Friday, April 19, 2024

Face Saving Fake Attack

 Slipping Out Sideways,


  After going to bed last night with a troubled mind that there were explosions in Iran, I was relieved this morning to discover that they were all up in the air, and that Israel had authored them through drones, maybe even from local proxies. No damage or death actually happened in Natanz, where Iran's biggest nuclear facility is, after Iran said it would strike Israeli nuclear plants if Israel hit Iranian nuclear plants, having already proved that they could.
  Israel will take the consolation-prize of slaughtering the rest of the Palestinians, and scorching the earth which is their home, the US having vetoed the UNSC proposal to present the recognition of Palestinian Statehood to the General Assembly for a vote, which was the only vote against that proposal... "Israel's only friend".
  What will the "friends" decide to do next week? Their threat-dominance vanished last weekend, and is now threat-vulnerability to Iranian hypersonic missile strikes on US military bases and Israeli electrical generation plants and transmission lines, even if no nuclear sites are hit. It seems that a long walk back should be beginning.

Markets Dump Then Rebound As Israel Retaliates To Iran In Oddly Toothless, Performative Response
Iran says its nuclear facilities remain unharmed: Reuters
Situation in Iran's Isfahan is normal, no explosion taken place on ground: PressTV
CNN: Two US officials say Israel indicated they would not attack nuclear targets. US didn't "green light" this attack.
Unconfirmed: IRGC states that Iran will target Israeli nuclear sites with counterattack.
Iran Space Agency: "all that happened is a failed and humiliating attempt by Israel aviation" - via Sky News
Iranian officials and outlets are claiming that all explosions heard tonight are due to interceptions and that no explosions have occurred "on the ground"

​  Israel has mounted airstrikes on Iran, US confirms, as Tehran plays down attack
  US officials have confirmed that Israel has carried out airstrikes against Iran, as explosions were reported in the sky over the cities of Isfahan and Tabriz, while the Iranian government sought to play down the scale of the attack....
..Officials from the Biden administration said Israel had informed Washington earlier on Thursday that a strike was coming in the next 24 to 48 hours... According to CNN, the Israelis assured the Americans that Iran’s nuclear facilities would not be targeted...
..Friday morning’s strike, whatever its scale, was an act of defiance of US influence.
​  Netanyahu, in particular, has long been a hawk on Iran, having threatened Israeli strikes on the country in the past, and has been under pressure from far-right coalition partners to mount a robust response.
​  With the scale of the retaliation so far extremely limited, the far-right Israeli national security minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, condemned the response on X as “Feeble!”​  
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/19/israel-iran-airtstrikes-ifsahan-tabriz-drones-explosions

​  Tehran plays down reported Israeli attacks, signals no retaliation
​  Iran's foreign minister said the drones, which the sources said Israel launched against the city of Isfahan, were "mini-drones" and that they had caused no damage or casualties...
​..The limited scale of the attack and Iran's muted response appeared to signal a successful effort by diplomats who have been working to avert all-out war since an Iranian drone and missile attack on Israel on Saturday.
​  Iranian media and officials described a small number of explosions, which they said resulted from air defences hitting three drones over Isfahan in central Iran. They referred to the incident as an attack by "infiltrators", rather than by Israel, obviating the need for retaliation.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/19/israel-iran-airtstrikes-ifsahan-tabriz-drones-explosions

​  Iran Warns of ‘Tit-for-Tat’ Strikes if Israel Targets Iranian Nuclear Facilities
​  Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has warned that if Israel targets Iranian nuclear facilities, it will face “tit-for-tat” attacks on its nuclear sites.
​  “If the Zionist regime decides to take action against our nuclear facilities and centers, it will definitely face our reaction,” said IRGC Gen. Ahmad Haqtalab, according to Iran’s PressTV. “For a tit-for-tat retaliation, the regime’s nuclear facilities will be attacked with advanced weapons.”
​  Haqtalab also signaled Iran could reconsider its ban on developing nuclear weapons. “If the fake Zionist regime decides to use the threat of attacking our country’s nuclear centers as a tool to put pressure on Iran, it is possible and conceivable to revise the nuclear doctrine and policies of the Islamic Republic of Iran and deviate from the previously declared considerations,” he said.​  
[One must wonder if Iran already has nuclear weapons, though "everybody" says "they don't".]​  ...
​..Despite constant claims from Israel and Iran hawks in the US, Iran is not developing or seeking to develop nuclear weapons, something that has recently been reaffirmed by US intelligence and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). On the other hand, Israel has a secret nuclear weapons program that is not subject to IAEA inspections since it’s not a signatory to the Non-Proliferation Treaty.

​  Iran Unveils Next Generation Bavar 373 Long Range Air Defence System Amid Threat of Israeli and Western Attacks
​  Iran did eventually acquire enhanced S-300 variants from 2017, but has placed no further orders since. Iranian government sources have claimed that new variants of the Bavar 373 entering service from 2021 were more capable than the Russian S-400 system that Moscow showed greater willingness to sell to Iran from the late 2010s, although these claims have been seriously questioned outside Iran. The latest variant of the Bavar 373 has a longer engagement range than most S-400 units and all S-300s, with only a portion of the Russian S-400 inventory having been equipped with the latest 40N6 missile providing a 400 kilometre engagement range.​  https://militarywatchmagazine.com/article/iran-next-generation-bavar-373-threat

​  Defense Sector Panicking: Iran Missiles Defeated "Most Advanced, Integrated, ABM Defensive Systems"
​  5 to 7 missiles hit Nevatim. The Israelis have acknowledged 2 runways and three warehouse structures hit.​ Not a knockout blow — it wasn’t intended as such.
But any Battle Damage Assessment (BDA) expert would note that the point of impact was center mass, a clear indication of precision guidance.
  5-7 missiles hit the world’s most heavily defended location, defeating an integrated ABM defense that was custom built to defeat the very missiles it failed to shoot down.
​  THAT has some people in the Defense sector, literally panicked.   You see, if 5-7 missiles got through, then it is a given that others can get through.  And simple math reveals that had Iran fired thirty (30) missiles at that base, the base would no longer exist.​  
https://halturnerradioshow.com/index.php/en/component/content/article/defense-sector-panicking-iran-missiles-defeated-most-advanced-integrated-abm-defensive-systems

​  Blinken shelves special request to probe Israeli war crimes: Report
Many of the crimes listed by the special State Department panel include Israeli torture, rape, and executions of Palestinians​ 
​  “Blinken’s inaction has undermined Biden’s public criticism [of Israel], sending a message to the Israelis that the administration was not willing to take serious steps,” according to several officials at the department who have worked on Israeli relations. ​ https://thecradle.co/articles/blinken-shelves-special-request-to-probe-israeli-war-crimes-report

​  Leaked Cables Show Biden Pressuring Nations to Oppose Palestine’s UN Membership 
  The Biden administration—which claims to support Palestinian statehood—is lobbying UNSC nations in an effort to wrangle enough “no” votes so that the United States can avoid resorting to a veto... The U.S. argument essentially is that the U.N. should not create an independent Palestinian state by fiat—even though that’s precisely how the world body voted in 1947 to establish the modern state of Israel.
​  The renewed push for Palestine’s U.N. membership comes as Israel wages a genocidal war on the Gaza Strip.​  https://scheerpost.com/2024/04/18/leaked-cables-show-biden-pressuring-nations-to-oppose-palestines-un-membership/

​  On Thursday, the US vetoed a UN Security Council resolution that would have granted Palestine status as a full UN member state, a move that goes against President Biden’s claim that he favors a two-state solution.
​  The US was the only member of the 15-member council to vote against the resolution, while the UK and Switzerland abstained. There were 12 votes in favor from Russia, China, France, Japan, South Korea, Ecuador, Algeria, Malta, Slovenia, Sierra Leone, Mozambique, and Guyana.​  
https://news.antiwar.com/2024/04/18/us-vetoes-palestinian-bid-for-full-un-membership/

​  Majority of Israelis want to de-escalate tensions after Iran strike
​  The majority of Israelis (52%) believe that an immediate response to Iran's retaliatory strike is not desired, but rather prefer "to close the current round of hostilities," a recent poll conducted by the Hebrew University of Occupied al-Quds revealed, as reported by the Financial Times.
​  "Everyone is on board with the [Gaza war] goals. But we see a very different path here" with Iran, Nimrod Zeldin, who conducted the study, told FT. "Iran is more complicated."​  
[Iran is a "peer adversary".]​   https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/majority-of-israelis-want-to-de-escalate-tensions-after-iran

​  White House Says US, Israel Have ‘Shared Objective To See Hamas Defeated in Rafah’​ , US and Israeli officials held talks on a potential Rafah assault on Thursday
​  Israeli sources told CNN that Iran’s attack on Israel actually delayed Israel’s plan to attack Rafah. They said the Israeli Air Force was set to drop leaflets on Rafah on Monday to tell the civilians in the city that an assault was coming, but the plans were called off. The fact that Israel was about to take that action shows that the US is not putting any significant pressure on Israel.​  https://news.antiwar.com/2024/04/18/white-house-says-us-israel-have-shared-objective-to-see-hamas-defeated-in-rafah/

​  Russia asks United Nations to consider sanctioning Israel​ , The Ramadan ceasefire in Gaza was not implemented, Moscow’s envoy to the UN has said
​  UNSC Resolution 2728 demanded a ceasefire in Gaza during Ramadan, and this had not been implemented by Israel. “We remind you once again that non-compliance with mandatory Security Council resolutions must lead to sanctions against violators. We believe that the Council should consider this issue without delay,” Nebenzia said on Thursday during a UN Security Council meeting.​  https://www.rt.com/news/596198-russia-un-sanctioning-israel-nebenzya/

​  US gives nod to Israeli operation in Rafah in exchange for canceling major attack on Iran
​  According to the media outlet, "the US administration will support the plan for a military operation in Rafah put forward earlier," which provides for dividing the city into numbered sectors that will be mopped up one by one​  
https://tass.com/world/1777007

Erdogan accuses Israel of surpassing Hitler in committing crimes – media​ , The Turkish leader reportedly said the Jewish state has killed 14,000 children in Gaza​  https://www.rt.com/news/596201-erdogan-israel-hitler-hamas/

​  Israeli army withdraws from Gaza’s Nuseirat refugee camp, says Rafah is next
The Palestinian Red Crescent accused the Israeli army of preventing medical teams from reaching the injured. Meanwhile, Human Rights Watch said evidence shows Israeli soldiers are participating in settler attacks in the West Bank.​  
https://mondoweiss.net/2024/04/operation-al-aqsa-flood-day-195-israeli-army-withdraws-from-gazas-nuseirat-refugee-camp-says-rafah-is-next/

​  Israeli occupation army carries out executions of medical personnel, patients at Al-Shifa Medical Complex
​  “We need surgical field hospitals with a capacity of 200 beds and including operating rooms, intensive care, laboratory, and diagnostic services to meet the needs of the population in the Gaza and North Gaza regions,” he said.
​  The Ministry’s spokesman confirmed: “We lost specialized medical personnel who formed the backbone of medical services, including examining tumor samples, kidney transplantation, and others.”
​  The Ministry of Health in Gaza stated yesterday, Wednesday, that the death toll from the Israeli aggression had risen to 33,899 deaths and 76,664 injuries since October.​  
https://en.ypagency.net/323014

Israeli security forces holding 9,500 Palestinians captive — TV
According to the report, many are held under "administrative detention," meaning the Israeli authorities are holding them indefinitely without any charges, evidence or trial​  
https://tass.com/world/1776931

​(Craving "End-Times") Israel’s Ben Gvir Calls for Executing Palestinians to Make More Room in Prisons  Gvir is in charge of Israeli prisons as the national security minister   https://news.antiwar.com/2024/04/18/israels-ben-gvir-calls-for-executing-palestinians-to-make-more-room-in-prisons/

​  Death toll from Israeli aggression in Gaza Strip rises to 33,970 people 
​  The report stated that “The Israeli occupation committed 7 massacres against families in Gaza, including 71 martyrs and 106 injuries during the past 24 hours.”
The ministry pointed out that “a number of victims are still under the rubble and on the roads, and ambulance and civil defense crews cannot reach them.”​  
https://en.ypagency.net/323048

​  US House Foreign Affairs Chief Says Collapse of Kharkov Imminent​  [calls for emergency last minute bribes all-around]
​  The Ukrainian-controlled city of Kharkov is on the verge of collapse, US House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul said on Thursday.
"Looking at Ukraine, it’s a dire situation. I talked to the ambassador yesterday. Kharkov is on the verge of collapse — the second largest city in Ukraine — and the power grid could go out any day,"
[Dude, their power has been out for 10 days​, and their gas is now out, too..] McCaul said during a House Rules Committee hearing.
​  McCaul added that Ukraine has between two weeks and one month before Russia “takes over” the country.​ 
[because, as a fellow gangster, he can read Putin's mind.]
​  The consequences of a Ukrainian collapse would be akin to the consequences of the US withdrawal from Afghanistan, insofar as it sends a message of US weakness to the world, McCaul said.​  
[Yes it will, won't it, with or without this round of bribes.]​  https://sputnikglobe.com/20240418/us-house-foreign-affairs-chief-says-collapse-of-kharkov-imminent-1117996840.html

​  IAEA notified of drone attack on Zaporizhia NPP building
​  The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has been informed of yesterday's attempted drone attack on the training center of the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant, said the agency's general director Rafael Grossi. According to the IAEA, no damage was recorded as a result of the attack.
According to the agency's press release , the IAEA team at the site heard the explosion at 10:35 local time.​  
https://www-kommersant-ru.translate.goog/doc/6651666?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp

​  FBI says Chinese hackers preparing to attack U.S. infrastructure​  [It's the new spying. Who ​wouldn't?]
​  Earlier this week, a Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson said Volt Typhoon was in fact unrelated to China's government, but is part of a criminal ransomware group.​ In a statement, China's Embassy in Washington referred back to the MFA spokesperson's comment. "Some in the U.S. have been using origin-tracing of cyberattacks as a tool to hit and frame China, claiming the U.S. to be the victim while it's the other way round, and politicizing cybersecurity issues."​  https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/04/19/world/fbi-china-hack-prepare/

U.S. Navy Requires $1 Billion to Replenish Destroyer Missile Stocks After Air Defence Ops Against Iran and Yemen​ https://militarywatchmagazine.com/article/usnavy-replenish-destroyer-missile-stocks

   How Aid to Ukraine May Deep-Six Another House Speaker
​  "Republican speaker Mike Johnson went into that secured room with a bunch of guys in gray suits from the deep state, and he came out of that room after the meeting as Uniparty speaker Mike Johnson and no longer a Republican," Michael Shannon, a political commentator and Newsmax columnist, told Sputnik...
..According to Axios, hardline Republicans may force a vote on the motion to vacate shortly before the aid bills for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan hit the House floor.
Some Democrats, who hailed Johnson's maneuver regarding the Ukraine aid bill, said they would help the speaker save his job. For his part, Johnson said he would not resign and branded the effort to oust him as "absurd".​  
https://sputnikglobe.com/20240418/the-zelensky-curse-how-aid-to-ukraine-may-deep-six-another-house-speaker-1117999389.html

​  Freedom Caucus Posts Rotating Guard To Block Sneaky Leadership Moves
​  Specifically, they're wary that party leaders and their allies will, without prior announcement, bring measures to the floor and seek their passage via "unanimous consent." With that approach, the presiding officer simply states, "If there is no objection, the motion will be adopted." After a pause to allow for objections, the officer declares, "Since there is no objection, the motion is adopted."
​  That's where the Freedom Caucus's Floor Action Response Team (yes, "FART") comes in. With their round-the-legislative-clock presence, they always have a member positioned to object to unanimous consent motions, forcing proposals to go through a more arduous procedure.
​  House conservatives both inside and outside the Freedom Caucus are increasingly irate over Speaker Mike Johnson's actions, from pushing foreign aid for Ukraine, allowing omnibus spending bills that kick the fiscal can down the road, and personally casting the tie-breaking vote against adding a warrant requirement to the extension Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. All the while, he's pushed border security to the back burner.​  
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/freedom-caucus-posts-rotating-guard-block-sneaky-leadership-moves

​  JAMES O’KEEFE UNCOVERS WHO REALLY IS RUNNING THE BIDEN WHITE HOUSE (VIDEO)
​  O’Keefe Media Uncovers who is really running the White House. Undercover cameras catch Special Advisor @SBAgov
call former @facebook Board Member @WHCOS @ZientsJeff27574 “the second most powerful person in Washington” where “whatever this guy says, it’s what the President says.”
​  Asked by OMG’s American Swiper Citizen Journalist “is Jeff [Zeints] more powerful than Kamala,” Robinson confirms “Yeah.”  @VP@KamalaHarris . Robinson also states that @BarackObama and @HillaryClinton are still involved behind the scenes at the White House.​  
https://joehoft.com/james-okeefe-uncovers-who-really-is-running-the-biden-white-house-video/

​  TOP LEGISLATORS, SOVEREIGNTY COALITION MEMBERS JOIN FORCES TO OPPOSE W.H.O.’S ‘GLOBAL GOVERNANCE’
​  Yesterday, Members of the U.S. Senate and House, together with leaders of the Sovereignty Coalition, held a Capitol Hill press conference to voice their opposition to the imminent adoption of two World Health Organization (WHO) treaties that are set to be agreed to in just 37 days.  Participants denounced the Biden administration’s intention to approve these treaties that surrender U.S. sovereignty, compromise states’ rights, and undermine, if not terminate, constitutionally guaranteed freedoms.​..
..Coalition representatives announced a new “Not Now” emergency campaign aimed at heightening public awareness of the WHOs plans with the goal of deferring the international approval of those accords and requiring the U.S. Senate to provide its advice and consent prior to the Biden Administrations assent the Pandemic Treaty and amendments to the International Health Regulations...
​..Sovereignty Coalition released the results of a new national poll of 1,000 likely voters conducted last week by McLaughlin and Associates. As Senator Johnson observed, when asked “Do you want decisions about your health made by people you elect, or an international official appointed by the Chinese Communist Party?” respondents preferred our present system over the “global governance” alternative by a margin of nearly 75 to 9 percent. They also expressed a preference for a candidate who wants the Senate to approve the WHO treaties over one that doesn’t by a 64 to 16 percent margin.​  https://sovereignty.substack.com/p/top-legislators-sovereignty-coalition

​  Sasha Latypova,  My Presentation at the VSRF Covid Litigation II Conference
​  This is the recording of my talk from the VSRF Covid Litigation Conference II in Las Vegas on March 8. It is 20 min and covers 50/50 covid shots/EUA countermeasures and risks of mRNA vaccines in animals and food supply.​  https://sashalatypova.substack.com/p/my-presentation-at-the-vsrf-covid

​  6.4% of U.S. Adults Plagued by ‘Long Vax’ Symptoms After COVID Shots, Joseph Mercola DO
“Long vax” symptoms, developed after COVID-19 vaccines, include exercise intolerance, excessive fatigue, dysautonomia, numbness, brain fog and neuropathy.​  
https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/adults-long-vax-symptoms-covid-shots-cola/

​  Nattokinase Dissolves Fibrinaloid Microclots​ , Preclinical Study Shows Dose-Dependent Effect, Offers Hope
​  Post-acute sequelae after SARS-CoV-2 infection (long COVID) and after COVID-19 vaccination are characterized by micro blood clotting . The work of Scheim et al suggests the majority of syndromes in both cases are due to Spike protein mediated hemagglutination and then the development of small clots that serve the major organs in the body. Xi et al demonstrated increased risk for microclots visualized in retinal arteries and veins in the COVID-19 vaccinated.
​  Grixti et al point out that nattokinase has quickly become part of community standard of care for post-acute sequelae...
..As you can see, the effect was dose-related. This suggests even greater biological plausibility that Nattokinase can indeed dissolve microclots. The next sets of experiments should test microclots induced by Spike protein, thrombin, and fibrinogen. The clinical community has a long way to go in translating these results from bench to bedside. There is a great need for dose-ranging studies with Nattokinase in humans to study fibrinolysis and risks of bleeding.​  
https://petermcculloughmd.substack.com/p/nattokinase-dissolves-fibrinaloid

Automated microscopic measurement of fibrinaloid microclots and their degradation by nattokinase, the main natto protease​  https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.04.06.588397v1

​  These are not the words of a mentally ill person. They appear accurate to me. Do you find anything wrong here?
  37-year-old Max Azzarello has been identified as the man who set himself on fire near the NYC courthouse where Donald Trump's 'hush money' trial is taking place. He is in critical condition in a burn unit, police said Friday.
​  Before setting himself on fire, Azzarello dropped a stack of pamphlets that led people to the "Ponzi Papers" substack - in which he writes: "My name is Max Azzarello, and I am an investigative researcher who has set himself on fire outside of the Trump trial in Manhattan."
​  Azzarello claims that a totalitarian conspiracy is in play, orchestrated by the U.S. government and its allies, aiming to impose a fascist world order.
This extreme act of protest is to draw attention to an urgent and important discovery:
We are victims of a totalitarian con, and our own government (along with many of their allies) is about to hit us with an apocalyptic fascist world coup.
​  These claims sound like fantastical conspiracy theory, but they are not. They are proof of conspiracy. If you investigate this mountain of research, you will prove them too. If you learn a great deal about Ponzi schemes, you will discover that our life is a lie. If you follow this story and the links below, you will discover the rotten truth of ‘post-truth America’. You will learn the scariest and stupidest story in world history. And you will realize that we are all in a desperate state of emergency that requires your action.
​  To my friends and family, witnesses and first responders, I deeply apologize for inflicting this pain upon you. But I assure you it is a drop in the bucket compared to what our government intends to inflict.​  Because these words are true, this is an act of revolution. -The Ponzi Papers​  
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/shocking-video-shows-man-engulfed-flames-outside-trump-trial-nyc

​Praying for Max Azzarello (pictured in recovering banana patch)


Thursday, April 18, 2024

To Force God's Hand

 Seekers of Truth,


  There is a swell of desire for "The End Times" recently, amongst people who are sure that God is on their side and will slay their enemies, then raise them up to heaven.
I'm really not sure we are thinking about the same "god".  The God I seek to follow works through compassion, love and virtuous-effort on the part of humans.
  Do be careful what you wish for, please. It might not "mean what you think it means".

  The table has turned in the Mideast power equation, from nuclear-armed Israel exacting "ten eyes for an eye" to hypersonic-missile armed Iran demonstrating capability without "escalating" or killing anybody, and effectively making that same threat to the existence of the "Zionist State". Iran's hypersonic missiles were untouched by advanced US, Israeli and UK air-defense systems, and struck their targets, which were not power plants nor the Dimona nuclear reactor.
  Now there are rumors, which I held back on yesterday, that Iran has nuclear weapons. Blowing up Dimona would be enough, but I have seen rumors for over 15 years that Iran ended up with the South African nuclear warheads. Who knows? They went somewhere.

​  Middle East redefined: Iran’s retaliatory attack on Israel signaled a major change in the region
​  Israel hardly needs a direct war with the Islamic Republic, especially with the Hamas issue not settled yet, Gaza still not demilitarized, hostages yet to be rescued, and Western allies offering nothing in terms of support but nice statements and condemnations. In the meanwhile, there are rather serious reasons to believe that Israel may not be able to keep its temper and strike, just for self-consolation. Expecting a response strike from Iran, Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz said, several days prior to the counterattack, that if Iran strikes from its territory, then Israel will attack in response. That means the Israelis could go further and continue their attacks. Yes, Netanyahu has changed his tone somewhat and tries to show now that he doesn’t want a big war. He, however, may be under pressure from the security wing, members of which yearn for revenge and want to blow off steam on Iran, which they think created the situation Israel has been in since October 7, 2023. If Israel does strike back, attacking Iranian territories and killing people, the situation will spin out of control and there will be no stopping the Iranians.
​  The goal of Iran’s counterattack against Israel was not to unleash a big war. This action can be seen differently: as a PR effort, a propaganda schtick, or muscle-flexing. Some may say that Iran failed to retaliate fully, as its attack didn’t achieve anything equal to the two generals and 11 diplomats that Israel’s strike had killed. The message of the counterstrike, however, was not only to take revenge for Iran’s dead. Tehran deliberately didn’t strike targets in major Israeli cities. Its strikes on Israel were limited, mostly targeting the occupied Golani Heights, which legally belong to Syria, and military installations in Negev desert, in order to avoid escalation and prevent further provocations on Israel’s part. Besides, Iran has proved that it can penetrate Israel’s air defenses and that Israel is not that well protected.
​  Therefore, Iran’s goal was to change the rules of the game in the region and, by and large, it succeeded. Tehran’s counterattack put paid to any talk of Iran not putting its money where its mouth is and brought the conflict between the two countries to a whole new level.  
https://swentr.site/news/596091-irans-attack-victory-or-defeat/

​  UN Security Council To Hold Contentious Vote On Palestinian Statehood​  [Recognizing Palestine would signal a regime change in global power dynamics. Please do.]
​  Friday will witness another Gaza-related showdown in a very divided United Nations Security Council, as council member Algeria has prepared a draft resolution for the body recognize a Palestinian state.​ It would require nine votes and no vetoes on the part of the US, Britain, France, Russia or China in order to pass.​  https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/un-security-council-hold-contentious-vote-palestinian-statehood

​  Pepe Escobar: Iran’s 'New Equation' Reaches Way Beyond West Asia
​  This game-changer will directly interfere on how the Anglo-American system manages its simultaneous conflagration with Russia, China and Iran – three top BRICS members.
The key problem is escalations are already built in – and will be hard to remove. The Total Cancel War against Russia; the genocide in Gaza – with its explicit policy masterfully decoded by Prof. Michael Hudson; and the decoupling/shaping the terrain against China won’t simply vanish – as all communication bridges with the Global Majority keep being torched.​ Yet the Iranian message indeed establishes a “New Equation” – as Tehran christened it, and prefigures many other surprises to come from West Asia...
​..Later this week Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Ali Bagheri Kani - who said Iran will respond “within seconds” to any new Israeli attack – visits Moscow for the Conference on Nonproliferation and will also meet with the top echelons of the Russian Foreign Ministry.
It's quite remarkable that Iran managed to establish the New Equation without disturbing its own pivot to Eurasia – after the collapse of the 2015 nuclear deal – while protecting the complex framework engaged in the defense of Palestine.
​  The Hegemon’s options are dire. They run from being eventually expelled from West Asia and the Persian Gulf to an unwinnable existential clash against three civilization-states – Russia, China, Iran.
​  What’s left as the number one feasible scenario is a carefully calculated retreat to an easily controlled backyard: Latin America, especially South America, manipulating new, convenient, sovereign-deprived asset Argentina.​ And of course maintaining control over a de-industrialized and sovereignty-deprived Europe.
​  That does not change the fact that US power projection on the wane, globally, is the way the wind is blowing. The Straussian neocon psycho-dementia is unsustainable. The question is whether they can be progressively purged from the US power structure before they attempt to plunge the Global Majority into their irrational depths of doom.​  
https://sputnikglobe.com/20240417/pepe-escobar-irans-new-equation-reaches-way-beyond-west-asia-1117973782.html

​  Saudi Arabia and UAE refused to open airspace to Israeli and US aircraft during Iran attack
​  Saudi Arabia and the UAE refused to open their airspace to Israeli and American aircraft as they sought to intercept missiles and drones launched by Iran last Saturday against the occupation state.​ According to the Wall Street Journal, Arab officials noted that the two Gulf countries did, however, exchange intelligence with the US and Israel, which contributed to their success in repelling the Iranian attack. Riyadh and Abu Dhabi have tried to remain neutral regarding the raging conflict in the Middle East, the newspaper claimed.​  https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20240417-saudi-arabia-and-uae-refused-to-open-airspace-to-israeli-and-us-aircraft-during-iran-attack/


So how long might such a "pursuit" take? "Seconds"?   Iran Says It Could Pursue Nuclear Weapons If Israel Threatens Atomic Sites   https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/iran-says-it-could-pursue-nuclear-weapons-if-israel-threatens-atomic-sites

Was this real? Was it a "warning"? If so, a warning to whom?  Freeze and zoom in on the very last second. I saw a yellow tag on a cruise missile, which designates a live nuke.    VIDEO: United States Loads Nuclear Bombs onto B-52's  https://halturnerradioshow.com/index.php/en/component/content/article/video-united-states-loads-nuclear-bombs-onto-b-52s?catid=17&Itemid=220

Secret deal: Iran will attack Israel with Su-35 fighters and S-400 air defense systems
https://avia-pro.net/blog/taynaya-sdelka-iran-udarit-po-izrailyu-istrebitelyami-su-35-i-zrk-s-400

  ​I read that the refueling tankers were in the air, ready to go. 'Israel' backed out of attacking Iran for operational reasons: Axios
​  "Israel" backed out of conducting a strike against Iran on Monday night after authorities strongly considered the option, Axios reported, citing five Israeli and US sources.​ The Israeli regime has vowed to conduct a strike against Iranian assets following Tehran's retaliatory attack against the occupation on Saturday night. The Biden administration has warned "Israel" that taking such action would not serve the two allied governments' interests, urging Israelis to "be careful" with any retaliation, unnamed US officials told Axios.
​  To avoid regional escalation, the White House has told "Israel" to frame the interception of Iranian aerial attack weapons as a victory, to save face value and refrain from escalatory measures.
​  "We are not sure why and how close it was to an actual attack," a US official said in reference to the probable option to launch aggression against Iran. Another confirmed that "Israel" told the Biden administration that it had decided to wait rather than take action at the time being​.  
https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/-israel--backed-out-of-attacking-iran-for-operational-reason

​  Majority of Israelis want to de-escalate tensions after Iran strike
​  The majority of Israelis (52%) believe that an immediate response to Iran's retaliatory strike is not desired, but rather prefer "to close the current round of hostilities," a recent poll conducted by the Hebrew University of Occupied al-Quds revealed, as reported by the Financial Times.
​  "Everyone is on board with the [Gaza war] goals. But we see a very different path here" with Iran, Nimrod Zeldin, who conducted the study, told FT. "Iran is more complicated."
​  According to the report, the clear-cut split is reflected in the "tortuous" debate within the war cabinet led by Prime Minister Netanyahu. Experts argue that the window for an immediate response is closing further as time passes.​  
https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/majority-of-israelis-want-to-de-escalate-tensions-after-iran

John Helmer, THE LAST BLACKOUT FOR ISRAEL WAS LIFTED BY GOD’S TEMPLE MIRACLE  2,188 YEARS AGO  – ISRAEL IS PROVOKING IRAN TO INFLICT A NEW BLACKOUT TO TEST WHICH SIDE GOD IS ON NOW
​  As of today’s broadcast on Gorilla Radio and writing this, it is 3:30 on Thursday morning in Tehran: the Israeli attack which has been telegraphed through the British foreign minister, Baron Cameron, has not yet materialized.
​  When it happens – if it happens — the evidence to gather, before the scope of the Iranian response can be calculated, includes what types of targets were struck, military or civil; where the attack was launched from; what role US intelligence and military support played in execution of Israel’s operation; and what role Russia is playing in early warning, missile tracking, electronic countermeasures, and defence on the Iranian side.
​  When the Iranian counterattack happens, if it happens, there should be no counting by the Israeli and US side on a divine miracle to keep Jerusalem’s lights burning. The last one of those, according to the religion of the Israeli state (and also of presidential candidate Donald Trump),​ was the Chanukah one. That was in 164 BC.  
https://johnhelmer.net/the-last-blackout-for-israel-was-lifted-by-gods-temple-miracle-2188-years-ago-israel-is-provoking-iran-to-inflict-a-new-blackout-to-test-which-side-god-is-on-now/#more-89766

Iran Navy Escorting Iranian Commercial Ships To Red Sea To Prevent Reprisal​  https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/iran-navy-escorting-iranian-commercial-ships-red-sea-prevent-reprisal

Gaza detainees 'urinated on, made to act like animals' by Israeli forces, UNRWA says​ , Palestinians released from Israeli custody report widespread ill treatment to UN agency​  https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/un-warns-mass-ill-treatment-palestinians-israeli-detention

Report: Blinken Sitting On Staff Recommendations to Sanction Israeli Military Units Linked to Killings or Rapes​  https://www.informationliberation.com/?id=64399

US House Set to Vote on Ukraine, Israel, Taiwan Aid Bills on Saturday - Speaker​  https://sputnikglobe.com/20240417/us-house-set-to-vote-on-ukraine-israel-taiwan-aid-bills-on-saturday---speaker-1117982278.html

EU leadership must go – member state’s PM​ , The current bosses in Brussels have failed in all of their major projects, Hungary’s Viktor Orban has said​  https://swentr.site/news/596099-orban-eu-leadership-hungary/

​  National Public Radio has solved the problem of the intolerance for opposing views, detailed in an article by award-winning editor Uri Berliner: he is now out of NPR. Berliner resigned after NPR suspended him and various other journalists and the CEO lashed out at his discussing their political bias.​  https://jonathanturley.org/2024/04/17/npr-editor-resigns-after-suspension-for-exposing-bias-and-intolerance/

FBI Wanted to Install Backdoor to Spy on Users, Telegram Founder Tells Tucker Carlson​  https://sputnikglobe.com/20240417/fbi-wanted-to-install-backdoor-to-spy-on-users-telegram-founder-tells-tucker-carlson-1117970779.html

​  How are they not "the government"?  Apple and Google more dangerous than governments – Telegram founder , Pavel Durov has slammed the tech giants for their attempts to curtail freedom of speech​  https://swentr.site/news/596070-telegram-durov-reveals-pressure-us/

Google Quickly Fires 28 Employees Who Protested Dealings With Israel​  https://www.zerohedge.com/political/google-quickly-fires-28-employees-who-protested-dealings-israel

Excused Juror Reveals Selection Process For Trump’s 'Hush-Money' Trial: 'All Have Prior Opinions'​  https://www.zerohedge.com/political/excused-juror-reveals-selection-process-trumps-hush-money-trial-all-have-prior-opinions

​  The Great Dispossession Part 4Paul Craig Roberts​ 
​  Under the 5th and 14th Amendments to the US Constitution the transformation of our financial property into collateral for secured creditors constitutes a taking. I don’t know whether the taking that exists in the regulations can be taken to court and ruled against prior to a taking actually occurring. Probably not.​  https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2024/04/17/the-great-dispossession-part-4/

The Great Dispossession Part 3Paul Craig Roberts
In Part 1, I explained that the next financial crisis will be bailed out not with central bank money creation but with our stocks, bonds and bank balances.
In Part 2, I explained the multi-year quiet regulatory changes that dispossessed us of our property.
In Part 3, I explain David Rogers Webb’s conclusion that a massive financial crisis is pending in which our financial assets are the collateral underwriting the derivative and financial bubble and will result in the loss of our assets but leave us with our debts as happened to those whose banks failed in the 1930s.....You will be supplied with the means of life as long as you have a good social credit score, which means that you are a non-dissenter of official narratives.
​  Webb believes that this result is the intent of the regulatory changes and corresponds to the World Economic Forum’s agenda: “you will own nothing.” There is much in the regulatory documents that support Webb’s belief. For example, the Single Resolution Board’s 2022 Guidance for Banks to prepare for “solvent wind-down,” is an indication that an event is in the works. The Single Resolution Board’s Work Program 2023 states: “The year 2023 will be the last of a transitional period for the establishment of the main elements of the resolution framework in the Banking Union.” In other words, everything is in place.​  
https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2024/04/16/the-great-dispossession-part-3/

The Great Dispossession Part 2Paul Craig Roberts
​  In Part 1 ( https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2024/04/11/the-great-dispossession/ ), I reported that we already do not own anything. The immediate response from readers is: what can we do to avoid dispossession? Offhand, the answer might appear to be debt-free property and gold and silver in personal possession. However, if the goal is that we own nothing and are controlled under a digital currency regime, these assets will be taken as well.
​  Webb says if the billionaires and large financial institutions can be made aware of the situation, they could make Congress aware of the regulatory changes and force Congress to use its law-making power to undo the regulatory changes...

​..The purpose of Part 2 is to outline the regulatory changes that have been made that have turned our property in financial assets into the property of “secured creditors.” Webb terms them legal changes, which they are, but as I read it from regulatory, not legislative, action. Webb says the changes are global, but he only describes how the US and EU effected the changes for themselves. I am unable to imagine that Russia, China, Iran and any parts of the world not captured in the Western financial system are parties to the dispossession, especially under the regime of sanctions. As I read it, the dispossession that awaits is limited to the Western world and its captive countries. By global, perhaps Webb means the global operations of Western world financial organizations.
​  First some definitions: an “account holder” is you, your IRA, your pension plan, your stock and bond investments held at an “account provider” or “intermediary” or “depository institution”.​  
 https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2024/04/15/the-great-dispossession-part-2/

The Great Dispossession Part 1​ , Paul Craig Roberts
​  Some definitions: an “account holder” is you, your IRA, your pension plan, your stock and bond investments held at an “account provider” or “intermediary” or “depository institution” such as Merrill Lynch, Schwab, Wells Fargo. An “entitlement holder” is the definition of you whose ownership claim to your financial assets has been subordinated to the claims of “secured creditors” of the institution where you have your accounts. Please do understand that the dispossession of which I write is your dispossession.​..
..As a result of these changes, which appear to have been made by financial regulatory authorities rather than by elected legislatures, individuals no longer have property rights in “their” securities. “Owners” now have “entitlement rights,” which means that they have pro-rata rights to whatever securities remain in the depository institution after secured creditors’ claims are met. In actual fact, “your” securities and your bank deposits are no longer recognized in law as your personal property if the depository institution–the bank or, for example, Merrill Lynch–becomes financially troubled. Your “ownership” is encumbered as collateral for secured creditors who are the owners in fact. Apparently, this was done by regulatory authorities as underpinning for the derivatives complex, which is many magnitudes greater than world GNP, or perhaps derivative exposure served as an excuse for setting up the Great Reset in which “you will own nothing.” Indeed, individual banks among the world’s largest have derivative exposure the size of world GDP.​ https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2024/04/11/the-great-dispossession/

​Debt Free (pictured with some apples getting bigger)


Wednesday, April 17, 2024

Talking About World War 3

 Discussing Politely,


  John Helmer, PRESIDENT VLADIMIR  PUTIN ANSWERS PRESIDENT EBRAHIM RAISI’S TELEPHONE CALL – WHAT EACH HEARD THE OTHER SAY
​  The Kremlin record says: “The presidents discussed in detail the situation in the Middle East, escalated by Israel’s air strike at the Iranian diplomatic mission in Damascus and Iran’s retaliation measures. Vladimir Putin expressed hope that all sides will exercise sensible restraint and will not allow a new round of confrontation that may be fraught with disastrous consequences for the entire region.”  
​  “In turn, Ebrahim Raisi noted that Iran’s actions had been forced and limited. At the same time, he emphasised that Tehran is not interested in further escalation of tensions. Both leaders stated that the unresolved Palestinian-Israeli conflict was the root cause of the current developments in the Middle East.”
​  Then the two presidents agreed it was back to their strategic business. “During the exchange of views on the current issues of Russia-Iran relations, both leaders expressed their mutual intention to promote steady bilateral cooperation across different areas, including the implementation of mutually beneficial infrastructure projects.”  ​...
..According to Raisi’s report,  “ ‘What the Islamic Republic of Iran did in response to what happened criminally and in the light of the inaction of the [UN] Security Council, was the best way to punish the aggressor and represented the tactfulness and rationality of Iran’s politicians,’ Putin said. The Russian president said the Israeli regime’s ‘terrorist act’ against the Iranian consulate in Damascus was against all international standards and rules. He also strongly criticized the United States and certain Western countries for creating tension in the region. ‘We believe that the Islamic Republic of Iran is one of the main pillars of stability and security in the region.’”  
​  In the PressTV report, Raisi added in his remarks to Putin: “ ‘The destructive role of the US and some western countries and the inaction and inefficiency of international institutions, including the United Nations and the Security Council, in dealing with the aggressive action of the Zionist regime in attacking the Iranian consulate in Syria caused the Islamic Republic of Iran to exercise its right to self-defense.’ ​ Raisi further thanked Moscow for its ‘principled and constructive’ stance against the Israeli aggression in Damascus.”​  
https://johnhelmer.net/president-vladimir-putin-answers-president-ebrahim-raisis-telephone-call-what-each-heard-the-other-say/

​  "Within Seconds" strikes me as air-defense response, whatever might follow that. There are reports that Russia and China are helping Iran with targeting and early warnings.
Iran vows to react ‘within seconds’ to each new mistake made by Israel
​  Ali Bagheri Kani, the deputy foreign minister for political affairs, stated as much.
He stated, “They should anticipate a harsher, quicker, and more immediate response in the event that they repeat the same mistake.”
​  “This time, the Zionists should know this that they will not have a 12-day-long timespace,” the official noted, adding, “The response that they are going to receive [this time around] cannot be measured by [such time standards as] days or hours, but [will come in a matter of] seconds.”​  
https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/497235/Iran-vows-to-react-within-seconds-to-each-new-mistake-made

​  These statements are not being translated for ultimate clarity of meaning. Perhaps that is intentional. The larger, newer hypersonic ballistic missiles in Iran's arsenal have never been used in war, and could be used as part of a much larger and more destructive response against Israel, if Israel strikes Iranian territory again, which the IRanian embassy in Damascus was. Iranian missile specifics are looked at here.  
​  On Monday, Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian warned that if Israel continues to escalate tensions with Tehran, it will face a swift and intensified response.​  Amir-Abdollahian, quoted by the Iranian Foreign Ministry during a telephone conversation with German Foreign Minister Annalena Bärbock, said that if the Israeli regime continues its adventures and aggravates the situation, the response will follow immediately and will be even larger.​  https://avia-pro.net/blog/ko-vtoroy-faze-otveta-oruzhie-gotovo-iran-gotov-udarit-po-izrailyu-oruzhiem-kotoroe-ranee

​  Press sources said that an airstrike by a Zionist reconnaissance aircraft targeted a gathering of Palestinian civilians, mostly children, in Al-Qasatina lane at the Mohandes Roundabout area in the center of the camp, and in a place containing children’s toys installed during the Eid days.
​  According to sources, the raid killed 11 martyrs, including at least five children, while a number of other children and young people were injured, some of whom were transferred to the Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Hospital in Deir al-Balah.​  
https://en.ypagency.net/322895

​  UN Rights Office Says Israel Still Imposing ‘Unlawful’ Restrictions on Gaza Aid
​  The UN’s Human Rights Office said on Tuesday that Israel is still imposing “unlawful” restrictions on aid entering Gaza despite US and Israeli claims that there’s been an increase in deliveries, Reuters reported on Tuesday.
​  After Israel slaughtered seven workers for the World Central Kitchen on April 1, Benjamin Netanyahu’s government made a commitment to allow more aid into the Strip, but the UN says aid levels are still way below the bare minimum of what’s needed.
​  “Israel continues to impose unlawful restrictions on the entry and distribution of humanitarian assistance and to carry out widespread destruction of civilian infrastructure,” said Ravina Shamdasani, spokeswoman for the UN Human Rights Office.
​  Shamdasani added that “those delivering or trying to access humanitarian assistance must never be attacked.” Last week, UNICEF workers reported that a vehicle they were traveling in was hit by Israeli gunfire, but nobody was hurt.
  https://news.antiwar.com/2024/04/16/un-rights-office-says-israel-still-imposing-unlawful-restrictions-on-gaza-aid/

​  John Helmer looks at Israeli vulnerability to Iranian attacks upon its electrical system, the type of war Russia is now prosecuting in Ukraine.
​  If Israel escalates by attacking Iran and striking at the country’s infrastructure, then Iran’s counter will be to take a page out of Russia’s book and commence the one line of attack which Israel, the US and their allies cannot withstand any better than Ukraine – that’s Electric War.  
​  For the seven months which have elapsed since Hamas began its operation against Israel on October 7, and Israel commenced its genocide against the Palestinians,  there has been no targeting by Hamas, Hezbollah, the Houthis, or the Syrian and Iraqi groups of Israel’s highly vulnerable maritime gas platforms, gas pipelines, coal and oil-fired electricity generating plants, the coal and oil storages nearby, solar and wind power units, or the electricity grids keeping the country alight.
​  The Arab inhibitions and calculations are understandable. Iran’s will disappear if Israel triggers a new round of attacks.
​  If and when that happens, the Palestinian failure in the US and in Europe to counterattack and stop Israel financing its war through the $60 billion genocide bond issue won’t matter.  Bond holders don’t invest in blackouts.​..
..A NATO veteran and expert in applying electrical engineering to war comments: “Honestly, I  don’t believe the Iranian strikes were all that effective in terms of damage done. This being said, again, they weren’t meant to be. They mostly used drones and older missiles with a few of the newer models thrown in to test, and send a message.” ... "If the Iranians turn to electric war strikes, things will look a lot different.”
​  He is repeating what the Israelis began admitting publicly last week. “A war scenario with Hezbollah presented last week by the head of the Ministry of Defense’s National Emergency Management Authority (NEMA), Brigadier General Yoram Laredo, sparked widespread concern about the level of preparedness for such an event within the energy sector...
​..In the latest NEMA report, according to industry press summaries, “it is evident that the lessons of Ukraine have not been absorbed by Israel, with security sources citing the lack of preparedness of the Israel Electric Corporation. In addition to Russia, Iranian weapons are used by their proxy organizations including Hezbollah. Israel’s power grids are similar to those of Ukraine, Iran, and Lebanon, so its weak points have been marked by the enemy.”
​  “According to NEMA, in a full-scale war with Hezbollah, about 5,000 rockets, precision missiles, and suicide drones will be launched at Israel every day, targeting critical electricity infrastructure as well. The damage to this infrastructure would lead to two nationwide power outages lasting from 24 to 48 hours, for at least 60% of the country, in addition to 11 regional power outages and numerous local power outages. There would also be power outages lasting weeks and even months in some parts of the country, mainly in the north.”...
​..This paper from an Israeli military think tank explains the vulnerability of these power generating plants and the transmission systems they supply. “The security of the electrical system during emergencies and a reduction in the risk of an excessive and protracted blackout are critical issues that demand national attention and response,” the Israelis claimed in June 2017. “We maintain that the current systemic responses to threats against the electrical system are inadequate in light of the unique geostrategic characteristics of the State of Israel.”...
​..“To protect the functional continuity of the state and the capability of the IDF to maintain an ongoing offensive effort until victory has been achieved implies the protection of power stations and IAF bases before the protection of the large cities. It is possible that in the future we will be able to protect both, but currently, with the number of batteries and interceptor missiles at our disposal, we have to designate an order of priorities for the deployment of our assets. We have to make a difficult, painful, and clear-cut decision.”  
​  That was seven years ago – the Israelis were taking no account of the development by the Iranians of drone decoys and hypersonic missiles, and of the impossibility of defending against their combination.​   
https://johnhelmer.net/loose-lips-dont-sink-ships-or-israel/#more-89746

​  Gilbert Doctorow gives an interview today where he mentions a very recent poll showing 75% ​of Israelis opposed to an Israeli counter-counter-attack on Iran.
Talking to Indian global broadcaster WION about Iran's weekend missile strike on Israel  
https://gilbertdoctorow.substack.com/p/talking-to-indian-global-broadcaster

​  Aleks at Black Mountain Analysis (Serbian)   Prospects for World War 3 [i]​  Part Two
​  A little more than a year ago, I wrote a strategic analysis of the direction of the war in Ukraine... It was dedicated to Andrei Raevsky (The Saker), whom I value tremendously. I think we all miss him. It is the article “Prospects for World War 3”.​..
..There are various other scenarios for World War Three without the need for a clash between the superpowers.​ Considering the prospects for a World War between the superpowers, I concluded in my previous article that there is a probability of about 10% for this to happen...
..There is no such thing as: “Ukraine did this” or “Ukraine said that.” Ukraine is a brotherly Slavic and Orthodox nation, and it would never do anything against Russia. Ukraine is a part of Russia. So, to keep up one of the biggest brainwashing operations (psychical level) and mobilization operations (physical level) to comprehensively divide Russians and Ukrainians and to exterminate the Ukrainian able-bodied male population to deny them as resources for Russia. Moreover, to force Russia to make colossal investments to rebuild the new Ukrainian oblast(s) and solve the social and demographic problems in the new oblast(s).
​  In other words, all important leaders in Ukraine need to be paid off. Moreover, safe places for their escape when the well-known (to everyone) collapse eventually comes need to be provided for everyone abroad. These are the billions that keep the Ukrainian leadership slaughtering their own male population until the very end as long as it is physically possible. And it is still physically possible...​ We are talking about outright murder of a people.​..
..What has been going on since then is not a military operation. It is plugging holes in the frontlines with human meat to physically block the Russians from advancing deeper. People are being sent by truckloads into the trenches where essentially the fighting is over, except for a few hotspots where the Russians are advancing. What is left is sending these people into trenches where they are being slaughtered by all kinds of highly efficient weapons without ever seeing a single Russian soldier before their death...
..The fact is that Ukraine will fall due to a total collapse from Donetsk up to Lvov. The whole artificial structure will be gone. I wanted to firmly reiterate that this prediction is, as always, more than up to date, and it is already being discussed in the Western media.
​  I’m not saying that Ukraine as a whole will become part of Russia. I’m still convinced that the Western part of Ukraine will be divided between the three neighbors, with Russia’s consent...
..We learned that the Americans are no longer committed to the Ukrainian battlefield, at least not beyond the involvement of their money, special services, and commanders. Still, there is manpower missing.
​  Moreover, the Americans can’t intervene anywhere in the world any longer. Wherever they would become bogged down in a bigger war, all other regions would instantly exploit that and start freeing themselves from the American occupation. It is crucial for the Americans to cut off such a heavy anchor as the Ukrainian project. A symbol for this was the cutting off the… “heavy” anchor Victoria Nuland.​..
..Therefore, there are attempts to make the Europeans switch to war economies. The big European countries are discussing this openly, and so is the EU. It would free the American capacities for American rearmament to be able to focus on Asia, and at the same time, it would keep Russia in war longer... I think Russia will prevent all of this from happening. It would be diametrically against her interests.​..
​..What worries me the most, since I’m affected, is that I think that war is very much possible within Europe within the next few years. And I’m not talking about Europe versus Russia. No, I’m talking about the major European powers against one another. Ukraine will fall soon, and with it, the Western world order. Eastern European countries will get the opportunity to connect to the BRICS market and financial system (and default on the Dollar system, if needed). They will have a choice, as the free market economy foresees it. And they will choose. This will cause major friction between the European powers and the EU institution.
​  France, Britain, and Poland are major lynchpins in this whole struggle. I pray for peace, but there may be major escalations between the European countries. These escalations can be:
​  Military nature (25% probability)
​  Diplomatic and Economic nature (75%)
As you can see, I’m still optimistic that there won’t be a kinetic war in Europe, but it is far from being excluded.​ 
https://bmanalysis.substack.com/p/prospects-for-world-war-3-i

​This looks like a threat to defect to Russia if not paid: Zelensky Angry That Israel Prioritized By West, Says Ukraine Running Out Of Missiles To Defend Airspace   https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/zelensky-says-ukraine-running-out-missiles-defend-airspace-angry-israel-prioritized

  Scott Ritter maintains that the Iranian hypersonic missiles used last Saturday were all unstoppable, all hit their targets, and that this implies that the best US Radar systems, which were in place and employed, cannot facilitate interception of Iranian missiles, nor by implication, similar Russian and Chinese hypersonic missiles. (North Korea?)
"Checkmate" says Ritter, but I think it is more like an effective blocking strategy. US/NATO can still move backwards.
​  The global strategic implications of this stunning Iranian accomplishment are game-changing—the US has long struggled conceptually with the notion of what is referred to as “A2/AD” (anti-access/area denial) threats posed by hostile ballistic missiles. However, the US had sought to mitigate against this AA/A2 threat by overlaying theater ballistic missile defense architecture like that that had been employed in Israel. The failure of the combined US-Israeli defense systems in the face of a concerted Iranian missile attack exposed the short-comings of the US ballistic missile defense capabilities world-wide.
​  In short, this means that the US and NATO forces in Europe are vulnerable to attack from advanced Russian missile technologies which match or exceed those used by Iran to attack Israel. It also means that China would most likely be able to strike and sink US navy ships in the Pacific Ocean in the event of a conflict over Taiwan. And that North Korea could do the same to US ships and forces ashore in the vicinity of Japan and South Korea.
​  Until which time the US can develop, produce and deploy missile defense systems capable of defeating the new missile technology being deployed by nations like Iran, Russia, China, and North Korea, US military power projection capabilities are in a state of checkmate by America’s potential adversaries.​  
https://www.scottritterextra.com/p/checkmate

T​his was before Saturday, I think: US Navy Depletes $1Bln Worth of Weapons in Middle East in 6 Months - Secretary Del Toro​  https://sputnikglobe.com/20240416/us-navy-depletes-1bln-worth-of-weapons-in-middle-east-in-6-months---secretary-del-toro-1117961662.html

​  Supercharged Spying Provision Buried In "Terrifying" FISA 702 Reauthorization
​  On Monday, the House finalized procedural business on a bill to reauthorize the nation's warrantless surveillance powers under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), which Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) called "one of the most dramatic and terrifying expansions of government surveillance authority in history."
"Buried in the Section 702 reauthorization bill (RISAA) passed by the House on Friday is the biggest expansion of domestic surveillance since the Patriot Act.​" ...
​..Under current law, the government can compel “electronic communications service providers” that have direct access to communications to assist the NSA in conducting Section 702 surveillance.
​  In practice, that means companies like Verizon and Google must turn over the communications of the targets of Section 702 surveillance. (The targets must be foreigners overseas, although the communications can—and do—include communications with Americans.)
​  Through a seemingly innocuous change to the definition of “electronic communications surveillance provider,” an amendment offered by House intel committee (HPSCI) leaders and passed by the House vastly expands the universe of entities that can be compelled to assist the NSA.
​  If the bill becomes law, any company or individual that provides ANY service whatsoever may be forced to assist in NSA surveillance, as long as they have access to equipment on which communications are transmitted or stored—such as routers, servers, cell towers, etc. That sweeps in an enormous range of U.S. businesses that provide wifi to their customers and therefore have access to equipment on which communications transit. Barber shops, laundromats, fitness centers, hardware stores, dentist’s offices… the list goes on and on.
​  It also includes commercial landlords that rent out the office space where tens of millions of Americans go to work every day—offices of journalists, lawyers, nonprofits, financial advisors, health care providers, and more.​  
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/supercharged-spying-provision-buried-terrifying-fisa-702-reauthorization

​  "We Have 15,000 Samples In Wuhan ... Could Do Full Genomes Of 700 CoVs": Rand Paul Drops COVID Bombshell
​  Last week Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) wrote in a Tuesday op-ed that officials from 15 federal agencies "knew in 2018 that the Wuhan Institute of Virology was trying to create a coronavirus like COVID-19."...
..Paul points to an email between EcoHealth's Daszak and "Fauci Flunky" David Morens from April 26, 2020 (noted days before by the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic), when the lab-leak hypothesis was gaining traction against Fauci ...In it, Daszak laments the "real and present danger that we are being targeted by extremists" ... and called Donald Trump "shockingly ignorant."
​  He also told David that he would restrict communications "to gmail from now on," and planned to mount a response to an NIH request which appears to suggest moving out of Wuhan - to which Daszak says "Even that would be a loss - we have 15,000 samples in freezers in Wuhan and could do the full genomes of 700+ Co Vs we've identified if we don't cut this thread."..
..Daszak, funded by Fauci, lied when he said "every single one of the SARSr-CoV sequences @EcoHealthNYC discovered in China is already published."

​The copy of that email communication is here:  https://www.ecohealthalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Emails-02.pdf

​  New NPR CEO Katherine Maher gave a Ted Talk during which she asserted that “truth” is a “distraction” which is “getting in the way of getting things done.”
..Wikipedia had a model “which actually works really well” in determining “what the truth really is.”​  Acknowledging that Wikipedia writers are “not focused on the truth, they’re focused on something else, which is the best of what we can know right now,” Maher suggested the “truth” was not a priority.
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/new-npr-ceo-gave-ted-talk-asserting-truth-distraction

​  Showing strength - RFK Jr Won't Pursue Libertarian Nomination, Says Team Trump Asked Him To Be VP
​  After seriously considering the possibility, 2024 presidential hopeful Robert F. Kennedy, Jr has declared he will not seek the Libertarian Party nomination, saying he's confident he'll achieve ballot access across the country on his own. Meanwhile, in a social media skirmish with Team Trump, Kennedy said Trump associates asked him to consider becoming the former president's running mate.​  https://www.zerohedge.com/political/rfk-jr-wont-pursue-libertarian-nomination-says-team-trump-asked-him-be-vp

​  Meryl Nass MD has heartening news: In Japan, Tens of Thousands Protest WHO’s ‘Supranational Grab Over Global Health’  https://merylnass.substack.com/p/in-japan-tens-of-thousands-protest

Jessica Rose Ph.D. , The modified mRNA COVID shots cause myocarditis according to the National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine   https://jessicar.substack.com/p/the-modified-mrna-covid-shots-cause

More from Dr. Rose ,  Review: N1-methyl-pseudouridine (m1Ψ): Friend or foe of cancer? Yeah, that would be friend. Of cancer. Not humans. (modified mRNA)   https://jessicar.substack.com/p/review-n1-methyl-pseudouridine-m1

​  Ian Brighthope, mRNA is a class one carcinogen​  Today, on behalf of my professional friends and medical colleagues, I declare the mRNA vaccines to be class one carcinogens. mRNA is also a broad-spectrum mutagen. mRNA must be banned internationally.​  https://ianbrighthope.substack.com/p/mrna-is-a-class-one-carcinogen

  Joseph Mercola MD, WHO Cancer Agency Predicts 77% Rise in Cancers by 2050. Is the Covid Vaccine Causing Turbo Cancers?
  WHO blamed the projected cancer burden increase on a combination of age and environmental factors, stating:6
“The rapidly growing global cancer burden reflects both population ageing and growth, as well as changes to people’s exposure to risk factors, several of which are associated with socioeconomic development. Tobacco, alcohol and obesity are key factors behind the increasing incidence of cancer, with air pollution still a key driver of environmental risk factors.”
​  But it did not mention the emergence of rapid-growing cancers of the breast, colon, esophagus, kidney, liver, pancreas, bile duct, brain, lung and blood — including exceedingly rare types of cancer. As noted by Canadian oncologist and cancer researcher Dr. William Makis in the Highwire interview above,7 these cancers are showing up in young people, many under age 30, with no family history of cancer.
​  They’re showing up in pregnant women and young children. Equally odd is the fact that most are Stage 3 or 4 by the time they’re diagnosed, with symptoms arising only days or weeks before. The cancers grow and spread so rapidly, many of these patients die before treatment can even begin. Most of them are also resistant to conventional treatment.
​  The phenomenon has become common enough that the term “turbo cancers” was coined to describe these rapid-growing cancers in people who have received one or more COVID jabs.​  
https://www.globalresearch.ca/cancer-agency-predicts-rise-cancers-2050/5855010
  Dr. Nass again:  Politicians at all levels have been lied to about the WHO treaty and int'l health regulation amendments--so show them the screenshots. 
The WHO wishes to be the purveyor of biological warfare agents, to control information, and enforce untested vaccinations on the world. Please share this information.​  https://merylnass.substack.com/p/politicians-at-all-levels-have-been

​  Ron Johnson's Bill S444 to require the Senate to Ratify (with 2/3 vote) WHO treaty has now achieved 49 cosponsors
Every Republican Senator is now a sponsor of this bill​  
https://merylnass.substack.com/p/ron-johnsons-bill-s444-to-require

​  Dr. Nass: Today Dutch Parliament Votes to Instruct the Government to Demand a Delay in both WHO votes--and if no delay, to vote against the proposals   https://merylnass.substack.com/p/hot-today-dutch-parliament-votes

  Patients on ivermectin based treatment had better blood oxygenation in 2 studies which mimic the experience I had prescribing for COVID.
Critical appraisal of multi-drug therapy in the ambulatory management of patients with COVID-19 and hypoxemia​  by Eleftherios Gkioulekas, Ph.D.​  https://drlf.substack.com/p/presentation-critical-appraisal-of

​  The US-Mexico Dispute Over GM Corn Safety Could Transform American Agriculture​  (Non-organic US corn all has Round​Up in it.​ All chips and tortillas...)
  Mexico filed a 200-page response to the U.S. trade violation complaint, which many observers say fulfilled the onus of its argument. It offered 66 articles in peer-reviewed journals pointing to GM corn’s associated health risks including increased damage to organs, cancer, antibiotic resistance, and reduced nutritional content.​  Mexico’s decree also included a ban on glyphosate originally intended to go into effect on April 1, but the government pushed back that date while researching alternatives available in suitable quantities.
​  GM corn is tightly wed to glyphosate, the key ingredient in RoundUp and other herbicides. That’s because one of the most prominent traits in GM corn is resistance to glyphosate, the main ingredient in RoundUp. Monsanto, the German firm making most of the GM corn grown in the United States, calls the corn “Roundup Ready.” A rise in the use of glyphosate closely paralleled the rise in use of GM corn seed.​  
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/us-mexico-dispute-over-gm-corn-safety-could-transform-american-agriculture

​Frito Bandito (pictured with non-GMO squash and onions)