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Tropical Storm Hone Public Advisory
000 WTPA31 PHFO 010859 TCPCP1 BULLETIN Tropical Storm Hone Advisory Number 40 NWS Central Pacific Hurricane Center Honolulu HI CP012024 1100 PM HST Sat Aug 31 2024 ...HONE MOVING NORTHWARD TOWARD KURE AND MIDWAY ATOLLS... SUMMARY OF 1100 PM HST...0900 UTC...INFORMATION ----------------------------------------------- LOCATION...24.2N 176.4W ABOUT 285 MI...455 KM SSE OF MIDWAY ISLAND ABOUT 1195 MI...1920 KM WNW OF HONOLULU HAWAII MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...40 MPH...65 KM/H PRESENT MOVEMENT...N OR 350 DEGREES AT 7 MPH...11 KM/H MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1007 MB...29.74 INCHES WATCHES AND WARNINGS -------------------- CHANGES WITH THIS ADVISORY: The Tropical Storm Watch for the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument from Lisianski Island to Pearl and Hermes Atoll is discontinued. SUMMARY OF WATCHES AND WARNINGS IN EFFECT: A Tropical Storm Watch is in effect for... * Kure Atoll * Midway Atoll A Tropical Storm Watch means tropical storm conditions are possible in the watch area within 48 hours. DISCUSSION AND OUTLOOK ---------------------- At 1100 PM HST (0900 UTC), the center of Tropical Storm Hone was located near latitude 24.2 North, longitude 176.4 West. Hone is moving toward the north near 7 mph (11 km/h). A turn toward the northwest with an increase in forward speed is expected overnight, followed by a turn toward the west-northwest and a slowing in forward motion on Sunday. A slightly faster northward motion is expected to resume on Monday. On the forecast track, Hone will be passing near or just west of Kure Atoll near the International Date Line on Monday. Maximum sustained winds are near 40 mph (65 km/h) with higher gusts. Little change in strength is forecast during the next 48 hours. Tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 40 miles (65 km) from the center. The estimated minimum central pressure is 1007 mb (29.74 inches). HAZARDS AFFECTING LAND ---------------------- WIND: Tropical storm conditions are possible within the watch area Monday and Monday night. RAINFALL: Storm total rainfall of 2 to 4 inches is possible over Midway, Kure and Pearl and Hermes Atolls. NEXT ADVISORY ------------- Next intermediate advisory at 200 AM HST. Next complete advisory at 500 AM HST. $$ Forecaster Jelsema
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Japan protests Chinese naval intrusion into territorial waters
Japan voiced “strong concern and protest” Saturday after a Chinese naval ship entered its territorial waters, days after Tokyo accused Beijing of sending a military aircraft into Japanese airspace.
A Chinese naval vessel was spotted entering Japanese territorial waters near the southern Kuchinoerabu island at around 6:00 am Saturday (2100 GMT Friday) and exiting southwest of Yakushima island nearly two hours later, the defence ministry said.
Following the incident, the foreign ministry “issued Japan’s strong concern and protest” to China’s embassy in Tokyo.
The ministry took “into account the past activities of Chinese naval vessels and others in the waters around Japan, and the recent intrusion into Japan’s territorial airspace by a Chinese military plane,” it said late Saturday.
Japan on Monday scrambled fighter jets after a two-minute incursion by Chinese Y-9 surveillance aircraft off the Danjo Islands in the East China Sea, which Tokyo slammed as a “serious violation” of its sovereignty.
China’s growing economic and military clout in the Asia-Pacific region and its assertiveness in territorial disputes — most recently with the Philippines — has rattled the United States and its allies.
Last week, Japan’s defence ministry sought 8.5 trillion yen ($59 billion) for the next fiscal year, its largest ever initial budget request, as part of the country’s five-year, 43 trillion yen defence buildup plan through March 2028.
The request includes funding for so-called standoff capabilities to strike distant targets with missiles and unmanned vehicles.
It is higher than the ministry’s 7.7 trillion yen initial request last year, but smaller than the actual budget of 9.4 trillion yen approved for the current fiscal year.
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000 WTPA31 PHFO 010553 TCPCP1 BULLETIN Tropical Storm Hone Intermediate Advisory Number 39A NWS Central Pacific Hurricane Center Honolulu HI CP012024 800 PM HST Sat Aug 31 2024 ...HONE CONTINUING TO MOVE NORTH-NORTHWEST TOWARD THE WESTERN END OF THE PAPAHANAUMOKUAKEA MARINE NATIONAL MONUMENT.... SUMMARY OF 800 PM HST...0600 UTC...INFORMATION ---------------------------------------------- LOCATION...23.9N 176.5W ABOUT 310 MI...500 KM SSE OF MIDWAY ISLAND ABOUT 1195 MI...1925 KM W OF HONOLULU HAWAII MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...40 MPH...65 KM/H PRESENT MOVEMENT...N OR 350 DEGREES AT 6 MPH...9 KM/H MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1007 MB...29.74 INCHES WATCHES AND WARNINGS -------------------- CHANGES WITH THIS ADVISORY: None. SUMMARY OF WATCHES AND WARNINGS IN EFFECT: A Tropical Storm Watch is in effect for... * Kure Atoll * Midway Atoll * Portions of the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument from Lisianski Island to Pearl and Hermes Atoll A Tropical Storm Watch means tropical storm conditions are possible in the watch area within 48 hours. For storm information specific to your area, please monitor products issued by the National Weather Service office in Honolulu Hawaii. DISCUSSION AND OUTLOOK ---------------------- At 800 PM HST (0600 UTC), the center of Tropical Storm Hone was located near latitude 23.9 North, longitude 176.5 West. Hone is moving toward the north near 6 mph (9 km/h). A turn toward the northwest with an increase in forward speed expected overnight, followed by a turn toward the west-northwest and a slowing in forward motion on Sunday. A slightly faster northward motion is expected to resume on Monday (HST). On the forecast track, Hone will be passing near or just west of Kure Atoll near the International Date Line on Monday. Maximum sustained winds are near 40 mph (65 km/h) with higher gusts. Modest strengthening is forecast during the next 48 hours. Tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 35 miles (55 km) from the center. The estimated minimum central pressure is 1007 mb (29.74 inches). HAZARDS AFFECTING LAND ---------------------- WIND: Tropical storm conditions are possible within the watch area Sunday into Monday. RAINFALL: Storm total rainfall of 2 to 4 inches is possible over Midway, Kure and Pearl and Hermes Atolls. NEXT ADVISORY ------------- Next complete advisory at 1100 PM HST. $$ Forecaster Jelsema
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Hostages Found Murdered in Rafah — Where Kamala Harris Told Israel Not to Go
The six hostages whose bodies were found Saturday in a tunnel underneath Gaza — including American-Israeli Hersh Goldberg-Polin — were discovered in Rafah, the city that Vice President Kamala Harris told Israel not to enter.
In February, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that Israel was prepared to enter Rafah, a key town on the Gaza-Egypt border where Hamas leaders were thought to be hiding and holding some of the Israeli hostages.
Kamala Harris, echoing the Biden administration’s warnings, told Israel not to enter Rafah, saying that there could be many Palestinian civilians killed, and warning of possible “consequences,” hinting that the U.S. would withhold weapons.
“I’ve studied the maps,” Harris said.
KAMALA HARRIS warns against an Israeli offensive in Rafah: “I have studied the maps.”
She is then unable to articulate anything substantive beyond her left-wing talking points. pic.twitter.com/XBDhkU2XG3
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) March 24, 2024
Israel decided that it was necessary to enter Rafah. With minimal civilian casualties, Israel has killed hundreds of terrorists in Rafah — though the leaders are thought to have moved elsewhere within the Gaza Strip. It has also rescued one hostage and recovered the bodies of several others — including Goldberg-Polin and five others.
Israel also established control of the Philadelphi Corridor, a key strategic road along the border with Egypt, where Israeli forces have found and destroyed tunnels that Hamas had used to smuggle weapons and other materials into Gaza.
IDF Spokesman Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari said Sunday that the six hostges had been murdered cruelly by Hamas as Israeli soldiers closed in on their location, possibly based on intelligence provided by a hostage rescued last week.
Joel B. Pollak is Senior Editor-at-Large at Breitbart News and the host of Breitbart News Sunday on Sirius XM Patriot on Sunday evenings from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. ET (4 p.m. to 7 p.m. PT). He is the author of “”The Agenda: What Trump Should Do in His First 100 Days,” available for pre-order on Amazon. He is also the author of “The Trumpian Virtues: The Lessons and Legacy of Donald Trump’s Presidency,” now available on Audible. He is a winner of the 2018 Robert Novak Journalism Alumni Fellowship. Follow him on Twitter at @joelpollak.
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American-Israeli Hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin Found Dead in Gaza, Murdered by Hamas
Hersh Goldberg-Polin, 23, the American-Israeli hostage who lost his left hand when being abducted by Hamas from the Nova music festival on October 7, has been found dead in Gaza by Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) soldiers.
Goldberg-Polin was identified after news broke Saturday that the IDF had discovered a number of unidentified bodies in Gaza. Amid rumors spreading throughout Israel on social media, the IDF asked the public to wait before it had identified the bodies.
In a statement, the IDF said:
The IDF located a number of bodies during combat in the Gaza Strip. At this time, the troops are still operating in the area and are carrying out a process to extract and identify the bodies that will last several hours. We ask to refrain from spreading rumors.
Israel’s Army Radio announced Sunday morning local time that Goldberg-Polin had been identified as one of the dead. The immediate cause of death had not been identified.
Army Radio also announced that the family of Israeli hostage Ori Danino, 25, who had been abducted after saving people from the music festival, had also been identified as one of the dead. So, too, had Eden Yerushalmi, 24, an Israeli woman who had spoken with her family before being abducted from the festival.
Six bodies were found; the other three have not yet been identified as of the time of publication of this article.
Update: In a statement, the IDF and the Israel Security Agency (ISA) declared:
Yesterday (Saturday), the IDF and ISA located and recovered the bodies of the hostages Carmel Gat, Eden Yerushalmi, Hersh Goldberg-Polin, Alexander Lobanov, Almog Sarusi, and Master Sergeant Ori Danino, from an underground tunnel in the Rafah area in the Gaza Strip and returned them to Israeli territory.
They were all taken hostage on October 7th and were murdered by the Hamas terrorist organization in the Gaza Strip.
Following an identification procedure carried out by the National Institute of Forensic Medicine, the Israel Police, and the IDF Military Rabbinate, the IDF Manpower Directorate’s Hostage team, which is responsible for accompanying the families of the hostages, notified their families. The IDF and ISA send their heartfelt condolences to the families.
The IDF and Israeli security forces are operating with all means to bring home all the hostages as fast as possible.
The voices of Army Radio announcers were heavy and near tears, despite the near-routine nature of military news.
“Our hearts are broken,” the Goldberg-Polin family said, thanking the public for their support and asking for privacy.
Horrible news I can’t imagine the pain his family is feeling right now, may they find strength through this time & May his memory be a blessing pic.twitter.com/9eAF0JRI20
— Sarai (Sarah Idan) Miss Iraq (@RealSarahIdan) September 1, 2024
Hersh was among the iconic hostages, featured prominently in demonstrations and even in graffiti on the walls of buildings in western Jerusalem, where he and his family lived after moving to Israel from the U.S. He had served in the armored corps of the IDF and was enjoying his free time after his military service when he was abducted.
Relatives and supporters raise placards and deploy a banner bearing portraits of Israeli hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin, 23, and other hostages held in Gaza since the October 7 attacks by Hamas in southern Israel, during a rally calling for their release, outside the PM’s office in Jerusalem on May 22, 2024. (Photo by AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP) (Photo by AHMAD GHARABLI/AFP via Getty Images)
Goldberg-Polin appeared in a video released by Hamas in April as part of its effort to exert psychological pressure on the Israeli public and the Israeli government to force a hostage deal on unfavorable terms. He appeared thin, but alive.
Hamas hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin
Goldberg-Polin’s parents lobbied politicians around the world for his freedom, meeting with President Joe Biden and with prominent visitors to Israel such as Elon Musk.
Rachel Goldberg-Polin, mother of Hersh Goldberg-Polin, shows Elon Musk footage of her son’s abduction. He lost an arm in the Hamas terror attack of October 7 and remains a hostage. (Haim Zach / GPO)
They also spoke at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago earlier this month, and gave a moving address in which they pleaded for help for the hostages, regardless of politics. (The parents of Omer Neutra, another American-Israeli hostage, spoke at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee last month.)
Jon Polin and Rachel Goldberg, parents of Hersh Goldberg-Polin, become emotional as they arrive to speak on stage during the third day of the Democratic National Convention at the United Center on August 21, 2024 in Chicago, Illinois. Delegates, politicians, and Democratic Party supporters are in Chicago for the convention, concluding with current Vice President Kamala Harris accepting her party’s presidential nomination. The DNC takes place from August 19-22. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
President Biden made an unusual comment Saturday about the discovery of the unidentified bodies, asking for patience until the families had been notified. It now appears that he had been told that Goldberg-Polin was among the dead.
In a statement Saturday evening local time in Washington, DC, Biden mourned Goldberg-Polin’s death:
Earlier today, in a tunnel under the city of Rafah, Israeli forces recovered six bodies of hostages held by Hamas. We have now confirmed that one of the hostages killed by these vicious Hamas terrorists was an American citizen, Hersh Goldberg-Polin.
I am devastated and outraged. Hersh was among the innocents brutally attacked while attending a music festival for peace in Israel on October 7. He lost his arm helping friends and strangers during Hamas’ savage massacre. He had just turned 23. He planned to travel the world. I have gotten to know his parents, Jon and Rachel. They have been courageous, wise, and steadfast, even as they have endured the unimaginable. They have been relentless and irrepressible champions of their son and of all the hostages held in unconscionable conditions. I admire them and grieve with them more deeply than words can express. I know all Americans tonight will have them in their prayers, just as Jill and I will. I have worked tirelessly to bring their beloved Hersh safely to them and am heartbroken by the news of his death. It is as tragic as it is reprehensible. Make no mistake, Hamas leaders will pay for these crimes. And we will keep working around the clock for a deal to secure the release of the remaining hostages.
The Biden administration had opposed Israel’s incursion in Rafah. Israel proceeded anyway, convinced that some of the hostages were being held there, and that Hamas leaders were hiding underneath the city.
Update: IDF spokesman Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari told reporters that troops had found the bodies a kilometer away from where a Bedouin Israeli Arab Muslim hostage, Qaid Farhan al-Qadi, had been rescued last week.
Al-Qadi informed soldiers about the possible location of other hostages.
Hagari said it was not yet clear whether Hamas had murdered the other hostages in response to the rescue. But he said that it was clear the hostages had been murdered by Hamas.
“They were cruelly murdered moments before we were able to reach them,” he said, hinting at a rescue operation.
This story is developing.
Joel B. Pollak is Senior Editor-at-Large at Breitbart News and the host of Breitbart News Sunday on Sirius XM Patriot on Sunday evenings from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. ET (4 p.m. to 7 p.m. PT). He is the author of “”The Agenda: What Trump Should Do in His First 100 Days,” available for pre-order on Amazon. He is also the author of “The Trumpian Virtues: The Lessons and Legacy of Donald Trump’s Presidency,” now available on Audible. He is a winner of the 2018 Robert Novak Journalism Alumni Fellowship. Follow him on Twitter at @joelpollak.
Elizabeth Weibel contributed to this story.
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Judge: Elon Musk’s Lawsuit Against Media Matters Can Proceed to Trial
by Lucas Nolan, Breitbart:
A U.S. District Judge has ruled that Elon Musk’s X (formerly Twitter) can move forward with its lawsuit against the leftist censorship organization Media Matters, setting a trial date for April 7, 2025.
The Independent reports that U.S. District Judge Reed O’Connor has given the green light for Elon Musk’s X to proceed with its lawsuit against Media Matters, a left-wing blacklisting organization. The lawsuit, filed by X in November 2023, accuses Media Matters of sparking an advertiser exodus from the social media platform by publishing a misleading article that alleged X allowed top brands to display advertisements alongside antisemitic and pro-Nazi content.
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The article in question, published by Media Matters, claimed that since Musk’s takeover of the platform in 2022, he has increasingly begun a “descent into white nationalist and antisemitic conspiracy theories.” The analysis further alleged that this shift in content moderation policies led to major brands’ advertisements appearing next to inflammatory content.
In response to the article, several high-profile brands, including Apple, IBM, and Disney, pulled their advertising from the platform. Musk, who recently endorsed Donald Trump in the presidential election, called Media Matters “pure evil” when the lawsuit was initially filed.
X’s lawsuit does not dispute the fact that some top brands’ ads were featured near the controversial content. However, it argues that Media Matters manipulated X’s system to produce highly unlikely ad pairings that are typically filtered out by the platform’s advertising tools. The lawsuit claims that one harmful match appeared for “only one viewer (out of more than 500 million) on all of X: Media Matters.”
Media Matters, in a statement to the Independent, maintained that its analysis of X and its content policies remains valid. The organization’s president, Angelo Carusone, called the lawsuit “frivolous” and “meant to bully X’s critics into silence.” He further stated that Media Matters stands behind its reporting and is confident in winning the case in court.
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Globalists Are Trying To Escalate The Ukraine War Into WWIII Before The US Election
Authored by Brandon Smith via Alt-Market.us,
The purpose of NATO involvement in the Ukraine War has, to me, always appeared obvious. Ukraine has nothing to do with the interests of the western public, nothing to do with the security of Europe and nothing to do with the economic advancement of the United States. Yet, NATO and the globalists have been politically interfering in the region since at least 2014 and preparing the ground for an eventual war with Russia.
To be clear, I don’t favor Russia any more than I favor Ukraine. The Kremlin has long had its own ties to the globalists, as I have outlined in numerous articles. How deep those ties go is up for debate – Maybe the honeymoon is over and Russia is truly done trying to get a seat at the globalist table. What I do know is that western elites want a world war and they have done everything in their power to start one.
Look at it this way: What if you were to make a list of all the covert and overt NATO operations in Ukraine and then flipped script? What if Russia was pursuing all the same agendas of destabilization, control and arms proliferation in Mexico (as the Soviets did in Cuba in the 1960s)? If the US invaded Mexico preemptively it would be completely understandable.
Whether or not Putin is acting in the best interests of Russia doesn’t really matter. The war was inevitable anyway because NATO made sure it was impossible to avoid. But what purpose does such a proxy war serve? Well, it doesn’t serve much purpose at all…unless the goal is to instigate a wider world war between the East and the West. In that scenario the globalists benefit greatly.
They get a scapegoat for the economic collapse they’ve already set in motion. They multiply the global fear factor and make the public desperate for the political elites to step in and solve all their problems. And, they can get rid of their domestic enemies (conservatives and patriots) by accusing them of “working with Russia” to undermine the war effort if they dare to rebel against unconstitutional mandates.
Beyond that, they also get an opportunity to send young men (who might rebel) off to the meat grinder in Ukraine so that there’s no new generation of freedom fighters to deal with. World War III is a win-win-win for the Davos crowd, as long as it doesn’t go full-on nuclear holocaust and wipe out their carefully crafted surveillance states.
But how do they turn the proxy war into a world war without looking like the bad guys? That’s the trick, isn’t it?
The proxy (in this case, Ukraine) would have to take actions that provoke Russia into an explosive outburst. Russia would have to utilize tactics or weaponry that puts a vast number of civilians at risk, requiring greater NATO involvement and perhaps even UN intervention. They need Russia to level a major city containing hundreds of thousands of civilians. They need Russia to drop MOABs or nukes. They need a dramatic war crime; otherwise, the western public is not going to support boots on the ground or agree to a military draft.
Popular support for monetary and military aid in Ukraine is waning quickly and Ukraine knows they are about to lose. The Kursk offensive looks like an act of desperation triggered by this reality.
The Kursk region has almost no modern strategic value. It’s a rural agricultural area with a limited industrial base. It does have natural gas pipelines that send energy to Europe, but that doesn’t help Ukraine. They’re already in trouble with Germany for blowing up the Nordstream pipeline. There is also a nuclear power plant in the area but it’s too far away for Ukraine’s troops to seize it (They could try to destroy it with drones and cause a nuclear incident, but this would have to be done covertly without Ukraine taking direct credit).
Mainstream strategists argue that the Kursk operation was designed to force Russia to move crack troops away from the Donbas front where they are making impressive gains. This would allegedly slow down Russia’s attrition based offensive and change the direction of the war. But if that was the plan, it failed miserably.
Ukraine’s troops in Kursk have reportedly been contained. Using NATO-style maneuver tactics to invade Kursk has also done nothing to slow Russia’s advance as they are now primed to take the key city of Toretsk. They are also approaching Pokrovsk (the main staging ground for Ukraine’s forces in the east). These areas are heavily defended with long term entrenchments, but Russia is rolling right through them. The lines beyond these cities are thin or non-existent. Ukraine would immediately be forced to negotiate a cease fire.
Russia also launched the largest missile and drone strikes of the war in fifteen Ukrainian oblasts, causing even greater disruptions to utilities. This proves two things: The Russian military has NOT been diminished or crippled and they still have ample long range ordnance, despite what NATO officials originally claimed
There’s a reason why Kursk was so lightly defended by Russia – It’s not worth anything to Ukraine in terms of winning the war. That said, I would like to offer an alternative theory on why Ukraine made such a move…
The moment Ukraine crossed onto Russian soil the media and political narrative changed. The word today is that the Kremlin’s “red lines” are meaningless and that Ukraine has proven that Putin is “all talk” when it comes to nuclear weapons and metropolitan strikes. The discussion has turned to the use of US and European long range missiles deep into Russian territory. The Ukrainian government (with NATO behind it) is demanding that US and European officials allow them access to the big-boy toys.
Again, the Biden Administration has to at least appear resistant to this idea. They know if they openly give the green light to offensive ATACM strikes on Russian soil beyond the front that they will be seen as stepping over the line of logistical “support” into the realm of direct warfare with the Russians. Yes, I’m well aware that NATO intel and “advisers” have been on the ground in Ukraine since before the war began. The point is, it’s not official policy because the public would not accept it.
Long range strikes into Russia, I believe, will set in motion more Russian strikes on major cities in the west of Ukraine where the majority of the population lives. These areas have gone largely untouched during the duration of the war. Putin, despite what the media claims, has been careful to limit the targeting of larger civilian centers. That will end if NATO missiles hit Russian cities.
Kursk may have been an attempt to embarrass Russia into wild strikes on civilian targets, thereby giving NATO a reason to intervene. That’s one theory. Another theory is that the Kursk operation is designed to convince western policy makers and the public that there will be no nuclear repercussions; that Putin is all bluster and Ukraine should be given more advanced tools to bomb Moscow.
This narrative is largely promoted by the Atlantic Council, a globalist think-tank with ties to the World Economic Forum and the “Three Seas Initiative.” The Atlantic Council directly advises the Ukrainian government on all aspect of the war, including strategy through their Eurasian Center. They also advise NATO through their Scowcroft Center. As their website notes:
“The Eurasia Center has worked tirelessly to respond to the Kremlin’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, using our well-respected and high-visibility platform and leveraging relationships in government, civil society, and the media to have great impact. The Eurasia Center offers recommendations directly to the U.S. administration and Congress, senior Ukrainian officials, European leadership, international media, and civil society. The Center tracks the military and political situation within Ukraine and advocates for stronger, faster measures to stall and mitigate the damage of the Kremlin’s war on Ukraine.”
I would argue that the Atlantic Council is the primary globalist “influencer” in the Ukraine war – The source for the majority of strategic decisions and propaganda. Their support of the ‘Three Seas Initiative” since 2014 has been the driving force in the effort to bring Ukraine into the EU and NATO (the primary reason why the war started in the first place).
Lindsay Graham, a Neo-Con and rabid proponent of using Ukraine as a proxy to ignite a war with Russia, has been participating in Atlantic Council projects since at least 2010.
It’s the Atlantic Council and their media contacts, in my opinion, that are pushing for large scale missile strikes into Russia. They are also the source for the claim that Putin’s red lines are a fake out. They state on their website:
“Ukraine’s offensive is now posing serious questions about the credibility of Russia’s saber-rattling and the rationality behind the West’s abundance of caution. After all, the Ukrainian army’s current invasion of Russia is surely the reddest of all red lines. If Russia was at all serious about a possible nuclear escalation, this would be the moment to make good on its many threats. In fact, Putin has responded by seeking to downplay the invasion while pretending that everything is still going according to plan.”
This is the same propaganda that has been spreading into most establishment media platforms in recent weeks. (As a side note, the Atlantic Council was also heavily involved in the funding of covid mandate and vaccine propaganda during the pandemic scare).
The idea that ballistic volleys into Russia using NATO supplied missiles won’t result in Putin using MOABs or nukes is truly insane. Keep in mind, long range strikes into Russia will do nothing to change the conditions on the ground in the Donbas.
Even if the globalists can’t convince western populations to give the thumbs up for ballistic attacks on Russia using weapons paid for with our tax dollars, the powers-that-be have a contingency plan. Ukraine has recently announced that they have developed their OWN long range ballistic missile, and those weapons supposedly don’t fall under the supervision of the US and Europe.
Eventually these kinds of strikes will lead to a Russian response that will appear brutal; and western warhawks will squeeze that event for all it’s worth. They’ll run with it straight to the Pentagon and demand a plan for US military conscription. If this is the agenda then they’ll need to make it happen BEFORE the elections in November.
Donald Trump is looking increasingly likely to be the winner of the presidential race. I have long held that the globalists will wrap up an economic collapse or a world war and throw it in Trump’s lap. They already tried to do the same thing with the covid pandemic and the inflationary crisis.
The timing of the Kursk offensive and the call for missile strikes on Russia is not a coincidence. Trump claims that his intention is to end the Ukraine war as quickly as possible once he enters office. This will likely mean a leveraged peace settlement that will involve Ukraine giving up the Donbas region to Russia. If Trump is sincere, then there are many elites in the Atlantic Council, the WEF and NATO that will not be happy.
They need to escalate the war into something bigger, something that can’t be undone. Right now, the war can be ended – All it takes is some diplomacy and forcing Ukraine to understand that they’re not going to get the Donbas or Crimea back no matter how many lives they sacrifice. But if there are massive civilian casualties on either side, the situation becomes irreversible. I suspect this is what the globalists want.
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Tropical Storm Hone Public Advisory
000 WTPA31 PHFO 010241 TCPCP1 BULLETIN Tropical Storm Hone Advisory Number 39 NWS Central Pacific Hurricane Center Honolulu HI CP012024 500 PM HST Sat Aug 31 2024 ...HONE CONTINUING TO MOVE NORTH-NORTHWEST TOWARD THE WESTERN END OF THE PAPAHANAUMOKUAKEA MARINE NATIONAL MONUMENT.... SUMMARY OF 500 PM HST...0300 UTC...INFORMATION ---------------------------------------------- LOCATION...23.9N 176.7W ABOUT 300 MI...485 KM S OF MIDWAY ISLAND ABOUT 1210 MI...1950 KM WNW OF HONOLULU HAWAII MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...40 MPH...65 KM/H PRESENT MOVEMENT...NNW OR 340 DEGREES AT 10 MPH...17 KM/H MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1007 MB...29.74 INCHES WATCHES AND WARNINGS -------------------- CHANGES WITH THIS ADVISORY: None. SUMMARY OF WATCHES AND WARNINGS IN EFFECT: A Tropical Storm Watch is in effect for... * Kure Atoll * Midway Atoll * Portions of the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument from Lisianski Island to Pearl and Hermes Atoll A Tropical Storm Watch means tropical storm conditions are possible in the watch area within 48 hours. For storm information specific to your area, please monitor products issued by the National Weather Service office in Honolulu Hawaii. DISCUSSION AND OUTLOOK ---------------------- At 500 PM HST (0300 UTC), the center of Tropical Storm Hone was located near latitude 23.9 North, longitude 176.7 West. Hone is moving toward the north-northwest near 10 mph (17 km/h). A similar motion toward the northwest is expected overnight,followed by a turn toward the west-northwest and a slowing in forward speed. A slightly faster northward motion is expected to resume on Monday (HST). On the forecast track, Hone will be passing to the southwest of Kure and Midway Atolls over the next 48 hours, then passing near or just west of Kure Atoll near the International Date Line on Monday. Maximum sustained winds are near 40 mph (65 km/h) with higher gusts. Modest strengthening is forecast during the next 48 hours. Tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 35 miles (55 km) from the center. The estimated minimum central pressure is 1007 mb (29.74 inches). HAZARDS AFFECTING LAND ---------------------- WIND: Tropical storm conditions are possible within the watch area Sunday into Monday. RAINFALL: Storm total rainfall of 2 to 4 inches is possible over Midway, Kure and Pearl and Hermes Atolls. NEXT ADVISORY ------------- Next intermediate advisory at 800 PM HST. Next complete advisory at 1100 PM HST. $$ Forecaster R Ballard
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Elon Musk Warns Censorship Of X “Is A Certainty” If Kamala Harris Wins
Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity,.news,
X owner Elon Musk has warned Americans that if the Democrats win the election in November, censorship of the platform is a “certainty.”
Alexandre de Moraes is an evil dictator cosplaying as a judge. https://t.co/ZIV8KbDCmk
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) August 30, 2024
Musk was responding to a post that posited X could be suspended in America as it has just been in Brazil by a leftist judge acting to censor his political opponents.
“When we attempted to defend ourselves in court, Judge de Moraes threatened our Brazilian legal representative with imprisonment. Even after she resigned, he froze all of her bank accounts,” the post from X Global Government Affairs notes.
It adds that “Our challenges against his manifestly illegal actions were either dismissed or ignored. Judge de Moraes’ colleagues on the Supreme Court are either unwilling or unable to stand up to him.”
Musk urged that this situation could easily unfold in the U.S. should Trump not be elected.
Musk followed up with a post highlighting previous footage of Kamala Harris demanding that Trump be suspended from the old Twitter.
“Freedom of speech is under massive attack around the world,” Musk declared.
Freedom of speech is under massive attack around the world https://t.co/01L9HeUYct
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) August 30, 2024
Harris has a track record of censoring social media for political clout.
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