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January 3, 2026 at 4:11 pm #227154
Michael Reid
ParticipantAggression condemnation, fallout: global reaction to US operation in Venezuela
In the statements of the leaders and foreign ministries of several countries, Washington’s action is characterized as aggression and an attempt to change power in the country© AP Photo/ Matias Delacroix
MOSCOW, January 3. /TASS/. The US military operation in Venezuela, which resulted in the capture of its leader Nicolas Maduro has generally caused condemnation from the international community.In the statements of the leaders and foreign ministries of several countries, Washington’s action is characterized as aggression and an attempt to change power in the country, which are fraught with unpredictable consequences for the whole world.
TASS has compiled the key international reactions to the incident.
Russia
The situation in Venezuela has shown that “any state needs to strengthen its armed forces as much as possible, not allowing various rich scoundrels to easily change the constitutional system in search of oil or something else,” Dmitry Medvedev, deputy chairman of the Russian Security Council, told reporters.
Medvedev referred to “a tough military operation in an independent country that did not threaten the United States in any way” and “the capture of a legally elected president and his wife by special forces.”
The act of armed aggression by the United States against Venezuela causes deep concern and condemnation, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement: “The pretexts used to justify such actions are untenable. Ideologized hostility prevailed over business pragmatism, willingness to build relationships of trust and predictability.”
The ministry said it was “extremely alarmed by the reports that Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife were forcibly removed from the country during today’s aggressive actions by the United States.”
“Such actions, if they actually took place, constitute an unacceptable encroachment on the sovereignty of an independent state, respect for which is a key principle of international law.”
The US strikes on Venezuela are “direct military aggression with an attempted coup with external interference,” said Leonid Slutsky, head of the State Duma’s International Affairs Committee and leader of the Liberal Democratic Party.
Leader of Just Russia Sergey Mironov also condemned the US strikes on Venezuela and called them “treacherous aggression.”
Latin America
The leaders of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) said that the situation “raises serious concern in the region and may have consequences for neighboring countries.”
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva criticized the US strikes, calling the events crossing a “red line” and “an extremely dangerous precedent for the entire international community.”
Chilean President Gabriel Boric said his country condemns the US strikes and called for a “peaceful solution to the serious crisis engulfing the country.”
The Mexican government condemned the military actions taken by the United States, saying that this “is a clear violation of Article 2 of the Charter of the United Nations.”
Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel demanded an urgent response from the international community in response to the “criminal attack” by the United States on Venezuela, calling it “state terrorism against the brave Venezuelan people and against our America.”
Near abroad
The Belarusian Foreign Ministry condemned the aggression against Venezuela and spoke out in support of the legitimate government of the Latin American country.
Spokesperson of the President of Belarus Natalia Eismont said that the country’s leader Alexander Lukashenko categorically condemns the act of American aggression against Venezuela.
Belarusian Foreign Minister Maxim Ryzhenkov supported the government of the Latin American country talking to his Venezuelan counterpart Ivan Gill Pinto over the phone.
The South Ossetian Foreign Ministry called the attacks on civilian and military facilities in Venezuela a gross violation of the UN Charter, calling on international organizations to take steps to prevent escalation and resolve the situation diplomatically as soon as possible.
Europe
The European Union calls for restraint in the situation around Venezuela and believes that Maduro “did not have sufficient legitimacy,” head of the European Diplomacy Kaja Kallas said on X after a conversation with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
Head of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen joined the support for a “peaceful transfer of power in Venezuela” allegedly on the basis of international norms after Maduro’s abduction.
Switzerland called on the US administration “to de-escalate, exercise restraint and comply with international law, including the prohibition on the use of force and the principle of respect for territorial integrity.”
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez called for de-escalation and responsible behavior.
Austrian Vice Chancellor Andreas Babler condemned the US attack on Venezuela, calling it “a serious violation of the prohibition on the use of violence enshrined in the UN Charter.”.
France says US actions in Venezuela contradict international law
Jean-Noel Barro criticized Venezuelan president’s policies, but said that Paris stands for respect for the sovereignty of the Venezuelan people, “whose voice should prevail”
https://tass.com/world/2068203January 3, 2026 at 4:22 pm #227155Topcat
ParticipantTrump is “Israel First”…..by his ACTIONS
Trumps words mean nothing between constantly predictable flip=flop back somersaults.
Dr. D is Trumps No. 1 Fanboy and also the No. 1 “Israel First’ defender on TAE
Using every bit of Sophistry at his command to justify Trump’s support of Gaza genocide and ‘Israel First’ Uber Alles.
If you have the slightest bit of experience in industry and manufacturing, you’d know that “re-industrializing’ Ah..merica will take several decades if ever.
The Chinese are positively killing the model of industrial production with totally automated production facilities.
They already have the “Gold Standard” in modern industrial production.
Like NOW
Not ten or twenty Trump years from now.
That model of totally automated production doesn’t need many people.
It doesn’t produce armies of factory workers.It doesn’t need mass cohorts of the ‘college educated’
The ones it does need are technically competent ‘machine tenders’, NOT sweating blue collar guys lifting that barge and toting that bale.
Re=industrilizing America will bring great profit to a very tiny group of people of OWN the factories, NOT the the few people who work in them.
I guess 95% of the American ‘public’ can be on ‘minimum guaranteed income assistance’ because they sure as Hell aren’t going to be ‘working’ shoulder to shoulder in the New Workers Paradise envisioned by the ‘re-industrial’ crowd.
Kunstler has imagined the level America will settle back into for years and it’s not pretty.
It’s 19th if we’re lucky.You will never have a Flying Car©
Like never
Russia is the closest major power to having an actual Autarky.
They got the brains, the brawn, and the vast 11 time zones of resources
America has a dropping life expectancy, a rampantly unhealthy junk food eating population with a medical industrial complex that is so corrupt it couldn’t find it’s own ass if it was searching for it with both hands.
Half of America’s elite engineering colleges are 50%+ foreign students.
It can’t even fill it’s own top engineering schools with native born students.
So how ya gonna address that? Like double DUH.
Autarky:
“Autarky as an ideology or economic approach has been attempted by a range of political ideologies and movements, particularly leftist ones like African socialism, mutualism, war communism, communalism, swadeshi, syndicalism (especially anarcho-syndicalism), and left-wing populism…Generally in an effort to build alternative economic structures or to control resources against structures a particular movement views as hostile.
However, some right-wing ones, like nationalism, conservatism, and anti-globalism, along with even some centrist movements, have also adopted autarky, generally on a more limited scale, to develop a particular industry, to gain independence from other national entities or to preserve part of an existing social order. “
I guess we need the Real Popeye to the rescue


China:
January 3, 2026 at 4:24 pm #227156Michael Reid
ParticipantMaduro, wife taken out of Venezuela by copter, brought to New York by ship — Trump
According to the US leader, Maduro lived “in a house that was more like a fortress than a house”
US President Donald Trump AP Photo/Alex Brandon
US President Donald Trump
© AP Photo/Alex Brandon
NEW YORK, January 3. /TASS/. Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores will be taken to New York to be charged in court, US President Donald Trump said.“They’ll be heading to New York. You know, they were indicted in New York. They will be taken to a ship first and then they will be on a ship. The helicopters took them out, and they went by helicopter in a nice flight. I’m sure they loved it,” Trump said in an interview with Fox News.
According to Trump, Maduro lived “in a house that was more like a fortress than a house. It had steel doors.”
https://tass.com/world/2068217January 3, 2026 at 4:40 pm #227164Michael Reid
ParticipantGuterres deeply alarmed by Maduro’s capture, calls for respect for international law
The UN Secretary General called on all actors in Venezuela to engage in inclusive dialogue, in full respect of human rights and the rule of law
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres AP Photo/Fernando Llano
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres
© AP Photo/Fernando Llano
UN, January 3. /TASS/. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres expressed deep concern over the dramatic escalation of the situation in Venezuela, which culminated in the US military operation and the capture of President Nicolas Maduro, official representative of the secretary general Stephane Dujarric.“These developments constitute a dangerous precedent. The Secretary-General continues to emphasize the importance of full respect – by all – of international law, including the UN Charter. He’s deeply concerned that the rules of international law have not been respected,” he said.
The secretary general called on all actors in Venezuela to engage in inclusive dialogue, in full respect of human rights and the rule of law.
January 3, 2026 at 4:42 pm #227165Michael Reid
ParticipantFrance says US actions in Venezuela contradict international law
Jean-Noel Barro criticized Venezuelan president’s policies, but said that Paris stands for respect for the sovereignty of the Venezuelan people, “whose voice should prevail”PARIS, January 3. /TASS/. The US invasion of Venezuela and the seizure of the president are contrary to international law, and could have serious consequences for global security, French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot said.
“The military operation that led to the capture of Nicolas Maduro contradicts the principle of non-use of force, which underlies international law. France reminds that no sustainable political solution can be imposed from the outside and that sovereign nations determine their own future,” he said on Telegram.
Barro criticized Venezuelan president’s policies, but said that Paris stands for respect for the sovereignty of the Venezuelan people, “whose voice should prevail.”
Barrot said the United States as a permanent member of the UN Security Council was awarded with special responsibility and violating the principle of non-use of force by permanent members of this body “will have grave consequences for the global security that no one can avoid.”
He said Paris was committed to the UN Charter and called on all states to follow it.
Venezuelan Foreign Minister Ivan Gil Pinto said that the United States had attacked civilian and military facilities in Caracas. He called Washington’s actions military aggression. A state of emergency was declared in Venezuela. US President Donald Trump has confirmed that the United States has carried out large-scale strikes against Venezuela. According to him, Maduro and his wife will be taken to New York, where Maduro was indicted
January 3, 2026 at 4:57 pm #227167Topcat
ParticipantAbsolutely amazing, Trumptard can indict the Maduros….
But he won’t indict Fauci, or the Biden Crime Family, or Epstein clients……etc, etc, etc…..I love the smell of Trump’s Manifest Destiny in the morning…..
January 3, 2026 at 5:10 pm #227171zerosum
ParticipantVenezuelas Vice President might not take the country in the direction the United States wished for.
Anita Anand
@AnitaAnandMP
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Please see my statement on the situation in Venezuela:January 3, 2026 at 5:27 pm #227174Michael Reid
ParticipantJanuary 3, 2026 at 5:44 pm #227176Michael Reid
ParticipantWe live in a world of might makes right;
Smarten up China;
Smarten up Russia;
If you want to live in a decent world;
You will need to get the criminals under controlJanuary 3, 2026 at 6:27 pm #227178zerosum
ParticipantJanuary 3, 2026
What’s The U.S. Follow Up Action After Taking Maduro Out?US is going to run Ven., make money selling oil
January 3, 2026 at 6:29 pm #227179Michael Reid
ParticipantWith respect to power projection,
Russia could project a Burevestnik to rid the area of criminal activityJanuary 3, 2026 at 6:34 pm #227180Michael Reid
ParticipantJanuary 3, 2026 at 7:23 pm #227190Michael Reid
ParticipantJanuary 3, 2026 at 7:32 pm #227195Michael Reid
ParticipantSo I guess this is what happens when the US is broke and needs 3 trillion to pay debt
January 3, 2026 at 7:47 pm #227200tboc
Participantwould someone please point to the bright spot in this lunacy
have to wonder about the sentiments in Taiwan and Kyiv at the momentcredit due for a perfectly ambiguous statement:
“We live in a world of might makes right;
Smarten up China;
Smarten up Russia;
If you want to live in a decent world;
You will need to get the criminals under control”
a tip of the hat to you sirJanuary 3, 2026 at 8:01 pm #227205Michael Reid
ParticipantJanuary 3, 2026 at 8:05 pm #227206Michael Reid
ParticipantJanuary 3, 2026 at 8:08 pm #227207Michael Reid
ParticipantJanuary 3, 2026 at 8:12 pm #227208Michael Reid
ParticipantJanuary 3, 2026 at 9:25 pm #227221Michael Reid
ParticipantJanuary 3, 2026 at 9:27 pm #227222zerosum
ParticipantFollow the money
Private Chinese firm producing oil in Venezuela under rare 20-year pact, source says
Private Chinese firm producing oil in Venezuela under rare 20-year pact,SINGAPORE/HOUSTON (By Chen Aizhu and Marianna Parraga, Reuters, 22.Aug 2025, Words: 526) — China Concord Resources Corp has begun developing two Venezuelan oilfields, planning to invest more than $1 billion in a project to produce 60,000 barrels per day of crude oil by end-2026, an executive directly involved in the project said.
The project marks a rare investment by a private Chinese firm in the OPEC country, which has struggled to attract foreign capital due to international sanctions on the administration of President Nicolas Maduro. The investment figure and the production plan are being reported for the first time.
Beijing has been a key ally of Maduro and his predecessor late President Hugo Chavez and is currently buying more than 90% of Venezuela’s total oil exports.
Chinese state oil giant CNPC was among the largest investors in Venezuela’s oil sector before U.S. energy sanctions were first imposed on Venezuela in 2019. China was also a big lender to Venezuela.
Early last year, CCRC began negotiating its participation in the two oilfields – Lago Cinco and Lagunillas Lago – and signed in May 2024 a 20-year production sharing contract with Venezuela, said the executive, speaking on condition of anonymity due to the sensitivity of the subject.
The contract model, introduced by the Venezuelan government in 2020 under the Anti-Blockade Law to cope with U.S. sanctions, allows investors to act as operators in return for an agreed share of production.
PDVSA and Venezuela’s oil ministry did not respond to requests for comment.
The oilfields in Venezuela’s second largest oil producing region, Lake Maracaibo, are part of a group of blocks PDVSA has been seeking partners for in recent years.
Most of the intended partners are little known companies with no track record on oil production, according to a PDVSA document.
With no previous oil drilling experience, CCRC has since last September sent in around 60 Chinese staff skilled in oilfield development and a Chinese drill rig, aiming to quickly reopen about 100 wells and recover crude output, said the executive.
Production at the two fields, largely mothballed in recent years due to lack of investment and technical expertise, is now running at 12,000 bpd, said the executive.
CCRC aims to develop a total of 500 wells and raise output to up to 60,000 bpd by the end of 2026, he said, adding that it’s a mix of light and heavy oil, with light crude to be delivered to PDVSA and heavier crude destined for China.
“Because of the U.S. sanctions on Venezuela’s oil sector, no big name companies would dare operate there, handing opportunities to small companies like Concord,” the executive said.
State oil company PDVSA, which controls joint ventures and contracts, has stabilized oil output at around 1 million bpd, in part because of U.S. licenses that allow a limited number of foreign partners to operate there and export oil.
Since the U.S. imposed energy sanctions on Venezuela in 2019, most Chinese state oil firms have stopped lifting oil. Chinese independent refiners, however, continue to buy the oil via traders.
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January 3, 2026 at 9:42 pm #227223those darned kids
Participantthe united states has crossed the rubicon into ultimate suckage.
what a bunch of cretins.
every single person involved in “this” is a pile of crap, from toilet flusher #17 on the u.s.s. fuck ’em, all the way up to emperor vance.
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• Operation ‘Absolute Resolve’: US forces captured Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife in an early morning raid and sent him to the US to face criminal charges.
•• you mean, “operation fellate the koch”: us forces acted like the barbarians they are.
• No servicemembers or military equipment was lost
•• yet.
• US Attorney General Pam Bondi said on X that Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, have been indicted.
•• “THE EVIDENCE IS ON MY DESK!”
• Trump: “We’re going to stay [in Venezuela] until such time as the proper transition can take place.”
•• trump: “i don’t care about you, america.”
• Caine: “Operation Absolute Resolve, was discreet, precise, and conducted during the darkest hours of January 2nd”
•• caine: “my precious bodily fluids are safe!”
• Hegseth: Maduro “effed around and found out”
•• karma: hegseth “effed up”.
• Trump: “[Colombia’s Pedro] is making cocaine and they’re sending it into the United States, so he does have to watch his ass,”
•• grab ’em by the glutes!
• Rubio: “if I were in power in Cuba, I’d be very worried right now”
•• mrs rubio: “oh, no! littlecito marco’s gonna want some action tonight! ew….”
January 3, 2026 at 9:47 pm #227227John Day
ParticipantKidnapping For Dollars https://drjohnsblog.substack.com/p/kidnapping-for-dollars
The US has bombed Caracas, Venezuela ovrnight and kidnapped Nicolas Maduro and his with minimal resistance from the Venezuelan military, implying an inside job was set up well in advance with bribes. This has been attempted before and the ground has been laid for years. The lack of antiaricraft and anti-ship missile defense and retaliation is very important, because Venezuela could have taken a serious toll on American planes and ships. That stand-down and the quick capture of the Maduros are telling signs of a successful CIA inside operation Trump says he wanted to do it before New Year’s Eve, but the weather was bad. Venezuelan Vice President, Delcy Rodriguez is reportedly in Russia, but if the CIA owns top military commanders, and the US wil run the government until elections are held, she will have little opportunity to influence anything.
This coup-d’etat should be supportive of $US value, as Venezuelan oil capture will feed US refineries and th $US will control Oil flows to China and Cuba, bringing China to negotiate, and choking Cuba to death for Marco Rubio.
Russia will be internally pressured to again supply Cuba with oil, and China will be externally pressured to turn away from Russia. Iran loses a comrade and customer. Iran is likely next in the US/Israeli crosshairs.
This may cast deals with Trump for Ukrainian peace in a somewhat jaundiced light. We will see.Russia, Iran, China Outraged At US ‘Flagrant Armed Aggression’ On Venezuela As EU Shrugs https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/russia-iran-china-outraged-us-brazen-armed-aggression-venezuela-eu-shrugs
‘ We Will Run Venezuela’ Until Safe Transition: Trump Says No American Servicemembers Killed During Operation ‘Midnight Hammer’
President Trump discussed the military action in Venezuela with perhaps the most notable aspect of his address being the confirmation that the US will run Venezuela until a safe transition can be undertaken:
*TRUMP: AT MY DIRECTION, US CONDUCTED OPERATION ‘MIDNIGHT HAMMER’ IN VENEZUELA
*TRUMP: AIR, LAND, SEA USED TO LAUNCH ASSAULT ON CARACAS
*TRUMP: ASSAULT WAS TO BRING MADURO TO JUSTICE
*TRUMP: US SUCCESSFULLY CAPTURED MADURO ‘IN DEAD OF NIGHT’
*TRUMP: CALLS MADURO A DRUG ‘KINGPIN’
*TRUMP: MADURO WILL STAND TRIAL ON AMERICAN SOIL
*TRUMP: NO AMERICAN SERVICEMEMBER WAS KILLED
*TRUMP: NOT A PIECE OF AMERICAN EQUIPMENT WAS LOST
*TRUMP: WILL STAGE SECOND, LARGER ATTACK IF NEEDED, BUT PROBABLY NOT NECESSARY NOW
*TRUMP: WE WILL RUN VENEZUELA UNTIL WE CAN DO SAFE, PROPER, JUDICIOUS TRANSITION
*TRUMP: CAN’T TAKE A CHANCE THAT SOMEONE TAKES OVER VENEZUELA
*TRUMP: REPEATS CLAIM THAT VENEZUELA SEIZED, SOLD AMERICAN OIL
*TRUMP: US OIL COMPANIES WILL SPEND BILLIONS ON INFRASTRUCTURE
*TRUMP: PARTNERSHIP WITH US WILL MAKE VENEZUELANS RICH, SAFE
*TRUMP: VENEZUELANS WILL BE HAPPY
*TRUMP: REASSERTING AMERICAN POWER IN ‘OUR HOME REGION’
*TRUMP: US RETAINS ALL MILITARY OPTIONS UNTIL DEMANDS MET
*TRUMP: WE HAVE SUPERCEDED MONROE DOCTRINE
*TRUMP: WHAT HAPPENED TO MADURO CAN HAPPEN TO OTHERS IN VENZ. https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/us-forces-strike-venezuela-trump-reveals-maduro-has-been-capturedThanks Christine. U.S. Pressures Mexico Over Fuel Supply to Crisis-Hit Cuba https://oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-General/US-Pressures-Mexico-Over-Fuel-Supply-to-Crisis-Hit-Cuba.html
Simplicius teases out a bit of the rat’s nest of western intrigues and counter intrigues, coming up since Trump and Zelensky announced “95% of the way to peace”.
Did CIA’s Secret Aiding of Ukraine’s Refinery Strikes Do More Harm to Ukraine Than Russia? – Spoiler alert: Yes, it did. But maybe that was the plan all along.
The new year brings us revelations that the CIA has been secretly teaching Ukraine how to hit Russia’s “Achilles’ heel” by targeting specific oil refineries which were selected by CIA analysts as having parts difficult to source and replace...
…“A C.I.A. expert had identified a type of coupler that was so hard to replace or repair that a refinery would remain offline for weeks.”…
..Most intelligent people had already long-assumed this was the case, though many of us had bet on MI6 being the leading agency behind such strikes. At the end of the day, it’s nearly the same thing, as the West’s intel agencies are generally one overlapping arm of the global deep state managed by the same interests—one need only to research the history of the CIA’s foundation to understand this fact.
Not surprisingly, the new revelations include the fact that Ukraine’s strikes on Russia’s “shadow fleet” tankers were likewise aided by the CIA...
..There’s a reason it was Zelensky who recently cried uncle first, begging for an “energy truce” in order to halt the much more painful strikes on his own country’s assets. As such, all that this CIA campaign has done is accelerate Ukraine’s demise, which I suppose we can thank the CIA for doing.
There are a few other considerations. Firstly, as always we must at least be somewhat wary of these ‘revelations’ from Western rags with their infamous ‘anonymous sources’ because they always come at such convenient times wherein the elites are pulling their hair out at US and Russia’s growing rapprochement…
..It’s also a little peculiar that such a ‘bombshell’ revelation came precisely at the moment that Ukraine apparently attempted to attack Putin’s residence, setting off a firestorm amongst Russian officials. One can likewise see the potential attempt to link the CIA’s covert aiding of Ukraine on the refinery strikes to the strikes on Putin’s residence in order to drive a stake in US-Russian relations...
..Russia apparently is taking it more seriously than initially thought, given that they have now presented to the US the captured data chip of one of the shot-down drones which allegedly has the flight and targeting data said to prove the drone’s terminal target was in fact Putin’s residence.
Note the below unprecedented video where Russian intelligence chief, head of the GRU Igor Kostyukov, hands over the flight controller to military attachés from the US embassy in Moscow…
..Many now believe that the reason Russia is following such a formal protocol is because Russia is setting the legal precedent to sharply escalate attacks against the Kiev regime in 2026…
..If the Pentagon and CIA were working fully hand-in-hand, the Pentagon would have never suspended its strike permissions, would have flooded Ukraine with Tomahawks and ATACMs and allowed strikes deep into Russian territory. But in reality, it’s clear top US military brass wanted an off-ramp and de-escalation, while the CIA had a far bigger appetite for risk, given their unique luxury of ‘plausible deniability’.
But the point of all this quibbling is to say that Russia recognizes that the US is not a monolith and has competing factions within it. As such, any broad and simple-minded calls for Russia to cut-off the US entirely, or stop its “foolish rapprochement” based on these new revelations miss the plot, as Russia knows any major superpower like the US will never be able to act in full accordance with one unified vision, particularly a superpower wracked by parasitic deep state factions like growing tumors.
Hence, Russia should continue its measured and wary approach in continuing the current political inroads despite attempts by various factions to undermine this. https://simplicius76.substack.com/p/did-cias-secret-aiding-of-ukrainesJanuary 3, 2026 at 9:49 pm #227228John Day
Participant Larry Johnson, Russia is Treating the Latest Drone Attack on the Putin Residence as Something More Sinister Than Just Another Terrorist Attack
So why has this latest attack by Ukraine sparked such fury on the part of the Russians? This is something more than orchestrated outrage. I think it is a combination of factors, starting with the fact that the attack began while Ukraine’s Zelensky was meeting with Donald Trump for the ostensible purpose of trying to craft a peace proposal for Russia. Whether Zelensky was witting of the plan is not relevant. This was an attack planned and executed with the assistance of Western intelligence, possibly including the CIA, and the timing and the intended target removed any doubt on the part of the Russians that the West could be trusted to negotiate an honest deal. https://larrycjohnson.substack.com/p/russia-is-treating-the-latest-drone Scott Ritter, Some thoughts regarding the Ukrainian drone attack that targeted President Putin
The attack meets two of the criterion set forth in the “Fundamentals of State Policy of the Russian Federation on Nuclear Deterrence”, published on December 3, 2024, regarding acts of aggression designed to be deterred by Russia’s nuclear deterrence forces.
This includes “Aggression by any state from a military coalition (bloc, alliance) against the Russian Federation and (or) its allies is considered as the aggression by this coalition (bloc, alliance) as a whole”, and “Aggression against the Russian Federation and (or) its allies by any non-nuclear state with the participation or support of a nuclear state is considered as their joint attack.”
Ukraine operates as part of a NATO bloc whose stated objective is the strategic defeat of Russia.
Ukraine’s targeting of the Russian President constitutes “actions by an adversary affecting elements of critically important state or military infrastructure of the Russian Federation, the disablement of which would disrupt response actions by nuclear forces.” …
..The examination of the drone debris by Russian special services will provide specific technical data pertaining to the targeting data used by Ukraine, which in turn will point to specific sources and methods used to collect and prepare this data for use by Ukraine.
In short, there can be no doubt Russia possesses incontrovertible intelligence information that establishes a European connection to the Ukrainian attack on President Putin. https://scottritter.substack.com/p/some-thoughts-regarding-the-ukrainian Russia pushes Valdai attack narrative with questioned drone hardware
Russia said it transferred a Matek H743 flight controller and routing data from an alleged Ukrainian drone attack on Putin’s Valdai residence to a U.S. military attache. https://defence-blog.com/russia-pushes-valdai-attack-narrative-with-questioned-drone-hardware/ Moon of Alabama, Zelenski’s Choice As New Head Of Office Moves Scale Towards Peace
The acting president of Ukraine Vladimir Zelenski has made an interesting choice by filling the position of his chief of staff with the head of Ukraine’s Military Intelligence Service (GUR) General Kyrylo Budanov…
..Budanov has accepted his new position.
He is a life long military intelligence man with personal battle experience. He once led a CIA trained unit which in 2016 tried to attack Russian positions in Crimea. He was wounded on several occasions and the CIA once flew him to Washington for rehabilitation in the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. The GUR under Budanov has been the main conduit for executing CIA terror attacks in Russia…
..Budanov has been seen as a potential rival to Zelenski. But the bigger rival to Zelenski is the former commander in chief General Valeri Zaluzhny who was moved aside as ambassador to Britain but could come back to run against Zelenski in upcoming elections.
Lifting Budanov to the informal number two position in Ukraine might have a different purpose than blocking a rival candidate. It is highly questionable that Zelenski will survive in his position until the end of 2026.
When Zelenski leaves office he will be endangered by various forces. He could go to jail for this or that corruption scheme run through his office, or he could be killed for ‘treason’ by one of the ‘nationalist’ extremist formations.
But if Budanov were anointed as his successor Zelenski could sleep well. It would be a deal similar to the one the former Russian president Yelzin made in 1999 when he anointed Vladimir Putin in exchange for protection.
In two days Budanov will celebrate his 40th birthday. His career has only just started.
One aspect of interest here is the rivalry between the CIA and its British MI-6 competition. Yermak, the ousted former head of Zelenki’s office, had good relation with MI-6. Zaluzhni is likewise seen as a British intelligence asset. Budanov in contrast is a CIA figure. The U.S. would like to shut down the war, at least for now. The British have tried to prolong it. In his new position Budanov can move the scale towards the U.S. favored outcome. https://www.moonofalabama.org/2026/01/zelenskis-choice-as-new-head-of-office-moves-scale-towards-peace.html Jefferey Sachs, Two Centuries of Russophobia & Rejection of Peace
While other powers are presumed to have legitimate security interests that must be balanced and accommodated, Russia’s interests are presumed illegitimate. Russophobia functions less as a sentiment than as a systemic distortion — one that repeatedly undermines Europe’s own security...
..Europe has repeatedly rejected peace with Russia at moments when a negotiated settlement was available, and those rejections have proven profoundly self-defeating.
From the nineteenth century to the present, Russia’s security concerns have been treated not as legitimate interests to be negotiated within a broader European order, but as moral transgressions to be resisted, contained, or overridden.
This pattern has persisted across radically different Russian regimes —Tsarist, Soviet, and post-Soviet — suggesting that the problem lies not primarily in Russian ideology, but in Europe’s enduring refusal to recognize Russia as a legitimate and equal security actor…
..My conclusion is that peace with Russia does not require naïve trust. It requires the recognition that durable European security cannot be built by denying the legitimacy of Russian security interests. https://consortiumnews.com/2025/12/24/jeffery-sachs-two-centuries-of-russophobia-rejection-of-peace/January 3, 2026 at 9:50 pm #227230John Day
Participant Russia Requests Trump Admin To Stop Pursuit Of Oil Tanker In Atlantic Basin
Bella-1 has evaded U.S. Coast Guard boarding attempts for 10 days after refusing to comply with an interception order near Venezuela on December 21. The crux of the issue is that the Trump administration views the tanker as “stateless” because it was flying a false flag when the Coast Guard first approached it.
Late Wednesday evening, the State Department and the White House’s Homeland Security Council received a request from Russia to halt the pursuit of the Bella-1 tanker, which is now flying a Russian flag after the crew painted it on the hull. https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/russia-requests-trump-admin-stop-pursuit-oil-tanker-atlantic-basinKill folks in international waters without asking questions: US forces strike 3 alleged narco-trafficking vessels in international waters
Intelligence assessments determined vessels were moving along established narco-trafficking routes, says SOUTHCOM https://www.aa.com.tr/en/americas/us-forces-strike-3-alleged-narco-trafficking-vessels-in-international-waters/3786717The last 2 boardings and accusations came to nothing, nuisance hassles: Finnish Police Seize Russia-Linked Ship Accused Of Cutting Undersea Cable https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/finnish-police-seize-russia-linked-ship-accused-cutting-undersea-cable
The West has found a way to end free speech
The censorship industrial complex has gone into overdrive as western governments look for ways to suppress dissenting opinions, and our rulers have now figured out the best approach: sanctions.
Westerners are being sanctioned for expressing the wrong opinions, cutting them off from their own money, preventing them from gaining employment without a potential employer first obtaining a licence, and banning them from flying…
..The UK has seen relentless censorship and lawfare in recent years with individuals such as Craig Murray, Kit Klarenberg, Asa Winstanley, and others getting in trouble for their journalism. It seems plausible these individuals could end up being sanctioned by their own government.
The UK recently imposed sanctions on one of its citizens—journalist and ex-civil servant Graham Phillips—for publishing information from the Donbas which contradicts western narratives on the Ukraine war. Phillips is currently stuck in the Donbas because the sanctions forbid him from returning home or accessing his money. He is effectively in exile and unable to visit his elderly parents.
Sanctions have not succeeded in disrupting the activities of Phillips or Baud because they are not banned from speaking and have continued doing so. It is only their daily lives that have been disrupted. It is therefore difficult to see the sanctions as anything other than punitive.
In order for someone to be sanctioned, they do not have to be convicted of any crime, politicians just have to cite “security concerns” and that is enough. This means politicians have a god-like power to silence their critics and due process doesn’t factor into the equation. This is as anti-democratic as it gets.
It seems a matter of time until Substack writers are being sanctioned. They don’t have to ban our newsletters, just cut off our income. One Substack writer—Caitlin Johnstone—was recently put on a list by Israel. It named her as the number one antisemite in Australia because she opposes genocide.
The push across the West to make us upload our IDs to use the internet is to ensure they know exactly who is saying what and can choose their preferred censorship method. Some of us will be shadow-banned. Some will be suspended. Some will be demonetised. Some will be arrested. Some will be jailed. And some will be sanctioned. https://www.councilestatemedia.uk/p/the-west-has-found-a-way-to-legallyIt is bad for Israel’s reputation for the world to see Israeli atrocities. Caitlin Johnstone: Israel Bans Aid Groups For The Same Reason It Bans Journalists https://www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/israel-bans-aid-groups-for-the-same
January 3, 2026 at 9:52 pm #227232John Day
ParticipantAIPAC Shifting Electoral Strategy amid Public Backlash over Gaza – Report
https://www.palestinechronicle.com/aipac-shifting-electoral-strategy-amid-public-backlash-over-gaza-report/ Meryl Nass MD, Knesset testimony of Israeli soldier that his unit was told by his deputy battalion commander to stand down until 9 am, at 5:20 am on October 7, 2023 – Oct 7 was unquestionably a false flag–was known in advance and allowed to happen (or made to happen) https://merylnass.substack.com/p/knesset-testimony-of-israeli-soldier
Haaretz, Report: Israel Asked Qatar to Increase Funds Transferred to Hamas in Gaza a Month Before Oct. 7
The request came after Hamas made threats of violent escalation. Qatar had informed Israel that Hamas was seeking to maintain stability during talks with Israeli officials https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2026-01-02/ty-article/report-israel-asked-qatar-to-increase-funds-for-hamas-in-gaza-a-month-before-oct-7/0000019b-7db7-dd73-abff-7fff6f510000 Israel to ban dozens of aid agencies from Gaza as 10 nations warn about suffering
Failure of groups including MSF and ActionAid to hand over staff details means they will not be able to operate in Gaza, say Israeli officials
During a fierce storm I could hear the panicked screams of children in tents outside. This is Christmas in Gaza https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/dec/30/israel-to-ban-dozens-of-aid-agencies-from-gaza-as-10-nations-warn-about-suffering Israel suspends operations of multiple humanitarian organizations in Gaza, including Doctors Without Borders
The ministry announced on December 30 that the affected organizations failed to meet its new requirements for non-governmental organizations providing humanitarian aid in Gaza, which were posted online in November. The requirements included providing a full list of its Palestinian employees.
“We emphasize that the registration process is intended to prevent the exploitation of aid by Hamas, which in the past operated under the cover of certain international aid organizations, knowingly or unknowingly,” wrote the Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT), which oversees aid in Gaza, in a post on X.
The ministry said that 38 of the NGOs working in Gaza did not have their permits renewed for the coming year, according to the Associated Press.
(felching scumbag) Mike Huckabee, the U.S. ambassador to Israel, posted a link to a Ynet article about the suspensions on X, writing, “An ongoing scandal ignored by UN & European enablers shows why Israel has to decertify some of the NGOs who have terrorists on their payroll.” https://israelpalestinenews.org/israel-suspends-operations-of-multiple-humanitarian-organizations/January 3, 2026 at 9:52 pm #227233John Day
ParticipantTo starve out UNRWA: ‘Direct Affront’ – Israel Approves Bill to Cut UNRWA’s Electricity, Water Supplies https://www.palestinechronicle.com/direct-affront-israel-approves-bill-to-cut-unrwas-electricity-water-supplies/
Ten Nations Warn of ‘Severe Impact’ of Israel’s Deregistration of INGOs in Gaza https://www.palestinechronicle.com/ten-nations-warn-of-severe-impact-of-israels-deregistration-of-ingos-in-gaza/
Gaza health official says miscarriages surge as births fall by 40% https://israelpalestinenews.org/gaza-health-official-says-miscarriages-surge-as-births-fall-by-40/
Cold kills another Palestinian baby in Gaza as Israel continues to block shelter aid https://israelpalestinenews.org/cold-kills-another-palestinian-baby-in-gaza-as-israel-continues-to-block-shelter-aid/
Israel approves 126 new settlement units in northern West Bank https://english.palinfo.com/news/2025/12/31/354836/
January 3, 2026 at 9:53 pm #227236John Day
ParticipantSettlers plow Palestinian land, raze crops in W. Bank
Groups of Extremist Jewish settlers plowed swaths of Palestinian land and destroyed crops in separate areas of the occupied West Bank on Wednesday.
According to al-Baidar Human Rights Organization, a horde of settlers with tractors started plowing swaths of Palestinian-owned land in the Shallal al-Auja area north of Jericho early Wednesday morning.
General supervisor of the organization Hasan Malihat said that those settlers, who live in a new illegal outpost in the area, intend to cultivate the lands to expand their small colony.
Malihat added that the same settlers and soldiers had already carried out multiple attacks on local residents and their property in an attempt to force them to leave the area. https://english.palinfo.com/news/2025/12/31/354812/Israeli forces arrest 24 Palestinians, serve demolition orders in Tarabin village https://english.palinfo.com/news/2025/12/31/354799/
Israel blocks entry of eye drops for blind people in Gaza https://israelpalestinenews.org/israel-blocks-entry-of-eye-drops-for-blind-people-in-gaza/
Israeli armed forces will attack with this as an excuse. US, Israel Set Firm 2-Month Deadline For Full Hamas Disarmament https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/us-israel-set-firm-2-month-deadline-full-hamas-disarmament
A boy’s tale: I did not understand I grew up in a concentration camp until I left Gaza https://israelpalestinenews.org/i-did-not-understand-i-grew-up-in-a-concentration-camp-until-i-left-gaza/
January 3, 2026 at 9:54 pm #227237John Day
Participant Anti-Israel group demands lawmakers visiting Israel resign
An anti-Israel umbrella organization comprised of socialist and pro-Palestinian advocacy groups wants five Vermont legislators to resign following their September junket to Israel.
A bill before the Vermont Legislature, H.310, would require education about anti-semitism. Four of the five legislators are on the lengthy, bi-partisan list of bill sponsors. https://vermontdailychronicle.com/anti-israel-group-demands-lawmakers-visiting-israel-resign/Larry Johnson, Neocons Premature Celebration Over Protests in Iran https://larrycjohnson.substack.com/p/neocons-premature-celebration-over
“Locked & Loaded”: Trump Says US Will Intervene If Iran Kills Protesters https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/trump-says-us-will-intervene-if-iran-kills-protesters-adding-fuel-irans-protest-fire
China demonstrated hypersonic anti-ship missiles for the US fleet: Xi Jinping vows to reunify China and Taiwan in New Year’s Eve speech
Reunification ‘is unstoppable’, says Chinese president, a day after the conclusion of intense military drills https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/dec/31/xi-jinping-vows-reunification-china-taiwan-new-years-eve-speech (12/31/26) This will become more interesting: New Trump-Xi Showdown Approaches As Chinese Tankers Press Ahead To Venezuela Despite Blockade https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/trump-xi-showdown-emerges-chinese-tankers-press-ahead-venezuela-despite-blockade
January 3, 2026 at 9:55 pm #227238John Day
Participant Gold & Geopolitics, Anyone knows a good plumber?
Let me walk you through what happened on December 31, 2025, because the headline number is impressive but the details are properly terrifying. And yes, I’ve covered this repo plumbing business before, so I won’t bore you with the basics again. But what went down on the last trading day of 2025 deserves your full attention, because it’s not the size of the injection that matters most.
It’s what they brought to the pawn shop.
$74.6 billion borrowed from the Fed’s Standing Repo Facility. That’s the emergency window, by the way. The one you’re not supposed to need if everything’s working properly. The one that charges you a premium rate above what you could earn by just parking your cash at the Fed overnight. Banks paying extra to borrow money they supposedly don’t need.
But of that $74.6 billion, banks pledged $43.1 billion in mortgage-backed securities and only $31.5 billion in Treasuries…..And that $74.6 billion? New record. Smashed the previous record of $50.4 billion from October 31. That one was a month-end spike, this one combined month-end, quarter-end, and year-end all at once. Both times the smooth-brained analysts insisted it was “completely normal regulatory reporting dynamics”.
Except both October and late December saw something else happen simultaneously: brutal takedowns in silver. Mid October: silver crashed from $54 to $45. Late December: vicious slam from $84 to $70.
Month-ends. Regulatory reporting dates. Times when derivatives books need to look manageable. Times when margin requirements bite hardest. Times when you need liquidity to manage positions, meet margin calls, and execute operations in leveraged markets…
..Markets are currently pricing in only two rate cuts over the next two years. The Fed funds rate sits at 3.5% to 3.75%. Markets expect it around 3.0% by December 2027.
That pricing is completely divorced from fiscal reality. The U.S. government is paying over $1 trillion annually just on interest. Every 25 basis point increase in rates adds tens of billions to that burden. You think they’re going to keep rates at 3.5% when the alternative is fiscal insolvency? Fat chance...
..December 31 was a warning shot. One of the largest emergency borrowings in history, with the worst collateral mix we’ve seen this side of the GFC, executed at the exact moment when derivative positions across multiple markets needed managing and regulatory reporting required clean books.
That’s not routine. That’s desperation. https://no01.substack.com/p/anyone-knows-a-good-plumber Nick Shirley Teases New “Crazier” Video: “It’s Going To Be A Masterpiece”
“It’s going to be even crazier because now the Somalis were after me. They were coming, and people were stopping in the middle of intersections … I had to get security for this video coming out.” https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/nick-shirley-teases-new-crazier-video-its-going-be-masterpiece WATCH: YouTuber Nick Shirley Says He’s Receiving Death Threats Saying He’ll Be ‘Kirked’ After Bombshell Video Exposes $110 Million Somali Daycare Fraud Scheme in Minnesota https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/12/watch-youtuber-nick-shirley-receiving-death-threats-saying/
MN Lawmaker: Walz Team Threatened Whistleblowers With “Racism” & “Islamophobia” Slurs To Hide Somali Fraud https://www.zerohedge.com/political/mn-lawmaker-walz-team-threatened-whistleblowers-racism-islamophobia-slurs-hide-somali
Washington State AG Warns Citizen Journalists to Stop Investigating Somali Daycares or Face Potential Hate Crime Charges https://amgreatness.com/2025/12/31/washington-state-ag-warns-citizen-journalists-to-stop-investigating-somali-daycares-or-face-potential-hate-crime-charges/
January 3, 2026 at 9:55 pm #227239John Day
Participant Somali Daycare Manager Claims Burglars Mysteriously Broke Into Facility, Stole All “Important Documents” – Including Child Enrollment Info – Blames Nick Shirley (VIDEO) https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/12/somali-daycare-manager-claims-burglar-broke-facility-stole/
HHS Freezes Childcare Payments Nationwide After Bombshell Somali-Linked Daycare Fraud Allegations In Minnesota https://www.zerohedge.com/political/hhs-freezes-childcare-payments-nationwide-after-bombshell-somali-linked-daycare-fraud
”Paging Mayor Mamdani”: ALEX BERENSON: Minnesota was only the beginning: New York’s Medicaid grift is far worse https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/alex-berenson-minnesota-only-beginning-new-yorks-medicaid-grift-far-worse
Trump rips Colorado governor, DA over Tina Peters incarceration: ‘May they rot in hell’ https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5667922-donald-trump-jared-polis-tina-peters-incarceration/
Trump ends effort to bring National Guard to Chicago, Los Angeles and Portland
“We will come back, perhaps in a much different and stronger form, when crime begins to soar again – Only a question of time!” Trump wrote. https://archive.is/63lKn#selection-261.0-261.138January 3, 2026 at 9:56 pm #227240John Day
Participant Thanks Christine. It could be called the “Chinese train”, a new Panama Canal on wheels and rails. It derailed Sunday with heavy damage.
The misnamed “Mayan Train” : Multimodal land grabbing
The Mayan Train will kickstart the creation of development hubs in the five states [of Mexico] through which it passes, including industrial parks for meat, fruit, forest products, organic food, and oil palm processing; two train maintenance yards; ecotourism, adventure tourism, and sport fishing; logistical services, food refrigeration, and cargo and fuel terminals; and road and transportation infrastructure with freight hubs, packing facilities, a freight airport at Chichén Itzá, and revitalization of the shrimp industry in Ciudad del Carmen.” https://grain.org/en/article/6423-the-misnamed-mayan-train-multimodal-land-grabbing Fatal interoceanic train derailment
The week’s most tragic story unfolded Sunday morning when the Interoceanic Train derailed near Nizanda, Oaxaca, approximately 85 kilometers north of its destination in the port city of Salina Cruz. The accident killed at least 13 people and injured more than 100 of the 250 passengers and crew aboard the two-locomotive, four-carriage train.
The derailment occurred on a curved section of track at the edge of a ravine. While the two locomotives avoided falling down the embankment, the first passenger car detached and slid approximately 6.5 meters down the slope. The second car was left partially suspended in mid-air, while the third and fourth cars came to rest crosswise over the tracks but remained undamaged.
President Claudia Sheinbaum immediately dispatched Navy Minister Admiral Raymundo Morales to the scene and mobilized medical teams. On Wednesday, the president announced plans to seek international certification to improve railway safety, stating that once investigators submit their report, a certifying body should recommend improvements to ensure the track and locomotives are in proper working order.Mexico’s week in review: Train tragedy shadows strong economic close to 2025
5 States Limit Soda, Candy For SNAP Recipients To Curb Obesity https://www.zerohedge.com/personal-finance/5-states-limit-soda-candy-snap-recipients-curb-obesity
Junk-snacks for children’s developing minds: A MidwesternDoctor, The Hidden Dopamine Trap – From Addictive Screens to Stolen Joy—and the Path to Feeling Truly Alive Again
Modern children’s content (especially fast-paced YouTube shows like CoComelon) is engineered to maximize watch time through rapid cuts and constant dopamine triggers, creating addictive patterns in toddlers that lead to overstimulation, irritability, and severe tantrums. https://www.midwesterndoctor.com/p/the-hidden-dopamine-trapThe Ultimate 2026 MAHA Agenda – Eight essential reforms to truly Make America Healthy Again — a 2025 recap and path forward.
https://www.thefocalpoints.com/p/the-ultimate-2026-maha-agenda
January 3, 2026 at 9:57 pm #227241John Day
ParticipantJohn Leake on Lyme disease being a leaked US military bioweapon, another “conspiracy theory”promoted to common-knowledge:
FDA Commissioner Makary States that Lyme Disease Came from Lab 257 on Plum Island
Reflexive and vociferous cries of “debunked conspiracy theory” raise further suspicion that Dr. Makary is over the target. https://www.thefocalpoints.com/p/fda-commissioner-makary-states-that Steve Kirsch reposts Robert Malone’s appropriate use of AI as a tool to investigate digital archives. AlterAI exposes the corruption at the CDC
Robert Malone did a substack on a couple of AlterAI queries. I want to highlight one of those queries for you just in case you missed it. https://kirschsubstack.com/p/alterai-exposes-the-corruption-at Nicolas Hilscher, Three Independent Estimates Yield 470,000–840,000 American COVID-19 “Vaccine” Deaths
Epidemiologist Nicolas Hulscher joins Ask Dr. Drew to expose the largest unacknowledged catastrophe in modern history—and the steps now underway to stop it. https://www.thefocalpoints.com/p/three-independent-estimates-yield Trump Admin Launches $50 Billion Rural Health Transformation Program
The Trump administration plans to distribute between $147 million and $281 million to each U.S. state in 2026 through a widespread rural health program designed to provide better access to medical care in rural areas. https://www.zerohedge.com/political/trump-admin-launches-50-billion-rural-health-transformation-program ‘There’s no water any more’: How palm oil plantations drained a Guatemalan rainforest community
In the shadow of towering palm trees, one small community is battling to restore forests, water and hope https://www.irishtimes.com/world/americas/2025/12/30/theres-no-water-any-more-how-palm-oil-plantations-drained-a-guatemalan-rainforest-community/January 3, 2026 at 10:39 pm #227246zerosum
ParticipantWonder when the first USA tanker or contracted tanker will arrive at a US refinery with their stolen Ukrainian oil.
January 3, 2026 at 10:55 pm #227247tboc
ParticipantDr. John what is your perspective on the non-stop Pharma commericals on television?
January 3, 2026 at 11:25 pm #227251D Benton Smith
ParticipantAs millionaires, billionaires and now trillionaires run around in hair-on-fire panic trying to protect, store, acquire and preserve their illusory wealth in a durable form by purchasing gold, silver, farmland, yachts, mansions and islands they (predictably) overlook the most fundamental and least dispensable means of preserving wealth.
That most basic of all basic means of preserving symbolic wealth is maintenance of the civilization in which symbolic wealth can be exchanged for things of REAL value. In other words being Emperor of Rome don’t mean shit if Rome itself is a heap of smoldering ashes overrun by hordes of looting lawless barbarians.
That is what is happening in America. The wealthy elites have run out of ways to securely store both their illusory wealth and their even more illusory power. The value of a dollar is surging through the sewer mains (it got flushed down the toilet long ago) and headed straight for the Waste Treatment Plant where it is hopefully (best case scenario) being processed into fertilizer.
They can kidnap Maduro, steal that country’s oil and machine gun Venezuelan peasants until the bullets run out, but they WILL NOT be able to hold on to any of it any longer than it takes to say “Roman Empire”.
My investment advice to all involved is to “short those bastards”, and regardless of whatever else you might choose to do to avoid going down with them, DO NOT under any circumstances allow yourself or any of your loved ones to be used as metaphorical or literal cannon fodder to prop them up for another few weeks, months or years, because those bastards ARE going down, and soon.
Trump, Rubio and Hegseth already look and sound like High School ass clowns. What an embarrassment.
January 3, 2026 at 11:33 pm #227253zerosum
ParticipantTit- for-tat
If the US seize Chinese owned assets inside Venezuela, how long before Chinese seize US owned assets inside China ?
January 4, 2026 at 2:05 am #227279John Day
Participanttboc asked: “Dr. John what is your perspective on the non-stop Pharma commericals on television?”
Direct pharmacologic advertising to viewers should never have been permitted, but money talks. RFK Jr. hopes to get it eliminated again. It is causing harm and costing a lot of money. TV will die without it, too.
I gave up TV in 1999, and have stuck to it perfectly.January 4, 2026 at 4:03 am #227288tboc
ParticipantDr. John the social conditioning of children is the most insidious example of overt subliminal messaging in my life. Pharma is positioning itself into the catbird seat.
I have to check in to the family room to assure the helicopters i am OK on a regular basis. In the last three months i have seen more TV than in the past five years total. I started abstaining from the moronoscope about the same time you did.
Know the white,
But Keep the black! – Lao Tzu
One really has to watch an hour of THE VOICE or DANCING WITH THE STARS, leave the commercials on, to have a glimpse into the cultural state of our union. The very least you will take away from the experience how information targeting has matured.You found a good plumber, thanks.
January 4, 2026 at 5:08 am #227296citizenx
ParticipantLa la la la land….
Donald Trump Is Insane In a Good Way
August 8, 2025
Posted by Raúl Ilargi Meijer at 5:23 pmI don’t want to wait another 12-15 hours with publishing this. Because if it is true it cements Donald Trump as the man of peace.
Just 5 months ago.
Bahahahaha, this aged well for a fucking retard like trmup worshipping Raul, Rim Illargicol.
RIM job so desperately desired trmup to win the Nobel Peace Prize.This BS from RIM job aged just as well –
Why Lockdowns Work
May 4, 2020
Posted by Raúl Ilargi Meijer at 2:30 pmUnapologetic hypocrite liar RIM job went full retard insisting LOCKDOWNS were the only way, along with mask mandates and false pcr testing results. RIMtard followed up with glorifying, idolizing and worshipping trmup to a sickening level of insanity- right here at tae all day, every day.
Now I realize most of you still here have serious mental health addiction issues and NEED your daily fix of social media tae mind dumbing cognitive dissonance nostalgia- you’re as gone as the covid cult woke tards following at the sPeeD of sCiEnce reality based delusion.
As retarded sheep go, you’ve pulled the wool over your own eyes while virtue signaling just how shmart and clever you are- and how much you “know” compared to the average sheep. Pity you haven’t figured out the reach around daily rim job that you eagerly cum guzzle waiting for the next days “comments”. Right Dr D? Bahahahah !!!
” Dr. D is Trumps No. 1 Fanboy and also the No. 1 “Israel First’ defender on TAE”
Well sort of…he certainly leads the pack of retarded pathetic sheep.
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“what is your perspective on the non-stop Pharma commericals on television?”
Tucker covered this some time ago during an interview with an ex-pharma rep. The ads have nothing to do with any “product”- they are advertising dollars paid to MSM for towing the line and never reporting truth or any investigative journalism against big pharma.
It’s a bribe pay off…which paid bigly during covid remember?
MSM, Political “parties”, social media, corporations, MIC.., even tae, all one big scam to keep you brainwashed, propagandized, retarded and delusional “believing” you’re well informed.I’d say wake the fuck up…but braindead brainwashed zombies never will. Better to laugh and mock them in all their glorious righteous insanity. It takes true courage and willful insight to seek truth and admit mistakes, well beyond most of you ass clowns here.
You’d laugh at yourself if you truly woke up to your own ignorance…and freely laugh at others “so serious”.
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