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Oct 4

Brazil’s presidential election is headed to a runoff on October 25. Flávio Bolsonaro (son of jailed ex-president Jair Bolsonaro) led the first round with 47% versus incumbent Lula’s 45%, a roughly 2.2 million vote gap that beat most polling projections.

Bolsonaro did not win a landslide or even a majority. He’s edged in front by about 2%, despite the full force of the US & Israeli govts throwing everything at this election, manipulating the process at every step.

Even under these conditions, Brazil’s social movements fight on. https://t.co/XhWasn4YJ9

— Ollie Vargas (@Ollie_Vargas_) October 5, 2026

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#BrazilElections | Polls have closed and vote counting is underway nationwide.
Brazilians are closely following the presidential results as the country — and Latin America — awaits the outcome and whether the race will head to an Oct. 25 runoff.
#teleSUREnglish https://t.co/jzNBdb3169

— teleSUR English (@telesurenglish) October 4, 2026

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Many rumors abound.  TASS reported:  US President Donald Trump is confident that Iran has abandoned all plans to acquire nuclear weapons.  “Iran, as you know, is virtually giving up any plans of a nuclear weapon,” he said in response to reporters’ questions on the South Lawn of the White House. Iranian authorities have repeatedly stated that they do not seek to acquire nuclear weapons.  Trump added that he still has to make a decision on Iran but provided no details. The US leader also said that Iran has been defeated and expressed confidence that the conflict with the Islamic Republic could end either well or badly.

So Trump’s message this morning has changed.

There are further rumors that the US responded to Iran’s last seven points memorandum.  And .. an unidentified C-130 cargo plane was seen landing at Mehrabad Airport, Tehran, with its AIS turned off.  Some say unfrozen money is being delivered to Iran through Turkey.

There are enough rumors to take notice of.  There are a number of commentators that say Trump has agreed that Netanyahu may use his nukes, and others are that the US has prepared a contingent of nuke capable material themselves and deployed into Jordan.   (Makes no sense unless they are talking tactical).

B-1 Lancer heavy bombers spotted LEAVING RAF Fairford – Over half of bombers stationed at UK airbase ‘appear to be returning to their home bases in US’

Will Schryver:  The USS George H. W. Bush quietly slipped away from the Arabian Sea, and is now in port in Thailand, leaving only the lame USS George Washington in west Asia. The USS Theodore Roosevelt is en route to replace the Washington. This leaves only ONE US carrier near Iran.

Trump is raiding Europe’s diesel – the G7 have agreed to pumping their tanks dry.

And AnsarAllah is cleaning up and taking exactly what they need to take – spectacular soldiers.  Besides other places, Yemen has struck the East-West Pipeline in Saudi Arabia again just now.

This is while the false flags RAF Fairford and FlyDubai are still raging.

I’m reporting these as rumors and not as fact.  But there are too many, and coming in from too many sides – nothing makes a picture yet.

Street action as described below is increasing in size and Geneva has joined – Thousands rally in Geneva in support of Palestinians, calling for an end to Israel’s military aggression ahead of the Al-Aqsa Flood anniversary.  A contingent in Ireland is out on the streets.

We usually see Russia striking 2 ships in the Black sea.  They have just hammered four.    Russian Geran-4 Seeker drones struck four cargo ships used by Ukrainian forces in Chernomorsk port, the Bug Estuary, and the Black Sea – MoD

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Sunday has come. We had a major power interruption today and it was lasting so long that I took myself off to retail therapy. (Not to worry, I just filled up on food but slowly for a change). On returning after having had most of the day off, I was stunned at how much happened today. The loose theme at sovereignista.com last week and ongoing is the fall of the empire, although Trump, Hegseth and Bessent were all ‘out on the shout’ today, thundering one threat after another – Iran has lost (or maybe, or maybe they will lose but whatever, America is the winner and iran has no oil on the waters and America owns the strait of Hormuz). This is a sign of decline if all one has left is hot air.

Iran’s Ghalibaf stated: “Iran does not set its grand policy or national security based on the tweets or daily interviews of American officials. We act based on the enemy’s actual behavior, not on rhetoric or false media dichotomies.” and “Americans recently made proposals through a mediator, but must realize the era of unilateral demands is over. ‘The Strait of Hormuz will not be opened until our 7 conditions are met”

Israel is killing as many as they can before their election. It is an insult to a human soul to view this. Somehow they have the idea that if they are going to be stopped as the American society is now speaking out louder, German society is on the streets, French society is on the streets (but many objectives are visible there), in London they are out on the streets and violent arrests are taking place everywhere. The people on the streets know that the genocide (on seven fronts as Bloody Bibi states) is one genocide. Most countries in the world are now protesting in one way or another. I hope in Brazil today and the next day we will not see violence.  Objectives differ but the trend is the same.  Spain has just joined.  The violence remains the same:

No es Cuba, es España. Policía reprime a manifestantes en Valencia que protestan por una Vivienda Digna. https://t.co/YnIemyaalT

— Aníbal Garzón 🌎 (@AnibalGarzon) October 3, 2026

It feels as if we are on the cusp of the war against the hegemon (the tremendous confusion in the communities, the big lies from the collective west, the failure of one false flag after another tells us so). There are two things we cannot allow now. We cannot think the hegemon is without power and leave the streets and our writings, and we cannot declare victory before there is victory. Wide Awake we must be!

In my hopper is a wide ranging essay – and the biggest problem is to edit it to a reasonable length. It keeps growing longer and we have a whole world to look at. What has changed since the UNGA – are Russia and China only talking, or have they moved to action? They’ve moved to action. And that is what we will look at. In the meantime, The Kremlin still owes us a few Questions and Answers from Putin’s very wide ranging speech to the Valdai Club. The three documents that will tell us where we are (should we take the practical situation into view as well) is this Putin Speech, Lavrov at the UNGA who lined up the collective west crimes, and China’s four structural documents, but first the Global Governance Initiative. That should give us enough. And the US is not able to use AI – Artificial Intelligence – as a new and shiny wunderwaffe against the world. Oh, they will try. Let me get on with writing and Good Luck Brazil! We may not love LULA but we need LULA until LULA can replace himself.

Oct 3

Sign pasted to a wall on Consolação avenue in São Paulo shows Flavio Bolsonaro putting Brazils presidential sash on Donald Trump. “Quintal” means back yard. https://t.co/arusVgFQux

— BrianMier (@BrianMteleSUR) October 3, 2026

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has invited Capt. Smit Machchhar to Israel and offered to bestow on him one of the Jewish state’s greatest honors.

“Captain, I want to invite you and my dear friend Prime Minister Narendra Modi to light a celebratory flame on our next Independence Day” in May 2027, Netanyahu told Machchhar when the two spoke by phone on Saturday.

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French protesters demand Frexit and an end to confrontation with Russia

Supporters of France’s Les Patriotes movement rallied in Paris on October 3, calling for France to leave the EU and NATO, for Emmanuel Macron to step down, and for an end to military and financial support for Ukraine.

The movement also demanded renewed dialogue with Russia and an end to what it describes as France’s march toward war with Moscow.

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RT reports a Russian MFA statement that again warned foreign citizens and diplomats of travel to Ukraine as ‘MASSIVE’ retaliatory strikes continue in response to the terrorist actions of Kiev — MFA

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Persian Gulf Strait Authority (PGSA) issued a statement in light of new activity in the Strait of Hormoz:

“Reports have been submitted to the PGSA indicating that some charterers are forcing vessels to travel through unauthorized routes.

In addition to creating a risk of financial losses and casualties, its owner, captain, and crew, such actions could also result in serious restrictions on that vessel’s future passage through the Strait of Hormoz.

Shipowners are advised to exercise due caution regarding such illegal actions by certain charterers.

Furthermore, if violations by charterers are confirmed, those companies will be added to the Non-Compliance List (NCL), and all vessels associated with them will face restrictions when passing through the Strait of Hormoz.”

Ships in the Strait of Hormoz are emailing Iran and apologizing for transiting through the unauthorized routes and blame the Charterer for forcing them to take the route.

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A Saturday joke in from friends who speak Arabic:

FlyDubai co-pilot accused of stabbing the captain identified as Hamam al-Hammami – Oman national

In Arabic “Hamam al-Hammami” literally means “bathroom of the bathroom”.

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🔹 Over the past week, the Ukrainian Armed Forces lost about 9,955 soldiers

💥 In its daily summary, the Russian Ministry of Defense provides figures for enemy losses in the areas of responsibility of the Armed Forces of Russia.

⚫️ The Tsentr Group of Forces – 3,125+;
⚫️ The Vostok Group of Forces – 1,740+;
⚫️ The Zapad Group of Forces – 1,510+;
⚫️ The Yug Group of Forces – 1,360+;
⚫️ The Sever Group of Forces – 2,000+;
⚫️ The Dnepr Group of Forces – up to 220.

📈 Over the past week, the Russian Armed Forces liberated 17 settlements;

⚫️ Russian air defense systems shot down 37 guided aerial bombs, 4 U.S.-made HIMARS MLRS projectiles, 4 Flamingo long-range cruise missiles, as well as 5,031 fixed-wing UAVs;

Oct 2

Marandi: “The Saudis, Zionists, British, and US intelligence agencies are all carrying out unprofessional false flag operations simultaneously.”

FlyDubai now with Free False Flag

Pilots in appropriate simulators are recreating the so-called massive dive of the FlyDubai airplane and saying, NO WAY, cannot be real as this airplane would have disintegrated in the air. The formal words: “The dive was structurally unsurvivable.”

Then, a plumber who learned how to do it from movies, broke open the cockpit door* and pulled the aircraft out of the dive. Pilots in simulators say .. NO WAY. Then video is in, and people are walking up and down in the airplane quite normally on a level plane, while the aircraft is in a terrible steep dive – NO WAY. There is no sign of cabin crew. Let’s skip the whole story of the immediate availability of two new pilots (in the front seats) and pieces of the story being created by Israeli Press and Bibi and where the airplane eventually landed with a diplomatic row as to which airplane from which country will fly the Israeli’s back to Israel. Then Bloody Bibi arrives to interview the plumber who remained in bloody clothing for eight hours, waiting for his interview. YEAH RIGHT! Then, none of the passengers, after that airplane dived, really have injuries – they did not even knock their heads. We can continue as everyone with the ability to assess, is assessing and coming up with NO WAY and YEAH RIGHT and two plus two equals a banana. The general feeling is oh boy, give us better false flags.

‘Chain of miracles with divine assistance,’ and “the tradition of Jewish heroism tips the scales.” Netanyahu says of rescued Flydubai flight.

And now the original Indian pilot that was injured (knife wounds were reported) speaks. He says *he opened the cockpit door and has his turn interviewing with Narendi Modi. Capt. Smit Machchhar, the Indian pilot seriously wounded aboard Flydubai Flight FZ1073, spoke publicly from his hospital bed on Friday for the first time, recounting the dramatic moments aboard the Israel-bound flight during a video call. This Indian Pilot with his serious injuries sounds OK to me.

“I had so many injuries, but I told myself that I had to get up and act,” Machchhar said. “At that moment, I pushed myself to open the cockpit door. I fought for my life. I understood that if I did not show courage, 170 passengers would lose their lives.”

I’m mentioning this – it won’t change the world – but it might change Bibi’s world. Trump and Netanyahu and whatever the new British Prime Minister’s name is, are adamant – It was Iran! In Britain, they arrested an Iranian Brit (dual citizenship) because they say he did the non-existent RAF Fairford incident which is also replete with facts piled on that are not factual after the fact.

(Let nobody forget about Gaza, the West Bank, Free Syria, the US leaving Iraq but really just moving next door but not leaving the oil revenue accounts, Lebanon and all of the seven fronts of warfare that Bibi says he is involved in).

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Comment from our Friends:

Pentagon excludes key allies from NATO meeting

The Trump administration did not invite the UK, France, or Baltic states to a NATO summit in Poland dedicated to the alliance’s future. The excluded nations are considered major defense partners actively involved in deterring Russia.

The event is overseen by Pentagon official Elbridge Colby. A closed format known as the Bergen Group includes Norway, Sweden, Finland, Poland, Germany, and the Netherlands. While organizers claim the goal is preparing ideas for all of NATO, diplomats fear Washington is dividing allies into “good” and “bad,” potentially increasing internal tension amidst the Russian threat and weapon shortages. [end.]

This could be an indication that Russia will be attacked in and near the Arctic. Trump now has the possibility of increasing the number of troops in Greenland. They could not pick a worse place to fight than in the Arctic, and British troops performed badly there in a recent military exercise. That may be why they are not included in these preparations. This looks lunatic, but when the head of the CIA went to Moscow recently, he told the Russians that their economy is in trouble, and that they are losing lots of troops in battle. He genuinely thought that he could threaten Russia into submission. That is why they would not let him meet Putin. They were extremely angry at this unbelievable ignorance and stupidity.

Russia is clearly winning and is still using ‘economy of force’ to minimise its own troop losses. Its economy is doing well, and the SMO only costs 8 per cent of the Russian government budget. It is not running a war economy. It is the fourth largest economy in the world, according to the IMF GDP PPP measure. That was true in 2024, and since then the Russian economy has grown by over 10 per cent in the past two years. It is still recruiting volunteers for the armed forces, exacerbating the labour shortage. Conscripts are not allowed to fight in the SMO. It seems that they have imported a lot of women to work in the drone production facilities, mostly from Central Asian former Soviet Republics.  They have just opened a large new drone factory, for a variant of the Geran-2 drone, for some specialised purpose. They have a series of missiles for which no NATO country has an analogue. Russia has a permanent military base almost as far north as the Svalbard archipelago. It is on a large island, and is staffed permanently, with personnel rotating every six months. Its accommodation is of a very high standard. It has its own power generating system, and a runway that can take large military aircraft. So it can dominate in the Arctic, because it has a series of about 10 other bases along the coast.  The air base at Anadir, at the eastern end of the Northern Sea Route, has planes that can easily target Alaska and the US mid-West states, where the ICBMs are mostly located.

Russia also has three new military districts along the border with Finland, and their tanks have gas turbine engines so that they can start up more quickly than diesel engines in sub-zero temperatures. They can supply forces and settlements with driverless Kamaz trucks in convoys of five trucks st a time, with only one human driver to deal with any problems. I could go on. But the main point is that they have strategic missiles for which NATO has no defence, and they have been using some of them regularly in the SMO, most notably the Zircon, which flies at about Mach 12. It was originally developed as an anti-ship missile but is now fired into Ukraine from ships in the Black Sea and the Caspian. A few years ago, Russia developed a single launch tube that can fire different types of missiles from even small corvettes, including the Zircon.

Clearly the recent statement about possibly using nuclear weapons if the enclave of Kaliningrad is attacked may have given European NATO pause, but if the USA thinks that Russia is struggling economically and militarily, it could be about to make a huge mistake.

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Back in what the US calls “Our Hemisphere”

The US is at it Again in Bolivia 🚨

Bolivia’s attorney general Roger Mariaca was kidnapped and his office stormed, after he indicted Fernando Cerimedo, a Trump ally and political consultant, for attempted murder and drug trafficking charges. (Ben Norton reported earlier on this massive mess)

The State Department then accused HIM, the AG, of receiving “bribes to facilitate drug trafficking and help violent criminals evade justice”.

In reality, Cerimedo was the one exposed by his ex who revealed his use of giant bots farms and right-wing operatives to influence politics inside and outside Bolivia, along with his role in money laundering and drugs.

Cerimedo however, is protected by the Trump administration the same way they’ve protected other right-wing, narco figures in Honduras and Colombia.

Washington knows a thing or two about kidnapping politicians and coups. Rubio’s statement tells us they gave their approval for this new attack on Bolivia’s sovereignty.

So while the U.S. constantly talks about “the cartels” being the problem at the border, in reality they have a lovely relationship with their leaders in Latin America.

This is absolutely insane! The US government is desperately trying to protect a drug-trafficking network of corrupt right-wing political operatives, election meddlers, and assassins in Latin America.

Bolivia’s attorney general was investigating the US asset Fernando Cerimedo, a… https://t.co/x7zUj7RTpB pic.twitter.com/W09kkPws27

— Ben Norton (@BenjaminNorton) October 2, 2026

Oct 1

President Putin’s address to the Valdai Club was good with a keen intuition toward the future.  He did not hide planetary uncertainties and as usual, spoke clearly in terms of what is required and pointed out the absurd.  The Kremlin is quick with transcripts so I expect we will have a good English transcript tomorrow.   It was generally too difficult to find a reasonable live stream.  Sputnik had one, but one could not scroll back in their application to check something or other.  On the Telegram streams you will find snippets from RT and Sputnik.  I do not want to pull out snippets for us as the speech had a rhythm and a structure.  Let’s wait for the transcript which should have a full video available as well.  Nevertheless, a few ….

On the hot spot Kaliningrad:  ‘If it comes to a DIRECT ATTACK on Russia, including Kaliningrad, the use of ALL WEAPONS at our disposal will be on the agenda’.  ‘It is UNAVOIDABLE’   — Putin

‘A lot of the future is truly VEILED WITH UNCERTAINTY because there are too many factors that are volatile and uncertain’.  ‘Russia is building such a roadmap for itself, but it stands ready to WORK TOGETHER with other countries’  — Putin

‘All taboos, thinkable and unthinkable, are being violated’ — Putin

Putin warns science and technology are increasingly ‘interfering’ in what was previously thought of as purely God’s work  ‘Genetic changes could shape human bodies, behaviour and even the way we think’.  He calls for international efforts to address these ‘existential’ matters — but says Western influence stands in the way.

‘Russia and China are CIVILISATION STATES’ — Putin.  ‘We understand the need to DEFEND and PROTECT our traditional values, our history and our traditions’.  ‘Civilizational interaction between Russia and China is of TREMENDOUS SIGNIFICANCE’

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We have seldom seen both Mr Putin and Mr Lavrov making major speeches at the Valdai Institute.  Mr Lavrov presented his speech and the world is literally waiting for Mr Putin today.  (Of course it will be posted when available.  Mr Putin’s speech will be available live on Sputnik International’s X feed today).

There is something in the wind.

Weeks before we saw Russia’s change and fast military ramp-up on the Ukraine front, we said here that there is something in the wind.  And slowly we saw Russia developing the SMO to day and night.  I’m saying it again.  There is something new in the wind.  I received from one of our friends a comment that describes this as a ‘hardening of position’.  It is early days and that is a good description in terms of what we see.  I saw it in Russia’s diplomatic stance at the UNSC.  Whereas before they would treat smaller issues without spending too much time, and now, they are hardening and attacking each position from the collective west that is not fairly and squarely within the limits of international law.

Our friend sent me an update on missiles and drones.  Missiles specifically the Dan-T missiles, which have recently come into use with the past two weeks. Then there is the new Banderol missile.  On drones, the relatively new Geran-4 and Geran-5 jet-powered drones, which until recently the Ukainians were still calling Shaheds, as if they were derived from old Iranian drones, although they are completely different from them.  The upgraded simple Geran-2 propellor-driven drone, which was ultimately derived from the Shahed design, but it is produced in a couple of massive factories in Kazan Region, now has a First-Person Video [FPV] capacity. All of this means that Ukrainian forces are at an increasing disadvantage.

There is something in the wind.

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It is a big day for China – Our greetings go to China.

On 1 October 1949, Chairman Mao Zedong proclaimed the founding of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) from the Tiananmen Rostrum. It marked the end of a century of foreign aggression and civil war. This year, the PRC celebrates its 77th anniversary. The day begins at dawn with a flag-raising ceremony in Tiananmen Square, where crowds gather before sunrise to watch. National flags line streets and buildings across the country. A giant flower basket stands before the Monument to the People’s Heroes, and fireworks light up the evening sky in many cities. The seven-day holiday that follows, from 1 to 7 October, is known as “Golden Week”. Hundreds of millions of people travel to see family, explore the country, and rest. This year is also the first National Day of the 15th Five-Year Plan (2026–2030), which opens a new stage in the PRC’s development.

China’s commitment to a shared future offers an alternative model of international leadership — one based on mutual respect, non-interference and shared development rather than military alliances and bloc confrontation. By inviting 100,000 American young people to visit China for exchanges and study over the next five years, and welcoming business leaders and cultural representatives to engage directly with China, Beijing is helping to broaden mutual understanding and strengthen the social foundations for a stable, peer-based relationship.

Yes, there is the commitment to a shared future. But we also follow China’s weapons development.

China is taking the wars of the future beneath the sea!

In an unprecedented demonstration, 116 TH-618 underwater robots operated as a single swarm, setting a world record recognized by Guinness World Records.

The robots operated autonomously for 34 minutes, maintaining… pic.twitter.com/suHUEIXd7X

— China pulse 🇨🇳 (@Eng_china5) October 1, 2026

Sep 30

The FlyDubai incident is the same as the RAF Fairford incident. These are false flags trying to blame Iran. How do I know, the Brits say so already, and just hours after the FlyDubai incident, UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham officially accuses Iran of involvement in the RAF Fairford incident. Bloody Bibi has not stopped talking of the ‘terrible danger’ and how Iran is on the verge of attacking them. Oy Vey ..The danger, the danger, look at the danger and feel sorry for us, we’re the victims and look at how brave we are – the usual message. The other dead giveaway is the nationalities of the pilots in the very first media, and then, it changes. And the tear jerking photography of the Israelis (there was 100 of them on the flight) receiving medical care – piles of photos.

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IRGC says US not responding to ‘daily’ attacks on ships in Strait of Hormuz

Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) spokesperson Brigadier General Hossein Mohebbi said Tuesday that ships are being targeted and prevented from transiting the Strait of Hormuz on a daily basis, claiming the US has not responded.

“We have been hitting small ships and preventing them from passing for a long time, but America does not respond,” Mohebbi told Fars News Agency.

His remarks came as the UK Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) reported several vessels struck in the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday, including a liquefied natural gas tanker and a crude oil tanker. UKMTO said the vessels were hit by “unknown projectiles” and that authorities were investigating.

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Pentagon formally declares end of ‘Operation Inherent Resolve’ in Iraq

The US Pentagon has formally declared the end of its so-called ‘Operation Inherent Resolve’ in Iraq, concluding the US-led Coalition’s military mission after the withdrawal of its forces from Erbil Air Base.

Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell claimed Iraqi Security Forces, including the Peshmerga, will now lead efforts to secure Iraq and suppress ISIS remnants, while the US will continue providing targeted training and intelligence support through a bilateral “security” partnership.

The Pentagon said responsibility for Iraq’s remaining security challenges, including ISIS remnants and Iran-backed resistance groups that undermine Iraqi “sovereignty” and regional stability, now rests with the Iraqi government.

But are they withdrawing, or just moving house?

US-led military operation shifts headquarters to Jordan after Iraq withdrawal

The US-led Operation Inherent Resolve has shifted its headquarters to Jordan following the completion of the coalition’s military withdrawal from Iraq, US Central Command (CENTCOM) said today.

Sep 29

Iran warns of consequences of Netanyahu’s visit to the UAE.

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🤦‍♂️ It astounds me that people believe the US Navy is providing warship escorts for oil tankers transiting the Strait of Hormuz.

No US warships have transited the Strait of Hormuz since prior to February 28, 2026.

And CENTCOM consistently lies about its operations in the region. https://t.co/IKBRz9d6ch

— Will Schryver (@imetatronink) September 29, 2026

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TASS:  Vladimir Putin has signed a decree to set the authorized strength of the Russian armed forces at over 2.44 million people, including 1.55 million active service members.   

Let’s do a rough count, not really broken down:  count:  China Active Duty: ~2.03 million to 2.185 million troops, Reserves: Around 510,000 to 1.17 million personnel Paramilitary: Roughly 625,000 to 660,000 personnel.

DPRK Active Duty Personnel: ~1.2 to 1.3 million (primarily in the Korean People’s Army Ground Force, which accounts for about 950,000 active troops) Reserves: 600,000 standard military reservists.   Paramilitary/Civilian reserves:   Millions more tied to organizations like the Worker-Peasant Red Guard, estimated between 5.7 million and higher auxiliary mobilization numbers. 

Taking the max force numbers, we have touching on 5 million military (not counting Iran but let’s throw in another million, i.e, 6 million).

Statistica says:  Over the course of the Second World War approximately 127.2 million people were mobilized. The world’s population in 1940 was roughly 2.3 billion, meaning that between five and six percent of the world was drafted into the military in some capacity.

But we can argue that between China and Russia the quality and effectivity of weaponry is best in class.  These are questions for SmoothieX2 as I am just playing with numbers.  Nevertheless, these numbers are stunning.  Our world cannot afford another war, not even the economic war that we are in the midst of.

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If this is real, I want one!

普通にこれ欲しい。 pic.twitter.com/bOw6I89TGX

— 符符 Fufu｜AI (@FufuCreates) September 28, 2026

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Oil prices climbed for a second consecutive session on Tuesday, as concerns over potential supply disruptions in West Asia caused by the US-Israeli war on Iran outweighed indications that crude exports from the region were recovering.

Brent crude futures for November gained $1.71, or 1.6%, to reach $106.99 a barrel at 06:26 GMT. The more actively traded December contract rose $1.68 to $99.51 a barrel. US West Texas Intermediate crude increased $1.40, or 1.5%, to $94 a barrel.

(These are paper prices.  The actual delivered product prices – much higher).

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Netanyahu’s SECRET UAE Meeting Included 10 Countries

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Commentators are discussing Venezuela’s oil revenue, or rather where it is and who takes a share on or off the books, even creating the books and the companies, where there is no law, only imperial extraction of the lifeblood of others.  

While it is fascinating to follow the money on the grab of Venezuela’s oil, it is par for the course. If you steal the oil, would you not steal the money? If you steal the President and his wife despite international law, would you not steal the last hope?

A short moment to review international law on stealing leaders of other counries: According to the International Court of Justice and long-standing custom, certain high-ranking officials have strong protections:
• Who it covers: Heads of state, heads of government, and foreign ministers.
• What it does: It blocks foreign national courts from arresting, suing, or prosecuting them.
• Why it exists: It ensures that leaders can do their jobs without foreign interference and respects the sovereign equality of nations.
• Timeframe: It applies only while the leader holds office.

On the gold, note this is post-Maduro and not the gold that was deposited in the vaults in Britain, for safekeeping. Venezuela will get none of anything. We need to also mention that the US is now saturating Venezuela with US food products, and literally destroying the local agriculture with cheap food. The new type of unbridled colonialism is exceedingly harsh and brutal. That that have a good knowledge of the Rape of Russia in the early ’90’s, can viscerally see and sense the trajectory.

The Trump administration and its business allies sold the resumption of imports of Venezuelan gold as a move that would benefit the US, develop Venezuela’s mining sector and clear out gangs profiting off the minerals trade.

Instead, “hundreds of millions of dollars” of unrefined gold now sits “untouched” in warehouses in the US, lacking ‘ethical production’ certification that would enable refiners to refine it, sources told NYT.

Caracas hasn’t seen dollar one of this money, because Washington strongarmed it into an import agreement under which revenue payouts would be held in US Treasury-controlled accounts and doled out under the latter’s discretion.

Commodities giant Trafigura – which secured a license to market Venezuelan oil, contacted the White House about the right to import gold as well shortly after Maduro’s January kidnapping.

It got the waiver, and has been bringing in up to 400kg worth of gold monthly (refined value: $53.5M), partnering with Venezuelan state gold producer Minerven.

But because the gold was extracted at mines forced to pay protection to local gangs, and allegedly linked to official corruption, it can’t be refined. Venezuela doesn’t get its money, and it’s not clear what will happen to the physical gold now stuck in US vaults.

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Iran war is ‘defining confrontation’ toward a genuinely multipolar world order: Mohammad Marandi

“If the United States fails – and it will – it will be a diminished power. It won’t collapse or go away, but it will be diminished. And the rise of a multipolar world will be strengthened; it will benefit enormously,” the prolific political analyst told Sputnik on the sidelines of the Valdai Discussion Club forum.

A victory against Iran would put Washington in “a much stronger position to maintain control over the global order,” Marandi explained.

The attack on Iran was an attack on the BRICS bloc, “because Iran symbolizes defiance against a cruel order that allows genocide in Gaza, that can kidnap presidents as in Venezuela, that can threaten to strangle Cuba and obliterate Iran.”

🔊“Any failure” on Iran’s part in this war “would create much greater momentum for the United States to crush and manage adversaries…So this confrontation is central to the establishment of a new world order – it’s the testing ground for whether multipolarity can actually hold,” the Tehran University professor said.

Asked to comment on the prospects for a new peace deal Dr. Marandi expressed skepticism that an agreement could materialize, “because the fundamental problem is not the mediator – it’s Washington’s unwillingness to abide by what it signs.”

Iran’s terms haven’t changed, and are the same as they were in the Memorandum of Understanding the US committed to and signed in June, but then violated. Iran will not “give any new concessions to the Untied States,” the professor assured.

“At the end of the day, the question is: will the United States implement and carry out its obligations? I don’t see any sign of that now,” Marandi said, predicting “further confrontation” and continued US aggression.

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The Israeli regime’s prime minister Bloody Bibi flew to the United Arab Emirates on Sunday in a desperate bid to persuade President Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan to publicly reject reports that Abu Dhabi had warned the Zionist regime in advance of the Palestinian resistance’s historic Operation Al-Aqsa Flood on October 7, 2023. (Imagine a writhing nest of cutworms). Everyone is denying everything.

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Last night the Russian Armed Forces carried out a mass strike using ground-based precision weapons and unmanned aerial vehicles against logistics centers, port and transport infrastructure facilities, and sea vessels used in the interests of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

As a result of the strike, the following were hit:

in Kiev:
➡️a locomotive depot where a warehouse for ground-based cruise missiles FP-5 “Flamingo” and their components was set up;

➡️the “Bimobile” data processing center, one of the main points for internet traffic exchange, ensuring the stability of information transmission, including intelligence, in the interests of the Ukrainian Armed Forces;

➡️the “Parkovy” data processing center – which provided data processing for state and commercial services, including in the interests of the Ukrainian Armed Forces;

➡️in Kiev region – the “Belogorodka” warehouse terminal, where the production and storage of fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles took place;

in Odessa region
➡️the “Usatovo” electrical substation, supplying electricity to Ukrainian port infrastructure facilities;

➡️a workshop for the production of fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles in the settlement of Velykodolynske;

➡️in Izmail port – port infrastructure facilities ensuring the unloading of military cargo;

➡️ Odessa port, a “dry cargo” type sea vessel was hit, which had delivered military property to support the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

➡️In addition, at sea, a “dry cargo” type sea vessel transporting military cargo to Odesa port was hit.

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A comment from FM Lavrov at his press conference on the Islamabad Memorandum (MoU), after his speech at the UNGA: pointed, scathing, directly at Trump, and quite hilarious:

We believe that the Islamabad Memorandum (https://t.me/MFARussia/30546) was, as they say, a fair deal. Since it was signed at the highest level, it was presumably done consciously. So why not return to it?

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A few comments from Marco Rubio to Fox News:  (Yes, it can get worse!)

Sec Marco Rubio announces the Strait of Hormuz is ‘open’  (Open Sesame, Open Already, Open Now!  Call Paula White to open it with unhinged god jumping all across the platform.  Actually, let’s just go and read  Ali Baba and the 40 Thieves – Reading is much more exciting than the movie.  You will read about  Cassim, Ali Baba’s greedy brother, who  successfully enters the cave by repeating the magic words, “Open, Sesame!”  He then gets blinded by the wealth, collects his loot and is so excited that the forgets how to open the cave to get out again.   He tries various passwords … yelling, “Open, Barley!”, “Open, Wheat!”, and “Open, Chickpea!” 

Why do I tell a children’s tale?  Because we’re dealing with dangerous children.)

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio claimed Iran would use a nuclear weapon to “blackmail the world and to kill people”.  (I have no comment besides the US is the only country that so far has used nuclear weapons.  We could start a new online campaign .. the one where the Europeans on all of their social media posts:  I am from X country and Russia is not my enemy.  I’ll say it, I am African and Latin American and Iran is not my enemy!).

Rubio warns Cubans chanting ‘revolutionary slangs’ who think they can ‘wait out this administration’.  ‘They are wrong… will learn the lesson the hard way’.  (The world stands against you!  There was a lot of non-reality at the last UNGA, but this one, what you are doing to Cuba, was one of the main points where the world was in agreement).

Rubio — Washington focused on ‘democratic transition’ in Venezuela.  Says country needs ‘free and fair’  elections — US ‘working very hard’ with Venezuelan opposition to make it happen  (Note, he does not even prevaricate.  The US is working with the Venezuealan opposition .. the old opposition, excluding Maria Corina Machado who they have corralled in the US and after seven attempts by her to get out, they have her caged – the US is working with opposition for ‘free and fair elections’ but only certain opposition.)

Rubio announces ‘foreign actor” behind ‘planned terrorist attack’ on UK base RAF Fairford – ‘I have to be careful… there are some things I cannot say’ – ‘A lot more news will come out’ – Iran openly threatened to attack our interests globally — ‘We’re going to take that very seriously’.  ‘There will be repercussions for that’  (Sure, some script writers are desperately writing a new plot as the first one fell apart within hours, to great hilarity.  Even the so-called perps were let out on bail immediately.  The brand new Iranian passport is probably being printed).

I don’t believe that even the Americans fall for this.  Rubio is the Cassim of our days, shouting Open, Barley!”, “Open, Wheat!”, “Open, Chickpea!” – infantile and asinine.  As FM Lavrov says: ” … presumably done consciously” .

Update on the almost certain False Flag at RAF Fairford – Hold onto your hats – The three vans found outside RAF Fairford two days ago did not contain any ‘viable explosives’, according to UK police.  There is a suspicion the men were engaging in other forms of criminal activity, such as fuel smuggling.  What is known for sure, however, is that RAF Fairford entered the ‘DELTA’ security level the evening before the vans were detected, and that an attack was considered imminent.

Either the British intelligence services misinterpreted the threat, or a true attack was indeed about to happen but avoided due to capturing the wrong guys—in which case an alleged terrorist squad may still be on the loose.

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