Wednesday, November 12, 2025

AI Labor Arbitrage Conundrum

 ​Future Plumbers,


  Government shutdown live updates as funding bill moves to the House after Senate passage​  [Vote tonight at 7:00 PM]
The funding bill that would end the longest government shutdown in U.S. history is headed to the House for a final vote as soon as Wednesday after the Senate approved it in a 60-40 vote on Monday, bringing Congress one step closer to ending the impasse.
  Speaker Mike Johnson told members on Monday to start returning as soon as possible in anticipation of travel delays that have snarled airports across the country. Neither chamber is in session Tuesday due to the Veterans Day holiday.
  The final legislation extends funding for most agencies until Jan. 30, while including three full-year funding bills for some parts of the government. House Republicans are confident that the package will clear the lower chamber.   
https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/government-shutdown-latest-house-senate-vote/

  Alastair Crooke, Western cross-currents: Cultural populism vs deep architecture    Thanks Michael R.
When the headlines say the Democrats ‘swept’ the races in the U.S., it likely reflects the same double-dislike that is evident in Europe. American Populists do not care for either Party’s ruling Establishment, seeing them as Tweedle Dum and Tweedle Dee – a plague on both your houses is their riposte...
..The ruling stratum is deeply embedded and owned by mega-donors precisely to keep it that way.
Nonetheless, the populist dynamic in the U.S. is irrefutable, and may soon evolve beyond the reach of donor speech repression structures...
..Structurally, there is a crisis affecting all but the top 10% or so of households. The U.S. stock market has entered a fantasy euphoria: Fundamentals do not matter; data does not matter; only the meme of the day and how to trade it matters. (The top 10% of households oowns 87% of all stocks).
  The bottom tier of society however, is further ‘punished’ by price rises (inflation) that have resulted in a crisis of consumer confidence not seen in decades. Even regular staples are being left unsold on supermarket shelves...
..The key structural shift sending shivers of anxiety at prospects of coming social unrest down the spine of the financial panjandrums however, is a simple chart showing vertically soaring U.S. stock market prices for its up-vector, crossing at a certain point with a sharply downward trajectory of job-openings. It is being widely termed a ‘death cross’... The crossover point – where the vectors divide so explosively – is given as the launch date of the AI tool Chat GPT. The chart thus foreshadows a social time bomb
  Are big companies anticipating that AI will bring massive job replacement?
  Is such an outcome probable? A recent MIT study by contrast found that 95% of companies that had invested in AI tools were seeing zero return, and concluded that today’s AI doesn’t understand ‘environments’ – It just pattern-matches inside them...
..It is either a crucial market misjudgement by the U.S. AI giants – one that might trigger a market crash – or else, the U.S. AI majors correctly are foretelling a coming tsunami of job replacements...
..Whether their judgement is right or wrong, the reality is that, with the top 4 U.S. AI spenders planning on investing $420 billion on infrastructure next year, the “Godfather of AI”, Geoffrey Hinton, says this level of spending can only be justified by replacing humans...
..Trump has made his bet on the U.S. dominating global AI: “If you go a couple of years out, you’re gonna see numbers like you’ve never seen. We’re building some of the biggest buildings ever built anywhere in the world: The AI buildings”.
  Yet the CEO of Nividia told the FT that China will overtake the U.S. in AI, and Open AI has been angling for a government loan guarantee.
  The ‘geological’ fault line here is that there is not one American (or European) economy, there are two quite separate economiesA financialised cornucopia as one, and structured privation as the other. The two do not meet...
..The AI bubble may anytime pop and trigger a sell-off in markets. And the U.S. Supreme Court too, possibly might rule that Trump’s heavy reliance on tariffs – both as a weaponised geo-political tool, and as a source of revenue to plug deficit holes in the Federal budget – be deemed to be partly or wholly unconstitutional.
  Trump has said that, were the Supreme Court to rule his tariffs unconstitutional: “We would be defenceless, leading perhaps even to the ruination of our Nation”.
  The outlook is unstable too at the level of Trump’s base: MAGA supporters backed away from the ballot this week, either staying home, or flipping to Democrat.
  At the root of the MAGA disenchantment is both the ‘split economy’, but also – in the wake of the killing of Charlie Kirk – a growing breach between MAGA ‘America First’ supporters and the pro-Israel mega-donor cadreTrump’s close identification with Netanyahu and Israel has been demonstrated to be a losing issue electorally
  Yet, this is the sphere in which – uniquely – Trump is not simply transactional. He acts and speaks — and ‘walks-the-walk’ — of a zealous Zionist. The big question therefore, is can Trump re-define himself in the wake of a clear signal that the Midterms are his to lose? ...
..Trump’s options are limited: He will not be allowed to row back on the donor-financed deep foreign policy architecture that has been in place for four decades: i.e. unqualified support for Israel and the unconstrained open resort to U.S. military action wherever actors decline to align with U.S. and Israeli positions, or refuse to defer to dollar trade primacy...
..The key to the future (whether for the U.S. or Europe) is who can persuade voters they can, and will, provide solutions to the ‘bread-and-butter’ structural contradictions ruining their electors’ wellbeing...
..The bottom line? Trump’s foreign policy will face disruptions from both Israel (exacerbating MAGA disquiet) and from Europe. 
  The European élite technocracy is still in denial that they are widely seen by their electorates as dysfunctional failures... ‘Russophobia‘ is their only rallying cry and we may expect further provocations aimed at Russia. They (still) hope to prove that they were right, all along – that Russia is indeed the threat. The Élites may believe that, but their electorates do not...
..The Trump ‘Order’ is inherently unstable. Facing evident western decline, Trump sails ‘heroically’ against the tide – trying to revive the golden age of America. But that age, if it ever was golden, is no longer to be found. It has passed away...
..When the fundamental balance of an ‘order’ has become disrupted beyond a certain point; when the young turn against illusion and begin to search for something fresh to supplant the tired patterns of the old … this is known as waiting for the new moon. That’s where we are. Waiting.   
https://strategic-culture.su/news/2025/11/10/western-cross-currents-cultural-populism-vs-deep-architecture/

  I did not see any "violence", and few protesters. Shaking a barrier and chanting isn't "violent". Beware of  ANTIFA and TPUSA-under-new-management hype.
‘War zone’: Violent protest erupts outside UC Berkeley prior to TPUSA event   https://www.thecollegefix.com/war-zone-violent-protest-erupts-outside-uc-berkeley-prior-to-tpusa-event/

Dollar Dumps As ADP Report Shows Big Job Losses In October, Small Biz Optimism Hits 6 Month Lows   https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/dollar-dumps-adp-report-shows-big-job-losses-october-small-biz-optimism-hits-6-month-lows

China's DeepSeek Issues Rare Warning Of An Incoming AI-Fueled Jobpocalypse​   https://www.zerohedge.com/ai/chinas-deepseek-issues-rare-warning-incoming-ai-fueled-jobpocalypse

  From thin air: Trump Admin To Lend "Hundreds Of Billions" To Build Nuclear Power Plants   
Who will plug the funding gap needed to build out all the data centers required to make the AI dream a reality, a gap which Morgan Stanley recently calculated would be as large as $2.9 trillion in capex funding needs, of which at least $1 trillion will come in the form of debt (and mostly private debt)? ... There is another, just as critical question: who will fund the energy buildout that powers these data centers? ... And at a cost of $50-60BN per GW of power, we can quickly add several more trillion dollars that will be needed in the next several years.   https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/trump-admin-lend-hundreds-billions-build-nuclear-power-plants

Government Shutdown Delayed Some $5BN In Weapons Transfers To Ukraine   https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/government-shutdown-delayed-some-5bn-weapons-transfers-ukraine

  Thanks Eleni. There's a lot in here: Destroying Europe in order to save it: Extortion, theft, and the EU's two disastrous choices
Europe can postpone recognition of failure, but it cannot postpone the bill.
  Europe now faces a stark choice forced by its disastrous war policy against Russia: either allow the EU to successfully move toward a centralized state over the heads of its member states, risking a mass Eurexit that may or may not succeed in reaction to that gamble, or delay the larger crisis through member states quietly accepting one of several schemes that will cripple the economy and create social strife regardless. The Union must decide whether to use frozen Russian sovereign assets to finance a €140 billion "reparation" loan for Ukraine, or to issue joint debt through Eurobonds. Both paths carry severe legal risks and impose heavy costs on citizens...
..Article 311 stipulates that the Union "shall provide itself with the means necessary to attain its objectives within the limits of its own resources," prohibiting the creation of new revenue streams without unanimous member state consent. Article 5 TEU further limits EU institutions to exercising only those competences conferred upon them by the Treaties, expressly reserving all others to the Member States. A unilateral Eurobond issuance would thus amount to the Commission assuming fiscal sovereignty; a power the Treaties never grant and which, if asserted, would effectively suspend the member states' budgetary control and violate constitutional order, creating a mass EU-wide legal crisis.
  If forced, citizens face higher taxes, constrained public services, and renewed austerityDebt obligations do not disappear with elections; social unrest could deepen inequality, provoke Euroscepticism, and trigger exit pressures. Constitutionally, this makes the Commission behave as a sovereign treasury without legitimacy...
..Both options are evergreening: keeping failing policies alive to avoid losses. Option A buries legal risk and hands latent liabilities to future citizens; Option B openly burdens taxpayers and risks constitutional rupture. And even worse, both scenarios ignore the chronic economic hazard to Europe if it continues its course of sanctions on Russian energy, which could make it the least competitive economy in the developed world.
  In both options, the EU is pouring billions either directly into Ukraine or into arms to supply it yet the war is almost certainly lost and the billions spent on expected returns from reconstruction of Russian-liberated territories will never be recovered.   
https://www.sott.net/article/502868-Destroying-Europe-in-order-to-save-it-Extortion-theft-and-the-EUs-two-disastrous-choices

  Big enough for regime-change: Moon of Alabama,  Ukraine – Zelenski Friend Accused In Energy Sector Corruption Case
There has been a severe power struggle going on in Ukraine which the circle around acting president Vladimir Zelenski fighting against the former president Petro Poroshenko and his clique.   
https://www.moonofalabama.org/2025/11/ukraine-zelenskis-friend-accused-of-energy-sector-corruption.html

  More details of  the political attack in the first few minutes:  Unprecedented Levels of Corruption - A Major Offensive Is in the Works, Military Summary 2025.11.11   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wog8Gn8okw0

Further update in first 3 minutes: Zelenskyy's Power is Shaking - Evacuations Underway in Zaporizhzhia Sector, Military Summary 2025.11.12   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rxcirb2tRKo

  Russia Claims It Thwarted British & Ukrainian Plot To Steal Hypersonic Missile-Equipped Jet
In an ... allegation from the Russian government, Ukrainian and British intelligence attempted to steal a MiG-31 fighter jet equipped with a Kinzhal hypersonic missile.
  Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) announced that it had thwarted the alleged plot in which the foreign spies allegedly offered Russian pilots $3 million if they would perform the heist.
The RIA news agency quoted the FSB as saying the stolen aircraft was intended to be flown toward a NATO base in the Romanian city of Constanta..
...The FSB isn't alleging that Ukraine was simply trying to steal the Russian hypersonic missile or aircraft in order to use it, but that the whole objective was to see the MiG-31 get shot down while inbound over NATO-member Romania's airspace
  "In order to hijack the aircraft, Ukrainian military intelligence officers tried to recruit Russian pilots, offering $3 million," the FSB statement reads. "The special services then planned to send the jet with the Kinzhal missile to the area where NATO's largest airbase in southeastern Europe is located, in the Romanian city of Constanta, where it could be shot down by air defenses."   
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/russia-claims-it-stopped-british-ukrainian-plot-steal-hypersonic-equipped-jet

  In Russia, the blocking of SIM cards of arrivals from abroad, including Russians, has begun.   Russian telecom operators have launched a mechanism to provide protection against drones in Russia.  https://eadaily.com/en/ampnews/2025/11/10/in-russia-the-blocking-of-sim-cards-of-arrivals-from-abroad-including-russians-has-begun

  Russian Navy Arrives in Venezuela: A Modern Geopolitical Game
Russian naval vessels have officially docked at Venezuela’s La Guaira port. This is one of Moscow’s most visible military gestures in Latin America in years.
  According to multiple reports, the deployment includes the Admiral Gorshkov frigate. It is one of Russia’s most advanced warships. The deployment also includes the Akademik Pashin, a fleet supply ship.
  The Admiral Gorshkov is equipped with hypersonic Zircon missiles. These missiles can strike targets at speeds up to Mach 9. This capability gives the visit a clear strategic undertone. Russian officials describe the operation as a ‘show-the-flag’ mission.   
https://michaelwalshwriter.com/2025/11/08/russian-navy-arrives-in-venezuela-a-modern-geopolitical-game/

  US Again Flies Heavy Bombers Near Venezuela’s Coast
Two US Air Force B-52 Stratofortress aircraft made the provocative flight, marking the fourth time since October 15 that the US has sent bombers near Venezuela’s coast. The first flight also involved B-52s, and the second and third were conducted by B-1B Lancer bombers.
  In each case, the US bombers kept their transponders on when flying near Venezuela, meaning they wanted to be seen.   
https://scheerpost.com/2025/11/09/us-again-flies-heavy-bombers-near-venezuelas-coast/

  The USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier strike group has finally arrived in the US Southern Command Area of Responsibility, after late last month President Trump ordered it to Caribbean waters from its deployment in the Mediterranean.   https://www.zerohedge.com/military/clock-ticking-looming-anti-maduro-action-ford-carrier-group-arrived

US Troops Train for Jungle Warfare in Panama for First Time in Decades​ - The training comes amid a push toward a potential war with Venezuela​   https://news.antiwar.com/2025/11/10/us-troops-train-for-jungle-warfare-in-panama-for-first-time-in-decades/

US Army Prepares Million Drone Acquisition To Secure Domain Dominance On Modern Battlefield   https://www.zerohedge.com/military/us-army-prepares-million-drone-acquisition-secure-domain-dominance-modern-battlefield

Conventionally powered for 1500 mile range: U.S. Air Force’s Secret Nuclear Cruise Missile AGM-181 LRSO Finally Surfaces   https://www.thedefensenews.com/news-details/US-Air-Forces-Secret-Nuclear-Cruise-Missile-AGM-181-LRSO-Finally-Surfaces/#google_vignette

  Mike Mihajlovic has done excellent research work and presents it very well: Poseidon: The Ultimate Weapon of Vengeance [i]  "To wipe out the enemy coast"
The Poseidon, designated 2M39 in Russian service and known to NATO as Kanyon, is among the most enigmatic and controversial strategic systems developed in recent years. It resists conventional classification: neither a conventional torpedo nor a crewed submarine, it represents a novel class of autonomous, nuclear-powered underwater vehicle designed to carry a nuclear warhead...
..In summary, the Poseidon system represents a technically feasible but strategically extreme extension of known nuclear and naval technologies. It most likely uses a compact liquid-metal-cooled fast reactor to achieve long-range, high-speed operation at great depths, carries a warhead of 2-100 Mt, and could inflict catastrophic local damage and contamination on any coastal target. Yet the notion that it could raise ocean-wide radioactive tsunamis is unsupported by physical science. Its true significance may lie less in its physics than in its symbolism: a weapon designed to project the image of ultimate deterrence by threatening entire coastal societies, even if the practical mechanics of such annihilation are more limited than popular imagination suggests.
  Politically, the deployment of Poseidon adds a new dimension to strategic deterrence. Its autonomous nature and perceived “doomsday” capability suggest a weapon intended more for psychological and geopolitical signaling than for practical battlefield use. Its mere existence challenges traditional arms control frameworks and complicates stability calculations by introducing a new underwater axis of nuclear deterrence.
  Despite the growing public literature, many details remain unknowable. The reactor’s design, actual performance, warhead configuration, and even deployment status are tightly held secrets. Modeling the hydrodynamics of a multi-megaton underwater detonation is inherently uncertain, as no full-scale tests have ever been conducted at such yields or depths. Extrapolations from smaller historical tests provide useful guidance but cannot capture all nonlinear effects of deep-water bubble dynamics or coastal interactions. Moreover, the strategic intent behind Poseidon, whether as a second-strike deterrent, a terror weapon, or an anti-access denial system, remains speculative and politically sensitive.   
https://bmanalysis.substack.com/p/poseidon-the-ultimate-weapon-of-vengeance

  Simplicius, Al-Qaeda in the Oval Office: A New Phase of the Global Disorder - Today Al-Jolani visited the White House for another session of surreal optics.
This is a man who up until only a few months ago still had a $10M FBI reward for his arrest and capture as ex-head of the Syrian branch of Al-Qaeda.
  Some might ask, why the double standards in not highlighting Jolani’s welcome by Putin a month earlier? One must admit that the significance here is far greater: Al-Qaeda was the supposed chief bogeyman to the US—the organization responsible for 9/11, an event whose mythological significance rivals that of the Holocaust. To witness this organization’s head beaming in the Oval Office, one must admit, is a far starker juxtaposition than his arrival in sometime-rival Russia. 
  In an even more bizarre set of optics, Jolani was earlier seen shooting hoops with literal CENTCOM generals, who would have previously been  hunting Jolani and his gang across the Levant from their bustling command centers...
..The meeting comes amid rumors of US-Syrian negotiations for an air presence in Damascus international airport, to help monitor the Israeli-Syrian corridor—though Syrian authorities have denied this...
..In an interview with Blackwater’s Eric Prince, even erstwhile-‘proud Zionist’ Steve Bannon now says that Israel’s army is a totally spent force...
..A lot of buzz has been generated by a recent video from rising political ‘phenom’ Nick Fuentes, who insists that we must all admit that the American Empire has been winning biggly under both Biden and Trump...
..Fuentes’ point about Israel’s similar ‘success’ story is equally questionable. Most of these are surface-level observations that simply do not take into account second and third-order consequences, which Israel in particular has invited against itself...
..Everyone watched as Democrats swept the recent elections, with Mamdani taking NYC’s crown because Republicans have fatefully attached themselves like star-crossed-lovers to the sinking ship of the genocidal colony...
..With the rotten state of the West, can it really be argued in good faith—without resorting merely to surface reflections—that the West is somehow “winning”? A civilization wins when its society wins, not when imperial pet-projects which enrich merely the MIC and donor-class add some new geopolitical scalp thousands of miles away. There isn’t a single Western society currently undergoing any kind of restorative uptrend, the likes of which Russia—with its cultural and social revival of recent years—or China are experiencing. The West has devolved into little more than a criminal cabal of billionaire perverts cynically strip-mining the planet down to its last red cent.   https://simplicius76.substack.com/p/al-qaeda-in-the-oval-office-a-new

Without apparent irony: Syria Signs Declaration To Join US-Led Coalition To Defeat ISIS Terrorist Group   https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/syria-signs-declaration-join-us-led-coalition-defeat-isis-terrorist-group

  U.S. moves into Damascus for Israel: Syrians on edge
The United States is reportedly preparing to build a massive air base in Syria. The facility, to be established near Damascus, is said to be part of Washington’s plan to create a protective shield for Israel. Reports suggest that the base will serve as a command hub for U.S. operations in Lebanon and Gaza. Sources also indicate that it will be used to support PKK/SDF terrorists. Having already endured years of Russian military dominance under the Assad regime, Syrians now fear that the U.S. base could be used to advance Israel’s plan to divide their country.   https://en.yenisafak.com/world/us-moves-into-damascus-for-israel-syrians-on-edge-3710389

  The eugenist history of the Zionist movement
From the late 19th century through the 1950s, Zionist leaders adopted a selective immigration policy designed to exclude ‘undesirable’ Jews. The goal of the Zionist movement was to build a Jewish state in a Palestinian Arab land, and that required Jewish capitalists, skilled laborers, professionals and fighters, not children, elderly people or refugees. The Zionist leadership rejected persecuted, disabled, destitute, sick, diseased and elderly Jews because they were persecuted, disabled, destitute, sick, diseased and elderly. They instead prioritized what they called “halutzim,” or young, healthy Zionist ideologues willing to sacrifice their youth, capital, labor and life for the cause. This is the eugenist history of Zionism, in brief.   https://palestinenexus.com/articles/eugenicism?

  In an interview with @AJEnglish@AJArabic, Dr.Ghassan Abu Sitt revealed medical evidence indicating that vital organs — including hearts, lungs, kidneys, and corneas — were surgically stolen by the Israeli occupation from Palestinian martyrs in Gaza. He noted that the chest cavities were opened using a medical bone saw, organs were extracted without damage, and skin bore burn marks consistent with preservation chemicals. These findings, he says, point to systematic organ removal under Israeli custody.   https://x.com/sahatenglish/status/1986858147483422782

With 10,000+ buried in rubble, Gaza is “world’s largest mass grave” – Not a Ceasefire Day 28   https://israelpalestinenews.org/with-10000-buried-in-rubble-gaza-is-worlds-largest-mass-grave-not-a-ceasefire-day-27/

  Lots of details; thiswon't be easy: U.S. steps up Gaza aid role to support fragile ceasefire
The move relegates Israel to a secondary role in determining how and what humanitarian relief can enter Gaza, according to people familiar with the transition.   https://archive.is/20251109004039/https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/11/07/us-centcom-gaza-israel-trump-peace/#selection-241.0-245.159

  Catch-22, impossible request: Israel army chief Zamir threatens to kill 200 trapped Hamas fighters if captive soldier body not returned
The Hamas fighters are reportedly trapped in a tunnel in the Rafah vicinity, and have so far been refused a safe passage by the Israeli military
  Zamir said the fighters wouldn’t be "allowed to leave alive," Yedioth Ahronoth reported, if the Palestinian group doesn’t find and give up the body of soldier Hadar Goldin. Goldin was captured over a decade ago by Hamas in Rafah, after he was killed in an attack during an Israeli operation to decommission a Hamas-operated tunnel in the Palestinian enclave in 2014.   https://www.newarab.com/news/israel-threatens-kill-200-trapped-hamas-fighters

No food, poisonous water in Gaza – Not a Ceasefire Day 30   https://israelpalestinenews.org/no-food-poisonous-water-in-gaza-not-a-ceasefire-day-29/

Trump says international Gaza force will deploy 'very soon'   https://en.yenisafak.com/world/trump-says-international-gaza-force-will-deploy-very-soon-3710346

​  Caitlin Johnstone, Sometimes The Media Ignoring A Major Story Becomes The Story
One of the craziest things happening right now is how there’s been report after report confirming that Jeffrey Epstein really was an Israeli intelligence operative, based on publicly available documents, and yet it’s had no measurable impact on mainstream media or politics.
​  Over the last month and a half, Drop Site News has published four reports about Epstein’s intelligence ties under the headlines “Jeffrey Epstein Helped Broker Israeli Security Agreement With Mongolia”, “Jeffrey Epstein and the Mossad: How The Sex-Trafficker Helped Israel Build a Backchannel to Russia Amid Syrian Civil War”“Jeffrey Epstein Helped Israel Sell a Surveillance State to Côte d’Ivoire”, and the most recent report titled “Israeli Spy Stayed for Weeks at a Time With Jeffrey Epstein in Manhattan”.​  
https://www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/sometimes-the-media-ignoring-a-major 

​  Removal of Palestinian Rights Footage from YouTube Draws Concern over Platform Censorship
YouTube confirmed that its removal of Palestinian rights groups’ videos was directly tied to U.S. government sanctions.
 
​  YouTube removed more than 700 videos belonging to three prominent Palestinian human rights organizations in early October, according to reporting by The Intercept. The affected groups—the Palestinian Center for Human Rights, the Al Mezan Center for Human Rights, and Al-Haq—had used their channels to publish visual documentation of alleged violations committed against Palestinians by Israeli forces in Gaza and the West Bank.
​  The removed videos served as part of ongoing monitoring and reporting work carried out by the organizations. The deletions effectively eliminated publicly accessible documentation of incidents recorded in the occupied territories.​   
https://www.telesurenglish.net/removal-of-palestinian-rights-footage-from-youtube-draws-concern-over-platform-censorship/

Israeli army detains 12 Palestinians in West Bank raids​ Army forces storm, search houses of Palestinians before arrests, according to local sources​   

​  8 Palestinians injured by illegal Israeli settlers in occupied West Bank, East Jerusalem
Settlers attack members of Bedouin community with sticks, stones north of East Jerusalem, burning their container houses, according to local organization​   
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/8-palestinians-injured-by-illegal-israeli-settlers-in-occupied-west-bank-east-jerusalem/3738871

​  Israel opens a new front: War with Hezbollah is back on the table
The fighting in southern Lebanon marks the collapse of a fragile truce – and could redraw the region’s balance of power​   
https://www.rt.com/news/627526-israel-opens-new-front/

EU condemns Israeli strikes in Lebanon​   
https://www.arabnews.com/node/2621849/middle-east

Yemen dismantles CIA-Mossad-linked spy network​   https://en.mehrnews.com/news/238535/Yemen-dismantles-CIA-Mossad-linked-spy-network

Yemen warns of resumed strikes should Israel renew Gaza war​   https://en.mehrnews.com/news/238567/Yemen-warns-of-resumed-strikes-should-Israel-renew-Gaza-war

The AI Drones Used In Gaza Now Surveilling American Cities​   https://israelpalestinenews.org/israeli-ai-drones-us/

Trump's Private Meeting With Syria's Sharaa Blasted By MTG, Loomer​   https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/100-christian-leaders-urge-trump-save-syrias-christians-he-hosts-president-sharaa

Iran's crude oil exports to China hit new record high​   https://en.mehrnews.com/news/238560/Iran-s-crude-oil-exports-to-China-hit-new-record-high-report

​Air-Defense:  China Supplies HQ-9B Missiles to Iran in Oil-for-Weapons Agreement   https://www.thedefensenews.com/news-details/China-Supplies-HQ-9B-Missiles-to-Iran-in-Oil-for-Weapons-Agreement/#google_vignette

China Bars U.S. Military From Access To Rare Earths, Increasing Risk Of "Derailing" Trade Truce​   https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/china-upholds-rare-earth-truce-bars-us-military-access

​  (Israeli aligned) RSF burning, burying El Fasher dead in mass graves: Sudanese Doctors' Network
The Sudanese Doctors' Network has urged an international investigation, saying that the RSF has attempted to dispose of the bodies of its victims.​   
https://www.newarab.com/news/rsf-burning-burying-el-fasher-dead-mass-graves-medics

​  Sudan medics accuse RSF of burning, burying bodies to conceal ‘genocide’
People fleeing el-Fasher for Al Dabbah tell Al Jazeera many died on the way from wounds or lack of food.​   
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11/9/sudan-medics-accuse-rsf-of-burning-burying-bodies-to-conceal-genocide

​  Gaza to Sudan: Israel’s role in a second genocidal war is being overlooked 
Many countries have a stake in Sudan. Its former colonial ruler, Britain, whose military equipment has appeared on the battlefield, is just one. UAE is centrally involved, arming the RSF and fuelling the war. But much less remarked upon is the role of Israel...
​..RSF are anti-Islamist​ - RSF have cut a bloody swathe across southern Sudan which echoes the march of ISIS across Iraq and in the mid-2010s. As Joshua Craze explained in April 2025:
​  Hemedti’s war machine is predicated on continual expansion. Since the RSF offers its recruits licence to loot and raid in lieu of wages, absent fresh targets, its forces have a tendency to disperse. In every city it captures, the RSF has employed the same playbook: destroy state institutions, plunder humanitarian resources, raze civilian property.
​  Perhaps it is this which has led far-right commentators like Tommy Robinson to brand them as ‘Islamist’. However, this is not correct. The truth is much more complicated.
​  Shady Ibrahim explained, while Islamists have foothold in the Sudanese army “the RSF aligns most closely with Israel’s strategic interests and national goals”.​ It has vowed to combat “radical Islamists” and recently removed the word “al-Quds” (Arabic for “Jerusalem”) from its logo.   
https://www.defenddemocracy.press/gaza-to-sudan-israels-role-in-a-second-genocidal-war-is-being-overlooked/

​  Escape Key, Due Diligence​ - On the Emerging Architecture of Algorithmic Control
 Algorithmic authoritarianism sounds like dystopian science fiction — the idea that global institutions could enforce policy compliance at individual transaction level, in real-time, with no human review.
​  Between 2011 and 2016, six academic papers laid out a complete, explicit architecture for solving those technical problems. Between 2019 and 2024, the Bank for International Settlements began building infrastructure that aligns with that architecture in remarkable detail.
​  And in September 2024, the United Nations proposed an activation mechanism for this infrastructure with no specified off-switch.   
https://escapekey.substack.com/p/due-diligence

​  Escape Key, The Fabian Blueprint
​ When you read a policy proposal about reducing food waste or helping the poor, you probably don’t tend to think about constitutional architecture. You perhaps think: ‘sure, that does sound like a good idea’.
​  However, that presents an opportunity to those who just can’t help themselves. Because the question isn’t whether the stated goals are laudable, but rather what kind of machinery is required to deliver the policies in practice.
​  And that’s exactly the sort of detail the Fabian Society conveniently ‘forget’ to outline in their carefully phrased pamphlets.​   
https://escapekey.substack.com/p/the-fabian-blueprint

SoftBank Dumps Entire Nvidia Stake To Double-Down On 'Core AI Enablers'​   https://www.zerohedge.com/ai/softbank-dumps-entire-nvidia-stake-double-down-ai-investments

​  Why Tether is acting more like a central bank than a stablecoin
Once a simple stablecoin issuer, Tether now mirrors central bank mechanics with reserves, profits and policy-like decisions.​   
https://cointelegraph.com/news/why-tether-is-acting-more-like-a-central-bank-than-a-stablecoin

​  Good details from Naked Capitalism: Mamdani’s Battle With Entrenched Power Begins
He’s also a bit like the dog who caught the car, as the 34-year-old will now be in charge of a city of 8.5 million people with a $116 billion budget and 300,000-person staff.    https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2025/11/mamdani-nyc-entrenched-power-hochul-tisch.html

Facing 30 Years In Jail, NY AG Letitia James Seeks Dismissal Of Mortgage Fraud Charges​   https://www.zerohedge.com/political/facing-30-years-jail-ny-ag-letitia-james-seeks-dismissal-mortgage-fraud-charges

Trump Pardons Rudy Giuliani, Others Involved In Bid To Challenge 2020 Election​   https://www.zerohedge.com/political/trump-pardons-rudy-giuliani-others-involved-bid-challenge-2020-election

Consumer sentiment in the US has fallen to the second lowest level in history; now below the crisis level of 2008​   https://halturnerradioshow.com/index.php/news-selections/national-news/consumer-sentiment-in-the-us-has-fallen-to-the-second-lowest-level-in-history-now-below-the-crisis-level-of-2008

​Oil is real-economy: Trump Admin Expands Oil & Gas Drilling In Gulf Of America, Eyes Alaska Next   https://www.zerohedge.com/energy/trump-admin-expands-oil-gas-drilling-gulf-america-eyes-alaska-next

Pervasive and invisible, but partly avoidable: Hyperactive Behavior in Preschoolers Linked to Endocrine Disrupting Chemical Exposure   https://beyondpesticides.org/dailynewsblog/2025/10/hyperactive-behavior-in-preschoolers-linked-to-endocrine-disrupting-chemical-exposure/

​  51 Million-Person Study Finds COVID-19 “Vaccines” Increase Risk of Respiratory Infections by up to 559%
Landmark study of the entire South Korean population uncovers a VAIDS signal — a dose-dependent rise in the common cold, upper-respiratory infections, pneumonia, and tuberculosis among the vaccinated.​   
https://www.thefocalpoints.com/p/breaking-51-million-person-study

​  2.9 Million-Person Study Finds mRNA Shots Increase Risk of Death, Kidney Failure (Dialysis), and Kidney Injury
Enormous vaccinated vs. unvaccinated study reveals progressively worsening kidney damage over time with no sign of stopping — and a striking mortality signal among Pfizer recipients.​   
https://www.thefocalpoints.com/p/breaking-29-million-person-study

  Steve Kirsch, The PLOS Biology journal editors claim vaccines don't cause autism and we should NOT do a proper study to find out if this is true or not
​  I also talk about the secret CDC Simpsonwood meeting where the data clearly showed vaccines were causing autism and they looked the other way and tried to hide the transcript.​   https://kirschsubstack.com/p/the-plos-biology-journal-editors

​  Collect the ​generous fee payments: Exclusive: Some Kids Getting Double or Triple Vaccinated, California Nurse Says
Many medical providers assume that if there’s no record of a vaccination, the best way to ensure that a child receives the recommended vaccine is to readminister it, according to Rena Maculans, who spent 10 years as an ER nurse and later processed autism treatment claims.​   
https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/california-kids-double-triple-vaccinated-autism-emergency-room-nurse/

​  Steve Kirsch, Former US Surgeon General is spreading misinformation again: The new BMJ study does NOT conflict with the HHS advice to avoid Tylenol
​  Former US Surgeon General is spreading misinformation again, this time making the claim that we shouldn't research the link between Tylenol and autism any further: "Let's stop before we know!"​   https://kirschsubstack.com/p/former-us-surgeon-general-is-spreading

​  Antonio Donato Nobre, The Amazon's Climate Engine is Dying: Why COP30's Carbon Obsession is a Catastrophic Blind Spot
Beyond Carbon: A Paradigm Shift for Climate Action​ Here is the uncomfortable truth: Even if we zeroed out carbon emissions tomorrow—a goal certainly worth pursuing—without massive ecological restoration the climate emergency would persist. While carbon dioxide is key to long-term warming, ecosystem destruction introduces a dangerous short-term multiplier. By damaging the ocean-atmosphere-land water cycle we drastically amplify the climate’s sensitivity to CO2. Forests aren’t just carbon sinks. They are the planet’s primary climate regulators, its freshwater generators, and the very foundation of continental habitability.​   https://bioticregulation.substack.com/p/the-amazons-climate-engine-is-dying

​  Physicist and Biotic-Pump Model co-originator, Anastassia Makarieva, Who Will Lead the Global Ecocentrism Movement?
A leaked secret letter to Russian decision-makers, translated and published here with my comments for its perceived potential to energize global leaders toward a nobler task.
​  According to systems analysts advising U.S. intelligence agencies, humanity is currently undergoing four bifurcations, becoming almost irreversibly divided into:
(1) the poor and the super-rich,
(2) the psychologically stable and unstable,
(3) those who use or do not use artificial intelligence, and
(4) techno- and ecocentrists.
​  The fourth bifurcation separates the technocentrists—those who believe that all problems of civilization can be solved within the framework of technological progress, which has historically disregarded natural ecosystems—from the ecocentrists, who have realized that the complexity of living nature far exceeds that of modern civilization, and that further development of civilization, including scientific and technological progress, along the path of biospheric destruction is impossible.​ Ecocentrism, which acknowledges the complexity of living systems, implies a higher level of organization of the scientific and technological process than technocentrism​...
..The complexity of life reflects the complexity of the task of sustaining an environment suitable for living.
​  From these premises follows an unambiguous conclusion: the destruction of natural ecosystems leads to the irreversible destabilization of the environment and climate — a process that cannot be prevented or corrected by technological means.​..
..Appreciating the complexity of living systems is difficult without direct contact with wild nature...
..In Russia, which has preserved uniquely extensive areas of wild nature and traditions of personal interaction with the natural world through its dacha culture, ecocentrism is implicitly present in the consciousness and life philosophy of a large part of the population. This circumstance gives the country, in principle, the capacity to choose unconventional and hardly predictable—at least for technocentrists—paths of development...
..It was in Russia that the interdisciplinary concept of biotic regulation of the environment​ was developed, which makes it possible to quantitatively assess the stabilizing impact of natural ecosystems on the environment and climate. The principal distinguishing feature of natural ecosystems is their capacity for self-recovery following disturbances that do not exceed the threshold of stability. [The biotic pump concept, which describes the biotic regulation of the continental water cycle, is currently being advanced through a Brazilian–Russian collaboration — a symbolic partnership between the planetary regions that hold the largest share of intact ecosystems.​]...
..Since China’s natural ecosystems have been almost completely destroyed, the country has found itself trapped in technocentrism. However, the escalating environmental degradation is forcing China to search for new paths for progress. [It is also worth noting that a substantial part of the Chinese population continues to work the land as peasants, thereby maintaining at least minimal contact with life-support systems.]...
..Russian natural forests play a key role in the continental transport of atmospheric moisture, providing a significant share of its inflow to China, Central Asia, and other regions​. Logging of natural forests in Russia by Chinese businesses destabilizes these flows and contributes to increasing aridity and water cycle instabilities across vast areas of Eurasia, including China itself, where the remaining forests are already under strict protection.
​  Russia urgently needs to introduce a similar moratorium on the exploitation of natural forests north of 58° N latitude.
​   
https://bioticregulation.substack.com/p/who-will-lead-the-global-ecocentrism

Polar Blast Sweeps Across U.S. East, Unleashing First Snow Of Season​   https://www.zerohedge.com/weather/polar-blast-sweeps-across-us-east-unleashing-first-snow-season

​  Dane Wiggington, Geoengineering Watch Global Alert News, November 8, 2025 - Massive Chemical Cooldown
​ Portions of Florida will be colder than locations near the Arctic Circle. This isn’t Nature’s creation, climate engineering (including jet stream manipulation and chemical ice nucleation operations) ​is the core to the equationThe never before recorded freak flash blizzard in New Orleans and Florida on January 21st of this year were also a direct result of a completely engineered chemical cooldown.​   https://geoengineeringwatch.org/geoengineering-watch-global-alert-news-november-8-2025-535/

Yesterday morning: Triple Solar Storm Alert - X5 Solar Flare/BIG CME   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2OjclC61xU

This morning: G4 Solar Storm - Biggest Impact Still Coming | S0 News Nov.12.2025   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLUd961kzLk

​  Blue Origin Rocket Launch Halted After Earth Slammed By "Cannibal" CME
NASA postponed the launch of the New Glenn heavy-lift orbital rocket, developed by Blue Origin, on Wednesday due to "highly elevated solar activity."
​  "New Glenn is ready to launch. However, due to highly elevated solar activity and its potential effects on the ESCAPADE spacecraft, NASA is postponing launch until space weather conditions improve," Blue Origin wrote.​   
https://www.zerohedge.com/weather/rare-cannibal-cme-set-slam-earth-raising-risk-ground-level-radiation-surge-threats-critical

​​​Often Irradiated (pictured carrying chunk of rotten stump to street as free bonfire-wood)


Monday, November 10, 2025

Domestic Politics

 Captivated Audience,


​  Trump Urges GOP To Redirect "Democrat-Supported Insurance" Funds Directly To The American People 
What's becoming increasingly clear is that the 2026 midterm election cycle will center on affordability.
​  Late last week, President Trump proposed a compromise on health insurance payments, calling on Republicans to send federal payments that would typically go to insurers under Obamacare (the Affordable Care Act, or ACA) directly to Americans to end the longest-ever government shutdown.​   
https://www.zerohedge.com/personal-finance/trump-urges-gop-redirect-democrat-supported-insurance-funds-directly-american

​  Senate Republicans have secured enough Senate Democrats to back a new plan to reopen the government.
The core would be a continuing resolution to reopen the government until Jan. 30, 2026
​  It will reverse the Trump administration's firings of furloughed workers and ensure they receive back pay.
A three-bill spending package known as a 'minibus' that would fund military construction, the VA, the legislative branch, agriculture, and the FDA.
​  Food stamps (SNAP) will be funded through fiscal year 2026
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The package does not extend expiring pandemic-era Obamacare subsidies, but Democrats have been promised a vote on it after the government reopens.​..
​..Of note, this is essentially what Republicans had offered weeks ago - with Sen. King explaining that the 'length of the shutdown' was the deciding factor.​   
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/shutdown-breakthrough-dems-ready-deal-thune-hopeful-thanksgiving-travel-looms

Senate Eyes Possible Monday Passage For Shutdown Bill; Johnson Thinks House 'Has The Votes'​   https://www.zerohedge.com/political/senate-eyes-monday-passage-shutdown-bill-johnson-thinks-house-has-votes

​Call it whatever. Some cash for people, less for insurance companies: Trump Announces $2,000 'Tariff Dividend' To Be Paid To Most Americans   https://www.zerohedge.com/political/trump-announces-2000-tariff-dividend-be-paid-most-americans

  Kyle Young keeps digging,  Charlie Kirk Update and Erika’s Interview - They want us to forget about this and turn our attention to mamdani or some other nonsense
​  It’s been two months since the assassination of Charlie Kirk. It’s been nearly a month since the last of my 5 posts covering the numerous questions that swirl around his assassination, his wife Erika and her well connected family, as well as the fiduciary questions that have surfaced regarding TPUSA...
..Before we get into all of that, let’s consider Erika Kirk’s first public sit-down interview since her husbands assassination. I watched the entire thing so you don’t have to. Jesse Waters interviewed Charlie Kirk numerous times going back to when Candace Owens was still working for Charlie (he interviewed both of them together several times), so it’s not surprising that he was the first to interview Erika...
​..Jesse mentioned the other assassination theories that have been swirling around, asking how that made her feel.
​  “When everything happened, my phone died, became a black hole. I just didn’t turn it on for weeks on end. I’ve intentionally isolated myself because I need to guard my heart. And I need to be there for the kids. And I need to be there for Turning Point.”
​  Referring to Tyler Robinson, she says, “How does someone become so radicalized that they can justify this in their own head?”​...
..Some of you may recall that at the memorial service in Phoenix, referring to Tyler Robinson, Erika said, “That man, that young man, I forgive him”.​..
..I want to say that she shed very real tears throughout much of this interview. However, and I mean no disrespect to Erika, my take-away from the interview is that she has been compartmentalized. The reason why I say that is because I don’t think she knows she’s been compartmentalized. Her comments make it sound like she’s been fed a steady stream of information from sources she thinks are trustworthy. The reality is, those sources may not have her best interests at heart.
​  
When she says she “trusts the team”, we’re left to assume she means Kash Patel and the greater investigative team...
..As myself and numerous other researchers have pointed out in the days, weeks and months since the shooting, there are glaring omissions and gaping holes in the “evidence” presented by Erika’s “team”. As she admits in this interview, she’s kept her cellphone off “for weeks on end”...
..A player in all of this that I’ve not yet covered is Rob McCoy, the former pastor (retired) of the Godspeak Calvary Chapel in Thousand Oaks, California. Prior to Kirk’s Assassination, Rob McCoy had already become involved in the political branch of Turning Point USA (TPUSA), TP Faith...  
​..A little backstory about Pastor McCoy is critical here. Seed money to start his church in Thousand Oaks came from the Wilkes brothers of Texas who made billions fracking for oil and gas. Voy Wilks is the founder of The Church of Yaweh, a Jews for Jesus church that follows Old Testament teachings. The Wilkes brothers also provided initial funding for Ben Shapiro’s Israel-first online network, The Daily Wire, as well as for PragerU, another pseudo conservative, Israel-first platform. Merissa Streit, PragerU’s CEO, is a former Israeli intelligence officer. Keep in mind this Zionist web of connections as we go along here.
​  Somehow, on a pastors salary, Rob McCoy was able to sell his home in Thousand Oaks, buy a new home in Phoenix as well as a new home in Coronado (near San Diego), and another home in Thousand Oaks. Apparently the home in Coronado was put up for sale in August of this year.
​  In January of 2023 Rob McCoy guided the first ever TPUSA Pastors Tour of Jerusalem. Of course, to serve as a guide, one has to have intimate knowledge of the place being toured. Clearly, Rob McCoy has a long history with Israel.
​  Pastor Rob McCoys’ 24 year old son Mikey McCoy is the Chief of Staff at TPUSA. He was to Charlie Kirk’s left, just outside the canopy, when Charlie was killed. As I pointed out in an earlier post, when Charlie was shot, Mikey McCoy’s reaction, unlike everyone else, was not to duck for fear of more bullets, nor was it to rush to Charlies aid. No, his reaction was to instantly put his phone to his ear, turn, and calmly walk away.
​  While speaking to his congregation Pastor McCoy detailed events of his sons involvement at Kirk’s shooting, claiming that his son was a hero and that “he was covered in Charlies blood”. Apparently the pastor didn’t know there was video of his sons real actions. He did nothing heroic and was never near Charlies blood. ‘Pastor’ McCoy was caught blatantly lying.
​  Whistle blowers at TPUSA have been privately telling Candace that for some time Mikey McCoy was being set up to take over Charlies position at TPUSA. Mikeys dad, Pastor McCoy, has been using all of his cachet to help this along...
..At this point it’s important to keep track of the timeline of events.
​  It was on July 11 of this year that Tucker Carlson gave his now famous speech at a TPUSA event in Tampa, Florida where he connected Epstein to Israel and said that people who serve in foreign military should be stripped of citizenship (referring to a number of influential US citizens that have served in the IDF) and questioned where the Israel-first billionaire Bill Ackman, a big donor to TPUSA, got all of his money. To this day Zionists still go berserk over this speech.​..
..Because UVU may be the best place in the world to pull off an assassination of this type, I wanted know how UVU got booked as the first stop of this new tour.
​  Apparently some folks at a Fox news affiliate in Utah, which has been doing some independent research into Kirk’s assassination, were wondering the same thing. They recently answered that question: It was the TPUSA chapter at UVU that requested Charlie Kirk come to UVU. The Fox 13 Utah affiliate got a copy of that request. The request was submitted in mid July of this year, which would put it about a week after Tucker Carlson’s speech.​..
..Of course this casts a huge shadow over who was behind the request coming from the UVU chapter of TPUSA, a chapter that may very well be infiltrated by the spooks who teach intelligence courses at UVU.
​  It also casts a dark shadow over whoever it was at TPUSA headquarters in Phoenix that accepted that invitation and booked the event. As Candace Owens pointed out, (she’s been a part of numerous TPUSA campus events since Kirk’s early days), these events are always booked the semester before. She wants to know who pushed UVU to the head of the line in record time...
..Candace also reported that there were 12 cell phones, with accounts that had been opened in Israel, on the ground at UVU when Charlie Kirk was assassinated...
..Several people have done Google IP searches on; Tyler Robinson, the head medical examiner for the state of Utah, George Zinn (the older man who yelled “I shot him, I shot him”), Timpanogos Regional Hospital where Kirk was taken, the surgeons at that hospital, the Mauser 98 and several other key aspects of the case. In every instance, going back to around July of this year and leading up to the days before the shooting, a Google search of source IP addresses for these aspects of the case can be found clustered in Israel and Washington DC. If I didn’t know better I’d say it seems as if Tucker’s comments set off a series of events in Israel and Zionist DC that ended in Charlies death... 
..Those of you who have been hip to Googles shenanigans for years will not be surprised to learn that a search for those IP addresses today will bring up nothing. They have all been scrubbed from the record...
​..Candace received a tip on her hotline that an Egyptian military plane was in Provo at the time of Charlies death. Someone else pointed out that the same plane had been there the previous time Charlie was at UVUCandace looked into Flight Radar 24, (which I’ve used here before to track geoengineering planes) and learned that this plane has been at a nearby airport or military base for nearly every Charlie Kirk event going back to 2022.
​  Candace then got another tip from a foreigner saying they knew about the plane and that it had left Egypt with 18 people and came back with only 12.
Then she learned that there was a second Egyptian plane that typically comes in a little later and stays a little longer at each of Charlies events
.​..
..The take away from all of this is, we still don’t know who killed Charlie Kirk, but a lot of signs are beginning to point in specific directions.
​  One last thought. Because Charlie Kirk had become suspect about the financial dealings of TPUSA, he had requested a never before completed doge type investigative audit of all aspects of the organization. Then he was killed. The audit was dropped.
​  The picture now emerging is that there are a lot of questions, not only about where all the hundreds of millions are going, but where they’re coming from.​   
https://secularheretic.substack.com/p/charlie-kirk-update-and-erikas-interview

​  Sheldon Adelson Would Tell U.S. Elected Officials, 'This Is What Has to Be Done,' Israeli Official Reveals
Israel's Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer revealed to the Republican Jewish Coalition over the weekend that pro-Israel GOP megadonor Sheldon Adelson would go to American elected officials and tell them, "This is what has to be done."​ "Sheldon, when I was ambassador, would do that time after time after time," Dermer said during an interview with RJC CEO Matt Brooks.​   https://www.informationliberation.com/?id=65066

​  Israel’s focus on political drama rather than Palestinian rape victim
Leaked footage of rape of a Palestinian detainee last year leads to legal repercussions – but not for those accused.​   
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11/5/israels-focus-on-political-drama-rather-than-palestinian-rape-victim

In Israel, raping Palestinian prisoners is justified. Leaking the footage is betrayal​   https://israelpalestinenews.org/israel-raping-palestinian-prisoners-justified/

​  Police raid office of former IDF top lawyer as A-G transfers case to military prosecution
The events concern an ongoing probe into the leak of a video from the Sde Teiman detention facility in July that depicted alleged abuse of Palestinian detainees by reservist soldiers.​   
https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/crime-in-israel/article-873014

​  Netanyahu re-elected as Likud leader, set to run in Israel’s upcoming elections​ - Netanyahu has led multiple Israeli governments since first taking office in 1996​   https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/netanyahu-re-elected-as-likud-leader-set-to-run-in-israel-s-upcoming-elections/3737019

​  Illegal Israeli settlers injure 5 Palestinians, torch farmland in West Bank attacks​ - Assaults reported in Hebron-area villages as illegal settlers set fire to olive trees near Ramallah​   https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/illegal-israeli-settlers-injure-5-palestinians-torch-farmland-in-west-bank-attacks/3736129

Israel's destruction of Palestinian olive trees amounts to environmental war crime​   https://en.yenisafak.com/world/israels-destruction-of-palestinian-olive-trees-amounts-to-environmental-war-crime-3710297

​  Israeli army, settlers strike 2,350 times in West Bank last month: Report
‘Cycle of terror’ spikes as Higher Planning Council set to advance plans to build 1,985 new settlement units in occupied West Bank.​   
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11/5/israeli-army-settlers-struck-2350-times-in-west-bank-last-month-report

Israel intensifies S Gaza assault as blockade starves people​   https://en.mehrnews.com/news/238448/Israel-intensifies-S-Gaza-assault-as-blockade-starves-people

​  Israel rejects over 100 aid requests for Gaza since ceasefire: UN​ 'Almost 90% of these rejected requests were from over 330 local and international NGOs,' says spokesperson​   https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/israel-rejects-over-100-aid-requests-for-gaza-since-ceasefire-un/3737074

Full list of Israel’s ceasefire violations in Gaza​   https://israelpalestinenews.org/full-list-of-israel-ceasefire-violations-in-gaza/

​  YouTube Quietly Erased More Than 700 Videos Documenting Israeli Human Rights Violations
The tech giant deleted the accounts of three prominent Palestinian human rights groups — a capitulation to Trump sanctions.​   
https://theintercept.com/2025/11/04/youtube-google-israel-palestine-human-rights-censorship/

The Brutal Settler Attack Was Caught on Camera. But Two Weeks Later, No One’s Been Arrested​   https://israelpalestinenews.org/israeli-illegal-settler-impunity/

Italian news agency journalists denounce death threats after colleague laid off over Gaza reconstruction question​   https://www.arabnews.com/node/2621674/media

Acute trauma: The ever-present wounds of Gaza’s children from Israel’s war​   https://israelpalestinenews.org/wounds-of-gazan-children-from-israel-genocide/

Israel dropped 100,000 tons of explosives on Gaza, equal to 9 nuclear bombs – Not a Ceasefire Day 27​   https://israelpalestinenews.org/israel-dropped-100000-tons-of-explosives-on-gaza-equal-to-9-nuclear-bombs-not-a-ceasefire-day-27/

​  Israel ramps up Lebanon strikes as Hezbollah vows to defend itself
‘We reaffirm our legitimate right to defend ourselves against an enemy that imposes war on our country’, Hezbollah says.​   
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11/6/israel-ramps-up-lebanon-strikes-as-hezbollah-vows-to-defend-itself

Israel steps up attacks on southern Lebanon, drops evacuation warnings​   https://www.arabnews.com/node/2621647/middle-east

Saudi Arabia launches missile strike on Yemen​   https://en.mehrnews.com/news/238444/Saudi-Arabia-launches-missile-strike-on-Yemen

The United States will establish a military base in the Syrian province of Damascus.​   https://en.topcor.ru/65782-u-ssha-pojavitsja-voennaja-baza-v-sirijskoj-provincii-damask.html

​  Trump To Host Syrian President At White House-  The meeting comes six months after Trump and Sharaa met in Saudi Arabia and days after the United Nations and the United States lifted terrorism-related sanctions on the Syrian leader.​  https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/trump-host-syrian-president-white-house

​A surface-compilation CV of Deep-State Dr. Evil:  Dick Cheney (1941–2025): The Dark Legacy of a War Criminal   https://original.antiwar.com/alan_mosley/2025/11/04/dick-cheney-1941-2025-the-dark-legacy-of-a-war-criminal/

USS Fort Lauderdale amphibious transport dock Returns to Caribbean to Bolster U.S. Navy Presence Near Venezuela​   https://www.armyrecognition.com/news/navy-news/2025/uss-fort-lauderdale-amphibious-transport-dock-returns-to-caribbean-to-bolster-u-s-navy-presence-near-venezuela

Venezuela Acquires S-300VM, Pantsir, Buk Systems From Russia and Shahed Drones From Iran​   https://www.thedefensenews.com/news-details/Venezuela-Acquires-S-300VM-Pantsir-Buk-Systems-From-Russia-and-Shahed-Drones-From-Iran/

Russia May Supply 2,000 Geran-2 Drones to Venezuela to Counter U.S. Presence in the Caribbean​   https://www.thedefensenews.com/news-details/Russia-May-Supply-2000-Geran-2-Drones-to-Venezuela-to-Counter-US-Presence-in-the-Caribbean/

​  Carrier USS Ford Holding Off Of North Africa As Trump Reportedly Won’t Strike Venezuela
The supercarrier, ordered to the Caribbean by Trump, has not moved significantly toward that area for two days.​   
https://www.twz.com/sea/uss-ford-holding-off-north-africa-as-reports-emerge-trump-wont-strike-venezuela-for-now

Russia Will Only Break Nuclear Test Ban If US Does First: Kremlin​   https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/russia-will-only-break-nuclear-test-ban-if-us-does-first-kremlin

  ​Russia appears to me to be making decisive moves to finish off the Ukraine war this winter/spring, finally destroying the high-voltage electrical transmission lines, which they had spared before, with the largest ever missile attack, and plunging most of the country, including Kiev into darkness, dysfunction, and electric trolley electrical fires. "Go west, Ukrainian civilians!" 
  All along the line of contact Russians are advancing, without pauses to consolidate gains, just advancing from each town taken. 
  A few days ago the Urainian General-Staff Chief and Zelensky had a jont TV announcement, where they did not agree. The General said that military decisions (Pokrovsk) would be handled by the military and announced afterward. Zelensky said that western arms would be cut if the US/EU/NATO were not impressed, but he did not appear to prevail. This seems to mean that Ukrainian Generals will negotiate with Russian generals for the thousands of Ukrainian soldiers surrounded without hope in Pokrovsk and Kupyansk cities. Pokrovsk seems to be quiet for a day now, likely reflecting such negotiations in progress. 
  When generals are negotiating directly with generals, all of whom understand what is really taking place, there is hope for some rational settlement without politicians, who are isolated far from the slaughter.

The Zaporizhzhia Offensive Is Gaining Momentum​ - There's No Escape From Kupyansk Now​, MS 2025.11.10​   10 min​  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkQpwDCoyT4

​  Simplicius, "Largest Ever" Russian Ballistic Attack Cripples Ukrainian Energy Grid
Russia struck Ukraine with what is being called the largest ballistic missile attack of the entire nearly-four-year-long war. Ukraine’s main energy authority reported literally every one of their thermal power plants was down in the country amid widespread blackouts...
​..There is a lot of argument now over what Russia’s plan is, precisely, and how it squares with what was perceived as past Russian restraint when it came to strikes on Ukraine’s grid.
​  Russian analyst Rybar had just roused discussions with a recent analysis claiming that Russia is destroying everything but the key 750kV electric lines. However, the latest strikes have been confirmed to have hit even precisely those...
..For Russia and Putin a kind of war ‘status quo’, where Russia can continue to maintain economic health, is the ideal scenario, and Russia would much rather have no strikes on its own energy centers in exchange for walking back the same on Ukraine. This is because Putin knows the AFU is already collapsing even without the focus on Ukraine’s energy grid, so taking out the grid is not a particular prerequisite for victory.​    https://simplicius76.substack.com/p/largest-ever-russian-ballistic-attack

​  North Korea Sends 5000 Construction Troops to Russia, Seoul Confirms
The United States and South Korea have condemned the move, calling it a violation of UN sanctions that prohibit North Korea from sending workers abroad. Seoul has also warned that further deployments could lead to new sanctions targeting both Russia and North Korea.
​  The revelation highlights a growing Moscow–Pyongyang axis, with North Korean weapons already flowing to Russian forces and now, manpower following suit.​   
https://www.thedefensenews.com/news-details/North-Korea-Sends-5000-Construction-Troops-to-Russia-Seoul-Confirms/

​  US-China war will come down to protecting or destroying Guam
US readies EIAMD integrated defense shield to block Chinese missile strikes on Guam’s critical power projection assets
​  The EIAMD is built to serve as a multi-layered air defense system. Plans for better fortifying Guam have been ongoing since at least August 2022, when the US Missile Defense Agency’s (MDA) top leadership provided details of upgrades to protect the island’s forward assets.
​  Under the plan, Guam will be covered by a 360-layered EIAMD, with 16 locations on the island used for various batteries and interceptors. Both the US Army and MDA were awarded the contract to develop and deploy the US$8 billion EIAMD to Guam.​   
https://asiatimes.com/2025/11/us-china-war-will-come-down-to-protecting-or-destroying-guam/

China Unveils the World’s First Thorium-Powered Cargo Ship, Carry up to 14,000 Shipping Containers​   https://www.thedefensenews.com/news-details/China-Unveils-the-Worlds-First-Thorium-Powered-Cargo-Ship-Carry-up-to-14000-Shipping-Containers/

No more Mr. Nice-Xi: China Tightens the Screws on Key Metals After Rare Earth Truce With Trump​   https://oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-General/China-Tightens-the-Screws-on-Key-Metals-After-Rare-Earth-Truce-With-Trump.html

​Warehouses still have stock from early this year, though:  Container shipping traffic from China to the US is in freefall   https://halturnerradioshow.com/index.php/news-selections/world-news/container-shipping-traffic-from-china-to-the-us-is-in-freefall

The financial and real economies will converge in a crash:  When A Train Wreck Is No Accident   https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/when-train-wreck-no-accident

​  Stablecoins: The US Dollar's Unexpected Lifeline
In mid-2025, the United States enacted the GENIUS Act, the first comprehensive legal framework for stablecoins — privately issued, fully backed digital dollars that move instantly across open blockchain networks rather than through the regulated banking system. The law gave official legitimacy to an already booming industry, but its deeper consequence reaches far beyond cryptocurrency. It has turned stablecoin issuers into a new and dependable class of buyers of US government debt...
​..As this pool of “off-bank” dollars grows, the Fed’s traditional levers lose precision. Creating more reserves at the central bank no longer guarantees more credit when individuals and businesses can hold or move digital dollars independently. Raising interest rates may cool activity in traditional banks but not in the global digital-dollar economy that now runs on its own infrastructure.
​  This doesn’t erase the Fed’s influence entirely — it still sets the yields on Treasuries, which determine how profitable stablecoins are to issue — but it transforms policy from direct control to indirect coordination with markets. The Fed becomes one actor among many in an open monetary ecosystem it no longer fully commands.​..
..The deeper this system embeds, the clearer its logic becomes: the more Washington delays fiscal reform, the more Treasuries it must issue — and the more it will rely on global demand for stablecoins to absorb them. Each step increases dependence on market-based money and decreases central control.​   https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/stablecoins-us-dollars-unexpected-lifeline

Hungary Gets Its Badly Needed Russian Energy Exemption After Warm Trump-Orban Meeting​   https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/hungary-gets-its-badly-needed-russian-energy-exemption-after-warm-trump-orban-meeting

US Ends Funding For Anti-Hungarian Propaganda, Says Does Not Serve American Interests To Go After Allies​   https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/us-ends-funding-anti-hungarian-propaganda-says-does-not-serve-american-interests-go

A long-justified move: Scientists Call For Cancer Warning Labelss on Bacon and Ham   https://www.thailandmedical.news/news/scientists-call-for-cancer-warning-labels-on-bacon-and-ham

 The sensitivity on these tests could be dialed up to near-infinity, creating false-positives:  86% of PCR-Positive “COVID Cases” Were Not Real Infections
New study finds that during the early pandemic period, only 14% of PCR “COVID cases” were real — proving that lockdowns and vaccine mandates were built on a fraudulent testing illusion.​   https://www.thefocalpoints.com/p/breaking-86-of-pcr-positive-covid

​  Peer-Reviewed Study Finds COVID-19 "Vaccines" Linked to 63 Serious Brain and Spinal Cord Adverse Events
63 CDC/FDA safety thresholds breached as mRNA-LNP-Spike disrupts the blood–brain barrier, increasing risks of meningitis, encephalitis, prion disease, brain abscesses, herpes reactivation, and more.​   
https://www.thefocalpoints.com/p/breaking-peer-reviewed-study-finds-4b0

​  Dr. Laderoute details an analytic method for separating out vaccine-shedding deaths, which adds about 1/3 to the known vaccine deaths.  
The Catastrophic HARM of Spike Specific IgG1/3 Antibodies in the Upper Respiratory Tract (URT) by the COVID-19 Spike mRNA GENE THERAPY Products (and how this led to widespread injuries and deaths in CHILDREN and HEALTHY ADULTS)​   https://hervk102.substack.com/p/the-catastrophic-harm-of-spike-specific-974

​Hot sunspot group discharging at Earth: Two X Class Solar Flares/Solar Storms Heading At Earth | S0 News Nov.10.2025   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9AeSk-9_qI

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