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Silver is set to change the way all markets work, and start a catastrophic cascade across all commodities

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There are many videos posted on this site and especially in the comments about how the economy is working,. or various metrics that indicate the health or the genuine actual mechanisms of the economy which are as occulted as everything else pretty much,

Personally I like this video because it states simple verifiable facts, and builds a model that is easy to follow and makes a lot of sense. But it also reflects a lot which we have heard from our site experts over the years as well, but now packaged in a way that gives a trajectory, leading to an outcome.

If anyone can correct the video on some of the facts or reasoning please don’t hesitate to do so in the comments. Anything really good we’ll move up into the post.

As of 2:40 PM December 24, 2025:

Here’s the most current spot price information available for silver related to the Shanghai market, as close to real-time as public data generally allows:

? Shanghai Silver Price (converted to USD per troy ounce) – ~Dec 24, 2025

Silver price on the Shanghai Gold Exchange (SGE) converted into U.S. dollars per troy ounce is approximately:
**? ~ $78.55 USD/oz (this reflects Shanghai trading pricing, which can include local premiums)
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Kitko Spot price: $71.85 USD

UPDATE: While the central thesis of this video is correct, there ARE mitigating factors. I will post Chat GPT’s analysis of the text of the video shortly. So while this video raises real points of concern, he may have overweighted the importance of the difference in the prices East Vs. West. The Eastern markets are not true free markets. Therefore are not always in alignment.

UPDATE 2:

As of 8:00 AM ET December 25th, the SGE, (Chinese exchange used as the basis for the video above) has actually gone down a dollar or so, (depending on how you do the exchange rate to USD) BELOW the COMEX. This tends to negate a large part of the argument in the video.

I sent the full text of the video to ChatGPT for analysis. It was interesting but not worth putting here in total. However today’s change in the relative pricing seemed interesting enough to ask GPT how it affects the argument he makes overall about Silver and the state of commodities. here is the answer in full.

How much of his argument depends on SGE > COMEX?

1. Structural argument (still intact)

Most of his analysis rests on mechanism, not on yesterday’s number:

  • SGE represents physical settlement pressure

  • COMEX represents paper leverage

  • Arbitrage between the two is not frictionless

  • Capital controls, delivery constraints, and contract structure delay equalization

That logic does not require SGE to always trade at a premium.
It only requires that persistent divergence is possible — which history clearly supports.

? This part still holds.

2. Signal argument (temporarily weakened)

Where the reversal does matter is here:

“The SGE premium proves physical stress is intensifying right now.”

That claim depends on:

  • SGE staying meaningfully above COMEX

  • The spread being stable or widening

With the spread flipping from +7 USD ? ~-1 USD in ~24 hours:

  • That specific stress signal is no longer confirmed

  • It now looks more like short-term inventory or flow normalization, not escalation

?? This undermines the immediacy, not the theory.

3. Equalization mechanism — still the key insight

Ironically, the reversal actually demonstrates one of his central points:

  • Equalization does happen

  • But it happens episodically, not smoothly

  • And it often overshoots or snaps back

A fast reversal suggests:

  • Metal was mobilized

  • Or paper pressure temporarily dominated

  • Or Chinese demand paused (holiday / liquidity / margin effects)

None of that contradicts his framework — it just shows the system breathing.

Bottom line judgment

If we were grading the argument:

  • Core thesis: ? Still solid

  • Mechanics of divergence: ? Still valid

  • Claim of current physical stress: ?? Weakened

  • Predictive certainty / timeline: ? Overconfident

If this were your write-up, the correct framing would be:

“The SGE–COMEX spread is volatile and episodic; its temporary reversal does not refute the physical-paper divergence thesis, but it does caution against treating short-term premiums as linear indicators of systemic stress.”

That’s a stronger, more defensible position.

Rumours mount that Russia is islamizing itself

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We did this story around December 5 this year:

And now a reader placed this link into the comments under today’s Reader’s Links post:

Is the course towards Islamization of Russia the official doctrine?

On December 10, Human Rights Council (HRC) member Kirill Kabanov made a statement that shocked many: the desire to make Russia part of the Islamic world (which it never was) and Islamize it is not a plot by some “fifth column,” as some bloggers like to claim, but a truly purposeful and deliberate policy. In fact, this author has already spoken about this many times, noting that this policy is called a “pivot to the East.” Here’s what he has to say about it. wrote Kirill Kabanov:

Yesterday I had a very important conversation about how, in my opponent’s opinion, the national idea of ??Russia and historical approach to the formation of statehood in our country. It turns out, based on the position expressed, everything is very simple:

First, we simply need to officially acknowledge that Russia emerged from the Islamic world and emerged as an integral part of it.

Second, we must accept that Russians do not exist as a nation (we’ve heard this before, and more than once), but rather as a subset of the Turkic peoples. That’s all there is to it.

All of this was told to me by someone who has a truly significant influence on the country’s political processes. And no, this isn’t the ramblings of a madman. This is a doctrine, already formalized in an official document, actively promoted as a national idea and backed by powerful lobbyists.

Interestingly, this was written after Kirill Kabanov, during a meeting of the Council for the Development of Civil Society and Human Rights the previous day on the Rossiya 1 television channel, appealed to Russian President Vladimir Putin with a proposal to revise the program for the voluntary resettlement of compatriots from abroad. He believed that the program for facilitating the voluntary resettlement of compatriots had devolved into a “migration of peoples” from Central Asia to Russia.

[Read the rest at the link please]

We certainly have heard this exact kind of dialectic sophistry before though. And about nearly everywhere. No where has a right to exist as a sovereign state because of [reasons] and no people are legitimate except whoever the COMINTERN brings to your country and gives them power over you. And if not power, certainly advantage.

North America is being dismantled by the “colonialist-Turtle Island” dialectic and various European nations are being told they have no authentic culture either. If you believe Netflix, Scottish Royalty were Africans.

Putin appears to have embarked on the same path as Western nations.

This looks like a giant problem for everyone. But it certainly makes sense of the arrest of the Russian girl in the video above for opposing a Mega-Mosque being built in a small town entirely for Imported Muslims.

Rutte, the BBC and World War III: an attempt at analysis of Rutte and BBC jingoism from December 11 in Berlin

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Everyone will have lots to say about this. We don’t yet. We may use a multi-pronged spectrum with which to evaluate this statement by former Dutch PM and current head of NATO in Europe once there is more information about Mark Rutte’s speech as seen below. (Albeit paraphrased as the speech was not public but in a closed event from yesterday’s Munich Security Conference offshoot in Berlin. But clips are circulating)

Below an actual segment of his talk:

This BBC analysis of his talk has some wonderful jingoism:

Russia could attack a Nato country within the next five years, the Western military alliance’s chief has said in a stark new warning.

“Russia is already escalating its covert campaign against our societies,” Mark Rutte said in a speech in Germany. “We must be prepared for the scale of war our grandparents or great-grandparents endured.”

He echoed similar statements about Russia’s intentions made by Western intelligence agencies, which Moscow dismisses as hysteria.

Rutte’s warning comes as US President Donald Trump tries to bring an end to Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, launched in February 2022.

Earlier this month, Russia’s President Vladimir Putin said his country was not planning to go to war with Europe, but it was ready “right now” if Europe wanted to – or started a war.

But similar reassurances were given by Moscow in 2022, just before 200,000 Russian troops crossed the border and invaded Ukraine.

Putin has accused European countries of hindering US efforts to bring peace in Ukraine – a reference to the role Ukraine’s European allies have recently played in trying to change a US peace plan to end the war, whose initial draft was seen as favouring Russia.

But Putin was not sincere, Nato’s secretary-general said in the German capital, Berlin.

Supporting Ukraine, he added, was a guarantee for European security.

“Just imagine if Putin got his way; Ukraine under the boot of Russian occupation, his forces pressing against a longer border with Nato, and the significantly increased risk of an armed attack against us.”

The BBC article gets way more intense after that. Its essentially the scene from Gone with the Wind when Rhett Butler tries to explain to the Gentlemen of the South, that the North has cannon factories and munitions factories and the South as a code of honour and some swords. So is Rutte’s pitch Face value” Or a narrative attack? Or a pitch for funding and power for NATO? I dunno yet.

One arm of one vector of analysis might be the UFO/UAP/Alien attack narrative that has appeared a couple of times on MSM US media such as 60 Minutes, and alleged counter-media such as Tucker Carlson. In other words, it is a grand cover to justify massive power gabs and reductions of human rights and individualism overall in Europe, or, it might be a face value threat of a grand scale war with a Nuclear power who will, if cornered, use them.

But there are other vectors as well. And I don’t know them yet. So wait and see. But taking it at face value seems to be the lowest probability answer, if not for the intended warnings, certainly for the reason these actions will be taken, if they are. This also may explain the sudden rise in the price of precious metals on top of other things like QE (Quantitative Easing) back in play in the USA.

But listening to that short clip of him directly, it could be interpreted as merely stumping for money and authority. ‘His organization is important and needs full power to recruit and equip’ in other words. Which would actually fall under the banal. Russia is where his 2 minutes of hate is directed, and everyone in Europe has to get ready to sacrifice their rights and quality of living to stand up to that threat. My guess is that would be where the ball is circling and ready to drop.

As we often do, we note that 1984 seems to have a pretty good description of the difference between wars as we knew them, and wars as they are and will be under a communist state:

In past ages, a war, almost by definition, was something that sooner or
later came to an end, usually in unmistakable victory or defeat. In the
past, also, war was one of the main instruments by which human societies
were kept in touch with physical reality. All rulers in all ages have tried
to impose a false view of the world upon their followers, but they could
not afford to encourage any illusion that tended to impair military
efficiency. So long as defeat meant the loss of independence, or some other
result generally held to be undesirable, the precautions against defeat
had to be serious. Physical facts could not be ignored. In philosophy, or
religion, or ethics, or politics, two and two might make five, but when
one was designing a gun or an aeroplane they had to make four. Inefficient
nations were always conquered sooner or later, and the struggle for
efficiency was inimical to illusions. Moreover, to be efficient it was
necessary to be able to learn from the past, which meant having a fairly
accurate idea of what had happened in the past. Newspapers and history
books were, of course, always coloured and biased, but falsification of
the kind that is practised today would have been impossible. War was a
sure safeguard of sanity, and so far as the ruling classes were concerned
it was probably the most important of all safeguards. While wars could be
won or lost, no ruling class could be completely irresponsible.

But when war becomes literally continuous, it also ceases to be dangerous.
When war is continuous there is no such thing as military necessity.
Technical progress can cease and the most palpable facts can be denied or
disregarded. As we have seen, researches that could be called scientific
are still carried out for the purposes of war, but they are essentially a
kind of daydreaming, and their failure to show results is not important.
Efficiency, even military efficiency, is no longer needed. Nothing is
efficient in Oceania except the Thought Police. Since each of the three
super-states is unconquerable, each is in effect a separate universe within
which almost any perversion of thought can be safely practised. Reality
only exerts its pressure through the needs of everyday life–the need to
eat and drink, to get shelter and clothing, to avoid swallowing poison or
stepping out of top-storey windows, and the like. Between life and death,
and between physical pleasure and physical pain, there is still a
distinction, but that is all. Cut off from contact with the outer world,
and with the past, the citizen of Oceania is like a man in interstellar
space, who has no way of knowing which direction is up and which is down.
The rulers of such a state are absolute, as the Pharaohs or the Caesars
could not be. They are obliged to prevent their followers from starving
to death in numbers large enough to be inconvenient, and they are obliged
to remain at the same low level of military technique as their rivals; but
once that minimum is achieved, they can twist reality into whatever shape
they choose.

The war, therefore, if we judge it by the standards of previous wars, is
merely an imposture. It is like the battles between certain ruminant
animals whose horns are set at such an angle that they are incapable of
hurting one another. But though it is unreal it is not meaningless. It
eats up the surplus of consumable goods, and it helps to preserve the
special mental atmosphere that a hierarchical society needs. War, it will
be seen, is now a purely internal affair. In the past, the ruling groups
of all countries, although they might recognize their common interest and
therefore limit the destructiveness of war, did fight against one another,
and the victor always plundered the vanquished. In our own day they are
not fighting against one another at all.

The war is waged by each ruling
group against its own subjects, and the object of the war is not to make
or prevent conquests of territory, but to keep the structure of society
intact. The very word ‘war’, therefore, has become misleading. It would
probably be accurate to say that by becoming continuous war has ceased to
exist. The peculiar pressure that it exerted on human beings between the
Neolithic Age and the early twentieth century has disappeared and been
replaced by something quite different. The effect would be much the same
if the three super-states, instead of fighting one another, should agree
to live in perpetual peace, each inviolate within its own boundaries. For
in that case each would still be a self-contained universe, freed for ever
from the sobering influence of external danger. A peace that was truly
permanent would be the same as a permanent war. This–although the vast
majority of Party members understand it only in a shallower sense–is the
inner meaning of the Party slogan: WAR IS PEACE.

[Bold is mine, although frankly the entire segment should be read till understood.]

We are not saying the above is exactly what is going on with Rutte and NATO. But it is a vector of consideration. It makes more sense than that Russia, who is in no need of Lebensraum, and in fact, kinda the opposite. They need more people for the room they already have, would attack the rest of Europe to take its territory. Viktor Orban describes the conflict with Ukraine as a regional and fraternal battle that the West under normal circumstances would ignore. Considering the West is in fact ignoring at least a couple of dozen of other wars, with far more heinous reasons and actions, Orban’s view deserves thought.

 

 

Spell-craft, Italy, Palestine and chaos

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Several days ago, we posted a link to a video created by a group called, Counter-spell. It appears to be an edit of a longer lecture, which I would dearly like to see in total. The Lecture also was given to Young Americans for Liberty, at least as far as I can tell.

I will take the risk of embedding the 38 minute edit (Theirs not mine) of the lecture here as it is so important that one hopes they will not object. If they do, they can leave a comment and I will get in touch with them and sort it out.

The bottom line of the video is the idea that political warfare is an extension of the ancient art of spell craft. That you can cast a spell on a whole population and direct them to act in your interests and against their own with careful use of language.

It is, from our point of view at this late stage of the fall of civilization, impossible to see how this is not true. Anyone who woke up during the casting of one of these spells should likely see it easily as well.

What Stephen Coughlin calls a “Mass line Maoist Narrative Attack” is the correct description of the method by which the spell is cast. Of the weapon that fires the projectile perhaps.

Every famous voice, every news program and personality chanting the same spells, “safe and Effective”. “The Religion of Peace”, “Racist transphobes”, Genocide in Palestine” and frankly dozens more, both more and less subtle but all effective.

This one threw me for a loop though.

Please read this Tweet and watch this video. It is very short:

Dr. Maalouf is an awesome follow. None of what follows is directed at him or should be read as criticism of him.

But this isn’t in any way “chaos”. It doesn’t “look like a literal war zone”. It IS a war zone!

This is targeted and focused violence with a distinct ideological and geopolitical goal. It is to bend the enemy, Italy, into alignment with the attackers goals with the use of planned, focused targeted destruction in a way so organized that all kinds of people from all sides or none, on the issues feel safe filming the destruction with their usually expensive and fragile equipment, not to mention their expensive and fragile selves.

If you put that group of attackers into Hugo Boss uniforms, everyone would instantly know what to do, even the average Italian civilian and they would feel good about piling on to that crowd and disabling it as quickly as possible. They would celebrate each other afterwards and eventually they would have a statue built to them at that spot.

But somehow, the world has been paralyzed into inaction where their own very existence is at stake.

Some Jewish people broke out of the spell after the October 7th attacks, only to discover they had suddenly lost all their leftist friends. Or losing their leftist friends may have been what broke the spell. But if that is what it took to recognize Islamic and leftist antisemitism as a threat, then what will it take for the rest of the population to wake up?

If you see that as chaos, you are feeling sleepy. Very sleepy. Your eyelids are getting heavy. You are falling into a deep, deep sleep.

If you cannot tell the difference between chaos and war, guess who wins.

Viktor Orban: WW3 is inevitable, and how Hungary plans to stay out of it

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This is longish, but is, as Orban always is, blunt, factual and of great importance in terms of Western geopolitics. The EU is clearly the enemy of nation-states and personal liberty, and while Orban has always talked about the EU as problematic and in need of reform, he takes a different tack in this speech to the Free University in Hungary

Israel-Syria

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This appears to be the order of events. There are readers to this site far more knowledgable about events in the region, so I direct people to the comments in advance of them in case there are important corrections or updates in the comments.

First, there was an attack on the Druze people within Syria by the new regime, which is ISIS/Al Qaeda, both ideologically and the actual people at the lead of the armed revolution within Syria.

The Tweet below was in response to that attack.

The Syrians appear to have an answer to that threat:

https://twitter.com/realMaalouf/status/1945546745917628562

UPDATE: The Tweet is no longer available There is no way to tell of course if this is because it wasn’t true, or because it was too horrific to show, or because it interfered with the agenda of powerful agencies.

For some reason the Tweet still loads for me on Twitter using this link: https://twitter.com/realMaalouf/status/1945546745917628562 but it will not embed. Below is a screen grab.

Un-blurred versions of this are out there should it be necessary.

Here is the video in the Tweet I can’t embed in case they remove it altogether from Twitter.

CAUTION: This video is not blurred but doesn’t show anything really graphic, but lots of dead people and the voice of a highly distressed person video recording it. I won’t embed it here, but here is the link.

Assuming any and all of it is true, the Israeli response to this should be spectacular. And very soon. The Israelis tend to fiercely defend the Druze people. In part because if the Druze defend themselves, it will go way off the Geneva Convention. Way off.

UPDATES: July 17, 2025

 

https://twitter.com/visegrad24/status/1945792779822543325?t=k74awseW2_tfh27UWa-18w&s=19

 

Escaping Canada: Bruce Pardy, U of Q prof. of law

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I do not believe there is any established voice in Canada who I feel is as meaningful as Bruce Pardy with the possible exception of John Robson. To our ears, nearly everyone who appears to be counter-narrative or counter to the Narrative driven state, is controlled opposition, either accidentally or consciously. In fact there is even an example in the opening seconds of this video where it is remarked that X number of dollars has been spent on carbon reduction yet no carbon has been reduced.

This is a fully controlled up question, as without understanding that the intention was never to reduce carbon,( a ridiculous goal from the start, but to create massive opportunities for state spending and increased state control of all aspects of life. Especially our rights and culture) then you are assisting the enemy by playing into the narrative of the reasons for the particular Line of Operation. In this case, the Climate vector of control of the population. But that question does not come up in the interview proper. Altogether, this is a very straightforward and lucid look at the problem of Canada, and Canadian’s failure to understand the nature of a free state. It is hard to get something you don’t understand and maybe don’t even want. And Bruce explains it very well, even if he comes at it from a very different angle than we do here at Vlad.

What President Trump may, or may not understand about Islam and why his peace deal will fail

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In 628 AD between the Qurayshi gang leader who subsequently became known as “the Prophet Mohammad”, and the leader of a fairly liberal people who built and was the dominant culture of a city then and still called, Mecca, a peace treaty was signed. The treaty had to be brought into existence because Mohammad and his gang had attacked Mecca with the intention of making it his first real political/military victory after successfully robbing a number of trade caravans.

When he lost that war, he signed a deal with the Meccans to not attack them for another 10 years.

Two years later, Mohammad attacked Mecca again when he felt he was stronger and the Meccans had let down their guard.

This became the template for Islamic military strategy going forwards. It has to be understood that in Islam, Mohammad is considered to be the perfect person. Literally he should be emulated in all ways by everyone. So when you see an elderly Muslim ‘marrying’ a 6 year old girl, he is not evil in their eyes, but very religious.

Examples of the tactic used against the Meccans, the Treaty of Hudaybiyyah betrayal, are common throughout history. A famous one is the dual treaty signed by the earliest Marines after fighting the Jihadis on the oceans known as ‘The Barbary Pirates’ back to Tripoli where the English copy of the treaty and the Arabic were not the same.

The most recent example is likely Oct. 7 in Israel where a group of Muslims totally snapped up on bloodlust attacked young partiers at a music festival in 2023. The Israelis, (despite the propaganda) actually believed that Hamas was now concerned more with trying to create an economy and a better life for their people and had given up the intention of Jihad and Jewish genocide.

(I have this from personal conversations with a lot of people in positions to know)

It is clearly at most, a minor variation of the strategy of the Treaty of Hudaybiyyah.

At around 3 minutes, President Trump mentions the one rocket that didn’t land.

He is likely referring to an Iranian missile fired towards Israel at a non-target. This would be a test. Break the cease fire in a small way. get no response. Then break it in incrementally larger ways.

Islam wins primarily by deception, and taking advantage of how the enemy, all of us, think. Much like communism. We just can’t believe they think as they do. And we like feeling virtuous. So we risk ourselves to trust the other.

Trump may or may not understand this and may or may not be playing “4D chess” as they say.

We know he is capable of it. But the ethos and raw strategic nature of Islam is exactly as I said. Mohammad was the perfect man.

Whatever he did is to be emulated in all ways by all Muslims.

If Mohammad won a military victory by using a peace deal as a gambit then Muslim polities are to do that.

Muslim armies have in fact done that repeatedly.

A ‘harmless’ rocket fired ‘by accident’ from Iran is a test of resolve. The only way to deal with it, is a major response which diminishes Iran’s ability to wage war.

President Trump to address the nation at 10:00 PM June 21 ET

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This appears to be geolocked for Canada. As I find feeds that are not I will put them in the post.

I would like to add one thing to this post in advance of his talk as it is now 1 minute to 10 ET,

One thing we have learned for sure, is that President Trump has solved the main problem he had in his first term. Clearly he has gotten rid of the anti-state actors who sabotaged every effort he made for the US. As he managed to pull this off without any leaks, he clearly has taken the kind of control he needs.

The link below appears to be for Charlie Kirk and is live now.

https://twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1RDGlzNWLPlxL

 

 

 

The United States has successfully removed Iran’s Nuclear Weapons capabilities as of now [Maybe?]

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sent on June 21, 2025 7:56 p.m.

Screenshot

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URGENT UPDATE:

This Tweet was there when I screen grabbed it and was gone seconds later. So no clue what is actually the case. The Tweet [on Truth Social] was there, and now it isn’t but you can see what it looked like when it was above

Israel has launched surgical and military attacks on Iran and its nuclear weapons facilities and expert personnel

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UPDATE: Iran launches 100 drones at Israel, oddly, exactly the sort of thing the Israeli military’s new Laser system was created to knock down.

 

A short while ago, dozens of IAF jets completed the first stage that included strikes on dozens of military targets, including nuclear targets in different areas of Iran.”
…
“Earlier, channels in Iran associated with the Revolutionary Guards reported explosions in Tehran, as Israel launched its preemptive strike in Iran.”

“The goal of the operation is to remove the Iranian nuclear threat.”
…
“At the same time, sirens were sounded throughout Israel.

“[…]Following a preemptive strike by the State of Israel against Iran, <b>a missile and drone attack is expected against the State of Israel and its civilian population</b> in the immediate timeframe.”

“Therefore, in accordance with his authority under the Civil Defense Law, Defense Minister Israel Katz has signed a special order, pursuant to which a special state of emergency will be imposed throughout the entire territory of the State of Israel.”

The public is urged to follow the instructions of the Home Front Command and the authorities and to remain in protected spaces…

https://twitter.com/TheDeskDotNet/status/1933329588626886687

Netanyahu confirms strikes

We will add items here as we find them. Please feel free to add your own thoughts, observations and news links in the comments.

LIVE commentary from CBN, a biblical perspective

Likely military action to take down the IRI’, Islamic Republic of Iran’s Nuclear Weapons efforts appears imminent

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It has begun:

Really lucid and well paced explanation of what has taken place

Here is his Telegram:

https://tlgrm.eu/channels/@beholdisraelchannel

The Natanz Nuclear Weapons development facility

https://twitter.com/TheDeskDotNet/status/1933329588626886687

Netanyahu confirms strikes

There are signs and indications everywhere.

As I find reasonable ones they will be added to this post.

I hope that some of you that come across them in your own surfing will put them in the comments under this post and we will add them here as able. For a while, this post will be pinned to the top of the site.

BBC: US to partially evacuate embassy in Iraq over security threats

Reuters: US to pull some personnel from the Middle East amid rising tensions with Iran

Newsweek: US Embassy in Middle East Prepares to Evacuate After Warning From Iran

Al Arabiya:

The top US general for the Middle East said Tuesday that China has been providing financial support to Iran, contributing to what he described as Tehran’s “malign behavior” across the region.

“The challenge we have with Iran… 85 to 90 percent of their oil is purchased by China. So, China is effectively supporting and financing Iran’s malign behavior,” US Central Command chief Gen. Erik Kurilla said.
Kurilla pointed to massive amounts of funds still going to Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps-Quds Force (IRGC-QF), which runs proxy networks outside of Iran.

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Kurilla also highlighted the new sanctions under the Trump administration, which have targeted so-called teapot refineries. “These are refineries along the Chinese coast that these ships take this sanctioned oil… this is 10 percent of all Chinese oil,” he said during a House Armed Services Committee hearing.

 

 

Israeli government agency warns Jews visiting or living in Canada to hide identity, Israel prepares strike on Iranian nuclear facilities

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Israel issues security warning for Jews and Israelis in Canada

The National Security Council (NSC) has issued a Level 2 travel warning for Canada, urging Israelis living in or visiting the country to take increased precautions. The NSC advises people to avoid wearing visible displays of Israeli or Jewish identity, such as symbols or flags, and to remain highly alert in public spaces.

The warning comes as anti-Israel protests are scheduled for today in cities like Toronto and Waterloo, with authorities noting a sharp escalation in rhetoric and threats surrounding these protests, the NSC says.

This appears to be a follow up but not verified yet:

But it looks like in a few days, things could ramp up quite a bit.

Days, Not Weeks: Israel’s Imminent Attack on Iranian Nuclear Sites

With a Fundamental Impasse on Nuclear Talks, Israeli Officials Have Shifted from Quiet Preparation to Barely Concealed Readiness

Israel will strike Iran’s nuclear facilities within days.

This sobering conclusion emerges from the convergence of alarming intelligence assessments, failed diplomatic efforts, and lessons from this week’s Middle East Forum (MEF) war game simulation. The Pentagon’s Defense Intelligence Agency now warns that Tehran can produce sufficient weapons-grade uranium for a nuclear device in “probably less than one week.” From Jerusalem’s perspective, this shrinking timeline leaves virtually no margin for error.

The fifth round of U.S.-Iran nuclear talks in Rome has crystallized the impossibility of a negotiated solution. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff’s departure mid-meeting on Friday—officially due to his “flight schedule,” while technical teams remained—signals more than scheduling conflicts. The core dispute remains irreconcilable: Tehran insists on its “right” to enrich uranium domestically, while Washington demands zero enrichment capability.

 

Some potentially meaningful information on Alberta’s future

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The thing about this sort of thing is that very few if anyone actually know what is going to happen. The most informed person possible could speak authoritatively on the thoughts and intentions of the people involved, and even methods and strategies. But in terms of outcomes, well, President Trump said he would stop the Russia Ukraine war his first day in office, and I believe he believed he would.

People have been sending me materials from all sides of the issue. But we haven’t posted much of anything on it yet, other than what we can glean of public sentiment in Alberta. The narrative attacks on this will be strong. Both subtle intellectual explanations as to why it can’t or won’t happen and blunt critical-theory attacks on all who wish to be self governing in Alberta. Listen to this from 8 to 18 minutes for an example of subtle and sophisticated explanations of why Alberta won’t can’t be self governing.

This site does its’ level best not to rage-bait or ‘shout the news’, but instead try to understand and extract any actual meaning that might be out there in the noise.

This seems like a decent place to start on Alberta. Daniel Smith speaks to a group of influential Alberta patriots and begins the topic of “The Elephant in the Room” at the 14 minute mark. She begins with very real and very meaningful electoral reform that would have changed the outcome of the Canadian election, which is why it will never happen in Canada.

Premiere investigative journalist, Sam Cooper, does 1 hour interview on the curious parallel policies of the CCP and Mark Carney

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This is worth the watch.