Thursday, December 4, 2025

Mysterious Negotiations

 Non-Participants,


  This is not exactly what he said, but that's the "free press" fer ya: Putin Says 'Ready For War' Against Europe If Attacks On Russian Tankers, Energy Continue   https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/putin-threatens-ready-war-against-europe-if-attacks-russian-tankers-energy-continue

  John Helmer is clearer. BY THE VERSAILLES TREATY STANDARD HOW TO JUDGE THE END OF WAR TERMS THE US IS OFFERING
 When the Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov announced on Tuesday morning that the terms on which the Russian Army will stop advancing across the Ukraine must be “for many generations to come”, he was talking to the Russians, not to the Americans, Europeans or Ukrainians. “We highly appreciate the efforts of US President Trump and his administration,” Peskov added, “and we want to solve our security problems for many generations to come.”  
​  Putin had explained the night before in Moscow. The Europeans (he included the British) “have no peace agenda; they are on the side of war. Even when they ostensibly attempt to introduce amendments to Trump’s proposals, we see this clearly – all their amendments are directed towards one single aim: to completely obstruct this entire peace process, to put forward demands that are utterly unacceptable to Russia (they understand this), and thereby subsequently to place the blame for the collapse of the peace process upon Russia. That is their objective. We see this plainly.”  
​  The conclusion for Russians is obvious, Putin added. “If Europe wants to wage a war against us and suddenly starts a war with us, we are ready. There should be no doubt about that. The only question is if Europe suddenly starts a war against us, I think very quickly…Europe is not Ukraine. In Ukraine, we are acting with surgical precision. You see my point, don’t you? It is not a war in the direct, modern sense of the word. If Europe suddenly decides to go to war against us and actually follows through with it, then a situation may arise very quickly where we will be left with no one to negotiate with.”  
​  Putin was making the same point for President Donald Trump and his generals to hear. The warning is nuclear war,  or the Oreshnik,  or both.​   
https://johnhelmer.net/by-the-versailles-treaty-standard-how-to-judge-the-end-of-war-terms-the-us-is-offering/#more-92916

​  Simplicius, Putin Again Signals Defiance While Invoking War with Europe​ - It's just that...he was merely answering a journalist's question.
​ As per usual, the Western MSM machine has glommed onto the statements as if Putin had woken up that day and decided to declare war on Europe...
..It should also be mentioned that despite the fact it was a journalist who triggered the response, Putin still perhaps somewhat uncharacteristically fleshed out the answer in such a way as to leave no room for doubt as to how Russia would prosecute a war against the suicidal Europeans, giving us a clue as to the nature and character of this potential war. Note in particular Putin’s subtly chilling warning at the very end: if Europe wages war on Russia, there will ‘very quickly’ be no one left in Europe “to negotiate with”…what do you think that means? ...
​..NYT reported US Army Secretary Daniel Driscoll’s statement that Russia is now producing more missiles than it uses, conserving the remainder toward a growing stockpile...
​..French papers are quoting several French soldiers as being convinced that they will soon see action in Ukraine...
​..SVR Press Office of Russia: "Paris should not delude itself into thinking that this will free its hands and simultaneously absolve it of responsibility for its military’s involvement in the conflict. The presence of French private military companies in Ukraine, modestly referred to as “reference operators” by the Ministry of Armed Forces in the aforementioned decree, will be viewed by Moscow as France’s direct involvement in combat operations against Russia.​"
​..During his press conference, Putin also threatened to completely shut Ukraine’s access to the Black Sea after a series of attacks on Russian ships suspected to have been carried out by Ukraine. Humorously, pro-UA accounts mocked this statement, owing to the perceived ‘defeat’ of the Russian Black Sea Fleet and its ‘inability’ to prosecute the type of operation Putin implies.
​  In reality, what the pro-UA sphere has forgotten is that Russia has allowed Ukraine to operate commercial traffic to various ports, including Odessa. This was part of the backroom deals that Putin conceded to in order to alleviate the histrionics regarding a new ‘Holodomor’ happening as a result of Russia’s blockade of Ukraine’s ports. In reality, Russia has the ability to destroy not only anything going in and out of the ports—should it so choose—but the port terminals themselves.​   
https://simplicius76.substack.com/p/putin-again-signals-defiance-while?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email#media-2ad7e289-1e36-416a-b32e-8d23e1bb84a5

​  Witkoff and Dmitriev had hours to talk before the 5 hour meeting between Kushner, Witkoff, Putin and Dmitriev. The Chinese Foreign Minister was in Moscow. What else might have been discussed?. Russia-U.S. meeting ends with nations no closer to finding path to peace in Ukraine, Putin aide says   https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/livestory/ukraine-russia-us-diplomacy-war-pokrovsk-9.6999758

Details and perspective here, not found in print:  No Breakthrough in Historic Talks Russians are Encircling Siversk Military Summary For 2025.12.03   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VyzcXK3MGCg


Zelensky Under Pressure as MP Claims He Has Been “Ordered to Resign" Within This Month​   https://www.thedefensenews.com/news-details/Zelensky-Under-Pressure-as-MP-Claims-He-Has-Been-Ordered-to-Resign-Within-This-Month/

​Witkoff did not stop in Ireland, where Zelensky was waiting: Zelensky's Meeting With US Envoy Cancelled After No Real Progress In 5-Hour Moscow Talks   https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/zelenskys-meeting-us-envoy-cancelled-after-no-real-progress-5-hour-moscow-talks

They are dying to know what else was discussed: Europe Accuses Putin Of Faking Peace Talks With Trump Envoys   https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/europe-accuses-putin-faking-peace-talks-trump-envoys

  Moon of Alabama, NATO Thinks Of ‘Pre-emptive Strikes’ Against Russia To ‘Defend’ Against Something That Did Not Happen
As it is becoming obvious that Ukraine is losing in the proxy war against Russia, the ideas European governments are are throwing around are getting more crazy. Some are now eager to ‘pre-emptively’ attack Russia in ‘retaliation’ for alleged ‘hybrid attacks’ against European countries. Those ‘hybrid attacks’ are mostly pure fantasies...
​..Prime Minister Donald Tusk later underscored the gravity of the incident on X, stating:
​  “Blowing up the rail track on the Warsaw–Lublin route is an unprecedented act of sabotage targeting directly the security of the Polish state and its civilians. This route is also crucially important for delivering aid to Ukraine. We will catch the perpetrators, whoever they are.”
​  Nothing was ‘blown up’. What can be seen in the picture is not the result of an explosion. For comparison you might want to watch this attempt (vid) of using C-4 explosive to cut an I-beam. It is a VERY violent process. But the track ballast under the broken rail as well as the sleepers seem undisturbed and undamaged. The incident was most likely a brittle crack caused by fatigue. The rail was probably not firmly fixed on the sleepers and bent when trains were running over it. When that happens one time too many rails will break.
​  The alleged ‘hybrid attacks’ by Russia are over-hyped normal incidents with little if any relation to Russia. To use these as an excuse for ‘pre-emptive strikes’, be it cyber or whatnot, hardly makes such ‘defensive’.​ And what, by the way, is Admiral Dragone planing to do if Russia hits back?​   
https://www.moonofalabama.org/2025/12/nato-thinks-of-pre-emptive-strikes-against-russia-to-defend-against-something-that-did-not-happen.html

​  Andrew Korybko, NATO’s Flirtation With Pre-Emptive Cyber Strikes Against Russia Is Incredibly Dangerous​  
Chair of the NATO Military Committee Giuseppe Cavo Dragone has argued that hypothetical “pre-emptive (cyber) strike[s]” could be considered a “defensive action” by the bloc.
​  Dragone clarified, however, that “It is further away from our normal way of thinking and behaviour.” Nevertheless, the importance of these recent reports is that they suggest that some NATO members might either unilaterally launch such “pre-emptive strikes” against Russia or do so in a new ‘coalition of the willing’, either of which would spike the risk of Russian retaliation that could catalyze a new potentially uncontrollable escalation cycle...
..The aforesaid scenario segues into the final reason why these policy deliberations are so concerning and it’s because someone seems to be pulling the strings behind the scenes to provoke a crisis through these means. Given that the Brits were arguably behind Bloomberg’s Russian-US leaks, which aimed to derail talks on the US’ 28-point Russian-Ukrainian peace deal framework, all suspicion should once again be cast on them since they’re historical masters of divide-and-rule plots and false flags provocations.
​  With all this in mind, it can therefore be concluded that NATO’s flirtation with “pre-emptive cyber strikes” against Russia is likely being egged on by the British, who want to complete the preparations for them so that they can be carried out on its orders in the future. The purpose would be to provoke a crisis for ruining the renascent Russian-US “New Détente”, but even if this fails, Continental Europe would still be weakened if the US stands down when Russian retaliates and this could advance British interests too.​   
https://korybko.substack.com/p/natos-flirtation-with-pre-emptive

​That's 4 in a week. Ukraine + UK & France?  Another Russian Shadow-Fleet Tanker Hit By Drones​   https://www.zerohedge.com/commodities/another-russian-shadow-fleet-tanker-hit-drones

​To what might he be discreetly referring?  Macron predicts dramatic change in Russia's ability to fund war   https://www.reddit.com/r/UkrainianConflict/comments/1pbk5rw/macron_predicts_dramatic_change_in_russias/

  She projects, no?  EU foreign policy chief says all members agree to continue boosting their own defenses
‘We do not have much time to act. Putin is unlikely to honor any agreement for long,’ Kaja Kallas argues​   https://www.aa.com.tr/en/europe/eu-foreign-policy-chief-says-all-members-agree-to-continue-boosting-their-own-defenses/3759142

  ​No, you do it. It'll turn out fine...  ECB refuses to provide backstop for €140bn Ukraine loan
Central bank rejects role in European Commission proposal that would use frozen Russian assets​   https://archive.ph/QJJa1#selection-1565.0-1569.94

​Communicated observation about US Generals no longer texting, not official policy:  U.S. CUTS-OFF COMMUNICATION WITH GERMANY MILITARY   https://halturnerradioshow.com/index.php/news-selections/world-news/u-s-cuts-off-communication-with-germany-military

Just turned off transponder, right?  U.S. Navy's "Doomsday" Aircraft Vanishes Over Atlantic On Mysterious Mission   https://www.zerohedge.com/military/us-navys-doomsday-aircraft-vanishes-over-atlantic-mysterious-mission

  What will they talk about? Who decides?  Trump Invites Netanyahu to His Fifth White House Meeting - The two leaders spoke by phone on Monday    According to Netanyahu’s office, during their call on Monday, Trump and Netanyahu “stressed the importance and obligation of disarming Hamas and demilitarizing the Gaza Strip, and discussed expanding the peace agreements.” Israel has continued to violate the Trump-backed Gaza ceasefire deal, killing more than 350 Palestinians since it went into effect.
  The call came after President Trump called on Israel to pursue dialogue with Syria after its recent military action in the country, which included a deadly raid that killed 15 people.  
 https://news.antiwar.com/2025/12/01/trump-invites-netanyahu-to-his-fifth-white-house-meeting/

More than 10 Israeli tanks, APC invade Syria's Qunaitra​   https://en.mehrnews.com/news/239415/More-than-10-Israeli-tanks-APC-invade-Syria-s-Qunaitra

​  UNGA calls for Israeli withdrawal from Golan Heights in approved resolution
​(Israeli ) Ambassador to the UN Danny Danon said that the vote proved how the General Assembly was "detached... from reality."​  https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-879013#google_vignette

Italy Holds Third General Strike in Three Months, Against War Budget and for Palestine​   https://scheerpost.com/2025/12/01/italy-holds-third-general-strike-in-three-months-against-war-budget-and-for-palestine/

UN says Israel has “de facto state policy” of organised torture​   https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/12/01/tqdz-d01.html

Israeli army faces historic manpower crisis, command decay​   https://en.mehrnews.com/news/239394/Israeli-army-faces-historic-manpower-crisis-command-decay

​  Israeli Knesset panel discusses military conscription bill amid dispute within ruling coalition
Opposition accuses Netanyahu of seeking to advance bill to exempt ultra-Orthodox Jews from military service to satisfy his coalition partners​   
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/israeli-knesset-panel-discusses-military-conscription-bill-amid-dispute-within-ruling-coalition/3759289

  ​Israel never stopped "acting" in violation of ceasefire: 'Hezbollah disarms or Israel acts': Netanyahu, Ortagus meet as Israel-Lebanon tensions flare
The talks come one year after a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah, which Israeli officials say is eroding.​   https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/defense-news/article-879004

Electrocution, Waterboarding, Hallucinogens: UN-Expresses ‘Grave Concern’ Over Israeli Torture of Palestinians​   https://israelpalestinenews.org/un-expresses-grave-concern-over-israeli-torture-of-palestinians/

French journalist unions file legal complaint accusing Israel of obstructing press freedom​   https://www.euronews.com/2025/12/02/french-journalist-unions-file-legal-complaint-accusing-israel-of-obstructing-press-freedom

​  Killing drones for cents: World’s first 100 kW combat laser ready for deployment
The 100-kilowatt system is designed to destroy targets within seconds and at a fraction of the cost of traditional missile-based defenses.​   
https://interestingengineering.com/military/killing-drones-for-cents-laser

​  Israel Enters the ‘Laser Era’ as Iron Beam Deploys on Dec. 30
Israel will roll out its Iron Beam high-energy laser defense system on December 30, after months of quiet wartime use against Hezbollah drones.
The system is designed to shoot down rockets, missiles, mortars, and UAVs at a fraction of the cost of interceptor missiles.​   https://www.worthynews.com/110534-israel-enters-the-laser-era-as-iron-beam-deploys-on-dec-30

  ​Need Ukrainian female soldiers to operate them, too: Pentagon Launches $1B Program To Rapidly Buy Hundreds Of Thousands Of Kamikaze Drones
The plan calls for these drones to be delivered in four phases ending in early 2028.​   https://www.twz.com/air/pentagon-launches-1b-program-to-rapidly-buy-hundreds-of-thousands-of-kamikaze-drones

​I'd just say Putin showed some restraint:  Martin Armstrong, Putin Ignores Maduro’s Request for Help   https://www.armstrongeconomics.com/world-news/war/putin-ignores-maduros-request-for-help/

​  Sheinbaum Reaffirms Venezuela’s Sovereignty in the Face of Trump’s Military Threats
Washington’s measures are a response to an attempt at regime change in Venezuela and to foster regional destabilization, not to the fight against drug trafficking, as the White House claims.​   
https://www.telesurenglish.net/sheinbaum-reaffirms-venezuelas-sovereignty-in-the-face-of-trumps-military-threats/

U.S. Deploys 11 Warships and 15,000 Troops Near Venezuela, Largest Caribbean Buildup in Decades​   https://www.thedefensenews.com/news-details/US-Deploys-11-Warships-and-15000-Troops-Near-Venezuela-Largest-Caribbean-Buildup-in-Decades/

​  Maduro tells US he is ready to resign in 18 months: Report
According to the report, Maduro’s administration reached out to representatives of US President Donald Trump in an effort to establish dialogue between the two countries. CNN noted that some US officials found the proposed delayed resignation acceptable as a potential solution to the conflict between Caracas and Washington. However, the White House ultimately insisted that the Venezuelan president step down immediately.​   https://en.mehrnews.com/news/239364/Maduro-tells-US-he-is-ready-to-resign-in-18-months-Report

Rand Paul: Hegseth is either ‘lying to us’ about boat strike or ‘he’s incompetent’​   https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5631028-paul-questions-heggeth-competence/

​ Moon of Alabama,​ [He's mean, uncouth, narcissistic, stupid and murderous] The Knives Are Out For Hegseth
The knives are out for the Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth. The leaks from the Pentagon about him will continue until Hegseth is gone.
The officers do not want a boss who is giving illegal orders while scapegoating the generals and soldiers who follow them​   
https://www.moonofalabama.org/2025/12/the-knives-are-out-for-hegseth.html

​Not an innocent error: U.S. B-52 and Fighter Jets Over-Fly Venezuelan Air Space!   https://halturnerradioshow.com/index.php/news-selections/world-news/u-s-b-52-and-fighter-jets-over-fly-venezuelan-air-space

Trump: "Attacks inside Venezuela Are Going To start Very soon"​   https://halturnerradioshow.com/index.php/news-selections/world-news/trump-attacks-inside-venezuela-are-going-to-start-very-soon

Chinese, Japanese Boats In Tense Standoff Near Disputed Islands As Taiwan-Related Feud Escalates​   https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/chinese-japanese-boats-tense-standoff-near-disputed-islands-taiwan-related-feud

​  China unveils ‘dirt cheap’ missile made from concrete that costs less than a luxury car as Xi eyes overwhelming Taiwan
The hypersonic glide missiles, produced by a private aerospace firm, are 40 times cheaper than US equivalent weapons​   
https://www.the-sun.com/news/15581239/china-unveils-concrete-missile-xi-eyes-taiwan/

​Nuclear powered submarines with nuclear missiles: India to commission INS Aridhaman as third Arihant-class nuclear ballistic missile submarine.   https://www.armyrecognition.com/news/navy-news/2025/india-to-commission-ins-aridhaman-as-third-arihant-class-nuclear-ballistic-missile-submarine

  The message is clear. ‘Biggest Assault On Our Liberties in 800 Years’: UK Abolishing Trial by Jury Threatens Freedom of Speech
Freedom of speech will be under even greater threat if the British government is able to do away with jury trials for almost all cases because legal studies show a judge sitting alone is far more likely to convict defendants in free speech than juries, the Free Speech Union warns.   https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2025/12/01/biggest-threat-in-800-years-scrapping-juries-imperils-freedom-of-speech/

Like viruses and angry gods: Frances Leader, FEAR OF THE INVISIBLE - An essay at the end of the first quarter of the 21st century   https://boodicca.substack.com/p/fear-of-the-invisible

No More Data Centers In Largest US Power Grid Unless They Can Be Reliably Served: Market Monitor​   https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/no-more-data-centers-largest-us-power-grid-unless-they-can-be-reliably-served-market

​First in line: Costco Sues For Refunds Before Supreme Court Rules On Tariff Legality   https://www.zerohedge.com/political/costco-sues-refunds-supreme-court-rules-tariff-legality

This is the reality of energy use in competitions: The US Manufacturing Sector Wins While Net Zero Destroys Industry Elsewhere   https://www.zerohedge.com/economics/us-manufacturing-sector-wins-while-net-zero-destroys-industry-elsewhere

Can we please have little pick up trucks back? Trump To Roll Back Biden-Era Fuel Standards, Admin Says It Will Save Americans $109 Billion​   https://www.zerohedge.com/political/trump-roll-back-biden-era-fuel-standards-admin-says-it-will-save-americans-109-billion

Gas Prices Hit Four-Year Low, Forcing Even CNN To Admit Affordability Squeeze Easing​   https://www.zerohedge.com/commodities/gas-prices-hit-four-year-low-forcing-even-cnn-admit-affordability-squeeze-easing

Trump Goes Full Biden, Insists No Inflation, Affordability a Con as Strained Consumers Know Better and Trump’s Polls Sink Further​   https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2025/12/trump-goes-full-biden-insists-no-inflation-affordability-a-con-as-strained-consumers-know-better-and-trumps-polls-sink-further.html

Trump Confirms Biden's Autopen Documents, Orders, & Pardons Are Void​   https://www.zerohedge.com/political/trump-confirms-bidens-autopen-documents-orders-pardons-are-void

​  Escape Key, Transhuman Convergence
Yesterday’s essay, ‘The Peace Clearing Track‘, established six domains of global governancefinance, governance, peace and security, biological health, cognition, and narrative. These may appear separate, but they are in fact all underwritten by the same infrastructure, and they all logically progress toward the same end objective.
​  The Huxley-attributed ‘transhuman’ is an intermediary being between human and posthuman, possessing enhanced physical or cognitive abilities beyond those of a standard human through the use of technology. The concept is central to transhumanism, seeking to ‘improve humans’ by using technologies like genetic engineering, AI, and nanotechnology to beat biological limits.
​  But once we’ve all been ’improved‘, other things logically follow. Teilhard’s concept of a global consciousness, for instance, could be easily implemented by synchronising the behaviour of all Brain-Computer-Interfaces in use.​..

..Transhumanism is not just an ideology to be accepted (or rejected), it’s a description of a slow-moving process which is already occurring. These six domains converge because their operational requirements converge. Each domain, pursuing its own objectives, requires the same infrastructural capabilities.​   https://escapekey.substack.com/p/transhuman-convergence

 ​ Everybody in Israel got Pfizer: Pfizer mRNA Found in Over 88% of Human Placentas, Sperm, and Blood — and in 50% of Unvaccinated Pregnant Women
Human biodistribution study shows Pfizer mRNA penetrates fetal and reproductive tissues, persists long-term in the body, and presents clear evidence of shedding.​   https://www.thefocalpoints.com/p/breaking-study-pfizer-mrna-found

​More analysis of that study: Vaccine nucleic acid detected over 200 days out in blood and placenta​ - Sperm and seminal fluid also positive   https://anandamide.substack.com/p/vaccine-nucleic-acid-detected-over

  Charles Hugh Smith, Why Healthcare Is in a Death Spiral: Follow the Money
If each of these is not a part of any 'reform,' than all that is being done is pouring money into a monopolizing cartel, just in a slightly different way.​   https://charleshughsmith.substack.com/p/why-healthcare-is-in-a-death-spiral

​  The WHI study was a set up, done in a way to make estrogen look ​falsely bad: How A Generation of Women Was Misled About Hormone Therapy
In July 2002, preliminary data from the Women’s Health Initiative (WHI) were published in JAMA, showing that combined hormone therapy (estrogen and progestin) increased the risk of breast cancer, stroke, and pulmonary embolism. Major media outlets interpreted early signals from the study as definitive danger, and the announcement led to an instant and dramatic decline in the use of hormone therapy.
​  Women who had been sleeping well for the first time in years suddenly poured their medications into the trash. Pharmacies fielded calls from panicked patients demanding immediate discontinuation. Primary care doctors, most of whom had never been trained deeply in menopause management, told their patients to “stop now and ask questions later.”​ Women did stop, and many suffered in silence for the next 20 years.​..
  When FDA Commissioner Dr. Marty Makary spoke publicly about the shift, he didn’t mince words. He said the media had frightened women away from a potentially life-changing therapy, and he noted the difference between estrogen-only therapy and synthetic combination regimens. He acknowledged, openly, that the “fear machine” had begun long before the scientific data had been fully understood.
​  He also said something that struck many women deeply: “After 23 years of dogma, the FDA is stopping the fear that has steered women away from this life-saving treatment.”​   
https://www.zerohedge.com/medical/how-generation-women-was-misled-about-hormone-therapy

  ​They work in reverse after 6 months: mRNA “Vaccines” May Prime the Body for YEARS of Amplified Harm from Subsequent SARS-CoV-2 Infections
Landmark peer-reviewed paper reveals how mRNA vaccination and SARS-CoV-2 synergistically fuel global excess mortality and chronic illness — the “Hybrid Harms Hypothesis.”​   https://www.thefocalpoints.com/p/breaking-publication-mrna-vaccines

​  WHO Declares Atrazine ‘Probably Carcinogenic’ as EPA Moves to Reauthorize It
The World Health Organization’s cancer research arm has classified atrazine — a pesticide found in the tap water of 40 million Americans — as “probably carcinogenic to humans.” Even though more than 60 countries have banned the chemical over links to birth defects, cancer and fertility problems, the EPA is moving to reapprove it.​   
https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/who-declares-atrazine-probably-carcinogenic-epa-moves-reauthorize-it/

​  Trump Administration Supporting Bayer at Supreme Court Over Monsanto/Roundup Deal, Savaged by Investors for Wealth Destruction in the Name of Executive Preservation 
​  Bayer knew of the Roundup cancer liability risk yet chose to ignore it, because they had studies that pooh-poohed the idea. They persisted with the transaction even after the WHO found that glyphosate, the key ingredient in Roundup, was a probably carcinogenic to humans. The Bayer execs convinced themselves that that was not a firm enough finding to put them at legal risk, when US juries found otherwise.​   https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2025/12/trump-administration-supporting-bayer-at-supreme-court-over-monsanto-roundup-deal-savaged-by-investors-for-wealth-destruction-in-the-name-of-executive-preservation.html

​  Yeah, but both Kulldorf and Milhoan are principled good-guys: RFK Jr. replaces chair of controversial vaccine advisory panel
The chair of a federal vaccine advisory committee, himself a well-known vaccine critic, will be moving to an official role within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the agency announced Monday.
​  HHS announced Martin Kulldorff was appointed to be chief science officer for the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE).​..
​..Pediatric cardiologist and former U.S. Air Force flight surgeon Kirk Milhoan will replace Kulldorff as chair of the ACIP. Milhoan is also an ardent vaccine critic and previously argued that vaccines were ineffective, arguing only natural immunity could end the COVID-19 pandemic.​   https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/5628322-martin-kulldorff-kennedy-hhs-appointment/

​  I had to pay for my professional free-speech: Doctors, CHD Ask Supreme Court to Review Medical Free Speech Case
Basketball legend John Stockton, three retired Washington physicians and Children’s Health Defense today asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review a federal appeals court’s dismissal of their lawsuit challenging the state medical board’s policy of sanctioning physicians for publicly questioning the mainstream COVID-19 narrative.​   https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/john-stockton-doctors-chd-supreme-court-review-medical-free-speech-case/

​  1 in 10 Adults Seriously Injured by a COVID Vaccine, New Survey Says
Roughly 10% of all U.S adults who received the COVID-19 vaccine experienced “major” side effects, and over a third (36%) had “minor” side effects, 
according to a national survey conducted this month. Kristi Dobbs, who was seriously injured by Pfizer’s COVID-19 shot, told The Defender that the vaccine-injured are “still hurting, dying and being discarded as trash.”​   
https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/1-in-10-adults-seriously-injured-covid-vaccine-new-survey-says/

​  Peer-Reviewed Paper Finds mRNA “Vaccines” Convey Silent Heart Damage — Presents Approach to Diagnosis and Management
We present the first-ever paper to map the symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment of COVID-19 vaccine-induced subclinical myopericarditis — the silent condition driving “unexplained” sudden deaths.​   
https://www.thefocalpoints.com/p/breaking-peer-reviewed-paper-finds

​  Meryl Nass MD and Kyle Young, URGENT ACTION REQUESTED: Congressional attempt to take telecom tower permitting authority away from local officials
​  The FCC has ignored the court that told it (4 years ago) to redo its assessment of cell tower dangers, in a case won by CHD and Environmental Health Foundation​   https://merylnass.substack.com/p/urgent-action-requested-congressional

  ​Biotic Weather Regulation and Biotic-Pump Q & A with Physicist Anastassia Makarieva,  Do We Need an Incubator for Disruptive Eco-Hydro-Climatology?
Yesterday, I had the privilege of participating in a very interesting panel discussion organized by the Intergovernmental Hydrological Program at UNESCO in Paris. The purpose of the Green Water Dialogue was to raise awareness of the active role that vegetation plays in the water cycle (“to elevate the importance of green water in the global water agenda”)...
​  Below are the questions that I responded to during the panel led by Dr. Koen Verbist, as well as some additional comments about the ensuing discussion moderated by Dr. Jacob Diamond.​   
https://bioticregulation.substack.com/p/do-we-need-an-incubator-for-disruptive

​Hydrologic Bicyclist (pictured about to plant an oak tree raised in a pot for a year)


Monday, December 1, 2025

Wanted: Pistol Pete Hegseth

 Ladies and Gentlemen of the Jury,


  Moon of Alabama has the detailed story: Soldiers Have ‘Duty To Refuse’ Hegseth’s Order To Commit War Crimes
The longer the U.S. surveillance aircraft followed the boat, the more confident intelligence analysts watching from command centers became that the 11 people on board were ferrying drugs.
  Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave a spoken directive, according to two people with direct knowledge of the operation. “The order was to kill everybody,” one of them said.
  A missile screamed off the Trinidad coast, striking the vessel and igniting a blaze from bow to stern. For minutes, commanders watched the boat burning on a live drone feed. As the smoke cleared, they got a jolt: Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck.
  The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack — the opening salvo in the Trump administration’s war on suspected drug traffickers in the Western Hemisphere — ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions, two people familiar with the matter said. The two men were blown apart in the water...
..Last week, a high-ranking Pentagon official who spoke to the Intercept on the condition of anonymity said that the strike in the Caribbean was a criminal attack on civilians and said that the Trump administration paved the way for it by firing the top legal authorities of the Army and the Air Force earlier this year.
  “The U.S. is now directly targeting civilians. Drug traffickers may be criminals but they aren’t combatants,” the War Department official said. “When Trump fired the military’s top lawyers the rest saw the writing on the wall, and instead of being a critical firebreak they are now a rubber stamp complicit in this crime.”
  The high-ranking Pentagon official is correct in that the strikes against boats in international waters are criminal attacks on civilians.
  But the killing of survivors of such strikes is more than that. It is undoubtedly a war crime.
Hegseth’s order to kill survivors was clearly illegal. It was the duty of the soldiers in the line of command to reject the order. That they have not done so but followed the order is in itself a war crime...
 The Department of Defense’s LAW OF WAR MANUAL (LOWM) (pdf) says so:
  18.3 DUTIES OF INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES
Each member of the armed services has a duty to: (1) comply with the law of war in good faith; and (2) refuse to comply with clearly illegal orders to commit violations of the law of war.
  Further down the Manual uses the exact case in question,  an order to kill survivors at sea, as an example of an illegal order:
  18.3.2 Refuse to Comply With Clearly Illegal Orders to Commit Law of War Violations.
Members of the armed forces must refuse to comply with clearly illegal orders to commit law of war violations. In addition, orders should not be construed to authorize implicitly violations of law of war.
  18.3.2.1 Clearly Illegal Orders to Commit Law of War Violations.
The requirement to refuse to comply with orders to commit law of war violations applies to orders to perform conduct that is clearly illegal or orders that the subordinate knows, in fact, are illegal. For example, orders to fire upon the shipwrecked would be clearly illegal.27
  Every soldier down the line of command, from the commanding general receiving Hegseth’s verbal order down to the guys who pushed the button to launch the missile had the duty to reject the order. Those who have not done so are themselves guilty...
..It can not be more clear. The DoD’s Law of Warfare manual is using the case of killing survivors at sea as an example of an illegal order...
..There are signs that one commanding officer did his duty and refused to execute Hegseth’s illegal order. On October 16 the U.S. military attacked another, the sixth, vessel. Two of the four people on board survived and were rescued:
  President Trump said that the two survivors of a U.S. military strike Thursday on a vessel in the Caribbean Sea will be returned to their countries of origin... One survivor is from Ecuador and the other is from Colombia.
  Thursday’s strike marks the sixth known boat attack in the area since last month — and the first known attack with survivors. Mr. Trump said the strike was against a submarine carrying mostly fentanyl and other illegal narcotics...                                                                                    A Navy helicopter transported the survivors from the semi-submersible to a Navy ship, a source familiar with the matter confirmed to CBS News on Friday.
  “It is the custom of the sea to save people who are at risk in international waters. You don’t sort of sail on. That’s against every principle of naval activity,” Eugene R. Fidell, a senior research scholar at Yale Law School, told CBS News on Friday. “You’re supposed to save people, even though the people here are people who are only in danger because the U.S. was attempting to kill them.”
  On the very same day those survivors were rescued, October 16, the DoD announced that the head of its Southern Command was ‘stepping down’:
  The military commander overseeing the Pentagon’s escalating attacks against boats in the Caribbean Sea that the Trump administration says are smuggling drugs is stepping down, three U.S. officials said Thursday.
  The officer, Adm. Alvin Holsey, is leaving his job as head of the U.S. Southern Command, which oversees all operations in Central and South America, even as the Pentagon has rapidly built up some 10,000 forces in the region in what it says is a major counterdrug and counterterrorism mission.
  It was unclear why Holsey is leaving now, less than a year into his tenure, and in the midst of the biggest operation in his 37-year career. But one of the U.S. officials, all of whom spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss personnel matters, said that Holsey had raised concerns about the mission and the attacks on the alleged drug boats.
It now seems clear that Admiral Holsey got fired for not following Hegseth’s illegal order and for ordering the rescue of the survivors of the strike.....There are signs that Congress is waking up to the issue (archived) and that Hegseth’s order may well have real consequences for him:
  A top Republican and Democrats in Congress suggested on Sunday that American military officials might have committed a war crime in President Trump’s offensive against boats in the Caribbean after a news report said that during one such attack, a follow-up strike was ordered to kill survivors.   
https://www.moonofalabama.org/2025/12/soldiers-have-duty-to-reject-hegseths-order-to-commit-war-crimes.html

  Includes drone video of strike on boat dead in the water: GOP senators to join Democrats in investigating Pete Hegseth ‘kill everybody’ allegations
GOP Senator Roger Wicker, Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, and Democratic Senator Jack Reed, announced the investigation in a joint statement   https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/pete-hegseth-drug-boat-investigation-b2875013.html

  US legislators demand probe into Trump’s ‘drug boat’ strikes - A bipartisan group wants to check whether the attacks constitute a war crime
The renewed concerns emerged after the Washington Post reported on Friday that Secretary of War Pete Hegseth had issued an order to kill survivors from one of the vessels set ablaze by a previous strike.
  “If that reporting is true, it’s a clear violation of the DOD’s own laws of war, as well as international laws about the way you treat people who are in that circumstance. And so this rises to the level of a war crime if it’s true,” Democratic Senator Tim Kaine from Virginia told CBS News on Sunday.
  Kaine added that he and some of his colleagues were “deeply worried” about “the entire legal rationale for the strikes.” He had earlier attempted, unsuccessfully, to pass a bill that would bar Trump from attacking Venezuela without congressional approval.
  Republican Representative Mike Turner from Ohio told CBS “there are very serious concerns in Congress about the attacks on the so-called drug boats down in the Caribbean and the Pacific, and the legal justification that has been provided.”
  Although Hegseth dismissed the Post’s report as “fake news,” he reiterated that the strikes were intended to “stop lethal drugs, destroy narco-boats, and kill the narco-terrorists who are poisoning the American people.”   
https://www.rt.com/news/628702-us-senators-boat-strikes-war-crimes/

  Trump Backs Hegseth In Rejecting WaPo Claim Of "Kill Everybody" Policy On Drug Boats
President Trump on Sunday addressed the allegations, which the report present as tantamount to 'unlawful orders' and a war crime, as he traveled back to Washington D.C. after the Thanksgiving weekend. Some Congressional leaders, mostly Democrats, have expressed outrage and vowed to look into the apparently standing orders.
  Trump in his response declared that he has complete confidence in Hegseth in the top Pentagon post. While Trump said that he personally would have ordered a second strike on the boat, he explained, "I don’t know anything about it. He said he did not say that, and I believe him, 100 percent."   
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/trump-backs-hegseth-rejecting-wapo-claim-kill-everybody-policy-drug-boats

  Jim Kunstler (heavily de-snarked, but...)  On The CIA's Color Revolution Against The Nation It's Supposed To Serve...
A Modest Proposal
  “This isn’t just about Maduro. This is the final nail in the coffin for the CIA-black-budget narco pipeline that’s been running since the 80s.”
- The Ghost of Ezra on “X”
  The CIA, you understand, is the beating heart of the Deep State (a.k.a. the blob). The Democratic Party and the Never-Trump RINOs are its errand boys. And that is why a ten-year-long coup has been running to smash Trump and Trumpism. “Joe Biden” was a piece of furniture thrown out of the truck that the CIA was driving to escape the scene of the crime. “Joe Biden” was under threat of blackmail the whole four years he haunted the Oval Office, having run his own petty racketeering operation to keep his miserable, extended, sick family in beach houses...
..Mr. Trump is now striking at the apparatus of the CIA’s extra-constitutional power and influence: the election interference machinery that queers politics at home and abroad, and the drug cartel that furnishes the money to run CIA’s many black ops, finances the NGOs behind lawfare and gay-communist street action, and probably underlies many a congressional fortune...
..Mr. Trump hinted that US forces are going into Caracas “very soon” — apparently to seize the Smartmatic servers, cartel drug ledgers, and other evidence of long-running turpitude, and you have to wonder how many someones out of Langley, with names, titles, and offices will turn up in the mix.
  Mr. Ratcliffe must know who they are by now. Some of them have been at it since the cowboy days of Mena, Arkansas, back when Bill Clinton was governor and the cocaine planes from Colombia were landing day after day on that little backwater airstrip...
..Senator Elissa Slotkin (D-MI), an ex-CIA official, followed up on the mutiny video November 23 during an interview with ABC’s This Week show, saying she expected that national guard troops might soon shoot US citizens in “stressful situations.” Didn’t work out that way. Rather, three days later, a former CIA-run Afghani “refugee” drove all the way cross-country from Bellingham, WA, to shoot two national guard troops in their heads on a DC street the day before Thanksgiving. The CIA is supposed to track their assets. Who was tracking Rahmanullah Lakanwa? Maybe Elissa Slotkin can ask her old colleagues back in Langley and report back to the public...
..If John Ratcliffe has the names of CIA officers who have practiced “color revolution” against our country, he must have passed them on to DNI Tulsi Gabbard and, in turn, the president...
..The CIA’s color revolution against the nation it’s supposed to serve is a much larger, farther-flung, sinister conspiracy than the plot to murder of Abe Lincoln. There could be dozens, scores of CIA officials in Langley who know what has been going on there.  https://www.zerohedge.com/political/cias-color-revolution-against-nation-its-supposed-serve

Why the Washington DC Shooting Looks Like a False Flag   https://countercurrents.org/2025/11/why-the-washington-dc-shooting-looks-like-a-false-flag/?

F-18E/F Super Hornets Simulate Strikes on Venezuela From U.S. Navy’s Largest Supercarrier   https://militarywatchmagazine.com/article/f18ef-strikes-venezuela-navy

  Trump's comments are apparently not an order to shoot down passenger planes. Several International Airlines Keep Flying Venezuela Despite US Threats Panamanian flag carrier Copa Airlines reported on Saturday that its “flight operations over Venezuelan airspace remain open.”...
..Wingo maintains its commercial operations towards Caracas, monitoring air safety and considering it safe to operate according to its risk analysts. Similarly, Satena continues to operate normally towards the Venezuelan city of Valencia.
  Major Venezuelan airlines, including Conviasa, Estelar Latinoamérica and Laser Airlines, reported that their domestic and international flights are operating normally.   
https://www.telesurenglish.net/several-international-airlines-keep-flying-venezuela-despite-us-threats/

  Aeroflot is still flying over Venezuela. Russia Orders Its Citizens in Venezuela to IMMEDIATELY EVACUATE
The Russian Government is presently sending numerous AEROFLOT Commercial aircraft, like the one shown above landing just hours ago, to Venezuela, to Emergency-Evac citizens who need to leave. Citizens have been told the planes will fly them directly to Moscow and of they have to go elsewhere, that will be handled once they are in Moscow.   https://halturnerradioshow.com/index.php/news-selections/world-news/russia-orders-citizens-in-venezuela-to-immediately-evacuate

  Ugo Bardi, 8/24/2015, reflects on bureaucratic response to existential crisis: The Limits to Growth in the Soviet Union and in Russia: the story of a failure
Above, you can see the full recording of a 2012 lecture given in Moscow by Dennis Meadows; one of the authors of "The Limits to Growth" report of 1972. It is long, more than an hour, but - if you don't have the time to watch all of it - I suggest that you go to minute 21 and watch Dennis Meadows showing this book... It is titled "Soviet Union and Russia in the global system." According to Meadows, in the 1980s, Viktor Gelovani, first author of the book, adapted to the Soviet Union the world model used for "The Limits to Growth" and he ran it; finding that the Soviet Union was going to collapse. Then, Meadows says "he went to the leadership of the country and he said, 'my forecast shows that you don't have any possibility. You have to change your policies.' And the leader said, 'no, we have another possibility: you can change your forecast'"   https://cassandralegacy.blogspot.com/2015/08/the-limits-to-growth-in-soviet-union.html

  "Could be considered" does not negate the Law of War: NATO must be ‘more aggressive’ towards Russia – top commander
The head of the bloc’s military committee says member states are studying “proactive” actions against Moscow
  NATO members should find ways to be more aggressive towards Russia, the US-led bloc’s top military chief has said.
  Admiral Giuseppe Cavo Dragone, chair of the NATO Military Committee, told the Financial Times in an interview published on Sunday that member states have been weighing options to respond to what he described as Russia’s “hybrid war.”
  “We are studying everything … being more aggressive or being proactive instead of reactive is something that we are thinking about,” Dragone said.
  The commander added that a “pre-emptive strike” could be considered a “defensive action,” though it would be “further away from our normal way of thinking and behavior.”   
https://www.rt.com/news/628704-nato-more-aggressive-actions/

Russian shipping is vulnerable to (NATO?) attacks:  Shadow Fleet Crisis Deepens: Third Tanker Incident off Senegal Follows Black Sea Drone Strikes   https://gcaptain.com/shadow-fleet-crisis-deepens-third-tanker-incident-off-senegal-follows-black-sea-drone-strikes/

Moscow Paper Claims Ukrainian Drones Hit Russia-Linked Oil Tanker Off West Africa   https://www.zerohedge.com/military/moscow-paper-claims-ukrainian-drones-hit-russia-linked-oil-tanker-west-africa

  Holding elections quickly and giving up Donbas to Russia were pushed by the US: Witkoff Heads To Moscow With Revised Ukraine Peace Plan After Tense Miami Meeting Focused On Borders   https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/witkoff-heads-moscow-revised-ukraine-peace-plan-after-tense-miami-meeting-focused

General Zaluzhnyi attacks Zelenskiy’s administration in apparent bid for the presidency   https://www.intellinews.com/general-zaluzhnyi-attacks-zelenskiy-s-administration-in-apparent-bid-for-the-presidency-414208/?source=russia

France & UK Still Insist On Sending Troops To Ukraine, In Effort To Sabotage Trump Peace Plan   https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/france-uk-still-insist-sending-troops-ukraine-effort-sabotage-trump-peace-plan

Russia Proclaims Final Victory Over Key City Of Pokrovsk On Eve Of Putin-Witkoff Peace Plan Meeting   https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/witkoff-heads-moscow-revised-ukraine-peace-plan-after-tense-miami-meeting-focused

  Andrew Korybko, Putin Might Soon Clinch A Large-Scale Labor Migration Deal With Modi
It’s within this economic-security context that Russia is exploring a large-scale migrant labor deal with India that might be clinched during the Putin-Modi Summit.   To be clear, recent policy changes won’t lead to Indians playing a role in “population replacement”, only in labor replacement since most likely won’t be offered a path to residency and then citizenship. The sole purpose is for Indians to meet Russia’s labor shortage in lieu of Central Asian Muslims in exchange for profitable remittance opportunities.
  Indians are among the most Russian-friendly people in the world as proven by credible surveys, and unlike Central Asian Muslims, they harbor no historical grievances (whether objectively existing or subjectively perceived) that could be manipulated by foreign forces to weaponize them against Russia. Their society is also proudly secular and this makes them much less likely to be radicalized into terrorists. It therefore wouldn’t be surprising if Putin clinches a large-scale labor migration deal with Modi.   https://korybko.substack.com/p/putin-might-soon-clinch-a-large-scale

  Chinese oil imports boom, with giant volumes going to strategic reserves. How much? Nobody knows.
China imports more oil than Saudi Arabia pumps, despite peaking domestic consumption.
  Energy independence is a crucial component of Chinese national security, and vast stockpiles for oil reserves have been built, with more coming.
Western analysts can only make educated guesses as to the true size of China’s oil trade and stockpiles. Huge trading volumes are done outside the US dollar, and with fleets of shadow tankers and pipelines.   
https://kdwalmsley.substack.com/p/chinese-oil-imports-boom-with-giant

  Private Chinese company rolls out Mach 7 hypersonic missile at nearly 90% lower cost
With autonomous guidance, evasive manoeuvres
, and planned AI swarm capability, China’s new hypersonic missile program shifts the balance in the global arms race.   
https://interestingengineering.com/military/low-cost-hypersonic-missile-china

  From Russia; "Geography is Destiny":  Why the world won't see the US decline
Experts have long concluded that any country's geographic location is a limiting factor in strategic decisions. Considering that the Mississippi River basin has the longest shipping lanes in the world, it becomes clear that this very factor provides the United States with a colossal advantage in the form of vast quantities of food and extremely low-cost logistics...
..Glaciers of the last ice age carved deep canyons along the east coast, which became ready-made deep-water ports.
  These ice-free ports became ideal bases for naval forces. The fleet was able to sail unhindered from European harbors and easily find berth in the natural deepwater ports of North America.
  The Louisiana Purchase finally transformed the United States into a superpower. The Mississippi River basin is the best agricultural area in the world. Furthermore, this area is connected by a network of calm, navigable rivers. Most importantly, this entire system flows into the protected Gulf of Mexico.
  All this provides the United States with direct access from the center of the country to the world's oceans, while simultaneously providing a powerful defense system. Nearly 5,000 kilometers separate the United States from Europe and more than 7,000 kilometers from Asia.
  This vast water barrier is a key reason why the United States is the only developed country that has not experienced large-scale destruction and subsequent recovery over the past 150 years.
  As scholars note, the four main geopolitical competitors of the United States simply lack the geographic power that the United States possesses.   
https://en.topcor.ru/66464-pochemu-mir-ne-dozhdetsja-upadka-ssha.html

  EU commissioner says her journey to Gaza via Rafah crossing not granted by Israel
Hadja Lahbib 
says Israel's refusal to grant permission 'deeply saddened us' because she wanted to see see situation in Gaza 'firsthand'   
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/europe/eu-commissioner-says-her-journey-to-gaza-via-rafah-crossing-not-granted-by-israel/3757229

  4 foreign activists injured by illegal Israeli settlers' attack in occupied West Bank
Three Italian and one Canadian activists were injured by illegal Israeli settlers in Ein ad-Duyuk village of Jericho in the central West Bank, local sources told Anadolu.
  The activists were hospitalized, as three of them sustained moderate injuries and the fourth was critically wounded.
Illegal settlers stormed a house in a Bedouin community where the foreign activists have been residing in solidarity with Palestinian residents for a few days, and assaulted them.
The attackers also attempted to steal the activists’ passports, phones, and belongings, in addition to property from the house, the sources said.   
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/4-foreign-activists-injured-by-illegal-israeli-settlers-attack-in-occupied-west-bank/3757959

  (Some humans at) Google Worried It Couldn’t Control How Israel Uses Project Nimbus, Files Reveal
Internal Google documents show that the tech giant feared it wouldn’t be able to monitor how Israel might use its technology to harm Palestinians.   https://theintercept.com/2025/05/12/google-nimbus-israel-military-ai-human-rights/

Amnesty: So-Called Gaza ‘Ceasefire’ Becoming Smokescreen for Continued Israeli Genocide   https://scheerpost.com/2025/11/29/amnesty-so-called-gaza-ceasefire-becoming-smokescreen-for-continued-israeli-genocide/

  Brothers, 8 and 11, killed in south Gaza strike; IDF: ‘Suspects’ crossed Yellow Line
Uncle of Juma and Fadi Abu Asi says they were killed while searching for firewood in IDF-held territory
; army says troops in Rafah also eliminated ‘terrorist’   
https://www.timesofisrael.com/brothers-8-and-11-killed-in-south-gaza-strike-idf-suspects-crossed-yellow-line/   


  Trump's Gaza 'stabilisation force' under threat as states reconsider involvement
Participating countries have become increasingly hesitant about committing troops, The Washington Post reported on Saturday.
  Citing informed  sources, the newspaper said that concerns have intensified that troops will be compelled to use force against Palestinians, leading several states to withdraw offers to deploy units.
  Indonesia, which had previously pledged to send 20,000 peacekeepers, is now considering sending a significantly smaller force, according to Indonesian officials who spoke to the WaPo on condition of anonymity.
  "They want the international stabilizing force to come into Gaza and restore, quote unquote, law and order and disarm any resistance," a senior official in Indonesia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said. "So that’s the problem. Nobody wants to do that."   ...
..The international peacekeeping force also lacks crucial backing from Arab states, which have also expressed concerns.
  Jordan has said it will stay out of the peacekeeping force due to being "too close politically" to the situation, while Egypt has been keen to emphasise that the peacekeepers' role witll be "monitoring" - rather than enforcing - the ceasefire.
  Earlier this month, the UAE's top presidential advisor Anwar Gargash said Abu Dhabi sees no "clear framework" for the force.   
https://www.newarab.com/news/states-rethink-involvement-gaza-peace-force-plan-falters

  Nearly 9,300 Gaza children under 5 suffer from severe acute malnutrition: UN agency
UNICEF warns life-threatening malnutrition among young children accelerating as winter deepens
 health crisis, calling for unrestricted humanitarian access   
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/nearly-9-300-gaza-children-under-5-suffer-from-severe-acute-malnutrition-un-agency/3757436

  Israel violates Gaza ceasefire with 'made-up' reasons, says Turkish president
Palestinian group Hamas continues its patient approach to maintain it despite provocations, says Recep Tayyip Erdogan   
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/-israel-violates-gaza-ceasefire-with-made-up-reasons-says-turkish-president/3757764

  Israel detains dozens of Palestinians every week in occupied West Bank: Palestinian Prisoners Society
'Hundreds of Palestinians are detained almost every week, subjected to field interrogations, and exposed to ill-treatment. Most are released after a few hours or a few days,' says group   
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/israel-detains-dozens-of-palestinians-every-week-in-occupied-west-bank-palestinian-prisoners-society/3757222

  Over 350 Palestinians killed in Israeli attacks in Gaza since ceasefire, authorities say Gaza’s Government Media Office documents 591 Israeli violations of ceasefire   https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/over-350-palestinians-killed-in-israeli-attacks-in-gaza-since-ceasefire-authorities-say/3758178

Israeli Human Rights Groups Tell UN That Israel Increased Use of Torture During Gaza War   https://israelpalestinenews.org/israeli-human-rights-groups-tell-un-that-israel-increased-use-of-torture-during-gaza-war/

  Ben-Gvir Promotes Officer Whose Soldiers Shot Dead Surrendered Palestinians
A day after Border Police officers shot two Palestinians dead after they had raised their hands
, National Security Minister Ben-Gvir visited their unit's base to 'strengthen and hug heroic fighters' and announce the promotion of their commander   
https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2025-11-30/ty-article/.premium/ben-gvir-promotes-officer-whose-soldiers-shot-dead-surrendered-palestinians/0000019a-d1a3-d824-ad9e-fbffe65b0000

U.S. Finances Major Surge in Production of Israel’s Iron Dome Air Defences   https://militarywatchmagazine.com/article/us-finances-surge-iron-dome

No one is safe: Gaza, West Bank, Lebanon, Syria – Not a Ceasefire Day 50   https://israelpalestinenews.org/no-one-is-safe-gaza-west-bank-lebanon-syria-not-a-ceasefire-day-50/

  "Hostage crisis"? US asks Lebanon to return undetonated GBU-39 bomb used by IAF, fearing it could reach Russia, China 
The United States has asked Lebanon to return a GBU-39 small-diameter bomb launched by the Israel Air Force toward Beirut during the operation that killed Hezbollah military commander Ali Tabatabai earlier this week, after it failed to detonate, according to Lebanese media.
  According to Lebanese reports, US officials fear that the bomb could fall into Russian or Chinese hands.
   https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/us-asks-lebanon-return-undetonated-135920006.html

  Netanyahu turns to Israel’s president for pardon in corruption cases
Earlier this month, Netanyahu said he would not submit an official pardon request if it meant admitting guilt.
  “That’s not going to happen. Nobody suggests that that’s what I’ll do, and I certainly won’t do that,”
 he stated.
US President Donald Trump wrote to the Israeli president two weeks ago to request a pardon for Netanyahu, his long-time ally.
  “I hereby call on you to fully pardon Benjamin Netanyahu, who has been a formidable and decisive War Time Prime Minister,” Trump wrote to Herzog.
As part of the pardon request, Netanyahu claimed he had the desire to “heal the rift among the people.”
  In response, Israeli writer and journalist Yossi Melman wrote that the prime minister “made no mention of his own role in creating that rift, nor of his responsibility for the 7 October failure. And of course, he expressed no remorse and did not acknowledge the actions for which he is currently on trial.”   
https://thecradle.co/articles/netanyahu-turns-to-israels-president-for-pardon-in-corruption-cases

Protests erupt in Tel Aviv as corruption-plagued Netanyahu seeks pardon   https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2025/12/01/759790/Pardon-Banana-Republic-Protests-erupt-as-corruption-plagued-Netanyahu-seeks-pardon

  Iran discovers new gold mine in South Khorasan prov.
The proven reserve of a gold vein in the Shadan region is estimated to be 61 million tons.
  The total reserves are announced to include 7.95 million tons of gold oxide ore and 53.1 million tons of gold sulfide ore; a figure that establishes the Shadan mine among the country's large gold reserves.   
https://en.mehrnews.com/news/239349/Iran-discovers-new-gold-mine-in-South-Khorasan-prov

  Martin Armstrong expresses a novel opinion that the Fed was great until wartime demands made it swap corporate debt for Federal government debt. The Federal Reserve became active in November 1914, whereas WW-1 had started in July 1914. The US officially entered the war in April 1917, but vast funding had already been extended. When was this golden-age again? The Federal Reserve Was Brilliant Until Politics Destroyed It   https://www.armstrongeconomics.com/armstrongeconomics101/economics/the-federal-reserve-was-brilliant-until-politics-destroyed-it/

"Working homeless": Retail Workers Currently Earning 51.6% Less Than Needed To Afford Rent: Report   https://www.zerohedge.com/personal-finance/retail-workers-currently-earning-516-percent-less-needed-afford-rent-report

  Arrests made in New York after protesters appear to foil ICE raid with barricade of bodies and garbage bags
Homeland Security has not confirmed whether a raid had been planned after confrontation on edge of Chinatown   
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/ice-new-york-chinatown-raid-b2875026.html

  Appeals Court Rules Alina Habba Unlawfully Serving As US Attorney For New Jersey
A three-judge panel for the US Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit said in a unanimous order that a lower court correctly disqualified Habba, who previously served as Trump's personal defense lawyer. In that ruling, US District Judge Matthew Brann (Obama) said that Habba had been serving without lawful authority since the beginning of July, when she was tapped to temporarily lead the US Attorney's Office in New Jersey. Brann also disqualified her from participating in ongoing cases.   https://www.zerohedge.com/political/appeals-court-rules-alina-habba-unlawfully-serving-us-attorney-new-jersey

  Elizabeth Nickson rather uncritically reviews a book written about computerized election rigging by a career CIA spook, where all of the bad guys are Democrats, socialists, communists, Cubans and Venezuelans. Conflict of interests? How much is truth and what might be a peppering of black CIA lies?
  The Electorate isn't 50/50; the Real Split is more like 60/40 Center Right. The Steal is On in 72 countries.
The first U.S. election stolen using the following digital tools was Obama/Clinton in Cook County, Illinois's Primary in 2008. Since then? Everywhere. Ev. Re. Where...

  So, who are the men who investigated this crime? The primary is Gary Bernsten, CIA career officer, Station Chief in three Latin American countries, who led counterterrorism deployments including the United States’ response to the 9/11 attacks. He was first on the ground in Afghanistan after 9/11hunting Taliban and Bin Laden. He was awarded the Distinguished Intelligence Medal in 2000 and the Intelligence Star in 2004. A walking encyclopedia of the players in socialist Latin America.
  His writer and fellow researcher is Ralph Pezzulo, with whom Gary wrote the best seller Jawbreaker, about Bernsten’s work as the CIA’s key commander coordinating the fight against the Taliban forces around Kabul.
  Their research was methodical and is well founded, its logic and reasoning inescapable. This happened and is happening anywhere machines are used in the voting process.
  The authors and investigators behind this book, Stolen Elections, the Takedown of Democracies World Wide. have appeared on several podcasts this month, including Lara Logan last weekend, and Sharyl Attkinson on November 4th.   
https://elizabethnickson.substack.com/p/the-electorate-isnt-5050-the-real-a46

  Cloudflare crash exposes the internet’s fragile core — and worse may be coming
After millions were locked out of major platforms, Glenn Beck says the outage proves our digital world is a 'house of cards.'
  “Cloudflare is probably a company that you’ve never even heard of. It is the front door and the alarm system, if you will, for the entire internet. It protects websites from attacks and security problems. So the internet flows through Cloudflare,” he explains.
  “When they go down, traffic to the entire website can stop, and most of the internet uses Cloudflare. Without them, the internet would be really, really vulnerable to cyberattacks,” he continues.
  “It’s almost irreplaceable. They have the capacity to absorb massive attacks that will take down companies as large as Amazon and Microsoft. This is the first line of defense, and it’s a great line of defense,” he adds...
..Glenn’s concern isn’t just that the internet can be hacked, but that we rely on it.
“We’ve handed our entire lives over to the internet and to automation, banking, shopping, voting, talking,” he says. “These are all really fragile digital pipes.”   
https://www.theblaze.com/shows/the-glenn-beck-program/cloudflare-crash-exposes-the-internets-fragile-core-and-worse-may-be-coming

  Not a mistake; harassement: UK Man Arrested For Posing With Gun In Photo Taken While In The US
A British IT consultant was arrested by West Yorkshire Police after posting pictures on LinkedIn of himself holding guns during an American vacation.  Jon Richelieu-Booth, 50, shared the photograph taken at a Florida homestead on August 13.  The post sparked a 13-week ordeal, which began with a police warning at his residence.  Officers cautioned him about online content and its "potential impact on others' feelings".
  Despite Mr Richelieu-Booth’s offer to demonstrate the photograph's American origin, authorities chose to arrest him on August 24.  All charges were ultimately thrown out, but police continued to harass Booth until October, when they arrested him yet again for "bail violations".  
  Whilst the original firearms and stalking charges were dismissed, prosecutors pursued a public order offense regarding a separate social media post.  Mr Richelieu-Booth was scheduled to face Bradford magistrates on November 25th for allegedly displaying material intended to cause distress, but this charge was also eventually withdrawn...
..Elon Musk...reposted a summary of the story to his 229 million followers on X, writing: “And this is why we have the first and second amendments in America...The first amendment in the US protects freedom of speech, while the second amendment relates to the right to bear arms..."   https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/uk-man-arrested-posing-gun-photo-taken-while-us

  UK Girl Barred From School Over Imprisoned Mother’s ‘Racist’ Tweet
Lucy Connolly, the mother jailed for 31 months over a single anti-mass immigration tweet int 2024, has revealed that her 13-year-old daughter Edie has been blocked from starting at a new school after the headteacher discovered her mother’s identity and conviction, citing that “racism doesn’t go down well” in their institution.   https://modernity.news/2025/12/01/uk-girl-barred-from-school-over-imprisoned-mothers-racist-tweet/

​  Sasha Latypova, It's still all military, Case law reality check: PREP Act is the governing law for covid shots and other "countermeasures".
The license to lie, steal and kill withstood all attempted litigation, no matter what the FDA says about "full licensure".​   https://sashalatypova.substack.com/p/case-law-reality-check-prep-act-is

Vaccine Stocks Drop After FDA Memo Links COVID Shots To Child Deaths​   https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/vaccine-stocks-drop-after-fda-memo-links-covid-shots-childrens-deaths

  ​I always advised my patients to refuse this vaccine for their newborns. It was never justified. CDC to Nuke Newborn Hepatitis B Vaccine Recommendation?
In an upcoming CDC Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) meeting, the body will take on board the wildly logical case for not injecting one-day-old newborns whose mothers don’t have hepatitis B with a vaccine for the infection they don’t have that almost exclusively results from intravenous drug use and unprotected sex, neither of which are activities newborns typically engage in — activities that, if infants did partake of, would render hepatitis B the least of the concerns.
​  The Advisory Committee will also consider whether injected toxic adjuvants like aluminum contained in the hepatitis B vaccine are beneficial or potentially harmful for infants.​   
https://www.globalresearch.ca/cdc-nuke-newborn-hepatitis-b-vaccine-recommendation/5907438

​Doing No Harm (pictured with healthy infant)