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Conditions are ripe for over production of “word salad”.

… Trump wins …

… yes, Hillary. (democrats) You lost total control….

… Musk also shared his thoughts …

… first came a diversion: Hurricane Helene’s debris piles, followed by a catastrophic Hurricane #5 Milton ….

… Printing Press over producing/compensating/ineffective …

… Recession, stagnation, inflation, high energy prices, slowdown …

… Netanyahu and Zelensky …

… Peace …
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Al Jazeera TV presenter confirms Iran has conducted nuclear tests.
Yesterday it was reported that the 4.6 magnitude earthquake that occurred the day before in the Tehran area was the result of a nuclear weapons test.

https://t.me/ZandVchannel/129740

Posted by: LightYearsFromHome | Oct 7 2024

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NOW. Hear the other side of the story

LIVE BLOG: One Year of Genocide | Massacres in Central Gaza | Al-Qassam Bombs Tel Aviv – Day 367

LIVE BLOG: One Year of Genocide | Massacres in Central Gaza | Al-Qassam Bombs Tel Aviv – Day 367
October 7, 2024

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Columns of Lebanese refugees leave the country, heading north towards Turkey/Europe

https://t.me/svezhesti/117857

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Imagine the hell and hate that continues
https://english.almanar.com.lb/

21:54 Two New Military Operations Announced by Yemeni Armed Forces to Mark October 7 More..

20:39 Hezbollah Military Officer: Israeli Occupation Forces Taking UNIFIL Troops Human Shields More..
19:38 Islamic Resistance fighters target a deployment of Israeli occupation forces in Al-Tahyaht hill with a missile barrage, inflicting an accurate hit: statement
19:10 Al-Qassam Brigades: We successfully sniped an “Israeli” soldier in the “Tawam” area north of Gaza City
18:07 Islamic Resistance fighters strike a gathering of IOF in Beit Hillel with a missile barrage: statement
17:54 Islamic Resistance fighters target gatherings of IOF in Mount Al-Qalea, Blida, with artillery shells: statement
15:42 Al-Qassam Brigades Exceptionally Mark Oct. 7, Bombs Tel Aviv More..
15:18 Occupation army admits 11 soldiers killed, 100 others injured since the onset of the limited ground incursion on the border with Lebanon: Israeli media
15:12 Hezbollah Pounds Zionist Entity with Rockets on Oct. 7, Hits Israeli Ground Forces More..
14:51 Israeli media: Sirens sound in Kiryat Shmona and its surroundings
13:51 West Bank: Al-Quds Brigades Engaged in Fierce Battles with IOF More..
13:28 Hezbollah’s Islamic Resistance fighters bomb the settlement of Karmiel with a rocket salvo: statement
13:24 Hezbollah Marks Oct 7: Era of Defeats Is Over; Divine Victory Has Arrived More..
12:18 Gaza Health Ministry: Death toll since onset of Israeli aggression reached 41,909 martyrs, with over 60% being women and children, and 97,303 injured
12:14 Video | Hezbollah Strikes Haifa, Tiberias in Occupied Palestine More..
11:24 Israeli media says rockets fell on the outskirts of Tel Aviv
10:21 Islamic Resistance targeted the Karmiel settlement with a rocket barrage: statement
09:48 Israeli Media: A soldier was killed and two others were seriously injured on the northern border with Lebanon
09:45 Israeli media: The massive failure of October 7 will continue to haunt ‘Israel’
09:44 Israeli media: A number of vehicles caught fire as a result of rockets falling in Kfar Verdim, Western Galilee
09:42 Israeli Media: Sirens sound in Doviv, Western Galilee
09:18 Israeli Media: The total number of injuries due to rocket impacts from Lebanon in Haifa and Tabaraya [Tiberias] is 10, with one in critical condition and several in moderate condition
00:20 Within the framework of the “Khaybar” series of operations, the Islamic Resistance launched a salvo of “Fadi 1” missiles targeting the Carmel base, south of Haifa
00:19 Rambam Hospital in Haifa: We have received 6 injuries so far due to rockets attack on Haifa
00:08 Iran Cancels Flights Amid Preparations for ‘Strong Response’ Operation More..

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I’m appreciative of what you do.
I remember how bad was the economy of the ’70’s.
Now, It’s getting worst.
So is my health. I’m okay, no pain.

Finding “NEWS” and pasting for everyone is what I can still do.

Peace

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https://www.aljazeera.com/gallery/2024/10/7/a-year-of-israels-devastating-war-on-gaza

Israel-Palestine conflict In Pictures

A year of Israel’s devastating war on Gaza
Nearly 42,000 Palestinians killed, more than half of them women and children, as the besieged enclave marks a year of Israel’s genocidal war.

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If there is no reporting?
Did/does it happen?
World Wide 07 Oct. Silent Demonstrations.

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Adapt/synchronize/prepare
Decline of the survivability of your circle of life
Depopulation
Deterioration
Change
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Hurricane Helene
• US citizens devasted by Hurricane Helene only get a $750 loan.

• Illegal immigrants lodging in NYC hotels with daily turndown service, three meals a day, health insurance, debit cards, etc.

• Israel and Ukraine get billions for their war

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Next hurricane, Milton
“Milton has intensified into a category 1 hurricane. [..] ..expected to make landfall on Wednesday on the Gulf Coast of Florida as a Category 3 major hurricane..”

Intense winds, significant power outages, storm surge damage could exceed that of Helene.
https://x.com/LeonSimons8/status/1842746673690263719?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1842746673690263719%7Ctwgr%5Ed61d455c4f398be6695f2e56a0b98a39fdb314d2%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theautomaticearth.com%2F2024%2F10%2Fdebt-rattle-october-7-2024%2F
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The Internet is the single greatest invention for free speech since the printing press.
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• RFK Jr. Focused on America’s Chronic Disease Problem (ET)
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• Biden Urges Congress to Replenish Disaster Relief Funding (ET)
Its loan program provides affected homeowners with up to $500,000 to repair their primary residence, and up to $2 million for businesses to cover disaster-related losses.
(It’s better, more advantageous, to be a refugee.)
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Revenge for antisemitism
Not Jewism Synagogue spray painted
Not headstone tipped over
• 4 in 5 Gaza Mosques, All 3 Churches Devastated in Israel Bombing Campaign (Sp.)
https://sputnikglobe.com/20241006/four-in-five-of-gazas-mosques-all-three-churches-devastated-in-year-long-israeli-bombing-campaign-1120442861.html

Some 814 of 1,245 mosques in the Gaza Strip have been destroyed, another 148 partially damaged, and all three of the strip’s churches ravaged.

According to the ministry, 19 of 60 cemeteries in its care have been targeted, eight destroyed, and 11 damaged, and grave sites and remains have been exhumed, desecrated, plundered, and mutilated in areas where Israeli troops have operated.

Over the past year, 238 Religious Affairs Ministry employees have been killed and 19 others detained by Israeli forces, according to the figures.
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https://www.hamshahrionline.ir/news/887652/%D8%B2%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%AE%D8%AA-%D9%87%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AA%DA%98%DB%8C%DA%A9-%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%A6%DB%8C%D9%84-%DA%A9%D8%AC%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA-%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%86%D9%81%D9%88%DA%AF%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%81%DB%8C%DA%A9

Where is Israel’s Strategic Infrastructure? | Infographic
In addition to Hezbollah and other resistance groups, Iran has also warned that it will target infrastructure in the occupied territories.

Ashkelon
“Israel’s infrastructure is vulnerable,” is a phrase that is repeated over and over again by various Zionist sources these days as the conflict between the Zionist regime and the Lebanese Hezbollah intensifies.

Recently, the Walla website quoted security sources as saying that Hezbollah’s arsenal poses a serious threat to Israel’s infrastructure, including ships and gas platforms.

Two months ago, the economic newspaper Globes warned of the growing consequences of the war on the economy of the Zionist regime, which is at risk of severe damage to its infrastructure.

In addition to Hezbollah and other resistance groups, Iran has also warned that it will target infrastructure in the occupied territories if Tel Aviv continues its adventurism in the region.

Strategically Sensitive Centers in the Occupied Territories

Tamish Gas Field
Tamar Gas Field
Haifa Oil Refinery
Hagit Power Plant
Everett Rubin Power Plant
Leviathan gas field
Majd Oil Field
Gozar Power Plant
Eshkol Power Plant
Ashdod Oil Refinery
Rothenburg Power Plant
Ashkelon Oil Terminal and Depot
Heltz oil field
The power plant was built by Matt Hawaf
Eilat Oil Terminal and Depot
Where is Israel’s Strategic Infrastructure? | Infographic

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… sick and damned tired of hearing the refrain…
It’s anti-semitic

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IMAGINE: #iran #Israel #Hezbollah FIGHTS BACK

#iran #Israel #Hezbollah

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Imagine: a synagogue in Tel Avid, being hit like this and
Imagine: the reaction of the worlds.

https://x.com/MarioNawfal/status /1842906969809547773
IDF BEGINS DEMOLISHING MOSQUES IN SOUTHERN LEBANON

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Look at the BIG PICTURE.

If Israel didn’t exist, would the U.S. and the UK allow the Arabs to have the oil/energy without a war?

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Is anybody listening to Putin.
Putin said that before he can defeat the Neocons in Ukraine , he needs to defeat the Neocons in Palestine.
He’s done it.
Israel would get nuked by Russia if it nuked Iran.
The whole thing is a kabuki? on steroids. They played, they lost, they have to back down .

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Fixing will bring pain.
Gas is double what it was 4 years ago, food prices are up 30 percent over the last 2 years, we are adding 1 trillion to the national debt every 100 days ( inflation) the younger generations are moving back in with their parents because they can’t afford to buy a house, pay rent, buy food, pay off their loans.

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HAHAHAH
The buildup would require “significant further funding,”
https://swentr.site/news/605298-nato-major-force-buildup/

5 Oct, 2024 16:53

NATO planning major force buildup – Welt
The US-led bloc wants to increase the number of ground-based air defense units by five times to counter Moscow, according to the outlet

The Kremlin has denied any plans to attack NATO. President Vladimir Putin has dismissed talk of a ‘Russian threat’ as “nonsense” and propaganda by Western governments aimed at scaring European populations “to extract additional expenses” from them.

Entitled the “Minimum Capability Requirements,” it was reportedly written by two top commanders of the US-led bloc: American General Christopher Cavoli, the Supreme Allied Commander Europe, and French Admiral Pierre Vandier, who is responsible for the bloc’s doctrinal and transformation issues.

The document outlines the basic requirements NATO has to fulfil if it plans to defend “every centimeter” of its territory in a potential conflict with Moscow, Die Welt said.

Defending every inch of NATO territory: Force posture options for strengthening deterrence in Europe

Defending every inch of NATO territory: Force posture options for strengthening deterrence in Europe
By The Scowcroft Center Task Force on Deterrence and Force Posture

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https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/topics_49202.htm
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https://www.dw.com/en/top-stories/s-9097

https://www.dw.com/en/in-gaza-israel-hamas-war-has-left-behind-trauma-ruin/a-70363209
In Gaza, Israel-Hamas war has left behind trauma, ruin
Tania Krämer in Jerusalem | Hazem Balousha in Cairo
10/05/2024October 5, 2024
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LYING AND STEALING.
Karine Jean-Pierre says it is “categorically false” that FEMA used taxpayer dollars to resettle illegal aliens.

https://www.fema.gov/grants/preparedness/shelter-services-program/fy24-awards/ssp-a

For Fiscal Year (FY) 2024, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security will provide $640.9 million of available funds to enable non-federal entities to off-set allowable costs incurred for services associated with noncitizen migrant arrivals in their communities.

The total allocation for Round 1 funding was $275,000,000.
The total allocation for Round 2 funding was $40,874,482.14.
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https://x.com/jackunheard/status/1842212852402172105?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1842212852402172105%7Ctwgr%5E1a381ed64cb6dd4186a2ae3d0917eb88bcd76721%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theautomaticearth.com%2F2024%2F10%2Fdebt-rattle-october-6-2024%2F
CNN has aired a critical segment highlighting how Minnesota Governor Tim Walz enabled the largest COVID-19 fraud scheme in the country.

This might have just sealed the election for Trump.
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Now we have to reckon with what will happen,

… years of war will destroy all the country’s, (Israel), resources and create an irreversible migration crisis, leading millions of citizens to flee the Middle East forever.

… global supply chain snarls, (oil), for the shipping industry …
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peace and cease fire, against killing, and genocide
How to have Israel De-escalation
3 power stations
2 refineries
one pipeline from Turkey

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https://x.com/IranSpec/status/1842242237905899594
Satelite image show f-35 destroyed

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Listen.
People are demonstrating for peace and cease fire, against killing, and genocide

What cities are planning demonstration for 7 Sept
Copilot Using the web

Several cities are planning demonstrations around the one-year anniversary of the October 7 attacks. Here are some of the notable ones:

Chicago, IL: The U.S. Palestinian Community Network will stage a demonstration at 2 p.m. at 180 E. Pearson St., near Water Tower Place1.
Los Angeles, CA: Weekly protests are held every Monday at 6-7 p.m. at Wilshire and Western2.
New York, NY: A demonstration is planned at 2 p.m. in Times Square2.
Washington, DC: A protest will take place at 4 p.m. at the White House2.
Toronto, Ontario: A rally is scheduled at 2 p.m. at Yonge Dundas Square2.
These are just a few examples

There are numerous demonstrations happening worldwide.
Here are some notable ones:

Global Protest Tracker: The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace maintains a Global Protest Tracker that follows significant anti-government protests worldwide. Since 2017, over 700 significant protests have erupted in more than 147 countries.
Major Protests: Al Jazeera has an infographic that maps major protests around the world, including those in Lebanon, India, and Hong Kong. These protests are often driven by economic inequalities, job crises, and demands for democratic freedoms and social justice.
Historical Protests: Live Science provides an overview of history’s biggest protests, highlighting demonstrations that saw millions of participants.

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TODAY, TAE IS TALKING ABOUT TABOU SUBJECTS

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All silence from bankers/investors

Turned FEMA into an illegal alien resettlement agency.
Borrowed money to send to Israel, and Ukraine wars
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• The Regime Wants Appalachia To Suffer (Bishop)
https://mises.org/mises-wire/regime-wants-appalachia-suffer
10/04/2024

Americans from Florida to North Carolina continue to deal with the devastating consequences of Hurricane Helene, now the deadliest hurricane to hit the US since Katrina. The stories emerging from the region are heart breaking. The economic damage to property and the infrastructure will take years to recover from. Large parts of the area will never return to what they were. Many Americans may be unaware of the extent of the damage. Unlike Hurricane Katrina, which received non-stop coverage on cable news for weeks, with primetime anchors like Anderson Cooper visiting on location covering stories of human tragedy and government incompetent, Helene’s aftermath has received far less coverage. It is on social media platforms like X where folks will find horrifying stories of the stench of death still strong in difficult to reach areas, the lack of government assistance for those in need, and the courage of private efforts serving the area.
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• The Reprehensible Audacity Of FEMA Being Broke (QTR)
https://quoththeraven.substack.com/p/the-reprehensible-audacity-of-fema

What FEMA being broke today means not just that we have pissed away the money that we could have allocated for it to non-U.S. citizens — it’s far more insulting than that. It means that in a day and age where we can theoretically print endless fiat dollars and have an ‘infinite amount of cash’—an idea that I think is completely batshit insane, but our Fed governors don’t—that we still have not stocked the coffers of our domestic agencies with the bare minimum necessary for them to help the American people when they need to. In other words, if the money is all fake, and we can conjure up as much of it as we want without any consequences, as both political parties would have you believe over the last several decades, why should FEMA ever be asking for more money to help hurricane victims?
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The Trump team comes together one at a time: RFK Jr, Elon Musk, JD Vance, Vivek Ramaswamy, Tulsi Gabbard, Tucker Carlson, Mike Flynn, etc etc.

“The martyr lived. Last time America had a candidate this tough was Theodore Roosevelt..”

• Elon Musk to Attend Trump Rally at Site of Attempted Assassination (ET)

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Getting it right for 07 Oct: “Hate Speech”

An accusation of genocide is “Hate Speech”. Doing the killing is not “Hate Speech”

definition: Hate speech is “discriminatory” (biased, bigoted or intolerant) or “pejorative” (prejudiced, contemptuous or demeaning) of an individual or group.
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Biden Suggests Israel Not Hit Iran Oil Fields, During Incredibly Rare WH Daily Briefing Appearance
Urgent request: I’m opening bids for anyone to “Hit Iran Oil Fields”

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If you are interested in comparing your predictions of Israel and the middle east. Go read the following analysis at #193.

Posted by: Arch Bungle | Oct 4 2024 22:06 utc | 193
https://www.moonofalabama.org/2024/10/white-house-to-meddle-in-lebanese-policies-provoking-more-bombings-/comments/page/2/#comments

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Why!!!!
https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-airstrike-cuts-key-escape-route-lebanon-syria
Israeli airstrike cuts key escape route from Lebanon to Syria
4 October 2024 06:40 BST

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BREAKING:

Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the UAE, Bahrain, and Kuwait have declared their neutrality to Iran in its conflict with Israel and will not allow the U.S. to use their airbases against Iran.

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Can the controllers prevent the oil prices from spiking, and prevent society from collapsing?

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USA/Israel mercenaries are bombing:

• Beirut
• Southern Lebanon
• Bekaa Valley
• Syria
• Yemen
• Gaza
• the West Bank

Meanwhile; Iran is the real villain in the region!

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Change is in the air.
There is NOT enough to go around for everyone
Will the election change anything?
Will the voters change anything?
Will those affected by “HELENE” vote for someone to make changes?
Will our leader take care of their “voters/Citizens/us” before doing wars in Ukraine and Israel?

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who do we want to win?
https://scheerpost.com/2024/10/03/patrick-lawrence-who-do-you-want-to-win/
Patrick Lawrence

Right question.
Who do I want to win?
Garbage in, garbage out.
Crystal ball/critical thinking/.
Seeing through the fog of complexity/illusion.

Biggest motivator/activator/domino/butterfly.
Israel.
We know, What Israel will do?

Response.
What will Iran do?

Will I be affected negatively. Will I need to respond? What will I need to do? When?

Why?
To have enough energy to function, for my tomorrows.
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Considerations.
1. FOREIGN interference is not OUR major/main political problem.
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2. • Israel Planning Major Attack on Iran (Antiwar)

Israel Planning Major Attack on Iran

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3• ‘Iron Dome Proved to Be a Bust’: Iran Strikes Israel in Retaliation for Assassinations Larry Johnson (Sp.)
https://sputnikglobe.com/20241002/iron-dome-proved-to-be-a-bust-iran-strikes-israel-in-. -for-assassinations-1120377938.html
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4. Can/do our governments know how to manage our societies during shortages?
Europe’s largest economy also contracted in the second quarter of this year, . to official statistics. Weakness in the automotive sector became the main driver behind the decline in the country’s industrial production in July, Reuters reported in September, adding that the nation could face another recession.
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Focus ..
Who is paying for everything ?… poverty, homelessness, humanitarian disasters, poor health, poor education, bad governments, war, killing, lies
Who makes the GDP go up/down?
People power

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Another Gaza
Israel is going to progressively, systematically destroy Beirut so there is no state structure to legally resist and complain when it annexes a good part of southern Lebanon under the guise of a security zone / gray area. That is why it is hitting civilian neighborhoods with the excuse of targeting Hezbollah and why they issued that psyops how every apartment has a Hezbollah missile in it. At this point whether long planned or spinning out of control improv, in for a penny in for a pound.

Posted by: LightYearsFromHome | Oct 3 2024

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Good for the goose, good for the gander.
Everyone is in bomb shelters in Israel, Therefore, if Iran turned everything to rubble and dust it will only create a refugee problem. (Just like in Gaza)

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Priority should be Helene not war
Think about …
https://www.moonofalabama.org/2024/10/biden-is-pushing-israel-towards-larger-war.html#more
October 03, 2024
Biden Is Pushing Israel Towards Larger War
After being hit by some 200 Iranian missiles Israel has not yet dared to response to to the strike. It instead has launched new air attacks into the center of Beirut and its southern area known as Dahiyeh (which simply means suburb) with its predominantly Shia population.

Israel seems to have forgotten what attacks on Dahiyeh mean:

Hizbullah asserts that it has established a new deterrence equation: an Israeli attack on the al-Dahieh neighborhood in Beirut will be met with a retaliatory strike on Tel Aviv.
…
According to Hizbullah, the new equation established by Hassan Nasrallah is that any attack on Tel Aviv will be the response to Israeli actions taken in the al-Dahieh district in Beirut.
Hizbullah’s new leadership will certainly adhere to that doctrine.

That Hizbullah has not been degraded by Israel’s strikes at is leadership could be seen by yesterday’s incursion attempts by the Israeli army into south Lebanon. Its special forces was immediately ambushed by Hizbullah forces. Eight of its soldiers were killed and many more wounded. Additional casualties were reported today.

Israel is now tempted to risk an all out war with Iran. There is little chance that such a war would achieve anything but an all out war in the Middle East, a rapid increase in oil prices and a severe hit on the Democratic chances in the ongoing election campaign.

Iran, who’s ballistic missiles had no problems in passing Israels air defenses, has threatened an all out attack on Israel’s infrastructure – electricity and gas installations as well as harbors – should Israel attempt to take revenge against Iran.

U.S. media still spreading the myth that the Biden administration is trying to hold back Israel.

The Washington Post for example headlines:

Biden works to limit conflict as Mideast edges closer to all-out war

However the piece admits that some views disagree strongly with its headline:

American officials say they are encouraging Israel to respond in a measured way, but U.S. allies in Europe are concerned that Washington is not putting sufficient pressure on the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. “Our understanding is the Americans are not holding them back,” said the official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss a sensitive military matter.
Further down it comes to the heart of the issue:

Biden has been unwilling to use the most significant source of U.S. leverage — conditioning or suspending military aid to Israel — to try to change the dynamics of the war, as Israel has repeatedly rebuffed U.S. advice and counsel.
Not for one moment has Biden tried to limit Israel’s ability to strike on its neighbors. A headline in the Times of Israel even proclaims that Biden is urging Israel to launch a new strike:

Biden: US opposes Israel hitting Iran nuclear sites, response should be ‘proportional’

Speaking to reporters in Washington, Biden urged Israel to respond “proportionally” to the attack. Asked whether he backs a strike on Iranian nuclear sites, Biden responded: “The answer is no.”
Yves at Naked Capitalism correctly notes that:

Biden’s Israel Policy Has Led Us to the Brink of War on Iran

Yves shows that its was U.S. treachery that preceded the Israeli attack on Hizbullah leader Hassan Nasrallah:

We now learn that Nasrallah had agreed to the ceasefire shortly before he was assassinated and Israel or the US was affirmatively duplicitous, as if that comes as a surprise. Antiwar summarizes a CNN interview with the Lebanese foreign minister:

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.

I would put my bet on the misrepresentation being US doing, to secure agreement from Hezbollah and then hope they could use that to browbeat Israel into what it would contend was a short pause. Recall that the US has presented ceasefire proposals as originating with Israel and later ‘fessed up that they came from Biden.

It was this ceasefire lie by the Biden administration that enabled the Israeli strike which then prompted the moderate Iranian president Masoud Pezeshkian to change his course. As I noted yesterday:

Pezeshkian noted rather bitterly that the order by the Israeli Prime Minister Natanyahoo to kill Nasrallah had been given from New York:

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian says the international community will not forget that the order for Israel’s terrorist act to assassinate Secretary General of the Lebanese Hezbollah resistance movement Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah was issued from New York.
…
In a message of condolences on Saturday, Pezeshkian said the United States cannot absolve itself of complicity with the Zionists in the terror attack against the Hezbollah chief.
The assassination of Nasrallah demonstrated that Pezeshkian’s politics of moderation had failed.

After arriving back in Tehran Pezeshkian’s tone had changed: …

In a second point Yves presents evidence that the Iranian attack on Israel has caused significant damage and likely disabled significant parts of Israel’s F-35 fighter forces.

She then quotes a Code Pink piece which concludes:

Biden has been out of his depth throughout this crisis, relying on political instincts from an era when acting tough and blindly supporting Israel were politically safe positions for American politicians. Secretary of State Antony Blinken rose to power through the National Security Council and as a Senate staffer, not as a diplomat, riding Biden’s coat-tails into a senior position where he is as out of his depth as his boss.

Meanwhile, pro-Iran militia groups in Iraq warn that, if the U.S. joins in strikes on Iran, they will target U.S. bases in Iraq and the region.

So we are careening toward a catastrophic war with Iran, with no U.S. diplomatic leadership and only Trump and Harris waiting in the wings. As Trita Parsi wrote in Responsible Statecraft, “If U.S. service members find themselves in the line of fire in an expanding Iran-Israel conflict, it will be a direct result of this administration’s failure to use U.S. leverage to pursue America’s most core security interest here — avoiding war.”

The U.S. has many indefensible assets in the Middle East. Its troops in Iraq and Syria are few and in precarious positions. Its bases in the Gulf states have no defense against attacks from Iran and its navel forces in the Middle East lack the ability to refuel the fleet.

Should Israel be allowed to strike Iran the security of all U.S. forces in the Middle East, the energy infrastructure of the whole region and the global oil supplies will be in danger of imminent destruction.

It is hight time for someone to wake the White House up to those facts.

Posted by b on October 3, 2024

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https://x.com/aussiecossack/status/1841851563398332696
Ukraine just launched 4 missiles at Russia’s Kursk Nuclear Power Plant! Russian authorities report no excess radiation detected. The situation is under control.

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In one night, the US used up the annIn one night, the US used up the annual production of SM-3 missiles.

Two US destroyers in the eastern Mediterranean launched TWELVE SM-3 ballistic missile interceptors today in a futile bid to stem the tide of a huge Iranian ballistic missile salvo.
You know how many SM-3 missiles the US produces each year?

TWELVE.

— Will Schryver (imetatronink)

The cost of these 12 missiles in FY 2-24 was $432,824,000.

Compared to the previous year’s projections, the 2025 White House defense budget cuts previously planned procurement of SM-3 IB over the next five years from 153 to zero—saving $1.9 billion. However, these savings are not reinvested in SM-3 Block IIA production, of which quantities remain stagnant at 12 missiles annually over the next five years. (comptroller.defense.gov)
Posted by: Passerby | Oct 3 2024

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The threat to democracy, is the threat of censorship.

It’s too late.
It’s just the beginning.
It is a hopeless situation.
Yesterday is gone.
Lies are of zero consequence.
It’s ridiculous.
Secrets and lies.
Retaliation
Nobody knows how to fix the United States.

”War or the threat of war is raging everywhere, and the two incompetents running this country are leading us to the brink of World War III,” said Trump.
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It’s an American WAR.
Trying to manage the balance of power
Netanyahu IS not Israel, anymore than Zelensky IS Ukraine.
Just stop supporting them.
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Opinions: Assembly of the facts available and overall interpretation.
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Bankers/investors are laughing all the way to the bank.
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The situ in western North Carolina is catastrophic.
Substations are still underwater.
Duke Energy says they have no idea when they can restore them.
Problem: No transformers and no chance of getting any.
I think I saw the figure that up to 320 new transformers will likely be needed. There are none on a shelf somewhere.
Oh, 59 transformers and other hardware were sent to the Ukraine!!!

See Grid Apocalypse:
https://x.com/anyaparampil/status/1841538890848424267

“Americans are not only seeing their stolen wages go to foreign wars rather than our own country—our government also sent transformers and other electrical equipment that could now save the Carolinas to UKRAINE”

Who the eff is in charge at FEMA?

Apologies if OT, but Ukraine and Ziostan wars seem to be joined at the hip . . . Both of them draining off resources needed in the US.

Posted by: Jane

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Time to empty the freezer, start the smoker and dryer, canner.
https://www.wyff4.com/article/power-updates-south-carolina-helene/62484172
Power restoration continues in South Carolina: Here’s the latest updates as we learn more

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EVERYBODY has a right to defend themselves.

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