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Wuhan Virus -
Moderna says that its vaccine is 100% effective in preventing what they call “severe forms” of the illness. I’m assuming those cases that result in hospitalization. It has applied for emergency authorization to distribute in both the US and EU.
Dr. Scott Atlas has resigned as special adviser to President Donald Trump on the coronavirus, submitting a resignation letter dated Dec. 1. His term was temporary to begin with, so this is not unexpected, but he was a thorn in the side of the wuhan ‘experts’ on the panel.
These same ‘experts’ are saying that ANYONE who joined in Thanksgiving celebration should consider themselves INFECTED and need to be tested. This is nothing short of a shaming effort to punish those sheeple who disobeyed their edicts. Expect the same for Christmas.
Kalifornia Gov Newscum is looking at imposing even stricter, “drastic action” that could be coming within days in the form of a new stay-at-home order. Such an order will likely accelerate the collapse of the Kalifornia economy, denying businesses the Christmas related sales necessary to keep the doors open into 2021.
A new study suggests England’s Covid-19 infections have dropped by “roughly” 30% during the second national lockdown. I would like to see if the economic impacts were worth it.
Economy -
Dangerous mixed signals on 2021 still on the horizon.
2020 Election-
Legal dances continue, time running out.
CW2/Civil Disturbances -
The Revolutionary Abolitionist Movement (RAM) is calling for a week of disruptions across the country from 03-10 December to avenge the death of Michael Reinhoel. Reinhoel is the individual who shot a Proud Boys member during an event in Portland the end of August 2020. Police attempted to arrest him at his home in Lacy WA, were he attempted to flee police, pulled out a gun and police open fire. BLM/Antifa have been trying to make him into a martyr for the cause.
Leftist groups are getting organized and funded up ahead of their planned counter-protest to Right-wing groups at the March for Trump in Washington, D.C. on 12 December. They are specifically preparing for counteraction against the Proud Boys who stood up to the leftists after the last Pro-Trump rally and sent them running in clashes. WARNING - any patriot attending the Dec 12 event better be prepared for violence.
Strategic Developments -
So far, only the USS Nimitz’s battle group is in the Arabian sea region, no other surface units appear to be mobilizing towards a potential Iranian crisis response.
N Korea -
Questionable reports that NK has reestablished stringent quarantine measures to stem an outbreak.
Israel -
See Iran below. Israel military, particularly in N Israel, continued at a higher readiness status.
Iran -
Last night there was RUMINT of an impending Iranian attack targeting Haifa. This rumor was pushed by Iranian “news” sources (read propaganda) and created quite a stir on the net for several hours while various claims were run down by observers. Hence the RUMINT listing - serious but unverified. I will post RUMINT when the situation suggests there is a possibility of being valid given the situation in the region. Believe me, there is a lot of wild stuff out there. Just so you understand my reasoning.
The situation is tense and Iran will strike out at Israel or Israeli interests in the region. What they, and their Hezbollah henchmen also realize is that Israel will not sit back and play the punching bag, nor will the US sit idly by.
Iraq -
Badr Organization’s (Iraq) al-Ghadeer TV web page has been seized by the U.S. government as well as Harakat Hizballah al-Nujaba’s (HHN) TV network’s (Nujaba TV) website was seized. The group emerged in 2013 as an Akram Ka’abi-led faction off of AAH. It was one of the major recruiters for Shia militiamen to fight in Syria.
Armenian / Azerbaijan -
Turkey and Russia have agreed to monitor a truce over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region from a joint peacekeeping center, Ankara’s defense ministry said on Tuesday.Turkey and Russia have agreed to monitor a truce over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region from a joint peacekeeping center, Ankara’s defense ministry said on Tuesday. The truce deal ended more than six weeks of fighting that claimed more than 1,400 lives and saw ethnic Armenians agree to withdraw from large parts of the contested region of Azerbaijan.
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Wuhan Virus -
UK became the first country in the world to approve the Pfizer/BioNTech coronavirus vaccine for widespread use.
First shipments of Pfizer vaccine are scheduled to be delivered to the US on December 15, according to an Operation Warp Speed document. Still pending FDA approval.
The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, an outside group of medical experts that advises the CDC, voted to direct the first vaccine doses to be administered to health care workers and long-term care facility residents. Some estimates that it could take as much as three months just to get all the health care workers the shot.
Economy -
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell rejected a proposed bipartisan virus relief package, pushing instead for what he calls a “targeted relief bill,” CNBC’s Jacob Pramuk reports. The $908 billion plan was put together by members of the GOP-controlled Senate and Democratic-held House. The relief bill seems to be tied to a continuing resolution to fund the government due by December 11th to avoid a government shutdown.
Fewer than half of households with kids in the U.S. are “very confident” they can afford food over the next four weeks while 5.6 million households with children reported struggling to afford food in the last seven days, according to new Census survey data.
Fed Chairman Powell is on record saying that more than half of jobs lost in March, April have been recovered. IMHO those gains are now threatened by the tyrannical new rounds of lockdowns.
2020 Election-
AG Barr stepped in it by saying there is no evidence of election fraud. From all counts, DOJ has done virtually no investigation into the evidence out there to make such an unfounded claim. His credibility has slipped to that of the other swamp dwellers in DC.
CW2/Civil Disturbances -
Violent crime has skyrocketed following the BLM/Antifa rioting and the liberal mayors/governors condoning those riots and even drastically cutting police budgets. Police department in major, liberal cities across the country are hemorrhaging blue at an incredible rate. Synergizing with emptying out jails and no effective prosecution of criminals (essentially catch and release) lives are becoming increasingly dangerous as criminals move outward from the inner cities into nearby more affluent suburbs.
BLM/Antifa and affiliated groups are expanding plans to memorialize martyred Antifa killer Michael Reinoehl. One of these groups “The Base” in Brooklyn is calling for riots. The campaign by these marxists is to run from 3 - 10 December.
Hong Kong -
Hong Kong democracy activists Joshua Wong, Agnes Chow and Ivan Lam have been sentenced to jail for their involvement in mass protests last year. The trio had been found guilty of unlawful assembly. The pro-democracy movement has been stifled since Beijing introduced a controversial security law with harsh punishments.
Israel - Looks like Gantz has pulled out of the alliance with Likud and announced that his party will vote tomorrow in favor of dissolving the Knesset and having early elections. The Knesset later voted 61-54 to dissolve itself. More election hell on the way for Israel.
NOTE - This will create a very dangerous period for Israel’s security, facing a very hostile Iran and uncertain support from the US should biden take the presidency.
Iran -
Iranian Government Spokesperson Ali Rabi’ei has reported that the Ministry of Intelligence for Iran have identified the people who imported the equipment and tools for Mohsen Fakhri Zade’s assassination. One step towards setting up an international justification for any action against Israel.
Low on the radar screen is this report. Al-Arabiya News cited Iraqi intelligence sources as saying that a senior member of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) was killed in a drone strike along the Syria-Iraq border on Sunday while driving in his car with three bodyguards. Iran has denied this loss.
Afghanistan -
Afghan government and Taliban representatives said on Wednesday they had reached a preliminary deal to press on with peace talks, their first written agreement in 19 years of war. The question is will the Taliban keep its loose cannons reigned in and cease the violence?
Syria -
Pro-Assad forces have slowly nibbled away rebel territory in southern Idlib. This is due in some part to Turkey backing off its aggressive support of the rebels over the past few months.
Turkey -
Greece is in negotiations to acquire F35s to counter the increasing Turkish threat. The request for 18 - 24 of the stealth fighters seems to be on a fast track.