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The ‘War Party’ Makes Its Plans (Patrick Lawrence)
Russia Slams NATO’s ‘Reckless’ Rejection of Putin’s Red Line on Ukraine (Sp.)
Ukraine War Turns Into Russian Roulette (Bhadrakumar)
This Ain’t No WWIII: This Is A War OF Terror (Pepe Escobar)
‘Victory Plan’ Ready – Zelensky (RT)
Ukrainian Commanders Urged Zelensky Not To Invade Kursk (Antiwar)
Russia’s Drone Production To Increase Tenfold – Putin (RT)
Craig Murray Describes Transition Of UK, West In General Into Tyranny (PCR)
Switzerland Dumps Neutrality (Sp.)
Descendants of Native American Chief Want His Face Back In NFL (RT)
Kamala Bucks (Jim Rickards)
Trump Makes First Payment In Bitcoin (RT)
FBI: Iran Hacked Trump Campaign Materials And Gave Them To Biden/Harris (MN)
Russia’s Shadow Fleet is a Ticking Geopolitical Timebomb (Garcia)
Pager Bomb Plot 15 Years In The Making – ABC News (RT)

 

 

 

 

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A lot of war articles today. NATO et al are now saying Putin so far has not reacted very violently to breaches of red lines, therefore he won’t do so in the future either. Joe Biden: “I don’t think much about Vladimir Putin.” Your leaders are dragging you straight into a war that nobody wants but them.

The ‘War Party’ Makes Its Plans (Patrick Lawrence)

The Biden White House and the Democratic Party machine trying to advance Kamala Harris from No. 2 in the regime to No. 1 gets more interesting by the week, I have to say. The Harris campaign has at last, two months after the party’s elites and financiers railroaded her candidacy past any semblance of a democratic process, published a platform it calls A New Way Forward, and I will get to this in due course. I am less interested now in words posted on a website than in two recent developments we ought to consider together even if no one has yet thought to do so. Slowly and very surely, it becomes clear by way of these weekly turns how a new Democratic regime, should Harris win on Nov. 5, proposes to manage the imperium’s business. And however many foolish voters may be illusioned otherwise, if Harris takes the White House her business will be neither more nor less than managing the imperium—the wars, the provocations, the illegal sanctions and other collective punishments, the terrorist clients in Israel, the neo–Nazis in Kiev.

Last Wednesday, Sept. 4, Liz Cheney surprised Washington and, I suppose, most of the rest of us when she announced she would support Harris’s run for the presidency. The onetime Wyoming congresswoman, a coup-cultivating warmonger who remains among the hawkiest of right-wing foreign-policy hawks, was not the first Republican to jump across the aisle this political season, and she was also not the last: Two days later, Liz’s pop did the same. Dick Cheney, of course, needs no introduction. Instantly, the Harris campaign declared its delight in having the support of these courageous patriots, as the organization called them in its official statements. A week after all this high-caliber politicking, President Biden convened in the Oval Office with Keir Starmer, the new British prime minister, to consider Ukraine’s proposal to fire Western-supplied missiles at targets well inside Russian territory.

The Brits are ready to oblige the Kiev regime, as are the French, but everyone—London, Paris, Kiev—needs Biden’s permission to widen the war in this fashion. At the moment, Biden and Secretary of State Blinken are in their “Well, maybe” phase, and we are meant to be on the edges of our seats wondering whether they will assent to these plans. But haven’t we seen this movie before and don’t we know how it ends? Wasn’t it, “Maybe we will send HIMARS rocket systems,” “Maybe M–1 tanks,” “Maybe Patriot missiles,” “Maybe F–16s”? Even before the Biden–Starmer encounter last week, Blinken and David Lammy, the British foreign secretary, during a visit to Kiev for talks with Volodymyr Zelensky, were already dropping heavy hints that Biden will once again acquiesce to the plans the Ukrainian president and the British PM were choreographed to present to him.

The stipulation Biden and Blinken now purport to insist upon is that they will not assent to letting Kiev use weapons provided by the U.S. — which seems to be different from weapons made by the U.S.—against targets in the Russian interior. This is no more than one of those hair-splits in which the Biden White House trades when it wants to look thoughtful and cautious but is neither. Will someone tell me what damn difference it will make to Russia if Moscow takes a hit from a missile sent from Britain, France or the United States? These people are convening to plan the Western powers’ reckless escalation of a proxy war they have no way of winning and know they have no way of winning. Desperation is as desperation does: This is my simple read of these deliberations. Between the war-planning and the shifting political loyalties, what have we witnessed over these past couple of weeks? This is our question.

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“..the use of long-range missiles against targets deep in Russia would “increase the threat of escalation,” which runs counter to European security interests.”

Russia Slams NATO’s ‘Reckless’ Rejection of Putin’s Red Line on Ukraine (Sp.)

Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov stated on Wednesday that dismissing Russian President Vladimir Putin’s warnings about the dangers of Ukraine using Western weapons to attack Russian territory is both provocative and perilous. “Such a ostentatious desire not to take seriously the statements of the Russian president is an absolutely short-sighted and unprofessional step,” Peskov told reporters. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg denied in an interview out on Tuesday that allowing Ukraine to use long-range Western weapons to strike deep into Russia would cross country’s “red line” despite warnings from Russian President Vladimir Putin. “There have been many red lines declared by him [Putin] before, and he has not escalated, meaning also involving Nato allies directly in the conflict,” Stoltenberg told The Times newspaper. Stoltenberg said that he supported the United Kingdom and France in their decision to lift restrictions on Kiev’s use of long-range weapons against Russia.

He argued that their use by Ukraine would not draw the alliance into conflict with Russia. Putin said that NATO countries were essentially deciding whether to get directly involved in the Ukrainian conflict. He warned that direct participation of Western countries in the conflict would change its nature, forcing Russia to respond to emerging threats. Meanwhile, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto stated on Wednesday that Hungary is concerned about the potential use of long-range arms to strike Russia, as this would contradict Europe’s security interests and heighten the risk of escalation. He emphasized that “Hungary is interested in peace, and every step that threatens escalation makes us concerned,” adding that the use of long-range missiles against targets deep in Russia would “increase the threat of escalation,” which runs counter to European security interests.

Putin balance
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“..Biden was plainly dismissive about the latest Kremlin warning, saying, “I don’t think much about Vladimir Putin.”

Ukraine War Turns Into Russian Roulette (Bhadrakumar)

The UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer met with the US President Joe Biden in the White House on Friday with the question of the use of long-range missiles by Ukraine to hit deep inside Russia on their agenda of conversation. But there were no announcements, nor was there any joint press conference. Starmer later told the media that the talks were “productive” but concentrated on “strategy” rather than a “particular step or tactic”. He did not signal any decision on allowing Kiev to fire long-range missiles into Russia. Starmer said no final decision had been taken on the Storm Shadow missiles and hinted that further developments may follow at the gathering of the UN General Assembly later this month. “We’ll obviously pick up again in UNGA in just a few days time with a wider group of individuals,” he said.

One reason for such extreme secrecy is that the US and UK are intensely conscious of the Russian President Vladimir Putin’s explicit warning on Thursday that any use of western long-range missiles to strike Russia “will mean that NATO countries, the United States, and European countries are parties to the war in Ukraine. This will mean their direct involvement in the conflict, and it will clearly change the very essence, the very nature of the conflict dramatically.” Putin added in measured words: “This will mean that NATO countries – the United States and European countries –- are at war with Russia. And if this is the case, then, bearing in mind the change in the essence of the conflict, we will make appropriate decisions in response to the threats that will be posed to us.” Admittedly, Putin has given similar warnings before also, but did not follow through even when western weaponry was used by Ukraine with impunity to invade Russia recently.

So much so that Biden was plainly dismissive about the latest Kremlin warning, saying, “I don’t think much about Vladimir Putin.” On its part, Moscow estimates that although no official decision on the matter has been announced, it has already been made and communicated to Kiev, and that Moscow would have to respond with actions of its own. Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov, Moscow’s point person on the diplomatic track, was quoted as saying on Saturday, “The decision has been made, the carte blanche and all indulgences have been given (to Kiev), so we [Russia] are ready for everything. And we will react in a way that will not be pretty.” Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, who now serves as deputy chairman of the country’s security council, went a step further saying that the West is testing Russia’s patience but it is not limitless. He said Ukraine’s invasion already gave Russia formal grounds to use its nuclear arsenal.

Medvedev warned that Moscow could either resort to nuclear weapons in the end, or use some of its non-nuclear but still deadly novel weapons for a large-scale attack. “And that would be it. A giant, grey, melted spot instead of ‘the mother of Russian cities’,” he wrote on the Telegram messaging app, referring to Kiev. Putin, in his remark on Thursday once again rejected the Anglo-American sophistry that it is Ukraine that will be using any western long-range missiles and not NATO. He pointed out that the Ukrainian army “is not capable of using cutting-edge high-precision long-range systems supplied by the West. They cannot do that. These weapons are impossible to employ without intelligence data from satellites which Ukraine does not have. This can only be done using the European Union’s satellites, or US satellites – in general, NATO satellites…

“most important, the key point even – is that only NATO military personnel can assign flight missions to these missile systems. Ukrainian servicemen cannot do this. Therefore, it is not a question of allowing the Ukrainian regime to strike Russia with these weapons or not. It is about deciding whether NATO countries become directly involved in the military conflict or not.” Interestingly, neither Washington nor London has so far refuted Putin’s above explanation and, curiously, it has been expunged altogether from British press reports — fearing, perhaps, that public opinion might militate against such direct involvement by the UK in a war against Russia in a combat role!

Moscow anticipates that the US-UK ploy may be to test the waters by first (openly) using Britain’s Storm Shadow long-range air-launched cruise missile, which has already been supplied to Ukraine. On Friday, Russia expelled six British diplomats assigned to the Moscow embassy in a clear warning that Uk-Russia ties will be affected. Russia has already warned the UK of severe consequences if the Storm Shadow were to be used to hit Russian territory. What makes the developing situation extremely dangerous is that the cat-and-mouse game so far about NATO’s covert involvement in the Ukraine war is giving way to a game of Russian roulette that follows the laws of Probability Theory.

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“This ain’t no party
This ain’t no disco
This ain’t no fooling around
No time for dancin’
Or lovey-dovey
I ain’t got time for that now..”

This Ain’t No WWIII: This Is A War OF Terror (Pepe Escobar)

First we had action: President Putin – cool, calm, collected – warns that any attack on Russia with long-range NATO missiles will be an act of war. Then we had reaction: NATO rats scurrying back to the gutter – in haste. For now. All that was a direct consequence of the Kursk debacle. A desperate gamble. But the state of things in the proxy war in Ukraine was desperate for NATO. Until it became crystal clear it’s all basically non-recoverable. So there are two options left. Ukraine’s unconditional surrender, on Russia’s terms, tantamount to NATO’s complete humiliation. Or escalation to all-out war (italics mine) with Russia. The U.S. – but not the UK – ruling classes seem to have registered the essence of Putin’s message: if NATO is at war with Russia, “then, bearing in mind the change in the essence of the conflict, we will make appropriate decisions in response to the threats that will be posed to us.”

Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov was ominously more precise: “The decision has been made, the carte blanche and all indulgences have been given [to Kiev), so we [Russia] are ready for everything. And we will react in a way that will not be pretty.” For all practical purposes, NATO is already at war with Russia: non-stop reconnaissance flights, high-precision strikes on airfields in Crimea, forcing the Black Sea Fleet to relocate out of Sevastopol, these are only some instances. With “permission” to strike as far as 500 km deep into Russia, and a list of several targets already submitted by Kiev for “approval”, Putin has clearly stated the obvious. Russia is fighting an existential war for the survival of the Motherland – what it has done repeatedly over centuries. The USSR suffered 27 million losses and emerged from WWII stronger than ever. That demonstration of willpower, in itself, scares the collective West to death.

Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov – whose Taoist patience seems to be exhausting – added some color on the Big Picture, drawing from English literature: “George Orwell had a rich imagination and historical foresight. But even he could not imagine what a totalitarian state would look like. He described some of its contours, but failed to penetrate the depths of the totalitarianism that we now see within the framework of the ‘rules-based order.’ I have nothing to add. The current leaders in Washington, who suppress any dissent, have ‘outdone’ him. This is totalitarianism in its purest form.” Lavrov concluded that “they are historically doomed.” Yet they don’t really have the guts to provoke WWIII. Trademark cowards can only resort to a War OF Terror. Here are some instances. The SVR – Russian foreign intel – discovered a Kiev plot to stage a Russian missile attack on a hospital or kindergarten on Kiev-controlled territory.

The objectives include raising the – collapsed – morale of the AFU; justify the complete removal of any restrictions on deep missile strikes inside the Russian Federation; and attract support from the Global South – which overwhelmingly understands what Russia is doing in Ukraine. In parallel, if this massive false flag works, the Hegemon would use it to “increase pressure” (How? Screaming at the top of their lungs?) on Iran and the DPRK, whose missiles would likely be the perpetrators of the carnage. As much as this seems far-fetched on a Maximum Stupidistan level, considering the Deep Dementia ranging from Washington and London to Kiev it does remain possible, as NATOstan de facto retains the strategic initiative in this war. Russia for its part remains passive. It is NATO that is choosing the method, the place and the time for its key, choice strikes.

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Formerly known as the “peace plan”.

‘Victory Plan’ Ready – Zelensky (RT)

Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky declared his secretive ‘victory plan’ complete on Wednesday in a video address. Moscow has dismissed Kiev’s designs as incapable of altering the course of the conflict. Details of the Ukrainian roadmap for defeating Russia remain murky, but Zelensky has been giving regular updates on its progress. On Monday, he said it was more than 90% ready, while he now describes it as “fully prepared,” adding that “the most important thing is the determination to implement it.” Russian officials have dismissed the plan, which Zelensky first announced in August. ”We have heard such statements from the representatives of the Kiev regime many times. We realize what the nature of this regime is. We will continue our special military operation and realize all our goals,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said at the time.

US President Joe Biden and the presidential nominees of the country’s two main parties, Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump, are the primary targets of the proposal, according to Zelensky. He intends to travel to the US to brief the Americans, which will reportedly happen as soon as next week. However, officials in Washington are already aware of what Zelensky will be bringing to the table, US Ambassador to the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield has indicated. ”We have seen President Zelensky’s peace plan,” she told journalists on Tuesday, before expressing confidence that it “can work.” According to media reports, Zelensky will press his backers for Ukrainian membership in NATO and the EU, continued Western military aid, and other perks.

In August, Kiev sent thousands of troops into Russia’s Kursk Region in an operation Zelensky called an element of the victory plan. The incursion was aimed at forcing Russia to redeploy forces from the front in the east and serve as a bargaining chip in eventual peace talks, according to Ukrainian officials. Russian advancements in Donbass have continued despite the gamble. Moscow has meanwhile ruled out negotiations with Kiev, citing attacks against local Russian civilians whom Ukrainian troops allegedly targeted on purpose. The Russian army has been pushing Ukraine back in Kursk Region, which Zelensky claimed aligned with his plan. Kiev is currently lobbying Washington and its allies to allow long-range strikes with donated Western weapons deep inside Russia. President Vladimir Putin has said that Moscow would consider any such strike an act of war by NATO and react accordingly.

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“..he “opposed a task that didn’t correspond to the brigade’s strength.”

“..he thought the brigade would be too exposed inside Russia and would suffer heavy casualties..”

Ukrainian Commanders Urged Zelensky Not To Invade Kursk (Antiwar)

Some of Ukraine’s top military commanders opposed President Volodymyr Zelensky’s plans to invade Russia’s Kursk Oblast, but he went through with the assault anyway, POLITICO reported on Tuesday. The report, which cited Ukrainian military officials, said that Gen. Valery Zaluzhny, the former commander-in-chief and current ambassador to the UK, opposed the offensive when Zelensky first broached the idea earlier this year. Zaluzhny opposed the offensive because there was no clear second step once the border was breached. “He never got a clear answer from Zelensky,” one of the Ukrainian officials said. “He felt it was a gamble.” Another Ukrainian officer who opposed the invasion was Emil Ishkulov, the former commander of Ukraine’s 80th Air Assault Brigade. He was removed from his position in July, which drew protests from senior Ukrainian military officials, who said they didn’t understand why Ishkulov was dismissed.

Ukrainian media reported at the time of his dismissal that Ishkulov was removed because he “opposed a task that didn’t correspond to the brigade’s strength.” Two senior Ukrainian military officials told POLITICO that Ishkulov opposed the Kursk invasion because he thought the brigade would be too exposed inside Russia and would suffer heavy casualties. Russia recently began a counteroffensive in Kursk and has recaptured some villages. One purpose of the Ukrainian invasion was to distract Russia from the Donbas region, where Russian forces have been making steady gains. But that has failed as Russian troops continue to close in on the Donetsk city of Pokrovsk.

Another purpose of the invasion was to psychologically impact Russian civilians, a strategy that was praised by Richard Moore, the head of the British spy agency MI6, during a joint public appearance with CIA Director William Burns. Moore said the operation was “typically audacious and bold on the part of the Ukrainians, to try and change the game” and that it had “brought the war home to ordinary Russians.”

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“Along with the development of drones, we need to look for means of their electronic and conventional destruction..”

Russia’s Drone Production To Increase Tenfold – Putin (RT)

The Russian military is set to receive ten times more drones in 2024 than it did in the year before, President Vladimir Putin announced on Thursday during a meeting of the Military-Industrial Commission on the development of unmanned aircraft systems. The president stated that in 2023, the Russian Armed Forces received nearly 140,000 drones of various types and their production rate has since gone up significantly. “This year, the production of drones is planned to increase several times, or to be more precise, almost ten times,” Putin said. He said that the range of unmanned systems is being expanded and that unmanned boats are being developed as well.

“The key task is to produce a wide range of unmanned aerial vehicles and to set up serial production of such promising technology as quickly as possible,” Putin explained, adding that it is necessary to “fully meet” the needs of the armed forces and increase drone production and the technical and tactical characteristics of UAVs, which includes actively introducing elements of artificial intelligence. “Along with the development of drones, we need to look for means of their electronic and conventional destruction. This will save the lives of our military personnel, civilians and more reliably protect military equipment, civilian infrastructure, and critically important facilities,” the president said.

Putin stated that the design, testing, and serial production of drones is set to be carried out in special scientific and production centers, 48 of which are planned to be created across the country by 2030. Earlier on Thursday, the president personally visited the Special Technology Center (STC) in St. Petersburg which specializes in the production of unmanned aerial vehicles, electronic warfare systems and communications. Putin also inspected an exhibition of robots that have already been supplied to Russia’s forces on the front line and was shown several examples of kamikaze drones, reconnaissance systems, and a model of a loitering munition.

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“If you refuse to turn over your electronic devices, it is two years in prison. Two years in prison for refusing to answer a question.”

Craig Murray Describes Transition Of UK, West In General Into Tyranny (PCR)

Here is a summary of the speech in the video below of former British Ambassador Craig Murry describing the transition of Britain and the West in general into Tyranny. The UK has criminalized dissent. A new Public Order Act makes it illegal to hold a rally or demonstration if it “inconveniences” anyone. This gives the state unlimited power to clamp down on any demonstration. A new National Security Act makes it illegal to accept funding if it comes from “a hostile state” (there is no definition of what qualifies as a “hostile state”) A new Public Safety Act makes it a criminal offense to publish “misinformation” (there is no definition of “misinformation” — the government decides). It is all about control of the narrative. Zionist lobbies have great influence on official narratives across the West.

Citizens of the West are not allowed to accuse Israel of genocide; this is increasingly being equated with being a “terrorist”. Anti-terrorism powers are being used to prevent any criticism of Israel. Murray, a former British Ambassador, was arrested at the airport under the “Terrorism Act” for attending a pro-Palestine demonstration in Iceland. Under the Terrorism Act, if you are arrested at an airport, you have no right to remain silent, no right to a lawyer, you must turn over all your electronic devices with the passwords. If you refuse to turn over your electronic devices, it is two years in prison. Two years in prison for refusing to answer a question.

Many people are being detained under anti-terrorist legislation, including a professor from Paris and several independent journalists, who all have been detained as was Murray. There is a continual attempt to connect people to Russia. The FBI detained an American professor who spoke with Murray at a pro-Palestine demonstration and had all his electronic devices confiscated. Crackdowns on free speech, freedom of assembly, and any form of dissent are happening all across the Western world in an increasing frequency. As the West trumpets the importance of “freedom and democracy”, it simultaneously limits the freedoms of its own peoples and moves towards complete totalitarianism.

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Their greatest asset.

Switzerland Dumps Neutrality (Sp.)

The Swiss Council of States, the upper house of the parliament, said on Wednesday that it had voted against a ban on the participation of its military in joint NATO drills. “The participation of Switzerland in joint defense exercises with NATO must not be banned. The Council of States rejected a motion from the National Council to this effect on Wednesday by 29 votes to 12 and after a lively debate,” the upper house said in a statement. Swiss senators believe that in case of an attack on the country, its neutral status will disappear, so Switzerland’s army needs to be ready to defend itself. Switzerland is neither an EU or a NATO member, but Bern has joined almost all European sanctions against Russia since February 24, 2022. In 2024, the Swiss military will take part in 20 exercises outside its territory and four drills on its territory, all of them with the participation of NATO countries.

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Ha ha ha! Here’s to the do-gooders.

Descendants of Native American Chief Want His Face Back In NFL (RT)

Descendants of John Two Guns White Calf, a Native American chief who inspired the now-retired logo of the Washington Commanders football team (previously known as the Redskins), have called for his return to NFL events. “The fans want him back and we want him back,” Thomas White Calf, a great nephew of the celebrated early-20th-century Blackfeet tribe leader, told Fox News last week. “Our ancestor was the most famous and most photographed native in history,” he added, speaking on the phone alongside his mother, Delphine White Calf. “I’m proud of him. The Blackfeet are proud of him.” The conservative news network interviewed the family after they met Montana Senator Steve Daines – a vocal critic of the 2020 decision to rebrand the franchise. The lawmaker brought up what he believes to be a historic wrong in Congress and in the media on multiple occasions.

“Make no mistake, this logo was inspired and envisioned … as a tribute to Native Americans. It is not a caricature. It is a depiction of pride and strength. Of courage and honor,” he said at a Senate subcommittee hearing in May. Both the name and the mascot were retired in 2020, against the backdrop of racial protest following the death of George Floyd. Major investors and shareholders put pressure on the team’s top sponsors, claiming that the branding promoted negative stereotypes about Native Americans. The management caved in, though the Redskins were renamed as the Commanders only two years later.

A spokesman for the team told Fox News that it is collaborating with Senator Daines “to honor the legacy of our team’s heritage and the Native American community,” but had no intention of reviving the old logo. The news outlet pinned the blame for the naming controversy on the non-profit National Congress of American Indians. Among other things, it seeks to eradicate what it perceives as inappropriate mascots in sports and complained against the Redskins in 2013 in a 29-page report on the issue. “Today’s harmful ‘Indian’ mascots are very much an extension of the commercialization of race such as black face and African-American stereotypes,” the document claimed.

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“A change in leadership is probably our last hope in stopping this madness from continuing.”

Kamala Bucks (Jim Rickards)

We’re still trying to process the latest assassination attempt on Donald Trump, which took place on Sunday in West Palm Beach. But while that’s important to dissect as the election gets closer, it’s important to consider a development I’ve been warning about for over two years. President Trump has long been an opponent of central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) or as I call them Biden Bucks. (Now that Biden is essentially out of the picture, maybe I should rename them Kamala Bucks.) I called them “Biden Bucks” because I wanted Biden (and his partner Kamala) to take full credit for what I consider to be crimes against American citizens. More on that shortly. For now, let’s focus on Trump. At a New Hampshire campaign rally earlier this year, Donald Trump reiterated what he’s been saying for months: CBDCs are dangerous and he would never allow one if elected. For too long, the average American has been squeezed by the big banks and financial elites. It’s time we take a stand — together.

This would be a dangerous threat to freedom, and I will stop it from coming to America. Such a currency would give a federal government absolute control over your money. They could take your money, and you wouldn’t even know it was gone. In fact, Trump recently pledged to ban CBDCs, promote the creation of a national crypto reserve and guarantee that the government will not sell crypto obtained through law enforcement seizures. I’ve said it before, but I’ll say it again: “Welcome aboard, Mr. President.” Again, I’ve been sounding the alarm about Biden Bucks for over two years. I’ve been warning about Joe Biden’s plan to control your money and take away your privacy rights completely. President Trump is right. Biden Bucks are a dangerous threat to freedom. They’re a threat to our constitutional liberties and give the government total control of our private financial information. A change in leadership is probably our last hope in stopping this madness from continuing.

Maybe you’re a new reader who’s not familiar with Biden Bucks, or maybe you’re an existing reader who hasn’t thought of them for a while. To catch you up, here are the basics: They would replace physical cash with new electronic currencies. These Biden Bucks would have the full backing of the U.S. Federal Reserve. To be clear, they won’t just be a complement to cash. They will entirely, or very nearly entirely, REPLACE the cash (“fiat”) dollar we have now. In other words, the dollar will be strictly digital. This digital dollar would be the sole, mandatory currency of the United States. What does this mean for you? It would put your money under direct government control as President Trump has said. You could use it only at the government’s discretion. We are already seeing how many retailers are no longer accepting cash across America. What happens when physical cash is eliminated from any payment transactions?

Imagine this. To further advance the Biden/Harris Green New Scam, what if the Dems and their deep state enablers decide that gasoline needs to be rationed? Your Biden/Kamala Bucks could be rendered useless at the gas pump once you’ve purchased a certain amount of gasoline in a week. You want gas, but all you get is a one-word message: Declined. How’s that for control? That’s just one example. Biden Bucks would create new ways for the government to control how much you can buy of an item or even restrict purchases. They would keep score of every financial decision you make. In a world of Biden Bucks, the government will even know your physical whereabouts at the point of purchase. It’s a short step from there to putting you under FBI investigation if you vote for the wrong candidate or give donations to the wrong political party. If any of this sounds extreme, fantastical or otherwise far-fetched, I promise you it’s not. It’s happening right now. And given all the abuses of power the government’s engaged in over the past few years, why should you be surprised that Biden/Kamala Bucks wouldn’t invite even more abuse?

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“The purchase of burgers by Trump “was one of the most important Bitcoin transactions of all time..”

Trump Makes First Payment In Bitcoin (RT)

Donald Trump used Bitcoin to buy cheeseburgers and beer for his supporters at a bar in New York City on the National Cheeseburger Day. This made Trump the first ever incumbent or former US president to make a payment using the world’s most popular cryptocurrency, according to media reports. The Republican presidential candidate visited PubKey, a Bitcoin-themed bar and restaurant in Manhattan, shortly before his Long Island campaign rally on Wednesday.The 78-year-old was helped by the bar’s employees to perform the transaction using his phone and a tablet belonging to PubKey. “I just made the first transaction in Bitcoin,” Trump announced to cheers from Bitcoin enthusiasts, who packed the establishment. Paying with cryptocurrency was “very easy,” he added.

“They have been treating you very badly at the SEC (US Securities and Exchange Commission) and we are going to treat you very fairly,” he told the crowd. “Get out and vote because if you vote, we cannot lose,” the former president said. The purchase of burgers by Trump “was one of the most important Bitcoin transactions of all time,” one of PubKey’s owners, Thomas Pacchia, told the Bitcoin Magazine. “We are very excited he was here… to show his support to the Bitcoin community.” Bitcoin, which was introduced in 2009, has grown in value by more than 500% during the past five years. The current price for one Bitcoin is above $61,000.

On Monday, Trump and his children unveiled their own cryptocurrency venture, called World Liberty Financial. There is so far little information available about the project, which is expected to be a borrowing and lending service to trade cryptocurrencies. According to Donald Trump Jr., its goal is to provide opportunities to entrepreneurs who are unable to obtain financing from traditional banks. Trump appears to have made a U-turn on cryptocurrencies during the current presidential campaign. In 2021, he told Fox News that they were a “scam” and “potentially a disaster waiting to happen.” The dollar should remain “the currency of the world,” and investing in Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies “hurts the US currency,” he argued at the time.

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Do we believe the FBI?

FBI: Iran Hacked Trump Campaign Materials And Gave Them To Biden/Harris (MN)

The AP is reporting that the FBI has uncovered evidence that Iranian hackers stole materials from the Trump campaign in the Summer and provided them to what was then the Biden/Harris campaign. The report notes that the emails were sent to “people who were associated with Biden’s campaign” in June and July when he was still the Democratic nominee. The FBI uncovered the “unsolicited” evidence as part of its efforts to investigate election interference. The emails “contained an excerpt taken from stolen, non-public material from former President Trump’s campaign as text in the emails,” a government statement noted. It is not known if the Biden/Harris campaign reviewed the materials. Hilariously, however, the Harris campaign issued a statement saying that they were “victims” of the hack. Last night in New York, Trump referred to the development, calling it “foreign election interference,” and charging that “Biden is working with Iran.”

It is clear that there is a concerted effort to undermine Trump’s campaign, with officials revealing in August that further internal communications were hacked and provided to at least three media organisations, with the perpetrators suspected to be Iranian hackers. As we previously highlighted, the Secret Service also uncovered an assassination plot against Trump by Iran on the same weekend as the Butler shooting in July.

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Antonio Garcia doesn’t seem overly happy that Russia sidesteps the sanctions.

Russia’s Shadow Fleet is a Ticking Geopolitical Timebomb (Garcia)

In response to Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the European Union and several other Western countries imposed extensive sanctions on Russia, attempting to stop the trade of Russian oil. In December 2022, the G7 countries decided on an oil price cap. However, Russia has found ways to circumvent these sanctions, primarily through the creation of a “shadow fleet” of oil tankers. Despite robust US Treasury sanctions targeting the shadow fleet, Russia continues to expand it by incorporating new tankers, allowing for stable exports and further evasion of oil price caps. Only 36% of Russian oil exports were shipped by IG-insured tankers. For other shipments, Russia utilized its shadow fleet, which was responsible for exports of ~2.8 mb/d of crude and 1.1 mb/d of oil products in March 2024. Kpler data shows that in April 2024, 83% of crude oil and 46% of petroleum products were shipped on shadow tankers. The shrinking role of the mainstream fleet fundamentally undermines the leverage of the price cap.

The shadow fleet is a collection of aging and often poorly maintained vessels with unclear ownership structures and lack of insurance. The number of old, outdated ships departing from Russia has increased dramatically. The EU has recently introduced legislation aimed at cracking down on the sale of mainstream tankers into the Russian shadow trade, but the problem persists. Russia managed to expand its shadow tanker fleet, adding 35 new tankers to replace 41 tankers added to OFAC’s SDN list since December 2023. These tankers, all over 15 years old, are managed outside the EU/G7. With 85% of the tankers aged over 15 years, the risk of oil spills at sea is heightened.

The shadow fleet poses a significant and rising threat to the environment. The aging and underinsured vessels increase the risk of oil spills, a potential catastrophe for which Russia would likely refuse to pay. The vessels can cause collisions, leak oil, malfunction, or even sink, posing a threat to other ships, water, and marine life. With estimates suggesting over 1,400 ships have defected to the dark side serving Russia, the potential for environmental damage is substantial. For instance, since the beginning of 2022, 230 shadow fleet tankers have transported Russian crude oil through the Danish straits on 741 occasions. Also, a shadow fleet tanker on its way to load crude in Russia collided with another ship in the strait between Denmark and Sweden. Last year, a fully loaded oil tanker lost propulsion and drifted off the Danish island of Langeland for six hours. Recovery after any potential oil spill could take decades.

Added to the environmental issue, seaborne Russian oil is almost entirely heading to the Asian markets, with India, China, and Turkey being the biggest buyers. In 2023, 86% of oil exports went to friendly countries compared to 40% in 2021, and 84% of petroleum product exports compared to 30% in 2021. This shift in export destinations highlights the changing geopolitical landscape of the oil market due to the sanctions and the rise of the shadow fleet. Several measures have been proposed to address the challenges posed by the shadow fleet. These include stricter sanctions on individual vessels, increased scrutiny of financial institutions involved in Russian oil deals, and fines that would limit sales or decommission tankers.

The G7 countries are taking measures to tighten control over the price cap and further pressure Russia. The US has introduced a series of sanctions against ships and shipowners suspected of violating the price cap. However, concerns remain that these measures could lead to higher energy prices and escalate tensions with Russia. The Danish foreign ministry has stated that “The Russian shadow fleet is an international problem that requires international solutions.” The shadow fleet has allowed Russia to circumvent Western sanctions and continue profiting from its oil exports, but it has come at a significant cost. The environmental risks posed by these aging and poorly maintained vessels are alarming, and the shift in oil trade patterns is reshaping the geopolitical landscape. Addressing this complex issue will require concerted international efforts and a delicate balance between maintaining sanctions and ensuring stable energy markets. The situation is unsustainable, and the need for action is becoming increasingly urgent.

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For the amount of time and effort put in, it doesn’t look very successsful. There must have been a “better” plan.

Pager Bomb Plot 15 Years In The Making – ABC News (RT)

Israeli intelligence services have been contemplating an operation along the lines of this week’s mass explosions of Hezbollah electronic devices for at least 15 years, a US intelligence source has told ABC News. Thousands of people were injured in Lebanon by a series of blasts linked to pagers, walkie-talkies, and other equipment used by the militant group. Israel has neither confirmed nor denied responsibility for the incident, although media reports have widely described it as a Mossad plot that involved rigging the gadgets with remotely-triggered explosive charges. Speaking to ABC News, a US source called it a “supply chain interdiction,” adding that the CIA has long been reluctant to employ similar tactics due to the risk of collateral damage. In Lebanon, children were among some two dozen people killed in the attack, which also left many victims mutilated.

The New York Times previously reported that the supply of sabotaged devices started in the summer of 2023, citing multiple officials familiar with the operation. The ABC News report suggested that BAC Consulting, a Hungarian-based firm subcontracted by Taiwanese electronics manufacturer Gold Apollo to produce pagers for Hezbollah, was an Israeli front. The devices were never in Hungary and BAC was “a trading intermediary, with no manufacturing or operational site” in the country, a government spokesperson told the outlet. The administration of Taiwan has distanced the self-ruled Chinese island from the wave of violence in Lebanon. “The components are [mainly] low-end IC [integrated circuits] and batteries,” Economy Minister Kuo Jyh-huei told reporters on Friday, as quoted by Reuters. “I can say with certainty they were not made in Taiwan.”

Beirut and the Hezbollah leadership have blamed Israel for the incident and have declared that Lebanon is now in a state of war with its neighbor. The Israel Defense Forces intensified cross-border attacks on Thursday, in what observers fear may be a prelude for a major ground invasion. Defense Minister Yoav Gallant on Wednesday announced a “new phase in the war” with the militant movement. An Israeli commando division previously involved in military action in Gaza has moved to the north amid the sharpening tensions. Israel launched large-scale military action in Lebanon in 1982 – leading to a three-year partial occupation and the rise of Hezbollah as a prominent military and political force – and again in 2006, in what turned out to be a month-long incursion.

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  • #169293
    kultsommer
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    One may think that she must be slowly undressing herself during the interview to entice him to tell it all, but narcissist psychopath does not need that kind of help to brag.

    #169294
    Oroboros
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    The Duh’merican Revolution

    Turning in the grave…...

    #169295
    Oroboros
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    75% of Duh’merican young can pass the basic pitifully low military physical

    90% of Duh’merican College students couldn’t pass, physically or mentally….

    Push them over with a feather, poof!

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    Oroboros
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    #169306
    John Day
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    Fortunes Of War https://drjohnsblog.substack.com/p/fortunes-of-war

    ​ Gaza: Doctor dies in Israeli custody after being abducted from al-Shifa Hospital, officials say
    Ziad Mohammed al-Dalou is the third physician from Gaza to die in Israeli detention within 11 months​ https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/gaza-doctor-dies-israeli-custody-after-being-abducted-al-shifa-hospital-officials-say

    ​ Nearly 1,000 Palestinian health workers killed by Israeli forces in Gaza named
    Palestinian health ministry says latest data reflects Israel’s ‘systematic and deliberate’ attack on the health system​ https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/nearly-1000-palestinian-health-workers-killed-israeli-forces-gaza-named

    ​ Israeli Ministers, MKs Urge Netanyahu To Expel Palestinian Civilians From Northern Gaza and ‘Cleanse’ the Area
    The plan would involve ordering an evacuation and imposing a complete siege on the area of Gaza north of the Netzarim Corridor​ https://news.antiwar.com/2024/09/19/israeli-ministers-mks-urge-netanyahu-to-expel-palestinian-civilians-from-northern-gaza-and-cleanse-the-area/

    ​ Hezbollah’s Nasrallah Says Israel Has ‘Crossed All Red Lines’
    ​ “With this operation, the enemy crossed all laws and red lines. It didn’t care about anything at all. Not humanity, not morality, not legality,” the Hezbollah leader said. During the speech, Israeli warplanes flew over Beirut and appeared to drop flares…
    ​..Nasrallah said the Israeli operation “could be considered war crimes or a declaration of war.” He called the attack “unprecedented” and said it dealt a “blow” to Hezbollah. “We cannot be broken by this blow, no matter how big or strong it is. And I can assure you faithfully and with confidence, this hard, unprecedented blow did not bring us to our knees – and it will not,” he said
    Nasrallah said that senior Hezbollah officials did not carry the electronic devices that were blown up and added that “what happened did not impact our command, control or infrastructure.”…
    ​..Nasrallah said civilians were targeted in the attack since explosions occurred in private homes and public places, including hospitals, supermarkets, pharmacies, and crowded streets. A source close to Hezbollah told Middle East Eye that the pagers were used by a “wide network of people, including administrators, medical workers, paramedics, media workers, and other civilian members.”
    ​ Nasrallah vowed Hezbollah would respond to the Israeli attack and that attacks on Israel would continue until there was a ceasefire in Gaza.​ https://news.antiwar.com/2024/09/19/hezbollahs-nasrallah-says-israel-has-crossed-all-red-lines/

    #169307
    John Day
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    Israel planned pager attacks for 15 years – ABC News​ https://swentr.site/news/604338-pager-plot-years-abc/

    ​ Lebanon terror attacks ‘long in the making’ Israeli op
    ​ The dual terror attacks that rocked Lebanon this week, killing dozens and injuring thousands, were the result of a “complex and long in the making” Israeli operation, according to 12 current and former defense and intelligence officials who spoke with the New York Times (NYT).
    ​ “Even before [Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan] Nasrallah decided to expand pager usage, Israel had put into motion a plan to establish a shell company that would pose as an international pager producer,” the NYT report states, referring to Hungary-based BAC Consulting.
    ​ The shell company served as a front to manufacture thousands of pagers on behalf of Taiwanese company Gold Apollo that were acquired by the Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah earlier this year. “At least two other shell companies were created to mask the real identities of the people creating the pagers: Israeli intelligence officers,” the report states.
    ​ “BAC did take on ordinary clients, for which it produced a range of ordinary pagers. But the only client that really mattered was Hezbollah, and its pagers were far from ordinary. Produced separately, they contained batteries laced with the explosive PETN,” three intelligence officers who spoke with the NYT are quoted as saying.
    ​ On Thursday, Budapest announced that the explosive-laden pagers were “never” in the country.
    “Hungarian authorities have established that the company in question is a trading-intermediary company, which has no manufacturing or other site of operation in Hungary. It has one head of operations in Hungary on its listed address and the devices referenced have never been to Hungary,” government spokesman Zoltan Kovacs said via social media.
    ​ The shipments from BAC started making their way to Lebanon in the summer of 2022 “in small numbers,” but production ramped up earlier this year after Nasrallah denounced the use of smartphones among its ranks.
    ​ “Over the summer, shipments of the pagers to Lebanon increased, with thousands arriving in the country and being distributed among Hezbollah officers and their allies,” two US intelligence officials told the western news outlet.​ https://thecradle.co/articles/lebanon-terror-attacks-long-in-the-making-israeli-op-report

    ​ Hal Turner, Israeli War Cabinet Grants Permission for War
    ​ I have spent the past few hours speaking to my former colleagues in the Intelligence Community (IC) from around the world. Several I personally worked with during my years working with the FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force, where, as regular readers know, I handled national security intelligence, terrorism, and foreign counter-intelligence.
    ​ To a man, each and every former colleague in the IC told me they believe Israel is in for a surprise when they enter Lebanon.
    ​ They went on to explain that, regardless of communications being down, every Lebanese village in the South has hundreds of local garrison units and independently functioning cells for Hezbollah.​..
    ..Moreover, the Lebanese Foreign Minister, in an unprecedented statement to the Lebanese state, said today:
    “No one can ask Hezbollah to calm down after the attack that occurred, Hezbollah’s response to the attack is necessary.”
    ​ With this statement the Lebanese government is now openly giving Hezbollah free play to respond, instead of asking it to calm tensions.​ This is unprecedented.
    ​ With the backing of the Lebanese government, Hezbollah will be emboldened to act much harder than before, when they tried to appease the government to at least some extent.​ https://halturnerradioshow.com/index.php/news-selections/world-news/breaking-news-israeli-war-cabinet-grants-permission-for-war

    ​ Nine Killed, 59+ Wounded, In Israeli Attack On Beirut Which Took Out Hezbollah Elite Commander​
    ​ The death toll has continued to grow following the Friday after Israeli aerial strike on a southern suburb of Beirut. Lebanon’s Health Ministry says nine people have been killed and at least 59 injured, as emergency crews continue picking though the rubble of a leveled residential building.
    ​ Authorities say children are also among the victims in the neighborhood of Dahiyeh, which is densely populated. The Israeli Army says it has killed a top Hezbollah commander, identified as Ibrahim Akil; however, Hezbollah has yet to confirm or deny. He’s said to have served as head of the group’s elite special forces. The state-run Lebanese National News Agency has said five children are among the dead.​ https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/huge-israeli-strike-hits-beirut-after-hezbollah-launched-140-rockets

    Netanyahu prevails: No Gaza Ceasefire Before Biden’s Term Ends: Admin’s Drastic Narrative Shift​ https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/no-gaza-ceasefire-bidens-term-ends-admin-says-drastic-narrative-shift

    #169308
    John Day
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    ​ Paul Craig Roberts notes: The British Prime Minister and NATO Secretary General Say Putin’s Red Lines Can Be Ignored Because He Never Enforces Them
    Putin declared wolf so many times no one believes him when he is finally serious.
    ​ Except perhaps the US military. The Pentagon seems to have told the White House and Secretary of State to stand down from approving use of long range missiles to attack Russia.
    ​ Otherwise we are on the verge of nuclear war.​ The irresponsible recklessness of the White House and Secretary of State Blinken should frighten every American.​ https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2024/09/19/the-british-prime-minister-and-nato-secretary-general-say-putins-red-lines-can-be-ignored-because-he-never-enforces-them/

    ​ The empty appearance of an army, in many respects. Ukraine – Recent Front Line Reports Point To Systemic Failures
    Two recent piece published in Ukrainian media take a look at the situation in eastern Ukraine and describe the reasons for the crumbling of Ukraine’s defense lines.​ https://www.moonofalabama.org/2024/09/ukraine-recent-front-line-reports-point-to-systemic-failures.html#more

    ​Previously “peace plan”, and purported to completely involve NATO in war against Russia to “work” without giving up territory. US Says Zelensky’s Victory Plan ‘Can Work’ https://www.newsweek.com/us-says-ukraine-peace-plan-can-work-1955639

    There was no second objective to follow the invasion… Ukrainian Commanders Urged Zelensky Not To Invade Kursk
    POLITICO reports former Commander-in-Chief Valery Zaluzhny opposed the plan when Zelensky first proposed it​ https://news.antiwar.com/2024/09/17/ukrainian-commanders-urged-zelensky-not-to-invade-kursk/

    ​They were edging back to their historic neutrality: Switzerland Dumps Neutrality as Senate Rejects Ban on Joining NATO Drills https://sputnikglobe.com/20240918/switzerland-dumps-neutrality-as-senate-rejects-ban-on-joining-nato-drills-1120191488.html

    #169309
    John Day
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    Kucinich is Obi wan Kenobi. I love his bright, cheerful, fearless integrity against militarism. Watch: Neocon Congressman Runs Away When Asked If He’ll Debate Opponent Dennis Kucinich https://www.zerohedge.com/political/watch-neocon-congressman-runs-away-when-asked-if-hell-debate-opponent-dennis-kucinich

    The U.S. Has Killed More Than 20 Million People in 37 “Victim Nations” Since World War II​ https://www.globalresearch.ca/us-has-killed-more-than-20-million-people-in-37-victim-nations-since-world-war-ii/5492051

    ​ Ritter revisits last weekend in an essay: SCOTT RITTER: 72 Minutes, To quote Nikita Khrushchev, “The survivors would envy the dead.”
    ​ Ukraine, together with many of its NATO allies, has been asking for permission from the United States, the United Kingdom, and France to be able to employ precision-guided long-range weapons systems provided by these countries against targets deep inside Russia.
    ​ On Sept. 6, at a meeting of the Ramstein Contact Group, a forum where U.S.-NATO military support to Ukraine is coordinated, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky personally appealed to the group for more weapons support from its Western allies and called on allies to allow Ukraine to use the weapons they provided to strike deeper inside Russia.​..
    ​..The stage was now set for Keir Starmer, the prime minister of the United Kingdom, to fly to Washington, D.C., last Friday, where he would meet with Biden and jointly agree to give Ukraine permission to use Storm Shadow and ATACMS against targets inside Russia.
    ​ Russia has long made it clear that it would view any nation which authorized the use of its weapons to strike Russia as a direct party to the conflict.
    ​ In comments to the media in Russia last Thursday — one day before the Biden-Starmer meeting at the White House — Russian President Vladimir Putin made it clear that any lifting of the restrictions on Ukrainian use of U.S.- and U.K.-provided long-range weapons would change “the very essence of the conflict.” He said:
    ​ “This will mean that NATO countries, the United States, European countries are fighting Russia. And if this is the case, then…we will make appropriate decisions in response to the threats that will be posed to us.”​ …
    ..Just to drive the point home, Russia’s ambassador to the United Nations, Vassily Nebenzia, told the Security Council last Friday that NATO would “be a direct party to hostilities against a nuclear power,” if it allowed Ukraine to use longer range weapons against Russia. “You shouldn’t forget about this and think about the consequences,” he declared.
    ​ The finishing touches on driving home the seriousness of Putin’s warning was left to the Russian ambassador to the United States, Anatoly Antonov. Speaking to the Russian media also last Friday Antonov said he was surprised that many American officials believed that​ “if there is a conflict, it will not spread to the territory of the United States of America. I am constantly trying to convey to them one thesis that the Americans will not be able to sit it out behind the waters of this ocean. This war will affect everyone, so we constantly say – do not play with this rhetoric.”​ … “Yesterday’s statements from Vladimir Putin were weighed very carefully here. Several ex-officials called me asking to explain what actually stands behind those statements. I simply replied: ‘Don’t play with fire.’”
    ​ Antonov’s sentiments were likely echoed through existing back-channel communications used by the Department of Defense and the C.I.A.
    In the end, the message got through — Biden pulled back from giving Ukraine the permissions it sought.
    ​ Most Americans are unaware about how close they came to waking up Saturday morning, only to find that it was their last.
    ​ Had Biden yielded to Starmer’s pressure (the British, together with Ukraine and several NATO nations, believed that Putin was bluffing), and signed off on the permission, Ukraine was prepared to launch strikes on Russia that night.​ (British soldiers deployed in Ukraine would be needed to operate the Storm Shadows and they are already there, according to German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, who has refused to send similar weapons to Ukraine.)
    ​ Russia would likely have responded with conventional attacks on Kiev using new weapons, such as the Avangard hypersonic warhead, which would each deliver a blow equivalent to 26-28 tons of explosives.
    ​ Russia would also most likely have struck NATO targets in Poland and Romania where Ukrainian fighters are based. And, lastly, Russia would have struck British military targets, possibly including those on the British Isles.
    ​ This would prompt a NATO retaliation under Article 5, using a large number of NATO long-range strike weapons targeting Russian command and control, airfields, and ammunition storage facilities.
    ​ The Russian response would most likely involve the launching of more Avangard conventional warheads against NATO targets, including Ramstein airbase and NATO headquarters, as well as airbases from which strikes against Russia were launched.
    ​ At this juncture the United States, using nuclear employment plans derived from a nuclear posture which emphasizes the pre-emptive use of low yield nuclear weapons to “escalate to deescalate”— i.e., force Russia to back down through a demonstration of capability — would authorize the use of one or more low-yield nuclear warheads against Russian targets on Russian soil.
    ​ But Russian doctrine has no capacity for engaging in a limited nuclear war. Instead, Russia would respond with a general nuclear retaliation targeting all of Europe and the United States.​ Whatever U.S. strategic forces that survived this onslaught would be fired at Russia.
    And then we all die.
    72 minutes.​ https://consortiumnews.com/2024/09/19/scott-ritter-72-hours/

    2 ​follow up Hal Turner stories from yesterday’s post pertain to that Friday morning (“deconfliction message”?) and Monday:

    Above-Ground “Incident” (Explosion) in Washington State, “Sends Message” to US – Device passed Right Over Naval Base Bremerton 9/13/2021
    The United States Geological Survey reports an “Other Event” caused the equivalent of a Magnitude 2.7 earthquake, 0.8 km ABOVE ground at 09:12 UTC this morning. Word is this “Other Event” was . . . . an explosion – possibly of a Hypersonic missile –sent as “a message” to the Untied States…
    ..There are mountains in that area where the “other event” took place at a “Depth” of -0.8km. Yes, that’s a minus sign in front of the “Depth” meaning the “Other Event” took place above the ground by about 2,624 feet. Some of the mountains in that area ARE that high. So if a missile hit a mountain at that height, the resulting explosion could very well register as a Magnitude 2.7 earthquake “above” ground.
    For a frame of reference, when the World Trade Center in New York City collapsed in the attacks of September 11, 2001, seismographs registered the massive collapse as a Magnitude 2.1 “earthquake.” So the fact that this “Other Event” registers stronger . . . . as 2.7 . . . . gives readers an idea of how powerful this “other event” actually was.
    There is no visual evidence of any Landslide in that area. There is no major snowpack yet, and so there is no sign of any massive Avalanche.
    So what caused this “Other Event” as being reported by the US Geological Survey?
    Was it a “message” to the USA over its continued meddling in the Russia-Ukraine conflict?
    Was it a clear warning from, perhaps, a Russian Submarine, that the US authorizing Ukraine to use West-supplied, long-range, precision missiles against Russia, could result in Russia using missiles against the USA? https://halturnerradioshow.com/index.php/news-selections/national-news/above-ground-incident-explosion-in-washington-state-sends-message-to-us-device-past-right-over-naval-base-bremerton

    ​That was last Friday, then Turner noted this on this past Monday, 9/16/24: 2:57 PM EDT — Never Been This Many MILITARY Aircraft in-Flight Over USA
    As of 2:57 PM eastern US time on September 16, 2024 there are literally HUNDREDS of military aircraft flying over the continental United States (CONUS).
    ​The image above from Ads-B Exchange shows **ONLY** Military Aircraft! ! ! ! ! I am 62 years old and I have never seen this many military in the air in my entire life.
    ​ Those of you who think the likelihood of World War 3 is a “nothing burger” or that folks like me who point out where we are heading – right into World War 3 — somehow makes me “Chicken Little, The Sky is Falling,” would do well to wake up and see what is actually taking place.
    ​ The US, EU, NATO continue escalating the Russia-Ukraine conflict to the point where Russia has the United Kingdom surrounded by nuclear submarines (Story Here), awaiting orders to attack specific sites in the UK.
    ​ At least eleven Russian submarines are off the US East coast (Story Here), as many as nine nuclear-powered cruise missile submarines and 21 diesel-electric attack submarines. off our West Coast from Alaska down to San Diego, CA (Story Here). Several more subs are near the Gulf of Mexico.
    ​ Anyone who thinks this is a joke, or just “posturing” is either in emotional “denial” or is simply a fool.​ https://halturnerradioshow.com/index.php/news-selections/national-news/2-57-pm-edt-never-been-this-many-military-aircraft-in-flight-over-usa

    #169310
    John Day
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    ​ Must Have World War or Lose Power! Tucker Carlson: They Want a ‘War with Iran Before Election’ to Stop Trump
    Former Fox News host Tucker Carlson made an unsettling prediction about what the Washington establishment may be planning before the 2024 U.S. presidential election.
    ​ Tucker warned that if Democrats are faced with a Trump victory in November, they would likely “throw the society into chaos” as a last-ditch attempt to hold on to power.
    ​ According to Tucker, the next black swan event could be “a war with Iran.”
    The former Fox News host highlighted the COVID-19 pandemic and nationwide lockdowns that were used last time to incite such “chaos,” dubbing it “the pretext for changing the way [Americans] vote.”​…
    ​..“If they feel like they’re gonna lose, we will have some kind of crisis.”
    “I think it’s most likely to be a war with Iran, which they want anyway, but who knows.”
    ​ Meanwhile, former congressman Ron Paul also warned of an impending black swan event.
    Earlier this year, Paul urged Americans to prepare for an imminent catastrophic global event heading into the election.
    ​ “I think we’re reaching this point where some sudden thing is going to happen,” Paul told Carlson.“I believe in that theory of the black swan,” he added.
    “Yes, It’s going to pop up, and it’s not going to be controllable,” Paul continued.​ He went on to explain how the next disruptive event could be worse than the 2008 financial crisis and the September 11th terrorist attacks in New York.“I think the most important thing they can do is understand what’s going on,” Paul said.
    “You can have your guns and your stored foods and all that. It’s not going to work,” he said.​ “You have to understand what’s happening. You have to know it’s coming, and it’s very, very dangerous,” Paul continued.​ https://www.dailyfetched.com/tucker-carlson-they-want-a-war-with-iran-before-election-to-stop-trump/

    ​ The truth of the latest bomb Trump assassination scare could be darker than you imagine
    ​ News spread like wildfire yesterday of yet another assassination attempt against Trump as explosives were allegedly found in a car near the location Trump was scheduled to speak at his Long Island rally.
    ​ James Lelino:​ Sources in the Nassau County Police Department just told me that “the perimeter was breached and a blue barrel was removed” from the area surrounding tonight’s Trump rally site.
    ​ Source said “During K9, doing their checks, they found an explosive device in one of the vehicles and that driver ended up running into the woods. No one saw if he had anything on him, they just saw him take off running. A lot of cars are now parking, they’re lining up on Hempstead Turnpike, just parking on the grass. Even over at Eisenhower Park, they’re just parking over there.”
    ​ Almost as quickly as the story spread, the media swooped in to debunk it as “misinformation.” Report after report came out suggesting that the paranoid Trump supporters just fell for another conspiracy theory—silly of them to take such reports seriously; after all, Trump had only experienced two assassination attempts before, so reports of a third couldn’t possibly be credible, could they?​ https://revolver.news/2024/09/truth-of-latest-bomb-trump-assassination-scare-could-be-darker-than-you-imagine/

    ​ No bomb went off. “Blue-Collar-Billionaire”, “Orange Jesus”… New Yorkers Show Up by the Tens of Thousands for Donald Trump
    ​ The regular New Yorkers, the working people, showed up by the tens of thousands at the Trump rally in Nassau Coliseum on Long Island last night. The working people are moving more and more to Donald Trump because the elites are not there for them. In fact, quite the opposite. They want to rule over us.
    ​ There were a lot more people outside the venue, watching from the parking lot.​ https://www.independentsentinel.com/new-yorkers-show-up-by-the-tens-of-thousands-for-donald-trump/

    ​ GOP Sen. Josh Hawley Releases Whistleblower Report On First Assassination Attempt On Trump In Butler
    ​ A 21-page whistleblower report about the July 13, 2024, assassination attempt on Donald Trump in Butler, Penn., arrived this week from the office of Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.). The main takeaway is that the U.S. Secret Service is to blame for “failing to prevent it.”​ [Hitler “failed to prevent” World War-2.]​ https://conservativefiringline.com/gop-sen-josh-hawley-releases-whistleblower-report-on-first-assassination-attempt-on-trump-in-butler-have-a-look/

    Democrat Sen Blumenthal: Biden-Harris Admin Is ‘Stonewalling’ Investigation into Trump Assassination Attempts​ https://slaynews.com/news/democrat-sen-blumenthal-biden-harris-admin-stonewalling-investigation-trump-assassination-attempts/

    #169311
    John Day
    Participant

    Rep. Gaetz: DHS Knows of 5 ‘Assassination Teams’ Targeting Trump​, ‘Three of these teams are foreign-inspired, from my understanding—Iranians, Ukraine, Pakistan…’​ https://headlineusa.com/rep-gaetz-dhs-knows-of-5-assassination-teams-targeting-trump/

    ​ Trump has a bulletproof glass cage that travels with him, and would reflect UV away. Was Trump Attacked With an Infrared Laser, Sending 20+ People to the ER?
    ​email from a reader:
    ​ My first take on the eye injuries at the latest Trump Rally is likelyhood of an infared (non-seeable) laser was aimed at Trump but injuring those behind him.
    These injuries were common during the Gulf War (1992) when infrared targeting lasers swept the desert battlefield day and night. One cannot tell immediately when exposed but later when the eye inflammation starts.
    ​ The laser-eye injury threat was largely why desert soldiers wore protective eyewear day and night. At night the iris is more open and allows more eye damage. https://discernreport.com/was-trump-attacked-with-an-infrared-laser-sending-20-people-to-the-er/#google_vignette

    ​ Can Harris’s Cynical, Run-out-the Clock Campaign Succeed?
    ​ Cynically running out the clock has been the overarching principle of the entire abbreviated 105-day presidential campaign of Kamala Harris—ever since Joe Biden, at the 11th-hour, dropped out in July.
    ​ Harris seems unwilling or unable to answer any impromptu question that she has not been previously prepped for. Her answers at the debate were memorized and canned. They never addressed the questions asked.​ https://victorhanson.com/can-harriss-cynical-run-out-the-clock-campaign-succeed/

    ​ Celia Farber: Border Patrol Agent Testifies Biden Admin Ordered Him To Conceal Arrests Of Terror-Affiliated Migrants: “The Administration Was Trying To Convince The Public There Was No Threat At The Border.” https://celiafarber.substack.com/p/border-patrol-agent-testifies-biden

    ​ Black Illegal Immigrant Who Stabbed Family Of Four To Death Labeled As “White” In Monroe County Jail Roster
    A black illegal immigrant, already wanted for murder in his home country of the Dominican Republic, wound up stabbing a family of four, including two toddlers in upstate New York.​ Then, in the in the Monroe County Jail roster, he was recorded as “white”.​ https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/black-illegal-immigrant-who-stabbed-family-four-death-labeled-white-monroe-county-jail

    #169312
    zerosum
    Participant

    Gaza murders are deescalating.
    Hezbola murders are escalating.
    The chosen Jewish mercenaries are succeeding.
    The chosen Nazi-Ukrainians mercenaries are being depopulated.

    #169313
    John Day
    Participant

    House Passes Bill To Deport Illegal Immigrants Convicted Of Sex Offenses​ https://www.zerohedge.com/political/house-passes-bill-deport-illegal-immigrants-convicted-sex-offenses

    ​ Diddy’s Ex Reveals Underage ‘Rape Tapes’ Featuring ‘Household Names’ Used as Blackmail Material
    ​ Diddy’s ex-girlfriend Kim Porter, the mother of three of his children, revealed the existence of “rape tapes” featuring underage pop stars of both genders in recently published diaries of her relationship with the music mogul.​ https://thepeoplesvoice.tv/diddys-ex-reveals-gay-rape-tapes-featuring-underage-pop-stars-were-used-as-blackmail-material/

    ​ Report: Diddy Sold Child Rape Tapes of Bieber to Multiple Hollywood A-Listers
    P Diddy filmed multiple videos of himself raping Justin Bieber when he was a young child and sold the tapes to multiple Hollywood A-listers, according to new allegations.​ https://thepeoplesvoice.tv/report-diddy-sold-child-rape-tapes-of-bieber-to-multiple-hollywood-a-listers/

    “The UK Has Criminalized Dissent”: The Transition of Britain and the West Into Tyranny. Former British Ambassador Craig Murray​ https://www.globalresearch.ca/craig-murry-transition-britain-west-tyranny/5868297

    Meryl Nass MD, (It has lovely wording, I see.) A very thoughtful analysis of the Pact for the Future
    A long read but worthwhile to learn more about the Pact than I provided​ https://merylnass.substack.com/p/a-very-thoughtful-analysis-of-the

    #169314
    John Day
    Participant

    Steve Kirsch, It’s ridiculously easy to calculate a lower bound estimate on the number of Americans killed by the COVID vaccine: 500K
    All you need is one honest paramedic, the number of paramedics, and knowledge of the Poisson distribution. This isn’t rocket science. So why isn’t anyone else making these estimates?​ https://kirschsubstack.com/p/its-ridiculously-easy-to-calculate

    ​This was disproven by March 2020, Meryl Nass MD: The usual suspects are at it again, claiming COVID came from the animal market. https://merylnass.substack.com/p/the-usual-suspects-are-at-it-againclaiming

    Meryl Nass MD, They won’t let up: More FRAUD to take down *hydroxychloroquine* before the next scamdemic
    Scientific misconduct needs to be made into a real crime with penalties like jail and big bucks. ​
    Addendum: “Recently, a physician in India made this fascinating observation: “In the 1985-86 edition of ‘Harrison’s Principles of Internal Medicine’ [a highly recommended book for students in medical school], Dr. Fauci wrote that HCQ worked as an anti-viral agent despite being an anti-malarial drug. There was no COVID-19 back then. HCQ’s anti-viral properties were known.’” https://merylnass.substack.com/p/they-wont-let-up-more-fraud-to-take

    “Something completely different” (We look for old Toyotas in good condition.) These Are The World’s Most Reliable Car Brands https://www.zerohedge.com/technology/these-are-worlds-most-reliable-car-brands

    #169316
    zerosum
    Participant

    The Zionists destroyed an eight-story building in southern Beirut. So far – 12 killed, 66 wounded.

    They claim that they:
    killed the commander of Hezbollah’s special operations unit (Radwan unit) Ibrahim Aqil.
    killed 10 leaders of the Radwan unit
    killed 20 Hezbollah leaders (Radwan unit)
    killed the deputy commander of the IRGC Quds Force Brigadier General Mohammad Reza Fallahzadeh,

    Iran’s Tasnim News Agency reported that claims about the killing of General Fallahzadeh are “pure lies”.
    There were no Iranian advisors at the targeted site.

    Hezbollah has not announced anything yet.

    Posted by: JB | Sep 20 2024 21:03 utc | 375

    #169317
    aspnaz
    Participant
    #169318
    oxymoron
    Participant

    Phoenix voice. Great thing to do. CBDC’s is definitely the most important thing to drill into in my opinion. The programmable use of money and exchange from policy or distance is the biggest potential disruption to exchange of physical and ideas between humans like ever. It is the definition of the move from local one on one to global Oligarch to slave interaction.
    It is an electric fence for cattle. If you touch the boundary with a word or an extra burger or too much of whatever is decided then a little shock is administered in the form of lack of transaction.

    #169319
    Celticbiker
    Participant

    Oroboros, thanks for the memes, as always.

    #169320
    oxymoron
    Participant

    Science Bless America.

    #169321
    aspnaz
    Participant

    phoenixvoice said

    So, if anyone has any topical suggestions, please leave them in the comments today and tomorrow and I will read through them. Thanks much!

    Chinese are far less paranoid about technology than the west. They live under permanent facial recognition systems that will even send you a ticket if you walk across a pedestrian crossing when the light is red. Why do they accept this? The Chinese recognise that a lot of them have terrible behaviour and that these systems actually improve life for the rest of them. For example, remember the story of the Chinese men who opened the back door on a plane taxiing to the terminal, all so they could have a smoke without the smoke alarms going off? Of course this ended up delaying everybody on the flight. They were added to the no-fly list and immediately stopped their misbehaviour and improved the lot of ordinary fliers.

    I am not sure how the west compares to China when it comes to technology:
    – QR codes on tables in cheap restaurants: scan the code, it will show you the menu and enable you to order your meal online (is this happening in the west yet?)
    – Electronic payment: you can pay for everything using your mobile phone, from parking fees to bus fares, to rates, to your tax. But, there are still huge numbers of Chinese who prefer using cash.
    – Electronic health management: the government runs a central health system, you access it through your phone, it reminds you of your appointments, you can book appointments, access documents, basically you do everything through this system but you need to have a mobile; no mobile then no govt healthcare.
    – Airports in China use facial recognition everywhere: the airport security systems recognise my face so they allow me through, all within seconds … and I don’t have to face some bored official stamping my passport. Easy and super quick.
    – Photo searches for online products: You want to buy a product but don’t know what it is called (recently did this for some waterproofing sealant), then take a picture of the product, put it into one of China’s many online shopping sites and it will present you with pages of shops selling that very product. Very efficient, amazingly accurate and so far seems to work for pretty much everything.

    As someone who does not carry a mobile with me – I have one but leave it at home, just use it as a house phone – some of these technologies can be a pain.

    Just a few technologies that I use regularly. The technology is neutral, the issue is how it is used by the authorities.

    #169322

    What can inspire?
    The stars and fire.
    If we cannot have these
    We will freeze.

    #169323
    aspnaz
    Participant

    There will be no repercussions for Israel’s terrorism, not while the USA protects them, so we can expect the deformed baby to keep on terrorising to its heart’s content. The land where everybody who is not a Jew is an enemy to be ground into dust; humanity’s worst. Of course, they only do this because the Jews are the true victims; like satan is the true victim.

    #169324
    aspnaz
    Participant

    The Green Industrial Complex: The CEO of WWF is paid up to a million dollars to save “nature”

    Fascism has swallowed the “green” environment beggars, spending their huge government grants to promote government green policy, such as climate change. When private charities are promoting government then you know they are not really charities, they are the tools of fascism.

    #169325

    Building on the CBDCs, ask them how they felt when their credit card was denied in the checkout line. (certainly some will have encountered this situation). And they didn’t have a second card- or if they did, it was also denied.
    That’s what CBDCs promise: shame and rejection. A world where we will seek to “police ourselves” ahead of the game to make sure we aren’t shamed and rejected.

    #169326
    Oroboros
    Participant

    Hollywood use to a propaganda tool of the Deep Dipshit State that made some great movies AND made money.

    A lot of money.

    Now it’s just a crappy propaganda tool, no better than an old Soviet brainwashing newsreel that’s incapable of even telling an interesting story and it hemorrhages money with every disgusting woke ass-wipe flick it pukes out.

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    #169327
    aspnaz
    Participant

    mpsk said

    That’s what CBDCs promise: shame and rejection. A world where we will seek to “police ourselves” ahead of the game to make sure we aren’t shamed and rejected.

    Policing yourself is a bad thing? You expect your government parents to look after you instead of you using your own brain and physical resources? How sad.

    The Chinese are great savers, many of the older generations have been through poverty and know what it is like to have zero cash and zero credit, eating rodents and pets to survive; they do not want to go back to that so they police themselves, they ensure that they are self reliant, not begging from the government.

    You do not control your world if you use credit, there is always someone else to answer to, that is the nature of credit. If your credit is rejected at the supermarket then reject credit and live the way your ancestors lived, on cash.

    The reason CBDCs will be so easy in the west is that so many already live on credit,beyond their means, so many are already willing to be controlled by the credit card companies that a CBDC is a small step.

    #169328
    Oroboros
    Participant

    Gruesome Newsom Sheriff of Californicate

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    The Newsom ban on deep fakes extends to old childhood photos too

    Only haters would doubt it’s real

    He was a wiffer even back then…..

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    Even has a commemorative stamp for it

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    #169329
    Oroboros
    Participant

    Which one is the Jackass?

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    Notice: NOT deep fake

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    Totally OK

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    #169330
    Oroboros
    Participant

    Project De-population relies on demoralization and rubbing your nose in shit to make you want to give up and top yourself.

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    #169331
    Oroboros
    Participant

    Harrisy WBalz

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    Oroboros
    Participant

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    #169333
    Oroboros
    Participant

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    #169334
    Celticbiker
    Participant

    The hook nosed Frankfurt school boys must be very proud, smiling up from the grave. Well laid plans, all coming true.

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