Threat Matrix 2020

Established in 2001 after the 9/11 attack on America, this thread is designed to identify threats to America, both internal and external, and evaluate the probability of those threats occurring and the extent of potential damage. Discussions may stray into ‘tinfoil’ territory, but the goal is to peel back and confirm information so we can make founded decisions and actions.

Today the deep state may try to shove the corrupted election results further down our throats.

Wuhan Virus -
Mayor DeBlazio is threatening to place NYC on the strictest of full lock down measures. Gov Coumo was supportive of the threat.

Economy -
Businesses across the country are increasingly rebelling against the tighter lockdowns issued by governmental tyrants. This is due very much by desperations - many, many of them facing permanent closure.

A recent survey indicates that about 38% of Americans are expecting to live in ‘survival mode’ in 2021. That was defined as focusing on day-to-day planning instead of long term goals in order to get their families through ’21. Biggest hurdle are financial where 68% said they experienced some kind of financial setback in ’20.

If Biden take office - he has one big bombshell that is heading his way - the end of suspensions of evictions for renters/mortgage failures by the end of December. This is a can that has been kicked down the road since March and it will be time to pay the piper - soon. Either it is allowed to expire - and tens of thousands lose their homes, or it continues and property owners are forced into bankruptcy or loss of their properties to banks.

2020 Election-
Electoral college met today in each state. Biden received 307 votes - enough to technically win the presidency. Five states - AZ, WI, MN, PA, NV and GA had GOP alternative delegations cast votes for Trump. This at least keep open the chance that legal maneuverings could negate the selection and courts put it in the hands of the state legislators.

Biden claimed the victory last night and denied all claims of election fraud. His version of unity consisted of taunting Trump (and in kind, his supporters) over the loss. Observers noted that Biden was struggling and squinting to read the teleprompter for what should have been an easy speech. But what people noticed first after the discombobulation of the speech, was the fact that he kept coughing and clearing his throat throughout the address. When he was done, his wife had to guide him off stage. Looked like he had no clue where to go, and he was walking like he was 90 years old. If he gets into the office, I expect he will be there less than a year before resigning due to health reasons - or being removed as no longer fit to serve.

Key dates - House of Representatives officially counts electoral votes on Jan. 6.

Partially election related - AG Barr resigned, impart because it was revealed that he directed that the multiple investigations be put under cover to prevent the press from reporting them prior to the elections - basically influencing the results where surveys indicated that around 16% of Biden voters would not have voted for him had these investigations been brought out into the public view.

Still developing, FBI, US Marshals and Texas Rangers reportedly raided SolarWinds headquarters in Austin Texas. /There appears to be linkage to the Dominion system software and may be a component of external manipulation of the election results. Details are still fuzzy though. Along the same lines, the examination of the Dominion Voting Systems machines and software in Antrim County, Michigan, indicate that it was designed to create fraud and influence election results, Allied Security Operations Group said Monday. This could be a game changer and implicates ALL Dominion systems present in all contested states.

CW2/Civil Disturbances -
The fenced-off, booby-trapped “autonomous zone” in Oregon has been dismantled after Portland’s mayor brokered a deal with protesters — and apologized to them. Exact details are fuzzy, but it is considered to be a big win for BLM/Antifa forces.

Strategic Developments -
On 12 December, Ramstein Air Base in Germany, America’s central European military facility, a alert went of and alerted its staff to a “real-world missile launch in the European theater” only to later assess the incident as “part of a training exercise” without providing any details as to what prompted the alarm.

Cyber Warfare -
Russian hackers are believed to have gained access to internal communications at the US Department of Homeland Security. This in addition to hitting the Treasury and Commerce departments.

Dozens of Israel’s largest importers and logistic companies have been targeted for the past two weeks by cyberattacks, culminating in several major breaches over the past weekend. The attacks came after a breach into the servers of Amital Data’s servers, allowing access to the data of clients using its Unifreight logistics software. Hacks into another 15-20 logistics companies that are not clients of Amital were also discovered, with the potential of threatening Israel’s distribution of essential commodities and military materials.

China -
ICC prosecutor rejects Uighur genocide complaint against China. Office of prosecutor Fatou Bensouda said it cannot act on the complaint because China is not a signatory to The Hague-based court.

Revelations that CCP members have penetrated deeply into government and the private sector is just the tip of the iceberg. China considers ALL citizens as intelligence collectors/sources, with several hundred thousand college student in country as well as other citizens. We will find that they have extracted a considerable amount of information that China will use in the future against us.

Israel -
See Cyber threats above

Turkey -
US Imposed sanctions on Turkey for acquiring S-400 Russian System. Sanctions target Defense industry. Turkey has been increasingly independent and hostile against NATO, yet maintaining the alliance as a shield against Russian aggression where it is beneficial to them.

We are in the eye of the storm. We have a short time to prepare before the eye-wall strikes us coming from the other direction.

Wuhan Virus -
A “new variant” of the COVID-19 virus has been identified in the United Kingdom and linked to a faster spread of the disease, Britain’s health secretary has said. The World Health Organization has been notified. So far, we are being told that approximately 1,000 people have tested positive for this new variant of the virus. The big question that people are asking about this new strain is whether or not the recently developed vaccines will work against it.

Those monitoring the medical elites should by now realize that the wuhan goal posts have been moved. Earlier in the year they said the vaccine would solve all. However, the Trump-pushed accelerated vaccine development effort has brought this vaccine out months/years sooner than the left imagined. So now the mantra is that we will still have to wear masks and social distance etc. throughout 2021.

FDA’s review of Moderna’s vaccine states that it is highly effective. FDA did flag the possibility that the vaccine was contributing to Bell’s palsy, a type of facial paralysis also reported by participants in the Pfizer trial. Final approval should be soon.

The American Medical Association has amended their recommendations regarding Hydroxychloroquine, reversing their previous warning that a drug in common use for seven decades was somehow now dangerous. This comes after the 2020 election, of course. If they admitted the truth about HCQ before the election, it would have benefitted President Trump who has been recommending it for months. How many died as a result of the AMA’s actions.

2020 Election-
Key dates - House of Representatives officially counts electoral votes on Jan. 6.

Biden’s physical appearance and behavior during his ‘acceptance’ speech has caused widespread speculation on his health on social media.

CW2/Civil Disturbances -
The RHAZ occupation has spurred calls across the leftist inter webs to conduct similar in the near future.

Some commentators are looking to Dec 18 - 24 as a window where Trump must order up the Insurrection Act, or employ some other executive action to stop the election steal. This is compound by the documentation of a group of Michigan Dominion machines with a 68% error rate (similar not identified in another state). This also coincides with the EO requiring DNI reporting on foreign interference with the election. I can’t confirm or deny that the President will take unprecedented actions during this time frame, but as i’ve been noting - time is running out for conventional methods and these ‘nuclear’ option are being urged.

MY OBSERVATIONS -This may be unpopular on FR but must be considered. The President takes into consideration the loss of life in the equation of these types of decisions. Remember a couple years ago when Iran shot down an American drone in the Persian Gulf. The president had a massive counterstrike set up but called it off at the last minute because of the loss of civilian lives it would incur. I think something similar may be on his decision matrix on stopping the election steal. Undoubtedly if he utilizes any or all of these nuclear actions he knows that the left (BLM/Antifa et al), will go bat-crap crazy and create rioting and destruction on a scale greater than what we’ve seen so far as well as instigating an limited civil war against supporters - creating areas of local warfare between left and right. This may explain what seems to be reluctance to execute these more extreme measures as an attempt to first allow the legal methods to exhaust themselves and identifing less potentially lethal options. I hate to say time will tell, but at this stage we need to be prepared for a big explosion or a long term burn under Biden.

Cyber Warfare -
The Solar Winds Orion cyber attack, also affected all five branches of the U.S. military. Rumors are that the network set up to handle highly classified material has been ordered to be shut down pending security assessment.

White House national security adviser Robert O’Brien cut short a European trip on Tuesday and returned to Washington to deal with a suspected Russian cyberhack. Indicators are that this hacking attack is even far deeper than first reported and the NSC is working overtime to examine and assess the breach.

Israel -
Talks are being initiated with Morocco to resume diplomatic relations. Reports that a Pakistan delegation has also visited Tel Aviv and Israeli officials.

Turkey -
US Imposes Sanctions on Turkey for acquiring S-400 Russian System. Sanctions target Defense industry. Turkey has been increasingly independent and hostile against NATO, yet maintaining the alliance as a shield against Russian aggression where it is beneficial to them. Erdogan bristled at the sanctions saying it is an open attack against the sovereignty of Turkey.

We are in a time where we can prepare, once this storm hits the time for preparation will be past.

Wuhan Virus -
Distribution of the Pfizer vaccine continues to medical personnel. An Alaskan healthcare worker suffered a serious allergic reaction within minutes of receiving Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine, it was reported Wednesday. The patient had no prior history of allergies. CBS Los Angeles is reporting that a recent survey conducted by the UCLS Fielding School of Public Health reports that a full two-thirds of the nurses surveyed either said no or at least… not yet.
CONSIDER THIS - worst case, if this vaccine has serious effects not reported/swept under the rug, hitting our health care providers it would be devastating to our nation’s health care system.

Dr. Kelly Moore, associate director of the Immunization Action Coalition, told CNN last week that the COVID-19 vaccines have not been tested on the “frail elderly.” Moore said that Americans need to be prepared for reports about the elderly dying “a day or two” after receiving the vaccine jab, adding that such deaths are a “normal occurrence” that may have nothing to do with the vaccine since such people “die frequently.” His statements are an effort to DEFLECT concerns over the wuhan vaccine’s potential to kill those age groups it is suppose to be protecting.

Fauci has stated that we can return to ‘normal’ by late fall 2021. Other voices out there say not until 2022. Pretty clear they want to keep this ‘pandemic’ that 99.7% of the people survive as a tool to keep the population under their thumbs.

Emmanuel Macron, president of France, has tested positive for the wuhan virus.

Economy -
House Republicans are urging the president to veto the 1.4 Trillion continuing resolution. A separate 900 Billion stimulus bill is still being hammered out between the House and Senate.

2020 Election-
Key dates - House of Representatives officially counts electoral votes on Jan. 6. Inauguration is Jan 20.

There was foreign election interference by China, Iran, and Russia in November of this year,” according to DNI_Ratcliffe. However, internal disputes as to the extent of Chinese from “senior analysts” (read deep state) have delayed the report past its Dec 18 due date.

CW2/Civil Disturbances -
Seattle - Cal Anderson Park in Seattle has been closed for the past six months. It sits adjacent to the former CHAZ/CHOP zone that was set up on Capitol Hill this summer and has become a staging area for protest gatherings in addition to being a home for quite a few homeless people. The city announced it was going to clear the park - but with a slight delay that granted BLM/Antifa to erect initial barriers in a manner similar to Portland’s RHAZ, and rally support to prevent the police efforts. When Seattle Mayor Durkan was informed of the defensive measures, he backdown from the plan.

A different target from which I’ve been covering on this subject, but shows the breath of the desired purge of anything that opposes progressive/marxist goal is the probability that climate skeptics and skeptical organizations would be put on show trials for daring to present opposing hypothesises. This is coming from Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI). He has made it to reach a level of a crime and should be punished as such.

Cyber Warfare -
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has been added to a growing list of targets in a major cyberattack by suspected Russian hackers.

Israel -
Israel has tested an integrated ABM umbrella using Arrow and David’s Sling to cover long-range threats, with Iron Dome batteries are a point defense that can defend a certain area. The test appears to have been highly successful. Israel is facing about 150,000 rockets in Lebanon and Iranian ballistic missile threats. It is evolving from its traditional ground based deterrent given that the threat is biased towards rockets and missiles. Part of the test was the successful intercept of a cruse missile by Iron Dome.

Finance Minister Israel Katz made a last-minute effort to stop the impending election, asking Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to allow the 2020 state budget to go to a cabinet vote on Sunday. If the Knesset does not pass the budget by 12:00 a.m. on Wednesday, December 23, the legislature will automatically be dispersed, launching a new election, which is, at this point, the most likely scenario. (JPost)

Iran -
In more threats due to the anniversary of the killing of Soleimani, Iran promises to kill the whole “chain of command” involved in the operation. The Ayatollah said that “Revenge will certainly be taken at the right time”. Iran is known to play along game. An example is the 2008 assassination of Imad Mughniyeh, Hezbollah’s de-facto Chief of Staff & head of the IJO. Hezbollah didn’t respond until 2012, when, with the help of Iran, it blew up a bus full of Israeli tourists in Bulgaria.

Afghanistan -
Army Gen. Mark A. Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, met for about two hours with Taliban negotiators in Doha, Qatar, Tuesday and flew to Kabul Wednesday to discuss the peace process with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani. Afghanistan is doing poorly against the Taliban in maintaining security and the Taliban is exploiting that weakness - and violating the US terms of peace.

Armenian / Azerbaijan -
As Russians move through the disputed territory as peace keepers, dozens of accounts of war-crimes have become apparent from massacring Armenian soldiers and civilians to directed attacks on churches and similar. Nothing is going to happen, but is being noted anyway. Typical moslem attack methodology

We are in a time where we can prepare, once this storm hits the time for preparation will be past.

Wuhan Virus -
Numbers of healthcare workers are refusing the wuhan virus over questions of long term effects. Media and some medical associations continue to promote it - like the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists that continues to recommend that pregnant women take the vaccine - in spite of tests that show it affects fertility.

Finally the left media is noting this. WaPo reports “A survey of high school athletes conducted by the University of Wisconsin this summer found that approximately 68 percent of the 3,243 teens polled have reported feelings of anxiety and depression at levels that typically require medical intervention — nearly 40 percent higher than past studies.” The “cure” is fast becoming worse than the disease.

Economy -
Christmas holiday shopping has had a slight effect for small business. Most of this is due to more draconian shutdowns across the nation.

2020 Election-
DNI Ratcliffe is refusing to sign off on the report until the intel officials include the damning information on China and its attempt to influence the 2020 election.

Key dates - House of Representatives officially counts electoral votes on Jan. 6. Inauguration is Jan 20.

CW2/Civil Disturbances -
Seattle BLM/Antifa still ready to defend homeless camps near the CHAZ neighborhood.

Cyber Warfare -
The extent of the recent cyber hack is getting worse. First, DHS is indicating that it started in March 2020. Then yesterday the Energy Department and National Nuclear Security Administration, which maintains the U.S. nuclear weapons stockpile, announced that they have evidence that hackers accessed their networks. This is a very deep and dangerous penetration as it includes those agencies associated with our nuclear forces. Investigators found suspicious activity in networks belonging to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), Sandia and Los Alamos national laboratories in New Mexico and Washington, the Office of Secure Transportation and the Richland Field Office of the DOE.

China -
Dozens of Chinese companies being added to sanctions list by US.

Russia -
Russia has deployed as many as 10 warships in the vicinity of Great Britain lately, the largest deployment since the cold war. NATO is stating that Putin is testing the alliance, probably in the face the ongoing Brexit talks and disruptions.

Syria -
Turkey has evacuated seven military observation posts in northwest Syria, pulling back troops from territory controlled by the Syrian government to areas held by insurgents and Turkey-backed rebels, a Turkish source said on Friday. Syrian rebels say Turkey retains between 10,000 and 15,000 troops in northwest Syria.

Black Swans -
More swarms of locust are forming again in Eastern Africa, the latest hatch of a series of locust swarm that have hammered the region, creating critical food shortages.

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I know people at Pfizer animal spinoff vaccine maker Zoetis in Kalamazoo Michigan. They recently opened up another facility in China. That’s all I have to say about that right now.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcXSm51UI5M

Was a little under the weather yesterday and missed a couple key items, hopefully will catch up today

Initial review of the past year -
Who could have imagined this year would have turned into such a dumpster fire.
One year ago, the House impeached President Trump.
One year ago, the wuhan virus epidemic started creating issues in China. I personally started tracking reports in December with confirmed reports post #123 (Jan 19).

I’m also looking at the Priority Intelligence (Post #5) I started out tracking at the first of the year and summarize how things panned out - as well as the significant changes over the course of the year.

Wuhan Virus -
Moderna’s wuhan vaccine became the second in the US approved for emergency use. Distribution is expected over the weekend with first shots starting on Monday.

The Department of Health and Human Services says U.S. states reporting cutbacks in their Pfizer Covid vaccine allocations have confused initial numbers provided last month with the actual allotments. States recently were complaining about ‘cut’ in the number of vaccines to be delivered.

For another cure is worse than the disease outlook, Drug overdose deaths have substantially increased in the U.S., and set a new record for fatalities in the year ending in May, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced.
The CDC’s Health Alert Network released a report Thursday saying 81,230 drug overdose deaths occurred during that time starting in June 2019.

Economy -
Congress passes a couple day extension, temporally avoiding a partial government shut down.

Current reviews of the pandemic rescue package have provisions that would give Americans stimulus checks of up to $600-$700 per individual, for single income up to $75K. Some are saying that isn’t enough. Other differences include loans and who those loans would go to.

2020 Election-
More legal wrangling. Apparently a couple of Powell’s cases have hit the USSC, but Roberts is slow walking the process, not requiring states to respond until Jan 14th.

Overnight, President Trump tweeted for support for a Jan 6 rally in DC. “Be there, it will be wild”.

Key dates - House of Representatives officially counts electoral votes on Jan. 6. Inauguration is Jan 20.

CW2/Civil Disturbances -
As noted yesterday, Antifa attempted to create a new“CHAZ” in Seattle, building barricades around Cal Anderson Park. They were trying to prevent the police and the city from clearing out the park that they and the homeless had been occupying. Yesterday, police moved in with numbers that overwhelmed the Antifa, arresting 21 and chasing the rest down the street. Antifa had also taken over a “Yellow House” (wanting to create a YHAZ), but SWAT raided it.
MY OBSERVATION - Unlike Portland that capitulated, Seattle showed a little more backbone and BLM/Antifa was lax in their support/logistics to defend the site, possibly thinking that Seattle would buckle like Portland. I also think that Antifa gets more support when attacking the government versus defending homeless. Not as glamorous.

May need to make a new category, but Schumer and Pelosi are pushing for the declaration of a climate “emergency”, most likely designed to parallel the current ‘emergencies’ associated with Wuhan virus to allow a biden presidency (as well as blue state governors) to by pass legislative branches and issue edicts to change regulations and make new “laws” to force aspects of the ‘green new deal’ on Americans. Such heavy handedness will likely see push back in states already tired of tyrannical governors to red states that will flat out reject such demands. This will serve to further widen the gap between conservatives and progressive/marxists.

Cyber Warfare -
The attack against the US wasn’t limited to the US. Microsoft announced that customers in Canada, Mexico, Belgium, Spain and the UK, Israel and UAE were also targeted. Meanwhile, US officials are still assessing the depth and breath of the attack that started as early as March.

China -
President Trump on Friday signed legislation that would kick Chinese companies off U.S. stock exchanges unless they adhere to American auditing standards, the White House said, giving the Republican one more tool to threaten Beijing with before leaving office next month. “The Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act” bars securities of foreign companies from being listed on any U.S. exchange if they have failed to comply with the U.S. Public Accounting Oversight Board’s audits for three years in a row. Legislation initially targets Chinese companies listed in the United States, such as Alibaba, tech firm Pinduoduo and oil giant PetroChina. Chinese authorities have long been reluctant to let overseas regulators inspect local accounting firms, citing national security concerns.

Russia -
Under there microscope due to the cyberattack believed to have originated there with government support.

Will the world see the Light next week, or willingly turn to deeper darkness?

Wuhan Virus -
Advocate Condell Medical Center, Libertyville IL, stopped wuhan vaccinations when 4 of the medical staff started having adverse reactions to the vaccine. FDA is now investigating other reactions in Alaska.

A new strain of the wuhan virus is capable of spreading faster and easier than earlier ones. Currently in Britain, but now showing signs of being in other countries (South Africa). PM Johnson has imposed a full lockdown on London and Southeast England as a result. Italy has imposed a new lockdown as well. The Netherlands and Belgium on Sunday banned flights from the U.K. and Germany considered limiting such flights in attempt to ensure that a new strain of coronavirus sweeping across southern England does not establish a strong foothold on the continent.
Unknown if the current ‘vaccines’ will have an effect on this new strain.

All San Diego County restaurants can now reopen for on-site dining after a California judge’s ruling. Civil disobedience and resistance to tyrannical lockdown/shutdown restrictions continue to gain momentum across the nation.

Economy -
Meat packers across North America are bracing for a resurgence of coronavirus cases, trying to avoid the shutdowns that left supermarket shelves empty earlier in the pandemic. Since the wuhan hit, meat packers have adjusted and created more resilient systems to meet demands. If the packers get hit hard, we will see if this claim is true.

It appears the Senate has reached an agreement on a $900 Billion simulus after coming to some sort of agreement on how the Fed can use the CARE Act on their own. It sounds like that now the Fed needs congressional approval to continue market driving corporate bond buying in 2021.

2020 Election-
Key dates - House of Representatives officially counts electoral votes on Jan. 6. Inauguration is Jan 20.

There is a growing number of Senators readying to challenge the Electoral College, in opposition to McConnell’s edict not to.

With all the talk about using martial law to force either recounts or re-voting in swing stated, the DoD issued a statement saying that they will not be involved in any such operation - that doing so would be extra constitutional. In part that is true, about the only way they would be involved in something is the institution of the Insurrection Act, but even then much of their involvement would be limited.

An option being floated is the declaration of a national emergency (possibly bolstered by the recent discovery of a massive cyberattack) stating the election was corrupted and the president taking very active steps to arrest/confescate election officials and materials. That would trigger a violent response by the left (courts will try to delay, but the ball would be rolling) and the Insurrection Act could come into play. However, as when BLM/Antifa rioters threatened to storm the WH and the DoD was openly reluctant to defend the WH under the act, there may be serious challenges by the military leadership. That may cause some serious issues among the ranks.

Maricopa County AZ refuses to turn over Dominion machines under subpoena, setting up further legal battles.

CW2/Civil Disturbances -
10 years ago the “arab spring” uprisings began, throwing much of the middle east into greater turmoil, much of which is still reverberating today. Those on the left here in America threatened their version if Trump won a second term. Those discussions have ceased with the election steal of Biden (unless lightning strikes soon to turn the events around). Now there are those on the right starting to talk about a patriot version of the “spring” should biden get placed into the WH.

Cyber Warfare -
Assessments of the latest hack are ongoing, but the penetration is deep. New concerns whether the controls for the electrical grid were hit as well.

China -
Naval group lead by China’s newest aircraft carrier, the Shandong, passed through the Taiwan Strait, triggering Tiawanese military to deploy aircraft and naval vessels during the transit. China has increased activity, mostly using military aircraft, in the straits, over the past year, increasing tensions in the region.

Taiwan -
Taiwan’s staging of a live-fire drill in the Pratas Islands on Sunday has highlighted the chain’s strategic importance and potential to be a flashpoint in the South China Sea, analysts said. According to Taiwan’s Coast Guard Administration, which 20 years ago took over the Taiwanese military’s role of safeguarding the islands, the exercise is part of its annual training program there, and will consist of two live-fire drills, one on Sunday and the other seven days later. In May, Japan’s Kyodo News reported that the PLA was planning to conduct a large-scale training exercise on the southern Chinese island of Hainan in August that would include simulating taking the Pratas islets. “In capturing the Pratas Islands, China could kill several birds with one stone,” he said. “For instance, success could serve to consolidate [Chinese President] Xi’s grip on the Chinese Communist Party. As such, the [Pratas] is a potential flashpoint that now needs to come to the attention of the US, Japan and other democratic countries.”

Israel -
If no budget is passed in the next couple days, new elections will automatically be triggered.

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