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Gonzalo Lira: “The RUMOR is the Zelensky regime—ordered and abetted by Washington—will use some sort of bunker-buster bomb on the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant, perhaps even a tactical nuke”

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RUMOR: I'm hearing this from so many independent sources online that I'll run it up the flagpole:

The RUMOR is the Zelensky regime—ordered and abetted by Washington—will use some sort of bunker-buster bomb on the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant, perhaps even a tactical nuke.

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The reasons are manifold:

◾️Cause a giant nuclear accident—and blame it on the Russians.

◾️An excuse for Zelensky and his goons to decamp to the West.

◾️An excuse for the US/NATO to give up on Ukraine.

◾️Forever ostracize Russia, so Europe never trades with her again.

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This is an incredibly farfetched RUMOR. But frankly I wouldn't put it past the insane clowns in Washington and Brussels and Kiev—which is the true horror.

Anyway, according to this RUMOR, it'll happen if not this weekend then over the course of this week.

We'll see.

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Addendum: The war in Ukraine is lost—once the Donbas falls, it's over. So this Samson option makes sense for Washington: Lashing out out of malice and spite, using nuclear terrorism but blaming the victim.

Very typical of the mentality of the people running things in Washington.

Originally tweeted by Gonzalo Lira (@GonzaloLira1968) on August 19, 2022.

Former US President Donald Trump told then-prime minister Scott Morrison that China ‘f**ked the world’ by unleashing Covid, a new book claims

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The reported phone conversation between the two leaders happened on July 17, 2020, in a secure room in Canberra.

Covid was starting to run rampant around the globe and Mr Trump apparently had no qualms about expressing his feelings about who was to blame.

‘It was a disgrace,’ Mr Trump said, according to the book Plagued, by journalists Simon Benson and Geoff Chalmers that details Australia’s political history during the pandemic.

‘Look what they (China) have done to the world. They have f**ked the world.’

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Covid is without doubt a bioweapon. Its timely release against USA/world as China lost the trade war with Trump leads strongly to the conclusion China released covid on purpose. The US/Western response to covid has been so bad it leads strongly to the conclusion that Western actors, most likely our usurpers, many of whom are in the open, released covid to enable stealing the election in 2020. Did Trump in July of 2020 when he made that comment know who did it? It is possible he was led to believe China did it when those in DC who were back-stabbing him in every way they could had actually done it. Another possibility is some rogue group somewhere did it and the other actors seized the opportunity to pursue their selfish ends. ABN

‘Unbelievable’! Border patrol agents OPEN the gates at a crossing point letting in illegal migrants at the southern border moments after Greg Abbott’s Texas National Guard had locked them: More than two million have crossed in 2022 – a 22-year high

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  • Footage showed the armed agents unbuckle the barb-wire fence before streams of asylum seekers walk past
  • They then stood around chatting and finally shut the barrier between Mexico and the US after dozens got in
  • Texas Governor Greg Abbott leading the outrage, branding it ‘unbelievable’ and blaming Joe Biden’s policies
  • It comes amid a surging crisis in the US as migrants from across South America seek a better life in the States
  • At least two million are reported to have entered the country already this year, setting a new national record
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This is an act of war against the American people by our usurpers. Soften it if you like to hybrid war by our parasites or asymmetric war by our seditionists. But war it is. So was covid. So was the covid response. ABN

“These documents have been leaked (deliberately?) by the Ukraine Armed Forces, and seem to be genuine. A huge number of Ukraine eyeballs have been on them via Telegram channels — but no one has seriously disputed their authenticity”

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These documents have been leaked (deliberately?) by the Ukraine Armed Forces, and seem to be genuine. A huge number of Ukraine eyeballs have been on them via Telegram channels — but no one has seriously disputed their authenticity.

What they reveal is horrifying.

According to these documents, the Ukraine Armed Forces have lost 191,000 men between killed in action and wounded in action. Assuming a 3 to 1 ratio, that would mean 50,000 men have died, and 140,000 are wounded seriously enough to be incapacitated either to fight or to work.

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The Growing Threat From North Korea

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  • China’s urging “flexibility” on North Korea appears to coincide with the Chinese Communist Party’s ambitions in the region.
  • “According to unclassified intelligence reports to Congress, there are five key Chinese banks and a specially created holding company that funds the North Korean missile and nuclear technology programs.” — Peter Huessy, Real Clear Defense, August 10, 2017.
  • China’s main strategic concern when it comes to the Korean peninsula is apparently to end the US presence there and keep it out of US hands so that China can finally establish itself as the hegemon in the region.
  • North Korean escalation in the form of increased missile tests and resumption of ICBM and nuclear tests to pressure the US to make concessions — in the shape of troop withdrawals from South Korea — would play directly into the hands of China, enabling it to replace the US and establish itself as the primary power in the region.
  • “They are looking to take actions, which we believe are fundamentally destabilizing, as a way to increase pressure.” — US official in Washington to journalists, France24.com, January 31, 2022.
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China’s CCP Concealed SARS-CoV-2 Presence in China as Far Back as March 2018

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A world inquiring about the origins of SARS-CoV-2 has been met with repeated antipathy and lack of cooperation on the part of the Chinese Communist Party. Consequently, any speculation that the CCP concealed the presence of SARS-CoV-2 prior to December 2019 must be researched through an examination of corroborating yet circumstantial evidence. Inference which may be ascertained only through prosecution along a series of must-answer critical questions.
The Chinese Communist Party owes the entire world restitution for its negligent handling and release of a virus which they fully understood could be deployed as a weapon of war. A virus which has destroyed human rights, worldwide economies, and furthermore resulted in over 5 million deaths globally to date.
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Note the date of this piece—11/15/21. Ethical Skeptic has consistently provided deeper and better analysis of covid than anyone I know of. The linked essay is still valid. I highly recommend his Twitter account for frequently updated, incisive insights into the history, evolution, and real-world effects of covid. ABN

China drills simulate full Attack on Taiwan

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Taiwan says China’s military has upped the threat level against it as People’s Liberation Army (PLA) planes pressed ahead with their largest ever drills surrounding the island, following Thursday’s ultra-provocative launch of eleven ballistic missiles in area waters, some of which were reported to have flown over the island and population of some 23 million.

On Saturday Taiwan’s defense ministry said it observed Chinese planes and ships conducting attack simulation exercises while operating in the Taiwan Strait. “Multiple batches of Chinese communist planes and ships conducting activities around the Taiwan strait, some of which crossed the median line,” it said in a statement. 

Days ago Chinese state media said the median line – which forms an unofficial border, the other side of which includes Taiwan-claimed waters – has ceased to exist. Government mouthpiece Global Times had also cast the drills as rehearsal for a “reunification operation”. 

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US to take part in military exercise near India’s disputed border with China

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The United States is to take part in a joint military exercise with India less than 100 kilometers (62 miles) from the South Asian country’s disputed border with China.

The military drills will be held in mid-October at an altitude of 10,000 feet in Auli in the Indian state of Uttarakhand and will focus on high-altitude warfare training, according to a senior Indian Army officer with knowledge of the matter.

Auli is about 95 kilometers from the Line of Actual Control (LAC), an inhospitable piece of land where the disputed border between India and China is roughly demarcated.

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US to conduct “standard air and maritime transits” through the Taiwan Strait “in the next few weeks”

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WHITE HOUSE/TAIPEI — The White House announced a series of steps aimed to defend a “free and open Indo-Pacific” following Chinese firing of at least 11 ballistic missiles into waters encircling Taiwan on Thursday, a day after U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi wrapped up a visit to the island that enraged Beijing.

“China has chosen to overreact and use the speaker’s visit as a pretext to increase provocative military activity in and around the Taiwan Strait,” said John Kirby, coordinator for strategic communications at the National Security Council on Thursday.

Kirby told reporters U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has directed the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan and the ships in her strike group to remain in the vicinity to “monitor the situation.” He said Washington will also conduct “standard air and maritime transits” through the Taiwan Strait in the next few weeks.

He promised “further steps” to demonstrate commitment to U.S. allies including Japan, which announced that five of the Chinese missiles landed within their exclusive economic zone.

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Tit-for-tat becomes difficult to appraise. Pelosi did what she did. Taiwan allowed her to do it. In response, China did what it did. Now, we are going to do “standard air and maritime transits in the next few weeks.” Could mean much. Could mean little. Much will happen between then and now. This is an uncertain or indeterminable state with many incalculable and unknowable factors. Looming over it is the potential for an invasion of Taiwan or, worse, WW3.

A major factor we do know is Xi Jinping has been locking down Chinese cities like crazy for many months. That is extremely weird and can be best explained by his knowing: 1) a Chinese economic crash is coming (seems it is) and/or 2) war is coming, either provoked by him or USA, either involving only Taiwan or USA and the entire world as well.

Another major factor we do know is USA provoked Russia through Ukraine in a very similar manner to how we are provoking China through Taiwan. Scroll down this page or peruse the war tag for more on this perspective. ABN

China unleashes its power: Worldwide outrage as ballistic missiles fly over Taiwan prompting Japan to demand ‘immediate’ halt to military drills or risk destroying peace in the region

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China ratcheted up its military intimidation of Taiwan yesterday by firing ballistic missiles which flew over the island and landed in Japanese waters.

As promised by the ruling Communist Party, four days of war games encircling Taiwan began just before 2pm (local time) with wave after wave of rocket launches, while Chinese jets took to the skies and ten warships patrolled the sea.

Five high-powered missiles fired from the mainland flew over Taiwan, Japanese officials said, and plunged into the sea south of Hateruma Island, part of Okinawa. The series of islands are part of Japan’s ‘exclusive economic zone’, which extends 200 nautical miles from its coast.

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Jeff Nyquist on China and Taiwan today

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Nyquist is the Geert Vanden Bossche of communist studies. His predictions come true, his thesis makes sense, he knows the material, and what he says is worldview changing. This video is essential if you want to understand Taiwan, China, Russia, geopolitics in general. (On a side note, Nyquist’s pronunciation of Chinese is weirdly atrocious. Most people do better after even very casual contact with Chinese studies. That said, as a psycholinguist, I well understand that weirdly atrocious language glitches are typically just that and nothing more. Some people cannot spell to save their lives, yours truly included.) ABN