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  • #196761
    John Day
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    There is more of less-pork where that came from:

    Trump Admin Puts $18BN In NYC Infrastructure Projects On Hold Due To Shutdown
    Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Russ Vought announced on X earlier that the Trump administration was withholding $18 billion in New York City infrastructure projects due to “unconstitutional DEI principles”. This comes as President Trump has stated his administration has more power during the shutdown to slash and burn spending that funds the Democratic Party machine.
    https://www.zerohedge.com/political/18-billion-nyc-infrastructure-cut-hits-first-shutdown-panic-grips-democrats

    #196762
    WES
    Participant

    Only A Partical US Gov Shutdown:

    It looks like only about 30% of US gov workers are affected by this particular shutdown.
    It sèms the Uniparty has ensured most of the important gov agencies continue working by having already prefunded these gov agenciesbefore hand.

    How much Trump can really cut looksvery limited.

    I read somewhere that for Trump to permanently lay off any gov workers, he needs to provide 60 days notice.
    How true or not is this?
    Obviously, any judge can block Trump at will.

    #196763
    charles
    Participant

    There is cost and benefit to Russias slow roll in Ukraine. adding to the list. If they take out power too fast, backup power to Ukraines Nuclear Power Plants will be lost.
    https://t.me/CyberspecNews/92230
    I dont know for sure, but I believe the plants have been “parked” and so cant power themselves.

    #196764
    zerosum
    Participant

    Lacking someone to discuss, I had a discussion with my resident AI, copilot,

    Russia: Why stop the oil revenues. It is not financing the war.

    conclusion:
    There’s no evidence Russia used its $100B in oil revenue to buy large volumes of foreign goods. The money was spent internally, or stockpiled, or used covertly — but not in ways that show up in global trade data.

    What does your AI conclude?
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    #196765
    zerosum
    Participant

    Found this opinion

    Has anyone here ever considered that THE WEST is trying to distract from the loss?
    All of this serves as a distraction so that the loss of Ukraine and the collapse of the front doesn’t hit the public so hard.
    Because everything that’s happening right now is meant to distract from something, whether it’s Germany, where the Munich Volksfest was closed for hours due to bomb threats, or French piracy, or the media’s effective summoning of high-ranking US officers, something that has never happened before, NEVER before so publicly.
    Announcements of long-range cruise missiles, stories of fuel shortages, confiscation of Russian money,
    Sylenski’s lies about thousands of encircled Russians,
    Zaluzhny’s new fantasies presented yesterday, not to mention the unrest within the US, the occupation of cities by the National Guard, lost court rulings against Trump, a “peace offer” to Hamas, and everything else.
    All this is being thrown in the face of the average citizen, BUT not a report about the situation on the Ukrainian-Russian front that corresponds to the facts, but instead fantasies about car queues at Russian gas stations…
    with a video that could have been shot anywhere in the world, objects far away and moving quickly by, no view of car license plates possible..
    This is an attempt at distraction.
    My opinion

    Posted by: Genesis | Oct 2 2025 6:00 utc | 128
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    #196766
    Michael Reid
    Participant

    #196767
    Doc Robinson
    Participant

    Tweet from Craig Murray

    Craig Murray @CraigMurrayOrg

    I write as former Head of Maritime Section of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office
    and Alternate Head of UK Delegation to the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea Prepcom.

    1) The flotilla is on the High Seas and not in Israel’s 12 mile territorial sea. Israel has no jurisdiction.

    2) The Israeli maritime blockade has been in place for 17 years and is an intrinsic part of the long term occupation found illegal in the ICJ advisory opinion

    3) It is therefore not a short term measure in time of armed conflict as specified in the San Remo manual

    4) In any event the San Remo rules explicitly state that humanitarian supplies may not be blockaded

    5) The UN Commission of Inquiry has already determined that Israel is committing genocide. The blockade is plainly a part of the machinery of such genocide.

    For reasons 1 to 5 the Israeli attack on the flotilla is plainly illegal.

    6) On the High Seas, the law applying on each ship is the law of its flag state. An attack by a state military warship on a vessel on the High Seas is an attack on the flag state of the vessel attacked.

    7) Acts of illegal possession of vessels or abduction of crew on the High Seas should be pursued by each flag state as crimes within their domestic jurisdiction, not only in international law.

    8) So the Metropolitan Police and DPP have an obligation to investigate and act over the abduction of persons from UK flagged vessels on the High Seas.
    This applies to each flag state mutatis mutandi.

    I hope you find this helpful.
    https://xcancel.com/CraigMurrayOrg/status/1973469077214556224

    #196768
    WES
    Participant

    Pirates:

    Murray should have also stated that pirates are not constrained by any international laws!

    #196769
    Michael Reid
    Participant

    #196770
    WES
    Participant

    Golden Violence:

    With China on holidays, expect extreme violence to be unleashed upon the gold and silver markets.

    Yesterday, saw the first such violent attack, and today a second violent attack is currently under way.

    The attackers are the same usual western suspects!

    #196771
    D Benton Smith
    Participant

    Fascism (as it’s defined in the dictionary, NOT as it’s defined in the Main Stream Media and Western civilization’s authorized Institutions) is the only method of earthling management systems that is fast, brutal and stupid enough to handle the Technocracy Revolution the owners foresee for us. That’s true even for the Commies (maybe ESPECIALLY the Commies!) and there’s not a day that goes by with one more ratchet on that totalitarian torture rack doesn’t get tightened up a little more. Those nazi’s don’t mean to stop until their control is TOTAL. Pay little or no attention to the propaganda and theater. Keep your peepers on what they DO with their nasty little hands, feet and paraphernalia. What they DO is what reveals what they want, and what they want is more wealth, power and control than they have now. Rinse and repeat. You can call those bastards whatever you want (there are plenty of nastily accurate labels to lay on them, but the dictionary defines the activity as fascist or communist or evil. Same critter, different paint job.

    #196772
    D Benton Smith
    Participant

    Time for a history refresher going all the way to a couple or so years ago. Russia ultimately decided (after initial mis-assessment of the situation) to wage the war in Ukraine as a war of attrition. That’s what they’ve done so far, that’s what they’re doing right now, and that’s what they are going to keep doing until Russia has achieved it’s security goals and objectives, and the West has de-facto conceded (though NEVER publicly admitted or spoken) that it has lost and will not achieve it’s own objective (which was to break Russia into parts to be more easily stolen.
    I’m still banking on the West going tits up at it’s increasingly hasty rate, and Russia and the rest of BRICS winning handily. There’s always the chance of nukes, of course, but that’s simply baked into the cake no matter how you cut it. (Damn but I do love to mix metaphor! It’s like a cheesy art form.)

    #196773
    WES
    Participant

    Fascism:

    Fascism are drug dealers posing as drug companies, pushing cholesterol medications!

    #196774
    Doc Robinson
    Participant

    Published by the Yemen News Agency (SABA)

    Caption: The difference between Netanyahu’s war and Trump’s peace

    https://www.saba.ye/en/caricature88.htm

    #196775
    Michael Reid
    Participant

    #196776
    John Day
    Participant

    Uses For Diplomacy https://drjohnsblog.substack.com/p/uses-for-diplomacy

    Trump and Netanyahu met Monday to sign a “peace deal” between Israel & the US, that nobody else but the West Bank Palestinian Authority of Mahmoud Abbas fully endorses (“needs clarification and adjustments”). It gives Palestinians no rights and removes the UNRWA from any major role, installing war criminals Tony Blair and Donald Trump as heads of an all-powerful “Peace Board” that will make real estate deals on behalf of the Palestinians, their natural gas and beachfront property.
    General Dan “Raizin” Caine, head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, a retired F-16 jock with Gulf War credentials, opened for Hegseth & Trump’s self-congratulatory stage performance to 800 flag officers and command NCOs. Did General Caine have any confidential communications with all of that brass, or were they only there as a stage setting for Trump and Hegseth to show dominance to viewers in TV land? Trump and Hegseth both dropped hints about getting rid of those who were physically or ideologically unfit for duty…
    Meanwhile US military aerial refuelling tankers were flying to England, then on to the middle east, just like they did before the US bombed Iran back in June.
    Is all hell about to break loose?
    Gilbert Doctorow thinks signals are out in Russia of a coup against Putin, or a forced hardening in his war policy, prompted by Trump’s threat to give long range, nuclear capable tomahawk cruise missiles to Ukraine, along with the necessary US targeting data and launch experts… Putin gave his word not to target Zelensky a couple of years ago, but a lot has changed since then.
    Vladimir Putin is giving very important speech at Valdai today, that “the whole world will talk about”. [It is about a polycentric world returning to traditional diplomacy and respecting the needs and mutual security of all states. Military issues were discussed in the context of Russian defense being very strong, and bringing regrets upon all who aggress upon Russia. History is discussed, and a Pushkin poem read about Rssians standing ground in life and death.]

    Hegseth wore a sparkly fake-diamond US flag belt buckle for the generals, talking to them like new recruits: ‘We Are Done With This Sh*t’: Hegseth, Trump Blast Wokeness In Military Before Unimpressed Generals https://www.zerohedge.com/military/we-are-done-sht-hegseth-trump-blast-wokeness-military-unimpressed-generals

    ​ BREAKING: SecWar Pete Hegseth NUKES fat generals and announces a new twice-yearly PT test for top brass. “It’s unacceptable to see fat generals and admirals in the halls of the Pentagon, and leading all around the world. It’s a BAD LOOK, and it’s not who we are!” “You need to meet the height and weight standards.” “Today, at my direction, every member of the Joint Force at every rank is required to take the PT test twice a year, as well as meet height and weight requirements twice a year. EVERY year of service.”​ https://x.com/EricLDaugh/status/1973003991035367757

    ​They don’t all like the sparkly belt buckle: Hegseth Plans Widespread Random Polygraphs, NDAs Amid Leak Fears https://www.zerohedge.com/military/hegseth-plans-widespread-random-polygraphs-ndas-amid-leak-fears

    ​ The Chinese​ ​army looked really good celebrating their victory over Japan: 7 takeaways from Trump and Hegseth’s meeting with U.S. generals at Quantico
    The defense secretary announced new standards for physical appearance, while the president suggested using “dangerous cities as training grounds” for the military.​.. Trump: ‘If you don’t like what I’m saying, you can leave the room’​ https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/article/7-takeaways-from-trump-and-hegseths-meeting-with-us-generals-at-quantico-164709981.html

    #196777
    John Day
    Participant

    ​”Raizin” Caine was an F-16 pilot with combat talent over Iraq, and who patrolled above Washington DC after 9/11, served in the CIA, but never in any of the command posts required for a Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, though that can be waived by the President. This was a “gung-ho” selection this April.
    What to know about Dan Caine, the nation’s newly-confirmed top military adviser​, April 11, 2025​ https://www.npr.org/2025/04/11/nx-s1-5361080/dan-caine-joint-chiefs-chairman-confirmed#

    ​Wikipedia has much more on General Caine, a “warfighter”. I must wonder if he gave classified briefings on Tuesday: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Caine

    Gilbert Doctorow asks the unexpected question: Is Vladimir Putin about to be overthrown in a palace coup?
    ​ In the past several days I have been surprised, shocked at the level of criticism of the way the war in Ukraine is being conducted now aired daily on Russian state television. Applying my skills as a Sovietologist from the past, I would say on this basis that a coup against Mr. Putin is being prepared. News presenters who take their cues from on high and who in the past said it is not for us to tell the Supreme Military Commander how to wage the war are now doing just that both by their criticism of the escalatory path due to Western perceptions of Russia as weak and by extensive air time given to the derogatory remarks and taunts being addressed to Putin by Donald Trump and his entourage including J.D. Vance…
    ​..Official polling data shows that Vladimir Putin’s popularity rating among Russians has descended lately from 80% to 79%, which is negligible. But no one is asking the public whether the war is being prosecuted correctly, and I believe that if that were done a majority would be found to say ‘no.’
    On consideration, I see two possibilities to explain the harsh criticism of Putin’s war of attrition on television. The first, as I say at the outset, is that political forces which are prepared to oust Putin and replace him with a more aggressive figure are preparing the public for what is about to happen. The other possibility is that Putin himself is about to change course and do what a large part of Russia’s political establishment wants: namely to attempt a decapitation strike against the Zelensky regime using Oreshniks and other strike missiles to wipe out the neo-Nazi, deeply anti-Russian gang that has held Ukraine by the neck ever since the February 2014 coup d’etat.
    ​ We may see very shortly which of these alternative explanations is true.​ https://gilbertdoctorow.substack.com/p/is-vladimir-putin-about-to-be-overthrown

    ​Doctorow’s further development of the Palace-Coup-or-strategic-military-strikes thesis: Transcript of ‘Judging Freedom’ edition of 1 October https://gilbertdoctorow.com/2025/10/01/transcript-of-judging-freedom-edition-of-1-october/

    Ramping up for spring: Russian President Vladimir Putin Orders Largest Fall Conscription in 9 Years, Drafts 135,000 Men https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/09/russian-president-vladimir-putin-orders-largest-fall-conscription/

    #196778
    John Day
    Participant

    Russia only needs to carry out 11 precision strikes to “disable” Ukraine.​ https://en.topcor.ru/64625-rossii-dostatochno-nanesti-11-tochechnyh-udarov-chtoby-otkljuchit-ukrainu.html

    Russia “knows nothing about it”: French troops board oil tanker linked to Russian ‘shadow fleet’ https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2j1gynjddo

    ​ Kremlin regrets Moldovan leader’s stance on Russian military presence in Transnistria
    After Maya Sandu’s party secured victory in the parliamentary elections despite the opposition’s refusal to recognize the outcome due to numerous irregularities and alleged fraud, the president announced plans to reintegrate the Republic of Transnistria on Chisinau’s terms​ https://tass.com/politics/2024051

    ​ Epoch—making speech: Putin’s speech at Valdai will be discussed by the whole world – The Kremlin​ [As above,​Putin’s speech is not dramatic or militaristic, but thoughtfu​l​, considerate and diplomatic.]
    Press Secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov said that “without exaggeration, the whole world is looking forward to” the speech of Russian leader Vladimir Putin on October 2 at Valdai.​ https://eadaily.com/en/news/2025/10/01/epoch-making-speech-putins-speech-at-valdai-will-be-discussed-by-the-whole-world-the-kremlin

    ​ Before the Generals and Admirals met, just like June when the US bombed Iran: Fleet of mystery US air tankers fly to UK ahead of secret military meeting
    About a dozen US Air Force jets have flown towards Britain.​ https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/2115131/us-air-tankers-fly-to-uk

    #196779
    John Day
    Participant

    ​October 1, A massive wave of U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotankers has moved into the Middle East, marking one of the largest aerial refueling deployments in recent months. Flight tracking shows aircraft departing from Atlantic bases and converging on Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar, headquarters of U.S. Central Command. https://www.newsweek.com/us-deploys-military-assets-middle-east-10809727

    Trump really needs the air/naval base in Qatar: Trump Inks Article-5 Style Defense Deal With Qatar After ‘Apology’ Over Israel’s Doha Bombing https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/trump-inks-article-5-style-defense-deal-qatar-after-apology-over-israels-doha-bombing

    ‘No Doubt They Will Attack’: Max Blumenthal Meets Iran’s President In NYC
    https://scheerpost.com/2025/09/29/no-doubt-they-will-attack-max-blumenthal-meets-irans-president-in-nyc/

    ​ Boeing To Get $123 Million Contract To Replace Bunker Busting Bombs the US Dropped on Iran
    The US dropped 14 GBU-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrator (MOP) bombs on Iran’s Fordow and Natanz nuclear sites​ https://news.antiwar.com/2025/09/30/boeing-to-get-123-million-contract-to-replace-bunker-busting-bombs-the-us-dropped-on-iran/

    ​ Gaza Plan Released by US Includes Significant Changes Requested by Netanyahu in Kushner-Witkoff Meeting
    According to a report from Axios, the changes infuriated Arab officials involved in the negotiations​ https://news.antiwar.com/2025/09/30/gaza-ceasefire-plan-released-by-us-included-significant-changes-requested-by-netanyahu-in-meeting-with-witkoff-and-kushner/

    #196780
    John Day
    Participant

    Larry Johnson, Donald Trump’s Proposed Peace Plan for Gaza is DOA
    ​ I will give you the bottom line up front: The Zionists, not just Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu, totally reject a two-state solution. Accordingly, Donald Trump’s Gaza Peace Plan is kaput right out of the gate… Dead on arrival…
    ..I do not believe that Netanyahu will change his tune. I also believe that most of his private meeting with Trump was spent discussing the next round of attacks on Iran… So much for Trump snagging a Nobel Peace Prize. Neither Trump nor Netanyahu are serious about a peaceful conclusion to Israel’s genocidal war… The killing will continue. https://sonar21.com/donald-trumps-proposed-peace-plan-for-gaza-is-d-o-a/

    Caitlin Johnstone, The Trumpanyahu “Peace” Plan, And Other Notes
    The Trumpanyahu administration is pushing a “peace plan” for Gaza which critics are saying would damn Palestinians to permanent subjugation under the thumb of Israel. The proposed plan would see Gaza supervised by Trump and by war criminal Tony Blair, and Netanyahu is already saying that the deal will allow the IDF to remain in the Palestinian territory indefinitely. https://www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/the-trumpanyahu-peace-plan-and-other

    Celia Farber, The Tony Blair-Trump Netanyahu 20 Point Peace Plan Seen Through NWO Lens: Is Gaza A Pilot Project For New World Order Colonial Erasure, And Corporate Technocracy Rising?
    ​ Following The Money, Avoiding Red Herrings: Israel Is A Cloak For NWO Technocratic Dystopia. Corporate Colonialism Rising In A World Of No People, No Nations, No Governments–Only Investments​ https://celiafarber.substack.com/p/the-tony-blair-trump-netanyahu-20

    ​ Tessa Lena, Peace Plan​ Calm down, ma’am…​
    I take to prayer. I don’t know what else to do. This is a very obvious setup for the people of Gaza and frankly for every decent person in the region because both choices (technocracy or more war) are traps.
    ​ I pray for the Creator to step in. I pray for real justice and real peace for all innocent people, Arabs, Jews, and everyone else.​ https://tessa.substack.com/p/peace-plan

    The only ones, it appears: Palestinian Authority backs Trump peace plan
    Partnership with the US is essential for bringing stability to the region, a statement released on Tuesday has claimed​ https://swentr.site/news/625650-gaza-trump-israel-palestine/

    #196781
    John Day
    Participant

    ​Now Turkey is “on-board”, but with exactly what? Turkey Joins Arab States In Backing Trump’s Gaza Plan, But Hamas Likely To Reject It https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/turkey-joins-arab-states-backing-trumps-gaza-plan-hamas-likely-reject-it

    ​ Paid well to be polite about it: Qatar says some issues in Trump’s Gaza plan ‘require clarification, negotiation’
    ‘What was presented yesterday were principles in the plan that require discussion of their details and how to work through them,’ Qatar’s prime minister says​ https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/qatar-says-some-issues-in-trump-s-gaza-plan-require-clarification-negotiation-/3703665

    Spain Blocks US Military From Transferring Arms To Israel Through Its Bases​ https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/spain-blocks-us-military-transferring-arms-israel-through-its-bases

    ​ John Helmer, THE CLOCK TELLS THE TRUTH — RUSSIA ISSUES THREE RESPONSES TO THE GAZA PLAN IN THREE AND A HALF HOURS
    #3 Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov was out of Moscow in Sochi. He was attending the Kremlin-financed platform known as the Valdai Club.
    He had been told what Peskov announced earlier as the Kremlin line. He had also agreed to the text of Zakharova’s press release. But then, at 17:59 publication time, he was asked: “What is Moscow’s position on Trump’s plan to resolve the situation in Gaza, which was announced on Monday? How do you assess the proposal to establish interim external management with the international participation and the formation of an international contingent for operational deployment in Gaza? Did Moscow receive any signals about the possibility of participating in this contingent? How do you assess the chances of success of this plan as a whole?”
    Lavrov replied that, unlike Peskov and the Ministry in Moscow, he wasn’t ready to answer because he wasn’t sure what the plan details were, who had authored them, what the Arab governments were thinking, and how the Palestinians, including Hamas, would respond. He spoke ironically, which the Ministry signalled by putting some of Lavrov’s phrases in inverted commas and leaving his verbs to be understood to mean their opposite.
    “We have not seen this plan. We have only heard comments about its contents. You have now outlined its main provisions. I have heard that this international body, which is intended to ‘temporarily govern Gaza’, is planned to be headed by former British Prime Minister Tony Blair. He himself seems to have already announced this. I reiterate, I am not privy to the details. I do not know what powers he will be granted, nor how the Arab countries view this. I am aware that some of them have already welcomed ‘Donald Trump’s plan’. However, a final assessment can only be made once we know the views of all of Palestine’s neighbours, Israel, the countries of the region, the League of Arab States, the Gulf Cooperation Council, and, above all, the Palestinians themselves. I have heard that representatives of the Palestinian National Authority are not being considered for inclusion in this temporary body, even as observers.”
    “Regarding the international security forces. No, we have not been invited to participate. I reiterate, we only became aware of this new plan yesterday. However, I have read that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, commenting on ‘Donald Trump’s plan’ – which was announced following Netanyahu’s visit to Washington – said that the plan is good and should not be altered. He claimed that Hamas and everyone else should agree to it. Among the positive aspects of this plan, he stated that Israel would retain control over security in Gaza. This somewhat contradicts the establishment of international forces, so all the details need to be clarified first.” https://johnhelmer.net/the-clock-tells-the-truth-russia-issues-three-responses-to-the-gaza-plan-in-three-and-a-half-hours/

    Netanyahu Says He Did Not Agree to Palestinian State in Trump Talks​ https://english.aawsat.com/arab-world/5191994-netanyahu-says-he-did-not-agree-palestinian-state-trump-talks%C2%A0

    #196782
    John Day
    Participant

    ​ Americans’ support for Israel in massive decline: Poll
    ​ A majority of American voters now oppose sending additional economic and military aid to Israel, a stunning reversal in public opinion since the Oct. 7. About six out of 10 voters said that Israel should end its military campaign, even if the remaining Israeli captives were not released or Hamas was not eliminated, NY Times reports.​ 40 percent of the participants in this poll believes Israel is intentionally killing civilians in Gaza.​ https://en.mehrnews.com/news/237165/Americans-support-for-Israel-in-massive-decline-Poll

    Israel’s ecocide in Gaza sends this message: even if we stopped dropping bombs, you couldn’t live here​ https://israelpalestinenews.org/israeli-ecocide-sends-message/

    ​ At least 58, including pregnant woman, journalist, killed in fresh Israeli attacks on Gaza Strip
    Palestinian woman, along with her 6 sons, killed in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza, according to medics​ https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/at-least-58-including-pregnant-woman-journalist-killed-in-fresh-israeli-attacks-on-gaza-strip/3702970

    ​ Türkiye delivers food, medical supplies to Global Sumud humanitarian aid flotilla
    Turkish Red Crescent delivers supplies after coordinating evacuation from flotilla boat in distress​ https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/turkiye-delivers-food-medical-supplies-to-global-sumud-humanitarian-aid-flotilla/3702402

    ​ Israeli Navy prepares to intercept aid flotilla as convoy approaches Gaza shores: Media​ Military prepares to transfer activists to large warship and tow vessels to Ashdod Port, Israeli media says​ https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/israeli-navy-prepares-to-intercept-aid-flotilla-as-convoy-approaches-gaza-shores-media/3703395

    #196783
    John Day
    Participant

    Poof, Gone: Italy’s Navy to Quit Gaza Flotilla as Risk of Israeli Attack Looms https://english.aawsat.com/arab-world/5192199-italy%E2%80%99s-navy-quit-gaza-flotilla-risk-israeli-attack-looms

    ​ Breaking: Several Sumud Flotilla Ships Intercepted With Gaza In Sight In High Risk Zone; Activists Taken Into Custody By IDF, Protests Break Out Across Europe​ Activists Last Messages Published On Social Media Before The Expected Interception​ https://celiafarber.substack.com/p/breaking-several-sumud-flotilla-ships

    ​CCTV footage of heavily armed Israeli marines boarding Flotilla ships. thanks Eleni: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/HilTxHVXH1s

    ​ Turkish backed head-choppers against US (recently) backed Kurds: Damascus orders troops to ‘prepare for operations’ against SDF: Report
    The potential campaign would aim to pressure the Kurdish group into accepting the integration deal reached in March​ https://thecradle.co/articles/damascus-orders-troops-to-prepare-for-operations-against-sdf-report

    ​Can we do this? Iran gains over 90% self-sufficiency in medicine production https://en.mehrnews.com/news/237117/Iran-gains-over-90-self-sufficiency-in-medicine-production

    #196784
    John Day
    Participant

    Pentagon Sounds Alarm: Urgent Missile Shortages Threaten U.S. and NATO Defense​ https://www.thedefensenews.com/news-details/Pentagon-Sounds-Alarm-Urgent-Missile-Shortages-Threaten-US-and-NATO-Defense/

    ​Maybe by 2030? Just “double”? US Department of War Urges Missile Contractors to Double Output for Possible China Conflict. https://armyrecognition.com/news/army-news/2025/us-department-of-war-urges-missile-contractors-to-double-output-for-possible-china-conflict

    China’s new missile brigades put Taiwan and U.S. Pacific bases in first-strike crosshairs.​ https://armyrecognition.com/news/aerospace-news/2025/chinas-new-missile-brigades-put-taiwan-and-u-s-pacific-bases-in-first-strike-crosshairs

    Andrew Korybko, Ukraine Is At The Center Of Three Interlocking Triangles For Containing Russia
    These three interlocking triangles are expected to play significant roles in the post-conflict future. The first one, the Lublin Triangle, includes Lithuania, which now hosts Germany’s first permanent base abroad. As for the second, it importantly involves the UK, which has always worked to divide-and-rule Europe. And lastly, France has a base in Romania and a security pact with Moldova, which could lead to Paris exploiting them as launchpads for strengthening its newly reported secret presence in Odessa. https://korybko.substack.com/p/ukraine-is-at-the-center-three-interlocking

    Ukraine has been shelling the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant and blaming Russia again, threatening another Chernobyl:
    Zelensky warns situation ‘critical’ as nuclear plant off grid for a week
    “Due to Russian attacks, the plant has been cut off from its power supply and the electricity grid. It is being supplied with electricity from diesel generators,” Zelensky said.
    Russia said last week the power plant — which it took control of in the first weeks of the war in 2022 — has been receiving backup power supply since an attack it attributed to Ukraine.
    Zelensky accused Moscow of “obstructing the repair” of power lines through airstrikes, saying “this is a threat to absolutely everyone.” https://www.arabnews.com/node/2617359/world

    #196785
    John Day
    Participant

    Not merely strategic Russian bombing, but: Nearly two months’ worth of rain in 7 hours causes deadly flash floods in Odesa, Ukraine
    A severe rainstorm dropped almost two months’ worth of rain in just seven hours over Odesa, Ukraine, on September 30, 2025, triggering severe flash floods across the city and leaving 9 people dead. https://watchers.news/2025/10/01/two-months-rain-7-hours-deadly-flash-floods-odesa-ukraine/

    ​ EU to bend rules for Ukraine and Moldova admission process – FT
    Hungary previously blocked accession talks, warning that Kiev’s entry would cripple EU finances and devastate farmers​ https://swentr.site/news/625638-eu-ukraine-moldova-accession/

    Domestic gasoline shortages: Forget OPEC Warnings The Real Oil Shock Is Happening Inside Russia
    Ukraine’s drone and missile strikes on Russian refineries, depots, and ports have taken over 1 million bpd of refining capacity offline.​ https://oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-General/Forget-OPEC-Warnings-The-Real-Oil-Shock-Is-Happening-Inside-Russia.html

    ​ German wind farms did not replace German nuclear reactors, and nothing replaces Russian natural gas. Refined Russian oil is de-Russianized via India:
    Trump to Europe: “Your countries are going to hell”​ – On the slow death of climatism in Europe.​ https://www.eugyppius.com/p/trump-to-europe-your-countries-are

    ​Even though it is theft and Russia will win the war anyway… Frozen Russian Billions Could Backstop Ukraine’s War Effort
    The European Commission is proposing a loan scheme for Ukraine backed by frozen Russian assets, repayable only once Moscow pays war damages.
    ​ The plan would bypass potential vetoes by Hungary or Slovakia and could mobilize up to €140 billion for Kyiv in 2026–27.
    Key hurdles include legal risks, ECB concerns over the euro’s reserve status, and the need for national guarantees from EU states.​ https://oilprice.com/Geopolitics/Europe/Frozen-Russian-Billions-Could-Backstop-Ukraines-War-Effort.html

    #196786
    John Day
    Participant

    ​Rumor is that China is tired of paying in $US: China Halts All New BHP Iron Ore Cargoes As Traders Brief Goldman On Situation https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/china-halts-all-new-bhp-iron-ore-cargoes-traders-brief-goldman-situation

    ​ Chinese mass-production: US Intel Warns China Is Modifying Tank-Carrying Ferry Fleet For Potential Taiwan Invasion
    ​ Five Eyes which includes Australia – has for years been monitoring a trend where the PLA upgrades commercial ferries to become troop and tank carriers, for use in prior military exercises with an eye toward Taiwan.
    ​ Back in 2022, it was understood that China had over two dozen such modified ferries, but the ABC report cites that “China is building more than 70 of the large vessels by the end of 2026” – based on US intelligence forecasts.​ https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/us-intel-warns-china-modifying-tank-carrying-ferry-fleet-potential-taiwan-invasion

    Futures Drop, Gold Jumps As US Government Shutdown Begins​ https://www.zerohedge.com/market-recaps/futures-drop-gold-jumps-us-government-shutdown-begins

    Mass Shutdown Firings To Begin ‘In A Day Or Two’: Trump Admin​ https://www.zerohedge.com/political/shutdown-upon-us-whats-impacted-and-whats-next

    ​Larry Johnson lays out the circumstantial evidence, Is Tren De Aragua a CIA Operation In Order to Justify an Attack on Venezuela? https://sonar21.com/is-tren-de-aragua-a-cia-operation-in-order-to-justify-an-attack-on-venezuela/

    #196787
    John Day
    Participant

    A Mexican cartel: DEA Arrests 670, Seizes Nearly 77,000 Kilograms Of Drugs In Operation Targeting Notorious Cartel https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/dea-arrests-670-seizes-nearly-77000-kilograms-drugs-operation-targeting-notorious

    Meryl Nass MD, AP fact checks claim that 274 FBI agents were at the Jan 6 riots, claiming: So what if they were there?
    The author is the same fact-checker who smeared me a couple of years ago​ https://merylnass.substack.com/p/ap-fact-checks-claim-that-274-fbi

    ​ Scottish Police Arrest Serial Speaker: Elderly Woman Charged After Holding Sign Offering to Discuss Abortion
    ​ Rose Docherty is what they call a criminal recidivist in the United Kingdom. The 75-year-old woman has been arrested for a second time for the same fiendish act: offering to speak to women considering an abortion. She was arrested outside the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow for carrying a placard which stated “Coercion is a crime, here to talk, only if you want.” Fortunately, she and her sign were quickly seized by the local police to protect the public.​ https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/scottish-police-arrest-serial-speaker-elderly-woman-charged-after-holding-sign

    ​ Martin Kulldorf: In randomized trial of their covid vaccine, @pfizer found birth defects in 8 babies to 156 vaccinated pregnant mothers and in 2 babies to 159 unvaccinated mothers, for a relative risk of RR=4.1, p=0.049. When asked at ACIP meeting, Pfizer did not explain. https://x.com/MartinKulldorff/status/1972649813654253577

    Thanks Dr. Nass. Gary Null and Richard Gale have written a clear and thorough paper: Uncovering the Cover-up of Vaccine Effectiveness and Safety https://www.globalresearch.ca/uncovering-cover-up-vaccine-effectiveness-safety/5901469

    #196788
    zerosum
    Participant


    Vladimir Putin delivers keynote speech at 2025 Valdai meeting in Sochi

    #196789
    John Day
    Participant

    Steve Kirsch reviews Japanese government data: Japan COVID shot data: Every single time you take another shot, it gets worse. EVERY. SINGLE. TIME. https://kirschsubstack.com/p/japan-covid-shot-data-every-single

    #196790
    kultsommer
    Participant

    Nepotism road to absolute control of content creation.
    Painful silence after listening to this and while the weight of the message is setting in.

    #196791
    John Day
    Participant

    The Ethical Skeptic analyzes the world of data on the COVID pandemic in the US,and there is one pivotal moment when everything changed, and did not look back, week 14 of 2021: The State of Things Pandemic – Week 25 2025 https://theethicalskeptic.com/2025/09/25/the-state-of-things-pandemic/

    Making discount mRNA vaccines for you in America any day now: ‘TrumpRx’ Deal with Pfizer to Offer Discount Drugs Direct to Consumers https://mishtalk.com/economics/trumprx-deal-with-pfizer-to-offer-discount-drugs-direct-to-consumers/

    #196792
    D Benton Smith
    Participant

    The East doesn’t want to defeat America.

    This is a war of attrition! They want AMERICA to defeat America.

    Workin’ like a charm so far.

    And considering what America has become, what with murdering children, on purpose, for the sole purpose of getting more wealth and power you kinda have to appreciate their viewpoint. There’s just one little tiny piece that they’re missing that screws up their logic.

    America isn’t owned and operate by America. It’s owned and operated by the same soulless ghouls who are so intent on taking it down. How’s THAT for the con job to end all cons? It’s not the slaves who are screwing things up by attacking everything that’s decent. It’s the owners themselves, literally HIRING victims to attack each other until everyone calls for help, and hands over the final dregs of wealth, power and authority to those self-same owners, so that they will then own it ALL, and have total control of everything. At least that’s the plan.

    Cute.

    #196793
    phoenixvoice
    Participant

    Your deflection is inappropriate in this case. The RN is suing civilly because she followed proper whistleblower protocol, keeping true to her profession’s license and ethics, and was retaliated against by her employer. PREP Act does not apply. A civil suit like this IS the path to change things like the PREP Act. We all tend to dislike top-down, autocratic authority (with perhaps the exception being aspnaz who moved deliberately to China and likes participating in that country.). If that is the case, then it is inappropriate to expect or demand that autocratic authority (such as Trump or HHS sec.) be used to strike down inappropriate laws and regulations. It needs to be done through proper channels, through rule of law or correct application of the courts

    #196794
    Michael Reid
    Participant

    #196795
    zerosum
    Participant

    https://www.bignewsnetwork.com/news/273991075/and-read-in-full-putins-valdai-discussion-club-speech

    AND READ IN FULL: Putin’s Valdai Discussion Club speech
    or
    video

    “Multipolar World is Here to Stay” – Putin’s Fiery Keynote at Valdai Forum (Russian) | AC1G

    #196796
    those darned kids
    Participant

    “It needs to be done through proper channels, through rule of law or correct application of the courts”

    i wish it were so.

    unfortunately, your enemies believe in none of that. they want you to play those games until you’re exhausted.

    i don’t know the solution; it seems there is none given the current paradigm; run for the hills, i guess….

    #196797
    Doc Robinson
    Participant

    The livestream of the Marinette, the last remaining boat in the flotilla, is still online at 1:40 am Israel time (6:40 pm New York time), now sailing “less than 77 nautical miles from Gaza.”

    https://www.youtube.com/live/oqFZ4Jey0j0

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