Seeking Resolution,
A burning question today is what will be negotiated to end the Ukraine war, or if it will be escalated to World War-3. I was on a Zoom meeting a few days ago with former UK Parliamentarian Andrew Bridgen, who was expelled from the Conservative party in 2023, and lost re-election to Parliament last summer, for his principled stance for vaccine-freedom and revelations about illegalities in British government. He stated that some of his sources reported that the arrangements for World War-3 were so firmly set that they could not be undone. He did not have personal certainty about that, nor do I, but maybe we should. I can't tell.
Trudging along my preferred path towards more constructive political-economic arrangements, I have been paying very close attention to the pre-negotiations towards concluding the Ukraine war.
"100 days" seems like a significant timeframe, which has been mentioned by General Kellogg, Trump's negotiator, by Trump, and perhaps by Vladimir Putin, who spoke last year of "finishing the Ukraine war in 3 months if the US cut off arms supplies", which Trump just did, by holding all foreign-aid for 90 days, including supplies already in Poland, and supplies approved by the Biden administration, but not already delivered. 100 days from January 20th will be April 30th, the day before "Mayday", international socialist worker's day. The ground in Ukraine is frozen for winter, but may thaw to mud at the end of February to early March, at which point roads and railroads will be passible, but fields of mud will not, and rivers will swell with snowmelt.
This creates a window of opportunity for Russia to create facts on the ground in Ukraine before Trump reaches the point of adding new sanctions, which he has raised, after speaking of getting rid of sanctions on Russia, which also caused economic harm in Europe and to the $US global reserve currency status, which he has sworn to defend..
Russia has been keeping troop losses as low as possible by grinding slowly forward on the ground, after obliterating Ukrainian defensive positions by bombardment of all kinds and unstoppable fiber-optic-guided drone attacks. The Ukrainian forces are severely depleted and exhausted, but the grind forward is slow and can't take so much territory in the next 5 weeks before mud-season. Oblasts already accepted into Russia, will not likely be completely taken by the end of April unless tremendously more Russian forces are sent to the front and the nature of the war changes to large, fast-moving "big-arrow" troop movements, as was the case in spring 2022, before so many defensive fortifications were built by Ukraine.
So Russia will have a hard time attaining objectives on the ground by Mayday, and the UK deep-state is working diligently to force a European war against Russia and draw the US into it. The reports of false flags being planned persist. Andrew Bridgen stated that he had been informed that the Russian Oreshnik attack on the massive Ukrainian military production complex was to thwart one of these false-flag attacks. There is no way to confirm that, of course.
Communications between the Trump team and Moscow have been facilitated by Viktor Orban of Hungary and General Kellogg, so I think that Trump's saber-rattling threat to impose more sanctions on Russia if there is no peace-deal progress soon is for domestic political effect. The 100 day window is technically enough time for Ukraine to hold elections, since Ukraine does not currently have a legitimate chief executive, Zelensky's electoral mandate having expired last spring. That election can be fairly demanded, and Russia has made that position clear already. There needs to be apparent diplomatic progress, which City of London interests will seek to thwart.
Western financial crisis always looms, and Russian food price inflation probably runs around 20%, though no figures are reliable. This is caused more by relative shortages than by excess money in the system, so high interest rates are not fixing it and may make it worse. this is politically complicated and none of the factions in Russia can be satisfied.
In general the road to a spring :"peace" is complex and difficult, and set with booby traps into World War-3 by the opposing financial/ideological interests. It can be agreed that Ukraine will never join NATO, that "Ukraine" as reconstituted will be neutral, with a limited self-defense force, and also that Russia will pay for much of the rebuilding of Ukraine, since they share Soviet-era infrastructure specifications. The assets in Ukraine, now in Russia, which are "owned" by city of London interests, can't be spoken of much, but will be pivotal in the actual calculus of any successful negotiated settlement. I don't personally see how this will be worked out. Somebody will have to take such large losses that the western financial system will be acutely threatened. Could The Fed pull it out again? Who could/would help?
Neither nihilism nor Pollyannaism is appropriate, though we long to be relieved of this uncertainty about the near future. I intend to keep doing what I can, and paying close attention to the progression of history, while awaiting actual events.
President Trump, inaugurated this week for his second term in office, has lifted the security clearances for all 51 of those who signed the letter. And in a second blow, he’s calling for an investigation. https://conservativefiringline.com/intel-experts-who-influenced-2020-election-with-hunter-biden-lie-to-be-investigated/
Eleni sends this article making the case that dark Masonic, Satanic and/or Luciferian influences now control Trump and his family. Welcome to the Golden Age of Lucifer https://delingpole.substack.com/p/welcome-to-the-golden-age-of-lucifer
Circus: Trump Blasts BofA CEO Over Anti-Conservative Bank Bias, Unleashes His "Revolution Of Common Sense" On WEF Globalists
Trump did not disappoint on Thursday, as he delivered virtual address at the World Economic Forum in Davos, before taking questions from people who hate him with the intensity of a thousand suns. https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/watch-live-president-trump-addresses-wef-globalists-davos
This (partisan) article has the most details: Reality Bites – Trump Tells Kellogg to End War in Ukraine in 100 Days
The Wall Street Journal says the new president gave the new deadline to his special envoy to Ukraine despite most, especially those in the Kremlin, saying it is unachievable. https://www.kyivpost.com/post/45855Hungarian PM Viktor Orban is reportedly resisting the extension of the measures, for economic reasons https://swentr.site/news/611478-hungary-eu-sanctions-russia/
Romanian right-wing candidate Calin Georgescu is leading the field ahead of new ballot in May, a new survey suggests https://www.rt.com/news/611425-romania-presidential-election-poll/
Germany's second largest political party: Court rules AfD Saxony can be designated as far-right extremist group https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2025/01/21/court-rules-afd-saxony-can-be-designated-as-far-right-extremist-group
John Helmer, People vote their refrigerators, and inversely-vote body-bags. COST OF POTATOES, COST OF BLOOD – WHEN INFLATION IS LETHAL https://johnhelmer.net/cost-of-potatoes-cost-of-blood-when-inflation-is-lethal/#more-90961
According to experts cited by the newspaper, the law could enable the confiscation of “any assets linked to unfriendly states, including real estate, shares in Russian companies, bank accounts, as well as equipment or infrastructure facilities owned by foreign investors.” https://eu.eot.su/2025/01/21/russian-authorities-plan-to-legally-seize-assets-of-unfriendly-countries/
Bloomberg: Russia's raw materials and non-raw materials exports break records even after sanctions tightening https://en.topcor.ru/55856-bloomberg-syrevoj-i-nesyrevoj-jeksport-rf-bet-rekordy-dazhe-posle-usilenija-sankcij.html
Russia is restoring production of rare earth magnets lost after the collapse of the USSR https://en.topcor.ru/55806-rossija-vosstanavlivaet-proizvodstvo-redkozemelnyh-magnitov-utrachennoe-posle-raspada-sssr.html
Footage from Rafah, in the southern besieged Gaza Strip, shows the moment Israeli snipers targeted a Palestinian man as he tried to rescue a child who had been shot by occupation forces. The incident heightens concerns that the fragile ceasefire may not hold.
On Monday, an Israeli sniper was seen shooting and killing a Palestinian child as he was returning to his home in the southern area of Rafah. The minor, identified as15-year-old Zakaria Humaid Yahya Barbakh, was shot multiple times before succumbing to his wounds.
The Israeli sniper then targeted a man who attempted to help the Palestinian child, with video footage circulating online showing the man also being shot multiple times. He sustained injuries which he has reportedly not yet succumbed to. https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20250121-israeli-sniper-kills-palestinian-boy-in-gaza/
The Israeli sniper then targeted a man who attempted to help the Palestinian child, with video footage circulating online showing the man also being shot multiple times. He sustained injuries which he has reportedly not yet succumbed to. https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20250121-israeli-sniper-kills-palestinian-boy-in-gaza/
These violations have had deadly consequences, with reports emerging just a day after the ceasefire went into effect. According to the Civil Defense in Gaza, 122 martyrs were brought to hospitals within 24 hours after the ceasefire was announced, including 62 bodies retrieved from beneath the rubble.
The Civil Defense also revealed that, since the aggression began, over 38,000 bodies have been recovered, with around 2,400 martyrs disintegrating without leaving a trace. Meanwhile, the Ministry of Health in Gaza has reported 341 injuries within the same 24-hour period, highlighting the fragile state of the truce. https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/palestinian-resistance-warns-against-israeli-violations-of-c
The Civil Defense also revealed that, since the aggression began, over 38,000 bodies have been recovered, with around 2,400 martyrs disintegrating without leaving a trace. Meanwhile, the Ministry of Health in Gaza has reported 341 injuries within the same 24-hour period, highlighting the fragile state of the truce. https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/palestinian-resistance-warns-against-israeli-violations-of-c
President Donald Trump, while signing executive actions in the Oval Office Monday evening, was asked by a reporter whether he was confident that he could maintain the ceasefire in Gaza. "I'm not confident," said Trump. "That's not our war. It's their war." https://www.theblaze.com/news/trump-minces-no-words-when-asked-about-maintaining-the-ceasefire-in-gaza-not-our-war
DAVOS: Delivering a huge surge of aid into Gaza is a key priority for the UN’s Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the agency’s head said on Tuesday.
He described how delivering aid had become “almost impossible in the last few weeks,” with convoys being looted and community organizers assisting the OCHA “taken out by Israeli drones.” Fletcher said: “We lost 79 out of 80 trucks in one convoy. And then the community organizers who went in with us were then taken out by Israeli drones. So it was becoming almost impossible to deliver a fraction of what we needed to do. Now the ceasefire opens up this window and we’ve got to really show that we can deliver at that massive scale.”
However, he warned that the money would soon run out and that the UN agency needs funding and protection to deliver aid.
Fletcher said: “We’ll need the funding and the protection, which means member states have to start saying: ‘Stop shooting at UN convoys.’ https://www.arabnews.com/node/2587286/middle-east
The ban is set to go into effect next week, as aid groups are scrambling to alleviate Israel’s humanitarian catastrophe. https://truthout.org/articles/experts-israels-unrwa-ban-threatens-backbone-of-gaza-humanitarian-operation/
The sanctions, originally imposed by his predecessor Joe Biden in February, targeted 17 far-right Israeli settlers and 16 entities accused of violence against Palestinians. It authorised the Departments of State and Treasury to freeze their US assets, denying them access to them, and generally bans Americans from dealing with them.
The reversal comes despite the escalating violence by Israeli settlers against Palestinians in the West Bank and land seizures in the occupied territory.
Yesterday, illegal Israeli settlers launched attacks on the Palestinian villages of Al-Funduq and Jinsafut in the occupied West Bank, setting fire to homes, shops and vehicles...
The reversal comes despite the escalating violence by Israeli settlers against Palestinians in the West Bank and land seizures in the occupied territory.
Yesterday, illegal Israeli settlers launched attacks on the Palestinian villages of Al-Funduq and Jinsafut in the occupied West Bank, setting fire to homes, shops and vehicles...
..“This decision encourages settlers to commit more crimes,” Nabil Abu Rudeineh, spokesman of the Ramallah-based Palestinian Authority, said. https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20250121-day-1-in-office-trump-lifts-sanctions-on-violent-israeli-settlers/
Israel kills 10 Palestinians in bloody military assault on Jenin camp
The spokesman for the Palestinian security forces, Anwar Rajab, said in a statement that Israeli forces had "opened fire on civilians and security forces, resulting in injuries to several civilians and a number of security personnel, one of whom is in critical condition". https://www.newarab.com/news/israel-kills-10-huge-bloody-assault-jenin-refugee-camp
After October 7, Israel revoked the work permits of more than 150,000 Palestinians. On top of spiraling settler attacks, my village faces financial ruin. https://www.972mag.com/west-bank-unemployment-permits-israel/
At her confirmation hearing, Elise Stefanik pledged to continue the US’s defence of Israel and advance Trump’s ‘America First’ agenda. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/1/21/trumps-un-ambassador-pick-says-israel-has-biblical-right-to-west-bank
The UK knew about Israel’s brutal torture of Palestinian and Arab detainees nearly 50 years ago but refused to act, British documents reveal. The papers, unearthed by MEMO in the British National Archives, also reveal that the US opted to address the issue solely through non-governmental organisations. https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20250120-uk-knew-about-the-israels-brutal-torture-of-palestinian-detainees-50-years-ago-but-refused-to-act-british-documents-reveal/
On the same day 90 Palestinians were released from Israel’s notorious prisons as part of a ceasefire deal in Gaza, Israeli occupation forces stormed a mosque in the occupied West Bank, conducting mass arbitrary arrests of over 60 Palestinians. https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20250121-israel-detains-more-palestinians-after-hostage-swap-deal/
Israeli/UK dual national, captured October 7, and not killed by bombs: Mother of captive released by Hamas says her daughter's health 'much better' than expected https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20250120-mother-of-captive-released-by-hamas-says-her-daughters-health-much-better-than-expected/
I always wanted to become is doctor, and my dream was coming true at Al-Azhar University. But Israel left our campus in ruins and has destroyed a generation. Those of us who survive vow to carry the legacy of those martyred forward, and rebuild Gaza. https://mondoweiss.net/2025/01/despite-our-universities-and-hospitals-lying-in-ruins-my-generation-will-rebuild-gaza/
From Syrian Kurdish source: Revengeful executions | Four civilians executed in Shiite Town in Homs raising number of casualties to 146 in less than three weeks https://www.syriahr.com/en/354233/?doing_wp_cron=1737516876.2623479366302490234375
The US president is framing the possible tariffs as a penalty for the flow of fentanyl from Canada and Mexico https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3295721/trump-says-he-mulling-10-cent-tariff-imports-china-starting-february-1
Josh Mitteldorf has been shunned by some friends and family who accept the official narratives, which he cannot. Caught between stories
When trusted authorities propagate the Big Lie, it rends the fabric of society. https://mitteldorf.substack.com/p/caught-between-storiesHey, didn't that "suicided" young whistleblower work for Open AI? OpenAI teams up with SoftBank and Oracle on $500B data center project https://techcrunch.com/2025/01/21/openai-teams-up-with-softbank-and-oracle-on-50b-data-center-project/
Peter McCullough MD is dubious of this approach, as am I: Larry Ellison Sells Stargate AI-Driven Personalized mRNA Cancer Vaccines Developed in 48 Hours
Current Reality is Moderna mRNA-4157 (V940) Combination Chemotherapy Trial with Keytruda in Metastatic Melanoma https://petermcculloughmd.substack.com/p/larry-ellison-sells-stargate-ai-driven Celia Farber, who documented the AIDS epidemic mismanagement: Fear And Loathing In DC: Why Did Trump Push Larry Ellison's Deranged AI mRNA Cancer Shots, Days Before RFK Jr. Is To Be Confirmed As Head Of HHS? Not A Reason To Abandon Hope, But Very Odd
Dark Roots Of Ellison And Altman Throw The Event Into Even More Mystery Just days ago, Tucker Carlson ran an interview with the mother of a murdered OpenAI whistleblower, who implicated Sam Altman. https://celiafarber.substack.com/p/fear-and-loathing-in-dc-why-did-trump
Meryl Nass MD, On Gain of Function research and why Exiting the WHO and ending this research is critical
These are 6 old slides of mine that I hope can help convince the naysayers why this may be the most important thing President Trump is doing right now. It could save the planet. https://merylnass.substack.com/p/on-gain-of-function-research-and Some vaccine-injured people recognised what happened to them, accepted it, and joined the campaign for better research and vaccine safety. Yet, this has not uniformly been the case. A good many others remain in the dark, despite dealing with sudden and ongoing mystery illnesses.
These people grope for answers, pinning their symptoms on catch-all explanations like stress or long Covid (a more politically favourable diagnosis than post-vaccine syndrome), or awkwardly straddling the cognitive dissonance arising from the clash between medically recognised post-vaccine side effects, and deeply held faith in the Saviour Vaccines... Brendan and Michelle’s stories offer insight. https://brownstone.org/articles/vaccine-injuries-dont-wake-everyone-up/
These people grope for answers, pinning their symptoms on catch-all explanations like stress or long Covid (a more politically favourable diagnosis than post-vaccine syndrome), or awkwardly straddling the cognitive dissonance arising from the clash between medically recognised post-vaccine side effects, and deeply held faith in the Saviour Vaccines... Brendan and Michelle’s stories offer insight. https://brownstone.org/articles/vaccine-injuries-dont-wake-everyone-up/
I still can't figure out how, but is definitely sickening some people. A Midwestern Doctor, What We've Learned from a Year of Vaccine Shedding Data
Numerous data sources now corroborate that the COVID vaccines shed in a consistent and replicable manner https://www.midwesterndoctor.com/p/what-weve-learned-from-a-year-ofOften Puzzled (pictured with kohlrabi)
