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  • in reply to: Debt Rattle October 6 2024 #170759
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    This is a very engaging intellectual look at the human vileness and philosophical roots of Karl Marx.
    When Decades Happen – Part III The Marxist Mind Garden
    https://prussiagate.substack.com/p/when-decades-happen-part-iii

    in reply to: Debt Rattle October 6 2024 #170755
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    As Empire Of Lies Crumbles, Hillary Clinton Warns: “We’ll Lose Total Control” If Social Media Stops Censoring Content
    https://www.zerohedge.com/political/hillary-clinton-desperation-warns-well-lose-total-control-if-social-media-stops-censoring

    in reply to: Debt Rattle October 5 2024 #170562
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    Russia set to continue helping Lebanon after Israeli attacks — ambassador
    Alexander Rudakov noted that Russia recognizes the gravity of the situation Lebanon had encountered, that is why the humanitarian aid was provided to its residents https://tass.com/politics/1851391

    In 48 hours, the US national debt has grown by an amount greater than the entire Russian national debt​ https://en.topcor.ru/52176-za-48-chasov-summa-gosdolga-ssha-vyrosla-na-summu-prevyshajuschuju-ves-rossijskij-gosdolg.html

    ​ VW can’t sell electric cars, so they jacked-up the price of diesel and gas cars, and those are not selling as well now, either. EU car industry faces a ‘horror fall’​ Car sales within the bloc have fallen by 200,000 vehicles in the first eight months of 2024 compared to the same period last year and things are set to get worse, Ferdinand Dudenhoeffer told the outlet.
    ​ Dudenhoeffer is the founder and former director of the Center for Automotive Research (CAR) – a private institute specializing in industry analysis and transport policy.
    Sales of electric cars are down 8.3% from last year, the economist pointed out, with 140,000 fewer models sold through August.​ ”Important large car markets such as Germany and Italy were already slightly down in the first eight months of the year,” he noted, warning that things “are not getting better.”
    ​ According to Dudenhoeffer, car manufacturers are now seeking to compensate for their losses by increasing prices. The 20 most popular gasoline-powered car models are already approximately 10% more expensive, he told Bild.
    https://swentr.site/business/605192-eu-car-industry-horror-fall/

    Steve Kirsch, The COVID vaccine: all risk, no benefit
    Here’s the simplest argument I have, using gold-standard government data from the US and the Czech Republic, that the COVID vaccine had no benefit whatsoever: it was all downside.​ https://kirschsubstack.com/p/the-covid-vaccine-all-risk-no-benefit

    ​ Not as big a retreat from the control-narrative as I’d like, though the comparison cohort was already down on vaccines (COVID). Fewer Young Children Getting Vaccines
    Of children born in 2020 or 2021, 1.2 percent have received no vaccinations at age 2, compared to 0.9 percent of children born in 2018 or 2019 at age 2, the CDC says. https://www.zerohedge.com/medical/fewer-young-children-getting-vaccines-cdc

    in reply to: Debt Rattle October 5 2024 #170561
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    Massive Israeli air raid on residential area in Beirut’s Suburb
    Dozens of loud explosions were heard in the Mrayjeh area in the southern suburb of Lebanon’s capital Beirut, just past midnight on Friday, due to an Israeli air raid…
    ..It is worth noting that the targeted area is a heavily populated residential area in Lebanon. Al Mayadeen’s correspondent said that residential areas suffered extensive damage as a result of the Israeli strikes. https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/massive-israeli-air-raid-on-residential-area-in-beirut-s-sub

    Israeli airstrike cuts key escape route from Lebanon to Syria​ https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-airstrike-cuts-key-escape-route-lebanon-syria

    Dramatic Footage Shows Tanker Blown Up In Critical Maritime Chokepoint As Disasters Mount For Biden-Harris​ https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/dramatic-footage-tanker-blown-critical-maritime-chokepoint-disasters-mount-biden

    ​ Boris Johnson Found Spying Device in His Bathroom After Netanyahu Visit
    ​ During their meeting in his old office, Mr Johnson says Mr Netanyahu, who he calls Bibi, excused himself to go to the bathroom, which Mr Johnson describes as similar to “the gents in a posh London club” which exist within a “secret annexe”.
    ​ In his book, ‘Unleashed’, Mr Johnson writes: “Thither Bibi repaired for a while, and it may or may not be a coincidence but I am told that later, when they were doing a regular sweep for bugs, they found a listening device in the thunderbox.”​ https://www.informationliberation.com/?id=64678

    Who benefits from strained relations between “Israel” and Russia? Russian Anti-Air Missiles Likely Engaged Israeli Jets Attacking Syria’s Coast
    Israeli strikes have hit Syria for multiple straight days, with the latest being on the outskirts of Damascus, in the western part of the Rif Dimashq Governorate near Lebanon, on Thursday morning. Syrian national media says anti-air defense missiles are confronting “hostile targets”.
    But it was an overnight major attack on Syria’s coast which has for the first time brought Israel close to clashing with the Russian military. An Israeli drone as well as warplanes reportedly targeted sites in the coastal Syrian city of Jableh before daybreak. A weapons depot was apparently targeted and destroyed, which crucially was situated near the Hmeimim Air Base, the largest Russian air base in Syria.
    Chinese state media has cited a war monitor to say that “Syrian air defenses and Russian forces responded to the attack within 40 to 50 minutes.”… The same aforementioned report detailed that “While there is no official confirmation, the pro-government Sham FM radio said the sounds heard in the skies over Jableh were the air defenses intercepting targets off the coast.” (Unverified reports in Arabic media say that the Russian airbase was directly struck, but other reports dispute this.) ..
    ..Throughout the Syrian proxy war, there had been many close calls where Israel and Russia nearly clashed, but this has been carefully avoided.
    The most deadly example involved a September 2018 Israeli attack on Syria which ended in the downing of a large Russian reconnaissance plane. It had been patrolling over the Syrian coastal area during a surprise Israeli air raid, but was reportedly struck by ‘friendly fire’ from Syrian anti-air batteries as they attempted to repel the Israeli planes. 15 Russian crew members were killed.
    So far there has been no official government confirmation that Russia engaged inbound Israeli jets in this newest incident over Jableh and Hmeimim Air Base. Russian accounts have denied that the base was directly attacked…
    ..Syrian and regional analyst Kevork Almassian has provided the following commentary ..
    Israel’s recent large-scale military aggression on the Syrian coast near the city of Jableh could mark a significant turning point in the ongoing regional conflict. This attack followed a meeting on Wednesday between Alexander Lavrentiev, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s Special Envoy on Syria, and Ali Akbar Ahmadian, Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC).
    During the talks, Lavrentiev expressed hope that Israel would heed Iran’s warnings. Israel appears to have interpreted this meeting, along with Lavrentiev’s statements, as tacit Russian approval of Iran’s retaliatory actions. Consequently, Israel targeted warehouses of the Russian forces. This likely explains the joint response from Syrian and Russian air defenses, marking a departure from previous Israeli strikes, where Russia had refrained from direct involvement in the defense effort.
    Following the conclusion of the attack at 5:50 AM, a Russian air patrol was observed over Latakia. The Israeli strike on a Russian facility in Syria is a serious escalation. Netanyahu’s actions suggest he is no longer solely confronting the “Axis of Resistance” but is also risking Russian interests. Should Moscow choose to respond, it could dramatically alter the balance of power in the region. https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/russian-anti-air-missiles-likely-engaged-israeli-jets-attacking-syrias-coast#google_vignette

    in reply to: Debt Rattle October 5 2024 #170560
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    As you know, but there’s a “plausible deniability” twist from the US: Lebanese Foreign Minister Abdallah Bou Habib has stated that Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah issued his agreement to a US and French-proposed 21-day ceasefire with Israel just before Israel killed him by targeting a secretive meeting in south Beirut last Friday.
    Habib revealed the agreement in a PBS interview. He told PBS/CNN host Christiane Amanpour that “They told us that Mr. Netanyahu agreed on this, and so we also got the agreement of Hezbollah on that. And, you know what happened since then.”
    An incredulous-looking Amanpour asked: “are you saying that Hassan Nasrallah had agreed to a ceasefire just moments before he was assassinated?”
    “He agreed, he agreed–yes, yes. We agreed completely.”
    The top Lebanese diplomat then followed with: “The Lebanese House Speaker, Mr Nabih Berri, consulted with Hezbollah and we informed the Americans and the French about the agreement. They told us that [Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin] Netanyahu also agreed to the statement issued by both presidents.”
    This is all in reference to a Sept.25th joint statement by the US, France, the European Union, Saudi Arabia and other nations urging an immediate 21-day ceasefire during which a more permanent diplomatic solution would be worked out.
    CNN writes of the interview: White House senior adviser Amos Hochstein was then set to go to Lebanon to negotiate the ceasefire…
    ..If the Lebanese government account is true, this would have huge implications. However, no specific further evidence that Nasrallah agreed to ceasefire has yet emerged. Reuters’ top foreign correspondent, Idrees Ali, has called the revelation “Pretty stunning.”
    Further reporting from CNN could point to the accuracy of FM Habib’s statements:
    A Western source familiar with the negotiations also said Hezbollah had agreed to the temporary truce shortly before the US released the proposal last week. The source didn’t say whether the decision had come directly from Nasrallah, but said that for the movement to agree, they would have needed his approval. A second source familiar with the talks agreed that the US was aware that Hezbollah was agreeing to the ceasefire.
    But on an official level, the White House is denying all of this. State Department spokesman Matthew Miller didn’t rule it out entirely, but said that the Hezbollah chief agreeing to a deal is “not something we have heard before. If true, [it] was never communicated to us.”…
    ..Critics of Israel have accused PM Netanyahu of deliberately sabotaging efforts at peace in his drive to decimate Hamas, Hezbollah, and ultimately to weaken archnemesis Iran – all while prolonging his power and rule at home. https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/lebanon-says-nasrallah-agreed-temporary-ceasefire-just-assassination

    Ayatollah Khamenei Clutches Rifle, Threatens To Hit Israel’s Energy Sites If It Retaliates
    Iran on Friday issued its own counterthreats in the wake of several reports saying Israel is readying a major response to the Oct.1st Iranian ballistic missile attack. The Biden administration is said to be in consultations with Israel’s security cabinet on the potential of taking out the Islamic Republic’s oil and gas sites and vital infrastructure. Nuclear sites could be on the table, but President Biden is objecting to this, at least on a public level.
    “The resistance in the region will not back down even with the killing of its leaders,” Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei declared while leading Friday prayers in Tehran. “The brilliant action of our armed forces a couple of nights ago was completely legal and legitimate,” he said defiantly in the rare appearance.
    Iran will not “procrastinate nor act hastily to carry out its duty” in confronting Israel, he said. While not directly threatening Israel or the US, he was described at that moment as grasping the barrel of a rifle with his left hand.
    But a much more specific threat came from Iran’s Revolutionary Guards deputy commander Ali Fadavi, who was quoted in state media as saying that any Israeli attack would be met with strikes on Israel’s own energy installations. “If the occupiers make such a mistake, we will target all their energy sources, installations and all refineries and gas fields,” the IRGC’s Fadavi said.
    After a night of the biggest airstrikes on Beirut thus far, and as the total death toll since aerial attacks began has reached 2,000 – Iran has further vowed support to its “friends” in Lebanon. https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/ayatollah-khamenei-clutches-rifle-threatens-hit-israels-energy-sites-if-it-retaliates

    ​ Gilbert Doctorow, Countdown in Iran to Israel’s counterstrike: ‘Spotlight’ on Press TV
    ​ The address yesterday of Iran’s Supreme Leader Seyyed Ali Hosseini Khameneh in a central square of Teheran following Friday prayers which drew an audience of hundreds of thousands chanting ‘death to Israel’ was the first of its kind in more than four years. Later in the day, the country’s English language global broadcaster Press TV reached out to foreign talking heads for comment on what he said. I and Yves Engler, a political activist in Montreal were brought on air for a 15-minute round of questions and answers.
    https://www.urmedium.net/c/presstv/131140
    ​ Put in brief, the Supreme Leader directed his attention exclusively at the crimes Israel is perpetrating in the neighborhood, for which it will be properly punished by Iran and its allies. He called upon the entire Muslim world to unite in support of this just fight.
    ​ What I found most striking in the report on the Ayatollah’s speech and in the formulation of all questions for our discussion by presenter Bardia Honardar is that all attention is directed solely against Israel; hardly a word is said about the United States’ role in the unfolding catastrophe in Gaza and Lebanon.
    ​ What I make of this is the following: Israel as the clearly visible perpetrator of the ongoing genocide and atrocities in the region is a country generally reviled at the popular as well as state level throughout the Muslim world. The enabler of Israel’s crimes, or, as I suggest, the power guiding Israel’s rampage for its own purposes, the United States, presents a more divisive issue for Muslim countries worldwide, since so many of them are embedded with U.S. joint defense agreements and are host to American military bases.
    ​ Support for Iran’s defense against Israel by these latter states and peoples who are embedded with Washington is being ‘requested’ by Teheran in an entirely separate way from the Ayatollah’s outreach to co-religionists. This took place at a meeting with the Gulf States in which Iran threatened to attack their oil rigs and refineries in case Israel attacks Iran’s hydrocarbon industry, which would be done with the approval and likely the military support of Washington. So much for ‘Muslim unity’ as an abstract concept.​ https://gilbertdoctorow.com/2024/10/05/countdown-in-iran-to-israels-counterstrike-spotlight-on-press-tv/

    Saudis Declare Neutrality On Iran-Israel Conflict, Not Wishing For A Repeat Of 2019 Aramco Attacks​ https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/saudis-declare-neutrality-iran-israel-conflict-not-wishing-repeat-2019-aramco-attacks

    in reply to: Debt Rattle October 5 2024 #170559
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    ​ Tucker Carlson releases NEW footage of the Trump assassination attempt from Butler This is some of the rawest footage we’ve ever seen of those moments. The camera was in the line of fire​. https://x.com/JackPosobiec/status/1841645637504217376

    Simplicius, Clarity After Iran Strike, as Israel Tries to Pivot to Nuclear Arc
    Two days out from Iran’s seminal strike on Israel and some things are being clarified. All the early claims of having shot everything down were slowly retracted, with more realistic headlines….
    ..We’ve finally got some BDAs of the hits, though they do present uncertainty as to Iran’s true objectives. Here’s a news report confirming one of the missiles landed outside the Mossad HQ. But was it a miss, or a deliberate “message” sent?
    There are two camps now: one claiming Iran cannot hit anything, the other that Iran deliberately avoided causing too much damage. There is some evidence for both.
    Trump just released an interview where he confirmed—if he can be trusted—that Iran had previously told him in advance they would hit US assets during his term, but intentionally not cause any damage merely as a show of force…
    Trump himself admits the missiles are “very accurate” but everyone in the media was shocked they missed—why would Iran’s “accurate missiles” miss an easy, fat target like the US base in question?
    This gives us insight into Iran’s SOP, and we can thereby infer that Iran may have treated the present Israeli strike in a similar fashion. A hit near the Mossad HQ could merely be a message.
    Now we have satellite BDAs (Bomb Damage Assessments) of Nevatim base…
    ..The area of the base hit was the “transport, tanker, surveillance, and recon” area, reportedly housing the 122nd Nachshon Squadron (EW/signals), not the fighter jet area where the famed F-35s are usually housed…
    ..What’s most interesting is there was a brief controversy yesterday surrounding some jagged digital clouds apparently being ‘painted’ over Israeli bases, blocking the ability to assess damage… though strangely this rarely seems to happen in Ukraine—but most strange of all was that both penetrated bases apparently had this cloudy ‘luck’… As reminder, the US apparently restricts satellite images of Israel, as previously confirmed by NPR…
    ..Personally, I have a theory as to why there appear some accurate hits with others that seem merely ‘random’. From the characteristics of the missiles we saw, there appeared to be many different kinds of missiles fired. For instance, some clearly came down extremely fast, at near hypersonic speeds …while many others appear to come down at fairly middling speeds.
    It’s likely that what Iran is doing, is saturating the airspace with a bunch of their lower tier older missiles, ones which do not have much accuracy and are cheap in cost, while there are a lesser number of the more advanced hypersonic ones with better guidance capabilities which are used to ride that saturation “cloud” to the target. Thus, the type of BDA result visible would be a bunch of random hits in a wide dispersion field with a few accurate ones amongst them, courtesy of the main weapon—which could be the Emad or Fattah-2, etc…
    ..Iran warned the US after it had launched the missiles… We know for a fact that US and Israel had already expected the strikes as articles literally came out several hours prior, stating that Iran may be gearing up for strikes… Israel and the US would have about 10-15 minutes to make necessary last minute movements, like scrambling F-35s to the sky, etc., as that’s how long the missiles would take to reach Israel. In short, we can confidently say that Israel had at least a decent amount of advance warning. This is a way for Iran to diplomatically save face by being able to say they did not really give anyone warning, since it technically came after the launch, but it was given in practice…
    ..Israel has claimed it would initiate a major counter-response before suddenly walking back its threats out of fear…
    ..Last night, Iranian assets were allegedly struck in Jableh outside Khmeimim—it’s uncertain if that’s meant to be the ‘response’, or one of them. Fake news reports claimed Israel had struck Russia’s Khmeimim base itself, but geolocations showed that to not be the case.
    However, other sources continue to imply that behind the scenes Israel and the US are conspiring for something bigger…
    ..Everyone knows there are competing factions within the US government, which is why the State Department had witnessed a surge of resignations this year over the Biden team’s support of Israel. However, Brian Berletic outlined the other likely explanation for these seemingly incoherent discrepancies. On one hand, Biden reiterated he would not support Israeli strikes, which need to be “proportional”, he says… But on the other, Berletic quotes the 2009 Brookings paper entitled “Which Path to Persia?”, which outlines a strategy of “maintaining plausible deniability while, in fact, attacking Iran including its nuclear sites.”…
    ..What’s obvious is that Israel is pushing all its neocon puppets to make the most out of its ongoing disastrous maelstrom of unprovoked attacks on neighboring countries. Israel will settle for any kind of ‘victory’, which can be defined as whatever buys it civilizational time against its enemies. Taking out Iran’s nuclear program would be ‘worth’ the price of slaughter and their likely soon-to-fail Lebanese campaign.
    Well, we can certainly see why Israel would be paranoid—after the latest strikes it’s clear that the combined West’s air defenses stand no chance against a ballistic missile saturation attack of the Iranian variety…
    ..As for that new Lebanese campaign, ISW and other sources claim the IDF has made marginal advances into southern Lebanon in a pincer-like motion from Upper Galilee and the northeastern Galilee Panhandle region…
    ..It’s not looking good so far, with photos claiming to show knocked out Merkavas and Hezbollah’s claims that dozens of IDF have already been eliminated with hardly any territory captured. At this pace, Israel will understandably need to ‘divert’ again to a big US-led strike campaign against Iran to paste over and memory-hole what may turn out to be another huge failure in Lebanon. https://simplicius76.substack.com/p/clarity-after-iran-strike-as-israel

    Israel breaks deals, with or without “plausibly deniable” US connivance, or even instigation?
    Iran launched a significant retaliatory attack against Israel late Tuesday night, ending months of speculation about how or whether the country would strike back after its provocative killing of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran.
    The United States reportedly provided Iran with assurances after the attack against Haniyeh in July that Israel and the US would move constructively towards the establishment of a Palestinian state, ending Israel’s military aggression against its neighbors and Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, where over 42,000 have died according to figures reported by the territory’s health ministry. Tel Aviv’s deadly attack against Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah [after Netanyahu, Nasrallah, the US and France agreed to a 21 day ceasefire] in Lebanon last week dashed hopes of a cessation of violence as Israel claims it is preparing for a broader invasion of Lebanon…
    ..”Israel is imposing a news blackout,” former CIA analyst Larry Johnson said. “They don’t want the knowledge out there about what happened. But Iran made sure that it was not going to hit and run the risk of killing hundreds or thousands of Israeli civilians.”
    “They were not going to act like the Israelis,” the analyst claimed. “They really consider themselves, if you will, more humane, more honorable, and by virtue of their action, I think they can make that case.”
    Johnson claimed Iran was forced to strike Israel after false assurances from the United States that Israel would cease attacks on its neighbors after its killing of Haniyeh…
    ..Iran was reportedly able to successfully strike Israeli military targets Tuesday, including an Israeli air base where multiple US-provided F-35 aircraft were hit. Johnson claimed Israel’s attack against Nasrallah would’ve been launched from an F-35; the fighter jet would be key to any Israeli invasion of Lebanon.
    The commentator compared Israel’s Iron Dome to the US Patriot missile system, claiming the US is unable to replenish the defense system rapidly enough to allow Israel to fight a long war of attrition. “Lockheed Martin… can make about one and a half, one and a quarter [missiles] a day,” said Johnson. “I think Israel’s in a similar situation…
    ..“I cannot rule out that Israel is going to try to launch some conventional weapons at Iran, but I think they’re going to be defeated,” Johnson claimed. “Israel may be tempted to try to use a nuclear device against an Iranian target,” he warned. “If that happens then we’re going to really be into another dimension, and this is going to get very, very serious. It’s already a serious situation, but it will get absolutely dangerous.”
    The analyst suggested Israel would not be able to support military engagement against multiple enemies, even with the United States backing it up.
    “Israel is not in a position to fight a multi-front war and it does not have the strategic depth to fight wars of attrition. And that’s exactly what it’s got itself into now,” Johnson pointed out. https://sputnikglobe.com/20241002/iron-dome-proved-to-be-a-bust-iran-strikes-israel-in-retaliation-for-assassinations-1120377938.html

    ​Pepe Escobar, They lie. They cheat. They steal. They bomb. And they spin
    ​ The IRGC made it known that the volley of missiles was inaugurated by a single hypersonic Fatteh 2 which took out the Arrow 3 air defense system’s radar – capable of intercepting missiles in the atmosphere.
    ​ And well-informed Iranian military sources stated that hackers went on heavy cyberattack mode to disrupt the Iron Dome system just before the start of the operation.
    ​ The IRGC finally confirmed that just about 90% of the intended targets were hit; the implication was that each target was supposed to be visited by several missiles, with some getting intercepted.
    ​ It’s open to wide speculation how many F-35s and F-15s were ultimately destroyed or damaged on two air bases, one of which, Nevatim, in the Negev, becoming literally inoperable.
    ​ The Iran-Russia military entente – part of their soon to be signed comprehensive strategic partnership – was in effect. The IRGC used the recently supplied Russian electromagnetic jammer to blind Israel-NATO GPS systems – including those of U.S. aircraft. That explains the Iron Dome far off hitting the empty night skies.​ https://strategic-culture.su/news/2024/10/04/they-lie-they-cheat-they-steal-they-bomb-and-they-spin/

    Gilbert Doctorow argues that “the dog may be wagging the tail”, but I’ll point out that “The Empire” is transnational financial and power elite families, united through BlackRock.
    The Israeli rampage in the Middle East is in fact a new U.S. proxy war to avenge its humiliations there in the last two decades
    The generally accepted view on the U.S.-Israeli relationship in this war was repeated earlier today by Colonel Douglas Macgregor, a widely watched military expert. He said that it appears the U.S. is now flying blind in the region, or to put it another way is on auto-pilot, following two steps behind Israel.
    However, by his own acknowledgment, the successful Israeli bombing of the Hezbollah headquarters and decapitation of its leadership in downtown Beirut was made possible only by direct United States support. The 86 two-ton bombs dropped on the residential buildings to tear deep underground and do the job were American supplied. The intelligence on the whereabouts of the intended victims was provided by the United States, which also brought its AWACS into play off the coast of Lebanon long enough to provide actionable information to the Israelis for their strike.
    Let us put it another way: the United States provided Israel with what it needed to do what the United States wanted done. After the confirmed killing of the 30 years plus leader of Hamas, US. officials said the dead man had the blood of American servicemen on his hands and it was good that he had been eliminated.
    Then let us consider what Western media are reporting about the limits that Washington is putting on Israel’s coming retaliatory strike at Iran for the ballistic missiles that Iran fired at military targets in Israel a day ago. We are told that Joe Biden has warned Netanyahu against hitting any nuclear sites in Iran. That radical solution to the Iranian nuclear weapons program would surely bring the Russians directly into the conflict given that they are about to sign a comprehensive cooperation agreement later this month with a defense component that effectively makes the countries allies. Since the Americans are duty bound to defend Israel, they would then be fighting Russia, the nuclear superpower, something that the Biden administration is loathe to do. The Israelis are also being instructed not to hit oil and gas installations in Iran since that would drive up global energy prices and do great harm to the chances of the Democratic candidate Kamala Harris.
    Does this not sound like Washington’s prohibition on Kiev’s use of ATACMS, Storm Shadow and other long range Western supplied missiles against the heartland of Russia? In both cases, the beneficiary of U.S. military support is being deprived of the possibility of doing great harm to its enemy in a war for survival. The explanation for this similarity is ready to hand: the Israeli rampage in the Middle East is being directed from Washington in the same way as Kiev’s invasion of Kursk and other military operations against Russia are directed from Washington.
    Washington is now ready to see Netanyahu fight to the last Israeli to tame the neighborhood for the sake of its Big Brother across the Atlantic. The destruction of the neighborhood by ‘our boy’ in Jerusalem is surely seen by the Neocons who still control the levers of power in Washington as suitable retribution for the humiliations the United States experienced in each of the wars it has ignited or joined in the Middle East over the past two decades. Clipping the wings of Iran has been not only an obsession of Netanyahu; it has been an obsession of successive U.S. administrations since that of Jimmy Carter. Let us remember that the USA is a vengeful and cruel superpower.
    I say the Jewish State is being asked to fight to the last Israeli in the knowledge that Israel is being destroyed economically and politically while committing genocide in the neighborhood. The Israeli economy is taking enormous losses from this war which has barely begun, not from destruction of infrastructure by the enemy, as in the case of Ukraine, but by loss of access to shipments of essential raw materials inputs for production, in loss of manpower to operate production since the Israeli army is a nation at arms. https://gilbertdoctorow.com/2024/10/03/the-israeli-rampage-in-the-middle-east-is-in-fact-a-new-u-s-proxy-war-to-avenge-its-humiliations-there-in-the-last-two-decades/

    in reply to: Debt Rattle October 5 2024 #170558
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    Stranded people, suffering and about to die are the driver for exclusive powers and profits: Celia Farber:
    “I Am Literally Flying Around In A Civilian Helicopter Looking For SOS Messages Carved In The Mud.”
    Reports Pour In From Rescue Volunteers Thwarted and Even Threatened With Arrest If They Set Out To Save Desperate People With Hours To Live, or Less: Mass Media Underplaying The Death Toll https://celiafarber.substack.com/p/i-am-literally-flying-around-in-a

    Much of this report is from 2009, but I was unaware of most of this information. A BRIEF PRIMER ON THE HISTORY OF AERIAL SPRAYING – Weapons Grade Advanced Nanomaterials aka Morgellons And The Chemical Overlap To COVID19 Bioweapons https://anamihalceamdphd.substack.com/p/a-brief-primer-on-the-history-of

    X is not equally-hospitable to all honest viewpoints either: Musk slams US Democrats over freedom of speech
    The billionaire has accused the US Democratic Party of trying to censor citizens under the guise of fighting hate speech
    Musk, a self-described free speech absolutist, warned that “the Democratic Party openly wants to take your freedom of speech under the guise of what THEY deem to be ‘hate.’”…
    ..During the debate, Vance argued that censorship, which was being carried out by Big Tech companies and supported by Kamala Harris and US President Joe Biden, was a “much bigger threat to democracy than anything we’ve seen in the last four years” … “We do have a threat to democracy […] It’s big technology companies silencing their fellow citizens, and it’s Kamala Harris saying that rather than debate and persuade her fellow Americans, she’d like to censor people who engage in misinformation,” Vance said. https://swentr.site/news/605175-musk-democrats-free-speech/

    “Labor Arbitrage” can be through moving factories to Mexico and China, and can also be by importing aliens without the rights of citizens to work for Tyson to increase profits.
    Industrial-Size Staffing Firms Reportedly Support Biden-Harris’ Mysterious Nationwide Migrant Network
    Taxpayers must realize the feds are funneling their monies to support open borders and operate a complex network of transportation and housing for millions of migrants. Blue-collar workers across the country are waking up to the fact that the feds are perfectly okay with displacing and replacing them with low-cost migrants at factories across small town America. https://www.zerohedge.com/political/industrial-size-staffing-firms-support-biden-harris-mysterious-nationwide-migrant-network

    Josh Mitteldorf figures 50:50, but I suspect 70:30. All sides cheat, but who “wins” this time? Half the country will say it was stolen
    No matter who is announced as our new President on the morning of November 6, half the country will suspect there was cheating.
    One thing that Democrats and Republicans and every mainstream news source can agree on — don’t peek into the kitchen where the sausage is made. No one in power wants to explore the black boxes that count our votes. The newspapers and broadcast stations all agree — election theft is not a thing. It DOES NOT happen. It CANNOT happen. Not in America.
    Since January 6, 2021, it’s not just gauche to ask questions about how our votes are counted — it can land you in jail. Protesters were mislabeled
    “Insurrectionists”, denied habeas corpus, and jailed without trial for over a year…
    ..The Carter Center monitors elections in many countries around the world, but when Jimmy Carter was asked why he doesn’t check on American elections, he replied it was not possible here — public access is unavailable…
    ..We can no longer count on Edison or any of the news media to conduct an honest exit poll, but We the People can do it ourselves. In fact, the Trump Campaign and the Harris Campaign might both (or neither) see that they have an interest in teaming up to fund an independent exit poll. https://mitteldorf.substack.com/p/half-the-country-will-say-it-was

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    Monopolies On Violence https://drjohnsblog.substack.com/p/monopolies-on-violence

    People suffering in isolation is FEMAs reason for existence and funding. “Preferred vendors” profit long term. This is a fiercely-protected monopoly. A Midwestern Doctor, Hurricane Helene has a Critical Lesson for All of Us
    Exploring the dangers of putting profits before people, especially when they are hidden behind a veil of secrecy
    ..Elon Musk: Just received this note from a SpaceX engineer helping on the ground in North Carolina.
    “The big issue is FEMA is actively blocking shipments and seizing goods and services locally and locking them away to state they are their own. It’s very real and scary how much they have taken control to stop people helping. We are blocked now on the shipments of new starlinks coming in until we get an escort from the fire dept. but that may not be enough.”
    AMD: One of the most insightful reports I saw on this subject came from a guy who regularly finds ways to deliver relief supplies to disaster zones (including this one) stated that in 2017 after Hurricane Irma, independent aid was prohibited from by FEMA getting to the Florida Keys. When he finally bypassed the blockade (by going 87 miles at night by boat), he learned that the residents had been told by FEMA to stay inside and that there was limited aid (e.g., FEMA wouldn’t even give them water) because no one besides FEMA wanted to help them (leading them being abandoned) and since they’d lost communication with the outside world so they had to take FEMA’s word on this. Following this, he was able to mobilize the local populace to put pressure on FEMA to allow him to be involved in getting relief supplies. After mobilizing it, he had a remarkable experience which cuts to the heart of the issue:
    “I was able to coordinate several trucks full of supplies to be brought down to the EOC in Marathon. I was privy to the EOC meeting, BUT was informed in that meeting, that all of the semi trucks full of food, water and hygiene supplies were to be turned around and not allowed to be offloaded for distribution by the EOC.”
    “THE REASON they gave us, was that these donations were not from companies on their “preferred vendors list” and that they would not accept them or give them to the residents of the keys impacted by the storm. It was at that point that I realized, this is ALL ABOUT MONEY. These ‘preferred vendors” are getting part of the money being released by the state and federal govt for each disaster. In turn, some of the “vendors” make it on the list because a friend gets them on the list, and in return for getting ridiculously outlandish amounts of compensation for the services they render, they give kickbacks.”
    “So accepting outside donations, even though they are on location and can help people NOW, they would rather let people suffer so they can get their kickbacks.” https://www.midwesterndoctor.com/p/hurricane-helene-has-a-critical-lesson

    Where did “Alexa” get THIS IDEA? Alexa Calmly Tells Stunned Americans Hurricane Helene Was Artificially Created, By Cloud Seeding, Celia Farber
    “It Was Also The First Manmade Hurricane In History.” —ALEXA https://celiafarber.substack.com/p/alexa-calmly-tells-stunned-americans

    Celia Farber, Catherine Austin Fitts On Helene: “It’s Not A Natural Event.” Says It Is A Giant Taking, Land Grab, WH Leveraging Disaster Recovery Against Election: “Assertion Of Top Down Control Of Counties”
    “The goal of this operation and [Hurricane Helene] is an operation, it’s not a natural event…[it] got steered in my opinion,” Fitts says. “The goal of this operation is to take assets and…it’s basically a giant taking…to grab land.”
    The investment banker says:
    “We’re having lots of reports of land grab tactics being applied” and adds that the operation “relates to the [U.S. presidential] election.”
    “I suspect we’re seeing the White House basically—and, again, this is conjecture—negotiate terms. You know, you’ll get disaster recovery if, you know, you do this, this, and this for the election,” Fitts says.
    “The president is saying he’s gonna call back Congress, that there’s not enough money at FEMA to go through the hurricane season, and so they’re strong-arming Congress to come back and basically give the administration what they want on the continuing appropriations process.”
    Furthermore, Fitts says this is also an instance of central bankers attempting to wrangle more control for themselves. “This is all part of installing the digital ID and financial transaction infrastructure you need to assert absolute control,” Fitts says. “And if you look at the patterns, whether it’s the taking or the land grab or other other reports we’re getting out of that area, it looks to me like a lot of assertion of top-down control of counties.” https://celiafarber.substack.com/p/catherine-austin-fitts-on-helene

    Dane Wigington, in 90 second time lapse video with artificial color for ground-based radio-frequency transmissions, proportional to output-power, shows that these steering transmissions were everywhere that the Hurricane Helene was not, leaving an open channel of travel. It had been heavily seeded with charged nanoparticles while it was forming, which makes it more subject to radio-frequency steering. Hurricane Helene And Frequency Transmissions, 90 Second Alert https://www.geoengineeringwatch.org/hurricane-helene-and-frequency-transmissions-90-second-alert/

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    @Germ: Nice to see you, friend. Where are you these days.
    The comments section appears to be full of people who have had serious “vaccine” adverse reactions, or have/had friends with such, often deceased at a young age, after previous good health.

    “Hate Speech”… Give ’em enough rope to hang themselves, then string-em-up by Starmer-Rules.
    Put them in jail with mandatory “vaccinations”, etc.

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    US Port Workers Agree To End Strike After Accepting 62% Wage Increase
    If you just bought 10 years worth of toilet paper, you may want to check if you still have the receipt.
    https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/us-port-workers-agree-end-strike-after-accepting-62-wage-increase

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    Something funny happened, an auto-double-post
    ;-/

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    Russian Anti-Air Missiles Likely Engaged Israeli Jets Attacking Syria’s Coast
    https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/russian-anti-air-missiles-likely-engaged-israeli-jets-attacking-syrias-coast

    Syrian and regional analyst Kevork Almassian has provided the following commentary [emphasis ZH]…

    Israel’s recent large-scale military aggression on the Syrian coast near the city of Jableh could mark a significant turning point in the ongoing regional conflict. This attack followed a meeting on Wednesday between Alexander Lavrentiev, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s Special Envoy on Syria, and Ali Akbar Ahmadian, Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC).

    During the talks, Lavrentiev expressed hope that Israel would heed Iran’s warnings. Israel appears to have interpreted this meeting, along with Lavrentiev’s statements, as tacit Russian approval of Iran’s retaliatory actions. Consequently, Israel targeted warehouses of the Russian forces. This likely explains the joint response from Syrian and Russian air defenses, marking a departure from previous Israeli strikes, where Russia had refrained from direct involvement in the defense effort.

    Following the conclusion of the attack at 5:50 AM, a Russian air patrol was observed over Latakia. The Israeli strike on a Russian facility in Syria is a serious escalation. Netanyahu’s actions suggest he is no longer solely confronting the “Axis of Resistance” but is also risking Russian interests. Should Moscow choose to respond, it could dramatically alter the balance of power in the region.

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    ​ Canadian Government Admits Deaths Surged Among Covid-Boosted Citizens
    The damning admission was revealed in previously hidden data that lawmakers compelled that nation’s top federal health agency to hand over.
    ​ A parliamentary inquiry ordered the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) to unseal and surrender data for the country’s death rates during the pandemic.
    The data revealed that the individuals who received the so-called “boosters” died at far higher rates than unvaccinated individuals during the same period.​ https://slaynews.com/news/canadian-government-admits-deaths-surged-among-covid-boosted-citizens/

    ​ Record-Breaking 23-Year-Old Athlete Dies Suddenly: ‘Worst Nightmare’
    Record-breaking California college track star Shelby Daniele has tragically died suddenly, according to her family.
    ​ The 23-year-old athlete died just months after graduating from California Polytechnic State University with a master’s degree.
    Daniele’s devasted sister described her sudden and unexpected death as “my worst nightmare.”
    ​ The track and field star broke Cal Poly’s indoor 200m record last year with a time of 24.69 seconds.​ https://slaynews.com/news/record-breaking-23-year-old-athlete-dies-suddenly-worst-nightmare/

    ​ Children who received mRNA Covid shots died SIX TIMES as often as unjabbed kids in a very large database​
    Both the difference and the absolute death rates reported in the study are shockingly high.1 (Covid infections did not cause more deaths, the data show.)
    ​ Part, and possibly all, of the gap comes from the fact that jabbed kids were notably sicker than the unvaccinated when the study began. They had higher rates of diabetes, psychiatric disorders, and other conditions.​ https://alexberenson.substack.com/p/children-who-received-mrna-covid

    ​ Flu season begins, but this is about daily readiness. Try 5000 units of D3 per day and check a level in 3 months: Crucial Role of Vitamin D in Seasonal Viral Infections
    Generally, comparing 88 countries of various latitudes, a significant correlation was found between a country´s latitude and COVID-19 mortality, further supporting the role of sunlight and vitamin D status [41]. Moreover, small prospective randomised trials [42, 43, 9] resulted in improved survival of the vitamin D group. Upon the results of the Spanish trials, the province of Andalusia supplemented the elderly and home-care patients with calcifediol (25-hydroxyvitamin D3, which has excellent bio-availability and restores blood levels within several hours), which led to a drop of deaths from 50 to 2 per day within two weeks in the corona pandemic. https://skeenapublishers.com/journal/ijai/IJAI-02-00011.pdf

    “Earth-facing”, but brief: Sun Burps Second-Biggest Solar Flare Of Cycle 25 As Impact Analysis Says Earthbound By Weekend​ https://www.zerohedge.com/weather/sun-burps-second-biggest-solar-flare-cycle-25-impact-analysis-says-earthbound-weekend

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    ​ America Last: After Spending $640 Million On Migrants And Billions Abroad, FEMA Suddenly ‘Broke’​
    ​ The Biden-Harris administration’s ‘America Last’ policies have left the country vulnerable. Between draining the strategic petroleum reserve, sending hundreds of billions in cash and equipment to Ukraine (such as electrical transformers that are now needed for Hurricane Helene), and FEMA spending $640 million to help migrants, the agency tasked with emergency preparedness is now ‘broke,’ and doesn’t have enough money to get through hurricane season which typically lasts through November.​ https://www.zerohedge.com/political/america-last-after-spending-640-million-migrants-and-billions-abroad-fema-suddenly-broke

    ​ They are “political satire”, right? Judge Finds Newsom’s New California Deepfake Ban Unconstitutional
    Judge John A. Mendez said artificial intelligence and deepfakes pose significant risks but ruled that the law was “unconstitutional” as it likely violated the First Amendment.​ “The Court finds that AB 2839 is also unconstitutional under California’s free speech provision.”
    ​ The decision comes from a case involving Christopher Kohls, known as “Mr Reagan” on X. Kohls created a controversial AI-altered campaign video in July mocking United States Vice President Kamala Harris that was later shared by X’s executive chairman Elon Musk.​ https://www.zerohedge.com/political/judge-finds-newsoms-new-california-deepfake-ban-unconstitutional

    George Soros’ Media Matters Moves to Buy Alex Jones’ InfoWars amid Forced Sell-Off​ https://slaynews.com/news/george-soros-media-matters-moves-buy-alex-jones-infowars-forced-sell-off/

    ​This means California needs your Tesla battery and you can’t drive to work. Bidirectional charging may be required on EVs soon due to new CA law https://electrek.co/2024/09/28/bidirectional-charging-may-be-required-on-evs-soon-due-to-new-ca-law/

    In Austin and San Antonio, too. Do people think toilet paper and bottled water come from China? Panic-Buying Already Spreading As Dockworker Strike Gets Underway​ https://www.zerohedge.com/economics/panic-buying-already-spreading-dockworker-strike-gets-underway

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    ​ 8 Israeli Troops Killed In Hezbollah Ambush As Close-Quarter Fighting Intensifies
    ​ On Wednesday Israel has disclosed that its military suffered the loss of eight soldiers killed in combat thus far. The slain troops were young conscripts, ranging in age 21 to 23. Hezbollah sources are claiming that dozens more Israeli troops were wounded.​ https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/hezbollah-ambush-results-8-israeli-troops-killed-close-quarter-fighting

    ​ What about the July 13 assassination-attempt, the real one? Why no news or investigation on that one? “Too much evidence”, indefinite delay for too-much-evidence?
    Prosecutors Seek Indefinite Delay In Trial Of Alleged Trump Assassin Over “Complex” Evidence​ https://www.zerohedge.com/political/prosecutors-seek-indefinite-delay-trial-alleged-trump-assassin-over-complex-evidence

    ​ Shocking Investigation Finds CIA Contractor Moved Migrant Children Across America
    ​ “The disastrous border policies of the Biden-Harris Administration are only one dimension of the US Federal government’s complicity in the mass trafficking of children. The entire migration pipeline from South America up to the US Southern border is controlled by networks of human traffickers who funnel tens of thousands of alien children into the United States every year. For many alien children, crossing the US Southern border is only the beginning of their problems,” Muckraker’s Anthony Rubin said in a bombshell report titled “Finding The Feds’ Missing Children | CHILD TRAFFICKING IN AMERICA.”​ https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/watch-shocking-investigation-finds-cia-contractor-moved-children-across-america

    ​ Industrial-Size Staffing Firms Reportedly Support Biden-Harris’ Mysterious Nationwide Migrant Network​
    ​ Large staffing companies that thrived during the Afghanistan and Iraq wars under the Bush-Obama years retooled their business models as the US involvement and war funding in the Middle East wound down. Now, these staffing firms seem to be profiting off the Biden-Harris administration’s open-border migrant invasion by providing essential services, such as private security, transportation, and many other services, to ensure the fed’s migrant network nationwide operates smoothly.​ https://www.zerohedge.com/political/industrial-size-staffing-firms-support-biden-harris-mysterious-nationwide-migrant-network​

    Pilot Said He Was Threatened With Arrest For Rescuing Flood Victims
    ​ “I was extracting a lady from a collapsing mountain side and Due to the unstable environment I left my copilot on the ground to stay with the husband. When she was brought to safety I was instructed that if I returned to get either person the husband or my copilot I would be arrested. I’m not sure how he was trained but I don’t leave a fellow man behind. My copilot is currently flying me back for more fuel,” he continued.​ https://100percentfedup.com/211788-2/

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    ​ (“Israelis who live in glass houses…”) Iran’s High-Value Oil Assets In IDF Crosshairs As Israel Vows “Painful” Response​
    ​ We tend to agree with Ross Schaapp, head of research at GeoQuant, who told CNBC’s “Squawk Box” on Wednesday that Israel might try to cripple Iran’s ability to export oil. As the saying goes, ‘follow the money’… and if Israel wants to neutralize Iran, in terms of paralyzing financial networks, start with crude export abilities. ​ https://www.zerohedge.com/commodities/irans-high-value-oil-assets-idf-crosshairs-israel-vows-painful-response

    ​ Former Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett on Tuesday said Iran’s retaliatory strikes on Israel have presented the Jewish state with “its greatest opportunity in 50 years” to “destroy Iran’s nuclear program, its central energy facilities, and to fatally cripple” its regime.​ https://www.informationliberation.com/?id=64674

    ​ Biden warns Israel against attacking Iran’s nuclear facilities
    The US fears an unnecessary escalation of the conflict in the Middle East, but at the same time supports Israel’s intentions to strike back at Iran. Moreover, the US is considering the possibility of joining the IDF’s planned attack.​ https://en.topcor.ru/52131-bajden-predupredil-izrail-o-necelesoobraznosti-nanesenija-udarov-po-jadernym-obektam-irana.html

    ​ Israel Escalates Strikes on Gaza, Slaughters Dozens of Palestinians
    ​ Israel ramped up its strikes on Gaza overnight Tuesday into Wednesday, slaughtering dozens of Palestinians.
    Citing Palestinian medical sources, Middle East Eye reported that 79 Palestinians were killed Wednesday morning, making it one of the deadliest mornings in Gaza for weeks.​ https://news.antiwar.com/2024/10/02/israel-escalates-strikes-on-gaza-slaughters-dozens-of-palestinians/#gsc.tab=0

    ​ Israeli Airstrikes in Lebanon Kill at Least 46 in 24 Hours​, Over 1,400 have been killed in Lebanon since Israel escalated its bombing campaign in September
    The Lebanese Health Ministry has said that Israeli strikes in Lebanon on Wednesday killed at least 46 people and wounded 85.​ https://news.antiwar.com/2024/10/02/israeli-airstrikes-in-lebanon-kill-at-least-46-in-24-hours/#gsc.tab=0

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    ​ Celia Farber: “Are You Saying Hasan Nasrallah Agreed To A Ceasefire Just Moments Before He Was Assassinated?” (Lebanese Foreign Minister) Habib: “Yes. Yes.”
    Lebanese Foreign Minister Abdallah Bou Habib confirms Hezbullah agreed to a ceasefire, and the Lebanese Government informed America, who said “Netanyahu” also accepted. Then Israel killed Hassan Sayyed Nasrallah. [Netanyahu appeared to give the final go-ahead from the UN in New York, as you’ll recall. Not “moments” either.]
    https://celiafarber.substack.com/p/pattern-recognition-amanpour-are Interview video (English): https://x.com/ShaykhSulaiman/status/1841640185886286128

    ​ Lebanese Foreign Minister Says Nasrallah Agreed to Ceasefire Right Before Israel Killed Him​, Abdallah Bou Habib says Nasrallah agreed to a US-French proposal for a 21-day ceasefire​
    ​ Lebanese Foreign Minister Abdallah Bou Habib has said that Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah agreed to a US and French-proposed 21-day ceasefire with Israel right before Israel killed him.
    ​ Habib said the US and France told Lebanon that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu also agreed to the ceasefire proposal.​ “They told us that Mr. Netanyahu agreed on this, and so we also got the agreement of Hezbollah on that. And, you know what happened since then,” Habib told CNN host Christiane Amanpour.​ https://news.antiwar.com/2024/10/02/lebanese-foreign-minister-says-nasrallah-agreed-to-ceasefire-right-before-israel-killed-him/#gsc.tab=0

    ​ Netanyahu Sacrificed Israel for His Own Personal Ambition: RITTER
    ​ Former UN weapons inspector said Israeli and U.S. officials are already talking about retaliation, which he said would only mean more pain for Israel​ Ritter said the purpose of the conflict with Hezbollah was to allow 60,000 Israelis in the north to return to their homes, which he said will not happen because it would require a comprehensive peace settlement, which would cost Netanyahu his job.
    ​ “He desperately wants to leave office with the legacy of that of a victor, a winner…this is the ultimate sin of a narcissist full of hubris and that’s exactly who Benjamin Netanyahu is. He sacrificed the long-term viability of Israel,” he said.​ https://trendsinthenews.substack.com/p/netanyahu-sacrificed-israel-for-his

    ​ Israel Cannot Fight A Multi-Front War Without Support From The US Military
    ​ There are two ways to look at Israel’s strategy: It was an attempt to decapitate enemy leadership and send their forces into disarray so that a larger war could be avoided. Or, it was intended to enrage Iran and draw them into a larger war.
    ​ If the latter option is the case, then Israel would have to be operating on the assumption that the US will supply military forces to the fight, because Israel will not be able to survive a multi-front war of this scale alone.​ https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/israel-cannot-fight-multi-front-war-without-support-us-military

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    ​ Israel censors reporting on military sites hit by Iran, obscuring extent of damage
    Iran claims 90 percent of missiles hit their targets, with images showing massive crater left in one Israeli town​ https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-censors-reporting-military-sites-hit-iran-obscuring-extent-strikes

    Middle East sources: Israel altered satellite images of Nevatim airbase after Iranian strike, adding digital clouds​ https://en.topwar.ru/251254-blizhnevostochnye-istochniki-izrail-vnes-izmenenija-v-sputnikovye-snimki-aviabazy-nevatim-posle-iranskogo-udara-dorisovav-cifrovye-oblaka.html

    ​The ​sick ones that couldn’t ​fly ​away that night? Iran claims ’20 grounded F-35 fighters destroyed’ in Nevatim​ https://bulgarianmilitary.com/2024/10/02/iran-claims-20-grounded-f-35-fighters-destroyed-in-nevatim/#google_vignette

    ​ Mike Whitney, Iran Fires a Warning Shot Across Israel’s Bow
    ​ The attack was launched in response to Israel’s assassinations of Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh and Hezbollah’s chairman Hasan Nasrallah. According to a statement released by Iran’s Revolutionary Guards, the attack was aimed at “three military bases” in the Tel Aviv area. As of this writing, no casualties have been reported and the extent of the damage remains unknown.
    Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian praised the attack calling it a “decisive response” to Israeli “aggression.”
    ​ In accordance with legitimate rights and the aim of [establishing] peace and security in Iran and the region, a decisive response has been made to the Zionist regime’s aggression. Netanyahu should know that Iran is not seeking war, but it will stand firmly against any threat. This is just a glimpse of our capabilities.​..
    ​..Less than an hour after the attack, US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan delivered an ominous warning saying: “There will be severe consequences for this attack, and we will work with Israel to make that the case.” Sullivan refused to elaborate on the manner in which the US or Israel would retaliate, but some analysts think the response could come as early as Tuesday night.
    ​ Unverified video from Israel’s Nevatim Air Base shows a facility that has been severely damaged by Iran’s ballistic missile barrage. The wreckage extends in all directions and dozens of workers are seen picking through the piles of broken concrete and twisted rebar…​
    ..Aside from Israeli military bases, Iran also landed a direct hit on an Israeli gas platform off the coast of Gaza. The “US-based energy company Chevron …operates the Tamar platform, which is roughly 13 miles off the coast of the Gaza Strip.” Palestinian officials have disputed Israel’s right to sell the gas as the field occupies an area within Palestinian territorial waters.
    ​ Check out this post from Kathleen Tyson​:
    (Israel) will annex Gaza to deprive Palestinians of Levantine Basin gas revenues, maybe Lebanon too. War is always about hydrocarbons @Kathleen_Tyson_
    ​ Bloodlust, yes, but land, oil, and gas lust too. Zionists will not tolerate any revenues from the Levant Basin gas reserves go to Palestinians and Lebanese.
    US, UK, and EU are backing the genocides because they lost their bid with proxy Ukraine to regain the oil, gas, and lithium of the Donbas and Crimea…
    ..A number of analysts are predicting that Israel will use a nuclear weapon on Iran to plunge the country into chaos and achieve a quick victory. While we don’t discount the possibility that Israel might pursue that option, we think it is unlikely for the simple reason that Putin—who reportedly spoke with Netanyahu on Tuesday—is not going to allow it. ​ Keep in mind, Russia and Iran have significantly strengthened their diplomatic, economic and military ties over the last few years to the point they are openly committed to each other’s security. Here’s how military analyst Will Schryver sums it up:
    ​ Russia, China, and Iran have now formed a de facto military and economic alliance — what they prefer to call a “partnership”. In the case of Russia and China, a comprehensive full-spectrum partnership has emerged: military, economic, and monetary…
    ​ It is increasingly evident that Russia, China, and Iran recognize that an attack against any one of them would constitute an existential threat to them all. The strategic interests of all three countries are now inextricably intertwined. Most importantly, they are united in a single overriding strategic objective: to dismantle the dominion of the long-reigning Anglo-American empire….
    ​..In a putative war between the United States and Iran, both Russia and China would actively support Iran… Iran would simply be supplemented with arms and other logistical necessities from both its partners — and quite possibly taken under their nuclear umbrella in an explicit act of deterrence.
    ​ The empire is stretched so thin and its potential for power projection is so diluted that undertaking even one Big War would be enough to bring the entire house of cards tumbling down. This is the harsh reality the Masters of Empire are now facing, and no amount of mythologizing about the “limitless” power at their disposal can change it….​ To the extent Russia, China, and Iran are determined to act all for one and one for all, they represent a combination of global military and economic power that cannot be defeated…
    ​..NBC News published an article just days ago that revealed the real reason that Nasrallah was assassinated and, of course, it had nothing to do with the official justification that he was a “terrorist”. No. It was because he was morally committed to saving Palestinians by putting pressure on Israel. In effect, Nasrallah was doing what the UN Security Council would have done months ago if they had found a way to prevent US obstructionism. Here’s the story from NBC:
    ​ Israel took the decision to assassinate Nasrallah after concluding he would not accept any diplomatic solution to end the fighting on the Israel-Lebanon border that was not tied to an end to the war in Gaza, an Israeli official said.
    ​ Israel had tried repeatedly to reach a separate diplomatic solution with Hezbollah since October 8th but Nasrallah was adamant he would continue firing until Israel made a deal with Hamas, the official told NBC News.
    ​ “What we found after over 11 months is that Nasrallah is persistent in tying himself — and the hijacked Lebanese state that he took over — to whatever’s going on in Gaza,” the official said. “He declined every diplomatic effort. He declined messages to stop connecting himself to Gaza. And he continued to fire at Israel, and in the past few weeks or months, even expanded the range and velocity of attacks against Israel.”
    ​ “This led us to understand that he cannot be part of the game anymore. And what we did is to conduct a very precise, intelligence-based strike against the headquarters of Hezbollah in Beirut, to make sure that Nasrallah cannot be a decision maker anymore in the region.” Israel decided to kill Nasrallah after he refused to separate Lebanon from Gaza, officials say, NBC News​ https://www.globalresearch.ca/iran-fires-warning-shot-israel/5869221

    ​ Israel Bans UN Chief From The Country After Statement Failing To Condemn Iran
    The Israeli government is fuming at UN chief Antonio Guterres’ response to the Tuesday night massive Iranian ballistic missile attack which pummeled Tel Aviv and area bases and infrastructure.
    ​ The United Nations Secretary-General wrote Tuesday evening as an initial reaction, “I condemn the broadening of the Middle East conflict with escalation after escalation. This must stop. We absolutely need a ceasefire.”​ However, he made no mention of Iran, which at that very moment had sent nearly 200 ballistic missiles – reportedly including hypersonic missiles – into Israel…
    ​..Israel has now declared Guterres persona non grata – effectively barring him from entering the country.
    “Anyone who cannot unequivocally condemn Iran’s heinous attack on Israel, as almost every country in the world has done, does not deserve to step foot on Israeli soil,” Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz wrote​. https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/israel-bans-un-chief-country-after-statement-failing-condemn-iran

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    Busy As The Devil https://drjohnsblog.substack.com/p/busy-as-the-devil

    ​ Will Zoll, When Decades Happen​ – Part 1
    ​ Revolutions destroy nations, including their laws. Post revolution, if these nations could be placed into UN Territory Trusts, their sovereignty and right to govern could be replaced by administrators, whereby international law could be permanently installed.
    ​ The UN already has the agenda, think tanks, and legislative ability for one-world global governance. The WEF already has the councils ready for a “global future”. The corporate army, we term ReichsWEF, already have a monopoly on most of the world’s supply chains and resources, and the globalist executives to employ and deploy labor around the world.
    ​ All that is needed is the collapse of nation states around the world, and the “UN Territory Trust” could gobble up most of the Western world, ushering in a New World Order.
    For that to happen, there would need to be some kind of worldwide revolution.​..
    ​..When the French Revolution destroyed the powerful French monarch seemingly overnight, a venomous new set of data points were revealed. If revolutionary theory could explain how a nation’s citizenry could turn on itself and tear down everything in an instant, empires could be destroyed from within.​ Revolution could become the most potent weapon in an army’s arsenal. Harnessing the power of the people to destroy their own culture was a megalomaniac’s utopian fantasy​…
    ​..There have been many revolutions since the French experiment and 1848. Lenin and the Russian revolution of 1917. The German revolution of 1918. Mao and the birth of the CCP. Castro, Pol Pot, and many more.
    ​ To borrow another phrase from Kamala, if we “look through the passage of time”, we can see that each revolution becomes more sophisticated. Similar to the evolution of any weapon, the power of Marxist-based revolutions improves with the passage of time.
    ​ Today, the “woke mind virus” is exceptionally powerful, and it is being deployed all over the world​.​..
    ..We are entering a period when decades happen. If nation states are going to fall to ​Marxist-style revolutions, they will be without governance, laws, or sovereignty. Like Papua New Guinea after WWII, the UN will be there to guide them into their “mandated Territory Trusts”, and the World Economic Forum will be at the ready to administrate the daylights out of us.​..
    ​..The primary driver of the Enlightenment was for man to observe the world around him; for him to question and dare to think. Today, around the world, we have two-tiered justice systems, the weaponization of justice, rampant inflation, crime, and a flood of migration that has never been seen before. The globalist media apparatus nonchalantly describe these events as the result of climate change, and our politicians have vowed to eliminate xenophobia and hate speech.
    ​..If we question ​WTF is going on here, we arrive at a rather uncomfortable hypothesis; that we are on the verge of a globally coordinated Marxist revolution, orchestrated by the UN and administrated by member-corporations of the ReichsWEF. The woke mind-virus has already infected large swathes of Western civilization, and if we do not pay attention to what is transpiring, humanity will surely once again learn from history that which was not learned from history.
    https://prussiagate.substack.com/p/when-decades-happen-part-i

    ​ The Shocking Doomsday Maps Of The World And The Billionaire Escape Plans Revisited – In Light Of Weather And Other Warfare Event​s, Ana Maria Mihalcea, MD
    I am certain by now that most readers understand that we do not have any natural weather on Earth left. What we have been seeing with Hurricane Helene, the inundation in Dubai, the earth Quake in Turkey, the fires in Maui is US military warfare against its civilian population.​ https://anamihalceamdphd.substack.com/p/the-shocking-doomsday-maps-of-the

    ​ Celia Farber: Dr. Chris Martenson Reveals A PM Alleging Gov. Officials In Town Hall Told Residents Of Chimney Rock They No Longer Own Their Land; Witness With 10 Years Experience Of Storms Reveals Hidden Contracts
    ​”They’re Not Picking Up The Bodies. They Don’t Want To Identify The Bodies.” This Post Contains Three Witness Testimonies, The First One Is Anonymous, The Other Two Are Not​ https://celiafarber.substack.com/p/dr-chris-martenson-reveals-a-pm-alleging

    ​ Alex Krainer, yesterday 10/2/24, Iran missile attack: what we learned last night. Mindless march to World War 3 may have hit a brick wall yesterday
    ​ Iran unleashed their operation “True Promise 2,” launching between 200 and 400 ballistic missiles into Israel. As the video footage coming from Israel has shown, many of these missiles reached their targets inflicting extensive damage on the ground. Apparently, some offshore gas platforms were also struck. Claims and counterclaims are a bit all over the place at the moment: Israelis have claimed that the Iranian attack failed and that most of the missiles were intercepted. Netanyahu’s aide Hananya Naftali even tweeted a “BRAVO” to Israel’s aerial defence systems for intercepting “nearly all the missiles.”
    ​ But the footage from last night gives a very different impression; it corroborates those who claimed that many missiles hit their targets. A few of the videos also confirm that the Iranians do indeed possess hypersonic missiles…
    ​..Hypersonic missiles can’t be intercepted. The most advanced Western air defence systems can shoot down incoming projectiles flying at up to mach 3. So far as the Patriot Missiles are concerned, their success rate is very poor even at that. Nothing in Western powers’ arsenal can defend against hypersonic missiles and this certainly got the Pentagon’s attention. The implication is that all US Navy assets and military bases in the Middle East are defenceless, and that Iran has the capability to strike them.
    ​ During yesterday’s attack, two U.S. destroyers in the eastern Mediterranean launched twelve SM-3 ballistic missile interceptor rockets, their most advanced air defence system. The problem is that the current production rate of SM-3s is down to zero! Thus, even if SM-3s are effective, Western air defence systems are not for the long haul and will deplete rapidly in case of further escalation…​
    ..Certain political factions in Israel and in the West have been working overtime to provoke a major war and draw in both Iran and the United States. Some of the pro-Israel voices are utterly rapturous about the prospect; the things they say sound utterly deranged and surreal. It’s as though they convinced themselves that Israel is somehow endowed with superpowers and that it can instantly turn anyone they wish into a smoldering heap of ashes. They also seem to think that by killing Hassan Nasrallah, Israel eliminated Hezbollah. They ignore the fact that Hezbollah is a very extensive military and political organization. If the Israelis bombed the Vatican tomorrow and killed the pope, that wouldn’t be the end of Catholic Church.
    ​ Indeed, very childish and dangerous delusions gripped the most fanatical cohort of Israel supporters and saner heads must by now be aware of the extremely reckless adventure they’re dragging us all into. If a wider war erupts, all of US, UK and NATO assets in the Middle East are sitting ducks and will be destroyed or expelled from the region.
    ​ Furthermore, an interruption of crude oil traffic from the Persian Gulf would inflict a devastating blow to G7 economies at a time when they least need it. In addition, all of this could be hitting the proverbial fan just ahead of the elections, and they haven’t even managed to assassinate Trump yet! It is all reckless in the extreme; the odds of victory (which is yet to be defined) are slim to none, while a cataclysmic failure is nearly certain.
    ​ I may be succumbing to wishful thinking myself, but I believe that we will shortly see leaders in the West pull hard on the handbrake and effect the quickest 180 degree turn yet! In the end, perhaps they will arrive at the calculation that sacrificing Benjamin Netanyahu and allowing Israel a break so they can sober up and reassess their predicament is a much better deal than following the unhinged fanatics and committing a collective suicide. We’ll know soon enough. Who knows, maybe we can avoid World War 3.​ https://alexkrainer.substack.com/p/iran-missile-attack-what-we-learned

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    Celia Farber found this: Pattern Recognition: Amanpour: “Are You Saying Hasan Nasrallah Agreed To A Ceasefire Just Moments Before He Was Assassinated?” Habib: “Yes. Yes.”
    https://celiafarber.substack.com/p/pattern-recognition-amanpour-are

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    Meryl Nass MD, Vaccines have a unique place in US law that shields them from liability. This enables manufacturers to take risks they might not otherwise take.
    COVID taught a lot of people that liability shields are dangerous. Now 31 Congress members want to remove that shield​ https://merylnass.substack.com/p/vaccines-have-a-unique-place-in-us

    ​All of the pericarditis and myocarditis cases they found in kids: Covid vaccines associated with ALL cases of heart inflammation in children in a large UK health dataset https://sashalatypova.substack.com/p/covid-vaccines-associated-with-all

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    ​ G​uilty, C.J. Hopkins is Officially a Hate Speech Criminal in Germany, after a re-trial to fix his not-guilty verdict So, the Berlin Appellate Court overturned my acquittal today. I am now, officially, at least according to the New Normal German authorities, a “hate-speech” criminal. I’m officially a “hate-speech” criminal because I compared New Normal Germany to Nazi Germany, and I challenged the official Covid narrative, and I used the cover art of my book to do it. The New Normal German authorities didn’t like that, and were determined to punish me for doing that, and to make an example of me, in order to discourage other people from doing that. It took them two tries, but they pulled it off. The judge in my original trial screwed up and acquitted me, but the Berlin Public Prosecutor’s office didn’t give up. .​https://consentfactory.org/2024/10/01/guilty/

    ​ ‘I pled guilty to journalism’ – Assange​, The WikiLeaks founder has made his first public appearance since being released from a UK prison
    ​ WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange urged European lawmakers to act against rising “transnational repression” of journalism by great powers during an address to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) on Tuesday. It was his first public appearance since being released from prison in late June.
    ​ Assange spent years locked up at a high-security prison in the UK as he fought extradition to the US, which had accused him of unlawfully obtaining and disclosing classified information relating to national defense. In June, he struck a plea bargain with the US Justice Department, formally acknowledging some guilt and waiving the right to legal recourse through, for example, the European Court of Human Rights, in exchange for freedom.
    ​ ”I want to be totally clear. I am not free today because the system worked. I am free today, after years of incarceration, because I pled guilty to journalism,” he told members of the PACE Legal Affairs Committee in Strasbourg.​ https://swentr.site/news/605034-wikileaks-assange-pace-testimony/

    ​ Assange: Plea Deal With US Precludes Appeals to Top European Rights Court
    ​ “I eventually chose freedom over unrealizable justice, after being detained for years and facing a 175-year sentence with no effective remedy. Justice for me is now precluded, as the US government insisted in writing into its plea agreement that I cannot file a case at the European Court of Human Rights or even a Freedom of Information Act request over what it did to me as a result of its extradition request,” Assange told a hearing in Strasbourg.​ https://sputnikglobe.com/20241001/assange-plea-deal-with-us-precludes-appeals-to-top-european-rights-court-1120376441.html

    ​ In 1971 a strike like this lasted half a year. No toilet-paper in Hawaii. Dockworkers at ports from Maine to Texas go on strike, a standoff risking new shortages​ Shipping companies made billions during the pandemic by charging high prices, he said. “Now we want them to pay back. They’re going to pay back,” Butler said.​ He said the union will strike for as long as it needs to get a fair deal, and it has leverage over the companies. https://apnews.com/article/port-strike-ila-dockworkers-begins-e5468e760f46a64e4322d1702beb1f72

    ​ Meryl Nass MD, on one of those bills that “has to pass before we can know what’s in int”: The Pact for the Future, adopted Sept. 22 by Consensus, seems to have many interpretations. Here is a CHD report, quoting many of us. And some brief thoughts of mine. https://merylnass.substack.com/p/the-pact-for-the-future-adopted-sept

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    Hurricane Helene death toll rises to 166 with hundreds more still missing​. More than 1 million people remain without power​ https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/02/hurricane-helene-death-toll

    ​ Kamala’s Katrina moment? Fed response to hurricane, port strike unsettles Dems before VP debate
    Over the weekend, Hurricane Helene battered western North Carolina and eastern Tennessee, prompting large-scale flooding and killing more than 100 as of Monday. President Biden spent the weekend on the beach in Delaware and Harris was fundraising in California.​ https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/katrina-biden-harris-wh-handling-helene-port-strike-likely-put-walz-defense

    ​Vance-Walz debate notes are neatly detailed here. My impression is that it was polite, and that (attorney) JD Vance had 31 IQ points on anybody else on the screen. His command of legal detail and context was highlighted in his correction of the “fact-checking moderator” about Haitian legal-status laws, before she cut his mic and moved-on.
    ​ CBS Cuts Mics as Vance Challenges Fact Check
    ​ At the beginning of the debate, Brennan said the debate would “provide the candidates with the opportunity to fact-check claims made by each other. CBS News reserves the right to mute microphones to maintain decorum.”
    ​ That policy came under pressure Tuesday night. During an exchange on immigration, Walz raised Vance’s statements about Haitian migrants in Springfield, Ohio.
    ​ “The people that I’m most worried about in Springfield, Ohio, are the American citizens who have had their lives destroyed by Kamala Harris’s open border,” Vance replied.
    ​ Brennan later clarified, after Walz’s response, that “Springfield, Ohio does have a large number of Haitian migrants who have legal status, temporary protected.”
    Earlier this year, the Biden-Harris administration extended temporary protected status to 300,000 Haitians who were illegally in the United States.
    ​ “The rules were that you guys weren’t going to fact-check, and since you’re fact-checking me, I think it’s important to say what’s actually going on,” Vance rebutted.
    Both moderators talked over Vance and tried to move to the next question as Walz also chimed in. CBS eventually muted both candidates’ microphones as Vance gave an explanation of the asylum process that gave the migrants in Ohio legal status, contrasting it with the green card application process which immigrants are typically expected to comply with.
    ​ “Gentlemen, the audience can’t hear you because your mics are cut,” Brennan said before moving on to a question about the economy.​ https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/post-debate-vance-vanquishes-knucklehead-walz-muting-moderators

    California governor Gavin Newsom has just signed a new law banning local governments from requiring residents to present identification to vote in elections.​ https://www.zerohedge.com/political/newsom-outlaws-voter-id-rules-california

    ​ Alastair Crooke, Will the suffocating cage of Leviathan be avoided?
    Trump is not the ‘right card’, in the view of the U.S. power-élites; the Joker should have been pulled from the pack.
    ​ Every ‘Empire’ needs too, a common substantive culture to make strong decisions of general interest. In the European past there were two: Catholicism and the Enlightenment. They clashed. And both now have been marginalized for the benefit of libertarian arbitrariness, intended to free the individual from all constraints of communal norms.
    ​ Post-modern culture makes people “mad because individual freedom no longer accepts objective truth”. The virtual world kills the sense of the real – to replace it with imagined reality. The art of governing becomes that of administering an imposed pretence; one which people can clearly observe about them is not real, yet they are obliged to pretend that ‘narrative’ is the objective real.
    ​ This tension leads to existential insecurity and exploding reports of people in poor mental health.​..
    ..Fiona Hill, formerly of a member of the U.S. National Security Council, propounds the counter-view: that since U.S. interests, described mostly as ‘threats’ which are long term, “the structures to address those threats must also be long-term, too”…
    ​..Hill is saying ‘the Aristocracy’ will rule long-term, via institutionalised, ‘inter-agency’ world order prescription.
    This then, is the Aristocracy’s solution to the Imperial succession lacuna: Leviathan. “Leviathan – whose promise and project is straight forward – cancel all powers except one, which will be universal and absolute”.
    The implicit aim is to ‘Trump-proof’ policy prescriptions. This implicit objective however, underlines its flaw. There will be no participation. People will not participate; nor do they feel that they participate – because they don’t. The mood amongst the World Order back-room strategists is that selecting political candidates by voting has become ‘a bug’ and is no longer a feature…​ ..It is at such a point in history that a ‘Big Man’ often emerges into the arena; one who challenges the emperor. The ‘Big Man’ is perceived to speak for the people, whose participation in political life has been dulled out, and who are angry.​.. ..What is the way out then, as the homeland slowly implodes? Well, the Washington Post article concludes by advocating a new supra-national global governance Order; likely a Davos- style digital-authoritarian governance designed to preserve a consistent policy and alignment, before the Russo-Chinese-Iranian-BRICS link-up beats them to it.
    ​ If the western states do not take the risk of freedom, then they take the risk of the Leviathan.​.. ​..“What the Ruling Strata have not understood is that postmodern libertarian deregulation cannot be defined by economics and sex alone”.
    “The extraordinary technical power, on which the Leviathan relies is inseparable from economic reality. It is therefore a techno-market reality, a power of technique and money that exercises a form of tyranny. In this context, what is likely to prevent the triumph of the Leviathan is the collapse of technical civilization” – as such that it is.​ https://strategic-culture.su/news/2024/09/30/will-the-suffocating-cage-of-leviathan-be-avoided/

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    ​ Israel calls for ethnic cleansing of “Shia enemy population” in southern Lebanon
    ​ In order for Israel and its population to feel safe, Israeli Minister of Diaspora Affairs Amichai Chikli is calling for the southern portion of Lebanon to be ethnically cleansed of its “Shia enemy population.”
    ​ On Twitter / X, Chikli wrote that he would like to see a buffer zone established near Lebanon’s border with Israel – but on Lebanon’s side, not Israel’s, because Chikli believes that Lebanon should not even be considered a real country.​ https://www.naturalnews.com/2024-09-30-israel-ethnic-cleansing-shia-enemy-population-lebanon.html

    ​ 100,000 people flee Lebanon for Syria due to Israeli strikes — UN
    UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi said that staff from the UN High Commissioner for Refugees were present at four checkpoints on the Lebanese-Syrian border along with local authorities and the Syrian Arab Red Crescent to assist the refugees​. https://tass.com/world/1849995

    ​ Israel’s ground operation in Lebanon to entail years of fighting — Russian envoy
    Anatoly Viktorov stressed that the Israeli politicians and military officers are “well aware of this”.​ https://tass.com/politics/1849771

    So Russia will take all of the globalist holdings in ​”Novorussia”? West Seeks to Finalize Using Frozen Russian Funds to Pay for Ukraine War​ https://libertarianinstitute.org/news/west-seeks-to-finalize-using-frozen-russian-funds-to-pay-for-ukraine-war/

    ​ BRICS Bilateral Trade Mechanisms: Russia, China Settling 95% of Payments in Own Currencies – Ambassador to Beijing​ https://sputnikglobe.com/20241001/russia-china-settling-95-of-payments-in-own-currencies—russian-ambassador-in-china-1120368868.html

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    ​ US Likely ‘Had a Hand’ in Israel’s Operation to Eliminate Hezbollah’s Leader Nasrallah – Analyst
    Iran has condemned the Israeli attack that killed Hezbollah’s Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah, with President Masoud Pezeshkian claiming that the US greenlit the attack and bears partial responsibility for the “war crime.”​ https://sputnikglobe.com/20240930/us-likely-had-a-hand-in-israels-operation-to-eliminate-hezbollahs-leader-nasrallah—analyst-1120355182.html

    ​ Iran won’t deploy forces to Lebanon – foreign ministry
    Tehran is not afraid of war but stands for a safe and stable Middle East, spokesperson Nasser Kanaani has said
    ​ “There is no need to send extra or volunteer forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran,” Foreign Ministry spokesperson Nasser Kanaani told a weekly news conference. Lebanon and fighters in the Palestinian territories “have the capability and strength to defend themselves against the aggression,” he added.
    ​ Over the past several weeks, Israel has carried out heavy airstrikes targeting Hezbollah in Lebanon and other militant groups in the region, including in Syria, Yemen, and Iraq. The Israeli offensives have raised fears that the conflict could engulf the entire Middle East and draw in Iran and the US, Israel’s main ally.
    ​ “We have not received any request in this regard from any side, on the contrary, we are informed and are sure that they do not need the help of our forces,” Kanaani told reporters.​ https://www.rt.com/news/604961-iran-no-forces-lebanon/

    ​ The most precarious place in the world to be a child: Israel’s year of war on children
    Israel’s onslaught against the Palestinian people has systematically targeted children in both Gaza and the West Bank. The result is a war against an entire generation.​ https://mondoweiss.net/2024/09/the-most-precarious-place-in-the-world-to-be-a-child-israels-year-of-war-on-children/

    1,640 killed by Israel in Lebanon, including 104 children​ https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20240930-1640-killed-by-israel-in-lebanon-including-104-children/

    ​ Russia calls on Israel to immediately stop hostilities in Lebanon — ambassador to Israel
    Anatoly Viktorov stressed that Russia condemned the recent killing of Hassan Nasrallah, the secretary general of Lebanon’s Hezbollah Shia movement​ https://tass.com/politics/1849765

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    Another Morning After https://drjohnsblog.substack.com/p/another-morning-after

    ​ Israelis Leave Shelters After Iranian Attack Of 180 Ballistic Missiles; IDF Says Preparing To Hit Back
    Summary:
    ​ Iran says its action is concluded “unless the Israeli regime decides to invite further retaliation.”
    Prime Minister Netanyahu says Iran made a big mistake tonight and will pay for it.
    ​ Common estimates show the attack on Israel involved at least 180 ballistic missiles. The Pentagon says about 200, or about twice the size of the prior April attack.
    The waves of launches constituted the largest missile strike on Israel by Iran in history.
    ​ IRGC is claiming that 90% of missiles successfully hit their targets in Israel.
    There were confirmed strikes on the ground, but no official casualties reported.
    ​ Israel’s emergency authorities have lifted all restrictions, and people in Tel Aviv have emerged from bomb shelters and returned to the streets.
    White House says Iranian attack on Israel apparently “defeated and ineffective”.
    ​ Sullivan says there will be consequences for the attack, and US is consulting Israel on next steps or a potential response
    Axios’ Barak Ravid has told CNN that he expects major Israeli retaliation strikes on Iran to come within the next several hours.
    ​ Iranian state TV says hypersonic Fatah missiles were used in the attack.
    Iran’s President on X stated he does not seek war but will face any threat from Israel firmly.
    ​ Iran has said it gave no prior warning to US, but it did consult with Russia.
    The IDF is vowing to ‘strike powerfully’ at targets in the Middle East.
    ​ IDF spox: “Iran carried out a serious act tonight and is pushing the Middle East to an escalation. We will act at the place and time of our choosing, in accordance with the guidance of the political echelon.”
    ​ IDF spox: “Tonight’s event will have consequences.”
    Iran-backed Iraqi militias say if the US takes part in “any hostile action” then US bases will come under attack.
    ​ UN chief condemns ‘broadening Mideast conflict’ without mentioning Iran.
    Blinken: Iran’s missile attack on Israel ‘unacceptable,’ entire world should condemn.
    ​ US says it is ready to defend Israel, with Biden ordering US military assets to confront any further inbound projectiles.
    At least two guided-missile destroyers in Eastern Mediterranean fired interceptors at inbound Iranian missiles.
    ​ Pentagon says about a dozen interceptor missiles were fired.
    Pentagon refuses to say whether US will join in on future kinetic strikes against Iran.​ https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/white-house-warns-iran-imminently-launch-ballistic-missiles-israel

    ​ Simplicius, Operation True Promise 2: Iran Strikes Again as Missile Barrage Overwhelms Israeli Defenses
    Watch the above videos of hundreds of missiles hitting Israel, then read this deluded tweet by a Netanyahu aide, who with a straight face declared that most missiles were intercepted​…
    ..Video from the Iranian situation room when the order was given to fire an alleged 200 missiles…
    ​ The biggest question that remains is whether the missiles have inflicted any real damage, or if they were merely scattershot ‘psychological’ actions.
    On one hand, we have videos like the following which show missiles hitting random empty fields​…
    ​ On the other hand, we have eyewitness accounts and geolocations that appear to show the areas of sensitive targets being hit.
    This Twitter thread has a bunch of them, including areas hit near Mossad headquarters, Ort Tel Nof airbase, etc.
    ​ These videos in particular claim to be from just outside Nevatim airbase which houses much of Israel’s F-35 fleet​…
    ​..It is currently impossible to find out whether the Air Base was damaged or destroyed, but the approximate range of the targets of Iranian Missiles is quite clear: Air Bases.
    ​ Iranian sources allegedly announced that “over 20 F-35s were destroyed” but of course such statements are usually hyperbolic and not reflective of reality—verification is needed.
    ​ In truth, Iran openly admitted notifying the US—and thereby Israel—of the strikes in advance, which gave Israel forewarning to take all their F-35s to the sky. This is standard procedure for high value assets like that before any strike, regularly carried out by both Ukraine and Russia in the SMO.
    ​ There are allegedly reports that Israel did in fact take its F-35 fleet to the skies as evidenced by a fleet of refueling tankers that were airborne, which suggests the F-35s were kept aloft throughout the duration of the attack​…
    ..Token gestures only: USS Bulkely (DDG-84) and USS Cole (DDG-67) fired a dozen interceptors as part of the U.S. response to Iranian missiles launched at Israel, the Pentagon announced Tuesday.​..
    ​..Iran of course again claimed they hadn’t used their best stuff yet:
    Iran’s Minister of Defense: ‘None of our most advanced Missile capabilities were used in Operation True Promise-2’.
    ​ It doesn’t really matter in the end, because the attack as per usual is mostly theater, a kind of delicate dance between the warring parties, given that it was telegraphed in advance to notify the recipients for the purpose of de-escalating.​..
    ​..Israel, however, claimed they would respond to any attack large or small—but as per usual, Israel barks loudly while relying entirely on its American backing. Biden had recently signaled he was at the end of his rope with supporting Israeli attacks, which could mean Israel will be forced to back down from its threat of “major” response against Iran.​.. Without this backing, Israel would not be able to survive on its own, and would have long ceased to exist.​..
    ​..Hezbollah’s Deputy Secretary General Sheikh Naim Qassem released a statement that Hezbollah is ready to repel the Israeli assault:
    ​”WE’RE READY AND PREPARED TO CONFRONT ISRAEL GROUND OFFENSIVE, WE WILL BE VICTORIOUS​”, declares Hezbollah’s Deputy SG Qassem in first live statement since assassination of party’s chief Nasrallah and other leaders, stressing “Vast majority of Hezbollah’s medium, long range weapons capabilities fully intact, despite Israeli lies”.​..
    ​..Qassem eulogizes​: “Popular, loved leader Nasrallah who dedicated his life to resistance and struggle” in 2nd video, stressing new SG will be chosen in near future, adding “We will fill leadership positions steadily. Be assured choices will be straightforward because they are clear”.
    ​ Even Hezbollah’s greatest detractors and enemies admit that the death of Nasrallah is fairly meaningless vis-a-vis Hezbollah’s military integrity.​..
    ..Israel’s objectives make no logical sense and are not realistically achievable. That is, the chief stated objective of creating a buffer zone such that northern Israel can be secure from Hezbollah rocket attacks in order to facilitate the return of Israeli citizens. But any such settlement cannot possibly last because it would require Israel to devote inordinate forces to occupying all of southern Lebanon indefinitely.​..
    ..Thus, most likely Israel will take a few border villages, then if they cannot suck Iran into a giant regional war, backdoor emergency agreements will be struck by the US to prevent having to go to war against Iran. Israel would then save face by withdrawing under shallow claims of some obscure ‘victory’ with a list of phony Hezbollah assets destroyed, etc. At the same time, Israel will probably get a bunch of secret concessions from the historically weak US administration in exchange for saving the US from having to do heavy lifting against Iran.​..
    ​..For what it’s worth, Jared Kushner wrote a long screed espousing his demented theory that Israel’s ‘destruction’ of Hezbollah is the gateway to effectively burying Iran. He cites Hezbollah as a ‘loaded gun pointed at Israel’ which was the sole bulwark protecting Iran’s nuclear facilities from being taken out. But after Israel finishes off Hezbollah, Kushner appears to imply Iran can be safely dealt with without fear of reprisal. It’s likely he’ll be eating his words in the not too distant future.​.. However, he appears to point to a concerted plan, echoed by Naftali Bennett…
    ..As a last interesting note, around the time of Iran’s attack, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Chernyshenko was heading to Iran…
    All the while, the full-on Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin had landed yesterday to meet with Iranian president Pezeshkian amongst others… Some sources claim Mishustin was there to sign a major gas deal called the ‘contract of the century’, though official Russian outlets are more mum on the trip.​ https://simplicius76.substack.com/p/operation-true-promise-2-iran-strikes

    Netanyahu Says Regime Change in Iran Will Happen ‘A Lot Sooner Than People Think’
    The Israeli leader released a video in English that he said was a message to the Iranian people.
    ​ “When Iran is finally free, and that moment will come a lot sooner than people think — everything will be different,” he said in English. “Our two ancient peoples, the Jewish people and the Persian people, will finally be at peace. Our two countries, Israel and Iran, will be at peace.”​ (Netanyahu is of Polish extraction.)
    ​ Netanyahu said that Iran’s “puppets” were being eliminated and warned that there’s “nowhere in the Middle East” that Israel cannot reach. “With every passing moment, the regime is bringing you — the noble Persian people — closer to the abyss,” he said.​ https://news.antiwar.com/2024/09/30/netanyahu-says-regime-change-in-iran-will-happen-a-lot-sooner-than-people-think/#gsc.tab=0

    ​ Gilbert Doctorow, Washington pushes China into Russia’s arms, pushes Iran into Russia’s arms
    ​ All discussion in the Washington foreign policy establishment on how the Ukrainian war has pushed Russia into China’s arms and made it a ‘junior partner’ is utter nonsense. My contention is that a hubristic U.S. foreign policy that pays no attention to what adversaries are saying because that is ‘disinformation’ has pushed China into Russia’s arms.​…​ The handwriting is on the wall. Beijing must support the new robust nuclear doctrine of Russia to ensure its neighbor’s victory over the U.S.-led coalition supporting Ukraine.​..
    ​..By the same token, unqualified U.S. support, including active participation in Israel’s latest atrocities in Lebanon that resulted in the death of Hezbollah’s high command has pushed Iran into Russia’s arms. ​The liberal-minded new president of Iran has reversed his recently declared readiness for dialogue with the signatories of the now suspended Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action on nuclear arms. We saw the proof of that yesterday when Iran moved from wait-and-see mode into retaliatory mode for the humiliations Israel has inflicted on the Axis of Resistance. One hundred eighty ballistic missiles were fired at Israeli military targets and it would appear that they got through both the Iron Dome and air defenses provided by the U.S. fleet and French anti-aircraft systems.
    ​ I contend that Iran’s missile attack on Israel was approved in advance by Moscow when Vladimir Putin sent his envoy to Teheran a few days earlier. It is unthinkable that Iran would challenge Netanyahu so directly without the certainty that Russian air defense systems give it the best protection known on this planet.
    ​ After serving as a reliable if unacknowledged guarantor of the state of Israel for decades, Russia has clearly changed sides.​ https://gilbertdoctorow.substack.com/p/washington-pushes-china-into-russias

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    From watching those videos, “Israel’s”: “Iron Dome” works about the same as the one that I have in the vegetable garden.
    pecans

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    Walz as sad, lying claymation Gumby…
    ;-(

    Vance has 31 IQ points over anybody else on that screen, and his immigration-status fact-check wins-bigger when the cheating mean-girls cut his mic.

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    G​uilty, C.J. Hopkins is Officially a Hate Speech Criminal in Germany, after a re-trial to fix his not-guilty verdict So, the Berlin Appellate Court overturned my acquittal today. I am now, officially, at least according to the New Normal German authorities, a “hate-speech” criminal. I’m officially a “hate-speech” criminal because I compared New Normal Germany to Nazi Germany, and I challenged the official Covid narrative, and I used the cover art of my book to do it. The New Normal German authorities didn’t like that, and were determined to punish me for doing that, and to make an example of me, in order to discourage other people from doing that. It took them two tries, but they pulled it off. The judge in my original trial screwed up and acquitted me, but the Berlin Public Prosecutor’s office didn’t give up. .​https://consentfactory.org/2024/10/01/guilty/

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    The COVID “Vaccine” Is an Intentional Effort at World Genocide.​ Dr. Paul Craig Roberts
    ​ Never before have there been massive excess deaths following vaccination.
    Never before have there been children, young adults, athletes in their prime, entertainers, dropping dead “cause unknown” following vaccination.
    ​ Of course, the cause is known. The leading doctors and medical scientists of our time–which excludes health agency bureaucrats, such as Fauci, who serve as marketing agents for Big Pharma and corrupt, politicized state medical boards and HMOs–have explained why and how the mRNA “vaccines,” which are not vaccines, kill, destroy the immune system, and cause health injuries. What is not known is why some die immediately after receiving the deadly substance, others a month later, and others remain, so far, alive.​ https://www.globalresearch.ca/covid-vaccine-intentional-effort-world-genocide/5804026

    Sudden Infant Deaths Surged after Covid ‘Vaccine’ Rollout, Study Confirms​ https://slaynews.com/news/sudden-infant-deaths-surged-covid-vaccine-rollout/

    SpaceX rescue mission to bring stranded astronauts back to Earth docks at ISS​ https://www.euronews.com/next/2024/09/30/spacex-rescue-mission-to-bring-stranded-astronauts-back-to-earth-docks-at-iss

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    Houthis Attack Israel’s Ben Gurion Airport As Netanyahu Arrives​ https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/videos/international/houthis-attack-israels-ben-gurion-airport-as-netanyahu-arrives-watch/videoshow/113779384.cms

    Israeli F-15s Strike Infrastructure in Yemen After Ansuruallah Ballistic Missile Targeted Ben Gurion Airport​ https://militarywatchmagazine.com/article/f15s-yemen-missile-israel-airport

    ​ Yemen’s Houthis Shoot Down Another $30 Million US Reaper Drone
    ​ US defense officials confirmed the shootdown to CNN. The Houthis claim it marks the 11th US MQ-9 downed over Yemen since hostilities began last year, however the Pentagon disputes this figure.​ “I can tell you that that number is not accurate,” Pentagon spokesman Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder has said. “It’s too high.”​ https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/watch-yemens-houthis-shoot-down-another-30-million-us-reaper-drone

    Iran says its response to Israeli ‘crimes’ will come ‘at right time’​ https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20240929-iran-says-its-response-to-israeli-crimes-will-come-at-right-time/

    ​ Iran To ‘Imminently’ Launch Ballistic Missiles On Israel; White House Warns
    Axios is reporting that the White House has intelligence saying Iran imminently plans to carry out a missile attack on Israel in retaliation for the Friday killing of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah.​..
    ​..The Pentagon on Monday confirmed that it is sending a “few thousand additional troops” to the Middle East to be on standby if needed to defend Israel from a broader attack. This is widely being seen as preparation for war against Iran, if needed.
    ​ This is to include the new deployments of squadrons of F-15, F-16, F-22, and A-10 fighter jets along with assisting personnel. It was only the day prior that President Biden was asked if he would be sending more troops to the Middle East. He replied: “No.”​ https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/white-house-warns-iran-imminently-launch-ballistic-missiles-israel

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    Monday… Israel Launches “Limited” Ground Invasion Of Lebanon​, Israel has named the new cross-border offensive “Operation Northern Arrows”. Below is an early description by the IDF as posted to Telegram and other government channels.​.. Thus a ground war has begun in Lebanon a mere month before the US presidential election. Meanwhile neither President Biden nor VP Kamala Harris have had much to say. Quite the opposite: they might prefer to hide from the media.​ There are meanwhile reports that it was a US-provided 2,000 pound bomb which killed Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah last Friday.​ https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/netanyahus-war-seven-fronts-massive-new-attacks-yemen-syria-central-beirut

    ​ Tuesday… US secretly approved Lebanon escalation – Politico
    Washington gave Israel the green light to mount an offensive, in contrast to its public calls for a ceasefire, sources have claimed​
    ​ Israel outlined its military strategy to Washington in broad terms in mid-September and received approval via senior US presidential advisers, Amos Hochstein and Brett McGurk, Politico reported on Monday, citing two Israeli and four American officials.
    ​ The decision faced opposition from within the Pentagon, State Department, and intelligence community, the sources claimed. There are reportedly concerns that the hostilities could escalate into a major war, which would directly draw in the US. https://www.rt.com/news/605021-us-approved-lebanon-campaign/

    ​ It looks pretty empty. Mass Walkout as ‘Global Pariah’ Netanyahu Addresses UN General Assembly
    The public rebuke of the Israeli prime minister, said one observer, “demonstrates the international community’s rejection of genocide.”​ https://www.commondreams.org/news/netanyahu-united-nations-speech

    ​ Pepe Escobar on Netanyahu at the UN: Nasrallah as martyr/legend: The lands of Islam get ready to channel their rage
    A symbol was shattered. A legend is born. The Resistance, more than ever, won’t back down.​..
    ​..An unredeemable serial war criminal and psychopathic genocidal, violating scores of UN resolutions, popped up at the UN General Assembly in New York and then ordered, from inside the building, yet another war crime: wiping out an entire block in southern Beirut with dozens of American bunker buster bombs, including the BLU-109 with a JDAM precision guiding system – leaving countless civilians still unaccounted for under the rubble, including Sayyed Nasrallah.
    ​ As the war criminal addressed the UN General Assembly, over half of the delegates staged a mass walkout: the hall was de facto nearly empty of real Global South diplomats. The remaining audience was presented with yet another trademark display of IQ-impaired “maps” featuring the “blessed” – Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Egypt, Jordan, UAE – and the “cursed” – Iraq, Iran, Syria, Lebanon, Yemen.​..
    ​..Israel killed Sayyed Nasrallah for two main reasons. 1) Because he explicitly reaffirmed Hezbollah would never abandon Gaza for any “deal” allowing the genocide and total ethnic cleansing to go on. 2) Because the Talmudic psychopathological fanatics want to invade and re-occupy Lebanon.​..
    ​..Hezbollah is independent of personalities. The structure is a maze, a rhizome – and other nodes, duly trained, as well as a new leadership, will spring up, as with the Vietcong during the “American war”…
    ​..Back in 1982, Israel’s war on Lebanon was so brutal that even Ronald Reagan – who once threatened to pave Vietnam and paint it over with parking stripes – was stunned. He told Prime Minister Menachem Begin, who came to prominence as an Irgun terrorist, “Menachem, this is a holocaust.”
    ​ And yet a lowly grifter called Joe Biden, then a Senator bought and paid for by the Zionist lobby, called Begin on the phone to reassure him that “if all the civilians get killed”, that’s no big deal.​..
    ..Now nothing prevents the Axis of Resistance from stepping up to the next level. There’s simply no diplomacy, compromise, ceasefire, “two-state solution” or any other procrastination tactics in the horizon. Just a do-or-die existential fight against a relentless killing machine exhibiting, to paraphrase (and invert) Yeats, “a gaze blank and pitiless as the sun”…
    ​..An auspicious scenario now becomes quite plausible: BRICS assuming the role of chief diplomatic channel for the lands of Islam. The next logical stage would be to get the UN out of Israeli/American territory and establish a HQ in a nation that really respects international humanitarian law.​ https://strategic-culture.su/news/2024/09/30/nasrallah-martyr-legend-lands-islam-get-ready-channel-their-rage/

    ​ Saudi FM slams Israel’s ‘barbaric practices’ against ‘defenseless’ Palestinian civilians
    ​ Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister on Saturday condemned Israel’s “crimes” and “barbaric practices” against “defenseless civilians” in the Gaza Strip during his speech to the UN General Assembly.
    ​ Prince Faisal bin Farhan accused Israel of creating a “real humanitarian catastrophe” that is “continuing to get worse.”
    ​ He lauded the recent International Court of Justice advisory opinion that Israel’s occupation of the West Bank, Gaza Strip and East Jerusalem is illegal under international and humanitarian law.
    ​ Prince Faisal urged the UN to recognize Palestine as a full member.​ https://www.arabnews.com/node/2573157/middle-east

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    ​ [Let’s see Kamala Harris top this.]​ Jared Kushner Praises Assassination of Nasrallah, Says U.S. Must Support Ground Invasion of Lebanon
    ​ Jared Kushner, the son-in-law of former President Donald Trump who led Middle East policy under his administration, praised the Jewish state on Saturday for assassinating Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah and insisted the US must support the “peace-seeking nation of Israel” launching a ground invasion of Lebanon to “finish the job.”
    ​ Kushner also praised Israel’s decision to rig pagers and radios with explosives as “brilliant” and argued that Israel’s invasion will turn Beirut into “a cosmopolitan city.”​ https://www.informationliberation.com/?id=64667

    ​ US occupation base hit by ‘intense’ rocket, drone strikes in Syria
    US forces at Washington’s occupation base in the Conoco oil field near eastern Syria’s Deir Ezzor governorate came under heavy attack during the early hours of 29 September.
    “Intense rocket and drone bombardment targeted the headquarters of the US occupation’s armored forces stationed at the Conoco gas field base in Deir Ezzor,” Al Mayadeen’s correspondent cited field sources as saying.
    “The intense shelling on Conoco resulted in direct hits on the headquarters of the armored division,” according to one of the sources.
    Sputnik’s correspondent reported the attack left casualties among the occupation troops.
    Local sources said the strikes were launched in response to a series of US airstrikes on Deir Ezzor’s Harabeesh neighborhood.​ https://thecradle.co/articles/us-occupation-base-hit-by-intense-rocket-drone-strikes-in-syria

    ​ For Netanyahu, Eradicating the Palestinians Is Still “Job 1”
    ​ In the last 11 months, the IDF has gone from North to South obliterating 80 percent of Gaza’s housing stock and virtually all of its vital infrastructure. Many people assumed that these actions indicated that Israel wanted to make the area uninhabitable so the Palestinians would be forced to flee to Egypt. That theory has been reinforced by the numerous pronouncements of Israeli political and military leaders who have stated their genocidal intent with alarming frequency. The only logical conclusion one can draw from these statements is that is a clear majority of Israeli Jews support the expulsion of the native population.
    ​ That doesn’t mean that the implementation of the plan has gone smoothly. It hasn’t. And the reason it hasn’t is because Egypt fortified its northern border with thousands of troops and armored vehicles blocking any potential attempt by Israel to drive the Palestinians into the Sinai Desert. (Apparently, Israel did not anticipate this obvious obstacle.) With its lone exit-point blocked, Israel’s expulsion strategy collapsed leaving the IDF with little to do but force the Palestinians from one “safe zone” to the next and then back again. This charade has dragged on for more than four months now with the clear intention of hoodwinking the Israeli public into believing that the IDF is performing some vital national security function rather than overseeing the collective starvation of a deeply traumatized civilian population.
    ​ In the last week, the government has concocted a new strategy that is designed to draw attention away from their earlier failure. This is from CNN:
    ….the government “is considering a plan to force all Palestinian civilians out of northern Gaza, including Gaza City, in order to lay siege to Hamas and force the release of hostages.”​ https://www.globalresearch.ca/netanyahu-eradicating-palestinians-job-1/5868999

    ​ Saturday… 5 days of bombing: 783 killed in Israeli air strikes on Lebanon
    ​ A total of 783 people have been killed and approximately 2,312 injured in Israeli air strikes on Lebanon since Sept. 23, bringing the death toll since the beginning of the confrontations between Israel and Hezbollah last October to 1,622, with 5,549 people injured, according to official Lebanese sources, Anadolu Agency reports.​ https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20240928-5-days-of-bombing-783-killed-in-israeli-air-strikes-on-lebanon/

    Sunday…​ 123 killed in Lebanon air strikes in 24 hours — Health Ministry​. According to a report by the Elnashra portal, 359 were injured​ https://tass.com/world/1849611

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    ​ Germany Should Pursue Charges for Nord Stream Blasts & Point Out US Role – Bundestag MP
    ​ The German federal government should immediately bring charges for the destruction of the Nord Stream pipelines and point out the violation of anti-terrorism treaties by the United States or other countries involved, Bundestag member Steffen Kotre told Sputnik.
    ​ In a conversation on the sidelines of Russian Energy Week, he suggested that Washington had probably been involved in the destruction of the gas pipelines. Kotre does not know to what extent Kiev was involved, but, from his point of view, it is difficult to believe that Ukraine could have carried out such an action without outside help.​ https://sputnikglobe.com/20240930/germany-should-bring-charges-for-nord-streams-point-out-us-role—bundestag-member-1120354136.html

    Dead Body of Hezballah Leader Recovered from Rubble – INTACT​ https://halturnerradioshow.com/index.php/news-selections/world-news/dead-body-of-hezballah-leader-recovered-from-rubble-intact

    ​ Nasrallah Was A Direct Descendant Of Muhammad​. In Shia Islam, this is a really, really big deal. An attack on Nasrallah is literally considered to be an attack on the family of Muhammad himself.​ https://endoftheamericandream.com/nasrallah-was-a-direct-descendant-of-muhammad-most-people-have-no-idea-how-serious-things-have-become/

    ​ ‘Israel’ assassinated Sayyed Nasrallah with US-made bomb: US ​Senator
    US Senator Mark Kelly affirms that the arms used in Friday’s massive Israeli aggression on Beirut’s Southern Suburb were supplied by and made in the United States.​ https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/-israel–assassinated-sayyed-nasrallah-with-us-made-bomb–us

    ​ Israel Planned to Kill Nasrallah in October 2023, US Asked to Cancel Attack
    ​ The Israeli air force took off to strike the location of Lebanese Shia movement Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah shortly after the October 7 attack by Palestinian movement Hamas, but the operation was called off at the request of the US, the Financial Times newspaper reported.
    ​ The Israeli attack did not take place in October 2023, since the White House asked Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to recall the air force, the report said.​ https://sputnikglobe.com/20240929/israel-planned-to-kill-nasrallah-in-october-2023-us-asked-to-cancel-attack—reportsa-1120351927.html

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    ​ The two vice presidential nominees – Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) and Democrat Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz – will face each other in a debate on Oct. 1, one month out from the 2024 election.​ CBS News will broadcast the 90-minute debate at 9 p.m. ET with two commercial breaks​. https://www.zerohedge.com/political/what-you-need-know-about-vance-walz-debate

    ​ “Modern Economy Rests On Single Road” In North Carolina Where Hurricane Collapsed Bridges
    In March, a Wharton professor who studies artificial intelligence and start-ups claimed on X, “The modern economy rests on a single road in Spruce Pine, North Carolina. The road runs to the two mines that are the sole supplier of the quartz required to make the crucibles needed to refine silicon wafers.”
    ​ Ethan Mollick noted at the time, “There are no alternative sources known” if supply disruptions were seen in Spruce Pines.​ https://www.zerohedge.com/commodities/modern-economy-rests-single-road-north-carolina-where-hurricane-collapsed-bridges

    ​ Washington Enters Panic Mode As Even Javier Milei’s Argentina Seeks Closer Economic Ties With Beijing
    ​”China is a very interesting trading partner,” said Javier Milei, who just a year ago described the Chinese government as as “assassin.” They “do not make demands, the only thing they ask is that they not be bothered.”​… Almost exactly a year after telling Tucker Carlson that he would never trade with China due to its government’s left-wing, authoritarian proclivities, Javier Milei has nothing but fond words for the US’ main strategic rival today…
    ​..The Biden administration had thought Milei’s government was beyond Xi Jinping’s influence, but all of a sudden the Argentine president is seeking a rapprochement with the communist regime to renew the Chinese swap line that underpins Argentina’s central bank reserves as well as facilitate investments by Chinese companies in lithium and copper, two minerals that Washington considers globally strategic.​ “We have to be careful with how we handle this relationship,” U.S. Ambassador to China Nicholas Burns said of diplomatic ties between China and the US. “We’re systemic rivals.”​ https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2024/10/washington-enters-panic-mode-as-even-mileis-argentina-seeks-closer-economic-ties-with-beijing.html

    ​ Time Is Running Out: US Port Strike Could Begin Tuesday
    Goldman analyst explained last week that a walkout by ILA members would jeopardize $5 billion in daily international trade coming into the Gulf and East Coast ports.​ https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/time-running-out-us-port-strike-could-begin-tuesday-goldman-finds-highly-exposed-retailers

    ​ It Begins: US Port Strikes Erupt, First Shutdown In 50 Years Sparks Fears Of Supply Chain Crisis
    More than 45,000 International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) members from over three dozen facilities across 14 Gulf and East Coast ports went on strike early Tuesday, marking the largest labor action at US ports in nearly 50 years. The labor action, driven by disputes over automation and wages in a new multi-year labor contract, threatens to disrupt supply chains nationwide. If the strike persists for more than a week, retailers could face shortages of certain goods.​ https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/it-begins-us-port-strikes-erupt-first-shutdown-50-years-sparks-fears-supply-chain-crisis

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    Biden And Harris Called Out Over Botched Hurricane Response As Trump Visits Victims​ https://www.zerohedge.com/political/biden-and-harris-called-out-over-botched-hurricane-response-trump-visits-victims

    Hurricane Helene Hits Hard in North Carolina, a Swing State​ https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2024/09/hurricane-helene-hits-hard-in-north-carolina-a-swing-state.html

    **Let me clearly state that ​I personally plan to vote for Peace-Candidate Jill Stein MD again, as I did in 2016.** John Day

    ​How can she “know” this, pray-tell? “Be Prepared”: MTG Warns “Most Dangerous Phase” In 2024 Election Has Begun https://www.zerohedge.com/political/mtg-warns-most-dangerous-phase-2024-election-has-begun-be-prepared

    ​ Multiple Sources Now Confirm Infowars Reports Of Surface-To-Air Missiles Inside US To Target Trump Force One
    Then, on Thursday, investigative journalist Lara Logan posted an almost identical warning on X.
    ​ “URGENT: Acc to an informant in New Mexico – Trump’s plane is the next target for assassination. Nine heat-seeking surface-to-air missiles have been smuggled into the US for this purpose. And there are three kill teams already inside the country. Trump has been informed, so have the US intel agencies & other authorities. Money has been transferred to a cartel to push this over the border. These people are cornered & vicious. They will stop at nothing. More to come.“​ https://www.infowars.com/posts/multiple-sources-now-confirm-infowars-reports-of-surface-to-air-missiles-inside-us-to-target-trump-force-one

    ​ Jim Kunstler, Heroes and Villains​ “It’s really hard to govern today. . . . The First Amendment stands as a major block.” – John Kerry.
    ​It certainly took balls (but not brains) to assert from the stage of the World Economic Forum (WEF) that free speech is cluttering up America’s march to totalitarianism.​..
    ​..Hillary Clinton and hundreds of Democratic Party affiliated officials past and present fear that they will be subjected to legal process in crimes ranging all the way up to treason for their conduct the past decade, including the mass murder and injury of millions with their Covid policy, their deliberate abetting of millions crossing the border illegally, their use of several government agencies to abridge the First Amendment, their abuse of DOJ and FBI power in malicious prosecutions, their shell games funneling taxpayers’ money to hundreds of crony NGOs, and their use of Ukraine as a money laundry for the entire Beltway criminal cartel. Surely even more than that.
    It was the last item on that list that prompted impeachment No. 1 of Mr. Trump, who came uncomfortably close to inquiring about it in that fateful 2019 phone call to President Zelensky. And, of course, it was exactly in that maw of corruption that the Biden family helped itself to millions of grifted dollars while Joe was out-of-office, and his bagman-crackhead son gamboled about the globe shaking loose more millions from exotic money-trees wherever he landed. All of which is to say that the “danger” Mr. Trump poses is to them personally and directly, certainly not to “our democracy,” their phony war-cry.​..
    ​..And so​… we slot into October, the month of promised “surprises” and generally not the happy kind. Hillary alluded to that in her Firing Line palaver. Does her posse (Huma, Alex Soros) have something up their sleeves? https://jameshowardkunstler.substack.com/p/heroes-and-villains

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    October Of Surprises https://drjohnsblog.substack.com/p/october-of-surprises

    Celia Farber, Reports: Western NC Indescribable Catastrophe, May Be Way Worse Than Katrina: Thousands Missing, Total Blackout—No Food, Water, Cell Service, Or Radio In Worse Hit Areas—Why Weren’t They Warned?
    ​ First Hand Report: “My Uncle Mitch Knows Someone Who Works For EMS…They Are Hauling Them By The Truckloads To The Morgue.” Please Don’t Call Me A Catrophist—This Is Real, Media NOT Reporting Truth​ https://celiafarber.substack.com/p/reports-western-nc-indescribable

    ​Celia Farber, “Let Them Eat Mud”—Biden and Harris Don’t Even Feign Concern For Parts Of Southeast Where Entire Towns Have Vanished Off The Map Since “Helene.” “UNIMAGINABLE” Let’s Stay In Closer Contact And Form A Practical Community To Survive The US Government Going Forward. https://celiafarber.substack.com/p/let-them-eat-mudbiden-and-harris

    Celia Farber posts an old Ben Livingston interview with a younger Alex Jones (If you want to cut to the chase you can start at 27 minutes.).
    US Military Father Of Climate Manipulation: “We’d Just Pick A Thunderstorm And Do Whatever We Wanted To With It.”
    ​ Even LBJ Was Spooked By This, Despite “Success” In Vietnam, Weaponizing Clouds, Creating Monster Monsoons That Washed Out Bridges. Imagine What The Technology Is Today​ https://celiafarber.substack.com/p/us-military-father-of-climate-manipulation

    Flooded electric vehicles, and scooters bursting into flames after Hurricane Helene​ https://endtimeheadlines.org/2024/09/flooded-electric-vehicles-and-scooters-bursting-into-flames-after-hurricane-helene/#google_vignette

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    Pittsburgh Restaurant Claims ‘Momentary Confusion’ After Denying JD Vance Entry, Threatening With Arrest
    “The manager told patrons, other Republicans, that Vance is not allowed to make a campaign stop at Primanti Brothers,” Logue said. “And then when there was pushback to say, ‘Wait a second, Kamala Harris just did this a month ago,’ the response was, ‘Well, if he wants to sit down and order food, we can’t stop him.”

    When Vance did arrive ahead of an event in Monroeville, Logue said that the restaurant’s manager ran out to tell him that he was not allowed inside, that he couldn’t have a campaign stop there, and that if he did go inside – they’d call the police and file trespassing charges.

    Vance handled the situation with class…

    ..Primanti Bros. was already a subject of controversy after they allegedly kicked out real customers so that Kamala Harris could bus in her own crowd of supporters for a staged campaign meet and greet. https://www.zerohedge.com/political/pittsburgh-restaurant-reportedly-refused-service-jd-vance-threatened-him-arrest

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    “Your humble narrator” pictured with “new” 2006 Toyota with bad front wheel bearing and 5-speed manual transmission
    Toyota

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