Globalism / Great Reset –
Upcoming meetings of importance
- WHO pandemic ‘treaty’ May 2024
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A group called Gavi, The Vaccine Alliance, which has partnered with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, is now targeting memes.
Gavi republished an opinion piece from The Conversation, which claimed memes may have a “sinister function” and “form part of a highly sophisticated strategy to spread and monetise health disinformation.”
“Memes may appear trivial, but they should be taken seriously,” the statement continues. “Dismissing them as harmless jokes is to grossly underestimate their influence – and bolsters their power to spread potentially harmful health messages.”
The group added that memes have been used to “vilify the government and social institutions, portraying them as corrupt and politically compromised. Anti-government sentiments were used to support several claims.”
“These included claims that the government is corrupt and tyrannical; that vaccines are unsafe and ineffective and that the government is using vaccines as a form of state surveillance, for control and profit.”
Explaining the threat of “disinformation” present in memes, the article claimed, “Memes are powerful propagators of disinformation because they allow influencers to claim plausible deniability. Under the protective guise of humour and satire, memes can evade fact checkers and content moderators while promoting anti-vaccine myths and unauthorised treatments.”
The Gates Foundation has given millions of dollars to Gavi since 2000.
OBSERVATION - Once again - the goal is censorship of all views and opinions that go against the globalist narrative. Memes included. Of course gates is behind this. . . .
CW2 / Domestic violence - Heightened THREAT
Showdown in TX continues. The beacons of Gondor are lit ! !
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(FO) Radical anarchists published a guide to geolocating government data centers by pinging the Internet Protocol (IP) address of government websites, gathering domain registration information, and traceroute commands to track network connections. The guide is designed to help anarchists locate government data centers likely for direct actions like vandalism and arson.
OBSERVATION - Expect more targeted vandalism if things get spun up this election season.
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The Great Sort is under way, as normal people move to red states and liberals move to blue states. (That last is hypothetical and hasn’t actually been observed.) When massive numbers began leaving blue states like California and New York for red states like Texas and Florida, many conservatives worried that those blue staters might bring their bad voting habits with them. Happily, that doesn’t seem to have happened.
This Wall Street Journal story is headlined: “Blue-State Residents Streamed Into South Carolina. Here’s Why It Stayed Ruby Red.” But it deals with more than one state:
A Wall Street Journal analysis of census data found that a third of [South Carolina’s] new residents between 2017 and 2021 hailed from blue states and a quarter from red ones, according to census data. …
Yet the new arrivals are disproportionately Republican. Estimates from the nonpartisan voter file vendor L2 suggest about 57% of voters who moved to South Carolina during that time are Republicans, while about 36% are Democrats and 7% are independents. That places them roughly in line with recent statewide votes in South Carolina.
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2024/02/red-states-getting-redder.php
OBSERVATION - This has been a concern of some of us in reliably red states as the hordes of moving vans come in. I saw earlier data indicating similar to this report from a couple years ago. Regionally and nationally, this divergent migration is creating an ever growing rift in the country at a state/regional level, a rift that should something like the TX - Fed standoff in TX blow up, the fault line between red and blue could severely rupture.
Terrorism - Level is HIGH due to impending conflict with Iran.
This warning renewed as of Feb 6, 2024
ELEVATED RISK - Potential military action against Iranian assets for the attack that killed US forces in Jordan could result in Iranian terror groups here in the US to activate and conduct terror ops here. These attacks can range from infrastructure destruction (water, power, communications, etc) to mass casualty events (superbowl related attacks) or attacks on political candidates - heavily leaning against current administration but also Trump as well. So far the govt hasn’t come out with any warnings but the risk has increased significantly the last 24 hours, based on common sense and stated goals of the Islamist movement/Iran.
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Economy-
The typical U.S. household needed to pay $213 more a month in January to purchase the same goods and services it did one year ago because of still-high inflation, according to new calculations from Moody’s Analytics chief economist Mark Zandi.
Americans are paying on average $605 more each month compared with the same time two years ago and $1,019 more compared with three years ago, before the inflation crisis began.
OBSERVATION - Hard dose of reality that the regime is trying to play down under its ‘happy days are here again’ bidenomics bilge.
Military / Strategic Activity / Deployments –
A high-altitude balloon of unknown origin and purpose was spotted over the Western United States Friday afternoon, CBS News reported.
Speaking on a condition of anonymity, sources said the balloon was moving east on the jet stream, passing over Colorado earlier in the day. The sighting was enough of a concern that the military sent aircraft to investigate.
https://www.newsmax.com/us/china-spy-balloon/2024/02/23/id/1154761/
OBSERVATION - Here we go again.
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Aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70) pulled into its homeport on Friday, U.S. 3rd Fleet announced.
Vinson arrived at Naval Air Station North Island in California this morning local time after operating for four months in the Indo-Pacific. Carrier deployments are typically six months long, but can get extended. Vinson does not have plans to immediately enter a scheduled maintenance availability and is still certified for national tasking, USNI News understands.
Wuhan and other “new” Plandemics –
Nasty batch of the nori-virus hitting the NE.
POLITICAL FRONT –
Dates of importance
March 1 - latest CR expires
March 5- Super Tuesday primaries
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Intense battles on the law fare front -
- The special counsel Jack Smith’s federal cases, look like a complete bust. The one in the DC federal district court under Judge Chutkan is unraveling on its obvious lack of merit, its misapplication of the statutes cited, and Mr. Smith’s illegitimate appointment under the rules governing special counsels.
- New York Attorney General Letitia James won the first round with an utterly truthless case, decided despotically by Judge Engoron without a trial, that, for now, has created awful tactical problems for Mr. Trump. He may adroitly overcome the $355-million judgment to bring his appeal, and at some point up the ladder of review, Ms. James will be subject to the disgrace and punishment she deserves
- The Nathan Wade / Fani Willis soap opera continues to unravel as new phone evidence shows the two in cahoots far earlier than they admitted to in court. In the first eleven months of 2021, Willis and Wade exchanged 2,000 phone calls with one another, according to the affidavit. They also texted each other nearly 12,000 times.
On other political issues - battle lines being drawn again over Ukraine support vs Border closure demands. These will bash up against the expiration of the CR on March 1. Right now I’d place odds on a govt shut down as I don’t think Johnson is going to buck the conservative wing who is ready to vacate the seat again.
Democrats continue to try to rebuild biden’s image that he is physically and mentally capable of continuing as president. This time trying to paint him as being sexually vigorous.
Cyber attacks/warfare – HEIGHTENED ALERT
Nothing further on the cell outages of yesterday, as the narrative seems that AT&T screwed up a software update.
Illegal Immigration –
See CW2 on Texas standoff.
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Local news reports growing with crimes and murder caused by illegals - some of which have been deported numerous times. Situation being made worse by soft justice returning these thugs to the streets instead of jailing or deporting.
Russia -
WAR WATCH - into the second year of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine - Feb 24th, 2022
CURRENT ASSESSMENT - Updated Feb 21, 2024, closing in on two years of war.
Russia has taken advantage of Ukrainian ammo shortages, forcing them into primary defensive operations, and has seized the initiative following the fall of Avdiivka. Russia has reportedly concentrated 40,000 troops to sustain this offensive. The attacks associated with this offensive do not appear to be supportive of each other in a manner but are scattered along the front, concentrating on five axises of attack -
- Avdiivka,
- Maryinka,
- Robotyne,
- Kremenka and
- Bakhmut.
Russia has been able to gradually enlarge the number of soldiers in the theatre to the 400,000 range. Training and equipping of these forces is still rated very poor. Russia has drawn heavily upon ‘volunteers’ from penal colonies for their “Z” shock troops- the primary element of their meat attack (human wave) assaults against Ukraine defenses. It has been documented that ‘enforcement’ squads follow behind these ‘shock troops’ with orders to shoot any who attempt to retreat.
With the exception of Avdiivka, initial Russia attacks along the other axises have had poor results and exceptionally heavy losses. Russia continues to suffer heavy tank and APC losses. Old, cold war era tanks and APCs are becoming more and more common sights in battle fields. (formerly) Elite units like the Russian marines are routinely seen with T54/55 series tanks instead of the T72/80/90 series they were commonly equipped with. In some cases, over 70% of these newer tanks have been destroyed or captured by Ukraine.
In these other attacks, Russia continues to make poor use of fire and maneuver, preferring tank/armor ‘charges’ across open areas and down roads. This brings them into prepared kill zones where these forces are stopped and destroyed. However, as seen in Avdiivka, when Ukraine lacks the artillery, Russian forces are able to penetrate in mass and overwhelm the fewer Ukrainian defenders.
Russian organization and capabilities make it unlikely that they will be able to quickly take advantage of penetrations into Ukrainian defenses. Poor training and lack of leadership at all levels, combined with poor logistic trains, will prevent any major breakouts beyond initial penetration of lines.
Shortages of Ukraine artillery ammo has permitted Russia to regain some degree of local superiority on the battlefield. Some estimates give Russia a 3:1 advantage. This is down substantially from the start of the war where it had a 10:1 advantage. Russia is relying heavily on N Korean artillery rounds and Iranian drone/missiles.
Russian appears to be continuing to shepherd its stockpile of missiles/drones for a potential effort to take down the Ukraine power grid as they did winter 2022./23 This task has become increasingly difficult as Ukraine adds air defense systems and gets better coverage. Ammo shortages are starting to impact Ukraine ADA defenses as well.
The Russian Black Sea fleet is is essentially impotent and hesitant to deploy into now contested waters. In the latest, large missile / drone attack, the Black Sea fleet was noticeably out of action. Ukraine continues to engage and destroy Russian naval vessels..
While the Russia air force has taken significant losses at the hands of Ukraine, early in this winter/spring offensive, Russian has more aggressively conducted CAS in support of ground troops, reflecting ADA shortages. As a result, Russia has been able to locally seize air superiority at key locations along the front - the first time in two years of fighting. This has been at a cost, with 7 Su-34/35 aircraft being lost in the last part of February alone.
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. putin is struggling to place his economy on wartime footing to accomplish this goal.
Unknowns at this time are how soon ammo supples will start hitting Ukrainian units. Long range ATACMS and German Taurus cruise missiles may be coming on line soon for Ukraine as well as F-16s (now reportedly due in late spring/early summer).
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See Russian loss of a critical A50 AWAC jet under Ukraine.
Logistics –
Partisan reports note that the replacement tanks being brought in by Russia predominately consist of T-62 and T54/55 series tanks. Indicates that stocks of the more modern T72/T80 varieties are essentially gone.
Ukraine –
WEATHER FORECAST – Temperatures in the 20-40 range. No significant precipitation in forecast period.
24 HOUR ROUND UP – Weather continues to dominate action on the ground. However, temperatures are reaching levels around Ukraine that are starting to freeze the ground locally, meaning that ground operations may have their tempo increase over the coming days/weeks.
Ukrainian Air Defense Forces, claim to have shot down another Russian A-50U “Mainstay” Airborne-Early Warning and Control Aircraft today over the Sea of Azov, with footage showing several missiles having struck the aircraft causing it to disintegrate and crash in the Krasnodar Krai Region of Southwestern Russia.
Russian sources claimed that the Beriev A-50 has been shot down by their own forces, Tracking of the plane placed it over Russian territory east of the Azov sea, further east of where the other plane was shot down. Video shared online shows the moment the plane appears to be shot down in the air, as well as a missiles being launched from apparent Russian territory against the plane.
According to the UP source, the A-50 was shot down by the S-200 long-range anti-aircraft missile system. S-200 has a range of up to 300 Km. Aircraft location when hit learns the needle towards a friendly fire incident. Otherwise, Ukrainian air defenses are now able to down aircraft operating roughly 200km (124 miles) behind the front.
Who ever shot it down doesn’t matter as much as the loss of another of these systems is a major blow to Russia. It has very few to begin with and that number is even less that are flight ready. Ukraine last claimed to have shot down an A-50 on 14 January. At that time, the UK’s ministry of defense said that Russia probably had six operational A-50s in service.
Additionally, its crew is huge and not replaceable
Add to Russia’s air woes - Reports that at least one if not two high-end Russia’s Su-34 figher-bombers have been shot down.
Novolipetsk Metallurgical Plant in Lipetsk came under Ukraine drones attack.. It is the largest metallurgic plant in Russia . Massive fires are reported. The plant produces approximately 15 - 20% of the steel used in Russia.
Avdiivka -
Russia attempted to push its successes at Avdiivka a bridge too far and found out that Ukraine had established strong defensive positions - losing considerable numbers of soldiers and equipment in the process.
Outlook —
Weather and mud conditions are continuing to dictate ground operations, which are at a low level due to lack of maneuverability cross country and on dirt roads due to the mud.
Russia continues to press the offensive also multiple axis. Their progress is so far been very limited by a combination of stiff Ukrainian resistance and poorly trained and equipped Russian forces. Russian milbloggers note that putin has placed a demand that Russia secure Luhansk Provence in the next 4 weeks. At the current rate, that will not be any where close to obtainable unless Ukraine defenses completely collapse.
Russia loss of the A50 places them in a very difficult situation. In addition to early warning, the planes also control ground attack and CAP operations over most of southern and eastern Ukraine. This creates, again, a major vulnerability in the Russian air defense network as well as providing CAS to ground units. At dispute is just who shot it down. Many OSINT analysts are leaning towards a friendly fire scenario, based on video footage and logistical / tactical challenges to move ADA assets close enough to the front to bring the plane in range.
Noted above is that the loss includes the trained crew - very hard to replace. Replacement aircraft will likely have to come from other military districts - reducing Russia’s national level protections.
Russia has an abundance of strategic level targets that is impossible for it to protect all of them. Ukraine’s so far successful campaign of taking out ADA related systems will only stress Russia even more - especially later this year when Ukraine goes live with F16s.
Belarus -
Increasing OSINT concerns of a false flag event that could be designed to bring Belarus into the Ukraine war.
ISRAEL –
Now the war is in its 5th month.
Dates to remember -
Ramadan begins March 11th.
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Lest we forget - there are still 105 being held hostage in Gaza.
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Israeli PM Netanyahu has presented his first official “day after” plan for the Gaza Strip once the war there ends, saying Israel will keep security control over all Palestinian areas and make reconstruction of Gaza dependent on its demilitarization.
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During the meeting in Paris between the representatives of the United States, Israel, Egypt, and Qatar, a new and updated outline for the deal for the release of hostages was agreed upon - this is what two sources familiar with the contents of the talks said on Saturday.
No word on Hamas acceptance of the framework, though it is believed that Qatar is in contact with them and negotiating on their behalf.
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Ongoing search and destroy operations throughout Gaza. Reports of more mass surrenders of Hamas and affiliated fighters. Also more reports of Hamas popping back up in N Gaza into areas previously cleared by IDF.
Intensity of fighting and location vary on a day by day basis as IDF encounters pockets of Hamas resistance and works to eliminate them.
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Continued strike/counter strike actions along the Lebanese border. Israel does continue to target significant Hezbollah targets such as ammo facilities and command/control centers as part of its retaliatory strikes.
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Friday, Hezbollah claimed to have targeted the headquarters of the Upper Galilee Regional Council in Kiryat Shmona with two drones.
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The Israeli Navy’s fleet of missile boats carried out “extensive” exercises over the past week, the IDF said on Friday, as the military prepares for potential war in the north while Israel warns that its patience for a diplomatic solution is running out.
The IDF said the Navy drills simulated fighting in the northern maritime theater, and some exercises were carried out alongside the Israeli Air Force, including the 193rd Squadron which operates the AS565 Panther helicopters, primarily used for missions at sea.
Among the scenarios that were drilled included foiling drone attacks, aerial rescue operations from vessels, and refueling the missile boats at sea, the IDF said.
https://harbingersdaily.com/israel-at-war-week-20/
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Arrests continue in numerous cities in the West Bank. Associated with those raids, clashes break out between arabs and Israeli security forces.
Israeli security forces stormed the village of Madama, south of Nablus. Confrontations broke out with Israeli security forces in the town of Jayyus, east of Qalqilya
———“ISLAMIC RESISTANCE” ———————————
Houthi are setting up what appears to be a system where shipping pays them money to permit their vessels to pass thru the Red Sea without being attacked.
US military planners reevaluating their strategy to suppress Houthi attacks.
——— FORECAST ————————-
Israel to continue search and destroy operations across Gaza. Fighting to continue to be locally intense across all Gaza as Hamas and affiliate cells are discovered and neutralized as well as of the couple hundred miles of tunnels are uncovered and destroyed.
The Houthi continue to run tighter OODA loops than the US, and are winning the ‘war’. US mil planners are hamstrung over the regime’s paranoia over angering Iran that extensive proactive airstrikes are not being allowed.
CAPs are doing a yeoman task identifying Houthi drone and ballastic launch systems and hitting them, since they are highly mobile and small footprint. But what is necessary is massive and extensive hits on ammo dumps, command and control targets. biden et al are too cowardly to make that call, so Red Sea shipping continues to be endangered.
Misc of Note –
The large cell phone outages of yesterday has stirred up appropriate concerns in the preparedness community concerning alternative comms in the event of an emergency. I don’t have a lot of time here to break it all down but here are a few thoughts and options.
You will need a back up means to communicate with family and support group elements. How far apart are they? should be your first question as distance plays big in the type of asset available to use.
Small, walkie talkie type units found at Walmart/sporting good stores are good for relatively short ranges - generally less than a mile (don’t believe their 35 - 45 mile claims). These are low power devices,usually with 0.5 watt output. They contain GMRS designated frequencies that are permitted to be used due to low power . Gmrs to be discussed later
Next comes the trusty, dusty CB radio. At 4 watts, it can justifiably reach 4 - 6 miles, depending heavily upon the quality of the antenna and location. SSB (single side band) can effectively increase power to and equivalent of 8-12 watts with ranges over 10 miles. Add an illegal linear amplifier and it can reach across the country under proper conditions. It is in the 11 meter HF band.
GMRS is the latest golden child. FCC offers essentially a no-test license applicable to the whole family for $35. With it you can legally use radios with up to 35 watts of power. It also has a growing network of repeater stations that can spread the communications range to nearly 100 miles depending on the repeater location. This gives near - ham radio comms power, but has a very limited frequency spectrum available for use.
Ham radios - the golden standard - are the best at all ranges of comms requirements. There used to be a morse code test requirement - but that is no longer the issue. Entry level Technical licenses are easy to get. Technicians can operate on 70 cm, 2 meter and 10 meter bands at power up to 1500 watts!. the 70cm/2 meter bands have an abundance of club operated repeaters across the country. Here in my corner of the Redoubt, the club repeater I can use covers a huge swath of SW Montana (at 5 watt radio power!). The 10 meter band Technicians are authorized to us has regional area coverages - again with as much as 1500 watts allowed.
More advanced Ham licenses permit more HF bands to be used that enable global communications.
Take time to figure out the distance needs of your family/group and work towards establishing comms to meet that need. One size doesn’t fit all.
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GMRS is the latest golden child. FCC offers essentially a no-test license applicable to the whole family for $35. With it you can legally use radios with up to 35 watts of power. It also has a growing network of repeater stations that can spread the communications range to nearly 100 miles depending on the repeater location. This gives near - ham radio comms power, but has a very limited frequency spectrum available for use.
With the Iranian situation getting worst and thousands of bad actors crossing the border.. might be time to look at alternative ways to contact family members. Thanks for commenting on this.
Globalism / Great Reset –
Upcoming meetings of importance
- WHO pandemic ‘treaty’ May 2024
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See “CW2 / Domestic violence” below on an apparent button push to trigger islamic actions to undercut western civilization - seemingly coordinated on a global basis.
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A recent article in “The New Scientist” appears to be endorsing cannibalism. The article calls upon readers to “reassess our views” on cannibalism based on “compassionate” motivations behind it — this is an appeal back to folklore and superstition.
“The New Scientist — a mindless rebellion against a Western culture they hate. And this is no different than the anti-modern progressivism of the past 60 years; it’s an outshoot of self-loathing Malthusianism, in which progressive Utopians want to force a return to agrarian subsistence-level living for a greatly reduced human population. That irrational belief system has turned into a neo-pagan religion of its own, with an Angry Earth Mother That Must Be Appeased through sacrifice. The more honest among them will set the goal at around one billion humans to keep Gaia from overheating, a figure that would eliminate six out of every seven humans currently on the planet.
“Reassessing” cannibalism on the basis of “compassion” would certainly accelerate their progress to that goal, no? You could deconstruct Western civilization more quickly by reinstituting human sacrifice, and clean up afterward by putting man-flesh back on the menu, boys! And guess who’d be on that menu? Hint: It wouldn’t be the enlightened elites who sneer at the herd. “
“Ask not for whom the dinner bell tolls .. it tolls for thee.”
“Progressivism isn’t just a philosophy or ideology. It’s a cookbook!”
OBSERVATION - As absurd as this all sounds, the logic presented does have support by the WEF/globalist and their agenda to wipe out norms of western civilization while at the same time, tilling the ground in the minds of the world in preparation for the apparent designed famine the anti-agricultural efforts of the WEF et al have to lower carbon emissions. This is a very stunning admission as to some of the “conspiracy theory” behind the curtain.
Perhaps the Soylent Green jokes are not as unrealistic as the globalists want us to think.
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Perhaps a little related - Farmers continue their protests all across Europe against global warming mandates designed to essentially eliminate farms for the sake of emission goals.
CW2 / Domestic violence - Heightened THREAT
Showdown in TX continues. The beacons of Gondor are lit ! !
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ProHamas protests have progressively down scaled over the past few weeks, as energy and enthusiasm declines. There is still a hardcore faction that targets specific events for disruption.
At this time, it is unclear how the movement will morph as the general election gets closer. I would suspect that when Israel finally engages Hezbollah in the fight to end all fights, these pro-hamas folk will morph into pro-hezbollah riots once again - exhibiting anti-Israeli bent of the radical left.
Speaking of Islamic protests, though the ground zero is presently Europe, the meteoric rise in moslem fanaticism across the board is tightly linked to the Gaza war as a triggering mechanism. The cultural distractive mechanisms that these ‘immigrants’ have brought with them is rapidly forcing the culture to not only tolerate - but now to actively support these islamic radicals. Not even Japan is exempt, as moslems that have been brought into the country to work the factories, etc are becoming more aggressive against Japanese in public. Assaults and vandalism have skyrocketed in recent months.
This should serve as a warning for us here in the US as the leftist city/state and even fed govt are increasingly supportive of the push of radical islamic effort to reshape the country. This moslem take over of parts of the country is being further facilitated by the vast uncounted thousands of moslems that have broken into the country and burying themselves into prepared moslem communities. Minnesota being one of the prime epicenters.
This growing islamic push is creating another fracture line in the structure of the country. By and large, they see violence as a tool by which to get their way with govt - and judging from global actions, we are just beginning to see the leading edges of its efforts here in the US.
Terrorism - Level is HIGH due to impending conflict with Iran.
This warning renewed as of Feb 6, 2024
ELEVATED RISK - Potential military action against Iranian assets for the attack that killed US forces in Jordan could result in Iranian terror groups here in the US to activate and conduct terror ops here. These attacks can range from infrastructure destruction (water, power, communications, etc) to mass casualty events (superbowl related attacks) or attacks on political candidates - heavily leaning against current administration but also Trump as well. So far the govt hasn’t come out with any warnings but the risk has increased significantly the last 24 hours, based on common sense and stated goals of the Islamist movement/Iran.
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Economy-
The EPA finalized air pollution standards that create more stringent limits for soot exposure, as it is called. This despite a 42% decrease in the national average over the last 22 years, according to the agency’s own data.
“It’s going to hurt economies. It’s going to hurt manufacturing. It’s a real problem,” Daren Bakst, senior fellow with the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI), told Just The News.
The Clean Air Act requires the EPA every five years to do a complete review of the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for six common pollutants, which includes particulate matter.
The new standards lowered the fine particulate matter from 12 micrograms per cubic meter of air to 9 micrograms per cubic meter. That means under the new standards, in one cubic foot of air, there can only be 0.00000026 grams of particulate matter.
OBSERVATION - Cross reference under “Globalism / Great Reset “ as well
The iron fist of regulations works to by pass congress and the will of the people. These numbers are so stupidly small that they are at the very edges of detection. They will destroy the diesel industry as well as coal power - that is their intentions.
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Another sign may have emerged suggesting that Joe Biden’s efforts to blackmail the country into switching to electric vehicles are failing. Ford Motor Company had already significantly decreased its production of the F-150 Lightning electric trucks earlier this year. Now they have halted shipments of the trucks. A statement from the company claims that the pause in shipments was driven by unspecified “quality issues.” But that’s a curious explanation considering that they simultaneously resumed shipments of their gas-powered trucks. (Fortune Magazine)
OBSERVATION - Hard, cold facts of the economy have caught the auto industry flat on their feet. In spite of the thousands of tax dollars subsidies, they can’t move the merchandize and are taking billions of dollars in losses. Now it appears that the regime is back pedaling on its aggressive all EV demands.
Military / Strategic Activity / Deployments –
The US Department of Defense has identified the balloon as being a hobbyist balloon, and has stated that it poses no known national security threat.
Wuhan and other “new” Plandemics –
Rutgers University students for now will have no choice but to comply with the university’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate, a federal appeals court ruled.
The Feb. 15 decision stemmed from an appeal filed in January 2023 by Children’s Health Defense (CHD) and 13 students who sued Rutgers in August 2021, arguing the mandate violated the students’ “basic right to control our bodies.”
Julio C. Gomez, lead attorney for the plaintiffs, told The Defender that CHD and the students “are considering all options, including further appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court.”
In its ruling, the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said Rutgers had a rational basis for the mandate as part of efforts to curb the pandemic on campus.
OBSERVATION - The Wuhan tyranny continues deeply embedded on colleges and universities across the country. Insulated from state laws, universities tend to be self contained and not answerable to the population. The decision is being appealed.
POLITICAL FRONT –
Dates of importance
March 1 - latest CR expires
March 5- Super Tuesday primaries
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Nikki Haley got blown out of the water in her home state primary. Yet she doggedly claims to continue.
Illegal Immigration –
See CW2 on Texas standoff.
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The Border Patrol released more illegal aliens onto the streets of an already-overwhelmed San Diego, California on Friday, at the same time that a “welcome center” for immigrants was forced to shut down because it ran out of funding, due to the surge.
“The Border Patrol bus released approximately 200 migrants onto the streets in San Ysidro, where they were then handed over to a non-governmental organization for help,” Fox News reported Friday.
The release of illegal immigrants on Friday is the latest instance of ongoing Border Patrol releases into San Diego.
In just one five-week period late last year, nearly twenty thousand migrants were dropped off in San Diego, local station CBS 8 reported on October 18, 2023:
Border Patrol encounters between ports of entry in San Diego Sector are up 73.8% through the first four months of the current fiscal year (Oct. 2023-Jan. 2024), surging to 120,124 from 69,117 in the same period last year. In each month, the number of encounters was at least sixty percent higher than the same month year-ago.
https://mrctv.org/blog/craig-bannister/illegal-aliens-unleashed-streets-san-diego-border-patrol
OBSERVATION - What is not mentioned by the article is that the increase of illegals entering kalifornia has been made worse by TX stiffening its border defenses causing illegals to enter via the democrat controlled states of NM, AZ and CA. Also noted it that the drop-off location was a bus depot - where these illegals can head across the country with no accountability.
Russia -
WAR WATCH - into the third year of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine - Feb 24th, 2022
CURRENT ASSESSMENT - Updated Feb 21, 2024.
Russia has taken advantage of Ukrainian ammo shortages, forcing them into primary defensive operations, and has seized the initiative following the fall of Avdiivka. Russia has reportedly concentrated 40,000 troops to sustain this offensive. The attacks associated with this offensive do not appear to be supportive of each other in a manner but are scattered along the front, concentrating on five axises of attack -
- Avdiivka,
- Maryinka,
- Robotyne,
- Kremenka and
- Bakhmut.
Russia has been able to gradually enlarge the number of soldiers in the theatre to the 400,000 range. Training and equipping of these forces is still rated very poor. Russia has drawn heavily upon ‘volunteers’ from penal colonies for their “Z” shock troops- the primary element of their meat attack (human wave) assaults against Ukraine defenses. It has been documented that ‘enforcement’ squads follow behind these ‘shock troops’ with orders to shoot any who attempt to retreat.
With the exception of Avdiivka, initial Russia attacks along the other axises have had poor results and exceptionally heavy losses. Russia continues to suffer heavy tank and APC losses. Old, cold war era tanks and APCs are becoming more and more common sights in battle fields. (formerly) Elite units like the Russian marines are routinely seen with T54/55 series tanks instead of the T72/80/90 series they were commonly equipped with. In some cases, over 70% of these newer tanks have been destroyed or captured by Ukraine.
In these other attacks, Russia continues to make poor use of fire and maneuver, preferring tank/armor ‘charges’ across open areas and down roads. This brings them into prepared kill zones where these forces are stopped and destroyed. However, as seen in Avdiivka, when Ukraine lacks the artillery, Russian forces are able to penetrate in mass and overwhelm the fewer Ukrainian defenders.
Russian organization and capabilities make it unlikely that they will be able to quickly take advantage of penetrations into Ukrainian defenses. Poor training and lack of leadership at all levels, combined with poor logistic trains, will prevent any major breakouts beyond initial penetration of lines.
Shortages of Ukraine artillery ammo has permitted Russia to regain some degree of local superiority on the battlefield. Some estimates give Russia a 3:1 advantage. This is down substantially from the start of the war where it had a 10:1 advantage. Russia is relying heavily on N Korean artillery rounds and Iranian drone/missiles.
Russian appears to be continuing to shepherd its stockpile of missiles/drones for a potential effort to take down the Ukraine power grid as they did winter 2022./23 This task has become increasingly difficult as Ukraine adds air defense systems and gets better coverage. Ammo shortages are starting to impact Ukraine ADA defenses as well.
The Russian Black Sea fleet is is essentially impotent and hesitant to deploy into now contested waters. In the latest, large missile / drone attack, the Black Sea fleet was noticeably out of action. Ukraine continues to engage and destroy Russian naval vessels..
While the Russia air force has taken significant losses at the hands of Ukraine, early in this winter/spring offensive, Russian has more aggressively conducted CAS in support of ground troops, reflecting ADA shortages. As a result, Russia has been able to locally seize air superiority at key locations along the front - the first time in two years of fighting. This has been at a cost, with 7 Su-34/35 aircraft being lost in the last part of February alone.
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. putin is struggling to place his economy on wartime footing to accomplish this goal.
Unknowns at this time are how soon ammo supples will start hitting Ukrainian units. Long range ATACMS and German Taurus cruise missiles may be coming on line soon for Ukraine as well as F-16s (now reportedly due in late spring/early summer).
Ukraine –
WEATHER FORECAST – Temperatures in the 20-40 range. No significant precipitation in forecast period.
24 HOUR ROUND UP – Weather continues to dominate action on the ground. However, temperatures are reaching levels around Ukraine that are starting to freeze the ground locally, meaning that ground operations may have their tempo increase over the coming days/weeks.
Yesterday marked the second anniversary of the war. Russia celebrated with a big fireworks show in Moscow. Recent successes in the winter/spring offensive have locally boosted Russian morale.
Apparently now a Russian IL-22M11 was shot down at the same time as the A-50U on February 23, 2024. I am suspicious of this claim as it may be an echo of last months’ IL-22/A50 confirmed shoot down.
Robotyne Axis -.
Russian mechanized Infantry entered the city of Robotyne in the Zaporizhzhia Region, with Ukrainian forces reportedly withdrawing from a majority of town as well as several communities to the east in order to secure a fortified defensive line to the north.
Robotyne was the most significant town recaptured during Ukraine’s summer/fall offensive.
Avdiivka -
Russian efforts continue to press forward as Ukraine works to reestablish defensed west of the fallen town.
Outlook —
Weather and mud conditions are continuing to dictate ground operations, which are at a low level due to lack of maneuverability cross country and on dirt roads due to the mud.
Russia continues to press the offensive also multiple axis, seeing their biggest successes on the Avdiivka and Robotdyne axises. Point to not that the Robotdyne push may come sputtering to a halt as Russian forces encounter the same obstacles -now probably reinforced by Ukraine, that hindered the Ukraine offensive. Those defensive positions essentially forced dismounted infantry to press forward to clear lanes for armor follow up. time will tell if the Russian forces have the same technical skills and will to fight through these defenses.
Lack of artillery and other ammo has reached super critical levels. Were Ukraine to have had the ammo supply it had months ago, the Russian offensive would have been seriously blunted. Now Russia had regained a favored artillery advantage and is able to cover its troops better and with less fear of the Ukraine counter battery fire. Until this supply issue is resolved, Russia will continue to slowly make gains. But the tenacious Ukrainian defense is capable of preventing any major breakout.
Europe / NATO General –
Big buzz over the inter webs yesterday of this event -
A reportedly “Rare Sighting Of The UK Kings Guardsmen Regiment marching down the mall Westminster”: The presence of the King’s Guardsmen regiment marching down the Mall in Westminster signifies a display of honor, tradition, and protection associated with the monarchy. It could symbolize the king’s authority and the ceremonial representation of power.
“White Horse Comes Out When The King Is There (But Charles Was Not There)”: The appearance of a white horse when the king is present, although not in the case of Charles, could symbolize purity, nobility, and strength. It may represent the king’s connection to divinity or the idea of a chosen leader.
“2 Black Horse Guardsmen Escort The Kingdom’s Flag Which Is Covered In Black”: The presence of two black horse guardsmen escorting the kingdom’s flag covered in black might signify mourning, loss, or a somber occasion. It could suggest a significant event or tragedy within the kingdom, such as the passing of an important figure or a period of national grief.
The significance of what this sighting signifies exactly Is not clear, but apparently it is rare. Has anyone seen another explanation?
IDK, could it be associated with these recent events?
Just days ago, numerous British MP’s expressed their fear of voting against a Gaza ceasefire as a mob of mostly Muslim protesters swarmed the Houses of Parliament.
The protesters projected the Hamas slogan “From the River to the sea” onto the Big Ben clock as the vote was set to take place before it was aborted.
Thousands of security cameras are also set to be installed to protect Members of Parliament near their homes.
All MP’s have also been issued with security guards when they do public meetings with their constituents.
It is becoming apparent that there is a ‘soft’ civil war brewing in Britain as these islamic invaders are set on bringing down the culture and rule of law.
Pakistan –
See Iran below on special ops raid
ISRAEL –
Now the war is in its 5th month.
Dates to remember -
Ramadan begins March 11th.
Key overnight developments -
- Plans for the operation in Rafah going forward
- US/UK jets targeted a number of Houthi sites in order to reduce their capabilities to continue shipping attacks.
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Lest we forget - there are still 105 being held hostage in Gaza.
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Fatah Movement: There is no talk with Hamas about joining the PLO and the priority is to stop the war
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The Israeli war cabinet decided to send a delegation to Doha in the coming days for follow up talks on the humanitarian aspects of the hostage deal, a source familiar with the issue told. He said the talks will be technical & the Israeli delegation will have a limited mandate
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In an unprecedented development, Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Mohammed Shtayyeh’s government could resign within two days in the hopes of creating a new technocratic Palestinian government, it was reported early on Sunday.
According to Sky News Arabia, Palestinian sources are reporting on the possibility that the government of the PA, headed by Shtayyeh, could resign within days and, in its stead, form a new professional technocratic one before the end of this week.
These developments come in light of news last week that Hamas had approved the formation of a technocratic government whose mission is to rebuild Gaza and restore security to the Strip after the war. Sky News Arabia has reported that there are indications from within Hamas that it has agreed to the formation of a technocratic government.
Reports state that the new government will not be affiliated with any Palestinian political party, where professional independents will take over government management during an initial transitional phase until elections can be held at a later time.
https://www.jpost.com/israel-hamas-war/article-788691
OBSERVATION - Some view this as a means to secure a separate palestinian ‘state’.
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Ongoing search and destroy operations throughout Gaza. Reports of more mass surrenders of Hamas and affiliated fighters. Also more reports of Hamas popping back up in N Gaza into areas previously cleared by IDF.
Israeli troops captured terrorists who tried to hide among civilians being evacuated from combat zones in western Khan Yunis, the military said on Sunday morning.
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Netanyahu is planning today (Sunday) to present plans for the IDF attack in Rafah, amid mounting international pressure for an immediate ceasefire.
“I will convene the Cabinet to approve the operational plans for action in Rafah, including the evacuation of the civilian population,” the prime minister tweeted.
“Only a combination of military pressure and firm negotiations will lead to the release of our hostages, the elimination of Hamas and the achievement of all the war’s objectives,” he added.
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Continued strike/counter strike actions along the Lebanese border. Israel does continue to target significant Hezbollah targets such as ammo facilities and command/control centers as part of its retaliatory strikes.
Four rockets were fired from Lebanon at the Galilee Panhandle a short while ago, apparently landing in open areas, according to the Israeli army. The projectiles landed near Margaliot, and there were no reports of damage or injuries. Hezbollah claims responsibility for the attack, saying it targeted an army base in the area
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The IDF on Saturday struck a weapons storage facility belonging to the Hezbollah terror group in Lebanon.
“Earlier today, an IDF aircraft identified a terrorist cell entering a Hezbollah weapons storage facility in the area of Matmoura,” the IDF confirmed. “A short while after, IDF fighter jets struck the weapons storage facility where the terrorists were located.”
“Following the strike, secondary explosions occurred, indicating that large quantities of weapons were stored there.”
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Lebanese media reports that a truck was hit by an Israeli strike near Qusayr along the Syrian-Lebanese border. Two members of Hezbollah may have been killed, per initial reports.
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Arrests continue in numerous cities in the West Bank. Associated with those raids, clashes break out between arabs and Israeli security forces.
Israeli security forces have arrested at least 15 Palestinians since yesterday evening
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The U.S. and UK with support from coalition countries have carried out strikes on more than a dozen targets in 5 locations in Houthi controlled territories of Yemen. The targets include weapons storage facilities, drone & missile launchers, two U.S. officials said
The American bombing targeted a number of sites in the capital, Sana’a, and Amran Governorate, with a number of raids, the most important of which are: Sana’a; Mount Attan; Jabal al-Nahdain-Ghartin; Maintenance camp; Khashm Al-Bakra Camp - Saraf - Ghartin; Television Ocean - Ghartin Imran; Mount Dhin-Ghartin.
The Pentagon said that Saturday’s strikes were”necessary and proportionate strikes “
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Israel to continue search and destroy operations across Gaza. Fighting to continue to be locally intense across all Gaza as Hamas and affiliate cells are discovered and neutralized as well as of the couple hundred miles of tunnels are uncovered and destroyed.
The US / UK attacks on Houthi targets were very limited. If such strikes are going to make a difference, they should continue and intensify and not let up for much longer time. Houthi will just dust themselves off and in a few days, the volume of attacks will be back as before.
Iran –
Iran special forces have carried out a cross-border raid into Pakistan during which they killed Ismail Shah Baksh, a leader of Jaish al-Adl and a number his supporters.
OBSERVATION - There are so many smaller islamic groups throughout the region. However, Pakistan and Iran have been seeing increasing aggression towards each other’s territory that this my grow into a more severe conflict down the road.
Misc of Note –
I commented on the need for radio comms to keep family/friends/support groups connected. I want to add one other radio related item to the mix - standard AM/FM and short wave radios.
It is important to get outside news and updates during a crisis. As most radio stations that are serious about news and emergency preparedness have some sort of power backup having a radio of some sort is essential.
You can get a combination radio that includes short wave (HF) comms as well. Not too expensive either. For example, shortwave allows news sources like the BBC to reach into the US with news you might not otherwise have. When I was a kid, centuries ago, I had a portable AM/FM radio and phonograph with short wave and remembering tuning in to listen to these shortwave stations.
Don’t be information / intelligence starved in an emergency where the internet (via wifi, cell phones or the like) is down. Your life could depend upon it.