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M.C. Escher Fish and Boat 1948

 

 

For the past 24 hours, I’ve been reading, and jotting down quotes, like an idiot, about the Nordstream pipes’ sabotage. Just trying to figure out what the hell happened. I doubt we will ever know who “killed Kennedy”, but we can try. I find it remarkable how eager certain parties are to blame Russia for blowing up its own infrastructure, how equally eager to discard alternative options, and most of all perhaps how eager “EU functionaries” are to claim they want a full investigation. Really? Even if your own allies did it?

Thinking that Russia blew up its own pipeline, while they could just close the tap, much easier and cheaper, appears to be very far fetched. In any Whodunnit you want some logic. First, my notes, from the past day, much from Twitter, plus some other sources, more or less in random order:

Nord Stream 2 pipeline cost over 11 billion dollars and ten years to build. It’s going to take years to fix.

Note: it will take weeks, if not months, to just get started. Because all the gas will have to flow out first. The pipes were not active, but they were full of gas, over a very long distance. They were ready to go and supply Europe. Then when Germany suddenly reneged on the deal, where were they going to put the gas?

Laying (building) undersea pipelines is never an easy job, But the Baltic Sea adds a few extra problems, as per Lookout at the Saker :

Sitrep On Nord Stream 1 And 2 Gas Pipelines

The first step to building an offshore pipeline is to conduct extensive surveys of the seabed. In the case of NS2, this involved detailed seabed survey of areas potentially harmful to the building and operation of a pipeline. This was certainly the case for NS1 and NS2, especially in areas that were used to dump explosives and chemicals.


The Baltic Sea was the scene of maritime battles, laying of mines during WW2. Additionally, areas of it were used as a dumping ground for obsolete, damaged, or expired munitions & chemicals. This was widely carried out following the end of both world wars. “It is estimated that the Baltic Sea alone has around 50,000 tonnes of chemical munitions, 500,000 tonnes of conventional weapons, and 10,000 wrecks on its seabed.”

I loved this little bit:

German Economy Minister Habeck: “speculations about the reason for nord stream 1 leak are currently forbidden.”

That’s German politics on its last legs. Y’all, shut up!

Nordstream has never been uncontested. This is from November 2015, at pipeline-journal.net:

Explosive-Laden Drone Found Near Nord Stream Pipeline

Ruling out sabotage, the Swedish military has successfully cleared a remote operated vehicle (drone) rigged with explosives found near Line 2 of the Nord Stream Natural Gas offshore pipeline system. The vehicle was discovered during a routine survey operation as part of the annual integrity assessment of the Nord Stream pipeline. Since it was within the Swedish Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) approximately 120 km away from the island of Gotland, the Swedes called on their armed forces to remove and ultimately disarm the object. “We don’t consider it to be dangerous to merchant vessels or the pipeline at this point,” Jesper Stolpe, Swedish Armed Forces spokesman, told Radio Sweden. According to Stolpe, the cable used to control the drone and to set off the explosive was cut off, so at the moment the vehicle is relatively harmless.

And more recently, there was activity in the area as well. Guess who…

Apparently US 6th Fleet undersea explosives specialists were “scoping out” the situation back in June.

An expeditionary detachment of US Navy ships led by the universal amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge days ago was in the Baltic Sea. It was 30 km from the site of the alleged sabotage on the Nord Stream-1 gas pipeline and 50 km from the threads of Nord Stream-2 gas pipeline

Tin Foil Hats: Russia and Germany were negotiating behind the scenes for gas, but a “3rd party caught on and put an end to it”.

The Nordstream 2 pipeline allows Russia to send gas to Western Europe without paying transit fees to Ukraine and Poland. Russia just completed it in the teeth of massive opposition from Ukraine, Poland and USA. Now they are trying to convince you it was Russia who blew it up.

The mother of all coincidences:

Baltic Pipe. This is the new Norway-Poland Baltic Pipeline that just coincidentally opened today.

A former Polish defense minister has credited the United States with blowing up two Russian natural gas pipelines to Europe, Nord Stream 1 & 2, the day before Poland opened a major new pipeline from Norway. A new 900km pipeline “Baltic Pipe” will be opened today, a branch connecting from the Norway-Germany ‘“Europipe”. This branch bypasses Germany.

That former Polish defense minister, Radek Sikorski, [now] Chairman of the European Parliament’s delegation for relations with the US, and married to WaPo’s Anne Applebaum, writes “Thank you, USA”

[..] looks like the pipeline attack wasn’t totally successful, as it failed to breach one of the NS2 lines – taking down only three of the four pipes. it will be interesting to see if there is any attempt to finish the job.

Javier Blas, Bloomberg: The size of the Nord Stream pipeline gas leak is huge. According to the Danish armed forces, it measures about 1 kilometer in diameter. The smaller circle in the center is approximately 200 meters wide

Each line of the pipeline consists of about 100,000 24-tonne concrete-weight coated steel pipes laid on the seabed. The pipelines have a constant internal diameter of 1.153m, according to Nord Stream. Sections lie at a depth of around 80-110m.

The approximate locations of the leaks are in the Bornholm Basin area (mean depth of 43m), closest to the island. The depth is shallow enough for specialised diving operations as well as the use of Remotely Operated Vehicles, (as was the case for the construction of both pipelines). The shallow area of the Bornholm Strait separating the Arkona Basin from the Bornholm Basin has a maximum depth of 45 metres.

The steel pipe itself has a wall of 4.1 centimeters (1.6 inches), and it’s coated with another 6-11 cm of steel-reinforced concrete. Each section of the pipe weighs 11 tonnes, which goes to 24-25 tonnes after the concrete is applied.

Assessment is that the second, bigger explosion corresponded to more than 100 kilos of dynamite.

 

This gives us at least some idea. That Russia would kill its own $11 billion 10-year hard-fought investment makes little sense. Not impossible, but very unlikely. The US, however…

 

We have Biden in February this year:

And Victoria Nuland just before that:

 

Tucker Carlson summarized it pretty well last night:

 

But now we still don’t know Whodunnit.

Gonzalo Lira says it’s “The Americans Declared War On Europe”:

 

 

I’m sure the Americans had a role in it. But that’s not the same as saying they were the direct perpetrators. There are still other candidates. Let’s rule out Russia, unless someone comes with a good explanation for why they would have acted against their own interest -or the semblance of it.

Germany is another party to this. But they are suffering already, and may indeed have held secret talks with Russia about gas deliveries. Now, they can forget about that for a long time to come. There are voices saying today that the pipelines are damaged beyond repair. I’m not sure that’s true, maybe they can replace one damaged pipe segment with a non-damaged one, but it would certainly take a lot of time and money.

So we strike off Russia and Germany, and keep the US in the back of our heads. That leaves two very obvious parties. First, the Ukraine, which loves not having to compete with Nordstream. But as far as we know, Kiev doesn’t have the equipment and/or capability to blow up a pipeline 100 meters under water. They could have asked the US, though, true enough.

That leaves one country that no-one is talking about, but is in the thick of it all: Poland.

The Poles stand to profit in two different ways from the explosions (and unlike Ukraine, they have the equipment to make it happen). First, there is a pipeline from Russia to Germany that runs through Poland, and for which they can now demand a user fee if any gas would flow. Second, they just opened the Norway-Poland branch of the Norway-Germany “Europipe” yesterday, which is labeled the Baltic Pipe.

Poland can make a killing off of the situation. There’s no way they could pull it off without the US knowing about it, but that can be arranged.

 

This all still leaves me with a few questions. As I knew it would. For the same reason I don’t know who killed Kennedy. First, why did the CIA warn of an attack on Nordstream weeks in advance?

And second, why are people like Von der Leyen, Borrell etc. clamoring so loudly for a thorough investigation when the Whodunnit logic says it may well point to one of their allies? Do they know something they’re not telling, do they think they can suppress whatever comes out? To be continued.

 

 

 

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    M.C. Escher Fish and Boat 1948     For the past 24 hours, I’ve been reading, and jotting down quotes, like an idiot, about the Nordstream pi
    [See the full post at: Smokin’ a Pipeline]

    #117098
    boscohorowitz
    Participant

    In which USNATO/Euromerica/Teh West tries to lead the global band:

    Old Man Dancinghttps://youtu.be/wukIfEx6Sks

    What de udder kids say

    #117099
    zerosum
    Participant

    If you keep up your inquiring work, someone will want to hire, and pay you as a journalist.
    🙂

    #117105
    Dr D Rich
    Participant

    “The military operation on Monday night which fired munitions to blow holes in the Nord Stream I and Nord Stream II pipelines on the Baltic Sea floor, near Bornholm Island,  was executed by the Polish Navy and special forces.

    It was aided by the Danish and Swedish military; planned and coordinated with US intelligence and technical support; and approved by the Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki.

    The operation is a repeat of the Bornholm Bash operation of April 2021, which attempted to sabotage Russian vessels laying the gas pipes, but ended in ignominious retreat by the Polish forces.”

    #117106
    Noirette
    Participant

    Very complete Ilargi, thanks.

    Idk exactly what the damage was to NS 1, 2, how it might have been implemented, how serious it is in terms of investment, time, re. eventual repair. What kind of equipment and man-power and ‘mission capability’ could (> did) accomplish the damage, Idk. That is the one topic that needs to be adressed, very tech, for sure.

    It is a huge step up in the “keep Germany down” agenda. + An extra move forward in the “Fuck EU” (Nuland quote) mind-set. Like Lira (I’m not a fan) said, the USA has declared war on Europe – in the sense o’ dire threats.

    As for the culprits, the organisors, of the sabotage, assuming those who physically carried out the job are merely hired help (again, tech considerations are important, what matériel was used, how was it all organised, from where, etc.), they might not be acting for, or under the orders of, one country.

    Russia didn’t do it (I’m sure), but who actually pays for, organises, terrorist attacks (it fits the definition but with a tremendous up-scale from a poor Palestinian blowing himself up..) is difficult to dope out. All W Gvmts. admit, accept, endorse, that mysterious T forces exist, while the T actors are in effect funded by Gvmts, Corps, oligarchs, etc. and the T label serves to frighten ppl and hide the funding.

    A rogue US Group seems the most likely culprit for now.

    #117108
    Dr. D
    Participant

    • German Economy Minister Habeck: “speculations about the reason for nord stream 1 leak are currently forbidden.”

    Speechless although I just said they are having to admit what they’re doing. What they’re doing is telling you to shut up, stop thinking, or they’ll beat and arrest you.

    Found a drone. But they had noooooooooo idea who made the chips or assembled it. Pull the other one.

    Immediately, it should be seen that Baltic is no safer than NordStream. I would blow it in 10 minutes. Nor can any of them be protected. Ever. A great example of why peace is better than war. “This is why we can’t have nice things.”

    So…Germany has been cut off from joining Russia and ending MacKinder with the NordStream explosion. Check and Mate, yes?

    Okay then, why doesn’t Germany ask/allow/help Russia take all of Ukraine and then “Russia” owns the entire existing Soyuz pipeline and Germany buys direct from Russia (via Czech) again?

    So…should Germany wish, they can still save their own lives but only by VERY sharp and irreversible long-term alliance with Russia and complete rejection of London and NATO.

    There are coffee-table prophesies on this, with Germany and France finally seriously P.O’d at America and work all together to strike us out of action. Now what could possibly annoy them that much, make them change that far? I dunno: actively attacking and killing 30 million people in Europe? If you were in Europe, wouldn’t YOU say the U.S. is a rabid dog that MUST be chained up and put down?

    Why wouldn’t we? Hasn’t the U.S. already killed 30M worldwide? Why stop with brown people? They’re not racist: they hate and kill all human beings equally. All human beings who don’t ask like ants, with fanatical devotion to their queen. Hate and kill as seen in the last two years with their own followers, shedding some useless drones. Europe is just shocked – SHOCKED! I tell you – to find that a scorpion stings, water is wet, and leaves are green in the late summer.

    Shocked that the Anglos have killed 60M in Europe, AGAIN.

    #117109
    Dr. D
    Participant

    Anyway, WWIII has now started.

    #117111
    John Day
    Participant

    Dr D Rich asserted:
    “The military operation on Monday night which fired munitions to blow holes in the Nord Stream I and Nord Stream II pipelines on the Baltic Sea floor, near Bornholm Island, was executed by the Polish Navy and special forces.
    It was aided by the Danish and Swedish military; planned and coordinated with US intelligence and technical support; and approved by the Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki.
    The operation is a repeat of the Bornholm Bash operation of April 2021, which attempted to sabotage Russian vessels laying the gas pipes, but ended in ignominious retreat by the Polish forces.”

    This is a detailed assertion and I would appreciate any corroborating evidence.

    #117114
    boscohorowitz
    Participant
    #117116
    Noirette
    Participant

    Dr. D posted:

    So…should Germany wish, they can still save their own lives but only by VERY sharp and irreversible long-term alliance with Russia and complete rejection of London and NATO.

    Germany can’t do that, won’t. They are ‘occupied’ not just by US military bases but by holds on Gvmt. and other officials, on many levels, propaganda is blasted to the ppl, etc. Plus, they are the power-house in Europe, as the biggest economy in the EU, and they don’t use that position to further cohesion, solidarity, sharing, etc. but to dominate and exploit others.

    Ex. extending Lebensraum, i.e the EU, to the East (mostly for German Corps) to Poland, Hungary.

    Ex. what was done to Greece was totally disgusting, ultimately, privatizing and selling off many Greek assets for profit by outside, foreign Corps, and bailing out German and French banks. The main nay only mover in this story was Germany.

    Germany is in the position of the no. 1. henchman of the dominating foreign power. Leaving that role, position, will be so costly it can’t be contemplated. By them.

    #117117
    John Day
    Participant

    John Helmer seems to be the source of Dr D Rich’s assertion above. He’s not quick to shoot from the hip, but…

    The Bornholm Blow-Up Repeats the Bornholm Bash — Poland Attacks Germany and Blames Russia

    #117118
    John Day
    Participant

    Ah, boscohorowitz found the same John Helmer article on Naked Capitalism.

    Here is Helmer’s site link:

    THE BORNHOLM BLOW-UP REPEATS THE BORNHOLM BASH — POLAND ATTACKS GERMANY AND BLAMES RUSSIA

    #117119
    John Day
    Participant

    Helmer translates a Russian intelligence “leak” posted in Russia, into this article.
    The Polish/NATO line is “Russian false-flag”, though it strains credulity, except for true-believers.

    What will Germany’s position be?
    Will Germany accept this from Poland, if Poland is actually the perpetrator?

    Whence NATO?

    #117122
    Figmund Sreud
    Participant

    My tid bit on this:

    Scuttlebutt in and around Świnoujście, Poland, has been circling around for about month or so prior to blowing up NS 1 and 2 yesterday that something was brewing off shore in Baltic Sea – primarily in vicinity of Bornholm Island. You know, amongst fishermen, … and on the Świnoujście Naval base, and sailing club pubs. Yes. Presents of US personnel on the base intensified. Also movement of US auxiliary naval vessels, …

    How do I know all this? Well, … those are my olden stomping, … er, sailing grounds, … and I still keep in touch with my sailing buddies at https://ykp.szczecin.pl/ , …
    … plus I can still read Polish alternate media.

    And so, … we probably will never know for sure, … but above makes a strong case for a betting man: … Polacks did it with generous assistance from that alphabet-club from Langley, Virginia.

    … just sayin’,

    F.S.

    #117123
    Figmund Sreud
    Participant

    Latest from Strategic Culture:

    America’s Grand Masters Checkmate the Baltic Sea

    Also, bit dated article by Alastair Crooke ( buy, perhaps that was posted here already, so forgive me)

    Unpacking the Ukraine ‘Game Change’; Is a Major Conflict Inevitable?

    F.S.

    #117124
    Dr D Rich
    Participant

    @John Day

    Generally the use of “quotation marks” is a dead give away. Copy and paste any portion of the quote into your browser and you’ll be taken to the article.
    So much for the erroneous implication that I’d be quoting myself as an “assertion”. Isn’t that Dr. D’s literary style?

    Here’s my take, assertion on it:

    The Poles, my ppl, are smart enough but not well-equipped to carry out the task and they didn’t buy the USS Parche (SSN-683) decommissioned around 2006….as the most decorated sub.

    What replaced it was USS Jimmy Carter, Seawolf Class. Google it and you’ll be impressed.

    One of Parche’s commanders was a contemporary at USNA. He acceded to Adm Rickover’s entreaty to go Nuke. I did not by opting an easier route in Chemistry.

    I also don’t think we (USA) or the Poles should be blowing up pipelines, the lifeblood of humanity, as an obvious act of war. Who’s gonna measure the change in mortality/excess deaths over the next few months now that the hysteria of COVID petered out?

    We’re led by Madmen

    #117125
    Afewknowthetruth
    Participant

    When did Poland last go to with Germany, and what happened after?

    In 1938-1939 it had something to do with a land bridge to that eastern German region that is now part of Russia, I believe.

    Who ‘owns’ Poland now?

    #117126
    John Day
    Participant

    @Dr D Rich: No offense was intended. There was no link. I searched and found it.
    A quote without an attribution is an “assertion”, right?
    🙂

    Dr D Rich: “We’re led by madmen.”
    Or maybe just mass murdering psychopaths trying to do their part for mother nature again…
    I think they are “sane”. They want to thin the human herd heavily, probably due to resource-depletion.
    Cutting the pipeline-arteries should do a lot.

    #117128
    Dr D Rich
    Participant

    Public health officials should be counting those excess deaths

    #117129
    John Day
    Participant

    Figmund Sreud keeps friends in wet places. Thanks FS:
    “Scuttlebutt in and around Świnoujście, Poland, has been circling around for about month or so prior to blowing up NS 1 and 2 yesterday that something was brewing off shore in Baltic Sea – primarily in vicinity of Bornholm Island. You know, amongst fishermen, … and on the Świnoujście Naval base, and sailing club pubs. Yes. Presence of US personnel on the base intensified. Also movement of US auxiliary naval vessels.”

    #117130
    John Day
    Participant

    “Pipeline War” is what we have been hammering out today. [Redundancy alert]
    Picture of oak flooring installation progress https://drjohnsblog.substack.com/p/pipeline-war

    ​The Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics (LPR and DPR) along with Kherson Region and part of Zaporozhye Region in southern Ukraine have voted to join Russia in referendums that were held between September 23 and 27.
    ​ ​In Lugansk, more than 98% of voters have supported the idea to join Russia, official figures show with all the ballots counted. Donetsk has shown similar results after counting over a half of the ballots. Both Zaporozhye and Kherson regions have process all the ballots by late Tuesday, with 93% and 87% of voters respectively backing the split from Ukraine and reunification with Russia.
    https://www.azerbaycan24.com/en/four-regions-vote-to-join-russia/

    Statement by Permanent Representative Vassily Nebenzia at UNSC briefing on Ukraine​
    ​ I will say that the referenda were held in the conditions of exceptional transparency, with all electoral norms being fully observed. This is a firm fact, no matter how hard Kiev and its Western sponsors try to assert the opposite. More than 100 independent observers from 40 states monitored the vote. They eagerly share their feedback in media and social networks. In particular, they say they were surprised to see how enthusiastic the people in DPR, LPR, Kherson and Zaporozhye regions were about the referenda, and for how long they had waited for it. Unfortunately, you will not be able to hear those assessments in the coverage of Western media. Neither will you see footage of interviews with residents of those regions.

    Statement by Permanent Representative Vassily Nebenzia at UNSC briefing on Ukraine

    The Kremlin has denounced as “stupid and absurd” any allegations of it being behind the suspected explosions of the Nord Stream natural gas pipelines earlier this week, stating that the incident actually creates many issues for Russia. Speaking to journalists on Wednesday, spokesperson Dmitry Peskov explained that the damage to the pipelines posed a “big problem” for Russia as it had essentially lost its gas supply routes to Europe. Both lines of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline were pumped full of gas and were prepared to deliver it to Europe at the time of the alleged explosion, said Peskov, adding that “this gas is very expensive and now it is all going up in the air.” Peskov also noted that neither Russia nor Europe had anything to gain from the destruction of the pipelines, especially Germany, for which this incident poses a threat to the future development of its industry, as well as its profitability and competitiveness. American LNG suppliers, on the other hand, have been making incredible profits after having multiplied their deliveries to the European continent, Peskov pointed out, adding that these companies are “very interested in maintaining these super-duper profits in the future.” https://www.rt.com/russia/563676-nord-stream-russia-problem/

    Look who’s talking: NATO’s response to any use of tactical nuclear weapons by Russia in Ukraine must be “devastating” but only employ conventional arms, as Moscow’s threat is not directed at the bloc, Polish Foreign Minister Zbigniew Rau has said.
    “To the best of our knowledge, Putin is threatening to use tactical nuclear weapons on Ukrainian soil, not to attack NATO, which means that NATO should respond in a conventional way,” Rau claimed during his Wednesday’s appearance on NBC News program Meet the Press. https://www.rt.com/news/563664-nato-poland-nuclear-ukraine/

    #117131
    Germ
    Participant

    Watch it before it’s taken down! –

    ☠️☠️☠️

    #117132
    John Day
    Participant

    The war on Syria was purportedly always about getting the US/Saudi backed gas pipeline through to Europe. US military forces still sit on that pipeline route, while also facilitating the theft of Syrian oil. In a rare plea before the U.N. General Assembly in New York, Syria’s top diplomat demanded compensation for oil and gas stolen by the United States, as well as its monumental energy losses over the course of the 11-year long war.
    “The war against Syria, ultimately, was an attempt by the West to maintain control over the world,” Syrian Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad told the assembly on Monday, demanding further that the continuing US military occupation in the oil and gas rich northeast “should end immediately, without conditions.” https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/syria-demands-compensation-oil-losses-un-speech

    Fight to the last Ukrainian…
    Ukraine can use Western weapons against ‘territories seized by Russia’ – US
    US Secretary of State Blinken says Washington won’t recognize “annexed” regions as Russian https://www.rt.com/news/563631-blinken-ukraine-targeting-russia/

    Russia Says It’s Had ‘Sporadic’ Contacts With the US on Nuclear Weapons
    The Kremlin wouldn’t comment on warnings the US said it delivered https://news.antiwar.com/2022/09/26/russia-says-its-had-sporadic-contacts-with-the-us-on-nuclear-weapons/

    Does Russia Need Iranian Drones? (Well, they are using them.)
    The exact number of UAVs provided by Iran is unknown. The conditions under which Russia received the drones, which inflict such sensitive strikes on the Ukrainian army, also remain unknown. According to some evidence, it may be about the transfer to Iran of a party of Russian SU-35 fighter jets, previously intended for sale to Egypt, but which did not arrive there due to U.S. sanctions. It is also unclear how quickly Russia will be able to set up production of the Geranium UAVs on its own territory.
    Having entered service with the Russian military, the new Geranium-2 UAVs complement the Russian Cube and Lancet UAVs of the light class that are also deployed on the Ukrainian front lines. Apparently, the Geranium-2 is larger and heavier than the Cube or Lancet. It also carries a more powerful warhead and has an increased range. Thus, the Russian Army now has several barrage ammunition with different characteristics at its disposal. This makes it possible to increase the flexibility and effectiveness of the use of such weapons, as well as optimize the use of other striking means.
    In fact, it is able to complement Russian long-range missiles, such as the famous Kalibr missiles that are launched by the Russian Navy from the Black Sea. The simplicity and cheapness of the UAVs, as well as their land launcher, give certain advantages. They have already proved their effectiveness against the small targets as artillery systems as well as against the enemy facilities like the military headquarters and warehouses in Odessa. The UAVs remain unnoticed by the Ukrainian air defences. https://southfront.org/does-russia-need-iranian-drones/

    These Iranian protests over the government morality-police beating-murder of a 22 year old woman, for not having her hair well-enough covered, are not dying down. Most people are really fed-up with these brownshirt thugs. My Iranian friends relay a sense of desperation to be free of these violent gangs.
    ​ ​Iran is in the midst of political upheaval and civil unrest. The latest protests, triggered by the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini after her arrest by the morality police, follow several other protests that have occurred in Iran over recent years.​
    ​https://theconversation.com/3-ways-these-latest-iran-demonstrations-are-different-to-past-protests-191418?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1664314264-1

    #117133
    John Day
    Participant

    ​ Biden Draining Strategic Petroleum Reserve like Campaign Credit Card for Midterms​ (Oil shortage next year?)
    ​ ​”This is the first time in history, honestly, that the Strategic Petroleum Reserve has been used as a campaign credit card to buy down political risk for the midterms,” Stewart told Just the News.
    ​ ​”Let me put it in perspective if I could,” he continued. “At the current rate, the U.S. is selling more oil out of its emergency reserves than the production of most medium-sized OPEC countries like Algeria or Angola. We’re selling twice as much per day than we’re producing out of Alaska. That puts us somewhere between Exxon and Conoco in terms of … the impact we’re having on the daily supply — and this is happening without new oil going in​ ​to replace it.”
    https://www.zerohedge.com/political/biden-draining-spr-campaign-credit-card-midterms

    ​ ​Evidence of harm​ , Steve Kirsch​
    A short collection of key pieces of evidence showing the COVID vaccines are not “safe and effective.” Not even close. They are the most deadly vaccines we’ve ever produced.​
    ​The Pfizer trial 6 month report showed absolutely no all-cause morbidity or mortality benefit. There were no all-cause benefits at all. It was all negative.​..
    ​https://stevekirsch.substack.com/p/the-evidence

    ​ Dr. Malhotra was a prominent advocate for COVID-vaccination until his dad died of a cardiac event right after getting a booster. He investigated…
    ‘Peer-reviewed papers in the Journal of Insulin Resistance present findings that are leading to calls for the suspension of all Covid-19 vaccines’
    ​ ​In a two-part paper entitled “Curing the pandemic of misinformation on COVID-19 mRNA vaccines through real evidence-based medicine,” real-world data reveals that in the non-elderly population the number needed to vaccinate to prevent one death from Covid-19 runs into thousands and that re-analysis of randomised controlled trial data suggests a greater risk of suffering a serious adverse event from the vaccine than to be hospitalised with Covid-19.​.​
    ​..​Writ​​ing in the peer-reviewed Journal of Insulin Resistance one of the UK’s most eminent Consultant Cardiologists Dr Aseem Malhotra, who was one of the first to take two doses of the vaccine and promote it on ITV’s Good Morning Britain (GMB) says that since the roll out of the vaccine the evidence of its effectiveness and true rates of adverse events have changed…
    ​ ​Speaking about the report, Dr Aseem Malhotra said, “There has been a rise in out of hospital cardiac arrests and heart attacks linked to Pfizer’s Covid-19 mRNA vaccine with plausible biological mechanisms of harm” and “Pharmacovigilance systems and real-world safety data, coupled with plausible mechanisms of harm, are deeply concerning, especially in relation to cardiovascular safety.”

    For Immediate Release: New Peer-Reviewed Papers Lead Calls for Suspension of Covid-19 Vaccines

    ​ Preprint: COVID-19 Vaccines: The Impact on Pregnancy Outcomes and Menstrual Function
    Conclusions: Pregnancy and menstrual abnormalities are significantly more frequent following COVID-19 vaccinations than that of Influenza vaccinations. A worldwide moratorium on the use of COVID-19 vaccines in pregnancy is advised until randomized prospective trials document safety in pregnancy and long-term follow-up in offspring.
    https://www.preprints.org/manuscript/202209.0430/v1

    ​ ​Detection of Messenger RNA COVID-19 Vaccines in Human Breast Milk
    ​Results: ​Of 11 lactating individuals enrolled, trace amounts of BNT162b2 and mRNA-1273 COVID-19 mRNA vaccines were detected in 7 samples from 5 different participants at various times up to 45 hours postvaccination (Table 2). The mean (SD) yield of EVs isolated from EBM was 9.110 (5.010) particles/mL, and the mean (SD) particle size was 110.0 (3.0) nm. The vaccine mRNA appears in higher concentrations in the EVs than in whole milk (Table 2). No vaccine mRNA was detected in prevaccination or postvaccination EBM samples beyond 48 hours of collection​.
    ​https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapediatrics/article-abstract/2796427

    #117135
    Dr. D
    Participant

    They’ll get away with additional death rates now in “Cold Season” in unheated winter. Just as they planned for us. Burns my biscuits.

    #117136
    Michael Reid
    Participant


    We’re led by Madmen

    #117138
    Redneck
    Participant

    Putin always projects the honest law abiding image. While the Russian people have been really pissed off about Europe still getting Russian gas and have been demanding it’s closure , Putin has been maintaining his virtue by claiming that he would not shut down the gas because he promised that the gas supply would never be used as a weapon. So now the gas supply is gone and it is not Putin breaking his word , perfect. Now almost everyone here and on Russia’s side will blame Europe or the US , perfect.

    #117140
    Afewknowthetruth
    Participant

    A very interesting perspective.

    #117144
    aspnaz
    Participant

    Definitely not Russia as this limits their options: turning off a tap gives them the option of turning it back on again should they so wish, why would they get rid of that option and tie their own hands behind their backs?

    The people who did this wanted to remove that option: who benefits from removing that option? The people who want to see Germany collapse without energy. The pipeline will make no difference to the Russian economy, they will sell the gas to China, so the impact will be on Germany.

    BUT, do not overlook that the leaders of Germany greatly benefit from this sabotage. The leaders, such as Olaf Scholz, do not need to refuse to turn on the gas and be seen to be destroying Germany. The leaders are no longer seen to be acting against Germany’s best interests, gas is not an option any more and so the tenure of the current leaders is secured.

    #117145
    Bishko
    Participant

    More than a few countries know exactly who blew up the pipelines. All seas and oceans of the world are carpeted with advanced microphone arrays that monitor everything that happens out there. I knew someone in the submarine service and they could “hear” activity well over 1,000 miles away underwater. That was 30 years ago. More advanced now.

    Every ship has a multidimensional ‘fingerprint’ that allows it to be tracked everywhere. Many monitoring stations watched it happening in real time, but are silent.

    #117146
    Oroboros
    Participant

    #117147
    John Day
    Participant

    Moon of Alabama has been sleuthing today. NATO just spent 3 months in the Baltic, and there was a lot of specific activity by big choppers right where the explosions later happened. Those were mine-detecting choppers. They can detect metal pipelines. Lots of other NATO activity with remotely operated vehicles and mine-destruction teams started in June and just recently left the area.
    https://www.moonofalabama.org/2022/09/whodunnit-facts-related-to-the-sabotage-attack-on-the-nord-stream-pipelines.html#more

    #117149
    boscohorowitz
    Participant

    “Germany is in the position of the no. 1. henchman of the dominating foreign power. Leaving that role, position, will be so costly it can’t be contemplated. By them.”

    Germany is indeed between a rock and a hard place. I think that it’s populace will be the deciding factor. When the power goes off during winter, democracy rules by mob.

    I’ll also note that power loss would affect US military bases also. One wonders if US military personnel will find themselves hitch-hiking home… dressed in civilian garb… doing their best to look and sound European.

    I doubt that Germany’s leaders tenure will last very long. People hungry, cold, and broke demand — and get — change.

    #117150
    boscohorowitz
    Participant

    Meanwhile:

    “EU to ban Russian toilet paper
    Shaving products, soap, floss and deodorant are also on the proposed import ban list”

    and

    “Biden calls for dead congresswoman
    “Where’s Jackie?” the US president asked at a White House event, looking for the late Representative Walorski… US President Joe Biden on Wednesday called out for a congresswoman who had died in a car crash in early August – apparently forgetting his own statement of condolence to her family, or the tribute video that reportedly aired before the event.

    “Jackie, are you here? Where’s Jackie,” he said, looking at the people attending the White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health. “She was going to be here,” he added, according to NPR. Others quoted Biden as saying “She must not be here,” based on video footage from the event.”

    and

    “Second energy protest roils EU country
    Tens of thousands accused Prague of serving Brussels and Washington instead of Czechia”

    and:

    “NATO member wants ‘devastating’ retaliation against Russia
    The bloc’s response to any use of WMDs by Moscow in Ukraine must not be nuclear, but still massive, Poland’s foreign minister says”

    and:

    “US has plan if Russia uses nukes – Blinken
    Moscow will face “horrific” consequences if it uses weapons of mass destruction, the top US diplomat warns”

    Weirdness and mayhem, idiocy and buffoonery.

    Apocalyptic Time Signatures

    Even Hitler’s ghost has had enough:

    #117151
    boscohorowitz
    Participant

    Dmitry Medvedev says:

    ““There are four reasons for the use of nuclear weapons. For the sake of interest and for the French public, I will name them: the launch of nuclear missiles, the use of nuclear weapons, attacks on critical infrastructure that controls nuclear weapons, or other actions that threaten the existence of the [Russian] state,” he said, adding that none of the above has happened so far.”

    #117152
    poppie
    Participant

    we dont know that the cia warned weeks ago. we only know that der speigel claimed that yesterday. der spiegel also prints any pamphlet the cia hands to them.

    #117154
    zerosum
    Participant

    US military bases won’t be able to get its supplies of energy from the German market place.
    O where, O where. will they get their energy supplies.

    #117156
    aspnaz
    Participant

    boscohorowitz said

    I doubt that Germany’s leaders tenure will last very long. People hungry, cold, and broke demand — and get — change.

    Except that they won’t get the change that they need, the provision of cheap energy. With NS 1 and 2 destroyed, the Russians will not be investing in pipelines to western Europe any time soon and would logically decide to destroy the Danish pipeline and US gas imports should hostilities continue.

    #117157
    aspnaz
    Participant

    Tucker Carlson summarized it pretty well last night:

    Tucker said:

    Methane is a key driver of global warming

    Tucker is promoting the elite bullshit.

    #117159
    aspnaz
    Participant

    why are people like Von der Leyen, Borrell etc. clamoring so loudly for a thorough investigation when the Whodunnit logic says it may well point to one of their allies?

    Because they are sociopaths who can now pretend – duping delight – to be on the side of Germany and the people. Yesterday they were threatening anybody who broke the neoliberal consensus, now that the ability to buy Russian gas has been taken away, they can be more conciliatroy and pretend to be outraged as they know they have now achieved what they want, they are the winners.

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