What else happened yesterday?

Two major news items appeared yesterday, seemingly out of nowhere.  There were others.

The first was Mr Putin’s address where he introduced the world to the short and intermediate-range new missile, the Oreshnik.  The world was aware of a new weapon that Russia used the previous night and the controversy ran hot in terms of what it was.  Mr Putin broke the news that they have this missile that can hit everywhere in Europe, at an astounding speed, never before seen in our world.  An issue that was not stressed was that it is a MIRV and as such it is possible that it can carry different warheads on one missile.  Imminently steerable it can enter, let loose a warhead, exit and go somewhere else, and let loose another warhead, nuclear or conventional.  I will leave the experts (and I mean the experts) to decode that.

The US is downplaying this, judging from their spokespeople who said not only did they know it was coming, they even warned Ukraine to take shelter.  They were routinely informed half an hour before the Oreshnik strike according to Peskov, and quickly changed the conversation to:  It is not an intercontinental ballistic missile, subtext, it cannot hit us.  Biden is not accountable for anything because his brain is cottage cheese and we do not know who gave the permission for the Ukraine (Proxy for the US, France and the UK), to strike deep into Russia.  Nobody is there, nobody is responsible.  Trump has not said a word, not about this, or about the carnage that the zionists are still carrying out, day by day.

In the meantime, Ukrainian MP Goncharenko said that the Verkhovna Rada has cancelled tomorrow’s meeting.  They will be living in shelters from now on.

Germany is desperately trying to build shelters as this news of the Oreshnik ‘touched them deeply!’.

Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin:  “If anyone still doubts this, make no mistake: there will always be a response.”

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The second was the news that the ICC issued arrest warrants against Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu and former Former Military Affairs Minister Gallant, as well as for a Hamas leader which is rumored to be dead.

While Bibi is beside himself with rage and calls the ICC an “enemy of humanity” and of course they are anti-semitic.   He is using every word that has been weaponized to try to hide the zionist crimes like ‘morally repugnant’.  He says nothing will change and by definition, Washington has his back.  Taking a look at a few of the clips from his continual speechifying, he sounds more and more like Hitler.

The US is in fine fettle, threatening everyone with dire consequences and rejecting the court’s actions.    Senator Tom Cotton gets the prize for the best threat.  He threatened to invade the Netherlands over the arrest warrants.  When this same ICC was coerced to issue an arrest warrant against Mr Putin, everyone was content.  That court is trying to save its own bacon, as it is now clear that it was established not for the west, but for Africans and other such disobedient people.

What is the Hague Invasion Act?  This authorization led to the act being colloquially nicknamed “The Hague Invasion Act”, as the act allows the president to order U.S. military action, such as an invasion of the Netherlands, where The Hague is located, to protect American or American allies officials and military personnel from prosecution or rescue them from custody.

Justice of course is for me and you and the Palestinians, and certainly not for the US.  They get a free pass.  Nevertheless all the Chihuahuas that signed onto the Rome Statute are announcing that they will carry out arrests, should Bibi and his cohort put a foot on their territory.

A few more issues burst into our consciousness.

Washington followed by Canada and the UK sanctioned dozens of Russian financial institutions, including Gazprombank and six of its international subsidiaries, the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced on Thursday. Russia’s third-largest lender and primary bank for energy-related transactions, Gazprombank was the last major Russian bank that had retained access to the SWIFT interbank messaging system.

No more SWIFT for Russia and perhaps no more raw materials for the west as we saw when Russia contained exports of Uranium to the west.  This will light a fire under a possible BRICS new currency and the use of new payment methods for BRICS members will increase.  As Putin said, Russia did not leave the Dollar, the Dollar left them.  It is not the purpose here to talk about Europe becoming an economic basket case, Germany being on the forefront, because they eschewed cheap, available and always-on petro-chemicals from Russia.  I have no sympathy.  The world is large and Russia will find customers for its products.

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In Brazil the news burst out about the arrest of Bolsonaro (previous President) because of a plan to assassinate President Lula, Vice President Alckmin and Supreme Court Minister Moraes.

Federal Police have now identified 35 Military personnel including 10 Generals, 16 Colonels and an Admiral so far have been identified as complicit in this coup plan.

Will we now see a change in behavior from Lula?  

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Last, Iran has more sanctions slapped on it.  From the Iranian Foreign Ministry:  “In the final hours of the #IAEA Board of Governors meeting on 21 Nov 2024, a non-consensus resolution regarding #Iran’s peaceful nuclear program was adopted under the pressure and insistence of three EU countries & the U.S, despite lacking the support of approximately half of the Member States.

The principled policy of the I.R. of Iran has consistently been to engage constructively with the International Atomic Energy Agency (#IAEA) within the framework of rights and obligations enshrined in the Treaty on the NPT and the Comprehensive Safeguards Agreement. From its inception, the Fourteenth Administration has prioritized the continuation and enhancement of cooperation with the IAEA with the objective of resolving outstanding issues.

In line with this approach, Iran welcomed the recent visit of the IAEA Director General to Tehran, ensuring all necessary preparations to foster constructive engagement and the success of the visit. During the visit, the Director General held high-level meetings with senior officials of the Islamic Republic of Iran and inspected the Martyr Dr. Ali Mohammadi and Martyr Engineer Ahmadi-Roshan enrichment facilities. These discussions provided a strong foundation for furthering constructive interactions between Iran and the IAEA.”

This illustrates the FAFO principle as Iran announced the activation of “advanced centrifuges” in response to IAEA’s ‘unjust’ resolution.  The countries that were finessing this, was France, Germany, the UK and the US.  No surprise there and those all should get a room together.

Underlying of course is the western wish for a hot war against Iran.

Conclusion:  Yesterday was a very busy day and no doubt the consequences of all of these major items will roll down to the common consciousness as today and the next ones proceed.  Each of these stories have large context and illustrate a world gone crazy.  What is the common man to do to keep walking in truth?  The empire while falling is giving us a spectacular fight.  It will not last forever but the changes in our world will rock our individual worlds as this phase flames to conclusion.

Are we in World War III?  De jure no.  De facto yes.