https://www.freerepublic.com/focus/bloggers/3805130/posts?page=157#157
Threat Matrix thread:
Info seems to be slow today. Here’s some things I’m following.
Wuhan Virus -
A few days ago there were many reports that SO2 monitoring indicated the substantial burning of dead virus victims. This has generally been debunked. OSINT has shown that the high SO2 in the Wuhan area is centered over a steel mill.
China claims that the infection rate has decreased, health specialists around the world remain skeptical. Latest numbers - 45,171 confirmed cases worldwide, including 1,115 fatalities.
Israel/Gaza -
There are reports that security of the various terrorist faction leaders has been increased due to fear of Israeli targeted assassinations. Netanyahu has publicly spoken about special responses to Hamas and its allied factions. Meanwhile, standard night of scattered rocket/mortar/IED balloon attacks and Israeli retaliation.
Syria/Turkey -
Erdogan warns Syria that if Turkish troops are attacked, they will retaliate not only in Idlib but throughout Syria. Situation is escalating as Syrian forces push further into the Idlib area.
US / Syria
US forces skirmished briefly with Syrian units at a checkpoint. One Syrian killed, one wounded. No US causalities.
Iraq -
Things have dropped off the radar to a degree due to Wuhan virus and US political action. Protests continue and Iran presses its allies and proxy militias to force US out of Iraq. Some analysis seems to indicate that the support to expel the US by these elements is starting to wane due to Iranian insistence on using violence as a driving force. This has been evidenced by Muqtada Sadr, a soft Iranian supporting Shia, who initially mobilized his militias to attack protesters. In doing so he became associated as being just another opportunistic pro-Iranian Iraqi leader. He has since stopped offensive actions against the protesters.
CW2 -
In light of the socialist takeover of the democrat party, here is a good primer on why the left is violent.
https://disrn.com/opinion/opinion-socialism-must-have-violence
New Rudy...
Common Sense Ep. 6 | Proving Extensive Corruption & Criminal Conduct by the Biden Family Enterprise
About the steel mill.
Just asking.
What process is used in the typical Chinese steel mill to create their steel from iron (is it the Bessemer process, for example)?
What is the average mass of steel created per day? With that, what is the average expected emission of sulfur (and is the sulfur a by-product of creating the steel, or of burning the coal/coke/dog food/McDonalds wrappers to heat up the iron?
Does the map of the sulfur-oxides plume, indicate concentration of sulfur species per volume of air?
What is the total mass of sulfur emitted?
Compare that to both the steel mill and to the supposed number of human bodies being burned: hint: if humans are burned are they adding high-sulfur coal to keep the fires going, since humans generally don’t make self-sustaining fires outside of clickbait TV shows?
A good article... a little heavy intellectually but also pragmatic.
Oh, and welcome back, y'all! :-)