Sunday, November 30, 2025

Monday In Moscow

 Seeking Peace,


  What may be the mechanisms through which global real-economy declines sharply in 2026, should we accept the projections which opened my last 2 blog posts?
The underlying cause is the increasing real costs to provide oil, gas, coal and mineral ores, and to refine them to the inputs needed for industry, but that is not what things usually look like. November 2019 peak oil + condensates looked like the 2019 Repo-crisis, then $US trillions in bailouts during COVID lockdowns, for instance.
  When this year was still wet-behind-the-ears, on January 3, I posted BOE Still Needs World War Three, which hearkened back to work  of Alex Krainer's, which I had previously cited. The situation does not seem different. "Peace" in Ukraine will formalize losses of the Bank of England, other investment pools like BlackRock, and European finance, in general. 
  I assert that banking is a resource-extraction mechanism forglobal economy, and that military force breaks knees to keep nations and other entities paying into the Western financial control and extraction machinery.
  Russia, China, Venezeula, Iran, Cuba, Brazil, and even Turkey do not need World War-3. 
  The US can get by better without actual war, which would grind up its threatening military machine. The US is going through a periodic economic crisis, as Russia did in the 1990s, and China did during the Cultural Revolution. The US has a lot of natural resources per capita, and in absolute terms, second only to Russia. 
  The US does need to rebuild and restructure, and is already arranging for Europe and the UK  to face the initial crisis. There is elite power-struggle now within western elite factions. The faction that tried to assassinate Donald Trump in July 2024 was forced to make relative peace with the faction he fronts for, which is currently nationalist, militarist, Zionist, extractive-industrialist and technocratic-elites, and which includes Jerome Powell at the Fed, Scott Bessent at Treasury and other monetary-warriors.
  The "craziness" of current news may be due to the fact that underlying real-economy dynamics and elite-faction power struggles must not be revealed. These must be couched as culture-war, left against right, and racial conflicts. This casting is useful to keep citizens of any country divided against each other, so as to be controlled by elites. It is not credible, so people who seek reason, rather than group loyalty, notice that control-narratives are increasingly irrational and divisive.   The CIA is particularly adept at running these "color-revolution" plays. Color-revolution divisiveness is what we are seeing in the US, UK, Europe, and 5-eyes countries.
  My simplified estimation of Donald Trump is that he sees that better deals can be made than the current arrangement, and that he would prefer to shake-off a lot of the current parasitic financial elites and make common cause with Russia to produce Arctic, and even Antarctic oil, while defending these holdings militarily, and controlling other countries through managing their access to oil. He needs to close the door to WW-3 in Ukraine before Europe can drag the US into it.
  Trump has been saber-rattling at Venezeula, in order to control their large holdings of expensive-to-extract tarry oil, but does not want to risk loiss of military assets and prestige against hypersonic anti-ship missiles and the Russian air-defense missiles which Venezuela sports, reportedly including new S-400 models recently delivered by Russian military transports, along with operators and a commanding general.
  Every day without a recognizable kinetic World War-3 is a relatively hopeful day, as we might see it. Do prepare for worse, please.

   Martin Armstrong points out that global financial infrastructure is $US denominated, and still works:  Hating the Dollar – Nearly a 60 Year Tradition
 The US dollar had (and still has) immense “network effects.” It is the currency of international trade, finance, and central bank reserves. This creates a powerful lock-in effect that is incredibly difficult to dislodge...
..Since 1971, all there has been is this anti-American view of the dollar with every scenario calling for its demise. They do not understand the sheer depth of the US economy and the backing of any currency is the productivity of its people.   https://www.armstrongeconomics.com/markets-by-sector/foreign-exchange/usd/hating-the-dollar-nearly-a-60-year-tradition/

  Gilbert Doctorow, How is multipolarity advancing against the hegemony of the Collective West?
 So it ("balderdash") is with the idea that BRICS is overturning Western dominance now that the share of global GDP held by BRICS countries in 44% while that of G7 countries is 28% (approximate numbers). I have heard this nonsense about GDP as the measure of Hard Power going back to a little debate I had with the doyen of the Realist School of international relations, John Mearsheimer, in my house in Brussels together with Steve Cohen and his wife Katrina vanden Heuvel in March 2015.
  
John said then that Russia was a declining power and just a spoiler: look at its miserable GDP. Then in 2016 during the Russian elections the same point was made by the Liberal party Yabloko who insisted that standing up to the US as the Putin government proposed was impossible. The money being spent on arms was a waste, they said, because Russia just represented 3% of global GDP.
  Rubbish. Russia is doing just fine in Hard Power notwithstanding its still being a tiny part of global GDP. John Mearsheimer has, in the meantime, changed his tune ever since Russian command of the field of battle in Ukraine became undeniable about six months ago. He now calls Russia a ‘Great Power.’
  Hard Power is determined not only by GDP: other key factors include national will, fighting spirit and readiness for self-sacrifice, as well as the talent and dedication of the boys and girls in the labs and in the military industrial complex.
  I say that multipolarity is not being advanced by BRICS, which was smashed by Trump’s secondary tariffs...
..Finally, it has occurred to me that the death of Western hegemony has been grossly exaggerated time and again. It should have occurred following WWI, when the enormous prosperity of Europe had been dissipated on the battlefields that also wiped out an entire generation of potential national leaders. Then it received what should have been the coup de grâce in WWII, which bankrupted Britain... 
..Did this end the global dominance of the Collective West? Not at all! What occurred was a shift in power and decision-making within the Collective West from the former imperial powers to the United States, while the Collective West in its entirety continued to exploit the Rest of the World economically and otherwise...
..This is not to say that a decisive reordering of power at the global board of governance is not occurring before our eyes. But, I insist, it is happening on the field of battle in Ukraine.
  Russia has won the war. The challenge now is to win the peace. And a large task will be to ensure changes in the policies or in personnel at the top in 23 out of 27 European Member States. Their leaders have locked arms and stood together behind a program of inflicting a strategic defeat on Russia by proxy war in Ukraine and to this day they refuse to acknowledge defeat.
  Note that I now add Belgium to Hungary, Slovakia and Czechia as a country led by someone independently thinking and accepting realities, as against the conformist and plainly stupid others.
  Europe must come around to revising the security architecture on the Continent to bring Russia in from the cold. This is an essential step for the move towards a multipolar world to proceed on track.   
https://gilbertdoctorow.substack.com/p/how-is-multipolarity-advancing-against

  Richard Murphy, The UK Is Cursed: How Finance Destroyed Our Economy
 The choice that was made by  Margaret Thatcher in the early 1980s, when she realised that she was going to have   the most phenomenal inflow of funds from the seas, largely off Scotland, was not accidental. She chose to pursue a deliberate political project, and we still live with the consequences of that.
  Thatcher inherited a windfall.  North Sea oil and gas delivered it. Few governments have ever had luck on that scale,   and she blew it.
She could have modernised manufacturing.
  She could have rebuilt infrastructure.
She could have created a sovereign wealth fund, as Norway did.
  And she could have renewed the industrial fabric of this country, making it suitable and fit for future generations, but she didn’t.
She funded mass unemployment.
  She funded the destruction of British industry, quite deliberately.
She funded tax cuts for the wealthy.
  She sustained industrial closure.
And she expanded the impact of the City of London upon our economy.
  She quite literally burned our future to fund her neoliberal dream.
  Sterling   was pushed upward in value by the demand for oil, and the pound, in fact, rose in value and was maintained above value until 2008 as a consequence. Oil did this at first, and then, when oil began to fall in terms of its significance within the UK economy,  Gordon Brown ensured that we suffered a ‘Finance Curse’ instead, and kept sterling overvalued as a result for far longer than it should have been.
  An overvalued pound makes our exports uncompetitive.
It means that the UK cost base rises when compared to our competitors.
  And it means that imports can price out homemade products.
  The consequence of the overvalued pound created by oil, and then the hot money in the City of London, has been that many industrial sectors in the UK have collapsed:  shipbuildingsteelengineeringtextiles, and electronics. In all cases, these have been largely eliminated from the UK economy.   It’s as if we’ve forgotten how to make anything but things that are financially engineered.    
https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2025/11/the-uk-is-cursed-how-finance-destroyed-our-economy.html

Especially for European banking... Global risk of shocks is unprecedentedly high, warns ECB   https://greencentralbanking.com/2025/11/26/global-risk-of-shocks-is-unprecedentedly-high-warns-ecb/

A practical head-of-state: Hungary's Orban Seeks More 'Cheap' Russian Oil & Gas In Warm Meeting With Putin   https://www.zerohedge.com/energy/hungarys-orban-seeks-more-cheap-russian-oil-gas-warm-meeting-putin

  Gilbert Doctorow, Kazakhstan Ukraine Tension: Ukraine Drone Attack on CPC Terminal Has Created Spark - NewsX World, 30 November
I consider my most important discussion point in this interview the observation that the attack on Russia’s Novorossiisk oil terminal which has shut down 80% of Kazakhstan’s oil exports was by one or more Ukrainian naval drones. It is reasonable to believe that the British have enabled this attack which punishes not Russia but the American companies that own the wells and partly own the pipeline transporting the oil to the now damaged port terminal on the Black Sea. Let us remember that it is precisely the British who were behind the naval drone attack on the Kerch bridge connecting Crimea to mainland Russia more than a year ago and also behind drone attacks on Russian naval vessels based in Sevastopol. It would be useful if this question of British dirty work were put to Prime Minister Starmer for clarifications.   https://gilbertdoctorow.substack.com/p/kazakhstan-ukraine-tension-ukraine

  Ukraine Releases Footage Of Kamikaze Drone Boats Striking Russian Shadow-Fleet Tankers
Two Russia-linked "shadow fleet" tankers suffered sequential strikes on Friday in Turkey's Black Sea waters... Visegrád 24 circulated new footage from Ukraine showing explosive-laden kamikaze drone boats striking both tankers at the stern, rendering the vessels inoperable.  https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/ukraine-releases-footage-kamikaze-drone-boats-striking-russian-shadow-fleet-tankers 

  Zelensky's Sacked Top Aide 'Escapes' To Front-Line To 'Hide' From Corruption Investigators
Andriy Yermak, the man who until just over 24 hours ago was Zelensky's right hand man and the president's top most powerful aid as chief of staff, and Ukraine's appointed chief negotiator with the US on the peace process, is going to the front lines, apparently to "fight".
  After his home and offices were raided by Ukraine's anti-corruption investigators Friday related to the ongoing massive energy sector kickback scandal, Yermak announced by text message to The New York Post, "I’m going to the front and am prepared for any reprisals." ...
..Yermak, with his security detail, was brought to the location of commander nicknamed Madjar - one of the most media-prominent Ukrainian fighters, known for harsh Telegram rhetoric and the “Drone Wall” project. Unit commanders refuse to assign Yermak to their ranks.
  He is physically present but has no tasks, no role, and no assigned position. Yermak is hiding from NABU anti-corruption investigations in a zone where detectives cannot serve him a notice of suspicion or court summons.   
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/zelenskys-sacked-top-aide-goes-front-line-lawmaker-says-hes-hiding-corruption

  Andrew Korybko, Ukraine’s Anti-Corruption Scandal Is Turning Into A Rolling Coup
 Zelensky might be next after Yermak was just taken down unless he complies with Trump’s demands for peace, in which case it’s not unforeseeable that he too could be formally implicated in this scandal as the catalyst for a US-backed regime change carried out in collusion with his domestic allies.   https://korybko.substack.com/p/ukraines-anti-corruption-investigation

  "Long term prosperity", Marco? For who? U.S. and Ukrainian officials hold 'very productive' meeting in Florida
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the talks were "not just about the terms that ends fighting; it's about also the terms that set up Ukraine for long-term prosperity."
​  Top U.S. officials and a Ukrainian delegation met in Florida on Sunday for the latest round of discussions on a plan to end the war between Russia and Ukraine — talks both sides described positively but about which they provided no details and took no questions.​   
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/us-ukrainian-officials-hold-productive-meeting-florida-rcna246598

   December 1-2, 2021, Putin and Lavrov presented the west with a comprehensive security plan. When Putin will meet Witkoff: Kremlin clarifies timing
The Russian President Vladimir Putin is scheduled to meet with the US President's special envoy, Steve Witkoff, in the first half of next week, states the Kremlin press secretary Dmitry Peskov, according to RIA Novosti.​ "In the first half of the week. We will announce the exact day in due course," Peskov said, commenting on the possible date of Witkoff’s visit.​   https://newsukraine.rbc.ua/news/when-putin-will-meet-witkoff-kremlin-clarifies-1764362660.html

​ December 1-2 anniversary: Steve Witkoff, the U.S. special envoy to the Middle East, will travel to Moscow on Monday, a U.S. official tells Fox News.   https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-envoy-steve-witkoff-heads-moscow-ukraine-peace-talks-gain-momentum

  Ukrainian Prosecutors Handling More Than 300,000 Desertion Cases
 The General Prosecutor’s office wrote to the New Voice of Ukraine in early November that 310,000 criminal cases related to unauthorized absence from a military unit or place of service (AWOL) and desertion are currently registered, 162,000 of which came just this year. There have been over 21,000 desertions in October 2025 alone.   https://www.antiwar.com/blog/2025/11/27/ukrainian-prosecutors-handling-more-than-300000-desertion-cases/

  Kid, They Will Reassign You in a War!  France Launches New Military Service Plan To Counter Supposed Russian Menace    
French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday announced a new avenue of voluntary military service for 18- and 19-year olds with the goal of gradually bolstering both active duty and reserve strength. In a critical sweetener for would-be recruits who are wary of dying in Ukraine, those who enlist under the new program will only serve in the French mainland and French territories abroad.   https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/france-launches-new-military-service-plan-counter-supposed-russian-menace

Brussels Bends The Knee: EU Signs Off On Deep Tariff Cuts For American Goods   https://www.zerohedge.com/political/brussels-bends-knee-eu-signs-deep-tariff-cuts-american-goods

Antifa Mob Mobilizes Terror Campaign Against AfD Event   https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/antifa-mob-mobilizes-terror-campaign-against-afd-youth-event-targets-politicians

  For the first time, fewer than 50% of Germans categorically reject voting for the anti-immigration AfD party - Despite threats of a ban, mass surveillance, and powerful media campaigns aimed at the party, the AfD continues to make inroads with the German public.   https://rmx.news/article/for-the-first-time-fewer-than-50-of-germans-categorically-reject-voting-for-the-anti-immigration-afd-party/

​  German Christmas Market Installs 'Anti-Tank' Barriers; Public Cheers 'Creative' Solution
The German town of Külsheim is dealing with the soaring costs of terror-proofing German Christmas markets with a very festive solution: anti-tank barriers.​   https://www.zerohedge.com/political/german-christmas-market-installs-anti-tank-barriers-public-cheers-creative-solution

​  How Tucker Carlson put Arab Christians on America's map
Prominent conservative journalists and politicians have broken ranks to call out Israeli crimes against Arab Christians.
 The effects continue to ripple through Donald Trump’s support base.​   
​  Trump’s unquestioning support for Israel is increasingly causing him political problems, yet those problems are not coming from the progressive or liberal left, as might be expected, but from the heart of the United States’ deep south, home to millions of Christian conservatives, many of whom listen to journalists like Tucker Carlson.​   https://en.majalla.com/node/328469/politics/how-tucker-carlson-put-arab-christians-americas-map

​Bibi set it up and stood the army down the night before: Netanyahu accused of dodging blame as Israel confronts Oct 7 failures   https://www.arabnews.com/node/2624086/middle-east

More Palestinian remains returned by Israel mutilated, tortured – Not a Ceasefire Day 48​   https://israelpalestinenews.org/more-palestinian-remains-returned-by-israel-mutilated-tortured-not-a-ceasefire-day-48/

​  Video shows Israeli forces shooting Palestinians dead moments after surrender
Far-right minister defends killing of two men who appeared to have given themselves up, saying ‘terrorists must die’​   
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/nov/28/video-shows-israeli-forces-shooting-palestinians-dead-moments-after-surrender

‘Everything is soaked': Winter rains in Gaza bring new misery for Palestinians​   https://apnews.com/article/gaza-palestinians-weather-rain-929c8cecd6dbe2b112770e361105b097

​  Only 1 out of 8 planned aid movements facilitated into Gaza on Tuesday, UN says​ - 'Every delivery into Gaza makes a significant difference,' says spokesperson​   https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/only-1-out-of-8-planned-aid-movements-facilitated-into-gaza-on-tuesday-un-says/3754972

​  Israel launches major assault in West Bank city as helicopters shoot at homes
Troops forcibly expel Palestinians from their homes in Tubas, turning the properties into temporary military barracks​   
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israeli-apache-helicopters-shoot-civilian-homes-tubas

Israel cuts water lines, bulldozes roads and seizes homes as West Bank operation escalates​   https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-forces-cut-water-lines-bulldoze-roads-and-seize-homes-west-bank

​  A map redrawn piece by piece: Palestinians describe a country annexed in plain sightAnnexation in the occupied West Bank has become so routine that it now unfolds largely unnoticed and rarely reported​   https://www.trtworld.com/article/37e1b713269a

​  "Purchase" from thieves: Knesset advances bill allowing Israelis to purchase land in occupied West Bank
The measure opens the door for Israelis to seize more occupied land while sidestepping long-standing legal constraints​   https://thecradle.co/articles/knesset-advances-bill-allowing-israelis-to-purchase-land-in-occupied-west-bank

Israel launches fresh strikes in southern Lebanon​   https://en.mehrnews.com/news/239262/Israel-launches-fresh-strikes-in-southern-Lebanon

EXPOSED: 121 Former IDF SOLDIERS Now Working as ICE Agents in CHICAGO… America Is Officially OCCUPIED​   https://x.com/ProjectConstitu/status/1993423751766065388

​  Meryl Nass MD, What’s shattering America? It’s NOT “the left,” as rightists think, nor is it Trump, as “leftists” think. It’s something else, which both sides have learned not to think of/ Mark Crispin Miller - Bottom line, think 3 letter agencies
  Specifically, it’s not “as if the script were lifted straight from a CIA playbook for overseas regime change operations.” That “script” makes clear—or should—that all that “leftist” agitation is, in fact, yet one more subversive operation by the CIA, whose specialty it is, and always has been, to destabilize the countries in its sights. Thus, whereas that paranoid survey of “unhinged progressive billionaires” and “far-left militant groups” and “foreign-aligned NGOs” (and why not “radical Islam,” too?) suggests that such a jumble of bad actors could (somehow) act as one, the fact is that no such sprawling group is capable of such “dark” discipline—which the CIA has long since wielded, to the profit of its corporate clients, and the misery of the peoples of Iran, Guatemala, Brazil, Greece, Chile, Ecuador, El Salvador, Libya, Ukraine and scores of other sovereign nations.
​  And now it’s clearly active here on our own soil, and not just on “the left,” but on the right, as well; or, to put it more precisely, it has—especially since COVID—been actively dividing We the People, into “red” and “blue,” black and white, Jews and gentiles, maskers and anti-maskers, then “vaxxers” and “anti-vaxxers,” and other seething dyads now impelling us toward civil war.​   https://merylnass.substack.com/p/whats-shattering-america-its-not

​Nobody goes back to live in Haiti voluntarily: 'Self Deport' Or Else: DHS Guts Biden's Haitian Invasion Pipeline   https://www.zerohedge.com/political/self-deport-or-else-dhs-guts-bidens-haitian-invasion-pipeline

​  DC National Guard Shooter Worked for CIA-Backed Kandahar Strike Force in Afghanistan
Rahmanullah Lakanwal, worked for a CIA-backed “Zero Unit” known as the Kandahar Strike Force (KSF) or the “03” unit, which has been implicated in war crimes against Afghan civilians.​ Lakanwal, 29, arrived in the US in September 2021 as part of a program called “Operation Allies Welcome​.   https://news.antiwar.com/2025/11/27/dc-national-guard-shooter-worked-for-cia-backed-kandahar-strike-group-in-afghanistan/

   ​Escape Key, Own nothing. Clear everything.​  A Field Guide to Planetary Management
​ The EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism does double duty: it forces importers to calculate and report embedded carbon across supply chains — creating the metrics — then makes trade conditional on that accounting. Before CBAM, most goods didn’t have a standardised carbon cost attached. After CBAM, they do, because you can’t trade without it. Lenin’s ‘accounting and control’ in real time: build the accounting, then use it for control. CBAM builds the carbon accounting. ISO 20022 carries it. CBDC wallets can act on it.
​  Clearing presents as neutral infrastructure. It isn’t. When a middleman makes itself indispensable between all parties, it doesn’t mediate conflict — it supersedes it. The original Marxist framing was owner versus worker, direct exploitation. The clearing architecture doesn’t resolve that conflict. It interposes itself between everyone and extracts compliance from all sides. Factory owner and worker alike need the rails to transact. Both become subjects of whoever controls the clearing. The clearer doesn’t take sides in the old war. It ends the war by becoming the new sovereign.​   
https://escapekey.substack.com/p/own-nothing-clear-everything

​  It’s Not Only About Venezuela: Trump Intends a Wider Domino Effect
​ It’s increasingly obvious that the US military threats against Venezuela have a wider agenda. Their game plan is regime change, but not only in Venezuela. This is the objective – on a longer timescale in some cases – across several of the countries in the Caribbean Basin, aiming to cleanse the region of governments deemed undesirable to Washington.
​  As international relations professor at the University of Chicago, John Mearsheimer reminds us, the US “does not tolerate left-leaning governments… and as soon as they see a government that is considered to be left-of-center they move to replace that government.”...
..Former Bush and Trump official Marshall Billingslea says the ultimate target of a US regime change assault is the entire Latin American left, “from Cuba to Brazil to Mexico to Nicaragua.” Military intervention leading to the end of the Maduro government would halt what he alleges (without evidence) is the flow of money from Caracas that has led to the “socialist plague that has spread across Latin America.”
  US-imposed regime-change in Venezuela, Cuba, and Nicaragua – where the “socialist plague” has taken deep root – is a bipartisan project. For other progressive and left-leaning Latin American states – Mexico, Honduras, Colombia, and even Chile – the Pax Americana prescription stops short of outright deep regime change; infiltration, intimidation and co-optation are employed to keep them subordinate.
​  For Democrats and Republicans alike, the US imperial projection on the region is a given. Trump and his comrade-in-arms Rubio are leading the charge. But the so-called US opposition party is offering weak constraints.​   
https://original.antiwar.com/John_Perry/2025/11/27/its-not-only-about-venezuela-trump-intends-a-wider-domino-effect/

​  The official US legal rationale is that the drugs fund narco-cartelmilitary action against the neighbors, and that deaths are an unintentional consequence. 
Survivors on ‘narco boat’ targeted by Trump order were blown apart after Hegseth verbal command to ‘kill everybody’: Report
​  More than 80 people killed in campaign that law-of-war experts have labeled extrajudicial murder  ​ 
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/pete-hegseth-drug-boat-survivors-order-b2874580.html

​  He has no choice but to deny: Pete Hegseth denies he gave orders to ‘kill everybody’ on alleged ‘narco-boat’
Defense secretary called reports about his role in strike as ‘fake news’ intended to discredit US military​   https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/29/pete-hegseth-denies-ordering-deaths-narco-boat

​  Moon of Alabama has a lot of well organized information here: Trump Pardons Drug Smuggler, Threatens Venezuela
Trump’s South America policy is getting more ridiculous by the day.   
https://www.moonofalabama.org/2025/11/trump-pardons-drug-smuggler-threatens-venezuela.html

  Fighters and bombers fly up to a country on attack-approaches to get the air-defense radar to light-up and show where it is, so they can take it out. 
They can tell what kind of system it comes from, too. U.S. B-52s Conduct ‘Bomber Attack Demonstration’ Near Venezuela   https://militarywatchmagazine.com/article/b52s-bomber-attack-demonstration-venezuela

​  I think he explains why it WON'T start there: WWIII Will Start in Venezuela – Steve Quayle
..There is now confirmed involvement by China, Russia and Iran in Venezuela, and that is causing security concerns for America in the Western Hemisphere.  Top generals are making rounds with our military in the region.  Quayle warns, “Risk is something we deal with every day, but let’s talk about a heightened level of risk and World War III. . . .. This does not get any more critical.  Venezuela has received the hypersonic missiles that are available.  Iran has them, they are in Venezuela.  Russia has them, they are in Venezuela.  The Chinese are in Venezuela. . ..”
​  Quayle says his sources say the US called off an attack.  Quayle explains, “It was called off. . . . They did not want to send their multibillion-dollar bombers that were in the sight if the S-500 anti-missile system. . .. In essence, the plan was to bomb, and to use heavy bombers to go in heavy loaded . . . then they found out that those S-400 and S-500 missile systems were deployed, and they were manned by people who know how to run them. . .. I think it would be silly to initiate a World War event, and bombing Venezuela would only be the start of it.  It is the same for the cartels in Mexico.  My sources tell me that President Trump has been told by China and Russia that if you bomb them, we will come to their aid.”​   
https://usawatchdog.com/wwiii-will-start-in-venezuela-steve-quayle/

Very low-risk announcement: Trump Declares Airspace Above Venezuela "To Be Closed In Its Entirety"​   https://www.zerohedge.com/military/trump-declares-airspace-above-venezuela-be-closed-its-entirety

​Just words to "support" China: Russia warns Japan against deploying medium-range missiles on relevant islands   https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202511/28/WS69294410a310d6866eb2beb6.html
 
Japan Denies Trump Asked PM Not To Provoke Beijing​   https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/japan-denies-trump-asked-pm-not-provoke-beijing

​  DRAMA! Trump says he will cancel all Biden orders ‘signed by autopen’ and threatens ex-president with ‘perjury’ charges (if he says he approved them)
President’s threats come as he also seeks to investigate members of Congress​   https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-biden-autopen-perjury-charges-b2874633.html

​Caitlin Johnstone brings up very good points about pervasive modern propaganda: It's Getting Harder And Harder To Preserve Our Mental Sovereignty   https://www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/its-getting-harder-and-harder-to

Now Hiring: "We Are Everywhere" - Fort Bragg Psychological Warfare Group Posts Chilling Video   https://www.zerohedge.com/military/we-are-everywhere-fort-bragg-psychological-warfare-group-posts-chilling-video

  Jessica Rose Ph.D. "Researchers" are making novel chimeric bat/pig explosive diarrhea viruses Gain-Of-Function (GOF) in the name of "what if" to potentiate zoonosis?   https://jessicar.substack.com/p/researchers-are-making-novel-chimeric

  Meryl Nass MD, Has an Honest Review of the COVID Vaccine Fiasco Begun, Finally? F.D.A. Attributes 10 Children’s Deaths to Covid Vaccines
“For the first time, the U.S. F.D.A. will acknowledge that Covid-19 vaccines have killed American children.”--Dr. Vinay Prasad​   https://merylnass.substack.com/p/has-an-honest-review-of-the-covid

​  Celia Farber, FDA Chief Officer Vinay Prasad Wrote 3 Page Dam-Break Internal Memo To Staff, Day After Thanksgiving, Certifying First Definite 10 Deaths In Children From Covid Shots Via VAERS, NYT Reported It
​  Prasad Wrote: "The Real Number Is Higher." Pharma Gatekeepers Go Berserk With Moral Thunder, Calling It "Irresponsible," And "Misleading," As NYT Readers Fill Comments Section With Denials​   https://celiafarber.substack.com/p/fda-chief-officer-vinay-prasad-wrote

​  Meryl Nass MD, Here is the very interesting CBER Director Prasad's email to FDA staff, which is the reason for the NYT's admission of at least 10 children's deaths due to COVID vaccines   https://merylnass.substack.com/p/here-is-the-very-interesting-cber

  Drink nice organic coffee in the morning with little or no sweetener: Daily Coffee Habits May Shield Your Liver - Coffee’s Bioactive Compounds May Aid Liver Function   https://news.justcarehealth.com/p/daily-coffee-habits-may-shield-your

  A Midwestern Doctor, From Sharper Night Vision to Curing Lifelong Blindness — How DMSO Heals Each Level of Vision Loss

Dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) is a simple compound with a remarkable blend of therapeutic properties. Over the last year, I’ve compiled thousands of studies showing how it treats a wide range of conditions including:
  Neurological disorders such as strokes, dementia, paralysis, and neuropathies (discussed here).
Circulatory disorders such as Raynaud’s, varicose veins, and hemorrhoids (discussed here).
  Chronic pain (e.g., from disc herniations, bursitis, or complex regional pain syndrome) and tissue injuries, such as sprains, concussions, burns, surgical incisions, and spinal cord injuries (discussed here).
 Autoimmune, protein, and contractile disorders, such as arthritis, scleroderma, amyloidosis, and interstitial cystitis (discussed here).
Head conditions, such as tinnitus, ear infections, dental problems, and sinusitis (discussed here).
  Internal organ diseases such as prostate enlargement, pancreatitis, and cirrhosis (discussed here).
Respiratory disorders, including asthma, COPD, and pulmonary fibrosis (discussed here).
 Many different gastrointestinal disorders, such as bowel inflammation, cirrhosis, and pancreatitis (discussed here).
Skin conditions such as hair loss, acne, ulcers, skin cancer, or psoriasis (discussed here).
  Infections, such as onychomycosis, herpes, and shingles, and many antibiotic-resistant infections (discussed here).
Many aspects of cancer, including eliminating cancers, enhancing chemotherapy, reducing the toxicity of mainstream cancer treatments, and reducing cancer pain (discussed here).
  Because of how effective DMSO was for a wide range of “incurable” conditions, after being discovered in the 1960s, DMSO quickly became the most demanded drug in the country — at which point the FDA did everything they could to suppress it...
..It’s hence quite noteworthy that DMSO is both able to create many of these same therapeutic effects (e.g., by increasing microcirculation to the eyes, it greatly increases the vital nutrition retinal cells receive), and like those therapies, restore vision, but do so in a much more broad and economical way (rather than only targeting one component of vision loss).
  “I’ve had countless patients who were already doing all the ‘right’ things with nutrition and weren’t getting better with their pain/autoimmune problems, and then they did well after adding DMSO.” — James Miller MD
  More importantly, the fact that DMSO can quickly and easily treat “incurable” conditions like vision loss provide a critical lesson into the myriad of other chronic illnesses we are facing, as the eyes are not the only part of the body affected by the ever increasing circulatory impairments (many of which result from vaccination) and nutritional depletion of the food supply seen throughout society.
  The significant health challenges our society faces require doing something different. Fortunately, as things like DMSO’s saga show, the solutions we are searching for already exist.
  More importantly, we have reached a unique historical crossroad, as the dire need to fix America’s disastrous healthcare has thrust us into a never-before-seen political climate where large parts of the culture, media, and government support rather than oppose the adoption of these real and affordable pathways to health. It is up to each of us to make the best of this moment and rediscover the forgotten umbrella therapies.   
https://www.globalresearch.ca/dmso-heals-each-level-vision-loss/5907179


Coffee Drinker (pictured with Jenny and our grandkids after Thanksgiving)



Friday, November 28, 2025

Prepping For 2026

 Preppers,


  Pursuant to the financial analysis predicting economic collapse, with which I opened the recent blog post "Domino Theory"  https://drjohnsblog.substack.com/p/domino-theory  I am presenting Professor Ugo Bardi's blog post that the venerable World-3 computer model from The LimitsTo Growth analysis, has had its data set updated, and it spits out the decline of global indiustrial output, hard and fast, in 2026. This does not mean every country equally. I think Europe will go down particularly hard, but I'm quite willing to be wrong again.  Are we on the Edge of Collapse? Impressive Data from a Recalibration of World3 - Staring at the Cliff right in front of us.   https://senecaeffect.substack.com/p/are-we-on-the-edge-of-collapse-impressive​   


  Gilbert Doctorow tries not to ride the Trump roller-coaster, but:  Ukrainian capitulation in the coming weeks may be expected….thanks to Mr. Trump
​ I frankly admit that I have underestimated Trump’s capacity for duplicity that he has used to outmaneuver his opponents abroad in the EU, in Ukraine and at home in the USA, on Capitol Hill and in the media.
​  I have no doubt that Team Trump are behind the corruption investigation raid on the home of the power behind the throne in Kiev, Andrii Yermak, who was forced to resign late today. The fall of Zelensky on corruption charges cannot be more than days away.
​  Accordingly, I must revise my views on what happened at the US-Ukraine meeting in Geneva at the start of the week that produced a revised 19-point plan to suit the Zelensky gang which we were told would be foisted on the Russians. No, that was pure political theater and we may assume that the original 29- point plan developed jointly by Steve Witkoff for the American side and Kirill Dmitriev for the Russians will be the basis for the renewed US-Russian talks on ending the war that likely will take place next week in Budapest chaired by Trump and Putin.
​  This is all happening with blinding speed that has left the Trump’s opponents speechless.
​  However, one European leader did have something to say in the past day that also contributes to the foreseeable political collapse of Ukraine and possibly to the collapse of the war mongers who dominate present European politics. I have in mind the Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever who rejected von der Leyen’s insistent promotion of confiscation of frozen Russian state assets held in Euroclear now not only because of financial risk that the confiscation will be reversed in court challenges by Russia that will follow but, more importantly today, because the confiscation would work directly against the ongoing peace negotiations. So von der Leyen’s perfidy to European interests in peace on the Continent has been called out.​   
https://gilbertdoctorow.substack.com/p/ukrainian-capitulation-in-the-coming

​  The first 6 minutes are a good geopolitical update of US-Russia negotiations: Trump Pursues Peace, Ignoring Europe​ - The Zaporizhzhia Offensive Is Now Unstoppable​, MS 2025.11.28​   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8c7ieSDzKuI

​  November 26 (heh,heh) EU 'ready' to propose Russian assets loan despite Belgian doubts
"I cannot see any scenario in which the European taxpayers alone will pay the bill," von der Leyen said​   https://www.euractiv.com/news/eu-ready-to-propose-russian-assets-loan-despite-belgian-doubts/

​  Also in November 26 rearview-mirror: As potential Ukraine deal looms, France and Britain map out boots-on-ground role
Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday announced a new joint task-force — with U.S. buy-in — aiming at “finalized security guarantees” if a peace deal lands.​   https://www.politico.eu/article/potential-deal-looms-france-and-britain-map-out-role-ukraine/

​  Heavy rain sees part of West Bank apartheid wall collapse and Syrian forest fires extinguished
Flash floods have hit the region after a night of heavy rain storm, with part of Israel's separation wall in the West Bank coming down​   
https://www.newarab.com/news/flash-floods-collapse-west-bank-apartheid-wall-amid-mena-storm

​  Trump Gaza Plan Condemned as ‘Concentration Camps Within a Mass Concentration Camp’
After previous plans by Israel for the mass expulsion of Palestinians, onlookers fear the proposal to house some displaced Palestinians in “compounds” they may not be allowed to leave.​  
https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-gaza-compounds  

​  Israeli army, Shin Bet begin ‘large-scale’ operation against West Bank resistance
Hebrew media reports say resistance groups in the occupied West Bank have been working to strengthen their forces​   
https://thecradle.co/articles/israeli-army-shin-bet-begin-large-scale-operation-against-west-bank-resistance

​  UK's Jonathan Cook, Review judge pulled from Palestine Action hearing at last hour, in patent stitch-up
Having a ruling from a panel of three judges is a desperate attempt to create a veneer of judicial authority in support of the actions of Keir Starmer's outlaw government​   https://jonathancook.substack.com/p/review-judge-pulled-from-palestine

Jeffrey Epstein Aided Alan Dershowitz’s Attack on Mearsheimer and Walt’s “Israel Lobby”​ (book)​   https://israelpalestinenews.org/jeffrey-epstein-aided-alan-dershowitzs-attack-on-mearsheimer-and-walts-israel-lobby/

​  He knows he can be Charlie-Kirked: Americans wake up to the cost of supporting Israel
​ Tucker Carlson, the most influential conservative host in the U.S., just turned on Israel. He was considered an unshakable ally by them. He did so with a level of bluntness no American TV figure ever dared.
​  On air, in front of millions, he dropped the bomb: ‘There is no such thing as ‘God’s chosen people. God does not choose child-killers. This is heresy, these are criminals and thieves.’
​  This wasn’t commentary…This was a declaration of war on the entire Israeli narrative.​   
https://michaelwalshwriter.com/2025/11/26/americans-wake-up-to-the-cost-of-supporting-israel/

​  Child Amputees in Gaza Use Makeshift Prosthetics as Israel Restricts Medical Supplies
 Rateb was severely wounded in an Israeli airstrike in Khan Younis earlier this year that killed his mother and brother. His right leg was crushed and had to be amputated. He has undergone five surgeries in his abdomen since the attack.
​  “I felt sad that I’m no longer like the other kids because my leg was amputated. I don’t know how to play with them. I wish I had a leg so I could play with my friends,” he said.
​  Desperate to move again, Rateb and his cousin fashioned the prosthetic leg out of a plastic sewage pipe he found in the street. “I don’t want to give up, and my determination is strong. I dream of having a real prosthetic limb,” Rateb said. “If my leg hadn’t been cut off, the first place I’d go is the field to play football. I want to return to our home and have my mom, my dad, and my leg with me.”​   
https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/gaza-child-amputees-makeshift-prosthetics-limbs-israeli-restrictions-hamad-hospital

Israeli attacks killed 6 people in Rafah, Beit Lahia in latest violation of ceasefire deal​    https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/israeli-army-kills-6-palestinians-in-gaza-despite-ceasefire/3754613

​  "Brownshirts" Settler violence in the Israeli-occupied West Bank continues to escalate. Extremist settlers recently attacked a Bedouin community and also targeted Israeli activists who were present.   https://www.dw.com/en/israeli-settler-violence-in-occupied-west-bank-hits-new-high/video-74901740

​  UAE, Israel quietly advanced 'Peace Railway' amid Gaza genocide: Report
The railway will move goods from India through the UAE, Saudi Arabia, and Jordan before reaching Haifa for export to Europe and the US​   
https://thecradle.co/articles/uae-israel-quietly-advanced-peace-railway-amid-gaza-genocide-report#google_vignette

​  'We will disarm Hezbollah': Israeli war chief threatens new war in Lebanon
The new threat comes just days after Israel’s assassination of Hezbollah’s top military official in Beirut​   
https://thecradle.co/articles-id/34492

​  Israeli Troops Suffer Rare Casualties In Brazen Ground Raid On Syrian Town
Israel on Friday launched another unprovoked major attack on Syria, which has killed at least 13 people, including children - and additionally some 25 have been reported injured.
​  In this instance, the assault on the southern Syrian town Beit Jinn was a rare ground raid by Israeli forces, likely accompanied by air and artillery support.
​  "The Israeli military said six soldiers were wounded, three of them severely, by militant fire during the raid in the village of Beit Jinn," Reuters reports based on official sources. It's unclear whether the IDF forces incurred fatalities, but if so the Israeli government is likely to keep it under wraps.​   https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/israeli-troops-suffer-rare-casualties-brazen-ground-raid-syrian-town

How Israel markets its US-funded genocidal weapons to the world​   https://israelpalestinenews.org/how-israel-markets-its-us-funded-genocidal-weapons-to-the-world/

​ The rationale is not the reason. What is the reason? Secret DOJ memo exposes flaws in US boat strike justification
​ The Trump administration is presenting its missile strikes on drug-running boats in the Caribbean as an act of collective self-defense on behalf of regional partners, The Guardian reported, citing three people directly familiar with the internal legal rationale, according to Al-Mayadeen.
​  The justification hinges on an assertion, without publicly available evidence, that drug cartels are engaged in armed hostilities against the security forces of allies such as Mexico, funded through cocaine shipments.
​  Under this reasoning, the US claims the strikes target the cocaine itself and that any deaths aboard the vessels should be viewed as combatant casualties or collateral harm rather than unlawful killings.​..
..But the internal rationale stands in stark contrast to Donald Trump’s public messaging, which has consistently framed the 21 lethal strikes, resulting in more than 80 deaths, as an effort to stem overdose fatalities...
​  If accepted, the argument would mark the first time the US has claimed, contentiously and against the prevailing understanding, that cartels are using cocaine revenues to wage warfare, rather than primarily to generate profit.
​  In a statement, a Justice Department spokesperson said, “These operations were ordered consistent with the law of armed conflict.”​   
https://en.mehrnews.com/news/239208/Secret-DOJ-memo-exposes-flaws-in-US-boat-strike-justification

US Has Been Conducting "Bomber Attack Demos" Buzzing Venezuela Once Per Week​   https://www.zerohedge.com/military/us-has-been-conducting-bomber-attack-demos-buzzing-venezuela-once-week

US plans further troop deployments to fight drug trafficking, Hegseth says​   https://www.arabnews.com/node/2624088/world

​  Each large, expensive chopper will shoot down how many little, cheap, explosive drones? U.S. Army Orders $4.7 Billion in AH-64E Apache Helicopters for Counter-Drone Missions.   https://www.armyrecognition.com/news/aerospace-news/2025/u-s-army-orders-4-7-billion-in-ah-64e-apache-helicopters-for-counter-drone-missions

DragonFire laser shoots down high‑speed drones traveling at 400mph, costs $13 per shot — UK Navy to begin deploying system on destroyers​   https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/uk-dragonfire-laser-downs-high-speed-drones

U.S. picks British Kraken for autonomous surface and subsurface drone fleet program.​   https://www.armyrecognition.com/news/navy-news/2025/u-s-picks-british-kraken-for-autonomous-surface-and-subsurface-drone-fleet-program

​  US Troops Fight ISIS Militants on the Ground in Somalia’s Puntland Region
The raid targeted a cave in the Caal-Miskaad mountains and involved 10 helicopters, according to local media reports​   
https://news.antiwar.com/2025/11/25/us-troops-fight-isis-militants-on-the-ground-in-somalias-puntland-region/

​  Oops, ​we maybe just ​mudered an innocent prominent-citizen... US Is Aware of Reports That It Killed a Civilian Clan Elder in a Somalia Airstrike
The airstrike was launched in Somalia's northern Sanag region on September 13
​  “This was an unexpected and shocking incident,” Faisal Abdillahi, the Sanag region’s intelligence chief, said last month, according to Hiraan Online. “A man driving his car was bombed from the air. We, the officials, had no prior knowledge or warning. The deceased was a prominent figure who worked closely with the community. We don’t understand why he was targeted.”​   https://news.antiwar.com/2025/11/26/us-is-aware-of-reports-that-it-killed-a-civilian-clan-elder-in-a-somalia-airstrike/

​  Never, ever follow illegal orders... Trump Says Urging Troops to Refuse Illegal Orders Is “Sedition.” This Air Force Officer Once Did Just That.
  In 2011, Air Force Maj. Richard Rynearson refused a drone strike he believed was unconstitutional in a real-world test of the debate now consuming Washington.   https://theiceman.substack.com/p/trump-says-urging-troops-to-refuse

REP. MASSIE says FBI staff threatened a member of his staff with a criminal investigation if he "didn't straighten up and play ball."​   https://x.com/DD_Geopolitics/status/1993770560489422933

  Trump’s Immigration Forces Deploy “Less Lethal” Weapons in Dangerous Ways, Skirting Rules and Maiming Protesters​   
https://www.propublica.org/article/ice-border-patrol-less-lethal-weapons?

​  The guy was a US assassin against Taliban high-value targets, moved here with his wife and kids. His stay was re-approved by the Trump admin. in May.  
Trump Pushes 'Reverse Migration' As National Guard Member Dies Following Potential DC 'Terrorist' Attack
  The Thanksgiving-week attack down the street from the White House - perpetrated by an Afghan national with prior ties to the U.S. military and intelligence community, such as the CIA - has heightened national-security concerns following the fatality of one West Virginia Guardsman and the critical wounding of another,   https://www.zerohedge.com/political/guard-member-dies-after-potential-dc-terrorist-attack-trump-pushes-emergency-migration

​  Is Trump's Third World Immigration Ban A Precursor To The Insurrection Act?
​ Over the Thanksgiving holiday, U.S. President Donald Trump announced sweeping plans to tighten immigration rules, including a suspension on migration from “Third World Countries” and cancellation of all federal benefits and subsidies to “noncitizens” in the country.
​  The decision comes after a terror attack (the shooting of two National Guardsmen) involving an Afghan migrant, Rahmanullah Lakanwal, admitted to the US under a program for Afghan refugees launched by Joe Biden in 2021 (Operation Allies Welcome).
​  However, the Trump Admin approved the man's asylum application in 2025 based on his aid to CIA operations in Afghanistan over a ten year period.​   
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/trumps-third-world-immigration-ban-precursor-insurrection-act

Trump Moves To "Terminate" All Of Biden's Autopen'd Orders​   http://zerohedge.com/political/trump-moves-terminate-all-bidens-autopend-orders

​  Stablecoin issuer Tether holds 116 tons of physical gold, placing it on par with central banks such as those in South Korea, Hungary and Greece.
Tether’s day-to-day operations mirror several core functions traditionally associated with central banks. It mints and redeems USDt directly for verified customers, effectively expanding or contracting supply through its primary market pipeline.
​  It also manages a large reserve portfolio dominated by short-duration US Treasurys, along with gold and Bitcoin. The company generates central bank–like income by earning interest on those Treasurys while issuing a non-interest-bearing token.
​  Beyond that, Tether employs policy-style tools, such as freezing addresses at the request of law enforcement and phasing out blockchains to reduce risk.​   
https://www.zerohedge.com/precious-metals/tethers-116-ton-gold-hoard-rivals-reserves-korea-and-hungary-jefferies

​  Not overproduction, but destruction of economic demand by war, sanctions and economic contraction: Wall Street Warns of a Deepening Oil Glut in 2026   https://oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-General/Wall-Street-Warns-of-a-Deepening-Oil-Glut-in-2026.html

  But Trump's sanctions...  India's November Russian oil imports set to hit five-month high Russian President Vladimir Putin is due to visit the South Asian country next month, according to the Kremlin.
https://www.deccanherald.com/india/indias-november-russian-oil-imports-set-to-hit-five-month-high-3809867

​  Trump urged Japan to avoid escalation in China dispute, sources say
US President Donald Trump asked Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi not to further escalate a dispute with China during talks this week, sources aware of the matter said on Nov 27, as he tries to preserve a fragile trade war truce with Beijing.​   https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/trump-told-japans-pm-to-lower-the-tone-on-taiwan-wsj-reports

​This keeps happening around the Gulf of China: U.S MQ-9 Reaper Crashes in Yellow Sea, 15 Miles Off South Korea’s Western Coast   https://www.thedefensenews.com/news-details/US-MQ-9-Reaper-Crashes-in-Yellow-Sea-15-Miles-Off-South-Koreas-Western-Coast/

"New-Labour", that is... UK Labour’s budget piles on suffering for workers, but not enough to satisfy ruling class​   https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/11/26/vthy-n26.html

​  Flock Camera Vulnerability: It’s Worse Than You Think
Yves here. This post provides an important service in spreading the word about how easily Flock cameras, sold as license plate readers but actually broad surveillance cameras, can be hacked and their videos altered.​   https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2025/11/flock-camera-vulnerability-its-worse-than-you-think.html

​  Will "terrorist" become as meaningless as "antisemitic"? Flock Safety’s CEO Garrett Langley just called the transparency activists at http://Deflock.me “terrorists.” So, if mapping cameras is "terrorism"… what do we call mass surveillance of millions of innocent drivers?​   https://x.com/JasonBassler1/status/1993015264775127463

​  Pardoned pro-lifers say DOJ used AI ‘deepfake’ video to convict them
According to these peaceful pro-life rescuers, court testimonies from abortion workers, police, and other witnesses contradict the ‘outrageous’ video that presented them as violent.​   
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/exclusive-pardoned-pro-lifers-say-doj-used-ai-deepfake-video-to-convict-them/

Has the bailout of generative AI already begun?​  Or is pouring a pile of government money in just a coincidence?​   https://garymarcus.substack.com/p/has-the-bailout-of-generative-ai

​  Musk’s AI supercomputer, used by U.S. military, secretly relies on Chinese hardware
Records obtained by Oligarch Watch reveal that the facility relies on Chinese transformers, creating a major security vulnerability.​   
https://oligarchwatch.substack.com/p/musks-ai-supercomputer-used-by-us

​  Britain plots atomic reboot as datacenter demand surges
Taskforce calls UK the priciest place on Earth to build nuclear projects and urges radical regulatory reset​   
https://www.theregister.com/2025/11/25/uk_nuclear_power_reform/

​  ‘The precedent is Flint’: How Oregon’s data center boom is supercharging a water crisis
Amazon has come to the state’s eastern farmland, worsening a water pollution problem that’s been linked to cancer and miscarriages​   
https://thefern.org/2025/11/the-precedent-is-flint-how-oregons-data-center-boom-is-supercharging-a-water-crisis/?

‘It’s hell for us here’: Mumbai families suffer as datacentres keep the city hooked on coal​   https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/nov/24/mumbai-datacentres-coal-air-pollution

When the well runs dry​ - As the water evaporates in their overheated world, crop farmers and livestock herders in Chad are spilling blood instead.​   https://continent.substack.com/p/when-the-well-runs-dry

​I didn't know they had one: Thailand to send aircraft carrier for flood relief as rain intensifies   https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/thailand-to-send-aircraft-carrier-for-flood-relief-as-rains-intensify

Chemical pollution drives prostate cancer, falling sperm counts​ - Chemical pollution drives prostate cancer, falling sperm counts​   https://climateandcapitalism.com/2025/11/25/chemical-pollution-drives-prostate-cancer-falling-sperm-counts/

​  NEW STUDY: High-Dose Vitamin C Is a Potent Anti-Cancer Agent
Decades of evidence reveal that vitamin C attacks cancer through four powerful mechanisms: pro-oxidative cytotoxicity, epigenetic reprogramming, signaling-pathway suppression, and immune activation.​   
https://www.thefocalpoints.com/p/new-study-high-dose-vitamin-c-is

​Against Cancer (pictured with Thanksgiving tomatoes, containing vitamin-C)