Debt Rattle October 27 2024
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Kursk 2.0 update
Essentially no change for what, week and a half, 2 weeks?
Headline today: Russia repels 8 attacks in the Kursk region.
The Ukraine war reminds me a LOT of WW1. “The Battle of _____” can last for MONTHS or even YEARS when virtually any other war has battles start and end in the span of days.
The Myth of the Great War: A New Military History of World War I – John Mosier – is still my favorite WW1 book. He gets flack from other authors and readers for abandoning a clinical modern historical approach, but I really enjoy his GenX sarcastic scorn. Seriously? Throwing men against this ONE hill over and over for 18 MONTHS and you call it The Battle Of _____? You agree to do your big attack and call it off in 4 days if there are no successes, but then keep the meat grinder going to no avail for 4 months? I honestly LOVE that there is some character and tone to the narrative. Who are these idiots who report total military idiocy like historical temperature readings?
EIGHT attacks in the Kursk salient being warded off. wtf. Months into this “Battle” and they aren’t giving up. Keep the meat grinder going. Ukraine can still project force into the Kursk salient.
It’s a bit mysterious because we don’t really know what is going on – has NATO found the secret sauce to improve their attrition ratio? Do they therefore regard Kursk as a continuing success? Why else would they keep it going? But in Mosier’s book, some generals, to show their proper attitude, would consider it a best practice to keep attacking until you have no more men to attack with. To show your manly, offensive spirit.
More chunks being bit off the northwestern part of the Kursk salient. Ukraine really, REALLY isn’t going to reach Koronevo. Clashes at both east and west sides at the base of the salient. Hard to tell if Urkaine is trying to widen it or Russia is trying to pinch it off. Not a lot moving there for weeks now.
Chasov Yar maps have been absent for weeks. I take it as a sign that there are no positive developments for Russia – that’s usually what it is when there are no map updates on southfront.
Various other Russian nibblings all along the front. Little successes. Grignotage as the French would say. “I gnaw you.”
I see no good news for the Ukrainian side in the past couple weeks.
That strategic map never changes though
Can’t See Our Future Yet https://drjohnsblog.substack.com/p/cant-see-our-future-yet
I have a lot of tabs lined up, which may reflect the general tension in our world, with so many aspects of hierarchical power under obvious strain, preparatory to snapping suddenly at some point. The US elections are a focal point of this, with much last-stand tribalism being pumped into us, though I think it’s all words and group-identity, for the most part.
My perception is that power elites in the east and south have had negotiations at the BRICS summit, which continue, and that the globalists in the west are not going to obtain their techno-dystopia dreams of having us all wired into compliance in their 15 minute cities, mainly because this requires more resources and energy than can possibly be applied to the task. There are other reasons, but impossibility is easier to address.
In a world where peak-oil-plus-liquids happened in late 2018, and that is 90% correlated with real-economy, we will not be able to support layers of global hierarchy, which primarily serve maintenance of the hierarchy, and are badly inefficient at supporting human populations.
The human-self-support is the most resource and energy efficient, but is also subject to catastrophic local failures, as in western North Carolina. The hierarchy, however, actually made that problem worse, which is becoming a lesson of sorts.
Personally, I think the negotiations for a “mostly peaceful” elite power-transition, at least in the US, are well in progress, though still subject to failure. Trump has openly communicated that he won’t go after Hunter Biden, and already didn’t go after Hillary Clinton, so existential fears may be eased for current elites…
We’ll see. If the votes are counted in favor of Trump/Vance, then the deal was done. Trying to call the rig for Harris looks untenable now, so it wouldn’t go well. Most police/military/national-guard forces are aware of what is going on. They would choose sides, maybe not all the same side, but there is no appetite for civil war.(Doomporn-clickbait?) ANALYSIS: Trump is going to win BIG, and then the real fireworks begin… America won’t survive as we know it for even ONE YEAR https://www.naturalnews.com/2024-10-26-analysis-trump-is-going-to-win-big-real-fireworks-begin.html
Kyle Young looks at “prepper” vs “homesteader” adaptive styles for tumultuous times. He is a longstanding homesteader in Arizona, near the Mexican border.
Disaster Capitalism – are you ready for what may come after 11/5? https://secularheretic.substack.com/p/disaster-capitalism-are-you-ready Anti-Spiegel, What the list of mysterious deaths in the Clinton family has to do with the US election
The so-called “Clinton body count”, the list of mysterious deaths in the Clintons’ circle, is described as a conspiracy theory. However, it is worth taking a closer look because there are indications that the US Democrats are planning to take action against the Trump movement after the US election.
There is even a long Wikipedia article in German about the so-called “Clinton body count”, the list of mysterious deaths in the Clinton family circle , in which we learn that these are just conspiracy theories. However, Wikipedia lists more than 15 mysterious deaths, including many suicides by gunshot wounds, in the Clinton family circle, and one can hardly deny that it is very strange when so many people connected to a highly controversial family die under mysterious circumstances. https://anti–spiegel-ru.translate.goog/2024/was-die-liste-der-mysterioesen-todesfaelle-im-umfeld-der-clintons-mit-der-us-wahl-zu-tun-hat/?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=de&_x_tr_pto=wappTariffs are a tax on imported good, paid as a higher price, a sales tax of sorts, though different good can be targeted. This encourages productive industry within the country.
“Why Not?”: Trump Tells Rogan He’ll Use Tariffs to Eliminate Income Tax, Make America “Rich” https://discernreport.com/why-not-trump-tells-rogan-hell-use-tariffs-to-eliminate-income-tax-make-america-rich/ Alex Krainer could make more of the cheap-fuel-cutoff demolition of the economy, EU: living in the banksta’s paradise
European Union’s eventual collapse is a certainty – it has been for a very long time. It’s been rigged for demolition through its financial architecture which institutionalizes a system of governance that’s typical of all historical eras where moneylending oligarchies gained the control of the political system. The predictable result of all this is that European economies are floundering: their entrepreneurial dynamism and competitiveness is being systematically suffocated and slowly consumed by the parasitic leech hidden behind the EU bureaucratic institutions. For the ordinary people and businesses, this system is driving a steady, inexorable descent into poverty…
..One of the main components of Europe’s pathological financial architecture is the European Stability Mechanism (ESM): Eurozone’s permanent bailout fund. The ESM is not exactly a household name, but you can really think of it as a monstrous vampire leech attached to Europe’s economy.
The treaty establishing the ESM is an astonishing legal concoction which established a limitless, institutional conveyor belt of bailout funds from the European taxpayer, ultimately to the banking cartel. ESM’s capital was supposedly limited to €500 million (in some documents it says €700 million), but the Treaty sets no limits on the obligations imposed on European taxpayers, no room for negotiation, no legal recourse.
As drafted, the ESM Treaty was a violation of the EU Treaty (Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union) as well as constitutions and/or laws of EU member states as it restricts each member nation’s fiscal sovereignty. Ratifying it necessitated a dismayingly convoluted process of amending the EU treaty and circumventing member states’ domestic laws.
It came to an initial vote in January 2012 when it was passed without barely a mention in the press. The ESM became operational in October 2012 even though it was never fully ratified by all member states...
..ESM officers may not be held accountable at law, nor can their decisions be challenged. Member nations must guarantee such funds, but they can’t challenge ESM’s decisions. Article 9 may well be titled, “Stand and deliver,” and articles 30 and 32 amount what Nicholas Rockefeller arrogantly called the bankers’ KMA card (KMA = kiss my ass): we can do what we want and there is no agency of government that can limit our power, investigate our actions or hold us to account in any way whatsoever. If we gamble and win, the gains are ours. If we lose, all you debt serfs and tax donkeys must make us whole. https://alexkrainer.substack.com/p/eu-living-in-the-bankstas-paradise Simplicius, Zelensky Begs Grid-Strike Trade as ‘Dark Winter’ Looms
The most interesting Ukrainian news of the past week was Zelensky’s sudden floating of a ‘compromise’ wherein both Russia and Ukraine would stop attacking each other’s energy grids… It seems to reveal the actual true purpose behind Ukraine’s campaign of the past year or so of striking Russian oil refineries, etc. Rather than aimed at actually crippling Russia’s infrastructure—an unrealistic proposal—it seems the whole time to have been aimed at desperately stopping Russia from crippling Ukraine’s infrastructure and plunging the country into the stone age, as many have expected to happen this coming winter...
..In the aftermath of the BRICS summit, Putin gave a short interview wherein he restated Russia’s current position on negotiations, with a noteworthy detail… First, he states that Russia is ready to negotiate based on current realities. Translation: this means the currently controlled territories are non-negotiable. Putin reaffirms this by again openly stating that on this particular issue there will be no concessions made nor any “exchanges”. The exchanges is clearly in reference to Zelensky’s previously-voiced plan to “exchange” the Kursk territories for Russian-controlled territories in the Donbass.
However, Putin then goes on to surprisingly say he’s open to some “reasonable” compromises—but what could those possibly be? …
..According to them, Putin will offer Trump a ‘softer’ negotiating position in order for Trump to save face and be able to stop the war on slightly more favorable conditions, while Kamala would be offered what sounds mostly like the Istanbul deal.
In both cases the non-negotiables appear to be that: Russia keeps all four new regions—Donetsk, Lugansk, Zaporozhye, Kherson. But there is potentially flexibility on how deep the demilitarization goes and how big the “buffer zone” on the northern border would be...
..May 31 exchange: 45 Russian bodies vs. 212 Ukrainian bodies.
June 14 exchange: 32 Russian bodies vs. 254 Ukrainian bodies.
August 4 exchange: 38 Russian bodies vs. 250 Ukrainian bodies.
October 18 exchange: 89 Russian bodies vs. 501 Ukrainian bodies.
This now totals 204 vs. 1217 in Russia’s favor. That makes a ratio of 1:5.9 or about 1 Russian loss for every 6 Ukrainian losses. That is very close to the ratio previously given by Putin…
..Meanwhile German TV again says Ukraine cannot be allowed to lose because of the vast riches of minerals it possesses…
..An interesting news story that claims BlackRock is buying up Moldovan land… Unfortunately no details are given. It’s said on the heels of the election there, Maia Sandu will feel emboldened to begin provocations against Russia and Transnistria as per the bidding of her masters. https://simplicius76.substack.com/p/sitrep-102624-zelensky-begs-grid Bankers need a deadly external enemy for when the financial collapse arrives. Britain and Germany sign new defence agreement as Ukraine tensions rise
Britain and Germany signed a landmark defence agreement on Wednesday and pledged to co-operate on exercises on NATO’s eastern flank as they stressed the need for Europe to be able to defend itself given possible escalation in the war in Ukraine. https://www.reuters.com/world/britain-germany-bolster-defence-cooperation-with-new-agreement-2024-10-22/Fixing it: UK To Change Definition Of Debt So It Can Add $90 Billion More https://www.zerohedge.com/economics/uk-change-definition-debt-so-it-can-add-90-billion-more#google_vignette
Starving to death, but just the people, not the owners… Is the UK Taxing North Sea Oil and Gas Out of Existence?
Since the previous Tory government introduced a windfall profit tax on the energy industry back in 2022, oil and gas output from the North Sea has declined by 10%.
Instead of supporting the development of the country’s own energy resources, the Keir Starmer government is prioritizing the shift away from North Sea oil and gas.
Companies are beginning to consider relocation, leaving the UK with no locally sourced oil and gas, and no fat tax revenues for an ambitious government. https://oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-General/Is-the-UK-Taxing-North-Sea-Oil-and-Gas-Out-of-Existence.html Further energy-starvation: European Parliament calls on EU to scrap last cheap pipeline gas
The EU authorities seem to have decided to take a course towards the final collapse of their own economics
Following the rejection of cheap Russian energy resources, the European Parliament called on the European Commission to refuse gas from Azerbaijan.
European parliamentarians propose ending gas dependence on Baku due to Azerbaijan’s violation of human rights. In addition, the deputies suspect that the Transcaucasian republic, along with its raw materials, is also re-exporting Russian gas purchased from Moscow. https://en.topcor.ru/52918-evroparlament-prizyvaet-es-otkazatsja-ot-poslednego-deshevogo-truboprovodnogo-gaza.htmlLock-in-energy-starvation: Reuters: EU Wants Long-Term Sanctions Against Russia Before Trump Becomes US President https://en.topwar.ru/252561-reuters-poka-tramp-ne-stal-prezidentom-ssha-es-hochet-vvesti-dolgosrochnye-sankcii-protiv-rossii.html
Now FRANCE follows Germany and reinstates border controls due to ‘serious threats posed by terrorists and migratory flows’ in latest blow to EU Schengen scheme https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13991651/Now-FRANCE-follows-Germany-reinstates-border-controls-threats-posed-terrorists-migratory-flows-latest-blow-EU-Schengen-scheme.html
In Britain, Palestine and climate activists face an ‘unprecedented’ wave of criminalisation
Legal experts say the surge in prosecutions under anti-terrorism and anti-mafia laws predates 7 October and will damage the right of free expression [“have damaged”, right?] https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/uk-climate-and-pro-palestine-protesters-report-unprecedented-crackdownUkraine and other war fatigue: Under Far-Right Pressure, Bulgaria Scraps Child Refugee Shelters Ahead Of Key Elections https://www.rferl.org/a/bulgaria-migrants-refugees-elections-revival-party/33170745.html
Zionist lobby organizations openly seeking fascism in Canada
Zionists are openly calling to “shut down” the upcoming Toronto talk by United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Palestinian territories Francesca Albanese. https://www.thecanadafiles.com/articles/zionist-lobby-organizations-openly-seeking-fascism-in-canadaLiterary Institutions Are Pressuring Authors to Remain Silent About Gaza https://scheerpost.com/2024/10/26/literary-institutions-are-pressuring-authors-to-remain-silent-about-gaza/
Harvard Law School bans 60 students over pro-Palestine protest https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20241025-harvard-law-school-bans-60-students-over-pro-palestine-protest/
Faculty Members Suspended From Harvard’s Main Library After ‘Study-In’ Protest
Harvard Library suspended roughly 25 faculty members from entering Widener Library for two weeks after they conducted a silent “study-in” protest in the library’s main reading room last week — an extraordinary disciplinary action taken by the University against its own faculty.
The faculty study-in protested the library’s decision to similarly suspend student protesters who conducted a pro-Palestine study-in last month. The University’s decision to suspend students from the library had already come under fire from free speech groups, including the Council on Academic Freedom at Harvard.
During the faculty study-in, professors silently read materials on free speech and dissent while placing signs related to free speech and University policy on the tables in front of them. As they did so, Securitas guards noted down their names and ID numbers. https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2024/10/25/faculty-members-suspended-harvard-library/Microsoft fires employees who organized vigil for Palestinians killed in Gaza https://apnews.com/article/microsoft-fired-workers-israel-palestinians-gaza-72de6fe1f35db9398e3b6785203c6bbf
EU ‘neglects’ international law, maintains trade with illegal Israeli settlements
A top EU legal officer falsely argued that the recent ruling at the Hague does not oblige a ban on the import and sale of products from illegal Israeli settlements https://thecradle.co/articles/eu-neglects-international-law-maintains-trade-with-illegal-israeli-settlements Former US State Department Official Says 30-Day Deadline for Israel To Let More Aid Into Gaza Is a PR Ploy
Hala Rharrit said the US is in violation of multiple foreign assistance laws by continuing to arm Israel https://news.antiwar.com/2024/10/24/former-us-state-department-official-says-30-day-deadline-for-israel-to-let-more-aid-into-gaza-is-a-pr-ploy/#gsc.tab=0 “Strange days, indeed…” Seeking Middle East Peace, Michigan Muslim Leaders Endorse Trump At Saturday Rally
“We, as Muslims, stand with President Trump because he promises peace, not war! We are supporting Donald Trump because he promised to end war in the Middle East and Ukraine. The bloodshed has to stop all over the world, and I think this man can make that happen. I personally believe that God saved his life twice for a reason.” https://www.zerohedge.com/political/seeking-middle-east-peace-michigan-muslim-leaders-endorse-trump-saturday-rallyF-35’s Ascent and Nosedive: Costliest Weapon in History Hits Fresh Turbulence in Damning GAO Report https://sputnikglobe.com/20241022/f-35s-ascent-and-nosedive-costliest-weapon-in-history-hits-fresh-turbulence-in-damning-gao-report-1120637661.html
Lebanon Expresses Outrage After Israeli Warplanes Strike Group Of Journalists: ‘War Crime’
Lebanon has accused Israel of committing a war crime after a group of journalists in south Lebanon came under attack by Israeli warplanes. Three journalists were killed during an air raid on a hotel or guesthouse in Hasbaya, about 50km south of Beirut and near the Syrian border.
BBC is reporting that “The attack was carried out on a guesthouse in a compound in Hasbaya being used by more than a dozen journalists from at least seven media organizations – with a courtyard containing cars clearly marked with ‘press’. https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/lebanon-expresses-outrage-after-israeli-warplanes-strike-group-journalists-war-crime IOF commits massacre in Jabalia killing and injuring at least 150
The Israeli occupation forces have carried out another massacre in Jabalia, northern Gaza, killing and injuring at least 150 civilians, while intensifying efforts to ethnically cleanse residents who refused to be displaced and destroy civilian infrastructure. https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/iof-commits-massacre-in-jabalia-killing-and-injuring-at-leas Israeli warplanes massacre 40 Palestinians in besieged Beit Lahia
After systematically eliminating emergency and medical services in the Gaza Strip, Israeli warplanes killed dozens of Palestinians in the northern Gaza Strip. https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/israeli-warplanes-massacre-40-palestinians-in-besieged-beit Survivors of north Gaza invasion report Israeli ‘extermination’ campaign
Survivors of the ongoing Israeli extermination campaign in north Gaza describe how the Israeli army is separating mothers from children before forcing them south, executing civilians in ditches, and directly targeting hospitals and medical staff.
On Thursday night, the Gaza Civil Defense announced that a massive Israeli airstrike targeting a residential area on al-Hawaja street in the northern Gaza town of Jabalia killed over 150 people.
“A horrific massacre is taking place in al-Hawaja street in block 7 in Jabalia,” the Civil Defense spokesperson Mahmoud Basal said in a statement posted to Telegram. “There is no one here to save them.”
The Israeli army claimed the massive attack was targeting a Hamas commander allegedly responsible for the October 7 attack last year.
On October 5, the Israeli army stormed the northern Gaza Strip, an area that includes Jabalia, Jabalia refugee camp, Beit Lahia, the Tawam area, Attatrah, and the Saftawi area.
The ongoing campaign is an implementation of the so-called “Generals’ Plan,” named after a proposal by a group of senior Israeli military officials, based on an earlier proposal by retired Israeli general Giora Eiland, which aims to empty the north of Gaza through starvation and bombardment. According to the plan, those who remain in northern Gaza are to be considered enemy combatants and subsequently eliminated. https://mondoweiss.net/2024/10/survivors-of-north-gaza-invasion-report-israeli-extermination-campaign/‘The Entire Population of North Gaza Is at Risk of Dying’: UN Relief Official “Such blatant disregard for basic humanity and for the laws of war must stop,” the official said. U.N. Acting Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Joyce Msuya also called for an end to the Israeli attack. https://www.commondreams.org/news/northern-gaza-risk-dying
”Israel” is also Not Winning and commits everything to this genocidal expansion: What Has Israel Achieved In The Last Year? – by Arch Bungle https://www.moonofalabama.org/2024/10/what-has-israel-achieved-in-the-last-year-by-arch-bungle.html#more
You can never be the same after you murder a child. Israeli soldiers suffering from PTSD, with many resorting to self-harm and suicide
More and more Israeli soldiers who have finished serving on the frontlines in Gaza are developing major trauma from the fighting, including post-traumatic stress disorder. Some of the soldiers are so traumatized that they are attempting or committing suicide.
Recent reports from the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) indicate that the military is providing mental health care for thousands of soldiers who are suffering from PTSD or other mental illnesses caused by trauma from their service in the war.
Many IDF soldiers who finished their initial tour of duty in Gaza have reported to media outlets that they are suffering from trauma due to the “horrors” they witnessed while serving in Gaza. Their accounts go into detail regarding the brutality of what critics have called Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s “forever war” in Gaza, and highlight the massive toll it takes on the mental health of the soldiers who participated in the conflict. https://www.naturalnews.com/2024-10-25-israeli-soldiers-suffering-from-epidemic-of-ptsd.htmlIsrael/US never took out Iran’s air defense, which worked well, so no bombers went in. Iran’s air defense ‘successfully intercepts, counters’ Israeli aggression https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2024/10/26/735983/%E2%80%98Defense-activity%E2%80%99-caused-loud-sounds-heard-in-Tehran
2 well-detailed articles about Iran’s mostly-homegrown and sophisticated air-defense systems:
Can Iran’s S-300PMU-2 Air Defences Stop Israeli Missile Attacks? https://militarywatchmagazine.com/article/how-capable-are-iran-s-s-300pmu-2s-for-missile-defence-russian-air-defences-guard-against-israeli-attacks
Iran Makes First Use of 100km+ Range Anti-Air Missiles to Repel Israeli Strikes: Which Air Defence Systems Did It? https://militarywatchmagazine.com/article/iran-antiair-range-repel-israel
Looks symbolic, not strategic… Satellite Photos Show Israel Hit Iran Former Nuclear Weapons Test Building, Missile Facilities
An American researcher said an Israeli airstrike on Saturday hit a building that was part of Iran’s defunct nuclear weapons development program, and he and another researcher said facilities used to mix solid fuel for missiles also were struck.
The assessments based on commercial satellite imagery were reached separately by David Albright, a former UN weapons inspector, and Decker Eveleth, an associate research analyst at CNA, a Washington think tank.
They told Reuters that Israel struck buildings in Parchin, a massive military complex near Tehran. Israel also hit Khojir, according to Eveleth, a sprawling missile production site near Tehran…
..The Israeli military said three waves of Israeli jets struck missile factories and other sites near Tehran and in western Iran early on Saturday in retaliation for Tehran’s Oct. 1 barrage of more than 200 missiles against Israel.
Iran’s military said the Israeli warplanes used “very light warheads” to strike border radar systems in the provinces of Ilam, Khuzestan and around Tehran.
In posts on X, Albright said commercial satellite imagery showed that Israel hit a building in Parchin called Taleghan 2 that was used for testing activities during the Amad Plan, Iran’s defunct nuclear weapons development program. https://english.aawsat.com/world/5075218-satellite-photos-show-israel-hit-iran-former-nuclear-weapons-test-building-missileSomewhere in here Hal Turner says 12 US aerial refueling tankers and 2 B-2 flying wing (bunker-buster-carrier) bombers went to the party, but the bombers did not participate.
ISRAEL ATTACKS- IRAN — UPDATE — IRAN TO RESPOND https://halturnerradioshow.com/index.php/news-selections/world-news/explosions-in-tehran-iran-israeli-war-planes-crossing-syria-jordan-border-towards-iraq Iran Says ‘Entitled’ to Defend against ‘Aggressive Acts’ after 4 Dead in Israeli Strikes
Iran is “entitled and obligated to defend itself against external aggressive acts,” its foreign ministry said on Saturday after Israel attacked the country with a series of pre-dawn airstrikes. Calling the Israeli attack a violation of international law, the ministry said in a statement that Tehran “recognizes its responsibilities towards regional peace and security.” https://english.aawsat.com/world/5074996-iran-says-entitled%E2%80%99-defend-against-%E2%80%98aggressive-acts%E2%80%99-after-4-dead-israeli-strikes Gilbert Doctorow, The Israeli attack on Iran: what do we know? And what does it mean?
First, note that the Israeli attack on targets in and near Teheran was made by air to ground missiles. This is an entirely different type of attack from what Israel has been doing in Gaza, in Lebanon, in Syria. In those fronts the Israelis are primarily using their jets to drop bombs over or from near their targets, including the multi-ton highly destructive glide bombs that the United States has shipped to Israel in lavish quantities because of their destructive power and lethality.
We do not know the nature of the Israeli attack on two provinces of Iran close to the Iraqi border. No video images from there have been published. Perhaps the Israelis crossed the border into Iran, perhaps not. But they clearly hit the Teheran area from missiles fired at a great distance and the reason should be fairly obvious: because the Iranian air defense is robust and has been further strengthened in recent months by installation of Russia’s advanced S400 ground to air missiles...
..What do I hear and read in ‘unofficial’ internet sources, mostly Russia-based, that bears on the question at hand? It is that Russia provided to Teheran advance warning of the impending Israeli attack coming from its own technical means of intelligence gathering, presumably meaning satellites and/or AWACS. If this is true, then it demonstrates that Russia will provide effective and highly useful assistance to Iran as the conflict with Israel evolves, even though no binding mutual defense treaty has been signed, let alone ratified. The lack of a treaty in place is simply to prevent Iran from abusing a blank check and behaving irresponsibly...
..We may assume that Russia will be rushing in replacement missiles for those of its S400 expended in resisting the Israeli attack, or where needed to replace damaged Iranian air defense locations. Thus, Tel Aviv will be given pause when planning any deep incursions to stage bombing raids. https://gilbertdoctorow.com/2024/10/27/the-israeli-attack-on-iran-what-do-we-know-and-what-does-it-mean/ “Skynet?” $142 million AI drone warfare contract from ‘Project Maven’ was silently erased from public record
The U.S. government erased all record of both a $142 million ‘Project Maven’ drone warfare contract involving Microsoft and Amazon, codenamed ‘Pavement,’ and a related $52 million contract. https://jackpoulson.substack.com/p/142-million-ai-drone-warfare-contract AI needs lots of cheap electricity, folks. That point is missed here. Another private equity group is buying an Ohio coal plant. Will anything change?
The prospective owners boast of a focus on helping fossil fuel plants make the transition to sustainability. But it’s unclear that anything will change at the 50-year-old facility.
Presently owned by Blackstone and ArcLight Capital Partners, the 2,600 megawatt Gavin plant in Cheshire is in the process of being purchased by two other private equity firms, Energy Capital Partners and Javelin. Because the plant is estimated to produce the deadliest emissions in the United States — and because it has a $40 million liability to clean up toxic coal ash — watchdogs are concerned about ongoing health threats. They’re also worried that taxpayers will have to pay for any cleanup. https://ohiocapitaljournal.com/2024/10/25/another-private-equity-group-is-buying-ohio-coal-plant-will-anything-change/AI’s thirst for power keeps coal fires burning bright, So much for reducing our reliance on fossil fuels https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/14/ai_datacenters_coal/
Peak-load natural gas generators for AC … US power system becomes more fossil-dependent than China’s
Utilities in the United States have relied on fossil fuels to generate a larger share of electricity than their counterparts in China since June, seriously undermining U.S. claims to be a leader in energy transition efforts.
U.S. utilities have relied on fossil fuels to generate an average of 62.4% of total electricity production for the past four months, according to data from energy think tank Ember. https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/us-power-system-becomes-more-fossil-dependent-than-chinas-maguire-2024-10-25/$41 Billion of World Bank’s ‘Climate Change’ Fund Has Gone Missing https://slaynews.com/news/41-billion-world-banks-climate-change-fund-gone-missing/
EPA Bans Pesticide Linked to ‘Irreversible’ Neurological Damage to Unborn Babies
Citing a need to protect the unborn babies of pregnant women, the EPA banned DCPA, used on on farms, golf courses and athletic fields. Also known as Dacthal, the chemical is linked to low birth weight, impaired brain development, decreased IQ and impaired motor skills. https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/epa-bans-pesticide-dcpa-irreversible-neurological-damage-unborn-babies-cg/ Guillain-Barré Syndrome Associated With 17 Vaccines, Including COVID and Flu Shots
A new long-term study assessing the association of vaccines with reported cases of Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) found that “most vaccines” were associated with GBS, and that reports of vaccine-associated GBS have been “increasing steadily over time.” https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/guillain-barre-syndrome-covid-flu-vaccines/No, it is quite real and verified… Addressing allegations that DNA contamination in the mRNA shots is ‘misinformation’ https://news.rebekahbarnett.com.au/p/addressing-allegations-that-dna-contamination
Not this time, please… Despite Concerns About ‘Vaccine Fatigue,’ CDC Recommends Extra COVID Boosters, Including for Some Infants
Advisers to the CDC on Wednesday also lowered the age recommendation for Pfizer and Merck’s pneumococcal conjugate vaccines, designed to protect against meningitis and pneumonia, from age 65 to age 50. https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/cdc-advisers-extra-covid-boosters-babies/ With Help From Bill Gates, Big Pharma and Facebook, CDC Funds Initiative to Help Minority Communities Hire ‘Influencers’ to Push Vaccines
The CDC’s Partnering for Vaccine Equity Program provides a toolkit for communities that helps them find and pay social media influencers to increase vaccine uptake in ethnic and racial minority communities. https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/cdc-bill-gates-pharma-fund-social-media-influencers-push-vaccines/Canada Begins Euthanizing Citizens with ‘Covid Vaccination Syndrome’ https://slaynews.com/news/canada-begins-euthanizing-citizens-covid-vaccination-syndrome/
Internal reports show hundreds of Canadians chose to be euthanized because of poverty and loneliness
Internal reports have revealed that an increasing number of people in Ontario seek “Medical Assistance in Dying” (MAiD) due to poverty and isolation rather than illness.
In 2016, Canada introduced MAiD, initially intended for terminally ill patients. However, in 2021, the federal government expanded the program, allowing chronically ill individuals, who are not at risk of imminent death, to seek euthanasia. This expansion has led to a rise in requests from individuals whose suffering may stem more from financial hardship and social isolation than from medical conditions alone. (Related: Disabled Canadian man reveals he’s been offered EUTHANASIA multiple times by hospital staff.)
According to information published on Oct. 16 by the Associated Press, these non-terminal patients seeking MAiD come from impoverished communities in Ontario where access to adequate housing, social support and financial aid might have mitigated their distress.
One doctor recounted the case of a middle-aged man suffering from chronic injuries who sought euthanasia after the government support payments he received were reduced, leaving him trapped in poverty and without any other options.
In another case, a man suffering from a serious lung disease requested euthanasia largely because he was homeless and in debt, unable to face the prospect of long-term care. Despite initial hesitation, the doctor eventually agreed to the request. https://www.naturalnews.com/2024-10-25-canadians-choosing-euthanasia-due-to-poverty-loneliness.htmlI’ve never seen Dr D as controlled opposition. He’s a prolific writer to be sure, and often exaggerates an idea to make his point, but it’s done humorously with good intent. His detractors might nit-pick, but will find it hard to argue against his core ideas. He can operate at the 30,000 ft level, and in the next sentence give on-the-ground data to support his high-level synthesis. Both are critical for a better understanding of world events (plans to which we are not privy).
In my 40’s I began drifting away from having emotionality take the lead, and started living a more principle-based life. Honesty, integrity, fairness, the golden rule, etc. Once I got a handle on this, the next step was to look around and evaluate how well my own culture followed these same principles. What a shock to discover that most people are not very concerned with principles, but rather with personal benefit and comfort. With tribalism. With sexism. They will preach love, compassion, and tolerance, only to express in the very next thought how disappointing it was that the assassin’s bullet was an inch off the mark.
I guess that is why I enjoy reading Dr D so much. He has a knack for pointing out… frankly all the insanity we see around us – pointing out the dark, while gently steering us toward the light. I don’t see any other motives in his writings, and consider it a service he provides. A labor of love, if you would.
I’m 71 now, and consider every minute of my time precious. As my sister would say, “we’re playing the back nine now, and I can see the clubhouse.” I’m very careful about where and how I spent my energy and time, but I consider reading TAE and Dr D (and others) each day time well spent.
FWIW, I was initially going to share some of my experiences with corporate bureaucracy, but I think the above thoughts take precedence right now.
Canazida has descended into a Hell of it’s own making with euthanasia now on the Take Out Menu
A+ Plus for the Full Orwell
Luckily Cannazidians are pushing back
I’m impressed
100% agree Maxwell Quest!
Sick of the negativity and slander from some of the comments.
I appreciate those who add to the discussion.
And I appreciate Raul for hosting us.Mention of the protracted battles of WWI reminded me of Joe Sacco’s book “The Great War” which is a folded up 24-foot long panorama drawing of “The First Day of the Battle of the Somme”, July 1, 1916.
The Battle of the Somme continued for 4 months, and per Wikipedia “More than three million men fought in the battle, of whom more than one million were either wounded or killed, making it one of the deadliest battles in all of human history.”
Sacco’s black-and-white depiction of one of the deadliest and most infamous battles of the First World War is overwhelming and wondrous, much vaster than you can take in at one glance. It moves from left to right, chronologically, but also travels from behind the lines to the front-line fighting, then back to the rear again. He focuses on thousands of British troops, beginning with a general strolling the grounds of a mansion. A convoy of horse-drawn supply wagons trots forward. Soldiers queue up for chow. Troops march to the front. Howitzers blast at the Germans. A maze of trenches overflows with infantry. …
“My first thought was, ‘I don’t want to draw another war scene.’” He adds, “I decided to depict the first day of the Battle of the Somme because that is the point where the common man could have no more illusions about the nature of modern warfare.”…
The Germans suffered some 8,000 casualties [that day] while, Historian Adam Hochschild writes in the pamphlet’s introduction, “some 21,000 British soldiers [were] killed or fatally wounded on the day of greatest bloodshed in the history of their country’s military, before or since.”
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