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Wuhan virus -
Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer has asked health regulators in the United States to authorize booster jabs of its COVID-19 vaccine for everyone aged 18 and older, amid concerns that coronavirus infections could rise again in the coming winter months in the US. FDA advisers in September rejected Pfizer boosters for all, saying they were unconvinced healthy adults need extra dose.
OBSERVATIONS - According to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), new coronavirus infections, hospitalizations and deaths have been on the decline in recent weeks across the country. Combined with pushback resulting from biden mandates public support for boosters is not too great.
Missing California gov Newscum disappearance got more interesting with the reports that he and his wife were spotted at a wedding last weekend. The festivities lasted all weekend for the wedding of Getty Oil heiress Ivy Love Getty and Tobias Alexander Engel, a photographer. Of course - no photos.
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Globalism / Great Reset -
In an appearance during the 2021 Social Wealth Seminar (SWS) in March hosted by a nonprofit called the Jain Family Institute, Biden’s nominee for Comptroller of the Currency Saule Omarova confessed that the government needs to bankrupt entire energy sectors to impose top-down climate change initiatives. Omarova, is a former Communist youth leader who grew up in Soviet Kazakhstan and has openly embraced Marxist principles.
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Economy -
Amid a historic drought posing threats to future harvests, California farmers now say they are struggling to export the crops they do have because of a kink in the global supply chain that has left container ships lined up off the Southern California coast with nowhere to deliver their goods.
Problems with the supply chain have retailers worried their shelves — and their customers’ online shopping carts — will be empty during the crucial holiday shopping season, prompting emergency actions from state and federal leaders to clear up the logjam. Grower are attempting work arounds, but at a cost. But last month, more than 80% of scheduled shipments were canceled. Processors have resorted to paying much more to ship their products to other ports, sending pistachios and walnuts by train to Texas and Maryland and flying bales of cotton to Peru.
OBSERVATION - the impact to the US economy and food supply is huge and will drive shortages and prices higher.
Inflation at the wholesale level rose 8.6% last month from a year earlier, matching September’s record annual gain and offering more evidence that inflationary pressures are not yet easing. This is the highest annual pace in records going back nearly 11 years, the Labor Department said Tuesday.
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Invasion of Illegals -
Apprehensions of illegals at the border continue at record rates.
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CW2/Domestic violence -
The prosecution in the Rittenhouse trial closed its presentation yesterday. Some thought the defense would call for an acquittal for failure of the govt to make its case. However, it appears that the defense is moving forward with its case.
The judge also revealed that an individual(s) were caught filming the jurors entering their bus to go to the trial. This is most likely an effort to doxx the jurors in the event the trial goes forward through defense presentations and to deliberations.
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Strategic Activity / Deployments -
The USS Nimitz steamed out of Sinclair Inlet Saturday on its first voyage following months of work at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard. The aircraft carrier, which returned to Bremerton in March after a record-setting 11-month-long deployment, now begins the work at sea preparing for the next one.
OBSERVATION - With China getting froggy, an additional CSG in the Pacific is necessary.
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Cyber Warfare -
A cyber attack disrupted dairy distribution in Wisconsin late last month, resulting in a big plunge in cheese prices.
A spokesman for one of the state’s largest milk processors, Schreiber Foods, told local newspaper, Wisconsin Farmer, that a five days “cyber event” halted operations as hackers demanded a rumored $2.5 million in ransom.
The ransomware attack began on Saturday (Oct. 23) and limited the company from buying 500-pound barrels of cheese, which are turned into slices and sold at supermarkets. The cyberattack on the dairy processor comes as hackers have targeted food supply chains. JBS SA, the world’s largest meat producer, was hit with a ransomware attack by hacker group REvil in June.
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China -
A group of American lawmakers visited Taiwan, arriving on a U.S. military plane, in a move likely to further inflame tensions between Washington and Beijing over the status of the self-governing island. It wasn’t immediately clear which U.S. lawmakers were on the plane. Trips abroad by lawmakers during congressional breaks, like the one this week, are so common that the congressional delegations are nicknamed “codels.”
NOTE - Expect a lot of chest thumping by China over this.
OSINT Satellite images appear to show China is making significant progress developing missile silos that could eventually launch nuclear weapons. Experts from the Federation of American Scientists (FAS), a nonpartisan national security research and advocacy organization, found that China has made significant progress on suspected silo fields in the western part of the country. The authors noted that “the missile silo fields are still many years away from becoming fully operational and it remains to be seen how China will arm and operate them.”
The suspected development of a first missile silo field was reported in late June. Following another report from FAS released in July on China’s suspected development of a second silo field, US Strategic Command tweeted, “This is the second time in two months the public has discovered what we have been saying all along about the growing threat the world faces and the veil of secrecy that surrounds it.”
China believes it can survive its real estate bubble that is now in the process of collapsing and crippling the economy along the way. The scope of the problem is vast. The pictures of Chinese ghost towns have been appearing for years and they are real. Over-building by corrupt local officials allowed this to happen and currently some 20 percent of Chinese apartments and houses are empty. That’s 65 million housing units, most of them recent construction and never occupied. Many are concentrated in over fifty Ghost Cities that are in parts of the country that are still largely rural and not attracting much of the investments and new companies that prefer coastal regions, especially in the south near Hong Kong.
The government believes it can cope, because it must. Failure is not an option because that means another revolution or at least a radical change in the current form of government as shown by Chinese history. Paying attention to Chinese history is respected and it is still a popular tradition to base major decisions on what has happened in the past.
Some of those historical examples are casting doubt on the Chinese plan to survive the current real estate crisis. The largest problem is corruption at the provincial and local level. Over the last decade there has been a major effort to purge the false reporting from national economic statistics. The false data problem is not gone but at least it is recognized. (StrategyPage)
HOWEVER The uncertainty ahead of Wednesday’s deadline for cash-strapped China Evergrande Group to make an offshore bond coupon payment is set to add to concerns about a deepening liquidity crisis in the Chinese property sector.
Evergrande, the world’s most indebted developer, has been stumbling from deadline to deadline in recent weeks as it grapples with more than $300bn in liabilities, $19bn of which are international market bonds. Another overdue $148m bond payment must be made on Wednesday, and it has coupon payments totaling more than $255m on its June 2023 and 2025 bonds on December 28.
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Iran -
Iran says it shot down two US drones over the Persian Gulf - The Iranian military on Tuesday said that they shot down two U.S. drones entering Iranian airspace. Iran said that the drones that it shot down were a model MQ-9 and RQ-4 drones. The drones were intercepted and shot down after Iran said that its military drills near the Straits of Hormuz were a ‘serious warning to our enemies
Iran’s stockpile of hard currency has skyrocketed during the Biden administration, rising from just $4 billion at the end of 2020 when sanctions were at their height, to more than $31 billion by the end of 2021, according to projections by the International Monetary Fund.
The Biden administration’s decision to pursue diplomacy with Iran and unwind the Trump administration’s sanctions has helped the country recover from its cash shortage, according to the IMF’s projections. The group says Iran’s cash reserves will top $31 billion by the end of the year and increase up to $42.9 billion by the end of 2022. This number could be even higher if the United States reenters the 2015 nuclear deal and removes all sanctions imposed by the Trump administration.
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Iraq -
Tension still high over the attempted assassination of the PM.
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Syria -
Unidentified aircraft destroyed sites of Iranian militias near the Syrian-Iraqi border.
OBSERVATION - Can’t determine if US or IAF strike.
South Syria: more attacks past hours in Daraa province: - a soldier (5th Division) from Homs-city was shot dead near Izraa - a reconcilied Rebel who joined a group affiliated with the Military Security killed by gunmen in front of his house in Sanamayn
OBSERVATION - Daraa has quieted down since the summer by a Russian backed ceasefire agreement. Obviously pockets of resistance or elements that have ‘gone to ground’ still exist.
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Belarus -
Poland faced “many attempts” to breach the border with Belarus overnight but now has 15,000 troops to repel them, the defense minister has said. TASS reports that Poland is moving military vehicles with heavy weapons to the Belarusian border,
Poland’s PM Morawieckim met with EUCO president Charles Michel the Belarus driven migrant problem. In a presser they say- “It’s not a migration crisis, it’s a political a crisis triggered by the special purpose of destabilization. It is a manifestation of a state terrorism”
German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas called for new EU sanctions against Belarus on Wednesday amid an escalating migrant crisis at the Polish-Belarusian border.
Polish Defense Minister Mariusz Blaszczak told public broadcaster PR1 that Tuesday night had seen “many attempts to breach the border.” However, he added, all those who crossed into Poland were stopped.
EU officials accuse Belarus of “weaponizing” the migrants against the 27-member bloc in retaliation for previous sanctions against Minsk. The say Belarus is flying them to the capital from abroad on special visas and taking them to the EU’s doorstep.
OBSERVATION - Situation continues to be volatile. As long as Polish and Belarus military face off chances for a significant shooting situation remain high.
Baltic states targeted as well. Lithuania’s parliament on Tuesday declared a state of emergency at the country’s border with Belarus and at camps hosting migrants who arrived from there, a tally of votes showed.
The state of emergency, which begins at midnight local time (2200 GMT) in the night of Tuesday to Wednesday and is to last a month, allows border guards to use “mental coercion” and “proportional physical violence” to prevent migrants from entering Lithuania. Lithuania’s declaration bans all travel to within five kilometres (three miles) of the Belarus border, unless allowed by border guards. Mobile phones could be taken away from migrants and public gatherings near the border and in the camps could be forbidden.
“The state of emergency is needed to use ... extraordinary measures to remove the serious threat posed to society by the massive influx of foreigners,” the motion before parliament said.
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Honoring all those who have served in our country’s military
HAPPY VETERAN’S DAY
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Wuhan virus -
France public health authority advises not to use Moderna for people under 30.
Wuhan fear porn accelerates from France as well. France is at the beginning of a fifth wave of the coronavirus epidemic, Health Minister Olivier Veran said on Wednesday. “Several neighboring countries are already in a fifth wave of the COVID epidemic, what we are experiencing in France clearly looks like the beginning of a fifth wave,” Veran said on TF1 television, adding the circulation of the virus was accelerating.
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Globalism / Great Reset -
“By 2030 in the United States, we won’t have coal,” Kerry said in an interview with Bloomberg.
Evergrande is falling into default. See China below for more details. Key from the story -
Only DMSA already recognized the default at that time and proved in a study that the bankruptcy of Evergrande, the world’s most indebted corporation, could ultimately lead to a “Great Reset”, i.e. the final meltdown of the global financial system.
“But while the international financial market has so far met the financial turmoil surrounding the teetering giant Evergrande with remarkable basic confidence – one can also say: with remarkable naivety – the U.S. central bank Fed confirmed our view yesterday. In its latest stability report, it explicitly pointed out the dangers that a collapse of Evergrande could have for the global financial system.”
The bipartisan $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill passed last Friday includes a controversial new cryptocurrency tax requirement, despite months of aggressive lobbying by industry groups as they looked to fend over stricter regulatory oversight. One new provision in the bill would require brokers to report those transactions for digital assets, such as bitcoin or ether, to the IRS in the shape of a 1099 form. Brokers will also be required to disclose the names and addresses of customers. However, crypto advocates and other critics have argued that as written, the bill’s definition of who qualifies as a “broker” is too broader.
Another aspect of the bill would require businesses and exchanges to report when they receive more than $10,000 in cryptocurrency.
OBSERVATION - Globalist have to extinguish bitcoin or bring it under its control. This is just the US’ contribution to the effort.
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Economy -
See Kerry’s goal to kill the coal industry under Globalism above.
Record inflation blows the narrative of “transitory” conditions out of the water. It has even forced the MSM to sit up and take note.
Supply chain issues are impacting food banks’ ability to purchase bulk food packages. Tim Marks, President and CEO of Metropolitan Ministries Holiday Tent, says that the organization will not be able to purchase the required “20,000 turkeys and hams for families in need,” a group of families that have grown by more than 10,000 in the last year. The struggle is nationwide, with food banks requesting a significant increase in donations from those who can.
The latest Consumer Price Index rose to a 6.2% annualized rate of inflation, hitting the highest point since 1990. The Producer Price Index also rose to 8.6% year over year, showing increased costs for manufacturers and other producers. Ethanol prices have risen by 50% this year, explaining one reason why fuel costs have risen. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm hopes that gas prices won’t rise to a national average of $4/gallon, currently just under $3.50/gallon right now. The Biden administration is still looking at releasing fuel from strategic reserves to lower gas prices, although officials are now predicting that fuel prices will fall by early next year due to oversupply.(FO)
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Biden watch -
President Joe Biden marveled at the high cost of gas on Wednesday, without offering any solutions for lowering prices.
“Did you ever think you’d be paying this much for a gallon of gas?” Biden said. “In some parts of California, they’re paying $4.50 a gallon.”
The White House remains elusive about the timing of a physical exam for President Joe Biden, as more Americans question his physical and mental health.
The White House previously said last May Biden would get a physical before the end of the year and in October, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said it would be “soon.” Deputy Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said Tuesday she had no update about an upcoming physical for the president.
OBSERVATION - this physical could be the trigger for art 25 proceedings to remove biden.
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CW2/Domestic violence -
Incoming New York City Mayor Eric Adams has promised that he will be “conservative on crime” and restore the NYPD’s ability to maintain law and order. The local chapter of Black Lives Matter is apparently outraged at the thought of the return of the major crimes unit of the NYPD that was disbanded under Bill de Blasio as part of his efforts to defund or abolish the police. The co-founder of the local BLM chapter wasn’t mincing words yesterday when he promised that if Adams brought back the special anti-crime units, there would be “riots, fire, and bloodshed.” (NY Daily News) Another BLM co-founder, Chivona Newsome, promised to “shut the city down” and “shut down City Hall.” She went on to vow that BLM would “give him hell and make it a nightmare.”
OBSERVATION - BLM/Antifa have been successful in shutting down police/legal actions against them, opening the door for dramatically increased criminal activity . The task for NYCPD will be very difficult, given the already depleted ranks of police and the pending expulsion of additional officers due to wuhan jab mandates.
Rittenhouse’s defense team appealed for a dismissal while continuing its defense pending the judge’s decision.
So far, no sign of mobilization of BLM/Antifa elements into the town to protest/riot, though leftist leaders have been raising the rhetoric level.
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Strategic Activity / Deployments -
The US military has deployed one of its two Iron Dome anti-missile systems to its Pacific territory of Guam after raising concerns of instability in the region. The Iron Dome would be of little use against ballistic missiles launched from China, but it would prove crucial against cruise missiles.
Israel, United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, and US Naval Forces Central Command are conducting a 5-day multilateral maritime exercise in the Red Sea, the US 5th Fleet announces.
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China -
China is three to six months from launching its third and most modern aircraft carrier, new analysis shows, in what would be a milestone for President Xi Jinping’s effort to project power into the high seas. The vessel, known for now as Type 003, the Center for Strategic and International Studies said in the report dated Tuesday. The center, a Washington-based think tank, added that satellite imagery shows “that the installation of the carrier’s main external components is nearing completion.”
The ship’s use of catapults “is a major leap forward for the People’s Liberation Army Navy,” the report said, because it will be able to “launch fixed-wing aircraft with heavier payloads and more fuel, as well as larger aircraft.” That would put China — whose two active carriers use simpler, “ski-jump” flight decks — into an exclusive club with the U.S. and France.
While advanced, it is thought that it will still fall short of current US carriers. The vessel is expected to have conventional diesel propulsion and be closer in size to the Kitty Hawk-class carriers built by the U.S. in the 1960s. The Type 003 is years away from going into active service considering “the technical challenges of building a modern aircraft carrier,” according to the center’s report. The U.S. Department of Defense said in an annual assessment released last week that the carrier was expected to be fully operational by 2024.
OBSERVATION - Big step forward. Current carrier launched aircraft cannot take off with full ordinance or fuel. This greatly limits their reach. Catapult launched aircraft can be fully loaded and fueled. For a China Sea scenario, it will be a potent weapon, but as noted, diesel power limits its strategic projection but allows significant regional power projection.
China Evergrande Group today again defaulted on interest payments to international investors.
DMSA, the German Market Screening Agency, itself is invested in these bonds and has not received any interest payments until today’s end of the grace period. Now DMSA is preparing bankruptcy proceedings against Evergrande and calls on all bond investors to join it.
In order to be able to file for bankruptcy against the company as a creditor, DMSA itself invested in Evergrande bonds, whose grace period expired today (Nov. 10, 2021). In total, Evergrande would have had to pay $148.13 million in interest on three bonds no later than today. “But so far we have not received any interest on our bonds,” explains Metzler. He adds, “With banks in Hong Kong closing today, it’s certain that these bonds have defaulted.”
For the DMSA expert, it is clear: “As soon as a court opens insolvency proceedings, Evergrande will also be officially bankrupt – and that is only a matter of days.”
OBSERVATION - Worst case scenario. Will China step in and bail it out? Watch global markets for response if this moves forward.
The much-anticipated virtual summit between President Joe Biden and Chinese leader Xi Jinping is tentatively scheduled for the evening of Nov. 15, a U.S. official told POLITICO on Wednesday.
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Russia -
See Belarus
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Ukraine -
Continued concerns over Russia deployment of military units close to its border.
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Syria -
Syrian President Bashar Assad has decided to dismiss the commander of Iranian forces in Syria Javad Ghaffari, Al-Arabiya News Agency reported Wednesday.
Sources in the presidential palace were dissatisfied with Ghaffari’s actions and went as far as deeming them a “violation of Syrian sovereignty,” the report said.
The sources said that Ghaffari had been dealing with the smuggling of goods and the establishment of a black weapons market tat could compete with the Syrian market.
A Syrian source explained that Ghaffari’s dismissal constitutes a decisive blow against former Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps head Qasem Soleimani’s vision of Iranian hegemony over the strategic area between Iran and Lebanon.
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Belarus -
Representatives of International Organization for Migration met today with migrants on the border between Belarus and Poland and advised them to apply for asylum in Belarus or return to home country
Additional 8.5 thousand servicemen of Ukrainian Border Guards, National Guard and police will be deployed on Belarusian border. Ukrainian Police in the border areas with Belarus has been put on high alert
Lukashenka threatens EU against introducing new sanctions: we will ban cargo transit via Belarus. It won’t be possible to bring goods from Russia. Lukashenka: if Poland and Lithuania will shut the border we will cut Yamal-Europe natural gas pipeline
Two Russian Tu-160 nuclear-capable bombers rehearsed bombing runs in a training exercise in Belarus on Thursday amid tensions over a migrant crisis at the Poland-Belarus border, the Belarusian Defence Ministry said. It was the second day running that Russia has sent strategic bomber planes to overfly Belarus in a show of support for its close ally.
OVERALL OBSERVATION - These bullet points show the situation to still be tense. One of the serious sanction pushbacks by Belarus is the threat to cut off natural gas to the west - who already are in the throes of an energy crisis. Russia’s show of force is a reminder of their support to their puppet proxy country.
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