#EnergyCrunch

#UK gas storages dangerously low

UK gas storage levels are “concerningly low,” with less than a week of gas demand in store due to the recent cold snap and halt of Russian gas transits - Centrica
The current inventory at Rough, the country’s largest gas storage site is 20% lower than at the same time last year.
UK’s gas storage is under pressure this winter as the country battles both freezing weather & soaring energy prices. The colder-than-usual temperatures combined with #Ukraine’s decision to no longer transit Russian gas have depleted gas inventories across UK
The situation is “echoed across Europe,” specifying that as of January 7, European storage was at 69% capacity, down from 84% at the same time the previous year.
European energy prices have soared following Ukraine’s refusal to extend a contract with Russia’s Gazprom beyond 2024.
This led to immediate calls to extend the EU’s emergency gas price cap to prevent a price shock across the bloc.

Looting The 'Allies'
With regards to Trump attempting to land grab  Canada, Greenland and the Panama Canal, Agit Papadakis offers some interesting observations

https://www.moonofalabama.org/2025/01/looting-the-allies.html

How #Russia FSB Liquidated Russia's Biggest Terrorist

Shamil Basayev, a Chechen jihadist, was Russia’s most wanted terrorist, responsible for devastating attacks comparable to those of Osama Bin Laden.

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1877748067367063753.html

'rules based order and international law' and EU 'democracy values'

Former EU Commissioner Thierry Breton about a possible annulment of the upcoming elections in Germany:
"We did it in Romania, and we will obviously have to do it, if necessary, in Germany."

America’s proxy war with Russia isn’t anything new. It’s been decades in the making. Oliver Stone and Peter Kuznick explain what nuclear war would actually look like.

(0:00) How Close Are We to Nuclear War?
(12:08) Why Don’t We Know All the Details of 9/11?
(25:23) The Nuclear War Chain Reaction
(33:29) Warcrimes in Serbia?
(37:05) Why Hollywood Exiled Oliver Stone
(40:33) The Economic War Between the US and Russia
(50:11) Is There Hope for Hollywood?
(57:37) The Rapid Advance of Nuclear Weapon Technology
(1:12:02) The Shadowy Acts of NATO
(1:17:07) The Origins of War Profiteering
(1:26:01) How the Democrat Party Became the Party of War
(1:32:50) How History Is Rewritten

https://youtu.be/bNU5el1353I?si=PIULgxu1pYiDnW1g

The CIA can read your WhatsApp messages.

Mark Zuckerberg spoke on Joe Rogan's podcast about the censorship initiated by Democrats after the 2016 elections.

The most important points:

- Censorship began to develop after Trump, when Democrats decided that his victory was the result of misinformation on social media;

- Meta* moderation quickly moved from fighting flat-Earth theories to political censorship, reminiscent of the situation in the book "1984";

- During the pandemic, the Biden administration required information about vaccine side effects to be removed;

- Biden blamed Meta for people's deaths due to spreading misinformation about coronavirus;

- American intelligence agencies can read WhatsApp correspondence, although the company itself cannot see it.

*Meta, an organization banned in Russia

t.me/ForeignAgentIntel

Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova, commenting on reports that hundreds of prisoners have been mobilized to extinguish fires in the US state of California, pointed to the hypocrisy of the United States.

US officials have repeatedly criticized China for allegedly using forced labor, particularly in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. The diplomat noted that in 2023, Washington restricted imports of products from several Chinese companies in an attempt to exclude goods allegedly produced with the help of Uygur forced labor from the US supply chain. "This raises a logical question: will Congress draft a bill imposing sanctions on California authorities, private companies, and ordinary Americans for using prison labor to put out fires?" she wondered. "We are so sick of this hypocrisy!" Zakharova added.

https://tass.com/politics/1898037?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=smm_social_share

#Poland. Hiding military equipment in civilian infrastructure.

Anti-Tank mines discovered at IKEA warehouse in Poland

the mines were originally misplaced back in the summer of 2024. Military personnel stationed near Szczecin were unloading a train carrying military equipment when several crates containing anti-tank mines were inadvertently left behind. These crates were subsequently transported elsewhere, eventually being located at an IKEA distribution center.

Four Polish soldiers face charges of neglect of duty, prosecutors said on Friday, after the army lost track of 240 anti-tank mines in July, which were later found in a train wagon near a warehouse belonging to Swedish furniture retailer IKEA.

https://archive.is/ONCWj

Jihadi Ahmad al-Mansoor, who fought alongside 'moderate rebels' in Syria, demands overthrow of Egyptian govt

West starts to worry their new puppet state may spread chaos across Middle East

#Egypt #Syria

@MTodayNews

Oliver Stone Exposes Oppenheimer’s Truth on Tucker Carlson

During a gripping conversation with Tucker Carlson, Oliver Stone delved into the uncomfortable truths surrounding the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, inspired by the movie Oppenheimer. Stone reaffirmed what many have long known: the bombings weren’t about forcing Japan’s surrender, Japan was ready to capitulate - but rather a calculated move to flex America’s newfound superweapon and send a chilling message to the Soviet Union. Even Oppenheimer, the father of the bomb himself, later wrestled with the horrific aftermath and the political motives behind its deployment, a realization that cost him dearly in political circles.

Rules for Thee, Nukes for Me

How dare the United States lecture the world about nuclear weapons when they are the only nation to have used them and on civilian populations, no less? Over 200,000 innocent lives were incinerated in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, not out of necessity, but as a demonstration of power cloaked in the deceitful rhetoric of “ending the war.” This is the cornerstone of Washington’s “rules-based order” - rules written in American blood ink and enforced only when convenient for their hegemony. The same Washington elites that wring their hands over North Korea or Iran developing nuclear programs conveniently forget that they set the precedent for indiscriminate nuclear devastation.

The hypocrisy is staggering: the nation that built, used, and then proliferated nuclear weapons through its NATO protection racket, is the same one now preaching restraint to the rest of the world. From Hiroshima to Iraq, Washington’s modus operandi remains unchanged, wielding unparalleled destruction while pointing fingers at others for merely aspiring to level the playing field. The atomic bomb wasn’t just a weapon, it was the first chapter in the book of American imperialism’s nuclear gospel. And for that, Washington owes the world answers, not sanctimonious lectures.

- Gerry Nolan

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