Donald Trumpf’s Junta Mirrors Thirds Reich

The Trumpf police state is settling in well in the US, stamping out dissent, deporting undesirables in defiance of the judiciary branch, and firing disloyal employees. The Trumpf junta is using distractions while Felon Musk’s notorious DOGE and the oligarchs pilfer America’s wealth without oversight. Moreover, Trumpf’s erratic and Narcissus-like behavior is leading to unintended consequences on the social fabric of the US, as well as the global economy.

The White House budget office has taken down its website where approvals of federal funding provided in appropriations laws are statutorily required to be posted for public viewing, a move likely to face major blowback from members of Congress and government watchdogs.

This blatant move is to conceal the incredible amounts of money the Trumpf regime is both wasting and transferring to their own coffers, as you will read below.

IRS To Share Tax Information with ICE

Acting commissioner of the IRS Melanie Krause announced plans to resign after a controversial agreement was reached between the DHS and the IRS to allow ICE access to taxpayer data. Krause, who has been serving as the acting IRS head, learned of the agreement only after it was publicly released by the Treasury Department, prompting her decision to step down. The deal allows ICE to request taxpayer information to aid in deporting illegal immigrants who have failed to comply with court orders to leave the US. This arrangement has sparked concerns over privacy violations and the potential misuse of sensitive taxpayer data.

America’s electronic gulag just became larger. The US is heading towards a future where any federal law-enforcement officer in the US conducting a “Terry stop” or border inspection will see whether the person has debts, unpaid civil fines, delinquent taxes, or outstanding school/auto/home loans.

DOGE Using AI to Spy on Federal Employees: “They are Omnipresent”

US federal government employees have either been told outright by their superiors that they are spied on or they have been notified of new monitoring software being installed on computers.

Col. Susannah Meyers, 821st Space Base Group commander (L) greets JD and Usha Vance (Photo: Jaime Sanchez / Space Force)

After VPOTUS JD Vance’s disastrous trip to Greenland, Colonel Meyers, pictured above, was relieved from her command at Pituffik Space Base for sending out this internal email to her personnel which supposedly “undermined JD Vance”:

“I do not presume to understand current politics, but what I do know is the concerns of the US administration discussed by Vice-President Vance on Friday are not reflective of Pituffik Space Base.”

All DOD systems are monitored for counterintelligence issues, not political dialogue. Either the DOGE AI systems picked up on her innocuous language or somebody in her command informed on her to the Trumpf junta. Either way, this Colonel’s aspirations of making General have been thoroughly destroyed.

DOGE Physically Ejects Senior Executive from Office

Two days after the Social Security Administration (SSA) purposely and falsely labeled 6,100 living immigrants as dead, DOGE security guards arrived at the office of a well-regarded senior executive Greg Pearre in the agency’s Woodlawn, MD, headquarters and physically dragged him from his office. Mr. Pearre opposed the scheme cooked up by Felon Musk’s DOGE squad that falsely lists thousands of migrants as dead in a Social Security database known as the “death master file.”

The move essentially cancels an immigrant’s Social Security number and is equivalent to a financial death, as financial institutions rely on updated Social Security data to verify identities and deaths and may cut off access for these individuals. There is no information as to whether Mr. Pearre was hurt fighting back against these fascists.

How Trumpf Gets Away with Murder, Waste, and Larceny

Dotard Trumpf became the first sitting president to attend a Superbowl and a UFC fighting match, like Caligula or Nero attending gladiatorial spectacles of imperial Rome. Sports are the bread and circuses of America, distracting the hoi polloi from the myriad of problems they face, such as unemployment, falling retirement plans, rising food prices, spreading disease, and unstoppable firearm violence. Trumpf’s attendance at these spectacles connect him with the masses, as many Republicans are rabid fans of mixed martial arts. While the public’s attention is affixed with these distractions, the Trumpf junta can waste hundreds of millions of American taxpayer dollars murdering the starving Shia Houthis in Yemen with expensive munitions on behalf of ICC-indicted war criminal Benjamin Netanyahu. Trumpf’s tariff threats remain unexposed for what they really are: stock manipulation and insider trading. Lastly, the massive entourage of aides and bodyguards that accompany Trumpf to these national security special events (NSSE) stay and eat at Trumpf properties, a direct transfer of American taxpayer money to the Trumpf Crime Family (TCF).

Cult of Personality Thickens Around Narcissist Trumpf

Trumpf is now mandating junta members wear golden lapel pins as a sign of fealty. Does the Trumpf pin above look familiar?

Trumpf was livid with the official Colorado State portrait of him and blamed both Democratic Governor Jared Polis and artist Sarah Boardman, slandering them with derogatory remarks.

But as you could see, Ms. Boardman caught the president perfectly:

At the White House, the egomaniacal Dotard Trumpf moved Barack Obama’s portrait to display a painting of his own assassination attempt.

The ethno-supremacist Fourth Reich in America is taking shape thanks to white racist Republicans who voted for egomaniac Trumpf in 2024, a terrible Harris-Walz presidential campaign that didn’t distance itself from genocidal Israel, AIPAC, and Felon Musk. His social media machinations and millions of dollars certainly swayed voters. Over the next four years Americans will watch their civil liberties and national security erode along with their life savings and social safety nets, while the oligarchs enjoy their unneeded trillion dollar tax breaks.

Citations:

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2025/apr/10/elon-musk-doge-spying

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/creq99l218do

https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/donald-trump-portrait-colorado-jared-polis-sarah-broadman-b2720447.html

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/doge-goons-physically-drag-social-security-worker-from-desk/ar-AA1CNGYF

https://www.ibtimes.com/irs-head-resigns-following-controversial-ice-data-sharing-agreement-3769666

Trumpf Mental Faculties in Question

Dotard-in-Chief Mistakenly Calls Fired Lt-Gen. H.R. McMaster

Last month, retired Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster received an unexpected call on his personal cell. It was from the White House and he was instructed by the voice on the other end to stand by for the president. Trumpf fired McMaster after 13 months as his national security adviser during his first reign of terror.

Just a day earlier on 2 Mar, Trumpf had lobbed his latest insult at McMaster, blasting him on social media as a “weak and totally ineffective loser.”  McMaster had also just appeared on CBS’ “60 Minutes,” where he voiced skepticism about Trumpf’s relationship with ICC-indicted war criminal Vladimir Putin.  

“Henry…” is how Trumpf opened the call before launching into the conversation.

But Lt. Gen. McMaster goes by H.R., short for Herbert Raymond. Not Henry. 

“Mr. President, this is H.R. McMaster,” he said into the phone.

“Why the f*** would I talk to H.R. McMaster?” Trumpf asked dismissively and launched into a scathing critique of his former aide. The dotard intended to call South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster, not his former national security adviser. 

Trumpf Unable to Recall Details of Cognitive Test

Dotard Trumpf unable to hold hands with ICC-indicted criminal Rodrigo Duterte in Vietnam, 2017.

The 47th POTUS was unable to recall the details of the cognitive test he took as part of his physical last Friday, “but he assured reporters that he got all the answers right.” Speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One about his annual physical, Trumpf was asked about the cognitive assessment included in his annual doctor’s visit.

While he seemed unable “or unwilling” to recall specific details, he told the press, “It’s a pretty well known test. Whatever it is. I got every one right.” He added that he took the test because he “wanted to be a little different than [President Joe] Biden,” who faced significant scrutiny during his term for showing signs of cognitive decline. Of his health overall, Trump said, “I felt I was in very good shape. Good heart. A good soul. Very good soul.”

According to the results, Trumpf is on two medications for cholesterol control (Rosuvastatin and Ezetimibe), taking Aspirin for cardiac prevention and he also uses Mometasone cream as needed for a skin condition. As for his weight, the 6-foot-3 politician weighs 224 lbs. During his last physical as president in 2020, he weighed 244 lbs.

Trumpf Had Prior Reputation for Poor Intellect

Dotard Trumpf boasted that University of Pennsylvania, an Ivy League institution, was “one of the hardest schools to get into in the country.” James A. Nolan, the admissions officer who interviewed young Donald, (a friend of Trumpf’s father Fred) said that UPenn was taking 40% percent of all applicants (and this is during the Vietnam War). Nolan described Donald as “definitely not a super genius.” Mr. Nolan added: “I wish I hadn’t interviewed him. In retrospect, I wish I hadn’t done that.”

In 2024, Republicans and many Democrats targeted President Joe Biden because of his age, questioning his cognitive skills, which ushered in youthful, energetic VPOTUS Kamala Harris as the presidential candidate. But the 2024 Democratic ticket lost approximately six million voters between 2020 and 2024. Why? Because many Americans are sick of Israel’s ethnic cleansing of Palestinians. Candidate Harris made some obligatory remarks about the suffering of the Palestinians in Gaza, but did not say she would place an arms embargo on the Pariah State or stop the annual flow of billions of dollars to wealthy Israel which has been killing Palestinians for decades. Joe Biden’s or Dotard Trumpf’s age had little to do with the catastrophe the Democrats brought upon themselves and the American people.

Citations:

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/kamala-harris-tells-benjamin-netanyahu-004800092.html

https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-cant-recall-the-details-of-his-favorite-cognitive-test/

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/h-r-mcmaster-trump-accidental-call/

Did One of Trump’s College Professors Call Him ‘the Dumbest Goddamn Student I Ever Had’? – Truth or Fiction?

Israel PM Condemns Canada Liberal PM Mark Carney

Liberal Leader Mark Carney holds a rally in Calgary, on 8 April. (Photo: Sean Kilpatrick / The Canadian Press)

ICC-indicted war criminal Benjamin Netanyahu condemned PM Mark Carney after a voter at a rally shouted: “There is a genocide happening in Palestine!” to which PM Carney replied: “I’m aware, which is why we have an arms embargo.” Netanyahu called on Mr. Carney to retract what he called an irresponsible statement.’ “Canada has always sided with civilization. So should Mr. Carney,” Netanyahu posted on Felon Musk’s ‘X.’ “Instead of supporting Israel, a democracy that is fighting a just war with just means against the barbarians of Hamas, he attacks the one and only Jewish state.” People have disrupted every one of Mr. Carney’s public events last week as he has been campaigning for the 28 April federal election. Israel has killed more than 50,800 Palestinians, wounded or maimed over 100,000, and reduced much of Gaza to ruins. And Netanyahu is the one who calls the Palestinian resistance ‘barbarians.’ Hmph.

PM Mark Carney had better learn the bitter lessons of the 2024 Democratic Party. Mr. Carney should immediately recognize the State of Palestine and restore diplomatic relations with Iran, which was recklessly severed by Conservative PM Stephen Harper years ago. That idiotic move was made to appease the Republican George W. Bush administration which cost Canadian intelligence a set of eyes and ears in the Islamic Republic, as well as Ottawa’s ability to influence the Iranian regime. The time to break the Trumpf-Putin-Netanyahu-Musk Axis of Evil is now.

Citations:

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-israeli-prime-minister-netanyahu-rebukes-mark-carney-over-gaza-comment/

Leaked Audio Reveals AIPAC Has “Stranglehold” on Trumpf Junta’s National Security Team

The Grayzone obtained leaked audio from AIPAC’s 2025 Congressional Summit in which the organization’s Executive Director Elliot Brandt boasted that his group had groomed several top Trumpf national security officials, and is able to “access” their conversations to ensure they continue adhering to Israel’s agenda. Followers of the Watch, you have to hear this to believe it.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) must be the first politician Democrats vote out in a primary. He capitulated on the GOP budget which unleashed fresh hell on the Palestinians and the Shia Houthis in Yemen. Note that Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and NYC Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC) do not receive a penny from AIPAC. You may use the links below to see which American politicians support ethnic cleansing in Israel or the NRA, which helps kill thousands of Americans by promoting unfettered access to firearms.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer ( D-NY), prepares to speak at the 2019 American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) policy conference in Washington, 25 Mar 2019. (Photo: Jose Luis Magana / AP)

Citations:

https://www.trackaipac.com/

https://www.opensecrets.org/

Felon Musk Covering Up Russian War Crimes

At least 34 people have been killed and more than 100 injured in a Russian ballistic missile strike in the Ukrainian city of Sumy as people were going to church for Palm Sunday, in the worst attack on civilians this year. (Photo: Volodymyr Hordiienko / AP)

Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Heorhii Tykhyi accused ‘X’ of covering up Russian war crimes by blocking information about Ukrainian children killed in the invasion. Tykhyi shared a post from the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry on 11 Apr, revealing that Russian forces had killed 616 Ukrainian children and injured 1,869 since the beginning of the full-scale invasion. The post was flagged as “graphic content” by social network X, which then restricted access to the image: pbs.twimg.com

In 2024, the Worst Person in the World cut off Nelson Mandela’s grandson’s ‘X’ account when he visited the Gaza Strip, helping to cover up Netanyahu’s war crimes against the Palestinian people.

Citations:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/apr/13/russian-missile-strike-kills-injured-ukraine-sumy

https://english.nv.ua/nation/ukraine-s-foreign-ministry-spokesman-accuses-x-of-covering-russian-war-crimes-50505758.html

China Responds to JD Vance’s Idiotic Comments

JD Vance’s comments referring to Chinese nationals as “peasants” ignited a firestorm of criticism in China. The remark was denounced by the Chinese Foreign Ministry as “ignorant and impolite.” Chinese social media erupted with outrage, with users demanding an apology and some calling for Vance to be banned from entering China. Chinese social media users also highlighted the irony of Vance’s comments, given his working-class background detailed in his memoir “Hillbilly Elegy.” 

Usha Vance’s family hail from the upper caste in India, stratospherically above the millions of peasants, masses, and Dalits in the sub-continent.

For a man who claims to hold all the cards, Trumpf certainly seems to fold a lot. The ending from the classic 1965 film “The Cincinnati Kid” which is 60 years old, starred the handsome Steve McQueen, and the attractive Ann-Margret and Tuesday Weld, is instructive.

“Gets down to what it’s all about, doesn’t it? Making the wrong move at the right time.”

With Trumpf, it’s making all the wrong moves all the time.

Citations:

https://www.firstpost.com/web-show/firstpostamerica/beijing-slams-jd-vance-over-chinese-peasants-remark-calls-him-ignorant-firstpost-america-vd1035414/

https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-begging-china-deal-over-163200207.html

Teenage Cult Member Kills Parents, Plots to Kill Trumpf

Nikita Casap (17) mugshot. Look at the void in his eyes and pock-marked skin.

Nikita Casap (17) from Wisconsin allegedly killed his parents as part of a plot to assassinate Donald Trumpf and overthrow the US government. The murder of his parents appeared to be an effort to attain the “financial means and autonomy” to carry out his plan to incite chaos and ‘save the white race’ from ‘Jewish-controlled’ politicians. Casap faces several felony charges, including two counts of first-degree murder, two counts of hiding a corpse, and conspiracy to assassinate the president and use a WMD. In an average year, 708 people die and 1,686 are wounded by guns in Wisconsin. 

A criminal complaint is merely an allegation. All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

Citations:

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/crime/nikita-casap-murder-wisconsin-trump-cult-b2732216.html

 wcca.wicourts.gov 

What Does a Cat Do When It Finds Sleeping Dogs?

US National Security in Utter Shambles Under Trumpf

The Dotard-in-Chief (Photo: Reuters)

After US Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) approved the appalling Trumpf junta federal budget to further enrich the oligarchs and secure the flow of uninterrupted military aid to Israel earlier this month, Benjamin Netanyahu re-started his genocidal campaign against the Palestinians in Gaza. Simultaneously that very weekend, Trumpf ordered the bombing of Shia Houthis in Yemen as a favor to both Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu and Saudi Crown Prince Muhammad Bin Salman. Both of them loathe the Shias and Iranians, as you read about here on Coriolanus.

Remarkably, USSECDEF Pete Hegseth, a known alcoholic, during that same weekend erroneously texted the classified US attack plans on the starving Houthis to a journalist working for the Atlantic magazine.

Pete Hegseth vociferously complained about Hillary Clinton’s emails. (Photo: Anna Moneymaker / Getty Images)

The tremendously under-qualified Pete Hegseth, a former Fox TV host who threw an axe at a musician during one of his shows, used a commercial cell phone application called Signal to relay Top Secret information to several Trump junta leaders, but also included the journalist who was not cleared to receive this information. The text message included the name of an undercover CIA intelligence officer, amongst other things. War plans and names of intelligence officers are never meant to be disclosed outside secure facilities or communication networks or to uncleared civilians. This means that Russian, Chinese, and Israeli intelligence potentially intercepted Hegseth’s message and all the little details in it.

The NSA issued an operational security special bulletin to the USIC in Feb 2025 warning of the vulnerabilities in using the encrypted messaging application Signal.

From professional experience, your author can testify that careers in the USIC have been destroyed over much less violations. And in any other country, this egregious conduct would lead to an immediate court-martial. Only under the Trumpf junta can a dipsomaniac, misogynist, racist USSECDEF with access to nuclear weapons be allowed to thrive. Congress acted immediately by summoning the ODNI and D/CIA, two satraps appointed to the crown jewels of the USIC because of their cultish loyalty to Trumpf, and not their competence or experience. Listen to how much the D/CIA knows below:

Warner, with Gabbard and Ratcliffe sitting in front of him: "If this was the case of a military officer or an intelligence officer and they had this kind of behavior, they would be fired."

Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2025-03-25T14:18:47.048Z

Using Signal is also extraordinary given that a constant refrain of President Trumpf’s 2015 presidential election campaign was the need to “lock up” Hillary Clinton for using a private server for her emails.

DOGE Cuts Could Send Former USIC Personnel to Adversarial Powers

FTA:

“For Russia, China and other adversaries, the upheaval in Washington as Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency guts government agencies presents an unprecedented opportunity to recruit informants, national security and intelligence experts say.

Every former federal worker with knowledge of or access to sensitive information or systems could be a target. When thousands of them leave their jobs at the same time, that creates a lot of targets, as well as a counterespionage challenge for the US.

“This information is highly valuable, and it shouldn’t be surprising that Russia and China and other organizations — criminal syndicates for instance — would be aggressively recruiting government employees,” said Theresa Payton, a former White House chief information officer under President George W. Bush, who now runs her own cybersecurity firm.”

Every year 100,000 federal employees retire or leave government work. This year will be higher because of DOGE. Only a tiny fraction of the many millions of Americans who have worked for the federal government have ever been accused of espionage. It takes only one or two misguided or disgruntled workers to cause a national security crisis. Former FBI agent Robert Hanssen and former CIA officer Aldrich Ames, who both spied for Russia, show just how damaging a single informant can be.”

This is a numbers game. By probability and statistics, US counterintelligence agencies can expect to see more cases of espionage or former USIC personnel working for foreign companies that may be shells for Beijing, Jerusalem, or Moscow.

Trumpf Junta Continues Useless Threats Against Greenland

Republican JD Vance and Democrat Usha Vance at their wedding.

The Trumpf junta is sending Second Lady Usha Vance to Greenland later this week. She will be joined by Energy Secretary Chris Wright and national security adviser Mike Waltz. Vance, who is taking one of her two sons, will visit historical sites, learn about Greenlandic heritage and attend a national dogsled race. The officials will embark on the trip as Trumpf sharpens his proposal to take over Greenland, a mineral-rich island that houses a US military base.

Sending dark-skinned Usha Vance is a shameful and cynical attempt to soften the image of white supremacist America to native Inuits in Greenland.  Does anybody think they’ll be fooled up there?

Trumpf Junta to Eliminate FEMA

US Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem told a Cabinet meeting that the department would move to “eliminate” the government’s disaster relief agency, days after Trumpf signed an executive order directing state and local governments to “play a more active and significant role” in responding to catastrophes.

From 2015 to Aug 2024, red states Florida, Louisiana, and Texas have benefited the most from the Individuals and Households Program (IHP). Florida residents have received $2.5 billion, Louisiana residents have gotten $2.4 billion, and Texas residents have received $2.3 billion. Republicans who voted for Trumpf shot themselves in the foot.

Besides helping Republicans recover from flooding, hurricanes, and tornados, which there will be more of because of global climate change, FEMA has a national civil defense (CD) role in the event of a debilitating attack on the US by terrorists or adversarial powers.

Trumpf Junta Sloppily Releases De-Classified JFK Assassination Files   

Joseph diGenova was victimized by the release.

“It’s absolutely outrageous. It’s sloppy, unprofessional,” said former Trumpf campaign lawyer Joseph diGenova (80) whose private information was included in the massive release. Trumpf staffers recklessly released the documents online without redacting personal information. “It not only means identity theft, but I’ve had threats against me,” said diGenova, a fixture in Republican and Washington legal circles who has fiercely defended Trump and has pounced on his critics on cable news. “In the past, I’ve had to report real threats against me to the FBI. There are dangerous nuts out there.”

Released JFK files: www.archives.gov

The irony is rich when a Trumpf acolyte is screwed over by Trumpf acolytes. This is the type of idiotic sloppiness that Americans and the world must get accustomed to. The guardians and custodians of US secrets are unprofessional, incompetent clowns and US national security is in utter disarray. No wonder the new Canadian PM Mark Carney immediately flew to London and Paris for security talks, by-passing the Rogue State led by buffoons, criminals, goniffs, and a premier Russian asset despoiling his southern border.  

Citations:

The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans

Hegseth’s Own Words Come Back to Haunt Him After Texting War Plans | The New Republic

Trump officials leak plans for US airstrikes in Signal SNAFU • The Register

Espionage concerns rise as Trump and Musk cut thousands of federal jobs | AP News

www.britannica.com

A French university is offering ‘scientific asylum’ for US talent. The brain drain has started | Alexander Hurst | The Guardian

www.cbsnews.com

DHS Sec. Kristi Noem says administration will move to ‘eliminate’ FEMA, a long-time Trump target | Semafor

Residents of These 3 Red States Receive Most FEMA Funds as Trump Mulls Cuts – Newsweek

civil-defense-from-the-cold-war-to-contemporary-threats.pdf

More than 400 Social Security numbers, other private information revealed in JFK files

Signal >> Home

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/nsa-signal-app-vulnerabilities-before-houthi-strike-chat/

Anonymous Warns Donald Trumpf and Felon Musk

Anonymous is a global collective of unpaid volunteers operating secretly in cyberspace using their formidable IT and computer skills to disrupt unjust or nefarious actors throughout the world. The private communications and computer systems used by Felon Musk or Donald Trumpf are vulnerable to their penetrations. Anonymous has warned them to temper their fascistic and greedy goals or face the consequences. But Followers of the Watch need not be concerned by the activities of Anonymous as they only target those that deserve to be targeted.

Turkish President Arrests Opposition Leader

Followers of the Watch: The UK FCO issued a travel advisory to avoid travelling to Turkiye until the unrest ends.

The popular Ekrem İmamoğlu won Istanbul’s mayoralty three times.

The arrest of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu, the leading political rival of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, on corruption charges — after being accused of both corruption and terrorism — marks yet another sign that Turkiye is becoming the next Iran: A state where elections are tightly controlled, rigged in advance and reduced to a democratic façade without free and fair campaign conditions. Tens of thousands of people across Turkiye have been protesting the arrest. Demonstrators have been fired upon with tear gas and rubber bullets in what has become the worst unrest in the country for more than a decade.

A protester waves Turkey’s national flag in front of riot police at a demonstration in support of mayor Ekrem Imamoglu outside Istanbul’s city hall on Saturday. (Photo: Kemal Aslan / AFP / Getty Images)

For over a decade Erdogan has systematically weaponized the criminal justice system, installing loyalist judges and prosecutors while co-opting opposition figures through bribery, blackmail, and intimidation. His goal is to ensure that any candidate who makes it onto the ballot is already set up for failure. Erdogan overuses the broad-brush term of “teror” for his political enemies, whether they are Gulenists or ethnic Kurds in the opposition parties.

Although Imamoglu was removed from office by the Interior Ministry, legal experts suggest that the ongoing terrorism case could be used as further justification for appointing a trustee to govern Istanbul and to neutralize a key rival ahead of the 2028 presidential election. The legal proceedings are part of a broader government strategy to undermine opposition-controlled municipalities and weaken political dissent.

University students protest after Istanbul’s Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu was arrested. The poster reads in Turkish: “We bow neither to power nor to lawlessness”. (Photo: AP Photo)

In terms of military power, Turkiye is ranked 9 out of 145 countries by the Global Firepower Index (GFI). They maintain the second largest army in NATO and the US maintains 50 B-61 Cold War-era nuclear gravity bombs in Incirlik AFB. Ankara signaled Turkiye’s readiness to provide peacekeepers to Ukraine.

During Coriolanus’ military career, he had the distinct honor of working closely with the Turkish Special Forces in the Middle East and he befriended a few of the Generals. Their professionalism, competence, and experience were first-rate.

Turkiye’s first female air force pilot was the adopted daughter of Kemal Pasha Ataturk, the founder of modern Turkiye.

Mustapha Pasha Kemal Ataturk founded the CHP Party and would disapprove of a candidate from his party being so shabbily mistreated and manhandled.

Citations:

https://www.globalfirepower.com/country-military-strength-detail.php?country_id=turkey

https://www.cnn.com/2016/07/19/politics/us-nuclear-weapons-turkey-attempted-coup/index.html

Ousted Istanbul mayor accused of terrorist links due to electoral alliance with Kurds – Nordic Monitor

Turkey travel advice – GOV.UK

Turkey protests: Why thousands are protesting Imamoglu’s arrest

China to Execute Former Defense Engineer for Selling J-35A Stealth Fighter Secrets

In a case that has sent shockwaves through China’s national security circles, a former assistant defense engineer, identified as Liu, has been sentenced to death for leaking classified intelligence on China’s J-35A fifth-generation stealth fighter to foreign intelligence agencies.

The Ministry of State Security (MSS) confirmed the espionage case in a rare and forceful statement, exposing the extent of China’s internal security vulnerabilities and the potential damage to its military advancements.

Liu was a former assistant engineer at a leading defense research institute specializing in military aviation technology. MSS sources revealed that Liu became disgruntled after being passed over for promotion, prompting him to illegally copy, store, and ultimately sell classified defense-related documents. Following his resignation, Liu briefly worked for an investment firm, but mounting financial losses from risky stock speculation and unauthorized credit withdrawals drove him to seek alternative means of income—ultimately leading him to trade state secrets for money.

Over a six-month period, Liu traveled to multiple countries, allegedly leaking highly sensitive Chinese defense intelligence to foreign operatives using sophisticated tradecraft. However, his handlers—foreign intelligence agents— reportedly cut ties with him after acquiring crucial data at a low cost, a move that left Liu vulnerable and exposed.

Rather than abandoning his operations, Liu refined his espionage methods and attempted to re-establish contact with foreign intelligence agencies. His actions raised red flags within China’s national security apparatus, triggering intensive surveillance that led to his eventual arrest in a covert counterintelligence operation.

Chinese security services use facial recognition devices built into their sunglasses.

According to MSS, Liu was convicted of espionage and the illegal transfer of state secrets. The court handed down the ultimate penalty—execution, along with lifelong deprivation of political rights, underscoring the gravity of the offense.

Beijing has made it clear that national security remains an uncompromising priority, warning that espionage and unauthorized intelligence leaks will face the harshest possible legal repercussions. Liu’s espionage case serves as a stark reminder of the high-stakes nature of military intelligence leaks. His swift trial and execution highlight China’s zero-tolerance approach to national security threats, particularly as Beijing works to protect its most sensitive military projects from foreign intelligence infiltration.

The irony is rich, since China stole the technology for their stealth fighter from the US and now a foreign adversary stole that technology. The MSS did not disclose who the foreign power is and the suspects in this case could be anybody, including the US, the UK, France, Germany, Taiwan, Australia, Japan, Israel, Russia, North Korea, or South Korea.

China is assessed to execute more prisoners each year than the rest of the world combined.

Pictured: Archive image shows Chinese police presenting a group of convicts for sentencing, many of whom went on to be executed. (Photo: AFP / Getty Images)

Chinese police lead a condemned man into a mobile execution van. (File image from AFP)

China’s Penal Code of 1997 has 46 crimes punishable by death, including 24 violent crimes and 22 non-violent crimes. Beijing does not recognize dual citizenship and recently executed four Canadians, prompting Ottawa to issue a travel advisory to her citizens.

Executing spies may serve as an example to terrorize one’s population, but is poor tradecraft. Beijing is better off not to execute the convicted spy as “Liu” may have more secrets to reveal in exchange for better living conditions in his prison. If the MSS think someone is a foreign spy, “Liu” might be able to confirm or deny their suspicion. Lastly, should a Chinese operative be caught by the same foreign adversary which handled “Liu,” Beijing could swap their prisoners, like Russia, Ukraine, and the Western powers have practiced for years. Once a spy has been killed, he is of no value to any intelligence service.

Citation:

China Executes Former Defense Engineer for Leaking J-35A Stealth Fighter Secrets

Sweden: Convicted Spy Must Taxes from His Russian Salary

Iranian-born Peyman Kia (Photo: Government of Sweden)

Peyman Kia -currently serving life in prison for espionage – must now cough up tax on the hefty sum he received from Russia’s notorious military intelligence service, the GRU. In 2014 and 2015, Peyman Kia (44), worked for Sweden’s domestic intelligence agency, as well as for the country’s armed forces. Swedish prosecutors allege that he sold the Russians sensitive information from the Swedish security and intelligence service, known by its acronym Säpo. Peyman Kia was arrested in Sep 2021 and his younger brother Payam in Nov 2021. Payam was convicted as well and received a ten-year sentence for lesser role in the espionage.

After the conviction, the Swedish Tax Authority went after Peyman Kia’s Russian salary. After a back-and-forth legal battle, the Swedish Administrative Court of Appeal recently overturned a previous ruling and decided that the 1.2 million kronor (paid in US dollars) Kia pocketed from the Russians isn’t just ‘dirty money’ – it’s taxable dirty money. In other words, when it comes to the Swedish Tax Authority, there’s simply no messing around. They want their cut.

The tragedy here lies in the fact that the two Iranian-born siblings became naturalized citizens in Sweden, a nation that ranks fifth on the Global Happiness Index; Iran is ranked a dismal 98. Stockholm has a bargaining chip with the Kremlin should a Swedish spy be detained in Russia. Moreover, Peyman Kia is available for further de-briefings from the Säpo.

Citations:

Sweden forces Russian spy to pay tax on salary « Euro Weekly News

Swedish brothers handed lengthy sentences in Russia spying case

https://www.theglobaleconomy.com/rankings/happiness/

Kenya: Death Rises from Mosquito-Borne Kal-Azar Disease

Two young girls and a boy with scars on their faces, caused by Leishmaniasis (Photo: M. Saeedi / WHO)

The death toll from the Kala-azar disease that has ravaged Wajir since Sep 2024 has hit 20, with demands for its declaration as a pandemic.

The main Level IV hospital in Wajir is overrun with Leishmaniasis every day, forcing patients to be treated outside, under the shade of trees. Most of the regions affected by Kal-Azar are in Eldas and Wajir West where the local government began a fumigation campaign targeting over 10,000 households.

According to CIA, Kenya has a population of 58,246,378 and GDP per capita is $5,700.

The local health authorities are stretched thin and test kits for Leishmaniasis must be outsourced from the Netherlands. Most of the deaths are recorded in children under five who have low immunity.

Female phlebotomine sandfy.

The WHO informs:

There are three main forms of leishmaniases: visceral (the most serious form because it is almost always fatal without treatment), cutaneous (the most common, usually causing skin ulcers), and mucocutaneous (affecting mouth, nose and throat).

Leishmaniasis is caused by protozoan parasites which are transmitted by the bite of infected female phlebotomine sandflies.

The disease affects some of the world’s poorest people and is associated with malnutrition, population displacement, poor housing, a weak immune system and lack of financial resources.

An estimated 700,000 to one million new cases occur annually.

Only a small fraction of those infected by parasites causing leishmaniasis will eventually develop the disease.

Donald Trumpf and Felon Musk’s brutal dismantling of USAID has harmed Kenyans. USAID’s abrupt departure has plunged hundreds of thousands of Kenyans into a state of uncertainty and fear. For many, USAID’s projects were lifelines, offering essential support in healthcare, education and economic development. Programs that were instrumental in maintaining the well-being of countless Kenyans—ranging from maternal health to HIV/AIDS treatment— are now gone, leaving a significant void in the healthcare landscape. While this outbreak began before the Trumpf junta took power, USAID is not in Kenya or other parts of Africa to mitigate disasters.

2023 CODEL to Kenya. (Photo: Social media)

Members of the US Congress frequent Kenya and other exotic locations on what are called fact-finding “CODELs,” flying around the world on their DC Air National Guard passenger plane. Coriolanus flew on one these comfortable airplanes years ago and the food was delicious. These delegations enjoy American tax-payer funded safaris as they “monitor” US projects in Kenya or other parts of the world. Coincidentally, many CODELs to the southern hemisphere occur during America’s winter months. The Karma would be priceless should a Republican congressman be stricken with an exotic disease in Africa while enjoying his arduous fact-finding trip to the Serengeti.

Citations:

Death toll from the Kal-azar disease in Wajir hits 20 » Capital News

Leishmaniasis

https://adamsmith.house.gov/news/floor-speech/rep-smith-leads-delegation-africa

https://www.the-star.co.ke/news/2025-02-06-usaid-exit-spells-doom-for-kenyan-jobs-and-funding

Great Dane Tries to Win Over Tiny Kitten

“Beware the Ides of March!” Rank Betrayal Permeates Trumpf Junta

Julius Caesar betrayed and assassinated by his closest friends and allies. He did not heed the warning: “Beware, the Ides of March.” Painting by Vincenzo Camuccini.

Today is the “Ides of March” and fitting to describe the rank betrayal perpetrated by Donald Trumpf on America’s international allies and Republican supporters. Coriolanus is doing his best to keep up with the carnage caused by America’s Godzilla.

Kursk Falls to Russian Forces After Trumpf Withdraws US Intelligence Support

The cutting of US intelligence to Ukrainian soldiers forced a partial retreat and regrouping in Kursk. This was the only Russian territory occupied by Volodymyr Zelensky’s forces during the three-year war which Moscow began. Scenes of Kiev’s troops mangled, burned, and on the run filtering back to the capital have reinforced distrust of America and Russia. As you read previously here on Coriolanus, American volunteers fighting in Ukraine feel “betrayed by their country.” This villainy was followed up with more atrocities.

Russian Forces Execute Five Ukrainian POWs

Ukrainian war crimes investigator at earlier scene of Russian butchery.

After re-taking a significant portion of Kursk thanks to Trumpf, Russian forces allegedly executed five Ukrainian prisoners of war (POWs). A video circulating on social media purportedly shows unarmed Ukrainian soldiers killed after being captured by Russian troops. “We once again see a cynical disregard for international humanitarian law on the part of the Russian army,” a Ukrainian spokesman said, adding that he had sent letters to the UN and the ICRC to document the suspected war crime. The news comes as Russian President Vladimir Putin made his first visit to Kursk Oblast on 12 Mar since Ukraine launched its cross-border incursion into the region in August 2024. Russian forces and Wagnerites have been committing war crimes against Ukrainians since Feb 2022.

Trumpf Blocks War Crimes Investigations

War crimes investigators and forensics specialists gathering the corpses of Ukrainian victims.

And child abduction from Ukraine is exactly what led to Vladimir Putin’s indictment by the ICC:

“Today, 17 March 2023, Pre-Trial Chamber II of the International Criminal Court (“ICC” or “the Court”) issued warrants of arrest for two individuals in the context of the situation in Ukraine: Mr Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin and Ms Maria Alekseyevna Lvova-Belova.

Mr Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin, born on 7 October 1952, President of the Russian Federation, is allegedly responsible for the war crime of unlawful deportation of population (children) and that of unlawful transfer of population (children) from occupied areas of Ukraine to the Russian Federation (under articles 8(2)(a)(vii) and 8(2)(b)(viii) of the Rome Statute). The crimes were allegedly committed in Ukrainian occupied territory at least from 24 February 2022.”

An ICC international arrest warrant remains active for Vladimir Putin. Trumpf sanctioned the ICC to remove arrest warrants from war criminals Vladimir Putin and Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu.

Canadian Afghan War Veterans: “Angry and Betrayed”

Pte. Danny Drapeau, of Alpha Company 1st Battalion Royal 22e Regiment, waits to lower the Canadian flag for the last time at FOB Zangabad on Sunday, 19 Jun 2011. (Photo: Murray Brewster / The Canadian Press)

The notion that Canadians fought and died in Afghanistan to help defend the US — because of the terrorist attacks on 11 Sep 2001 — runs deep among Canadian veterans of that war and their families. Canadian and American troops fought together and bled together in the scorched hinterlands of Afghanistan. Now many Canadians who fought in Afghanistan say Trumpf’s behavior leaves them feeling angry and betrayed, irked by his threats to annex Canada through economic force, the trade war, and a plan to make life harder for Canadians visiting the US.

The Trumpf junta plans on requiring Canadian citizens planning to stay in the country for more than 30 days to register their information with the US government and submit to fingerprinting. Effective 11 Apr, affected people would have to create an account with USCIS and schedule an appointment for fingerprinting as part of a background check. 

A meme circulating online — a photo of troops in front of the maple leaf rock monument at Ma’sum Ghar, the Canadian forward operating base in western Kandahar — was recently captioned: “We went because you were attacked. We didn’t ask for your thanks. Neither did 158 of us who died for you.”

But it was the bullying of the Ukrainian president in the Oval Office and Vice-President JD Vance’s insistence that Volodymyr Zelensky show gratitude that set off many veterans.

While real estate scion Donald Trumpf avoided military conscription during the Vietnam War with a podiatrist’s letter claiming that his “bone spurs” made him illegible for the draft, 40,000 Canadians enlisted in the US military to fight against North Vietnam and the Viet Cong. At least 134 were killed.

The Canadian Vietnam War Memorial in Ontario, Canada.

Canadians and Americans have a shared history of spilling blood for each other, something the grossly imbecilic Trumpf has ignored.

Trumpf Budget Betrays Farmers, Veterans, Poorer Republican Voters

The Republican budget was designed to give unnecessary tax breaks to obscenely wealthy oligarchs by cutting America’s social safety nets like Medicaid and Medicare, as well programs to assist under-privileged people regardless of their political affiliation. From funding cuts to tariffs, American farmers have found themselves struggling to find markets for their products and facing the risk of steep losses for the year ahead. Farmers will lose millions in local food purchases after sweeping federal cuts at the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) led to the closure of two programs funding fresh food for schools and food banks.

The USDA announced nearly $1 billion in cuts last week, shuttering the Local Food for Schools program and the Local Food Purchase Assistance Cooperative Agreement.

“We’re just in such a state of shock,” a farmer said. “We just don’t really even know how to respond to all this. We thought that this was sacred and really untouchable. So it’s just quite a shock and very devastating. Everyone thinks all farmers voted for this, but we did not vote for this.”

Thanks to the Trumpf junta, farm bankruptcies and farmer suicides are on the rise. “We have seen a definite increase in the suicide rate and depression in farmers in the US, especially in the Upper Midwest,” reported a soybean farmer from Minnesota.

Astonishingly, sycophantic and under-qualified FBI Director Kash Patel is moving to criminalize groups like Habitat for Humanity for receiving grants from the Environmental Protection Agency under the Biden administration, as if America’s premier internal security had nothing better to do with its time and resources.

Thanks to Trumpf and Felon Musk, the worst person in the world, the US will see a return of Hoovervilles within a few years straight out of the Great Depression:

Thousands of Veterans Protest Trumpf Nationwide

All of these draconian measures taken by the Trumpf junta are designed to inflict cruelty on the masses, regardless of their political affiliation or previous military service to the country. If Trumpf supporters feel betrayed by their avatar, so be it. On 5 Nov 2024, these Americans voted Trumpf and the oligarchs into the White House simply because they wanted a white man to be President, against their own economic interests. Simply put, the ruling Republicans are vampires, nothing more, nothing less, taking advantage of their cultist followers.

Besides Enriching the Oligarchs, What is America’s Godzilla Really Up To?

American voters and allies were warned of the “Ides of March” before the election. Now Trumpf’s ignominious betrayals rival or surpass that of Brutus and Cassius against Julius Caesar or Judas Iscariot in Golgotha.

Sources:

https://newrepublic.com/post/192660/trump-fbi-charge-climate-organizations

https://kyivindependent.com/kyiv-says-ukrainian-troops-regrouped-in-kursk-oblast-denies-encirclement/

https://www.forbes.com/sites/chuckjones/2019/08/30/amid-trump-tariffs-farm-bankruptcies-and-suicides-rise/

https://crooksandliars.com/2025/03/trump-now-demanding-canadians-be

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/veterans-afghan-war-us-1.7481929

https://newrepublic.com/article/192790/trump-kidnapped-ukrainian-kids-nixed-contract

https://ukraine.un.org/en/264368-un-says-russia-continues-torture-execute-ukrainian-pows

https://kyivindependent.com/russian-troops-executed-five-ukrainian-pows-in-kursk-oblast-ombudsman-says/

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/kursk-russia-ukraine-war-putin-ceasefire-b2713769.html

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/economics/farmers-face-steep-losses-middle-trumps-trade-war-funding-cuts-rcna195967

Mark Carney: Canada’s New Prime Minister

Rather than give you a biography of Mark Carney which Followers of the Watch can easily look up, here are some quick facts about the new Prime Minister. Mr. Carney (59) has not previously been elected to public office and doesn’t have a seat in Parliament. While that’s not unprecedented, this means that he can’t participate in debates or votes — and it suggests that he may call an election sooner rather than later.

Mr. Carney led the Bank of Canada and the Bank of England, and then served as United Nations special envoy on climate action and finance. A father of four, the Prime Minister is a graduate of Harvard and Oxford and holds three citizenships: Canadian, British, and Irish. While some Canadian politicians hold multiple passports, Mr. Carney believes the prime minister should not, so he began the process of surrendering his European citizenships. Mr. Carney, a centrist, has been sharply critical of Donald Trumpf and will stand up to him, but he will also listen to his concerns, imagined or real.

The new Prime Minister holds a PhD degree and will surround himself with a stellar new cabinet. He will need little advice. Nevertheless, Coriolanus has 27 years experience in military intelligence and has been to war, an experience Mr. Carney has not underwent. So your author humbly offers some suggestions for Mr. Carney once “he gets his sea legs.”

First, recognize the State of Palestine. The State of Palestine is recognized by 146 countries around the world with Norway, Spain and Ireland joining the list. In 2024, the US Democratic Party did not heed the words of the tremendous antiwar movement and the voices of Arab-Americans, costing them the election which led America to Trumpf 2.0.

Second, change the laws about tax-deductible charities. Through these schemes, Canadians send millions of dollars to Israel which has been ethnically cleansing itself of Palestinians for decades. In 1991 the Ottawa Citizen estimated that Canadians sent more than $100 million a year to Israel and possibly as much as $200 million. Assuming $100 million has been sent to Israel yearly since 1967 (when the tax deduction was codified) and with approximately 30% of the $5.4 billion total subsidized by the taxpayer, that’s around $1.7 billion in Canadian public support. Israel is a wealthy country with a GDP per capita of $52,642; Canada is $53,431.

Canada is ranked 28 out of 145 countries in terms of military power by the Global Firepower Index (GFI), but mighty Israel is ranked 15. So, why are Canadians allowed to subsidize a wealthy, powerful country with universal health care and nuclear weapons, as a tax deduction?

Third, re-establish diplomatic relations with Iran. In 2012, then conservative PM Stephen Harper recklessly severed relations with Tehran, costing Canada a valuable set of eyes and ears within the country and the Middle East. Note that Ottawa never severed ties with Havana or participated in the useless embargo of Cuba, going against US policy for decades. What would be the difference here?

Fourth, consider establishing a special immigration program for talented ex-federal employees ruthlessly fired from America’s FBI, CIA, CDC, DOS, NIH, NOAA, NTSB, FAA, USDA, or NSA through the notorious DOGE. Ottawa would immediately benefit from their education, experience, and training, particularly since America is now an unreliable ally and Pariah State.

Fifth, Canada’s intelligence agencies, CSIS and RCMP, must establish point-to-point relations with different foreign organizations outside NATO (if they haven’t already). Some excellent candidates for Canada would be Finland, Jordan, Denmark, Japan, South Korea, Poland, Japan, Brazil, Mexico, and Taiwan, to name but a few. Canada could gather its own intelligence without fear of compromise by the Russophiles in the USIC. A few techniques will help Ottawa maintain secure communications with its non-US partners. One, Canada can establish separate secure computer servers to prevent US penetration. Two, Canada can employ more diplomatic couriers to move information securely, albeit more slowly, through Air Canada flights. To save money, selected Air Canada pilots may be accredited as Diplomatic Couriers under the Vienna Convention, the most secure method of transmitting intelligence. Once the pilot lands his plane at say Amman or Helsinki, he would be met by a Canadian diplomat at the airport gate to receive the diplomatic pouch. When the plane departs for Toronto or Montreal, they do the same in reverse.

Sixth, the Prime Minister must stand up to Donald Trumpf, Felon Musk, as well as war criminals Vladimir Putin and Benjamin Netanyahu, two experts at ethnic cleansing in the name of “patriotism.”

These two ICC-indicted war criminals are not conversing in Yiddish. (25 Jun 2012 Jerusalem photo credit: Marc Israel Sellem / Pool / Flash90)

And good bye and good luck to the physically fit and charming Mr. Justin Trudeau, who was splendid as the Prime Minister of Canada for many years.

Sources:

https://www.pm.gc.ca/en

https://www.wfdd.org/story/5-things-know-about-mark-carney-canadas-next-prime-minister

https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/ottawa-shutters-embassy-in-iran-expels-all-iranian-diplomats-in-canada

The many ways Canada supports Israeli apartheid – rabble.ca

https://www.globalfirepower.com/country-military-strength-detail.php?country_id=canada

America Becoming “Disease Haven”

America’s anti-vaxxer Secretary of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

After finally recovering from the COVID epidemic, the US is facing other health perils and the Trumpf administration will be responsible for it.

Deadly Super Fungus Spreading in US Hospitals

A drug-resistant fungus, Candida Auris, is spreading rapidly in US hospitals, posing a severe threat to patients who need invasive medical equipment. Georgia has seen over 1,300 cases as of the end of Feb 2025. Candida Auris, or C. Auris, is particularly dangerous in health care settings, where it spreads easily through invasive medical equipment such as breathing tubes, feeding tubes, syringes, or catheters. The fungus is resistant to many household cleaners and traditional hospital disinfectants, like ammonia-based cleaning solutions. C. Auris is not a threat to the general public.

Preventable Measles Spreading

Avian Flu Spreading

Craig Spencer, an Ebola virus survivor and Emmy-award winner, is a public health professor and emergency medicine physician at Brown University. He warns that the Trumpf junta is poised to leave the US a haven for disease. Spencer argues that Trump and his ally Elon Musk have “actively dismantled the infrastructure the country relies on to detect and confront deadly pathogens,” and adds that “we are sure to regret it.”

Spencer points to several key decisions made by Trumpf that are particularly alarming: The dismantlement of the US Agency for International Development, the withdrawal of the US from the World Health Organization, and the decision to clamp down on public communications from the CDC.

Trumpf is America’s Godzilla and doesn’t care about the masses until he needs their votes.

Sources:

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-disease/

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/texas-measles-outbreak-hospital-newborn-babies-exposed-rcna196519

Tanker Collision in North Sea

The UK Coast Guard reports:

“Both vessels remain presently stable with salvors boarding both the STENA IMMACULATE and the SOLONG today to continue carrying out comprehensive damage assessments.

“The locations of the vessels are unchanged – the STENA IMMACULATE remains at anchor. The SOLONG continues to be held in a safe location connected to a tug.

“There are now only small periodic pockets of fire on the SOLONG which are not causing undue concern. Specialist tugs with firefighting capability remain at both vessels’ locations.

“Regular aerial surveillance flights continue to monitor the vessels and confirm that there continues to be no cause for concern from pollution from either the STENA IMMACULATE or from the SOLONG.

“The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) is also assisting in the response, and continues to advise that any public health risk on shore is deemed to be very low. The UKHSA will keep risk assessments under continual review as further information becomes available.”

STENA IMMACULATE pictured on 12 Mar 2025 (Photo: Maritime and Coastguard Agency)

SOLONG pictured on 11 March 2025 (Photo: Maritime and Coastguard Agency)

“The collision in the North Sea “has a high risk of being an environmental disaster in really important protected areas,” Naomi Tilley, Oil and Gas Campaign Lead at Oceana UK, an environmental group focused on oceans.

The UK Coastguard said an exclusion zone of about half of a mile had been established around both vessels.

“At this stage, it’s too early to assess the extent of any environmental damage,” Greenpeace UK said. explaining that the severity of any impact would depend on a number of factors, including “the amount and type of oil carried by the tanker, the fuel carried by both ships, and how much of that, if any, has entered the water.”

Incredible that in the 21st century, with technology, radar, radios, and GPS, that such a calamity could occur. This is just what the world could use, more environmental damage.

Sources:

https://hmcoastguard.uk/news/updates-vessels-incident-coast-east-yorkshire

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/north-sea-tanker-collision-environmental-impact/?intcid=CNR-02-0623

Trumpf Pardon Doesn’t Cover 6 Jan Terrorist for FBI Murder Plot

Edward Kelley on 6 Jan 2021. (Photo: Public domain)

Donald Trumpf’s sweeping pardons of insurrectionists who attacked the US Capitol on 6 Jan 2021 do not extend to the separate crime of Edward Kelley (35) of Maryville, TN, who plotted to murder FBI agents that investigated him. UDSJ Thomas Varlan ruled that the miscreant’s actions after his initial arrest were “separated from the defendant’s conduct in the DC Case by years and miles.”

A cooperating defendant, who previously pleaded guilty to his role in the conspiracy, testified that he and Kelley planned attacks on the Knoxville FBI Field Office using car bombs and incendiary devices appended to drones. He also testified that the conspirators strategized about assassinating FBI employees in their homes and in public places such as movie theaters.

Edward Kelley, who was convicted on 6 Jan charges after the government presented extensive evidence showing he was the fourth rioter to breach the Capitol after he assaulted law enforcement, was pardoned by Trumpf along with more than 1,500 other convicted insurrectionists. But Kelley had separately been charged with plotting to murder law enforcement officers involved in the investigation in a separate case. A federal jury in Tennessee convicted Kelley on those charges in November, and he is set to be sentenced 7 May. 

Edward Kelley mugshot.

This is at least one piece of good news out of the sordid mess that Trumpf created in the US. The FBI agents could rest a bit easier knowing that this lunatic will be imprisoned for a life, unless Trumpf decides to pardon him a second time.

Sources:

https://www.justice.gov/archives/opa/pr/federal-jury-convicts-man-conspiring-murder-fbi-employees

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/trumps-jan-6-pardon-doesnt-cover-rioters-plot-kill-fbi-agents-judge-ru-rcna195673

Bear Feels Grass for First Time in 20 Years

Donald Trump Resurrecting Another 19th-Century America White Supremacist Ideology

Flag of the Knights of the Golden Circle (KGC)

The 19th-century nativist “Know Nothing Party” members were rabid anti-Catholic Protestant whites and would greet each other touching their eye, nose, and then making a zero with their fingers (“Eye Nose Nothing”).

Convicted scapegrace Republican George Santos and US Senator Marco Rubio doppelganger secretly rendering the “I Know Nothing” shibboleth during his short, foul tenure in the revered chambers of the US Congress. (Photo: Public domain).

For a decade, Donald Trumpf has been subtly (and brazenly) flashing these ancient shibboleths for a decade, letting his white supremacist followers know that he is “one of them.” This coded greeting evolved to three fingers representing “W” for white and the thumb and index finger making a “P” for power. Rightwing white Catholics were no longer excluded from the club.

Trumpf’s calls for invading Panama and Greenland is a resurrection of another 19th-century white supremacist ideology that incubated with the Knights of the Golden Circle (KGC). This occult movement of Southerners (Northerners were called “Copperheads” during the Civil War) wanted to expand American hegemony and slavery into Mexico, the Caribbean, and South America.

The Knights of the Golden Circle was reportedly organized in Lexington, KY, on 4 Jul 1854, by Virginia-born Gen. George W. L. Bickley (1819–1867).

Sketch of a Knights of a Golden Circle meeting. One KGC leader claimed they had 65,000 oath-bound members.

In “The Idea of a Southern Nation” (1979), historian John McCardell called the Knights of the Golden Circle “that most bizarre offshoot of Southern expansionism.

With Cuba and Mexico now off limits, vulnerable Panama because of its economic and national security relevancy is now an expansionist target, as well as mineral-rich Greenland. Global warming is making Greenland’s under-tundra resources more accessible, something that Tesla, Apple, and other hi-tech companies would like easy, inexpensive access to. Knowingly or unknowingly, Trumpf is tapping into a 19th-century expansionist cult whose ideas somehow still resonates with some white Republicans.

Had the Confederacy won the American Civil War. (Map courtesy of imaginarymaps.com)

In response to Trumpf’s idiotic blathering, the King of Denmark, Head-of-State of a loyal NATO ally and important intelligence partner, changed the 500-year-old royal Court of Arms to prominently include Greenland and the Faroe Islands:

Whether this helps the situation for Greenland and Denmark remains to be seen. Donald Trumpf Jr. just visited Greenland on Tuesday in what he called a “personal day trip.” He then posted a photo with a group of locals in a bar wearing pro-Trump caps, delivering them a message on behalf of the paterfamilias: ‘We’re going to treat you well.’

(Photo: Reuters)

Nota Bene: Danes are the only other people in the world that celebrates America’s Independence Day:

Rebild National Park Society is the first Danish-American friendship association and has existed for more than 100 years. 

Russian President Vladimir Putin is savoring every second of this.

Sources:

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Know-Nothing-party

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knights_of_the_Golden_Circle

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jan/06/danish-king-changes-coat-of-arms-in-apparent-rebuke-to-donald-trump

Ukraine: Two Russian High Value Targets (HVTs) Eliminated in Storm Shadow Missile Attack

The moment two Russian HVTs joined the Choir Invisible from their command post in Lgov, Kursk (Credit: East2West)

As Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is reaching its third terrible year, the Ukrainian military is stubbornly and successfully fighting off Vladimir Putin’s hegemonic designs on its Slavic neighbor. Kiev recently unleashed a (UK-manufactured) Storm Shadow missile attack targeting Russian HVTs hiding in a bunker in Kursk on 30 Dec 2024. At least 30 Russians were WIA.

Among those rendered ineffective were Russian Lieutenant Colonel Valery Tereshchenko, chief of communications of the 76th Pskov Airborne Division, and Colonel Pavel Maletsky, commander of 656th separate engineer-sapper battalion.

The late Russian Colonel Pavel Maletsky. (Credit: East2West)

The late Lt-Col Valery Tereshchenko. (Credit: East2West)

The UK, like the US, has done yeoman’s work helping the Ukrainians against Russia. But only the UK and NATO will continue assisting Kiev after the Trumpf/Putin/Musk cabal assumes power in two weeks. Expect the Ukrainian military to exert maximum force against the Russian invaders until the last possible minute. Because of the quickly compressing timetable, the Ukrainian sabotage network inside Russia may accelerate plans to assassinate HVTs before any ceasefire. Last year, the Ukrainian GUR may have done the US a tremendous service by neutralizing Lt-General Igor Kirillov, the head of Russia’s CBRN defense unit who was also under investigation for alleged war crimes by the Kiev government.

Sources:

https://www.lbc.co.uk/news/two-high-ranking-russian-officials-killed-in-missile-attack-as-ukraine-fires-at/

https://www.thesun.co.uk

https://apnews.com/article/russia-explosion-head-of-nuclear-defense-forces-killed-9656bce946a9f552454df9debe5fbd18

IDF Soldier Flees Brazil Amid Gaza War Crimes Investigation

An Israeli soldier accused of committing war crimes in Gaza has fled Brazil where he was vacationing when the case was brought against him in the South American country.

The unidentified soldier is accused of participating in the mass demolition of civilian homes in Gaza amid Israel’s war against Hamas in the Palestinian enclave.

An Israeli border police officer stands guard as municipality workers demolish a Palestinian house. (Image by Sebastian Scheiner / AP Photo.)

Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid lambasted the need for a soldier to flee a country where they were vacationing in the dark of night to evade investigation as “a huge political failure.”

“How did we get to the point where the Palestinians are better than the Israeli government in the international arena?” Yair Lapid asked on X.

Palestinians mourning over the body of a relative killed in an Israeli attack in Gaza, 6 Jan 2025. (Photo: Dawoud Abu Alkas / Reuters)

Gaza’s Health Ministry reports that a total of 45,854 combatants and civilians have been killed and 109,139 wounded, injured, or maimed in Israel’s Nakba against the Palestinians following the 7 Oct 2023 surprise attack which resulted in 1,269 Israelis deaths and 250 captives taken for a prisoner swap.

On 21 Nov 2024, the ICC at the Hague issued an international arrest warrant for Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu for alleged war crimes. Similarly, on 17 Mar 2023 the ICC had issued a warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin.

These indictments are merely allegations. All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.

Sources:

https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2025/01/06/soldier-flees-Brazil/8791736147621/

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2025/1/6/live-israel-pounds-gaza-as-ceasefire-talks-with-hamas-gains-momentum?update=3425712

https://www.icc-cpi.int/defendant/netanyahu

https://www.icc-cpi.int/news/situation-ukraine-icc-judges-issue-arrest-warrants-against-vladimir-vladimirovich-putin-and

US Sanctions Alleged War Criminals in Sudan

The US Treasury Dept sanctioned the leader of Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) Gen. Mohammad Hamdan Daglo Mousafor for committing genocide in the Northeast African nation’s nearly two-year-old civil war.

USSECSTATE Antony Blinken announced the largely symbolic genocide determination. The US has repeatedly declared that war crimes have been committed by both warring parties in Sudan’s civil war, but Blinken alleged that the RSF’s systematic murder and sexual violence targeting individuals based on their ethnicity now meets the high threshold of genocide.

US Treasury sanction targets include the paramilitary weapons supplier Abu Dharr Abdul Nabi Habiballa Ahmmed and seven related companies.

Alleged war criminal RSF commander Gen. Mohammad Hamdan Daglo Mousa.

This is an ethnic civil war between “riverine Arabs” from the former ruling class in Khartoum and “Darfur Arabs.” These “Darfur Arabs” were considered backwards and “Africanized” by the former rulers. But “Darfur Arabs” comprise the RSF base and in turn dislike the former Khartoum ruling class. An estimated 61,000-150,000 have been killed, creating 2,170,592 refugees, while internally displacing 7,720,119 people. Russia is duplicitously supplying both sides of the conflict.

Rapid Support Forces (RSF)

Sources:

https://www.state.gov/genocide-determination-in-sudan-and-imposing-accountability-measures/

https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy2772

https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/russia-sudan-war-saf-rsf-hedges-bets-both-sides-support

Filipino Fishermen Capture Suspected Chinese Underwater Spy Drone

Soldiers gather around the Chinese-made submersible drone recovered near San Pascual, Masbate on 30 Dec 2024. (Photo: PNP-Bicol)

Local fishermen hauled in a six-foot-long yellow underwater drone off the coast in the Philippines that police believe may have come from a Chinese submarine.

Three fishermen found the bright yellow drone about six miles off the coast of San Pascual in Masbate province, police said in a release posted on Facebook.

The sea drone carried the markings – “HY-119” – referring to “underwater navigation and communication system,” police said.

According to manufacturer sources, the Sea Wing can carry Conductivity, Temperature, Depth (CTD) sensors, as well as turbulence meter, Turbidimeter, chlorophyll sensor, dissolved oxygen sensor, nitrate and other biochemical sensors. It can also carry Acoustic sensors such as ADCP (acoustic Doppler current profile), underwater acoustic communication and hydrophones, as well as naval and military relevance.

USIC and naval personnel will have an opportunity to exploit this drone. Besides the Defense Attache office in Manila, US experts are in nearby Japan and South Korea.

Sources:

https://www.ibtimes.com/china-spy-drone-captured-phillippines-3757793

http://www.hisutton.com/Chinese-Sea-Wing-Submarine-Drone.html

Canada: The CBSA Announces First-Ever Canadian Land Pre-Clearance Operation in US

From the Government of Canada:

“The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) announced its intention to launch its first preclearance operation in 2025. Preclearance supports the national security and economic prosperity of both Canada and the US by facilitating the secure and efficient movement of people and goods across the border.

The initiative will have Canadian border services officers working at a shared facility at the Cannon Corners port of entry in New York (adjacent to the Covey Hill, QC port of entry). For the two-year duration of the operation, travelers entering Canada will go through Cannon Corners instead of the Covey Hill port of entry, which will be closed to travelers during that time.”

(Map: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/)

“At the preclearance site, Canadian officers will examine travelers and goods to decide whether they are admissible into Canada, as they currently do at ports of entry in Canada. This includes screening for dangerous goods, such as firearms and drugs, before they leave the US. While officers will be able to conduct most types of immigration processing at this site, claims for refugee protection cannot be processed at preclearance. Travelers seeking refugee protection in Canada will need to use a Canadian port of entry.”

Cannon Corners, NY is west of the major Champlain POE (US I-87/ Canada I-15).

“Updates on the initiative and launch date will be shared on the CBSA’s website and social media platforms.

Quote from The Honorable David J. McGuinty, Minister of Public Safety:

“Today’s announcement demonstrates our shared commitment with the United States to bolster border security and streamline the flow of legitimate trade and travel between our two countries. Preclearance is yet another example of how Canada and the United States work together every day to intercept security threats early, while delivering large-scale economic benefits for Canadians and Americans.”

Quick facts:

The Preclearance in the US Regulations provide CBSA officers with the necessary authorities to carry out immigration services at preclearance sites in the US.

The US currently has preclearance operations at eight Canadian airports.

Canada is investing $1.3 billion to bolster security at the border and strengthen the immigration system, all while keeping Canadians safe.

Remarkable that the Canadian government is spending so many resources to placate the childish and boorish Donald Trumpf. Creating discord within NATO allies and Western countries is exactly what Russian President Vladimir Putin wants and Trumpf is following his instructions perfectly. The present discourse in some American circles that somehow Trumpf is responsible for PM Justin Trudeau’s resignation as head of the Liberal Party are inaccurate. The PM was dealing with domestic issues such as housing, immigration, and strengthening Canada’s national healthcare system long before Trumpf’s horrific electoral win this past Nov 2024.

Sources:

https://www.canada.ca/en/border-services-agency/news/2025/01/the-cbsa-announces-first-canadian-land-preclearance-operation-in-the-us.html

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4306292/The-border-town-immigrants-creeping-Canada.html

China: HMPV Virus Outbreak

Masked people walk through a station in Hong Kong during the COVID-19 pandemic. (Photo: 3 February 3, 2020, with an image of a virus inset by LewisTse Pui Lung / Rost-9D/iStock / Getty Images Plus / Canva)

News reports and social media posts are warning of a new outbreak of a little-known virus called human metapneumovirus (HMPV) in China, but officials are yet to confirm this.

Instead, official reports from the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention indicate that rates of multiple flu-like illnesses are on the rise in China.

Human metapneumovirus (HMPV) is a virus that can cause flu-like illness in people of all ages, although some people are more at risk, including young children, older adults and people with weakened immune systems.

The virus was only discovered as recently as 2001, but it is in the same family as respiratory syncytial virus (RSV): another flu-like virus.

https://twitter.com/COVID19_disease/status/1874481684122607783

There is not enough information from reliable sources on the extent and severity of a possible HMPV outbreak in China to accurately predict the risk of a pandemic.

However, this is a virus that already circulates among populations in China, the US and elsewhere, so there is more herd immunity against it than there would be against a novel virus, such as COVID-19 at the beginning of the pandemic.

(Photo: Getty Images)

The World Health Organization (WHO) has repeatedly called on Beijing to share more information on the 2019 COVID outbreak which they have yet to do. Worldwide, there have been 777,074,803 confirmed cases of the disease, which is caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, and more than seven million deaths. Information sharing and cooperation will save lives for any epidemic, but Beijing is not known for its transparency so rumors will continue to circulate that SARS-CoV-2 was a leaked Chinese biological weapon.

Sources:

https://news.un.org/en/story/2024/12/1158676

https://www.newsweek.com/human-metapneumovirus-hmpv-china-outbreak-explainer-2009126

Cat Jumps in Every Shower Her Mom Takes Shower

Lunatic Attacks Crowd in New Orleans, Killing 16, Injuring 35 in “Name of ISIS”

Shamsud-Din Jabbar (42) from Texas, drove a pickup truck into a crowd of people on Bourbon Street in New Orleans. After hitting the crowd, Jabbar exited the vehicle and fired upon local law enforcement. Police officers returned fire, and the subject was pronounced deceased at the scene. Two law enforcement officers were injured and transported to a local hospital. 

At least 16 people, including the suspect, were killed according to the New Orleans coroner. At least 35 others were injured, some critically.

An ISIS flag was located in the rented Ford pickup truck, as well as weapons and a potential IED. Other potential IEDs were also located and rendered inert in the French Quarter. A fire broke out the same day of the attack at an Airbnb in the St. Roch neighborhood, which investigators believe the suspect rented. A man from Jabbar’s house in North Houston surrendered after law enforcement entered.

The FBI reported that Jabbar was born and raised in Texas and served in the US Army for ten years. He deployed to Afghanistan in 2009 and was honorably discharged at the rank of Staff Sergeant.

Suspect Had Troubled Background: Perfect for Recruitment

Jabbar’s past criminal history included a 2002 arrest for misdemeanor theft and a 2005 arrest for driving with an invalid license. Jabbar was twice divorced, resulting in financial problems.

A Texas judge issued a temporary restraining order against Jabbar in 2020 after his second wife asked for one during their divorce case. The order mandated that Jabbar refrain from threats, physical harm or other stipulated behavior against his ex-wife and either of their children, and required her to avoid the same activity. In a court filing, Jabbar’s ex-wife stated the marriage had become “insupportable because of discord or a conflict of personalities.”

Like the similar Christmas attack in Magdeburg Germany in Dec 2024, the suspects were mentally defective with suicidal ideations. This made them perfect for ISIS recruitment online. The attackers are convinced that the West is at fault for their unhappy and miserable lives, so if they’re going to kill themselves, take as many infidels as possible and be rewarded with a first-class ticket to Paradise. Lenin called them “useful idiots.” There will be more copycat attacks in the future using this successful tactic by disgruntled miscreants who are cynically radicalized and recruited online by ISIS. Compare the eyes of the perpetrators in the above and below photos.

 The ‘unstable’ 50-year-old Saudi doctor, Taleb al-Abdulmohsen, calmly ate shrimp and drank beer before he allegedly rammed his SUV into a crowded market in the city of Magdeburg that killed five and injured scores of revelers.

The FBI has set up a digital tip line asking the public with information or video of the incident to submit them to www.fbi.gov/bourbonstreetattack or call 1-800-CALL-FBI. 

Sources:

FBI Statement on the Attack in New Orleans — FBI

Shamsud-Din Jabbar: What we know about the New Orleans attack suspect | CNN

Montenegro: Twelve Killed in Mass Shooting, Suspect Kills Himself

Two children were among twelve people killed in a mass shooting that started at a restaurant in the small town of Cetinje in Montenegro and continued at three different locations.

Per CIA: Montenegro has a population of ~620,000 people and GDP per capita is $27,800. Montenegro became an official EU candidate in 2010 and joined NATO in 2017.

A local man is suspected of carrying out the shootings, identified by the police as Aleksandar Martinovic (45). He “killed members of his own family”, a government minister said, adding that the suspect was thought to have been drinking heavily before the rampage. The suspect died of a self-inflicted wound to the head.

Police stand at a checkpoint near where a gunman opened fire at a restaurant and killed several people in Cetinje, Montenegro, on 1 Jan 2025 (Photo: Stevo Vasiljevic / Reuters)

The mass shooting was the second gun rampage over the past three years in Cetinje, Montenegro’s historic capital. In Aug 2022 an attacker also killed ten people, including two children, before he was shot and killed by a passerby.

Montenegro is known for its gun culture and many people traditionally have weapons. The national security council will now consider “all options” in the aftermath of the attack, including a complete ban on the possession of weapons.

In any country, alcohol and easy access to firearms is a lethal combination as these poor victims discovered. The takeaway here is the Montenegrin government is considering a nationwide ban on firearms. But this is unlikely for several reasons. The history of ethnic violence in the Balkans (e.g. the Second World War, the Bosnia Civil War, and Kosovar Albanian independence) may make gunowners reluctant to surrender their weapons. Moreover, little Montenegro ranks fifth in Europe on the Global Organized Crime Index. These powerful gangs may surrender their legally registered weapons but will no doubt keep their unregistered firearms.

Sources:

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/1/2/at-least-10-killed-in-mass-shooting-in-montenegro-suspect-kills-himself

https://ocindex.net/country/montenegro

Ukraine: Russian Helicopter Downed by Sea Drone for First Time

A Ukrainian Magura V5 drone boat armed with R-73 missiles. (Image credit: Russian Telegram channels) Inset: the Russian Mi-8 as seen by the targeting system. (Image credit: Ukrainian Military Intelligence)

Ukraine claims that for the first time one of its sea drones has downed a Russian military target in the air during a day of intense attacks by both sides as the war edges closer to its three-year anniversary.

Ukraine’s military intelligence agency (GUR) claimed on 31 Dec that a Magura V5 sea drone equipped with missiles shot down an Mi-8 helicopter in a battle near Cape Tarkhankut on Crimea’s west coast.

Another Russian helicopter, the GUR said, was hit by fire but managed to return to a Russian airfield.

“GUR soldiers destroyed an air target for the first time in the world using a Magura V5 naval drone,” the intelligence agency said in the post, which had grainy video of what it said was evidence of the attack.

The video has not been independently verified.

In the video, you saw the Mi-8 release chaff to divert missiles. This downing of a helicopter by a maritime drone is another historic first in this nearly three year long war. The face of war is changing exponentially and at this conflict’s end, the Ukrainian military and intelligence services will be one of the most experienced and capable forces in the West. Indubitably, Chinese military observers are making note of these developments for any future conflict with India, Taiwan, or the US in terms of producing weapons, as well as deploying them.

The Mi-8 is the world’s most-produced helicopter, with over 17,000 units used by over 50 countries. In addition to its most common role as a transport helicopter, the Mi-8 is also used as an airborne command post, armed gunship, and reconnaissance platform. The Mi-8 is “the AK-47 of the skies.”

Sources:

Ukraine Says It Downed Russian Helicopter With Sea Drone For First Time

Mil Mi-8 – Wikipedia

Cuba: Hepatitis A Advisory for Tourists

The Cuban Ministry of Public Health (MINSAP) has issued an alert for tourists who plan to visit the island due to the increase in cases of hepatitis A, a highly contagious virus that can seriously affect health.

Hepatitis A is mainly transmitted through contaminated food and water, as well as by close contact with an infected person. This viral disease affects the liver and can be especially dangerous if not treated properly. The increase in cases in Cuba is due to the consumption of raw or undercooked food and the use of non-potable water, which favors the spread of the virus.

The hepatitis A virus can remain on surfaces for several months and is not spread through casual contact, such as sneezing or coughing. However, people can become infected if they eat food handled by someone with the virus who did not wash their hands well after using the bathroom, if they ingest contaminated water or food, or if they have sexual contact with an infected person.

Symptoms usually appear within a week of infection and include unusual tiredness and weakness, nausea, abdominal pain, clay-colored stools, loss of appetite, low-grade fever, dark urine, joint pain, and jaundice (yellowing of the skin and eyes).

To prevent infection, hepatitis A vaccination, which consists of two injections separated by six months, is recommended. In addition, tourists traveling to countries with active outbreaks, such as Cuba, should follow some key precautions:

• Wash all fruits and vegetables with bottled water and peel them before eating.
• Avoid eating raw or undercooked meat and fish.
• Drink only bottled water and use it to brush your teeth.
• Do not consume drinks or ice of dubious origin.
• If bottled water is not available, boil tap water before consuming it or use it to make ice.
• Wash your hands frequently, especially after using the bathroom or before preparing food.

In the event of any symptoms of hepatitis A, travelers are urged to see a doctor as soon as possible for treatment and to avoid serious long-term complications.

Tourism in Cuba is an industry that generated over 4.7 million visitors in 2018 and is one of the main sources of revenue for the island. 1,109,339 Canadians vacationed in Cuba that year.

The hepatitis A alert may be the result of vexing potable water problems in Cuba. Water shortages are increasingly flaring tempers, including in capital Havana, as problems mount for hundreds of thousands of residents already ragged from shortfalls in food, fuel, and electricity. Upwards of 600,000 people – more than 1 in 20 on the Caribbean island of ten million citizens – are suffering from water supply issues.


Sources:

https://www.codigosanluis.com/alerta-en-cuba-por-brote-de-hepatitis-a/

https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/hundreds-of-thousands-in-cuba-without-water-1.7036536

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tourism_in_Cuba

US Treasury Sanctions GRU-Affiliated Entity That Used Artificial Intelligence (AI) to Interfere in US 2024 Election

Excerpt from the US Dept of the Treasury press release linked at bottom:

“At the direction of, and with financial support from, the GRU (Russian military intelligence), the Center for Geopolitical Expertise (CGE) and its personnel used generative AI tools to quickly create disinformation that would be distributed across a massive network of websites designed to imitate legitimate news outlets to create false corroboration between the stories, as well as to obfuscate their Russian origin. CGE built a server that hosts the generative AI tools and associated AI-created content, in order to avoid foreign web-hosting services that would block their activity.”

GRU insignia.

“The GRU provided CGE and a network of US-based facilitators with financial support to: build and maintain its AI-support server; maintain a network of at least 100 websites used in its disinformation operations; and contribute to the rent cost of the apartment where the server is housed. Valery Mikhaylovich Korovin played a key role in coordinating financial support from the GRU to his employees and US-based facilitators.”

The USG sanctioned Valery Mikhaylovich Korovin (undated photo from public domain)

This is indeed another “smoking gun found at the crime scene” and Russian interference was just another factor in the Democratic Party’s catastrophic loss last year.

But regardless of Russian interference, Americans have proven they can elect a person of color twice to the White House, as well as a woman. In 2016, Hilary Clinton won the popular vote over Donald Trump by 2,864,974 votes, but lost the medieval and anachronistic Electoral College vote with help from the Kremlin. Ultimately, anti-war Democrats and Independents disgusted by US support for Israel in the Gaza war simply stayed home on 5 Nov 2024, like their disgusted predecessors did in 1968 over VPOTUS Hubert Humphrey’s support for the wholly unpopular Vietnam War.

American Vietnam War protestors in 1968

American Gaza war protestors in 2024

For the sake of the Democratic Party and future elections, instead of blaming Russian interference or scapegoating the tiny Arab-American community for the 2024 catastrophe, they should re-examine their foreign policy and not ignore the tremendous anti-war segment of the American population.

VPOTUS Kamala Harris meets with indicted war criminal Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House on 25 Jul 2024. This loathsome man, the :curse of Israel,” is responsible for over 45,000 deaths and 100,000 injuries in what scholars denounced as a genocide of the Palestinian people. (Photo: Nathan Howard / Reuters)

Sources:

https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy2766

https://tostpost.com/news-and-society/27504-valery-korovin-biography-and-photos.html

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/hillary-clinton-officially-wins-popular-vote-29-million/story?id=44354341

UK: Woman Who Vanished 52 Years Ago In Coventry Reappears Safe And Well

(Sheila Fox, missing since 1972, in an undated photo courtesy of the West Midlands Police)

Sheila Fox, who vanished from Coventry in 1972 at just 16 years old, has been found alive after over five decades. The breakthrough came after West Midlands Police launched a fresh appeal for information, releasing a photo from around the time of her disappearance. Within hours of the appeal, the public provided valuable leads that ultimately helped officers track down Fox, who is now 68 years old and living in another part of the country.

In 1972, when Fox disappeared, authorities believed she may have been in a relationship with a man and could have left Coventry to start a new life elsewhere. Despite numerous investigations over the years, she was never found. However, with the help of a photo from the time, officers from the cold case investigation team revisited the case, determined to give her family the closure they had longed for.

Detective Sergeant Jenna Shaw praised the team’s hard work and the public’s assistance in solving the case. The investigation was complex, involving the examination of old evidence, but the breakthrough was a reminder of how new perspectives and public involvement can lead to resolutions.

While the details of Fox’s life over the past 52 years remain private, authorities are relieved to have located her and ensured she is safe and well. Her family, too, now has the long-awaited answers they needed. The case highlights the importance of not giving up on cold cases, as even the oldest investigations can sometimes have happy conclusions.

Sources:

The BBC

Newsx.com

Under the Trumpf Junta, How Soon Before America Joins the List of Pariah States?

After Trumpf’s stunning 2024 electoral win, Russian despot Vladimir Putin gleefully declared that the “New World Order” is dead. According to former National Security Advisor John Bolton, Trumpf mulls about withdrawing the US from NATO. Under Project 2025, America’s Richard III will attempt to deport massive numbers of vulnerable migrants while further eroding the country’s social safety nets and civil liberties. The maps below from worlddata.info represent current and former Pariah and Rogue states:

“Pariah states are those states that are considered outcasts because of their government. Anyone who does not abide by international rules or refuses to cooperate with the international community in wide areas must expect sanctions. Many of the former and current pariah states owe their classification to their autocratic rule, under which their own people suffer.

“The term ‘rogue state’ goes back to the US government under George W. Bush, which used it to describe aggressive states that threaten either the USA itself or its allies. Although the term was new, the concept of the exclusion of dangerous nations was introduced in 1994. The first countries to be considered ‘Rogue States’ were North Korea, Cuba, Iran, Iraq, and Libya.”

Salon magazine wrote this heinous hobglobin that offended the people of Canada, Mexico, Greenland, Denmark, and Panama the “21st century Jefferson Davis.” (Photo illustration by Salon / Getty Images.)

Sources:

https://www.worlddata.info/pariahstates.php

https://www.econotimes.com/Putin-Declares-Death-of-New-World-Order-Backs-Trumps-Foreign-Policy-in-Stunning-Statement-1693214

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_2025

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/trumps-mass-deportation-plan-what-we-know-and-latest-news.html

https://www.salon.com/2020/07/04/donald-trump-is-the-21st-century-jefferson-davis-history-will-judge-him–and-us/

https://www.npr.org/2022/06/24/1102305878/supreme-court-abortion-roe-v-wade-decision-overturn

https://harrylitman.substack.com/p/trumps-outrageous-designs-on-greenland?open=false#%C2%A7trumps-outrageous-designs-on-greenland-and-panama

https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/12/politics/us-out-nato-second-trump-term-former-senior-adviser/index.html

Tiny Octopus Befriends Diver Who Visits Him Everyday

Octopi are intelligent, affectionate, and playful creatures, as you will see below.