career with this release, but was correct in doing so. The detrimental effects of the illegal jab (remember, DoD forces a different nRNA jab than was authorized and so far has been allowed to get away with it - not that the authorized one was any safer). The dataset is damning to the pro-jab crowd and I’m sure with those kinds of numbers, the military members are aware of them. The leadership stabbed the military in the back - deliberately now IMHO - to damage it for globalist goals of weakening America.
POLITICAL FRONT –
House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved Congress’s $886 billion defense policy bill - See CW2 above.
Congress now wrapping up and getting set for ANOTHER break.
Biden / Harris Watch –
More blowback from the WH’s hideous video showing the christmas decorations. Apparently the dance troupe are virulently defund the police, anti white and very strongly socialists. What a freeking clown show.
Cyber attacks/warfare – HEIGHTENED ALERT
More reports on how China and other countries hostile to the US are burrowing into computer networks across the country.
Illegal Immigration –
Encounters at the U.S. southern border once again surpassed 10,000 in a single day on Tuesday, according to Customs and Border Protection (CBP) sources. Despite being lower than the record-breaking 12,000 in one day last week, the numbers continue to strain Border Patrol agents.
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 20-30 degree range with on again, off again rain and snow.
24 HOUR ROUND UP –
Weather continues to dominate action.
Ukrainian air defense shot down 14 of 14 Shahed drones overnight, with drone activity covering the Mykolaiv, Kherson, Odesa regions.
Ukraine deep targeted Berdiansk and Mariupol areas
Outlook —-
Weather and mud conditions are dictating operations. Limited operations across most fronts.
Moldova/Transnistria -
Progress made in allowing Moldova into the EU.
Europe / NATO General –
An EU summit in Brussels delivered an unexpected piece of welcome news at a bleak moment of the Russia-Ukraine war. Kyiv can soon begin official talks to join the European Union after getting the green light from the bloc’s leaders on Thursday. Hungary, which had been threatening to veto the decision, stood aside at the last minute.
Included in the talks is the inclusion of Moldova into the EU.
OBSERVATION -The pro-Russian govt of Hungary continues to be a boil in the rear end of the EU.
SERBIA / KOSOVO -
ISRAEL –
Key overnight developments -
- White House national security advisor Jake Sullivan meets with Netanyahu to dictate war effort.
- Houthi stepping up interdiction and harassment of shipping in the Red Sea with no counter strikes by the west.
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In his meeting with Prime Minister Netanyahu, White House national security advisor Jake Sullivan told Netanyahu that the Israeli government’s military actions need to “transition to the next lower intensity phase in a matter of weeks, not months.”
Defense Minister Yoav Gallant on Thursday told visiting US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan that the military campaign against Hamas will not be completed within the next few months, as intense battles raged for control of the terror group’s redoubts in the northern Gaza strip.
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Israel’s military says it has recovered the bodies of two Israeli soldiers, Nik Beizer and Ron Scherman, 19, who were taken hostage by Hamas on 7 October. It comes hours after Israel retrieved the body of hostage Elia Toledano, 28, who was taken by Hamas from the Supernova music festival
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Pockets of stiff Hamas resistance still being encountered in N and S Gaza. Israel continues to tighten the noose around those areas, but have suffered higher casualties as well.
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The Israeli Army reports that the Air Force carried out more than 500 air strikes this week in the Gaza Strip.
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The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said on Wednesday that Hamas terrorists have fired over a hundred rockets from the humanitarian zone in the Gaza Strip.
The IDF said on X that 116 rockets were launched in total, including 38 that landed in Gaza.
“Hamas has fired 116 rockets from the humanitarian zone toward Israel since its opening on October 18,” the IDF post read. “38 of those rockets fell inside Gaza, endangering their own civilians.”
“Hamas continues to carry out terrorist activities from the humanitarian zone, designated to prevent harm to civilians, further endangering Gazan lives,” the Israeli military added. (Fox)
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Mass surrenders continue across Gaza. In one instance yesterday, IDF captured 70 terrorists in the Kamal Adwan Hospital near the Israeli border.
Yep, using a hospital as a military base.
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Border fight continues with little change as Hezbollah continues to fire mortars and ATGMs along the Lebanon border, with IDF artillery and air strikes in response.
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At least 1,300 Israeli military soldiers are continuing to carry out a massive counter-terror operation in the Palestinian town of Jenin, in what is shaping up to be the largest Israeli operation in the West Bank since the end of the Second Intifada in 2005.
The current operation has now lasted longer than Operation Home and Garden in Jenin, which took place last July.
The IDF confirmed on Thursday afternoon that the operation that began in the early hours of Tuesday morning, and whose scope wasn’t announced beforehand, was still taking place in the Samaria region. More than 600 suspects were detained, with more than 30 of them being transferred to interrogation facilities.
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Israel Defense Forces discovered hundreds of explosives and destroyed 8 production laboratories. More than 10 underground tunnel shafts were located, some of them being used as weapons caches, and will be prepared for destruction. In addition, 40 weapons have been confiscated.
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A Spanish warship is reportedly approaching a Houthi - hijacked merchant ship.
A projectile launched by Houthis struck the Liberia flagged, German-owned, Al Jasrah ship on Friday causing a fire but no injuries, a U.S. defense official said.
A ballistic missile was fired from a Houthi-controlled area of Yemen toward the international shipping lane north of the Bab-el-Mandeb. There were no injuries or damage. Following the missile launch, the M/V Maersk Gibraltar was hailed by the Houthis, who threatened further missile attacks. The M/V Maersk Gibraltar is a Hong Kong-flagged cargo container vessel
US to announce maritime Task Force Friday to stop Houthis. Arrival of commercial ships to the port of Eilat in southern Israel has almost completely stopped. Ships heading to Israel from Asia now take expensive route around Africa.
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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has told US President Joe Biden that the United States has a “historic responsibility” to achieve a lasting cease-fire in the Gaza conflict as soon as possible, Erdogan’s office said on Thursday.
During a phone call, Erdogan reportedly told Biden that a cease-fire could be achieved quickly if the United States withdrew its unconditional support for Israel, and warned that “Israel’s prolonged attacks may have negative global consequences.”
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A Hamas plot to kill Jews in Europe was foiled by German and Danish police who uncovered the terrorist group’s alarming change of tactics.
Seven terror suspects were arrested. Three people were arrested in Germany, three in Denmark and one in the Netherlands with the Danish prime minister describing the plot as being “as serious as it gets”.
The Hamas operatives were under orders to bring a cache of weapons from an undisclosed location in Europe to Berlin to attack Jewish institutions, German prosecutors said.
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Bottom Line Up Front (BLUF) - Israel continues the methodical elimination of Hamas forces throughout Gaza. IDF repeats the estimate of several months before the operation is considered to be complete.
Why is the American National Security Advisor telling Israel how to fight its existential war against Hamas? So far, Israel has largely did what it was going to do anyway and rejected the ‘advice’ from Washington. The stick that Sullivan has is the reduction or stoppage of US supplied munitions and other support. Sullivan also brought the threat/warning of waining support globally. I’m pretty sure Israel has already factored both into their decision to pursue Hamas and very possibly Hezbollah later.
Venezuela - Increasing potential for war
Guyana and Venezuela have agreed to not “use force” to settle their dispute over the oil-rich region of Essequibo.
After meeting Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro, Guyanese President Irfaan Ali reaffirmed his commitment to peace in the region. But he said Guyana had the right to exploit their sovereign space.
In a three-page joint declaration, the countries agreed they would “not threaten or use force against one another in any circumstances” and would “continue dialogue”.
They also agreed to establish a joint commission of foreign ministers to address any matters arising over the contested area, and will meet again Brazil to discuss Essequibo.
Black Swans
The sun just unleashed the strongest solar flare of Solar Cycle 25 (so far), an X2.8-class explosion from unstable sunspot AR3514. The blast caused a deep shortwave radio blackout over the Americas and hurled a fast CME toward Earth. Expected impact around the 17th.
OBSERVATION - Major flare but will unlikely have significant impact on the global power grid. May well generate a spectacular aurora show. The 1980’s Quebec Power blackout was caused by an X15 level flare/CME. Hopefully, electrical companies will use this event to test their plans for a potentially larger future event.