Russian Zircon Missile Test

#Russia conducts first test launch of its state-of-the-art #Zircon #hypersonic missile from a nuclear-powered submarine, firing it at a target in the Barents Sea, in Russia’s Arctic north.

https://www.rt.com/russia/536499-zircon-test-launch-nuclear-submarine

The Myth of the ‘Asymptomatic Spreader’

The Myth of the #Asymptomatic Spreader’ Dealt Another Blow This Week


Recently in the UK, officials have staged and monitored nine large-scale events, including an FA Cup final football match, and the Brit Awards – both of which were exempt from the usual COVID rules.

The results of this test should be hailed as good news, but for those heavily invested in the narrative, it’s nothing short of a meltdown: little to no coronavirus “cases” turned up.

Officials managed to scrape together just 15 alleged “cases” or “infections” (deemed as such merely from a single ‘positive test’) out of some 60,000 total attendees.

The result of this experiment has dealt a crushing blow to the central myth upon which the entire COVID-19 ‘global pandemic’ crisis has been built – namely the myth of the asymptomatic spread, and the much-maligned notorious “super-spreader” events.

https://21stcenturywire.com/2021/05/24/the-myth-of-the-asymptomatic-spreaders-dealt-another-blow-this-week/

John Dolan/War Nerd

US and UK media have been proudly announcing how tough they are because they curreny have a 17-ship Naval flotilla sailing in the South China Sea.

But such bravado is ludicrous, because those ships are nothing but very very expensive floating targets for Chinese AntiShip Missiles like the Dong Feng 21

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THE WAR NERD: THIS IS HOW THE CARRIERS WILL DIE (UPDATED VERSION)

I’ve been saying for a long time that aircraft carriers are just history’s most expensive floating targets, and that they were doomed.

But now I can tell you exactly how they’re going to die. I’ve just read one of the most shocking stories in years.

It comes from the US Naval Institute, not exactly an alarmist or anti-Navy source. And what it says is that the US carrier group is scrap metal.

The #Chinese military has developed a ballistic missile, Dong Feng 21, specifically designed to kill US aircraft carriers:

“Because the missile employs a complex guidance system, low radar signature and a maneuverability that makes its flight path unpredictable, the odds that it can evade tracking systems to reach its target are increased. It is estimated that the missile can travel at mach 10 and reach its maximum range of 2000km in less than 12 minutes.”

That’s the US Naval Institute talking, remember.

They’re understating the case when they say that, with speed, satellite guidance and maneuverability like that, “the odds that it can evade tracking systems to reach its target are increased.

You know why that’s an understatement?


Because of a short little sentence I found farther on in the article—and before you read that sentence, I want all you trusting Pentagon groupies to promise me that you’ll think hard about what it implies.

Here’s the sentence: “Ships currently have no defense against a ballistic missile attack".

http://exiledonline.com/the-war-nerd-this-is-how-the-carriers-will-die/all/1/

China / Evergrande / Debt

Three More Companies in #China Join #Evergrande – Unable to Meet Debt Obligations – Total Debt of Nearly Half a Trillion USD Facing Solvency Issues in China

Today we can report that the Evergrande situation is spreading.

A company by the name of Jumbo Fortune had a $260 million note coming due on October 3, 2021, that it says was backed by Evergrande.

However, #Evergrande apparently didn’t record this liability on its books. We have no word that this has yet been settled.

Earlier this morning two other companies in the China real estate business were identified in situations just like #Evergrande.

CNBC reports on Fantasia Holdings:

Ratings agencies have downgraded Chinese developers Fantasia Holdings and Sinic Holdings over risks from their strained cash flow situations.........

The total debt of the companies above amounts to more than $400 billion or nearly half a trillion USD and this is just the beginning

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/10/three-companies-join-evergrande-unable-meet-debt-obligations-far-debt-nearly-half-trillion-usd-facing-solvency-issues-china/

A Severe Blow To The CIA

CIA in Afghanistan suffer severe blow after Taliban arrests 11 ISIS members in Kabul after explosion outside mosque

The Taliban says its fighters have captured 11 members of Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS) in Kabul.

The raid took place after a bomb went off outside a mosque during a gathering of Taliban officials.

A spokesperson for the Taliban government, Bilal Karimi, said Islamic State operatives were detained in the capital’s Fifth Police District.


https://www.rt.com/news/536653-taliban-arrests-isis-members/

CoVidiot Sheep

This is what #CoVidiots will allow happen to themselves in the name of compliance.......

If they will happily allow this as acceptable for themselves
imagine what they would deem acceptable for the "non-compliant"

Bitcoin

@BitcoinMagazine

In #Switzerland you can buy #Bitcoin and train tickets from the same machine

https://mobile.twitter.com/BitcoinMagazine/status/1445714522954600456

Granddaughter of Benito Mussolini tops poll in Rome city council election

”Brothers of #Italy " party candidate Rachele #Mussolini wins most votes in #Rome city council election

The granddaughter of Benito Mussolini worn the highest number of votes in elections for Rome’s city council as support for Brothers of Italy, the far-right party to which she belongs, edged up in northern cities held by the left.

Rachele Mussolini secured more than 8,200 votes in the municipal elections on Sunday and Monday, an increase on the 657 received when she entered the council on her first mandate in 2016.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/oct/06/rachele-mussolini-wins-most-votes-in-rome-city-council-election

Azerbaijan and Iran

Why is There Now a Crisis in Relations Between #Azerbaijan and #Iran

Recent weeks have seen a significant military escalation on the border between Azerbaijan and Iran. With belligerent statements made by both sides, Iranian troops are being transferred to the border with their northern neighbor. Explaining the move, Brigadier-General Mohammad Pakpour, commander of the Ground Forces of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), said: “We will not tolerate the presence of Israel in our back yard.”

Azerbaijan’s relations with Israel are indeed a constant irritation and tension to Iran, which is, in effect, in a state of undeclared war with Israel. Iran is frankly afraid that Israel will establish an outpost on its northern border, which will serve as a base for intelligence and special operations such as the drone attack in which Iranian General Qasem Soleimani was assassinated on January 3, 2020. With that attack in mind, Tehran has been particularly closely monitoring Azerbaijani troops’ use of Israeli-made drones, missiles, anti-tank missile systems and other weapons during last year’s war in Nagorno-Karabakh.

“The relations between Azerbaijan and Israel are much deeper that they appear, like an iceberg, most of which is hidden from prying eyes.” These words of Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev were contained in a telegram sent from the US Embassy in Baku to Washington, and became widely known following their publication by Wikileaks. The high level links between Azerbaijan and Israel – the two countries have exchanged visits by senior officials – are based on geopolitical and economic factors

https://journal-neo.org/2021/10/05/why-is-there-now-a-crisis-in-relations-between-azerbaijan-and-iran/

Putin Talks About Energy

For anyone wondering why energy
prices have risen so sharply over the last few weeks Russian President Vladimir #Putin provided a reasonable explanation when he addressed the #energy issue in a video conference.

His comments provide an interesting (and IMHO: more plausible) alternative to the usual Media accusations of manipulation by #Russia of energy markets :

"Now, the world economy is recovering well after the past year’s crisis. The demand for energy is growing and, hence, prices are soaring.

"As you know, the global energy market does not tolerate hectic moves and vagaries. Investment plans in this area are long-term. Therefore, any abrupt and rash actions may lead, and, judging by the current market situation, are already leading to serious imbalances like those we are seeing in the European market that has been affected this year by several unfavourable factors all at once.

"First, the rapid post-crisis recovery of the economy has 'heated up' the energy demand.

"Second, gas reserves in many European countries’ underground storage facilities dwindled as a result of the harsh winter in early 2021. I am referring precisely to their underground gas storage facilities, the underground storage facilities of our European partners.

"Third, the production of wind energy declined noticeably later in the summer because of hot and windless weather. It should also be taken into consideration that the energy balance has changed dramatically in Europe over the past ten years.

Many countries in the region have given up their coal-burning and nuclear power plants in favour of wind power generation that is heavily dependent on weather conditions.

"And, finally, fourth, the practices of our European partners [are to blame].

These practices have reaffirmed that, properly speaking, they have made mistakes. We were talking with the former European Commission; all of its activities were aimed at curtailing the so-called long-term contracts and at transitioning to gas exchange trading.

"It turned out – and today this is absolutely obvious – that this policy is erroneous, erroneous for the reason that it fails to take into account the gas market specifics dependent on a large number of uncertainty factors.

Consumers, including, for example, fertiliser producers, are losing all price benchmarks. All of this is leading to failures and, as I said, imbalances.

"As a result, the gas price has broken all historical records. Today it is approaching $2,000 per thousand cubic metres of gas, which is over ten times last year’s average price. "

http://en.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/66866

The War on Cash


Programmable #Digital #Currency”: The next stage of the new normal?The war on cash’s endgame is here: money replaced by vouchers subject to complete state control.

Building on the #bitcoin model, central banks are planning to produce their own “digital currencies”. Removing any and all remaining #privacy, granting total control over every transaction, even limiting what ordinary people are allowed to spend their money on.

From the moment bitcoin and other #cryptocurrencies first emerged, sold as an independent and alternative medium of exchange outside the financial status quo, it was only a matter of time before the new alternative would be absorbed, modified and redeployed in service of the state.

Enter “Central Bank Digital Currencies”: the mainstream answer to bitcoin.

For those who have never heard of them, “Central Bank Digital Currencies” ( #CBDC ) are exactly what they sound like, digitized versions of the pound/dollar/euro etc. issued by central banks.

Like bitcoin (and other crypto), the CBDC would be entirely digital, thus furthering the ongoing war on cash. However, unlike crypto, it would not have any encryption preserving anonymity. In fact, it would be totally the reverse, potentially ending the very idea of financial privacy.

https://off-guardian.org/2021/10/01/programmable-digital-currency-the-next-stage-of-the-new-normal/

German elections:

SPD, Greens & FDP in talks to form next Govt

The Greens, who are seen as closer ideologically to Mr Scholz's SPD, were first out of the blocks on Wednesday, saying that a centre-left-led coalition made most sense.

Co-leader Annalena Baerbock told reporters that Germany needed "a new beginning" and could ill afford a long period of political stalemate.

The Greens said significant differences had to be addressed but they had found common ground with the pro-business liberals.

Later in the morning the head of the FDP, Christian Lindner, announced the party had accepted a proposal for three-way talks with the Greens and the SPD to "explore common ground that will move our country forward".


https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-58813215.amp

POLO - The Power of Leaving Out
(read the whole thing):

In the failed corporate coverage of Steven Donziger and Julian Assange there is an imposition of darkness, ignorance inflicted on Americans with intent.

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PATRICK LAWRENCE:
"Instead of a Free Press":

https://consortiumnews.com/2021/10/05/patrick-lawrence-instead-of-a-free-press/

"Have you read anywhere that #China just sent the first laden freight train from #Shanghai to #Hamburg, marking the start of a China-to-Europe #rail service?

Xinhua had it (http://www.news.cn/english/2021-09/28/c_1310215324.htm) , nobody else.

Have you read anywhere that #Venezuela and #Iran just signed an agreement to trade the former’s heavy #crude for the latter’s #condensate?

Reuters ( https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/exclusive-under-us-sanctions-iran-venezuela-strike-oil-export-deal-sources-2021-09-25/) had a piece, but it focused on the likelihood of U.S. #sanctions rather than on what this development means in geopolitical terms. On the latter topic, nothing. "

US SMS Hack

Company that routes #SMS for all major #US carriers was #hacked for the last five years.

Syniverse hasn't revealed whether text messages were exposed.

#Syniverse, a company that routes hundreds of billions of text messages every year for hundreds of carriers including #Verizon, #TMobile, and #AT&T, revealed to government regulators that a hacker gained unauthorized access to its databases for five years.

Syniverse and carriers have not said whether the hacker had access to customers' text messages.

A filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission last week said that:

"in May 2021, Syniverse became aware of unauthorized access to its operational and information technology systems by an unknown individual or organization.

Promptly upon Syniverse's detection of the unauthorized access, Syniverse launched an internal investigation, notified law enforcement, commenced remedial actions and engaged the services of specialized legal counsel and other incident response professionals."

#NSA

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2021/10/company-that-routes-sms-for-all-major-us-carriers-was-hacked-for-five-years/

Water as Weapon of War:

Activists Say #Israel is Drying Out the West Bank to Drive Out #Palestinians


The history of #water #apartheid


When Israel occupied the West Bank and #Gaza after the 1967 war, it took control of the areas’ water resources. The state established pumping quotas and banned construction of new wells in the occupied territories.

Mekorot, Israel’s national water company, was put in charge of the Occupied Palestinian Territories’ (oPT) water in 1982. By 1986, pumping quotas were reduced by 10 percent for Palestinian wells — fostering greater water insecurity.

The 1995 Oslo II Accord was portrayed as a turning point for water independence in Palestine. The Palestinian Water Authority (PWA) and Israeli-Palestinian Joint Water Committee were created but Israel retained control of the flow and volume of water given to the oPT.

Despite the name, the PWC doesn’t oversee water resources. Instead its role is to distribute the limited water supply Israel provides.

The agreement was supposed to last only five years but remains in effect today. Under the initiative, 80 percent of the West Bank’s water is for Israeli use and 20 percent is for Palestinian use. Israelis also enjoy an unlimited supply of water while Palestinians have their supply restricted.

What was billed as a cooperative venture between Palestine and Israel is merely the occupation of water in disguise.

“There are no official meetings between the Palestinans and the Israelis because the Israelis don’t consider us as a counterpart,” Dr. Abdelrahman Al Tamimi, PHG’s director, said.

The Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT) nonetheless told MintPress that the Palestinian Authority is responsible for providing water to the West Bank and touted collaboration between Palestine and Israel.

“Master programs are being promoted in the area of Judea and Samaria [West Bank], which will address the water supply until the years 2040-2050, to all populations in the area. We will note that these programs are being coordinated with the Palestinian Water Authority and [have] even been shifted in light of its requests,” a COGAT spokesperson said.


https://www.mintpressnews.com/water-weapon-war-activists-say-israel-drying-west-bank-drive-palestinians/278628/

Russia Europe Energy "Crisis"

Russian Gas Rescues Europe’s Energy Crisis


This week as Europe’s #energy crisis broke new records in terms of soaring consumer prices, President #Putin stepped in with a promise to increase exports of natural #gas.

The news had an immediate calming effect on Europe’s energy markets which saw prices whipsawing to lower levels. Rather than simply greeting the development as a positive move, there were predictably sinister comments from some quarters. #Russia was accused in Western media of “holding Europe hostage” over the continent’s energy crisis and using its vast supply of natural gas as a “geopolitical weapon.” Jake Sullivan, the US national security advisor to President Biden, told the BBC that Moscow was “exploiting” Europe’s energy crunch.

This is an overwrought, convoluted way of interpreting what is normal economic interplay of supply and demand. But the irrationality betrays an obdurate mindset of Russophobia that is untenable. If politicians and experts are so possessed of such foolish bigotry then their assessments on the subject and much else besides are hopelessly unreliable.

Europe’s current energy crisis and market turmoil have nothing to do with Russia as a primary factor. The pent-up demand after a year of economic quiescence due to the coronavirus pandemic, the low storage of natural gas by European countries due to government policies, the switch to renewable energy sources not being able to meet demand, and the approach of winter, have all compounded the overall supply of gas.

This has, in turn, caused benchmark prices for the fuel and other forms of energy to skyrocket. Gas prices are up more than five-fold.

What has that got to do with Russia? Nothing, at least in causality.

Russia is historically Europe’s biggest supplier of natural gas. It accounts for about 40% of the continent’s consumption.

As President Putin pointed out this week, Russia’s state-owned Gazprom has met all its contractual deliveries of natural gas to Europe.

The allegation from some quarters that Russia is withholding gas supplies to Europe in order to exert political pressure on Europe is a baseless lie that stems from anti-Russia prejudice and propaganda.

The fact is Europe is faced with an energy crisis partly of its own making, and Russia is able to alleviate it by increasing its already substantial supply of natural gas.


https://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2021/10/08/russophobia-absurdity-as-russian-gas-rescues-europe-energy-crisis/

Fire hits Gazprom's Amur gas facility

Fire hits major #Gazprom #gas processing facility under construction near the Sila Sibiri trunkline that supplies gas to #China

No casualties, but gas plant damage.


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A major fire stopped commissioning of a second gas processing train at the Gazprom-operated #Amur gas processing plant in East #Siberia, #Russia in the early hours of Friday.

There were no casualties reported but newbuild facilities were damaged.

According to eyewitness reports, the accident started with a natural gas leak near a de-ethanisation column, with escaping gas igniting several minutes later.

The Amur plant is a key element in Gazprom’s plan to expand its gas deliveries to China via the Sila Sibiri pipeline, with its facilities designed to remove high-value components from the outgoing methane mixture, such as ethane, propane, butane and helium.

According to Gazprom, gas intake to the plant has been halted until the the accident investigation and damage assessment have been concluded.

In the short-term, the accident is not expected to affect the flow of Russian gas to China via Sila Sibiri because Gazprom is able to deliver volumes from the Chayanda field in East Siberia without treatment at the plant.

The Amur plant, which saw its first train formally commissioned in June this year, is set to host six trains and will be able to process 42 billion cubic metres per annum of untreated gas.

Gazprom had earlier estimated that the plant will require total investment of over $11 billion to bring it to its full capacity by 2025.

https://www.upstreamonline.com/safety/no-casualties-but-plant-is-damaged-fire-hits-gazproms-amur-gas-facility/

Conspiracy Theory?

Russian #Gas Company #Gazprom solves European #Energy #Crisis by pumping more gas.......

https://news.1rj.ru/str/MIB_MessageInABottle/264

and immediately afterward a Gazprom gas facility supplying gas to #China burns down.

https://news.1rj.ru/str/MIB_MessageInABottle/265

Just Sayin'...........

Davos WEF Plandemic

How is the Davos World Economic Forum involved in the coronavirus pandemic?

The Davos World Economic Forum ( #WEF ) is a premier forum for governments, global corporations and international entrepreneurs.

Founded in 1971 by engineer and economist #Klaus #Schwab, the WEF describes its mission as “shaping global, regional and industry agendas” and “improving the state of the world.”

According to its website, “moral and intellectual integrity is at the heart of everything it does.” The WEF has been involved in the coronavirus pandemic in several ways.

First, the WEF was, together with the #Gates #Foundation, a sponsor of the prescient #Event201 coronavirus pandemic simulation exercise, held in NYC on Oct 18 2019, the same day as the opening of the #Wuhan Military World Games, seen by some as “ground zero” of the global pandemic.

China itself has argued that US military athletes may have brought the virus to Wuhan.

Second, the WEF has been a leading proponent of #digital #biometric #identity systems, arguing that they will make societies and industries more efficient, more productive and more secure. In Jul 2019, the WEF started a project to “shape the future of travel with biometric-enabled digital traveler identity management.” In addition, the WEF collaborates ;with the #ID2020 alliance, which is funded by the Gates and Rockefeller foundations and runs a program to “provide digital ID with vaccines”. In particular, ID2020 sees the vaccination of children as “an entry point for digital identity.”

Third, WEF founder Klaus Schwab is the author of the book COVID-19: The Great Reset, published in Jul 2020, which argues that the coronavirus pandemic can and should be used for an “economic, societal, geopolitical, environmental and technological reset,” including in particular, advancing global governance, accelerating digital transformation, and tackling climate change.

Finally, the WEF has been running, since 1993, a program called “Global Leaders for Tomorrow,” rebranded, in 2004, as “Young Global Leaders”. This program aims at identifying, selecting and promoting future global leaders in both business and politics. Indeed, quite a few “Young Global Leaders” have later managed to become Presidents, Prime Ministers, or CEOs (see below).

https://swprs.org/the-wef-and-the-pandemic/%22

Alex Berenson's Substack:

"In an Israeli hospital outbreak, 96% vaccination rates (and universal masking) made no difference. And guess who had mild cases?

Hint: not the vaccinated."



https://alexberenson.substack.com/p/so-much-for-vaccine-generated-herd

there's no such thing as "asymptomatic"