Threat Matrix 2021

Threat Matrix is a thread where global and domestic threats and trends to America are noted and commented on. Goal it to peel back the BS and get to the root of things.

“When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked bear rule, the people mourn.” Proverbs 29:2

Sunday edition

Globalism / Great Reset -
Many components of the ‘great reset’ are buried in the multiple other issues today. But to keep focus, here are some key goals that have been published by WEF and other globalists (not tinfoil conspiracy types)

* Eliminate national sovereignty and independence
* Destroy and replace the free enterprise economic system
* Eliminate private property
* Own nothing and be happy
* Abolishing Christianity
* A cashless society
* A universal income

The ultimate goal is godless global government

Economy -
Biden administration’s 60-day hold on new oil and gas leases on public lands has blue New Mexicans upset. Being one of the state’s economic drivers, the industry supports about 100,000 direct and related jobs. That’s a lot of jobs in a state with a total population of 2.3 million. Even though it is a 60 day moratorium, biden has said he was going to make the suspensions permanent.
It hasn’t stopped there, biden getting more pushback. The Ute tribe - Chairman of the tribe’s business committee, Luke Duncan, sent a strongly worded letter to Biden’s acting Secretary of the Interior, Scott de la Vega. “The Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation respectfully requests that you immediately amend Order No. 3395 to provide an exception for energy permits and approvals on Indian lands,” Duncan wrote in the letter. “The Ute Indian Tribe and other energy producing tribes rely on energy development to fund our governments and provide services to our members. Your order is a direct attack on our economy, sovereignty, and our right to self-determination. Indian lands are not federal public lands. Any action on our lands and interests can only be taken after effective tribal consultation,” he instructed.

biden has also made it more expensive for those with Type 1 diabetes as well as those with severe allergic reactions after halting the Trump EO that directs cost savings to go to the patient and not the company.

SD Gov Noem announced that the state’s unemployment rate has dropped below pre-wuhan levels. She was staunchly anti-lockdown and it worked.

Canadian PM Justin Trudeau expressed “disappointment” at Joe Biden’s decision to cancel the Keystone XL oil pipeline during the new US president’s first call to a foreign leader. “The prime minister underscored the important economic and energy security benefits of our bilateral energy relationship as well as his support for energy workers.” (BBC) biden’s response was basically tough luck (but in diplomatic wrappings).
Transportation Secretary designate Pete Buttigieg said that the Keystone pipeline workers can “find other jobs”. Yeh, right.

(Reuters) - U.S. manufacturing activity surged to its highest level in nearly 14 years in early January, but bottlenecks in the supply chain caused by the COVID-19 pandemic are driving up prices and signaling a rise in inflation in the months ahead.
OBSERVATION - while in some sense good news, the economy is still very disjointed an prone to fall apart with further disruptions. Throw on top of this the return to high taxes and regulations is a recipe for a broader economic disaster. Inflation combined with extensive unemployment could easily pop this bubble quickly.

Illegal Invasion -
ICE is being instructed to free all detainees in their custody, as biden’s administration halts deportations. There are currently about 14,195 detainees in its custody, 71.45 percent of whom are convicted criminals or have pending criminal charges. Texas is threatening to sue the biden administration for the deportation halt.

Mexico’s president said Saturday that Biden told him the U.S. would send $4 billion to help development in Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala — nations whose hardships have spawned tides of migration through Mexico toward the United States.
MY OBSERVATION - what is the source of that “hardship”? It is the corrupt governments in place that will soak up these billions - none of which will reach the citizens and won’t stop continued caravans pushing to an open border america.

CW2/Domestic violence -
BLM/Antifa protestors broke into a locked city hall in Bellingham, Washington today. Mayor had to be escorted out for safety. They also tore down the American flag outside. Stole a KGMI journalist’s mic and threw a hot drink on him. They’re supposed to be here advocating for the homeless. (KIRO7). BLM/Antifa had increasingly advocated for homeless over the past year in Washington State, targeting Seattle. It is likely that Seattle BLM/Antifa followers came out of the Seattle metro area for the riot.

Seattle’s city’s interim police Chief Adrian Diaz announced that his department is coordinating with the city attorney to enact a strict new policy to arrest and prosecute protesters who destroy property during street demonstrations. The proof will be if they carry this out an are not stopped by the leftist city council.

The government has published a list of 72 types of Americans that are potential terrorists in official U.S. government documents. -

1. “Those that talk about “individual liberties”
2. “Those that advocate for states’ rights
3. “Those that want “to make the world a better place”
4. “The colonists who sought to free themselves from British rule”
5. “Those that are interested in “defeating the Communists”
6. “Those that believe “that the interests of one’s own nation are separate from the interests of other nations or the common interest of all nations”
7. “Anyone that holds a “political ideology that considers the state to be unnecessary, harmful,or undesirable”
8. “Anyone that possesses an “intolerance toward other religions”
9. “Those that “take action to fight against the exploitation of the environment and/or animals”
10. “Anti-Gay”
11. “Anti-Immigrant”
12. “Anti-Muslim”
13. “The Patriot Movement”
14. “Opposition to equal rights for gays and lesbians”
15. Members of the Family Research Council
16. Members of the American Family Association
17. Those that believe that Mexico, Canada and the United States “are secretly planning to merge into a European Union-like entity that will be known as the ‘North American Union”
18. Members of the American Border Patrol/American Patrol
19. Members of the Federation for American Immigration Reform
20. Members of the Tennessee Freedom Coalition
21. Members of the Christian Action Network
22. Anyone that is “opposed to the New World Order”
23. Anyone that is engaged in “conspiracy theorizing”
24. Anyone that is opposed to Agenda 21
25. Anyone that is concerned about FEMA camps
26. Anyone that “fears impending gun control or weapons confiscations”
27. The militia movement
28. The sovereign citizen movement
29. Those that “don’t think they should have to pay taxes”
30. Anyone that “complains about bias”
31. Anyone that “believes in government conspiracies to the point of paranoia”
32. Anyone that “is frustrated with mainstream ideologies”
33. Anyone that “visits extremist websites/blogs”
34. Anyone that “establishes website/blog to display extremist views”
35. Anyone that “attends rallies for extremist causes”
36. Anyone that “exhibits extreme religious intolerance”
37. Anyone that “is personally connected with a grievance”
38. Anyone that “suddenly acquires weapons”
39. Anyone that “organizes protests inspired by extremist ideology”
40. “Militia or unorganized militia”
41. “General right-wing extremist”
42. Citizens that have “bumper stickers” that are patriotic or anti-U.N.
43. Those that refer to an “Army of God”
44. Those that are “fiercely nationalistic (as opposed to universal and international in orientation)”
45. Those that are “anti-global”
46. Those that are “suspicious of centralized federal authority”
47. Those that are “reverent of individual liberty”
48. Those that “believe in conspiracy theories”
49. Those that have “a belief that one’s personal and/or national ‘way of life’ is under attack”
50. Those that possess “a belief in the need to be prepared for an attack either by participating in paramilitary preparations and training or survivalism”
51. Those that would “impose strict religious tenets or laws on society (fundamentalists)”
52. Those that would “insert religion into the political sphere”
53. Anyone that would “seek to politicize religion”
54. Those that have “supported political movements for autonomy”
55. Anyone that is “anti-abortion”
56. Anyone that is “anti-Catholic”
57. Anyone that is “anti-nuclear”
58. “Rightwing extremists”
59. “Returning veterans”
60. Those concerned about “illegal immigration”
61. Those that “believe in the right to bear arms”
62. Anyone that is engaged in “ammunition stockpiling”
63. Anyone that exhibits “fear of Communist regimes”
64. “Anti-abortion activists”
65. Those that are against illegal immigration
66. Those that talk about “the New World Order” in a “derogatory” manner
67. Those that have a negative view of the United Nations
68. Those that are opposed “to the collection of federal income taxes”
69. Those that supported former presidential candidates Ron Paul, Chuck Baldwin and Bob Barr
70. Those that display the Gadsden Flag (“Don’t Tread On Me”)
71. Those that believe in “end times” prophecies
72. Evangelical Christians

In a related matter, former Democratic Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard issued a stark warning Friday about the proposed bill to combat domestic terrorism - “When you have people like former CIA Director John Brennan openly talking about how he’s spoken with or heard from appointees and nominees in the Biden administration who are already starting to look across our country for these types of movements similar to the insurgencies they’ve seen overseas, that in his words, he says make up this unholy alliance of religious extremists, racists, bigots, he lists a few others and at the end, even libertarians.”

Gabbard said that the real concern was how officials defines the characteristics they were searching for in potential threats. “What characteristics are we looking for as we are building this profile of a potential extremist, what are we talking about? Religious extremists, are we talking about Christians, evangelical Christians, what is a religious extremist? Is it somebody who is pro-life? Where do you take this?” Gabbard asked.
MY OBSERVATION - Take a look at the list above, again.

CYBER/CANCEL CULTURE FRONT -
The NOQ Report has been banned by Spotify, moving the cyber/cancel culture into the realm of podcasts. Not only that, but Spotify directed Transistor, the company who hosts the podcast. Not only did they do that, but deleted Conservative Black Cowboy, Bob & Eric Save America, and The Liberty Daily podcasts.

Facebook has disabled/suspended all commenting on the “Patriot Party” page.
Meanwhile, MeWe - the anti facebook page has been growing in membership by leaps and bounds. Last week added 2.5 million new accounts alone.

POLITICAL FRONT -
Seven liberal Democrats in the U.S. Senate have called for a Senate Ethics Committee investigation of conservative Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), alleging that their challenge to some of the state electoral votes in the presidential election and their stated concerns about election integrity may have helped fuel the violence at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6.

Pelosi is fueling the fire over alleged ‘tours’ given to those who entered the capitol. ““There is no question that there were members in this body who gave aid and comfort to those with the idea that they were embracing a lie — a lie perpetrated by the president of the United States that the election did not have legitimacy.””
In an unmistakable manner, she chose wording of her statement from the treason language in the Constitution Article III, Section 3 states:
“Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying War against them, or, in adhering to their Enemies, giving them Aid and Comfort.”

Domestic Terror -
An explosive device of some kind was set off at the First Works Baptist church in El Monte CA. The walls of the building were also covered with graffiti. FBI is investigating the incident as a possible hate crime. The bombing came two weeks after the receipt of threats on social media of an arson attack. The church was singled out by the left for its support of traditional marriage. They were also designate as a “hate group” by the Southern Poverty Law Center - an extreme leftist organization.

Strategic Developments /Deployments -
The Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group (TRCSG) entered the South China Sea January 23 to conduct routine operations. The TRCSG is on a scheduled deployment to the U.S. 7th Fleet to ensure freedom of the seas, build partnerships that foster maritime security, and conduct a wide range of operations. (USNPAO). USS America (LHA-6) is also in the vicinity, operating off the coast of Okinawa.
NOTE - expect Chinese complaints and chest thumping soon.

China -
Eight Chinese bomber planes and four fighter jets entered the southwestern corner of Taiwan’s air defense identification zone on Saturday, and Taiwan’s air force deployed missiles to “monitor” the incursion, the island’s Defence Ministry said. These incursions have been daily for the past week, though this is the biggest in a while. FWIW, the US reaffirmed support for Taiwan following the incursion.
ASSESSMENT - knowing biden won’t intervene as Trump would have, China is cranking up the psyops campaign against Taiwan.

biden revoked Trump EO that excluded China from involvement in the US power grid. This is a highly dangerous move given the way China can leverage its technology and influence in one of the more sensitive components of our national infrastructure.
ULTERIOR MOTIVE? CNN reported last month, “After [Joe Biden] left office in 2017, Hunter Biden worked on securing a deal with CEFC China Energy to invest in US energy projects.” The deal fell through, but Hunter Biden’s business dealings with China may very well be a motive behind his father’s suspending Trump’s executive order. CHINA FIRST, NOT AMERICA FIRST

Russia -
The state department issued a strongly worded reprimand of Russia over its handling of yesterday’s protests/riots.
Lacking conveniently located stacks of bricks, Russian protestors used snow balls to attack police. Protests were across all eleven of Russia’s time zones (at least 66 cities). Police detained at least 3,435 people, including 1,360 in Moscow.

Israel -
(JP) Israel’s National Security Adviser Meir Ben-Shabbat and his United States counterpart Jake Sullivan spoke for the first time Saturday night and agreed that they would soon discuss regional issues such as Iran and the Abraham Accords, according to the Prime Minister’s Office. Mossad Chief Yossi Cohen will travel in the next month to Washington to meet with Biden and the head of the CIA. At next month’s meeting Israel will present Israeli intelligence on Iran to the Biden administration. They will also ask the US to ensure that any future agreement with Iran includes an end to both uranium enrichment and the production of advanced centrifuges.

Iran -
According to OSINT/IMINT folks, an reported site near Eshtehard, Karaj County, tunneling works which started in 2017 were completed during the last month. It is currently unknown what strategic assets will be harbored inside the mountains.
MY OBSERVATIONS - Cant confirm this site, however, with Iran’s push for weapons grade uranium, one of the next steps is preparing a place for an underground test explosion. My preliminary look at the site indicates it is pretty close to Tehran and other cities, not an optimum site for such a test facility.

Syria -
Turkish forces bombed Kurdish elements in its western “security zone” in Syria north of Aleppo yesterday. That is the most activity seen in the area in a few months.
In southern Idlib province, pro-assad forces are attempting to take the West Daraa area after placing it under heavy bombardment by artillery. Some of the heaviest action there in a wile as well.

Monday rises on the decline of America

Globalism / Great Reset -
See comments under Economy below.

Wuhan Virus -
UK study of the newer, more virulent mutant of wuhan, called B.1.1.7 could increase related deaths by 30%. 7 out of 10 studies indicate an increased risk between 28-91%, though the study indicates that 28-35% is more likely. the other studies show no increased risk. More studies are being recommended to clarify areas identified in the 10 studies. B117 is 40-80% more infectious already in the UK and has taken over as the primary variant causing infection. In Denmark, B117 cases are growing at 70% a week, despite strict lockdowns.

Merck ended its wuhan vaccine development program after poor trial results.

CA Gov Newscum is expected to announce lifting of state wide shutdown orders. I wonder to what extent the impending completion of the recall effort (and trying to sway people from it) has to do with this decision. Like his previous edicts, this one seems arbitrary.

Economy -
Frank Macchiarola, senior vice president of Policy, Economics and Regulatory Affairs at the American Petroleum Institute (API), said in an interview on SiriusXM’s Breitbart News Saturday with host Matt Boyle that if President Joe Biden puts a permanent ban on oil and gas development on federal waters and land, it could cost 1 million American jobs. “If [Biden’s] priority is to bring back jobs in the United States and to grow our economy then they really need to rethink these policies, particularly the policy with respect to a leasing bans on federal lands for oil and gas development.”
MY OBSERVATIONS - Not being an economist, but an observer of history, fuel is literally a driver in an economic recovery. Higher fuel prices increase costs for goods and durables. Consumers having to pay more at the pump (as well as heat their house) don’t have the money for new products, depressing the market. Higher production costs make the US less competitive with nations like, oh lets say China, that can produce at a cheaper price. These combine into closures of US manufacturing and the loss of jobs. Well I think most are intelligent here to see how things continue down hill from there. Our economy is still very fragile from the wuhan shutdown and cannot stand shocks like this and expect to recover. Many are predicting a full out depression as a result. I don’t like being a doomer, but I can realistically see the big crash coming. BTW - a crashed US economy is one of the goals of the ‘global reset’ as a means of forcing global economic changes on the country.

CW2/Domestic violence -
A Tacoma police cruiser ran over a person Saturday night after responding to a reported street racing incident in the South 900 Block of Pacific Avenue. In response, BLM/Antifa cancelled planned protests in Seattle and Richmond and called to concentrate in Tacoma. They spent the night literally trashing the place.
MY OBSERVATIONS - These riots haven’t had the same levels of turnout as last years, likely due to the installment of the biden regime and the removal of the Trump catalyst. However, core elements in the undercover BLM/Antifa leadership are noted working in the background to enhanced logistical and communications capabilities as well as recruit leftists from out of the military to bolster its lethal elements. They are putting together a classical marxist/maoist insurgency for a long haul.

CANCEL CULTURE FRONT -
Kinda an odd add to this, cancel culture Amazon is fighting the use of mail in ballots for a unionization election citing the risk of voter fraud, and coercion. Who’d had thought?

POLITICAL FRONT -
Impeachment article from the House is expected to be delivered to the Senate today.
Senator Rand Paul that Chief Justice Roberts will not preside over any Senate impeachment trial of President Trump: the text of the Constitution only requires the Chief Justice to preside over the trial of “the President.” Trump is no longer “the President.” Roberts’s presence is therefore not called for. No Robert, no legitimate constitutional authority to impeach.

AZ Republicans have voted to censure Cindy McCain, Sen Flake and Gov Ducey for their disloyalty to Trump and actions to cover up voting irregularities.

Strategic Developments /Deployments -
Over the last 15 hours, USAF cargo activity (C130 and C17) traffic has started to get heavy as NG troops are being pulled out by state governors. NG Bureau still calling for 7000 “volunteers” to remain thru at least mid-March (Impeachment guards).

China -
Chinese air force planes including 12 fighter jets entered Taiwan’s air defence identification zone for a second day on Sunday.
OBSERVATION - this will only become more persistent and larger with time. One of the goals is to lull Taiwan into a false sense of regularity/routine than then strike - common warfare tactic.

A Chinese Communist Party newspaper warned early on Monday that Chinese warplanes will “sooner or later” cross the skies over Taiwan, and advised the Biden administration not to follow its predecessor’s “extreme” policies towards China.(CNS)

India/China -
Chinese and Indian troops have reportedly clashed again in a disputed border area, with injuries on both sides, Indian media say. The incident took place in north Sikkim last Wednesday, Jan 20th. India’s army said there had been a “minor” incident that had been “resolved”. A Chinese patrol tried to enter Indian territory and was forced back, the officials said. Some reports said sticks and stones were used, but there were no gunshots.
OBSERVATION - Control of this region is critical to India. It protects the “turkey neck” region of India as well as the only route of invasion into China from India and is the only location along the ‘border’ that India holds a numeric superiority to China.

Russia -
The Kremlin accuses Washington of “domestic affairs interfering” on the backdrop of the demonstrations in support of the Russian opposition Navalny

Black Swans -
Immature swarms of desert locust continue to appear in six zones of Ethiopia’s Afar and Amhara regions. Currently the swarms occured in Afambo, Asayita and Dubti districts of Ethiopia’s Afar region as well as in North and South Wollo zones in eastern Amhara region, FAO said in a statement. Any rainfall that may occur in the coming weeks will cause swarms to mature and lay eggs that will hatch and give rise to hopper bands during February and March,”
NOTE - these areas were devastated last year and have problems feeding themselves to begin with. Locusts also threaten the middle east and southeast asia. Hunger provides a mechanism for terrorists to recruit and puts pressure on global supplies.

Running a little late today, sorry.

Globalism / Great Reset -
VDH commentary is essential reading. Rewriting/redefining of history is important to the global reset - removal of our history. Orwell’s 1984 redux

https://tennesseestar.com/2021/01/26/commentary-the-coming-reset-of-memory-and-truth-is-not-just-politics-but-a-effort-to-redefine-america/

Wuhan Virus -
More evidence lockdowns don’t work. European Journal of Clinical Investigation, authored by Eran Bendavid, Christopher Oh, Jay Bhattacharya, and John P.A. Ioannidis. Titled “Assessing Mandatory Stay-at-Home and Business Closure Effects on the Spread of COVID-19. In it they conclude “We find no clear, significant beneficial effect of mrNPIs (ie lockdowns) on case growth in any country….In none of the 8 countries and in none out of the 16 comparisons (against Sweden or South Korea) were the effects of mrNPIs significantly negative (beneficial). The point estimates were positive (point in the direction of mrNPIs resulting in increased daily growth in cases).” Basically , the more restrictive lockdown measures pointed to worse outcomes.

Critics are pointing out that CA’s Newscum’s lifting of the state wide lock down was politically motivated due to the pending successful petition to recall him. 1.2 million signatures have been collected to date. To trigger a statewide vote on the issue, 1.5 million Californians must sign the petition by March 17.

Economy -
The Congressional Budget Office estimated biden’s proposal to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour could eliminate 3.7 million jobs.

S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Index Shows Annual Home Price Gains Climbed to 9.5% in November. Again, I’m not an economist but can see clearly two big contributing factors. 1 - Incredibly low interest rates and 2 - massive migration out of urban areas and into more rural regions. In just my corner of the American Redoubt, sight unseen purchases of homes/property has caused the market to zoom out of reach of most locals. This correlates with Kalifornia and New York having so many people move out that they are losing seats in the House.

(CNBC) About 18% renters in America, or around 10 million people, were behind in their rent payments as of the beginning of the month. The typical delinquent renter now owes $5,600, being nearly four months behind on their monthly payment, according to a new analysis. This also includes utilities and late fees. In total, an astounding $57.3 billion is owed by just more than 10 million renters.

CW2/Domestic violence -
BLM/Antifa supporter Portland Democrat Mayor Ted Wheeler is having a lot of love directed to him by his favored class. According to a police report, Wheeler pepper-sprayed a person who accosted him while he was leaving a restaurant on Sunday night. This is the second time this month that Wheeler has been accosted while dining out.

Has been noted here on numerous occasions, but gun/ammo sales skyrocketed last year. According to “Gun Study” It’s not quite 40 million guns. The number is even higher. The FBI released its annual report of all recorded firearm transactions (not individual firearms sold) and the final tally stands at a whopping 39,695,315. The logistic of a biden administration plan to tax or remove guns from the country will crash on these rocks as many democrats are now among those numbers and unlikely to willingly support gun control efforts.

CYBER/CANCEL CULTURE FRONT -
My Pillow CEO Mike Lindell permanently suspended from Twitter.

Twitter has announced a new feature called “Birdwatch” which aims to encourage users to police and flag each other’s tweets if they believe they spread misinformation. The company claims it wants to “broaden the range of voices” fighting against misinformation, but the feature has the potential to devolve into flagging wars between different factions of users.

POLITICAL FRONT -
biden has now gone on record supporting an impeachment trial.

The constitutionality of the impending Senate impeachment proceedings/trial is undercut by the constitution itself. The relevant wording in the Constitution is at the very end of Article II, establishing that a constitutionally errant “President, . . . shall be removed from Office” if he first has been impeached by the House and convicted by the Senate for “high Crimes and Misdemeanors.” The constitution presupposes the President to be the President - pretty clear for any one with reasonable reading comprehension. One tactic that could be expected to be raised is that the Senate no longer as jurisdiction since the only president is biden. But the constitution means nothing to the left - given that the House bill of impeachment violated the constitution on at least six points.

Florida Democratic congresswoman Stephanie Murphy Murphy, has recently proposed a bill that would prevent members of the ‘Stop the Steal’ movement along with subscribers to ‘QAnon’ from being able to obtain security clearances. Security clearances are a necessity for Americans who wish to join the US Military and also a requirement to obtain a number of federal jobs. This bill would essentially bar any American that has rallied in support of President Trump post-election or publicly voiced concern about election fraud from being able to hold a job in the Armed Forces or any federal law enforcement agency. This is nothing less than a huge raft of thought crimes that Americans could be punished for without ever having broken the law.

China -
Still monitoring its recent wuhan virus lockdowns

Israel -
See Syria for Golan Heights update

Israel is beginning to express concerns that biden will allow International Criminal Court actions against it and its leaders. If successful, a case, brought by the PLO, would call for European countries to arrest Israeli officials who travel outside the Holy Land. Israel is not a signature of the treaty that created the ICC. ICC investigations have been rejected as illegitimate by former Obama Administration officials in charge of ICC and detainee issues and by over 330 Members of Congress from both parties, as well as by the Trump Administration.
The Trump administration sanctioned several court officials including Chief Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda over ICC allegations of war crimes committed by US troops in Afghanistan as well as the pending case against Israel.

Iran -
Bloomberg reports U.S. is trying to seize around 2 million barrels of Iranian oil from the Liberia-flagged Achilleas. Order came during Trump administration, but appears to be still in motion under Biden.

Syria -
Pro Assad forces upped their bombardment of southeastern portions of Idlib Provence in probable preparation for ground operations.

Syrian army units were spotted on the Lebanese side of Mount Hermon in the north of Israel on Monday night, Syrian state-media reported. The cluster of mountains that is Mount Hermon, or Jabal al-Shaykh, is the apex of the Golan Heights, and splits between Israel and Lebanon at its summit. The very top of the mountain is controlled by UN forces. This border region has seen both Israeli and Syrian airstrikes in areas close to the border.
MY OBSERVATION - The Golan Heights is the most strategic piece of terrain Israel controls. Syria and in some respects operating with Hezbollah, are trying to establish a ground presence in the area in probable preparation for the inevitable time when Iran/Hezbollah/Hamas et al finally pull the trigger and launch their offensive against Israel. Israel for its part has almost routinely hammered logistical facilities in the region, stalling build up. But Israel has also been actively helping the Syrian civilians in the area, suffering from the decades of civil war, a depression level economy and poor medical conditions. Some suggest that that aid has enhanced Israeli intelligence operations against Syrian/Hezbollah operations.

Turkey -
For the first time in five years Greece and Turkey began a round of “exploratory talks” yesterday. The talks are termed exploratory because they are non-binding, but the issues on the table are serious. From 2002 to 2016 Greece and Turkey held 60 rounds of these bi-lateral talks. This round, the 61st, is especially critical. Over the last three years Turkey and Greece have had several dangerous incidents that went far beyond their usual diplomatic posturing and rhetorical threats. The issues confronting the 61st round include air space control, the extent and division of continental shelf rights in the Mediterranean Sea and the status of several islands in the Aegean.
MY OBSERVATIONS - Turkey has stretched itself pretty thin over the past several years with its aggressive policy attempting to essentially to corner the oil/gas exploration in the Mediterranean and establish a new caliphate has had its cost. Sanctions and rejection by european countries have stressed its ability to support military (by proxy) operations in Libya, Iran, Syria, and Azerbaijan have hurt its economy. Efforts to ‘play nice’ may be an attempt to gain PR edge.

Globalism / Great Reset -
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) called on President Biden to declare a climate emergency to take immediate action on climate change, similar to former President Trump’s border emergency that enabled the administration to build a border wall. Schumer has called for drastic legislative and regulatory action, including a ban on the manufacture of gas-powered vehicles by 2040. Schumer also supports “decarbonization” of electricity production by 2035 and net zero emissions by 2050.
NOTE - This is a natural leftist progression, utilization of special ‘powers’ to bypass congressional approval. This was started by 0bama (I have a pen and a phone) The massive economic changes that would be forced by the Green New Deal are hand in hand with the goals of the great reset - a complete restructure of the economy. How well is this going? Well in Germany, they are facing rationing electricity because all the green power is not reliable.

Wuhan Virus -
The American Journal of Medicine now (Jan. 2021) now recommends Hydroxychloroquine, Azithromycin, and Zinc for the treatment of Covid 19 outpatients. The irony is this is the treatment that former US President, Donald Trump promoted last year. The timing, right after the election, is interesting.
https://principia-scientific.com/the-american-journal-of-medicine-now-recommends-hcq-for-covid19/

China is reverting to an old tactic - blaming Christians for the spread of wuhan in and near Beijing. Currently, 22 million inhabitants of China’s Hebei Province have been placed on severe lockdown, with everybody ordered to remain in their homes, thanks to “a recent uptick in positive cases.” The chinese vice premier blamed the out break on catholic ‘religious gatherings’.

Things aren’t going well with the lockdowns in other countries. Anti-lockdown protesters in the Netherlands set fires, looted stores and fought with cops for a third consecutive night of rioting after a strict curfew was imposed — with a mayor warning the nation was “on our way to civil war.” At least 184 people were arrested during Monday night’s ongoing riots as at least 10 cops were injured as police in some cities fought back with water cannon and tear gas, officials said.
So far, rioters have struck in at least 20 cities and towns across the Netherlands since Saturday, when the nation was forced into its first curfew since World War II. (NYP)
In Israel, hundreds of ultra-Orthodox Jews took to the streets of Jerusalem, clashing with police and setting fires after authorities moved to shutter religious schools that opened in defiance of the restrictions, Al Jazeera reported this week.
In Denmark, demonstrators hurled rocks and fireworks at police, with five people arrested over the weekend in Copenhagen — with marchers chanting, “we have had enough,” The Indian Express reported.
In Spain, more than 1,000 protesters gathered in Madrid, prompting police to issue more than 200 citations, the Indian Express said.
NOTE - Europe has had severe lockdowns in place since early December.

Economy -
The poverty rate increased 2.5 percentage points from 9.3% in June to 11.8% in December, according to the study released Monday by economists Bruce Meyer, of the University of Chicago, and James Sullivan, of the University of Notre Dame, Bloomberg reported. In total, 8.1 million Americans were added to ranks of the poor, according to the researchers. The sharp rise in the poverty rate is directly correlated with the economic shutdown caused by wuhan.

Commerce Secretary-nominee Gina Raimondo is open to raising taxes on the middle class, saying we “need funds” for President Joe Biden’s climate agenda. “We do need to meet the climate change challenge, and we need funds for improved infrastructure, better roads, safer roads, safer bridges, which also creates jobs,” Raimondo told Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., when asked about Transportation Secretary-nominee Peter Buttigieg’s proposal of a gas tax to raise money for Biden administration spending initiatives.
NOTE - Anyone with common sense should realize that tax (and equivalent - think $15/hr min wage) increases take money out of the economy and into the most wasteful system - the federal govt - is like tying an iron ball to a long distance runner.

Invasion of Illegals -
A federal judge blocked Joe Biden’s administration from enforcing the new president’s Executive Order that initiated a 100-day deportation freeze, following a lawsuit from Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton alleging the pause was unconstitutional. Judge Drew Tipton from the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas, a former President Donald Trump appointee, issued a temporary restraining order against the Department of Homeland Security, a move that will apply across the United States for 14 days.

Construction workers on the U.S.-Mexico border were notified to stop all border wall projects by the end of Tuesday, according to a congressman whose district sits on the international boundary. Rep. Henry Cuellar, a Texas Democrat, said…federal contractors working with U.S. Customs and Border Protection were notified…to stop installing the 18- to 30-foot-tall portion of slatted steel wall.
NOTE - since this work is being done under federal contracts, expect a lot of costly claims if the construction is stopped before those contracts are played out.

CW2/Domestic violence -
Seattle and Portland leaders are pledging to end the nightly riots and chaos created by BLM/Antifa now that biden is president. However, the liberal catch and release bail and prosecution policies passed by those same leftist democrats have now resulted in the democrats being hoisted by their own petard. The democrat leaders are finding it increasingly difficult to put the genie back into the bottle.

Antifa death threats have caused ground breaking internet journalist Andy Ngo to flee the country. He is now reported to be in London. US law enforcement did essentially nothing to address the threats according to Ngo.

POLITICAL FRONT -
Five republican senators proved themselves to be the quislings for the democrats, voting with them to put down Sen Paul’s constitutional challenge to the impeachment. Even McConnell voted to support Paul’s motion. For the hall of shame they were

Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania,
Mitt Romney of Utah,
Lisa Murkowski of Alaska,
Ben Sasse of Nebraska
Susan Collins of Maine

The vote does indicate that there are not enough republican votes to convict Trump and that this sham ‘trial’ is nothing but a political soap opera

biden has signed a record 33 EOs in one week, more than Trump, 0bama, Bush or Clinton combined. Take note - @JoeBiden in October: “I have this strange notion, we are a democracy … if you can’t get the votes … you can’t [legislate] by executive order unless you’re a dictator. We’re a democracy. We need consensus.” pic.twitter.com/7UotJCXSm3

Strategic Developments /Deployments -
Another pair of B52s should be passing through the Persian Gulf region today, serving as another warning to Iran. No clue from biden if he is going to continue the practice.

Japan -
In response to increasing regional threats from China and N. Korea, Japan defense budgets have seen continuous annual increases. A record $51.5 billion will be spent during 2021. That’s an increase of three percent over 2020 and the ninth year in a row of increased spending.

Israel -
Israeli officials warned they will attack Iran if biden eases U.S. sanctions on Iran and rejoins the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), also known as the Iran nuclear deal. Two weeks ago, Tzachi Hanegbi, a cabinet member and top advisor to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, threatened that Israel will take action, as it did against Iraq in the 1980s and against Syria in 2007, to prevent Iran from advancing its nuclear program.

PA President Abbas announced that there will be presidential elections in May-June of 2021. Many view this as a maneuver to gain favor from the biden administration, showing that they are serious about implementing major reforms and ending financial and administrative corruption. Abbas is 17 years into his 4 year term as president.

Iran -
UAE and Bahrain yesterday (Tuesday) urged Israel to join their ranks in forging an outreach effort to the US against the Iranian threat in the region. ”A common regional position on these issues will allow us to have greater influence over the US. Any future agreement with Iran must reflect the new reality in the region and be acceptable to all states in the region”
- Bahrain’s Foreign Minister Abdullatif ben Rashid Al Zayani. At the same event, IDF Chief of Staff Lt Gen Aviv Kochavi noted that Iran’s recent advancements (purifying uranium to 20% for example) put it closer to acquiring nuclear weapons in a shorter period of time.
NOTE - The importance of the agreements between Israel and Arab states arranged under Trump is playing out now.

Afghanistan -
A Treasury department Jan 4th report on funding for terrorism suggests that Al Queda is gaining strength in the country in coordination with the Taliban. Some aspects of the report are currently unverifiable, but the association between the two organizations is well established.

Black Swans -
For years, researchers have been wondering, what’s the worst the sun could do? In 2014, Bruce Tsurutani (JPL) and Gurbax Lakhina (Indian Institute of Geomagnetism) introduced the “Perfect CME.” It would be fast, leaving the sun around 3,000 km/s, and aimed directly at Earth. Moreover, it would follow another CME, which would clear the path in front of it, allowing the storm cloud to hit Earth with maximum force.
None of this is fantasy. The Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) has observed CMEs leaving the sun at speeds up to 3,000 km/s. And there are many documented cases of one CME clearing the way for another. Perfect CMEs are real.
The Carrington event of the 1800s and the more recent CME that took out the Quebec grid in the 1980s are historical facts. This is about the only thing that will screw the world up worse than leftists.

Massive locust swarms have invaded Saudi Arabia while a bigger and deadlier attack is ongoing in the Horn of Africa, which is set to descend on large parts of Ethiopia and Kenya, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) warned Sunday, January 24, 2021.
NOTE - I follow this to identify pending food shortages and likely famine in this region. Famines are commonly used by radical insurgents to gain follower who are dissatisfied with the response from the government in exchange for food. Often these groups intercept/hijack food relief from other countries and divert it to their own ranks - using it as weapon. Global impact are often seen as higher prices for food because of the demand in famine regions, contributing to the destabilizing of other nation’s economies .

2 Thessalonians 2:11-12 – “Yahweh shall send them a strong delusion, so that they will believe the lie. The result will be that all who have not believed the truth, but have taken their pleasure in wickedness, will be condemned.”

Wuhan Virus - Its not about the virus - its all about control
Show us your papers - The Biden administration is considering implementing mandatory coronavirus testing for travelers on U.S. domestic flights. Dr. Marty Cetron, director for the Division of Global Migration and Quarantine at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention told reporters Tuesday that the administration is “actively looking” into imposing the domestic travel testing requirement. This is on top of international testing requirement, which took effect Tuesday. As of Jan. 26, all U.S.-bound travelers must test negative for COVID-19 within three days of boarding their flights or present proof of having recovered from the virus.
In a related Fauci has said vaccination is not “a free pass” to travel.
NOTE - this won’t stop at just air travel, but expect it to encompass all forms of travel. Its not about the virus - its all about control

The highest paid government employee (even paid more than the president), Fauci is now recommending you wear TWO masks. CNBC talking heads went one further, saying a Virginia Tech study indicates that THREE masks would block up to 90% of the virus.
NOTE - too bad you suffocate in the process, attributed to wuhan. Virginia Kruta, associate editor at The Daily Caller, rounded it all up in one succinct tweet. “Masks don’t work don’t buy them. Ok masks work but first responders need them so don’t buy them. Actually masks work, you should use them. Everyone should mandate masks. Masks should even be worn in your home. Two masks are better than one. No one saw this coming?”

In a case of who was president at this time - Federal officials at the Department of Health and Human Services raided funds from a little-known agency intended for vaccine research and emergency preparedness, spending millions to move furniture and pay unrelated salaries, according to a new report from a federal watchdog.
An office within the HHS that oversees the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority, or BARDA, “failed to account for” more than $500 million it used for administrative expenses between 2007 and 2016, according to the HHS Inspector General’s office, the agency’s investigative arm.

Economy -
biden mouthpieces on switching out from petroleum to ‘green’ based economy like John Kerry say petrochemical workers can get job (yet to even exist) in the green system. How well will that work out? According to data from the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics, in 2019 a worker installing solar panels made an average of a little more than $21 an hour. Workers in oil and gas extraction made more than twice as much, at an average of over $42 an hour. But for a leach who married a ketchup billionaire - who cares, right?

Hedge funds took a beating yesterday after selling short essentially more stocks than were available. A Reddit group that drove GameStop shares 1,700% higher and cost Wall Street short-sellers billions briefly goes PRIVATE and messaging platform Discord BANS their server for ‘hate speech’ in the wake of SEC and White House ‘monitoring’ Losses for Gamestop stocks were 14.3 billion alone. This caused shudders through the entire market which dropped over 600 points - largest since Oct 2020.

Western Energy Alliance, a group representing fossil fuel producers on federal lands, filed a Federal lawsuit in Wyoming agains the US govt.. They say President Biden exceeded his authority with the recent order.

biden has ordered federal agencies to procure carbon pollution-free electricity and clean, zero-emission vehicles. Reason - to create good-paying, union jobs and stimulate clean energy industries. These jobs don’t exist but in the minds of deluded individuals like biden.

USDA late Wednesday posted notice that $2.3 billion in supplemental Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP) payments will be temporarily frozen. “In accordance with the White House memo, Regulatory Freeze Pending Review, USDA has suspended the processing and payments under the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program - Additional Assistance and has halted implementation until further notice. FSA local offices will continue to accept applications during the evaluation period,” said a notice on the USDA CFAP page.

Chuck Schumer stated that it could be a month to a month and a half before the senate can get to and pass biden’t updated wuhan stimulus package. Seems the senate has other priories.

Invasion of Illegals -
Though currently restrained by Federal court order, ICE is forces to begin planning to release tens of thousands, mostly violent illegal aliens, onto the streets of the US with no ability to track/monitor.

CW2/Domestic violence -
The Acting Secretary of Homeland Security has issued a National Terrorism Advisory System (NTAS) Bulletin today after consultation with the intelligence community and law enforcement partners. There is currently a heightened threat environment across the United States that is likely to persist over the coming weeks. DHS does not have any information to indicate a specific, credible plot; however, violent riots have continued in recent days and we remain concerned that individuals frustrated with the exercise of governmental authority and the presidential transition, as well as other perceived grievances and ideological causes fueled by false narratives, could continue to mobilize a broad range of ideologically-motivated actors to incite or commit violence. HINT = targeting Trump supporters
NOTE - Key items
1 - ‘violent riots have continued in recent days’ These are BLM/Antifa operations but they try to attribute it to patriots in the second half of the sentence - “concerned that individuals frustrated with the exercise of governmental authority and the presidential transition”.
2 - DHS does not have any information to indicate a specific, credible plot. Yes, there is a lot of chatter from both the far left and the far right, but note again, they smear the far more aggressive left onto the right.

Full bulletin -
https://www.dhs.gov/ntas/advisory/national-terrorism-advisory-system-bulletin-january-27-2021

Rep. Kyle Biedermann of Fredericksburg, Texas, filed the “Texas Independence Referendum Act,” which is seen as the necessary first step towards the Lone Star State leaving the union. Many other states are keeping an eye on Texas’ actions and my jump on the band wagon is the draconian laws and regulations being proposed by biden are put into effect.

CYBER/CANCEL CULTURE FRONT -
Twitter troll Douglass Mackey, aka Ricky Vaughn, was arrested on Wednesday and faces ten years in prison for “tweeting” and “retweeting” joke memes on Twitter telling people they can “text” in their votes. In part the charges state he “was arrested this morning on charges of conspiring with others in advance of the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election to use various social media platforms to disseminate misinformation designed to deprive individuals of their constitutional right to vote.”
STATING THE OBVIOUS - If people were stupid enough to believe the memes, they shouldn’t be voting in the first place.

China -
China toughened its language towards Taiwan on Thursday, warning after recent stepped up military activities near the island that “independence means war” and that its armed forces were acting in response to provocation and foreign interference. Taiwan…reported multiple Chinese fighter jets and bombers entering its southwestern air defence identification zone…prompting Washington to urge Beijing to stop pressuring Taiwan.
MY OBSERVATION - It is looking even more likely that China may attempt to seize the island of Taiwan within the next couple years. I think that they are waiting for social and economic chaos to ignite in the US due to the dictatorial push by the left to tie our hands into not responding.

Russia -
Russia doubling down on the Alexei Navalny movement. Russian authorities on Thursday detained several allies of opposition leader Alexei Navalny and issued warnings to social media giants after tens of thousands of people took to the streets in over 100 Russian cities last weekend to demand his release.
The detention of Navalny’s brother Oleg, his top ally Lyubov Sobol, Dr. Anastasia Vasilyeva from the Navalny-backed Alliance of Doctors and Maria Alyokhina from the Pussy Riot punk collective comes as authorities try to stem another wave of protests set for Sunday. (WP)
Putin has further order social media (FB,Twitter, et al) to censor all messaging by Navalny’s supporters.

Middle East General -
biden SecState Antony Blinken announced Wednesday that there will be a suspension of arms deals may by the Trump administration. Foremost on his list is the sale of F35s to UAE and precision guided munitions to Saudi Arabia.

Israel -
biden is pushing quickly to reestablish relations with Gaza and principally Hamas. he is pushing the two-state solution as the only way towards peace. Hamas for its part is looking forward to eating from the gravy train of assistance to the Palestinian government coming from washington.

Iran -
Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization spokesman Behrooz Kamalvandi: In under 3 months, we will have installed 1000 IR2m centrifuges. We are simultaneously producing while installing these machines. Iran currently has 17kg of 20% enriched uranium. 90% purity is necessary for nominal nuclear weapons.

Lebanon -
Joining with riots reported around the globe (focused on Europe), Lebanon has wuhan riots that have gone on for the past couple days, and the situation in Tripoli have deteriorated quickly, with numerous gun fights being reported. At least 226 civilians and military personnel have been reported as being ‘wounded’ so far.
NOTE - Lebanon has been a powder keg for some time now. Desperate economic conditions, heavy handedness by Hezbollah (who essentially rule the country), wuhan virus woes now have pushed people to the breaking point again. I can expect Hezbollah to step in and start brutally putting some of these protests down like they have others.

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