[John Day]

​ At least… ‘America is Partner and Financier of Israel’s Crimes’ – Houthi Leader
​ “America is a partner and financier of all the crimes of the Zionist enemy. It is killing the Palestinian nation and has brought suffering and misery to this nation,” Houthi leader Abdul-Malik al-Houthi said in a televised address Sunday on the eve of the one-year anniversary of the Gaza War.​ https://sputnikglobe.com/20241006/america-is-partner-and-financier-of-israels-crimes–houthi-leader-1120447430.html

Four in Five of Gaza’s Mosques, All Three Churches Devastated in Year-Long Israeli Bombing Campaign​ https://sputnikglobe.com/20241006/four-in-five-of-gazas-mosques-all-three-churches-devastated-in-year-long-israeli-bombing-campaign-1120442861.html

Israeli Strikes Kill Over 100 Children in Lebanon in 11 Days​, At least 127 children in Lebanon have been killed by Israel in the past year​ https://news.antiwar.com/2024/10/06/israeli-strikes-kill-over-100-children-in-lebanon-in-11-days/#gsc.tab=0

​ Gambling to get out: Vital Beirut Airport Road Bombed In Heaviest Night Of Israeli Strikes To Date
Amazingly, the Lebanese national carrier Middle East Airlines (MEA) has continued to fly passenger planes into and out of Beirut, even as Israel jets are dropping bombs.
​ “We just saw another plane take off even though air strikes have happened very close to the Rafic Hariri International airport,” an Al Jazeera correspondent writes. “The only airline that is still operating in and out of Lebanon is the local airline. They have refused to shut down the airport despite the threat that they face every single day as they have over the past two weeks.”
​ One Australian eyewitness says she was sitting on a plane which was readying to take off at the moment the major bombing near the airport unfolded. “While we were sitting in the airplane just before takeoff there was a lot of bombing, like around 500 meters next to the airport, and as we were about to take off we heard a lot of bombing,” she told Reuters.​ https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/vital-airport-road-bombed-heaviest-night-israeli-strikes-beirut-date

​ Israeli Airstrikes Target Aid Trucks in Central Syria, Wound Three​, Aid trucks were delivering food and medical supplies from Iraqi Red Crescent
​ It has been reported that in the last 72 hours, some 150 trucks have entered Syria through Iraq’s Abu Kamal border crossing, and that the focus is to offer relief to the large number of Lebanese who have fled into Syria after the Israelis began ground invasions of Leban​on over the past week. Since Israel has been attacking Syria almost daily since then, it’s clear that they couldn’t simply flee from Lebanon to escape the onslaught.
​ Israel has not commented on the attacks on aid shipments, and probably won’t do so, since such strikes would tend to be embarrassing to them to admit. Israeli media often speculates that such attacks are because Iran is smuggling arms under the guise of humanitarian aid.​ https://news.antiwar.com/2024/10/06/israeli-airstrikes-target-aid-trucks-in-central-syria-wound-three/#gsc.tab=0

[John Day]

​ Armchair Warlord: Y’know, I was thinking that the only possible thing the Iranians could do to put a bolder underline on their message to Netanyahu would be to conduct a nuclear test. Now we have a suspicious earthquake in the central Iranian desert.​ I mean I’m not a seismologist but that graph on the right looks like a test to me.​ https://x.com/ArmchairW/status/1843002316020224099?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1843002316020224099%7Ctwgr%5Ec14cd904d1f214ddd2ae31d3a3e0acf951f7e02a%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nakedcapitalism.com%2F2024%2F10%2Flinks-10-7-2024.html

Israel promising new attacks on Iranian nuclear facilities that Biden says he won’t back​ https://www.naturalnews.com/2024-10-06-israel-new-attacks-iranian-nuclear-facilities-biden-wont-back.html

​ The administration of US President Joe Biden has offered Israel a “compensation package” if it refrains from striking some Iranian targets in response to the recent missile attack on the Jewish state, Israeli state broadcaster Kan reported on Sunday.​ https://sputnikglobe.com/20241006/us-offers-israel-compensation-for-avoiding-attacks-on-some-iranian-targets—reports-1120450251.html

​ Israeli forces have killed another defenseless Palestinian journalist after threatening him to stop news coverage in the Gaza Strip.
Hassan Hamad, 19, was targeted in his home in Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza on Sunday, weeks after receiving threatening messages warning him to stop reporting Israeli attacks on Palestinians.​ https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2024/10/06/734704/Palestinian-Journalist-Killed-Israeli-Bombing-After-Threats-Stop-Gaza-Strip-Reporting

​ New Israeli Assault on North Gaza Signals Start of Ethnic Cleansing Plan
​ Known as the “general’s plan” since it was drawn up by retired IDF generals, the plan would result in the complete ethnic cleansing of Palestinians from areas in Gaza north of the Netzarim Corridor, a strip of land controlled by the Israeli military that separates Gaza City and other parts of the north from the south.
​ Itsik Zuaret, a reporter for Israel’s public broadcaster Kan, said the general’s plan was underway. “In the future, the entire northern area of the Gaza Strip will be cleansed according to the general’s plan,” he wrote on X.
​ The first step of the plan is to transfer the estimated 300,000 Palestinian civilians out of northern Gaza, then impose a full siege on the north to starve out remaining Hamas fighters and other Palestinians who remain. Northern Gaza would be declared a “closed military zone,” meaning anyone who remains will be targeted by the IDF.​ https://news.antiwar.com/2024/10/06/new-israeli-assault-on-north-gaza-signals-start-of-ethnic-cleansing-plan/#gsc.tab=0

[John Day]

​ Rescuers: Why They Think State & Federal Gov’t Are Standing Down
​ Aerial Recovery is trying to find people still alive after Hurricane Helene. People are stranded with no water or food, and the government and the media are nowhere to be found.
​ Three North Carolina patriots and a team of 150 of Aerial Recovery have a helicopter and are rescuing countless people. They see the government as missing in action and possibly “demonic,” “stupid,” and “grossly negligent.” One said, half-joking, that they “must love death and destruction. Look what they do overseas.” One PhD said the federal government wants the land or doesn’t want the people to vote and is just going to bulldoze all of it. The areas hit the hardest are Trump country.
​ They haven’t seen government assistance. If they didn’t have a private helicopter, many more people would be dead. One victim they rescued was an 11-day-old premature infant.
​ The private helicopter pilot and his 150 volunteer retired military personnel said they receive no help from the local, state, or federal government.
​They are turned away in Chimney Rock, Lake Lure, and other stricken areas. The bureaucrats wouldn’t let them help or film. They believe it is criminal.
​ This group said they could smell the dead bodies.​ https://www.independentsentinel.com/rescuers-why-they-think-state-federal-govts-is-standing-down/

(WATCH) FEMA says that criticism of how they are handling Helene recovery is “DANGEROUS” and people need to stop spreading “false narratives”​ https://endtimeheadlines.org/2024/10/watch-fema-says-that-criticism-of-how-they-are-handling-helene-recovery-is-dangerous-and-people-need-to-stop-spreading-false-narratives/#google_vignette

Musk leaps onto stage at Trump rally (VIDEO)​, The tycoon hailed the Republican presidential candidate as a champion of democracy and the US Constitution​ https://www.rt.com/news/605318-musk-leap-trump-rally/

​ (The video is old news, but…) Trump: Pelosi ‘Has Been Exposed on Tape’ Admitting She Was ‘Responsible for Events of January 6th’
In video footage recorded amid the protests, Pelosi admitted she was responsible for not securing the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, the American Military News reported.
​ Trump, who was blamed for the events of that day, expressed sympathy for Pelosi’s daughter who captured the footage.
The video was filmed by Alexandra Pelosi who was supposedly making a documentary.​ https://slaynews.com/news/trump-pelosi-exposed-tape-admitting-responsible-january-6th/

​ Israel should strike Iran’s nuclear sites – Trump​, Preventing Tehran from acquiring weapons of mass destruction should be a priority, the Republican candidate has said​ https://swentr.site/news/605286-trump-israel-should-strike-iran-nuclear/

[John Day]

‘SNL officially turns on Kamala’: Social media goes into overdrive as late-night show DESTROYS ‘drunk’ Harris​ https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tv/us/article-13930493/snl-kamala-harris-vp-debate-vance-walz-viewers-react.html

​”Threat of antisemitism”: FEMA Running Out of Funds for Hurricane Victims After DHS Allocates Record $454M to Secure ‘Mostly Jewish Institutions’ https://www.informationliberation.com/?id=64677

​ The Federal ‘Emergency’ Management Agency (FEMA) is “nowhere to be found” in hurricane-ravaged areas where decomposing bodies are being discovered in trees and washed up on people’s homes, where the stench is so bad as to be unbearable.
​ The tragedy unfolds in Trump’s country: Western North Carolina, Eastern Tennessee, upstate South Carolina, and parts of Georgia.
​This is the same FEMA that spent $1 billion on housing illegal aliens and is still spending on illegal aliens. They don’t care if citizens die.
​ Some families claim they plan to plow it all down and not recover bodies.
​Hundreds of body bags have been requested in Western North Carolina and Eastern Tennessee.
​ Stories of starving, dehydrated people being left to die.
​There is almost no coverage or communication. People are running out of food and water.
​ Town folk in Chimney Rock say there are bodies in the trees; you can see them, but the government plans to bulldoze it and not recover the bodies. They said they didn’t want this to get out to the public.​ https://www.independentsentinel.com/fema-msm-mia-bodies-washed-up-in-trees-people-starving/

​Naked Capitalism has many more first hand accounts. Scenes from Helene: A Report from North Carolina https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2024/10/scenes-from-helene-a-report-from-north-carolina.html

​ Conspiracy? Trucker shocked to find no loads at all are scheduled to go within 125 miles of Ashville, N​.C​. Truck driver verified there are no loads on the load board coming within 125 miles of Asheville, following immense devastation and death caused by biblical flooding brought on by Hurricane Helene.​ https://sqauk.com/conspiracy-trucker-shocked-to-find-no-loads-at-all-are-scheduled-to-go-within-125-miles-of-ashville-nc/

[John Day]

​ The nature and consequence of Karl Marx’s skin disease
​ From an analysis of the original correspondence, it has been possible to establish that Karl Marx’s incapacitating skin disease was hidradenitis suppurativa, not ‘boils’ as was universally assumed at the time and since; the psychological effect of this illness on the man and his work appears to have been considerable.​ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17986303/#:~:text=From%20an%20analysis%20of%20the,appears%20to%20have%20been%20considerable.

​ Eleni sent this: A Principality Falls in an Avalanche of Scum, Body Parts, and Anguish – Hollywood in Crisis, The Grand Wizard’s spell has been broken and not a minute too soon
​ U.S. Attorney Damian Williams said: “As alleged in the Indictment, for years, Sean Combs used the business empire he controlled to sexually abuse and exploit women, as well as to commit other acts of violence and obstruction of justice. Today, he is charged with racketeering and sex trafficking offenses. If you have been a victim of Combs’ alleged abuse – or if you know anything about his alleged crimes – we urge you to come forward. This investigation is far from over.”
​ People are literally running for the hills, CEOs and politicians resigning en masse and vanishing from the public stage. It is instructive and fascinating too, that the trigger, the arrest of the P. Diddy, and the revelations of his crimes, has roiled the black community like nothing I’ve seen before. Rappers, producers and comics have been telling these stories for a decade, but were dismissed. Their lives, the culture of black America, has been polluted by the worship of gangsters, rap and drugs, heavily and relentlessly promoted by Hollywood. Chief among those promoters, Diddy.
​ Now Katt Williams, Tina Torres, Corey Feldman, Ally Carter, Jaguar Wright and others are shown to be right. And they claim to know much much more about the corruption, the dark abomination among elites like the Obamas, Ashton Kutcher, Justin Bieber, Russell Simmons, Leonardo de Caprio, Princes Harry and Andrew, Tyler Perry, Will and Jada Smith, Kelly Osborne, Martha Stewart, Oprah, Rick Ross, Usher, Cuba Gooding Jr., Lebron James, TD Jakes. Clive Davis is identified as the puppet master.
​ The abuse lawsuits are mounting, including a class action, and yesterday the Buzbee Law Firm was appointed lead counsel for fifty individuals who were assaulted by Diddy and the sports, film and political stars who went to “freak-offs”. The J Lo marriage collapse was said to be triggered by her involvement – the FBI visited Ben Affleck, and Ashton Kutcher’s participation has led his wife, Mila Kunis, to move out of the family house.​..
..The Diddler (as he is called by his black accusers) drugs children so that they are pliable during the rituals, where according to witnesses, CEOs, sports and film stars, politicians and senior bureaucrats will rape many children, dismember a child or two, and eat them in a frenzied solicitation of Lucifer or Baal or Baphomet. I am sorry to publish this on a Sunday, but an acknowledgement of the evil that lives among us is a station on the spiritual path. The Sinaloa Cartel was still Catholic enough to be disgusted and in a vain attempt to out him, they lodged a suit against Diddy in New York. Underground tunnels are said to link Diddy’s neighborhood with the Playboy Mansion, once the seat of darkness, with the Getty, where some of the rituals are performed.​
​ To continue with the accusations of insiders: this group – the Kardashians, Oprah. Diddy, Jay Z. – etc are so rich because they traffic children across the U.S. The 320,000 that have crossed the border during the Biden/Harris administration are caught in their web. These men and women are members of the Brulee, the black cohort in the Illuminati. The use of children as sacrifice to the dark gods, for the purpose of wealth and fame and power, has been entrenched in Hollywood’s culture because it is a fast conduit. In fact, unless you are a member, prepare to be marginalized.
​ Satanism, once a hobby of the dark elites and a few repellent outsiders, is mainstream. And Diddy is a high priest. The “freak-off” tapes are used as blackmail, and are sold on the dark web; the last one, which included Rihanna, for $500,000, according to Jaguar Wright. There appears to be some kind of a glitch that the higher you climb on the ladder of fame, the more humiliating semi-public acts and rituals you must perform.​ https://elizabethnickson.substack.com/p/a-principality-falls-in-an-avalanche

WEF Demands Ban on Home-Grown Food to Stop ‘Global Warming’​ https://slaynews.com/news/wef-demands-ban-home-grown-food-stop-global-warming/

​ Those terrorists are getting rid of heroin again. “Empire of Drugs”: Taliban’s Eradication of Opium Reveals Harsh Reality of U.S. Occupation of Afghanistan
​ Opium poppy cultivation in Afghanistan plunged by an estimated 95 per cent following a drug ban imposed by the de facto authorities in April 2022, according to a new research brief from the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).
​ UN officials noted that the near-total contraction of the opiate economy is expected to have far-reaching consequences and highlighted the urgent need for enhanced assistance for rural communities, accompanied by alternative development support to build an opium-free future for the people of Afghanistan.
​ Opium cultivation fell across all parts of the country, from 233,000 hectares to just 10,800 hectares in 2023. The decrease has led to a corresponding 95 per cent drop in the supply of opium, from 6,200 tons in 2022 to just 333 tons in 2023…
​..The impact on the Global Trade in Heroin which is estimated to be in excess of 100 billion dollars has created havoc.​ Heroin is a multibillion dollar trade. What are the broader implications? Will this second attempt by the Taliban government to restrict the drug trade lead to U.S military intervention with a view to restoring the multibillion dollar trade in heroin?​ https://www.globalresearch.ca/empire-drugs-taliban-opium-reveals-reality-us-occupation-afghanistan/5831597

Harris Calls for Backup: Obama Joins Struggle to Keep Campaign Afloat​ https://sputnikglobe.com/20241006/harris-calls-for-backup-obama-joins-struggle-to-keep-campaign-afloat-1120435446.html

[John Day]

Cliffhanger https://drjohnsblog.substack.com/p/cliffhanger

Professor Ugo Bardi, The Great World Rush Toward the Seneca Cliff, The Philosophy of “Take what you can, when you can”
​ Nafeez Ahmed pinpoints our problems perfectly well in his blog in a post titled, “War With Iran, the Planetary Phase Shift, and Global System Paralysis.” We are seeing a war for resources, a mad rush to maintain control over what little is left, at the cost of destroying everything and everyone on the path. Ahmed’s interpretation highlights our powerlessness…
​..How did we arrive at this? There was a time, after WWII, when the illusory abundance created by cheap fossil fuels made it possible to imagine a future in which peace could be attained by collaboration among the peoples of the world. That it was possible to think that the poor nations could rise to levels of prosperity comparable to those of the rich ones and that everyone would have been happy with that.
​ The first wrench thrown in the gears of this idea was “The Limits to Growth” report to the Club of Rome, published in 1972. It told us that prosperity wouldn’t last forever. That the world’s economy was going to go through a cycle of growth and decline. That it would start falling like a stone at some moment during the first few decades of the 21st century.
​ It wasn’t a prophecy of doom. It was a warning.​.. But now that we have entered an age of terrible scarcity of resources, this view has become obsolete.​..
The attempt to maintain the old ways at all costs is the perfect way to create the Seneca Collapse. It was not unavoidable, but it wasn’t avoided, and now it is the direction the world is taking.​ But this is not the end of the world. It is the end of a world.​..
​..In the case of Israel-Palestine, it’s clear that the conflict has been radicalised by competing claims over resources – especially land and fossil fuel reserves – yet perhaps the biggest factor reinforcing the tendency to extreme violence has been the role of local manifestations of the industrial OS, as refracted through established repressive political structures.
​ On a planetary scale the incumbent industrial OS – encompassing worldview, values, governance systems, culture, and so on – is a fundamental constraining factor in the human capacity to scale through the planetary phase shift and successfully reorganise. Transformation requires a fundamentally new OS empowering us to understand our predicament, transcend our dying industrial paradigm, and align our material and cultural systems with planetary life-support systems.​..
​..In the case of Israel-Palestine, it’s clear that the conflict has been radicalised by competing claims over resources – especially land and fossil fuel reserves – yet perhaps the biggest factor reinforcing the tendency to extreme violence has been the role of local manifestations of the industrial OS, as refracted through established repressive political structures.
​ On a planetary scale the incumbent industrial OS – encompassing worldview, values, governance systems, culture, and so on – is a fundamental constraining factor in the human capacity to scale through the planetary phase shift and successfully reorganise. Transformation requires a fundamentally new OS empowering us to understand our predicament, transcend our dying industrial paradigm, and align our material and cultural systems with planetary life-support systems.​ https://senecaeffect.substack.com/p/the-great-world-rush-toward-the-seneca

Surplus Energy Economics views improvements in quality and durability in adjusting to declining resource availability. Project 2050, Part Two, SOLUTIONS OF QUALITY
​ A huge change is taking place that seems, thus far, to be flying beneath the radar of most individuals, business leaders and decision-makers in government. This is the invalidation of ‘solutions of quantity’, and their replacement by solutions of quality.
​ As you may know, economic growth has long been a magic elixir, the “get out of g​oal free” card that has rescued individuals, households, businesses and entire economies from the consequences of their follies and misfortunes. When applied effectively, growth hasn’t just made up for past blunders, but has also enabled us to tackle serious social ills.​..
​..The current headline objective – “environmental sustainability” – is a qualitative one, but the insistence on tying the word “growth” to the word “sustainable” tethers it firmly to the quantitative.
​ In short, the default position of governments – and the consensus narrative which they endorse – is that of growing the economy by transitioning from climate-harming fossil fuels to renewable sources of energy. As far as this official narrative is concerned, “sustainability” isn’t enough, but must be accompanied by “growth”.​
​ This inclusion of “growth” within commitments to sustainability is already faltering, for the good and sufficient reason that it isn’t feasible. Whatever their other merits, the characteristics of renewables (and, in particular, their energy-densities) are inferior to those of oil, natural gas and coal.​ The real purpose of the economy isn’t to move money around, but to deliver material products and services to society.​..
..This said, it’s difficult to be clear about what progress, if any, has been made towards qualitative thinking, or whether governments, and those who advise them, really understand that a long era of material (as opposed to cosmetic) economic growth has been drawing to a close…
..Putting any official imprimatur on such a concept would be guaranteed to cause chaos. Nobody in any position of authority is going to concede that the authors of The Limits to Growth (1972) “got it right after all”…
..It’s perfectly possible that at least some people in some governments understand that growth in the physical economy is inflecting into contraction, and know that we can’t ‘fix’ adverse material trends with monetary gimmickry. Neither can technology over-rule the laws of physics.
​ This gives governments an enormous headache. They can’t – for perfectly good reasons – tell the public that growth is going into reverse, but neither can they expect the public to remain unaware of this reality for much longer.​
​ The extent of this problem has been clarified by the recent extension of the SEEDS forecasting horizon from 2040 to 2050. Globally, material economic prosperity is likely to be about 21% smaller in 2050 than it is today, making the World’s average person 35% poorer. Meanwhile, the real costs of necessities can be expected to carry on rising.​..
..Though some economies are set to fare better than others, the common theme is a reduction in the ability to afford discretionary (non-essential) products and services…
..A full review of “solutions of quality” is beyond the compass of a single article, but some obvious examples can be cited. One such is a move towards greater circularity. We can’t expect to recycle all of the natural resources embedded in relinquished products and artefacts – not least because recycling itself requires energy – but we can do far better than we’ve done so far. The need here is to incorporate eventual recycling into product design from the outset, at the same time as improving the ability to repair as part of a broader extension of product lives.
​ This points towards a new business model in which intelligent physical engineering re-takes ground previously lost to “financial engineering”.​..
..These changes can be integrated within the new business model that’s required as the economy starts to contract…
​..The obvious counters to these problems are simplification (of products and processes) and delayering of organizations. Hard-pressed consumers are likely to develop a steadily rising preference for quality, repairability and longevity as their discretionary affordability decreases.
​ Beyond encouraging and enabling these positive trends, governments need to recognize that, whilst they’re unable to deliver improvements in the “standard of living” of the citizen, they can certainly improve his or her quality of life.
​ They can be more open, less censorious and less restrictive of the expression of opinions with which they disagree. They can engage in open debate about, for instance, re-prioritizing health-care and education systems, or tackling homelessness by not trying so hard to defer the inevitable deflation of the bubble in property prices.​ https://surplusenergyeconomics.wordpress.com/2024/10/03/290-project-2050-part-two/

​ Vested power-elites double-down with nuclear-powered AI: The World Is Not Enough, The Intelligent Age: Globalist Vampire Announces Billionaires’ Revolution
​ Globalist vampire Klaus Schwab crawled out of his coffin last week, to announce the theme of the next conclave of the World Economic Forum in January 2025.
Schwab begins by bragging that, “Almost a decade ago, in 2016, I coined the term the Fourth Industrial Revolution” and then he advises his minions that “Global cooperation is essential if we are to steer this revolution toward a positive outcome.”
What revolution you ask?
A billionaires’ revolution.​..
​..In order to have a successful billionaires’ revolution, Schwab slyly advises, “We need geopolitical intelligence to navigate the shifting landscapes of global power.” When he says “we,” he is not referring to you and me—he is referring to the Davos Club.​..
​..Most commentators within the alternative community have the idea that the world government will arise in the near future in the form of a restructured United Nations, but the truth is the world government already exists. The WEF do not want nations, they want regions. They are currently carving up the planet into regions, governed by the WEF who are the board of directors of a corporate-style technocracy…
..These mega-regions will be glued together through regional banks, and the coordinating hub of this new global governance system will be the BRICS, not the United Nations. The United Nations will be reduced in power and influence, and other regional groups, such as the G20, ASEAN, SCO and the WEF’s 100 strategic partners will grow in power and influence.
​ The Global South are hungry for equal footing on the world stage, after centuries of Western domination. The WEF is leveraging this hunger to manipulate the Global South leaders into jumping on the billionaires’ bandwagon, in the false hope that they will be given a greater slice of the global pie. In exchange they are forfeiting national sovereignty and sacrificing their own people—their own people whose heads were placed on the executioner’s block during the plandemic.
​ These regional players are brainwashed, bribed or blackmailed into cooperating with the WEF project​…
​..The New World Order that Schwab envisions requires middle managers, bureaucrats and administrators who are consummate yes-men and yes-women.​ Therefore, what we are witnessing on the world stage is a Cult of Mediocrity.​..
​..Schwab continues with his soothing snake oil, arguing that, “the Intelligent Age — driven by rapid advancements in artificial intelligence (AI), quantum computing and blockchain — is transforming everything and changing it right now, in real time.”​ The theme of Davos 2025 is “Collaboration for the Intelligent Age,” referring to Artificial Intelligence, the cornerstone of the Fourth Industrial Revolution​… Klaus Schwab read from ChatGPT, “Envisioning a future propelled by the technologies of the 4IR we see a NEW DAWN of human civilization … where AI, robotics, the IoT, 3D-printing, genetic engineering, quantum computing become the foundations of our daily life.”​ https://www.worldnotenough.com/p/the-intelligent-age-globalist-vampire

​ Will Zoll, When Decades Happen – Part III , The Marxist Mind Garden
The French Revolution provided a vast array of data points. The events that led up to the revolution, as well as the insanity that followed, were immediately and meticulously analyzed. If the code to fomenting revolutions could be cracked, it would become one of the most potent weapons in an army’s arsenal. For Prussia, an army that sought to control nations, this weaponry would be imperative if they were going to continue their march toward European domination.​..
​..In the Prussian Origins of Marxism, we showed how Marx was heavily influenced by the Young Hegelians while studying at the University of Berlin. We also presented evidence to suggest Marx was anything but a rebel with a communist cause. The data suggested Marx was a Prussian agent of chaos; a slovenly man with an obsession to maximize his personal pleasure and avoid pain at all costs.
​ He married into Prussian aristocracy. More importantly, he married the sister of the Prussian Interior Minister. Everywhere he travelled, his communist colleagues were arrested or executed while he somehow was able to find a way to escape. While in London, he was visited multiple times by the head of the Prussian secret police, Wilhelm Stieber. Stieber was Otto von Bismarck’s highly prized spy chief. Stieber was intimately involved in the assassination attempts on diplomats, heads of states, and instrumental in destabilizing regions from within before they were invaded by Prussia7.​..
..What was so special about Marx to stimulate Stieber’s spy senses?
​ After Marx published the Communist Manifesto in 1848, communist revolutions erupted throughout Europe. France was, once again, seduced by the allure of a communist utopia and collapsed. But there were also Prussian communists who “fled” Prussia to escape persecution. The most notable were Solomon Loeb and Abraham Kuhn. They made a vast fortune selling clothes to the US military, and then transformed their capital into one of the most powerful banks in America. Kuhn Loeb & Co. became the American launching-pad for the man who would eventually arrive from Germany and install the Federal Reserve; Paul Warburg.
​ Marx’s toxic ideology was like a wrecking ball, and it was spreading everywhere. Believers in his Communist Manifesto behaved like their minds were infected with some sort of virus; a woke mind-virus. As this virus spread throughout Europe, Prussia remained relatively unscathed. Perhaps this was why Stieber was enthralled with Marx. Had Marx stumbled on the secret formula to radicalize and destroy rival nations from within?​…
​..If this was true, it would explain the constant surveillance of Marx by Stieber. Otto von Bismarck, no doubt, also understood the power of fomenting revolution within rival empires. France had fallen twice in 50 years to revolution. If Russia could eventually suffer the same fate, Prussia would be freed from their perpetual Russo-Franco geopolitical sandwich. Bizarrely, that’s exactly what happened in 1917.​..
​..Marx was a lazy, fat, slovenly, incoherent, morally, financially and spiritually bankrupt individual. As we shall discover, Marx’s character is now the quintessential prototype for Marxists today; be it politicians, CEOs, central bankers, members of the ReichsWEF, or the 40 year old purple-haired brat currently living in their parents’ basement, waiting for the next Soros’ funded protest.​..
​..Epicurus gave Marx the essential guide in how a community reaches the ultimate pleasure-state​… Epicurus’ belief that collective happiness is obtained by “surviving difficult times” became the mantra for all modern-era Marxist revolutions. Constant struggle sessions, kangaroo courts, purges and executions have become synonymous with communist dictatorships. It appears that Marx borrowed the concept of struggle from Epicurus.
​ Which leads us to the question, was Epicurus’ philosophy an ancient attempt at communism?​ The answer is, of course, yes. However, there is one stark contrast between the communism of Ancient Greece and the communism envisaged by Karl Marx.
​ Epicurus, and others, created an environment whereby the commune was voluntary. If you were intrigued by what Epicurus’ philosophy was offering, you were free to come, stay, or go as you pleased. This could be seen as a social experiment amongst many experiments within Ancient Greece.
​ Marx and his ideological descendants knew communism would never work in 19th and 20th century unless it was forced onto the people. From Marx’s point of view, Democritus and Epicurus provided a clear, deterministic path toward a utopia of collective happiness, with him on the hedonistic throne, as philosopher king. It was a no-brainer for Marx, but nobody else could see his vision.
​ Marx realized there was only one way to force the people to appreciate his vision: Through the gates of hell, by revolution.
B​y analyzing the ancient philosophers that Marx examined in his PhD, we come to understand the thought processes underpinning Marxism. The best outcome for humanity was a material, deterministic and atheistic world; a communal utopia where collective happiness is a function of collective struggle. This would be a world which seeks to maximize the pleasures on offer with wanton abandon.​..
​..The question was how he could convince the world to begin the transition towards communism.
​ This is where Marx utilized his studies at Berlin under the mentorship of Bruno Bauer, a Young Hegelian. Bruno taught Marx, in between their drinking escapades, the virtue of Hegel’s “dialectical idealism”. In this, warfare and radicalization go hand in hand. Radicalizing involved marginalizing a small group to become so passionate about a particular idea that they were willing to fight to the death over it. His theory: When two radical ideas clash, war ensues, and may the best idea win.
​ This was the light bulb moment for Marx. Transformation of society could not happen through an external force, it had to happen from within. A clash of ideas from within a society could provide exactly that; revolution, civil war, and transformation.
​ The puzzle for Marx was how to radicalize his followers to the point of revolution.​..
​..Marx believed that Hegel’s “dialectical idealism” was really just “dialectical materialism”.
​ The world did not need to fight about ideas, they needed to fight over things. The fight was about material things that one person possessed, and another did not. If you could convince enough people that their miserable existence was because of the greed and possessions of another group of people, you may just radicalize them enough to start a revolution.​..
​..In essence, Marx sold Epicurus’ utopian commune as a fantastical endpoint. Those who became his followers, were gradually radicalized to believe that the obstacles in their way toward utopia were those who had accumulated wealth; namely the middle-class. The problem was that the middle-class had worked, saved and invested their way to prosperity, and they were not about to give up their capital for an ideology they could not even understand. This created a societal polarization where both sides believed the opposition to be an existential threat.
​ The blueprint for revolution was complete. Marx believed he’d overtaken Hegel in the field of “dialectics”, but really he was a plagiarist, and an unoriginal thinker. He even stole Hegel’s “War is progress” meme​: “Revolutions are the locomotives of history”…
​..We come to the end of this part to the series. The goal was to gain an insight into how Karl Marx’s thought processes led to such a toxic ideology. Far from an original work, Marx took pieces of Democritus, Epicurus and Hegel that he liked and stuck them together to form​ Marxism.
​ We know that Prussia had a peculiar fascination regarding the French revolution, and that Fichte, Hegel and Marx all drew upon the historical events of that period to develop a type of “revolutionary theory”. Bizarrely, all of these men did most of their revolutionary research at the University of Jena, the place where Napoleon utterly humiliated Prussia.
​ We know that Hegel and Fichte were die-hard Prussian loyalists, and that their philosophy was dedicated to ensuring Prussian supremacy throughout Europe. However, Marx continually denounced the Prussian state. His denouncement was particularly strange for a number of reasons:
​ His wife was from Prussian aristocracy, who continually wrote back to the family, thereby creating the potential for back channel communication with Prussia.
His brother-in-law was the Minister of the Interior of Prussia, which means that back-channel was the equivalent of the Prussian CIA at the time.
​ Stieber, the chief of the Prussian secret police (Gestapo), continually travelled to London to keep an eye on Marx.
Marx’s closest friend, Friedrich Engels, just finished his service with the Prussian military before he established his relationship with Karl.
​ Finally, after the 1848 revolutions, Prussian “Marxists” escaped their kingdom for the safety of America. Known as the “48ers” and the “Red Republicans”, Marx kept a continual line of communication open with these men. Some of them include Charles Pfizer, and the future bankers of Kuhn, Loeb & Co. The latter banking firm is responsible for the establishment of the US Federal Reserve.
​ Was Marx a true communist revolutionary, or was he an operative for Prussia? He was a man who submitted his PhD at Jena, and then created a communist revolutionary manual so radical that it almost burnt Europe to the ground, just before Prussia launched its military campaign to humiliate Denmark, Austria and France. Was the animosity between Marx and Prussian Empire real, or simply a ploy to create plausible deniability?​ https://prussiagate.substack.com/p/when-decades-happen-part-iii

[John Day]

Monopoly Round-Up: The Fed Took $3k From You and Gave it to Jamie Dimon
CFPB Director Rohit Chopra is single-handedly blocking a massive sell-out to Wall Street. Plus, where are Trump and Harris on monopolies?
Matt Stoller
https://www.thebignewsletter.com/p/monopoly-round-up-the-fed-took-3k

[John Day]

How Russian Buying Could Help Drive Silver to $50 and Beyond
Russia has announced plans to add silver to its state reserves alongside gold, platinum, and palladium, a move that should further accelerate silver’s emerging bull market.
https://thebubblebubble.substack.com/p/how-russian-buying-could-help-drive

[John Day]

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

[John Day]

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

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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

[John Day]

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

[John Day]

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

[John Day]

​ 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/

[John Day]

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

[John Day]

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/

[John Day]

@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.

[John Day]

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

[John Day]

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

[John Day]

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.

[John Day]

​ 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

[John Day]

​ 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

[John Day]

​ 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/

[John Day]

​ (“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

[John Day]

​ 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

[John Day]

​ 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

[John Day]

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

[John Day]

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

[John Day]

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

[John Day]

​ 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

[John Day]

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/

[John Day]

​ 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

[John Day]

​ 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

[John Day]

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.

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Walz as sad, lying claymation Gumby…
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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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Iran fires ballistic missiles at Israel https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/10/1/israel-attacks-lebanon-live-israelis-launch-ground-operation-in-lebanon?update=3213306

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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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