Wednesday, August 6, 2025

Raid At Ohakiv

 Somewhat Surprised,


  Larry Johnson,  Russian Special Ops Forces Capture Three British “Soldiers”
Lieutenant Colonel Richard Carroll, and Colonel Edward Blake, both active-duty officers of the British Army, along with an as-yet-unidentified agent of British MI-6 (Intelligence) were captured during a daring raid by Russian Special Forces, in the city of Ohakiv...
..Trump’s golf buddy, Steve Witkoff, was supposed to go to Moscow for talks on Saturday, but the trip was pushed back, with no explanation. Now there are reports that Witkoff’s mission is to try to get the Russians to release the three British operatives.   https://sonar21.com/russian-special-ops-forces-capture-three-british-soldiers/

  Ukraine War: British Officers Captured in Russian Special Forces Raid
 Russian special forces reportedly executed a lightning-fast operation in the Ukrainian coastal city of Ochakov, capturing three senior British military personnel allegedly involved in coordinating drone and missile strikes against Russian positions.
  According to Russian military-linked Telegram channels and corroborating social media reports, the elite unit known as “Skat-12” landed in Ochakov under cover of darkness, infiltrating a command center believed to be used by NATO-linked operatives. The operation, lasting approximately 15 minutes, resulted in the capture of:
  Colonel Edward Blake, a psychological operations specialist;
Lieutenant Colonel Richard Carroll, a UK Ministry of Defence official with prior deployments in the Middle East;
  An unidentified individual, presumed to be an MI6 cybersecurity advisor.
The incident has triggered a diplomatic firestorm. British officials, reportedly blindsided by the raid, contacted Moscow demanding the immediate release of the officers. The UK Foreign Office claimed the men were in Ukraine for “tourism purposes,” citing an interest in naval history and World War II battle sites. However, Russian sources dismissed the explanation as implausible, citing the discovery of encrypted data, strategic maps, and classified communications with the British General Staff in the officers’ possession.
  Russian Defense Minister Andrei Belousov has allegedly refused any prisoner exchange, stating that the captured personnel will face trial for direct involvement in hostilities against Russia. The Kremlin views the incident as proof of NATO’s covert engagement in the conflict.   
https://www.thekhybermail.com/ukraine-war-british-officers-captured-in-russian-special-forces-raid/

  Russia Captures Active-Duty NATO Military Officers and Intel Agent in Ukraine
  The official London version is: the arrested officers traveled to Ukraine as tourists and "accidentally" ended up in Ochakiv.
The British had the gall to tell the Russians that the men "were interested in naval history and wanted to visit the coast where battles were fought during the Second World War."
The Russians say no beach towels or cameras were found with the detainees, but instead "maps with strategic objects on the territory of RussiaRussian air defense plans, secret instructions on cooperation with Ukrainian drone operators and discs with encrypted data and records of conversations with the British General Staff were found."   
https://halturnerradioshow.com/index.php/news-selections/world-news/bulletin-russia-captures-active-duty-nato-military-officers-and-intel-agent-in-ukraine

  Trump Retreats: Moscow Awaits New US Proposals Through Witkoff - Trump Sends Witkoff to Moscow as Kremlin Outmaneuvers Sanctions
 Steve Witkoff is scheduled to visit Moscow on August 6–7, tasked with delivering new proposals as Donald Trump seeks a way to avoid enforcing his own 100% sanctions threat against Russia. With just ten days left of his reduced ultimatum on the Ukraine ceasefire, Trump has acknowledged that Russia is effectively circumventing sanctions, leaving his administration with few viable options.   https://english.pravda.ru/world/163558-trump-sends-witkoff-to-moscow/

China rejects US demand to stop buying oil from Russia , Iran   https://en.mehrnews.com/news/235037/China-rejects-US-demand-to-stop-buying-oil-from-Russia-Iran

84 Per Cent of Germans Believe People Afraid to Speak Their Mind for Fear of Consequences   https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2025/08/04/84-per-cent-of-germans-believe-people-fear-speaking-their-mind-for-fear-of-consequences/

​  Paul Craig Roberts,​  Reality Rules Whether o​r Not It Is Acknowledged​  
​  Scott Ri​tter is worth listening to.  Ri​tter was the chief arms inspector sent to Iraq to confirm that Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction justifying Washington’s invasion.  But Ritter was too honest for the job and reported back that there were no weapons of mass destruction in Iraq.  
​  The Zionist George W. Bush Regime simply ignored the report, sent US Secretary of State Colin Powell to the UN to lie through his teeth, and invaded and destroyed an Arab country for Israel.  George W., the son of a former US president and CIA Director, sent American soldiers to die for Israel and asserted he was fighting a “war on terror.”  He was fighting with American lives and money a war for Greater Israel.
​  Fighting wars for Israel has been US policy for the entirety of the 21st century. American parents, brothers, sisters, daughters, sons, uncles, cousins, and friends have been fighting and dying for Israel and paying for their own deaths by financing the war with their own pocket books for three presidencies during which Washington has sacrificed Americans for Israel.
​  All of this has to be kept hidden from Americans and is by lies, censorship, charges of anti-semitism, and criminalization of  criticism of Israel.  If truth be known, Israel rules the West.  There are only two members in the US house of Representatives with the courage to stand up to Israel.  In the US Senate I think there is only one.  The bully Trump is afraid of the Israel Lobby and illegally bombed Iran–an act of war–on orders from Netanyahu.  Trump is building Greater Israel, not America. When MAGA-Americans elected Trump, they elected Netanyahu.​  
https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2025/08/03/reality-rules-whether-of-not-it-is-acknowledged/ 

FBI Redacted Trump’s Name in Epstein Files for Privacy Reasons​   https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/fbi-redacted-trump-s-name-in-epstein-files-for-privacy-reasons/ar-AA1JK3WT

​  Kremlin Urges 'Careful Use Of Nuclear Rhetoric' As Medvedev Pivots To Saying Trump Blackmailed By Mossad
​  The Kremlin has issued a fresh statement urging caution in making public statements involving nuclear weapons, after last week President Trump ordered two US nuclear submarines to deploy "closer to Russia"...
​..This doesn't mean that Medvedev is done going after Trump in this latest tit-for-tat social media public war or words. He put the following out Monday on Telegram:
​  “Trump should not think that the video archive of his past immoralities is only in the hands of Mossad.”
This is to apparently suggest strongly that Trump's foreign policy actions are directed by Israel, in connection with Epstein-related blackmail, and is among the more bizarre and aggressive theories thrown out there by Medvedev of late.​  [No, Medvedev is clearly saying Russia has the Trump dirty-movies, too.]   https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/kremlin-urges-careful-use-nuclear-rhetoric-medvedev-pivots-saying-trump-blackmailed

DOJ To Present Russiagate Hoax To A Grand Jury For Criminal Charges​   https://www.zerohedge.com/political/doj-present-russiagate-hoax-grand-jury-criminal-charges

Clintons Subpoenaed By House Amid Probe Of Epstein's 'Horrific Crimes'​   https://www.zerohedge.com/political/clintons-subpoenaed-house-amid-probe-epsteins-horrific-crimes

​  After 8 Years of Hiding Documents – Deep State DOJ Asks to Move Seth Rich Case to “The Dirtiest Federal Courthouse in America” – DC​ 

 Seth Rich may be the key to the Russia Collusion coup of the Trump Administration.  The Deep State DOJ and FBI have gone through extreme efforts to cover-up any information they have on Seth Rich.  Rich is who many believe transferred Hillary and Podesta emails to WikiLeaks during the 2016 election.  Rich was a Bernie fan who worked in the DNC at that time.  Rich was found shot in the back in the summer of 2016 due to what law enforcement labeled a ​robbery, and yet his wallet, phone, and watch were left on his person.
​  It is believed that actions involved in the transfer of Democrat and Podesta files to WikiLeaks will show that Seth Rich forwarded those messages.  The lie that the Russians were involved would then be found to be a total fabrication
  https://joehoft.com/exclusive-after-8-years-of-hiding-documents-deep-state-doj-asks-to-move-seth-rich-case-to-the-dirtiest-federal-courthouse-in-america-dc/

Trump's Base Fragments Further As He Demands States Support Israel Or Risk Disaster Relief​   https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/trumps-base-fragments-further-he-demands-states-support-israel-or-risk-disaster-relief

​This is a good history of that incident:  Relevant History of the B-52: In 2007 a B-52 Bomber Carrying Nuclear Missiles Was Destined for the Middle East   https://www.globalresearch.ca/us-nato-and-israel-deploy-nukes-directed-against-iran/6918

​  U.S. National Intelligence Director Confirms Media PSYOP 'Operation Mockingbird' Still Targeting Americans (Video)
DNI Tulsi Gabbard says intel agencies are using media to subvert Trump and manipulate public opinion.​   
https://jonfleetwood.substack.com/p/us-national-intelligence-director

​  STARK PROOF (Again) IDF Soldier Blows Whistle In Knesset Testimony, Says They Were Ordered To Cancel All Border Patrols On Oct. 7, And Stand Down, Between 5:20 AM and 9 Am
​  Confused, Unable To Remain Silent Any Longer, He Reveals All: "I've Been Living With Some Kind Of Hole In My Brain Since Oct. 7th."​   
https://celiafarber.substack.com/p/stark-proof-again-idf-soldier-blows

​Jimmy Dorr interview:  "We Were ORDERED To Stand Down On October 7th!” -Says IDF Soldier   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhEN14luMHI

​  The Five IDF Balloonists Who Documented, And Repeatedly Warned Of Hamas Training For Oct. 7 Attack. They Even Took Videos Of Paragliders. "Mocked, Dismissed, And Silenced."
​  Observation Balloons Were Taken Down Before Oct. 7 Attack. All 5 Were Killed. "This Story Must Be Told."​   
https://celiafarber.substack.com/p/the-five-idf-balloonists-who-documented

​  Israel forces shoot Palestinian boy in eye at aid site amid Gaza starvation
Fifteen-year-old Abdul Rahman Abu Jazar says Israeli soldiers kept shooting at him even after he was struck by a bullet.​   
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/8/3/israel-forces-shoot-palestinian-boy-in-eye-at-aid-site-amid-gaza-starvation

​ ‘Unthinkable’ catastrophe developing in Gaza – UN spokeswoman
Israel is obstructing aid deliveries as people starve and convoy routes become impassable, Olga Cherevko​   
https://swentr.site/news/622425-gaza-starvation-crisis-un/

Israeli Forces Kills over 20 People Seeking Food in Gaza, Witnesses and Health Officials Say​   https://english.aawsat.com/arab-world/5171335-israeli-forces-kills-over-20-people-seeking-food-gaza-witnesses-and-health

Starvation as strategy: Netanyahu’s war crimes and America’s shame​   https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20250803-starvation-as-strategy-netanyahus-war-crimes-and-americas-shame/

​  Israel kills another Palestinian baby under its Gaza starvation policy
A two-year-old in Gaza starved to death amid Israel’s military offensive and blockade, which have left food and medicine out of reach for civilians.​   
https://trt.global/world/article/172151062ef6

​Murder children, then live with yourself:  Israeli army probe links spike in soldier suicides to Gaza war trauma   https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20250803-israeli-army-probe-links-spike-in-soldier-suicides-to-gaza-war-trauma/

At least 94 killed in Israeli attack on Gaza in past 24 hours​  https://en.mehrnews.com/news/235046/At-least-94-killed-in-Israeli-attack-on-Gaza-in-past-24-hours

Sixteen More Palestinians Starve to Death in Gaza in Three Days Due to Israeli Siege​   https://news.antiwar.com/2025/08/03/sixteen-more-palestinians-starve-to-death-in-gaza-in-three-days-due-to-israeli-siege/

​  28 children killed every day in Gaza: UNICEF
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Monday that around 28 children are being killed every day in the Gaza Strip due to ongoing Israeli bombing and starvation, which has now continued for over 660 days​   
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20250803-israeli-strike-on-red-crescent-headquarters-in-gaza/

​  1,500 killed while seeking aid in Gaza since May: UN
UN says people in Gaza continue to be killed, injured along UN convoy routes, militarized distribution points while seeking food​   
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/1-500-killed-while-seeking-aid-in-gaza-since-may-un/3650565

​  Israel Preparing To Escalate Military Offensive in Gaza
An Israeli official said Netanyahu is pushing for 'the release of hostages as part of a military resolution'
​  Israeli officials are now claiming that Hamas doesn’t want a deal, even though the group has long said it is willing to release all remaining Israeli captives in exchange for a permanent ceasefire. Officials are pointing to Hamas’s denial of a claim by US envoy Steve Witkoff, who said the group was willing to disarm. Hamas responded that it would only give up its weapons if an independent Palestinian state were established.​   https://news.antiwar.com/2025/08/03/israel-preparing-to-escalate-military-offensive-in-gaza/

Netanyahu Has Reportedly Opted For Permanent Military Occupation Of Gaza​   https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/netanyahu-has-reportedly-opted-permanent-military-occupation-gaza

Former Israeli commander calls on Trump to end Gaza war, prevent Netanyahu’s ‘political suicide’​   https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20250804-former-israeli-commander-calls-on-trump-to-end-gaza-war-prevent-netanyahus-political-suicide/

Israeli government votes to dismiss attorney general, escalating standoff with judiciary​   https://www.arabnews.com/node/2610666/middle-east

​  ICC chief prosecutor faces threats over Israel war crimes probe
​  International Criminal Court (ICC) Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan has faced escalating threats, political pressure, intelligence activity, and sexual misconduct allegations amid his investigation into Israeli war crimes, Middle East Eye (MEE) reported Friday, Anadolu reports.
​  The report describes a coordinated campaign involving threats from British and US officials, alleged Mossad surveillance in The Hague, and what Khan described as reprisals tied to his pursuit of arrest warrants for Israeli leaders.​   
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20250803-icc-chief-prosecutor-faces-threats-over-israel-war-crimes-probe-report/

​  Thanks Eleni.  Athens Mayor slams Israeli envoy over “antisemitic graffiti”
​  “As the municipal authority of the city, we have proven our active opposition to violence and racism, ad do not accept lessons in democracy by those who kill civilians and children in the food-rationing queues, by those who are leading dozens of people in Gaza to death from hunger and thirst on a daily basis.
​  “The ambassador’s focus only on graffiti (which obviously get erased) is abhorrent, at a time when an unprecedented genocide is taking place in Gaza. I should also like to inform the ambassador that in the last year the number of Israelis to whom a Greek Golden Visa was granted rose over 90%.”​   
https://www.keeptalkinggreece.com/2025/08/04/athens-mayor-doukas-israeli-ambassador-antisemitic-graffiti/

​  "Are we the baddies?"  The recognition of Palestine: Western unity is collapsing
The recent declarations by US allies are not merely symbolic and represent the first steps toward a new international reality​   
https://swentr.site/news/622382-west-palestine-state-recognition/

​  Another American Palestinian killed in West Bank
​  The relatives of an American Palestinian who moved with his five children and wife in 2020 to the West Bank are calling on the US to investigate the circumstances of his death.
​  Relatives in Chicago told Arab News that Khamis Ayyad, 40, had died of smoke inhalation on July 31 when he entered a home that was engulfed in flames to save people.​   
https://www.arabnews.com/node/2610478/middle-east

​  Palestine decries US House speaker’s visit to illegal Israeli settlement in occupied West Bank
Foreign Ministry says Mike Johnson’s call to annex West Bank violates international law, encourages settler crimes​   
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/palestine-decries-us-house-speaker-s-visit-to-illegal-israeli-settlement-in-occupied-west-bank/3650472

One million women, girls starving in Gaza: UN says​   https://en.mehrnews.com/news/235022/One-million-women-girls-starving-in-Gaza-UN-says​   


​  'Stop Genocide!' 300,000 March Across Sydney Bridge for Gaza
"One has to be blind not to see that Israel has completely lost the majority of the world—including in the West."​   
https://www.commondreams.org/news/sydney-march-for-gaza

​  More land "promised by God":  Israel Has Destroyed Palestine and Syria and Set Its Sights on Cyprus
Far-right Jews have already begun claiming that Cyprus is among the lands promised to them in the Holy Book! They are masters of manipulating whatever suits their interests.​   https://www.globalresearch.ca/israel-destroyed-palestine-syria-set-sights-cyprus/5896540

​  US Deploys F-16 "Super Squadron" Closer To North Korea Border After Kim's Ultimatum​  (or "reasonable negotiating position")
​  The United States is expanding its military footprint on the Korean Peninsula by establishing another elite air unit near the demilitarized zone, which is apparently in response to Pyongyang's last week announcement that it will only enter negotiations if the US abandons its demand for denuclearization.
​  The Department of Defense confirmed the US recently transferred 31 F-16 fighter jets from Kunsan Air Base to Osan Air Base, with a purpose to "consolidate air power and enhance combat readiness" in the region.
​  The Pentagon indicated this marks the second such "super squadron" the US has stationed in South Korea. Osan lies several dozen miles north of Kunsan, closer to the demilitarized zone with North Korea, and so the Kim Jong Un government will no doubt see this as a serious provocation.​   
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/us-deploys-f-16-super-squadron-closer-north-korea-border-after-kims-ultimatum

​  China’s drone swarms just got smarter, faster and harder to kill
New rocket-powered ‘terminal evasion’ system allows for abrupt, algorithm-disrupting maneuvers seconds before impact​   
https://asiatimes.com/2025/08/chinas-drone-swarms-just-got-smarter-faster-and-harder-to-kill/#

​  Andrew Korybko,  Trump Is Hellbent on Derailing India’s Rise as a Great Power
​  Trump raged against India on Wednesday in a series of posts announcing his 25% tariff on its exports on the pretext of its trade barriers and close ties with Russia. He then announced an oil deal with Pakistan and predicted that “maybe they’ll be selling Oil to India someday!” His final post described India’s economy as “dead” and claimed that “We have done very little business with India” despite it being the fastest-growing major economy in the world and bilateral trade amounting to nearly $130 billion in 2024.
​  India’s Ministry of Commerce & Industry calmly responded to Trump’s tariff announcement by reaffirming its commitment to talks and declaring that the state “will take all steps necessary to secure our national interest”, which likely infuriated him since he probably expected Modi to anxiously call him.​..
​..The US wants India to open its agricultural and dairy marketsstop its massive import of discounted Russian oil, and rapidly diversify away from Russian military equipment. Complying with the first demand would be disastrous for the 46% of the Indian workforce employed in these industries, however, while the second would risk decelerating its economic growth and the third would make its security dependent on the US. The end result would therefore derail India’s rise as a Great Power and turn it into a US vassal.   https://www.globalresearch.ca/trump-hellbent-derailing-india-rise-great-power/5896574  

Oil Jumps As Trump Threatens India With 'Substantial' Tariffs For Buying Russian Crude​   https://www.zerohedge.com/energy/india-keep-buying-russian-oil-ukraine-calls-us-strangle-russian-economy

India, Brazil reject US demands to stop buying Russian oil   https://tass.com/economy/1997635

BP makes biggest oil discovery in 25 yrs off coast of Brazil​   https://en.mehrnews.com/news/235055/BP-makes-biggest-oil-discovery-in-25-yrs-off-coast-of-Brazil

​  Michael Hudson: From Babylon to Wall Street – How Bankers Make You Poor
​  I began to write a history of debt, after I left the United Nations in 1979 after warning that there was going to be a, third world, Latin American debt crash in a few years, as indeed there was in 1982. I got all the way back to Greece and Rome, and then into the biblical, and came across the jubilee year.
​  There were a few references to the fact that there were antecedents of this in Babylonian law and I began to look through the literature in Babylonia. And I found out rather quickly that every ruler of the Babylonian dynasty, whenever they took the throne for their first full year on the throne, they would proclaim a clean slate, annulling the personal agrarian debts that had built up.
​  Freeing the debt bond servants whose had to go to work for their creditors to work off the debt and redistributing the landthe words that Hammurabi and other rulers used in proclaiming these clean slates were exactly those of, the Judaic, Jubilee in Leviticus, that apparently was, written into Mosaic law when the Jewish exiles were, permitted to return to Israel and brought their familiarity with Babylonian law with them.​   
https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2025/08/michael-hudson-from-babylon-to-wall-street-how-bankers-make-you-poor.html

​  DOJ Ends 44-Year-Old Race-Based Hiring Decree
​  The DOJ said on Aug. 4 that the decree had “limited the hiring practices of the federal government based on flawed and outdated theories of diversity, equity, and inclusion,” and that it also “imposed draconian test review and implementation procedures” on the Office of Personnel Management (OPM).
  “For over four decades, this decree has hampered the federal government from hiring the top talent of our nation,” Assistant Attorney General Harmeet K. Dhillon said in a statement. “Today, the Justice Department removed that barrier and reopened federal employment opportunities based on merit—not race.”   
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/doj-ends-44-year-old-race-based-hiring-decree

Artificial Greed:  'Relatively Simple' AI Trading Bots Naturally Collude To Rig Markets: Wharton   https://www.zerohedge.com/ai/relatively-simple-ai-trading-bots-naturally-collude-rig-markets-wharton

RFK Jr. Pushes to Ban Using Food Stamps to Buy Soda: ‘U.S. Taxpayers Should Not Pay for It’​   https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/08/04/rfk-jr-pushes-ban-food-stamps-purchase-soda/

​  Meryl Nass MD, The EPA is not our friend. Nearly 100 pesticides *banned* in other countries are being used in the US. Now EPA wants to re-register Bayer's Dicamba, despite 2 courts having determined otherwise.
​  EPA has been stuffed with political appointees who are chemical industry shills. Should EPA go the way of USAID? How do we fix this?​   https://merylnass.substack.com/p/the-epa-is-not-our-friend-nearly

​  Meryl Nass MD, Our new weekly CHD-TV show begins this Tuesday at 10:30 am, on food and farming. This week we cover sewer sludge, Section 507 and EPA's encouraging farmers to poison their farmland.
​  We will touch on different aspects of food and farming each week with different guests, doing a quickie 20 minute live show​   https://merylnass.substack.com/p/our-new-weekly-chd-tv-show-begins

​Spartacus,  AI Self-Hypnosis​ - Have you been spiraling more and enjoying it less?   https://iceni.substack.com/p/ai-self-hypnosis

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Saturday, August 2, 2025

Name That Thing

 Reaching For Words,


  The Ethical Skeptic explains this useful word:  Exapátisiology:  The study of narrative coercion, the intoxicating rush some derive from combining power with just enough deception to mislead—yet not so much as to be caught and held to account by those they exploit. The embezzler sleeps soundly so long as the only crime in town is called “bank robbery,” and he’s its loudest foe. While he holds the keys to the vault, the word "embezzle" will never exist...
..It is this missing but essential term—exapátisiology—that the ethical skeptic also recognizes as a tactic of exapátisiology itself: to permit no language to exist that can precisely name one’s crimes. As Orwell observed in 1984, the aim of Newspeak was to make certain disapproved thoughts “literally impossible, because there will be no words in which to express them.” In like manner, the practitioner of exapátisiology seeks to strip the lexicon of any term capable of exposing their abuse of authority—thereby rendering the recognition of such abuse, if not unthinkable, at least unspeakable.​   https://theethicalskeptic.com/2025/07/31/exapatisiology/

​  US Senate Democrats invoke century-old law for Epstein files release​  
​  US Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said Wednesday that Senate Democrats will invoke a century-old law to force the release of the full files of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
​  "Today, Senate Democrats take additional action to try and uncover the truth about the Epstein files.​ This morning, I join all of my Democratic colleagues on the Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee in invoking a century-old law known as the 'Rule of Five' to compel the Department of Justice to release the full and complete Epstein files, which to date, of course, they have refused to be transparent about," Schumer said from the Senate floor.
​  Schumer said that under federal law, when any five senators on the Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee demand that the executive branch release investigative documents, "they must comply."​   
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/americas/us-senate-democrats-invoke-century-old-law-for-epstein-files-release/3646644

​  Durham Annex Bombshell Exposes New Twist in Russian Collusion Hoax​  
​  Newly-declassified so-called Clinton Plan intelligence included intercepted communications from a George Soros ally which suggested that Hillary Clinton’s 2016 campaign against Donald Trump was plotting a “long-term affair to demonize” Trump by linking him to Russian leader Vladimir Putin, and that the Clinton campaign expected that “the FBI will put more oil into the fire.”
​  The revelations, including intercepted purported communications from Leonard Benardo, a top official at George Soros’s Open Society Foundations, and communications by Clinton foreign policy adviser Julianne Smith, provide new insight into information that the U.S. intelligence community received in July 2016 – just before the FBI launched its politicized Crossfire Hurricane investigation.​   
https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2025/07/31/durham-annex-bombshell-the-soros-connection-to-russia-hoax-n4942280

​  ‘No Room for Complacency’ – US Must Lead Against Persistent Russian Threat, McConnell Warns
Longest-Serving Republican Senator urges long-term strategy on Russia, says Ukraine’s fight is a lesson for US and allies.​   
https://www.kyivpost.com/post/57272

​  Whose "disgrace", Sir? Do they care?  Trump calls Kremlin's silence on deadline cut 'a disgrace' - Trump has received no response from the Kremlin
US President Donald Trump said he had not received a response from the Kremlin when he shortened the deadline for settling the Russian-Ukrainian conflict.​   https://www-kommersant-ru.translate.goog/doc/7924748?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp

​  Can the Russian President just say that?   PUTIN PRISES OPEN ROTHSCHILD GRIP – OUR CHILDREN WILL BE BORN FREE
  'Our future generations will be born without Rothschild chains around their wrists and ankles,’ Putin thundered before the Russian Parliament. That statement alone shattered decades of silent global enslavement.
​  For over two centuries, the Rothschilds have ruled through economic conquest, installing central banks, manufacturing crises, and enforcing IMF slavery.
​  Their playbook? Crash economies offer eyewatering high-interest loans, and demand total political and economic control in return. Putin saw it. And he burned it.​   
https://michaelwalshwriter.com/2025/07/29/putin-prises-open-rothschild-grip-our-children-will-be-born-free/

​  Simplicius on the Russian summer offensive gulping ground as Ukrainians ​lie dead or exhausted: Chasov Yar Falls, Pokrovsk Crumbles, Zelensky Sinks​  Zelensky’s seeming backtracking, however, did not end the latest MSM blitz against his ‘image’Even protests continued, as people took to the streets outside the Rada building while the vote was in progress.
​  At the same time, the Western narrative machine has ramped up in pushing Zelensky’s would-be successor to the fore, as Vogue released an eyeroll-inducing feature on Zaluzhny undoubtedly meant to begin massaging his image, revealing his soft ‘human side’ in run up to the eventual narratives that will convince us why he’ll make such a great new “people’s leader”​... 
​..Trump admitted the tariffs “may not work” and seemed generally half-hearted and lackadaisical about the whole thing—or perhaps, more aptly, defeated... It continues to have the feel of ‘going through the motions’ merely to appease hardliners who hold all the political and donor power in Washington.​..
​..Some last items of note:
​  Trump says that he’s now stopped six wars during his term, and he’s averaging one new war ended per month—which, of course, qualifies him for the Nobel Peace Prize—or maybe even multiple ones!​ ...
..In the meantime, Arestovich has explained that Trump’s sanctions will do nothing but harden Russians and make them fight even more bitterly. According to him, the West simply does not understand how the Russian mentality works—the more you threaten their motherland, the more fanatical and unstoppable they become​.   https://simplicius76.substack.com/p/sitrep-8125-chasov-yar-falls-pokrovsk

​  John Mearsheimer laying bare the grim reality. Ukraine must abandon NATO, disarm completely, and surrender a fifth of its territory to Russia. This isn’t peace, it’s a forced submission dictated at gunpoint. And the West? Powerless to stop it, left choking on the consequences of its own reckless delusions. For years, they pumped out fantasies of victory while dragging Ukraine deeper into a war it could never win. Now, as the reality sets in, they’ll be forced to sell this bitter defeat to their own people,wrapped in lies, spun with hollow rhetoric. This collapse isn’t just on the battlefield,​ it’s moral, strategic and irreversible.​   https://x.com/ricwe123/status/1950840719926530386

Russian Armed Forces destroy a colony in Zaporozhye where prisoners were being prepared for dispatch to the front​    https://en.topcor.ru/62558-preventivnyj-udar-vs-rf-unichtozhili-koloniju-na-zaporozhe-gde-zakljuchennyh-gotovili-k-otpravke-na-front.html

​  Scott Ritter, Trump and Medvedev’s Dangerous Exchange of Words - As the rhetoric heats up, we must remain cognizant of the consequences
​  President Trump has become enthralled with the Israeli “Nasrallah” solution—leadership decapitation and middle management disruption designed to bring about the rapid collapse of a government/system.
​  It was tried—and failed—in Iran.
But Trump is being advised by Russophobes who believe that the US can successfully implement such a plan against Russia.
​  This plan begins with sanctions, as all such plans do.
It ends with a decapitation strike on Moscow.
​  Trump’s imagined conversation with Putin, where he threatened to “bomb the sh*t out of Moscow”, is indicative of the President’s thinking in this regard.
The preferred decapitation strike is done using B-52 bombers launching cruise missiles, accompanied by Trident missiles launched from Ohio-class submarines operating off the coast of Russia, allowing for a flatter trajectory flight and shorter flight time.
​  Medvedev’s comment about the “Dead Hand” indicates that Russia is well aware of Trump’s plans.
​  The “Dead Hand”, or Perimeter system, is a long-standing fail-safe mechanism/plan which guarantees a full-scale nuclear retaliation in case any nation is foolish enough to try a decapitation strike.​   
https://scottritter.substack.com/p/trump-and-medvedevs-dangerous-exchange

​  Trump Deploys 2 Nuclear Subs After Medvedev's "Foolish, Inflammatory" Statement​   
​  Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev issued the Kremlin's response to President Trump's Monday announcement from Scotland that he's reducing a deadline for Russia to agree a peace settlement from 50 days to 10 or 12 days, citing 'disappointment' in Putin not ending or at least winding down the war.
​  Medvedev warned: "Russia isn't Israel or even Iran" and thus that "Each new ultimatum is a threat and a step towards war. Not between Russia and Ukraine, but with (Trump's) own country." ...
..Friday morning, President Trump took to his Truth Social account and escalated from words to actions moving two nuclear submarines to be positioned “in the appropriate regions” based on “highly provocative” statements from former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev.
​  “Words are very important, and can often lead to unintended consequences, I hope this will not be one of those instances,” Trump says​.   
https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/trump-deploys-2-nuclear-subs-after-medvedevs-foolish-inflammatory-statement

​ Modern warfare expertise:  Mexico's National Intelligence: Mexicans and Colombians in the Ukrainian Armed Forces are learning how to operate FPV drones to hand them over to cartels   https://en.topwar.ru/268885-nacrazvedka-meksiki-meksikancy-i-kolumbijcy-v-vsu-poluchajut-navyki-upravlenija-fpv-dronami-chtoby-potom-peredat-ih-karteljam.html

Israeli Forces Launch Massive Arrest Campaign Across West Bank​   https://english.pnn.ps/news/47591

​  China ‘shocked, disappointed’ by US sanctions on PA
Washington accused Ramallah of ‘supporting terrorism’ and ‘internationalizing’ the conflict with Israel through the ICC​   
https://thecradle.co/articles/china-shocked-disappointed-by-us-sanctions-on-pa

​  (even the) UK denounces Israeli aid restrictions for Gaza as 'affront' to UN charter
'Children are starving, and Israel's drip-feeding of aid has horrified the world,' says Foreign Secretary David Lammy​   
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/americas/uk-denounces-israeli-aid-restrictions-for-gaza-as-affront-to-un-charter/3645668

​What "action"?  UK Plans to Recognize Palestinian State in September Unless Israel Takes Action   https://english.aawsat.com/arab-world/5169658-uk-plans-recognize-palestinian-state-september-unless-israel-takes-action

​  Israel rejects UK decision to recognize Palestinian state as ‘reward for Hamas’
British prime minister says UK will recognize Palestine in September unless Israel takes 'substantive steps to end the appalling situation in Gaza’​   
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/israel-rejects-uk-decision-to-recognize-palestinian-state-as-reward-for-hamas-/3645792

​  Sweden urges EU to freeze trade deal with Israel, increase economic pressure
'Israel is not fulfilling its most basic obligations and agreed-upon commitments regarding humanitarian aid,' Swedish premier says​   
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/europe/sweden-urges-eu-to-freeze-trade-deal-with-israel-increase-economic-pressure/3647329

​  Netherlands bars Israeli ministers over calls for violence
​  “The cabinet has therefore decided to declare Israeli ministers Smotrich and Ben-Gvir persona non grata and is committed to registering them as undesirable aliens in the Schengen registration system,” Dutch Foreign Minister Caspar Veldkamp announced in a statement released on Monday night, Press TV reported.
​  He clarified that the ban follows their promotion of settler aggression towards Palestinians, the growth of unlawful Israeli settlements, and their demands for ethnic cleansing in Gaza.​   
https://en.mehrnews.com/news/234853/Netherlands-bars-Israeli-ministers-over-calls-for-violence

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene Becomes First Republican in Congress To Label Israel’s Actions in Gaza a Genocide​   https://news.antiwar.com/2025/07/29/rep-marjorie-taylor-greene-becomes-first-republican-in-congress-to-label-israels-actions-in-gaza-a-genocide/

Israel First Billionaires Dump Millions Into Super PAC to Oust Rep. Thomas Massie​   https://www.informationliberation.com/?id=65000

Pro-Palestine group in Greece protests arrival of Israeli cruise ship on Crete island​   https://www.euronews.com/2025/07/29/pro-palestine-group-in-greece-protests-arrival-of-israeli-cruise-ship-on-crete-island

End Game: Netanyahu Now Plans To Annex Gaza, Bowing To Extremist Members Of Coalition​   https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/end-game-netanyahu-now-plans-annex-gaza-bowing-extremist-members-coalition

Israeli Forces Kill 103 Palestinians in Gaza Over 24 Hours​ - The dead include 60 Palestinians who were killed while attempting to get aid​   https://news.antiwar.com/2025/07/30/israeli-forces-kill-103-palestinians-in-gaza-over-24-hours/

​  Gaza tribal leaders denounce US-Israel aid distribution system as ‘humiliating, soaked in blood’
'Our children are left naked and starving in the streets, with no food, water, or electricity. We are watching a slow death unfold daily 
while the world stands by in silence,' says Supreme Authority for Tribal Affairs head​.   
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/gaza-tribal-leaders-denounce-us-israel-aid-distribution-system-as-humiliating-soaked-in-blood-/3648493

​  More than 100 people killed in 2 days searching for food in Gaza: UN
Hundreds of others injured along food convoy routes or near Israeli 'militarized distribution hubs,' says deputy spokesman​   
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/more-than-100-people-killed-in-2-days-searching-for-food-in-gaza-un-/3648602

​  ‘Designed as Death Traps’: Fmr. Green Beret Who Worked at Gaza Food Sites Reveals Rampant War Crimes
​  “What I witnessed in Gaza, I can only describe as a dystopian, post-apocalyptic wasteland,” says Anthony Aguilar, a retired U.S. soldier who worked as a subcontractor with UG Solutions in the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation aid delivery operation. “We, the United States, are complicit. We are involved, hand in hand, in the atrocities and the genocide that is currently undergoing in Gaza.”​   https://scheerpost.com/2025/07/30/designed-as-death-traps-fmr-green-beret-who-worked-at-gaza-food-sites-reveals-rampant-war-crimes/

Israeli court releases illegal settler charged with killing contributor to Oscar-winning West Bank film​   https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20250730-israeli-court-releases-illegal-settler-charged-with-killing-contributor-to-oscar-winning-west-bank-film/

​  UN experts condemn Israeli use of ‘thirst as a weapon’ against Palestinians - 'How can world leaders sleep while this suffering continues?' experts say​   https://www.aa.com.tr/en/europe/un-experts-condemn-israeli-use-of-thirst-as-a-weapon-against-palestinians/3645748

Israeli Settlers Torch Bedouin Homes in Jericho Area, Forcing Families to Flee Again​   https://english.pnn.ps/news/4760

​  Israel blocking international press to conceal genocide, starvation in Gaza, authorities say
​  ‏“Israeli occupation authorities continue to promote false claims denying the existence of famine in Gaza, while banning the entry of the international press for fear of exposing undeniable realities to the cameras,” the office said in a statement.
​  It challenged Israel to open the crossings and allow foreign correspondents to enter the blockaded territory.​   
https://www.yenisafak.com/en/world/israel-blocking-international-press-to-conceal-genocide-starvation-in-gaza-authorities-say-3705621

Global Hunger Monitor Says ‘Worst Case Scenario of Famine Playing Out in Gaza’​   https://news.antiwar.com/2025/07/29/global-hunger-monitor-says-worst-case-scenario-of-famine-playing-out-in-gaza/

​Gone, years of production, gone:  Quarter of US THAAD missiles used to defend Israel   https://en.mehrnews.com/news/234836/Quarter-of-US-THAAD-missiles-used-to-defend-Israel

Gallup Poll: Just 32% of Americans Approve of Israel’s Actions in Gaza​​   ​  https://news.antiwar.com/2025/07/29/gallup-poll-just-32-of-americans-approve-of-israels-actions-in-gaza/    


Yemen strikes Ben Gurion Airport with hypersonic missile​   https://en.mehrnews.com/news/234867/Yemen-strikes-Ben-Gurion-Airport-with-hypersonic-missile

​  US imposes sweeping sanctions on Iranian shipping network
Washington says the targeted network facilitated the sale of Iranian and Russian oil through a global operation spanning 17 countries​   
https://thecradle.co/articles/us-imposes-sweeping-sanctions-on-iranian-shipping-network

​  Iran’s Foreign Minister Says US Must Provide Compensation Before Nuclear Talks Can Resume
Trump has been threatening to bomb Iran again and has imposed new sanctions, making diplomacy unlikely​   
https://news.antiwar.com/2025/07/31/irans-foreign-minister-says-us-must-provide-compensation-before-nuclear-talks-can-resume/

​  IDF Admits to Hundreds of Ceasefire Violations as Finance Minister Vows Israel Won’t Withdraw From Lebanon
Israeli drone strike kills one, wounds four in Nabatieh​   
https://news.antiwar.com/2025/07/30/idf-admits-to-hundreds-of-ceasefire-violations-as-finance-minister-vows-israel-wont-withdraw-from-lebanon/

Hezbollah will not hand over arms to Israel, Qassem says​   https://en.mehrnews.com/news/234886/Hezbollah-commemorates-Fuad-Shokr-martyrdom-anniversary

​  Which ya gonna' believe?  Bessent Says Trump Accounts For Kids Are Backdoor 'For Privatizing Social Security'
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said in an interview this week that the Trump Accounts, which are aimed at helping parents save for their children’s future, are “a back door for privatizing Social Security,” before later clarifying that the administration remains committed to protecting Social Security.   https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/bessent-says-trump-accounts-kids-are-backdoor-privatizing-social-security

​  Trump and team 'frustrated' with India over trade talks: US Treasury Secretary
US officials slammed India over stalled trade talks and Russian oil purchases.
 According to Bessent, the US sees India as taking advantage of global sanctions by becoming a key buyer of discounted oil.​  
(Yes, and ...?)​   https://www.indiatoday.in/world/us-news/story/us-treasury-secretary-trump-admin-frustrated-with-india-over-trade-talks-glbs-2764484-2025-08-01

​  Europe Wants More U.S. Gas Than Exists
Under the new trade deal, the EU aims to buy $750 billion worth of American energy over three years—more than triple its current import levels.
​  Analysts say this goal is unrealistic given current export capacities.
Despite record LNG exports and several projects under construction, the U.S. lacks the short-term infrastructure to meet the massive increase in demand.
​  With Asia offering higher prices and aggressively competing for U.S. LNG, fulfilling EU demand could strain U.S. supply and raise domestic energy prices.​   
https://oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-General/Europe-Wants-More-US-Gas-Than-Exists.html

​  The Permian’s Dirty Secret Is Bubbling Over
Wastewater disposal in the Permian Basin is straining geological limits.
Texas regulators are restricting new injection wells due to rising reservoir pressure, seismic activity, and potential damage to oil reserves and freshwater resources.​   
https://oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-General/The-Permians-Dirty-Secret-Is-Bubbling-Over.html

​  Just stop eating and drinking poisons, and get two hours of dailyactivity:                     BREAKING: RFK JR. REVEALS $3 TRILLION OZEMPIC SCANDAL WITH CONGRESS AND NOVO NORDISK!! Robert F. Kennedy Jr. exposes a scandal where over 100 Congress members, linked to Novo Nordisk, back a $1,500 monthly Medicare fund for Ozempic, risking a $3 trillion annual cost.​   https://x.com/TRUMP_ARMY_/status/1950866812683407360

​  Steve Kirsch, The single most convincing COVID vaccine harm signal to date
Mortality increased each time they gave a new dose. This kind of dose-response temporal pattern is considered one of the strongest forms of circumstantial evidence in observational epidemiology.​  https://kirschsubstack.com/p/the-single-most-convincing-covid   


​  A Midwestern Doctor shows history rhyming again:  What Can The Smallpox Vaccines Teach Us About COVID Vax Injuries?
Reviewing the critical but largely forgotten lessons from the early pioneers of natural medicine​   https://www.midwesterndoctor.com/p/what-can-the-smallpox-vaccines-teach

​  Jessica Rose, Ph.D. A new Multiple Sclerosis study IS actually ground-breaking
2 specific fiber-loving bacteria inhabiting the gut are implicated in playing an important causative role
​  This groundbreaking study involved 81 pairs of identical twins, where only one sibling of each pair had multiple sclerosis (MS). The authors identified two gut bacteria, namely Eisenbergiella tayi and Lachnoclostridium, as potential triggers for MS. They compared gut microbiome samples from these twins and isolated 51 microbial candidates, with Eisenbergiella tayi and Lachnoclostridium being consistently linked to MS.​   https://jessicar.substack.com/p/a-new-multiple-sclerosis-study-is

​  Don't be egg-deficient.  STUDY: Just One Egg a Week Slashes Alzheimer’s Risk by Nearly HALF
Minimal egg consumption cuts dementia risk by 47% and reduces Alzheimer’s brain pathology at autopsy — mainly due to choline, omega‑3s, and lutein.​   https://www.thefocalpoints.com/p/study-just-one-egg-a-week-slashes

​  Meryl Nass  MD, What have I been up to in the past week, with no posts? Here are two new podcasts on farming and pesticides. Finally, what may be in your grocery's ground beef?  Thanks for sticking with me. Important info to watch, read and share!   https://merylnass.substack.com/p/what-have-i-been-up-to-in-the-past

  Anastassia Makarieva, Assessing changes in atmospheric circulation due to ecohydrological restoration: How can global climate models help?
First research paper from the newly established Biotic Pump Greening Group Institute​   https://bioticregulation.substack.com/p/assessing-changes-in-atmospheric

​  Note: If you live close enough to come pick up a t-shirt with a Palestinian flag front and back, and the word Palestine just above it, and would wear it conspicuously in public, then I'll give you one at cost, which will be $10 per shirt when I get #100 made. 
Let me know your size soon. I'll put in the order by Wednesday.)

​Circulating in the Biosphere (pictured with okra and sweet potatoes in Palestinian colors)