Monday, October 13, 2025

Uri Geller's Warning

Forewarned,

  John Helmer has an extensive review of a Russian national survey in depth and detail, notably inquiring into views on the management of the war in Ukraine. Putin's support percentages in many sub demographics are well laid out, and his overall support for his cautious Ukraine war policy, being careful to avoid traps for nuclear war provocations, are about 80% supported, the same as his overall support rating. There were a lot of speculations that Russians supported his war management less, and certain specific demographics do. It is an instructive read.    A sample is excerpted. PUTIN’S LINE ON ORESHNIK AND TRUMP IS THE RUSSIAN CONSENSUS AMERICANS  DON’T UNDERSTAND
​  As part of the September poll, a survey experiment — already conducted by Levada several times before — was again repeated. With the help of a random number generator, the survey participants were divided into two equal groups, each of which was asked the question in one of the two formulations. In the first case, respondents were asked to say whether they would or would not support the President’s decision to end the military conflict immediately without any conditions. In the second case, the respondents were asked to answer whether they would support or not support the same decision, but if the condition is that the Novorossiya territories are returned.
​  The majority of respondents — 80%, this has grown by 18 percentage points since May 2023 — would support the decision of Putin if “this week” he decided to end the military conflict with Ukraine.  However, if “this week” Putin decided to end the conflict on the condition that the annexed territories are returned, then his decision would be supported by a significantly smaller number of Russians – a third of the respondents; that is to say 33%, an increase of 5 percentage points since February 2025.
​  More often than not, the President would be supported in the decision to end the military conflict this week by women (84%); young people under 25 (93%);  those who believe that things in the country are on the wrong track (88%);  those who approve of Putin’s performance as president (84%); those who trust social networks and telegram channels as sources of information (89% each);  those who support the activities of the Russian military in Ukraine (97%); and those who believe that military action should continue now (95%).
​  Comparatively speaking, the decision of the President to end the military conflict immediately is not supported by  men (18%);  older respondents (20% aged 55 and older);  residents of Moscow (19%);  those who believe that things in the country are going in the right direction (15%);  those who approve of the performance of Putin as president (14%);  those who trust television as a source of information (17%);  those who support the actions of the Russian military in Ukraine (18%); and those who believe that military action should continue (34%).​   
https://johnhelmer.net/putins-line-on-oreshnik-and-trump-is-the-russian-consensus-americans-dont-understand/

​  Gilbert Doctorow disagrees with Putin's cautious approach:  Transcript of chat with Lt Colonel Daniel Davis, 8 October
This bridging loan, which the Europeans want to give to Ukraine, what is it all about? It’s to keep the Ukrainians in play for three years, or four years. Why three or four years? Look at the rest of the program. They are spending now hundreds of billions of euros to build up, to bulk up Europe’s military production.
​  Germany is a leader in this with a one trillion euro debt that’s taking out mostly for the purpose of building out its armed forces and for, as Mr Merz said openly, to make Germany the biggest defender he calls it, let’s call it by the real name, the biggest military force in Western Europe. That will be ready for when? For 2029. Merz has said that the Russians will attack in 2029.
​  Let’s speak not more Orwellian language, but real language. He means that he will attack Russia in 2029. And if he builds out the army as he plans, you know, Europe could just win. This is not my opinion, but again, experts on Russian state television are saying, not that the Germans will win, but they’re saying that German industry should not be disparaged. German industry is quite serious, and if money is put into it, you know, they can build good arms.
​  So the situation is not a six-month perspective. The situation that Europe is looking at is a four-year perspective. And you know something? It can work like that. And that is precisely why I’ve changed my mind about the wisdom of the “go slow, don’t rock the boat, don’t challenge the West too much” policy of Putin. It’s reached the end of its practical life.​   
https://gilbertdoctorow.com/2025/10/09/transcript-of-chat-with-lt-colonel-daniel-davis-8-october/

​  Doctorow, Transcript of NewsX World interview, 8 October
What we’re talking about is the consequence of exchange of strikes by Russia and Ukraine against the energy infrastructure of the other side. In our news, Western news, they speak only about Ukraine’s strikes on the Russian infrastructure. In the Russian news, they speak only about their own strikes on Ukrainian infrastructure.
​  And it’s understandable that the broad public does not have any sense of the sequence here. Who did what to whom when, and what was an action, and what was proactive, and what was reactive? From my following this, I would like to call out that the latest Ukrainian remarks on what they have to import, or on how Russia has now lost its refinery capacity, 30, 50 percent or more of Russian production and refining has been stopped. The Russians are importing gasoline and so forth. As typically, the Ukrainians are projecting onto the Russians what is happening in Ukraine. Ukraine is importing, Russia is not importing anything in this regard.
​  However, the Russians have had serious losses of refining capacity and of other energy infrastructure due to Ukrainian strikes. And some of those strikes were directed by Americans. Let’s be quite open about this. It isn’t discussed in media, but it is known that the most recent strikes by Ukraine on Russian gas and oil infrastructure [were] using HIMARS, and it was Americans who were directing those HIMARS.
​  This is a very serious escalation. The damage was considerable. In Russian news you hear nothing about the extensive destruction of their energy infrastructure by Ukrainian attacks. What you do here, and this is mostly in social media, is in this region or that region there is a shortage of fuel. Now, when this comes to a discussion, public discussion, the Russian patriots will tell you, “Ah, this is the season of the harvest. The diesel fuel and other fuel is in short supply for that reason.”
​  Rubbish. It’s in short supply because refineries were struck. The issue is very serious. And the Russian response was also serious. They’ve had in the last few days massive attacks by missiles and drones on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure across the country. And the results were devastating, but not in the sense that they were put an end to the war.​   
https://gilbertdoctorow.com/2025/10/09/transcript-of-newsx-world-interview-8-october/

​Russia is making the cities it might take soon uninhabitable before winter.  Rare Blackouts Hit Southern Odessa Region Amid Russia's Pre-Winter Strikes   https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/rare-blackouts-hit-ukraines-southern-odessa-region-amid-russias-pre-winter-strikes

Not there quite yet, I think:  US Deploys 200 Troops To Oversee Gaza Ceasefire Deal   https://www.zerohedge.com/military/us-deploys-200-troops-oversee-gaza-ceasefire-deal

Israel Moves Prisoners Ahead of Gaza Deal Exchange as US Troops Land​   https://english.aawsat.com/arab-world/5196136-israel-moves-prisoners-ahead-gaza-deal-exchange-us-troops-land

Top US military commander visits Gaza,​ - reaffirms no US troops to be deployed there​   https://www.arabnews.com/node/2618532/middle-east

Israel agrees to another one of those ceasefires where Israel does not cease firing​   https://www.councilestatemedia.uk/p/israel-agrees-to-another-one-of-those

​   Netanyahu's funding for Hamas via Qatar enabled October 7 invasion, Shin Bet reveals
The Shin Bet also revealed that SIM cards and sensors along the border were activated ahead of time but were ignored.​   
https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-844701#google_vignette

​  Celia Farber3 Qatari Diplomats From Top Government Body Killed In Car Crash On Eve Of Global Summit: They Were To Play Key Roles In The Peace Summit Tomorrow. Uri Geller Issues Warning To Trump
​  Uri Geller (Yes) Has Warned Trump Not To Attend The Peace Summit In Egypt For Fear Of His Life, Invoking Islamic Terror. No Representatives Of Israel Or Hamas Are Scheduled To Attend The Signing​   https://celiafarber.substack.com/p/3-qatari-diplomats-from-top-government

​To a cheering Knesset: Trump Proclaims End Of "Age Of Terror & Death" After Hamas Releases All Remaining Hostages   https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/trump-proclaims-end-age-terror-death-after-hamas-releases-all-remining-hostages
 
​  Caitlin Johnstone, Israeli Officials Are Openly Saying They Plan To Resume Attacks On Gaza​   
Defense Minister Israel Katz has posted a tweet in Hebrew which machine translates as follows:
​  “Israel’s great challenge after the phase of returning the hostages will be the destruction of all of Hamas’s terror tunnels in Gaza, directly by the IDF and through the international mechanism to be established under the leadership and supervision of the United States. This is the primary significance of implementing the agreed-upon principle of demilitarizing Gaza and neutralizing Hamas of its weapons. I have instructed the IDF to prepare for carrying out the mission.”
​  Hamas has not agreed to any demilitarization or destruction of its tunnels. There is no way to demilitarize Gaza and neutralize Hamas of its weapons against their will without continued warfare, something Israel has demonstrated it cannot do without killing shocking numbers of civilians.
https://www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/israeli-officials-are-openly-saying

​  Palestinian photographer injured in West Bank settler attack
Ashtiyeh said he had been covering the olive harvest in the village of Beita, particularly looking at the work of Israeli and foreign peace activists.
​  "In my 30-year career, this is the first time I have faced violence of this kind," said Jaafar Ashtiyeh, a Palestinian photographer based in the city of Nablus.
"If I hadn't managed to escape, they would have killed me," he added...
​..Ashtiyeh said he had been covering the olive harvest in the village of Beita, particularly looking at the work of Israeli and foreign peace activists who had come to support residents in the face of repeated settler attacks during the harvest season.​   
https://www.newarab.com/news/palestinian-photographer-injured-west-bank-settler-attack

​  Celia Farber,  For Now, The Gaza War Is Over. It's Not About Us, Or Our Self-Image, Or The Qualities We Project Onto Them. Here Are Some Voices, Some Images, From The Place Media Calls "Home," For Gazans​   https://celiafarber.substack.com/p/for-now-the-gaza-war-is-over-its

​  Celia Farber, Finnish President And Prime Minister Visit WH; President Stubb Fielded Question About Nobel Peace Prize That Stood Out For Its Wisdom And Diplomacy: US-Finland Alliance & Symbolic Icebreaker Deals
  Also: Trump Asks His New Finnish Buddies To Kick Spain Out Of NATO. Max Blumenthal Reveals Nobel Peace Prize Winner Implored Netanyahu To Invade Her Country--Venezuela​   https://celiafarber.substack.com/p/finnish-president-and-prime-minister

Good idea?  Trump Suggests Dropping Spain From NATO Alliance Over Defense Spending​   https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/trump-suggests-dropping-spain-nato-alliance-over-defense-spending

​  "We Will Not Agree!" - Polish President Rejects EU Migrant Relocation Plan
Polish President Karol Nawrocki has told European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen that Poland will not accept any attempt by EU institutions to impose migrant relocations within its borders.​   https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/we-will-not-agree-polish-president-rejects-eu-migrant-relocation-plan

​  Authorities in Belgium arrested three people plotting a jihadist-inspired attack using drone-mounted explosives.
Three young adults were arrested​...  in Antwerp, Belgium,​ with Prime Minister Bart De Wever among the potential targ​ets.   https://thenationalpulse.com/2025/10/10/police-foil-islamist-plot-targeting-european-prime-minister-with-drone-bomb/

Geert Wilders Suspends Campaign Due To 'Jihadi-Inspired Terrorist' Plot, Assassination Threats​   https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/geert-wilders-suspends-campaign-due-jihadi-inspired-terrorist-plot-assassination

​  ‘I was here first, but it’s no longer worth living in’ — Viennese housing complex residents live in fear as migrant families intimidate neighbors
Long-time tenants accuse authorities of doing nothing as threats, insults, and intimidation escalate in a city project once seen as a model of social housing​   
https://rmx.news/article/i-was-here-first-but-its-no-longer-worth-living-in-viennese-housing-complex-residents-live-in-fear-as-migrant-families-intimidate-neighbors/

​  Antifa fur Deutschland? Wave Of Antifa Terror Continues In Germany: Hamburg AfD Politicians' Home Addresses Doxxed, State Security Services Investigate​   https://www.zerohedge.com/political/wave-antifa-terror-continues-germany-hamburg-afd-politicians-home-addresses-doxxed-state

UK Digital ID: The BritCard Bait And Switch​   https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/uk-digital-id-britcard-bait-and-switch

​  Layoffs Hit IRS Amid Shutdown Standoff, And They’re Bigger Than Anyone Thought
Fourteen-hundred employees at the Internal Revenue Service will be laid off in a process initiated Friday, The Daily Wire has learned.
​  The number is larger than anyone expected, with the IRS union filing a lawsuit to stop what it said it had “heard” might be 1,300 layoffs across the entire Treasury Department.​   
https://www.dailywire.com/news/layoffs-hit-irs-amid-shutdown-standoff-and-theyre-bigger-than-anyone-thought

​  White House says it will fire more than 4,000 federal workers as government shutdown drags on
The Trump administration is moving forward with plans to punish federal workers at agencies thought to be favored by Democrats with mass layoffs in order to force Senate Democrats to vote for an end to the government shutdown.​   https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-federal-layoffs-shutdown-b2843443.html

​  Trump Admin Fires Entire Agency In One Swift Move Amid Schumer Shutdown
The entire staff at the Community Financial Institutions Fund (CDFI) received a layoff notice on Friday, an administration official confirmed ...
..The agency employs 102 full-time staff, according to its most recent annual report, published earlier this year. The CDFI fund claims to “expand economic opportunity for underserved people and communities by supporting the growth and capacity” of financial institutions, but critics have argued the agency has drifted from its mission and become politicized.​   
https://dailycaller.com/2025/10/10/trump-admin-fires-entire-agency-in-one-swift-move-amid-schumer-shutdown/

​  Meryl Nass MD zooms in: "‘It’s a massacre’: CDC battered by government shutdown firings"/STAT
Fingers crossed the CDC will now become honest (is that possible?) and responsive to the MAHA agenda​   https://merylnass.substack.com/p/its-a-massacre-cdc-battered-by-government

​Vote to release 'em if you want to:  House GOP won’t break precedent to whip against Epstein files bill   https://www.conservativenewsdaily.net/breaking-news/house-gop-wont-break-precedent-to-whip-against-epstein-files-bill/#google_vignette

  Paper ballots or voting machines? What do those words mean?  Is Trump Going to Get Rid of the Machines?  Or Not?
Dominion Voting Systems was sold to Liberty Vote, a company run by ex-GOP election official, Scott Leiendecker, for an undisclosed sum, reports Axios.​..
​..What they're saying: Leiendecker told Axios in a statement that his company is "committed to delivering election technology that prioritizes paper-based transparency, security and simplicity so that voters can be assured that every ballot is filled-in accurately and fairly counted."​   
https://cdm.press/news/business/2025/10/09/is-trump-going-to-get-rid-of-the-machines-or-not/

​  She knows where her support comes from: Maria Corina Machado Immediately Dedicates Her Nobel Peace Prize to President Trump – She Has More Integrity than the Entire Nobel Committee   https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/10/maria-corina-machado-immediately-dedicates-her-nobel-prize/

​  2025 Nobel Peace Prize for Anti-Maduro Leader María Corina Machado “Opposite of Peace”
 The Norwegian Nobel Committee has awarded the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize to María Corina Machado, a leading Venezuelan opposition figure. Machado was set to run for president last year, but she was disqualified by the government of President Nicolás Maduro, with fellow opposition leader Edmundo González standing in for her. Venezuela’s National Electoral Council ultimately declared Maduro the winner of the contested election, and he was sworn in for his third term in January.
​  Machado has voiced support for U.S. sanctions against Venezuela and other efforts to topple the government; she aims to privatize the country’s state oil industry and has praised right-wing Latin American leaders, including Argentina’s Javier Milei and El Salvador’s Nayib Bukele.​   
https://www.democracynow.org/2025/10/10/nobel_peace_prize

Putin Skewers Nobel Committee, Praises Trump's Gaza Efforts​   https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/putin-skewers-nobel-committee-praises-trumps-gaza-efforts

​Shades of Vietnam's "Puff the Magic Dragon": Hellfire-armed AC-130J Gunship in Puerto Rico signals sharper U.S. readiness near Venezuela.​   https://www.armyrecognition.com/news/aerospace-news/2025/hellfire-armed-ac-130j-gunship-in-puerto-rico-signals-sharper-u-s-readiness-near-venezuela

​  Gulf Cooperation Council states are fundamentally rethinking regional security following Israel's direct military actions against GCC members. The September 2025 Doha strike particularly challenged traditional US security guarantees, prompting Gulf nations to pursue diversified defense partnerships and more independent foreign policies.​   https://en.yenisafak.com/world/gulf-states-reassess-security-as-israel-emerges-primary-threat-3709160

​  Israel attacked Qatar from space to kill the​ Hamas​ negotiatiors (missing one​). Trump made​ Netanyahu call Qatar to apologize last week when they were planning the Gaza ceasefire and another war against Qatar's neighbor, Iran. Qatar signed a mutual defense treaty with the US, which presumably applies to attacks from Iran, not Israel. Qatar will ​pay to enlarge a US airbase in Idaho, and get a special compound there​, next to Singapore's fighter pilots.  America First? Hegseth Announces Qatar To Build Air Force Facility Deep In US Heartland​   https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/america-first-hegseth-announces-qatar-will-build-air-force-facility-deep-us-heartland

​  Pentagon will build a training facility for Qatari pilots in Idaho
Pentagon officials noted that similar facilities have been set up for other allies for decades, and the Idaho base hosts a fighter squadron from Singapore​   
https://www.newarab.com/news/pentagon-will-build-training-facility-qatari-pilots

​Andrew Korybko notes that Japan renounced claims to the ROC, The Recent Sino-US Dispute Over Taiwan’s Post-WWII Status Is A Sign Of The Times   https://korybko.substack.com/p/the-recent-sino-us-dispute-over-taiwans

China and Iran Seal Oil-for-Infrastructure Deal to Bypass U.S. Sanctions​   https://oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-General/China-and-Iran-Seal-Oil-for-Infrastructure-Deal-to-Bypass-US-Sanctions.html

​  China is a huge, distant, heavily industrialized country. They can pick off your planes and ships. You can't support fighters.  
Limited Air Mobility Makes War With China a Logistics Nightmare - With current US airlift capacity, sustaining forces against China may not be possible.   https://www.libertynation.com/limited-air-mobility-makes-war-with-china-a-logistics-nightmare/

​  North Korea unveils ‘most powerful nuclear strategic weapon’ capable of reaching all of US
The solid-fuel Hwasong-20 intercontinental ballistic missiles are mobile, difficult to detect and ready to be launched at short notice​   
https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3328614/north-korea-unveils-most-powerful-nuclear-strategic-weapon-capable-reaching-all-us

​  Trump appointee’s case for bigger rate cuts fails to move Fed
Miran deserves credit for supporting his policy with 28 footnotes, but his argument leaves open many contradictory complexities​  
https://asiatimes.com/2025/10/mirans-case-for-bigger-interest-rate-cuts-fails-to-persuade-fed/
 
Central Banks Now Hold More Gold Than US Treasuries​   https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/central-banks-now-hold-more-gold-us-treasuries

This rides the back of paper-gold: Flows on Fire: $26B Rush Into Gold ETFs​   https://www.zerohedge.com/the-market-ear/flows-fire-26b-rush-gold-etfs

​  130% of a YEAR’S global silver supply dumped in ONE DAY
​  What's taking place with demand for physical delivery, is putting a lot of these "paper" silver companies in a squeeze.  What happens when they run out of actual metal to ship to people who are demanding it?
​  Most of these "paper" silver contracts, have an escape clause: "In the event of shortage of metal, the claim can be settled in cash."   So people who THINK they "own" silver which is simply being held by someone else, safely, in a vault, suddenly find out they don't "own" it at all and the "vault" . . . . . .  is empty.  Delivery doesn't come.​ So they demand to be paid, and then the squeeze is REALLY "on" for those companies.​ That is where things are heading as of Friday.  
​  By most reasonable estimates, there are only about 3 Billion ounces of physical silver in the whole world right now.  We're supposed to believe that 1.1 Billion of those ounces, were offered for sale yesterday.  Sorry, no.  Don't believe a word of it.
​  My local dealer informed me as of today (Saturday, October 11)  the price fixing mechanism is now being set by COMEX, not Kitco. They want you to think the price you’re seeing is "Spot." It’s not, it’s Futures.  Kitco sets Physical price, COMEX sets Futures.
​  When you see price listed as $47.51 understand you're seeing the futures backwardization price. Go to Kitco to see the physical price. LBMA kicked Kitco to the curb last week. Stopped them reporting the price.​   
https://halturnerradioshow.com/index.php/news-selections/world-news/130-of-a-years-global-silver-supply-dumped-in-one-day

London Silver Squeezed: US Bars Sent to Cover Physical Shortfall​   https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2025-10-12/london-silver-squeezed-us-bars-sent-cover-physical-shortfall

​  India uses physical silver: India Funds Halt Silver ETF Investment Amid Unprecedented Global Shortage
In India, the world's biggest silver consumer, silver premium over official domestic prices jumped as much as 10% on Thursday because of strong investment demand ahead of a key festival and limited supplies, bullion dealers said.​   https://www.zerohedge.com/precious-metals/india-funds-halt-silver-etf-investment-amid-unprecedented-global-shortage

​Huge, vast banks of batteries to charge all night: Musk's Data Center Power Math: "Would Double U.S. Electrical Energy Output Per Year"   https://www.zerohedge.com/ai/elons-data-center-power-math-would-double-us-electrical-energy-output-year

Moon of Alabama,  U.S.-China Trade War Reaches New Level   https://www.moonofalabama.org/2025/10/u-s-china-trade-war-reaches-new-level.html

Friday, Crypto Carnage: Trump Tariff Tape-Bomb Triggers Largest Liquidation Event In History   https://www.zerohedge.com/crypto/crypto-carnage-trump-tariff-tape-bomb-triggers-largest-liquidation-event-history

Sunday, to protect Monday markets from opening limit-down:  Weekend Markets, Crypto Soar After Trump Addresses "Highly Respected President Xi"   https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/markets-rebound-vance-plays-good-cop-says-willing-be-reasonable-china

​  Take care of yourself and avoid risky stunts:​ Color coded map: ​ Ranked: States Where Americans Skip the Doctor
Texas leads the nation in not being able to afford healthcare. More than 18% of surveyed adults said skipped a doctor’s visit due to cost, far above the 10.6% U.S. median.​   
https://www.zerohedge.com/personal-finance/where-americans-cant-afford-healthcare

7 Minutes Outside: The Collapse Of Childhood Play​   https://www.zerohedge.com/political/7-minutes-outside-collapse-childhood-play

​  Brands not stated; worse if true or a lie? President Donald Trump “Receives” COVID-19 mRNA Booster Injection and Flu Shot
A possible marketing stunt to boost collapsing mRNA shot uptake after inking a $70 billion deal with Pfizer.​   
https://www.thefocalpoints.com/p/breaking-president-donald-trump-receives

It would have delayed progress: Pfizer Left COVID-19 Vaccine Data Out Of Submissions To FDA, Documents Show​   https://www.zerohedge.com/medical/pfizer-left-covid-19-vaccine-data-out-submissions-fda-documents-show

​  Woman’s Cancer Cells Test Positive for Spike Protein Found in Pfizer’s COVID Booster
An 85-year-old woman whose breast cancer was in remission developed aggressive metastatic cancer one month after receiving her sixth mRNA COVID-19 vaccine dose. 
A peer-reviewed study concluded the cancer cells contained the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein from the vaccine, but not the nucleocapsid protein from natural infection.​   
https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/japanese-woman-cancer-cells-test-positive-spike-protein-pfizer-covid-booster/

​  Interstellar Object Is Spraying Something Weird, Scientists Find "It tells us that the ingredients for life's chemistry are not unique to our own​ 
A new analysis of our solar system’s interstellar interloper, 3I/ATLAS, reveals that it’s spewing huge amounts of water — and astronomers can’t immediately explain why.
​  The object, which is widely believed to be comet, showed strong ultraviolet emissions that are unmistakable telltales of hydroxyl gas (OH), a byproduct of water, when astronomers imaged it with NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift space telescope before it disappeared behind the Sun.​   
https://futurism.com/space/interstellar-object-spraying-water

​Waiting For Rain  (pictured in garden as colors start to change) 



Friday, October 10, 2025

Change Is Afoot

 Adaptable Humans,


​  Celia Farber​ Thursday, Blair-Trump 20 Peace Plan First Phase Signed In Egypt, Approved By Israeli Cabinet Vote: Skeptics Warn Of "Colonial Carve Up" But Public Jubilation Erupts In Gaza And Israel
​  Trump Says Oct 7 "Was Terrible" But From "...the Hamas Standpoint," They've Lost 70,000. "That's Big Retribution. That's Big Retribution."​   
https://celiafarber.substack.com/p/blair-trump-20-peace-plan-first-phase

  ​20 points modified somewhat, Jeffrey Sachs:  A decolonised alternative to Trump’s Gaza peace plan
Only a decolonised plan centred on Palestinian sovereignty can bring lasting peace to Gaza.​   https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2025/10/8/a-decolonised-alternative-to-trumps-gaza-peace-plan

​  Celia Farber Friday, Israeli Troops Retreat From Gaza, As Thousands Of Survivors Return Home. Israelis Celebrate Trump, As Far Right Gvir and Smotrich Rage, Threaten To Dismantle The Netanyahu Government
​  "Praise Be To God, And May God Reward Everyone Who Helped Make The Truce Happen."​   https://celiafarber.substack.com/p/israeli-troops-retreat-from-gaza

​"Holds" by Israeli standards?  Gaza Ceasefire Holds As IDF Withdraws, Kicking Off 72-Hour Countdown To Hostage Release   https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/gaza-ceasefire-holds-idf-withdraws-agreed-line-starting-72-hour-countdown-hostage

Shrunken brains and bellies:  Tens of thousands of children aged under five suffering acute malnutrition in Gaza, recent estimates suggest   https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-10-tens-thousands-children-aged-acute.html

​Torture & degradation prisons: Israel’s Systematic Crimes Against Palestinian Detainees​   https://israelpalestinenews.org/crimes-against-palestinian-detainees/

​  Gaza’s children face genetic harm ‘for generations to come’ from Israel’s genocide
Rice is the only nutritious food Mohamed Aldreini can afford to feed his 22-month-old daughter, Rewan.
​  The Palestinian toddler has never tasted her mother’s milk since being born in November 2023, a month after the Israeli genocide in Gaza began.
Rewan’s mother, now caring for four children, is battling depression.
​  Her body stopped producing milk after repeated trauma caused by the Israeli siege and relentless bombardment.
The family was forced to flee their home in Beit Lahia, in the northern Gaza Strip, first to Gaza City, then to Khan Younis.
​  “These events led to Rewan’s mother being diagnosed with PTSD,” Aldreini told Middle East Eye, as his wife boils a small pot of rice to prepare milkless rice pudding for their daughter.
​  Rewan has inherited her mother’s frailty.
She cannot walk, barely speaks, suffers from a weak immune systemheart problems, and severe malnutrition.
​  She is continuing to lose weight and now weighs just 7kg. Her health is deteriorating under what her father calls “engineered starvation” imposed by Israel on the Gaza Strip.​   
https://israelpalestinenews.org/gazas-children-face-genetic-harm/

​Another flotilla, always on open seas:  Israeli Forces Seize Gaza Aid Flotilla in International Waters   https://en.yenisafak.com/world/israeli-forces-seize-gaza-aid-flotilla-in-international-waters-3709014

​Faint praise earned: Lavrov Praises Trump's Gaza Plan As 'Best Option That Exists'​   https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/lavrov-praises-us-gaza-plan-best-option-exists-while-trump-hints-he-may-travel-mideast

Updates: Israel approves Gaza ceasefire deal; Hamas touts US guarantee​   https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2025/10/9/live-israel-hamas-agree-on-first-phase-of-gaza-ceasefire-deal

​  Friday 10/10/25  Israel kills 9 Palestinians, wounds dozens in Gaza despite ceasefire deal
Hours after Israel and Hamas struck ceasefire agreement, Israeli forces attack different parts of Gaza, targeting displaced people's shelters, homes, gatherings​   https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/israel-kills-9-palestinians-wounds-dozens-in-gaza-despite-ceasefire-deal/3713217

Trump Expected In Israel Sunday To Address Knesset, Firm Up Gaza Peace Deal​   https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/trump-expected-israel-sunday-lightning-fast-visit-firm-gaza-peace-deal

US Sending 200 Troops to Israel To ‘Support and Monitor’ Gaza Ceasefire Deal​   https://news.antiwar.com/2025/10/09/us-sending-200-troops-to-israel-to-support-and-monitor-gaza-ceasefire-deal/

​  Veteran pro-Palestine campaigner Sarah Wilkinson, who was subjected to severe mistreatment in an Israeli prison, has now been detained by UK police at Heathrow Airport for interrogation. Stripped of her phone and money, Wilkinson stands accused of documenting the Israeli genocide in Gaza through her social media accounts.​   https://x.com/QudsNen/status/1975145387636756902

UN to slash 25% of peacekeeping force for US funding strains​   https://en.mehrnews.com/news/237519/UN-to-slash-25-of-peacekeeping-force-for-US-funding-strains

​  Venezuela’s Maduro says US embassy ‘false flag’ bombing foiled in Caracas
President Nicolas Maduro says Venezuelan forces foil ‘extremist’ plot to plant explosives in US Embassy 
aimed at escalating tensions with Trump administration.​   
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/10/7/venezuelas-maduro-says-us-embassy-false-flag-bombing-foiled-in-caracas

Report: Trump Administration Working on Strategy To ‘Eliminate’ Venezuela’s Maduro​   https://news.antiwar.com/2025/10/08/report-trump-administration-working-on-strategy-to-eliminate-venezuelas-maduro/

Senate Votes Down Resolution Seeking To Halt Trump's Use Of Military Force Against Cartel Boats​   https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/senate-votes-down-resolution-seeking-halt-trumps-use-military-force-against-cartel

​  Former UN Official Refutes U.S. Claims Linking Venezuela to Drug Cartel
​  Former UN Deputy Secretary-General and ex-Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Pino Arlacchi firmly rejected any links between the Venezuelan government and a supposed drug cartel, calling Washington’s claims a “fabrication” for political purposes...
​  The former UN official, who led the preparation of the UNODC World Drug Report for two decades, underscored that Venezuela has never appeared in the report as a drug-producing country or as having significant organized crime related to narcotics.​  
https://www.telesurenglish.net/former-un-official-refutes-u-s-claims-linking-venezuela-to-drug-cartel/

​  Venezuela Highlights Energy Alliance With Russia at St. Petersburg Gas Forum
Washington seeks control over energy resources in Venezuela, Russia, and Iran, VP Rodriguez warned.​   https://www.telesurenglish.net/venezuela-highlights-energy-alliance-with-russia-at-st-petersburg-gas-forum/

​  Putin Issues Rare Apology, Compensation For Azerbaijan Airline Disaster
Putin had previously apologized for the "tragic incident" - but this marks the first time he is saying formally that Russia takes responsibility, and is seeking to mend ties with Baku.
​  Azerbaijani officials had accused Russia of refusing the aircraft permission to land on its territory after it was hit, forcing the badly damaged aircraft to extend its time in the air further.
​  "Of course, everything that is required in such tragic cases will be done by the Russian side on compensation and a legal assessment of all official things will be given," Putin told Aliyev in a face-to-face meeting, which was the first in a year since the incident happened. "It is our duty, I repeat once again … to give an objective assessment of everything that happened and to identify the true causes."
​  According to a summary of Putin's explanation of the crash:
​ The Russian president informed Aliyev that an incursion of three Ukrainian drones was the root cause of the tragedy, with one of them still in the air when the AZAL flight 8243 was damaged. According to Putin, the plane was “most likely hit by debris” from a missile that self-destructed in the air.
​  The incident took place near Grozny, Russia. The crew tried to divert the flight, but the plane eventually crash-landed in Kazakhstan.​   
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/putin-issues-rare-apology-compensation-azerbaijan-plane-disaster

​  Russia has denounced its agreement with the United States on the disposal of weapons-grade plutonium.
​  Moscow considers it “unacceptable” to fulfill its obligations under the agreement with the United States on the disposal of weapons-grade plutonium, which is necessary for the creation of a nuclear weapons​, The agreement between Russia and the United States was signed back in 2000 and ratified in 2001​  According to the agreement, both parties were required to dispose of 34 tons of weapons-grade plutonium, but the United States failed to comply with any of the agreement's provisions.​   https://en.topwar.ru/272046-rossija-denonsirovala-soglashenie-s-ssha-po-utilizacii-oruzhejnogo-plutonija.html

​  John Helmer, ELECTRIC WAR ON THE UKRAINE BATTLEFIELD IS TURNING THE LIGHTS ON IN THE KREMLIN
When President Vladimir Putin acknowledged on the weekend that for war operations, he refers to his “colleagues”, he meant, among several things,  that he has removed his restrictions on the General Staff’s conduct of the electric war on the Ukrainian battlefield as far west as the Polish border.​..
​..At the same time as Putin was meeting with the military leaders, he authorized spokesman Dmitry Peskov to issue a warning to Trump not to escalate with the Tomahawk. This was intended as his reply to Trump’s claim the day before in the Oval Office that he had “sort of made a [Tomahawk supply] decision,  pretty much.” Trump added that he will have the final say on targets in Russia. “I think I want to find out what they’re doing with them. You know, where are they sending them. I guess I’d have to ask that question…No, no, I want to — I would — I would ask some questions. I want to see what’s — I would ask some questions. I am not looking to see an escalation.”
​  Putin’s spokesman challenged that.  “This will imply a serious spiral of escalation, which, however, will not be able to change the battlefield situation for the Kiev regime. But it is important to bear in mind in this context,  putting aside various nuances, that these missiles can be equipped with nuclear warheads…This is a serious spiral of escalation, indeed. We understand that we need to wait for, perhaps, clearer statements, if they follow. As for arms supplies, they are usually sent and then statements follow. At least, that’s the way it was under the Biden administration. Let’s wait and see how things go this time around.”​   
https://johnhelmer.net/electric-war-on-the-ukraine-battlefield-is-turning-the-lights-on-in-the-kremlin/

​"Oreshnik" is "hazelnut":  "Nut" in Cuba: Russia's response to Tomahawk missile supplies to Kyiv could crush the US​   https://en.topcor.ru/64901-oreshnik-na-kube-otvet-rf-na-postavki-tomagavkov-kievu-mozhet-sokrushit-ssha.html

​  Gail Tverberg on implications of declining fuels and rising prices:  What has gone wrong with the economy?​ Can it be fixed?
​ We are at a time when there seems to be far more conflict than in the past. At least part of the problem is that slowing growth in the world economy is making it more difficult to repay debt with interest, especially for governments. A related issue is that government promises for pensions and healthcare costs are becoming more difficult to pay. Donald Trump is trying to make numerous changes that are distasteful both to other countries and to many people living within the US. What is going wrong with the economy?
​  In my view, major cracks are developing in the economy because we are heading toward a collapse scenario of the type that Dr. Joseph Tainter talks about in his book, “The Collapse of Complex Societies.” No one has told the general population about the potential problem, partly because they don’t fully understand the issues themselves, and partly because the underlying causes are too frightening to discuss with the public. At the root of these collapse-related issues is a physics issue, which is only gradually being fully understood.​..
   
​..History suggests that if we can figure out how to use fossil fuels more efficiently, the price of fossil fuels can rise higher. With a higher (inflation-adjusted) price, more oil and other fossil fuels can perhaps be extracted.​   https://gailtverberg.substack.com/p/what-has-gone-wrong-with-the-economy

​  Thanks Eleni, from 9/11/21  Everything points to Thierry Meyssan being right today
  By challenging the official version of the 9/11 attacks, Thierry Meyssan opened a worldwide debate. But the essence of his book on the subject was a political science study predicting the evolution of the United States after these crimes. The problem is not how the attacks were committed, but why the US reacted that day by violating its own Constitution, why it implemented in the following days very deep reforms of its institutions that changed its nature...
..Informed by his staff that a Russian satellite had just observed a missile being fired from a Navy ship off the coast of Washington at the Pentagon, the President of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin, tried to contact his US counterpart. He was unable to do so. Not because the telephone networks had broken down, but because George W. Bush was temporarily no longer president.
​  Who exactly were the members of this ’Continuity Government’ and what did they do during the time they were in power? We still don’t know. The members of Congress who asked the question were not allowed to hold a session of their assembly on the subject.
​  Please understand that until we have clarification, the 9/11 controversy will continue. The procedure implemented on September 11 was designed by President Eisenhower at a time when nuclear war was feared. If he, the Speakers and a majority of Congress were killed, there would be no constitutional powers. The military would logically have to assume the continuity of government. But this was obviously not the case on that day. Not one elected official was dead. The transfer of power was therefore unconstitutional. It was strictly speaking a coup d’état.​   
https://www.voltairenet.org/article213935.html

​  Turning Point Confirms Authenticity of Leaked Charlie Kirk Text Messages About Conflicts with Donors
Controversial podcaster Candace Owens shared text messages that seemed to confirm that Kirk, at the very least, was growing disenfranchised with Jewish donors.​ Many instantly dismissed Owens’ claims, but there may be some credence to them.
And no, it’s not just Candace Owens claiming they’re real. TPUSA affirmed the messages’ authenticity, as well.​   
https://www.westernjournal.com/turning-point-confirms-authenticity-leaked-charlie-kirk-text-messages-conflicts-donors/

​  Escape Key, Integral Man
​ This is a plausible outcome emerging from a vision over a century in the making. The blueprint begins not with Barbara Ward1 or Buckminster Fuller in the 1960s, but in revolutionary Russia with Alexander Bogdanov’s concept of ‘Integral Man’2 — a scientifically organised humanity unified under universal systems principles. ​  
​  To understand the potential future of global governance, we must trace this genealogy from Bogdanov’s Tektology through General Systems Theory to today’s digital control infrastructure, recognising that what appears novel is actually the culmination of a remarkably consistent intellectual project.​   https://escapekey.substack.com/p/integral-man

​They suck up water and electricity, don't provide local jobs, and can be kept out of your town: America's Growing Pushback Against Data Centers   https://www.zerohedge.com/energy/americas-growing-pushback-against-data-centers

AI Is Now A Debt Bubble Too, Quietly Surpassing All Banks To Become The Largest Sector In The Market​   https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/ai-now-debt-bubble-quietly-surpassing-all-banks-become-largest-sector-market

Bank Of England Warns AI Valuations "Stretched" As Potential Data Center "Bottlenecks" Could Spark "Sharp Corrections"​   https://www.zerohedge.com/ai/bank-england-warns-ai-valuations-stretched-potential-data-center-bottlenecks-could-spark-sharp


Pro-Paper-Ballot Firm Buys Dominion Voting Systems​   https://www.zerohedge.com/political/pro-paper-ballot-firm-buys-dominion-voting-systems

Republican Buys Dominion Voting Systems, Forces Them To Drop Lawsuits Against Conservatives​   https://dailycaller.com/2025/10/09/dominion-voting-systems-acquisition-scott-leiendecker-election-integrity/

Musk Says "Far More Than $100 Million" US Taxpayer Funds Funneled Into NGOs Fueling Chaos; Trump Briefed On Dark-Money Networks​   https://www.zerohedge.com/technology/we-found-network-ngo-not-just-soros-trump-briefed-left-wing-machine-sows-chaos

​Following the money... ANTIFA's Mask Slips: Trump's Roundtable Sends Shadow NGO Network Behind "Riot Inc." Into Panic   https://www.zerohedge.com/political/antifas-mask-slips-trumps-roundtable-sends-shadow-ngo-network-behind-riot-inc-panic

Trump Vows Military Will Be Paid; IRS Furloughs Half Of Staff As Shutdown Enters Day 9​   https://www.zerohedge.com/political/trump-vows-military-will-be-paid-irs-furloughs-34000-employees-shutdown-enters-day-9

​  Orban rejects Euro as EU ‘falling apart’​ - The Hungarian prime minister has said he does not want to abandon the Forint for a symbol of a “disintegrating” bloc​   https://swentr.site/business/626004-orban-declares-euro-off-table/

​  Rise Of The Conservatives- "The EU's Worst Nightmare Has Never Looked So Real"
​ After the election of Donald Trump, conservatives in Hungary were rejoicing, but nobody could have predicted the recent wave of subsequent wins: Nawrocki in Poland, Babis in Czechia, of course, we already have Fico in Slovakia, and now perhaps even ​Le Pen in France.
​  In the words of Politico, “victory for Marine Le Pen’s National Rally is now distinctly possible.”  O​h no.​   
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/rise-conservatives-eus-worst-nightmare-has-never-looked-so-real

​  Nobel Peace Prize for Trump and Putin?  Indian traders switch to Chinese yuan for Russian oil purchases: Report
Washington has clamped down on New Delhi with high tariffs due to its energy ties with Moscow​   https://thecradle.co/articles/indian-traders-switch-to-chinese-yuan-for-russian-oil-purchases-report

​  Indian traders switch to Chinese yuan for Russian oil purchases:​ Washington has clamped down on New Delhi with high tariffs due to its energy ties with Moscow
​  “Indian Oil Corporation recently made payments in Chinese currency for two to three cargoes of Russian oil,” informed sources told the British outlet.
“Now, traders, which until now had to convert payments in dirhams or dollars into yuans – since only those can be directly exchanged into rubles needed to pay the producers – are seeking to remove one costly step from the process,” one trade source said.​   
https://thecradle.co/articles/indian-traders-switch-to-chinese-yuan-for-russian-oil-purchases-report

​  US imposes new sanctions targeting Iran’s oil export network
Move targets Iran’s petroleum, petrochemical sectors, including China-based buyers, shadow fleet vessels​   

Chinese-Mexican Syndicate's Supply Chain Exposed, Vancouver Emerges As Global Meth Hub​   https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/chinese-mexican-cartels-global-meth-supply-chain-exposed-vancouver-emerges-major-hub

  Re-re-rehypothecation of assets: First Brands Collapse Blindsides Wall Street, Exposing Cracks in a Hot Corner of Finance
That so few outside of First Brands had a full view of all the red flags around the auto-parts supplier before it imploded spectacularly late last month, stands as a stark example of the growing risks of money flooding into the opaque world of private financing.
​  By the time it all came crashing down, the company’s sprawling network of auto-parts factories and distribution centers was on the hook for over $10 billion to some of the biggest firms on Wall Street: Jefferies, UBS and Millennium, among others.
​  While the full extent of the damage — and what exactly went wrong — remains unclear 11 days after First Brands declared bankruptcy, the stakes were raised on Wednesday night when one of First Brands’ financial partners made an emergency court filing calling for an independent investigation into $2.3 billion tied to the company it said had “simply vanished.”​   
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/first-brands-collapse-blindsides-wall-143554303.html

  World Council For Health A Common-Sense Approach to Childhood Vaccines is Now Needed
​ The number of vaccines given to babies and children has increased dramatically without the necessary due diligence by regulatory authorities. Parents are urged to adopt a common-sense, ‘Safer to Wait” approach.​   https://www.worldcouncilforhealth.org/childhood-vaccines/

​  Prior to1986 many parents were given the option to delay any vaccinations until after the first birthday, which is what we and many of our doctor friends did. There were far fewer shots then, too. Autism was rare. This is a printable 4 page PDF of The Vaccine Friendly Plan of Paul Thomas MD, from the book by the same name. His pediatric practice used it successfully to avoid autism in high risk children by spacing out childhood vaccines.   https://www.integrativepediatricsonline.com/uploads/1/0/9/2/109222957/the_vaccine-friendly_plan.pdf

There have been numerous incremental changes in guidance and recommendations:  How Vaccine Policies Have Changed Under RFK Jr.   https://www.zerohedge.com/medical/how-vaccine-policies-have-changed-under-rfk-jr

 ​ Metastatic Breast Cancer Tumor Found Expressing Spike Protein After Six mRNA Shots
New peer-reviewed case report provides direct biological evidence linking mRNA injections to cancer progression and metastasis.​   
https://www.thefocalpoints.com/p/breaking-metastatic-breast-cancer

​  Glioblastoma is a diffuse, slow-growing, incurable brain tumor.  NEW STUDY: Intranasal Nano-Ivermectin Shrinks Brain Tumors by 70% Without Toxicity
​  Landmark preclinical study shows intranasal ivermectin nanocapsules safely shrink glioblastoma in animal models at doses lower than the approved human antiparasitic dose.​   https://www.thefocalpoints.com/p/new-study-intranasal-nano-ivermectin

​  Association of American Physicians and Surgeons, Health Watch: What to Do about ACA Subsidies
​ A major sticking point in reopening the government is the extension of expiring Affordable Care Act (ACA) subsidies. Without these subsidies, insurance premiums will double for those receiving them. Because of this, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) is breaking ranks with the Republican Party.
​  It should be obvious that government benefits, once granted, are virtually impossible to take away, and a subsidy “cliff” will be politically disastrous. The subsidies were necessary to mask the fact that affordable options were being taken away, and extremely expensive coverage mandates were being imposed. The cliff was needed to mask the long-term cost of the bill.            
​  So, what can be done now? One suggestion is a conditional extension of the subsidies combined with measures to reduce costs, based on an understanding of why costs are outrageous. The graph below shows the enormous increase in administrators, and the legislation associated with it.​  


​  All that administration is supposed to decrease “unnecessary” care. It is time to ask how many tests could be bought for the price of the staff used to deny them.​..
​..We don’t know how much time is wasted by physicians and nurses in documentation that serves no purpose except to justify billing—but it may eat half their time.
​  Republicans reneged on their promises to repeal ACA. So, how about promising that “if you like your ACA plan you can keep your ACA plan,” but the following changes will be made to allow affordable alternatives to arise:​ all federal insurance mandates are repealed, so you can buy an affordable catastrophes-only plan;​ the ban on physician-owned hospitals is repealed;​ payments are site-neutral; all medical payments including individually owned insurance (not just employer-owned insurance) are payable with pre-tax dollars; and​ other freedom-expanding measures are actively explored.​   
https://aapsonline.org/health-watch-what-to-do-about-aca-subsidies/

​Sasha Latypova,  TrumpRx + BlinkRx: self dealing by Trump family x2!   https://sashalatypova.substack.com/p/trumprx-drug-deal-self-dealing-by

​  Exclusive: OSHA Admits It Told Healthcare Employers Not to Report COVID Vaccine Injuries
After a whistleblower alerted The Defender, an OSHA spokesperson confirmed an internal directive telling healthcare employers not to report or track COVID-19 vaccine injuries. OSHA removed the policy from its website after inquiries from The Defender. Critics said the directive concealed the scope of vaccine injuries and made it difficult for injured workers to obtain workers’ compensation or disability benefits.​   
https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/exclusive-osha-admits-healthcare-employers-told-not-to-report-covid-vaccine-injuries/

​  Anastassia Makarieva and Andrei Nefiodov​, Clean Waters of Evenkia
How a village club’s talk on Siberian forests and water reflects—like a drop of water—the complexity of human (mis)understandings of their predicament​   
  After the talk, a discussion followed. Some people shared examples of how “everything dried out” after logging and how “everything burned.” Andrei explained how disrupting the natural tree canopy reduces transpiration, leading to warming and drying. Surprisingly, not a single person challenged him. They knew it was true, yet it was hard knowledge to explicitly handle.
​  Then came the difficult question: “What can be done?” At one point, the listener who had been disruptive before exclaimed, almost like a child, “Evenkia is such a small place! Can’t it be saved? Just it?”
​  And indeed, I thought: who would truly suffer if we simply saved this pearl of the Earth’s cleanest waters? What if these trees were left standing? Some families might not be able to renovate their wooden furniture—but perhaps what they already have could serve a little longer, just for the sake of preserving Evenkia. Chinese factories might lose a source of packaging paper. Maybe that is not so tragic. Why must the destruction of Evenkia feel so inevitable?​   
https://bioticregulation.substack.com/p/clean-waters-of-evenkia

​Appreciating Nature​ (pictured with Yoakum garden)